Selected Articles from The New York Times—
February 2008 (* denotes news of special interest)

Friday, Feb. 29, 2008:
On This Day: February 29 (Paul III 2/29/1468-11/10/1549, Ann Lee 2/29/1736-9/8/1784, Gioacchino Rossini 2/29/1792-11/13/1868, John Philip Holland 2/29/1840-8/12/1914, Herman Hollerith 2/29/1860-11/17/1929, Augusta Savage 2/29/1892-3/26/1962, Morarji Desai 2/29/1896-4/10/1995, Jimmy Dorsey 2/29/1904-6/12/1957, Fyodor Abramov 2/29/1920-5/14/1983, James Mitchell 2/29/1920, Michele Morgan 2/29/1920)
Panel On Civil Disorders Calls For Drastic Action To Avoid 2-Society Nation (By JOHN HERBERS, February 29, 1968)
* John P. Holland Dead: Inventor of Submarine Boat Succumbs in Newark at 72
[2/29/18401-8/12/1840] (NY TIMES, August 13, 1914)

NATIONAL: New Clinton Ad Prompts Reply From Obama (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Feb. 29, 2008)
NATIONAL: Bill Would Remove Doubt on Presidential Eligibility (By CARL HULSE, Feb. 29, 2008)
NATIONAL: Obama and Clinton Flush With Cash From February (By MICHAEL LUO & JEFF ZELENY, Feb. 29, 2008)
NATIONAL: For Obama, Taste of What a Long Battle Holds (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Feb. 29, 2008)
NATIONAL: Facing Default, Some Walk Out on New Homes (By JOHN LELAND, Feb. 29, 2008)
* WORLD: Prince Harry Withdrawn From Afghanistan (By SARAH LYALL, Feb. 29, 2008)
WORLD: Near Arctic, Seed Vault Is a Fort Knox of Food (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Feb. 29, 2008)
WORLD: China to Reconsider One-Child Limit (By JIM YARDLEY, Feb. 29, 2008)
* SPORTS: With an Iron Will, He Finds a Way [wrestler without legs]
(By JOSH KATZOWITZ, Feb. 29, 2008)
SPORTS | HOCKEY: Russia Is Luring Back N.H.L. Stars (By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ, Feb. 29, 2008)
* OP-ED: Remembering the Mentor [William F. Buckley Jr.] (By DAVID BROOKS, Feb. 29, 2008)
* OP-ED: A Great Leap Forward [February 29 & Leap Year] (By CHRIS TURNEY, Feb. 29, 2008)
OP-ED: Russia's Last Hope (By VICTOR EROFEYEV, Feb. 29, 2008)
BUSINESS: Stocks Dive on New Signs of Economic Chill
[Dow -315.79, Nasdaq -60.09] (By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, Feb. 29, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Hoping to Make Phone Buyers Flip (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Feb. 29, 2008)
ARTS: The People's Artist, Herself a Work of Art [Kahlo] (By HOLLAND COTTER, Feb. 29, 2008)
FILM: The Eiffel Tower Is Always Ready for Its Close-Up (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Feb. 29, 2008)
MUSIC: The Sound Is Rural, the Setting Urban (By NATE CHINEN, Feb. 29, 2008)
THEATER | 'PASSING STRANGE': It's a Hard Rock Life (By CHARLES ISHERWOOD, Feb. 29, 2008)
TRAVEL ESCAPES | AWAY: A Tiny, Beloved Home That Was Built for Spite
[Spite House, Alexandria, VA] (By STEVE BAILEY, Feb. 29, 2008)
HEALTH: A Blood Thinner Might Be Linked to More Deaths (By WALT BOGDANICH, Feb. 29, 2008)
HEALTH BLOG: The Cure for Exhaustion? More Exercise (By Tara Parker-Pope, Feb. 29, 2008)

Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008:
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)

* William F. Buckley Jr., 82, Dies; Sesquipedalian Spark of Right
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Feb. 28, 2008)
Buddy Miles, Hendrix Drummer, Dies (By JON PARELES, Feb. 28, 2008)
NATIONAL: 1 in 100 U.S. Adults Behind Bars, New Study Says (By ADAM LIPTAK, Feb. 28, 2008)
WORLD: Putin's Anointed Heir Shows Hints of Less Icy Style
[Dmitri A. Medvedev] (By C. J. CHIVERS, Feb. 28, 2008)
WORLD | Italy: Men Can't Grope...Themselves (By IAN FISHER, Feb. 28, 2008)
OP-ED: Hillary, Buckeye Girl (By GAIL COLLINS, Feb. 28, 2008)
OP-ED: I'm Not Running for President, but... (By MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG, Feb. 28, 2008)
OP-ED: A Genocide Foretold (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Feb. 28, 2008)
* OPINION BLOG: Why I'm Afraid of the Clintons (By Dan Schnur, Feb. 28, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Cash-Rich, Publicity-Shy, Abu Dhabi Fund Draws Scrutiny
(By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Feb. 28, 2008)
MUSIC: Juilliard and Met Meld Opera Training (By ALLAN KOZINN, Feb. 28, 2008)
* STYLE: He Listens. He Cares. He Isn't Real.
[Gabriel Byrne play Dr. Paul Weston, shrink of "In Treatment"]
(By RUTH LA FERLA, Feb. 28, 2008)
FASHION | Skin Deep: Never Too Young for That First Pedicure (By CAMILLE SWEENEY, Feb. 28, 2008)
* HOME & GARDEN: The Terrible Toll of Art Anxiety (By JOYCE WADLER, Feb. 28, 2008)
* HOME & GARDEN: Easing the Pain of Collecting (By JULIE SCELFO, Feb. 28, 2008)
* HOME & GARDEN: Where to Find Help (and Self-Help) (By JULIE SCELFO, Feb. 28, 2008)
HEALTH | Personal Best: Does Weight Lifting Make a Better Athlete? (By GINA KOLATA, Feb. 28, 2008)
HEALTH BLOG: The Language of Autism (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Feb. 28, 2008)

Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008:
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)

* NATIONAL: Survey Finds Teenagers Ignorant on Basic History and Literature Questions
(By SAM DILLON, Feb. 27, 2008)
NATIONAL | News Analysis: A Complicated Challenge on One Side; a Single Task on the Other
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Feb. 27, 2008)
* OP-ED: Begrudging His Bedazzling [Hillary & Obama] (By MAUREEN DOWD, Feb. 27, 2008)
OP-ED: Go Back to Black (By K. A. DILDAY, Feb. 27, 2008)
* DINING | Critic's Notebook: Coast to Coast, Restaurants That Count (By FRANK BRUNI, Feb. 27, 2008)

Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL: Clinton Campaign Starts 5-Point Attack on Obama (By PATRICK HEALY & JULIE BOSMAN, Feb. 26, 2008)
OP-ED: The Real McCain (By DAVID BROOKS, Feb. 26, 2008)
BOOKS: However Mean the Streets, Have an Exit Strategy
[Margaret B. Jones, Love and Consequences] (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Feb. 26, 2008)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 26, 2008)
* SCIENCE FINDINGS: The Advantages of Closing a Few Doors (By JOHN TIERNEY, Feb. 26, 2008)
* SCIENCE Q & A: Midnight Meals (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Feb. 26, 2008)
HEALTH BOOKS: For the Very Old, a Dose of 'Slow Medicine' (By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D., Feb. 26, 2008)

Monday, Feb. 25, 2008:
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)

* EDUCATION: Brown Ends Tuition for Lower-Income Students (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Feb. 25, 2008)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Feb. 25, 2008)
OP-ED: It's All About Him (By WILLIAM KRISTOL, Feb. 25, 2008)

Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL | Political Memo: Somber Clinton Soldiers On as the Horizon Darkens (By PATRICK HEALY, Feb. 24, 2008)
POLITICS BLOG: Clinton Turns From Anger to Sarcasm (By JULIE BOSMAN, Feb. 24, 2008)
WORLD: Raúl Castro Named Cuba's New President (By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr., Feb. 24, 2008)
OP-ED: ¿Quién Es Less Macho? (By MAUREEN DOWD, Feb. 24, 2008)
OP-ED: Obama's Kenyan Roots (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Feb. 24, 2008)
* OP-ED: Birds Do It. Bees Do It. Dragons Don't Need To. (By NEIL SHUBIN, Feb. 24, 2008)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 24, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Daring to Think Differently About Schizophrenia (By ALEX BERENSON, Feb. 24, 2008)
* BUSINESS: A Capitalist Jolt for Charity (By STEVE LOHR, Feb. 24, 2008)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 24, 2008)
* FILM: Are Oscars Worth All This Fuss? (By A. O. SCOTT, Feb. 24, 2008)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 24, 2008)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 24, 2008)
* Ideas & Trends: He Was Nouveau When It Was New [Alain Robbe-Grillet]
(By RACHEL DONADIO, Feb. 24, 2008)
* Ideas & Trends: Peeking Inside the Mind of the Boy Dating Your Daughter
(By TARA PARKER-POPE, Feb. 24, 2008)
* THE NATION: Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Speech (By DAVID GREENBERG, Feb. 24, 2008)
THE NATION: We're Big, We're Back, We're Texas (By RUTH PENNEBAKER, Feb. 24, 2008)
THE WORLD: A Wandering Kazakh, Before Borat (By DAVID L. STERN, Feb. 24, 2008)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 24, 2008)
* ON LANGUAGE: Bird-Dog Minute (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Feb. 24, 2008)
* The Way We Live Now: One for the Price of One [Hillary & Bill Clinton]
(By ANN HULBERT, Feb. 24, 2008)
Questions for Gov. Rick Perry: Troop Leader (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Feb. 24, 2008)
* IDEA LAB: Baby-Talk Show (By YUDHIJIT BHATTACHARJEE, Feb. 24, 2008)
CONSUMED: Tag Sale [Krink ink] (By ROB WALKER, Feb. 24, 2008)
DIAGNOSIS: Patient Is a Virtue (By LISA SANDERS, M.D., Feb. 24, 2008)
COVER ARTICLE: Battle Company Is Out There (By ELIZABETH RUBIN, Feb. 24, 2008)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 24, 2008)

Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008:
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)

Friday, Feb. 22, 2008:
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: Donors Worried by Clinton Campaign Spending (By MICHAEL LUO, JO BECKER & PATRICK HEALY, Feb. 22, 2008)
NATIONAL: U.S. Ends Protections for Wolves in 3 States (By KIRK JOHNSON, Feb. 22, 2008)
NATIONAL: Georgia Claims a Sliver of the Tennessee River (By SHAILA DEWAN, Feb. 22, 2008)
FOOTBALL: New Claim of Taping Emerges Against Patriots (By JOHN BRANCH & GREG BISHOP, Feb. 22, 2008)
OP-ED: The McCain World Rift (By DAVID BROOKS, Feb. 22, 2008)
OP-ED: Don't Rerun That '70s Show (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Feb. 22, 2008)
OP-ED: Go on a Savings Spree (By DALTON CONLEY, Feb. 22, 2008)
BUSINESS: Rescues for Homeowners in Debt Weighed (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS & LOUIS UCHITELLE, Feb. 22, 2008)
BUSINESS: At Toyota, a Global Giant Reaches for Agility (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, Feb. 22, 2008)
* TECHNOLOGY: Researchers Find Way to Steal Encrypted Data (By JOHN MARKOFF, Feb. 22, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY: Microsoft to Share More Technical Secrets (By STEVE LOHR, Feb. 22, 2008)
* ARTS | 'Design and the Elastic Mind': The Soul in the New Machines
(By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, Feb. 22, 2008)
FILM: An Oscars Crystal Ball (By DAVID CARR, Feb. 22, 2008)
FILM | "Be Kind Rewind" (2008): The Dreamer as Tapehead (By A. O. SCOTT, Feb. 22, 2008)
* THEATER | 'SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE':
Down by the Blue Purple Yellow Red Water [Seurat] (By BEN BRANTLEY, Feb. 22, 2008)

Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008:
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)

* NATIONAL: Missile Strikes a Spy Satellite Falling From Its Orbit (By THOM SHANKER, Feb. 21, 2008)
NATIONAL | Political Memo: Clinton Aides Split on How to Take On Obama
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Feb. 21, 2008)
NATIONAL | The Long Run: For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk
(By JIM RUTENBERG, MARILYN W. THOMPSON, DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK & STEPHEN LABATON, Feb. 21, 2008)
WORLD: Those Who Pay for Private Care Are Testing Britain's Public Health System
(By SARAH LYALL, Feb. 21, 2008)
NY REGION: More Americans Are Giving Up Golf (By PAUL VITELLO, Feb. 21, 2008)
* OPINION BLOG: The Med Scare (By JUDITH WARNER, Feb. 21, 2008)
BUSINESS: Rising Inflation Limits the Fed as Growth Lags (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS & MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, Feb. 21, 2008)
BUSINESS | News Analysis: That '70s Look: Stagflation (By GRAHAM BOWLEY, Feb. 21, 2008)
* TECHNOLOGY: State of the Art: Web Movies Show Why DVDs Sell (By DAVID POGUE, Feb. 21, 2008)
CIRCUITS | BASICS: Put Another File in the Jukebox, Baby (By JASON TURBOW, Feb. 21, 2008)
CIRCUITS: A Big-Screen TV That's Not Even 2 Inches Thick (By JOHN BIGGS, Feb. 21, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY: Google Plans Push to Sell Ads to Appear Inside Videos
[Google's AdSense for Video will offer advertisers a choice between video
or text ads that will be overlaid on a small portion of the video viewer.
The text ads will rotate every 20 seconds and be tailored to match the
content of the video and of the Web page where the video is played. Google
earned $16.6 billion from small text ads that appear alongside search results.]
(By MIGUEL HELFT, Feb. 21, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY BLOG: Google Health Begins Its Preseason at Cleveland Clinic
[A person can approve transfer of information of medical conditions, allergies,
medications and laboratory results from the Cleveland Clinic's computers
to a Google personal health record— a series of secure Web pages.]
(By Steve Lohr, Feb. 21, 2008)
* TECHNOLOGY Q & A: Distorted Photos on a Wide Screen (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Feb. 21, 2008)
FASHION & STYLE: The Bride Wore Very Little (By RUTH LA FERLA, Feb. 21, 2008)
Close to Home: A Private Matter in the Backyard (By, Feb. 21, 2008)
* HEALTH: Stem Cell Therapy Controls Diabetes in Mice (By ANDREW POLLACK, Feb. 21, 2008)

Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL: Obama Extends Streak to 10 and Makes Inroads Among Women (By PATRICK HEALY & JEFF ZELENY, Feb. 20, 2008)
* NATIONAL: In Politics, Inspiration or Plagiarism Is a Fine Line (By SAM ROBERTS, Feb. 20, 2008)
* NATIONAL | Chimayo Journal: A Pastor Begs to Differ With Flock on Miracles
(By ERIK ECKHOLM, Feb. 20, 2008)
* NATIONAL: Higher Education Gap May Slow Economic Mobility (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Feb. 20, 2008)
NATIONAL: Slowdown Hits Towns at Outskirts of Texas Boom (By LESLIE EATON, Feb. 20, 2008)
NATIONAL: Justices Make It Tougher to Sue Medical Device Makers (By DAVID STOUT, Feb. 20, 2008)
* WORLD | Chennai Journal: Tackling a Society's Boundaries, on TV and in a Family
(By AMELIA GENTLEMAN, Feb. 20, 2008)
NY REGION: A Home Remedy for Juvenile Offenders (By LESLIE KAUFMAN, Feb. 20, 2008)
OP-ED: To Catch a Thief [Hillary & Obama] (By MAUREEN DOWD, Feb. 20, 2008)
* OP-ED: How to Handle an Invasive Species? Eat It [Asian carp] (By TARAS GRESCOE, Feb. 20, 2008)
MUSIC: A Wild Welcome to a German Teen-Pop Band (By KELEFA SANNEH, Feb. 20, 2008)
TV: Jon Stewart, Hands Long Tied by Strike, Pedals Fast for Oscars (By BILL CARTER, Feb. 20, 2008)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 20, 2008)
FOOD: The Dairies Are Half-Pint, but the Flavor Isn't (By MARIAN BURROS, Feb. 20, 2008)
FOOD: Life as a Repast, Not Yet Complete (By MIMI READ, Feb. 20, 2008)

Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL: Democrats Make Populist Appeals Before Contests (By JOHN M. BRODER & JEFF ZELENY, Feb. 19, 2008)
NATIONAL: With Oil Prices Rising, Wood Makes a Comeback (By KATIE ZEZIMA, Feb. 19, 2008)
* NATIONAL: Midlife Suicide Rises, Puzzling Researchers (By PATRICIA COHEN, Feb. 19, 2008)
EDUCATION: Princeton Plans for an Early Year Abroad (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Feb. 19, 2008)
WORLD: Russia's Claim Under Polar Ice Irks American (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Feb. 19, 2008)
NY REGION | NYC: New Yorker in the White House? Seems Like a Long Shot Now
(By CLYDE HABERMAN, Feb. 19, 2008)
OP-ED: When the Magic Fades [Obama Comedown Syndrome] (By DAVID BROOKS, Feb. 19, 2008)
* OPINION BLOG: Leaving the Rabbit Hole [migraine headaches] (By Paula Kamen, Feb. 19, 2008)
* OPINION BLOG: When Life Goes Cloudy [bacterial cloud seeding]
(By OLIVIA JUDSON, Feb. 19, 2008)
BUSINESS | Health Plans: Lacking Cure, a New Tack on a Muscle Disease
(By REED ABELSON, Feb. 19, 2008)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 19, 2008)
* SCIENCE: Paleontologists Reconstruct a Monster Frog (By KENNETH CHANG, Feb. 19, 2008)
* SCIENCE: Revealed: Secrets of the Camouflage Masters (By CARL ZIMMER, Feb. 19, 2008)
SCIENCE: Long Nights, 90 Below. What More Could Astronomers Want? (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Feb. 19, 2008)
* BASICS: What People Owe Fish: A Lot (By NATALIE ANGIER, Feb. 19, 2008)
OBSERVATORY: Support for a Theory as to Why Land Sinks Along the Gulf Coast
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 19, 2008)
OBSERVATORY: Scientists Finding Ways to Perfect a Cup of Joe, Without the Attitude
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 19, 2008)
* OBSERVATORY: The Color of Victory? Rethinking the Power of a Blue Judo Uniform
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 19, 2008)
* SCIENCE Q & A: Magnetic Personalities (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Feb. 19, 2008)
SCIENCE LETTERS: Of Couples and Romance (1 Letter) (By Charles & Judith Bergoffen, Feb. 19, 2008)
* HEALTH: Gentlemen, 5 Easy Steps to Living Long and Well (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Feb. 19, 2008)
* MIND: 'Have You Ever Been in Psychotherapy, Doctor?' (By RICHARD A> FRIEDMAN, M.D., Feb. 19, 2008)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: An Oldie Vies for Nutrient of the Decade (By JANE E. BRODY, Feb. 19, 2008)
* REALLY | The Claim: Honey Can Soothe a Burn (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Feb. 19, 2008)
VITAL SIGNS | Prognosis: Large Social Networks May Help Surgical Patients
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Feb. 19, 2008)
* VITAL SIGNS | Patterns: A Video Game, an M.R.I. and What Men's Brains Do
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Feb. 19, 2008)
VITAL SIGNS | Regimens: Diet Supplement Seen as Risky for Some Users
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Feb. 19, 2008)
* VITAL SIGNS | Behavior: An Absence of Free Will, a Tendency to Cheat
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Feb. 19, 2008)
HEALTH: Fighting Bedsores With a Team Approach (By AMANDA SCHAFFER, Feb. 19, 2008)
HEALTH: Lowering Odds of Multiple Births (By LAURIE TARKAN, Feb. 19, 2008)

Monday, Feb. 18, 2008:
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)

* NY REGION: Celebrating the Semicolon in a Most Unlikely Location (By SAM ROBERTS, Feb. 18, 2008)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Feb. 18, 2008)
OP-ED: Poverty Is Poison (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Feb. 18, 2008)
HEALTH: A Big-Time Injury Striking Little Players' Knees (By GINA KOLATA, Feb. 18, 2008)

Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL | Political Memo: Obama Adding Detail to His Oratory (By JEFF ZELENY, Feb. 17, 2008)
* EDUCATION: Gatsby's Green Light Beckons a New Set of Strivers (By SARA RIMER, Feb. 17, 2008)
WORLD | Generation Faithful: Stifled, Egypt's Young Turn to Islamic Fervor
(By MICHAEL SLACKMAN, Feb. 17, 2008)
* OP-ED: The Grand Old White Party Confronts Obama (By FRANK RICH, Feb. 17, 2008)
* OP-ED: Captive to History's Caprice [Obama & Hillary] (By MAUREEN DOWD, Feb. 17, 2008)
* BUSINESS | Novelties: Learning From a Native Speaker, Without Leaving Home
(By ANNE EISENBERG, Feb. 17, 2008)
* BUSINESS: The Power of Whimsy (By PHYLLIS KORKKI, Feb. 17, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Keep It Simple, Says Yale's Top Investor (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Feb. 17, 2008)
* BUSINESS | FAIR GAME: The Insiders Are Selling, but Why? (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Feb. 17, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Off the Shelf: Two Paths for the Aspiring Alpha Female
[life as game juggling 5 balls: work, family, health, friend, integrity]
(By HARRY HURT III, Feb. 17, 2008)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 17, 2008)
* FOLLOW ME: The Charisma Mandate (By KATE ZERNIKE, Feb. 17, 2008)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 17, 2008)
* ON LANGUAGE: Footprint (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Feb. 17, 2008)
* The Way We Live Now: Miracle Workers? (By DAVID RIEFF, Feb. 17, 2008)
* COVER ARTICLE: Taking Play Seriously (By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG, Feb. 17, 2008)

Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008:
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)

* NATIONAL: For 'EcoMoms,' Saving Earth Begins at Home (By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Feb. 16, 2008)
WORLD: By Making Holocaust Personal to Pupils, Sarkozy Stirs Anger (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Feb. 16, 2008)
NY REGION: Unofficial Tallies in City Understated Obama Vote (By SAM ROBERTS, Feb. 16, 2008)

Friday, Feb. 15, 2008:
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)

* SCIENCE: Smaller Version of the Solar System Is Discovered (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Feb. 15, 2008)

Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL: Michelle Obama Thrives in Campaign Trenches (By SUSAN SAULNY, Feb. 14, 2008)
* BOOKS: Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?
[Susan Jacoby, The Age of American Unreason] (By PATRICIA COHEN, Feb. 14, 2008)

Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008:
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)

OPINION BLOG: Patterns [migraine headaches] (By Oliver Sacks, Feb. 13, 2008)
BUSINESS: Writers Vote to End Strike (By MICHAEL CIEPLY, Feb. 13, 2008)
* FOOD: I Love You, but You Love Meat (By KATE MURPHY, Feb. 13, 2008)
SCIENCE: Crew Powers Up Laboratory at International Space Station (NY TIMES, Feb. 13, 2008)

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008:
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)

Tom Lantos, 80, Is Dead; Longtime Congressman (By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, Feb. 12, 2008)
* Robert Jastrow, Who Made Space Understandable, Dies at 82 (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Feb. 12, 2008)
NATIONAL: Obama and McCain Sweep 3 Primaries (By JOHN M. BRODER & DALIA SUSSMAN, Feb. 12, 2008)
NATIONAL: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio (By PATRICK HEALY, Feb. 12, 2008)
NATIONAL: Seeking Unity, Obama Feels Pull of Racial Divide (By GINGER THOMPSON, Feb. 12, 2008)
NATIONAL: Arizona Seeing Signs of Flight by Immigrants (By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, Feb. 12, 2008)
NY REGION: City Hospitals Reinvent Role of Emergency (By SARAH KERSHAW, Feb. 12, 2008)
* NY REGION | The Trip to Bronx Science: A Long Ride to a Choice School
(By AMANDA M. FAIRBANKS, Feb. 12, 2008)
* SPORTS: Beagle Is Top Hound at Westminster Dog Show (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Feb. 12, 2008)
OP-ED: When Reality Bites (By DAVID BROOKS, Feb. 12, 2008)
OP-ED: No End in Sight (By BOB HERBERT, Feb. 12, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Mortgage Crisis Spreads Past Subprime Loans (By VIKAS BAJAJ & LOUISE STORY, Feb. 12, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Bad Bets and Accounting Flaws Bring Staggering Losses (By JENNY ANDERSON, Feb. 12, 2008)
MEDIA & ADVERTISING: Agencies See a Window to Alter the Business of Television
(By STUART ELLIOTT, Feb. 12, 2008)
* ART: At Zurich Museum, a Theft of 4 Masterworks (By UTA HARNISCHFEGER & NICHOLAS KULISH, Feb. 12, 2008)
* BOOKS: At Harvard, a Proposal to Publish Free on Web (By PATRICIA COHEN, Feb. 12, 2008)
* MUSIC: What's in a Beethoven Quartet? A Full Curriculum (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Feb. 12, 2008)
MUSIC: A Victory for Jazz, or Just Grammy Being Grammy? (By BEN RATLIFF, Feb. 12, 2008)
* THEATER | 'GRACE': You Want to Be a What? For the Son, It's a Calling, for the Mother, a Disgrace
(By CHARLES ISHERWOOD, Feb. 12, 2008)
TV | News Analysis: Who Won the Writers Strike? (By DAVID CARR, Feb. 12, 2008)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 12, 2008)
SCIENCE | FINDINGS: Nascar's Screech and Slam? It's All Aerodynamics
(By JOHN TIERNEY, Feb. 12, 2008)
SCIENCE: The Physics of Coltrane's Technique: How Pros Hit the High Notes
(By KENNETH CHANG, Feb. 12, 2008)
SCIENCE: 5200 B.C. Is New Date for Farms in Egypt (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Feb. 12, 2008)
SCIENCE: European Lab Attached to Space Station (By WARREN E. LEARY, Feb. 12, 2008)
* SCIENCE | A Conversation With Joel Berger: When Grizzlies Ruin Eden, Moose Take to the Road
(By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, Feb. 12, 2008)
OBSERVATORY: How Sturdy Is Your Sand Castle? It's All About the Water
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 12, 2008)
OBSERVATORY: Birds Who Ride Winter Gravy Train See Benefits in Spring (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 12, 2008)
OBSERVATORY: Long in the Tooth, but Short in Wingspan (for a Pterosaur) (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 12, 2008)
* SCIENCE Q & A: Martian Umbrellas (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Feb. 12, 2008)
* HEALTH | WELL: Reinventing Date Night for Long-Married Couples (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Feb. 12, 2008)
* HEALTH | MIND: You Remind Me of Me (By BENEDICT CAREY, Feb. 12, 2008)
* HEALTH: Finding May Solve Riddle of Fatigue in Muscles (By GINA KOLATA, Feb. 12, 2008)
HEALTH: Problems in Blood Drug Lead to Halt by Factory (By GARDINER HARRIS, Feb. 12, 2008)
HEALTH ESSAY: Second Opinions, Through a Patient's Eyes (By ROBERT KLITZMAN, M.D., Feb. 12, 2008)
HEALTH: Toy Magnet Swallowed? No Problem. Two? Call 911. (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Feb. 12, 2008)
* Scientist at Work | Carla Pugh: Building Organs Even the Prudish Can Handle
(By RICHARD MORGAN, Feb. 12, 2008)
PERSONAL HEALTH: In Adolescents, Addiction to Tobacco Comes Easy
(By JANE E. BRODY, Feb. 12, 2008)
HEALTH: How to Know if You're Hooked
(By Dr. Joseph R. DiFranza , Feb. 12, 2008)
* REALLY? | The Claim: If Possible, Avoid Hospitals on Weekends
(By ANAHAD O'CONNOR , Feb. 12, 2008)
* VITAL SIGNS | Vision: Antioxidants May Cut Cataracts
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Feb. 12, 2008)
* VITAL SIGNS | Exercise: Parkinson's Patients Benefit From Tango
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Feb. 12, 2008)
HEALTH LETTERS: A Life Worth Living? (2 Letters) (By William R. Greenfield, M.D. & Richard Stith, Feb. 12, 2008)
HEALTH LETTERS: Pigs and a Puzzling Illness (2 Letters) (By Andrea Smith & Eric Hauser, Feb. 12, 2008)
HEALTH LETTERS: The Impostor Phenomenon (1 Letter) (By Robert Solomon, Feb. 12, 2008)

Monday, Feb. 11, 2008:
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)

Roy Scheider, Actor in 'Jaws,' Dies at 75 (By DAVE KEHR, Feb. 11, 2008)
NATIONAL: Obama Wins in Maine; Clinton Replaces Her Campaign Manager (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Feb. 11, 2008)
NATIONAL: Army Buried Study Faulting Iraq Planning (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Feb. 11, 2008)
NATIONAL: Families Adopting in Vietnam Say They Are Caught in Diplomatic Jam
(By ELIZABETH OLSON, Feb. 11, 2008)
WORLD | Mexico City Journal: On Single-Sex Buses, Relief From Unwanted Contact
(By MARC LACEY, Feb. 11, 2008)
WORLD: Kenya's Middle Class Feeling Sting of Violence (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Feb. 11, 2008)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Feb. 11, 2008)
* EDUCATION | Global Classrooms: In Oil-Rich Mideast, Shades of the Ivy League
(By TAMAR LEWIN, Feb. 11, 2008)
* SPORTS: The Super Bowl Spotlight Shines on a Changed Man [David Tyree] (By GREG BISHOP & PETE THAMEL, Feb. 11, 2008)
SPORTS: Top Dogs Live On, and On, in Progeny (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Feb. 11, 2008)
OP-ED: Obama's Path to Victory (By WILLIAM KRISTOL, Feb. 11, 2008)
OP-ED: Hate Springs Eternal (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Feb. 11, 2008)
OP-ED: No Manchurian Candidate (By ROGER COHEN, Feb. 11, 2008)
OP-ED: Israel's Secret Success (By DANIEL GAVRON, Feb. 11, 2008)
MEDIA & ADVERTISING: HarperCollins Will Post Free Books on the Web
(By MOTOKO RICH, Feb. 11, 2008)
* MEDIA TALK: Hillary Clinton as the Fashion Police: My Polka-Dot Dress Should Be Arrested
(By MARIA ASPAN, Feb. 11, 2008)
* TECHNOLOGY: How Sticky Is Membership on Facebook? Just Try Breaking Free
(By MARIA ASPAN, Feb. 11, 2008)
FILM | Oscar Award Season: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 11, 2008)
FILM BLOG: A Victory That Actually Means Something (By DAVID CARR, Feb. 11, 2008)
HEALTH: Scientists Find New Receptor for H.I.V. (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Feb. 11, 2008)

Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008:
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)

* EDUCATION | Global Classrooms: U.S. Universities Rush to Set Up Outposts Abroad
(By TAMAR LEWIN, Feb. 10, 2008)
NY REGION | Medical Care: Two Cities, Two Besieged Hospitals, Two Startlingly Different Results
(By RIACHARD G. JONES, Feb. 10, 2008)
SPORTS | Westminster Dog Show: Have You Seen This Dog? Only With Telepathy
(By JOSHUA ROBINSON, Feb. 10, 2008)
* OP-ED: When Women Rule (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Feb. 10, 2008)
* OP-ED: Next Up for the Democrats: Civil War (By FRANK RICH, Feb. 10, 2008)
* OP-ED: You Are What You Spend (By W. MICHAEL COX & RICHARD ALM, Feb. 10, 2008)
* OPINION BLOG: A Calumny a Day To Keep Hillary Away (By STANLEY FISH, Feb. 10, 2008)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 10, 2008)
BUSINESS: Will Disney Keep Us Amused? (By BROOKS BARNES, Feb. 10, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Yahoo Expected to Reject Microsoft's Takeover Bid
(By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN & MIGUEL HELFT, Feb. 10, 2008)
* STRATEGIES | Warning: Fast Driving May Lead to More Trading (By MARK HULBERT, Feb. 10, 2008)
* DIGITAL DOMAIN: Do Boomers Want a Web Home of Their Own? (By RANDALL STROSS, Feb. 10, 2008)
* BUSINESS | Metrics: Pushing Paper Out the Door (By HANNAH FAIRFIELD, Feb. 10, 2008)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 10, 2008)
* THEATER: Hemingway, Your Letter Has Arrived (By CHARLES McGRATH, Feb. 10, 2008)
THEATER: 39 Steps, 2 Actors, Countless Roles (By ALEXIS SOLOSKI, Feb. 10, 2008)
* TV: A Strange Career Takes an Odd Turn [Steven Wright] (By PETER KEEPNEWS, Feb. 10, 2008)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 10, 2008)
STYLE: Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You (By ALEX WILLIAMS, Feb. 10, 2008)
* STYLE: We're Friends, Right? [Roger Clemens & Andy Pettitte] (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Feb. 10, 2008)
* MODERN LOVE: A Valley of Misery Between Peaks of Joy (By DANIEL JONES, Feb. 10, 2008)
POSSESSED: Long Before Legos, Wood Was Nice and Did Suffice (By DAVID COLMAN, Feb. 10, 2008)
VOWS: Bette Keltner and Joseph Jacobs (By VIKKI VALENTINE, Feb. 10, 2008)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 10, 2008)
TRAVEL | Frequent Fliers: Curves in the Road to Redeeming Miles (By MICHELLE HIGGINS, Feb. 10, 2008)
TRAVEL | Readers' Picks | Rome: La Dolce Vita, Both Day and Night (NY TIMES, Feb. 10, 2008)
TRAVEL: 36 Hours in Napa Valley (By CHRIS COLIN, Feb. 10, 2008)
REAL ESTATE: Love Me, Love My Apartment (By VIVIAN S. TOY, Feb. 10, 2008)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 10, 2008)
POWERED DOWN: The Vanishing Establishment (By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, Feb. 10, 2008)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: The Beautiful Duckling Gets the Presidents and the Poets
[Carla Bruni reads Emily Dickinson] (By MARY JO MURPHY, Feb. 10, 2008)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: Baseball's Devil May Not Be in the Details (By ALAN SCHWARZ, Feb. 10, 2008)
* THE NATION: Recalling the Maharishi and Carville's Killer Ad (By TOM FERRICK Jr., Feb. 10, 2008)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 10, 2008)
* ON LANGUAGE: Postpartisan (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Feb. 10, 2008)
* The Way We Live Now: Girls Will Be Girls (By PEGGY ORENSTEIN, Feb. 10, 2008)
Questions for Ben Karlin: Lovers Lost (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Feb. 10, 2008)
THE MEDIUM: In Vino Veritas (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Feb. 10, 2008)
PHENOMENON: Man Bites Insect (By SAM NEJAME, Feb. 10, 2008)
CONSUMED: Negative Campaign (By ROB WALKER, Feb. 10, 2008)
THE ETHICIST: Father and Sons (By RANDY COHEN, Feb. 10, 2008)
COVER ARTICLE | 2008 Oscars Portfolio: Breaking Through (By LYNN HIRSCHBERG, Feb. 10, 2008)
* The First Ache [Baby surgeries] (By ANNIE MURPHY PAUL, Feb. 10, 2008)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 10, 2008)
BOOKS | Politics Issue: Identity Politics
[Randall Kennedy, Sellout: Politics of Racial Betrayal] (By JILL NELSON, Feb. 10, 2008)
* HEALTH BLOG: Down the Rabbit Hole With Chronic Daily Headache (By Paula Kamen, Feb. 10, 2008)

Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008:
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)

* Phyllis A. Whitney, Author, Dies at 104 (By DULCIE LEIMBACH, Feb. 9, 2008)
SPORTS: New Dogs, Old Tricks: Four Breeds Will Make Westminster Debut
(By J. DAVID GOODMAN, Feb. 9, 2008)

Friday, Feb. 8, 2008:
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: Miscalculations Dogged Romney From the Start (By MICHAEL LUO, Feb. 8, 2008)
NATIONAL: McCain Emerges as G.O.P. Choice (By ELISABETH BUMILLER & DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Feb. 8, 2008)
SPORTS: Clemens and McNamee Take Stories to the Hill (By DUFF WILSON & MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, Feb. 8, 2008)
BUSINESS: Creators of Credit Crisis Revel in Las Vegas (By VIKAS BAJAJ, Feb. 8, 2008)
* TECHNOLOGY: Is It Too Late for Yahoo? (By MIGUEL HELFT & BRAD STONE, Feb. 8, 2008)

Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL: Romney Drops Out of Presidential Race (By JOHN SULLIVAN & MICHAEL LUO, Feb. 7, 2008)
NATIONAL: Obama and Clinton Brace for Long Run (By PATRICK HEALY, Feb. 7, 2008)
* NATIONAL: In Vote, Obama Fell Short of Fervor (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Feb. 7, 2008)
NATIONAL: Senate Approves $171 Billion Stimulus Plan (By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN & DAVID STOUT, Feb. 7, 2008)
NATIONAL: Gates Foundation Head to Leave Longtime Post (By STEPHANIE STROM, Feb. 7, 2008)
NATIONAL: In Many Communities, It's Not Easy Going Green (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Feb. 7, 2008)
NY REGION: In Big Mob Sweep, Gambino Leaders Are Indicted (By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, Feb. 7, 2008)
* NY REGION: At Buddhist Temple, Cleansing Rituals to Ring in the New Year
(By ANN FARMER, Feb. 7, 2008)
* NY REGION: Where the Ancient Gods of China Are Remembered (By LILY KOPPEL, Oct. 21, 2006)
* OP-ED: Who Is More Electable? (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Feb. 7, 2008)
* OP-ED: Ted Kennedy and the Gap (By GAIL COLLINS, Feb. 7, 2008)
* OP-ED: Moody Tuesday (By ROGER COHEN, Feb. 7, 2008)
OP-ED: The Secret Lives of Pollsters (By MARK BLUMENTHAL, Feb. 7, 2008)
OP-ED: A Fine Mess [Democrats Primaries] (By MARC AMBINDER, Feb. 7, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Drug Ads Raise Questions for Heart Pioneer [Dr. Robert Jarvik & Lipitor]
(By STEPHANIE SAUL, Feb. 7, 2008)
* TECHNOLOGY | State of the Art: Slide Show Mounted in a Frame (By DAVID POGUE, Feb. 7, 2008)
ART: Getty Museum Acquires Penn Photographs (By RANDY KENNEDY, Feb. 7, 2008)
HOME & GARDEN: Reigning Trowel in a Kingdom of Orchids (By NANCY BETH JACKSON, Feb. 7, 2008)
FASHION DIARY: The Vanishing Point (By GUY TREBAY, Feb. 7, 2008)
* STYLE | Skin Deep: More Fun Than Root Canals? It's the Dental Vacation
(By CAMILLE SWEENEY, Feb. 7, 2008)
* FASHION & STYLE: The Beta Male's Charms (By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM, Feb. 7, 2008)
* HEALTH: Diabetes Study Partially Halted After Deaths (By GINA KOLATA, Feb. 7, 2008)

Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008:
On This Day: February 6 (Aaron Burr 2/6/1756-9/14/1836, Sir Charles Wheatstone 2/6/1802-10/19/1875, F.W.H. Myers 2/6/1843-1/17/1901, George Tyrrell 2/6/1861-7/15/1909, Melvin Tolson 2/6/1898-8/29/1966, Eva Braun 2/6/1913-12/9/1996, Mary D. Leakey 2/6/1913-12/9/1996, Francois Truffaut 2/6/1932-10/21/1984, Ronald Reagan 1911, Zsa Zsa Gabor 1917, Rip Torn 1931, Tom Brokaw 1940, Fabian Forte 1943, Natalie Cole 1950)
* King George VI Dies in Sleep at 56; Succeeded by Daughter Elizabeth II
(By Raymond Daniell, February 6, 1952)
* Babe Ruth Dies at 53, Baseball's Great Star and Idol of Children
[2/6/1895-8/16/1948] (By MURRAY SCHUMACH, August 17, 1948)

* Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Spiritual Leader, Dies (By LILY KOPPEL, Feb. 6, 2008)
NATIONAL: As Romney Falters in Republican Race, Huckabee's Drive Gathers Momentum
(By MICHAEL LUO & ADAM NOSSITER, Feb. 6, 2008)
NATIONAL | News Analysis: Two Parties, Two Distinct Paths to the Nomination
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Feb. 6, 2008)
NATIONAL: A Sizzle Among the Young (at Least Some) (By JODI KANTOR, Feb. 6, 2008)
* OP-ED: Darkness and Light (By MAUREEN DOWD, Feb. 6, 2008)
OPINION BLOG | Obama: The Shock of the Red (By TIMOTHY EGAN, Feb. 6, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY: Microsoft Adversary Rises Instinctively at Yahoo Bid
[The anxious efforts by Google, led by its chief executive, Eric E. Schmidt,
to try to scuttle Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo may well seem like
a bout of Valley paranoia. Many view the acquisition plan, as a desperation
move by Microsoft to buy a bigger stake in the online advertising & Internet
search markets, even as it and Yahoo fade further behind Google.]
(By STEVE LOHR, Feb. 6, 2008)
* MUSIC: When Histrionics Undermine the Music and the Pianist
[Apollonian & Dionysian pianists] (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Feb. 6, 2008)
FOOD & DINING: When Anxiety Is at the Table (By JEFF BELL, Feb. 6, 2008)

Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008:
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)

* Joshua Lederberg, 82, a Nobel Winner, Dies (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Feb. 5, 2008)
* Beatles' Indian Guru Maharishi Yogi Dies at 91 (By REUTERS, Feb. 5, 2008)
NATIONAL: Obama Wins in Illinois and Georgia (By JOHN M. BRODER & PATRICK HEALY, Feb. 5, 2008)
NATIONAL: Obama Wins Georgia in Night's 1st Prize (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Feb. 5, 2008)
* OP-ED: The Cooper Concerns [Hillary's vindictive side] (By DAVID BROOKS, Feb. 5, 2008)
BUSINESS: Dow Off 370 Points on Weak Business Survey
[Dow -370.03, Nasdaq -] (By GRAHAM BOWLEY, Feb. 5, 2008)
BUSINESS: Economy Fitful, Americans Start to Pay as They Go (By PETER S. GOODMAN, Feb. 5, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY: Google and Microsoft Take Up Battle Stations
[With Microsoft bidding nearly $45 billion to buy Yahoo, Google has begun
to lay the groundwork to try to delay, and possibly derail, any deal]
(By STEPHEN LABATON and MIGUEL HELFT, Feb. 5, 2008)
TV: Famous Black Lives Through DNA's Prism (By FELICIA R. LEE, Feb. 5, 2008)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 5, 2008)
* SCIENCE: An Altar Beyond Olympus for a Deity Predating Zeus (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Feb. 5, 2008)
SCIENCE: Satellite Spotters Glimpse Secrets, and Tell Them (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Feb. 5, 2008)
* OBSERVATORY: Mystery Solved: This Hummingbird Chirps With Its Tail
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 5, 2008)
* SCIENCE Q & A: Bird's Eye View (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Feb. 5, 2008)
* HEALTH: A Medical Mystery Unfolds in Minnesota [pork processing plant]
(By DENISE GRADY, Feb. 5, 2008)
* HEALTH | WELL: Coping With the Caveman in the Crib (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Feb. 5, 2008)
* HEALTH | MIND: Feel Like a Fraud? At Times, Maybe You Should (By BENEDICT CAREY, Feb. 5, 2008)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit (By JANE E. BRODY, Feb. 5, 2008)
* REALLY? | The Claim: Menstrual Cycles Can Synchronize Over Time (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR , Feb. 5, 2008)
* VITAL SIGNS | Symptoms: Metabolic Syndrome Is Tied to Diet Soda
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Feb. 5, 2008)
VITAL SIGNS | Regimens: An Herbal Extract Eases Symptoms of Heart Failure
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Feb. 5, 2008)
* VITAL SIGNS | Nostrums: Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Colon Cancer
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Feb. 5, 2008)

Monday, Feb. 4, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL | Political Memo: Campaign Conflicts Are Not Over Core Goals, but How to Get There
(By ROBIN TONER, Feb. 4, 2008)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Feb. 4, 2008)
OP-ED: Clinton, Obama, Insurance (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Feb. 4, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY: Google Works to Torpedo Microsoft Bid for Yahoo
[In an effort to prevent Microsoft from moving forward with its $44.6 billion
hostile bid for Yahoo, Google's CEO, Eric E. Schmidt, placed a call to Yahoo's
chief, Jerry Yang, offering the company's help in fending off Microsoft,
possibly in the form of a partnership between the companies.]
(By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN & MIGUEL HELFT, Feb. 4, 2008)
* TECHNOLOGY | Link by Link: Is Obama a Mac and Clinton a PC? (By NOAM COHEN, Feb. 4, 2008)

Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008:
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)

SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 3, 2008)
* ON LANGUAGE: Dirty Tricks (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Feb. 3, 2008)
The Way We Live Now: Back-Room Choices (By MATT BAI, Feb. 3, 2008)
* QUESTIONS FOR CHARLES SIMIC: In-Verse Thinking (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Feb. 3, 2008)
* THE MEDIUM: My Wired Youth (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Feb. 3, 2008)
* So What Do You Do, Virginia Heffernan? (By Lizzie Skurnick, MediaBistro.com, Apr. 1, 2003)
CONSUMED: Clean Look [P&G's Tide: mass brand's iconic design]
(By ROB WALKER, Feb. 3, 2008)
* THE ETHICIST: Much About History (By RANDY COHEN, Feb. 3, 2008)
COVER ARTICLE: A Statesman Without Borders [France's Bernard Kouchner]
(By JAMES TRAUB, Feb. 3, 2008)
The Changing Room [NFL's New York Giants] (By MICHAEL LEWIS, Feb. 3, 2008)
16 Ways of Looking at a Female Voter (By LINDA HIRSHMAN, Feb. 3, 2008)
FOOD | The Way We Eat: Lovin' Spoonfuls (By SARA DICKERMAN, Feb. 3, 2008)
LIVES: My Servant [an 11-year boy in Delhi, India] (By ERIC WEINER, Feb. 3, 2008)

Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008:
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)

Friday, Feb. 1, 2008:
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)

BUSINESS | High & Low Finance: Like Home-Builder Shares? Look Again
(By FLOYD NORRIS, Feb. 1, 2008)