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TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW As Rudy Giuliani -- the take-no-prisoners mayor turned post-Sept. 11 hero -- vacates the Big Apple's highest seat, the spotlight turns to media maven Michael Bloomberg. As promised on the stump, the billionaire bachelor will take a token salary of just $1 a year

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"The winter is not going to stop us from doing what we have to do."
General Richard Myers,
Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, explaining that American forces are prepared for harsh Afghan conditions ahead

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