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

Saturday, July 31, 2004:
On This Day: July 31 (Augustus 7/31/1526-2/12/1586, George Baxter 7/31/1804-1/11/1867, Jan Currie Hoge 7/31/1811-8/26/1890, Abram Stevens Hewitt 7/31/1822-1/18/1903, Henri Brisson 7/31/1835-4/11/1912, Richard Dixon Oldham 7/31/1858-7/15/1936, S. S. Kresge 7/31/1867-10/18/1966, Jacques Villon 7/31/1875-6/9/1963, Elmo Roper 7/31/1900-4/30/1971, Primo Levi 7/31/1919-4/11/1987, Whitney Young 7/31/1921-3/11/1971, Milton Friedman 1912, Curt Gowdy 1919, Don Murray 1929, Geoffrey Lewis 1935, France Nuyen 1939, Geraldine Chaplin 1944, Sherry Lansing 1944, Willaim Weld 1945, Evonne Goolagong Cawley 1951, Wesley Snipes 1962)
Ranger Takes Close-Up Moon Photos Revealing Craters (By Richard Witkin, July 31, 1964)
* Primo Levi, Holocaust Writer is Dead at 67 [7/31/1919-4/11/1987] (NY Times, Sept. 19, 1961)

* SPORTS: Walking Away in One Piece Is What Takes Courage [Don Perkins & Ricky Williams]
(By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, July 31, 2004)
BOXING: Williams Downs Tyson in Fourth Round (By VIV BERNSTEIN, July 31, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google Web Site Readies Bidders for I.P.O. (NY TIMES, July 31, 2004)

Friday, July 30, 2004:
On This Day: July 30 (Giogio Vasari 7/30/1511-6/27/1574, Emily Bronte 7/30/1818-12/19/1848, Richard Burdon Haldane 7/30/1856-8/19/1928, Robert McCormick 7/30/1880-4/1/1955, Vladimir Zworykin 7/30/1889-7/29/1982, Casey Stengel 7/30/1891-9/29/1975, Henry Moore 7/30/1898-8/31/1986, C. Northcote Parkinson 7/30/1909-3/9/1993, Michael Morris Killanin 7/30/1914-4/25/1999, Dick Wilson 1916, Richard Johnson 1927, Edd "Kookie Byrnes 1933, Peter Bogdanovich 1939, Paul Anka 1941, David Sanborn 1945, Arnold Schwarzenegger 1947, Frank Stallone 1950, Lisa Kudrow 1963, Hilary Swank 1974)
Cruiser Sunk, 1,196 Casualties; Took Atom Bomb Cargo to Guam (NY TIMES, July 30, 1945)
* Henry Ford Is Dead at 83 in Dearborn: Pioneer in Autos [7/30/1863-4/7/1947] (Associated Press, April 8, 1947)

Thursday, July 29, 2004:
On This Day: July 29 (Alexis Tocqueville 7/29/1805-4/16/1859, George Pendleton 7/29/1825-11/24/1889, Max Nordau 7/29/1849-1/23/1923, Booth Tarkington 7/29/1869-5/19/1946, Don Marquis 7/29/1878-12/29/1937, Don Marquis 7/29/1878-12/29/1937, Benito Mussolini 7/29/1883-4/28/1945, Sigmund Romberg 7/29/1887-11/9/1951, Owen Lattimore 7/29/1900-5/31/1989, Clara Bow 7/29/1905-9/27/1965, Dag Hammarskjold 7/29/1905-9/18/1961, Tsien Chung Chou 7/29/1902-12/13/2000, Lloyd Bochner 1924, Robert Horton 1924, Robert Fuller 1934, Elizabeth Dole 1936, Peter Jennings 1938, David Warner 1941, Ken Burns 1953)
* Amid Splendor, Charles Weds Diana (By R.W. APPLE Jr., July 29, 1981)
* Hammarskjold Dies at 56; Greatly Extended U.N.'s Scope Through Leadership & Personal Initiatives
[7/29/1905-9/18/1961] (NY Times, Sept. 19, 1961)

* Crick, Who Discovered DNA Structure With Watson, Dies (By NICHOLAS WADE, July 29, 2004)
NATIONAL: Kerry to Pledge a Rebuilding of U.S. Security and Stature (By DAVID STOUT, July 29, 2004)
Edwards Gives Strong Tribute as Democrats Nominate Kerry (By ROBIN TONER and KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, July 29, 2004)
* BASEBALL: Rookie Is Up, Down, Back Up Again [David Newhan #11] (By DAVE CALDWELL, July 29, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Banned in Boston (By MAUREEN DOWD, July 29, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, July 29, 2004)
Now Playing, a Digital Brigadoon (By CHRIS THOMPSON, July 29, 2004)
Wiring a Convention, Version 2004 (By SETH SCHIESEL, July 29, 2004)
WHAT'S NEXT: Fleeting Experience, Mirrored in Your Eyes (By ANNE EISENBERG, July 29, 2004)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Sinking Into the Bathtub Primeval (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, July 29, 2004)
ONLINE DIARY: Private Picture for All (By PAMELA LiCALZI O'CONNELL, July 29, 2004)
* Wry Hoaxes Enliven the World of Web Diarists (By DANIEL TERDIMAN, July 29, 2004)
For Fretful Parents, Online Postcards From Camp (By BONNIE ROTHMAN MORRIS, July 29, 2004)
* Q & A: Pictures Tell the Story in a Word Document (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, July 29, 2004)

Wednesday, July 28, 2004:
On This Day: July 28 (Jacopo Sannazzaro 7/28/1456-4/24/1530, Judith Leyster 7/28/1609-2/10/1660, Beatrix Potter 7/28/1866-12/22/1943, Charles Dillon Perrine 7/28/1867-6/21/1951, Lucy Burns 7/28/1879-12/22/1966, Marcel Duchamp 7/28/1887-10/2/1968, Harry Bridges 7/28/1901-3/30/1990, Rudy Vallee 7/28/1901-7/3/1986, Earl Tupper 7/28/1907-10/5/1983, Malcolm Lowry 7/28/1909-6/27/1957, Andrew V. McLaglen 1920, Darry Hickman 1931, Bill Bradley 1943, Jim Davis 1945, Rick Wright 1945, Jonathan Edwards 1946, Linda Kelsey 1946, Sally Struthers 1948, Elizabeth Berkley 1972)
* Austria Formally Declares War on Serbia (NY Times, July 28, 1914)
* Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Dies of Cancer at 64
[7/28/1929-5/19/1994] (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, May 20, 1994)

Tuesday, July 27, 2004:
On This Day: July 27 (Charlotte Corday7/27/1768-7/17/1793, Charles Parnell 7/27/1846-10/6/1891, Emma Goldman 7/27/1869-5/14/1940, Hilaire Belloc 7/27/1870-7/16/1953, Eduard Spranger 7/27/1882-9/17/1963, Geoffrey De Havilland 7/27/1882-5/21/1965, Charles Vidor 7/27/1900-6/4/1959, Willie Mosconi 7/27/1913-9/16/1993, Frank O'Hara 7/27/1926-7/25/1966, Vincent Canby 7/27/1924-10/15/2000, Norman Lear 1922, Jerry Van Dyke 1931, John Pleshette 1942, Bobby Gentry 1944, Betty Thomas 1948, Peggy Fleming 1948, Maureen McGovern 1949, Juliana Hatfield 1967)
Truce Is Signed, Ending The Fighting In Korea; P.O.W. Exchange Near;
Rhee Gets U.S. Pledge; Eisenhower Bids Free World Stay Vigilant (By Lindesay Parrott, July 27, 1953)
Leo Durocher, Fiery Ex-Manager, Dies at 86 [7/27/1906-10/7/1991] (By THOMAS ROGERS, October 8, 1991)

ON BASEBALL: Red Sox Can Take Aim at Yanks, but They'll Hit Themselves (By MURRAY CHASS, July 27, 2004)
FOOTBALL: Overuse Led to Williams's Decision to Quit (By CHARLIE NOBLES, July 27, 2004)
* Ricky ready to run [Ricky Williams quits football]
(By Steve Wilstein / Associated Press, MetroWest Daily News, July 27, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Latest MyDoom Worm Plagues Search Sites (By BARNABY J. FEDER, July 27, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, July 27, 2004)
* Ogre? Octopus? Blobologists Solve an Ancient Mystery (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, July 27, 2004)
Mercury Will Become the Next Planet to Get Its Close-Up (By WARREN E. LEARY, July 27, 2004)
* ESSAY: After Triumph and Disillusionment, Wonder Re-enters the Story (By DENNIS OVERBYE, July 27, 2004)
* HEALTH: Payback Time: Why Revenge Tastes So Sweet (By BENEDICT CAREY, July 27, 2004)
REALLY?: The Claim: Toothbrushes Can Spread Disease (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, July 27, 2004)

Monday, July 26, 2004:
On This Day: July 26 (Arthur Middleton 7/26/1742-1/1/1787, Abner Doubleday 7/26/1819-1/26/1893, Frederick Henry Evans 7/26/1853-6/24/1943, Bernard Berenson 7/26/1865-10/6/1959, Carl Jung 7/26/1875-6/7/1961, Pearl Buck 7/26/1892-3/6/1973, Willy Messerschmitt 7/26/1898-9/17/1978, Stuart Symington 7/26/1901-12/14/1988, William Lear 7/26/1902-5/14/1978, Antonia Brico 7/26/1902-8/3/1989, Peter Lorre 7/26/1904-3/23/1964, Pavel Belyayev 7/26/1925-1/10/1970, Blake Edwards 1922, James Best 1926, Peter Hyams 1943, Helen Mirren 1946, Susan George 1950, Kevin Spacey 1959, Sandra Bullock 1964)
Truman Signs National Security Act Creating CIA, National Security Council
(By Bertram D. Hulen, July 26, 1947)
* Dr. Carl G. Jung Is Dead at 85; Pioneer in Analytic Psychology
[7/26/1875-6/6/1961] (By Associated Press, June 7, 1961)

NATIONAL: Kerry Hopes Veterans' Support Adds Heft to Candidacy (By DAVID STOUT, July 26, 2004)
THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR: Kerry Visit to Fenway Is Changeup in Schedule (By JODI WILGOREN, July 26, 2004)
* THE INTERNET: Web Diarists Are Now Official Members of Convention Press Corps (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, July 26, 2004)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, July 26, 2004)
SPORTS: Armstrong Makes Ride Into Record Books Look Easy (By SAMUEL ABT, July 26, 2004)
SPORTS: The French Celebrate Achievement (By GEORGE VECSEY, July 26, 2004)
RED SOX 9, YANKEES 6: Red Sox Campaign Gets a Boost (By TYLER KEPNER, July 26, 2004)
RED SOX NOTEBOOK: 2 Boston Underachievers Are All of a Sudden Better (By BILL FINLEY, July 26, 2004)
EDITORIAL: Lost in the Haze (NY TIMES, July 26, 2004)
EDITORIAL: THE CITY LIFE: Forbearance in Boston (By FRANCIS X. CLINES, July 26, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Glue of In-ism (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, July 26, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Sharing the Passion (By BOB HERBERT, July 26, 2004)
OP-CHART: Where Do They Stand?
(By SARAH BINDER, THOMAS MANN, ALAN MURPHY & PAUL SAHRE, July 26, 2004)
LETTERS: Potential Perils of Electronic Voting (5 Letters) (By John Freund, July 26, 2004)
BUSINESS: Blockbuster Tries a Remake as Movie-Rental Business Transforms (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, July 26, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google Hopes to Raise $2 Billion in Initial Public Offering (By SAUL HANSELL and GARY RIVLIN, July 26, 2004)
ARTICLE (By, July 26, 2004)
TV: A Woman in Touch With Her 'Inner Teen' Takes Control of MTV (By BILL CARTER, July 26, 2004)

Sunday, July 25, 2004:
On This Day: July 25 (Paolo Gualdo 7/25/1553-10/16/1621, Christoph Scheiner 7/25/1575-1650, Henry Knox 7/25/1750-10/25/1806, Maria Weston Chapman 7/25/1806-7/12/1885, Richard Oglesby 7/25/1824-4/24/1899, Thomas Eakins 7/25/1844-6/25/1916, David Belasco 7/25/1853-5/14/1931, Maxfield Parrish 7/25/1870-3/10/1966, Davidson Black 7/25/1884-3/15/1934, Walter Brennan 7/25/1894-1974, Eric Hoffer 7/25/1902-5/21/1983, Elias Canetti 7/25/1905-8/14/1994, Johnny Hodges 7/25/1906-5/11/1970, Walter Payton 7/25/1954-1999, Estelle Getty 1923, Barbara Harris 1935, Nate Thurmond 1941, Verdine White 1951, Iman 1955, Ray Billingsley 1957, Matt LeBlanc 1967)
Italian Liner Andrea Doria Sinks After Colliding with Swedish Ship Stockholm; 51 Dead
(By Max Frankel, July 25, 1956)
* Former British Prime Minister Balfour Dies at 81; Leader for Half a Century
[7/25/1848-3/19/1930] (NY Times, March 20, 1930)

* NATIONAL: Kerry Sees Hope of Gaining Edge on Terror Issue (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, July 25, 2004)
Voters Are Very Settled, Intense and Partisan, and It's Only July (By ROBIN TONER, July 25, 2004)
Correcting the Record on Sept. 11, in Great Detail (By PHILIP SHENON, July 25, 2004)
WORLD: Art Imitates Iraqi Life in All Its Chaos and Misery (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, July 25, 2004)
Bush vs. Kerry Ignites Battles Over Dinner and the TV (By ANDREW JACOBS, July 25, 2004)
SPORTS: Red Sox Strike Blows for Their Esteem (By SELENA ROBERTS, July 25, 2004)
* RED SOX 11, YANKEES 10: Fighting Gives Way to Red Sox' Dramatic Knockout Blow in 9th Inning
(By TYLER KEPNER, July 25, 2004)
BASEBALL: Fight Gives Red Sox a Dose of Life (By BILL FINLEY, July 25, 2004)
BASEBALL: No Answers as Lowe Struggles for Red Sox (By BILL FINLEY, July 25, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: Contenders Turn to the Pirates to Put Them Over the Top (By MURRAY CHASS, July 25, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Spinning Our Safety (By MAUREEN DOWD, July 25, 2004)
OP-ED: Wal-Mars Invades Earth (By BARBARA EHRENREICH, July 25, 2004)
OP-ED: Honorable Commission, Toothless Report (By RICHARD A. CLARKE, July 25, 2004)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, July 25, 2004)
BUSINESS: Catching Up to the Cost of Global Warming (By DANNY HAKIM, July 25, 2004)
* GRETCHEN MORGENSON: Housing Bust: It Won't Be Pretty (GRETCHEN MORGENSON, July 25, 2004)
PORTFOLIOS: Companies' Profits Are Surging. Why Isn't the Market? (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, July 25, 2004)
MARKET WEEK: Could That Rally Be Partisan? (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, July 25, 2004)
THE COUNT: Even if the World Hates America, It's Happy to Visit (By HUBERT B. HERRING, July 25, 2004)
REFRESH BUTTON: Still Awaiting The Big Boom (By ROBERT JOHNSON, July 25, 2004)
ECONOMIC VIEW: Drive Forward. Look Back. Predict. (By DANIEL GROSS, July 25, 2004)
CAREER COUCH: Choosing a Mentor? Cast a Wide Net (By CHERYL DAHLE, July 25, 2004)
* THE BOSS: Beyond the Talent Show [Patricia E. Mitchell, CEO, PBS] (As told to Jane L. Levere, July 25, 2004)
* Harvard's Invisible Fund-Raising [Jack R. Meyer] (By STEPHANIE STROM, July 25, 2004)
* SPENDING: Sometimes, the Collectible Is Mightier Than the Sword (By DAN BERRETT, July 25, 2004)
SPENDING: Web Phone Service May Have It All, Except Many Users (By KEN BELSON, July 25, 2004)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, July 25, 2004)
* ART: Karma? Top Floor, Next to Shoes (By KAY LARSON, July 25, 2004)
ART: OP-ED: FRANK RICH: 3 Hours Over 4 Nights With 1 Fear (By FRANK RICH, July 25, 2004)
ART CULTURE: Art Imitates Iraqi Life in All Its Chaos and Misery (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, July 25, 2004)
ART: The New Museum's New Non-Museum (By RANDY KENNEDY, July 25, 2004)
* DANCE: The World's Greatest Bouquet-Tosser [John Karls] (By TANGO TANNER, July 25, 2004)
* FILM: What, Meryl Worry? [Meryl Streep] (By JESSE GREEN, July 25, 2004)
FILM: 5 Days, 2,100 Miles, Countless Bottles (By ANTHONY DeCURTIS, July 25, 2004)
* MUSIC: The Conductor Who Could Not Tolerate Error [Carlos Kleiber] (By HARVEY SACHS, July 25, 2004)
* MUSIC: TUNING UP: Mozart's 'Jupiter' in New (and Newly Old) Clothes (By JOHN ROCKWELL, July 25, 2004)
TV: MUSIC VIDEO: We're Gonna Party Like It's 1986 (By JEFFREY ROTTER, July 25, 2004)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, July 25, 2004)
FASHION: Indie Designers Pin Hopes (and Clothes) on Indie Singers (By JULIA CHAPLIN, July 25, 2004)
The Fleeting Joy of Being Top Dog (By ALEX WILLIAMS, July 25, 2004)
POSSESSED: Sculpture to Fit the Hand, Good for Rooting Around [Topher Delaney]
(By DAVID COLMAN, July 25, 2004)
The Pleasures of Boston, Politics Aside (By Bill Cunningham, July 25, 2004)
* VOWS: Rebecca Spitz and Stephen Fullington (By STEPHEN HENDERSON, July 25, 2004)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, July 25, 2004)
A Calm in the Minnesota Wilds (By BARBARA LAZEAR ASCHER, July 25, 2004)
Beside a Wisconsin Lake [Manitowish Lake] (By CHRISTINE S. COZZENS, July 25, 2004)
CHOICE TABLES: In Salzburg, Light as a Feather (By JACQUELINE FRIEDRICH, July 25, 2004)
ESSAY: Blissfully Adrift in Venice (By ALAN FEUER, July 25, 2004)
Q&A: Art Tours in Spain; Cruises to India; Exploring Morocco (By FLORENCE STICKNEY, July 25, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, July 25, 2004)
* What's the Presidential Tipping Point? (By MICHAEL ORESKES, July 25, 2004)
Democrats, Lend Me Your Ears (By TOM ZELLER Jr. and HUGH K. TRUSLOW, July 25, 2004)
The New Magic Bullet: Bureaucratic Imagination (By DOUGLAS JEHL, July 25, 2004)
* The Perils of Predicting Financial Bubbles (By EDUARDO PORTER, July 25, 2004)
GAINING GROUND: At Last, a Company Takes PETA Seriously (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., July 25, 2004)
* THE PUBLIC EDITOR: Is The New York Times a Liberal Newspaper? (By DANIEL OKRENT, July 25, 2004)
* STAR POWER: Even Celebrity Has Its Limits [Arnold Schwarzenegger] (By JOHN M. BRODER, July 25, 2004)
Memo to Elton John: Lighten Up, Sir (By DAMIEN CAVE, July 25, 2004)
THE CHANGING BATTLEFIELD: When Grace Flees Under Fire (By MARK GLASSMAN, July 25, 2004)
A Pox of Book Titles Upon Thee! (By TOM KUNTZ, July 25, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, July 25, 2004)
* ON LANGUAGE: So (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, July 25, 2004)
* THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Characters (By CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL, July 25, 2004)
QUESTIONS FOR CARL HIAASEN: Miami Voice (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, July 25, 2004)
PHENOMENON: The Roach That Failed (By SAM SCHECHNER, July 25, 2004)
CONSUMED: Grooming for Guys (By ROB WALKER, July 25, 2004)
THE ETHICIST: Honor Bound (By RANDY COHEN, July 25, 2004)
* COVER ARTICLE: Wiring the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy (By MATT BAI, July 25, 2004)
The Quest for the Nonkiller App. (By STEPHEN MIHM, July 25, 2004)
The Other Mother (By PEGGY ORENSTEIN, July 25, 2004)
* FOOD: The Fisher King (By JASON EPSTEIN, July 25, 2004)
LIVES: Dancing With Elder Bob (By MARK SUNDEEN, July 25, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, July 25, 2004)
COVER ARTICLE: 'Rivers of Gold': Conquerors and Missionaries [Hugh Thomas]
(By PAUL KENNEDY, July 25, 2004)
'Colossus': The Last Empire, for Now [Niall Ferguson] (By JOHN LEWIS GADDIS, July 25, 2004)
'Multitude': An Antidote to Empire [Michael Hardt & Antonio Negri] (By FRANCIS FUKUYAMA, July 25, 2004)
* 'Grace and Power': Our Royal Family [Sally Bedell Smith] (By JUDITH MARTIN, July 25, 2004)
'The Lesser Evil': Fight Fire With Fire [Michael Ignatieff] (By RONALD STEEL, July 25, 2004)
'Rising '44': Betraying Warsaw [Norman Davies] (By CARLO D'ESTE, July 25, 2004)
NOVELS: 'The Food of Love' and 'Ardor': Eat to Love and Love to Eat
[Anthony Capella & Lily Prior] (By LIESL SCHILLINGER, July 25, 2004)

Saturday, July 24, 2004:
On This Day: July 24 (Benedetto Marcello 7/24/1686-7/24/1739, Simon Bolivar 7/24/1783-12/17/1830, Alexander Dumas 7/24/1802-12/5/1870, Alexander Davis 7/24/1803-1/14/1892, William Gillette 7/24/1853-4/29/1937, Robert Graves 7/24/1895-12/7/1985, Amelia Earhart 7/24/1897-7/2/1937, James Rhyne Killian 7/24/1904-1/29/1988, John D. MacDonald 7/24/1916-12/12/28/1986, Cooti Williams 7/24/1908-9/15/1985, Peter Yates 1929, Jacqueline Brookes 1930, Pat Oliphant 1935, Ruth Buzzi 1936, Mark Goddard 1936, Chris Sarandon 1942, Michael Richards 1949, Lynda Carter 1951, Gus Van Sant 1952, Laura Leighton 1968, Jennifer Lopez 1970, Anna Paquin 1982)
Nixon and Khrushchev Argue In Public As U.S. Exhibit Opens; Accuse Each Other Of Threats
(By Harrison E. Salisbury, July 24, 1959)
Bella Abzug, 77, Congresswoman And a Founding Feminist, Is Dead
[7/24/1920-3/31/1998] (By LAURA MANSNERUS, April 1, 1998)

NATIONAL: Bush Service Records From '72, Thought Lost, Are Discovered (By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, July 24, 2004)
* BELIEFS: Book Lists for the Candidates (NY TIMES, July 24, 2004)
BASEBALL: Schilling Not So Automatic This Time, Even at Fenway (By BILL FINLEY, July 24, 2004)
YANKEES 8, RED SOX 7: This Time, Rodriguez Returns to Haunt Boston (By TYLER KEPNER, July 24, 2004)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Nicaragua, 25 Years After the Revolution, Is Still Struggling
(By TINA ROSENBERGE, July 24, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Lost in Space (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, July 24, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: War of Ideology (By DAVID BROOKS, July 24, 2004)
* OP-ED: Wheels of Fortune [Tour de France] (By GEOFFREY WHEATCROFT, July 24, 2004)
* OP-ED: Greek Myths (By NICHOLAS GAGE, July 24, 2004)
LETTERS: 9/11, the Panel Report and What Must Be Done (13 Letters) (By Hillary Brizell-DeLise, et. al., July 24, 2004)
* ARTS: French Strive to Be Diverse Without Being Less French (By ALAN RIDING, July 24, 2004)
* BOOKS: 'Harry Potter' Inspires a Christian Alternative (By DINITIA SMITH, July 24, 2004)

Friday, July 23, 2004:
On This Day: July 23 (Francesco Sforza 7/23/1401-3/8/1466, Sir Thomas Brisbane 7/23/1773-1/27/1860, Sir Jonathan Hutchinson 7/23/1828-6/26/1913, S. H. Kress 7/23/1863-9/22/1955, Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons 7/23/1874-3/11/1966, Emil Jennings 7/23/1884-1/2/1950, Sir Arthur Whitten Brown 7/23/1886-10/4/1948, Raymond Chandler 7/23/1888-3/26/1959, Harry Cohn 7/23/1891-2/27/1958, Elio Vittorini 7/23/1908-2/13/1966, Pimen 7/23/1910-5/3/1990, Gloria DeHaven 1925, Calvert DeForest 1928, Anthony Kennedy 1936, Don Imus 1940, Larry Manetti 1947, Belinda Montgomery 1950, Lydia Cornell 1957, Martin Gore 1961, Woody Harrison 1961, Charisma Carpenter 1970)
Austria Ready to Invade Servia, Sends Ultimatum (NY TIMES, July 23, 1914)
Haile Selassie of Ethiopia Dies at 83
[7/23/1892-8/26/1975] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, August 28, 1975)

NATIONAL: Los Alamos Chief Suspends 19 Workers With Warning (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, July 23, 2004)
* BALLET REVERBERATIONS: An Old Ideal of Femininity Is Running Strong (in Toe Shoes)
(By JOHN ROCKWELL, July 23, 2004)
TV: 'BRINGING THE WAR HOME'; 'BORN TO RUN': 2 Kerry Portraits, Before Retouching
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, July 23, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Microsoft Reports Strong Sales Increases for Quarter and Year (By STEVE LOHR, July 23, 2004)
HEALTH: California Reports First Death From West Nile Virus This Year (By NICK MADIGAN, July 23, 2004)

Thursday, July 22, 2004:
On This Day: July 22 (Jacques-Germain Soufflot 7/22/1713-8/29/1780, Gregor Mendel 7/22/1822-1/6/1884, Thomas Pendergast 7/22/1872-1/26/1945, Edward Hopper 7/22/1882-5/15/1967, Gustav Hertz 7/22/1887-10/30/1975, Ely Culbertson 7/22/1891-12/27/1955, Oskar Maria Graf 7/22/1894-6/28/1967, Alexander Calder 7/22/1898-11/11/1976, Stephen Vincent Benet 7/22/1898-3/13/1943, Charles Weidman 7/22/1901-7/15/1975, Amy Vanderbilt 7/22/1908-12/27/1974, William V. Roth, Jr., 1921, Bob Dole 1923, Margaret Whiting 1924, Orson Bean 1928, Oscar de la Renta 1932, Louise Fletcher 1934, John Korty 1936, Terence Stamp 1939, Geroge Clinton 1940, Alex Trebek 1940, Bobby Sherman 1943, Paul Schrader 1946, Albert Brooks 1947, Don Henley 1947, Willem Dafoe 1955, Rob Estes 1963)
Dillinger Slain in Chicago; Shot Dead by Federal Men in Front of Movie Theatre (NY TIMES, July 22, 1934)
* Emma Lazarus: Death of an American Poet of Uncommon Talent at Age 38
[7/22/1849-11/19/1887] (NY Times, Nov. 20, 1887)

* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Right Axis. Wrong Evil. (By MAUREEN DOWD, July 22, 2004)
TV: 'STUDIO 7': Think of a Reality Show, Then Ask Questions (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, July 22, 2004)
TV: 'WASHINGTON WIVES': Democratic Reality Show for the Wives at the Top (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, July 22, 2004)
GARDEN: A Canvas of 100 Rooms (By CLAUDIA STEINBERG, July 22, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, July 22, 2004)
* When Technology Imitates Art (By JOSHUA TOMPKINS, July 22, 2004)
STATE OF THE ART: Apple's Pocket-Size Base Station (By DAVID POGUE, July 22, 2004)
* BASICS: E-Mail in Your Hand, No Matter Where You Go (By THOMAS J. FITZGERALD, July 22, 2004)
Online Matchmakers Give Dating a Partisan Tilt (By NOAH SHACHTMAN, July 22, 2004)
* Q & A: Fine-Tuning a Browser for a Mac With OS 9 (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, July 22, 2004)
* SCIENCE: About Those Fearsome Black Holes? Never Mind [Hawkings] (By DENNIS OVERBYE, July 22, 2004)

Wednesday, July 21, 2004:
On This Day: July 21 (Saint Philip Neri 7/21/1515-5/26/1595, John Weaver 7/21/1673-9/24/1760, Georg Brandt 7/21/1694-4/29/1768, Paul Julius Reuter 7/21/1816-2/25/1899, Sir John Gilbert 7/21/1817-10/5/1897, Louise Blanchard Bethune 7/21/1856-12/18/1913, Lovis Corinth 7/21/1858-7/12/1925, Jacques Feyder 7/21/1888-5/25/1948, Hart Crane 7/21/1899-4/27/1932, Hemingway 7/21/1899-7/2/1961, Marshall McLuhan 7/21/1911-12/31/1980, Isaac Stern 1920, Billy Taylor 1921, Kay Starr 1922, Don Knotts 1924, Norman Jewison 1926, Paul Burke 1926, Patricia Elliot 1942, Yusuf Islam [formerly Cat Stevens] 1948, Art Hindle 1948, Robin Williams 1952)
Scopes Guilty, Fined $100, Scores Law; Benediction Ends Trial, Appeal Starts;
Darrow Answers Nine Bryan Questions (NY TIMES, July 21, 1925)
* Hemingway Dies at 61; Prize-Winning Works Reflected Preoccupation With Life and Death
[7/21/1899-7/2/1961] (NY Times, July 3, 1961)

Tuesday, July 20, 2004:
On This Day: July 20 (Petrarch 7/20/1304-7/18/1374, Giuseppe La Farina 7/20/1815, Augustin Daly 7/20/1838-6/7/1899, Sir George Otto Trevelyan 7/20/1838-8/17/1928, Max Liebermann 7/20/1847-2/8/1935, Miron Cristea 7/20/1868-3/6/1939, Santos-Dumont Alberto 7/20/1873-7/23/1932, Theda Bara 7/20/1885-4/7/1955, George II 7/20/1890-4/1/1947, Errett Lobban Cord 7/20/1894-1/2/1974, Sally Ann Howes 1930, Barbara A. Mikulski 1936, Diana Rigg 1938, Kim Carnes 1946, Carlos Santana 1947, Donna Dixon 1957, Frank Whaley 1963)
* Men Walk On Moon: Astronauts Land On Plain; Collect Rocks, Plant Flag (By John Noble Wilford, July 20, 1969)
Elliot Richardson Dies at 79; Stood Up to Nixon and Resigned In 'Saturday Night Massacre'
[7/20/1920-12/31/1999] (By NEIL A. LEWIS, January 1, 2000)

NATIONAL: Kerry Adviser Steps Aside Amid Outcry Over Documents [Samuel Berger]
(By DAVID STOUT & MARK GLASSMAN, July 20, 2004)
WORLD: Iraqi Militants Release Hostage After Philippines Withdraws (By JAMES GLANZ, July 20, 2004)
China Frees Surgeon Who Exposed SARS Coverup (By JOSEPH KAHN, July 20, 2004)
SPORTS: A Cold Reality: Athens Is Not a Hot Ticket (By BILL PENNINGTON & ANTHEE CARASSAVA, July 20, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: Relentless Perennials, Braves Bloom in East (By MURRAY CHASS, July 20, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Arabian Candidate (By PAUL KRUGMAN, July 20, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Learning to Think, and Live [Charles Hill] (By DAVID BROOKS, July 20, 2004)
FASHION: Flying Shirttails, the New Pennants of Rebellion (By GUY TREBAY, July 20, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Content (NY TIMES, July 20, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Some Blend In, Others Dazzle: The Mysteries of Animal Colors (By NATALIE ANGIER, July 20, 2004)
This Is Your Brain on Meth: A 'Forest Fire' of Damage (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, July 20, 2004)
Now, Diaper Technology Takes On a Desert (By OTTO POHL, July 20, 2004)
Q & A: The Fire in Your Food (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, July 20, 2004)
HEALTH: For Some, Aspirin May Not Help Hearts (By ANDREW POLLACK, July 20, 2004)
THE CONSUMER: Toenail Infections: Not Pretty, Sometimes Painful (By MARY DUENWALD, July 20, 2004)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: When Swallowing Food Becomes a Problem [dysphagia] (By JANE E. BRODY, July 20, 2004)

Monday, July 19, 2004:
On This Day: July 19 (Samuel Colt 7/19/1814-1/10/1862, Mary Ann Bickerdyke 7/19/1817-11/8/1901, Edward Charles Pickering 7/19/1846-2/3/1919, Charles Horace Mayo 7/19/1865-5/26/1939, Alice Dunbar 7/19/1875-9/18/1935, A. J. Cronin 7/19/1896-1/6/1981, Edgar Degas 7/19/1834-9/27/1917, Herbert Marcuse 7/19/1898-7/29/1979, Edgar Snow 7/19/1905-2/15/1972, George McGovern 1922, Pat Hingle 1924, Helen Gallagher 1926, Sue Thompson 1926, Dennis Cole 1940, Vikki Carr 1941, Atom Egoyan 1960)
* British Open 'V' Nerve War; Churchill Spurs Resistance (By James MacDonald, July 19, 1941)
* Hilaire G. E. Degas, Noted Painter, Dies [7/19/1834-9/27/1917] (NY TIMES, September 28, 1917)

Sunday, July 18, 2004:
On This Day: July 18 (Hermann Von Reichenau 7/18/1013-9/24/1054, Robert Hooke 7/18/1635-3/3/1703, Royall Tyler 7/18/1757-8/26/1826, William Thackeray 7/18/1811-12/24/1863, Philip Snowden 7/18/1864-5/15/1937, Vidkun Quisling 7/18/1887-10/24/1945, Victor Gruen 7/18/1903-2/14/1980, S. I. Hayakawa 7/18/1906-2/27/1992, Clifford Odets 7/18/1906-8/14/1963, Hume Cronyn 1911, Nelson Mandela 1918, Dick Button 1929, Hunter S. Thompson 1937, Paul Verhoeven 1938, Brian Auger 1939, Dion DiMucci 1939, James Brolin 1940, Lonnie Mack 1941, Martha Reeves 1941, Kurt Mann 1947, Audrey Landers 1959, Elizabeth McGovern 1961, Jack Irons 1962, Vin Diesel 1967)
Spain Checks Army Rising as Morocco Forces Rebel; 2 Cities in Africa Bombed (By William P. Carney, July 18, 1936)
* Andrei A. Gromyko: Flinty Face of Postwar Soviet Diplomacy [7/18/1909-7/2/1989] (By CRAIG R. WHITNEY, July 4, 1989)

NY REGION: With Each Warm Embrace, a Guru Shares Her Message (By COREY KILGANNON, July 18, 2004)
* BASEBALL: KEEPING SCORE: So Near, Yet So Far: July Optimism Fades by October
(By ALAN SCHWARZ, July 18, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Out of Africa (By MAUREEN DOWD, July 18, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, July 18, 2004)
What Boston Can Do for Kerry (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, July 18, 2004)
Reporting, and Surviving, Iraq's Dangers (By IAN FISHER, July 18, 2004)
American Kabuki: The Ritual of Scandal (By JACK HITT, July 18, 2004)
* CHANGE IS GOOD: An Article That Explains Bookselling (By DAVID CARR, July 18, 2004)
* QUICK WIT: 'Jeopardy' Millionaire Is Smart, but Is He a Genius? (By JAMES GORMAN, July 18, 2004)
A Treasure of the Andes, Ancient Demons Included (By JUAN FORERO, July 18, 2004)
* Psychology's Black Hole: The Mind of a Terrorist (By MARK GLASSMAN, July 18, 2004)
* Once Upon a Time [Elections 1824 & 2004 coincidences] (By PATRICK LYONS, July 18, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, July 18, 2004)
* ON LANGUAGE: Gobsmacked (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, July 18, 2004)
* THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Curing Casanova (By WALTER KIRN, July 18, 2004)
QUESTIONS FOR AL SHARPTON; How to Work It (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, July 18, 2004)
ESSAY: Never Again, No Longer? (By JAMES TRAUB, July 18, 2004)
* CONSUMED: Assembly-Line Creativity (By ROB WALKER, July 18, 2004)
* COVER ARTICLE: Office Messes (By LISA BELKIN, July 18, 2004)
* Inward Bound [Lucid Dreaming] (By LAWRENCE OSBORNE, July 18, 2004)
STYLE: House of Games (By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, July 18, 2004)
LIVES: When One Is Enough (By AMY RICHARDS as told to AMY BARRETT, July 18, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, July 18, 2004)
COVER ARTICLE: Wisdom of the Losers (By RYAN LIZZA, July 18, 2004)
CHRONICLE | BASEBALL: You Can Observe a Lot by Watching (By ALLEN BARRA, July 18, 2004)
'My Nine Lives': Passages to India [Ruth Prawer Jhabvala] (By PANKAJ MISHRA, July 18, 2004)
'Reason' and 'Stand Up Fight Back': Are You Listening, Senator Kerry? (By WILLIAM SALETAN, July 18, 2004)
* 'The Book Nobody Read': Chasing Copernicus [Owen Gingerich] (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, July 18, 2004)
* THE LAST WORD: How Many Books Are Too Many? (By LAURA MILLER, July 18, 2004)

Saturday, July 17, 2004:
On This Day: July 17 (Alexander Baumgarten 7/17/1714-5/26/1762, Elbridge Gerry 7/17/1744-11/23/1814, John Jacob Astor 7/17/1763-3/29/1848, Sir Erskine Holland 7/17/1835-5/24/1926, Ernest Rhys 7/17/1859-5/25/1946, S.Y. Agnon 7/17/1889-3/11/1970, Earle Stanley Gardner 7/17/1889-3/11/1970, Georges Lemaitre 7/17/1894-6/20/1966, James Cagney 7/17/1899-3/30/1986, William Gargan 7/17/1905-2/16/1979, Art Linkletter 1912, Phyllis Diller 1917, Juan Antonio Samaranch 1920, Diahann Carroll 1935, Lucie Arnaz 1951, David Hasselhoff 1952, Phoebe Snow 1952, Nancy Giles 1960)
U.S. And Soviet Astronauts Unite Ships And Then Join In Historic Handshakes (By John Noble Wilford, July 17, 1975)
* James Cagney Is Dead at 86; Master of Pugnacious Grace [7/17/1899-3/30/1986] (By PETER B. FLINT, March 31, 1986)

Friday, July 16, 2004:
On This Day: July 16 (Clare of Assisi 7/16/1194-8/11/1253, Andrea Del Sarto 7/16/1486-9/28/1530, Marc-Rene Montalembert 7/16/1714-3/29/1800, Sir Joshua Reynolds 7/16/1723-2/23/1792, Camille Corot 7/16/1796-2/22/1875, Mary Baker Eddy 7/16/1821-12/3/1910, Fannie Zeisler 7/16/1863-8/20/1927, Roald Amundsen 7/16/1872-6/18/1928, Barbara Stanwyck 7/16/1907-1/20/1990, Guy 7/16/1921-2/17/1989, Vincent Sherman 1906, Barnard Hughes 1915, Dick Thornburgh 1932, Corin Redgrave 1939, Margaret Court 1942, Ruben Blades 1948, Michael Flatley 1958, Phoebe Cates 1963, Will Ferrell 1967, Corey Feldman 1971)
* Ex-Czar Nicholas of Russia Killed by Order of Ural Soviet (NY TIMES, July 16, 1918)
* Ginger Rogers, Who Danced With Astaire and Won an Oscar for Drama, Dies at 83
[7/16/1911-4/25/1995] (By PETER B. FLINT, April 26, 1995)

* WORLD: Former Leader May Still Hold Sway in China (By JOSEPH KAHN, July 16, 2004)
DISPATCHES: C.I.A. Plays It Safe by Accentuating the Negative (By MICHAEL. R. GORDON, July 16, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: I.B.M. Profit, Up by 17%, Bucks Trend in Industry (By STEVE LOHR, July 16, 2004)

Thursday, July 15, 2004:
On This Day: July 15 (Inigo Jones 7/15/1573-6/21/1652, Rembrandt Van Rijn 7/15/1606-10/4/1669, Clement Moore 7/15/1779-7/10/1863, Sir Henry Cole 7/15/1808-4/18/1882, Mother Cabrini 7/15/1850-12/22/1917, Alfred Northcliffe 7/15/1865-8/14/1922, Jacques Riviere 7/15/1886-2/14/1925, Thomas Francis, Jr. 7/15/1900-10/1/1969, Iris Murdoch 7/15/1919-2/8/1999, Philly Joe Jones 7/15/1923-8/30/1985, Philip Carey 1925, Alex Karras 1935, Ken Kercheval 1935, Patrick Wayne 1939, Jan-Michael Vincent 1944, Linda Ronstadt 1946, Kim Alexis 1960, Brigitte Nielsen 1963, Scott Foley 1972)
Americans Drive Germans Back Over Marne: Take 1,000 Prisoners and Check Big Drive (By Edwin L. James, July 15, 1918)
* Iris Murdoch, Novelist and Philosopher, Is Dead [7/15/1919-2/8/1999] (By RICHARD NICHOLLS, February 9, 1999)

* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Send In the Gowns (By MAUREEN DOWD, July 15, 2004)
MARKET PLACE: Motorola Sticks to Spinoff Plan in a Climate Tough on Chips (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, July 15, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Demand for iPods Leads Big Increase in Profits for Apple (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, July 15, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, July 15, 2004)
* STATE OF THE ART: Scanning a Paperless Horizon (By DAVID POGUE, July 15, 2004)
BASICS: New Zip for Networking (By SEÁN CAPTAIN, July 15, 2004)
* SCIENCE: New Technique for Imaging May Improve Study of Proteins (By KENNETH CHANG, July 15, 2004)

Wednesday, July 14, 2004:
On This Day: July 14 (Jules, Cardinal Mazarin 7/14/1602-3/9/1661, John Gibson Lockhart 7/14/1794-11/25/1854, James McNeill Whistler 7/14/1834-7/17/1903, Emmeline Pankhurst 7/14/1858-6/14/1928, Gustav Klimt 7/14/1862-2/6/1918, Happy Chandler 7/14/1898-6/15/1991, Pancho Barnes 7/14/1901-3/?/1975, Irving Stone 7/14/1903-8/26/1989, Woody Guthrie 7/14/1912-10/3/1967, Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson 7/14/1921-9/26/1996, Gloria Stewart 1910, Gerald R. Ford 1913, Ingmar Bergman 1918, Dale Robertson 1923, Hary Dean Stanton 1926, Nancy Olson 1928, Polly Bergen 1930, Rosey Grier 1932, Del Reeves 1932, Jerry Houser 1952, Matthew Fox 1966)
* Mariner 4 Makes Flight Past Mars [also Adlai Stevenson Dies at 65 in London] (By WALTER SULLIVAN, July 14, 1965)
* James McNeill Whistler Dies at 69 in London [7/14/1834-7/17/1903] (By NY Times, July 18, 1903)

* Betty Oliphant, 85, Co-Founder of Influential Ballet School, Dies (By JACK ANDERSON, July 14, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Intel's Results Stir Unease on Chip Sales (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, July 14, 2004)
* Google Buys an Online Photo Manager (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, July 14, 2004)

Tuesday, July 13, 2004:
On This Day: July 13 (Simeon North 7/13/1765-8/25/1852, Otto Wagner 7/13/1841-4/11/1918, Sidney Webb 7/13/1859-10/13/1947, Mordecai Ardon 7/13/1896-6/18/1992, Mickey Walker 7/13/1901-4/28/1981, Sir Reginald Goodall 7/13/1901-5/5/1990, Dave Garroway 7/13/1913-7/21/1982, Alberto Ascari 7/13/1918-5/26/1955, Charles Scribner, Jr. 7/13/1921-11/11/1995, Jack Kemp 1935, Patrick Stewart 1940, Robert Forster 1941, Harrison Ford 1942, Roger McGuinn 1942, Louise Mandrell 1954, Cameron Crowe 1957, Victoria Shaw 1962)
Power Failure Blacks Out New York; Thousands Trapped In The Subways; Looters & Vandals Hit Some Areas
(By Robert D. McFadden, July 13, 1977)
Death of General Nathan Bedford Forrest at 56, The Great Guerrilla's History
[7/13/1821-10/29/1877] (By NY Times, October 30, 1877)

* NY REGION: Computer Whiz Resurfaces as a Builder of Dreams (By PATRICK HEALY, July 13, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google to List With Nasdaq (By REUTERS, July 13, 2004)
SCIENCE: Contents (NY TIMES, July 13 2004)
* SCIENCE: Will Compasses Point South? (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, July 13, 2004)
* Through Saturn's Haze, a First Look at Titan (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, July 13 2004)
* HEALTH ESSAY: Driving? Maybe You Shouldn't Be Reading This (By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG, July 13, 2004)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: The Real Risks to Children (By JANE E. BRODY, July 13 2004)
* With Toughness and Caring, a Novel Therapy Helps Tortured Souls (By BENEDICT CAREY, July 13, 2004)
CASES: Just a Rash, and Then It Took Aim at Her Heart (By HARRIET BROWN, July 13 2004)

Monday, July 12, 2004:
On This Day: July 12 (Julius Caesar 7/12/100 BC-3/15/44BC, Henry David Thoreau 7/12/1817-5/6/1862, Eugene Boudin 7/12/1824-8/8/1898, Benjamin Altman 7/12/1840-10/7/1913, George Eastman 7/12/1854-3/14/1932, Grederick Birkenhead 7/12/1872-9/30/1930, Amedeo Modigliani 7/12/1884-1/24/1920, Kirsten Flagstad 7/12/1895-12/7/1962, Buckminister Fuller 7/12/1895-7/1/1983, Oscar Hammerstein II 7/12/1895-8/23/1960, Pablo Neruda 7/12/1904-1973, Milton Berle 1908, Andrew Wyeth 1917, Monte Hellman 1932, Van Cliburn 1934, Bill Cosby 1937, Denise Nicholas 1944, Richard Simmons 1948, Jay Thomas 1948, Cheryl Ladd 1951, Kristi Yamaguchi 1971)
Geraldine Ferraro Is Chosen by Mondale as Running Mate, First Women on Major Ticket
(By BERNARD WEINRAUB, July 12, 1984)
* Dr. Carver Is Dead at 81; Negro Scientist's Work Improved Agriculture
[7/12/1861-1/5/1943] (By NY Times, January 6, 1943)

* Carl Rakosi, 100, a Poet Who Influenced Others, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 12 2004)
Laurance S. Rockefeller, Passionate Conservationist and Investor, Is Dead at 94 (By MICHAEL T. KAUFMAN, July 12, 2004)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, July 12 2004)
* Bar Code Détente: U.S. Finally Adds One More Digit (By STEVE LOHR, July 12 2004)

Sunday, July 11, 2004:
On This Day: July 11 (Robert I, the Bruce 7/11/1274-6/7/1329, John Quincy Adams 7/11/1767-2/23/1848, John Fowler 7/11/1826-12/1864, John Wanamaker 7/11/1838-12/2/1922, Leon Bloy 7/11/1846-11/2/1917, Harry Kellar 7/11/1849-3/10/1922, Georgiana Barryomore 7/11/1854-7/2/1893, Sir Joseph Larmor 7/11/1857-5/19/1942, Roger de La Fresnaye 7/11/1885-11/27/1925, Arthur Tedder 7/11/1890-6/3/1967, E. B. White 7/11/1899-10/1/1985, Rudolf Abel 7/11/1903-11/15/1971, Yul Brynner 7/11/1920-10/10/1985, Brett Somers 1927, Tab Hunter 1931, Bonnie Pointer 1951, Stephen Lang 1952, Leon Spinks 1953, Sela Ward 1956)
Skylab Debris Hits Australian Desert; No Harm Reported (By RICHARD D. LYONS, July 11, 1979)
* E.B. White, Essayist and Stylist, Dies [7/11/1899-10/1/1985] (By HERBERT MITGANG, Oct. 2, 1985)

WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, July 11, 2004)
A Tough Guy Tries to Tame Iraq (By DEXTER FILKINS, July 11, 2004)
Money, Politics, and Four Rich Men (By ROBIN TONER, July 11, 2004)
Nice Platform, but Can We Dance to It? (By JOHN LELAND, July 11 2004)
* STRANGER THAN FICTION: What Johnny Won't Read (By CHARLES McGRATH, July 11, 2004)
* Sex May Be Happiness, but Wealth Isn't Sexiness (By ERIC DASH, July 11, 2004)
* THE -ISM SCHISM: How Much Wallop Can a Simple Word Pack? (By GEOFFREY NUNBERG, July 11, 2004)
VIOLATING KENT'S RULES: He Wrote the Book on Intelligence (By ROBERT PEAR, July 11, 2004)
UNCHECKED BAGGAGE: Our Airports, Ourselves (By JOHN LELAND, July 11 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, July 11, 2004)
* ON LANGUAGE: Wordnerd Watch (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, July 11, 2004)

Saturday, July 10, 2004:
On This Day: July 10 (John Calvin 7/10/1509-5/27/1564, Sir William Blackstone 7/10/1723-2/14/1780, Robert Chambers 7/10/1802-3/17/1871, Camille Pissarro 7/10/1830-11/13/1903, Adolphus Busch 7/10/1839-10/10/1913, Nikoli Tesla 7/10/1856-1/7/1943, Finley Peter Dunne 7/10/1867-4/24/1936, Marcel Proust 7/10/1871-11/18/1922, Mary McLeod Bethune 7/10/1875-5/18/1955, Carl Orff 7/10/1895-3/29/1982, Kurt Alder 7/10/1902-6/20/1958, Jorge Icaza 7/10/1906-5/26/1978, David Brinkley 1920, Jake LaMotta 1921, Eunice Kennedy Shriver 1921, David Dinkins 1927, Jerry Herman 1933, Ivan Passer 1933, Lawrence Pressman 1939, Virginia Wade 1945, Ron Glass 1945, Sue Lyon 1946, Arlo Guthrie 1947, Jessica Simpson 1980)
* 100 Planes Clash in Battle Over a Convoy in Channel; Fight Off Italy Indecisive (By JAMES MACDONALD, July 10, 1940)
* Arthur Ashe, Tennis Star, Is Dead at 49 [7/10/1943-2/6/1993] (By ROBIN FINN, February 8, 1993)

* ARTS: Tilting at Windbags: A Crusade Against Rank (By JULIE SALAMON, July 10, 2004)

Friday, July 9, 2004:
On This Day: July 9 (Thomas De La Warr 7/9/1577-6/7/1618, Thomas Davenport 7/9/1802-7/6/1851, Elias Howe 7/9/1819-10/3/1867, Ottorino Respighi 7/9/1879-4/18/1936, Mikhail Borodin 7/9/1887-5/15/1976, Samuel Eliot Morison 7/9/1887-5/15/1976, Dorothy Thompseon 7/9/1894-1/30/1961, Albert Wedemeyer 7/9/1897-12/17/1989, Carmen Franco 7/9/1900-2/6/1988, Meryn Peake 7/9/1911-11/17/1968, Edward Heath 1916, Ed Ames 1927, Donald Rumsfeld 1932, James Hampton 1936, Brian Dennegy 1938, Richard Roundtree 1942, Dean Koontz 1945, O.J. Simpson 1947, Chris Cooper 1951, John Tesh 1952, Debbie Sledge 1954, Lisa Banes 1955, Tom Hanks 1956, Kelly McGillis 1957, Courtney Love 1964, Fred Savage 1976)
William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech at Chicago's Democratic National Convention
(NY TIMES, July 9, 1896)
Hassan II of Morocco Dies at 70; A Monarch Oriented to the West
[7/9/1929-7/23/1999] (By JOSEPH R. GREGORY, July 24, 1999)
Cartoon about the American Indian burial mounds (Harper's Weekly, July 9, 1887)

Thursday, July 8, 2004:
On This Day: July 8 (Samuel Gross 7/8/1805-5/6/1884, Alfred Binet 7/8/1857-10/18/1911, Kathe Kollwitz 7/8/1867-4/22/1945, Percy Grainger 7/8/1882-2/28/1961, Ernst Bloch 7/8/1885-8/4/1977, Alec Waugh 7/8/1898-9/3/1981, David Lilienthat 7/8/1899-1/15/1981, Nelson Rockefeller 7/8/1908-1/26/1979, Louis Jordan 7/8/1908-2/4/1975, Billy Eckstine 7/8/1914-3/8/1993, Roone Arledge 1931, Jerry Vale 1932, Steve Lawrence 1935, Cynthia Gregory 1946, Kim Darby 1948, Raffi 1948, Anjelica Huston 1951, Kevin Bacon 1958, Toby Keith 1961, Rob Burnett 1962)
* Truman Names MacArthur to Head U.N. Force in Korea (By WALTER H. WAGGONNER, July 8, 1950)
* John Davison Rockefeller Dies at 97, Financier's Fortune in Oil Amassed in Industrial Era of 'Rugged Individualism'
[7/8/1839-5/23/1937] (NY TIMES, May 24, 1937)

NATIONAL: Republicans Move Fast to Make Experience of Edwards an Issue
(By CARL HULSE & DAVID E. SANGER, July 8, 2004)
Ridge Says Terror Threat Is Increasing but No Details Yet (By DAVID STOUT, July 8, 2004)
Plane Carrying Governor of Kentucky Mistaken for Terrorist Threat (By MATTHEW L. WALD, July 8, 2004)
INTELLIGENCE: Senate Iraq Report Said to Skirt White House Use of Intelligence
(By DOUGLAS JEHL, July 8, 2004)
WORLD: Missing Marine Surfaces at U.S. Embassy in Lebanon (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR & DAVID STOUT, July 8, 2004)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: The Self-Discipline of Leaving Room for Nature in the Gulf of Mexico
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, July 8, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Breck Girl Takes On Dr. No (By MAUREEN DOWD, July 8, 2004)
OP-ED: The New Cosby Kids (BBy BARBARA EHRENREICH, July 8, 2004)
OP-ED: Open Season in the South (By JACK BASS, July 8, 2004)
OP-ED: Another Attack on the Arctic (By BRUCE BABBITT, July 8, 2004)
LETTERS: The Democratic Ticket Makes Its Debut (9 Letters) (By X, et. al., July 8, 2004)
LETTERS: The Iraqi Reality (2 Letters) (By X, et. al., July 8, 2004)
BUSINESS: Despite Profit Warnings, Shares Manage Some Slim Gains
[Dow +20.95, Nasdaq + 2.65] (Associated Press, July 8, 2004)
Drug Companies Seek to Mend Their Image (By GARDINER HARRIS, July 8, 2004)
* ART: Long Suspect, a Vermeer Is Vindicated by $30 Million Sale (By CAROL VOGEL, July 8, 2004)
BOOKS: Fewer Noses Stuck in Books in America, Survey Finds (By, July 8, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, July 8, 2004)
* STATE OF THE ART: Microsoft on the Trail of Google (By DAVID POGUE, July 8, 2004)
* Search Results Are In, All on the Same Page (By SETH SCHIESEL, July 8, 2004)
* Destination Wi-Fi, By Rail, Bus or Boat (By GLENN FLEISHMAN, July 8, 2004)
* HOW IT WORKS: With the Wave of a Wand, a Copied Page (By MARCIA BIEDERMAN, July 8, 2004)
WHAT'S NEXT: Relying on Science, Not Serendipity, for a Quieter Ride in the Sky
(By IAN AUSTEN, July 8, 2004)
Multimedia Scrapbooks, to Create and Share (By NEIL McMANUS, July 8, 2004)
Whose DVD? A Debate Over Copies (By DAVE WILSON, July 8, 2004)
ONLINE SHOPPER: For the Diligent, a Soft, Furry Reward (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, July 8, 2004)
GAME THEORY: Invent Your Own Superhero, or Enlist a Star (By CHARLES HEROLD, July 8, 2004)
When Life Is a Roll of the Dice (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, July 8, 2004)
Finally, Folders Fall Into Lock Step (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, July 8, 2004)
Back From the Drawing Board, a Game Console That Rings (By CHARLES HEROLD, July 8, 2004)
Q & A: Keeping Old Favorites With a New Browser (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, July 8, 2004)

Wednesday, July 7, 2004:
On This Day: July 7 (Joseph-Marie Jacquard 7/7/1752-8/7/1834, Abraham Cahan 7/7/1860-8/31/1951, Gustave Mahler 7/7/1860-5/18/1911, Marc Chagall 7/7/1887-3/28/1985, George Cukor 7/7/1899-1/24/1983, Vittorio De Sica 7/7/1901-11/13/1974, Robert Heinlein 7/7/1907-5/8/1988, Lawrence O'Brien 7/7/1917-9/28/1990, Ezzard Charles 7/7/1921-5/28/1975, Gian Carlo Menotti 1911, Pinetop Perkins 1913, Pierre Cardin 1922, Doc Severinsen 1927, David McCullough 1933, Ringo Starr 1940, Joe Spano 1946, Linda Williams 1947, Shelley Duvall 1949, Roz Ryan 1951, Michelle Kwan 1980)
Reagan Nominates Sandra Day O'Connor as First Woman to Serve on Supreme Court
(By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, July 7, 1981)
* Satchel Paige, Black Pitching Star, Is Dead at 75 [7/7/1906-6/8/1982] (By JOSEPH DURSO, June 9, 1982)

Andrian Nikolayev, 74, Russian Astronaut, Dies [circles Earth 64x in 96 hours]
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 7, 2004)
NATIONAL: Asserting a Shared Vision, Kerry and Edwards Hit Campaign Trail
(By CHRISTINE HAUSER & MARIA NEWMAN, July 7, 2004)
NATIONAL: A First-Term Senator's Swift Ascent [John Edwards] (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, July 7, 2004)
* NEWS ANALYSIS: Kerry Selects a Partner With Contrasts That Complement (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, July 7, 2004)
THE REPORTS: Journalists Scramble, but a Secret Is Kept (Mostly) Safe (By JIM RUTENBERG, July 7, 2004)
9/11 Panelists Rebut Cheney on Information (By PHILIP SHENON, July 7, 2004)
WORLD: New Law in Iraq Gives Premier Martial Powers to Fight Uprising (By EDWARD WONG, July 7, 2004)
U.S. Military Families Leaving Bahrain Over Terror Threat (By JAMES GLANZ, July 7, 2004)
LETTER FROM ASIA: She Tilts Against Power, but Don't Call Her Quixotic (By JANE PERLEZ, July 7, 2004)
SPORTS: Swim Stars Will Soon See How Brightly They Shine (By LYNN ZINSER, July 7, 2004)
BASEBALL: Red Sox Win at Home After a Woeful Trip [11-0 over Oakland]
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 7, 2004)
CYCLING: Armstrong Pulls Ahead of Tour de France Pack (By SAMUEL ABT, July 7, 2004)
BUSINESS: Art Is the Darling of Anxious Investors in Venezuela (By JUAN FORERO, July 7, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Kerry Picks a Running Mate (NY TIMES, July 7, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Kerry's Blue-Collar Bet (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, July 7, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Body Politic Will Reject 'Charisma Transplant' (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, July 7, 2004)
OP-ED: Get America Out of the Tribunal (By JENNIFER R. RIDHA, July 7, 2004)
OP-ED: Judgment at Baghdad (By TOM PARKER, July 7, 2004)
LETTERS: Saw Your E-Mail. Gotta Run. Signed, Big Brother (3 Letters) (By ULYSSES LATEINER, et. al., July 7, 2004)
BUSINESS: Shares Skid on Oil Prices and Technology Weakness
[Dow -63.49, Nasdaq -43.23] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 7, 2004)
Bush Accuses Vietnam and China of Dumping Shrimp on U.S. Market (By ELIZABETH BECKER, July 7, 2004)
Pondering Chinašs Rates Through a Central Prism (By KEITH BRADSHER, July 7, 2004)
Europe Reluctantly Deciding It Has Less Time for Time Off (By MARK LANDLER, July 7, 2004)
Yahoo's Profit Jumps on Higher Ad Revenue (By REUTERS, July 7, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Amid Belt-Tightening, Microsoft Talks of a Bright Future (By STEVE LOHR, July 7, 2004)
ARTS: Shanghai Covets a Big Role on Asia's Cultural Stage (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, July 7, 2004)
* BOOKS: A Tribute to Isherwood in the Land He Loved (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, July 7, 2004)
BOOKS: What's Right and What's Left to Say on the Political Divide [Robert B. Reich]
(By TED WIDMER, July 7, 2004)
FILM: KING ARTHUR': The Once and Future Fury: Knights Go for the Jugular (By A. O. SCOTT, July 7, 2004)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, July 7, 2004)
FOOD: New York Barbecue: Ribs, via the Far East (By JULIA MOSKIN, July 7, 2004)
The Guy at the Best Table Might Own It (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, July 7, 2004)
* THE MINIMALIST: For Shrimp, a Thai Bath (By MARK BITTMAN, July 7, 2004)
AT MY TABLE | NIGELLA LAWSON: A Party on a Stick, a Breeze in the Kitchen (By NIGELLA LAWSON, July 7, 2004)
SCIENCE: Study Questions Soy Protein Therapy (By REUTERS, July 7, 2004)

Tuesday, July 6, 2004:
On This Day: July 6 (John Paul Jones 7/6/1747-7/18/1792, Sir William Hooker 7/6/1785-8/12/1865, Maximilian 7/6/1832-6/19/1867, Vernor von Heidenstam 7/6/1859-5/20/1940, Godfrey Malvern 7/6/1883-5/8/1971, Marc Bloch 7/6/1886-6/16/1944, Axel Theorell 7/6/1903-8/15/1982, Dorothy Kirsten 7/6/1910-11/18/1992, Billy Haley 7/6/1925-2/9/1981, Nancy Reagan 1921, William Schallert 1922, Merv Griffin 1925, Janet Leigh 1927, Della Reese 1931, Ned Beatty 1937, Gene Chandler 1937, George W. Bush 1946, Fred Dryer 1946, Sylvester Stallone 1946, Burt Ward 1946, Shelley Hack 1952, Nanci Griffith 1953)
* Althea Gibson Becomes First Black to Win Wimbledon Tennis (By FRED TUPPER, July 6, 1957)
* Frida Kahlo, Artist, Diego Rivera's Wife, Dies at 44 [7/6/1907-7/13/1954] (NY TIMES, July 14, 1954)

* Alexander Lerner, Cybernetics Expert, Dies at 90 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, July 6, 2004)
Joseph Wasserman, 73, Housing Architect, Is Dead (By WOLFGANG SAXON, July 6, 2004)
NATIONAL: Kerry Embraces Former Rival, Citing 'Courage and Conviction'
(By DAVID M. HALBFINGER & ADAM NAGOURNEY, July 6, 2004)
NATIONAL: TEXT: Kerry's Speech in Pittsburgh (NY TIMES, July 6, 2004)
* JOHN KERRY'S JOURNEY: Idealistic Man on Campus to Realistic Sailor at War
(By TODD S. PURDUM, July 6, 2004)
INTELLIGENCE: C.I.A. Held Back Iraqi Arms Data, Officials Say (By JAMES RISEN, July 6, 2004)
Treading Carefully, Wal-Mart Enters Labor's Turf (By STEPHEN KINZER, July 6, 2004)
WORLD: Abducted Marine Is Free, His Family Says (By IAN FISHER and NEIL MacFARQUHAR, July 6, 2004)
NY REGION: Got the Time? At Grand Central, It Has Never Been That Simple (By MICHAEL LUO, July 6, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: Predictions Were False, but the Phillies Aren't Surprised (By MURRAY CHASS, July 6, 2004)
* BASEBALL: Dodgers' Gagne Sees Save Streak of 84 Come to End (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 6, 2004)
* EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Overdue Ode to Neruda: Chile Tries to Reconcile Love and Politics
(By CAROLYN CURIEL, July 6, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Bye-Bye, Bush Boom (By PAUL KRUGMAN, July 6, 2004)
OP-ED: Hearts, Minds and Hearings (By STEVEN A. COOK, July 6, 2004)
OP-ED: You Are How You Eat (By GIULIANO HAZAN, July 6, 2004)
OP-ED: Me and My M.R.I. (By DAVID C. LEVIN, July 6, 2004)
LETTERS: Wrongly Held: It Can Happen Here (5 Letters) (By ASIM KHAN, et. al., July 6, 2004)
LETTERS: Making the Internet Safe for Children (4 Letters) (By EMILY CHAMBERS, et. al., July 6, 2004)
BUSINESS: Stocks Abroad Close Mixed After Slow Day (NY TIMES, July 6, 2004)
Gambling Sites Offering Ways to Let Any User Be the Bookie (By MATT RICHTEL, July 6, 2004)
* You've Got Mail (and Court Says Others Can Read It) (By SAUL HANSELL, July 6, 2004)
ADVERTISING: Lancôme Makes Over Its Makeup Line (By STUART ELLIOTT, July 6, 2004)
BUSINESS TRAVEL: Flight Delays, Down After 9/11, Grow Worse Again (By MARK A. STEIN, July 6, 2004)
ARTS: Politics and Partying Meet in the Hamptons (By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, July 6, 2004)
ARTS: Trying to Create a Niche in Meals and Magazines (By DAVID CARR, July 6, 2004)
BOOKS: 'FOUR SOULS': A Mystic With Revenge on Her Mind (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, July 6, 2004)
* FILM: 'Spider-Man' Gives the Summer One of Its Few Box Office Hits (By SHARON WAXMAN, July 6, 2004)
FILM: NEW DVD'S: An Aging Sharif Makes Charisma Purr (By DAVE KEHR, July 6, 2004)
MUSIC: Asian Music, Accompanied by the A Train (By YILU ZHAO, July 6, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Fat: The Secret Life of a Potent Cell (By DENISE GRADY, July 6, 2004)
* Decoding the Dance of Saturn's Rings (By KENNETH CHANG, July 6, 2004)
Virtual Camp Trains Soldiers in Arabic, and More (By MARGARET WERTHEIM, July 6, 2004)
* A CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT C. RICHARDSON: The Chilling of American Science
(By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, July 6, 2004)
* Ticking Circadian Clocks (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, July 6, 2004)
OBSERVATORY: Plant, Compost Thyself (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, July 6, 2004)
Q & A: A Pesticide and Its Name (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, July 6, 2004)
HEALTH: Fast Pace, Hard Seat: Now That's Cycling (By GINA KOLATA, July 6, 2004)
Older Women, Too, Struggle With a Dangerous Secret (By BONNIE ROTHMAN MORRIS, July 6, 2004)
Too Little Fat Can Be as Bad as Too Much (By ABIGAIL ZUGER, July 6, 2004)
THE CONSUMER: Choosing a Pain Remedy Carefully (By MARY DUENWALD, July 6, 2004)
PERSONAL HEALTH: For Survivors of Cancer, All Calories Are Not Equal (By JANE E. BRODY, July 6, 2004)
REALLY?: The Claim: Antiperspirants Cause Breast Cancer (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, July 6, 2004)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Women and H.I.V. (By JOHN LANGONE, July 6, 2004)
CASES: The Person Was Inside the Patient, but the Doctors Never Met Him (By JUDITH GROCHL, July 6, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Hazards: See a Movie, Then Light Up? (By JOHN O'NEIL, July 6, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Patterns: With More Ads, More Girls Drink (By JOHN O'NEIL, July 6, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: At Risk: Charting the Calendar of Strokes (By JOHN O'NEIL, July 6, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Treatment: Bypass Is Called a Last Resort (By JOHN O'NEIL, July 6, 2004)

Monday, July 5, 2004:
On This Day: July 5 (David Farragut 7/5/1801-8/14/1870, Robert Fitzroy 7/5/1805-4/30/1865, Cecil Rhodes 7/5/1853-3/26/1902, Edouard Herriot 7/5/1872-3/26/1957, Judah Leon Magnes 7/5/1877-10/27/1948, Dwight Davis 7/5/1879-11/28/1945, Wanda Landowska 7/5/1879-8/16/1959, Willem Drees 7/5/1886-5/14/1988, John Howard Northrop 7/5/1891-5/27/1987, Henry Cabot Lodge 7/5/1902-2/27/1985, Georges Pompidou 7/5/1911-4/2/1974, Manolete 7/5/1917-8/29/1947, Jatherine Helmond 1934, Shirley Knight 1936, Julie Nixon Eisenhower 1948, Rich "Goose" Gossage 1951, Marc Cohn 1959)
* Ashe Topples Connors for Crown at Wimbledon (By FRED TUPPER, July 5, 1975)
* Phineas T. Barnum, The Great Showman Dead at 80 [7/5/1810-4/7/1891] (NY TIMES, April 8, 1891)

Dr. Howard Frank, 89, a Pioneer of the Pacemaker, Dies (By STUART LAVIETES, July 5, 2004)
NATIONAL: Kerry Criticizes Bush's Definition of Values (By ROBIN TONER, July 5, 2004)
* At Festivals, Faith, Rock and T-Shirts Take Center Stage (By JOHN LELAND, July 5, 2004)
WORLD: INSURGENCY: U.S. Aides Say Kin of Hussein Aid Insurgency (By DOUGLAS JEHL, July 5, 2004)
China's Boom Brings Fear of an Electricity Breakdown (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, July 5, 2004)
JEREZ JOURNAL: Mexico's 'Tomato King' Seeks a New Title (By GINGER THOMPSON, July 5, 2004)
* NY REGION: A Piece of a Mountain to Begin a Tower (NY TIMES, July 5, 2004)
A Brilliant Sky, and Muted Security (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, July 5, 2004)
* Metropolitan Diary (By JOE ROGERS, July 5, 2004)
BASEBALL: Piazza and Clemens on Same Side for All-Star Game (By STEVE POPPER, July 5, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Rights of Terror Suspects (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, July 5, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: A Game to Remember (By BOB HERBERT, July 5, 2004)
OP-ED: SUMMERSCAPES: A Vacation From My Past (By SHYAM SELVADURAI, July 5, 2004)
OP-ED: The Years After Tomorrow (By STUART E. EIZENSTAT and DAVID B. SANDALOW, July 5, 2004)
LETTERS: Michael Moore and the Media's Job (4 Letters) (By PAUL HICKEY, et. al., July 5, 2004)
ARTS: A Trove of Modern Indian Art Comes Out of Hiding (By KEITH BRADSHER, July 5, 2004)
DANCE: Curtain Calls and Tears as a Troupe Bows Farewell (By ALAN RIDING, July 5, 2004)
DANCE: AMERICAN BALLET THEATER:Ballet Theater Bids Farewell to a Stalwart
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, July 5, 2004)

Sunday, July 4, 2004:
On This Day: July 4 (Jean-Pierre Blanchard 7/14/1753-3/7/1809, Nathaniel Hawthorne 7/4/1804-5/19/1864, Giuseppe Garibaldi 7/4/1807-6/2/1882, E. R. Squibb 7/4/1819-10/25/1900, Stephen Foster 7/4/1826-1/13/1864, Rube Goldberg 7/4/1883-12/7/1970, Louis B. Mayer 7/4/1885-10/29/1957, Gertrude Lawrence 7/4/1898-9/6/1952, George Murphy 7/4/1902-5/3/1992, Lionel Trilling 7/4/1905-11/5/1975, Mitch Miller 1911, Abigail Van Buren 1918, Ann Landers 1918, Eva Marie Saint 1924, Meil Simon 1927, Gina Lollobrigida 1928, George Steinbrenner 1930, Ray Pillow 1937, Karolyn Grimes 1940, Geraldo Rivera 1943, Pam Shriver 1962)
Nation and Millions in City Joyously Hail Bicentennial (By RICHARD F. SHEPARD, July 4, 1976)
Calvin Coolidge Dies at 60, Unusual Political Career, Never Defeated for an Office
[7/4/1872-1/5/1933] (NY TIMES, January 6, 1933)

NATIONAL: Swaying Unhappy Ohio Voters Could Be a Key to the Presidency (By JAMES DAO, July 4, 2004)
WORLD: Iraqis Watch With Wary Pride as Little Changes, and a Lot (By IAN FISHER and SOMINI SENGUPTA, July 4, 2004)
Militant Iraqi Group Says It Beheaded a Kidnapped American Marine (By EDWARD WONG, July 4, 2004)
* India and Pakistan: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors (By AMY WALDMAN, July 4, 2004)
* Golfing Mongolia: A 2.3-Million-Yard Par 11,880 (By JAMES BROOKE, July 4, 2004)
SPORTS: Sharapova Upends Williams for the Title (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, July 4, 2004)
BASEBALL: Piazza's Life as an All-Star Catcher Could End With a Twist (By LEE JENKINS, July 4, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Not Feeling Groovy (By MAUREEN DOWD, July 4, 2004)
BUSINESS: It's the Economy, Right? Guess Again (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, July 4, 2004)
ECONOMIC VIEW: Executive Greed? The Other Guy Started It (By EDUARDO PORTER, July 4, 2004)
A Union Label, Inside Out (By DANNY HAKIM, July 4, 2004)
ARTS OP-ED: FRANK RICH: Sex, Lies and No Chalabi (FRANK RICH, July 4, 2004)
ARTS: Gerhard Richter Goes to War (By JAN THORN-PRIKKER, July 4, 2004)
* MUSIC: The Plight of the White-Tie Worker [Conductor's salaries] (By BLAIR TINDALL, July 4, 2004)
TV: Spy Versus Spy Versus Spy (By LUKE COLLINS, July 4, 2004)
TV: Surely He Cannot Be Humorous? (By JACQUES STEINBERG, July 4, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, July 4, 2004)
Shrunk to Size, Hussein Faces His Reckoning (By JOHN F. BURNS, July 4, 2004)
* HISTORY LESSONS: In Times of Trouble, the Founding Fathers Sell Well (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, July 4, 2004)
* WORD FOR WORD | THE ARAB PRESS: Editorial Tea Leaves in the Middle East
(By PETER C. VALENTI, July 4, 2004)
Teeing Off With the 'Dear Duffer' (By CHARLES McGRATH, July 4, 2004)
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT: Presidential Interviews Follow a Script (but Not Always) (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, July 4, 2004)
* Politicians Talk More About Religion, and People Expect Them To (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, July 4, 2004)
* EXCITEMENT ON DEMAND: Why Political Surprises Rarely Surprise (By RICHARD L. BERKE, July 4, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, July 4, 2004)
* ON LANGUAGE: 7/4/Oratory (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, July 4, 2004)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Look Who's Parenting (By ANN HULBERT, July 4, 2004)
QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN WILSON: Summer Fun, Anyone? (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, July 4, 2004)
CONSUMED: A Bigger Bang (By ROB WALKER, July 4, 2004)
* COVER ARTICLE: The Chinese Century (By TED C. FISHMAN, July 4, 2004)
LIVES: The Personal Is Political (By TONY HENDRA, July 4, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, July 4, 2004)
* 'My Life': His True Love Is Politics [Bill Clinton] (By LARRY McMURTRY, July 4, 2004)
* 'Dylan Thomas': Famous Too Soon [Andrew Lycett] (By LINDSAY DUGUID, July 4, 2004)
'Four Souls': Off the Reservation [Louise Erdrich] (By KAREN JOY FOWLER, July 4, 2004)
'Politics': Pundit's Progress [Hendrik Hertzberg] (By RICHARD BROOKHISER, July 4, 2004)
'How Soccer Explains the World': Of Headers and Hooligans [Franklin Foer] (By JOE QUEENAN, July 4, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Pictures of Saturn Moon Fail to Break Through Haze (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, July 4, 2004)

Saturday, July 3, 2004:
On This Day: July 3 (Robert Adam 7/3/1728-3/3/1792, Samuel Huntington 7/3/1731-1/5/1796, John Singleton Copley 7/3/1738-9/9/1815, Dankmar Adler 7/3/1844-4/16/1900, Charlotte Gilman 7/3/1860-8/17/1935, Franz Kafka 7/3/1883-6/3/1924, M.F.K. Fisher 7/3/1908-6/22/1992, Stavros Spyros Niarchos 7/3/1909-4/15/1996, Dorothy Kilgallen 7/3/1913-11/8/1965, Ken Russell 1927, Pete Fountain 1930, Tom Stoppard 1937, Jay Tarses 1939, Michael Cole 1945, Dave Barry 1947, Montel Williams 1956, Laura Branigan 1957, Tom Cruise 1962, Hunter Tylo 1962)
* Battle of Gettysburg ended after three days in a major victory for the North (NY TIMES, July 3, 1863)
* George M. Cohan, 64, Dies at Home Here Overlooking Central Park [7/3/1878-11/5/1942] (NY TIMES, November 6, 1942)

NATIONAL: Kerry Invoking 'Values' Theme to Frame Issues (By JODI WILGOREN, July 3, 2004)
Kerry Says Announcement of Pick to Come Via E-Mail (By JODI WILGOREN, July 3, 2004)
BASEBALL ANALYSIS: Full of Energy, No Need to Nap (By JACK CURRY, July 3, 2004)
SPORTS MEDIA AND BUSINESS: Players Did Better Than the Play-Callers (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, July 3, 2004)
* EDITORIALS: APPRECIATIONS: Marlon Brando (By ANDREW ROSENTHAL, July 3, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Al Jazeera: Out-Foxing Fox (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, July 3, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Bush's Winning Strategy (By DAVID BROOKS, July 3, 2004)
* OP-ED: The Madness in His Method [Marlon Brando] (By DAVID THOMSON, July 3, 2004)
* OP-ED: What Would George Celebrate? (By FRED ANDERSON, July 3, 2004)
LETTERS: An Iraqi Milestone: Saddam Hussein in Court (8 Letters) (By CAROLYN BIDWELL, et. al., July 3, 2004)
BUSINESS: Treasuries Rally, but Stocks Go Down as Wall St. Reads Employment Report
[Dow -51.33, Nasdaq -8.89] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, July 3, 2004)
As Bills Mount, Debts on Homes Rise for Elderly (By JENNIFER BAYOT, July 3, 2004)
* BOOKS: Engineering More Sons Than Daughters (By FELICIA R. LEE, July 3, 2004)
ART CRITIC: Asians Developing Skills in Western Styles Like Ballet, Tap and Flamenco
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, July 3, 2004)
* FILM CRITIC: Marshaling His Talent to Battle His Fame [Marlon Brando] (By A. O. SCOTT, July 3, 2004)

Friday, July 2, 2004:
On This Day: July 2 (Thomas Cranmer 7/2/1489-3/21/1556, Christoph Glück 7/2/1714-11/15/1787, Richar Henry Stoddard 7/2/1825-5/12/1903, Frederick Gates 7/2/1853-2/6/1929, Clarence Barron 7/2/1855-10/2/1928, Hermann Hesse 7/2/1877-8/9/1962, Hugh Dryden 7/2/1898-12/2/1965, Sir Tyrone Guthrie 7/2/1903-10/9/1995, Sir Alec Douglas-Home 7/2/1903-10/9/1995, Medgar Evers 7/2/1925-6/12/1963, Patrice Lumumba 7/2/1925-1/?/1961, Brock Peters 1927, Imelda Marcos 1929, Ahmad Jamal 1930, Robert Ito 1931, Polly Holliday 1937, John Sununu 1949, Ron Silver 1946, Luci Baines Johnson Turpin 1947, Roy Bittan 1949, Jerry Hall 1956)
Miss Earhart Forced Down at Sea, Howland Isle Fears; Coast Guard Begins Search (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 2, 1937)
Thurgood Marshall, Civil Rights Hero, Dies at 84 [7/2/1908-1/24/1993] (By LINDA GREENHOUSE, January 25, 1993)

* Complete Coverage: Marlon Brando (1924-2004) (NY TIMES, July 2, 2004)
* Marlon Brando, Oscar-Winning Actor, Is Dead at 80 (By RICK LYMAN, July 2, 2004)
Anthony J. Hope, Head of Panel and Bob Hope's Son, Dies at 63 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 2, 2004)
NATIONAL: Bush and Kerry Vie for Support of Rural Voters (By ROBIN TONER, July 2, 2004)
ANTI-INSURGENCY: Ex-Occupation Aide Sees No Dent in 'Saddamists' (By DAVID E. SANGER, July 2, 2004)
WORLD: Hussein Is Said to Have Revealed Little to Jailers (By NEIL A. LEWIS and DAVID JOHNSTON, July 2, 2004)
Defiant Hussein Rebukes Iraqi Court for Trying Him (By JOHN F. BURNS, July 2, 2004)
Huge Rally in Hong Kong Calls for Democratic Elections (By KEITH BRADSHER, July 2, 2004)
NY REGION: A Warning on Cut-Rate Surgery Abroad (By MARY SPICUZZA, July 1, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Moore's Public Service (By PAUL KRUGMAN, July 2, 2004)
BUSINESS: Mixed Economic Data and Cuts in Ratings Depress Shares
[Dow -101.32, Nasdaq -32.24] (Associated Press, July 2, 2004)
* ART: 'BEYOND GEOMETRY': Modernism Wasn't So American After All (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, July 2, 2004)
* ARTS: Windows on the Many Chinese Revolutions, Political and Personal (By HOLLAND COTTER, July 2, 2004)
FILM: 'BEFORE SUNSET': Reunited, Still Talking, Still Uneasy (By A. O. SCOTT, July 2, 2004)
TV: Where Old Television Goes to Its Final Reward (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, July 2, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Striking Images of Saturn's Rings From First Craft to Orbit Planet (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, July 2, 2004)

Thursday, July 1, 2004:
On This Day: July 1 (Gottfried Leibniz 7/1/1646-11/14/1716, Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau 7/1/1725-5/10/1807, George Sand 7/1/1804-6/8/1876, Susan Glaspell 7/1/1882-7/27/1948, James Cain 7/1/1892-10/27/1977, Charles Laughton 7/1/1899-12/15/1962, William Wyler 7/1/1902-7/27/1981, Mary Steichen Calderone 7/1/1904-10/24/1998, William Dixon 7/1/1915-1/29/1992, Jean Stafford 7/1/1915-3/26/1979, Diana, Princess of Wales 7/1/1961-8/31/1997, Olivia de Havilland 1916, Farley Granger 1925, Leslie Caron 1931, Claude Berri 1934, Jamie Farr 1934, Jean Marsh 1934, Pat McCormick 1934, Sydney Pollack 1934, David Prowse 1935, Wally Amos 1936, Twyla Tharp 1941, Karen Black 1942, Genevieve Bujold 1942, Deborah Harry 1945, Michael Pressman 1950, Dan Aykroyd 1952, Carl Lewis 1961, Pamela Anderson 1967, Liv Tyler 1977)
A New Leader Outlines His Vision for Hong Kong (By EDWARD A. GARGAN, July 1, 1997)
Walter White, 61, Dies in Home Here [7/1/1893-3/21/1955] (NY TIMES, March 22, 1955)

NATIONAL: In Utah, Two Faiths and One Prayer (By NICK MADIGAN & MELISSA SANFORD, July 1, 2004)
THE SOLDIERS: 1 in 6 Iraq Veterans Is Found to Suffer Stress-Related Disorder
(By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, July 1, 2004)
THE AD CAMPAIGN: Kerry Pushes an Image of All-Around, Intelligent Guy (By JODI WILGOREN, July 1, 2004)
Any Saturday on Highways Ranks Close to Deadly Holidays (By MATTHEW L. WALD, July 1, 2004)
* In Utah, Ancient Ruins Are Revealed After Long Wait (By KIRK JOHNSON, July 1, 2004)
* NY REGION: They're Not Heavy; They're His People (By COREY KILGANNON, July 1, 2004)
* Running 3,100 Miles, and Following Their Leader Every Step of the Way (By COREY KILGANNON, July 1, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Escape From the Green Zone (By MAUREEN DOWD, July 1, 2004)
OP-ED: Those Were the Days (By BRUCE BARTLETT, July 1, 2004)
BUSINESS: Shares Basically Flat in Listless Reaction to Fedšs Move
[Dow +22.05, Nasdaq +12.86] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, July 1, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Oracle Says Fear of Microsoft Led to PeopleSoft Bid (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, July 1, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, July 1, 2004)
In These Games, the Points Are All Political (By MICHAEL ERARD, July 1, 2004)
Could Your Voice Betray You? (By DOUGLAS HEINGARTNER, July 1, 2004)
WHAT'S NEXT: Knock 3 Times on the Ceiling (to Turn on the DVD Player) (By ANNE EISENBERG, July 1, 2004)
* BASICS: Laser Color, Now in Reach of Kansas (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, July 1, 2004)
* The Call to the Torah, Now Heeded Online (By CHARLES DeLaFUENTE, July 1, 2004)