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Corzine's 100+ Days
New Jersey governor Jon Corzine recently passed his 100th day in office. Find out how he plans to close the state's $4 billion budget deficit and why its hurting him in the polls. Plus: Newsweek writer Jonathan Alter with a history of FDR and Pulitzer Prize public health journalist Laurie Garrett on ABC's treatment of a possible bird flu pandemic.
Corzine for a Bruising
Jon Corzine, governor of New Jersey
- what he's doing about the state's $4 billion deficit
» Governor Corzine's website
One Flu Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Laurie Garrett, public health journalist, member of the Council on Foreign Relations
- looks at TV's treatment of a possible bird flu pandemic
» Laurie Garrett's bio at the Council of Foreign Relations
» LaurieGarrett.com
A New Look at the New Deal
Jonathan Alter, senior editor at Newsweek and author of The Defining Moment: FDR's First Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope (Simon & Schuster)
- gives a history of FDR and relates his presidency to today
» Jonathan Alter's columns at Newsweek
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