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7 Spanish Agents and 2 Japanese Are Slain in Iraq
By DEXTER FILKINS
The ambushes on Saturday seemed intended to drive a wedge between
the U.S. and two of its most important allies.
Rural Haitians Are Vanguard in AIDS Battle
By CELIA W. DUGGER
A program run by a Boston-based nonprofit group has become a model
in the race to expand drug treatment in poor countries.
Behind Beauty of 9/11 Designs, Devil May Be in Nuts and Bolts
By ERIC LIPTON
It may be early in the process to worry about the designs' details,
but some problems are already apparent.
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QUOTATION
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"If you
create the most beautiful and evocative memorial that lasts 10
years, you have not truly met your objective. You must build a
memorial that will last through the generations."
KARI WATKINS, executive director of the Oklahoma
City National Memorial Trust.
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INTERACTIVE
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Challenging Bush: John Kerry
The third installment in a series examining the lives and
careers of the candidates seeking the Democratic presidential
nomination.
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INTERNATIONAL
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Oil Experts See Long-Term Risks to Iraq Reserves
By JEFF GERTH
The Bush administration has not addressed problems with underground
oil reservoirs, which could limit production.
Palestinian Rebuffs Talks, Citing Israeli Barrier
By GREG MYRE
The Palestinian prime minister said that he saw no point in meeting
his Israeli counterpart unless Israel halted construction on the
barrier it is building in the West Bank.
After Georgia's Revolution, the Watchdogs Remain Vigilant
By SETH MYDANS
Local good-government groups that were stymied under the former
government now see a chance to push for change.
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NATIONAL
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Florida Elderly Feel Let Down by Drug Benefit
By ROBERT PEAR
Few people in Hollywood, Fla., expect to get much help from the new
drug benefit just approved by Congress.
CHALLENGING BUSH
Storied Past, Golden Résumé, but Mixed Reviews for Kerry
By TODD S. PURDUM
Having spent much of his career as an outsider, John Kerry is now
fighting the impression that he is a Washington insider.
City's Bad Luck Takes Another Spin
By MONICA DAVEY
Michael Jackson’s plans to use his name and fund-raising abilities
to help his struggling hometown, Gary, Ind., may be jeopardized by
his recent criminal charges.
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BUSINESS
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At 72, a Dogged Rather Is Not Yet Ready to Yield
By JACQUES STEINBERG
Dan Rather continues to work tirelessly to stave off the inevitable
changing of the guard among the network news anchors.
Edgar Bronfman Jr.'s Backup Band
By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and GERALDINE
FABRIKANT
Why is Thomas H. Lee Partners, the shrewd buyout firm, backing the
$2.6 billion buyout of Warner Music led by Edgar Bronfman Jr., Wall
Street's favorite whipping boy?
Are Late Nights the Answer for a U.S. Gateway?
By ERYN BROWN
Traffic at the giant Los Angeles and Long Beach port complex has
become a burden on California's freeway and rail systems.
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SPORTS
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Nebraska Fires Football Coach Solich
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Frank Solich won more than 75 percent of his games over six seasons,
but the Cornhuskers ceased being a national powerhouse during his
tenure.
FLORIDA STATE 38, FLORIDA 34
52-Yard Pass Caps Florida State's Final Rally
By CHARLIE NOBLES
Quarterback Chris Rix threw a touchdown pass to P. K. Sam with 55
seconds remaining to give the Seminoles a thrilling win.
Giants Hoping They Still Have Something Left as Motivation
By LYNN ZINSER
As the Giants get ready to play Buffalo on Sunday, their playoff
hopes are reduced to a wing and a prayer.
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ARTS
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Hurricane Kushner Hits the Heartland
By ALEX ABRAMOVICH
With a new musical opening and the premiere next Sunday of Mike
Nichols's adaptation of his epic, "Angels in America," Tony Kushner
may finally be ready for prime time.
FRANK RICH
America Tunes In for the Money Shot
People are turned on by the Michael
Jackson story because it's about pedophilia at a time when the
sexual fetishization of children is commonplace.
How to Be a Pop Star Using the Missy Method
By KELEFA SANNEH
The counterintuitive career path of Missy Elliott, who just released
another dazzling CD, is starting to look like the conventional
wisdom.
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MAGAZINE
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Inspiration: Where Does It Come From?
By ARTHUR LUBOW
The most impressive designs are those that seem naturally right,
unimprovable, inevitable.
IN THE MAGAZINE
The Guts of a New Machine
By ROB WALKER
The iPod became an instant classic by combining high design and
powerful technology. But as Apple has learned before, that formula
alone doesn't keep you on top.
IN THE MAGAZINE
Necessity Is the Mother of Invention
By PAGAN KENNEDY
The greatest design achievements, according to an innovative teacher
at M.I.T., ought to save lives and cost next to nothing.
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EDITORIALS
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TODAY'S EDITORIALS
Frank Talk About Abortion
The current debate about so-called
partial birth abortion has produced some strange and unfortunate
consequences.
EDITORIAL OBSERVER
Living in Minas Tirith: New Zealand Becomes the Land of 'The Making
of . . .'
By ANDREW JOHNSTON
The premiere of the final film in J. R. R. Tolkien's "Rings" series
will mark the end of a process that altered New Zealand's idea of
itself.
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OP-ED
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OP-ED COLUMNIST
The Chant Not Heard
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
The left needs to get beyond its opposition to the war in Iraq and
start pitching in with its own ideas.
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Unbearable Lightness of Memory
By MAUREEN DOWD
The eight designs for a memorial at ground zero make the too ugly
too pretty.
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
The Productivity Paradox
By STEPHEN S. ROACH
We aren't working smarter, we're working harder.
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
The Unemployment Myth
By AUSTAN GOOLSBEE
There are more Americans without jobs than we realize.
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THIS DAY |
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30, 1995, President Clinton became the first U.S.
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