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Article: Forgotten stories in a year defined by just one day: Before Sept. 11, the tax cut, stem-cell research, even shark attacks were big news. How the context has changed.(USA)
- Article from:
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- December 24, 2001
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Byline: Peter Grier Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
George W. Bush was sworn in after winning the election - barely. Bill Clinton pardoned lots of people on his way out the door. A Navy spy plane ended up in China, and the US had a hard time getting it back. Timothy McVeigh was executed. The phrase "stem-cell research" figured in a culture war.
Do these seem like stories from another age? They aren't - and they are. All are from the past year. But all occurred before history drew the curtain of Sept. 11 across American life.
Rarely has a single day so altered the context of an entire year's events. To many in the US, anything ...