QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"We wind up six months after we hire an engineer having to fight off offers for that same engineer for more money. It's become a very predatory environment."
- Eric Campbell, a vice president at a software company

Full Story: Need for Computer Experts Is Making Recruiters Frantic http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/biztech/articles/18recruit.html

INTERNATIONAL
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In Defiance Over Chechnya, Yeltsin Storms Out of Summit
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/late/18russia-reuters.html

New Caspian Oil Deal Signed at Summit
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/late/18caspian-oil-ap.html

Mitchell Ends Northern Ireland Mediation Effort With Plea to Keep Moving
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/late/19nireland-nyt.html

Caught Between Eras: China's Factory Workers
http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/111899china-us-trade.html

NATIONAL
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Congress Agrees With White House on Spending Cuts
http://www.nytimes.com/library/politics/111899congress-spend.html

Egyptians See U.S. as Rushing to Find Reason for Crash
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/111899egyptair-crash.html

Catholic Bishops to Require Certification for Theologians
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/111899catholic-bishops-edu.html

Al Gore as News Breaker, Not News Maker
http://www.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/111899wh-dem-gore.html

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BUSINESS
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Trade Deficit Widens in September
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/f/AP-Economy.html

Dow Trades Above 11,000 for First Time Since September
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/f/AP-Wall-Street.html

Agilent Soars in Its Trading Debut
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/financial/18agilent.html

FCC Issuing High-Speed Web Decision
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/f/AP-High-Speed-Internet.html

TECHNOLOGY
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Programmer Shortage Makes Recruiters Frantic
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/biztech/articles/18recruit.html

In Shopping Bots We Trust?
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/circuits/articles/18bots.html

Site Offers Videos of Candidates
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/cyber/articles/18campaign.html

Unusual Media Company Alliance
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/biztech/articles/18web.html

NEW YORK REGION
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Suspect Sought in Attack on Woman in Midtown
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/regional/ny-midtown-attack.html

Panel Asked Not to Act on Lying
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/regional/ny-police-lying.html

Crew Delays Stating Intention
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/regional/111899ny-crew-edu.html

Effort to Ease Airport Delays
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/regional/nj-newark-airport.html

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SPORTS
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Rodriguez Voted Most Valuable Player
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/s/AP-BBA-AL-MVP.html

It Is Point, Counterpoint in the Big East
http://www.nytimes.com/library/sports/ncaabasketball/111899bkc-bigeast.html

For Smith, the Struggle Continues
http://www.nytimes.com/library/sports/football/111899fbn-rhoden-column.html

Knicks Adopt the Old Losing Formula http://www.nytimes.com/library/sports/basketball/111899bkn-knicks.html

ARTS
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Game Shows, Greedy and Otherwise
http://www.nytimes.com/library/arts/111899millionaire-tv.html

`Mansfield Park': Spicing Austen's 1806 With Dashes of 1999
http://www.nytimes.com/library/film/111899park-film-review.html

Writer Paul Bowles Dies at 88
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/late/19bowles-nyt.html

Sting: Ruminating About Love, Perfect and Not So
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/arts/sting-music-review.html

OP-ED COLUMNISTS
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By BOB HERBERT: Cuomo's Quest

It was thought to be dangerous terrain, and the advice of some high-powered political advisers was blunt. Don't go there. Poverty was a merciless quagmire for a politician. Except for, it seems, Mario Cuomo.

http://www.nytimes.com/library/opinion/herbert/111899herb.html

By WILLIAM SAFIRE: Pre-Selling a Speech

First I let George W. Bush get his pre-speech teaser across. In return for the teaser, he lets me have six minutes of questioning. Welcome to the world of symbiotic drumbeating in the media echo chamber.

http://www.nytimes.com/library/opinion/safire/111899safi.html

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