Selected Articles from The New York Times
January 2003 (* denotes news of special interest)

Friday, January 31, 2003:
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)

Lester Osterman, 88, Producer of Broadway Hits and Flops, Is Dead (By JESSE McKINLEY, Jan. 31, 2003)
Leslie Fiedler, a Provocative Literary Critic, Dies at 85 (By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, Jan. 31, 2003)
Dr. Alexander Thomas, 89, Who Studied Human Temperament, Is Dead (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Jan. 31, 2003)
Frank Moss, Democratic Utah Senator, Dies at 91 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 31, 2003)
NATIONAL: Unrepentant Shoe Bomber Sentenced to Life (By PAM BELLUCK, Jan. 31, 2003)
State Department Link Will Open Visa Database to Police Officers (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Jan. 31, 2003)
I.N.S. Shredder Ended Work Backlog, U.S. Says (By JOHN M. BRODER, Jan. 31, 2003)
Explosion Extinguishes a Bright Spot in North Carolina Town (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Jan. 31, 2003)
Cheney, Little Seen by Public, Plays a Visible Role for Bush (By ELISABETH BUMILLER and ERIC SCHMITT, Jan. 31, 2003)
Investigators Entered U.S. With Fake Names and ID's (By PHILIP SHENON, Jan. 31, 2003)
The F.B.I. Tells of New Job and Progress on Terror (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Jan. 31, 2003)
* With Antiwar Poetry Set, Mrs. Bush Postpones Event (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Jan. 31, 2003)
Space Shuttle Crew Completes Israeli Dust and Cloud Studies (By WARREN E. LEARY, Jan. 31, 2003)
WORLD: Bush Warns Iraq It Has Only Weeks to Yield Weapons (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Jan. 31, 2003)
U.S. May Give the U.N. Data on Iraqi Labs (By JAMES DAO, Jan. 31, 2003)
Satellites Said to See Activity at North Korean Nuclear Site (By DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC SCHMITT, Jan. 31, 2003)
Cambodia Apologizes to Thailand Over Riot (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 31, 2003)
* In Idled Venezuela, Psychiatrists Work Overtime (By JUAN FORERO, Jan. 31, 2003)
MOSCOW JOURNAL: For Flashier Russians, Euro Outshines the Dollar (By MICHAEL WINES, Jan. 31, 2003)
Neighbors of Brazilian Citadel of Chic Are Unhappy With Fit (By TONY SMITH, Jan. 31, 2003)
Shadow of Impending War Darkens Kuwaitis' Horizons (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Jan. 31, 2003)
Freed Iran Cleric Vows to Continue to Fight for Justice (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Jan. 31, 2003)
China Holds U.S. Falun Gong Member for Disrupting Broadcast (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Jan. 31, 2003)
Mad Cow Disease Peril (By REUTERS, Jan. 31, 2003)
TERROR REPORT: BBC Says Al Qaeda Produced a 'Dirty Bomb' in Afghanistan (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 31, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Who Stands With U.S.? Europe Is of Two Minds (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Jan. 31, 2003)
THE KREMLIN: Russia Softens Opposition to Military Action in Iraq (By MICHAEL WINES, Jan. 31, 2003)
THE PRICE: U.N. Estimates Rebuilding Iraq Will Cost $30 Billion (By JULIA PRESTON, Jan. 31, 2003)
THE INSPECTOR: Blix Says He Saw Nothing to Prompt a War (By JUDITH MILLER and JULIA PRESTON, Jan. 31, 2003)
BAGHDAD: 2 More Iraq Scientists Reject Private Interviews With Inspectors (By IAN FISHER, Jan. 31, 2003)
Ireland to Ban Smoking in Workplace (That Means Pubs, Too) (By BRIAN LAVERY, Jan. 31, 2003)
NY REGION: For Future Subway Riders, Automation at the Station (By RANDY KENNEDY, Jan. 31, 2003)
CUNY Says It Must Raise Tuition but Will Try to Limit Increase (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Jan. 31, 2003)
BOLDFACE NAMES: Smack-Down Radio? [Wendy Williams & Whitney Houston] (By JOYCE WADLER, Jan. 31, 2003)
PUBLIC LIVES: A Blue Collar Doctor Tracks Ground Zero Workers (By ROBIN FINN, Jan. 31, 2003)
SPORTS: Baseball Players See a Down Market but Smell Collusion (By MURRAY CHASS, Jan. 31, 2003)
EDITORIAL: Empty Promises (NY TIMES, Jan. 31, 2003)
* EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Why Today's Europeans Object to America's Worldview (By ETHAN BRONNER, Jan. 31, 2003)
OP-ED: Flogging the French (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Jan. 31, 2003)
OP-ED: A War Crime or an Act of War? (By STEPHEN C. PELLETIERE, Jan. 31, 2003)
OP-ED: To Guarantee Universal Coverage, Require It (By TED HALSTEAD, Jan. 31, 2003)
* OP-ED: How to Get Inside a Student's Head (By STEVEN PINKER, Jan. 31, 2003)
LETTERS: When College Breaks the Bank (By CHRIS STERN, et. al., Jan. 31, 2003)
LETTERS: Invoking the Bible in the War Debate (By Rev. BOB EDGAR, et. al., Jan. 31, 2003)
LETTERS: TV's Sinking Language (By CAROL CULLENS, Jan. 31, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Decline Sharply on Weak Economic Data
[Dow -166, Nasdaq -36] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 31, 2003)
Microsoft to Alter Online System to Satisfy Europe (By PAUL MELLER, Jan. 31, 2003)
Bush to Propose Expansion of I.R.A.-Like Investments (By JOSEPH B. TREASTER & MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, Jan. 31, 2003)
Slim Growth for Economy in 4th Quarter (By DANIEL ALTMAN, Jan. 31, 2003)
One-Two Punch for Investors: AOL and Cable Unit (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT with LANDON THOMAS Jr., Jan. 31, 2003)
With Ted Turner Afield, Will Barbs Start to Fly? (By JIM RUTENBERG, Jan. 31, 2003)
Tests Keep Coming for AOL Time Warner's Well-Tested Chief [Richard Parsons]
(By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Jan. 31, 2003)
ADVERTISING: Kmart Tries to Keep Its Shoppers (By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Jan. 31, 2003)
FLOYD NORRIS: That Other Problem With 'Old Europe' (By FLOYD NORRIS, Jan. 31, 2003)
New Beverage From Snapple Seeks to Avoid Stigma of Dieting (By SHERRI DAY, Jan. 31, 2003)
* ART: MARSDEN HARTLEY: A Body Electric (By ROBERTA SMITH, Jan. 31, 2003)
* ART: In Winter, There's an Art to Birding [Goya's magpie] (By MARGARET MITTELBACH and MICHAEL CREWDSON, Jan. 31, 2003)
ART: 'CLAY WORKS': Glimpse of the Ceramics Trove Collected by a Syracuse Museum
(By GRACE GUECK, Jan. 31, 2003)
ART: RAYMOND PETTIBON: A Poetic Underground-Comic Vision (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Jan. 31, 2003)
INSIDE ART: No Blue Monday for Met Lovers (By CAROL VOGEL, Jan. 31, 2003)
ARTS: Land of Kiwi Fruit and Lamb Pushes Arts Industry (By GRETA BEIGEL, Jan. 31, 2003)
ART: 'Anne Vallayer-Coster'; Jeff Chiplis; Roth Horowitz (By HOLLAND COTTER & MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Jan. 31, 2003)
ANTIQUES: Americana Sells Well, Considering (By WENDY MOONAN, Jan. 31, 2003)
BOOKS: 'THE INFLUENTIALS': They May Be Yakkers but a Lot of People Are Listening
(By PATRICIA COHEN, Jan. 31, 2003)
DANCE: MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY: She's Tempted by a Stepson Who's a Hunk (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Jan. 31, 2003)
DANCE: NEW YORK CITY BALLET: With Bells, Whistles and Passages of Silence (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Jan. 31, 2003)
FILM: 'THE RECRUIT': Hard Lessons in a Devilishly Devious C.I.A. (By A. O. SCOTT, Jan. 31, 2003)
* FILM: 'LOST IN LA MANCHA': The Impossible Dream of 'Don Quixote' (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Jan. 31, 2003)
FILM: 'THE GURU': Using Ditsy Maxims for Erotic Self-Help (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Jan. 31, 2003)
FILM: 'FINAL DESTINATION 2': A Refrigerator Magnet and Other Agents of Death (By A. O. SCOTT, Jan. 31, 2003)
FILM: 'BIKER BOYZ': Father and Son Race to Take Charge of the Motorcycle Club (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Jan. 31, 2003)
FILM: 'L'CHAYIM, COMRADE STALIN!': When Soviet Jews Sought Paradise in Siberian Swamps and Snow
(By DAVE KEHR, Jan. 31, 2003)
MUSIC: FELICITY LOTT: Songs for Night and Day (By ALLAN KOZINN, Jan. 31, 2003)
MUSIC: FIREBIRD ENSEMBLE: Instruments in All Kinds of Groupings (By ALLAN KOZINN, Jan. 31, 2003)
MUSIC: SPECULUM MUSICAE: New Works With the Beauty of a Haydn (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Jan. 31, 2003)
THEATER: 'THE WINTER'S TALE: A Classic Fable of Life After Loss, With New York as Backdrop
(By BRUCE WEBER, Jan. 31, 2003)
TV: 'KINGPIN'; 'DRAGNET': Crime Wave With Shades of the Past (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Jan. 31, 2003)
TV: 'GOOD FENCES': Turning Everything White but the Skin (By ANITA GATES, Jan. 31, 2003)

Thursday, January 30, 2003:
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)

Edward Korry, 81, Who Was Falsely Tied to Chile Coup, Dies (By DAVID STOUT, Jan. 30, 2003)
John Thompson, 77, Leader of Big Expansion of 7-Eleven, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Jan. 30, 2003)
Stan Martin, Broadcaster, Dies at 64 (NY TIMES, Jan. 30, 2003)
Diana Menuhin, Ballerina Wife of Violinist, Dies at 90 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 30, 2003)
NATIONAL: 3 Killed in Factory Explosion (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER with JAMES BARRON, Jan. 30, 2003)
After 45 Years, an Arrest in the Killing of 2 Officers (By JOHN M. BRODER, Jan. 30, 2003)
Doubts Are Emerging as Bush Pushes His Medicare Plan (By ROBERT PEAR with ELISABETH BUMILLER, Jan. 30, 2003)
Youth Who Saw Killing Says Stepmother 'Stomped' Accelerator and 'Went for' Father
(By NICK MADIGAN, Jan. 30, 2003)
Address Reignites the Debate About a Military Move on Iraq (By CARL HULSE, Jan. 30, 2003)
Bush AIDS Plan Surprises Many, but Advisers Call It Long Planned
(By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Jan. 30, 2003)
President's Speech Relieves and Rallies Republicans (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Jan. 30, 2003)
THE NATIONAL MOOD: War Talk Shifts From 'If' to 'When' (By JODI WILGOREN, Jan. 30, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Bush's Moral Rectitude Is a Tough Sell in Old Europe (By TODD S. PURDUM, Jan. 30, 2003)
Devil Is in Such Details as Will Plan Really Cut Drug Costs? (By MILT FREUDENHEIM, Jan. 30, 2003)
Security Officials Considering Plan to Combine Terror Forces (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Jan. 30, 2003)
Spy Trial Jury Is Shown Way to Obtain Secret Photos (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 30, 2003)
WORLD: U.S. Set to Push for a U.N. Debate on War With Iraq (By JULIA PRESTON, Jan. 30, 2003)
Bush Officials Debate Release of Iraq Secrets (By DAVID E. SANGER, Jan. 30, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Puzzle for Israel: What Does Sharon Want? (By JAMES BENNET, Jan. 30, 2003)
PERILOUS BORDER: G.I.'s Search Afghan Caves Used as New Base for Taliban
(By DAVID ROHDE with CARLOTTA GALL, Jan. 30, 2003)
* LONDON JOURNAL: He Put Love First; Now, Word That She Didn't (By ALAN COWELL, Jan. 30, 2003)
KABUL: War-Scarred Afghanistan in Environmental Crisis (By CARLOTTA GALL, Jan. 30, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Iran Veers Between Admiration and Resentment of American Power (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Jan. 30, 2003)
SECURITY MEASURES: Pakistan Asks U.S. to Reduce Restrictions on Its Citizens (By JAMES DAO, Jan. 30, 2003)
Rooting for British Pigs (NY TIMES, Jan. 30, 2003)
Arafat Offers Direct Talks With Sharon, Who Declines (By JAMES BENNET, Jan. 30, 2003)
MIDDLE EAST: Arabs Say Bush Shows He Is Intent on a War (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Jan. 30, 2003)
IRAQ INSPECTIONS: Convening the U.N., by the Numbers (NY TIMES, Jan. 30, 2003)
TERRORISM: U.S. Focuses on Iraqi Links to Group Allied to Al Qaeda (By DAVID JOHNSTON and DON VAN NATTA Jr, Jan. 30, 2003)
PREPARATIONS: Some U.S. Forces in Northern Iraq, Military Chief Says (By ERIC SCHMITT, Jan. 30, 2003)
NEGOTIATIONS: Saudi Prince Encourages Exile Agreement for Hussein's Departure (By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, Jan. 30, 2003)
WAR PLANS: Airlines and Pentagon Discuss Using Commercial Transport Fleet (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, Jan. 30, 2003)
THE EUROPEANS: France and Germany Praise U.S. Pledge to Disclose Evidence on Iraq (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Jan. 30, 2003)
NY REGION: Ah, Love, Let Us Be True, or at Least Be Accurate (By, Jan. 30, 2003)
New Yorkers Take Half the Slots in Finals of Top Science Contest (By JENNIFER MEDINA, Jan. 30, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Facing the Music as Times Stay Hard (By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr., Jan. 30, 2003)
BOLDFACE NAMES: Die, S.U.V.-Driving Swine! (By JOYCE WADLER, Jan. 30, 2003)
PUBLIC LIVES: A Windmill Builder, Tilting at the Old Ways (By COREY KILGANNON, Jan. 30, 2003)
EDITORIAL: Preventing Terrorist Attacks (NY TIMES, Jan. 30, 2003)
Preserving the Recorded Past (NY TIMES, Jan. 30, 2003)
OP-ED: The Mourning After (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Jan. 30, 2003)
OP-ED: Bait and Switch (By BOB HERBERT, Jan. 30, 2003)
OP-ED: The Wrong Words (By ABDEL MONEM SAID, Jan. 30, 2003)
OP-ED: Calming Fears (By BILL EMMOTT, Jan. 30, 2003)
OP-ED: Forgotten Friends (By ENRIQUE KRAUZE, Jan. 30, 2003)
The State of the Union: Resolve and Doubt (By JOHN HART, et. al., Jan. 30, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Flat as Investors Assess Bush Speech and Fed Stand
[Dow +22, Nasdaq +16] (By ALEX BERENSON, Jan. 30, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Washington vs. Skeptics on State of the Economy (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Jan. 30, 2003)
MARKET PLACE: WorldCom Sales Dropped Faster Than Reported (By SETH SCHIESEL, Jan. 30, 2003)
* Wall St. Wonders How AOL Time Warner Will Right Itself (By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN, Jan. 30, 2003)
* AOL Reporting Further Losses; Turner Resigns (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and JIM RUTENBERG, Jan. 30, 2003)
Sony Profits Climb 96% in Quarter (By KEN BELSON, Jan. 30, 2003)
Fed Leaves Key Short-Term Rate Unchanged at 1.25% (By JOEL BRINKLEY, Jan. 30, 2003)
Electronic Arts Posts 89% Earnings Increase (By MATT RICHTEL, Jan. 30, 2003)
ECONOMIC SCENE: A Tool to Explain Affirmative Action (By VIRGINIA POSTREL, Jan. 30, 2003)
* ADVERTISING: Online Bank Tries to Lure Skittish Investors (By JANE L. LEVERE, Jan. 30, 2003)
ARTS: A Biologist Will Lead Smithsonian Museum [Cristian Samper] (By ELIZABETH OLSON, Jan. 30, 2003)
BOOKS: 'GREAT NECK': Chronicling a Tug of War in Paradise (By JANET MASLIN, Jan. 30, 2003)
BOOK: On Film and in Print, 'The Quiet American' Still Fascinates (By MARTIN F. NOLAN, Jan. 30, 2003)
MAKING BOOKS: Bereft Writers Are Used to It (By MARTIN ARNOLD, Jan. 30, 2003)
FILM: No. 2 Spot or the Star? For Oscars, It's Strategy (By RICK LYMAN, Jan. 30, 2003)
FILM: Recalling John Garfield, Rugged Star KO'd by Fate (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Jan. 30, 2003)
MUSIC: Fewer Nights for San Francisco Opera (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Jan. 30, 2003)
MUSIC: PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA: A Window Onto Schumann's Final Period (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Jan. 30, 2003)
* POETRY: Words Provide the Heat at Young Poets' Event (By DINITIA SMITH, Jan. 30, 2003)
TV: 'FAILURE TO PROTECT': Good Intentions Leave a Girl Dead and a Mother in Prison (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Jan. 30, 2003)
GARDEN: The Slide-Rule Set, Nameless No More (By JULIE V. IOVINE, Jan. 30, 2003)
HOME: Dream Houses Get a Tryout in Vegas (By WILLIAM L. HAMILTON, Jan. 30, 2003)
* GARDEN NOTEBOOK: Moving Lock, Stock and Trowel (By KEN DRUSE, Jan. 30, 2003)
Sundays in a Garden With Ideas (NY TIMES, Jan. 30, 2003)
GARDEN Q & A: Catering to Avocados (By LESLIE LAND Jan. 30, 2003)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 30, 2003)
For the Mix Tape, a Digital Upgrade and Notoriety (By DAVID F. GALLAGHER, Jan. 30, 2003)
* In Net Attacks, Defining the Right to Know (By KATIE HAFNER with JOHN BIGGS, Jan. 30, 2003)
STATE OF THE ART: D.I.Y. Tools That Leave Spam D.O.A. (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Jan. 30, 2003)
WHAT'S NEXT: Red Light, Green Light: A 2-Tone L.E.D. to Simplify Screens (By IAN AUSTEN, Jan. 30, 2003)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Uprooted Gardener Sketches a New Eden (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Jan. 30, 2003)
BASICS: Operator, Get Me the Web Server (By SARAH MILSTEIN, Jan. 30, 2003)
Bringing the Oldies to Modern Gamers (By SAM LUBELL, Jan. 30, 2003)
* Tips on Thwarting a Desktop Ad (By THOMAS J. FITZGERALD, Jan. 30, 2003)
Sound-and-Light Show as a Stress Reducer (By HOWARD MILLMAN, Jan. 30, 2003)
* ONLINE DIARY: 'Everyone I Know' and Children's Art (By PAMELA LiCALZI O'CONNELL, Jan. 30, 2003)
Eclectic Favorites of a Mix Master (NY TIMES, Jan. 30, 2003)
Virtual World, Real Money, and a Chance to Make More (By ADAM BAER, Jan. 30, 2003)
Labeling CD's Without the Peel-and-Stick Risk (By IAN AUSTEN, Jan. 30, 2003)
* Just When You Need It, a Nudge From an Online Nag (By SARAH MILSTEIN, Jan. 30, 2003)
You Are Here. Now, Turn Right (and Hurry). (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Jan. 30, 2003)
Movies or Music Files? A Jukebox Does Double Duty (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Jan. 30, 2003)
Q & A: MPEG 1, 2, and Now 4: Shrinking Video Files (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Jan. 30, 2003)
* SCIENCE: Light Particles Are Duplicated More Than a Mile Away Along Fiber (By KENNETH CHANG, Jan. 30, 2003)

Wednesday, January 29, 2003:
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)

Hisashi Shinto, 92, Is Dead; Was Industrialist in Japan (By KEN BELSON, Jan. 29, 2003)
Joseph Wharton Lippincott Jr., Philadelphia Publisher, Is Dead at 88 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Jan. 29, 2003)
Larry Goldberg, 69, Fabled Food and Diet Lover (By PAUL LEWIS, Jan. 29, 2003)
Francesco Trussardi, 29, Chairman of Italian Fashion Company (By GUY TREBAY, Jan. 29, 2003)
NATIONAL: President Seeks Cuts in Taxes and Spending (By ROBIN TONER and ROBERT PEAR, Jan. 29, 2003)
Bush Vows That He'll Disarm Iraq and Rebuild U.S. Economy
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON & DAVID E. SANGER, Jan. 29, 2003)
* NEWS ANALYSIS: As Bush Prepares Public for War, He Covers His Domestic Flank (By TODD S. PURDUM, Jan. 29, 2003)
THE IRAQ ISSUE: Bush Enlarges Case for War by Linking Iraq With Terrorists (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Jan. 29, 2003)
POLITICAL MEMO: Bush's Words Reflect an Eye Toward 2004 (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Jan. 29, 2003)
Democrats Say the Nation Heading 'in Wrong Direction' (By CARL HULSE and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Jan. 29, 2003)
Ashcroft in Secret Spot During Bush Address (NY TIMES, Jan. 29, 2003)
Chicago Museum Cancels Show About Art Looting by the Nazis (By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Jan. 29, 2003)
THE AUDIENCE: Guests Put Human Face on Bush's Ideas (By DAVID FIRESTONE, Jan. 29, 2003)
Praising San Francisco's Champion of Conformity (By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Jan. 29, 2003)
ON EDUCATION: Tolerance and Hypocrisy on Gay-Straight Clubs (By MICHAEL WINERIP, Jan. 29, 2003)
Plane Is Evacuated After Blade Is Found (NY TIMES, Jan. 29, 2003)
C.I.A. Director Will Lead Terror Center (By DAVID JOHNSTON, Jan. 29, 2003)
WORLD: U.S. and Its Allies Fight Rebel Force on Afghan Peaks (By CARLOTTA GALL, Jan. 29, 2003)
COLLECTING PROOF: Bush's Speech Puts New Focus on State of Intelligence Data (By JAMES RISEN, Jan. 29, 2003)
Israeli Voters Hand Sharon Strong Victory (By JAMES BENNET, Jan. 29, 2003)
Hong Kong Security Laws Are Softened After Criticism (By KEITH BRADSHER, Jan. 29, 2003)
Author Triumphs Over Husband in Contest for British Book Prize (By ALAN COWELL, Jan. 29, 2003)
NEW DELHI JOURNAL: Clean, Modern Subway, Efficiently Built. In India? (By DAVID ROHDE, Jan. 29, 2003)
MILITANTS: Europeans Warn of Terror Attacks in Event of War in Iraq (By MARLISE SIMONS, Jan. 29, 2003)
THE CONTINENT: Britain Accuses Baghdad, Deepening Rift in Europe (By ALAN COWELL, Jan. 29, 2003)
IRAQ: Hussein Under Growing Fire in Arab Lands; War Called Inevitable (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Jan. 29, 2003)
DIPLOMACY: Powell Will Press U.S. Case in U.N. Council Next Week (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN with JULIA PRESTON, Jan. 29, 2003)
NORTHERN IRAQ: Kurdish Demonstrators Back War Against Hussein but Want Gas Masks (By C. J. CHIVERS, Jan. 29, 2003)
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Aide Pledges 'Extra Effort' to Cooperate With Inspectors (By IAN FISHER, Jan. 29, 2003)
NY REGION: It Wouldn't Sink Titanic, but It Can Stop a Ferry (By MARIA NEWMAN, Jan. 29, 2003)
Facing Icy Waters and Grim Realities (By MARC SANTORA, Jan. 29, 2003)
BOLDFACE NAMES: Oh, You Naughty Tease! (By JOYCE WADLER, Jan. 29, 2003)
PUBLIC LIVES: An Idealist With a Passion for Change in the Schools (By CHRIS HEDGES, Jan. 29, 2003)
EDITORIAL: The Nation, the President, the War (NY TIMES, Jan. 29, 2003)
EDITORIAL: Ariel Sharon's Paradoxical Victory (NY TIMES, Jan. 29, 2003)
OP-ED: Thinking About Iraq (3) (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Jan. 29, 2003)
OP-ED: The Empire Strikes First (By MAUREEN DOWD, Jan. 29, 2003)
OP-ED: The Results Are in, and Peace Lost (By GADI TAUB, Jan. 29, 2003)
OP-ED: Suffering Through Election Day (By MICHAEL B. OREN, Jan. 29, 2003)
LETTERS: Days of High Drama: Making a Choice on Iraq (By AVRAHAM GOLDBERG, et. al., Jan. 29, 2003)
BUSINESS: After 2 Weeks of Losses, Shares Rally on Bargain Hunting
[Dow +99, Nasdaq +17] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 29, 2003)
A Post-Sept. 11 Laboratory in High-Rise Safety (By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Jan. 29, 2003)
Corporate Leaders Say Recovery Requires Middle East Resolution (By MATT RICHTEL, Jan. 29, 2003)
U.S. Deficit Could Top $300 Billion (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Jan. 29, 2003)
Orders for Durable Goods and Sales of New Homes Show Gains (By REUTERS, Jan. 29, 2003)
MSNBC Seeks Donaldson and Ventura for Its Lineup (By JIM RUTENBERG, Jan. 29, 2003)
Times Co. Posts 45% Jump in Quarterly Profit (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Jan. 29, 2003)
ARTS: War of the Words at Hip-Hop Magazines (By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, Jan. 29, 2003)
ART: Fort Worth Museum Frames Art in Wide Open Spaces (By STEPHEN KINZER, Jan. 29, 2003)
BOOKS: 'RIDICULOUS!': The Roman-Candle Life of a Downtown Original (By MEL GUSSOW, Jan. 29, 2003)
COMEDY: MO'NIQUE: Pugnaciously Embracing Her Ample Contradiction (By KELEFA SANNEH, Jan. 29, 2003)
* DANCE: MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY: Each Fall Has Meaning (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Jan. 29, 2003)
FILM: 'CHAOS': Sexist Pigs Skewered Over a Flamethrower (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Jan. 29, 2003)
FILM: 'THE LAST LETTER': Mother's Poignant Farewell, as Nazis Brutalize Ukraine (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Jan. 29, 2003)
MUSIC: Tough Road Ahead for Pittsburgh Symphony (By JOHN ROCKWELL, Jan. 29, 2003)
THEATER: 'THE LOVE-HUNGRY FARMER': A Virgin at 56 Tells His Tale (By BRUCE WEBER, Jan. 29, 2003)
THEATER: 'CORNER WARS': Hustling the American Dream on Gritty Streets (By BRUCE WEBER, Jan. 29, 2003)
TV: 'JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!': Add Beer, Rappers, Wrestlers and Talk (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Jan. 29, 2003)
FOOD: Slow and Low Is the Way to Go [3 recipes] (By MARK BITTMAN, Jan. 29, 2003)
DINING: The Naked Chef's Wicked Act [Jamie Oliver] (By SARAH LYALL, Jan. 29, 2003)
Challenging Chefs With Odd Cuts (By AMANDA HESSER, Jan. 29, 2003)
THE MINIMALIST: Big Flavor From a Tiny, Nutty Grain [recipe] (By MARK BITTMAN, Jan. 29, 2003)
THE CHEF: An Old Favorite Dances to a Southwestern Beat [recipe] (By MATT LEE & TED LEE, Jan. 29, 2003)
EATING WELL: The Question of Irradiated Beef in Lunchrooms (By MARIAN BURROS, Jan. 29, 2003)

Tuesday, January 28, 2003:
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)

* Valery Brumel Is Dead at 60; Russian Set High-Jump Marks (By FRANK LITSKY, Jan. 28, 2003)
* John Browning, Pianist With Elegant Style, Is Dead at 69 (By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Jan. 28, 2003)
NATIONAL: 'Illinois Miracle' Disputed After Child-Abuse Cases (By JODI WILGOREN, Jan. 28, 2003)
Service Academies Defend Use of Race in Their Admissions Policies (By ADAM CLYMER, Jan. 28, 2003)
Cleanup Begins in Oakland After Rioting on Team's Loss (By NICK MADIGAN, Jan. 28, 2003)
DISSENT: Nobel Laureates Sign Against a War Without International Support
(By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Jan. 28, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Making Case for Iraq War Is a Critical Test for Bush (By DAVID E. SANGER, Jan. 28, 2003)
Democrats Don't Wait for Bush Speech to Criticize His Policies (By DAVID FIRESTONE, Jan. 28, 2003)
College Loans Rise, Swamping Dreams (By GREG WINTER, Jan. 28, 2003)
WORLD: Sharon Has Big Edge in Election Today (By JAMES BENNET, Jan. 28, 2003)
Inspector Says Iraq Falls Short (By JULIA PRESTON, Jan. 28, 2003)
Powell Adopts Hawkish Tone (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Jan. 28, 2003)
Iraq Says It Has Done All It Can to Avoid a War (By IAN FISHER, Jan. 28, 2003)
Iraqi Opponent Says He's Leaving Iran to Plan Takeover (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Jan. 28, 2003)
At the Afghan Border, Warnings of Attacks Tied to Iraq War (By CARLOTTA GALL, Jan. 28, 2003)
Anti-French Rioting Rages on in Ivory Coast (By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Jan. 28, 2003)
BELGRADE JOURNAL: A Wartime Star Endures, Singing to a Torn Serbia (By DANIEL SIMPSON, Jan. 28, 2003)
Chinese Are Tempting Taiwan by Dangling Economic Fruit (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Jan. 28, 2003)
China Executes a Tibetan in Connection With Bombing Attacks (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Jan. 28, 2003)
Iran to Lift Dissident Cleric's House Arrest After 5 Years (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Jan. 28, 2003)
NY REGION: Mayor Dueling With Governor on Solutions to Shortfall (By MICHAEL COOPER, Jan. 28, 2003)
Closed or Not, Indian Point and Its Perils Won't Vanish (By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, Jan. 28, 2003)
Study Shows High Number of Ground Zero Workers Had Health Problems Last Year (By KIRK JOHNSON, Jan. 28, 2003)
A Little Academy Tries to Keep the Music of Old Mexico Alive (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Jan. 28, 2003)
BOLDFACE NAMES: Chatty Kathy (By JOYCE WADLER, Jan. 28, 2003)
PUBLIC LIVES: A Bookworm as a Child, Now the Talk of the Town [Deborah Treisma]
(By ROBIN FINN, Jan. 28, 2003)
NYC: 10 Fingers Versus 11 Digits (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Jan. 28, 2003)
SPORTS: As Winners, Bucs Can Rewrite History (By DAMON HACK, Jan. 28, 2003)
SPORTS: New Face of the N.F.L. (By DAVE ANDERSON, Jan. 28, 2003)
ON PRO FOOTBALL: Jackson Was the Surprise Inside the Box (By THOMAS GEORGE, Jan. 28, 2003)
EDITORIAL: The Iraq Report (NY TIMES, Jan. 28, 2003)
OP-ED: A Credibility Problem (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Jan. 28, 2003)
OP-ED: Iraq War: The First Question (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Jan. 28, 2003)
OP-ED: Wrestling With Title IX (By JOHN IRVING, Jan. 28, 2003)
OP-ED: The Prince of Peace Was a Warrior, Too (By JOSEPH LOCONTE, Jan. 28, 2003)
LETTERS: War and Diplomacy: A Week of Decision on Iraq (By ALISA MARIANI, et. al., Jan. 28, 2003)
LETTERS: There's Hope for Books (By MARSHALL LEE, Jan. 28, 2003)
LETTERS: Reality TV Isn't New (By BETH ROSEN, Jan. 28, 2003)
LETTERS: A 9/11 Memorial (By LINDA POLLAK, Jan. 28, 2003)
BUSINESS: Stocks Plunge on Concerns About Iraq and Economy
[Dow -141, Nasdaq -17] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Jan. 28, 2003)
Hybrid Cars Are Catching On (By DANNY HAKIM, Jan. 28, 2003)
ADVERTISING: Super Buildup, but Unfulfilled Expectations (By STUART ELLIOTT, Jan. 28, 2003)
* Worm Hits Microsoft, Which Ignored Own Advice (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Jan. 28, 2003)
IN TOKYO: Clean Streets and Subways That Run on a Schedule (By JAMES BROOKE, Jan. 28, 2003)
In Some Countries Dangerous Legal Pitfalls Await the Unwary Visitor (By DAVID KOEPPEL, Jan. 28, 2003)
Users Uneasy on SBC Claim to Patent on Web Tool (By AMY HARMON, Jan. 28, 2003)
NextWave Victory May Not Prove Too Lucrative (By SIMON ROMERO, Jan. 28, 2003)
* Man Who Made '60 Minutes' to Step Down [Don Hewitt] (By JIM RUTENBERG, Jan. 28, 2003)
* ART DESIGN: A Goal for Ground Zero: Finding an Urban Poetry (By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Jan. 28, 2003)
ARTS: Library of Congress Begins Effort to Protect Recordings (By ELIZABETH OLSON, Jan. 28, 2003)
ART CORRESPONDENT: Hard Times: The Arts vs. the Iron Fiscal Fist (By JOHN ROCKWELL, Jan. 28, 2003)
BOOKS: A Horse-Whisperer's Tale Trails Dominick Dunne (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Jan. 28, 2003)
BOOKS: 'DORIAN': Delighting in Ruination With AIDS (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Jan. 28, 2003)
* FILM: A Mother's Last Words, an Actress's Memories (By ALAN RIDING, Jan. 28, 2003)
MUSIC CRITIC: A Pleasure Dome for the Los Angeles Philharmonic (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Jan. 28, 2003)
MUSIC: The Sounds of Ethiopia, With a Hint of Mississippi (By JON PARELES, Jan. 28, 2003)
MUSIC: Effort to Protect Recordings Begins (By ELIZABETH OLSON, Jan. 28, 2003)
* MUSIC: 50 Selections for Registry (By Library of Congress, Jan. 31, 2003)
SHOW REVIEW: Quick Exit: Loose Lip-Syncers Sink Hopes (By KELEFA SANNEH, Jan. 28, 2003)
TV: 'WAR STORIES': These Heroes Are Reporting in Uzbekistan (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Jan. 28, 2003)
TV: 'CRIME AND PUNISHMENT': Dostoyevsky's Twilight of Murder and Guilt (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Jan. 28, 2003)
FASHION: FRONT ROW: Accessories Plucked as if From a Garden (By RUTH LA FERLA, Feb. 2, 2003)
REVIEW/FASHION: The Straight and Not So Narrow (By CATHY HORYN, Jan. 28, 2003)
* ESSAY: Lab Coat Chic: The Arts Embrace Science (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Jan. 28, 2003)
Finding Martian Landscapes, Here on Earth (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Jan. 28, 2003)
Ants, Mushroom and Mold: An Evolutionary Arms Race (By NICHOLAS WADE, Jan. 28, 2003)
Shipwreck in the Gulf Clings Tenaciously to its Mysteries (By KENNETH CHANG, Jan. 28, 2003)
Hybrid Cars Are Catching On (By DANNY HAKIM, Jan. 28, 2003)
Satellites Uncover Ancient Mideast Road Networks (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Jan. 28, 2003)
OBSERVATORY: Tracking High Fliers (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Jan. 28, 2003)
Q & A: Birth Pangs (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Jan. 28, 2003)
* HEALTH: Even in the Age of Prozac, Some Still Prefer the Couch (By ERICA GOODE, Jan. 28, 2003)
* A CONVERSATION WITH | MICHAEL HOLICK: Shining a Light on the Health Benefits of Vitamin D
(By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, Jan. 28, 2003)
* Sifting Through the Online Medical Jumble (By RANDI HUTTER EPSTEIN, Jan. 28, 2003)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Real-World Guide on M.S. (By RICHARD COHEN, Jan. 28, 2003)
PERSONAL HEALTH: Empowering Children to Thwart Abductors (By JANE E. BRODY, Jan. 28, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Prevention: A Problem Often Overlooked (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Jan. 28, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Patterns: 15% in Study Drank in Pregnancy (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Jan. 28, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Treatment: A Cancer Regimen Abandoned (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Jan. 28, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Behavior: More People Take Their Chances (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Jan. 28, 2003)

Monday, January 27, 2003:
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)

Designer Marcel Jovine Is Dead at 81 (By MICHAEL T. KAUFMAN, Jan. 27, 2003)
* Hugh Trevor-Roper, Hitler Historian, Dies at 89 (By PAUL LEWIS, Jan. 27, 2003)
* John Browning, 69, Pianist With Reserved, Elegant Style, Is Dead (By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Jan. 27, 2003)
Norman Panama, 88, Half of Duo Who Wrote Many Film Comedies, Dies (By RICK LYMAN, Jan. 27, 2003)
Health Data Monitored for Bioterror Warning (By WILLIAM J. BROAD & JUDITH MILLER, Jan. 27, 2003)
Colleges Offer Students Privacy (By SARA RIMER, Jan. 27, 2003)
Gates Gives $200 Million to Aid Poor Nations (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Jan. 27, 2003)
Insurance Plan for Small Business (By ROBERT PEAR, Jan. 27, 2003)
* Cloned Cows Are Engineered for Faster Cheese Production (By ANDREW POLLACK, Jan. 27, 2003)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: The State of the Union and the Turn of a Phrase (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Jan. 27, 2003)
WORLD: U.S. Spy Plane Crashes in South Korea, Injuring 5 (By DON KIRK, Jan. 27, 2003)

Powell, in Europe, Nearly Dismisses U.N.'s Iraq Report (By MARK LANDLER & ALAN COWELL, Jan. 27, 2003)
Taiwan Ends a Half-Century Freeze on Flights to China (By JOSEPH KAHN, Jan. 27, 2003)
Blair Pays a Price at Home for Supporting Bush on Iraq (By WARREN HOGE, Jan. 27, 2003)
Angry at Accord, Mobs Attack French Embassy in Ivory Coast (By REUTERS, Jan. 27, 2003)
More Russians Back in Davos, Still Rich but Now 'Respectable' (By ALAN COWELL, Jan. 27, 2003)
Inspectors Reporting to U.N. on Baghdad's Cooperation (By JULIA PRESTON with IAN FISHER, Jan. 27, 2003)
Serving Notice of a New U.S., Poised to Hit First and Alone (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Jan. 27, 2003)
China Court Rejects Appeal of Tibetan Monk (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Jan. 27, 2003)
GRANADA JOURNAL: Dreaming of Barges, in the Conquistadors' Wake (By DAVID GONZALEZ, Jan. 27, 2003)
NY REGION: Relatives Sue 9/11 Fund Chief (By DAVID W. CHEN, Jan. 27, 2003)
When 34 Degrees Is Almost Hot Enough to Celebrate (By JENNIFER MEDINA, Jan. 27, 2003)
* Chess Fans Tune in to Their Own Big Game (By AMY HARMON, Jan. 27, 2003)
American Dream for an Immigrant Idol (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Jan. 27, 2003)
An Island of the Dead, Irresistible to the Living (By MARC SANTORA, Jan. 27, 2003)
METRO MATTERS: Do We Have a Bridge Name to Sell You! (By JOYCE PURNICK, Jan. 27, 2003)
* Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Jan. 27, 2003)
SPORTS: BUCCANEERS 48, RAIDERS 21: Bucs Steal the Treasure (By THOMAS GEORGE, Jan. 27, 2003)
Buccaneers Dominate Raiders to Win Super Bowl (By BUSTER OLNEY, Jan. 27, 2003)
ON PRO FOOTBALL: Gruden Rips Up What He Built in Oakland (By DAMON HACK, Jan. 27, 2003)
SPORTS: Gruden, a 'Traitor,' Routs the Raiders (By DAVE ANDERSON, Jan. 27, 2003)
SPORTS: Coaching Change Made Difference for Both Coach and Bucs (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Jan. 27, 2003)
SPORTS: Security Covered the Most Ground of All (By SELENA ROBERTS, Jan. 27, 2003)
Bucs' Rice Demonstrates Why Defense Wins Titles (By BUSTER OLNEY, Jan. 27, 2003)
Raiders Fans Had Precious Little to Cheer About (By MIKE WISE, Jan. 27, 2003)
SUPER BOWL NOTEBOOK: Raiders Banish Robbins (By BUSTER OLNEY, Jan. 27, 2003)
The Raiders' Offense Is Forced to Just Wince, Baby (By JUDY BATTISTA, Jan. 27, 2003)
Raider Nation Takes to the Beach (NY TIMES, Jan. 27, 2003)
Sapp Has the Final Say: 'I Am a World Champion' (By BUSTER OLNEY, Jan. 27, 2003)
TENNIS: Agassi Is a Model of Efficiency, and Longevity (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Jan. 27, 2003)
SPORTS MEDIA AND BUSINESS: ABC Keeps It Interesting (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Jan. 27, 2003)
* EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Nothing but Troubling News From the World of Publishing (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Jan. 27, 2003)
OP-ED: Clear Ties of Terror (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Jan. 27, 2003)
OP-ED: Falling Into the Gap (By BOB HERBERT, Jan. 27, 2003)
OP-ED: How Bush Can Avoid the Inspections Trap (By MARTIN INDYK & KENNETH M. POLLACK, Jan. 27, 2003)
OP-ED: Employees as Regulators (By MOSHE ADLER, Jan. 27, 2003)
LETTERS: Cloning, With Hopes and Fears (By ROBERT LANZA, M.D., et. al., Jan. 27, 2003)
LETTERS: We Are Individuals, Not Categories (By ERIC WANG, et. al., Jan. 27, 2003)
LETTERS: My 7-Year-Old's Math Problem, and Ours (By ANASTASSIOU, Jan. 27, 2003)
BUSINESS: 2 Investors Will Dominate Kmart (By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Jan. 27, 2003)
Papers Agree to Pact on Collusion Allegations (By DAVID CARR, Jan. 27, 2003)
Tina Brown, Turning Page, Heads to TV (By JIM RUTENBERG, Jan. 27, 2003)
Gates Gives $200 Million to Aid Poor Nations (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Jan. 27, 2003)
* Baseball Test May Show if Web Video's Time Has Come (By SAUL HANSELL, Jan. 27, 2003)
Titans Still Gather at Davos, Shorn of Profits and Bravado (By MARK LANDLER, Jan. 27, 2003)
* Martha Stewart Ends 7-Month Silence on Fallout From Inquiry (By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Jan. 27, 2003)
* TECHNOLOGY: Point Man in Europe Assesses Intel Outlook [Christian Morales]
(By Chris Oakes, Jan. 27, 2003)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: Crime Is Soaring in Cyberspace (By BOB TEDESCHI, Jan. 27, 2003)
Editors and Lobbyists Wage High-Tech War Over Letters (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Jan. 27, 2003)
PATENTS: A Female Counterpart to Viagra (By SABRA CHARTRAND, Jan. 27, 2003)
* ADVERTISING: Marketing Battle for Online Dating (By PATRICIA WINTERS LAURO, Jan. 27, 2003)
6 Retailers Plan Venture to Sell Music on the Web (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Jan. 27, 2003)
A Publisher's Firing and Hiring Set Up a Battle Over Authors (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Jan. 27, 2003)
Editor Leaves AOL for MSNBC.com Job [Dean Wright] (NY TIMES, Jan. 27, 2003)
Publisher Will Use Maxim's Formula in New Movie Magazine (By DAVID CARR, Jan. 27, 2003)
* ART: Matisse, Picasso and Concerns About the Crowds (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Jan. 27, 2003)
BOOKS: 'RANDOM FAMILY': True-Life Tales of an Imprisoned Drug Dealer (By JANET MASLIN, Jan. 27, 2003)
* DANCE: 'ISADORA': She Put the Modern in Modern Dance (By JACK ANDERSON, Jan. 27, 2003)
FILM CRITIC: The Verdict at Sundance: Debuts on Difficult Subjects (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Jan. 27, 2003)
MUSIC: ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE LYON: For Adventure, Try Boulez and Stay Till the End
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Jan. 27, 2003)
TV: 'MIRACLES'; 'VERITAS': These Could Be the `Y-Files' and the `Z-Files' (By ANITA GATES, Jan. 27, 2003)
* WRITERS ON WRITING: Variations for Four Hands on a Theme by Tocqueville
(By PETER JENNINGS & TODD BREWSTER, Jan. 27, 2003)

Sunday, January 26, 2003:
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)

Alfred Kantor, Who Depicted Life in Nazi Camps, Dies at 79 (By PAUL LEWIS, Jan. 26, 2003)
David Skinner, 67, Who Oversaw a Hospital Merger, Is Dead (By TINA KELLEY, Jan. 26, 2003)
Edward Farhat, 'The Sheik' of Pro Wrestling, Dies at 78 (By MICHAEL KAUFMAN, Jan. 26, 2003)
Clark Waring Blackburn, Who Promoted Family Counseling, Dies at 94 (By DAISY HERNANDEZ, Jan. 26, 2003)
Alden Barber, 83, Executive Who Expanded Boy Scouts, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 26, 2003)
Renato Pachetti, Broadcast Executive, 77, Is Dead (NY TIMES, Jan. 26, 2003)
Celia Stein, 90, Riverdale Press Publisher, Dies (NY TIMES, Jan. 26, 2003)
* Sally Michel Avery, Illustrator and Artist, Dies at 100 (By ROBERTA SMITH, Jan. 26, 2003)
NATIONAL: U.S. Military Considers Limits on Role of the Reserve Forces (By THOM SHANKER, Jan. 26, 2003)
* Yellowstone Bison Thrive, but Success Breeds Peril (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Jan. 26, 2003)
WHITE HOUSE MEMO: Bush Aims at a Forceful Return to Center Stage (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Jan. 26, 2003)
Hastert to Tackle Economy in Stages (By CARL HULSE, Jan. 26, 2003)
Bush Tax Plan Gives Pelosi an Opening (By DAVID FIRESTONE, Jan. 26, 2003)
North Koreans Still Demand Direct Talks With the U.S. (By JAMES BROOKE, Jan. 26, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Seoul Looks to New Alliances (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Jan. 26, 2003)
Making History, South Korea Gives Archenemy a Little Credit (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Jan. 26, 2003)
Clashes Begin Near Forum as Security Clamps Down (By ALAN COWELL, Jan. 26, 2003)
Mixed Feelings Next Door to Venezuela's Strife (By JUAN FORERO, Jan. 26, 2003)
Hong Kong Shippers Scramble to Meet New U.S. Cargo Rules (By KEITH BRADSHER, Jan. 26, 2003)
Iraqi Dissidents Meet in Iran to Plan Iraq Entry (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Jan. 26, 2003)
Mafia Trials Show Italy's Mix of Myth and Mob in Politics (NY TIMES, Jan. 26, 2003)
Debate Over Iraq Raises Fears of a Shrinking Role for NATO (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Jan. 26, 2003)
Saudis Worry as They Waste Their Scarce Water (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Jan. 26, 2003)
NY REGION: Is New York Shivering, or Sniveling? (By JANNY SCOTT, Jan. 26, 2003)
Student Apologizes for 'Foolish' Internet Threats (By COREY KILGANNON, Jan. 26, 2003)
A New Reality for the Winner of 'Idol'-Like Show (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Jan. 26, 2003)
SPORTS: When Does a Super Bowl Resemble 'Divorce Court'? Sunday (By THOMAS GEORGE, Jan. 26, 2003)
FOOTBALL: A Defense With Cover as Its Mission (By BUSTER OLNEY, Jan. 26, 2003)
Gannon Passes and Passes and Then Passes Some More (By JUDY BATTISTA, Jan. 26, 2003)
The Raiders' Lord of Love-Hate Falls, and Soars, Trusting in No. 1 (By DAMON HACK, Jan. 26, 2003)
NOTEBOOK: Raiders Practice Hard and Then Chow Down (By REUTERS, Jan. 26, 2003)
Marcus Allen Tops List of 5 Named to Hall (By DAMON HACK, Jan. 26, 2003)
This Super Bowl Is Rated Arrrgh! (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Jan. 26, 2003)
SPORTS: Las Vegas and Pro Football Are Perfect Together (By SELENA ROBERTS, Jan. 26, 2003)
Before the Game, Bacchanalia XXXVII (By MIKE WISE, Jan. 26, 2003)
TENNIS: Agassi Cruises in Australia (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Jan. 26, 2003)
EDITORIAL: The Race to War (NY TIMES, Jan. 26, 2003)
OP-ED: Portrait of a Laddie (By MAUREEN DOWD, Jan. 26, 2003)
* OP-ED: Thinking About Iraq (II) (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Jan. 26, 2003)
OP-ED: O.K., Champ, Now Comes the Hard Part (By BILL BELICHICK, Jan. 26, 2003)
OP-ED: Perón, Pinochet and Patience (By JORGE I. DOMINGUEZ and STEVEN LEVITSKY, Jan. 26, 2003)
LETTERS: End 'Legacy' Favor in Admissions (By ERIC JAFFA, et. al., Jan. 26, 2003)
LETTERS: Do Birds and Dinosaurs Flock Together? (By HOWARD ZIMMERMAN, Jan. 26, 2003)
LETTERS: Inspired Design (By JENNIE KAUFMAN, Jan. 26, 2003)
LETTERS: Lyric That Says It All (By WHITNEY BALLIETT, Jan. 26, 2003)
* BUSINESS: Virus Hits A.T.M.'s and Computers Across Globe (By THE FINANCIAL TIMES, Jan. 26, 2003)
* Drug Sales Bring Huge Profits, and Scrutiny, to Cancer Doctors (By REED ABELSON, Jan. 26, 2003)
After 10 Years, Corporate Oversight Is Still Dismal (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Jan. 26, 2003)
Ferrari's Latest Toy Goes for a Cool $675,000 (By DAN NEIL, Jan. 26, 2003)
Will He Star Again in a Buyout Revival? [Thomas O. Hicks] (By RIVA D. ATLAS, Jan. 26, 2003)
ECONOMIC VIEW: Inflation Is Alive in One Area of Medicine (By DANIEL ALTMAN, Jan. 26, 2003)
So Many Online Sales, So Little in Tax Revenue (By NORM ALSTER, Jan. 26, 2003)
THE BOSS: At the Edge of Two Worlds (By ROMAN STANEK, Jan. 26, 2003)
ON THE JOB: The Fantasy of the Corner Office (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Jan. 26, 2003)
MIDSTREAM: Can Baby Boomers Afford a Tax Cut on Dividends? (By JAMES SCHEMBARI, Jan. 26, 2003)
Yields So Low That a Mattress Might Do Instead (By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr., Jan. 26, 2003)
* ADDED VALUE: A Moving Target: Cisco (By TIM RACE, Jan. 26, 2003)
INVESTING WITH: Michael P. Balkin and Karl W. Brewer William Blair Small Cap Growth Fund
(By CAROLE GOULD, Jan. 26, 2003)
MARKET INSIGHT: Is Digital Eclipsing the Moment at Kodak? (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Jan. 26, 2003)
EXECUTIVE LIFE: Seeing Shadows, Deciphering Speech (By PATRICIA R. OLSEN, Jan. 26, 2003)
* As Wall St. Loses Its Glitter, So Do Its Stars (By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Jan. 26, 2003)
BOOK VALUE: How Consumer Culture Sets Up Its Young Ducks (By WILLIAM J. HOLSTEIN, Jan. 26, 2003)
Marketers Crank It Up for a New Generation (By WILLIAM J. HOLSTEIN, Jan. 26, 2003)
Bounced From Executive Suite, but Not for Long (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Jan. 26, 2003)
At the Beating Heart of an Export Machine (By KEITH BRADSHER, Jan. 26, 2003)
PRIVATE SECTOR: A Car Man Who's Stuck in Drive (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, Jan. 26, 2003)
Merrill Surprises Its Chief by Bringing Back a Living Logo (COMPILED BY MARK A. STEIN, Jan. 26, 2003)
* MARKET WATCH: If Short Sellers Take Heat, Maybe It's Time to Bail Out (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Jan. 26, 2003)
An Instant Gratification Premium Paid for Exotic Cars (By DAN NEIL, Jan. 26, 2003)
THE BUSINESS WORLD: Coming Soon to the U.S.: Cuban Cigars Made in Brazil (By TONY SMITH, Jan. 26, 2003)
PORTFOLIOS: The New Momentum in Orbiting Brazil (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Jan. 26, 2003)
* ART: Al Hirschfeld Could Catch Your Essence in Flight (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Jan. 26, 2003)
ART: Painters Who Found The Wonder of Ceramics (By RITA REIF, Jan. 26, 2003)
ART: Big Brother Is Also Being Watched, With New Alarm (By ELEANOR HEARTNEY, Jan. 26, 2003)
ART: A Suburban Street Straight Up Into the Sky? (By BORIS FISHMAN, Jan. 26, 2003)
ARTS: How Downtown Can Stand Tall and Step Lively Again (By SASKIA SASSEN, Jan. 26, 2003)
DANCE: Experiencing the Sorrow He Expresses So Well [Farruquito] (By VALERIE GLADSTONE, Jan. 26, 2003)
* FILM: Roman Polanski's Landscape of Aloneness (By TERRENCE RAFFERTY, Jan. 26, 2003)
FILM: Eddie Mars, Cybermouthpiece, Talks to His Creator (By MICHAEL ALMEREYDA, Jan. 26, 2003)
FILM: Chin Up, Cinderella, There's Still Hope (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Jan. 26, 2003)
FILM: RUSHES: One Day in September, by 11 Directors (By KAREN DURBIN, Jan. 26, 2003)
FILM: A Feminist Willing to Be, Well, Incorrect (By KRISTIN HOHENADEL, Jan. 26, 2003)
MUSIC: Diagnosis and a Second Opinion (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Jan. 26, 2003)
MUSIC: St. Dolly and Her Flock [Dolly Parton] (By MICHAEL JOSEPH GROSS, Jan. 26, 2003)
MUSIC: A Union of Old Hands in Havana (By JON PARELES, Jan. 26, 2003)
MUSIC SPINS: A Half-Return to His Basics (By BEN RATLIFF, Jan. 26, 2003)
MUSIC RECORDINGS: Where Trivial Music Has a Beauty All Its Own (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Jan. 26, 2003)
MUSIC HIGH NOTES: Composing Music for Washtubs and Whatnot (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Jan. 26, 2003)
RECORDINGS: Indulging a Guilty Pleasure? (By ALLAN KOZINN, Jan. 26, 2003)
PHOTOGRAPHY: Traveling Into Country Constructed by the Eye (By DEBORAH WEISGALL, Jan. 26, 2003)
THEATER: In Which Everyone Gets a Drubbing (By CELIA WREN, Jan. 26, 2003)
THEATER: Finding Humor in Pain Can Be Just That: A Pain (By JESSE McKINLEY, Jan. 26, 2003)
TV: Sorry, Honey, but Today's Soccer Sunday (By JACK BELL, Jan. 26, 2003)
TV: Where Artists Are Built, and Sometimes Broken Along the Way (By JOHN ROCKWELL, Jan. 26, 2003)
TV: Bachelor No. 1 and the Birth of Reality TV (By CARYN JAMES, Jan. 26, 2003)
FASHION: At Sundance, a New Generation of Teenagers Acting Out (By LINDA LEE, Jan. 26, 2003)
STYLE: Young and Chubby: What's Heavy About That? (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Jan. 26, 2003)
POSSESSED: These Boots Are Made for Drafting (By DAVID COLMAN, Jan. 26, 2003)
GOOD COMPANY: A Chilly Voyage to Nantucket for a Warming Seafood Feast (By TRIP GABRIEL, Jan. 26, 2003)
A NIGHT OUT WITH: Prince Chatri Chalerm Yukol: At Ease in High Places (By LINDA LEE, Jan. 26, 2003)
BOOKS OF STYLE: The Birth of Consumer Culture (By PENELOPE GREEN, Jan. 26, 2003)
BOOKS OF STYLE: Marketing Makeup (By PENELOPE GREEN, Jan. 26, 2003)
THE AGE OF DISSONANCE: Celebrities Are Your Friends (By BOB MORRIS, Jan. 26, 2003)
FASHION: Karl Lagerfeld's Understated Mastery [slide show] (By CATHY HORYN, Jan. 26, 2003)
PULSE: Neck Warmers Lighten Up (By Ellen Tien, Jan. 26, 2003)
VOWS: Tara Gordon and Hunter Lipton (By SHANNON DONNELLY, Jan. 26, 2003)
TRAVEL: CHOICE TABLES: In Japan, Chefs See Virtue in the Past (By ELIZABETH ANDOH, Jan. 26, 2003)
TRAVEL: A Chateau to Call Your Own [French Aquitaine] (By JAMES POLK, Jan. 26, 2003)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 26, 2003)
FALLING OUT: The Quarrel Over Iraq Gets Ugly (By SERGE SCHMEMANN, Jan. 26, 2003)
Waiting for War Weighs Down Economy (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Jan. 26, 2003)
How Many People Has Hussein Killed? (By JOHN F. BURNS, Jan. 26, 2003)
The Killing of Iraq's Ancient Marsh Culture (By JOHN F. BURNS, Jan. 26, 2003)
Is There Such a Thing as a Jobless Recovery? (By ALEX BERENSON, Jan. 26, 2003)
THE 'CATHOLIC VOTE': Testing the Church's Influence in Politics (By ROBIN TONER, Jan. 26, 2003)
No Stiff Upper Lips Over Gridlock Plan (By SARAH LYALL, Jan. 26, 2003)
Gary Hart's Back Door Campaign (By TODD S. PURDUM, Jan. 26, 2003)
WORD FOR WORD: Your Honor, We Call Our Next Witness: McFrankenstein (By BENJAMIN WEISER, Jan. 26, 2003)
* THE BIG PICTURE: See, It's Cold Everywhere [wild monkey in hot spring] (NY TIMES, Jan. 26, 2003)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 26, 2003)
* ON LANGUAGE: Smoking Gun (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Jan. 26, 2003)
* THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Full Disclosure [psychiatrist confession] (By LAUREN SLATER, Jan. 26, 2003)
PROCESS: How to Write a Catchy Beer Ad (By CHRIS BALLARD, Jan. 26, 2003)
* QUESTIONS FOR BILL RICHARDSON: Negotiator at Large (Interview by DAVID WALLIS, Jan. 26, 2003)
THE ETHICIST: Courtship Web (By RANDY COHEN, Jan. 26, 2003)
* Reagan's Son [George W. Bush] (By BILL KELLER, Jan. 26, 2003)
In (Self-) Defense of the Fanatical Sports Parent (By GORDON MARINO, Jan. 26, 2003)
In His Time of Dying (By JON PARELES, Jan. 26, 2003)
STYLE: How Fashion Left Me Speechless (By INGRID SISCHY, Jan. 26, 2003)
FOOD: Book 'Em (By JASON EPSTEIN, Jan. 26, 2003)
LIVES: She's Come Undone (By MARIE MASSEY as told to LOUISE WITT, Jan. 26, 2003)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 26, 2003)
'The Time of Our Singing': Hidden Harmonies (By DANIEL MENDELSOHN, Jan. 26, 2003)
'The Right Man': The 'Axis of Evil' Guy (By JEFF SHESOL, Jan. 26, 2003)
Tatyana Tolstaya on Russia Past and Present (By RICHARD EDER, Jan. 26, 2003)
'Interracial Intimacies': Love in Black and White [Randall Kennedy] (By NINA BERNSTEIN, Jan. 26, 2003)
'The White Rock': The Quest for an Incan Ruin (By GEOFFREY MOORHOUSE, Jan. 26, 2003)
'Amerika': Kafka's New World (By IAIN BAMFORTH, Jan. 26, 2003)
'I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company': Bill and Meriwether's Excellent Adventure
(By BRUCE BARCOTT, Jan. 26, 2003)
'The Education of Lieutenant Kerrey': A Dark Night in Vietnam (By JAMES STEWART, Jan. 26, 2003)
* 'Why Economies Grow': Rethinking the 1990's Boom (By JOHN McMILLAN, Jan. 26, 2003)
'Four Sisters of Hofei': Private Lives in a Tumultous Time (By DEREK BICKERTON, Jan. 26, 2003)
'The Woman Who Wouldn't Talk': Susan McDougal's Lips Were Sealed (By BEVERLY LOWRY, Jan. 26, 2003)
'An Amazing Adventure': The Liebermans Recall the 2000 Campaign (By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA, Jan. 26, 2003)

Saturday, January 25, 2003:
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, Kokichi Mikimoto 1/25/1858-9/21/1954, 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)

* Giovanni Agnelli, Patriarch of Fiat Auto Company, Dies at 81 (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Jan. 25, 2003)
Craig Kelly, Snowboarding Champion, Dies at 36 (By FRANK LITSKY, Jan. 25, 2003)
Alan Nunn May, 91, Pioneer in Atomic Spying for Soviets, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 25, 2003)
George Haimsohn, Co-Writer of 'Dames at Sea,' Dies at 77 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Jan. 25, 2003)
Doris Fisher, Songwriter for Ella Fitzgerald, Dies at 87 (NY TIMES, Jan. 25, 2003)
Vivi-Anne Hulten, Swedish Skater, 91, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 25, 2003)
* Rae Carlson, 76, a Research Psychologist, Is Dead (By STUART LAVIETES, Jan. 25, 2003)
NATIONAL: Democrats Seek a Tax Rebate to Aid Growth (By DAVID FIRESTONE, Jan. 25, 2003)
Data Show Rapid Growth in Federal Budget Shortfall (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Jan. 25, 2003)
HOMELAND SECURITY: Ridge Is Sworn In as a New Cabinet Secretary (By PHILIP SHENON, Jan. 25, 2003)
Adviser Who Warned of Qaeda Threat Is Quitting (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 25, 2003)
* BELIEFS: Clothes That Make a Few Statements (By FRANCINE PARNES, Jan. 25, 2003)
In West Hollywood, a Cat's Right to Scratch May Become a Matter of Law (By JOHN M. BRODER, Jan. 25, 2003)
WORLD: U.S. May Not Press U.N. for a Decision on Iraq Next Week
(By ELISABETH BUMILLER & STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Jan. 25, 2003)
MILITANTS: Spain Arrests 16 Suspected of Ties to Al Qaeda (By EMMA DALY, Jan. 25, 2003)
INTERNATIONAL FORUM: Ashcroft Soaks Up a World of Complaints (By ALAN COWELL, Jan. 25, 2003)
REBUILDING AFGHANISTAN: An Afghan Army Evolves From Fantasy to Slightly Ragged Reality
(By CARLOTTA GALL, Jan. 25, 2003)
KOREA: Be Patient With North, Seoul's Kim Urges the U.S. (By JAMES BROOKE, Jan. 25, 2003)
Italians Mourn the Man Who 'Created Work' and 'Gave Us Jobs' (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Jan. 25, 2003)
Powell Urges Venezuelans to Embrace Carter's Ideas (By JAMES DAO & JUAN FORERO, Jan. 25, 2003)
* Exit Havel, to Muted Applause From Czechs (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Jan. 25, 2003)
2 Frozen Bodies Fall From Jet in Shanghai (By JOSEPH KAHN, Jan. 25, 2003)
COUNTERTERROR: German Minister Says Al Qaeda Threat Is as Strong Now as Before Sept. 11
(By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Jan. 25, 2003)
INSPECTIONS: U.N. and U.S. Say Key Data Are Still Missing From Iraqis (By JULIA PRESTON, Jan. 25, 2003)
MILITARY: In Iraqi No-Flight Zones, Containment May End in Bombardment (By DEXTER FILKINS, Jan. 25, 2003)
SATURDAY PROFILE: A Mother's Bitter Choice: Telling Kidnappers No (By MARC LACEY, Jan. 25, 2003)
NY REGION: New York Facing Epidemic of Diabetes, Health Officials Say (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Jan. 25, 2003)
Nobel Winner and Hang Glider Will Take Over at Rockefeller (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Jan. 25, 2003)
In Land of Vacant Apartments, a Renter's Market (By CHARLES V. BAGLI, Jan. 25, 2003)
THE NEEDIEST CASES: A Cancer Diagnosis, and Her Life Fell Apart (By ARTHUR BOVINO, Jan. 25, 2003)
Icebreakers Are Back on the Hudson River Again (By ROBERT F. WORTH, Jan. 25, 2003)
SPORTS: Serena Williams Captures Fourth Straight Major (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Jan. 25, 2003)
* SUPER BOWL XXXVII: Raiders' Rice Still Defying Age and Defenses (By JUDY BATTISTA, Jan. 25, 2003)
FOOTBALL: The Legs Are Sturdy. The Nerves? Hmmm. (By BUSTER OLNEY, Jan. 25, 2003)
N.F.L. Ponders Changing How Overtime Is Played (By DAMON HACK, Jan. 25, 2003)
EDITORIAL: Curbing Pentagon Snoopers (NY TIMES, Jan. 25, 2003)
EDITORIAL: An International Right to Know (NY TIMES, Jan. 25, 2003)
OP-ED: Why Bush Won't Wait (By BILL KELLER, Jan. 25, 2003)
OP-ED: A Ruling the G.O.P. Loves to Hate (By JACK M. BALKIN, Jan. 25, 2003)
OP-ED: Don't Pester Europe on Genetically Modified Food (By CLYDE PRESTOWITZ, Jan. 25, 2003)
OP-ED: The Frustrations of Inspections (By WARREN BASS, Jan. 25, 2003)
LETTERS: A Trans-Atlantic Rift Over Iraq (By DAN TAUBER, et. al., Jan. 25, 2003)
LETTERS: Sunday in the Park With Christo (By JOHN WILLENBECHER, et. al., Jan. 25, 2003)
LETTERS: Book-Buying Habits (HELEN SKANNAL, Jan. 25, 2003)
BUSINESS: Indexes Drop About 3% as Worries Over a War Increase
[Dow -238, Nasdaq -46] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Jan. 25, 2003)
Chairman Resigns From E*Trade [Christos M. Cotsakos] (By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Jan. 25, 2003)
Weapons Producers Report Strong Increases in Sales (By LESLIE WAYNE, Jan. 25, 2003)
Schwab Hopes to Lure Clients With a $95 Financial Checkup (By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Jan. 25, 2003)
Penguin Group Hires Publisher Fired by Rival (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Jan. 25, 2003)
* Reality TV Alters the Way TV Does Business (By BILL CARTER, Jan. 25, 2003)
ART: 'ART OF LATE RENAISSANCE FLORENCE': The Era of the Medici, Merchants Who Longed to Be Monarchs
(By HOLLAND COTTER, Jan. 25, 2003)
* ARTS: Connect, They Say, Only Connect (By EMILY EAKIN, Jan. 25, 2003)
ARTS: Debating Belgium's War-Crime Jurisdiction (By DAPHNE EVIATAR, Jan. 25, 2003)
BALLET: 'MERCURIAL MANOEUVRES': Balanchinesque and Beyond (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Jan. 25, 2003)
* DANCE: MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY: Eddying Across the Psyche With Graham and Jung
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Jan. 25, 2003)
MUSIC: NY PHILHARMONIC: A Fast 30 Years of Webern (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Jan. 25, 2003)
OPERA: 'FORZA DEL DESTINO': With All Ears for Him, Licitra Seeks His Destiny (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Jan. 25, 2003)
* THINK TANK: If a Machine Creates Something Beautiful, Is It an Artist? (By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN, Jan. 25, 2003)
TV: Unbleeped Bleep Words Spread on Network TV (By JIM RUTENBERG, Jan. 25, 2003)

Friday, January 24, 2003:
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)

Nell Carter, Star of 'Ain't Misbehavin',' Dies at 54 (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Jan. 24, 2003)
Marvin Bower, Who Built McKinsey & Co., 99, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Jan. 24, 2003)
Milton Lipson, Lawyer and a Former Bodyguard for Roosevelt, Dies at 89 (By STUART LAVIETES, Jan. 24, 2003)
NATIONAL: Bush's Backing, Though Still Strong, Shows Steady Decline [59%]
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY & JANET ELDER, Jan. 24, 2003)
Bush May Link Drug Benefit in Medicare to Private Plans (By ROBERT PEAR, Jan. 24, 2003)
Gary Hart Weighs Strengths Against Past Embarrassment (By JOHN TIERNEY, Jan. 24, 2003)
Trial Will Weigh Intent of Betrayed Wife Who Slew Husband (By KATE ZERNIKE, Jan. 24, 2003)
Holes Found in I.N.S. Checks at Airports (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Jan. 24, 2003)
Cold and Snow Snarl Region as Arctic Blast Heads South (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 24, 2003)
DISSENT: Some War Protesters Uneasy With Others (By LYNETTE CLEMETSON, Jan. 24, 2003)
SUICIDE ATTACK: Pentagon's Sturdy Design Saved Lives, Engineers Find
(By WARREN E. LEARY, Jan. 24, 2003)
WORLD: NEWS ANALYSIS: To U.S., Onus Is on Hussein (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Jan. 24, 2003)
Plot to Poison Food of British Troops Is Suspected (By JAMES RISEN with DON VAN NATTA Jr., Jan. 24, 2003)
NUCLEAR STANDOFF: Korean Talks Make Little Progress on Arms Issue (By JAMES BROOKE, Jan. 24, 2003)
A Leader With a Foot Now in Both Worlds [Brazil's Lula da Silva] (By TONY SMITH, Jan. 24, 2003)
PERSIAN GULF: Kuwaiti Said to Admit Shooting Americans (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Jan. 24, 2003)
Rebuffing 2 Allies, U.S. Pushes Demand That Iraq Disarm (By TODD S. PURDUM, Jan. 24, 2003)
To Some in Europe, the Major Problem Is Bush the Cowboy (By DAVID E. SANGER, Jan. 24, 2003)
DIPLOMACY: 6 Neighbors Call on Iraq to Obey U.N. on Weapons (By MICHAEL WINES, Jan. 24, 2003)
INTELLIGENCE: Defectors Bolster U.S. Case Against Iraq, Officials Say (By JUDITH MILLER, Jan. 24, 2003)
WEAPONS MONITORING: A Top Inspector Rebukes Iraq for Blocking Reconnaissance Flights
(By JULIA PRESTON, Jan. 24, 2003)
MONITORING: Iraq Says Its Scientists Have Refused Private Interviews by U.N. Weapons Inspectors
(By IAN FISHER, Jan. 24, 2003)
THE ALLIES: Europeans Try to Stem Anti-U.S. Anger (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Jan. 24, 2003)
THE ADMINISTRATION: Refusal by French and Germans to Back U.S. on Iraq Has Undercut Powell's Position
(By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Jan. 24, 2003)
NY REGION: Bleak Forecast as City Jobless Rate Climbs (By LESLIE EATON, Jan. 24, 2003)
Chat-Room Threat Prompts Statewide School Lockdowns (By WINNIE HU, Jan. 24, 2003)
Sales Pitch: New York's Worth the Cost (By NICHOLE M. CHRISTIAN, Jan. 24, 2003)
A Bitter, Biting, Brutal Day, but the Worst May Be Over (By LYDIA POLGREEN, Jan. 24, 2003)
The Cold Is Biting, and So Are the Fish (By SUZANNE DECHILLO, Jan. 24, 2003)
Dance Classes Help a Girl Step Away From Grief (By TANIA RALLI, Jan. 24, 2003)
BOLDFACE NAMES: Porter, Mr. Beard's Copy of Modern Maturity, Please. (By JOYCE WADLER, Jan. 24, 2003)
PUBLIC LIVES: Not a Good Day to Be the Mailman (By COREY KILGANNON, Jan. 24, 2003)
* NYC: Analyzing The Imagery Off the Couch (By CLYDE HYBERMAN, Jan. 24, 2003)
SPORTS: From Different Backgrounds, One Destination (By BUSTER OLNEY, Jan. 24, 2003)
Serena Williams Stages Big Escape in the Australian Open (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Jan. 24, 2003)
In a Snap, Agassi Puts Away Ferreira Again (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Jan. 24, 2003)
SUPER BOWL XXXVII: Raiders' Ritchie Is a Studied Breath of Fresh Air (By JUDY BATTISTA, Jan. 24, 2003)
EDITORIAL: Preserving Democracy in Venezuela (NY TIMES, Jan. 24, 2003)
* EDITORIAL: Twilight of the Grandmasters [computer chess] (NY TIMES, Jan. 24, 2003)
OP-ED: A Boy and His Benefits (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Jan. 24, 2003)
OP-ED: How One Clone Leads to Another (By LEON R. KASS, Jan. 24, 2003)
OP-ED: Civil Rights for Old Boys (By WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY Jr., Jan. 24, 2003)
OP-ED: The N.F.L.'s Gambling Problem (By OSCAR B. GOODMAN, Jan. 24, 2003)
LETTERS: Has the Case for War Been Made? (By JASON GOTTLIEB, et. al., Jan. 24, 2003)
LETTERS: Fattening, Yes, but Blameless (By CRYSTAL SCALESCI & MICHELLE KELLER, Jan. 24, 2003)
* LETTERS: The Stuff of Poetry [Hecht, Stevens, Whitman] (By LOUIS PHILLIPS, Jan. 24, 2003)
BUSINESS: A Losing Streak Is Snapped, but War Shadows Remain
[Dow +51, Nasdaq +29] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 24, 2003)
AT&T's Gloom Shows the Sector Is Still Flagging (By SETH SCHIESEL, Jan. 24, 2003)
THE FIREFIGHTERS: Oil Teams Recall Kuwait and Fear Iraq May Be Worse (By NEELA BANERJEE, Jan. 24, 2003)
Bush Economic Adviser Says He's Not Finished Yet (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Jan. 24, 2003)
Amazon Beats Expectations of Analysts in 4th Quarter (By SAUL HANSELL, Jan. 24, 2003)
Data-Storage Company Senses Mild Pickup [EMC] (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Jan. 24, 2003)
Ex-Publisher at Random House Is Moving to Penguin [Ann Godoff] (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Jan. 24, 2003)
It's Official: British Society Outlasts Tupperware Parties (By SUZANNE KAPNER, Jan. 24, 2003)
* ADVERTISING: A Super Sunday for Football and for Madison Avenue (By STUART ELLIOTT, Jan. 24, 2003)
MARKET PLACE: No Positives in This Legal Double Negative (By FLOYD NORRIS, Jan. 24, 2003)
* ART: 'LEONARDO DA VINCI, MASTER DRAFTSMAN': Leonardo: The Eye, the Hand, the Mind
(By HOLLAND COTTER, Jan. 24, 2003)
ART: 'VIDEO ACTS': Video Had to Crawl Before It Could Walk (By ROBERTA SMITH, Jan. 24, 2003)
* ART: PARK AVENUE CUBISTS: Cubists Living in Luxury, Not Bohemian Garrets
(By GRACE GLUECK, Jan. 24, 2003)
* INSIDE ART: Mantegna Mystery ["Descent Into Limbo"] (By CAROL VOGEL, Jan. 24, 2003)
ART: Outsider Art Fair; Charles Henri Ford; Robert Grosvenor
(By KEN JOHNSON & MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Jan. 24, 2003)
ARTS: MY BROOKLYN: Landmark Towers, Still Loved and Lived In (By WENDELL JAMIESON, Jan. 24, 2003)
ARTS: A Labor of Love That's Its Own Reward [NYC's smaller opera companies]
(By ANNE MIDGETTE , Jan. 24, 2003)
ANTIQUES: Devoted to Chinese Export Ware [Elinor Gordon] (By WENDY MOONAN, Jan. 24, 2003)
* BOOKS: 'YOGA FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO DO IT':
A Traveler Always on the Go but Never Quite Satisfied
(By RICHARD EDER, Jan. 24, 2003)
DANCE: NYC BALLET: Tripping the Light Fantastic With Swells and Tramps (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Jan. 24, 2003)
* FILM: 'BLIND SPOT': Hitler's Secretary Looks Back in Sorrow (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Jan. 24, 2003)
FILM: 'AMEN': An Inventor Trapped in Nazi Evil (By A. O. SCOTT, Jan. 24, 2003)
FILM: 'DARKNESS FALLS': A Child Losing a Tooth? Better Keep the Light On (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Jan. 24, 2003)
FILM: 'IN THE MIRROR OF MAYA DEREN': Reflections of an Independent Artist (By DAVE KEHR, Jan. 24, 2003)
* FILM: AT THE MOVIES: Japanese Films Chosen by Sontag (By DAVE KEHR, Jan. 24, 2003)
MUSIC: 'BUSONI AT THE KEYBOARD': Busoni in Conjunction With Bach and Liszt (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Jan. 24, 2003)
MUSIC: CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA: A Chamber Group Marathon (By ALLAN KOZINN, Jan. 24, 2003)
MUSIC: ARTEK: Madrigals and Vignettes for Ariadne Abandoned (By ALLAN KOZINN, Jan. 24, 2003)
OPERA: Never Say Die in Indie Opera (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Jan. 24, 2003)
PHOTOGRAPHY: TIME OF CHANGE': Courageous Pilgrims on the Road to Freedom (By SARAH BOXER, Jan. 24, 2003)
THEATER: 'BEDBOUND': Not the Bed but an Endless Gale of Words Relieves Panic
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Jan. 24, 2003)
THEATER: 'COOKIN' AT THE COOKERY': Picking up the Blues Again at 82 After 20 Years as a Scrub Nurse
(By BRUCE WEBER, Jan. 24, 2003)
* TV WEEKEND: Where Bad Boys of Illusion Turn Into Psychic-Busters (By RON WERTHEIMER, Jan. 24, 2003)
* SCIENCE: On Evolution and Growth, Clues From Birds' Beaks (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 24, 2003)
HEALTH: One-Parent Children Are Found at Risk [psychiatric problems] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 24, 2003)

Thursday, January 23, 2003:
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)

Nell Carter, TV and Broadway Star, Dies at 54 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 23, 2003)
Bill Mauldin, Cartoonist Who Showed World War II Through G.I. Eyes, Dies at 81 (By RICHARD SEVERO, Jan. 23, 2003)
Sarah Pettit, 36, a Founder of Out Magazine, Dies (By JULIE V. IOVINE, Jan. 23, 2003)
* Irene Diamond, Philanthropist, Dies at 92 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Jan. 23, 2003)
Bud Roper, 77, Early and Influential Pollster, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 23, 2003)
NATIONAL: Bush Plans to Let Religious Groups Get Building Aid (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Jan. 23, 2003)
Bush Pushes Tax Cut as Small-Business Aid (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Jan. 23, 2003)
Top Strategist Terms Bush a Populist About Taxes (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Jan. 23, 2003)
* ECONOMIC PULSE: THE MOUNTAIN WEST: Among 4 States, a Great Divide in Fortunes
(By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Jan. 23, 2003)
* Identity Theft Complaints Double in '02 (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Jan. 23, 2003)
Counties Seek More Money for Efforts Against Terror (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 23, 2003)
* WORLD: Earthquake Toll in Mexico Now 29; Leader Declares Emergency (By TIM WEINER, Jan. 23, 2003)
DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY: U.S. Set to Demand That Allies Agree Iraq Is Defying U.N. (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Jan. 23, 2003)
PAKISTAN: Suspect Describes Ordeal of Slain Reporter (By DAVID ROHDE, Jan. 23, 2003)
THE SUSPECTS: U.S. Businessman Linked to Iraqi Arms Purchases (By PHILIP SHENON, Jan. 23, 2003)
KOREAN PENINSULA: North Korea Informs South Korea That It Doesn't Plan to Produce Nuclear Weapons
(By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Jan. 23, 2003)
Israeli Labor Struggles to Shed Image of Yesterday's Party (By JAMES BENNET, Jan. 23, 2003)
World Forum, Back at Davos, Faces Tough Economic Skiing (By ALAN COWELL, Jan. 23, 2003)
KHABAROVSK JOURNAL: An Exit Strategy for Dear Leader? But Siberia? (By JAMES BROOKE, Jan. 23, 2003)
Life in Ivory Coast, Once an Oasis, Now Unsettles Immigrants (By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Jan. 23, 2003)
MILITARY ANALYSIS: U.S. Welcomes Allies But Won't Be Waiting for Approval (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Jan. 23, 2003)
Chaos, or Democracy, in Iraq Could Be Unsettling to Saudis (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Jan. 23, 2003)
NORTHERN IRAQ: U.S. Team Visits Airstrip Repaired by Kurds, Fueling Talk of War (By C. J. CHIVERS, Jan. 23, 2003)
WEAPONS SLEUTH: Many Iraqis, Like Their Government, Complain About Arms Inspections
(By IAN FISHER, Jan. 23, 2003)
EUROPE: France and Germany Draw a Line, Against Washington (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Jan. 23, 2003)
NY REGION: One Design for Trade Center Site Is Crossed Off After Firm Leaves (By EDWARD WYATT, Jan. 23, 2003)
Oneida Tribe to Endow $3 Million Chair in Indian Law at Harvard (NY TIMES, Jan. 23, 2003)
Big Macs Can Make You Fat? No Kidding, a Judge Rules (By BENJAMIN WEISER, Jan. 23, 2003)
A Torched Test Paper Sets Student's House Ablaze (By BRUCE LAMBERT, Jan. 23, 2003)
* PUBLIC LIVES: With Art All the Rage Again, Projects Are Finished (By LYNDA RICHARDSON, Jan. 23, 2003)
EDITORIAL: Calibrating the Smallpox Vaccinations (NY TIMES, Jan. 23, 2003)
EDITORIAL: Caught in the Cold (NY TIMES, Jan. 23, 2003)
OP-ED: 'Bad Herr Dye' (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Jan. 23, 2003)
OP-ED: A Tough Crowd (By BOB HERBERT, Jan. 23, 2003)
OP-ED: Why We Know Iraq Is Lying (By CONDOLEEZZA RICE, Jan. 23, 2003)
OP-ED: High Fliers (By KEITH ROSENKRANZ, Jan. 23, 2003)
LETTERS: A Land Still Divided on Abortion (By RON WEDDINGTON, et. al., Jan. 23, 2003)
LETTERS: Saddam Hussein and the Liberals (By STEPHEN J. FROMM, et. al., Jan. 23, 2003)
LETTERS: Homage to Hirschfeld (By BENNARD PERLMAN, Jan. 23, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Decline Again, Erasing Most of Their 2003 Gains
[Dow -124, Nasdaq -5] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 23, 2003)
* Master Key Copying Revealed (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Jan. 23, 2003)
AOL Is Trying to Find Buyer for Book Unit (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK & ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Jan. 23, 2003)
Another Loss, Although Smaller, at Lucent (By SIMON ROMERO, Jan. 23, 2003)
Economic Inequality Grew in 90's Boom, Fed Reports (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Jan. 23, 2003)
Big Loss Leaves Morgan Cautious About Rebound (By RIVA D. ATLAS, Jan. 23, 2003)
Merrill Shows Profit, but Gloom Prevails (By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Jan. 23, 2003)
ADVERTISING: AT&T Ad Trips Over a Trademark (By NAT IVES, Jan. 23, 2003)
Computer Associates Sales Come Up Short (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Jan. 23, 2003)
Personal Data Is Pirated From Russian Phone Files (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Jan. 23, 2003)
MARKET PLACE: Dividend Plan Is of Little Use to Margin Buyers (By FLOYD NORRIS, Jan. 23, 2003)
ECONOMIC SCENE: Where's the Bang for the Buck? (By JEFF MADRICK, Jan. 23, 2003)
Times Appoints Two as Editors in Culture News (NY TIMES, Jan. 23, 2003)
* ART: City to Let Christo Do Central Park Art Project (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Jan. 23, 2003)
ART: Footlights: Shaping Art [O'Keeffe, Marsden Hartley] (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Jan. 23, 2003)
* BOOKS: 'MERCATOR': The Mapmaker to Blame for Distorted Worldviews (By SIMON WINCHESTER, Jan. 23, 2003)
MAKING BOOKS: No Purebreds in Publishing (By MARTIN ARNOLD, Jan. 23, 2003)
DANCE: MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY: Dealing in Universals, Graham Distilled Human Emotions
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Jan. 23, 2003)
FILM: Old-Style Sundance vs. Star-Studded Premieres (By RICK LYMAN, Jan. 23, 2003)
MUSIC: BLUES REVIEW | BOBBY BLUE BLAND: A Wounded Man, Still Singing That Sad Old Song at 72
(By JON PARELES, Jan. 23, 2003)
MUSIC: NY PHILHARMONIC: NY and Israel Philharmonics in Mahler Tandem (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Jan. 23, 2003)