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Mideast Officials Prepare for Talks

November 20, 2001

JERUSALEM?Israelis and Palestinians readied themselves Tuesday for talks with a new U.S. Mideast envoy, a tough retired Marine Corps general expected to press the two sides to stop 14 months of fighting. Anthony Zinni is to arrive with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Burns at the beginning of next week, Israeli and Palestinian officials said, seeking to end the violence that has resisted successive U.

A Vegetarian-Friendly Thanksgiving

By , , and • November 20, 2001

If you are vegetarian or vegan, you've probably experienced what I go through each year. First, someone asks how you can possibly have Thanksgiving without turkey. I mean, it's an understandable question considering that the dinner of yams, mashed potatoes, salad, cranberries, beans, stuffing, cut-up vegetables, rolls and pumpkin pie couldn't possibly be enough to fill a person without the turkey.

Westerners Protest Chinese Violence

November 20, 2001

BEIJING?Protesting to draw attention to China's brutal crackdown on the Falun Gong spiritual movement, two dozen Westerners chanted slogans and unfurled a banner Tuesday on Tiananmen Square?the first Falun Gong demonstration to involve Westerners exclusively.

Family grant program brings siblings to George Washington U.

By By U Wire, By U Wire, and By U Wire • November 20, 2001

WASHINGTON?Some George Washington University parents just can't seem to pass up a good deal. About 150 families are taking advantage of a program to send a child to GW for half price. Emphasizing the importance of family, GW gives the tuition break to any sibling of an undergraduate student who gets in.

Anthrax Samples Show Toxic Levels

November 20, 2001

WASHINGTON?A sample taken from a plastic evidence bag containing a still-unopened letter to Sen. Patrick Leahy contains at least 23,000 anthrax spores, enough for more than two lethal doses, a federal law enforcement official said Tuesday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there were three times more anthrax spores in the single sample taken from the plastic bag than in any of the other 600 bags of mail examined by the FBI before it found the Leahy letter.

Women’s Hoops Earns Split

November 19, 2001

The 25th-ranked Utah women's basketball team already has one fourth the number of losses that last year's team did, but only one 28th of the wins. So, that would put the Utes at 1-1.

Clinic Hosts Students, Editors

November 19, 2001

About 450 high school journalism students came to the University of Utah Friday to listen to the editors of The Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News. John Hughes, the editor and chief operating officer of the Deseret News, spoke about the changing nature of news since the development of the Internet.

The Chronicle’s View: Equality in Service to United States

November 19, 2001

For the young men who are now turning in their selective service cards at the post office, the idea of a new draft doesn't seem all that far-fetched. Our country is entrenched in a battle, not only against the Taliban and al Qaeda, but against terrorism worldwide. That will take incredible resources, both financial and human. And while our military is capable of handling the current situation, no one knows what tomorrow will bring. This new sense of uncertainty is now a part of our reality, where the young men think about what it must be like to be in a war.

Politics and Media at Early Winter Games

November 19, 2001

Credit card companies, fast food chains and beer producers use the Olympics to sell their products, but countries also use the Olympics to push their values and ideals on the world community, said Professor Mark Dyreson. Dyreson spoke Thursday in Orson Spencer Hall about the nationalistic push of the United States and the role of the media during the first four Winter Games (from 1924 to 1936) in the sixth lecture of the Tanner Humanities Center's series on the Olympics.

Opinion Cartoon

By , , and • November 19, 2001

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