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...illusion of American exceptionalism has been shattered. The whole dream of this continent--that it was a place where you could safely leave the old world and its resentments behind--was ended that day. A whole generation will grow up with this as its most formative experience--a whole younger generation that knows that there actually is a right and a wrong, and that neutrality is no longer an option. That generational power has only just begun to transform the culture. In decades' time, we will look back and see what a difference it made...
...first official day of summer, Ginny was hooking up the sprinkler system in her garden when she nearly tripped over the family's younger cat, Timothy, who had collapsed in a lifeless heap. Hilary was not around, so Ginny slid him into the cat carrier and sped off to the animal hospital. After rounds of tests, the vet could not say what precisely was wrong, only that the problem looked terminal. On the theory that "if [Hilary] couldn't control her dad's death, here was one she could," Ginny left the decision making in her daughter's hands...
Just home from school on an ordinary afternoon, Sana Shah, 16, plops down her books, shakes out her hair and heads upstairs to watch some TV. She switches the set in her parents' bedroom to Roswell and kicks her younger brother and sister off the couch. "Teenage aliens with identity crises," grumbles her mother, who is trying to nap on the bed. "What nonsense...
...diplomacy with world leaders and the United Nations. Speaking after talks with U.S. congressional leaders, Bush also said he would seek a vote in Congress to authorize military force, as his father George Bush did as President before the 1991 Gulf War. The White House insisted that the younger Bush had not come to a decision about strikes against Iraq. But the President reiterated his warning that doing nothing "was not an option...
...Court-appointed officials or ordinary citizens then pelt the accused with stones large enough to cause pain but not large enough to kill immediately. Last year Iranian newspapers reported that Maryam Ayoubi, 30, was stoned to death in Tehran for murdering her husband and having an affair with a younger man. Another woman was stoned to death for appearing in a pornographic video...