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...point that the once vast differences did not matter anymore. (The attack even brought a reconciliation between Gore and Bill Clinton. The two sat up till dawn talking about it at Clinton's New York home before sharing a military transport plane to D.C.) Bush then traveled to ground zero in downtown Manhattan. He picked up a bullhorn, slung his arm around one rescue worker and spoke to the others--and to the world--with a grace that was both convincing and, somehow, unmistakably American. "The people who knocked down these buildings," he said, "are going to hear...
...those near ground zero, trying to reach stable ground felt like climbing out of a sand trap; a couple of steps up the slope, then back down again at the sound of some child talking about her missing daddy, a fiance mourning a wedding that will never happen or a wife aching that she did not say goodbye to her husband thoroughly enough that last time. The final love letters had been delivered by cell phone: Be brave, commanded a tender husband, take care of our daughter. I love...
...while too, virtually ensuring that the third quarter will become the first one with no economic growth in the past eight years--unless the second quarter gets there first. Domestic output in the second quarter grew at a rate of just 0.17% and could be revised to below zero...
...Akana and his team headed straight into what Akana calls the pit at ground zero, a gigantic crater of mangled steel beams that looked like curly fries and pretzels. He was stationed in a very dangerous area near 1 Liberty Plaza, a building that was thought to be on the verge of collapsing. Officials would yell at everyone to evacuate, and there would be stampedes to get out. Ive never been so scared in my life, Akana says. In the back of my head, I knew I was probably in a really risky position. But you just dont think about...
...their lives being fulfilled by an act of extreme violence. U.S. diplomats have reported this sense of public outrage about American policy in the region for many years. It is evident that it has been particularly strong in all Arab countries, more evident as you get nearer to ground zero of the problems: the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem...