New York Times: July 2005

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who read avidly The New York Times daily & joyfully for over 50 years.

Selected Articles from The New York Times—
July 2005
(* denotes news of special interest)

Sunday, July 31, 2005:
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)

Robert Maguire, 75, Expert on Soviet Literature, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, July 31, 2005)
* Hildegarde, Influential Cabaret Headliner, Is Dead at 99 (By ENID NEMY, July 31, 2005)
NATIONAL: Cloth Protrusions on Discovery May Constitute a Threat (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, July 31, 2005)
On Farthest U.S. Shores, Iraq Is a Way to a Dream (By JAMES BROOKE, July 31, 2005)
WORLD: Seething Unease Shaped British Bombers' Newfound Zeal (By AMY WALDMAN, July 31, 2005)
NY REGION: The Cows Are Thriving. Now How About Their Doctors? (By PETER NORLANDER, July 31, 2005)
The Pizza's Still Old World, Only Now the Old World's Tibet (By JOSEPH BERGER, July 31, 2005)
* SPORTS: Ramirez Well Worth Keeping or Getting (By HARVEY ARATON, July 31, 2005)
BASEBALL: Ramirez Says He Wants to Stay With Red Sox (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 31, 2005)
* BASEBALL: Boggs and Sandberg Inducted Into Hall of Fame (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 31, 2005)
GOLF: Singh Holds Off Woods to Win Buick Open (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 31, 2005)
GOLF: From Start, Singh Had It and Woods Did Not (By DAMON HACK, July 31, 2005)
GOLF: Singh Believes in His Swing; He's Agnostic on Putting (By DAMON HACK, July 31, 2005)
EDITORIAL: Prince Turki's Résumé (NY TIMES, July 31, 2005)
EDITORIAL Observer: The Bolshoi Ballet Returns to New York and Finds Moscow (By ELEANOR RANDOLPH, July 31, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Another Face of Terror (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, July 31, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Boys of Summer [baseball] (By DAVID BROOKS, July 31, 2005)
* OP-ED: What We Talk About When We Talk About Editing (By DAVID SHIPLEY, Editor, Op-Ed page, July 31, 2005)
* OP-ED: Growing Up With a Dose of Magic [Harry Potter] (By KAAVYA VISWANATHAN, July 31, 2005)
* OP-ED: Under the Covers [children's books] (By ANN BRASHARES, July 31, 2005)
OP-ED: Switched Off in Basra (By STEVEN VINCENT, July 31, 2005)
* LETTERS: What Does a Terrorist Look Like? (8 Letters) (By Nathaniel Falda, et. al., July 31, 2005)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, July 31, 2005)
BUSINESS | Market Week: A Week to Test Momentum (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, July 31, 2005)
* Digital Domain: Why Bill Gates Wants 3,000 New Patents (By RANDALL STROSS, July 31, 2005)
* The Sniffer vs. the Cybercrooks [Mark Seiden] (By GARY RIVLIN, July 31, 2005)
* Everybody's Business: Don't Worry About China. Learn From It. (By BEN STEIN, July 31, 2005)
Market Place: If Airlines Are in Trouble, Why Is Wall Street Bullish?
(By MICHELINE MAYNARD and ROBEN FARZAD, July 31, 2005)
INVESTING: Will Fame and Fortune Change Utility Stocks? (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, July 31, 2005)
PORTFOLIOS: If Interest Rates Turn Upside Down, Look Out (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, July 31, 2005)
Armchair M.B.A.: Sometimes the Sizzle Can Drown Out the Pitch (By WILLIAM J. HOLSTEIN, July 31, 2005)
THE BOSS: A Dream Awakens in Africa [Steve Fitzgerald, CEO Conservation Corporation Africa]
(As told to ABBY ELLIN, July 31, 2005)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, July 31, 2005)
* ARTS | COMIC BOOKS: It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Architecture! (By ALEXANDRA STARR, July 31, 2005)
* MUSIC: How to View 26,000 Operas at Once [Met's database] (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, July 31, 2005)
* MUSIC: I Screen, You Screen: The New Age of the Music Video (By JON CARAMANICA, July 31, 2005)
TV: ESPN's New Master of the Offensive Foul (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, July 31, 2005)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, July 31, 2005)
STYLE: What Do Peacocks Say? ACK [bumper stickers] (By WARREN ST. JOHN and ALEXANDRA WOLFE, July 31, 2005)
MODERN LOVE: Out From Under the Influence (By KEVIN CAHILLANE, July 31, 2005)
POSSESSED: The Stylist Did It [Kate White's stuffed cobra] (By DAVID COLMAN, July 31, 2005)
* VOWS: Jason Kibbey and Elizabeth Baker [daughter of Zen Master Richard Baker]
(By CAROL POGASH, July 31, 2005)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, July 31, 2005)
SPIN CONTROL: How Payola Went Corporate (By LORNE MANLY, July 31, 2005)
Iraq Dances With Iran, While America Seethes (By EDWARD WONG, July 31, 2005)
* Two Faces of Terrorism: Is One More Evil Than the Other? (By ALAN COWELL, July 31, 2005)
* ZIP SEARCH: Accessory to Murder (By BRUCE WEBER, July 31, 2005)
Where the Human Footprint Is Lightest (By BILL MARSH, July 31, 2005)
The Basics: About That Unquivering Flesh [Londoners] (By THOMAS VINCIGUERRA, July 31, 2005)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, July 31, 2005)
* ON LANGUAGE: Desecration (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, July 31, 2005)
* CONSUMED: Color-Coding [cosmetics] (By ROB WALKER, July 31, 2005)
COVER ARTICLE: Building the Béisbol Brand [Mets' Omar Minaya] (By JONATHAN MAHLER, July 31, 2005)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, July 31, 2005)
'Dark Genius of Wall Street': Jay Millionaire [Edward J. Renehan Jr.] (By JOSEPH NOCERA, July 31, 2005)

Saturday, July 30, 2005:
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)

Friday, July 29, 2005:
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)

NATIONAL: NASA Chief Is Optimistic About Solving Problem on Shuttle (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 29, 2005)
WORLD: Police in London and Rome Arrest 4 Suspects in Attack (By ALAN COWELL, July 29, 2005)
SPORTS: Knicks Hold a Homecoming for Their New King (By HOWARD BECK, July 29, 2005)
SPORTS: Up Next: Finding a Game Worthy of the Coaching Hunt [Knick's Larry Brown]
(By HARVEY ARATON, July 29, 2005)
* ON BASEBALL: Despite All the Baggage, the Mets Need Ramirez (By MURRAY CHASS, July 29, 2005)
Yankees 6, Twins 3: Yankees Find Victory Behind an Odd Couple (By JOE LAPOINTE, July 29, 2005)
Astros 3, Mets 2: Beltran and Mets Feel Unwelcome in Houston (By LEE JENKINS, July 29, 2005)
EDITORIAL: The Safest Shuttle Tank Ever (NY TIMES, July 29, 2005)
* OP-ED Columnist: French Family Values (By PAUL KRUGMAN, July 29, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: All Fall Down (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, July 29, 2005)
* OP-ED: The Price of Fame (By JACOB SLICHTER, July 29, 2005)
* OP-ED: Broken Record (By CLIFF DOERKSEN, July 29, 2005)
LETTERS: A Wartime Call: Share the Burden (6 Letters) (By Nancy Davis, et. al., July 29, 2005)
* ART | 'Hope and Healing': Desperately Painting the Plague (By HOLLAND COTTER, July 29, 2005)
FILM | 'THE ARISTOCRATS': A Filthy Theme and Variations (By A. O. SCOTT, July 29, 2005)
MUSIC Critic: As American as Copland, Who Forged Our New Sound (By ALLAN KOZINN, July 29, 2005)
TRAVEL | 36 Hours: Kennebunkport, Maine (By KIMBERLY RIDLEY, July 29, 2005)
* SCIENCE: Astronomers Find a New Planet in Solar System (By KENNETH CHANG, July 29, 2005)
Scientists Warn Fewer Kinds of Fish Are Swimming the Oceans (By CORNELIA DEAN, July 29, 2005)
* SCIENCE: The Dinosaur That Walked on Two Legs May Have Started Life on Four
(By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, July 29, 2005)

Thursday, July 28, 2005:
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)

* NATIONAL: Alive and Thriving in the Midwest: Brawling in Cages (By MICHAEL WILSON, July 28, 2005)
WORLD: British Police Round Up 9 More Suspects (By GRAHAM BOWLEY, July 28, 2005)
I.R.A. Renounces Violence in Potentially Profound Shift (By BRIAN LAVERY and ALAN COWELL, July 28, 2005)
* Okonjima Journal: A Rescue Mission, Slowing Cheetahs' Fast Disappearance (By MICHAEL WINES, July 28, 2005)
SPORTS: After Truly Scary Night, Relieved Clement Exhales (By CHARLIE NOBLES, July 28, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Oil and Blood (By BOB HERBERT, July 28, 2005)
OP-ED: When the Profile Fits the Crime (By PAUL SPERRY, July 28, 2005)
OP-ED: When You Have to Shoot First (By HAIM WATZMAN, July 28, 2005)
* LETTERS: What's Summer Without Good Books? (3 Letters) (By Raleigh Mayer, et. al., July 28, 2005)
LETTERS: What, Her Worry? [Barbara Bush] (By Irwin Winer, July 28, 2005)
BUSINESS: Stock Indicators Post Moderate Increases
[Dow +57.32, Nasdaq +10.23ß] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 28, 2005)
Several Indicators Point to Brisk Economic Growth (By VIKAS BAJAJ, July 28, 2005)
Small Business: Entrepreneurs Cater to Immigrants1 Financial Needs (By BETSY CUMMINGS, July 28, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: Ballmer Tries to Restore Luster of Microsoft's Stock (By JOHN MARKOFF, July 28, 2005)
Economic Scene: Reading Between the Lines of Used Book Sales (By HAL R. VARIAN, July 28, 2005)
FASHION: It's the Kids. Lock Up the China! (By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM, July 28, 2005)
* SCIENCE: Scientists Find Oldest Dinosaur Embryo Ever (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, July 28, 2005)
SCIENCE: Before Docking at Space Station, Shuttle Nails a Back-Flip (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, July 28, 2005)
* HEALTH: Study Says Echinacea Has No Effect on Colds (By GINA KOLATA, July 28, 2005)

Wednesday, July 27, 2005:
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)

SPORTS: Red Sox' Clement Takes Hit to the Head (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 27, 2005)
Yankees 4, Twins 0: Right Now, Johnson Looks Like Himself (By TYLER KEPNER, July 27, 2005)
* OP-ED: Columnist: Learning From Lance (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, July 27, 2005)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, July 27, 2005)
* Eating Well: Is There an Extra Ingredient in Nonstick Pans? (By MARIAN BURROS, July 27, 2005)

Tuesday, July 26, 2005:
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)

EDITORIAL: Terrorism and the Random Search (NY TIMES, July 26, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: All Ears for Tom Cruise, All Eyes on Brad Pitt (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, July 26, 2005)
* OP-ED: The Books of Summer (By ALICE HOFFMAN, July 26, 2005)
OP-ED: Questions for... Nicholas D. Kristof and Charles Pritchard (NY GTIMES July 26, 2005)
* LETTERS: Egypt, London, Spain, New York... (5 Letters) (By Barbara C. Martin, et. al., July 26, 2005)
Are We There Yet?, the Airplane Version (3 Letters) [children on flights]
(By Cynthia Emerlye, et. al., July 26, 2005)
* ART: A Surge in Chinese Art Sales, Driven by History (By SOUREN MELIKIAN, July 26, 2005)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, July 26, 2005)
SCIENCE: Shuttle Roars Into Space in First Mission in More Than 2 Years (By JOHN SCHWARTZ and WARREN E. LEARY, July 26, 2005)
* SCIENCE: Who's That Strange Monkey in the Mirror? [Capuchins] (By NICHOLAS WADE, July 26, 2005)
FINDINGS: 80 Years Ago, They Inherited the Wind (By SAM ROBERTS, July 26, 2005)
* Raptors' Fidelity Is Proved Without Ruffling Any Feathers (By LAURA TANGLEY, July 26, 2005)
* Q & A: Surviving Without Water (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, July 26, 2005)
* HEALTH: Really?: The Claim: Muscle Turns to Fat When You Stop Working Out
(By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, July 26, 2005)
A New Face: A Bold Surgeon, an Untried Surgery (By MICHAEL MASON, July 26, 2005)

Monday, July 25, 2005:
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)

OP-ED Columnist: Toyota, Moving Northward (By PAUL KRUGMAN, July 25, 2005)
* OP-ED Columnist: What Bush Doesn't Know (By BOB HERBERT, July 25, 2005)
* OP-ED: The Best Army We Can Buy (By DAVID M. KENNEDY, July 25, 2005)
* OP-ED: Uniform Sacrifice (By DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN, July 25, 2005)

Sunday, July 24, 2005:
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: Military Memo: All Quiet on the Home Front, and Some Soldiers Are Asking Why (By THOM SHANKER, July 24, 2005)
EDITORIAL Observer: The Story Behind a New York Billboard and the Interests It Serves
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, July 24, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Pain, Agony, Despair: Flying With Children (By DAVID BROOKS, July 24, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Where the Right Is Right (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, July 24, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Eight Days in July (By FRANK RICH, July 24, 2005)
OP-ED: Bringing the Hearings to Order (By ARLEN SPECTER, July 24, 2005)
* OP-ED: Scaring Us Senseless (By NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB, July 24, 2005)
OP-ED: Greetings From Camp Web Site (By ILONA MARSH, July 24, 2005)
OP-ED: Underground Warfare (By ROGER TOUSSAINT, July 24, 2005)
OP-ED: Can't Take the Heat? Plant a Tree (By MIKE DOMBECK, July 24, 2005)
LETTERS to the Public Editor: Other Voices: On Editing, Explanations and Perceptions
(NY TIMES, July 24, 2005)
LETTERS: Medical Records in the Computer Age (2 Letters) (By Marvin A. Nierenberg, M.D., et. al., July 24, 2005)
* LETTERS: Fresh Food Isn't Elitist (By Max Alexander, July 24, 2005)
* LETTERS: Dealing With Terrorists (By Thomas Wright, July 24, 2005)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents/A> (NY TIMES, July 24, 2005)
* A Woman Who Found a Way to Write (By MAUREEN DOWD, July 24, 2005)
* Wish You Were Here in July? ("March of the Penguins") (By MARY JO MURPHY, July 24, 2005)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, July 24, 2005)
* ON LANGUAGE: Oops (By RICHARD LEDERER, July 24, 2005)
Questions for Herbie Hancock: All Jazzed Up (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, July 24, 2005)
* APPEARANCES: Having a Zen Hair Day (By ALEXANDRA MARSHALL, July 24, 2005)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, July 24, 2005)
* 'Divided by God': One Nation, Under Whomever [Noah Feldman] (By FRANKLIN FOER, July 24, 2005)

Saturday, July 23, 2005:
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)

WORLD: 5 Shots in a Train Car Leave Londoners Shaken (By ALAN COWELL, July 23, 2005)
Bombing Suspect Killed in Subway by London Police (By DON VAN NATTA Jr. & ELAINE SCIOLINO, July 23, 2005)
New Incidents Heighten Tensions Among British Muslims (By HASSAN M. FATTAH, July 23, 2005)
Cameras in Britain Record the Criminal and the Banal (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, July 23, 2005)
OP-ED Guest Columnist: Lock and Load (By SARAH VOWELL, July 23, 2005)
* OP-ED: What We Saw in London [terrorist attack]
(By STEPHEN J. HADLEY & FRANCES FRAGOS TOWNSEND, July 23, 2005)
OP-ED: Was It Real for You, Too? (By BOB GREENE, July 23, 2005)

Friday, July 22, 2005:
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)

* Charles Chibitty, 83, the Last of the Comanche Code Talkers, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 22, 2005)
James Aparo, 72, Comic Book Artist, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 22, 2005)
* Alex Shibicky, Who Helped Rangers to Stanley Cup, Dies at 91 (By FRANK LITSKY, July 22, 2005)
WORLD: British Police Arrest Suspect, After Shooting Man in Subway (By ALAN COWELL, July 22, 2005)
* OP-ED Columnist: China Unpegs Itself (By PAUL KRUGMAN, July 22, 2005)
* OP-ED Giving the Hatemongers No Place to Hide (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, July 22, 2005)
* OP-ED: Why Do They Hate Us? Not Because of Iraq (By OLIVIER ROY, July 22, 2005)
* OP-ED: Don't Get Fresh With Me! [Whole Foods Market] (By JULIE POWELL, July 22, 2005)
LETTERS: A Search for Purpose in the War in Iraq (3 Letters) (By Sharon Wigutoff, et. al., July 22, 2005)
LETTERS: Preventing Terrorism Before It Happens (By Bill Johnson, July 22, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google Profit Soars Again, Beyond High Expectations (By SAUL HANSELL, July 22, 2005)
* ART | 'Images of the Divine': Looking Into the Divine Eyes of Spiritual Sculptures
(By HOLLAND COTTER, July 22, 2005)
* BOOKS: Upton Sinclair: Revisit to Old Hero Finds He's Still Lively (By JULIE SALAMON, July 22, 2005)
* TV | 'So You Think You Can Dance': Judges May Tread on Them, but They Still Gotta Dance
(By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, July 22, 2005)

Thursday, July 21, 2005:
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)

* James Doohan, Actor Who Played Scotty on 'Star Trek,' Dies at 85 (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, July 21, 2005)
Gerry Thomas, Who Thought Up the TV Dinner, Is Dead at 83 (By LOUISE STORY, July 21, 2005)
John H. Ostrom, Influential Paleontologist, Is Dead at 77 (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, July 21, 2005)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, July 21, 2005)
* Secrets to Good Hard-Drive Hygiene (By GLENN FLEISHMAN, July 21, 2005)
* Q & A: Safe and Serene Behind a Firewall (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, July 21, 2005)
HEALTH: U.S. Will Offer Doctors Free Electronic Records System (By GINA KOLATA, July 21, 2005)

Wednesday, July 20, 2005:
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)

Tuesday, July 19, 2005:
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)

WORLD: June Report Led Britain to Lower Its Terror Alert (By ELAINE SCIOLINO & DON VAN NATTA Jr., July 19, 2005)
Britain Assails Critical Report on Role in Iraq (By ALAN COWELL, July 19, 2005)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, July 19, 2005)
* SCIENCE: A Gene for Romance? So It Seems (Ask the Vole) (By NICHOLAS WADE, July 19, 2005)
* ESSAY: Hunting for Life in Specks of Cosmic Dust (By DENNIS OVERBYE, July 19, 2005)
* FINDINGS: Deep Purple = Moody Blues (By KENNETH CHANG, July 19, 2005)
* Q & A: The Edges of Clouds (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, July 19, 2005)
* Between Series, an Actress Became a Superstar (in Math) [Danica McKellar]
(By KENNETH CHANG, July 19, 2005)
* How Linguists and Missionaries Share a Bible of 6,912 Languages (By MICHAEL ERARD, July 19, 2005)
PERSONAL HEALTH: A Dose of Potent Advice: Don't Mess With Tetanus (By JANE E. BRODY, July 19, 2005)
* HEALTH | REALLY?: The Claim: You Gain More Weight by Eating at Night (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, July 19, 2005)

Monday, July 18, 2005:
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)

WORLD: Investigators Are Clear Who Carried Bombs, but Have Far to Go to Explain More
(By DON VAN NATTA Jr. and STEPHEN GREY, July 18, 2005)

Sunday, July 17, 2005:
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)

BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, July 17, 2005)
* How Costco Became the Anti-Wal-Mart (By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, July 17, 2005)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, July 17, 2005)
Blowing Up in the West (By JAMES BENNET, July 17, 2005)
* THE BASICS: The Truth About Book Sales (By EDWARD WYATT, July 17, 2005)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, July 17, 2005)
* ON LANGUAGE: Mnemonics (By JACK ROSENTHAL, July 17, 2005)
* CONSUMED: Type Casting [typography] (By ROB WALKER, July 17, 2005)
* The Security Adviser: Battlefields (By RICHARD A. CLARKE, July 17, 2005)

Saturday, July 16, 2005:
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)

Friday, July 15, 2005:
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)

Thursday, July 14, 2005:
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)

Wednesday, July 13, 2005:
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)

Tuesday, July 12, 2005:
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)

NATIONAL: At White House, a Day of Silence on Rove's Role in C.I.A. Leak (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, July 12, 2005)
Evangelicals Are a Growing Force in the Military Chaplain Corps (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, July 12, 2005)
BUSINESS: Profit Outlook Lifts Shares; Nasdaq Hits 6-Month High
[Dow +70.58, Nasdaq +22.55] (By REUTERS, July 12, 2005)
BUSINESS: The Oil Uproar That Isn't (By JAD MOUAWAD & MATTHEW L. WALD, July 12, 2005)
Chief of Stock Trading at Fidelity Is Reassigned (By RIVA D. ATLAS, July 12, 2005)
ART Critic: On the Web, Fearlessness Meets Frivolousness (By SARAH BOXER, July 12, 2005)
SCIENCE: The Old Shuttle, New Again (By WARREN E. LEARY, July 12, 2005)
* HEALTH: Neuron Network Goes Awry, and Brain Becomes an IPod (By CARL ZIMMER, July 12, 2005)

Monday, July 11, 2005:
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)

WORLD: Bosnian Muslims Recall Executions (By DAVID ROHDE, July 11, 2005)
SPORTS: In Calculated Move, Armstrong Relinquishes Yellow Jersey (By SAMUEL ABT, July 11, 2005)
FOOTBALL: Ricky Williams Steps Carefully Toward Return (By KAREN CROUSE, July 11, 2005)
Mets 6, Pirates 1: Martínez Pulls the Mets Back to the .500 Mark (By LEE JENKINS, July 11, 2005)

Sunday, July 10, 2005:
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)

Saturday, July 9, 2005:
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)
Dr. Vincent Fontana, 81, Voice for Abused Children, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, July 9, 2005)
NATIONAL: Heavy Toll in Afghan Fight for Navy's Proud Elite (By JAMES DAO, July 9, 2005)
* Religion Journal: In Maine, Restoring History Long Hidden (By KATIE ZEZIMA, July 9, 2005)
Rumors Fly Over Rehnquist's Plans (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN & LINDA GREENHOUSE, July 9, 2005)
WORLD: New Imam Calls for Help in Catching Bombers (By CRAIG S. SMITH, July 9, 2005)
Iraq Asks Muslim States for Support After Envoy's Killing (By JOHN F. BURNS, July 9, 2005)
* NY REGION: The Middle Class Struggles in the Medicaid Maze (By JANE GROSS, July 9, 2005)
* Pigeons and Coupes (By COREY KILGANNON, July 9, 2005)
SPORTS: Yellow Flags on Way to a Yellow Jersey (By GEORGE VECSEY, July 9, 2005)
SPORTS: U.S. Dominance Caused Softball's Olympic Demise (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, July 9, 2005)
BASEBALL: With a Bit of Friendly Advice, Giambi Turns Season Around (By JACK CURRY, July 9, 2005)
Yankees 5, Indians 4: Yankees' Night, Like Their Season, Gets Better as It Goes Along
(By JOE LAPOINTE, July 9, 2005)
Red Sox 7, Orioles 2 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 9, 2005)
Tim Brown to Retire as a Raider [1,094 career catches ranks third] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 9, 2005)
POKER: Playing for High Stakes at the Global Table (By JAMES McMANUS, July 9, 2005)
EDITORIAL: Tony Blair's Summit Meeting (NY TIMES, July 9, 2005)
* EDITORIAL: The Terrorist's Rationale (NY TIMES, July 9, 2005)
* EDITORIAL: AN APPRECIATION: Carnivorous Dragonflies (By ELEANOR RANDOLPH, July 9, 2005)
OP-ED Guest Columnist: Our Faith-Based Train Rides (By SARAH VOWELL, July 9, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: When Fear Stalks, Tune Out (By JOHN TIERNEY, July 9, 2005)
OP-ED: Al Qaeda's Smart Bombs (By ROBERT A. PAPE, July 9, 2005)
OP-ED: Eminent Disdain (By PAUL BASS and DOUGLAS W. RAE, July 9, 2005)
LETTERS: Terror in London: Voices From There, and Here (9 Letters) (By Lynn Forester de Rothschild, et. al., July 9, 2005)
LETTERS: Speaking Out to Condemn the Extremists (5 Letters) (By Khwaja A. Hasan, et. al., July 9, 2005)
BUSINESS: Share Prices Defy an Oil Spike and the London Bombings
[Dow +146.85, Nasdaq +37.22] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, July 9, 2005)
* GRAPHIC: After London Bombings, a Recovery and More (Bloomberg Financial Markets, July 9, 2005)
China Oil Giants Crave Respectability and Power (By KEITH BRADSHER & JAD MOUAWAD, July 9, 2005)
* Joseph Nocera: Data Theft: How to Fix the Mess (By Joseph Nocera, July 9, 2005)
Saturday Interview: 7-Eleven Beats a Path to the Big Cities (By LOUISE STORY, July 9, 2005)
* What's Offline: A Cliffhanger in Hollywood [Research In Motion] (By PAUL B. BROWN, July 9, 2005)
Hiring Pace Picked Up Last Month (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, July 9, 2005)
Selling the Sizzle [Robert A. Lutz, G.M. vice chairman] (By DANNY HAKIM, July 9, 2005)
* REAL ESTATE: Boom in Jobs, Not Just Houses, as Real Estate Drives Economy
(By DAVID LEONHARDT, July 9, 2005)
ART: An Artist Determined to See the Grimmest of Tourist Sights
[Julie Dermansky] (By JULIE SALAMON, July 9, 2005)
* ART Critic: On the Web, Photos Strain to Connect 7/7 and 9/11 (By SARAH BOXER, July 9, 2005)
BOOKS | 'Big Bosoms and Square Jaws': A Director Fixated on More Than Film
(By JOHN STRAUSBAUGH, July 9, 2005)
BOOKS | An Appreciation: Why Readers Keep Returning to the 87th Precinct (By FRANK J. PRIAL, July 9, 2005)
DANCE | 'Reel': Reconciling the Power of Space (By GIA KOURLAS, July 9, 2005)
MUSIC: Mistrial Adds New Mystery to the Death of a Rap Star (By JEFF LEEDS, July 9, 2005)
OPERA | 'Rinaldo': A Bewitching Love That Overcomes a Religious Crusade
(By ALLAN KOZINN, July 9, 2005)
THEATER: Bankrolling Fields of Dreams (By JESSE McKINLEY, July 9, 2005)
TV | 'PUNK: attitude': Look Back in Anger: A Punk History for the Pious (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, July 9, 2005)
TV | 'Hogan Knows Best': Grrr! No One Can Outwit The Hulk (By ANITA GATES, July 9, 2005)
TV | 'The Colt': A Colt Born on a Battlefield, When Men Were Gallant (By ANITA GATES, July 9, 2005)
SCIENCE: Leading Cardinal Redefines Church's View on Evolution (By CORNELIA DEAN & LAURIE GOODSTEIN, July 9, 2005)

Friday, July 8, 2005:
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: Billions Needed to Improve Great Lakes, Coalition Says (By FELICITY BARRINGER, July 8, 2005)
WORLD: Timers Used in Blasts, Police Say; Parallels to Madrid Are Found
(By DON VAN NATTA Jr. & ELAINE SCIOLINO, July 8, 2005)
An Umbrella in a Shower of a Million Bits That Had Been a Bus (By SARAH LYALL, July 8, 2005)
Blair's Rising Star Runs Into a Treacherous Future (By ALAN COWELL, July 8, 2005)
Bombings Rewrite G-8 Agenda (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, July 8, 2005)
NY REGION: In Americans, Lurking Fears Rise to Surface (By PAUL VITELLO, July 8, 2005)
SPORTS: Where Joy Had Bloomed, a Somber Mood Settles In (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, July 8, 2005)
Yankees 7, Indians 2: Another Victory for Yankees Carries a Possible Cost: Gordon
(By TYLER KEPNER, July 8, 2005)
EDITORIAL: London Under Attack (NY TIMES, July 8, 2005)
EDITORIAL: Protections for the United States (NY TIMES, July 8, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Free to Choose Obesity? (By PAUL KRUGMAN, July 8, 2005)
* OP-ED Columnist: If It's a Muslim Problem, It Needs a Muslim Solution (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, July 8, 2005)
* OP-ED: The Surprise We Expected (By IAN MCEWAN, July 8, 2005)
OP-ED: Our Ally, Our Problem (By PETER BERGEN, July 8, 2005)
* LETTERS: 7/7: Terror in Britain, Echoes in America (9 Letters) (By Eric Mattison, et. al., July 8, 2005)
LETTERS: The Jailing of Judith Miller, and the State of the Press (12 Letters) (By Andrea L. Flink, et. al., July 8, 2005)
* BUSINESS: Initial Panic Selling Followed by a Numbing Business as Usual
(By MARK LANDLER & JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, July 8, 2005)
London Exchange Continues With Trading (By HEATHER TIMMONS, July 8, 2005)
Bombings Could Have Deep Impact on Airline Industry (By CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT, July 8, 2005)
Honing Its Image as a Little Investment Bank That Can (By RIVA D. ATLAS, July 8, 2005)
Floyd Norris: Who Cares About Inflation? (By Floyd Norris, July 8, 2005)
With Eye to China, Malaysians Ponder Revaluation (By WAYNE ARNOLD, July 8, 2005)
TECHNOLOGY: Witness Photos on Web Captured London Drama (By LOUISE STORY, July 8, 2005)
* Advertising: Hi. We're A.M.D. Please Listen. (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, July 8, 2005)
ART: Fanciful to Figurative to Wryly Inscrutable (By HOLLAND COTTER, July 8, 2005)
* ART | 'Oteiza': 'Emptying' Sculpture to Make Room for Spiritual Energy (By GRACE GLUECK, July 8, 2005)
* DANCE | American Ballet Theater: Swans of Varying Passions, All Under a Spell
(By JACK ANDERSON, July 8, 2005)
* FILM | 'FANTASTIC FOUR': Even Comic-Book Superheroes Can Use a Little More Momentum
(By A. O. SCOTT, July 8, 2005)
THEATER Critic: The Avant-Garde, Rarely Love at First Sight (By MARGO JEFFERSON, July 8, 2005)
THEATER: A Children's Troupe, Homeward Bound (By JULIE SALAMON, July 8, 2005)
TV Critic: TV's Languishing Laughometer (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, July 8, 2005)
TRAVEL: 36 HOURS: Block Island, R.I. (By PAUL SCHNEIDER, July 8, 2005)
SCIENCE: For Japanese Astronaut, the Wait Is Almost Over (By KENNETH CHANG, July 8, 2005)

Thursday, July 7, 2005:
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)

L. Patrick Gray III, Who Led the F.B.I. During Watergate, Dies at 88 (By TODD S. PURDUM, July 7, 2005)
June Haver, Movie Star in Frothy Wartime Musicals, Dies at 79 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 7, 2005)
NATIONAL: Democrats Adopt O'Connor as Model for Bush Court Pick (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, July 7, 2005)
Reporter Jailed After Refusing to Name Source (By ADAM LIPTAK, July 7, 2005)
U.S. Raises Threat Level for Mass Transit (By DAVID STOUT, July 7, 2005)
* WORLD: After Coordinated Bombs, London Is Stunned, Bloodied and Stoic (By ALAN COWELL, July 7, 2005)
MAP: Locations of London Explosions (NY TIMES, July 7, 2005)
British Officials Say They Had No Warning (By DON VAN NATTA Jr., July 7, 2005)
The Scene: Typical Rush Hour Turns Into Chaos (By SARAH LYALL, July 7, 2005)
* Bombings Disrupt Cellphones and Other Communications (By ERIC PFANNER, July 7, 2005)
G-8 Meeting's Focus Shifts to Terrorism (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, July 7, 2005)
NY REGION: N.Y. Tightens Transit Security (By SHADI RAHIMI, July 7, 2005)
Mayor Says Olympic Bid Was Worth a Shot (By JIM RUTENBERG, July 7, 2005)
Vegemite Toast and Other Slices of Home [Australians] (By JOSEPH BERGER, July 7, 2005)
INK: Grabbing Long Island, by the Pants Pocket (By TERENCE NEILAN, July 7, 2005)
NYC: The Nexus of Gum and Games (By CLYDE HABERMAN, July 7, 2005)
* SPORTS: The Vote: London Wins '12 Olympics; New York Lags (By LYNN ZINSER, July 7, 2005)
SPORTS: Red Sox Offer Schilling to Lean Bullpen (By JOE LAPOINTE, July 7, 2005)
BASEBALL: The Surprising Indians Are Surprising Themselves (By JACK CURRY, July 7, 2005)
BASEBALL: In This Vote, Jeter and Matsui Lose (NY TIMES, July 7, 2005)
EDITORIAL: Judith Miller Goes to Jail (NY TIMES, July 7, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Dad's Empty Chair (By BOB HERBERT, July 7, 2005)
OP-ED: When Ronnie Met Sandy (By LOU CANNON, July 7, 2005)
* OP-ED: Finding Design in Nature (By CHRISTOPH SCHÖNBORN, July 7, 2005)
LETTERS: Fast Food and Obesity in America (7 Letters) (By David L. Katz, M.D., et. al., July 7, 2005)
The F.B.I., Since 9/11 (By Cassandra M. Chandler, July 7, 2005)
BUSINESS: Shares Fall as Oil Prices Offset Some Positive Data
[Dow -101.12, Nasdaq -10.10] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 7, 2005)
Markets Recover From Early Sell-Off (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, July 7, 2005)
Market Place: As a Storm Rolls Through, Oil Prices Jump Up (By JAD MOUAWAD, July 7, 2005)
A Deft Balance in Orchestrating China's Oil Offer (By JOSEPH KAHN, July 7, 2005)
Obesity Inc.: The Food Industry Empire Strikes Back (By MELANIE WARNER, July 7, 2005)
Small Business: When Entrepreneurs Risk It All and Lose (By LOUISE WITT, July 7, 2005)
Advertising: As the Going Gets Tough, Chrysler Calls on Its Old Pitchman
[Lee A. Iacocca] (By DANNY HAKIM, July 7, 2005)
TECHNOLOGY: Mobile Service Strained After London Explosions (By CNET News.com, July 7, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: E-Mail Traffic Doubles After London Blast (By CNET News.com, July 7, 2005)
ARTS, BRIEFLY: Sir Bob Geldof Is Nominated for Nobel Prize (Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, July 7, 2005)
BOOKS: Glasgow and Nashville Color 2 Portraits of Crime (By JANET MASLIN, July 7, 2005)
* BOOKS: With Covers, Publishers Take More Than Page From Rivals (By ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN, July 7, 2005)
DANCE: Budding Dancers Compete, Seriously (By ERIKA KINETZ, July 7, 2005)
DANCE: On a Summer Night in Paris, Ballet and a Few Raindrops (By ALAN RIDING, July 7, 2005)
DANCE | Fugate/Bahiri Ballet NY: Choreographic Couples, One Out of Shakespeare
(By GIA KOURLAS, July 7, 2005)
MUSIC | NY Philharmonic: A Subdued Night but One Quite Right for Children
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, July 7, 2005)
TV: For New Man at 'Today,' Puzzles Big and Small (By JACQUES STEINBERG, July 7, 2005)
TV Critic: Ministering Agent: 'Entourage's' Shark Proves Warmblooded (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, July 7, 2005)
GARDEN: House Proud: Build Me a Bargain (By RAUL A. BARRENECHE, July 7, 2005)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, July 7, 2005)
* Out With the Old Phone, in With the Cash (By RACHEL METZ, July 7, 2005)
Music to Your Cellphone (By THOMAS J. FITZGERALD, July 7, 2005)
Online Shopper: Who Stole Sleep? The Pillow as Perp (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, July 7, 2005)
So Much for the Silent World. Sorry, Cousteau. (ANDREW ZIPERN, July 7, 2005)
Automatically, a Smart Dish That Feeds a Hungry Pet (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, July 7, 2005)
The Power of a Desktop, the Size of a P.D.A. (By ERIC A. TAUB, July 7, 2005)
Stuck in Traffic? This Navigator Tool Finds a Detour (By IVAN BERGER, July 7, 2005)
Web Alert: Clicking on Summer Looks for Less (By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM, July 7, 2005)
Just a Minute, Boss. My Cellphone Is Ringing. (By JOHN LELAND, July 7, 2005)
Hold the Earbuds: Bluetooth and IPod Together at Last (By ADAM BAER, July 7, 2005)
Q & A: Taking Account of All of a PC's Users (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, July 7, 2005)

Wednesday, July 6, 2005:
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)

James B. Stockdale, H. Ross Perot's Running Mate, Dies at 81 (By STEVEN A. HOLMES, July 6, 2005)
Ernest Lehman, 89, Who Wrote 'North by Northwest,' Dies (By MARGALIT FOX, July 6, 2005)
Pierre Michelot, Jazz Musician, Dies at 77 (By AGENCE-FRANCE PRESS, July 6, 2005)
Gerard C. Bond, 65, Geologist Who Studied Climate Change, Is Dead (By JEREMY PEARCE, July 6, 2005)
NATIONAL: For Lobbyist, a Seat of Power Came With a Plate (By GLEN JUSTICE, July 6, 2005)
Psychologists Warned on Role in Detentions (By NEIL A. LEWIS, July 6, 2005)
Letter From Miami: Florida's Zeal Against Castro Is Losing Heat (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, July 6, 2005)
WORLD: Gunmen Ambush 2 Muslim Envoys in Iraqi Capital (By EDWARD WONG, July 6, 2005)
ABOUT NEW YORK: Lifting a Saint, and the Heart of a Father [70-ft tower]
(By DAN BARRY, July 6, 2005)
BASEBALL: Isn't it grand: Manny hits 20th slam in Red Sox 7-4 win (NY TIMES, July 6, 2005)
Yankees 12, Orioles 3: Johnson Comes Through on Short Rest for Yanks (By TYLER KEPNER, July 6, 2005)
Natonals 3, Mets 2: Mets Get a Strong Effort From Mart1nez, and Then Waste It (By LEE JENKINS, July 6, 2005)
On Baseball: Who Gets the Home-Field Edge? Hot-Dog Sales Are One Way to Go (By MURRAY CHASS, July 6, 2005)
EDITORIAL: Collision With a Comet (NY TIMES, July 6, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Investing in Gaza (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, July 6, 2005)
OP-ED Guest Columnist: A Pat on the Back (By SARAH VOWELL, July 6, 2005)
OP-ED: So Who Are the Activists? (By PAUL GEWIRTZ & CHAD GOLDER, July 6, 2005)
OP-ED: The Quiet Man (By PHILLIP CARTER, July 6, 2005)
LETTERS: The Battle for the Supreme Court (8 Letters) (By Joey Freeman, et. al., July 6, 2005)
BUSINESS: Rally on Wal-Mart Outlook Even as Oil Climbs Again
[Dow +68.36, Nasdaq +21.38] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 6, 2005)
BUSINESS: The Big Tug of War Over Unocal (By STEVE LOHR, July 6, 2005)
Advertising: Live Surgical Webcasts Play to Potential Patients (By BARNABY J. FEDER, July 6, 2005)
ARTS: Uprooted in the Attacks, Now Planted in Bronze (By RANDY KENNEDY, July 6, 2005)
ARTS: Children of Darfur Know About Life Amid Carnage (By FELICIA R. LEE, July 6, 2005)
BOOKS |'The Secret Man': An Aura of Mystery Still Hovers Around the Man Who Is Deep Throat
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, July 6, 2005)
FILM Critic: Films Take a More Sophisticated Look at Teenage Sex (By CARYN JAMES, July 6, 2005)
FILM | 'A SIDEWALK ASTRONOMER': A Stargazer Who Exhorts the World to Gaze With Him
(By DANA STEVENS, July 6, 2005)
FILM: Product Placement for the Whole Family ["Herbie: Fully Loaded"] (By ROSS JOHNSON, July 6, 2005)
THEATER | 'THE BIGGER MAN': Paranoid at a Quirky Wedding (By ANNE MIDGETTE, July 6, 2005)
TV: Sharpening Ethnic Barbs and Hoping (By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, July 6, 2005)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, July 6, 2005)
FOOD: Chicken on the Plate, Family on the Side (By KIM SEVERSON, July 6, 2005)
* FOOD: Keep These Kids From Eating Veggies? Try. (By R. W. APPLE Jr., July 6, 2005)
FOOD: I'm the Boss, and I Say No Lentils (By OLIVER SCHWANER-ALBRIGHT, July 6, 2005)
FOOD STUFF: Soy? Wasabi? Make Mine Frozen (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, July 6, 2005)
THE CHEF: A Steak Brought Up Well, Please (By KIM SEVERSON, July 6, 2005)
THE MINIMALIST: The Secret Life of Mayo (By MARK BITTMAN, July 6, 2005)
TEMPTATION: Icebox Cake, a 50's Favorite, Gets a Modern Makeover (By KARA NEWMAN, July 6, 2005)

Tuesday, July 5, 2005:
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)

* Christopher Fry, British Playwright in Verse, Dies at 97 (By BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE, July 5, 2005)
* Nan Kempner, 74, Hostess Devoted to Fashion and Art, Dies (By ENID NEMY, July 5, 2005)
Hank Stram, 82, a Football Innovator and a Hall of Fame Coach, Dies (By FRANK LITSKY, July 5, 2005)
NATIONAL: Pentagon Weighs Strategy Change to Deter Terror (By THOM SHANKER & ERIC SCHMITT, July 5, 2005)
United Church of Christ Backs Same-Sex Marriage (By SHAILA DEWAN, July 5, 2005)
* Presidents, Picking Justices, Can Have Backfires (By TODD S. PURDUM, July 5, 2005)
Fireworks Crowd in Washington Provides Test of Evacuation Plan (By BRIAN WINGFIELD, July 5, 2005)
WORLD: G.I.'s Recover Bodies of 2 on Seal Team in Afghanistan (By CARLOTTA GALL & ERIC SCHMITT, July 5, 2005)
Iranian Women's Dress Code Is Modest but Golf Friendly (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, July 5, 2005)
Venlo Journal: To Cross to the Other Side, Just Cross a Dutch Frontier (By MARK LANDLER, July 5, 2005)
SPORTS: Clinton's Celebrity Status Creates Buzz for New York's Olympic Bid (By JIM RUTENBERG, July 5, 2005)
EDITORIAL: Internet Sales Taxes (NY TIMES, July 5, 2005)
EDITORIAL: An Insecure Nation: Washington's Deadly Bridge (NY TIMES, July 5, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Bush, a Friend of Africa (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, July 5, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Your Land Is My Land (By JOHN TIERNEY, July 5, 2005)
OP-ED: The Heterosexual Revolution (By STEPHANIE COONTZ, July 5, 2005)
OP-ED: Red, White and Bamboo (By ALAN LIGHTMAN, July 5, 2005)
LETTERS: A Serious Look at Her Depression (6 Letters) (By Amber Conley, et. al., July 5, 2005)
BUSINESS: In Seeking Unocal, Chevron Ruffles an Asian Partner (By JAD MOUAWAD & DAVID BARBOZA, July 5, 2005)
Dollar Rises Against Euro, Lifted by Economic Data (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 5, 2005)
Airlines Get Boost by Flying to Europe (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, July 5, 2005)
On the Road: Cheap Fares to Europe? Don't Get Him Started (By JOE SHARKEY, July 5, 2005)
In India, Economic Prosperity Is Spreading Slowly (By SARITHA RAI, July 5, 2005)
In Germany, the Jobless Work to Keep Their Benefits (By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN, July 5, 2005)
ADVERTISING: Marketers See Opportunity as a Web Tool Gains Users (By LOUISE STORY, July 5, 2005)
REAL ESTATE: Hole in the Housing Bubble [Australia] (By RAYMOND BONNER, July 5, 2005)
* BOOKS: An Author Indulges His Inner Twain (By DAVID CARR, July 5, 2005)
BOOKS: Test for Security Efforts: Next Harry Potter Book (By EDWARD WYATT, July 5, 2005)
* BOOKS | 'Juicing the Game: The Taint Baseball Couldn't Wish Away (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, July 5, 2005)
TV | 'Street Fight': Young and Savvy, Taking On the Newark Political Machine
(By NED MARTEL, July 5, 2005)
SCIENCE NEWS": Contents/A> (NY TIMES, July 5, 2005)
* SCIENCE: Spacecraft Hits Passing Comet, Just as Planned (By WARREN E. LEARY, July 5, 2005)
* On Saturn, a Spacecraft Is Finding New Worlds (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, July 5, 2005)
* ESSAY: How Quantum Physics Can Teach Biologists About Evolution (By CORNELIA DEAN, July 5, 2005)
FINGDINGS: The Case of the Shrinking Lotus (By JAMES GORMAN, July 5, 2005)
* A Neuron With Halle Berry's Name on It (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, July 5, 2005)
* Museums Use New Tools to Fix Old Works (By SAMIR S. PATEL, July 5, 2005)
* Observatory: Sleeping With More Than One Eye Open (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, July 5, 2005)
Q & A: The Cat and the Bag (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, July 5, 2005)
* HEALTH: Straight, Gay or Lying? Bisexuality Revisited (By BENEDICT CAREY, July 5, 2005)
* Explaining Differences in Twins (By NICHOLAS WADE, July 5, 2005)
Commentary: A Modern Refrain: My Genes Made Me Do It (By KENT SEPKOWITZ, M.D., July 5, 2005)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Plotting to Save the Structure of Those Aging Bones (By JANE E. BRODY, July 5, 2005)
REALLY?: The Claim: Remove a Tick From Your Skin by Burning It (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, July 5, 2005)
Tests on Healthy Patients Still Endorsed by Doctors (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, July 5, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Safety: What Goes Up Can Come Down Awkwardly (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, July 5, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Behavior: TV in Child's Room Sets Off Academic Alert (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, July 5, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Sensations: A Hint of Lavender and the Scent of Money (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, July 5, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Hazards: Give an Error to That Thin Catcher's Mitt (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, July 5, 2005)
A Conversation With Paul Farmer: Healing the World by Curing the Poor (By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, July 5, 2005)
CASES: Obstinate Patient, Insistent Doctor, New Test (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., July 5, 2005)

Monday, July 4, 2005:
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)

Gaylord A. Nelson, Founder of Earth Day, Is Dead at 89 (By KEITH SCHNEIDER, July 4, 2005)
Brian Pohanka Dies at 50; Fought to Preserve Civil War Battlefields (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, July 4, 2005)
NATIONAL: Hurricane Victims Asked to Repay Millions (ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 4, 2005)
With Congress's Blessing, a Border Fence May Finally Push Through to the Sea
(By JOHN M. BRODER, July 4, 2005)
Prize Garlic, Pig Races and Wookies, All in a Day at the Fair (By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, July 4, 2005)
News Analysis: The Fallout from O'Connor's Resignation (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, July 4, 2005)
WORLD: Commando Saved in Afghanistan (By CARLOTTA GALL & THOM SHANKER, July 4, 2005)
* Even Former Skeptics Are Warming Up to the Pope as the Ex-Watchdog Turns Gentle
(By IAN FISHER, July 4, 2005)
Suddenly, in the Limelight, the President of Germany (By MARK LANDLER, July 4, 2005)
Shap Journal: Menacing the Land, but Promising to Rescue the Earth (By ALAN COWELL, July 4, 2005)
NY REGION: 2 Are Charged With Murder in IPod Theft (By JENNIFER MEDINA & MATTHEW SWEENEY, July 4, 2005)
For the End of Life, Hospital Pairs Ethics and Medicine (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, July 4, 2005)
Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, July 4, 2005)
SPORTS: Federer (Yawn) Wins at Wimbledon Again (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, July 4, 2005)
SPORTS: A Dominant Performance and an End to Intrigue (By GEORGE VECSEY, July 4, 2005)
BASEBALL: Floyd Has Numbers but Not All-Star Votes (By DAVE ANDERSON, July 4, 2005)
Yankees 1, Tigers 0: Yanks' Wang Proving That Talking Is Overrated (By TYLER KEPNER, July 4, 2005)
CYCLING: An American Retains His Lead in the Tour, but It's Not Armstrong (By SAMUEL ABT, July 4, 2005)
SPORTS: Clinging to Their Dream on Fields Near and Far (By JULIET MACUR, July 4, 2005)
EDITORIAL: Hearing the Declaration Anew (NY TIMES, July 4, 2005)
Editorial Observer: The Church-State Wall Is the Best Protection Against Religious Strife
(By ADAM COHEN, July 4, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: A Different New York (By BOB HERBERT, July 4, 2005)
* OP-ED Columnist: Girth of a Nation (By PAUL KRUGMAN, July 4, 2005)
OP-ED: The Founding Sachems (By CHARLES C. MANN, July 4, 2005)
LETTERS: The Quagmire Called the Iraq War (4 Letters) (By Shaun D. Mullen, et. al., July 4, 2005)
BUSINESS: Hollywood Movie Studios See the Chinese Film Market as Their Next Rising Star
(By DAVID BARBOZA, July 4, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: Forget the Bootleg, Just Download the Movie Legally (By SAUL HANSELL, July 4, 2005)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: Blogging While Browsing, but Not Buying (By BOB TEDESCHI, July 4, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: Dear Blog: Today I Worked on My Book (By TANIA RALLI, July 4, 2005)
TECHNOLOGY: U.S. Seeks to Keep Role on Internet (By VICTORIA SHANNON, , July 4, 2005)
DANCE | American Ballet Theater: Measuring a 'Swan Lake' Against a TV Yardstick
(By GIA KOURLAS, July 4, 2005)
DANCE | Mark Foehringer Dance Project/San Francisco
Gangs of Brazil and Their Feud, in Realistic Style (By JACK ANDERSON, July 4, 2005)
MUSIC Critic: Melding Gravity and Guilt at Live 8 (By JON PARELES, July 4, 2005)
MUSIC: An Appreciation: A Seducer in Song, No Lechery Required
[Luther Vandross] By KELEFA SANNEH, July 4, 2005)
TV: On a New Showtime Series, America's Protector Is a Muslim (By JACQUES STEINBERG, July 4, 2005)

Sunday, July 3, 2005:
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)

Saturday, July 2, 2005:
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)

Luther Vandross, Smooth Crooner of R&B, Is Dead at 54 (By JEFF LEEDS, July 2, 2005)
NATIONAL: New Book on Watergate Fleshes Out Deep Throat (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, July 2, 2005)
* WORLD: Fight Grows Over a Stamp U.S. Sees as Racist and Mexico Adores (By ELISABETH MALKIN, July 2, 2005)
Kurds, Emboldened by Lebanon, Rise Up in Tense Syria (By HASSAN M. FATTAH, July 2, 2005)
Saturday Profile: A Scotsman With the Gifts of Gab and Jab (By LIZETTE ALVAREZ, July 2, 2005)
BUSINESS | What's Offline: Hot Stocks and Hooters Inc./A> (By PAUL B. BROWN, July 2, 2005)
BUSINESS | What's Online: Big Media's Power Plays (By DAN MITCHELL, July 2, 2005)
News Analysis: The Next Heavyweight Champion of Banks (By JULIE CRESWELL, July 2, 2005)
Saturday Interview: A Bond Maven Consults His Crystal Ball (By RIVA D. ATLAS, July 2, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: Basic Instincts: Don't Let Data Theft Happen to You (By M.P. DUNLEAVEY, July 2, 2005)
TECHNOLOGY: Microsoft to Pay I.B.M. $775 Million in Settlement (By JOHN MARKOFF, July 2, 2005)
Schools That Train Real Estate Agents Are Booming, Too (By LOUISE STORY, July 2, 2005)
TV WATCH: 'Welcome': Whatever Was ABC Thinking? (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, July 2, 2005)
* SCIENCE: Lost Newton manuscript rediscovered at Royal Society (Science News, The Royal Society, July 2, 2005)
* SCIENCE: Entering a dark age of innovation (By Robert Adler, New Scientist, July 2, 2005)

Friday, July 1, 2005:
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)

OP-ED Columnist: America Held Hostage (By PAUL KRUGMAN, July 1, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Follow the Leapin' Leprechaun (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, July 1, 2005)
* OP-ED: War of Words [postpartum depression] (By BROOKE SHIELDS, July 1, 2005)
* OP-ED: Five Ways to Win Back Iraq (By KENNETH M. POLLACK, July 1, 2005)
LETTERS: Taking the Measure of the New Freedom Tower (9 Letters) (By Jerry T. Johnson, et. al., July 1, 2005)
LETTERS: Is Autism Research Flawed, or Sound? (5 Letters) (By Martin Bounds, et. al., July 1, 2005)
LETTERS: Collecting Data on Me? (By David Sugarman, July 1, 2005)
* BUSINESS: Floyd Norris: Conventional Wisdom Not Always Right (By Floyd Norris, July 1, 2005)
The Overview: Bank of America to Buy MBNA, a Prime Issuer of Credit Cards (By JULIE CRESWELL & ERIC DASH, July 1, 2005)
TECHNOLOGY: Sprint and Motorola Plan a Joint Effort on Wireless Technology
(By KEN BELSON, July 1, 2005)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, July 1, 2005)
* ARTS | 'Visual Music': With Music for the Eye and Colors for the Ear (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, July 1, 2005)
* ART |'East Meets West': How a Japanese Master Enlightened the West (By KEN JOHNSON, July 1, 2005)
* ART: A Curvy Klee Museum, Sprouting From the Swiss Hills (By ALAN RIDING, July 1, 2005)
ART: Robert Mapplethorpe: Mannerism and Mapplethorpe Muscles in Tight Embrace (By ROBERTA SMITH, July 1, 2005)
INSIDE ART: A London Pavilion, Connecticut-Bound (By CAROL VOGEL, July 1, 2005)
ART IN REVIEW (NY TIMES, July 1, 2005)
ANTIQUES: Mystery Sculptures of a Regal Couple (By WENDY MOONAN, July 1, 2005)
DANCE | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival: Stepping Gracefully Through a Memorable History
(By JACK ANDERSON, July 1, 2005)
FILM: Next: Spielberg's Biggest Gamble (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, July 1, 2005)
FILM: 'THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED'
Amid the Pulp, a Meditation on Fathers, Sons and the Ties That Choke (By MANOHLA DARGIS, July 1, 2005)
MUSIC | David Byrne: A Musician Taking Cues From Worlds Near and Far (By BEN RATLIFF, July 1, 2005)
ROCK | Plush Like Lite Radio, but Serious Nonetheless (By JON PARELES, July 1, 2005)
TV: Hitting Rewind in Rerun Season (NY TIMES, July 1, 2005)
TRAVEL: Journeys: Scene Shifts on Cape Cod (By JOSHUA KURLANTZICK, July 1, 2005)

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