New York Times: April 2004

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Selected Articles from The New York Times—
April 2004
(* denotes news of special interest)

Friday, April 30, 2004:
On This Day: April 30 (St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle 4/30/1651-4/7/1719, Eugen Bleuler 4/30/1857-7/15/1939, Franz Léhar 4/30/1870-10/24/1948, John Crowe Ransom 4/30/1888-7/4/1974, Joachim von Ribbentrop 4/30/1893-10/16/1946, Simon Kuznets 4/30/1901-7/8/1985, Eve Arden 4/30/1912-11/12/1990, Robert Shaw 4/30/1916-1/25/1999, Richard Farina 4/30/1937-4/30/1966, Princess Juliana 1909, Al Lewis 1910, Cloris Leachman 1926, Willie Nelson 1933, Gary Collins 1938, Burt Young 1940, Bobby Vee 1943, Jill Clayburgh 1944, Perry King 1948, Merrill Osmand 1953)
Communists Take Over Saigon; U.S. Rescue Fleet Is Picking Up Vietnamese Who Fled in Boats
(By George Esper, April 30, 1975)
Theodore Schultz, 95, Winner Of a Key Prize in Economics
[4/30/1902-4/30/1998] (By PETER PASSELL, March 2, 1998)

John W. Kirklin, Innovator in Cardiac Surgery, Dies at 86 (By JEREMY PEARCE, Apr. 30, 2004)
Albert Paulsen, 78, Actor in Bad-Guy Roles, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 30, 2004)
NATIONAL: Bush and Cheney Tell 9/11 Panel of '01 Warnings
(By PHILIP SHENON and DAVID E. SANGER, Apr. 30, 2004)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Apr. 30, 2004)
ART: 'DANGEROUS LIAISONS': Let Them Wear Silk: Decadence Before the Fall
(By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Apr. 30, 2004)
ART: 'FRED WILSON': Pumping Air Into the Museum, So It's as Big as the World Outside
(By HOLLAND COTTER, Apr. 30, 2004)
* INSIDE ART: A Brancusi Trio Becomes a Quartet [Sleeping Muse III/IV] (By CAROL VOGEL, Apr. 30, 2004)
* ART: 'AN ENDURING VISION': Six Streams That Flowed Outside Japan's Feudal Court
(By GRACE GLUECK, Apr. 30, 2004)
* ART: De Kooning From Z to A: Meetings and Convergences (By ROBERTA SMITH, Apr. 30, 2004)
ART: 'NEXUS': Illustrating the Immigration From Taiwan to a New Land (By KEN JOHNSON, Apr. 30, 2004)
ANTIQUES: When Maiolica Was the Rage (By WENDY MOONAN, Apr. 30, 2004)
BOOKS: 'THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB': Building a Novel With Austen's Help
(By RICHARD EDER, Apr. 30, 2004)
DANCE: NEW YORK CITY BALLET: Romancing the Mirror, to Debussy (By JACK ANDERSON, Apr. 30, 2004)
MUSIC: PAUL JACOBS: Serving a Celestial Banquet (By JEREMY EICHLER, Apr. 30, 2004)
MUSIC CRITIC: Music Silenced by the Nazis Finds Its Voice (By JEREMY EICHLER, Apr. 30, 2004)
THEATER: 'BOMBAY DREAMS': Coloring by the Numbers: A Brightly Bland Bollywood
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Apr. 30, 2004)
TV WATCH: Just How 'Historic' Can an Oval Office Interview Be if It's Not Recorded?
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Apr. 30, 2004)
TV: 'THE BOOK OF RUTH': It's Home, Without Anything Pretty About It (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Apr. 30, 2004)

Thursday, April 29, 2004:
On This Day: April 29 (Alexander II 4/29/1818-3/13/1881, Henri Poincaré 4/29/1854-7/17/1912, William Randolph Hearst 4/29/1863-8/14/1951, Sir Thomas Becham 4/29/1879-3/8/1961, Harold Urey 4/29/1893-1/5/1981, Sir Malcomm Sargent 4/29/1895-10/3/1967, Duke Ellington 4/29/1899-5/24/1974, Fred Zinnemann 4/29/1907-3/14/1997, George Allen 4/29/1922-12/31/1990, Celeste Holm 1919, Carl Gardner 1928, Keith Baxter 1933, Rod McKuen 1933, Zubin Mehta 1936, Jerry Seinfeld 1954, Kate Mulgrew 1955, Michelle Pfeiffer 1957, Uma Thurman 1970)
Los Angeles Policemen Acquitted In Taped Beating of Rodney King
(By Seth Mydans, April 29, 1992)
Hirohito, 124th Emperor of Japan, Is Dead at 87
[4/29/1901-1/7/1989] (By SUSAN CHIRA, January 7, 1989)

* J. Maynard Smith, 84, Who Saw Darwinism as Game Theory, Dies (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, Apr. 29, 2004)
Thomas Winner, 86, Scholar Who Escaped From Nazi Europe, Dies (By KATIE ZEZIMA, Apr. 29, 2004)
WORLD: Deal to End Falluja Standoff Takes Shape; 10 Americans Die (By JOHN KIFNER, Apr. 29, 2004)
* Google Files Long-Awaited I.P.O. (By JOHN MARKOFF & KENNETH N. GILPIN, Apr. 29, 2004)
* ART: Star of Spring Auctions May Fetch $100 Million
[Picasso's Boy With a Pipe] (By CAROL VOGEL, Apr. 29, 2004)
BOOKS: 'ADVENTURES OF THE ARTIFICIAL WOMAN': Sexy and Battery-Operated,
She's Too Good to Be True [Thomas Berger] (By JANET MASLIN, Apr. 29, 2004)
DANCE: NYC BALLET: The Ballets Are All Balanchine Set to Music That's All French
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Apr. 29, 2004)
MUSIC: Madonna Goes to War, This Time in Court (By CHRIS NELSON, Apr. 29, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Apr. 29, 2004)
In Class, the Audience Weighs In (By KATIE HAFNER, Apr. 29, 2004)
STATE OF THE ART: Mixing and Matching, 2 New Palms Emerge (By DAVID POGUE, Apr. 29, 2004)
ONLINE SHOPPER: A Second Life for a Scruffy Bunny (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Apr. 29, 2004)
HOW IT WORKS: Dueling Visions of a High-Definition DVD (By IAN AUSTEN, Apr. 29, 2004)
GAME THEORY: Get Outside, or at Least Play as if You Are (By CHARLES HEROLD, Apr. 29, 2004)
Where Has Your Car Been? A Digital Diary Can Tell You (By ROY FURCHGOTT, Apr. 29, 2004)
Help, I've Been Kidnapped. And Here's Where I Am. (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Apr. 29, 2004)
BOOKS: Practicing the Liberty He Preaches (By THOMAS D. SULLIVAN, Apr. 29, 2004)
* Q & A: Organize From A to Z at the Back of a Book (By J.D. BIERSORFER, Apr. 29, 2004)

Wednesday, April 28, 2004:
On This Day: April 28 (James Monroe 4/28/1878-7/4/1831, Marie-Joseph Chenier 4/28/1764-1/10/1811, Tobias Asser 4/28/1838-7/29/1913, Erich Salomon 4/28/1886-7/7/1944, Johan Borgen 4/28/1902-10/16/1979, Bart Jan Bok 4/28/1906-8/7/1983, Kurt Gödel 4/28/1906-1/14/1978, Ferruccio Lamborghini 4/28/1916-2/20/1993, Carolyn Jones 4/28/1929-8/3/1983, Harper Lee 1926, James A. Baker III 1930, Saddam Hussein 1937, Ann-Margret 1941, Jay Leno 1950, Mary McDonnell 1953, Chris Young 1971)
* Kon-Tiki Trip Ends on Pacific Reef; Party Safe After 4,000-Mile Drift
(By Thor Heyerdahl, April 28, 1947)
* Lionel Barrymore Is Dead at 76; Actor's Career Spanned 61 Years
[4/28/1878-11/15/1954] (NY TIMES, November 16, 1954)

* Thom Gunn, 74, Poet Who Left Tradition for the Counterculture, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Apr. 28, 2004)
WORLD: Damascus Hit by a Bombing and a Gunfight (By SUSAN SACHS, Apr. 28, 2004)
SPORTS: Big Problems for Yanks (or Maybe Just a Slow Start) (By GEORGE VECSEY, Apr. 28, 2004)
YANKEES 10, ATHLETICS 8: A Rousing Rally for a Sleepy Yankees Offense (By TYLER KEPNER, Apr. 28, 2004)
SPORTS: Hunter Is AWOL as His Ex-Wife Takes the Heat [Marion Jones] (By SELENA ROBERTS, Apr. 28, 2004)

Tuesday, April 27, 2004:
On This Day: April 27 (Claude Gillot 4/27/1673-5/4/1722, Nikolay Novikov 4/27/1744-7/31/1818, Mary Wollstonecraft 4/27/1759-9/10/1797, Samuel Morse 4/27/1791-4/2/1872, Herbert Spencer 4/27/1820-12/8/1903, Edward Whymper 4/27/1840-9/16/1911, Rogers Hornsby 4/27/1896-1/5/1963, Wallace Hume Carothers 4/27/1896-4/29/1937, Walter Lantz 4/27/1900-3/27/1900, Jack Klugman 1922, Coretta Scott King 1927, Anouk Aimee 1932, Casey Kasem 1932, Judy Carne 1939, Sheena Easton 1959)
* 58,339 Acclaim Babe Ruth in Rare Tribute at Yankee Stadium
(By Louis Effrat, April 27, 1947)
* The Career of a Soldier: Ulysses S. Grant Dies at 63
[4/27/1822-7/23/1885] (NY TIMES, July 24, 1885)

Hubert Selby Jr., Who Wrote `Last Exit to Brooklyn,' Dies at 75 (By ANTHONY DePALMA, Apr. 27, 2004)
Claude (Fiddler) Williams, 96, Jazz Violinist, Is Dead (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Apr. 27, 2004)
SPORTS: Yankees Hitters Barely Make an Imprint (By TYLER KEPNER, Apr. 27, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: Attendance Pumped Up All Around the Majors (By MURRAY CHASS, Apr. 27, 2004)
* BOOKS: Defenders of Christianity Rebut 'The Da Vinci Code' (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Apr. 27, 2004)
* FILM: Bringing Up Baby, but Not Giving Up Movies (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, Apr. 27, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Apr. 27, 2004)
At NASA, Science Sharply Shifts Course (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Apr. 27, 2004)
* The Biggest Jolt to Power Since Franklin Flew His Kite (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Apr. 27, 2004)
* Unlike Leopards, Jupiter Finds a Way to Change Its Spots (By KENNETH CHANG, Apr. 27, 2004)
* A Lance, a Lunch or a Mate, All for the Price of a Horn (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Apr. 27, 2004)
* ESSAY: Cognitive Rascal in the Amorous Swamp: A Robot Battles Spam (By GEORGE JOHNSON, Apr. 27, 2004)
* Taller Trees? The Limit Is Plumbing [369-foot tallest living tree] (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, Apr. 27, 2004)
* In Wisconsin Rock, Traces of a Meteor (Associated Press, Apr. 27, 2004)
* OBSERVATORY: A Shrimp's Smash Hit [50 miles/hr wallop] (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Apr. 27, 2004)
* Q & A: Visible Breath (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Apr. 27, 2004)
HEALTH: Plastic Surgery Gets a New Look (By JAMES GORMAN, Apr. 27, 2004)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Reasons, and Remedies, for Morning Sickness (By JANE E. BRODY, Apr. 27, 2004)
For Heart Patients, Angina Is the Price for Living Longer (By SHERI FINK, Apr. 27, 2004)
Take Two Aspirins, E-Mail Me Tomorrow (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Apr. 27, 2004)
Hold That Stretch: Warm-Up Is Challenged (By LORRAINE KREAHLING, Apr. 27, 2004)
Passengers Feel the Driver's Anxiety, Too (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Apr. 27, 2004)
CASES: Time Heals, but It's a Luxury Physicians and Patients Rarely Get (By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D., Apr. 27, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Habits: When a Team Tackles Smoking (By JOHN O'NEIL, Apr. 27, 2004)

Monday, April 26, 2004:
On This Day: April 26 (John James Audubon 4/26/1785-1/27/1851, Friedrich Flotow 4/26/1812-1/24/1883, Alfred Krupp 4/26/1812-7/14/1887, Frederick Law Olmsted 4/26/1822-8/28/1903, Harold Rothermere 4/26/1868-11/26/1940, Ma Rainey 4/26/1886-12/22/1939, Ludwig Wittgenstein 4/26/1889-4/29/1951, Anita Loos 4/26/1893-8/18/1981, Cass Canfield 4/26/1897-3/27/1986, Morris West 4/26/1916-10/9/1999, Carol Burnett 1933, Duane Eddy 1938, Bobby Rydell 1942, Claudine Auger 1942, Joan Chen 1961)
Soviet Announces Nuclear Accident at Electric Plant at Chernobyl
(By Serge Schmemann, April 26, 1986)
* Bernard Malamud Dies at 71; Chronicled Human Struggle
[4/26/1914-3/18/1986] (By MERVYN ROTHSTEIN, March 19, 1986)

* Estée Lauder, Pursuer of Beauty and Cosmetics Titan, Dies at 97 (By RICHARD SEVERO, Apr. 26, 2004)
* Philip Hamburger, 89, Writer for New Yorker for Six Decades, Dies (By RICHARD SEVERO, Apr. 26, 2004)
Rosemary Park, 97, Dies; Force in Educating Women (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Apr. 26, 2004)
SPORTS: If Anyone Deserves Break at the Stadium, It's Jeter (By GEORGE VECSEY, Apr. 26, 2004)
RED SOX 2, YANKEES 0: The Red Sox Shatter the Yankees' Weekend (By TYLER KEPNER, Apr. 26, 2004)
BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Rangers Are Finding New Power Sources (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 26, 2004)

Sunday, April 25, 2004:
On This Day: April 25 (Oliver Cromwell 4/25/1599-9/3/1658, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky 4/25/1840-10/25/1893, John Frank Stevens 4/25/1853-6/2/1943, Howard Garis 4/25/1873-11/6/1962, Guglielmo Marconi 4/25/1874-7/20/1937, Wolfgang Pauli 4/25/1900-12/15/1958, William Brennan 4/25/1906-7/24/1997, Claude Mauriac 4/25/1914-3/22/1996, Ella Fitzgerald 4/25/1917-6/15/1996, Paul Mazursky 1930, Meadowlark Lemon 1932, Al Pacino 1940, Talia Shire 1946, Hank Azaria 1964, Renee Zellweger 1969, Emily Bergl 1975)
Two Soviet Armies Inside Berlin; 46 Nations Ready to Organize Peace; Only Poles Absent
(By James B. Reston, April 25 , 1945)
* Edward R. Murrow, Broadcaster And Ex-Chief of U.S.I.A., Dies at 57
[4/25/1908-4/27/1965] (NY TIMES, April 28, 1965)
The Final American Tour of Charles Dickens (Harper's Weekly, April 25, 1868)

Thomas J. Corbally, Businessman at Center of International Intrigue, Dies at 83 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Apr. 25, 2004)
SPORTS: Yanks' All-Stars Are Quite a Collection, but They're Missing a Connection (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Apr. 25, 2004)
BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Clemens Wins No. 314 to Tie Gaylord Perry (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 25, 2004)

RED SOX 3, YANKEES 2, 12 INNINGS: Yankees Continue to Go Meekly (By TYLER KEPNER, Apr. 25, 2004)
BASEBALL ANALYSIS: Ramirez Runs Down Preconceived Notions (By JACK CURRY, Apr. 25, 2004)
* ON BASEBALL: Cy Young Winners Spar in the National League [Clemens & Maddux] (By MURRAY CHASS, Apr. 25, 2004)
* Google Goes Public? The Rich Get Richer (By GARY RIVLIN, Apr. 25, 2004)
* FILM: NASA Curbs Comments on Ice Age Disaster Movie (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Apr. 25, 2004)
MUSIC VIDEO: Britney Has a Bad Dream for Our Sins (By STEPHANIE ZACHAREK, Apr. 25, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Apr. 25, 2004)
* ON LANGUAGE: Silver Bullet (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Apr. 25, 2004)
10 QUESTIONS FOR . . . Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY TIMES, Apr. 25, 2004)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Swelled Heads (By JIM HOLT, Apr. 25, 2004)
* QUESTIONS FOR JEHANE NOUJAIM: Inside Al Jazeera (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Apr. 25, 2004)
* ESSAY: Can Drug-Free Baseball Stars Smash Records? (By STEPHEN METCALF, Apr. 25, 2004)
SCIENCE: Extinct List for Species Says Hawaii Had the Most (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 25, 2004)

Saturday, April 24, 2004:
On This Day: April 24 (St. Vincent De Paul 4/24/1581-9/27/1660, Giovanni Battista Martini 4/24/1706-10/4/1784, Robert Bailey Thomas 4/24/1766-5/19/1846, Anthony Trollope 4/24/1815-12/6/1882, Henri-Philippe Petain 4/24/1856-7/23/1951, John R. Pope 4/24/1874-8/27/1937, Willem de Kooning 4/24/1904-3/19/1997, J. D. Cannon 1922, Shirley MacLaine 1934, Sue Grafton 1940, Barbra Streisand 1942, Richard Sterban 1943, Michael O'Keefe 1955)
Spain Declared War on the U.S. (NY TIMES, April 24, 1898)
* Robert Penn Warren, Poet and Author, Dies at 84
[4/24/1905-9/15/1989] (NY TIMES, September 16, 1989)

Norton Mockridge, 88, Wide-Ranging Columnist, Dies (By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, Apr. 24, 2004)
Peter Prescott, Author and Newsweek Book Critic, Dies at 68 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Apr. 24, 2004)
CUBS 3, METS 1: Ageless Maddux Makes Mets Look Old (By LEE JENKINS, Apr. 24, 2004)
RED SOX 11, YANKEES 2: Latest Chapter of Rivalry Is Laugher for the Red Sox (By TYLER KEPNER, Apr. 24, 2004)
BASEBALL ANALYSIS: Troublesome Questions Rain Down on the Yanks (By JACK CURRY, Apr. 24, 2004)
BASEBALL: Boston's Bellhorn Makes Most of Opportunity (By RON DICKER, Apr. 24, 2004)

Friday, April 23, 2004:
On This Day: April 23 (William Shakespeare 4/23/1564-4/23/1616, St. Catherine 4/23/1522-2/2/1590, Sir William Penn 4/23/1621-9/16/1670, J.M.W. Turner 4/23/1775-12/19/1851, James Buchanan 4/23/1791-6/1/1868, Stephen Douglas 4/23/1813-6/3/1861, Edwin Markham 4/23/1852-3/7/1940, Johannes Fibiger 4/23/1867-1/30/1928, Michel Fokine 4/23/1880-8/22/1942, Sergey Prokofiev 4/23/1891-3/5/1953, Lester Pearson 4/23/1891-12/27/1972, Roy Halston 4/23/1932-3/26/1990, Janet Blair 1921, Shirley Temple Black 1928, Alan Oppenheimer 1930, David Birney 1939, Lee Majors 1940, Sandra Dee 1942, Blair Brown 1948, James Russo 1953, Judy Davis 1955, Valerie Bertinelli 1960)
Sirhan Sentenced to Gas Chamber on 5th Jury Vote (By Douglas Robinson, April 23, 1969)
* Max Planck Dead; Noted Physicist, 89
[4/23/1858-10/4/1947] (NY TIMES, October 5, 1947)

* ON BASEBALL: A Personal Record Is Still Secure [8 consecutive homer games] (By MURRAY CHASS, Apr. 23, 2004)

Thursday, April 22, 2004:
On This Day: April 22 (Isabell I 4/22/1451-11/26/1504, Henry Fielding 4/22/1707-10/8/1754, Immanuel Kant 4/22/1724-2/12/1804, Germaine de Stael 4/22/1766-7/14/1817, Emily Davies 4/22/1830-7/13/1921, Vladimir Ilich Lenin 4/22/1870-1/21/1924, Vladimir Nabokov 4/23/1899-7/2/1977, Dorothy Alexander 4/22/1904-11/17/1986, Yehudi Menuhin 4/22/1916-3/12/1999, Charles Mingus 4/22/1922-1/5/1979, Eddie Albert 1908, Aaron Spelling 1923, George Cole 1925, Charlotte Rae 1926, Glen Campbell 1936, Jack Nicholson 1937, Jason Miller 1939, Mel Carter 1943, John Waters 1946, Peter Frampton 1950, Joseph Bottoms 1954, Chris Makepeace 1964, Sheryl Lee 1967)
Land Rush: Into Oklahoma at Last (NY TIMES, April 22, 1889)
* J. Robert Oppenheimer, Atom Bomb Pioneer, Dies at 62
[4/22/1904-2/18/1967] (NY TIMES, February 19, 1967)

Wednesday, April 21, 2004:
On This Day: April 21 (Lodovico Carracci 4/21/1555-11/13/1619, Friedrich Froebel 4/21/1782-6/21/1852, Charlotte Bronte 4/21/1816-3/31/1855, Joss Billings 4/21/1818-10/14/1885, Max Weber 4/21/1864-6/14/1920, Billy Bitxer 4/21/1874-4/29/1944, Randall Thompson 4/21/1899-7/9/1984, Marcel Camus 4/21/1912-1/13/1982, Anthony Quinn 1915, Queen Elizabeth II 1926, Elaine May 1932, Charles Grodin 1935, Paul Davis 1948, Tony Danza 1951, Andie MacDowell 1958, Hohn Cameron Mitchell 1963)
* Mark Twain is Dead at 74 (NY TIMES, April 21, 1910)
* John Muir, Aged Naturalist, Dead at 76
[4/21/1838-12/24/1914] (NY TIMES, December 25, 1914)
* Octavio Paz, Mexico's Literary Giant, Dead at 84 (By JONATHAN KANDELL, April 21, 1998)

BASEBALL: Rodriguez's Dry Spells Never Last (By TYLER KEPNER, Apr. 21, 2004)

Tuesday, April 20, 2004:
On This Day: April 20 (Johann Agricola 4/20/1494-9/22/1566, Odilon Redon 4/20/1840-7/6/1916, Daniel Chester French 4/20/1850-10/7/1931, Charles G. Curtis 4/20/1860-3/10/1953, Harold Lloyd 4/20/1893-3/8/1971, Joan Miro 4/20/1893-12/25/1983, William Dollar 4/20/1907-2/28/1986, Lionel Hampton 1908, John Paul Stevens 1920, Nina Foch 1924, George Takei 1940, Ryan O'Neal 1941, Jessica Lange 1949, Carmen Electra 1972)
Supreme Court, 9-0, Backs Busing to Combat South's Dual Schools, Rejecting Administration Stand
(By Fred P. Graham , April 20, 1971)
Hitler Fought Way to Power Unique in Modern History, Dies at 56
[4/20/1889-4/30/1945] (NY TIMES, May 2, 1945)

Monday, April 19, 2004:
On This Day: April 19 (Roger Sherman 4/19/1721-7/23/1793, Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre 4/19/1832-9/4/1916, Ole Evinrude 4/19/1877-7/12/1934, Richard von Mises 4/19/1883-7/14/1953, Sir Thomas Hophinson 4/19/1905-6/20/1990, Glenn T. Seaborg 4/19/1912-2/25/1999, Jayne Mansfield 4/19/1933-6/29/1967, Hugh O'Brian 1925, Don Adams 1926, Dudley Moore 1935, Tim Curry 1946, Ashley Judd 1968)
At Least 31 Are Dead, Scores Are Missing After Car Bomb Attack in Oklahoma City Wrecks 9-Story Federal Office Building (By David Johnston, April 19, 1995)
Vargas Adopted 'Strong Man' Role, Brazilian President Dies at 71
[4/19/1883-8/24/1954] (NY TIMES, August 25, 1954)

NATIONAL: White House Irked as Powell Airs Iraq Misgivings (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Apr. 19, 2004)
* Election Could Tempt Attack by Terror Groups, Rice Says (By DAVID E. SANGER, Apr. 19, 2004)
Lack of Resolution in Iraq Finds Conservatives Divided (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Apr. 19, 2004)
Kerry Backs Off Statements on Vietnam War (By JODI WILGOREN, Apr. 19, 2004)
Study Suspects Thousands of False Convictions (By ADAM LIPTAK, Apr. 19, 2004)
A Memorial for Columbine Hits a Snag (By REUTERS, Apr. 19, 2004)
Weapons Moving Out, Wildlife Moving In (By KIRK JOHNSON, Apr. 19, 2004)
G-8 Protest Organizer Finds Hurdles on Path to a Permit (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 19, 2004)
* WORLD: Security Companies: Shadow Soldiers in Iraq (By DAVID BARSTOW, Apr. 19, 2004)
Afghanistan Seeks Trade and Investors for Its Revival (By CARLOTTA GALL, Apr. 19, 2004)
Bremer Is Increasing Pressure for a Quick End to Iraqi Uprisings (By JOHN F. BURNS and CHRISTINE HAUSER, Apr. 19, 2004)
Israeli Rightists Endorse Pullout From Gaza Strip (By JAMES BENNET, Apr. 19, 2004)
SPORTS: Fenway Fans Get Sweet Interlude in an Often-Bitter Rivalry (By GEORGE VECSEY, Apr. 19, 2004)
YANKEES 7, RED SOX 3: Lee Grabs Spotlight in Yankees Debut (By TYLER KEPNER, Apr. 19, 2004)
* ON BASEBALL: Fewer Blacks Are Turning to Baseball (By MURRAY CHASS, Apr. 19, 2004)
LAKERS LEAD SERIES, 1-0: Rockets Think They've Found Weaknesses in the Lakers
(By VITTORIO TAFUR, Apr. 19, 2004)
TRACK: Jones, Far From Super, Is Soundly Beaten in 200 (By LIZ ROBBINS, Apr. 19, 2004)
CYCLING: Overhauling Lance Armstrong (By JOHN MARKOFF, Apr. 19, 2004)
SPORTS: Live but Not Necessarily Lively Boxing at the Garden (By DAVE ANDERSON, Apr. 19, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Contents (NY TIMES, Apr. 19, 2004)
* In a Fast-Moving Web World, Some Prefer the Dial-Up Lane (By MATT RICHTEL, Apr. 19, 2004)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: Online Traders Anticipate New Era (By BOB TEDESCHI, Apr. 19, 2004)
At Computer Associates, Jobs on the Line (By ALEX BERENSON, Apr. 19, 2004)

Saturday, April 17, 2004:
On This Day: April 17 (Samuel Chase 4/17/1741-6/19/1811, William Simms 4/17/1806-6/11/1870, J. P. Morgan 4/17/1837-3/31/1913, Sir Leonard Woolley 4/17/1880-2/20/1960, Artur Schnabel 4/17/1882-8/15/1951, Isak Dinesen 4/17/1885-9/7/1962, Thornton Wilder 4/17/1897-12/7/1975, Sir Vincent Wigglesworth 4/17/1899-2/11/1994, Harry Reasoner 4/17/1923-8/6/1991, Lon McCallister 1923, Jan Hammer 1948, Olivia Hussey 1951, Liz Phair 1967)
Anti-Castro Units Land in Cuba; Report Fighting at Beachhead; Rusk Says U.S. Won't Intervene (By Tad Szulc, April 17, 1961)
* Khrushchev's Human Dimensions Brought Him to Power and to His Downfall, Dies at 77
[4/17/1894-9/11/1971] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, September 12, 1971)

* Phil Sokolof, 82, a Crusader Against Cholesterol, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Apr. 17, 2004)
* Will Fowler, Prolific Writer, Dies at 81 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 17, 2004)
Ben Pimlott, 58, Historian and Biographer, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 17, 2004)
NATIONAL: 9/11 Panel Calls Policies on Immigration Ineffective (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Apr. 17, 2004)
PRISONER: TV Glimpses of Captive G.I. Encourage His Ohio Hometown (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Apr. 17, 2004)
* Christian Music's New Wave (By JOHN LELAND, Apr. 17, 2004)
* RELIGION JOURNAL: Get Me to the Church on Time? Not With New Ministries (By FRANCINE PARNES, Apr. 17, 2004)
* Chicago May Give 'Apprentice' Lesson in Reality (By MONICA DAVEY, Apr. 17, 2004)
H.I.V. Cases Shut Down Pornography Film Industry (By NICK MADIGAN, Apr. 17, 2004)
Schwarzenegger Wins Overhaul of Workers' Compensation (By CHARLIE LeDUFF, Apr. 17, 2004)
Below the Campaign Radar, a Values War (By ROBIN TONER, Apr. 17, 2004)
Kerry Attacks Bush Officials Who Received Draft Deferrals (By JODI WILGOREN, Apr. 17, 2004)
Health Warning on Adoptions at China Orphanage (By REUTERS, Apr. 17, 2004)
EDUCATION: Pushing for Union, Columbia Grad Students Are Set to Strike (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Apr. 17, 2004)
WORLD: Missing G.I. Seen on Tape Provided by Iraqi Captors (By IAN FISHER and JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Apr. 17, 2004)
Powell Said to Have Warned Bush Before the War, a New Book Says (By DOUGLAS JEHL, Apr. 17, 2004)
DIPLOMACY: Bush & Blair, United in Unwavering Stance on Iraq Policy, Part on Mideast Plan
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Apr. 17, 2004)
South African President Exults in His Party's Landslide Vote (By MICHAEL WINES, Apr. 17, 2004)
SATURDAY PROFILE: In Afghanistan, U.S. Envoy Sits in Seat of Power (By AMY WALDMAN, Apr. 17, 2004)
THE SCOOP: Washington Post's Not-So-Exclusive Exclusive (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Apr. 17, 2004)
Spain Says It Has Arrested 3 More Suspects in Train Bombings (By MARLISE SIMONS, Apr. 17, 2004)
* NY REGION: Inmates Can Keep Money From PEN Literary Award (By WILLIAM YARDLEY, Apr. 17, 2004)
* Tappan Zee Bridge Awaits a Makeover, or a Successor (By BARBARA WHITAKER, Apr. 17, 2004)
ABOUT NEW YORK: Where Is She... Miss USA? (By DAN BARRY, Apr. 17, 2004)
* SPORTS: Red Sox Fans Should Try a Little Love (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Apr. 17, 2004)
* RED SOX 6, YANKEES 2: Red Sox Give Rodriguez Rude Welcome to Rivalry (By TYLER KEPNER, Apr. 17, 2004)
* BASEBALL: If It's Only April, Why Does It Feel So Much Like October? (By DAN SHAUGHNESSY, Apr. 17, 2004)
BASKETBALL: The Pistons May Have the Last Playoff Laugh (By CHRIS BROUSSARD, Apr. 17, 2004)
GOLF: Woods Gets a Small Taste of His Father's Life in the Army (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 17, 2004)
SPORTS: Boxing's Search for Tomorrow's Somebody (By DAVE ANDERSON, Apr. 17, 2004)
EDITORIALS: At Last, a Good Development [Bush & UN] (NY TIMES, Apr. 17, 2004)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: The Recording Industry Soldiers On Against Illegal Downloading
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Apr. 17, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Why Didn't We Stop 9/11? (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Apr. 17, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: A More Humble Hawk (By DAVID BROOKS, Apr. 17, 2004)
OP-ED: A Different Kind of Intelligence Failure (By ADLAI E. STEVENSON III, Apr. 17, 2004)
* OP-ED: A Tale of Love and Death in Afghanistan (By BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY, Apr. 17, 2004)
OP-ED: Too Close for Comfort (By KATHERINE S. NEWMAN, Apr. 17, 2004)
LETTERS: About That Tax You Just Paid... (5 Letters) (By LYNDL MARSHALL, et. al., Apr. 17, 2004)
LETTERS: War and Uncertainty (2 Letters) (By CHARLES L. KNAPP, et. al., Apr. 17, 2004)
LETTERS: Our Aging Eyes: Surgery, Lenses or Glasses? (3 Letters) (By MURAT KALAYOGLU, M.D., et. al., Apr. 17, 2004)
BUSINESS: Blue Chips Climb as Rate Fears Ease, but Tech Shares Fall
[Dow +54.51, Nasdaq -6.43] (By REUTERS, Apr. 17, 2004)
* Trying to Duck Inflation's Punch (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Apr. 17, 2004)
* Buffett Sells Passes to Beat Scalpers [shareholder meeting] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Apr. 17, 2004)
Big Auditing Firm Gets 6-Month Ban on New Business [Ernst & Young] (By FLOYD NORRIS, Apr. 17, 2004)
* Slow to Adapt, Nokia Loses Market Share in Latest Cellphones (By ALAN COWELL, Apr. 17, 2004)
Private Firms Use Closed-End Funds to Tap the Market (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Apr. 17, 2004)
* ARTS: Wal-Mart, a Nation Unto Itself (By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Apr. 17, 2004)
* ARTS: THINK TANK: Uncovering an Interracial Literature of Love... and Racism
(By EMILY EAKIN, Apr. 17, 2004)
BOOKS: An Israeli Who's Got Everybody Outraged [Benny Morris] (By JONATHAN D. TEPPERMAN, Apr. 17, 2004)
DANCE: MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY: Opening the Psyche and Finding Bulls and Other Beasts
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Apr. 17, 2004)
HIP-HOP: A Shape-Shifting Producer With Another New Pose (By KELEFA SANNEH, Apr. 17, 2004)
MUSIC: NY PHILHARMONIC: Bach and Brahms, Brought Forward to Modern Times (By JEREMY EICHLER, Apr. 17, 2004)
MUSIC: Pouring Great Old Wine Into Some Very Old Skins (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Apr. 17, 2004)
TV: 'CHRIS ROCK: NEVER SCARED': Talking the Talk (and Defining It, Too) (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Apr. 17, 2004)
* TV: 'The Apprentice' Scores Ratings Near Top for the Season (By BILL CARTER, Apr. 17, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Study Plans to Retest Use of Hormones (By DENISE GRADY, Apr. 17, 2004)

Friday, April 16, 2004:
On This Day: April 16 (Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun 4/16/1755-3/30/1842, Sir John Franklin 4/16/1786-6/11/1847, Ford Madox Brown 4/16/1821-10/6/1893, Anatole France 4/16/1844-10/12/1924, Wilbur Wright 4/16/1867-5/30/1912, John M. Synge 4/16/1871-3/24/1909, Nikolay P. Akimov 4/16/1901-9/6/1968, Sir Kingsley Amis 4/16/1922-10/22/1995, Henry Mancini 4/16/1924-6/14/1994, Spike Milligan 1918, Barry Nelson 1920, Peter Ustinov 1921, Herbie Mann 1930, Bobby Vinton 1935, Queen Margrethe II 1940, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1947, Gerry Rafferty 1947, Ellen Barkin 1954)
Blasts and Fires Wreck Texas City of 15,000; 300 to 1,200 Dead (Associated Press, April 16, 1947)
* Chaplin's Little Tramp, an Everyman Trying to Gild Cage of Life, Enthralled World
[4/16/1889-12/25/1977] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, December 26, 1977)

Henry Viscardi Jr., a Voice for the Disabled, Dies at 91 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Apr. 16, 2004)
Joseph Iadone, 89, Who Revived Interest in the Lute, Dies (By BEN SISARIO, Apr. 16, 2004)
Helen Smith, 84, Pat Nixon's Press Secretary, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 16, 2004)
NATIONAL: Administration Considers a Post for National Intelligence Director (By DOUGLAS JEHL, Apr. 16, 2004)
Governor of Massachusetts Seeks to Delay Same-Sex Marriages (By PAM BELLUCK, Apr. 16, 2004)
Train Station Set as Test Site for Screening of Passengers (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Apr. 16, 2004)
THE GUN GROUP: N.R.A. Opens an All-Out Drive for Bush and Its Views (By JAMES DAO, Apr. 16, 2004)
* Titanic Scientist Begins Effort to Save 'Museum of the Deep' (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Apr. 16, 2004)
Kerry Plans Effort to Show He Is a Centrist (By JODI WILGOREN, Apr. 16, 2004)
Extended Tours in Iraq Dash Hopes and Raise Fears Among Families (By ANDREW JACOBS, Apr. 16, 2004)
* Expert Kept From Speaking at Antidepressant Hearing (By GARDINER HARRIS, Apr. 16, 2004)
Democrats Keep Pace Financially With G.O.P. in Key Races (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Apr. 16, 2004)
EDUCATION: For Children Being Left Behind, Private Tutors Face Rocky Start (By SAM DILLON, Apr. 16, 2004)
WORLD: U.S. Open to a Proposal That Supplants Council in Iraq
(By STEVEN R. WEISMAN and DAVID E. SANGER, Apr. 16, 2004)
THE HOSTAGES: 3 Japanese Civilians Released Unharmed by Militants in Iraq (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Apr. 16, 2004)
Tape, Probably bin Laden's, Offers 'Truce' to Europe (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Apr. 16, 2004)
STANDOFF: Iraqis Are Hoping for Early and Peaceful End to Shiite Insurrection
(By EDWARD WONG, Apr. 16, 2004)
South Korea's Impeached President Gains Support in Vote (By JAMES BROOKE, Apr. 16, 2004)
BOGOTÁ JOURNAL: For Colombia's Angry Youth, Hip-Hop Helps Keep It Real
(By JUAN FORERO, Apr. 16, 2004)
Sharon Threatened to Halt Trip to See Bush, Aide Says (By JAMES BENNET, Apr. 16, 2004)
NY REGION: Region's Air Doesn't Meet New Standards (By ANTHONY DePALMA, Apr. 16, 2004)
A Survivor Faces a Slow Death, Piece by Piece [Deutsche Bank building] (By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Apr. 16, 2004)
Crash Kills Man Moments After Son Is Born in Car (By RICHARD LEZIN JONES and MATTHEW C. McCUE, Apr. 16, 2004)
PUBLIC LIVES: Painting the City G.O.P. Red, and All That Jazz (By COREY KILGANNON, Apr. 16, 2004)
NYC: Dressed to the Nines on Tax Day (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Apr. 16, 2004)
* SPORTS: To Raise Money, Baseball Tries New Squeeze Play [Fenway Park] (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Apr. 16, 2004)
BASEBALL: Someone New for Red Sox Fans to Boo [Alex Rodriguez] (By JACK CURRY, Apr. 16, 2004)
Baseball Honors Jackie Robinson (By DAVE CALDWELL, Apr. 16, 2004)
N.B.A. PLAYOFFS: In the West, It's Always About Lakers (By CHRIS BROUSSARD, Apr. 16, 2004)
BASKETBALL: More Than Hudson River Separates the Knicks and the Nets (By HARVEY ARATON, Apr. 16, 2004)
BASKETBALL: Williams Helps Grizzlies With Maturation Process (By IRA BERKOW, Apr. 16, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Asia's Ill-Advised Umbrella (NY TIMES, Apr. 16, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: A Soldier's Sacrifice (By BOB HERBERT, Apr. 16, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Vietnam Analogy (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Apr. 16, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Sharon Plan of Disengagement (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Apr. 16, 2004)
OP-ED: From One Commission to Another: Shut Up (By JULIETTE KAYYEM and WAYNE DOWNING, Apr. 16, 2004)
* OP-ED: Cracking the DiMaggio Code (By HART SEELY, Apr. 16, 2004)
LETTERS: Why the Dots Weren't Connected (6 Letters) (By ELIZABETH A. SHERMAN, et. al., Apr. 16, 2004)
LETTERS: Bush's Green Light for the Sharon Plan (6 Letters) (By JASON WOLFE, et. al., Apr. 16, 2004)
LETTERS: In Mourning: Portraits of Those Who Fell in War (4 Letters) (By TRACEE LARSON, et. al., Apr. 16, 2004)
BUSINESS: Drug Makers Lift the Dow, but Nasdaq Posts a Loss
[Dow +19.51, Nasdaq -22.68] (By Bloomberg News, Apr. 16, 2004)
* Newest Export Out of China: Inflation Fears (By KEITH BRADSHER, Apr. 16, 2004)
* FLOYD NORRIS: It's Time for an End to Super Low Interest Rates (By FLOYD NORRIS, Apr. 16, 2004)
I.B.M. Quarterly Profit Grows as Spending Improves (By REUTERS, Apr. 16, 2004)
Sun Microsystems Posts Loss on Large Restructuring Charge (By REUTERS, Apr. 16, 2004)
ART: 'LIVING LEGACIES': A Hemisphere Shows Its Many-Cultured Glory (By GRACE GLUECK, Apr. 16, 2004)
ART: 'OPEN HOUSE': Brooklyn-ness, a State of Mind and Artistic Identity in the Un-Chelsea
(By HOLLAND COTTER, Apr. 16, 2004)
* ART: 'THOMAS HART BENTON': A Panorama Starring a Cast of Stereotypes (By KEN JOHNSON, Apr. 16, 2004)
INSIDE ART: Split Decision on Tomato Plants (By CAROL VOGEL, Apr. 16, 2004)
ART: An Institution Reinvents Itself [Brooklyn Museum] (NY TIMES, Apr. 16, 2004)
* ARCHITECTURE: BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Brooklyn's Radiant New Art Palace (By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Apr. 16, 2004)
* DANCE: MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY: Looking for the Substance Behind the Graham Style
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Apr. 16, 2004)
DANCE: A Smorgasbord of Dance (One Choreographer Even Serves Dinner) (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Apr. 16, 2004)
* FILM: 'KILL BILL VOL. 2': Vengeance Still Mine, Saith the Lethal Bride (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Apr. 16, 2004)
FILM CRITIC: From Breezy Bollywood, Films Anything but V�rit� (By A. O. SCOTT, Apr. 16, 2004)
FILM: 'THE PUNISHER': Only This Hero's Rage Is Superhuman (By A. O. SCOTT, Apr. 16, 2004)
FILM: 'GYPSY 83': A Pair of Restless Neo-Goths Follow Their Black-Clad Dream (By DAVE KEHR, Apr. 16, 2004)
MUSIC: A Full House for Impresario Robert J. Harth (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Apr. 16, 2004)
MUSIC REVERBERATIONS: Corporate Culture Clash: Elitism, Popularity and Rock 'n' Roll
(By JOHN ROCKWELL, Apr. 16, 2004)
MUSIC: AFROREGGAE: Brazilians Infused With Rap and a Love of Community (By JON PARELES, Apr. 16, 2004)
PHOTOGRAPHY: 'FASHIONING FICTION IN PHOTOGRAPHY': Images of Fashion Tiptoe Into the Modern
(By ROBERTA SMITH, Apr. 16, 2004)
THEATER: 'SIXTEEN WOUNDED': Personal Friends, Political Pawns (By BEN BRANTLEY, Apr. 16, 2004)
TV: 'STATE OF PLAY'; 'PRIME SUSPECT': On the Case With Brains, Not Beauty
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Apr. 16, 2004)
TV: Bill Rancic Gets the Job on 'The Apprentice' (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 16, 2004)
TRAVEL: 36 HOURS: In Sonoma, Calif. (By BONNIE TSUI, Apr. 16, 2004)

Thursday, April 15, 2004:
On This Day: April 15 (Leonhard Euler 4/15/1707-9/18/1783, Charles Wilson Peale 4/15/1741-2/22/1827, Walter Channing 4/15/1786-7/27/1876, Henry James 4/15/1843-2/28/1916, Hohannes Stark 4/15/1874-6/21/1957, Max Wertheimer 4/15/1880-10/12/1943, Thomas Hart Benton 4/15/1889-1/19/1975, Bessie Smith 4/15/1898-9/26/1937, Arshile Gorky 4/15/1904-7/21/1948, Nilolaas Tinbergen 4/15/1907-12/21/1988, Ed O'Brien 1968, Roy Clark 1933, Claudia Cardinale 1939, Lois Chiles 1947, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason 1948, Michael Tucci 1950, Amy Wright 1950, Heloise 1951, Emma Thompson 1959, Samantha Fox 1966)
* Titanic Sinks Four Hours After Hitting Iceberg; 866 Rescued By Carpathia, Probably 1,250 Perish;
Ismay Safe, Mrs. Astor Maybe, Noted Names Missing (NY TIMES, April 15, 1912)
A. Philip Randolph Is Dead at 90; Pioneer in Rights and Labor
[4/15/1889-5/16/1979] (Associated Press, May 17, 1979)

Ed Gregory Jr., Who Was Pardoned by Clinton, Dies at 66 (By PHIL SWEETLAND, Apr. 15, 2004)
Hy Gotkin, 81, Guard in 40's for St. John's N.I.T. Winners, Dies (By FRANK LITSKY, Apr. 15, 2004)
Argeo Quadri, 93, a Conductor of Opera, Dies (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 15, 2004)
WORLD: Cheney Urges China to Press North Korea on A-Bombs (By JOSEPH KAHN, Apr. 15, 2004)
Venezuelan Leader, in Fiery Speech, Blames U.S. for Iraq Chaos (By JUAN FORERO, Apr. 15, 2004)
BUSINESS: Given Worry or Optimism, the Street Opts to Worry
[Dow -3.33, Nasdaq -5.23] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 15, 2004)
RealNetworks Seeks a Musical Alliance With Apple (By JOHN MARKOFF and STEVE LOHR, Apr. 15, 2004)
* Google, Following Yahoo, Will Offer Regional Advertisements (By GARY RIVLIN, Apr. 15, 2004)
* ECONOMIC SCENE: Does Big Government Hurt Economic Growth? (By JEFF MADRICK, Apr. 15, 2004)
* SMALL BUSINESS: Standing in the Niche, Trying to Hold Your Own (By JANE LEVERE, Apr. 15, 2004)
Mexican Cement Maker With a Worldview (By JOHN MOODY, Apr. 15, 2004)
DANCE: NORTH CAROLINA DANCE THEATER: Lickety-Split Technique Rollicks to a Bluegrass and Country Spirit
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Apr. 15, 2004)
THE TV WATCH: Dehumanizing and Mean? It's All Part of the Fun ["Apprentice"]
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Apr. 15, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Apr. 15, 2004)
* Call Me E-Mail: The Novel Unfolds Digitally (By ADAM BAER, Apr. 15, 2004)
* A Reality TV Twist as Kingdom Bares Its Secrets (By WILSON ROTHMAN, Apr. 15, 2004)

Wednesday, April 14, 2004:
On This Day: April 14 (Christiaan Huygens 4/14/1629-7/8/1695, Augustus Pitt-Rivers 4/14/1827-5/4/1900, Gerhard Rohlfs 4/14/1831-6/2/1896, James Branch Cabell 4/14/1879-5/5/1958, Arnold Toynbee 4/14/1889-10/22/1975, Juan Belmonte 4/14/1892-4/8/1962, Francois Duvalier 4/14/1907-4/21/1971, Rod Steiger 1925, Bradford Dillman 1930, Loretta Lynn 1935, Julie Christie 1940, Pete Rose 1941, John Shea 1949, Sarah Michelle Gellar 1977)
* Awful Event: President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin (NY TIMES, April 14, 1865)
Mrs. Macy Is Dead at 70; Aided Miss Keller
[4/14/1866-10/20/1936] (NY TIMES, October 21, 1936)

Neil Upmeyer, a Researcher of Public Issues, Dies at 57 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Apr. 14, 2004)
Ernie Smith, 79, Jazz and Dance Authority, Dies (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Apr. 14, 2004)
Spalding Gray Remembered in Tribute at Lincoln Center [3/8/2004] (By BRUCE WEBER, Apr. 14, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Kerry's Boldface Names (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Apr. 14, 2004)
BUSINESS: Stocks Decline as Report Stirs Interest Rate Fears
[Dow -134.28, Nasdaq -35.40] (By REUTERS, Apr. 14, 2004)
ART CRITIC: Shattered Shapes: Architect's Rhetoric of Suffering (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Apr. 14, 2004)
* TV: 'LOOKING FOR FIDEL': Castro Stays Confident, Even Fierce, in His Twilight
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Apr. 14, 2004)

Tuesday, April 13, 2004:
On This Day: April 13 (Peter Faber 4/13/1506-8/1/1546, Thomas Jefferson 4/13/1743-7/4/1826, Sir Thomas Lawrence 4/13/1769-1/7/1830, Eli Terry 4/13/1772-2/26/1852, Sir William Benett 4/13/1816-2/1/1875, Martinez Gonzalez 4/13/1871-2/19/1952, Gyorgy Lukacs 4/13/1885-6/4/1971, Sir Robert Watson-Watt 4/13/1892-12/5/1973, John Braine 4/13/1922-10/28/1987, Eudora Welty 1909, Howard Keel 1919, Stanley Donen 1924, Lyle Waggoner 1935, Paul Sorvino 1939, Bill Conti 1942, Jack Casady 1944, Tony Dow 1945, Ron Perlman 1950, William Sadler 1950, Gary Kasparov 1963, Page Hannah 1964)
Power Failure Imperils Astronauts; Apollo 13 Will Head Back to the Earth (By John Noble Wilford, April 13, 1970)
* Samuel Beckett Is Dead at 83; His 'Godot' Changed Theater
[4/13/1906-12/22/1989] (By MEL GUSSOW, December 27, 1989)

* Eileen Darby, 87, Photographer of Noted Broadway Shows, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Apr. 13, 2004)
Stanley Osborne, Who Advised Study on Supersonic Jet, Dies at 99 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Apr. 13, 2004)
Chief Bey, 91, Jazz Drummer, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 13, 2004)
Sakip Sabanci, Turkish Philanthropist and Businessman, Dies at 71 (NY TIMES, Apr. 13, 2004)
OP-ED: Solitude and the Fortresses of Youth (By MICHAEL CHABON, Apr. 13, 2004)
BUSINESS: Energy-Related Shares Lead an Increase on Wall Street
[Dow +73.53, Nasdaq +12.60] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Apr. 13, 2004)
RETIREMENT: Contents (NY TIMES, Apr. 13, 2004)
CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Tough Issues, Awaiting Their Turn (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Apr. 13, 2004)
On Their Own, in the Same Boat (By MARY DUENWALD and BERNARD STAMLER, Apr. 13, 2004)
MEDICARE: Discount Drug Cards Are Coming: It's Time to Do Your Homework (By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr., Apr. 13, 2004)
* All Your Neighbors Are Just Like You [tai chi at Aegis Gardens] (By HILARY APPELMAN, Apr. 13, 2004)
* VOICES: A Late Start in the Healing Arts: Finding a Calling After Work Is Done (By LAURA NOVAK, Apr. 13, 2004)

Monday, April 12, 2004:
On This Day: April 12 (Edward de Vere 4/12/1550-6/24/1604, Henry Clay 4/12/1777-6/29/1852, Sir James Mackenzie 4/12/1853-1/26/1925, Imogen Cunningham 4/12/1883-6/24/1976, Lily Pons 4/12/1904-2/13/1976, Pete Desjardins 4/12/1907-5/6/1985, Ann Miller 1923, Jane Withers 1926, Charles Napier 1936, Herbie Hancock 1940, Frank Bank 1942, David Letterman 1947, Scott Turow 1949, David Cassidy 1950, Andy Garcia 1956, Vince Gill 1957, Suzzanne Douglas 1957, Shannen Doherty 1971, Claire Danes 1979)
* President Roosevelt is Dead at 63; Truman to Continue Policies (By Arthur Krock, April 12, 1945)
* Jan Tinbergen, Dutch Economist and Nobel Laureate, Dies at 91
[4/12/1903-6/9/1994] (By PETER PASSELL, June 14, 1994)

John B. Whyte, 75, Fire Island Developer, Is Dead (By LILY KOPPEL, Apr. 12, 2004)
Gilbert Kerlin, Riverdale Conservator, Dies at 94 (By STUART LAVIETES, Apr. 12, 2004)
* ART: Brooklyn Museum, Newly Refurbished, Seeks an Audience (By RANDY KENNEDY and CAROL VOGEL, Apr. 12, 2004)
* BOOKS: Book's Critique of Psychology Ignites a Torrent of Criticism (By FELICIA R. LEE, Apr. 12, 2004)

Sunday, April 11, 2004:
On This Day: April 11 (Margaret of Angouleme 4/11/1492-12/21/1549, Edward Everett 4/11/1794-1/15/1865, Sir Charles Halle 4/11/1819-10/25/1895, John Davidson 4/11/1857-3/23/1909, Charles Evans Hughes 4/11/1862-8/27/1948, Gustav Vigeland 4/11/1869-3/12/1943, Quentin Reynolds 4/11/1902-3/17/1965, Attila Jozsef 4/11/1905-12/3/1937, Leo Rosten 4/11/1908-2/19/1997, Dale Messick 1906, Oleg Cassini 1913, Hugh Carey 1919, Ethel Kennedy 1928, Johnny Sheffield 1931, Joel Grey 1932, Louise Lasser 1939, Ellen Goodman 1941, John Milius 1944, Bill Irwin 1950)
* Truman Relieves MacArthur of All His Posts; Finds Him Unable to Back U.S.-U.N. Policies;
Ridgway Named to Far Eastern Commands (By W. H. Lawrence, April 11, 1951)
Architect of Postwar Policy, Acheson Advocated Containment of the Soviet Union, Dies at 78
[4/11/1893-10/12/1971] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, October 13, 1971)

* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Our New No-Can-Do Nation (By MAUREEN DOWD, Apr. 11, 2004)
* BUSINESS: Outsourcing, Turned Inside Out (By KEN BELSON, Apr. 11, 2004)
* To Read the Menu, Baby Boomers Turn to Eye Treatments (By MILT FREUDENHEIM, Apr. 11, 2004)
A Washington Bank, a Global Mess (By TIMOTHY O'BRIEN, Apr. 11, 2004)
Having Their S.U.V.'s and Converting Them, Too (By FARA WARNER, Apr. 11, 2004)
Russia's Big Rally Fattening Portfolios (By ERIN E. ARVEDLUND, Apr. 11, 2004)
These Career Coaches Are Learning, Too (By TANYA MOHN, Apr. 11, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Apr. 11, 2004)
* ROADBLOCK: War's Full Fury Is Suddenly Everywhere (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Apr. 11, 2004)
AN F.B.I.-C.I.A. MOMENT: No Love Lost, but We Do Talk (By JAMES RISEN, Apr. 11, 2004)
* MIRROR, MIRROR: The Myths and Mysteries of Picking a No. 2 (By DAVID GREENBERG, Apr. 11, 2004)
LEXICAL LESSONS: What the Good Book Says: Anti-Semitism, Loosely Defined (By GEOFFREY NUNBERG, Apr. 11, 2004)
* Straight A's Can Hurt a College Education (By SARA RIMER, Apr. 11, 2004)
THE PUBLIC EDITOR: The Juror, the Paper and a Dubious Need to Know (By DANIEL OKRENT, Apr. 11, 2004)
For Bush, Realpolitik Is No Longer a Dirty Word (By JAMES MANN, Apr. 11, 2004)
Trying to Square a Triangle of Interests (By GEOFFREY WHEATCROFT<, Apr. 11, 2004)

Saturday, April 10, 2004:
On This Day: April 10 (Hugh Grotius 4/10/1583-8/28/1645, Benjamin H. Day 4/10/1810-12/21/1889, Lewis Wallace 4/10/1827-2/15/1905, William Booth 4/10/1829-8/20/1912, Frank Baldwin 4/10/1838-4/8/1925, George Arliss 4/10/1868-2/5/1946, Vladimir Lenin 4/10/1870-1/21/1924, Frances Perkins 4/10/1882-5/14/1965, Robert Burns Woodward 7/8/1979, Harry Morgan 1915, Liz Sheridan 1929, Max von Sydow 1929, Omar Sharif 1932, John Madden 1936, Don Meredith 1938, Steven Seagal 1951, Peter MacNichol 1954, Haley Joel Oset 1988)
* Dodgers Purchase Jackie Robinson, First Negro in Modern Major League Baseball (By LOUIS EFFRAT, April 10, 1947)
* Joseph Pulitzer Dies Suddenly at 64 [4/10/1847-10/29/1911] (NY TIMES, October 30, 1911)

* ARTS: When U.S. Aided Insurgents, Did It Breed Future Terrorists? (By HUGH EAKIN, Apr. 10, 2004)
ARTS: Patching History: A Giant Who's Who of Black America (By FELICIA R. LEE, Apr. 10, 2004)

Friday, April 9, 2004:
On This Day: April 9 (Isambard Brunel 4/9/1806-9/15/1859, Charles Baudelaire 4/9/1821-8/31/1867, Leon Blum 4/9/1872-3/30/1950, Frank King 4/9/1883-6/24/1969, Sol Hurok 4/9/1888-3/5/1974, Mary Pickford 4/9/1893-5/28/1979, Paul Robeson 4/9/1898-1/23/1976, Curly Lambeau 4/9/1898-6/1/1965, J. William Fulbright 4/9/1905-2/9/1995, Antal Dorati 4/9/1906-11/13/1988, Hugh Hefner 1926, Jim Fowler 1932, Jean-Paul Belmondo 1933, Dennis Quaid 1954, Paulina Porizkova 1965)
* Hang Out Your Banners; Union Victory! Peace! [Lee Surrenders to Grant at Appomattox] (NY TIMES, April 9, 1865)
Dr. Pincus, Developer of Birth-Control Pill, Dies at 64 [4/9/1903-8/22/1967] (NY TIMES, August 23, 1967)

DISPATCHES: Why Falluja Remains a Crossroads for Collision (By MICHAEL GORDON, Apr. 9, 2004)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Apr. 9, 2004)
ART: 'COURTLY ART OF THE ANCIENT MAYA': A Mystique of Blood and Beauty (By HOLLAND COTTER, Apr. 9, 2004)

Thursday, April 8, 2004:
On This Day: April 8 (Giuseppe Tartini 4/8/1692-2/26/1770, David Rittenhouse 4/8/1732-6/26/1796, John Loudon 4/8/1783-12/14/1843, William Welch 4/8/1850-4/30/1934, Harvey Cushing 4/8/1869-10/7/1939, Albert I 4/8/1875-2/17/1934, Sir Adrian Boult 4/8/1889-2/23/1983, Sir John Hicks 4/8/1904-5/20/1989, Carmen McRae 4/8/1920-11/10/1994, Michael Bennett 4/8/1943-7/2/1987, Betty Ford 1918, Franco Corelli 1923, Fred Ebb 1933, Seymour Hersh 1937, John Havelicek 1940, Julian Lennon 1963, Robin Wright Penn 1966, Patricia Arquette 1968)
* Picasso is Dead in France at 91 (NY TIMES, April 8, 1973)
* Sonja Henie, Skating Star, Dies at 57 [4/8/1912-10/12/1969] (NY TIMES, October 13, 1969)

Wednesday, April 7, 2004:
On This Day: April 7 (St. Francis Xavier 4/7/1506-12/3/1552, William Wordsworth 4/7/1770-4/23/1850, Jens Peter Jacobsen 4/7/1847-4/30/1885, W. K. Kellogg 4/7/1860-10/6/1951, John McGraw 4/7/1873-2/25/1934, Sir David Low 4/7/1891-9/19/1963, Allen Dulles 4/7/1893-1/29/1969, Walter Winchell 4/7/1897-2/20/1972, R. G. Armstrong 1917, Ravi Shankar 1920, James Garner 1928, Wayne Rogers 1933, Ian Richardson 1934, Hodding Carter 1935, Jerry BRown 1938, Francis Ford Coppola 1939, David Frost 1939, Bill Kreutzman 1946, John Oates 1949, Janis Ian 1951, Jackie Chan 1954, Tony Dorsett 1954, Victoria Adams Beckham 1975)
General Grant defeated Confederates at Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee (NY TIMES, April 7, 1862)
* Billie Holiday Dies Here at 44; Jazz Singer Had Wide Influence
[4/7/1915-7/17/1959] (NY TIMES, July 18, 1959)

NATIONAL: Kerry Says He Would Limit Federal Spending as President (By MARIA NEWMAN, Apr. 7, 2004)
WORLD: U.S. Rockets Reportedly Kill Over 2 Dozen Iraqis in Falluja (By KIRK SEMPLE, Apr. 7, 2004)

Tuesday, April 6, 2004:
On This Day: April 6 (Raphael 4/6/1483-4/6/1520, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau 4/6/1671-3/17/1741, James Mill 4/6/1773-6/23/1836, Rene Lalique 4/6/1860-5/5/1945, Louis Raemaekers 4/6/1869-7/26/1956, Walter Huston 4/6/1884-4/7/1950, Anthony Fokker 4/6/1890-12/23/1939, Lowell Thomas 4/6/1892-8/29/1981, Lonald Douglas 4/6/1892-2/1/1981, Gerry Mulligan 4/6/1927-1/20/1996, André Previn 1929, Merle Haggard 1937, Billy Dee Williams 1937, Roy Thinnes 1938, Barry Levinson 1942, Michelle Phillips 1944, John Ratzenberger 1947, Marilu Henner 1952, Janet Lynn 1953, Ari Meyers 1969)
* Peary Discovers the North Pole After Eight Trials in 23 Years (NY TIMES, April 6, 1909)
Dr. Clarence E. McClung Zoologist, 75, Dies [4/6/1870-1/17/1946] (By ROBERT LINDSEY, January 19, 1946)

Monday, April 5, 2004:
On This Day: April 5 (Thomas Hobbes 4/5/1588-12/4/1679, Elihu Yale 4/5/1649-7/8/1721, Jean-Honoré Fragonard 4/5/1732-8/22/1806, Vincenzo Gioberti 4/5/1801-11/26/1852, Joseph Lister 4/5/1827-2/10/1912, Algernon Swinburne 4/5/1837-4/10/1909, Lincoln Filene 4/5/1865-8/27/1957, Chester Bowles 4/5/1901-5/25/1986, Bette Davis 4/5/1908-10/6/1989, Herbert von Karajan 4/5/1908-7/16/1989, Chaim Grade 4/5/1910-6/26/1982, Gregory Peck 1916, Arthur Hailey 1920, Gale Storm 1922, Roger Corman 1926, Nigel Hawthorne 1929, Colin Powell 1937, Tommy Cash 1940, Michael Moriarty 1941, Peter Greenaway 1942, Jane Asher 1946)
Rosenbergs, Atom Spy Couple Sentenced to Die; Aide Gets 30 Years (By William R. Conklin, April 5, 1951)
Dr. B. T. Washington, Negro Leader, Dead at 59 [4/5/1856-11/14/1915] (NY TIMES, November 15, 1915)

Richard L. Gelb, Former Chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibb, Dies at 79 (By PATRICK HEALY, Apr. 5, 2004)
* NATIONAL: New to the Job, Rice Focused on More Traditional Fears
(By DOUGLAS JEHL & DAVID E. SANGER, Apr. 5, 2004)
Leaders of 9/11 Panel Say Attacks Were Probably Preventable (By PHILIP SHENON, Apr. 5, 2004)
Kerry Tries to Portray Bush as Borrow-and-Spend Leader (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Apr. 5, 2004)
* WHITE HOUSE LETTER: The Women Behind Bush: They Promote and Defend, Nudge, Revere and Defer
(By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Apr. 5, 2004)
Fluctuating Market a Culprit as Foundation Grants Slip (By STEPHANIE STROM, Apr. 5, 2004)
Stymied by Politicians, Wal-Mart Turns to Voters (By JOHN M. BRODER, Apr. 5, 2004)
WORLD: 7 U.S. Soldiers Die in Iraq as a Shiite Militia Rises Up (By JOHN F. BURNS, Apr. 5, 2004)
Radical Young Cleric Unleashes His Militia in Iraq (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Apr. 5, 2004)
Combat in Iraq Dulls Appetite for Trade (NY TIMES, Apr. 5, 2004)
POLICY: June 30 Goal Is Questioned by 2 Senators (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Apr. 5, 2004)
Main Suspect in Spain Blasts Among Dead (By KATRIN BENNHOLD, Apr. 5, 2004)
New Demand Drives Canada's Baby Seal Hunt (By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, Apr. 5, 2004)
Huge Basque Arsenal Found in Southwestern France (By DALE FUCHS, Apr. 5, 2004)
Peruvians Fight Graft One Case at a Time (By JUAN FORERO, Apr. 5, 2004)
PARIS JOURNAL: Jewish District Rallies to Save Its Soul From Renovation (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Apr. 5, 2004)
Indonesians Vote, With the Economy, Not Islam, in Spotlight (By JANE PERLEZ, Apr. 5, 2004)
NY REGION: High Winds Blow Metal Sheets Off Skyscraper (By THOMAS J. LUECK, Apr. 5, 2004)
U.S. Is Investigating Use of Donors' Gifts to Statue of Liberty (By MIKE McINTIRE, Apr. 5, 2004)
Campus Brawl Injures Seven in New Jersey (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN and ROBERT F. WORTH, Apr. 5, 2004)
Palm Sunday Parade Saved by Aptly Named Stand-In (By PATRICK HEALY, Apr. 5, 2004)
Jurors, Fresh From Deliberations, Recall What Led to Tyco Mistrial
(By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN & JONATHAN D. GLATER, Apr. 5, 2004)
SPORTS: NCAA BASKETBALL: A Final With Familiarity, and a Few Wrinkles (By JOE DRAPE, Apr. 5, 2004)
SPORTS: Even Rival Must Marvel at Summitt's Latest Run (By HARVEY ARATON, Apr. 5, 2004)
BASEBALL: Yankees and Torre Are Still Talking (By CHARLIE NOBLES, Apr. 5, 2004)
BASKETBALL: Coach's Direction Guides Star Down a Long Road [Georgia Tech]
(By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Apr. 5, 2004)
BASKETBALL: UConn's Boone Steps from the Shadows Into the Glare (By BILL FINLEY, Apr. 5, 2004)
GOLF: Is Excellence Woods's Kryptonite? (By CLIFTON BROWN, Apr. 5, 2004)
SOCCER: U.S. Government Seeks Games Against Iraq (By JACK BELL, Apr. 5, 2004)
EDITORIALS: False Promises on Gas (NY TIMES, Apr. 5, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Floo Floo Bird (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Apr. 5, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: We're More Productive. Who Gets the Money? (By BOB HERBERT, Apr. 5, 2004)
* OP-ED: The Fog of War [recollections & memories] (By DANIEL L. SCHACTER, Apr. 5, 2004)
OP-ED: Sitting Out the Scandals (By MICHAEL H. GRANOF, Apr. 5, 2004)
LETTERS: To Ease the Darkness in the Mind (4 Letters) (By MARK D. REGO, M.D., et. al., Apr. 5, 2004)
LETTERS: Hollywood ♥ Bush (Well, Not Exactly) (3 Letters) (By DENNIS VEST, et. al., Apr. 5, 2004)
LETTERS: Charging an Entrance Fee at America's Door (3 Letters) (By MELLISSA SEECHARAN, et. al., Apr. 5, 2004)
LETTERS: Think That's Expensive? [$6 per gallon gas in England] (By BURT KEIMACH, Apr. 5, 2004)
LETTERS: Coke's 'Old Guard' (By DOUGLAS N. DAFT, CEO Coca-Cola, Apr. 5, 2004)
BUSINESS: Network Hopes to Attract Hispanics by Speaking English (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Apr. 5, 2004)
BUSINESS: Tyco Defendants Under Fire as They Face Second Trial (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Apr. 5, 2004)
Forced to Act, Disney's Board Considers Its Next Steps (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Apr. 5, 2004)
Carmakers Have a New Idea. It's Called a Car. (By DANNY HAKIM, Apr. 5, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Contents (NY TIMES, Apr. 5, 2004)
* Web Engines Plan to End Online Ads for Gambling (By MATT RICHTEL, Apr. 5, 2004)
A Heretical View of File Sharing (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Apr. 5, 2004)
Cable or Phone? Difference Can Be Taxing (By MATT RICHTEL, Apr. 5, 2004)
* Supercomputer's Speed Isn't Superior (By JOHN MARKOFF, Apr. 5, 2004)
* Helping People on the Move Keep Addresses Up to Date (By LOUISE STORY, Apr. 5, 2004)
HEALTH: AIDS Fears Grow for Black Women (By LINDA VILLAROSA, Apr. 5, 2004)

Saturday, April 3, 2004:
On This Day: April 3 (Pierre-Fidele Bretonneau 4/3/1778-2/18/1862, Washington Irving 4/3/1783-11/28/1859, Mary Carpenter 4/3/1807-6/14/1877, Edward Everett 4/3/1822-6/10/1909, Alcide De Gasperi 4/3/1881-8/19/1954, Bud Fisher 4/3/1884-9/7/1954, Leslie Howard 4/3/1893-6/1/1943, Stanislawa Walasiewicz 4/3/1911-12/4/1980, Virgil I. Grissom 4/3/1926-1/27/1967, Marlon Brando 1924, Doris Day 1924, Miyoshi Umeki 1929, Helmut Kohl 1930, Don Gibson 1932, William Gaunt 1937, Marsha Mason 1942, Wayne Newton 1942, Tony Orlando 1944, Carlos Salinas de Gortari 1948, Alec Baldwin 1958, Eddie Murphy 1961)
Aid Bill is Signed by Truman as Reply to Foes of Liberty (By Harold B. Hinton, April 3, 1948)
* Henry R. Luce, Creator of Time-Life Magazine Empire, Dies in Phoenix at 68
[4/3/1898-2/28/1967] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, March 1, 1967)

Sylvia Froos, 89, a Versatile Former Child Star, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Apr. 3, 2004)
Murray J. Gart, 79, Last Editor of The Washington Star, Dies (By RENWICK McLEAN, Apr. 3, 2004)
Carl Bakal, 86, Who Offered a Warning on Firearms, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Apr. 3, 2004)
Robert Merle, 95, Goncourt Prize Winner, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 3, 2004)
NATIONAL: Kerry Said to Have Raised $50 Million in Last Quarter
(By GLEN JUSTICE & JODI WILGOREN, Apr. 3, 2004)
Police Accuse Wisconsin Student of Faking Abduction (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 3, 2004)
Families of Men Slain by Iraqi Mob Focus on Their Lives, Not How They Died
(By ABBY GOODNOUGH and MICHAEL LUO, Apr. 3, 2004)
Judge in Jackson Case Says He Expects Trial for Singer (By NICK MADIGAN, Apr. 3, 2004)
Millions More Travelers to U.S. to Face Fingerprints and Photos (By RACHEL L. SWARNS, Apr. 3, 2004)
Powell Blames C.I.A. for Error on Iraq Mobile Labs (By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, Apr. 3, 2004)
Bush's Science Aide Rejects Claims of Distorted Facts (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Apr. 3, 2004)
Presidential Election Is Turning Novices Into Political Advocates (ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Apr. 3, 2004)
THE AD CAMPAIGN: Kerry Attacks Bush on the Flight of Jobs Overseas (By, Apr. 3, 2004)
White House Agrees to Let Panel Review Clinton-Era Files (By PHILIP SHENON, Apr. 3, 2004)
WHITE HOUSE MEMO: The Clinton-Bush Transition Seemed to Be Tidy. Was It?
(By TODD S. PURDUM, Apr. 3, 2004)
* RELIGION JOURNAL: Parents Are Using Ingenuity to Bring Seders Alive for the Young
(By DEBRA NUSSBAUM COHEN, Apr. 3, 2004)
EDUCATION: Inventory Shows an Uneven Distribution of School Computers (By ELISSA GOOTMAN, Apr. 3, 2004)
WORLD: As NATO Finally Arrives on Its Border, Russia Grumbles (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Apr. 3, 2004)
MOB ATTACK: Falluja's Religious Leaders Condemn Mutilation, but Not Killing, of Americans
(By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Apr. 3, 2004)
CONTRACTORS: Foreign Civilians in Iraq Are Armoring Up and Keeping Under Guard (By CHRISTINE HAUSER, Apr. 3, 2004)
Japan Support of Missile Shield Could Tilt Asia Power Balance (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Apr. 3, 2004)
7 Nations Join NATO, Bolstering U.S. on Iraq (By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, Apr. 3, 2004)
U.N. Aide Says Sudan Is Tolerating Ethnic Cleansing (By WARREN HOGE, Apr. 3, 2004)
Partly Made Bomb Found Under a Rail Line in Spain (By DALE FUCHS, Apr. 3, 2004)
After 4 Days of Violence, Uzbekistan Wonders Whom to Blame (By SETH MYDANS, Apr. 3, 2004)
SATURDAY PROFILE: First Grader. Model Student. Great-Grandfather
[Kimani Nganga Maruge] (By MARC LACEY, Apr. 3, 2004)
* NY REGION: Trolling for Visitors Interested in Heights (By MICHAEL BRICK, Apr. 3, 2004)
Roles in Disaster Cause Rift in City (By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM & MICHELLE O'DONNELL, Apr. 3, 2004)
Developer Buys Faded Market in the Bronx (By CHARLES V. BAGLI, Apr. 3, 2004)
Halting Rust From Devouring What 9/11 Couldn't (By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Apr. 3, 2004)
Informants in Seton Hall Fire Were Offered $60,000 Each (By ROBERT HANLEY, Apr. 3, 2004)
The Mayor Strikes a Blow for Everydriver (By WINNIE HU, Apr. 3, 2004)
ABOUT NEW YORK: That Smell? Fish and Sweat, Fading Into a Sanitized Future
(By DAN BARRY, Apr. 3, 2004)
SPORTS: The Incredible Lightness of Playing for Dr. Phil [Phil Jackson] (By SELENA ROBERTS, Apr. 3, 2004)
BASKETBALL: Rare Shot at an Upset for Top-Seeded Duke (By BILL FINLEY, Apr. 3, 2004)
BASKETBALL Sutton Has Found the Perspective to Soften the Blows (By JOE DRAPE, Apr. 3, 2004)
SPORTS: Scandal at Kentucky Lingers Beyond Sutton [Dwane Casey & Eddie Sutton]
(By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Apr. 3, 2004)
TENNIS: Serena Williams Easily Wins Nasdaq-100 Title (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 3, 2004)
OLYMPICS TRACK: In Pursuit of Athens, an Assorted Pack Is Set (By LIZ ROBBINS, Apr. 3, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Mystery Deepens (NY TIMES, Apr. 3, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Beholding Byzantium (NY TIMES, Apr. 3, 2004)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Billionaire's Letter From a Russian Prison Cell (By SERGE SCHMEMANN, Apr. 3, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Put Your Money Where Their Mouths Are (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Apr. 3, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Scanning for Success (By DAVID BROOKS, Apr. 3, 2004)
OP-ART: Broad Channel (By JAMES STEVENSON, Apr. 3, 2004)
* LETTERS: Forward and Backward in Iraq (5 Letters) (By MAX REIF, et. al., Apr. 3, 2004)
LETTERS: The Bush Playbook: Block the 9/11 Panel (4 Letters) (By JOE LIEBLANG, et. al., Apr. 3, 2004)
* LETTERS: Bimbo or Role Model? A Doll's Story, and Ours (2 Letters) (HELEN SCHWIMME, Apr. 3, 2004)
BUSINESS: Report of Strong Job Growth in March Spurs a Sharp Rise in Interest Rates
[Dow +97.26, Nasdaq +42.16] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Apr. 3, 2004)
* Microsoft and Sun End Long Acrimony in Surprise Accord (By STEVE LOHR, Apr. 3, 2004)
* An Oral History, Most of It Acidic [Scott McNeal on Microsoft] (NY TIMES, Apr. 3, 2004)
Data for March Show Big Surge in Job Creation (By EDUARDO PORTER, Apr. 3, 2004)
Tyco Trial Ended as Juror Cites Outside Pressure (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Apr. 3, 2004)
So Close, Jurors See Long Effort End in Nothing (By JONATHAN D. GLATER, Apr. 3, 2004)
THE PROSECUTOR: Some Failures, but Far More White-Collar Crime Successes (By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN, Apr. 3, 2004)
THE CHIEF: Tyco Chief and His Deputy Avoid Convictions, but Not Tattered Reputations
(By ALEX BERENSON, Apr. 3, 2004)
SWARTZ: Mark Swartz Traced All His Boss's Moves (By JONATHAN D. GLATER, Apr. 3, 2004)
THE MEDIA: Some Critics Say Naming a Juror Went Too Far (By DAVID CARR, Apr. 3, 2004)
Mitsubishi Sales Chief Ousted in Start of Expected Shake-Up (By TODD ZAUN, Apr. 3, 2004)
* ARTS: Puzzles + Math = Magic [Martin Gardner conference] (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Apr. 3, 2004)
* ARTS: Taking the Liberalism Out of Liberal Arts (By YILU ZHAO, Apr. 3, 2004)
ARTS: Treasured Churches in a Cycle of Revenge (By NICHOLAS WOOD & DAVID BINDER, Apr. 3, 2004)
* BOOKS: Otherworldly Pursuits and Down-to-Earth Motives [Fox sisters] (By PATRICIA COHEN, Apr. 3, 2004)
DANCE: Descending Into the Soul With an Intense Lyricism (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Apr. 3, 2004)
FILM: 'BERLIN BLUES': Get With It, Bar Hoppers, the Berlin Wall Is Falling
(By A. O. SCOTT, Apr. 3, 2004)
MUSIC: PHILHARMONIC REVIEW: With Influences From Beethoven to Bartok (By ALLAN KOZINN, Apr. 3, 2004)
ROCK: ELECTRELANE: Singing in Four Languages, Revealing in None (By KELEFA SANNEH, Apr. 3, 2004)
THEATER: A Playwright Wonders What He Said, She Said (By BEN SISARIO, Apr. 3, 2004)
TV: 'COAST TO COAST': A Couple on a Road Trip, Feeling Angst Amid Plenty
(By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Apr. 3, 2004)

Friday, April 2, 2004:
On This Day: April 2 (Charlemagne 4/2/742-1/28/814, Giovanni Casanova 4/2/1725-6/4/1798, Hoffmann von Fallersleben 4/2/1798-1/19/1874, Erastus B. Bigelow 4/2/1814-12/6/1879, Frederic a. Bartholdi 4/2/1834-10/4/1904, Nicholas Butler 4/2/1862-12/7/1947, Walter Chrysler 4/2/1875-8/18/1940, Kurt Adler 4/2/1905-2/9/1988, Buddy Ebsen 1908, Sharon Acker 1935, Leon Russell 1941, Linda Hunt 1945, Emmylou Harris 1947, Pamela Reed 1949, Debrlee Scott 1953, Ron Palillo 1954)
President Wilson Declares War on Germany, Stronger Navy, New Army of 500,000 Men (NY TIMES, April 2, 1917)
* Max Ernst, Catalytic Figure in 20th Century Art, Dies at 85
[4/2/1891-4/1/1976] (By JOHN RUSSELL, April 2, 1976)

Janet Akyuz Mattei, Astronomer, Dies at 61 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Apr. 2, 2004)
Thomas F. Willers, 84, Executive of Paper and Chemical Concerns, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Apr. 2, 2004)
Lady Dilhorne, 93, Who Trained War Pigeons, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 2, 2004)
Gurcharan Singh Tohra, Sikh Leader, Dies at 80 (By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Apr. 2, 2004)
NATIONAL: Private U.S. Guards Take Big Risks for Right Price (By JAMES DAO, Apr. 2, 2004)
Kerry, Candidate and Catholic, Creates Uneasiness for Church (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Apr. 2, 2004)
* Bush and Kerry Campaigns Introduce Attack Ads in Swing States (By JIM RUTENBERG, Apr. 2, 2004)
Serial Killer Reaches Out, and Fear Grips Wichita (By MONICA DAVEY, Apr. 2, 2004)
Pipe-Bomb Suspect Is Ruled Incompetent (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 2, 2004)
Bush Puts Penalties on Nuclear Suppliers (By JUDITH MILLER, Apr. 2, 2004)
INTELLIGENCE: After 2 Months, Bush's Iraq Panel Starts to Stir (By DOUGLAS JEHL, Apr. 2, 2004)
* TV Shows Take on Bush, and Pull Few Punches (By JIM RUTENBERG, Apr. 2, 2004)
Prosecutors Are Said to Have Expanded Inquiry Into Leak of C.I.A. Officer's Name
(By DAVID JOHNSTON & RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Apr. 2, 2004)
Bush Aides Block Clinton's Papers From 9/11 Panel (By PHILIP SHENON and DAVID E. SANGER, Apr. 2, 2004)
WORLD: Britain Extends Its Detention of 8 Bomb Suspects (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Apr. 2, 2004)
Britain Cracks Down on Nasties Like the 'Neighbor From Hell' (By SARAH LYALL, Apr. 2, 2004)
Hong Kong Protesters Say China Is Trying to Stifle Democracy (By KEITH BRADSHER, Apr. 2, 2004)
LOCAL COVERAGE: To Iraqi Press, Killing of Americans Was Not Biggest News of the Day (By CHRISTINE HAUSER, Apr. 2, 2004)
Mix of Pride and Shame Follows Killings and Mutilation by Iraqis (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Apr. 2, 2004)
Spanish Police Name Planner of Bombings (By DALE FUCHS, Apr. 2, 2004)
Prosecutors Call Russian Tycoon and Partners a 'Criminal Group' (By ERIN E. ARVEDLUND, Apr. 2, 2004)
* POLLENZO JOURNAL: A New Italian Campus, Where the Thought Is for Food (By FRANK BRUNI, Apr. 2, 2004)
NY REGION: Asbury Park Building Will Vanish, but Its Grin Will Remain (By KAREN DeMASTERS, Apr. 2, 2004)
* A Piano Is Born, Needing Practice [Steinwayt No. K0862] (By JAMES BARRON, Apr. 2, 2004)
State Workers Resist Plans to Move Office Downtown (By CHARLES V. BAGLI, Apr. 2, 2004)
* A Poem Lovely as a Tree Frog? A Zoo Hunts for Verse [Sandra Alcosser] (By SHERRI DAY, Apr. 2, 2004)
PUBLIC LIVES: Bible-Toting Preacher Leads a West Side Revival (By ROBIN FINN, Apr. 2, 2004)
NYC: Left? Right? At This Hour, Who Can Tell? (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Apr. 2, 2004)
* SPORTS: 14-Year-Old Is the Face and Bull's-Eye of M.L.S. (By JACK BELL, Apr. 2, 2004)
* SPORTS MEDIA AND BUSINESS: Chamberlain: The Incomplete Story (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Apr. 2, 2004)
BASEBALL: Mets Show an Interest In Acquiring Cleveland's Milton Bradley (By LEE JENKINS, Apr. 2, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Four Deaths in Falluja (NY TIMES, Apr. 2, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Candidates Are Mortal (NY TIMES, Apr. 2, 2004)
THE CITY LIFE: Proud Borough Needs Bard (By FRANCIS X. CLINES, Apr. 2, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Smear Without Fear (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Apr. 2, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: No End in Sight (By BOB HERBERT, Apr. 2, 2004)
* OP-ED: Need an Army? Just Pick Up the Phone (By BARRY YEOMAN, Apr. 2, 2004)
OP-ED: Perfect Health, Other Than the Triple Bypass (By JAY NEUGEBOREN, Apr. 2, 2004)
LETTERS: The Images From Iraq, the Revulsion in America (7 Letters) (By JEFFREY HEYMAN, et. al., Apr. 2, 2004)
LETTERS: Was That Photo Too Shocking to Be Printed? (4 Letters) (By SAMANTHA DAVENPORT, Apr. 2, 2004)
LETTERS: Students From Abroad (2 Letters) (By EMILY BOLT, et. al., Apr. 2, 2004)
* LETTERS: Music by the Numbers (By ALBERT HENDERSON , Apr. 2, 2004)
* LETTERS: A Distinguished Journal ["The American Scholar"] (By JUSTIN KAPLAN , Apr. 2, 2004)
BUSINESS: Factory Data Help to Push Share Prices Broadly Higher
[Dow +15.63, Nasdaq +20.79] (By Bloomberg News, Apr. 2, 2004)
* Dow Prunes AT&T in First Index Change Since '99
[Dropped: AT&T, Eastman Kodak, International Paper]
[Added: Pfizer, American International Group, Verizon Communications]
(By FLOYD NORRIS, Apr. 2, 2004)
For Americans, Gas Guzzlers Are Again Kings of the Road (By DANNY HAKIM, Apr. 2, 2004)
FLOYD NORRIS: Wages of Bad Accounting: Bosses Got Rich While Companies Borrowed
(By FLOYD NORRIS, Apr. 2, 2004)
Inquiry at Bank Looks at Accounts of Diplomats (By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN, Apr. 2, 2004)
Estimates of Job Creation Versus the Facts (By EDUARDO PORTER, Apr. 2, 2004)
Gateway to Lay Off 2,500 With Closing of 188 Retail Stores (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, Apr. 2, 2004)
In Japan, Confidence in a Recovery Is Spreading (By TODD ZAUN, Apr. 2, 2004)
Former White House Aide to Take Post at NBC [Anna Perez] (NY TIMES, Apr. 2, 2004)
* Bullet Train Remakes Map of South Korea (By JAMES BROOKE, Apr. 2, 2004)
MTV in Deal on Royalties With Labels in Europe (By HEATHER TIMMONS, Apr. 2, 2004)
* ART: 'A MINIMAL FUTURE': How Not Much Is a Whole World (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Apr. 2, 2004)
ART: When Cities Looked Limitless (By RANDY KENNEDY, Apr. 2, 2004)
ARTS: Antiquities Gallery Will Return Two Limestone Monuments to Egypt (By BARRY MEIER, Apr. 2, 2004)
* ART: 'ARCADIA AND METROPOLIS': Saving German Moderns From Their Tortured Past (By GRACE GLUECK, Apr. 2, 2004)
ART CRITIC: Through an Activist Lens Entangled in History (By ROBERTA SMITH, Apr. 2, 2004)
ART: 'MAGNUM'S NEW YORKERS': Pictures of the Picturesque, Not Necessarily of the Truth
(By KEN JOHNSON, Apr. 2, 2004)
INSIDE ART: Evoking the Spirit of Coney Island (By CAROL VOGEL, Apr. 2, 2004)
BOOKS: 'BERGDORF BLONDES': Looking for Sales (and, um, Love) in All the Right Places
(By JANET MASLIN, Apr. 2, 2004)
DANCE: BOPI'S BLACK SHEEP: Flirting With the Role of Taboo in Desire (By JACK ANDERSON, Apr. 2, 2004)
FILM: 'HELLBOY': Horror Comic at the Core, With a Soulful Sweetness (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Apr. 2, 2004)
FILM: 'SHAOLIN SOCCER': Chop-Socky, Thy Name Is Stephen Chow (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Apr. 2, 2004)
FILM: 'HOME ON THE RANGE': A Western With Watercolor Vistas and a Passel of Parody (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Apr. 2, 2004)
FILM: 'SON FR�RE': Without Blinders, the Anatomy of an Illness (By A. O. SCOTT, Apr. 2, 2004)
FILM: 'CONTROL ROOM': A Portrait of Al Jazeera, Reporting the War Its Way (By A. O. SCOTT, Apr. 2, 2004)
FILM: 'THE UNITED STATES OF LELAND': A Tale of Crime and Consequences (By A. O. SCOTT, Apr. 2, 2004)
MUSIC: The Bronx Discovers Its Own Inner Mexico (By SETH KUGEL, Apr. 2, 2004)
MUSIC: VAN MORRISON: An Evolution Runs Backward (By JON PARELES, Apr. 2, 2004)
MUSIC: Let the Hosannas Resound With the Joyful Spirit of Easter (NY TIMES, Apr. 2, 2004)
TV: 'THE BIG HOUSE': Deafening Hoots, Deafening Silences: Must Be a Sitcom (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Apr. 2, 2004)
THEATER: 'SLY FOX' MORE ON THIS SHOW: Stealthy, Wealthy, Joke-Wise (By BEN BRANTLEY, Apr. 2, 2004)
TV WATCH | 'MY SO-CALLED LIFE': The Ancient Days of Teenage Drama (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Apr. 2, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Studies on a Mouse Hormone Bear on Fatness in Humans (By GINA KOLATA, Apr. 2, 2004)

Thursday, April 1, 2004:
On This Day: April 1 (William Harvey 4/1/1578-6/3/1657, Jean-Etienne Portalis 4/1/1746-8/25/1807, Otto von Bismarck 4/1/1815-7/30/1898, Jorge Isaacs 4/1/1837-4/17/1895, Edwin Austin Abbey 4/1/1852-8/1/1911, Edmond Rostand 4/1/1868-12/2/1918, Sergey Rachmaninoff 4/1/1873-3/28/1943, Edgar Wallace 4/1/1875-2/10/1932, Lon Chaney 4/1/1883-8/26/1930, William Manchester 4/1/1922-6/1/2004, Jane Powell 1929, Grace Lee Whitney 1930, Debbie Reynolds 1932, Jim Ed Brown 1934, Don Hastings 1934, Ali MacGraw 1938, David Eisenhower 1947, Jimmy Cliff 1948, Gil Scott-Heron 1949, Annette O'Toole 1953, Magdalena Maleeva 1975 )
Americans Invade Okinawa in Ryukyus; Seize 2 Airfields (By Bruce Rae, April 1, 1945)
Colonel Florence Blanchfield, 87; Ex-Head of Nurse Corps, Dies
[4/1/1884-5/12/1971] (NY TIMES, May 13, 1971)

Frances Schreuder, 65, Manhattan Socialite Who Was Convicted in Murder Case, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Apr. 1, 2004)
George Heard Hamilton, Museum Director and Author, Dies at 93 (By BEN SISARIO, Apr. 1, 2004)
Erick Friedman, Violinist and Professor, Dies at 64 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Apr. 1, 2004)
NATIONAL: 9/11 Widows Skillfully Applied the Power of a Question: Why? (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Apr. 1, 2004)
SHOCK WAVES: Americans Are Jolted by Gruesome Reminders of the Day in Mogadishu (By MONICA DAVEY, Apr. 1, 2004)
Feeling Grief Half a World Away (By MARIA NEWMAN, Apr. 1, 2004)
Georgia Voters to Make Decision on Gay-Marriage Issue in Fall (By ANDREW JACOBS, Apr. 1, 2004)
In Puerto Rican Town, Navy Is History, the Future Hazy (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Apr. 1, 2004)
POLITICAL MEMO: Kerry Slips Out of Picture (By ADAM NAGOURNEY & JODI WILGOREN, Apr. 1, 2004)
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: Talk Network Makes Debut, With Rage a No-Show (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Apr. 1, 2004)
Storm Over 9/11 Leaves Swing Voters Less Certain Still (By KATE ZERNIKE, Apr. 1, 2004)
Democrats Attack Use of Treasury Dept. to Criticize Kerry (NY TIMES, Apr. 1, 2004)
* WHITE HOUSE MEMO: Trusted Adviser's Memoir Lifts Curtain a Bit [Karen P. Hughes]
(By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Apr. 1, 2004)
Michael Jackson Takes Star Power to the Capitol in Service of Fighting AIDS (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Apr. 1, 2004)
WORLD: Marines Defend Decision to Stay Out of Falluja After Killings (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Apr. 1, 2004)
NEWS ANALYSIS: U.S. Optimism Is Tested Again After Ambush Kills 4 in Iraq (By JOHN F. BURNS, Apr. 1, 2004)
* ISSUES OF TASTE: To Portray the Horror, News Media Agonize (By BILL CARTER and JACQUES STEINBERG, Apr. 1, 2004)
White House, With Support, Vows to Finish Mission in Iraq (By DAVID STOUT, Apr. 1, 2004)
Hong Kong Protest Opposes Potential Curbs on Democracy (By KEITH BRADSHER, Apr. 1, 2004)
NY REGION: Mayor Wants $5.3 Billion From State for Schools (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Apr. 1, 2004)
New York Returns to Recycling (By ANTHONY DePALMA, Apr. 1, 2004)
Former Bush Aide Will Lead Columbia Business School [R. Glenn Hubbard]
(By JONATHAN D. GLATER, Apr. 1, 2004)
BLOCKS: Streets (Near Wall St.) Belong to the People (By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Apr. 1, 2004)
* Ground as Hallowed as Cooperstown [Henry Chadwick's grave] (By GLENN COLLINS, Apr. 1, 2004)
PUBLIC LIVES: Trump's Chilly Sidekick Thaws a Bit Off Camera [Carolyn Kepcher]
(By JAN HOFFMAN, Apr. 1, 2004)
BOLDFACE NAMES: And on Horns, the Marine Corps Band (By JOYCE WADLER, Apr. 1, 2004)
SPORTS: Hornung Has Failed to Meet Standard of Common Sense (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Apr. 1, 2004)
BASEBALL ANALYSIS: Amid Whirl of Tokyo, Matsui Stays Grounded (By JACK CURRY, Apr. 1, 2004)
YANKEES 12, DEVIL RAYS 1: After Opener, Matsui Shows Yankees How to Save Face (By TYLER KEPNER, Apr. 1, 2004)
TENNIS: For Venus Williams, the Rust Appears and the Wheels Come Off (By JUDY BATTISTA, Apr. 1, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Dream-Filled Missile Silos (NY TIMES, Apr. 1, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Innocence Besmirched (NY TIMES, Apr. 1, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Charlie McCarthy Hearings (By MAUREEN DOWD, Apr. 1, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: What's That Sound? [China & India] (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Apr. 1, 2004)
OP-ART: Surprise! (By MARK NEWGARDEN, DAN NADEL and PETER BUCHANAN, Apr. 1, 2004)
GRAPHIC: Joy Buzzer Patent #1,845,735 (Nov. 12, 1931) (By S. S. Adams, Apr. 1, 2004)
OP-ED: Morality for Sale (By JOSEPH LOCONTE, Apr. 1, 2004)
LETTERS: 9/11 Testimony, but at a Price (6 Letters) (By BRETT WILDER, et. al., Apr. 1, 2004)
LETTERS: Nader's Supporters, and His Detractors (5 Letters) (By MARK E. HAHN, et. al., Apr. 1, 2004)
LETTERS: Yes, Virginia, There's Life After the SAT's (5 Letters) (By YASMIN NOZARI, et. al., Apr. 1, 2004)
BUSINESS: Dow and Nasdaq Record First Quarterly Losses in a Year
[Dow -24, Nasdaq -6.41] (By REUTERS, Apr. 1, 2004)
Accounting Board Wants Options to Be Reported as an Expense (By FLOYD NORRIS, Apr. 1, 2004)
OPEC Advances Plan to Cut Oil Production by 1 Million Barrels a Day (By SIMON ROMERO, Apr. 1, 2004)
Martha Stewart Seeks New Trial, Saying a Juror Lied (By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Apr. 1, 2004)
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: Laughter and Anxiety at the Tyco Trial (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Apr. 1, 2004)
* SMALL BUSINESS: Entrepreneurship Courses: It Pays to Pick the School (By JULIE FLAHERTY, Apr. 1, 2004)
MARKET PLACE: Traders Testing Tokyo's Commitment to the Dollar (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Apr. 1, 2004)
* Economic Scene (By ALAN B. KRUEGER, Apr. 1, 2004)
India's Economy Soared by 10% in Last Quarter of 2003 (By SARITHA RAI, Apr. 1, 2004)
EMI to Cut Artist Roster and Close 2 CD Plants (By HEATHER TIMMONS, Apr. 1, 2004)
Intel Considers Options Change (By DOW JONES, Apr. 1, 2004)
I.B.M. Will Collaborate Somewhat More on Chip Design (By STEVE LOHR, Apr. 1, 2004)
ADVERTISING: Havas Plans to Unveil a New Network to Manage Various Services and Agencies Under One Roof
(By NAT IVES, Apr. 1, 2004)
ARTS: Asia Society Appoints Art Historian as President (By DINITIA SMITH, Apr. 1, 2004)
BOOKS: A New Generation of Authors Discovers the Suburbs (By CHARLES McGRATH, Apr. 1, 2004)
* BOOKS: 'AGAINST ALL ENEMIES': Berating Bush About Iraq With Charges Heard Before
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Apr. 1, 2004)
FILMS: Have Hard Drive, Will Travel (By SHARON WAXMAN, Apr. 1, 2004)
FILM: 'CHECKPOINT': In the West Bank and Gaza, Getting From Place to Place Is More Stop Than Go (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Apr. 1, 2004)
FILM: 'VODKA LEMON': Life's Astringent Taste Can Go Down Smooth (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Apr. 1, 2004)
MUSIC: ST. THOMAS CHURCH CHOIR: Israelites Leave Egypt; a Choral Director Leaves New York
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Apr. 1, 2004)
THEATEER: Hey, Wanna See Me Onstage? Buy a Ticket! (By JESSE McKINLEY, Apr. 1, 2004)
TV: 'GHOSTS OF RWANDA': Looking Back Across a Decade, With Bloody Regret
(By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Apr. 1, 2004)
HOME & GARDEN: Contents (NY TIMES, Apr. 1, 2004)
GARDEN: In Britain, to the Bauhaus Born (By MITCHELL OWENS, Apr. 1, 2004)
GARDEN NOTEBOOK: Yes, We Have No Bananas, Yet (By KEN DRUSE, Apr. 1, 2004)
* GARDEN Q & A: Thorn-Free [a thornless rose?] (By LESLIE LAND, Apr. 1, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Apr. 1, 2004)
For Those Who Play, Laptops Get Serious (By SETH SCHIESEL, Apr. 1, 2004)
A Belated Invasion: Vietnam, the Game (By STEPHEN TOTILO, Apr. 1, 2004)
* STATE OF THE ART: Photo Sharing, Desktop to Desktop (By DAVID POGUE, Apr. 1, 2004)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Collapsible Comfort in a Backyard Eden (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Apr. 1, 2004)
WHAT'S NEXT: All the World's a Soundstage as Audio Formats Evolve (By SE�N CAPTAIN, Apr. 1, 2004)
* HOW IT WORKS: Hitched to a Star, With a Go-To Gadget (By IAN AUSTEN, Apr. 1, 2004)
When a Phone Isn't Simply a Phone (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Apr. 1, 2004)
Braving Bullying Hecklers, Simulants Run for President (By MARK GLASSMAN, Apr. 1, 2004)
* Blog-Bleary? Try (What Else?) a Blog (By DAVID F. GALLAGHER, Apr. 1, 2004)
Frozen in Fear? Mighty Mouse to the Rescue (By JUDY TONG, Apr. 1, 2004)
* Scooch Over, Screwdriver: A Venerable Knife Gains a Chip (By ANDREW ZIPERN, Apr. 1, 2004)
Grooves of a Fingertip Yield All Your Passwords (By MARK GLASSMAN, Apr. 1, 2004)
* When Your Files Go Astray, Put a Speedy Sleuth to Work (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Apr. 1, 2004)
* Q & A: Certificate Authority Is a Security Watchdog (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Apr. 1, 2004)

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