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Anthrax, One Year Later

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Friday, October 11, 2002

The first anthrax letter arrived the American Media company of Boca Raton, Florida, just over a year ago. In the intervening months, targets as diverse as the New York Post and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle have received letters laced with the deadly virus, and suspects have ranged from Saddam Hussein to Al Qaeda to American biotech researchers. Who really did it and why have no arrests yet been made?

The House Always Wins

Congressman Jerold Nadler (D-NY 8) votes no for war on Iraq.

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Crossing the Rubicon

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney(D-NY 14) votes yes on the Iraq resolution.

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Russian Roulette

Russian State TV and Radio North American Bureau Chief Eugene Piskounov speculates on Putin’s next move in the diplomatic preparation for a war against Iraq.

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Literary Glasnost

Gilbert Doctorow, Chairman of the Booker/Open Russia Literary Prize and the Russian Booker Foundation, discusses Russian bestsellers.

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A Hatfill of Trouble

Barbara Rosenberg, director of the Federation of American Scientists' Biological Arms Control Project and a Professor at SUNY Purchase, thinks she knows who the anthrax mailer is.

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I'm Too Busy for a Playdate

Adam Gopnik, staff writer for The New Yorker, talks about his article, "Bumping Into Mr. Ravioli: A Theory of Busyness, and Its Hero."

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