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...ed?’ ‘That it is my fault. Before our marriage, you and she were the whole world to each other; but since I came, I have seen, as you say, that the cr... ...at his clear olive complexion had not the line of health, that there was a world of oppression on his broad brow and deep hazel eyes, and that it was ... ...’s servant—a widower with three children. 9 The Young Step-Mother CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II THE EQUINOCTIAL SUN had long... ...id compassion for the past affect Albinia, as she thought of her husband’s world of hidden grief, but a shud- der for the future came over her, as she... ...other Albinia bravely stood a desperate wringing of her hand at the tug of war. She was glad she had come, for the boy suf- fered a good deal, and was... ...d to enjoy it; but by the time he had heard all her oral traditions of the war by way of notes, his attendance began to slacken; he stayed out later, ... ..., and Winifred made a discovery that excited her more than Albinia thought war- ranted by any fact relating to the horde of Irish cousins. 100 Yo n g... ...ld, and comment on each. Now Albinia could endure housewifely advice, some espionage on her servants, and even counsel about her child; but she could ... ...ething like a sisterhood had striven to exist ever since the days of James II.’ ‘Are any of these sisters living still?’ ‘Only poor old Mother Therese...

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...nymous gentleman, who in this bashful man- ner gave a bruised heart to the world. He made no pretension to novelty. “Our new thoughts have thrilled de... ...sed to be his equal, and he judged her as his equal. She had blackened the world’s fair aspect for him. In the presence of that world, so different to... ...g negro chief up the Niger. Some of the gal- lant lieutenant’s trophies of war decorated the little boy’s play- shed at Raynham, and he bequeathed his... ...ed by him nobly, accord- ing to his light, he was condemned to undergo the world’s harsh judgment: not for the fault—for its atonement. “—Married his ... ...ation for his son. How it worked we shall see. 11 George Meredith CHAPTER II OCTOBER, shone royally on Richard’s fourteenth birthday. The brown beech... ... faces. Ripton’s was much discoloured, and looked fiercer with its natural war-paint than the boy felt. Nevertheless, he squared up dauntlessly on the... ...hinting that some men met their deserts. So intolerable did heavy Benson’s espionage become, that Raynham would have grown 82 Ordeal of Richard Fever... ...e in my body, Mr. Hadrian.” “You see, Benson, this comes of your declaring war upon V enus. I hope the maids will nurse you properly. Let me see: you ...

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...our from sun- light, and are joyless in colour as in shade. When the lower world is under pushing steam, they wear the look of the re- volted sons of ... ...in stood freely out from a fine neck and throat. After a space an Austrian war-steamer was discerned puff- ing out of the harbour of Laveno. “That wil... ...as with the motions of a flight toward the underlying purple land. CHAPTER II HE WA S A MAN of middle stature, thin, and even frail, as he stood defin... ...laim that question by right,” said Carlo. “You are a boy.” “I have studied war.” “In books.” “With brains, Colonel Corte.” “War is a matter of blows, ... ... matter of blows, my little lad.” “Let me inform you, signor Colonel, that war is not a game between bulls, to be played with the horns of the head.” ... ...ade the journey of the Signor Capofinale, who visited the other end of the world by stand- ing on his head?” Barto Rizzo rolled out a burly laugh. “Si... ...ear that in mind. Is there any person whom you, my Luigi, like best in the world?” It was a winning question, and though Luigi was not the dupe of its... ...t his usual pace, and it was quite evi- dent that he fancied himself under espionage. On two sides of the square a suspicious figure threaded its way ...

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...worth while, truly,” added the young man with a melancholy smile, “to make war against the English for ten years, and to die in his bed at last, like ... ...The order was executed as promptly as it would have been on board a man-of-war. “Let go — and clue up!” At this last command all the sails were lowere... ...he modern Phocaeans are so proud that they say with all the gravity in the world, and with that accent which gives so much character to what is said, ... ...are a soldier, and if you remain at the Catalans it is because there is no war; so remain a fisherman, and contented with my friendship, as I cannot g... ...round them. Their intense happiness isolated them from all the rest of the world, and they only spoke in broken words, which are the tokens of a joy s... ...r; it is Fernand — the man whom, after you, Edmond, I love the best in the world. Do you not remember him?” “Yes!” said Dantes, and without relinquish... ... hour’s time, had swelled to voluminous proportions, thanks to the corrupt espionage of which “the accused” is always made the victim. “My name is Edm... ...r would be overthrown. Then who reigns in France at this moment — Napoleon II.?” “No, Louis XVIII.” “The brother of Louis XVII.! How inscrutable are t... ... as it was in England. After Charles I., Cromwell; after Cromwell, Charles II., and then James II., and then some son-in-law or relation, some Prince ...

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...e young lady had, moreover, the manners, language, and habits of the great world. Her dress was richer and more elegant than was suitable for an unmar... ... she possessed the elements of that apparent superiority which pleases the world; her liberal edu- cation enabled her to speak to every one in his or ... ... Thus it was that this woman who believed herself destined to shine in the world was condemned to use her mind and her faculties in a sordid struggle,... ... seemed to Rabourdin, in the first place, natural to unite the ministry of war with the ministry of the navy. To his thinking the navy was one of the ... ... the navy. To his thinking the navy was one of the current expenses of the war department, like the artillery, cavalry, infantry, and commissariat. Su... ...ce throughout France to five thousand men, exclusive of the departments of war and justice. Under this plan the clerks of the court were charged with ... ...ss, working on parallel lines, but without each other’s knowledge. CHAPTER II MONSIEUR DES LUPEAULX AT THE MINISTRY to which Rabourdin belonged there ... ...me Saillard, an old paper-dealer retired from business ever since the year II. of the Republic, and now sixty-nine years old, came to see them on Sund... ...s in walking, like a cat. Monsieur Bidault began this business in the year II. in partnership with a dutchman named Werbrust, a friend of Gobseck. Som...

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...MONTROSE. .............................................................. 4 II. INTRODUCTION (Supplement). ............................................... .................................................................... 234 Note II.—WRAITHS. ................................................................. ...recting letters of fire and sword against the MacGregors [See Appendix No. II]. This fearful commission was executed with uncommon fury. The late exce... ...lead the Scots abroad into the military service of countries which were at war with each other. They were distinguished on the Continent by their brav... ...quarrel, and might plun- der the peasantry subjected to him by the fate of war with the most unrelenting rapacity; but he must beware how he sustained... ...of sergeant-major of artillery, by hard service in various quarters of the world, and was reck- oned one of the most tried and trusty men of the Scotc... ...an evening, than was consistent with strict temperance, or indeed with his worldly interest; for upon these occasions, his compotators some- times con... ...d knocks. —Butler. It was during the period of that great and bloody Civil War which agitated Britain during the seventeenth century, that our tale ha... ... boy, as he seemed to be the only consolation that remained to her in this world, and as the amusement which Allan’s society afforded her seemed to pr...

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... with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her....

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... best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. She was the youngest of the ... ... Jane Austen indeed, for other people. It is the greatest amusement in the world! And after such success, you know!—Every body said that Mr. Weston wo... ...six or seven-and-twenty can take care of himself.” 11 Jane Austen CHAPTER II MR. WESTON WAS A NATIVE of Highbury, and born of a re- spectable family,... ..., rich, nor married. Miss Bates stood in the very worst predicament in the world for having much of the public favour; and she had no intel- lectual s... ...ghtley did not make due allowance for the influence of a strong passion at war with all interested motives. Mr. Knightley saw no such passion, and of ... ...a moment supposed it could make him unjust to the merit of another. VOLUME II CHAPTER I EMMA AND HARRIET had been walking together one morning, and, i... ...e Fairfax’s letter, she had been able to escape the letter itself. CHAPTER II JANE FAIRFAX was an orphan, the only child of Mrs. Bates’s youngest daug... ...sort of proceeding. What has it been but a system of hypocrisy and deceit,—espionage, and treachery?—T o come among us with professions of open- ness ...

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...orrecting popular errors endorsed by historians, made and published to the world very remarkable works. Thus Monsieur de Launoy, nicknamed the “Expell... ...s. Thus Monsieur de Launoy, nicknamed the “Expeller of Saints,” made cruel war upon the saints surreptitiously smuggled into the Church. Thus the emul... ...s the generals of armies, become objects of hor- ror or derision? Half the world hesitates between the famous song on Marlborough and the history of E... ...and French troops with fifteen hundred weary and famished men. So much for war. Now let us pass to literature, and see our own Rabelais, a sober man w... ...tude of ideas, and the multitude of men. The royal power succumbed in that war- fare, and we are now assisting, in France, at its last combina- tion w... ...therine, who certainly had to reproach herself with the deaths of Francois II. and Charles IX., whose lives might have been saved in time, were never,... ...lish his own doom by moral assassination. But the sudden death of Francois II., and that of Charles IX., were no injury to the Calvinists, and therefo... ...bastard, and came very near being Pope and the head of the family. Lorenzo II., the father of Catherine, married in 1518, for his second wife, Madelei... ...ompted by the same sentiment. At this epoch Venice had the commerce of the world; Rome had its moral govern- ment; Italy still reigned supreme through...

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...st reserve. Like almost every military man in Europe, he had only seen the world through cannon smoke, or in the brief intervals of peace that occurre... ... mention of the loan. He was the child of his company; he was alone in the world, so he had adopted the army for his fatherland, and the regiment for ... ...ught by a lengthy acquaintance with the perils and disastrous haz- ards of war. An officer who had only just joined the regi- ment, the son of a peer ... ...n to criticism. Still, as the matter might have some bearing on the art of war, he felt uneasy about the Medea of the bulletin until a day ar- rived w... ... in, to say nothing of the five pounds’ weight of soap. In our part of the world you would simply have to wear your life out before you would make ten... ...the salon, and all the rest of the evening until bedtime they talked about war and politics; Genestas evincing a most violent dis- like of the English... ...onclusion as to the man who hour by hour grew greater in his eyes. CHAPTER II A DOCTOR’S ROUND THE FIRST THING next morning Genestas went to the stabl... ...mined to put her to the proof,” he said, “and I repented of it. It is like espionage to bring a test to bear upon another, is it not? It means that we... ... the brave. Protect my child, I leave him in your care. Long live Napoleon II.!’ “He had thought of killing himself, so that no one should behold Napo...

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...elf up again, and I cannot understand how he can show himself again in the world of Paris,” said the Comte Sixte du Chatelet. “He has the air of a pri... ...dame d’Espard a prey to a double surprise. The Marquise knew no one in the world who was capable of playing the part assumed by this mask; she suspect... ... placed his powers at the service of Finot’s vices and idleness. Always at war with necessity, he was one of the race of poverty-stricken and superior... ... the morrow. His amusing paradoxes excused everything. Accepting the whole world as a jest, he did not want to be taken seriously; young, beloved, alm... ...ssions as strange as himself. 74 Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The civil war caused by the Constitution of 1812 in Spain, whither this energetic man... ...eutenant-Generals of Police. The Revolution had no police; it needed none. Espionage, though common enough, was called public spirit. The Directorate,... ...y, so completely was he endowed with the talents indispensable to a man at war with society; but the master had succeeded in persuading his slave to d... ...aid Corentin positively. “There is a touch of Spanish genius of the Philip II. type in all this; but I have pitfalls for everybody, even for kings.” F... ...in Betty The Member for Arcis Beatrix A Man of Business Gaudissart II. The Unconscious Humorists Cousin Pons Blondet, Emile Jealousies o...

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...dispensable to the right understanding of our story as to that of the great event itself on which it is based. Cornelius de Witt, Ruart de Pulten, tha... ... to measure himself against Louis XIV., how- ever gigantic the fortunes of the Grand Monarch loomed in the future, was William, Prince of Orange, son ... ... is a damsel who very likely does not know how to read, who consequently has never read anything, and yet with one word she has just told the whole hi... ...m it worth his while to inquire after its cause; nor did he get up to look out of the narrow grated window, which gave access to the light and to the ... ...he was in the peaceful pursuit of cultivating tulips. Van Baerle was truly beloved by his servants and labourers; nor had he any conception that there... ...r the trigger to fire the shot which was to have killed his neighbour. But it is time that we should connect with this epoch of the operations of the ... ... deposit intrusted to V an Baerle, and carefully locked up by him, was nothing more nor less than John de Witt’s corre- spondence with the Marquis de ... ...favourite, hav- ing advertised its love of flowers in general and of tulips in 198 The Black Tulip particular, at a period when the souls of men were...

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...how sociable I feel myself compared with him. 8 Wuthering Heights CHAPTER II YESTERDAY AFTERNOON set in misty and cold. I had half a mind to spend it... ...fore the blaze, looked down on me from the corner of his eyes, for all the world as if there were some mortal feud unavenged between us. I began to do... ...ine the ex- istence of happiness in a life of such complete exile from the world as you spend, Mr. Heathcliff; yet, I’ll venture to say, that, surroun... ...s grated out—‘Aw wonder how yah can faishion to stand thear i’ idleness un war, when all on ‘ems goan out! Bud yah’re a nowt, and it’s no use talking—... ...more. It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world!’ 29 Emily Brontë ‘He had a son, it seems?’ ‘Yes, he had one—he is d... ...was disappoint- ment, and Joseph’s quest ended in the same. ‘Y on lad gets war und war!’ observed he on re-entering. ‘He’s left th’ gate at t’ full sw... ...ing an opportunity from our hesitation to thrust in his evil tongue. ‘If I war yah, maister, I’ d just slam t’ boards i’ their faces all on ‘em, gentl... ...off her snowy shoes, untied her hat, and was proceeding, unconscious of my espionage, to lay aside her mantle, when I suddenly rose and revealed mysel...

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....................................... 194 MEMORIALS, AND OTHER PAPERS, VOL. II. .......................................................................... ...ng agitations and the un- conquerable impatience of my nervous malady. 2. “War.”** —In this paper, from having faultily adjusted its proportions in th... ...ngs of his- tory, to show that the criminal (because trivial) occasions of war are not always its trifle causes, or to suggest that war (if resigned t... ...ld, Gustavus Adolphus* in modern days, fighting for the *The Thirty Years’ War, from 1618 to the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, was notoriously the last... ... Suppose the case, therefore, that Kate’s memoirs had been thrown upon the world with no vouchers for their authen- ticity beyond such internal presum... ...ave pronounced a favorable award; since it is easy to understand that in a world so vast as the Peru, the Mexico, the Chili, of Spaniards during the f... .... It was a favor that could not have been asked by any greater man in this world, nor granted by any less. Had no other distinction settled upon Kate,... ...d cause me to lie down without a struggle. 62 Memorials, and Other Papers II. II. II. II. II. THE PRIOR THE PRIOR THE PRIOR THE PRIOR THE PRIORY Y Y ... ...novice, on being ushered into so solemn a presence. 111 Thomas de Quincey II. II. II. II. II. O O O O OXFORD. XFORD. XFORD. XFORD. XFORD. THE DEAN wa...

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...ost we could muster a few old ships, a couple of experimental ves- sels of war, and twenty-five thousand soldiers indifferently weaponed. We were in f... ...a perusal of the manuscript in his absence. 14 Beauchamp’s Career CHAPTER II UNCLE, NEPHEW, AND ANOTHER THE HONOURABLE EVERARD ROMFREY came of a race... ...is comparative subjugation (on the whole, it seems complete) of the animal world. By-and-by the struggle is transferred to higher ground, and we begin... ...ry. And oh, to feel for certain which side was the wrong side in our Civil War, so that one should not hesitate in choosing! Such puzzles are never, h... ...parrot repeating a line from some Lancastrian pamphlet. He really disliked war and the sword; and scorn- ing the prospect of an idle life, confessing ... ...lf-a-dozen crescent lines cunningly turned, sketched her figure before the world, and the reflection for one ready to die upholding her was that the p... ...having a right to a turn now and then? And was it not (Falstaff, on a calm world, was quoted) for the benefit of our constitutions now and then to loo... ...o- zen vanity called pride, which does not seek to be revenged. Under wary espionage, he might be a young woman’s friend, though male friend of a half...

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...rom requiring prompting from the Cointets, he was the first to propose the espionage and exploitation of David’s researches. Eve saw how little she co... ...ney sufficient that winter, they were none the less subjected to Cerizet’s espionage, and all unconsciously became dependent upon Boniface Cointet. “W... ...e truth; he cannot see that no glory or success or fortune can induce the world to accept the position. Very well, as it is now, so it will be with e... ...are the benefit but not the risk—a thing that seems abhorrent to the whole world, even to scoun- drels. Oh, he would despise himself, he would repent;... ...entiful indul- gence to young men of Lucien’s stamp; they are popular, the world is fascinated by their external gifts and good looks. Nothing is aske... ...d; through their manner of conducting their case, a suit becomes a kind of war waged on the lines laid down by the first Marshal Biron, who, at the si... ...c Council; let them avoid all decisive measures, and they shall carry on a war for ever. Maitre Cachan, Petit-Claud, and Doublon, did better than the ... ... kind hearts will give Marion and Kolb a tear of sympathy? All through the war Kolb sat on a chair in the doorway, acting as watch-dog, when David had... ...partment Victorine Massimilla Doni Letters of T wo Brides Gaudissart II To return to the Electronic Classics Series, go to http://www.hn.psu.edu...

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...Masche-Fer IV.,” just as the Church has Clement XIV., Gregory VII., Julius II., Alexander VI., etc. Now, then, who are the Devorants? “Devorant” is th... ...s, blast all other wills, and give to each the devilish power of all. This world apart within the world, hostile to the world, admitting none of the w... ...o each other absolutely, but ignored them- selves as absolutely before the world. At night they met, like conspirators, hiding no thought, disposing e... ...rupulous, that he was keenly offended by ac- tions and maxims to which the world attached no conse- quence. Ashamed of this susceptibility, he forced ... ...ad, or better still, a drama to be played, in which he had a part. CHAPTER II FERRAGUS A FINE THING is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own... ...ed with an ability which de- noted the enmity of intelligent minds. “It is war to the death,” he said to himself, as he tossed in his bed, —”a war of ... ...howed him a letter signed F, in which the history of her grandson’s secret espionage was recounted step by step. The letter accused Monsieur de Maulin... ... and from which issue the most vital actions of a man’s life. “Since it is war to the knife,” he said in conclusion, “I shall kill my enemy by any mea... ...it was that of Caesonia for Caius Caligula, of Diane de Poitiers for Henri II. If it was largely productive to women of seven or eight lustres what a ...

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...e of plea- sure with an intrepidity which seemed to forbode the end of the world. But there was at that time another cause for such license. The infat... ...eging force of luxury, coquettishness, elegance, and beauty. The financial world, proud of its riches, challenged the splen- dor of the generals and h... ...he midst of their intensest enjoyment; he had already learned to judge the world, and hid his ambition under the fatuity of a lady-killer, cloaking hi... ...elings either from the keen-sighted countess or the artless stranger. This espionage of people’s thoughts is perhaps to idle persons one of the pleasu... ...wo soldiers, beyond the superficial comradeship arising from the perils of war and the duties of the service, the Colonel of Cuirassiers was painfully... ...he occasion of Napoleon’s marriage with the daughter of the Emperor Joseph II. July 1829. 37 Balzac Addendum The following personages appear in other...

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...ed its name of “impression-stone.” Modern machinery has swept all this old-world mechanism into oblivion; the wooden press which, with all its imperfe... ...chard had contrived to reduce this license to a dead letter, thanks to the war crisis of the Empire, and con- sequent atrophy of commercial enterprise... ...ar that M. de Chateaubriand remarked it among the ursine tribes of the New World. But philosophers inform us that old age is apt to revert to the habi... ...de- fects, and way of life, that he might have come ready dressed into the world. You could no more imagine him apart from his clothes than you could ... ...ked in the ways of his illustrious pro- genitors, Bargeton I. and Bargeton II., Bargeton V . (who may be dubbed Bargeton the Mute by way of distinctio... ...ty, or was gifted with a bass voice that rendered Se fiato in corpo like a war whoop—Mme. de Bargeton amid these grotesque figures was like a famished... ... each to each, hurry ardent souls on towards extreme measures. A system of espionage of the most minute and intricate kind underlies provincial life; ...

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...mmings against Cummings and intimating that he would speedily be released. ii. A little later a second cable advising that Edward Estlin Cummings had ... ...fling experiences, I turn to you—burdened though I know you to be, in this world crisis, with the weightiest task ever laid upon any man. But I have a... ... eyes of French- men as Roman citizenship was in the eyes of the an- cient world. Then it was enough to ask the question, “Is it lawful to scourge a m... ...ficial silence. Doubtless the official stethoscope was on the heart of the world just then; and perhaps it was too much to ex- pect that even a post-c... ...ed by earthquake, but it was only my door closing …. 24 The Enormous Room II II II II II EN R EN R EN R EN R EN ROUTE OUTE OUTE OUTE OUTE I PUT THE B... ...y and delicately made hand. He is a Belgian. Volun- teered at beginning of war. Permission at Paris, overstayed by one day. When he reported to his of... ...y divine host. Never have I tasted such wine. They had given me a chunk of war-bread in place of bless- ing when I left Noyon. I bit into it with rene... ... was not married, had not a little child. “The bachelors are lucky in this war”—he smiled. Now the gendarmes began cleaning their beards, brushing the... ...felt myself lost. A voice said mechanically from the vicinity of my feet: “II vous faut prendre la douche”—I stared stupidly. The spectre was poised b...

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...of existence which he believes to be the only happy one attainable in this world. On reading this little story one is surprised that the Russian censo... ... has presented many traits which are common to human nature throughout the world, and this gives an added interest to the book. The language is simple... ...e woman, was taken from man’s ribs, so she will remain unto the end of the world,” said the old man, shaking his head so triumphantly and so severely ... ...f in his cloak, lifted his cap, and, taking his bag, left the car. CHAPTER II S CARCELY HAD THE old man gone when a general conver sation began. “Ther... ...es “Women, like queens, keep nine-tenths of the human race as prisoners of war, or as prisoners at hard labor. And all this because they have been hum... ...n), and Ivan (a fool)—and one daughter, Milania, born dumb. Simeon went to war, to serve the Czar; Tarras went to a city and became a merchant; and Iv... ...e to work on as before and support his father, mother, and sister. CHAPTER II I T WAS DISAPPOINTING to the Stary Tchert (Old Devil) that the brothers ... ...les were made. The next move of the new General was to have Simeon declare war against the neighboring kingdom. This he did, and with his immense army... ...’s request, and told him he must take some other man in his stead. CHAPTER II O NE EVENING POLIKEY was sitting on his bed beside the table, preparing ...

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...Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan...

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...ment 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of B... ...M 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Buil... ...adin and al Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghani... ...TERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and Nonadaptation— ...in the... ...10. WARTIME 325 10.1 Immediate Responses at Home 326 10.2 Planning for War 330 10.3 “Phase Two” and the Question of Iraq 334 11. FORESIGHT—AND... ...tan p. 148 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed p. 238–239 The 9/11 hijackers p. 279 The World Trade Center Complex as of 9/11 p. 284 The World Trade Center radio r... ...nsel & Team Leader Karen Heitkotter Executive Secretary W alter T . Hempel II Professional Staff Member C. Michael Hurley Senior Counsel & Team Leader... ...ogress. After gaining independence from Western powers following World War II, the Arab Middle East followed an arc from initial pride and optimism to... ...BI’s domestic intelligence gathering dates from the 1930s.With W orld W ar II looming, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered FBI Director J. Edgar H...