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Some family members would still like the entire site reserved for a memorial. Increasingly they recognize that that's unlikely. Yet they are prepared to fight for every inch of quiet space. Silence may be the only response that can equal in power the atrocity that was Sept. 11. But in a city like New York, where commotion is everything, silence has few advocates. "We want a reflective area where people can mourn and be quiet," says Rick Bell of the American Institute of Architects. "But a district that's revitalized is also a living memorial...
Ashutosh Gowariker, director of Lagaan (for which Rahman composed the music), agrees. "Western eyes are now looking to India as an emerging power, and that includes its cinema and music," he tells TIME. Music is central to Bollywood, with composers often given equal billing alongside directors and soundtracks released four months before the movie. But even without such exposure in London, Gowariker expects Rahman to succeed: "He is among the top five Indian composers of all time, and his range stretches across all forms, from folk to Western classical music. It touches everyone...
...Organizations’ section is fair, we include groups on a first-come, first-served basis: those groups that respond to our e-mail first are given space in the section,” the statement read. “This allows every organization at Harvard an equal opportunity to be included in the book...
...reaction, understandably, was equal parts "Holy crap!" and "Hey, wait a minute - how do we know these uncorroborated threats are on the level? What's the source?" Then, Thursday, we learned that the threats to New York (like the bank and apartment threats) came from one man: Al-Qaeda COO Abu Zubaydah, whom the feds have been sweating at an undisclosed overseas location. And so, for his role as the summoner of all our fears, Abu Zubaydah is our Person of the Week...
...executive branch might be of more help. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has chosen to join the Allstate class-action lawsuit, and it has also intervened on behalf of the 650 life insurance agents. However, the New York Times reports that the new Bush-appointed chair of the commission has begun to deemphasize the agency’s litigation efforts, and there’s a possibility that a Republican-dominated board could be less vigilant in prosecuting cases of discrimination...