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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/arts/03OSCA.html?todaysheadlines"<TOM ORTENBERG,</a<of Lions Gate Films, on campaigning for Oscar nominations.


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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/education/03TUIT.html?todaysheadlines"<Hard-Pressed Parents Fall Behind on Tuition</a<</b<<br<
Showing the extent to which the recession is squeezing middle- and even upper-class families, many are seeking extensions on tuition bills.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/national/03CHUR.html?todaysheadlines"<Churches on Right Seek Right to Back Candidates</a<</b<<br<
Religious conservatives are starting a campaign to remove the prohibition of churches endorsing political candidates.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/national/03BABY.html?todaysheadlines"<State Seeks Child Parents Don't Acknowledge</a<</b<<br<
A couple belonging to a Massachusetts religious sect have been ordered by authorities to turn over a child that is believed to be in danger.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/opinion/03ARAF.html?todaysheadlines"<The Palestinian Vision of Peace</a<</b<<br<
Palestinians want to live as equals alongside Israel in an independent and viable state on the territories occupied by Israel in 1967.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/international/03FORU.html?todaysheadlines"<Economic Forum Shifts Its Focus to New Dangers</a<</b<<br<
Usually preoccupied with technology and borderless commerce, participants at the World Economic Forum this year seem more obsessed with their vulnerabilities.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/international/asia/03PEAR.html?todaysheadlines"<New Hope That Kidnapped Journalist Is Alive</a<</b<<br<
The Pakistani police searched for a missing American reporter after e-mail messages said he had been killed, but a new e-mail offered hope that he may be alive.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/business/03ENRO.html?todaysheadlines"<Enron Panel Finds Inflated Profits and Few Controls</a<</b<<br<
In a report released Saturday night, a special committee of Enron's board said that the company had falsely inflated its profits by almost $1 billion last year.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/business/yourmoney/03CONG.html?todaysheadlines"<Enron Scandal Shocks Even Those
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Some of the lawmakers and regulators investigating some of the causes behind the Enron-Arthur Andersen scandal may need to look no further than a mirror.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/business/yourmoney/03OPTI.html?todaysheadlines"<Even Last Year, Option Spigot Was Wide Open</a<</b<<br<
As corporate earnings and cash flow have ebbed and stock prices have fallen, boards have been doling out options as a cheap, balance-sheet-friendly way of compensating managers.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/business/yourmoney/03INSI.html?todaysheadlines"<The Strong Will Survive the Fallout in Telecom</a<</b<<br<
Adam Quinton, head of global telecommunications research at Merrill Lynch, talked last week about the current grim state of the industry and its future.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/business/yourmoney/03VENT.html?todaysheadlines"<Losses Sour Companies on Venture Investments</a<</b<<br<
When the economy took a turn for the worse last year, so did the fate of billions of dollars in venture investments by many corporations.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/02/technology/02CHIP.html?todaysheadlines"<Europe Is Said to Be on Verge of Ending Case Against Intel</a<</b<<br<
The European Commission is about to drop its antitrust investigation of the Intel Corporation, a person close to the investigation said.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/politics/03GORE.html?todaysheadlines"<Gore Rebukes Bush, and Tries to Mend Fences at Home in Tennessee</a<</b<<br<
Al Gore re-emerged in his home state, criticizing President Bush's policies on several domestic issues.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/international/americas/03CUBA.html?todaysheadlines"<Bush Hires Hard-Liners to Handle Cuba Policy</a<</b<<br<
The Bush administration is filling its Latin America policy ranks with officials known for a hard-line stance toward Fidel Castro's government.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/politics/03BUDG.html?todaysheadlines"<Bush Budget Links Dollars to Deeds With New Ratings</a<</b<<br<
President Bush's proposed budget plan will for the first time formally assess the performance of government agencies and link their financing to the grades they receive.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/sports/football/03FREE.html?todaysheadlines"<A Game That's All a Matter of Vision</a<</b<<br<
As if the magnitude of the game isn't big enough, there will be the extra pressure of a personal battle between Mike Martz and Bill Belichick in the Super Bowl.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/sports/football/03GEOR.html?todaysheadlines"<Coaching Results: Will X or O Determine Hirings?</a<</b<<br<
The winner of this Super Bowl will affect coaching hirings for seasons to come and will impact the way the game is played.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/sports/basketball/03NETS.html?todaysheadlines"<Kidd's Big Shot Gives Nets Big Victory</a<</b<<br<
Jason Kidd's 31 points included a clinching 3-pointer that pushed the Nets over Toronto. He posted his second consecutive triple-double in the win.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/arts/03OSCA.html?todaysheadlines"<What Price Buzz? Hollywood Breaks Bank for Oscar Race</a<</b<<br<
Hollywood studios are in the middle of the biggest Oscar spending spree in history.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/arts/television/03RIDI.html?todaysheadlines"<What Price Success for a Newly Popular BBC?</a<</b<<br<
The BBC beat its main rival, ITV, in the 2001 ratings race. The hallowed institution now finds itself being accused of having lowered its standards.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/movies/03HOHE.html?todaysheadlines"<For Frances's Youth, 'un Teen Movie'</a<</b<<br<
French filmmakers have newly taken on a staple of American culture the teen movie and its raw treatment of teenage sexuality.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/nyregion/03DOWN.html?todaysheadlines"<Near Ground Zero, Adage Is Location, Location and Luck</a<</b<<br<
The successes and failures of businesses near the former World Trade Center site can be traced to multiple factors.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/politics/03REBU.html?todaysheadlines"<Bush Administration Approves $700 Million Grant to Help Rebuild Lower Manhattan</a<</b<<br<
The money is intended to create jobs and revive businesses devastated by the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/nyregion/03STRE.html?todaysheadlines"<36 Are Arrested, but Demonstrations Remain Peaceful</a<</b<<br<
Saturday's protest agenda at the World Economic Forum turned out to be largely without incident.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/opinion/03DOWD.html?todaysheadlines"<The Dude and the Dud</a<</b<
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How on earth-in-the-balance can Al Gore succeed now that the Dude has morphed into the Man?
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/opinion/03FRIE.html?todaysheadlines"<The End of NATO?</a<</b<
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The United States has become so much more technologically advanced than any of its NATO allies that America increasingly doesn't need them to fight a distant war.
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<font face="times new roman"<<b<<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/opinion/03ARAF.html?todaysheadlines"<The Palestinian Vision of Peace</a<</b<
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Palestinians want to live as equals alongside Israel in an independent and viable state on the territories occupied by Israel in 1967.
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