Survivor Registries

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Kevin Elliott of About.com has written a penetrating analysis of the WTC survivor registry phenomenon, which I seem to have helped kick off:

http://websearch.about.com/library/weekly/aa091401a.htm

I hope you'll forgive me if I also point out a very kind interview at News.com:

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1014-201-7147460-0.html

If you haven't dropped by my infamous Check-In page lately, I've posted an essay about why the time for independent survivor registries is well past. I have more thoughts on that subject which I will try to force myself to post here in the next couple of days.

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Hugo and Nebula Award nominee. Creator of Proper Manuscript Format, Spelling Bee Solver, Tylogram, and more. Banned in Canada.

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