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<font size="2">"Maybe we'll get that free drink when we get back on the
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/nyregion/23AIRP.html?todaysheadlines">ANTHONY TRAMONTANA,</a>one of hundreds of passengers whose planes were called back
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/national/23ANTH.html?todaysheadlines">Report Linking Anthrax and Hijackers Is Investigated</a></b><br>
A recent memo circulated among top government officials has renewed a debate about a connection between the Sept. 11 attacks and the anthrax letters.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/education/23EXAM.html?todaysheadlines">College Board to Revise SAT</a></b><br>
Responding to criticism that the SAT does not sufficiently reflect what is learned in the classroom, the College Board is planning to revamp the test.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/national/23OSCA.html?todaysheadlines">Security-Prone Oscar Ceremony a Blight on Business</a></b><br>
Security has come to the Academy Awards, transforming the event into what promises to be a vastly different experience for everyone from stars to gawking fans.
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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/2002/03/23/international/middleeast/23MIDE.html?todaysheadlines">Prodded by U.S., Israel Again Tries to Forge a Truce</a></b><br>
Negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians ended inconclusively on Friday, but will resume over the weekend despite the third suicide bombing in three days.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/international/asia/23STRA.html?todaysheadlines">U.S. Says It Found Qaeda Lab Being Built to Produce Anthrax</a></b><br>
The United States has discovered a laboratory under construction in Afghanistan where officials believe Al Qaeda planned to develop biological agents.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/international/23PREX.html?todaysheadlines">Bush, in Monterrey, Speaks of Conditional Global Aid</a></b><br>
Poor countries must be prepared to carry out reforms if they expect to receive increased aid, President Bush warned on Friday.
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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/2002/03/23/business/23AUDI.html?todaysheadlines">Former Fed Chief Outlines Proposal to Save Andersen</a></b><br>
Paul A. Volcker proposed Friday that the government drop its criminal case against Andersen and that he put a new board in charge of the accounting firm.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/business/23FISC.html?todaysheadlines">Sharp Rise in Federal Spending May Have Helped Ease Recession</a></b><br>
An unexpected surge in government spending helps explain why the recession, to nearly everyone's surprise, has been so mild and may be ending.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/business/worldbusiness/23STEE.html?todaysheadlines">Europe Lists U.S. Imports It Plans to Tax</a></b><br>
The European Union has drawn up a list of imports from the United States to penalize in retaliation for the Bush administration's recent imposition of steel tariffs.
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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/2002/03/23/technology/23PALM.html?todaysheadlines">Palm Shares Rise After Rosier Forecast</a></b><br>
Palm Inc.'s shares rose 22 percent after the company reported a fiscal third-quarter profit and forecast a rebound in sales of its hand-held computers.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/technology/23BELL.html?todaysheadlines">Rating Services' Doubts Hurt Shares of Verizon</a></b><br>
The bond and share prices of Verizon fell after two credit ratings services said the company needed to reduce its dependence on volatile short-term borrowing.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-telecoms-lucent.html?todaysheadlines">Bell Labs Says It Shatters Data Delivery Record</a></b><br>
Bell Labs, the research arm of Lucent Technologies said on Friday that it has doubled the distance and the speed at which data can be sent over long-haul telecommunications networks.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/international/23PREX.html?todaysheadlines">Bush, in Monterrey, Speaks of Conditional Global Aid</a></b><br>
Poor countries must be prepared to carry out reforms if they expect to receive increased aid, President Bush warned on Friday.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/politics/23REPU.html?todaysheadlines">G.O.P. Says Checks Show Democrats' Hypocrisy</a></b><br>
Republican Party officials said today that it was hypocritical for the Democratic Party to accept $12 million in soft money.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/politics/23DONA.html?todaysheadlines">Coming Next, Landmark Ruling in Campaign Money Fight</a></b><br>
The intense fight in Congress over campaign financing will soon turn into an equally hard-fought constitutional battle in the federal courts.
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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/2002/03/23/sports/ncaabasketball/23CONN.html?todaysheadlines">UConn Ends Salukis' Magical Run</a></b><br>
It was by no means a masterpiece for UConn, but a 71-59 win over upstart Southern Illinois moved the Huskies to the East Regional final.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/sports/ncaabasketball/23KANS.html?todaysheadlines">Kansas Sends Illinois Home</a></b><br>
Holding off a furious Illinois rally in the closing minutes, No. 1-seeded Kansas defeated the fourth-seeded Fighting Illini, 73-69.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/sports/ncaabasketball/23OREG.html?todaysheadlines">Oregon Escapes Scare</a></b><br>
Oregon guard Frederick Jones's runner in the lane with 2.8 seconds remaining broke a tie, and the Ducks defeated Texas, 72-70.
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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/2002/03/23/arts/23WOME.html?todaysheadlines">When Janie Came Marching Home: Women Fought in the Civil War</a></b><br>
History buffs, including Lauren M. Cook, set out to document the full story of women who went into combat during the Civil War.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/arts/23STUD.html?todaysheadlines">Debate? Dissent? Discussion? Oh, Don't Go There!</a></b><br>
That familiar interjection "whatever" says a lot about the state of mind of college students today. So do the catch phrases "no problem," "not even" and "don't go there."
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/arts/theater/23GOLD.html?todaysheadlines">A Dated Musical Whose Music Is Never Out of Date</a></b><br>
Precious things lose their luster fast in "Golden Boy," the 1964 musical inspired by Clifford Odets's hit drama of 1937.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/nyregion/23DAIL.html?todaysheadlines">In Court Files, How Bishop Handled a Problem Priest</a></b><br>
The Brooklyn bishop accused of failing to stop a priest who molested children issued a lengthy statement Friday saying that he regretted some of his actions.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/nyregion/23BURN.html?todaysheadlines">As Options Shrink, New York Revisits Idea of Incineration</a></b><br>
Because of dwindling alternatives, the idea of a trash incinerator is making a comeback in City Hall.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/23/education/23BLOO.html?todaysheadlines">Mayor's Bid for Schools Tests His Ear For Politics</a></b><br>
The criticism Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg received for what was construed as an innocuous remark underscores the balance he must strike with black and Latino voters.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/22/opinion/22KRIS.html?todaysheadlines">Free the Hatemongers!</a></b>
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By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
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We should not allow the war on terror to erode the freedom even of those Islamists whom we despise.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/22/opinion/22TAPP.html?todaysheadlines">Politics on the Great Plains</a></b>
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The national parties and the Washington political consultants are starting to focus on the Senate race in South Dakota, but there's little evidence the voters, or the candidates, want the attention.
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To forge Israeli-Palestinian peace, we are going to have to be far more realistic about the role each side has played in creating and escalating the conflict.
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