Selected Articles from The New York Times
January 2004 (* denotes news of special interest)

Saturday, January 31, 2004:
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)

Friday, January 30, 2004:
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)

Thursday, January 29, 2004:
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)

NATIONAL: In Shake-Up, Dean Names Gore Ally to Run Campaign (By JODI WILGOREN and GLEN JUSTICE, Jan. 29, 2004)
Kerry Plans to Continue Projecting Underdog Image (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Jan. 29, 2004)
Party Leaders Express Relief at the Emergence of Kerry (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Jan. 29, 2004)
THE VOTERS: Kerry Support Found Across Wide Range of Democrats (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM and JANET ELDER, Jan. 29, 2004)
Kerry and Edwards Face a Critical Test in the South (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Jan. 29, 2004)
Bush Is Said to Seek More Money for Arts (By ROBERT PEAR, Jan. 29, 2004)
SAN FRANCISCO JOURNAL: Last Car. Geek Party. Spread the Word. (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Jan. 29, 2004)
Ex-Arms Monitor Urges an Inquiry on Iraqi Threat (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and THOM SHANKER, Jan. 29, 2004)
Mad Cow Disease Raises Safety Issues Beyond the Kitchen (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Jan. 29, 2004)
WORLD: Report on Iraq Case Clears Blair and Faults BBC (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Jan. 29, 2004)
MIDRAND JOURNAL: A Loathsome Frog, Perhaps, but Surely Lionhearted (By SHARON LaFRANIERE, Jan. 29, 2004)
* MARKET PLACE: Federal Reserve Statement Gives Investors a Rude Shock (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Jan. 29, 2004)
Volatility in Closing Prices Worries S. & P. (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Jan. 29, 2004)
Time Warner Posts Profitable Quarter and Year (By DAVID CARR, Jan. 29, 2004)
* ECONOMIC SCENE: The Trend of Vanishing Tech Jobs (By VIRGINIA POSTREL, Jan. 29, 2004)
ARTS: A Director for the Whitney's New Age (By CAROL VOGEL, Jan. 29, 2004)
ARTS: Still No Regrets: Paris Remembers Its Piaf (By FRANK PRIAL, Jan. 29, 2004)
DANCE: ROYAL DANISH BALLET: Danish Principals Revel in Their Bournonville (By JACK ANDERSON, Jan. 29, 2004)
* TV: AN APPRECIATION: Anyone That Funny Is Entitled to Cry [Jack Paar] (By DICK CAVETT, Jan. 29, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Rovers Are Getting Closer to Making Tracks on Mars (By KENNETH CHANG, Jan. 29, 2004)
HEALTH: China Killing Birds to Curb Spread of Flu (By JIM YARDLEY, Jan. 29, 2004)

Wednesday, January 28, 2004:
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)

* Jack Paar, Unpredictable TV Host Who Kept Americans Up Late, Dies at 85 (By RICHARD SEVERO, Jan. 28, 2004)
Jacob Mishler, Federal Judge Who Never Retired, Dies at 92 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Jan. 28, 2004)
Nora Kizer Bell, 62, President of Hollins U., Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 28, 2004)
NATIONAL: Kerry Defeats Dean in New Hampshire (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Jan. 28, 2004)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Kerry Notches 2nd Victory but Next Round Is Far From Certain (By TODD S. PURDUM, Jan. 28, 2004)
Second Comeback Victory for Kerry Appears as Sweet as the First (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Jan. 28, 2004)
Kerry Finances Are Said to Improve Rapidly (By GLEN JUSTICE, Jan. 28, 2004)
Dean Again Concedes Defeat, Saying His 'Solid 2nd' Is Good (By JODI WILGOREN, Jan. 28, 2004)
9/11 Commission Says It Needs More Time (By PHILIP SHENON, Jan. 28, 2004)
A Calm Voice as Disaster Unfolded in the Sky [Flight 11 on 9/11] (By PHILIP SHENON, Jan. 28, 2004)
Wintry Storm Brings Havoc to Wide Area (By JO NAPOLITANO, Jan. 28, 2004)
* ON EDUCATION: Principal's War Leads to a Teacher Exodus [Brooklyn Tech] (By MICHAEL WINERIP, Jan. 28, 2004)
* NY REGION: The Mummy's Tomb, Unwrapped (By GLENN COLLINS, Jan. 28, 2004)
At End of Hose, a Hellish Blend of Fire and Ice (By ANDY NEWMAN and MICHELLE O'DONNELL, Jan. 28, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: In Online Auctions, Misspelling in Ads Often Spells Cash (By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, Jan. 28, 2004)
BOOKS: 'AMERICAN SUCKER': O.K., Sharp Film Critic, Not-So-Shrewd Investor (By ALLAN SLOAN, Jan. 28, 2004)
* SCIENCE: 'Layer Cake' Mars Rock Offers Hint of Ancient Water (By KENNETH CHANG, Jan. 28, 2004)
HEALTH: Some Migraines Linked to Brain Disease (By REUTERS, Jan. 28, 2004)

Tuesday, January 27, 2004:
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)

Alexandra Ripley, 'Scarlett' Author, Dies at 70 (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Jan. 27, 2004)
Charlotte Zwerin, 72, Maker of Documentaries on Artists, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Jan. 27, 2004)
Olivier Guichard, 83, One of the Last Barons of Gaullism, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Jan. 27, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: E-Mail Worm Snarls Computers Around Globe (By KIRK SEMPLE, Jan. 27, 2004)

Monday, January 26, 2004:
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)

* Elma Lewis, Arts Educator and Mentor, Dies at 82 (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Jan. 26, 2004)
Fanny Blankers-Koen, Star of '48 Olympics, Dies at 85 (By FRANK LITSKY, Jan. 26, 2004)
Billy May, 87, Musical Arranger With Sinatra, Dies (By PETER KEEPNEWS, Jan. 26, 2004)
Joseph Warshaw, 67, Expert on Fetal Development, Dies (By DAVID TULLER, Jan. 26, 2004)

Sunday, January 25, 2004:
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)

* Helmut Newton, Whose Photos Were Vogue Mainstay, Dies at 83 (By JESSE McKINLEY, Jan. 25, 2004)
Rambling Rudy Phillips, 92, Onetime King of Hobos, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Jan. 25, 2004)
Harry Fleetwood, 86, Classical Radio's Classic Nightly Voice, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Jan. 25, 2004)
Dr. Olga Ladyzhenskaya, 81, Mathematician, Dies (By JEREMY PEARCE, Jan. 25, 2004)
Beatrice Winde, Actress in Film, TV and the Theater, Dies at 79 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Jan. 25, 2004)
Don Lawrence, Science Fiction Illustrator, Dies at 75 (By ERIC NASH, Jan. 25, 2004)
Asher 'Dick' Kelty, Backpack Designer, Dies at 84 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 25, 2004)
ART: As Unpretty as a Picture (By PHILIP GEFTER, Jan. 25, 2004)
ARTS: If the Museum Itself Is an Artwork, What About the Art Inside? (By ANN WILSON LLOYD, Jan. 25, 2004)

Saturday, January 24, 2004:
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)

Bob Keeshan, TV's 'Captain Kangaroo,' Dies at 76 (By RICHARD SEVERO, Jan. 24, 2004)

Friday, January 23, 2004:
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)

Thursday, January 22, 2004:
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)

Wednesday, January 21, 2004:
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)

John Holter, 87, Creator of Valve to Treat Swelling of the Brain, Dies (By DAVID TULLER, Jan. 21, 2004)

Tuesday, January 20, 2004:
On This Day: January 20 (Henry Cromwell 1/20/1628-3/23/1674, Richard Henry Lee 1/20/1732-6/19/1794, Ruth St. Denis 1/20/1877-7/21/1968, Walter Piston 1/20/1894-11/12/1976, Harold Gray 1/20/1894-5/9/1968, Joy Adamson 1/20/1910-1/3/1980, Slim Whitman 1925, Edwin Buzz Aldrin 1931, David Lynch 1947, Bill Maher 1957, Melissa Rivers 1969)
Reagan Takes Oath as 40th President; Promises an 'Era of National Renewal' (By Steven R. Weisman, January 20, 1981)
* Federico Fellini, Film Visionary, Is Dead at 73 [1/20/1920-10/31/1993] (By PETER B. FLINT, November 1, 1993)

Monday, January 19, 2004:
On This Day: January 19 (Tai Chen 1/19/1724-7/1/1777, James Watt 1/19/1736-8/25/1819, Auguste Comte 1/19/1790-9/5/1857, Edgar Allen Poe 1/19/1809-10/7/1849, Paul Cezanne 1/19/1839-10/22/1906, Alexander Woollcott 1/19/1887-1/23/1943, John Raitt 1917, Jean Stapleton 1923, Fritz Weaver 1925, Robert MacNeil 1931, Richard Lester 1932, Phil Everly 1939, Dolly Parton 1946, Ann Compton 1947, Desi Arnaz Jr. 1953)
Hughes, Riding Gale, Sets Record Of 7 1/2 Hours in Flight From Coast (NY TIMES, January 19, 1937)
* General Robert E. Lee Dead at 63 [1/19/1807-10/12/1870] (NY TIMES, October 13, 1870)

WHITE HOUSE LETTER: Rallying Cry: Vote Bush Out of Rove's Office (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Jan. 19, 2004)
TV: 'CHASING FREEDOM': A Refugee's Loss of Innocence, a Lawyer's Loss of Ignorance (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Jan. 19, 2004)

Sunday, January 18, 2004:
On This Day: January 18 (Daniel Webster 1/18/1782-10/24/1852, Seth Low 1/18/1850-9/17/1916, Hans Goldschmidt 1/18/1861-5/25/1923, A.A. Milne 1/18/1882-1/31/1956, Sir Thomas Sopwith 1/18/1888-1/27/1989, Cary Grant 1/18/1904-11/29/1986, Danny Kaye 1/18/1913-3/3/1987, John Boorman 1933, Kevin Costner 1955)
Scott 150 Miles From South Pole Jan. 3; Will Stay In Antarctic Another Year (NY TIMES, January 18, 1912)
* T. A. Watson Dead at 80; Made First Phone [1/18/1854-12/13/1934] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, December 15, 1934)

Ray Stark, Oscar-Nominated Producer, Dies at 88 (By COREY KILGANNON, Jan. 18, 2004)
Julian Neski, 76, Who Brought Modernism to Beach Houses, Dies (By ALASTAIR GORDON, Jan. 18, 2004)
* Kiharu Nakamura, 90, Geisha and Madama Butterfly Expert, Dies (By STUART LAVIETES, Jan. 18, 2004)
Donald Leight, 80, Musician Who Inspired Play 'Side Man,' Dies (By PETER KEEPNEWS, Jan. 18, 2004)
John Guerin, 64, Popular Drummer, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 18, 2004)
NATIONAL: Workers Assail Night Lock-Ins by Wal-Mart (By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Jan. 18, 2004)
Poll Bolsters Bush on Terrorism but Finds Doubts on Economy (By ROBIN TONER and JANET ELDER, Jan. 18, 2004)
As Iowa Caucuses Near, Crystal Ball Gets Cloudy (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Jan. 18, 2004)
Critics Say the Park Service Is Letting Religion and Politics Affect Its Policies (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Jan. 18, 2004)
* Where They Really Knew Popeye and Co. [Frank Fiegel] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 18, 2004)
In New Hampshire, Questions Aplenty. The Answers to Come. (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM and EDWARD WYATT, Jan. 18, 2004)
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: An Excess of Foot-in-Mouth Is Linked to a Lack of Shut-Eye (By DIANE CARDWELL, Jan. 18, 2004)
THE CAMPAIGN WORKERS: The Long Days Dwindle for Staff Members (By LYNETTE CLEMETSONand CARL HULSE, Jan. 18, 2004)
Under Attack, Kerry Appears to Build Momentum (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Jan. 18, 2004)
Gephardt Counts on Old-Style, Blue-Collar Support (By R. W. APPLE Jr., Jan. 18, 2004)
After Long Hike, Dean Watches His Step (By JODI WILGOREN, Jan. 18, 2004)
POLITICAL POINTS: Investors Point to Iowa Winner (By JOHN TIERNEY, Jan. 18, 2004)
Plagued by Drugs, Tribes Revive Ancient Penalty (By SARAH KERSHAW and MONICA DAVEY, Jan. 18, 2004)
EDUCATION: Ninth Grade Key to Success, but Reasons Are Debated (By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, Jan. 18, 2004)
WORLD: Iraq Rebels Seen Using More Skill to Down Copters (By ERIC SCHMITT, Jan. 18, 2004)
Israel Diplomat Defends Attack on Bomber Art in Stockholm (By GREG MYRE, Jan. 18, 2004)
Vietnam and China Report New Cases of Avian Flu and SARS (By KEITH BRADSHER, Jan. 18, 2004)
Pakistan Leader Jeered in Parliament Speech Criticizing Extremism (By DAVID ROHDE, Jan. 18, 2004)
U.S. Agrees to Move Its Troops Out of Seoul (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 18, 2004)
In One Pakistan Province, Reality Tempers Ideology (By AMY WALDMAN, Jan. 18, 2004)
Brazilian Slums Seen as Pawns in Political Games (By CELIA W. DUGGER, Jan. 18, 2004)
For Japan's Insider-Turned-Rebel, Decade-Old Revolution Is Still a Work in Progress
(By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Jan. 18, 2004)
NY REGION: Harrison Estate Settles Suit Over Autographed Guitar (By WILLIAM GLABERSON, Jan. 18, 2004)
* Make That Steak a Bit Smaller, Atkins Advises Today's Dieters (By MARIAN BURROS, Jan. 18, 2004)
* BRONX JOURNAL: So Class, How Do You Make a Cello? Fatten Up a Violin (By SETH KUGEL, Jan. 18, 2004)
SPORTS: Forget Pete Rose; the Country Has a Betting Habit (By GEORGE VECSEY, Jan. 18, 2004)
* SPORTS: Early in Life, Wilkens Learned the Value of Staying Cool (By IRA BERKOW, Jan. 18, 2004)
PATRIOTS 24, COLTS 14: Patriots Headed Back to Super Bowl (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 18, 2004)
PANTHERS 14, EAGLES 3: Panthers Stun Eagles for N.F.C. Title (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 18, 2004)
FOOTBALL: The Unheralded Panthers Are Playing for Respect (By VIV BERNSTEIN, Jan. 18, 2004)
SPORTS CRITIC: The Colts' Choreographer [Peyton Manning] (By BRUCE WEBER, Jan. 18, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: The Man Who Wrote the Book on Rose and Betting (By MURRAY CHASS, Jan. 18, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Fixing Democracy (NY TIMES, Jan. 18, 2004)
EDITORIALS: 'Tingalingalingaling!' (NY TIMES, Jan. 18, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: War of Ideas, Part 4 (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Jan. 18, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Dudgeons and Dragons (By MAUREEN DOWD, Jan. 18, 2004)
OP-ED: All the Presidents' Numbers (By ANDREW KOHUT and HARRY CAMPBELL, Jan. 18, 2004)
OP-ED GRAPHICS: Public Opinion from Nixon to G. W. Bush (By ANDREW KOHUT and HARRY CAMPBELL, Jan. 18, 2004)
OP-ED: India, Pakistan and Peace Without Borders (By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS, Jan. 18, 2004)
LETTERS: Before Cancer Strikes, and After (6 Letters) (By MARILYN GENTRY, et. al., Jan. 18, 2004)
LETTERS: If the Movie Credits Me [music credits] (By EMILY BINDIGER, Jan. 18, 2004)
* BUSINESS: Is China the Next Bubble? (By KEITH BRADSHER, Jan. 18, 2004)
* Analyze This: Blodget's New Act [analyst to writer] (By DAVID CARR, Jan. 18, 2004)
New Producers Have Fat Wallets and Big Dreams (By EVELYN NUSSENBAUM, Jan. 18, 2004)
Banks Try to Pave the Way to Online Bill Paying (By EVE TAHMINCIOGLU, Jan. 18, 2004)
MARKET WATCH: Buybacks Aren't Always a Good Thing (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Jan. 18, 2004)
* Should Managers Disclose Their Fund Stakes? (By VIRGINIA MUNGER KAHN, Jan. 18, 2004)
A Clear Sky Over India's Market (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Jan. 18, 2004)
PRELUDES: Single, but Laying Down Roots (By ABBY ELLIN, Jan. 18, 2004)
BUSINESS LETTERS: What's Missing in the Recovery? (NY TIMES, Jan. 18, 2004)
INVESTING WITH MICHAEL H. WINER: Third Avenue Real Estate Value Fund (By CAROLE GOULD, Jan. 18, 2004)
PORTFOLIOS: Despite Drop, Signs Look Good for Gold (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Jan. 18, 2004)
BUSINESS PEOPLE: Who's More Relaxed, Guest or Manager? (NY TIMES, Jan. 18, 2004)
MONEY & MEDICINE: Does It Pay to Manage Your Own Care? (By MICHELLE ANDREWS, Jan. 18, 2004)
THE RIGHT THING: My Principles, or the Milk and Cookies? (By JEFFREY L. SEGLIN, Jan. 18, 2004)
THE BOSS: The Reality Classroom [CEO Columbia Sportswear] (By TIM BOYLE, Jan. 18, 2004)
ECONOMIC VIEW: O'Neill Says Bush Was Set on Cutting Taxes, Too (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Jan. 18, 2004)
PRIVATE SECTOR: A Sky-Box Approach to the Arts (By GLENN RIFKIN, Jan. 18, 2004)
ARTS: Greece's Colossal New Guilt Trip (By FRED A. BERNSTEIN, Jan. 18, 2004)
ART: A Loner's Belated Company [Nebraska artist Emery Blagdon] (By EDWARD M. GOMEZ, Jan. 18, 2004)
ART: Joel Sternfeld Versus His Successors (By RICHARD B. WOODWARD, Jan. 18, 2004)
DANCE: George Balanchine, Musical Comedian? (By MATTHEW GUREWITSCH, Jan. 18, 2004)
MUSIC: The Sweet Sounds of Really Bad Singing (By KELEFA SANNEH, Jan. 18, 2004)
MUSIC: A Chamber Group Loves Its New Pieces to Bits (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Jan. 18, 2004)
MUSIC TUNING UP: Britten and His 'Hero,' Outsiders Both (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Jan. 18, 2004)
* MUSIC HIGH NOTES: Dark Beethoven, Transcendent Mahler (By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Jan. 18, 2004)
MUSIC PLAYLIST: An Album Devoted to the Post-9/11 Airport (By BEN RATLIFF, Jan. 18, 2004)
THEATER: The Witty Star of 'The Gerry Show' (By JONATHAN MANDELL, Jan. 18, 2004)
THEATER: EXCERPT: 'Suitcase' (By JASON ZINOMAN, Jan. 18, 2004)
TV: The Actor Who Played Doctor by Playing Lawyer (By BILL CARTER, Jan. 18, 2004)
TV: Murder, He Mumbled (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Jan. 18, 2004)
TV: The Good, the Bad, the Terrible (By A. J. FRUTKIN, Jan. 18, 2004)
FASHION & STYLE: Contentw (NY TIMES, Jan. 18, 2004)
FASHION: Arrivederci, Jeans: The Suit Is Back, Caro; Put It On (By GUY TREBAY, Jan. 18, 2004)
The Restaurateur Who Invented Downtown (By JOYCE WADLER, Jan. 18, 2004)
I Dreamed I Wore My Martini (By WILLIAM L. HAMILTON, Jan. 18, 2004)
* Peace, and Kucinich, Gets a Chance [Through yogic flying, a kind of seated hopping levitation
that practitioners believe can lead to enlightenment]
(By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Jan. 18, 2004)
POSSESSED: Image Splitter [Arianne Phillips] (By DAVID COLMAN, Jan. 18, 2004)
A NIGHT OUT WITH Our Big Fat Film [Matthew Bonifacio & Carmine Famiglietti] (By LINDA LEE, Jan. 18, 2004)
SHAKEN AND STIRRED: House of Orange (By WILLIAM L. HAMILTON, Jan. 18, 2004)
VOWS: Jessica Kaminsky and Dave Rock (By KATHRYN SHATTUCK, Jan. 18, 2004)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 18, 2004)
Comfortable Oasis in Honduran Jungle (By STEPHEN KINZER, Jan. 18, 2004)
Tougher Security, More Delays (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Jan. 18, 2004)
CHOICE TABLES: Comfort Food at Comforting Prices in Paris (By JACQUELINE FRIEDRICH, Jan. 18, 2004)
A Reluctant Tarzan [Costa Rican rain forest] (By ROBIN LLOYD, Jan. 18, 2004)
ESSAY: Mal de Terre [motion sickness] (By MADELINE DREXLER, Jan. 18, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 18, 2004)
* THEOCRACY AND DEMOCRACY: The Cleric Spoiling U.S. Plans (By SUSAN SACHS, Jan. 18, 2004)
CAUCUSED OUT: Iowa Worries About Losing Its Franchise (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Jan. 18, 2004)
Two Fronts: Promoting Marriage, Fighting Poverty (By TOM ZELLER, Jan. 18, 2004)
* AGING GRACEFULLY: And the Winner Is... the Older Woman (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Jan. 18, 2004)
THE PUBLIC EDITOR: Dr. Dean Assumes His Place on the Examining Table (By DANIEL OKRENT, Jan. 18, 2004)
The New Electoral Sex Symbol: Nascar Dad (By JEFF MacGREGOR, Jan. 18, 2004)
A Foreign Policy of Try, Try Again (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Jan. 18, 2004)
* It's All About Me, Especially the Ugly Parts (By BRUCE WEBER, Jan. 18, 2004)
GET READY FOR 2014: Investing in the Future, and Mortgaging It (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Jan. 18, 2004)
* Cold, Colder, Coldest: Then What? (By JONATHAN D. GLATER, Jan. 18, 2004)
Another Indignity for Dave (By BILL CARTER, Jan. 18, 2004)
The Reading File (NY TIMES, Jan. 18, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 18, 2004)
* ON LANGUAGE: Boldface Names (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Jan. 18, 2004)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Winging It (By WALTER KIRN, Jan. 18, 2004)
QUESTIONS FOR BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI: One More Tango in Paris (Interview by LYNN HIRSCHBERG, Jan. 18, 2004)
ESSAY: The Dog in the Fight (By CHARLES SIEBERT, Jan. 18, 2004)
CONSUMED: Adult Swim (By ROB WALKER, Jan. 18, 2004)
THE ETHICIST: House Appropriations (By RANDY COHEN, Jan. 18, 2004)
* COVER ARTICLE: The Lab Animal (By MICHAEL SOKOLOVE, Jan. 18, 2004)
A Poor Cousin of the Middle Class (By DAVID K. SHIPLER, Jan. 18, 2004)
Going Deep With Iowa's Meta-Voters [Dick Gephardt's pollster] (By MATT BAI, Jan. 18, 2004)
* '04 Spring Notebook [Pretty is back in style] (Photos by SIMON EMMETT; Illustrations by JOE EULA, Jan. 18, 2004)
FOOD: Hearth Strings (By JASON EPSTEIN, Jan. 18, 2004)
* LIVES: Grilling Me Softly (By JAY ALLISON, Jan. 18, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 18, 2004)
'Absolute Friends': Le Carré Loses His Cool [John le Carré] (By TERRENCE RAFFERTY, Jan. 18, 2004)
'Natalie Wood': A Star Is Born [Gavin Lambert] (By STEPHANIE ZACHAREK, Jan. 18, 2004)
The Making and Taking of AOL Time Warner [Nina Munk; Kara Swisher] (By ADAM LIPTAK, Jan. 18, 2004)
'After Such Knowledge': A Prisoner of Memory [Eva Hoffman] (By JAMES E. YOUNG, Jan. 18, 2004)
* Poet Behaving Badly [William Matthews] (By STEPHEN BURT, Jan. 18, 2004)
'American Dynasty': Family Lies [Kevin Phillips] (By MICHAEL ORESKES, Jan. 18, 2004)
'We Are Lincoln Men': The Stovepipe League [David Herbert Donald] (By WILLIAM LEE MILLER, Jan. 18, 2004)
* ON WRITERS AND WRITING: I Don't Know How She Does It [Emily Dickinson] (By MARGO JEFFERSON, Jan. 18, 2004)

Saturday, January 17, 2004:
On This Day: January 17 (Guarino Guarini 1/17/1624-3/6/1683, Jacques-Francois Blondel 1/17/1705-1/9/1774, Anne Bronte 1/17/1820-5/28/1849, David Lloyd George 1/17/1863-3/26/1945, Mack Sennett 1/17/1880-11/5/1960, Robert M. Hutchins 1/17/1899-5/17/1977, Nora Kaye 1/17/1920-2/28/1987, Thomas Dooley 1/17/1927-1/18/1961, Betty White 1922, Moira Shearer 1926, Eartha Kitt 1927, Sheree North 1933, Maury Povich 1939, Muhammad Ali 1942)
Revolution In Hawaii Overthrows Queen Liliuokalani (NY TIMES, January 17, 1893)
Capone Dead At 48; Dry Era Gang Chief [1/17/1899-1/25/1947] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, January 26, 1947)

Dr. Norman Heatley, 92, Pioneer in Penicillin Supply, Dies (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Jan. 17, 2004)
Ron O'Neal, 66, Actor Who Starred in 'Superfly' Films, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 17, 2004)
* Charles Dumas, 66, Champion High Jumper, Dies (By FRANK LITSKY, Jan. 17, 2004)
Mary Jean Crenshaw Tully, a Leader of Modern Feminists, Dies at 78 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Jan. 17, 2004)
Dr. Frederick C. Redlich, 93, Biographer of Hitler, Dies (By STUART LAVIETES, Jan. 17, 2004)
* BELIEFS: Of Talmudic Texts and Tomato Plants (By PETER STEINFELS, Jan. 17, 2004)
In Protest, Professor Cancels Visit to the U.S. [Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben]
(By KAREN W. ARENSON, Jan. 17, 2004)
* NY REGION: Watching Big Brother (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Jan. 17, 2004)
City Sees Gain of $12 Billion From Landing 2012 Olympics (By CHARLES BAGLI, Jan. 17, 2004)
BUSINESS: Solid 4th-Quarter Technology Results Push Shares Higher
[Dow +47, Nasdaq +31] (By REUTERS, Jan. 17, 2004)
MARKET PLACE: Still Another Accounting Scandal, but With a Difference (By FLOYD NORRIS, Jan. 17, 2004)
Media Baron Fails to Honor Library Pledge (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Jan. 17, 2004)
* ARTS: An Islamic Scholar With the Dual Role of Activist (By FELICIA R. LEE, Jan. 17, 2004)
* ARTS: On Iraqi Campus, Free Can Be Messy (By EDWARD WONG, Jan. 17, 2004)
ARTS: U.S. Seizes Portrait of a Roman That Was Sold at Auction (By BARRY MEIER, Jan. 17, 2004)
* THINK TANK: Greeting Big Brother With Open Arms (By EMILY EAKIN, Jan. 17, 2004)

Friday, January 16, 2004:
On This Day: January 16 (Niccolo Piccinni 1/16/1728-5/7/1800, Vittorio Alfieri 1/16/1749-10/8/1803, Robert Service 1/16/1874-9/11/1958, George Kelly 1/16/1887-6/18/1974, Dizzy Dean 1/16/1911-7/17/1974, Norman Podhoretz 1930, Marilyn Horne 1934, Jim Stafford 1944, John Carpenter 1948, Debbie Allen 1950, Kate Moss 1974)
U.S. and Allies Open Air War on Iraq; Bomb Baghdad and Kuwaiti Targets (By ANDREW ROSENTHAL, January 16, 1991)
* Ethel Merman, Queen of Musicals, Dies at 76 [1/16/1908-2/15/1984] (By MURRAY SCHUMACH, February 16, 1984)

Alan Tishman, 86, Leader in Real Estate Family, Dies (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Jan. 16, 2004)
Zane Barnes, First Southwestern Bell Chairman, Dies at 82 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Jan. 16, 2004)
Molly Kelly, 87, Australian Aborigine Who Walked 1,000 Miles to Her Home, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 16, 2004)
Arne Naess Jr., Norwegian Shipping Tycoon, Dies at 66 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 16, 2004)
NATIONAL: Race Tightens in Final Days of Iowa Battle (By CARL HULSE, Jan. 16, 2004)
California Democrats Face Grim Post-Mortem (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Jan. 16, 2004)
* WORLD: Chinese Go Online in Search of Justice Against Elite Class (By JIM YARDLEY, Jan. 16, 2004)
U.S. Joins Iraqis to Seek U.N. Role in Interim Rule (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN and JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr., Jan. 16, 2004)
Political Barbs Welcome an Iranian Visiting France (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Jan. 16, 2004)
Israel Seals Off Gaza Strip in Response to Suicide Bombing (By JAMES BENNET, Jan. 16, 2004)
Mission to Iraq Eases Japan Toward a True Military (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Jan. 16, 2004)
ROME JOURNAL: Is Berlusconi Remaking Himself With Eyes to the Future? (By FRANK BRUNI, Jan. 16, 2004)
SPORTS: Rose Told Truth a Year Earlier (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 16, 2004)
FOOTBALL: For Belichick, an Economy of Thought (By PETE THAMEL, Jan. 16, 2004)
BUSINESS: Blue Chips Close Slightly Higher; Technology Shares Dip
[Dow +15, Nasdaq -2] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 16, 2004)
* Results at I.B.M. and Sun Offer Signs of Recovery (By STEVE LOHR and LAURIE J. FLYNN, Jan. 16, 2004)
ART: CHUCK CLOSE: Savoring the Process (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Jan. 16, 2004)
* ART: WINTER ANTIQUES SHOW: The Winter Games for Antiques (By ROBERTA SMITH, Jan. 16, 2004)
* ART: Illumination in the Burckhardt-Wildt Apocalypse (circa 1290-1300) (Enluminures booth at the Winter Antiques Show, Jan. 16, 2004)
DANCE: MARGIE GILLIS: Suspense and a Storm, Accented by Red Hair (By JACK ANDERSON, Jan. 16, 2004)
THEATER: 'KING COWBOY': Richard Foreman's Foray Into Politics (By BEN BRANTLEY, Jan. 16, 2004)
THEATER: REVERBERATIONS: Three Shakespeares, Each With a Purpose, Each Hoping to Thrill
(By JOHN ROCKWELL, Jan. 16, 2004)
TV: 'THE L WORD': Women Having Sex, Hoping Men Tune In (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Jan. 16, 2004)

Thursday, January 15, 2004:
On This Day: January 15 (Jean Moliere 1/15/1622-2/17/1673, Jean Coralli 1/15/1779-5/1/1854, Josef Breuer 1/15/1842-6/20/1925, Pierre Samuel du Pont 1/15/1870-4/5/1954, Arturi Virtanen 1/15/1895-11/11/1973, Gene Krupa 1/15/1909-10/16/1973, Gamal Nasser 1/15/1918-9/28/1970, Edward Teller 1908, Charo 1951)
Green Bay Wins First Superbowl Football Title (By WILLIAM N. WALLACE, January 15, 1967)
* Martin Luther King Jr. Killed at 39: Leader of Millions in Nonviolent Drive for Racial Justice
[1/15/1929-4/4/1968] (By MURRAY SCHUMACH, April 5, 1968)

Uta Hagen, Tony-Winning Broadway Star and Teacher of Actors, Dies at 84 (By MEL GUSSOW, Jan. 15, 2004)
Olivia Goldsmith, Who Wrote Comic 'First Wives Club,' Dies at 54 (By LESLIE KAUFMAN, Jan. 15, 2004)
NATIONAL: Bush Backs Goal of Flight to Moon (By DAVID E. SANGER and RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Jan. 15, 2004)
NEWS ANALYSIS: History Offers Reasons to Be Cautious on Bush's Space Plan (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Jan. 15, 2004)
Outside Campaigners Flood Iowa, Sharing Their Candidates' Styles (By TODD S. PURDUM, Jan. 15, 2004)
THE STUMP SPEECH: Rising Above Politics, as High as Commander in Chief (By EDWARD WYATT, Jan. 15, 2004)
Even the Hardiest New Englanders Are Left Cold (By PAM BELLUCK, Jan. 15, 2004)
Bush Plan to Honor Dr. King Stirs Criticism (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and ARIEL HART, Jan. 15, 2004)
F.B.I. Director Calls Attack Quite Likely (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Jan. 15, 2004)
EDUCATION: Despite Gain in Degrees, Women Lag in Tenure in 2 Main Fields (By TAMAR LEWIN, Jan. 15, 2004)
WORLD: Gaza Mother, 22, Kills Four Israelis in Suicide Bombing (By GREG MYRE, Jan. 15, 2004)
OCCUPATION: Iraqi Team Disables Bombs With a Snip and a Prayer (By NEELA BANERJEE, Jan. 15, 2004)
INSURGENTS: A Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 2 Iraqis at a Police Station Northeast of Baghdad
(By EDWARD WONG, Jan. 15, 2004)
Britain Arrests Man With Bullets at Airport (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Jan. 15, 2004)
U.S. Officials Visit China's Space Center (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 15, 2004)
France Seems to Try Acting Affirmatively on Muslims (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Jan. 15, 2004)
NY REGION: Stuyvesant Again Leads in Science Contest (By KIMETRIS N. BALTRIP, Jan. 15, 2004)
Unveiling of the Trade Center Memorial Reveals an Abundance of New Details (By GLENN COLLINS and DAVID W. DUNLAP, Jan. 15, 2004)
Somebody Please Turn Up the Heat, Hand Over a Blanket and Call 311 (By ANDREA ELLIOTT, Jan. 15, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Bush's Space Vision Thing (NY TIMES, Jan. 15, 2004)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: From Iowa's Woodwork Into the Light of High-Tech Politics
(By FRANCIS X. CLINES, Jan. 15, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: War of Ideas, Part 3 (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Jan. 15, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Doctor Is Out (By MAUREEN DOWD, Jan. 15, 2004)
* OP-ED: Life (and Death) on Mars (By PAUL DAVIES, Jan. 15, 2004)
LETTERS: Pondering a Marriage Proposal (5 Letters) (By JACKIE SMITH, et. al., Jan. 15, 2004)
LETTERS: Paul O'Neill and the Iraq War (2 Letters) (LEONARD COHEN, Jan. 15, 2004)
BUSINESS: Shares Rise Broadly; Technology Issues Fall After Hours
[Dow +111, Nasdaq +15] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Jan. 15, 2004)
THE OVERVIEW: $58 Billion Deal to Unite 2 Giants of U.S. Banking (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Jan. 15, 2004)
* A Real-Life Debate on Free Expression in a Cyberspace City (By AMY HARMON, Jan. 15, 2004)
BALLET: ROYAL DANISH BALLET: Morals, Magic and Macaroni, Danish Style (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Jan. 15, 2004)
DANCE: CITY BALLET: Classical Scholars: Balanchine and Bournonville (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Jan. 15, 2004)
THEATER: Box Offices on Broadway Feel the Chill (By JESSE McKINLEY, Jan. 15, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Movement on Mars: Spirit Rover Wheels Its Way Onto Surface (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Jan. 15, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Kudos for Designer of Gene Experiment in Lab. Well Done, Robot! (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 15, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Advice to Census Takers: Be Wary or Be Eaten [tigers] (By HARI KUMAR, Jan. 15, 2004)
HEALTH: Vaccine Is Said to Fail to Protect Against Flu Strain (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Jan. 15, 2004)

Wednesday, January 14, 2004:
On This Day: January 14 (Benedict Arnold 1/14/1741-6/14/1801, Berthe Morisot 1/14/1841-3/2/1895, Art Young 1/14/1866-12/29/1943, Hugh Lofting 1/14/1886-9/26/1947, Hal Roach 1/14/1892-11/2/1992, John Dos Passos 1/14/1896-9/28/1970, Carlos Romulo 1/14/1899-12/15/1985, Sir Cecil Beaton 1/14/1904-1/18/1980, Andy Rooney 1919, Julian Bond 1940, Faye Dunaway 1941, Steven Soderbergh 1963)
Roosevelt and Churchill Map 1943 War Strategy in Casablanca (By DREW MIDDLETON, Jr., January 14, 1943)
* Albert Schweitzer, 90, Dies at His Hospital [1/14/1875-9/4/1965] (By Reuters, September 6, 1965)

William T. Young, 85, Owner and Breeder of Racehorses, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 14, 2004)
Georgette Klinger, of Facials Fame, Dies at 88 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Jan. 14, 2004)
E. K. Fisher, Who Helped Found Intrepid Museum, Dies at 90 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Jan. 14, 2004)
Robert Jordan, 76, Bridge Player, Dies (By ALAN TRUSCOTT, Jan. 14, 2004)
NY REGION: Revised 9/11 Memorial to Include Artifact Center (By DAVID W. DUNLAP and ERIC LIPTON, Jan. 14, 2004)
* ABOUT NEW YORK: At 99 Cents, Mystery Sells Cheap (By DAN BARRY, Jan. 14, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Keeping Detentions Secret (NY TIMES, Jan. 14, 2004)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Paul O'Neill, Unplugged, or What Would Alexander Hamilton Have Done?
(By ANDRÉS MARTINEZ, Jan. 14, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Inviting All Democrats (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Jan. 14, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Kurdish Question (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Jan. 14, 2004)
* OP-ED: Follow the Money [Saddam Hussein's cash] (By MARTIN MAYER, Jan. 14, 2004)
OP-ED: Orange Crunch [terror alert level] (By JACK WEISS, Jan. 14, 2004)
LETTERS: She's a Doctor, Not a Candidate (6 Letters) (By ANN ROBB SMITH, et. al., Jan. 14, 2004)
LETTERS: Turkey and the West: Lessons of History (3 Letters) (By RONALD I. SPIERS, et. al., Jan. 14, 2004)
LETTERS: The Movie's Over. Well, Maybe Not Quite . . . (4 Letters) (By JOAQUIN BACA-ASAY, et. al., Jan. 14, 2004)
LETTERS: Lure of Dermatology (By RAYMOND L. CORNELISON JR., M.D., Jan. 14, 2004)
BUSINESS: Big Movers in the Stock Market
[Dow -58, Nasdaq -15] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 14, 2004)
ARTS: In Olympian Dreams, Designs for the City (By JULIE V. IOVINE, Jan. 14, 2004)
* ART: The Salt of the Earth [Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty"] (By MELISSA SANFORD, Jan. 14, 2004)
BOOKS: 'DOWN AND DIRTY PICTURES': The Cowboys Who Took On the Indies (By DWIGHT GARNER, Jan. 14, 2004)

Tuesday, January 13, 2004:
On This Day: January 13 (Jan van Goyen 1/13/1596-4/27/1656, Salmon Chase 1/13/1808-5/7/1873, Horatio Alger 1/13/1832-7/18/1899, Sophie Tucker 1/13/1884-2/9/1966, Elmer Davis 1/13/1890-5/18/1958, A. B. Jr. Guthrie 1/13/1901-4/26/1991, Rober Stack 1919, Charles Nelson Reilly 1931, Penelope Ann Miller 1964)
Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the nation's first elected black governor (By DRUMMOND AYRES, Jr., January 13, 1990)
Ross G. Harrison, Yale Zoologist, Dies at 89 [1/13/1870-9/30/1959] (NY TIMES, November 23, 1916)

Billy Kluver, 76, an Engineer Who Collaborated With Artists, Dies (By KAY LARSON, Jan. 13, 2004)
Perry B. Duryea, Former Assembly Speaker, Dies at 82 (By THOMAS J. LUECK, Jan. 13, 2004)
Clement Conger, 91, Curator Who Beautified Federal Halls, Dies (By JOHN FILES, Jan. 13, 2004)
SPORTS: In Texas Two-Step, Clemens Joins the Astros (By TYLER KEPNER, Jan. 13, 2004)
EDITORIALS: A Glimmer of Hope on Trade (NY TIMES, Jan. 13, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Awful Truth (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Jan. 13, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Bush Democrats (By DAVID BROOKS, Jan. 13, 2004)
OP-ED: Unstable and Out of Control (By MARIAN L. SACHS, Jan. 13, 2004)
* OP-ED: Where Roma Soap Meets Dove (By ROSSANA FUENTES-BERAIN, Jan. 13, 2004)
* LETTERS: God, Man and the 2004 Campaign (6 Letters) (By CINDY WOLFF, et. al., Jan. 13, 2004)
LETTERS: Reasons for War: Why Investigate? (2 Letters) (By PHYLLIS SATO, et. al., Jan. 13, 2004)
LETTERS: Vanity, Compassion, Fur (By MARISA MILLER, Jan. 13, 2004)
BUSINESS: Stocks Up; Nasdaq Ends at 2-1/2 Year High
[Dow +26, Nasdaq +25] (By REUTERS, Jan. 13, 2004)
MARKET PLACE: Computer Associates May Face S.E.C. Action (By ALEX BERENSON, Jan. 13, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Fast Gaining in Technology, China Poses Trade Worries (By STEVE LOHR, Jan. 13, 2004)
In Shuffle, Oracle Gets New Chairman (By JOHN MARKOFF, Jan. 13, 2004)
DANCE: JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY DANCE SHOWCASE:
Japanese Parables on Alienation in an Industrial Society (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Jan. 13, 2004)
ROCK: YEAH YEAH YEAHS: Oblivious to the Ballroom, as if She Were Home Alone
(By KELEFA SANNEH, Jan. 13, 2004)
SCIENCE: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 13, 2004)
SCIENCE: Alaska Thaws, Complicating the Hunt for Oil (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Jan. 13, 2004)
ESSAY: A New Map of the Universe, With Advice From Einstein (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Jan. 13, 2004)
* How Does Rover Cross Mars? Years of Practice in Desert and Sandbox (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Jan. 13, 2004)
* The Allure of an Outpost on the Moon (By KENNETH CHANG, Jan. 13, 2004)
Heart Study Prompts Call for Change (By DENISE GRADY, Jan. 13, 2004)
PERSONAL HEALTH: A Bully's Future, From Hard Life to Hard Time (By JANE E. BRODY, Jan. 13, 2004)
An M.D.'s Guide to Ike's Heart and Hearth (By BARRON H. LERNER, Jan. 13, 2004)
* OBSERVATORY: From Dunce to Genius (By, Jan. 13, 2004)
Q & A: Seltzer and Calcium (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Jan. 13, 2004)
HEALTH: Putting a Price on a Good Night's Sleep (By ANDREW POLLACK, Jan. 13, 2004)
Dealing With Depression and the Perils of Pregnancy (By LAURIE TARKAN, Jan. 13, 2004)
THE DOCTOR'S WORLD: New SARS Reports, New Questions on Tracking (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D., Jan. 13, 2004)

Monday, January 12, 2004:
On This Day: January 12 (John Winthrop 1/12/1588-3/26/1649, Charles Perrault 1/12/1628-5/15/1703, John Hancock 1/12/1737-10/8/1793, Jakob Michael Lenz 1/12/1751-5/24/1792, John Singer Sargent 1/12/1856-4/15/1925, Max Eastman 1/12/1883-3/25/1969, Louis Horst 1/12/1884-1/23/1964, Luise Rainer 1910, Ray Price 1926, Glenn Yarborough 1930, The "Amazing Kreskin" 1935, Rush Limbaugh 1951, Howard Stern 1954, Kirstie Alley 1955, Oliver Platt 1960)
Suffragists Lose Fight In The House (NY TIMES, January 12, 1915)
* Jack London Dies Suddenly On Ranch at Age 40 [1/12/1876-11/22/1916] (NY TIMES, November 23, 1916)

P. L. Geyelin, 80, Editorial Page Editor, Dies (By BRIAN WINGFIELD, Jan. 12, 2004)
Rainer Hildebrandt, Museum Head at Berlin Crossing, Dies at 89 (By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, Jan. 12, 2004)
L. Bogorad, 82, Leading Researcher on Plant Genetics, Dies (By DAVID TULLER, Jan. 12, 2004)
Chauncey Harris, 89, Geographer of Soviet Union, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Jan. 12, 2004)
Cresson Kearny, Expert on Nuclear Survival, Dies at 89 (By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, Jan. 12, 2004)
Bela Julesz, 75, Neuroscientist Who Studied How Brain Sees, Dies (By JEREMY PEARCE, Jan. 12, 2004)
Former Nets player Yinka Dare Dies at 32 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Jan. 12, 2004)
Richard Masland, 93, Authority on the Causes of Birth Defects, Dies (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Jan. 12, 2004)
Jaime de Piniés, 86, Spanish Envoy to U.N., Dies (NY TIMES, Jan. 12, 2004)
NATIONAL: Two Fathers, With One Happy to Stay at Home (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Jan. 12, 2004)
Business Cheers Bush's Plan to Hire Immigrants More Easily, but Labor Is Wary (By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Jan. 12, 2004)
Saluting a Songwriter Far From Home (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Jan. 12, 2004)
NY REGION: At Ground Zero Memorial, Trying to Make Three Plans Work as One (By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Jan. 12, 2004)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Jan. 12, 2004)
* Internet Said to Gain as Source for News (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 12, 2004)
To Understand U.S. Jobs Picture, Connect the Dots, and Find the Dots (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Jan. 12, 2004)
Cartoonist Quits After Too Many Requests for Balance (By ELLEN F. HARRIS, Jan. 12, 2004)
ADVERTISING: AARP Aims to Deliver Message to Marketers (By NAT IVES, Jan. 12, 2004)
E-COMMERCE REPORT: American Web Sites Speak the Language of Overseas Users (By BOB TEDESCHI, Jan. 12, 2004)
Power Players: Big Names Are Jumping Into the Crowded Online Music Field (By JOHN SCHWARTZ and JOHN MARKOFF, Jan. 12, 2004)
DANCE: PETER PUCCI: Ready to Die With Only His Boots On (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Jan. 12, 2004)
MUSIC: Sweeten the Image, Hold the Bling-Bling (By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, Jan. 12, 2004)
SCIENCE: NASA Delays First Journey of Mars Rover (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 12, 2004)

Sunday, January 11, 2004:
On This Day: January 11 (Alexander Hamilton 1/11/1755-7/12/1804, Ezra Cornell 1/11/1807-12/9/1874, Sir James Paget 1//11/1814-12/30/1899, Alice H. Rice 1/11/1870-2/10/1942, Laurens Hammond 1/11/1895-7/1/1973, Eva LeGallienne 1/11/1899-6/3/1991, Alan Paton 1/11/1903-4/12/1988, Grant Tinker 1926, David L. Wolper 1928, Rod Taylor 1930, Jean Chretien 1934, Naomi Judd 1946, Ben Crenshaw 1952, Amanda Peet 1972)
Amelia Earhart Becomes First Woman to Fly Solo Across the Pacific Ocean (NY TIMES, January 11, 1935)
* William James Dies at 68; Great Psychologist [1/11/1842-8/26/1910] (NY TIMES, August 27, 1910)

Philip Geyelin, a Washington Post Editor, Dies at 80 (By BRIAN WINGFIELD, Jan. 11, 2004)
Jake Hess, 76, Gospel Pioneer and Inspiration to Presley, Dies (By PHIL SWEETLAND, Jan. 11, 2004)
* Charles Lewis, 79, Therapeutic Plants Expert, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Jan. 11, 2004)
NATIONAL: Campaign in Iowa Is Called Pivotal and Still Close (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Jan. 11, 2004)
In Aftermath of Wildfires, Many Fault Firefighters or Bureaucracy (By NICK MADIGAN, Jan. 11, 2004)
Move to Ban Altered Crops Is Focused on California (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 11, 2004)
Some Younger U.S. Arabs Reassert Ethnicity (By LYNETTE CLEMETSON, Jan. 11, 2004)
Fears of Deadly Winter Grow for Yellowstone's Bison Herd (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 11, 2004)
Kerry Is a Fan of a Kennedy Who Is Also a Fan of Kerry (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Jan. 11, 2004)
Gore Makes Bittersweet Return to the Campaign Trail in Iowa (By TODD S. PURDUM, Jan. 11, 2004)
Flight Is Diverted and Passenger Arrested (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 11, 2004)
WORLD: Visitors See North Korea Nuclear Capacity (By DAVID E. SANGER, Jan. 11, 2004)
U.S. Soldiers Kill 2 Members of Iraqi Police in Gun Battle (By EDWARD WONG, Jan. 11, 2004)
In the Center of Baghdad, an Escape to America (By ERIC SCHMITT, Jan. 11, 2004)
Challenge for Bootstrap General Is Winning Over the Wary Iraqis (By JOHN F. BURNS, Jan. 11, 2004)
* Taiwan Close to Reaching a Lofty Goal [1667-foot high] (By KEITH BRADSHER, Jan. 11, 2004)
Another Test for Qaddafi: Who Infected the Children? (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Jan. 11, 2004)
In Post-U.S.S.R. Russia, Any Job Is a Good Job (By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN, Jan. 11, 2004)
NY REGION: Judges Order City to Release More Records About 9/11 (By MICHAEL BRICK, Jan. 11, 2004)
The Art of Surviving When It's Cold Inside (By ANDREA ELLIOTT, Jan. 11, 2004)
SPORTS: Guerrero Tells Mets Thanks, but No Thanks (By RAFAEL HERMOSO, Jan. 11, 2004)
SPORTS: Frozen in Foxboro? Patriots Fans Have Game Plans, Too (By GEORGE VECSEY, Jan. 11, 2004)
FOOTBALL: McNabb Sets Sights on an Elusive Ring (By CLIFTON BROWN, Jan. 11, 2004)
FOOTBALL: Force Generating the Chiefs' Power Is a Versatile Line (By THOMAS GEORGE, Jan. 11, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Faulty Weapons Estimates (NY TIMES, Jan. 11, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Argyle General (By MAUREEN DOWD, Jan. 11, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: War of Ideas, Part 2 (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Jan. 11, 2004)
OP-ED: Why the Next Pope Needs to Be Italian (By ROBERTO PAZZI, Jan. 11, 2004)
OP-ED: Call It the Family Risk Factor (By JACOB S. HACKER, Jan. 11, 2004)
LETTERS: Free Trade: Winners and Losers (5 Letters) (By DAVID H. FELDMAN, et. al., Jan. 11, 2004)
LETTERS: Why Did Libya Change Its Tune? (2 Letters) (By ANTHONY DI DONATO, et. al., Jan. 11, 2004)
LETTERS: Terrorists Know No Shame (By KENNETH STERN, Jan. 11, 2004)
LETTERS: A New Yorker in Tokyo, Grateful for Honesty (By MARION ROSENFELD, Jan. 11, 2004)
BUSINESS: Incentives Lure Many to Quit, Even With a Lean Job Market (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Jan. 11, 2004)
The Rise and Fall of Parma's First Family (By MARK LANDLER and DANIEL J. WAKIN, Jan. 11, 2004)
Car Dealerships Face the Great Homogenization (By DAVID WETHE, Jan. 11, 2004)
Seeking Harmony in a Final Return to the Land (By JULIE DUNN, Jan. 11, 2004)
An Open-and-Shut Case? Well, Not So Fast (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Jan. 11, 2004)
* MARKET WATCH: The No-Bang, All-Whimper Recovery (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Jan. 11, 2004)
* MARKET INSIGHT: Markets Shine Even More Abroad (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Jan. 11, 2004)
* BOOK: How the Boomers Lost Their Way in the Bubble (By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr., Jan. 11, 2004)
* OFF THE SHELF: A Sharp Look at Very Recent History (By ALISON LEIGH COWAN, Jan. 11, 2004)
SENIORITY: Two Holes in the Medicare Drug Law (By FRED BROCK, Jan. 11, 2004)
MY JOB: Coaching as Pounds Disappear (By ELAINE ABRAMCZYK, Jan. 11, 2004)
EXECUTIVE LIFE: Cutting Meetings Down to Size (By MELINDA LIGOS, Jan. 11, 2004)
* THE BOSS: An Austrian Advantage [Chairman & Founder of Staples] (By THOMAS G. STEMBERG, Jan. 11, 2004)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 11, 2004)
ARTS: Pictures at the Hotel Armageddon (By RICHARD B. WOODWARD, Jan. 11, 2004)
* ARTS: The Photographer Who Makes Writers Look Like Authors (By RANDY KENNEDY, Jan. 11, 2004)
ARTS: The Man With the List at Architecture's Party (By FRED A. BERNSTEIN, Jan. 11, 2004)
DANCE: Trisha Brown, the Artist's Dance Partner (By WENDY PERRON, Jan. 11, 2004)
DAANCE THIS WEEK: Juggling His Dances for a Date at the Joyce (By VALERIE GLADSTONE, Jan. 11, 2004)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY Times, Jan. 11, 2004)
Parties Where an ID Is the Least of What You Show (By WARREN ST. JOHN, Jan. 11, 2004)
* Who, or What, Killed Diana? Name Your Poison (By By SARAH LYALL, Jan. 11, 2004)
* A Babe in Dow Land [David Denby's "American Sucker"] (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Jan. 11, 2004)
Parisian Beauty Secrets: A Guide to Oo-La-La Looks (By CATHY HORYN, Jan. 11, 2004)
For Celebrities, the Pitch Is Never Far Off (By JOYCE WADLER, Jan. 11, 2004)
A NIGHT OUT WITH Rounding Up the L Girls (By JULIA CHAPLIN, Jan. 11, 2004)
PULSE: The Quartz Treatment (By ELLEN TIEN, Jan. 11, 2004)
THE AGE OF DISSONANCE: Red-Faced to Meet You (By BOB MORRIS, Jan. 11, 2004)
POSSESSED: For a Book Lover, a Bed to Match (By DAVID COLMAN, Jan. 11, 2004)
VOWS: Shari Boulanger and Andrew Bombeck (By ABIGAIL BESHKIN, Jan. 11, 2004)
TRAVEL: Content (NY TIMES, Jan. 11, 2004)
Mission: Orlando (By BOB TEDESCHI, Jan. 11, 2004)
WHAT'S DOING: In Melbourne (By ROBERT NELSON, Jan. 11, 2004)
The Accidental Roommate (By CAROLINE SEEBOHM, Jan. 11, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 11, 2004)
A NEW ORDER: Imagining Life Without Illegal Immigrants (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Jan. 11, 2004)
* A COSMIC EGO TRIP: Be Careful What You Look for on Mars (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Jan. 11, 2004)
COLOR CRAZED: Terror Policy: Between Fear and Freedom (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Jan. 11, 2004)
Of Fuzzy Math and 'Food Security' (By TOM ZELLER, Jan. 11, 2004)
PRISONS TO MOSQUES: Hate Speech and the American Way (By ADAM LIPTAK, Jan. 11, 2004)
The New Public Service Ad: Just Say 'Deal With It' (By SHAILA K. DEWAN, Jan. 11, 2004)
* BANISHED BICYCLES: China's Car Culture Hits Some Potholes (By KEITH BRADSHER, Jan. 11, 2004)
* DICKENS TO LE CARRÉ: Smiley's (Anti-American) People (By GEOFFREY WHEATCROFT, Jan. 11, 2004)
* Ambiguous Gifts: When Patients Give and Doctors Take (By DENISE GRADY, Jan. 11, 2004)
Clark's Cash Came Quickly (By GLEN JUSTICE, Jan. 11, 2004)
Film Critics Choose Rhinoplasty! (By MICHAEL BRICK, Jan. 11, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 11, 2004)
* ON LANGUAGE: Janus Strikes Again (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Jan. 11, 2004)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Cattle Futures? (By MICHAEL POLLAN, Jan. 11, 2004)
QUESTIONS FOR WALLACE SHAWN: Stage Leftish (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Jan. 11, 2004)
CONSUMED: The Duet Washer and Dryer (By ROB WALKER, Jan. 11, 2004)
THE ETHICIST: Dogfight (By RANDY COHEN, Jan. 11, 2004)
COVER ARTICLE: Professor Nagl's War (By PETER MAASS, Jan. 11, 2004)
* My So-Called Blog (By EMILY NUSSBAUM, Jan. 11, 2004)
A Short-Order Revolutionary [Tod Murphy's Farmers Diner, VT] (By RUSSELL SHORTO, Jan. 11, 2004)
STYLE: The Red and the Black (By PILAR VILADAS, Jan. 11, 2004)
FOOD: Green Party (By JULIA REED, Jan. 11, 2004)
* LIVES: Coveting Luke's Faith (By DANA TIERNEY, Jan. 11, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 11, 2004)
* 'The Amateur Marriage': Unhappily Ever After [Anne Tyler] (By WILLIAM H. PRITCHARD, Jan. 11, 2004)
'Allies': The Good War? [William Shawcross] (By JAMES TRAUB, Jan. 11, 2004)
'Literary Occasions': The Critical Is Personal [V. S. Naipaul] (By LYNN FREED, Jan. 11, 2004)
* 'Jung': In the Archives [By Deirdre Bair] (By ROBERT S. BOYNTON, Jan. 11, 2004)
* Avon Calling [Michael Wood; Stanley Wells; Stephen Orgel] (By FRANK KERMODE, Jan. 11, 2004)
'The Battle for Rome': Open City (By CARLO D'ESTE, Jan. 11, 2004)
'Cook': Pacific Overtures (By JONATHAN DORE, Jan. 11, 2004)
'Nehru': The Saint's Tactician (By IAN BURUMA, Jan. 11, 2004)
* 'Evil': The 'E' Word (By JAMES CARROLL, Jan. 11, 2004)
* THE LAST WORD: Just Do It [writer's block] (By LAURA MILLER, Jan. 11, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Mars Rovers in Quest for Grail: Signs of Water (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Jan. 11, 2004)
HEALTH: Focus on 'Prevention' Divides Cancer Experts (By GINA KOLATA, Jan. 11, 2004)

Saturday, January 10, 2004:
On This Day: January 10 (John Emerich, Lord Acton 1/10/1834-6/19/1902, John Wellborn Root 1/10/1850-1/15/1891, Frederick Gardner Cottrell 1/10/1877-11/16/1948, Dumas Malone 1/10/1892-12/27/1986, Uri Zvi Greenberg 1/10/1894-5/8/1981, Dame Barbara Hepworth 1/10/1903-5/20/1975, Ray Bolger 1/10/1904-1/15/1987, Paul Henreid 1/10/1908-3/29/1992, Gisele MacKenzie 1927, Willie McCovey 1938, Frank Sinatra Jr. 1944, Rod Stewart 1945, George Foreman 1949, Pat Benatar 1953, Shawn Colvin 1958)
* First General Assembly of the United Nations Convened in London (By James B. Reston, January 10, 1946)
* Galina Ulanova Is Dead at 88; A Revered Bolshoi Ballerina [1/10/1910-3/21/1998] (By MICHAEL SPECTOR, March 22, 1998)

John A. Gambling, Morning Radio Mainstay, Dies at 73 (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Jan. 10, 2004)
WORLD: Beijing Leaders' Populist Touch Is Not Being Felt by Rural Poor (By JOSEPH KAHN, Jan. 10, 2004)
* NY REGION: Students' Data on Web, and N.Y.U. on Defensive (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Jan. 10, 2004)
SPORTS: For Zimmer, the Show Goes On in Tampa Bay (By TYLER KEPNER, Jan. 10, 2004)
Pete Rose Draws a Crowd in Manhattan (By RON DICKER, Jan. 10, 2004)
PANTHERS 29, RAMS 23, 2 OT'S: Panthers Win N.F.C. Divisional Playoff (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 10, 2004)
BUSINESS: Share Prices Slide After Report of Anemic Job Growth
[Dow -134, Nasdaq -13] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 10, 2004)
BUSINESS: Struggling to Design the Future for Gucci (By CATHY HORYN, Jan. 10, 2004)
ARTS: Free-Market Iraq? Not So Fast (By DAPHNE EVIATAR, Jan. 10, 2004)
* BOOKS: Studying Literature by the Numbers (By EMILY EAKIN, Jan. 10, 2004)
* BOOKS: Savoring Old Murders, Spinning Tales of New Ones (By MEL GUSSOW, Jan. 10, 2004)
DANCE: FUGATE/BAHIRI BALLET NY: Serenity Amid the Extremes of Passion (By JACK ANDERSON, Jan. 10, 2004)

Friday, January 9, 2004:
On This Day: January 9 (Carrie Chapman Catt 1/9/1870-5/16/1938, Joseph B. Strauss 1/9/1870-5/16/1938, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 1/9/1875-4/18/1942, Giovanni Papini 1/9/1881-7/8/1956, Simone de Beauvoir 1/9/1908-4/14/1986, Gypsy Rose Lee 1/9/1914-4/26/1970, Judith Krantz 1928, Bart Starr 1934, Dick Enberg 1935, Joan Baez 1941, Susannah York 1941, Crystal Gayle 1951, Dave Matthews 1967)
Surveyor 7 Spacecraft Lands Gently On Moon (By Gladwin Hill, January 9, 1968)
The 37th President Dead at 81; Nixon Tasted Crisis and Defeat, Victory, Ruin and Revival
[1/9/1913-4/22/1994] (By JOHN HERBERS, April 24, 1994)

BUSINESS: Retail Sales and a Report From Nokia Give Stocks a Boost
[Dow +63, Nasdaq +23] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 9, 2004)
* ARTS: Fabled Trove of Fabergé Eggs Goes to Auction, Jewels and All (By CAROL VOGEL, Jan. 9, 2004)
* ARTS: Talent on Display, Buyers in Town (By JESSE McKINLEY, Jan. 9, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 9, 2004)
Lots of Players, Little Harmony (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Jan. 9, 2004)
* STATE OF THE ART: Microsoft's Latest, Strapped to a Wrist (By DAVID POGUE, Jan. 9, 2004)
* WHAT'S NEXT: A Virtual Cash Register Rings Up Tiny Transactions (By ANNE EISENBERG, Jan. 9, 2004)
Q & A: Selecting a Search Tool for Your Web Browser (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Jan. 9, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Bush to Announce Ventures to Mars and the Moon, Officials Say (By MATTHEW L. WALD and DAVID E. SANGER, Jan. 9, 2004)
* Brain May Be Able to Bury Unwanted Memories, Study Shows (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Jan. 9, 2004)
* Subatomic Tracking Finds Clues to the Unseen Universe (By JAMES GLANZ, Jan. 9, 2004)
* Ice Age Ancestry May Keep Body Warmer and Healthier (By NICHOLAS WADE, Jan. 9, 2004)

Thursday, January 8, 2004:
On This Day: January 8 (Nicholas Biddle 1/8/1786-2/27/1844, Hans von Bülow 1/8/1830-2/12/1894, Frank Nelson Doubleday 1/8/1862-1/30/1934, William T. Piper 1/8/1881-1/15/1934, Walther Bothe 1/8/1891-2/8/1957, Carl R. Rogers 1/8/1902-2/4/1987, Peter Arno 1/8/1904-2/22/1968, Evelyn Wood 1/8/1909-8/26/1995, José Ferrer 1/8/1912-1/26/1992, Elvis Presley 1/8/1935-8/16/1977, Soupy Sales 1926, Sander Vanocur 1928, Charles Osgood 1933, Shirley Bassey 1937, Stephen Hawking 1942)
President Wilson Specifies Terms Basis For World Peace; Asks Justice For Alsace-Lorraine (By NY TIMES, January 8, 1918)
* Emily Balch Dies at 94; Won Nobel Peace Prize [1/8/1867-1/9/1961] (NY TIMES, January 11, 1961)

WORLD: Police Raid China Newspaper That Reported New SARS Case (By JOSEPH KAHN, Jan. 8, 2004)
Hunt for No-Show Passenger on Canceled Flight (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Jan. 8, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: War of Ideas, Part 1 (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Jan. 8, 2004)
BUSINESS: Tech Stocks Rise and Blue-Chips Fall on Sluggish Trading
[Dow -10, Nasdaq +20] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Jan. 8, 2004)
* SMALL BUSINESS: How to Grow Without a Lot of Capital (By EVE TAHMINCIOGLU, Jan. 8, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 8, 2004)
Lots of Players, Little Harmony (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Jan. 8, 2004)
Let There Be L.E.D.'s (By IAN AUSTEN, Jan. 8, 2004)
* STATE OF THE ART: Microsoft's Latest, Strapped to a Wrist (By DAVID POGUE, Jan. 8, 2004)
NEWS WATCH: Be It Mobile or Land-Line, a Headset Mates Easily (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Jan. 8, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Mars Photos Tempt Scientists With Vast Areas for Exploration (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Jan. 8, 2004)
* SCIENCE: New-Found Old Galaxies Upsetting Astronomers' Long-Held Theories on the Big Bang
(By KENNETH CHANG, Jan. 8, 2004)
* SCIENCE: New Clues Are Detected About Planets of Other Stars (By KENNETH CHANG, Jan. 8, 2004)

Wednesday, January 7, 2004:
On This Day: January 7 (Johann Christian Fabricius 1/7/1745-3/3/1808, Millard Fillmore 1/7/1800-3/8/1874, Saint Bernadette of Lourdes 1/7/1844-4/16/1879, Émile Borel 1/7/1871-2/3/1956, Francis Poulenc 1/7/1899-1/30/1963, Aristotle Onassis 1/7/1906-3/15/1975, Henry Allen 1/7/1908-4/17/1967, Charles Addams 1/7/1912-9/29/1988, William Peter Blatty 1928, Erin Gray 1950, Katie Couric 1957)
Hanoi Reports Cambodian Capital Conquered By 'Insurgent' Forces (By Henry Kamm, January 7, 1979)
* Adolph Zukor Is Dead at 103; Built Paramount Movie Empire [1/7/1873-6/10/1976] (By ALBIN KREBS, June 11, 1976)

* Young Doctors and Wish Lists: No Weekend Calls, No Beepers (By MATT RICHTEL, Jan. 7, 2004)
* WORLD: A Partner in Shaping an Assertive Foreign Policy [Condoleezza Rice] (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Jan. 7, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Keeping Track of Visitors (NY TIMES, Jan. 7, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Hunt Through Dr. Dean's Past (NY TIMES, Jan. 7, 2004)
EDITORIALS: A Lame Confession From Pete Rose (NY TIMES, Jan. 7, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: The God Gulf (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Jan. 7, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Look Up There (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Jan. 7, 2004)
OP-ED: The Battle for Iran's Future (By BAGHER ASADI, Jan. 7, 2004)
OP-ED: How to Be an Iowan for a Day (By DAN SAVAGE, Jan. 7, 2004)
LETTERS: Should Harvard's Bells Return to Russia? (2 Letters) (By MICHAEL A. BURSTEIN, et. al., Jan. 7, 2004)
LETTERS: We're Grounded [30 knots = 35 statute miles per hour] (By PAUL LANGNER, Jan. 7, 2004)
BUSINESS: S.& P. 500 Index Reaches Its Highest Level Since 2002
[Dow -5, Nasdaq +10] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Jan. 7, 2004)

Tuesday, January 6, 2004:
On This Day: January 6 (Martin Agricola 1/6/1486-6/10/1556, Jakob Bernoulli 1/6/1655-8/16/1705, Charles Sumner 1/6/1811-3/11/1874, Heinrich Schliemann 1/6/1822-12/26/1890, Carl Sandburg 1/6/1878-7/22/1967, Tom Mix 1/6/1880-10/12/1940, Kahlil Gibran 1/6/1883-4/10/1931, Morris Wright 1/6/1910-4/25/1998, Lou Harris 1921, John Z. DeLorean 1925, E. L. Doctorow 1931, Bonnie Franklin 1944, Nancy Lopez 1957)
* Former President Theodore Roosevelt Dies Suddenly at Oyster Bay Home; Nation Shocked (By NY TIMES, January 6, 1919)
Rayburn Is Dead at 79; Served 17 Years as House Speaker [1/6/1882-11/16/1961] (UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, Nov. 17, 1961)

EDITORIALS: The New Queen [Queen Elizabeth II Ocean Liner] (NY TIMES, Jan. 6, 2004)
BUSINESS: Shares Rise on Strong Technology and Interest Rate News
[Dow +134, Nasdaq +41] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jan. 6, 2004)
BUSINESS TRAVEL: A Long Trip, a Crammed Flight and a Lingering Pain (By PERRY GARFINKEL, Jan. 6, 2004)
* FASHION: Fur Leaps a Generation (By RUTH LA FERLA, Jan. 6, 2004)

Monday, January 5, 2004:
On This Day: January 5 (Jahan Shah 1/5/1592-1/22/1666, Zebulon Pike 1/5/1779-4/27/1813, Stephen Decatur 1/5/1779-3/22/1820, King Camp Gillette 1/5/1855-7/9/1932, Konrad Adenauer 1/5/1876-4/19/1967, Yves Tanguy 1/5/1900-1/15/1955, Stella Gibbons 1/5/1902-12/19/1989, Hubert Beuve-Méry 1/5/1902-8/6/1989, Dame Kathleen Kenyon 1/5/1906-8/24/1978, Alvin Ailey Jr. 1/5/1931-12/1/1989, Sam Phillips 1923, Walter F. Mondale 1928, Chuck Noll 1932, King Juan Carlos 1938, Charlie Rose 1942, Diane Keaton 1946, Pamela Sue Martin 1952, Marilyn Manson 1968)
Henry Ford Gives $10,000,000 To 26,000 Employees (NY TIMES, January 5, 1914)
* Stanislavsky Dies in Moscow At 75; One of the Greatest Masters of Russian Drama
[1/5/1863-8/7/1938] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, August 8, 1938)

* MOSCOW JOURNAL: For Whom Will Harvard's Bells Toll? That's in Question (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Jan. 5, 2004)

Sunday, January 4, 2004:
On This Day: January 4 (James Ussher 1/4/1581-3/21/1656, Benjamin Rush 1/4/1746-4/19/1813, Jacob Grimm 1/4/1785-9/20/1863, Wilhelm Beer 1/4/1797-3/27/1850, Louis Braille 1/4/1809-1/6/1852, Sir Isaac Pitman 1/4/1813-1/12/1897, Wilhelm Lehmbruck 1/4/1881-3/25/1919, Leroy Randle Grumman 1/4/1895-10/4/1982, Jane Wyman 1914, Barbara Rush 1927, Don Shula 1930, Floyd Patterson 1935, Dyan Cannon 1937, Maureen Reagan 1941, Julia Ormond 1965)
President Johnson Bids Soviet Leaders Visit U.S., Outlines 'Great Society' Plan (By Tom Wicker, January 4, 1965)
Dirksen Dead in Capital at 73; A Political Phenomenon [1/4/1896-9/7/1969] (By E. W. KENWORTHY, September 8, 1969)

* BUSINESS: The Joyless Recovery (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Jan. 4, 2004)
* For Boomers Near Retirement, Toolboxes Aplenty (By ELIZABETH HARRIS, Jan. 4, 2004)
* PORTFOLIOS: Taking the Market's Pulse With the P/E Ratio (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Jan. 4, 2004)
MARKET INSIGHT: Where to Go When the Easy Gains Are Gone (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Jan. 4, 2004)
* With Fancy Footwork, Barnes & Noble Surprises the Naysayers (By J. ALEX TARQUINIO, Jan. 4, 2004)

Saturday, January 3, 2004:
On This Day: January 3 (Heinrich Wilheim von Gerstenberg 1/3/1737-11/1/1823, Father Damien 1/3/1840-4/15/1889, Sir Henry Alfred Lytton 1/3/1865-8/15/1936, Clement Attlee 1/3/1883-10/8/1967, J.R.R. Tolkien 1/3/1892-9/2/1973, T. Claude Ryan 1/3/1898-9/11/1982, Dinh Diem Ngo 1/3/1901-11/2/1963, Morten Nielsen 1/3/1922-8/29/1944, Vernon Walters 1917, Hank Stram 1923, Dabney Coleman 1932, Betty Rollin 1936, Bobby Hull 1939, Victoria Principal 1950, Mel Gibson 1956)
Alaska Becomes the 49th State (By Richard E. Mooney, January 3, 1959)
Lucretia Mott Dies at 88; Early Initiator of the Women's Rights [1/3/1793-11/11/1880] (NY Times, November 12, 1880)

BUSINESS: Most Share Indexes Slip on Concern Over Interest Rates
[Dow -44, Nasdaq +3] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Jan. 3, 2004)

Friday, January 2, 2004:
On This Day: January 2 (James Wolfe 1/2/1727-9/13/1759, Johann Daniel Titius 1/2/1729-12/11/1796, Rudolf Clausius 1/2/1822-8/24/1888, Justin Winsor 1/2/1831-10/22/1897, Albert C. Barnes 1/2/1872-7/24/1951, Saint Therea of Lisieux 1/2/1873-9/30/1897, Sally Rand 1/2/1904-8/31/1979, Christy Turlington 1969)
Russian General Stoessel Surrenders, Ending the Russo-Japanese War (By R. HART PHILLIPS, January 2, 1905)
* Isaac Asimov, Whose Thoughts and Books Traveled the Universe, Is Dead at 72
[1/2/1920-4/6/1992] (By MERVYN ROTHSTEIN, April 7, 1992)

OP-ED: The Cow Jumped Over the U.S.D.A. (By ERIC SCHLOSSER, Jan. 2, 2004)

Thursday, January 1, 2004:
On This Day: January 1 (Lorenzo de Medici 1/1/1449-3/9/1492, Betsy Ross 1/1/1752-1/30/1836, Sir James George Frazer 1/1/1854-5/7/1941, Alfred Stieglitz 1/1/1864-7/13/1946, Ernest Jones 1/1/1879-2/11/1958, William Fox 1/1/1879-5/8/1952, Catherine Bowen 1/1/1897-11/1/1973, Xavier Cugat 1/1/1900-10/27/1990, Dana Andrews 1/1/1909-12/17/1992, Barry M. Goldwater 1/1/1909-5/29/1998, J.D. Salinger 1919, Frank Langella 1940)
Batista and Regime Flee Cuba; Castro Moving to Take Power; Mobs Riot and Loot in Havana (By BERTRAM D. HULEN, January 1, 1959)
J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the F.B.I. from 1924-1972, Dies at 77 [1/1/1895-5/2/1972] (By CHRISTOPHER LYDON, May 3, 1972)

DISPATCHES | MILITARY ANALYSIS: Giving Up Those Weapons: After Libya, Who Is Next? (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Jan. 1, 2004)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Jan. 1, 2004)
BUSINESS: Year's Big Rally Helps Investors Regain Ground
[2003: Dow 10,453.92, +25.3%, Nasdaq 2003.37, +50%] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Jan.1, 2004)
BONDS: Treasury Prices Nudge Higher in a Day of Light Trading (By REUTERS, Jan. 1, 2004)
A Time for Finesse: Marketing Beef After a Mad Cow Discovery (By SHERRI DAY, Jan. 1, 2004)
The Very Rich, It Now Appears, Give Their Share and Even More (By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, Jan. 1, 2004)
A Continent Divided by Water, Now United by Air (By WAYNE ARNOLD, Jan. 1, 2004)
* ECONOMIC SCENE: Avoiding Previous Blunders (By VIRGINIA POSTREL, Jan. 1, 2004)
* SMALL BUSINESS: A Small Company, a Global Approach (By JANE L. LEVERE, Jan. 1, 2004)