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Saturday, March 31, 2001:
On This Day: March 31 (René Descartes 3/31/1596-2/11/1650, Franz Joseph Haydn 3/31/1732-5/31/1809, Edward Fitzgerald 3/31/1809-6/14/1883, James M. Cox 3/31/1870-7/15/1957, Arthur Griffith 3/31/1872-8/12/1922, Srge Diaghilev 3/31/1872-8/19/1929, Jack Johnson 3/31/1878-6/10/1946, Sir Lawrence Bragg 3/31/1890-7/1/1971, John McCloy 3/31/1895-3/11/1989, Octavio Paz 3/31/1914-4/19/1998, William Daniels 1927, Gordie Howe 1928, Shirley Jones 1934, Herb Alpert 1935, Richard Chamberlain 1935, Patrick Leahy 1940, Gabe Kaplan 1945, Al Gore 1948, Rhea Perlman 1948, Ed Marinaro 1950)
President Johnson Says He Won't Run for Another Term (By Tom Wicker, March 31, 1968)
Cesar Chavez, 66, Organizer of Union For Migrants, Dies
[3/31/1927-4/23/1993] (By ROBERT LINDSEY, April 24, 1993)
John Lewis, Pianist, Composer and Creator of the Modern Jazz Quartet, Dies at 80
(By PETER KEEPNEWS, Mar. 31, 2001)
Blacks Split on Disclosing Multiracial Roots (By ERIC SCHMITT, Mar. 31, 2001)
Energy Crisis Dims Small-Business Hopes (By EVELYN NIEVES, Mar. 31, 2001)
Butchers' Passover Lament: Yes, We Have No Brisket (By DAVID FIRESTONE, Mar. 31, 2001)
Santa Fe Journal: Uproar Over Virgin Mary in a Two-Piece Swimsuit (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Mar. 31, 2001)
Pigs Pass First Foot-and-Mouth Test as U.S. Increases Precautions (By ELIZABETH BECKER, Mar. 31, 2001)
News Analysis: The Senate's Moment for Change (By RICHARD L. BERKE, Mar. 31, 2001)
Quick Vote in House Is Seen as Crucial to Finance Bill (By ALISON MITCHELL, Mar. 31, 2001)
* Forced to Divest, Bush Aides Lose Money in a Bear Market (By LESLIE WAYNE, Mar. 31, 2001)
* No. 1 Fan Plays Host to Legends of Baseball (By FRANK BRUNI, Mar. 31, 2001)
Religion Journal: Reading Signposts on Church Unity (By GUSTAV NIEBUHR, Mar. 31, 2001)
Public Lives: A University President Who Learns the Hard Way (By JODI WILGOREN, Mar. 31, 2001)
* The Times To Publish Personal Ads (By COREY KILGANNON, Mar. 31, 2001)
Tracing Anti-Abortion Network to a Slaying Suspect in France (By DAN BARRY, Mar. 31, 2001)
Safety Flaws Found in Stores Selling Meat (By CHRISTOPHER DREW & BUD HAZELKORN, Mar. 31, 2001)
NYC: Coming Home to Kennedy Can Get Ugly (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Mar. 31, 2001)
OP-ED: Free Speech That Threatens My Life (By WARREN M. HERN, Mar. 31, 2001)
So Many Clocks, So Little Time (By ADAM HOCHSCHILD, Mar. 31, 2001)
JOURNAL: The Thrill of It All (By FRANK RICH, Mar. 31, 2001)
ABROAD AT HOME: The Feeling of a Coup (By ANTHONY LEWIS, Mar. 31, 2001)
BUSINESS: Content (NY TIMES, Mar. 31, 2001)
* BUSINESS: A Gloomy Quarter Ends, and Investors Look Ahead
[Dow +80, Nasdaq +20] (By ALEX BERENSON, Mar. 31, 2001)
The Ranks of Job Recruiters Are Thinning Out Rapidly (By KATIE HAFNER, Mar. 31, 2001)
Studies Find Scant Availability of Spectrum for Wireless Internet (By STEPHEN LABATON, Mar. 31, 2001)
An Attempt to Block NorthPoint's Shutdown (NY TIMES, Mar. 31, 2001)
DoubleClick Privacy Lawsuit Dismissed (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Mar. 31, 2001)
ARTS: Content/A> (NY TIMES, Mar. 31, 2001)
ARTS: U.N., in Shift, Moves to Save Art for Afghans (By BARBARA CROSSETTE, Mar. 31, 2001)
BOOKS: IDEAS: 'Treason by the Book': When Treason Was Tolerable and Gossip Death (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Mar. 31, 2001)
BOOKS: Think Tank: As Definitions Change, the Moral Turns Trivial (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Mar. 31, 2001)
DANCE: 'Frankie's Wedding': The Adolescent's Poignancy as That Wedding Nears (By JACK ANDERSON, Mar. 31, 2001)
FILM: 'Wojaczek': A Poet Whose Death Wish Eventually Comes True (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 31, 2001)
FILM: 'Nine Queens': Well, Who's the Joker Now? (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 31, 2001)
OPERA: 'Parsifal' at 60: Youthfully Rash, Vocally Rich (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 31, 2001)
POP: Pet Sounds and Vibrations of Brian Wilson (By ANN POWERS, Mar. 31, 2001)
THEATER: 'Jig Saw': Better a Cutting Word Than a Dull Bushel of Babies (By ANITA GATES, Mar. 31, 2001)
TV: 'Eye for Eye': Fighting Abortion and Taking No Prisoners (By JULIE SALAMON, Mar. 31, 2001)
GARDENING: Cuttings: A Bounty of Tulips Along Park Avenue (By ANNE RAVER, Mar. 31, 2001)
SCIENCE: Hemisphere Conference Ends in Discord on Global Warming (By DOUGLAS JEHL, Mar. 31, 2001)
* Sky Watch: The Northern Lights (By JOE RAO, Mar. 30, 2001)
HEALTH: Stem Cells Yield Promising Results (By NICHOLAS WADE, Mar. 31, 2001)
Anesthesia Drug Is Removed After Deaths of 5 Patients (By DENISE GRADY, Mar. 31, 2001)

Friday, March 30, 2001:
On This Day: March 30 (Moses Maimonides 3/30/1135-12/13/1204, Francisco de Goya 3/30/1746-4/16/1828, Anna Sweell 3/30/1820-4/25/1878, Vincent van Gogh 3/30/1853-7/29/1890, Melanie Klein 3/30/1882-9/22/1960, McGeorge Bundy 3/30/1919-9/16/1996, Richard Helms 1913, Frankie Laine 1913, Richard Dysart 1929, John Astin 1930, Warren Beatty 1937, Eric Clapton 1945, Paul Reiser 1957, MC Hammer 1963, Tracy Chapman 1964, Celine Dion 1968)
Reagan Wounded In Chest By Gunman; Outlook 'Good' After 2-Hour Surgery (By Howell Raines, March 30, 1981)
* Sean O'Casey, Irish Playwright, Is Dead at 84
[3/30/1880-9/18/1964] (NY TIMES, September 19, 1964)
* Helge Ingstad, Discoverer of Viking Site, Dies at 101 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 30, 2001)
Anthony Steel, Actor, Dies at 80 (NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2001)
* Birgit Akesson, Creator of Elemental Dance Solos, Dies at 93 [on Her Birthday]
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 30, 2001)
* California Census Confirms Whites Are in Minority (By TODD S. PURDUM, Mar. 30, 2001)
For the Old Hollywood, Last Suppers at Spago (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Mar. 30, 2001)
Political Memo: Raising His Megaphone, Bush Says, I'm in Charge (By FRANK BRUNI, Mar. 30, 2001)
After a Marathon Debate, a Moment for Emotions (By ROBIN TONER, Mar. 30, 2001)
Campaign Finance Measure Faces Powerful Opponent in the House (By PHILIP SHENON, Mar. 30, 2001)
Senate Clears Last Hurdle for Bill on Soft-Money Ban (By ALISON MITCHELL, Mar. 30, 2001)
Bay Bridge Lifted in San Francisco (By REUTERS, Mar. 30, 2001)
Bush Hammers Arafat; Takes a Softer Tone With Israel (By JANE PERLEZ, Mar. 30, 2001)
Harbin Journal: Fiery Death Fuels a Son's Campaign Against a City (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Mar. 30, 2001)
That Russian Espionage Tape Was Not Quite All It Seemed (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Mar. 30, 2001)
* Public Lives: On Stage, a Substitute Teacher Fills in 24 Roles (By CHRIS HEDGES, Mar. 30, 2001)
A Religious Searching Leads to the Anti-Abortion Movement (By JOHN KIFNER, Mar. 30, 2001)
EDITORIAL: From Newark Over the North Pole (NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2001)
OP-ED: The Olympics Can Help Reform (By ZHANG LIANG, Mar. 30, 2001)
OP-ED: Once Again, the City Beckons (By KENNETH T. JACKSON, Mar. 30, 2001)
* OP-ED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Code Red (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Mar. 30, 2001)
LETTERS: My G-G-Generation, Right Out of Mad (By ANDREW B. EILLS et. al., Mar. 30, 2001)
BUSINESS: Earnings Trouble Investors in a Mixed Day on Wall St.
[Dow +14, Nasdaq -34] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 30, 2001)
11,500 Jobs Are Being Cut at Big Maker of Auto Parts (By KEITH BRADSHER, Mar. 30, 2001)
* Internet Customers Scramble as Big D.S.L. Network Goes Dark (By SIMON ROMERO, Mar. 30, 2001)
* Business Ups and Downs at Internet Speed (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Mar. 30, 2001)
Advertising: Omnicom to Work More Closely With Troubled Online Agencies (By STUART ELLIOTT, Mar. 30, 2001)
Nazis' Victims to Drop Suit Against I.B.M. (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Mar. 30, 2001)
Investors Flee U.S. Stock Funds (By REUTERS, Mar. 30, 2001)
CYBER LAW JOURNAL: Movie Industry Frowns on Professor's Software Gallery (By DAVID F. GALLAGHER, Mar. 30, 2001)
LIVING: DINING: Diner's Journal: Lutèce (By WILLIAM GRIMES, Mar. 30, 2001)
The Outsider: Meandering Along Old Railroad Trails on a Bike (By JAMES GORMAN, Mar. 30, 2001)
* ART: William Blake: A Visionary Whose Odd Images Still Burn Bright (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Mar. 30, 2001)
* ART: 'Aluminum by Design': The Soul of Versatility, Searching for Identity (By KEN JOHNSON, Mar. 30, 2001)
ART: 'The School of London and Their Friends': A Catchall School, Devoted to Human Forms
(By GRACE GLUECK, Mar. 30, 2001)
ART: 'Neil Jenney: The Bad Years': And When He Was Bad, He Certainly Was Busy
(By ROBERTA SMITH, Mar. 30, 2001)
Inside Art: The Face of Anguish [Picasso's 'Guernica'] (By CAROL VOGEL, Mar. 30, 2001)
Antiques: Jungle Fever Strikes a Collector (By WENDY MOONAN, Mar. 30, 2001)
BOOKS: 'On Bullfighting': Defeating Death by Writing About It in the Bullring
(By RICHARD EDER, Mar. 30, 2001)
FILM: Watching Movies With Wolfgang Petersen (By RICK LYMAN, Mar. 30, 2001)
FILM: 'The Tailor of Panama': No Wall, No Canal Zone. What's a Spy to Do? (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 30, 2001)
FILM: 'Spy Kids': Espionage Is the Family Business, Even in a Fun Factory (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Mar. 30, 2001)
FILM: 'Someone Like You': So Are All Men Dogs or Are They Really Bulls? (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 30, 2001)
FILM: 'Amores Perros': Life Is Fast and Shocking for Pulp Fiction Characters (By Elvis Mitchell, Mar. 30, 2001)
FILM: 'Simon Magus': Oy, Crazy, Maybe, but No Fool (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 30, 2001)
FILM: 'Before the Storm': Parallel Predicaments on a Collision Course (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 30, 2001)
FILM: 'Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale' (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 30, 2001)
FILM: 'Butterfly' (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 30, 2001)
FILM: At the Movies: In Like a Lion: Two Hit Films (By RICK LYMAN, Mar. 30, 2001)
FILM: Taking the Children: A Giant Leap and Small Stumbles [Galśspagos]
(NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2001)
* THEATER: 'Invention of Love': Housman's Hell, Stoppard's Style (By BEN BRANTLEY, Mar. 30, 2001)
THEATER: Family Fare: Superman, Move Over (By Laurel Graeber, Mar. 30, 2001)
THEATER: On Stage and Off: A Milestone and an 'Ouch!' (NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2001)
TV Weekend: A Strawberry-and-Cream Past, Spiced With Romance (By CARYN JAMES, Mar. 30, 2001)
SCIENCE: Laser Project Hits a Snag; Court Hints At Conflict (By JAMES GLANZ, Mar. 30, 2001)

Thursday, March 29, 2001:
On This Day: March 29 (Santorio Santorio 3/29/1561-2/22/1636, John Tyler 3/29/1790-1/18/1862, Elihu Thomson 3/29/1853-3/13/1937, Howard Lindsay 3/29/1889-2/11/1968, Jozsef Mindszenty 3/29/1892-5/6/1975, Lavrenty Beria 3/29/1899-12/23/1953, Sir William Walton 3/29/1902-3/8/1983, E. Power Biggs 3/29/1906-3/10/1977, Pearl Bailey 3/29/1918-8/17/1990, Samuel Moore Walton 3/29/1918-4/5/1992, Eugene McCarthy 1916, Eileen Heckart 1919, John Major 1943, Vangelis 1943, Kurt Thomas 1956, Christopher Lambert 1957, Elle MacPherson 1963, Lucy Lawless 1968, Jennifer Capriati 1976)
U.S. Forces Out of Vietnam; Hanoi Frees the Last P.O.W. (By Joseph B. Treaster, March 29, 1973)
* Cy Young Is Dead at 88; Famed Pitcher, Record of 511 Victories
[3/29/1867-11/4/1955] (NY TIMES, November 5, 1955)
John Clarke Saunders, Physician and Clinical Pharmacologist, Dies at 82 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 29, 2001)
John A. Alonzo, Cinematographer, Dies at 66 (NY TIMES, Mar. 29, 2001)
* Maude Rutherford, High-Kicking Songster of 20's, Dies at 104 (By JOYCE WADLER, Mar. 29, 2001)
John McCarthy, Sponsor of No-Fault Insurance Law, Dies at 77 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 29, 2001)
* California Census Confirms Whites Are in Minority (By TODD S. PURDUM, Mar. 29, 2001)
* As Seattle's Economy Slows, Many Like the Change of Pace (By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK, Mar. 29, 2001)
Mormons Intensify Missionary Effort in Utah (By GUSTAV NIEBUHR, Mar. 29, 2001)
U.S. Reviewing Aid Meant to Contain Russia's Arsenal (By JUDITH MILLER, Mar. 29, 2001)
Sharon Orders Air Raids on Arafat's Bases (By DEBORAH SONTAG, Mar. 29, 2001)
A New Theory in Egyptair Crash (NY TIMES, Mar. 29, 2001)
Spring Look: Thin Dresses and Blue Lips (By JANE GROSS, Mar. 29, 2001)
Columbia Graduate Students Seek Right to Organize Union (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Mar. 29, 2001)
Public Lives: Juggling Pregnancy, Jitters, Soap Career and Regis (By ROBIN FINN, Mar. 29, 2001)
EDITORIAL: A Strong Vote Against Soft Money (NY TIMES, Mar. 29, 2001)
OP-ED: Seattle Soldiers On (By DAVID GUTERSON, Mar. 29, 2001)
OP-ED: The Serbs' Choice (By STJEPAN MESIC, Mar. 29, 2001)
OP-ED: IN AMERICA: You Can Bet on It (By BOB HERBERT, Mar. 29, 2001)
OP-ED ESSAY: The A.D.L. and Rich (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 29, 2001)
ART CRITIC: You Have to Face Reality. It's on Every Channel. (By JULIE SALAMON, Mar. 29, 2001)
THEATER: 'Mnemonic': Into the Loop of a Daisy Chain of Memories (By BEN BRANTLEY, Mar. 29, 2001)
LIVING: HOME: The Bathroom Primps for Its Public (By ELAINE LOUIE, Mar. 29, 2001)
HOME: The Essence of Sweden, on Park Avenue (By MARIANNE ROHRLICH, Mar. 29, 2001)
Trade Secrets, The Bath: A Designer Dips Into the Big Boxes (By STEVEN SCLAROFF, Mar. 29, 2001)
Personal Shopper: For the Holidays, a Change of Settings (By MARIANNE ROHRLICH, Mar. 29, 2001)
Human Nature: New Hope for Community Gardeners (By ANNE RAVER, Mar. 29, 2001)
GARDENING: Garden Q&A: Gardenias Are to Cry For (By DORA GALITZKI, Mar. 29, 2001)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 29, 2001)
Bettors Find Online Gambling Hard to Resist (By MATT RICHTEL, Mar. 29, 2001)
* STATE OF THE ART: A New Face (and Heart) for the Mac (By DAVID POGUE, Mar. 29, 2001)
* A Computer? Funny, You Don't Sound Like One (By IAN AUSTEN, Mar. 29, 2001)
HOW IT WORKS: Global Positioning: Getting There With Help From Above (By MATT LAKE, Mar. 29, 2001)
* A Comeback for Writing, but Not Necessarily for Eloquence (By BONNIE ROTHMAN MORRIS, Mar. 29, 2001)
GAME THEORY: Action for Fans and the Simply Curious (By CHARLES HEROLD, Mar. 29, 2001)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Studying the Mind of the Teenus Horribilis (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Mar. 29, 2001)
* WHAT'S NEXT: In a Future Generation of Tiny Chips, Silicon May Shine (By ANNE EISENBERG, Mar. 29, 2001)
The Issues: For Internet Wagers, Shifting Legal and Financial Ground (By MATT RICHTEL, Mar. 29, 2001)
Spring Forward, Fall Back (Except on Your VCR) (By  SHELLY FREIERMAN, Mar. 29, 2001)
Internet Appliance Gets a Lube and a Paint Job (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Mar. 29, 2001)
New Music Player Can Sing, but It's a Rare Bird (By ROY FURCHGOTT, Mar. 29, 2001)
Putting Your John Hancock Onto Scribbled E-Mail Notes (By IAN AUSTEN, Mar. 29, 2001)
Flat-Panel Monitor Takes Up Less Desk and Wallet Space (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Mar. 29, 2001)
High-Altitude Web Surfing for the Masses (By, Mar. 29, 2001)
SCREEN GRAB: Places Where Jesters Are Taken Seriously (By MICHAEL POLLAK, Mar. 29, 2001)
Q & A: Even Hardware Needs Designated Drivers (NY TIMES, Mar. 29, 2001)
SCIENCE: Test Is Devised for Theory of Elusive Space Ripples (By JAMES GLANZ, Mar. 29, 2001)
Jupiter Radiation Levels Raise Concern for Future Probes (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 29, 2001)

Wednesday, March 28, 2001:
On This Day: March 28 (William Byrd 3/28/1674-8/26/1744, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 3/28/1793-12/10/1864, St. John Neumann 3/28/1811-1/5/1860, Wade Hampton 3/28/1818-4/11/1902, Aristide Briand 3/28/1862-3/7/1932, Paul Whiteman 3/28/1890-12/29/1967, Rudolf Serkin 3/28/1903-5/8/1991, Onoe Shoroku II 3/28/1913-6/25/1989, Freddie Bartholomew 3/28/1924-1/23/1992, Zbigniew Brzezinski 1928, Charlie McCoy 1941, Mike Newell 1942, Ken Howard 1944, Reba McEntire 1955, Julia Stiles 1981)
Radiation Is Released in Accident at Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant in Pennsylvania (By Donald Janson, March 28, 1979)
August A. Busch Jr. Dies at 90; Built Largest Brewing Company
[3/28/1899-9/29/1989] (By ROBERT McG. THOMAS Jr., September 30, 1989)
BUSINESS: Positive Consumer Confidence Report Gives Shares a Lift
[Dow +260, Nasdaq +54] (By MICHAEL BRICK, Mar. 28, 2001)
Buffett Says Stocks Are Still Too Costly (NY TIMES, Mar. 28, 2001)
* Market Place: An Analyst Skeptical on Amazon.com Moves On (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Mar. 28, 2001)
Lucent Confronts Diminishing Expectations in Effort to Raise Cash (By SIMON ROMERO & RIVA D. ATLAS, Mar. 28, 2001)
Disney Shares Slide After Announcing Job Cuts (By BILL CARTER, Mar. 28, 2001)

Tuesday, March 27, 2001:
On This Day: March 27 (Andrew Bell 3/27/1753-1/27/1832, Alfred-Victor Vigny 3/27/1797-9/17/1863, Otto Wallach 3/27/1847-2/26/1931, Sir Henry Royce 3/27/1863-4/22/1933, Patty Smith Hill 3/27/1868-5/25/1946, Edward Steichen 3/27/1879-3/25/1973, Sata Eisaku 3/27/1901-6/3/1975, Pee Wee Russell 3/27/1906-2/15/1969, Denton Welch 3/27/1915-12/30/1948, Sarah Vaughan 3/27/1924-4/3/1990, Lord Callaghan 1912, Cyrus R. Vance 1917, Anthony Lewis 1927, Arthur Mitchell 1934, Julian Glover 1935, Michael York 1942, Tony Banks 1950, Maria Schneider 1952, Quentin Tarantino 1963, Mariah Carey 1970)
Khrushchev Takes Full Control, Replacing Bulganin as Premier (By Max Frankel, March 27, 1958)
* Mies van der Rohe Dies at 83; Leader of Modern Architecture
[3/27/1886-8/17/1969] (NY TIMES, August 19, 1969)
Toby Wing, Pinup Star of the 1930's, Dies at 85 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 27, 2001)
Mischa Richter, a New Yorker Regular, Dies at 90 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 27, 2001)
Janice Levin, Philanthropist of the Arts, Dies at 87 (By ENID NEMY, Mar. 27, 2001)
Francis Yohannan, 'Catch-22' Inspiration, Dies at 79 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 27, 2001)
Alan Green, Ambassador to Romania, Dies at 75 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 27, 2001)
Electric Rate Increase Sought for California (By TODD S. PURDUM, Mar. 27, 2001)
Bush Takes Tax-Cut Drive Back on the Road (By FRANK BRUNI, Mar. 27, 2001)
Congress Begins Planning for Increased Number of Uninsured as Economy Slows (By ADAM CLYMER & ROBERT PEAR, Mar. 27, 2001)
Political Memo: G.O.P. Billionaire Haunts a Democratic Race [Michael R. Bloomberg]
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Mar. 27, 2001)
Thousands of Pupils Start Saturday Classes in English, Math and Science (By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS, Mar. 27, 2001)
Public Lives: From a Courtroom on Camera, Justice With Style (By LYNDA RICHARDSON, Mar. 27, 2001)
OP-ED: Asking for Forgiveness— At What Price? (By JONATHAN D. SPENCE, Mar. 27, 2001)
OP-ED: A Strange Waltz in Vienna (By STANLEY B. GREENBERG, Mar. 27, 2001)
OP-ED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Bush's First Memo (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Mar. 27, 2001)
BUSINESS: Blue-Chip Shares Gain Ground While Technology Slips
[Dow +183, Nasdaq -10] (By REUTERS, Mar. 27, 2001)
* Baseball Fans to Be Charged for Internet Broadcasts (By CHRIS GAITHER, Mar. 27, 2001)
Procter & Gamble Suit Over Satan Rumor Resurrected (By GEANNE ROSENBERG, Mar. 27, 2001)
Two Chip Makers Announce Layoffs [Conexant Systems & PMC-Sierra] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Mar. 27, 2001)
The Week in Science: The Flat-Faced Guy From Kenya (By NICHOLAS WADE, Mar. 27, 2001)
SCIENCE: In an Ancient Wreck, Clues to Seafaring Lives (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Mar. 27, 2001)
* Computing, One Atom at a Time (By GEORGE JOHNSON, Mar. 27, 2001)
The Toppled Chimney Mystery: Is It the Fault's Fault? (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, Mar. 27, 2001)
* Of Nanotubes and Buckyballs: Atomic-Scale Building Blocks (By KENNETH CHANG, Mar. 27, 2001)
Lake's Rapid Retreat Heightens Troubles in North Africa (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Mar. 27, 2001)
CONVERSATION WITH / Elliot Aronson: No One Left to Hate: Averting Columbines
(By SUSAN GILBERT, Mar. 27, 2001)
* OBSERVATORY: Amoeba Buddy System (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 27, 2001)
* OBSERVATORY: Reproducing, Gingerly (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 27, 2001)
* OBSERVATORY: Butter, to Gauge Pollution (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 27, 2001)
DOCTOR'S WORLD: Cardiologists See Cheney as a Useful Case Study (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D., Mar. 27, 2001)
Examining, and Easing, the Anxiety of Authorship (By ELIZABETH STONE, Mar. 27, 2001)
PERSONAL HEALTH: Human Body Recall! Design Problems (By JANE E. BRODY, Mar. 27, 2001)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Harsh Words for Those Who Defy 'Do No Harm' (By JOHN LANGONE, Mar. 27, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / REGIMENS: Slow Lane Also Leads to Heart Health (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 27, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / CHOICES: Answers for Doctors on Suicide Question (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 27, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / PREVENTION: In Youth, It's Not Just About Cholesterol (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 27, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / REMEDIES: Preparing the Heart for a Needed Jolt (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 27, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / NUTRITION: Like Some Spinach With Those Fries? (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 27, 2001)
Q&A: Respiratory Distress (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Mar. 27, 2001)
Letters: Patients Teaching Students (By DEBORAH McNEIL et. al., Mar. 27, 2001)
FILM: A Night for Big Stars and Big Films (By RICK LYMAN, Mar. 27, 2001)
FILM CRITIC: At the Oscars, Carrots, Pepsi and a Kidnapping Joke (By CARYN JAMES, Mar. 27, 2001)
ARTICLE (By, Mar. 27, 2001)
ARTICLE (By, Mar. 27, 2001)
ARTICLE (By, Mar. 27, 2001)
THEATER: 'Judgment at Nuremberg': On Evil and the Citizen, No Answers Are Easy (By BRUCE WEBER, Mar. 27, 2001)
THEATER: Big Stars Act in Plays by Kids (By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Mar. 27, 2001)
FASHION REVIEW: Hollywood Slips Uneasily Into Something Fashionable (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Mar. 27, 2001)
FRONT ROW: Ambient Grace at the Academy Awards (By GUY TREBAY, Mar. 27, 2001)
ARTICLE (By, Mar. 27, 2001)
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Monday, March 26, 2001:
On This Day: March 26 (Herman Haupt 3/26/1817-12/14/1905, Edward Bellamy 3/26/1850-5/22/1898, A. E. Housman 3/26/1859-4/30/1936, Syngman Rhee 3/26/1875-7/19/1965, Othmar Ammann 3/26/1879-9/22/1965, James Conant 3/26/1893-2/11/1978, Joseph Campbell 3/26/1904-10/31/1987, Tennessee Williams 3/26/1911-2/25/1983, William C. Westmoreland 1914, Rufus Thomas 1917, Pierre Boulez 1925, Sandra Day O'Connor 1930, Leonard Nimoy 1931, Alan Arkin 1934, James Cann 1940, Erica Jong 1942, Bob Woodward 1943, Diana Ross 1944, Vicki Lawrence 1949, Ronnie McDowell 1950, Teddy Pendergrass 1950, Martin Short 1950, Elaine Chao 1953, Leeza Gibbons 1957, Jennifer Grey 1960)
Egypt & Israel Sign Formal Treaty, Ending a State of War After 30 Years; Sadat & Begin Praise Carter's Role
(By Bernard Gwertzman, March 26, 1979)
* Robert Frost Dies at 88; Kennedy Leads in Tribute
[3/26/1874-1/29/1963] (NY TIMES, January 30, 1963)
Sigurd Rascher, Who Showed the Sax Could Be Classy, Dies at 94 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 26, 2001)
Debra Bernhardt, Historian for the Unsung, Dies at 47 (By MARGALIT FOX, Mar. 26, 2001)
Ellen Hammer, Historian Who Wrote on the French in Indochina, Dies at 79 (By ERIC PACE, Mar. 26, 2001)
Herbie Jones, Jazz Trumpeter Who Worked Alongside 2 Giants, Dies at 74 (By WILLIAM H. HONAN, Mar. 26, 2001)
Norma Macmillan, Cartoon Voice Artist, Dies at 79 (NY TIMES, Mar. 26, 2001)
Women Are Close to Being Majority of Law Students (By JONATHAN D. GLATER, Mar. 26, 2001)
* As New Economy Cools, San Francisco Quivers (By EVELYN NIEVES, Mar. 26, 2001)
Some Say U.S. Lags in Blocking Foot-and-Mouth Disease at the Border (By ELIZABETH BECKER and CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, Mar. 26, 2001)
Despite Emboldened Critics, Jesse Jackson Isn't Yielding (By PAM BELLUCK, Mar. 26, 2001)
* After 'Silent Spring,' Chemical Industry Put Spin on All It Brewed (By JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr., Mar. 26, 2001)
President Plays It for Laughs at Dinner (By FRANK BRUNI, Mar. 26, 2001)
Public Lives: A Loyal Lieutenant Re-enlists to Serve the Bush Brigade (By FRANK BRUNI, Mar. 26, 2001)
Treasury Secretary Will Sell Alcoa Stock (By LESLIE KAUFMAN, Mar. 26, 2001)
News Analysis: Storm Clouds Over U.S.-Europe Relations (By ROGER COHEN, Mar. 26, 2001)
Zambia's History Is Lost in the Poverty of Today (By HENRI E. CAUVIN, Mar. 26, 2001)
* Thriving at 70, 'the George' Is a Great Gray Success [Washington Bridge] (By BLAINE HARDEN, Mar. 26, 2001)
Metropolitan Diary: Hello Spring (By ENID NEMY, Mar. 26, 2001)
OP-ED: How to Distribute AIDS Drugs (By CAROL BELLAMY, Mar. 26, 2001)
OP-ED: A Student Is Not an Input (By MICHELE TOLELA MYERS, Mar. 26, 2001)
OP-ED: North Korea, TV Nation (By RUSSELL WORKING, Mar. 26, 2001)
OP-ED: ESSAY: Working Its Will (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 26, 2001)
OP-ED: IN AMERICA: The Mask Comes Off (By BOB HERBERT, Mar. 26, 2001)
* LETTERS: Now the Pressure Begins in Kindergarten (By MARY HEBRON et. al., Mar. 26, 2001)
* BUSINESS: CNBC Suffers Slings and Arrows of Market's Slide (By JIM RUTENBERG, Mar. 26, 2001)
* Advertising: Marketers Find Internet Opens New Avenues to Customers (By SAUL HANSELL, Mar. 26, 2001)
* March Brings No Sign of Improving Climate for Print Advertising (By FELICITY BARRINGER & ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Mar. 26, 2001)
* E-Commerce Report: Revised Forecasts Show How Assumptions Can Crumble (By BOB TEDESCHI, Mar. 26, 2001)
New Economy: Hyperbole Still Outruns Reality on the Wireless Web (By SIMON ROMERO, Mar. 26, 2001)
Another Big Roundup for Mr. Malone (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Mar. 26, 2001)
MTV to Mesh Its 2 Channels With Web Site (By BILL CARTER, Mar. 26, 2001)
Patents: A Company Receives a Software Patent and Will Soon Be Seeking Royalties (By SABRA CHARTRAND, Mar. 26, 2001)
A New Kind of Software Company for India (By MARK LANDLER, Mar. 26, 2001)
Two Biotech Companies Settle Gene-Chip Case (By ANDREW POLLACK, Mar. 26, 2001)
Media Talk: Murdoch Executive Calls Press Coverage of China Too Harsh (By BILL CARTER, Mar. 26, 2001)
Media Talk: Day-Rate Freelancers Tell Newsweek $400 Is Not Enough (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Mar. 26, 2001)
Compressed Data: Saks.com Mines a List of E-Shoppers (By DAVID F. GALLAGHER, Mar. 26, 2001)
* Compressed Data: Corporate Sites Seem to Skimp on the Facts (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, Mar. 26, 2001)
ARTS: CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: At the Oscars, Carrots, Pepsi and a Kidnapping Joke (By CARYN JAMES, Mar. 26, 2001)
ARTS: N.Y.U. Arts Scholarship Program Caps a Patron's Spending Spree (By DOREEN CARVAJAL, Mar. 26, 2001)
BOOKS: Nora Roberts's New Juicy Romance, With Grapes as a Major Squeeze (By JANET MASLIN, Mar. 26, 2001)
Culture Notes: Poet Corner (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 26, 2001)
DANCE: Royal Ballet of Flanders Performs 'The Three Musketeers' (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 26, 2001)
DANCE: Risa Steinberg: Strong Women of the 40's Step From Neglected Works (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 26, 2001)
FILM: On Hollywood's Big Night, Oscar Spreads the Glory Around (By RICK LYMAN, Mar. 26, 2001)
FILM: 'La Faute à Voltaire': Égalité Is Not Always for Everyone (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 26, 2001)
FILM: 'On Common Ground': Two Sides of a Battle Meet Again (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Mar. 26, 2001)
MUSIC: New York Philharmonic: The Winds Played On, With Flavorful Differences (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Mar. 26, 2001)
MUSIC: Jazz at Lincoln Center to Reach From Brazil to New Orleans (NY TIMES, Mar. 26, 2001)
POP: U2 Kicks Off Tour With Unadulterated Rock, Straight From the Heart (By NEIL STRAUSS, Mar. 26, 2001)
THEATER: 'Servicemen': Wartime Love-Triangle Permutations (By BEN BRANTLEY, Mar. 26, 2001)
TV: 'South Pacific': Being Corny as Kansas Isn't So Simple Anymore (By JULIE SALAMON, Mar. 26, 2001)
TV: Oscar Ratings Fall to All-Time Low (By BILL CARTER, Mar. 26, 2001)
Trade Secrets': Rendering a Guilty Verdict on Corporate America (By NEIL GENZLINGER, Mar. 26, 2001)
* WRITERS ON WRITING: Richard Stern: Autumnal Accounting Endangers Happiness (By RICHARD STERN, Mar. 26, 2001)

Sunday, March 25, 2001:
On This Day: March 25 (Saint Catherine of Siena 3/25/1347-4/29/1380, Matilda Gage 3/25/1826-3/18/1898, Arturo Toscanini 3/25/1867-1/16/1957, William Knudsen 3/25/1879-4/27/1948, Sir David Lean 3/25/1908-4/16/1991, Simone Signoret 3/25/1921-9/30/1985, Flannery O'Connor 3/25/1925-8/3/1964, Penelope Gilliatt 3/25/1932-5/9/1993, Eileen Ford 1922, Jim Lovell 1928, Gene Shalit 1932, Gloria Steinem 1934, Anita Bryant 1940, Aretha Franklin 1942, Paul Michael Glaser 1943, Elton John 1947, John Stockwell 1961, Sarah Jessica Parker 1965, Debi Thomas 1967)
25,000 Go to Alabama's Capitol; Wallace Rebuffs Petitioners; White Rights Worker is Slain
(By Roy Reed, March 25, 1965)
* Bela Bartok Dies at 64 In Hospital Here
[3/25/1881-9/26/1945] (NY TIMES, September 27, 1945)
Adolph Levis, Pickled Goods Producer Who Invented a Beef Snack, Dies at 89 (By SAUL HANSELL, Mar. 25, 2001)
Charles Johnson, Proponent of Flat Earth, Dies at 76 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 25, 2001)
Gyula Obersovszky, Hungarian Writer, Dies at 74 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 25, 2001)
Troubling Label for Hispanics: 'Girls Most Likely to Drop Out' (By DANA CANEDY, Mar. 25, 2001)
Killings Tied to Graft Shock Atlanta Suburb (By KEVIN SACK, Mar. 25, 2001)
Admissions Test Courses Help, but Not So Much, Study Finds (By GINA KOLATA, Mar. 25, 2001)
Scars Still Raw, Bush Clashes With McCain (By ALISON MITCHELL & FRANK BRUNI, Mar. 25, 2001)
Bush Giving New Life to Old Ideas About Possible Changes at the Pentagon (By JAMES DAO, Mar. 25, 2001)
Security Move Means 500 at F.B.I. Face Lie Detector (By ERIC SCHMITT, Mar. 25, 2001)
Quarantined Cattle in Texas Face Death Over Mad Cow Disease (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 25, 2001)
* The Bay of Pigs Revisited, but Arm in Arm (By TIM WEINER, Mar. 25, 2001)
Jewish Leaders Trade Barbs Over Austria's Nazi Legacy (By ROGER COHEN, Mar. 25, 2001)
In a Campaign Replay, a Peruvian Is Wooing Indians (By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, Mar. 25, 2001)
* Strong Quake Rocks Japan; At Least Two Are Killed (By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Mar. 25, 2001)
Japan's Resurgent Far Right Tinkers With History (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Mar. 25, 2001)
Seoul Fears U.S. Is Chilly About Détente With North (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Mar. 25, 2001)
Diplomatically, French Is a Faded Rose in an English Garden (By BARBARA CROSSETTE, Mar. 25, 2001)
'Nasty Things' Can Intrude on Russian Envoy's Life (By MARC LACEY, Mar. 25, 2001)
Another Balkan Battle: Higher Learning (By STEVEN ERLANGER, Mar. 25, 2001)
* Tossing Out Old Magazines, by the Ton (By SHERRI DAY, Mar. 25, 2001)
Group Urges City to Develop as Biotechnology Center (By TERRY PRISTIN, Mar. 25, 2001)
Our Towns: A Wire-Thin Line Sharply Divides a Suburb's Jews (By MATTHEW PURDY, Mar. 25, 2001)
LIVING: Oscar Week: Stars Troop Through Hotel Suites Set Up Like Designer Showrooms
(By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Mar. 25, 2001)
The Best Supporting Role Is Just a Walk-On (By KIMBERLY STEVENS, Mar. 25, 2001)
Plasma TV: That New Object of Desire (By RICK MARIN, Mar. 25, 2001)
On the Street: Working in a Coal Mine (Photographs by BILL CUNNINGHAM, Mar. 25, 2001)
Vows: Jordana Merlis and Jeff Jacobs (By LOIS SMITH BRADY, Mar. 25, 2001)
The Age of Dissonance: My Nephew Made Me Say Uncle (By BOB MORRIS, Mar. 25, 2001)
VIEW: His Book Complete, Author Turns Model (By JOHN SEARLES, Mar. 25, 2001)
A Night in With Abe Vigoda: Only as Old as You Act (By LINDA LEE, Mar. 25, 2001)
GARDENING: Cuttings: Smelling Mud? Look for Snowdrops (By ELISABETH GINSBURG, Mar. 25, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Economic View: When Greenspan Thinks, Just Listen (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 25, 2001)
* Market Watch: Technology Tests the Strength of the Fed's Magic Wand (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Mar. 25, 2001)
* Microsoft Relies Again on an Inner Circle (By JOHN MARKOFF, Mar. 25, 2001)
Suddenly, at LVMH, Money Is an Object (By JOHN TAGLIABUE with CATHY HORYN, Mar. 25, 2001)
Market Insight: Is Japan Digging Out, or Falling Deeper? (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Mar. 25, 2001)
Advanced Online Banking, Born of Necessity (By DAVID LIPSCHULTZ, Mar. 25, 2001)
* INVESTING: Rediscovering the Simple Beauty of Cash (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Mar. 25, 2001)
* Portfolios: Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop on a Sagging Economy (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Mar. 25, 2001)
Five Questions for Nancy F. Koehn: An Information Age Led by Business, So Far
(Interview by JULIE FLAHERTY, Mar. 25, 2001)
Book Value: Lessons From a Coach Who Kept a Distance, John Wooden (By FRED ANDREWS, Mar. 25, 2001)
Book Value: Lessons from a Coach Who Weaves a Cocoon, Mike Krzyzewski (By FRED ANDREWS, Mar. 25, 2001)
Midstream: Knowing What You Owe (By JAMES SCHEMBARI, Mar. 25, 2001)
On the Job: Conflict Resolution, Made Simple (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 25, 2001)
Investing With Edwin G. Vroom and Adele S. Weisman: Reserve Small-Cap Growth Fund
(By CAROLE GOULD, Mar. 25, 2001)
Private Sector: Can't Believe It's Iacocca? He Found a Better Butter (Compiled by RICK GLADSTONE, Mar. 25, 2001)
* Business Diary: Viewing the First Bubble and How It Blew Up [Tulip Mania] (By Judith H. Dobrzynski, Mar. 25, 2001)
Investing Diary: Looking for Relief From a Penny-Ante Fee [stock sale fee] (NY TIMES, Mar. 25, 2001)
Personal Business Diary: Unhappy E-Shoppers May Punish a Store (By, Mar. 25, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Contortions of Psychiatry in China (NY TIMES, Mar. 25, 2001)
EDITORIAL: THE RURAL LIFE: The Logic of Pigs (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Mar. 25, 2001)
OP-ED: Don't Abandon the Balkans (By WOLFGANG PETRITSCH, Mar. 25, 2001)
OP-ED: Spies Will Be Spies (By DAVID WISE, Mar. 25, 2001)
OP-ED: RECKONGINGS: The Price of Power [California energy] (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Mar. 25, 2001)
CROSSROADS: The World Starts Getting in the Superpower's Way (By MARC D. CHARNEY, Mar. 25, 2001)
* All Science Is Computer Science (By GEORGE JOHNSON, Mar. 25, 2001)
* Oscar Likes Writers. Typewriters. (By JAY JENNINGS, Mar. 25, 2001)
* Paranoid Lately? You May Have Good Reason (By JENNY LYN BADER, Mar. 25, 2001)
Fossil Find: The Family of Man Grows a Little Larger (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Mar. 25, 2001)
The Balkans: A One-Time Ally Becomes the Problem (By STEVEN ERLANGER, Mar. 25, 2001)
* The Bay of Pigs: Blast From the Past: Recipe for a Never-Ending Fiasco (By TIM WEINER, Mar. 25, 2001)
China: Hedging Their Bets (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Mar. 25, 2001)
* The Economy: A Slump That Won't Stay Home (By DAVID E. SANGER, Mar. 25, 2001)
The Middle East: Disillusionment With a Friend (By WILLIAM A. ORME Jr., Mar. 25, 2001)
Space, the Final Tourist Frontier (By, Mar. 25, 2001)
Who's Buying? (By ALAN COWELL, Mar. 25, 2001)
TRAVEL: Summer Rituals on Chincoteague (By PERRI KLASS, Mar. 25, 2001)
A Hidden Treasure No Longer [Ocracoke Island, NC] (By MARVIN HUNT, Mar. 25, 2001)
Falling for the Leopard [Botswana] (By LISA FUGARD, Mar. 25, 2001)
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SCIENCE: Tourist Is Ready for Space (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 25, 2001)
Researchers Find Big Risk of Defect in Cloning Animals (By GINA KOLATA, Mar. 25, 2001)

Saturday, March 24, 2001:
On This Day: March 24 (Georgius Agricola 3/24/1494-11/21/1555, Rufus King 3/24/1755-4/29/1827, Thos. Spencer Baynes 3/24/1823-5/31/1887, William Morris 3/24/1834-10/3/1896, Andrew Mellon 3/24/1855-8/26/1937, Emile Fabre 3/24/1869-9/25/1955, Edward Weston 3/24/1886-1/1/1958, Fatty Arbuckle 3/24/1887-6/30/1933, Wilhelm Reich 3/24/1897-11/3/1957, Thomas E. Dewey 3/24/1902-3/16/1971, Bob Mackie 1940, Curtis Hanson 1945, Louie Anderson 1953, Robet Carradine 1954, Alyson Hannigan 1974)
Largest U.S. Tanker Spill Spews 270,000 Barrels Of Oil Off Alaska (By Philip Shabecoff, March 24, 1989)
* Harry Houdini Dies at 52 After Operations
[3/24/1874-10/31/1926] (NY TIMES, November 1, 1926)
Rowland Evans, TV Host and Conservative Columnist, Dies at 79 (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Mar. 24, 2001)
Denny Griswold, Public Relations Editor, Dies at 92 (By, Mar. 24, 2001)
Robert Laxalt, Author, Dies at 77 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 24, 2001)
David McTaggart, a Builder of Greenpeace, Dies at 69 (By PAUL LEWIS, Mar. 24, 2001)
California's Choices All Look Painful (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Mar. 24, 2001)
Police Say Student Gunman Was Seeking School Official (By JAMES STERNGOLD, Mar. 24, 2001)
Democrats Back Immediate Tax Cut Proposed by G.O.P. (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, Mar. 24, 2001)
Supporter of Pardon for Fugitive Has Regrets (By ALISON LEIGH COWAN, Mar. 24, 2001)
Big Donors Unfazed by Prospect of Soft Money Limits (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Mar. 24, 2001)
Hard Money Becomes Focus of a Deal on Banning Soft (By PHILIP SHENON, Mar. 24, 2001)
Livestock Epidemic Widens Its Menace for British Farms (By WARREN HOGE, Mar. 24, 2001)
Russia Expels 4 Americans and Vows 'Other Measures' (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Mar. 24, 2001)
Huge Soccer Scandal Taints National Obsession of Brazil (By LARRY ROHTER, Mar. 24, 2001)
Bribery Scandal Engrosses TV Viewers in India (By CELIA W. DUGGER, Mar. 24, 2001)
News Analysis: U.S. Policy on Russia— A Tougher Stance (By JANE PERLEZ, Mar. 24, 2001)
C.I.A. Had Ability to Plant Bay of Pigs News, Document Shows (By TIM WEINER, Mar. 24, 2001)
Suspect Held in China Bombings (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Mar. 24, 2001)
From Classrooms to Chat Rooms, All Threats Turn Serious (By KATE ZERNIKE, Mar. 24, 2001)
Night Life After Puffy: Frisks, but Not of Madonna (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Mar. 24, 2001)
OP-ED: A Space Station's Long Goodbye (By LEON ARON, Mar. 24, 2001)
OP-ED: Overtaxed Mothers Need Relief (By ANN CRITTENDEN, Mar. 24, 2001)
OP-ED: A Flawed Timber Market (By JIMMY CARTER, Mar. 24, 2001)
OP-ED: ABROAD AT HOME: 'No Greater Tragedy' (By ANTHONY LEWIS, Mar. 24, 2001)
LETTERS: A School Nightmare That We Must End (By GRAHAM MARKS et. al., Mar. 24, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Stocks Perk Up, and Nasdaq Posts Gain in Harsh Week
[Dow +115, Nasdaq +31] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Mar. 24, 2001)
Smackdown! W.W.F. to Buy Wrestling Rival (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Mar. 24, 2001)
* ARTS: Snoopy: A Beagle With Brains Becomes Teachers' Pet (By SARAH BOXER, Mar. 24, 2001)
* ARTS: Supply and Demand Among the Faithful (By CHRIS SHEA, Mar. 24, 2001)
BOOKS: SHELF LIFE: Witnesses to Revolution Wrote History's First Draft (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Mar. 24, 2001)
DANCE: 'L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato': Morris Embraces Handel and Milton
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 24, 2001)
* FILM: 'The Day I Became a Woman': Outrun Fate? Not for Iranian Women (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 24, 2001)
FILM: 'Foul King': A Korean Milquetoast Wrestles Misery to the Ground (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 24, 2001)
MUSIC: Mariss Jansons: In a Whole Concert, Just Half a Premiere (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 24, 2001)
OPERA: Beverly Sills: You've Come a Long Way, Baby Doe (By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Mar. 24, 2001)
POP REVIEW: Carman: Garden Crowd Boos the Devil (By NEIL STRAUSS, Mar. 24, 2001)
THEATER: 'Bloomer Girl': Of Feminism and Slavery (By BRUCE WEBER, Mar. 24, 2001)
TV: McMahon Readies XFL for Life Without NBC (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Mar. 24, 2001)
SCIENCE: Russians Find Pride, and Regret, in Mir's Splashdown (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Mar. 24, 2001)
* Sky Watch: Venus Bids Adieu (By JOE RAO, Mar. 24, 2001)
HEALTH: Farmers Joining State Efforts Against Bioengineered Crops (By ANDREW POLLACK, Mar. 24, 2001)

Friday, March 23, 2001:
On This Day: March 23 (Margaret of Anjou 3/23/1430-8/25/1482, Pierre-Simon Laplace 3/23/1749-3/5/1827, Roger Martin du Gard 3/23/1881-8/22/1958, Juan Gris 3/23/1887-5/11/1927, Sidney Hillman 3/23/1887-7/10/1946, Cedric Gibbons 3/23/1893-7/26/1960, Erich Fromm 3/23/1900-3/18/1980, Marty Allen 1922, Mark Rydell 1934, Chaka Khan 1953, Amanda Plummer 1957, Keri Russell 1976)
Grissom Maneuvers the Gemini as He and Young Make 3 Orbits in Test for a Space Rendezvous
(By Evert Clark, March 23, 1965)
Joan Crawford, Screen Star, Dies at 69 in Manhattan Home
[3/23/1908-5/10/1977] (By PETER B. FLINT, May 11, 1977)
Jacob Kainen, Painter and Print Curator, Dies at 91 (By ROBERTA SMITH, Mar. 23, 2001)
* William Hanna, Who Created Cartoon Characters, Dies at 90 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 23, 2001)
Norma Macmillan, Voice for Cartoons, Dies at 79 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 23, 2001)
Gunman Fires on School Near Site of Earlier Shooting (By TODD S. PURDUM, Mar. 23, 2001)
Tally of Students Equals Number at Boomer Peak (By ERIC SCHMITT, Mar. 23, 2001)
Senators Seeking a $60 Billion Cut in Taxes for 2001 (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, Mar. 23, 2001)
* Mir Space Station Sizzles to Ending Over Pacific (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Mar. 23, 2001)
News Analysis: In Espionage Game, Get Caught, Lose Players (By JAMES RISEN, Mar. 23, 2001)
* Bay of Pigs Enemies Finally Sit Down Together (By TIM WEINER, Mar. 23, 2001)
First Meeting: China Testing Firmer Way of Bush Team (By MARC LACEY & DAVID E. SANGER, Mar. 23, 2001)
Russia Calls Expulsions by U.S. Hostile Act and Vows to Retaliate (By PATRICK E. TYLER with JANE PERLEZ, Mar. 23, 2001)
Fox, on Tour, Stresses Mexico's Economic Importance for California (By GINGER THOMPSON, Mar. 23, 2001)
China Says U.S. Scholar 'Confessed Her Crimes' (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Mar. 23, 2001)
The Calmly Elegant Kofi Annan Seems Good Bet for Re-election (By BARBARA CROSSETTE, Mar. 23, 2001)
MY MANHATTAN: Musical Churches: Spiritual High Notes From a Deep River (By SUSAN JACOBY, Mar. 23, 2001)
Public Lives: Man Who Saved Term Limits Sees History Lesson (By CHRIS HEDGES, Mar. 23, 2001)
After 53 Years, Fresh Kills Gets Its Final Load of Trash (By KIRK JOHNSON, Mar. 23, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Containing Foot-and-Mouth Disease (NY TIMES, Mar. 23, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Repercussions of a Spy Case (NY TIMES, Mar. 23, 2001)
OP-ED: Piety at Kyoto Didn't Cool the Planet (By DAVID G. VICTOR, Mar. 23, 2001)
OP-ED: What the Census Doesn't Count (By RUSSELL THORNTON, Mar. 23, 2001)
OP-ED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Markets Call the Tune (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Mar. 23, 2001)
OP-ED: U.S.-Business Effort Urged on Cyberterror (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 23, 2001)
LETTERS: War of Words: Underwood, Dell or Quill? (By MILTON LEWIS, Mar. 23, 2001)
BUSINESS: Stocks Get Late Bounce as Buyers Move In
[Dow -98, Nasdaq +67] (By ALEX BERENSON, Mar. 23, 2001)
A Glut of Cable TV in India (By MARK LANDLER, Mar. 23, 2001)
Procter to Cut 9,600 Jobs in Drive to Trim Its Overhead (By JULIAN E. BARNES, Mar. 23, 2001)
In Leaving Seattle, Boeing Also Asserts It's Not Just a Plane Builder (By LAURENCE ZUCKERMAN, Mar. 23, 2001)
Advertising: ABC Holds Out Longest for the Oscars (By STUART ELLIOTT, Mar. 23, 2001)
Schwab Plans Up to 3,400 Job Cuts (By DANNY HAKIM, Mar. 23, 2001)
Economic Jitters Send Latin American Stocks Reeling (By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, Mar. 23, 2001)
Warning From Microsoft on False Digital Signatures (By JOHN MARKOFF, Mar. 23, 2001)
Lucent Again Cuts Offering Price for Agere Spinoff (By CHRIS GAITHER, Mar. 23, 2001)
Guinness Book Is Up for Sale, Insiders Say (By SUZANNE KAPNER, Mar. 23, 2001)
Addenda: Creative Executive Is on the Move Again [Gary Topolewski] (By, Mar. 23, 2001)
Key Forecasting Gauge Declined in February (By REUTERS, Mar. 23, 2001)
Fed Minutes Show Concern Over Falling Economy (By REUTERS, Mar. 23, 2001)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 23, 2001)
ART CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: Globalization on Film: Message in a Coca-Cola Can
(By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 23, 2001)
ART: 'BitStreams' and 'Data Dynamics': Creativity, Digitally Remastered (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Mar. 23, 2001)
ART: International Asian Art Fair: When East Goes West, The Twain Meet Here (By HOLLAND COTTER, Mar. 23, 2001)
ART: Rosemarie Trockel: Drawings as Enigmas Wrapped in Metaphors (By GRACE GLUECK, Mar. 23, 2001)
DANCE: 'Wind': A Cosmos Aborning in Fantasies (By JACK ANDERSON, Mar. 23, 2001)
FILM: 'Heartbreakers': It's Take Your Daughter to Work Day (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 23, 2001)
FILM: 'Say It Isn't So': Something About Brotherly Love (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 23, 2001)
FILM: 'The Cashier Wants to Go to the Seaside': Meek or Not, She Really Wants What She Wants
(By ELVIS MITCHELL, Mar. 23, 2001)
FILM: Friendly Persuasion': Even Veils Can't Hide the Artistry of Iranians (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 23, 2001)
FILM: 'Bartleby': So You're a Nowhere Man in a Nowhere World, Now Get Back to Work (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 23, 2001)
'The Brothers': Sex and the Single (or Married) Man (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 23, 2001)
Inside Art: Christie's East Is Heading West (By CAROL VOGEL, Mar. 23, 2001)
TV WEEKEND: 'Wit': Death, Mighty Thou Art (By CARYN JAMES, Mar. 23, 2001)
SCIENCE FILM: 'Galápagos': The Creatures That Darwin Couldn't Visit (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 23, 2001)

Thursday, March 22, 2001:
On This Day: March 22 (Maximilian I 3/22/1459-1/12/1519, Sir Anthony Van Dyck 3/22/1599-12/9/1641, Anton Raphael Mengs 3/22/1728-6/29/1779, Thomas Crawford 3/22/1814-10/10/1857, Robert Millikan 3/22/1868-12/19/1953, Arthur Vandenberg 3/22/1884-4/18/1951, Joseph Schildkraut 3/22/1895-1/21/1964, Ruth Page 3/22/1899-4/7/1991, Johannes Brinkman 3/22/1902-5/6/1949, James Gavin 3/22/1907-2/23/1990, Karl Malden 1912, Marcel Marceau 1923, Allen H. Neuharth 1924, Stephen Sondheim 1930, William Shatner 1931, Orrin Hatch 1934, M. Emmet Walsh 1935, Andrew Lloyd Webber 1948, Fanny Ardant 1949, Bob Costas 1952, Stephanie Mills 1957)
Equal Rights Amendment is Approved by Congress (By Eileen Shanahan, March 22, 1972)
Louis L'Amour, Writer, Is Dead; Famed Chronicler of West Was 80
[3/22/1908-6/10/1988] (By JAMES BARRON, June 13, 1988)
Chung Ju Yung, Founder of the Hyundai Group, Dies at 85 (By DON KIRK, Mar. 22, 2001)
Thomas Pryor, Editor, Dies at 89 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 22, 2001)
Norman Rodway, Actor With the Royal Shakespeare Company, Dies at 72 (By MEL GUSSOW, Mar. 22, 2001)
* Helen Bevington, Wry Author, Professor and Tireless Tourist, Dies at 94 (By DOREEN CARVAJAL, Mar. 22, 2001)
Edward J. Fee, Supervisor of Large Construction Projects, Dies at 92 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 22, 2001)
Boeing, Jolting Seattle, Will Move Headquarters (By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK with LAURENCE ZUCKERMAN, Mar. 22, 2001)
Todays Students Equal Baby-Boom Peak of 1970's, Census Shows (By ERIC SCHMITT, Mar. 22, 2001)
Second San Diego-Area High School Hit by Gunfire (By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN, Mar. 22, 2001)
* Helping Hands at Spring Break (By JODI WILGOREN, Mar. 22, 2001)
The Era of Showgirls Is Leaving Las Vegas (By RICK BRAGG, Mar. 22, 2001)
Poor County Feels Domino Effect of Energy Crisis (By BARBARA WHITAKER, Mar. 22, 2001)
Russian Diplomats Ordered Expelled in a Countermove (By JAMES RISEN and JANE PERLEZ, Mar. 22, 2001)
Iraqis Now Daring to Talk of Life After Hussein (By JOHN F. BURNS, Mar. 22, 2001)
China Holding U.S. Scholar in Isolation (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Mar. 22, 2001)
Lo Khe Journal: A Folk Tradition Fades, but the Melody Lingers On (By SETH MYDANS, Mar. 22, 2001)
Five Britons' Mad Cow Deaths Traced to Butchering Methods (By WARREN HOGE, Mar. 22, 2001)
Justice, While Not Blind to Celebrity, Is Not Exactly Dazzled, Either (By DAVID ROHDE, Mar. 22, 2001)
Public Lives: Suddenly on the Radar in Hollywood's Stratosphere (By ROBIN FINN, Mar. 22, 2001)
OP-ED: A Sensible Tax on Fortunes (By MICHAEL S. McPHERSON & MORTON OWEN SCHAPIRO, Mar. 22, 2001)
OP-ED: Arsenic and Old Laws (By CHUCK FOX, Mar. 22, 2001)
OP-ED: IN AMERICA: A Bogus Race Issue (By BOB HERBERT, Mar. 22, 2001)
OP-ED: ESSAY: Arik and George (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 22, 2001)
LETTERS: Bamboozled in Bangalore (By SARAH FORBES ORWIG, Mar. 22, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Shares Slide Further as Dow Nears Bear Market Territory
[Dow -234, Nasdaq -27] (By MICHAEL BRICK, Mar. 22, 2001)
Market Place: The Dollar Is Still Positively Robust (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Mar. 22, 2001)
Procter & Gamble Is Expected to Announce Layoffs (By JULIAN E. BARNES, Mar. 22, 2001)
3Com Reports Quarter Loss (By CHRIS GAITHER, Mar. 22, 2001)
* New Mac Operating System (By JOHN MARKOFF, Mar. 22, 2001)
* Advertising: Topps Uses Old-Style Cards to Celebrate (By BERNARD STAMLER, Mar. 22, 2001)
Economic Scene: Waistlines Are Now Victims of Economic Progress (By VIRGINIA POSTREL, Mar. 22, 2001)
U.S. Gyrations of Little Effect on Many Asian Stock Markets (By MARK LANDLER, Mar. 22, 2001)
American Is Guiding a Market for China (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 22, 2001)
ART: Glen Baxter: An Incongruous Matchmaker, Cross-Indexing the Real World (By MEL GUSSOW, Mar. 22, 2001)
* ARTS ABROAD: Picasso's Carnal Carnival (By ALAN RIDING, Mar. 22, 2001)
* BOOKS: Kerouac's 'Road' Scroll Is Going to Auction (By KATHRYN SHATTUCK, Mar. 22, 2001)
BOOKS: 'Romancing': Under Any Name, a Novelist Gone and Forgotten (By JANET MASLIN, Mar. 22, 2001)
MAKING BOOKS: Heeding a Call of the Faithful (By MARTIN ARNOLD, Mar. 22, 2001)
Culture Notes: Fresh Surroundings (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 22, 2001)
DANCE: Ballet Tech: It's Minnie Mouse, to Mozart's Rescue (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 22, 2001)
DANCE: Hearings Start in Suit Over Graham Legacy (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 22, 2001)
MUSIC: Berlin's Musik-Biennale: An Airing, and Presto, the Artist Is Reborn (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Mar. 22, 2001)
THEATER: 'Bat Boy': Who Ordered the Bloody Mary on the Rocks? (By BRUCE WEBER, Mar. 22, 2001)
TV: Broadway Takes a Detour Through the Living Room (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Mar. 22, 2001)
LIVING: Hollywood on the Hudson: For Two Designers, a Set That Won't Be Struck
(By RAUL A. BARRENECHE, Mar. 22, 2001)
LIVING: Far From Tigers and Dragons, a Screenwriter Produces a House (By WILLIAM L. HAMILTON, Mar. 22, 2001)
Developer Daughters, Born to Build (By TRACIE ROZHON, Mar. 22, 2001)
Personal Shopper: How Low Can You Go? (By MARIANNE ROHRLICH, Mar. 22, 2001)
Turf: Mysteriously, Real Estate Rolls On (By TRACIE ROZHON, Mar. 22, 2001)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 22, 2001)
STATE OF THE ART: Software Beckons Preschoolers to the PC (By DAVID POGUE, Mar. 22, 2001)
* Robots Can Learn Much From High-Tech Playthings (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Mar. 22, 2001)
For Hard-Core Gamers, the Lure of the East (By DAVID KUSHNER, Mar. 22, 2001)
GAME THEORY: Roller Coasters That Cowards Can Love (By PETER OLAFSON, Mar. 22, 2001)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Using Your Mouse to Pick Out Furniture (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Mar. 22, 2001)
* WHAT'S NEXT: To Store Data, a Hologram 'Picture' Is Worth a Million Bits (By IAN AUSTEN, Mar. 22, 2001)
Canada Could Adopt a Proposal to Silence Annoying Cell Phones (By IAN AUSTEN, Mar. 22, 2001)
BASICS: Grab the W-2, a 1040 and Aspirin, Then the Software (By STEVEN E. BRIER, Mar. 22, 2001)
* SCREEN GRAB: At Blooper Sites, the Fun Is in the Details (By CATHERINE GREENMAN, Mar. 22, 2001)
Faster Data Connection Waits Impatiently in Line (By AARON DONOVAN, Mar. 22, 2001)
Protest Music Before It Became a Rock-Star Pose (By SHELLY FREIERMAN, Mar. 22, 2001)
Palm Offers 2 Models That Are Built to Grow (By By STEPHEN C. MILLER, Mar. 22, 2001)
A Mobile CD-Rewritable Drive That is Freed From the Desktop (By ADAM BAER, Mar. 22, 2001)
BlackBerry Pagers Get an Update on Updates (By KATIE HAFNER, Mar. 22, 2001)
Cordless and No Longer Blind: See How the Mouse Run (By STEPHEN C. MILLER, Mar. 22, 2001)
A New Online Spot to Gather to Find a Game or Analyze One (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Mar. 22, 2001)
The Little Hand on the Net (NY TIMES, Mar. 22, 2001)
* Q & A: When Windows Tries to Shut Down but Can't (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Mar. 22, 2001)
SCIENCE: Skull May Alter Experts' View of Human Descent's Branches (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Mar. 22, 2001)
Russians Trying to Steady Mir as She Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 22, 2001)
HEALTH: U.S., Cautious on Mad Cow, Seizes Flock of Sheep (NY TIMES, Mar. 22, 2001)
Study of Chemicals in Americans Shows Encouraging Trends (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Mar. 22, 2001)

Wednesday, March 21, 2001:
On This Day: March 21 (St. Nicholas of Flue 3/21/1417-3/21/1487, Johann S. Bach 3/21/1685-7/28/1750, Benito Juarez 3/21/1806-7/18/1872, Alice Henry 3/21/1857-2/14/1943, Phyllis McGinley 3/21/1905-2/22/1978, John D. Rockefeller III 3/21/1906-7/10/1978, Nizar Qabbani 3/21/1923-4/30/1998, Al Freeman Jr. 1934, Kathleen Widdoes 1939, Marie-Christine Barrault 1944, Timothy Dalton 1944, Gary Oldman 1958, Matthew Broderick 1962, Rosie O'Donnell 1962
The Big Parade: On the Road to Montgomery [9 photos]
(By Roy Reed, March 21, 1965)
Florenz Ziegfeld Dies at 63 in Hollywood After Long Illness
[3/21/1869-7/22/1932] (Associated Press, July 23, 1932)
Maynard Mack, English Professor, Dies at 90 (NY TIMES, Mar. 21, 2001)
Richard Harwood, Washington Post Ombudsman, Dies at 75 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 21, 2001)
Ralph Thomas, Director of 'Doctor' Films, Dies at 85 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 21, 2001)
Robert L. Clare Jr., Ran Wall St. Law Firm, Dies at 86 (By, Mar. 21, 2001)
Captain of Sub Accepts Blame, and Spreads It (By JAMES STERNGOLD, Mar. 21, 2001)
Ad Intended to Stir Up Campuses More Than Succeeds in Its Mission (By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, Mar. 21, 2001)
California Orders Blackouts for a Second Straight Day (By EVELYN NIEVES, Mar. 21, 2001)
News Analysis: Bush Faces Quandaries of Economy and Energy (By DAVID E. SANGER, Mar. 21, 2001)
Capitol Sketchbook: A Multimillionaire Votes to Level the Playing Field (By LIZETTE ALVAREZ, Mar. 21, 2001)
* Lessons: In the Kindergartens, a Misguided Push (By RICHARD ROTHSTEIN, Mar. 21, 2001)
* President of Mexico Does Not Stand on Ceremony (By GINGER THOMPSON & TIM WEINER, Mar. 21, 2001)
Bush and Sharon Find Much in Common (By JANE PERLEZ, Mar. 21, 2001)
Moscow Says Remarks by U.S. Resurrect 'Spirit of Cold War' (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Mar. 21, 2001)
Ozd Journal: Recycling the Ash Heap of History in Hungary (By STEVEN ERLANGER, Mar. 21, 2001)
* Manhattan School Paper Enters World of Online Journalism (By LYNETTE HOLLOWAY, Mar. 21, 2001)
* Man Broke Into Accounts of Celebrities, Police Say (By JAYSON BLAIR & WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, Mar. 21, 2001)
* Public Lives: An Impresario's Passions, Gratified (By ROBIN FINN, Mar. 21, 2001)
Our Towns: The Market Is Just Sound, Not Fury, Here (By MATTHEW PURDY, Mar. 21, 2001)
NYC: Low-Tech in Subways, Please (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Mar. 21, 2001)
SPORTS: Anything Happening With Lewis-Tyson? (By DAVE ANDERSON, Mar. 21, 2001)
EDITORIAL: The Fed and the Stock Market (NY TIMES, Mar. 21, 2001)
EDITORIAL: China Comes Calling (NY TIMES, Mar. 21, 2001)
OP-ED: A Partnership Worth Preserving (By JIEMIAN YANG, Mar. 21, 2001)
OP-ED: My Underwood, Forever (By NICK LYONS, Mar. 21, 2001)
OP-ED: The Reforms a Tax Cut Ruins (By GENE SPERLING, Mar. 21, 2001)
OP-ED: RECKONINGS: Half a Loaf (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Mar. 21, 2001)
LETTERS: In Class, but Virtually Anywhere (By PAUL KELTER, Mar. 21, 2001)
LETTERS: Lessons From Antarctica (By MARGOT MORRELL, Mar. 21, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Shares Fall Hard as Fed Rate Cut Disappoints Investors
[Dow -238, Nasdaq -94] (By MICHAEL BRICK, Mar. 21, 2001)
* Fed Lowers Rates and Signals Need for Further Cuts/A> (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 21, 2001)
* Market Place: Stock Investors Fighting the Fed in Second Round (By ALEX BERENSON, Mar. 21, 2001)
* Cryptologists Discover Flaw in E-Mail Security Program (By JAMES GLANZ, Mar. 21, 2001)
* Hi, I'm in Bangalore (but I Dare Not Tell) (By MARK LANDLER, Mar. 21, 2001)
Consumers Rushing to Shed Themselves of High-Interest Debt (By RIVA D. ATLAS, Mar. 21, 2001)
Management: Where Language Is Not a Barrier (By ANTHONY DePALMA, Mar. 21, 2001)
Music Industry and Napster Still at Odds (By MATT RICHTEL, Mar. 21, 2001)
Advertising: Ikea Aggressively Goes After Consumers (By SUZANNE KAPNER, Mar. 21, 2001)
Dollar Follows Downward Spiral of Stocks (By REUTERS, Mar. 21, 2001)
The Boss: Charging Full Tilt, Thanks to Grandma (By C. PATRICK GARNER, Mar. 21, 2001)
Workplace: Laid Off and Locked Out of Your PC (By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, Mar. 21, 2001)
My Job: I End Each Day Empty-Handed (By TOM DeSTEFANO, Mar. 21, 2001)
Sun Plans to Unveil Servers to Upgrade Midrange Products (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Mar. 21, 2001)
Hewlett-Packard Pins High Hopes on New Printers (By CHRIS GAITHER, Mar. 21, 2001)
New N.A.S.D. Internet Rules (NY TIMES, Mar. 21, 2001)
ECollege to Lay Off 35 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 21, 2001)
Executives Signal No Layoffs in San Jose Paper's Newsroom (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Mar. 21, 2001)
DANCE: Condors: A Monty Python Tone in a Japanese Troupe (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 21, 2001)
FILM: Some Top Oscar Categories Are Just Too Close to Call (By RICK LYMAN, Mar. 21, 2001)
MUSIC: Mariss Jansons: Winning Some, Losing Some, Rehearsing Some (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Mar. 21, 2001)
MUSIC CRITIC: Maurizio Pollini: Freshening the Old and Warming the New (By ALLAN KOZINN, Mar. 21, 2001)
THEATER: 'Machinal': Infamous Killer in Everywoman Guise (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 21, 2001)
* LIVING: The Chicken: It Came. It Clucked. It Conquered. (By WILLIAM GRIMES, Mar. 21, 2001)
Olives: Something for Everyone, on Every Plate (By WILLIAM GRIMES, Mar. 21, 2001)
'Fast Food Nation': Catching America With Its Hand in the Fries (By REGINA SCHRAMBLING, Mar. 21, 2001)
Bush's Coattails Bear Precious Crumbs for Austin Restaurants (By R. W. APPLE Jr., Mar. 21, 2001)
The Chef: It's Just Dessert, Don't Be So Sweet (By CHARLIE TROTTER & REGINA SCHRAMBLING, Mar. 21, 2001)
Tartines: Sandwiches Dressed in Couture [4 recipes] (By DORIE GREENSPAN, Mar. 21, 2001)
Food Stuff: Peasant Food From a Kitchen Inspired by a King (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Mar. 21, 2001)
The Minimalist: This Fish Adores Salt (By MARK BITTMAN, Mar. 21, 2001)
SCIENCE: Spy-Analysis Agency Says It May Have Found Lost Mars Lander (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Mar. 21, 2001)
NASA Opposing Russian Plan for Tourist on Space Station (By WARREN E. LEARY, Mar. 21, 2001)
HEALTH: Study Links Estrogen Use to Cancer Risk (By DENISE GRADY, Mar. 21, 2001)
* HEALTH & WELL-BEING: What's This Pill For? Log On to Find Out (By ANDREA KANNAPELL, Mar. 21, 2001)
HEALTH & WELL-BEING: For Elderly, Relief for Emotional Ills Can Be Elusive (By LOIS B. MORRIS, Mar. 21, 2001)

Tuesday, March 20, 2001:
On This Day: March 20 (Ovid 3/20/43 BC-17 AD, Jean-Antoine Houdon 3/20/1741-7/15/1828, George Caleb Bingham 3/20/1811-7/7/1879, Henrik Ibsen 3/20/1828-5/23/1906, Charles William Eliot 3/20/1834-8/22/1926, B. F. Skinner 3/20/1904-8/18/1990, Sir Michael Redgrave 3/20/1908-3/21/1985, Alfonso Garcia Robles 3/20/1911-9/2/1991, John Ehrlichman 3/20/1925-2/14/1999, Carl Reiner 1922, Fred Rogers 1928, Hal Linden 1931, Don Edwards 1939, Brian Mulroney 1929, Bobby Orr 1948, William Hurt 1950, Spike Lee 1957, Theresa Russell 1957, Holly Hunter 1958, Kathy Ireland 1963)
Terror In Tokyo: Hundreds In Japan Hunt Gas Attackers After 8 Die
(By Nicholas D. Kristof, March 20, 1995)
F. W. Taylor, Expert in Efficiency, Dies at 59
[3/20/1856-3/21/1915] (NY TIMES, March 22, 1915)
Tran Van Lam, Top South Vietnam Aide, Dies at 88 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 20, 2001)
Wallace Hayes, Aeronautics Expert, Dies at 82 (By RICHARD WITKIN, Mar. 20, 2001)
John Ardoin, Music Critic and Author, Dies at 66 (NY TIMES, Mar. 20, 2001)
More Rolling Blackouts in Heat-Stricken California (By TODD S. PURDUM, Mar. 20, 2001)
* On Tape, Tense Aides Meet After Reagan Shooting (By ADAM CLYMER, Mar. 20, 2001)
Bush and Israeli Leader Hold Talks on Prospects for Peace (By DAVID STOUT, Mar. 20, 2001)
Powell Shifts Emphasis of Mideast Policy (By JANE PERLEZ, Mar. 20, 2001)
Vatican Radiation? Body Snatchers? This Is Italy? (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Mar. 20, 2001)
With Glare Hitting Clinton, Limelight Eludes Schumer (By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, Mar. 20, 2001)
* Coffee-Stained Dali Awaits a New Chance at Rikers (By BLAINE HARDEN, Mar. 20, 2001)
* Public Lives: Renaissance Clown Meets Like-Minded Elephant (By GLENN COLLINS, Mar. 20, 2001)
Eclectic Set of Inductees Join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (By NEIL STRAUSS, Mar. 20, 2001)
Tunnel Vision: The Subway Voice of the Future Is a Recording (By RANDY KENNEDY, Mar. 20, 2001)
OP-ED: The Guns Arrive in Macedonia (By ISO RUSI, Mar. 20, 2001)
* OP-ED: Lectures vs. Laptops (By IAN AYRES, Mar. 20, 2001)
OP-ED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Policy Free-for-All (By THOMAS FRIEDMAN, Mar. 20, 2001)
OP-ED: PUBLIC INTERESTS: Anxious in Alabama (By GAIL COLLINS, Mar. 20, 2001)
LETTERS: A Flight of Fancy, Straight to Her Heart (By TED ANO, Mar. 20, 2001)
LETTERS: Pascal in Vegas (By TERENCE BALL, Mar. 20, 2001)
BUSINESS: Shares Gain as Investors Await Fed Action
[Dow =136, Nasdaq +60] (By MICHAEL BRICK, Mar. 20, 2001)
Microsoft Confronts Privacy Fears (By JOHN MARKOFF, Mar. 20, 2001)
Questions on Firings and Severance at Computer Associates (By ALEX BERENSON, Mar. 20, 2001)
American Guides China in Revamping of Market (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 20, 2001)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 20, 2001)
ARTS: REVISIONS: Swingin' on a Rainbow Without Hype, Attitude or Poses (By MARGO JEFFERSON, Mar. 20, 2001)
* BOOKS: 'Vermeer': An Ear to the Ground in That Luminous Silence (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Mar. 20, 2001)
* BOOKS: 'Ultimate Journey': Footprints in the Sand, Impressions Upon the Heart
(By DONALD S. LOPEZ Jr., Mar. 20, 2001)
Culture Notes: Seeing the Light [glass or other translucent materials] (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 20, 2001)
Culture Notes: Winslow Homer's Odyssey (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 20, 2001)
MUSIC: Esa-Pekka Salonen Serves Stravinsky -- Breezy, Fresh and Crunchy (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 20, 2001)
MUSIC CRITIC: A Pleasant Swim With Gunther Schuller, the Man Who Named the Third Stream
(By BEN RATLIFF, Mar. 20, 2001)
OPERA: 'The Gambler': Spinning the Roulette Wheel With a Firm Russian Hand
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 20, 2001)
POP: Jill Scott: Woman of Many Genres, Not to Mention Speeches (By NEIL STRAUSS, Mar. 20, 2001)
THEATER: 'In Dreams and Gimpel': One Actor, Two Stories and the Burden of Memories
(By BRUCE WEBER, Mar. 20, 2001)
THEATER: Christine Pedi Impresses With Her Parodies of Broadway's Divas (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Mar. 20, 2001)
TV NOTES: 'America Undercover': Seamy or Serious, It's Now Center Stage (By JIM RUTENBERG, Mar. 20, 2001)
FASHION REVIEW: Black Mood in Paris: Watch Out for Bad Times (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Mar. 20, 2001)
FASHION DIARY: Men's Fashion Does Without the Clothes (By GUY TREBAY, Mar. 20, 2001)
SCIENCE: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 20, 2001)
The Week in Science: Startling Reverberations (By NICHOLAS WADE, Mar. 20, 2001)
Refining the Art of Measurement (By MALCOLM W. BROWNE, Mar. 20, 2001)
* ESSAY: No Man, Quark or Electron Is an Island (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Mar. 20, 2001)
* Before Rome's Baths, There Was the Maya Sweat House (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Mar. 20, 2001)
* Experts Dissect a Primordial Banquet (By KENNETH CHANG, Mar. 20, 2001)
Small Yellow Bean Sets Off International Patent Dispute (By TIMOTHY PRATT, Mar. 20, 2001)
Florida to Get Big Butterfly Center (By STEVE COATES, Mar. 20, 2001)
* OBSERVATORY: How Plants Got Leaves (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 20, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: Comet's Unusual Show (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 20, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: More Work for Galileo Spacecraft (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 20, 2001)
Big Dinosaur Prints Found (By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Mar. 20, 2001)
Letters: Drug Evidence on File (By DR. JEROME LEVINE et. al., Mar. 20, 2001)
HEALTH: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 20, 2001)
New Findings on Hormone Therapy (By DENISE GRADY, Mar. 20, 2001)
Drug Hailed as a Heart and Stroke Protector (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Mar. 20, 2001)
A Molecular Offspring, Off to Join the AIDS Wars (By ABIGAIL ZUGER, Mar. 20, 2001)
* REFLECTIONS: Our House Wasn't Dirty Enough? [Asthma] (By DENISE GRADY, Mar. 20, 2001)
FACING OFF: Medical Students in Hospitals: Patients Need to Be Teachers (By GALE SCOTT, Mar. 20, 2001)
FACING OFF: Medical Students in Hospitals: Patients Have a Right to Know (By GALE SCOTT, Mar. 20, 2001)
* Teenagers Find Health Answers With a Click (By BONNIE ROTHMAN MORRIS, Mar. 20, 2001)
* For Medical Journals, a New World Online (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 20, 2001)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Finding Tea's Place on a Healthful Table (By JANE E. BRODY, Mar. 20, 2001)
Stress May Negate Physical Activity on Job (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 20, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / REGIMENS: Clot Drugs? Check. Diet Advice? Check. (By JOHN O'NEIL, Mar. 20, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / TESTING: Drug Attacks Tics From Tourette's (By JOHN O'NEIL, Mar. 20, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / BEHAVIOR: Acting on Impulse, Again and Again (By JOHN O'NEIL, Mar. 20, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / TREATMENTS: For Men's Hearts, a Breast Cancer Drug (By JOHN O'NEIL, Mar. 20, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / MEASUREMENTS: More Interaction, More Weight Loss (By JOHN O'NEIL, Mar. 20, 2001)
* Q&A: Lurking Germs (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Mar. 20, 2001)

Monday, March 19, 2001:
On This Day: March 19 (Johannes Magnus 3/19/1488-3/22/1544, Alonso Cano 3/19/1601-9/3/1667, Nikolay Gogol 3/19/1809-2/21/1852, David Livingstone 3/19/1813-5/1/1873, Sir Richard Burton 3/19/1821-10/20/1890, Wyatt Earp 3/19/1848-1/13/1929, William Jennings Bryan 3/19/1860-7/26/1925, James Van Fleet 3/19/1892-9/23/1992, Brent Scowcroft 1925, Patrick McGoohan 1928, Hans Kung 1928, Philip Roth 1933, Phyllis Newman 1935, Ursula Andress 1936, Ruth Pointer 1946, Glenn Close 1947)
Senate Defeats Treaty, Vote 49 to 35; Orders it Returned to the President
(NY TIMES, March 19, 1920)
Earl Warren, 83, Who Led High Court In Time of Vast Social Change, Is Dead
[3/19/1891-7/9/1974] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, July 10, 1974)
John Phillips, a 'Papa' of the 1960's Group, Dies at 65 (By NEIL STRAUSS, Mar. 19, 2001)
Abraham H. Lass, Educator, Writer and Passionate Principal, Dies at 93 (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Mar. 19, 2001)
Peggy Converse, Actress Who Performed on Hundreds of Stages, Dies at 95 (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 19, 2001)
Wendy Carol Roth, Author and Advocate for the Disabled, Dies at 48 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 19, 2001)
Internet Filters Used to Shield Minors Censor Speech, Critics Say (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Mar. 19, 2001)
Washington Memo: For Bush, a Chronicle of Bad News Foretold (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, Mar. 19, 2001)
Congress Struggles With Flood of E-Mail (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 19, 2001)
Bush Is Due to Meet Chinese on Issues Crucial for Ties (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Mar. 19, 2001)
Beijing Journal: Hiding From Police is a Dog's Life (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Mar. 19, 2001)
As a Russian Hurries Home, Washington Is Suspicious (By JAMES RISEN, Mar. 19, 2001)
Taliban Explains Buddha Demolition (By BARBARA CROSSETTE, Mar. 19, 2001)
Socialist Wins Final Round in Race for Mayor of Paris (By SUZANNE DALEY, Mar. 19, 2001)
Metropolitan Diary (By ENID NEMY, Mar. 19, 2001)
In Suburbs, They're Cracking Down on the Joneses (By LISA W. FODERARO, Mar. 19, 2001)
City's Population Changes Are on Vivid Display in Queens (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Mar. 19, 2001)
Where Affection Is Peddled by the Drink, Lonely Immigrants Provide a Market (By CHRIS HEDGES, Mar. 19, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Reviving the Japanese Economy (NY TIMES, Mar. 19, 2001)
* OP-ED: The Scientist's Story (By WILLIAM PRUSOFF, Mar. 19, 2001)
* OP-ED ESSAY: 'Little Jemmy' (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 19, 2001)
OP-ED: The True Oscars (By ANDY BOROWITZ, Mar. 19, 2001)
OP-ED: IN AMERICA: A Way to Find the Bad Cops (By BOB HERBERT, Mar. 19, 2001)
* LETTERS: Broken Buddhas and Glass Houses (By WILLIS HARTE et. al., Mar. 19, 2001)
BUSINESS: Plunge in Stocks Colors Debate on Size of Fed Rate Cut (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Mar. 19, 2001)
Companies Turn to Grades, and Employees Go to Court (By REED ABELSON, Mar. 19, 2001)
Big Media v. Freelancers: The Justices at the Digital Divide
(By FELICITY BARRINGER and RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Mar. 19, 2001)
Market Place: Despite Soaring Profits, Ciena Is Tarred by Nasdaq Brush (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Mar. 19, 2001)
Advertising: Agencies to Try to Reach Fast-Growing Ethnic Population (By STUART ELLIOTT, Mar. 19, 2001)
* In Search of Buying Opportunities (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Mar. 19, 2001)
New Economy: Challenges More Daunting Than Song-Swapping (By TIM RACE, Mar. 19, 2001)
* E-Commerce Report: Taking Customer Service Seriously (By BOB TEDESCHI, Mar. 19, 2001)
Intel Is Set to Introduce Advanced Chips for Laptops (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Mar. 19, 2001)
* Publisher's Web Books Spur Hardcover Sales (By PAMELA LiCALZI O'CONNELL, Mar. 19, 2001)
Media Talk: AOL Sees a Different Side of Time Warner [Ted Turner] (By JIM RUTENBERG, Mar. 19, 2001)
Media Talk: New Scientific American Draws Criticism (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Mar. 19, 2001)
Media Talk: 'Nightline' to Devote a Full Week to Drugs (By JAMES BARRON, Mar. 19, 2001)
* Compressed Data: Shoulders Shrugged Over Dot-Com Woes (By SAUL HANSELL, Mar. 19, 2001)
* Compressed Data: A Site Dedicated to Gorbachev (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Mar. 19, 2001)
* Patents: No Claims on Amazon's 'One-Click' Shopping Device (By SABRA CHARTRAND, Mar. 19, 2001)
* Alternatives Sought for Broadband (By SIMON ROMERO, Mar. 19, 2001)
NBC Seeks Innovation in Prime Time (By BILL CARTER, Mar. 19, 2001)
ARTS: Sculpture Center Plans to Move, Shedding Students and Studios (By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN, Mar. 19, 2001)
* ARTS ONLINE: Digital Art: Do You View It at Home or in Public? (By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL, Mar. 19, 2001)
BOOKS: After 10 Years With Hitler, a Biographer Declares His Liberation (By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Mar. 19, 2001)
BOOKS: 'No Tears in Ireland': Sheltered From War in a Bleak Ireland (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Mar. 19, 2001)
Culture Notes: Spirit of France (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 19, 2001)
DANCE: Dance Review: An Antic Take on St. Patrick With Sexily Slinky Snakes (By JACK ANDERSON, Mar. 19, 2001)
DANCE: James Sewell Brings Stunning Surprises Amid Deft Moves (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 19, 2001)
DANCE: A Mark Morris Mix That's All His Own (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 19, 2001)
MUSIC: Boston Symphony Finds Fascination in the Familiar (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Mar. 19, 2001)
OPERA: 'Acis and Galatea': The Nymphs in Their Summer Dresses (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 19, 2001)
* THEATER: 'Cartas': A Soul's Torture Reverberates From 17th-Century Letters (By WILBORN HAMPTON, Mar. 19, 2001)
THEATER: 'Momma': Wabor Pains As Comedy? Now, Bweathe (By NEIL GENZLINGER, Mar. 19, 2001)
TV: 'First Years': Roommates in Law Jobs (By ANITA GATES, Mar. 19, 2001)
HEALTH: Study Cites Illness in Alumni of Schools on Industrial Sites (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Mar. 19, 2001)
Setback in Treatment for Parkinson's (By ANDREW POLLACK, Mar. 19, 2001)

Sunday, March 18, 2001:
On This Day: March 18 (Friedrich Nicolai 3/18/1733-1/8/1811, John C. Calhoun 3/18/1782-3/31/1850, Antonio Salviati 3/18/1816-1/25/1890, Rudolf Diesel 3/18/1858-9/29/1913, Neville Chamberlain 3/18/1869-11/9/1940, Chiang Ching-kuo 3/18/1910-1/13/1988, Peter Graves 1926, John Kander 1927, George Plimpton 1927, John Updike 1932, F.W. de Klerk 1936, Charley Pride 1938, Wilson Pickett 1941, Kevin Dobson 1943, Irene Cara 1959, Vanessa Williams 1963, Bonnie Blair 1964, Queen Latifah 1970)
Russian Floats in Space for 10 Minutes; Leaves Orbiting Craft With a Lifeline
(By Henry Tanner, March 18, 1965)
Grover Cleveland Dies at 71; only U.S. president who served two non-concurrent terms
[3/18/1837-6/24/1908] (NY TIMES, June 24, 1908)
Samuel Shapiro, Business Executive, Dies at 83 (NY TIMES, Mar. 18, 2001)
H. Gordon Skilling, Expert on Czechoslovakia, Dies at 89 (NY TIMES, Mar. 18, 2001)
The Great Alzana, Daring High Wire Artist, Dies at 82 [Feb. 16] (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 18, 2001)
Irina Bugrimova, Enchanter of Big Cats, Dies at 90 [Feb. 20] (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 18, 2001)
W. D. Hayes, World Leader in Aerodynamics, Dies at 82 (By RICHARD WITKIN, Mar. 18, 2001)
Gyula Obersovszky, Samizdat Star, Dies at 74 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 18, 2001)
Abraham Lass, Passionate Principal and Writer, Dies at 93 (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Mar. 18, 2001)
Few Want to Be Seen With Image of Clinton (NY TIMES, Mar. 18, 2001)
Antiques Dealers Accused of Staging TV Appraisals (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 18, 2001)
An Inner-City Perspective on High School Violence (By EVELYN NIEVES, Mar. 18, 2001)
Police Talk to Dartmouth Suspects' Parents (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 18, 2001)
A Mad Scramble by Donors for Plum Ambassadorships (By MARC LACEY & RAYMOND BONNER, Mar. 18, 2001)
Colonel's Trial Puts Russian Justice to Test (By MICHAEL WINES, Mar. 18, 2001)
Awaiting a Transition, Japan Pushes for Openness (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Mar. 18, 2001)
Suspect Sought in China Blasts; Death Toll Rises to 108 (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 18, 2001)
Inside the Arctic Circle, an Ancient People Emerge (By WARREN HOGE, Mar. 18, 2001)
NY REGION: Diversity Lags Behind Census (By MICHAEL COOPER, Mar. 18, 2001)
New York Celebrates the Deep Green Irish Soul (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 18, 2001)
The Ties That Bind New York to Wall St. (By LESLIE EATON, Mar. 18, 2001)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: How the C.I.A.'s Judgments Were Distorted by Cold War Catechisms
(By PHILIP TAUBMAN, Mar. 18, 2001)
OP-ED: The American Risk in Japan (By JEFFREY E. GARTEN, Mar. 18, 2001)
OP-ED: Corporate Power in Overdrive (By ROBERT B. REICH, Mar. 18, 2001)
OP-ED: RECKONINGS: The Money Pit (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Mar. 18, 2001)
LETTERS: Ms. Moffett's Lessons for Us All (By, Mar. 18, 2001)
LETTERS: Prisoners Defiled: A Chinese Furor (By SEYMOUR M. COHEN, M.D., Mar. 18, 2001)
Econ 2001: Tips for the Shellshocked (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 18, 2001)
CORRESPONDENCE/British Countryside: On Returning to a Green & Contagious Isle (By ALAN COWELL, Mar. 18, 2001)
No Pink Slip. You're Just Dot-Gone. (By SAM LUBELL, Mar. 18, 2001)
Taliban: War for War's Sake (By BARBARA CROSSETTE, Mar. 18, 2001)
Crowded, in Any Language (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Mar. 18, 2001)
Mad Dogs and 20-Year-Old Men (By, Mar. 18, 2001)
The Warp and Woof of Identity Politics for Pets (By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Mar. 18, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Expert Advice: Focus on Profit (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Mar. 18, 2001)
* How Did They Value Stocks? Count the Absurd Ways (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Mar. 18, 2001)
* Market Watch: The Future Won't Be as Good as It Was (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Mar. 18, 2001)
* INVESTING: Caution is the Watchword as the Markets Gyrate (By DANNY HAKIM & RIVA D. ATLAS, Mar. 18, 2001)
* Lucent Layoffs Are New Hires to Other Technology Firms (By JAYSON BLAIR, Mar. 18, 2001)
Web Comes Up Fast on the Outside [Online Gambling] (By MARK LANDLER, Mar. 18, 2001)
* Preludes: Therapy for Dot-Com Survivors (By ABBY ELLIN, Mar. 18, 2001)
Wanted: Equal-Opportunity Executive Recruiter (By LISA SANDERS, Mar. 18, 2001)
Healing From Executive Trauma (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Mar. 18, 2001)
* Economic View: 2 Prophets of Disaster See Trouble Once Again (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Mar. 18, 2001)
The Right Thing: When Good Ethics Aren't Good Business (By JEFFREY L. SEGLIN, Mar. 18, 2001)
* Five Questions for John F. Welch Jr.: Dominate Markets, but Cast a Wide Net (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Mar. 18, 2001)
Market Insight: Gauging the Outlook for the Flow of Deals (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Mar. 18, 2001)
Investing With William B. Frels: Mairs and Power Balanced Fund (By CAROLE GOULD, Mar. 18, 2001)
* Strategies: History and Predictions on Initial Stock Offers (By MARK HULBERT, Mar. 18, 2001)
* VERTIGO: Econ 2001: Tips for the Shellshocked (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 18, 2001)
Business Diary: Big Blue's 2000 Report Offers a Novel Account (By Barnaby J. Feder, Mar. 18, 2001)
* Investing Diary: Odd-Lot Short Sales Dim as Sign of Upturn (By Robert D. Hershey Jr., Mar. 18, 2001)
Personal Business Diary: An Upbeat View, But for How Long? (By Vivian Marino, Mar. 18, 2001)
Positive Lessons From a Tax Return (By JAN M. ROSEN, Mar. 18, 2001)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 18, 2001)
* ART: Bit by Bit, the Digital Age Comes Into Artistic Focus (By JEFFREY KASTNER, Mar. 18, 2001)
* ART: Frank Lloyd Wright's Love of Japanese Prints Helped Pay the Bills (By RITA REIF, Mar. 18, 2001)
ART: In John Bankston's Art, Satyrs, Slaves and Monsters in the Colors of Childhood (By LESLIE CAMHI, Mar. 18, 2001)
ARCHITECTURE: Peter Eisenman: Transitioning From Theorist to Practicing Builder
(By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Mar. 18, 2001)
DANCE: Dame Ninette de Valois: A Visionary Who Put the English on Toe (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 18, 2001)
FILM: Great Film Adaptations (We Just Weren't Told They Were) (By STUART KLAWANS, Mar. 18, 2001)
FILM / TELEVISION: Love, Loneliness and Jerry Lewis (By CRAIG WOLFF, Mar. 18, 2001)
THEATER: Jacques Lecoq: A Prophet of Gesture Who Got Theater Moving (By RON JENKINS, Mar. 18, 2001)
THEATER: For Stoppard, a Play Must Be Just That: Play (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Mar. 18, 2001)
THEATER: In Stoppard Plays, Biodrama Blends With Fiction (By MEL GUSSOW, Mar. 18, 2001)
TV: The Complex Brilliance of Robert Downey Jr. in 'Ally McBeal' (By STEVE VINEBERG, Mar. 18, 2001)
LIVING: On the Street: Wrap Well in Foil [9 photos] (Photographs By BILL CUNNINGHAM, Mar. 18, 2001)
STYLES: 'Saturday Night Live' After-Party Takes On New Vigor (By JESSE McKINLEY, Mar. 18, 2001)
Jet Blue Airlines: The Skies Are Blue and the Chips Are, Too (By RANDY KENNEDY, Mar. 18, 2001)
Vows: Janeen Saltman and Alden Levy (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Mar. 18, 2001)
GARDENING: Cuttings: Building Houses for Bats (By ANNE RAVER, Mar. 18, 2001)
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE: Eight Ball in the Pita Pocket (By ALEX WITCHEL, Mar. 18, 2001)
NOTICED: At the Combs Trial, an Unexpected Accessory (By JOHN LELAND, Mar. 18, 2001)
* On Language: Having It All (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 18, 2001)
Life After Wartime: Lighten Up— the Culture Wars Are Over (By ANDREW SULLIVAN, Mar. 18, 2001)
Affairs of Estate: Questions for William H. Gates Sr. (By AMY BARRETT, Mar. 18, 2001)
The Ethicist: Clearing the Bar (By RANDY COHEN, Mar. 18, 2001)
* A Crisis of Fakes: The Getty Forgeries (By PETER LANDESMAN, Mar. 18, 2001)
* The Final Freedom (By ALAN WOLFE, Mar. 18, 2001)
* STYLE: My Passion for Cashin [8 photos] (By STEPHANIE DAY IVERSON, Mar. 18, 2001)
* Bonnie Cashin's Grafitti Wall of Quotes [photo #6] (By STEPHANIE DAY IVERSON, Mar. 18, 2001)
Food: Accidental Lamb (By MOLLY O'NEILL, Mar. 18, 2001)
LIVES: My Friend, the Spy (By JAMES BAMFORD, Mar. 18, 2001)
TRAVEL: Finding a Tranquil Side of Capri [7 photos] (By SUSAN ALLEN TOTH, Mar. 18, 2001)
Villa San Michele & Some of its Antique Sculptures (Photo by Peppe Avallone, Mar. 18, 2001)
On the Edge of a Time Gone By (By JO BROYLES YOHAY, Mar. 18, 2001)
Along a Nature and Garden Trail (By PAULA DEITZ, Mar. 18, 2001)
A Tour de Paris, With Pedals and Bell (By TARAS GRESCOE, Mar. 18, 2001)
What's Doing in San Antonio (By JIM YARDLEY, Mar. 18, 2001)
CORRESPONDENT'S REPORT: Foot-and-Mouth Disease Keeps Hikers Indoors (By ALAN COWELL, Mar. 18, 2001)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 18, 2001)
The Real Nonfiction Novel [A. S. Byatt, 'On Histories and Stories'] (By THOMAS MALLON, Mar. 18, 2001)
The Mandate of Heaven [Jonathan D. Spence, 'Treason by the Book'] (By IAN BURUMA, Mar. 18, 2001)
Lonely at the Top [Walter Bonatti, 'The Mountains of My Life'] (By JOHN ROTHCHILD, Mar. 18, 2001)
The Punch-Card Conspiracy [Edwin Black, 'IBM and the Holocaust'] (By GABRIEL SCHOENFELD, Mar. 18, 2001)
* ON WRITERS AND WRITING: Writing in the Shadows (By MARGO JEFFERSON, Mar. 18, 2001)
Leonardo's Fingerprints [Pietro C. Marani's 'Leonardo Da Vinci: The Complete Paintings']
(By DOUGLAS A. SYLVA, Mar. 18, 2001)
Primo Levi, 'The Voice of Memory: Interviews 1961-1987' (By CHRISTINE SCHWARTZ HARTLEY, Mar. 18, 2001)
HEALTH: Contaminated Food Makes Millions Ill Despite Advances (By GREG WINTER, Mar. 18, 2001)
When Alzheimer's Strikes Early (By MAREK FUCHS, Mar. 18, 2001)
Inquiry Finds Mentally Ill Patients Endured 'Assembly Line' Surgery
(By CLIFFORD J. LEVY & SARAH KERSHAW, Mar. 18, 2001)

Saturday, March 17, 2001:
On This Day: March 17 (Jean-Baptiste Oudry 3/17/1686-4/30/1755, Roger Brooke Taney 3/17/1777-10/12/1864, Kate Greenaway 3/17/1846-11/6/1901, Walter Rudolf Hess 3/17/1881-8/12/1973, Gloria Swanson 3/17/1899-4/4/1983, Nat King Cole 3/17/1919-2/15/1965, Rudolf Nureyev 3/17/1938-1/6/1993, Mercedes McCambridge 1918, Paul Kantner 1941, Jim Weatherly 1943, John Sebastian 1944, Patrick Duffy 1949, Kurt Russell 1951, Lesley-Anne Down 1954, Rob Lowe 1964)
MacArthur in Australia as Allied Commander; Move Hailed as Foreshadowing Turn of Tide (By Charles Hurd, March 17, 1942)
Bobby Jones, Golf Master, Dies at 69; Only Player to Win Grand Slam
[3/17/1902-12/18/1971] (NY TIMES, December 19, 1971)
Ann Sothern, Savvy Star of B-Films and TV, Dies at 92 (By ALJEAN HARMETZ, Mar. 17, 2001)
Emilio Milián, Commentator, Dies at 69 (NY TIMES, Mar. 17, 2001)
Isao Okawa, Chief of Sega and Pioneer Investor in Japan, Dies at 74 (By MIKI TANIKAWA, Mar. 17, 2001)
Anne Cohen Heller, Medical Educator, Dies at 81 (NY TIMES, Mar. 17, 2001)
U.S. Orders Power Suppliers to Justify Prices in California (By JOSEPH KAHN, Mar. 17, 2001)
Cowboys Ride the Range, Thoughts an Ocean Away (By JOHN W. FOUNTAIN, Mar. 17, 2001)
* The Last (E-Mail) Goodbye, From 'gwb' to His 42 Buddies (By RICHARD L. BERKE, Mar. 17, 2001)
White House Asks Congress to Accelerate a Tax Cut (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 17, 2001)
Religion Journal: Harnessing the Power of Small Congregations (By GUSTAV NIEBUHR, Mar. 17, 2001)
Blasts Kill 18 in Textile City South of Beijing (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 17, 2001)
White House Reveals Plans for New Taiwan Arms Sale (By JANE PERLEZ, Mar. 17, 2001)
China Struggles to Ride Herd on Ever More Errant Media (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Mar. 17, 2001)
Fading Yen Casts a Shadow on Japanese Leader's Visit (By DAVID E. SANGER, Mar. 17, 2001)
Ego Bashing and Scandals as Paris Picks a New Mayor (By SUZANNE DALEY, Mar. 17, 2001)
Poles and the Jews: How Deep the Guilt? [July 10, 1941: Poles killed 1,600 Jews] (By ADAM MICHNIK, Mar. 17, 2001)
Hip-Hop Star Cleared of Charges in Shooting at a Manhattan Club (By KATHERINE E. FINKELSTEIN, Mar. 17, 2001)
Regrets, He's Had a Few, Especially About His Puffy Image (By KATHERINE E. FINKELSTEIN, Mar. 17, 2001)
Census Gains May Give City More U.S. Aid (By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA, Mar. 17, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Dealing With Mr. Putin (NY TIMES, Mar. 17, 2001)
OP-ED: If Soft Money Goes, Then So Does Free Speech (By JOEL M. GORA & PETER J. WALLISON, Mar. 17, 2001)
OP-ED: A Pint for St. Patrick in the New Ireland (By MAEVE BINCHY, Mar. 17, 2001)
OP-ED JOURNAL: The Slumber Party (By FRANK RICH, Mar. 17, 2001)
OP-ED: ABROAD AT HOME: Mandate of Heaven? (By ANTHONY LEWIS, Mar. 17, 2001)
LETTERS: Greed Was Good. Look What Happened. (By PETER J. RIGA, Mar. 17, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Stocks End Volatile Week With Another Sharp Drop
[Dow -208, Nasdaq -50] (By MICHAEL BRICK, Mar. 17, 2001)
* Web Site Ads, Holding Sway, Start to Blare (By SAUL HANSELL, Mar. 17, 2001)
If the Fed Cuts Rates, Will History Again Be Kind to Stocks? (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Mar. 17, 2001)
* ARTS: What They Knew (Not!): 44 Years of C.I.A. Secrets (By STEPHEN KOTKIN, Mar. 17, 2001)
* ART: A Botticelli Wonder, Bypassing U.S. Museums (By CELESTINE BOHLEN, Mar. 17, 2001)
DANCE: San Francisco Modern-Dance Company With a Bouncy Male Gutsiness (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 17, 2001)
FILM: 'Exit Wounds': A Cop as Good as His Manners Are Bad (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 17, 2001)
MUSIC: Stravinsky as Show Business (By ALLAN KOZINN, Mar. 17, 2001)
MUSIC: In a Debut By a Mezzo, Connections Are Made (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Mar. 17, 2001)
THEATER: 'Leaving Queens': Family Skeletons Hide in a Cigar Box (By ANITA GATES, Mar. 17, 2001)
GARDENING: Cuttings: Building Houses for Bats (By ANNE RAVER, Mar. 17, 2001)
* SCIENCE: Sky Watch: Venus as Spectacle (By JOE RAO, Mar. 17, 2001)
HEALTH: Scientists Say More Research Is Needed on Biotech Foods (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 17, 2001)
New Method Could Aid Lung Donation (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 17, 2001)

Friday, March 16, 2001:
On This Day: March 16 (Giuseppe Crespi 3/16/1665-7/16/1747, Caroline Herschel 3/16/1750-1/9/1848, James Madison 3/16/1751-6/28/1836, Antoine-Jean Gros 3/16/1771-6/26/1835, Reza Khan Pahlavi 3/16/1878-7/26/1944, Alberto Gainza Paz 3/16/1899-12/26/1977, Josef Mengele 3/16/1911-2/7/1979, Vladimir Komarov 3/16/1911-2/7/1979, Mike Mansfield 1903, Leo McKern 1920, Jerry Lewis 1926, Daniel Patrick Moynihan 1927, Bernardo Bertolucci 1940, Robin Williams 1947, Erik Estrada 1949, Kate Nelligan 1951)
Vietnamese Say G.I.'s Slew 567 in Town (By Henry Kamm, March 16, 1968)
* Maxim Gorky Dies At Moscow Villa at 68
[3/16/1868-6/14/1936] (NY TIMES, June 19, 1936)
Richard Stone, Composer for Cartoons, Dies at 47 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 16, 2001)
Cord Meyer Jr., Communism Fighter at C.I.A., Dies at 80 (By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, Mar. 16, 2001)
Bodies Identified as Those of Atheist O'Hair and Kin (By ROSS E. MILLOY, Mar. 16, 2001)
For a Small Amish Newspaper, Bad News Is No News (By FRANCIS X. CLINES, Mar. 16, 2001)
Count of the 2000 Census Is Said to Err by Millions (By ERIC SCHMITT, Mar. 16, 2001)
Death at Ford Plant From Legionnaire's Brings Outbreak to 4 (NY TIMES, Mar. 16, 2001)
China Backs Away From Initial Denial in School Explosion (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 16, 2001)
Russians Question Wisdom of Their Coziness With Iran (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Mar. 16, 2001)
The Sting That Has India Writhing: The Great Graft Exposé (By CELIA W. DUGGER, Mar. 16, 2001)
Foot-and-Mouth Damages English Tourism (By ALAN COWELL, Mar. 16, 2001)
* Makuhari Mesa Journal: Thinking Big in Aisle 1, Thinking Cheap in Aisle 31 (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Mar. 16, 2001)
Bush Plans State Visit to China in Fall (By MARC LACEY, Mar. 16, 2001)
City Population Tops 8 Million in Census Count for First Time (By SUSAN SACHS, Mar. 16, 2001)
Goodbye to Mr. Hello and Goodbye (By CHARLIE LeDUFF, Mar. 16, 2001)
The Big City: Is Real Estate Going the Way of Nasdaq? (By JOHN TIERNEY, Mar. 16, 2001)
Public Lives: Getting Into the Heads, and Thus Hair, of Women (By LYNDA RICHARDSON, Mar. 16, 2001)
OP-ED: Palestinians in a State of Siege (By ALLEGRA PACHECO, Mar. 16, 2001)
OP-ED: Another Chance for People Power (By JESSICA HAGEDORN, Mar. 16, 2001)
OP-ED: Academia's Overheated Competition (By ANDREW DELBANCO, Mar. 16, 2001)
OP-ED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Digital Divide or Dividend? (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Mar. 16, 2001)
OP-ED: PUBLIC INTERESTS: Mr. Bush Warms Up (By GAIL COLLINS, Mar. 16, 2001)
LETTERS: Ali-Frazier, the Sequel (By GEORGE MILNE, Mar. 16, 2001)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 16, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Blue Chips Recoup Some Losses; Technology Shares Fall
[Dow +58, Nasdaq -31] (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Mar. 16, 2001)
* Japan Scrambles to Brake Its Falling Stock Market (By STEPHANIE STROM, Mar. 16, 2001)
* Silicon Valley Investors Cool to Silicon Alley (By JAYSON BLAIR, Mar. 16, 2001)
* Floyd Norris: A Tale of Two Bubbles. Could This One Be Painless? (By FLOYD NORRIS, Mar. 16, 2001)
Stock Slide Sinks Hopes in Industrial City (By PETER T. KILBORN, Mar. 16, 2001)
Nokia Says Profits Are Flat, Much to the Relief of Investors (By SUZANNE KAPNER, Mar. 16, 2001)
Compaq to Cut 5,000 Jobs; Profit Forecast Is Lowered (By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr., Mar. 16, 2001)
Big Impact Seen From New Bankruptcy Rules for Small Business (By RIVA D. ATLAS, Mar. 16, 2001)
Oracle Meets Lowered Forecast but Sees Worse Times Ahead (By MATT RICHTEL, Mar. 16, 2001)
Schwab Says Slower Trading Will Reduce Quarterly Profit (By REUTERS, Mar. 16, 2001)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 16, 2001)
* ART: 'Intimate Worlds': Inside India's Painted Realm of Gold (By HOLLAND COTTER, Mar. 16, 2001)
ART: 'The Paul Mellon Bequest': For a Sporting Squire, Nice to Come Home To (By JOHN RUSSELL, Mar. 16, 2001)
ART: A Lyrical Watercolorist Who Fell Out of Favor, Then Fell Back In (By GRACE GLUECK, Mar. 16, 2001)
Inside Art: Well, Is She or Isn't She? (By CAROL VOGEL, Mar. 16, 2001)
Antiques: Vivid Tales on Screens of Old Japan (By WENDY MOONAN, Mar. 16, 2001)
FILM: At the Movies: First, I'd Like to Thank... (By RICK LYMAN, Mar. 16, 2001)
PHOTOGRAPHY: 'Wols: Vintage Photographs From the 1930's': A Master Is Born (By MARGARETT LOKE, Mar. 16, 2001)
THEATER: 'Suburb': She Is His Wife. Goodbye, City Life! (By ANITA GATES, Mar. 16, 2001)
TV Weekend: Hold the Euphemisms (By CARYN JAMES, Mar. 16, 2001)
LIVING: The Outsider: In the Company of Wild Horses on an Island Off the Maryland Coast
(By JAMES GORMAN, Mar. 16, 2001)
FASHION: Tom Ford Gets in Step at Saint Laurent, and It's the Habanera (By CATHY HORYN, Mar. 16, 2001)
Paris Diary: The Sudden and Mysterious Rise of the Signature Purse (By GUY TREBAY, Mar. 16, 2001)
SCIENCE: Bronx Zoo Vows to Clean Waste Water (By BARBARA STEWART, Mar. 16, 2001)
Shuttle Crew Packs for Return Home (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 16, 2001)
Mars Calamity May Have Created Conditions for Life (By REUTERS, Mar. 16, 2001)
HEALTH: Lyme Disease Rises as More Build in Woods (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 16, 2001)

Thursday, March 15, 2001:
On This Day: March 15 (Franciscus Sylvius 3/15/1614-11/15/1672, Andrew Jackson 3/15/1767-6/8/1845, William Lamb Melbourne 3/15/1779-11/24/1848, Jules Chevalier 3/15/1824-10/21/1907, Emil von Behring 3/15/1854-3/31/1917, Christian Michelsen 3/15/1857-6/28/1925, Harold Ickes 3/15/1874-2/3/1952, Henri Saint Cyr 3/15/1902-7/27/1979, Harry James 3/15/1916-7/5/1983, Alan L. Bean 1932, Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1933, Cecil Taylor 1933, Judd Hirsch 1935, Phil Lesh 1940, Mike Love 1941, Sly Stone 1944, Fabio 1961)
Johnson Urges Congress at Joint Session to Pass Law Insuring Negro Vote (By Tom Wicker, March 15, 1965)
* Liberty H. Bailey, Cornell Botanist, Is Dead at 96
[3/15/1858-12/25/1954] (NY TIMES, December 27, 1954)
Sir A. F. Tuke, Ex-Chairman of Barclays, Dies at 80 (By PAUL LEWIS, Mar. 15, 2001)
Cord Meyer, Member of CIA's Founding Generation, Dies at 80 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 15, 2001)
Helen Beling, Sculptor, Dies at 87 (NY TIMES, Mar. 15, 2001)
Carl A. Capasso, Figure in 80's Trial With Bess Myerson, Dies at 55 (By SUSAN SAULNY, Mar. 15, 2001)
As the Stock Market Tumbles, Bush Sounds Note of Concern (By DAVID E. SANGER with RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 15, 2001)
Standing of Both Clintons Declines in New Poll (By ADAM NAGOURNEY & JANET ELDER, Mar. 15, 2001)
U.S. Suggests Energy Sellers Inflated Prices in California (By JOSEPH KAHN, Mar. 15, 2001)
Bush Visit Sets Off Debate About Religion and State (By MARIA NEWMAN, Mar. 15, 2001)
Channel Tunnel's Risks Defied for a Dream of Life in Britain (By SUZANNE DALEY, Mar. 15, 2001)
North Korea Turns Up the Heat; Calls U.S. a Nation of Cannibals (By DON KIRK, Mar. 15, 2001)
China Willing to Talk About Missile Defenses (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 15, 2001)
As the Disease Marches On, Britain Dooms More Animals (By WARREN HOGE, Mar. 15, 2001)
U.S. Mutes Criticism of Russia's Plans for Arms Sales to Iran (By JANE PERLEZ, Mar. 15, 2001)
Toronto Firm Chosen to Renovate Tiffany Flagship Store (By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Mar. 15, 2001)
* Public Lives: Busier Than Ever at 82, and Oh Yes, Still Writing [Madeleine L'Engle]
(By CHARLIE LeDUFF, Mar. 15, 2001)
* SPORTS: Ali Extends Hand to Frazier (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Mar. 15, 2001)
* EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Destroying History's Treasures (By TINA ROSENBERG, Mar. 15, 2001)
* Paying for the Potemkin Boom [Nasdaq collapse] (By RON CHERNOW, Mar. 15, 2001)
* ESSAY: The Sinking Sun? (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 15, 2001)
IN AMERICA: Minding Their Manners (By BOB HERBERT, Mar. 15, 2001)
LETTERS: Writers Get Real (By C. K. TONG, Mar. 15, 2001)
LETTERS: The Historian's Craft (By MAX PAUL FRIEDMAN, Mar. 15, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Dow Plunges 3% as Blue Chips Join Free Fall
[Dow -317, Nasdaq -43] (By MICHAEL BRICK, Mar. 15, 2001)
* Do-It-Yourself Stock Trades Drop as Fast as the Markets (By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Mar. 15, 2001)
* Market Place: Awaiting Fed Rescue, Even as Fed Discourages Dependency (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Mar. 15, 2001)
* The Market May Be Bearish, but Not Everyone Is Suffering (By DANNY HAKIM, Mar. 15, 2001)
Advertising: Marketers Jump on the St. Patrick's Day Bandwagon (By BERNARD STAMLER, Mar. 15, 2001)
Economic Scene: Both Political Parties Have Their Heads in the Sand (By JEFF MADRICK, Mar. 15, 2001)
European Markets Post Losses in Tumultuous Trading (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Mar. 15, 2001)
B Market Rebounds in China (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 15, 2001)
Nextel Lowers Forecast for Mobile-Phone Sales (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Mar. 15, 2001)
Guideline for Online Brokers Expected Soon (NY TIMES, Mar. 15, 2001)
* ARTS IN AMERICA: John Singer Sargent Show Reveals the Bold Strokes of a Shy Painter
(By STEPHEN KINZER, Mar. 15, 2001)
* ARTS: From Woodcuts to Bytes for a Vietnamese Poet (By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK, Mar. 15, 2001)
BOOKS: 'Dreamcatcher': Stephen King Steps Into Alien Territory (By JANET MASLIN, Mar. 15, 2001)
MAKING BOOKS: Enduring Tale of Endurance [Shackleton] (By MARTIN ARNOLD, Mar. 15, 2001)
CABARET: Ricky Ian Gordon: Bursting With Effervescence, Skipping Among Genres
(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 15, 2001)
Culture Notes: Studying Stravinsky (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 15, 2001)
DANCE: 'Four Saints in Three Acts': Saint Is a Saint Is a Saint, Sometimes (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 15, 2001)
MUSIC: Thomas Quasthoff and Justus Zeyen: A Bouquet of Art Songs (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 15, 2001)
OPERA: 'Four Saints in Three Acts': So Simple Yet Mystifying (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 15, 2001)
THEATER: 'Los Cabellos de Absalón': A Spanish Tale of David (By D. J. R. BRUCKNER, Mar. 15, 2001)
LIVING: Personal Shopper: Storage Space, Cubed (By MARIANNE ROHRLICH, Mar. 15, 2001)
FASHION: Galliano Plucks Life From London Streets (By CATHY HORYN, Mar. 15, 2001)
FASHION: Missing a Beat: A Somber Mood Amid the Hoopla (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Mar. 15, 2001)
Party at the Chemosphere: The Flying Saucer House Soars Again (By FRANCES ANDERTON, Mar. 15, 2001)
The 'Tween' Years: For Preteens, Décor, Not Debris (By JOHN LELAND, Mar. 15, 2001)
* Human Nature: A Keeper of Seeds, Exotic and Antique (By ANNE RAVER, Mar. 15, 2001)
* Edwin Schlossberg Inc. Plugs in the Vatican (By FRED BERNSTEIN, Mar. 15, 2001)
Garden Q&A: Trophy Fern (By DORA GALITZKI, Mar. 15, 2001)
Two Top Decorators in the Same Room (By JULIA SZABO, Mar. 15, 2001)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 15, 2001)
STATE OF THE ART: Putting Palm and Phone in One Hand, or Pocket (By DAVID POGUE, Mar. 15, 2001)
* Welcome to the World Wide Web. Passport, Please? (By LISA GUERNSEY, Mar. 15, 2001)
DopeWars Game Offers Furtive Thrills as It Raises Hackles (By SAM LUBELL, Mar. 15, 2001)
* HOW IT WORKS: Lifting the Cover of Those Ubiquitous Touch Screens (By MATT LAKE, Mar. 15, 2001)
* Turning to EBay as a Cure for Auction Fever (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Mar. 15, 2001)
GAME THEORY: A Horror Movie Adds Shudders to a Shooter (By CHARLES HEROLD, Mar. 15, 2001)
WHAT'S NEXT: Optical Needle May Extend the Surgeon's Gaze Into Living Tissue (By ANNE EISENBERG, Mar. 15, 2001)
Laptop Batteries May Have Higher Fire Risk (By CATHERINE GREENMAN, Mar. 15, 2001)
* It's a Dirty Job, But Now the Web Offers Help [Laundry] (By JOYCE COHEN, Mar. 15, 2001)
SCREEN GRAB: Web Sites Unlock the Doors of Famous Prisons (By MICHAEL POLLAK, Mar. 15, 2001)
* The Search for Sensible Spelling (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Mar. 15, 2001)
* Marking the Scottish Sun (When You Can See It) (By SHELLY FREIERMAN, Mar. 15, 2001)
Tiny Infrared Printer for Users of Tiny Hand-Held Computers (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Mar. 15, 2001)
OmniSky Soon to Deliver Wireless Web to Pocket PC's (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Mar. 15, 2001)
* New Technology Is Adding Muscle to Puny Floppy Disks (By IAN AUSTEN, Mar. 15, 2001)
Taking MP3's on the Road With a Car Version From Rio (By BRUCE HEADLAM, Mar. 15, 2001)
Some Courts Want Borders in Cyberspace (NY TIMES, Mar. 15, 2001)
Letters to the Editor: Online shopping at IBM web site (By JIM MARQUARDT et. al., Mar. 15, 2001)
Q & A: How Do You Send Something as a Zip File E-Mail Attachment? (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Mar. 15, 2001)
SCIENCE: World's Imperiled Shores and Coral Reefs to Get Millions in Aid (By BARBARA CROSSETTE, Mar. 15, 2001)
Shuttle and Station Dodge Tool in Space (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 15, 2001)
Russians Brace for Mir's Descent (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 15, 2001)
* Scientist Wins Prize for Work on Cancer Gene [Arnold J. Levine] (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Mar. 15, 2001)

Wednesday, March 14, 2001:
On This Day: March 14 (Georg Philipp Telemann 3/14/1681-6/25/1767, Johann elder Strauss 3/14/1804-9/24/1849, Victor Emmanuel II 3/14/1820-1/9/1878, Giovanni Schiaparelli 3/14/1835-7/4/1910, Paul Ehrlich 3/14/1854-8/20/1915, Casey Jones 3/14/1864-4/30/1900, Algernon Blackwood 3/14/1869-12/10/1951, Sylvia Beach 3/14/1887-10/5/1962, Adolph Gottlieb 3/14/1903-3/4/1974, Raymond Aron 3/14/1905-10/17/1983, Diane Arbus 3/14/1923-7/26/1971, Hank Ketcham 1920, Frank Borman 1928, Michael Caine 1933, Quincy Jones 1933, Wolfgang Petersen 1941, Steve Kanaly 1946, Billy Crystal 1948, Prince Albert 1958)
Gold Now the Standard: President McKinley Signs the Financial Bill (NY TIMES, March 14, 1900)
* Dr. Albert Einstein Dies in Sleep at 76; World Mourns Loss of Great Scientist
[3/14/1879-4/18/1955] (NY TIMES, April 19, 1955)
* Robert Ludlum, Best-Selling Suspense Novelist, Dies at 73 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 14, 2001)
Morton Downey Jr., Combative TV Host, Dies at 67 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 14, 2001)
60 Percent Favor Bush, but Economy Is Major Concern (By RICHARD L. BERKE and JANET ELDER, Mar. 14, 2001)
Coke to Dilute Push in Schools for Its Products (By KATE ZERNIKE, Mar. 14, 2001)
Lessons: There's More to Reading Than Phonics (By RICHARD ROTHSTEIN, Mar. 14, 2001)
Meat From Europe Is Banned by U.S. as Illness Spreads
(By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS with DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Mar. 14, 2001)
Foot-and-Mouth's Harsh Approach (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Mar. 14, 2001)
Without 'Barefoot Doctors,' China's Rural Families Suffer (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Mar. 14, 2001)
Gynecology Lessons for Rural China (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Mar. 14, 2001)
* Battle Over Monroe Photographs Rips a Family Apart (By JOYCE WADLER, Mar. 14, 2001)
EDITORIAL: A Moment of Economic Suspense (NY TIMES, Mar. 14, 2001)
OP-ED: Make Russia a Better Neighbor (By ANATOL LIEVEN & CELESTE WALLANDER, Mar. 14, 2001)
OP-ED: RECKONINGS: After the Fall (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Mar. 14, 2001)
* BUSINESS: The Bear Takes a Breather as All Major Gauges Rise
[Dow +83, Nasdaq +91] (By DANNY HAKIM & JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Mar. 14, 2001)
Fearing a Link to Japan Woes, Bush Advisers Ponder a Policy (By DAVID E. SANGER, Mar. 14, 2001)
Brazil Postpones Its Beef Dreams (By JENNIFER L. RICH, Mar. 14, 2001)
Advertising: Alitalia Turns to Humor and Breeziness (By STUART ELLIOTT, Mar. 14, 2001)
The Boss: Calm in Crisis Is in My Blood (NY TIMES, Mar. 14, 2001)
* Workplace: Cupid Sneaks Aboard Commuter Express (By MELINDA LIGOS, Mar. 14, 2001)
Life's Work: How Guilt Rages as Dust Collects (By LISA BELKIN, Mar. 14, 2001)
Motorola Sets a Further Cut of 7,000 Jobs (By REUTERS, Mar. 14, 2001)
Net Company Lost $2.56 Billion in Quarter [CMGI] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Mar. 14, 2001)
Mad Cow Action by McDonald's (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 14, 2001)
Yahoo Loses Head of Sales and Marketing [Anil Singh retires at 42] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 14, 2001)
* ARTS: An Anthology and Conferences Celebrate James Merrill's Work (By MEL GUSSOW, Mar. 14, 2001)
ARTS ABROAD: 'Memoir of the Camps': Images of Unspeakable Horror Stir Voices to Debate
(By ALAN RIDING, Mar. 14, 2001)
BOOKS: 'Diners, Bowling Alleys and Trailer Parks': The Red, White and Blue Plate Special
(By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Mar. 14, 2001)
Culture Notes: A Prize for Freedom (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 14, 2001)
FILM: 'The Dish': A Weak Link in Apollo 11 Doesn't Stop the Cheering (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 14, 2001)
THEATER: 'Lobby Hero': This Is Jeff, Your Doorman. And It's Urgent. (By BEN BRANTLEY, Mar. 14, 2001)
TV: 'The Job': A Stressed-Out Cop With a Comic Edge (By CARYN JAMES, Mar. 14, 2001)
TV Notes: No More Mr. Nice Guy (By BILL CARTER, Mar. 14, 2001)
LIVING: In the Alps, a Chef Reaching the Pinnacle [4 recipes] (By FRANK J. PRIAL, Mar. 14, 2001)
The Meal That Powered New England (By DENISE LANDIS, Mar. 14, 2001)
The Chef: A Versatile Main Course [Braised Lamb shanks] (By Charlie Trotter, Mar. 14, 2001)
Eating Well: The Truth Behind the Feel-Good Labels (By MARIAN BURROS, Mar. 14, 2001)
Jerusalem Artichokes: Funny Name, Versatile Vegetable [3 recipes] (By REGINA SCHRAMBLING, Mar. 14, 2001)
The Minimalist: Cooks, Start Your Woks (By MARK BITTMAN, Mar. 14, 2001)
Wine Talk: Sauvignon Blanc by Any Other Name (By FRANK J. PRIAL, Mar. 14, 2001)
SCIENCE: X-Ray Telescope Explores Universe (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 14, 2001)
During Spacewalk, Astronauts Do Prep Work on Station (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 14, 2001)

Tuesday, March 13, 2001:
On This Day: March 13 (Montdory 3/13/1594-11/10/1653, Charles Bonnet 3/13/1720-5/20/1793, Karl Schinkel 3/13/1781-10/9/1841, William Glackens 3/13/1870-5/22/1938, Albert Stevens 3/13/1886-3/26/1949, Janet Flanner 3/13/1892-11/7/1978, George Seferis 3/13/1900-9/20/1971, William J. Casey 3/13/1913-5/6/1987, Liz Anderson 1930, Jan Howard 1930, Rosalind Elias 1931, Neil Sedaka 1939, William H. Macy 1950, Deborah Raffin 1953, Bobin Duke 1954, Dana Delany 1956, John Hoeven 1957, Adam Clayton 1960, Christopher Collet 1968, Tracy Wells 1971)
Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson (NY TIMES, March 13, 1868)
* Professor Percival Lowell Dies; Martian Theory His
[3/13/1855-11/12/1916] (NY TIMES, November 14, 1916)
Robert Ludlum, Popular Writer of Suspense, Dies at 73 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 13, 2001)
Morton Downey Jr., Combative Talk-Show Host, Dies at Age 67 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 13, 2001)
S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution During Its Greatest Growth, Dies at 87
(By IRVIN MOLOTSKY, Mar. 13, 2001)
Louis Edmonds, Stage and TV Actor, Dies at 77 (NY TIMES, Mar. 13, 2001)
For 7 Million People in Census, One Race Category Isn't Enough (By ERIC SCHMITT, Mar. 13, 2001)
Investors Feel a Side Effect of California's Power Crisis (By JO THOMAS, Mar. 13, 2001)
Bush Travels to Florida, but He Sticks to the Script (By MARC LACEY, Mar. 13, 2001)
California G.O.P. Courts Schwarzenegger (By B. DRUMMOND AYRES Jr., Mar. 13, 2001)
Big Guns Join Attack on Bush's Tax Cuts (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 13, 2001)
Bombing Accident Kills 5 Americans at Site in Kuwait (By JAMES DAO, Mar. 13, 2001)
Putin to Sell Arms and Nuclear Help to Iran (By MICHAEL WINES, Mar. 13, 2001)
Connecticut Girl Wins $100,000 in Intel Contest (By, Mar. 13, 2001)
For Rensselaer Polytechnic, a Record-Setting Gift With No Strings Attached (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Mar. 13, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Harvard's New President (NY TIMES, Mar. 13, 2001)
OP-ED: The Collector as Artist (By R. C. BAKER, Mar. 13, 2001)
OP-ED: What Tests Can't Fix (By PAUL WELLSTONE and JONATHAN KOZOL, Mar. 13, 2001)
OP-ED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS: You're Clear to Land (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Mar. 13, 2001)
OP-ED: PUBLIC INTERESTS: The Comeback Goats (By GAIL COLLINS, Mar. 13, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Markets Plunge in Wide Sell-Off; Nasdaq Falls 6% (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Mar. 13, 2001)
* Market Place: Bears Toss Weight Around, but Damage Is Limited (By FLOYD NORRIS, Mar. 13, 2001)
* The Bear Roars Back for a Run on Wall Street (By DANNY HAKIM, Mar. 13, 2001)
Ericsson Sees Quarter Loss (By SUZANNE KAPNER, Mar. 13, 2001)
For Japan Sunk in Gloom, No Cheer in Growth Data (By STEPHANIE STROM, Mar. 13, 2001)
India Optimistically Prepares for Slump in the U.S. (By MARK LANDLER, Mar. 13, 2001)
Advertising: True North Reassures Analysts (By STUART ELLIOTT, Mar. 13, 2001)
New Newspaper Circulation Rules (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Mar. 13, 2001)
Napster Blocks Users From Trading Files on 26,000 Songs (NY TIMES, Mar. 13, 2001)
Alliance to Develop Diabetes Drugs (By ANDREW POLLACK, Mar. 13, 2001)
U.S. Says 23 Former Brokers Cheated Clients of Millions (By REUTERS, Mar. 13, 2001)
ARTS IN AMERICA: Berkeley Now Nurtures Theater as Well as Protest (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Mar. 13, 2001)
BOOKS: 'The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes': Elementary, My Dear Uncle (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Mar. 13, 2001)
BOOKS: Jim Crace's Layered 'Being Dead' Wins Critics Circle Fiction Award (By KATHRYN SHATTUCK, Mar. 13, 2001)
Culture Notes: 2 Premieres (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 13, 2001)
Dance in Review: An Evening of Tales and Moods (By  JACK ANDERSON, Mar. 13, 2001)
MUSIC: Chicago Symphony: So Little Time for Poetry During a Roller Coaster Ride (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Mar. 13, 2001)
MUSIC: Elgar's 'Dream of Gerontius': A Life Ends and a New Era Rushes In (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Mar. 13, 2001)
MUSIC: Franz Schmidt's 'Book of the Seven Seals': Presaging War Clouds Over Europe (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Mar. 13, 2001)
MUSIC: Old and New Classics Meet With Pollini in Charge (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Mar. 13, 2001)
MUSIC: Heidi Grant Murphy: Shining With Artistry (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Mar. 13, 2001)
OPERA: 'La Bohème': A World War Begins, as Does Love in a Garret (By ALLAN KOZINN, Mar. 13, 2001)
THEATER: 'Good Thief': A Hired Thug Who Lacks the Typical Heart of Gold (By BEN BRANTLEY, Mar. 13, 2001)
THEATER: 'I Will Bear Witness': Year by Year, a Witness to the Nazis' Affronts (By BRUCE WEBER, Mar. 13, 2001)
THEATER: 'Circus': Joyous in Old Age, Especially When Spiting the Nurse (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 13, 2001)
TV: When It Comes to TV, Coveted Adolescents Prove to Be Unpredictable (By JULIE SALAMON, Mar. 13, 2001)
FASHION REVIEW: How the Offbeat Slips Into Mainstream Fashion [6 photos] (By CATHY HORYN, Mar. 13, 2001)
FASHION DIARY: Creative Fashion Show Invites Abound in Europe (By GUY TREBAY, Mar. 13, 2001)
Week in Science: The Arrow of Progress (By NICHOLAS WADE, Mar. 13, 2001)
SCIENCE: 150 Miles Up, Mir Begins Final Journey (By WARREN E. LEARY, Mar. 13, 2001)
Astronomers See Threat to Research in Budget Plan (By JAMES GLANZ, Mar. 13, 2001)
* Even in Their Winter Retreat, Monarchs Are Beset by Threats (NEW YORK TIMES, Mar. 13, 2001)
* Even Without Evidence, String Theory Gains Influence (By JAMES GLANZ, Mar. 13, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: Just Like Chocolate (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 13, 2001)
* OBSERVATORY: Quick Hit for Dinosaurs (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 13, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: The Hale-Bopp Show (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 13, 2001)
* LETTERS: Sibling Bubbling With Love (By JULIA PILOWSKY, Mar. 13, 2001)
* Q&A: Hillside Trees [How trees grow straight?] (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Mar. 13, 2001)
* HEALTH: Scientists Test Hallucinogens for Mental Ills (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Mar. 13, 2001)
DOCTOR'S WORLD: The New Treatment Cheney Did Not Get (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D., Mar. 13, 2001)
A CONVERSATION WITH / Thomas Pringle: A 24-Hour Lab Meeting on Mad Cow Illness
(By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Mar. 13, 2001)
* ESSAY: Teaching Old Dogs New Medicine Can Be Some Trick (By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D., Mar. 13, 2001)
Rating Life: Live Fast, Die Young (By ERICA GOODE, Mar. 13, 2001)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Unveiling a New Arsenal for Eye Health (By JANE E. BRODY, Mar. 13, 2001)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Poignant Tales From the Front Lines of Medicine (By JOHN LANGONE, Mar. 13, 2001)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: 'America's Top Doctors': Have Book, Then Travel (By JOHN LANGONE, Mar. 13, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / AT RISK: A Warning for Women With Bad Hearts (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 13, 2001)
Clogged Vessels Linked to Aching Backs (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 13, 2001)
Heart Disease Rises in Young People (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 13, 2001)
* Little Value Found in Added Vitamin E (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 13, 2001)
* Clearing the Air for Young Asthmatics (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 13, 2001)

Monday, March 12, 2001:
On This Day: March 12 (André Le Notre 3/12/1613-9/15/1700, Beorge Berkeley 3/12/1685-1/14/1753, Clement Studebaker 3/12/1831-11/27/1901, Gabriele D'Annunzio 3/12/1863-3/1/1938, Vaslav Nijinsky 3/12/1890-4/8/1950, Elaine de Kooning 3/12/1920-2/1/1989, Jack Kerouac 3/12/1922-10/21/1969, Wally Schirra 1923, Edward Albee 1928, Andrew Yound 1932, Lloyd Dobyns 1936, Al Jarreau 1940, Liza Minnelli 1946, James Taylor 1948, Jon Provost 1950, Marlon Jackson 1957, Courtney B. Vance 1960, Darryl Strawberry 1962)
Truman Acts to Save Nations From Red Rule (By Felix Belair Jr., March 12, 1947)
* Adolph S. Ochs Dead at 77; Publisher of Times Since 1896
[3/12/1858-4/8/1935] (NY TIMES, March 12, 1947)
James St. Clair, Nixon's Watergate Lawyer, Dies at 80 (By ROBERT PEAR, Mar. 12, 2001)
Louis Faurer, Photographer Who Captured Compelling Images of the Street, Dies at 84
(By MARGARETT LOKE, Mar. 12, 2001)
Ian McHarg, Architect Who Valued a Site's Natural Features, Dies at 80 (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Mar. 12, 2001)
William Hammerstein, Director With a Famous Father, Dies at 82 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 12, 2001)
* Former Treasury Secretary Is Picked to Lead Harvard [Lawrence H. Summers] (By JODI WILGOREN, Mar. 12, 2001)
Philadelphia's Mayor Puts His City on a Diet [John Street] (By SARA RIMER, Mar. 12, 2001)
Public Lives: A Former Insider to Investigate the Investigators (By PHILIP SHENON, Mar. 12, 2001)
Afghan Says Destruction of Buddhas Is Complete (By BARRY BEARAK, Mar. 12, 2001)
Visiting Chinese to Urge Bush Not to Sell Arms to Taiwan (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 12, 2001)
Washington Memo: Divergent Voices Heard in Bush Foreign Policy (By JANE PERLEZ, Mar. 12, 2001)
Metropolitan Diary (By ENID NEMY, Mar. 12, 2001)
OP-ED: When Not to Grasp at a Cure [Parkinson's disease] (By JEROME GROOPMAN, Mar. 12, 2001)
OP-ED: Backing Beijing Into a Corner (By TREVOR CORSON, Mar. 12, 2001)
OP-ED ESSAY: Age of Consent (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 12, 2001)
OP-ED: IN AMERICA: Fewer Students, Greater Gains (By BOB HERBERT, Mar. 12, 2001)
LETTERS: Which Religions Get the Money? (By DAVID W. BLAIR, Mar. 12, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Technology Leaders Find Their Bearings in Doldrums (By SETH SCHIESEL, Mar. 12, 2001)
Papers Struggle With Slowdown and Investor Expectations (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Mar. 12, 2001)
Japan Is Shackled by Deflation, Blocking Its Hope for Recovery (By STEPHANIE STROM, Mar. 12, 2001)
Racy Ads Expose Inconsistency in Publishers' Stance (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Mar. 12, 2001)
Wall St. Banks Sued Over Initial Offerings (By RIVA D. ATLAS, Mar. 12, 2001)
Powerful Media Is Said to Be Seeking Buyer [Inside.com] (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Mar. 12, 2001)
Advertising: Weak Fall Ad Season Looms for Big Networks (By STUART ELLIOTT, Mar. 12, 2001)
* Market Place: Buffett Report Takes No Prisoners (By FLOYD NORRIS, Mar. 12, 2001)
* Berkshire Hathaway Faces a Tough Insurance Market (By JOSEPH B. TREASTER, Mar. 12, 2001)
2 Harry Potter Spinoffs Done for Charity (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Mar. 12, 2001)
* E-Commerce: Pushing Ahead With Online Education (By BOB TEDESCHI, Mar. 12, 2001)
A Partly Cloudy Forecast for Theater Owners (By RICK LYMAN, Mar. 12, 2001)
Media Talk: Celebrity TV Shows Don't Work (By BILL CARTER, Mar. 12, 2001)
Media Talk: The Car Guys Meet the Queen of the Kitchen (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Mar. 12, 2001)
Patents: Part of Fierce Battle Over Genetic Engineering (By SABRA CHARTRAND, Mar. 12, 2001)
Compressed Data: After Napster, Falling Back on Pig Latin (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Mar. 12, 2001)
Compressed Data: No Jokes, Just Facts About Toilet Paper. (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Mar. 12, 2001)
* Cisco's Stock Hits 2-Year Low After Layoff News [$18-13/16, lowest since 11-98; $82 in 3-2000]
(By REUTERS, Mar. 13, 2001)
Microsoft and EBay to Develop E-Commerce Services Together (By REUTERS, Mar. 12, 2001)
* Disney Says Go.com Will Stay [searches by GoTo.com] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 12, 2001)
Handspring Unveils Handheld Device (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 12, 2001)
Apple Options Could Net Steve Jobs $1.4 Billion, or Not (By REUTERS, Mar. 12, 2001)
Analysts Wonder How Low Adobe's Revenues Will Go (By REUTERS, Mar. 12, 2001)
* ART: Rembrandt Is the Star at the Maastricht Fair (By CAROL VOGEL, Mar. 12, 2001)
* ARTIST AT WORK: Kenneth Lonergan: Finding the Drama in Real Life (By PETER MARKS, Mar. 12, 2001)
BOOKS: 'Robert Mitchum: 'Baby, I Don't Care'': The Swaggering Life of a Movie Idol (By JANET MASLIN, Mar. 12, 2001)
Culture Notes: Falstaff Lives (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 12, 2001)
DANCE: Donald Byrd: Trekking on a Head Trip Inspired by Timothy Leary (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 12, 2001)
OPERA: Donizetti's 'La Favorita': Self-Assured, the King's Favorite Is Back (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 12, 2001)
THEATER: 'A Class Act': Friends Stage the Musical of an Unsung Songwriter (By BRUCE WEBER, Mar. 12, 2001)
TV: 'Chris Isaak Show': Rock 'n' Roll and Sly Sex Jokes (By JULIE SALAMON, Mar. 12, 2001)
* WRITERS ON WRITING: Allegra Goodman: Calming the Inner Critic and Getting to Work (By ALLEGRA GOODMAN, Mar. 12, 2001)
FASHION REVIEW: Paris Runway Shows: No Giggling, Please. (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Mar. 12, 2001)

Sunday, March 11, 2001:
On This Day: March 11 (Torquato Tasso 3/11/1544-4/25/1595, Joseph Bertrand 3/11/1822-4/5/1900, Charles Eastlake 3/11/1836-11/20/1906, Vannevar Bush 3/11/1890-6/28/1974, Dorothy Gish 3/11/1898-6/4/1968, Frederick IX 3/11/1899-1/14/1972, Lawrence Welk 3/11/1903-5/17/1992, Harold Wilson 3/11/1916-5/24/1995, Terence Alexander 1923, Rupert Murdoch 1931, Sam Donaldson 1934, Tricia O'Neil 1945, Jerry Zucker 1950, Susan Richardson 1952, Cheryl Lynn 1957)
President Roosevelt Signs, Starts War Aid; To Ask $7,000,000,000 Fund (By Turner Catledge, March 11, 1941)
Ralph David Abernathy, Rights Pioneer, Is Dead at 64
[3/11/1926-4/17/1990] (By RICHARD SEVERO, April 18, 1990)
David Glazer, Clarinetist, Dies at 87 (NY TIMES, Mar. 11, 2001)
Great Alzana, Mocker of Danger and Net Law, Dies at 82 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 11, 2001)
Samuel J. Silverman, Judge and Litigator, Dies at 92 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 11, 2001)
Mario R. Russillo, Politician, Dies at 76 (By, Mar. 11, 2001)
In Genetic Testing for Paternity, Law Often Lags Behind Science (By TAMAR LEWIN, Mar. 11, 2001)
Others' Tragedies Helped Santee Prepare for Its Own (By JAMES STERNGOLD with JODI WILGOREN, Mar. 11, 2001)
Economist Likely to Lead at Harvard (By JODI WILGOREN, Mar. 11, 2001)
Justice Prevails for Law Graduate, 99 Years Late [Takuji Yamashita] (By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK, Mar. 11, 2001)
Bush Is Providing Corporate Model for White House (By RICHARD L. BERKE, Mar. 11, 2001)
Animosity Shadows Weekend Meant to Reduce Partisanship (By PHILIP SHENON, Mar. 11, 2001)
Execution in China, Through a Brother's Eyes (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 11, 2001)
* MS. MOFFETT'S FIRST YEAR: For First-Year Teacher, 20 Minds to Shape, 20 Mysteries to Plumb
(By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Mar. 11, 2001)
Queens Journal: Spiritual Center and Soapbox in One (By EDWARD WONG, Mar. 11, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Red Face for the Internet's Blue Chip (By SAUL HANSELL, Mar. 11, 2001)
* Yahoo's Cautious Sibling Waits to See What Works (By MIKI TANIKAWA, Mar. 11, 2001)
BUSINESS WORLD: Separating Sheep From Goats as Start-Ups Fall to Earth (By JENNIFER L. RICH, Mar. 11, 2001)
Market Watch: In the War on Gibberish, a New Investor Ally [Amazon.com] (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Mar. 11, 2001)
INVESTING: A Home Fixture as a Market Shelter [Cable TV] (By JOANNE LEGOMSKY, Mar. 11, 2001)
Made Especially for You, in Industrial Quantities (By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL, Mar. 11, 2001)
Shaking the Venture Capital Tree [Kay Koplovitz, Working Woman Network] (By SUZANNE MacNEILLE, Mar. 11, 2001)
Economic View: Down Goes The Market. Is the Surplus Next? (By TOM REDBURN, Mar. 11, 2001)
Five Questions for David J. Cochran: Making Workplace Safety Good for Business (By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, Mar. 11, 2001)
* Off the Shelf: A Practical Guide to Starting Over (By ALECIA SWASY, Mar. 11, 2001)
* Backslash: The Dating Game, Deleted (By MATT RICHTEL, Mar. 11, 2001)
Market Insight: Drug Makers May Have To Give To Get (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Mar. 11, 2001)
Portfolios: A Stirring in the Long-Suffering Gold Market (JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Mar. 11, 2001)
My Money, My Life: For a Rookie, Life in a Fishbowl (By MATT CALDERONE, Mar. 11, 2001)
* Investing With Thomas W. Laming: Buffalo USA Global Fund (By CAROLE GOULD, Mar. 11, 2001)
As Tax Laws Change, H & R Block Smiles (By MICHAEL BRICK, Mar. 11, 2001)
Private Sector: Another Bill as President? A Survey Picks Gates (Compiled By RICK GLADSTONE, Mar. 11, 2001)
Business Diary: Mr. Goodwrench Meets His Match (By Charles L. P. Fairweather, Mar. 11, 2001)
Investing Diary: A Specialist Firm Thrives on Pennies (By Robert D. Hershey Jr., Mar. 11, 2001)
California Has Most Wired Cities (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 11, 2001)
OP-ED: A Nation Still Learning What Madison Knew (By JACK RAKOVE, Mar. 11, 2001)
OP-ED: RECKONINGS: Hangovers and Hang-Ups (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Mar. 11, 2001)
* OP-ED: Economic Delusion, Political Disaster (By JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, Mar. 11, 2001)
* OP-ED: Breaking the Sacred (By KAREN ARMSTRONG, Mar. 11, 2001)
New Gun Control Politics: A Whimper, Not a Bang (By JAMES DAO, Mar. 11, 2001)
What's in a Name? Redefining Minority (By SUSAN SACHS, Mar. 11, 2001)
Can Bullying Be Outlawed? (By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK, Mar. 11, 2001)
THE WORLD: China Sends Its Army Money, and a Signal to the U.S. (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 11, 2001)
THE NATION: And You Thought Germs in the Subway Were Bad (By JOE SHARKEY, Mar. 11, 2001)
Closed Captioning Draws Mixed Reviews (By JOHN D. THOMAS, Mar. 11, 2001)
LOYAL OPPOSITION: How to Be Effective, Not Obstructionist (By BRUCE J. SCHULMAN, Mar. 11, 2001)
* IDEAS AND TRENDS: Computers Aid in American Reinvention (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Mar. 11, 2001)
* That's Dr. Haskell, if You Please (By KARI HASKELL, Mar. 11, 2001)
* WORD FOR WORD / ANECDOTES: It's the Pith: Short Yarns That Are Long on Legend
(By TOM KUNTZ, Mar. 11, 2001)
DOWN FOR THE COUNT: Why Some Numbers Are Only Very Good Guesses (By GINA KOLATA, Mar. 11, 2001)
Planning a New North Korean Strategy (By DAVID E. SANGER, Mar. 11, 2001)
HOUSES DIVIDED: Why Peace Eludes Mexico's Indians (By GINGER THOMPSON, Mar. 11, 2001)
Avoid Taxes! (Note Small Hitch) (By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, Mar. 11, 2001)
LIVING: The Boys of Summer Get Younger All the Time (By DOUGLAS CENTURY, Mar. 11, 2001)
MIRROR, MIRROR: Bliss Can Be as Simple as an Empty Clothes Closet (By PENELOPE GREEN, Mar. 11, 2001)
NOTICED: Some Ex-G.I.'s Say Berets Are Not for General Issue (By PHIL PATTON, Mar. 11, 2001)
Vows: Anne Sterling and Michael Beckner (By LOIS SMITH BRADY, Mar. 11, 2001)
On the Street: Tightening the Belt [10 photos] (Photographs by BILL CUNNINGHAM, Mar. 11, 2001)
Brotherly Tradition, From Collar to Cuff (By ELIZABETH HAYT, Mar. 11, 2001)
GARDENING: Cuttings: Ground's Frozen? Let a Mouse Do the Digging (By PATRICIA A. TAYLOR, Mar. 11, 2001)
THE AGE OF DISSONANCE: You've Heard of Me: The Pitfalls of Possessing a Common Name (By BOB MORRIS, Mar. 11, 2001)
VIEW: 'Survivor' for Stardom (By LYNN HARRIS, Mar. 11, 2001)
TRAVEL: The Once and Future Oporto [Porto, Portugal] (By EMMA DALY, Mar. 11, 2001)
* In Vienna, Art Opens a Window (By FREDERIKA RANDALL, Mar. 11, 2001)
* The Bayeux Tapestry as Guide (By PAMELA J. PETRO, Mar. 11, 2001)
A Parade of Pianists, and Plenty of Opera (By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Mar. 11, 2001)
The Lineup: Verdi and 20th-Century Nostalgia (By VERNON KIDD, Mar. 11, 2001)
What's Doing in Florence (By MAUREEN B. FANT, Mar. 11, 2001)
From Roman Ruins to Medieval Piazzas, Jazz Makes Itself at Home (By JON PARELES, Mar. 11, 2001)
Cyberscout: Clicking on the Side of Caution (By BOB TEDESCHI, Mar. 11, 2001)
Planning for Guilt Trips (By JENNIFER MOSES, Mar. 11, 2001)
* On Language: Mole (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 11, 2001)
* A Hazard of Good Fortunes (By Gregg Easterbrook, Mar. 11, 2001)
Questions for Kenneth Gluck (Interview by CARLOTTA GALL, Mar. 11, 2001)
THE ETHICIST: Mea Culpa (By RANDY COHEN, Mar. 11, 2001)
Salient Facts: Airlines (NY TIMES, Mar. 11, 2001)
The Old Economy: High-Tech Pain-Inducement [weapons] (By THE NEW YORK TIMES, Mar. 11, 2001)
Five From Wolfgang Puck (Interview by LIZ WELCH, Mar. 11, 2001)
* Claritin and Schering-Plough: A Prescription for Profit (By STEPHEN S. HALL, Mar. 11, 2001)
For Rock Bands, Selling Out Isn't What It Used to Be (By JOHN LELAND, Mar. 11, 2001)
Schools Chancellor Harold O. Levy: The Suit (By GEORGE PACKER, Mar. 11, 2001)
LIVES: Role Reversal: My Son Is the Boy I Never Was (By DAN SAVAGE, Mar. 11, 2001)
TV: 'The Weakest Link': The Bracing Joys of Humiliation (By SARAH LYALL, Mar. 11, 2001)
ARTS (NY TIMES, Mar. 11, 2001)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 11, 2001)
SCIENCE: Fame Aside, Frog Finds No Habitat in Calaveras (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 11, 2001)

Saturday, March 10, 2001:
On This Day: March 10 (Friedrich von Schlegel 3/10/1772-1/12/1829, Alexander III 3/10/1845-11/1/1894, Henryt W. Fowler 3/10/1858-12/26/1933, Hector Guimard 3/10/1867-5/20/1942, Lillian Wald 3/10/1867-9/1/1940, Bix Beiderbecke 3/10/1903-8/7/1931, Harry Bertoia 3/10/1915-11/6/1978, Ralph Emery 1933, Chuck Norris 1940, Dave Rabe 1940, Dean Torrence 1940, Bob Greene 1947, Sharon Stone 1958, Prince Edward 1964, Shannon Miller 1977)
Chernenko Is Dead in Moscow at 73; Gorbachev Succeeds Him and Urges Arms Control and Economic Vigor
(By Serge Schmemann, March 10, 1985)
* Clare Boothe Luce Dies at 84: Playwright, Politician, Envoy
[3/10/1903-10/9/1987] (By ALBIN KREBS, October 10, 1987)
Richard Ruggles, Economist; Developed Measurement Tools, Dies at 84 (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Mar. 10, 2001)
Joe Gibbs, a Top Neurological Researcher, Is Dead at 76 (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Mar. 10, 2001)
Portia Nelson, Songwriter and Club Performer, Dies at 80 (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 10, 2001)
Frankie Carle, Band Leader Who Wrote 'Sunrise Serenade,' Dies at 97 (By WILLIAM H. HONAN, Mar. 10, 2001)
Cheering in the Press Box, Meteorologically Speaking (By CAREY GOLDBERG, Mar. 10, 2001)
A Sentence of Life Without Parole for Boy, 14, in Murder of Girl, 6 (By DANA CANEDY, Mar. 10, 2001)
Senate Republicans Say Bush Is Open to Tax Cut Compromise
(By FRANK BRUNI & RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 10, 2001)
Swindle Is Reported to Use the Name of Roger Clinton (By NEIL A. LEWIS, Mar. 10, 2001)
Political Memo: Heady Days for G.O.P. Flexing Its New Muscle (By ADAM CLYMER, Mar. 10, 2001)
Bush Deploys Charm on Daschle in Pushing Tax Cut (By MARC LACEY, Mar. 10, 2001)
Investigator Faults Periscope Search by Captain of Submarine (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Mar. 10, 2001)
Federal Agency Orders Power Generators to Justify Prices (By JOSEPH KAHN, Mar. 10, 2001)
Pardoned Couple Say Access Has Served Them Well (By KEVIN SACK, Mar. 10, 2001)
Shooting Witness Goes From Almost Famous to Ordinary (By SARA RIMER, Mar. 10, 2001)
Big Tobacco Pays $1 Million to Ex-Smoker (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 10, 2001)
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Wrapping British Farmers in Isolation (By SARAH LYALL, Mar. 10, 2001)
Documents Shed New Light on C.I.A.'s View of Soviets (By JAMES RISEN, Mar. 10, 2001)
Tashi Journal: Taiwan's Betel Nut Habit and Voyeurism Merge (By MARK LANDLER, Mar. 10, 2001)
A Stone's Throw in Lebanon Is a Freudian Slip in Vienna (By DINITIA SMITH, Mar. 10, 2001)
Argentine Wine Slowly Comes to Life (By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, Mar. 10, 2001)
Senator Clinton to Skip St. Patrick's Parade (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 10, 2001)
Broker Who Swindled Investors Is Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison (By ALEX BERENSON, Mar. 10, 2001)
Green Puts Nader, a Mentor, at a Distance for Campaign (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Mar. 10, 2001)
Newest Immigrants Head Straight to New Jersey's Suburbs (By IVER PETERSON, Mar. 10, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Contagion and Confidence [Mad cow disease] (NY TIMES, Mar. 10, 2001)
OP-ED: A Brain Too Young for Good Judgment (By DANIEL R. WEINBERGER, Mar. 10, 2001)
* OP-ED: An Empty Chair at Harvard (By RICHARD S. LEE, Mar. 10, 2001)
* OP-ED: How Dot-Coms Joined the Old Economy (By CLAY SHIRKY, Mar. 10, 2001)
OP-ED: ABROAD AT HOME: The Golden Eggs (By ANTHONY LEWIS, Mar. 10, 2001)
LETTERS: Ode to the Reading Room, Oasis of Silence (B. M. SELEVAN, Mar. 10, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Intel Warning and Jobs Report Help Send Stocks Sharply Lower
[Dow -214, Nasdaq -116] (By MICHAEL BRICK, Mar. 10, 2001)
* Cisco Plans Steep Job Cuts and a Charge (By CHRIS GAITHER, Mar. 10, 2001)
Job Growth Unexpectedly Strong, Easing Recession Fears (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Mar. 10, 2001)
Japan Proposes Emergency Steps to Try to Stop Plunge in Stocks (By REUTERS, Mar. 10, 2001)
Record Labels Sending Napster List of 135,000 Songs to Block (By MATT RICHTEL, Mar. 10, 2001)
ARTS: CONNECTIONS: Eros and Its Dizzying Masks (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Mar. 10, 2001)
* CABARET: Patti Page: That Singer in So Many a Window (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 10, 2001)
DANCE: 'Jazzdance' Company: A Sliver of a Moon, a Fragment of a Tale (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 10, 2001)
FILM: 'Get Over It': Ditched Lover Gets On With the Show (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 10, 2001)
OPERA: 'Nabucco': Verdi in Which the Only Spin Is the Scenery (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 10, 2001)
OPERA: An Ailing Rigoletto and a Hidden Door (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Mar. 10, 2001)
THEATER: 'Resistance': Into a Trance, to Relive Wartime Defiance (By D. J. R. BRUCKNER, Mar. 10, 2001)
TV: 'Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her': Women of One Fabric (By CARYN JAMES, Mar. 10, 2001)
GARDENING: Cuttings: Ground's Frozen? Let a Mouse Do the Digging (By PATRICIA A. TAYLOR, Mar. 10, 2001)
* SCIENCE: New Solar Calculator Debuts (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 10, 2001)
Russian Soot Cloud Seen Over California (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 10, 2001)
* Sky Watch: Pluto Gets a Name (By JOE RAO, Mar. 10, 2001)

Friday, March 9, 2001:
On This Day: March 9 (Modest Mussorgsky 3/9/1839-3/16/1881, Eddie Foy 3/9/1856-2/16/1928, Ernest Bevin 3/9/1881-4/14/1951, Tamara Karsavina 3/9/1885-5/26/1978, Victoria M. Sackville-West Victoia 3/9/1892-6/2/1962, Rex Warner 3/9/1905-6/24/1986, Samuel Barber 3/9/1910-1/23/1981, Mickey Spillane 1918, Lloyd Price 1933, Joyce Van Patten 1934, Marty Ingels 1936, Mickey Gilley 1936, Bobby Fischer 1943, Charles Gibson 1943, Trish Van Devere 1945, Jeffrey Osborne 1948, Michael Kinsley 1951, Linda Fiorentino 1960, Juliette Binoche 1964, Emmanuel Lewis 1971)
* Monitor vs. Merrimac: Desperate Naval Engagements in Hampton Roads (NY TIMES, March 9, 1862)
Yuri Gagarin Killed As Test Plane Falls, Russian 1st Cosmonaut Dies at 34
[3/9/1934-3/27/1968] (NY TIMES, March 28, 1968)
Felipe Pazos, Economist Who Split With Castro, Dies at 88 (By PAUL LEWIS, Mar. 9, 2001)
Margaret Riker Harding, Educator, Dies at 68 (NY TIMES, Mar. 9, 2001)
Leslie C. Quick Jr., a Pioneer in Discount Stock Brokerage, Dies at 75 (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Mar. 9, 2001)
* Religion Prize Won by Priest Much Involved With Science [Dr. Arthur Peacocke]
(By GUSTAV NIEBUHR, Mar. 9, 2001)
Bid to Sell Naming Rights Runs Off Track in Boston (By CAREY GOLDBERG, Mar. 9, 2001)
News Analysis: Hardball on Tax Cut Stirs Doubt on Pledge (By ALISON MITCHELL, Mar. 9, 2001)
Bush Calls Tax Cut Vote a Victory for America (By MARC LACEY, Mar. 9, 2001)
No to a Reagan Tribute (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 9, 2001)
Girl in Shooting Was Seen as Dejected (By ROBERT HANLEY, Mar. 9, 2001)
* China's Leadership Pushes for Unity (By ERIK ECKHOLM & ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Mar. 9, 2001)
News Analysis: Sharon and Peres Agree That Barak Was All Wrong (By DEBORAH SONTAG, Mar. 9, 2001)
Chinese Leader and Parents in Dispute Over School Explosion (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 9, 2001)
China Reassures Powell on Iraq Dealings (By REUTERS, Mar. 9, 2001)
Hispanics and Asians Fuel New Jersey's Population Growth (By JANNY SCOTT, Mar. 9, 2001)
* Public Lives: Polishing Public Profile of U.N. Is a Job for a Novelist (By LYNDA RICHARDSON, Mar. 9, 2001)
* OP-ED: Can Hollywood See the Tiger? (By SALMAN RUSHDIE, Mar. 9, 2001)
OP-ED: Science and Surpluses (By D. ALLAN BROMLEY, Mar. 9, 2001)
OP-ED: PUBLIC INTERESTS: A Taxing Debate (By GAIL COLLINS, Mar. 9, 2001)
OP-ED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Macho on North Korea (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Mar. 9, 2001)
LETTERS: 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey' of Prime-Time TV (By PENNY PENNISTON, Mar. 9, 2001)
BUSINESS: Dow Rises for 5th Day, but Technology Shares Fall 2.5%
[Dow +129, Nasdaq -55] (By REUTERS, Mar. 9, 2001)
* Intel Again Warns of Slumping Revenue This Quarter (By CHRIS GAITHER, Mar. 9, 2001)
* The Dreams of Webzines Fizzle Out [Inside.com] (By JAYSON BLAIR, Mar. 9, 2001)
* Japan Finances Nearly 'Catastrophic' Official Says (By STEPHANIE STROM, Mar. 9, 2001)
* Floyd Norris: Markets in the Net Age (By FLOYD NORRIS, Mar. 9, 2001)
Advertising: The HP Garage (By STUART ELLIOTT, Mar. 9, 2001)
S.E.C. Said to Be Investigating Amazon Chief's Stock Sale (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Mar. 9, 2001)
More Issues Arise Over Alcoa Stock Held by Treasury Secretary (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Mar. 9, 2001)
'Tokyo Joe' Settles S.E.C. Suit (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Mar. 9, 2001)
3 Charged With Auction Fraud [Diebenkorn shill bids] (By JOHN SCHWARTZ & JUDITH H. DOBRZYNSKI, Mar. 9, 2001)
International Herald Tribune to Put Ads on Page 1 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 9, 2001)
Internet Offering Raises $150 Million After Two Price Cuts [Loudcloud] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Mar. 9, 2001)
* ART: 'Vermeer and the Delft School': Magic Turns Light Into Life (By ROBERTA SMITH, Mar. 9, 2001)
ART: Brooklyn Museum Gathers Its Family (and Their Possessions) (By KEN JOHNSO, Mar. 9, 2001)
ART: The Cos Cob Art Colony: Impressionists Who Radiated Sunshine (By GRACE GLUECK, Mar. 9, 2001)
ART: 'Here and There/Aquí y Allá': The Logic of Dreams on Fantasy Island (By HOLLAND COTTER, Mar. 9, 2001)
Inside Art: Protested Work to Be Auctioned (By CAROL VOGEL, Mar. 9, 2001)
Antiques: A Dynasty in Which Pottery Ruled (By WENDY MOONAN, Mar. 9, 2001)
* BOOKS: 'Treason by the Book': Imperialism and Intrigue in 18th-Century China (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Mar. 9, 2001)
BOOK CRITIC: The Thrill of Fictional Mayhem: Snuggling Up to Good and Evil (By JANET MASLIN, Mar. 9, 2001)
DANCE: Mark Morris Dance Group: A Collective Wrestling With the Human Spirit (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 9, 2001)
FILM: Watching Movies With Ang Lee (By RICK LYMAN, Mar. 9, 2001)
FILM CRITIC: Rendezvous With French Cinema: Tension, Passion and Sass (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 9, 2001)
FILM: '15 Minutes': Fanning the Flames of Fame, and Basking in the Glow (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Mar. 9, 2001)
FILM: 'When Brendan Met Trudy': Unlocking the Esprit of the Irish With Sex (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 9, 2001)
FILM: 'Company Man': For Whom (or Is It Who?) the Bay Tolls (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 9, 2001)
FILM: 'So Close to Paradise': The Living Is Sleazy Under the Shanghai Moon (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 9, 2001)
FILM: 'The Magnet': Hip-Hop and Hopelessness, but This Time in Marseilles (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 9, 2001)
FILM: At the Movies: Gazing in Space (By DAVE KEHR, Mar. 9, 2001)
Home Video: Fear and Fun on 'Parents' Set (By PETER M. NICHOL, Mar. 9, 2001)
THEATER: '10 Unknowns': When Wit Applies Its Scalpel on Stage (By BEN BRANTLEY, Mar. 9, 2001)
THEATER: On Stage and Off: Racing to Beat a Tony Deadline (By JESSE MCKINLEY, Mar. 9, 2001)
TV Weekend: Courageous Maidens Fair in Old (and Older) England (By JULIE SALAMON, Mar. 9, 2001)
LIVING: Family Fare: Not So Wicked After All [Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf'] (By LAUREL GRAEBER, Mar. 9, 2001)
* SCIENCE: Peru Seeks to Calm Fears of Machu Picchu Collapse (By REUTERS, Mar. 9, 2001)
Prairie Deer Dying From Brutally Cold Canada Winter (By REUTERS, Mar. 9, 2001)
HEALTH: Scientific Review Backs Mammograms (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 9, 2001)
One in Four Americans in Shape, C.D.C. Says (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 9, 2001)
Unapproved Corn Found in Veggie Dogs (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 9, 2001)
AIDS Vaccine Experiments Are Said to Be Promising (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 9, 2001)

Thursday, March 8, 2001:
On This Day: March 8 (Giovanni Rosso 3/8/1495-11/14/1540, Carl P.E. Bach 3/8/1714-12/14/1788, William B. Booth 3/8/1856-6/16/1929, Ruggero Leoncavallo 3/8/1857-8/9/1919, Frederic Goudy 3/8/1865-5/11/1947, Otto Hahn 3/8/1879-7/28/1968, Edward Calvin Kendall 3/8/1886-5/4/1972, Louise Beavers 3/8/1902-10/26/1962, Sue Ane Langdon 1936, Jim Bouton 1939, Lynn Redgrave 1943, Andrea Parker 1969)
Hunger Causes Petrograd Riots (NY TIMES, March 8, 1917)
* Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Dies Near 94
[3/8/1841-3/6/1935] (NY TIMES, March 6, 1935)
* Dame Ninette de Valois, Founder of Royal Ballet, Dies at 102 (By JACK ANDERSON, Mar. 8, 2001)
Dr. Paul Fiset, Microbiologist and Developer of Q Fever Vaccine, Dies at 78 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 8, 2001)
Frank H. Johnson, Pioneer in Direct-Mail Marketing, Dies at 88 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 8, 2001)
Census Figures Show Hispanics Pulling Even With Blacks (By ERIC SCHMITT, Mar. 8, 2001)
Returning to Work, Cheney Hits the Ground Running (By FRANK BRUNI, Mar. 8, 2001)
Student Held in Shootings Is in Court as School Resumes (By JAMES STERNGOLD & EVELYN NIEVES, Mar. 8, 2001)
Girl, 14, Arrested After a Classmate Is Shot in Pennsylvania (By EDWARD WONG, Mar. 8, 2001)
Anna Nicole Smith Loses Court Battle Over Spouse's Estate (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 8, 2001)
Hugh Rodham and Group Seeking Legal Fees Uses Clinton Testimonial (By BARRY MEIER, Mar. 8, 2001)
Bush Tells Seoul Talks With North Won't Resume Now (By DAVID E. SANGER, Mar. 8, 2001)
Beijing Journal: The East Is Blue and Orange as Hip-Hop Invades (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Mar. 8, 2001)
Explosion Kills 41 in School in Central China (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 8, 2001)
NEW YORK CITY: New Lure in a Teacher Shortage: Housing (By LYNETTE HOLLOWAY, Mar. 8, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Threats of School Violence (NY TIMES, Mar. 8, 2001)
OP-ED: Taking Sides in Afghanistan (By REUEL MARC GERECHT, Mar. 8, 2001)
OP-ED: After a Shooting (By NATHAN BLACK, Mar. 8, 2001)
OP-ED: IN AMERICA: Cruel and Unusual [Capital punishment] (By BOB HERBERT, Mar. 8, 2001)
OP-ED ESSAY: Storm of Hype (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 8, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Analyst's (Abby Joseph Cohen) Recommendation Helps Send Shares Higher
[Dow +138, Nasdaq +19] (By REUTERS, Mar. 8, 2001)
* Yahoo Warns on Sales, and Its Chief Resigns (By SAUL HANSELL, Mar. 8, 2001)
* Market Place: A Return to Earth for the Stock Class of 2000 (By FLOYD NORRIS, Mar. 8, 2001)
AOL TV to Name a President (By JIM RUTENBERG, Mar. 8, 2001)
Advertising: Clarins and Lancôme Start Different Campaigns to Revise Images (By COURTNEY KANE, Mar. 8, 2001)
Economic Scene: Forget Net Taxes. Forget Sales Taxes Altogether. (By HAL R. VARIAN, Mar. 8, 2001)
LVMH Reports Record Profit for 2000 (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Mar. 8, 2001)
Hot Trading in B Shares Chills Rapidly for Chinese (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 8, 2001)
Cable Companies Proving Immune to Economic Downturn (By REUTERS, Mar. 8, 2001)
F.B.I. Warns of Organized Computer Hacker Groups (By REUTERS, Mar. 8, 2001)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 8, 2001)
A Robot That Works in the City Sewer (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Mar. 8, 2001)
* Researchers Muster Online Volunteers for Collective Brainpower (By PAMELA LiCALZI O'CONNELL, Mar. 8, 2001)
* STATE OF THE ART: Digitally, Using Discs, Not Tape (By DAVID POGUE, Mar. 8, 2001)
GAME THEORY: Dull Adventure? Send in the Secret Agent (By PETER OLAFSON, Mar. 8, 2001)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Expecting Better Things From Big Blue (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Mar. 8, 2001)
* A Little E-Mail (Or a Lot of It) Eases the Workday (By SALLY MCGRANE, Mar. 8, 2001)
BASICS: Ergonomic Programs That Pester Users to Take Those Breaks (By SALLY McGRANE, Mar. 8, 2001)
WHAT'S NEXT: Light and Shadows to Head Off Potholes (By HEIDI A. SCHUESSLER, Mar. 8, 2001)
News Watch: The Newest Palm Adds Muscle to a Familiar Look (By STEPHEN C. MILLER, Mar. 8, 2001)
Digital Camera Promises Snapshots Without Software (By IAN AUSTEN, Mar. 8, 2001)
A Portable Monitor Puts Games on the Small Screen (By BRUCE HEADLAM, Mar. 8, 2001)
* Passing Time on Internet Watching Clocks Go By (By SHELLY FREIERMAN, Mar. 8, 2001)
Screen Grab: Immortalizing the Mullet (By MICHAEL POLLA, Mar. 8, 2001)
While Seattle Shook, the Airport Scrambled (By JUDITH BERCK, Mar. 8, 2001)
* How to Avoid Injuries (By Rani Lueder, Mar. 8, 2001)
Letters: Privacy at Risk (By DENNIS WILLIAMS et. al., Mar. 8, 2001)
Q & A: Instant Messenger Icons With a Personal Touch (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Mar. 8, 2001)
ARTS IN AMERICA: Far From New York, Images of the City at Its Liveliest (By STEPHEN KINZER, Mar. 8, 2001)
BOOKS: 'Augusta, Gone': When a Darling Daughter Turns Into a Bad Seed (By JANET MASLIN, Mar. 8, 2001)
* MAKING BOOKS: Bidding Adieu to a Friend (By MARTIN ARNOLD, Mar. 8, 2001)
CABARET: Marjana Sadovska: A Rugged Musical Journey Through Rural Ukraine (By BEN RATLIFF, Mar. 8, 2001)
Culture Notes: Reading and Writing (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 8, 2001)
DANCE: New Home for Mark Morris Dance Group Takes Shape in Brooklyn (By CELESTINE BOHLEN, Mar. 8, 2001)
DANCE: Morris Troupe Bounds Back for a Big Hug (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 8, 2001)
FILM: Jacques Villeret: Murder Made to Order for a Comic (By ALAN RIDING, Mar. 8, 2001)
MUSIC: Bach Cantatas': Using Bach to Turn Torment Into Grace (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 8, 2001)
THEATER: 'If It Was Easy...': So, a Tabloid Columnist Goes to a Producer... (By BRUCE WEBER, Mar. 8, 2001)
LIVING: On the Auction Block, a Trove of Fabulous Excess (By MITCHELL OWENS, Mar. 8, 2001)
Design Notebook: Architects Gather as A-List Alternatives to Hamptons Hulk (By JULIE V. IOVINE, Mar. 8, 2001)
Wall Décor: It's on the Wall, It's in a Frame, but Is It Art? (By WILLIAM L. HAMILTON, Mar. 8, 2001)
Close to Home: A Seated Chef Gets His Power Kitchen (By PENNY WOLFSON, Mar. 8, 2001)
Personal Shopper: The French-Asian Hybrids of Vietnam (By MARIANNE ROHRLICH, Mar. 8, 2001)
GARDENING: Garden Q&A: Fooling Freesias (By LESLIE LAND, Mar. 8, 2001)
SCIENCE: Bell Labs' Researchers Create Plastic Superconductor (By KENNETH CHANG, Mar. 8, 2001)
Loggers Said to Wipe Out Millions of Butterflies (By REUTERS, Mar. 8, 2001)
Bacteria Seen From Mir Seen as Threat (By REUTERS, Mar. 8, 2001)
'Jumping Frog' Wins Protection (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 8, 2001)
HEALTH: Parkinson's Research Is Set Back by Failure of Fetal Cell Implants (By GINA KOLATA, Mar. 8, 2001)
Genetic Tinkering Is Found to Extend Roundworms' Lives (By REUTERS, Mar. 8, 2001)
Homosexuality Not an Illness, Chinese Say (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 8, 2001)
Study Finds Smoke Affects Smokers Wives (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 8, 2001)

Wednesday, March 7, 2001:
On This Day: March 7 (Alessandro Manzoni 3/7/1785-5/22/1873, Sir John Herschel 3/7/1792-5/11/1871, Giuseppe Ferrari 3/7/1811-6/2/1876, Henry Draper 3/7/1837-11/20/1882, Tomas Masaryk 3/7/1850-9/14/1937, Julius Wagner-Jauregg 3/7/1857-9/27/1940, Piet Mondrian 3/7/1872-2/1/1944, Helen Parkhurst 3/7/1887-6/1/1973, Anna Magnani 3/7/1908-9/26/1973, Lord Snowdon 1930, Willard Scott 1934, Daniel J. Travanti 1940, Michael Eisner 1942, John Heard 1946, Franco Harris 1950, Lynn Swann 1952, Ivan Lendl 1960)
Alabama Police Use Gas and Clubs to Rout Negroes (By Roy Reed, March 7, 1965)
* Maurice Ravel, 62, Composer, Is Dead [3/7/1875-12/28/1937] (NY TIMES, December 29, 1937)
Mário Covas, Governor of State of Sáo Paulo, Dies at 70 (By LARRY ROHTER, Mar. 7, 2001)
Plenty of Adjectives but No Answers in School Attack (By TODD S. PURDUM, Mar. 7, 2001)
Rampage Took the Lives of a `Trouper' and of `the Nicest Guy in the World' (By EVELYN NIEVES, Mar. 7, 2001)
Shooting Was Planned and Calmly Carried Out, Police Say (By JAMES STERNGOLD, Mar. 7, 2001)
F.B.I. Spy Case May Explain Arrest of a K.G.B. Agent (By JAMES RISEN, Mar. 7, 2001)
Cheney Leaves Hospital Ready to Return to Work (By ERIC SCHMITT, Mar. 7, 2001)
Storm Closes Parts of New England (By FOX BUTTERFIELD, Mar. 7, 2001)
Doctors Discount Workload as a Factor in Cheney's Case (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Mar. 7, 2001)
Media Firm Ex-Aide Charged in Theft of Bush Debate Tape (By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, Mar. 7, 2001)
* Putin Tries Out Cyberspace (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Mar. 7, 2001)
China Rejects Allegations on Improving Iraqi Weapons (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Mar. 7, 2001)
Futuristic Shanghai's Risky Bet: Train on Air (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 7, 2001)
South Korean President to Visit Bush, but They Could Be at Odds (By DAVID E. SANGER, Mar. 7, 2001)
Queens Library Moves Past 'Shh' (and Books) (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Mar. 7, 2001)
'Secret' List Sets Off St. Patrick's Parade Squabble (By DAN BARRY, Mar. 7, 2001)
EDITORIAL: The Vice President's Quandary (NY TIMES, Mar. 7, 2001)
* OP-ED: Doubts Among the Faithful (By STEVEN WALDMAN, Mar. 7, 2001)
OP-ED: Talking to the North Koreans (By WENDY R. SHERMAN, Mar. 7, 2001)
OP-ED: RECKONINGS: Bashing the Boomers (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Mar. 7, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Technology Stocks Surge to Give Nasdaq Biggest Rise in Six Weeks
[Dow +29, Nasdaq +62] (By MICHAEL BRICK, Mar. 7, 2001)
Gene Research Finds New Use in Agricultural Breeding (By ANDREW POLLACK, Mar. 7, 2001)
AOL Combines TV Networks Under a Chief (By JIM RUTENBERG, Mar. 7, 2001)
Advertising: Campbell Soup Responds to Progresso Attack Ads (By STUART ELLIOTT, Mar. 7, 2001)
The Boss: I Was Once a Shy Navy Brat (By RALPH SHRADER, Mar. 7, 2001)
Workplace: Second Thoughts for Ph.D. Burnouts (By GEOFF BERMAN, Mar. 7, 2001)
My Job: I Keep Order in Hospitality Chaos (By JEFFREY KLEIN, Mar. 7, 2001)
Broadcom Reduces Earnings Forecast (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Mar. 7, 2001)
Judge Orders Napster to Police Trading (By MATT RICHTEL, Mar. 7, 2001)
* CYBERTIMES EDUCATION: Textbook Publishers Try Online Education (By SUSAN STELLIN, Mar. 7, 2001)
* ART: Phillips Will Auction 2 Renoirs Linked to a Sotheby's Board Member
[Renoir's "The Reader"] (By CAROL VOGEL, Mar. 7, 2001)
ARTS ABROAD: Onstage and Backstage, a Meeting of Minds (and Hearts) (By JOHN ROCKWELL, Mar. 7, 2001)
BOOKS: 'I.B.M. and the Holocaust': Assessing the Culpability (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Mar. 7, 2001)
Culture Notes: Heartache (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 7, 2001)
DANCE: Pat Cremins: A Haunting Beauty Born of Lumbering Crudeness (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 7, 2001)
FILM: 'Blow Dry': The Full Gel, Curlers and Cream Rinse (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 7, 2001)
'The Gleaners and I': A Sympathetic Collection of Collectors (By A. O. Scott, Mar. 7, 2001)
MUSIC: Pierre Boulez Takes Time Out to Bask in His Own Melodies (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Mar. 7, 2001)
MUSIC CRITIC: New York Underground Film Festival: Music, Monsters and More (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Mar. 7, 2001)
MUSIC: National Orchestra of Spain: The Verve of Spanish Guitars (By ALLAN KOZINN, Mar. 7, 2001)
THEATER: 'Summer Cyclone': Hope and Romance on the Edge of the Eternal Sea
(By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 7, 2001)
TV: A Star Vehicle Sputters: CBS Cancels 'Bette' (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Mar. 7, 2001)
TV Notes: Bada-Bing Go the Ratings (By BILL CARTER, Mar. 7, 2001)
LIVING: Ten-Gallon Grapefruit: Living Up to Texas Legend (By R. W. APPLE Jr., Mar. 7, 2001)
NL: Dutch Food, Prepared With Dash and Sass (By WILLIAM GRIMES, Mar. 7, 2001)
Great Caesar's Ghost! Where's My Anchovy? (By ALEX WITCHEL, Mar. 7, 2001)
* A New Sweetener: So Sweet, So Natural, So Los Angeles (By LAURIE DRAKE, Mar. 7, 2001)
The Chef: Sweet Potatoes, Light and Creamy (By Charlie Trotter with Regina Schrambling, Mar. 7, 2001)
KNOWLEDGE SHARING: Food and Wine Tips From Readers [Shepherd's Pie] (NY TIMES, Mar. 7, 2001)
Ruby Grapefruit: From the Breakfast of Dieters to a Sweet Inspiration (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Mar. 7, 2001)
BY THE BOOK: 'Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen': Fusion from on High in Seattle
[Sesame rice cake & Angel food cake recipes] (By REGINA SCHRAMBLING, Mar. 7, 2001)
The Minimalist: For the Love of Ginger (NY TIMES, Mar. 7, 2001)
A New Journal Contemplates Food [Gastronomica] (By MARIAN BURROS, Mar. 7, 2001)
East Buffet: Beyond the Fettuccine Alfredo, a Chinese Feast in Flushing (By ERIC ASIMOV, Mar. 7, 2001)

Tuesday, March 6, 2001:
On This Day: March 6 (John II 3/6/1405-7/21/1454, Michelangelo 3/6/1475-2/18/1564, Cyrano de Bergerac Savinien 3/6/1619-7/28/1655, Henry Laurens 3/6/1724-12/8/1792, Elizabeth Barrett Browning 3/6/1806-6/29/1861, George duMaurier 3/6/1834-10/6/1896, Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolay 3/6/1844-6/8/1908, Oscar Straus 3/6/1870-1/11/1954, Ed McMahon 1923, Sarah Caldwell 1924, William Webster 1924, Alan Greenspan 1926, Doug Dillard 1937, Valentina Tereshkova 1937, Joanna Miles 1940, Ben Murphy 1942, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa 1944, Mary Wilson 1944, Tom Arnold 1959, Moira Kelly 1968)
Decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott Case (NY TIMES, March 6, 1857)
Ring Lardner Dies at 48; Noted as Writer
[3/6/1885-9/25/1933] (By ERIC PACE, September 26, 1933)
James Rhodes, Ohio Governor Who Sent the National Guard to Kent State, Dies at 91
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 6, 2001)
Ralf Bode, Cinematographer for 'Rocky,' Dies at 59 (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 6, 2001)
Fred Lasswell, Cartoonist Who Drew 'Snuffy Smith,' Dies at 84 (NY TIMES, Mar. 6, 2001)
Ken Kiff, Artist Devoted to Fantasy, Dies at 65 (NY TIMES, Mar. 6, 2001)
Ivan Biro, Sculptor, Dies at 74 (NY TIMES, Mar. 6, 2001)
Cheney Complains of Pains in Chest; Artery Is Cleared (By ERIC SCHMITT, Mar. 6, 2001)
Doctors Say Cheney's Pains Caused by Injury From Earlier Artery Procedure
(By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Mar. 6, 2001)
Errors by Submarine Crew Led to Sinking, Court Is Told (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Mar. 6, 2001)
Shooting at School Leaves 2 Dead and 13 Hurt (By TODD S. PURDUM, Mar. 6, 2001)
Shooting Suspect's Mother Asks, 'Oh, God. Why?' (By JAMES STERNGOLD, Mar. 6, 2001)
Animals Set Afire as France Fears Outbreak (By SUZANNE DALEY, Mar. 6, 2001)
Russians Seek an Explanation After Embassy Tunnel Report (By REUTERS, Mar. 6, 2001)
Milan Journal: Rape of Teenager Spotlights Fashion's Dark Side (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Mar. 6, 2001)
35 Crushed to Death at Saudi Sacred Site (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 6, 2001)
Brunei and Its Leader Try Economic Discipline (By WAYNE ARNOLD, Mar. 6, 2001)
Tibetans Struggle to Preserve Culture, at Home and Abroad (By SUSAN SACHS, Mar. 6, 2001)
Reopened Mystery: A Woman's Disappearance Is Still Baffling After 19 Years
(By KEVIN FLYNN & CHARLES V. BAGLI, Mar. 6, 2001)
Public Lives: Fighting a Happy Image of Self-Sufficiency (By CHRIS HEDGES, Mar. 6, 2001)
* Tunnel Vision: Gatekeeper Shifts Gears From Rails to Poetry (By RANDY KENNEDY, Mar. 6, 2001)
* The Science: Forecasts, Hindsight and Devilish Details (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Mar. 6, 2001)
The Adjustments: After Swirling Snowstorm Hype, Knee-Deep Resentment (By N. R. KLEINFIELD, Mar. 6, 2001)
The Big City: No Calm in the Eye of the Camera (By JOHN TIERNEY, Mar. 6, 2001)
Frick Mementos to Be Restored in New York (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 6, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Guns in Young Hands (NY TIMES, Mar. 6, 2001)
The Victim in Indonesia's Pursuit of Progress (By ABIGAIL ABRASH, Mar. 6, 2001)
Spending My Surplus (By JAMES HENLE, Mar. 6, 2001)
Virtual Weather (By DAVID LASKIN, Mar. 6, 2001)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: The New Mideast Paradigm (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Mar. 6, 2001)
PUBLIC INTERESTS: Faith and Parking (By GAIL COLLINS, Mar. 6, 2001)
I.R.S. Steps Up Tax-Evasion Raids (By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, Mar. 6, 2001)
BUSINESS: Stocks Increase, Led by Nasdaq [Dow +96, Nasdaq +25] (By MICHAEL BRICK, Mar. 6, 2001)
O'Neill to Keep Alcoa Stock Options [$100 million] (By DAVID LEONHARDT & DIANA B. HENRIQUES, Mar. 6, 2001)
Market Place: Loudcloud I.P.O. Recalls Good Old Days (By DANNY HAKIM, Mar. 6, 2001)
Despite Blocks, Napster Users Can Still Get Protected Files (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Mar. 6, 2001)
Times Company Forecasts Slower Growth in Ad Revenue (By, Mar. 6, 2001)
Xoma Shares Up on Favorable Psoriasis Studies (By DOW JONES, Mar. 6, 2001)
* Chip Makers Warn on Earnings (By CHRIS GAITHER, Mar. 6, 2001)
* Intel Co-Founder Doesn't See Rapid Turnaround in Demand (By REUTERS, Mar. 6, 2001)
* Some of Putin's Internet Answers (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 6, 2001)
Report Opposes Internet Voting (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 6, 2001)
AOL Time Warner Forms New TV Network Group (By JIM RUTENBERG, Mar. 6, 2001)
NBC Names New Executive to Help Create Reality Shows (By BILL CARTER, Mar. 6, 2001)
ARTS: Interpreting the Images of Slavery on the Confederacy's Money (By DAVID FIRESTONE, Mar. 6, 2001)
ARTS: Plagued by Financial Troubles, Quirky Art Foundation May Go Mainstream (By DOREEN CARVAJAL, Mar. 6, 2001)
ARTS ABROAD: Brazil's Northeast Looks Like the 'Wild West' in Films (By LARRY ROHTER, Mar. 6, 2001)
BOOKS: 'Seabiscuit': No Beauty, but They Had the Horse Right There (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Mar. 6, 2001)
Culture Notes: Literary Lights (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 6, 2001)
DANCE: Vertigo Dance Company: The Disorienting Power of Passion (By JACK ANDERSON, Mar. 6, 2001)
DANCE: Vertigo Dance Company: From Jerusalem, an Introduction to the Absurd
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 6, 2001)
DANCE: In Paul Taylor Dances, Bach and Debussy Tarry With Popeye the Sailor
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 6, 2001)
MUSIC CRITIC: Pierre Boulez Leads the Vienna Philharmonic in Riveting Concerts
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 6, 2001)
MUSIC: New York Philharmonic Performs All-Mozart Concert (By ALLAN KOZINN, Mar. 6, 2001)
THEATER: 'The Idiot': Just Too Saintly for His Own Good (By BRUCE WEBER, Mar. 6, 2001)
TV: Two Television Writers Share Lives and Careers— Like Friends in a Sitcom
(By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Mar. 6, 2001)
TV: 'Sopranos' Sets Ratings Record With Third-Season Premiere (By BILL CARTER, Mar. 6, 2001)
TV: 'The Fighting Fitzgeralds': Dad's Irish Eyes Aren't Exactly Smiling (By RON WERTHEIMER, Mar. 6, 2001)
FASHION: New Spring in His Step, Armani Lightens Up a Bit (By CATHY HORYN, Mar. 6, 2001)
Front Row: Klein's Changes Hands (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Mar. 6, 2001)
The Week in Science: Dancing in Utopia (By NICHOLAS WADE, Mar. 6, 2001)
Simple Aid to Gorillas Pays Off: Babies in the Bamboo (By IAN FISHER, Mar. 6, 2001)
New Pollution Tool: Toxic Avengers With Leaves (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Mar. 6, 2001)
Despite a Setback, NASA Tests a Stadium-Size Balloon (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 6, 2001)
* When Biological Control Gets Out of Control (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, Mar. 6, 2001)
Beyond the Leaky Faucet: Dissecting the Complex Drip (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Mar. 6, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: Caged Minks' Dream (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 6, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: How a Dinosaur Dined (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 6, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: A Big Bang's Side Effects (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 6, 2001)
A Hard-Working Spacecraft Leaves Its Handlers Beaming (By KENNETH CHANG, Mar. 6, 2001)
A CONVERSATION WITH / Robert Fenichel: Calculating Safety in Risky World of Drugs
(By DENISE GRADY, Mar. 6, 2001)
Drug's Effect on Brain Is Extensive, Study Finds (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Mar. 6, 2001)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Now, Choices in Heart Bypass Surgery (By JANE E. BRODY, Mar. 6, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / SAFETY: A Rule of the Canyon: Don't Drink (By JOHN O'NEIL, Mar. 6, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / OUTCOMES: A Long-Term Look at Diet Drug's Effect (By JOHN O'NEIL, Mar. 6, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / REGIMENS: Girls, Boys and What Their Knees Need (By JOHN O'NEIL, Mar. 6, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / THERAPIES: Cut Back on Prozac, With New Prozac (By JOHN O'NEIL, Mar. 6, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / SURVIVAL: C.I.A. Zooms In on Hearts of Leaders (By JOHN O'NEIL, Mar. 6, 2001)
Letters: Many Benefits of Dance (By CARL BURK et. al., Mar. 6, 2001)
Q&A: Ultraviolet Damage (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Mar. 6, 2001)

Monday, March 5, 2001:
On This Day: March 5 (Gerardus Mercator 3/5/1512-12/2/1594, Jan van der Heyden 3/5/1637-3/28/1712, Giovanni Tiepolo 3/5/1696-3/27/1770, Lady Augusta Gregory 3/5/1852-5/22/1932, Howard Pyle 3/5/1853-11/9/1911, Rosa Luxemburg 3/5/1871-1/15/1919, Arthur Schendel 3/5/1874-9/11/1946, Edouard Belin 3/5/1876-3/4/1963, Heitor Villa-Lobos 3/5/1887-11/17/1959, James Noble 1922, Dean Stockwell 1936, Fred Williamson 1938, Eugene Fodor 1950, Niki Taylor 1975, Jake Lloyd 1989)
Churchill Assails Soviet Policy [Iron Curtain speech in Fulton, Missouri]
(By Harold B. Hinton, March 5, 1946)
* Rex Harrison, a Leading Man With Urbane Wit, Dies at 82
[3/5/1908-6/2/1990] (By ERIC PACE, June 3, 1990)
* Margaret Tafoya, Pueblo Potter Whose Work Found a Global Audience, Dies at 96 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 5, 2001)
Harold E. Stassen, Perennial Presidential Candidate, Dies at 93 (By ALBIN KREBS, Mar. 5, 2001)
James Rhodes, Former Governor of Ohio, Dies at 91 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 5, 2001)
William Stratton, Former Illinois Governor, Dies at 87 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 5, 2001)
Bush Pushes Hard to Woo Democrats Over to Tax Plan (By FRANK BRUNI & ALISON MITCHELL, Mar. 5, 2001)
Public Lives: An American Cardinal Who Works to Help the World
[Theodore Edgar McCarrick] (By ELIZABETH BECKER, Mar. 5, 2001)
Elder Bush in Big G.O.P. Cast Toiling for Top Equity Firm (By LESLIE WAYNE, Mar. 5, 2001)
A Thankful Gore Clasps Donors Before They Stray (By RICHARD L. BERKE, Mar. 5, 2001)
Nancy Reagan Christens Carrier (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 5, 2001)
Houston Journal: At This Livestock Auction, Paying More Is Better (By JIM YARDLEY, Mar. 5, 2001)
Norway's Thoroughly Modern Royal Pair (By WARREN HOGE, Mar. 5, 2001)
Taiwan Chief Fails to Loosen Old Guard's Grip on Power (By MARK LANDLER, Mar. 5, 2001)
Northeast Is Prepared as Storm Slowly Reaches Region (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Mar. 5, 2001)
Heroic Act for Equality in Schools Still Inspires (By MONTE WILLIAMS, Mar. 5, 2001)
At Markets and Malls, Finding Diapers, Bread and Skepticism (By SHAILA K. DEWAN, Mar. 5, 2001)
Metropolitan Diary (By ENID NEMY, Mar. 5, 2001)
SPORTS: Tiger Woods Joins Golf's 'Disaster Club' (By DAVE ANDERSON, Mar. 5, 2001)
* SPORTS: One Is Not Loneliest Number for Piazza (By TYLER KEPNER, Mar. 5, 2001)
OP-ED: Can Aristide Govern in Haiti? (By GARRY PIERRE-PIERRE, Mar. 5, 2001)
Bush's Tax Plan Just Needs Tweaking (By ROBERT M. DUNN Jr., Mar. 5, 2001)
ESSAY: Reading Bill's Mind (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 5, 2001)
IN AMERICA: Cycle of Death (By BOB HERBERT, Mar. 5, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Computing Pioneer Challenges the Clock (By JOHN MARKOFF, Mar. 5, 2001)
New Economy: Internet in Vietnam Seen as Gateway to Other Business (By MATT RICHTEL, Mar. 5, 2001)
Creator of 'X-Files' Lifts His Profile (By JIM RUTENBERG, Mar. 5, 2001)
Only After Recruiter's Death Did Colleagues Learn of His Past [Lucent] (By SIMON ROMERO & MATT RICHTEL, Mar. 5, 2001)
Advertising: Introducing UBS PaineWebber, Post Merger (By STUART ELLIOTT, Mar. 5, 2001)
* E-Commerce Report: Companies in No Hurry to Buy Over the Internet (By BOB TEDESCHI, Mar. 5, 2001)
Compressed Data: Judges Use Laptops in Microsoft Appeal (NY TIMES, Mar. 5, 2001)
Compressed Data: Protection for Networking Systems (By SETH SCHIESEL, Mar. 5, 2001)
Compressed Data: Report Challenges E-Commerce Lore (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Mar. 5, 2001)
Patents: Tapping Global Positioning Technology (By SABRA CHARTRAND, Mar. 5, 2001)
Media Talk: Lewinsky Agrees to an HBO Documentary (By JIM RUTENBERG, Mar. 5, 2001)
Media Talk: Dispute Over Ownership of Mafia Icons (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Mar. 5, 2001)
* ARTS ONLINE: Beyond Hypertext: Novels With Interactive Animation (By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL, Mar. 5, 2001)
Bridge: A Singular Duplicate Game, in Cyberspace (By ALAN TRUSCOTT, Mar. 5, 2001)
Fashionmall.com Spurns Suitors (By REUTERS, Mar. 5, 2001)
Mark Andreessen Floats Back in on Loudcloud (By REUTERS, Mar. 5, 2001)
* BOOKS: Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten: A Letter-Writing Friendship (By JANET MASLIN, Mar. 5, 2001)
COMEDY: A Trend Toward Personal, Off-Beat Comedy at Aspen Festival (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Mar. 5, 2001)
Culture Notes: Eyes for Talent (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 5, 2001)
DANCE: Passionate Drama and Dance Performers From Slovakia (By JACK ANDERSON, Mar. 5, 2001)
DANCE: Vertigo Dance Company of Israel Takes a Journey Into the Absurd (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 5, 2001)
MUSIC: Bach and Mahler, Meeting at Carnegie Hall (By ALLAN KOZINN, Mar. 5, 2001)
* THEATER: 'Rashomon': Any Way You Look at It, the Story Is Not Pleasant (By WILBORN HAMPTON, Mar. 5, 2001)
THEATER: 'Dogeaters': Ordinary Life Amid Excesses in '82 Manila (By BRUCE WEBER, Mar. 5, 2001)
TV: A Documentary Celebrates Capitalism -- Greed and All (By JULIE SALAMON, Mar. 5, 2001)
FASHION REVIEW: Tom Ford: Not Just Knowing, but Actually Known (By CATHY HORYN, Mar. 5, 2001)
SCIENCE: Mines Maim the Ultimate Civilians: Animals (By SETH MYDANS, Mar. 5, 2001)
Study Finds Mountain Lakes Haven't Recovered From Added Fish (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 5, 2001)
HEALTH: New Device Helps to Diagnose Glaucoma More Reliably (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 5, 2001)
MEDICINE MERCHANTS / Uses and Abuses: Use of Painkiller Grows Quickly,
Along With Widespread Abuse
(By BARRY MEIER & MELODY PETERSEN, Mar. 5, 2001)

Sunday, March 4, 2001:
On This Day: March 4 (Henry the Navigator 3/4/1394-11/13/1460, Antonio Vivaldi 3/4/1678-7/28/1741, Sir Henry Raeburn 3/4/1756-7/8/1823, Aleksandr Popov 3/4/1859-12/31/1905, Enrique Larreta 3/4/1875-7/7/1961, Richard Tolman 3/4/1881-9/5/1948, Pearl Fay White 3/4/1889-8/4/1938, Charles Goren 3/4/1901-4/3/1991, George Gamow 3/4/1904-8/19/1968, Paula Prentiss 1939, Adrian Lyne 1941, Bobby Womack 1944, Scott Hicks 1953, Kay Lenz 1953, Catherine O'Hara 1954, Patricia Heaton 1959, Jason Newsted 1963, Patsy Kensit 1968, Chastity Bono 1969)
Roosevelt Names Last of Cabinet [1st woman in the Cabinet: Labor Secretary Frances Perkins]
(By James A. Hagerty, March 4, 1933)
Knute Rocke Dies with Seven Others in Mail Plane Dive
[3/4/1888-3/31/1931] (By ROBERT F. KELLEY, April 1, 1931)
C. M. Woodhouse, Writer on Modern Greece, Dies at 83 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 4, 2001)
Sophie Parker, Chef Who Brought Bistro Culture to Upstate New York, Dies at 74 (By WILLIAM GRIMES, Mar. 4, 2001)
Sandor Kopacsi, Hungarian Rebel, Dies at 78 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 4, 2001)
* Charly Baumann, Circus Trainer of Big Cats, Dies at 72 (By PAUL LEWIS, Mar. 4, 2001)
U.S. Thinks Agent Revealed Tunnel at Soviet Embassy (By JAMES RISEN with LOWELL BERGMAN, Mar. 4, 2001)
On Day of Sub's Accident, Tour Was Its Only Mission (By STEVEN LEE MYERS with JAMES DAO, Mar. 4, 2001)
Mastering the Art of the Cold-Front Spiel [TV weather forecasters] (By FRANCIS X. CLINES, Mar. 4, 2001)
Political Memo: Resurrecting Ghosts of Pardons Past (By MARC LACEY, Mar. 4, 2001)
Airport Tower Rises Again, Temporarily, After Quake (By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK, Mar. 4, 2001)
Greeneville's Skipper Is Known for Devotion to His Job and Crew (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Mar. 4, 2001)
Suicide Bomber Kills Himself and Three Israelis (By DEBORAH SONTAG, Mar. 4, 2001)
Reporter's Notebook: In Embassy Bombing Trial, Prosecutors Read bin Laden Poetry (By ALAN FEUER, Mar. 4, 2001)
* Over World Protests, Taliban Are Destroying Ancient Buddhas (By BARRY BEARAK, Mar. 4, 2001)
* Presidents of Columbia and N.Y.U. to Step Down (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Mar. 4, 2001)
* New Cardinal Egan Recalls Prayer He Learned In the Bronx (By SHERRI DAY, Mar. 4, 2001)
Major Snow Forecast: 'We're Measuring This in Feet' (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Mar. 4, 2001)
SPORTS: Ruiz Batters Holyfield to Take W.B.A. Title (By TOM SPOUSTA, Mar. 4, 2001)
* SPORTS: BACKTALK: The Numbers Say It Ain't So [Bobby Thomson's home run] (By STAN JACOBY, Mar. 4, 2001)
* EDITORIAL OBSERVER: A Bit of Perspective on the Dot-Com Backlash (By ANDRÉsS MARTINEZ, Mar. 4, 2001)
* OP-ED: When Every TV Show Is a Rerun (By NEAL GABLER, Mar. 4, 2001)
OP-ED: Is This the End for the SAT? (By GARY M. LAVERGNE, Mar. 4, 2001)
OP-ED: RECKONINGS: Out of the Loop [Alan Greenspan] (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Mar. 4, 2001)
CAPITALIST TOOLS: Cutting a Rightward Path (By ROBIN TONER, Mar. 4, 2001)
THE NATION: Lobbyists Waitin' on the Levy for Their Ship to Come In (By JILL ABRAMSON, Mar. 4, 2001)
Mardi Gras Gone Wrong (By ANTHONY RAMIREZ, Mar. 4, 2001)
An Office Staple With a Dark Side (By ANDY NEWMAN, Mar. 4, 2001)
* MIRACLE WORKERS: Let Them Eat Microchips (By WALTER GOODMAN, Mar. 4, 2001)
FROM SELMA TO FLORIDA: Election Reform, Meet Politics (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Mar. 4, 2001)
* What Is, And Isn't, In a Word (By JESSE SHEIDLOWER, Mar. 4, 2001)
For Justice to Be Blind, Must Judges Be Mute? (By STEPHEN GILLERS, Mar. 4, 2001)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: Turning Memory Into Travesty (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Mar. 4, 2001)
A SORRY MESS: Taking the Measure of Suffering [Admiral apologizes to Japan] (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Mar. 4, 2001)
THE WORLD: Why Saddam Hussein Is Back Onstage (By JOHN F. BURNS, Mar. 4, 2001)
Despair Looks Like a Sea That Died [Soviet's Aral Sea] (By DOUGLAS FRANTZ, Mar. 4, 2001)
WORD FOR WORD / Hip-Hop Feuds: When the Rap Is Mightier Than the Sword (By, Mar. 4, 2001)
* BUSINESS: As Tech Stocks Fall, Some Analysts Still Optimistic (By SAUL HANSELL, Mar. 4, 2001)
* Market Watch: A Year Later, Time to Think About Buying Again (By ALEX BERENSON, Mar. 4, 2001)
* Market Insight: Microsoft's Future, in Court and the Markets (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Mar. 4, 2001)
* Dot-Com Executive, Once a Conjurer of Silicon Alley Razzmatazz, Logs Off (By JAYSON BLAIR, Mar. 4, 2001)
Locating Devices Gain in Popularity but Raise Privacy Concerns (By SIMON ROMERO, Mar. 4, 2001)
A New Urgency in the Race for Blood Substitutes (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Mar. 4, 2001)
INVESTING: How to Hedge Bets, Two by Two (By JOANNE LEGOMSKY, Mar. 4, 2001)
PERSONAL BUSINESS: I Scream, You Scream: Consumers Vent Over the Net (By HILARY APPELMAN, Mar. 4, 2001)
A Cartoon Giant's Rich Reward [Haim Saban] (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Mar. 4, 2001)
Economic View: Utility Deregulation: Square Peg, Round Hole? (By JOSEPH KAHN, Mar. 4, 2001)
* Strategies: From Cash to Stocks and Back, Based on the Calendar (By MARK HULBERT, Mar. 4, 2001)
Seniority: In Search of Our Inner Author (By FRED BROCK, Mar. 4, 2001)
Money & Medicine: Telling Dr. Inside From Dr. Outside (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Mar. 4, 2001)
Investing With Lawrence R. Creatura: Clover Small Cap Value Fund (By CAROLE GOULD, Mar. 4, 2001)
An Executive's Second Career, With a New Quest [David N. Judelson, Biopure] (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Mar. 4, 2001)
On the Contrary: Nike in Indonesia, Through a Different Lens (By DANIEL AKST, Mar. 4, 2001)
What, You Don't Have Skim Milk? This Means War (By HILARY APPELMAN, Mar. 4, 2001)
Business Diary: Carnival Love Fest Turns Beverage-Maker Brawl (By Jennifer L. Rich, Mar. 4, 2001)
Investing Diary: Just When It Seemed It Couldn't Get Worse (By Gretchen Morgenson, Mar. 4, 2001)
Personal Business Diary: It's Not Too Late to Reduce (2000 Taxes, Mar. 4, 2001)
* Letters: The Quirks of Behavior, as Part of Economics (By SUMITRA SHAH, Mar. 4, 2001)
Letters: Dot-Coms' Painful Reality (By GARY CHAISON, Mar. 4, 2001)
STYLES: They Want to Marry a Millionaire (By RUTH LA FERLA, Mar. 4, 2001)
BACKSPIN: Earnhardt's Popularity Leaves New York in the Dust (By RICK MARIN, Mar. 4, 2001)
Vows: Katharine Emmet and James Peterson (By LOIS SMITH BRADY, Mar. 4, 2001)
On the Street: Proud Of Their Stripes [11 photos] (Photos by BILL CUNNINGHAM, Mar. 4, 2001)
Jewelry Design, a Cottage Industry With Palace Prices (By JENNIFER TUNG, Mar. 4, 2001)
A NIGHT OUT WITH: Aviva Jane Carlin: Naked, but Not Alone:
Play's Cast Relishes the Pleasures of a Turkish Bath
(By LINDA LEE, Mar. 4, 2001)
TRAVEL: Hawaii's Most Ancient Island [10 photos] (By BOB TEDESCHI, Mar. 4, 2001)
Seeing Kauai by Kayak (By BARBARA STRAUCH, Mar. 4, 2001)
Blooms Under the Volcano (By DAVID LASKIN, Mar. 4, 2001)
A Voyeur in a Sunken Crater (By WAYNE ARNOLD, Mar. 4, 2001)
All That Is Britain, in a Yorkshire Drive (By L. J. DAVIS, Mar. 4, 2001)
PRACTICAL TRAVELER: Toys for Techies and Other Gear (By BETSY WADE, Mar. 4, 2001)
* ESSAY: Slowing Down: Vacation as a State of Mind (By ELIZABETH McBRIDE, Mar. 4, 2001)
TRAVEL MAGAZINE: How a Turkish Blossom Enflamed the Dutch Landscape (By MICHAEL UPCHURCH, Mar. 4, 2001)
* SKETCHBOOK: The Wonderful World of Jet Lag (Portfolio by ÉTIENNE DELESSERT , Mar. 4, 2001)
Antwerp: a lodestone for the young (By STEPHEN MCCAULEY, Mar. 4, 2001)
THE LIST: Paris: An Insider's Address Book (By CATHARINE REYNOLDS, Mar. 4, 2001)
ONE STREET AT A TIME: Kappabashi Dori, Tokyo (By KATHERINE ASHENBURG , Mar. 4, 2001)
ON THE VERGE: The Overwhelming of Angkor Wat (By SETH MYDANS, Mar. 4, 2001)
SNAPSHOT: Girl in the Bubble: Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, OR (Photograph by LEN JENSHEL, Mar. 4, 2001)
* Madagascar: Home of the Ruffed Lemur (By LYNN PAYER, Mar. 4, 2001)
* ART: Vermeer Captured the Soul of Silence (By DEBORAH SOLOMON, Mar. 4, 2001)
* ART: A Cimabue Work Found in a Country House Is a 'Curator's Dream' (By NICHOLAS FOX WEBER, Mar. 4, 2001)
* DANCE: Paul Taylor, Ballet's Beloved Enemy (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 4, 2001)
* DANCE: Eminence Comes to Merce Cunningham and Paul Taylor (By JACK ANDERSON, Mar. 4, 2001)
DANCE: Mark Morris Presents an Early Love (By STEVEN WATSON, Mar. 4, 2001)
FILM ACTORS: Russell Crowe's Special Brand of Masculinity (By MANOHLA DARGIS, Mar. 4, 2001)
FILM ACTRESSES: Ellen Burstyn Enjoys Her Second Act (By RICK LYMAN, Mar. 4, 2001)
FILM ACTORS: 'Don't Call Me Actor,' says Javier Bardem, a Nominee for Best, Um..." (By KRISTIN HOHENADEL, Mar. 4, 2001)
* FILM ACTRESSES: The Changing Face of the Supporting Actress (By MOLLY HASKELL, Mar. 4, 2001)
FILM ACTRESSES: Marcia Gay Harden's Long Road to Hollywood Recognition (By MARGY ROCHLIN, Mar. 4, 2001)
FILM: Joaquin Phoenix: Another Star in a Family of Talent and Tragedy (By DANA KENNEDY, Mar. 4, 2001)
THE RACE: 10, Maybe 12, Things That Oscar Knows and Florida Doesn't (By MARJORIE ROSEN, Mar. 4, 2001)
THE SHOW: Joan Rivers: Taking No Prisoners at the Edge of the Red Carpet (By MARGY ROCHLIN, Mar. 4, 2001)
In Oscar Speeches, Sometimes a Thank You Isn't Enough (By GEORGE ROBINSON, Mar. 4, 2001)
THE SHOW: Oscars, That East Coast Ritual (By MARCELLE CLEMENTS, Mar. 4, 2001)
* How They Crunch the Oscar Numbers (By MARJORIE ROSEN, Mar. 4, 2001)
MUSIC: Poking Holes in Verdi to Let Audiences In (By MATTHEW GUREWITSCH, Mar. 4, 2001)
MUSIC: Dreaming for 30 Years: A Struggling Rock Duo Refuses to Quit (By ED WARD, Mar. 4, 2001)
MUSIC: Staging Unstageable Bach, Again (By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Mar. 4, 2001)
MUSIC: Elgar's Hymn to England's Divinity (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Mar. 4, 2001)
TV: A 'Sopranos' Secret: Given the Choice, We'd All Be Mobsters (By BILL TONELLI, Mar. 4, 2001)
TV: Writer of 'American Beauty' Returns to TV on New Terms (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Mar. 4, 2001)
* On Language: Save the Prunes (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 4, 2001)
Comedy of Errors: Questions for Andy Dick (NY TIMES, Mar. 4, 2001)
Letting Go: Michael Landy Explains His Latest London Installation (As told to DEBORAH SOLOMON, Mar. 4, 2001)
Body Check: Fat of the Land (By MICHAEL SINGER, Mar. 4, 2001)
The Ethicist: Invested Interest (By RANDY COHEN, Mar. 4, 2001)
* Point of Purchase: A Dog Star (By ALEXANDRA RINGE, Mar. 4, 2001)
Roger Clemens Refuses to Grow Up— and That's Why He's Still One of Baseball's Most Dominant Pitchers
(By PAT JORDAN, Mar. 4, 2001)
David Cone Refuses to Give Up— and That's Why He's One of Baseball's Most Interesting Pitchers
(By BUSTER OLNEY, Mar. 4, 2001)
STYLE: Idol Conversation: It Was a Long Ride, and Dad Got to Discover Who Rates a Thumbs Up (By IAN BROWN, Mar. 4, 2001)
The Life and Death and Life of Paula Fox: An Unexpected Literary Resurrection (By MELANIE REHAK, Mar. 4, 2001)
On a High Note: Bejun Mehta, Countertenor, on Top (By CHARLES MCGRATH, Mar. 4, 2001)
FASHION: Me and My Hero (Photographs by ROBERT TRACHTENBERG, Mar. 4, 2001)
FOOD: Fear of Frying: From peach pies to shrimp, everything tastes better cooked in oil.
So what's the problem?
(By JONATHAN REYNOLDS, Mar. 4, 2001)
Lives: Quantifiably Normal (By THOMAS HAYDEN, Mar. 4, 2001)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 4, 2001)
* A Poet of Love and Loss [James Merrill, 'Collected Poems' & Alison Lurie, 'Familiar Spirits']
(By DANIEL MENDELSOHN, Mar. 4, 2001)
* Unbreakable Blossom [Charles Affron, 'Lillian Gish'] (By RICHARD SCHICKEL, Mar. 4, 2001)
* The Father Thing: Archibald MacLeish was hard for a boy to catch up to.
[William H. MacLeish, 'Uphill With Archie'] (By NATHANIEL TRIPP, Mar. 4, 2001)
Colorblind in the Right Eye [Angela D. Dillard's 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Now?']
(By SCOTT L. MALCOMSON, Mar. 4, 2001)
Island Paradise [Lucia Graves, 'A Woman Unknown'] (By JAMES CAMPBELL, Mar. 4, 2001)
* Robin Hoods of Cyberspace [Pekka Himanen, 'The Hacker Ethic: And the Spirit of the Information Age']
(By STEVEN JOHNSON, Mar. 4, 2001)
Human Cargo [Ronald Segal, 'Islam's Black Slaves'] (By ADAM HOCHSCHILD, Mar. 4, 2001)
Selective Memory [David W. Blight, 'Race and Reunion'] (By ERIC FONER, Mar. 4, 2001)
No Job for a Woman: A cultural study of wifedom. [Marilyn Yalom, 'A History of the Wife']
(By LAURA SHAPIRO, Mar. 4, 2001)
Passionate Pilgrims [Larzer Ziff, 'Return Passages'] (By MICHAEL GORRA, Mar. 4, 2001)
By DAVID GARTNER [Alan Tonelson, 'The Race to the Bottom'] (By DAVID GARTNER, Mar. 4, 2001)
* Boox: A Comic (By Mark Alan Stamaty, Mar. 4, 2001)

Saturday, March 3, 2001:
On This Day: March 3 (Thomas Otway 3/3/1652-4/14/1685, George Pullman 3/3/1831-10/19/1897, Sir John Murray 3/3/1841-3/16/1914, Matthew Ridgway 3/3/1895-7/26/1993, Jean Harlow 3/3/1911-6/7/1937, James Merrill 3/3/1926-2/6/1995, James Doohan 1920, Miranda Richardson 1958, Mary Page Keller 1961, Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1962, Julie Bowen 1970)
Police Brutality Under Wide Review by Justice Dept. (By Neil A. Lewis, March 3, 1991)
* Dr. Bell, Inventor of Telephone, Dies at 85
[3/3/1847-8/2/1922] (NY TIMES, August 3, 1922)
* G. W. Wheelwright III, Co-Founder of Polaroid, Dies at 97 (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Mar. 3, 2001)
José García Nieto, Poet and Novelist, Dies at 86 (NY TIMES, Mar. 3, 2001)
Robert McGinnis, Founder of Sociology Center at Cornell, Dies at 73 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 3, 2001)
Stan Margulies, TV Producer, Dies at 80 (NY TIMES, Mar. 3, 2001)
William Bittman, Prosecutor Who Won Hoffa Conviction, Dies at 69 (By DAVID STOUT, Mar. 3, 2001)
Two Days After Earthquake, the Effects Linger and the Costs Grow (By EVELYN NIEVES, Mar. 3, 2001)
For Religious Right, Bush's Charity Plan Is Raising Concerns (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Mar. 3, 2001)
Greenspan Urges Caution on Spending and Tax Cuts (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 3, 2001)
Clinton Library to Provide Financial Data (By DON VAN NATTA Jr. & DAVID JOHNSTON, Mar. 3, 2001)
An Earthquake Puts a Political Career on Firmer Ground (By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK, Mar. 3, 2001)
Fonda Donates $12.5 Million for Gender Center at Harvard (By KATE ZERNIKE, Mar. 3, 2001)
Quake Damages Tribe's Buildings (NY TIMES, Mar. 3, 2001)
Study Points to Racial Slant in Special Education (By KATE ZERNIKE, Mar. 3, 2001)
Undercurrent of Anger Haunts Submariners After Greeneville Accident (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Mar. 3, 2001)
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Intrudes, Putting Britain Farmers in Dread (By SARAH LYALL, Mar. 3, 2001)
* U.N. Pleads With Taliban Not to Destroy Buddha Statues (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 3, 2001)
* Buddhas of Bamiyan: Keys to Asian History (By HOLLAND COTTER, Mar. 3, 2001)
China Pursues Executions as Way to Cut Tax Swindles (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 3, 2001)
Putin, Ending Asia Trip, Appears Pleased With Renewed Stature (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Mar. 3, 2001)
Inclusive St. Patrick's Parade Faces Exclusion (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Mar. 3, 2001)
* A Founding Father and His Family Ties [Thomas Jefferson] (By MADISON J. GRAY, Mar. 3, 2001)
* NYC: The Feuding of Celebrities Is Old News [Cole Porter vs. George Gershwin] (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Mar. 3, 2001)
Couple Testify to an Attack by a Mob in Central Park (By SHAILA K. DEWAN, Mar. 3, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Donors and the Rich Pardon (NY TIMES, Mar. 3, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Obliterating History in Afghanistan (NY TIMES, Mar. 3, 2001)
EDITORIAL: High-Tech Snooping [Thermal Imaging] (NY TIMES, Mar. 3, 2001)
OP-ED: The Supreme Court v. Balance of Powers (By LARRY D. KRAMER, Mar. 3, 2001)
OP-ED: Britain, the Isle of Contagion (By FELICITY SPECTOR, Mar. 3, 2001)
OP-ED: JOURNAL: Him and His Shadow [Bush & Clinton] (By FRANK RICH, Mar. 3, 2001)
OP-ED: ABROAD AT HOME: The Pardons in Perspective (By ANTHONY LEWIS, Mar. 3, 2001)
LETTERS: Darkness in Afghanistan (By HAFEEZ AHMED et. al., Mar. 3, 2001)
BUSINESS: Shares Bounce Back From Early Sell-Off [Dow +16, Nasdaq -66] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Mar. 3, 2001)
Napster to Start Blocking Access to Protected Music Files (By MATT RICHTEL, Mar. 3, 2001)
Consulting Firms Are Hurting, Along With the Economy (By JONATHAN D. GLATER, Mar. 3, 2001)
South Africa Is Seeking the Return of a Cyberspace Address (By JOHN MARKOFF, Mar. 3, 2001)
Consumer Sentiment Index Is at 5-Year Low (By REUTERS, Mar. 3, 2001)
California Agency Challenges Energy Bills (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Mar. 3, 2001)
* With Tech Burnout, Wall Street Shunned (By REUTERS, Mar. 3, 2001)
* ARTS: Gold Bars, Glamorous Stories and a Battle Over Authenticity (By DINITIA SMITH, Mar. 3, 2001)
* ARTS: THINK TANK: High Heels and Low Culture (By EMILY EAKIN, Mar. 3, 2001)
ARTS: Democracy's Tricky Radio Signal (By ROBERT WORTH, Mar. 3, 2001)
MUSIC: A Journey in French Repertory With Exotic Ports of Call (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Mar. 3, 2001)
* DANCE: Paul Taylor Dance Company: A Duet Like Thick Cream (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 3, 2001)
TV: 'The Lone Gunmen': Even More Truth Is Out There. (By JULIE SALAMON, Mar. 3, 2001)
TV: Jackie, Ethel, Joan': Women of Camelot Back to the Kennedy Well (By ANITA GATES, Mar. 3, 2001)
LIVING: Cuttings: Apple Trees Can Use a Firm Hand (By LEE REICH, Mar. 3, 2001)
* BOOKS: Robin Hoods of Cyberspace: A Philosopher Examines the Difference Between Good & Bad Hackers
(Reviewed by STEVEN JOHNSON, Mar. 3, 2001)
SCIENCE: Geologists Puzzle Over What Failed to Shake (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, Mar. 3, 2001)
NASA Seeks to Contact Pioneer 10 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 3, 2001)
* Sky Watch: Planets in a Heavenly Ballet (By JOE RAO, Mar. 3, 2001)
HEALTH: 2 Endocrinology Groups Raise Doubt on Earlier Onset of Girls' Puberty (By GINA KOLATA, Mar. 3, 2001)

Friday, March 2, 2001:
On This Day: March 2 (Adrian VI 3/2/1459-9/14/1523, DeWitt Clinton 3/2/1769-2/11/1828, Sam Huston 3/2/1793-7/26/1863, Bedrich Smetana 3/12/1824-5/12/1884, John Jay Chapman 3/2/1862-11/4/1933, Pius XII 3/2/1876-10/9/1958, Kurt Weill 3/2/1900-4/3/1950, Edward Condon 3/2/1902-3/26/1974, Geoffrey Grigson 3/2/1905-11/25/1985, Ernst Haas 3/2/1921-9/12/1986, Jennifer Jones 1919, Doc Watson 1913, Mikhail Gorbachev 1931, Tom Wolfe 1931, John Irving 1942, Jay Osmond 1955)
President-Elect Hayes Arrives in Washington (NY TIMES, March 2, 1877)
* Dr. Seuss, Modern Mother Goose, Dies at 87
[3/2/1904-9/24/1991] (By ERIC PACE, September 26, 1991)
* Ariel G. Loewy, Expert on Biology of Blood Clotting, Dies at 75 (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 2, 2001)
Hermann Field, Wartime Prisoner and Novelist, Dies at 90 (NY TIMES, Mar. 2, 2001)
Henry Wade, Prosecutor in National Spotlight, Dies at 86 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 2, 2001)
Pentagon Unveils Plans for a New Crowd-Dispersal Weapon (By JAMES DAO, Mar. 2, 2001)
Sighs of Relief and Gasps at Earthquake's Cost in Western Washington (By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK, Mar. 2, 2001)
Olympia Bears Quake's Scars, Deep or Subtle (By EVELYN NIEVES, Mar. 2, 2001)
Internet Knife Sale Yielded Clues in Slayings of Professors (By CAREY GOLDBERG, Mar. 2, 2001)
F.B.I. Agent Accused as Spy Had Active Swiss Bank Account (By JAMES RISEN & PHILIP SHENON, Mar. 2, 2001)
Slightly Shaken, Briefly Shocked, Then Back to Mellow as Usual (By TODD S. PURDUM, Mar. 2, 2001)
Aides Say Clinton Ignored Pardon Advice (By DAVID JOHNSTON & MARC LACEY, Mar. 2, 2001)
New York Sends Rich a $137 Million Tax Bill (By ERIC LIPTON, Mar. 2, 2001)
White House Memo: On Tour, the Cheerleader Is Also a Tough Lobbyist (By FRANK BRUNI, Mar. 2, 2001)
In Vietnam, Putin Finds an Old Ally in a New Role (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Mar. 2, 2001)
Powell Goes on the Road and Scores Some Points (By JANE PERLEZ, Mar. 2, 2001)
Cartoon of Wartime 'Comfort Women' Irks Taiwan (By MARK LANDLER, Mar. 2, 2001)
* Taliban Say Destruction of Pre-Islamic Monuments Has Begun (By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, Mar. 2, 2001)
Fleeing Famine and War, Afghans Again Meet Death (By BARRY BEARAK, Mar. 2, 2001)
Abe Hirschfeld, Settling Suit, Says Prison Agrees With Him (By BLAINE HARDEN, Mar. 2, 2001)
Political Memo: Senator Clinton's New Plan Barely Whispers in the Din (By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, Mar. 2, 2001)
Times to Raise Its Sunday Newsstand Price [$3 from $2.50] (NY TIMES, Mar. 2, 2001)
* Mideast Hatreds Boil Up in a Photo Contest (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Mar. 2, 2001)
EDITORIAL: The Puget Sound Earthquake (NY TIMES, Mar. 2, 2001)
OP-ED: Bilingual Education Lives On (By RON UNZ, Mar. 2, 2001)
OP-ED: Armed to Excess (By BOB KERREY, Mar. 2, 2001)
OP-ED: PUBLIC INTERESTS: Campaign Finance 101 (By GAIL COLLINS, Mar. 2, 2001)
OP-ED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Drilling in the Cathedral (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Mar. 2, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Late Rally Keeps S.& P. From Slumping Into Bear Market
[Dow -45, Nasdaq +32] (By DANNY HAKIM, Mar. 2, 2001)
* Stocks in Japan at 15-Year Low (By MIKI TANIKAWA, Mar. 2, 2001)
Japanese Theme Parks Facing Rough Times (By MIKI TANIKAWA, Mar. 2, 2001)
Floyd Norris: At the Nasdaq Casino, the Winners Get Stiffed (By FLOYD NORRIS, Mar. 2, 2001)
Oracle Says Earnings Won't Meet Forecasts (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Mar. 2, 2001)
Oracle Shares Tumble After Profit Warning (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Mar. 2, 2001)
Advertising: Clairol Hopes to Sell Its Image (By PATRICIA WINTERS LAURO, Mar. 2, 2001)
CYBER LAW JOURNAL: Professor Finds Her Legacy in Internet Law (By CARL S. KAPLAN, Mar. 2, 2001)
Hacker Gets Hold of U.S. Space Codes (By REUTERS, Mar. 2, 2001)
ART: Why, It's the Stuff of Minimalism: Giving the Dust Mote Its Due at the Whitney
(By GRACE GLUECK, Mar. 2, 2001)
* Inside Art: Vermeer's Back, With Friends (By CAROL VOGEL, Mar. 2, 2001)
* ART: 'The Treasury of Basel Cathedral': Reuniting the Pieces of a Cathedral's Golden Past
(By HOLLAND COTTER, Mar. 2, 2001)
Antiques: A Fleet of Boys' Daydreams (By WENDY MOONAN, Mar. 2, 2001)
* BOOKS: 'Carson McCullers': Portrait of a Troubled Writer as an Eternal Adolescent
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Mar. 2, 2001)
DANCE: 'Dandelion Wine': Originality Stimulated by Boinks and Bops (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 2, 2001)
FILM: 'The Mexican': A Hit Man Like Tony Soprano, but Just a Tad Weepier (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 2, 2001)
FILM: 'The Widow of St. Pierre': Once Again, Binoche Battling Provincials (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 2, 2001)
FILM: 'The Caveman's Valentine': He's Homeless and Hears Voices, but He's Still a Hero
(By ELVIS MITCHELL, Mar. 2, 2001)
FILM: 'Series 7': Taking Reality Shows to Their Ultimate Unreality (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Mar. 2, 2001)
FILM: 'Me You Them': A Man for Every Season and Just About Any Reason (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 2, 2001)
* FILM: 'The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick': Flitting Through Dreams of a Writer of the Occult
(By ELVIS MITCHELL, Mar. 2, 2001)
At the Movies: Votes for Oscar (By RICK LYMAN, Mar. 2, 2001)
OPERA: Eve Queler: An Opera Gig of Her Own (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Mar. 2, 2001)
PHOTOGRAPHY: Kenneth Josephson: An Art Form Contemplates Its Navel With Extended Amusement
(By VICKI GOLDBERG, Mar. 2, 2001)
PHOTOGRAPHY: Andreas Gursky: Stun-Gun Reality, Magnificent in Its Artifice (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Mar. 2, 2001)
THEATER: 'Bobbi Boland': Ex-Miss Florida Caught in a Time Warp (By BRUCE WEBER, Mar. 2, 2001)
TV: 'The Sopranos' New Season: Blood, Bullets and Proust (By CARYN JAMES, Mar. 2, 2001)
TV: 'Amy and Isabelle': A Mother's Messy Past and a Daughter's Curiosity (By JULIE SALAMON, Mar. 2, 2001)
WEEKEND EXCURSION: Niagara Falls: A Million Baths a Second, but Without the Summer Crowds
(By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Mar. 2, 2001)
Butterflies, Betting and the Unbelievable [Niagara Falls Visit] (NEW YORK TIMES, Mar. 2, 2001)
* THE OUTSIDER: Duck Soup: A Binocular View of Buffleheads, Mallards and Friends
(By JAMES GORMAN, Mar. 2, 2001)
Fashion Review: The Mod Squad Saunters Back (By CATHY HORYN, Mar. 2, 2001)
SCIENCE: A Word or Two for the Friends of Pluto (By KENNETH CHANG, Mar. 2, 2001)
HEALTH: New Source of Drug Compounds Found (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 2, 2001)

Thursday, March 1, 2001:
On This Day: March 1 (Antoninus 3/1/1389-5/2/1459, Simon Foucher 3/1/1644-4/27/1696, William Maxwell Cushing 3/1/1732-9/13/1810, Frederic Chopin 3/1/1810-10/17/1849, Augustus Saint-Gaudens 3/1/1848-8/3/1907, Lytton Strachey 3/1/1880-1/21/1932, Glenn Miller 3/1/1904-12/16/1944, David Niven 3/1/1909-7/29/1983, Robert Lowell 3/1/1917-9/12/1977, William Maxwell Gaines 3/1/1922-6/3/1992, Donal "Deke" Slayton 3/1/1924-6/13/1993, Pete Rozelle 3/1/1926-12/6/1996, Harry Belafonte 1927, Robert Conrad 1935, Judith Rossner 1935, Alan Thicke 1947, Catherine Bach 1954, Ron Howard 1954)
Lindbergh Baby Kidnapped From Home of Parents on Farm Near Princeton
(NY TIMES, March 1, 1932)
Assassination in Israel; Yitzhak Rabin, 73, an Israeli Soldier Turned Prime Minister and Peacemaker
[3/1/1922-11/4/1995] (By MARILYN BERGER, November 5, 1995)
Arturo Uslar Pietri, Novelist of Venezuela, Dies at 94 (By SIMON ROMERO, Mar. 1, 2001)
John M. Gravitt, a Pioneer in Lawsuits by Whistle-Blowers, Dies at 61 (By RIVA D. ATLAS, Mar. 1, 2001)
Glen F. Brown, Geologist Who Mapped Arabian Lands, Dies at 89 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 1, 2001)
* Big Quake Jolts Northwest; Damage Estimated in Billions (By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK, Mar. 1, 2001)
President Unveils $1.96 Trillion Plan That Trims Taxes (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 1, 2001)
Bush Takes His Tax Proposal on Tour (By FRANK BRUNI, Mar. 1, 2001)
News Analysis: Surplus Feast - Will Tax-Cut Appetizer Leave Room for Debt-Slice Dessert? (By DAVID E. SANGER, Mar. 1, 2001)
Wife of F.B.I. Agent Accused of Spying Had No Knowledge of Espionage (By PHILIP SHENON & JAMES RISEN, Mar. 1, 2001)
Supreme Court Hears Case of Bible Study at Public School (By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Mar. 1, 2001)
Second Clinton In-Law Says He Helped to Obtain Pardon (By MARC LACEY & DON VAN NATTA Jr, Mar. 1, 2001)
His Perks and Power Gone, Clinton Faces Storm Alone (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Mar. 1, 2001)
Sub Commander Apologizes More Directly to Families (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Mar. 1, 2001)
Bombay Journal: In Death, the Unlovely Vulture Is Sorely Missed (By CELIA W. DUGGER, Mar. 1, 2001)
News Analysis: Russia May Help Persuade North Korea to Give Up Missiles (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Mar. 1, 2001)
Sexual Violence as Tool of War: Pattern Emerging in East Timor (By SETH MYDANS, Mar. 1, 2001)
Vatican Rebukes a Theologian, but He Says He Can Work On (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Mar. 1, 2001)
* Painting Clouds on an Endless Canvas in the Clouds (By SHAILA K. DEWAN, Mar. 1, 2001)
* Public Lives: A Pompous Interviewer? Yes, but That's the Point [James Lipton] (By CHRIS HEDGES, Mar. 1, 2001)
Chinese Company Admits It Used Forced Prison Labor [metal clips] (By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, Mar. 1, 2001)
EDITORIAL: The Return of Fuzzy Math [Bush's budget] (NY TIMES, Mar. 1, 2001)
OP-ED: A Budget That Doesn't Add Up (By JACK LEW, Mar. 1, 2001)
OP-ED: IN AMERICA: Voodoo Redux (By BOB HERBERT, Mar. 1, 2001)
OP-ED ESSAY: Having It All (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 1, 2001)
BUSINESS: Stocks Fall After Greenspan's Comments Dash Hopes for Rate Cut
[Dow -142, Nasdaq -56] (By ALEX BERENSON, Mar. 1, 2001)
Fed Chief Sees Bumpier Road for Economy (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 1, 2001)
Advertising: Mattel Shows Off Its Line of Harry Potter Toys (By JULIAN E. BARNES, Mar. 1, 2001)
Gateway Restates Results and Cuts Outlook for Quarter (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Mar. 1, 2001)
China's Latest Opening of Market Hits a Snag (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 1, 2001)
Economic Scene: Social Science Needs to Catch Up With Genetic Science (By ALAN B. KRUEGER, Mar. 1, 2001)
Broker TD Waterhouse Fined for Online Trading Problems (By REUTERS, Mar. 1, 2001)
ARTS IN AMERICA: New Blood Brings Boom Times to a Boston Theater (By JESSE MCKINLEY, Mar. 1, 2001)
New Dutch Master of Design Is on Show at the Modern [www.Jongeriuslab.com] (By JULIE V. IOVINE, Mar. 1, 2001)
BOOKS: 'Emerald Germs of Ireland': Escaping Mama's Apron Strings? Not for Long, Boyo
(By JANET MASLIN, Mar. 1, 2001)
MAKING BOOKS: A Sense of Place, a Spare Oeuvre (By MARTIN ARNOLD, Mar. 1, 2001)
Culture Notes: On Georgia's Mind (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 1, 2001)
* DANCE: Paul Taylor Dance Company: A Ritual of Diabolical Angels and Slightly Angelic Devils
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 1, 2001)
DANCE: Guangdong Modern Dance Company: Bounce and Subtleties From Elegant Hipsters
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 1, 2001)
DANCE: Darrah Carr Dance: A Bit of the Irish in Movements for Hands, Feet and Heart (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 1, 2001)
FILM: In New Digital Arts Center, Hollywood Acknowledges Change (By RICK LYMAN, Mar. 1, 2001)
* MUSIC: In Performance: A Meditation on a Meditation (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Mar. 1, 2001)
MUSIC: Lewis Spratlan: Seasons of Squawks on the Crows' Calendar (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 1, 2001)
LIVING: Neil Simon's Next Play Has a Coffee Shop's Regulars Abuzz (By GLENN COLLINS, Mar. 1, 2001)
At Home With Futura: For a Graffiti King, the Family Reigns (By JOHN LELAND, Mar. 1, 2001)
GARDEN Q&A: Sudden Flowers (By DORA GALITZKI, Mar. 1, 2001)
* HUMAN NATURE: A Wild Desert in Bloom Is Worth the Wait for Nature Lovers (By ANNE RAVER, Mar. 1, 2001)
* A Garden Vestige of the Paint-Splattered Hamptons [7 photos] (By ALASTAIR GORDON, Mar. 1, 2001)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 1, 2001)
Privacy's Guarded Prognosis (By KATIE HAFNER, Mar. 1, 2001)
Protecting Privacy: Think Twice, Then Ask Questions (By KATIE HAFNER, Mar. 1, 2001)
Tiny TV Station Turns to the Web (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Mar. 1, 2001)
STATE OF THE ART: Putting a New Soul in Your PC (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Mar. 1, 2001)
Small Worlds to Create Bold, New Ones (By ERIC A. TAUB, Mar. 1, 2001)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Buying a Bathing Suit Online (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Mar. 1, 2001)
GAME THEORY: Fly in a Retro World Under Crimson Skies (By CHARLES HEROLD, Mar. 1, 2001)
WHAT'S NEXT: A 'Bat' Signal That Maps Whereabouts in a Networked Building (By ANNE EISENBERG, Mar. 1, 2001)
Basics: Making a Move With the Net's Help (By JODI MARDESICH, Mar. 1, 2001)
In San Francisco, Birds of a Different Feather (By SHELLY FREIERMAN, Mar. 1, 2001)
News Watch: Is the Pen as Mighty As the Keyboard? (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Mar. 1, 2001)
The Portable MP3 Player That Won't Stop the Music (By BRUCE HEADLAM, Mar. 1, 2001)
The Timepiece for Those Who Long to Hear 'Play Ball' (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 1, 2001)
A Camera Doesn't Say Cheese, but This One Can Sing It (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Mar. 1, 2001)
* Eavesdropping on Planet Earth (By HEIDI A. SCHUESSLER, Mar. 1, 2001)
When the Shark Bites, Hit the Web (By BONNIE ROTHMAN MORRIS, Mar. 1, 2001)
Letters: VD Movies: Ups and Downs (By JOAN BJORKLUND et. al., Mar. 1, 2001)
Q & A: 2 Windows Disk Tools for Good Housekeeping (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Mar. 1, 2001)
* SCIENCE: By the Numbers: Big Earthquakes and Their Magnitudes (By Kenneth Chang, Mar. 1, 2001)
* Most Benign Quake Type Hit Seattle, Experts Say (By CAROL KAESUK YOON with SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Mar. 1, 2001)
Job Done, and Then Some, Asteroid Orbiter Goes Into Retirement (By WARREN E. LEARY, Mar. 1, 2001)
Galileo Images Show Slushy Surface on Jupiter's Moon (By REUTERS, Mar. 1, 2001)
7 Rare Black Rhinos Killed in Tanzania (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 1, 2001)
* HEALTH: Celera Will Join a Rival in Rat Genome Project (By ANDREW POLLACK, Mar. 1, 2001)
* Japanese Researchers Deny Green Tea Benefit (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 1, 2001)
Scientists Gain Breast Cancer Facts (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 1, 2001)
Blank CD Sales Soar, Spurred by Free Music (By REUTERS, Mar. 1, 2001)

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