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   February 1, 2002   QUOTE OF THE DAY "I wasn't invited. Then again, the t=
raffic is so bad I don't want to go anywhere."  GEORGE SOROS, on a party du=
ring the World Economic Forum featuring Elton John.   NATIONAL Candidate Re=
no Is Home, Shrugging Off Fainting  A day after collapsing while giving a s=
peech, former Attorney General Janet Reno returned to her home near Miami. =
  Canada Wants Some Trucks Exempt From Border Inspection  Canada is aggress=
ively pushing a plan that would eventually allow more than 7,000 trucks eac=
h day to pass the border uninspected.   No New Warnings Received, Officials=
 Say  Officials have received no new credible warnings of a terrorist attac=
k, although the potential remained high.     MORE NATIONAL NEWS    Advertis=
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gn up now!   [IMAGE]   INTERNATIONAL Sharon Is Sorry Israel Didn't Kill Ara=
fat in the 80's  Israel's prime minister said in an interview published Thu=
rsday that Israel should have killed Yasir Arafat when it had the chance in=
 Lebanon 20 years ago.   Warlord Fends Off Warlord, Echoing Afghans' Bitter=
 Past  Afghanistan's first major battle of the post-Taliban era ended on Th=
ursday as rival warlords fought for control of the eastern province of Pakt=
ia.   Iraqis Seek to Oust Hussein With U.S. Military Training  Iraqi opposi=
tion leaders have asked the Bush administration to provide military trainin=
g to insurgents trying to overthrow Saddam Hussein.     MORE INTERNATIONAL =
NEWS    BUSINESS Audit Firms Are Set to Alter Some Practices  Four of the f=
ive biggest accounting firms said they would reject the industry practices =
that have prompted criticism of Enron's auditor, Arthur Andersen.   Senator=
 Says Enron Refuses to Cooperate  Enron has refused to turn over to a Senat=
e panel records of partnerships that are crucial to understanding the compa=
ny's downfall, the panel's chairman said.   Details Emerge on Viacom Rift a=
s Executives Deny It Exists  Sumner M. Redstone, chairman and chief executi=
ve of Viacom, said that he would not renew the contract of its president, M=
el Karmazin.     MORE BUSINESS NEWS    TECHNOLOGY Main Opponent to Hewlett-=
Compaq Merger Goes Public  Walter B. Hewlett, the lone dissenter to the mer=
ger on the Hewlett-Packard board, explained both his qualifications and his=
 motivation in an interview.   Advanced Micro Makes Pact With Taiwan Chip P=
roducer  Advanced Micro Devices said that it had entered a broad manufactur=
ing alliance with the United Microelectronics Corporation.   Alcatel Ends T=
ough Year in Big Loss  Alcatel reported a net loss of 4.96 billion euros, o=
r $4.2 billion, for all of last year, the largest loss ever reported by a F=
rench corporation.     MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS    POLITICS Bush to Propose Mor=
e Flexibility on 401(k) Plans  President Bush plans to propose giving worke=
rs more flexibility to sell their company's stock in their 401(k) retiremen=
t plans.   Back in the Fray, Gore Announces PAC, Gearing Up for Possible '0=
4 Presidential Run  Former Vice President Al Gore announced that he had for=
med a political action committee to help   Democratic Congressional candida=
tes in 2002.   Senator Says Enron Refuses to Cooperate  Enron has refused t=
o turn over to a Senate panel records of partnerships that are crucial to u=
nderstanding the company's downfall, the panel's chairman said.     MORE PO=
LITICS NEWS    SPORTS Fast Feet, but Faulk Is an Even Quicker Thinker  Beyo=
nd his speed, Marshall Faulk is distinguished by his uncanny comprehension =
of what is occurring around him on the football field.   Bledsoe Accepts Ro=
le With Class  Drew Bledsoe said all the right things to reporters about Bi=
ll Belichick's decision not to start him in the Super Bowl.   Nets Bury Deb=
ate and Bucks  With unselfish, exciting play, the Nets rattled the rim for =
a season-high points total in a rout of the Milwaukee Bucks.     MORE SPORT=
S NEWS    ARTS An Evolving Vision in Black and White  A TV Land series prov=
ides valuable insights into the evolving ways race has been treated on tele=
vision, but it also seems to  scurry over the past  60 years.   Amid the As=
hes, Creativity  Art happens every day,  and responses to Sept. 11 are alre=
ady growing more resolved and complicated. Here's a survey of  public art a=
nd gallery shows inspired by the tragedy.   In the Arms of Memory  Sissy Sp=
acek's favorite film, "To Kill a Mockingbird," evokes memories of her child=
hood in a small East Texas town.     MORE ARTS NEWS    NY REGION Officers, =
Primed for Demonstrations, Find Few to Police  Police, 4,000 in number, out=
numbered protesters on the first day of the World Economic Forum.   Another=
 Chief of Union Hits Pataki Critics  Teamster president James P. Hoffa accu=
sed two Democratic gubernatorial candidates of trying "to thwart the intere=
sts of working people."   High School Drops Its A.P. Courses, and Colleges =
Don't Seem to Mind  A growing number of selective private schools in New Yo=
rk and across the country are uncomfortable offering advanced placement cou=
rses.     MORE NY REGION NEWS    OP-ED  Two, Three, Many?   By PAUL KRUGMAN=
  Conventional wisdom is that Enron was uniquely crooked. But how likely is=
 it that other   companies will turn out to be little more than pyramid sch=
emes?   A Merciful War   By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF  Military intervention, eve=
n if it means lost innocent lives on both sides, can serve the   most human=
itarian of goals.   Pearl's Kidnappers Won't Win   By TERRY ANDERSON  Durin=
g the 80's, terrorist groups realized that kidnapping a journalist was not =
a useful way to forward political goals. It is terrible to think that this =
lesson may have to be  relearned.     MORE OP-ED  NEWS    About This E-Mail=
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