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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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"After the terrorist attack brought down thw World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, Americans, deeply anxious, rushed to insulate themselves. How they tried to do that-what they bought-depended, as always, on ability to pay." can you help me paraphase this cite?
  

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Hi, "After the terrorist attack brought down thw World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, Americans, deeply anxious, rushed to insulate themselves. " can you help me paraphase this cite? In the first sentence, I assume that it is the word 'insulate' that is causing you trouble.

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  • Hi, "After the terrorist attack brought down thw World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, Americans, deeply anxious, rushed to insulate themselves.
  • " can you help me paraphase this cite?
  • In the first sentence, I assume that it is the word 'insulate' that is causing you trouble.
  • The writer does not say explicitly what he means, but he probably means 'rushed to insulate themselves from the rest of the world'.
  • This would mean they rushed to cut themselves off from the rest of the world , eg by not travelling abroad eg by making it difficult for non-Americans to enter the USA eg by not importing goods from other countries eg by not becoming involved in the affairs of other countries I'm not clear about what the second sentence means.
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Hi,

"After the terrorist attack brought down thw World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, Americans, deeply anxious, rushed to insulate themselves. How they tried to do that-what they bought-depended, as always, on ability to pay." can you help me paraphase this cite?

In the first sentence, I assume that it is the word 'insulate' that is causing you trouble. The writer
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