SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



                                  SCHEDULE 13G
                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                (AMENDMENT NO. 2)

                               YORK RESEARCH CORP.
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                                (NAME OF ISSUER)

                     COMMON STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE

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                         (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)

                                    987048105

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                                 (CUSIP NUMBER)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:

[X]  Rule 13d-1(b)

[ ]  Rule 13d-1(c)

[ ]  Rule 13d-1(d)

The  remainder  of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting  person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any  subsequent  amendment  containing  information  which  would  alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
notes).



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  1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
          S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS

          Aggressive Conservative Investment Fund, L.P.

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  2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*          (a)  [ ]
                                                                     (b)  [X]
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  3       SEC USE ONLY
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  4       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

          Delaware Corporation

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                                  5      SOLE VOTING POWER

           NUMBER OF                         407,450

                                ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
            SHARES                6      SHARED VOTING POWER

         BENEFICIALLY                        None

           OWNED BY             ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
             EACH                 7      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                             407,450

                                ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
             WITH                 8       SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                             None

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 9        AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                  407,450

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 10       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
                                                                      [ ]
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 11       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
               2.50%

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          TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
 12
                  PN

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  1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
          S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS

          Rumpere Capital Trading

          (EIN 13-4093971)

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  2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*          (a)  [   ]
                                                                     (b)  [ X ]
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  3       SEC USE ONLY
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  4       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
               New York Corporation

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                                  5      SOLE VOTING POWER

                                              807,100

           NUMBER OF            ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
            SHARES                6      SHARED VOTING POWER
         BENEFICIALLY
           OWNED BY                           None
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
             EACH                 7      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                              807,100

                                ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
             WITH                8       SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                                       None

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 9        AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

               807,100

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 10       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
                                                                 [ ]
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 11       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
               4.96%

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          TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
 12
                   PN

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  1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
          S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS

                   Ashley Thacher

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  2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*       (a)   [   ]
                                                                  (b)   [ X ]
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  3       SEC USE ONLY
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  4       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
                    USA

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                                  5      SOLE VOTING POWER

           NUMBER OF                              1,000
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                  6      SHARED VOTING POWER
            SHARES
                                                  None
         BENEFICIALLY
           OWNED BY             ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
             EACH                 7      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                                 1,000
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
          PERSON WITH            8       SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                                  None

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 9        AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                1,000

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 10       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
                                                                          [ ]
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 11       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
               .007%

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 12       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                   IN

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  1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
          S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS

                   Michael Winer

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  2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*       (a)   [   ]
                                                                  (b)   [ X ]
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  3       SEC USE ONLY
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  4       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
                    USA

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                                  5      SOLE VOTING POWER

           NUMBER OF                              5,000
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                  6      SHARED VOTING POWER
            SHARES
                                                  None
         BENEFICIALLY

           OWNED BY             ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
             EACH                 7      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                                5,000
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
          PERSON WITH            8       SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                                  None

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 9        AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                   5,000

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 10       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
                                                                          [ ]
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 11       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

                  .033%

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 12       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                   IN

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  1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
          S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS

                   Peter Faulkner

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  2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*       (a)   [   ]
                                                                  (b)   [ X ]
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  3       SEC USE ONLY
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  4       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
                    USA

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                                  5      SOLE VOTING POWER

           NUMBER OF                             6,300
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                  6      SHARED VOTING POWER
            SHARES
                                                  None
         BENEFICIALLY

           OWNED BY             ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
             EACH                 7      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                                 6,300
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
          PERSON WITH            8       SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                                  None

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 9        AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                   6,300

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 10       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
                                                                          [ ]
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 11       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
                  .041%

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 12       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                   IN

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  1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
          S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS

           Peter Faulkner UGMA Clifford Dantes

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  2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*       (a)   [   ]
                                                                  (b)   [ X ]
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  3       SEC USE ONLY
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  4       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
                    USA

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                                  5      SOLE VOTING POWER

           NUMBER OF                              1,000
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                  6      SHARED VOTING POWER
            SHARES
                                                  None
         BENEFICIALLY
           OWNED BY             ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
             EACH                 7      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                               1,000
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                ------------------------------------------------
          PERSON WITH            8       SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                                  None

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 9        AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                  1,000

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 10       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
                                                                          [ ]
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 11       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
                 .007%

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 12       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                 IN

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ITEM 1.

     (A) NAME OF ISSUER:
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         York Research Corporatin (the "Issuer")

     (B) ADDRESS OF ISSUER'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES:
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          280 Park Avenue, Suite 2700 West, New York, NY 10017
ITEM 2.

     (A) NAME OF PERSON  FILING:
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     This schedule is being jointly filed by Aggressive  Conservative Investment
Fund, L.P.  ("ACIF"),  Rumpere Capital Trading  ("Rumpere") and Ashley Thatcher,
Michael  Winer,  Peter  Faulkner,  and Faulkner  UGMA  Clifford  Dantes.  (ACIF,
Rumpere,  Ashley  Thatcher,  Michael  Winer,  and Peter  Faulkner are  sometimes
collectively referred to hereinafter as "Filer").  Attached hereto as an exhibit
is a copy of the  joint  Schedule  13G  filing  agreement  among  the  reporting
persons.


     (B) ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OFFICE:
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                  The  address  of the  principal  executive  office  of ACIF,
Rumpere,   Ashley  Thatcher,   Michael  Winer,  Peter  Faulkner,  and
Faulkner  UGMA Clifford  Danteis:  767 Third  Avenue,  New York,  New
York 10017-2023.


     (C) CITIZENSHIP:
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         The  citizenship  or place  of  organization  of each of the  reporting
persons is as follows:

         ACIF
         ----
         Delaware State corporation.


         Ashley Thatcher
         ----
         United States citizen.


         Ashley Thatcher
         ----
         United States citizen.

         Peter Faulkner
         ----
         United States citizen.

         Micheal Winer
         ----
         United States citizen.



     (D) TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES:
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         Common Stock, $.01 par value per share.

     (E) CUSIP NUMBER:
         ------------
         987048105

ITEM 3. IF THIS  STATEMENT  IS  BEING  FILED  PURSUANT  TO  RULES  13D-1(B),  OR
13D-2(B), CHECK WHETHER THE PERSON FILING IS A:

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ITEM 4.  OWNERSHIP.
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     (a) & (b) The Filer beneficially owns 775,900 shares, or 5.08% of the class
of securities of the issuer.

         (c)  (i) Filer: 775,900

               (ii) Not applicable.

              (iii) Filer: 775,900

              (iv) Not applicable.


ITEM 5.  OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS.
         ---------------------------------------------
         Not applicable.


ITEM 6.  OWNERSHIP  OF MORE THAN FIVE  PERCENT  ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON.
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     Aggressive  Conservative  Investment  Fund,  L.P.  has the right to receive
dividends  from,  and the  proceeds  from  the sale of,  407,450  of the  shares
reported by ACIF,  Rumpere  Capital  Trading has the right to receive  dividends
from, and the proceeds from the sale of, 807,100 of the shares reported by ACIF,
Ashley Thatcher Profit Sharing Plan has the right to receive dividends from, and
the  proceeds  from the sale of, 1,000 of the shares  reported by ACIF,  Michael
Winer  Profit  Sharing  Plan has the right to receive  dividends  from,  and the
proceeds from the sale of, 5,000 of the shares reported by ACIF,  Peter Faulkner
Profit  Sharing Plan has the right to receive  dividends  from, and the proceeds
from  the sale  of,  6,300 of the  shares  reported  by ACIF and  Faulkner  UGMA
Clifford  Dantes has the right to receive  dividends from, and the proceeds from
the sale of, 1,000 of the shares  reported by ACIF.  All of these  entitites and
persons are afffiliated.


ITEM 7.  IDENTIFICATION  AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED THE
SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING COMPANY.

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         Not Applicable.

ITEM 8.  IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP.
         ----------------------------------------------------------
         Not applicable.

ITEM 9.  NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP.
         -------------------------------
         Not applicable.

ITEM 10. CERTIFICATION.
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         By  signing  below I  certify  that,  to the best of my  knowledge  and
belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of
business  and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of
changing or  influencing  the control of the issuer of such  securities and were
not acquired in connection  with or as a participant in any  transaction  having
such purposes or effect.

                                    SIGNATURE

         After reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.

                                     January 10, 2002
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                                        (Date)




                                   Aggressive Conservative Investment Fund, LP

                                   BY:/S/ MARTIN J. WHITMAN
                                   ------------------------
                                   Martin J. Whitman
                                   Senior Portfolio Manager

                                   BY:/S/ Peter M. Faulkner
                                   ------------------------
                                   Peter M. Faulkner
                                   Portfolio Manager


                                   BY:/S/ Michael Winer
                                   ------------------------
                                   Michael Winer
                                   Portfolio Manager




                                   Peter Faulkner UGMA Clifford Dantes
                                   BY:/S/ Peter M. Faulkner
                                   ------------------------
                                   Peter M. Faulkner


                                   BY:/S/  Ashley Thacher
                                   ----------------------
                                   Ashley Thacher


                                   BY:/S/ Michael Winer
                                   ------------------------
                                   Michael Winer


                                   BY:/S/ Peter M. Faulkner
                                   ------------------------
                                   Peter M. Faulkner