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Times, serif" size="2" ><b>November 22, 2001</b> </font></td></tr></table><br> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>QUOTE OF THE DAY</b></font><br> <font size="2">"I think there is going to be some heartburn on the part of police chiefs to take on this role because this is not how we usually do business." <br> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/national/22POLI.html?todaysheadlines">KEN YARBROUGH,</a>police chief of Richardson, Tex., on Attorney General John Ashcroft's request for help interviewing 5,000 Middle Eastern men. <hr size="1"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/services/email/email.html#holiday"> <img src="http://graphics.nytimes.com/images/email/edit/holiday.gif" width="120" height="60" border=0 hspace="5" align="left" alt="HolidayShopping"></a> <b>Holiday Shopping</b><br> Take advantage of special offers and discounts -- on gifts, travel and luxury items from NYTimes.com's 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href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/health/22ALZH.html?todaysheadlines">Hints of an Alzheimer's Aid in Anti-Inflammatory Drugs</a></b><br> Middle-age and elderly people who took anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen or naproxen for at least two years were apparently protected from Alzheimer's disease. <P> </font> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/index.html?todaysheadline">MORE NATIONAL NEWS</a> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad begins --> <img src="http://graphics4.nytimes.com/images/email/advertisement2.gif" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="15" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0" ALIGN="left" ALT="Advertisement"> <BR CLEAR="ALL"><TABLE WIDTH="588" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0" BGCOLOR="#F8F5EC"> <TR><TD><font size="2"> <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/email.nytimes.com/todaysheadlines/html/9033/Position2/th-europef/euroida.html/"><b>FREE annual reports-- Order Now!</b></a> <br> Get FREE annual reports from EuroLand.com. 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Neukom, the legal field general in Microsoft's antitrust conflicts, said that he would retire next year. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/technology/circuits/22HOWW.html?todaysheadlines">A Thermometer That Squawks When the Bird Is Done</a></b><br> By providing remote readouts, digital meat thermometers are designed to take the worry and the guesswork out of cooking the holiday turkey. <P> </font> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html?todaysheadline">MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS</a> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad begins --> <!-- Inline Direct Ad ends --> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>POLITICS</b></font><br> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/politics/22BUSH.html?todaysheadlines">Bush Says War May Go Beyond Afghan Border</a></b><br> President Bush said that the United States would take the war on terrorism to nations beyond Afghanistan that harbor terrorists. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/politics/22RIDG.html?todaysheadlines">Ridge to Seek Big Increases for Fight on Terror</a></b><br> Tom Ridge, the director of homeland security, said that he will seek new spending for federal law enforcement agencies and public health facilities. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/nyregion/22AID.html?todaysheadlines">Some Wonder Where Pataki Has Been During Uphill Fight for Billions</a></b><br> Gov. George E. Pataki remained curiously silent while New York politicians spoke up as the White House and Congress tried to clamp down on federal aid for New York. <P> </font> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html?todaysheadline">MORE POLITICS NEWS</a> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad begins --> <!-- Inline Direct Ad ends --> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>SPORTS</b></font><br> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/sports/basketball/22KNIC.html?todaysheadlines">High-Flying Suns Pull Knicks Back to Earth</a></b><br> With Stephon Marbury directing the action, the Suns put on a high-flying, dunk-laden display as they dominated and deflated the Knicks. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/sports/football/22GRUD.html?todaysheadlines">Gruden Is Brains Behind the Raiders</a></b><br> The Oakland Raiders' Jon Gruden possesses a multilayered personality that has led many N.F.L. general managers to call him the best young coaching talent in years. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/sports/football/22GIAN.html?todaysheadlines">Giant Optimism Well Above .500 Level</a></b><br> Despite losses in four of their last six games, the Giants still stress the positives about their season and expect to win most of their remaining games. <P> </font> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/index.html?todaysheadline">MORE SPORTS NEWS</a> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad begins --> <!-- Inline Direct Ad ends --> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>ARTS</b></font><br> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/arts/design/22PIAN.html?todaysheadlines">Where Old Pianos Go to Live</a></b><br> Unlike most museums, this important collection of historic 19th-century pianos is meant to be used. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/arts/dance/22GALA.html?todaysheadlines">Ballet as Balm in a Tribute to a City on the Mend</a></b><br> It was certainly not your usual opening of a winter season by the New York City Ballet. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/arts/design/22MAGN.html?todaysheadlines">Catching the World in the Act of Changing</a></b><br> The man who recorded the events of Sept. 11, Evan Fairbanks, has made a Zapruder film for our time. <P> </font> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html?todaysheadline">MORE ARTS NEWS</a> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad begins --> <!-- Inline Direct Ad ends --> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>NY REGION</b></font><br> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/nyregion/22ANTH.html?todaysheadlines">Connecticut Woman, 94, Is Fifth to Die From Inhalation Anthrax</a></b><br> Medical investigators began searching for clues as to how a widow who rarely left her house had become the country's fifth recent anthrax fatality. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/nyregion/22AID.html?todaysheadlines">Some Wonder Where Pataki Has Been During Uphill Fight for Billions</a></b><br> Gov. George E. Pataki remained curiously silent while New York politicians spoke up as the White House and Congress tried to clamp down on federal aid for New York. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/nyregion/22MIKE.html?todaysheadlines">Developer Briefs Bloomberg on Plans to Rebuild Towers</a></b><br> Larry A. Silverstein, the developer who holds the lease on the World Trade Center, met with Mayor-elect Michael R. Bloomberg and said that he would go ahead with plans to rebuild at the site. <P> </font> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/index.html?todaysheadline">MORE NY REGION NEWS</a> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad begins --> <!-- Inline Direct Ad ends --> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>OP-ED </b></font><br> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/opinion/22HERB.html?todaysheadlines">Hunger in the City</a></b> <br> By BOB HERBERT <br> There is something very wrong, in a society as affluent as ours, when families have to choose between food and rent. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/opinion/22SAFI.html?todaysheadlines">Welcome Back, Politics!</a></b> <br> By WILLIAM SAFIRE <br> Here is the trick in political prognostication: Take what you know to be true and then play fast and loose with the possible. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/opinion/22SPER.html?todaysheadlines">Educating the World</a></b> <br> By GENE SPERLING <br> The United States should commit to getting all the world's children in school. <P> </font> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html?todaysheadline">MORE OP-ED NEWS</a> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad begins --> <!-- Inline Direct Ad ends --> <hr size="1"> <font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"> <b>About This E-Mail<br> </b>You received these headlines because you requested The New York Times Direct e-mail service. 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