Selected Articles from The New York Times

Thursday, August 31, 2000:
On This Day: August 31 (John Neville Keynes 8/31/1852-11/15/1949, Maria Montessori 8/31/1870-5/6/1952, George Sarton 8/31/1888-3/22/1956, William Saroyan 8/31/1908-6/14/1986, Alan Jay Lerner 8/31/1918-6/14/1986)
Diana Killed in a Car Accident in Paris (By CRAIG B. WHITNEY, August 31, 1998)
William Shawn, 85, Is Dead; New Yorker's Gentle Despot [born 8/31/1907] (By ERIC PACE, December 9, 1992)
STATE OF THE ART: Classic Beauty, Cubed (By PETER H. LEWIS, August 31, 2000)
Long-Distance Romance, Web Enabled (By SALLY McGRANE, August 31, 2000)

Wednesday, August 30, 2000:
On This Day: August 30 (Jacques-Louis David 8/30/1748-12/29/1825, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 8/30/1797-2/1/1851, Jacobus Hoff 8/30/1852-3/1/1911, Ernest Rutherford 8/30/1871-10/19/1937, E.M. Purcell 8/30/1912-3/7/1997, Sir Richard Stone 8/30/1913-12/6/1991,Ted Williams 1918, Jean-Claude Killy 1943)
Hot Line' Opened by U.S. and Soviet to Cut Attack Risk (By CRAIG B. WHITNEY, August 30, 1963)
Shirley Booth, Star of TV, Radio, Stage and Screen, Is Dead at 94 [born 8/30/1898] (By PETER B. FLINT, October 21, 1992)
Salinger's Daughter's Truths as Mesmerizing as His Fiction (By DINITIA SMITH, August 30, 2000)

Thursday, August 24, 2000:
On This Day: August 24 (George Stubbs 8/24/1724-9/10/1806, Max Beerbohm 8/24/1872-5/20/1956, Cal Ripken Jr. 8/24/1960)
Jorge Luis Borges, A Master of Fantasy and Fable, is Dead [born 8/24/1899] (By EDWARD A. GARGAN, June 15, 1986)
Ole C. Risom, Publisher of Children's Books, Dies at 80 (By EDEN ROSS LIPSON, August 24, 2000)
Don't People Want to Control Their TV's? (By ROY FURCHGOTT, August 24, 2000)
Diabetes Rises; Doctors Foresee a Harsh Impact (By DENISE GRADY, August 24, 2000)
Estrogen Heart Study Proves Discouraging (By GINA KOLATA, August 24, 2000)

Wednesday, August 23, 2000:
On This Day: August 23 (William E. Henley 8/23/1849-7/11/1903, Edgar Lee Masters 8/23/1869-3/5/1950)
Sacco and Vanzetti Put to Death Early This Morning (NY Times, August 23, 1927)
Gene Kelly, Dancer of Vigor and Grace, Dies [born 8-23-1912] (By ALBIN KREBS, Feb. 3, 1996)

Wednesday, August 16, 2000:
On This Day: August 16 (Jules Laforgue 8/16/1860-8/20/1887, Ernst Schumacher 8/16/1911-9/4/1977)
ELVIS PRESLEY DIES; ROCK SINGER WAS 42 (By MOLLY IVINS, August 16, 1977)
Menachem Begin, Guerrilla Leader Who Became Peacemaker [born 8-16-1913] (By JAMES FERON, March 10, 1992)

Tuesday, August 15, 2000:
On This Day: August 15 (Napoleon 8/15/1769-5/5/1821, Sir Walter Scott 8/15/1771-9/21/1832, T.E. Lawrence 8/15/1888-5/19/1935)
India and Pakistan Become Nations; Clashes Continue (By ROBERT TRUMBULL, August 15, 1947)
Ethel Barrymore Is Dead at 79; One of Stage's 'Royal Family' [born 8-15-1879] (NY Times, June 19, 1959)
Seeing Pessimism's Place in a Smiley-Faced World (By ERICA GOODE, August 15, 2000)

Monday, August 14, 2000:
On This Day: August 14 (John Galsworthy 8/14/1867-1/31/1933, Max Klein 8/14/1915-5/20/1993)
Japan Surrenders, End of War! (By ARTHUR KROCK, August 14, 1945)
Dr. A. J. Dempster, Physicist, 63, Dead [born 8-14-1886] (NY Times, March 12, 1950)
E-COMMERCE: Some Early Net Entrepreneurs Look for Ways Out (By BOB TEDESCHI, August 14, 2000)
Internet Is More Than Just Fun for Women (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, August 14, 2000)
WRITERS ON WRITING: Sustained by Fiction While Facing Life's Facts (By ALICE HOFFMAN, August 14, 2000)

Sunday, August 13, 2000:
On This Day: August 13 (George Grove 8/13/1820-5/28/1900, Annie Oakley 8/13/1860-11/3/1926, Salvador Luria 8/13/1912-2/6/1991)
East German Troops Seal Border With West Berlin to Block Refugee Escape (By REUTERS, August 13, 1961)
Alfred Hitchcock Dies; A Master of Suspense [born 8-13-1889] (By PETER B. FLINT, April 30, 1980)
Loretta Young, Leading Lady of Film and Television, Dies at 87 (By LENA WILLIAMS, August 13, 2000)
NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE: Science Expands, Religion Contracts (By PAM BELLUCK, August 13, 2000)
Puzzling Disease Devastating California Oaks (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, August 13, 2000)

Saturday, August 12, 2000:
On This Day: August 12 (George Bellows 8/12/1882-1/8/1925, Christy Mathewson 8/12/1880-10/7/1925, Pete Sampas 8/12/71)
Spanish-American War Suspended, Peace Assured (By SIDNEY SHALETT, August 13, 1898)
Cecil De Mille, 77, Pioneer of Movies, Dead in Hollywood [born 8-12-1881] (By ERIC PACE, January 22, 1959)

Friday, August 11, 2000:
On This Day: August 11 (Hugh MacDiarmid 8/11/1892-9/9/1978, Louise Bogan 8/11/1897-2/4/1970, Alex Haley 8/11/1921-2/10/1992)
New Negro Riots Erupt on Coast in Los Angeles (By PETER BART, August 13, 1965)
Alex Haley, 70, Author of 'Roots,' Dies [born 8-11-1921] (By ERIC PACE, February 11, 1992)
BOOKS: Behind the Enduring Clichés of Asia and the West (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, February 11, 1992)

Thursday, August 10, 2000:
On This Day: August 10 (Herbert Hoover 8/10/1874-10/20/1964, Jacques Lipchitz 8/10/1891-5/26/1973)
Herbert Hoover Is Dead; Ex-President, 90 [born 8-10-1874] (By McCANDLISH PHILLIPS, October 21, 1964)
Choosing Quick Hits Over the Card Catalog (By LORI LEIBOVICH, August 10, 2000)
PC 101: Pitfalls To Avoid (By PETER H. LEWIS, August 10, 2000)
Architects Grow Reliant on the 40-Pound Pencil: The Computer (By ERIC TAUB, August 10, 2000)
For the New College B.M.O.C., 'M' Is for 'Machine' (By LISA GUERNSEY, August 10, 2000)
NEWS WATCH: Interviews With the Stars, Past and Present (SHELLY FREIERMAN, August 10, 2000)
Printed Page Beats PC Screen For Reading, Study Finds (By CATHERINE GREENMAN, August 10, 2000)
When Women Called the Tunes (By DINITIA SMITH, August 10, 2000)
Survey Finds More Women Than Men Online (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, August 10, 2000)

Wednesday, August 9, 2000:
On This Day: August 9 (John Dryden 8/9/1631-5/1/1700, P. L. Travers 8/9/1899-4/23/1996)
Atom Bomb Loosed on Nagasaki (By W. H. LAWRENCE, August 9, 1945)
Jean Piaget Dies in Geneva at 84 [born 8-9-1896] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, September 17, 1980)
Michael Meyer, Ibsen and Strindberg Translator and Scholar, Dies at 79 (By MEL GUSSOW, August 9, 2000)
The Little Museum That Could (By DOREEN CARVAJAL, August 9, 2000)
ARTS ABROAD: World Tour for a Diva Long Banned from Singing (By HADANI DITMARS, August 9, 2000)
DANCE: In the Ural Mountains, Youngsters Who Dare to Dream (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, August 9, 2000)
Cisco Sales Rise 61% in Quarter as Company Continues to Gain From Internet Growth (By LAWRENCE M. FISHER, August 9, 2000)
EDUCATION: Computer Science Departments Depleted as More Professors Test Entrepreneurial Waters
(By REBECCA S. WEINER, August 9, 2000)
Newark Gives Travel Agents a Peek at the Future of Tourism
(By RONALD SMOTHERS, August 9, 2000)

Tuesday, August 8, 2000:
On This Day: August 8 (Ernst Lawrence 8/8/1901-8/27/1958, Arthur Goldberg 8/8/1908-1/19/1990)
Nixon Resigns: The 37th President Is First to Quit Post (By JOHN HERBERS, August 8, 1974)
Mrs. Rawlings, 57, Novelist, Is Dead [born 8-8-1896] (NY Times, December 16, 1953)
BOOKS: His Weirdness Attracts Types Even More Weird (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, August 8, 2000)
Science (NY Times, August 8, 2000)
How Culture Molds Habits of Thought (By ERICA GOODE, August 8, 2000)
Dr. Charles Brenner: A Math Sleuth Whose Secret Weapon Is Statistics (By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, August 8, 2000)
New Tactic in Physics: Hiding the Answer (By JAMES GLANZ, August 8, 2000)
EUROBYTES: A Look Just Over the Horizon (By BRUNO GIUSSANI, August 8, 2000)

Monday, August 7, 2000:
On This Day: August 7 (Mata Hari 8/6/1876-10/15/1917, Louis S.B. Leakey 8/7/1903-10/1/1972, Nicholas Ray 8/7/1911-6/16/1979)
Dr. Bunche of U.N., Nobel Winner, Dies [born 8-7-1904] (By ROBERT D. MCFADDEN, December 10, 1971)
Sir Alec Guinness, Elegant Actor of Film and Stage, Is Dead at 86 (By ALBIN KREBS, August 7, 2000)
Colleagues Honor Sir Alec Guinness (By NAN ROBERTSON, April 28, 1987)
William Cole, Who Created Poetry Anthologies for Children, Dies at 80 (By ERIC PACE, August 7, 2000)
Scientists to Announce Discovery of 10 Planets (By KENNETH CHANG, August 7, 2000)
MEXICO CITY JOURNAL: A City Hears Poetry in the Naming of Streets (By TIM WEINER, August 7, 2000)
Argentina Searches Its Soul Over a Suicide (By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, August 7, 2000)
It Takes the Internet to Raise a Cambodian Village (By JOHN MARKOFF, August 7, 2000)
Online Superstore Pushes Into Digital (Barnesandnoble.com Stakes Turf) (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, August 7, 2000)
Cloak, Dagger and Mouse: A Columnist Defects to the Web (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, August 7, 2000)
Billion-Dollar Fund Managers at Odds Over Use of a Name (By DANNY HAKIM, August 7, 2000)
PATENTS: E-Mail Is Sparking Interest in Inventing Accessory Products (By SABRA CHARTRAND, August 7, 2000)
Giving Online Audiences News They Want (By JIM RUTENBERG, August 7, 2000)
A Forum for Media Feedback and Back Talk (By FELICITY BARRINGER, August 7, 2000)
ADVERTISING: Stunts Help Magazines Reach Overwhelmed Readers (By STUART ELLIOT, August 7, 2000)
Oprah Goes to Press With Ideas on Living Life Well (By MARGO JEFFERSON, August 7, 2000)

Sunday, August 6, 2000:
On This Day: August 6 (Alfred Tennyson 8/6/1809-10/6/1892, Alexander Fleming 8/6/1881-3/11/1955, Andy Warhol 8/6/1928-2/22/1987)
First Atomic Bomb Dropped on Japan (By SIDNEY SHALETT, August 6, 1945)
Lucille Ball, Spirited Doyenne Of TV Comedies, Dies at 77 [born 8-6-1911] (By PETER B. FLINT, April 27, 1989)
Miki Denhof, 88, an Innovative Art Director for Magazines (By STEVEN HELLER, August 6, 2000)
ANARCHIC E-COMMERCE: Online Davids vs. Corporate Goliaths (By AMY HARMON, August 6, 2000)
On the Language of Cervantes, the Imprint of the Internet (By SAM DILLON, August 6, 2000)
The Death of French Food, Part Deux: Fathers, sons and sitting ducks (By JONATHAN REYNOLDS, August 6, 2000)
ON LANGUAGE: bumfuzzled? (BY FREDERIC G. CASSIDY & JOAN HOUSTON HALL, August 6, 2000)
Business (August 6, 2000)
MARKET INSIGHT: Name Your Forecast for Priceline (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, August 6, 2000)
MARKET WATCH: Making and Keeping Promises Are Different Things (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, August 6, 2000)
FUNDS WATCH: An Industry's Fear of a Losing Year (Reuters, August 6, 2000)
INVESTING WITH: David W. Simpson of WM Growth Fund of the Northwest (By CAROLE GOULD, August 6, 2000)
A Science Museum Embraces Art Through Anatomy (By TESSA DECARLO, August 6, 2000)
FILM: A High-Pitched Dance of Love and Death (By NANCY RAMSEY, August 6, 2000)

Saturday, August 5, 2000:
On This Day: August 5 (Guy Maupassant 8/5/1850, Conrad Aiken 8/5/1889-8/17/1973)
Test Ban Treaty Signed in Moscow (By HENRY TANNER, August 5, 1963)
John Huston, Film Director, Writer and Actor, Dies at 81 [born 8-5-1906] (By PETER B. FLINT, August 29, 1987)
Fred W. Hooper, 102, Owner and Breeder in Thoroughbred Racing (By JOSEPH DURSO, August 5, 2000)
Britain Marks the Queen Mother's 100th Birthday (By WARREN HOGE, August 5, 2000)
Jupiter-Like Planet Found by McDonald Observatory Team (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, August 5, 2000)
Moses Isegawa: A Dream Becomes Real, Writ Large on the Page (By MEL GUSSOW, August 5, 2000)
DANCE: 'Carmina Burana' Quits the Monastery for Wall Street (By JENNIFER DUNNING, August 5, 2000)
Internet Body Accepting Proposals for Domain Name Alternatives
(By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, New York Times, 8-5-2000)

Friday, August 4, 2000:
On This Day: August 4 (Percy B. Shelley 8/4/1792-7/8/1822, Walter Pater 8/4/1839-7/30/1894)
England Declares War on Germany (NY Times, August 4, 1914)
Louis Armstrong, Jazz Trumpeter and Singer, Dies [born 8-4-1901] (By ALBIN KREBS, July 7, 1971)
Constance Stuart Larrabee, 85, Photographer (By WOLFGANG SAXON, August 4, 2000)
ART: A Many-Splendored Minimalist (By ROBERTA SMITH, August 4, 2000)
BOOKS: A Prewar Beauty? Oh, the Thrill of the Chase (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, August 4, 2000)

Thursday, August 3, 2000:
On This Day: August 3 (Rupert Brooke 8/3/1887-4/23/1915, Maggie Kuhn 8/3/1905-4/22/1995)
Nautilus Sails Under the Pole and 1,830 Miles of Arctic Icecap in Pacific-to-Atlantic Passage (By FELIX BELAIR, JR., August 3, 1958)
Ernie Pyle Is Killed on Ie Island; Foe Fired When All Seemed Safe [born 8-3-1900] (NY Times, April 18, 1945)
A Son of Politics, George W. Bush, Is Making an Uncommon Rise (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF and FRANK BRUNI, August 3, 2000)
Alvin R. Tresselt, Author; Wrote About Nature for Children, Dies at 83 (By ERIC PACE, August 3, 2000)

Wednesday, August 2, 2000:
On This Day: August 2 (John Sloan 8/2/1871-9/7/1951, Myrna Loy 8/2/1905-12/14/1993)
James Baldwin, Eloquent Writer In Behalf of Civil Rights, Is Dead [born 8-2-1924] (By LEE A. DANIELS, December 2, 1987)
Finding Buried Treasure, Random House Plans Archive for Literary Legacies (By DOREEN CARVAJAL, August 2, 2000)
Wiser, Kunitz Returning as Laureate (By DINITIA SMITH, August 2, 2000)

Tuesday, August 1, 2000:
On This Day: August 1 (Francis Scott Key 8/1/1779-1/11/1843, Herman Melville 8/1/1819-9/28/1891)
100,000 Hail Hitler; U.S. Athletes Avoid Nazi Salute to Him (By FREDERICK T. BIRCHALL, August 1, 1936)
Charles C. Spaulding: Ex-Slave's Son, 78, Financier, Is Dead [born 8-1-1874](NY Times, August 1, 1952)
William Maxwell, Author and Legendary Editor, Dies at 91 (By WILBORN HAMPTON, August 1, 2000)
Company Seeking Donors of DNA for a 'Gene Trust' (By ANDREW POLLACK, August 1, 2000)
Using Internet Links From Behind Bars (By DIRK JOHNSON, August 1, 2000)