Message-ID: <5789949.1075862900854.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 01:25:39 -0800 (PST) From: nytdirect@nytimes.com To: khyatt@enron.com Subject: Today's Headlines from NYTimes.com Monday, November 19, 2001 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: The New York Times Direct <nytdirect@nytimes.com> X-To: khyatt@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \KHYATT (Non-Privileged)\Hyatt, Kevin\Deleted Items X-Origin: Hyatt-K X-FileName: KHYATT (Non-Privileged).pst <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>NYTimes HTML E-Mail</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#000066" VLINK="#666666" ALINK="#990000"> <TABLE WIDTH="600" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="600" VALIGN="TOP"> <!-- Flag goes here --> <IMG SRC="http://graphics.nytimes.com/images/email/todaysheadlines/todayshedflag.gif" WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="35" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0" ALIGN="left"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="600" VALIGN="TOP"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"> <!-- Search box begins --> <TABLE WIDTH="600" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD HEIGHT="2" BGCOLOR="#000000"><IMG SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0" ALIGN="left"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" > <FORM method="post" action="http://archives.nytimes.com/plweb-cgi/search.cgi"> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Search NYTimes.com <INPUT TYPE="text" SIZE="15" MAXLENGTH="32"> <select name="thedbs"> <option value="Today">Today's News <option value="site1week">Past Week <option value="past30days" selected="">Past 30 Days <option value="past90days">Past 90 Days <option value="past365days">Past Year <option value="Full">Since 1996 </select> <input type="image" name="submit" value=" Search" src="http://graphics.nytimes.com/images/global/global_search/gs_submit.gif" width="18" height="19" border="0" alt="submit" align="top"> </FONT> </FORM> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <!-- Search box ends --> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="600" VALIGN="TOP"> <TABLE WIDTH="600" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="600" COLSPAN="2" HEIGHT="7"><IMG SRC="http://graphics.nytimes.com/images/misc/spacer.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0" ALIGN="left"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="468" VALIGN="TOP"> <!-- OAS tag for 468 goes here --> <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/email.nytimes.com/todaysheadlines/html/5244/Position1/th-europed/eurolandbanner03.gif/" target="_top"><img src="http://graphics4.nytimes.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/th-europed/eurolandbanner03.gif" BORDER=0 Other ALT="" ></A> </TD> <TD WIDTH="10"><p></TD> <TD WIDTH="122"> <!-- E-Mail nav goes here --><!-- E-Mail nav goes here --> <TABLE WIDTH="122" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD VALIGN="TOP"> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/email"> <IMG SRC="http://www.nytimes.com/images/email/wine/customize.gif" ALT="Customize This E-Mail" WIDTH="122" HEIGHT="19" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0" ALIGN="left"> </A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN="TOP"> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/email"> <IMG SRC="http://www.nytimes.com/images/email/wine/nytnewsletters.gif" WIDTH="122" HEIGHT="18" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0" ALIGN="LEFT"></A> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN="TOP"> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/email"><IMG SRC="http://www.nytimes.com/images/email/wine/textversion.gif" ALT="Customize This E-Mail" WIDTH="122" HEIGHT="19" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0" ALIGN="left"></A><p><br clear="all"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="600" VALIGN="TOP"> <font size="2" font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </font> <!-- Content begins --> <table align="right"><tr><td><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2" ><b>November 19, 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 the most important thing is that he is not able to function any longer, and we're agnostic as to how that happens. I rather doubt just given the circumstances here I rather doubt we're talking about a long, drawn-out trial." <br> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/international/asia/19MILI.html?todaysheadlines">CONDOLEEZZA RICE,</a>on whether United States troops expect to kill Osama bin Laden or capture him for trial. <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 premium advertisers -- with the Holiday Shopping E-Mail. <br> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/services/email/email.html#holiday"><b>Sign up now</b></a>. <br clear="all"> </font> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>NATIONAL</b></font><br> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/national/19CALI.html?todaysheadlines">Laid Low by Last Recession, California Is Ready for Next</a></b><br> Experts are expressing guarded optimism over California's economic future, saying the state may come through the tough times in better shape than other regions. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/education/19EXAM.html?todaysheadlines">Challenge Revives SAT Test Debate</a></b><br> The challenge being mounted against the SAT exam by the University of California has brought attention to a previously arcane debate. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/business/19FORD.html?todaysheadlines">Ford Motor Workers Get on the Job Training in Religious Tolerance</a></b><br> Several hundred Ford workers of many faiths and jobs turned out on Thursday for "An Islamic perspective on the events of Sept. 11". <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/26090/Position2/th-europed/euroida.html/"><b>FREE annual reports-- Order Now!</b></a> <br> Get FREE annual reports from EuroLand.com. 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Click here to order now.</font> </CENTER></TD></tr></table> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad ends --> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>INTERNATIONAL</b></font><br> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/international/asia/19MILI.html?todaysheadlines">More U.S. Troops in bin Laden Hunt; Hide-Outs Bombed</a></b><br> With the rapid collapse of the Taliban, the United States has intensified its pursuit of Osama bin Laden and his network. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/international/asia/19DIPL.html?todaysheadlines">Afghan Victors Agree to Talks on Interim Rule</a></b><br> Bowing to American pressure, Northern Alliance officials agreed Sunday to attend a meeting of Afghan opposition groups somewhere outside the country. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/international/asia/19NORT.html?todaysheadlines">Foes Claim Taliban Are Killing Soldiers Who Seek to Defect</a></b><br> Foreign soldiers fighting for the Taliban have begun killing their Afghan Taliban comrades in a desperate effort to hang on to the encircled city of Kunduz. <P> </font> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html?todaysheadline">MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS</a> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad begins --> <!-- Inline Direct Ad ends --> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>BUSINESS</b></font><br> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/business/19ENER.html?todaysheadlines">Phillips and Conoco to Form U.S. Gasoline Giant</a></b><br> The Phillips Petroleum Company and Conoco agreed to merge, creating an oil company with a market value of $35 billion. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/technology/19SAUD.html?todaysheadlines">Companies Compete to Provide Saudi Internet Veil</a></b><br> Nearly a dozen software companies are competing for a contract to help Saudi Arabia block access to Web sites the Saudi government deems inappropriate. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/business/media/19FOX.html?todaysheadlines">Wild Welcome Greets Rivera at Fox News</a></b><br> Geraldo Rivera's hiring as a war correspondent for Fox News has ruffled feathers inside and outside the network. <P> </font> <p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html?todaysheadline">MORE BUSINESS NEWS</a> <br> <!-- Inline Direct Ad begins --> <!-- Inline Direct Ad ends --> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" color="#990000"><b>TECHNOLOGY</b></font><br> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/technology/19SAUD.html?todaysheadlines">Companies Compete to Provide Saudi Internet Veil</a></b><br> Nearly a dozen software companies are competing for a contract to help Saudi Arabia block access to Web sites the Saudi government deems inappropriate. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/technology/ebusiness/19ROSE.html?todaysheadlines">Executive Moves From Ticketmaster to Trade Shows</a></b><br> Fredric D. Rosen turned Ticketmaster into a multibillion-dollar behemoth, but doing the same with trade show operator Key3Media is turning out to be a tough second act. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/business/19BELL.html?todaysheadlines">William Daley Will Assume Post at SBC</a></b><br> William M. Daley, the campaign chairman of Al Gore's unsuccessful presidential bid, will be the next president of SBC Communications. <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/2001/11/19/politics/19MEMO.html?todaysheadlines">Sept. 11 Attacks Refocused the Spotlight</a></b><br> The terrorist attacks have considerably altered the profiles and power of many of the nation's leading political figures. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/politics/19TORC.html?todaysheadlines">Torricelli Backed Donor's Bid for a Korean Project, a Letter Shows</a></b><br> Senator Robert G. Torricelli recommended a political donor for a contract on a sensitive nuclear-reactor project in North Korea. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/international/americas/19MEXI.html?todaysheadlines">Top Democrats Politic Through Rural Mexico</a></b><br> Thousands of miles away from their own constituents, the two top U.S. Democrats took a ride Sunday through a rural stretch of central Mexico. <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/2001/11/19/sports/football/19JETS.html?todaysheadlines">Jets Continue Mastery of the Dolphins</a></b><br> The Jets trounced the Dolphins for the eighth straight time to vault into first place in the A.F.C. East. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/sports/ncaafootball/19COLL.html?todaysheadlines">Hoping for an Appealing Match</a></b><br> This week's rankings suggest the potential for an appealing championship game in the Rose Bowl: Miami against Nebraska. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/sports/football/19GIAN.html?todaysheadlines">Strahan Runs Down Success</a></b><br> Giants defensive end Michael Strahan is sacking quarterbacks at a pace more furious than any defensive player in N.F.L. history. <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/2001/11/19/movies/19BOX.html?todaysheadlines">'Potter' Movie Sets Box Office Record</a></b><br> "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" sets the record for the biggest movie opening of all time, earning an estimated $93.5 million in its first three days. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/arts/theater/19QED.html?todaysheadlines">Iconoclastic Physicist for All Occasions</a></b><br> Peter Parnell's "QED" is such a textbook example of biographical theater that it's hard to watch it without seeing the diagram beneath. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/books/19HOTC.html?todaysheadlines">Hemingway's Blessing, Copland's Collaboration</a></b><br> A pastiche of the adventures of young Hemingway, with a dramatic script written by A.E. Hotchner in 1957 and music composed by Aaron Copland, will finally have its premiere. <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/2001/11/19/nyregion/19PRAY.html?todaysheadlines">United in Grief and Prayer, Sharing the Common Language of Tears</a></b><br> Thousands attended a service in Rockaways, Queens, to honor victims of the Flight 587 crash. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/politics/19TORC.html?todaysheadlines">Torricelli Backed Donor's Bid for a Korean Project, a Letter Shows</a></b><br> Senator Robert G. Torricelli recommended a political donor for a contract on a sensitive nuclear-reactor project in North Korea. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/nyregion/19FIRE.html?todaysheadlines">With Water and Sweat, Fighting the Most Stubborn Fire</a></b><br> Experts are calling the World Trade Center site the longest commercial building fire in United States history. <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/2001/11/19/opinion/19HERB.html?todaysheadlines">The Vanishing Act</a></b> <br> By BOB HERBERT <br> The end of welfare faces the cold reality of a recession that threatens to leave millions of American families jobless, and all but helpless as well. <P> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/opinion/19SAFI.html?todaysheadlines">Big Mo</a></b> <br> By WILLIAM SAFIRE <br> The elder Bush once called political momentum "the big Mo." Nothing gathers support like a sense of inevitability. The younger Bush has it now. <P> </font> <font face="times new roman"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/opinion/19GATE.html?todaysheadlines">The Job Nobody Trained For</a></b> <br> By ROBERT M. GATES <br> For all practical purposes, the federal government started homeland defense from scratch on Sept. 11. <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. To sign up for other newsletters, cancel delivery, change delivery options or your e-mail address, see <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/email">http://www.nytimes.com/email</a>. 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