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

Wednesday, January 31, 2001:
On This Day: January 31 (Robert Morris 1/31/1734-5/8/1806, Sam Loyd 1/31/1841-4/10/1911, Zane Grey 1/31/1872-10/23/1939, Anna Pavlova 1/31/1881-1/23/1931, Eddie Cantor 1/31/1892-10/10/1964, John O'Hara 1/31/1905-4/11/1970, Thomas Merton 1/31/1915-12/10/1968, Norman Mailer 1923, Jean Simmons 1929, Ernie Banks 1931, Philip Glass 1937, Suzanne Pleshette 1937, Jessica Walter 1944, Nolan Ryan 1947, Phil Collins 1951, Minnie Driver 1971)
From Washington Abolition Of Slavery (NY TIMES, February 1, 1865)
* Jackie Robinson, First Black in Major Leagues, Dies at 53 [1/31/1919-10/24/1972] (By DAVE ANDERSON, October 25, 1972)
Jean-Pierre Aumont, Film Star and Stage Hero, Dies at 90 (By ALAN RIDING, Jan. 31, 2001)
Florence Tyson, 82, Early Advocate of Creative Arts Therapy (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Jan. 31, 2001)
Lou Levy, Versatile Pianist for Top Singers in Jazz World, Dies at 72 (By BEN RATLIFF, Jan. 31, 2001)
Charles F. Kiley Sr. Editor, 87 (NY TIMES, Jan. 31, 2001)
Alexander Spears III, A Tobacco Chief and Defender, Dies at 68 (By LESLIE KAUFMAN & JOHN SCHWARTZ, Jan. 31, 2001)
Indiana Considers Synchronizing Its Watches (By PAM BELLUCK, Jan. 31, 2001)
Bush Fleshes Out Details of Proposal to Expand Aid to Religious Organizations (By MARC LACEY with LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Jan. 31, 2001)
Report Sees Vast Benefit for Charities in a Bush Tax Proposal (By TAMAR LEWIN, Jan. 31, 2001)
Surplus Estimate Hits $5.6 Trillion (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Jan. 31, 2001)
No Threat Seen After Cattle Eat Banned Food (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Jan. 31, 2001)
Age Is Served: Cheney Turns 60 (NY TIMES, Jan. 31, 2001)
* LESSONS: Lessons From Afar, Some Worthwhile (By RICHARD ROTHSTEIN, Jan. 31, 2001)
To Fight Sect, China Publicizes a Public Burning (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Jan. 31, 2001)
Rescuers Find Handful of Survivors of Indian Earthquake (By CELIA W. DUGGER, Jan. 31, 2001)
Too True, Buildings Kill: Will India Pay Heed Now? (By BARRY BEARAK, Jan. 31, 2001)
Barak vs. Peres vs. Sharon; Does Fate Have a Surprise in Store? (By DEBORAH SONTAG, Jan. 31, 2001)
YELLOWKNIFE JOURNAL: In Far North, Fabled Dogs Come Bounding Back (By JAMES BROOKE, Jan. 31, 2001)
Bush and Fox Hope Nations Will Become Better Amigos (By TIM WEINER, Jan. 31, 2001)
PUBLIC PROFILE: D.J. Since the 60's Finds His Place in 2001 (By ROBIN FINN, Jan. 31, 2001)
To Survivors, Time's Flight Is Enemy Now (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Jan. 31, 2001)
OP-ED: Faith Succeeds Where Prison Fails (By DAVID COLE, Jan. 31, 2001)
OP-ED: Fast Computers, Deadly Enemies (By GARY MILHOLLIN, Jan. 31, 2001)
OP-ED: RECKONINGS: Smog and Mirrors (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Jan. 31, 2001)
OP-ED: LIBERTIES: New York Soul Sisters (By MAUREEN DOWD, Jan. 31, 2001)
LETTERS: Animal Rites: To Sleep, Perchance to Dream (By DAVID FIOL & ADRIAN R. MORRISON, Jan. 31, 2001)
LETTERS: A + B = Oops! (By SIDNEY S. JACOBSON, Jan. 31, 2001)
With One Eye on the Fed, Investors Buy Up Blue Chips (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 31, 2001)
* Market Place: Amazon Cuts 1,300 Jobs (By SAUL HANSELL, Jan. 31, 2001)
Consumer Confidence Drops Sharply (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Jan. 31, 2001)
Three Fridays Canceled at Schwab in Bid to Cut Expenses (By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Jan. 31, 2001)
Europe's Technological Elite Discreetly Grins at U.S. Dot-Com Woes (By JOHN MARKOFF, Jan. 31, 2001)
Management: Office Artwork Brings Out the Critic in Employees (By TANYA MOHN, Jan. 31, 2001)
* The Boss: Fears of Getting Mushy at 50 (NY TIMES, Jan. 31, 2001)
Workplace: More Than Just a Wrongful Termination (By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, Jan. 31, 2001)
Life's Work: If Chocolate Doesn't Work... (By LISA BELKIN, Jan. 31, 2001)
* Advertising: Experts Are Issuing Post-Mortems in Super Sunday's Ad Bowl (By STUART ELLIOTT, Jan. 31, 2001)
Nokia Lowers Estimates (By SUZANNE KAPNER, Jan. 31, 2001)
U.P.S. Posts 9.5% Increase in Fourth-Quarter Earnings (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Jan. 31, 2001)
* ART: Fuentes Finds His Powers Have a Will of Their Own (By GINGER THOMPSON, Jan. 31, 2001)
ART: Soul-Searching at a Private Pantheon of Art (By STEPHEN KINZER, Jan. 31, 2001)
ARTS IN AMERICA: Classical Beacon May Shake, Rattle and Roll (By STEPHEN KINZER, Jan. 31, 2001)
BOOKS: 'Candyland': Dream Team Tracks Down the Perp in a Sex Killing (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Jan. 31, 2001)
Culture Notes: Over There (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Jan. 31, 2001)
DANCE: 'Fanfare': Bouncing and Sliding as Musical Instruments (By JACK ANDERSON, Jan. 31, 2001)
MUSIC: Met Chamber Ensemble: Atonal Harmony and Stunning Colors (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Jan. 31, 2001)
MUSIC: 'Udu': Enslaved in Modern Africa, but Daring to Break Free (By JON PARELES, Jan. 31, 2001)
Maazel's Musical Identity: American or European? (By CELESTINE BOHLEN, Jan. 31, 2001)
THEATER: 'Time and Again': A Flight of Fancy to Channel a Quirky Past (By BEN BRANTLEY, Jan. 31, 2001)
TV Notes: For Thursdays, Heavy Artillery (By JIM RUTENBERG, Jan. 31, 2001)
* LIVING: Hawaiians and Fish: True Treasures of the Pacific [2 recipes] (By R. W. APPLE Jr., Jan. 31, 2001)
Tuscan Steak: Where Restraint Is Not on the Menu (By WILLIAM GRIMES, Jan. 31, 2001)
Bridging Seasons With Escarole [3 recipes] (By DENISE LANDIS, Jan. 31, 2001)
To Go: From a Fine Butcher's Kitchen (By ERIC ASIMOV, Jan. 31, 2001)
Eating Well: Cigar Cuisine Puzzles Health Experts (By MARIAN BURROS, Jan. 31, 2001)
The Chef, Charlie Trotter: Exploring Vegetables [1 recipe] (By Charlie Trotter with Regina Schrambling, Jan. 31, 2001)
The Minimalist: Stock in a Nutshell [1 recipe] (By MARK BITTMAN, Jan. 31, 2001)
Sips: A Marble Rolls, a Drink Hits the Spot (By PAULA DISBROWE, Jan. 31, 2001)
* SCIENCE: Cell-Like Shapes May Form in Space (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 31, 2001)
Researchers See Potential for Mudslides on Mount Rainier (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 31, 2001)
Zoo Reports Progress on Rare Rhino Pregnancy (By REUTERS, Jan. 31, 2001)
Ad Campaign Has Parents Asking for a Costly Drug [Synagis to treat R.S.V.] (By MELODY PETERSEN, Jan. 31, 2001)

Tuesday, January 30, 2001:
On This Day: January 30 (George Villiers Buckingham 1/30/1628-4/16/1687, Bernardo Bellotto 1/30/1720-10/17/1780, Philip Henry Stanhope 1/30/1805-12/24/1875, Samuel Armstrong 1/30/1839-5/11/1893, Roy Eldridge 1/30/1911-2/26/1989, Barbara Tuchman 1/30/1912-2/6/1989, Dorothy Malone 1925, Harold Prince 1928, Gene Hackman 1930, Tammy Grimes 1934, Jeanne Pruett 1937, Vanessa Redgrave 1937, Dick Cheney 1941)
* Gandhi Is Killed By A Hindu; India Shaken, World Mourns (By Robert Trumbull, January 30, 1948)
Obituary: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Part I of VIII [1/30/1882-4/12/1945] (NY TIMES, April 13, 1945)
Richard MacNeish, Agricultural Archaeologist, Dies at 82 (By CARMEL McCOUBREY, Jan. 30, 2001)
Curt Blefary, Outfielder and A.L. Rookie of the Year, Dies at 57 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Jan. 30, 2001)
John Biggers, Painter Who Explored African Life, Dies at 76 (By HOLLAND COTTER, Jan. 30, 2001)
Douglas Mazonowicz, Artist Who Imitated Cave Paintings, Dies at 80 (NY TIMES, Jan. 30, 2001)
Loss at California Utility Is Placed at $4.5 Billion (By JAMES STERNGOLD, Jan. 30, 2001)
Baltimore Journal: A City Awash in Jubilation After Ravens' Victory (By FRANCIS X. CLINES, Jan. 30, 2001)
Bush Proposes Aid on Medicare Drugs (By ROBERT PEAR, Jan. 30, 2001)
* Book Critics Pick Finalists for Awards (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 30, 2001)
Bush Invites Religious Groups to Seek Federal Aid (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Jan. 30, 2001)
Lott Criticizes Clintons for Gifts and Pardon of Exiled Trader (By ALISON MITCHELL, Jan. 30, 2001)
G. Gordon Liddy Gives First Testimony on Watergate Break-In (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 30, 2001)
India's Grim Task Now: Excavating the Dead (By CELIA W. DUGGER, Jan. 30, 2001)
Earthquake Survivors Cite Confusion in Rescue Effort (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 30, 2001)
Bush Goes Global With Campaign Style (By DAVID E. SANGER, Jan. 30, 2001)
Chinese Officials Order Cities to Bolster Riot Police Forces (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Jan. 30, 2001)
Umbrellas in Their Midst, New Yorkers Ponder 'Rain Rage' (By SUSAN SAULNY, Jan. 30, 2001)
Public Lives: Barry Diller & Diane von Furstenberg (By JAMES BARRON, Jan. 30, 2001)
Tunnel Vision: What Lurks on the Surface? Lighten Up, Just Germs (By RANDY KENNEDY, Jan. 30, 2001)
Teachers to Have Training Web Site (NY TIMES, Jan. 30, 2001)
OP-ED: Why Fight the Surplus? (By ALICE M. RIVLIN, Jan. 30, 2001)
OP-ED: No Script, No Sweat (By ANDY BOROWITZ, Jan. 30, 2001)
OP-ED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Cyber-Serfdom (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Jan. 30, 2001)
OP-ED: PUBLIC INTERESTS: How W. Got His Glow Back (By GAIL COLLINS, Jan. 30, 2001)
LETTERS: Biotech Food: To Be Wary or Not? (By PAUL BERG, Jan. 30, 2001)
Stocks Rally on Hope of a Rate Cut [Dow +42, Nasdaq +57] (By REUTERS, Jan. 30, 2001)
Daimler to Cut Chrysler's Work Force by 26,000 or 20% (By KEITH BRADSHER, Jan. 30, 2001)
Microsoft Steps Up Attack on Judge (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Jan. 30, 2001)
* Disney to Abandon Portal Site (By SAUL HANSELL, Jan. 30, 2001)
Market Place: Dean Witter to Drop Name (By PATRICK MCGEEHAN, Jan. 30, 2001)
Advertising: Super Bowl Commercials Offer Lackluster Quality (By STUART ELLIOTT, Jan. 30, 2001)
Wider Loss at Xerox (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Jan. 30, 2001)
Big Loss for Phone Giant [AT&T lost $1.7 billion or 45 cents/share in 4th quarter]
(By SIMON ROMERO, Jan. 30, 2001)
Less Venture Capital (By MATT RICHTEL, Jan. 30, 2001)
Big Ratings for 'Survivor' (By BILL CARTER, Jan. 30, 2001)
Gateway Founder Returns as Chief (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Jan. 30, 2001)
Times to Increase Delivery Price [$10.25 from $9.50 for national edition] (NY TIMES, Jan. 30, 2001)
* ARTS ABROAD: Renovation Illuminates Asian Trove in Paris
[Museum Guimet] (By ALAN RIDING, Jan. 30, 2001)
ART: With Vast Cultural Projects Planned in New York, Can Donors Keep Up? (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Jan. 30, 2001)
* BOOKS: 'Fast Food Nation': Hold the Pickles, Hold the Lettuce (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Jan. 30, 2001)
DANCE: Like a Charging Bull, the Soulful Heathcliff of Flamenco (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Jan. 30, 2001)
DANCE: Momix: Sugar Plums With Cactus? Just Kidding. Probably. (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Jan. 30, 2001)
MUSIC: Maazel Is to Lead New York Philharmonic (By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Jan. 30, 2001)
MUSIC: Lorin Maazel: A Quick Route From Prodigy to Master Conductor (By ALLAN KOZINN, Jan. 30, 2001)
MUSIC: Riverside Symphony Gives a Schumann Work a Premiere (By ALLAN KOZINN, Jan. 30, 2001)
Culture Notes: Culture Collision [Qing dynasty] (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Jan. 30, 2001)
THEATER: 'Krisit': Hollywood Barracudas, Soaking in a Tub (By BRUCE WEBER, Jan. 30, 2001)
THEATER: 'Oedipus the King': Timeless Tragedy, Transported in Time (By BRUCE WEBER, Jan. 30, 2001)
Stars of Reality TV Are Snarky, Whiny & Loud. But They Look Fabulous. (By CARYN JAMES, Jan. 30, 2001)
FASHION REVIEW: Ford Shines, but Stars Come Out for Slimane (By CATHY HORYN, Jan. 30, 2001)
FASHION: Front Row: Imitation of Christ's Second Act (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Jan. 30, 2001)
SPORTS: Fassel Has One More in His Bag of Guarantees (By BILL PENNINGTON, Jan. 30, 2001)
FOOTBALL: From Threat of Prison to Exultation (By THOMAS GEORGE, Jan. 30, 2001)
FOOTBALL: Disney Passes on Lewis's Cinderella Story (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Jan. 30, 2001)
The Week in Science: Rats and Reindeer (By NICHOLAS WADE, Jan. 30, 2001)
Hunting for Oil: New Precision, Less Pollution (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Jan. 30, 2001)
DOCTOR'S WORLD: AIDS Questions That Linger (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D., Jan. 30, 2001)
On Watch for Any Hint of Mad Cow Disease (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Jan. 30, 2001)
A Dream of Fighting Epilepsy With a Flip of a Brain Switch (By JAMES GLANZ, Jan. 30, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: Clues on Martian Water (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Jan. 30, 2001)
OBSERCATORY: Tropical Rainfall History (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Jan. 30, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: Self-Cleaning Lake (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Jan. 30, 2001)
Marine Life to Recover From Galapagos Oil Spill (By REUTERS, Jan. 30, 2001)
* A World of Food Choices, and a World of Infectious Organisms (By JANE E. BRODY, Jan. 30, 2001)
* HEALTH: Clean Cutting Boards Are Not Enough: Food Safety Lessons (By JANE E. BRODY, Jan. 30, 2001)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: First-Aid Kit for the Sleep-Deprived Woman (By JOHN LANGONE, Jan. 30, 2001)
* BOOKS ON HEALTH: Parade of Witnesses on Wonders of Walking (By JOHN LANGONE, Jan. 30, 2001)
Safety: What Drug Researchers Do Not Report (By JOHN O'NEIL, Jan. 30, 2001)
Patterns: A Sex Difference for Asthma Patients (By JOHN O'NEIL, Jan. 30, 2001)
Treatments: Avoiding the Needle in Croup Attacks (By JOHN O'NEIL, Jan. 30, 2001)
Remedies: Herbal Relief for Premenstrual Syndrome (By JOHN O'NEIL, Jan. 30, 2001)
Diabetes Is Seen as Looming Epidemic (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 30, 2001)
Letters: When Designs Go Awry {Push & Pull] (By RAY FISHER, Jan. 30, 2001)
Q&A: Blood Pressure Disparity (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Jan. 30, 2001)

Monday, January 29, 2001:
On This Day: January 29 (Emanuel Swedenborg 1/29/1843-9/14/1901, Thomas Paine 1/29/1737-6/8/1809, Henry Lee 1/29/1756-3/25/1818, Anton Chekhov 1/29/1860-7/15/1904, Frederick Delius 1/29/1862-6/10/1934, Romain Rolland 1/29/1866-12/30/1944, John D. Rockefeller Jr. 1/29/1874-5/11/1960, W. C. Fields 1/29/1889-12/25/1946, John Forsythe 1918, Germaine Greer 1939, Tom Selleck 1945, Ann Jillian 1951, Oprah Winfrey 1954, Greg Louganis 1960)
* Robert Frost Dies At 88; Poet Won Four Pulitzer Prizes (Associated Press, January 29, 1963)
President McKinley Dies at 58 [1/29/1843-9/14/1901] (NY TIMES, September 7, 1901)
Sandy Baron, Veteran Comic Who Antagonized Morty Seinfeld, Dies at 64 (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Jan. 29, 2001)
John F. Vorisek, Sound Studio Founder, Dies at 75 (NY TIMES, Jan. 29, 2001)
George W. Santos, Pioneer of Marrow Transplants, Dies at 72 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Jan. 29, 2001)
* Leo Marks, British War-Code Wizard, Dies at 80 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Jan. 29, 2001)
David S. Liederman Dies at 65, Led Efforts for Children's Welfare (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Jan. 29, 2001)
Maria José, Last Queen of Italy, Dies at 94 (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Jan. 29, 2001)
Emma Kelly, 'Lady of 6,000 Songs,' Dies at 82 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 29, 2001)
Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz, Scriptwriter, Dies at 87 (NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 29, 2001)
Who Is a Seminole, and Who Gets to Decide? (By WILLIAM GLABERSON, Jan. 29, 2001)
News Analysis: Mixing Profit and Policy and Stirring Concern [California energy crisis]
(By JAMES STERNGOLD, Jan. 29, 2001)
New Bush Office Seeks Closer Ties to Church Groups (By FRANK BRUNI & LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Jan. 29, 2001)
Rising Numbers Sought Pardons in Last 2 Years (By KURT EICHENWALD & MICHAEL MOSS, Jan. 29, 2001)
Some Experts Questioning Bush Plan on Estate Taxes (By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, Jan. 29, 2001)
Talk Show Debut Suggests Cheney Role (By ERIC SCHMITT, Jan. 29, 2001)
Rumsfeld to Pay Big Price to Avoid Conflicts (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Jan. 29, 2001)
Public Lives: Helping Spend a Mogul's Money to Reduce Nuclear Risk (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Jan. 29, 2001)
Privilege of Kings Becomes that of Presidents (By KURT EICHENWALD & MICHAEL MOSS, Jan. 29, 2001)
THE AGONY: In Indian Rubble, Death Is Defied, if Not Denied (By CELIA W. DUGGER, Jan. 29, 2001)
Hundreds of Thousands in India: 'We Don't Know What to Do' (By CELIA W. DUGGER, Jan. 29, 2001)
Indian-Americans Mobilize to Send Aid Home (By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Jan. 29, 2001)
Pope Adds 7 Cardinals to a Record 37 Chosen Last Week (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Jan. 29, 2001)
Tanker Wreck in Galápagos Will Be a Habitat for Marine Life (By REUTERS, Jan. 29, 2001)
Congo's War Turns a Land Spat Into a Blood Bath (By IAN FISHER, Jan. 29, 2001)
European Union Investigates Signs of CD Price Fixing (By PAUL MELLER, Jan. 29, 2001)
Problems Seen for Teenagers Who Hold Jobs (By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Jan. 29, 2001)
* Metropolitan Diary (By ENID NEMY, Jan. 29, 2001)
* One Heron Calls It a Migration in New York (By KEVIN DELANEY, Jan. 29, 2001)
From Felines to Fans, It's a Party (By SHAILA K. DEWAN, Jan. 29, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Pursuit of Innocence in the Golden State (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Jan. 29, 2001)
OP-ED: The Congo That Never Was (By MICHELA WRONG, Jan. 29, 2001)
OP-ED ESSAY: Waiting for Righty (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Jan. 29, 2001)
OP-ED: IN AMERICA: A Musical Betrayal (By BOB HERBERT, Jan. 29, 2001)
Ravens 34, Giants 7: Ravens' Might Makes Right [Superbowl XXXV] (By BILL PENNINGTON, Jan. 29, 2001)
SPORTS: Lewis's Immense Talent Was Never in Doubt (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Jan. 29, 2001)
SPORTS: Fassel Was the Magician Who Forgot His Tricks (By DAVE ANDERSON, Jan. 29, 2001)
FOOTBALL: Against Physical Play & Intimidation, Giants Come Up Small (By MIKE FREEMAN, Jan. 29, 2001)
FOOTBALL: A Defense That Stands Alone (By THOMAS GEORGE, Jan. 29, 2001)
Special Teams Turn Hope Into Dejection (By RAFAEL HERMOSO, Jan. 29, 2001)
BUSINESS: Some Sponsors Can't Accept Racy Reality Show (By BILL CARTER, Jan. 29, 2001)
The Clash of Publishing Philosophies at Time Warner (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Jan. 29, 2001)
Advertising: New Campaign Being Aimed at Very Rich and Very Busy
(By PATRICK MCGEEHAN, Jan. 29, 2001)
Ad Slump Means Uneven Future for Newspaper Industry (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Jan. 29, 2001)
Media Talk: Journalists Differ on Use of Child's Picture (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Jan. 29, 2001)
Media Talk: Mock Logos, Talk of Feud and CNN Layoffs (By COREY KILGANNON, Jan. 29, 2001)
From Outlaw to Consultant (By JOHN MARKOFF, Jan. 29, 2001)
E-Commerce: DoubleClick Seeks Ways to Protect Users' Anonymity (By BOB TEDESCHI, Jan. 29, 2001)
Intranets Nurture Companies (By SUSAN STELLIN, Jan. 29, 2001)
Cool U.S. Reception to Wireless (By SIMON ROMERO, Jan. 29, 2001)
Media Talk: RealNetworks in Internet Deal with N.B.A. (By MATT RICHTEL, Jan. 29, 2001)
* New Economy: The Spread of News by E-Mail Is Becoming News Itself
(By PAMELA LICALZI O'CONNELL, Jan. 29, 2001)
British Professor of Economics Joins Board of Janus's Parent (By DANNY HAKIM, Jan. 29, 2001)
Compressed Data: Ineffable Lure of the Internet (By CHRIS GAITHER, Jan. 29, 2001)
Compressed Data: Passion, but No Fire, in Web Promotion (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Jan. 29, 2001)
* Compressed Data: Don't Mind That Lawsuit, It's Just a Joke [:-(] (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Jan. 29, 2001)
ART: Academy in London Expanding (By CAROL VOGEL, Jan. 29, 2001)
BOOKS: Helen Fielding's 'Cause Celeb': Before Bridget, in the Land of Locusts
(By JANET MASLIN, Jan. 29, 2001)
Culture Notes: All-Stars ["Rembrandt the Printmaker" at British Museum]
(By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Jan. 29, 2001)
DANCE: Karole Armitage: Cheekiness With Tension in a Spirited Power Struggle
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Jan. 29, 2001)
FILM: Sundance Finale: Glam Rock and Mental Illness (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Jan. 29, 2001)
MUSIC: Hip American Conductors Are Out There. But Is the Philharmonic Ready for Them?
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Jan. 29, 2001)
MUSIC: In the Hands of a Specialist, Verdi Is a Unifying Force (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Jan. 29, 2001)
MUSIC: Putting a Free Spirit of Jazz to the Test of Interpretation (By JON PARELES, Jan. 29, 2001)
OPERA: 'Prince Igor' in Texas, With Russians Aplenty (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Jan. 29, 2001)
* WRITERS ON WRITING: A Pseudonym Returns From an Alter-Ego Trip, With New Tales to Tell
(By DONALD E. WESTLAKE, Jan. 29, 2001)

Sunday, January 28, 2001:
On This Day: January 28 (Henry VII 1/28/1457-4/21/1509, Sir Henry Morton Stanley 1/28/1841-5/10/1904, Wm. Seward Burroughs 1/28/1855-9/15/1898, Franklin Hooper 1/28/1862-8/14/1940, Colette 1/28/1873-8/3/1954, Auguste Piccard 1/28/1884-3/24/1962, Arnst Lubitsch 1/28/1892-11/30/1947, Jackson Pollack 1/28/1912-8/11/1956, Virgílio Ferreira 1/28/1916-3/1/1996, Susan Sontag 1933, Alan Alda 1936, Marthe Keller 1945, Barbi Benton 1950)
The Challenger Shuttle Explodes: 7 Killed 74 Seconds After Liftoff (By William J. Broad, January 28, 1986)
* Arthur Rubinstein Dies in Geneva at 95; Virtuoso Pianist [1/28/1887-12/20/1982] (NY TIMES, December 21, 1982)
Edward Dimock, Scholar of Indian Studies, Dies at 71 (By WILLIAM H. HONAN, Jan. 28, 2001)
F.E. Toscani, Model for Hero of `Bell for Adano,' Dies at 89 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Jan. 28, 2001)
Ernst Bulova, Founder of Camp With a Free Spirit, Dies at 98 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Jan. 28, 2001)
Don R. Eckelberry, Painter of Birds, Dies at 79 (By MICHAEL POLLAK, Jan. 28, 2001)
* Yozo Hamaguchi, Mezzotint Engraver, Dies at 91 [friend of e.e cumings] (NY TIMES, Jan. 28, 2001)
Monique James, Talent Agent for Studio, Dies at 74 (NY TIMES, Jan. 28, 2001)
Buffing the Olds Image at the End of Its Run (By RICK BRAGG, Jan. 28, 2001)
* Violence Finds a Niche in Children's Cartoons (By JIM RUTENBERG, Jan. 28, 2001)
* Coping Without Electricity in California's E-World (By MATT RICHTEL, Jan. 28, 2001)
Bush's First Week in Office Garners Respectful Reviews (By RICHARD L. BERKE, Jan. 28, 2001)
Nation Awash in Ideas for Changing Voting (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Jan. 28, 2001)
Generous Political Donors Rewarded on Super Bowl Weekend (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Jan. 28, 2001)
Texas Ranch Is Searched for Body of Atheist Missing Since '95 (By ROSS E. MILLOY, Jan. 28, 2001)
In First Radio Address, Bush Softens on School Vouchers (By FRANK BRUNI, Jan. 28, 2001)
Voided Ballots Cost Gore Most, Paper Reports (By REUTERS, Jan. 28, 2001)
India, in Grief and Anger, Tallies Huge Quake Toll (By CELIA W. DUGGER, Jan. 28, 2001)
Experts Try to Make Missile Shield Plan Palatable to China (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Jan. 28, 2001)
THINK NASDAQ. NOW DOUBLE THE PAIN: As Start-Ups Fall Flat, Europe's New Exchanges Scramble (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Jan. 28, 2001)
Forum in Switzerland Focuses on U.S. Economic Slowdown (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 28, 2001)
The Busy Bosporus Is Likely to Get Even Busier (By DOUGLAS FRANTZ, Jan. 28, 2001)
Details of Corruption Emerge in China (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Jan. 28, 2001)
Princeton to Replace Loans With Student Scholarships (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Jan. 28, 2001)
Big Cheeses No Longer, Ex-Politicians Seek Fresh Start in Big Apple (By BLAINE HARDEN, Jan. 28, 2001)
Fire Breathing, a Dragon and a World of Geopolitics for the Lunar New Year (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Jan. 28, 2001)
AOL Time Warner Base Lifts Silicon Alley (By JAYSON BLAIR, Jan. 28, 2001)
OP-ED: SUNNYSIDE JOURNAL: The Memories of Home Leave a Poet Inspired (By SARAH KERSHAW, Jan. 28, 2001)
OP-ED: Sanctions Are a Weapon We Need (By ARYEH NEIER, Jan. 28, 2001)
OP-ED: LIBERTIES: Apple of Discord (By MAUREEN DOWD, Jan. 28, 2001)
OP-ED: RECKONINGS: Et Tu, Alan? (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Jan. 28, 2001)
* LETTERS: Now That Pluto's Gone (By FRANNIE ROSENSON, Jan. 28, 2001)
WEEK ONE: Bush Redefines the Texas Two-Step (By FRANK BRUNI, Jan. 28, 2001)
Super Bowl or Science Fair? (By ALAN SCHWARZ, Jan. 28, 2001)
IDEAS & TRENDS: When Is a Fake Too Real? It's Virtually Uncertain (By ADAM LIPTAK, Jan. 28, 2001)
IDEAS & TRENDS: The New South: Old Times There Are Not Forgotten (By DAVID FIRESTONE, Jan. 28, 2001)
* PHILOSOPHY IN HIDING: I Have Tenure, Therefore I Am (By PETER EDIDIN, Jan. 28, 2001)
SAVING THEMSELVES: What Teenagers Talk About When They Talk About Chastity (By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, Jan. 28, 2001)
THE WORLD: The General Picks Up Where He Left Off (By JANE PERLEZ, Jan. 28, 2001)
AN EYE FOR AN EYE: Deciding Whether to Watch the Oklahoma City Bomber Die (By DAVID STOUT, Jan. 28, 2001)
Bush Rules! It's Good to Be the President. (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, Jan. 28, 2001)
For McCain, Now's the Time. But for Bush? (By JILL ABRAMSON, Jan. 28, 2001)
A Transition Tradition (By MARC LACEY, Jan. 28, 2001)
Of Dead Mice and Germ Warfare (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Jan. 28, 2001)
The Next Center of the World [World Trade Organization] (By JOSEPH KAHN, Jan. 28, 2001)
And Now, Attila the Hunk (By JOHN LELAND, Jan. 28, 2001)
BUSINESS: A Fight for Survival in the Broadband Wreckage (By WILLIAM SANTIAGO, Jan. 28, 2001)
MARKET INSIGHT: California Still Stands, Despite One More Punch (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Jan. 28, 2001)
* Market Watch: Eroding Paper Gains May Undo a Remarkable Resiliency (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Jan. 28, 2001)
INVESTING: Funds No Longer Count on I.P.O. Lift (By ALEX BERENSON, Jan. 28, 2001)
ECONOMIC VIEW: A Tale of 2 Totals in the Jobs Report (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Jan. 28, 2001)
Book Value: Changing the World, from Top to Bottom (By FRED ANDREWS, Jan. 28, 2001)
PORTFOLIOS: Rally for Junk Bonds. Question Mark for the Economy (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Jan. 28, 2001)
MIDSTREAM: Timing the Market on Tuition (By JAMES SCHEMBARI, Jan. 28, 2001)
ON THE JOB: Where the Small Talk Looms Large (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Jan. 28, 2001)
Investing: Andrew J. Knuth & Edmund H. Nicklin Jr.'s Westport Small Cap Fund (By CAROLE GOULD, Jan. 28, 2001)
Business Diary: A Name, a Name, Destined for Fame (By Julian E. Barnes, Jan. 28, 2001)
Funds Watch: Dipping Into the Pool of Amateur Analysts (By Danny Hakim, Jan. 28, 2001)
* Personal Business Diary: Taking a Holiday From the Internet (By Vivian Marino, Jan. 28, 2001)
Putting Global Harmony on the To-Do List (By FRED ANDREWS, Jan. 28, 2001)
Letters: Financial Role Reversal (By NANCY NEWLIN, Jan. 28, 2001)
* LIVING: Beauty Goes Fruity (By RUTH LA FERLA, Jan. 28, 2001)
FASHION REVIEW: Great Minds, Thinking Alike Again (By CATHY HORYN, Jan. 28, 2001)
* VIEW: Pink Slips and Pink Silk: Going Out in Style (By LAURA ROWLEY, Jan. 28, 2001)
THE AGE OF DISSONANCE: Trials in a Family's Own Court (By BOB MORRIS, Jan. 28, 2001)
A NIGHT OUT WITH: As Indefatigable as Ever (By LINDA LEE, Jan. 28, 2001)
VOWS: Diane Forley and Michael Otsuka (By LOIS SMITH BRADY, Jan. 28, 2001)
ON THE STREET: Baby, It's Warm Inside [9 photos slideshow] (BILL CUNNINGHAM, Jan. 28, 2001)
MIRROR, MIRROR: New York Junior League: 100 Years Old & Still an Ingénue (By PENELOPE GREEN, Jan. 28, 2001)
How I Bathed in Chocolate, or Return to Toyland (By SHAILA K. DEWAN, Jan. 28, 2001)
THIS WEEK: Start Seeds Wisely (By PATRICIA JONAS, Jan. 28, 2001)
Tea to Sink Your Teeth Into (By ALLEN SALKIN, Jan. 28, 2001)
New Age Ajax (By ELIZABETH HAYT, Jan. 28, 2001)
SPORTS: An Improbable Story Needs an Ending [Superbowl XXXV] (By BILL PENNINGTON, Jan. 28, 2001)
Ravens Have Been Planning for This Moment Since Before Season Began (By JUDY BATTISTA, Jan. 28, 2001)
AUSTRALIAN OPEN: Agassi Captures 2nd Straight Australian Open Title (By SELENA ROBERTS, Jan. 28, 2001)
AUSTRALIAN OPEN: This Time, Capriati Was Ready (By SELENA ROBERTS, Jan. 28, 2001)
* TRAVEL: A Garland of Mission Gardens [California gardens] (By DAVID LASKIN, Jan. 28, 2001)
* In the Footsteps of a Bold Priest (By SUZANNE WINCKLER, Jan. 28, 2001)
DEAL OF THE DAY: Winter in London (By JOSEPH SIANO, Jan. 28, 2001)
For Hungry Shoppers in Paris (By PETER HELLMAN, Jan. 28, 2001)
What's Doing in Mexico City (By TIM WEINER, Jan. 28, 2001)
FRUGAL TRAVELER: A Language Fan Loves to Get Lost in Translations (By DAISANN McLANE, Jan. 28, 2001)
Postcards From the Edge of Good Taste (By DEBBIE SEAMAN, Jan. 28, 2001)
* ART: J. M. W. Turner: As a Painter, Disciplined in All but His Feelings (By NICHOLAS FOX WEBER, Jan. 28, 2001)
ART: From Above, Landing in the Museum of Folk Art (By RITA REIF, Jan. 28, 2001)
* In a Virtual Sculpture Park, the Art Talks Back (By MILES UNGER, Jan. 28, 2001)
DANCE: The Spirit Is Graham's, the Voices Are Theirs (By SUSAN REITER, Jan. 28, 2001)
DANCE: Movement Leavened With Language (By GIA KOURLAS, Jan. 28, 2001)
FILM: A French Coming-of-Age Film Not for the Squeamish (By KRISTIN HOHENADEL, Jan. 28, 2001)
Filmmakers Who Prized Social, Not Socialist, Reality (By NANCY RAMSEY, Jan. 28, 2001)
Setting His Film, a Story of Love Found, in a City Long Lost (By LESLIE CAMHI, Jan. 28, 2001)
* MUSIC: Bing Crosby, the Unsung King of Song (By GARY GIDDINS, Jan. 28, 2001)
MUSIC: Alisa Weilerstein: A Natural Comes of Age (All of 18) (By MATTHEW GUREWITSCH, Jan. 28, 2001)
MUSIC: Ben Harper: Flying Below the Radar, but His Fans See Him Fine (By JAMES HUNTER, Jan. 28, 2001)
MUSIC: Laura Benanti: With a Song in Her Heart, Taking On the Stage (Again) (By BARRY SINGER, Jan. 28, 2001)
MUSIC: Christopher Taylor: Seeking Adventure for Fingers and Mind (By KATHRYN SHATTUCK, Jan. 28, 2001)
MUSIC: A New Technology Brings the Sound Back Alive (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Jan. 28, 2001)
RECORDINGS: Making a Sizable Impact With Miniature Instruments (By DAVID MERMELSTEIN, Jan. 28, 2001)
A Radio Show for Any and All New York Writers (By ANDREA HIGBIE, Jan. 28, 2001)
THEATER: Albee, Directing Albee, Is Impish About the Baby (By LESLIE GARIS, Jan. 28, 2001)
THEATER: Paul Green: A White Voice for Downtrodden Blacks (By DAN ISAAC, Jan. 28, 2001)
ON LANGUAGE: gotcha! (BY WILLIAM SAFIRE, Jan. 28, 2001)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: It Takes a Pillage [ultraviolence in XFL] (By JOHN LELAND, Jan. 28, 2001)
QUESTIONS FOR NITA M. LOWEY: Raising Dough (By MICHAEL CROWLEY, Jan. 28, 2001)
THE ETHICIST: Odds and Ends (By RANDY COHEN, Jan. 28, 2001)
SHOPTALK: SIX-DAY SCHOOL WEEK: Weekend Worriers (Moderated by ABBY GOODNOUGH, Jan. 28, 2001)
SALIENT FACTS: Drink Think (By JECA TAUDTE, Jan. 28, 2001)
Look at Brazil: The world's AIDS crisis is solvable (By TINA ROSENBERG, Jan. 28, 2001)
Survival of the Pushiest [Mark Burnett, the producer of 'Survivor'] (By BILL CARTER, Jan. 28, 2001)
Stronger Than Steel [Three Rivers Stadium to be blown up] (By STEPHEN J. DUBNER, Jan. 28, 2001)
Hong Kong's Queen of Pulp Moves On [Maggie Cheung] (By RACHEL ABRAMOWITZ, Jan. 28, 2001)
STYLE: Smart Cookies [black-and-white cookie] (By MOLLY O'NEILL , Jan. 28, 2001)
LIVES: An Unreliable Witness (By DAVID TERESHCHUK, Jan. 28, 2001)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 28, 2001)
The God on the Landing [Manil Suri, 'The Death of Vishnu'] (By MICHAEL GORRA, Jan. 28, 2001)
Reagan Was a Reaganite ['Reagan, in His Own Hand'] (By DAVID BROOKS, Jan. 28, 2001)
Sounds of Silence [Yehuda Bauer, 'Rethinking the Holocaust'] (By MORRIS DICKSTEIN, Jan. 28, 2001)
Cape Work [Susan Orlean, 'The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup'] (By BLAINE HARDEN, Jan. 28, 2001)
Women Behaving Badly [Benjamin DeMott, 'Killer Woman Blues'] (By EMILY EAKIN, Jan. 28, 2001)
Carnal Knowledge [Paula Kamen, 'Her Way'] (By COURTNEY WEAVER, Jan. 28, 2001)
In the Rough [Two books on the struggle of blacks in the world of golf] (By CLIFTON BROWN, Jan. 28, 2001)
This Realm, This Car Park [Jeremy Paxman, 'The English'] (By EVELYN TOYNTON, Jan. 28, 2001)
* Poems That Walk Anywhere [Jay Wright, 'Transfigurations'] (By JOHN HOLLANDER, Jan. 28, 2001)
* Stranger Than Metafiction [A. S. Byatt, 'The Biographer's Tale'] (By RICHARD EDER, Jan. 28, 2001)
Anesthesiology [Charlie Smith, 'Heroin and Other Poems'] (By DAVID KIRBY, Jan. 28, 2001)
Poet and Concubine [Ho Xuan Huong, 'Spring Essence'] (By PHILIP GAMBONE, Jan. 28, 2001)
Bárbara Mujica's novel "Frida" (By EMILY WHITE, Jan. 28, 2001)
Danny Schechter, "Falun Gong's Challenge to China" (By MICHAEL STEINBERGER, Jan. 28, 2001)
* BOOKEND: Medieval Superheroes (By JOHN UPDIKE, Jan. 28, 2001)
SCIENCE: On the Verge of Re-Creating Creation. Then What? (By JAMES GLANZ, Jan. 28, 2001)
* Sky Watch: Unmistakable Brilliance (By JOE RAO, Jan. 28, 2001)

Saturday, January 27, 2001:
On This Day: January 27 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1/27/1756-12/5/1791, Édouard Lalo 1/27/1823-4/22/1982, Lewis Carroll 1/27/1832-1/14/1898, Learned Hand 1/27/1872-8/18/1961, Ch'ing-ling Soong 1/27/1892-5/29/1981, Hyman G. Rickover 1/27/1900-7/8/1986, Troy Donahue 1936, Mikhail Baryshnikov 1948, Mimi Rogers 1956, Bridget Fonda 1964)
3 Apollo Astronauts Die in Fire; Grissom, White, Chaffee Caught in Capsule During Test (Associated Press, January 27, 1967)
* Jerome Kern Dies at 60; Composer of Music for Theatre and Screen [1/27/1885-11/11/1945] (NY TIMES, April 6, 1964)
Al McGuire, Coach and TV Analyst, Dies at 72 (By FRANK LITSKYCLE, Jan. 27, 2001)
Oliver R. Gurney, Professor and Expert on Ancient Hittites, Dies at 86 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Jan. 27, 2001)
Anne Ball, an Executive for Leading Clothing Retailers, Dies at 52 (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Jan. 27, 2001)
Jack McDuff, Organist of Soul-Jazz, Dies at 74 (By BEN RATLIFF, Jan. 27, 2001)
Lloyd Schwan, Designer With an Eye for Bold Color, Dies at 45 (By WILLIAM L. HAMILTON, Jan. 27, 2001)
Paul Olum, Who Helped Develop Atomic Bomb, Dies at 82 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 27, 2001)
California Power Supply Still Perilously Low (By EVELYN NIEVES, Jan. 27, 2001)
California Lawmakers Debate Bill to Compensate Utilities (By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr., Jan. 27, 2001)
Bush Repeats Call for Arms Reduction and Missile Shield (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Jan. 27, 2001)
Ashcroft Gives Judiciary Panel Written Replies to Hundreds of Questions (By DAVID JOHNSTON, Jan. 27, 2001)
Bush to Attend Democratic Caucuses (By MARC LACEY, Jan. 27, 2001)
PUBLIC LIVES: California's Leader in Singing the Praises of Public Power (By TODD S. PURDUM, Jan. 27, 2001)
Severe Earthquake Strikes India, Killing Thousands (By CELIA W. DUGGER, Jan. 27, 2001)
For Kin a World Away, Fear Battles Hope (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Jan. 27, 2001)
Quake Buries School in India (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 27, 2001)
As in Manila, So in Jakarta? Upset of Leader Is Protests' Aim (By CALVIN SIMS, Jan. 27, 2001)
Glimpse of New President as Joseph Kabila Takes Oath in Congo (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Jan. 27, 2001)
Putin Allies Seem to Gain in Battle Over Critical Press Empire (By MICHAEL WINES, Jan. 27, 2001)
Galápagos Journal: Isles Rich in Species Are Origin of Much Tension (By LARRY ROHTER, Jan. 27, 2001)
An Adviser to the Stars, but a Fraud to All Comers (By EDWARD WONG & LESLIE EATON, Jan. 27, 2001)
Neglected Gems Seek Angels for Renewal (By BARBARA STEWART, Jan. 27, 2001)
Man and 'W' Won't Part After All (By EDWARD WONG, Jan. 27, 2001)
Thousands Pay Their Respects to Memory of Mayor Lindsay (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Jan. 27, 2001)
EDITORIAL: The Energy Calamity in California (NY TIMES, Jan. 27, 2001)
OP-ED: The History Lesson in Bush's School Plan (By DIANE RAVITCH, Jan. 27, 2001)
OP-ED: A Deadly Global Gag Rule (By DANIEL E. PELLEGROM, Jan. 27, 2001)
OP-ED: A Giant in '58 (By JACK KEMP, Jan. 27, 2001)
OP-ED: Who'll Survive? (By FRANK CAMMUSO & HART SEELY, Jan. 27, 2001)
OP-ED: ABROAD AT HOME: What Ashcroft Did (By ANTHONY LEWIS, Jan. 27, 2001)
SPORTS: The Perfect Score? How Does 3-0 Sound? [Giants & Ravens] (By MIKE FREEMAN, Jan. 27, 2001)
ON PRO FOOTBALL: Sean Payton Gives Giant Offense X's and Ah's (By THOMAS GEORGE, Jan. 27, 2001)
AUSTRALIAN OPEN: Game, Set and Comeback: Capriati Wins Title (By SELENA ROBERTS, Jan. 27, 2001)
BUSINESS: Nasdaq's 3-Week Winning Streak [Dow -70, Nasdaq +27] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Jan. 27, 2001)
News Analysis: Did Greenspan Drop Nonpartisan Stance? (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Jan. 27, 2001)
Technology-Wary Investors, Once Scorned, Gain Respect (By DANNY HAKIM, Jan. 27, 2001)
An Investment Group for the Professional Athlete (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Jan. 27, 2001)
Founder of Janus Selling Half of His Stake (NY TIMES, Jan. 27, 2001)
Rights Group Scores Success With Nike (By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Jan. 27, 2001)
Weak Outlook at Egghead (By DOW JONES, Jan. 27, 2001)
ART: Masochism Finally Gets Even (By SARAH BOXER, Jan. 27, 2001)
IDEAS: Has History Been Too Generous to Gutenberg? (By DINITIA SMITH, Jan. 27, 2001)
BOOK: Shelf Life: Under the Heart of Cities, a Failure of Modernism (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Jan. 27, 2001)
CLASSICAL MUSIC: Philharmonic Explores a 1940 Britten Rarity (By ALLAN KOZINN, Jan. 27, 2001)
DANCE: 'Black Tie Optional': A Lummox, a Dreamer, a Unicycle (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Jan. 27, 2001)
DANCE: 'Words Will Be Spoken/Echo': From Underwater Sounds, Perhaps the Sirens' Call
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Jan. 27, 2001)
FILM: 'Sugar and Spice': Need Money? Rob a Bank. Need Advice? Study 'Heat.' (By A. O. SCOTT, Jan. 27, 2001)
Jazz Review: A Burst of Romanticism by Guitarist Rosenwinkel (By BEN RATLIFF, Jan. 27, 2001)
JAZZ REVIEW: The Percussive Language of Miller, a Doleful Performer (By BEN RATLIFF, Jan. 27, 2001)
MUSIC: A Personal Gift to the Philharmonic (By DOREEN CARVAJAL, Jan. 27, 2001)
THEATER REVIEW: 'Human Events': Old-Timer Coming On as a Novice (By BRUCE WEBER, Jan. 27, 2001)
CUTTINGS: Far-Flung Inspirations for Itinerant Gardeners (By ANNE RAVER, Jan. 27, 2001)
SCIENCE: Rice Genome Called a Crop Breakthrough (By ANDREW POLLACK, Jan. 27, 2001)
Visions of Parting a Sea of Concrete With a Unifying River Greenbelt (By BARBARA WHITAKER, Jan. 27, 2001)

Friday, January 26, 2001:
On This Day: January 26 (Jean-Baptiste Pigalle 1/26/1714-8/21/1785, Claude-Adrien Helvétius 1/26/1715-12/26/1771, Samuel Hopkins Adams 1/26/1871-11/15/1958, Julia Morgan 1/26/1872-2/2/1957, Seán MacBride 1/26/1904-1/15/1988, Paul Newman 1925, Jules Feiffer 1929, Bob Uecker 1935, Angela Davis 1944, Eddie Van Halen 1957, Ellen DeGeneres 1958)
India a Republic, Rajendra Prasad President (By Robert Trumbull, January 26, 1950)
* MacArthur Dies at 84; Commander of Armies That Turned Back Japan [1/26/1880-4/5/1964] (NY TIMES, April 6, 1964)
Robert W. Morse, Educator and a Designer of Submarines, Dies at 79 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Jan. 26, 2001)
Alfred Allegretti, Heating Oil Executive, Dies at 65 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Jan. 26, 2001)
Charles Mérieux, Vaccine Producer, Dies at 94 (By SAVANNAH WARING WALKER, Jan. 26, 2001)
Energy Crisis in California Fails to Move Its Neighbors (By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK, Jan. 26, 2001)
California's Lawmakers Submit an Energy Relief Proposal (By JAMES STERNGOLD, Jan. 26, 2001)
Some Used in Pardon Effort Were Unaware of Purpose (By ALISON LEIGH COWAN, Jan. 26, 2001)
Bush's Favorite Project: Helping Religious Groups Help the Needy (By FRANK BRUNI & LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Jan. 26, 2001)
White House Staff Detailing Damage by Its Predecessor (By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, Jan. 26, 2001)
News Analysis: Adding a Financial Threat to Familiar Promises on Education (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Jan. 26, 2001)
Investment Banks Seek Advice Roles in California Power Crisis (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Jan. 26, 2001)
Las Vegas Bet on Growth but Doesn't Love Payoff (By TIMOTHY EGAN, Jan. 26, 2001)
Oil-Drilling Issue Could Set Bush Against Bush (By DAVID E. SANGER, Jan. 26, 2001)
Town Hopes to Reclaim Its Indian Ancestors (By FRANCIS X. CLINES, Jan. 26, 2001)
Beijing in Battle With Sect: 'A Giant Fighting a Ghost' (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Jan. 26, 2001)
* State Dept's Work Rules: Powell's Free and Easy Guide (By JANE PERLEZ, Jan. 26, 2001)
Cairo Journal: Egyptians Tighten a Seat-Belt Law Till It Hurts (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Jan. 26, 2001)
EgyptAir Accepts Liability for Crash of Flight 990 Off Massachusetts (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Jan. 26, 2001)
Pope Plans to Visit Ukraine Despite Objections (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Jan. 26, 2001)
Teachers' Union Seeks Parity With Salaries in the Suburbs (By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Jan. 26, 2001)
Man Fears He Will Lose His 'W' License Plate to Politics (By EDWARD WONG, Jan. 26, 2001)
Yale's New Grades: A, B, C, D and X (By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, Jan. 26, 2001)
A Museum Wins an Original Howdy (By COREY KILGANNON, Jan. 26, 2001)
RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE: Peaks and Plateaus of a Volatile Year Surveyed (By DENNIS HEVESI, Jan. 26, 2001)
PUBLIC PROFILE: Journalist's Odyssey Leads to Philanthropy (By LYNDA RICHARDSON, Jan. 26, 2001)
Choosing Hunter College President Puts CUNY Trustees in Tug of War (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Jan. 26, 2001)
OP-ED: Downsizing Isn't a Dire Warning (By BRUCE TULGAN, Jan. 26, 2001)
OP-ED: More Respect, but Too Few Rights (By BRUCE BAWER, Jan. 26, 2001)
OP-ED: PUBLIC INTERESTS: Rudy's Next Stand (By GAIL COLLINS, Jan. 26, 2001)
OP-ED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Bosnia, Sort Of (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Jan. 26, 2001)
LETTERS: Forever Perfect [Don Larsen] (By ARNOLD KRAMER, Jan. 26, 2001)
BUSINESS: Blue Chips Rise, but Nasdaq Falls After Greenspan Talks (By MICHAEL BRICK, Jan. 26, 2001)
In Policy Change, Greenspan Backs a Broad Tax Cut (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Jan. 26, 2001)
* Advertising: Marketing Giants Reclaim Their Turf in Super Bowl (By STUART ELLIOTT, Jan. 26, 2001)
Floyd Norris: New Corporate Perk— If the Stock Falls, Cancel Purchases (By FLOYD NORRIS, Jan. 26, 2001)
Qualcomm Earnings Beat Forecasts (By REUTERS, Jan. 26, 2001)
Microsoft Sites in Network Attack (By CHRIS GAITHER, Jan. 26, 2001)
Dow Jones Posts Loss as It Writes Off Investment (By REUTERS, Jan. 26, 2001)
Putting On the Ritz Just by Parking the Car [$750 a month for parking] (By JULIE DUNN, Jan. 26, 2001)
Pmc and Cisco Feel the Pain (By SAM AMES, CNET NEWS.COM, Jan. 27, 2001)
CYBER LAW: Supreme Court to Consider Digital Images (By CARL S. KAPLAN, Jan. 26, 2001)
* ART REVIEW: A Menu of Manet Still Lifes, Feeding the Eye and Mind (By ROBERTA SMITH, Jan. 26, 2001)
* ART REVIEW: Gauguin: On a Shoestring, Searching for a Vision (By HOLLAND COTTER, Jan. 26, 2001)
ART: Jean Poyet: Pages That Glow With a Forgotten Master's Forgotten Art (By GRACE GLUECK, Jan. 26, 2001)
Inside Art: Two Museums Celebrate Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (By CAROL VOGEL, Jan. 26, 2001)
Antiques: Dealers Triumph With Americana (By WENDY MOONAN, Jan. 26, 2001)
BOOKS: 'Looking for Lovedu': Trekking Widely Across an Africa of the Imagination (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Jan. 26, 2001)
CABARET: Sally Kellerman: A Semi-Feminist Potpourri Ending in a Battle Hymn (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Jan. 26, 2001)
CLASSICAL MUSIC: Riverside Symphony: A Potion Mixed for the Ear (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Jan. 26, 2001)
FILM: 'The Wedding Planner': Some Things Just Can't Be Planned (By A. O. SCOTT, Jan. 26, 2001)
* FILM CRITIC'S CHOICE: 'Fellini Satyricon': A Fever Dream of Ancient Rome (By A. O. SCOTT, Jan. 26, 2001)
* FILM: 'Faithless': Scenes From a Not So Great Marriage (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Jan. 26, 2001)
* FILM: At the Movies: Scenes From a Collaboration (By DAVE KEHR, Jan. 26, 2001)
FILM: 'Voyages': Bearing Witness to the Past in an Oddly Banal Present (A. O. SCOTT, Jan. 26, 2001)
FILM: 'Two Ninas': One Is Not Just a Girlfriend, But the Other Has Merit Too (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Jan. 26, 2001)
FILM: 'Restless': Getting to Know Beijing in Romances (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Jan. 26, 2001)
Home Video: By Any Name, a Man of Tastes (By PETER M. NICHOLS, Jan. 26, 2001)
MUSIC: Verdi, for One and All: The Critics' Favorite Recordings (NY TIMES, Jan. 26, 2001)
* PHOTOGRAPHY: Collector Who Knew How to Beat the Drum and Sound the Trumpet (By MARGARETT LOKE, Jan. 26, 2001)
THEATER: 'Code of the West': Emperor Norton I and Other San Francisco Follies (By D. J. R. BRUCKNER, Jan. 26, 2001)
THEATER: 'Dirty Blonde': Watching a New Mae West Try On That Sashay (By BEN BRANTLEY, Jan. 26, 2001)
TV Weekend: For Kickoff Relief, Fearless Fictional Heroines (By CARYN JAMES, Jan. 26, 2001)
* LIVING: To Engage With New York: The World of Cafes (By RICHARD LOURIE, Jan. 26, 2001)
* Family Fare: A Hero Who's Haimish (By LAUREL GRAEBER, Jan. 26, 2001)
WEEKEND WARRIOR: In the Whirl of Court Tennis, Where the Elite Meet to Swat (By ALLEN ST. JOHN, Jan. 26, 2001)
SCIENCE: Ancient Coral May Hold Hint of Worsening Weather Cycle (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Jan. 26, 2001)
Companies Unravel Rice Genome, Providing Model for Grains (By ANDREW POLLACK, Jan. 26, 2001)
Making Water Move Without Gravity (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 26, 2001)
Atlantis Mission to Space Station Set for Feb. 7 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 26, 2001)

Thursday, January 25, 2001:
On This Day: January 25 (Robert Boyle 1/25/1627-12/30/1691, Joseph-Louis Lagrange 1/25/1736-4/10/1813, Robert Burns 1/25/1759-7/21/1796, Benjamin Haydon 1/25/1786-6/22/1846, Rufus Matthew Jones 1/25/1863-6/16/1948, W. Somerset Maugham 1/25/1874-12/16/1965, Edwin Newman 1919, Corazon Aquino 1933)
* Phone to Pacific From the Atlantic [Bell talks to Watson over a 3,400-mile wire] (NY TIMES, January 25, 1915)
* Virginia Woolf Believed Dead at 59 [1/25/1882-3/28/1941] (NY TIMES, April 3, 1941)
Frederick B. Adams Jr., Morgan Library Director, Dies at 90 (NY TIMES, Jan. 25, 2001)
Virginia O'Brien, 1940's Film Star, Dies at 81 (NY TIMES, Jan. 25, 2001)
Candida Donadio, Agent Who Handled 'Catch-22,' Dies at 71 (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Jan. 25, 2001)
Clayton Fritchey, 96, Reporter Who Worked in the Government (NY TIMES, Jan. 25, 2001)
Sol Libsohn, Early Documentary Photographer, Dies at 86 (By SYLVIA NASAR, Jan. 25, 2001)
California Weighs Offers to Sell It More Electricity (By JAMES STERNGOLD, Jan. 25, 2001)
California's Power Crisis Replays Familiar Theme (By TODD S. PURDUM, Jan. 25, 2001)
Gore Will Teach at 3 Universities (By KEVIN SACK, Jan. 25, 2001)
Democrats Debate Gore's Campaign Strategy (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Jan. 25, 2001)
Bush and McCain Meet on Campaign Finance (By ALISON MITCHELL, Jan. 25, 2001)
Lawyer Tells of His Pursuit of Pardon for His Client, and Conversation With Clinton
(By ALISON LEIGH COWAN & RAYMOND BONNER, Jan. 25, 2001)
Freddy Boy, Big George and the Gang Are Discovering the Bush Charm (By MARC LACEY, Jan. 25, 2001)
If Protesters Can't Take to the Streets, They Can Go to the Mountain (By LISA GUERNSEY, Jan. 25, 2001)
Redesigned Georgia Flag Is Advanced by House (By DAVID FIRESTONE, Jan. 25, 2001)
Ganges Festival Draws Millions (By BARRY BEARAK, Jan. 25, 2001)
Ladyville Journal: Listen! In Belize's Jungles, It's the Voice of Britain (By DAVID GONZALEZ, Jan. 25, 2001)
In Letter to Bush, Putin Urges Wider U.S.-Russian Cooperation (By MICHAEL WINES, Jan. 25, 2001)
World Needs to Add 500 Million Jobs in 10 Years, U.N. Report Says (By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN, Jan. 25, 2001)
For 4 Notable Giants Fans, a Team of Muse and Migraine (By GLENN COLLINS, Jan. 25, 2001)
New York School Web Site (By EDWARD WYATT, Jan. 25, 2001)
Well-Known Skyscraper Is Sold to a Little-Known but Well-Financed Family (By CHARLES V. BAGLI, Jan. 25, 2001)
OVER THE YEARS: Giants, Good and Bad (By GLENN COLLINS, Jan. 25, 2001)
Is Cindy Crawford a Bad Neighbor? (By LINDA LEE, Jan. 25, 2001)
PUBLIC LIVES: Clinton's Night at the Opera (By JAMES BARRON, Jan. 25, 2001)
OP-ED: We Waste Our Children's Time (By LEON BOTSTEIN, Jan. 25, 2001)
OP-ED: 'Nation Building'? Yes (By JOSEPH R. BIDEN, Jr., Jan. 25, 2001)
OP-ED: IN AMERICA: Police Predators (By BOB HERBERT, Jan. 25, 2001)
OP-ED: ESSAY: NATO or ERRF? (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Jan. 25, 2001)
LETTERS: Poor Pluto, the Orb That Was Left Back (By FRED POLVERE & SANFORD SANTACROCE, Jan. 25, 2001)
BUSINESS: Blue-Chip Earnings Reports Put Some Investors on Edge
[Dow -3, Nasdaq +19] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 25, 2001)
Biotechnology Food: From the Lab to a Debacle
(By KURT EICHENWALD, GINA KOLATA & MELODY PETERSEN, Jan. 25, 2001)
Lucent Announces Revamping (By SETH SCHIESEL, Jan. 25, 2001)
New York Area Has a Cushion, Economists Say (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Jan. 25, 2001)
Market Place: Morgan Stanley Official Is Leaving Merged Firm (By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Jan. 25, 2001)
Big Companies Win Airwave Bids (By STEPHEN LABATON, Jan. 25, 2001)
Advertising: Executives Moving and Shaking Up to the Super Bowl (By STUART ELLIOTT, Jan. 25, 2001)
Economic Scene: Roots of Expansion Extend Beyond Greenspan (By VIRGINIA POSTREL, Jan. 25, 2001)
Pseudo.com Remnants Sold (By JAYSON BLAIR, Jan. 25, 2001)
* ARTS IN AMERICA: Into a Movement That Cast Art as a Mystical Journey (By STEPHEN KINZER, Jan. 25, 2001)
BOOKS: Twin Mysteries, but Different Parents and Not Identical (By JANET MASLIN, Jan. 25, 2001)
BOOKS: Whitbread Prize Goes to a Novel (By SARAH LYALL, Jan. 25, 2001)
* MAKING BOOKS: For Book Club, It's Back to Things Past (By MARTIN ARNOLD, Jan. 25, 2001)
Culture Notes: Musical Rarity (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Jan. 25, 2001)
DANCE: 'Organon': A Playground for Feld at Balanchine Tribute (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Jan. 25, 2001)
FILM: Caution Cools Old Feeding Frenzy at Sundance (By RICK LYMAN, Jan. 25, 2001)
THEATER: 'The Conjure Man Dies': Mystery Meets Comedy, Amos 'n' Andy Style
(By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Jan. 25, 2001)
THEATER: 'Killers & Other Family': Dirty Deeds in the Boondocks Haunt a City Girl (By ANITA GATES, Jan. 25, 2001)
THEATER: 'Night & Day': Nostalgia for the News Scoop & the Old Tin-Pot Despot (By WILBORN HAMPTON, Jan. 25, 2001)
TELEVISION: Live, From New York, It's George Bush! (By JIM RUTENBERG, Jan. 25, 2001)
TELEVISION: 'Icebound': At the South Pole, Acting as Her Own Savior (By CARYN JAMES, Jan. 25, 2001)
* LIVING: The Alarm Clock's New Crow (By WILLIAM L. HAMILTON, Jan. 25, 2001)
LIVING: Swank Plans Are Brewing in Skid Row Los Angeles (By FRANCES ANDERTON, Jan. 25, 2001)
At Home With the Rev. Albert Wagner: Moses of East Cleveland (By JOHN LELAND, Jan. 25, 2001)
Garden Q&A: A Pot of Black-Eyed Peas (By LESLIE LAND, Jan. 25, 2001)
Nannies Get Tough, Parents Tremble (By KIMBERLY STEVENS, Jan. 25, 2001)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 25, 2001)
* Mining the 'Deep Web' With Specialized Drills (By LISA GUERNSEY, Jan. 25, 2001)
STATE OF THE ART: Looking at Aibo, the Robot Dog (By DAVID POGUE, Jan. 25, 2001)
New Format for Radio: All Digital (By ERIC A. TAUB, Jan. 25, 2001)
Writing on the Wall [graffitti artists on the web] (By NINA SIEGAL, Jan. 25, 2001)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Beans and Blends for Coffee Extremists (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Jan. 25, 2001)
WHAT'S NEXT: Adding Pictures to Cell Phones (By CATHERINE GREENMAN, Jan. 25, 2001)
* Yoga on the Internet: Finding Inner Peace With Your Keyboard (By KAREN J. BANNAN, Jan. 25, 2001)
GAME THEORY: Feel of Hand-to-Hand Combat (By PETER OLAFSON, Jan. 25, 2001)
Custom-Made Sneaker Site Finds Nothing but Net (By ANDREW ZIPERN, Jan. 25, 2001)
Tale of the Jumbuck and the Billabong, Interpreted (By MICHAEL POLLAK, Jan. 25, 2001)
* Archiving Digital Records From the White House (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Jan. 25, 2001)
Web Site Peeks at Pompeii Under the Volcano (By SHELLY FREIERMAN, Jan. 25, 2001)
Turning the Super Bowl Into a Game of Pixels (By LISA GUERNSEY, Jan. 25, 2001)
Virus Fighters Offer Software to Inoculate Your Palm (By ROY FURCHGOTT, Jan. 25, 2001)
Faster Modem Makes Gamers Quicker on the Trigger (By PETER OLAFSON, Jan. 25, 2001)
Letters: Love on the Web (By LYNN HARRIS, Jan. 25, 2001)
Q & A: Exporting Bookmarks and Repairing a Mouse (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Jan. 25, 2001)
HEALTH: Decoding of E. Coli Genome Could Help Fight Infections (By KENNETH CHANG, Jan. 25, 2001)
* SCIENCE: When Rats Dream, It Seems, It's After a Day at the Mazes (By ERICA GOODE, Jan. 25, 2001)
Galápagos Islands Face New Peril as More Oil Spills From Tanker (By LARRY ROHTER, Jan. 25, 2001)
Archaeologists Discover Treasures Off Kenya (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 25, 2001)

Wednesday, January 24, 2001:
On This Day: January 24 (William Congreve 1/24/1670-1/19/1729, Christian Wolff 1/24/1679-4/9/1754, Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais 1/24/1732-5/18/1799, Henry Barnard 1/24/1811-7/5/1900, Cassandre 1/24/1901-6/19/1968, Mark Goodson 1/24/1915-12/18/1992, Robert Motherwell 1/24/1915-7/16/1991, Ernest Borgnine 1917, Oral Roberts 1918, Neil Diamond 1941, Yakov Smirnoff 1951, Nastassja Kinski 1961, Mary Lou Retton 1968)
* Churchill is Dead at 90; The World Mourns Him; State Funeral Saturday (By Anthony Lewis, January 24, 1965)
* Edith Wharton, 75, Is Dead in France [1/24/1862-8/11/1937] (NY TIMES, August 13, 1937)
Joe Schaefer, Statistician and Statistic in Rangers' Goal, at 76 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Jan. 24, 2001)
William A. Stern, 90, Advocate for Jewish and Socialist Causes (By PETER KHOURY, Jan. 24, 2001)
Einar Gustafson, 'Jimmy' of Child Cancer Fund, Dies at 65 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Jan. 24, 2001)
Bush Adds 2 Weeks to Order Ensuring California Power (By JOSEPH KAHN, Jan. 24, 2001)
Home-Grown Energy's Time to Shine (By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Jan. 24, 2001)
Bush Pushes Ambitious Education Plan (By DAVID E. SANGER, Jan. 24, 2001)
SETTLING IN: New White House Staff Faces a Few Mysteries (By FRANK BRUNI, Jan. 24, 2001)
White House Visit Set in Motion Clinton Deal to End Inquiry (By NEIL A. LEWIS, Jan. 24, 2001)
Influential Backers Helped Commodities Trader Win Pardon (By PATRICK McGEEHAN & A. L. COWAN, Jan. 24, 2001)
5 Linked to Banned Sect in China Set Themselves on Fire in Protest (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Jan. 24, 2001)
Oil Spill's Shift in Course Aids Galápagos Mop-Up (By LARRY ROHTER, Jan. 24, 2001)
* Moscow Journal: Why the Rabbi Blowtorched the Kremlin Kitchen (By MICHAEL WINES, Jan. 24, 2001)
Slain Congo Leader Buried to Pomp and Confusion (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Jan. 24, 2001)
Both Clintons Met Supporters of 4 Hasidim Given Leniency (By CLIFFORD J. LEVY, Jan. 24, 2001)
Barrel Stops Rolling for Radio Station's Polka Fans (By SUSAN SAULNY, Jan. 24, 2001)
One Language One Day, a Second One the Next (By LYNETTE HOLLOWAY, Jan. 24, 2001)
* Regents Exam Dates Collide With Asian Lunar New Year (By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS, Jan. 24, 2001)
* OP-ED: Jerusalem in My Heart (By ELIE WIESEL, Jan. 24, 2001)
* OP-ED: LIBERTIES: Cats, Dogs and Grifters (By MAUREEN DOWD, Jan. 24, 2001)
OP-ED: RECKONINGS: Power and Profits (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Jan. 24, 2001)
* LETTERS: Miss Heimbach's Note (By SUE RILEY CLAGETT, Jan. 24, 2001)
BUSINESS: Shares Rise Broadly; Nasdaq Reaches Six-Week High [Dow +72, Nasdaq +82] (By REUTERS, Jan. 24, 2001)
Merger Over, the New AOL Will Lay Off More Than 2,000 (By SETH SCHIESEL & JIM RUTENBERG, Jan. 24, 2001)
Market Place: Lucent Tries to Sell Golf Course (By SIMON ROMERO, Jan. 24, 2001)
Shopping Perks Up, Defying Worries of a Slowing Economy (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Jan. 24, 2001)
Retrenchment at I.B.M. (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Jan. 24, 2001)
Microsoft to Settle Sun Suit (By MATT RICHTEL, Jan. 24, 2001)
Advertising: Condé Nast to Heavily Promote New Women's Magazine (By STUART ELLIOTT, Jan. 24, 2001)
Job Aides Open Doors for Those Who Can't (By EVE TAHMINCIOGLU, Jan. 24, 2001)
* My Job: I Put Myself in the Shoes of Passengers (By GAYLE MIMNAUGH, Jan. 24, 2001)
The Boss: I Hope What I Do Matters (By DENNIS ECK, Jan. 24, 2001)
11% Quarterly Gain at Merrill Lynch Beats Forecasts (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Jan. 24, 2001)
Compaq Results Meet Expectations (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Jan. 24, 2001)
EMC Beats Expectations (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Jan. 24, 2001)
Lucent to Announce Cost-Cutting Plan (NY TIMES, Jan. 24, 2001)
ART: A Luce Grant Will Put Smithsonian Art on View (By CELESTINE BOHLEN, Jan. 24, 2001)
* BOOKS: 'Sister India': Finding Solace, and Life, Near the Mystical Ganges (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Jan. 24, 2001)
Culture Notes: On the Road (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Jan. 24, 2001)
FILM: 'The Legend of Rita': A Young Terrorist Changes Her Identity, Not Her Ideals (By A. O. SCOTT, Jan. 24, 2001)
MUSIC: Cincinnati Symphony: Practicing at Carnegie for a Program in Spain (By ALLAN KOZINN, Jan. 24, 2001)
MUSIC: A Musician Takes Off the Blinders and Seizes on Reality (By MARGARETT LOKE, Jan. 24, 2001)
OPERA REVIEW: A 'Ballo' Returns, Drama Unmasked, Under Domingo (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Jan. 24, 2001)
THE POP LIFE: Man of Grand Ideas Welcomes the World to His Party in Rio (By NEIL STRAUSS, Jan. 24, 2001)
THEATER: 'Paradise Island': A Diabetic Likes Valium, Hence the Race Is On (By BRUCE WEBER, Jan. 24, 2001)
TV Notes: NBC Comedies to Get Longer (By BILL CARTER, Jan. 24, 2001)
DINING: So You Think Your Kitchen Is Small? (By AMANDA HESSER, Jan. 24, 2001)
Space-Challenged Chefs Share Tips From Close Quarters (NY TIMES, Jan. 24, 2001)
* The Pan That Came for Dinner [kadhai cookware] (By DENISE LANDIS, Jan. 24, 2001)
* DINING: Paella: The Ultimate Party Dish [4 recipes] (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Jan. 24, 2001)
Menus That Don't Tell the Whole Story (By MELISSA CLARK, Jan. 24, 2001)
CUTTINGS: Slumbering Clivias Begin to Stir (By ANNE RAVER, Jan. 24, 2001)
The Minimalist: To Crumb a Cutlet [Breaded Lamb Cutlets] (By MARK BITTMAN, Jan. 24, 2001)
The Chef: A New Popcorn Treat [Carrots, Apples & Caramelized Popcorn]
(By Philippe Conticini with Amanda Hesser, Jan. 24, 2001)
SCIENCE: New Jellyfish Found in Isolated Croatian Lake (By REUTERS, Jan. 24, 2001)
Mexican Volcano Spews 'Huge' Column of Ash and Smoke (By REUTERS, Jan. 24, 2001)
Scientists Enter Confederate Sub (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 24, 2001)
U.N. Reports That Global Warming May Heap Disasters on Africa (By REUTERS, Jan. 24, 2001)
HEALTH: Heart Association Cautious on Wine (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 24, 2001)

Tuesday, January 23, 2001:
On This Day: January 23 (John Hancock 1/23/1737-10/8/1793, Stendhal 1/23/1783-3/23/1842, Edouard Manet 1/23/1832-4/30/1883, David Hilbert 1/23/1862-2/14/1943, Herbert D. Croly 1/23/1869-5/17/1930, Potter Stewart 1/23/1915-12/7/1985, Joseph Nathan Kane 1899, Jeanne Moreau 1928, Princess Caroline 1957, Anita Pointer 1948)
Vietnam Accord is Reached; Cease-Fire Begins Saturday (By Bernard Gwertzman, January 23, 1973)
* Sergei Eisenstein Is Dead In Moscow at 50 [1/23/1898-2/11/1948] (By REUTERS, February 12, 1948)
Claude Palisca, Musicologist Specializing in the Renaissance, Dies at 79 (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Jan. 23, 2001)
Byron De La Beckwith, Killer of Medgar Evers, Dies at 80 (By DAVID STOUT, Jan. 23, 2001)
Bush Acts to Halt Overseas Spending Tied to Abortion (By FRANK BRUNI & MARC LACEY, Jan. 23, 2001)
In a 'Twist of Fate,' Lieberman's School Bill Could Help Bush (By LIZETTE ALVAREZ, Jan. 23, 2001)
Administration Leaves Power Crisis in California's Hands (By JOSEPH KAHN, Jan. 23, 2001)
Independent Firms a Growing Factor in Latest Energy Crisis (By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr, Jan. 23, 2001)
THE PARDON: Prosecutors Not Consulted by Clinton on a Pardon (By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Jan. 23, 2001)
EDUCATION ISSUE: Education Plan by Bush Shows New Consensus (By JODI WILGOREN, Jan. 23, 2001)
As President Bush, Settles In, Rules About to Be Published Might Now Perish (By ROBERT PEAR, Jan. 23, 2001)
Georgia Democratic Senator Unapologetic in Aiding Bush (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, Jan. 23, 2001)
Justice Dept. Finds Success Chasing Health Care Fraud (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Jan. 23, 2001)
Bush Warns Iraq on Weapons Programs (By ERIC SCHMITT & STEVEN LEE MYERS, Jan. 23, 2001)
Oil Spill Threatening Heart of Galápagos Ecosystem (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 23, 2001)
On First Day at State Department, Powell Takes a Populist Tack (By JANE PERLEZ, Jan. 23, 2001)
Putin Scaling Down Chechen War Despite New Fighting (By MICHAEL WINES, Jan. 23, 2001)
Britain Gives Green Light for Embryo Cloning (By REUTERS, Jan. 23, 2001)
Global Warming Threat Worsening, Report Says (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 23, 2001)
China, With an Eye on Critics, Says It Will Ratify Rights Pact (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Jan. 23, 2001)
Ousted Manila Leader Says He Yielded Just Temporarily (By CALVIN SIMS, Jan. 23, 2001)
U.N. Reports World's Forests Are Shrinking at Slower Rate (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 23, 2001)
Brazil Says It Will Not Let Amazon Become a 'Sanctuary' (By REUTERS, Jan. 23, 2001)
Canada Is Unlocking Petroleum From Sand (By JAMES BROOKE, Jan. 23, 2001)
Like Its Creators, a Giant Mosaic Gets Another Chance at Life (By BARBARA STEWART, Jan. 23, 2001)
The Big City: A Town Made for Gossip in Any Era (By JOHN TIERNEY, Jan. 23, 2001)
Public Lives: An Ex-Ambassador Samples a Simple Life [Felix Rohatyn] (By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Jan. 23, 2001)
Public Lives: Home Plate, Multiplied [Inaugural lunch plates] (By JAMES BARRON, Jan. 23, 2001)
* Tunnel Vision: Going to Extremes on NY's Long-Haul Subway Line (By RANDY KENNEDY, Jan. 23, 2001)
N.Y.U. Law Agrees to Save Part of Poe House in Village (By JIM O'GRADY, Jan. 23, 2001)
OP-ED: The Right's Ally: Liberalism (By ALAN WOLFE, Jan. 23, 2001)
OP-ED: The Gavel Gap (By ROBERT J. GIUFFRA JR., Jan. 23, 2001)
OP-ED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Not Happening (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Jan. 23, 2001)
OP-ED: PUBLIC INTERESTS: Forgiveness at Any Price (By GAIL COLLINS, Jan. 23, 2001)
BUSINESS: Stocks Decline on Warning by Dell [Dow -9, Nasdaq -12] (By REUTERS, Jan. 23, 2001)
Dell Warns of Lower Earnings (By CHRIS GAITHER, Jan. 23, 2001)
Justices to Review Telecom Cases (By STEPHEN LABATON, Jan. 23, 2001)
Colin Powell's Son to Lead F.C.C. (By STEPHEN LABATON, Jan. 23, 2001)
A Smaller Orange Offering [European mobile phone] (By SUZANNE KAPNER, Jan. 23, 2001)
Computer Associates Posts Steep Loss (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Jan. 23, 2001)
Learning Channel Sues Over a Web Site (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Jan. 23, 2001)
Indicators Fell Again in December (NY Times, Jan. 23, 2001)
ART: Culture Notes: State of the Art [Jean Poyet & Joan Didion] (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Jan. 23, 2001)
BOOKS: A. S. Byatt's Bumbling Literary Sleuth Ends Up Clueless (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Jan. 23, 2001)
DANCE: Camp Finds a Target in Martha Graham (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Jan. 23, 2001)
DANCE: Dance With a Pair of Shoes, Loose Teeth and Thou (By JACK ANDERSON, Jan. 23, 2001)
DANCE: New York City Ballet: Taking Classics Lightly and Seriously (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Jan. 23, 2001)
DANCE: Broadway Remembers Peter Gennaro (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Jan. 23, 2001)
FILM: A Scavenger at Sundance, Hunting Hidden Gems (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Jan. 23, 2001)
MUSIC: Revisiting a Homage to American Composers (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Jan. 23, 2001)
MUSIC: With Élan, Domingo Sings a September Song (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Jan. 23, 2001)
REVISIONS: Spirituality Infuses the Mainstream, but Who Is Uplifted? (By MARGO JEFFERSON, Jan. 23, 2001)
THEATER: 'Hedda Gabler': The Tortured Trophy Wife Who Lives Next Door (By BEN BRANTLEY, Jan. 23, 2001)
THEATER: 'More Lies About Jerzy': What Is the Truth About Art? (By BRUCE WEBER, Jan. 23, 2001)
FASHION: Designers Unveil Collections at Spring 2001 Couture Shows (By CATHY HORYN, Jan. 23, 2001)
LIVING: Front Row: So Far, These Diamonds Are for Never (By GUY TREBAY, Jan. 23, 2001)
The Week in Science: The Fires of Creation (By NICHOLAS WADE, Jan. 23, 2001)
Ominous Findings on Seattle Quake Risk (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, Jan. 23, 2001)
Trying to Cook a Soup of Free-Range Quarks (By JAMES GLANZ, Jan. 23, 2001)
* From Ballots to Cockpits, Questions of Design (By KENNETH CHANG, Jan. 23, 2001)
* Mysterious Night Glow in the Skies of Venus Puzzles Scientists (By KENNETH CHANG, Jan. 23, 2001)
* CONVERSATION with Shawn Carlson: Like a Film Script, From Jobless to Genius
(By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, Jan. 23, 2001)
The Call of the Wild Takes Its Toll on Reindeer (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Jan. 23, 2001)
Maps Point to 'Hot Spots' in Southern California (NY TIMES, Jan. 23, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: Was Meat on Early Diets? (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Jan. 23, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: Disaster States (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Jan. 23, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: History of Horses (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Jan. 23, 2001)
Letters: Music Connects With a Patient (By JEAN RICHARDS, Jan. 23, 2001)
Q&A: Those Icy Fingers (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Jan. 23, 2001)

Monday, January 22, 2001:
On This Day: January 22 (Lord Byron 1/22/1788-4/19/1824, August Strindberg 1/22/1849-5/14/1912, David Griffith 1/22/1875-7/23/1948, Rosa Ponselle 1/22/1897-5/25/1981, George Balanchine 1/22/1904-4/20/1983, U Thant 1/22/1909-11/25/1974, Howard Moss 1/22/1922-9/16/1987, Ann Sothern 1909, Piper Laurie 1932, Joseph Wambaugh 1937, John Hurt 1940, Mike Bossy 1957, Linda Blair 1959, Diane Lane 1965)
Roe vs. Wade: High Court Rules Abortions Legal the First 3 Months [also LBJ Dead at 64]
(By Warren Weaver, Jr., January 22, 1973)
Vinson Excelled In Federal Posts, Dies at 63 [1/22/1890-9/8/1953] (NY TIMES, September 9, 1953)
Chrissie Collins, a Founder of MedicAlert, Dies at 94 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Jan. 22, 2001)
Joseph Pellegrino, Pasta Industry Official, Dies at 95 (NY TIMES, Jan. 22, 2001)
Eddie Donovan, Architect of Storied Knicks, Dies at 78 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Jan. 22, 2001)
Elizabeth Sewell, Versatile Writer, Dies at 81 (NY TIMES, Jan. 22, 2001)
Norris Turney, Saxophonist Who Recorded With Ellington, Dies at 79 (By BEN RATLIFF, Jan. 22, 2001)
Ted Mann, Who Owned Theater Where the Stars Preserve Their Prints, Dies at 79 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 22, 2001)
Beverley Peck Johnson, Voice Teacher, Dies at 96 (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Jan. 22, 2001)
THE PRESIDENT: On First Day, Bush Settles Into a Refitted Oval Office (By DAVID E. SANGER, Jan. 22, 2001)
Where the Last President Liked to Linger, Bush Prefers to Stay on Schedule (By FRANK BRUNI, Jan. 22, 2001)
Public Lives: Careful Steps Took Press Secretary to the White House (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Jan. 22, 2001)
ZIP CODES: The Bush Elite Hang Their Cowboy Hats in Virginia (By ERIC SCHMITT, Jan. 22, 2001)
Democratic Fund-Raiser Plays Host to Bush's New Education Secretary (By STEVEN A. HOLMES, Jan. 22, 2001)
New Plants May Ease, but Not End, California's Crisis (By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK, Jan. 22, 2001)
New Power Shutoffs Ordered (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 22, 2001)
Dallas Pastor Resurrects Fragments of a Lost Life [amnesia case] (By JIM YARDLEY, Jan. 22, 2001)
Free Bluegrass Shows Preserve Rural Past in Atlanta's Shadow (By KEVIN SACK, Jan. 22, 2001)
Clinton Keeping Gifts Valued at $190,000 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 22, 2001)
McCain Plans Renewed Push to Change Finance Laws (By ALISON MITCHELL, Jan. 22, 2001)
37 New Cardinals, Including Archbishop Egan, Are Named by Pope (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Jan. 22, 2001)
Congo Capital Is Deeply Split in Assessing Slain Leader (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Jan. 22, 2001)
Iraq Rebuilt Weapons Factories, Officials Say (By STEVEN LEE MYERS & ERIC SCHMITT, Jan. 22, 2001)
The Theologian: A New Yorker From Black Garb to Red [Avery Dulles, son of John Foster Dulles]
(By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Jan. 22, 2001)
Spill From Oil Tanker Imperils Rare Wildlife in the Galápagos (By, Jan. 22, 2001)
Upbeat Mood in Manila, and Vows for Future (By CALVIN SIMS, Jan. 22, 2001)
The New York Prelate: Egan Calls Promotion Pope's Gift to Diocese (By GUSTAV NIEBUHR, Jan. 22, 2001)
Hail to the Former Chief, Picking Up a Sandwich at the Deli (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Jan. 22, 2001)
Metropolitan Diary: FOREST BALLET & RESOLUTION SOLUTIONS (By ENID NEMY, Jan. 22, 2001)
Snow, Mixed With Delights and Dangers (By SUSAN SAULNY, Jan. 22, 2001)
EDITORIAL: The Bush All-Stars (NY TIMES, Jan. 22, 2001)
OP-ED: Moral Leaders Need Not Be Flawless (By MICHAEL ERIC DYSON, Jan. 22, 2001)
* OP-ED: A Teacher's Lasting Impression (By D. T. MAX, Jan. 22, 2001)
OP-ED: ESSAY: Farewell and Hail (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Jan. 22, 2001)
OP-ED: IN AMERICA: Starving the Schools (By BOB HERBERT, Jan. 22, 2001)
BUSINESS: Spotlight on a Greenlighter: Behind Universal's Comeback (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Jan. 22, 2001)
Market Place: A Question of Conflict Amid a Web of Interests (By ALEX BERENSON, Jan. 22, 2001)
Children's Computer Use Grows, but Gaps Persist, Study Says (By TAMAR LEWIN, Jan. 22, 2001)
* Rethinking Internet News as a Business Proposition (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Jan. 22, 2001)
New Economy: Unionization Drives at Dot-Coms Have a Familiar Ring (By TIM RACE, Jan. 22, 2001)
Education Leads Silicon Valley Wish List (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Jan. 22, 2001)
* New AARP Magazine Is Courting Younger Readers (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Jan. 22, 2001)
E-Commerce Report: Travel Sites Emulating Merchants (By BOB TEDESCHI, Jan. 22, 2001)
The Fugitive Commodities Trader Who Can Go Home Again (By MILT FREUDENHEIM, Jan. 22, 2001)
The Onion Makes Its New Home in an Old Target (By COREY KILGANNON, Jan. 22, 2001)
* Media Talk: Publishing of Twain Story Is a Story in Itself (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Jan. 22, 2001)
Media Talk: Actress Is Ready for Prime Time (By JIM RUTENBERG, Jan. 22, 2001)
Media Talk: Putting Readers in the Assignment Desk (By SUSAN STELLIN, Jan. 22, 2001)
Minutes of Boredom, Heaps of Revenue [coupons at gas stations] (By LESLIE KAUFMAN, Jan. 22, 2001)
Compressed Data: What Listing, Please? How Many for Dinner? (By ALISON LEIGH COWAN, Jan. 22, 2001)
Postal Office Offers Secure Online Service to Government (NY TIMES, Jan. 22, 2001)
Dell Increases Its Market Share as PC Sales Slow (By REUTERS, Jan. 22, 2001)
Patents: Some of I.B.M.'s 2,886 Patents Are Non-Technology Related (By SABRA CHARTRAND, Jan. 22, 2001)
Advertising: Southern Energy Launches Ambitious Campaign (By JANE L. LEVERE, Jan. 22, 2001)
ART: Surprises but No Dominator at the Golden Globes (By RICK LYMAN, Jan. 22, 2001)
ARTS ONLINE: Jazz Sites by the Thousands, but Where's the Music? (By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL, Jan. 22, 2001)
ARCHITECTURE: James Stewart Polshek: Architecture for Substance, Not Flash (By CELESTINE BOHLEN, Jan. 22, 2001)
BOOKS: 'The 25th Hour': He's Young, Good Looking, and Going to Jail (By JANET MASLIN, Jan. 22, 2001)
Culture Notes: In Memoriam [100th anniversary of Verdi's death] (LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Jan. 22, 2001)
DANCE: 'Trance Territory': In a Landscape Entranced, the Light That Illuminates (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Jan. 22, 2001)
DANCE: John Jasperse Company: Contemplating Dullness, the Liveliest Sort (By JACK ANDERSON, Jan. 22, 2001)
MUSIC: Poetry Married to Song and Living With Action (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Jan. 22, 2001)
MUSIC: CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: For Liszt, a Balancing of Heart and Hands (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Jan. 22, 2001)
MUSIC: Orpheus: Majesty Plus Magic (but No Arm Waving) (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Jan. 22, 2001)
POP REVIEW: Wyclef Jean: A Hip-Hop Master Invokes Cultural Deities (By ANN POWERS, Jan. 22, 2001)
TV REVIEW: 'What Makes a Family': In This Fight Over Custody, Parents Loved Each Other
(By RON WERTHEIMER, Jan. 22, 2001)
* SCIENCE: Planetarium Takes Pluto Off Planet A-List (By KENNETH CHANG, Jan. 22, 2001)
Young Women Not as Confident in Computer Skills (By REUTERS, Jan. 22, 2001)

Sunday, January 21, 2001:
On This Day: January 21 (Ethan Allen 1/21/1738-2/12/1789, John Fremont 1/21/1813-7/13/1890, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson 1/21/1824-5/10/1863, Paul Scofield 1922, Jack Nicklaus 1940, Placido Domingo 1941, Mac Davis 1942, Jill Eikenberry 1947, Geena Davis 1957)
* Lenin Dies Of Cerebral Hemorrhage at 54; Moscow Throngs Overcome With Grief (By Walter Duranty, January 21, 1924)
* Christian Dior, 52, Creator Of 'New Look,' Dies [1/21/1905-10/24/1957] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, October 24, 1957)
Malcolm Watkins, 89, Collector of Artifacts From Early America (By DEBORAH BALDWIN, Jan. 21, 2001)
S. F. Yolles, 81, Nation's Top Mental Health Official in 60's (By CARMEL McCOUBREY, Jan. 21, 2001)
Joseph Melnick, Polio Pioneer, Dies at 86 (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Jan. 21, 2001)
Dr. Dorothy Horstmann, 89; Made Strides in Polio Research (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Jan. 21, 2001)
* THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION: Index (NY TIMES, Jan. 21, 2001)
* Bush, Taking Office, Calls for Civility, Compassion and 'Nation of Character'
(By FRANK BRUNI & DAVID E. SANGER, Jan. 21, 2001)
For the New President, a Full Slate of Difficult Decisions (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Jan. 21, 2001)
Proud Father and Son Bask in History's Glow (By FRANK BRUNI, Jan. 21, 2001)
Clinton Issues Pardons, Clearing Deutch and McDougal, but Not Milken or Hubbell (By MARC LACEY, Jan. 21, 2001)
THE PROTESTS: Thousands Speak Out on Election and Other Issues (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, Jan. 21, 2001)
After 'Ride of My Life,' Clinton Is Sentimental (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Jan. 21, 2001)
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Inauguration Keeps Cheney From His First Senate Duties (By ERIC SCHMITT, Jan. 21, 2001)
Quietly Mixing It Up With G.O.P.'s A-list (By GUY TREBAY & CARL HULSE, Jan. 21, 2001)
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