08/14/2002 - Updated 01:47 AM ET

Global warmth for U.S. after 9/11 turns to frost

By Ellen Hale, USA TODAY

OXFORD, England — On a packed train out of London recently to this
historic college town, a young American woman struck up a
conversation with her seatmate, a nattily dressed older British
man. They chatted amiably about Oxford until she worked up the
courage to ask what was weighing on her mind:

"Why," she blurted out, "does everybody hate us?"