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State, unions have duty to reach accord quickly With American military forces striking enemies half a world away, producing increased public anxiety about reprisals here at home, it is time for state officials and public employee union leaders to resolve their differences and get state workers back on the job. Get them to us by Oct. 15 and we'll take them to the candidates. It's an academic question, I suppose, since the answer doesn't matter. But you have to wonder whether Osama bin Laden and the Taliban have any understanding of what's headed their way. That will probably be a much greater challenge than it looks today, even as the bombs begin falling in Afghanistan.