Selected Articles from The New York Times—
June 2006
(* denotes news of special interest)

Friday, June 30, 2006:
On This Day: June 30 (John 6/30/1468-8/16/1532, Dominikus Zimmermann 6/30/1685-11/16/1766, Sir Joseph Hooker 6/30/1817-12/10/1911, Lucile Grahn 6/30/1819-4/4/1907,) William Wheeler 6/30/1819-6/4/1887, Walter Ulbricht 6/30/1893-8/1/1973, Harold Laski 6/30/1893-3/24/1950, Willie Sutton 6/30/1901-11/2/1980, Harry Blackstone, Jr. 6/30/1934-5/14/1997, Lena Horne 1917, Nancy Dussault 1936, Tony Musante 1936, Stanley Clarke 1951, David Alan Grier 1955, Vincent D'Onofrio 1959, Rupert Graves 1963, Mike Tyson 1966, Brian Bloom 1970, Brian Vincent 1970, Monica Potter 1971)
* China Resumes Control of Hong Kong, Ending 156 Years of British Rule (By EDWARD A. GARGAN, June 30, 1997)
Y.W.C.A. Leader, Mabel Cratty, Dies at 60 [6/30/1868-2/27/1928] (NY TIMES, February 28, 1928)

ART: The Whitney's Collection at 75: Culture of Stunning Contradictions (By HOLLAND COTTER, June 30, 2006)

Thursday, June 29, 2006:
On This Day: June 29 (Giacomo Leopardi 6/29/1798-6/14/1837, Pietro Angelo Secchi 6/29/1818-2/26/1878, George Goethals 6/29/1858-1/21/1928, Ludwig Beck 6/29/1880-7/20/1944, Robert Schuman 6/29/1886-9/4/1963, James Van Der Zee 6/29/1886-5/15/1983, Helen Hokinson 6/29/1893-11/1/1949, Antoine Saint-Exupery 6/29/1908-5/18/1975, Leroy Anderson 6/29/1908-5/18/1975, Frank Loesser 6/29/1910-7/28/1969, Ruth Warrick 1915, Robert Evans 1930, L. Russell Brown 1940, Gary Busey 1944, Richard Lewis 1947, Fred Grandy 1948, Maria Conchita Alonso 1957)
U.S. Craft Docks Flawlessly With Russian Space Station (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, June 29, 1995)
* Dr. George E. Hale, Astronomer, Dead at 69: Founder of Yerkes, Mt. Wilson & Palomar Observatories
[6/29/1868-2/21/1938] (NY TIMES, February 22, 1938)

Wednesday, June 28, 2006:
On This Day: June 28 (Peter Paul Rubens 6/28/1577-5/30/1640, Jean-Jacques Rousseau 6/28/1712-7/2/1778, Calotta Grisi 6/28/1819-5/20/1899, Otis Skinner 6/28/1858-1/4/1942, Luigi Pirandello 6/28/1867-12/10/1936, Pierre Laval 6/28/1883-10/15/945, Floyd Dell 6/28/1887-7/23/1969, Carl Spaatz, E. H. Carr 6/28/1892-11/3/1982, Eric Ambler 6/28/1909-10/22/1998, Mel Brooks 1926, Pat Morita 1932, Carl Levin 1934, Leon Paneta 1938, Bruce Davison 1946, Kathy Bates 1948, Alice Krige 1954, John Elway 1960, Tony Mercedes 1962, Jessica Hecht 1965, John Cusack 1966, Gil Bellows 1967, Danielle Brisebois 1969)
* Treaty of Versailles: Peace Signed, Ends the Great War; Germans Depart Still Protesting (NY TIMES, June 28, 1919)
* Richard Rodgers Is Dead at Age 77; Broadway's Renowned Composer
[6/28/1902-12/30/1979] (By Alden Whitman, December 31, 1979)

Tuesday, June 27, 2006:
On This Day: June 27 (Alexis Bouvard 6/27/1767-6/7/1843, Charles Stewart Parnell 6/27/1846-10/6/1891, May Irwin 6/27/1862-10/22/1938, Emma Goldman 6/27/1869-5/14/1940, Eduard Spranger 6/27/1882-9/17/1963, Juan T. Trippe 6/27/1899-4/3/1981, Willie Mosconi 6/27/1913-9/16/1993, I.A.L. Diamond 6/27/1920-4/21/1988, Frank O'Hara 6/27/1926-7/25/1966, Bob Keeshan 1927, Ross Perot 1930, Anna Moffo 1934, John Shalikashvili 1936, Bruce Babbitt 1938, Bruce Johnston 1942, Julia Duffy 1951, Isabelle Adjani 1955, Tobey Maguire 1975)
* Truman Orders U.S. Air, Navy Units To Fight In Aid Of Korea; U.N. Council Supports Him;
Our Fliers In Action; Fleet Guards Formosa (By ANTHONY LEVIERO, June 27, 1950)
* Helen Keller, 87, Dies: Blind & Deaf Since Infancy, She Became Symbol of Courage
[6/27/1880-6/1/1968] (NY TIMES, June 2, 1968)

Monday, June 26, 2006:
On This Day: June 26 (Arthur Middleton 6/26/1742-1/1/1787, Bernard Berenson 6/26/1865-10/6/1959, Albert Siklos 6/26/1878-4/3/1942, Pearl Buck 6/26/1892-3/6/1973, Willy Messerschmitt 6/26/1898-9/17/198, Stuart Symington 6/26/1901-12/14/1988, William Lear 6/26/1902-5/14/1978, Antonia Brico 6/26/1902-8/3/1989, Peter Lorre 6/26/1904-3/23/1964, Eleanor Parker 1922, Dave Grusin 1934, Josef Summer 1934, Clive Frncis 1946, Chris Isaak 1956, Patty Smyth 1957, Sean Hayes 1970)
* President Kennedy Hailed By Over A Million In Visit To Berlin
(By ARTHUR J. OLSEN, June 26, 1963)
Babe Zaharias Dies at 42; Athlete Had Cancer
[6/26/1914-9/27/1956] (By MARILYN BERGER, September 28, 1956)

* SCIENCE: Huge Asteroid to Fly Past Earth July 3 [268,624 miles away] (By Joe Rao, Space.com, Yahoo News, June 26, 2006)

Sunday, June 25, 2006:
On This Day: June 25 (Edward Holyoke 6/25/1689-1/1/1769, Antonio Gaudi 6/25/1852-6/10/1926, Robert Henri 6/25/1865-7/12/1929, Crystal Eastman 6/25/1881-7/8/1928, Benito Lynch 6/25/1885-12/23/1951, Henry Harley Arnold 6/25/1886-1/15/1950, Hermann Oberth 6/25/1894-12/29/1989, Lord Louis Mountbatten 6/25/1900-8/27/1979, George Orwell 6/25/1903-1/21/1950, William Stein 6/25/1911-2/2/1980, Ingeborg Bachmann 6/25/1926-10/17/1973, Aimé Césaire 1913, Sidney Lumet 1924, June Lockhart 1925, Eddie Floyd 1935, Barbara Montgomery 1939, Willis Reed 1942, Carly Simon 1945, Allen Lanier 1946, Ian McDonald 1946, Jimmie Walker 1947, Michael Lembeck 1948, Phyllis George 1949, Tim Finn 1952, David Paich 1954, George Michael 1963, Candyman 1968, Sean Kelly 1971)
* The Little Big Horn Massacre: Custer & 7th Cavalry Wiped Out by Sioux & Cheyenne Indians
(NY TIMES, June 25, 1876)
* George Abbott, Broadway Giant With Hit After Hit, Is Dead at 107
[6/25/1887-1/31/1995] (By MARILYN BERGER, February 2, 1995)

* ART | A Rogues' Gallery: Embraced by the Artist, and Now by the Collector
[Gustav Klimt] (By KATHRYN SHATTUCK, June 25, 2006)
* FILM: Jean-Luc Godard, France's Film Provocateur, Directs His Own Tribute
(By NATHAN LEE, July 2, 2006)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, June 25, 2006)
* STYLE | Modern Love: What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage (By AMY SUTHERLAND, June 25, 2006)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, June 25, 2006)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, June 25, 2006)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, June 25, 2006)

Saturday, June 24, 2006:
On This Day: June 24 (Theodore Beza 6/24/1519-10/13/1605, Robert Dudley Leicester 6/24/1532-9/4/1588, Saint John of the Cross 6/24/1542-12/14/1591, John Hughes 6/24/1797-1/3/1864, Henry Ward Beecher 6/24/1813-3/8/1887, Gustavus Swift 6/24/1839-3/29/1903, Victor Francis Hess 6/24/1883-12/17/1964, Irving Kaufman 6/24/1910-2/1/1992, Norman Cousins 6/24/1912-11/30/1990, John Ciardi 6/24/1916-3/30/1986, Al Molinaro 1919, Jack Carter 1923, Claude Chabrol 1930, Mick Fleetwood 1942, Michele Lee 1942, George Pataki 1945, Georg Stanford Brown 1943, Peter Weller 1947, Nancy Allen 1950, )
* Air Force Details a New Theory in U.F.O. Case: Dead 'Aliens' Were Test Dummies
(By WILLIAM J. BROAD, June 24, 1997)
* Jack Dempsey, 87, is Dead; Boxing Champion of 1920's
[6/24/1895-5/31/1983] (By RED SMITH, June 1, 1983)

Friday, June 23, 2006:
On This Day: June 23 (John Fell 6/23/1625-7/10/1686, Giambattista Vico 6/23/1668-1/23/1744, Josephine 6/23/1763-5/29/1814, Carl Reinecke 6/23/1824-3/10/1910, Irvin S. Cobb 6/23/1876-3/10/1944, Alfred Charles Kinsey 6/23/1894-8/25/1956, Paul Joseph Martin 6/23/1903-9/14/1992, James Edward Meade 6/23/1907-12/22/1995, Jean Anouilh 6/23/1910-10/3/1987, Bob Fosse 6/23/1927-9/23/1987, Irene Worth 1916, James Levine 1943, Bryan Brown 1947, Clarence Thomas 1948, Frances McDormand 1957, Karin Gustafson 1959)
Taft-Hartley Bill Curbing Labor Becomes Law As Senate Overrides Truman's Veto, 68-25
(By WILLIAM S. WHITE, June 23, 1947)
* The Duke of Windsor Dies at 77: Abdicated in 1936 to Wed Mrs. Simpson, 'Woman I Love'
[6/23/1894-5/28/1972] (By Reuters, May 28, 1972)

NATIONAL: Bank Data Is Sifted by U.S. in Secret to Block Terror (By ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAMES RISEN, June 23, 2006)
NATIONAL: For Diehards, Search for Iraq's W.M.D. Isn't Over (By SCOTT SHANE, June 23, 2006)
NATIONAL: Supreme Court Gives Employees Broader Protection Against Retaliation in Workplace
(By LINDA GREENHOUSE, June 23, 2006)
NATIONAL: Doctors See Way to Cut Suffering in Executions (By DENISE GRADY, June 23, 2006)
WORLD: Bird Flu Passed From Son to Father, W.H.O. Says (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, June 23, 2006)
WORLD: In Congo, Hunger and Disease Erode Democracy (By LYDIA POLGREEN, June 23, 2006)
* NY REGION: What Goes Down Drain Eventually Bobs Up Here (By COREY KILGANNON, June 23, 2006)
SPORTS | Ghana 2, United States 1: American Attack Falls Flat (By JERE LONGMAN, June 23, 2006)
BASEBALL: Now in Its Fourth Showing, Clemens's Debut Loses a Little (By JACK CURRY, June 23, 2006)
EDITORIAL: A Look at Republican Priorities: Comforting the Comfortable (NY TIMES, June 23, 2006)
EDITORIAL: A Look at Republican Priorities: Afflicting the Afflicted (NY TIMES, June 23, 2006)
* BUSINESS: 4 Diabetes Drugs Are Seen Raising Hope and Profit (By ALEX BERENSON, June 23, 2006)
BUSINESS: S.E.C. Is Reported to Be Examining a Big Hedge Fund (By WALT BOGDANICH and GRETCHEN MORGENSON, June 23, 2006)
BUSINESS: Lord & Taylor Is Sold but Will Stay Put (By MICHAEL BARBARO, June 23, 2006)
* WORLD BUSINESS: The Not So Good Earth [China's coal mining] (By DAVID BARBOZA, June 23, 2006)
* ART: Jean-Étienne Liotard, the Unrelenting Eye of the Enlightenment
[Liotard (1702-1789) was a smash success as painter in Enlightenment Europe]
(By HOLLAND COTTER, June 23, 2006)
* ART: How Shall We Know Thee? Searching for Shakespeare's Likeness (By GRACE GLUECK, June 23, 2006)
* ART: The Power and Progress of an Altarpiece by the Young Raphael (By ROBERTA SMITH, June 23, 2006)
* MUSIC: Bruce Springsteen Takes Folk Tradition for a Spin (By JON PARELES, June 23, 2006)
MUSIC: The Morgan Library and Museum Shows Off Its New Concert Space (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, June 23, 2006)
* REAL ESTATE | Havens | Paris: You'll Always Have Paris (By DEBORAH BALDWIN, June 23, 2006)
TRAVEL LOS ANGELES | 36 Hours: Hollywood (By CINDY PRICE, June 23, 2006)
* HEALTH: Discovery Offers New Insight Into Parkinson's (By NICHOLAS WADE, June 23, 2006)

Thursday, June 22, 2006:
On This Day: June 22 (Giuseppe Mazzini 6//2/1805-3/10/1872, William McDougall 6/22/1871-11/28/1938, Sir Julian Huxley 6/22/1887-2/14/1975, Carl Hubbell 6/22/1903-11/21/1988, Michael Todd 6/22/1909-3/22/1958, John Hunt 6/22/1910-11/8/1998, Gower Champion 6/22/1921-8/25/1980, Joseph Papp 6/22/1921-10/31/1991, Freddie Prinze 6/22/1954-1/29/1977, Billy Wilder 1906, Bill Blass 1922, Ralph Waite 1928, Dianne Feinstein 1933, Kris Kristofferson 1936, Ed Bradley 1941, Michael Lerner 1941, Brit Hume 1943, Meryl Streep 1949, Lindsay Wagner 1949, Graham Greene 1952 )
French Sign Reich Truce, Rome Pact Next; British Bomb Krupp Works and Bremen
(By GUIDO ENDERIS, June 22, 1940)
* Erich Maria Remarque Is Dead at 72; Novels Recorded Agony of War
[6/22/1898-9/25/1970] (NY TIMES, September 26, 1970)

* WORLD: Rioting in China Over Label on College Diplomas (By JOSEPH KAHN, June 22, 2006)
* WORLD BUSINESS: A Coffee Connoisseur on a Mission: Buy High and Sell High (By MICHAELE WEISSMAN, June 22, 2006)
* GARDEN | At Home With: Amy Sedaris: Where a Comedian Does Her Serious Entertaining
(By GINIA BELLAFANTE, June 22, 2006)
TRAVEL THAILAND | Letter From Ubon: In Northeast Thailand, a Cuisine Based on Bugs
(By JENNIFER GAMPELL, June 22, 2006)
* SCIENCE: Study reveals 'oldest jewellery' [100,000 years old] (By Paul Rincon, BBC News, June 22, 2006)

Wednesday, June 21, 2006:
On This Day: June 21 (Increase Mather 6/21/1639-8/23/1723, Moses Hess 6/21/1812-4/6/1875, Sir Richard Wallace 6/21/1818-7/20/1890, Joseph Hayne Rainey 6/21/1832-8/2/1887, Jose Graca Aranha 6/21/1868-1/26/1931, Rockwell Kent 6/21/1882-3/13/1971, Pier Luigi Nervi 6/21/1891-1/9/1979, Reinhold Niebuhr 6/21/1892-6/1/1971, Mary McCarthy 6/21/1912-10/25/1989, Judy Holliday 6/21/1922-6/7/1965, Al Hirschfield 1903, Jane Russell 1921, Maureen Stapleton 1925, Ernie Kopell 1933, Monte Markham 1935, Ron Ely 1938, Mariette Hartley 1940, Meredith Baxter 1947, Michael Gross 1947, Prince William 1982)
Three Men Reported Missing In Mississippi Civil Rights Campaign
(By CLAUDE SITTON, June 21, 1964)
* Jean-Paul Sartre, 74, Dies in Paris
[6/21/1905-4/15/1980] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, April 16, 1980)

* SCIENCE: Quake fears haunt southern California
[No major quake has struck the southern San Andreas fault in at least 250 years,
and scientists say that the region is now primed for a release of the built-up tension.]
(By Patrick Barry, New Scientist, June 21, 2006)

Tuesday, June 20, 2006:
On This Day: June 20 (Salvator Rosa 6/20/1615-3/15/1673, Adam Ferguson 6/20/1723-2/22/1816, Thomas Edward Bowdich 6/20/1791-1/10/1824, Jacques Offenbach 6/20/1819-10/5/1880, Alexander Winton 6/20/1860-6/21/1932, Sir Frederick Hopkins 6/20/1861-5/16/1947, Jean Moulin 6/20/1899-7/8/1943, Errol Flynn 6/20/1909-10/14/1959, Chester Arthur Burnett 6/20/1910-1/10/1976, Chet Atkins 1924, Olympia Dukasis 1931, Martin Landau 1931, James Tolkan 1931, Danny Aiello 1933, Brian Wilson 1942, Anne Murray 1945, Adre Watts 1946, Tina Sinatra 1948, Lionel Richie 1949, John Goodman 1952)
Cassius Clay Guilty in Draft Case; Gets Five Years in Prison
(By MARTIN WALDRON, June 20, 1967)
* Lillian Hellman, Playright, Author, and Rebel Dies at 79
[6/20/1905-6/30/1984] (NY TIMES, July 1, 1984)

NATIONAL: Perfect Vision Is Helping and Hurting Navy (By DAVID S. CLOUD, June 20, 2006)
NATIONAL: Justices Divided on Protections Over Wetlands (By LINDA GREENHOUSE, June 20, 2006)
WORLD | Reconstruction: Army Cancels Contract for Iraqi Prison (By JAMES GLANZ, June 20, 2006)
WORLD | London Journal: Pigeons May Coo but They Aren't Cute, the Mayor Says
(By SARAH LYALL, June 20, 2006)
SPORTS | BASKETBALL: Frustration Mounts in Dallas (By LIZ ROBBINS, June 20, 2006)
Phillies 4, Yankees 2: anks Put Plenty of Men on Base, but Few on Plate (By TYLER KEPNER, June 20, 2006)
ON BASEBALL: Love for San Francisco a Contractual Affair [Barry Bonds] (By MURRAY CHASS, June 20, 2006)
BASEBALL: After Ban, a Prospect Is Hoping to Move On [Delmon Young] (By VIV BERNSTEIN, June 20, 2006)
HOCKEY | Hurricanes 3, Oilers 1: Third Try at Clinching Gives Carolina Its First Cup
(By JASON DIAMOS, June 20, 2006)
OP-ED: The Race for Iran (By FLYNT LEVERETT, June 20, 2006)
BUSINESS: In Wal-Mart's Home, Synagogue Signals Growth (By MICHAEL BARBARO, June 20, 2006)
BUSINESS: CBS News Says Dan Rather Is Leaving (By JACQUES STEINBERG, June 20, 2006)
BUSINESS: By Demand, Saks Revives Petite Dept. (By MICHAEL BARBARO, June 20, 2006)
WORLD BUSINESS | Energy Challenge: Europe's Image Clashes With Reliance on Coal
(By MARK LANDLER, June 20, 2006)
WORLD BUSINESS: A McDonald's Ally in Paris (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, June 20, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Researchers Say New Chip Breaks Speed Record (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, June 20, 2006)
ART | 'Legacies: Contemporary Artists Reflect on Slavery':
At Historical Society, Emancipation Remains a Work in Progress (By HOLLAND COTTER, June 20, 2006)
BOOKS | 'The One Percent Doctrine': Personality, Ideology and Bush's Terror Wars
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, June 20, 2006)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, June 20, 2006)
SCIENCE: Next Victim of Warming: The Beaches (By CORNELIA DEAN, June 20, 2006)
* SCIENCE: Hawking Takes Beijing; Now, Will Science Follow? (By DENNIS OVERBYE, June 20, 2006)
* SCIENCE: A Common Parasite Reveals Its Strongest Asset: Stealth (By CARL ZIMMER, June 20, 2006)
HEALTH | MEDICINE: In Medicine, Acceptable Risk Is in the Eye of the Beholder
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, June 20, 2006)
* HEALTH | The Consumer: Antibiotics: How Long Is Long Enough? (By DEBORAH FRANKLIN, June 20, 2006)
* SCIENCE: 'Thirst for knowledge' may be opium craving
[The brain's reward for getting a concept is a shot of natural opiates]
(Press Release, University of Southern California, June 20, 2006)

Monday, June 19, 2006:
On This Day: June 19 (Blaise Pascal 6/19/1623-8/19/1662, Thomas Sully 6/19/1783-11/5/1872, William Henry Webb 6/19/1816-10/30/1899, Elbert Hubbard 6/19/1856-5/7/1915, James J. Walker 6/19/1881-11/18/1946, Wallis Warfield Windsor 6/19/1896-4/24/1986, Guy Lombardo 6/19/1902-11/5/1977, Paul Flory 6/19/1910-9/9/1985, Abe Fortas 6/19/1910-4/6/1982, Viktor Patsayvev 6/19/1933-6/29/1971, Pauline Kael 1919, Gena Rowlands 1936, Al Wilson 1939, Aung San Suu Kyi 1945, Phylicia Rashad 1948, Ann Wilson 1950, Kathleen Turner 1954, Paula Abdul 1962)
Civil Rights Bill Passed, 73-27; Johnson Urges All To Comply; Dirksen Berates Goldwater
(By E. W. KENWORTHY, June 19, 1964)
* Gehrig, 'Iron Man' of Baseball, Dies at the Age of 37
[6/19/1903-6/2/1941] (NY TIMES, June 3, 1941)

* OP-ED: No More Teachers, Lots of Books (By SARA BENNETT & NANCY KALISH, June 19, 2006)
BUSINESS: Saks Restores Petite Sizes After Outcry (By MICHAEL BARBARO, June 19, 2006)
BUSINESS: Here Illegally, Working Hard and Paying Taxes (By EDUARDO PORTER, June 19, 2006)
TECHNOLOGY: A Nod From Knopfler: I Want My A.M.D. (By ROBERT LEVINE, June 19, 2006)
* ART: Lauder Pays $135 Million, a Record, for a Klimt Portrait (By CAROL VOGEL, June 19, 2006)
* ART: A detail from Gustav Klimt's 1907 portrait "Adele Bloch-Bauer I." (Museum Associates/Agence France-Presse - Getty Images, June 19, 2006)

Sunday, June 18, 2006:
On This Day: June 18 (Bartolommeo Ammannati 6/18/1511-4/22/1592, Feofan Prokopovich 6/18/1681-9/19/1736, William Lassell 6/18/1799-10/5/1880, Edward Wyllis Scrips 6/18/1854-3/12/1926, Henry Clay Folger 6/18/1857-6/11/1930, Nicolae Iorga 6/18/1871-11/28/1940, James Montgomery Flagg 6/18/1877-5/27/1960, Philip Barry 6/18/1896-12/3/1949, Laura Hobson 6/18/1900-2/28/1986, Anastasia 6/18/1901-7/16/1918, Ian Carmichael 1920, Tom Wicker 1926, Roger Ebert 1942, Paul McCartney 1942, Carol Kane 1952, Isabella Rossellini 1952)
Charter Of Human Rights Is Adopted In U.N. (By MALLORY BROWNE, June 18, 1948)
Daladier, Signer of Munich Pact, Dies at 86 [6/18/1884-10/10/1970] (NY TIMES, October 12, 1970)

* ART: When Picasso and Klee Were Very Young: The Art of Childhood
(By LESLIE CAMHI, June 18, 2006)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, June 18, 2006)
TRAVEL | Iceland's Ring Road: The Ultimate Road Trip (By MARK SUNDEEN, June 18, 2006)
* TRAVEL IRELAND | Journeys: Microbreweries in the Land of Guinness (By JESSICA MERRILL, June 18, 2006)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, June 18, 2006)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, June 18, 2006)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, June 18, 2006)
* POPCULT: The disorder of these times, neophilia
[Neophiliacs are people who love everything new or novel.]
(By Heidi Dawley, MediaLifeMagazine.com, June 18, 2006)

Saturday, June 17, 2006:
On This Day: June 17 (John Wesley 6/17/1703-3/2/1791, Charles Gounod 6/17/1818-10/18/1893, E. G. Squier 6/17/1821-4/17/1888, John Robert Greeg 6/17/1867-2/23/1948, James Weldon Johnson 6/17/1871-6/26/1938, Aleksandr Friedmann 6/17/188-9/16/1925, M.C. Escher 6/17/1898-3/27/1972, Martin Bormann 6/17/1900-5/?/1945, Sammy Fain 6/17/1902-12/6/1989, Ralph Bellamy 6/17/1904-11/29/1991, Charles Eames 6/17/1907-8/21/1978, John Hersey 6/17/1914-3/24/1993, Kingman Brewster, Jr. 6/17/1919-11/8/1988, Peter Lupus 1932, Rod Paige 1933, Barry Manilow 1946, Joe Piscopo 1951, Greg Kinnear 1964, Dan Jansen 1965, Venus Williams 1980)
Amelia Earhart Flies Atlantic, First Woman To Do It; Tells Her Own Story of Perilous 21-Hour Trip to Wales; Radio Quit and They Flew Blind Over Invisible Ocean (By ALLEN RAYMOND, June 17, 1928)
* Igor Stravinsky, the Composer, Dead at 88: Shook Music World in 1913 With 'Sacre du Printemps'
[6/17/1882-4/6/1971] (By DONAL HENAHAN, April 7, 1971)

* OP-ED: The Weaker Sex [male is weaker] (By MARIANNE J. LEGATO, June 17, 2006)
* HEALTH: You Dirty, Healthy Rat
[Gritty rats and mice living in sewers and farms seem to have healthier immune
systems than their squeaky clean cousins that frolic in cushy antiseptic labs,
two studies indicate. The lesson for humans: Clean living may make us sick.]
(Associated Press, Wired News, June 17, 2006)

Friday, June 16, 2006:
On This Day: June 16 (Sir John Cheke 6/16/1514-9/13/1557, Julius Plucker 6/16/1801-5/22/1868, Edward Davy 6/16/1806-1/26/1885, Sir George Frampton 6/16/1860-5/21/1928, Bobby Clark 6/16/1888-2/12/1960, Jean Peugeot 6/16/1896-11/18/1966, Stan Laurel 6/16/1890-2/23/1965, Barbara McClintock 6/16/1902-9/2/1992, Ilona Massey 6/16/1910-8/10/1974, Katharine Graham 1917, Erich Segal 1937, Joyce Carol Oates 1938, Joan Van Ark 1943, Roberto Duran 1951, Gino Vannelli 1952, Laurie Metcalf 1955, Kerry Wood 1977)
President Roosevelt Starts Recovery Program, Signs Bank, Rail and Industry Bills
(NY TIMES, June 16, 1933)
* Old Apache Chief Geronimo Is Dead at Near 90 [6/16/1829-2/17/1909] (NY TIMES, February 18, 1909)
* BUSINESS: Stocks Post Sharp Gains in Rebound From Sell-Off
[Dow +198.27, Nasdaq +58.15] (By VIKAS BAJAJ, June 16, 2006)
ART | 'Dada' at MoMA: The Moment When Artists Took Over the Asylum (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, June 16, 2006)
THEATER Critic: Grand Broadway Voices, Yours for a Song (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, June 16, 2006)
* TV | The TV Watch: Leno vs. Letterman: A Battle of Wits With No Clear Winner
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, June 16, 2006)

Thursday, June 15, 2006:
On This Day: June 15 (Franz Danzi 6/15/1763-4/13/1826, Hablot Knight Browne 6/15/1815-7/8/1882, Adah Isaacs Menken 6/15/1835-8/10/1868, Edvard Grieg 6/15/1843-9/4/1907, Nagano Osami 6/15/1880-1/5/1947, Malvina Hoffman 6/15/1887-7/10/1966, Yuri Andropov 6/15/1914-2/9/1984, Saul Steinberg 6/15/1914-5/12/1999, Mario Cuomo 1932, Waylon Jennings 1937, Aron Kincaid 1943, Russell Hitchcock 1949, Jim Belushi 1954, Julie Hagerty 1955, Eileen Davidson 1959, Helen Hunt 1963, Courteney Cox Arquette 1964)
More than 1000 Dead in Fire Aboard Steamboat in New York City's East River
(NY TIMES, June 15, 1904)
* Erik Erikson, Psychoanalyst of Human Development, Dies at 91 [6/15/1902-5/12/1994] (NY TIMES, May 13, 1994)
WORLD: U.S. Identifies Successor to Zarqawi (By DEXTER FILKINS, June 15, 2006)
Yankees 6, Indians 1: Johnson Hits Eject Button, but Yankees Don't Mind (By JOE LAPOINTE, June 15, 2006)
Mets 9, Phillies 3: Phillies Help Mets Every Way They Can (By BEN SHPIGEL, June 15, 2006)
* EDITORIAL: Donald Hall, Poet Laureate
[In the life of a poet, what is not poetry is for the making of poems.
It is the raw stuff, like "a bad patch of middle-life," as Mr. Hall puts
it in his note on "The One Day." It took 17 years to make that 60-page poem,
and 17 years for a poem of that magnitude is a decent rate of exchange.]
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, June 15, 2006)
EDITORIAL: The Journalist as Scapegoat (NY TIMES, June 15, 2006)
OP-ED: Name That Candidate (By CALVIN TRILLIN, June 15, 2006)
OP-ED: Treasure Islands (By JOSHUA REICHERT & THEODORE ROOSEVELT IV, June 15, 2006)
* LETTERS: The President's Day in Baghdad (6 Letters) (By Byrwec Ellison, et. al., June 15, 2006)
LETTERS: Kids vs. Teachers in the Cellphone Wars (2 Letters) (By Alex Dering, et. al., June 15, 2006)
LETTERS: 9/11 Families Serve the Greater Good (1 Letter) (By Jon S. Corzine, June 15, 2006)
LETTERS: No Surprise About Rove (1 Letter) (By John S. Koppel, June 15, 2006)
BUSINESS: Stocks Post Sharp Gains in Rebound From Sell-Off
[Dow +110.78, Nasdaq +13.53] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, June 15, 2006)
TECHNOLOGY: Gates to Give Up Daily Role at Microsoft in 2008 (By STEVE LOHR, June 15, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Camera. Action. Edit. Now, Await Reviews. (By SCOTT KIRSNER, June 15, 2006)
* DAVID POGUE: A Flash Drive That Holds Your Computer (By DAVID POGUE, June 15, 2006)
* ART | Letter From London: At the British Museum, It's Dinner and a Masterpiece
(By ANDREW FERREN, June 15, 2006)
DANCE: The Kirov Ballet Performs Works by William Forsythe at the Kennedy Center
(By JOHN ROCKWELL, June 15, 2006)
FILM | 'Going Under': My Fair Dominatrix, a Love Story (By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS, June 15, 2006)
* MUSIC | Rufus Wainwright: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Conjuring Judy Garland
(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, June 15, 2006)
HOME & GARDEN | The Kitchen: Setting the Stage for Cooking, or at Least Cocktails (By PENELOPE GREEN, June 15, 2006)
FASHION: Bleach It Like Beckham (By ERIC WILSON, June 15, 2006)
STYLE | SKIN DEEP: Do My Knees Look Fat to You? (By NATASHA SINGER, June 15, 2006)
STYLE: For Campers, New Facts of Life (By ELIZABETH OLSON, June 15, 2006)
SCIENCE: Bush Plans Vast Protected Sea Area in Hawaii (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, June 15, 2006)
* SCIENCE: Fossil Looked Like a Duck and Swam Like a Duck (By KENNETH CHANG, June 15, 2006)
* HEALTH | THE DNA AGE: That Wild Streak? Maybe It Runs in the Family (By AMY HARMON, June 15, 2006)

Wednesday, June 14, 2006:
On This Day: June 14 (Charkes-Augustin de Coulomb 6/14/1736-8/23/1806, John Bartlett 6/14/1820-12/3/1905, Vasile Alecsandri 6/14/1821-8/22/1890, Robert La Follette 6/14/1855-6/18/1925, Karl Landsteiner 6/14/1868-6/26/1943, Edward Bowes 6/14/1874-6/14/1946, John McCormack 6/14/1884-9/16/1945, Margaret Bourke-White 6/14/1906-8/27/1971, Che Guevara 6/14/1928-10/9/1967, Jerzy Kosinski 6/14/1933-5/3/1991, Dorothy McGuire 1916, Gene Barry 1923, Pierre Salinger 1925, Marla Gibbs 1931, Jack Bannon 1940, Donald Trump 1946, Will Patton 1954, Eric Heiden 1958, Boy George 1961, Steffi Graf 1969)
Argentine Forces Surrender to British Troops on Disputed Falkland Islands
(NY TIMES, June 14, 1982)
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", Dies at 85 [6/14/1811-7/1/1896] (NY TIMES, April 10, 1959)
* NATIONAL | News Analysis: Bush Embraces an Inescapable Risk in Iraq (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, June 14, 2006)
NATIONAL: No Rove Charges Over Testimony on C.I.A. Leak (By DAVID JOHNSTON & JIM RUTENBERG, June 14, 2006)
WORLD | News Analysis: In Iraq Visit, Bush Seizes on a Step Forward (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, June 14, 2006)
SPORTS | BASKETBALL: Stackhouse Embraces His Supporting Role (By LIZ ROBBINS, June 14, 2006)
SOCCER | Brazil 1, Croatia 0: Brazilians' Magic Is at a Minimum in a Victory Over Croatia
(By ROGER COHEN, June 14, 2006)
SOCCER | The Brazilian Way: Work First, Then Samba (By ROB HUGHES, June 14, 2006)
EDITORIAL: Too Soon to Cheer in Baghdad (NY TIMES, June 14, 2006)
* EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Could a 15-Year-Old With a Laptop Be the New Campaign Media Guru? (By ADAM COHEN, June 14, 2006)
OP-ED: The Mark of the Bust (By MARTIN MAYER, June 14, 2006)
OP-ED: Detainees in Despair (By MOURAD BENCHELLALI, June 14, 2006)
* LETTERS: The Right Books, for Boys and Girls (6 Letters) (By Jo Sanders, et. al., June 14, 2006)
LETTERS: Voters, Be Worried. Be Very Worried. (3 Letters) (By Emily M. Kerner, et. al., June 14, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Hiding in Plain Sight, Google Expands Its Power
[On the banks of the windswept Columbia River, Google is building a computing center
as big as two football fields, with twin cooling plants protruding four stories into
the sky, in its quest to dominate the next generation of Internet computing.]
(By JOHN MARKOFF & SAUL HANSELL, June 14, 2006)
* BOOKS: Outspoken New Englander Is New Poet Laureate [The head of the
Library of Congress names Donald Hall, a writer whose deceptively simple language
builds on images of the New England landscape, as the nation's 14th poet laureate.]
(By DINITIA SMITH, June 14, 2006)
TRAVEL CROATIA | Frugal Traveler: Seeking Bargains on the Dalmatian Coast (By MATT GROSS, June 14, 2006)

Tuesday, June 13, 2006:
On This Day: June 13 (Winfield Scott 6/13/1786-5/29/1866, Jose Antonio Paez 6/13/1790-5/7/1873, James Clerk Maxwell 6/13/1831-11/5/1879, Robert Wood 6/13/1879-11/6/1969, Etienne Gilson 6/13/1884-9/19/1978, Elizabeth Schumann 6/13/1885-4/23/1952, Mark Van Doren 6/13/1894-12/10/1972, Tage Erlander 6/13/1901-6/21/1985, Red Grange 6/13/1903-1/28/1991, Luis Alvarez 6/13/1911-9/1/1988, Ralph Edwards 1923, Bobby Freeman 1940, Malcolm McDowell 1943, Jonathan Hogan 1951, Stellan Skarsgard 1951, Richard Thomas 1951, Tim Allen 1953, Ally Sheedy 1962, Jamie Walters 1969)
Supreme Court's Miranda Decision on Criminal Suspects' Rights (NY TIMES, June 13, 1966)
* William Butler Yeats, Irish Nobel Laureate Poet, Dies at 73
[6/13/1865-1/28/1939] (NY TIMES, January 28, 1939)

Moe Drabowsky, Pitcher and Accomplished Prankster, Dies at 70 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, June 13, 2006)
NATIONAL: U.S. Muslims Confront Taboo on Nursing Homes (By LYNETTE CLEMETSON, June 13, 2006)
Police Struggles in New Orleans Raise Old Fears (By CHRISTOPHER DREW, June 13, 2006)
White House Hones a Strategy for Post-Zarqawi Era (By DAVID E. SANGER & JIM RUTENBERG, June 13, 2006)
* WORLD: Bush Makes a Surprise Visit to Baghdad (By JOHN F. BURNS & DEXTER FILKINS, June 13, 2006)
WORLD: A Jihadist Web Site Says Zarqawi's Group in Iraq Has a New Leader in Place
(By JOHN F. BURNS and DEXTER FILKINS, June 13, 2006)
* WORLD | Kinarejo Journal: Reading the Menacing Ash, With Only a Wisp of Science
(By PETER GELLING, June 13, 2006)
* WORLD: Hawking Says Space Colonies Needed (ASSOCIATED PRESS, June 13, 2006)
* NY REGION: Flight of Young Adults Is Causing Alarm Upstate (By, June 13, 2006)
* NY REGION | INK: Art Workshop Lesson: Make Mistakes (By LILY KOPPEL, June 13, 2006)
* NY REGION: Buddhism With a New Mind-Set (By MICHAEL LUO, June 13, 2006)
* NY REGION: Dogs and Their Fine Noses Find New Career Paths (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, June 13, 2006)
SPORTS | BASEBALL: 2,000 Is Becoming Popular Number for the Yankees (By TYLER KEPNER, June 13, 2006)
SOCCER | Czech Republic 3, U.S. 0: U.S. Is Routed by Czech Republic in World Cup (By JERE LONGMAN, June 13, 2006)
SOCCER | Australia 3, Japan 1: Australia Gets First Goals in World Cup Just in Time
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, June 13, 2006)
TENNIS: Nadal Has Mental Game. What's Next? (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, June 13, 2006)
EDITORIAL: Life During Wartime (NY TIMES, June 13, 2006)
* EDITORIAL: A Hole in the World (NY TIMES, June 13, 2006)
* OP-ED: Welcome to the Bazaar (By WARREN CHRISTOPHER, June 13, 2006)
OP-ED: Blinded by Haditha (By SARAH SEWALL, June 13, 2006)
* LETTERS: Operating Theater: Songs in the Key of Knife (4 Letters) (By Philip Levitt, M.D., et. al., June 13, 2006)
LETTERS: Experts on Grief (2 Letters) (By, June 13, 2006)
BUSINESS: Broad Economic Worries Drive a Global Sell-Off
[Dow -99.34, Nasdaq -43.74] (By VIKAS BAJAJ & JEREMY W. PETERS, June 13, 2006)
BUSINESS: Wholesale Prices Crept Higher in May (By JEREMY W. PETERS, June 13, 2006)
MARKET PLACE: Downturn? What Downturn? Lehman Profit Is Up 47% (By JENNY ANDERSON, June 13, 2006)
BUSINESS: China Posted Trade Surplus of $13 Billion Last Month (By DAVID BARBOZA, June 13, 2006)
AUTOMOBILES: David (Car) Has Better Chance Against Goliath (S.U.V.) (By NICK BUNKLEY, June 13, 2006)
MEDIA & ADVERTISING: General Mills to Let Agencies Call the Shots (By STUART ELLIOTT, June 13, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: As DVD Sales Slow, Hollywood Hunts for a New Cash Cow (By KEN BELSON, June 13, 2006)
TECHNOLGY: Can Google keep up the ad pace?
[In a measure to diversify its revenue, Google has begun selling advertiser
image ads, which are displayed on its publisher partner sites.]
(By Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com, June 13, 2006)
DANCE CRITIC: Ballet Companies End Their Seasons in Seattle and Portland (By JOHN ROCKWELL, June 13, 2006)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, June 13, 2006)
SCIENCE: In a Ruined Copper Works, Evidence That Bolsters a Doubted Biblical Tale
(By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, June 13, 2006)
* Video Projections on a Globe Make Planetary Data Click (By WARREN E. LEARY, June 13, 2006)
SPACE: Astronomers Planning Close-Ups of Mars From (of All Things) a Balloon (By ELIZABETH SVOBODA, June 13, 2006)
* ENVIRONMENT: As the World Warms: A Glacial Archive That Documents a Melting Landscape
(NY TIMES, June 13, 2006)
* FINDINGS: Problem: Salt Sticks in the Shaker. Solution: Make It Roll. (By KENNETH CHANG, June 13, 2006)
SIDE EFFECTS: Belmont, Schmelmont. You Ought to See a Cloned Mule Run. (By JAMES GORMAN, June 13, 2006)
* OBSERVATORY: It's Got Legs, and Knows How to Use Them (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, June 13, 2006)
* Rediscovery of the world's leggiest animal [This ancient animal, found
only in a tiny stretch of California, is close to being a true millipede.]
(By Paul E. Marek &�Jason E. Bond, Nature, Vol. 441, 707, June 8, 2006)
* Figure 1: The millipede Illacme plenipes. [662 legged female]
"Biodiversity hotspots:�Rediscovery of the world's leggiest animal"
(By Paul E. Marek &�Jason E. Bond, Nature, Vol. 441, 707, June 8, 2006)
* MOVIE: First ever live video recorded for I. plenipes. A female specimen with
170 segments and 662 legs. Video footage was recorded with a Nikon Coolpix
995 digital camera attached to a Leica 12.5 Stereomicroscope.
(By Paul E. Marek &�Jason E. Bond, Nature, Vol. 441, 707, June 8, 2006)
* Most leggy millipede rediscovered [The captured females were found to have
between 662-666 legs, over 170 segments and measured about 33mm (1.3in) long.
The males, were about half of the females' length with between 318 & 402 legs.]
(BBC News, June 13, 2006)
* World's 'leggiest' animal rediscovered [Illacme plenipes, last reported in 1928,
is a millipede that almost lives up to its name. Females are only about 32 millimetres
long and half a millimetre wide, yet have up to 750 legs. Males are smaller,
and only boast between 300 and 400 legs, two of which are modified into sex organs.
(New Scientist, June 7, 2006)
* Millipede with 750 legs rediscovered
[female with 662 & 666 legs; male with 402 legs]
(Gulf Daily News, Bahrain, June 8, 2006)
* Rare, leggy millipede spotted after 80 years [female millipede with 662 legs]
(CBC NEWS, Canada, June 7, 2006)
GRAPHIC: Trolling for Cosmic Particles (NY TIMES, June 13, 2006)
SCIENCE LETTERS: The Sunburned Class; Benefits of Lunch (By Kirk S. Nevin, et. al., June 13, 2006)
SCIENCE Q & A: Red Eye, Blue Eye (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, June 13, 2006)
HEALTH: Breast-Feed or Else (By RONI RABIN, June 13, 2006)
Breast-Fed Babies May Have a Leg Up in the Battle Against Childhood Obesity (By RONI RABIN, June 13, 2006)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: A Hidden Peril Lies in That Warm, Moist Air (By JANE E. BRODY, June 13, 2006)
REALLY? | The Claim: Sex During Pregnancy Can Induce Labor (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, June 13, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS: Habits: More TV, Less Sleep, a Children's Study Finds (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, June 13, 2006)
* VITAL SIGNS: Regimens: High Blood Pressure? Meditation May Help (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, June 13, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS: At Risk: Premature Birth Is Linked to Attention Disorder (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, June 13, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS: Prevention: Easing Liver Damage With a Dose of Coffee (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, June 13, 2006)
Effects of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Transcendental Meditation on
Components of the Metabolic Syndrome in Subjects With Coronary Heart Disease
(By Maura Paul-Labrador, et. al., Archives of Internal Medicine,� Vol. 166, No. 11, 1218-1224, June 12, 2006)
With That Saucy Swagger, She Must Drive a Porsche (By BENEDICT CAREY, June 13, 2006)
Men Are Better Than Women at Ferreting Out That Angry Face in a Crowd (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, June 13, 2006)
A Philosopher's Take on the Rhythm Method Is Rattling Opponents of Abortion
(By AMANDA SCHAFFER, June 13, 2006)
CASES: For a Medical Student, a Shocking Lesson in the Real World (By LARRY ZAROFF, M.D., June 13, 2006)

Monday, June 12, 2006:
On This Day: June 12 (Cosimo I 6/12/1519-4/21/1574, Harriet Martineau 6/12/1802-6/27/1876, Charles Kingsley 6/12/1819-1/23/1875, Sir Oliver Lodge 6/12/1851-8/22/1940, Thomas Walsh 6/12/1859-3/2/1933, Fritz Lipmann 6/12/1899-7/24/1986, Bill Naughton 6/12/1899-1/9/1992, Milovan Djilas 6/12/1911-4/20/1995, Anne Frank 6/12/1929-3/?/1945, David Rockefeller 1915, Samuel Z. Arkoff 1918, Uta hagen 1919, George Bush 1924, Vic Damone 1928, Jim Nabors 1930, Marv Albert 1941, Spencer Abraham 1952, )
Raze Berlin Wall, Reagan Urges Soviet (By GERALD M. BOYD, June 12, 1987)
* Anthony Eden Dead at 79; Career Built on Style and Dash Ended with Invasion of Egypt
[6/12/1897-1/14/1977] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, January 15, 1977)
NATIONAL | The Road Back: In Mississippi's Ruins, a Bright Spot Beckons (By DAN BARRY, June 12, 2006)
NATIONAL: Two Elderly Women Suspected as Femmes Fatales in Insurance Fraud Scheme
(By CINDY CHANG, June 12, 2006)
NATIONAL: After 9/11, Arab-Americans Fear Police Acts, Study Finds (By ANDREA ELLIOTT, June 12, 2006)
WORLD: Over Tea, Sheik Denies Stirring Darfur's Torment (By LYDIA POLGREEN, June 12, 2006)
WORLD: U.S. General Says Report of Zarqawi Beating Is 'Baloney' (By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr., June 12, 2006)
* WORLD | Schangnau Journal: Buffalo Milk in Swiss Mozzarella Adds Italian Accent
(By JOHN TAGLIABUE, June 12, 2006)
NY REGION: Swaying, and Marching, to a Latin Beat (By FERNANDA SANTOS, June 12, 2006)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, June 12, 2006)
SPORTS | TENNIS: Two Streaks Enter, Only One Leaves at Roland Garros (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, June 12, 2006)
Mets 15, Diamondbacks 2: Mets, Doing No Wrong, Head East After Sweeping Arizona (By BEN SHPIGEL, June 12, 2006)
Athletics 6, Yankees 5: Meeting of Minds Doesn't Find Solution to Skid (By TYLER KEPNER, June 12, 2006)
Yankees Notebook: In Return to the Rotation, Chacon Provides Little Help (By TYLER KEPNER, June 12, 2006)
SOCCER | Mexico 3, Iran 1: With Politics as a Player, Iran Loses Its Opener (By MARK LANDLER, June 12, 2006)
OP-ED: A Fence for Good Neighbors (By STEPHEN HANDELMAN, June 12, 2006)
OP-ED: A Time and a Place (By KAREN SPEARS ZACHARIAS, June 12, 2006)
LETTERS: Myth, Reality and the Estate Tax (7 Letters) (By Robert Hogner, et. al., June 12, 2006)
LETTERS: A Chance for Every Child (1 Letter) (By Barry Neil Kaufman, June 12, 2006)
LETTERS: Hypertension Questions (1 Letter) (By Suzanne Oparil, M.D., June 12, 2006)
* BUSINESS: With Global Markets Jittery, Investors Decide to Rein in Risk (By JEREMY W. PETERS, June 12, 2006)
BUSINESS: In Web Era, Big Money Can't Buy an Exclusive (By JULIE BOSMAN, June 12, 2006)
* ADVERTISING: Billboard Bookends for Times Square (By JULIE BOSMAN, June 12, 2006)
* DAVID CARR: Deadly Intent: Ann Coulter, Word Warrior (By DAVID CARR, June 12, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears (By PAUL VITELLO, June 12, 2006)
TECHNOLOGY | Drilling Down: You've Got Someone Reading Your E-Mail (By ALEX MINDLIN, June 12, 2006)
* E-Commerce Report: Older Consumers Flex Their Muscle (and Money) Online (By BOB TEDESCHI, June 12, 2006)
TECHNOLOGY | LINK BY LINK: Lest We Regret Our Digital Bread Crumbs (By TOM ZELLER Jr., June 12, 2006)
HEALTH: In Diabetes, One More Burden for the Mentally Ill (By N. R. KLEINFIELD, June 12, 2006)

Sunday, June 11, 2006:
On This Day: June 11 (George Wither 6/11/1588-5/2/1667, John Constable 6/11/1776-3/31/1837, Julia Cameron 6/11/1815-1/26/1879, Dame Millicent Fawcett 6/11/1847-8/5/1929, Richard Strauss 6/11/1864-9/8/1949, Yasunari Kawabata 6/11/1899-4/16/1972, Ernie Nevers 6/11/1903-5/3/1976, Jacques-Yves Cousteau 6/11/1910-6/25/1997, Vince Lombardi 6/11/1913-9/3/1970, Irving Howe 6/11/1920-5/5/1993, Rise Stevens 1913, Richard Todd 1919, William Styron 1925, Gene Wilder 1935, Johnny Brown 1937, Chad Everett 1937, Jackie Stewart 1939, Joey Dee 1940, Adrienne Barbeau 1945, Peter Bergman 1953, Joe Montana 1956)
Soviet And Britain Sign War And Peace Pact; Molotoff And Roosevelt Plan For 2D Front;
Army Fliers Blasted Two Fleets Off Midway (By W.H. LAWRENCE, June 11, 1942)
Ex-Rep. Jeanette Rankin Dies at 92; First Woman in Congress
[6/11/1880-5/18/1973] (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, May 20, 1973)
* NATIONAL: For Some, Online Persona Undermines a Résumé (By ALAN FINDER, June 11, 2006)
NATIONAL: 3 Prisoners Commit Suicide at Guantánamo (By JAMES RISEN and TIM GOLDEN, June 11, 2006)
WORLD: At Site of Attack on Zarqawi, All That's Left Are Questions (By DEXTER FILKINS & JOHN F. BURNS, June 11, 2006)
* WORLD | The Mark of Z: Most Wanted Now: War-Weary Sunnis (By JOHN F. BURNS, June 11, 2006)
WORLD: Terrorists Trained by Zarqawi Went Abroad, Jordan Says (By MICHAEL SLACKMAN & SCOTT SHANE, June 11, 2006)
ON BASEBALL: Saving the Streak: Braves Regroup to Thwart Doomsayers (By MURRAY CHASS, June 11, 2006)
BASEBALL | KEEPING SCORE: Is Reached on an Error a Statistical Reach? (By ALAN SCHWARZ, June 11, 2006)
LETTERS: Can the Democrats Play to Win? (5 Letters) (By James Tackach, et. al., June 11, 2006)
LETTERS: Psychiatry, by Remote (1 Letter) (By Karen Fitzpatrick, M.D., June 11, 2006)
LETTERS: Psychology and Prisoners (1 Letter) (By David Shapiro, June 11, 2006)
LETTERS: La Renaissance Française (1 Letter) (By Charles Ridley, June 11, 2006)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, June 11, 2006)
MARKET WEEK: At a Loss on Whether to W.I.N. (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, June 11, 2006)
Fear of Inflation Prompts Big Losses in Stocks (By JEFF SOMMER, June 11, 2006)
* FUNDAMENTALLY: The Case for Blue Chips (Despite the Dow's Swoon) (By PAUL J. LIM, June 11, 2006)
INVESTING: Is It Time for Dividends to Get Some Respect? (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, June 11, 2006)
THE GOODS: A Paperweight Touched by Midas (By BRENDAN I. KOERNER, June 11, 2006)
The Energy Challenge: Pollution From Chinese Coal Casts a Global Shadow
(By KEITH BRADSHER & DAVID BARBOZA, June 11, 2006)
Dollars and Dreams: Immigrants as Prey (By GARY RIVLIN, June 11, 2006)
Extreme Commutes Grow Longer in Air Industry (By JEFF BAILEY, June 11, 2006)
Was Earning That Harvard M.B.A. Worth It? (By ABBY ELLIN, June 11, 2006)
MEDIA FRENZY: Coming Soon (Maybe): Even More TV Channels (By RICHARD SIKLOS, June 11, 2006)
Economic View: Clearly, Greenspanese Isn't His Language (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, June 11, 2006)
* BROWSING: Libraries of Gracious Reading, for Members Only (By ANNE EISENBERG, June 11, 2006)
THE COUNT: Hold On, Please. Do Not Turn the Page. Just Be Patient. (By HUBERT B. HERRING, June 11, 2006)
CAREER COUCH: The Scent of a Co-Worker (By MATT VILLANO, June 11, 2006)
* THE BOSS: Imagine Big, Start Small [Ophelia Dahl, CEO, Partners in Health, Boston]
(As told to GLENN RIFKIN, June 11, 2006)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, June 11, 2006)
* ART: The Dalai Lama's Many Auras, at the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles (By KAY LARSON, June 11, 2006)
* ART: Linda Hartough, the Rembrandt of the Back Nine (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, June 11, 2006)
FILM: 'The Searchers': How the Western Was Begun (By A. O. SCOTT, June 11, 2006)
MUSIC: Frank Zappa's Family Brings His Music to a New Audience (By JESSE FOX MAYSHARK, June 11, 2006)
TV: 'Deadwood' Gets a New Lease on Life (By JESSE McKINLEY, June 11, 2006)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, June 11, 2006)
* TRAVEL | FRANCE: CZ�zanne's Provence (By BARBARA IRELAND, June 11, 2006)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, June 11, 2006)
STYLE: The Ascent of a Woman (By ANNE E. KORNBLUT, June 11, 2006)
Children of Immigrants Take to the Streets for Their Parents' Sake (By MIREYA NAVARRO, June 11, 2006)
Celebrities and Grads Are Ready for the Real World (By JOYCE WADLER, June 11, 2006)
MODERN LOVE: Strung Out on Love and Checked In for Treatment (By RACHEL YODER, June 11, 2006)
POSSESSED: One Moment, Please (By DAVID COLMAN, June 11, 2006)
A Night Out With: 'Some Girl(s)': Having All the Fun (By MELENA RYZIK, June 11, 2006)
VOWS: Joanna Cagan and Graeme Patterson (By LOIS SMITH BRADY, June 11, 2006)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, June 11, 2006)
The Mark of Z: Most Wanted Now: War-Weary Sunnis (By JOHN F. BURNS, June 11, 2006)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: Who's Your Great-Great-Great-Great-Granddaddy? (By AMY HARMON, June 11, 2006)
THE NATION: Too Bad Hippocrates Wasn't an Engineer (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, June 11, 2006)
TERROR TACTICS: Lessons From Canada: Snooping Works (By ERIC LIPTON, June 11, 2006)
THE WORLD: Just How Far Did They Go, Those Words Against Israel? (By ETHAN BRONNER, June 11, 2006)
Crackdown in Russia: A New Cycle of Bribes and Purges (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, June 11, 2006)
THE BASICS: In Drug Tests, Enhancements Are Needed (By IAN AUSTEN, June 11, 2006)
* THE BASICS | Graphic: If Your Art Budget Is $4 Million (By Bill Marsh, June 11, 2006)
World View Podcast (NY TIMES, June 11, 2006)
IDEAS & TRENDS: Extreme Makeover, Commune Edition (By ANDREW JACOBS, June 11, 2006)
Perhaps Not All Affirmative Action Is Created Equal (By JEFFREY ROSEN, June 11, 2006)
GRAHIC | KICKOFF: The Week of June 4-10 (By M.K. Mabry, June 11, 2006)
LAUGH LINES: Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan O'Brien (NY TIMES, June 11, 2006)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, June 11, 2006)
* ON LANGUAGE: Diplolingo (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, June 11, 2006)
* The Way We Live Now: The American Way of Debt (By JACKSON LEARS, June 11, 2006)
* Questions for George Soros: Indebted to Liberal Causes (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, June 11, 2006)
CONSUMED: Off the Skids (By ROB WALKER, June 11, 2006)
THE ETHICIST: Brother's I.O.U. Keeper (By RANDY COHEN, June 11, 2006)
COVER ARTICLE: Chapter 1: The Nation: Reasons to Worry (By NIALL FERGUSON, June 11, 2006)
Chapter 2: The Gambler: The Hold-'Em Holdup (By MATTATHIAS SCHWARTZ, June 11, 2006)
Chapter 3: The Student: Forgive Us Our Student Debts (By JON GERTNER, June 11, 2006)
Chapter 4: The Immigrant: The Smugglers' Due (By ALEX KOTLOWITZ, June 11, 2006)
PERSONAL DEBTS: Hooray for Bankruptcy! (By SPIKE GILLESPIE, June 11, 2006)
PERSONAL DEBTS: My Debt, Their Asset (By WALTER KIRN, June 11, 2006)
PERSONAL DEBTS: My Graduation Surprise (By STARLEE KINE, June 11, 2006)
STYLE SLIDE SHOW: More Flash Than Cash (Photographs by MICHAEL BAUMGARTEN, June 11, 2006)
FOOD: The Way We Eat: Market Value (By AMANDA HESSER, June 11, 2006)
LIVES: Balance Due (By DAVE DENISON, June 11, 2006)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, June 11, 2006)
BOOKS | 'Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee,' by Charles J. Shields: Good Scout
(Review by GARRISON KEILLOR, June 11, 2006)

Saturday, June 10, 2006:
On This Day: June 10 (James Short 6/10/1710-6/14/1768, Gustave Courbet 6/10/1819-12/31/1877, Louis Marie Anne Couperus 6/10/1863-7/16/1923, André Derain 6/10/1880-9/8/1954, Hattie McDaniel 6/10/1895-10/26/1952, Clyde Beatty 6/10/1903-7/19/1965, Frederick Loewe 6/10/1904-2/14/1988, Sir Terence Rattigan 6/10/1911-11/30/1977, Ralph Kirkpatrick 6/10/1911-4/13/1984, Robert Maxwell 6/10/1923-11/5/1991, Barry Morse 1918, Prince Philip 1921, Nat Hentoff 1925, June Have 1926, Lionel Jeffries 1926, Maurice Sendak 1928, Gardner McKay 1932, F. Lee Bailey 1933, Alexandra Stewart 1939, Shirley Alston 1941, Jurgen Prochnow 1941, Jeff Greenfield 1943, Elisabeth Shue 1963, Elizabeth Hurley 1965, Linda Evangelista 1965, Tara Lipinski 1982)
Cease-Fire in Syria Accepted; Israelis Hold Border Heights; Soviet Breaks Ties to Israel
(By SYDNEY GRUSON, June 10, 1967)
* Judy Garland, 47, Star of Stage and Screen, Is Found Dead in Her London Home
[6/8/1867-4/9/1959] (NY TIMES, June 23, 1969 )

EDITORIAL OBSERVER: One Man's Memory of What the Nation Wants to Forget (By BRENT STAPLES, June 10, 2006)
OP-ED: The Person Behind the Muslim (By ANAR ALI, June 10, 2006)
OP-ED: The N.B.A.'s Secret Superstars (By DAVID J. BERRI, June 10, 2006)
LETTERS: After Zarqawi: The War Goes On (5 Letters) (By John Chalmers, et. al., June 10, 2006)
LETTERS: Illegal Immigrants and the Economy (2 Letters) (By David A. Jaeger, et. al., June 10, 2006)
BUSINESS: What's Online: So Many Airfares, So Much Data (By DAN MITCHELL, June 10, 2006)
* MUSIC: While in Surgery, Do You Prefer Abba or Verdi? (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, June 10, 2006)

Friday, June 9, 2006:
On This Day: June 9 (Peter I the Great 6/9/1672-2/8/1725, Samuel Slater 6/9/1768-4/21/1835, Otto Nicolai 6/9/1810-5/11/1849, Bertha Suttner 6/9/1843-6/21/1914, James Stillman 6/9/1850-3/15/1918, Carl Nielsen 6/9/1865-10/3/1931, S. N. Behrman 6/9/1893-9/9/1973, Patrick Steptoe 6/9/1913-3/21/1988, Les Paul 1915, Robert S. McNamara 1916, George Axelrod 1922, Marvin Kalb 1930, Jackie Mason 1934, Joe Santos 1936, Michael J. Fox 1961, Johnny Depp 1963)
Welch Assails McCarthy's 'Cruelty' & 'Recklessness' In Attack On Aide; Senator, On Stand, Tells Of Red Hunt
(By W.H. LAWRENCE, June 9, 1954)
* Cole Porter Is Dead; Songwriter Was 72 [6/9/1891-10/15/1964] (NY TIMES, October 16, 1964 )

BUSINESS: Shares Fall Sharply Early, but Finish With Some Gains (By JEREMY W. PETERS, June 9, 2006)

Thursday, June 8, 2006:
On This Day: June 8 (Gian Domenico Cassini 6/8/1625-9/14/1712, Robert Schumann 6/8/1810-7/29/1856, Samuel Hirsch 6/8/1815-5/14/1889, Sir John Millais 6/8/1829-8/13/1896, Robert Wagner 6/8/1877-5/1953, Marguerite Yourcenar 6/8/1903-12/17/1987, John Campbell 6/8/1910-7/11/1971, Robert Preston 6/8/1918-3/21/1987, Byron White 1917, Barbara Bush 1925, Jerry Stiller 1927, Dana Wynter 1930, Joan Rivers 1933, Millicent Martin 1934, James Darren 1936, Bernie Casey 1939, Nancy Sinatra 1940, Bonnie Tyler 1953)
Suspect in Assassination of Dr. King Is Seized in London
(By Fred P. GRAHAM, June 8, 1968)
* Frank Lloyd Wright Dies; Famed Architect Was 89 [6/8/1867-4/9/1959] (NY TIMES, April 10, 1959)

WORLD: Terror Arrests Reveal Reach of Canada's Surveillance Powers (By ANTHONY DEPALMA, June 8, 2006)
* NY REGION: Hillary Clinton Calls Comments on Widows Mean-Spirited (By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, June 8, 2006)
* BUSINESS: All Your Favorites, All the Time When the Radio Taps Your Memory
(By ROY FURCHGOTT, June 8, 2006)
* HEALTH: TV Screen, Not Couch, Is Required for This Session (By KIRK JOHNSON, June 8, 2006)

Wednesday, June 7, 2006:
On This Day: June 7 (Gregory XIII 6/7/1502-4/10/1585, Celia Fiennes 6/7/1662-4/10/1741, Paul Gaugain 6/7/1848-5/8/1903, Max Kretzer 6/7/1854-7/15/1941, George Szell 6/7/1897-7/30/1970, Elizabeth Bowen 6/7/1899-2/22/1973, James Ivory 1928, Virginia McKenna 1931, Tom Jones 1940, Nikki Giovanni 1943, Ken Osmond 1943, Jenny Jones 1946, Liam Neeson 1952, William Forsythe 1955, Prince 1958, Anna Kournikova 1981)
Pope Becomes Ruler Of A State Again (By ARNALDO CORTESI, June 7, 1929)
Jessica Tandy, a Patrician Star Of Theater and Film, Dies at 85 [6/7/1909-9/11/1994] (By MARILYN BERGER, September 12, 1994)

SPORTS: Betting Scandals Have the World Cup on Guard (By JERE LONGMAN, June 7, 2006)
* BOOKS: Magazine Revisits Claim of 'Da Vinci' Borrowing (By MOTOKO RICH, June 7, 2006)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, June 7, 2006)
FOOD: Just Registered (By JULIA MOSKIN, June 7, 2006)
DINING: In Search of a Pan That Lets Cooks Forget About Teflon (By, June 7, 2006)
DINING: Wedding Registry Dos and Don'ts (By JULIA MOSKIN, June 7, 2006)
THE MINIMALIST: Rhubarb's Secret Life (By MARK BITTMAN, June 7, 2006)
THE CHEF: ANA SORTUN: A Mediterranean Style All Her Own (By JULIA MOSKIN, June 7, 2006)

Tuesday, June 6, 2006:
On This Day: June 6 (Diego Velazquez 6/6/1599-8/6/1660, Nathan Hale 6/6/1755-9/22/1776, John Trumbull 6/6/1756-11/10/1843, Alexandra 6/6/1872-7/16/1918, Sir Patrick Abercrombie 6/6/1879-3/23/1957, William Cosgrave 6/6/1880-11/16/1965, R. C. Sherriff 6/6/1896-11/13/1975, Sukarno 6/6/1901-6/21/1970, Jimmie Lunceford 6/6/1902-7/12/1947, Aram Khachaturian 6/6/1903-5/1/1978, Bill Dickey 6/6/1907-11/12/1993, Roy Innis 1934, Levi Stubbs 1936, Harvey Fierstein 1954, Sandra Bernhard 1955, Bjorn Borg 1956, Jimmy Jam 1959, Amanda Pays 1959, Max Casella 1967, Staci Keanan 1975)
* D-DAY: Hitler's Sea Wall Is Breached, Invaders Fighting Way Inland; New Allied Landings Are Made
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, June 6, 1944)
* Thomas Mann Dies at 80; Novelist Won Nobel Prize [6/6/1875-8/12/1955] (NY TIMES, August 13, 1955)

WORLD: Diary of North Vietnam Doctor Killed in U.S. Attack Makes War Real (By SETH MYDANS, June 6, 2006)
* NY REGION: What's in a Date? On 6/6/6, the Possibilities Are Endless (By EMILY VASQUEZ, June 6, 2006)
SPORTS: Baseball Adopts a Candy, Whatever It's Named For (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, June 6, 2006)
YANKEES 13, RED SOX 5: If the Yankees Are Hurting, It's Hard to Tell (By TYLER KEPNER, June 6, 2006)
* TECHNOLGY: Google Takes Aim at Excel [The spreadsheet service is another
step in Google's steady march toward creating its own computing universe
that is an alternative to desktop PC software now dominated by Microsoft.]
(By JOHN MARKOFF, June 6, 2006)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, June 6, 2006)
* SCIENCE: In the Body of an Accounting Professor, a Little Bit of the Mongol Hordes (By NICHOLAS WADE, June 6, 2006)
* FINDINGS: A Star Explodes and Devours Its Planets; at Least That's One Theory (By DENNIS OVERBYE, June 6, 2006)
* BOOKS ON SCIENCE: Inspiring Evolutionary Thought, and a New Title, by Turning Genetics Into Prose (By NICHOLAS WADE, June 6, 2006)
* REALLY? | The Claim: Artificial Sweeteners Cause Migraines (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, June 6, 2006)

Monday, June 5, 2006:
On This Day: June 5 (Adam Smith 6/5/1723-7/17/1790, John Couch Adams 6/5/1819-1/21/1892, Pat Garrett 6/5/1850-2/29/1908, Jan Thorn-Prikker 6/5/1868-3/5/1932, Pancho Villa 6/5/1878-6/20/1923, Ruth Benedict 6/5/1887-9/17/1948, Federico Garcia Lorca 6/5/1898-8/19/1936, William Boyd 6/5/1898-9/12/1972, Tony Richardson 6/5/1928-11/14/1991, Bill Moyers 1934, Floyd Butler 1941, Spalding Gray 1941, Fred Stone 1946, Laurie Anderson 1947)
Robert Kennedy is Dead at 42, Victim of Assassin (By GLADWIN HILL, June 5, 1968)
Lord Keynes Dies of Heart Attack at 63 [6/5/1883-4/21/1946] (NY TIMES, April 22, 1946)

NATIONAL: Medicaid Rules Toughened on Proof of Citizenship (By ROBERT PEAR, June 5, 2006)
NATIONAL: This Time, Jerry Brown Wants to Be a Lawman (By JESSE McKINLEY, June 5, 2006)
* NATIONAL: 500 Conspiracy Buffs Meet to Seek the Truth of 9/11 (By ALAN FEUER, June 5, 2006)
* EDUCATION: In Gilded Age of Home Schooling, Students Have Private Teachers (By SUSAN SAULNY, June 5, 2006)
WORLD: 6 Arrested in Canada Raid Attended the Same Mosque (By ANTHONY DePALMA, June 5, 2006)
WORLD: Uncovering Iraq's Horrors in Desert Graves (By JOHN F. BURNS, June 5, 2006)
WORLD: Quake Adds to Fear That Indonesian Volcano Will Erupt (By PETER GELLING, June 5, 2006)
NY REGION: Air Masks at Issue in Claims of 9/11 Illnesses (By ANTHONY DePALMA, June 5, 2006)
ON BASEBALL: If the Game Is Tight, the Mets Feel Loose (By MURRAY CHASS, June 5, 2006)
Giants 7, Mets 6: Celebration in 10th Turns to Disappointment in 12th (By BILL FINLEY, June 5, 2006)
Orioles 11, Yankees 4: Red Sox Are Coming, but Jeter May Miss Out (By JOE LAPOINTE, June 5, 2006)
American League Roundup: Ortiz and Ramírez Help Red Sox Trip Up Tigers (ASSOCIATED PRESS, June 5, 2006)
National League Roundup: Edmonds Has 3 Hits in Return to Cardinals (ASSOCIATED PRESS, June 5, 2006)
TENNIS: As Some Familiar Names Depart, a Door Opens to the Unheralded (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, June 5, 2006)
EDITORIAL: Divide and Conquer the Voters (NY TIMES, June 5, 2006)
OP-ED: Autism's Parent Trap (By CAMMIE McGOVERN, June 5, 2006)
OP-ED: Master of My Domain (By JEFF JOHNSON, June 5, 2006)
On to College, but Skipping a Step (5 Letters) (By Walter Reisner, et. al., June 5, 2006)
BUSINESS: New Drugs for Cancer Could Soon Flood Market (By ANDREW POLLACK, June 5, 2006)
MEDIA & ADVERTISING: A Lad Mag and a Brand in Las Vegas (By LORNE MANLY, June 5, 2006)
MEDIA & ADVERTISING: Hearst's New Home: Xanadu in Manhattan (By RICHARD SIKLOS, June 5, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: India Becoming a Crucial Cog in the Machine at I.B.M. (By SARITHA RAI, June 5, 2006)
* BOOKS: Digital Publishing Is Scrambling the Industry's Rules (By MOTOKO RICH, June 5, 2006)
FILM Critic: Aniston Agonistes: Good Girl, Odd Film Choices (By CARYN JAMES, June 5, 2006)
* SCIENCE: Of Lice and Men
[Scientists think the body louse first appeared about 72,000 years ago.]
(By Randy Dotinga, Wired News, June 5, 2006)

Sunday, June 4, 2006:
On This Day: June 4 (George III 6/4/1738-1/29/1820, Carl Gustaf Mannerheim 6/4/1867-1/27/1951, Alla Nazimova 6/4/1879-7/13/1945, Natalya Goncharova 6/4/1881-10/17/1962, Harry Crosby 6/4/1898-12/10/1929, Richard Whorf 6/4/1906-12/14/1966, Charles Collingwood 6/4/1917-10/3/1985, Howard Metzenbaum 1917, Robert Merrill 1919, Dennis Weaver 1924, John Drew Barrymore 1932, Bruce Dern 1936, Anthony Braxton 1945, Keith David 1956, Angelina Jolie 1975)
* Beijing Death Toll at Least 300; Army Tightens Control of City But Angry Resistance Goes On
(By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, June 4, 1989)
* Beno Gutenberg, Seismologist, 70: Expert on Size of Earth's Core [6/4/1889-1/25/1960] (NY TIMES, January 28, 1960)

* NATIONAL: Long-Scorned in Maine, French Has Renaissance (By PAM BELLUCK, June 4, 2006)
Yankees 6, Orioles 5, 10 innings: Replacement Yankees Are Winning Like the Real Thing
(By JOE LAPOINTE, June 4, 2006)
Giants 6, Mets 4: Mets Lose on a Topsy-Turvy Day at Shea (By BEN SHPIGEL, June 4, 2006)
* FILM: Antonioni's Nothingness and Beauty (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, June 4, 2006)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, June 4, 2006)
* STYLE: Lost Summer for the College-Bound (By ALEX WILLIAMS, June 4, 2006)
STYLE: Coveting Thy Neighbor's Ex (By MIREYA NAVARRO, June 4, 2006)
STYLE: Rufus Wainwright Plays Judy Garland (By GUY TREBAY, June 4, 2006)
POSSESSED: Fields of Vision (By DAVID COLMAN, June 4, 2006)
* MODERN LOVE: When You Wish Upon a Saint, Watch What You Ask For (By LINDA DACKMAN, June 4, 2006)
VOWS: Lisa Bennett and Nick Dolin (By MARCELLE S. FISCHLER, June 4, 2006)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, June 4, 2006)
TRAVEL: Is Qatar the Next Dubai? (By SETH SHERWOOD, June 4, 2006)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, June 4, 2006)
CRUCIBLE: Getting Used to War as Hell (By JOHN F. BURNS, June 4, 2006)
THE WORLD: It's Just Like Iraq, Only Different (By HELENE COOPER, June 4, 2006)
NY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, June 4, 2006)
* ON LANGUAGE: Fur Ball (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, June 4, 2006)
* The Way We Live Now: Mass Natural [organic food] (By MICHAEL POLLAN, June 4, 2006)
* Questions for Lorraine Bracco: The Doctor Is In (By DEBORAH SOLOMON, June 4, 2006)
CONSUMED: Crown Jewelry (By ROB WALKER, June 4, 2006)
THE ETHICIST: Campus Affairs (By RANDY COHEN, June 4, 2006)
* COVER ARTICLE: Hollywood Elementary (By ADRIAN NICOLE LeBLANC, June 4, 2006)
The Populist at the Border [Mexico City Mayor] (By DAVID RIEFF, June 4, 2006)
The Long Interrogaton (By ANDREW RICE, June 4, 2006)
* STYLE | FOOD: The Secret Ingredient (By MICHAEL RUHLMAN, June 4, 2006)
FOOD: Dining by Satellite (By MARK BITTMAN, June 4, 2006)
LIVES: Wave Rider (By STEVEN KOTLER, June 4, 2006)
SPORTS MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, June 4, 2006)
* THE GIFT: The Man With the Golden Mitt [Torii Hunter] (By LEE JENKINS, June 4, 2006)
Baseball for Life [12-year old Jarrod Petree] (By SARA CORBETT, June 4, 2006)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, June 4, 2006)
* COVER ARTICLE: 'American Movie Critics': How to Write About Film (Review by CLIVE JAMES, June 4, 2006)
* ESSAY: A Toast to the Happy Couplet [poetry for weddings]
["Into the Garden: A Wedding Anthology," edited by Robert Hass,
a former poet laureate, and Stephen Mitchell.]
(By DAVID ORR, June 4, 2006)
HORROR: The Thinking Reader's Guide to Fear (Reviews by TERRENCE RAFFERTY, June 4, 2006)
HORROR: 'Doing Nothing,' by Tom Lutz: Inaction Heroes (Review by DAVE BARRY, June 4, 2006)
* BOOKS: 'The Big Bam: Life and Times of Babe Ruth,' by Leigh Montville: No Asterisk
(Review by BOB SPITZ, June 4, 2006)

Saturday, June 3, 2006:
On This Day: June 3 (James Hutton 6/3/1726-3/26/1797, William Hone 6/3/1780-11/6/1842, Jefferson Davis 6/3/1808-12/6/1889, Henry James 6/3/1811-12/18/1882, Charles Lecocq 6/3/1832-10/24/1918, Ransom Eli Olds 6/3/1864-8/26/1950, Raoul Dufy 6/3/1877-3/23/1953, Josephine Baker 6/3/1906-4/12/1975, William Douglas-Home 6/3/1912-9/28/1992, Colleen Dewhourst 6/3/1924-8/22/1991, Tony Curtis 1925, Ian Hunter 1939)
American Floats In Space For 20 Minutes As He And Partner Start 4 Days In Orbit (By WALTER SULLIVAN, June 3, 1965)
* Allen Ginsberg, Master Poet Of Beat Generation, Dies at 70 [6/3/1926-4/5/1997] (By WILBORN HAMPTON, April 6, 1997)

NATIONAL: News Media Pay in Scientist Suit (By ADAM LIPTAK, June 3, 2006)
WORLD | Killings: Initial Response to Marine Raid Draws Scrutiny (By DAVID S. CLOUD & ERIC SCHMITT, June 3, 2006)
* WORLD: Online Throngs Impose a Stern Morality in China (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, June 3, 2006)
NY REGION: Who Divides Antiterror Money? That's a Secret (By DIANE CARDWELL & AL BAKER, June 3, 2006)
NY REGION: Summer Already Over for Staten Island Arcade (By ANDY NEWMAN, June 3, 2006)
SPORTS: ESPN Cuts Its Ties With Bonds Series (NY TIMES, June 3, 2006)
Yankees 6, Orioles 5: Neither Injuries Nor Orioles Can Stop Yankees (By JOE LAPOINTE, June 3, 2006)
Heat 95, Pistons 78: Heat's O'Neal Revives One-Man Show, and the Pistons Fall (By LIZ ROBBINS, June 3, 2006)
EDITORIAL: What Counts on Iran (NY TIMES, June 3, 2006)
OP-ED: How to Grow a Democratic Majority (By DANIEL GALVIN, June 3, 2006)
* OP-ED: The Worker Next Door (By BARRY R. CHISWICK, June 3, 2006)
LETTERS: The Furor Over Antiterror Spending (7 Letters) (By Dana L. Hoffman, et. al., June 3, 2006)
LETTERS: Progress on Iran: Not So Fast (3 Letters) (By Bernie Hargadon, et. al., June 3, 2006)
LETTERS: Is It Time to Leave Iraq? (3 Letters) (By James Day, et. al., June 3, 2006)
BUSINESS: Job Growth and Wages Were Weak Last Month (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, June 3, 2006)

Friday, June 2, 2006:
On This Day: June 2 (Martha Washington 6/2/1731-5/22/1802, Marquis de Sade 6/2/1740-12/2/1814, Thomas Hardy 6/2/1840-1/11/1928, Sir Edward Elgar 6/2/1857-2/23/1934, Felix Weingartner 6/2/1863-5/7/1942, Charles Stewart Mott 6/2/1875-2/18/1973, John Lehman 6/2/1907-4/7/1987, Barbara Pym 6/2/1913-1/11/1980, Charles Conrad, Jr. 6/2/1930-7/8/1999, Sally Kellerman 1937, William Guest 1941, Stacy Keach 1941, Charlie Watts 1941, Marvin Hamlisch 1944, Lasse Hallstrom 1946, Jerry Mathers 1948, Dana Carvey 1955)
* Elizabeth II Crowned In Abbey; Millions Cheer Parade In Rain (NY TIMES, May 31, 1889)
Johnny Weissmuller Dies at 79; Movie Tarzan and Olympic Gold Medalist
[6/2/1904-1/20/1984] (By ROBERT HANLEY, January 22, 1984)

NATIONAL: Army Builders Accept Blame Over Flooding (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, June 2, 2006)
NATIONAL | News Analysis: Congress and Justice Dept. May Both Be Overreaching (By ADAM LIPTAK, June 2, 2006)
WORLD: Iraqi Leaders Assail U.S. on Civilian Deaths (By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr., June 2, 2006)
NY REGION: State G.O.P. Convention Rebuffs Weld and Backs Faso for Governor (By PATRICK HEALY, June 2, 2006)
* NY REGION: She and Her Graduation Robe Had to Come a Long Way [Maori] (By JAMES BARRON, June 2, 2006)
NY REGION: Martha Stewart Puts Farmhouse on Market (By AVI SALZMAN, June 2, 2006)
SPORTS: Sports, Songs and Salvation on Faith Night at the Stadium (By WARREN ST. JOHN, June 2, 2006)
Tigers 7, Yankees 6: With Rivera Out, Yankees Blow Lead in the 9th (By TYLER KEPNER, June 2, 2006)
BASEBALL: The Other Left Fielder at Shea (By BEN SHPIGEL, June 2, 2006)
EDITORIAL: Global Stock Trading (NY TIMES, June 2, 2006)
* OP-ED: Freakoutonomics (By CHARLES R. MORRIS, June 2, 2006)
* OP-ED: Opus Dei's Box-Office Triumph [As a member of Opus Dei,
I would like to thank Dan Brown and Ron Howard for "The Da Vinci Code."]
(By PAUL FORTUNATO, June 2, 2006)
LETTERS: Gas Addicts: Tax Them at the Pump? (4 Letters) (By Gary Giardina, et. al., June 2, 2006)
For the Sake of Hunting (1 Letter) (By Terence Rafferty, June 2, 2006)
ARTS: Cologne as Mythic Hot Spot for Fertile Creative Ground (By ROBERTA SMITH, June 2, 2006)
ARTS: 'Wood Art From the Bohlen Collection' at Museum of Arts and Design (By GRACE GLUECK, June 2, 2006)
ARTS: Charles Sheeler, Romantic Pragmatist, at the National Gallery (By KEN JOHNSON, June 2, 2006)
ARCHITECTURE | Zaha Hadid: A Diva for the Digital Age (By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, June 2, 2006)
ANTIQUES: Where Modern Art and Furniture Profitably Meet (By WENDY MOONAN, June 2, 2006)
BOOKS | 'In Tasmania': Under Oz, a Land of Weird Wonders (By WILLIAM GRIMES, June 2, 2006)
FILM: In 'The Break-Up,' the Odd Couple Buys Real Estate. Complications Ensue.
(By A. O. SCOTT, June 2, 2006)
FILM: 'The War Tapes' Provides a Soldier's-Eye View of the Days Over There (By A. O. SCOTT, June 2, 2006)
MUSIC | Listening With Guillermo Klein: The Argentine Pianist Returns to New York
(By BEN RATLIFF, June 2, 2006)
HEALTH: Drug for Bones Is Newly Linked to Jaw Disease (By GINA KOLATA, June 2, 2006)

Thursday, June 1, 2006:
On This Day: June 1 (Robert Cecil Salisbury 6/1/1563-5/24/1612, Jacques Marquette 6/1/1637-5/18/1675, Francesco Maffei 6/1/1675-2/11/1755, Brigham Young 6/1/1801-8/29/1877, Mikhail Glinka 6/1/1804-2/15/1857, John Marshall Harlan 6/1/1833-10/14/1911, John Masefield 6/1/1878-5/12/1967, C. K. Ogden 6/1/1889-3/20/1957, Molly Picon 6/1/1898-4/6/1992, Richard Erdman 1925, Andy Griffith 1926, Pat Corley 1930, Pat Boon 1934, Peter Masterson 1934, Morgan Freeman 1937, Rene Auberjonois 1940, Jonathan Pryce 1947, Ron Wood 1947, Graham Russell 1950, Lisa Harman Black 1956, Alanis Morrissette 1974)
* Helen Keller, 87, Dies (NY TIMES, June 1, 1968)
* Brilliant Stardom and Personal Tragedy Punctuated the Life of Marilyn Monroe at 36
[6/1/1926-8/5/1962] (NY TIMES, August 6, 1962)

* NATIONAL: Glass Artists Face Off in Court [Dale Chihuly] (By TIMOTHY EGAN, June 1, 2006)
* NATIONAL: Terror Fears Hamper U.S. Muslims' Travel (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, June 1, 2006)
WORLD: Iraqi Leaders Assail U.S. on Civilian Deaths (By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr., June 1, 2006)
WORLD | Politics: Iraq's Premier Seeks to Control a City in Chaos (By SABRINA TAVERNISE and QAIS MIZHER, June 1, 2006)
WORLD: Quake Upsets the Cradle of Indonesian Culture (By PETER GELLING, June 1, 2006)
* WORLD | Versailles Journal: Marie Antoinette's Devotees, Including Bakers, Celebrate
(By ELAINE SCIOLINO, June 1, 2006)
WORLD | News Analysis: For Bush, Talks With Iran Were a Last Resort (By DAVID E. SANGER, June 1, 2006)
* WORLD: Russian Download Site Is Popular and Possibly Illegal (By THOMAS CRAMPTON, International Herald Tribune, June 1, 2006)
NY REGION: HillaryClinton Opens State Campaign With Salvos at White House (By ANNE E. KORNBLUT, June 1, 2006)
Neither Federal Officer Nor Gentleman, Women Say (By VIVIAN S. TOY & JULIA C. MEAD, June 1, 2006)
EDITORIAL: Afghanistan, Unraveling (NY TIMES, June 1, 2006)
OP-ED: Tearing Iraq Apart (By THOMAS X. HAMMES, June 1, 2006)
OP-ED: Support Your Local Banker (By OTIS WHITE, June 1, 2006)
LETTERS: War and Other People's Children (5 Letters) (By Scott Caplan, et. al., June 1, 2006)
LETTERS: The Duke Case, Reconsidered (3 Letters) (By Rebecca Lemaitre, et. al., June 1, 2006)
* LETTERS: Securing Your Identity, When Others Fail To (2 Letters) (By Arthur I. Lowell, et. al., June 1, 2006)
BUSINESS: Shares Rise as Oil Prices and Worries on Iran Ease a Bit
[Dow +73.88, Nasdaq -14.14] (By JEREMY W. PETERS & MARTIN FACKLER, June 1, 2006)
BUSINESS: Low Payments by U.S. Raise Medical Bills Billions a Year (By MILT FREUDENHEIM, June 1, 2006)
BUSINESS: Bank of China Shares Soar on First Day of Trading (By DAVID BARBOZA, June 1, 2006)
TECHNOLOGY: Sun Microsystems Says It Will Cut at Least 4,000 Jobs (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, June 1, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY | BASICS: PC's That Are a Lot Smaller Than a Breadbox (By PETER WAYNER, June 1, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY | DAVID POGUE: Renting Movies With a Box and a Beam (By DAVID POGUE, June 1, 2006)
ARTS: Washington Journalist to Edit The Village Voice [Erik Wemple] (By MOTOKO RICH, June 1, 2006)
BOOKS | 'The Foreign Correspondent': Paris, 1938: Heating Up as Time Goes By (By JANET MASLIN, June 1, 2006)
* TV | 'The Human Behavior Experiments': What Can Be Done in the Name of Obedience (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, June 1, 2006)
* TV | The TV Watch: A Sentimental Send-Off for Katie Couric, With a Touch of Sendup
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, June 1, 2006)
FASHION: Macy's Buyers Are So Excited About Crinkle Cotton (By CATHY HORYN, June 1, 2006)
* STYLE | Physical Fitness: Don't Hit on Me, Mr. Goodbody (By MELENA RYZIK, June 1, 2006)
STYLE | Online Shopper: Life's Great Mystery? It's in the Sauce (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, June 1, 2006)
* HOME & GARDEN: Into the Closet ["It's a place to store your life."] (By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM, June 1, 2006)
HOME & GARDEN | At Home With Garrison Keillor: Where All the Rooms Are Above Average
(By JOYCE WADLER, June 1, 2006)
SCIENCE: Studies Portray Tropical Arctic in Distant Past (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, June 1, 2006)
SCIENCE: Hints of Oil Bonanzas Beneath Arctic Ocean (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, June 1, 2006)