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

Tuesday, August 31, 2004:
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)

* Fred L. Whipple, 97, Expert on Comets, Dies (By KENNETH CHANG, Aug. 31, 2004)
THE VETERANS: Ex-President Bush Calls Charges of Swift Boat Group Compelling
(By JAMES BENNET, Aug. 31, 2004)
BASEBALL: A.L. West Race Raises Tensions in the East (By RICK WESTHEAD, Aug. 31, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 31, 2004)
SCIENCE: Spotted by a Very Small Telescope: A Very Large Planet (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Aug. 31, 2004)
Computers Add Sophistication, but Don't Resolve Climate Debate (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Aug. 31, 2004)
OBSERVATORY: Destroying Coral's Color (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Aug. 31, 2004)
Putting Nature on the Pill (By JAMES GORMAN, Aug. 31, 2004)
In Iraq, a Quest to Rebuild One More Broken Edifice: Science (By JAMES GLANZ, Aug. 31, 2004)
* CONVERSATION WITH C. EREC STEBBINS: Using X-Ray Vision, He Keeps His Eye on the Bacteria
(By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, Aug. 31, 2004)
SIDE EFFECTS: What Researchers Might Learn From the Flea Circus (By JAMES GORMAN, Aug. 31, 2004)
In the Weeds [Spartina alterniflora] (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Aug. 31, 2004)
Q & A: Bubbles From the Bottom [glass of champagne] (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Aug. 31, 2004)
HEALTH: In the Relentless Pursuit of Fashion, the Feet Pay the Price (By LORRAINE KREAHLING, Aug. 31, 2004)
But Sweetie, You Love Lima Beans (By BENEDICT CAREY, Aug. 31, 2004)
CASES: Month by Month, a Tiny Baby's Hard-Won Pounds (By PERRI KLASS, M.D., Aug. 31, 2004)
PERSONAL HEALTH: The Havoc of an Undetected Extra Chromosome (By JANE E. BRODY, Aug. 31, 2004)
Graphic: Klinefelter's Syndrome: An Extra Chromosome in the Mix (NY Times, Aug. 31, 2004)
* REALLY?: The Claim: Sex Before an Athletic Event Can Hinder Performance (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Aug. 31, 2004)
THE CONSUMER: The Nicotine Patch Didn't Work? You May Not Have Used It Enough
(By MARY DUENWALD, Aug. 31, 2004)
Of Olympics, Records and Limits (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Aug. 31, 2004)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Agony of the Sleepless Night (It May Go Back to Goliath) (By JOHN LANGONE, Aug. 31, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Exercise: Walk, Don't Run, the Knees Say (By MARY DUENWALD, Aug. 31, 2004)
* VITAL SIGNS: Update: The Evidence on Revenge Mounts (By MARY DUENWALD, Aug. 31, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: At Risk: Sugary Drinks Linked to Weight (By MARY DUENWALD, Aug. 31, 2004)
* VITAL SIGNS: Nutrition: Added Beauty From Blueberries (By MARY DUENWALD, Aug. 31, 2004)

Monday, August 30, 2004:
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)

Sunday, August 29, 2004:
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)

* ARTS: Acceptance Letters [typography]
(By STEVEN HELLER, Aug. 29, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 29, 2004)
* Swift Boats and the Lessons of Dukakis (By ROBIN TONER, Aug. 29, 2004)
THE PUBLIC EDITOR: Other Voices: Front-Page Priorities and 24-Hour News (By JACK ROSENTHAL, Aug. 29, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 29, 2004)
ON LANGUAGE: Letteracy (By JACK ROSENTHAL, Aug. 29, 2004)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Going to Extremes (By JAMES TRAUB, Aug. 29, 2004)
QUESTIONS FOR MIRA NAIR: All's Fair (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Aug. 29, 2004)
COVER ARTICLE: How to Reinvent the G.O.P. (By DAVID BROOKS, Aug. 29, 2004)
WOMEN'S FASHION MAGAZINE: Contents [Fall 2004] (NY TIMES, Aug. 29, 2004)
The Unsinkable Kate Winslet (By LYNN HIRSCHBERG, Aug. 29, 2004)
THE SEASON: The New Arcadia (By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Aug. 29, 2004)
* SAMURAI SHOPPER: Neiman Markdown [Zen fashion] (By S.S.FAIR, Aug. 29, 2004)
TIMELESS: A Charmed Life (By SANDRA BALLENTINE, Aug. 29, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 29, 2004)
* All the President's Critics (By JACOB WEISBERG, Aug. 29, 2004)

Saturday, August 28, 2004:
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)

YANKEES 8, BLUE JAYS 7: In Yankees' Victory, Loaiza May Come Out Loser (By RICK WESTHEAD, Aug. 28, 2004)

Friday, August 27, 2004:
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)

NATIONAL: Bush Dismisses Idea That Kerry Lied on Vietnam (By DAVID E. SANGER and ELISABETH BUMILLER, Aug. 27, 2004)
* M.I.T. Makes Yale Provost First Woman to Be Its Chief [Susan Hockfield] (By KATIE ZEZIMA, Aug. 27, 2004)
WORLD: Militants Leave Shrine as Cease-Fire Deal Appears to Hold (By DEXTER FILKINS, Aug. 27, 2004)
BASEBALL: Stretching the Rubber Arms Further [Yankees bullpen] (By RICK WESTHEAD, Aug. 27, 2004)
OLYMPICS: Gymnastics Group Asks Hamm to Give Up Gold (By JULIET MACUR, Aug. 27, 2004)
A Windfall for a Student Loan Program (By GREG WINTER, Aug. 27, 2004)

Thursday, August 26, 2004:
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)

* Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Psychiatrist Who Revolutionized Care of Terminally Ill, Dies at 78
(By HOLCOMB B. NOBLE, Aug. 26, 2004)
* EDUCATION: Internet Gives Teenage Bullies Weapons to Wound From Afar
(By AMY HARMON, Aug. 26, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 26, 2004)
Tunes, a Hard Drive and (Just Maybe) a Brain (By RACHEL DODES, Aug. 26, 2004)
* NEWS WATCH: Put Your Stamp on Mail Call With Personalized Postage (By MARK GLASSMAN, Aug. 26, 2004)

Wednesday, August 25, 2004:
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)

NATIONAL: Vast Force Is Deployed for Security at Convention
(By DAVID JOHNSTON & WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, Aug. 25, 2004)
NEWS ANALYSIS: A Trail of 'Major Failures' Leads to Defense Secretary's Office
(By DOUGLAS JEHL, Aug. 25, 2004)
WORLD: In Minutes, Two Planes From Moscow Are Lost (By C. J. CHIVERS, Aug. 25, 2004)
THE INSURGENTS: Rebel Iraqi Cleric Is Told to Give Up or Face Attack
(By ALEX BERENSON & DEXTER FILKINS, Aug. 25, 2004)
OLYMPICS GYMNASTICS: Hamm Set to Put Ordeal in the Past (By JULIET MACUR, Aug. 25, 2004)
OLYMPICS TRACK AND FIELD: Guerrouj Gets His One Missing Honor (By LIZ ROBBINS, Aug. 25, 2004)
OLYMPICS ROUNDUP: American Women Win Gold and Bronze on the Beach (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 25, 2004)
* BASEBALL: Bonds's 700th Will Be Pricey Memento (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Aug. 25, 2004)
BUSINESS: Oil Down Again, but Share Prices Show Little Reaction
[Dow +25.58, Nasdaq -1.81] (By REUTERS, Aug. 25, 2004)
OIl Prices Fall for 3rd Day as Fears Ease (By JAD MOUAWAD, Aug. 25, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Dozens Charged in Crackdown on Spam and Scams (By SAUL HANSELL, Aug. 25, 2004)

Tuesday, August 24, 2004:
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)

* ON BASEBALL: No Picnic, but Yanks Are Far From Panic (By MURRAY CHASS, Aug. 24, 2004)
YANKEES 6, INDIANS 4: Torre Calls a Meeting, and the Yanks Respond (By STEVE POPPER, Aug. 24, 2004)
BUSINESS: Blue-Chip Shares Decline On Wal-Mart Forecast
[Dow -37.09, Nasdaq +0.68] (By REUTERS, Aug. 24, 2004)
2 Companies to Make Gear for Phoning Over Internet (By MATT RICHTEL, Aug. 24, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 24, 2004)
SCIENCE: Stem Cells: Promise, in Search of Results (By GINA KOLATA, Aug. 24, 2004)
Can a Robot Save Hubble? More Scientists Think So (By WARREN E. LEARY, Aug. 24, 2004)
Ice Age Floodwaters Leave a Walkable Trail Across the Northwest (By JIM ROBBINS, Aug. 24, 2004)
HEALTH: As a Hormone Substitute, Soy Is Ever More Popular, but Is It Safe? (By LAURIE TARKAN, Aug. 24, 2004)

Monday, August 23, 2004:
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)

Víctor Cervera Pacheco, Former Governor in Mexico, Dies at 68 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 23, 2004)
Isidro Lopez, 75, a Pioneer of Tejano Music, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 23, 2004)
Semiha Berksoy, 94, Turkish Star of Opera and Art, Dies (By SEBNEM ARSU, Aug. 23, 2004)
Paul Ngei, 81, Mau Mau Rebel and Cabinet Minister in Kenya, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 23, 2004)
Acquanetta, 83, a Star of B Movies, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 23, 2004)
William York, Bass Player for Hank Williams and Others, Dies at 85 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 23, 2004)
Melvin Endsley, 70, Writer of a Hit Song, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 23, 2004)
Former Bush Economic Aide Isn't Keeping to Script (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Aug. 23, 2004)
A G.O.P. Senator Proposes a Plan to Split Up C.I.A. (By PHILIP SHENON, Aug. 23, 2004)
G.O.P. Centrists to Speak at Convention, but Will They Be Heard? (By CARL HULSE, Aug. 23, 2004)
WORLD: Reporter Freed as Rebel Cleric Brokers a Deal
(By DEXTER FILKINS and ALEX BERENSON, Aug. 23, 2004)
North Korea Insults Bush, in Seeming Talks Ploy (By JAMES BROOKE, Aug. 23, 2004)
SERRA PELADA JOURNAL: Brazilian Miners Wait for Payday After Diet of Bitterness
(By LARRY ROHTER, Aug. 23, 2004)
Ordeal of 'Deserters' Who Didn't Desert (By HARI KUMAR, Aug. 23, 2004)
In Rare Visit, Putin Travels to Chechnya After Attacks (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Aug. 23, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Everybody Loves Obama [Illinois' Barack Obama] (NY TIMES, Aug. 23, 2004)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Silence of an Old Soldier & the Literary Education of Some Young Ones
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Aug. 23, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: A Chill in Florida (By BOB HERBERT, Aug. 23, 2004)
OP-ED: Over Najaf, Fighting for Des Moines (By GLEN G. BUTLER, Aug. 23, 2004)
* OP-ED: More Is Not Necessarily Better [Google]
(By MATTHEW HINDMAN & KENNETH NEIL CUKIER, Aug. 23, 2004)
LETTERS: But Who Protects the Luggage? (4 Letters) (By Carolyn Chase, et. al., Aug. 23, 2004)
* LETTERS: Something About Julia (By Ellen B. Malmon, Aug. 23, 2004)
BUSINESS: A New Way to Spell Pain Relief: M-I-N-T-Y F-R-E-S-H (By ERIC DASH, Aug. 23, 2004)
Inflation Inches Way Back Into Hong Kong's Economy (By KEITH BRADSHER, Aug. 23, 2004)
Trip to Olympics or Feel-Good Talk? The Answer Was a Surprise to Many
(By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Aug. 23, 2004)
DRILLING DOWN / CONSUMER ELECTRONICS: Bargain, Not Basement (By IAN AUSTEN, Aug. 23, 2004)
ADVERTISING: A Radio Challenge to Arbitron (By NAT IVES, Aug. 23, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 23, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google Is One for the Books, Leaving Some With Regrets (By GARY RIVLIN, Aug. 23, 2004)
E-COMMERCE REPORT: Fantasy Leagues Attract Money From Advertisers (By BOB TEDESCHI, Aug. 23, 2004)
Lawsuit Claims Free Speech for Online Casino Ads (By MATT RICHTEL, Aug. 23, 2004)
The Call Is Cheap. The Wiretap Is Extra. (By KEN BELSON, Aug. 23, 2004)
PATENTS: Ideas for Buyers and Renters (By SABRA CHARTRAND, Aug. 23, 2004)
* ART: Munch's 'Scream' Is Stolen From a Crowded Museum in Oslo (By WALTER GIBBS and CAROL VOGEL, Aug. 23, 2004)
ARTS: 500 Tragic Years of Mayan Life, Shown in an Exhibition of Outreach and Hope (By CATHERINE ELTON, Aug. 23, 2004)
BOOKS: 'THE LIVING UNKNOWN SOLDIER': A Lost Soul Who Symbolized France's Trauma
(By ALAN RIDING, Aug. 23, 2004)
DANCE: DECADANCETHEATER: New Plumage and Rap Song for a Certain Russian Bird (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Aug. 23, 2004)
MUSIC CRITIC: NEW CD'S: Appreciating Life's Mixed Emotions (By BEN RATLIFF, Aug. 23, 2004)
MUSIC: USHER: Knowing When to Strut, When to Pander (By KELEFA SANNEH, Aug. 23, 2004)
MUSIC: MOSTLY MOZART: Password to the Exotic East: 'Turkish' (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Aug. 23, 2004)
THEATER: NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL:
Musings on Murkier Aspects of Humans, War and Politics (NY TIMES, Aug. 23, 2004)
THEATER CRITIC: Striving for Authenticity With Ye Olde Guesswork (By JOHN ROCKWELL, Aug. 23, 2004)

Sunday, August 22, 2004:
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)

Charles Eaton, 94, Member of Dancing Family, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Aug. 22, 2004)
Ward Smith, 73, Executive and Arts Trustee, Dies (By BEN SISARIO, Aug. 22, 2004)
NATIONAL: Insurers Object to a Major Part of Medicare Law (By ROBERT PEAR, Aug. 22, 2004)
G.O.P. Vows to Offer Detailed Agenda at Its Convention (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Aug. 22, 2004)
Officials Forecast Hope for Victims of Hurricane (By JOSEPH B. TREASTER, Aug. 22, 2004)
Both Parties See New Promise When the Ballot Is in the Mail (By MICHAEL MOSS, Aug. 22, 2004)
WORLD: Cleric Maintains His Hold on Najaf Shrine, Even While Saying He'll Still Turn It Over
(By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Aug. 22, 2004)
Palestinian Carries Tune and His People's Dreams (By STEVEN ERLANGER, Aug. 22, 2004)
NY REGION: A Sex Scandal in Trenton, and a Puzzle for Detectives (By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI, Aug. 22, 2004)
* OUR TOWNS: At 60 M.P.H., and Sometimes Upside Down, Summer Rushes By (By PETER APPLEBOME, Aug. 22, 2004)
SPORTS MEDIA & BUSINESS: Mold Was Cast for Broadcasters at the '72 Games (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Aug. 22, 2004)
OLYMPICS: A U.S. Veteran Tiptoes on the Balance Beam of Life [Mohini Bhardwaj] (By TYLER KEPNER, Aug. 22, 2004)
OLYMPICS GYMNASTICS: Hamm's Gold Was in Error, but He'll Keep It (By JULIET MACUR, Aug. 22, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: All Five California Teams State Their Case for the Postseason
(By MURRAY CHASS, Aug. 22, 2004)
BASEBALL: Numbers Suggest Mets Are Gambling on Zambrano (By ALAN SCHWARZ, Aug. 22, 2004)
BASEBALL BACKTALK: Washington Baseball Is Not for the BirdsE (By MARK GAUVREAU JUDG, Aug. 22, 2004)
SPORTS: In Court, Bryant Finds a Formidable Opponent (By HARVEY ARATON, Aug. 22, 2004)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 22, 2004)
* Sunday Without Favorite Comic? Not So Funny (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Aug. 22, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Video Game Makers Go Hollywood. Uh-Oh (By EVELYN NUSSENBAUM, Aug. 22, 2004)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 22, 2004)
ARTS: A Biennial Checklist: Art, Drinks, Checkbook (By LINDA YABLONSKY, Aug. 22, 2004)
* ARTS: The Lessons to Be Learned From Scale-Model Humans (By VICKI GOLDBERG, Aug. 22, 2004)
* ARCHITECTURE: Gaudí's Unfinished Masterpiece Is Virtually Complete (By VALERIE GLADSTONE, Aug. 22, 2004)
FILM: The Boys From 'South Park' Go to War (By SHARON WAXMAN, Aug. 22, 2004)
FILM: 'Vile Bodies,' a Little Lost in Translation (By CHARLES McGRATH, Aug. 22, 2004)
MUSIC: And the Band Went On and On and On (By ALEC HANLEY BEMIS, Aug. 22, 2004)
* TV: The State of the George W. Bush Joke (By JASON ZENGERLE, Aug. 22, 2004)
TV: MTV's Latest Popularity Contest (By JEFFREY ROTTER, Aug. 22, 2004)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 22, 2004)
A Writer of Erotica Allows a Peek at Herself (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Aug. 22, 2004)
Making Sure Hollywood's Nouveau Riche Stay Riche (By WARREN ST. JOHN, Aug. 22, 2004)
* The Alchemy of a Political Slogan (By ALEX WILLIAMS, Aug. 22, 2004)
* When the Computer Opens the Closet (By JANE GROSS, Aug. 22, 2004)
NOTICED: The Message of the Bottle (By WILLIAM L. HAMILTON, Aug. 22, 2004)
A NIGHT OUT WITH Diego Luna: Tequila Sundown (By STRAWBERRY SAROYAN, Aug. 22, 2004)
ON THE STREET: Rainbow Collision (By Bill Cunningham, Aug. 22, 2004)
POSSESSED: The Roadster as Electric Bubble (By DAVID COLMAN, Aug. 22, 2004)
VOWS: Deborah Hull and Nathaniel Koren (By LOIS SMITH BRADY, Aug. 22, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 22, 2004)
Two Power Brokers Collide in Iraq (By JOHN F. BURNS, Aug. 22, 2004)
War Heats Up in the Neoconservative Fold (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Aug. 22, 2004)
* ACCUSERS ALL: Going Negative: When It Works (By JIM RUTENBERG and KATE ZERNIKE, Aug. 22, 2004)
TACTICS GALORE: If a Protest Is Planned to a T, Is It a Protest? (By MICHAEL SLACKMAN, Aug. 22, 2004)
In Germany's East, a Harvest of Silence (By MARK LANDLER, Aug. 22, 2004)
THE PUBLIC EDITOR: What Belongs on the Front Page of The New York Times (By JACK ROSENTHAL, Aug. 22, 2004)
At Least the Greeks Are Happy (By JOE DRAPE, Aug. 22, 2004)
THE WEEK IN THE NEWS: Aug. 15-21 (NY TIMES, Aug. 22, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 22, 2004)
* ON LANGUAGE: Chickspeak (By DANY LEVY, Aug. 22, 2004)
* THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Lost Cause (By CHARLES McGRATH, Aug. 22, 2004)
QUESTIONS FOR VINCENT GALLO: Gallo's Humor (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Aug. 22, 2004)
* IDEA LAB: The Political Brain (By STEVEN JOHNSON, Aug. 22, 2004)
* CONSUMED: A Spoonful of Attitude [Vitaminwater] (By ROB WALKER, Aug. 22, 2004)
THE ETHICIST: Double Billing (By RANDY COHEN, Aug. 22, 2004)
COVER ARTICLE: Raising Kevion (By JASON DePARLE, Aug. 22, 2004)
The Making of an X Box Warrior (By CLIVE THOMPSON, Aug. 22, 2004)
* Reverend Billy's Unholy War (By JONATHAN DEE, Aug. 22, 2004)
* Did Antidepressants Depress Japan? (By KATHRYN SCHULZ, Aug. 22, 2004)
FOOD: Black and Blue [blackberries & blueberries] (By JONATHAN REYNOLDS, Aug. 22, 2004)
LIVES: Remembrance of Terror Past (By DAVID RAAB, Aug. 22, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 22, 2004)
* Why Teachers Love Depressing Books (By LAURA MILLER, Aug. 22, 2004)
'A Man's Guide to a Civilized Divorce': Your Marriage Was a Total Disaster. Now What?
(By PAMELA PAUL, Aug. 22, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Tubes, Pump and Fragile Hope Keep a Baby's Heart Beating (By DENISE GRADY, Aug. 22, 2004)

Saturday, August 21, 2004:
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)

Herbert Hill, a Voice Against Discrimination, Dies at 80 (By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Aug. 21, 2004)
Pendleton Herring, Pioneer in Political Science, Dies at 100 (By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, Aug. 21, 2004)
Bernard H. Breslauer, 86, Rare Book Dealer, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Aug. 21, 2004)
Louis E. Wolfe, Former Assemblyman, Dies at 71 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 21, 2004)
H.G. Davis Jr., 80, Winner of Pulitzer for Editorials, Dies (NY TIMES, Aug. 21, 2004)
NATIONAL: Bearhug Politics: Careful Steps to a New Bush-McCain Alliance (By TODD S. PURDUM, Aug. 21, 2004)
Bush Campaign Defends Its Use of Olympics in a Television Ad (By MARK GLASSMAN, Aug. 21, 2004)
Bush Spent $46 Million in a Surge Last Month (By GLEN JUSTICE, Aug. 21, 2004)
9/11 Panel to Wrap Up Its 20-Month Inquiry (By PHILIP SHENON, Aug. 21, 2004)
10 Years Later, an Unsolved Killing Still Haunts a Town (By SARAH KERSHAW, Aug. 21, 2004)
Fear of Looting Is on Rise, If Not the Reality of It [357 revolver] (By RICK LYMAN, Aug. 21, 2004)
For Native Alaskans, Tradition Is Yielding to Modern Customs (By SARAH KERSHAW, Aug. 21, 2004)
U.S. Increasing Surveillance of Canadian Border (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 21, 2004)
* WORLD: Chinese Advocates of Reform Seek Help From Deng's Spirit (By JOSEPH KAHN, Aug. 21, 2004)
Lethal Strain of Avian Flu Is Reported Found in Pigs in China (By KEITH BRADSHER, Aug. 21, 2004)
* Magazine Is New in Moscow, but Looks Familiar to New York (By SOPHIA KISHKOVSKY, Aug. 21, 2004)
NY REGION: Out of the Loft, Into Reality (By MICHAEL BRICK, Aug. 21, 2004)
OLYMPICS BASKETBALL: Lithuania Upsets the United States (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 21, 2004)
OLYMPICS TRACK: U.S. Sprinters Start in Style (By LIZ ROBBINS, Aug. 21, 2004)
OLYMPICS TRACK: Nesterenko Wins Women's 100-Meter Final (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 21, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Road to Confrontation in Najaf (NY TIMES, Aug. 21, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: A Camp on the Rebound (By DAVID BROOKS, Aug. 21, 2004)
PHOTO-OP: An Ocean Apart, a World of Difference
(By AMANDA FOREMAN, Photographs by TINA BARNEY, Aug. 21, 2004)
LETTERS: Can We Escape the Grip of Oil? (3 Letters) (By Chris Swanson, et. al., Aug. 21, 2004)
LETTERS: Health Care and Job Growth (4 Letters) (By Amy L. Faust, et. al., Aug. 21, 2004)
LETTERS: Iraqi Insurgency (By Rachelle Marshall, Aug. 21, 2004)
BUSINESS: Investors Regain Optimism as Crude Oil Prices Decline
[Dow +69.32, Nasdaq +18.12] (By REUTERS, Aug. 21, 2004)
An Oil Shock That Could Be an Economic Stimulus in Disguise (By EDUARDO PORTER, Aug. 21, 2004)
* For a Reformed Wavoid, the Play's the Thing [Jonathan Mirin] (By DANNY HAKIM, Aug. 21, 2004)
Reshaping a Reshaper of Landscapes (By TERRY PRISTIN, Aug. 21, 2004)
ARCHITECTURE: Mies Villa, Jostled by History, Is in a Race Against Time (By SARAH BOXER, Aug. 21, 2004)
BOOKS: As Gumshoes Squish in Streets of Baltimore (By MEL GUSSOW, Aug. 21, 2004)
DANCE: MORRIS DANCE GROUP: In Unequal Contest, the Music Wins (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Aug. 21, 2004)
FILM: 'EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING': What the Devil Is Going On Here? (By MANOHLA DARGIS, Aug. 21, 2004)
MUSIC: SWEDISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Orchestra Asserts a Sound of Its Own
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Aug. 21, 2004)
POP: NELLIE MCKAY: Polishing Up Her Songs and a Few Good Lines (By KELEFA SANNEH, Aug. 21, 2004)
THEATER: To Be or Not to Be Shakespeare (By WILLIAM S. NIEDERKORN, Aug. 21, 2004)
THEATER: 'I CAN ONLY COME SO FAR': Sending Up the Downtown Life (By ADA CALHOUN, Aug. 21, 2004)

Friday, August 20, 2004:
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)

* Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, Who Helped Develop the CAT Scanner, Dies at 84 (By JEREMY PEARCE, Aug. 20, 2004)
* Susan Mary Alsop, Washington Hostess and Author, Dies at 86 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Aug. 20, 2004)
* Elmer Bernstein, Prolific Film Composer, Dies at 82 (By RICHARD SEVERO, Aug. 20, 2004)
NATIONAL: Friendly Fire: The Birth of an Anti-Kerry Ad (By KATE ZERNIKE and JIM RUTENBERG, Aug. 20, 2004)
Bush Aide Says White House Is Not Linked to Anti-Kerry Ad (By DAVID STOUT, Aug. 20, 2004)
Senator? Terrorist? A Watch List Stops Kennedy at Airport (By RACHEL L. SWARNS, Aug. 20, 2004)
U.S. Would Allow 720 Snowmobiles Daily at Yellowstone (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Aug. 20, 2004)
California Deal Authorizes Huge Casino Near Oakland (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Aug. 20, 2004)
After a Life Spent Behind Bars, Out Walks a Free Man (By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Aug. 20, 2004)
After Hurricane Charley, a New Look at Stiffer Building Codes (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Aug. 20, 2004)
Teenagers' Sexual Activity Is Tied to Drugs and Drink (By COURTNEY C. RADSCH, Aug. 20, 2004)
WORLD: Scene at Shrine in Najaf Is Confused; U.S. Holds Back
(By SABRINA TAVERNISE & TERENCE NEILAN, Aug. 20, 2004)
Iraq Chief Gives 'Final Warning' to Rebel Cleric (By JOHN F. BURNS, Aug. 20, 2004)
Iran Says It May Pre-empt Attack Against Its Nuclear Facilities (By NAZILA FATHI, Aug. 20, 2004)
* Chess Is Her Passion and, She Declares, So Is Bobby-San (By JAMES BROOKE, Aug. 20, 2004)
Death and Sorrow Stalk Sudanese Across Border (By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Aug. 20, 2004)
North Korea Is Reaching Out, and World Is Reaching Back (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Aug. 20, 2004)
NGOGO JOURNAL: Garage the Harvester, Bring on the Rhinos and Zebras (By MICHAEL WINES, Aug. 20, 2004)
The Chávez Victory: A Blow to the Bush Administration (By JUAN FORERO, Aug. 20, 2004)
8 Feminist Models Draw Feminist Fire in Spain (By RENWICK McLEAN, Aug. 20, 2004)
NY REGION: Anarchists Emerge as the Convention's Wild Card (By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, Aug. 20, 2004)
Albany Embraces an Author Named Cuomo (By KIRK SEMPLE, Aug. 20, 2004)
Built for Speed, and Local Pride [4,754-seat Icahn Stadium] (By GLENN COLLINS, Aug. 20, 2004)
Stolen Relic From Temple Is Returning to Egypt (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Aug. 20, 2004)
Caroline Kennedy Is Leaving Fund-Raising Job for Schools (By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, Aug. 20, 2004)
* PUBLIC LIVES: Fade to Life After '60 Minutes' [Don Hewitt] (By PATRICK HEALY, Aug. 20, 2004)
BOLDFACE NAMES: He Sure Wasn't Looking in Our Direction (By JOYCE WADLER, Aug. 20, 2004)
* NYC: Remember Them to Harold Sq. (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Aug. 20, 2004)
* SPORTS MEDIA & BUSINESS: Enough From Our Sponsors, Let a Lyric Poet Weigh In (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Aug. 20, 2004)
OLYMPICS BASKETBALL: With Duncan Providing a Beat, the U.S. Finds Its Rhythm (By DAMON HACK, Aug. 20, 2004)
OLYMPICS GYMNASTICS: 20 Years Later, the Next Mary Lou Takes Her Place
[Carly Patterson] (By JULIET MACUR, Aug. 20, 2004)
OLYMPICS GYMNASTICS SLIDE SHOW: All-Around American Carly Patterson (Photos By Vincent Laforet, Aug. 20, 2004)
OLYMPICS SWIMMING: Phelps Wins 100-Meter Butterfly for His Fifth Gold Medal (By LYNN ZINSER, Aug. 20, 2004)
BASEBALL ROUNDUP: A Triple Play Turns the Tide for the Astros (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 20, 2004)
YANKEES 13, TWINS 10: Yankees' Closing Acts Resolve All Plot Twists (By JACK CURRY, Aug. 20, 2004)
* EDITORIALS: Google Goes Public (NY TIMES, Aug. 20, 2004)
* EDITORIALS: THE CITY LIFE: The Snooze (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Aug. 20, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Voting While Black (By BOB HERBERT, Aug. 20, 2004)
OP-ED: An Idea Lost in the Rubble (By GIL LOESCHER, Aug. 20, 2004)
* OP-ED: Mastering the Art of Julia Child (By ALEX PRUD'HOMME, Aug. 20, 2004)
* LETTERS: The Truth About Charter Schools (5 Letters) (By Howard Gardner, et. al., Aug. 20, 2004)
LETTERS: Medals, Service and Political Ads (4 Letters) (By Mike Berry, et. al. , Aug. 20, 2004)
BUSINESS: Punished by High Oil Prices, Shares Halt 4-Day Ascent
[Dow -42.33, Nasdaq -11.48] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Aug. 20, 2004)
Kmart: Rich in Cash and Real Estate but Not in Sales (By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Aug. 20, 2004)
Campaign Tactic: Blame Foreigners and Ignore the Trade Deficit (By FLOYD NORRIS, Aug. 20, 2004)
Natural Gas Seems Headed the Way of Oil: More Demand, Less Supply, Higher Cost (By NEELA BANERJEE, Aug. 20, 2004)
Wal-Mart Weighs a Stake in a Second Chain in Japan (By TODD ZAUN, Aug. 20, 2004)
Rewards Have Risks on the Tehran Stock Exchange (By BORZOU DARAGAHI, Aug. 20, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: File-Sharing Sites Found Not Liable for Infringement (By MATT RICHTEL, Aug. 20, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: After Months of Hoopla, Google Debut Fits the Norm (By GARY RIVLIN, Aug. 20, 2004)
* ART: 'ART DECO': The Essence of Wit and as Cool as Jazz (By KEN JOHNSON, Aug. 20, 2004)
* ART: 'SEURAT AND THE MAKING OF 'LA GRANDE JATTE': How Seurat Worked Up to Sunday
(By HOLLAND COTTER, Aug. 20, 2004)
ART: 'THE DREAMLAND ARTIST CLUB': The Cyclone, Cotton Candy and (Wink) Sly Signs
(By KEN JOHNSON, Aug. 20, 2004)
ART: 'From Myth to Life'; 'Sculpture Now'; 'Thinking With Blood' (By GRACE GLUECK, Aug. 20, 2004)
ANTIQUES: Yankee's Fancy Is Just About Everything (By WENDY MOONAN, Aug. 20, 2004)
* BOOKS: 'OSAMA': Portraying America as a Midwife to Terror (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Aug. 20, 2004)
FILM CRITIC: Political Art, Potshots to Sure Shots [Chris Cooper] (By CARYN JAMES, Aug. 20, 2004)
FILM: 'BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS': Social Butterflies Grounded by War (By A. O. SCOTT, Aug. 20, 2004)
FILM: 'THE STORY OF THE RAMONES': You Wanna Be Sedated? Not With These Tunes
(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Aug. 20, 2004)
FILM: 'MEAN CREEK': When a Lesson Taught Turns Into a Lesson Learned (By A. O. SCOTT, Aug. 20, 2004)
MUSIC: Two Honors for Brendel: A Premiere and a Farewell (By JOHN ROCKWELL, Aug. 20, 2004)
PHOTOGRAPHY: The Unbearable Lightness of Rudy Burckhardt (By SARAH BOXER, Aug. 20, 2004)
THEATER: 'DRACULA, THE MUSICAL': The Bat Awakens, Stretches, Yawns (By BEN BRANTLEY, Aug. 20, 2004)
THEATER: 'THE LOVES OF SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN': It's Love That Maketh Thy World Go Round
(By WILBORN HAMPTON, Aug. 20, 2004)
SCIENCE: Antidepressant Study Seen to Back Expert (By GARDINER HARRIS, Aug. 20, 2004)

Thursday, August 19, 2004:
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)

* Elmer Bernstein, Film Composer, Dies at 82 (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 19, 2004)
J. Irwin Miller, 95, Patron of Modern Architecture, Dies (By ERIC PACE, Aug. 19, 2004)
Hiram L. Fong, 97, Senator From Hawaii in 60's and 70's, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 19, 2004)
Gérard Souzay, 85, a Baritone Revered for Art Song Repertory, Dies (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Aug. 19, 2004)
Neal Fredericks, 35, 'Blair Witch' Filmmaker, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 19, 2004)
NATIONAL: Downed Power Lines Posing Herculean Task in Florida (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Aug. 19, 2004)
For Post-9/11 Material Witness, It Is a Terror of a Different Kind (By ADAM LIPTAK, Aug. 19, 2004)
Former Iraq Arms Inspector Faults Prewar Intelligence (By PHILIP SHENON, Aug. 19, 2004)
Democrats' Legal Challenges Impede Nader (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Aug. 19, 2004)
U.S. Voters Show Concern Over Security and Foreign Affairs (By BRIAN KNOWLTON, Aug. 19, 2004)
BENICIA JOURNAL: Referee at the Crossroads of Humans and Wildlife (By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Aug. 19, 2004)
Hiding in Ads Is Campaign for a Book on Politics (By BRIAN WINGFIELD, Aug. 19, 2004)
Reporters Ruled in Contempt Over Wen Ho Lee Sources (By JACQUES STEINBERG & MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Aug. 19, 2004)
POLITICAL MEMO: A 'War President' Reinforces His Military Positions (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Aug. 19, 2004)
Kerry Criticizes President's Troop Plan (By JODI WILGOREN, Aug. 19, 2004)
Bush Campaign Adviser Quits as Sexual Misconduct Case Is Recalled (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Aug. 19, 2004)
WORLD: Iraqi Government Gives Sadr a Final Chance to End Uprising
(By JOHN F. BURNS & SABRINA TAVERNISE, Aug. 19, 2004)
INSURGENCY: Rebel Cleric in Najaf Sends Messages of Conciliation (By JOHN F. BURNS, Aug. 19, 2004)
PRISONERS: Abuse Inquiry Faults Officers on Leadership (By THOM SHANKER and KATE ZERNIKE, Aug. 19, 2004)
A Cruel Fate in Jerusalem: Will Mahdi, 6, Walk Again? (By STEVEN ERLANGER, Aug. 19, 2004)
STOLLBERG JOURNAL: To Onetime Inmates, Jail Was No Vacation (By MARK LANDLER, Aug. 19, 2004)
Late Nigerian Dictator Looted Nearly $500 Million, Swiss Say (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 19, 2004)
In Crackdown, China Shuts Buddhist Site and Seizes Catholic Priests (By JIM YARDLEY, Aug. 19, 2004)
NY REGION: A Return to Sending [90 Church Street Post Office] (By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Aug. 19, 2004)
Stalled Coaster Strands 20, Some of Them Upside Down (By THOMAS J. LUECK, Aug. 19, 2004)
Promotion Rate for 3rd Graders Looks Stable (By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, Aug. 19, 2004)
BLOCKS: A Reflective View at Ground Zero, With Images From Your Sponsors
(By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Aug. 19, 2004)
SPORTS MEDIA & BUSINESS: NBC's Gymnastics Team Masters Difficult Routine
(By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Aug. 19, 2004)
OLYMPICS GYMNASTICS: Patterson Wins All-Around Gold (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 19, 2004)
OLYMPICS SWIMMINGS: Reversal Gives Peirsol Gold; Phelps Wins 200 IM (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Aug. 19, 2004)
INSIDE BASEBALL: In a Long Reign, Selig Makes a Deep Impact (By MURRAY CHASS, Aug. 19, 2004)
TWINS 7, YANKEES 2: Yankees Glimpse October, and It's Not Pretty (By JACK CURRY, Aug. 19, 2004)
FOOTBALL: Baltimore Ravens Leave Door Open for Deion Sanders to Play (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 19, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: W.'s Big Fat Greek Pride (By MAUREEN DOWD, Aug. 19, 2004)
OP-ED: Babies and Bath Water (By DAHLIA LITHWICK, Aug. 19, 2004)
OP-ED: Classes of Last Resort (By FLOYD H. FLAKE, Aug. 19, 2004)
OP-ED: The Sports Report (By Steve Martin, Aug. 19, 2004)
LETTERS: Stem Cells and Moral Questions (6 Letters) (By Henry R. Black, M.D., et. al., Aug. 19, 2004)
LETTERS: Are We Better Off? Let's See Now (3 Letters) (By Neil Friedman, et. al., Aug. 19, 2004)
LETTERS: It's Not About Money (2 Letters) (By Suzanne Russian, et. al., Aug. 19, 2004)
LETTERS: Kerry and War Powers (2 Letters) (By Wendell Tangborn, et. al., Aug. 19, 2004)
BUSINESS: Dow Rises Above 10,000 for First Time in 2 Weeks
[Dow +110.32, Nasdaq +36.12] (By REUTERS, Aug. 19, 2004)
* ECONOMIC SCENE: How to Define a Good Job (By ALAN B. KRUEGER, Aug. 19, 2004)
ADVERTISING: Selling Houston Warts and All, Especially Warts (By SIMON ROMERO, Aug. 19, 2004)
A Champion of the Quirky Writes Finis [Joseph Holtzman folds Nest] (By FRED A. BERNSTEIN, Aug. 19, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Shares of Google Jump as It Debuts on Nasdaq [$85 to $100.34]
(By GARY RIVLIN, Aug. 19, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Court Rules Some File-Sharing Companies Are Not Liable (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 19, 2004)
* ART: A Museum of Indians That Is Also for Them (By ELIZABETH OLSON, Aug. 19, 2004)
ART: Globe-Trotting Englishwomen Who Helped Map the World (By ALAN RIDING, Aug. 19, 2004)
ARTS: Awe (and Maybe Acolytes) From Bold Architecture (By JASON HOROWITZ, Aug. 19, 2004)
BOOKS: 'THE TREE BRIDE': History's Ripples, From the Raj to Silicon Valley
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Aug. 19, 2004)
DANCE: NUTMEG CONSERVATORY FOR THE ARTS: Youth and Experience Join to Honor a Ballet Veteran
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Aug. 19, 2004)
FILM: A Movie Full of Sex, With Nothing Simulated About It (By DINITIA SMITH, Aug. 19, 2004)
MUSIC: MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL: How Can You Tell if a Violin Is Really, Really Happy? Listen
(By JEREMY EICHLER, Aug. 19, 2004)
THEATER: NY INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL: A Chilling Account of a Child Never Known
(By JASON ZINOMAN, Aug. 19, 2004)
THEATER: 'PLUMS IN NEW YORK': Looking for Mr. Strindberg in Some Very Strange Places
(By ANITA GATES, Aug. 19, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 19, 2004)
* BACK-TO-SCHOOL ISSUE: When Gadgets Get in the Way (By LISA GUERNSEY, Aug. 19, 2004)
* In the Classroom, Web Logs Are the New Bulletin Boards (By JEFFREY SELINGO, Aug. 19, 2004)
* STATE OF THE ART: RUOK? A Tutorial for Parents (By DAVID POGUE, Aug. 19, 2004)
* WHAT'S NEXT: Making a Web Search Feel Like a Stroll in the Library (By ANNE EISENBERG, Aug. 19, 2004)
* ONLINE SHOPPER: Spotting Signposts to Higher Education (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Aug. 19, 2004)
BASICS: The 3 R's and Beyond, With a Software Boost (By WARREN BUCKLEITNER, Aug. 19, 2004)
NEWS WATCH: Sing With a Soundtrack; Watch the Movie, Too (By NEIL McMANUS, Aug. 19, 2004)
Rewound: A Lesson in Hot Properties (By JONATHAN D. GLATER, Aug. 19, 2004)
A Texas District Banks on Wireless Ubiquity (By MATT RICHTEL, Aug. 19, 2004)
* An Online Resource Room Introduces a World of Books (and Authors Who Create Them)
(By ALICE KEIM, Aug. 19, 2004)
Q & A: Firewall Protection Without the Conflicts (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Aug. 19, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Incoming Letters to the Editor (By Jason Delaney, et. al., Aug. 19, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Mars Rover Finds Mysterious Rocks and More Signs of Water (By KENNETH CHANG, Aug. 19, 2004)

Wednesday, August 18, 2004:
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)

* Shizuo Kakutani, Known for Mathematical Tools, Dies at 92 (By SARA ROBINSON, Aug. 18, 2004)
NATIONAL: Rumsfeld Wary About Shuffling Spy Duties (By PHILIP SHENON, Aug. 18, 2004)
In Speech to Veterans, Kerry Criticizes Bush's Troop Plan (By MARIA NEWMAN, Aug. 18, 2004)
Inquiry Into F.B.I. Questioning Is Sought (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Aug. 18, 2004)
EDUCATION: Effort by Bush on Education Faces Obstacles in the States (By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, Aug. 18, 2004)
WORLD: Rebel Cleric Accepts Truce Terms, Iraqi Conference Is Told (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Aug. 18, 2004)
* LETTER FROM AFRICA: Between Faith and Medicine, How Clear a Line? (By MICHAEL WINES, Aug. 18, 2004)
NY REGION: College Guidance, Now Part of a Parent's Job (By KATE STONE LOMBARDI, Aug. 18, 2004)
NY REGION: Just Keep It Peaceful, Protesters; New York Is Offering Discounts (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Aug. 18, 2004)
PUBLIC LIVES: The Question: Can an Anchor Do a Game Show? [Pat Kiernan] (By ROBIN FINN, Aug. 18, 2004)
SPORTS: Team Created by the N.B.A. Is a Bad Idea (By SELENA ROBERTS, Aug. 18, 2004)
OLYMPICS GYMNASTICS: Paul Hamm Wins All-Around Event (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 18, 2004)
OLYMPICS TENNIS: Roddick and Williams Are Eliminated (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 18, 2004)
TWINS 8, YANKEES 2: Vazquez and Yankees Buckle Early (By JACK CURRY, Aug. 18, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Bad News on the Charter Front (NY TIMES, Aug. 18, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Who Needs Assault Weapons? (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Aug. 18, 2004)
OP-ED: Time to Quit Iraq (Sort Of) (By EDWARD LUTTWAK, Aug. 18, 2004)
* OP-ED: The Quadrennial Question (By DICK WIRTHLIN, Aug. 18, 2004)
OP-ED: Bag It [airport screener theft] (By JAMES BOVARD, Aug. 18, 2004)
LETTERS: An Honest Vote: Too Much to Ask? (6 Letters) (By Evelyn Chorush, et. al., Aug. 18, 2004)
LETTERS: The F.B.I. and the Protesters (5 Letters) (By Norman Siegel, et. al., Aug. 18, 2004)
LETTERS: Health Care in Africa (By Imran G. Chowdhury, Aug. 18, 2004)
BUSINESS: Shares Rise Despite Oil Prices, as Fears of Inflation Ease
[Dow +18.28, Nasdaq +12.41] (By Reuters, Aug. 18, 2004)
MARKET PLACE: Mutual Funds Opt to Liquidate [Internet Fund] (By RIVA D. ATLAS, Aug. 18, 2004)
Fall Season Looks Solid for Retailers, but Holidays Could Be Another Story
(By TRACIE ROZHON, Aug. 18, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google, Nearing Offering, Cuts Share Price by About a Quarter (By TERENCE NEILAN, Aug. 18, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: So Google Is Almost Public. Now Comes the Hard Part. (By JOHN MARKOFF, Aug. 18, 2004)
ADVERTISING: The Guy From Green Day Says He Has Your Mother on the Cellphone
(By JEFF LEEDS, Aug. 18, 2004)
ARTS: Much News Is Bad News at Royal Academy (By ALAN RIDING, Aug. 18, 2004)
ART MUSEUM: Slavery's Harsh History Is Portrayed in Promised Land (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Aug. 18, 2004)
ARTS: China's Long March Is Retraced With Artistic Steps (By CRAIG SIMONS, Aug. 18, 2004)
BOOKS: Map of the Middle East Without Middle Ground (By MAX BOOT, Aug. 18, 2004)
DANCE: SMUIN BALLET: Flitting Through Layers of Elton John and Bach (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Aug. 18, 2004)
MUSIC CRITIC: Midsummer Madness as the Proms Seduce Giddy Londoners (By JOHN ROCKWELL, Aug. 18, 2004)
MUSIC CRITIC: Tanglewood, From Complexity to Romance to Hints of Pop (By ALLAN KOZINN, Aug. 18, 2004)
TV: 'SOUNDTRACK TO WAR': Heavy Metal and Rap Amid Sand and Battle (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Aug. 18, 2004)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 18, 2004)
* FOOD: Recalling Julia Child, Oyster-Loving Idealist (By R. W. APPLE Jr., Aug. 18, 2004)
* FOOD: The Julia I Cook With (By JULIE POWELL, Aug. 18, 2004)
DINING: It's a Small Culinary World on the Streets of Athens (By GEORGE VECSEY, Aug. 18, 2004)
AT MY TABLE | NIGELLA LAWSON: Summer Comfort, Cooled With White Wine (By NIGELLA LAWSON, Aug. 18, 2004)
FOOD STUFF: Chefs Throw a New Buzz Into Shakes (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Aug. 18, 2004)
THE MINIMALIST: Succotash in Disguise (By MARK BITTMAN, Aug. 18, 2004)
* HEALTH: Combination of Treatments on Prostate Is Promising (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 18, 2004)

Tuesday, August 17, 2004:
On This Day: August 17 (Pierre de Fermat 8/17/1601-1/12/1665, Nicola Porpora 8/17/1686-3/3/1768, Thomas Stothard 8/17/1755-4/27/1834, Davy Crockett 8/17/1786-3/6/1836, Thomas Hodgkin 8/17/1798-4/5/1866, Harry Hopkins 8/17/1890-1/29/1946, Mae West 8/17/1892-11/22/1980, John Hay Whitney 8/17/1904-2/8/1982, Hazel Bishop 8/17/1906-12/5/1998, Jean Poiret 8/17/1926-3/14/1992, Francis Gary Powers 8/17/1929-8/1/1977, Maureen O'Hara 1920, Robert De Niro 1943, Martha Coolidge 1946, Kevin Rowland 1953, Belinda Carlisle 1958)
Woodstock Festival: Tired Rock Fans Begin Exodus (By BARNARD L.COLLIERS, August 17, 1969)
Marcus Garvey, 60, Negro Ex-Leader [8/17/1887-6/10/1940] (NY Times, June 12, 1940)

* Sune Bergstrom, Biochemist and Nobel Winner, Dies at 88 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Aug. 17, 2004)
* Carl Mydans, 97, Who Told His Stories With a Single Picture, Dies (By ANDY GRUNDBERG, Aug. 17, 2004)
Ivan Hlinka, 54, Czech Coach of Gold Medal Hockey Team, Is Dead (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Aug. 17, 2004)
Kermit S. Champa, 64, Author and Art Historian, Dies (By KATHRYN SHATTUCK, Aug. 17, 2004)
NATIONAL: Bush Tells Veterans of Plan to Redeploy G.I.'s Worldwide (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Aug. 17, 2004)
THE OVERVIEW: Nerves Fray in Florida as Grimy Reality Sinks In (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Aug. 17, 2004)
* What Happens When You Buy a Post Office on eBay (By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Aug. 17, 2004)
Study Finds Climate Shift Threatens California (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Aug. 17, 2004)
Illinois to Help Residents Buy Drugs From Canada, and Afar (By MONICA DAVEY, Aug. 17, 2004)
WORLD: Georgia's New Leader Baffles U.S. and Russia Alike (By C. J. CHIVERS, Aug. 17, 2004)
Iraqi Delegation Arrives in Najaf in Mission to End Fighting (By ALEX BERENSON, Aug. 17, 2004)
TERROR ALERT: Rounding Up Qaeda Suspects: New Cooperation, New Tensions, New Questions
(By AMY WALDMAN and ERIC LIPTON , Aug. 17, 2004)
British Charge 8 Tied to Terror Plot With Murder Conspiracy (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Aug. 17, 2004)
Venezuela Votes by Large Margin to Retain Chávez (By JUAN FORERO, Aug. 17, 2004)
* EDUCATION: Charter Schools Lagging Behind, U.S. Data Reveal (By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, Aug. 17, 2004)
* SPORTS: Hubris Is Greek to U.S. Basketball Team (By HARVEY ARATON, Aug. 17, 2004)
Another Setback for U.S. as Iverson Breaks His Thumb (By LIZ ROBBINS, Aug. 17, 2004)
SPORTS: In Basketball, Greek Team Could Reclaim a Lost Past (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Aug. 17, 2004)
OLYMPICS: Freestyle Final Boosts Drama by Power of 3 (By LYNN ZINSER, Aug. 17, 2004)
OLYMPICS: U.S. Men's Gymnasts Capture Silver Medal (By JULIET MACUR, Aug. 17, 2004)
OLYMPICS: Phelps Picks Up Two More Gold Medals (By JOE DRAPE, Aug. 17, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Interrogating the Protesters (NY TIMES, Aug. 17, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Saving the Vote (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Aug. 17, 2004)
OP-ED: Box-Office Campaigns (By JON MARGOLIS, Aug. 17, 2004)
LETTERS: Florida and the Wrath of Charley (6 Letters) (By Eleanor S. Hudson, et. al., Aug. 17, 2004)
* LETTERS: A Place in Our Hearts, and at Our Stoves (5 Letters) [Julia Child]
(By Alice Brown, Aug. 17, 2004)
BUSINESS: Investors Show Faith in Economy, Pushing Markets Higher
[Dow +129.20, Nasdaq +25.62] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Aug. 17, 2004)
RealNetworks Plans to Sell Digital Music at Half Price (By JOHN MARKOFF, Aug. 17, 2004)
Halliburton Now Says It Won't Get Army Extension (By JENNIFER BAYOT and MARIA NEWMAN , Aug. 17, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Advanced Micro Narrows Gap in Race for New Chip (By JOHN MARKOFF, Aug. 17, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google Says It's Set to End Stock Auction (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Aug. 17, 2004)
BOOKS: 'A CARNIVORE'S INQUIRY': How an Appetite for Horror Can Get Out of Hand
[Sabina Murray] (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Aug. 17, 2004)
BOOKS: 'Sorry, Harlequin,' She Sighed Tenderly, 'I'm Reading Something Else'
(By EDWARD WYATT, Aug. 17, 2004)
DANCE: LINCOLN CENTER OUT OF DOORS FESTIVAL REVIEW
Wit Is Wrapped in Grass Skirts as Hawaii Meets Lincoln Center (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Aug. 17, 2004)
MUSIC CRITIC: A Shostakovich Musical Returns (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Aug. 17, 2004)
THEATER: 'THE CHERRY ORCHARD': Conflicting Impulses of Chekhov's Last Play (By BEN BRANTLEY, Aug. 17, 2004)
* FASHION: FRONT ROW: Round Two: Chanel Appears to Be Headed for the Met (By CATHY HORYN, Aug. 17, 2004)
FASHION: Fedoras Fly and Trilbys, Too: Downtown Tips Its Hat to Harlem (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Aug. 17, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 17, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Save the Whales! Then What? (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Aug. 17, 2004)
* That Special Underwater Glow [fluorescent coral colonies] (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Aug. 17, 2004)
* In Croatia, Explorers Make a Deep Discovery [1693-foot pit] (By MARK GLASSMAN, Aug. 17, 2004)
* SIDE EFFECTS: Spider Alibi Air Tight. Muffet Case Dismissed. (By JAMES GORMAN, Aug. 17, 2004)
GRAPHIC: Seeing a Great Lake Through Two Miles of Ice [Antarctica's Lake Vostok]
(By Michael Studinger, Aug. 17, 2004)
In Aging, Being Small May Have Its Advantages (By INGFEI CHEN, Aug. 17, 2004)
A Laser Gets at the Layers (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Aug. 17, 2004)
A Bird Not Going Anywhere [flightless Calayan rail] (By REUTERS, Aug. 17, 2004)
OBSERVATORY: Built-In Bacterial Protection (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Aug. 17, 2004)
Q & A: M.S. in the Heat [multiple sclerosis] (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Aug. 17, 2004)
HEALTH: Facing Middle Age and AIDS (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Aug. 17, 2004)
Top Athletes May Be Running Into a Tall Hurdle: Themselves (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Aug. 17, 2004)
Joining Forces to Combat Multiple Myeloma (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Aug. 17, 2004)
THE CONSUMER: Over-the-Counter Menopause Test Kits Offer Few Answers (By MARY DUENWALD, Aug. 17, 2004)
PERSONAL HEALTH: Keeping Guns Out of Children's Hands (By JANE E. BRODY, Aug. 17, 2004)
REALLY?: The Claim: White Spots on Your Fingernails Equals a Calcium Deficiency
(By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Aug. 17, 2004)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Race, Stigma and Silence (By JOHN LANGONE, Aug. 17, 2004)
* VITAL SIGNS: Insights: Hurry Up and Procrastinate (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Aug. 17, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Treatments: Biofeedback vs. Asthma (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Aug. 17, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Remedies: In Support of Support Hose (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Aug. 17, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Prevention: Condoms and Pelvic Inflammation (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Aug. 17, 2004)

Monday, August 16, 2004:
On This Day: August 16 (Sarah Porter 8/16/1813-2/17/1900, St. Hohn Bosco 8/16/1815-1/31/1888, Jules Laforgue 8/16/1860-8/20/1887, George Meany 8/16/1894-1/10/1980, Wallace Henry Thurman 8/16/1902-12/22/1934, Wendell Stanley 8/16/1904-6/15/1971, Ernst Schumacher 8/16/1911-9/4/1977, Stuart A. Roosa 8/16/1933-12/12/1994, Shimon Peres 1923, Fess Parker 1925, Ann Blyth 1928, Robert Culp 1930, Frank Gifford 1930, Julie Newmar 1933, Anita Gillette 1936, Suzanne Farrell 1945, Lesley Ann Warren 1946, Kathy Lee Gifford 1953, James Cameron 1954, Angela Bassett 1958, Madonna 1958, Laura Innes 1959, Timothy Hutton 1960)
ELVIS PRESLEY DIES; ROCK SINGER WAS 42 (By MOLLY IVINS, August 16, 1977)
Menachem Begin, Guerrilla Leader Who Became Peacemaker, Dies at 78 [8/16/1913-3/9/1992] (NY Times, March 12, 1950)

* George Yardley, First Player to Score 2,000 Points in a Season, Dies at 75 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Aug. 16, 2004)
Milton Pollack, 97, Noted Federal District Judge, Dies (By DAMIEN CAVE, Aug. 16, 2004)
Frank Maxwell, 87, TV Actor Who Served as Union President, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 16, 2004)
Paul Garner, a Vaudeville Actor, Dies at 95 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 16, 2004)
NATIONAL: In San Francisco, a New Twist on a Schoolyard Pastime (By ELIZABETH AHLIN, Aug. 16, 2004)
THE AFTERMATH: Trees, Part of City's Beauty, Help Storm Thrash Orlando (By JOSEPH B. TREASTER, Aug. 16, 2004)
THE VICTIMS: Land of Cheap Retirement Becomes a Broken Paradise For the Most Brittle Victims
(By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Aug. 16, 2004)
THE OVERVIEW: Florida Assesses Damage in Wake of Deadly Storm (By SHAILA K. DEWAN, Aug. 16, 2004)
WORLD: Arafat Survives Latest Challenge to His Political Power (By STEVEN ERLANGER, Aug. 16, 2004)
Iraqi Conference on Election Plan Sinks Into Chaos (By JOHN F. BURNS, Aug. 16, 2004)
* LOURDES JOURNAL: Where Both Faith and Commerce Join Hands in Prayer (By JASON HOROWITZ, Aug. 16, 2004)
NY REGION: Fair Goes on Ye Olde Internet Auction Block (By MICHELLE YORK, Aug. 16, 2004)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Aug. 16, 2004)
SPORTS: World to N.B.A.: The Rules Have Changed. Live With It. (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Aug. 16, 2004)
GOLF: Singh Wins Playoff and P.G.A. Title (By CLIFTON BROWN, Aug. 16, 2004)
OLYMPICS SWIMMING: Thorpe Wins Men's 200 Freestyle (By LYNN ZINSER, Aug. 16, 2004)
OLYMPICS TENNIS: Americans Triumph and Enjoy Experience (By LIZ ROBBINS, Aug. 16, 2004)
MARINERS 7, YANKEES 3: Yankees, Who Live by Their Bullpen, Die This Time (By JACK CURRY, Aug. 16, 2004)
BUSINESS: Tech Company, Rebutting I.R.S. Auditor, Denies Getting Improper Tax Agreement (By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, Aug. 16, 2004)
* Wal-Mart Tries to Shine Its Image by Supporting Public Broadcasting (By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Aug. 16, 2004)
For Dogs in New York, a Glossy Look at Life [dog magazine] (By BRIAN LAVERY, Aug. 16, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: In Google's Auction, It's Not Easy to Tell a Bid From a Bet (By GARY RIVLIN, Aug. 16, 2004)
* Ambitious Package to Raise Productivity (and Microsoft's Profit) (By STEVE LOHR, Aug. 16, 2004)
* Warner's Tryst With Bloggers Hits Sour Note (By DAVID F. GALLAGHER, Aug. 16, 2004)
Trying to Take Technology to the Masses (By JOHN MARKOFF, Aug. 16, 2004)
E-COMMERCE REPORT: New Rivals in Online Apparel (By BOB TEDESCHI, Aug. 16, 2004)
PATENTS: Internet Patent Claims Stir Concern (By TERESA RIORDAN, Aug. 16, 2004)
BOOKS: A Literary Lion Returns to a New, Still Dangerous, Kenya (By MARC LACEY, Aug. 16, 2004)
DANCE: City Ballet's Summers in Saratoga Springs Are Dancing on the Edge
(By ROBIN POGREBIN, Aug. 16, 2004)
DANCE: JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL: New Zealand Company Breaks Out and Soars
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Aug. 16, 2004)
TV: It's the Summer Olympics on NBC, but It's the End of Summer on CBS (By BILL CARTER, Aug. 16, 2004)
FASHION: Student Chic Is Remaking Itself, Trading Grunge for Cable Knit (By TRACIE ROZHON, Aug. 16, 2004)

Sunday, August 15, 2004:
On This Day: August 15 (Napoleon 8/15/1769-5/5/1821, Sir Walter Scott 8/15/1771-9/21/1832, Ethyl Barrymore 8/15/1879-6/18/1959, Edna Ferber 8/15/1887-4/46/1968, T. E. Lawrence 8/15/1888-5/19/1935, Louis-Victor Broglie 8/15/1892-3/19/1987, Bil Baird 8/15/1904-3/18/1987, Jack Lynch 8/15/1917-10/20/1999, Robert Bolt 8/15/1924-2/20/1995, John Cranko 8/15/1927-6/26/1973, Julia Child 1912, Rose-Marie 1923, Phyllis Schlafly 1924, Mike Connors 1925, Oscar Peterson 1925, Janice Rule 1931, Lori Nelson 1933, Vernon Jordan 1935, Stephen Breyer 1938, Linda Ellerbee 1944, Princess Anne 1950, Tess Harper 1950, Larry Mathews 1955, Ben Affleck 1972, Natasha Henstridge 1974)
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' [8/15/1879-6/18/1959] (NY Times, June 19, 1959)

* Czeslaw Milosz, Poet and Nobelist Who Wrote of Modern Cruelties, Dies at 93 (By RAYMOND H. ANDERSON, Aug. 15, 2004)
Robert S. Browne, Economist and Advocate, Dies at 79 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Aug. 15, 2004)
Theodore Clymer, 77, Expert on Early Reading Education, Dies (By LIA MILLER, Aug. 15, 2004)
NATIONAL: Florida Digs Out as Mighty Storm Rips Northward (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Aug. 15, 2004)
Storm Damage Could Top $20 Billion (By JOSEPH B. TREASTER, Aug. 15, 2004)
WISCONSIN: Events in Iraq Prove a Distraction and a Guide for Wisconsin Voters (By MONICA DAVEY, Aug. 15, 2004)
Uranium Reactors on Campus Raise Security Concerns (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Aug. 15, 2004)
Styles Similar in Bush and Kerry Duel on Deficit Numbers (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Aug. 15, 2004)
WORLD: Talks Fall Apart for Shiite Rebels and Iraq Leaders (By ALEX BERENSONand JOHN F. BURNS, Aug. 15, 2004)
CONFRONTATION: Rebel Cleric Wields Power From the Heart of Baghdad (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Aug. 15, 2004)
Threat of Civil War Is Turning the Abkhaz Into Russians (By C. J. CHIVERS, Aug. 15, 2004)
OLYMPICS SWIMMING: Phelps Makes It Look Like Child's Play (By LYNN ZINSER, Aug. 15, 2004)
SPORTS: For Phelps, One Down, and Six Gold to Go (By GEORGE VECSEY, Aug. 15, 2004)
GYMNASTICS: Other Karolyi Works With Quieter Style (By JULIET MACUR, Aug. 15, 2004)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 15, 2004)
BUSINESS: A New Legal Chapter for a 90's Flameout (By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN, Aug. 15, 2004)
ECONOMIC VIEW: Jobs? Oil? Iraq? On Second Thought, Let's Talk Taxes (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Aug. 15, 2004)
GRETCHEN MORGENSON: Just Don't Say 'Synergy' to a Hewlett Investor (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Aug. 15, 2004)
THE GOODS: Putting You in the Tractor's Seat (By BRENDAN I. KOERNER, Aug. 15, 2004)
Will Russia, the Oil Superpower, Flex Its Muscles? (By ERIN E. ARVEDLUND, Aug. 15, 2004)
* SUNDAY INTERVIEW: Switching Titles, If Not Gears, at Dell [Kevin B. Rollins] (By LAURA RICH, Aug. 15, 2004)
* EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS: For Sale: The Ultimate Status Symbol (By BEN STEIN, Aug. 15, 2004)
GIVING: How Donated Dollars Turn Into Pennies (By PETRA BARTOSIEWICZ, Aug. 15, 2004)
* STRATEGIES: Under All Those Apples and Oranges, an Overvalued Market (By MARK HULBERT, Aug. 15, 2004)
MARKET WEEK: Oil Could Clog Growth's Motor (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Aug. 15, 2004)
* INVESTING: Why the Sidelines Are Looking Good to Managers (By CARLA FRIED, Aug. 15, 2004)
THE COUNT: Cellphone Tango: Wassup? Nothin'. And You? Nothin'. (By HUBERT B. HERRING, Aug. 15, 2004)
SUITS: A Hospital Bill and a Headache (By Mark A. Stein, Aug. 15, 2004)
* Yes, There's Life After Pets.com [Bellamax enhances photos] (By ROBERT JOHNSON, Aug. 15, 2004)
SPENDING: For Every Family Member, Something Else to Pack (By ALINA TUGEND, Aug. 15, 2004)
THE BOSS: Stop the Clock, Please [Larry Scott, CEO WTA Tour] (As told to PATRICIA R. OLSEN, Aug. 15, 2004)
* ARMCHAIR M.B.A.: The Missing Rivalry In Health Care (By William J. Holstein, Aug. 15, 2004)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 15, 2004)
ARTS: Avant-Green: Landscaping as a Fine Art (By CHRISTOPHER HALL, Aug. 15, 2004)
ARTS: A Convention Briefing From the Department of Art (By EDWARD M. GOMEZ, Aug. 15, 2004)
ARTS THIS WEEK: Rainbow's Beginning (By TESSA DeCARLO, Aug. 15, 2004)
DANCE: How Much Is That Dancer in the Program? (By ERIKA KINETZ, Aug. 15, 2004)
* FILM: Cracking the Color Code of 'Hero' (By ROBERT MACKEY, Aug. 15, 2004)
MUSIC CLASSICAL RECORDINGS: At Home With the Songs of Norway (and Finland)
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Aug. 15, 2004)
MUSIC: Ich Bin ein Music Lover (By JEREMY EICHLER, Aug. 15, 2004)
MUSIC: Moscow on the Major Deegan [Regina Spektor] (By BEN SISARIO, Aug. 15, 2004)
MUSIC HIGH NOTES: Doing for Handel What She Did for Bach (By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Aug. 15, 2004)
MUSIC: Ears Tuned to Instabilities (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Aug. 15, 2004)
THEATER: 'HOST AND GUEST': A Blood Feud Brings Cultural Indigestion (By ADA CALHOUN, Aug. 15, 2004)
TV: Swap My Wife, Please (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Aug. 15, 2004)
TV: The Retirement Home for Imaginary Friends (By JOY PRESS, Aug. 15, 2004)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 15, 2004)
Cheerleading Demands the Field for Itself (By ALEX WILLIAMS, Aug. 15, 2004)
No Rings, No Torch at These Anti-Olympics (By GUY TREBAY, Aug. 15, 2004)
A NIGHT OUT WITH Alexandra Hedison and Ellen DeGeneres: Burning the Candle (By MONICA CORCORAN, Aug. 15, 2004)
The Secret Shame of the Nader Booster (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Aug. 15, 2004)
NOTICED: When Old Is the Latest [vintage spectacles collection] (By ERIC DASH, Aug. 15, 2004)
ON THE STREET: Logo Logjam [Chanel double C design is favorite] (By Bill Cunningham, Aug. 15, 2004)
* VOWS: Judy Shapiro and Joe Garber (By GERIT QUEALY, Aug. 15, 2004)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 15, 2004)
TRAVEL: No-Rush California (By JOHN TIERNEY, Aug. 15, 2004)
The High Road in the Andes (By ROBIN CEMBALEST, Aug. 15, 2004)
It's Russian for Luxe (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Aug. 15, 2004)
CHOICE TABLES: In Hong Kong, Home Kitchens With Open Doors (By NINA SIMONDS, Aug. 15, 2004)
WHAT'S DOING In Seville (By DALE FUCHS, Aug. 15, 2004)
* TRAVEL ESSAY: Past, Prologue and Paris (By ALICE STEINBACH, Aug. 15, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 15, 2004)
* ON LANGUAGE: Mouthfuls (By WILLIAM GRIMES, Aug. 15, 2004)
* THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Terror-Filled (By DAPHNE MERKIN, Aug. 15, 2004)
* QUESTIONS FOR RAY C. FAIR: Bush Landslide (in Theory)! (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Aug. 15, 2004)
IDEA LAB: Decarcerate? (By JIM HOLT, Aug. 15, 2004)
CONSUMED: Emily Says (By ROB WALKER, Aug. 15, 2004)
THE ETHICIST: Pity for the Boss (By RANDY COHEN, Aug. 15, 2004)
COVER ARTICLE: Sharon's Wars (By JAMES BENNET, Aug. 15, 2004)
Cult Figures [Hong Kong vinyl dolls craze] (By ARTHUR LUBOW, Aug. 15, 2004)
Hillbangers [Hispanic gangs are going rural] (By MATTHEW BRZEZINSKI, Aug. 15, 2004)
FOOD: Pride and Produce (By CHRISTINE MUHLKE, Aug. 15, 2004)
* LIVES: I Had to Have Faith [obsessive-compulsive disorder] (By JENNIFER TRAIG, Aug. 15, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 15, 2004)
* BOOKS: Taking the Measure of John Kerry (By CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, Aug. 15, 2004)
* CHRONICLE: Poetry: American Pastoral (By STEPHEN BURT, Aug. 15, 2004)
* 'Boiling Point': Who's to Blame for Global Warming? [Ross Gelbspan] (By AL GORE, Aug. 15, 2004)
Novel: 'Snow': Headscarves to Die For [Orhan Pamuk] (By MARGARET ATWOOD, Aug. 15, 2004)
* 'The Numbers Game': Thinking Outside the Box Score [Alan Schwarz] (By GEORGE F. WILL, Aug. 15, 2004)
'The Church That Forgot Christ': Bishop Breslin [Jimmy Breslin] (By MICHAEL NEWMAN, Aug. 15, 2004)
'Had a Good Time': He's Got Mail [Robert Olen Butler] (By CHRISTOPHER BENFEY, Aug. 15, 2004)

Saturday, August 14, 2004:
On This Day: August 14 (Paolo Sarpi 8/14/1552-1/14/1623, Cosimo III 8/14/1642-10/31/1723, Letitia Landon 8/14/1802-10/10/15/1838, Ernest Thompson Seton 8/14/1860-10/23/1946, Ernest Thayer 8/14/1863-8/12/1940, John Galsworthy 8/14/1867-1/31/1933, Daniel Jackling 8/14/1869-3/13/1956, Ediardp Japan Surrenders, End of War! (By ARTHUR KROCK, August 14, 1945)
Dr. A. J. Dempster, Physicist, 63, Dead [8/14/1886-3/11/1950] (NY Times, March 12, 1950)

Dr. David Golde, 63, Expert on Blood Disorders, Dies (By JEREMY PEARCE, Aug. 14, 2004)
Bill Martin Jr., 88, Reading Expert Who Drew on His Own Experience, Dies (By EDEN ROSS LIPSON, Aug. 14, 2004)
Wolfgang Mommsen, 73, Historian of German Social and Political Ideas, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Aug. 14, 2004)
Chuck Leonard, Disk Jockey, Dies at 67 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 14, 2004)
NATIONAL: Hurricane Charley Rips Path of Damage Across Florida (By SHAILA K. DEWAN, Aug. 14, 2004)
* A Minnesota Town and Its Not-So-Favorite Son [Bob Dylan] (By STEPHEN KINZER, Aug. 14, 2004)
* SPORTS: Dancing Around the Enemy Within [Greek Olympics] (By SELENA ROBERTS, Aug. 14, 2004)
SWIMMING: With the Cameras Rolling, Phelps Is Set for His First Four Minutes of Fame
(By LYNN ZINSER, Aug. 14, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Indispensable Allies on Iran (NY TIMES, Aug. 14, 2004)
* EDITORIALS APPRECIATIONS: Ms. Child Departs the Nation's Table (By FRANCIS X. CLINES, Aug. 14, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Nuclear Shadow (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Aug. 14, 2004)
OP-ED: Venezuela's Fake Democrat (By BERNARD ARONSON, Aug. 14, 2004)
OP-ED: More Trouble on the Turnpike [New Jersey] (By ERIC DEZENHALL, Aug. 14, 2004)
McGreevey's Web: The Personal and the Political (7 Letters) (By Charles Kaiser, et. al., Aug. 14, 2004)
Central Park: Field of Protest, or of Grass? (5 Letters) (By C. Clark Kissinger, et. al., Aug. 14, 2004)
BUSINESS: Shares Edge Up, Aided by Dell but Hurt by Oil Prices
[Dow +10.76, Nasdaq +4.73] (By REUTERS, Aug. 14, 2004)
Oil Above $46 and Far Above OPEC's Ceiling (By JAD MOUAWAD, Aug. 14, 2004)
Despite a Jolt, Japan's Mood Remains Upbeat (By TODD ZAUN, Aug. 14, 2004)
* A French Employee's Work Celebrates the Sloth Ethic (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Aug. 14, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google's Slow Search for a Good Share Price (By SAUL HANSELL, Aug. 14, 2004)
* EBay Buys 25% Stake in Craigslist, an Online Bulletin Board (By MATT RICHTEL, Aug. 14, 2004)
* ART: For Art History Scholars, Illumination Is a Click Away (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Aug. 14, 2004)
FILM: 'ALIEN VS. PREDATOR': It's an Underground Monster World Series (By DAVE KEHR, Aug. 14, 2004)
MUSIC: Philharmonic Downshifts From Jet Travel to Buses (By JOHN ROCKWELL, Aug. 14, 2004)
MUSIC: After a Long Wait, Harvest of Success (By JANE GROSS, Aug. 14, 2004)
* THEATER: 'LET'S PUT ON A SHOW!': Mickey Rooney, Recapping a Long Career (By ANITA GATES, Aug. 14, 2004)
THEATER: Cue the Pop Ballad, Warn the Critics [Frank Wildhorn] (By CHARLIE SUISMAN, Aug. 14, 2004)
THEATER: The Saw Is the Star (Never Mind the Role) (By LIESL SCHILLINGER, Aug. 14, 2004)
THEATER EXCERPT: 'Radio :30' [30-second Radio spot] (By ANDREA STEVENS, Aug. 14, 2004)
SCIENCE FORECASTING: Hurricane Intensified Unexpectedly Near Florida (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Aug. 14, 2004)

Friday, August 13, 2004:
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
[8/13/1889-4/29/1980] (By PETER B. FLINT, April 30, 1980)

* Julia Child, the French Chef for a Jell-O Nation, Dies at 91 (By REGINA SCHRAMBLING, Aug. 13, 2004)
* Leslie Revsin, Trailblazer as a Chef, Dies at 59 (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Aug. 13, 2004)
Alan Norman Cohen, Executive in Sporting World, Dies at 73 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Aug. 13, 2004)
Hunter Hancock, 88, a D.J. Who Embraced Rock Early, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 13, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Africa's Health-Care Brain Drain (NY TIMES, Aug. 13, 2004)
OP-ED: New York Unplugged, 1889 (By JILL JONNES, Aug. 13, 2004)
BUSINESS: As Oil Hits New High, Markets Sink to a Low for the Year
[Dow -123.73, Nasdaq -29.93] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Aug. 13, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Google Ready to Take Bids but New Questions Arise (By SAUL HANSELL, Aug. 13, 2004)
* ARTS REVERBERATIONS: In Trying to Make Art, Success Can Be as Damaging as Failure
(By JOHN ROCKWELL, Aug. 13, 2004)
ARTS: Where Creative Heat Meets Molten Metal (By RANDY KENNEDY, Aug. 13, 2004)
ART CRITIC: 'Black' Comes in Many Shadings (By HOLLAND COTTER, Aug. 13, 2004)
BOOKS: 'SPICE': Delight of Movers and Shakers (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Aug. 13, 2004)
DANCE: Navigating a Sea of Summer Dance (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Aug. 13, 2004)
* FILM: 'TOM DOWD & THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC': In a World of Singers, an Unsung Hero
(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Aug. 13, 2004)
FILM: 'WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE': Sexual Politics in a Noir Mood (By A. O. SCOTT, Aug. 13, 2004)
THEATER: Unkind Words for Bush, Soft Spot for Nancy Reagan (By ANITA GATES, Aug. 13, 2004)
TRAVEL: 36 HOURS Buffalo (By BARBARA IRELAND, Aug. 13, 2004)

Thursday, August 12, 2004:
On This Day: August 12 (Robert Mills 8/12/1781-3/3/1855, Lillie Devereux Blake 8/12/1833-12/30/1833, James Brady 8/12/1856-4/13/1917, Katherine Lee Bates 8/12/1859-3/28/1929, Genavente y Martinez Jacinto 8/12/1866-7/14/1954, Mary Roberts Rinehart 8/12/1876-9/22/1958, Christy Mathewson 8/12/1880-10/7/1925, Vincent Bendix 8/12/1882-3/27/1945, George Bellows 8/12/1882-1/8/1925, Oscar Hoomolka 8/12/1898-1/27/1978, Alexis 8/12/1904-7/16/1918, Cantinflas 8/12/1911-4/20/1993, Michael Kidd 1919, Dale Bumpers 1925, Porter Wagoner 1927, Buck Owens 1929, George Hamilton 1939, Jennifer Warren 1941, Kid Creole 1950, Sam J. Jones 1954, Pete Sampas 1971)
Spanish-American War Suspended, Peace Assured (By SIDNEY SHALETT, August 13, 1898)
Cecil De Mille, 77, Pioneer of Movies, Dead in Hollywood
[8/12/1881-1/21/1959] (NY TIMES, January 22, 1959)

* Leon Golub, Painter on a Heroic Scale, Dies at 82 (By HOLLAND COTTER, Aug. 12, 2004)
An Original Mets Broadcaster Is Remembered by His Fans [Bob Murphy] (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Aug. 12, 2004)
Tony Mottola, 86, a Guitarist With Sinatra, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 12, 2004)
* David Raksin, the Composer of 'Laura,' Dies at 92 (By ALJEAN HARMETZ, Aug. 12, 2004)
OP-ED PUZZLES: Let the Games Begin! (By MIKE SHENK, AMY GOLDSTEIN and ROBERT LEIGHTON, Aug. 12, 2004)
OP-ED: Tyranny in the Name of Freedom (By DAHLIA LITHWICK, Aug. 12, 2004)
BUSINESS: Indexes Bounce Off Early Lows, but Tech Stocks Don't Rebound
[Dow -6.35, Nasdaq -26.28] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Aug. 12, 2004)
TV WATCH: A Stirring Speech in Trenton (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Aug. 12, 2004)
TV: Adolescent Angst Is on Location in Harlem (By DINITIA SMITH, Aug. 12, 2004)
TV: 'West Wing': Is It Facing a Struggle to Survive? (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Aug. 12, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 12, 2004)
The Color of Mayhem, in a Wave of 'Urban' Games (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Aug. 12, 2004)
All Thumbs, Without the Stigma (By MATT RICHTEL, Aug. 12, 2004)
STATE OF THE ART: Choosing a Chatty Navigator to Share Your Ride (By WILSON ROTHMAN, Aug. 12, 2004)
ONLINE SHOPPER: A Mean Backhand and a Visor to Match (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Aug. 12, 2004)
GAME THEORY: Exhausted by Terror and a Spidery Rescue Routine (By CHARLES HEROLD, Aug. 12, 2004)
BASICS: An Online Supplier for Your Desktop Cineplex (By TIM GNATEK, Aug. 12, 2004)
* ONLINE DIARY: A Last Look at Web Destinations [most memorable sites] (By PAMELA LiCALZI O'CONNELL, Aug. 12, 2004)
NEWS WATCH: The Brainy Hearing Aid Extracts Meaning From Noise (By ADAM BAER, Aug. 12, 2004)
WHAT'S NEXT: Amid the Cacophony, a Quiet Conversation (By ANNE EISENBERG, Aug. 12, 2004)
* A Wi-Fi Thief Unmasked: Guess It's Time to Move On (By LISA NAPOLI, Aug. 12, 2004)
* In Search of a Browser That Banishes Clutter [Foxfire, Opera] (By JULIET CHUNG, Aug. 12, 2004)
* Alternative Browser Views of the Universe [Mozilla, Firefox, Opera] (By JULIET CHUNG, Aug. 12, 2004)
* Some PayPal Users Are in for a Payback (By TIM GNATEK, Aug. 12, 2004)
Q & A: A New XP Identity, Pursued With Caution [PC disks to iMac] (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Aug. 12, 2004)
SCIENCE: Red-Footed Falcon Debuts in Western Hemisphere (By CORNELIA DEAN, Aug. 12, 2004)
Britain Grants License to Make Human Embryos for Stem Cells (By HEATHER TIMMONS, Aug. 12, 2004)

Wednesday, August 11, 2004:
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
[8/11/1921-2/10/1992] (By ERIC PACE, February 11, 1992)

Maxwell Dane, 98, a Founder of a Landmark Ad Agency, Dies (By STUART ELLIOTT, Aug. 11, 2004)
* James S. Rockefeller, a Banker and a '24 Olympian, Dies at 102 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Aug. 11, 2004)
NATIONAL: Democrats Give Republicans a Fight for the Elderly (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Aug. 11, 2004)
IMMIGRATION: U.S. to Give Border Patrol Agents the Power to Deport Illegal Aliens (By RACHEL L. SWARNS, Aug. 11, 2004)
WORLD: COMBAT: U.S. Troops Fight Iraq Militiamen on Two Fronts (By JOHN F. BURNS and ALEX BERENSON, Aug. 11, 2004)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Act of Healing and Politics in Bush C.I.A. Chief Nomination (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Aug. 11, 2004)
GLOBALIST: Meal With an Eichmann in a Borderless Europe (By ROGER COHEN, Aug. 11, 2004)
SPORTS: For Team USA, the World Is Suddenly Byzantine (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Aug. 11, 2004)
UNITED STATES 80, TURKEY 68: After Anxious Morning, Basketball Team Plays On (By LIZ ROBBINS, Aug. 11, 2004)
* OP-ED: SUMMERSCAPES: A Vacation With Ghosts (By RUTH OZEKI, Aug. 11, 2004)
OP-ED: Being Clear About Present Dangers (By PHILIP BOBBITT, Aug. 11, 2004)
OP-ED: Fit to Be Tied (By ROBERT BENNETT, Aug. 11, 2004)
BUSINESS: Fed Message Lifts Markets and the Dollar
[Dow +130.01, Nasdaq +34.06] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Aug. 11, 2004)
* Fed Raises Rates and Hints at More Increases Ahead (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Aug. 11, 2004)
MARKET PLACE: Trump Must Ante Up $55 Million to Hold On to 25% of His Casino (By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN and ERIC DASH, Aug. 11, 2004)
Disney Says 2004 Earnings Are Closing In on Forecasts (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Aug. 11, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google Offering on Course Despite Several Challenges (By GARY RIVLIN and JOHN MARKOFF, Aug. 11, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Cisco Reports Strong Revenue in 4th Quarter (By MATT RICHTEL, Aug. 11, 2004)
DANCE: A Dance as Lighthearted Goddess Worship (By KATHRYN SHATTUCK, Aug. 11, 2004)
FILM: To Take the Crown, Princess, You'll Need a Ring (By MANOHLA DARGIS, Aug. 11, 2004)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 11, 2004)
FOOD: Much of Bordeaux Goes Begging (By FRANK J. PRIAL, Aug. 11, 2004)
With a Bit of Love, the Blues Are Just Fine (By DANA BOWEN, Aug. 11, 2004)
EATING WELL: It's Better to Be Whole Than Refined (By MARIAN BURROS, Aug. 11, 2004)
THE CHEF: Cool Melon and Earthy Nori Meet for a Summery Waltz (By MATT LEE and TED LEE, Aug. 11, 2004)
THE MINIMALIST: Want a Little Beef With Your Garlic? (By MARK BITTMAN, Aug. 11, 2004)
If Mercury Dulls the Luster of the Day's Catch (By PETE BODO, Aug. 11, 2004)

Tuesday, August 10, 2004:
On This Day: August 10 (Herbert Hoover 8/10/1874-10/20/1964, Jacques Lipchitz 8/10/1891-5/26/1973)
Atom Bomb Loosed on Nagasaki (By W. H. LAWRENCE, August 9, 1945)
Herbert Hoover Is Dead; Ex-President, 90
[8/10/1874-10/20/1964] (By McCANDLISH PHILLIPS, October 21, 1964)

* Fay Wray, Star Who Stole Kong's Heart, Dies at 96 (NY TIMES, Aug. 10, 2004)
* Donald Justice, Poet Admired for Precise Beauty, Dies at 78 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Aug. 10, 2004)
Red Adair, 89, Conqueror of Oil Well Fires, Is Dead (By RICHARD SEVERO, Aug. 10, 2004)
NATIONAL: When Home Is Where the Atomic Bomb Was Made (By ELI SANDERS, Aug. 10, 2004)
Bush Nominates Congressman to Replace Tenet as C.I.A. Director (By DAVID E. SANGER, Aug. 10, 2004)
Kerry Says His Vote on Iraq Would Be the Same Today (By JODI WILGOREN, Aug. 10, 2004)
Motor Vehicle Deaths Decline for First Time in Six Years (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Aug. 10, 2004)
* THE OVERVIEW: New Generation of Leaders Is Emerging for Al Qaeda (By DAVID JOHNSTON & DAVID E. SANGER, Aug. 10, 2004)
SPORTS: Raising a Banner of Hope Amid the Turmoil [Olympics] (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Aug. 10, 2004)
SPORTS: Mrs. A, the Goddess of the Olympics, Keeps Her Promises (By GEORGE VECSEY, Aug. 10, 2004)
SPORTS: Seeking Her Way Out of Infamy [Tammy Thomas] (By JULIET MACUR, Aug. 10, 2004)
SPORTS: Yanks Blazing on a Sunny Afternoon (By HARVEY ARATON, Aug. 10, 2004)
BASEBALL: First Error Was Ignoring the Signs (By LEE JENKINS, Aug. 10, 2004)
BASEBALL: Showalter Builds Another Young Team Into a Contender (By JACK CURRY, Aug. 10, 2004)
BLUE JAYS 5, YANKEES 4: Loaiza Receives Boos Once Sent to Contreras (By RON DICKER, Aug. 10, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Banning Bad News in Iraq (NY TIMES, Aug. 10, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Spin the Payrolls (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Aug. 10, 2004)
OP-CHART: The State of Iraq: An Update
(By ADRIANA LINS de ALBUQUERQUE, MICHAEL O¹HANLON & AMY UNIKEWICZ, Aug. 10, 2004)
OP-ED: Past Wrongs, Future Rights (By ENRIQUE KRAUZE, Aug. 10, 2004)
LETTERS: Job Numbers in an Election Year (5 Letters) (By Peter Limon, et. al., Aug. 10, 2004)
LETTERS: If We're in Danger, Are We Prepared? (3 Letters) (By Janice Gewirtz, et. al., Aug. 10, 2004)
LETTERS: Songs of Alaska, From Sea to Shining Sea (5 Letters) (By Jonathan Flora, et. al., Aug. 10, 2004)
BUSINESS: Markets Hold Steady as Traders Watch Oil and the Fed
[Dow -0.67, Nasdaq -2.25] (By Reuters, Aug. 10, 2004)
Tech Company Settled Tax Case Without an Audit (By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, Aug. 10, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Seeing Google With the Eyes of Forrest Gump (By GARY RIVLIN, Aug. 10, 2004)
ARTS: Concrete Is Learning New Tricks, Like Letting in the Light (By MARK GLASSMAN, Aug. 10, 2004)
ARTS: Artistic Enclave Gets Its Footing in Rhode Island (By KATIE ZEZIMA, Aug. 10, 2004)
BOOKS: 'SNOW': A Blizzard of Contradictions in Modern Turkey (By RICHARD EDER, Aug. 10, 2004)
MUSIC: The Rock Tour Comes to Camp, Seeking Converts (By ERIC DASH, Aug. 10, 2004)
MOSTLY MOZART: A Little Squeeze on the 'Brandenburgs,' to Make Everybody Happy (By ALLAN KOZINN, Aug. 10, 2004)
PHOTOGRAPHY: Photographer and His Art Are Home at Last (By ALAN RIDING, Aug. 10, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 10, 2004)
* How Is a Martian Rover Like a Bear? (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Aug. 10, 2004)
ESSAY: Making the Microscopic Loom Large in a Child's Life (By THOMAS EISNER, Aug. 10, 2004)
Blackouts: The Power Grid Is Too Sensitive for Its Own Good (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Aug. 10, 2004)
* In Pain, Gorilla Puts In a Call to the Dentist (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 10, 2004)
* OBSERVATORY: The Case of the Bees in the Night (By JAMES GORMAN, Aug. 10, 2004)
* Cowbird's Friendly Strategy? (By JAMES GORMAN, Aug. 10, 2004)
Avian Flu Kills 1,500 Ostriches on 2 South Africa Farms (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Aug. 10, 2004)
* Q & A: The Language of Dreams (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Aug. 10, 2004)
* HEALTH: Why Joggers Labor and Olympians Fly (By GINA KOLATA, Aug. 10, 2004)
* For Psychotherapy's Claims, Skeptics Demand Proof (By BENEDICT CAREY, Aug. 10, 2004)
* COMMENTARY: When a False God Plays Tricks on the Faithful (By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D., Aug. 10, 2004)
Starting Young in Treating High Blood Pressure (By LINDA CARROLL, Aug. 10, 2004)
Premature Babies Show Long-Term Effects (By REUTERS, Aug. 10, 2004)
* CASES: Seeking the Beauty of Stillness (By ANNETTE RACOND, Aug. 10, 2004)
PERSONAL HEALTH: A Doctor's Duty, When Death Is Inevitable (By JANE E. BRODY, Aug. 10, 2004)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Into the Mind of the Autistic (By JOHN LANGONE, Aug. 10, 2004)
* REALLY?: The Claim: Drinking Milk Increases Mucus Production (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Aug. 10, 2004)
A New Discovery in the Fight Against Acne (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Aug. 10, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Reactions: Unexpected Burns in an M.R.I. (By JOHN O'NEIL, Aug. 10, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Patterns: When No Chest Pain Is a Problem (By JOHN O'NEIL, Aug. 10, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Safety: Hazards in the Medicine Cabinet (By JOHN O'NEIL, Aug. 10, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Outcomes: In the Hands of Young Surgeons (By JOHN O'NEIL, Aug. 10, 2004)

Monday, August 9, 2004:
On This Day: August 9 (Izaak Walton 8/9/1593-12/15/1683, John Dryden 8/9/1631-5/1/1700, William Morton 8/9/1819-7/15/1868, Gaston Paris 8/9/1839-3/6/1903, Janie Porter Barrett 8/9/1865-8/27/1948, Leonide Massine 8/9/1896-3/15/1979, P. L. Travers 8/9/1899-4/23/1996, William Fowler 8/9/1911-3/14/1995, Robert Aldrich 8/9/1918-12/5/1983, Robert Shaw 8/9/1927-8/28/1978, Ralph Houk 1919, Rod Laver 1938, David Steinberg 1942, Ken Norton 1943, Sam Elliot 1944, Whitney Houston 1963, Gillian Anderson 1968, Jessica Capshaw 1976)
Atom Bomb Loosed on Nagasaki (By W. H. LAWRENCE, August 9, 1945)
Jean Piaget Dies in Geneva at 84
[8/9/1896-9/16/1980] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, September 17, 1980)

* Fay Wray, Beauty to Kong's Beast, Dies at 96 (NY TIMES, Aug. 9, 2004)
Walter Frentz, Cameraman in Nazi Germany, Dies at 96 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 9, 2004)
Don Tosti, 81, 'Pachuco' Musician, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 9, 2004)
Robert Herman, Former State Rent Official, Dies at 85 (NY TIMES, Aug. 9, 2004)
Red Adair, Famed for Taming Oil Well Fires, Dies at 89 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 9, 2004)
NATIONAL: THE DEMOCRATIC VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
After Speeding by Kansans, Edwardses Return to Rally (By THOMAS CRAMPTON, Aug. 9, 2004)
Laura Bush Defends Husband's Caution on Stem-Cell Research (By DAVID STOUT, Aug. 9, 2004)
SECURITY: Tourist Copters in New York City a Terror Target (By DAVID JOHNSTON and ERIC LICHTBLAU, Aug. 9, 2004)
Reporter Held in Contempt Over C.I.A. Leak (By ADAM LIPTAK, Aug. 9, 2004)
* WORLD: In Soccer Loss, a Glimpse of China's Rising Ire at Japan (By JIM YARDLEY, Aug. 9, 2004)
NY REGION: U.S. Is Ending Haven for Those Fleeing a Volcano (By NINA BERNSTEIN, Aug. 9, 2004)
Water, and Competing Rural Interests, Everywhere (By WINNIE HU, Aug. 9, 2004)
* Village Voice Reduces Staff and Evidently Morale, Too (By JAMES BARRON, Aug. 9, 2004)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Aug. 9, 2004)
SPORTS: FOOTBALL: Elway Leads Class of '04 in Canton
[47 fourth-quarter game-winning or game-tying drives]
(By CLIFTON BROWN, Aug. 9, 2004)
ATHENS JOURNAL: A Frenzied Finish in the Hammer, Nail and Saw Event (By SUSAN SACHS, Aug. 9, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Iraq Reconstruction Fiasco (NY TIMES, Aug. 9, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Admit We Have a Problem (By BOB HERBERT, Aug. 9, 2004)
* OP-ED: When the Games Were Everything [Olympics] (By THOMAS CAHILL, Aug. 9, 2004)
OP-ED: Arabs on the Verge of Democracy (By DANIELLE PLETKA, Aug. 9, 2004)
LETTERS: On Islam and a 'Reformation' (4 Letters) (By Peter K. Booth, et. al., Aug. 9, 2004)
LETTERS: Should We Stay or Should We Go? (3 Letters) (By David Fitts, et. al., Aug. 9, 2004)
LETTERS: Nigerian Suffering [polio vaccine] (By Charlotte Murphy, Aug. 9, 2004)
BUSINESS: It's Not Just the Jobs Lost, but the Pay in the New Ones (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Aug. 9, 2004)
* ADVERTISING: Like Apple, TiVo Faces a Struggle in a Market It Helped Create (By STUART ELLIOTT and KEN BELSON, Aug. 9, 2004)
* DRILLING DOWN/E-MAIL DELIVERY: Making It to the In-Box (By BILL WERDE, Aug. 9, 2004)
Young Men Are Back Watching TV. But Did They Ever Leave? (By BILL CARTER, Aug. 9, 2004)
Hip-Hop Admen: Walk This Way, Shop This Way (By NAT IVES, Aug. 9, 2004)
German Quiz Shows Thrive as Contestants Stay Home (By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN, Aug. 9, 2004)
* Hoping to Build Network for 'Nice Jewish Boyz' (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Aug. 9, 2004)
* TECHNOLGY: A Digital World With Analog as Its Workhorse (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Aug. 9, 2004)
* Will the Google Offering Be the Apple of Investors' Eyes? (By GARY RIVLIN, Aug. 9, 2004)
* Intel Technicians Use Delicate Silicon Surgery to Fine-Tune Microchips (By JOHN MARKOFF, Aug. 9, 2004)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: More E-Commerce Sites Aim to Add ŒSticky¹ Content (By BOB TEDESCHI, Aug. 9, 2004)
PATENTS: Lawyers Unearth Early Patents [Samuel Morey's internal combustion engine]
(By TERESA RIORDAN, Aug. 9, 2004)
FILM: A Movie as Cagey as That Mysterious Nessie (By ANNE THOMPSON, Aug. 9, 2004)
FILM: Big Stars in Grown-Up Movies Fail to Ignite Box Office Sparks (By SHARON WAXMAN, Aug. 9, 2004)
FILM NEW DVD'S: The Calmer Half of Killing: East Meets West (By DAVE KEHR, Aug. 9, 2004)
MUSIC CRITIC: A Day for Rebellion at the Warped Tour, Scruffy Survivor (By JON PARELES, Aug. 9, 2004)
THEATER: THE BOOTH VARIATIONS': Family Affair, Notorious and Historic (By BEN BRANTLEY, Aug. 9, 2004)
* THEATER: A Hypersensitive Guy Playing Mind Games [Mentalist Marc Salem] (By JESSE McKINLEY, Aug. 9, 2004)

Sunday, August 8, 2004:
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
[8/8/1896-12/15/1953] (NY Times, December 16, 1953)

Alexander Hammid, 96, Filmmaker Known for Many Styles, Dies (By KATHRYN L. SHATTUCK, Aug. 8, 2004)
Philip Holzman, 82, Authority on Schizophrenia, Dies (BY JEREMY PEARCE, Aug. 8, 2004)
* Philip Abelson, Chronicler of Scientific Advances, Dies at 91 (By JEREMY PEARCE, Aug. 8, 2004)
NATIONAL: On Talk Shows, U.S. Officials Cite Progress Against Terror (By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM, Aug. 8, 2004)
Republican Donors Paying to Play at the Convention (By GLEN JUSTICE, Aug. 8, 2004)
Diplomacy Fails to Slow Advance of Nuclear Arms (By DAVID E. SANGER, Aug. 8, 2004)
From Behind Bars, a Rapper Aims at the Top of the Chart [Shyne/Jamaal Barrow]
(By JEFF LEEDS, Aug. 8, 2004)
WORLD: Indochina War Refugees Find Homes at Last, in U.S. (By SETH MYDANS, Aug. 8, 2004)
Marines Pushing Deeper Into City Held by Shiites (By ALEX BERENSON and JOHN F. BURNS, Aug. 8, 2004)
Lingering Sex Scandal in Chile Still Roils and Divides the Political Heirs of Pinochet
(By LARRY ROHTER, Aug. 8, 2004)
* China in Africa: All Trade, With No Political Baggage (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Aug. 8, 2004)
NY REGION: THE PRECINCT | LIFE IN THE FIFTH: Policing a City Where Streets Are Less Mean
(By MICHAEL WILSON, Aug. 8, 2004)
SPORTS: 300 - Win Club Could Stay at 22 for a While (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 8, 2004)
* RED SOX 11, TIGERS 9: Wakefield Gives Up Six Home Runs and Still Wins (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 8, 2004)
OLYMPICS: Big Splash [athletes closeup] (NY TIMES, Aug. 8, 2004)
OLYMPICS: Swimming (By LYNN ZINSER, Aug. 8, 2004)
* MICHAEL PHELPS: SWIMMING: Staring Down a Lot of Gold (By LYNN ZINSER, Aug. 8, 2004)
KATIE HOFF: SWIMMING: A Second Wind (By LYNN ZINSER, Aug. 8, 2004)
EDITORIALS: And Now, the Hard Part (NY TIMES, Aug. 8, 2004)
* OP-CHART: Safety Second
Here's how the $144.4 billion for Iraq could have been spent to safeguard Americans
(By Michael Pan, et. al., Aug. 8, 2004)
OP-ED: The Shield That Failed (By DAHLIA LITHWICK, Aug. 8, 2004)
OP-ED: Misreading The Truth In Sudan (By SAM DEALEY, Aug. 8, 2004)
LETTERS: A President's Leading Indicators (4 Letters) (By Alan B. Cohen, et. al., Aug. 8, 2004)
LETTERS: African Action on Sudan's Crisis (By Kwame Akonor, Aug. 8, 2004)
* BUSINESS: DuPont, Now in the Frying Pan (By AMY CORTESE, Aug. 8, 2004)
GRETCHEN MORGENSON: The S.E.C.'s Infrequent Filer Plan (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Aug. 8, 2004)
* The Poker Player [Brian L. Roberts, CEO Comcast] (By KEN BELSON, Aug. 8, 2004)
* TECHNO FILES: Programmers Devise New Ways to Make the Pieces Work Together (By JAMES FALLOWS, Aug. 8, 2004)
* Seeing Signs of a Stock Recovery in Some Obscure Tea Leaves (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Aug. 8, 2004)
SPORTS MEDIA AND BUSINESS: A Glut of Coverage All Day, Every Day, and Through the Night
(By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Aug. 8, 2004)
SPENDING: Tired of Mowing the Grass? Just Replace It With a Pool (By KATE MURPHY, Aug. 8, 2004)
THE GOODS: Make Way, Joggers, for a Road Hog (By BRENDAN I. KOERNER, Aug. 8, 2004)
CAREER COUCH: Deflecting the Knife of a Backstabber (By CHERYL DAHLE, Aug. 8, 2004)
* THE BOSS: Catch the Flying Objects [Eugene D. O'Kelly, CEO KPMG] (As told to EVE TAHMINCIOGLU, Aug. 8, 2004)
Companies Find They Can't Buy Love With Bargains (By WILLIAM C. TAYLOR, Aug. 8, 2004)
* ECONOMIC VIEW: Polls Say Kerry. Futures Say Bush. (By DANIEL GROSS, Aug. 8, 2004)
* PORTFOLIOS: Yesterday's Earnings Don't Move Stocks. Tomorrow's Do. (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Aug. 8, 2004)
* OFF THE SHELF: Turning Confidence Into Business Success (By PAUL B. BROWN, Aug. 8, 2004)
The Gambler, Breaking Even [Nicholas W. Leeson] (By ROBERT JOHNSON, Aug. 8, 2004)
So the Jobs Report Is Dismal. The Fed Has No Place to Go but Up (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Aug. 8, 2004)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 8, 2004)
ARTS: Building a Bad Reputation: Sloppy American Construction (By JULIE V. IOVINE, Aug. 8, 2004)
ART: Museum With (Only) Walls (By SARAH BAYLISS, Aug. 8, 2004)
ARTS: A New Map of Latin America's Avant-Garde (By LYLE REXER, Aug. 8, 2004)
* ARTS: Art and the Olympic Spirit: Just Do It (Again) (By MILES UNGER, Aug. 8, 2004)
DANCE: Dancing in Tongues (By SYLVIANE GOLD, Aug. 8, 2004)
DANCE THIS WEEK: An Islander's Tales of the South Pacific (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Aug. 8, 2004)
FILM: Michael Mann Loves His Work (By A. O. SCOTT, Aug. 8, 2004)
FILM: Surprise: Von Trier Isn't the Horror Story (By SYLVIANE GOLD, Aug. 8, 2004)
* MUSIC: Spin Doctorate: Learning How to be a DJ (By KELEFA SANNEH, Aug. 8, 2004)
MUSIC: The Pixies Get Their Act Together (By JON PARELES, Aug. 8, 2004)
MUSIC TUNING UP: A Barrel of Laughs From an Improbable Joker (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Aug. 8, 2004)
MUSIC: Czech Music With Nary a Polka to Be Found (By MICHAEL BECKERMAN, Aug. 8, 2004)
MUSIC PLAYLIST: California, Sweetened [M83] (By BRIAN TURNER, Aug. 8, 2004)
THEATER: Postcards From the Fringe (By JASON ZINOMAN, Aug. 8, 2004)
THEATER: A John Wilkes Booth for the Video Age (By ERIK PIEPENBURG, Aug. 8, 2004)
TV: I Am a Political Consultant, and I Play One on TV (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Aug. 8, 2004)
TV: A Show That Works Even When Its Jokes Fall Flat (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Aug. 8, 2004)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 8, 2004)
* STYLE: The 37-Year Itch (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Aug. 8, 2004)
STYLE: Less Bling, More Elegance (By RUTH LA FERLA, Aug. 8, 2004)
BETA MALE: Between the Tool-Belt Set and the Jet Set (By RICK MARIN, Aug. 8, 2004)
VOWS: Ranee Mehra and Sharad Verma (By By C. J. HUGHES, Aug. 8, 2004)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 8, 2004)
TRAVEL: The Other Copenhagen [Vesterbro] (By KEN CHOWDER, Aug. 8, 2004)
ESSAY: A Ghost in the Jungle (By STEPHEN WALKER, Aug. 8, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 8, 2004)
TESTING A TRUISM: Please Don't Call Him 'Senator' (By JODI WILGOREN, Aug. 8, 2004)
* What, Us Worry? The New State of Disbelief (By TODD S. PURDUM, Aug. 8, 2004)
* REEL CONSPIRACIES: Whatever the Public Fears Most, It's Right Up There on the Big Screen
(By MOLLY HASKELL, Aug. 8, 2004)
KEEPING TIME IN ATHENS: Sing, Goddess, of the Stopwatch (By BRUCE WEBER, Aug. 8, 2004)
Africans Find a Refuge in Cast-Off 'Big Boxes' (By MICHAEL WINES, Aug. 8, 2004)
THE PUBLIC EDITOR: What to Do When News Grows Old Before Its Time (By JACK ROSENTHAL, Aug. 8, 2004)
* PERSPECTIVE: What They Would Do [Nixon & Kissinger] (By FRED KAPLAN, Aug. 8, 2004)
Does Europe Need to Get a Life? (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Aug. 8, 2004)
In Elections, It's Not Always About Jobs (By DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN, Aug. 8, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 8, 2004)
ON LANGUAGE: Groupthink (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Aug. 8, 2004)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: What Olympic Ideal? (By DANIEL MENDELSOHN, Aug. 8, 2004)
COVER ARTICLE: Built to Swim [Michael Phelps] (By MICHAEL SOKOLOVE, Aug. 8, 2004)
QUESTIONS FOR VICTORIA GOTTI: Family Matters (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Aug. 8, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 8, 2004)
THE LAST WORD: Works for Me (By LAURA MILLER, Aug. 8, 2004)

Saturday, August 7, 2004:
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
[8/7/1916-8/6/2000] (By ALBIN KREBS, August 7, 2000)

Rick James, Rebel Rocker of 'Punk-Funk,' Dies at 56 (By BEN SISARIO, Aug. 7, 2004)
Phil Johnson, Trainer Who Won '02 Breeders' Cup, Dies at 78 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 7, 2004)
Geraldine Peroni, 51, Film Editor Who Worked With Robert Altman, Dies (By BEN SISARIO, Aug. 7, 2004)
BUSINESS: Shares Drop on Weak Employment Report
[Dow -147.70, Nasdaq -44.74] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Aug. 7, 2004)
Google Details Share Buyback Offer (By REUTERS, Aug. 7, 2004)
* ARTS: A Comic-Book Response to 9/11 and Its Aftermath (Art Spiegelman Interview By Claudia Dreifus, Aug. 7, 2004)
DANCE: 'CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FATHER': Performers Who Take Their Cues From the Bible
(By JACK ANDERSON, Aug. 7, 2004)
MUSIC CRITIC: A Son of Soweto Ignites Rap (By KELEFA SANNEH, Aug. 7, 2004)
TV: 'LIBERIA: AN UNCIVIL WAR': Close Relationship to U.S. Did Not Help Liberia Much
(By JOHN SHATTUCK, Aug. 7, 2004)

Friday, August 6, 2004:
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
[8/6/1911-4/26/1989] (By PETER B. FLINT, April 27, 1989)

* Virginia Grey, a Veteran of 100 Films, Dies at 87 (By MEL GUSSOW, Aug. 6, 2004)
Tiziano Terzani, Writer Who Had a Keen Eye for 'New' Asia, Dies at 65 (By ELIZABETH BECKER, Aug. 6, 2004)
George Kugler Jr., 79, Lawyer and Former Attorney General, Dies (NY TIMES, Aug. 6, 2004)
BUSINESS: Higher Oil Prices Send Share Prices Plummeting Again
[Dow -163.48, Nasdaq -33.43] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Aug. 6, 2004)
* Google Is Said to Delay I.P.O. Because of Snag in Signing Up Big Investors (By SAUL HANSELL, Aug. 6, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Loving Google but Not Its Public Offering (By JOHN MARKOFF, Aug. 6, 2004)
* ART: 'DISPARITIES AND DEFORMATIONS': The Convention of Beastly Beauty (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Aug. 6, 2004)
* ART: 'THE BISHOP JADES': The Jade of China, Alive With Meaning Yet Glossily Elusive
(By HOLLAND COTTER, Aug. 6, 2004)
ART: 'NORTH FORK/SOUTH FORK': The Hamptons, a Playground for Creativity (By KEN JOHNSON, Aug. 6, 2004)
ARTS: Resourceful in the Deep South vs. Sleek in an Alpine Landscape (By ROBERTA SMITH, Aug. 6, 2004)
ART: 'The Infinite Fill Group Show'; 'The Day After I Destroyed the Women
I Wished I Had Not Destroyed Them'; 'Deliver Us From Evil' (By ROBERTA SMITH, Aug. 6, 2004)
INSIDE ART: A Rare Trove of Moderns (By CAROL VOGEL, Aug. 6, 2004)
ANTIQUES: A Hamptons Tour of Old Farms (By WENDY MOONAN, Aug. 6, 2004)
DANCE: J. P. MORGAN CHASE LATINO CULTURAL FESTIVAL:
Could That Be a Dominatrix in a Doomed-Lovers Duet? (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Aug. 6, 2004)
FILM: 'COLLATERAL': Killer in a Cab, Doing His Job (By MANOHLA DARGIS, Aug. 6, 2004)
FILM: 'CODE 46': A Future More Nasty, Because It's So Near (By A. O. SCOTT, Aug. 6, 2004)
FILM: 'The Other World': Looking for Her Fiancé on the Dark Side of the Moon: Algeria
(By DAVE KEHR, Aug. 6, 2004)
FILM: 'LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE': Asians With Nothing to Lose in Translation (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Aug. 6, 2004)
FILM: 'STANDER': A Policeman Turns Against Apartheid and Becomes a Bank-Robbing Folk Hero
(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Aug. 6, 2004)
FILM: 'LITTLE BLACK BOOK': Leaving His Past Behind (Electronically) (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Aug. 6, 2004)
FILM: 'OPEN WATER': Hanging With Sharks, at Their Dinner Hour (By A. O. SCOTT, Aug. 6, 2004)

Thursday, August 5, 2004:
On This Day: August 5 (Joseph Scaliger 8/5/1540-1/21/1609, Pietro Cesti 8/5/1623-10/14/1669, Antonio Franconi 8/5/1737-12/6/1836, Ambrose Thomas 8/5/1811-2/12/1896, Guy Maupassant 8/5/1850, Conrad Aiken 8/5/1889-8/17/1973, Erich Kleiber 8/5/1890-1/27/1956, Wassily Leontief 8/5/1906-2/5/1999, Neil Armstrong 1930, John Saxon 1935, Lonnie Anderson 1946, Holly Palance 1950, Patrick Ewing 1962)
Test Ban Treaty Signed in Moscow (By HENRY TANNER, August 5, 1963)
John Huston, Film Director, Writer and Actor, Dies at 81
[8/5/1966-8/28/1987] (By PETER B. FLINT, August 29, 1987)

Gloria Emerson, Chronicler of War's Damage, Dies at 75 (By CRAIG R. WHITNEY, Aug. 5, 2004)
* OP-ED: Criticism Starts at Home [Wole Soyinka & Nigeria] (By HENRY LOUIS GATES Jr., Aug. 5, 2004)
BUSINESS: Blue Chips Rise as Tech Shares Fall
[Dow +6.27, Nasdaq -4.36] (By Reuters, Aug. 5, 2004)
MARKET PLACE: Bored With EBay? Try Google's Unusual Auction (By SAUL HANSELL, Aug. 5, 2004)
* ARTS: Art Magazine Aims to Turn Consumers Into Connoisseurs (By DAVID CARR, Aug. 5, 2004)
* ARTS: A Study in Star-Spangled Fear, Across Two Centuries [Spy Museum] (By COURTNEY C. RADSCH, Aug. 5, 2004)
DANCE: 'ROMEO AND JULIET': Star-Crossed Young Lovers With No Nurse to Guide Them
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Aug. 5, 2004)

Wednesday, August 4, 2004:
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
[8/4/1901-7/6/1971] (By ALBIN KREBS, July 7, 1971)

* Cartier-Bresson, Artist Who Used Lens, Dies at 95 (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Aug. 4, 2004)
* Sidney Morgenbesser, 82, Kibitzing Philosopher, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Aug. 4, 2004)
* Bob Murphy, an Original Voice of the Mets, Dies at 79 (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Aug. 4, 2004)
Larry Shannon, a Veteran Times Editor, Dies at 67 (NY TIMES, Aug. 4, 2004)
Joseph Silver, Former Orthopedic Surgeon, Dies at 70 (NY TIMES, Aug. 4, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: What About Iraq? (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Aug. 4, 2004)
BUSINESS: Investors Retreat, Spooked by Oil Costs and Spending Data
[Dow -58.92, Nasdaq -32.67] (By Associated Press, Aug. 4, 2004)
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: Rise of a New Type of REIT (By TERRY PRISTIN, Aug. 4, 2004)
* DANCE CRITIC: Retracing the Steps in Balanchine's Extraordinary Odyssey (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Aug. 4, 2004)
* FILM: Arabs Riveted and Angered by 'Fahrenheit' (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Aug. 4, 2004)
FILM: Art? Smut? Commerce? Billboard Gets Attention (By SHARON WAXMAN, Aug. 4, 2004)
FILM: Moviemaking: Luck, Timing and More Luck (By ANNE THOMPSON, Aug. 4, 2004)
FILMS: 'SELVES AND OTHERS'; 'DRIVING AN ARAB STREET':
One Arab Scholar's Otherness, and Contradictions in Otherness (By DAVE KEHR, Aug. 4, 2004)

Tuesday, August 3, 2004:
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
[8/3/1900-4/17/1945] (NY Times, April 18, 1945)

Frank Smith, 71, Is Dead; Sought Justice After Attica (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Aug. 3, 2004)
Alexandra Scott, 8, Cancer Fund-Raiser, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 3, 2004)
NY REGION: For Two Boys, One Goal of Separate Lives (By MARY SPICUZZA, Aug. 3, 2004)
BUSINESS: Markets Are Largely Unfazed, With Stocks Rising Modestly
[Dow +39.45, Nasdaq +4.73] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Aug. 3, 2004)
ART: American Art Is Adrift for Biennale in Venice (By CAROL VOGEL, Aug. 3, 2004)
* FILM NEW DVD'S: Moody Jean Renoir, in a Frivolous Mask (By DAVE KEHR, Aug. 3, 2004)
MUSIC: MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL: Orbiting 'Jupiter' With a Rapid-Fire Probe (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Aug. 3, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 3, 2004)
* Songs of the Galaxies, and What They Mean (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Aug. 3, 2004)
Turning Genetically Engineered Trees Into Toxic Avengers (By HILLARY ROSNER, Aug. 3, 2004)
Worms Discover a Feast in Watery Depths (By KENNETH CHANG, Aug. 3, 2004)
* OBSERVATORY: When Squirrels Screech (By Dr. James F. Hare, Aug. 3, 2004)
OBSERVATORY: Tracing a Meteorite's Origins (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Aug. 3, 2004)
* SIDE EFFECTS: Sociology. History. Where to Put the Blanket. (By JAMES GORMAN, Aug. 3, 2004)
NASA's Messenger Probe Departs for Mercury (By STEFANO S. COLEDAN, Aug. 3, 2004)
* SPOTTED: An Albino Elephant That Stands Out in a Crowd (By Dr. Prithiviraj Fernando, Aug. 3, 2004)
* Water, Water Everywhere. And When It Shifts, So Does Earth's Gravity. (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Aug. 3, 2004)
* ESSAY: Los Alamos's Super-Secret Heritage Shows Some Cracks (By GEORGE JOHNSON, Aug. 3, 2004)
HEALTH: New Ways to Loosen Addiction's Grip (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Aug. 3, 2004)
THE CONSUMER: Child-Rearing, by the Book. But Which One? (By MARY DUENWALD, Aug. 3, 2004)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: TV's Toll on Young Minds and Bodies (By JANE E. BRODY, Aug. 3, 2004)
CONVERSATION WITH | THOMAS H. MURRAY: A Lament for Ancient Games in Modern World of Doping
(By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, Aug. 3, 2004)
CASES: A Machine for Sleep? Maybe Later (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Aug. 3, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Insights: Studying the Roots of Stuttering (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Aug. 3, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Testing: Overzealous on Lyme Disease? (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Aug. 3, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Patterns: Effects of Flu During Pregnacy (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Aug. 3, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Recommendations: Confronting Hypertension Early (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Aug. 3, 2004)
* Q & A: Vegetarians' Life Span (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Aug. 3, 2004)

Monday, August 2, 2004:
On This Day: August 2 (John Manners Granby 8/2/1721-10/18/1770, Pierre-Charles L'Enfant 8/2/1754-6/14/1825, Elisha Gray 8/2/1835-1/21/1901, Charles Francis Adams 8/2/1866-6/11/1954, Ernest Dowson 8/2/1867-2/23/1900, John French Sloan 8/2/1871-9/7/1951, Romulo Gallegos 8/2/1884-4/4/1969, Myrna Loy 8/2/1905-12/14/1993, John Dexter 8/2/1925-3/23/1990, Beatrice Straight 1918, Paul Laxalt 1922, Carroll O'Connor 1924, Peter O'Toole 1932, Hank Cochran 1935, Wes Craven 1939, Joanna Cassidy 1945, Victoria Jackson 1959, Mary-Louise Parker 1964)
President Harding Dies Suddenly; Stroke of Apoplexy at 7:30 P.M.; Calvin Coolidge Is President
(NY TIMES, August 2, 1923)
James Baldwin Dies at 63, Eloquent Writer In Behalf of Civil Rights
[8/2/1924-12/1/1987] (By LEE A. DANIELS, December 2, 1987)

Lilian Moore, 95, Who Wrote Books for Children, Is Dead (By STUART LAVIETES, Aug. 2, 2004)
Irvin Yeaworth Jr., 78, Director of 'The Blob', Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 2, 2004)
David Baker, 58, Jazz Audio Engineer, Is Dead (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Aug. 2, 2004)
BUSINESS: In Reality TV, Is It Thievery or Flattery? (By BILL CARTER, Aug. 2, 2004)
* Recent Layoff Rate Was Highest Since Early 1980's (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Aug. 2, 2004)
BASEBALL: Garciaparra Greeted by High Expectations (By IRA BERKOW, Aug. 2, 2004)
CUBS 6, PHILLIES 3: For Maddux, No Milestone, No Worries (By IRA BERKOW, Aug. 2, 2004)

Sunday, August 1, 2004:
On This Day: August 1 (Claudius 8/1/10 BC-10/13/54 AD, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck 8/1/1744-12/18/1829, William Clark 8/1/1770-9/1/1838, Francis Scott Key 8/1/1779-1/11/1843, Richard Henry Dana 8/1/1815-1/6/1882, Herman Melville 8/1/1819-9/28/1891, Robert Todd Lincoln 8/1/1843-7/26/1926, Meir Kahane 8/1/1932-11/5/1990, Ron Brown 8/1/1941-4/3/1996, Jerry Garcia 8/1/1942-8/9/1995, Arthur Hill 1922, Geoffrey Holder 1930, Tom Wilson 1931, Dom DeLuise 1933, Yves Saint Laurent 1936, Alfonse D'Amato 1937, Giancarlo Giannini 1942, Sam Mendes 1965)
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 [8/1/1874-8/1/1952] (NY Times, August 1, 1952)

* Ellen Auerbach, Avant-Garde Photographer, Dies at 98 (By ANDY GRUNDBERG, Aug. 1, 2004)
Ben Martin, Former Air Force Football Coach, Dies at 83 (NY TIMES, Aug. 1, 2004)
Martin E. Weaver, Historical Preservationist, Dies at 66 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Aug. 1, 2004)
* WORLD: THE GREAT DIVIDE: Amid China's Boom, No Helping Hand for Young Qingming (By JOSEPH KAHN and JIM YARDLEY, Aug. 1, 2004)
* BASEBALL: Johnson Stays, but Garciaparra Goes to Cubs (By JACK CURRY, Aug. 1, 2004)
* BASEBALL: KEEPING SCORE: Looking Beyond Batting Average (By ALAN SCHWARZ, Aug. 1, 2004)
* BASEBALL: A Freak of Consistency Pinpoints His Success [Greg Maddux] (By IRA BERKOW, Aug. 1, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: Finding Different Ways to Dance With Mediocrity (By MURRAY CHASS, Aug. 1, 2004)
BOXING: After Tyson's Knockout, Talk of the End in Camp (By VIV BERNSTEIN, Aug. 1, 2004)
* SPORTS LETTERS: Reflections on Ricky Williams [forgoing $18 million] (By Alan Rivers, Aug. 1, 2004)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 1, 2004)
* BUSINESS: Before You Buy Into That I.P.O., Search 'Lemmings' [Google] (By GARY RIVLIN, Aug. 1, 2004)
ART: Frank Gehry's Mideast Peace Plan (By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN, Aug. 1, 2004)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 1, 2004)
INVESTING: So Many Hedge Funds, So Few Strategies (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Aug. 1, 2004)
DIGITAL DOMAIN: It's BlackBerry Season, but Maybe Not for Long (By RANDALL STROSS, Aug. 1, 2004)
GRETCHEN MORGENSON: Finding Holes in Corporate Excuses (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Aug. 1, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 1, 2004)
* ON LANGUAGE: Behind the Green Door (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Aug. 1, 2004)
* THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: The Risk of Reading (By MARK EDMUNDSON, Aug. 1, 2004)
* QUESTIONS FOR HAROLD EVANS: Knight Moves (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Aug. 1, 2004)
COVER ARTICLE: The Triumph of the Quiet Tycoon (By PETER MAASS, Aug. 1, 2004)
* ESSAY: The Method Conspiracy [Konstantin Stanislavsky] (By LEE SIEGEL, Aug. 1, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Aug. 1, 2004)