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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"More people have been struck by lightning in the last 10
days, I'll bet, than have contracted anthrax. The country
badly needs to settle down."
-SENATOR JOHN McCAIN

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/national/18SCEN.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Tests Find 31 Workers Exposed to Anthrax in Capitol

Concern about biological terrorism heightened as preliminary
tests showed that 31 workers on Capitol Hill were exposed
to anthrax spores.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/national/18ANTH.html?todaysheadlines

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U.S. Seeks to Build a Stock of Vaccine Against Smallpox

Federal health officials are negotiating with   four drug
companies to buy 300 million doses of smallpox vaccine
enough for every American.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/national/18SMAL.html?todaysheadlines

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Impact of Grounding Jets Is Still Unclear

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration suggested in
a speech that an order to ground all planes on the morning
of Sept. 11 had prevented additional jets from being
hijacked.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/national/18HIJA.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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Far-Right Leader Is Slain in Israel

Israel threatened to oppose the Palestinian Authority as a
terrorist organization unless it immediately handed over
gunmen blamed for the assault.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/international/middleeast/18MIDE.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush Says Aim Is to Ease Entry of Land Force

President Bush said the blitz of American air   attacks in
Afghanistan was intended to pave   the way for anti-Taliban
forces on the   ground.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/international/18MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush's New Focus Requires a Shift in His China Policy

The events of the last five weeks have made it critical for
President Bush to develop ties with China that resemble the
"strategic partnership" envisaged by President Clinton.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/international/18PREX.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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Life Insurers Seek Study of Terror Aid

At a time when the fear of bioterrorism is spreading, the
life insurance industry plans to ask the White House and
Congress to consider providing aid in the event of a major
attack.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/business/18INSU.html?todaysheadlines

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Greenspan Sees Economic Slide as Temporary

Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, said that the
United States would soon start benefiting again from the
advances in technology that helped fuel the boom of the
late 1990's.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/business/18FED.html?todaysheadlines

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U.S. Acts to Increase Supply of Drugs to Counter Anthrax

The government and the drug industry took steps to increase
the production of the antibiotic Cipro and approve a
broader range of drugs that fight the potentially deadly
bacterium.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/business/18DRUG.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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Online Downturn Means Drop for AOL Time Warner

Despite overall third-quarter results that met or exceeded
analysts' expectations,  America Online, the Internet unit
of AOL Time Warner, fell   far short of predictions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/technology/18AOL.html?todaysheadlines

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EMC Reports Drop in Sales and a Loss in the Quarter

The EMC Corporation said that sales in the third quarter had
tumbled to $1.21 billion and that it had its first
quarterly loss since 1989.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/technology/18STOR.html?todaysheadlines

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Apple Tops Analysts' Lowered Forecasts

Apple Computer, saying it has been buoyed by strong sales to
schools and students, reported results for its fourth
quarter that exceeded analysts' expectations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/technology/18APPL.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Sense of Unease Grips Anthrax Preoccupied Washington

Whoever has made a target of offices with letters containing
white powder has succeeded in sowing anxiety among the
chattering classes of Washington.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/national/18SCEN.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush's New Focus Requires a Shift in His China Policy

The events of the last five weeks have made it critical for
President Bush to develop ties with China that resemble the
"strategic partnership" envisaged by President Clinton.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/international/18PREX.html?todaysheadlines

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White House Lays Out Plans for $20 Billion in Emergency
Funds

The Bush administration proposed a plan for dividing the
next $20 billion of emergency government spending among
military and domestic needs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/national/18BUDG.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Pettitte and O'Neill Lead Game 1 Charge

Andy Pettitte pitched brilliantly for eight innings, Paul
O'Neill hit a two-run homer and the Yankees opened the
A.L.C.S. with a 4-2 win over the Seattle Mariners.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/sports/baseball/18YANK.html?todaysheadlines

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Keeping Knoblauch Proves a Boon

It was a bright decision to hang onto Chuck Knoblauch in
June, and it looked even shrewder after he slapped three
hits and drove in the first run of Game 1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/sports/baseball/18CURR.html?todaysheadlines

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Lopez's Homer Starts Braves Rout

Javy Lopez homered off Miguel Batista in the seventh inning
to break a 1-1 tie and help the Braves to a victory in Game
2 of the N.L.C.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/sports/baseball/18ARIZ.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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A Walk With Ishmael in That Island City

Following Ishmael through the streets of his New York in
"Moby-Dick"  which was published 150 years ago today  you
feel a miraculous harpoon-stab of connection.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/arts/18MOBY.html?todaysheadlines

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Gleefully Skewering the Quirks of Humanity

The Atlantic Theater Company's uneven production of 10 of
Shel Silverstein's short plays is a fond tribute to an
independent and eccentric intelligence.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/arts/theater/18SHEL.html?todaysheadlines

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Strange Yet Convincing, a Requiem Breaks the Rules

The Berlioz Requiem, which the Boston Symphony and Seiji
Ozawa took to Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, is like a lyrical
voyage into outer space.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/arts/music/18SYMP.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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Pataki Quits Manhattan Office After Anthrax Is Found

Gov. George E. Pataki and his staff evacuated his Midtown
Manhattan office and immediately began taking antibiotics
after preliminary tests found anthrax spores in an area
within his office.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/nyregion/18YORK.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush Opposes More Aid Now for New York

The Bush administration balked at providing billions more
dollars in new aid to New York   this year, quashing hopes
Gov. George E. Pataki had for receiving $54 billion in
federal aid.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/nyregion/18AID.html?todaysheadlines

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Doctor in City Reported Anthrax Case Before Florida

Dr. Richard Fried expressed concerns about anthrax infection
to health officials when he discovered a skin lesion on a
patient - who happened to work at NBC.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/nyregion/18DOC.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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Bush's Shanghai Gesture
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
While in Shanghai, President Bush must drive home the
message that those who want to participate in   prosperity
are obliged to join America in crushing terrorism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/opinion/18SAFI.html?todaysheadlines

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The Democrats Fiddle
By BOB HERBERT
Earth to Democrats: a major, life-threatening crisis has
enveloped the city and the nation and it would behoove
anyone aspiring to leadership   to deal with that first and
get back to   your infantile squabbles.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/opinion/18HERB.html?todaysheadlines

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Who Made the Anthrax?
By RICHARD BUTLER
First we need to discover who made the anthrax. The politics
of how to respond will then follow.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/opinion/18BUTL.html?todaysheadlines

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