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Tragedy has frisked us all. We are finding out what we are carrying around that no one knew we had. Maybe normal is not a useful word for now, too slippery and glib. Maybe transcendence for the moment lies with routine, doing the same things as before, even if we do them differently, with a heavier heart or a lighter touch or a glance over our shoulder. The rescue workers keep saying that they are just doing their jobs. And so they invite us to do the same...
Worse, our TVs continued to operate, revealing just how psychologically entwined Montanans are with distant urban centers. Though the fact might embarrass some rugged individualists, the Western outback is satellite-TV country; normal transmissions can't make it between the mountains. There's a dish on every cabin, every ranch house. And since the service that many other people and I use features network affiliates from New York City but not a single station from the West, the bad news from Manhattan was local news. Electronics trumped geography. To feel separate from the horror was impossible, and there were times...
...President's two most trusted White House aides, Karl Rove and Karen Hughes, last week quietly began soliciting ideas from G.O.P. consultants and public-relations executives for ways to keep Americans focused on the war effort even as the life of the nation struggles to return to normal. Proposals include everything from benefit concerts to patriotic TV ads to a special website giving up-to-the-minute war-progress reports...
...State Colin Powell, the only foreign leader to do so in the days immediately following the attacks. They discussed Hong Kong politics as warplanes circled overhead. "It might seem strange," says an aide who was with Tsang in Washington. "But the feeling was we should get on with our normal work...
...technocrats, economists and businessmen throughout Asia, the work ahead will only get rougher in the wake of Sept. 11?and be anything but normal. That was the day that CNBC buzzwords like "defensive positions" and "collateral damage" took on frightening new meanings. Economists became psychologists: Will American consumers fall victim to a collective post-traumatic stress disorder, too stunned to buy exports from Asia? Financial analysts put aside their valuation models to study troop movements, diplomatic machinations and the mind-set of Islamic terrorists. Phenomena like China's entry into the World Trade Organization are still of importance...