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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"Sometimes if I go to a   household and they're all
Americans, I'll cover my   name, I don't want them to
think of me as Arab, I want   them to think of me as
police."
-DANIEL SAAB, an Arab American who is a police   officer in Dearborn, Mich

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/national/17DEAR.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Suspicious Letter to Senator Tests Positive for Anthrax

Investigators searching through unopened mail sent to
Capitol Hill discovered another letter that contained
anthrax.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/national/17LETT.html?todaysheadlines

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F.B.I. Chief Says Failed Sept. 11 Hijackers May Remain at
Large

Director Robert S. Mueller III of the F.B.I. said  that
there might be others still alive who intended to
commandeer airplanes on Sept. 11.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/national/17BURE.html?todaysheadlines

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Usefulness of SAT Test Is Debated in California

The president of the University of California is continuing
his crusade against the use of SAT scores in college
admissions in his university system.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/education/17EXAM.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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Leader Described as Ready to Flee Talibans Bastion

Mullah Muhammad Omar was reported on Friday to be ready to
abandon the city of Kandahar, as American commandos were
engaging in intense combat.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/international/asia/17MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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Bin Laden Aide Reported Killed by U.S. Bombs

Mohammed Atef, a supsected planner of the terrorist attacks
on Sept. 11, is believed to have been killed in an American
airstrike.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/international/asia/17NETW.html?todaysheadlines

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In 2 Abandoned Kabul Houses, Some Hints of Al Qaeda Presence

Apparent Qaeda presence in a Taliban defense ministry
building suggest that Osama bin Laden's   organization was
closely linked to the radical Islamic government.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/international/asia/17HOUS.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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After 15 Years, Warnaco Chief's Short Goodbye

Linda J. Wachner, once among the highest-paid, best-known
businesswomen in the nation, was fired without severance as
chief executive of the Warnaco Group.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/business/17WARN.html?todaysheadlines

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Interest Rates on Treasuries Return to Pre-Sept. 11 Levels

Interest rates on Treasury securities shot sharply   higher
this week, in one of their biggest weekly moves in recent
history.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/business/17BOND.html?todaysheadlines

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Mexico Seen Trying to Halt Oil Price

Mexico, a nation with divided sympathies about how much oil
should cost, is setting out on a round of shuttle diplomacy
that analysts said seemed intended to head off an oil price
war.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/business/worldbusiness/17OIL.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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Disputed Phone Licenses Transferred to Big Carriers

The Federal Communications Commission reached a deal to
transfer ownership of $16 billion worth of disputed mobile
phone licenses to some of the nation's biggest wireless
carriers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/technology/17SPEC.html?todaysheadlines

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To Forestall a 'Digital Pearl Harbor,' U.S. Looks to System
Separate From Internet

The Bush administration is considering the creation of a
secure new government communications network separate from
the Internet that would be less vulnerable to attack.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/technology/17INTE.html?todaysheadlines

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Hewlett Son Goes to S.E.C. in Fight Against Compaq Deal

Walter Hewlett has made a regulatory filing that will permit
him to lobby shareholders to fight the planned acquisition
of the Compaq by Hewlett-Packard.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/technology/17HEWL.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Racing to Offer the Details of a Plan on Airline Security

Federal officials began struggling with the immense
challenge of hiring and training 28,000 new federal
employees to screen passengers and baggage at all airports
within 12 months.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/national/17FLY.html?todaysheadlines

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To Forestall a 'Digital Pearl Harbor,' U.S. Looks to System
Separate From Internet

The Bush administration is considering the creation of a
secure new government communications network separate from
the Internet that would be less vulnerable to attack.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/technology/17INTE.html?todaysheadlines

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Hue and Murmur Over Curbed Rights

Opinions among liberals and civil libertarians are split
over whether plans for a military tribunal and questioning
of recently arrived immigrants are an affront to
established freedoms.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/national/17LIBE.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Nets Top Knicks Without a Fight

The Nets raced to a 23-point halftime lead, turned back the
Knicks' 21-point rally and finished with a win that lifted
them to a 7-1 record.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/sports/basketball/17NETS.html?todaysheadlines

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Knight Enjoys Spirit of Old West

Controversial coach Bob Knight returned to basketball,
steering his new Texas Tech team to a win and looking as if
he had not missed a day of breathing and thinking
basketball.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/sports/ncaabasketball/17TECH.html?todaysheadlines

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Gloves Are Off When Florida Meets Florida State

The Florida-Florida State game on Saturday is not quite as
important as it has been in recent seasons, but the matchup
still promises to live up to its contentious history.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/sports/ncaafootball/17COLL.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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Harvard's Prize Catch, a Delphic Postcolonialist

Do any of Homi K. Bhabha's devoted disciples know what he's
talking about?
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/arts/17BHAB.html?todaysheadlines

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Cells That Save Lives Are a Mother's Legacy

Henrietta Lack's cells  named HeLa after the   first letters
in Henrietta and Lacks  became the first human cells to
live indefinitely outside the body.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/arts/17HELA.html?todaysheadlines

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Effervescing From Song to Song

When Christine Ebersole sashays onto the stage at Arci's
Place, the atmosphere begins to fizz as if the cork from a
giant Champagne bottle had been popped.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/arts/music/17EBER.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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A Quiet Plea Moved the City to Restore Staffing at Site

The reason for the restoration of the original number of
firefighters at the World Trade Center site was primarily
because of the appeal of a retired firefighter to the
city's fire chief.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/nyregion/17FIRE.html?todaysheadlines

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F.A.A. Orders Study of Planes, as Queens Neighborhood Mourns

The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the airlines
that fly the Airbus A300, the type of plane that crashed on
Monday to examine their vertical tail sections and report
what they find.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/nyregion/17CRAS.html?todaysheadlines

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Wall St. Jobs Are Migrating to New Jersey After Attack

Many of the jobs lost in Lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11
attacks have migrated across the river to New Jersey.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/nyregion/17JOBS.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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In a State of Denial
By BILL KELLER
California has been suffering some miseries of its own these
days, and it gets less notice from the rest of the country
than Uzbekistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/opinion/17KELL.html?todaysheadlines

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Waiting for America
By ANTHONY LEWIS
The joint call for U.S. intervention by two longtime
negotiators in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict comes at an
important moment.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/opinion/17LEWI.html?todaysheadlines

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Al Qaeda Should Be Tried Before the World
By ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER
If we must depart from constitutional practices, then the
United States should prosecute accused terrorists before an
international tribunal.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/opinion/17SLAU.html?todaysheadlines

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