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The Republican primary in the First Congressional District will produce a credible challenger to Representative Patrick J. Kennedy, but the race is still Kennedy's to lose
BY JIM TARICANI
 
THE PATH TO WAR
Reed and Chafee wary about attack on Iraq

ANNALS OF LITIGATION
RI squares off against lead paint manufacturers

CULTUREWATCH
An unsparing look at our euphemistic history


photo A house of cards
The new government in Afghanistan is a failure. But you wouldn't know it by listening to the US and UN spinmeisters
BY ANDREW BUSHELL
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Just another tale from the Bucket
There's no telling how Vo Dilun's biggest soap opera of the moment, "Wendy & Johnny" (or "As the Puckster Turns"), will play out, but it certainly has given John "The Journalist" DePetro something to replace Plunder Dome with on his radio show. It was actually threatening enough to cause Pucky to hold an ill-advised press conference at the State House last week. Of course, any time the speaker makes an unscripted appearance, it's ill-advised.
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2002: A cell-phone odyssey
We're intoxicated by new inventions. But sometimes progress can be problematic
BY REBECCA WIEDER
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