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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"We're selling more Cipro in a day than we used to in a
month. It's more popular than Viagra."
-ALEX ORERGEL, a pharmacist in Tijuana, Mexico.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/national/20BORD.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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More Than 100 G.I.'s Participate in Helicopter Assaults

United States ground forces mounted an assault in southern
Afghanistan on Friday. Two American military personnel were
killed in a helicopter accident related to the mission.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/international/20MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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2 New Anthrax Infections Found; Previous Cases Share Same
Strain

Two more cases of anthrax were disclosed on Friday in the
New York area. In addition, The New York Times said that an
envelope received at its offices in Rio de Janeiro had
tested positive for traces of anthrax.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/nyregion/20YORK.html?todaysheadlines

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F.B.I. Asks if Hijacking Plot Included Plane at Kennedy

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into whether
a United Airlines flight scheduled to leave Kennedy
International Airport for San   Francisco was a target of
hijackers on Sept. 11.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/national/20PLAN.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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More Than 100 G.I.'s Participate in Helicopter Assaults

United States ground forces mounted an assault in southern
Afghanistan on Friday. Two American military personnel were
killed in a helicopter accident related to the mission.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/international/20MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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Insertion of Ground Troops Demonstrates Willingness to Risk
American Casualties

The United States Army raid carried out Friday night is the
start of a dangerous but potentially decisive stage of the
war in Afghanistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/international/20STRA.html?todaysheadlines

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Israelis Invade Bethlehem for First Time in Year

Israeli troops and tanks invaded Bethlehem on Friday,
seizing several buildings and trading staccato gunfire
throughout the day with Palestinian fighters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/international/middleeast/20MIDE.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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Risk Managers Face Challenge of Bracing for the Unimaginable

Now that disasters are striking, those that manage risks are
revising their formulas and trying to figure out how to
plan for scenarios that they never took seriously before.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/business/20RISK.html?todaysheadlines

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Uncertainty in Approach Toward Cipro

Distributors and pharmacists have been swamped with orders
for Cipro, and politicians are fretting that   Bayer, the
maker of the anthrax antibiotic, cannot deliver enough.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/business/20BAYE.html?todaysheadlines

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Trend Bucked as Nokia Net Meets Hopes

Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, did what only
a handful of technology companies have managed recently:
reported earnings that did not disappoint investors.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/technology/20NOKI.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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Trend Bucked as Nokia Net Meets Hopes

Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, did what only
a handful of technology companies have managed recently:
reported earnings that did not disappoint investors.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/technology/20NOKI.html?todaysheadlines

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Rosie the Riveter in a New Generation

The military industry is once again seeing virtues in their
old businesses and a revived sense of being needed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/business/20WORK.html?todaysheadlines

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Hynix, the Korean Giant Chip, Is Ready to Seek a Buyer

The technology slump has hit South Korea's semiconductor
giants so hard that one, Hynix Semiconductor, said that it
was ready to discuss selling its assets to any interested
investor.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/technology/20CHIP.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Citing Support for War, Bush Plays Down Contentious Issues

President Bush said Friday that "support is near unanimous"
among Pacific Rim nations for the military strikes in
Afghanistan and the broader war against terrorism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/international/asia/20PREX.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush Winning Gore Backers' High Praises

President Bush has won over some unlikely supporters,
prominent Democrats who campaigned   for Al Gore in last
year's presidential campaign.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/national/20DEMS.html?todaysheadlines

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Government Talks With Drug Companies About Buying Anthrax
Antibiotics

Tommy G. Thompson, the secretary of health   and human
services, said that he was negotiating with Bayer and other
drug companies to buy Cipro   and other antibiotics that
could be used to treat anthrax.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/national/20DRUG.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Rivera Means Reliability and Results, Guaranteed

The reliable, unhittable Mariano Rivera converted all 22
save chances he has had in the postseason over the last
four years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/sports/baseball/20YANK.html?todaysheadlines

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Schilling Continues Domination in Playoffs

Curt Schilling pitched another complete game, a four-hitter
that gave the Diamondbacks a 5-1 victory in Game 3 of the
N.L.C.S. and a 2-1 lead in their series against the Braves.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/sports/baseball/20BRAV.html?todaysheadlines

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At Oregon, Pigskin and Sheepskin Collide

Oregon is enjoying a 6-0 record for the first time since
1964, but the university is debating whether the money
spent on the team's success is worth the cost to academic
standards.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/sports/ncaafootball/20COLL.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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Lacking a Center, Terrorist Networks Are Hard to Find, Let
Alone Fight

The metaphor of a spider web with a masterly evil plotter at
its center is appealing as a description of Al Qaeda and
other terrorist organizations, but it may also be
incorrect.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/arts/20NET.html?todaysheadlines

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Fear, the New Virus of a Connected Era

The Internet and cable news shows have lately become
national forums for the expression of anxiety.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/arts/television/20LINK.html?todaysheadlines

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Art Imitates Life, Perhaps Too Closely

An installation at a London Gallery by the British artist
Damien Hirst was dismantled and discarded by a cleaning man
who said he thought it was garbage.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/arts/design/20HIRS.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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2 New Anthrax Infections Found; Previous Cases Share Same
Strain

Two more cases of anthrax were disclosed on Friday in the
New York area. In addition, The New York Times said that an
envelope received at its offices in Rio de Janeiro had
tested positive for traces of anthrax.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/nyregion/20YORK.html?todaysheadlines

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Ferrer Formally Concedes to Green in a Democratic Show of
Unity

Fernando Ferrer conceded the Democratic nomination for
mayor, endorsing his opponent, Mark Green, and ending a
primary race that was punctuated by false starts and
finishes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/nyregion/20GREE.html?todaysheadlines

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In Albany, Getting Serious About Casinos

The World Trade Center disaster has rekindled serious
negotiations for Indian casinos in western New York and the
Catskills.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/nyregion/20CASI.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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Betting on Prosperity
By BILL KELLER
Shanghai is as powerful an endorsement as President Bush
could want for his belief in the curative effects of the
marketplace.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/opinion/20KELL.html?todaysheadlines

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The Inescapable World
By ANTHONY LEWIS
After Sept. 11 it was said by many that our world had
irrevocably changed. That is true in a sense that we have
not yet grasped.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/opinion/20LEWI.html?todaysheadlines

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To Bioterror, a Local Response
By AMY E. SMITHSON
A few essential moves in Washington could do more to ready
us for attack.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/opinion/20SMIT.html?todaysheadlines

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