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Monday, January 7, 2002
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"There were piles of compacted, twisted steel eight stories
high into the air at first. It was just overwhelming. You
wondered, 'Where do you start?' Now it is a gaping hole
four levels down into the ground. I just can't understand
how they did it that quickly."
-CAPT. RAYMOND REILLY, of the Fire Department, referring to ground zero.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/nyregion/07SITE.html?todaysheadlines


NATIONAL
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Pentagon Seeking a Large Increase in Its Next Budget

The Pentagon is pushing for a $20 billion or more increase
for its 2003 budget, confident that the war on terrorism
has strengthened support for rebuilding the armed services.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/national/07PENT.html?todaysheadlines

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Teenage Pilot Left Note Praising Sept. 11 Attacks

A teenage pilot's fatal flight into a skyscraper in Tampa,
Fla., was a deliberate gesture of support for Osama bin
Laden, the city's police chief said on Sunday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/national/07CRAS.html?todaysheadlines

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Americans, Gradually, Feel Grip of Recession

The recession that started in March is gradually intruding
on people's lives, forcing them to cut back in ways that
contribute to the downturn.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/business/07COPE.html?todaysheadlines

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INTERNATIONAL
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In Kandahar, New Mission for 'A Team': Make It Safe

The mission assigned to the Army Special Forces is in
transition across Afghanistan as the character of the
American campaign shifts.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/international/asia/07FORC.html?todaysheadlines

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Argentina Unlinks Peso From Dollar, Bracing for Devaluation

Argentina on Sunday formally abandoned a decade-long policy
of linking its peso to the American dollar at a value of
one to one.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/international/americas/07ARGE.html?todaysheadlines

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Bush's South Asia Strategy: Keep Terrorism as the Villain

President Bush has acted as if the Islamic extremists
accused of attacking the Indian Parliament were stateless
terrorists.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/international/asia/07PREX.html?todaysheadlines

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BUSINESS
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Americans, Gradually, Feel Grip of Recession

The recession that started in March is gradually intruding
on people's lives, forcing them to cut back in ways that
contribute to the downturn.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/business/07COPE.html?todaysheadlines

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The Battle of the Boxes: PC vs. TV

The rivalry between the PC and TV will take on new urgency
as three prominent technology executives sketch out
competing visions of their digital product lines.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/technology/ebusiness/07GADG.html?todaysheadlines

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Price Cutting and Oversupply Imperil Art Book Houses

In the last year, the high-quality illustrated book industry
has severely retrenched -- and some question its future
viability.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/business/media/07BOOK.html?todaysheadlines

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TECHNOLOGY
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The Battle of the Boxes: PC vs. TV

The rivalry between the PC and TV will take on new urgency
as three prominent technology executives sketch out
competing visions of their digital product lines.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/technology/ebusiness/07GADG.html?todaysheadlines

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Computers for the People in Brazil

The host of a popular Brazilian TV show signed on to promote
efforts by the computer industry to bridge the digital
divide by offering a subsidized package of PC, printer and
software.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/technology/07METR.html?todaysheadlines

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Shoot Away. You Can't Keep the Digital Avenger Down.

A vivid new work by Feng Mengbo, a Chinese digital  artist,
is an  adaptation of the  ultraviolent Quake III Arena
computer game.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/arts/design/07ARTS.html?todaysheadlines

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POLITICS
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Bush's South Asia Strategy: Keep Terrorism as the Villain

President Bush has acted as if the Islamic extremists
accused of attacking the Indian Parliament were stateless
terrorists.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/international/asia/07PREX.html?todaysheadlines

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Pentagon Seeking a Large Increase in Its Next Budget

The Pentagon is pushing for a $20 billion or more increase
for its 2003 budget, confident that the war on terrorism
has strengthened support for rebuilding the armed services.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/national/07PENT.html?todaysheadlines

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Tribe Prepares for Renewed Fight Over Gold Mine

The Bush administration has weighed in on a battle over
building an open-pit gold mine on ancestral lands of the
Quechan tribe.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/national/07MINE.html?todaysheadlines

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SPORTS
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Jets Beat Their Demons and Make Playoffs

John Hall's 53-yard field goal with 59 seconds  left
clinched the Jets' wild-card playoff spot and ended 40
years of futility in Oakland.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/sports/football/07JETS.html?todaysheadlines

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Bears and Patriots Turn It Around

New England and Chicago finished last in their   divisions
last season, but now both teams are division winners.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/sports/football/07NFLL.html?todaysheadlines

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No. 1 Duke Loses First Game

Monte Cummings scored on a drive with 7.4 seconds left and
Florida State hung on to beat No. 1 Duke. The defending
national champions had won 22 straight.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-BKC-Duke-Florida-St.html?todaysheadlines
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ARTS
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Memphis Embraces Its Own Gritty Soul

The city of Memphis is giving new recognition to a
previously overlooked part of its cultural heritage: soul
music.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/arts/music/07SOUL.html?todaysheadlines

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Restless Partners, With an Odd Woman Out

Peter Martins's "Quartet for  Strings,"  a   slight but
somewhat unusual ballet, has entered the New York City
Ballet's repertory as part of a mission to present new
works.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/arts/dance/07MART.html?todaysheadlines

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Film Group's First Awards Lift Oscar Haze a Bit

The American Film Institute, in  its first annual movie and
television honors, named "The Lord of   the Rings: The
Fellowship of the  Ring" the best film of 2001.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/movies/07AWAR.html?todaysheadlines

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NY REGION
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Cleanup's Pace Outstrips Plans for Attack Site

The rapid pace of progress in cleaning up the World Trade
Center site means that questions about what comes next may
no longer be a distant debate.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/nyregion/07SITE.html?todaysheadlines

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Year of a Shrinking Budget and Tough Choices in Albany

The 2002 legislative session promises to be one of the
nastiest in memory, as lawmakers confront the financial
crisis caused by the Sept. 11 attacks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/nyregion/07ALBA.html?todaysheadlines

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A Candidate for Speaker Gains Support

A leading contender in the race to be City Council speaker,
Gifford Miller, picked up endorsements from several labor
unions and one of his opponents on Sunday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/nyregion/07SPEA.html?todaysheadlines

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OP-ED
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Cracks in the Crown
By BOB HERBERT
I hope that  as we get further away from the   horror of
last summer, a more balanced view of Rudy Giuliani's eight
years as mayor emerges.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/opinion/07HERB.html?todaysheadlines

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State of the Pundit
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
Am I undergoing a change of heart, change of mind, change of
life?
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/opinion/07SAFI.html?todaysheadlines

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Soothing Israel's Fears
By DAVID K. SHIPLER
Neither side in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has figured
out how to  win by giving the other what it needs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/opinion/07SHIP.html?todaysheadlines

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