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   December 29, 2001   QUOTE OF THE DAY "We're hanging in there. If you're =
as interested in weather as a meteorologist is, this is what you live for."=
  TOM NIZIOL, of the National Weather Service in Buffalo, which was buried =
under almost seven feet of snow.   TolkienArchives Examine the World of J. =
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Times archives, slide shows of Tolkien's artwork, multimedia presentations =
from New Line Cinema, weekly trivia quizzes and more.    Explore Tolkien To=
day .     NATIONAL Shoes Were a 'Homemade Bomb,' F.B.I. Agent Says  A man a=
board a jetliner who tried to ignite a homemade bomb in his shoe had enough=
 explosive to blow a hole in the plane's fuselage, according to testimony. =
  At Odds With Harvard President, Black-Studies Stars Eye Princeton  Academ=
ic stars of Harvard's Afro-American Studies department like Cornel West and=
 Henry Louis Gates Jr. are considering leaving for rival Princeton.   Salt =
Lake City Prepares for Protests at Winter Olympics  Officials planning for =
the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in February are bracing for a new hea=
dache: protesters.     MORE NATIONAL NEWS   Advertisement    The most compr=
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al tours.   [IMAGE]   INTERNATIONAL U.S. Forces Facing Long Afghan Stay, Pr=
esident Asserts  President Bush said on Friday that he expected American tr=
oops to remain in Afghanistan for "quite a long period of time."   Pakistan=
 Moves Against Groups Named by India  In a step aimed at defusing the threa=
t of war with India, Pakistan's president has ordered the arrest of about 5=
0 leading members of two Islamic militant groups.   Tear Gas and Rubber Bul=
lets Fly as Argentine Unrest Flares Anew  Police used tear gas on Saturday =
to disperse thousands of Argentines protesting a month-old limit on cash wi=
thdrawals from banks.     MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS    BUSINESS More Strings =
on U.S. Deal for Airline  The board in charge of doling out federally backe=
d loans to the ailing airline industry tentatively approved a guarantee for=
 America West Airlines but placed new conditions on its application.   OPEC=
 to Cut Back Production by 6.5% for at Least 6 Months  Hoping to prevent th=
e global economic slowdown from further eroding world oil prices, OPEC fina=
lized an agreement to cut back oil production by 6.5 percent.   U.S. Inquir=
y Is Raising Speculation in Hollywood  As multinational entertainment compa=
nies further consolidate and cross-promote their properties, it is becoming=
 harder to say who is competing with whom and how it helps or hurts consume=
rs.     MORE BUSINESS NEWS    TECHNOLOGY Top Lucent Officers Won't Get Annu=
al Bonuses  Top executives at Lucent Technologies are not getting annual bo=
nuses this year, but three will get big payments in 2002 in an effort to ke=
ep them at the helm.   Kodak Executive Gains Options  The Eastman Kodak Com=
pany increased the number of stock options awarded to its chairman and chie=
f executive, Daniel Carp, and other top executives this year.   Inrange Chi=
ef Executive Resigns Posts  The Inrange Technologies Corporation, the netwo=
rking-and-switching-equipment maker said that its chief executive and presi=
dent, Greg Grodhaus, had resigned.     MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS    POLITICS U.S=
. Forces Facing Long Afghan Stay, President Asserts  President Bush said on=
 Friday that he expected American troops to remain in Afghanistan for "quit=
e a long period of time."   Draft Rules for Tribunals Ease Worries, but Not=
 All  Critics of the Bush administration's proposed military tribunals rema=
ined wary over how appeals would be conducted.   Senate Offices Hard to Cle=
anse of Spores  A renewed effort to kill lingering spores of anthrax in the=
 Hart Senate Office Building began on Friday.     MORE POLITICS NEWS    SPO=
RTS Wells Close to Signing With Yankees  George Steinbrenner is on the verg=
e of snatching David Wells out of the grasp of the Diamondbacks, returning =
the left-hander to the team he never wanted to leave.   Vaughn Wants More i=
n Middle of Mets' Order  The day after being traded by the Angels for Kevin=
 Appier, Mo Vaughn argued for the added presence of Juan Gonzalez on the Me=
ts.   Applewhite Rallies Texas to Holiday Bowl Win  Starting his final coll=
ege game after riding the bench for almost his entire senior season, Major =
Applewhite rallied the Longhorns to a victory over Washington in one of the=
 wildest Holiday Bowls ever.     MORE SPORTS NEWS    ARTS Therapists Go Cra=
zy for Tony Soprano's  Why do these psychoanalysts care so   deeply about D=
r. Melfi? One reason is that   their patients do.   A Tantrum Over Art in M=
emphis  The  cold  war may   be over, but Marx and Engels have nevertheless=
 managed to create a small political   furor in this old river city.   In R=
aphael Exhibition, Women Do the Talking  It is a major coup for the French =
Senate's small Mus?e du Luxembourg here to have united 11 paintings and 8 d=
rawings by Raphael.     MORE ARTS NEWS    NY REGION Giuliani Presents Deal =
on Stadiums  Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has entered into tentative deals wit=
h the Yankees and the Mets to build two new stadiums.   Holiday Rush on Str=
eets Takes Swift, Deadly Turn  Herald Square has seemingly returned to norm=
al, but for the families of those killed in an accident there, the mourning=
 has only begun.   Under Snow, Buffalo Awaits Help  Gov. George E. Pataki c=
alled in the National Guard to help dig Buffalo out from under the 82.3 inc=
hes of snow that fell in the past five days.     MORE NY REGION NEWS    OP-=
ED  Missile Defense: The Untold Story   By BILL KELLER  Missile defense is =
not about defense. It's about offense.   It Won't Be Easy to Convict John W=
alker   By LEON FRIEDMAN  Against the charges laid out by the Justice Dept.=
, Mr. Walker may be able to put on a surprisingly strong case in federal co=
urt. Making his case in the court of public opinion is another matter.   Ho=
w to Define a Muslim American Agenda   By MOHAMMED AYOOB  The terrorist att=
acks of Sept. 11 must foster a   fundamental rethinking about the American =
Muslim agenda.     MORE OP-ED  NEWS    Contribute to The Neediest Cases Fun=
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