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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"I'm thankful I'm alive, but I feel guilty I'm alive. I'm
trying to remember the guys who aren't here. Their wives
and children. It's a   hollow feeling. You try to laugh
sometimes to keep   your sanity, but you feel bad   about
laughing."
-ROBERT MADDALONE, Firefighter, Squad 1 

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/nyregion/23SQUA.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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U.S. Airport Task Starts With Staff

As the government takes over the nation's screening system,
experts say it will take more than higher salaries to turn
the screening process around.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/national/23SCRE.html?todaysheadlines

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Breaking Law or Principles to Give Information to U.S. 

Professionals in many fields are re-evaluating long-held
precepts of confidentiality in light of the terrorist
attacks of Sept. 11.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/national/23LIBR.html?todaysheadlines 

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U.S. Hunting Antiviral Drug to Use in Case of Smallpox

Government scientists are conducting studies to find out
whether any existing antiviral drugs  will work against
smallpox.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/national/23POXD.html?todaysheadlines 

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INTERNATIONAL
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U.S. Hits Caves in bin Laden Hunt; Battle Rages in North

The American military continued its systematic hunt for
Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan by working down
a target list of cave networks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/international/asia/23MILI.html?todaysheadlines

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NATO Plan Offers Russia Equal Voice on Some Policies 

The NATO secretary general proposed Thursday to give Russia
equal status with the alliance's 19 permanent members in
devising and executing some policies.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/international/europe/23NATO.html?todaysheadlines 

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In Skirmish, Bold Rebel Attack Swerves to Retreat

Troops of the Northern Alliance scrambled away in sudden
retreat Thursday after launching a misbegotten attack
against a stubborn Taliban stronghold.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/international/asia/23BATT.html?todaysheadlines 

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BUSINESS
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Chase and J. P. Morgan's Paper Anniversary

One year after J. P. Morgan and the Chase Manhattan
Corporation merged, the money-making opportunities that
were supposed to justify the union have largely dried up.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/business/23BANK.html?todaysheadlines

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Owner of Casual Corner Chain Seen in Deal for Brooks
Brothers 

Brooks Brothers, the retailer of classic American men's
wear, is close to being sold to the owner of the Casual
Corner women's apparel chain for about $225 million.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/business/23SHOP.html?todaysheadlines 

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Fuel Targets for Sport Utilities Pose Difficulties for
Automakers

Some auto executives are casting doubt on whether Ford's
fuel economy goal set last year  a 25 percent improvement
by 2005  can be met.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/business/23AUTO.html?todaysheadlines 

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TECHNOLOGY
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Cyberspace Seen as Potential Battleground

Government officials are warning that cyberattacks are
likely as retribution for the United States campaign in
Afghanistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/technology/23CYBE.html?todaysheadlines

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Attacks at Hubs Could Disrupt Phone Lines 

Public safety experts and telecommunications executives are
growing increasingly concerned about the possibility of
attacks on the telephone system.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/technology/23PHON.html?todaysheadlines 

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What Did You Do Before the War?

New fears and new data tools are yielding a boom in
background checks -- even after you're hired.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/technology/circuits/22CHEC.html?todaysheadlines 

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POLITICS
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Inquiries Into Failures of Intelligence Community Are Put
Off Until Next Year

Congressional leaders have agreed to delay until next year
any major investigation into the government's failure to
stop the attacks on the World Trade Center and the
Pentagon.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/politics/23INTE.html?todaysheadlines

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Saudi Says Bush's Words May Soothe Arab Feelings 

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said he was "very much
encouraged" by statements from the Bush administration on
reviving the quest for Middle East peace.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/international/middleeast/23SAUD.html?todaysheadlines 

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Utah G.O.P. Endangers a Democrat

Because of redistricting, Jim Matheson, a Democratic
representative from Salt Lake City, could be swept out of
Congress by next year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/politics/23UTAH.html?todaysheadlines 

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SPORTS
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Lions Once Again on Short End in Long Season

The Lions made up all but 2 points of a 16-point deficit in
the final seven minutes with two touchdowns and a 2-point
conversion, before Green Bay survived with a win.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/sports/football/23LION.html?todaysheadlines

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A Town Where Football Is the Glue and the Hope 

Glades Central High School in tiny Belle Glade, Fla.,
provides football stars at all levels of the sport and
gives solace to a poor, rural town where football occupies
a complicated social position.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/sports/ncaafootball/23BELL.html?todaysheadlines 

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A Competitor Who Withdrew From the Game

Leon Gray, a former offensive tackle for the Patriots,
abruptly left football in 1983 after a distinguished
11-year career. For the rest of his life, he performed a
similar disappearing act in the lives of family and
friends.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/sports/football/23GRAY.html?todaysheadlines 

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ARTS
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Lifting the Veil on a Far-Off World

Several new releases  by Iranian filmmakers coincide with  a
surge of American interest in anything having to do with
Islam and the Middle  East.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/movies/23ISLA.html?todaysheadlines

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Pop Embraces the Teleconcert 

No longer just a pleasure sneaked in   between talk show
segments, popular music on television  finds other ways to
thrill.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/arts/music/23POWE.html?todaysheadlines 

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The Timeless Spell of Empire

"Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art   From the
British Museum" at the Brooklyn Museum of Art is a somberly
 beautiful exhibition.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/arts/design/23SMIT.html?todaysheadlines 

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NY REGION
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A Parade Steeped in Pageantry, With a Core of Patriotism

The 75th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was partly
transformed by patriotic pomp and recast as an affirmation
of New York's resilience in the face of tragedy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/nyregion/23PARA.html?todaysheadlines

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An Exhaustive Search for Clues, Down to an Anthrax Victim's
Hairpins 

F.B.I. agents and health officials spent Thanksgiving Day
poring through the Oxford, Conn., home of Ottilie W.
Lundgren, who died of anthrax on Wednesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/nyregion/23ANTH.html?todaysheadlines 

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Disaster Gives the Uninsured Wider Access to Medicaid

The need for health coverage is a vexing old problem that
has become much worse since Sept. 11.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/nyregion/23INSU.html?todaysheadlines 

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OP-ED 
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Terrorist Software
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
For Americans, Osama bin Laden is a mass murderer. But for
many young Arabs, bin Laden, even in defeat, is still Robin
Hood.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/opinion/23FRIE.html?todaysheadlines

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Bravery at Home 
By JEAN S. ARBEITER
President Bush says veterans should talk to children about
World War II. A fine idea, but those of us who were
children during that war have something to tell, too.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/opinion/23ARBE.html?todaysheadlines 

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We Have the Right Courts for Bin Laden
By HAROLD HONGJU KOH
If we should capture Osama bin Laden or his accomplices in
the days ahead, where should   we try them?
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/opinion/23KOH.html?todaysheadlines 

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