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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"I think the most important thing is that he is not  able to
function any longer,  and we're agnostic as to how   that
happens. I rather doubt   just given the circumstances here
 I rather  doubt we're talking about a long, drawn-out
trial."
-CONDOLEEZZA RICE, on whether United States troops expect to kill Osama bin
Laden or capture him for trial.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/international/asia/19MILI.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Laid Low by Last Recession, California Is Ready for Next

Experts are expressing guarded optimism over California's
economic future, saying the state may come through the
tough times in better shape than other regions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/national/19CALI.html?todaysheadlines

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Challenge Revives SAT Test Debate

The challenge being mounted against the SAT exam by the
University of California has brought attention to a
previously arcane debate.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/education/19EXAM.html?todaysheadlines

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Ford Motor Workers Get on the Job Training in Religious
Tolerance

Several hundred Ford workers of many faiths and jobs turned
out on Thursday for "An Islamic perspective on the events
of Sept. 11".
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/business/19FORD.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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More U.S. Troops in bin Laden Hunt; Hide-Outs Bombed

With the rapid collapse of the Taliban, the United States
has intensified its pursuit of Osama bin Laden and his
network.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/international/asia/19MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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Afghan Victors Agree to Talks on Interim Rule

Bowing to American pressure, Northern Alliance officials
agreed Sunday to attend a meeting of Afghan opposition
groups somewhere outside the country.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/international/asia/19DIPL.html?todaysheadlines

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Foes Claim Taliban Are Killing Soldiers Who Seek to Defect

Foreign soldiers fighting for the Taliban have begun killing
their Afghan Taliban comrades in a desperate effort to hang
on to the encircled city of Kunduz.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/international/asia/19NORT.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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Phillips and Conoco to Form U.S. Gasoline Giant

The Phillips Petroleum Company and Conoco agreed to merge,
creating an oil company with a market value of $35 billion.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/business/19ENER.html?todaysheadlines

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Companies Compete to Provide Saudi Internet Veil

Nearly a dozen software companies are competing for a
contract to help Saudi Arabia block access to Web sites the
Saudi government deems inappropriate.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/technology/19SAUD.html?todaysheadlines

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Wild Welcome Greets Rivera at Fox News

Geraldo Rivera's hiring as a war correspondent for Fox News
has ruffled feathers inside   and outside the network.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/business/media/19FOX.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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Companies Compete to Provide Saudi Internet Veil

Nearly a dozen software companies are competing for a
contract to help Saudi Arabia block access to Web sites the
Saudi government deems inappropriate.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/technology/19SAUD.html?todaysheadlines

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Executive Moves From Ticketmaster to Trade Shows

Fredric D. Rosen turned Ticketmaster into a
multibillion-dollar behemoth, but doing the same with trade
show operator Key3Media is turning out to be a tough second
act.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/technology/ebusiness/19ROSE.html?todaysheadlines

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William Daley Will Assume Post at SBC

William M. Daley, the campaign chairman of Al Gore's
unsuccessful presidential bid, will be the next president
of SBC Communications.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/business/19BELL.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Sept. 11 Attacks Refocused the Spotlight

The terrorist attacks have considerably altered the profiles
 and power  of many of the nation's leading political
figures.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/politics/19MEMO.html?todaysheadlines

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Torricelli Backed Donor's Bid for a Korean Project, a Letter
Shows

Senator Robert G. Torricelli recommended a political donor
for a contract on a sensitive nuclear-reactor project in
North Korea.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/politics/19TORC.html?todaysheadlines

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Top Democrats Politic Through Rural Mexico

Thousands of miles away from their own constituents, the two
top U.S. Democrats took a ride Sunday through a rural
stretch of central Mexico.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/international/americas/19MEXI.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Jets Continue Mastery of the Dolphins

The Jets trounced the Dolphins for the eighth   straight
time to vault into first place in the A.F.C. East.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/sports/football/19JETS.html?todaysheadlines

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Hoping for an Appealing Match

This week's rankings suggest the potential for an appealing
championship game in the Rose Bowl: Miami against Nebraska.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/sports/ncaafootball/19COLL.html?todaysheadlines

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Strahan Runs Down Success

Giants defensive end Michael Strahan is sacking quarterbacks
at a pace more furious than any defensive player in N.F.L.
history.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/sports/football/19GIAN.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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'Potter' Movie Sets Box Office Record

"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" sets the record for
the biggest movie opening of all time, earning an estimated
$93.5 million in its first three days.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/movies/19BOX.html?todaysheadlines

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Iconoclastic Physicist for All Occasions

Peter Parnell's "QED" is such a textbook example of
biographical theater that it's hard to watch  it without
seeing the diagram beneath.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/arts/theater/19QED.html?todaysheadlines

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Hemingway's Blessing, Copland's Collaboration

A pastiche of the adventures of young Hemingway, with a
dramatic script written by A.E. Hotchner in 1957 and music
composed by Aaron Copland, will finally have its premiere.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/books/19HOTC.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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United in Grief and Prayer, Sharing the Common Language of
Tears

Thousands attended a service in Rockaways, Queens, to honor
victims of the Flight 587 crash.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/nyregion/19PRAY.html?todaysheadlines

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Torricelli Backed Donor's Bid for a Korean Project, a Letter
Shows

Senator Robert G. Torricelli recommended a political donor
for a contract on a sensitive nuclear-reactor project in
North Korea.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/politics/19TORC.html?todaysheadlines

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With Water and Sweat, Fighting the Most Stubborn Fire

Experts are calling the World Trade Center site the longest
commercial building fire in United States history.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/nyregion/19FIRE.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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The Vanishing Act
By BOB HERBERT
The end of welfare faces the cold reality of a  recession
that  threatens to leave millions of American families
jobless, and all but helpless as well.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/opinion/19HERB.html?todaysheadlines

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Big Mo
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
The elder Bush once called political momentum "the big Mo."
Nothing gathers support like a sense of  inevitability. The
younger Bush has  it now.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/opinion/19SAFI.html?todaysheadlines

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The Job Nobody Trained For
By ROBERT M. GATES
For all practical purposes, the   federal government started
homeland defense from scratch on Sept. 11.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/opinion/19GATE.html?todaysheadlines

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