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Wednesday, March 27, 2002
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"While my nature is to keep fighting and protect our clients,
the fact is that the improper shredding of documents took
place on my watch  and I believe it is now in the best
interests of the firm for me to step down."
-JOSEPH F. BERARDINO, resigning as chief executive of Arthur Andersen. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/business/27ANDE.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Justices Rule Drug-Eviction Law Is Fair

The Supreme Court ruled 8-to-0 that government agencies can
use aggressive eviction policies to get rid of drug users
in public housing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/national/27EVIC.html?todaysheadlines

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Cockpit Tape Offers Few Answers but Points to Heroic Efforts 

Families of those who died aboard United Airlines Flight 93,
which crashed in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, will receive
little clarity over what actually happened.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/national/27TAPE.html?todaysheadlines 

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Timber Company Reduces Cutting of Old-Growth Trees

Boise, the giant timber company, has begun telling its
employees and customers that it will no longer cut down
centuries-old trees in some undisturbed forests.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/national/27TIMB.html?todaysheadlines 

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INTERNATIONAL
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Toll in Thousands Feared as Quake Hits Afghan Town

A series of earthquakes razed an entire city and several
villages in northeast Afghanistan, killing as many as 2,000
people and leaving legions homeless.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/international/asia/27QUAK.html?todaysheadlines

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Arafat Says Fear of Exile Will Keep Him From Arab Meeting 

After the Israeli leader said he may prevent Yasir Arafat
from returning, Mr. Arafat declared on Tuesday that he
would not attend an Arab summit meeting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/international/middleeast/27MIDE.html?todaysheadlines 

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Guerrilla Attacks May Rise in Warmer Days, U.S. Says

The Bush administration is concerned that the approach of
warmer weather in Afghanistan may signal a sharp rise in
guerrilla attacks on U.S. and allied troops.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/international/asia/27MILI.html?todaysheadlines 

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BUSINESS
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Andersen Chief Quits in Effort to Rescue Firm

Joseph F. Berardino said he would resign as chief executive
of Arthur Andersen, which has been indicted for shredding
documents related to its audit of Enron.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/business/27ANDE.html?todaysheadlines

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The Man Who Paid the Price for Sizing Up Enron 

Enron executives were accused of pressing UBS PaineWebber to
take action against a broker who advised some Enron
employees to sell their shares in August.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/business/27ENRO.html?todaysheadlines 

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U.S. Consumers Are Positive. So Are Orders for Durables.

Consumer confidence soared in March, but a second  report on
durable goods failed to provide convincing evidence that
companies were once again expanding.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/business/27ECON.html?todaysheadlines 

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TECHNOLOGY
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A Suit Says WorldCom Deals Obscured Millions in Bad Debt

A lawsuit against WorldCom accuses the company of using
concealed transactions and sham contracts to avoid
reporting an uncollectible debt of $165 million.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/technology/27PHON.html?todaysheadlines

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Computer Associates Is Urged to Dismiss Top Executives 

Ranger, a Texas-based investment company, asked the
independent directors of Computer Associates to fire the
company's top three executives.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/business/27COMP.html?todaysheadlines 

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AOL Officials Got No Bonuses in 2001, but Lots of Options

After receiving regular bonuses in recent years, AOL Time
Warner's top executives received no bonuses in 2001 but
reaped more than $250 million from the exercise of stock
options.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/business/media/27AOL.html?todaysheadlines 

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POLITICS
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Documents Show Energy Official Met Only With Industry
Leaders

The energy secretary did not meet with environmental
organizations or consumer groups as he helped the Bush
administration write its national energy report last year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/business/27ENER.html?todaysheadlines

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President Chooses 2 for Leading Posts in Health 

President Bush announced his choices for surgeon general and
director of the National Institutes of Health on Tuesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/politics/27HEAL.html?todaysheadlines 

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Report on Social Security Adds 3 Years to Fund's Life

The financial outlook for Social Security and Medicare
improved in the last year, despite the recession, the Bush
administration said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/politics/27BENE.html?todaysheadlines 

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SPORTS
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Baseball Negotiators Shift Their Sights to Next Off-Season

With negotiations for a new labor agreement stagnant,
Commissioner Bud Selig pledged that the owners would not
lock out the players.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/sports/baseball/27BASE.html?todaysheadlines

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Vaughn Lashes Out at Criticism 

After hearing more complaints from his previous team, the
Angels, about his alleged bad attitude in Anaheim, Mo
Vaughn was livid.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/sports/baseball/27METS.html?todaysheadlines 

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Memphis and South Carolina Make Final

Dajuan Wagner led Memphis to a 78-77 win over Temple in the
semifinals of the N.I.T. South Carolina beat Syracuse,
66-59, in the late game.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/sports/ncaabasketball/27NITT.html?todaysheadlines 

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ARTS
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Portraits of Nureyev, Created by James Wyeth

Over a period of several years, beginning in 1977, James
Wyeth filled his sketchbooks and canvases with hundreds of
portraits of Rudolf Nureyev.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/arts/design/27WYET.html?todaysheadlines

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Robin Williams Is Making a Run for It, on a Rare One-Man
Tour 

Robin Williams performed a manic, indefatigable set on
Monday at the Beacon Theater in the second of four nights
of solo shows in New York City, part of his first one-man
tour since 1986.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/arts/theater/27WILL.html?todaysheadlines 

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Three Dissatisfied Wives Consider a Chilly Calculus

This black comedy, about three suburban women who are handed
the opportunity to bump off their crummy spouses, never
rises (or sinks) to the level of satisfying farce.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/arts/theater/27SMEL.html?todaysheadlines 

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NY REGION
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Failing Mortgages Soar in New York

The number of low- and moderate-income families in the New
York metropolitan region who are seriously behind on their
mortgage payments is soaring.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/nyregion/27HOUS.html?todaysheadlines

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New Jersey Budget Plan Cuts Aid to Avert Worst Shortfall in
U.S. 

Gov. James E. McGreevey of New Jersey unveiled a $23.6
billion spending plan that sought to avert a $5 billion
budget shortfall.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/nyregion/27JERS.html?todaysheadlines 

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Years of Work Underground Before Steel Reaches Skyward

Nothing will be built above ground for several years at the
site of the World Trade Center because of the extensive
underground construction that must be completed first.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/27/nyregion/27BUIL.html?todaysheadlines 

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OP-ED 
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The Wrong Fight
By  BOB HERBERT
Right now the city and, especially, the state are the
biggest obstacles to improving New York City schools.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/25/opinion/25HERB.html?todaysheadlines

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4 Secular Questions 
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
Here are four secular questions that could be asked and
answered after the Passover ceremony concludes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/25/opinion/25SAFI.html?todaysheadlines 

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How Quickly a City Can Grow
By WITOLD RYBCZYNSKI
A plan is needed for the World Trade Center site  but not a
big plan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/25/opinion/25RYBC.html?todaysheadlines 

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