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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"American children continue to learn, but their peers in
other countries are learning at a higher rate."

- RICHARD W. RILEY, secretary of education, on the results of an international
test of math and science.

Full Story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/national/06EXAM.html

BUSINESS
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Greenspan Suggests the Need to Lift Rates Is Diminished
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/business/06FED.html

Market Place: Whoopee, a Stock Surge! Now a Reality Check
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/business/06PLAC.html

Management: Big Plush Offices Make Way for Humble Space
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/business/06OFFI.html

U.S. Joins in Suits Against Lockheed Martin
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/business/06DISC.html

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INTERNATIONAL
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Putin Pushes Soviet Hymn, Creating Disharmony
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/world/06RUSS.html

UN Security Council Lets Iraq Spend Oil Fund
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/world/06IRAQ.html

Palestinian Economy in Ruins, U.N. Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/world/06MIDE.html

America to Press Security in Distant Ports
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/world/06NAVY.html

NATIONAL
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U.S. Students Fail to Keep Up in Global Science and Math
Tests
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/national/06EXAM.html

Antigang 'Role Model' Is Up for a Nobel and Execution
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/national/06PRIS.html

Independent Counsel Seeks to Interview Lewinsky Again
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/politics/06INQU.html

Ex-Aide Charges Harassment in Milwaukee
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/national/06MAYO.html

SPORTS
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Devils Humble the Avalanche
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/sports/06DEVI.html

New Champ Learned Patience
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/sports/06VECS.html

A Man Who Likes His Quiet Comes to the Big, Noisy City
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/sports/06MUSS.html

Division Race Just Got Harder for Mets
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/sports/06SKED.html

TECHNOLOGY
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Xerox to Spin Off Company
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/technology/06XERO.html

Apple Warns It Will Record Loss
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/technology/06APPL.html

Nasdaq Sets Record in Rally
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/business/06STOX.html

Consortium Offers Unfiltered Advice on Filtering Software
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/technology/06EDUCATION.html

ARTS
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The British Museum: Stodgy Never Looked So Chic
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/arts/06MUSE.html

Step by Step, Sol LeWitt's Work Climbs the Walls at the
Whitney
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/arts/06LEWI.html

'Tiny Alice': Testing a Steadfast Faith With Flesh
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/arts/06ALIC.html

A Pocket-Size Opera From a Harrowing Kafka Story
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/arts/06ARTS.html

NEW YORK REGION
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U.S. to Order $490 Million River Cleanup by G.E.
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/science/06HUDS.html

Fall From Subway Train Kills 3-Year-Old Boy in Brooklyn
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/nyregion/06TRAI.html

A Repaved Path Underpins a Revitalization Plan
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/nyregion/06REAL.html

Scout Issue Stirs Revolt by a Board Chancellor Attacked for
Limiting Access
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/nyregion/06SCOU.html

OP-ED COLUMNISTS
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By PAUL KRUGMAN: Cheney Gets Vulgar

Dick Cheney, speaking last weekend, gave us our first
post-election hints about Gov. George W. Bush's economic
policy. And the news is not good.

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/opinion/06KRUG.html

By MAUREEN DOWD: Sisyphus at Starbucks

Vice President Al Gore must realize that he will not make
the move down the West Wing hall, despite the fact that
everyone knows that he won.

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/opinion/06DOWD.html

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