Ground zero: nobody named it, but that's the name
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It is unclear who first referred to the World Trade Center disaster site as 'ground zero,' but it quickly joined the lexicon of the attacks. Other terms analyzed include: 'sleeper' (for the dormant terrorist cells); and 'weaponized' (for the refined anthrax that is widely spread by merely opening a letter-envelope.)
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
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Fog of war: Von Clausewitz strikes again
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'The fog of war' is the another durable aphorism from Carl von Clausewitz's 1832 study 'On War'. The uses of 'international coalition' by policymakers and observers of the Afghanistan Conflict, and some humorous word re-definitions sent by readers, are also included.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
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Nameless event: the terrorist attack lacks a universal label
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None of the common labels for the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks seems to fit; the event may come to be referred to by the date, 9/11. Other words analyzed include normalcy vs. normality, and the military's 'Operation Enduring Freedom.'
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
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