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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...HE 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... ...Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From t... ...First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and Nonadaptation— ...in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and in the Federal Aviation... ...rallies broad support in the Arab and Muslim world by demanding redress of political grievances, but its hostility toward us and our values is limitle... ...he story of eccentric and violent ideas sprouting in the fertile ground of political and social turmoil. It is the story of an organization poised to ... ...c selectively draws from multiple sources—Islam, history, and the region’s political and economic malaise. He also stresses griev- ances against the U... ... as Egypt, that had a parliamentary tradition. Over time, their poli- cies—repression, rewards, emigration, and the displacement of popular anger onto... ... THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Final1-4.4pp 7/17/04 9:12 AM Page 52 harsh repression of Islamic militants with harassment of moderate Islamic schol- ... ... emigration either to the Arab oil states or to the West. Furthermore, the repression and isolation of women in many Muslim countries have not only se...

... 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 (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERR...

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On Liberty

By: John Stuart Mill

.... Any Any Any Any Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or person using this document file, for any pur... ... way does so at his or person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or person using this document file, for any pur... ... way does so at his or person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or person using this document file, for any pur... ... two ways. First, by obtaining a recognition of certain immu nities, called political liberties or rights, which it was to be regarded as a breach of... ...ircumstances which for a time encouraged it had continued unaltered. But, in political and philosophical theories, as well On Liberty — Mill 5 as in... ...democracy is adverse, has had no difficulty in es tablishing itself; and in political speculations “the tyranny of the majority” is now generally inc... ...interference by law in the details of private life; but the engines of moral repression have been wielded more strenuously against divergence from the... ...nd a third, of still briefer duration, in the intellectual fermenta tion of Germany during the Goethian and Fichtean period. These periods differed w... ... in their own judgment, think would be best for mankind. Few persons, out of Germany, even comprehend the meaning of the doctrine which Wilhelm von Hu...

...ture and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual. A question seldom stated, and hardly ever discussed, in general terms, but which profoundly influences the practical controversies of the age by its latent presence, and is likely soon to make itself recognized as the vital question of the future. It is so far from being new, t...

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Sartor Resartus the Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdr Ockh

By: Thomas Carlyle

...— CHARACTERISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 CHAPTER V — THE WORLD IN CLOTHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 CHAPTER VI — APRONS . . . . . . .... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 BOOK III 133 CHAPTER I — INCIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . 133 CHAPTER II — CHURCH CLOTHES . .... ...ne about, with more or less effect, for five thousand years and upwards; how, in these times especially, not only the Torch still burns, and perhaps mo... ...ee what is passing under our very eyes. But here, as in so many other cases, Germany, learned, indefatigable, deep thinking Germany comes to our aid.... ... toil of a rough journey; as if, forsaking the gold mines of finance and that political slaughter of fat oxen whereby a man himself grows fat, they wer... ...nd how our mercantile great ness, and invaluable Constitution, impressing a political or other immediately practical tendency on all English culture ... ...inted, close meditated sort, which, be it spoken with pride, is seen only in Germany, perhaps only in Weissnichtwo. Issuing from the hitherto irre pr... ...sm of our Friend we detected any practical tendency whatever, it was at most Political, and towards a certain prospective, and for the present quite s... ...g, to a cer tain Tract of Hofrath Heuschrecke’s, entitled Institute for the Repression of Population; which lies, dishonorably enough (with torn leav...

...of culture, and how the Torch of Science has now been brandished and borne about, with more or less effect, for five thousand years and upwards; how, in these times especially, not only the Torch still burns, and perhaps more fiercely than ever, but innumerable Rushlights, and Sulphur-matches, kindled thereat, are also glancing in every direction, so that not the smallest ...

...?PRELIMINARY, 3 -- CHAPTER II ?EDITORIAL DIFFICULTIES, 7 -- CHAPTER III ?REMINISCENCES, 11 -- CHAPTER IV? CHARACTERISTICS, 19 -- CHAPTER V? THE WORLD IN CLOTHES, 24 -- CHAPTER VI? APRONS, 29 -- CHAPTER VII? MISCELLANEOUS-HISTORICAL, 31 -- CHAPTER VIII? THE WORLD OUT OF CLOTHES, 34 -- CHAPTER IX? ADAMITISM, 39 -- CHAPTER X? PURE REASON, 43 -- CHAPTER XI? PROSPECTIVE, 47 -- ...

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Celt and Saxon

By: George Meredith

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Celt and Saxon by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...winge or suspicion of a sting from the tone of his host, though he was not political and was of 17 George Meredith a mood to pity the poor gentleman’... ...hire Riviera. ‘I will venture to guess at nonsense,’ he answered. ‘Nothing political, then.’ ‘That scarcely follows; but a host at his own table may b... ...long way to see the exhibition.’ ‘But why cannot men be temperate in their political argu- ments?’ ‘The questions raised are too close about the roots... ...rogue by his collar, if they kick at it. Rockney was for sharp measures in repression, fair legislation in due course. ‘Fair legislation upon your own... ...terpretation of fair,’ said Mattock, whose party opposed Rockney’s. ‘As to repression, you would have missed that instructive scene this evening at Co... ...he ideal of English gentleman and gentlewoman is closely Roman in the self-repression it exacts, and that it should be but occasionally difficult to t...

... But his inclinations were also subject to question, upon his considering that he had expended pounds English for the privilege of making the journey in this very train....

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The Forged Coupon, And Other Stories and Dramas

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an elec tronic transmission, in any way. The Forged Coupon and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy, trans. Lou... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... after resigning his commission in the army, went abroad on a tour through Germany, Switzerland, and France. In France his growing aversion from capit... ...for the last sixty years, revolving in the same vi cious circle of fierce repression and persecution and utter disregard of the rights of individuals... ... yet rising again and again with inextinguishable reiteration; appeals for political freedom, for constitutional government, for better sys tems and ... ...s transferred back to the common cell, his private cell being needed for a political prisoner who had been just sent to prison. V IN THE MEANTIME M ... ...ni versity. I don’t know whether it was a good thing or no, but we had no political clubs, no theories in our uni versities then. We were simply you...

...Introduction: In an age of materialism like our own the phenomenon of spiritual power is as significant and inspiring as it is rare. No longer associated with the ?divine right? of kings, it has survived the downfall of feudal and theocrat...

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Bride of Lammermoor

By: Sir Walter Scott

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...two centuries, as many men of talent, civil and military, and of literary, political, and profes- sional eminence, as any house in Scotland, first ros... ...e Lord Rutherford, who was not acceptable to them either on account of his political prin- ciples or his want of fortune. The young couple broke a pie... ...cient than that of Lord Ravenswood, and which had only risen to wealth and political importance dur- ing the great civil wars. He himself had been bre... ...ain for the Master of Ravenswood might require encourage- ment rather than repression. This seemed the more likely, as he had that very morning, since... ...llow branch in his hand, which he told her had ar- rived that instant from Germany for her special wearing. Lucy, as we have seen, was remarkably fond...

...tant period, it might possibly be unpleasing to the feelings of the descendants of the parties. But as he finds an account of the circumstances given in the Notes to Law?s Memorials, by his ingenious friend, Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq., and also indicated in his reprint of the Rev. Mr. Symson?s poems appended to the Large Description of Galloway, as the original of th...

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Middlemarch

By: George Eliot

...Middlemarch George Eliot 1872 To my dear Husband, George Henry Lewes, in this nineteenth year of our blessed union. Contents Book I — Miss Brook... ...entleness at the thought of the little girl walking forth one morning hand in hand with her still smaller brother, to go and seek martyrdom in the cou... ...earts, already beating to a national idea; until domestic reality met them in the shape of uncles, and turned them back from their great resolve. That... ...d under Cromwell, but afterwards conformed, and managed to come out of all political troubles as the proprietor of a respectable family estate. Young ... ... a new scheme for the application of her income which would interfere with political economy and the keeping of saddle horses: a man would naturally t... ... speaking, and seemed to observe her newly. “Young ladies don’t understand political economy, you know,” said Mr. Brooke, smiling towards Mr. Casaubon... ...ell as pleasantly in Rome—had thought his intention was to remain in South Germany—but begged him to come and dine to morrow, when he could converse m... ... felt sure that she had been suffering from the strain and conflict of self repression; and that she was likely now to feel herself only in another sor... ...rig; and her vexation had fermented the more actively because of its total repression towards her husband. Exemplary wives will sometimes find scapegoa...

... at least briefly, on the life of Saint Theresa, has not smiled with some gentleness at the thought of the little girl walking forth one morning hand-in-hand with her still smaller brother, to go and seek martyrdom in the country of the Moors? Out they toddled from rugged Avila, wide-eyed and helpless-looking as two fawns, but with human hearts, already beating to a nation...

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Middlemarch

By: George Eliot

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Middlemarch by George Eliot, the Pennsylvania State University,... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...d under Cromwell, but afterwards conformed, and managed to come out of all political troubles as the proprietor of a respectable family estate. Y oung... ... a new scheme for the application of her income which would interfere with political economy and the keeping of saddle-horses: a man would naturally t... ... speaking, and seemed to observe her newly. “Young ladies don’t understand political economy, you know,” said Mr. Brooke, smiling towards Mr. Casaubon... ...l as pleasantly in Rome—had thought his in- tention was to remain in South Germany—but begged him to come and dine to-morrow, when he could converse m... ...felt sure that she had been suffering from the strain and conflict of self-repression; and that she was likely now to feel herself only in another sor... ...rig; and her vexation had fermented the more actively because of its total repression towards her husband. Exemplary wives will sometimes find scapego...

... at least briefly, on the life of Saint Theresa, has not smiled with some gentleness at the thought of the little girl walking forth one morning hand-in-hand with her still smaller brother, to go and seek martyrdom in the country of the Moors? Out they toddled from rugged Avila, wide-eyed and helpless-looking as two fawns, but with human hearts, already beating to a nation...

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The Magic Skin

By: Honoré de Balzac

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...eeper than the Seine,” said Raphael. “Oh, you don’ t understand me; I mean political crime. Since this morning, a conspirator’s life is the only one I... ... stood the young and auda- cious writer, who distilled the quintessence of political ideas better than any other man, or compressed the work of some p... ... she has.” “Oh, ho! No and yes, is not that the sum-up of all reli- gious, political, or literary dissertations? Man is a clown danc- ing on the edge ... ...e? The very neglect in which I was left, and the consequent habits of self-repression and self-con- centration; did not these things teach me how to c... ... air for a man consumed by his genius lies in the fertile pasture-lands of Germany, at T oplitz or Baden-Baden. If England is not obnoxious to you, it...

...shed by the number 36, without too much deliberation. ?Your hat, sir, if you please?? a thin, querulous voice called out. A little old man, crouching in the darkness behind a railing, suddenly rose and exhibited his features, carved after a mean design....

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The French Revolution a History

By: Thomas Carlyle

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsyl... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...no, the whole Nation is behind thee. Thou too (O heavens!) mayest become a Political Power; and with the shakings of thy horse-hair wig shake principa... ...e: say rather, with such weap- ons, homicidal and suicidal, in exasperated political duel, will Bodies-corporate fight! But, in any case, is not this ... ...t of Paris may count itself an unloved body; mean, not magnanimous, on the political side. Were the King weak, always (as now) has his Parlement barke... ... an eye-witness to these things. For the rest, Non-jurant Priests, and the repression of them, will distract the King’s conscience; Emigrant Princes a... ...ing at Liege; ‘three thousand horses’ ambling hitherward from the Fairs of Germany: Cavalry enrolling; likewise Foot-soldiers, ‘in blue coat, red wais...

............................................................................................................................ 27 Chapter 1.2.II. Petition in Hieroglyphs. ...................................................................................................................... 30 Chapter 1.2.III. Questionable. ...........................................................

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Little Dorrit Book One Poverty

By: Charles Dickens

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Little Dorrit, Book One: Poverty by Charles Dickens, the Pennsy... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... acer- bity and energy, always contending with a second nature of habitual repression, gave his features a swollen and suffused look; and altogether, ... ...lways his last resource when he found his little friend getting him into a political, social, or theological corner. But this was the origin of a seri... ... out; and with the blessing of Providence upon the harvest (natu- ral, not political), I now dismiss you. All this is true, but the Circumlocution Off... ... to Lyons, which he had accepted; and from Lyons had been engaged to go to Germany, and in Germany had had an offer to go to St Petersburg, and there ... ...he opportunity.’ Such a purchase would involve not only a great legitimate political influence, but some half-dozen church presentations of considerab...

...uous attention than anyone else can have given them during its desultory publication, it is not unreasonable to ask that the weaving may be looked at in its completed state, and with the pattern finished....

...rrit?s Party 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream 16. Nobody?s Weakness 17. Nobody?s Rival 18. Little Dorrit?s Lover 19. The Father of the Marshalsea in two or three Relations 20. Moving in Society 21. Mr Merdle?s Complaint 22. A Puzzle 23. Machinery in Motion 24. Fortune-Telling 25. Conspirators and Others 26. Nobody?s State of Mind 27. Five-and-Twenty 28. Nobody?s Disapp...

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Little Dorrit

By: Charles Dickens

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Little Dorrit Poverty by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania Stat... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... acer- bity and energy, always contending with a second nature of habitual repression, gave his features a swollen and suffused look; and altogether, ... ...lways his last resource when he found his little friend getting him into a political, social, or theological corner. But this was the origin of a seri... ... out; and with the blessing of Providence upon the harvest (natu- ral, not political), I now dismiss you. All this is true, but the Circumlocution Off... ... to Lyons, which he had accepted; and from Lyons had been engaged to go to Germany, and in Germany had had an offer to go to St Petersburg, and there ... ...he opportunity.’ Such a purchase would involve not only a great legitimate political influence, but some half-dozen church presentations of considerab... ... no light youth of sinful gaiety and pleasure. Mine were days of wholesome repression, punishment, and fear. The corruption of our hearts, the evil of...

...uous attention than anyone else can have given them during its desultory publication, it is not unreasonable to ask that the weaving may be looked at in its completed state, and with the pattern finished....

...rrit?s Party 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream 16. Nobody?s Weakness 17. Nobody?s Rival 18. Little Dorrit?s Lover 19. The Father of the Marshalsea in two or three Relations 20. Moving in Society 21. Mr Merdle?s Complaint 22. A Puzzle 23. Machinery in Motion 24. Fortune-Telling 25. Conspirators and Others 26. Nobody?s State of Mind 27. Five-and-Twenty 28. Nobody?s Disapp...

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Magnum Bonum or Mother Careys Brood

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Magnum Bonum, or Mother Carey’s Brood by Charlotte M. Yonge, th... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...more physical science and less classics, and will not hear of his going to Germany, which is what he wishes, though I am sure he is too young.” “He ou... ...t’s all that is of use. If my uncle won’t let me study physical science in Germany, I had rather go on here, where I can be let alone to study it for ... ...inks nothing can be done without her, Miss Ogilvie, and I am forced to act repression sometimes.” “Indeed we do not wish for any tea,” said Miss Ogilv... ... moderate gaiety, and no fastness. The ruling interests were religious and political questions, as befitted Fordham’s maiden ses- sion, the society wa...

...ke her with them, for their sister has children, and she will have to roam from room to room before the whitewashers, which is not what I should wish in the critical state of chest left by measles.?...

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