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<font size="2">"If the Palestinians are not being beaten, there will be no
negotiations. The aim is to increase the number of losses
on the other side. Only after they've been battered, will
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/international/middleeast/05MIDE.html?todaysheadlines">ARIEL SHARON,</a>prime minister of Israel.


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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/national/05MAIN.html?todaysheadlines">Maine Parish Agonizes Over a Priest's Confession</a></b><br>
A parish council in Maine is torn over whether it wants to keep a priest who announced that he sexually abused a boy 22 years ago.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/national/05PORT.html?todaysheadlines">Tinderbox of a Texas Port Points to a Threat by Sea</a></b><br>
Complacency seems to have set in at a vulnerable Texas port, even as officials in Washington talk urgently about the terrorist threat from the sea.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/national/05SCOT.html?todaysheadlines">Justices Won't Review a Ruling That Blocks Raises</a></b><br>
The Supreme Court refused on Monday to be drawn into a dispute between Congress and the nation's judges over judicial pay.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/international/asia/05AFGH.html?todaysheadlines">7 Americans Die During Raid on Afghan Mountains</a></b><br>
As U.S. forces took the lead in a large-scale operation for the first time, seven American soldiers died in fierce fighting.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/international/middleeast/05MIDE.html?todaysheadlines">Gunman Kills 3 in Tel Aviv After 17 Palestinians Die in West Bank</a></b><br>
After Israel unleashed its anger at Palestinians on Monday, a lone gunman attacked a popular Tel Aviv night spot early Tuesday.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/international/africa/05ZIMB.html?todaysheadlines">Zimbabwe's Political Clashes Intensify Before Vote</a></b><br>
As Zimbabwe lurches toward a presidential election, on Saturday and Sunday, a rural community is bracing for the worst.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/business/05PENS.html?todaysheadlines">For Executives, Nest Egg Is Wrapped in a Security Blanket</a></b><br>
The United States has built up a two-tier pension system, leaving many members of the baby boom generation unprepared for life after age 65.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/business/05IRIS.html?todaysheadlines">How Trail of Big Currency Losses Could Remain Cold for 5 Years</a></b><br>
John M. Rusnak, a currency trader at a Baltimore bank, dug deep into his bag of tricks and now says that he hid $691 million in losses over five years.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/technology/05SPEC.html?todaysheadlines">Supreme Court to Decide Fate of 200 Licenses for Wireless Use</a></b><br>
The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the government had the right to seize wireless licenses from a bankrupt company and auction them to the nation's largest communications carriers.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/technology/05SPEC.html?todaysheadlines">Supreme Court to Decide Fate of 200 Licenses for Wireless Use</a></b><br>
The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the government had the right to seize wireless licenses from a bankrupt company and auction them to the nation's largest communications carriers.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/technology/05SOFT.html?todaysheadlines">9 States Modify Proposal to Stiffen Microsoft Remedies</a></b><br>
A group of states modified their proposed remedies against Microsoft to try to assure a judge that their plans were practical and not a recipe for chaos in the personal computer industry.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/technology/05GLOB.html?todaysheadlines">Creditors Resist Asian Bid for Global Crossing</a></b><br>
Creditors of Global Crossing are resisting an offer by two Asian companies to acquire the bankrupt company's assets after reports of a competing bid emerged over the weekend.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/politics/05VOTE.html?todaysheadlines">Senate Sets Aside Its Work on Overhauling Elections</a></b><br>
The Senate decided on Monday to set aside a bill to overhaul the nation's election procedures while Democrats and Republicans try to thrash out a compromise.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/politics/05RIDG.html?todaysheadlines">Letter to Ridge Is Latest Jab in Fight Over Balance of Powers</a></b><br>
Tensions over the balance of powers mounted on Monday as the White House said the director of homeland security would refuse to testify before a Senate committee.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/politics/05BUSH.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Promotes His Education Agenda and a Senate Candidate</a></b><br>
President Bush went to Minnesota on Monday to raise political donations and to promote the benefits of the education bill that he signed in January.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/sports/ncaabasketball/05COLL.html?todaysheadlines">Big Draw Is the Only Thing</a></b><br>
The N.C.A.A. men's tournament, which will draw   its field on Sunday, has become the only proving ground that matters in college basketball.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/sports/basketball/05KNIC.html?todaysheadlines">Knicks Give Coach an Extension</a></b><br>
In a shocking move, the Knicks will announce as early as Tuesday that Don Chaney will coach the team next season.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/sports/baseball/05BASE.html?todaysheadlines">Selig Has Become a Target</a></b><br>
Has Commissioner Bud Selig become the boogeyman of the labor negotiations? To some players, he has.
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<font size="2" color="#990000"><b>ARTS</b></font><br>




<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/arts/music/05PHIL.html?todaysheadlines">Struggling in Brooklyn When Acclaim Isn't Enough</a></b><br>
An impasse in labor negotiations is just the   latest chapter in a long sequence of events that   threaten the Brooklyn Philharmonic's very existence.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/arts/theater/05CIRC.html?todaysheadlines">Dreams of 'Metamorphoses' Echo in a Larger Space</a></b><br>
In its new home, the magic of Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of "Metamorphoses" has been enhanced; its gift for subliminal seduction magnified.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/arts/dance/05LILA.html?todaysheadlines">Visiting Joffrey Is Right at Home in Washington</a></b><br>
A home away from home   is what the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing   Arts should offer the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/nyregion/05FUND.html?todaysheadlines">U.S. May Approve More Aid for Kin of Sept. 11 Dead</a></b><br>
The White House is close to a decision on changes in the Victims Compensation Fund that could increase awards by hundreds of thousands of   dollars.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/nyregion/05FIRE.html?todaysheadlines">Four Die in a Brooklyn Fire as a 6-Year-Old Seeks Help</a></b><br>
A fire that killed four people in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Monday would have claimed more lives had it not been for the heroism of a 6-year-old boy.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/nyregion/05WATE.html?todaysheadlines">Full and Not at All: The Difference Between Two New Jersey Reservoirs</a></b><br>
The effects of decades-old decisions in watershed policy are now being felt in New Jersey.
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<font  face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/opinion/05KRUG.html?todaysheadlines">Breaking the Contract</a></b>
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By PAUL KRUGMAN
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If converting Social Security to a   system of private retirement accounts is such a good idea, why can't   advocates of that conversion try, just   once, to make their case without insisting that 1+1=4?
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If we want to fathom how countries like Saudi Arabia or Pakistan   could possibly support terrorists, we   might peek into a mirror.
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The eulogies for "Nightline" have been wonderful, but premature.
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