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Remembering America's War Heroes

Written by Allyn Hunt
Saturday, 10 November 2001
Tomorrow, the United States notes an awkward day of honor. November 11 is what once was celebrated as Armistice Day. Since 1954 it has been more usefully called Veterans Day honoring those who served in all U.S. wars. But for many it has become an inconvenient commemorative date. It doesn't get shoved all over the calendar to accommodate commercial interests and folks looking for another day off.
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Understanding Death

Written by GR Staff Reporters
Saturday, 27 October 2001
"Our contempt for death is not at odds with the cult we have made of it. Death is present in our fiestas, our games, our loves and our thoughts. To die and to kill are ideas that rarely leave us. We are seduced by death. The fascination it exerts over us is the result, perhaps, of our hermit-like solitude and of the fury with which we break out of it. The pressure of our vitality, which can only express itself in forms that betray it, explains the deadly nature, aggressive or suicidal, of our explosions. When we explode we touch against the highest point of that tension, we graze the very zenith of life. And there, at the height of our frenzy, suddenly we feel dizzy: it is then that death attracts us.
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Globe-trotting President Contracts Foot-in-mouth Disease

Written by Michael Forbes
Saturday, 20 October 2001
There are times when leaders of nations need to steer the ship and there are times when they should step back and let others navigate the stormy waters.
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VIEWPOINT: Mexico's Lukewarm Reaction To Terrorist Attacks?

Written by Michael Forbes
Saturday, 29 September 2001
One week prior to the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D.C., President George W. Bush declared that "the United States doesn't have a more important relationship in the world than the one with Mexico."
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Looking In The Mirror

Written by GR Staff Reporters
Saturday, 22 September 2001
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Would the terrorist attacks have occurred if ...?
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