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...drunk from Brooklyn, N.Y., thought he had found the secret of kicking the bottle. But on a business trip to Akron, Ohio, in May he found himself outside a bar, tempted and desperate. In the past, he had fought the urge by talking to other alcoholics, who truly understood his struggle. Through a church group, he found local surgeon Robert Holbrook Smith...
...America, the bombing was an introduction to mass-casualty terrorism. The enemy was no longer uniformed platoons but lone extremists in our midst. They could not be easily ferreted out--or understood. But Oklahoma City also wrote the book on recovery. The survivors have become indispensable companions for the families of 9/11 victims. And the memorial to the tragedy shows that traumatized cities can unite, as author Edward Linenthal puts it, "to protest the anonymity of mass death." --By Amanda Ripley
...what I'm going to do. I'm going to call a lawyer." Bush dialed Jim Baker, his father's Secretary of State, who was leading the recount battle in Florida. But even the seasoned lawyer couldn't provide a quick answer. The Supreme Court opinion could be fully understood only by reading the back pages of the filing. When Bush called, just the first pages had dribbled out of the fax machine. After agonizing moments, Baker got the full ruling and confirmed that George W. Bush would be America's 43rd President. --By John F. Dickerson
...American-led effort to make the world a safer place. For some in the Administration, the principles that have shaped policy on Iraq are generally applicable; they could be used with other nations, like Iran or North Korea, that have or threaten to acquire terrible weapons. The least understood story of the Iraq crisis is how the idea behind it took root and eventually brought America to the edge of Baghdad...
...mother of three attempts a game smile. "I'm going to be okay," Ye insists. Her condition has improved recently, and Ye has even managed to walk around the ward a few times. But just down the hall is another victim who symbolizes the damage this still dimly understood disease can do. The 43-year-old man has been in the hospital for a month. Now, he lies unconscious, the only sound in his room the hiss and puff of the respirator keeping him alive. A nurse lifts the sheet, revealing a wasted, waxen-yellow body. "He will probably...