It was a day when the world learned that humans, for the first time in history, possessed weapons that could end all life on the planet -- and some were willing to use them.
They dream of a day when the world's clocks will tick the way those old French clocks did, with a hundred metric seconds to the metric minute, and a hundred metric minutes to the metric hour.
Joseph L. Bruno, the Senate majority leader, called it "critically important that we reserve Sept. 11 as a day when the world looks back and remembers the many heroes who lost their lives".
More startlingly it was good enough to beat Tiger Woods, also by two shots, albeit on a day when the world No1 fell short of the standards he, and we, have come to expect from him in the heat of major championships.
It's the annual kick off for the charity season that, the founders say, is "a day when the world comes together to give".
But on a day when some the world's best players called foul and TPC Sawgrass finally flexed its considerable muscle, the world's No. 1 player made a pair of double bogeys during a three-hole span before he had even made the turn.
The company has now taken the plunge, and its shares had a lackluster debut on Thursday – when world stock markets were again nervous.
Successful politicians know how to attract attention, and how to avoid it, so it's worth noting that John McCain chose to give his speech about the future of the judiciary on May 6th, a day when the political world was preoccupied with the Democratic primaries in Indiana and North Carolina.
By Jeffrey Toobin Successful politicians know how to attract attention, and how to avoid it, so it's worth noting that John McCain chose to give his speech about the future of the judiciary on May 6th, a day when the political world was preoccupied with the Democratic primaries in Indiana and North Carolina.
Projects like this point to a day when the entire world will be tagged by its citizens with videos and text and photos and hyperlinks.
