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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>QUOTE OF THE DAY</b></font><br>

<font size="2">"Let us build on the richness of Afghanistan's past, let us
build a new history that will protect and ennoble usall." <br>
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/international/asia/21AID.html?todaysheadlines">COLIN L. POWELL,</a>secretary of state.


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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/national/21PRIS.html?todaysheadlines">Tight Budgets Force States to Reconsider Crime and Penalties</a></b><br>
After decades of building more prisons and passing tougher sentencing laws, states are being forced by budget deficits to close some prisons and consider shortening sentences.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/national/21FLOR.html?todaysheadlines">Bad Times? Not in a Thriving Florida Town</a></b><br>
If there is one place in the country that is escaping the current recession, it may the city of Port St. Lucie, Fla.
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The political war over the budget will revolve, in part, around the interests and apprehensions of one extraordinarily powerful group: older Americans.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>INTERNATIONAL</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/international/asia/21AID.html?todaysheadlines">U.S. Makes Pledge for $300 Million in Aid to Afghans</a></b><br>
With occasional bombs still dropping on Afghanistan, the United States pledged on Sunday  to provide nearly $300 million for reconstruction efforts.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/international/asia/21FORC.html?todaysheadlines">Conduct of War Is Redefined by Success of Special Forces</a></b><br>
Even with the first use of American ground troops, senior commanders were unsure that special forces alone could topple the Taliban.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/international/asia/21MILI.html?todaysheadlines">2 Marines Killed and 5 Injured as Helicopter Crashes Near Base</a></b><br>
Two marines were killed and five injured when their helicopter crashed early on Sunday in a mountainous area south of Bagram air base.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>BUSINESS</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/business/21ENRO.html?todaysheadlines">Enron Chief Says His Sale of Stock Was to Pay Loans</a></b><br>
Kenneth L. Lay, chief of Enron, was repeatedly forced to repay millions of dollars in loans by handing over stock to Enron last year as his investments declined in value, his lawyer said.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/business/media/21VIAC.html?todaysheadlines">At Viacom, Rumors Persist of Tension at the Top</a></b><br>
Viacom, and its stock, continues to be dogged by rumors of tension between the strong-willed men who run the company.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/business/21DRUG.html?todaysheadlines">ImClone's Woes Cast a Broader Biotech Shadow</a></b><br>
A controversy surrounding ImClone Systems is casting a cloud over the biotechnology industry, some analysts say.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>TECHNOLOGY</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/technology/ebusiness/21AMAZ.html?todaysheadlines">Amazon Ships to Sorting Machine Beat</a></b><br>
With the help new machinery, Amazon.com, once the champion of the strategy "get big fast," has learned how to become small.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/technology/ebusiness/21NECO.html?todaysheadlines">Software Screens Trading Partners</a></b><br>
Companies have scrambled to make sure they are not doing business with terrorist organizations, often turning to software to screen trading partners.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/technology/21ECOM.html?todaysheadlines">Bloomgindales Reconsiders Online Sales</a></b><br>
For a variety of reasons, Bloomingdales.com is backing away from its aggressive   Internet sales strategy.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>POLITICS</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/politics/21ELDE.html?todaysheadlines">Key Players in Budget War: They're Older and They Vote</a></b><br>
The political war over the budget will revolve, in part, around the interests and apprehensions of one extraordinarily powerful group: older Americans.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/national/21POLS.html?todaysheadlines">Lieberman Feels the Sting of Criticism Over Enron</a></b><br>
Senator Joseph Lieberman, the Connecticut Democrat, has been buffeted with criticism from both sides of the aisle for his stewardship of one of 10 Congressional committees now investigating Enron.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/national/21DALL.html?todaysheadlines">Ex-Reporter and Civic Leader in Runoff to Be Mayor of Dallas</a></b><br>
Dallas voters have forced a runoff mayoral election between a former journalist with a confrontational style and a civic leader.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>SPORTS</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/sports/football/21RAMS.html?todaysheadlines">Rams' Latest Offensive Innovation: Interceptions</a></b><br>
Brett Favre threw six interceptions, three of which were returned for touchdowns, and the St. Louis Rams easily beat the Green Bay Packers.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/sports/football/21PITT.html?todaysheadlines">Steelers Live Again With Stewart</a></b><br>
Kordell Stewart displayed the complete package and Pittsburgh's defense was dominant in the Steelers' win over the Baltimore Ravens.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/sports/football/21PATS.html?todaysheadlines">For Patriots, a Storm and an Imperfect Call</a></b><br>
The fumble-that-wasn't in New England's overtime win  over the Raiders on Saturday night will go down in Patriots lore.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>ARTS</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/movies/21GLOB.html?todaysheadlines">'A Beautiful Mind' Wins Four Golden Globes</a></b><br>
Ron Howard's emotional thriller about a brilliant but schizophrenic mathematician won best dramatic picture at the Golden Globe Awards. Russell Crowe, right, won best actor for his work in the film.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/arts/design/21ANTI.html?todaysheadlines">Multifaceted Antiques Show Only Burnished by Adversity</a></b><br>
The 48th  Annual Winter Antiques Show, thrown into disarray by an unplanned relocation to the New York Hilton,  prevailed with handsome booths and superb selections.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/arts/television/21JAME.html?todaysheadlines">Crime and Race in England, Both Factual and Fictitious</a></b><br>
"Materpiece Theater" will present two daring, engrossing films: "The Murder of Stephen Lawrence" and an "Othello" based in  the loosest way on Shakespeare.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/nyregion/21SITE.html?todaysheadlines">Ground Zero Cleanup Defies How Jobs Are Usually Done</a></b><br>
Those removing the rubble at ground zero are trumpeting nothing short of a construction   miracle, and with it, no small victory over cynicism about what labor can get done.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/nyregion/21RADI.html?todaysheadlines">In Shadow of Reactors, Parents Seek Peace of Mind in a Pill</a></b><br>
What's the new suburban drug of choice? Potassium iodide, to ward off radiation from a nuclear power plant meltdown.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/nyregion/21BROO.html?todaysheadlines">Giant Brookhaven Roiled by Battle to Create Town Council Districts</a></b><br>
Just about everything in the Town of Brookhaven is jumbo size, including the latest battle  over how to run it.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/opinion/21HERB.html?todaysheadlines">An Honorable Man</a></b>
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By BOB HERBERT
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Henry Reuss, a Milwaukee congressman who died on Jan. 12,  was an idealist grounded in  integrity.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/opinion/21SAFI.html?todaysheadlines">The Crimson Birthmark</a></b>
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How far should we go in search of  human perfectibility?
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/opinion/21LUGA.html?todaysheadlines">The Farm Bill Charade</a></b>
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By DICK  LUGAR
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Our agriculture policy heads for disaster -- again.
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