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Nearly all of us have been touched by the tragic events of last Tuesday and the mindless destruction of human life. At Harvard as well as throughout the nation, we have spent the past week trying to cope with our loss and our anger. This is both a private and a collective undertaking, as we try to fathom a response to unfathomable acts. In our effort to do this, hundreds of members of our community have come together to form the Harvard Initiative for Peace and Justice...
...team in the National Football League over the past five years. No matter how poorly the Pats finish the season, the team cannot be any worse than it is at this moment. Losing to the Bengals is embarrassing—two weeks ago, it may have even been called tragic...
...American citizen’s sense of security. While high ranking government officials may have been cognizant of an eminent attack, civilians found themselves caught completely unaware of such a direct assault on their everyday lives. It would be unfathomable to survivors that 60 years later, the most tragic surprise attack of their generation would become the basis of a gaudy Hollywood Blockbuster, let alone one that producers would have re-edited as not to offend Japanese ticket-buyers. So how long before Ben Affleck Jr. gets his big break as a heroic fireman in the cinematic version...
Shelley H. Carson, a lecturer in the psychology department, said the forum provided by the Internet for expressing sentiments of sorrow, sympathy and disbelief can help to foster a sense of community among those struggling to deal with last week’s tragic events...
Like every American, I continue to feel both tremendous sadness and anger every time I think about the tragic events of Sept. 11. But hearing about the attack on my cousin has forced me to think about this national crisis in a different light. I have had little time to mourn the victims of last Tuesday’s tragedy because now I have to worry about the backlash against my family and friends who have dark skin or foreign-sounding names...