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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"I guess we all see a little of ourselves in him. He was in
the background, and maybe we all do little great things in
the background in our own lives."
-ROGER REECE, on George Harrison. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/obituaries/01GEOR.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Ashcroft Seeking to Free F.B.I. to Spy on Groups

Attorney General John Ashcroft is considering a plan to
relax restrictions on the F.B.I.'s spying on religious and
political organizations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/national/01BURE.html?todaysheadlines

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Connecticut Detects Anthrax on a Letter Near Victim's Home 

Connecticut officials said that a trace amount   of anthrax
had been discovered on a letter delivered near the home of
a 94-year-old woman who died of the disease last week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/nyregion/01ANTH.html?todaysheadlines 

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Man With Artificial Heart Dies 5 Months After Implant

Robert Tools,  the first recipient of  a self-contained 
artificial heart, died Friday at Jewish Hospital in
Louisville, Ky.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/health/01HEAR.html?todaysheadlines 

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INTERNATIONAL
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U.S. to Press Iraq to Let U.N. Inspect for Banned Arms

A State Department official said on Friday that President
Bush intended to force Iraq to open its borders to United
Nations weapons inspectors.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/international/middleeast/01DIPL.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush Administration Says It's Too Early to Deploy
International Peacekeepers 

Calling conditions on the ground too dangerous, the Bush
administration said on Friday that it was too soon to send
peacekeepers to Afghanistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/international/01MILI.html?todaysheadlines 

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Marines Dig In, but They Find Little to Battle

Hundreds of marines have turned a compound in the Afghan
desert into a heavily fortified base intended to intensify
military pressure on the Taliban.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/international/asia/01MARI.html?todaysheadlines 

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BUSINESS
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Enron Scrambles for Funds to Ease Way Into Bankruptcy

The fallout from Enron's collapse continued on Friday as the
company struggled to line up financing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/business/01ENRO.html?todaysheadlines

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Report Offers Conflicting Signals on Recovery of the Economy 

The economy shrank significantly  more this summer than the
government initially estimated, the Commerce Department
said on Friday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/business/01ECON.html?todaysheadlines 

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Creditors' Move Puts Excite@Home's Service at Risk

A judge ruled on Friday that Excite@Home could sever its
contracts with cable companies, meaning that about 3.7
million subscribers could lose Internet access.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/technology/01NET.html?todaysheadlines 

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TECHNOLOGY
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Creditors' Move Puts Excite@Home's Service at Risk

A judge ruled on Friday that Excite@Home could sever its
contracts with cable companies, meaning that about 3.7
million subscribers could lose Internet access.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/technology/01NET.html?todaysheadlines

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Cable and Wireless Bidding For Assets of Web Operator 

Cable and Wireless made a bid on Friday to become the
biggest manager of Web sites in the United States.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/technology/01CABL.html?todaysheadlines 

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Apple Offers More Than an Update to Its System

Sometimes engineers fix software mistakes; other times the
task falls to lawyers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/technology/01APPL.html?todaysheadlines 

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POLITICS
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G.O.P.'s National Chairman to Resign After Brief Term

Republican party officials accused the White House of
forcing Gov. James S. Gilmore III of Virginia from his post
as Republican national chairman.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/politics/01REPU.html?todaysheadlines

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2 Sides Turn More Heated in Exchanges Over Economy 

Democrats intensified their efforts to portray Republicans
as more concerned about corporate interests than laid-off
workers and to pin   blame for the recession on President
Bush.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/politics/01DEMS.html?todaysheadlines 

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Special Education Increases Cut From Bill

Lawmakers rejected an attempt to guarantee multibillion
dollar increases for special education as part of a
sweeping education bill.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/education/01EDUC.html?todaysheadlines 

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SPORTS
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Daylight Is Narrowing for Bowl Hopefuls

Of the 25 postseason bowl games, only five have filled both
brackets, and another nine have selected a single team.
Much more will be known on Sunday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/sports/ncaafootball/01COLL.html?todaysheadlines

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Wilpon Might Increase Mets' Payroll 

Fred Wilpon hinted that he might authorize Mets General
Manager Steve Phillips to exceed the team's budget to sign
a top player.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/sports/baseball/01METS.html?todaysheadlines 

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Security, and Event, Will Be Extraordinary

Concerned that the country's most watched sporting event
would be an inviting target for   terrorists, the federal
government and the N.F.L. are planning extraordinary
measures to protect the Super Bowl.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/sports/football/01SUPE.html?todaysheadlines 

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ARTS
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George Harrison, 'Quiet Beatle' and Lead Guitarist, Dies at
58

George Harrison, the youngster of the Beatles who composed
some of their most venerated songs, died on Thursday in Los
Angeles.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/obituaries/01GEOR.html?todaysheadlines

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Break Up Afghanistan? Why Not? 

Some experts believe ethnic groups that have been warring
for generations would be better off in separate nations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/arts/01PROF.html?todaysheadlines 

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A Black Author Hurls That Word as a Challenge

Randall Kennedy, an African-American scholar at Harvard,
argues that new uses of "nigger" are helping to exorcise
the word's power as America's paradigmatic ethnic slur.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/books/01BOOK.html?todaysheadlines 

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NY REGION
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Connecticut Detects Anthrax on a Letter Near Victim's Home

Connecticut officials said that a trace amount   of anthrax
had been discovered on a letter delivered near the home of
a 94-year-old woman who died of the disease last week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/nyregion/01ANTH.html?todaysheadlines

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Shoplifting Charge Ends U.S. Manhunt for Real Estate Heir 

The nationwide manhunt for Robert A. Durst, the scion of a
wealthy Manhattan real estate family, ended when he was
arrested for shoplifting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/nyregion/01DURS.html?todaysheadlines 

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Bush Picks Virginia Prosecutor for U.S. Attorney

President Bush announced that he would nominate   James B.
Comey as United States attorney for the Southern District
of New York to succeed Mary Jo White.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/nyregion/01ATTO.html?todaysheadlines 

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OP-ED 
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Join the Club
By BILL KELLER
The terror attacks have actually made the enlargement of the
NATO family more right than ever.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/opinion/01KELL.html?todaysheadlines

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It Can Happen Here 
By ANTHONY LEWIS
It seems shocking that the United States Department of
Justice should state as a fact something that a judge has
found to be untrue.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/opinion/L01LEWI.html?todaysheadlines 

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Getting at the Roots of Arab Poverty
By ALAN SCHWARTZ
Many Muslims are not poor because we are rich; they are poor
because of the policies their countries pursue.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/opinion/01SCHW.html?todaysheadlines 

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