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Wednesday, October 24, 2001
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"It's our phantom limb. You feel it, but it's not there; you
look to where you feel it should be."
-RIC BURNS, documentary director, on the twin towers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/arts/24SKYL.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Officials Voice New Worry as Anthrax Taints Off-Site White
House Mailroom

Traces of anthrax showed up in a remote White House
mailroom, and more "hot spots" were found at the capital's
main mail sorting center.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/national/24ANTH.html?todaysheadlines

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Copies of 3 Anthrax-Tainted Letters Are Released by Justice
Dept.

The Justice Department released copies of three
anthrax-contaminated letters in hopes that they  would
serve as a warning for people to be wary of similar ones
moving through the postal system.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/national/24INQU.html?todaysheadlines

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Safety Panel Nudges Agency on Revising Pilot Rest Rules

The National Transportation Safety Board said that the
Federal Aviation Administration should rewrite its rules on
how many consecutive hours airline crews were allowed to
work.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/national/24PLAN.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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U.S. Aiming to Cut Supplies to Lift the Taliban Grip

Pentagon officials said for the first time on Tuesday that
they hoped to choke off fuel, food and other supplies to
the Taliban leaders.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/international/24MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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Israel Rebuffs U.S. Request to End the West Bank Raids

Israel turned down President Bush's request to withdraw its
forces from Palestinian-controlled territory, putting new
pressure on American-Israeli relations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/international/middleeast/24DIPL.html?todaysheadlines

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I.R.A. Relents on Arms, Saves Peace Accord

The Irish Republican Army declared that it had started to
dismantle the arsenal of weapons that sustained its war to
try to evict the British from Northern Ireland.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/international/europe/24IRIS.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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U.S. Says Bayer Will Cut Cost of Its Anthrax Drug

The Bush administration said Tuesday night that it had won a
major price concession from Bayer A.G. for its anthrax
medicine, Cipro.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/business/24BAYE.html?todaysheadlines

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U.S. Moves to Block General Dynamics Bid

The government moved to block the General Dynamics
Corporation's offer to acquire Newport News Shipbuilding,
effectively endorsing a competing bid by Northrop Grumman.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/business/24SHIP.html?todaysheadlines

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F.T.C. Rejects Sale of Seagram to Diageo and Pernod

United States regulators moved on Tuesday to block the sale
of the Seagram wine and spirits business to Diageo and
Pernod Ricard of Europe.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/business/worldbusiness/24DRIN.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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Amazon Had Smaller Loss on Flat Sales in 3rd Quarter

Losses at Amazon.com narrowed as much as analysts expected
in the third quarter, but its sales fell short of
expectations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/technology/24AMAZ.html?todaysheadlines

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AT&T Names 3 to Lead Cable TV Unit

AT&T staged a wholesale leadership transfusion at its
cable television unit on Tuesday, hours before the company
announced weak quarterly results.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/technology/24PHON.html?todaysheadlines

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Apple Introduces New Portable Music Player

Industry analysts said Apple's new gadget, the iPod,
appeared to be as consumer friendly as the company said it
was, but they also pointed to its relatively limited
potential audience.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/technology/24APPL.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Cramped and Scattered, Congress Resumes Work

Despite operating with staff members scattered in the
Capitol, or somewhere nearby, and holding hearings in
unfamiliar quarters, Congress continued its work on
Tuesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/national/24CONG.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush Cancels Appearance at G.O.P. Event

There is debate among White House officials on whether
President Bush can participate in the usual politics while
focusing on war.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/national/24REPU.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush Emphasizes, More Than Once, That He Doesn't Have
Anthrax

While declaring several times that he does not have the
disease, President Bush gave no indication of how he knew
he was anthrax-free.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/national/24BUSH.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Time to Savor Pennant and Study Up

The Yankees took some time on Tuesday to bask in the
afterglow of their surprisingly easy series against Seattle
before contemplating Arizona and the World Series.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/sports/baseball/24YANK.html?todaysheadlines

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Yankees Have Aura in the Postseason

The Yankees have an aura of success about them, have a
positive attitude about what they are capable of doing, and
believe they will win.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/sports/baseball/24BASE.html?todaysheadlines

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Kwan Suddenly Fires Longtime Coach

In a staggering announcement, Michelle   Kwan severed her
decade-long relationship with her coach, Frank Carroll,
with the Winter Olympics just four months away.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/sports/24SKAT.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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A Skyline Is Conspicuous by an Absence

These days, capturing the New York skyline  on   canvas, on
film, with the naked eye  has become a complicated, even
emotionally wrenching act.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/arts/24SKYL.html?todaysheadlines

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A Collector Bequeaths His Huge Archive of Cuban Sound

The Fundacion Musicalia, as Cristobal Diaz
Ayala's collection is known, is thought by experts to be
the largest collection of Cuban music in the world.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/arts/music/24AYAL.html?todaysheadlines

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Decadence Meets Death on an 1800's Plantation

An extremely low-budget, genuinely independent film by a
22-year-old writer-director that immediately establishes a
distinctive   and promising voice.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/movies/24CORP.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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2 Found With Box Cutters Remain Silent Suspects

Two Indian men, who were pulled off a train on Sept. 12
while carrying two box cutters, have been among the most
intriguing witnesses detained in the investigation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/nyregion/24CUTT.html?todaysheadlines

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Criticism of Postal and Health Officials Grows Louder

The news that a seriously ill New Jersey postal worker is
believed to have contracted pulmonary   anthrax has
intensified complaints that officials did not react quickly
enough.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/nyregion/24YORK.html?todaysheadlines

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City Proposes Priority Uses of Federal Aid

The Giuliani administration has set two   priorities for the
aid it is seeking from the   federal government to
encourage the redevelopment of Lower Manhattan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/nyregion/24AID.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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Going Really Postal
By MAUREEN DOWD
We   need the government to get  its scientific and
political and rhetorical act   together.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/opinion/24DOWD.html?todaysheadlines

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Ban the Bonds
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Issuing a new class of war bonds may seem like a harmless
idea. Don't be fooled.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/opinion/24KRUG.html?todaysheadlines

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The Roots of an Afghan Nation
By THOMAS W. SIMONS JR.
Ethnic loyalties will still be important in Afghanistan, but
they cannot define the post-Taliban government.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/opinion/24SIMO.html?todaysheadlines

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