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Medicare Debate Turns to Pricing of Drug Benefits
By ROBERT PEAR
A provision in the Medicare bill that prohibits the government from
negotiating lower drug prices for beneficiaries is the source of
fierce debate in the Senate.
The Other Conflict Continues to Take a G.I. Toll
By DAVID ROHDE
The 10,000 American soldiers stationed in Afghanistan are locked in
a grinding conflict with a shadowy enemy.
Again, Trains Put the World in Trade Center
By DAVID W. DUNLAP
With the opening of the World Trade Center PATH Station on Sunday,
people returned to ground zero.
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QUOTATION
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"He is not
a coward and probably understood that the moment had come to make
this step so that Georgia would not break up. I think he was right."
MIKHAIL S. GORBACHEV, on Eduard A. Shevardnadze's resignation.
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'Castles of Steel': Monarchs of the Sea
Robert K. Massie has written a dramatic account of the struggle
for advantage between the warships of William II and George V in
World War I. Also, Tobias Wolff's first novel and a study of
Goya's dark genius.
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INTERNATIONAL
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Georgian Leader Agrees to Resign, Ending Standoff
By SETH MYDANS
President Eduard A. Shevardnadze, once acclaimed for helping to end
the cold war, resigned in the face of huge public protests.
Hezbollah, in Iraq, Refrains From Attacks on Americans
By JAMES RISEN
Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shiite group, has established a
significant presence in Iraq, but is not taking part in attacks on
American forces inside the country.
Turks Say to Europe: Can't We Just Come as We Are?
By CRAIG S. SMITH
The recent bombings in Turkey have energized talk of the country
joining the European Union, but there may be a limit to those
ambitions.
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NATIONAL
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Amid Acceptance of Gays, a Split on Marriage Issue
By MICHAEL JANOFSKY
Judging from interviews with people in the swing suburbs of
Philadelphia, many voters sharply differ on gay marriage but share a
high degree of tolerance toward gay people.
Study Links Higher Speed Limits to Deaths
By DANNY HAKIM
A report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says
increased speed limits on Interstate highways led to nearly 1,900
extra deaths in 22 states from 1996 to 1999.
Candidates Plan Responses to G.O.P. Commercial on Terrorism
By JIM RUTENBERG
The Republican Party advertisement portrays the Democratic
presidential candidates as undermining President Bush while he
fights terrorism.
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BUSINESS
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Seagram's Heir Plotting His Comeback, in Music
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and ANDREW
ROSS SORKIN
Edgar Bronfman Jr. and a group of investors are expected to announce
an agreement with Time Warner to buy Warner Music for $2.6 billion.
OPENING PANDORA'S FLIP PHONE
New U.S. Rules on Cell Numbers Create Uncertainty
By MATT RICHTEL
Beginning Monday, cellphone customers can keep their numbers when
they switch services. What will it mean for companies and consumers?
The Bells Struggle to Survive a Changing Telephone Game
By SETH SCHIESEL
A separate ruling that allows customers to transfer their home
numbers to cellphones will test the regional Bell companies.
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SPORTS
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COWBOYS 24, PANTHERS 20
For a Change, Offense Turns the Cowboys Into Winners
By VIV BERNSTEIN
In a game with significant implications for the playoffs, Dallas
quarterback Quincy Carter drove the offense back to respectability
against the Carolina Panthers.
JETS 13, JAGUARS 10
Jets Drive Non-Spike Into the Heart of the Jaguars
By JUDY BATTISTA
If Chad Pennington's comebacks have not resulted in enough victories
to push the Jets into the playoffs, they have at least given them
something to feel good about.
Bucs' Title Dreams All but Vanish
By CHARLIE NOBLES
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers — the defending Super Bowl champions — are
4-6 and hoping to defeat the Giants on Monday to keep their
flickering playoff chances alive.
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ARTS
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Amid Some Storms, CBS Finds a Surge
By BILL CARTER
Despite pulling both "The Reagans" and a Michael Jackson special off
the air, CBS chairman Leslie Moonves has enjoyed the best month of
his network career.
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
A Building's Bold Spirit, Clad in Marble and Controversy
By HERBERT MUSCHAMP
The legendarily exotic building now facing renovation at 2 Columbus
Circle should be valued for its independent spirit.
Recapturing a Childhood in a Prerevolutionary Eden
By MIREYA NAVARRO
Carlos Eire's award-winning book about a privileged childhood in
prerevolutionary Havana was inspired by the Elián González trial.
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MEDIA
& ADVERTISING |
Seagram's Heir Plotting His Comeback, in Music
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and ANDREW
ROSS SORKIN
Edgar Bronfman Jr. and a group of investors are expected to announce
an agreement with Time Warner to buy Warner Music for $2.6 billion.
Amid Some Storms, CBS Finds a Surge
By BILL CARTER
Despite pulling both "The Reagans" and a Michael Jackson special off
the air, CBS chairman Leslie Moonves has enjoyed the best month of
his network career.
Tremors From Rosie Trial Still Rattle Gruner & Jahr
By DAVID CARR
There has not been an official decision in the court case between
Rosie O'Donnell and Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing over the demise of
Rosie magazine, but the fallout has already begun.
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EDITORIALS
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TODAY'S EDITORIALS
Rays of Hope on Energy
The senators who oppose the dreadful
energy bill must resist the Bush administration's blandishments and
continue to hold their ground.
Microsoft's Monopoly, in Europe
To ensure that the software market
remains competitive, the European Union should press Microsoft for
meaningful concessions.
Public Campaign Financing Collapses
If the public finance system is not
updated in time for the 2008 election, the influence of
special-interest donors will compound at each gilt-edged event.
Gutting Education Reform in Congress
The Bush administration's handling of
the No Child Left Behind Act has turned education reform into a
missed opportunity.
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OP-ED
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OP-ED COLUMNIST
Missing Links Found
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
Two magazine articles last week revealed evidence of a collaboration
between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden in the 9/11 attacks.
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
About a Turkey
By PATRICK MARTINS
When you sit down to your Thanksgiving meal on Thursday, take a
moment to think about how the turkey found its way to your table.
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ON
THIS DAY |
On Nov.
24, 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee
Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President Kennedy.
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