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Monday, May 14, 2001
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"Any person engaged in small business in America would be
amazed looking at this. Their jaws would drop at the money
farmers receive."

- KEITH COLLINS, Agriculture Department economist, on government subsidies.

Full Story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/national/14FARM.html



NATIONAL
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Blackout Plans Are of Little Use in California Crisis
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/national/14POWE.html

Far From Dead, Subsidies Fuel Big Farms
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/national/14FARM.html

Senators Criticize F.B.I. on McVeigh Papers
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/politics/14EXEC.html

A Broad Alliance Tries to Head Off Cuts in Medicare
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/politics/14MEDI.html




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POLITICS
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A Broad Alliance Tries to Head Off Cuts in Medicare
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/politics/14MEDI.html

Senators Criticize F.B.I. on McVeigh Papers
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/politics/14EXEC.html

Bush Hopes to Win Backing of Unions for Energy Plan
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/politics/14LABO.html

Public Lives: An Education 'Warrior' With a Soft Spot for
His Boss
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/politics/14LIVE.html



INTERNATIONAL
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Right Wing Edges Toward a Victory in Italy
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/world/14ITAL.html

Moderate Basque Nationalists Win Election in Spain
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/world/14SPAI.html

Elections Test New Leader's Legitimacy in Philippines
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-philipp.html

Israelis Strike in Gaza; 5 Palestinians Found Dead in West
Bank
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/world/14MIDE.html



BUSINESS
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Wary Spending by Executives Cools Economy
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/business/14BUST.html

Why Newspapers and Newsprint Makers Are at War
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/business/14PAPE.html

NBC Ponders Its Options: Grow or Else
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/business/14NBC.html

3 Journalists Resign in Clash of Old and New in Hollywood
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/business/14HOLL.html



TECHNOLOGY
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Digital Signatures Spark Debate
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/technology/14SIGS.html

New Economy: Behind Bars, a Market for Goods
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/technology/14NECO.html

Arts Online: A Marriage of Music and Creativity
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/arts/14ARTS.html

E-Commerce Report: Traffic Does Not Always Equal Profit
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/technology/14ECOMMERCE.html



NEW YORK REGION
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A Broad Alliance Tries to Head Off Cuts in Medicare
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/politics/14MEDI.html

New York Envisions an Olympic Legacy
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/nyregion/14OLYM.html

Political Plot Thickens in Bronx, With Sharpton Shining the
Spotlight
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/nyregion/14BRON.html

Officer Shoots Son and Wife, Kills Her Friend and Takes Own
Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/nyregion/14COP.html



SPORTS
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Mets Are Victims in Coast-to-Coast Scary Movie
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/sports/14METS.html

Yankees Dispirited by More Than Mere Defeat
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/sports/14YANK.html

Kings Contain O'Neal, but Bryant Lifts Lakers
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/sports/14KING.html

Sixth Man Is Leading Man in Sixers' Win
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/sports/14RAPT.html



ARTS
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R. K. Narayan, India's Prolific Storyteller, Dies at 94
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/obituaries/14NARA.html

Lincoln Center Considers a Dome and More to Enliven Its
Central Plaza
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/arts/14LINC.html

Dizzy Collisions at the Intersection That Is Cannes
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/arts/14NOTE.html

A Writer Hammers at the Misery of the Third World
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/arts/14KAPU.html




OP-ED COLUMNISTS
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By WILLIAM SAFIRE: Frankly, My Dear . . .

Is "The Wind Done Gone" a parody entitled to First Amendment
protection, or is this as-yet-unpublished novel a rip-off?

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/opinion/14SAFI.html


By BOB HERBERT: Trouble for Ferrer

Al Sharpton has lobbed a race-based grenade at New York City
mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer. And that is just the
beginning.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/14/opinion/14HERB.html



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