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January 27, 2002 QUOTE OF THE DAY "Your house is burning down, you run=
back in, what do you save? You're just not trained to do that, so you go b=
y your instincts." BARTHOLOMEW VOORSANGER, an architect, on remnants colle=
cted from the World Trade Center. NATIONAL PCB Pollution Suits Have Day i=
n Court in Alabama More than 3,500 plaintiffs are involved in a lawsuit th=
at contends that the Monsanto Company knew the dangers of PCB contamination=
in Alabama. Immigrant Laborers Feel Stranded in Pacific Northwest as Day=
Jobs Dry Up Many immigrants who were able to find work in states like Was=
hington and Oregon are now unable to as the unemployment rate continues to =
rise. Princeton Embraces Scholar of Black Studies Princeton University's=
trustees approved the acquisition of K. Anthony Appiah, a major league s=
cholar of African-American studies. MORE NATIONAL NEWS Advertisement=
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now! [IMAGE] INTERNATIONAL Suicide Bomber Strikes in Jerusalem Dozens=
of people were wounded after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in =
downtown Jerusalem on Sunday. The bombing occured on a busy street that's b=
een the scene of several previous attacks. Bin Laden Stirs Struggle on Me=
aning of Jihad Whether jihad is armed or a more personal duty of conscienc=
e is a question causing consternation in the world's 1.2 billion Muslims. =
China Changes Approach in Espionage Incident China's relationship with th=
e United States has been changing dramatically over the past months, and th=
e most recent espionage accusations have served as a barometer of that shif=
t. MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS BUSINESS Economic Forum Moves to Manhatta=
n This week, the annual World Economic Forum -- a private summit of world =
leaders -- meets in Manhattan, shifted from Davos, a quiet village in the S=
wiss Alps. '99 Deal Failed After Scrutiny of Enron Three years ago, a Ge=
rman company pieced together a picture of Enron's finances so troubling tha=
t it helped convince the company to call off a merger with Enron. Rallyin=
g Cry at First Boston: Smaller, Cleaner, Fairer John J. Mack, chief execut=
ive of Credit Suisse First Boston, has proven a formidable corporate leader=
. But the true tests of his leadership skills lie ahead. MORE BUSINESS =
NEWS TECHNOLOGY Homestore Fights for Life as Bad News Piles Up Homestor=
e.com tells a tale of Internet glory that vanished overnight. Quiet, Plea=
se. This Is a Library After All. A modernized library presents Lincoln Cen=
ter with acoustical problems of a new sort: noise. Hard Times Prompt an E=
ntrepreneurial Itch A Silicon Valley publicist did what an increasing numb=
er of senior managers uncertain of their job prospects are doing: He set =
himself up at his own company. MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS POLITICS Powel=
l Asks Bush to Reverse Stand on War Captives The secretary of state has as=
ked the president to declare that captives from the war on terror are entit=
led to protection under the Geneva Convention. Poll Finds Enron's Taint C=
lings More to G.O.P. Than Democrats Suspicions are growing that the Bush a=
dministration is hiding something or lying about its dealings with Enron, t=
he latest New York Times/CBS Poll shows. South Dakota Takes Center Stage =
in Political Wars South Dakota has become the unlikely first battleground =
in a war of political superpowers. MORE POLITICS NEWS SPORTS An Amaz=
ing Victory for the Knicks Overcoming hot 3-point shooting by Milwaukee an=
d their own confounding penchant for critical errors, the Knicks outlasted =
the Bucks in double overtime. Johansson Upsets Safin to Win His First Maj=
or Sweden's Thomas Johansson won his first Grand Slam title with a 3-6, 6-=
4, 6-4, 7-6 (4) victory over Russia's Marat Safin in the men's final of the=
Australian Open. Texas Tech Trips No. 6 Oklahoma Andre Emmett had 26 po=
ints and 10 rebounds as Texas Tech upset No. 6 Oklahoma. MORE SPORTS NE=
WS ARTS To Be Alicia Keys: Young, Gifted and in Control Alicia Keys's s=
ongs plunge into the unsettled domain of female identity in the hip-hop era=
, determined to work their way through conflicting imperatives. At 81, =
Dancing With New Partners Anna Halprin collaborates with the Japanese-born=
Koma and his wife Eiko in "Be With," an emotional movement-puzzle that s=
pills its pieces on the floor to be reassembled anew. When Japan Tried On=
the Modernist Mantle An exhibit at the Honolulu Academy of Arts looks at=
a heady period in Japan's long history of borrowing from, and refining, We=
stern culture. MORE ARTS NEWS NY REGION Budget Pinch Greets New Gove=
rnor in Trenton Now that the realities of the recession have come back to =
haunt New Jersey lawmakers, the state is left with one of the nation's most=
acute budget problems. What's in an Economic Forum? Visitors, Police and=
Protests New Yorkers might not care about the coming World Economic Forum=
, but there is good reason to pay attention. 60 Firefighters Who Died on =
Sept. 11 Were Off Duty A review of the 343 cases in which firefighters los=
t their lives on Sept. 11 found that 60 were off duty when they rushed to t=
he twin towers. MORE NY REGION NEWS OP-ED Planet of the Privileged =
By MAUREEN DOWD On Planet Enron, the atmosphere was so rarefied that its=
inhabitants were blissfully oblivious to how privileged they were. The 2=
Domes of Belgium By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Who were the killer pilots who w=
ent beyond passive support on Sept. 11 to become suicidal mass murderers? =
The Trouble With Bubbles By EDWARD CHANCELLOR Enron's collapse can be s=
een as representative of the greatest speculative mania in the history of t=
he world. MORE OP-ED NEWS About This E-Mail You received these head=
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