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- Sugarplums and sourballs
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- Bernarda Shahn, 101; Author, Artist Known in Recent Decades for Painting
- Sidonie Goossens, 105; Harpist With BBC Orchestra for 50 Years
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- Bush Signs Intelligence Overhaul Into Law
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- Year's Best Science Done on Mars
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- Childhood Dies on Skid Row
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- He Likes the Outcome, Just Not the Event Itself
- Genentech Shares Rise on Rival's Misfortune
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- Drumming Around the Mountain for 20 Years
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- San Francisco Chronicle Gets New Publisher
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- A Handy Holiday Switch