Nilofar Ayoubi first heard about the 9/11 attacks on the radio, as there was no TV or internet growing up under the Taliban. Within weeks, U.S. warplanes began bombing Taliban and Al Qaeda targets in Afghanistan, and Northern Alliance rebels were blitzing across the plains with support from American special …
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When Saturday Night Live debuted in October 1975, New York City was in such a state of severe disrepair that the cover of the New York Daily Newsone day that month read “Ford To City: Drop Dead.” “It was just after Watergate and Saigon,” says producer Lorne Michaels. “It was …
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