And, oh, the towering feeling just to know somehow you are near.
The attacks on the Twin Towers left America feeling exposed, Faludi says; by the time it was clear exactly what was happening, there was absolutely nothing that could be done.
Resignation is almost what Bruce S. Fowle, a prominent yet low-key peer -- no kooky glasses, no silly scarf, no gel on the cranium or speckled beard -- is feeling as the towers grow taller and clunkier and the planning ordeal crawls on.
It exploits familiar images, be they puppies or babies — or, as in the case of this movie, the twin towers — and tries to make us feel good, even virtuous, simply about feeling.
When Yama complains that "it's soulless," many audience members may recall feeling the same way about the towers.
Some, especially the ones closest to the twin towers, closed; others held on, but are still feeling the pain.
"When I was at university, I was feeling that I was too much in the ivory tower, shielded away from the real world," says Williams.
No one could glance downtown without feeling chills from the absence of the trade center towers.
Maybe, but the Towers Perrin study found two reasons employers should try to keep workers feeling upbeat.
Seeing animals like giraffes and elephants towering above trees, Mr. Bass said he was overcome by that same giddiness of "feeling dizzily like a child".
