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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"Terrorists want to turn the openness of the global economy
against itself. We must not let them."
-PRESIDENT BUSH

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/international/asia/21PREX.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Anthrax Found on a 3rd Letter From Trenton

Officials said the letter, which was sent to the New York
Post, was postmarked Trenton, N.J., and addressed in
handwriting similar to earlier letters containing anthrax.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/nyregion/21CAPI.html?todaysheadlines

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Focus of F.B.I. Is Seen Shifting to Terrorism

The Bush administration is discussing proposals that would
lead to a reorganization of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, shifting its focus to counterterrorism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/national/21BURE.html?todaysheadlines

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Arrests Have Yielded Little So Far, Investigators Say

Despite pursuing more than 365,000 tips from the public,
senior investigators acknowledged that most of their
promising leads have unraveled.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/national/21DETA.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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Troops Sought Information; Airfield Also a Target

The raid into southern Afghanistan on Friday night attacked
Taliban military targets and masked a smaller mission to
uncover Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/international/asia/21MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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Eavesdropping, U.S. Allies See New Terror Attack

The United States and its close allies are still
intercepting communications among Osama bin   Laden's
associates and are convinced more attacks are coming.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/international/21INTE.html?todaysheadlines

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Afghan and Pakistani Tribe Lives by Its Own Set of Rules

The Pashtun, who make up about half the entire population of
Afghanistan, is a tribe that anthropologists consider one
of the oldest on earth.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/international/asia/21PASH.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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Drug Makers Wrestle With World's New Rules

With fears of bioterrorism growing by the day, the nation's
pharmaceutical companies are trying to show that they are
patriots, not profiteers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/business/21DRUG.html?todaysheadlines

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Venture Capital, Withering and Dying

Just as Richard Thompson and Larry Braitman, the founders of
Flycast Communications, symbolized the Internet boom of the
1990's, they also came to illustrate the venture-capital
bust.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/business/yourmoney/21VENT.html?todaysheadlines

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A Leader-in-Waiting at Motorola

When the General Instrument Corporation was acquired, its
chief executive, Edward D. Breen Jr.,  found a lasting home
in the senior management of the new owner.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/business/yourmoney/21PROF.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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A Leader-in-Waiting at Motorola

When the General Instrument Corporation was acquired, its
chief executive, Edward D. Breen Jr.,  found a lasting home
in the senior management of the new owner.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/business/yourmoney/21PROF.html?todaysheadlines

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Trend Bucked as Nokia Net Meets Hopes

Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, did what only
a handful of technology companies have managed recently:
reported earnings that did not disappoint investors.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/technology/20NOKI.html?todaysheadlines

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Rosie the Riveter in a New Generation

The military industry is once again seeing virtues in their
old businesses and a revived sense of being needed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/business/20WORK.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Anthrax Found on a 3rd Letter From Trenton

Officials said the letter, which was sent to the New York
Post, was postmarked Trenton, N.J., and addressed in
handwriting similar to earlier letters containing anthrax.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/nyregion/21CAPI.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush Calls World Economy Goal of Attacks on U.S.

President Bush told leaders of 21 nations that the
terrorists who struck the World Trade Center were trying to
bring about a collapse of world markets.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/international/asia/21PREX.html?todaysheadlines

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Democrats Are Pushed on Judicial Nominees

Senate Republicans are engaged in a full-scale campaign to
press Democrats to quickly confirm President Bush's
judicial nominees.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/national/21COUR.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Mariners Silence Whispers of a Sweep

Uncertainty enveloped Orlando Hernandez in the fifth
inning, Seattle scored seven runs in the sixth, and the
Mariners crushed the Yankees, 14-3, in Game 3 of the
A.L.C.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/sports/baseball/21YANK.html?todaysheadlines

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Diamondbacks Jump on Maddux and Atlanta Early

Greg Maddux allowed six runs on eight hits in three-plus
innings as Arizona routed the Braves, 11-4, to take a 3-1
lead in the N.L.C.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/sports/baseball/21BRAV.html?todaysheadlines

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Curtis Martin Enjoys Being Chased Into the End Zone

Like all the best running backs, Curtis Martin loves to run
while being chased. And yard by yard, Martin is emerging as
the best player the Jets have ever had aside from Joe
Namath.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/sports/baseball/21ANDE.html?todaysheadlines

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ARTS
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Classical Recording: Spinning Into Oblivion?

The classical recording industry seems to be collapsing, and
aggrieved music lovers are looking for someone to  blame.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/arts/music/21TOMM.html?todaysheadlines

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A Rousing Rock Show for a Wounded City

Madison Square Garden played host to a virtual "who's who of
the entertainment industry" during a concert benefit to
raise money for relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11
attack.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/nyregion/21GARD.html?todaysheadlines

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A Play That's Off the Wall Finds a Cast That Is, Too

Amy Sedaris, Sarah Jessica Parker, Marylouise Burke and
Kristine  Nielsen are the fearless actresses in the dark
comedy, "Wonder of the World."
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/arts/theater/21POGR.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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Anthrax Found on a 3rd Letter From Trenton

Officials said the letter, which was sent to the New York
Post, was postmarked Trenton, N.J., and addressed in
handwriting similar to earlier letters containing anthrax.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/nyregion/21CAPI.html?todaysheadlines

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Happenstance, Not Strategy, Leaves Green Indebted to Few

Mark Green has emerged, as the first Democratic mayoral
nominee in memory who appears to owe no  debt to groups
that traditionally stake a claim on New York mayors.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/nyregion/21GREE.html?todaysheadlines

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A Rousing Rock Show for a Wounded City

Madison Square Garden played host to a virtual "who's who of
the entertainment industry" during a concert benefit to
raise money for relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11
attack.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/nyregion/21GARD.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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Is Camel Pox Coming?
By MAUREEN DOWD
Many government officials do not yet have a grip on an enemy
etched in disappearing ink.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/opinion/21DOWD.html?todaysheadlines

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Keeping Panic at Bay
By JARED DIAMOND
What can we learn from the past that could help us cope with
terrorism?
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/opinion/21DIAM.html?todaysheadlines

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Can War Bring Peace to Kashmir?
By ANATOL LIEVEN
If the United States is serious   about removing the sources
  of anti-American terrorism,   then at some stage
Washington will have to tackle the   conflict in Kashmir.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/opinion/21LIEV.html?todaysheadlines

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