All signs inside the dormitories and dining hall have been translated into Albanian. And the Fort Dix cooks are being instructed on preparing Albanian foods. The whole operation has been likened to a modern-day Ellis Island. Laptop computers have been set up in the processing center to input biographical information about families, issue identification cards and record fingerprints. Relief officials say America's response to the Kosovo crisis has been unprecedented.
Phone lines are jammed with people seeking to give money, clothing and food.
Children have sent plastic bags filled with small change. The most gifted members of the human species are at their creative best when they cannot have their way, and must compensate for what they miss by realizing and cultivating their capacities and talents.