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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"Dogs used to be the worst thing we worried about on this
job."
-TONY JACKSON, a postal worker in Washington.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/national/23MAIL.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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2 Postal Workers Die and 2 Are Ill; Inhaled Anthrax
Indicated

Two postal workers in Washington died of what officials said
was probably anthrax, as concerns about bioterrorism
reached a new level.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/national/23ANTH.html?todaysheadlines

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Prompt Response for Politicians, a Slower One for Postal
Workers

The disparity between responses  one involving prominent
politicians and the other involving working-class people
drew sharp criticism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/national/23RESP.html?todaysheadlines

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After a Surge, Limits Return to School Prayer

In the days after the attacks, public schools allowed
prayer. But the vast majority soon returned to their normal
routines.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/education/23PRAY.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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Rumsfeld Says Attacks Seek to Help Rebels Advance

American warplanes concentrated strikes on front-line
Taliban positions, a move the defense secretary said was
meant to help rebels in northern Afghanistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/international/asia/23MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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U.S. Agrees to Clean Up Anthrax Site in Uzbekistan

The United States has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan to
remove deadly anthrax from a remote island where the Soviet
Union dumped tons of lethal spores.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/international/asia/23TREA.html?todaysheadlines

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U.S. Presses for New Talks by Israelis and Palestinians

The United States urged Israel to withdraw its forces from
Palestinian-governed territory immediately, deploring the
Israeli Army's killing of civilians over the weekend.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/international/middleeast/23DIPL.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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Insurer Sues to Limit Its Payout for World Trade Center

The biggest insurer of the World Trade Center, Swiss Re,
sued to limit how much  it will pay to half of what the
buildings' managers are asking.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/business/23INSU.html?todaysheadlines

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Trade Panel Backs Steel Makers, Enabling Broad Sanctions

A United States trade panel's decision that American steel
makers had suffered serious injury from foreign competition
will allow broad restrictions on steel imports.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/business/23STEE.html?todaysheadlines

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Other Drugs to Combat Anthrax Are in Ample Supply

Despite concerns over a possible shortage of Cipro,
government officials and drug makers say there is an ample
supply of other drugs that are effective against anthrax.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/business/23DRUG.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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Programmer Exposes Microsoft Flaws

An anonymous programmer has published software on the
Internet that disables Microsoft's technology intended to
regulate what consumers do with music they purchase online.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/technology/23PIRA.html?todaysheadlines

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AOL Wins Some China TV Rights

AOL Time Warner said that it had been given approval to
transmit limited programming into a small area of Guangdong
province in southern China.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/technology/23AOL.html?todaysheadlines

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Samsung Electronics Reports Plunge of 75% in Earnings

Officials at Samsung Electronics maintained an air of
determined optimism even as they announced a huge plunge in
quarterly earnings.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/business/worldbusiness/23SAMS.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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A Flurry of Hugs for 'Gang of Five' in Capital

Lawmakers said they could not remember when leaders in
Congress had worked so intimately with each other  and with
the president.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/national/23LEAD.html?todaysheadlines

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Panel Seeks Tighter Security for Disease Agency

The leaders of a House subcommittee on terrorism said that
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta
needed more money.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/national/23CDC.html?todaysheadlines

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Alliance of Convenience

The United States decision to support the Northern Alliance
is part of a calculated strategy to accelerate the collapse
of the Taliban.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/international/asia/23STRA.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Yanks Reach Fourth Straight World Series

The Yankees beat Seattle easily on strong pitching from Andy
Pettitte and home runs from Bernie Williams, Paul O'Neill
and Tino Martinez. The first game of the World Series is in
Arizona on Saturday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/sports/baseball/23YANK.html?todaysheadlines

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In Less Than Two Minutes, Eagles Drill Giants

The Giants outplayed the Eagles for the first 58 minutes,
but they failed to score a touchdown and saw a nine-game
winning streak over Philadelphia end in the final two
minutes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/sports/football/23GIAN.html?todaysheadlines

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Diamondbacks Have Time to Set  Rotation

The Diamondbacks are in perfect position for the   World
Series because Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling  the team's
one-two punch  will be well rested.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/sports/baseball/23ARIZ.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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Horrors! From Bug Movies to Bioterrorism

Some terrors are too difficult to face directly, and so they
come in the more easily donned cloak of metaphor.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/movies/23HORR.html?todaysheadlines

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Chairman of Lincoln Center Redevelopment Resigns

The executive, Marshall Rose, said he was stepping down
because he had completed his work on a master plan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/arts/23LINC.html?todaysheadlines

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Citing Financial Worries, the Public's 2 Biggest Donors Quit
Its Board

Resignations present the often turbulent Joseph Papp Public
Theater with one of its most pointed crises in years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/arts/23PUBL.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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New York Cleric's Departure From Mosque Leaves Mystery

An influential imam, who called for healing after the
terrorist attack, gave an anti-American, anti-Jewish
interview in Cairo.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/nyregion/23IMAM.html?todaysheadlines

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Mayor Welcomes New Recruits to Replace Victims in the Attack

Mayor Giuliani welcomed 307 recruits to the Fire Department.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/nyregion/23GIUL.html?todaysheadlines

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Schundler Is Counting on Tax Issue to Turn Tide

Bret D. Schundler has stepped up efforts to portray James E.
McGreevey as a threat to New Jersey's taxpayers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/nyregion/23JERS.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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Dear Ariel and Yasir
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
A message to Ariel Sharon and Yasir Arafat: Knock it off,
right now.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/opinion/23FRIE.html?todaysheadlines

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The Terror Economy
By RICHARD BERNER
In the long term, terrorism is imposing new costs that are
unlikely to go away.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/opinion/23BERN.html?todaysheadlines

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The Parks We Deserve
By LYNDEN B. MILLER
Maintaining the quality of life and improving the overall
city environment will strengthen New   York, and parks must
be an important part of the rebuilding process.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/opinion/23MILL.html?todaysheadlines

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