This is partly because the public response to the attacks was spontaneously and unequivocally patriotic, suggesting that the divisions animating the so-called "culture wars" ran less deep than the cultural warriors supposed, and partly because the cultural pluralism that had once seemed threatening became, overnight, an all but official attribute of national identity.
At one point soldiers fired a rocket at the workshop, touching off a series of explosions that an Israeli security official attributed to a weapons laboratory run by Mr. Sidir, 25. "We assume that he died from the exchange of fire that followed," the official said.
Musing over why Amsterdamers are so keen on bikes, Michèl Post, a union official, attributed it to the country's density.
A company official attributed the increase to higher sales volume, including several new products.... Henry Schein Inc., a dental products manufacturer, reported adjusted net income rose 18percentto to $19.6 million, or 47 cents per diluted share, on net sales of $603 million.
A federation official attributed the resistance to the fact that many of these athletes no longer compete, meaning they cannot be punished by measures such as exclusion from the national team.
"Peppery" is an official, positive attribute of "extra virgin" whereas smoothness will reliably indicate a low-quality oil.
But the city has been encouraged by a 24 percent reduction in shootings so far this year (from 1,193 to 909) and 28 percent reduction in homicides (from 276 to 200) — an improvement officials attribute partly to an increased police presence, with as many as 400 officers a day patrolling the most dangerous areas.
As a result, officials attribute at least a portion of service calls after the token was eliminated to the adjustment process of those subway riders who were the last to switch to the MetroCard.
New Jersey colleges and universities continue to raise tuition at a rate faster than inflation, a move officials attribute to increasing costs for salaries and building upgrades.
A local Malian official attributed the recent deadly stoning of a young couple in the town of Aguelhok to Ansar Dine and Al Qaeda.
As of March 1, 352 mail fishing incidents had been reported in New York City this year, placing the city on track to record a 30percentt reduction in fishing from last year — a decline officials attribute to the newfangled boxes.
