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Labored secretary

Cover Story | Suddenly, one of the more unglamorous Cabinet jobs-secretary of labor-is thrust into the spotlight, as terrorism-related job losses worsen an already tough economy. A WORLD interview with Elaine Chao

In this issue: "Elaine Chao: Unlikely star," Nov. 3, 2001

Features

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Strange changes

National |  Textbook publishers, retailers, and insurers size up their industries in the post-9/11 world

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Race for the cures

National |  Uncle Sam scrambles for smallpox vaccines as private firms fight old problems with new approaches

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The freeze squeeze

National |  Some big U.S. companies rely on Sudan's gum arabic, an asset that Washington may have to freeze if it is serious about disrupting al-Qaeda's financial support

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Bethlehem under siege

International |  Israeli forces march into Palestinian-controlled areas in search of assassins, but are they going too far?

Dispatches

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Quotables

We really didn't want somebody else raising them. So I really wanted to put my concentration there and make that my priority. Rock star Pat Benatar, on why…

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QuickTakes

HIGH ANXIETY: America's anthrax panic revealed a country unprepared for serious health scares. John Podhoretz wrote in the New York Post that much of the fear…

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Flash Traffic

Political buzz from Washington

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The Buzz

Congress tries to go about its business as poisoned letters shut down office buildings Nothing to sneeze at Who knows a ghost town better than a saloon…

Reviews

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The Music

Culture |  The Top 5 CDs for the week ending Oct. 20, according to Billboard magazine

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Home of the brave?

Culture |  Americans must overcome being afraid of fear itself

Voices

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Trading places

Terrorists and micromanagers: One replaces the other

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Close to the plate

Baseball, fear, and a life-or-death struggle

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In due time

Looking beyond tragedy-with confidence

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Mailbag

Image impact In all my 51 years, I have never been affected by a magazine cover as I was when I pulled your Oct. 6 edition out of the pile of mail. The…

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