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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"I saw a family on the   way, a husband, a pregnant   wife,
carrying two small children and their belongings.   They
could carry them no   longer. They kissed their   children
and left them in the   mountains."
-TILAWAT SHAH on refugees' fleeing Afghanistan. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/international/16RELI.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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A Quick Change in Fortune Dulls the Glimmer of Houston

Although the national economic downturn was expected to
bypass Houston, current indicators are showing that is not
true.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/national/16HOUS.html?todaysheadlines

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Hoffa Claims Victory in Bid to Stay Head of Teamsters 

With about half the votes counted, James P. Hoffa claimed
victory on Thursday in his bid for re-election as Teamsters
union president.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/national/16TEAM.html?todaysheadlines 

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Investigators Think Yemeni Man Was Meant to Be 20th Hijacker

Federal investigators say that they believe a Yemeni citizen
may have been meant to be the 20th hijacker on Sept. 11 but
that he failed to get into the United States.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/national/16HIJA.html?todaysheadlines 

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INTERNATIONAL
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Allies Building Force to Keep Order in a Vacuum

About 160 British Royal Marines and American Special
Operations troops flew to Bagram airfield north of Kabul on
Thursday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/international/asia/16FORC.html?todaysheadlines

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U.S. Set to Retain Smallpox Stocks 

The Bush administration, reversing a course set two decades
ago, has decided that the world's remaining stocks of
smallpox should be retained.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/international/16GERM.html?todaysheadlines 

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Before and After Bush and Putin's Banter, No Agreement on
Missile Defense

Presidents Bush and Putin ended their three-day summit with
warm jokes, but no discernible progress on amending the
1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/international/16PREX.html?todaysheadlines 

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BUSINESS
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Oil Prices Tumble to 2-Year Low

Oil prices went into free fall as Russia rejected a
challenge from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries to stabilize prices by sharply cutting
production.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/business/16OIL.html?todaysheadlines

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A High-Powered Deal Maker Is Named to Lead Lazard 

Bruce Wasserstein, a Wall Street deal maker who rose to
prominence in the 1980's, is taking the top job at Lazard
L.L.C., an investment bank adrift after a string of
defections.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/business/16WALL.html?todaysheadlines 

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Philip Morris to Change Name to Altria

Philip Morris, the owner of one of the world's best-known
corporate names, plans to change that name next year to the
Altria Group.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/business/16NAME.html?todaysheadlines 

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TECHNOLOGY
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Dell Rebounds After a 2nd-Quarter Loss

Rebounding from a loss in the July quarter, the Dell
Computer Corporation reported a third-quarter profit of
$429 million.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/technology/16DELL.html?todaysheadlines

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Executive Bonuses Included in the Hewlett-Compaq Deal 

Senior executives of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq will receive
bonuses totaling more than $55 million if the companies'
merger succeeds and they stay on until September 2003.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/technology/16HEWL.html?todaysheadlines 

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U.S. Filing Supports Microsoft Settlement

The Justice Department sought to convince the judge in the
antitrust case against Microsoft that its settlement to end
the trial will provide "prompt, certain and effective" help
for consumers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/technology/16SOFT.html?todaysheadlines 

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POLITICS
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Congress Agrees to U.S. Takeover for Air Security

House and Senate negotiators reached agreement on a major
aviation security bill that requires the federal government
to hire 28,000 screeners for airport travelers and baggage
within one year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/national/16AVIA.html?todaysheadlines

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Senators Seek $3.2 Billion to Fight Germ Threats, Doubling
Bush Plan 

A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation
calling for $3.2 billion to fight bioterrorism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/politics/16BIO.html?todaysheadlines 

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$88 Billion Farm Bill Wins Approval of Senate Panel

The Senate Agriculture Committee approved an $88 billion
farm bill that  places no limits on subsidies to America's 
wealthiest farmers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/politics/16FARM.html?todaysheadlines 

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SPORTS
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Clemens Wins His 6th Cy Young

Roger Clemens won his sixth Cy Young award, dominating the
balloting for the A.L.'s best pitcher. No other pitcher has
won the award more than four times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/sports/baseball/16CLEM.html?todaysheadlines

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Knicks' Surge Holds Off the Heat 

Pushed to the brink of defeat by a depleted Miami team, the
Knicks regrouped just in time, dominating the final minutes
to escape with a victory over the Heat.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/sports/basketball/16KNIC.html?todaysheadlines 

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Bidding Charges Dismissed Against 2 Ex-Officials in Salt
Lake City

A federal judge dismissed all remaining   charges in the
bribery scandal involving the two chief organizers of Salt
Lake City's bid to win the 2002 Winter Olympics.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/sports/othersports/16OLYM.html?todaysheadlines 

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ARTS
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Days of War and Wonder in Afghanistan

CNN's extraordinary "Unholy Wars" is one of three
eye-opening documentaries about Afghanistan, and it's not
easy to be eye-opening in the barrage of  recent news.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/arts/television/16TVWK.html?todaysheadlines

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Cosmopolitan Trove on the Road to China 

The headquarters of the Asia  Society reopen after a
renovation that doubles its exhibition space. The exciting
headline show is of Silk Road treasures.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/arts/16COTT.html?todaysheadlines 

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In Her World, Normalcy Includes the Grotesque

Anna Paquin brings quiet centeredness to her stage debut as
a disaffected  girl who goes directly from middle school to
marriage and murder.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/arts/theater/16GLOR.html?todaysheadlines 

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NY REGION
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Loss of 79,000 Jobs Adds to City's Economic Woes

A staggering 79,000 jobs disappeared from New York City in
October, signaling that all the dire forecasts of economic
fallout from Sept. 11 may have been understated.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/nyregion/16JOBS.html?todaysheadlines

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Data Shows Jet Shook After Hitting Wake of 747 

American Airlines Flight 587 began to shake violently
seconds after bumping over the second of two wakes left by
a Boeing 747 that had left Kennedy International Airport
just ahead of it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/nyregion/16CRAS.html?todaysheadlines 

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Bloomberg Asks for Aid in Washington Pilgrimage

Mayor-elect Michael R. Bloomberg urged the White House to
reconsider its opposition to a measure that would
immediately provide billions of dollars to help New York
City rebuild.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/nyregion/16BLOO.html?todaysheadlines 

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OP-ED 
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Breaking the Circle
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Arab-Muslim countries crush or expell extreme Islamists
without ever trying to reform the Islamic schools or the
political conditions that keep producing angry Islamist
waves.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/opinion/16FRIE.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush by 537; Gore by 537,179 
By MARTIN PLISSNER
There's been enough talk about fixing the voting machines.
It's time to abolish the Electoral College.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/opinion/16PLIS.html?todaysheadlines 

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Writing History to Executive Order
By RICHARD REEVES
With a stroke of the pen on Nov. 1, President   Bush stabbed
history in the back and blocked Americans' right to know
how presidents   (and vice presidents) have made decisions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/opinion/16REEV.html?todaysheadlines 

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