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...free, Open-Sesame-like, another imprisoned piece of canned wisdom from the staff members. "What was the first act of terrorism?" one student asks - and look! Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff) happens to have on the tip of his tongue an anecdote about the Muslim assassins of the 11th century. A girl asks Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe), "What do you call a society that has to just live every day with the idea that the pizza place you're eating in can just blow up without any warning?" It's a locution that's never dribbled from the mouth...
...does not recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan - and so the generally accepted rules of state-to-state engagement don't apply. If this were a "normal" case, he says, prosecution of bin Laden and others acting outside the United States in connection with the September 11th terrorist attack is possible, Paust says, under the Antiterrorism Act of 1990. It's also possible under U.S. legislation implementing the Montreal Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation...
...then I'm getting the mood right as I see it. Sure, we're back at work and yes, we're doing normal things again, but in the new normal we're still constantly sad, constantly wary about when the images will pop back into our minds. September 11th still overwhelms all - at least for most...
...first, music seemed irrelevant. Not long after the September 11th terrorist attacks, MTV interrupted its scheduled programming to broadcast live news feeds. Record stores in New York City closed. Music sales around the country, which had been slow anyway, dipped about five percent. Several artists, including the rapper DMX, pushed back their album release dates. Marc Anthony, the pop/salsa singer, dropped plans to promote his latest single, a song about heartbreak that was written before the events. The song?s mistimed title: ?Tragedy...
...were a little overwhelmed by the number of people that lined up so early,” White said, “and I believe part of the increased interest is due to the fact that people are looking towards government for answers in the wake of the September 11th tragedy...