Selected Articles from The New York Times—
December 2002 (* denotes news of special interest)

Tuesday, December 31, 2002:
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)

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OP-ED: Poor Richard's New Year (By EDMUND S. MORGAN, Dec. 31, 2002)
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MUSIC: A Government Gig for Brazilian Pop Star (By LARRY ROHTER, Dec. 31, 2002)
HEALTH: To Study Disease, Britain Plans a Genetic Census (By GWEN KINKEAD, Dec. 31, 2002)
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Monday, December 30, 2002:
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)

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JOHANNESBURG JOURNAL: An Actor Puts His Nation's Mixed Emotions Onstage (By RACHEL L. SWARNS, Dec. 30, 2002)
* EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Remembering the Permanent Opposition of H. L. Mencken
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Dec. 30, 2002)
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LETTERS: To Lighten Kids' Backpacks (By GREG JUDD, et. al., Dec. 30, 2002)
Hispanics Driving TV Growth (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Dec. 30, 2002)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: Strong Sales for Online Merchants (By BOB TEDESCHI, Dec. 30, 2002)
Finding Wrongs, Through the Prism of Silicon Valley (By MATT RICHTEL, Dec. 30, 2002)
Taming the Task of Checking for Terrorists' Names (By SARAH MILSTEIN, Dec. 30, 2002)
Glass Panes and Software: Windows Name Is Challenged (By STEVE LOHR, Dec. 30, 2002)

Sunday, December 29, 2002:
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)

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NATIONAL: Ranchers Bristle as Gas Wells Loom on the Range (By BLAINE HARDEN and DOUGLAS JEHL, Dec. 29, 2002)
EDITORIAL: McDonald's Tarnished Arches (NY TIMES, Dec. 29, 2002)
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* OP-ED: A Lost Eloquence [memorizing poems] (By CAROL MUSKE-DUKES, Dec. 29, 2002)
* BUSINESS: Coming Up Roses in 2002 (By MICHAEL ONEAL, Dec. 29, 2002)
Electronic Trading Networks Look Toward the Big Board (By J. ALEX TARQUINIO, Dec. 29, 2002)
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THE YEAR IN DANCE: Cool Is No Longer Cool. Feeling Is Back. (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Dec. 29, 2002)
THE YEAR IN THEATER: New Ideas, From Rock 'n' Roll to the Ancients (By BEN BRANTLEY, Dec. 29, 2002)
THE YEAR IN TELEVISION: Families That Look and Act Like Us (By CARYN JAMES, Dec. 29, 2002)
* CASE-SENSITIVE CRUSADER: Who Owns the Internet? You and i Do (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec. 29, 2002)
* MILTON BERLE, Born 1908: TV Guy (By FRANK RICH, Dec. 29, 2002)
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Saturday, December 28, 2002:
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)

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* RELIGION JOURNAL: Spiritual Connection on the Internet (By MINDY SINK, Dec. 28, 2002)
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Friday, December 27, 2002:
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)

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* ADVERTISING: New Billboards Sample Radios as Cars Go By, Then Adjust (By MATT RICHTEL, Dec. 27, 2002)
* A High-Tech Fix for One Corner of India (By KEITH BRADSHER, Dec. 27, 2002)
F.C.C. Lets Convicted Hacker Go Back on Net [Kevin Mitnick] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 27, 2002)

Thursday, December 26, 2002:
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)

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Wednesday, December 25, 2002:
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)

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BALLET: MOSCOW BALLET: Elephants and Bears but No Sugar Plum Fairy (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Dec. 25, 2002)

Tuesday, December 24, 2002:
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)

* Heft of Students' Backpacks Turns Into Textbook Battle (By SAM DILLON, Dec. 24, 2002)
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DANCE: BALLET TECH: An Audience Finds Solid Little Pleasures (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Dec. 24, 2002)

Monday, December 23, 2002:
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)

Sunday, December 22, 2002:
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)

Saturday, December 21, 2002:
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)

Friday, December 20, 2002:
On This Day: December 20 (Harvey Firestone 12/20/1868-2/7/1938, Irene Dunne 12/20/1898-9/4/1990, Robert Van de Graaff 12/20/1901-1/16/1967, Max Lerner 12/20/1902-6/5/1992, Sidney Hook 12/20/1902-7/12/1989, George Roy Hill 1922, Peter Criss 1945)
United States sends troops to Panama to topple General Manuel Noriega (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, December 20, 1989)
Branch Rickey, 83, Dies in Missouri; Leading Figure in Baseball for 50 Years [12/20/1881-12/9/1965] (By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, December 10, 1965)

Thursday, December 19, 2002:
On This Day: December 19 (Edwin Stanton 12/19/1814-12/24/1869, A.A. Michelson 12/19/1852-5/9/1931, Fritz Reiner 12/19/1888-11/15/1963, Sir Ralph Richardson 12/19/1902-10/10/1983, George Davis Snell 12/19/1903-6/6/1996, Jean Genet 12/19/1910-4/15/1986, Edith Piaf 12/19/1915-10/11/1963, Cicely Tyson 1933, Richard E. Leakey 1944, Robert Urich 1946, Jennifer Beals 1963, Alyssa Milano 1972)
Britain and China Sign Agreement on Hong Kong (By JOHN F. BURNS, December 19, 1984)
Brezhnev Dead at 85; Attempted to Advance Soviet Goals Through Detente [12/19/1906-11/10/1982] (NY Times, November 11, 1982)

Charles Fraser, Developer of Hilton Head, Dies at 73 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Dec. 19, 2002)
Dick Stuart, 70, an Infielder Nicknamed Dr. Strangeglove, Dies (By FRANK LITSKY, Dec. 19, 2002)
Bill Hunter, 82, Oilers Owner and Founder of N.H.L. Rival, Dies (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Dec. 19, 2002)
Ezra Solomon, Who Shaped Finance Theory, Dies at 82 (By PAUL LEWIS, Dec. 19, 2002)
Don Vesco, Land-Speed Record-Holder, Dies at 63 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 19, 2002)
NATIONAL: Inmates Go Free to Help States Reduce Deficits (By FOX BUTTERFIELD, Dec. 19, 2002)
5 Brothers Charged With Aiding Hamas (By ERIC LICHTBLAU with JUDITH MILLER, Dec. 19, 2002)
Budget Deficit Climbs Steeply in California (By JOHN M. BRODER, Dec. 19, 2002)
Study Seeks Technology Safeguards for Privacy (By JOHN MARKOFF, Dec. 19, 2002)
States to Review Lab Work of Expert Who Erred on ID (By ADAM LIPTAK, Dec. 19, 2002)
Powell and Jeb Bush Criticize Lott for Remarks
(By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG with ELISABETH BUMILLER, Dec. 19, 2002)
Lott Case Complicates White House Debate on Race Issues (By NEIL A. LEWIS and LYNETTE CLEMETSON, Dec. 19, 2002)
Speculation Abounds (but Quietly) Over a Possible Successor for Lott (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Dec. 19, 2002)
3 Are Killed as Tornadoes Sweep 2 States (NY TIMES, Dec. 19, 2002)
WORLD: Yemen, an Uneasy Ally, Proves Adept at Playing Off Old Rivals (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Dec. 19, 2002)
THE INSPECTIONS: U.S. Weighs How Serious an Arms-Violation Charge to Make Against Baghdad
(By DAVID E. SANGER with JULIA PRESTON, Dec. 19, 2002)
South Korean Voters Weigh Rival Visions for Peninsula (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Dec. 19, 2002)
U.S. DEFENSE: Moscow Miffed Over Missile Shield but Others Merely Shrug (By MICHAEL WINES, Dec. 19, 2002)
EUROPEAN ARENA: British Antiterror Squads Arrest 7 Men Suspected of Having Ties to Al Qaeda
(By WARREN HOGE, Dec. 19, 2002)
Thais Impose Wide Ban on Smoking and, Surprise, It Works (By SETH MYDANS, Dec. 19, 2002)
Kurdish Fighters Don't Expect Call From U.S. (By C. J. CHIVERS, Dec. 19, 2002)
* PARIS JOURNAL: Foie Gras in the Freezer? Just Don't Tell Anyone! (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Dec. 19, 2002)
Nafta to Open Foodgates, Engulfing Rural Mexico (By GINGER THOMPSON, Dec. 19, 2002)
UNITED NATIONS: Germany May Lead Iraq Sanctions Panel (By REUTERS, Dec. 19, 2002)
NY REGION: Plans for Ground Zero Unveiled (By EDWARD WYATT, Dec. 19, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Architects' Proposals Have Little to Do With Reality
(By CHARLES V. BAGLI, Dec. 19, 2002)
Followers of Falun Gong in Public Relations Battle (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Dec. 19, 2002)
E-ZPass Bugs Give Cheats a Free Ride (By IVER PETERSON, Dec. 19, 2002)
Criticized Poet Is Named Laureate of Newark Schools [Amiri Baraka]
(By ANDREW JACOBS, Dec. 19, 2002)
Artist's Plan to Drape Central Park in Fabric Is Approved (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Dec. 19, 2002)
* CHESS: Kasparov vs. Karpov Again (By PAUL HOFFMAN, Dec. 19, 2002)
Internet Company Accused of Fraud in School Program (By BENJAMIN WEISER, Dec. 19, 2002)
BOLDFACE NAMES: An Actor Does the Stroking [Christopher Walken's cats] (By MARC SANTORA, Dec. 19, 2002)
* Times to Raise Price Of Daily Copies to $1 (NY TIMES, Dec. 19, 2002)
Lottery Numbers (NY TIMES, Dec. 19, 2002)
AN APPRAISAL: Rediscovering and Celebrating the Vertical Life (By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Dec. 19, 2002)
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: A Cadet Hopes to Honor a Father Killed in Combat
(By CHRIS HEDGES, Dec. 19, 2002)
PUBLIC LIVES: Even Clamor and Stink Can't Repel the Chic Hordes (By JOYCE WADLER, Dec. 19, 2002)
* SPORTS: Solomonic Decree in Dispute Over Bonds Ball (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Dec. 19, 2002)
SPORTS: Kent's Deal With Astros Moves Biggio to Outfield (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 19, 2002)
SPORTS: Yankees Close to Signing Matsui for the Outfield (By TYLER KEPNER, Dec. 19, 2002)
SPORTS: What in the World Is Wrong With the Lakers? (By CHRIS BROUSSARD, Dec. 19, 2002)
Founder of TV Network Becomes First Black Owner in Major Sports [Robert L. Johnson]
(By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Dec. 19, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Visions for Ground Zero (NY TIMES, Dec. 19, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Germany Adrift (NY TIMES, Dec. 19, 2002)
EDITORIAL: When Cheaper Is Also Better [older drug better for high blood pressure]
(NY TIMES, Dec. 19, 2002)
OP-ED: Bush's Stumble: The So San Affair (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Dec. 19, 2002)
OP-ED: Weirder and Weirder (By BOB HERBERT, Dec. 19, 2002)
* OP-ED: Reassembling Sundered Antiquities [Parthenon's Elgin marbles] (By LEE ROSENBAUM, Dec. 19, 2002)
OP-ED: The Quality of the President's Mercy (By MARGARET COLGATE LOVE, Dec. 19, 2002)
LETTERS: The Trouble With Human Cloning (By EVELYNE SHUSTER, et. al., Dec. 19, 2002)
LETTERS: Video Games: Danger Ahead (By EDWARD MILLER, Dec. 19, 2002)
LETTERS: Is Redemption in the Cards for Pete Rose? (By RICHARD NARAD, et. al., Dec. 19, 2002)
BUSINESS: Share Prices Drop on Anxiety About Corporate Profits
[Dow -88, Nasdaq -31] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 19, 2002)
Oracle's Earnings Exceed Expectations (By MATT RICHTEL, Dec. 19, 2002)
MARKET PLACE: Higher Prices Become Norm in Gas Market (By NEELA BANERJEE, Dec. 19, 2002)
* ECONOMIC SCENE: Online Sales Offer Fresh Look at Economy (By HAL R. VARIAN, Dec. 19, 2002)
U.S. Issues Rules to Curb Forms of Telemarketing (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Dec. 19, 2002)
ADVERTISING: ESPN's New Message: Sports Is Life (By SEAN MEHEGAN, Dec. 19, 2002)
* ARTS ABROAD: The Dreaded Call. A Hole in the Art. Now It's Settled. [Puskin Museum]
(By SOPHIA KISHKOVSKY, Dec. 19, 2002)
BOOKS: 'THE SECRET': A Clone's Identity Crisis (By RICHARD EDER, Dec. 19, 2002)
MAKING BOOKS: Room at the Table for Fresh Faces (By MARTIN ARNOLD, Dec. 19, 2002)
DANCE: 'HARD NUT': Crossing Lines in Plot and Dress (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Dec. 19, 2002)
DANCE: Baryshnikov Hatches Grand Plan for a New Arts Center (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Dec. 19, 2002)
FILM: Attention Focuses East in Early Film Awards (By RICK LYMAN, Dec. 19, 2002)
FILM: 'ANTWONE FISHER': A Director and His Hero Find Answers in the Details (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Dec. 19, 2002)
FILM: '25TH HOUR': Confronting the Past Before Going to Prison (By A. O. SCOTT, Dec. 19, 2002)
MUSIC: ORPHEUS: With a Touch of Jazz and Tango (By ALLAN KOZINN, Dec. 19, 2002)
MUSIC: Pre-Reggae Tape of Bob Marley Is Found and Put on Auction (By JESSE McKINLEY, Dec. 19, 2002)
THEATER: 'THE MERCY SEAT': Yes, He Survived Sept. 11, but What's in It for Him? (By BEN BRANTLEY, Dec. 19, 2002)
GARDEN: On Tough Blocks, Divine Glitter (By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Dec. 19, 2002)
GARDEN: Let the After-Holiday Sales Begin (By MARIANNE ROHRLICH, Dec. 19, 2002)
GARDEN: From Dockyard to Your Yard (By ALASTAIR GORDON, Dec. 19, 2002)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 19, 2002)
Mississippi Students Build Their Own PC's (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Dec. 19, 2002)
* Mounting an Online Posse [phony cashier check for Mac on EBay] (By KATIE HAFNER, Dec. 19, 2002)
STATE OF THE ART: Last-Minute Gadget Gifts (By DAVID POGUE, Dec. 19, 2002)
* ONLINE SHOPPER: The Mystery of the Missing Gift Certificate (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Dec. 19, 2002)
Rediscovering a Secret of 60's Sound: Vacuum Tubes (By ROY FURCHGOTT, Dec. 19, 2002)
WHAT'S NEXT: An Aria With Hiccups: The Music of Data Networks (By ANNE EISENBERG, Dec. 19, 2002)
Taking a Virtual Tour of Boston's New Roads (By JEFFREY SELINGO, Dec. 19, 2002)
* ONLINE DIARY: Clickable Countdowns and the Year on the Web (By PAMELA LiCALZI O'CONNELL, Dec. 19, 2002)
HOW IT WORKS: Shifting Gears, With the Help of Software (By IAN AUSTEN, Dec. 19, 2002)
For Foreign-Language Learners, the Web Unties Tongues (By THOMAS J. FITZGERALD, Dec. 19, 2002)
'Go Ahead, Override Me': A Deferential Little Camera (By IAN AUSTEN, Dec. 19, 2002)
* Protection Against Germs and Malicious Intentions (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Dec. 19, 2002)
A FireWire Creature Lightens (and Lights Up) the Desktop (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Dec. 19, 2002)
* Revving Up Four Engines, HotBot Re-enters the Race (By LISA GUERNSEY, Dec. 19, 2002)
256 Megabytes in a Minute: A Snappy Little Storage Vault (By IAN AUSTEN, Dec. 19, 2002)
* Q & A: Scour While You Sleep: A Disk Housekeeper [* also Klez worm virus]
(By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Dec. 19, 2002)
HEALTH: Surge in Multiple Births Produces Record in Premature Babies (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 19, 2002)
HEALTH: Breast Cancer: Genes Are Tied to Death Rates (By GINA KOLATA, Dec. 19, 2002)
HEALTH: Two Hospitals Refuse to Join Bush's Plan for Smallpox (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Dec. 19, 2002)

Wednesday, December 18, 2002:
On This Day: December 18 (Sir J.J. Thompson 12/18/1856-8/30/1940, Francis Ferdinand 12/18/1863-6/28/1914, Paul Klee 12/18/1879-6/29/1940, Ty Cobb 12/18/1886-7/17/1961, Dame Gladys Cooper 12/18/1888-11/17/1971, George Stevens 12/18/1904-3/8/1975, Willy Brandt 12/18/1913-10/8/1992, Betty Grable 12/18/1916-7/2/1973, Ramsey Clark 1927, Lonnie Brooks 1933, Keith Richards 1943, Leonard Maltin 1950, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 1971, Christina Aguilera 1980)
Big Atomic Plant near Pittsburgh Supplying Power (By JOHN W. FINNEY, December 18, 1957)
Robert Moses, Master Builder, is Dead at 92 [12/18/1888-7/29/1981] (By PAUL GOLDBERGER, July 30, 1981)

Dolly Dawn, Big Band Singer, Is Dead at 86 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Dec. 18, 2002)
Sidney Glazier, Producer, Dies at 86 (By PAUL LEWIS, Dec. 18, 2002)
Francisco Unanue Casal, Dies at 71, a Leader of Goya Food Empire (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Dec. 18, 2002)
Hugh Tuttle, 81, Patriarch of 17th-Century Farm (NY TIMES, Dec. 18, 2002)
NATIONAL: Mayors Say Requests for Food and Shelter Are Up (By ELIZABETH BECKER, Dec. 18, 2002)
2004: PRESIDENTAL PROSPECTS: The Doctor Is In, and Busy Hanging a Bigger Shingle
(By TODD S. PURDUM, Dec. 18, 2002)
Acquittal in Shooting of Priest Splits a City (By JAYSON BLAIR, Dec. 18, 2002)
THE CONSTITUENTS: Black and White Doubt Their Senator's Sincerity (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Dec. 18, 2002)
* Storm Abates on the West Coast, but Another One Is Expected (By NICK MADIGAN, Dec. 18, 2002)
LESSONS: A Town Spins Out Images of Colleges (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Dec. 18, 2002)
Lott Vows Fight to Retain His Post as Senate Leader (By ELISABETH BUMILLER & CARL HULSE, Dec. 18, 2002)
Lott Gives Show a Lift in Ratings (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 18, 2002)
THE REPUBLICAN LEADER: From High-Climbing Senate Warrior to Dangling Man
(By DAVID FIRESTONE, Dec. 18, 2002)
ON THE RIGHT: Conservatives Are Critical of Their Role in Controversy (By KATE ZERNIKE, Dec. 18, 2002)
WORLD: Bush Ordering Missile Shield (By ERIC SCHMITT, Dec. 18, 2002)
Bush Is Expected to Say Iraq Failed to Meet U.N. Terms
(By DAVID E. SANGER with JULIA PRESTON, Dec. 18, 2002)
Iraq Says Russian Oil Company Met Dissidents (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Dec. 18, 2002)
Crossing Paths: Albright Testifies in War Crimes Case (By MARLISE SIMONS, Dec. 18, 2002)
FRANCE: Terror Suspects Found With Chemicals in Paris (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Dec. 18, 2002)
* Stocks Bullish in Iraq Market; Don't Ask Why (By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 18, 2002)
POSTWAR PLANS: Report Urges Iraqis Control Reconstruction After Hussein (By JEFF GERTH, Dec. 18, 2002)
THE OPPOSITION: Groups Outline Plans for Governing a Post-Hussein Iraq (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Dec. 18, 2002)
MISSILE SHIELD: U.S. Ignores Failure Data at Outset of Flights (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Dec. 18, 2002)
NY REGION: Contract Gains Won't Finance Higher Wages (By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Dec. 18, 2002)
* Harvard Advertises for People Abducted by Aliens (By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, Dec. 18, 2002)
Star Scholar Fights for His Future at Brooklyn College [Robert D. Johnson]
(By KAREN W. ARENSON, Dec. 18, 2002)
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: A Family Follows Its Own Rituals (By CHRIS HEDGES, Dec. 18, 2002)
PUBLIC LIVES: For a Conductor, Gifts From a Christmas Warhorse (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Dec. 18, 2002)
OUR TOWNS: Lott's Words Shocking? Not to Blacks (By MATTHEW PURDY, Dec. 18, 2002)
SPORTS: If It's Me or Clemens, Choose Me, Colón Says (By JACK CURRY, Dec. 18, 2002)
SPORTS: Braves, Retooling Rotation, Still Have Hammer in East (By MURRAY CHASS, Dec. 18, 2002)
SPORTS: Kings for a Year, Patriots Now Play Like Paupers (By DAMON HACK, Dec. 18, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Errors That Kill Medical Patients (NY TIMES, Dec. 18, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Venezuela on the Brink (NY TIMES, Dec. 18, 2002)
OP-ED: Blair for President (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Dec. 18, 2002)
Of Ghosts and Mississippi (By MAUREEN DOWD, Dec. 18, 2002)
Trent Lott's Blow to Civil Rights (By ABIGAIL THERNSTROM, Dec. 18, 2002)
More Housing on the Map (By MICHAEL H. SCHILL, Dec. 18, 2002)
LETTERS: As Trent Lott Tries to Explain (By TODD GITLIN, et. al., Dec. 18, 2002)
LETTERS: Indian Tribe Casinos (By ERNEST L. STEVENS, Dec. 18, 2002)
BUSINESS: Shares Slip as Investors Take Profits From Recent Rallies
[Dow -92, Nasdaq -8] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 18, 2002)
Consumers Finding Ways to Zap Telemarketer Calls (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec. 18, 2002)
INVESTIGATIONS: Some Companies Will Release Customer Records on Request (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec. 18, 2002)
Computer Programmer Faces U.S. Fraud Charge in Virus Attack (By ROBERT HANLEY, Dec. 18, 2002)
Calvin Klein to Sell Company to Biggest U.S. Shirtmaker (By TRACIE ROZHON, Dec. 18, 2002)
A New Voice at Pepsi [Beyoncé Knowles] (By NAT IVES, Dec. 18, 2002)
Taking French Children's Fashion Global (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Dec. 18, 2002)
ADVERTISING: Alcohol Ads on TV Find a Young Audience (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec. 18, 2002)
Russian Company Acquitted of Digital Piracy (By MATT RICHTEL, Dec. 18, 2002)
* ARTS ABROAD: Gainsborough Exhibition Done Gainsborough's Way (By WARREN HOGE, Dec. 18, 2002)
ART CRITIC: At Ground Zero, the Freshest Architecture May Be the Answer (By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Dec. 18, 2002)
ART CRITIC: In New York, Art Is Crime, and Crime Becomes Art ["FEAR"]
(By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Dec. 18, 2002)
DANCE: Graham Troupe Names Co-Directors (NY TIMES, Dec. 18, 2002)
* FILM: 'THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS': Soldiering On in Epic Pursuit of Purity
(By ELVIS MITCHELL, Dec. 18, 2002)
FILM: 'DEVILS ON THE DOORSTEP': Heroics, Horrors and Farce in War-Torn China
(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Dec. 18, 2002)
MUSIC: NY PHILHARMONIC: Soloists Join Orchestra in Chamber Series (By ALLAN KOZINN, Dec. 18, 2002)
MUSIC: 'EDGAR': A Work by an Imitator Before He Became Puccini (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Dec. 18, 2002)
OPERA: 'ELEKTRA': A New Cast Transforms `Elektra' (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Dec. 18, 2002)
THEATER: 'H.A.M.L.E.T.': From Out of Denmark, Soliloquies With a Smile (By BRUCE WEBER, Dec. 18, 2002)
THEATER: 'GOING HOME': A Dysfunctional Family's Secret of Eternal Youth (By BRUCE WEBER, Dec. 18, 2002)
TV: Top duPont-Columbia Broadcast Award Goes to 'Frontline' (By BILL CARTER, Dec. 18, 2002)
* THE TV WATCH: A Portrait of the Prophet Behind Islam (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Dec. 18, 2002)
DINING: A Table for Two? We Can Seat You at 5:30 or 10 (By ERIC ASIMOV, Dec. 18, 2002)
In a Lebanese Valley, a Star Chef's Tour [recipe] (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Dec. 18, 2002)
In Paris, All's Fair in Love and Macaroons (By KERRY SHAW, Dec. 18, 2002)
* DINING: EATING WELL: Feeding the Starving Beast Within (By MARIAN BURROS, Dec. 18, 2002)
For a Touch of Acidity, Take a Leaf From the Middle East [sumac] (By RICHARD W. LANGER, Dec. 18, 2002)
* THE MINIMALIST: How to Be a Pudding Head [rice pudding recipe] (By MARK BITTMAN, Dec. 18, 2002)
THE CHEF: An Everyday Dish Puts on the Ritz for the Holidays
[recipe: foie gras pot-au-feu] (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Dec. 18, 2002)
* HEALTH: Older Way to Treat Hypertension Found Best [high blood pressure]
(By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Dec. 18, 2002)
* Diuretics' Value Drowned Out by Trumpeting of Newer Drugs (By MELODY PETERSEN, Dec. 18, 2002)
Less Screening Urged for Some for Cervix Cancer (By DENISE GRADY, Dec. 18, 2002)
Flu Vaccine in a Spray Wins Vote From Panel (By REUTERS, Dec. 18, 2002)
Private Dies From Infection; Marine Training Is Curtailed (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 18, 2002)

Tuesday, December 17, 2002:
On This Day: December 17 (Ludwig Beethoven 12/17/1770-3/26/1827, Joseph Henry 12/17/1797-5/13/1878, John Greenleaf Whittier 12/17/1807-9/7/1892, Ford Madox Ford 12/17/1873-6/26/1939, Mackenzie King 12/17/1874-7/22/1950, Edwin Cohn 12/17/1892-10/1/1953, Erskine Caldwell 12/17/1903-4/11/1987, William Safire 1929, Bob Guccione 1930, Tommy Steele 1936)
* Orville & Wilbur Wright had first successful man-powered airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, NC (NY Times, December 17, 1903)
* Arthur Fiedler, 84, Conductor Of Boston Pops 50 Years, Dies [12/17/1894-7/10/1979] (By ALLEN HUGHES, July 11, 1979)

John Crosby, 76, Dies; Started Santa Fe Opera (By ALLAN KOZINN, Dec. 17, 2002)
Zal Yanovsky, Guitarist With Lovin' Spoonful, Dies at 57 (By PETER KEEPNEWS, Dec. 17, 2002)
NATIONAL: Judge's Free-Tuition Ruling Stuns University of Missouri
[$450 million refund to students] (By TAMAR LEWIN, Dec. 17, 2002)
* In Bowing Out, Gore Took His Own Advice (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Dec. 17, 2002)
THE INVESTIGATION: Bush Names Former New Jersey Governor to 9/11 Panel
(By PHILIP SHENON, Dec. 17, 2002)
MAN IN THE NEWS: Winning Pretty: Thomas Howard Kean (By IVER PETERSON, Dec. 17, 2002)
PROFILE: Thomas H. Kean (NY TIMES, Dec. 17, 2002)
Sniper Case Will Be First Test of Virginia Antiterrorism Law (By JAYSON BLAIR, Dec. 17, 2002)
Cardinal Law Says Resigning Was Best Way to Serve Church (By PAM BELLUCK, Dec. 17, 2002)
Teenage Drug Use Is Dropping, a Study Finds (By FOX BUTTERFIELD, Dec. 17, 2002)
THE TIGHTENING BORDER: Men From Muslim Nations Swamp Immigration Office
(By JOHN M. BRODER with SUSAN SACHS, Dec. 17, 2002)
Commission Opposes Terror Role for F.B.I. (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 17, 2002)
* C.I.A. Chief Prospers From Bond With Bush (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Dec. 17, 2002)
Democrats Move to Fill Void in '04 Race (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Dec. 17, 2002)
Republicans Say Lott Lacks Bush's Support (By CARL HULSE with ELISABETH BUMILLER, Dec. 17, 2002)
Lott Acknowledges 'Misbehavior' (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Dec. 17, 2002)
ON THE RIGHT: Conservatives Led the Way in Criticizing Lott's Remarks
(By JIM RUTENBERG & FELICITY BARRINGER, Dec. 17, 2002)
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: A Deft Balance of Contrition and Evasion as Lott Asks for a Second Chance
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Dec. 17, 2002)
THE TOUGHEST CRITICS: Black Republicans Speak of Their Outrage at Lott
(By LYNETTE CLEMETSON, Dec. 17, 2002)
Excerpts From the Lott Interview on Black Entertainment Television (NY TIMES, Dec. 17, 2002)
JOCKEYING: Nickles Has Always Been Just Short of the Top Rung (By DAVID FIRESTONE, Dec. 17, 2002)
WORLD: Venezuela's Oil: Wellspring of Bad Blood (By JUAN FORERO, Dec. 17, 2002)
DIPLOMACY: Japan Says Nuclear Effort in Korea Merits Hard Line (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Dec. 17, 2002)
PENTAGON: White House Plays Down Propaganda by Military (By ERIC SCHMITT, Dec. 17, 2002)
Egypt-U.S. Relationship Is Strained by Iraq Crisis (By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, Dec. 17, 2002)
Iraq Opposition Tries to Coordinate Views (NY TIMES, Dec. 17, 2002)
In His Politically Charged Trial, Russian Colonel Is Called Insane (By MICHAEL WINES, Dec. 17, 2002)
Effort to Cut Off Qaeda Funds Hits Snags (NY TIMES, Dec. 17, 2002)
MOSCOW JOURNAL: Multiliths Overtaking Monoliths on Skyline (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Dec. 17, 2002)
Saudi Idlers Attract Radicals and Worry Royals (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Dec. 17, 2002)
Sound the Horns: A Fox Hunt Compromise (By REUTERS, Dec. 17, 2002)
Wiesel Urges Stern Hague Term (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 17, 2002)
NY REGION: Details of City's Transit Accord (By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Dec. 17, 2002)
Public Plaza, Private Stage: A Battle at CBS's Doorstep (By CHARLES V. BAGLI, Dec. 17, 2002)
Art Student's Project on 'Fear' Becomes a Lesson in the Law (By KEVIN FLYNN, Dec. 17, 2002)
TUNNEL VISION: Kennedy High Drama and Comic Relief (By RANDY KENNEDY, Dec. 17, 2002)
After 30 Years, Cozy Bookstore Gets to the End (By DINITIA SMITH, Dec. 17, 2002)
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Beyond Profanity, Dirty Dealing Swindlers Take God's Name in Vain
(By CHRIS HEDGES, Dec. 17, 2002)
PUBLIC LIVES: Once the Voice of a Parrot, Now on the Marquee (By ROBIN FINN, Dec. 17, 2002)
THE RIDERS: Ready for a Strike, but Greeted by the Train (By DAN BARRY, Dec. 17, 2002)
NYC: Riders Look for a Seat (at the Talks) (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Dec. 17, 2002)
* EDITORIAL: Al Gore's Ambition (NY TIMES, Dec. 17, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Trent Lott on the Ropes (NY TIMES, Dec. 17, 2002)
EDITORIAL: A New Chairman for 9/11 Review [Thomas Kean] (NY TIMES, Dec. 17, 2002)
OP-ED: Gotta Have Faith (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Dec. 17, 2002)
* OP-ED: If Saddam Were Only Brazilian [Latin American falling apart]
(By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Dec. 17, 2002)
OP-ED: Adapting to Our Own Engineering [cloning] (By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG, Dec. 17, 2002)
OP-ED: Personal Truths and Legal Fictions [Clarence Thomas] (By DAHLIA LITHWICK, Dec. 17, 2002)
LETTERS: Battling Smallpox, and the Jitters (By STANLEY N. CAROFF, M.D., et. al., Dec. 17, 2002)
* LETTERS: The Healthy Hello (By V. K. BALAKRISHNAN, Dec. 17, 2002)
BUSINESS: Dow Gains 193 in Rebound From Two Weeks of Decline
[Dow +194, Nasdaq +38] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 17, 2002)
* Limits Sought on Wireless Internet Access (By JOHN MARKOFF, Dec. 17, 2002)
MARKET PLACE: Cadbury Will Pay $4 Billion for Pfizer's Candy Business
(By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and SHERRI DAY, Dec. 17, 2002)
ON THE ROAD: For Travel Industry, a Year to Forget (By JOE SHARKEY, Dec. 17, 2002)
The World's Tallest Buildings and More (By WAYNE ARNOLD, Dec. 17, 2002)
Bumpy Market Has Many Delaying Retirement, Survey Finds (NY TIMES, Dec. 17, 2002)
ADVERTISING: Using Products to Sell Products (By STUART ELLIOTT, Dec. 17, 2002)
ARTS ABROAD: Zadie Smith Plans to Remain Anonymous, Thank You (By SARAH LYALL, Dec. 17, 2002)
* ART: Surrealism for Sale, Straight From the Source [André Breton] (By ALAN RIDING, Dec. 17, 2002)
BOOKS: 'THE END OF THE AMERICAN ERA': Looking to the Past to Project the End of Pax Americana
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Dec. 17, 2002)
DANCE: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER: Five Guys Get It All Together and Pass the Bucket
(By JACK ANDERSON, Dec. 17, 2002)
FILM: Critics' Group in New York Gives 'Heaven' Five Awards (By A. O. SCOTT, Dec. 17, 2002)
MUSIC: 'SUPERPIANOBOWL': A Multitude of Voices, All From Pianos (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Dec. 17, 2002)
MUSIC: ENSEMBLE SOSPESO: Performers Let Energy Fly, as Listeners Catch the Ideas (PAUL GRIFFITHS, Dec. 17, 2002)
OPERA: 'THAÏS': The Spirit and the Body, Two Unwhole (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Dec. 17, 2002)
POP: JINGLE BALL: The Hit Parade Marches Toward a Kind of Reality (By JON PARELES, Dec. 17, 2002)
THEATER: 'JOE AND BETTY': Reality Show of Sorts, With Unseen Survivor
(NY TIMES, Dec. 17, 2002)
THEATER: 'THE TEMPEST': An Isle Full of Sounds, Sweet Airs and Stagecraft
(By BRUCE WEBER, Dec. 17, 2002)
TV: 'THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE': Suddenly, All Is Bright in No Man's Land (By RON WERTHEIMER, Dec. 17, 2002)
SCIENCE: Company Says It Will Test a Safer Smallpox Vaccine (By ANDREW POLLACK, Dec. 17, 2002)
Hudson Shipwrecks Found, but No Loose Lips (By KIRK JOHNSON, Dec. 17, 2002)
* DUOM KOR JOURNAL: Mission on the Mekong: Save the Giant Catfish [102 kg carp]
(By SETH MYDANS, Dec. 17, 2002)
More Wolves, and New Questions, in Rockies (By JIM ROBBINS, Dec. 17, 2002)
* SCIENCE: New Premise in Science: Get the Word Out Quickly, Online (By AMY HARMON, Dec. 17, 2002)
* Nature's Secret to Building for Strength: Flexibility (By KENNETH CHANG, Dec. 17, 2002)
* New Work on Birds Reflects the Spirit of Audubon [18 volumes] (By JAMES GORMAN, Dec. 17, 2002)
* OBSERVATORY: Nasty and Sneaky [Helicodiceros muscivorus] (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Dec. 17, 2002)
Q & A: Gleeful Flies? (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Dec. 17, 2002)
* HEALTH: The Heavy Cost of Chronic Stress (By ERICA GOODE, Dec. 17, 2002)
Doctors Rethinking Treatments for Sick Sinuses (By GABRIELLE GLASER, Dec. 17, 2002)
LABORATORIES: After 9/11, Universities Are Destroying Biological Agents (By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, Dec. 17, 2002)
BIOLOGICAL DEFENSES: Pentagon Faces Difficulties in Smallpox Shots for Troops
(By DENISE GRADY, Dec. 17, 2002)
CASES: A Distant, Troubling Echo From an Earlier Smallpox War (By MICHAEL POLLAK, Dec. 17, 2002)
* ESSAY: Curing and Killing: The Perils of a Growing Medicine Cabinet
(By RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M.D., Dec. 17, 2002)
* BEHAVIOR: The Mind Explains It All (By ANNA FELS, M.D., Dec. 17, 2002)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: On the Long Flights, Take Steps, Lots of Them (By JANE E. BRODY, Dec. 17, 2002)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Run or Walk by the Book (By JOHN LANGONE, Dec. 17, 2002)
Boston's 'Grievous Calamity of the Small Pox' (NY TIMES, Dec. 17, 2002)
Remedies: Another Word on Echinacea (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Dec. 17, 2002)
VITAL SIGNS: At Risk: A Formula for a Stroke (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Dec. 17, 2002)

Monday, December 16, 2002:
On This Day: December 16 (Catherine of Aragon 12/16/1485-1/7/1536, Jane Austen 12/16/1775-7/18/1817, Francois Boieldieu 12/16/1775-10/8/1834, George Santayana 12/16/1863-9/26/1952, Sir Noel Coward 12/16/1899-3/26/1973, V.S. Pritchett 12/16/1900-3/20/1997, Arthur C. Clarke 1917, Liv Ullmann 1939, Lesley Stahl 1941, Sam Robards 1961)
President Truman proclaimed a state of emergency to fight Communist imperialism (By ANTHONY LEVIERO, December 16, 1950)
* Margaret Mead Is Dead of Cancer at 76 [12/16/1901-11/15/1978] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, November 16, 1978)

Eli Ginzberg, 91, Columbia Economist, Is Dead (By ROBERT F. WORTH, Dec. 16, 2002)
Florence S. Mahoney, Health Advocate, Is Dead at 103 (By CARLA BARANAUCKAS, Dec. 16, 2002)
Dr. Richard S. Lazarus, 80, Psychologist, Is Dead; (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Dec. 16, 2002)
Mieke van Hoek, Choreographer, 56, Is Dead (NY TIMES, Dec. 16, 2002)
* NATIONAL: Gore Rules Out Running in '04 (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Dec. 16, 2002)
Text: Excerpts From Al Gore's Interview on '60 Minutes' (NY TIMES, Dec. 16, 2002)
Going for Laughs on Saturday Night Before Delivering the News on Sunday (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Dec. 16, 2002)
New Celebrant, and New Tone, at a Boston Mass (By PAM BELLUCK, Dec. 16, 2002)
As Post-Boom Dust Settles, the South Grimly Downsizes (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Dec. 16, 2002)
THE BIOTERROR THREAT: Smallpox Vaccine Transmission Raises Liability Issue
(By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Dec. 16, 2002)
No. 2 Republican in Senate Calls for Vote on Lott (By CARL HULSE, Dec. 16, 2002)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: What the Public Sees May Not Be What It Gets (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Dec. 16, 2002)
ROSEVILLE JOURNAL: Under the Bridge, a Man of Means by No Means (By CHARLIE LeDUFF, Dec. 16, 2002)
WORLD: Venezuelan Chief Says He's Weathering Crisis (By JUAN FORERO, Dec. 16, 2002)
Pentagon Debates Propaganda Push in Allied Nations (By THOM SHANKER and ERIC SCHMITT, Dec. 16, 2002)
U.S. Says Russia Helped Iran in Nuclear Arms Effort (By DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 16, 2002)
Arafat Disavows bin Laden (By IAN FISHER, Dec. 16, 2002)
Hindu Nationalists Win Landslide Vote in Indian State (By AMY WALDMAN, Dec. 16, 2002)
Iranian Lawmaker Opens Door to American Talks (By NAZILA FATHI, Dec. 16, 2002)
South Korean Candidates Focus on the North (By DON KIRK, Dec. 16, 2002)
Actor Follows His Own Script on Iraq and War [Sean Penn] (By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 16, 2002)
Iraqi Groups Draft Statements [in London] (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Dec. 16, 2002)
Russia Angry at Iraq Rebuff of Oil Deal (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Dec. 16, 2002)
Australia Comes to Terms With a Sense of Vulnerability (By RAYMOND BONNER and JANE PERLEZ, Dec. 16, 2002)
Market Booms While Zimbabwe Prepares for the Bust (By RACHEL L. SWARNS, Dec. 16, 2002)
NY REGION: Transit Workers 'Stop the Clock' on Strike Threat (By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Dec. 16, 2002)
THE SCENE: Bleary-Eyed Vigil for Hint of News About Negotiations (By MARC SANTORA, Dec. 16, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Critics Say Pataki Delayed Bargaining (By RANDY KENNEDY, Dec. 16, 2002)
Trade Center Site, Round 2: New Designs to Be Unveiled Wednesday (By EDWARD WYATT, Dec. 16, 2002)
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: A Quest for Rapture Leads a 'Phish Head' Astray (By CHRIS HEDGES, Dec. 16, 2002)
Law Schools Urge Graduates to Start Small and Think Local (By GREG WINTER, Dec. 16, 2002)
THE SCHOOLS: Some Changes, and Some Cancellations (NY TIMES, Dec. 16, 2002)
PREPARATIONS: Hitting Books, Buying a Car and Checking Sites on the Web
(By SHAILA K. DEWAN & ANTHONY DePALMA, Dec. 16, 2002)
METRO MATTERS: Want to Say You're Sorry? There's a Line (By JOYCE PURNICK, Dec. 16, 2002)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Dec. 16, 2002)
SPORTS: Yanks and Expos Talk; Clemens Could Be Out [Bartolo Colón] (By JACK CURRY, Dec. 16, 2002)
BOXING: Nothing Fancy as Byrd Pecked His Way to a Title [beats Holyfield] (By CLIFTON BROWN, Dec. 16, 2002)
EDITORIAL: More Than Words to Fight AIDS (NY TIMES, Dec. 16, 2002)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Living Under the Virtual Volcano of Video Games This Holiday Season
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Dec. 16, 2002)
OP-ED: Inspect the Brains (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Dec. 16, 2002)
OP-ED: A Chance to Learn (By BOB HERBERT, Dec. 16, 2002)
OP-ED: Outbreak at Sea (By JONATHAN KAPLAN, Dec. 16, 2002)
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR: No Joy for Pete Rose (By FAY VINCENT, Dec. 16, 2002)
LETTERS: How Diversity Makes a Difference (By MONROE H. FREEDMAN, et. al., Dec. 16, 2002)
LETTERS: Terror, the Library and the Internet (By NANCY BERG, Dec. 16, 2002)
LETTERS: To Vaccinate, or Not? (By LEE B. REICHMAN, M.D., Dec. 16, 2002)
BUSINESS OUTLOOK: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 16, 2002)
* ECONOMY & BUSINESS: This Testy Economy Refuses to Be Charmed (By ALEX BERENSON, Dec. 16, 2002)
Can a Bloodied S.E.C. Dust Itself Off Now and Get Moving? (By STEPHEN LABATON, Dec. 16, 2002)
After a Boom, There Will Be Scandal. Count on It. (By KURT EICHENWALD, Dec. 16, 2002)
* Corruption, Crime, Chicanery: Business Through the Ages (By CHARLES P. KINDLEBERGER, Dec. 16, 2002)
President's Top Priorities: Tax Cuts, but No Quick Stimulus (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Dec. 16, 2002)
Key Questions on Tax Breaks: How Big? Who Gets Them? (By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, Dec. 16, 2002)
Yes, It Was a Dismal Year for Airlines. Now the Bad News. (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, Dec. 16, 2002)
Big 3 Automakers Are Likely to Swerve Into the Slow Lane (By DANNY HAKIM, Dec. 16, 2002)
Far From Corner Offices, Scrimping and Improvising (By AMY CORTESE, Dec. 16, 2002)
* Supersized American Dream: Expensive? I'll Take It (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec. 16, 2002)
Decade-Long Shopping Spree Is Expected to Slow in 2003 (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Dec. 16, 2002)
* INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: If There's a Global Rebound, the U.S. Will Have to Lead It
(By DANIEL ALTMAN, Dec. 16, 2002)
In Euro Zone, Woes Abound (By MARK LANDLER, Dec. 16, 2002)
South America's Financial Straits (By LARRY ROHTER, Dec. 16, 2002)
* China's Hot, at Least for Now (By JOSEPH KAHN, Dec. 16, 2002)
India Moves to Overcome Crippling Electricity Shortages (By KEITH BRADSHER, Dec. 16, 2002)
In Turnaround, Russia Plucks Itself Off the Endangered List (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Dec. 16, 2002)
Rumors of Japan's Recovery Are, It Seems, Exaggerated (By JAMES BROOKE, Dec. 16, 2002)
For Canadians, a Porous Border (By BERNARD SIMON, Dec. 16, 2002)
* TECHNOLOGY: In the World of the Very Small, Companies Make Big Plans (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Dec. 16, 2002)
Biotech and F.D.A.: Blame Game (By ANDREW POLLACK, Dec. 16, 2002)
E-COMMERCE REPORT: Internet Prescription Sales Rise (By BOB TEDESCHI, Dec. 16, 2002)
Web Calling Roils the Telecom World (By SIMON ROMERO, Dec. 16, 2002)
* MEDIA: Nimble Magazines Adjust to Fast Pace (By DAVID CARR, Dec. 16, 2002)
* ADVERTISING: For Ad Spending, Sunnier Days Ahead (By STUART ELLIOTT, Dec. 16, 2002)
Music Industry Shows Signs of Adapting Amid Tumult (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Dec. 16, 2002)
* TV Book Clubs Try to Fill Oprah's Shoes (By BILL GOLDSTEIN, Dec. 16, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Some Companies Stand Out in the Battered World of Media
(By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Dec. 16, 2002)
Secrecy of Author Selection (By BILL GOLDSTEIN, Dec. 16, 2002)
A 'New Economy' Editor at Time to Oversee AOL Integration (By DAVID CARR, Dec. 16, 2002)
BOOKS: 'WHEN THE WOMEN COME OUT TO DANCE': Nine Tales From the Underside, Where the Talk Is Terse
(By JANET MASLIN, Dec. 16, 2002)
DANCE IN REVIEW: Recent Performances (By JACK ANDERSON & JENNIFER DUNNING, Dec. 16, 2002)
FILM CRITIC: Films in Land That's Ready for Revolution of the Mind (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Dec. 16, 2002)
MUSIC: CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Beauty in Sprawl and Off-Kilter Thuds (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Dec. 16, 2002)
MUSIC: NY PHILHARMONIC: Unplanned Cellphone Solo Vexes Condu (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Dec. 16, 2002)
OPERA: 'DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES': A Guillotine Cannot Blur Poulenc's Soft Sounds
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Dec. 16, 2002)
OPERA CRITIC: Opera Offers a Love Song to the Glitter of New York (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Dec. 16, 2002)
POP: TOM PETTY: A Rock Rebel Who'll Never Give In (By KELEFA SANNEH, Dec. 16, 2002)
THEATER: 'ANTIGONE': In the Beginning, Maybe, There Was 'Antigone' (By BRUCE WEBER, Dec. 16, 2002)
THEATER: First You Die, Then It Gets Complicated (By NEIL GENZLINGER, Dec. 16, 2002)
* WRITERS ON WRITING: Carried From the Couch on the Wings of Enchantment (By REBECCA GOLDSTEIN, Dec. 16, 2002)

Sunday, December 15, 2002:
On This Day: December 15 (Nero 12/15/37 AD-6/9/68 AD, George Romney 12/15/1734-11/15/1802, Joseph Moses Levy 12/15/1812-10/12/1888, Gustave Eiffel 12/15/1832-12/28/1923, Niels Ryberg Finsen 12/15/1860-9/24/1904, Maxwell Anderson 12/15/1888-2/28/1959, Tim Conway 1933, Cindy Birdsong 1939, Dave Clark 1942, Don Johnson 1949)
* French Capture 7,500 in Big Verdun Drive; Smash Six-Mile Front (NY Times, December 15, 1916)
* J. Paul Getty Dead at 83; Amassed Billions From Oil [12/15/1892-6/6/1976] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, June 6, 1976)

Salman Raduyev, Convicted Chechen Warlord, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 15, 2002)
* Billy Pearson, Jockey and Quiz Show Winner, Dies at 82 (By MICHAEL KAUFMAN, Dec. 15, 2002)
Leonardo Mondadori, Who Led Italian Publishing House, 56, Is Dead (By WILLIAM H. HONAN, Dec. 15, 2002)
Lynne Abraham, Spoke Out on Breast Cancer, Dies at 60 (NY TIMES, Dec. 15, 2002)
Arthur Stark, 83, Labor Dispute Arbitrator, Is Dead (By ERIC PACE, Dec. 15, 2002)
* NATIONAL: Gore Will Not Run in 2004 (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Dec. 15, 2002)
A CLOSER LOOK: Bishops Who Quit Amid Sexual Scandals (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 15, 2002)
Boston Catholics Speculate About the Next Archbishop (By PAM BELLUCK, Dec. 15, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Vatican Shift Mixes Signals (By FRANK BRUNI, Dec. 15, 2002)
* Junior Colleges Try Niche as Path to Top Universities (By GREG WINTER, Dec. 15, 2002)
As State Budgets Break, Pain Trickles Down (By PETER T. KILBORN, Dec. 15, 2002)
In Lott's Life, Long Shadows of Segregation (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Dec. 15, 2002)
A Troubled Senator's Allies Come to His Aid (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Dec. 15, 2002)
WORLD: Bush Has Widened Authority of C.I.A. to Kill Terrorists (By JAMES RISEN & DAVID JOHNSTON, Dec. 15, 2002)
Chávez Rejects Call for Early Vote in Venezuela (By JUAN FORERO, Dec. 15, 2002)
The Ghosts of Economic Demonstrations Haunt Italy (NY TIMES, Dec. 15, 2002)
Hopes and Fears in India Stirred by Hindu Nationalist (By AMY WALDMAN, Dec. 15, 2002)
Ship Carrying Luxury Cars Sinks in North Sea (By REUTERS, Dec. 15, 2002)
Meeting of Iraqi Opposition Seeks to Bar U.S. Dominance (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Dec. 15, 2002)
Kurds Say Islamic Group With Links to Al Qaeda Plans Suicide Bombings (By C. J. CHIVERS, Dec. 15, 2002)
An American Diplomat Waits in Political Limbo [Otto J. Reich] (By JAMES DAO, Dec. 15, 2002)
North Korea Denounces James Bond Film (By AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE, Dec. 15, 2002)
* A Coming Flood Erodes the Life of a Chinese City [Yunyang] (By JOSEPH KAHN, Dec. 15, 2002)
* Hussein's Obsession: An Empire of Mosques (By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 15, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Visions of a Union: Europe Gropes for an Identity (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Dec. 15, 2002)
South America Region Under Watch for Signs of Terrorists (By LARRY ROHTER, Dec. 15, 2002)
Kurdish Group Formed to Fight Secular Rule (NY TIMES, Dec. 15, 2002)
U.N. Needs Time for Iraq Report, Inspector Says (By REUTERS, Dec. 15, 2002)
India Seizes Missile Hidden in Kashmir (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 15, 2002)
NY REGION: THE SCENE: Threat of Strike Sends Shoppers Into Early Rush (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Dec. 15, 2002)
New York Retains Lead in Strength of Charities (By STEPHANIE STROM, Dec. 15, 2002)
FOLLOWING UP: Life After Little League for a Tarnished Star (By JOSEPH P. FRIED, Dec. 15, 2002)
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Unending Journey Through Faith and Heartbreak (By CHRIS HEDGES, Dec. 15, 2002)
OUR TOWNS: Letting Good Times Roll (Without Thinking of Bad Times Ahead)
(By MATTHEW PURDY, Dec. 15, 2002)
SPORTS: Jordan and His Image Have Come Down to Earth (By SELENA ROBERTS, Dec. 15, 2002)
* SPORTS: Yao's Success Speeds N.B.A.'s Plans for China (By JERE LONGMAN, Dec. 15, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Cross-Burning and Free Speech (NY TIMES, Dec. 15, 2002)
EDITORIAL: North Korea Can't Wait (NY TIMES, Dec. 15, 2002)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Chess Offers Young Students Life Lessons at a City School (By BRENT STAPLES, Dec. 15, 2002)
OP-ED: Dunces of Confederacy (By MAUREEN DOWD, Dec. 15, 2002)
OP-ED: Death to Dictators ["conversation" among Arabs and Muslims] (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Dec. 15, 2002)
OP-ED: Making the Economy Run on Time (By TOM STANDAGE, Dec. 15, 2002)
OP-ED: Boston's Cry Is Heard [Bernard Law's resignation] (By PAUL WILKES, Dec. 15, 2002)
LETTERS: Breathe Deeply and Enjoy a Beer (By RICHARD M. FRAUENGLASS, et. al., Dec. 15, 2002)
LETTERS: Museums' Old Art Is Still Hot Property (By JACK D. SPIRO, et. al., Dec. 15, 2002)
LETTERS: Questions of War (By JEFFREY MATCHEN, Dec. 15, 2002)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 15, 2002)
BUSINESS: Life Without a Jet, and Other Laments (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Dec. 15, 2002)
A Music Man's New Mantra: Let's Make a Deal [Thomas D. Mottola, Sony Music]
(By, Dec. 15, 2002)
It May Be Time to Plumb Your Pension's Depths (By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, Dec. 15, 2002)
* New Fees Worsen the Market's Sting (By DONNA ROSATO, Dec. 15, 2002)
In This Family, Corporate Crises Test a Second Generation [Virage] (By KAREN ALEXANDER, Dec. 15, 2002)
A Dynamic Duo Was on the Panel, but Somebody Couldn't Talk [Spitzer & Donaldson]
(By RICK GLADSTONE, Dec. 15, 2002)
INVESTING WITH DANIEL J. FUSS AND KATHLEEN C. GAFFNEY: Loomis Sayles Bond Fund
(By CAROLE GOULD, Dec. 15, 2002)
As Screening Increases, Travel Light to Travel Best (By JANE L. LEVERE, Dec. 15, 2002)
* STRATEGIES: A Market Barometer, Challenged on Two Fronts (By MARK HULBERT, Dec. 15, 2002)
MONEY AND MEDICINE: When Health Coverage Is Decided by the Calendar (By MICHELLE ANDREWS, Dec. 15, 2002)
THE BOSS: Where 6-Foot-4 Is Short (By RICK WAGONER, Written with Glenn Rifkin, Dec. 15, 2002)
EXECUTIVE LIFE: Who Says Unions Must Dislike the Chief? (By THOM WEIDLICH, Dec. 15, 2002)
MARKET WATCH: In the Empire of Siebel, Stirrings of Rebellion (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Dec. 15, 2002)
Chapter 11? Or Time to Close the Books? (By DANIEL ALTMAN, Dec. 15, 2002)
PRIVATE SECTOR: A Questioning Voice at ABB (By ALISON LANGLEY, Dec. 15, 2002)
ECONOMIC VIEW: A First Step to Cutting Reliance on Oil (By TOM REDBURN, Dec. 15, 2002)
THE RIGHT THING: Wanted: More Civility, Not Civil Suits (By JEFFREY L. SEGLIN, Dec. 15, 2002)
MARKET INSIGHT: Expect a Return of the Urge to Merge (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Dec. 15, 2002)
A Healthier Future in Cruise-Line Shares? (By ELIZABETH KELLEHER, Dec. 15, 2002)
PRELUDES: Everybody Ought to Have an Aide (By ABBY ELLIN, Dec. 15, 2002)
PERSONAL BUSINESS DIARY: Spreading Warmth Through the Holidays (By Jennifer Bayot, Dec. 15, 2002)
* BUSINESS DIARY: If They Can't Get Jobs, There's Summer Stock (By JULIE FLAHERTY, Dec. 15, 2002)
* INVESTING DIARY: Rule Change Is Sought for Advice on Internet (By JEFF SOMMER, Dec. 15, 2002)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 15, 2002)
ARTS: Art Is a Necessity Among Techies, Too [MIT] (By ANN WILSON LLOYD, Dec. 15, 2002)
ART: The Art Was Abstract, the Memories Are Concrete (By KAY LARSON, Dec. 15, 2002)
DANCE: Backstage Dance Critics Have Their Favorites, Too (By GIA KOURLAS, Dec. 15, 2002)
* DANCE: Merce Cunningham Asks 12 Children, 'Shall We Dance?' (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Dec. 15, 2002)
FILM: Box Office He Wants, Not a Drink [Spike Lee & Edward Norton]
(By CHARLIE LeDUFF, Dec. 15, 2002)
FILM: Behind the Lens, a Familiar Face [Sandra Bullock] (By DANA KENNEDY, Dec. 15, 2002)
FILM: A Kind Man Who Became a Hard Man [director Leo McCarey] (By STUART KLAWANS, Dec. 15, 2002)
FILM: RUSHES | 'THE TWO TOWERS': Propaganda and 'Lord of the Rings' (By KAREN DURBIN, Dec. 15, 2002)
DVD: Bigger Movies, Sometimes Better (By DAVE KEHR, Dec. 15, 2002)
DVD: Selling the Alternate (but Not Too Alternate) Ending (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Dec. 15, 2002)
DVD: For Buyers, the Bait of the Full Season (By PETER M. NICHOLS, Dec. 15, 2002)
MUSIC: In Love With Christmas Music (and Proud of It) (By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Dec. 15, 2002)
MUSIC: The Year in Boxes: Bjork to Dylan to Dischord (By JON PARELES & NEIL STRAUSS, Dec. 15, 2002)
MUSIC: In a New York Hall, Echoes of a Mystical Russia (By DAVID MERMELSTEIN, Dec. 15, 2002)
MUSIC: A Can-Do Jazz Singer Who Could (By JAMES GAVIN, Dec. 15, 2002)
MUSIC: HIGH NOTES: A 'Scheherazade' of Sonic Radiance (By JOHN ROCKWELL, Dec. 15, 2002)
MUSIC: 'White Christmas': An Anthem Frosted With Irony (BERNARD HOLLAND, Dec. 15, 2002)
RECORDINGS: Riding a War Horse to Different Destinations [Brahms Violin Concerto]
(By DAVID MERMELSTEIN, Dec. 15, 2002)
THEATER: Showing the Humor in a Dickens Ghost (By CHARLES STRUM, Dec. 15, 2002)
THEATER: A Daughter's Footnotes to 'Dinner at Eight' (By BARRY SINGER, Dec. 15, 2002)
* THEATER: Tommy Tune: From Ground Zero to Another Stage (By TOMMY TUNE, Dec. 15, 2002)
* THEATER: Neil LaBute and an Unheroically Human Thought [Sigourney Weaver]
(By JULIE SALAMON, Dec. 15, 2002)
TV: 'Nancy Drew': Brave, Courteous and, Well, Insufferable (By LAURA LIPPMAN, Dec. 15, 2002)
ARTS LETTERS: 'Our Town'; 'Classic Arts Showcase'; The Hammond Organ (NY TIMES, Dec. 15, 2002)
* STYLE: VIEW: Yoga, Unlike Fashion, Is Deep. Right? (By KATE BETTS, Dec. 15, 2002)
Treating Disease With a Famous Face [Lynda Carter & Julia Roberts] (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Dec. 15, 2002)
Mother Lode of Gifts for Teachers (By KATHERINE ROSMAN, Dec. 15, 2002)
OUT THERE: PARIS: Protectors of the Quaint (By KERRY SHAW, Dec. 15, 2002)
THE AGE OF DISSONANCE: Nice to Meet You... Again (By BOB MORRIS, Dec. 15, 2002)
* GOOD COMPANY: One Woman, Seven Courses [fashion designer Han Feng] (By LINDA LEE, Dec. 15, 2002)
POSSESSED: Cool Kitchen: 4 Burners, No Waiting (By DAVID COLMAN, Dec. 15, 2002)
A NIGHT OUT WITH Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne (By MICHAEL WALKER, Dec. 15, 2002)
BOOKS OF STYLE: Sea to Churlish Sea (By PENELOPE GREEN, Dec. 15, 2002)
BOOKS OF STYLE: Two Buttons, or Three? (By NEIL A. LEWIS, Dec. 15, 2002)
* Yoga Wear, Not Yoga, Is the Mantra (By RUTH LA FERLA, Dec. 15, 2002)
SHAKEN AND STIRRED: East Meets West [THE VESPER] (By WILLIAM L. HAMILTON, Dec. 15, 2002)
VOWS: Lauren Ezersky and Craig Page (By ABBY ELLIN, Dec. 15, 2002)
TRAVEL: Baja Peninsula, Top to Tip (By SARA GAY DAMMANN, Dec. 15, 2002)
Beyond Tijuana's Tacky Side (By MARTHA STEVENSON OLSON, Dec. 15, 2002)
JOURNEYS: That Light in Yonder Sky Is Running Up a Huge Bill (By ANDY NEWMAN, Dec. 15, 2002)
CYBERSCOUT: Looking for Snow? Ski the Net (By BOB TEDESCHI, Dec. 15, 2002)
Travel: Destinations: Mexico (NY TIMES, Dec. 15, 2002)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 15, 2002)
UGLY ECHOES: A Sanitized Past Comes Back to Haunt Trent Lott ‹ and America (By ROBIN TONER, Dec. 15, 2002)
It's 1949: Meet President Strom Thurmond (By ADAM CLYMER, Dec. 15, 2002)
POLITICS OF THE ECONOMY: The Economic Players Are in Place, but the Policies Await
(By ALEX BERENSON, Dec. 15, 2002)
* SADDAM'S SWAN SONG: Iraq Makes a Philosophically Flawed Effort to Disprove a Negative
(By EMILY EAKIN, Dec. 15, 2002)
Three Enemy Targets Require Three Different Strategies (By DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 15, 2002)
What Would Happen if the Scuds Were Going to Iraq (By THOM SHANKER, Dec. 15, 2002)
JUSTICE THOMAS'S STAND: Symbols vs. Free Speech (By ADAM LIPTAK, Dec. 15, 2002)
* To Save the Forest, the Trees Must Go (By JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr., Dec. 15, 2002)
TIME AND MOTION: What Firefighters Do the Rest of the Time (By DAN BARRY, Dec. 15, 2002)
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: First, a Resignation. Now, Bankruptcy? (By PAM BELLUCK, Dec. 15, 2002)
On New York's Mass Transit, You Pay More Than Most (By RANDY KENNEDY, Dec. 15, 2002)
Women Turn to Non-Traditional Methods to Find Refuge and Focus (By SARAH LYALL, Dec. 15, 2002)
* WORD FOR WORD: Bing Crosby Becomes a Scholarly Subject (By THOMAS VINCIGUERRA, Dec. 15, 2002)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 15, 2002)
* ON LANGUAGE: W.S.J.: G.O.P., R.I.P. (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Dec. 15, 2002)
* THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: War Names (By NIALL FERGUSON, Dec. 15, 2002)
QUESTIONS FOR JEFFREY SACHS: Poor Man's Economist (Interview by AMY BARRETT, Dec. 15, 2002)
THE ETHICIST: Is Googling O.K.? (By RANDY COHEN, Dec. 15, 2002)
What They Were Thinking ['The House With the Ocean View'] (Interview by CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS, Dec. 15, 2002)
* The Year in Ideas 2002 [97 ideas from experts; 48 cited below] (NY TIMES, Dec. 15, 2002)
Botox Parties (By RAND RICHARDS COOPER, Dec. 15, 2002)
Celebrities Are Just Like You and Me (By CHUCK KLOSTERMAN, Dec. 15, 2002)
Chocolate Connoisseurship (By JONATHAN REYNOLDS, Dec. 15, 2002)
Cloned Factories (By DANIEL AKST, Dec. 15, 2002)
Climate Jumping (By WILLIAM SPEED WEED, Dec. 15, 2002)
* Crying-Baby Translator, The (By BRUCE GRIERSON, Dec. 15, 2002)
'C.S.I.' Myth, The [polygraph & fingerprints] (By LAWRENCE OSBORNE, Dec. 15, 2002)
Dad's Performance Review (By PAUL TOUGH, Dec. 15, 2002)
* Dark Energy (By ALAN BURDICK, Dec. 15, 2002)
* Darwinian Literary Criticism (By D. T. MAX, Dec. 15, 2002)
* Even Blind People Can Draw (By DANIEL ZALEWSKI, Dec. 15, 2002)
Favoring One Kid Is Fine (By SUSAN BURTON, Dec. 15, 2002)
Featherless Chicken, The (By JACK HITT, Dec. 15, 2002)
Flirtation by Full-Page Ad (By ADAM STERNBERGH, Dec. 15, 2002)
* Genetically Modified Saliva (By LAWRENCE OSBORNE, Dec. 15, 2002)
Intellectual Magnet Cities (By BLAINE HARDEN, Dec. 15, 2002)
Kick That Defies Gravity, The [David Beckham's soccer kick] (By JEFF Z. KLEIN, Dec. 15, 2002)
* News That Glows [Ambient Orb fluctuates with DJIA] (By CLIVE THOMPSON, Dec. 15, 2002)
Online Personals Are Cool (By EMILY NUSSBAUM, Dec. 15, 2002)
Open-Source Begging (By CLIVE THOMPSON, Dec. 15, 2002)
* Outsider Math [Manindra Agrawal & prime numbers] (By CLIVE THOMPSON, Dec. 15, 2002)
Patent Your Heritage (By TINA ROSENBERG, Dec. 15, 2002)
Peace Through Embargo (By TINA ROSENBERG, Dec. 15, 2002)
Pedal-Powered Internet, The (By CLIVE THOMPSON, Dec. 15, 2002)
Pencil Revivalism (By DEBORAH SOLOMON, Dec. 15, 2002)
Personal Terrorism Prevention (By KATE JACOBS, Dec. 15, 2002)
Pre-emption [first strike] (By BILL KELLER, Dec. 15, 2002)
Remote-Controlled Rats (By BRUCE STERLING, Dec. 15, 2002)
Robotic Warfare (By WILLIAM SPEED WEED, Dec. 15, 2002)
RoboVac, The (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Dec. 15, 2002)
Scanner Photography (By PAUL TOUGH, Dec. 15, 2002)
Scramjet, The (By LAWRENCE OSBORNE, Dec. 15, 2002)
Simulsequeling [filmmaking & marketing] (By RAND RICHARDS COOPER, Dec. 15, 2002)
Self-Cleaning Dinner Table, The (By BRUCE GRIERSON, Dec. 15, 2002)
Skyscraper Escape Devices (By CRAIG TAYLOR, Dec. 15, 2002)
Soap That Doesn't Wash Off (By MARSHALL SELLA, Dec. 15, 2002)
Spoofing [antipiracy tactic] (By EMILY NUSSBAUM, Dec. 15, 2002)
S.S.R.I.'s as Performance Enhancers [selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor]
(By HUGO LINDGREN, Dec. 15, 2002)
Total Information Awareness (By JEFFREY ROSEN, Dec. 15, 2002)
Umbilicoplasty (By CLIVE THOMPSON, Dec. 15, 2002)
Unexamined Life Is Worth Living, The (By DAVID RAKOFF, Dec. 15, 2002)
Upside to Radical Islam, The (By KEVIN BAKER, Dec. 15, 2002)
Viagra Saves Wildlife (By MARGARET TALBOT, Dec. 15, 2002)
Video Pill, The (By SANDEEP JAUHAR, Dec. 15, 2002)
Virtual-Reality Therapy (By LAWRENCE OSBORNE, Dec. 15, 2002)
Vision Chip, The [for the blind] (By EMILY NUSSBAUM, Dec. 15, 2002)
Whitelisting [email filters spam] (By MARSHALL SELLA, Dec. 15, 2002)
Women Are Just as Jealous as Men (By SUSAN DOMINUS, Dec. 15, 2002)
FOOD: Extremely Gifted [Preserved Kumquats] (By JULIA REED, Dec. 15, 2002)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 15, 2002)
'Bush at War': Behind the Scenes, an Ad Hoc Campaign [Bob Woodward] (By THOMAS POWERS, Dec. 15, 2002)
* 'Seven Ages of Paris': A History of the World's Most Beloved City (By CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL, Dec. 15, 2002)
'Diana Vreeland': The Lady in Red (By, Dec. 15, 2002)
Puccini Turns Respectable (By GARY TOMLINSON, Dec. 15, 2002)
* 'Portrait of a Killer': Investigating a Historical Whodunnit [Jack the Ripper]
(By CALEB CARR, Dec. 15, 2002)
* 'The Unswept Room': Poems of Recovery [Sharon Olds] (By STEPHEN BURT, Dec. 15, 2002)
* FIRST CHAPTER: 'The Unswept Room' ["Bible Study: 71 b.c.e." & "Sunday Night"] (By SHARON OLDS, Dec. 15, 2002)
* A POSSIBLE WORLD & SUN OUT: Selected Poems, 1952-1954 (By Kenneth Koch, Dec. 15, 2002)
'A Jew in America': The Education of Arthur Hertzberg (By STEVEN J. ZIPPERSTEIN, Dec. 15, 2002)
'Saddam': Tracing an Ugly Career (By WARREN BASS, Dec. 15, 2002)
'The Shaman's Coat': The Fate of Siberia's Indigenous People (By BENSON BOBRICK, Dec. 15, 2002)
'Mr. Jefferson's University': Appreciating an 'Academical Village' [Garry Wills]
(By ROBERT CAMPBELL, Dec. 15, 2002)
* 'Girl Meets God': Born Again . . . and Again [On the Path to a Spiritual Life]
(By REEVE LINDBERGH, Dec. 15, 2002)
* 'Normal': Unusual (But Not Abnormal) Sexuality (By ERICA GOODE, Dec. 15, 2002)
* 'The Dinner Club': Hard Times at a Hi-Tech Kaffeeklatsch [Internet boom] (By ROB WALKER, Dec. 15, 2002)
* THE CLOSE READER: A Philosopher in Full (By JUDITH SHULEVITZ, Dec. 15, 2002)
* SCIENCE: On Florida Key, Butterfly Is Making Its Last Stand (By RICK BRAGG, Dec. 15, 2002)
HEALTH: THE VACCINE: Smallpox Shot Will Be Free for Those Who Want One
(By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN & DENISE GRADY, Dec. 15, 2002)

Saturday, December 14, 2002:
On This Day: December 14 (Nostradamus 12/14/1503-7/2/1566, Tycho Brahe 12/14/1546-10/24/1601, Roger Fry 12/14/1866-9/9/1934, James Doolittle 12/14/1896-9/27/1993, Lee Remick 12/14/1935-7/2/1991, Clark Terry 1920, Don Hewiit 1922, Patty Duke 1946)
Israel annexed the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in 1967 (By JOHN DARNTON, December 14, 1981)
* Shirley Jackson, Author of Horror Classic, Dies [12/14/1919-8/8/1965] (NY Times, August 10, 1965)

Theodore Shackley, Enigmatic C.I.A. Official, Dies at 75 (By DAVID STOUT, Dec. 14, 2002)
Dee Brown, 94, Author Who Revised Image of West, Is Dead (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Dec. 14, 2002)
Roland Scott, Pediatrician and Expert on Sickle Cell Disease, 93, Dies (By WARREN E. LEARY, Dec. 14, 2002)
Mary Hansen, Guitarist and Singer, Dies at 36 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 14, 2002)
Robert Schlant, Educator, 73, Is Dead (NY TIMES, Dec. 14, 2002)
* NATIONAL: Kissinger Pulls Out as Chief of Inquiry Into 9/11 Attacks (By DAVID FIRESTONE, Dec. 14, 2002)
Job Listings Decline 20% at Colleges (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Dec. 14, 2002)
Campuses Moving to Restrict Smoking (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 14, 2002)
Law, Citing Abuse Scandal, Quits as Boston Archbishop and Asks for Forgiveness
(By PAM BELLUCK with FRANK BRUNI, Dec. 14, 2002)
THE MOOD: For Boston Catholics, Relief Mixed With Sadness (By KATE ZERNIKE, Dec. 14, 2002)
THE SUCCESSOR: Pope's Choice as Interim Leader in Boston Is Praised by Priests and Lay Catholics Alike
(By FOX BUTTERFIELD, Dec. 14, 2002)
THE IMPACT: Cardinal's Resignation Won't Stop Lawsuits, but Alters Atmosphere
(By ADAM LIPTAK, Dec. 14, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Rebels Within the Church Challenge the Hierarchy (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Dec. 14, 2002)
RESERVES: U.S. Issues an Alert to 27,000 Guard and Reserve Troops (By ERIC SCHMITT, Dec. 14, 2002)
Bush Lays Out Plan on Smallpox Shots as 'a Precaution'
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON & SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Dec. 14, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Bush Signals He Thinks Possibility of Smallpox Attack Is Rising
(By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Dec. 14, 2002)
THE RESPONSE: Limited Vaccination Plan Is Applauded (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Dec. 14, 2002)
LEGAL RISKS: For Victims of Vaccine, Winning Case Will Be Hard (By ROBERT PEAR, Dec. 14, 2002)
New Fight for an Old Warrior [Dr. Donald A. Henderson] (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Dec. 14, 2002)
Lott Apologizes but Won't Yield Leadership Post (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Dec. 14, 2002)
VOTING RECORD: Lott Often Opposed Measures Identified With Civil Rights (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, Dec. 14, 2002)
CONGRESS: Apology No. 4 Draws Lawmakers' Comment, but No New Lines (By ADAM NAGOURNEY and CARL HULSE, Dec. 14, 2002)
Top Strategist For Cheney Is Resigning [Mary Matalin] (NY TIMES, Dec. 14, 2002)
* RELIGION JOURNAL: To the Dead, Offerings by the Living (By YILU ZHAO, Dec. 14, 2002)
Youngest Sniper Victim Says He's Eager for 'Hanging Out' (By STEVEN A. HOLMES, Dec. 14, 2002)
WORLD: European Union Acts to Admit 10 Nations (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Dec. 14, 2002)
Shifting Stance, U.S. Calls for Early Election in Venezuela (By JAMES DAO, Dec. 14, 2002)
ATOMIC CONCERNS: North Korea's Nuclear Plans Called 'Unacceptable'; Bush Seeks a Diplomatic Solution
(By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Dec. 14, 2002)
INSPECTIONS: U.N. Team Faces Its First Locked Rooms in Weapons Search (By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 14, 2002)
Mayor-Elect of Athens and Her Chauffeur Survive Gun Attack (By ANTHEE CARASSAVA, Dec. 14, 2002)
OPPOSITION: Hussein Foes Meet in London, but Rivalries Fracture Unity (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Dec. 14, 2002)
Blair Rails Over the Scandal That Won't Go Away (By SARAH LYALL, Dec. 14, 2002)
THE ALLIES: Australia Is Noncommittal on Scope of Any Role in Iraq (By JANE PERLEZ, Dec. 14, 2002)
Turks Denounce Europe Snub but Then Soften Tone (By DEXTER FILKINS, Dec. 14, 2002)
No Terror This Time, Just Five Arab Cousins Taking a Deadly Gamble for Work
(By JAMES BENNET, Dec. 14, 2002)
* SATURDAY PROFILE: For Yoga Guru, Reaching Perfection Is a Stretch [B. K. S. Iyengar]
(By AMY WALDMAN, Dec. 14, 2002)
NY REGION: Seton Hall Removes Name of Benefactor Now in Prison (By ROBERT HANLEY, Dec. 14, 2002)
COMMUTERS: Car Pools, Hired Buses and E-Mail From Home (By LESLIE EATON, Dec. 14, 2002)
BROOKLYN DIOCESE: Priests Feeling Emboldened After Boston Clergy's Success (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Dec. 14, 2002)
* On eBay, No One Can Hear You Scream (Over High Price of Hot Toys) (By TINA KELLEY, Dec. 14, 2002)
* Stretch. Pose. Rest. It's Kindergarten Yoga (By SUZANNE DeCHILLO, Dec. 14, 2002)
SPORTS: Griffey Says He Would Go to Yankees or the Braves (By MURRAY CHASS and JACK CURRY, Dec. 14, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Exit Henry Kissinger (NY TIMES, Dec. 14, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Boston's Negligent Cardinal [Bernard Law] (NY TIMES, Dec. 14, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Protection From Smallpox (NY TIMES, Dec. 14, 2002)
OP-ED: The Selective Conscience (By BILL KELLER, Dec. 14, 2002)
* OP-ED: Mutual Fund Secrecy (By JOHN C. BOGLE, Dec. 14, 2002)
OP-ED: The Hidden Data in Iraq's Denials (By JONATHAN B. TUCKER, Dec. 14, 2002)
OP-ED: False Comfort From the Smallpox Vaccine (By MARC SIEGEL, Dec. 14, 2002)
LETTERS: A Resignation in the Church (By PETER J. RIGA, et. al., Dec. 14, 2002)
LETTERS: Dapper Dad Knew the Tie Made the Man (By LESLIE SCHWEITZER-MILLER, Dec. 14, 2002)
LETTERS: Art Serving the State (By GREG KLERKX, Dec. 14, 2002)
BUSINESS: Dow -104.55, Nasdaq -37.13, S&P -12.11 (NY TIMES, Dec. 14, 2002)
* Latest Revisions to Nasdaq 100 Leave Index With Less Technology (By FLOYD NORRIS, Dec. 14, 2002)
Dollar Loses More Ground to Both the Euro and the Yen (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Dec. 14, 2002)
* New Wall St. Pitch: Buy Low, Sell High and Pay Bills, Too (By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Dec. 14, 2002)
Japanese Economic Survey Sees a Recession in '03 (By KEN BELSON, Dec. 14, 2002)
Coke to End Forecasting of Earnings (NY TIMES, Dec. 14, 2002)
Price Index for Producers Is Off 0.4%; Optimism Up (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Dec. 14, 2002)
* Discounters Stalking High-Tech Territory (By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Dec. 14, 2002)
Prize for Book Is Taken Back From Historian [Michael A. Bellesiles] (By ROBERT F. WORTH, Dec. 14, 2002)
* A Retailing Mix: On Internet, in Print and in Store (By SAUL HANSELL, Dec. 14, 2002)
U.S. Says Chip Imports May Hurt Micron (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Dec. 14, 2002)
ARTS: Can War Reporters Be Witnesses, Too? (By NINA BERNSTEIN, Dec. 14, 2002)
ARTS: A Life Divided: Italy's Quixote of Terrorism (By ALEXANDER STILLE, Dec. 14, 2002)
ARTS: A Stray Record of Stalinist Horrors Finds Its Way Home (By CELESTINE BOHLEN, Dec. 14, 2002)
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER: Lollipop and Lots of Syrup (By BEN RATLIFF, Dec. 14, 2002)
MUSIC: TALLIS SCHOLARS: A Christmas Past of Early English Songs (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Dec. 14, 2002)
OPERA: 'THE SEAGULL': Finding the Musical Romance in a Chekhov Play (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Dec. 14, 2002)
POP: AIMEE MANN: Singer Doesn't Hold Back Love Taps for Her Fans (By KELEFA SANNEH, Dec. 14, 2002)
Q & A: Extracting the Poison From White Racism (By FELECIA R. LEE, Dec. 14, 2002)
TV: 'THE JUNCTION BOYS': After All, a Sow's Ear Is Pigskin, Too (By RON WERTHEIMER, Dec. 14, 2002)
* THE TV WATCH: Al Gore Tackles a Real Challenge (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Dec. 14, 2002)

Friday, December 13, 2002:
On This Day: December 13 (Carlos Gozzi 12/13/1720-4/4/1806, Sir William Hamilton 12/13/1730-4/6/1803, Lawrence Lowell 12/13/1856-1/6/1943, Emily Carr 12/13/1871-3/2/1945, Archie Moore 12/13/1913-12/9/1998, George P. Shultz 1920, Dick Van Dyke 1925, Christopher Plummer 1929, Richard Zanuck 1934, John Davidson 1941)
Poland Restricts Civil and Union Rights; Solidarity Activists Urge General Strike (By JOHN DARNTON, December 13, 1981)
* Carlos Montoya, 89, Flamenco Guitarist, Is Dead [12/13/1903-3/3/1993] (By ALLAN KOZINN, March 5, 1993)

Nani Palkhivala, 82, Civil Rights Leader in India, Is Dead (By PAUL LEWIS, Dec. 13, 2002)
Orlando Villas-Boas, Brazilian Explorer, 88, Dies (By TONY SMITH, Dec. 13, 2002)
Bobby Joe Hill, Former College Basketball Star, Dies at 59 (By FRANK LITSKY, Dec. 13, 2002)
* NATIONAL: Kissinger Quits as Chairman of 9/11 Panel (By DAVID STOUT, Dec. 13, 2002)
Bush, Over Supply-Side Protests, Picks Wall Street Banker as Economic Adviser
(By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Dec. 13, 2002)
MAN IN THE NEWS: Economic Adviser From Other Side of the Deficit (By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Dec. 13, 2002)
Profile: Stephen Friedman (NY TIMES, Dec. 13, 2002)
Pope to See Cardinal Law; Prelate's Future Is a Topic (By FRANK BRUNI, Dec. 13, 2002)
Cruise Ship Sicknesses Are Reported to Decrease (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 13, 2002)
Laura Bush Visits the Youngest Sniper Victim (By JAYSON BLAIR, Dec. 13, 2002)
THE PRESIDENT: An Interview With Bush Made News in Advance (By JIM RUTENBERG, Dec. 13, 2002)
THE RECORD: Lott's Walk Near the Incendiary Edge of Southern History (By PETER APPLEBOME, Dec. 13, 2002)
Bush Rebukes Lott Over Remarks on Thurmond (By ADAM NAGOURNEY and CARL HULSE, Dec. 13, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Republican Party's 40 Years of Juggling on Race (By ADAM CLYMER, Dec. 13, 2002)
DOMESTIC DEFENSE: General Sees Scant Evidence of Threat Near in U.S. (By ERIC SCHMITT & PHILIP SHENON, Dec. 13, 2002)
THE INQUIRY: Kissinger Will Disclose His Clients to Families of 9/11 Victims
(By DAVID FIRESTONE, Dec. 13, 2002)
More Icy Rain Seen in Forecast for East (NY TIMES, Dec. 13, 2002)
Bush Will Allow Religious Groups to Receive U.S. Aid (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Dec. 13, 2002)
WORLD: U.S. Delay on Proposal for Mideast Irks Allies (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Dec. 13, 2002)
REPORT BY IRAQ: Iraq Arms Report Has Big Omissions, U.S. Officials Say
(By DAVID E. SANGER with JULIA PRESTON, Dec. 13, 2002)
In Vast Expansion of the European Union, Pluses but Also Perils Lie Ahead (By IAN FISHER, Dec. 13, 2002)
ASIAN ARENA: North Korea to Reactivate an Idled Nuclear Reactor (By HOWARD W. FRENCH with DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 13, 2002)
Britain to Make Parents Pay if Their Children Play Hooky (By SARAH LYALL, Dec. 13, 2002)
After Banning 1,092 Movies, Chile Relaxes (By LARRY ROHTER, Dec. 13, 2002)
Private Muggle From U.S. Buys Hints of Harry [$487 a word] (By REUTERS, Dec. 13, 2002)
PARIS JOURNAL: Duke's Cognac Sold High, but Then, So Did the Gin [Windsor's wine]
(By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Dec. 13, 2002)
Putin Calls for a Referendum in Chechnya (NY TIMES, Dec. 13, 2002)
Turks Look West; Will It Look Away? (By DEXTER FILKINS, Dec. 13, 2002)
European Union Turns Down Turkey's Bid for Membership (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Dec. 13, 2002)
Iraq Opposition Is Pursuing Ties With Iranians (By JUDITH MILLER and LOWELL BERGMAN, Dec. 13, 2002)
INSPECTIONS: Iraqi General Praises U.N. Arms Teams (By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 13, 2002)
An Ex-King Slips Fast as Bulgaria Languishes (By DANIEL SIMPSON, Dec. 13, 2002)
* Tiger Singapore Changes Its Stripes (By JANE PERLEZ, Dec. 13, 2002)
NY REGION: New Designs for 9/11 Site to Be Shown to the Public (By EDWARD WYATT, Dec. 13, 2002)
NATURALIZATION: Citizenship Delayed for 1,500; Security Check Backlog Cited
(By MARC SANTORA, Dec. 13, 2002)
Senate Panel Moves to Abolish State Poet Laureate Position [Amiri Baraka, NJ's poet laureate]
(By IVER PETERSON, Dec. 13, 2002)
From Jail Cell to the Job Market (By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Dec. 13, 2002)
BOLDFACE NAMES: Buzz on the Business of Fizz [26 Nobel Laureates] (By JAMES BARRON, Dec. 13, 2002)
* PUBLIC LIVES: For This Cabby, the View From the Front Seat Is Art (By JOYCE WADLER, Dec. 13, 2002)
NYC: Remakes the City Could Use (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Dec. 13, 2002)
SPORTS: A Place in Baseball History, Why Not Its Hall? [Pete Rose] (By DAVE ANDERSON, Dec. 13, 2002)
ON BASEBALL: Keeping the Expos Intact Would Be Good Business (BY MURRAY CHASS, Dec. 13, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Mayor Bloomberg's Downtown (NY TIMES, Dec. 13, 2002)
EDITORIAL: The Kissinger Dodge (NY TIMES, Dec. 13, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Wall Street in Washington (NY TIMES, Dec. 13, 2002)
OP-ED: The Other Face (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Dec. 13, 2002)
OP-ED: Playing With Fire [Venezuela] (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Dec. 13, 2002)
OP-ED: The Ways Republicans Talk About Race (By JOSEPH CRESPINO, Dec. 13, 2002)
OP-ED: The Ghost of Walkouts Past [New York in 70's-speak] (By JONATHAN MAHLER, Dec. 13, 2002)
LETTERS: Trent Lott and the Raging Storm (By ROBERT CLAY, et. al., Dec. 13, 2002)
LETTERS: Carter and Bush (By FRED DRUMLEVITCH, Dec. 13, 2002)
LETTERS: Starving for Beauty (By MARY ALEXANDRA HARKNESS, Dec. 13, 2002)
LETTERS: Visual News (By AL TEICH, Dec. 13, 2002)
BUSINESS: A Mixed Day on Wall St., With an Overlay of Caution
[Dow -51, Nasdaq +3] (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 13, 2002)
Fed's Rate Cut Is Linked to Strategy for Growth [Nov. 6th 0.5% cut] (By REUTERS, Dec. 13, 2002)
The Corridor From Goldman to Washington Is Well Traveled (By LESLIE WAYNE, Dec. 13, 2002)
Retailers, 2 Weeks to Christmas, Think Also of 2003 (By TRACIE ROZHON, Dec. 13, 2002)
Ford to Review How Chairman Got 400,000 Goldman Shares (By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Dec. 13, 2002)
* New Test Site From Google Focuses on Products for Sale (By SAUL HANSELL, Dec. 13, 2002)
Barnes & Noble Takes New Tack and Buys Sterling Publishing (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Dec. 13, 2002)
* ART: THE SCULPTURECENTER: Prospecting for Clear Springs in the Grittiest Urban Settings
(By HOLLAND COTTER, Dec. 13, 2002)
ART: THE HICKMAN BACON COLLECTION: English Watercolor Landscapes of a Feather (By GRACE GLUECK, Dec. 13, 2002)
* ARTS: MY MANHATTAN: The Turtle Bay Immortalized by E. B. White (By STEVE DOUGHERTY, Dec. 13, 2002)
* ART: Greece Affirms Limits to Elgin Marbles Claim (By CELESTINE BOHLEN, Dec. 13, 2002)
* ART: JEFF KOONS, ANDY WARHOL: A Garden of Floral Images by Two Masters of Pop
(By ROBERTA SMITH, Dec. 13, 2002)
INSIDE ART: Just Call It Art-on-Hudson (By CAROL VOGEL, Dec. 13, 2002)
ART IN REVIEW: Jennifer Bartlett; 'Painting as Paradox'; 'Go Vegan!' [200 vegetarians]
(By KEN JOHNSON, et. al., Dec. 13, 2002)
* ANTIQUES: A Perfect Toy for a Nation of Inventors [Gilbert's Erector sets] (By WENDY MOONAN, Dec. 13, 2002)
BOOKS: 'UNIFORMS': Clothes Make the Mandate: Love the Epaulets, General (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Dec. 13, 2002)
DANCE: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER: A Tribute Worthy of Three Closing Numbers
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Dec. 13, 2002)
DANCE: BALLET HISPANICO: When Celebrating Havana, Why Not Share a Cigar? (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Dec. 13, 2002)
FILM: AT THE MOVIES: There He Is, in Gold Again ["Star Trek"] (By DAVE KEHR, Dec. 13, 2002)
FILM: 'MAID IN MANHATTAN': Puttin' Down Mop, Puttin' On the Ritz [Jennifer Lopez]
(By A. O. SCOTT, Dec. 13, 2002)
FILM: 'STAR TREK: NEMESIS': Still Conquering, With Makeup and Optimism (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Dec. 13, 2002)
FILM: 'ABOUT SCHMIDT': Just an Average Guy Overcoming Obstacles (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Dec. 13, 2002)
FILM: 'EVELYN': Children With a License to Charm and Their Ragged, Resolute Dad
(By ELVIS MITCHELL, Dec. 13, 2002)
FILM: 'DRUMLINE': A Rousing Halftime Show Bigger Than the Game (By A. O. SCOTT, Dec. 13, 2002)
FILM: 'THE HOT CHICK': She's a Sweetheart, Then Presto! She's a Sweet Guy (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Dec. 13, 2002)
FILM: 'THE JIMMY SHOW': A Small-Time Life Weighted With Big-Time Dreams (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Dec. 13, 2002)
FILM: TAKING THE CHILDREN: A Ship, a Map, a Treasure, but Not Exactly Stevenson
(By PETER M. NICHOLS, Dec. 13, 2002)
MUSIC: The Christmas Crescendo, From `Ave Maria' to the `Messiah' (NY TIMES, Dec. 13, 2002)
MUSIC: TAN DUN: Evoking the Sounds of Water in a New Crucifixion Account
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Dec. 13, 2002)
MUSIC: Sounds of Modern Spain (By ALLAN KOZINN, Dec. 13, 2002)
PHOTOGRAPHY: JEAN PAINLEVE: The Slightly Surreal Scientist Who Knew Nature's Odd Side
(By SARAH BOXER, Dec. 13, 2002)
THEATER: ON STAGE AND OFF: Make Me a Match (By JESSE MCKINLEY, Dec. 13, 2002)
* THEATER: 'IMAGINARY FRIENDS': Literary Lions, Claws Bared [Mary McCarthy & Lillian Hellman]
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Dec. 13, 2002)
THEATER: 'WRONG FOR EACH OTHER': When Rudy Met Norah, An Epilogue to a Marriage
(By BRUCE WEBER, Dec. 13, 2002)
* TV WEEKEND: A Toy Maker Who's Rich, and Also Sweet and Good [Erector sets] (By ANITA GATES, Dec. 13, 2002)
SCIENCE: Gene May Play a Role in Schizophrenia (By NICHOLAS WADE, Dec. 13, 2002)
SCIENCE: NASA Picks Teacher for Shuttle Mission (By WARREN E. LEARY, Dec. 13, 2002)
HEALTH: Breast-Cancer Study Finds Benefit in Chemotherapy (By ANDREW POLLACK, Dec. 13, 2002)
HEALTH: State Officials Question Timetable for Smallpox Vaccines (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN & WILLIAM J. BROAD, Dec. 13, 2002)
RISK: Citing Dangers, Experts Warn Against Vaccinating Children (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Dec. 13, 2002)
SPREADING DISEASE: Plan for Vaccinations Carries Risk of Infecting Other People
(By DENISE GRADY, Dec. 13, 2002)

Thursday, December 12, 2002:
On This Day: December 12 (Alvaro de Bazan Santa Cruz 12/12/1526-2/9/1588, John Jay 12/12/1745-5/17/1829, William Lloyd Garrison 12/12/1805-5/24/1879, Gustave Flaubert 12/12/1821-5/8/1889, Edvard Munch 12/12/1863-1/23/1944, Alvin Kraenzlein 12/12/1876-1/6/1928, Edward G. Robinson 12/12/1893-1/26/1973, Bob Barke 1923, Ed Koch 1924, Connie Francis 1938, Dionne Warwick 1940, Cathy Rigby 1952)
Joyful Kenya Gets Independence From Britain (By Robert Conley, December 12, 1963)
* Frank Sinatra Dies at 82; Matchless Stylist of Pop [12/12/1915-5/14/1998] (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, May 16, 1998)

Allan Frumkin, Art Dealer in Two Cities, Dies at 75 (By ROBERTA SMITH, Dec. 12, 2002)
William Gleysteen Jr., 76, China Expert, Is Dead (By PAUL LEWIS, Dec. 12, 2002)
Murray Pergament, Chain Grew From Paint Stores, 76, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Dec. 12, 2002)
Bill Miller, an Impresario in the Golden Age of Las Vegas, Dies at 98
(By TINA KELLEY, Dec. 12, 2002)
J.A. Keller, 84, Head of Linotype Company, Is Dead (NY TIMES, Dec. 12, 2002)
NATIONAL: Catholic Group Asks Law to Resign (By PAM BELLUCK, Dec. 12, 2002)
Lott Apologizes Again on Words About '48 Race (By CARL HULSE, Dec. 12, 2002)
Liner Breaks 4-Trip String of Virus Ills on Its Cruises (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Dec. 12, 2002)
* PRIVACY: Librarians Receive Advice on Law and Reader Privacy (By ADAM CLYMER, Dec. 12, 2002)
Smallpox Shots Will Start Soon Under Bush Plan (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON with LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Dec. 12, 2002)
Democrats Seeking Kissinger Disclosures (By ERIC SCHMITT, Dec. 12, 2002)
THE INVESTIGATION: Inquiry Is Critical of Intelligence Agencies for Failing to Prevent Attacks
(By JAMES RISEN, Dec. 12, 2002)
WORLD: North Korea to Reopen Nuclear Plant Over Oil Cutoff by U.S. (By DON KIRK, Dec. 12, 2002)
Reluctant U.S. Gives Assent for Missiles to Go to Yemen (By DAVID E. SANGER & THOM SHANKER, Dec. 12, 2002)
THE INSPECTIONS: 70 U.N. Arms Monitors Extend Scope of Searches Into the Iraqi Desert
(By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 12, 2002)
SEABORNE TRADE: Warnings From Al Qaeda Stir Fear That Terrorists May Attack Oil Tankers
(By KEITH BRADSHER, Dec. 12, 2002)
RELIEF PROGRAMS: Afghan Cold Brings Death to Children, Workers Say (By CARLOTTA GALL, Dec. 12, 2002)
* VIENNA JOURNAL: For Austrians, Ho-Ho-Ho Is No Laughing Matter (By MARK LANDLER, Dec. 12, 2002)
Iran Students Say Ministry Has Arrested 12 Protesters (By NAZILA FATHI, Dec. 12, 2002)
* Billions Poorer, Turner Will Honor U.N. Gift (By JULIA PRESTON, Dec. 12, 2002)
Jewish Groups Want a Teenager's Novel Withdrawn in France (By ALAN RIDING, Dec. 12, 2002)
OIL FOR FOOD: U.S. Wants List of Allowed Imports to Iraq to Be Tightened (By JULIA PRESTON, Dec. 12, 2002)
Once Again, North Korea Unsettles South Korea's Politics (By JAMES BROOKE, Dec. 12, 2002)
No Cats or Dogs in Greek Rain (By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Dec. 12, 2002)
NY REGION: Northeaster Brings Ice and Sleet to Region (By IVER PETERSON, Dec. 12, 2002)
* Viva Niagara Falls, Spoken Warily [gambling] (By LESLIE EATON, Dec. 12, 2002)
METRO MATTERS: On Hudson, On Potomac, On Edge [Hypothetica] (By JOYCE PURNICK, Dec. 12, 2002)
PUBLIC LIVES: Guiding the Young Away From the Oldest Profession (By SHAILA K. DEWAN, Dec. 12, 2002)
SPORTS: It's Time to Resolve Rose Issue (By MIKE FREEMAN, Dec. 12, 2002)
Byrd-Holyfield Bout Is a Battle of Generations (By CLIFTON BROWN, Dec. 12, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Fire Trent Lott (NY TIMES, Dec. 12, 2002)
EDITORIAL: North Korea's Missile Export Mischief (NY TIMES, Dec. 12, 2002)
EDITORIAL: APPRECIATIONS: The Athlete as Artist and History Maker [Jerry Rice]
(By ANDRÉS MARTINEZ, Dec. 12, 2002)
OP-ED: Racism and the G.O.P. (By BOB HERBERT, Dec. 12, 2002)
* OP-ED: Tribes of Gamblers (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Dec. 12, 2002)
OP-ED: The Capital Makes Up Its Mind (By TIMOTHY GARTON ASH, Dec. 12, 2002)
* OP-ART: NYC Transit Strike Contingency Plan (By Maira Kalman & Rick Meyerowitz, Dec. 12, 2002)
LETTERS: The Specter of a Transit Strike (By LAWRENCE A. CUNNINGHAM, et. al., Dec. 12, 2002)
LETTERS: A Nuclear Warning to America's Foes (By ELIZABETH NAPP, et. al., Dec. 12, 2002)
LETTERS: Our Gift, Away From the Holiday Crowd (By JIM LONGO, et. al., Dec. 12, 2002)
BUSINESS: Shares Climb Despite Kimberly-Clark's Lowered Outlook
[Dow +15, Nasdaq +6] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 12, 2002)
ECONOMIC SCENE: What's in a Name? Perhaps Plenty if You're a Job Seeker
(By ALAN B. KRUEGER, Dec. 12, 2002)
ADVERTISING: The Wall Street Journal Takes a Jab at Free Online Rivals
(By NAT IVES, Dec. 12, 2002)
Mortgage Activity Is Down (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Dec. 12, 2002)
ART: Seagram's Owners Are Preparing Its Art Collection for Auction (By CAROL VOGEL, Dec. 12, 2002)
ART: A Hub for Modern Sculpture Settles Into Queens (By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, Dec. 12, 2002)
BOOKS: Gifts to Open, and to Keep Opening (By JANET MASLIN, Dec. 12, 2002)
MAKING BOOKS: A Drowsy Year, a Sleeper Hit (By MARTIN ARNOLD, Dec. 12, 2002)
BOOKS: Celebrating Beckett, Against His Will (By DINITIA SMITH, Dec. 12, 2002)
DANCE: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER: Fighting Political Oppression Through Footwork
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Dec. 12, 2002)
DANCE: Movin' Out Beyond Missteps: Twyla Tharp's Hit (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Dec. 12, 2002)
FILM CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: In Havana, Film Festival Hits a Chord (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Dec. 12, 2002)
MUSIC: JENNIFER KOH: Pointing Up Connections of Diverse Composers (By ALLAN KOZINN, Dec. 12, 2002)
THEATER: 'ADULT ENTERTAINMENT': Is She a Serious Actress? XXXtremely
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Dec. 12, 2002)
GARDEN: Penthouse Prices Drop, but Hardly to the Basement (By RALPH GARDNER Jr., Dec. 12, 2002)
CUTTINGS: The Striking Blue of Foliage Shrubs (By PATRICIA A. TAYLOR, Dec. 12, 2002)
GARDEN Q & A: Pines and Pruning (By LESLIE LAND, Dec. 12, 2002)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 12, 2002)
* SPECIAL REPORT: The Wi-Fi Boom (By ADAM BAER, Dec. 12, 2002)
* STATE OF THE ART: In the Home, a Tool Kit for a Wireless Network (By DAVID POGUE, Dec. 12, 2002)
* So Many Nodes, So Little Security (By GLENN FLEISHMAN, Dec. 12, 2002)
* BASICS: Tapping Into Public Wireless Networks (By JOHN R. QUAIN, Dec. 12, 2002)
* WHAT'S NEXT: Wireless? You Bet. Compatible? Well, Maybe. (By GLENN FLEISHMAN, Dec. 12, 2002)
* Finding Hot Spots and Service Providers (NY TIMES, Dec. 12, 2002)
Movie Posters That Talk Back (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Dec. 12, 2002)
Helping Children Learn, but Not Forgetting the Fun (By ALICE KEIM, Dec. 12, 2002)
GAME THEORY: More Pace Plus Less Tedium Equals a Better Sequel (By CHARLES HEROLD, Dec. 12, 2002)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Country Ham, as Close as the Keyboard (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Dec. 12, 2002)
* Camera Is Graffiti's Unwelcome Audience (By BONNIE ROTHMAN MORRIS, Dec. 12, 2002)
For Subway Riders, a Sense of Place (By MARCIA BIEDERMAN, Dec. 12, 2002)
Watch Downloaded Movies the Old Way (on the Couch) (By CHARLES HEROLD, Dec. 12, 2002)
Replay the Golden Oldies of the First Joystick Generation (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Dec. 12, 2002)
Organizer With a Low Price Has High-End Features (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Dec. 12, 2002)
Making Your Own Music, Even if You Can't Play a Note (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Dec. 12, 2002)
What's Happening at Home? Check the Web. (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Dec. 12, 2002)
Q & A: How to Start Windows Silently (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Dec. 12, 2002)
SCIENCE: New Stanford Institute Is to Study Controversial Stem Cell Manipulation
(By NICHOLAS WADE, Dec. 12, 2002)
* SCIENCE: Butterflies' Flights Disclose Free Spirits (By JAMES GORMAN, Dec. 12, 2002)
VACCINATION: Resuming Smallpox Shots Carries Risk (By DENISE GRADY, Dec. 12, 2002)

Wednesday, December 11, 2002:
On This Day: December 11 (Leo X 12/11/1475-12/1/1521, Hector Berlioz 12/11/1803-3/8/1869, Alfred de Musset 12/11/1810-5/2/1857, Robert Koch 12/11/1843-5/27/1910, Max Born 12/11/1882-1/5/1970, Sir Kenneth MacMillan 12/11/1929-10/29/1992, Alexander Solzhenitsyn 1918, Jean-Louis Trintignant 1930, Rita Moreno 1931, Donna Mills 1943, Brenda Lee 1944, Lynda Day George 1946, Teri Garr 1948, Jermaine Jackson 1954)
U.S. NOW AT WAR WITH GERMANY AND ITALY (By Frank L. Kluckhohn, December 11, 1941)
La Guardia Is Dead at 64; City Pays Homage To 3-Time Mayor [12/11/1882-9/20/1947] (NY Times, September 21, 1947)

To Huu, Vietnam Poet and Communist Voice, Dies at 82 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Dec. 11, 2002)
John R. Dellenback, 84, Former Oregon Republican Congressman (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Dec. 11, 2002)
Paul Vathis, 77, Photographer, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 11, 2002)
Stan Rice, Poet and Painter, Is Dead at 60 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 11, 2002)
NATIONAL: Plant's Sanitation May Have Link to Deadly Bacteria (By CHRISTOPHER DREW & ELIZABETH BECKER, Dec. 11, 2002)
Knives Drawn for a $15 Billion Pritzker Family Pie (By JODI WILGOREN with GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Dec. 11, 2002)
Alaska Airlines Crash Tied to Failure to Lubricate Tail-Control Part (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Dec. 11, 2002)
Cardinal Law Gives Up Post as Chairman of Catholic U. (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Dec. 11, 2002)
Lott's Praise for Thurmond Echoed His Words of 1980 (By CARL HULSE, Dec. 11, 2002)
WHITE HOUSE: U.S. Issues Warning to Foes in Arms Plan (By DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 11, 2002)
THE CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY: Dissent on Assigning Blame as 9/11 Panel Adopts Report
(By JAMES RISEN, Dec. 11, 2002)
LESSONS: A Terrifying Video Becomes a Best Seller (By JANE GROSS, Dec. 11, 2002)
DISSENT: Protests Held Across the Country to Oppose War in Iraq (By LYNETTE CLEMETSON, Dec. 11, 2002)
* WORLD: Carter Accepts Nobel and Gives Message on IraqI (By FRANK BRUN, Dec. 11 2002)
* 'As a Citizen of a Troubled World' [Carter's Nobel Lecture] (By Jimmy Carter, Dec. 11, 2002)
THE WEAPONS DECLARATION: U.N. Official Won't Reveal Iraq Suppliers to the Public
(By JULIA PRESTON, Dec. 11, 2002)
Pressure Mounts on Many Sides to End Conflict on Cyprus (By MARLISE SIMONS, Dec. 11, 2002)
AFRICA: Rumsfeld Seeking New Allies to Oppose Al Qaeda and Iraq (By MARC LACEY, Dec. 11, 2002)
ARMS SMUGGLING: Scud Missiles Found on North Korean Ship (By THOM SHANKER, Dec. 11, 2002)
THE KURDS: Still Suffering From '88 Gas Attack, a Village Distrusts Iraq's Arms Report (By C. J. CHIVERS, Dec. 11, 2002)
LONDON JOURNAL: In a Harsh Spotlight: The Very Private Cherie Blair (By SARAH LYALL, Dec. 11, 2002)
Racism Up After 9/11, European Monitor Says (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Dec. 11, 2002)
THE INSPECTIONS: Hussein, Cranking Up War of Words, Denounces U.S. on Documents
(By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 11, 2002)
Times Receives Award for 9/11 Coverage (NY TIMES, Dec. 11, 2002)
NY REGION: Cup of Kafka? Coffee Roaster Cited for Coffee Smell (By ANDY NEWMAN, Dec. 11, 2002)
CUNY Maintains Diverse Class With Tougher Admissions Rules (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Dec. 11, 2002)
Spending Saturday Night in the Classroom, and Liking It (By MARK GLASSMAN, Dec. 11, 2002)
OUR TOWNS: Gangstas vs. Gangsters, All Knockoffs (By MATTHEW PURDY, Dec. 11, 2002)
PUBLIC LIVES: Rock-a-Bye Baby, With Some Hip-Hop (By ROBIN FINN, Dec. 11, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Keeping Dick Cheney's Secrets (NY TIMES, Dec. 11, 2002)
EDITORIAL: A Blow to Online Freedom (NY TIMES, Dec. 11, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Sifting the Ashes [Warren Rudman on 9/11 commission] (NY TIMES, Dec. 11, 2002)
OP-ED: Go Slow-Mo, NATO (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Dec. 11, 2002)
OP-ED: Disco Dick Cheney (By MAUREEN DOWD, Dec. 11, 2002)
OP-ED: Trying to Buy Our Way Out of Trouble (By LIZABETH COHEN, Dec. 11, 2002)
* OP-ED: The Radical Faith of Philip Berrigan (By MURRAY POLNER & JIM O'GRADY, Dec. 11, 2002)
LETTERS: Hooked on Oil: Connect the Dots (ByVICTOR G. LIPSHUTZ, et. al., Dec. 11, 2002)
LETTERS: Trent Lott's Gaffe, and His Apology (By LANDON JONES, et. al., Dec. 11, 2002)
LETTERS: Education in China (By JIAN WANG, Dec. 11, 2002)
LETTERS: The Life of Ivan Illich (By JERRY BROWN, Mayor Oakland, Dec. 11, 2002)
BUSINESS: Shares Rebound as Traders Weigh Odds of Year-End Rally
[Dow +101, Nasdaq +24] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 11, 2002)
Former Chairman of Stock Exchange Is Bush's S.E.C. Pick (By STEPHEN LABATON, Dec. 11, 2002)
MAN IN THE NEWS: A Wall Street Insider for S.E.C. [William H. Donaldson]
(By LANDON THOMAS Jr. & DIANA B. HENRIQUES, Dec. 11, 2002)
No Change in Interest Rates [1.25%] (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Dec. 11, 2002)
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Keen on Stimulus, but Limited in Leeway (By DANIEL ALTMAN, Dec. 11, 2002)
'Politically Correct' Stem Cell Is Licensed to Biotech Concern (By ANDREW POLLACK, Dec. 11, 2002)
Talks on a CNN-ABC Merger Have Stalled (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 11, 2002)
AOL Is Moving Music Unit (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Dec. 11, 2002)
Wanted: Banker Who Thinks Outside the Capitalist Box (By TONY SMITH, Dec. 11, 2002)
* Internet Filters Block Many Useful Sites, Study Finds (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec. 11, 2002)
* Internet Makes Dow Jones Open to Suit in Australia (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Dec. 11, 2002)
Nokia Cuts Its Sales Forecast as Buyers Shun Higher Prices (By SUZANNE KAPNER, Dec. 11, 2002)
ARTS IN AMERICA: More-Ambitious Art Shows and Catalogs on Campus (By STEPHEN KINZER, Dec. 11, 2002)
ART: Major Museums Affirm Right to Keep Long-Held Antiquities (By CELESTINE BOHLEN, Dec. 11, 2002)
ART: More Museums for New York, Despite Poor Economy (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Dec. 11, 2002)
BOOKS: Mystery Enshrouds Kola Boof, Writer and Internet Persona (By JULIE SALAMON, Dec. 11, 2002)
BOOKS: 'THE CONQUERORS': Snatching Complications From the Jaws of Victory
(By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Dec. 11, 2002)
Exile, a Prisoner No Longer, Exults in the Mind's Freedom (By SARAH BOXER, Dec. 11, 2002)
MUSIC: NY PHILHARMONIC: When a Great Deal of Subtlety Becomes Quite Elusive
(By BERNARD HOLLAND, Dec. 11, 2002)
MUSIC: Mostly Mozart Appoints Music Director (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Dec. 11, 2002)
THE POP LIFE: Half the Battle Is Showing Up (By NEIL STRAUSS, Dec. 11, 2002)
THEATER: 'A CHRISTMAS CAROL': Scrooge's Benign Tendencies Slip Out (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Dec. 11, 2002)
THEATER: 'MEDEA': Fitting the Modern Age to the Classic Greek Form (By BEN BRANTLEY, Dec. 11, 2002)
THEATER: 'WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN': Eloquent Silences Among the Words (By BEN BRANTLEY, Dec. 11, 2002)
TV: 'EXTREME MAKEOVER': A Plastic Surgery Reality Show (By CARYN JAMES, Dec. 11, 2002)
TV: A Big Night for 'The Sopranos' (By BILL CARTER, Dec. 11, 2002)
* HEALTH: Brain Imaging May Detect Schizophrenia in Early Stages (By ERICA GOODE, Dec. 11, 2002)
FOOD: With Oysters, Lots of Names, Four Flavors (By JULIA MOSKIN, Dec. 11, 2002)
THE MINIMALIST: Enriching a Sauce With Wine (By MARK BITTMAN, Dec. 11, 2002)
AT MY TABLE | NIGELLA LAWSON: Christmas Treats in a Twinkle (By NIGELLA LAWSON, Dec. 11, 2002)
A TASTE OF SAN FRANCISCO: Fluent in French, With a West Coast Accent (By AMANDA HESSER, Dec. 11, 2002)

Tuesday, December 10, 2002:
On This Day: December 10 (Battista Guarini 12/10/1538-10/7/1612, Adriaen von Ostade 12/10/1610-?/2/1685, César Franck 12/10/1822-11/8/1890, George Macdnald 12/10/1824-9/18/1905, Emily Dickinson 12/10/1830-5/15/1886, Nelly Sachs 12/10/1891-5/12/1970, Mary Norton 12/10/1903-8/29/1992, Morton Gould 12/10/1913-2/21/1996, Mako 1933, Gloria Loring 1946, Susan Dey 1952, Kenneth Branagh 1960, Sarah Chang 1980)
U.N. General Assembly adopted its Universal Declaration on Human Rights (By JOHN KENTON, December 10, 1948)
* Dr. Melvil Dewey, Library Expert and Educator, Dead at 80 In Florida [12/10/1851-12/26/1931] (NY Times, December 27, 1931)

Saburo Ienaga Is Dead at 89; Renegade Historian of Japan (By PAUL LEWIS, Dec. 10, 2002)
Arvell Shaw, Jazz Bassist, Dies at 79 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Dec. 10, 2002)
NATIONAL: Schools Face New Policy on Transfers (By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, Dec. 10 2002)
Cleveland Seminarian Is Held in Rectory Killing and Arson (By JOHN W. FOUNTAIN, Dec. 10, 2002)
DOMESTIC SECURITY: New Rule to Limit Boarding Passes From Gate (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Dec. 10, 2002)
THE BIOTERRORISM THREAT: Health Workers Union Wary of Smallpox Vaccinations (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Dec. 10 2002)
Under Fire, Lott Apologizes for His Comments at Thurmond's Party (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Dec. 10, 2002)
AMERICA UNDER SURVEILLANCE: PRIVACY & SECURITY: New Tools for Domestic Spying, and Qualms
(By MICHAEL MOSS & FORD FESSENDEN, Dec. 10, 2002)
THE TREASURY SECRETARY: Departure From Cabinet and Niceties (By DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 10, 2002)
MAN IN THE NEWS: A Pragmatist at Treasury and Skilled at Communication [John W. Snow]
(By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Dec. 10, 2002)
THE OVERVIEW: Nominee Tackles His First Day as Economic Salesman (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Dec. 10, 2002)
COMPENSATION: Lucrative Years as C.E.O., Despite Average Performance (By ALEX BERENSON, Dec. 10 2002)
After Top Job at Yosemite, He's Hanging Up the Ranger Hat (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Dec. 10, 2002)
* WORLD: Carter, in Oslo for Prize, Says U.S. Should Work With U.N. on Iraq (By FRANK BRUNI, Dec. 10, 2002)
U.S. Is First to Get a Copy of Report on Iraqi Weapons (By JULIA PRESTON, Dec. 10 2002)
WEAPONS: U.S. Says Iraqi Indicated Atom Project Is Continuing (By DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 10, 2002)
THE INSPECTIONS: Expanded U.N. Teams Pick Up Pace of Site Visits but Lack Details From Iraq (By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 10, 2002)
U.S. and China Resume High-Level Military Talks (By JAMES DAO, Dec. 10, 2002)
University Protests in Iran Bring a Bitter Walkout in Parliament (By NAZILA FATHI, Dec. 10, 2002)
* PUNE JOURNAL: Old Rajneesh Commune Lightens Up in Afterlife (By AMY WALDMAN, Dec. 10 2002)
Athens Sprinting in Olympics' Home Stretch (By FRANK BRUNI with ANTHEE CARASSAVA, Dec. 10 2002)
China Is Urged to Overturn Death Sentences for 2 Tibetans (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Dec. 10, 2002)
NY REGION: New Plan for Ground Zero Will Be Done by Jan. 31 (By EDWARD WYATT, Dec. 10, 2002)
Upscale Retailers Are Trying Downscale Tactics (By TERRY PRISTIN, Dec. 10 2002)
Students Find Key to Award Hidden in Rice's Genome (By ANDREW JACOBS, Dec. 10, 2002)
TUNNEL VISION: Watching Your Back as You Watch the Back Pocket (By RANDY KENNEDY, Dec. 10, 2002)
NYC: Clichés Drift Down, Nipping at Our Ears (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Dec. 10 2002)
SPORTS: Glavine Won Over by Wilpon's Approach (By JACK CURRY, Dec. 10, 2002)
SPORTS: Journalism Stars Recall Idiosyncratic Arledge (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Dec. 10, 2002)
ON BASEBALL: Old Animosities Arise in the New Economics (By MURRAY CHASS, Dec. 10, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Two Versions of John Snow (NY TIMES, Dec. 10 2002)
EDITORIAL: Iraq in the Dock (NY TIMES, Dec. 10 2002)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Guessing How Quickly a Terrorist Smallpox Virus Could Spread
(By PHILIP M. BOFFEY, Dec. 10 2002)
OP-ED: 'All These Problems' (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Dec. 10, 2002)
OP-ED: The Next Africa? (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Dec. 10, 2002)
OP-ED: The Fight for Iran's Democratic Ideals (By SAEED RAZAVI-FAQIH & IAN URBINA, Dec. 10 2002)
OP-ED: The Land That War Protected (By KE CHUNG KIM & EDWARD O. WILSON, Dec. 10 2002)
LETTERS: Sifting the Evidence on Baghdad (By JOSEPH CAVANAGH, et. al., Dec. 10, 2002)
LETTERS: To Stop a Thief: How I Keep My ID Mine (By DONALD WYNER, Dec. 10, 2002)
BUSINESS: Economic Doubt and UAL Filing Roil the Markets
[Dow -172, Nasdaq -55] (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Dec. 10 2002)
THE OVERVIEW: United Files for Bankruptcy (By EDWARD WONG, Dec. 10, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Long To-Do List for New Economic Team (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Dec. 10, 2002)
Judge Says Cheney Needn't Give Data on Energy Policy to G.A.O. (By ADAM CLYMER, Dec. 10 2002)
ARTS IN AMERICA: Here's to Disco, It Never Could Say Goodbye (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Dec. 10 2002)
ART: Creator of the Playful Wins the Turner Prize (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 10 2002)
BOOKS: 'MAX BEERBOHM': As a Writer, Beerbohm Was a Great Cartoonist (By RICHARD EDER, Dec. 10, 2002)
DANCE: TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY: Exploring Austerity and Then Excitement
(By JACK ANDERSON, Dec. 10, 2002)
DANCE: AMERICAN BALLET THEATER STUDIO COMPANY: Youth Confronts Death and Life Made New
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Dec. 10 2002)
DANCE: SUN HO KIM AND DANCERS: Emotions, in Storms and Dreams (By JACK ANDERSON, Dec. 10, 2002)
* POETRY: Poetry That Captures a Tough 87 Years (By DINITIA SMITH, Dec. 10, 2002)
POP: LOOSE FUR: New Group Fascinated by Texture (By JON PARELES, Dec. 10, 2002)
ROCK: THE WALLFLOWERS: Offering a Sense of Stoicism and Sounding a Bit Like Dad (By KELEFA SANNEH, Dec. 10, 2002)
THEATER: 'DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES': It Ain't Over Till the Goth Vampire Sings
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Dec. 10, 2002)
THEATER: Italian Opera With Hollywood Heart Looks Like a Broadway Hit (By JESSE McKINLEY, Dec. 10 2002)
SCIENCE: An Ancient Link to Africa Lives on in Bay of Bengal (By NICHOLAS WADE, Dec. 10, 2002)
* Human or Computer? Take This Test (By SARA ROBINSON, Dec. 10, 2002)
* Seeking Perfection in Shoe Lacing, With 43,200 Choices (By KENNETH CHANG, Dec. 10, 2002)
* Venomous and Sublime: The Viper Tells Its Tale (By NATALIE ANGIER, Dec. 10, 2002)
OBSERVATORY: Fine-Tuned Mating Call (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Dec. 10, 2002)
* At Genetic Frontier, the House Mouse Serves Humanity (By NICHOLAS WADE, Dec. 10, 2002)
Flurry of Satellites to Monitor Earth and Examine Galaxy (By WARREN E. LEARY, Dec. 10, 2002)
HEALTH: With Video Games, Researchers Link Guns to Stereotypes (By ERICA GOODE, Dec. 10, 2002)
Self-Adjusted Glasses Could Be Boon to Africa (By NICHOLAS THOMPSON, Dec. 10, 2002)
After Long Hiatus, New Contraceptives Emerge (By LESLIE BERGER, Dec. 10, 2002)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Guides Out of Depression (NY TIMES, Dec. 10, 2002)
Quest for Male 'Pill' Is Gaining Momentum (By LESLIE BERGER, Dec. 10, 2002)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Statins: Miracles for Some, Menace for a Few (By JANE E. BRODY, Dec. 10, 2002)
Gene Therapy for Hemophilia Shows Some Promise (By ANDREW POLLACK, Dec. 10, 2002)
CASES: Diseases That Stay Out of Sight (By RICHARD M. COHEN, Dec. 10, 2002)
VITAL SIGNS: Behavior: How Rituals Enhance Well-Being (By JOHN O'NEIL, Dec. 10, 2002)
Treatments: Calming Agitation in Alzheimer's (By JOHN O'NEIL, Dec. 10, 2002)
Safety: Parkinson's and the Highway (By JOHN O'NEIL, Dec. 10, 2002)
Performance: Specialty Gets High Marks (By JOHN O'NEIL, Dec. 10, 2002)
Q & A: Stand-In Vitamin (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Dec. 10 2002)

Monday, December 9, 2002:
On This Day: December 9 (John Milton 12/9/1608-1/5/1674, Carl Wilhelm Scheele 12/9/1742-5/21/1786, Comete Claude-Louis Berthollet 12/9/1748-11/6/1822, Clarence Birdseye 12/9/1886-10/7/1956, Emmett Kelly 12/9/1898-3/28/1979, Grace Murray Hopper 12/9/1906-1/1/1992, John Cassavetes 12/9/1929-2/3/1989, Kirk Douglas 1916, Dina Merrill 1925, Dick Van Patten 1928, Morton Downey Jr. 1933, Beau Bridges 1941, Dick Butkus 1942, John Malkovich 1953, Donny Osmond 1957)
Charles and Diana Are Separating 'Amicably' (By WILLIAM E. SCHMIDT, December 9, 1992)
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr., a Democratic Power in the House for Decades, Dies at 81 [12/9/1912-1/5/1994] (By MARTIN TOLCHIN, January 7, 1994)

Jimmy Caras, 93, Champion at Pool, Dies (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Dec. 9, 2002)
Fay Gillis Wells, 94, Aviator and Journalist, Is Dead (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Dec. 9, 2002)
* Aileen Fisher, 96, Prolific Author of Children's Books, Is Dead (By WILLIAM H. HONAN, Dec. 9, 2002)
David Davis, 82, Sculptor and Arts Advocate, Is Dead (By ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 9, 2002)
John V. Dennis, 86, Is Dead; Wrote on Feeding Birds (NY TIMES, Dec. 9, 2002)
Vivian Potamkin, Art Collector and Donor, 87, Dies (NY TIMES, Dec. 9, 2002)
NATIONAL: With Criticism Mounting, Cardinal Heads to Rome (By PAM BELLUCK, Dec. 9, 2002)
* California Is at Fiscal Brink (By JOHN M. BRODER, Dec. 9, 2002)
Despite Violations, Gun Shop in Sniper Case Continued to Operate, Records Show (By FOX BUTTERFIELD, Dec. 9, 2002)
Women Who Lead Colleges See Slower Growth in Ranks (By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, Dec. 9, 2002)
Kennedy Center Honors Five, but Guess Who Has the Place in the Sun (By TODD S. PURDUM, Dec. 9, 2002)
Bush Said to Pick Chief of Railroad for Treasury Job [John W. Snow] (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Dec. 9, 2002)
After Election in Louisiana, All Sides Look for Lessons (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Dec. 9, 2002)
PROFILE: John Forbes Kerry (NY TIMES, Dec. 9, 2002)
* WHITE HOUSE LETTER: The World, Minus One Million, Fails to Make Bush Christmas Card List
(By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Dec. 9, 2002)
From Radical Background, a Rhodes Scholar Emerges (By JODI WILGOREN, Dec. 9, 2002)
WORLD: A Top Iraqi Aide Defies U.S. to Find Proof of Weapons (By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 9, 2002)
Chechen in Extradition Dispute: Criminal or Peacemaker? (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Dec. 9, 2002)
Grand Soviet Scheme for Water in Central Asia Is Foundering (By MICHAEL WINES, Dec. 9 2002)
Qaeda Claims Kenya Attacks; Promises More (By REUTERS, Dec. 9, 2002)
A Movement in Saudi Arabia Pushes Toward an Islamic Ideal (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Dec. 9, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: A Tough Case: How to Convict Hussein (By DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 9, 2002)
BRUSSELS JOURNAL: Deep in the Heart of Europe, Trying Not to Fit In (By SARAH LYALL, Dec. 9, 2002)
Mingling Despite Mistrust in South Africa (By RACHEL L. SWARNS, Dec. 9, 2002)
Bush Will Meet a Leading Turk on Use of Bases (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Dec. 9, 2002)
NY REGION: Pataki's Third Inauguration, All in Moderation (By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr., Dec. 9, 2002)
* For Globe-Circlers, a Number Nice and Round (By JAMES BARRON, Dec. 9, 2002)
METRO MATTERS: Firehouses, Good Cop and Bad Cop (By JOYCE PURNICK, Dec. 9, 2002)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Dec. 9, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Destroying Weapons of Terror (NY TIMES, Dec. 9, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Mice as a Measure of Man (NY TIMES, Dec. 9, 2002)
OP-ED: New Economic Policy (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Dec. 9, 2002)
OP-ED: That Terrible Time (By BOB HERBERT, Dec. 9, 2002)
OP-ED: Patience for the Short Term (By ROGER ALTMAN, Dec. 9, 2002)
OP-ED: Turkey's E.U. Future (By JAVIER SOLANA, Dec. 9, 2002)
LETTERS: How to Help the Starving Artist (By HYMAN CANELLA, et. al., Dec. 9, 2002)
LETTERS: A Rising China (By MARTIN ERHARDT, et. al., Dec. 9, 2002)
LETTERS: The Clinton Focus (By HILARY DUNST, Dec. 9, 2002)
BUSINESS: Stocks Fall Sharply on Doubts About Economy
[Dow -172, Nasdaq -55] (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Dec. 9, 2002)
BUSINESS: Weary Holiday Shoppers Giving Plastic This Season (By TRACIE ROZHON, Dec. 9, 2002)
Wi-Fi Internet Access Is Hot, but Its Profit Potential Is Tepid (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Dec. 9, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Free Content Online? Publishers Are Divided (By SAUL HANSELL, Dec. 9, 2002)
Keeping J. Lo in Spotlight Has Risks as Well as Rewards (By LYNETTE HOLLOWAY, Dec. 9, 2002)
Wanted: A New Personality for MSNBC (By JIM RUTENBERG, Dec. 9, 2002)
* In Software, Still Testy After All These Years [Microsoft & IBM] (By STEVE LOHR, Dec. 9, 2002)
* NEW ECONOMY: Sites Become Dependent on Google (By DAVID F. GALLAGHER, Dec. 9, 2002)
* A New Tack in Fighting Spam (By MATT RICHTEL, Dec. 9, 2002)
PATENTS: New Patents for Dental Care (By TERESA RIORDAN, Dec. 9, 2002)
E-COMMERCE REPORT: Online Jewelry Sales Increase (By BOB TEDESCHI, Dec. 9, 2002)
COMPRESSED DATA: Bhopal Critics in Web Hoax Against Dow Chemical (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Dec. 9, 2002)
COMPRESSED DATA: Enter Maze, and Find the Opt-Out Cheese (By DAVID F. GALLAGHER, Dec. 9, 2002)
* I.B.M. Plans a Tiny Transistor [9 nanometers in length] (By JOHN MARKOFF, Dec. 9, 2002)
* ARTS ONLINE: Three-Dimensional Magazine Lives Again in Two Dimensions (By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL, Dec. 9, 2002)
* BOOKS: 'A MORAL RECKONING': The Church and the Jews, Down History's Tragic Road
(By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Dec. 9, 2002)
DANCE: 'THE BOTTOMLAND': Down-Home Doin's, Through Mixed Media (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Dec. 9, 2002)
FILM: New Yorker Writer Turns Gun-Toting Floozy? That's Showbiz (By SARAH BOXER, Dec. 9, 2002)
* MUSIC CRITIC: The Nativity, Now Chasing the Rockettes (By BRUCE WEBER, Dec. 9, 2002)
MUSIC: 'THE NY PHILHARMONIC': Beethoven and Weber in a Return to 1842 (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Dec. 9, 2002)
OPERA: 'SOPHIE'S CHOICE': Styron's Tormented Characters, Revealed Through Music
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Dec. 9, 2002)
ROCK: 'GUNS N' ROSES': No Longer the Bad-Boy Sex Symbol but Still Light on his Feet
(By JON PARELES, Dec. 9, 2002)
THEATER: 'LA BOHEME': Sudden Streak of Red Warms a Cold Garret (By BEN BRANTLEY, Dec. 9, 2002)

Sunday, December 8, 2002:
On This Day: December 8 (Queen of Scots Mary 12/8/1542-2/8/1587, Queen Christina 12/8/1626-4/19/1689, Eli Whitney 12/8/1765-1/8/1825, Aristide Maillol 12/8/1861-9/27/1944, Camille Claudel 12/8/1864-10/19/1943, Jean Sibelius 12/8/1865-9/20/1957, Diego Rivera 12/8/1886-11/2/1961, James Thurber 12/8/1894-11/2/1961, Elzie Segar 12/8/1894-10/13/1938, Josephine Bell 12/8/1897-4/24/1987, Maximilian Schell 1930, David Carradine 1936, James MacArthur 1937, James Galway 1939, Gregg Allman 1947, Kim Basinger 1953, Teri Hatcher 1964)
U.S. DECLARES WAR, PACIFIC BATTLE WIDENS (By FRANK L. KLUCKHOHN, December 8, 1941)
* Sammy Davis Jr. Dies at 64; Top Showman Broke Barriers [12/8/1925-5/16/1990] (By PETER B. FLINT, May 17, 1990)

* Philip Berrigan, Peace Advocate in the Vietnam War Era, Dies at 79 (By DANIEL LEWIS, Dec. 8, 2002)
Bob Steele, 91, Radio Announcer, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 8, 2002)
Fay Gillis Wells, Early Aviator and Journalist, 94, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Dec. 8, 2002)
Saburo Ienaga, Who Insisted Japan Disclose Atrocities, Dies at 89 (By PAUL LEWIS, Dec. 8, 2002)
NATIONAL: Two Casualties as Bush Seeks Economic Fix (By TODD S. PURDUM, Dec. 8, 2002)
REBUILDING: With Two Important Economic Posts Now Vacant, Bush Turns to Wall Street for Replacements
(By STEPHEN LABATON, Dec. 8, 2002)
Using Synonyms for Race, College Strives for Diversity (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Dec. 8, 2002)
AUSTIN JOURNAL: A Battle Over a Slogan Helps Keep Austin Weird (By JIM YARDLEY, Dec. 8, 2002)
Lawmakers Want Cabinet Post for an Intelligence Director (By JAMES RISEN and DAVID JOHNSTON, Dec. 8, 2002)
In Louisiana, a Democrat Wins a Tough Senate Race (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Dec. 8, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Matters of Taxes, War, Markets and Politics for an Economic Team
(By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, Dec. 8, 2002)
* Setting Course for Adventure, Armed With Imodium and Disinfectant (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Dec. 8, 2002)
WORLD: Iraq Says Report to the U.N. Shows No Banned Arms (By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 8, 2002)
Buildup Leaves U.S. Military Nearly Set to Start Attack (By ERIC SCHMITT, Dec. 8, 2002)
American Policies and Presence Under Fire in South Korea (By HOWARD W. FRENCH with DON KIRK, Dec. 8, 2002)
17 Killed in Bangladesh Theater Bombings (By REUTERS, Dec. 8, 2002)
Japanese Wage Peace With Talks and Money, Pleasing Asians (By JAMES BROOKE, Dec. 8, 2002)
Miss World Pageant Goes Ahead Over Protests; A Turk Wins (By WARREN HOGE, Dec. 8, 2002)
* Two van Gogh Works Are Stolen in Amsterdam (By REUTERS, Dec. 8, 2002)
Iran Student Movement Finds New Vitality (By NAZILA FATHI, Dec. 8, 2002)
Hussein's Words: Apology and Defiance (NY TIMES, Dec. 8, 2002)
GRAPHIC: American Military Presence Near Iraq (NY TIMES, Dec. 8, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Will Bush's March to War Be Slowed? (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Dec. 8, 2002)
In 9/11 Case, Germans Note Lack of Help From Allies (By DESMOND BUTLER, Dec. 8, 2002)
To Build Coalition, U.S. Legislators Tour Iraq's Kurdish Region (By C. J. CHIVERS, Dec. 8, 2002)
Europeans Fear That the Threat From Radical Islamists Is Increasing (By ELAINE SCIOLINO and DESMOND BUTLER, Dec. 8, 2002)
NY REGION: City to Increase Security After Gang Rape in Park (By LYDIA POLGREEN, Dec. 8, 2002)
FOLLOWING UP: Croatia Seeks Return of La Guardia Hijacker (By JOSEPH P. FRIED, Dec. 8, 2002)
CLINTON JOURNAL: Many Nickels Later, Redemption Site Seeks Home (By COREY KILGANNON, Dec. 8, 2002)
* Santa's Shop Wishes It Checked Buyer Twice (By DAN BARRY, Dec. 8, 2002)
SPORTS: Yanks Bid for Clemens; Mendoza and Stanton to Walk (By MURRAY CHASS, Dec. 8, 2002)
INSIDE BASEBALL: As Thome Moves On, a Trap May Await Him (By MURRAY CHASS, Dec. 8, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Still Lagging on Warming (NY TIMES, Dec. 8, 2002)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: The Natural Way to Get to Work in a Maritime Metropolis (By ANDRÉS MARTINEZ, Dec. 8, 2002)
OP-ED: Cheneyville Christmas (By MAUREEN DOWD, Dec. 8, 2002)
OP-ED: Bush, Iraq and Sister Souljah (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Dec. 8, 2002)
OP-ED: Old Fears in the New Afghanistan (By CHRISTINA LAMB, Dec. 8, 2002)
LETTERS: A School Can't Do a Parent's Job (By SUSAN THALER, et. al., Dec. 8, 2002)
LETTERS: Man Uses Dog, or Dog Uses Man? (By SUZANNE L'HERNAULT, et. al., Dec. 8, 2002)
LETTERS: The Mouse Genome (By LARRY SHAPIRO, Dec. 8, 2002)
LETTERS: Iran's Justice, and Ours (By FAWZIA AFZAL-KHAN, Dec. 8, 2002)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 8, 2002)
* BUSINESS: How Dell Is Defying an Industry's Gravity in Japan (By KEN BELSON, Dec. 8, 2002)
* Online Shopping Is Up, and Prices Can Still Be Down (By BARBARA WHITAKER, Dec. 8, 2002)
Lifting Blacks' Faith in the Markets (By DINA TEMPLE-RASTON, Dec. 8, 2002)
Survival Will Require Harsh Medicine at United (By EDWARD WONG, Dec. 8, 2002)
* Hot Dog! They're Not Just Cars, They're Commercials (By JIM MOTAVALLI, Dec. 8, 2002)
A Wall Street Philanthropy's Upsides and Downsides [Robin Hood Foundation]
(By RICK GLADSTONE, Dec. 8, 2002)
PORTFOLIOS: Success Stories in Places Where Few Funds Dare to Go [Pakistan]
(By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Dec. 8, 2002)
Ex-Shareholders at Odds With a Bank for Banks (By ERIKA KINETZ, Dec. 8, 2002)
When a Job Hunt Is Measured in Seasons or Even a Year (By ANNE FIELD, Dec. 8, 2002)
EXECUTIVE LIFE: Some Twins Discover an Edge in Their Genes (By AMY ZIPKIN, Dec. 8, 2002)
* MARKET INSIGHT: The Insiders Are Trading. But What Does It Mean? (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Dec. 8, 2002)
FIVE QUESTIONS FOR MARGARET M. PEARSON: China's Freshman Year in World Trade
(By RICK GLADSTONE, Dec. 8, 2002)
LIFE'S WORK: Seeking Solace, Openly or Quietly, When Ill (By LISA BELKIN, Dec. 8, 2002)
INVESTING WITH Colin C. Ferenbach (By CAROLE GOULD, Dec. 8, 2002)
BACKSLASH: Big Brother, Take My Little Sister! (By MATT RICHTEL, Dec. 8, 2002)
OFF THE SHELF: Warmth, Power, Blood and Smoke ["Coal: A Human History"] (By ALISON LEIGH COWAN, Dec. 8, 2002)
MY JOB: Free-Range Emotion at the Tree Farm (By SCOTT TOWNER, Dec. 8, 2002)
PERSONAL BUSINESS DIARY: Changing a Boundary Between Mortgages (By VIVIAN MARINO, Dec. 8, 2002)
BUSINESS DIARY: A Bumper Crop For Tree Sales? (By VIVIAN MARINO, Dec. 8, 2002)
INVESTING DIARY: Playing Pick 3 With Merrill Lynch [buy, sell, hold Merck]
(By JEFF SOMMER, Dec. 8, 2002)
Airlines Realize It's Time for a New Flight Plan (By DAVID LEONHARDT and ALEX MARKELS, Dec. 8, 2002)
MARKET WATCH: Out With the Old, and Waiting for the New (Tax Cuts) (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Dec. 8, 2002)
PRIVATE SECTOR: A Mild-Mannered Mr. Fix-It (By DONNA ROSATO, Dec. 8, 2002)
ECONOMIC VIEW: If Tax History Is a Guide, the Poor Are in Trouble (By DANIEL ALTMAN, Dec. 8, 2002)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 8, 2002)
* ART: If Art Is a Commodity, Shopping Can Be an Art (By EDWARD M. GOMEZ, Dec. 8, 2002)
ART: Where Art Can Be Made as Well as Hung (By SARAH BAYLISS, Dec. 8, 2002)
DANCE: Teaching the Circus How to Move With Ease (By VALERIE GLADSTONE, Dec. 8, 2002)
DANCE: An Aide of All Trades Who Keeps Things Moving (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Dec. 8, 2002)
FILM: America's Mythic Cinema Hero: The Regular Guy [Jack Nicholson]
(By A. O. SCOTT, Dec. 8, 2002)
FILM: Definitely Not Musicals, but Definitively Songful (By DAVID THOMSON, Dec. 8, 2002)
FILM: RUSHES: Spanish Prisoners of Guilt and Chance (By KAREN DURBIN, Dec. 8, 2002)
FILM: You Won't See My Detroit in the Movies (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Dec. 8, 2002)
FILM: Don't Ask, Just Run: The Monster Is on Your Heels (By TOM SHONE, Dec. 8, 2002)
MUSIC: A Musical Archaeologist Puts His Finds on Display (By DAVID WRIGHT, Dec. 8, 2002)
MUSIC SPINS: A Reminder of the Real Aaliyah (By KELEFA SANNEH, Dec. 8, 2002)
MUSIC: A Music So Demanding That It Sets You Free (By MATTHIAS KRIESBERG, Dec. 8, 2002)
MUSIC RECORDINGS: The Modern Side of a Master of Classics (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Dec. 8, 2002)
MUSIC: Gram Parsons: A Grievous Angel, a Busy Ghost (By NEIL STRAUSS, Dec. 8, 2002)
MUSIC: Phish Is Happily Reunited to Go Against the Grain (By JON PARELES, Dec. 8, 2002)
MUSIC: What Mahler Had in Mind (Or Was It?) (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Dec. 8, 2002)
MUSIC HIGH NOTES: A New Passion Gives Water a Central Role (By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Dec. 8, 2002)
OPERA: Giving More Puccini to the People [Hirschfield art] (By WILLIAM WRIGHT, Dec. 8, 2002)
THEATER: Puppetry Up to Its Old Tricks (By JOHN ROCKWELL, Dec. 8, 2002)
THEATER: Where the Mask Was, Now There Are Fangs (By ANDREA STEVENS, Dec. 8, 2002)
THEATER: Why a Play About Adult Movies? Why Do You Think? (By ELAINE MAY, Dec. 8, 2002)
TV: A Coach Who Finally Grew Into the Stature He'd Won (By ALLEN BARRA, Dec. 8, 2002)
* TV: A Harried Filmmaker Finds Refuge at 16,000 Feet [James Cameron]
(By HAL HINSON, Dec. 8, 2002)
FASHION: A New Eurofestation (By JULIA CHAPLIN, Dec. 8, 2002)
Creating a Scene From the Lobby Up (By HILARY DE VRIES, Dec. 8, 2002)
They Skewer Your Wardrobe in Public (By SARAH LYALL, Dec. 8, 2002)
CULTURAL STUDIES: My Big Fat Palace Wedding (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Dec. 8, 2002)
GOOD COMPANY: From Tame to Racy, the Bridal Party Parties (By PAULINE O'CONNOR, Dec. 8, 2002)
POSSESSED: Everything In the Kitchen Sink (By ELAINE LOUIE, Dec. 8, 2002)
A NIGHT OUT WITH Dan and Warren Zanes (By WILL DANA, Dec. 8, 2002)
SHAKEN AND STIRRED: Corporate Greenery (By WILLIAM L. HAMILTON, Dec. 8, 2002)
VOWS: Pamela Schein and Marc Murphy (By ERIC V. COPAGE, Dec. 8, 2002)
TRAVEL: The East End Goes Mainstream [London] (By ERIC PFANNER, Dec. 8, 2002)
* DESTINATION: LONDON [free articles since 1996] (NY TIMES, Dec. 8, 2002)
A Home for Oddities and History (By GILLIAN TINDALL, Dec. 8, 2002)
The Game Is Afoot on a London Stroll (By SARAH FERRELL, Dec. 8, 2002)
36 Hours | Pittsburgh (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec. 8, 2002)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 8, 2002)
* PROLOGUE: Many Encounters Set Today's Stage (By SERGE SCHMEMANN, Dec. 8, 2002)
Pastoral Poverty: The Seeds of Decline (By TIMOTHY EGAN, Dec. 8, 2002)
MEMBERS ONLY: Debating Which Private Clubs Are Acceptable. And Private. (By JANNY SCOTT, Dec. 8, 2002)
Why Confess to What You Didn't Do? (By SUSAN SAULNY, Dec. 8, 2002)
The Incredible Shrinking Government, Bush Style (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Dec. 8, 2002)
Why the Right Rules the Radio Waves (By JOHN LELAND, Dec. 8, 2002)
I Seeing the News Today, Oh Boy (By GEOFFREY NUNBERG, Dec. 8, 2002)
In the Blink of an Eye [Solar Eclipse] (NY TIMES, Dec. 8, 2002)
Does Democracy Help Pakistan? (By DAVID ROHDE, Dec. 8, 2002)
Diversity's Precarious Moorings (By ADAM LIPTAK, Dec. 8, 2002)
* WORD FOR WORD: Britons Get One Less Thing to Worry About (By SCOTT VEALE, Dec. 8, 2002)
For Immigrants, the Watchword Suddenly Is Enforcement (By PHILIP SHENON, Dec. 8, 2002)
* Surprise, It's the Economy Again, Stupid! (By FLOYD NORRIS, Dec. 8, 2002)
* Of Mice And Men [30,000 genes] (By NICHOLAS WADE, Dec. 8, 2002)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NYTIMES, Dec. 8, 2002)
* ON LANGUAGE: Gifts O' Gab (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Dec. 8, 2002)
PORTFOLIO: Focus; Away from the game, minds in motion [slide show] (Photographs By ROBERT MAXWELL, Dec. 8, 2002)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: The Healing Paradox (By ABRAHAM VERGHESE, Dec. 8, 2002)
* QUESTIONS FOR ROBERT REDFORD: The Outsider (Interview by AMANDA GRISCOM, Dec. 8, 2002)
KIDS: After They Were Stars (By EMILY WHITE, Dec. 8, 2002)
THE ETHICIST: Neighborly Fear (By RANDY COHEN, Dec. 8, 2002)
* CRASH COURSE: Tchaikovsky (By DIRK OLIN, Dec. 8, 2002)
What They Were Thinking [Deborah Dawn] (Interview by CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS, Dec. 8, 2002)
Just Money [9/11 victims] (By LISA BELKIN, Dec. 8, 2002)
The Liberal Quandary Over Iraq (By GEORGE PACKER, Dec. 8, 2002)
The Bard of Omaha (By JOHN HODGMAN, Dec. 8, 2002)
How Green Is BP? (By DARCY FREY, Dec. 8, 2002)
STYLE: Double Dutch (By ROMÁN ALONSO and LISA EISNER, Dec. 8, 2002)
FOOD: Out of the Woods (By JONATHAN REYNOLDS, Dec. 8, 2002)
LIVES: Taking In the Trash (By LISE FUNDERBURG, Dec. 8, 2002)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 8, 2002)
'Sweets': A Celebratory History of Candy (By JANE and MICHAEL STERN, Dec. 8, 2002)
* 'White Christmas': Irving Berlin's Dream (By BARRY GEWEN, Dec. 8, 2002)
'The Founding Fish': John McPhee's Piscatorial Passion (By ROBERT H. BOYLE, Dec. 8, 2002)
'Katharine Graham's Washington': Scenes From a Political Village (By MICHAEL JANEWAY, Dec. 8, 2002)
'Stan and Ollie': Two Minds Without a Single Thought (By JEANINE BASINGER, Dec. 8, 2002)
New Books Celebrate the American Love Affair With Personal Transport (By BRUCE McCALL, Dec. 8, 2002)
Madame de Pompadour, Conqueror of Louis XV (By EMILY EAKIN, Dec. 8, 2002)
'The Greatest Game Ever Played': The Creation Myth of American Golf (By DAVID OWEN, Dec. 8, 2002)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Eels (By JOHN THORNE, Dec. 8, 2002)
'Star-Spangled Manners': Etiquette for a Pluralistic Society (By CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL, Dec. 8, 2002)
'I Want That!' A Cultural History of Consumption (By LAURA SHAPIRO, Dec. 8, 2002)
A COMIC BY JULES FEIFFER: A Dance to Books (By JULES FEIFFER, Dec. 8, 2002)
* SCIENCE: Arctic Ice Is Melting at Record Level, Scientists Say (By KENNETH CHANG, Dec. 8, 2002)
SCIENCE: Use of Renewable Energy Took a Big Fall in 2001 (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Dec. 8, 2002)

Saturday, December 7, 2002:
On This Day: December 7 (Gian Lorenzo Bernini 12/7/1598-11/28/1680, Allan Cunningham 12/7/1784-10/30/1842, Pietro Mascagni 12/7/1863-8/2/1945, R.W. Sears 12/7/1863-9/28/1914, Joyce Cary 12/7/1888-12/18/1939, Eli Walach 1915, Ellen Burstyn 1932, Carole Simpson 1940, Johnny Bench 1947, Larry Bird 1956)
* Japan Wars on U.S. and Britain; Makes Sudden Attack On Hawaii (By FRANK L. KLUCKHOHN, December 7, 1941)
* Willa Cather Dies at 73; Author of 'Lost Lady' Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1922 [12/7/1873-4/24/1947] (NY Times, April 25, 1947)

Pierre Peugeot, Chairman of Leading French Carmaker, Dies at 70 (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Dec. 7, 2002)
* Bill Sparks, 80, Last of the Cockleshell Heroes, Is Dead (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Dec. 7, 2002)
Bob Berg, Tenor Saxophonist, Dies at 51 (By BEN RATLIFF, Dec. 7, 2002)
William Henson, Animator for 'The Bullwinkle Show,' 78, Dies (By ERIC P. NASH, Dec. 7, 2002)
Edgar Scherick, 78, Television and Film Producer, Is Dead (By BILL CARTER, Dec. 7, 2002)
Anna Hamburger, Former Refugee Aide, Dies at 90 (NY TIMES, Dec. 7, 2002)
NATIONAL: Bush, in Shake-Up of Cabinet, Ousts Treasury Leader (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Dec. 7, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Paying a Political Price for a Shaky Economy (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Dec. 7, 2002)
An Old Friend, Vice President, Delivered News [O'Neill] (By ELISABETH BUMILLER and DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 7, 2002)
Governor Davis of California Asks Big Cuts in Spending (By JOHN M. BRODER, Dec. 7, 2002)
With Boston Listening, Official Has Little to Say (By FOX BUTTERFIELD, Dec. 7, 2002)
THE MONEY TRAIL: Federal Agents Raid a Software Company Outside Boston, Seeking Links to Al Qaeda
(By PAM BELLUCK with ERIC LICHTBLAU, Dec. 7, 2002)
SAFEGUARDS: Deficits Looming, Governors Worry About Antiterror Costs (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Dec. 7, 2002)
Catholic Hierarchy Facing Questions From Review Panel (By PAM BELLUCK, Dec. 7, 2002)
Berkeley Mayor Admits to Role in Throwing Out Newspapers [supporting opponent] (NY TIMES, Dec. 7, 2002)
Fever of Pitches at End of a Close Senate Race in Louisiana [Terrell vs. Landrieu]
(By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Dec. 7, 2002)
Ryder Sentenced to Probation for Shoplifting (By NICK MADIGAN, Dec. 7, 2002)
2 Rejected Sports Columns to Be Printed by The Times (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Dec. 7, 2002)
* BELIEFS: Nursing Painful Questions While Keeping a Distance (By PETER STEINFELS, Dec. 7, 2002)
WORLD: Weapons Inspector Asks U.S. to Share Secret Iraq Data (By JULIA PRESTON, Dec. 7, 2002)
Abrams Back in Capital Fray at Center of Mideast Battle (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Dec. 7, 2002)
THE MILITARY: G.I.'s Walk Perilous Line Between Finding Enemy and Alienating Afghans
(By DAVID ROHDE, Dec. 7, 2002)
INVESTIGATION IN KENYA: Missiles Fired at Israeli Plane Are Recovered (By MARC LACEY, Dec. 7, 2002)
Berlusconi Tries New Field: Tin Pan Alley [Prime Minister's 18 songs for a CD] (By FRANK BRUNI, Dec. 7, 2002)
Weapons May Be Elusive, but Alcohol Remains Plentiful in Iraq (By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 7, 2002)
Gala at Angkor: 'Cue the Monks,' Then the Tenor (By SETH MYDANS, Dec. 7, 2002)
10 Palestinians Are Killed in Israeli Hunt for a Militant (By MICHAEL WINES, Dec. 7, 2002)
POWER STRUGGLES: Afghan Official Says U.S. Strike Killed Civilian (By CARLOTTA GALL, Dec. 7, 2002)
SATURDAY PROFILE: Lilita Isn't the New Evita, but She Admires Her (By LARRY ROHTER, Dec. 7, 2002)
Troubled Past of Rapist in Central Park Jogger Case (By KEVIN FLYNN, Dec. 7, 2002)
NY REGION: Troubled Past of Rapist in Central Park Jogger Case (By KEVIN FLYNN, Dec. 7, 2002)
Officials Say Sex Trade Lures Younger Girls (By DIANE CARDWELL, Dec. 7, 2002)
Census Missed 103,000 in City, Many in Hispanic Areas (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Dec. 7, 2002)
SPORTS: A Reading Suggestion for Glavine (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Dec. 7, 2002)
Glavine Says Braves Were Close, but So Far Away (By MURRAY CHASS, Dec. 7, 2002)
Yankees Not Quite Ready to Let Go of Stanton, Mendoza or Clemens (By TYLER KEPNER, Dec. 7, 2002)
EDITORIAL: President Bush's Housecleaning (NY TIMES, Dec. 7, 2002)
EDITORIAL: The Man From Might Have Been [Bill Clinton] (NY TIMES, Dec. 7, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Television, by Roone Arledge (NY TIMES, Dec. 7, 2002)
EDITORIAL: A Digital Christmas (NY TIMES, Dec. 7, 2002)
OP-ED: Pearl Harbor Day, 2002 (By FRANK RICH, Dec. 7, 2002)
* OP-ED: Learning Politics in Class [schools in China] (By GAO ZHAN, Dec. 7, 2002)
OP-ED: A New Agenda for a New Economic Team (By STEPHEN S. ROACH, Dec. 7, 2002)
OP-ED: An American No-Flight Zone? (By ROBERT MACKEY, Dec. 7, 2002)
LETTERS: Fallout From the Jogger Case (By EREZ SALIK, et. al., Dec. 7, 2002)
LETTERS: Iraq's Dilemma: No Safe Answers (By BRUCE L. ROCKWOOD, et. al., Dec. 7, 2002)
LETTERS: Internet Safety (By DICK THORNBURGH, Dec. 7, 2002)
BUSINESS: Shares Gain on News of Bush Economic Team Shake-Up
[Dow +22, Nasdaq +12] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 7, 2002)
Jobless Rate Rose to 6% in November; 8-Year High (By DANIEL ALTMAN, Dec. 7, 2002)
P.C. Makers Will Furlough Workers [HP & Gateway] (By REUTERS, Dec. 7, 2002)
Chip Maker Reports a Profit for Quarter (By REUTERS, Dec. 7, 2002)
I.B.M. to Acquire Rational in Big Move Into Software (By STEVE LOHR, Dec. 7, 2002)
ARTS: $100 Million Given to Kennedy Center [Catherine B. Reynolds] (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Dec. 7, 2002)
* CONNECTIONS: Into the Woods, Children, for Dark Mysteries, Not Simple Lessons (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Dec. 7, 2002)
DANCE: TRISHA BROWN DANCE CO.: Life-or-Death Urgency, but in an Understated Idiom
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Dec. 7, 2002)
OPERA: 'A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE': Musical Diversity for Arthur Miller's Fated Red Hook
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Dec. 7, 2002)
THEATER: How Children Experience War and Its Consequences (By LYNETTE CLEMETSON, Dec. 7, 2002)
TV: U.S.'s Powerful Weapon in Iran: TV (By LYNETTE CLEMETSON with NAZILA FATHI, Dec. 7, 2002)
* TV: 'EXPEDITION: BISMARCK': Hollywood Comes Along on a Visit to the Bismarck (By NEIL GENZLINGER, Dec. 7, 2002)
* WRITING: U.S. Writers Do Cultural Battle Around the Globe (By MICHAEL Z. WISE, Dec. 7, 2002)
FASHION: Young Stars of U.S. Fashion Can't Seem to Find Right Fit (By CATHY HORYN, Dec. 7, 2002)
* SCIENCE: How to Slice the Pi Very, Very Thin [pi to 1.24 trillion places] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 7, 2002)
* SCIENCE: Researchers Make the Best Argument Yet That Neutrinos Are Capable of Changing Form
(By GEORGE JOHNSON, Dec. 7, 2002)
HEALTH: Spread of Gene-Altered Pharmaceutical Corn Spurs $3 Million Fine (By ANDREW POLLACK, Dec. 7, 2002)

Friday, December 6, 2002:
On This Day: December 6 (Baldassare Castiglione 12/6/1478-2/2/1529, Niccolo Zucchi 12/6/1586-5/21/1670, Sophie von LaRoche 12/6/1731-2/18/1807, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin 12/6/1805-6/13/1861, Max Müller 12/6/1823-10/28/1900, Evelyn Underhill 12/6/1875-6/15/1941, Joyce Kilmer 12/6/7/30/1918, Sir Osbert Sitwell 12/6/1892-5/4/1969, Ira Gershwin 12/6/1896-8/17/1983, Dave Brubeck 1920, Wil Shriner 1953, JoBeth Williams 1953, Steven Wright 1955)
A Million Persons Will Hear Coolidge's Voice When He Addresses Congress [more than any man in history] (NY Times, December 6, 1923)
* Alfred Eisenstaedt, Photographer of the Defining Moment, Is Dead at 96 [12/6/1898-8/23/1995] (By CHARLES HAGEN, August 25, 1995)

* Roone Arledge, a Force in TV Sports and News, Dies at 71 (By BILL CARTER, Dec. 6, 2002)
Ne Win, Ex-Burmese Military Strongman, Dies at 81 (By ERIC PACE, Dec. 6, 2002)
Mal Waldron, Composer of the Jazz Ballad 'Soul Eyes,' Is Dead at 77 (By BEN RATLIFF, Dec. 6, 2002)
Emanuel M. Papper, 87, Pioneer in Anesthesiology at Columbia, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Dec. 6, 2002)
NATIONAL: California Dioceses Brace for New Abuse Suits (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Dec. 6, 2002)
Virus Rattles Cruise Industry and Health Officials (By DENISE GRADY, Dec. 6, 2002)
Ex-Prosecutor Tells of Ties Between F.B.I. and Mob (By FOX BUTTERFIELD, Dec. 6, 2002)
Online Bid Is Made, Briefly, to Save Dartmouth's Swim Team (By TAMAR LEWIN, Dec. 6, 2002)
Early Winter Storm Hits East Coast; 1.5 Million Lose Power in Carolinas (By DOUGLAS JEHL, Dec. 6, 2002)
Bush's Terrier Will Film White House Video Tour (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Dec. 6, 2002)
WORLD: U.S. Tells Iraq It Must Reveal Weapons Sites (By DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 6, 2002)
U.S. Is Pressuring Inspectors in Iraq to Aid Defections (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Dec. 6, 2002)
BAGHDAD: Iraq Leader Tells Associates to Be Patient as U.S. Puts Pressure on U.N. Inspectors
(By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 6, 2002)
CLASHES: Repulsing Attack by Islamic Militants, Iraqi Kurds Tell of Atrocities (By C. J. CHIVERS, Dec. 6, 2002)
Al Qaeda in Lebanon and Gaza, Sharon Says (By MICHAEL WINES, Dec. 6, 2002)
PIURA JOURNAL: At 14, the Girl's Indomitable (Just Ask Her Father) (By JUAN FORERO, Dec. 6, 2002)
Russians Become Litigious: Survivors of Theater Siege Sue (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Dec. 6, 2002)
PUBLICISTS: 3 Partners Quit Firm Handling Saudis' P.R. (By PHILIP SHENON, Dec. 6, 2002)
NY REGION: WILDING: A Word That Seared a City's Imagination (By ROBERT F. WORTH, Dec. 6, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: A Test the New York Justice System Failed (By JIM DWYER, Dec. 6, 2002)
THE DECISION: Prosecutor Seeks the Reversal of Convictions in Jogger Case
(By ROBERT D. McFADDEN and SUSAN SAULNY, Dec. 6, 2002)
THE EXONERATED: None of the Former Defendants Were Able to Hear the News Firsthand
(By MICHAEL WILSON, Dec. 6, 2002)
THE SUSPECT: 'I Just Had to Have Her,' a Rapist Told Lawyers (By KEVIN FLYNN and JIM DWYER, Dec. 6, 2002)
VOICES: New Yorkers Reminded of Fears Left Behind (By N. R. KLEINFIELD, Dec. 6, 2002)
THE VICTIM: Leading Life in Private and Poised to Go Public (By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, Dec. 6, 2002)
PUBLIC LIVES: Fighting Rolling Stone With Cheek and Lots of Skin (By ROBIN FINN, Dec. 6, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Decisive Days for Iraq (NY TIMES, Dec. 6, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Injustice in the Jogger Case (NY TIMES, Dec. 6, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Thanks for Not Stealing My Identity (NY TIMES, Dec. 6, 2002)
OP-ED: Love and Race (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Dec. 6, 2002)
* OP-ED: Digital Robber Barons? (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Dec. 6, 2002)
OP-ED: No Clear Way Forward for Airlines (By MICHAEL E. LEVINE, Dec. 6, 2002)
A Crisis of Broken Laws and Faith (By STEPHANIE PETERSON, et. al., Dec. 6, 2002)
The War on Terror: Advice for Saudis (By JOSH TREVERS, et. al., Dec. 6, 2002)
How We Treat Animals (By JANET MALCOLM, Dec. 6, 2002)
BUSINESS: Shares Fall on Worries About Airline and Retailers' Sales
{Dow -115, Nasdaq -20] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 6, 2002)
* High-Speed Wireless Internet Network Is Planned (By JOHN MARKOFF, Dec. 6, 2002)
FLOYD NORRIS: For Some, Options Rule Might Raise Profits (By FLOYD NORRIS, Dec. 6, 2002)
Judge Likens Microsoft's Effect on Java to a Bang on the Knee (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Dec. 6, 2002)
United's Plight Sends Shivers Through Chicago (By JOHN W. FOUNTAIN, Dec. 6, 2002)
China Is Using Its New Economic Weight to Outmaneuver Japan (By JAMES BROOKE, Dec. 6, 2002)
* In Book Publishing World, Some Reasons for Optimism (By DINITIA SMITH, Dec. 6, 2002)
* ART: 'THE SENSUOUS AND THE SACRED': Where Gods Set Bronze in Motion (By ROBERTA SMITH, Dec. 6, 2002)
ART: A Miniature Joy Ride on 1,000 Feet of Toy Track (By LAURA SHAINE CUNNINGHAM, Dec. 6, 2002)
INSIDE ART: A Lesser Rubens, at a Discount ["Holy Family"] (By CAROL VOGEL, Dec. 6, 2002)
ART CRITIC: An Era Ends for the Guggenheim (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Dec. 6, 2002)
ART IN REVIEW: Peter Hujar; Anselm Kiefer; Claudette Schreuders (By HOLLAND COTTER, et. al., Dec. 6, 2002)
ANTIQUES: A Genius With a Flair for Lamps (NY TIMES, Dec. 6, 2002)
* BOOKS: Auctioning Teasers to the Next Potter Novel (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Dec. 6, 2002)
DANCE: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER: A Gala Featuring Battling Clans
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Dec. 6, 2002)
FILM: 'ADAPTATION': Forever Obsessing About Obsession (By A. O. SCOTT, Dec. 6, 2002)
FILM: AT THE MOVIES: The Patient Is a Don Named Paul (By DAVE KEHR, Dec. 6, 2002)
FILM: 'BLACKBOARDS': An Austere Land With Some Poignant Human Beings (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Dec. 6, 2002)
FILM: 'EMPIRE': Why the South Bronx and SoHo Just Don't Mix (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Dec. 6, 2002)
FILM: 'EQUILIBRIUM': Preventing World War IV by Outlawing All Emotion (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Dec. 6, 2002)
MUSIC: On CD: 'White Christmas' Reggae to Ethel Merman Disco (By JON PARELES, Dec. 6, 2002)
* PHOTOGRAPHY: RYAN WEIDEMAN; MICHAEL SPANO: Street Life, From Cabs and Darkrooms
(By KEN JOHNSON, Dec. 6, 2002)
THEATER: 'MACBETH': Shakespeare as if Played in Vietnam With Style (By BRUCE WEBER, Dec. 6, 2002)
* THEATER: 'MAN OF LA MANCHA': Endangered Noble Species Takes a Fling on a Dream
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Dec. 6, 2002)
* ON STAGE AND OFF: Hey, Big Spenders [Marisa Tomei] (By JESSE MCKINLEY, Dec. 6, 2002)
DINER'S JOURNAL: The Upstairs at '21' (By ERIC ASIMOV, Dec. 6, 2002)
* SCIENCE: Mars Canyons Tied to Rains After Meteor Impacts (By KENNETH CHANG, Dec. 6, 2002)

Thursday, December 5, 2002:
On This Day: December 5 (Pope Julius II 12/5/1443-2/21/1513, Martin Van Buren 12/5/1782-7/24/1862, Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz 12/5/1822-6/27/1907, Christina Rossetti 12/5/1830-12/29/1894, George Armstrong Custer 12/5/1839-6/25/1876, Marcus Daly 12/5/1841-11/12/1900, Clyde V. Cessna 12/5/1879-11/20/1954, Fritz Lang 12/5/1890-8/2/1976, Werner Heisenberg 12/5/1901-2/1/1976, Kate Simon 12/5/1912-2/4/1990, Strom Thurmond 1902, Little Richard 1932, Joan Didion 1934, Calvin Trillin 1935, Morgan Brittany 1951)
Prohibition Repeal Is Ratified at 5:32 PM; Roosevelt Asks Nation to Bar the Saloon (NY Times, December 5, 1933)
* Walt Disney, 65, Dies on Coast; Founded an Empire on a Mouse [12/5/1901-12/15/1966] (NY Times, December 16, 1966)

* Roone Arledge, Pioneering TV Executive, Dies at 71 (By BILL CARTER, Dec. 5, 2002)
U Ne Win, Ex-Strongman of Burma, Dies at 91 (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 5, 2002)
Patrick Cunningham, Leader of Bronx Democrats, Dies at 74 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Dec. 5, 2002)
Achille Castiglioni, 84, Italian Home Designer, Is Dead (By WILLIAM L. HAMILTON, Dec. 5, 2002)
Boris Schapiro, Bridge Player Implicated in Cheating Scandal, 93, Dies (By PAUL LEWIS, Dec. 5, 2002)
Clinton's Nemesis, Starr, Gets Another Day in Court (By NEIL A. LEWIS, Dec. 5, 2002)
A Luminary at Harvard Won't Leave for Princeton [Henry Louis Gates Jr.]
(By JACQUES STEINBERG, Dec. 5, 2002)
Kerrey Debates His Students on Changing Iraqi Regime [New School University]
(By ROBERT F. WORTH, Dec. 5, 2002)
WORLD: Iraq Denounces Visit to Palace by U.N. Team (By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 5, 2002)
* World Survey Says Negative Views of U.S. Are Rising (By ADAM CLYMER, Dec. 5, 2002)
ARREST IN JAKARTA: Indonesia Holds Suspect in Bombings at Bali Clubs (By RAYMOND BONNER, Dec. 5, 2002)
Food Emergency in North Korea Worsens as Donations Dwindle (By JAMES BROOKE, Dec. 5, 2002)
ASIAN ARENA: U.S. Criticizes North Korea for Rejecting Inspections (By DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 5, 2002)
Putin, in India, Asks Pakistanis to End Support for the Militants (By AMY WALDMAN, Dec. 5, 2002)
Uprooted Iraqis See War as Path to Lost Homes (By C. J. CHIVERS, Dec. 5, 2002)
* SOLO JOURNAL: The Coffee Shop King, 80, With Ladies in Waiting (By JANE PERLEZ, Dec. 5, 2002)
GUERRILLA WAR: Islamic Militants Clash With Kurdish Forces in Northern Iraq
(By C. J. CHIVERS, Dec. 5, 2002)
Iraq Official Says Nation Is Armed for War (NY TIMES, Dec. 5, 2002)
Baghdad Stirred U.N.'s Interest in Sites (By JULIA PRESTON, Dec. 5, 2001)
Yale Scholar Gets Cambridge Post [Alison Richard, anthropologist & provost]
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 5, 2002)
* NY REGION: In Simple Pronouns, Clues to Shifting Latino Identity (By JANNY SCOTT, Dec. 5, 2002)
Goat Gone. Will Navy Send in Seals? (By IVER PETERSON, Dec. 5, 2002)
Strawberry Fields Not Forever as Fans Protest a Curfew [John Lennon memorial]
(By COREY KILGANNON, Dec. 5, 2002)
PUBLIC LIVES: The Organizer in a Mission to Salvage Lives [Willa Appel]
(By JOYCE WADLER, Dec. 5, 2002)
SPORTS: Clemens Sits and Awaits a Yank Offer (By TYLER KEPNER, Dec. 5, 2002)
SPORTS: Mets and Phillies Front-Runners for Glavine (By RAFAEL HERMOSO, Dec. 5, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Justice in Egypt (NY TIMES, Dec. 5, 2002)
OP-ED: His Brother's Keeper (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Dec. 5, 2002)
OP-ED: Shaming the Shield (By BOB HERBERT, Dec. 5, 2002)
OP-ED: Can the Supreme Court Change Its Mind? (By KENJI YOSHINO, Dec. 5, 2002)
* OP-ED: Dog's Best Friend (By STEPHEN BUDIANSKY, Dec. 5, 2002)
LETTERS: When Clinton Lectures His Party (By PETER TEAGUE, Dec. 5, 2002)
* LETTERS: Vision of a Better World [Martha Nussbaum on philosopher John Rawls] (By SCOTT DAVID O'REILLY, Dec. 5, 2002)
LETTERS: Dangers of Marijuana (By EDWARD GOGEK, M.D., Dec. 5, 2002)
BUSINESS: Shares Fall on Disney and Hewlett-Packard Warnings
[Dow -5, Nasdaq -19] (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 5, 2002)
U.S. Panel Rejects Plea for Loan Aid by United Airlines (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS with EDWARD WONG, Dec. 5, 2002)
THE IMPACT: Loan Denied, United's Survival Effort Turns Urgent
(By MICHELINE MAYNARD with RIVA D. ATLAS, Dec. 5, 2002)
THE TRAVELERS: In Short Term, Probably Business as Usual (By JOE SHARKEY, Dec. 5, 2002)
Box-Office Letdown for Disney Raises Worry About Animation (By RICK LYMAN, Dec. 5, 2002)
* NEWS ANALYSIS: New Strategy From AOL Leaves Many Unconvinced (By SAUL HANSELL, Dec. 5, 2002)
* Price Is Limiting Demand for Broadband (By SIMON ROMERO, Dec. 5, 2002)
Judge Suggests Sun Cut Claims on Microsoft (By REUTERS, Dec. 5, 2002)
* Help on the Web for Frantic Fliers (By JOE SHARKEY, Dec. 5, 2002)
* ECONOMIC SCENE: When Knowledge Was Spread Around, So Was Prosperity
(By VIRGINIA POSTREL, Dec. 5, 2002)
ARTS ABROAD: Iranian Filmmaker Assists Afghan Cinema's Rebirth (By A. G. BASOLI, Dec. 5, 2002)
BOOKS: 'A DARING YOUNG MAN': From 'Human Comedy' to Self-Made Tragedy
(By JANET MASLIN, Dec. 5, 2002)
MAKING BOOKS: No Buzz Book This Holiday (By MARTIN ARNOLD, Dec. 5, 2002)
* BOOKS: Poetry of Praise for New York City (By MEL GUSSOW, Dec. 5, 2002)
MUSIC: 'MERCY': Few Words in a Poetry of Sound (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Dec. 5, 2002)
MUSIC: SPECULUM MUSICAE: Serious Modernism, Leavened by Fits of Atonal Humor
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Dec. 5, 2002)
OPERA: 'Sophie's Choice' Revisited as Opera (By WARREN HOGE, Dec. 5, 2002)
THEATER: 'OUR TOWN': Life. Death. Life. Death. Yep, Grovers Corners. (By BEN BRANTLEY, Dec. 5, 2002)
TV: 'LIVE FROM BAGHDAD': In the Movie Version, CNN Covers the Gulf War
(By RON WERTHEIMER, Dec. 5, 2002)
* GARDEN NOTEBOOK: What Becomes an Angel Most? [Christmas trees] (By KEN DRUSE, Dec. 5, 2002)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 5, 2002)
The Holiday Card, Set in Motion (By KATIE HAFNER, Dec. 5, 2002)
* Building a Better Cat (By SAUL HANSELL, Dec. 5, 2002)
STATE OF THE ART: DVD + VCR: A Merger That Yields Dividends (By DAVID POGUE, Dec. 5, 2002)
* Online Library Project Plans a Digital and Cultural Trove for Children (By LISA GUERNSEY, Dec. 5, 2002)
WHAT'S NEXT: Radio Transmitters Follow the Bouncing Ball (By IAN AUSTEN, Dec. 5, 2002)
Suicide Bomber Game Tests the Boundaries of Taste (By SAM LUBELL, Dec. 5, 2002)
* Volunteers Are Virtual, but Connections Are Real (By SARAH MILSTEIN, Dec. 5, 2002)
Before Offering Your Services (By SARAH MILSTEIN, Dec. 5, 2002)
ONLINE DIARY: The URL of Sandwich (By PAMELA LiCALZI O'CONNELL, Dec. 5, 2002)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Making Photos Into Cards (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Dec. 5, 2002)
* Making It Easier to Keep Your Web Site Up to Date (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Dec. 5, 2002)
Mickey and Pals Are on the Line [Disney walkie-talkies] (By SARAH MILSTEIN, Dec. 5, 2002)
BASICS: Video Editing at Your Computer (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Dec. 5, 2002)
* Q & A: When You Surf Stores, Stores Are Surfing You (NY TIMES, Dec. 5, 2002)
* SCIENCE: Similarities Found in Mouse Genes and Human's (By NICHOLAS WADE, Dec. 5, 2002)
New Finding on a Chemical in Fast Foods [acrylamide] (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 5, 2002)
2 Studies Point to Altered Approach on Atrial Fibrillation (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Dec. 5, 2002)

Wednesday, December 4, 2002:
On This Day: December 4 (Thomas Carlyle 12/4/1795-2/5/1881, Crazy Horse 12/4/1849-9/5/1877, Lillian Russell 12/4/1861-6/6/1922, Wassily Kandinsky 12/4/1866-12/13/1944, Rainer Maria Rilke 12/4/1875-12/29/1926, Fung Yu-lan 12/4/1875-11/26/1990, Alfred Hershey 12/4/1908-5/22/1997, Jeff Bridges 1949, Tyra Banks 1973)
UNO Bill Approved By Senate, 65 to 7, With One Change (By C. P. TRUSSELL, December 4, 1945)
Out of the Crucible of Civil War, Franco's Iron Hand Forged a Modern Spain [12/4/1892-11/20/1975] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, November 20, 1975)

Henry Chauncey, Founder of the Educational Testing Service, Dies at 97 (By TAMAR LEWIN, Dec. 4, 2002)
* Ivan Illich, 76, Philosopher Who Challenged Status Quo, Is Dead (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Dec. 4, 2002)
Ellen Straus, Dairy Farmer and Avid Environmentalist, 75, Dies (By MARIAN BURROS, Dec. 4, 2002)
John McLucas, Leader of Air Force, Dies at 82 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Dec. 4, 2002)
Joanna Bistany, 55, TV News Executive, Is Dead (NY TIMES, Dec. 4, 2002)
SECURITY: Confiscated at Airports: Knives, Guns and a Brick (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 4, 2002)
Clinton Says Party Failed Midterm Test Over Security Issue (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Dec. 4, 2002)
Election Near, Bush Stumps in Louisiana (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Dec. 4, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: The Legacy of Lewis F. Powell Jr. (By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Dec. 4, 2002)
LESSONS: For Head Start Children, Their Turn at Testing (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Dec. 4, 2002)
Advocates for Animals Turn Attention to Chickens (By ELIZABETH BECKER, Dec. 4, 2002)
Police Chief in Los Angeles Seeks Help With Gangs (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 4, 2002)
WORLD: Turkey Saying No to Accepting G.I.'s in Large Numbers (By MICHAEL R. GORDON with ERIC SCHMITT, Dec. 4, 2002)
ARTICLESaudi Officials Defend Record Against Terror (By JAMES DAO, Dec. 4, 2002)
BAGHDAD: Iraq Denies Inspectors' Charge of Breach (By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 4, 2002)
GROUSE MOUNTAIN JOURNAL: On This Chick's Future, a Species Could Depend [spotted owl]
(By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, Dec. 4, 2002)
Test of Power: Inspectors Tour an Iraqi Palace (By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 4, 2002)
* China Has World's Tightest Internet Censorship, Study Finds (By JOSEPH KAHN, Dec. 4, 2002)
NY REGION: Columbia to Study Evacuation Procedures (By EDWARD WYATT, Dec. 4, 2002)
High Security Trips Up Some Irradiated Patients, Doctors Say (By AL BAKER, Dec. 4, 2002)
Women's College's Tips to Get a Man to Apply (By MAREK FUCHS, Dec. 4, 2002)
BOLDFACE NAMES: Dynasties, Dynasties [Forbes's Napoleon III] (By JAMES BARRON, Dec. 4, 2002)
SPORTS: Mets Present Glavine With a Better Offer (By RAFAEL HERMOSO, Dec. 4, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Campaign Reform on Trial (NY TIMES, Dec. 4, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Subsidizing Terrorism (NY TIMES, Dec. 4, 2002)
OP-ED: Win One Like the Gipper (By MAUREEN DOWD, Dec. 4, 2002)
OP-ED: An Islamic Reformation (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Dec. 4, 2002)
OP-ED: Real Options for School Choice (By GOODWIN LIU, Dec. 4, 2002)
OP-ED: Pricing the Ballgame (By ROBERT H. FRANK, Dec. 4, 2002)
LETTERS: Race and College Admissions (By ARLENE WILLIAMS, et. al., Dec. 4, 2002)
LETTERS: Danger Ahead: Driver on the Phone (By MARTIN A. GOLDBERG, et. al., Dec. 4, 2002)
LETTERS: Deer or Man: Who's the Greater Pest? (By STANLEY M. RENKA, Dec. 4, 2002)
BUSINESS: AOL Time Warner's Warning About Advertising Sends Shares Down
[Dow -120, Nasdaq -36] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 4, 2002)
* Competition Forces AOL to Emphasize Faster Links (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and SAUL HANSELL, Dec. 4, 2002)
* Online Survivor: A Parent Comes to the Aid of Its Wayward Child (By DAVID CARR & BILL CARTER, Dec. 4, 2002)
Judge Explores Sun Challenge of Microsoft (By REUTERS, Dec. 4, 2002)
ADVERTISING: Fast Food and the Obesity Problem (By NAT IVES, Dec. 4, 2002)
Swiss Won't Yield on Secrecy, Stalling Bank Plan (By ALISON LANGLEY, Dec. 4, 2002)
ARTS ABROAD: In a Spanish Reality TV Show, Even the Losers Win (By EMMA DALY, Dec. 4, 2002)
* BOOKS: Nobel Hero Insists Hungary Face Its Past (By ALAN RIDING, Dec. 4, 2002)
BOOKS: 'REGIONS OF THE GREAT HERESY': His Art Could Not Save Him From an Era's Evil
(By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Dec. 4, 2002)
DANCE: TRISHA BROWN: Spare Look, Stark Poems and Sad Songs (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Dec. 4, 2002)
FILM: 'MASSOUD, THE AFGHAN': Tragic Saga of a Soldier, a Fighting Afghan 'Lion'
(By A. O. SCOTT, Dec. 4, 2002)
POP: MANDY PATINKIN: Evening in the Mind With Mandy (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Dec. 4, 2002)
ROCK: JAGUARES: Rooted in Mexico, a Band With International Flair (By JON PARELES, Dec. 4, 2002)
THEATER: 'CROWNS': Using Hats Seriously but in Fun (By BRUCE WEBER, Dec. 4, 2002)
THEATER CRITIC: Starlight Illuminates the West End, but the Wattage Varies Widely
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Dec. 4, 2002)
THEATER: A Broadway Memorial? That's Entertainment (By JESSE McKINLEY, Dec. 4, 2002)
FOOD: It Takes More Than Crayfish to Make a Cajun Wiggle (By R. W. APPLE Jr., Dec. 4, 2002)
* FOOD CHAIN: Almond Paste and Marzipan (By DENISE LANDIS, Dec. 4, 2002)
A Perfectionist Does It His Way [Jeffrey Steingarten] (By ALEX WITCHEL, Dec. 4, 2002)
A Holiday Banquet for Readers [cookbooks] (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Dec. 4, 2002)
THE CHEF: A Primer on the Half Shell [3 recipes] (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Dec. 4, 2002)
THE MINIMALIST: For Tasty Curry, Ban the Can [recipe] (By MARK BITTMAN, Dec. 4, 2002)
With Pancakes, Every Day Is Sunday [2 recipes] (By LUCIAN K. TRUSCOTT IV, Dec. 4, 2002)
RESTAURANTS: Only the Food Speaks Italian. That's Enough. (By ERIC ASIMOV, Dec. 4, 2002)
* SCIENCE: Mouse Genome to Be Made Public, an Aid to Human Studies (By NICHOLAS WADE, Dec. 4, 2002)
HEALTH: Investigators Find Repeated Deception in Ads for Drugs (By ROBERT PEAR, Dec. 4, 2002)

Tuesday, December 3, 2002:
On This Day: December 3 (Gilbert Stuart 12/3/1755-7/9/1828, George B. McClellan 12/3/1826-10/29/1885, Cleveland Abbe 12/3/1838-10/28/1916, Charles A. Pillsbury 12/3/1842-9/17/1899, Ellen Swallow Richards 12/3/1842-3/30/1911, Joseph Conrad 12/3/1857-8/1924, Anton von Werbern 12/3/1883-9/15/1945, Richard Kuhn 12/3/1900-8/1/1967, John von Neumann 12/3/1903-2/8/1957, Andy Williams 1927, Jean-Luc Godard 1930)
Gas Leak in Bhopal India Kills More Than 4000 (By ANJOY HAZARIKA, December 3, 1984)
* Anna Freud, Psychoanalyst, Dies in London at 86 [12/3/1895-10/9/1982] (By REUTERS, October 10, 1982)

Dave McNally, Early Free Agent, Dies at 60 [Baltimore Orioles 184-119] (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Dec. 3, 2002)
Harold Howe II, 84, Fighter Against Segregated Schools, Is Dead (By WOLFGANG SAXONy, Dec. 3, 2002)
Eugene Gregorie, Automobile Designer, Dies at 94 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 3, 2002)
Billie Bird Sellen, Comedienne and Actress, Dies at 94 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 3, 2002)
Edward Burling Jr., Senior Partner at a Top Law Firm, 94, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Dec. 3, 2002)
NATIONAL: For Boston Archdiocese, Bankruptcy Would Have Drawbacks (By PAM BELLUCK and ADAM LIPTAK, Dec. 3, 2002)
Inspectors Board a Cruise Ship Hit by Illness (By REUTERS, Dec. 3, 2002)
Failing and Frustrated, School Tries Even F's (By SARA RIMER, Dec. 3, 2002)
WORLD: Equipment Missing at Iraqi Missile Development Plant (By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 3, 2002)
U.S. Says Evidence Links Attack in Kenya With Qaeda Operation (By DAVID JOHNSTON, Dec. 3, 2002)
THE ALLIES: U.S. Presses Turkey's Case on Europe and Cyprus Issues (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Dec. 3, 2002)
KABUL: Afghans Plan a New Army of 70,000 (By MARK LANDLER, Dec. 3, 2002)
Putin and Chinese Leader Pledge Friendship and Caution North Korea on Nuclear Arms (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Dec. 3, 2002)
Europe Outlaws Tobacco Ads in Magazines and Newspapers (By PAUL MELLER, Dec. 3, 2002)
Brazilian Rallying Neighbors Ahead of Meeting With Bush (By LARRY ROHTER, Dec. 3, 2002)
Museum in Rotterdam Robbed of Diamonds (By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Dec. 3, 2002)
JIDDA JOURNAL: Underneath, Saudi Women Keep Their Secrets (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Dec. 3, 2002)
* New Athens Mayor Embodies a New Greece [Dora Bakoyanni] (By FRANK BRUNI, Dec. 3, 2002)
* A Telling North Korean Journey (By JAMES BROOKE, Dec. 3, 2002)
A Mexican Daily's Downfall (By TIM WEINER, Dec. 3, 2002)
PUBLIC RELATIONS: Saudi Tries to Calm U.S. Opinion (By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, Dec. 3, 2002)
THE PRESIDENT: 'Not Encouraging,' Bush Says of Iraq on Arms Demands
(By DAVID E. SANGER & RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Dec. 3, 2002)
OUTSIDE BAGHDAD: Kurds Keep a Wary Eye on the Iraq Border, Open for Now (By C. J. CHIVERS, Dec. 3, 2002)
THE ACCUSATIONS: Britain Issues File on Iraq's 'Unique Horror' (By WARREN HOGE, Dec. 3, 2002)
GERM WEAPONS: C.I.A. Hunts Iraq Tie to Soviet Smallpox (By JUDITH MILLER, Dec. 3, 2002)
TOURISM: It's Business Almost as Usual at Mombasa's Beach Resorts (By MARC LACEY and DEXTER FILKINS, Dec. 3, 2002)
NY REGION: Trade Center Designs Will Be Shown Dec. 18 (By EDWARD WYATT, Dec. 3, 2002)
TUNNEL VISION: Watching the Trains Go by, and Seeing Plenty (By RANDY KENNEDY, Dec. 3, 2002)
Selling the Celluloid City, with Style [Katherine Oliver] (By GLENN COLLINS, Dec. 3, 2002)
* In Forensic Science Class, Dead Men Do Tell Tales (By JANE GROSS, Dec. 3, 2002)
NYC: Taxation Without Caffeination (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Dec. 3, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Henry Kissinger's Entangling Ties (NY TIMES, Dec. 3, 2002)
OP-ED: Hey, Lucky Duckies! (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Dec. 3, 2002)
OP-ED: Will China Blindside the West? (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Dec. 3, 2002)
OP-ED: Keeping Momentum on the Energy Bill (By BOB KERREY, Dec. 3, 2002)
* OP-ED: To Encourage Great Art, Help Great Artists (By RAYMOND J. LEARSY, Dec. 3, 2002)
* OP-ED: The Secret Life of Henry Kissinger (By NEAL POLLACK, Dec. 3, 2002)
LETTERS: The Political Will to Fight AIDS (By JOHN JUECH, et. al., Dec. 3, 2002)
LETTERS: Transcend Tragedy: Rebuild the Towers (By DANIEL WOODARD, Dec. 3, 2002)
LETTERS: Calling Iraqi Defectors (By ILYA SHLYAKHTER, Dec. 3, 2002)
LETTERS: Joy Amid the Sadness [Hanukkah & Dementia] (STEVEN A. LUDSIN, Dec. 3, 2002)
BUSINESS: Blue-Chip Shares Fall, While Technology Issues Gain
[Dow -34, Nasdaq +6] (By REUTERS, Dec. 3, 2002)
* Net Shopping Begins Surge for Holidays (By SAUL HANSELL, Dec. 3, 2002)
* Big Sales Draw Crowds, Not Big Gains for Retailers (By TRACIE ROZHON, Dec. 3, 2002)
* AOL to Announce New Focus on High-Speed Internet Service (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Dec. 3, 2002)
* AOL Shares Fall After It Offers Dim Revenue Forecast (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Dec. 3, 2002)
* MARKET PLACE: A Gift Raises Questions on Computer Associates (By ALEX BERENSON, Dec. 3, 2002)
Airport Problems Seem to Be on the Wane (By JOE SHARKEY, Dec. 3, 2002)
BUSINESS TRAVEL: Travel Agencies Woo Small-Business Clients (By JANE L. LEVERE, Dec. 3, 2002)
ON THE ROAD: Travelers Who Stick to the Ground (By JOE SHARKEY, Dec. 3, 2002)
IN OAKLAND: Stalwart Anchor City for Bay Area Economy (By MARK A. STEIN, Dec. 3, 2002)
Doing Business by Cellphone Creates New Liability Issues (By JONATHAN D. GLATER, Dec. 3, 2002)
A Call for Universal Health Care in California (By MILT FREUDENHEIM, Dec. 3, 2002)
* South Korea's Bane, in One Word: Plastic [credit card binge] (By JAMES BROOKE, Dec. 3, 2002)
Xerox Says New Material Will Allow Plastic Transistors (By JOHN MARKOFF, Dec. 3, 2002)
ADVERTISING: Fuji to Focus on Everyday Moments (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Dec. 3, 2002)
ARTS ABROAD: Singapore Offers an Architectural Symbol for the Arts (By WAYNE ARNOLD, Dec. 3, 2002)
* ART: Riding Out the Storms in a Moscow Museum [Irina A. Antonova] (By CELESTINE BOHLEN, Dec. 3, 2002)
ART CRITIC: How Masks Can Amplify as Well as Conceal (By ROBERTA SMITH, Dec. 3, 2002)
ARTS: Scratching Without Vinyl: A Hip-Hop Revolution (By MICHAEL ENDELMAN, Dec. 3, 2002)
ART: Settlement on Painting Captured in Holocaust (By CELESTINE BOHLEN, Dec. 3, 2002)
BOOKS: 'SAMUEL PEPYS': Live Life in the Moment, and Relish Every Detail
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Dec. 3, 2002)
DANCE: Little Flowers Are Budding on Ballet's Family Tree (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Dec. 3, 2002)
FILM CRITIC: Where a Film's Gooey Bits Are the Real Showstoppers (By SARAH BOXER, Dec. 3, 2002)
MUSIC: CONVIVIUM: Love's Echoes Leap From Couperin to Fragonard (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Dec. 3, 2002)
THEATER CORRESPONDENT: Play? Opera? A Challenge to Daunt the Eye and Ear
(By JOHN ROCKWELL, Dec. 3, 2002)
* TV: Trudeau Chat Offers Koppel and His Style a Showcase (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Dec. 3, 2002)
FASHION: Staying Warm and Fuzzy During Uncertain Times (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Dec. 3, 2002)
* SCIENCE: Visiting Bismarck, Explorers Revise Its Story [sunken warship] (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Dec. 3, 2002)
* A Carbon-Atom Combo: Diamonds Found in Crude Oil (By KENNETH CHANG, Dec. 3, 2002)
Can Global Warming Be Studied Too Much? (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Dec. 3, 2002)
Experts Question Authenticity of Bone Box for `Brother of Jesus' (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Dec. 3, 2002)
New Help for Nassau Grouper, a Sitting Duck Facing Extinction (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Dec. 3, 2002)
OBSERVATORY: Those Days of Old (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Dec. 3, 2002)
Q & A: Tracking the Wild Flu (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Dec. 3, 2002)
* HEALTH: On Display: An Inside Look at the Body [www.nlm.nih.gov] (NY TIMES, Dec. 3, 2002)
A CONVERSATION WITH | DAVID ROPEIK: The Fear Factor Meets Its Match (By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, Dec. 3, 2002)
A DOCTOR'S JOURNAL: In Pain Clinic, Fruit, Candy and Relief (By BEN DAITZ, Dec. 3, 2002)
Patch Raises New Hope for Beating Depression (By MARY DUFFY, Dec. 3, 2002)
To Prevent Sexual Abuse, Abusers Step Forward (By LINDA VILLAROSA, Dec. 3, 2002)
* BOOKS ON HEALTH: What's Normal? A Look at Asperger Syndrome (By DAVID CORCORAN, Dec. 3, 2002)
PERSONAL HEALTH: Dietary Advice Takes On Mediterranean Flavor (By JANE E. BRODY, Dec. 3, 2002)
CASES: Playing Ambulance Roulette (By SANDEEP JAUHAR, M.D. and NORMA KELLER, M.D., Dec. 3, 2002)
VITAL SIGNS: Patterns: For Colic, Don't Blame Parents (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Dec. 3, 2002)
Prevention: 9-1-1 as Lifesaver in Heart Attacks (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Dec. 3, 2002)
Testing: Mixed Review for Prostate Exams (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Dec. 3, 2002)
At Risk: Fertility and the Mountain Biker (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Dec. 3, 2002)

Monday, December 2, 2002:
On This Day: December 2 (Georges Seurat 12/2/1859-3/29/1891, Charles Ringling 12/2/1863-12/3/1926, George Richards Minot 12/2/1885-2/25/1950, Sir John Barbirolli 12/2/1899-7/29/1970, Gianni Versace 12/2/1946-7/15/1997, Adolp Green 1915, Alexander Haig 1924, Julie Harris 1925, Stone Phillips 1954, Tracy Austin 1962, Britney Spears 1981)
Final Vote Condemns M'Carthy, 67-22, For Abusing Senate and Committee (By ANTHONY LEVIERO, December 2, 1954)
Maria Callas, 53, Is Dead of Heart Attack in Paris [12/2/1923-9/16/1977] (By RAYMOND ERICSON, September 17, 1977)

Edward L. Beach, Author and First Round-the-World Submariner, Dies at 84 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Dec. 2, 2002)
Charles Dupuis, 84, Publisher Who Introduced the Smurfs, Dies (By ERIC P. NASH, Dec. 2, 2002)
Ernest S. Leiser, Producer Who Helped CBS News Move to TV, Dies at 81 (By ROBERT F. WORTH, Dec. 2, 2002)
Amilcar de Castro, 82, Brazilian Sculptor Known for Works in Iron, Is Dead (By SIMON ROMERO, Dec. 2, 2002)
* NATIONAL: With No Answers on Risks, Steroid Users Still Say 'Yes' (By GINA KOLATA, Dec. 2, 2002)
These Supplements Are Sold Nearly Everywhere, but Are They Safe? (By TIMOTHY EGAN, Dec. 2, 2002)
Bankruptcy Said Likely for Boston's Archdiocese (By PAM BELLUCK, Dec. 2, 2002)
After Ship Is Scrubbed, 1,250 Passengers Step Up (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Dec. 2, 2002)
* What Would Dewey Do? Libraries Grapple With Internet (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Dec. 2, 2002)
F.B.I., Under Outside Pressure, Gets Inside Push (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Dec. 2, 2002)
Anger Greets Plan to Raise Long-Steady Toll [Michigan's 5-mile-long Mackinac Bridge]
(NY TIMES, Dec. 2, 2002)
Kissinger Promises to Drop Clients if Interests Conflict (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Dec. 2, 2002)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: When Bush Picks Up a Pen, He Drops Names (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Dec. 2, 2002)
Ex-Aide Insists White House Puts Politics Ahead of Policy (By, Dec. 2, 2002)
Senator Kerry Plans First Step to Presidency (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 2, 2002)
WORLD: Russia Battles Video Piracy; But the Pirates Shoot Back (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Dec. 2, 2002)
DIPLOMACY: Iraq's Neighbors Seem to Be Ready to Support a War
(By MICHAEL R. GORDON with NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Dec. 2, 2002)
HUNT FOR WEAPONS: U.N. Team Gets to Work, Wary of Both Iraq and U.S. (By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 2, 2002)
THE VICTIMS: Mourners at Israeli Funeral Lament a Conflict With No Bounds (By MICHAEL WINES, Dec. 2, 2002)
ASIA-PACIFIC: Startling His Neighbors, Australian Leader Favors First Strikes
(By JOHN SHAW, Dec. 2, 2002)
WARLORDS: Warring Afghan Factions Fire on Green Berets, but They Pay a Price (By CARLOTTA GALL, Dec. 2, 2002)
47 Are Killed in Fire at Crowded Nightclub in Venezuelan Capital (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 2, 2002)
Poor in India Starve as Surplus Wheat Rots (By AMY WALDMAN, Dec. 2, 2002)
ATHENS JOURNAL: The Priests in Black Yearn for Unorthodox Attire (By FRANK BRUNI, Dec. 2, 2002)
* Bali's Broken Economy: As Fragile as an Eggshell (By JANE PERLEZ, Dec. 2, 2002)
THE INVESTIGATION: Witnesses Describe Their Glimpses of Suspects in Attacks in Kenya
(By MARC LACEY and DEXTER FILKINS, Dec. 2, 2002)
JERUSALEM: Israel Keeps Suspicion for Attacks on Qaeda (By IAN FISHER, Dec. 2, 2002)
Allied Planes Bomb Site in Southern Iraq (By REUTERS, Dec. 2, 2002)
NY REGION: Killing With Kindness? [deer hunting] (By KIRK JOHNSON, Dec. 2, 2002)
Reconsidering Other Verdicts in Jogger Case (By KEVIN FLYNN and JIM DWYER, Dec. 2, 2002)
He's a Joker, His Mother Says, Not a Bus-Driving Taliban Terrorist (By CECILIA M. VEGA, Dec. 2, 2002)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary: (By JOE ROGERS, Dec. 2, 2002)
* OP-ED: Well, Hello, Henry (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Dec. 2, 2002)
OP-ED: For Struggling States, All Solutions Point to Washington (By BOB HERBERT, Dec. 2, 2002)
BUSINESS: Black Market for Software Is Sidestepping Export Controls (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec. 2, 2002)
'Lizzie McGuire' Has Become a Hot Disney Brand (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Dec. 2, 2002)
* Deal Hunting for Holidays Pushes Sales Into High Gear (By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Dec. 2, 2002)
* AOL Chairman Fights Back as Problems Surround Him (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Dec. 2, 2002)
* Offers for AOL Online Unit Were Rejected (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Dec. 2, 2002)
Fewer Media Owners, More Media Choices (By JIM RUTENBERG, Dec. 2, 2002)
* An Uneven Road to Respectability for The San Francisco Chronicle (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Dec. 2, 2002)
Japan's Cellphone Giant Casts a Paler Shadow (By KEN BELSON, Dec. 2, 2002)
Russia in Energy Talks With China (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Dec. 2, 2002)
Firm Said to Buy Vitamin Shoppe [Bear, Stearns & Co pays $310 million] (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Dec. 2, 2002)
PATENTS: Earrings in Sync With the Heart (By SABRA CHARTRAND, Dec. 2, 2002)
Errors in Some Web Stock Lists (By JENNIFER BAYOT, Dec. 2, 2002)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: Online Shopping Headed Toward a Strong Season [$13.1 billion]
(By BOB TEDESCHI, Dec. 2, 2002)
Geraldo Rivera Is Adamant: Reporter Erred (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Dec. 2, 2002)
ADVERTISING: Not Everyone Celebrates the Holidays With a Tree (By KAREN J. BANNAN, Dec. 2, 2002)
BOOKS: A Techno Update for a Femme Fatale and a Fall Guy
[Richard Dooling, "Bet Your Life"] (By JANET MASLIN, Dec. 2, 2002)
DANCE: 'NUTCRACKER': A Holiday Classic's Ever Tender Coziness (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Dec. 2, 2002)
DANCE: CATHY WEIS: Imagination Captured by Movement, Sound and Imagery (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Dec. 2, 2002)
DANCE: They Took the First Steps in Making Dance Modern
[May O'Donnell & Doris Hering] (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Dec. 2, 2002)
DANCE: JAZZ TAP ENSEMBLE: Strolling to a Pleasant Party, Celebrating California Casual
(By JACK ANDERSON, Dec. 2, 2002)
* FILM: Spielberg Recalls His Childhood, in Color Green (By SARAH BOXER, Dec. 2, 2002)
MUSIC: For Philip Glass, It's All About Endurance, Not Virtuosity (By ALLAN KOZINN, Dec. 2, 2002)
ROCK: SONIC YOUTH: A Band Finds the Music in Its Music (By BEN RATLIFF, Dec. 2, 2002)
THEATER: 'MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA': All Too Human Frailty in Olympian Household
(By BRUCE WEBER, Dec. 2, 2002)
TV: 'TAKEN': An Alien Abduction Can Complicate Your Life (By JAMES GORMAN, Dec. 2, 2002)
* WRITERS ON WRITING: Seeking a Vision of Truth, Guided by a Higher Power (By JAMES LEE BURKE, Dec. 2, 2002)

Sunday, December 1, 2002:
On This Day: December 1 (Étienne-Maurice Falconet 12/1/1716-1/24/1791, Martin Klaproth 12/1/1743-1/1/1817, Marie Tussaud 12/1/1761-4/16/1850, Red Stout 12/1/1886-10/27/1975, Walter Alston 12/1/1911-10/1/1984, Minoru Yamasaki 12/1/1912-2/6/1986, Mary Martin 12/1/1913-11/3/1990, Stansfield Turner 1923, Lou Rawls 1935, Lee Trevino 1939, Dianne Lennon 1939, Richard Pryor 1940, Bette Midler 1945, Charlene Tilton 1958, Carol Alt 1960)
12-Nation Pact Makes Antarctic Science Reserve (By WALTER SULLIVAN, December 1, 1959)
Gerard Swope, 84, Ex-General Electric Head, Dies [12/1/1872-11/20/1957] (NY Times, November 21, 1957)

Noel Regney, 80, Songwriter Known for "Do You Hear What I Hear," Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Dec. 1, 2002)
* Philip B. Meggs, 60, Educator and Historian of Graphic Design, Dies (By STEVEN HELLER, Dec. 1, 2002)
George Hall, 85, Broadway Character Actor, Is Dead (NY TIMES, Dec. 1, 2002)
* NATIONAL: It Wasn't the Big One, but Many Tremors Scare California (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Dec. 1, 2002)
ECONOMIC PULSE: Recession Strikes Texas, but Not in Oil-Bust Way (By JIM YARDLEY, Dec. 1, 2002)
They Brake for Turtles in Padre Island Park (By BLAINE HARDEN, Dec. 1, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Clean-Air Battlefield (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Dec. 1, 2002)
Supreme Court Could Opt for a Momentous Term (By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Dec. 1, 2002)
EDUCATION: Debate on War With Iraq Is Entering the Classroom (By LYNETTE CLEMETSON, Dec. 1, 2002)
Bill to Help Save Civil War Battlefields (NY TIMES, Dec. 1, 2002)
Ship With Sick Passengers Returns to Port (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 1, 2002)
New Life for Resting Place of Hollywood Stars (By CHARLIE LeDUFF, Dec. 1, 2002)
Endangered Fly Stalls Some California Projects (NY TIMES, Dec. 1, 2002)
WORLD: After Blast, Kenya Reviews Qaeda's Trail in East Africa
(By MARC LACEY with BENJAMIN WEISER, Dec. 1, 2002)
READINESS: U.S. Is Preparing Base in Gulf State to Run Iraq War (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Dec. 1, 2002)
THE MONEY TRAIL: Saudis Called Slow to Help Stem Terror Finances (By JEFF GERTH and JUDITH MILLER, Dec. 1, 2002)
ASIAN ARENA: U.S. and Philippines May Start Training Mission (By ERIC SCHMITT with CARLOS H. CONDE, Dec. 1, 2002)
Pakistan Islamists Agree to Share Power (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 1, 2002)
Japan Riveted by Family Drama of Kidnapping Victims (By JAMES BROOKE, Dec. 1, 2002)
* A Friend in India to All the World [Sri Sathya Sai Baba] (By KEITH BRADSHER, Dec. 1, 2002)
HUNT FOR WEAPONS: Pattern of Iraqi Cooperation Shifts as a Plant Is Searched
(By JOHN F. BURNS, Dec. 1, 2002)
Kenya's Muslims: Resentments Both Local and International (By DEXTER FILKINS, Dec. 1, 2002)
U.S. Farmers Put Down Roots in Brazilian Soil (By SIMON ROMERO, Dec. 1, 2002)
Mexico's Amber Miners Find Risk, Not Riches (By TIM WEINER, Dec. 1, 2002)
NY REGION: Planners Vow to Cooperate in Rebuilding Trade Center (By EDWARD WYATT, Dec. 1, 2002)
SHADOW OF DOUBT: New Light on Jogger's Rape Calls Evidence Into Question
(By JIM DWYER and KEVIN FLYNN, Dec. 1, 2002)
What Kind of Businessman Raises Your Taxes? (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Dec. 1, 2002)
Passion, Soaring Arias and a Noble Clip-Clop (By JAMES BARRON, Dec. 1, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Shrinking Glaciers (NY TIMES Dec. 1, 2002)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Reliving World War II With a Captain America of a Different Color
(By BRENT STAPLES, Dec. 1, 2002)
OP-ED: AIDS Is Not a Death Sentence (By WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, Dec. 1, 2002)
OP-ED: 'Sodom' Hussein's Iraq (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Dec. 1, 2002)
OP-ED: He's Ba-a-ack! [Henry Kissinger] (By MAUREEN DOWD, Dec. 1, 2002)
LETTERS: Get the Weight Off: Healthy Ideas (By IRENE N. SILLS, et. al., M.D, Dec. 1, 2002)
LETTERS: Judging a Leader's Record, Not His Smile (By DAN CARSEN, Dec. 1, 2002)
* BUSINESS: Errors in Online Stock Quotes (By JENNIFER BAYOT, Dec. 1, 2002)
PRIVATE SECTOR: A Shaker, Not a Stirrer, at Revlon (By JENNIFER BAYOT, Dec. 1, 2002)
S.E.C. Facing Deeper Trouble (By STEPHEN LABATON, Dec. 1, 2002)
* Scholarly Mentor to Bush's Team [Martin S. Feldstein] (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Dec. 1, 2002)
Two Families, Two Empires and One Big Brawl at the Mall (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Dec. 1, 2002)
For Wary Argentines, the Crops Are Cash (By LESLIE MOORE, Dec. 1, 2002)
Stepping Up in TV, Without Stepping on Toes (By NEAL KOCH, Dec. 1, 2002)
ECONOMIC VIEW: A Scramble for Goodies Means They Will Go Fast (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Dec. 1, 2002)
ON THE CONTRARY: An Economy to Be Thankful For (By DANIEL AKST, Dec. 1, 2002)
* Rush to Safety on College Savings (By JOHN KIMELMAN, Dec. 1, 2002)
MARKET INSIGHT: As States Struggle, What About Their Bonds? (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Dec. 1, 2002)
* STRATEGIES: 16-Year Slump? If So, Blame It on the Boomers (By MARK HULBERT, Dec. 1, 2002)
INVESTING WITH: Todger Anderson and William S. Chester Westcore, Midco Growth Fund
(By CAROLE GOULD, Dec. 1, 2002)
Logistical Expertise Commands a Premium (By ELIZABETH KELLEHER, Dec. 1, 2002)
* LOVE & MONEY: Taking Comfort in a New Frugality (By ELLYN SPRAGINS, Dec. 1, 2002)
* SENIORITY: To Stop Aging, First Stop Fighting [human growth hormone] (By FRED BROCK, Dec. 1, 2002)
EXECUTIVE LIFE: As Boards Regroup, More Women Join (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Dec. 1, 2002)
* THE BOSS: Speaking Mind to Mind [Lotus Notes creator, Ray Ozzie] (By RAY OZZIE Written with Glenn Rifkin, Dec. 1, 2002)
BUSINESS DIARY: For Most Employees, Bonuses Take a Holiday (By VIVIAN MARINO, Dec. 1, 2002)
* INVESTING DIARY: Still Ahead of the Market and Revising His List [Bill Miller, Legg Mason]
(By JEFF SOMMER, Dec. 1, 2002)
* PERSONAL BUSINESS DIARY: Building a Better Wall Around Your Name (By VIVIAN MARINO, Dec. 1, 2002)
Pentagon's Urgent Search for Speed (By JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr., Dec. 1, 2002)
MARKET WATCH: Why Don't Mutual Funds Vote in the Sunlight? (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Dec. 1, 2002)
* ARTS: The Acts of Devotion Begin With the Doors [sculptor Robert Graham]
(By JOSEPH GIOVANNINI, Dec. 1, 2002)
ART: A 'Nothing Who Became Something': An Artist [Hans Krüsi] (By EDWARD M. GOMEZ, Dec. 1, 2002)
ARTS: Darned Cute: Portraits of a Simian Subspecies (By LINDA YABLONSKY, Dec. 1, 2002)
* DANCE: Her Career-After-a-Career: Showing the Way [Ann Reinking] (By KATHRYN SHATTUCK, Dec. 1, 2002)
DANCE: A Baritone Who Dances, Too? Well, Not Quite, but Almost (By MATTHEW GUREWITSCH, Dec. 1, 2002)
FILM: The 'I' Cure for Writer's Block (By, Dec. 1, 2002)
* FILM: Shows of Passion, Afire Or Bottled Up [Diane Lane] (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Dec. 1, 2002)
FILM: Going to Afghanistan in Search of a Hero (By NANCY RAMSEY, Dec. 1, 2002)
FILM: RUSHES: A Welcome Strangeness (By KAREN DURBIN, Dec. 1, 2002)
FILM: All Right, You Try: Adaptation Isn't Easy (By STEPHEN SCHIFF, Dec. 1, 2002)
MUSIC: The Mariah Carey Story Isn't Over (By KELEFA SANNEH, Dec. 1, 2002)
MUSIC: A Restless Mind Returns to 'Macbeth' [Yukio Ninagawa] (By KEN BELSON, Dec. 1, 2002)
* MUSIC RECORDINGS: Sound to Fill a Church, or a World [organ] (By JOHN ROCKWELL, Dec. 1, 2002)
MUSIC RECORDINGS: '4 Saints,' Yes, but 2 Sides (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Dec. 1, 2002)
MUSIC RECORDINGS: Rattle Raps, and 12 Cellists Serenade (By MICHAEL BECKERMAN, Dec. 1, 2002)
MUSIC RECORDINGS: In a Market Grown Stingy, Mahler Still Trickles Down (By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Dec. 1, 2002)
MUSIC SPINS: Brothers in Pain and Passion, Walking an Old R&B Road (By BEN RATLIFF, Dec. 1, 2002)
MUSIC: In Their New Albums, the Divas Try to Be Divaesque (By JON PARELES, Dec. 1, 2002)
* MUSIC: Messiaen's Big Adventure [Christopher Taylo & mystical music] (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Dec. 1, 2002)
MUSIC: Bach Aside, the Organ Swings Again (By BEN WALTZER, Dec. 1, 2002)
* THEATER: In an Ordinary Place, a Playwright Found the Eternal [Thorton Wilder]
(By DONALD H. WOLFE, Dec. 1, 2002)
THEATER: A Hate-Crime Drama Becomes a Stage for Discussion (By DON SHEWEY, Dec. 1, 2002)
THEATER: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and 'Our Town' (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Dec. 1, 2002)
TV: Too Good (or at Least Different) for Their Own Good (By CRAIG TOMASHOFF, Dec. 1, 2002)
TV: A Video Variety You Won't See on MTV (By DAVID FINKLE, Dec. 1, 2002)
TV: A Melancholy Tale of Two Brothers (By MIKE HALE, Dec. 1, 2002)
STYLE: PETROPOLIS: Fido Is Having a Senior Moment (By JULIE V. IOVINE, Dec. 1, 2002)
With Her, Wearing the Right Hat Is a Religious Experience (By ALEX WITCHEL, Dec. 1, 2002)
NOTICED: They Got Mail: Not-So-Fond Farewells (By KATHERINE ROSMAN, Dec. 1, 2002)
Kinky? You Bet Your Zippered Panties (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Dec. 1, 2002)
GOOD COMPANY: Good Ole Boys and Urbane Yankees Mingle Over Barbecue on Wheels
(By ANDREY SLIVKA, Dec. 1, 2002)
A NIGHT OUT WITH Lena Olin (By HILARY DE VRIES, Dec. 1, 2002)
THE AGE OF DISSONANCE: Caution: Entering List Season (By BOB MORRIS, Dec. 1, 2002)
POSSESSED: Now a Few Words in Defense of Worldly Things (By DAVID COLMAN, Dec. 1, 2002)
BOITE: Where Partying Means a Good Night's Sleep [Seven 2 One] (By KERRY SHAW, Dec. 1, 2002)
VOWS: Jennifer Gilbert and Bennett Egeth (By ELAINE LOUIE, Dec. 1, 2002)
TRAVEL: Where Style Is Not So Steep (By TERRY TRUCCO, Dec. 1, 2002)
A Buffet of Luxury in New York (By ALEX WARD, Dec. 1, 2002)
WHAT'S DOING: In Geneva (By CORINNE LaBALME, Dec. 1, 2002)
The Riches of the $12 Room [Hotel Sanafir, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt] (By DAISANN McLANE, Dec. 1, 2002)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 1, 2002)
THIRD FRONT: Israel's War Is Like America's. With a Difference. (By JAMES BENNET, Dec. 1, 2002)
Emmett Till's Long Shadow (By RICK BRAGG, Dec. 1, 2002)
Millions for Defense, Barely a Penny for Djibouti (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Dec. 1, 2002)
Even for $25 Million, Still No Osama bin Laden (By JOHN TIERNEY, Dec. 1, 2002)
THE BIG PICTURE: H.I.V., From Mother to Daughter (NY TIMES, Dec. 1, 2002)
PERSPECTIVE ON THE PRESS: Fox News Moves From the Margins to the Mainstream
(By ALEX S. JONES, Dec. 1, 2002)
Kissinger Is Now Leading a Tell-All Panel (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Dec. 1, 2002)
* Why Is Nigerian Islam So Radical? (By MATT STEINGLASS, Dec. 1, 2002)
Does Bush Have a Mandate on Social Security, Too? (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, Dec. 1, 2002)
As Washington Giveth, the States Taketh Away (By DANIEL GROSS, Dec. 1, 2002)
WEEK IN REVIEW: A Fall Tradition: Rooting and Rioting for the Home Team (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Dec. 1, 2002)
* Bringing Logic to Bear on Liberal Dogma [John Rawls of Harvard] (By MICHAEL M. WEINSTEIN, Dec. 1, 2002)
* The Insecurity of Computer Security [identity theft] (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec. 1, 2002)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 1, 2002)
* ON LANGUAGE: Defenestration (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Dec. 1, 2002)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Interior Life [home furnishing] (By A. O. SCOTT, Dec. 1, 2002)
Vital Signs: QUESTIONS FOR ROBERT INDIANA (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Dec. 1, 2002)
PROCESS: A New Poland, No Joke (By SARAH BOXER, Dec. 1, 2002)
* MOMENT: Irrational Exuberance (By STEPHEN TODD, Dec. 1, 2002)
A Different Shade of Green (By KELLY ALEXANDER, Dec. 1, 2002)
HOW IT WORKS: The Edge of Night [$3500 night goggles] (By THOM SHANKER, Dec. 1, 2002)
PROBLEM SOLVER: Driven to Distraction (By ETHAN SMITH, Dec. 1, 2002)
THE ETHICIST: Teaching Error (By RANDY COHEN, Dec. 1, 2002)
Design, Everywhere (NY TIMES, Dec. 1, 2002)
Not Fade Away (By AUSTIN BUNN, Dec. 1, 2002)
The $19,450 Phone (By MARK LEVINE, Dec. 1, 2002)
A Spaghetti Dress for World Peace (By LYNN HIRSCHBERG, Dec. 1, 2002)
How the Disposable Sofa Conquered America (By JOHN LELAND, Dec. 1, 2002)
* THE WORLD OF IKEA: A Prefab Utopia (By JOHN LELAND, Dec. 1, 2002)
Who Is Jimmy Choo? [women's shoes] (By PHOEBE EATON, Dec. 1, 2002)
What a Design Guru Really Does (By JAIME WOLF, Dec. 1, 2002)
* STYLE: The Playpen [Achille Castiglioni, elder statesman of Italian design]
(By HORACIO SILVA, Dec. 1, 2002)
FOOD: Liquid Assets (By JULIA REED, Dec. 1, 2002)
Building a Better Can Opener (By Scott Specht and Louise Harpman, Dec. 1, 2002)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 1, 2002)
'Paris 1919': The Fateful Decisions of the Peacemakers (By TONY JUDT, Dec. 1, 2002)
* 'The Conquerors': Deciding Germany's Fate (By THOMAS POWERS, Dec. 1, 2002)
* In 'Selected Poems, 1957-1994,' a New Side to Ted Hughes (By PETER DAVISON, Dec. 1, 2002)
'The Stories of Alice Adams': Scenes From Post-Sexual-Revolution America (By ANGELINE GOREAU, Dec. 1, 2002)
* 'Lost Discoveries': The Non-Western Roots of Science (By STEPHEN S. HALL, Dec. 1, 2002)
'Scotty': The Life of a Quintessential Journalistic Outsider [James Reston]
(By ROBERT W. MERRY, Dec. 1, 2002)
* 'The Rural Life': American Pastoral [Verlyn Klinkenborg] (By ROB NIXON, Dec. 1, 2002)
'One World': The Moral and Practical Challenges of Globalization (By ANDRES MARTINEZ, Dec. 1, 2002)
* 'George and Laura': Dubya in Love (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Dec. 1, 2002)
'The Adventures of Lucky Pierre': In Robert Coover's Metafiction, Life Is a Movie
(By WILL BLYTHE, Dec. 1, 2002)
* 'Dear Editor': Poets Behaving Badly [$100 million bequest] (By DAVID KIRBY, Dec. 1, 2002)
* THE CLOSE READER: Sing, Muse... or Maybe Not [poetry readings] (By JUDITH SHULEVITZ, Dec. 1, 2002)
* HEALTH: Study Tracks Why Eating Less Extends Life (By REUTERS, Dec. 1, 2002)