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Thursday, December 14, 2000
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"The presidency is more than an honor, more than an office.
It is a charge to keep."

- PRESIDENT-ELECT GEORGE W. BUSH,

Full Story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/politics/14BUSH.html



NATIONAL
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Bush Pledges to Be President for 'One Nation,' Not One
Party; Gore, Conceding, Urges Unity
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/politics/14BUSH.html

Affirmative Action Plan Is Upheld at Michigan
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/national/14MICH.html

Discarded Tapes Checked for Los Alamos Link
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/national/14LAB.html

Modified-Crop Studies Are Called Inconclusive
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/science/14BIOT.html




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POLITICS
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Bush Pledges to Be President for 'One Nation,' Not One
Party; Gore, Conceding, Urges Unity
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/politics/14BUSH.html

Man in the News: The 43rd President, George Walker Bush
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/politics/14BMAN.html

News Analysis: The Time for Mending
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/politics/14ASSE.html

Vice President Offers to Aid Bush but Admits Disappointment
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/politics/14GORE.html



INTERNATIONAL
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Putin Pardons American Spy
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Russia-US-Prisoner.html

Clinton, in Ulster, Confronts Warring Passions Head-On
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/world/14PREX.html

As Charges Mount, Heat Increases for Chirac
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/world/14FRAN.html

Russian President Arrives in Cuba
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Cuba-Russia.html



BUSINESS
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When Good Drugs Go Gray
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/business/14GRAY.html

Market Place: Cries of Alarm as Nasdaq Adds Details to Its
New Trading Plan
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/business/14PLAC.html

F.T.C. Action on Big Merger Set for Today
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/technology/14AOL.html

New Bush Status Does Little to Fuel Sustained Rally
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/business/14STOX.html



TECHNOLOGY
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F.T.C. Action on Big Merger Set for Today
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/technology/14AOL.html

Economic Scene: Technology Rise and Fall Is as American as
the Model T
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/technology/14SCEN.html

Wearable Computers for the Working Class
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/technology/14WEAR.html

Hand-helds, Plain and Fancy
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/technology/14STAT.html



NEW YORK REGION
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Graft's Legacy Will House City Museum
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/nyregion/14TWEE.html

Union Rebuts Claim That Teachers Aided Cheating
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/nyregion/14CHEA.html

After 5 Years, New Haven Drops Its Plan for a Big Mall
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/nyregion/14MALL.html

Two Continents, Disconnected
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/nyregion/14WIRE.html



SPORTS
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Cowboys Can Rely on Enduring Helper
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/sports/14ANDE.html

Cowboys Add Mystery to Rivalry With Giants
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/sports/14GIAN.html

Testaverde Will Probably Play Lions
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/sports/14JETS.html

St. John's Weaknesses Are Exposed
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/sports/14STOR.html



ARTS
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G_nter Grass on His New Book and His 'Strenuous Homeland'
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/arts/14GUNT.html

3 Couples, a Power Beat and a Sweet Aphrodisiac
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/arts/14AILE.html

Innovative Theater Space Is Planning an Expansion
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/arts/14SPAC.html

Casting Herself as 'Seussical' Savior, O'Donnell to Don
Cat's Hat
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/arts/14ROSI.html




OP-ED COLUMNIST
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By WILLIAM SAFIRE: The Coming Together

George W. Bush, the non-loser who is president-elect, must
now begin to bring the country together.

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/14/opinion/14SAFI.html



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