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| | On the scene in London. - By David Plotz - Slate Magazine |
 | | London is never quiet, but the blocks around Tavistock Square were spookily silent, except for the ambulances, which wailed by every minute or so. |
 | | And when I walked by the Queen's Larder Pub, not half a mile from the Tavistock Square wreckage, at 11 a.m., a half-dozen men were sitting together at a sidewalk table, hoisting their morning pints of ale. |
 | | More from London: By early afternoon, Plotz reports, "London began to shut down." In 2004, Christopher Hitchens speculated about terrorism in London after the Madrid bombing, and on July 7, he explained Britain's stoic reaction to the attack. |
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