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Collateral Damage

Wednesday September 19, 2001

  • TITLE: "Collateral Damage" From the Merriam Webster Dictionary:




    col.lat.er.al
    Pronunciation:     k&-'la-t(&-)r&l
    Function: adjective
    Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle French, from Medieval Latin collateralis, from Latin com- + lateralis lateral
    Date: 14th century
    a : accompanying as secondary or subordinate : CONCOMITANT
    b : INDIRECT
    c : serving to support or reinforce : ANCILLARY



  • "� Chernobyl �" From the World Nuclear Association web page:
    -- The Chernobyl accident in 1986 was the result of a flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel and without proper regard for safety.
    -- The resulting steam explosion and fire released about five percent of the radioactive reactor core into the atmosphere and downwind.
    --30 people were killed, and there have since been up to ten deaths from thyroid cancer due to the accident.
    -- An authoritative UN report in 2000 confirmed that there is no scientific evidence of any significant radiation-related health effects to most people exposed.

    [Note: It was difficult, in a short search last night, to find a web page about Chernobyl which did not appear to be heavily slanted in either a pro-nuclear or anti-nuclear direction.]

  • "� First Lady Laura Bush ..." Here is the link to the White House web page which focuses on the work of the First Lady

  • "� American Psychological Association ..." Here is the link to the APA web page with a world of good information on dealing with the attacks.

  • "... thank you in Arabic ..." It is Shukran (shoo-krun).

  • "� to his 70-year-old grampa �" Here is the e-mail sent from the college student to his grandfather.

  • "� one was in Paris, last week �" Here is the essay written by Zabelle Huss who lives in Paris.

  •     Mullings' Catchy Caption of the Day:


                                                             Dawn's Early Light.

    (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) ____________________________________________________________________________________

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