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Monday, May 7, 2001
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"Que ser"

- SISTER MIRIAM THISSEN, a nun who will donate her brain to a study on aging.

Full Story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/health/07NUNS.html



NATIONAL
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Most Cities in U.S. Expanded Rapidly Over Last Decade
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/national/07CITI.html

Nuns Offer Clues to Alzheimer's and Aging
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/health/07NUNS.html

Washington Is Losing Its Only Public Hospital
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/health/07HOSP.html

Now You Need an Area Code Just to Call Your Neighbors
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/business/07DIGI.html




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POLITICS
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News Analysis: To European Eyes, It's America the Ugly
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/world/07EURO.html

White House Debates Fate of Pollution-Control Suits
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/politics/07POLL.html

Children Step Up to Plate at White House
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/politics/07TBAL.html

Public Lives: When She Talks Arms, Washington and Moscow
Listen
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/politics/07LIVE.html



INTERNATIONAL
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Pope, in Damascus, Reaches Out for Unity With Mosque Visit
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/world/07POPE.html

Space Tourist, Back From 'Paradise,' Lands on Steppes
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/science/07SPAC.html

News Analysis: To European Eyes, It's America the Ugly
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/world/07EURO.html

Spanish Politician Killed; Basque Group Suspected
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/world/07BASQ.html



BUSINESS
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Energy Trader Said to Be Close to Acquiring Gas Producer
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/business/07DEAL.html

Privacy Policy Notices Are Called Too Common and Too
Confusing
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/business/07PRIV.html

Now You Need an Area Code Just to Call Your Neighbors
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/business/07DIGI.html

Stay-at-Home Instinct Fosters Flush Times at 'Shelter'
Magazines
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/business/07MAGS.html



TECHNOLOGY
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Dragon Systems Sputters After Belgian Suitor Fails
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/technology/07DRAG.html

New Economy: Privacy Concerns for Google Archive
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/technology/07NECO.html

Modern Plans for an All-but-Forgotten Mail Delivery System
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/technology/07TUBE.html

E-Commerce Report: An Online Vintage, Still Unproved
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/technology/07ECOMMERCE.html



NEW YORK REGION
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4 Democrats Spar Cordially in Mayor Race
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/nyregion/07MAYO.html

For Police Horses, Pasture's Sale Means the Loss of a
Pension
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/nyregion/07HORS.html

Modern Plans for an All-but-Forgotten Mail Delivery System
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/technology/07TUBE.html

Trial Set to Begin Over '99 Slaying of 'Soldier of Social
Work'
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/nyregion/07TRIA.html



SPORTS
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Mussina and Yanks Remind Orioles That Life Is Unfair
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/sports/07YANK.html

Mussina Sold Out, but Not for Money
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/sports/07RHOD.html

Mets Save Worst for Last Against Arizona
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/sports/07METS.html

Carter's Tip Is Difference in Duel of Stars
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/sports/07SIXE.html



ARTS
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Behind Masterworks for Sale, a Collector's Unerring Eye
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/arts/07BERG.html

Charlie Sheen Delivers a New Spin to 'Spin City'
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/arts/07SPIN.html

Writers on Writing: A Retreat From the World Can Be a
Perilous Journey
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/arts/07ROSE.html

'Urinetown': Wicked Antics Taunt Showbiz
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/arts/07URIN.html




OP-ED COLUMNISTS
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By WILLIAM SAFIRE: Slavery Triumphs

The United States is off the U.N. Human Rights Commission
because it exposed the commission to be a pack of
hypocrites.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/opinion/07SAFI.html


By BOB HERBERT: Life Before Roe

Elizabeth Furse, a retired Democratic congresswomen, endured
the twisted, sadistic solutions that were widespread in the
era before Roe v. Wade.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/opinion/07HERB.html



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