Selected Articles from The New York Times—
December 2000 (* denotes news of special interest)

Sunday, December 31, 2000:
On This Day: December 31 (Jacques Cartier 12/31/1491-9/1/1557, Charles Cornwallis 12/31/1738-10/5/1805, Robert Aitken 12/31/1864-10/29/1951, George C. Marshall 12/31/1880-10/16/1959, Elizabeth Arden 12/31/1884-10/18/1966, Nathan Milstein 12/31/1903-12/21/1992, Jules Stynes 12/31/1905-9/20/1994, Simon Wiesenthal 1908, Odetta 1930, Sir Anthony Hopkins 1937, Sarah Miles 1941, Diane Von Furstenberg 1946, Donna Summer 1948, Val Kilmer 1959)
Truman Declares Hostilities Ended, Terminating Many Wartime Laws (By BERTRAM D. HULEN, December 31, 1946)
* Art World Mourns Henri Matisse, Dead at Home in Nice at Age of 84 [12/31/1869-11/3/1954] (NY Times, November 4, 1954)
Felicia Shpritzer, Broke Police Gender Barrier, Dies at 87 (By WILLIAM H. HONAN, Dec. 31, 2000)
Lord Aldington, British Politician and Businessman, Dies at 86 (By PAUL LEWIS, Dec. 31, 2000)
Ronald G. Pisano, Collector and Expert on Long Island's Art, Dies at 51 (By ROBERTA SMITH, Dec. 31, 2000)
Bush's Selections Signal a Widening of Cabinet's Role (By JOSEPH KAHN, Dec. 31, 2000)
Across Washington, the Inaugural Rush Is On (By IRVIN MOLOTSKY, Dec. 31, 2000)
H.M.O.'s to Drop Many Elderly and Disabled People (By JO THOMAS, Dec. 31, 2000)
Year-End Blizzard Slows Northeast to a Crawl [10-photos slideshow] (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Dec. 31, 2000)
FREEDOM'S TOLL: A Fit City Offers Russia a Self-Help Model (By MICHAEL WINES, Dec. 31, 2000)
Where bin Laden Has Roots, His Mystique Grows (By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 31, 2000)
For Peru Ex-Spy Chief, on the Lam, a Trail of Intrigue (By LARRY ROHTER, Dec. 31, 2000)
* Numbers for Magic in Spain: 01/01/01 (By EMMA DALY, Dec. 31, 2000)
* After a Year, Millennium Dome Calls It a Day (By WARREN HOGE, Dec. 31, 2000)
Decree Adds Lyrics to Russia's Anthem (By REUTERS, Dec. 31, 2000)
In New York, a Swirling Sky and a Joyful Spell (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Dec. 31, 2000)
Final Year, Final Ambitions [Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani] (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Dec. 31, 2000)
Trying to Preserve an Improvised Monument to Sobriety (By BARBARA STEWART, Dec. 31, 2000)
* THE SNOW: Fluffy Flakes Make Drifts, Not Snowballs (By SARAH KERSHAW, Dec. 31, 2000)
* NEW YEAR'S EVE: Clearing Way for a Times Square Celebration (By EUN LEE KOH, Dec. 31, 2000)
THE NATION: When 'I'm No. 2' Becomes Something to Cheer About (By ERIC SCHMITT, Dec. 31, 2000)
OUT OF PLACE: The Price of Peace Will Be Paid in Dreams (By JOHN KIFNER, Dec. 31, 2000)
IDEAS & TRENDS: The Case of the Instant Recession (By ALEX BERENSON, Dec. 31, 2000)
* A VIRTUAL SPACE ODYSSEY: The Future Is Coming Faster (By GEORGE JOHNSON, Dec. 31, 2000)
* MEASURING A CENTURY: America Then and Now: It's All in the Numbers (By AM ROBERTS, Dec. 31, 2000)
* Tonight's the Night (By RICHARD E. MOONEY, Dec. 31, 2000)
* Biggest Names of the Year (By THOMAS VINCIGUERRA, Dec. 31, 2000)
Please Give a Mummy a Home (By JOHN LELAND, Dec. 31, 2000)
Who's the Man? Shaft, John Shaft (By DOUG HARVEY, Dec. 31, 2000)
Hark! That's No Herald Angel (By JENNIFER A. KINGSON, Dec. 31, 2000)
EDITORIAL: A Scholar-Statesman Retires [Daniel Patrick Moynihan] (NY TIMES, Dec. 31, 2000)
EDITORIAL: Finding the Next Baton [New York Philharmonic] (NY TIMES, Dec. 31, 2000)
OP-ED: Globalization Grows Up and Gets Political (By FAREED ZAKARIA, Dec. 31, 2000)
OP-ED: Judging the Gentlewoman From New York [Hillary Clinton] (By DALE BUMPERS, Dec. 31, 2000)
OP-ED: LIBERTIES: When the Boy King Ruled (By MAUREEN DOWD, Dec. 31, 2000)
OP-ED: RECKONINGS: Real Reality's Revenge (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Dec. 31, 2000)
* BUSINESS: How Did So Many Get It So Wrong? (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Dec. 31, 2000)
* MARKET WATCH: A Year Underachievers Everywhere Can Be Proud Of (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Dec. 31, 2000)
* Business Book Turns a Page With New Form (By MARY B. W. TABOR, Dec. 31, 2000)
ECONOMIC VIEW: Bush's Task: Deciding How He'll Spend a Big Surplus (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Dec. 31, 2000)
* INVESTING: Playing Averages for the Long Haul (By FRED BROCK, Dec. 31, 2000)
* An Empire Built on China Chic [Hong Kong] (By MARK LANDLER, Dec. 31, 2000)
Ms. Responsibility Takes the Gallup Exam (By MARY B. W. TABOR, Dec. 31, 2000)
Testing Your Business I.Q. (Compiled by Donna Anderson, Dec. 31, 2000)
Business I.Q.: The Answers (Compiled by Donna Anderson, Dec. 31, 2000)
FIVE QUESTIONS for JOSEPH A. CALIFANO Jr.: Battle To End Workplace Violence (By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, Dec. 31, 2000)
* E-Greetings Outpace E-Commerce (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 31, 2000)
Napster CEO Shares His New Year's Resolutions (By REUTERS, Dec. 31, 2000)
MARKET INSIGHT: Predicting an Upswing in Emerging Markets (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Dec. 31, 2000)
* STRATEGIES: Ignoring the Smoke and Mirrors Used by Fund Managers (By MARK HULBERT, Dec. 31, 2000)
Health Food Seller Is Back to Health (By KATE MURPHY, Dec. 31, 2000)
Brazil's Hot Commodity? Not Coffee or Soccer (By LARRY ROHTER, Dec. 31, 2000)
PERSONAL BUSINESS: Cuts in Health Benefits Squeeze Retirees' Nest Eggs (By MILT FREUDENHEIM, Dec. 31, 2000)
Homebuyers Slowly Warm to the Net (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, Dec. 31, 2000)
Private Sector: For Whom the Bell Tolls: Exchange Rings Out '00 (Compiled By RICK GLADSTONE, Dec. 31, 2000)
Should Reports Be Subject to Standards? (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Dec. 31, 2000)
Investing Diary: Bank Cracks the Case of the Vanishing Wealth (By Robert D. Hershey Jr., Dec. 31, 2000)
Letters: Remedy for a New Economy (By THOMAS LEMBESSIS, Dec. 31, 2000)
MY MONEY, MY LIFE: Living Outside the Law (By CARRIE MANDEL, Dec. 31, 2000)
LIVING: The Hills Were Alive With the Sound of Moolah in 2000 (By BOB MORRIS, Dec. 31, 2000)
A Day of Chinese Beauty With Vivienne Tam (By RUTH LA FERLA, Dec. 31, 2000)
New Club Dance Craze: Rear-Ending (By JULIA CHAPLIN, Dec. 31, 2000)
ON THE STREET: People in Blankets, Pups in Boots [slideshow] (Photographs by BILL CUNNINGHAM, Dec. 31, 2000)
VOWS: Ed Bernstein and Lisa Schacht-Levine (By LOIS SMITH BRADY, Dec. 31, 2000)
A NIGHT OUT WITH / DEBORAH COPAKEN KOGAN: A Saucy Matchmaker (By LINDA LEE, Dec. 31, 2000)
VIEW: Partying With Your Baby (Your Actual Baby, That Is) (By JOANNA COLES & PETER GODWIN, Dec. 31, 2000)
TRAVEL: Finding Nature and Self Near Negril (By LUCHINA FISHER, Dec. 31, 2000)
Rejuvenating, Any Way You Slice It (By CAROLINE SEEBOHM, Dec. 31, 2000)
A Jackpot of Rich Indulgences (By RICK LYMAN, Dec. 31, 2000)
Serious Pampering in the Finger Lakes (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Dec. 31, 2000)
One Night That's a Holiday Everywhere (By JILL KNIGHT WEINBERGER, Dec. 31, 2000)
Business Travel: Of More Web Sites and Gridlocked Skies (By JOE SHARKEY, Dec. 31, 2000)
CHOICE TABLES: Food for the Soul, Lyonnais Style (By JACQUELINE FRIEDRICH, Dec. 31, 2000)
PRACTICAL TRAVELER: How to Avoid Passport Woes (By BETSY WADE, Dec. 31, 2000)
Architecture in Review: Models for the New Modern Age (By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Dec. 31, 2000)
Art in Review: As the Tate Towered, a Giant Guggenheim Got a Lift (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Dec. 31, 2000)
Classical in Review: A Haunting New Opera Amid Happy Returns (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Dec. 31, 2000)
Dance in Review: Partial to Balanchine, and a Lot of Built-In Down Time (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Dec. 31, 2000)
Film in Review: A Year That Was Very Good. Or Very Bad. (By A.O. SCOTT, Dec. 31, 2000)
Popular Music in Review: A Business Feasts on Its Young (By JON PARELES, Dec. 31, 2000)
Theater in Review: Searching for Chorus Girls, Finding Plays (By BEN BRANTLEY, Dec. 31, 2000)
TV in Review: Reality Took Over but Seemed So Unreal (By CARYN JAMES, Dec. 31, 2000)
Taking a Year 2000 Inner-Space Odyssey (By BILL DESOWITZ, Dec. 31, 2000)
THEATER: The Author of `Art' Has Another Hit on Her Hands (By ALAN RIDING, Dec. 31, 2000)
DANCE: Diavolo Dance Theater: On a Stage, All the World's a Staircase (By DONNA PERLMUTTER, Dec. 31, 2000)
From the Quiet of a Bedroom, Raw Songs of America [Bruce Springsteen] (By ANTHONY DeCURTIS, Dec. 31, 2000)
'The West Wing': The Lovable Liberal Behind Bush's Victory (By LAURA LIPPMAN, Dec. 31, 2000)
Two Disparate Classical Works Are Brothers Under the Skin (By MATTHEW GUREWITSCH, Dec. 31, 2000)
Santiago Calatrava: Architect, Artist, Engineer (By ALAN RIDING, Dec. 31, 2000)
* Mapping, in Space, the Flickering Face of Time (By EDWARD M. GOMEZ, Dec. 31, 2000)
* ON LANGUAGE: stylebook [Some rules really aren't meant to be broken.] (By WILLIAM G. CONNOLLY, Dec. 31, 2000)
SALIENT FACTS: SCOOTERS: Not-So-Hot Wheels (By ROB TURNER, Dec. 31, 2000)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: The Great Divide (By JACK HITT, Dec. 31, 2000)
QUESTIONS FOR ROBERT M. PARKER JR.: Vino, Vidi, Vici [founder of The Wine Advocate] (By BRUCE SCHOENFELD , Dec. 31, 2000)
THE ETHICIST: Drugstore Cowboy (By RANDY COHEN, Dec. 31, 2000)
SHOPTALK: Scoring Goals [Can New Year's resolutions help?] (Moderated by HOPE REEVES, Dec. 31, 2000)
* Reagan Writes [recently discovered radio addresses from the 1970's] (By RONALD REAGAN, Dec. 31, 2000)
Things Are What They Used to Be [Singer Jane Monheit] (By DAVID HAJDU, Dec. 31, 2000)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 31, 2000)
* Waiting for the Streetcar ["The Selected Letters of Tennessee Williams"] (By BILL GOLDSTEIN, Dec. 31, 2000)
* A Sense of Where He's Not {A. Alvarez's memoir "Where Did It All Go Right?"] (By RICHARD EDER, Dec. 31, 2000)
Ambassador in Spite of Himself [Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy] (By THOMAS MALLON, Dec. 31, 2000)
Back to the Stone Age: Evolutionary Psychology [Terry Burnham, "Mean Genes"] (By ERICA GOODE, Dec. 31, 2000)
Hanging Up the Past [Francis Haskell, "The Ephemeral Museum"] (By PAUL MATTICK, Dec. 31, 2000)
The Sacred and the Secular [Ruth R. Wisse, "The Modern Jewish Canon" & Robert Alter, "Canon and Creativity"] (By ESTHER SCHOR, Dec. 31, 2000)
* A Poet at War With His Language ["Selected Poems and Prose of Paul Celan"] (By MARK M. ANDERSON, Dec. 31, 2000)
The School of Hard Knocks [Jennifer Lauck's "Blackbird"] (By JODI KANTOR, Dec. 31, 2000)
So He's Not a Prophet. So He's a Reformer [George Soros, "Open Society: Reforming Global Capitalism"] (By SYLVIA NASAR, Dec. 31, 2000)
Marsha Mason's "Journey: A Personal Odyssey" (By LESLIE CHESS FELLER, Dec. 31, 2000)
BOOKEND: A Reputation Saved by a Book (By PETER MAAS, Dec. 31, 2000)
* SCIENCE: Rare Baby Elephant Delights Seattle [birth video at Seattle zoo's Web site, www.zoo.org] (By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK, Dec. 31, 2000)
* Sky Watch: The Third Millennium [Dionysius Exiguus didn't start AD with year zero] (By JOE RAO, Dec. 31, 2000)

Saturday, December 30, 2000:
On This Day: December 30 (John Milne 12/30/1850-7/30/1913, Asa Griggs Candler 12/30/1851-3/12/1929, Rudyard Kipling 12/30/1865-1/18/1936, Ramana Maharshi 12/30/1879-4/14/1950, Alfred Einstein 12/30/1880-2/13/1952, Sir Carol Reed 12/30/1906-4/25/1976, Bert Parks 12/30/1914-2/2/1992, Bo Diddley 1928, Paul Stookey 1937, Davy Jones 1945, Patti Smith 1946, Matt Lauer 1957, Tracey Ullman 1959, Tiger Woods 1975)
Nixon Orders a Halt In Bombing of North Above 20th Parallel (By BERNARD GWERTZMAN, December 30, 1972)
Alfred E. Smith Dies Here at 70; 4 Times Governor [12/30/1873-10/4/1944] (NY Times, October 4, 1944)
Dr. George Edward Wantz, 77, Innovator in Hernia Operations (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Dec. 30, 2000)
Martin Prinz, 69, Curator of Meteorite Collection (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Dec. 30, 2000)
Sam Savitt, Artist and Author Who Specialized in Horses, Dies at 83 (By ERIC PACE, Dec. 30, 2000)
Karen McCready, Publisher, Art Gallery Owner and Writer, Dies at 54 (NY TIMES, Dec. 30, 2000)
THE FINAL TALLY: Gore's Lead in the Popular Vote Now Exceeds 500,000 (By DAVID STOUT, Dec. 30, 2000)
THE TRANSITION: New Picks Firm Up Conservative Cast of Bush's Cabinet (By DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 30, 2000)
THE SEARCH: Nearly Full Cabinet Is Stocked With Republicans (By LIZETTE ALVAREZ, Dec. 30, 2000)
Interior Choice Sends a Signal on Land Policy (By DOUGLAS JEHL, Dec. 30, 2000)
MAN IN THE NEWS: The Second Time Around: Anthony J. Principi (By STEVEN A. HOLMES, Dec. 30, 2000)
THE CHOICES: Small Town Ambition Forms Character of Health Secretary Nominee (By PAM BELLUCK, Dec. 30, 2000)
MAN IN THE NEWS: Houston Schools Chief Used Innovative Methods to Reform Education (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Dec. 30, 2000)
RELIGION JOURNAL: For Armenian Church, a Milestone Midnight (By GUSTAV NIEBUHR, Dec. 30, 2000)
Clintons Buy $2.85 Million Washington Home (By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, Dec. 30, 2000)
ROME JOURNAL: Their Job Is to Look Good and Smile (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Dec. 30, 2000)
For Y2K Doomsayers, the End Is Not Near Still, Some Are Stocking Up on Spam (By MONTE WILLIAMS, Dec. 30, 2000)
A Master of Latin Jazz Is Rediscovered at 79 [Chico O'Farrill] (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Dec. 30, 2000)
Bronx High School of Science Gets Dual Advisory Panels, but Not Dueling Ones, Officials Say (By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS, Dec. 30, 2000)
NYC: Lowly Bagel, Highly Priced: Nearly a Buck (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Dec. 30, 2000)
OP-ED: Count on Rumsfeld, Not the Missile Shield (By RICHARD L. GARWIN, Dec. 30, 2000)
OP-ED: Another Prohibition, Another Failure (By GARY E. JOHNSON, Dec. 30, 2000)
OP-ED: Working With the Neighbors (By JUDITH RODIN, Dec. 30, 2000)
OP-ED: ABROAD AT HOME: An Unfit Nominee (By ANTHONY LEWIS, Dec. 30, 2000)
Glimpse at Profit Earns $30 Million for Kozmo (By JAYSON BLAIR, Dec. 30, 2000)
Judge Rules That Failed Dot-Com Can Resell Its Lease (By JAYSON BLAIR, Dec. 30, 2000)
BUSINESS: Share Prices Finish Lower on Last Day of Tough Year (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Dec. 30, 2000)
From Spotted Owls to Caviar (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Dec. 30, 2000)
Hedge Fund Retrenches by Giving Back Up to $2 Billion (By DANNY HAKIM, Dec. 30, 2000)
A Drought Hit Market for Capital Sales of New Securities Fell by 8% in 2000 (By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Dec. 30, 2000)
* ARTS: CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: Dissecting a 'Masterpiece' to Find Out How It Ticks (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Dec. 30, 2000)
* IDEAS: Harvard Expert on Shakespeare Branches Out (By DINITIA SMITH, Dec. 30, 2000)
* Now Playing, Short Stories at a Web Theater Near You (By PETER M. NICHOLS, Dec. 30, 2000)
DANCE: A Troupe Finds a Real Home, With Showers (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Dec. 30, 2000)
THINK TANK: After Deciding What to Call It, What Do You Call What You Call It? (NY TIMES, Dec. 30, 2000)
CUTTINGS: Turning Seasons Upside Down (By ANNE RAVER, Dec. 30, 2000)

Friday, December 29, 2000:
On This Day: December 29 (Jeanne-Antoinette Pompadour 12/29/1721-4/15/1764, Charles Macintosh 12/29/1766-7/25/1843, Charles Goodyear 12/29/1800-7/1/1860, William Gladstone 12/29/1809-5/19/1898, Pablo Casals 12/29/1876-10/22/1973, Jess Willard 12/29/1881-12/15/1968, William Gaddis 12/29/1922-12/16/1998, Tom Jarriel 1934, Mary Tyler Moore 1937, Jon Voight 1938, Marianne Faithfull 1946, Ted Danson 1947)
Nazis Bombings Set Big London Fires: Flames Leap High (By RAYMOND DANIELL, December 29, 1940)
Andrew Johnson Dead at 66 [12/29/1808-7/31/1875] (NY Times, August 1, 1875)
* W. V. Quine, Philosopher Who Analyzed Language and Reality, Dies at 92 (By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, Dec. 29, 2000)
John Wesley Rice Jr., Father of Bush Adviser, Dies at 77 (NY TIMES, Dec. 29, 2000)
Vincent Palumbo, Stone Carver for Cathedral, Dies at 64 (NY TIMES, Dec. 29, 2000)
Levi Jackson, a Pioneer at Yale, Is Dead at 74 [1st black football captain] (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Dec. 29, 2000)
MAN IN THE NEWS: Donald Henry Rumsfeld: Veteran of the Pentagon (By JAMES RISEN, Dec. 29, 2000)
Choice of Rumsfeld Creates Solid Team for Missile Shield (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Dec. 29, 2000)
Defense Secretary Chosen; Held Same Post Under Ford (By ERIC SCHMITT, Dec. 29, 2000)
Comments by Bush and Rumsfeld on Selection for Secretary of Defense (NY TIMES, Dec. 29, 2000)
Serving More Than Once Has Several Precedents (By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, Dec. 29, 2000)
THE INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR: As Bush Ponders on CIA Leader, Some Say That No Change Is Needed (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Dec. 29, 2000)
Profiles of Other Choices for Bush Team (NY TIMES, Dec. 29, 2000)
Americans Number 281,421,906 in Census (By STEVEN A. HOLMES, Dec. 29, 2000)
10-Year Estimate of Budget Surplus Surges Once More (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Dec. 29, 2000)
Twin Storms Move East After Battering the Plains (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Dec. 29, 2000)
7 Victims of Massacre Are Mourned by Hundreds (By CAREY GOLDBERG, Dec. 29, 2000)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Fork in Arafat's Road: New Peace or Old Victimhood (By JANE PERLEZ, Dec. 29, 2000)
Clinton Scraps North Korea Trip, Saying Time's Short for Deal (By DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 29, 2000)
* RIO JOURNAL: For Brazil's College-Bound, a Brutal Test of Mettle (By LARRY ROHTER, Dec. 29, 2000)
Clinton's Trade-Offs: Ancestral Lands and Sacred Sites (By JOEL GREENBERG, Dec. 29, 2000)
Canada's Haven: For Notorious Fugitives, Too? (By JAMES BROOKE, Dec. 29, 2000)
Greece Faces the Specter of Violence at the Olympics (By DOUGLAS FRANTZ, Dec. 29, 2000)
Nobelist's Villa Contested [Daw Aung San Suu Kyi] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 29, 2000)
I-95, a River of Commerce Overflowing With Traffic (By RANDY KENNEDY, Dec. 29, 2000)
What's Fair Rent on the Palace? Royalty and the Church Disagree (By CHARLES V. BAGLI, Dec. 29, 2000)
Historian Restores Early Burial Plots in Queens (By SARAH KERSHAW, Dec. 29, 2000)
* The 4th Day of Christmas: 3,000 Philosophers Thinking (By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS, Dec. 29, 2000)
* Public Lives: An Introspective New Year's Eve [chant of Om] (By SHAILA K. DEWAN, Dec. 29, 2000)
EDITORIAL: What the Census Means (NY TIMES, Dec. 29, 2000)
* OP-ED: Make This Natural Treasure a National Monument (By JIMMY CARTER, Dec. 29, 2000)
* OP-ED: At Last, We Elders Get Some Respect (By ANNIE GOTTLIEB, Dec. 29, 2000)
* OP-ED: PUBLIC INTERESTS: The Last Roundup [new millennium] (By GAIL COLLINS, Dec. 29, 2000)
OP-ED: A Time for Human Rights on Native Ground (By LOUISE ERDICH, Dec. 29, 2000)
LETTERS: Next, an Education Revolution? (By HAROLD HOWE II et. al., Dec. 29, 2000)
BUSINESS: Dow Finishes With Gain for 5th Consecutive Session [Dow +66, Nasdaq +18] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 29, 2000)
Floyd Norris: During 2000, the Bursting Bubble Did Not Hurt All Stocks (By FLOYD NORRIS, Dec. 29, 2000)
* Montgomery Ward to Close Its Doors (By LESLIE KAUFMAN with CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Dec. 29, 2000)
* Meow-Chi, Hot Toy of 2000, Is a Surprise Hit (By JULIAN E. BARNES, Dec. 29, 2000)
Advertising: Primedia Promotes Its Online Business Operations (By JANE L. LEVERE, Dec. 29, 2000)
Providian Settles Credit Card Lawsuit by Paying $105 Million (By MELODY PETERSEN, Dec. 29, 2000)
Guilty Plea Is Set in Internet Hoax Case Involving Emulex (By ALEX BERENSON, Dec. 29, 2000)
Priceline's Founder Quits Board (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 29, 2000)
ART: Charlotte Salomon: Shaping Stories, Shaping Herself (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Dec. 29, 2000)
FILM: 'Shadow of the Vampire': Son of `Nosferatu,' With a Real-Life Monster (By A. O. SCOTT, Dec. 29, 2000)
FILM: 'Chunhyang': An Oft-Told Love Fable, Layer by Exotic Layer (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Dec. 29, 2000)
THEATER: Seeing Stars: A Guide to Theater Hangouts (By JESSE McKINLEY, Dec. 29, 2000)
ART: Powerful Shirts of the Plains Indians (By GRACE GLUECK, Dec. 29, 2000)
MUSIC: Straight From the Joyous Heart and Soul, in a Setting Bach Would Relish (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Dec. 29, 2000)
THEATER: 'Cat's-Paw': 3 Generations Partnering in Three-Quarter Time (By BRUCE WEBER, Dec. 29, 2000)
At the Movies [Mike Rich's "Finding Forrester" & Im Kwon Taek's "Chunhyang"] (By DAVE KEHR, Dec. 29, 2000)
* DESIGN REVIEW: Encountered by Millions, Yet Virtually Unknown [Hermann Zapf] (By ROBERTA SMITH, Dec. 29, 2000)
* DESIGN REVIEW: The Fountainhead and Father of the Woolworth Building (By GRACE GLUECK, Dec. 29, 2000)
DESIGN REVIEW: Giant Strides Beyond Traditional 'Feminine' Fields (By GRACE GLUECK, Dec. 29, 2000)
ANTIQUES: Lots of Style, No First Lady (By WENDY MOONAN, Dec. 29, 2000)
BOOKS: 'A Desert in Bohemia': Behind the Iron Curtain in an Upside-Down World (By RICHARD EDER, Dec. 29, 2000)
RADIO REVIEW: Now on Video, Briefly Back From the Dead to Give Mourners Some Advice (By JULIE SALAMON, Dec. 29, 2000)
ON THE ROAD: Honolulu: Pacific Crossroads, Deep in Hibiscus and History (By R. W. APPLE Jr., Dec. 29, 2000)
Family Fare: When Magic Goes Awry (By LAUREL GRAEBER, Dec. 29, 2000)
SCIENCE: Company Won't Get Access to Data of Famed Heart Study (By GINA KOLATA, Dec. 29, 2000)
Lack of Power in the West Proves a Boon for Some (By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK, Dec. 29, 2000)
Boys Held in Koala Theft (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 29, 2000)

Thursday, December 28, 2000:
On This Day: December 28 (Thomas Henderson 12/28/1798-11/23/1844, Edward Burnham 12/28/1833-1/9/1916, Woodrow Wilson 12/28/1856-2/3/1924, William Draper Harkins 12/28/1873-3/7/1951, Sir Arthur Eddington 12/28/1882-11/22/1944, Lew Ayres 12/28/1908-12/30/1996, Manuel Puig 12/28/1932-7/22/1990, Lou Jacobi 1913, Johnny Otis 1921, Maggie Smith 1934, Denzel Washington 1954)
First 'Test-Tube' Baby Born in U.S., Joining Successes Around World (By WALTER SULLIVAN, December 28, 1981)
Earl Hines, 77, Father of Modern Jazz Piano, Dies [12/28/1905-4/22/1983] (By JON PARELES, April 24, 1983)
Herman Feshbach, Theorized on Nuclei of Atoms, Dies at 83 (By KENNETH CHANG, Dec. 28, 2000)
Louis Leprince-Ringuet, French Physicist, Dies at 99 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Dec. 28, 2000)
Esther B. Aresty, Collector of Rare Books on the Culinary Arts, Dies at 92 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Dec. 28, 2000)
Felix Popper, Conductor and Administrator at City Opera, Dies at 92 (By ALLAN KOZINN, Dec. 28, 2000)
Benjamin Karp, a Sculptor of Powerful, Sensitive Portraits, Dies at 94 (By WILLIAM H. HONAN, Dec. 28, 2000)
Ex-Defense Secretary Seems to Be Bush Choice for C.I.A. (By ERIC SCHMITT, Dec. 28, 2000)
THE CLINTON LEGACY: For 8 Years, a Strained Relationship With the Military (By JANE PERLEZ, Dec. 28, 2000)
THE CLINTON LEGACY: Economic Engine for Foreign Policy (By DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 28, 2000)
THE CLINTON LEGACY: Clinton's Remarks on Foundation of Foreign Policy (Interview By NY TIMES, Dec. 28, 2000)
Bushes Relax, Uncontested, in Florida (By DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 28, 2000)
Sex Education With Just One Lesson: No Sex (By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, Dec. 28, 2000)
In Wake of Killings, Strands of Suspect's Life (By KIRK JOHNSON, Dec. 28, 2000)
Employee Pleads Not Guilty as Details Emerge in Office Shootings (By CAREY GOLDBERG, Dec. 28, 2000)
DNA, in New Twist, Enters Divorce Court (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 28, 2000)
FREEDOM'S TOLL: For All Russia, Biological Clock Is Running Out (By MICHAEL WINES, Dec. 28, 2000)
Peru Uses Internet to Hunt Former Spy Chief (By REUTERS, Dec. 28, 2000)
This Dec. 31, Less Is Still Too Much (By SUSAN SAULNY, Dec. 28, 2000)
Owner Takes the Garden Out of Garden Apartments to Add Housing (By DENNIS HEVESI, Dec. 28, 2000)
* Panel of Nobel Laureates to Assess Bronx Science High School (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Dec. 28, 2000)
Public Lives: Millennium Party Planner Plans to Party On (By ROBIN FINN, Dec. 28, 2000)
Public Lives: Honoring a Life Of Quiet Service (By SHAILA K. DEWAN with Jesse McKinley, Dec. 28, 2000)
EDITORIAL: Remembering Jason Robards (By NY TIMES, Dec. 28, 2000)
OP-ED: What Tax Cuts Can Buy for Health (By MATTHEW MILLER, Dec. 28, 2000)
OP-ED: Marketing the Memoir (By CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY, Dec. 28, 2000)
OP-ED: IN AMERICA: Fragile Victories (By BOB HERBERT, Dec. 28, 2000)
OP-ED ESSAY: Office Pool, 2001 (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Dec. 28, 2000)
BUSINESS: Share Prices Move Higher on Hopes of Easing by the Fed [Dow +111, Nasdaq +46] (By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr., Dec. 28, 2000)
Biotechnology Companies Try to Ward Off Generic Drugs (By ANDREW POLLACK, Dec. 28, 2000)
Market Place: Hedge Funds Show Their Mettle (By DANNY HAKIM, Dec. 28, 2000)
China at Gate of Profound Shift (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Dec. 28, 2000)
Keeping the Show Going in a Circus-Saturated Land (By ELIZABETH OLSON, Dec. 28, 2000)
Advertising: Trying to Draw Young People to the Field (By BERNARD STAMLER, Dec. 28, 2000)
* Economic Scene: Like It or Not, Appearance Counts in the Workplace (By VIRGINIA POSTREL, Dec. 28, 2000)
Leading Indicators Fall Again, Signaling Slowdown in Economy (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Dec. 28, 2000)
Skeptic Now Sees the Virtue in Teaching Children Online (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Dec. 28, 2000)
400 Channels and (Click) Digital Television Changes City's Cable Landscape (By JAYSON BLAIR, Dec. 28, 2000)
D.S.L. Service for Linking to Internet Is Problem Ridden (By SIMON ROMERO, Dec. 28, 2000)
S.E.C. Files Civil Charges Against a Onetime Stock Guru (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Dec. 28, 2000)
NetZero Sues Juno Online in a Patent Dispute (By MATT RICHTEL, Dec. 28, 2000)
ARTS ABROAD: A Foothold in London for Imperial Treasures (By ALAN RIDIN, Dec. 28, 2000)
THE POP LIFE: Worthwhile Albums Most People Missed (By NEIL STRAUSS, Dec. 28, 2000)
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: In So Many Musical Bowers, a Season of Gifts Withdrawn (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Dec. 28, 2000)
A Film Director in a Campaign for Indonesian Democracy (By DAVID ROHDE, Dec. 28, 2000)
* BOOKS: 'What Remains': Loss, Too, Can Be Found in the Details (By JANET MASLIN, Dec. 28, 2000)
ROCK REVIEW: Into an 80's Time Warp, Complete With Mirror Ball (By JON PARELES, Dec. 28, 2000)
Culture Notes: Attitudes [Frank Bidart receives $150,000 Wallace Stevens Award for poetry] (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Dec. 28, 2000)
LIVING: Nothing's Too Good for the Super (By TRACIE ROZHON, Dec. 28, 2000)
A Park Offers Nature, Not Just Hoops (By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Dec. 28, 2000)
Garden Q.& A.: Willful Amaryllis (By LESLIE LAND, Dec. 28, 2000)
* A Tree Sculptor Revives an Ancient Art (By BRADFORD McKEE, Dec. 28, 2000)
Still Objects That Run Deep (By WILLIAM L. HAMILTON, Dec. 28, 2000)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 28, 2000)
* Artificial Intelligence Hasn't Peaked (Yet) (By KATIE HAFNER, Dec. 28, 2000)
* The Internet as a Concert Hall [www.gmn.com & www.onlineclassics.net] (By ADAM BAER, Dec. 28, 2000)
STATE OF THE ART: Slower Than Its Predecessor: Pentium 4 (By DAVID POGUE, Dec. 28, 2000)
Going Online to Build a Family (By MINDY SINK, Dec. 28, 2000)
ONLINE SHOPPER: For New Year's Party, Better Have a Backup (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Dec. 28, 2000)
GAME THEORY: Survival Instinct Makes Way for a Knight in Shining Armor (By PETER OLAFSON, Dec. 28, 2000)
BASICS: Plasma Televisions: Like Costly Works of Art (By CATHERINE GREENMAN, Dec. 28, 2000)
Congregations Put Their Faith in the Net (By JEFFREY SELINGO, Dec. 28, 2000)
* Browsing the Web for the Ideal Utopia Site (By MICHAEL POLLAK, Dec. 28, 2000)
* Invasion of the 'Blog': A Parallel Web of Personal Journals (By DAVID F. GALLAGHER, Dec. 28, 2000)
* Sites Celebrate History of American Indians [www.csulb.edu/projects/ais/index.html#north] (By SHELLY FREIERMAN, Dec. 28, 2000)
* Making a Personal Web Page Part of Baby's Debut (By CATHERINE GREENMAN, Dec. 28, 2000)
WHAT'S NEXT: Cutting the Cost of E-Mail for the Blind (By ANNE EISENBERG, Dec. 28, 2000)
The Internet Makes It Easier to Adopt, or to Be Deceived (By MINDY SINK, Dec. 28, 2000)
Predator CD-RW Burner Has a Sense of Style (By DAVID POGUE, Dec. 28, 2000)
MyPalm Can Help You Become More Organized (By CATHERINE GREENMAN, Dec. 28, 2000)
A Cell Phone That Fits on the Back of an Organizer (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Dec. 28, 2000)
Letters to the Editor: Online Delivery at Christmas (By RAFAEL ESCALERA et. al., Dec. 28, 2000)
Q & A: Cell Phones at Altitude and Dueling Systems (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Dec. 28, 2000)
* SCIENCE: Drug-Resistant Bacteria Still on the Rise (By DENISE GRADY, Dec. 28, 2000)

Wednesday, December 27, 2000:
On This Day: December 27 (Johannes Kepler 12/27/1571-11/15/1630, Sir George Cayley 12/27/1773-12/15/1857, Louis Pasteur 12/27/1822-9/28/1895, Cyrus Eaton 12/27/1883-5/9/1949, Louis Bromfield 12/27/1896-3/18/1956, Inga Swenson 1932, Cokie Roberts 1943, Tracy Nelson 1944, Gerard Depardieu 1948, Arthur Kent 1953)
Afghan President Is Ousted and Executed in Kabul Coup, Reportedly With Soviet Help (By BERNARD GWERTZMAN, December 27, 1979)
* Marlene Dietrich, 90, Symbol of Glamour, Dies [12/27/1901-5/6/1992] (By PETER B. FLINT, May 7, 1992)
* Jason Robards, Actor Who Elevated O'Neill, Dies at 78 (By MEL GUSSOW, Dec. 27, 2000)
Joe Gilliam, Pioneer Black Quarterback, Dies at 49 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Dec. 27, 2000)
Census Data Is Due as Congress Braces for a Reshuffling (By STEVEN A. HOLMES, Dec. 27, 2000)
THE CLINTON LEGACY: Revival Helps Mask a Party's Flaws (By ROBIN TONER, Dec. 27, 2000)
Clinton's Comments on the Democratic Party (NY TIMES, Dec. 27, 2000)
* In 'the Other California,' a Land Rush Continues (By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Dec. 27, 2000)
Edgewater Helps Ease E-Business (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec. 27, 2000)
7 Die in Workplace Rampage; Co-Worker of Victims Arrested (By CAREY GOLDBERG, Dec. 27, 2000)
Other Fatal Shootings of Employees at Workplaces (NY Times, Dec. 27, 2000)
* Where Darwin Mused, Strife Over Ecosystem [Galápagos Islands] (By LARRY ROHTER, Dec. 27, 2000)
* Behind the $100,000 Sable Coat, a Siberian Hunter (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Dec. 27, 2000)
Island May Help China, Taiwan [Taiwan opening Kinmen to China] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 27, 2000)
* Rabbi Known for Spirited Dancing at Services Resigns (By COREY KILGANNON, Dec. 27, 2000)
Public Lives: Giving Celebrities Their Best Profile (By SHAILA K. DEWAN, Dec. 27, 2000)
Public Lives: A Taste of the Good Life, Served With Gusto (By JOYCE WADLER, Dec. 27, 2000)
* Liberal Arts Colleges Add Technology to the Curriculum (By WINNIE HU, Dec. 27, 2000)
Colleges Are Moving to Ensure English Fluency in Teaching Assistants (By ANNE RUDERMAN, Dec. 27, 2000)
OP-ED: When Presidents Spin the Economy (By MICHAEL WALDMAN, Dec. 27, 2000)
OP-ED: The New Parameters of Reconciliation (By RASHID I. KHALI, Dec. 27, 2000)
OP-ED: RECKONINGS: We're Not Japan (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Dec. 27, 2000)
OP-ED: LIBERTIES: A Grimms' Fairy Tale (By MAUREEN DOWD, Dec. 27, 2000)
LETTERS: The Santa Myth: Not Just for Children (By ED KULKOSKY, Dec. 27, 2000)
BUSINESS: Technology Issues Down in a Mixed Day for Share Prices [Dow +57, Nasdaq -24] (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Dec. 27, 2000)
Sales in Holiday Season Rose, Just Barely, Over Last Year's (By LESLIE KAUFMAN, Dec. 27, 2000)
A Year to Forget for the Japanese Stock Market (By MIKI TANIKAWA, Dec. 27, 2000)
Management: Wanted - One C.E.O., Ready to Work (By JONATHAN D. GLATER, Dec. 27, 2000)
Market Place: Williams Leads 3 Producers of Natural Gas to Large Gains (By ALEX BERENSON, Dec. 27, 2000)
Workplace: It Says `Wise Guy' on Their Résumés (By JEAN E. HERSKOWITZ, Dec. 27, 2000)
Advertising: A New Campaign Against Drunken Driving (By ALLISON FASS, Dec. 27, 2000)
EarthWeb Selling Most of Its Web Sites and News Services (By JAYSON BLAIR, Dec. 27, 2000)
My Job: I Let Students Fall by Design (By PATRICIA R. OLSEN, Dec. 27, 2000)
The Boss: When I Sail, the Ideas Flow (By JENNIFER L. RICH, Dec. 27, 2000)
Business Travel: Of More Web Sites and Gridlocked Skies (By JOE SHARKEY, Dec. 27, 2000)
Unemployment Rises and Spending Falls in Japan (By STEPHANIE STROM, Dec. 27, 2000)
* Fore! A Key Index Tumbles in Japan (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Dec. 27, 2000)
Dot-com job cuts surge as year winds down (By ELANIE AUSTRIA FARMER, CNET NEWS.COM, Dec. 27, 2000)
PC market staggers into 2001 hoping for recovery (By JOE WILCOX, CNET NEWS.CO, Dec. 27, 2000)
Webcasters Gear Up for Earnings Under New SEC Rule (By REUTERS, Dec. 27, 2000)
Networking companies take wild ride on public markets (By COREY GRICE, CNET NEWS.COM, Dec. 27, 2000)
Venture capitalists sail turbulent waters into 2001 (By DAWN KAWAMOTO, CNET NEWS.COM, Dec. 27, 2000)
Investors Step Back From Stock Funds (By REUTERS, Dec. 27, 2000)
NetZero sues Juno, alleges patent infringement (By JIM HU, CNET NEWS.COM, Dec. 27, 2000)
ARTS ABROAD: Restoring a Window's Glow, Healing a War's Wounds (By JOHN VAROLI, Dec. 27, 2000)
FILM: 'Traffic': Teeming Mural of a War Fought and Lost (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Dec. 27, 2000)
ARTS: Interpreting the Theater Without Speaking a Word (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Dec. 27, 2000)
* CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: Team Player and Modernist: Violin Virtuoso Redefined (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Dec. 27, 2000)
Philharmonic Broadens Search for a Conductor (By ALLAN KOZINN, Dec. 27, 2000)
MUSIC: A Pride of Pilgrims, Bearing Bach (By ALLAN KOZINN, Dec. 27, 2000)
Hope Is Artists' Medium in a Bronx Neighborhood (By NINA SIEGAL, Dec. 27, 2000)
For Writers Under the Gun, A Chance to Beat the Odds (By MEL GUSSOW, Dec. 27, 2000)
BOOKS: Plymouth, Minus the Mythic Trimmings (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Dec. 27, 2000)
Top 10 Country Albums of 2000 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 27, 2000)
Country Music Demand Is Sliding (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 27, 2000)
Shanghai Show Short on Avant-Garde (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 27, 2000)
'Cast Away' Sails To Top Box Office (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 27, 2000)
* Lightman Blends Physics, Fiction (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 27, 2000)
'The Claim' Inspired by Hardy (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 27, 2000)
Burns Calls Jazz an 'American Story' (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 27, 2000)
* Kubrick's '2001' Effects Precocious (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 27, 2000)
LIVING: A Morning-After Pill for Hangovers? (By DIANNE PARTIE LANGE, Dec. 27, 2000)
Grown-Ups Don't Nog Eggs [with 5 recipes] (By AMANDA HESSER, Dec. 27, 2000)
Wine Talk: Vintage Port, for Those Willing to Wait (By FRANK J. PRIAL, Dec. 27, 2000)
What Will Microwaves Say Next? (By MATT LEE and TED LEE, Dec. 27, 2000)
The Minimalist: The South in a Soup (By MARK BITTMAN, Dec. 27, 2000)
EN ROUTE: THAILAND: The Very Pungent Start of a Most Piquant Sauce (By MARIAN BURROS, Dec. 27, 2000)
Picking Your Way Through New Year's Revels (By MARIANNE ROHRLICH, Dec. 27, 2000)
THE CHEF / PHILIPPE CONTICINI: Seasoning for the Season: Caviar, Beyond the Spoon (By Amanda Hesser, Dec. 27, 2000)
Temptation: It's a Comeback for Cupcakes (By AMANDA HESSER, Dec. 27, 2000)
* SCIENCE: Antibiotics Resistance Common, Rising (By REUTERS, Dec. 27, 2000)
Wine, Tea May Protect Against Non-Fatal Heart Attack (By REUTERS, Dec. 27, 2000)
Chronology of the Year 2000 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 27, 2000)

Tuesday, December 26, 2000:
On This Day: December 26 (Thomas Gray 12/26/1716-7/30/1771, Charles Babbage 12/26/1791-10/18/1871, Sir Norman Angell 12/26/1873-10/7/1967, George Dewey 12/26/1837-1/16/1917, Henry Miller 12/26/1891-6/7/1980, Robert Ripley 12/26/1893-5/27/1949, Leopold Mannes 12/26/1899-8/11/1964, Richard Widmark 1914, Alan King 1927, Carlton Fisk 1947, Chris Chambliss 1948, Lars Ulrich 1963, Jared Leto 1971)
Churchill Predicts Huge Allied Drive In 1943: Congress Thrilled (By FRANK L. KLUCKHOHN, December 26, 1941)
* Mao Tse-Tung: Father of Chinese Revolution Dies at 82 [12/26/1893-9/9/1976] (By FOX BUTTERFIELD, September 10, 1976)
Robert H. Wiebe, Historian, Dies at 70 (NY TIMES, Dec. 26, 2000)
Marius B. Jansen, Scholar of Japanese History and Culture, Dies at 78 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Dec. 26, 2000)
Nick Stewart, Actor on 'Amos 'n' Andy,' Dies at 90 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 26, 2000)
* Barney McNulty, First to Use TV Cue Cards, Dies at 77 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Dec. 26, 2000)
Thomas Yohe, a Creator of TV's `Schoolhouse Rock,' Dies at 63 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Dec. 26, 2000)
Bumps Ahead for Bush's Justice Department Pick (By ERIC SCHMITT, Dec. 26, 2000)
News Analysis: Whitman Gets 2 Grades for One Record (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Dec. 26, 2000)
New District Attorney Is Taking Over JonBenet Ramsey Inquiry (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 26, 2000)
6 U.S. Clerics Seek to Safeguard Religious Sites (By BARBARA CROSSETTE, Dec. 26, 2000)
Turks Feel Traditions and Power of Ramadan (By DOUGLAS FRANTZ, Dec. 26, 2000)
Pope Warns of Pervasive 'Culture of Death' (By REUTERS, Dec. 26, 2000)
Kerosene, Weapon of Choice for Attacks on Wives in India (By CELIA W. DUGGER, Dec. 26, 2000)
Fire in Crowded Building Kills at Least 309 in Central China (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Dec. 26, 2000)
LA DÉFENSE JOURNAL: A Spy's Advice to French Retailers: Politeness Pays (By SUZANNE DALEY, Dec. 26, 2000)
* Holiday Kitsch Made and Sold in China (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Dec. 26, 2000)
Mushrooming Costs of Japan's Aging Population (By MIKI TANIKAWA, Dec. 26, 2000)
Quemoy to Open Up Port (By REUTERS, Dec. 26, 2000)
New Fireworks at Mexico's Testy Volcano (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 26, 2000)
Feeling Scorn on the Beat and Pressure From Above [NY Police Dept] (By KEVIN FLYNN, Dec. 26, 2000)
New Yorkers Flock to the Competing Little Big Tops (By GLENN COLLINS, Dec. 26, 2000)
A Christmas Mass, New York Style (By DIANE CARDWELL, Dec. 26, 2000)
* No Tinsel. No Tree. Just a Taste of Jewish History. (By ANDREW JACOBS, Dec. 26, 2000)
* Public Lives: A Repairman for Leaking Laliques and Other Stained-Glass Crises (By JAMES BARRON, Dec. 26, 2000)
This Year, Washington Didn't Cross Here (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 26, 2000)
EDITORIAL: Race and the Florida Vote (NY TIMES, Dec. 26, 2000)
OP-ED: Bush Should Start Over in Colombia (By PAUL WELLSTONE, Dec. 26, 2000)
OP-ED: Keep Choice in Mind (By GLORIA FELDT, Dec. 26, 2000)
OP-ED: Why Fathers Work (By CAMERON STRACHER, Dec. 26, 2000)
OP-ED: PUBLIC INTERESTS: Ring in the Vague [Nostradamus & George W] (By GAIL COLLINS, Dec. 26, 2000)
BUSINESS: Standard & Poor's Criticizes Korean Shift in Bank Policy (By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Dec. 26, 2000)
Microsoft Waits for Bush's Position on Its Antitrust Case (By JOEL BRINKLEY, Dec. 26, 2000)
Market Place: Energy Crisis in California Threatens the Stability of Utility Shares (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Dec. 26, 2000)
Advertising: Dot-Comedies, Electoral Spoofs and 2 Dead Dogs (By STUART ELLIOTT, Dec. 26, 2000)
Internet Retailers Switch to Clearing Merchandise (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Dec. 26, 2000)
China Sharply Cuts Phone Rates to Prepare for Competition (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Dec. 26, 2000)
Nikkei Index Soars on Optimism Over Exports (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Dec. 26, 2000)
ARTS ABROAD: A Japanese Man of All Parts Turns Violence on Its Ear (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Dec. 26, 2000)
* Alice Walker: An Explorer of Human Terrain (By MEL GUSSOW, Dec. 26, 2000)
BOOKS: 'Berlin': For 130 Years, a Metropolis of Extremes (By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, Dec. 26, 2000)
Presenters and Renters at Carnegie Wait and See (By DOREEN CARVAJA, Dec. 26, 2000)
LIVING: 80's Looks, Nicened Up (By GINIA  BELLAFANTE, Dec. 26, 2000)
Ephemeral? Now, Virtual (By GUY TREBAY, Dec. 26, 2000)
The Noise From Brazil (By GUY TREBAY, Dec. 26, 2000)
E-Commerce: Fashion's Bermuda Triangle (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Dec. 26, 2000)
Where Is the Outrage? (By GUY TREBAY, Dec. 26, 2000)
Bashing the Bourgeoisie {Italian Vogue on domestic life] (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Dec. 26, 2000)
* SCIENCE: Theories Evolve in T. Rex Discoveries (NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 26, 2000)
The Week in Science: Complicated Facts (By NICHOLAS WADE, Dec. 26, 2000)
* A Rare Christmas Eclipse (By BARBARA STEWART, Dec. 26, 2000)
THE DOCTOR'S WORLD: A Desperate Gamble for Surgeon and Patient (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D., Dec. 26, 2000)
New Efforts Against an Old Foe: Pain (By LAURIE TARKAN, Dec. 26, 2000)
* First Cells, Then Species, Now the Web (By GEORGE JOHNSON, Dec. 26, 2000)
THE FAT EPIDEMIC: Rampant Obesity, a Debilitating Reality for the Urban Poor (By DAVID BARBOZA, Dec. 26, 2000)
* Nobel Prize, Robust at 100, Wasn't Always So Healthy (By JAMES GLANZ, Dec. 26, 2000)
* Why Do the Gods Sleep With the Fishes? {sunken city of Herakleion] (By KENNETH CHANG, Dec. 26, 2000)
On Remote Mesa, Ranchers and Environmentalists Seek a Middle Ground (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Dec. 26, 2000)
* It Works on Sushi. It Could Help Teeth, Too. (By DAVID KIRBY, Dec. 26, 2000)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: For Aromatherapy, Big Claims, Little Proof (By JANE E. BRODY, Dec. 26, 2000)
* Observatory: The King's Doggie Bag [king penguins storing food in their stomachs] (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Dec. 26, 2000)
Prevention: Of Men, Estrogen and Brittle Bones (NY TIMES, Dec. 26, 2000)
At Risk: Hypertension and the Aging Mind [high blood pressure may contribute to dementia] (NY TIMES, Dec. 26, 2000)
Patterns: What a Big Mouth Means to Music (NY TIMES, Dec. 26, 2000)
* Behavior: Barking by the Light of the Moon (NY TIMES, Dec. 26, 2000)
DNA Clues Improve Outlook for Red Wolf (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, Dec. 26, 2000)
* Essay: On the Eve of 2001, the Future Is Not Quite What It Used to Be (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Dec. 26, 2000)
Letters: Gene-Altered Crops (By DR. PAUL C. BERMANZOHN, Dec. 26, 2000)
Science Q&A: The Uvula [soft tissue dangling over the tongue] (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Dec. 26, 2000)

Monday, December 25, 2000:
On This Day: December 25 (Sir Isaac Newton 12/25/1642-3/20/1727, Clara Barton 12/25/1821-4/12/1912, Louis Chevrolet 12/25/1878-6/6/1941, Maurice Utrillo 12/25/1883-11/5/1955, Franz Rosenzweig 12/25/1886-12/10/1929, Conrad Hilton 12/25/1887-1/3/1979, Humphrey Bogart 12/25/1899-1/14/1957, Cab Calloway 12/25/1907-11/18/1994, Rod Serling 12/25/1924-6/28/1975, Tony Martin 1923, Dick Miller 1928, Jimmy Buffet 1946, Larry Csonka 1946, Barbara Mandrell 1948, Sissy Spacek 1949, Annie Lennox 1954)
Gorbachev, Last Soviet Leader, Resigns; U.S. Recognizes Republics' Independence (By FRANCIS X. CLINES, December 25, 1991)
* Anwar el-Sadat, the Daring Arab Pioneer of Peace with Israel [12/25/1918-10/6/1981] (By ERIC PACE, October 7, 1981)
Libertad Lamarque, Mexican Star, Dies at 92 (By SIMON ROMERO, Dec. 25, 2000)
Zack Carr, Fashion Designer at Calvin Klein, Dies at 55 (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Dec. 25, 2000)
K. M. Brinkhous, a Pathologist Who Helped Develop Hemophilia Treatment, Dies at 92 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Dec. 25, 2000)
THE CLINTON LEGACY: The Wisdom to Let the Good Times Roll (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Dec. 25, 2000)
Political Memo: Clinton Ending Term on a Busy Note (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Dec. 25, 2000)
Daschle's Stock Rises After Vote (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 25, 2000)
Bush Sr. Defends Son's Cabinet Nods (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 25, 2000)
PUBLIC LIVES: Critical Player on Bush Agenda Is an Unknown Quantity [Senator Charles E. Grassley] (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, Dec. 25, 2000)
Illegal Migration Rises Sharply in European Union (By ROGER COHEN, Dec. 25, 2000)
Bethlehem, Dark and Quiet, Falls Victim to the Violence (By JOHN KIFNER, Dec. 25, 2000)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Did U.S. Bombs Help or Hinder? (By STEVEN ERLANGER, Dec. 25, 2000)
Miami Airport Full of Santas, All Heading South (By DAVID GONZALEZ, Dec. 25, 2000)
* Where Mao's Thoughts Once Ruled, Santa Is Now in Vogue (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Dec. 25, 2000)
'Fat' Lottery Kicks Off Christmas in Spain (By EMMA DALY, Dec. 25, 2000)
Pope Makes Christmas Peace Wish (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 25, 2000)
Australia Honors Its Founders (What Were Their Names?) (By JOHN SHAW, Dec. 25, 2000)
Grand Master From India Wins Chess Title (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 25, 2000)
Shortage of Health Care Workers Keeps Growing (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Dec. 25, 2000)
* And a Merry Birthday to You, Too! [Christmas Birthdays] (By JAMES BARRON, Dec. 25, 2000)
EDITORIAL: A Cooper's Christmas [Susan Fenimore Cooper] (By, Dec. 25, 2000)
OP-ED: Faith in Our Founders (By FORREST CHURCH, Dec. 25, 2000)
OP-ED: The Christmas That Comes to the Door (By MICHAEL ALVEAR, Dec. 25, 2000)
OP-ED ESSAY: Marley's Ghost Writers (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Dec. 25, 2000)
* News Site Race Is Just as Clear as Election (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Dec. 25, 2000)
NEW ECONOMY: Bringing Competition Policy Into the Age of the Internet (By SETH SCHIESEL, Dec. 25, 2000)
Network Heat Gets Even Hotter at NBC (By BILL CARTER, Dec. 25, 2000)
Mining an Untapped Market, Radio One Becomes an Urban Force (By CLEA SIMON, Dec. 25, 2000)
* A One-Issue Magazine Goes Under (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Dec. 25, 2000)
* Japanese Sites for Women Aim for Empowerment (By STEPHANIE STROM, Dec. 25, 2000)
Start-Up Has a Taste for Online Banking (By JENNIFER L. RICH, Dec. 25, 2000)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: Will Bricks-and-Mortar Merchants Grow Complacent (By BOB TEDESCHI, Dec. 25, 2000)
* Reality Dampening the Dot-Com Hoopla (By LISA NAPOLI, Dec. 25, 2000)
Librarians Unite Against Cost of Journals (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Dec. 25, 2000)
Ads Atop Boston Taxis About to Go Digital (By ALLISON FASS, Dec. 25, 2000)
Your Present? It's in the E-Mail (By SUSAN STELLIN, Dec. 25, 2000)
Brazilian Phone Company Buys Internet Access Concern (By REUTERS, Dec. 25, 2000)
Last-Minute Shoppers Mob Malls (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 25, 2000)
IPO Cupboard Is Almost Bare for 2001 (By REUTERS, Dec. 25, 2000)
Patents: Holiday Photos That Can Be Worn (By SABRA CHARTRAND, Dec. 25, 2000)
ARTS: Theatrical Doings for a Blooming Spring in Brooklyn (NY TIMES, Dec. 25, 2000)
BOOKS: 'Nocturnal Butterflies of the Russian Empire': A Butterfly Hunter Finds Love in His Net (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Dec. 25, 2000)
DANCE: Furious Erotic Encounters and a Turbulent Tribute (By JACK ANDERSON, Dec. 25, 2000)
DANCE: Spirit and Discipline, Infectiously Combined (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Dec. 25, 2000)
FILM: 'All the Pretty Horses': Lost Souls Adrift Across a Barren Mesa (By A. O. SCOTT, Dec. 25, 2000)
FILM: 'Vatel': A Night Big Enough for the Sun King (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Dec. 25, 2000)
FILM: '13 Days': Talkin' Tough at a Time the Earth Stood Still (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Dec. 25, 2000)
FILM: 'Malèna': An Italian Heroine Who Might Rouse Memories and Tears of Lollobrigida Fans (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Dec. 25, 2000)
REVISIONS: Horrific, Heroic or Banal, Black Life in the Artist's Lens (By MARGO JEFFERSON, Dec. 25, 2000)

Sunday, December 24, 2000:
On This Day: December 24 (Kit Carson 12/24/1809-5/23/1868, Matthew Arnold 12/24/1822-4/15/1888, Michael Curtiz 12/24/1888-4/10/1962, Howard Hughes 12/24/1905-4/5/1976, Anthony S. Fauci 1940, Sharon Farrel 1946, Ricky Martin 1971)
Bush Pardons 6 in Iran Affair, Aborting a Weinberger Trial (By DAVID JOHNSTON, December 24, 1992)
I.F. Stone, Iconoclast of Journalism, Is Dead at 81 [12/24/1907-6/18/1989] (By PETER B. FLINT, June 19, 1989)
* Victor Borge, Comic Piano Virtuoso, Dies at 91 (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Dec. 24, 2000)
Chen Zhen, 45, Whose Artwork Explored Complexities of China (By HOLLAND COTTER, Dec. 24, 2000)
Alan Tyson, 74, Musicologist And Psychoanalyst, Is Dead (By ALLAN KOZINN, Dec. 24, 2000)
S. Hacker, 83, Book Dealer In New York (By ROBERTA SMITH, Dec. 24, 2000)
Lily Carlson Is Dead at 85; One of First Models for Ford (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Dec. 24, 2000)
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: Bush Waits, Politely, to Undo What Clinton Has Done (By DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 24, 2000)
Senator Ashcroft's Views on the Proper Role of Judges (NY TIMES, Dec. 24, 2000)
THE CLINTON LEGACY: An Interview With Bill Clinton (NY TIMES, Dec. 24, 2000)
THE CLINTON LEGACY: Striking Strengths, Glaring Shortcomings (By TODD S. PURDUM, Dec. 24, 2000)
Jerusalem Christians Now Back Palestinian Sovereignty (By WILLIAM A. ORME Jr., Dec. 24, 2000)
In China's Heartland, the Fertile Fields Lie Fallow (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Dec. 24, 2000)
Chinese Pigs Feed a Western Fashion Boom (By LESLIE KAUFMAN & CRAIG S. SMITH, Dec. 24, 2000)
WASHINGTON JOURNAL: Hope Rises in Real-Life Washington (By FRANCIS X. CLINES, Dec. 24, 2000)
Death Puts Focus on Demographic Change (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Dec. 24, 2000)
THE WORLD: Europe's Love-Hate Affair With Foreigners (By ROGER COHEN, Dec. 24, 2000)
THE NATION: Thinking About the Day After Tomorrow (By JAMES BENNET, Dec. 24, 2000)
A New Look at Russia (By JANE PERLEZ, Dec. 24, 2000)
Archaeology in Transit Treasures Revealed While Building Subway in Athens (By DOUGLAS FRANTZ, Dec. 24, 2000)
Madonna Is Married to a Film Director (By REUTERS, Dec. 24, 2000)
* Joining in the Reindeer Game [parental deception on Santa Claus] (By JANNY SCOTT, Dec. 24, 2000)
EDITORIAL: Fueling China's Growth (NY TIMES, Dec. 24, 2000)
* EDITORIAL: The Dot-Com Bubble Bursts (NY TIMES, Dec. 24, 2000)
OP-ED: The Nuts and Bolts of Bipartisanship (By RICHARD DARMAN, Dec. 24, 2000)
OP-ED: Weak Links in Latin Democracy (By BOB GRAHAM, Dec. 24, 2000)
OP-ED: LIBERTIES: Hillary's Stocking Stuffer (By MAUREEN DOWD, Dec. 24, 2000)
OP-ED: RECKONINGS: Bush Looks Backward (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Dec. 24, 2000)
BUSINESS: The End of the Party, or Is It? (By ALEX BERENSON, Dec. 24, 2000)
MARKET WATCH: Behind That Good News at Amazon (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Dec. 24, 2000)
A Lightning Rod in California (By BARBARA WHITAKER, Dec. 24, 2000)
Five Questions: Renewing a Union in the New Economy (By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Dec. 24, 2000)
Book Value: The Team Spirit at Work (Rah, Rah) (By FRED ANDREWS, Dec. 24, 2000)
Repackaging Baseball as Fun Family Fare (By FRED ANDREWS, Dec. 24, 2000)
Portfolios: Living Without the Treasury Market (JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Dec. 24, 2000)
Market Insight: Why Banks Can Avoid a Hard Landing (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Dec. 24, 2000)
* Look Who's Shopping for Tech Stocks Now (By JOANNE LEGOMSKY, Dec. 24, 2000)
Stock Pickers' Market? Well, Not Necessarily (By RICHARD TEITELBAUM, Dec. 24, 2000)
Those Black Holes in Your Mobile Phone Service (By AMY ZUCKERMAN, Dec. 24, 2000)
Midstream: Sharing the Bounty -- How Much Is Enough? (By JAMES SCHEMBARI, Dec. 24, 2000)
On the Job: Good Cheer, or Not, in the Holiday Trenches (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Dec. 24, 2000)
* The Many New Faces of Soy: A Taste Test (By AMANDA HESSER, Dec. 24, 2000)
Personal Business Diary: For Many Workers, A Season of Worry (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 24, 2000)
For Job Hunters on the Job, a Way to Keep the Halo [39,000 Cisco employees] (Compiled by Rick Gladstone, Dec. 24, 2000)
ECONOMIC VIEW: The Floor Under Wages: How Low Can It Fall? (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Dec. 24, 2000)
New Sprouts, Old Doubts for A.D.M. [Archer Daniels Midland] (By DAVID BARBOZA, Dec. 24, 2000)
INVESTING: FPA Capital Fund (By CAROLE GOULD, Dec. 24, 2000)
LIVING: Who Will Be the Hostess With the Mostest in Bush II? (By CATHY HORYN, Dec. 24, 2000)
VIEW: Once More, With Christmas Spirit ["A Christmas Carol," 1951 version starring Alastair Sim. (By RICK MARIN, Dec. 24, 2000)
ON THE STREET: Now, Smile! [slideshow of photos] (Photographs by BILL CUNNINGHAM, Dec. 24, 2000)
VOWS: Joy Rosenthal and Makanda McIntyre (By LOIS SMITH BRADY, Dec. 24, 2000)
CUTTINGS: Cold Season, Warm Colors in the Garden (By PATRICIA A. TAYLOR, Dec. 24, 2000)
THE AGE OF DISSONANCE: In a Stranger's Guise [angels among us?] (By BOB MORRIS, Dec. 24, 2000)
A NIGHT OUT WITH / JULIAN SCHNABEL: Three Waves of Guests, Then the Police (By LINDA LEE, Dec. 24, 2000)
BITTERNESS? WHAT BITTERNESS?: It's Just a Normal Transition. (By DAN BARRY, Dec. 24, 2000)
HOME ECONOMICS: The First Lesson for Bush: It's Still the Economy (By DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 24, 2000)
IDEAS & TRENDS: Charity Begins at the Rule Book (By NINA BERNSTEIN, Dec. 24, 2000)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: Children Need Childhood, Not Vocational Training (By ALISON GOPNIK, Dec. 24, 2000)
THE GAB OF GIFTS: Toy Story: How Much Is That Nuclear Reactor in the Window? (By THOMAS VINCIGUERRA, Dec. 24, 2000)
In American Education, Bilingual Means `Learn English' (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Dec. 24, 2000)
Giving Up the Reins (By GERRY FLAHIVE, Dec. 24, 2000)
Have a Very Scary Christmas (By TOM ZELLER, Dec. 24, 2000)
Return to Sender, Please (By SARAH LYALL, Dec. 24, 2000)
That's Mr. Volcano to You (By TIM WEINER, Dec. 24, 2000)
* Go Ahead, Do the Math [$10,000 invested in eToys in 10/99 is worth $35 now] (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Dec. 24, 2000)
Fashion's Political Forecast (By WILLIAM NORWICH, Dec. 24, 2000)
TRAVEL: What's Doing in Geneva (By CORINNE LaBALME, Dec. 24, 2000)
Sanctuaries of Surprise in the Heart of Old London [slideshow 7 photos] (By SUSAN ALLEN TOTH, Dec. 24, 2000)
Dances With Buffaloes (Pueblo Indians in Santa Fe, New Mexico] (By SUZANNE RUTA, Dec. 24, 2000)
Hitting Full Stride in China (By RITA BEAMISH, Dec. 24, 2000)
Business Travel: Web Sites to Make the Trip Less Work (By JOE SHARKEY, Dec. 24, 2000)
Tuileries Welcome Art as Well as Strollers (By ALAN RIDING, Dec. 24, 2000)
Travel Advisory: LONG-CLOSED SHANGRI-LA (IN CALIFORNIA) REOPENS (By PAUL FREIREICH, Dec. 24, 2000)
FRUGAL TRAVELER: In San Antonio, a Stetsonful of Surprises (By DAISANN McLANE, Dec. 24, 2000)
ON LANGUAGE: carpe diem: Reducing a day to a moment (BY WILLIAM SAFIRE, Dec. 24, 2000)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Present Tense [What generosity prompts our gift giving?] (By NELSON W. ALDRICH JR., Dec. 24, 2000)
QUESTIONS FOR THOMAS VALENT: Santa's Helper (By MONICA CORCORAN, Dec. 24, 2000)
SALIENT FACTS: Going Ape [lessons from acting coaches] (By AMY BARRETT, Dec. 24, 2000)
THE ETHICIST: Throwing a Curve (BY RANDY COHEN, Dec. 24, 2000)
POINT OF PURCHASE : Game Over [how they bought the Sony PlayStation 2] (By HOPE REEVES, Dec. 24, 2000)
Yves of Destruction [Saint Laurent is an artist who had to destroy to create] (By CATHY HORYN, Dec. 24, 2000)
Making of an 8-Year-Old Woman: How do we understand early puberty? (By LISA BELKIN Photomontage by GERALD SLOTA, Dec. 24, 2000)
Ebola's Shadow [It's annihilating the way Africa mourns its dead] (Photographs by JODI BIEBER, Text by BLAINE HARDEN, Dec. 24, 2000)
STYLE: Hark!: This herald angel avenges hate (By AMY M. SPINDLER, Photograph by DAVID LACHAPELLE, Dec. 24, 2000)
FOOD: The Zuppa Club [5 recipes on warm winter soups] (By MOLLY O'NEILL, Dec. 24, 2000)
LIVES: My Great-Great-Grandmother, the Roundheel (By GABRIELLE GLASER, Dec. 24, 2000)
ARTS: Museums and Tribes: A Tricky Truce (By STEPHEN KINZER, Dec. 24, 2000)
'A Christmas Carol': If Only Scrooge Could Tabulate His Box Office Receipts (By ANITA GATES, Dec. 24, 2000)
'The House of Mirth': A World in a Raised Eyebrow, but How to Film It? (By DAVID GATES, Dec. 24, 2000)
Steven Soderbergh: Practicing Surprise, Finding Success (By A. O. SCOTT, Dec. 24, 2000)
Asian-Americans Are Rarely Seen on TV (By ALAN JAMES FRUTKIN, Dec. 24, 2000)
After Jennifer Ringer: Burnout, a Ballerina Ignites Again (By TERRY TRUCCO, Dec. 24, 2000)
American Indian Art: The Buckskin Ceiling and Its Discontents (By KEN SHULMAN, Dec. 24, 2000)
For Art as for People, Home Can Be an Elusive Idea (By KAY LARSON, Dec. 24, 2000)
Sotheby's to Sell Rocks and Books About Them (By RITA REIF, Dec. 24, 2000)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 24, 2000)
* Backwater Journey [Gao Xingjian, "Soul Mountain"] (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Dec. 24, 2000)
* The Wickedest Man in Oxford [Ben Rogers, "A. J. Ayer: A Life"] (By HILARY SPURLING, Dec. 24, 2000)
Dorothy Dunnett's Excellent Adventures (By ANNE MALCOLM, Dec. 24, 2000)
Enlighten Us [Roy Porter, "The Creation of the Modern World"] (By T. H. BREEN, Dec. 24, 2000)
Almost Famous [Joan Schenkar's biography "Truly Wilde" on Oscar's Wilde's niece] (By KARLA JAY, Dec. 24, 2000)
Jeffrey Meyers, "Orwell: Wintry Conscience of a Generation" (By CHRISTINE KENNEALLY, Dec. 24, 2000)
Scott Fitzgerald Was Different [Novels & Stories: 1920-1922] (By CALEB CRAIN, Dec. 24, 2000)
The Wealth of (Some) Nations (By ROBERT SKIDELSKY, Dec. 24, 2000)
Unsafe Haven [Joseph Roth, "The Wandering Jews"] (By RICHARD EDER, Dec. 24, 2000)
BOOKEND: Back to the Future (By SCOTT McLEMEE, Dec. 24, 2000)

Saturday, December 23, 2000:
On This Day: December 23 (James Gibbs 12/23/1682-8/5/1754, Jean-Francois Champollion 12/23/1790-3/4/1832, Joseph Smith 12/23/1805-6/27/1844, Emil Brunner 12/23/1889-4/6/1966, Yosuf Karsh 1908, James Gregory 1911, Emperor Akihito 1933)
Experimental Plane Voyager Completes First Non-Stop, Around-the-World Flight Without Refueling (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, December 23, 1986)
* Wealthiest Negress Dead at 51: Mrs. C. J. Walker, Real Estate Operator, Made Fortune in Few Years [12/23/1867-5/25/1919] (NY Times, May 26, 1919)
Flo Kennedy, Feminist, Civil Rights Advocate and Flamboyant Gadfly, Dies at 84 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Dec. 23, 2000)
Joseph Heitz, a Standout in California Winemaking, Dies at 81 (By FRANK J. PRIAL, Dec. 23, 2000)
Dr. Stephen A. Mitchell, a Theorist in Psychoanalysis, Dies at 54 (By ERICA GOODE, Dec. 23, 2000)
Conservative Picked for Justice Post; Whitman Chosen to Head E.P.A. (By DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 23, 2000)
MAN IN THE NEWS: A Stalwart of the Right: John David Ashcroft (By DAVID JOHNSTON, Dec. 23, 2000)
News Analysis: A Balancing Act of Sorts (By ALISON MITCHELL, Dec. 23, 2000)
THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT: Aides Say Bush Is Taking Time on Defense to Avoid a Stumble (By JAMES DAO & ERIC SCHMITT, Dec. 23, 2000)
WOMAN IN THE NEWS: Passion for Politics and the Outdoors: Christine Todd Whitman (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Dec. 23, 2000)
THE REPUBLICANS: G.O.P. Chief Is Seeking More Diversity (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, Dec. 23, 2000)
Bush Aides Pledge to Give Clinton's Final Blizzard of Regulations a Hard, Close Look (By ROBERT PEAR, Dec. 23, 2000)
FLORIDA SUPREME COURT: Florida's Justices Call for Ballot-Counting Rules (By DAVID FIRESTONE, Dec. 23, 2000)
Profile: Christine Todd Whitman (NY Times, Dec. 23, 2000)
Profile: John David Ashcroft (NY Times, Dec. 23, 2000)
News Analysis: After Recount Battle, More Storms Lie Ahead for Florida Court (By DAVID FIRESTONE, Dec. 23, 2000)
PUBLIC LIVES: The Woman Who Changed the Illegal-Gun Landscape (By FOX BUTTERFIELD, Dec. 23, 2000)
China Widening Crackdown on Corruption (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Dec. 23, 2000)
Rich Nations Will Forgive Debts of 22 Of the Poorest (By JOSEPH KAHN, Dec. 23, 2000)
TBILISI JOURNAL: Where It's Dark and Cold Outside, and Inside, Too (By DOUGLAS FRANTZ, Dec. 23, 2000)
Russia Tells a Bit More About Wallenberg's Fate (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Dec. 23, 2000)
Figuring Dues: From Each According to Its G.N.P. (Back in '46) (By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN, Dec. 23, 2000)
Medical Marijuana in Canada (By REUTERS, Dec. 23, 2000)
Peru's Fugitive Spy Chief: A Tale of Yachts and Plastic Surgery (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 23, 2000)
Atheist Gets Space Beside Crèche and Menorah (NY Times, Dec. 23, 2000)
LETTERS: From Santa, by Chimney or Cyberspace (By STEPHEN LAUGHLIN, Dec. 16, 2000)
BUSINESS: Nasdaq Soars to End Brutal Week, but Weakness Remains (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Dec. 23, 2000)
Traditional Chains Making Inroads in the Online Market (By SAUL HANSELL, Dec. 23, 2000)
Consumer Confidence Plunges, Especially Among the Affluent (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Dec. 23, 2000)
E-Mail Warning About Virus Is Hoax, Health Officials Say (NY Timnes, Dec. 23, 2000)
Dot-Com Deliveries Add to Doormen's Woes (By EUN LEE KOH, Dec. 23, 2000)
Web Server Briefly Drops a Kahane Followers' Site (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Dec. 23, 2000)
Investor Forces Changes at Real Media (NY TIMES, Dec. 23, 2000)
A Hacker May Have Entered Egghead Site (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Dec. 23, 2000)
Canada Strengthens Internet Privacy (By TIMOTHY PRITCHARD, Dec. 23, 2000)
* IDEAS: Defending His Faith (In Humans) [Paul Kurtz, Council for Secular Humanism] (By GUSTAV NIEBUHR, Dec. 23, 2000)
* IDEAS: Seeking a Promotion for the Virgin Mary (By JAN JARBOE RUSSELL, Dec. 23, 2000)
SHELF LIFE: Stripping Garments but Not the Masks: Sex as the Ultimate Trickery (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Dec. 23, 2000)
FILM: Those Wacky, Drooling, Foaming, Biting Undead (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Dec. 23, 2000)
DANCE: Adam and Eve Struggle but Eve Takes the Blame (By JACK  ANDERSON, Dec. 23, 2000)
DANCE: Butterflies Replace Sugarplum Fairies for One Troupe (By JACK ANDERSON, Dec. 23, 2000)
MUSIC: Medieval Sounds of Cheer, Grief and Boyish Antics (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Dec. 23, 2000)
DANCE: Saucers Fly, Shapes Pop and Ribbons Whirl (By JACK ANDERSON, Dec. 23, 2000)
POP REVIEW: Still Steppin' Out, but Seeing the Darker Side (By JON PARELES, Dec. 23, 2000)
SCIENCE: After a Slow Start, the Flu Is Picking Up Steam, Doctors Say (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Dec. 23, 2000)
MEDICINE MERCHANTS: Drug Makers Design Studies With Eye to Competitive Edge (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG & JEFF GERTH, Dec. 23, 2000)
* Sky Watch: The Christmas Eclipse: Part II (By JOE RAO, Dec. 23, 2000)

Friday, December 22, 2000:
On This Day: December 22 (James Oglethorpe 12/22/1696-1785, Jean Henri Fabre 12/22/1823-10/11/1915, Frank Kellogg 12/22/1856-12/21/1937, Giacomo Puccini 12/22/1858-11/29/1924, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti 12/22/1876-12/2/1944, Giacomo Manzu 12/22/1908-1/17/1991, Lady Bird Johnson 1912, Jim Wright 1922, Steve Carlton 1944, Diane Sawyer 1945, Steve Garvey 1948, Jan Stephenson 1951)
SAVANNAH OURS: General Sherman's Christmas Gift to Lincoln (NY Times, December 22, 1864)
Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Acclaimed British Actress, Is Dead at 83 [12/22/1907-6/14/1991] (By PETER B. FLINT, June 15, 1991)
Pops Staples, Patriarch of the Staple Singers, Dies at 85 (By JON PARELES, Dec. 22, 2000)
Son Sann, Strong Nationalist for Cambodia for Six Decades, Dies at 89 (By REUTERS, Dec. 22, 2000)
Mickey Mantle Jr., Son of Yankees Hall of Famer, Dead at 47 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Dec. 22, 2000)
Sheldon Ross, Dealer in Modern Art, Dies at 75 (NY Times, Dec. 22, 2000)
CHOOSING A CABINET: G.O.P. Split Slows Bush's Selection for Defense Post (By ERIC SCHMITT & JAMES DAO, Dec. 22, 2000)
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT: Bush Is Warned Vouchers Might Hurt School Plans (By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. with DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, Dec. 22, 2000)
Resisting the Recount: G.O.P.'s Depth Outdid Gore's Team in Florida (By ADAM NAGOURNEY & DAVID BARSTOW, Dec. 22, 2000)
A TRANSITION FOR TEXAS: With Emotional Farewell, Bush Quits Governorship (By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr., Dec. 22, 2000)
THE VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT: Cheney and Lieberman Agree to Agree on Some Issues (By ERIC SCHMITT, Dec. 22, 2000)
Political Memo: As Usual, Commerce Dept. Post Proves to Be Reward for a Top Fund-Raiser (By JILL ABRAMSON, Dec. 22, 2000)
Student Failure Causes States to Retool Testing Programs (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Dec. 22, 2000)
Ontario Journal: At California 'Swap Meet,' $1 Goes a Long Way (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Dec. 22, 2000)
Guidelines Set for Web Accessibility (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 22, 2000)
Trying to Shore Up Utilities, California Plans Rate Increase (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Dec. 22, 2000)
Capitalism Comes to Russian Health Care (By MICHAEL WINES, Dec. 22, 2000)
QUICAVÍ JOURNAL: A Rich Life of the Mind Makes a Hard Life Easier (By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, Dec. 22, 2000)
Agreement Is Reached for Sale of Rockefeller Center (By CHARLES V. BAGLI, Dec. 22, 2000)
A Christmas Cavil (or, Kicking the Snowman) a Pilgrim Looks for Meaning but Finds a Mishmash (By DAN BARRY, Dec. 22, 2000)
PUBLIC LIVES: In Calligraphy, Science Versus Art (By JAMES BARRON with Linda Lee, Dec. 22, 2000)
EDITORIAL: Mrs. Clinton's Book Deal (NY TIMES, Dec. 22, 2000)
OP-ED: Tomorrow's Education, Made to Measure (By ARTHUR LEVINE, Dec. 22, 2000)
OP-ED: The War Within East Jerusalem (By YOSSI KLEIN HALEVI, Dec. 22, 2000)
OP-ED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Double Duty (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Dec. 22, 2000)
Markets Remain Skittish, but the Dow Gains 168 Points (By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr., Dec. 22, 2000)
Floyd Norris: How the Fed Should Cope With a Burst Bubble (By Floyd Norris, Dec. 22, 2000)
Lucent Lowers Expectations (By SIMON ROMERO, Dec. 22, 2000)
Quarterly Loss at Xerox (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Dec. 22, 2000)
Excuse Me, but That's Ms. Game Boy to You, Fella (By JULIAN E. BARNES, Dec. 22, 2000)
Stocks Drop Sharply in Japan (By MIKI TANIKAWA, Dec. 22, 2000)
F.C.C. Slap at AT&T (By STEPHEN LABATON, Dec. 22, 2000)
Growth Slows to 2.2 Percent Pace, a 4-Year Low (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 22, 2000)
Fed Rejected a Shift in Stance Last Month (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Dec. 22, 2000)
3Com Tops Forecasts (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Dec. 22, 2000)
CYBER LAW JOURNAL: The Year in Technology Law (By CARL S. KAPLAN, Dec. 22, 2000)
WEEKEND WARRIOR: Capoeira: Too Beautiful to Be a Fight (By CATHARINE CHATHAM, Dec. 22, 2000)
ART: Fanfare for Copland, a Fervent Adventurer (By JOHN RUSSELL, Dec. 22, 2000)
ART: Playful Wit Reigns at Skidmore's New Museum (By HOLLAND COTTER, Dec. 22, 2000)
Inside Art: Buying Up the Future (By CAROL VOGEL, Dec. 22, 2000)
Galleries: Four Non-Objective Painters [Hilla Rebay (1890-1967) & Rudolf Bauer (1889-1953)]
(By HOLLAND COTTER, Dec. 22, 2000)
Antiques: To the Ball With a Doll, 1800's Style (By WENDY MOONAN, Dec. 22, 2000)
BOOKS: 'The Constant Gardener': A Murder in Kenya, Then a Search for the Back Story (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Dec. 22, 2000)
DANCE: Complexions: Pose. Stop. Hit Another. Don't Forget to Thrust. (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Dec. 22, 2000)
FILM: 'Cast Away': Ultimate Survivor, Man Against Nature (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Dec. 22, 2000)
FILM : 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?': Hail, Ulysses, Escaped Convict (By A. O. SCOTT, Dec. 22, 2000)
FILM: 'Miss Congeniality': Operation Ugly Duckling: Fighting Terrorism in Heels (By A. O. SCOTT, Dec. 22, 2000)
FILM: 'The Family Man': O.K., It's a Wonderful Life. But Where Is It? (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Dec. 22, 2000)
FILM: 'Mr. Rice's Secret': David Bowie With a Secret and a Power (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Dec. 22, 2000)
FILM: 'The House of Mirth': Forget Honor. Money Makes the World Go 'Round. (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Dec. 22, 2000)
FILM: 'Nowhere to Hide': Guys Built for Action (Bang! Bang!) (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Dec. 22, 2000)
FILM: 'State and Main': Movie Folk, It Turns Out, Are Subject to Venality (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Dec. 22, 2000)
At the Movies: Can Lightning Strike Thrice? (By RICK LYMAN, Dec. 22, 2000)
MUSIC: Amanda Roocroft: Depths of Suffering to Leaps of Spirit (By ALLAN KOZINN, Dec. 22, 2000)
PHOTOGRAPHY: You Don't Need a Weatherman; Just Point Your Camera and Shoot, Man (By VICKI GOLDBERG, Dec. 22, 2000)
Home Video: Recognition by Mail Order (By PETER M. NICHOLS, Dec. 22, 2000)
THEATER: 'Brecht on Brecht': A Collage That Portrays a Subversive (By BRUCE WEBER, Dec. 22, 2000)
THEATER: 'Princess Turandot': A Lady Who Turns Heads and Chops Them Off, Too (By SARAH BOXER, Dec. 22, 2000)
THEATER: On Stage and Off: Seeking a Nest For 'Sea Gull' (By JESSE MCKINLEY, Dec. 22, 2000)
TV Weekend: Visiting a Gator-Eat-Gator World (By NEIL GENZLINGER, Dec. 22, 2000)
As 2001 Beckons, Noisemakers (From Funk to Salsa) Cavort (NY TIMES, Dec. 22, 2000)
DESIGN REVIEW: Spellbound on the Sidewalk: Is It Art? (By ROBERTA SMITH, Dec. 22, 2000)
MY MANHATTAN: Bohemian Chic... Until the Moon Hits Your Eye (By MARIA LAURINO, Dec. 22, 2000)
Family Fare: Dreidels and Other Spins {Hanukkah & Solar Eclipse] (By LAUREL GRAEBER, Dec. 22, 2000)

Thursday, December 21, 2000:
On This Day: December 21 (Masaccio 12/21/1401-1428, Benjamin Disraeli 12/21/1804-4/19/1881, Dame Rebecca West 12/21/1892-3/15/1983, Josh Gibson 12/21/1911-1/20/1947, Heinrich Boll 12/21/1917-7/16/1985, Kurt Waldheim 1918, Paul Winchell 1922, Ed Nelson 1928, Phil Donahue 1935, Jane Fonda 1937, Carla Thomas 1942, Michael Tilson Thomas 1944, Chris Evert 1954)
Terrorist bomb exploded on Pan Am 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 (By CRAIG R. WHITNEY, December 21, 1988)
Joseph Stalin, Soviet Dictator, Dead at 72 [12/20/1881-12/9/1965] (NY Times, March 6, 1953)
John V. Lindsay, Mayor and Maverick, Dies at 79 (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Dec. 21, 2000)
Diodoros I, Top Patriarch of Greek Faith in Holy Land, Dies at 77 (By WILLIAM A. ORME Jr., Dec. 21, 2000)
Milt Hinton, Dean of Jazz Bassists, Is Dead at 90 (By PETER KEEPNEWS, Dec. 21, 2000)
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT: Alcoa's Chairman Is Named by Bush to Treasury Post (By ALISON MITCHELL, Dec. 21, 2000)
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT: Man in the News: Industrialist With a Twist; Paul Henry O'Neill (By JOSEPH KAHN with FLOYD NORRIS, Dec. 21, 2000)
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY: Whitman Seen as Strong Choice to Lead E.P.A. (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER with ANDREW C. REVKIN, Dec. 21, 2000)
THE CHOICES: Woman in the News: Ann M. Veneman (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Dec. 21, 2000)
THE CHOICES: Man in the News: Donald Louis Evans (By JOSEPH KAHN, Dec. 21, 2000)
THE CHOICES: Man in the News: Melquiades Rafael Martinez (By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, Dec. 21, 2000)
Profile: Melquiades Rafael Martinez (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 21, 2000)
Profile: Paul Henry O'Neill (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 21, 2000)
Profile: Donald Louis Evans (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 21, 2000)
Profile: Ann M. Veneman (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 21, 2000)
THE CHURCHES: Bush Meeting Focuses on Role of Religion (By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. with GUSTAV NIEBUHR, Dec. 21, 2000)
Ordained as Rabbis, Women Tell Secret (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Dec. 21, 2000)
Women Taking Active Role to Study Orthodox Judaism (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Dec. 21, 2000)
U.S. Imposes Standards for Organic-Food Labeling (By MARIAN BURROS, Dec. 21, 2000)
Boston's Digging Produces a Green Jewel (By CAREY GOLDBERG, Dec. 21, 2000)
ARDINGLY JOURNAL: Seeds of Hope, to Keep Mother Earth in Gardening (By WARREN HOGE, Dec. 21, 2000)
Gates Foundation's $15 Million Seeks Drugs for African Diseases (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr, Dec. 21, 2000)
Repeat, Ma'am: 'The Rain in Spain...' [QE II's pronunciation has changed] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 21, 2000)
Mexican Volcano Is Calm [Popocatepetl volcano rises 17,886 feet, sprayed hot rock & ash.] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 21, 2000)
It Depends on What You Mean by 'Own' [Mr. Sharpton's ownership of his clothing] (NY Times, Dec. 21, 2000)
METRO MATTERS: Remembering a Mayor, Faults and All [John V. Lindsay] (NY Times, Dec. 21, 2000)
PUBLIC PROFILE: Selling the Mom-and-Pop Supermodel Farm [M. Katherine Ford] (By ROBIN FINN, Dec. 21, 2000)
PUBLIC LIVES: A Crash Course in Southern Speak [George Clooney on dialect & Marian McEvoy's shells on ceilings] (By JAMES BARRON, Dec. 21, 2000)
EDITORIAL: The Lindsay Legacy (NY TIMES, Dec. 21, 2000)
OP-ED: Tea and Transition (By DOUGLAS BRINKLEY, Dec. 21, 2000)
OP-ED: Stock Gambling on the Cheap (By FRANK PARTNOY, Dec. 21, 2000)
OP-ED ESSAY: Land of Comebacks (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Dec. 21, 2000)
* No Calls at Walden Pond [Thoreau: "But Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate."] (By VAHE A. TIRYAKIAN, Dec. 21, 2000)
BUSINESS: Nasdaq Tumbles 7.1 Percent as Fed Bias Shift Fails to Halt Skid (By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr., Dec. 21, 2000)
Economic Scene: America, Don't Smirk. The European Union Is No Joke (By JEFF MADRICK, Dec. 21, 2000)
Market Place: Fed Shift in Stance Deals Blow to Wall Street (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Dec. 21, 2000)
AT&T Expects Lower Profit; It Confirms Dividend Cut (By SIMON ROMERO, Dec. 21, 2000)
Market Paying Price for Valuing New-Economy Hope Over Profits (By ALEX BERENSON, Dec. 21, 2000)
An Author Savagely Indicts Notions of a New Economy [Thomas Frank] (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec. 21, 2000)
2nd Thoughts for News Corp. and WebMD (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Dec. 21, 2000)
Buffett Buys Company Crippled by Asbestos Suits [buys Johns Manville for $1.9 billion] (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Dec. 21, 2000)
Back to Business School (By JONATHAN D. GLATER, Dec. 21, 2000)
Protest Over Web Filtering Business (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec. 21, 2000)
Advertising: Chanel Uses 'Real People' to Sell Scents (By COURTNEY KANE, Dec. 21, 2000)
It's a Free Market, but Who's Fit to Manage? (By JOHN VAROLI, Dec. 21, 2000)
Coke Issues Warnings on Volume Growth (By REUTERS, Dec. 21, 2000)
Salon.com Is Cutting Work Force by 20 Percent (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Dec. 21, 2000)
AOL Issues Plea for Fast F.C.C. Approval (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Dec. 21, 2000)
Vodafone Lifts Japan Telecom Stake (By STEPHANIE STROM, Dec. 21, 2000)
ARTS: Carnegie Chief Hailed by Supportive Germans (By ROGER COHEN, Dec. 21, 2000)
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: Playing in the Key of F, for Fresh (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Dec. 21, 2000)
POP REVIEW: WKTU: All Soaring Skyward, Except for the Silent One (By JON PARELES, Dec. 21, 2000)