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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"You don't decide need based on an arbitrary line. A line
makes it easy for administration, but not for the people
who have to suffer through the pain every day."
-DON LEE, on the part of Chinatown that was designated for financial
aid.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/nyregion/21CHIN.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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In Utah, a Government Hater Sells a Germ-Warfare Book

A Nebraska entrepreneur has been selling copies of his
self-published book which includes directions for making
"mail-delivered" anthrax.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/national/21BOOK.html?todaysheadlines

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A Police Force Rebuffs F.B.I. on Querying Mideast Men

The Portland, Ore., police will not cooperate with the
Federal Bureau of Investigation in its efforts to interview
5,000 young Middle Eastern   men because such questioning
violates state law.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/national/21PORT.html?todaysheadlines

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Boat Found, but 30 Cubans Are Missing

Coast Guard officials found a capsized speedboat that they
believe was carrying 30 Cubans who were being smuggled to
the United States.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/national/21BOAT.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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U.S. Ready to Send Additional Troops to Hunt bin Laden

The United States is prepared to send additional ground
forces to capture or kill Osama bin Laden if intelligence
pinpoints his location, Pentagon officials said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/international/21MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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Direction of Global War on Terror Raises Unsettling
Questions

The military campaign in Afghanistan has given the world a
stark view of a new American doctrine to make war on the
sources of terrorism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/international/21ASSE.html?todaysheadlines

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An Investigation in Egypt Illustrates Al Qaeda's Web

Records from a 1999 Cairo trial show how the merger of Al
Qaeda and Islamic Jihad vastly enhanced Osama bin Laden's
reach and organizational ability.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/international/middleeast/21JIHA.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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Enron's Growing Financial Crisis Raises Doubts About Merger
Deal

Shares of Enron plunged 23 percent as expectations grew in
the markets that Dynegy would either back out of its deal
to rescue the company or seek to renegotiate terms of their
merger.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/business/21ENRO.html?todaysheadlines

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Conoco Plays Security Card in Promoting Its Merger

The chairman of Conoco, Archie W. Dunham, has added a new
rationale for his company's planned merger with Phillips
Petroleum: energy security.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/business/21PLAC.html?todaysheadlines

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Microsoft Aims to Settle Suits by Equipping 12,500 Schools

Microsoft proposed giving some of the nation's poorest
schools computers, software and training to settle more
than 100 private class-action  antitrust suits.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/technology/21SOFT.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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Microsoft Aims to Settle Suits by Equipping 12,500 Schools

Microsoft proposed giving some of the nation's poorest
schools computers, software and training to settle more
than 100 private class-action  antitrust suits.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/technology/21SOFT.html?todaysheadlines

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Vacations as Early Education

Instead of M.I.T., Charles Herington, president of AOL Latin
America, enrolled in Monterrey Tech in northern Mexico. And
he's not sorry that things turned out the way they did.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/business/21BOSS.html?todaysheadlines

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Protesters Find the Web to Be a Powerful Tool

With opinion polls showing overwhelming support for
President Bush, antiwar activists are relying heavily on
the Internet to weave their fragmented constituents into a
movement.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/technology/21ANTI.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Putting Name to Bush Justice Dept.: Kennedy

President Bush reached out to the nation's most prominent
Democratic political family in a ceremony to name the
Justice Department headquarters in honor of Robert F.
Kennedy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/national/21BUSH.html?todaysheadlines

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Treffinger Enters 2002 Race for Torricelli's Senate Seat

The Essex County, N.J., executive, James W. Treffinger,
announced in unusually low-key fashion that he was seeking
the Republican nomination.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/politics/21SENA.html?todaysheadlines

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Federal Control Will Be Sought for Protection of Nuclear
Plants

The federal government should assume  responsibility for
protecting the country's nuclear power plants, a group of
Democratic members of Congress from New York said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/nyregion/21NUKE.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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In Any Language, Suzuki Is A.L.'s Best

Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki has a knack for making strong first
impressions, and on Tuesday he became only the second
rookie to win the Most Valuable Player award.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/sports/baseball/21MVPP.html?todaysheadlines

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Yankees Begin Courting Giambi

The Yankees opened talks with Jason Giambi on Tuesday, the
first day that the free-agent slugger could discuss
specific offers from teams other than Oakland.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/sports/baseball/21YANK.html?todaysheadlines

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Rangers Give Roy the Chills

Patrick Roy, who was trying to tie the modern-era N.H.L.
record for consecutive shutouts, four, was shelled for five
goals in the Rangers' win over Colorado.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/sports/hockey/21RANG.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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Foundation Starts $50 Million Fund for Arts Groups Hurt by
Terrorism

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is creating a fund for
cultural institutions affected by  repercussions of the
Sept. 11 attacks, as well as for parks where people
congregated after the disaster.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/arts/21MELL.html?todaysheadlines

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A Friendship Tested as the Cold War Thaws

Tony Scott's new  movie, which tracks the 24  hours  before
a maverick C.I.A.  agent retires, has the pointless,
thrilling kineticism of a sports car commercial.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/movies/21SPY.html?todaysheadlines

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'Monsters, Inc.' and 'Shrek' Are Likely Foes for New Oscar

The hottest race for an Academy Award  is in a newly created
category: best animated feature.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/movies/21OSCA.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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Inhalation Anthrax Is Diagnosed in Connecticut Woman, 94

A 94-year-old Connecticut woman appears to have contracted
the inhaled form of anthrax, officials said. She was
hospitalized in critical condition.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/nyregion/21ANTH.html?todaysheadlines

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Toll From Attack at Trade Center Is Down Sharply

The official count of the dead and missing has fallen below
3,900  nearly 3,000 fewer than  the number officials
originally feared had perished.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/nyregion/21NUMB.html?todaysheadlines

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Terror Attacks Have Left Chinatown's Economy Battered

Chinatown is still reeling financially and is perhaps the
hardest hit neighborhood outside the  red zone.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/nyregion/21CHIN.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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Blessings and Bombings
By MAUREEN DOWD
President Bush definitely has a talent for   holding opposed
ideas in his mind.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/opinion/21DOWD.html?todaysheadlines

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The 55-Cent Solution
By PAUL KRUGMAN
George W. Bush has backed off his personal   pledge to
provide aid to a battered New York   City.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/opinion/21KRUG.html?todaysheadlines

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Help Iraqis Take Their Country Back
By KANAN MAKIYA
If the challenge represented by the attacks of Sept. 11 is
going to be met, then overthrowing Saddam Hussein by
reaching out to the people of Iraq is where it has to
begin.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/21/opinion/21MAKI.html?todaysheadlines

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