TODAY'S HEADLINES The New York Times on the Web Thursday, December 7, 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------ For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com QUOTE OF THE DAY ========================= "We think this generation is wonderful in every way, but we worry that unless something changes, we're going to lose a lot of them." - WILLIAM R. FITZSIMMONS, Harvard dean, on the stress of the college admissions process. Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/national/07ADMI.html BUSINESS ========================= Documents on Design of Explorer Reveal a Series of Compromises http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/business/07FORD.html Profit Warning by Bank of America Sets Off Big Retreat http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/business/07STOX.html U.S. Looking at SmithKline Effort to Block Generic Drug http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/business/07DRUG.html Accounting Board Eases Stance on Mergers http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/business/07ACCO.html /--------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------\ Mark the elections with a presidential screensaver To celebrate the elections, NYTimes.com has created a Presidents screensaver that captures some of history's finest moments from The New York Times Photo Archives. Enjoy these images every day on your PC or Mac, absolutely free. http://www.nytimes.com/partners/screensaver/index.html?ibd \---------------------------------------------------------/ INTERNATIONAL ========================= In Ruined Liberia, Its Despoiler Sits Pretty http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/world/07LIBE.html U.S. Businessman Found Guilty of Espionage by Russian Court http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/world/07RUSS.html Suspect in New Year's Terror Plot Is Arrested in Algeria http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/world/07TERR.html 2 Pro-Democracy Party Leaders Given Prison Sentences in China http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/world/07BEIJ.html NATIONAL ========================= Ease Up, Top Universities Tell Stressed Applicants http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/national/07ADMI.html Waiting for a President, Capital Exults Over Pandas http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/national/07PAND.html Army Corps Falsified Data for a Project, Study Says http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/national/07CORP.html Suspended Rabbi Quits Seminary Presidency http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/national/07RABB.html SPORTS ========================= Knicks No Match as Nelson Ties Auerbach http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/sports/07KNIC.html Nets Stay in Free Fall as Marbury Sits Again http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/sports/07NETS.html A Fullback, but Much, Much More http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/sports/07RHOD.html Memories Are Bitter as Jets Prepare for Raiders http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/sports/07JETS.html TECHNOLOGY ========================= Motorola Deal With Canadian Supplier http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/business/07MOTO.html Big Merger in Net Access for Europe http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/technology/07NET.html Profit Warning by Bank of America Sets Off Big Retreat http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/business/07STOX.html Building the Latin American Internet http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/technology/07DATA.html ARTS ========================= Looking for the Real John Lennon http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/arts/07NOTE.html U2: Divinely and Romantically, Embracing a Higher Love http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/arts/07IRVI.html Restoring Swirling Cloaks and Passion to 'Il Trovatore' http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/arts/07TROV.html Ballet Hispanico: Delving Deftly Into the Life of a Revered Spanish Composer http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/arts/07EYES.html NEW YORK REGION ========================= Hot Economy Cooling Down? Not New York's http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/nyregion/07YORK.html E.P.A. Gives Its Plan on Hudson River PCB's, but a Fight Lies Ahead http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/nyregion/07HUDS.html Giuliani Leads New Effort to Take Control of the Schools http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/nyregion/07MAYO.html Report Finds Police Abuse Unpunished http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/nyregion/07CCRB.html OP-ED COLUMNISTS ========================= By BOB HERBERT: Keep Them Out! The tactics have changed, but the goal remains depressingly the same: Keep the African- Americans out of the voting booths. http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/opinion/07HERB.html By WILLIAM SAFIRE: Al Gore Agonistes There are several ways the presidential election can be resolved, and the victor in all of them is Gov. George W. 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