New York Times: February 2005

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who read avidly The New York Times daily & joyfully for over 50 years.

Selected Articles from The New York Times—
February 2005 (* denotes news of special interest)

Monday, Feb. 28, 2005:
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)

* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Feb. 28, 2005)
* OP-ED: Scientists Are Made, Not Born (By W. MICHAEL COX & RICHARD ALM, Feb. 28, 2005)
OP-ED: Don't Blame Wal-Mart (By ROBERT B. REICH, Feb. 28, 2005)

Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005:
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)

EDITORIAL: Thousands Died in Africa Yesterday (NY TIMES, Feb. 27, 2005)

Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005:
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)

Edward Patten, Who Sang With the Pips, Dies at 66 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 26, 2005)
* SCIENCE: Novel Bacteria in Alaskan Ice May Be 32,000 Years Old (By NICHOLAS WADE, Feb. 26, 2005)

Friday, Feb. 25, 2005:
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)

Hugh Nibley, Outspoken Mormon Scholar, Dies at 94 (By EDWARD WYATT, Feb. 25, 2005)
Harald Szeemann, 71, Curator of Groundbreaking Shows, Dies (By ROBERTA SMITH, Feb. 25, 2005)
Tom Patterson, Stratford Festival Founder, Dies at 84 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Feb. 25, 2005)
Harry Simeone, 94, Holiday Chorale Conductor, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Feb. 25, 2005)
Robert Koff, 86, a Juilliard String Quartet Founder, Is Dead (By ALLAN KOZINN, Feb. 25, 2005)
NATIONAL: For the Few and the Proud, Concern Over the 'Few' Part
[Marines recruiting] (By ERIC SCHMITT, Feb. 25, 2005)
WORLD: Bush and Putin Exhibit Tension Over Democracy
(By ELISABETH BUMILLER and DAVID E. SANGER, Feb. 25, 2005)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Bush and Putin Mute Differences, Latching on to the Affirmative (By C. J. CHIVERS, Feb. 25, 2005)
Ailing Pope Is Breathing Unaided, Eating and Writing, Vatican Says (By IAN FISHER, Feb. 25, 2005)
* Behind Its Seawalls, Japanese Isle Debates Their Value (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Feb. 25, 2005)
* EDITORIAL OBSERVER: So Much Rain, and Southern California Has Never Seen Such Greens
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Feb. 25, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Kansas on My Mind (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Feb. 25, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Thrown to the Wolves (By BOB HERBERT, Feb. 25, 2005)
OP-ED: A Shell Game in the Arms Race (By MATTHEW GODSEY and GARY MILHOLLIN, Feb. 25, 2005)
* OP-ED: Fear and Earning [Hunter S. Thompson] (By LUCIAN K. TRUSCOTT IV, Feb. 25, 2005)
LETTERS: Social Security and the Generations (6 Letters) (By Allan B. Hubbard, et. al., Feb. 25, 2005)
BUSINESS: First the Markdown, Then the Showdown (By TRACIE ROZHON, Feb. 25, 2005)
ADVERTISING: Will Academy Awards Spots Pay Off for Marketers With Oscar Fever?
(By STUART ELLIOTT, Feb. 25, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: For a Start-Up, Visions of Profit in Podcasting (By JOHN MARKOFF, Feb. 25, 2005)
* BOOKS: 'LIPSTICK JIHAD': As if the Mullahs Were All Young at Heart (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Feb. 25, 2005)
FILM: Hollywood Catches Case of Oscar Blahs (By SHARON WAXMAN, Feb. 25, 2005)
MUSIC: LISTENING TO CD'S WITH Pat Metheny: An Idealist Reconnects With His Mentors
(By BEN RATLIFF, Feb. 25, 2005)
MUSIC: For 75th-Birthday Gig, Maazel Does Maazel (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Feb. 25, 2005)
PHOTOGRAPHY: ANDRE KERTESZ: Unmasking a Chameleon of the Lens (By KEN JOHNSON, Feb. 25, 2005)
TRAVEL: 36 HOURS In Lawrence, Kansas (By SETH SHERWOOD, Feb. 25, 2005)

Thursday, Feb. 24, 2005:
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)

Nathan Wright Jr., Black Power Advocate, Dies at 81 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Feb. 24, 2005)
* Simone Simon, Actress in 'Cat People' Horror Film, Dies at 93 (By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, Feb. 24, 2005)
Ara Berberian, Bass Singer in Opera and Musical Theater, Dies at 74 (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Feb. 24, 2005)
Jimmy Young, 56, Dies; Beat Foreman but Lost to Ali (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 24, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Honey, I Shrunk the Dollar (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Feb. 24, 2005)
* SMALL BUSINESS: The Quest for Financing Can Start on the Web (By ELIZABETH OLSON, Feb. 24, 2005)
ARCHITECTURE: 'GROUNDSWELL': Confronting Blight With Hope (By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, Feb. 24, 2005)
ARTS: A Dockworkers' Strike? No, It's Art (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Feb. 24, 2005)
BOOKS: A Mormon Daughter's Book Stirs a Storm (By EDWARD WYATT, Feb. 24, 2005)
TV: The Loser Is: Ratings for Awards (By ANITA GATES, Feb. 24, 2005)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 24, 2005)
STATE OF THE ART: The Big Picture: Megapixel Race at Milestone 8 (By DAVID POGUE, Feb. 24, 2005)
On the Net, Unseen Eyes (By PATRICK DI JUSTO, Feb. 24, 2005)
* WHAT'S NEXT: For Simpler Robots, a Step Forward
[MIT's knee-high robot Toddler can walk naturally]
(By ANNE EISENBERG, Feb. 24, 2005)
* BASICS: Bloggers Add Moving Images to Their Musings (By SANDEEP JUNNARKAR, Feb. 24, 2005)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Everything and the Bathroom Sink (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Feb. 24, 2005)
ONLINE DIARY: Frogs and a Showcase for Weirdness (By LISA NAPOLI, Feb. 24, 2005)
* We Have to Operate, but Let's Play First [laparoscopic surgery] (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Feb. 24, 2005)
COMING SOON: With a Pocket-Size Printer, Photos Will Be Small but Quick (By IAN AUSTEN, Feb. 24, 2005)
* DATA POINT: The Internet: It's the New TV (By Ian Austen, Feb. 24, 2005)
Cocktail Sets the Rat Pack Would Love (By MARGARET MASON, Feb. 24, 2005)
The Latest Initiative in Congress: Blogging (By By BRIAN WINGFIELD, Feb. 24, 2005)
* Floater Ads, the Cousins to Pop-Ups, Evade the Blockers (By JONATHAN MILLER, Feb. 24, 2005)
* TECHNOLGY: Sad, Lonely? For a Good Time, Call Vivienne* (By KEITH BRADSHER, Feb. 24, 2005)

Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2005:
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)

NATIONAL: American Accused in a Plot to Assassinate Bush (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Feb. 23, 2005)
Bush Elevates Adviser to Head of White House Economic Council (By DAVID STOUT, Feb. 23, 2005)
WORLD: Quake in Iran Levels Towns; Hundreds Die (By NAZILA FATHI, Feb. 23, 2005)
Bush Says Europe Should Not Lift Its China Arms Embargo (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Feb. 23, 2005)
Shiite Alliance in Iraq Wants Islamist as the Prime Minister
(By JOHN F. BURNS & DEXTER FILKINS, Feb. 23, 2005)
* NY REGION: Romance Beckons (in Case You Missed It) (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Feb. 23, 2005)
New York's Hidden Team on the Trail of Terroism (By ROBERT F. WORTH, Feb. 23, 2005)
11 Officials in New Jersey Snared After 4-Year Operation by F.B.I. (By RONALD SMOTHERS, Feb. 23, 2005)
SPORTS: Olympic Visit Skirts New York Melting Pot (By COREY KILGANNON, Feb. 23, 2005)
SPORTS: Bonds Talks, in His Way, of Baseball and Steroids (By IRA BERKOW, Feb. 23, 2005)
EDITORIAL: Some Inheritance [Social Security privatization] (NY TIMES, Feb. 23, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Secret Genocide Archive (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Feb. 23, 2005)
OP-ED: Paying the Price for Safety (By JIM HALL, Feb. 23, 2005)
OP-ED: Starving Amtrak to Save It (By NORMAN Y. MINETA, Feb. 23, 2005)
LETTERS: Are Painkillers Worth the Risks? (4 Letters) (By Larry Mason, et. al., Feb. 23, 2005)
LETTERS: The Young, the Old and the Deficit (5 Letters) (By Georgia Kraff, et. al., Feb. 23, 2005)
LETTERS: My Computer Is a ~~Tyrant~~ Really Nice Guy (2 Letters) (By Gerry Turkel, et. al., Feb. 23, 2005)
LETTERS: Its Own Reality (By T. Scott Plutchak, Feb. 23, 2005)
BUSINESS: Moving Stem Cells Front and Center (By ANDREW POLLACK, Feb. 23, 2005)
ARTS: Colorado Still Waits for Its 'Gates' (By MINDY SINK, Feb. 23, 2005)
BOOKS: Writing Frankly, Young-Adult Author Pushes Limits (By DINITIA SMITH, Feb. 23, 2005)
PERFORMANCE ART: LAURIE ANDERSON: Candles and Computers Glow as Technology Becomes Art
(By ANNE MIDGETTE, Feb. 23, 2005)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 23, 2005)
FOOD: In Quest of the Perfect Roast Chicken (By JULIA MOSKIN, Feb. 23, 2005)
FOOD: Southern France Makes Pizza Its Own (By DANIEL YOUNG, Feb. 23, 2005)
* THE MINIMALIST: Shrimp Without Distractions (By MARK BITTMAN, Feb. 23, 2005)
THE CHEF: A Bird With a Secret Under Its Skin (By DANA BOWEN, Feb. 23, 2005)
* A Gift to Black Cuisine, From Ray Charles (By MIMI READ, Feb. 23, 2005)
The Tire Man Eats New York [Michelin Guide] (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Feb. 23, 2005)
RESTAURANTS: Sometimes a Great Notion (By FRANK BRUNI, Feb. 23, 2005)
* SCIENCE: Images Suggest 'Recent' Ice on Mars Sea (By KENNETH CHANG, Feb. 23, 2005)

Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005:
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)

NATIONAL: In California, a Season of Mud, and Death, Continues (By NICK MADIGAN, Feb. 22, 2005)
Parents of Woman in Florida Lose Bid to Keep in Feeding Tube (By LYNN WADDELL, Feb. 22, 2005)
Bars Test Laws on Gambling With Moneyless Poker Games (By JODI WILGOREN, Feb. 22, 2005)
WORLD: Powerful Quake Kills at Least 420 in Iran (By NAZILA FATHI, Feb. 22, 2005)
Bush Says Russia Must Make Good on Democracy (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Feb. 22, 2005)
Israel Releases 500 Palestinian Prisoners (By GREG MYRE, Feb. 22, 2005)
Afghan Living Standards Among the Lowest, U.N. Finds (By CARLOTTA GALL, Feb. 22, 2005)
NY REGION: Clinton's Popularity Up in State, Even Among Republicans (By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, Feb. 22, 2005)
NYC: For the Yanks, as Constant as Pinstripes (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Feb. 22, 2005)
SPORTS: Doctors See a Big Rise in Injuries as Young Athletes Train Nonstop (By BILL PENNINGTON, Feb. 22, 2005)
SPORTS: On First Day After the Fall, Yanks Focus on the Here and Now (By TYLER KEPNER, Feb. 22, 2005)
BASEBALL: Even With 2 Former Red Sox, the Cubs Aren't Feeling Cursed (By IRA BERKOW, Feb. 22, 2005)
BASEBALL: Bonds Reports and Retorts (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 22, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Wag-the-Dog Protection (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Feb. 22, 2005)
OP-ED: The Next 9/11 Could Happen at Sea (By JOHN S. BURNETT, Feb. 22, 2005)
OP-ED: The War We Haven't Finished (By FRANK C. CARLUCCI, Feb. 22, 2005)
* LETTERS: When Robots March Off to War (7 Letters) (Peter C. Raich, Feb. 22, 2005)
Our Abandoned Values (By Bob Rosenbluth, Feb. 22, 2005)
BUSINESS: Building Autos With the Same DNA (By DANNY HAKIM, Feb. 22, 2005)
Hollywood Ending for Weinsteins and Disney? (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Feb. 22, 2005)
* BOOKS: AN APPRECIATION: The Thompson Style: A Sense of Self, and Outrage (By DAVID CARR, Feb. 22, 2005)
BOOKS: 'THE CHRYSANTHEMUM PALACE': Children of Fame, Sharing a Cesspool (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Feb. 22, 2005)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 22, 2005)
* SCIENCE: Tiny Is Beautiful: Translating 'Nano' Into Practical (By KENNETH CHANG, Feb. 22, 2005)

Monday, Feb. 21, 2005:
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)

* Hunter S. Thompson, 67, Author, Commits Suicide (By MICHELLE O'DONNELL, Feb. 21, 2005)
* FEATURED AUTHOR: HUNTER S. THOMPSON (1937-2005) (NY TIMES, Feb. 21, 2005)
John Raitt, 88, Star of 'Carousel' and 'Pajama Game,' Dies (By RICHARD SEVERO, Feb. 21, 2005)
Daniel Goodwin, Smithsonian Press Director, Dies at 57 (NY TIMES, Feb. 21, 2005)
NATIONAL: In Los Angeles, the 'Un-Arnold' Mayor Battles to Keep His Job
(By JOHN M. BRODER & CHARLIE LeDUFF, Feb. 21, 2005)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: Delicate Diplomacy for This Guest List (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Feb. 21, 2005)
WORLD: Quake Measuring 6.4 Hits Central Iran (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 21, 2005)
NY REGION: Remembering Malcolm X in the Place Where He Fell (By COREY KILGANNON, Feb. 21, 2005)
More Africans Enter U.S. Than in Days of Slavery (By SAM ROBERTS, Feb. 21, 2005)
Jazz Enthusiasts Pick Up a Few Lingering Echoes (By BEN RATLIFF, Feb. 21, 2005)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Feb. 21, 2005)
EDITORIAL: The Americans Are Coming (NY TIMES, Feb. 21, 2005)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Life on the Beanstalk, or Real Estate in Southern California
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Feb. 21, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Iraq, Then and Now (By BOB HERBERT, Feb. 21, 2005)
OP-ED: Inhaling Their Food [French eating habits] (By JESSICA SEIGEL, Feb. 21, 2005)
OP-ART: The State of Iraq: An Update
(By ADRIANA LINS de ALBUQUERQUE, MICHAEL O'HANLON & AMY UNIKEWICZ, Feb. 21, 2005)
OP-ED: Government for Hire (By STEPHEN GOLDSMITH and WILLIAM D. EGGERS, Feb. 21, 2005)
* LETTERS: Marriage, Without the Love (6 Letters) (By Harriet Mendlowitz, et. al., Feb. 21, 2005)
* LETTERS: The Disciplined Writer [Eleanor Gould Packard] (By Michael R. Burr, Feb. 21, 2005)
LETTERS: The Use of Torture (By David L. Pettite, Feb. 21, 2005)
BUSINESS: Case of Vanishing Deductions: Alternative Tax Called Culprit (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Feb. 21, 2005)
* BOOKS: CROWD PLEASERS: Vicarious Living: Power of Snob Appeal (By JANET MASLIN, Feb. 21, 2005)
FILM CRITIC: In Berlin, Films as Daring and Dangerous as Real Life (By MANOHLA DARGIS, Feb. 21, 2005)
MUSIC: CRITIC: New CD's (By JON PARELES, Feb. 21, 2005)
TV: New York Is Noir Again: In Dark Times, TV Sings of the Dark City (By PATRICK D. HEALY, Feb. 21, 2005)
TV: 'Simpsons' Animates Gay Nuptials, and a Debate (By SHARON WAXMAN, Feb. 21, 2005)

Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005:
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)

* Actress Sandra Dee Is Dead (NY Times, Feb. 20, 2005)
Sidney Waxman, Innovator of Dwarf Pines, Dies at 81 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Feb. 20, 2005)
Warren Vaché Sr., 90, a Mainstay of Jazz in New Jersey, Is Dead (By PETER KEEPNEWS, Feb. 20, 2005)
Stuart Preston, 89, Former Critic And Art Reporter for The Times, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Feb. 20, 2005)
Sammi Smith, 61, Grammy Winner, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 20, 2005)
NATIONAL: In Secretly Taped Conversations, Glimpses of the Future President (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Feb. 20, 2005)
WORLD: On Bus, Bicycle and Foot, Suicide Bombers Aim at a Shiite Holy Day (By DEXTER FILKINS, Feb. 20, 2005)
Bush and Clinton, in Thailand, Start Tour of Tsunami Region (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 20, 2005)
Bush Seeks to Begin a Thaw in a Europe Still Cool to Him (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Feb. 20, 2005)
Continent Is Divided, Though Views Soften (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Feb. 20, 2005)
NY REGION: A Pristine Redbird, or a Sitting Duck? [1964 subway car] (By COREY KILGANNON, Feb. 20, 2005)
EDUCATION: A Textbook Case of a School in a Spiral (By ANDY NEWMAN, Feb. 20, 2005)
SPORTS: Talks Resume In N.H.L. Dispute (By JOE LAPOINTE, Feb. 20, 2005)
ON BASEBALL: N.H.L. Labor Dispute Sparks Painful Memories of 1994 (By MURRAY CHASS, Feb. 20, 2005)
INSIDE THE N.B.A.: A Different Approach, but Still on Top (By LIZ ROBBINS, Feb. 20, 2005)
SPORTS: Skipping Straight to the James Era, With One Caveat [LeBron James] (By HARVEY ARATON, Feb. 20, 2005)
KEEPING SCORE: Look Beyond All-Star Rosters to Find the N.B.A.'s Best Players
(By DAVID LEONHARDT, Feb. 20, 2005)
EDITORIAL: Our Unnecessary Insecurity (NY TIMES, Feb. 20, 2005)
EDITORIAL: The Revenge of Ellen Swallow (NY TIMES, Feb. 20, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Where's the Road Beef? (By MAUREEN DOWD, Feb. 20, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: When Camels Fly [Arab wall crumbling] (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Feb. 20, 2005)
* OP-ED: Winning Back Europe's Heart (By 8 contributors, Feb. 20, 2005)
LETTERS: Unhealthy Fats: Who Needs Them? (6 Letters) (By Elizabeth B. Park, et. al., Feb. 20, 2005)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 20, 2005)
* BUSINESS: You Want Any Fruit With That Big Mac? (By MELANIE WARNER, Feb. 20, 2005)
* ECONOMIC VIEW: Why a Real Estate Agent May Skip the Extra Mile (By DANIEL GROSS, Feb. 20, 2005)
DEALBOOK: Did MCI Get the Right Door or the Wrong Number? (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Feb. 20, 2005)
Manufacturers Try to Thrive on the Wal-Mart Workout (By DAN MITCHELL, Feb. 20, 2005)
GRETCHEN MORGENSON: Unmasking That Pension Consultant (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Feb. 20, 2005)
* SUNDAY INTERVIEW: As I.T. Goes, So Goes Forrester? (By LAURA RICH, Feb. 20, 2005)
PORTFOLIOS: When Greenspan Is Stumped, Investors Should Play It Safe (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Feb. 20, 2005)
SPENDING: After the Cremation, a Universe of Choices (By BARRY REHFELD, Feb. 20, 2005)
* INVESTING: Four Strong Emerging Markets. But How to Play Them?
[Brazil, Russia, India & China] (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Feb. 20, 2005)
MARKET WEEK: Minutes May Again Move Markets [Federal Reserve] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Feb. 20, 2005)
THE BOSS: The Inspiration of Politics [James A. Wiatt, William Morris Agency]
(As told to EVE TAHMINCIOGLU, Feb. 20, 2005)
THE COUNT: An Aging Nation Is Choosing Younger Bosses (By Hubert B. Herring, Feb. 20, 2005)
CAREER COUCH: Weeping at Work? Dry Those Tears (By CHERYL DAHLE, Feb. 20, 2005)
REFRESH BUTTON: Home Again, at Least on TV (By Robert Johnson, Feb. 20, 2005)
* SUITS: Live by the Blog, Die by the Blog (NY TIMES, Feb. 20, 2005)
THE GOODS: Pass the Ketchup, Er, Raspberry Sauce (By BRENDAN I. KOERNER, Feb. 20, 2005)
SPENDING: To Win Subscribers, Satellite Radio Sells Surprises (By KATE MURPHY, Feb. 20, 2005)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 20, 2005)
ARTS OP-ED: FRANK RICH: The White House Stages Its 'Daily Show' (By FRANK RICH, Feb. 20, 2005)
ARTS: CLOSE READING: Armored Vehicles That Ran on Oats (By ANNETTE GRANT, Feb. 20, 2005)
ARTS: The Power Broker Yearns to Be Cool (By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, Feb. 20, 2005)
ARTS: The Guide [At BAM, Laurie Anderson, NASA's 1st artist in residence] (By CHOIRE SICHA, Feb. 20, 2005)
DANCE: Listen Closely, Lean Forward and Squint (By TANGO TANNER, Feb. 20, 2005)
DANCE: A Lot of Knowledge Is Dangerous, Too (By JOHN ROCKWELL, Feb. 20, 2005)
FILM: Disney's Next Hero: A Lion King of Kings (By DAVID KEHR, Feb. 20, 2005)
FILM: Hitler, That Fellow With the Nice Little Dog (By JULIE SALAMON, Feb. 20, 2005)
MUSIC: Fighting Words (By MONICA DAVEY, Feb. 20, 2005)
MUSIC: CLASSICAL RECORDINGS: Joining the Emerson Will Be the Emerson (JEREMY EICHLER, Feb. 20, 2005)
TV: You Want Their MTV's (By KATE AURTHUR, Feb. 20, 2005)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 20, 2005)
* For Some Women at Harvard, Greek Is a Scream [Bid-night ritual] (By WARREN ST. JOHN, Feb. 20, 2005)
MODERN LOVE: His Art Is His Joy. It Just Didn't Fit My Plan. (By CATHY LICKTEIG MAKOFSKI, Feb. 20, 2005)
POSSESSED: The Keeper of a Golden Legend [Turkish coins] (By DAVID COLMAN, Feb. 20, 2005)
VOWS: Judy Ray and Jeff Hard (By ROXANNE HAWN, Feb. 20, 2005)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 20, 2005)
BRAZIL: Seduced by Rio, and Learning Its Secrets (By SETH KUGEL, Feb. 20, 2005)
* ESSAY: New York to Budapest: When Celluloid Dreams Beckon (By RICHARD B. WOODWARD, Feb. 20, 2005)
GOING TO Los Angeles (By SALLY HORCHOW, Feb. 20, 2005)
WEEKS IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 20, 2005)
Nuclear Reality: America Loses Bite (By DAVID E. SANGER, Feb. 20, 2005)
Europe United Is Good, Isn't It? (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Feb. 20, 2005)
* Who Do You Trust More: G.I. Joe or A.I. Joe? (By GEORGE JOHNSON, Feb. 20, 2005)
Europe's Jews Seek Solace on the Right (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Feb. 20, 2005)
THE PUBLIC EDITOR: When the Readers Speak Out, Can Anyone Hear Them? (By DANIEL OKRENT, Feb. 20, 2005)
Tears of Pride, and Loss, as General Leaves Iraq (By ROGER COHEN, Feb. 20, 2005)
* Ba Humbugi! Let's Nameus That Speciesus (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 20, 2005)
* Pension Funds Think Twice About Stocks (By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, Feb. 20, 2005)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 20, 2005)
* ON LANGUAGE: Prebuttal (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Feb. 20, 2005)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Unintelligent Design (By JIM HOLT, Feb. 20, 2005)
QUESTION FOR BEN NELSON: A Democrat Apart (Interview by MATT BAI, Feb. 20, 2005)
* IDEA LAB: The Therapeutic Mind Scan (By PAUL RAEBURN, Feb. 20, 2005)
CONSUMED: Hyperreality Hobbying (By ROB WALKER, Feb. 20, 2005)
THE ETHICIST: Wallet Scrutiny (By RANDY COHEN, Feb. 20, 2005)
COVER ARTICLE: In the Balance [Iraqi city of Kirkuk] (By NIR ROSEN, Feb. 20, 2005)
Uncaptive Minds [Correctional Facility Hapy Nap] (By IAN BURUMA, Feb. 20, 2005)
The Cuban Import [Kendry Morales] (By ROBERT ANDREW POWELL, Feb. 20, 2005)
STYLE & ENTERTAINING: The Invitation, Please [Oscars in Los Angeles] (By LISA EISNER and ROM�N ALONSO, Feb. 20, 2005)
APPEARANCES: Scent of a Movie [short films] (By ALIX BROWNE, Feb. 20, 2005)
FOOD: Kitchen Voyeur: Clam Shack (By JONATHAN REYNOLDS, Feb. 20, 2005)
* LIVES: The Final Countdown [baseball writers] (By IRA BERKOW, Feb. 20, 2005)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 20, 2005)
* 'Perfect Madness': The Mommy Trap [Judith Warner] (By JUDITH SHULEVITZ, Feb. 20, 2005)
* ESSAY: A Report on the Journey (By SUSAN SONTAG, Feb. 20, 2005)
* 'Big Bang': The Real Creation Science [Simon Singh] (By OWEN GINGERICH, Feb. 20, 2005)
'I Feel Good': The Godfather of Everything [James Brown] (By ISHMAEL REED, Feb. 20, 2005)
'Pearl': Martyrs and Daughters [Mary Gordon] (By JOHN LEONARD, Feb. 20, 2005)
TBR: Inside the List [OJ books dominated 1995 list] (By DWIGHT GARNER, Feb. 20, 2005)
* ESSAY: The Subtitle That Changed America ["An American Life"] (By BEN YAGODA, Feb. 20, 2005)
* SCIENCE: Dying Star Flares Up, Briefly Outshining Rest of Galaxy
[SGR 1806-20 in Sagattarius 12/27/2005 flare outshone the Milky Way]
(By KENNETH CHANG, Feb. 20, 2005)
HEALTH: For Pain Management, Doctors Prescribe Caution (By MARY DUENWALD, Feb. 20, 2005)

Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005:
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)

Dan O'Herlihy, Actor Who Starred in 'Fail-Safe,' Dies at 85 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 19, 2005)
NATIONAL: Administration Is Warned About Its 'News' Videos (By ANNE E. KORNBLUT, Feb. 19, 2005)
* NY REGION: NY Times Scholarships Reward Perseverance (By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, Feb. 19, 2005)
SPORTS: Clemens Had a Fountain of Youth in Vioxx (By SELENA ROBERTS, Feb. 19, 2005)
SPORTS: All��s Quiet on the Martínez Front (By GEORGE VECSEY, Feb. 19, 2005)
* SPORTS: A Football Giant Was a Hero at Iwo Jima [Jack Lummus] (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Feb. 19, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: In the Midst of Budget Decadence, a Leader Will Arise (By DAVID BROOKS, Feb. 19, 2005)
OP-ED: Schwarzenegger vs. Gerrymander (By STEVEN HILL, Feb. 19, 2005)
OP-ED: Heaven's Gates [a boy in Toronto] (By RICK MORANIS, Feb. 19, 2005)
* OP-ED: The Boss in the Machine [Microsoft] (By ELLEN ULLMAN, Feb. 19, 2005)
LETTERS: Social Security: Heat and Light (5 Letters) (By Frances Barrineau, et. al., Feb. 19, 2005)
LETTERS: Candor and Anger at Harvard (5 Letters) (By Mark Ayoub, et. al., Feb. 19, 2005)
LETTERS: The Hubble Decision (By Sean O'Keefe, Feb. 19, 2005)
BUSINESS: Health Industry Under Pressure to Computerize (By STEVE LOHR, Feb. 19, 2005)
* BUSINESS: 7 Habits of Highly Effective Cadres [Chester Elton] (By DAVID BARBOZA , Feb. 19, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: Tired of TiVo? Beyond Blogs? Podcasts Are Here (By KATE ZERNIKE, Feb. 19, 2005)
ARTS: With $3.50 and a Dream, the 'Anti-Christo' Is Born (By SARAH BOXER, Feb. 19, 2005)
FILM: Peril of Star Power Is Seen in Collapse of a Fox Film (By SHARON WAXMAN, Feb. 19, 2005)
* MUSIC ESSAY: Mystique Keeps Fans in the Seats (By TOM BARTUNEK, Feb. 19, 2005)
TV CRITIC: Rehashing Old Secrets, With Little New to Tell (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Feb. 19, 2005)

Friday, Feb. 18, 2005:
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)

* EDUCATION: Furor Lingers as Harvard Chief Gives Details of Talk on Women
(By PATRICK D. HEALY & SARA RIMER, Feb. 18, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Our Friends, the Torturers (By BOB HERBERT, Feb. 18, 2005)
FILM: 'DOWNFALL': The Last Days of Hitler: Raving and Ravioli (By A. O. SCOTT, Feb. 18, 2005)
FILM: 'CONSTANTINE': Exorcism Is Part of the Job Description (By A. O. SCOTT, Feb. 18, 2005)
* PHOTOGRAPHY: 'FIRST SEEN': Seen Through a Lens Truly, Before the Kodak Brownie
(By GRACE GLUECK, Feb. 18, 2005)
TRAVEL: JOURNEYS: Where Whooping Cranes Cheat Extinction (By SIMON ROMERO, Feb. 18, 2005)
* A Quiet Weekend With the Monks [Most Holy Trinity Monastery in Petersham, NA] (By SAM HOOPER SAMUELS, Feb. 18, 2005)
* Flow or No, Following the Yogis (By MARY BILLARD, Feb. 18, 2005)
* Never Too Old to Learn (By LAWRENCE OSBORNE, Feb. 18, 2005)

Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005:
On This Day: February 17 (Arcangelo Corelli 2/17/1653-1/8/1713, Gustavo Adolfo Becquer 2/17/1836-12/22/1870, A. Montgomery Ward 2/17/1844-12/7/1913, Andrew B. Paterson 2/17/1864-2/5/1941, Andre Maginot 2/17/1877-1/7/1932, H. L. Hunt 2/17/1904-7/19/1980, Hans Morgenthau 2/17/1904-7/19/1980, Red Barber 2/17/1914-1/5/1990, Huey Newton 2/17/1942-8/22/1989, Kathleen Freeman 1919, Margaret Truman Daniel 1924, Hal Holbrook 1925, Alan Bates 1934, Jim Brown 1936, Mary Ann Mobley 1939, Rene Russo 1954, Michael Jordan 1963, Michael Bay 1964, Michelle Forbes 1967, Jerry O'Connell 1974)
* President Nixon Leaves on Trip to China (By Tad Szulc, February 17, 1972)
* Thomas J. Watson Sr. Is Dead; I.B.M. Board Chairman Was 82 [2/17/1874-6/19/1956] (NY TIMES, June 20, 1956)

Otto Plaschkes, 75, Producer of 'Georgy Girl' and Other Films, Dies (By JENNIFER BAYOT, Feb. 17, 2005)
WORLD: Italian Hostage Pleads on Tape for Foreigners to Leave Iraq
(By JAMES GLANZ and DEXTER FILKINS, Feb. 17, 2005)
U.S. Aides Cite Worry on Qaeda Infiltration From Mexico (By DOUGLAS JEHL, Feb. 17, 2005)
SPORTS: Johnson Starts Warming Up for Schilling (By TYLER KEPNER, Feb. 17, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Bush's Barberini Faun (By MAUREEN DOWD, Feb. 17, 2005)
BUSINESS: Conservatives and Rivals Press a Struggling PBS (By JOHN TIERNEY & JACQUES STEINBERG, Feb. 17, 2005)
* Times Company to Buy About.com for $410 Million (NY TIMES, Feb. 17, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: Philadelphia Hopes to Lead the Charge to Wireless Future (By JAMES DAO, Feb. 17, 2005)
ARTS: Culturally, Berlin Is Ascending, if Slowly (By ALAN RIDING , Feb. 17, 2005)
ARTS: Young Critics See 'The Gates' and Offer Their Reviews: Mixed (By JULIE SALAMON, Feb. 17, 2005)
MUSIC: The Silence in St. Louis Is Starting to Hurt (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Feb. 17, 2005)
HOME & GARDEN: Sun Valley Surprise: Chalet So Spare (By CHRISTOPHER HAWTHORNE, Feb. 17, 2005)

Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005:
On This Day: February 16 (Giambattista Bodoni 2/16/1740-11/29/1813, Nikolay Leskov 2/16/1831-3/5/1895, Henry Adams 2/16/1838-3/27/1918, Robert Flaherty 2/16/1884-7/23/1951, Edgar Bergen 2/16/1903, Patty Andrews 1920, John Schlesinger 1926, LeVar Burton 1957, John McEnroe 1959)
* Tut-ankh-Amen's Inner Tomb is Opened Revealing Undreamed of Splendors, Still Untouched After 3,400 Years
(NY TIMES, February 16, 1923)
Katharine Cornell Is Dead at 81 [2/16/1893-6/9/1974] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, June 10, 1974)

* Sister Lucia, 97, Last Survivor of Visionary Children of Fátima, Dies (By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, Feb. 16, 2005)
* Henry Wolf, Graphic Designer and Photographer, Dies at 80 (By STEVEN HELLER, Feb. 16, 2005)
* Sixten Ehrling, Accomplished Conductor, Is Dead at 86 (By ALLAN KOZINN, Feb. 16, 2005)
Lawrence Rawl, 76, Exxon's Chief in Valdez Spill, Dies (By JENNIFER BAYOT, Feb. 16, 2005)
John R. Gaines, Horseman Who Founded Breeders' Cup, Dies at 76 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 16, 2005)
* Dick Weber, Early Star and Ambassador of Bowling, Dies at 75 (By FRANK LITSKY, Feb. 16, 2005)
Nelson Briles, Baseball Player, Dies at 61 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 16, 2005)
EDUCATION: Professors at Harvard Confront Its President (By SARA RIMER, Feb. 16, 2005)
WORLD: Huge Crowds Mourn Lebanon's Ex-Premier (By LEENA SAIDI, Feb. 16, 2005)
Iran Says U.S. Spy Planes Seen Over Nuclear Sites (By NAZILA FATHI, Feb. 16, 2005)
NY REGION: PUBLIC LIVES: A Student's Idealism, a College's Decision (By JENNIFER MEDINA, Feb. 16, 2005)
SPORTS: N.H.L. Commissioner Cancels Rest of Season (By JOE LAPOINTE & MARIA NEWMAN, Feb. 16, 2005)
ON BASEBALL: Time to Talk About Pitchers, Catchers— and Urine Cups (By MURRAY CHASS, Feb. 16, 2005)
BASEBALL: Steroids Issue Lingers as Yanks Open Camp (By TYLER KEPNER, Feb. 16, 2005)
SPORTS: The Princely Smile Says Galarraga, the Big Cat, Is Back (By GEORGE VECSEY, Feb. 16, 2005)
DOG SHOW: Carlee Points and Struts to Best in Show (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Feb. 16, 2005)
* EDITORIAL: APPRECIATIONS: The Point of Miss Gould's Pencil
[New Yorker's editor Eleanor Gould Packard dies at 87]] (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Feb. 16, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Bush's Sex Scandal (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Feb. 16, 2005)
OP-ED: Blood, Smoke and Tears in Beirut (By Andrew Exum, Feb. 16, 2005)
OP-ED: Tilting at Windmills [wind power] (By Bill McKibben, Feb. 16, 2005)
OP-ED: Clear Skies, No Lies (By Gregg Easterbrook, Feb. 16, 2005)
* LETTERS: The Faithful: A Matter of Genes? (7 Letters) (By Carl Senna, et. al., Feb. 16, 2005)
LETTERS: Smiles at 'The Gates' (2 Letters) (By Thom Kleiner, et. al., Feb. 16, 2005)
LETTERS: Commitment at Any Age [Prince Charles & Camilla] (By Ruth Kramer Ziony, Feb. 16, 2005)
BUSINESS: Using Retail Sales as a Guide, Investors Bid Up Shares
[Dow +46.19, Nasdaq +6.30] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 16, 2005)
BUSINESS: Greenspan Favors Cautious Changes in Social Security (By DAVID STOUT, Feb. 16, 2005)
* Big Investment in Comcast Doubles Buffett's Holding (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Feb. 16, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: A New Model Army Soldier Rolls Closer to Battle (By TIM WEINER, Feb. 16, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: Laurels for Giving the Internet Its Language (By KATIE HAFNER, Feb. 16, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: Gates Tells of Microsoft Effort to Fight Viruses (By JOHN MARKOFF, Feb. 16, 2005)
* ARTS: Another Kennedy Auction Brings Out Nostalgia and Wallets
[$75,000 for rocker] (By CAROL VOGEL, Feb. 16, 2005)
* ART: 'SUFI ARTS OF URBAN SENEGAL': Caught Up in the Aura of a Senegalese Saint
(By HOLLAND COTTER, Feb. 16, 2005)
DANCE: TORONTO DANCE THEATER: Touching as a Mode of Perception, or Something Like That
(By JOHN ROCKWELL, Feb. 16, 2005)
MUSIC CRITIC: Going Back to a Sound as Old as She Is (By KELEFA SANNEH, Feb. 16, 2005)
MUSIC: METROPOLITAN OPERA: Allowing a Warhorse to Enjoy Free Rein (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Feb. 16, 2005)
TV: 'PROJECT RUNWAY': Hemlines on the Stand: A Design-Off for Fashion Glory
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Feb. 16, 2005)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 16, 2005)
Puerto Rico, Flavored With Contradictions (By R. W. APPLE Jr., Feb. 16, 2005)
* THE MINIMALIST: Frosty the Vegetable (By MARK BITTMAN, Feb. 16, 2005)
* Pick a Coat, Any Coat [Alva Barrezueta] (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Feb. 16, 2005)
* Sunny Side Up, and an Oscar on the Side [Waitresses in Movies] (By ANITA GATES, Feb. 16, 2005)
* Cameos Are Not Enough: Show More Gratuitous Food [Food in Movies] (By NICK FOX, Feb. 16, 2005)
WINES OF THE TIMES: Poetry and Attitude, Pinot Noir's Paradox (By ERIC ASIMOV, Feb. 16, 2005)
RESTAURANTS: The Old Kid on the Block [Duane Park Café] (By FRANK BRUNI, Feb. 16, 2005)
FOOD STUFF: Inviting a Pipette and a Flask to the Table (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Feb. 16, 2005)
* SCIENCE: Oldest Remains of Human Beings Are Identified (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Feb. 16, 2005)

Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2005:
On This Day: February 15 (Pedro Menendez de Aviles 2/15/1519-9/17/1574, Galileo Galilei 2/15/1564-1/8/1642, Jeremy Bentham 2/15/1748-6/6/1832, Henry Steinway 2/15/1797-2/7/1871, Alfred North Whitehead 2/15/1861-12/30/1947, John Barrymore 2/15/1882-5/29/1942, Earl Henry Blaik 2/15/1897-5/6/1989, Harold Arlen 2/15/1905-4/23/1986, Graham Hill 2/15/1929-11/29/1975, Roger Chaffee 2/15/1935-1/27/1967, Kevin McCarthy 1914, John Anderson 1922, Claire Bloom 1931, Susan Brownmiller 1935, Melissa Manchester 1951, Jane Seymour 1951, Matt Groening 1954, Renee O'Connor 1971)
U.S. Battleship Maine Blown Up in Havana Harbor Killing 260 (NY TIMES, February 15, 1898)
Miss Susan B. Anthony Died This Morning at 86 [2/15/1820-3/13/1906] (NY TIMES, March 13, 1906)

Rafik Hariri Dies at 60; Ex-Premier of Lebanon (By SUSAN SACHS, Feb. 15, 2005)
* Eleanor Gould Packard Dies at 87; Oversaw the New Yorker's Prose (By BETSY WADE, Feb. 15, 2005)
NATIONAL: 370, Mostly Celebrities, on Jackson Witness List (By JOHN M. BRODER, Feb. 15, 2005)
Splenda's 'Sugar' Claim Unites Odd Couple of Nutrition Wars (By MARIAN BURROS, Feb. 15, 2005)
WORLD: Beirut Car Bomb Kills Ex-Premier; Stability at Risk (By HASSAN M. FATTAH, Feb. 15, 2005)
WORLD: Rice Assures South Korean of U.S. Pressure on North (By JOEL BRINKLEY and JAMES BROOKE, Feb. 15, 2005)
* For Mongolians, E Is for English, F Is for Future (By JAMES BROOKE, Feb. 15, 2005)
UDO JOURNAL: South Korea's 'Sea Women' Trap Prey and Turn Tables (By NORIMITSU ONISH, Feb. 15, 2005)
NY REGION: Chemist's Death Is Ruled Homicide, Prosecutor Says (By TINA KELLEY, Feb. 15, 2005)
NYC: When Failure Was in Season, They Excelled [New York Rangers] (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Feb. 15, 2005)
SPORTS: The Silent Treatment Is the Wrong Medicine [steroids in baseball] (By SELENA ROBERTS, Feb. 15, 2005)
ON BASEBALL: Yanks Closed Their Eyes When Pursuing Giambi (By MURRAY CHASS, Feb. 15, 2005)
BASEBALL: Santana Agrees to $40 Million Deal With Twins (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 15, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Fighting Moderates (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Feb. 15, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Back From Battle (By DAVID BROOKS, Feb. 15, 2005)
OP-ED: Gospel's Got the Blues (By ROBERT DARDEN, Feb. 15, 2005)
OP-ED: Follow the Leader (By ZEV CHAFETS, Feb. 15, 2005)
* BOOKS: CHINA INC.': Car Clones and Other Tales of the Mighty Economic Engine Known as China
[Ted C. Fishman] (By WILLIAM GRIMES, Feb. 15, 2005)
DANCE: A Choreographer Vanishes in Murky Russian Mystery (By SOPHIA KISHKOVSKY, Feb. 15, 2005)
DANCE: RACHEL COHEN: Even Cinderella's Stepsisters Aren't That Mean (By JOHN ROCKWELL, Feb. 15, 2005)
TV: 'ON A ROLL': Defying a World That Sees Only His Limits (By ANITA GATES, Feb. 15, 2005)
TV: NBC Reality Show Contestant Kills Himself (By BILL CARTER, Feb. 15, 2005)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 15, 2005)
* SCIENTIST AT WORK: Origami as the Shape of Things to Come (By MARGARET WERTHEIM, Feb. 15, 2005)
* For Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens, Was It De-Lovely? (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Feb. 15, 2005)
* With Genetic Mapping, Cats' Mysteries Will Be Unraveled (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Feb. 15, 2005)
Scientists Find Deeper Meaning for Moon Rumblings (By KENNETH CHANG, Feb. 15, 2005)
Turning On the Lights Where Electricity Is Rare (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Feb. 15, 2005)
* OBSERVATORY: Don't Try This Trick at Home [sandworms & ginseng] (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 15, 2005)
* Q & A: Why tattoos stay on the skin? (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Feb. 15, 2005)
* HEALTH: The Search for the Killer Painkiller (By ANDREW POLLACK, Feb. 15, 2005)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: When It Comes to Severe Pain, Doctors Still Have Much to Learn
(By JANE E. BRODY, Feb. 15, 2005)
How to Get Those at Risk to Avoid Risky Sex? (By BENEDICT CAREY & ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Feb. 15, 2005)
Drug Industry's Longtime Critic Says 'I Told You So' (By GARDINER HARRIS, Feb. 15, 2005)
THE DOCTOR'S WORLD: A Public Health Quandary: When Should the Public Be Told?
(By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D., Feb. 15, 2005)
REALLY?: The Claim: Drinking Alcohol With a Meal Prevents Food Poisoning (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Feb. 15, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Dental Health: Flossing Can Be a String to the Heart (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Feb. 15, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Disparities: Short Shrift for Little Girls (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Feb. 15, 2005)

Monday, Feb. 14, 2005:
On This Day: February 14 (Francesco Cavalli 2/14/1602-1/14/1676, Thomas Robert Malthus 2/14/1766-12/1766-12/23/1834, Christopher Sholes 2/14/1819-2/17/1890, Frank Harris 2/14/1856-8/26/1931, C.T.R. Wilson 2/14/1869-11/15/1959, George Jean Nathan 2/14/1882-4/8/1958, Jack Benny 2/14/1894-12/27/1974, Woody Hayes 2/14/1913-3/12/1987, Hugh Downs 1921, Florence Henderson 1934, Carl Berstein 1944, Gregory Hines 1946, Pat O'Brien 1948, Ken Wahl 1957, Meg Tilly 1960)
7 Chicago Gangsters Slain by Firing Squad of Rivals (NY TIMES, February 14, 1929)
Dr. Anna H. Shaw, Suffragist, Dies at 72 [2/14/1847-7/2/1919] (NY TIMES, July 3, 1919)

Howard Ernest Gruber, 82, a Scholar of Cognitive Psychology (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Feb. 14, 2005)
Sonja Buckley, 86, Scientist, Is Dead; Helped Identify Lassa Virus (By JEREMY PEARCE, Feb. 14, 2005)
Fritz Scholder, Painter of American Indians, Dies at 67 (By JOSHUA BROCKMAN, Feb. 14, 2005)
NATIONAL: Long After Florida Storms, a Whirlwind for Roofers (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Feb. 14, 2005)
A Filipino-American Effort to Harbor Jews Is Honored (By JOSEPH BERGER, Feb. 14, 2005)
U.S. Offers Aid in California After Mudslide (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 14, 2005)
State Dept. Relaxes Visa Rules for Some Scientists and Students (By KRISTEN A. LEE, Feb. 14, 2005)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: In the East Wing, a New Order and a Busier Schedule (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Feb. 14, 2005)
WORLD: Abbas Declares War With Israel Effectively Over (By STEVEN ERLANGER, Feb. 14, 2005)
Iraqi Shiites Win, but Margin Is Less Than Projection (By JOHN F. BURNS & JAMES GLANZ, Feb. 14, 2005)
U.S. Is Shaping Plan to Pressure North Koreans (By DAVID E. SANGER, Feb. 14, 2005)
NY REGION: Park Visitors See Saffron, and Businesses See Green (By JENNIFER MEDINA, Feb. 14, 2005)
DEPLOYED: Part-Time Warriors, Fully Committed (By KIRK SEMPLE, Feb. 14, 2005)
METRO MATTERS: It's a Park Whose Time Has Come (By JOYCE PURNICK, Feb. 14, 2005)
* In City of Excess, No Theatrics Are Too Grand for 'Marry Me' (By ANDREW JACOBS, Feb. 14, 2005)
* F.Y.I.: Silence of the Cranks [monkeys & organ grinders] (By MICHAEL POLLAK, Feb. 14, 2005)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Feb. 14, 2005)
* SPORTS: Erskine Recalls Lessons Learned From Jackie Robinson and His Own Son
(By DAVE ANDERSON, Feb. 14, 2005)
GOLF: Mickelson Wins Easily for Second Straight Week (BASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 14, 2005)
TENNIS: For Tennis Players, Twists, Turns, Topspin and Oh, the Pain (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Feb. 14, 2005)
EDITORIAL: The Importance of Being Earnest [Bush's budget] (NY TIMES, Feb. 14, 2005)
* APPRECIATIONS: Arthur Miller: Death of a Legend (By ADAM COHEN, Feb. 14, 2005)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Public Thinker [Arthur Miller] (By BOB HERBERT, Feb. 14, 2005)
* OP-ED: Historically Incorrect Canoodling [Valentine's Day] (By STEPHANIE COONTZ, Feb. 14, 2005)
* OP-ED: I Love Them, I Love Him Not (By JUDITH WARNER, Feb. 14, 2005)
LETTERS: The Making of an Ethical Executive (5 Letters) (By Peter J. Kennedy Jr., et. al., Feb. 14, 2005)
LETTERS: Threats Before 9/11 (By Kristen Breitweiser & Monica Gabrielle, Feb. 14, 2005)
BUSINESS: Europe Renews Its Review on ContentGuard (By REUTERS, Feb. 14, 2005)
U.S. Companies Rethinking Their Marketing in Europe (By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN, Feb. 14, 2005)
* New Web Site for Academics Roils Education Journalism (By LIA MILLER, Feb. 14, 2005)
Disney Book Is Good News for Publishers [A Day as Goofey] (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Feb. 14, 2005)
ADVERTISING: One Way to Deflect From the N.B.A.'s Embarrassments: Funny Ads (By JANE L. LEVERE, Feb. 14, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: Bloggers as News Media Trophy Hunters (By KATHERINE Q. SEELYE, Feb. 14, 2005)
* Tossing Out a Chief Executive (By GARY RIVLIN and JOHN MARKOFF, Feb. 14, 2005)
Qwest Raises Its Offer for MCI as Verizon Considers a Move (By MATT RICHTEL & ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Feb. 14, 2005)
Flat Screens at Rock-Bottom Prices (By ERIC TAUB, Feb. 14, 2005)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: Simplifying Web Checkouts (By BOB TEDESCHI, Feb. 14, 2005)
* BOOKS: Between Truth and Lies, An Unprintable Ubiquity [Harry G. Frankfurt]
(By PETER EDIDIN, Feb. 14, 2005)
MUSIC: Grammy Awards Pay Posthumous Tribute to Ray Charles (By JEFF LEEDS, Feb. 14, 2005)
MUSIC: ENRIQUE MORENTE: Traditional Flamenco Made Deeply Personal (By BEN RATLIFF, Feb. 14, 2005)
THEATER: You Can Name the Tune, But Does It Fit the Plot? (By JESSE McKINLEY, Feb. 14, 2005)
TV: 'KINSEY': Let's Talk About Sex and Kinsey and Science (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Feb. 14, 2005)
TV: 'CUTS': A Salon Where the Repartee Can Be as Sharp as the Scissors (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Feb. 14, 2005)
HEALTH: Search for Origin of New AIDS Strain Widens (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Feb. 14, 2005)

Sunday, Feb. 13, 2005:
On This Day: February 13 (Giovanni Battista Piazzetta 2/13/1682-4/28/1754, John Hunter 2/13/1728-10/16/1793, Lord Randolph Churchill 2/13/1849-1/24/1895, Georgios Papandreou 2/13/1888-11/1/1968, Grant Wood 2/13/1892-2/12/1942, Georges Simenon 2/13/1903-9/4/1989, Pauline Frederick 2/13/1906-5/9/1990, Eileen Farrell 1920, Chuck Yeager 1923, Kim Novak 1933, George Segal 1934, Bo Svenson 1941, Carol Lynley 1942, Jerry Springer 1944, Mena Suvari 1979)
Hauptmann Guilty, Sentenced to Death for the Murder of the Lindbergh Baby (By Russell B. Porter, February 13, 1935)
* William B. Shockley, 79, Creator of Transistor and Theory on Race
[2/13/1910-8/12/1989] (By WOLFGANG SAXON, August 14, 1989)

Karl Linn, Architect of Urban Landscapes, Dies at 81 (By MARGALIT FOX, Feb. 13, 2005)
Phyllis Meadow, 80, Pioneer in Broadening Psychoanalysis, Dies (By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, Feb. 13, 2005)
Connie S. Small, Chronicler of Life as a Lighthouse Keeper, Dies at 103 (By MARGALIT FOX, Feb. 13, 2005)
D. Allan Bromley, 79, Physicist Who Devised National Science Policy for the First President Bush, Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 13, 2005)
NATIONAL: Wind Power Is Becoming a Better Bargain (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Feb. 13, 2005)
* EDUCATION: More Academic Backlash for Harvard Chief [Lawrence H. Summers]
(By THOMAS J. LUECK, Feb. 13, 2005)
EDUCATION: Catholic Schools Find Status Is Diminished (By JIM DWYER, Feb. 13, 2005)
WORLD: Israel Agrees to Free 500 Palestinian Prisoners (By GREG MYRE, Feb. 13, 2005)
Shiites Win Most Votes in Iraq, Election Results Show (By JOHN F. BURNS & NAT IVES, Feb. 13, 2005)
NY REGION: Gunman Opens Fire at Upstate New York Mall (By CARLA BARANAUCKAS, Feb. 13, 2005)
Thousands Bid Farewell to Ossie Davis (By COREY KILGANNON, Feb. 13, 2005)
SPORTS: For Canseco and McGwire, Little Brotherly Love (By JACK CURRY, Feb. 13, 2005)
* ON BASEBALL: It Happens Every Winter: Pitchers Get New ZIP Codes (By MURRAY CHASS, Feb. 13, 2005)
* KEEPING SCORE: Real Year 2 Curse: Being Good in First Place (By, Feb. 13, 2005)
BASEBALL: Longtime Reds Shortstop Barry Larkin Retires [19 years] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 13, 2005)
GOLF: Mickelson Extends His Lead While Setting Another Record (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 13, 2005)
EDITORIAL: Death Sentence for the Hubble? (NY TIMES, Feb. 13, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Love Lit 101 (By MAUREEN DOWD, Feb. 13, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: No Mullah Left Behind (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Feb. 13, 2005)
* OP-ART: My Career in Bumper Stickers (By SPARROW & ART CHANTRY, Feb. 13, 2005)
* OP-ED: Attention Must Be Paid [Arthur Miller] (By DAVID MAMET, Feb. 13, 2005)
OP-ED: Stranger Than Fiction [North Korea] (By B. R. MYERS, Feb. 13, 2005)
LETTERS: Feeling Blue? Some Look to Canada (5 Letters) (By Bill Carbonaro, et. al., Feb. 13, 2005)
LETTERS: The U.S. and Iran: History Lessons (2 Letters) (By Robert Shaffer, et. al., Feb. 13, 2005)
LETTERS: The Problem at Hewlett [Carleton S. Fiorina] (By Zino Vogiatzis, Feb. 13, 2005)
BUSINESS: Spinning Frenzy: P.R.'s Bad Press (By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN, Feb. 13, 2005)
* Please Don't Call the Customers Dead [Alcor Life Extension] (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Feb. 13, 2005)
* Fat Substitute Is Pushed Out of the Kitchen (By KIM SEVERSON & MELANIE WARNER, Feb. 13, 2005)
* DIGITAL DOMAIN: How to Stop Junk E-Mail: Charge for the Stamp (By RANDALL STROSS, Feb. 13, 2005)
ECONOMIC VIEW: Is Labor Out in Front on Health Care? (By MATT MILLER, Feb. 13, 2005)
GRETCHEN MORGENSON: Giving Away Lots of Money Is Easy, Right? (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Feb. 13, 2005)
* Carl Fiorina? He'd Probably Be Out of Work, Too (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Feb. 13, 2005)
MARKET WEEK: Analyzing the I.Q. of Money (By Conrad de Aenlle, Feb. 13, 2005)
* FUNDAMENTALLY: What's Behind Door No. 1? In These Funds, You Needn't Guess
(By PAUL J. LIM, Feb. 13, 2005)
* AT LUNCH WITH MARY LOU QUINLAN: She Didn't Stop the World, but She Slowed It Down
(By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Feb. 13, 2005)
THE GOODS: Pop Goes the Guesswork (By BRENDAN I. KOERNER, Feb. 13, 2005)
THE COUNT: How Many Executives Love the Colleague They're Near? (Hubert B. Herring, Feb. 13, 2005)
* Free Money? Sure. Heard of Food Stamps? [Matthew Lesko] (By JOSEPH P. FRIED, Feb. 13, 2005)
INVESTING: These Accounts Aren't Just for Millionaires Anymore (By VIVIAN MARINO, Feb. 13, 2005)
* SUITS: Carly's Nemesis: Fate or Fortune? (By Katharine Q. Seelye, Feb. 13, 2005)
* ARMCHAIR M.B.A.: The Chinese Way to Brand Identity (By WILLIAM J. HOLSTEIN, Feb. 13, 2005)
* SPECIAL SECTION: YOUR TAXES (NY TIMES, Feb. 13, 2005)
REVIEW: So Much Software, but So Little Time (By PAUL J. LIM, Feb. 13, 2005)
ARTS OP-ED: FRANK RICH: How Dirty Harry Turned Commie (By FRANK RICH, Feb. 13, 2005)
ARTS: AN APPRAISAL: In a Saffron Ribbon, a Billowy Gift to the City (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Feb. 13, 2005)
ART: A Mop That Talks and Other Creative Liberties (By SUSAN FREUDENHEIM, Feb. 13, 2005)
ARTS: Israel Dares to Recast a Story Set in Stone [Holocaust History Museum]
(By STEVEN ERLANGER, Feb. 13, 2005)
ARTS: DIRECTIONS | TIMELINE: The Battle for Taliesin (By FRED A. BERNSTEIN, Feb. 13, 2005)
DANCE: ELECTRIC HAIKU: The Body Recorded, Reflected, Refracted and Projected
(By CHRISTOPHER REARDON, Feb. 13, 2005)
* FILM: Helpmates and Heroes: Ordinary Women and Bold Men (By A. O. SCOTT, Feb. 13, 2005)
FILM: Clint Eastwood, Still Fighting for the Green Light (By DAVID CARR, Feb. 13, 2005)
FILM: Contending With the Contenders (NY TIMES: , Feb. 13, 2005)
MUSIC: We Hate the 80's (By JEFF LEEDS, Feb. 13, 2005)
MUSIC: How to Watch the Grammys Like a Pro (By JACOB SLICHTER, Feb. 13, 2005)
* MUSIC: Cracking the Secret Orchestral Codes (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Feb. 13, 2005)
MUSIC DVD'S: Charismatic Maestros of the Video Image [Herbert von Karajan]
(By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Feb. 13, 2005)
MUSIC PLAYLIST: The Temptations of the Power Ballad (By JON PARELES, Feb. 13, 2005)
DIRECTIONS | LEXICON: Wu Speak (NY TIMES, Feb. 13, 2005)
THEATER: Broadway's Society of Repeat Attenders (By JESSE GREEN, Feb. 13, 2005)
TV: A Boys' Choir of Consultants (By JON CARAMANICA, Feb. 13, 2005)
TV: THE CHARACTER: Playing Himself at His Own Expense (By KATE AURTHUR, Feb. 13, 2005)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 13, 2005)
* If You Can Plug a Film, Why Not a Budget? [Arnold Schwarzenegger] (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Feb. 13, 2005)
The Night of the Pod People (By CATHY HORYN, Feb. 13, 2005)
O.K., It's Over. So Now Let's Party. (By RACHEL DODES, Feb. 13, 2005)
MODERN LOVE: Back From the Front, With Honor, a Warrior's Truth (By HELEN GERHARDT, Feb. 13, 2005)
POSSESSED: For a Country House, His Own Private London (By DAVID COLMAN, Feb. 13, 2005)
WHAT I'M WEARING NOW: The Soul Singer [Ricky Fanté] (JENNIFER TUNG, Feb. 13, 2005)
A NIGHT OUT WITH Maroon 5: Roaring With the Mouse (By PAULINE O'CONNOR, Feb. 13, 2005)
* THE AGE OF DISSONANCE: My Single Valentines (By BOB MORRIS, Feb. 13, 2005)
* How Do I Love Thee? I'm Not Sure Yet (By DAMIEN CAVE, Feb. 13, 2005)
* FIELD NOTES: Be Mine, but Not Tomorrow (By JENNIFER TUNG, Feb. 13, 2005)
VOWS: Polly Samuels, Andrew McLean (By LOIS SMITH BRADY, Feb. 13, 2005)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 13, 2005)
FAMILY VACATIONS: In Old Asturias, a Legacy From the New World [Spain]
(By MIRTA OJITO, Feb. 13, 2005)
* TRAVEL ADVISORY: Strindberg as Painter and Playwright (By PAMELA KENT, Feb. 13, 2005)
ARMCHAIR TRAVELER: 'The Smiles of Rome': A Tour Off the Beaten Literay Path
[Susan Cahill] (By RICHARD B. WOODWARD, Feb. 13, 2005)
MEXICO: GOING TO Acapulco (By ANNA BAHNEY, Feb. 13, 2005)
* Perfecting the Fine Art of Doing Nothing (By CHARLES PASSY, Feb. 13, 2005)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 13, 2005)
CUT SHORT: The Revolution That Wasn't (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Feb. 13, 2005)
* TROPHY WIFE, REDEFINED: From Diana to Camilla: A Fairy Tale for the AARP Set
(By KATE ZERNIKE, Feb. 13, 2005)
For Blacks in Law School, Can Less Be More? (By ADAM LIPTAK, Feb. 13, 2005)
It's the Middle East. Don't Expect Much. Right? (By STEVEN ERLANGER, Feb. 13, 2005)
Iraq Grows More Dangerous. But... (By ROGER COHEN, Feb. 13, 2005)
LETTERS TO THE PUBLIC EDITOR: Other Voices: Journalists, Cameras and Calculators
(By DANIEL OKRENT, Feb. 13, 2005)
HERE TO STAY: Balding Rockers and Big Money (By JOHN LELAND, Feb. 13, 2005)
* COURSE CORRECTION: Teaching Students to Swim in the Online Sea (By GEOFFREY NUNBERG, Feb. 13, 2005)
Au Courant Camouflage (By ERIC WILSON, Feb. 13, 2005)
THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH: A Slogan That Simply Won't Do (By SARAH LYALL, Feb. 13, 2005)
SUNDY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 13, 2005)
* ON LANGUAGE: Spookspeak (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Feb. 13, 2005)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Freedom, From Want (By JAMES TRAUB, Feb. 13, 2005)
QUESTIONS FOR TRIUMPH, THE INSULT COMIC DOG: Funny Bones (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Feb. 13, 2005)
ENCOUNTER: A Liberal in Damascus (By LEE SMITH, Feb. 13, 2005)
* DOMAINS: A Film Critic's Windy City Home [Roger Ebert] (Interviews by EDWARD LEWINE, Feb. 13, 2005)
CONSUMED: Wave of Support (By ROB WALKER, Feb. 13, 2005)
THE ETHICIST: Dental Metal (By RANDY COHEN, Feb. 13, 2005)
* COVER ARTICLE: The New Arranged Marriage (By MELANIE THERNSTROM, Feb. 13, 2005)
Crossover: The Musical (By JOHN HODGMAN, Feb. 13, 2005)
Clang! [Pro basketball] (By MICHAEL SOKOLOVE, Feb. 13, 2005)
STYLE: That 70's House (By PILAR VILADAS, Feb. 13, 2005)
APPEARANCES: The Beauty Queen of Nashville (By MARY TANNEN, Feb. 13, 2005)
THE WAY WE EAT NOW: Jelly's Last Jam (By AMANDA HESSER, Feb. 13, 2005)
LIVES: Dresden, Then and Now (Photographs by JOCHEN ZIMMERMAN & HARF ZIMMERMAN, Feb. 13, 2005)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 13, 2005)
'In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs': Reflections on Iran [Christopher de Bellaigue]
(By PICO IYER, Feb. 13, 2005)
* ESSAY: Heloise & Abelard: Love Hurts [5 new books] (By CRISTINA NEHRING, Feb. 13, 2005)
'Empire Rising': How the Irish Paved Civilization [Thomas Kelly] (By JOE KLEIN, Feb. 13, 2005)
'Ronald Reagan and His Quest to Abolish Nuclear Weapons': In a Galaxy Far, Far Away
[Paul Lettow] (By JACOB HEILBRUNN, Feb. 13, 2005)
* 'The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick': The Grift of the Magi [Peter Lamont]
(By TELLER, Feb. 13, 2005)
'The Kreutzer Sonata': A Bomb in a Violin (By KATHRYN HARRISON, Feb. 13, 2005)
* ESSAY: I Am Not a Jackass (By A. J. JACOBS, Feb. 13, 2005)

Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005:
On This Day: February 12 (Thomas Campion 2/12/1567-3/1/1620, Cotton Mather 2/12/1663-2/13/1728, Peter Cooper 2/12/1791-4/4/1883, Abraham Lincoln 2/12/1809-4/15/1865, John L. Lewis 2/12/1880-6/11/1969, Alice Roosevelt Longworth 2/12/1884-2/20/1980, Max Beckmann 2/12/1884-12/27/1950, Omar Bradley 2/12/1893-4/8/1981, Roy Harris 2/12/1898-10/1/1979, Franco Zeffirelli 1923, Joe Garagiola 1926, Arlen Specter 1930, Bill Russell 1934, Joe Don Baker 1936, Judy Blume 1938, Ray Manzarek 1939, Maud Adams 1945, Arsenio Hall 1955)
First Prisoner Release Completed from Vietnam (By James P. Sterba, February 12, 1973)
* Death Of Charles Darwin at 73; Published Theory of Evolution
[2/12/1809-4/19/1882] (NY TIMES, April 21, 1882)

EDITORIAL: At Last, the Gates Wave in Central Park [Public Art]
(By CAROLYN CURIEL, Feb. 12, 2005)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: God and Evolution (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Feb. 12, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Age of the Résumé Gods (By DAVID BROOKS, Feb. 12, 2005)
* OP-ED: A Fine Romance [Robert Bly's daughter, Fordham professor
of English literature, is also romance novel writer Eloisa James.]
(By MARY BLY, Feb. 12, 2005)
OP-ED: Low Voices at High Altitude (By MANJUSHREE THAPA , Feb. 12, 2005)
DANCE: 'JEWELS': A Ballet in Three Sections, Each Given a Different Hue (By JOHN ROCKWELL, Feb. 12, 2005)
DANCE: 'DENDRON': Customizing the Audience Experience (By GIA KOURLAS, Feb. 12, 2005)
FILM: His Homeland, His Obsession (By MIRTA OJITO, Feb. 12, 2005)
* MUSIC: Suddenly, 'Oboist Wanted' Signs Are Everywhere (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Feb. 12, 2005)
* THEATER: AN APPRECIATION: A Morality That Stared Down Sanctimony (By CHARLES ISHERWOOD, Feb. 12, 2005)
* THEATER: Miller Recalled as Last of Giants (By JESSE McKINLEY, Feb. 12, 2005)

Friday, Feb. 11, 2005:
On This Day: February 11 (Bernard Le Bovier Fontenelle 2/11/1657-1/9/1757, William Talbot 2/11/1800-9/17/1877, Otto Ludwig 2/11/1813-2/25/1865, Max Baer 2//1/1909-11/21/1959, Joseph Alioto 2/11/1916-1/29/1998, Farouk I 2//11/1920-3/18/1965, Eva Gabor 2/11/1921-7/4/1995, Sidney Sheldon 1917, Lloyd Bentsen 1921, Kim Stanley 1925, Leslie Nielsen 1926, Tina Louise 1934, Burt Reynolds 1936, Shery Crow 1962, Jennifer Aniston 1969)
YALTA PARLEY ENDS: Big 3 Doom Nazism and Reich Militarism (By Lansing Warren, February 11, 1945)
* Edison Dies at 82, prolific inventor with 1,093 patents
[2/11/1847-10/18/1931] (By BRUCE RAE, October 18, 1931)

* Arthur Miller, Legendary American Playwright, Is Dead (By MARILYN BERGER, Feb. 11, 2005)
* ARTHUR MILLER (1915-2005) [Articles by & about Arthur Miller; Reviews] (NY TIMES ARCHIVE, Feb. 11, 2005)
Nathalie Krassovska, 86, Dancer Particularly Known for 'Giselle,' Dies (By JACK ANDERSON, Feb. 11, 2005)
Mary Kim Joh, 101, Who Wrote a Korean Anthem, Is Dead (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Feb. 11, 2005)
NATIONAL: Bush Threatens to Veto Changes in Medicare's Drug Benefit (By ROBERT PEAR, Feb. 11, 2005)
WORLD: Japan Leans on North Korea to Resume Weapons Talks (By JAMES BROOKE & DAVID E. SANGER, Feb. 11, 2005)
NY REGION: Mayor Hails Central Park 'Gates' as Art and Tourist Lure (By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM, Feb. 11, 2005)
SPORTS: Canseco Unapologetically Says in Book He Was Apostle of Steroids (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Feb. 11, 2005)
EDITORIAL: The North Korean Challenge (NY TIMES, Feb. 11, 2005)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Turning the Music of the South and the Shtetl Into Bluesy Sophistication
(By ADAM COHEN, Feb. 11, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Bush's Class-War Budget (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Feb. 11, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Torture, American Style (By BOB HERBERT, Feb. 11, 2005)
* OP-ED: Biology's New Forbidden Fruit (By OLIVER MORTON, Feb. 11, 2005)
LETTERS: The Unheeded Warnings of 9/11 (4 Letters) (By André M. Gorelkin, et. al., Feb. 11, 2005)
LETTERS: Try to Imagine the Iowa of My Dreams (3 Letters) (By Susan Futrell, et. al., Feb. 11, 2005)
BUSINESS: Marketing of Vioxx: How Merck Played Game of Catch-Up (By BARRY MEIER & STEPHANIE SAUL, Feb. 11, 2005)
CNN News Chief Quits Following Controversial Remarks (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 11, 2005)
ART: TIM HAWKINSON: Wonderment and Wackiness, With Gravitas (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Feb. 11, 2005)
ART: CHURCHILL MUSEUM AND CABINET WAR ROOMS: Churchill at a Touch of a Screen
(By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Feb. 11, 2005)
THEATER: 'THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS! � THE MUSICAL!'
See the Idea. Hear the Idea. Steal the Idea. Sing About It! (By MARGO JEFFERSON, Feb. 11, 2005)
TV CRITIC: These Old Houses: A TV Genre Is Built (By ANITA GATES, Feb. 11, 2005)

Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005:
On This Day: February 10 (Charles Lamb 2/10/1775-12/27/1834, William Allen White 2/10/1868-1/29/1944, Jimmy Durante 2/10/1893-1/29/1980, Harold Macmillan 2/10/1894-12/29/1986, Dame Judith Anderson 2/10/1898-1/3/1992, Bertolt Brecht 2/10/1898-8/14/1956, Stella Adler 2/10/1901-12/21/1992, Leontyne Price 1927, Robert Wagner 1930, Roberta Flack 1939, Mark Spitz 1950, George Stephanopoulos 1961)
U-2 Pilot Powers is Freed by Soviet in an Exchange for Abel (By Tom Wicker, February 10, 1962)
* Pasternak Is Dead at 70; Wrote 'Dr. Zhivago'
[2/10/1890-5/30/1960] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 31, 1960)

* NATIONAL: 9/11 Report Cites Many Warnings About Hijackings (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Feb. 10, 2005)
Too Late for Katie, Town Tackles a Drug's Scourge (By JODI WILGOREN, Feb. 10, 2005)
WORLD: Asterisk Aside, Saudis Prepare for Their First National Election (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Feb. 10, 2005)
* DENGFENG JOURNAL: So Many Paths. Which Shaolin Is Real? The Reply: Yes. (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Feb. 10, 2005)
NY REGION: As Wal-Mart Plans Foothold, Opponents Close Ranks (By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Feb. 10, 2005)
Sheepshead Revisited [Donald Margulies, Pulitzer-winning playwright] (By JOSEPH BERGER, Feb. 10, 2005)
BUSINESS: Shares Drop on Concerns That Profit Growth Will Slow
[Dow -60.52, Nasdaq -34.13] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Feb. 10, 2005)
Eisner Said to Be Open to Staying at Disney (By LAURA M. HOLSON & GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Feb. 10, 2005)
* SMALL BUSINESS: Know When to Hold 'em, Know When to Fold 'em (By CAITLIN KELLY, Feb. 10, 2005)
* ECONOMIC SCENE: Two Issues Face Social Security, and Applying One Answer to Both Is Risky
(By HAL R. VARIAN, Feb. 10, 2005)
ART: JUSTIN FAUNCE: Pop Goes the Culture, Emblems and All (By HOLLAND COTTER, Feb. 10, 2005)
ARTS: Central Park Makeover: Reality Show, in a Way (By CAROL VOGEL, Feb. 10, 2005)
ART: Artist's Erotic Oeuvre Is Rescued From the Trash (By COLIN MOYNIHAN, Feb. 10, 2005)
BOOKS: 'DISNEYWAR': A Tale of Treachery in the Magic Kingdom [James B. Stewart]
(By JANET MASLIN, Feb. 10, 2005)
* BOOKS: An English Talmud for Daily Readers and Debaters (By JOSEPH BERGER, Feb. 10, 2005)
HOME & GARDEN: DESIGN NOTEBOOK: Mid-18th-Century Modern: The Classicists Strike Back
(By DAVID COLMAN, Feb. 10, 2005)
* TRADE SECRETS: A Bibliophile, 3,600 Friends and a System (By CAROLE BRADEN, Feb. 10, 2005)
CUTTINGS: Save on the Bouquet, Splurge on the Kisses (By KEN DRUSE, Feb. 10, 2005)
* THE DEPARTING CHIEF: Fiorina's Confrontational Tenure at Hewlett Comes to a Close
(By JOHN MARKOFF, Feb. 10, 2005)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 10, 2005)
World of Warcraft Keeps Growing, Even as Players Test Its Limits (By SETH SCHIESEL, Feb. 10, 2005)
* You There, at the Computer: Pay Attention (By KATIE HAFNER, Feb. 10, 2005)
* The Unassociated Press [Wikimedia] (By AARON WEISS, Feb. 10, 2005)
* BASICS: Mac Meets PC and Both Learn to Share (By LARRY MAGID, Feb. 10, 2005)
* ONLINE SHOPPER: Four Sweet Ways to Say 'Be Mine' (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Feb. 10, 2005)
* SCIENCE: 2004 Was Fourth-Warmest Year Ever Recorded (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Feb. 10, 2005)
* HEALTH: Sudden Stress Breaks Hearts, a Report Says (By DENISE GRADY, Feb. 10, 2005)

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2005:
On This Day: February 9 (Gasparo Angiolini 2/9/1731-2/6/1803, William Henry Harrison 2/9/1773-4/4/1841, Samuel Tilden 2/9/1814-8/4/1886, Amy Lowell 2/9/1874-5/12/1925, Ronald Colman 2/9/1891-5/19/1958, Dean Rusk 2/9/1909-12/20/1994, Bill Veeck 2/9/1914-1/2/1986, Kathryn Grayson 1922, Roger Mudd 1928, Carol King 1942, Joe Pesci 1943, Alice Walker 1944, Mia Farrow 1945)
Guadalcanal Is Ours; Japan Abandons Island (By Charles Hurd, February 9, 1943)
* Jacques Monod, Nobel Biologist, Dies; Thought Existence Is Based on Chance
[2/9/1910-5/31/1976] (By FRANK J. PRIAL, June 1, 1976)

NATIONAL: Baltimore Streets Meaner, but Message Is Mixed (By JAMES DAO, Feb. 9, 2005)
The Everymigrant's Guide to Crossing the Border Illegally
(By CHARLIE LeDUFF & J. EMILIO FLORES, Feb. 9, 2005)
EDUCATION: Tiny District Finds Bonanza of Pupils and Funds Online (By SAM DILLON, Feb. 9, 2005)
NY REGION: Lesson of Clinton Fund-Raiser: Double-Check That Donor List
(By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ & IAN URBINA, Feb. 9, 2005)
SPORTS: Boston Parades Come in Threes, Like Trophies (By KATIE ZEZIMA, Feb. 9, 2005)
SAILING: After 71 Days Alone at Sea, It's Time for Some Company (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Feb. 9, 2005)
* BUSINESS: Competition Is Forever [diamonds] (By TRACIE ROZHON, Feb. 9, 2005)
Retirement Turns Into a Rest Stop as Benefits Dwindle (By EDUARDO PORTER & MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, Feb. 9, 2005)
MARKET PLACE: To Cash In on Luxury, Think of Selling the Store [Neiman Marcus]
(By TRACIE ROZHON, Feb. 9, 2005)
TECHNOLOGY: Microsoft Is Acquiring Maker of Software to Combat Viruses (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 9, 2005)
* ARTS: Barbarians (Well, Mostly Art Lovers) at 'The Gates' (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Feb. 9, 2005)
ARTS: Art Show Forces Belgium to Ask Hard Questions About Its Colonial Past (By ALAN RIDING, Feb. 9, 2005)
ARTS: When a Factory Is a Foundry for Art (By ALISON LEIGH COWAN, Feb. 9, 2005)
* BOOK CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: The Women Behind the Myths [Marilyn] (By CARYN JAMES, Feb. 9, 2005)
BOOKS: Analyzing Sales of Wolfe's New Book (By EDWARD WYATT, Feb. 9, 2005)
BOOKS: 'A GREAT AND NOBLE SCHEME': Paradise Lost in an 'Ethnic Cleansing'
[John Mack Faragher] (By WILLIAM GRIMES, Feb. 9, 2005)
FILM: A Notorious X-Rated Phenomenon Revisited, and Debated (By CHARLES McGRATH, Feb. 9, 2005)
FILM CRITIC: Cannes Prize Winners Open Foreign Film Series (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Feb. 9, 2005)
FILM: 'UNSCREWED': Got the Seven-Year Yawn? Try Creams, Pills and Gadgets (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Feb. 9, 2005)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 9, 2005)
Cook and Tell Confessions of a Kitchen Romeo (By STEVE FRIEDMAN, Feb. 9, 2005)
The Well-Tempered Wok (By JULIA MOSKIN, Feb. 9, 2005)
* FOOD: Something to Chew On: Frenchwomen Know How to Eat (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Feb. 9, 2005)
* EATING WELL: Selling Wholesomeness in the Breakfast Bowl (By MARIAN BURROS, Feb. 9, 2005)
RESTAURANTS: A Japanese Feast for All the Senses (By FRANK BRUNI, Feb. 9, 2005)
THE CHEF: A Salty Cloak for Full-Flavored Fish (By DANA BOWEN, Feb. 9, 2005)
THE MINIMALIST: Braise and Brown (By MARK BITTMAN, Feb. 9, 2005)
FOOD STUFF: A Seduction That Took Just One Little Nibble (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Feb. 9, 2005)

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005:
On This Day: February 8 (Il Guercino 2/8/1591-12/22/1666, Jacques Cassini 2/8/1677-4/18/1756, Daniel Bernoulli 2/8/1700-3/17/1782, John Ruskin 2/8/1819-1/20/1900, William T. Sherman 2/8/1820-2/14/1891, Jules Verne 2/8/1828-3/24/1905, Dame Edith Evans 2/8/1888-10/14/1976, King Vidor 2/8/1894-11/1/1982, Chester Carlson 2/8/1906-9/19/1968, Elizabeth Bishop 2/8/1911-10/6/1979, Lana Turner 6/29/1995, Jack Lemmon 1925, John Williams 1932, Ted Koppel 1940, Nick Nolte 1941, Robert Klein 1942, Brooke Adams 1949, Mary Steenburgen 1953, John Grisham 1955, Gary Coleman 1968)
Communications Bill Signed, and the Battles Begin Anew (By Edmund L. Andrews, February 8, 1996)
* Martin Buber, 87, Dies in Israel; Renowned Jewish Philosopher
[2/8/1878-6/13/1965] (NY TIMES, June 14, 1965)

NATIONAL: Wanted the Moon, Got a Little Less (WARREN E. LEARY, Feb. 8, 2005)
Some Bush Foes Vote Yet Again, With Their Feet: Canada or Bust (By RICK LYMAN, Feb. 8, 2005)
EDITORIAL: Avoiding the Real Challenge (NY TIMES, Feb. 8, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Spearing the Beast (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Feb. 8, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Mr. President, Let's Share the Wealth (By DAVID BROOKS, Feb. 8, 2005)
OP-ED: How Wall Street Learns to Look the Other Way (By ROBERT J. SHILLER, Feb. 8, 2005)
OP-ED: The Human Rights Case Against Attacking Iran (By SHIRIN EBADI and HADI GHAEMI, Feb. 8, 2005)
LETTERS: Do the Democrats Need Dr. Dean? (5 Letters) (By John V. H. Dippel, et. al., Feb. 8, 2005)
LETTERS: Skipping Evolution (By Richard G. Buchanan, Feb. 8, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google Launches Map Service (By CNET News.com, Feb. 8, 2005)
BOOKS: An Author's Hasidic Roots Become Her Inspiration (By DINITIA SMITH, Feb. 8, 2005)
DANCE: In Modern Dance, Reflections of a Restless China in Flux (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Feb. 8, 2005)
DANCE: NYC BALLET: A Menu of Performances Going From Sinuous to Cute (By JOHN ROCKWELL, Feb. 8, 2005)
FILM: A Filmmaker's 50 Years of Reassuring Intimacy (By KATHRYN SHATTUCK, Feb. 8, 2005)
MUSIC: FREIBURG BAROQUE ORCHESTRA: Early Music Styles Vary, but the Values Are a Constant
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI , Feb. 8, 2005)
MUSIC: KRONOS QUARTET: Moods of Sliding Scales, From Ethereal to Animated
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Feb. 8, 2005)
TV: 'HOUSE OF SAUD': The American Love Affair With the Saudis (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Feb. 8, 2005)
FASHION DIARY: Brand-Name Goddess Basks in the Moment (By GUY TREBAY, Feb. 8, 2005)
FASHION: NOTICED: Is That a Tapestry You're Wearing? (By ERIC WILSON, Feb. 8, 2005)
FASHION: An Outcry of Political Dissent, Scrawled in Ruffles (By CATHY HORYN, Feb. 8, 2005)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 8, 2005)
* SCIENCE: Planet-Forming Process May Be Playing Out in Miniature (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Feb. 8, 2005)
* Underground Gourmet: Mole Sets a Speed Record [0.23 second a chunk] (By CARL ZIMMER, Feb. 8, 2005)
OBSERVATORY: Have Your Very Own Species, for a Price (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 8, 2005)
Holy Whistling Helium! Another Quantum Trick (By KENNETH CHANG, Feb. 8, 2005)
Signs of Awareness Seen in Brain-Injured Patients (By BENEDICT CAREY, Feb. 8, 2005)
* A Closer Look at Saturn's Hot Spot (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Feb. 8, 2005)
* Recovering Lost Atoms of Cosmos (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Feb. 8, 2005)
* Q & A: Fresh and Dried Fruit (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Feb. 8, 2005)
* HEALTH: For the Worst of Us, the Diagnosis May Be 'Evil' (By BENEDICT CAREY, Feb. 8, 2005)
* ESSAY: When Is a Doctor Too Old? Or Too Young? (By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D., Feb. 8, 2005)
Focus Narrows in Search for Autism's Cause (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Feb. 8, 2005)
CASES: At a Bustling City Clinic, Esperanto Would Come In Handy (By DANIELLE OFRI, M.D., Feb. 8, 2005)
* SIDE EFFECTS: The Benefits of Looking on the Dark Side (By JAMES GORMAN, Feb. 8, 2005)
PERSONAL HEALTH: A New Set of Knees Comes at a Price: A Whole Lot of Pain (By JANE E. BRODY, Feb. 8, 2005)
Specialists Trying to Unravel the Mystery of Miscarriage (By EMMA DALY, Feb. 8, 2005)
* REALLY?: The Claim: Loud Music Can Cause Lasting Hearing Loss (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Feb. 8, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Treatments: Needle vs. Knife for Carpal Tunnel (By JOHN O'NEIL, Feb. 8, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Behavior: Lullaby for the Sleep-Deprived (By JOHN O'NEIL, Feb. 8, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Patterns: Your Bones on Birth Control (By JOHN O'NEIL, Feb. 8, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Therapies: After Stroke, a Wider Panorama (By JOHN O'NEIL, Feb. 8, 2005)

Monday, Feb. 7, 2005:
On This Day: February 7 (Thomas More 2/7/1477-7/6/1535, John Deere 2/7/1804-5/17/1886, Charles Dickens 2/7/1812-6/9/1870, Sir James Murray 2/7/1837-7/26/1915, Laura Ingalls Wilder 2/7/1867-2/10/1957, Alfred Adler 2/7/1870-5/28/1937, Eubie Blake 2/7/1883-2/12/1983, Sinclair Lewis 2/7/1885-1/10/1951, Buster Crabbe 2/7/1910-4/23/1983, Gay Talese 1932, Garth Brooks 1962, Chris Rock 1966)
2 Astronauts Float Free in Space, 170 Miles Up (By John Noble, February 7, 1984)
Death Of Fred Douglass at 78 [2/7/1817-2/20/1895] (NY TIMES, February 21, 1895)

Peter E. Stokes, 78, a Leader in Treating Bipolar Disorder, Is Dead (By JEREMY PEARCE, Feb. 7, 2005)
Helen Woodhull, 65, Designer of Jewelry in Ancient Styles, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Feb. 7, 2005)
John L. Tatta, 84, a Pioneer in Cable Television Industry, Dies (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Feb. 7, 2005)
Robert Baker, 88, Organist Who Founded Music Institute, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Feb. 7, 2005)
Paul Good, 75, Television Reporter, Is Dead (By MARGALIT FOX, Feb. 7, 2005)
NATIONAL: U.S. Officials Say a Theocratic Iraq Is Unlikely (By ERIC SCHMITT, Feb. 7, 2005)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: Bush's Official Reading List, and a Racy Omission (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Feb. 7, 2005)
WORLD: French Struggle Now With How to Coexist With Bush (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Feb. 7, 2005)
Israel and Palestinians to Announce Steps Toward Truce
(By STEVEN R. WEISMAN & GREG MYRE, Feb. 7, 2005)
NY REGION: Fighting a Bull, and the Fear of Obscurity (By COREY KILGANNON, Feb. 7, 2005)
QUEENS JOURNAL: The Last of the Sauerbraten, and an Era (By COREY KILGANNON, Feb. 7, 2005)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Feb. 7, 2005)
SPORTS: La Russa Disputes Claims in Canseco's Book (By TYLER KEPNER, Feb. 7, 2005)
SUPER BOWL XXXIX: PATRIOTS 24, EAGLES 21: The Dynasty Is Official (By DAMON HACK, Feb. 7, 2005)
SUPER BOWL XXXIX: Teams Occupied an Alternate Universe (By SELENA ROBERTS, Feb. 7, 2005)
SUPER BOWL XXXIX: For McNabb, a Forgettable Night Is Hard to Forget (By JERE LONGMAN, Feb. 7, 2005)
SUPER BOWL XXXIX: Owens's Latest Act: Letting His Resolve Do the Talking Against the Patriots
(By DAVE ANDERSON, Feb. 7, 2005)
EDITORIAL: Building on Iraq's Election (NY TIMES, Feb. 7, 2005)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Stories From the Inside [Cuba] (By BOB HERBERT, Feb. 7, 2005)
* OP-ED: Design for Living (By MICHAEL J. BEHE, Feb. 7, 2005)
* OP-ED: Freedom's Not Just Another Word (By DAVID HACKETT FISCHER, Feb. 7, 2005)
LETTERS: Selling the New Social Security (6 Letters) (By George F. Nelson, et. al., Feb. 7, 2005)
LETTERS: Arab Democracy, With U.S. Help? (2 Letters) (By Adam Gregerman, et. al., Feb. 7, 2005)
LETTERS: Smart Kids Can Flourish if Parents Are Involved (By David L. V. Bauer, Feb. 7, 2005)
BUSINESS NEWS ANALYSIS: Trim Deficit? Only if Bush Uses Magic (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Feb. 7, 2005)
A New Inquiry Into Big Board Specialists (By JENNY ANDERSON, Feb. 7, 2005)
Blockbuster With a Joystick (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Feb. 7, 2005)
* ADVERTISING: The Super Bowl Ad Standouts [CareerBuilder.com] (By STUART ELLIOTT, Feb. 7, 2005)
* A Talk Show Host Wants to Be China's Larry King [Jack Pan] (By CHRIS BUCKLEY, Feb. 7, 2005)
NEW ECONOMY: Frontiers Change for Phone Giants (By MATT RICHTEL, Feb. 7, 2005)
Hate Messages on Google Site Draw Concern (By GARY RIVLIN, Feb. 7, 2005)
TECHNOLOGY: As Piracy Battle Nears Supreme Court, the Messages Grow Manic (By TOM ZELLER Jr., Feb. 7, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: Smaller Than a Pushpin, More Powerful Than a PC (By JOHN MARKOFF, Feb. 7, 2005)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: A New Direction at Google
[Google becomes registrar to sell domain names]
(By BOB TEDESCHI, Feb. 7, 2005)
ART: JANE FREILICHER: Seeing With Feeling the Ordinary and Wild (By KEN JOHNSON, Feb. 7, 2005)
ARTS: Ethiopia Celebrates Bob Marley (By MARC LACEY, Feb. 7, 2005)
TV: He Toils, He Spins (on Daytime TV), He Makes 'Ellen' Boogie (By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, Feb. 7, 2005)
FASHION DIARY: The Big Run-Up to Reality as It's Lived Under the Tents (By GUY TREBAY, Feb. 7, 2004)
SCIENCE: U.S. Redesigning Atomic Weapons (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Feb. 7, 2005)
SCIENCE: Critics Question NASA on Safety of the Shuttles (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Feb. 7, 2005)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Quiet Demons in Black Life (By JOHN LANGONE, Feb. 7, 2005)

Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005:
On This Day: February 5 (Marie Sevigne 2/5/1626-4/17/1696, John Carradine 2/5/1906-11/27/1988, William Burroughs 2/5/1914-8/2/1997, Robert Hofstadter 2/5/1915-11/17/1990, Red Buttons 1919, Hank Aaron 1934, Jane Bryant 1939, Stephen J. Cannell 1941, Roger Staubach 1942, Barbara Hershey 1948, Jennifer Jason Leigh 1962)
Roosevelt Asks Power to Reform Courts, Increasing the Supreme Bench to 15 Judges
(By Arthur Krock, February 5, 1937)
* Adlai Ewing Stevenson: An Urbane, Witty, Articulate Politician and Diplomat
[2/5/1900-7/14/1965] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, July 15, 1965)

* Max Schmeling, Heavyweight Champion Caught in the Middle of Nazi Politics, Dies at 99
(By DAVID MARGOLICK, Feb. 5, 2005)
* Ernst Mayr, Pioneer in Tracing Geography's Role in the Origin of Species, Dies at 100 (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, Feb. 5, 2005)
Ossie Davis, Actor, Writer and Eloquent Champion of Racial Justice, Dies at 87
(By RICHARD SEVERO and DOUGLAS MARTIN, Feb. 5, 2005)
NATIONAL: Wolf's Future in Wyoming, as Predator or Fragile Species, Is in Court's Hands (By KIRK JOHNSON, Feb. 5, 2005)
* ARTS: Emphasizing Creativity, Not Collectivity (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Feb. 5, 2005)
ARTS: Art Project Pilgrims Prepare to Install 'The Gates' (By CAROL VOGEL, Feb. 5, 2005)
DANCE: NEW YORK CITY BALLET: Embodying Quiet Rapture, Tempered by Piquant Partners
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Feb. 5, 2005)
TV: A Child Learns a Harsh Lesson in Politics (By JULIE SALAMON, Feb. 5, 2005)

Friday, Feb. 4, 2005:
On This Day: February 4 (Clement Ader 2/4/1841-3/5/1926, Ludwig Prandtl 2/4/1875-8/15/1953, Fernand Leger 2/4/1881-8/17/1955, Dietrich Bonhoeffer 2/4/1906-4/9/1945, Clyde W. Tombaugh 2/4/1906-1/17/1997, Rosa Parks 1913, Betty Friedan 1921, Conrad Bain 1923, David Brenner 1945, Dan Quayle 1947, Alice Cooper 1948, Pamela Franklin 1950)
Patricia Hearst, Granddaughter of Hearst Abducted by 3 (By Wallace Turner, February 4, 1974)
* Daring Lindbergh Dies at 72; Attained the Unattainable With Historic Flight Across Atlantic
[2/4/1902-8/26/1974] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, August 27, 1974)

E. D. Freis, Expert on Risks of Hypertension, Dies at 92 (By JEREMY PEARCE, Feb. 4, 2005)
* ADVERTISING: Condé Nast Makes the Case for Old-School Advertising (By STUART ELLIOTT, Feb. 4, 2005)
FILM: 'WMD: WEAPONS OF MASS DECEPTION': Turning a Critical Lens on Television News
(By NED MARTEL, Feb. 4, 2005)
TV: Football? They Play a Game? (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Feb. 4, 2005)

Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005:
On This Day: February 3 (Felix Mendelssohn 2/3/1809-11/4/1847, Horace Greeley 2/3/1811-11/29/1872, Norman Rockwell 2/3/1894-11/8/1978, Alvar Aalto 2/3/1898-5/11/1976, James Michener 2/3/1907-10/16/1997, Simone Weil 2/3/1909-8/24/1943, Joey Bishop 1918, Shelley Berman 1925, Paul Sarbanes 1933, Fran Tarkenton 1940, Bob Griese 1945, Morgan Fairchild 1950)
Relations With Germany Are Broken Off (ASSOCIATED PRESS, February 3, 1917)
* Gertrude Stein Dies In France, 72 [2/3/1874-7/27/1946] (NY TIMES, July 28, 1946)

Vicki LaMotta, Ex-Wife of a 'Raging Bull,' Dies at 75 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 3, 2005)
Brandt F. Steele, 97, Psychiatrist and an Author, Dies (By JEREMY PEARCE, Feb. 3, 2005)

Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005:
On This Day: February 2 (Lodovico Ferrari 2/2/1522-10/5/1565, Talleyrand 2/2/1754-5/17/1838, Havelock Ellis 2/2/1859-7/8/1939, Fritz Kreisler 2/2/1875-1/29/1962, George Halas 2/2/1895-10/31/1983, Jascha Heifetz 2/2/1901-12/10/1987, Ayn Rand 2/2/1905-3/6/1982, James Dickey 2/2/1923-1/19/1997, Tom Smothers 1937, Barry Diller 1942, Graham Nash 1942, Bo Hopkins 1942, Farrah Fawcett 1947, Christie Brinkley 1954)
Russians Liquidate Last Stalingrad Pocket; Nazi Army Beaten (ASSOCIATED PRESS, February 2, 1943)
* James Joyce Dies at 58; Wrote 'Ulysses' [2/2/1882-1/3/1941] (NY TIMES, January 13, 1941)

* Albert Schatz, Microbiologist, Dies at 84 (By MARGALIT FOX, Feb. 2, 2005)
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: Phoenix Moves to Put Itself on the Biotechnology Map (By MORRIS NEWMAN, Feb. 2, 2005)
* BOOKS: 'BIG BANG': Course: Cosmos Explained. Prerequisites: None. (By WILLIAM GRIMES, Feb. 2, 2005)
* SCIENCE: So, Prehistory Looked Like New Jersey? (By GLENN COLLINS, Feb. 2, 2005)

Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2005:
On This Day: February 1 (John Philip Kemble 2/1/1757-2/26/1823, Thomas Cole 2/1/1801-2/11/1848, Stanley Granville Hall 2/1/1844-4/24/1924, Victor Herbert 2/1/1859-3/26/1924, John Ford 2/1/1895-8/31/1973, Clark Gable 2/1/1901-11/16/1960, S.J. Perelman 2/1/1904-10/17/1979, Emilio Segrè 2/1/1905-4/22/1989, Stuart Whitman 1928, Boris Yeltsin 1931, Don Everly 1937, Princess Stephanie 1965, Lisa Marie Presley 1968)
Negro Sitdowns Stir Fear Of Wider Unrest in South (By Claude Sitton, February 1, 1960)
* Langston Hughes, Writer, 65, Dead [2/1/1902-3/22/1967] (By DAVE ANDERSON, May 23, 1967)

* OP-ED: And Now a Word From Op-Ed (By DAVID SHIPLEY, Feb. 1, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google Profit Climbs on Internet Ad Strength (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 1, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: Hewlett Reports Advance in Molecular-Scale Device (By JOHN MARKOFF, Feb. 1, 2005)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 1, 2005)
SCIENCE: Minds of Their Own: Birds Gain Respect (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Feb. 1, 2005)
Evolution Takes a Back Seat in U.S. Classes (By CORNELIA DEAN, Feb. 1, 2005)
A New Language Arises, and Scientists Watch It Evolve (By NICHOLAS WADE, Feb. 1, 2005)
* ESSAY: For Some Girls, the Problem With Math Is That They're Good at It (By CORNELIA DEAN, Feb. 1, 2005)
* A CONVERSATION WITH JAMES CAMERON: Filmmaker Employs the Arts to Promote the Sciences
(By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Feb. 1, 2005)
Deciding How Much Global Warming Is Too Much (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Feb. 1, 2005)
* OBSERVATORY: For Zebrafish, That Certain Glow (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 1, 2005)
* Q & A: Pill Problems [fabrics in clothing] (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Feb. 1, 2005)
HEALTH: The Perils of Needles to the Body [tatooes] (By LORRAINE KREAHLING, Feb. 1, 2005)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: How Cancer Rose to the Top of the Charts (By JANE E. BRODY, Feb. 1, 2005)
* THE CONSUMER: Keeping Colds at Bay. Or Maybe Not. (By, Feb. 1, 2005)
Cough Syrup Receives Kosher Seal of Approval (By LESLIE BERGER, Feb. 1, 2005)
CASES: Who Will Be Next? Pictures From an Epidemic (By RANDY S. MILDEN, Feb. 1, 2005)
REALLY?: The Claim: Shoveling Snow Can Set Off a Heart Attack (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Feb. 1, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Hazards: Injuries and Alcohol Often Mix (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Feb. 1, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Safety: Unbelted and at Risk (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Feb. 1, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Thresholds: With Pain, Older Is Better (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Feb. 1, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Mental Health: Sweating Depression Away (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Feb. 1, 2005)
* HEALTH: Drink a Day May Keep Older Women Sharp (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Feb. 1, 2005)

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