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...found out about the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon not from turning on the TV but in chasing down a sound bite from Acting Gov. Jane Swift. And since Sept. 11, instead of sitting on the couch of a common room filled with people I trust, letting tears well in the corners of my eyes as they may, I have experienced this tragedy in a newsroom staffed by professionals armed with a seemingly unlimited reporting budget and who are unfettered by the distractions of college life...
Firefighters, doctors, and National Guards have been praised for their swift response to Tuesdays heinous attacks. But these emergency teams in New York werent the only people quick to react. Within an hour of the tragedy, Winthrop House resident Taylor R. Terry 03 was running wildly around the University, encouraging students to donate blood...
...first transplanted human heart was in place. But it had not been beating since Denise died. Would it work? Barnard stepped back and ordered electrodes placed on each side of the heart and the current (25 watt-seconds) applied. The heart leaped at the shock and began a swift beat. Dr. Barnard's heart leaped too. Through his mask, he exclaimed unprofessionally but pardonably, "Christ, it's going to work!"...The heart gradually slowed its beat to 100 per minute. (Surgeon Barnard's had been a frenetic 140 when he finished the operation...
There was no indication the Taliban would be given a deadline, the Associated Press reported. The New York Times, without citing a source, indicated that the deadline would be “swift...
...Israeli approach to terrorism is actually pretty reasonable. When combating soulless, vicious acts of barbarism, we must not let our high standards of morality impede the path to justice, deterrence and closure. If distant governments continue to harbor and indirectly support these terrorists, then we must resort to swift and extreme military actions in order to ensure proper punishment. We owe this to the victims, their families and our nation as a whole...