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Selected Articles from The New York Times
February 2001
(* denotes news of special interest)

Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2001:
On This Day: February 28 (Michel de Montaigne 2/28/1533-9/23/1592, Gabriele Rossetti 2/28/1783-4/24/1854, Sir John Tenniel 2/28/1820-2/25/1914, Geraldine Farrar 2/28/1882-3/11/1967, Ben Hecht 2/28/1894-4/18/1964, Bugsy Siegel 2/28/1906-6/20/1947, Milton Caniff 2/28/1907-4/3/1988, Stephen Spender 2/28/1909-7/16/1995, Vincente Minnelli 2/28/1910-7/25/1986, Denis Parsons Burkitt 2/28/1911-3/23/1993, Zero Mostel 2/28/1915-9/8/1977, Billie Bird 1908, Charles Durning 1923, Svetlana Alliluyeva 1926, Gavin MacLeod 1931, Tommy Tune 1939, Mario Andretti 1940, Bubba Smith 1945, Bernadette Peters 1948, John Turturro 1957, Rae Dawn Chong 1961)
4 U.S. Agents Killed in Texas Shootout With Cult
(By Sam Howe Verhovek, February 28, 1993)
* Linus C. Pauling Dies at 93; Chemist and Voice for Peace
[2/28/1901-8/19/1994] (By RICHARD SEVERO, August 21, 1994)
Sidney Weinhouse, Expert on the Metabolism of Cancer, Dies at 91 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Feb. 28, 2001)
Guy Wood, Composer, Dies at 89 (NY TIMES, Feb. 28, 2001)
Ann Colbert, Musicians' Manager, Dies at 95 (NY TIMES, Feb. 28, 2001)
* Theodore Lidz, Professor, 90; Studied Causes of Schizophrenia (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Feb. 28, 2001)
Sylvia Lawry Is Dead at 85; Led Multiple Sclerosis Fight (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Feb. 28, 2001)
Bush, Spelling Out Agenda to Congress, Makes Tax Cut the Centerpiece of Budget
(By FRANK BRUNI, Feb. 28, 2001)
Accused Spy Suspected Loss of Access to Secrets, Prosecutors Say
(By JAMES RISEN & PHILIP SHENON, Feb. 28, 2001)
Kentucky Journal: Fighting Appalachia's Top Cash Crop, Marijuana (By FRANCIS X. CLINES, Feb. 28, 2001)
Clinton Will Not Block Aides From Testifying on Pardons (By MARC LACEY & DAVID JOHNSTON, Feb. 28, 2001)
CBS TV Chief Says Clinton Did Not Influence a Deal (By BILL CARTER, Feb. 28, 2001)
In the House Chamber, an Odd Mix of Partisanship and Building of Bridges (By LIZETTE ALVAREZ, Feb. 28, 2001)
Lessons: 'Scaffolding' Is Raised, and So Are Sights (By RICHARD ROTHSTEIN, Feb. 28, 2001)
News Analysis: Bush Makes a Narrow Focus on a Few Signature Issues (By ADAM CLYMER, Feb. 28, 2001)
DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE: Democrats Cite Deficit Fears in Opposing Bush's Tax Plan
(By ALISON MITCHELL, Feb. 28, 2001)
Beijing, Turning Tables, Defends Its Repression of Sect (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Feb. 28, 2001)
U.S. Admiral Delivers Apology to the Japanese in Sub Sinking (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Feb. 28, 2001)
Against a Trend, U.S. Population Will Bloom, U.N. Says (By BARBARA CROSSETTE, Feb. 28, 2001)
Public Lives: Sauce Wars— The Winning Patsy Savors a Victory (By ROBIN FINN, Feb. 28, 2001)
NYC: Board of Education Fiddled; Bronx Science Is Burned (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Feb. 28, 2001)
* Duplicating School-Success Formula (By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS, Feb. 28, 2001)
SPORTS: Where Is the Love? At the Garden [Patrick Ewing] (By STEVE POPPER, Feb. 28, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Mr. Bush's Budget Strategy (NY TIMES, Feb. 28, 2001)
OP-ED: Execute Terrorists at Our Own Risk (By JESSICA STERN, Feb. 28, 2001)
OP-ED: Neither Barren Nor Remote (By WILLIAM CRONON, Feb. 28, 2001)
OP-ED: His Dubya and My R (By IRVING R. LEVINE, Feb. 28, 2001)
OP-ED: RECKONINGS: Debt and Taxes (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Feb. 28, 2001)
LETTERS: Bill Clinton, for Better or Worse (By ALAN ZIPKIN et. al., Feb. 28, 2001)
BUSINESS: Technology Shares Tumble to Lowest Close Since '98
[Dow -6, Nasdaq -101] (By MICHAEL BRICK, Feb. 28, 2001)
Judges Voice Doubt on Order Last Year to Split Microsoft (By STEPHEN LABATON, Feb. 28, 2001)
3 New Reports Show Evidence of Weakness in the Economy (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Feb. 28, 2001)
Market Place: 2 Big Investors to Take Over Finova Group [Warren Buffett] (By RIVA D. ATLAS, Feb. 28, 2001)
Disney to Take 50% Stake in US Weekly Magazine (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Feb. 28, 2001)
* Advertising: Campaign Gives Wry Personality to Data (By STUART ELLIOTT, Feb. 28, 2001)
* As Antidote to Slowdown, Intel Will Spend, Not Cut (By CHRIS GAITHER, Feb. 28, 2001)
Management: For One Church, Divine Intervention Isn't Enough (By ABBY ELLIN, Feb. 28, 2001)
The Boss: I Have the I.Q. for Retail (By BRIAN K. DEVINE, Feb. 28, 2001)
Workplace: A Handyman Is Shot at Work, or Was He? (By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, Feb. 28, 2001)
Life's Work: Putting Young Workers to Shame (By LISA BELKIN, Feb. 28, 2001)
JDS Uniphase to Trim 3,000 Jobs (By REUTERS, Feb. 28, 2001)
Random House Sues Over Rights to Publishing E-Books (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Feb. 28, 2001)
AT&T Challenges Verizon (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 28, 2001)
AT&T Raises $3.6 Billion to Cut Its Debt (By SUZANNE KAPNER, Feb. 28, 2001)
ARTS: U.S. Works With Italy on New Rules Regarding Ancient Treasures
(By CELESTINE BOHLEN, Feb. 28, 2001)
* ARTS ABROAD: Clashing Arias for Berlin's Opera Houses (By ALAN RIDING, Feb. 28, 2001)
* BOOKS: 'Napoleon and His Collaborators': How Staunch Republicans Became a Dictator's Pals
(By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Feb. 28, 2001)
Culture Notes: Turkish Tradition (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Feb. 28, 2001)
DANCE: New York City Ballet: All Femme and Fatale, With a Man at Her Feet
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Feb. 28, 2001)
MUSIC: Ensemble 21: Caught in the Swirl of an Electronic Eden (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Feb. 28, 2001)
* MUSIC: Tibet House Benefit: Chanting and Rockin' to Appease the Elements (By ANN POWERS, Feb. 28, 2001)
* MUSIC: 'Focus on Franck': A Confused Mankind Converses With Angels (By ALLAN KOZINN, Feb. 28, 2001)
TV: 'Some of My Best Friends': He's Got a Picture of Bette Midler? (By NEIL GENZLINGER, Feb. 28, 2001)
TV: 'The Sopranos': Hollywood Magic Allows Livia One Last Angry Whine
(By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Feb. 28, 2001)
TV Notes: The Roots of 'Sopranos' Grew From Cagney Film (By BILL CARTER, Feb. 28, 2001)
LIVING: From the Volcano, the Rarest Brew: Kona Coffee (By R. W. APPLE Jr., Feb. 28, 2001)
* Bayard's: A Simple Equation for the Financial District (By WILLIAM GRIMES, Feb. 28, 2001)
* Dried Shrimp: Flavors' Little Helpers [3 recipes] (By JACK BISHOP, Feb. 28, 2001)
The Chef: A Salad, Simple and Rich [Artichoke & Smoked-Salmon Salad] (By Charlie Trotter, Feb. 28, 2001)
At Long Last, New Yorkers' Appetites Are Ready for Ethiopia (By ERIC ASIMOV, Feb. 28, 2001)
Building an Empire One Party Page at a Time (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Feb. 28, 2001)
EATING WELL: Irradiated Beef: In Markets, Quietly (By MARIAN BURROS, Feb. 28, 2001)
The Minimalist: Sometimes Simple Is Butter [Salmon with Beurre Noisette]
(By MARK BITTMAN, Feb. 28, 2001)
Michelin Demotes Ducasse, Again (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Feb. 28, 2001)

Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2001:
On This Day: February 27 (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 2/27/1807-3/24/1882, Ellen Terry 2/27/1847-7/21/1928, Alice Hamilton 2/27/1869-9/22/1970, Lotte Lehmann 2/27/1888-8/26/1976, David Sarnoff 2/27/1891-12/12/1971, Marino Marini 2/27/1901-8/6/1980, John Steinbeck 2/27/1902-12/20/1968, Peter DeVries 2/27/1910-9/28/1993, Lawrence Durrell 2/27/1912-11/7/1990, Irwin Shaw 2/27/1913-5/16/1984, Joanne Woodward 1930, Elizabeth Taylor 1932, Ralph Nader 1934, Barbara Babcock 1937, Howard Hesseman 1940, Debra Monk 1949, Adam Baldwin 1962, Grant Show 1962, Chelsea Clinton 1980)
Bush Halts Offensive Combat; Kuwait Freed, Iraqis Crushed
(By Andrew Rosenthal, February 27, 1991)
Justice Hugo Black Dies at 85; Served on Court 34 Years
[2/27/1886-9/25/1971] (United Press International, September 25, 1971)
* A. R. Ammons, Poet of Eclectic Tastes, Dies at 75 (By DOREEN CARVAJAL, Feb. 27, 2001)
Claude Shannon, Mathematician, Dies at 84 (By GEORGE JOHNSON, Feb. 27, 2001)
Herbert Kupferberg, Music Critic, Dies at 83 (NY TIMES, Feb. 27, 2001)
Sir Donald Bradman, Cricket Legend, Dies at 92 (By JOHN SHAW, Feb. 27, 2001)
* Fellow Actors Honor Jason Robards (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Feb. 27, 2001)
Children Adopted Abroad Win Automatic U.S. Citizenship (By ERIC SCHMITT, Feb. 27, 2001)
White House Logs Said to Show Pre-Pardon Visits
(By DAVID JOHNSTON & DON VAN NATTA Jr, Feb. 27, 2001)
Miami Count Suggests Gore Still Falls Short (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 27, 2001)
Powell Proposes Easing Sanctions on Iraqi Civilians (By JANE PERLEZ, Feb. 27, 2001)
China Hones Old Tool: 'Re-educating' Unruly (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Feb. 27, 2001)
Chiang Mai Journal: A Courageous Thai Editor's Lonely Quest (By SETH MYDANS, Feb. 27, 2001)
Varied Portraits of bin Laden Emerge in Embassy Bomb Case (By ALAN FEUER, Feb. 27, 2001)
Over Din of Fellow Inmates, Man Ran Investment (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Feb. 27, 2001)
World Trade Center Makes a Vertical World of Its Own (By SHAILA K. DEWAN, Feb. 27, 2001)
Public Lives: Rich, Yes, but Even More Different: Liberal and Fun (By LYNDA RICHARDSON, Feb. 27, 2001)
SPORTS: For Ewing, Some New Questions (By DAVE ANDERSON, Feb. 27, 2001)
OP-ED: Turkey's Precarious Success (By ROBERT D. KAPLAN, Feb. 27, 2001)
OP-ED: Russia Can Be Our Ally on Missile Defense (By IVO H. DAALDER & JAMES M. LINDSAY, Feb. 27, 2001)
OP-ED: PUBLIC INTERESTS: A Man With a Plan (By GAIL COLLINS, Feb. 27, 2001)
OP-ED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Glasnost in the Gulf (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Feb. 27, 2001)
LETTERS: Hidden Conflicts: The Lives We Live (By JACK DRESCHER, M.D., Feb. 27, 2001)
BUSINESS: Shares Increase in the Hope the Fed Will Soon Cut Rates
[Dow +241, Nasdaq +46] (By REUTERS, Feb. 27, 2001)
Advertising: ESPN Uses a 'Hostile' Web Site (By STUART ELLIOTT, Feb. 27, 2001)
Market Place: Mistake Sends Axcelis Shares Up (By FLOYD NORRIS, Feb. 27, 2001)
Procter & Gamble Cites Turkey in a Warning (By GREG WINTER, Feb. 27, 2001)
3Com Plans to Cut 1,200 Jobs (By CHRIS GAITHER, Feb. 27, 2001)
EToys Files for Bankruptcy (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Feb. 27, 2001)
Yahoo to Offer H &R Block Services (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Feb. 27, 2001)
ARTS ABROAD: 'Crouching Tiger,' Celebrated Everywhere but in China (By MARK LANDLER, Feb. 27, 2001)
BOOKS: 'Singing Boy': A Man Is Killed, and His Family Dies a Little With Him
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Feb. 27, 2001)
Culture Notes: Play Time (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Feb. 27, 2001)
DANCE: In a Black Dance Festival, a Modern Spin on Tradition (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Feb. 27, 2001)
MUSIC: In Performance: Harmonies Heavenly and Adventurous (By ALLAN KOZINN, Feb. 27, 2001)
MUSIC: Brooklyn Philharmonic: Sober Works Illustrate Sadness's Infinite Variety
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Feb. 27, 2001)
MUSIC: New York Philharmonic Plays a Hans Werner Henze Piece
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Feb. 27, 2001)
* POP: Intellectualizing the Music? Or Are These Post-Punk Bands Simply Experiencing It?
["What is the meaning of simplicity?"] (By ANN POWERS, Feb. 27, 2001)
THEATER: The Tricky Business of Cross-Cultural Theater (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Feb. 27, 2001)
THEATER: 'Sitting Pretty': Discoveries as Intricate as the Human Shape (By BRUCE WEBER, Feb. 27, 2001)
THEATER: 'High Dive': A Passive Everywoman on an Embarrassing Precipice (By BRUCE WEBER, Feb. 27, 2001)
FASHION REVIEW: McQueen Story Is Backdrop to London Fashion Week (By CATHY HORYN, Feb. 27, 2001)
* Front Row: Making Buildings and Dresses (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Feb. 27, 2001)
THE WEEK IN SCIENCE: Detecting Bombardment (By NICHOLAS WADE, Feb. 27, 2001)
* SCIENCE: In Dawn of Society, Dance Was Center Stage (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Feb. 27, 2001)
SCIENCE: Evidence Is Cited for Life on Mars, but Some Demur (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 27, 2001)
Drug Makers Listen In While Bacteria Talk (By ANDREW POLLACK, Feb. 27, 2001)
At Last, Scientists Find Bones From a Tenontosaurus That Didn't Lose Its Head
(By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Feb. 27, 2001)
Trying to Tame the Roar of Deadly Lakes (By MARGUERITE HOLLOWAY, Feb. 27, 2001)
* New Rules in Sperm and Egg's Cat-and-Mouse Game (By NATALIE ANGIER, Feb. 27, 2001)
* The Slow and Constant Leak of Electricity (By HANNAH FAIRFIELD, Feb. 27, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: Strong as a Sleeping Bear (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 27, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: Eels' 'Wild Party' (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 27, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: Forget Sludge Cocktails (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 27, 2001)
DOCTOR'S WORLD: A Short, Speckled History of a Transplanted Hand
(By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D., Feb. 27, 2001)
CASES: Trouble With 'The Bag' Is in the Head (By RICHARD M. COHEN, Feb. 27, 2001)
Drug Trials Reach Out for Patients (and Vice Versa) on the Web (By JUDITH NEWMAN, Feb. 27, 2001)
* Cloaked in Stealth Molecules, Drugs Sneak Past the Body's Defenses (By KENNETH CHANG, Feb. 27, 2001)
PERSONAL HEALTH: For Older Drivers, a Wealth of Alternatives (By JANE E. BRODY, Feb. 27, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / CONSEQUENCES: A Viral Hazard Off the Beaten Track/A> (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Feb. 27, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / STAGES: When Your Infant Is a Musical Genius (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Feb. 27, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / PATTERNS: Leaving Asthma Behind, With the Car (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Feb. 27, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / SAFETY: Drunken Riding: An Invitation for Injury (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Feb. 27, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / SYMPTOMS: A Role for Eyes in Ringing of the Ears (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Feb. 27, 2001)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: A Century of Service, Battlefield to Bedside (By JOHN LANGONE, Feb. 27, 2001)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Unhealthy Obsessions With Healthy Foods (By JOHN LANGONE, Feb. 27, 2001)
* LETTERS: Clues in an Inkblot (By IAN ALTERMAN et. al., Feb. 27, 2001)
* Q&A: How Birds Breathe (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Feb. 27, 2001)

Monday, Feb. 26, 2001:
On This Day: February 26 (Wenceslas 2/26/1361-8/16/1419, Victor Hugo 2/26/1802-5/22/1885, William F. Cody 2/26/1846-1/10/1917, Herbert H. Dow 2/26/1866-10/15/1930, Grover Cleveland Alexander 2/26/1887-11/4/1950, Margaret Leighton 2/26/1922-1/13/1976, Mason Adams 1919, Tony Randall 1920, Betty Hutton 1921, Fats Domino 1928, Robert Novak 1931, Johnny Cash 1932, Bill Duke 1943, Mitch Ryder 1945, Michael Bolton 1953, Jennifer Grant 1966, Erykah Badu 1971)
Blast Hits Trade Center, Bomb Suspected; 5 Killed, Thousands Flee Smoke in Towers
(By Robert D. McFadden, February 26, 1993)
* John Harvey Kellogg Dies at 91; Health Expert & Founder of Breakfast Food
[2/26/1852-12/14/1943] (NY TIMES, December 16, 1943)
* Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, Aboriginal Painter, Dies at 75 (By PAUL LEWIS, Feb. 26, 2001)
* Arnold Friedhoff, Researcher in Psychiatry, Dies at 77 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Feb. 26, 2001)
Anthony J. Giacalone, Man Tied to Hoffa Mystery, Dies at 82 (By DEXTER FILKINS, Feb. 26, 2001)
White House Memo: For Bush, a Chance to Take Back, and Keep, the Limelight (By DAVID E. SANGER, Feb. 26, 2001)
* Moles Often Burrow Deeper Than Spy Hunters Can Dig (By JAMES RISEN, Feb. 26, 2001)
No Downturn at Las Vegas Casinos (By EVELYN NIEVES, Feb. 26, 2001)
* Public Lives: Family History Forges Labor Secretary's Convictions (By ELIZABETH BECKER, Feb. 26, 2001)
Investigator Suspects Presidential Library Profited From Some Pardons (By PETER T. KILBORN, Feb. 26, 2001)
U.S. Helps Kuwait Mark Gulf War (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 26, 2001)
10 Years Later, Hussein Is Firmly in Control (By JOHN F. BURNS, Feb. 26, 2001)
Powell, Meeting Both Sides in Mideast Conflict, Makes Little Headway (By JANE PERLEZ, Feb. 26, 2001)
Powell Takes King of Jordan for a Spin (NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 26, 2001)
Putin in Korea: A Mix of Trade and Politics (By DON KIRK, Feb. 26, 2001)
EDITORIAL: A Global Warning to Mr. Bush (By, Feb. 26, 2001)
OP-ED: A Legacy Yet to Be Determined (By MICHAEL BESCHLOSS, Feb. 26, 2001)
OP-ED ESSAY: Retrograde Movement (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Feb. 26, 2001)
OP-ED: IN AMERICA: Cut Him Loose (By BOB HERBERT, Feb. 26, 2001)
* BUSINESS: From Inside, a Critic Challenges a Paper (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Feb. 26, 2001)
Advertising: Agencies Seek Strength Through Media Diversity (By STUART ELLIOTT, Feb. 26, 2001)
New Owner Struggles at a London Tabloid (By ALAN COWELL, Feb. 26, 2001)
Microsoft's Appeal Seems to Find Sympathetic Ears Among Judges (By STEPHEN LABATON, Feb. 26, 2001)
Reversing Decades-Long Trend, Americans Retiring Later in Life
(By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, Feb. 26, 2001)
Alcoa Says Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill Made $56 Million (By DANNY HAKIM, Feb. 26, 2001)
Brazilian Company Hacks Its Way Up (By JENNIFER L. RICH, Feb. 26, 2001)
Drug Developed From Gene Study Tested on People (By ANDREW POLLACK, Feb. 26, 2001)
* New Economy: Investors Finally Consider Internet Companies' Shaky Math (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Feb. 26, 2001)
* E-Commerce Report: New Alternatives to Banner Ads (By BOB TEDESCHI, Feb. 26, 2001)
I.B.M. Makes Sun Back Down From Claim as Top Server Seller (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Feb. 26, 2001)
Compressed Data: Services Try to Link Reporters and Publicists (By ANDREW ZIPERN, Feb. 26, 2001)
* Compressed Data: Job Sites Are Thriving on Dot-Com Troubles (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, Feb. 26, 2001)
It's Decision Time at Networks on 'Frasier' and 'Dharma' (By BILL CARTER, Feb. 26, 2001)
Media Talk: Some Familiar Touches for Sunday Mornings (By JIM RUTENBERG, Feb. 26, 2001)
Media Talk: Television Meets Reality in a Drama on Pardons (NY TIMES, Feb. 26, 2001)
Patents: Snow Inspires Inventions to Mold It, Play in It or Melt It (By SABRA CHARTRAND, Feb. 26, 2001)
ARTS: Honor at Last for an Architect Who Made California His Muse (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Feb. 26, 2001)
* ARTS: Museum Scientists Size Up Everyman's Precious Finds (By SHERRI DAY, Feb. 26, 2001)
BOOKS: Alan Furst: A Spinner of Spy Novels Whose Heroes Still Fight the Nazis (By DINITIA SMITH, Feb. 26, 2001)
BOOKS: 'The Rising Sun': Seeking a Fortune but Finding Disaster (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Feb. 26, 2001)
DANCE: 'The Sea-Dappled Horse': Balancing Heaven and Hell on Earth (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Feb. 26, 2001)
THEATER: 'Urban Zulu Mambo': Rich Voices Paint a Path to Paradise (By BEN BRANTLEY, Feb. 26, 2001)
TV: 'The Merchants of Cool': Big Business, Ever Eager to Tap Into Teenage Wallets
(By RON WERTHEIMER, Feb. 26, 2001)
* Writers on Writing: Family Ghosts Hoard Secrets That Bewitch the Living (By AMY TAN, Feb. 26, 2001)
* SCIENCE: Internet Camera-in-a-Tree Targets Bald Eagles (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 26, 2001)
Dairy Barn Houses Prehistoric World (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 26, 2001)
Intense Scrutiny Will Accompany Mars Odyssey to the Red Planet (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 26, 2001)
Model Suggests T-rex Cousin Had Weaker but Probably More Slashing Bite (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 26, 2001)
HEALTH: 2 Doctors Suspended After Surgery on Wrong Side of Man's Brain (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Feb. 26, 2001)
Study Finds Step Aerobics Plus Rubber Bands Stretch Workout Benefits (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 26, 2001)

Sunday, Feb. 25, 2001:
On This Day: February 25 (Johann Philipp Krieger 2/25/1649-2/7/1725, Carlo Goldoni 2/25/1707-2/6/1793, Pierre-Auguste Renoir 2/25/1841-12/3/1919, Benedetto Croce 2/25/1866-11/20/1952, Enrico Caruso 2/25/1873-8/2/1921, Vyacheslav M. Molotov 2/25/1890-11/8/1986, Dame Myra Hess 2/25/1890-11/25/1965, Marcel Paul Pagnol 2/25/1895-4/18/1974, Anthony Burgess 2/25/1917-11/22/1993, Larry Gelbart 1928, Tommy Newsom 1929, Tom Courtenay 1937, Bob Shieffer 1937, Diane Baker 1938, George Harrison 1943, Sally Jessy Raphael 1943, Neil Jordan 1950, Veronica Webb 1965, Tea Leoni 1966)
Hiram R. Revels, First Colored Member Admitted to the Senate (NY TIMES, February 25, 1870)
Dulles Dies at 71; Formulated & Conducted U.S. Foreign Policy for More Than Six Years
[2/25/1888-5/24/1959] (NY TIMES, May 25, 1959)
Miné Okubo, Whose Art Chronicled Internment Camps, Dies at 88 (By ERIC PACE, Feb. 25, 2001)
* Ninian Smart, Author and Scholar of Comparative Religion, Dies at 73 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Feb. 25, 2001)
* R. W. White, Psychologist Who Put Focus on Personality, Dies at 96
(By CARMEL McCOUBREY, Feb. 25, 2001)
John Fahey, 61, Guitarist and an Iconoclast, Dies at 61 (By JON PARELES, Feb. 25, 2001)
Robert Enrico, Award-Winning Film Director, Dies at 69 (By ALAN RIDING, Feb. 25, 2001)
Johnny W. Tjupurrula, Aboriginal Artist, Dies at 75 (By PAUL LEWIS, Feb. 25, 2001)
Philip Sandblom, Surgeon and Author, Dies at 97 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 25, 2001)
U.S. Charges Pose Paradox of Pious Spy for Godless Foe (By PHILIP SHENON, Feb. 25, 2001)
Clinics Full of Frozen Embryos Offer a New Route to Adoption (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Feb. 25, 2001)
Arrests of Youths in Dartmouth Case Leave a Town Searching for Answers (By SARA RIMER, Feb. 25, 2001)
Access Proved Vital in Last-Minute Race for Clinton Pardons
(By DON VAN NATTA Jr. and MARC LACEY, Feb. 25, 2001)
More Sunshine for Japan's Overworked Students (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Feb. 25, 2001)
Following Up: Regards to Broadway, Heart in San Francisco (By JOSEPH P. FRIED, Feb. 25, 2001)
Harlem Journal: Dancer Tries to Save Site of First Hesitant Steps (By AMY WALDMAN, Feb. 25, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Mr. Bush's First Battle (NY TIMES, Feb. 25, 2001)
OP-ED: What Kind of Party for the Democrats? (By Robert B. Reich et. al., Feb. 25, 2001)
OP-ED: LIBERTIES: Weird, Psychic Lock (By MAUREEN DOWD, Feb. 25, 2001)
OP-ED: RECKONINGS: Will V Go To L? (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Feb. 25, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Market Insight: What Brings a Bear Back to The Market (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Feb. 25, 2001)
* Market Watch: A Benefit for the Few Weighs on Many (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Feb. 25, 2001)
* TALKING MONEY: Monica Seles: Focusing on the Ball and the Nest Egg
(By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Feb. 25, 2001)
Economic View: A 'Miracle,' But Maybe Not Always a Blessing (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Feb. 25, 2001)
Putting 'Hostile' Back Into Takeover (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Feb. 25, 2001)
Because Virtual Isn't Always Good Enough (By Laurence Prusak & Don Cohen,, Feb. 25, 2001)
At a French Factory, Culture is a Two-Way Street (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Feb. 25, 2001)
INVESTING: In Gloom, a Beacon: Tax-Saving Funds (By DANNY HAKIM, Feb. 25, 2001)
* PERSONAL BUSINESS: Quick Lessons in the Fine Old Art of Unwinding
(By ANDREA HIGBIE, Feb. 25, 2001)
Reclaiming a Legacy, in Spirit [Friendly Ice Cream] (By JULIE FLAHERTY, Feb. 25, 2001)
Five Questions for Patrick McGurn: The Shareholders at the Barricades
(Interview by REED ABELSON, Feb. 25, 2001)
Book Value: Learning to Celebrate Water-Cooler Gossip (By FRED ANDREWS, Feb. 25, 2001)
Portfolios: Emerging-Markets Worries Are Not Confined to Turkey
(By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Feb. 25, 2001)
Turkey's Turmoil Exacts a Price in the Billions (By DOUGLAS FRANTZ, Feb. 25, 2001)
Midstream: The Gift of Good Record-Keeping (By JAMES SCHEMBARI, Feb. 25, 2001)
On the Job: There's No Cure Like Travel (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Feb. 25, 2001)
Investing With Hobart C. Buppert II: Flag Investors Value Builder Fund (By CAROLE GOULD, Feb. 25, 2001)
Is a Battered Dell Ready to Rebound? (By CHRIS GAITHER, Feb. 25, 2001)
Private Sector: President on Board (But From Farther South) (Compiled By RICK GLADSTONE, Feb. 25, 2001)
Business Diary: Medium Is the Message in Counterfeiting Battle (By Rick Gladstone, Feb. 25, 2001)
Funds Watch: With a Focus on Israel, It's Business as Usual (By Robert D. Hershey Jr., Feb. 25, 2001)
Personal Business Diary: Asking Americans to Build Their Savings (By Vivian Marino, Feb. 25, 2001)
Letters: Risks in Commercial Paper (By BRUCE R. BENT et. al., Feb. 25, 2001)
IDEAS & TRENDS: A Lot of Pluribus, Not Much Unum (By ALAN COWELL, Feb. 25, 2001)
LOVE AND BETRAYAL: The Making of a Spy (By ERICA GOODE, Feb. 25, 2001)
THE NATION: The High Court's Target: Congress (By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Feb. 25, 2001)
Lobbying for Forgiveness (By NEIL A. LEWIS, Feb. 25, 2001)
Reality TV's Ultimate Death Trip [Daytona 500] (By ALLEN ST. JOHN, Feb. 25, 2001)
Learning to Fear Putin's Gaze (By STEVEN ERLANGER, Feb. 25, 2001)
A Difference of Degrees [global warming] (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Feb. 25, 2001)
WORD FOR WORD: Variety 'Slanguage' Show-Biz Tubthumping: How to Tell the Socko From the Whammo
(By SCOTT VEALE, Feb. 25, 2001)
It's Up, It's Down: Playing Games With the Economy (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Feb. 25, 2001)
TAX FIGHT: Where George Bush Leads, Who Will Follow? (By FRANK BRUNI, Feb. 25, 2001)
Firm Foundations for Disaster (By JUAN FORERO, Feb. 25, 2001)
* On Language: Body Man (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Feb. 25, 2001)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Theme Park on a Hill (By ADAM GOODHEART, Feb. 25, 2001)
Questions for Michael De Luca: Cast Away (By LYNN HIRSCHBERG, Feb. 25, 2001)
Five From Michael Graves: Best Buildings (Interview By LIZ WELCH, Feb. 25, 2001)
The Machine Age: Cellular Metastasis (By DAVID BROOKS, Feb. 25, 2001)
The Ethicist: Taking Leave (By RANDY COHEN, Feb. 25, 2001)
WHAT THEY WERE THINKING: Katherine Hopkins-Nicholas & Fayard Nicholas, Derby, Hollywood, CA, Sept. 6, 2000
(Photo by LAUREN GREENFIELD, Interview by CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS, Feb. 25, 2001)
Jonathan Lebed: Stock Manipulator, S.E.C. Nemesis— and 15 (By MICHAEL LEWIS, Feb. 25, 2001)
The Peruvian Revolution Is Being Televised (By ALBERTO FUGUET, Feb. 25, 2001)
The Rise of the Robo-Ref (By BEN YAGODA, Feb. 25, 2001)
Style: California Preenin' (By LISA EISNER & ROMÁN ALONSO, Feb. 25, 2001)
Appearances: The Star Treatment (By JOYCE CHANG, Feb. 25, 2001)
Food: The Subterraneans [5 recipes] (By MOLLY O'NEILL, Feb. 25, 2001)
Lives: Ransom Notes (By ARTHUR JAPIN, Feb. 25, 2001)
TRAVEL: What's Doing in Natchez [Mississippi] (By JENNIFER MOSES, Feb. 25, 2001)
Cumberland's Peaceable Kingdom [Georgia Coast] (By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, Feb. 25, 2001)
Rice Fields Cultivate Old Ways [South Carolina] (By MATT LEE and TED LEE, Feb. 25, 2001)
A London Walking Tour That's Strictly Legal (By RICHARD RUDA, Feb. 25, 2001)
Opening a Window on the Universe (By JULIE LEW, Feb. 25, 2001)
DEAL OF THE DAY: Egypt and the Nile (NY TIMES, Feb. 25, 2001)
ESSAY: The Spin Cycle Around the Globe (By NANCY COOPER FRANK, Feb. 25, 2001)
* ARTS: Putting Last Things First in a Puzzle About Memory (By LAURA WINTERS, Feb. 25, 2001)
Getting a Fix on the Vastness of the Cosmos at the Museum of Natural History
(By RITA REIF, Feb. 25, 2001)
ARCHITECTURE: Rem Koolhaas: Imaginative Leaps Into the Real World (By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Feb. 25, 2001)
DANCE: An Acrobatic Work Far From the Circus (By APOLLINAIRE SCHERR, Feb. 25, 2001)
* DANCE: Modern and Chinese: No Oxymoron for This Dance Troupe (By GIA KOURLAS, Feb. 25, 2001)
FILM: John Boorman: A Very English Risk Taker in a Play-It-Safe World (By TERRENCE RAFFERTY, Feb. 25, 2001)
FILM: In a Reality TV Satire, Forget Voting Them Off the Island. They're Just Shot.
(By JAMIE MALANOWSKI, Feb. 25, 2001)
MUSIC: Rewriting Bach, as Bach Rewrote Others (By GEORGE B. STAUFFER, Feb. 25, 2001)
MUSIC: Paolo Conte: An Italian Crooner of Restless Songs Is All Over the Map (By BARRY SINGER, Feb. 25, 2001)
MUSIC: Joe Louis: An American Hero': A New CD Includes Songs Inpspired by an Athlete (By DAVID MARGOLICK, Feb. 25, 2001)
MUSIC: Lorin Maazel: Why to Expect the Best of an Unexpected Maestro (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Feb. 25, 2001)
OPERA: Prince Igor': Who Cares Who Wrote It? What Does It Sound Like? (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Feb. 25, 2001)
PHOTOGRAPHY: A Photography Pioneer, Semi-Obscure No More (By HOLLAND COTTER, Feb. 25, 2001)
PHOTOGRAPHY: Chester Higgins Jr.'s Photographs: A Closer Look at Age (By LYLE REXER, Feb. 25, 2001)
THEATER: Four Playwrights Talk Shop (Which Takes In the World) (Moderated By Pamela Renner, Feb. 25, 2001)
THEATER: How Karaoke Conquered Broadway (By BEN BRANTLEY, Feb. 25, 2001)
THEATER: Challenge of Reimagining the Holocaust on Stage (By ROBERT JAY LIFTON, Feb. 25, 2001)
THEATER: Two Theater Works That Scream, 'Pay Attention' [Victor Klemperer] (By CINDY ROSENTHAL, Feb. 25, 2001)
THEATER / LIFE AND ART: Two Bright Actresses in Problematic Shows (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Feb. 25, 2001)
THEATER: The Timeless Dance of Art and Money Takes Center Stage (By CELIA WREN, Feb. 25, 2001)
TV: In Television Comedies, Signs of a New Women's Movement (By HILARY DE VRIES, Feb. 25, 2001)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 25, 2001)
Lexical Overdrive [Rick Moody, "Demonology: Stories"] (By WALTER KIRN, Feb. 25, 2001)
Running With Hillary [Michael Tomasky, 'Hillary's Turn'] (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Feb. 25, 2001)
In Cold Blood? [Bruce Henderson, 'Fatal North' & Richard Parry, 'Trial by Ice']
(By SARA WHEELER, Feb. 25, 2001)
Beam Up My Info [Tom Siegfried, 'The Bit and the Pendulum'] (By JAMES ALEXANDE, Feb. 25, 2001)
Professor Marvel at the Atheneum [Eugene R. Gaddis, 'Magician of the Modern'] (By MICHAEL PEPPIATT, Feb. 25, 2001)
Rally Round the Flag [Alice Fahs, 'he Imagined Civil War'] (By CHARLES B. DEW, Feb. 25, 2001)
Talking It Over Some More [Julian Barnes, 'Love, Etc.'] (By SVEN BIRKERTS, Feb. 25, 2001)
Frances Chung: "Crazy Melon and Chinese Apple: Poems" (By MICHAEL HAINEY, Feb. 25, 2001)
Carol Shields: "Jane Austen" (By JILLIAN DUNHAM, Feb. 25, 2001)
Andrew Loog Oldham: "Stoned: A Memoir of London in the 1960s" (By MARGARET HUNDLEY PARKER, Feb. 25, 2001)
THE CLOSE READER: The Romance of Real Estate (By JUDITH SHULEVITZ, Feb. 25, 2001)

Saturday, Feb. 24, 2001:
On This Day: February 24 (Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 2/24/1463-11/17/1494, Charles Le Brun 2/24/1619-2/12/1690, Johann Clauberg 2/24/1622-1/31/1665, George Curtis 2/24/1824-8/31/1892, Winslow Homer 2/24/1836-9/29/1910, Arrigo Boito 2/24/1842-6/10/1918, Honus Wagner 2/24/1874-12/6/1955, Mary Elloen Chase 2/24/1887-7/28/1973, Henri Frankfort 2/24/1897-7/16/1954, Abe Vigoda 1921, Michel Legrand 1932, Zell Miller 1932, Renata Scotto 1935, James Farentino 1938, Barry Bostwick 1945, Paula Zahn 1956)
President Andrew Johnson Impeached by House (NY TIMES, February 24, 1868)
Admiral Nimitz Dead at 80; Built Pacific Fleet That Fought Japan
[2/24/1885-2/20/1966] (United Press International, February 21, 1966)
Michel Oksenberg, China Expert in Washington, Dies at 62 (By PAUL LEWIS, Feb. 24, 2001)
Warner LeRoy, Restaurant Impresario, Dies at 65 (By ERIC ASIMOV, Feb. 24, 2001)
Leo Connellan, Connecticut's Poet Laureate, Dies at 72 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 24, 2001)
Ronnie Hilton, Pop Singer, Dies at 75 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 24, 2001)
Robert Weiskopf, TV Comedy Writer, Dies at 86 (NY TIMES, Feb. 24, 2001)
Spy-Hunt Team Followed Trail to F.B.I. Agent (By JAMES RISEN, Feb. 24, 2001)
Most Colleges Are Expected to Continue to Use the SAT (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Feb. 24, 2001)
California Plans to Buy Utility's Wires (By ALEX BERENSON, Feb. 24, 2001)
Hollywood Friend Had Clinton's Ear for 2 Late Pardons (By DAVID JOHNSTON, Feb. 24, 2001)
Inquiry Focuses on Commuted Sentences for 4 New Yorkers (By BENJAMIN WEISER, Feb. 24, 2001)
A Life Beyond Being a President's Sibling (By TODD S. PURDUM, Feb. 24, 2001)
Bush Seeks Increases for Health Research (By REUTERS, Feb. 24, 2001)
Bush Tells Blair He Doesn't Oppose New Europe Force (By DAVID E. SANGER, Feb. 24, 2001)
Prague Journal: Stalin's Ghost Haunts a Czech Park (By STEVEN ERLANGER, Feb. 24, 2001)
Consensus Is Lacking on Bilingual Education (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Feb. 24, 2001)
Old Cedar Hunting Decoys Are Gold to Collectors (By MICHAEL COOPER, Feb. 24, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Security at the F.B.I. (NY TIMES, Feb. 24, 2001)
EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK: Green Winter in the Sonoran Desert (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Feb. 24, 2001)
OP-ED: Our Iraq Policy Is Not Working (By ROBERT A. PAPE, Feb. 24, 2001)
OP-ED: Bush, Upstaged and Losing a Crucial Moment (By ANDREW KOHUT, Feb. 24, 2001)
OP-ED: One Last Lap Around the Speedway (By PAUL HEMPHILL, Feb. 24, 2001)
OP-ED: ABROAD AT HOME: Philosophy of the Worst (By ANTHONY LEWIS, Feb. 24, 2001)
BUSINESS: Shares Tumble, Then Regain Some Ground [Dow -85, Nasdaq +18] (By MICHAEL BRICK, Feb. 24, 2001)
Motorola Says It May Post Quarterly Loss, First in 15 Years (By DAVID BARBOZA, Feb. 24, 2001)
Kozmo.com to Lay Off More Workers and Focus on Offline Sales (By JAYSON BLAIR, Feb. 24, 2001)
Mixing Business and Family in Hong Kong (By MARK LANDLER, Feb. 24, 2001)
* GARDENING: Cuttings: An Acorn and What It Sprouted (By ANNE RAVER, Feb. 24, 2001)
* IDEAS: Screwdriver Scholars and Pencil Punditry: Society's Material Culture Garners Academic Scrutiny
(By EMILY EAKIN, Feb. 24, 2001)
* IDEAS: Critic's Notebook: A Jewish Canon, Yes, But Not Set in Stone (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Feb. 24, 2001)
* Shelf Life: From the Margins of Literature, Blasphemy Beckons (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Feb. 24, 2001)
MUSIC: San Francisco Symphony: Boldly Out of the West, Bent on Courting Youth (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Feb. 24, 2001)
TV: 'Kate Brasher': Good Guys vs. Bad Guys, With Earnest Orations (By ANITA GATES, Feb. 24, 2001)
Physicists Thrill to Finding of Superconductor (By KENNETH CHANG, Feb. 24, 2001)

Friday, Feb. 23, 2001:
On This Day: February 23 (Samuel Pepys 2/23/1633-5/26/1703, George Frederick Handel 2/23/1685-4/14/1759, George Watts 2/23/1817-7/1/1904, Cesar Ritz 2/23/1850-10/26/1918, Norman Lindsay 2/23/1879-10/29/1969, Karl Jaspers 2/23/1881-2/26/1969, Victor Fleming 2/23/1883-1/6/1949, William Shirer 2/23/1904-12/28/1993, Allan MacLeod Cormack 2/23/1924-5/7/1998, Peter Fonda 1940, Patricia Richardson 1951, Kristin Davis 1965)
Lasting Prevention of Polio Reported in Salk Vaccine Tests (By William L. Laurence, February 23, 1954)
* W. E. B. DuBois Dies in Ghana; Negro Leader and Author, 95
[2/23/1868-8/27/1963] (NY TIMES, August 28, 1963)
F.T. Liu, U.N. Official in Peace Roles, Dies at 82 (By PAUL LEWIS, Feb. 23, 2001)
Emily Vermeule, a Scholar of Bronze Age Archaeology, Dies at 72 (By WILLIAM H. HONAN, Feb. 23, 2001)
Harmon Goldstone, Led New York Landmarks Commission, Dies at 89 (By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Feb. 23, 2001)
U.S. Had Evidence of Espionage, but F.B.I. Failed to Inspect Itself
(By DAVID JOHNSTON & JAMES RISEN, Feb. 23, 2001)
One Case May Hold Clues to Another (By JAMES RISEN, Feb. 23, 2001)
Bush Holds His First White House News Conference (By FRANK BRUNI, Feb. 23, 2001)
LOBBYING: Clinton's Brother Pursued Clemency Bids for Friends
(By DAVID JOHNSTON & DON VAN NATTA Jr., Feb. 23, 2001)
The Brothers: Siblings Who Often Emerge in an Unflattering Spotlight (By TODD S. PURDUM, Feb. 23, 2001)
THE DEMOCRATS: This Time, Clintons Find Their Support Buckling From Weight of New Woes
(By RICHARD L. BERKE, Feb. 23, 2001)
Mrs. Clinton Says Her Brother's Role Left Her 'Saddened' (By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, Feb. 23, 2001)
Making the White House a Home (By MARIAN BURROS, Feb. 23, 2001)
Spy Drama Survivor Watches as Story Unfolds (By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Feb. 23, 2001)
SPORTS: A Legend With the Guts and the Glory [Dale Earnhardt] (By RICK BRAGG, Feb. 23, 2001)
National Enquirer Is Out Front on Two Major Reports (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Feb. 23, 2001)
A CLOSER LOOK: Politics and Families, Mixed: Presidential Relatives and the Headaches They Caused
(By EDWARD WONG, Feb. 23, 2001)
Bush Faults China on Aid to Iraq for Radar System (By DAVID E. SANGER & STEVEN LEE MYERS, Feb. 23, 2001)
Sub Accident Shakes Japan's Security Ties With U.S. (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Feb. 23, 2001)
Beijing Tries to Woo Olympics and Keep Dissidents in Check (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Feb. 23, 2001)
New Cardinal in a Clash of Creeds [Ukraine's Eastern Orthodox Church]
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Feb. 23, 2001)
* Memories Chiseled in a Cathedral's Stone (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Feb. 23, 2001)
Thrills, Spills and More Cries of Sled Injuries (By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, Feb. 23, 2001)
* The Big City: Just Forgive, and Forget the Big Bucks [selling indulgences] (By JOHN TIERNEY, Feb. 23, 2001)
Public Lives: Janet Reno Is Ready to Talk (By JAMES BARRON with Alison Leigh Cowan, Feb. 23, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Sorting Out the Pardon Mess (NY TIMES, Feb. 23, 2001)
OP-ED: The Moles Will Always Be With Us (By ROBERT M. GATES, Feb. 23, 2001)
OP-ED: Art's Cold Welcome on the Web (By PAULINA BORSOOK, Feb. 23, 2001)
OP-ED: PUBLIC INTERESTS: Everything's Relative (By GAIL COLLINS, Feb. 23, 2001)
* OP-ED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Hype and Anti-Hype (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Feb. 23, 2001)
* LETTERS: Pardons, Morals and History (By NATALIE LUKAS et. al., Feb. 23, 2001)
* LETTERS: That Walk to High School Woke Me Up (By MICHAEL WAGNER, Feb. 23, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Nasdaq Falls to Worst Close Since '99 as Dow Ends Even
[Dow +0.23, Nasdaq -24] (By MICHAEL BRICK, Feb. 23, 2001)
Floyd Norris: The U.S. Trade Deficit Now Matters (By FLOYD NORRIS, Feb. 23, 2001)
A Plan to Send Prescriptions Electronically (By MILT FREUDENHEIM, Feb. 23, 2001)
* Advertising: Oracle Defies Conventional Wisdom (By BERNARD STAMLER, Feb. 23, 2001)
* Sun Revises Its Estimates Downward (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Feb. 23, 2001)
* Turkey Floats Currency, and It Falls 25% (By DOUGLAS FRANTZ with DAVID E. SANGER, Feb. 23, 2001)
* Indicator Index Foresees a Dip, Not a Recession (By REUTERS, Feb. 23, 2001)
For Daewoo's Founder, Pride Before the Fall (By DON KIRK, International Herald Tribune, Feb. 23, 2001)
Trade Center, Once Sneered at, Lures Rich Suitor and $3.2 Billion (By CHARLES V. BAGLI, Feb. 23, 2001)
Letting Out Market Fear Elsewhere [Turkey's devaluation] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Feb. 23, 2001)
$4.5 Billion in Credit Lines for Lucent (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Feb. 23, 2001)
Amid Telecommunications Gloom, Optimism in France (By NIALL McKAY, Feb. 23, 2001)
ART: Thwack! Paul McCarthy's Work Sticks in the Brain (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Feb. 23, 2001)
* ART: Oskar Kokoschka: A Rider of the Storm Who Viewed It All With Curiosity, Passion and Panache
(By JOHN RUSSELL, Feb. 23, 2001)
* ART: Smithsonian May Lose Washington Portrait (NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 23, 2001)
ART: East Side: The Art Show Explores Recent History (By ROBERTA SMITH, Feb. 23, 2001)
ART: West Side: The Armory Show Just Keeps Growing (By KEN JOHNSON, Feb. 23, 2001)
Inside Art: A '71 Serra for the Capital (By CAROL VOGEL, Feb. 23, 2001)
Antiques: An Essential for Gardens Is the Bench (By WENDY MOONAN, Feb. 23, 2001)
BOOKS: 'Music for the Third Ear': The Anguish of Souls Echoes Across an Era (By RICHARD EDER, Feb. 23, 2001)
DANCE: 'Taagalà': Piercing Dadaist Anomie With the Call of Tradition (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Feb. 23, 2001)
FILM: '3,000 Miles to Graceland': Elvis Week Offers Cover for a Holdup (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Feb. 23, 2001)
FILM: 'Monkeybone': A Descent Into Unconsciousness, as Freud Might Tell It (By A. O. SCOTT, Feb. 23, 2001)
FILM: 'Haunted Castle': A Faustian Bargain Explains the Rock Stars' Gigs (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Feb. 23, 2001)
FILM: 'Last Resort': Stripped of Hope but Not Her Humanity (By A. O. SCOTT, Feb. 23, 2001)
Home Video: Mind Games in a Sequel (By PETER M. NICHOLS, Feb. 23, 2001)
MUSIC CRITIC: In a Universe of Music, a World Tour of CD's (By JON PARELES, Feb. 23, 2001)
MUSIC: Paavali Jumppanen: From Blaze to Ashes, as He Overpowers His Piano (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Feb. 23, 2001)
THEATER: On Stage and Off: An 'Annie,' Bereft, Is Suing (By JESSE MCKINLEY, Feb. 23, 2001)
THEATER: 'A Skull in Connemara': Leenane III, Bones Flying (By BEN BRANTLEY, Feb. 23, 2001)
TV: 'Boycott': How History Was Made in a Moment of Defiance (By CARYN JAMES, Feb. 23, 2001)
* TV Weekend: Yellow Brick Road as a One-Way Street to Misery (By CARYN JAMES, Feb. 23, 2001)
LIVING: Weekend Excursion: Surrendering to Scenery and Snow (By SARA RIMER, Feb. 23, 2001)
* MY MANHATTAN: Romancing Columbia: Lessons in Nostalgia and New Discoveries
(By PAULA DEITZ, Feb. 23, 2001)
Family Fare: How Merrily We Roll Along [Nanabosho, Prometheus of Anishinabe Indians]
(By LAUREL GRAEBER, Feb. 23, 2001)
* SCIENCE: Great Wall Longer Than Thought [310 miles longer than 4,160 miles]
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 23, 2001)
* Scientists Find Signs of Meteor Crash That Led to Extinctions in Era Before Dinosaurs
(By KENNETH CHANG, Feb. 23, 2001)
Company Says It Found Deepest Wreck [2300-year old Greek vessel] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 23, 2001)
Russians Urge Putin to Save Mir Space Station (By REUTERS, Feb. 23, 2001)
Japan Expresses Concern Over Russian Space Debris (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 23, 2001)

Thursday, Feb. 22, 2001:
On This Day: February 22 (Charles VII 2/22/1403-7/22/1461, George Washington 2/22/1732-12/14/1799, Rembrandt Peale 2/22/1778-10/3/1860, Arthur Schopenhauer 2/22/1788-9/21/1860, James Russell Lowell 2/22/1819-8/12/1891, Bill Klem 2/22/1874-9/16/1951, David Dubinsky 2/22/1892-9/17/1982, Luis Bunuel 2/22/1900-7/29/1983, Sean O'Faolain 2/22/1900-4/20/1991, Peter Hurd 2/22/1904-7/9/1984, John Mills 1908, Marni Nixon 1930, Edward M. Kennedy 1932, Jonathan Demme 1944, Hohn Ashton 1948, Julius Erving 1950, Julie Walters 1950, Michael Chang 1972)
U.S. Defeats Soviet Squad In Olympic Hockey by 4-3 (By Gerald Eskenazi, February 22, 1980)
* Edna St. V. Millay Found Dead At 58, Poet Succumbs of Heart Attack
[2/22/1892-10/19/1950] (NY TIMES, October 20, 1950)
Donella Meadows, 59, Author, and Advocate for Environment (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Feb. 22, 2001)
Bob Buhl, Braves Pitcher Who Was Hapless as a Hitter, Dead at 72 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Feb. 22, 2001)
Guy Rodgers, an N.B.A. All-Star, Dies at 65 (By LENA WILLIAMS, Feb. 22, 2001)
Rosemary DeCamp, 'Yankee Doodle' Actress, Dies at 90 (NY TIMES, Feb. 22, 2001)
Sailor Says Sub Tracked Ship but Guests Were Distraction (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Feb. 22, 2001)
Justices Give the States Immunity From Suits by Disabled Workers (By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Feb. 22, 2001)
THE SPYMASTER: Spy Handler Bedeviled U.S. in Earlier Case (By JAMES RISEN, Feb. 22, 2001)
THE SUSPECT: No Polygraph for Spy Suspect (By DAVID JOHNSTON, Feb. 22, 2001)
The Prosecution Case: Zigs and Zags of Spy Cases Put a Damper on Predicting (By NEIL A. LEWIS, Feb. 22, 2001)
Spy Chasers Feel Betrayed by One-Time Top Gun (By BENJAMIN WEISER, Feb. 22, 2001)
The Chicago Years: Time in Elite Police Unit Included Secretive Work (By PAM BELLUCK, Feb. 22, 2001)
Teenager Arraigned in Killing of 2 Professors at Dartmouth (By SARA RIMER, Feb. 22, 2001)
Boston Globe Prints Apology on Article on Dartmouth Murder Inquiry (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Feb. 22, 2001)
Brother-in-Law of Clinton Got $400,000 in Pardon Bids
(By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS with MICHAEL MOSS, Feb. 22, 2001)
Brother-in-Law Used to Using Family Ties (By ANDY NEWMAN, Feb. 22, 2001)
Marc Rich Aided Israeli Official (By WILLIAM A. ORME Jr., Feb. 22, 2001)
Pacific Gas and Electric Finds No Sympathy (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Feb. 22, 2001)
Safety Commission Recalls Three Children's Products (NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 22, 2001)
U.S. Offers Japan a New Apology (By REUTERS, Feb. 22, 2001)
Shaping a Legacy, Pope Installs 44 Cardinals (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Feb. 22, 2001)
American Cardinals Handle Reporters and Flying Birettas (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Feb. 22, 2001)
A Dowager Queen in India Is Vengeful to the End (By CELIA W. DUGGER, Feb. 22, 2001)
Fearing Disease, Brazil Bans Argentine Beef (By REUTERS, Feb. 22, 2001)
A House of 2,000 Parts Moves From China to America (By TRACIE ROZHON, Feb. 22, 2001)
Public Lives: Just a Rumor (By JAMES BARRON with Linda Lee, Feb. 22, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Another Pardon Disgrace (NY TIMES, Feb. 22, 2001)
EDITORIAL: New York's New Cardinal (NY TIMES, Feb. 22, 2001)
OP-ED: Playing Their Way In [College admission of athletes]
(By JAMES L. SHULMAN and WILLIAM G. BOWEN, Feb. 22, 2001)
OP-ED: A Better Intifada (By BASSEM EID, Feb. 22, 2001)
OP-ED: IN AMERICA: Rising Tides [global warming] (By BOB HERBERT, Feb. 22, 2001)
OP-ED ESSAY: The Molehill Mountain (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Feb. 22, 2001)
LETTERS: In Defense of Dr. Freud [treatment of "Dora"] (By LEON HOFFMAN, M.D., Feb. 22, 2001)
BUSINESS: Stocks Fall Broadly, With Major Indexes Around Year Lows
[Dow -204, Nasdaq -49] (By ALEX BERENSON, Feb. 22, 2001)
Inflation Index Jumps, Thanks to Energy Costs (By MICHAEL BRICK, Feb. 22, 2001)
Many Banks Tightening Up Business Loans (By RIVA D. ATLAS, Feb. 22, 2001)
Market Place: The Chief Executive as Chief Cheerleader [Gary C. Wendt, Conseco CEO]
(By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Feb. 22, 2001)
Advertising: Absolut to Salute GLAAD (By STUART ELLIOTT, Feb. 22, 2001)
Economic Scene: Smaller Classes Don't Necessarily Equal Better Education (By VIRGINIA POSTREL, Feb. 22, 2001)
Lucent Acknowledges Mistake (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 22, 2001)
Coke and Procter & Gamble in Joint Marketing Venture (By JULIAN E. BARNES, Feb. 22, 2001)
Michigan Considers a Cybercourt (By PAM BELLUCK, Feb. 22, 2001)
Peapod Reports Big Loss (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 22, 2001)
* Standard Media Eliminates 69 Jobs (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Feb. 22, 2001)
ARTS IN AMERICA: Museums on Black Culture Still Fighting for Money and a Future
(By STEPHEN KINZER, Feb. 22, 2001)
* BOOKS: 'Familiar Spirits': Bound by the Spirit World as They Drifted Apart (By JANET MASLIN, Feb. 22, 2001)
Culture Notes: Historic Occasion [Henry Moore Exhibit] (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Feb. 22, 2001)
DANCE: Twyla Tharp Dance: Blending Ballet Bravura With a Disco Drive (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Feb. 22, 2001)
DANCE: 'Verge': Feeling the Pain of a Dissociated World (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Feb. 22, 2001)
DANCE: 'Auto.Publik': Shifting Vantage Points and Plenty of New Angles (By JACK ANDERSON, Feb. 22, 2001)
MUSIC: Eminem Grabs Spotlight, but Steely Dan Wins Best Album (By NEIL STRAUSS, Feb. 22, 2001)
MUSIC: Cecilia Bartoli: A Lyrical Fire (No 'Seasons' in Sight) (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Feb. 22, 2001)
MUSIC: Kristjan Jarvi: Classicism Meets Jazz, and Style-Hopping Ensues (By ALLAN KOZINN, Feb. 22, 2001)
MUSIC: New York Chamber Symphony: Composers in Their Flashes of Youth (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Feb. 22, 2001)
* POP REVIEW: Low: Subtle Meditations From the Underground (By ANN POWERS, Feb. 22, 2001)
THEATER: 'Vieques': No Man's an Island, All Are Islanders (By D. J. R. BRUCKNER, Feb. 22, 2001)
THEATER: 'Three Seconds in the Key': Disease, the Clock and the Will Not to Fail (By ANITA GATES, Feb. 22, 2001)
TV: 'The Remorseful Day': So Many Knots, Inspector, and Time Is Running Out (By RON WERTHEIMER, Feb. 22, 2001)
LIVING: Taking Home a Bit of a Hotel's Ambiance (By BRADFORD McKEE, Feb. 22, 2001)
In a New York City Loft, a Bridge Over Untroubled Waters (By ELAINE LOUIE, Feb. 22, 2001)
Personal Shopper: Polka Dots Grow Up [9 photos] (By MARIANNE ROHRLICH, Feb. 22, 2001)
GARDENING: Garden Q&A: Organic Wildflowers? (By LESLIE LAND, Feb. 22, 2001)
Close to Home: Inheriting Memories, With White Elephants (By DEBORAH BALDWIN, Feb. 22, 2001)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 22, 2001)
The Web, Without Wires, Wherever (By GLENN FLEISHMAN, Feb. 22, 2001)
Dot-Com, Esquire: Legal Guidance, Lawyer Optional (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Feb. 22, 2001)
* STATE OF THE ART: A Laptop Design Thinks Outside the Clamshell (By DAVID POGUE, Feb. 22, 2001)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Get Movie Popcorn, Then Check the Mail (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Feb. 22, 2001)
GAME THEORY: After So Many Fantasies, Back to Reality (By PETER OLAFSON, Feb. 22, 2001)
* Social Studies Class Finds How Far E-Mail Travels (By HEIDI A. SCHUESSLER, Feb. 22, 2001)
HOW IT WORKS: On Energy Farms, Technology Milks the Wind (By MATT LAKE, Feb. 22, 2001)
The Incredible Shrinking Robot, Self-Contained and Untethered (By IAN AUSTEN, Feb. 22, 2001)
* Google Extends Search Engine's Reach to a Popular File Format (By GLENN FLEISHMAN, Feb. 22, 2001)
Animated Rap Music Video Takes Leap to Interactivity (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Feb. 22, 2001)
SCREEN GRAB: Lifting the Curtain on the Showman Buffalo Bill (By MICHAEL POLLAK, Feb. 22, 2001)
Wearing Your Vital Signs on Your Wrist (By DAVID J. WALLACE, Feb. 22, 2001)
Protocol Wars: A Standard Emerges, but Watch Out for Those Microwave Ovens
(By GLENN FLEISHMAN, Feb. 22, 2001)
* Web Site Shares Feats of Engineers' Daring (By SHELLY FREIERMAN, Feb. 22, 2001)
New Cell Phones Put Whole Alphabet in Play (By BRUCE HEADLAM, Feb. 22, 2001)
Blink Offers to Transfer Bookmarks to Cell Phones (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Feb. 22, 2001)
New Electronic Book Software Makes Lending Out Impossible (By IAN AUSTEN, Feb. 22, 2001)
Microsoft Outlook Add-On for Wireless Keeps You Posted (By DAVID POGUE, Feb. 22, 2001)
Q & A: Finding Help Online for Message Boards (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Feb. 22, 2001)
Letters: Courses Don't Add Up (By DAVID HILDEBRAND et. al., Feb. 22, 2001)
SCIENCE: Technology Gives a Feel of Dinosaur Bite (By REUTERS, Feb. 22, 2001)
Scientists Gear Up for Effort to Record Ocean Life (By REUTERS, Feb. 22, 2001)
Rare Study Finds Brain-Chilling Is No Help in Head Injuries (By GINA KOLATA, Feb. 22, 2001)
Researchers Protest Against New Rules to Protect Lab Animals (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 22, 2001)

Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2001:
On This Day: February 21 (Antonio Lopez Santa Anna 2/21/1794-6/21/1876, John Henry Newman 2/21/1801-8/11/1890, Pierre Laffitte 2/21/1823-1/4/1903, Leo Delibes 2/21/1836-1/16/1891, Constantin Brancusi 2/21/1876-3/16/1957, Harry Stack Sullivan 2/21/1892-1/14/1949, Anais Nin 2/21/1903-1/14/1977, Tom Yawkey 2/21/1903-7/9/1976, W. H. Auden 2/21/1907-9/29/1973, Kelsey Grammer 1955, Mary Chapin Carpenter 1958, Christopher Atkins 1961, William Baldwin 1963, Jennifer Love Hewitt 1979)
Malcolm X Shot to Death at Rally Here (By Theodore Jones, February 21, 1965)
* Andres Segovie Is Dead at 94; His Crusade Elevated Guitar
[2/21/1893-6/2/1987] (By DONAL HENAHAN, June 4, 1987)
* Stanley Kramer, Filmmaker With Social Bent, Dies at 87 (By RICK LYMAN, Feb. 21, 2001)
* Folke Karl Skoog, 92, Who Helped Transform Understanding of Plants, Dies
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Feb. 21, 2001)
Bill Rigney, Infielder on 1951 Giants, Dies at 83 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Feb. 21, 2001)
Joe Norris, Bowler, Dies at 93 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 21, 2001)
Priscilla Davis, Socialite in Tawdry Texas Murder Case, Is Dead at 59 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 21, 2001)
F.B.I. Agent Charged as Spy Who Aided Russia for 15 Years (By DAVID JOHNSTON, Feb. 21, 2001)
From Dour 'Mortician' of F.B.I. to Suspected Russian Superspy (By PHILIP SHENON, Feb. 21, 2001)
Gaps in Ames Case May Be Filled by F.B.I.'s Own Spy Case (By JAMES RISEN, Feb. 21, 2001)
Justices Look at Heat-Seeker's Ability to Pierce the Home (By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Feb. 21, 2001)
Colorado Children's Deaths Rekindle Debate on Religion (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Feb. 21, 2001)
Extradition for Teenager in Killing of Professors (By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Feb. 21, 2001)
Study Finds Teenage Drug Use Higher in U.S. Than in Europe (By KATE ZERNIKE, Feb. 21, 2001)
* Chicago Journal: Broad-Shoulder Brotherhood, Forged in Steam (By JOHN W. FOUNTAIN, Feb. 21, 2001)
Bush Goes to Midwest to Push Education and Tax Cut Plans (By MARC LACEY, Feb. 21, 2001)
Racer's Death Leaves Hole in Heart of His Hometown (By RICK BRAGG, Feb. 21, 2001)
Lessons: A Worthwhile Substitute for the Regents Exams [portfolios] (By RICHARD ROTHSTEIN, Feb. 21, 2001)
Hunting bin Laden's Allies, U.S. Extends Net to Europe (By JUDITH MILLER & SARAH LYALL, Feb. 21, 2001)
Barak, Angry With His Party and Sharon, Quits Israeli Politics Again (By DEBORAH SONTAG, Feb. 21, 2001)
Beijing Is Given an Olympian Burnish (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Feb. 21, 2001)
Ramallah Journal: Bitter Souvenirs of Palestinian Uprising (By DEBORAH SONTAG, Feb. 21, 2001)
Putin Invites West to Work on a Defense for Missiles (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Feb. 21, 2001)
Ex-Aide Proposed Plot to Kill bin Laden (By BENJAMIN WEISER, Feb. 21, 2001)
Rich Is Selling Trading Firm to Alfa Unit (By ELIZABETH OLSON with SABRINA TAVERNISE, Feb. 21, 2001)
Chinese Fiber-Optic Work Linked to Raided Iraqi Sites
(By DAVID E. SANGER & STEVEN LEE MYERS, Feb. 21, 2001)
Chinese Investors May Get Access to Wider Market (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Feb. 21, 2001)
On a Harlem Block, Lines That Divide and Ties That Bind (By AMY WALDMAN, Feb. 21, 2001)
* At Nail Salons Anxiety Tempers Good Times for Koreans in Business (By SUSAN SACHS, Feb. 21, 2001)
* NYC: Standing, a Last Time, for a Dancer [Gwen Verdon] (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Feb. 21, 2001)
Public Lives: Hazardous Duty Covering President (By JAMES BARRON, Feb. 21, 2001)
Public Profile: Longing for the Past in a Changing Church (By CHRIS HEDGES, Feb. 21, 2001)
EDITORIAL: A Disturbing New Spy Case (NY TIMES, Feb. 21, 2001)
EDITORIAL: The Cheney Factor (NY TIMES, Feb. 21, 2001)
* OP-ED: My Debt to Cousin Louis's Cornet (By STANLEY KARNOW, Feb. 21, 2001)
* OP-ED: LIBERTIES: Your Fault. No, Yours. No, Yours. (By MAUREEN DOWD, Feb. 21, 2001)
OP-ED: We Can Afford a Much Bigger Tax Cut (By JACK KEMP, Feb. 21, 2001)
OP-ED: RECKONING: Fowl Play (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Feb. 21, 2001)
BUSINESS: Technology Shares Lead Market Lower [Dow -69, Nasdaq -107] (By MICHAEL BRICK, Feb. 21, 2001)
* Management: Discarded Dreams of Dot-Com Rejects (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Feb. 21, 2001)
Market Place: Mixed Signals on Direction of the Market (By FLOYD NORRIS, Feb. 21, 2001)
Lucent Investigates Record of Former High-Ranking Executive (By SIMON ROMERO, Feb. 21, 2001)
Advertising: Headhunters Seek the 30-45 Age Group (By BERNARD STAMLER, Feb. 21, 2001)
Workplace: A Tempest Over Photo of Shackled Boy (By EVE TAHMINCIOGLU, Feb. 21, 2001)
My Job: Have Camera, Will Travel (By ANDREW J. McKELVEY, Feb. 21, 2001)
The Boss: Persuasion and Persistence (By ANDREW J. McKELVEY, Feb. 21, 2001)
* Intel Takes Steps to Cut Costs (By CHRIS GAITHER, Feb. 21, 2001)
Napster Planning Fees Starting in Summer (By MATT RICHTEL, Feb. 21, 2001)
EBay Seen in Deal for French Rival (By SUZANNE KAPNER, Feb. 21, 2001)
Net Profits Rise 4.5% at Wal-Mart, but Crumble at Home Depot (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Feb. 21, 2001)
Countersuit Filed Against TV Contestant (By BILL CARTER, Feb. 21, 2001)
ART: 'Yo Mama' Artist Debates With Catholic Critic (By MONTE WILLIAMS, Feb. 21, 2001)
* BOOKS: Letter by Letter, Milosz's Alphabet Turns Into an Endgame (By RICHARD EDER, Feb. 21, 2001)
Culture Notes: Old and New Zmiros (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Feb. 21, 2001)
DANCE: 'Tales From Hans Christian Andersen': Dreamland Creatures, Pastel and Jewel-Like
(By JACK ANDERSON, Feb. 21, 2001)
DANCE: 'International Ballet Gala': A Firmament of All-Stars From All Over, All Glittering
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Feb. 21, 2001)
FILM: REVISIONS: The Film of Taste: Just Add Soft Lighting and Close-Ups
(By MARGO JEFFERSON, Feb. 21, 2001)
MUSIC: New York Philharmonic: Russian Dash, an Evening of Firebirds & Nightingales
(By ANNE MIDGETTE, Feb. 21, 2001)
POP LIFE: Native Genre Takes Pride of Place at the Grammys (By NEIL STRAUSS, Feb. 21, 2001)
THEATER: 'Boy Gets Girl': From Blind Date to Stalker (By BEN BRANTLEY, Feb. 21, 2001)
TV: MTV's 'Real World' Rolls On With Voyeurs on Its Coattails (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Feb. 21, 2001)
TV CRITIC: Even on 'Survivor,' Hard to Survive as a Chef These Days (By WILLIAM GRIMES, Feb. 21, 2001)
TV Notes: Reality Producer Sought by CBS (By JIM RUTENBERG, Feb. 21, 2001)
LIVING: New York Fall Fashion Week in Review (By, Feb. 21, 2001)
Opening the Book of Wine at Some Serious Wine Classes (By AMANDA HESSER, Feb. 21, 2001)
* On New York Plates, Goliath Shrimp (Gigantic Flavor, Too) (By ERIC ASIMOV, Feb. 21, 2001)
* Temptation: A Cheesecake, Part Cloud, That Borders on the Perfect (By AMANDA HESSER, Feb. 21, 2001)
* Tofu, That Excellent, Underrated Entree [2 recipes] (By JACK BISHOP, Feb. 21, 2001)
The Minimalist: The Steak Awakened (By MARK BITTMAN, Feb. 21, 2001)
The Chef: Contrasts in a Pudding (By Charlie Trotter with Regina Schrambling, Feb. 21, 2001)
Powder Keg: Truffle Flavor in Flour Form (By MATT LEE & TED LEE, Feb. 21, 2001)
* SCIENCE: Astronomers Find Life Ingredients (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 21, 2001)
* New Museum Film Explores the Sun (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 21, 2001)
Surprise in the Heavens as Energy Is Detected in a Brown Dwarf (By JAMES GLANZ, Feb. 21, 2001)
Plan Would Benefit Star-Watchers (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 21, 2001)
* CYBERTIMES EDUCATION: 'Facing History' Online (By MARGARET W. GOLDSBOROUGH, Feb. 21, 2001)
Study Suggests New Option for Women With Abnormal Pap Tests (By DENISE GRADY, Feb. 21, 2001)

Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2001:
On This Day: February 20 (Honore Daumier 2/20/1808-2/11/1879, Georges Bernanos 2/20/1888-7/5/1948, Bill Tilden 2/20/1893-6/5/1953, Jimmy Yancey 2/20/1898-9/17/1951, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 2/20/1899-12/13/1992, Rene Dubos 2/20/1901-2/20/1982, Louis Kahn 2/20/1901-3/17/1974, Aleksey Kosygin 2/20/1904-12/18/1980, Konstantin Sergeyev 2/20/1910-4/1992, Gloria Vanderbilt 1924, Robert Altman 1925, Sidney Poitier 1927, Nancy Wilson 1937, Buffy Sainte-Marie 1941, Phil Esposito 1942, Mike Leigh 1943, Sandy Duncan 1946, Peter Strauss 1947, Edward Albert 1951, Patricia Hearst 1954, Charles Barkley 1963, Cindy Crawford 1966, Andrew Shue 1967)
Glenn Orbits Earth 3 Times Safely (By Richard Witkin, February 20, 1962)
* Ansel Adams, Photographer, Is Dead at 82
[2/20/1902-2/11/1984] (By JOHN RUSSELL, April 24, 1984)
* Stanley Kramer, Director and Producer, Dies at 87 (NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 20, 2001)
T. Geoffrey Bibby, Discoverer of Gilgamesh's Island, Dies at 83 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Feb. 20, 2001)
Frank Gilbreth Jr., Author Of 'Cheaper by the Dozen,' Dies at 89 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Feb. 20, 2001)
Howard Koch, Producer and Director, Dies at 84 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 20, 2001)
Roger Caras, Animal Welfare Advocate, Dies at 72 (By SHERRI DAY, Feb. 20, 2001)
Charles Trenet, French Pop Singer, Dies at 87 (By ALAN RIDING, Feb. 20, 2001)
Gail Fisher, TV Actress Who Won Emmy for 'Mannix,' Dies at 65 (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Feb. 20, 2001)
* Robert White, Psychologist Who Specialized in Personality, Dies at 92 (By CARMEL McCOUBREY, Feb. 20, 2001)
Bush Dedicates Museum at Site of Oklahoma City Bombing (By FRANK BRUNI, Feb. 20, 2001)
Arrests Made in Dartmouth Killings, but Mystery Thickens (By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Feb. 20, 2001)
Financier's Partner Remained Loyal Lieutenant Throughout (By ALISON LEIGH COWAN, Feb. 20, 2001)
Election Case a Test and a Trauma for Justices (By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Feb. 20, 2001)
Bush's Call to Church Groups to Get Untraditional Replies (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Feb. 20, 2001)
A Woman Emerges to Offer Peru an Alternative (By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, Feb. 20, 2001)
Change Stirs Hope for Legal Status Among Immigrants (By JANE GROSS, Feb. 20, 2001)
In Russian-Language TV, a Slice of Moscow-Style Turmoil (By SUSAN SACHS, Feb. 20, 2001)
Considering a Later School Bell for Connecticut's Sleepy Children (By PAUL ZIELBAUER, Feb. 20, 2001)
For Cardinal-to-Be, a Busy Day in Rome (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Feb. 20, 2001)
* Demise of Typewriter Shop Saddens Authors Who Nurse Their Machines (By GLENN COLLINS, Feb. 20, 2001)
Chelsea Journal: Sale at Barneys! Oh, the Prices! Oh, the Humanity! (By MONTE WILLIAMS, Feb. 20, 2001)
* Carrying This Student's Books Is Not a Nicety (By JANE GROSS, Feb. 20, 2001)
Public Lives: His Beat Goes On, as a Hip-Hop Empire (By CHRIS HEDGES, Feb. 20, 2001)
Tunnel Vision: Less Stubbornness Would Speed Ride (By RANDY KENNEDY, Feb. 20, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Tax-Cut News for Mr. Bush (NY TIMES, Feb. 20, 2001)
OP-ED: We Should Witness the Death of McVeigh (By THOMAS LYNCH, Feb. 20, 2001)
OP-ED: Testing the Limits of the Western Dream (By PATRICIA N. LIMERICK & CHARLES SCOGGIN, Feb. 20, 2001)
OP-ED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Powell's First Memo (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Feb. 20, 2001)
OP-ED: PUBLIC INTERESTS: The Art of Rudy (By GAIL COLLINS, Feb. 20, 2001)
LETTERS: Clinton and the Pardons: The Raging Storm (By WALTER GRAY et. al., Feb. 20, 2001)
BUSINESS: Overseas Markets Quiet (By REUTERS, Feb. 20, 2001)
* Intel Limits Hiring, Defers Some Raises (By CHRIS GAITHER, Feb. 20, 2001)
Advertising: Sprite Campaign Revamped (By STUART ELLIOTT, Feb. 20, 2001)
Knopf to Pay $4 Million Advance (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Feb. 20, 2001)
Times to Announce Deals With NewsStand, an Online Publisher (By LESLIE WAYNE, Feb. 20, 2001)
Tempers Flare and Losses Mount After Canada Bans Brazil Beef (By JENNIFER L. RICH, Feb. 20, 2001)
ARTS ABROAD: Confident and Racy, Mysterious Celebrity 'Sisters' Hypnotize Japan
(By STEPHANIE STROM, Feb. 20, 2001)
ART CRITIC: Considering Balthus in Light of Brooklyn Museum Stir (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Feb. 20, 2001)
BOOKS: Muriel Spark's 'Aiding and Abetting': A Loathsome Threesome in an Aristocrats' Minuet
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Feb. 20, 2001)
Culture: Raising the Roof (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Feb. 20, 2001)
DANCE: Ballet Preljocaj: With Wit and Some Surprises, a Beast Emerges From Within
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Feb. 20, 2001)
JAZZ: Dianne Reeves's Concert as Chocolate Box, Loaded With Sugar (By BEN RATLIFF, Feb. 20, 2001)
OPERA: In 'Tristan und Isolde,' Clarity Comes From the Pit (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Feb. 20, 2001)
THEATER: 'Race': A Playwright's Warning, Sounded From Berlin, 1933 (By BEN BRANTLEY, Feb. 20, 2001)
TV: A Young Actress Finds the Spirit of Anne Frank in a New Mini-Series (By ALAN RIDING, Feb. 20, 2001)
TV: 'The Target Shoots First': Why a Job at a Record Club Isn't So Cool (By NEIL GENZLINGER, Feb. 20, 2001)
FASHION REVIEW: Calvin Klein Shows His Stuff, and It Struts [7 photos] (By CATHY HORYN, Feb. 20, 2001)
FASHION REVIEW: A Few Old Fashion Pros Are Sticking to Their Guns (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Feb. 20, 2001)
* The Week in Science: The Genome (By NICHOLAS WADE, Feb. 20, 2001)
* The Key Vanishes: Scientist Outlines Unbreakable Code (By GINA KOLATA, Feb. 20, 2001)
* 'Splashy Discovery' Is Made on the Inner Edge of a Black Hole (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Feb. 20, 2001)
DNA Shows Malaria Helped Topple Rome (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Feb. 20, 2001)
* Under Icy Arctic Waters, A Fiery, Unexpected Find (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Feb. 20, 2001)
Moose Must Relearn Lessons in Survival (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 20, 2001)
* A Passion for Physical Realms, Minute and Massive (By GEORGE JOHNSON, Feb. 20, 2001)
* OBSERVATORY: Composite, Fix Thyself (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 20, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: Bacteria, Evolution's Tool (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 20, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: Eyes on an Iceberg (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 20, 2001)
Letters: The Genome's Riddle (By ROBERT SOLOMON et. al., Feb. 20, 2001)
HEALTH: Doubters Fault Theory Finding Earlier Puberty (By GINA KOLATA, Feb. 20, 2001)
Some Biotech Upstarts Fizzle Against Native Plants (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, Feb. 20, 2001)
* What's in an Inkblot? Some Say, Not Much (By ERICA GOODE, Feb. 20, 2001)
* Samson Diagnosis: Antisocial Personality Disorder, With Muscles (By ERICA GOODE, Feb. 20, 2001)
* Attacking Juvenile Diabetes With Education About Eating (By RANDI HUTTER EPSTEIN, Feb. 20, 2001)
PERSONAL HEALTH: Some Caution Signals for Older Drivers (By JANE E. BRODY, Feb. 20, 2001)
Court Papers Depict Scheme in Drug Billing (By MELODY PETERSEN, Feb. 20, 2001)
Findings Boost Hope for Better Lyme Vaccine (By HOLCOMB B. NOBLE, Feb. 20, 2001)
* New Hints of Amino Acid's Link to Strokes (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 20, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / OUTCOMES: Vaccine Discounted as a Link to Autism (By JOHN O'NEIL, Feb. 20, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / SAFETY: Sleepy Boys and Double Trouble (By JOHN O'NEIL, Feb. 20, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / PROGNOSIS: At Risk for a Stroke? Check the Map (By JOHN O'NEIL, Feb. 20, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / TESTING: Low-Tech Wins in Gauging Infant Health (By JOHN O'NEIL, Feb. 20, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / UPDATE: When Peanuts Are Palatable After All (By JOHN O'NEIL, Feb. 20, 2001)
Q&A: Tuna Tempest (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Feb. 20, 2001)

Monday, Feb. 19, 2001:
On This Day: February 19 (Nicolaus Copernicus 2/19/1473-5/24/1543, David Garrick 2/19/1717-1/20/1779, Luigi Boccherini 1/19/1743-5/28/1805, Elie Ducommun 2/19/1833-12/7/1906, Svante Arrhenius 2/19/1859-10/2/1927, Merle Oberon 2/19/1911-11/23/1979, Eddie Arcaro 2/19/1916-11/14/1997, Carson McCullers 2/19/1917-9/29/1967, John Frankenheimer 1930, Smokey Robinson 1940, Bobby Rogers 1940, Prince Andrew 1960)
U. S. Marines Storm Ashore on Iwo Island (ASSOCIATED PRESS, February 19, 1945)
Stan Kenton, Band Leader, Dies AT 67; Was Center of Jazz Controversies
[2/19/1912-8/25/1979] (By JOHN S. WILSON, August 27, 1979)
Dale Earnhardt Sr., a Nascar Great, Dies at 49 (By DAVE CALDWELL, Feb. 19, 2001)
* Eddie Mathews, Who Hit 512 Home Runs, Dies at 69 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Feb. 19, 2001)
* William H. Masters, a Pioneer in Studying and Demystifying Sex, Dies at 85 (By RICHARD SEVERO, Feb. 19, 2001)
* Balthus, Painter Who Caused a Stir, Dies at 92 (By JOHN RUSSELL, Feb. 19, 2001)
Edward Fitzgerald, Book-of-Month Executive, Dies at 81 (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Feb. 19, 2001)
Roger Caras, Author and Broadcast Journalist, Dies at 72 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 19, 2001)
Charles Trenet, Legendary French Singer, Dies at 87 (By REUTERS, Feb. 19, 2001)
Bush Speaks at Oklahoma City Museum Dedication (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Feb. 19, 2001)
2 Suspects in Dartmouth Deaths Arrested (By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN, Feb. 19, 2001)
In an Uncertain Climate, Philanthropy Is Slowing (By TAMAR LEWIN, Feb. 19, 2001)
* Adapting 'Mormon' to Emphasize Christianity (By GUSTAV NIEBUHR, Feb. 19, 2001)
* City in a Mouse's Pocket Tries to Move Beyond Its Small World (By DANA CANEDY, Feb. 19, 2001)
Look at Sunken Ship Halted to Repair Robot (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 19, 2001)
Clinton's Defense of Pardons Brings Even More Questions (By JOSEPH KAHN, Feb. 19, 2001)
Federal Panel Warns Bush of Social Security Problems (By ROBERT PEAR, Feb. 19, 2001)
Political Notebook: Back Home in Crawford and Having a Texas Ball (By FRANK BRUNI, Feb. 19, 2001)
Public Lives: Old Ties Give Bush Aide Cachet; Job Gives Him Power [Clay Johnson] (By MARC LACEY, Feb. 19, 2001)
Pakistani Journalists May Face Death for Publishing Letter (By BARRY BEARAK, Feb. 19, 2001)
Signs of Uneasiness in Seoul Over Change at White House (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Feb. 19, 2001)
Archie Comics and 'Josie' Artist Bare Legal Claws (By LESLIE EATON, Feb. 19, 2001)
* End of an Era as Typewriter Store Prepares to Close (By GLENN COLLINS, Feb. 19, 2001)
* Metropolitan Diary: Observations From Around New York City (By ENID NEMY, Feb. 19, 2001)
SPORTS: Pitching With the Enemy Is Fueling Cone's Fire (By CHARLIE NOBLES, Feb. 19, 2001)
DAYTONA 500: Victory Is an Impostor at Daytona (By DAVE CALDWELL, Feb. 19, 2001)
Career Highlights for Dale Earnhardt Sr. (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 19, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Mr. Clinton's Explanation (NY TIMES, Feb. 19, 2001)
OP-ED: Humbled by the Genome's Mysteries (By STEPHEN JAY GOULD, Feb. 19, 2001)
OP-ED: A Daily Disaster for Children (By JODY ADAMS, Feb. 19, 2001)
OP-ED ESSAY: Lay Off Our Bill (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Feb. 19, 2001)
LETTERS: Hoop Dreams, and a Few Nightmares (By JEFF SCHNEIDER et. al., Feb. 19, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Some Hard Lessons for Online Grocer (By SAUL HANSELL, Feb. 19, 2001)
* Satellite vs. Cable: A Rivalry Beyond TV (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT & SETH SCHIESEL, Feb. 19, 2001)
* SATELLITE & CABLE: Pros and Cons of 2 Sources (NY TIMES, Feb. 19, 2001)
* Media Marriage of Convenience Yields Best Seller (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Feb. 19, 2001)
Behind Layoffs, Reality Is Often Less Severe in U.S. (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Feb. 19, 2001)
Writers Strike May Not Be Inevitable (By RICK LYMAN, Feb. 19, 2001)
CBS and NBC Going Into Overtime in Thursday Night Race (By BILL CARTER, Feb. 19, 2001)
* New Economy: Online Companies' Customer Service Is Hardly a Priority (By SUSAN STELLIN, Feb. 19, 2001)
* Gates Stays the Course on Software Integration (By PAUL ANDREWS, Feb. 19, 2001)
E-Commerce Report: Retailers Rethink Internet Kiosks (By BOB TEDESCHI, Feb. 19, 2001)
* Market Place: Nortel Networks' Decline Jolts Shares of Its Suppliers (By SIMON ROMERO, Feb. 19, 2001)
* Compressed Data: Number of New Internet Users Is Growing (By SUSAN STELLIN, Feb. 19, 2001)
Compressed Data: Napster Is Stirring Debate on Art and Ethics (By CLEA SIMON, Feb. 19, 2001)
Compressed Data: Finding a Meaning for 'B2Q' is Quixotic (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Feb. 19, 2001)
* Media Talk: The New Yorker Hopes to Be a Lasting Site (By SUSAN STELLIN, Feb. 19, 2001)
Media Talk: Daily News Columnist Squeals 'Sopranos' Plots (By JIM RUTENBERG, Feb. 19, 2001)
Media Talk: Morgan Stanley Wants Apology from Wall Street Journal (By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Feb. 19, 2001)
XFL's Audience Tumbles 25% From Earlier Ratings on NBC (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Feb. 19, 2001)
* ARTS ONLINE: Staging of Multisite Arts Performances Online (By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL, Feb. 19, 2001)
BOOKS: Joni Rodgers: Facing Chemo or Pinkos, and Still Smilin' (By JANET MASLIN, Feb. 19, 2001)
Culture Notes: International Array (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Feb. 19, 2001)
DANCE: New York City Ballet: Again, Balanchine Provocatively Stirs the Pot (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Feb. 19, 2001)
DANCE: From Rec Rooms to Malls, Break Dancing Is a Hit in Suburbia (By NINA SIEGAL, Feb. 19, 2001)
FILM CRITIC: 'Hannibal,' the Cannibal Who Evolved Into a Stereotype (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Feb. 19, 2001)
MUSIC: King's Singers: Singing the Praises of Love, Romantic and Otherwise (By ALLAN KOZINN, Feb. 19, 2001)
MUSIC: A Tchaikovsky Surprise From Russian Capitalists (By ALLAN KOZINN, Feb. 19, 2001)
OPERA: 'Cosi Fan Tutte': A Mozart Work Stressing Togetherness (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Feb. 19, 2001)
THEATER: 'Isn't It Romantic': Wasserstein's Women Try Holding On to Love & Independence (By BRUCE WEBER, Feb. 19, 2001)
* TV: Lincoln's Marriage Mirrored the Pain of His Torn Nation (By JULIE SALAMON, Feb. 19, 2001)
SCIENCE: Global Warming's Likely Victims (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Feb. 19, 2001)
Glacier Loss Seen as Clear Sign of Human Role in Global Warming (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Feb. 19, 2001)
Science Journal Declares Plant Found at Camp Lejeune a New Species [coastal goldenrod]
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 19, 2001)
Scientists Look for Clues to Steller Sea Lion Decline (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 19, 2001)
* New Telescope to Search Skies for Intelligent Life (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 19, 2001)
* Enormous and Ancient, Giant Salamanders Lurk in the Shallows of Japanese Rivers
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 19, 2001)

Sunday, Feb. 18, 2001:
On This Day: February 18 (Mary Tudor 2/18/1516-11/17/1558, Alessandro Volta 2/18/1745-3/5/1827, Ramakrishna 2/18/1836-8/16/1886, Max Klinger 2/18/1857-7/5/1920, Charles M. Schwab 2/18/1862-9/18/1939, Wendell Willkie 2/18/1892-10/8/1944, George Gipp 2/18/1895-12/14/1920, Enzo Ferrari 2/18/1898-8/14/1988, Sir Arthur Bryant 2/18/1899-1/2/1985, Wallace Stegner 2/18/1909-4/13/1993, Jack Palance 1921, Helen Gurley Brown 1922, George Kennedy 1925, John Warner 1927, Toni Morrison 1931, Milos Forman 1932, Yoko Ono 1933, John Hughes 1950, Cybill Shepherd 1950, Juice Newton 1952, John Travolta 1954, Vanna White 1957, Matt Dillon 1968, Molly Ringwald 1968)
The Inauguration of the President of the Southern Confederacy
(NY TIMES, February 18, 1861)
Louis C. Tiffany, Noted Artist, Dies at 84 [2/18/1848-1/17/1933] (NY TIMES, January 18, 1933)
K.A. Muhammad, Ex-Official of Nation of Islam, Dies at 53 (By JAYSON BLAIR, Feb. 18, 2001)
Morison S. Cousins, Revamped Tupperware's Look With Flair, Dies at 66 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Feb. 18, 2001)
Boris Goldovsky, Musician and Opera's Avid Evangelist, Dies at 92 (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Feb. 18, 2001)
William H. Masters, Leading Researcher of Human Sexuality, Dies at 85 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 18, 2001)
Gail Fisher, Emmy Winner for Her Role in `Mannix' Series, Dies at 65 (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Feb. 18, 2001)
Navy to Open Court of Inquiry on U.S. Sub (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Feb. 18, 2001)
Deaths Spur Laws Against Drivers on Cell Phones (By FRANCIS X. CLINES, Feb. 18, 2001)
Police Seeking 2 Teenagers Charged in Dartmouth Killings (NY TIMES, Feb. 18, 2001)
A Clinton Fund-Raiser Is Said to Be Behind Gifts in Rich Case (By JILL ABRAMSON, Feb. 18, 2001)
* Architect of Bush's Presidency Is Still Building Bridges of Power (By RICHARD L. BERKE and FRANK BRUNI, Feb. 18, 2001)
* Pardon Is Trouble for Clinton Library (By KEVIN SACK, Feb. 18, 2001)
Bush Action on Research of Stem Cells Gets Scrutiny (By ROBIN TONER, Feb. 18, 2001)
Praised by Bush, a Church Center From the Streets (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Feb. 18, 2001)
Slab City Journal: For Thousands, a Town of Concrete Slabs Is a Winter Retreat (By EVELYN NIEVES, Feb. 18, 2001)
Military Analysis: New Bush, Old Team, Ponder Saddam Hussein (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Feb. 18, 2001)
Psychiatric Abuse Reportedly Used to Repress Sect (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Feb. 18, 2001)
Burmese Junta in Talks With Democracy Leader (By SETH MYDANS, Feb. 18, 2001)
New Strong 5.3 Quake in San Salvador Kills 1 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 18, 2001)
Sub Incident Erodes Trust in Japan Chief and the U.S. (By STEPHANIE STROM, Feb. 18, 2001)
Veteran Diplomat Is Bush's Pick for U.N. Post [John D. Negroponte] (By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, Feb. 18, 2001)
Student Who Unleashed Virus May be Offered Job (By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Feb. 18, 2001)
Astoria Journal: Of Famine and Feast, Kindness and Strangers (By CHARLIE LeDUFF, Feb. 18, 2001)
Embodied by One Block, Harlem's Ravaged Heart Sees a Revival (By AMY WALDMAN, Feb. 18, 2001)
SPORTS: Piazza Likes Beanball Memo (By TYLER KEPNER, Feb. 18, 2001)
O. J. Simpson Finds Fame and Infamy Blur Together in Florida Haze (By RICK BRAGG, Feb. 18, 2001)
EDITORIAL: The Bush Defense