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

Sunday, August 31, 2003:
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 [8/31/1907] (By ERIC PACE, December 9, 1992)

Frank MacDonald, Australian Hero, Dies at 107 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Aug. 31, 2003)
* Charles Scaife, 65, Professor Who Promoted Science as Fun, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Aug. 31, 2003)
NATIONAL: New Look at Pius XII's Views of Nazis (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Aug. 31, 2003)
Cuts Put Schools and Law to the Test (By SAM DILLON, Aug. 31, 2003)
Worried Democrats See Daunting '04 Hurdles (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Aug. 31, 2003)
Cries of Activism and Terror in S.U.V. Torching (By NICK MADIGAN, Aug. 31, 2003)
Embattled UMass President Says Goodbye to Students (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 31, 2003)
WORLD: Shiites Mourn Death of Cleric in Iraq Bombing (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Aug. 31, 2003)
U.S. and the Iraqis Discuss Creating Big Militia Force (By DEXTER FILKINS, Aug. 31, 2003)
Europeans Warn Iran on Nuclear Inspections (By NAZILA FATHI, Aug. 31, 2003)
North Korea Ends Disarmament Talks (By JOSEPH KAHN with DAVID E. SANGER, Aug. 31, 2003)
Free to Marry, Canada's Gays Say, 'Do I?' (By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, Aug. 31, 2003)
Potholes and Promises Line an Afghan Highway (By CARLOTTA GALL, Aug. 31, 2003)
German Stocks Are Rising, but Jobs, So Far, Are Not (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Aug. 31, 2003)
NEW YORK BOOKSHELF: A Historic Fire, a Young Boy, a Rich Flock and Sneakers (By David Von Drehle, Aug. 31, 2003)
NEW YORK UP CLOSE: A Cemetery for the Living (By ALISON STATEMAN, Aug. 31, 2003)
NEIGHBORHOOD MYSTERY: La Guardia Was Born Somewhere, but Where? (By TOM DEIGNAN, Aug. 31, 2003)
THEATER DISTRICT: Where the Sinners of Broadway Spent a Little Time With the Saints
(By ERIN CHAN, Aug. 31, 2003)
COPING: Keep Beer Flowing and Dreams Alive [Brian Flanagan] (By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS, Aug. 31, 2003)
* F.Y.I.: Vertical Fire Hydrant (MARGALIT FOX and GEORGE ROBINSON, Aug. 31, 2003)
* MANHATTAN: Never-Never Land (By KELLY CROW, Aug. 31, 2003)
* CITY LORE: Brother, Can You Spare a Day? (By EDWARD T. O'DONNELL, Aug. 31, 2003)
YANKEES 10, RED SOX 7: Posada Helps Yanks Bat Back Another Charge by the Red Sox
(By TYLER KEPNER, Aug. 31, 2003)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: The Gambles and Gaffes Behind Two Tragic Space Shuttle Disasters
(By PHILIP M. BOFFEY, Aug. 31, 2003)
OP-ED: Policy Lobotomy Needed (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Aug. 31, 2003)
Who's Losing Iraq? (By MAUREEN DOWD, Aug. 31, 2003)
Bombing Democracy in Iraq (By REUEL MARC GERECHT, Aug. 31, 2003)
This Boy's Freedom (By EDGARDO VEGA YUNQUÉ, Aug. 31, 2003)
LETTERS: Hard Times for State Colleges (6 Letters) (By RENATE BRIDENTHAL, et. al., Aug. 31, 2003)
BUSINESS: Wall St. Reform Falls Short, Survey Says (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Aug. 31, 2003)
MARKET WATCH: A Problem? Take It Straight to the Chief (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Aug. 31, 2003)
* In Trying Times, Many Ways to Ask, Will You Hire Me? (By CHRISTOPHER S. STEWART, Aug. 31, 2003)
ECONOMIC VIEW: A Way to Break the Cycle of Servitude (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Aug. 31, 2003)
PRIVATE SECTOR: Easy Does It for a Giant of Gyms (By EVE TAHMINCIOGLU, Aug. 31, 2003)
* The Guru of Product Potential [Anthony Robbins] (By BETSY STREISAND, Aug. 31, 2003)
THE BUSINESS WORLD: A German Town Tells Volkswagen: We Are Family (By MARK LANDLER, Aug. 31, 2003)
MARKET INSIGHT: Don't Expect Oil Prices to Bolster Oil Stocks (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Aug. 31, 2003)
* STRATEGIES: 4 Ways to Build an Index (None of Them Ideal) (By MARK HULBERT, Aug. 31, 2003)
Going Gold? Maybe, if Enough Cellphones Ring (By ALEC FOEGE, Aug. 31, 2003)
INVESTING WITH MICHAEL CORBETT PERRITT: MicroCap Opportunities Fund (By CAROLE GOULD, Aug. 31, 2003)
LIFE'S WORK: Mother's Tale Is Cautionary, or Inspiring (By LISA BELKIN, Aug. 31, 2003)
* MY JOB: Fasten Seat Belt. Start Engine. Deflate Ego. (By JOHN CARR, Aug. 31, 2003)
* EXECUTIVE LIFE: It's Back to School, to Become a Teacher (By MELINDA LIGOS, Aug. 31, 2003)
In These 401(k)'s, Workers Do Less to Save More (By ELIZABETH HARRIS, Aug. 31, 2003)
ARTS: THE NEW GROUND ZERO: Finding Comfort in the Safety of Names (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Aug. 31, 2003)
ARTS: THE NEW GROUND ZERO: The Invisible Architect (By JULIE V. IOVINE, Aug. 31, 2003)
ARTS: THE NEW GROUND ZERO: There's Nothing So Closed as an Open Competition
(By EDWARD WYATT, Aug. 31, 2003)
MUSIC: Ye Olde Handel Dusted Off by an Iconoclast (By JOHN ROCKWELL, Aug. 31, 2003)
MUSIC RECORDINGS: In His Work, a Modesty Lacking in His Manner (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Aug. 31, 2003)
TV RERUNS: Edie Falco in 'Fargo,' and Other Gems You Never Saw (By EMILY NUSSBAUM, Aug. 31, 2003)
GARDEN: CUTTINGS: Trojan Horses Decked Out in Leafy Green (By SUZY BALES, Aug. 31, 2003)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 31, 2003)
I Don't Want to Grow Up! (By CHRISTOPHER NOXON, Aug. 31, 2003)
RUNWAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE: Searching for a Defining Look in the Land of Ben & Jerry's
(By VALERIE FRANKEL, Aug. 31, 2003)
THE AGE OF DISSONANCE: Summer of Sun? We Wuz Robbed (By BOB MORRIS, Aug. 31, 2003)
POSSESSED: From One Man to Another, a Tradition for the Millennia (By ELAINE LOUIE, Aug. 31, 2003)
Pretty Tees All in a Row [Slide Show] (Photos By Aimée Herring, Aug. 31, 2003)
* VOWS: Anna Rabinowicz and Aden Fine (By LOIS SMITH BRADY, Aug. 31, 2003)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 31, 2003)
MID-COURSE CORRECTIONS: In Besieged Iraq, Reality Pokes Ideology in the Eye (By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, Aug. 31, 2003)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 31, 2003)
ON LANGUAGE: Analyze This (By CHARLTON REYNDERS Jr., Aug. 31, 2003)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Blood Sport (By HUGO LINDGREN, Aug. 31, 2003)
QUESTIONS FOR MARIO CUOMO: Recall Ballad (Interview by MATT BAI, Aug. 31, 2003)
ESSAY: Going to Great Lengths (By VIRGINIA POSTREL, Aug. 31, 2003)
THE ETHICIST: Heart-Attack Heart to Heart (By RANDY COHEN, Aug. 31, 2003)
STYLE: Vegas, Baby (Photograph by Lauren Greenfield; styled by Elizabeth Stewart, Aug. 31, 2003)
FOOD: Breaking the Heat (By JONATHAN REYNOLDS, Aug. 31, 2003)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 31, 2003)
* 'Monster of God': The Big Eaters [David Quammen] (By NORMAN RUSH, Aug. 31, 2003)
Patricia Highsmith's Well of Loneliness [Andrew Wilson & Marijane Meaker]
(By ELISE HARRIS, Aug. 31, 2003)
Propaganda Machinists Versus Carping Harpies [Dick Morris & Joe Conason]
(By MICHAEL JANEWAY, Aug. 31, 2003)
'Farewell, My Queen': Late Lunch With Late King [Chantal Thomas]
[Agathe-Sidonie Laborde] (By ALAN RIDING, Aug. 31, 2003)
'Poker Face': Four of a Kind [Katy Lederer, "A Girlhood Among Gamblers']
(By SUZY HANSEN, Aug. 31, 2003)
* ON WRITERS AND WRITING: Decline and Fall and Rise Again [Evelyn Waugh]
(By JIM HOLT, Aug. 31, 2003)

Saturday, August 30, 2003:
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 [8/30/1898] (By PETER B. FLINT, October 21, 1992)

Jack Eisner, 77, Holocaust Chronicler, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Aug. 30, 2003)
Mary Eccles, a Collector of Johnson-Boswell Material, Dies at 91 (By PAUL LEWIS, Aug. 30, 2003)
Tom Feelings, an Illustrator Who Portrayed Black History, Dies at 70 (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 30, 2003)
Willa Player, 94, Pioneer Black Educator, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 30, 2003)
William Scherle, Congressman, Dies at 80 (NY TIMES, Aug. 30, 2003)
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Friday, August 29, 2003:
On This Day: August 29 (Jean-Bapiste Colbert 8/29/1619-9/6/1683, John Locke 8/29/1632-10/28/1704, Jean-Auguste Ingres 8/29/1780-1/14/1867, Oliver Wendell Holmes 8/29/1809-10/7/1894, Albert Bartolome 8/29/1848-10/31/1928, Maurice Maeterlinck 8/29/1862-5/6/1946, Charles Kettering 8/29/1876-11/25/1958, Preton Sturges 8/29/1898-8/6/1959, Lyman Lemnitzer 8/29/1899-11/121988, Ingrid Bergman 8/29/1915-8/29/1982, Charles Parker 8/29/1920-3/12/1955, Dinah Washington 8/29/1924-12/14/1963, Sir Richard Attenborough 1923, John McCain 1936, Elliott Gould 1938, William Friedkin 1939, Robin Leach 1941, Mark Morris 1966, Michael Jackson 1968)
19th Amendment to U.S. Constitution: Colby Proclaims Woman Suffrage/A> (ASSOCIATED PRESS, August 26, 1920)
* Albert Sabin, Polio Researcher, 86, Dies [8/26/1906-3/3/1993] (By HAROLD M. SCHMECK Jr., March 4, 1993)

* John Shearman, 72, Art Scholar Who Consulted on Vatican Frescoes, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Aug. 29, 2003)
Pierre Poujade, Who Rallied France's Rightists, Dies at 82 (By ALAN RIDING, Aug. 29, 2003)
George Leisure Jr., 78, Law Firm Partner, Dies (NY TIMES, Aug. 29, 2003)
Jean-Selim Kanaan, 33, U.N. Aide in Iraq, Dies (NY TIMES, Aug. 29, 2003)
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DISPATCHES: Mind the Gap (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Aug. 29, 2003)
ART: SHELBURNE MUSEUM: Folk Art Paradise Springs Back to Life (By GRACE GLUECK, Aug. 29, 2003)
* ART: 'THE PERFECT GAME': You've Been to the Game, Now Take a Look at the Artwork
(By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Aug. 29, 2003)
DANCE: 'DANCING FOR LIFE!': Affirming Life and the Unexpected (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Aug. 29, 2003)
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Thursday, August 28, 2003:
On This Day: August 28 (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 8/28/1749-3/22/1832, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 8/28/1774-1/4/1821, Leo Tolstoy 8/28/1828-11/7/1910, Charles Stewart Rolls 8/28/1877-7/12/1910, Peter Fraser 8/28/1884-12/12/1950, Charles Boyer 8/28/1897-8/26/1978, James Wong Howe 8/28/1899-7/12/1976, Bruno Bettelheim 8/28/1903-3/13/1990, Roger Tory Peterson 8/28/1908-7/28/1996, Robertson Davies 8/28/1913-12/2/1995, Richard Tucker 8/28/1913-1/8/1975, Donald O'Connor 1925, Ben Gazzara 1930, William Cohen 1940, Lou Piniella 1943, David Soul 1943, Alice Playten 1947, Wayne Osmond 1951, Scott Hamilton 1958, Emma Samms 1960, Shania Twain 1965)
19th Amendment to U.S. Constitution: Colby Proclaims Woman Suffrage/A> (ASSOCIATED PRESS, August 26, 1920)
* Albert Sabin, Polio Researcher, 86, Dies [8/26/1906-3/3/1993] (By HAROLD M. SCHMECK Jr., March 4, 1993)

Marion Hargrove, the G.I. With Wry Tales of Army Life, Dies at 83 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Aug. 28, 2003)
* Jinx Falkenburg, Model, Actress, Pioneer of Radio and TV Talk Shows, Dies at 84 (By RICHARD SEVERO, Aug. 28, 2003)
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Wednesday, August 27, 2003:
On This Day: August 27 (Sophia Smith 8/27/1796-6/12/1870, Hannibal Hamlin 8/27/1809-7/4/1891, Charles Dawes 8/27/1865-4/23/1951, Theodore Dreiser 8/27/1871-12/28/1945, Carl Bosch 8/27/1874-4/26/1940, Man Ray 8/27/1890-11/18/1976, C.S. Forester 8/27/1899-4/2/1966, Lyndon B. Johnson 8/27/1908-1/22/1973, Frank Leahy 8/27/1908-6/21/1973, Mother Teresa 8/27/1910-9/5/1997, J.D. Crowe 1937, Tommy Sands 1937, Tuesday Weld 1943, Barbara Bach 1947, Yolanda Adams 1962)
19th Amendment to U.S. Constitution: Colby Proclaims Woman Suffrage/A> (ASSOCIATED PRESS, August 26, 1920)
* Albert Sabin, Polio Researcher, 86, Dies [8/26/1906-3/3/1993] (By HAROLD M. SCHMECK Jr., March 4, 1993)

Wilfred Thesiger, Who Explored Arabia, Dies at 93 (By PAUL LEWIS, Aug. 27, 2003)
John Burgess, 94, Episcopalian Who Broke Color Bar as Bishop, Dies (By ERIC PACE, Aug. 27, 2003)
Nina Fonaroff, Dancer in Graham Troupe, Dies at 89 (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Aug. 27, 2003)
Frederick Deming, Banker and Treasury Dept. Official, Dies at 90 (By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Aug. 27, 2003)
* NY REGION: Steinways With German Accents (By JAMES BARRON, Aug. 27, 2003)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 27, 2003)
* The Gold Rush: As Other Pears Sleep, Bartletts Head to Market (By DAVID KARP, Aug. 27, 2003) THE CHEF: A Maine Seacoast Road to Labor Day Pleasure (By MATT LEE and TED LEE, Aug. 27, 2003)
THE MINIMALIST: Beyond Ribs and Fish Lies Pizza's Day on the Grill (By MARK BITTMAN, Aug. 27, 2003)
At Ease in Vietnam, Asia's New Culinary Star (By R. W. APPLE Jr., Aug. 27, 2003)
Tangled Up in Blue as Wild Berries Outgrow Demand (By NORMAN VANAMEE, Aug. 27, 2003)
FOOD STUFF: Where There's Smoke, There's Desire (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Aug. 27, 2003)

Tuesday, August 26, 2003:
On This Day: August 26 (Robert Walpole 8/26/1676-3/18/1745, Johann Heinrich Lambert 8/26/1728-9/25/1777, Joseph-Michel Mongolfier 8/26/1740-6/26/1810, Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier 8/26/1743-5/8/1794, Prince Albert 8/26/1819-12/14/1861, Lee De Forest 8/26/1873-6/30/1961, Jules Romains 8/26/1885-8/14/1972, Jerome Hunsaker 8/26/1886-9/10/1984, Peggy Guggenheim 8/26/1898-12/23/1979, Maxwell Taylor 8/26/1901-4/19/1987, Christopher Isherwood 8/26/1904-1/4/1986, Benjamin C. Bradlee 1921, Ben J. Wattenberg 1933, Geraldine Ferraro 1935, Vic Dana 1942, Bob Cowsill 1949, Michael Jeter 1952, Brett Cullen 1956, Branford Marsalis 1960, Chris Burke 1965, Macaulay Culkin 1980)
19th Amendment to U.S. Constitution: Colby Proclaims Woman Suffrage/A> (ASSOCIATED PRESS, August 26, 1920)
* Albert Sabin, Polio Researcher, 86, Dies [8/26/1906-3/3/1993] (By HAROLD M. SCHMECK Jr., March 4, 1993)

John Rhodes, 86, Lawmaker Key to Nixon's Quitting, Dies (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Aug. 26, 2003)
Robert Jackson, Trompe l'Oeil Artist, Dies at 72 (NY TIMES, Aug. 26, 2003)
Richard Hooper, 40, of the U.N., Expert in Politics of the Mideast, Dies (By PAUL LEWIS, Aug. 26, 2003)
Generosa Pelosi, 46, Widow of Financier, Dies (NY TIMES, Aug. 26, 2003)
R. N. C. Nix Jr., 75, Groundbreaking Judge, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 26, 2003)
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* WORLD'S SWEATSHOP: MIGRANT DESPAIR: Chinese Economy's Underside: Abuse of Migrants
(By JOSEPH KAHN, Aug. 26, 2003)

Monday, August 25, 2003:
On This Day: August 25 (Ivan IV 8/25/1530-3/18/1584, Allan Pinkerton 8/25/1819-7/1/1884, Louis II "Mad King Ludwig" 8/25/1845-6/13/1886, Bill Nye 8/25/1850-2/22/1896, Arthur Hinsley 8/25/1865-3/17/1943, Sean O'Kelly 8/25/1882-11/23/1966, Sir Hans Adolf Krebs 8/25/1900-11/22/1981, Walt Kelly 8/25/1913-10/18/1973, George Wallace 8/25/1919-9/13/1998, Eugene V. Rostow 1913, Van Johnson 1916, Mel Ferrer 1917, Monty Hall 1923, Sean Connery 1930, Page Johnson 1930, Regis Philbin 1931, Hugh Hudson 1936, John Badham 1939, Marshall Brickman 1941, Anthony Heald 1944, Anne Archer 1947, John Savage 1949, Tim Burton 1958)
Allied Forces Help French to Rid Capital of Nazis (ASSOCIATED PRESS, August 25, 1944)
* Leonard Bernstein, 72, Music's Monarch, Dies [8/25/1918-10/14/1990] (By DONAL HENAHAN, October 15, 1990)
* Abraham Lincoln: The Coming Man's Presidential Career, à la Blondin (Harper's Weekly, Aug. 25, 1860)

Connie Reeves, a Cowgirl Until the End, Dies at 101 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Aug. 25, 2003)
G.W. Marquardt, War Pilot, Dies at 84 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Aug. 25, 2003)
* Haroldo de Campos, 73, Form-Bending Poet, Dies (By SIMON ROMERO, Aug. 25, 2003)
Walter J. Ong, 90, Jesuit, Teacher and Scholar of Language, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Aug. 25, 2003)
Thomas Savage, 88, Novelist Drawn to the American West, Is Dead (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Aug. 25, 2003)
David Jiranek, 45, Producer With a Sideline, Dies (By DON R. HECKER, Aug. 25, 2003)
Roy Neal, TV Correspondent, Dies at 82 (NY TIMES, Aug. 25, 2003)
NATIONAL: Old ID Card Gives New Status to Mexicans in U.S. (By RACHEL L. SWARNS, Aug. 25, 2003)
* Technology and Brain Power Used to Tame an Aging Grid (By KENNETH CHANG, Aug. 25, 2003)
News of Ex-Priest's Death Evokes Range of Emotions (By KATIE ZEZIMA, Aug. 25, 2003)
Computer Program That Analyzed Shuttle Was Misused, Engineer Says (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Aug. 25, 2003)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: Facelift for What's on the Other Side of the Camera (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Aug. 25, 2003)
A Garden Flourishes Amid Chicago's Projects (By MONICA DAVEY, Aug. 25, 2003)
In Investigation of Blackout, New Details on Timeline (By ANDREW C. REVKIN & JAMES GLANZ, Aug. 25, 2003)
WORLD: U.S. to Send Iraqis to Site in Hungary for Police Course (By DEXTER FILKINS, Aug. 25, 2003)
4 Hamas Militants Killed in Israeli Attack (By JAMES BENNET, Aug. 25, 2003)
U.S. Said to Plan Bigger Afghan Role, Stepping Up Aid (By DAVID ROHDE, Aug. 25, 2003)
Bloodshed in Iraq: A Hospital Sees It All (By ROBERT F. WORTH, Aug. 25, 2003)
PHNOM PENH JOURNAL: Children Scavenge a Life, of Sorts, at Asian Dump (By DAVID BARBOZA, Aug. 25, 2003)
At 14, a Liberian War Veteran Dreams of Finding a Way Home (By TIM WEINER, Aug. 25, 2003)
NY REGION: Memorial Space at Ground Zero Will Hold Unidentified Remains (By MICHAEL SLACKMAN, Aug. 25, 2003)
In the Blackout, Planners Found a Surprise Drill for Evacuation (By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, Aug. 25, 2003)
Thieves Take Figure of Jesus, but Not the Cross (By ANDREA ELLIOTT, Aug. 25, 2003)
The Sand. The Surf. The Projects? (By COREY KILGANNON, Aug. 25, 2003)
Straitjackets, Machetes and, Oh Yes, Some Books (By COLIN MOYNIHAN, Aug. 25, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Pupils Wait for the Bell; Mayor Waits for His Test (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Aug. 25, 2003)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Aug. 25, 2003)
SPORTS: Big Inning Helps Tokyo Win Little League World Series (By BRANDON LILLY, Aug. 25, 2003)
YANKEES 7, ORIOLES 0: For Contreras, a Victory; for the Yanks, Vindication (By TYLER KEPNER, Aug. 25, 2003)
SPORTS: When It Came to His Son, Bobby Bonds Was a Prescient Papa (By IRA BERKOW, Aug. 25, 2003)
SPORTS: Image? Education Is Now Everything [Agassi College Preparatory Academy]
(By SELENA ROBERTS, Aug. 25, 2003)
TENNIS: A Legendary Career Comes Full Circle [Sampas] (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Aug. 25, 2003)
TENNIS: Among Countrymen, a Thai Player Is King [Paradorn Srichaphan] (By SARAH ROTHSCHILD, Aug. 25, 2003)
EDITORIALS: An Unpatriotic Act (NY TIMES, Aug. 25, 2003)
OP-ED: Ready or Not (NY TIMES, Aug. 25, 2003)
A Weapons Cache We'll Never See (By SCOTT RITTER, Aug. 25, 2003)
How the Blackout Came to Life (By STEVEN STROGATZ, Aug. 25, 2003)
The Seeds of a Summer Revolt (By DAVID MARGOLICK, Aug. 25, 2003)
LETTERS: A Monument to Religion, or Law? (6 Letters) (By DANIEL A. SIMON, et. al., Aug. 25, 2003)
LETTERS: Stranded in the Dark (By JOSEPH M. HAYMAN, Aug. 25, 2003)
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MARKET PLACE: Earnings Below 1997, Disney's Stock Has Skeptics (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Aug. 25, 2003)
ADVERTISING: Marketers Turn Monks Into Product Pitchmen (By NAT IVES, Aug. 25, 2003)
* In Marketing, All Things Arnold (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Aug. 25, 2003)
Fox Plays Terminator, Ending Schwarzenegger Movie Puns (By JIM RUTENBERG, Aug. 25, 2003)
Good Sitcom Is Rare, and Actors Know It (By BILL CARTER, Aug. 25, 2003)
* TECHNOLOGY: Wi-Fi Moves From Storeroom to Store (By ROY FURCHGOTT, Aug. 25, 2003)
* I.B.M. Looks to Genetics to Map a New Business (By AMY HARMON, Aug. 25, 2003)
* SoBig.F Virus Slows, Amid Fear of Return (By REUTERS, Aug. 25, 2003)
* NEW ECONOMY: The Aftermath of Cyberattacks (By DAVID STROM, Aug. 25, 2003)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: Brand Building on the Internet (By BOB TEDESCHI, Aug. 25, 2003)
* Finding Comfort in Strangers With an Online Diet Journal (By AMY HARMON, Aug. 25, 2003)
Internet Sales Rise as Share of All Sales (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Aug. 25, 2003)
French Computer Maker Hoping to Repay State Aid (By VICTORIA SHANNON, Aug. 25, 2003)
PATENTS: Patent for No-Fuss Video Camera (By SABRA CHARTRAND, Aug. 25, 2003)
* ARTS: For Sale: How King Shaped the Dream (By EMILY EAKIN, Aug. 25, 2003)
ARTS Briefing [Portland Vase: 30 BC or 16th century?] (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Aug. 25, 2003)
BOOKS: 'BEARING RIGHT': Assessing Mixed Victories Over Abortion Rights (By DAVID J. GARROW, Aug. 25, 2003)
BOOKS: New Book Explores a Radical Mind (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Aug. 25, 2003)
FILM CRITIC: Revisiting Faber College (Toga, Toga, Toga!) (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Aug. 25, 2003)
MUSIC: LOCRIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS: Recent Looks at Tonality and Thorns (By ALLAN KOZINN, Aug. 25, 2003)
POP: CHARLIE PARKER JAZZ FESTIVAL: Celebrating Charlie Parker in an Easy, Neighborly Way
(By BEN RATLIFF, Aug. 25, 2003)
POP: BJORK: No Peanuts or Cracker Jack, But a New Way of Singing (By KELEFA SANNEH, Aug. 25, 2003)
THEATER CRITIC: A Spiritual Search and a Noir Comedy (By BRUCE WEBER, Aug. 25, 2003)
* SCIENCE: Study Spurs Hope of Finding Way to Increase Human Life (By NICHOLAS WADE, Aug. 25, 2003)
HEALTH: 3 Schizophrenia Drugs May Raise Diabetes Risk, Study Says (By ERICA GOODE, Aug. 25, 2003)

Sunday, August 24, 2003:
On This Day: August 24 (George Stubbs 8/24/1724-9/10/1806, William Wilberforce 8/24/1759-7/29/1833, Sir Daniel Gooch 8/24/1816-10/15/1889, Charles Follen McKim 8/24/1847-9/14/1909, Sir Max Beerbohm 8/24/1872-5/20/1956, William Gibbs 8/24/1886-9/6/1967, Malcolm Cowley 8/24/1898-3/27/1989, Graham Stherland 8/24/1903-2/17/1980, Rene Levesque 8/24/1922-11/1/1987, Kenny Baker 1934, Mason Williams 1938, Gerry Cooney 1956, Cal Ripken Jr. 8/24/1960)
Hurricane Andrew Rips Through Florida and Heads Into Gulf (By JAMES BARRON, August 24, 1992)
* Jorge Luis Borges, A Master of Fantasy and Fable, is Dead [8/24/1899-6/14/1986] (By EDWARD A. GARGAN, June 15, 1986)

* Bobby Bonds, 57, Star and Father of Barry, Dies (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Aug. 24, 2003)
Sylvestre Randafison, 75, Virtuoso From Madagascar, Is Dead (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Aug. 24, 2003)
NATIONAL: The New Couples Next Door (By KATE ZERNIKE, Aug. 24, 2003)
Old Dream and New Issues 40 Years After Rights March
(By LYNETTE CLEMETSON and STEVEN A. HOLMES, Aug. 24, 2003)
Abusive Ex-Priest Is Killed in Prison (By DANIEL J. WAKIN and KATIE ZEZIMA, Aug. 24, 2003)
State College Cuts Make Graduating a Struggle (By GREG WINTER, Aug. 24, 2003)
* Schwarzenegger the Investor Relies on Expert Advice (By LAURA M. HOLSON with GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Aug. 24, 2003)
Gasoline Crisis Changes Car Culture of Phoenix (By NICK MADIGAN, Aug. 24, 2003)
Ten Commandments Supporters Rally On (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Aug. 24, 2003)
Passports and Visas to Add High-Tech Identity Features (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Aug. 24, 2003)
* Former Top Russian Spy Pledges New Allegiance [Oleg Kalugin] (By DAVID STOUT, Aug. 24, 2003)
WORLD: Rumsfeld Seeking to Bolster Force Without New G.I.'s (By THOM SHANKER, Aug. 24, 2003)
Canada Links Arrest of 19 to Possible Terrorism Ties (By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, Aug. 24, 2003)
Rwanda to Vote for Leader for First Time Since 1994 (By MARC LACEY, Aug. 24, 2003)
North Korea Unleashes a New Weapon: Cheerleaders (By JAMES BROOKE, Aug. 24, 2003)
With Cease-Fire Crumbling, Israel Refuses to Suspend Raids (By JAMES BENNET, Aug. 24, 2003)
Chaos and Calm Are 2 Realities for U.S. in Iraq (By DEXTER FILKINS, Aug. 24, 2003)
After Decades, Russia Narrows Grounds for Abortions (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Aug. 24, 2003)
Inquiry Shows How Blair's Inner Circle Made Case for Iraq War (By WARREN HOGE, Aug. 24, 2003)
A Chinese Robin Hood Runs Afoul of Beijing (By JOSEPH KAHN, Aug. 24, 2003)
As Serbia Slows Its Reforms, Europe Drifts Farther Away (By IAN FISHER, Aug. 24, 2003)
NY REGION: Quieter Lives for 60's Militants, but Intensity of Beliefs Hasn't Faded
(By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Aug. 24, 2003)
HUMAN NATURE: A History Told by Real Muckrakers (By KIRK JOHNSON, Aug. 24, 2003)
Back Home From Camp, With Memories to Spare (By TANIA RALLI, Aug. 24, 2003)
* On the Roof, Another New York, Above It All (By MICHAEL BRICK, Aug. 24, 2003)
FOLLOWING UP: Bending the MetroCard, Breaking the Law (By JOSEPH P. FRIED, Aug. 24, 2003)
* CITY LORE: No Egg, No Cream, No Ethics (By ANDREW COE, Aug. 24, 2003)
* F.Y.I.: Nero Wolfe? Try 454 (MARGALIT FOX and GEORGE ROBINSON, Aug. 24, 2003)
* NEW YORK UP CLOSE: A Man and His Menus, All 6,000 of Them (By MARCUS BARAM, Aug. 24, 2003)
COPING: Yorkville Keeps on Growing Taller (Sigh) (By WILLIAM McDONALD, Aug. 24, 2003)
ORIOLES 7, YANKEES 2: Orioles' Journeyman Outpitches Mussina (By BILL FINLEY, Aug. 24, 2003)
AROUND THE MAJORS: Braves Take a Different Approach but Arrive at the Same Place
(By JACK CURRY, Aug. 24, 2003)
LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES: Boynton Beach and Tokyo Roll Into Final (NY TIMES, Aug. 24, 2003)
EDITORIAL: A Six-Month Revival Plan for Iraq (NY TIMES, Aug. 24, 2003)
* EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Why Once-Violent Neighborhoods Stayed Calm During the Blackout
(By BRENT STAPLES, Aug. 24, 2003)
OP-ED: Fighting 'The Big One' (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Aug. 24, 2003)
OP-ED: Gotta Lotta Stigmata (By MAUREEN DOWD, Aug. 24, 2003)
OP-ED: Pity the Winner (By LOU CANNON, Aug. 24, 2003)
LETTERS: Placing Blame for the Blackout (4 Letters) (By AILAN C. CHUBB, et. al., Aug. 24, 2003)
* LETTERS: In a World of Words (MARGARET MCGIRR, Aug. 24, 2003)
LETTERS: Teaching's Rewards [Martha Grimes's condescension] (WILLIAM C. CLAYTON, Aug. 24, 2003)
BUSINESS: New Kind of Electricity Market Strains Old Wires Beyond Limits
(By NEELA BANERJEE and DAVID FIRESTONE, Aug. 24, 2003)
Can Urban Fashion Be Def in Des Moines? (By TRACIE ROZHON, Aug. 24, 2003)
* Former Dot-Commers Are Adjusting, Painfully (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Aug. 24, 2003)
The Wine Wars [Robert H. Bork & Kenneth W. Starr] (By ERYN BROWN, Aug. 24, 2003)
Out of the Shadows, Hedge Funds Take a Bow (By LYNNLEY BROWNING, Aug. 24, 2003)
To Balance a Business, He Rides a Snowboard (By CATHY HORYN, Aug. 24, 2003)
Wanted: Roommate, as Economic Necessity (By MELINDA LIGOS, Aug. 24, 2003)
MIDSTREAM: When Debit Cards Get Training Wheels (By JAMES SCHEMBARI, Aug. 24, 2003)
ON THE JOB: How The Office Becomes a Classroom (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Aug. 24, 2003)
INVESTING WITH JOHN C. HATHAWAY: Tocqueville Gold Fund (By CAROLE GOULD, Aug. 24, 2003)
PORTFOLIOS: A Rebound for the Dollar, but Maybe Not for Long (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Aug. 24, 2003)
BOOK VALUE: The Case for a Benevolent Chief Executive (By WILLIAM J. HOLSTEIN, Aug. 24, 2003)
A Little Magic, a Lot of Music, and an Online Coup (By EVE TAHMINCIOGLU, Aug. 24, 2003)
* From Wall Street to Mean Street [multimillionaire to janitor] (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Aug. 24, 2003)
MARKET WATCH: FirstEnergy Shareholders Suffer a Power Failure (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Aug. 24, 2003)
MARKET INSIGHT: A Chance for Utilities to Clean Up Their Act (By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Aug. 24, 2003)
PRIVATE SECTOR: The Right Time for a New Game (By TANYA MOHN, Aug. 24, 2003)
ECONOMIC VIEW: For Budget Shortfalls, Choose Grim or Grimmer (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Aug. 24, 2003)
ART: For $150,000, a Neo-Classical You (By JOHN LELAND, Aug. 24, 2003)
ARTS: The Giant Cartoon Landing at Rockefeller Center (By MARION MANEKER, Aug. 24, 2003)
ARTS: Life as a Tightrope: Weave, Walk and Fall (By GINGER DANTO, Aug. 24, 2003)
DANCE: The Pair Who Turned Up the Heat in the Kitchen (By ERIC BOGOSIAN, Aug. 24, 2003)
FILM: DVD'S: Brakhage's Adventures in Cinematic Perception (By NATHAN LEE, Aug. 24, 2003)
MUSIC: Sadly, Mary J. Blige Is Happy at Last (By JESSICA WILLIS, Aug. 24, 2003)
MUSIC: Looking for Just the Right Bit of Nastiness (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Aug. 24, 2003)
MUSIC: Warren Zevon Finally Finds Tenderness on the Block (By ANTHONY DeCURTIS, Aug. 24, 2003)
MUSIC: The Edifice Complete: Palace and Hut (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Aug. 24, 2003)
MUSIC PLAYLIST: From Mexico (via Brazil), the Next Nelly Furtado (By JON PARELES, Aug. 24, 2003)
THEATER: Why One Matt and Ben Aren't Enough (By CARYN JAMES, Aug. 24, 2003)
THEATER: In Defense of Willful Directors (By JOHN ROCKWELL, Aug. 24, 2003)
THEATER: EXCERPT: Kenneth Tynan: A Life (NY TIMES, Aug. 24, 2003)
TV: Hyperreality TV: Political Fact Meets HBO Fiction (By JILL ABRAMSON, Aug. 24, 2003)
TV RERUNS: That 70's Show: The Bouncy Everykids of 'Zoom' (By EMILY NUSSBAUM, Aug. 24, 2003)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 24, 2003)
STYLE: Rest the Tummy, Restore the Soul (NY TIMES, Aug. 24, 2003)
* Call Me Ishmael, for $3,250 [literary getaways] (By WARREN ST. JOHN, Aug. 24, 2003)
* 'Thirteen' as Therapy With an Upright Couch (By LINDA LEE, Aug. 24, 2003)
GOOD COMPANY: Horsepower Keeps Soggy Society Jumping for Days (By LINDA LEE, Aug. 24, 2003)
ON THE STREET: Pockets Full of Style (By BILL CUNNINGHAM, Aug. 24, 2003)
A NIGHT OUT WITH: A Cuddly Whirlwind: Dakota Fanning (By MARSHALL HEYMAN, Aug. 24, 2003)
VOWS: Melissa Dubroff and Lee Wasserman (By STEPHEN HENDERSON, Aug. 24, 2003)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 24, 2003)
TRAVEL: Man Against the Great One in Alaska (By JOE GLICKMAN, Aug. 24, 2003)
Live, It's 'Northern Exposure' [eagles in Haines, Alaska] (By CHERYLL AIMEE BARRON, Aug. 24, 2003)
* River Gods and Grottoes: 4 Italian Renaissance Gardens (By DAVID LASKIN, Aug. 24, 2003)
* Renaissance Gardens Near Rome [Slide Show] (NY TIMES, Aug. 24, 2003)
ESSAY: A Woman Alone, Except for the Men (By, Aug. 24, 2003)
* Recalling the Days of Knights and Elks [NYC Masonic archictecture] (By CHRISTOPHER GRAY, Aug. 1, 2003)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 24, 2003)
* CAN IT BE?: The End of Evolution? (By NICHOLAS WADE, Aug. 24, 2003)
A NATION TRANSFORMED: Inspired by the Speech, They, Too, Had a Dream (By LYNETTE CLEMETSON, Aug. 24, 2003)
Forget Deregulation. It's the Wires, Stupid (By ALEX BERENSON, Aug. 24, 2003)
Arnold the Hummer Lover Revs Up a Green State (By DANNY HAKIM, Aug. 24, 2003)
* In France, Nothing Gets in the Way of Vacation (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Aug. 24, 2003)
* BIG BANG THEORY: The Terror Industry Fields Its Ultimate Weapon (By DON VAN NATTA Jr., Aug. 24, 2003)
CORRESPONDENCE | DEATH AND DIPLOMACY: 'I Should Always Believe Journalists,'
He Said, Adding: 'Please Pray for Me.' (By STEVEN ERLANGER, Aug. 24, 2003)
They Like to Watch, But What About Play? (By ALLEN BARRA, Aug. 24, 2003)
QUICK CHANGE: States Balance Budgets With Blue Smoke and Mirrors (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, Aug. 24, 2003)
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: Sentences Are Too Long or Too Short. Rarely, Just Right.
(By ADAM LIPTAK, Aug. 24, 2003)
HERD ON THE STREET: The Cost of Great Expectations: Disappointment (By CHARLES R. MORRIS, Aug. 24, 2003)
One of These Commandments Is Not Like the Other (By ADAM LIPTAK, Aug. 24, 2003)
* Mars Is Getting Close, and Maybe So Are Those Little Green Men (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Aug. 24, 2003)
Gray Expectations (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Aug. 24, 2003)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 24, 2003)
* ON LANGUAGE: Bible (By JEFFREY McQUAIN, Aug. 24, 2003)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: We're All Connected? (By ROB WALKER, Aug. 24, 2003)
QUESTIONS FOR MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: All for Partners (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Aug. 24, 2003)
* ENCOUNTER WITH GIROLAMO LO VERSO: Dons Don't Have More Fun (By FRANK BRUNI, Aug. 24, 2003)
THE ETHICIST: Cheating Cops (By RANDY COHEN, Aug. 24, 2003)
* COVER ARTICLE: Harvard Radical [Lawrence Summers] (By JAMES TRAUB, Aug. 24, 2003)
* Untying the Knot (By MELANIE THERNSTROM, Aug. 24, 2003)
Who's Afraid of Norway? [Kristin Krohn Devold] (By MATTHEW BRZEZINSKI, Aug. 24, 2003)
Autobiography of a Flack (By JIM DWYER, Aug. 24, 2003)
STYLE: The Player (By HORACIO SILVA, Aug. 24, 2003)
FOOD: Tip of the Iceberg (By JULIA REED, Aug. 24, 2003)
* LIVES: Nothing Left to Say [Stanford admission office] (By NANCY FARGHALLI, Aug. 24, 2003)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 24, 2003)
COVER ARTICLE: 'The Art of Burning Bridges': Redeeming John O'Hara (By CHARLES McGRATH, Aug. 24, 2003)
'Interesting Times': Eric the Red (By CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, Aug. 24, 2003)
'Crackpots': Every Insane Family Is Insane in Its Own Way [Sara Pritchard]
(By CRAIG SELIGMAN, Aug. 24, 2003)
'Lincoln's Constitution': Desperate Times, Desperate Measures (By RICHARD A. POSNER, Aug. 24, 2003)
'The Colonel': The Kingmaker (By FRED GOODMAN, Aug. 24, 2003)
'The Zanzibar Chest': The Art of Catastrophe (By ROB NIXON, Aug. 24, 2003)
'Bush vs. the Beltway': Kicking the C.I.A. While It's Down (By JAMES RISEN, Aug. 24, 2003)
* MICHELANGELO'S FLORENCE PIETÀ [Jack Wasserman] (By HILARIE M. SHEETS, Aug. 24, 2003)
* THE LAST WORD: Our World and Welcome to It [Stephen Spender & T.S. Eliot]
(By LAURA MILLER, Aug. 24, 2003)

Saturday, August 23, 2003:
On This Day: August 23 (Francois Hotman 8/23/1524-2/12/1590, Louis XVI 8/23/1754-1/21/1793, Georges, Baron Cuvier 8/23/1769-5/13/5/13/1832, William E. Henley 8/23/1849-7/11/1903, Arnold Toynbee 8/23/1852-3/9/1883, Edgar Lee Masters 8/23/1869-3/5/1950, Jack Butler Yeats 8/23/1871-3/28/1957, Jonathan Wainwright 8/23/1883-9/2/1953, Constant Lambert 8/23/1905-8/21/1951, Robert Mulligan 1925, Vera Miles 1930, Mark Russell 1932, Pete Wilson 1933, Barbara Eden 1934, Ronny Cox 1938, Richard Sanders 1940, Patricia McBride 1942, Shelley Long 1949, Rick Springfield 1949, Mark Hudson 1951, Queen Noor 1951)
Sacco and Vanzetti Put to Death Early This Morning (NY Times, August 23, 1927)
Gene Kelly, Dancer of Vigor and Grace, Dies [8/23/1912-2/2/1996] (By ALBIN KREBS, Feb. 3, 1996)

Cedric Price, Influential British Architect With Sense of Fun, Dies at 68
(By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Aug. 23, 2003)
H. Silverman, 91, Innovator in Financing, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Aug. 23, 2003)
Thomas Fitzpatrick, Who Treated Skin Diseases, Dies at 83 (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Aug. 23, 2003)
Archie Epps, 66, Unusual Dean and Administrator at Harvard, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Aug. 23, 2003)
* Ken Coleman, 78, Red Sox Broadcaster, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 23, 2003)
Jannie Brandes-Brilleslijper, With Anne Frank in Final Days, Dies at 86 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 23, 2003)
NATIONAL: Experts Retrace a String of Mishaps Before the Blackout (By JAMES GLANZ and ANDREW C. REVKIN, Aug. 23, 2003)
Conservatives of Two Minds on Backing Schwarzenegger (By JOHN M. BRODER, Aug. 23, 2003)
Judge Suspended for Defying Court on Ten Commandments (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Aug. 23, 2003)
Democratic Bandwagon Forcing Shift in Davis Camp (By DEAN E. MURPHY with ADAM NAGOURNEY, Aug. 23, 2003)
* RELIGION JOURNAL: Buddhist Academy Stirs Hope of Revival in Hawaii (By MICHELE KAYAL, Aug. 23, 2003)
WORLD: Six Groups Said to Be Monitored in U.S. for Possible Qaeda Links (By DON VAN NATTA Jr., Aug. 23, 2003)
TERRORISM: Bush Orders Move to Freeze Assets of Hamas Charities
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Aug. 23, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: The Illusions of Progress (By JAMES BENNET, Aug. 23, 2003)
U.N. Chief Says New Force in Iraq Can Be Led by U.S. (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Aug. 23, 2003)
U.S. Expects Informal Direct Talks With North Korea (By PHILIP SHENON, Aug. 23, 2003)
South Korea Foils Airlift of Radios to North (By JAMES BROOKE, Aug. 23, 2003)
THE PALESTINIANS: At Gaza Funeral, Arab Anger Boils Up; Israel Tightens Checkpoints
(By FRANK BRUNI, Aug. 23, 2003)
THE MONEY TRAIL: The 5 Groups Cited by the U.S. for Supporting Hamas (NY TIMES, Aug. 23, 2003)
Last Respects Are Paid to Head of U.N. Mission in Iraq [Sergio Vieira de Mello]
(By ROBERT F. WORTH, Aug. 23, 2003)
India Tries to Contain Tempest Over Soft Drink Safety (By AMY WALDMAN, Aug. 23, 2003)
Liberia's Split Families Heal, Child by Lost Child (By TIM WEINER, Aug. 23, 2003)
Explosion of Brazilian Rocket During a Test Kills at Least 16 (By LARRY ROHTER, Aug. 23, 2003)
* SATURDAY PROFILE: A 'Forest Brother' Remembers a Life on the Run (By MICHAEL WINES, Aug. 23, 2003)
* NY REGION: Step Right Up, Live Human Target (By MAREK FUCHS, Aug. 23, 2003)
First, Terrible News. Then a Call From Iraq Brings Joy. (By DIANE CARDWELL, Aug. 23, 2003)
SPORTS: Both Sides of Chicago Dreaming of Pennant (By IRA BERKOW, Aug. 23, 2003)
ORIOLES 4, YANKEES 3: Wells Slips Up, and Hitchcock Is Shipped Out (By TYLER KEPNER, Aug. 23, 2003)
A Shrine to Baseball as a Martial Art [Japan baseball] (By KEN BELSON, Aug. 23, 2003)
LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES: Little Leaguers Run Gamut of Emotion (By BRANDON LILLY, Aug. 23, 2003)
GYMNASTICS: Queen of the Sport Continues Her Reign [Svetlana Khorkina] (By FRANK LITSKY, Aug. 23, 2003)
TENNIS: Venus Williams Joins Serena on the Sideline (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Aug. 23, 2003)
TRACK AND FIELD: A Runner Changes His Name and Flag for Cash (By JERE LONGMAN, Aug. 23, 2003)
* EDITORIALS: An Onslaught of Computer Viruses (NY TIMES, Aug. 23, 2003)
EDITORIALS: THE RURAL LIFE: Garden of Weeds (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Aug. 23, 2003)
* OP-ED: Tapes From the Help Desk [Email virus] (By JOHN KENNEY, Aug. 23, 2003)
OP-ED: Thank You for Flying Whatever Airline This Is (By ROBERT CRANDALL, Aug. 23, 2003)
OP-ED: A Lesson in Giving (By DOROTHEA HERTZBERG, Aug. 23, 2003)
OP-ED: Recalling the First Recall (By MERLIN E. NELSON, Aug. 23, 2003)
LETTERS: The Doctor's Shrinking Future (3 Letters) (By MARJORIE BARNETT, M.D., et. al., Aug. 23, 2003)
LETTERS: What Are the Goals in the Mideast? (3 Letters) (By BRUCE NEUMAN, et. al., Aug. 23, 2003)
LETTERS: Cellphones in Blackout (By DENNY STRIGL, Aug. 23, 2003)
LETTERS: Iraq Is Too Costly (By PETER GROSS, Aug. 23, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Drop in Light Trading but Show Gains for Week
[Dow -75, Nasdaq -12] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 23, 2003)
* TECHNOLOGY: Fearing PC Havoc, Gumshoes Hunt Down a Virus (By KATIE HAFNER and KIRK SEMPLE, Aug. 23, 2003)
Some Optimism From Intel Stirs Broader Hopes (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Aug. 23, 2003)
Motorola Sees Cellphone Sales Rising (By REUTERS, Aug. 23, 2003)
The Price of Prestige Is Slipping [luxury cars] (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, Aug. 23, 2003)
Fund Betting on Fun Will Be Liquidated (By REUTERS, Aug. 23, 2003)
ARTS: Hidden Sides, Hushed Ideals of a Civil Rights Strategist (By PAUL BERMAN, Aug. 23, 2003)
ARTS: A Communist Life With No Apology [Eric Hobsbawm] (By SARAH LYALL, Aug. 23, 2003)
DANCE: HAN-TANG YUEFU: When Ancient Movements Cast a Timeless Spell (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Aug. 23, 2003)
FILM: 'MY BOSS'S DAUGHTER': House-Sitting for the Boss as a High-Risk Love Ploy
(By ELVIS MITCHELL, Aug. 23, 2003)
FILM: 'MARCI X': In Giddy Rap Land, It's Senator Vs. Smut (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Aug. 23, 2003)
JAZZ: LIZZ WRIGHT: A Style Radiates a Relaxed Precision (By BEN RATLIFF, Aug. 23, 2003)
MUSIC: MARK PADMORE: From Intimate Schubert to Celebration of Drink (By JEREMY EICHLER, Aug. 23, 2003)
MOSTLY MOZART | LEIF OVE ANDSNES: Mozartean Andsnes (Who Suspected?) (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Aug. 23, 2003)
* THINK TANK: Deafness as Metaphor, Not Gimmick (By LEAH HAGER COHEN, Aug. 23, 2003)

Friday, August 22, 2003:
On This Day: August 22 (Denis Papin 8/22/1647-1712, Samuel Pierpont Langley 8/22/1834-2/27/1906, Mary Elizabeth Wood 8/22/1861-5/1/1931, Claude Debussy 8/22/1862-3/25/1918, Willis Whitney 8/22/1868-1/9/1958, Dorothy Parker 8/22/1893-6/7/1967, Elizabeth Bergner 8/22/1900-5/12/1986, Arthur M. Sackler 8/22/1913-5/26/1987, James Kirkwood 8/22/1924-4/21/1989, Leni Riefenstahl 1902, Ray Bradbury 1920, Dr. Dnton Cooley 1920, H. Norman Schwarzkopf 1934, Morton Dean 1935, Carl Yastrzemski 1939, Valerie Harper 1940, Bill Parcells 1941, Kathy Lennon 1942, Steve Kroft 1945, Cindy Williams 1947, Holly Dunn 1957, Vernon Reid 1958)
New England Welcomes President Theodore Roosevelt (NY TIMES, August 22, 1902)
* Deng Xiaoping: A Political Wizard Who Put China on the Capitalist Road
[8/22/1904-2/19/1997] (By PATRICK E. TYLER, February 20, 1997)

John Coplans, 83, an Artist and a Founder of Artforum, Dies (By ROBERTA SMITH, Aug. 22, 2003)
Nadia Younes, U.N. Aide in Baghdad, Dies at 57 (By PAUL LEWIS, Aug. 22, 2003)
Msgr. Philip Murnion, 65, Major Influence in Catholic Church, Dies (By PETER STEINFELS, Aug. 22, 2003)
NATIONAL: Blackout Is Just Latest Woe for a Troubled Ohio Utility (By JAMES DAO with ERIC LIPTON, Aug. 22, 2003)
Draft of Air Rule Is Said to Exempt Many Old Plants (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Aug. 22, 2003)
* Thou Shalt Not, Colleagues Tell Alabama Judge [10 Commandments Statue]
(By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Aug. 22, 2003)
Pair Accused of Being Modern Bonnie and Clyde Is Arrested (By NICK MADIGAN, Aug. 22, 2003)
Chance Has Looked Kindly on California's No. 2 Official (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Aug. 22, 2003)
POLITICAL MEMO: Bush Tries to Put Focus on Domestic Policy, but Events Conspire Against Him
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Aug. 22, 2003)
Scientists Urge Journal Policy on Disclosures (By MELODY PETERSEN, Aug. 22, 2003)
Ashcroft Criticized for Talks on Terror (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Aug. 22, 2003)
WORLD: Inquiry of U.N. Bombing Focuses on Possible Ties to Iraqi Guards (By DEXTER FILKINS, Aug. 22, 2003)
DIPLOMACY: Powell Is Now Pressing Arafat to Combat Hamas (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Aug. 22, 2003)
Interim Liberian Government Head Named (By TIM WEINER, Aug. 22, 2003)
Pro-Beijing Party Wants Hong Kong Security Legislation Delayed (By KEITH BRADSHER, Aug. 22, 2003)
* SYDNEY JOURNAL: Where Wombats Roved, and Aborigines Sketched (By JANE PERLEZ, Aug. 22, 2003)
MILITARY: U.S. Commander Says Terrorism Is No. 1 Threat to Iraqi Reconstruction
(By THOM SHANKER, Aug. 22, 2003)
Lack of Air-Conditioning Cited in France's Death Toll (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Aug. 22, 2003)
Earthquake Hits Southwestern New Zealand [7.1] (By REUTERS, Aug. 22, 2003)
PALESTINIAN VIEW: Mass Opinion in West Bank Leaves Abbas in a Tight Spot (By FRANK BRUNI, Aug. 22, 2003)
NY REGION: On a Pedestal, but Homeless [Abraham de Peyster] (By NADINE BROZAN, Aug. 22, 2003)
Fire Destroys Businesses in Queens and Shuts No. 7 Line (By GRACE FRANK and TINA KELLEY, Aug. 22, 2003)
Blackout Illuminates Tug of War Over a Cable (By PATRICK HEALY, Aug. 22, 2003)
* CHINATOWN JOURNAL: Great Sandwiches, Cheap. But Please Buy Something Else.
(By SUSAN SAULNY, Aug. 22, 2003)
PUBLIC LIVES: Man With a Mission: Saving Beauty, Saving Grace (By ROBIN FINN, Aug. 22, 2003)
SPORTS: Adu Can Take Bruises as Compliment (By GEORGE VECSEY, Aug. 22, 2003)
BASEBALL: A Star, Modesty Included (By TYLER KEPNER, Aug. 22, 2003)
RED SOX 14, ATHLETICS 5: On Day That Boded Ill, Red Sox Close In on A's (By JACK CURRY, Aug. 22, 2003)
TENNIS: Venezuelan Has Knack for Beating U.S. Talent (By RON DICKER, Aug. 22, 2003)
TENNIS: Sampras Will Retire Monday (NY TIMES, Aug. 22, 2003)
GYMNASTICS: U.S. Picked Up the Pieces and a World Title as Well (By FRANK LITSKY, Aug. 22, 2003)
EDITORIALS: The Crumbling Mideast Cease-Fire (NY TIMES, Aug. 22, 2003)
OP-ED: Conan the Deceiver (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Aug. 22, 2003)
OP-ED: My Lesson From Mr. Olympia (By PAT JORDAN, Aug. 22, 2003)
OP-ED: SUMMERSCAPES: The Season De l'Amour [a 16-year old in Paris] (By MONIQUE TRUONG, Aug. 22, 2003)
OP-ED: The Bill of Rights Belongs in North Carolina (By ROBERT MORGAN, Aug. 22, 2003)
LETTERS: A Vision for Peace Grows Dim (6 Letters) (By PAUL SCHOENBAUM, et. al., Aug. 22, 2003)
* LETTERS: Faith in a Modern World (2 Letters) [Hubble telescope] (By GREG MCCARTY, et. al., Aug. 22, 2003)
LETTERS: The Terror of Idi Amin (By NAOMI SOKOL O'SULLIVAN, Aug. 22, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Rise as 3 Reports Show Strengthening Economy
[Dow +26, Nasdaq +17] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 22, 2003)
Young Merrill Trader Left Trail of Deceit (By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Aug. 22, 2003)
Pubs Make Coziest of Investment Targets (By HEATHER TIMMONS, Aug. 22, 2003)
Most Big U.S. Airlines Ease Policy on Nonrefundable Tickets (By EDWARD WONG, Aug. 22, 2003)
* Company Says It Mapped Genes of Virus in One Day [454 Life Sciences] (By ANDREW POLLACK, Aug. 22, 2003)
ART: Washington's Museums Traverse Miles and Eras (By ROBERTA SMITH, Aug. 22, 2003)
ARTS: Green From Chasing Blues in the Night (By MARGARET MITTELBACH and MICHAEL CREWDSON, Aug. 22, 2003)
ART Listings (NY TIMES, Aug. 22, 2003)
* ANTIQUES: To Daddy Dearest, From Audrey [26 Hepburn letters] (NY TIMES, Aug. 22, 2003)
* BOOKS: 'ELEONORA DUSE': The Actress Who Became the Original 'Doozy' (By MEL GUSSOW, Aug. 22, 2003)
FILM: 'THE BATTLE OF SHAKER HEIGHTS': Study Death, Learn to Live (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Aug. 22, 2003)
MUSIC: MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL: Joining Serkin in Quest of the Mystical and Melancholy
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Aug. 22, 2003)
* PHOTOGRAPHY: 'EDWARD WESTON': Its Portrait Is Taken, Then the Subject Is Eaten
["Pepper No. 31" (1930)] (By GRACE GLUECK, Aug. 22, 2003)
PHOTOGRAPHY: 'MILTON ROGOVIN': Portraits of 'Ordinary' Lives Full of Poverty and Richness
(By HOLLAND COTTER, Aug. 22, 2003)
THEATER: 'THE DUCHESS OF MALFI': This Time, Bosola of Malfi Steals the Duchess's Thunder
(By NEIL GENZLINGER, Aug. 22, 2003)
THEATER: Finding the Counterculture Pulse (By JESSE McKINLEY, Aug. 22, 2003)
TV: 'DESILU': Lucy and Desi, the Merger (By MARGO JEFFERSON, Aug. 22, 2003)

Thursday, August 21, 2003:
On This Day: August 21 (Philip II 8/21/1165-7/14/1233, St. Francis De Sales 8/21/1567-12/28/1622, Jean-Baptiste Greuze 8/21/1725-3/21/1805, August Bournonville 8/21/1805-11/30/1879, Frank Andrew Munsey 8/21/1854-12/22/1925, Aubrey Beardsley 8/21/1872-3/16/1898, Roark Bradford 8/21/1896-11/13/1948, Albert Ball 8/21/1896-5/7/1917, Fritz Freleng 8/21/1906-5/26/1995, Princess Margaret 1930, Melvin Van Peebles 1932, Kenny Rogers 1938, Harold Reid 1939, Clarence Williams III 1939, Patty McCormack 1945, Harry Smith 1951, Kim Cattrall 1956, Carrie-Anne Moss 1970)
Hawaii Becomes the 50th State; New Flag Shown (By W. H. LAWRENCE, August 21, 1959)
* Count Basie, 79, Band Leader And Master of Swing, Dead [8/21/1904-4/26/1984] (by JOHN S. WILSON, April 27, 1984)

Arthur Helton, 54, Refugee Advocate, Dies (By PAUL LEWIS, Aug. 21, 2003)
Jack Shaffer, 73, a Broker of Major Real Estate Deals, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Aug. 21, 2003)
Roxie C. Laybourne, 92, Who Used Bird Knowledge to Save Lives, Dies (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Aug. 21, 2003)
Carlos Roberto Reina, 77, President of Honduras in the 1990's, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 21, 2003)
NATIONAL: Oversight Group Warned Utilities on Power Flows
(By ANDREW C. REVKIN and JAMES GLANZ, Aug. 21, 2003)
Schwarzenegger Tries to Add Some Substance to Celebrity
(By CHARLIE LeDUFF and JOHN M. BRODER, Aug. 21, 2003)
Fatal West Virginia Shootings Thought to Be Related to Drugs (NY TIMES, Aug. 21, 2003)
Exclusive! It's Doom for Tabloid Archives! (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Aug. 21, 2003)
Two Studies Cite Confusion on Terrorism (By PHILIP SHENON, Aug. 21, 2003)
* EDUCATION: 1,200 Parents Prepare to Take on Role as Paid Liaisons in Schools
(By ELISSA GOOTMAN PHILIP SHENON, Aug. 21, 2003)
WORLD: U.S. Will Ask U.N. for Move to Widen the Force in Iraq
(By STEVEN R. WEISMAN with FELICITY BARRINGER, Aug. 21, 2003)
Hamas Leader Said Killed in Israeli Missile Strike (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 21, 2003)
Bombing in Israel Called the 'Children's Attack' (By JAMES BENNET, Aug. 21, 2003)
THE STREETS: Baghdad's Rumor Mill Can't Agree on Culprit (By ROBERT F. WORTH, Aug. 21, 2003)
THE REGION: Commentators in Arab World Call Attack a Catastrophe (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Aug. 21, 2003)
THE OCCUPATION: U.S. Official Tells Iraqis to Assert More Authority (By DEXTER FILKINS and NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Aug. 21, 2003)
THE AGENCIES: International Aid Groups Withdrawing Staffs From Iraq (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Aug. 21, 2003)
UNITED NATIONS: Questions Haunt a Saddened Annan (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Aug. 21, 2003)
SARS Keeps Foreign Students Home, Hurting Chinese Businesses (By DAVID W. CHEN, Aug. 21, 2003)
* TOKYO JOURNAL: At Long Last, the Salarymen Are Given Their Due (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Aug. 21, 2003)
Rumsfeld Cites Drug Problem in Hemisphere (By REUTERS, Aug. 21, 2003)
NY REGION: Former Radical Granted Parole in '81 Killings (By JAMES BARRON, Aug. 21, 2003)
Central Parts of Brooklyn Saw the Worst of Looting (By MICHAEL WILSON, Aug. 21, 2003)
* Facts? Probably. Fun? You Decide. (NY TIMES, Aug. 21, 2003)
BLOCKS: When a Neighbor's 2 Cents Yield Quite a Bit More [Peter Jennings]
(By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Aug. 21, 2003)
SPORTS: Sampras Is Inching Closer to Announcing Retirement (By MICHAEL ARKUSH, Aug. 21, 2003)
SPORTS: Waiting Too Long for the Inevitable (By SELENA ROBERTS, Aug. 21, 2003)
BASEBALL: Red Sox Shifting Focus From Yankees to Wild Card (By JACK CURRY, Aug. 21, 2003)
YANKEES 8, ROYALS 7: Rivera Isn't Perfect, but He Manages to Get the Job Done (By TYLER KEPNER, Aug. 21, 2003)
* EDITORIALS: Mars Approaches (NY TIMES, Aug. 21, 2003)
OP-ED: A Price Too High (By BOB HERBERT, Aug. 21, 2003)
OP-ED: Let the Fight for Peace Begin (By MARTIN INDYK, Aug. 21, 2003)
OP-ED: Idi Amin's Exile Dream (By RICCARDO ORIZIO, Aug. 21, 2003)
WEB FORUMS: Live Event: Gideon Rose (NY TIMES, Aug. 21, 2003)
LETTERS: Baghdad Bombing: What Should We Do Now? (8 Letters) (By EDWARD HORN, et. al., Aug. 21, 2003)
BUSINESS: Dell and Hewlett Dampen Mood of Dow's 2-Day Rally
[Dow -31, Nasdaq -0.57] (By REUTERS, Aug. 21, 2003)
Facing Criticism, F.C.C. Is Thinking Local (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Aug. 21, 2003)
After 5 Years, Viagra to Face Competition (By GARDINER HARRIS, Aug. 21, 2003)
MARKET PLACE: Morgan Stanley Seeks to Change Basis for Award in a Stock Case
(By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Aug. 21, 2003)
* Japan Inc. Now Just a Memory, Toshiba Retools Its Image [Tadashi Okamura]
(By KEN BELSON, Aug. 21, 2003)
ADVERTISING: Russell Simmons vs. KFC (By SHERRI DAY, Aug. 21, 2003)
Price of Treasuries Tumbles on Fear of Return of Inflation (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Aug. 21, 2003)
Berkshire Loses Bid for Secrecy (By FLOYD NORRIS, Aug. 21, 2003)
F.C.C. Lifts Ban on Video for AOL Instant Messaging (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Aug. 21, 2003)
* ECONOMIC SCENE: He Dickers, She Doesn't (By ALAN B. KRUEGER, Aug. 21, 2003)
Talks Could Push North Korea Forward or Back (By JAMES BROOKE, Aug. 21, 2003)
ARTS: A Hollywood Ending for Gehry Music Palace (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Aug. 21, 2003)
ART CRITIC: Listening Carefully to Bard College's New Performing Arts Center
(By JOHN ROCKWELL, Aug. 21, 2003)
* BOOKS: 'A PEOPLE ADRIFT': A Church at a Crossroad and Its Future at Stake
(By GARRY WILLS, Aug. 21, 2003)
FILM: A Skateboard King Who Fell to Earth (By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, Aug. 21, 2003)
MUSIC: Lost Elvis Song Turns Up (By BEN SISARIO, Aug. 21, 2003)
POP LIFE: When Salsa Doesn't Satisfy (By NEIL STRAUSS, Aug. 21, 2003)
POP: OZZFEST 2003: No Osbourne at Ozzfest, but the Bands Play On (By KELEFA SANNEH, Aug. 21, 2003)
TV WATCH: A Virtuoso at Playing the Press in Italy (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Aug. 21, 2003)
GARDEN DESIGN: Ward Bennett Made It Modern (By ALASTAIR GORDON, Aug. 21, 2003)
GARDEN: An Elite Contest for a Growing U.N. (By FRED A. BERNSTEIN, Aug. 21, 2003)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 21, 2003)
* 3 Women and 3 Paths, 10 Years Later (By KATIE HAFNER, Aug. 21, 2003)
* In Frayed Networks, Common Threads (By SETH SCHIESEL, Aug. 21, 2003)
STATE OF THE ART: Do-It-All Gadgets, a Hit in Kansas, Venture Into Oz (By DAVID POGUE, Aug. 21, 2003)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Chess Gear for Opponents of All Sizes (By JAMES GORMAN, Aug. 21, 2003)
GAME THEORY: Meet the Neighbors, Friend and Foe (By CHARLES HEROLD, Aug. 21, 2003)
* BASICS: Fishing for Information? Try Better Bait ["Google Hacks"] (By LISA GUERNSEY, Aug. 21, 2003)
* Tools to Dress Up The Web Browser (By LISA GUERNSEY, Aug. 21, 2003)
WHAT'S NEXT: A Chip-Based Challenge to a Car's Spinning Camshaft (By IAN AUSTEN, Aug. 21, 2003)
* A Stroll Through the Ivy, With a Tour Guide That Beeps [Cornell] (By JIM CARRIER, Aug. 21, 2003)
For Times When Your Subject Is Playing Hard to Get (By IVAN BERGER, Aug. 21, 2003)
* An Ancient Game With Fresh Appeal [mah-jongg] (By MARCIA BIEDERMAN, Aug. 21, 2003)
Lost in the Middle of Nowhere? Send a Radio Distress Signal (By ROY FURCHGOTT, Aug. 21, 2003)
It's Not Exactly a Theater, but PC Viewing Has Its Perks (J. D. BIERSDORFER, Aug. 21, 2003)
Brrring! A Musical Reverie Yields to Cellphone Chatter (By YI CAI ISAAC TONG, Aug. 21, 2003)
Q & A: Striking Back at Sellers of Child Pornography (J. D. BIERSDORFER, Aug. 21, 2003)
HEALTH: Second Case Like SARS Turns Up in Canada (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Aug. 21, 2003)

Wednesday, August 20, 2003:
On This Day: August 20 (Jacopo Peri 8/20/1561-8/12/1633, Francis Asbury 8/20/1745-3/31/1816, Eliel Saarinen 8/20/1873-7/1/1950, Edgar Guest 8/20/1881-8/5/1959, Salvatore Quasimodo 8/20/1901-6/14/1968, Jack Teagarden 8/20/1905-1/15/1964, Valentin Glushko 8/20/1908-1/10/1989, Kingsley Davis 8/20/1908-2/27/1997, Eeor Saarinen 8/20/1910-9/1/1961, Roger Wolcott Sperry 8/20/1913-4/17/1994, Walter Bernstein 1919, George Mitchell 1933, Isaac Hayes 1947, Connie Chung 1946, Jimmy Pankow 1947, Robert Plant 1948, Rudy Gatlin 1952, Peter Horton 1953, Joan Allen 1956)
Czechoslovakia Invaded by Russians and Four Other Warsaw Pact Forces (By TAD SZULC, August 20, 1968)
Benjamin Harrison Dead at 67 [8/20/1833-3/13/1901] (NY Times, March 14, 1901)

* A DIPLOMAT'S LIFE: Sergio Vieira de Mello, 55, of the U.N., Dies:
A Shining Reputation Built on Tough Tasks (By PAUL LEWIS, Aug. 20, 2003)
Dana M. Raymond, Patent Lawyer, Dies at 89 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Aug. 20, 2003)
Ed Townsend, 74, a Musician Who Co-Wrote 'Let's Get It On,' Dies (By BEN SISARIO, Aug. 20, 2003)
Julius Ochs Adler Jr., Businessman, Publicist and Bookseller, Dies at 78
(By ROBERT D. McFADDEN and ERIC PACE, Aug. 20, 2003)
W. Orrick, 87, Judge in Segregation Battle, Dies (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 20, 2003)
NATIONAL: Job on the Line, Davis Promises to Fight Recall (By JOHN M. BRODER with DEAN E. MURPHY, Aug. 20, 2003)
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: Democratic Governors Torn by Recall (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Aug. 20, 2003)
Tobacco Growers Consider Giving Up Price Supports (By CARL HULSE, Aug. 20, 2003)
Ambitious Bush Plan Undone by Energy Politics (By ELISABETH BUMILLER and JEFF GERTH, Aug. 20, 2003)
Explosives Found at 2 Schwab Sites (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 20, 2003)
Phoenix Tempers Fray in the Quest for Gasoline (By NICK MADIGAN, Aug. 20, 2003)
Congressman in Fatal Accident Ran Stop Sign, Prosecutor Says (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 20, 2003)
WASHINGTON MEMO: Humbled by Blackout, Congress Girds for Beyond-the-Beltway Energy Fight
(By CARL HULSE, Aug. 20, 2003)
Ashcroft Blasts Efforts to Weaken Terrorism Law (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Aug. 20, 2003)
* ON EDUCATION: Off to Freshman Year, a Perfect Score in Hand (By MICHAEL WINERIP, Aug. 20, 2003)
WORLD: Huge Suicide Blast Demolishes U.N. Headquarters in Baghdad; Top Aid Officials Among 17 Dead
(By DEXTER FILKINS and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr., Aug. 20, 2003)
Graphic: Truck Bomb Tears Apart UN Building in Baghdad (NY TIMES, Aug. 20, 2003)
THE SCENE: Amid Blood and Rubble, a Sense of Helplessness (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Aug. 20, 2003)
UNITED NATIONS: Questions About Role of World Agencies in Hot Spots (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Aug. 20, 2003)
A Perilous History for U.N. Workers (NY TIMES, Aug. 20, 2003)
* NEWS ANALYSIS: Chaos as a Strategy Against the U.S. (By THOM SHANKER, Aug. 20, 2003)
Bombing Kills 18 and Hurts Scores on Jerusalem Bus (By JAMES BENNET, Aug. 20, 2003)
In Ruined Capital, Liberians Fear for Shaky Peace (By TIM WEINER, Aug. 20, 2003)
THE PRESIDENT: Bush Condemns Iraq Bombing and Vows U.S. Will Persevere (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Aug. 20, 2003)
MANHUNT: Iraqi Ex-Vice President Caught, One of Hussein's Trusted Aides (By JOHN TIERNEY, Aug. 20, 2003)
Blair Communications Chief Denies Altering Intelligence on Iraq (By WARREN HOGE, Aug. 20, 2003)
LETTER FROM EUROPE: Italian Puzzle: The Land That Doesn't Seem to Fit (By FRANK BRUNI, Aug. 20, 2003)
NY REGION: Another Trip Into Darkness for Many on Staten Island (By DAISY HERNÁNDEZ, Aug. 20, 2003)
Energy Dept. Will Take Control of Blackout Investigation (By JAMES GLANZ and ANDREW C. REVKIN, Aug. 20, 2003)
Suits and Pleas Look to Recoup Money Lost in the Blackout (By PATRICK HEALY, Aug. 20, 2003)
F.B.I. Accused of Corrupting Computer Surveillance (By BENJAMIN WEISER, Aug. 20, 2003)
A Day to Wet a Toe or Two, but Not Much More (By ANDREA ELLIOTT, Aug. 20, 2003)
Welcome to the Big City. Beware the Dinosaurs. (By MAREK FUCHS, Aug. 20, 2003)
High School Seniors Weak in Math and Science Tests (By TAMAR LEWIN, Aug. 20, 2003)
No Red Barn, but That's a Farm in Red Hook (By DIANE CARDWELL, Aug. 20, 2003)
Valedictorian Settles Dispute With Schools for $60,000 (By JILL P. CAPUZZO, Aug. 20, 2003)
PUBLIC LIVES: Like Huck, on a 'Big River' That Leads to 'Brooklyn' (By ROBIN FINN, Aug. 20, 2003)
SPORTS: A Happening, No Matter What [U.S. Open] (By GEORGE VECSEY, Aug. 20, 2003)
YANKEES 6, ROYALS 3: Yankees Are Rolling; Red Sox Are Reeling (By TYLER KEPNER, Aug. 20, 2003)
EDITORIALS: A Mission Imperiled (NY TIMES, Aug. 20, 2003)
EDITORIALS: When Cellphone Service Fails (NY TIMES, Aug. 20, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Tiger's Test (NY TIMES, Aug. 20, 2003)
OP-ED: No Time to Lose in Iraq (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Aug. 20, 2003)
OP-ED: Magnet for Evil (By MAUREEN DOWD, Aug. 20, 2003)
OP-ED: Waiting for the Inevitable in Baghdad (By JOHN S. BURNETT, Aug. 20, 2003)
OP-ED: How America Created a Terrorist Haven (By JESSICA STERN, Aug. 20, 2003)
LETTERS: 'Altruism' and an Organ Donor (3 Letters) (By DAVID STEINBERG, M.D., et. al., Aug. 20, 2003)
LETTERS: The Power Failure: Put Politics Aside (2 Letters) (SALVATORE J. BOMMARITO, Aug. 20, 2003)
LETTERS: Partisanship Showed [President Bush on blackout] (DAVID MCCARTHY, Aug. 20, 2003)
LETTERS: Stranded Commuters (By JONATHAN BOGERT, Aug. 20, 2003)
LETTERS: How We Got Our News [text messaging from England to NYC] (NANCY HALPERN, Aug. 20, 2003)
BUSINESS: Nasdaq at 16-Month High on Upbeat Technology Outlook
[Dow +16, Nasdaq +22] (By REUTERS, Aug. 20, 2003)
MARKET PLACE: U-Haul's Parent Finds Equity Gains in Bankruptcy (By RIVA D. ATLAS, Aug. 20, 2003)
Hewlett Profit for Quarter Falls Below Expectations (By ALEX BERENSON, Aug. 20, 2003)
Profits Up at Home Depot, but Saks Loss Widens (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Aug. 20, 2003)
* Grocers' Strategy: Be What Wal-Mart Is Not (By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Aug. 20, 2003)
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: One-Tenant Buildings Are Popular Investments
(By TERRY PRISTIN, Aug. 20, 2003)
Starts of Housing Hit 17-Year High in July (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Aug. 20, 2003)
Heartburn Drug Battle Likely (By GARDINER HARRIS, Aug. 20, 2003)
ADVERTISING: Selling the War Against Warts (By STUART ELLIOTT, Aug. 20, 2003)
ARTS: A Little Houseful of Performances (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Aug. 20, 2003)
Arts Briefing (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Aug. 20, 2003)
* BOOKS: An Author Gets Back at Knopf [Martha Grimes] (By DINITIA SMITH, Aug. 20, 2003)
BOOKS: 'ARSHILE GORKY': With Denial, Mendacity and Suicide, a Magnet for Biographers
(By ROBERTA SMITH, Aug. 20, 2003)
DANCE: CLEO PARKER ROBINSON DANCE ENSEMBLE: The Exuberance of Bahia, the Sorrow of Birmingham
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Aug. 20, 2003)
* FILM: 'THIRTEEN': Trading Barbie for Drugs, Sex and Halter Tops (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Aug. 20, 2003)
FILM: 'CATCHING OUT': Hopping Freight Trains in the Twilight of Hobo Tradition (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Aug. 20, 2003)
MUSIC: Saving an Opera House for a Hamlet in Maine (By ALICIA ANSTEAD, Aug. 20, 2003)
MOSTLY MOZART: A Countertenor Ventures Into Stage and Folk Music (By ALLAN KOZINN, Aug. 20, 2003)
TV: 'SMOKING GUN TV': You've Seen the Web Site. Now See the TV Show. (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Aug. 20, 2003)
FOOD: In Los Angeles, Strip Mall Food Is Way Cool (By JANELLE BROWN, Aug. 20, 2003)
FOOD STUFF: Tasting the Himalayas in a Bite of Yak Cheese (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Aug. 20, 2003)
Neither Hot Nor Cold, but Perfect (By AMANDA HESSER, Aug. 20, 2003)
Vegetable Sandwiches to Wrap Up the Summer (By KAY RENTSCHLER, Aug. 20, 2003)
THE MINIMALIST: An Omelet Alternative (By MARK BITTMAN, Aug. 20, 2003)
PAIRINGS: Creamy Avocado Tames Tequila's Fiery Bite (By AMANDA HESSER, Aug. 20, 2003)
AT MY TABLE | NIGELLA LAWSON: In a Tyranny of Children, the Cook Can Be King
(By NIGELLA LAWSON, Aug. 20, 2003)
HEALTH: Outbreak Near Vancouver Resembles SARS (By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, Aug. 20, 2003)

Tuesday, August 19, 2003:
On This Day: August 19 (John Flamsteed 8/19/1646-12/31/1719, Jeanne Becu du Barry 8/19/1743-12/8/1793, Seth Thomas 8/19/1785-1/29/1859, Bernard Baruch 8/19/1870-6/20/1965, Georges Enesco 8/19/1881-5/4/1955, Ton Duc Thang 8/19/1888-3/30/1980, Alfred Lunt 8/19/1892-8/3/1977, Colleen Moore 8/19/1900-8/25/1988, Ogden Nash 8/19/1902-5/19/1971, James Gould Cozzens 8/19/1903-8/9/1978, Gene Roddenberry 8/19/1921-10/24/1991, L.Q. Jones 1927, Willie Shoemaker 1931, Debra Paget 1933, Diana Muldaur 1938, Johnny Nash 1940, Jill St. John 1940, Fred Thompson 1942, Blly J. Kramer 1943, Bill Clinton 1946, Tipper Gore 1948, John Deacon 1951, Mary Matalin 1953, Kevin Dillon 1965, Kyra Sedgwick 1965, Lee Ann Womack 1966, Tabitha Soren 1967)
Hitler Endorsed by 9 to 1 in Poll on his Dictatorship, but Opposition Is Doubled
(By FREDERICK T. BIRCHALL, August 19, 1934)
* Coco Chanel, the Couturier, Dead in Paris at 87 [8/19/1883-1/10/1971] (NY Times, January 11, 1971)

Thomas W. Kellogg, a Studebaker Avanti Designer, Dies at 71 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Aug. 19, 2003)
W. Bernard Richland, 94, Counsel in Fiscal Crisis, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Aug. 19, 2003)
Donald Winn, Congressional Liaison for Federal Reserve, Dies at 66 (By MILT FREUDENHEIM, Aug. 19, 2003)
James Whitehead, 67, Author of 'Joiner,' Novel of Deep South, Dies (By ROY REED, Aug. 19, 2003)
NATIONAL: Passage Unlikely for Separate Bill on Electrical Grid (By CARL HULSE, Aug. 19, 2003)
Investigators in Sniper Case Join Inquiry in W. Virginia (By PETER T. KILBORN, Aug. 19, 2003)
Ruling Expected on Effort to Delay California Recall Election (By JOHN M. BRODER, Aug. 19, 2003)
A Candidate Who Confounds, Charms and Reaps Publicity (By SARAH KERSHAW, Aug. 19, 2003)
Enola Gay Reassembled for Revised Museum Show (By ELIZABETH OLSON, Aug. 19, 2003)
WORLD: Israelis Worry About Terror, by Jews Against Palestinians (By IAN FISHER, Aug. 19, 2003)
French Official Quits Over Toll in Heat Wave (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Aug. 19, 2003)
Peacekeepers Take Liberia, Foot by Foot (By TIM WEINER, Aug. 19, 2003)
North Korea Lashes Out at Neighbors and U.S. (By JAMES BROOKE, Aug. 19, 2003)
BEATH BLEACHFIELD JOURNAL: Clad in Resolve, Nude Hiker Defies the British Body Image
(By LIZETTE ALVAREZ, Aug. 19, 2003)
Blair's Points Led to Rewrite of Dossier, Panel Is Told (By WARREN HOGE, Aug. 19, 2003)
* Hussein's Babylon: A Beloved Atrocity (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Aug. 19, 2003)
* China Readies Super ID Card, a Worry to Some (By DAVID W. CHEN, Aug. 19, 2003)
China Mustard Gas Crisis (By REUTERS, Aug. 19, 2003)
Cameraman's Death Brings Demand for Public Inquiry (By SARAH LYALL, Aug. 19, 2003)
NY REGION: HUD Suspends Charity's Aid Over Finances (By MIKE McINTIRE, Aug. 19, 2003)
THE INVESTIGATION: Set of Rules Too Complex to Be Followed Properly
(By JAMES GLANZ and ANDREW C. REVKIN, Aug. 19, 2003)
TUNNEL VISION: Rocking, Rolling, Screeching, and It's Not the Train (By RANDY KENNEDY, Aug. 19, 2003)
SPORTS: Clemens May Pitch in Athens Games (By DAVE CALDWELL, Aug. 19, 2003)
GOLF ANALYSIS: Unknowns Rising Up Against Golf's Stars (By CLIFTON BROWN, Aug. 19, 2003)
SPORTS: The Office Is a Saddle, and the End Is a Misstep Away (By IRA BERKOW, Aug. 19, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Of Grids and Gridlock (NY TIMES, Aug. 19, 2003)
One Bright Day (NY TIMES, Aug. 19, 2003)
EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK: The Obscenely Easy Exile of Idi Amin (By ETHAN BRONNER, Aug. 19, 2003)
OP-ED: The Road to Ruin (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Aug. 19, 2003)
OP-ED: Lights Out, Everybody Home (By RICHARD PRICE, Aug. 19, 2003)
* OP-ED: Paul Newman Is Still HUD (By PAUL NEWMAN, Aug. 19, 2003)
OP-ED: The Two Cowards (By AMOS OZ, Aug. 19, 2003)
LETTERS: Blackout of 2003: The Security Threat Is Real (15 Letters) (By MANNY HILLMAN, et. al., Aug. 19, 2003)
* LETTERS: Mysticism, Reason and the Virgin (5 Letters) (By ANDREW GREELEY, et. al., Aug. 19, 2003)
BUSINESS: Strong Consumer Spending Continues to Bolster Shares
[Dow +91, Nasdaq +37] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Aug. 19, 2003)
MARKET PLACE: Ohio Utility Cited in Blackout Has Had a Troubled Summer (By FLOYD NORRIS, Aug. 19, 2003)
Disaster Plans Get New Scrutiny After Blackout (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Aug. 19, 2003)
Ford Plant Finds Efficiency Is No Protector (By DANNY HAKIM with ANNE BERRYMAN, Aug. 19, 2003)
ON THE GROUND: Hartford Seeks to Recapture Its Commercial Allure (By AMY ZIPKIN, Aug. 19, 2003)
* ARTS: A Magician Seeking Simplicity in a Cage (By JESSE McKINLEY, Aug. 19, 2003)
MUSIC CRITIC'S CHOICE | NEW CD'S: Mapping a Town in Neil Young Land (By NEIL STRAUSS, Aug. 19, 2003)
MUSIC CRITIC: A Chance for Opera, the City and City Opera (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Aug. 19, 2003)
MUSIC CRITIC: A Trip to Janacek's World, Complete With Shouting Puppets (By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Aug. 19, 2003)
WORLD MUSIC: From Guinea, a Guitar-Driven Band Mixes and Fuses Styles (By JON PARELES, Aug. 19, 2003)
* THEATER: All Is True? Naye, Not if Thy Name Be Shakespeare (By WILLIAM S. NIEDERKORN, Aug. 19, 2003)
THEATER: At This Play, Everyone Is in the Bathroom Line (By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL, Aug. 19, 2003)
* SCIENCE: Why Humans and Their Fur Parted Ways (By NICHOLAS WADE, Aug. 19, 2003)
SCIENTIST AT WORK | DONALD MORTON: Cancer Pioneer Aims to Market a Vaccine
(By ANDREW POLLACK, Aug. 19, 2003)
* Up Close and Personal With Mars (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Aug. 19, 2003)
From Way on High, Help in Fighting Forest Fires (By WARREN E. LEARY, Aug. 19, 2003)
Machines Explore Odd Behaviors of Ubiquitous Plasmas (By MARGARET WERTHEIM, Aug. 19, 2003)
Gene Therapy Used to Treat Patients With Parkinson's (By DENISE GRADY and GINA KOLATA, Aug. 19, 2003)
* It's a Dog's Life, but What, Exactly, Is That About? (By MARK DERR, Aug. 19, 2003)
* OBSERVATORY: Surviving the Heat (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Aug. 19, 2003)
A CONVERSATION WITH | NORA VOLKOW: A Scientist's Lifetime of Study Into the Mysteries of Addiction
(By MARY DUENWALD, Aug. 19, 2003)
Users Discover Pros and Cons in Stair-Climbing Wheelchair (By YUDHIJIT BHATTACHARJEE, Aug. 19, 2003)
Q & A: Lead Crystal Risks (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Aug. 19, 2003)
HEALTH: Downside to Fewer Violent Deaths: Transplant Organ Shortage Grows (By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA, Aug. 19, 2003)
How Diplomacy in Handling Death Can Save Lives (By RANDI HUTTER EPSTEIN, Aug. 19, 2003)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: For Pain and Discomfort (By JOHN LANGONE, Aug. 19, 2003)
* CASES: Memorable, for the Loss of Memory (By CANDICE REED, Aug. 19, 2003)
PERSONAL HEALTH: Skipping a College Course: Weight Gain 101 (By JANE E. BRODY, Aug. 19, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: At Risk: Putting Time Between Newborns (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Aug. 19, 2003)
Prescription Drugs Now, Day of Reckoning Later (By ROBERT PEAR, Aug. 19, 2003)

Monday, August 18, 2003:
On This Day: August 18 (Virginia Dare 8/18/1587-1591, Antionio Salieri 8/18/1750-5/7/1825, Meriwether Lewis 8/18/1774-10/11/1809, Francis Joseph 8/18/1830-11/21/1916, Marshall Field 8/18/1834-1/16/1906, Francis John McConnell 8/18/1871-8/18/1953, Leo Slezak 8/18/1873-6/1/1946, Arne Borg 8/18/1901-11/6/1987, Caspar Weinberger 1917, Shelley Winters 1920, Rosalynn Carter 1927, Roman Polanski 1933, Gail Fisher 1935, Robert Redford 1937, Johnny Preston 1939, Christopher Jones 1941, Martin Mull 1943, Patrick Swayze 1952, Madeleine Stowe 1958, Christian Slater 1969)
Mississippi Gives James Meredith Degree (By FRED POWLEDGE, August 18, 1963)
* Roberto Clemente, Pirates' Star, Dies at 38 in Crash Of Plane Carrying Aid to Nicaragua [8/18/1934-12/31/1972] (NY Times, January 2, 1973)

Laura Rapaport Borsten, Early Navy Wave, Dies at 91 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Aug. 18, 2003)
Jack Latham, 95, Who Developed Devices to Aid Blood Transfer, Dies (By NORA KRUG, Aug. 18, 2003)
John Higham, 82, Historian of Nation's Role as a Melting Pot, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Aug. 18, 2003)
Bhupen Khakhar, 69, Painter, Dies; Influenced a Generation in India (By HOLLAND COTTER, Aug. 18, 2003)
George B. Rabinor, 91, Builder of Rental Housing in New York, Dies (By ERIC PACE, Aug. 18, 2003)
NATIONAL: Midwest Utilities Were Warned About Pushing Limits of System
(By ANDREW C. REVKIN and MATTHEW L. WALD, Aug. 18, 2003)
For Bush, Loss of Jobs May Erode Support in South Carolina (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Aug. 18, 2003)
Spring Rains and Summer Heat Bring West Nile to Colorado (By NICK MADIGAN, Aug. 18, 2003)
Governors Unite to Urge Shifting Costs of Medicaid (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Aug. 18, 2003)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: When Best-Laid Plans Are Bested (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Aug. 18, 2003)
WORLD: U.S. to Send Signal to North Koreans in Naval Exercise (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Aug. 18, 2003)
Pakistani Detainee Enjoyed Deep U.S. Roots (By DAVID ROHDE, Aug. 18, 2003)
Attacks in Iraq May Be Signals of New Tactics (By JOHN TIERNEY and ROBERT F. WORTH, Aug. 18, 2003)
Liberian Archbishop Calls for U.N. to Send More Troops (By TIM WEINER, Aug. 18, 2003)
For Ugandan Girls, Delaying Sex Has Economic Cost (By MARC LACEY, Aug. 18, 2003)
His Joy Is to Lampoon the Business of Russia (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Aug. 18, 2003)
Iceland's Whale Hunt Resumes (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 18, 2003)
A Shiite Burial Ground Awaits Foreign Faithful (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Aug. 18, 2003)
Talks Stall on Transfer of 2 West Bank Cities (By JAMES BENNET, Aug. 18, 2003)
NY REGION: Renovation Efforts Reclaim the City's Forbidden Shoreline (By COREY KILGANNON, Aug. 18, 2003)
Diarrhea Cases Rise; Officials Fear Spoiled Food Is Cause (By PATRICK HEALY, Aug. 18, 2003)
* PUBLIC HEALTH: After Food Sellers Restock, Customers Get Their Chance (By LYDIA POLGREEN and COLIN MOYNIHAN, Aug. 18, 2003)
* Burying the 3 Who Tried to Pull the 4th From the Foaming Falls (By PATRICK HEALY, Aug. 18, 2003)
Man Surrenders in Deaths of Poet's Daughter and Her Friend (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 18, 2003)
Historical Society Collection Is Slightly Damaged in a Fire (By JAMES BARRON, Aug. 18, 2003)
NEW YORK: Mayor Used Pressure Ploy in the Fight for Lights (By MICHAEL COOPER, Aug. 18, 2003)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Aug. 18, 2003)
SPORTS: Little League Innocence Fades in TV Glare (By MIKE WISE, Aug. 18, 2003)
GOLF: A Perfect Parting Shot, Another Surprise Champ [Shaun Micheel] (By CLIFTON BROWN, Aug. 18, 2003)
YANKEES 8, ORIOLES 0: Mussina Uses Splitter and Surprise to Shut Down Orioles
(By TYLER KEPNER, Aug. 18, 2003)
EDITORIALS: The Cascade Stops Here (NY TIMES, Aug. 18, 2003)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Cheering on the March of Constitutional Progress for as Long as It Lasts
(By ADAM COHEN, Aug. 18, 2003)
* OP-ED: Staying in the Dark (By BOB HERBERT, Aug. 18, 2003)
OP-ED: What the Russians Are Thinking (By VLADMIR SHLAPENTOKH, Aug. 18, 2003)
* OP-ED: Bunkered Down in Bergerac [hot in France] (By WILLIAM BOYD, Aug. 18, 2003)
LETTERS: 'Bizspeak': A Tool for Whom? (6 Letters) (By ERIC MOSS, et. al., Aug. 18, 2003)
* BUSINESS: Selling Gadgets in a Wal-Mart World (By SAUL HANSELL, Aug. 18, 2003)
Push to Rule Summer TV Falls Short for Networks (By BILL CARTER, Aug. 18, 2003)
Company Loyalty and America's Loss of Jobs (2 Letters) (CLAUDE M. GRUENER, et. al., Aug. 18, 2003)
ADVERTISING: For Agencies, the Blackout Was Well Timed (By STUART ELLIOTT, Aug. 18, 2003)
* Microsoft Stopped Attack by 'Worm' on Its Web Site (By REUTERS, Aug. 18, 2003)
* MOST WANTED MEDIA: Venture Capital Ticks Up (NY TIMES, Aug. 18, 2003)
As Retailers Go to Self-Service, New Products Raise Questions (By SAUL HANSELL, Aug. 18, 2003)
Many Went to the Movies When the Lights Came Back (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Aug. 18, 2003)
Loss Not Quite What It Seems for Contestant (By BILL CARTER, Aug. 18, 2003)
* Helped by Technology, Piracy of DVD's Runs Rampant in China (By CHRIS BUCKLEY, Aug. 18, 2003)
* TECHNOLOGY: The Bits Are Willing, but the Batteries Are Weak (By AMY HARMON, Aug. 18, 2003)
* TECHNOLOGY: Rolling Stones Will Download Before They Get (Too) Old (By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL, Aug. 18, 2003)
* Start-Up Plans to Introduce Alternate Wi-Fi Technology (By JOHN MARKOFF, Aug. 18, 2003)
NEW ECONOMY: For Those Needing 32 More Bits [Power Mac G5] (By JOHN MARKOFF, Aug. 18, 2003)
PATENTS: Low-Carb Version of French Fries (By TERESA RIORDAN, Aug. 18, 2003)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: Blackout Challenges Online Travel Industry (By SUSAN STELLIN, Aug. 18, 2003)