This web page is dedicated to my Dad, Tsien-Chung Chou (1902-2000),
who read avidly The New York Times daily & joyfully for over 50 years.
Selected Articles from The New York Times
(* denotes news of special interest)
Sunday, March 31, 2002:
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)
* Britain's Beloved 'Queen Mum,' a Symbol of Courage, Dies at 101
(By SARAH LYALL, Mar. 31, 2002)
* Ralph Rumney, Artist and Avant-Gardist, Dies at 67
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 31, 2002)
Merton Bernfield, 63, Researched Cell Structure, Dies
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 31, 2002)
Terry Ferrer, Former Education Editor, Dies at 82
(NY TIMES, Mar. 31, 2002)
NATIONAL: Parish Embraces a Time of Hope, Not Scandal
(By KATE ZERNIKE, Mar. 31, 2002)
Law Restricting Internet Use in Public Libraries Is Defended
(By IVER PETERSON, Mar. 31, 2002)
In a First, Medicare Coverage Is Authorized for Alzheimer's
(By ROBERT PEAR, Mar. 31, 2002)
TV Drama, Pentagon-Style: A Fictional Terror Tribunal
(By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Mar. 31, 2002)
Burial Theme Park Invites Civil War Buffs to R.I.P.
(By FRANCIS X. CLINES, Mar. 31, 2002)
WORLD: Dozens Injured as Suicide Bomber Hits Tel Aviv
(By JOHN KIFNER with SERGE SCHMEMANN, Mar. 31, 2002)
Troops Keep Arafat Confined; U.N. Urges Israeli Withdrawal
(By JAMES BENNET, Mar. 31, 2002)
AN ELUSIVE TRUCE: Palestinian Goal of Statehood vs. Israeli Aim for Cease-Fire
(By JOEL BRINKLEY with TODD S. PURDUM, Mar. 31, 2002)
THE REACTION: In New York, Arabs and Jews Share Many Concerns
(By SUSAN SAULNY, Mar. 31, 2002)
REFUGEES: Grimly, Palestinians Stay Tuned to News
(By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Mar. 31, 2002)
Burgers in Chile: Hold the Criticism
(By LARRY ROHTER, Mar. 31, 2002)
Four Die, Hundreds Injured in Taiwan Earthquake
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 31, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Stock Option Excesses
(NY TIMES, Mar. 31, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Smallpox Grows Less Terrifying
(NY TIMES, Mar. 31, 2002)
* EDITORIAL OBSERVER: How Learning to Read a Book Is Like Learning to Play the Piano
(By BRENT STAPLES, Mar. 31, 2002)
* OP-ED: Ready for His Close-Up [Billy Wilder]
(By MAUREEN DOWD, Mar. 31, 2002)
Suicidal Lies
(By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Mar. 31, 2002)
Litigating the Legacy of Slavery
(By CHARLES J. OGLETREE JR., Mar. 31, 2002)
Healing the Wounds That Endure
(By DENNIS JOHNSON, Mar. 31, 2002)
BUSINESS: Outrage Is Rising as Options Turn to Dust
(By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Mar. 31, 2002)
Advertising's Big Four: It's Their World Now
(By STUART ELLIOTT, Mar. 31, 2002)
Host of Troubles Invade the Kingdom of Harrods
(By SUZANNE KAPNER, Mar. 31, 2002)
ECONOMIC VIEW: Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right in World Trade
(By DANIEL ALTMAN, Mar. 31, 2002)
* GRASS-ROOTS BUSINESS: Gone to Seed and Back, Again [Burpee & Co.]
(By EILEEN P. GUNN, Mar. 31, 2002)
The Pilot, Gone. The Market, Huge. [Boeing]
(By RUSS MITCHELL, Mar. 31, 2002)
MARKET WATCH: Time for Accountability at the Corporate Candy Store
(By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Mar. 31, 2002)
PRIVATE SECTOR: Taking G.E. on the Grand Tour
(By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Mar. 31, 2002)
* BUSINESS DIARY: A Week to Shape Up for This Power Day [napping]
(By VIVIAN MARINO, Mar. 31, 2002)
Wall Street's Latin Spotlight Dims
(By ANTHONY DePALMA, Mar. 31, 2002)
MARKET INSIGHT: Smiles and Frowns in Higher Oil Prices
(By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Mar. 31, 2002)
* STRATEGIES: Within Companies, Too, Education Proves Its Value
(By MARK HULBERT, Mar. 31, 2002)
Is the Best Already Past for Furniture Makers?
(By MICHELLE LEDER, Mar. 31, 2002)
INVESTING WITH: Forbes L. Watson, Centura Mid Cap Equity Fund
(By CAROLE GOULD, Mar. 31, 2002)
* INVESTING DIARY: Caution Is Watchword for Online Traders
(By JEFF SOMMER, Mar. 31, 2002)
* For Resourceful Students, the Internet Is a Key to Scholarships
(By KATY MCLAUGHLIN, Mar. 31, 2002)
Pink Slip? Gold Handshake? Buyouts Can Bridge the Gap
(By JAN M. ROSEN, Mar. 31, 2002)
* Out of the Black Box of Phobia [phobia therapist]
(By RUTH LIPPIN, Mar. 31, 2002)
PERSONAL BUSINESS DIARY: Extensions Relieve Some Tax Headaches
(By JAN. M. ROSEN, Mar. 31, 2002)
* EXECUTIVE LIFE: Overcoming His Torment From Within [severe depression]
(By MARTHA NOLAN McKENZIE, Mar. 31, 2002)
* THE BOSS: Life Is a 3-D Puzzle
(By ALAN J. LACY, Written with Amy Zipkin, Mar. 31, 2002)
* LIFE'S WORK: Motherhood, and Defining Success
(By LISA BELKIN, Mar. 31, 2002)
WORKPLACE: Soccer, a Cast of Nations and a Kind of Belonging
(By ABBY ELLIN, Mar. 31, 2002)
* ART: Where Postmodern Art and Schizophrenia Intersect
(By ELEANOR MUNRO, Mar. 31, 2002)
* ART: The Dark Charms of Bronze Mirrors
(By RITA REIF, Mar. 31, 2002)
ART: Bad News for Art at the Whitney Biennial
(By ROBERTA SMITH, Mar. 31, 2002)
* ARCHITECTURE: A Love-Hate Affair With Architecture
(By KEN SHULMAN, Mar. 31, 2002)
* BOOKS: Historian's Fight for Her Reputation May Be Damaging It
(By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Mar. 31, 2002)
DANCE: For a Vintage Theater, a Vintage Choreographer [Lucinda Childs]
(By GIA KOURLAS, Mar. 31, 2002)
DANCE: A Distinct Style That Knows No Routine
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 31, 2002)
* FILM: Oscar's Step Toward Redemption
(By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 31, 2002)
FILM: Best Friends, Till Marriage Do Us Part
(By MOLLY HASKELL, Mar. 31, 2002)
FILM: Terror, Timing and a Fanatic's Tale
(By SEAN MITCHELL, Mar. 31, 2002)
FILM: What Fools Fat Cats Can Be
(By ANDY MEISLER, Mar. 31, 2002)
* MUSIC: Where It Counts, a Man Who Knows Tradition [Seiji Ozawa]
(By DAVID WRIGHT, Mar. 31, 2002)
* MUSIC: A Last Bow for Ozawa, to Polite Applause
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 31, 2002)
* MUSIC: The Invitation a Dying Mozart Could Not Refuse
(By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Mar. 31, 2002)
MUSIC: New Ideas From the Top of the Charts
(By KELEFA SANNEH, Mar. 31, 2002)
MUSIC: An Opera Conductor Works Her Way Through Handel
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Mar. 31, 2002)
MUSIC: That 70's Jazz (for the Discriminating Rapper)
(By J. D. CONSIDINE, Mar. 31, 2002)
MUSIC: Beyond the Clash, and the Din
(By BEN SISARIO, Mar. 31, 2002)
* RADIO: So a Baptist Says to a Unitarian... [Garrison Keillor on NPR]
(By RAY WADDLE, Mar. 31, 2002)
* THEATER: A Nightly Duel Requires a Beautiful Balancing Act [Alan Bates & Frank Langella]
(By Barry Singer, Mar. 31, 2002)
THEATER: Total Theater, Starring Puppets
(By JOHN FREEDMAN, Mar. 31, 2002)
THEATER: Bye, Bye 'American Pie'; Mrs. Robinson Is Calling
(By JESSE McKINLEY, Mar. 31, 2002)
TV: The Thrills, and the Chill, of '24'
(By WENDY LESSER, Mar. 31, 2002)
TV: More Tales of Money and the Men Who Lose It
(By DAVID FINKLE, Mar. 31, 2002)
VIDEO: All of 'Almost Famous' [Cameron Crowe]
(By BILL DESOWITZ, Mar. 31, 2002)
FASHION: An Order of Worship: Bare Nothing but the Soul
(By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Mar. 31, 2002)
FASHION FRONT ROW: A Princely Boutique
(By CATHY HORYN, Mar. 31, 2002)
* STYLE: Close and Personal in a Media Maelstrom [Nicholas W. Maier & James J. Cramer]
(By WARREN ST. JOHN, Mar. 31, 2002)
* The Tyranny of Skinny, Fashion's Insider Secret
(By KATE BETTS, Mar. 31, 2002)
Britain Is Becoming, Chelsea Clinton Finds
(By SARAH LYALL, Mar. 31, 2002)
TALKING AUTOS WITH: Honk if You Love Spiffy Designs in Cars
(By GUY TREBAY, Mar. 31, 2002)
ON THE STREET: Embroidered With Color [slide show]
(Photographs by BILL CUNNINGHAM, Mar. 31, 2002)
VOWS: Alyssa Pei and Neal Sondheimer
(By BRENDAN DEALY, Mar. 31, 2002)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents
(NY TIMES, Mar. 31, 2002)
SCORCHED EARTH: Again, a War of Peoples
(By JAMES BENNET, Mar. 31, 2002)
TAMING AFGHANISTAN: The Anxiety of Postwar Afghans
(By DEXTER FILKINS, Mar. 31, 2002)
EMPTY NEST EGGS: Do You Plan to Retire? Think Again
(By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Mar. 31, 2002)
* BOLLYWOOD DREAMS: A Movie Recalls India to Its Ideals
(By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Mar. 31, 2002)
Full Disclosure
(By DON VAN NATTA Jr., Mar. 31, 2002)
How the Democrats Might Come Out Fighting
(By RICHARD L. BERKE, Mar. 31, 2002)
* All Roads Lead to D.C.
(By EMILY EAKIN, Mar. 31, 2002)
* Britain's Imperial Lessons
(By ALAN COWELL, Mar. 31, 2002)
* Bon Mots From 2 Very Different Icons of an Era [Milton Berle & Billy Wilder]
(NY TIMES, Mar. 31, 2002)
'A' for Afghan, 'S' for Schoolgirl
(By KARI HASKELL, Mar. 31, 2002)
* Shhhh! We're Trying to Surf [Internet in Libraries]
(By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Mar. 31, 2002)
Front Lines [Middle East turmoil]
(By ANDREA KANNAPELL, Mar. 31, 2002)
* SONG OF MYSELF: DNA Ditties
[Protein music: http://www.aber.ac.uk/~phiwww/pm/]
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 31, 2002)
GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS: Recession's Over. Trouble Still Lurks.
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 31, 2002)
WORD FOR WORD: Blast From the Past
(By SAM ROBERTS, Mar. 31, 2002)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents
(NY TIMES, Mar. 31, 2002)
* ON LANGUAGE: Pound Sand
(By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 31, 2002)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: The Struggle With Celibacy
(By LORENZO ALBACETE, Mar. 31, 2002)
QUESTIONS FOR MICHAEL J. FOX: The Next Chapter
(By DAVID RAKOFF, Mar. 31, 2002)
SALIENT FACTS: M.L.B. REVENUES: Baseball by the Numbers
(By ANDREW ZIMBALIST, Mar. 31, 2002)
THE ETHICIST: On Second Thought
(By RANDY COHEN, Mar. 31, 2002)
What They Were Thinking [doing yoga during pregnacy]
(Photograph by KAREN CUNNINGHAM Interview by CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS, Mar. 31, 2002)
Power Steer
(By MICHAEL POLLAN, Mar. 31, 2002)
The Talented Mr. Lerner
(By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Mar. 31, 2002)
How Susie Bayer's T-Shirt Ended Up on Yusuf Mama's Back
(By GEORGE PACKER, Mar. 31, 2002)
When a Rapper Acts Out
(By KELEFA SANNEH, Mar. 31, 2002)
Au Revoir, Yves
(Story & Illustrations by JOE EULA, Mar. 31, 2002)
FOOD DIARY: Taco Belle
(By AMANDA HESSER, Mar. 31, 2002)
LIVES: An Unsentimental Education
(By SIMON MASKELL, Mar. 31, 2002)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents
(NY TIMES, Mar. 31, 2002)
* In 'Baseball: A Literary Anthology,' It's Déjà Vu All Over Again
(By WILFRID SHEED, Mar. 31, 2002)
* Bill James's New 'Abstract': Baseball for Eggheads
(By BEN MCGRATH, Mar. 31, 2002)
A Legend in the Making:': Pride of the Yankees
(By BUSTER OLNEY, Mar. 31, 2002)
'The Darts of Cupid': The Romance of Prey and Predator
(By DAPHNE MERKIN, Mar. 31, 2002)
* Ambling Into History': On the Road With the Inner Candidate [George W. Bush]
(By BEN MACINTYRE, Mar. 31, 2002)
* 'The Apprentice Lover': Coming of Literary Age
(By STACY SCHIFF, Mar. 31, 2002)
Jimmy Breslin's New Book Examines the Death of an Immigrant
(By CHARLIE LeDUFF, Mar. 31, 2002)
Saturday, March 30, 2002:
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)
Richard Bradford, Novelist of the Southwest, Dies at 69
(NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2002)
Astin Jacobo, 73, Unofficial Mayor of a Bronx Neighborhood, Dies
(By ERIC PACE, Mar. 30, 2002)
* Richard Sylbert, Designer of Oscar-Winning Film Sets, Dies at 73
(By JESSE McKINLEY, Mar. 30, 2002)
Dause L. Bibby, Electronics Executive, Dies at 90
(By ALLISON FASS, Mar. 30, 2002)
William Witney, Director of Westerns, Dies at 86
(NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2002)
NATIONAL: Drilling Could Hurt Wildlife, Federal Study of Arctic Says
(By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK, Mar. 30, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: With Vaccine Available, Smallpox Debate Shifts
(By GINA KOLATA, Mar. 30, 2002)
THE BIOTERRORISM THREAT: Frozen Smallpox Vaccine Is Still Potent, Officials Say
(By ROBERT PEAR, Mar. 30, 2002)
* RELIGION JOURNAL: An Era When the Art of the Sermon Has Declined
(By DEAN SMITH, Mar. 30, 2002)
3 Months in Office, Bloomberg Has Set New Political Tone
(By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Mar. 30, 2002)
NY REGION: Talk of Ground Zero Tribute, as West Street Reopens
(By DIANE CARDWELL, Mar. 30, 2002)
A Family Dinner Makes the Headlines
(By MARIA NEWMAN, Mar. 30, 2002)
Good Friday Ritual Is Cast With the Backdrop of 9/11
(By ANDY NEWMAN, Mar. 30, 2002)
NYC: A City Jewel in the Hands of Mr. Cubicle
(By CLYDE HABERMAN, Mar. 30, 2002)
Final Tally: Bloomberg Spent $75.5 Million to Become Mayor
(By MICHAEL COOPER, Mar. 30, 2002)
SPORTS: Puck Killed Woman at Garden in 1948
(By EDWARD WONG, Mar. 30, 2002)
EDITORIAL: The Limits of Force
(NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Brooke Astor's Century
(NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2002)
OP-ED: The Wimps of War
(By FRANK RICH, Mar. 30, 2002)
A Loss to Medical Privacy
(By DONNA E. SHALALA, Mar. 30, 2002)
More War Is Not the Route to Israeli Security
(By YOSSI BEILIN, Mar. 30, 2002)
Buying Up Baseball's Possibilities
(By NICHOLAS DAWIDOFF, Mar. 30, 2002)
LETTERS: Deadly Days in the Mideast
(By STEVEN N. HIRSCH, et. al., Mar. 30, 2002)
LETTERS: The Nixon Tapes
(By DAVID A. DARCY, Mar. 30, 2002)
* ARTS: Listening for the Voices of Women
(By EMILY EAKIN, Mar. 30, 2002)
ARTS: Beverly Sills and Questions of Loyalty
(By ROBIN POGREBIN, Mar. 30, 2002)
* BOOKS: SHELF LIFE: Salt, History's Mover and Shaker
(By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Mar. 30, 2002)
DANCE: EIFMAN BALLET: Russian Passion Channeled Into a New Heroic Style
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 30, 2002)
* FILM CRITIC: Heart of a Romantic, Head of a Skeptic [Billy Wilder]
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Mar. 30, 2002)
FILM: 'THE FAST RUNNER': A Far-Off Inuit World, in a Dozen Shades of White
(By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 30, 2002)
FILM: 'DELBARAN': An Afghan Boy Cheated of Childhood
(By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 30, 2002)
POP: PHANTOM PLANET: Love and Loss, Jacket and Tie
(By KELEFA SANNEH, Mar. 30, 2002)
TV: 'BRINGING DOWN A DICTATOR': In Belgrade, Too, Students Flex Their Political Muscle
(By NEIL GENZLINGER, Mar. 30, 2002)
TV: 'MURDER ON A SUNDAY MORNING': When Black Alone Is Evidence Enough
(By RON WERTHEIMER, Mar. 30, 2002)
* BUSINESS: Economy's Rock: Homes, Homes, Homes
(By DANIEL ALTMAN, Mar. 30, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Leaderless at Arthur Andersen When Direction Is Needed
(By FLOYD NORRIS, Mar. 30, 2002)
February Computer Chip Sales Off 35%
(By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Mar. 30, 2002)
THE MILITARY: In Israel, Press Kits Roll Out With Tanks
(By JOHN KIFNER, Mar. 30, 2002)
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Friday, March 29, 2002:
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)
* Billy Wilder, Master of Caustic Films, Dies at 95
(By ALJEAN HARMETZ, Mar. 29, 2002)
R.A. Lafferty, Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 87
(NY TIMES, Mar. 29, 2002)
* Thomas Flanagan, 78, Author of Irish Trilogy, Dies
(By NEIL GENZLINGER, Mar. 29, 2002)
Alfred H. Lane, Philanthropic Librarian, 85, Dies
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 29, 2002)
Rod Rodgers, Choreographer of Modern Dance, Dies at 64
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 29, 2002)
WORLD: Truce Hopes Fall as Israeli Tanks Collapse Walls in Ramallah
(By JAMES BENNET, Mar. 29, 2002)
ARTICLE
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ARTICLE
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Thursday, March 28, 2002:
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)
* Milton Berle, TV's First Star as 'Uncle Miltie,' Dies at 93
(By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 28, 2002)
* Dudley Moore, Comic Charmer, Dies at 66
(By PETER M. NICHOLS, Mar. 28, 2002)
Mace Brown, Cubs Relief Pitcher, Dies at 92
(NY TIMES, Mar. 28, 2002)
ARTICLE
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ARTICLE
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STOCKS: Military Suppliers and Financial Companies Lead Climb
[Dow +74, Nasdaq +3] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Mar. 28, 2002)
ECONOMIC SCENE: Where It's Easier to Buy a Home
(By VIRGINIA POSTREL, Mar. 28, 2002)
ARTICLE
(By, Mar. 28, 2002)
* As the Web Matures, Fun Is Hard to Find [Cool Site of the Day]
(By LISA GUERNSEY, Mar. 28, 2002)
HOW IT WORKS: A Tracking System That Calls Balls and Strikes
(By DAVID F. GALLAGHER, Mar. 28, 2002)
Wednesday, March 27, 2002:
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)
* Dudley Moore, Actor, Dies at 66
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 27, 2002)
* Thomas J. Kelly, Father of Lunar Module, Dies at 72
(By WARREN E. LEARY, Mar. 27, 2002)
* Lakshmi Knight, 58, Indian Classical Dancer, Dies
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 27, 2002)
Ernest van den Haag, Backer of Death Penalty, 87, Dies
(By ERIC PACE, Mar. 27, 2002)
The Rev. Tom Economus, Independent Catholic Priest, Dies at 46
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 27, 2002)
NATIONAL: President Chooses 2 for Leading Posts in Health
(By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Mar. 27, 2002)
MAN IN THE NEWS: From Algeria to a Dream: Elias Adam Zerhouni
(By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Mar. 27, 2002)
MAN IN THE NEWS: A Man of Many Professions: Richard Henry Carmona
(By ROBERT PEAR, Mar. 27, 2002)
* THE PENNSYLVANIA CRASH: Cockpit Tape Offers Few Answers but Points to Heroic Efforts
(By JERE LONGMAN, Mar. 27, 2002)
AMERICAN MUSLIMS: Raids, Detentions and Lists Lead Muslims to Cry Persecution
(By JOSEPH KAHN, Mar. 27, 2002)
THE BIOTERROR THREAT: Mystery Death From Anthrax Is Analyzed
(By DENISE GRADY, Mar. 27, 2002)
LESSONS: National Test Is Out of Tune With Times
(By RICHARD ROTHSTEIN, Mar. 27, 2002)
WORLD: Toll in Thousands Feared as Quake Hits Afghan Town
(By DEXTER FILKINS, Mar. 27, 2002)
THE GEOLOGY: Area Is Prone to Quakes
(By KENNETH CHANG, Mar. 27, 2002)
ARAB LEAGUE: Arafat Says Fear of Exile Will Keep Him From Arab Meeting
(By SERGE SCHMEMANN, Mar. 27, 2002)
MILITARY: Guerrilla Attacks May Rise in Warmer Days, U.S. Says
(By THOM SHANKER, Mar. 27, 2002)
Le Pen Makes His Lack of Support a Cause C&eaute;lèbre
(By SUZANNE DALEY, Mar. 27, 2002)
HONG KONG JOURNAL: For Raising Skyscrapers, Bamboo Does Nicely
(By MARK LANDLER, Mar. 27, 2002)
KING'S RETURN: Afghan Says U.S. Posture Led to Delay By Zahir Shah
(By JOHN F. BURNS, Mar. 27, 2002)
THE ARABS: In Beirut, Arab Officials Vow to Move on Saudi Peace Plan
(By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Mar. 27, 2002)
SECURITY PATROLS: U.S. Troops May Keep Order in Afghan Countryside
(By DEXTER FILKINS, Mar. 27, 2002)
Chinese Protests Ebb as Officials Talk Tough, but Give Ground
(By ERIK ECKHOLM, Mar. 27, 2002)
NY REGION: Failing Mortgages Soar in New York
(By SARAH KERSHAW, Mar. 27, 2002)
* GROUND ZERO: Years of Work Underground Before Steel Reaches Skyward
(By EDWARD WYATT, Mar. 27, 2002)
PUBLIC LIVES: History Is in His Bones and Brain and on His Back [C. Stevens Laise]
(By JOYCE WADLER, Mar. 27, 2002)
* 40,000 J. F. Kennedy Photo Negatives Missing After Attack
(By LENA WILLIAMS, Mar. 27, 2002)
Online System Aids Police Recruiting
(NY TIMES, Mar. 27, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Afghanistan at Risk
(NY TIMES, Mar. 27, 2002)
OP-ED: The Free-Speech Bind
(By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Mar. 27, 2002)
OP-ED: Rome Fiddles, We Burn
(By MAUREEN DOWD, Mar. 27, 2002)
OP-ED: Unlikely Allies Against Cloning
(By BILL McKIBBEN, Mar. 27, 2002)
OP-ED: Writing to Sell
(By ALBERTO MANGUEL, Mar. 27, 2002)
LETTERS: Rebuild Downtown, and Remember
(By LUTHER S. HARRIS, et. al., Mar. 27, 2002)
BUSINESS: Gains Spurred by Upbeat Data End 4-Day Losing Streak
[Dow +72, Nasdaq +12] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 27, 2002)
Andersen Chief Quits in Effort to Rescue Firm
(By JONATHAN D. GLATER with JOHN SCHWARTZ, Mar. 27, 2002)
Computer Associates Is Urged to Dismiss Top Executives
(By ALEX BERENSON, Mar. 27, 2002)
U.S. Consumers Are Positive. So Are Orders for Durables.
(By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Mar. 27, 2002)
AOL Officials Got No Bonuses in 2001, but Lots of Options
(By SETH SCHIESEL, Mar. 27, 2002)
Killings of Journalists Rose in 2001 From the Year Before
(By NEIL A. LEWIS, Mar. 27, 2002)
ARTS ABROAD: From Brazil's Backlands, a Master of a Folk Tradition
(By LARRY ROHTER, Mar. 27, 2002)
* ARTS: From Alcott, a Parable for a Spirited Niece
(By DINITIA SMITH, Mar. 27, 2002)
* ART: Portraits of Nureyev, Created by James Wyeth
(By MEL GUSSOW, Mar. 27, 2002)
* BOOKS: 'MY MENTOR': An Apprentice Offers Glimpses of a Literary Sorcerer
(By RICHARD EDER, Mar. 27, 2002)
CABARET: JUDY KUHN: In a Debut, a Broadway Singer Makes an Art of Insight
(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 27, 2002)
COMEDY: ROBIN WILLIAMS: Robin Williams Is Making a Run for It, on a Rare One-Man Tour
(By JON PARELES, Mar. 27, 2002)
FILM: 'SHOT IN THE HEART': Brotherly Love, and Disdain
(By Julie Salamon, Mar. 27, 2002)
POP: PUDDLE OF MUDD: Wallowing Deep in Angst and Attitude
(By KELEFA SANNEH, Mar. 27, 2002)
THEATER: 'NO TIME FOR COMEDY': A Playwright With a Problem
(By BRUCE WEBER, Mar. 27, 2002)
THEATER: 'CALABI-YAU': In Abandoned Subway Tunnels, Building a Particle Accelerator
(By NEIL GENZLINGER, Mar. 27, 2002)
THEATER: 'THE SMELL OF THE KILL': Three Dissatisfied Wives Consider a Chilly Calculus
(By BRUCE WEBER, Mar. 27, 2002)
THEATER: Lighthearted and Buoyed by Ether
(By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 27, 2002)
TV: 'THE GEORGE LOPEZ SHOW': Among New Sitcoms, a Funny Latino Father
(By CARYN JAMES, Mar. 27, 2002)
HEALTH: F.D.A. Issues Alert on Popular Supplement
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 27, 2002)
Tuesday, March 26, 2002:
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)
Dorothy DeLay, Famous Violin Teacher, Dies at 84
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Mar. 26, 2002)
César Milstein, 74, Winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine, Dies
(By KENNETH CHANG, Mar. 26, 2002)
NATIONAL: U.S. Orders Checks for Corrosion at Nuclear Reactors
(By MATTHEW L. WALD, Mar. 26, 2002)
Britons Testify to Spare Life of Millionaire
(By DANA CANEDY, Mar. 26, 2002)
THE PENNSYLVANIA CRASH: Victims' Kin May Be Able to Hear Tape From Plane
(By MATTHEW L. WALD, Mar. 26, 2002)
THE DRAGNET: Pakistani Plotted to Bomb Florida Power Plants, Officials Say
(By JUDITH MILLER, Mar. 26, 2002)
THE SECURITY DIRECTOR: Ridge Offers Compromise on Testimony Before Congress
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 26, 2002)
WORLD: Talks Are Intense as Arab Leaders Prepare to Meet
(By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Mar. 26, 2002)
THE MILITARY: U.S. to Send Special Forces to Train Army for Kabul
(By THOM SHANKER, Mar. 26, 2002)
Charm and the West Keep Karzai in Power, for Now
(By DEXTER FILKINS, Mar. 26, 2002)
Maneuvers Continue Over Whether Arafat Can Travel to Summit
(By JOEL BRINKLEY, Mar. 26, 2002)
Rumsfeld Discounts Iraq's Offer to Discuss Pilot's Fate
(By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, Mar. 26, 2002)
Nigerian Woman Condemned to Death by Stoning Is Acquitted
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 26, 2002)
Japanese Political Watchdog Now Finds Herself Accused
(By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Mar. 26, 2002)
Bush Is Likely to Approve Carter Trip to Cuba
(By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, Mar. 26, 2002)
NY REGION: Officer Faces New Charges in Torture Case
(By JIM DWYER & WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, Mar. 26, 2002)
GROUND ZERO: Fire Dept. Has Pinpointed 700 New Human Remains
(By FORD FESSENDEN, Mar. 26, 2002)
BOLDFACE NAMES: All in the Publishing Family
(By JAMES BARRON, Mar. 26, 2002)
* Here, Islamic Law Guides How the Food Is Killed
(By AARON DONOVAN, Mar. 26, 2002)
TUNNEL VISION: A $60 Subway Ride? Maybe, but He's Fighting It
(By RANDY KENNEDY, Mar. 26, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Arafat and the Beirut Summit
(NY TIMES, Mar. 26, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Hollywood History and Fantasy [Sidney Poitier]
(NY TIMES, Mar. 26, 2002)
OP-ED: Try Suing Saddam
(By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Mar. 26, 2002)
OP-ED: Spreading the Blame at Andersen
(By JAMES O'TOOLE, Mar. 26, 2002)
OP-ED: NOTES FROM ST. LOUIS: Loving the Cardinals as They Are
(By RAY HARTMANN, Mar. 26, 2002)
LETTERS: Facing the Crisis in the Church
(By JUDITH HEINY, et. al., Mar. 26, 2002)
LETTERS: Provocative Art, Not Scandalous
(By JOAN ROSENBAUM, Mar. 26, 2002)
LETTERS: Students Won't Debate? Turn Off the TV!
(By TONI LEE POMEROY, Mar. 26, 2002)
BUSINESS: Shares Decline on Concerns About Higher Interest Rates
[Dow -146, Nasdaq -39] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Mar. 26, 2002)
I.R.S. Says Offshore Tax Evasion Is Widespread
(By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, Mar. 26, 2002)
MARKET PLACE: AOL Suggests Move by Malone and Other Risks
(By SETH SCHIESEL, Mar. 26, 2002)
* MEDICINE'S MIDDLEMEN: When a Buyer for Hospitals Has a Stake in Drugs It Buys
(By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, Mar. 26, 2002)
ADVERTISING: Meow Mix Brings Back a Popular Singing Cat
(By ALLISON FASS, Mar. 26, 2002)
Judge Dismisses Fox News Suit Over Anchor's Defection to CNN [Paula Zahn]
(By BILL CARTER, Mar. 26, 2002)
Microsoft Said to Enhance PC Influence in Settlement
(By REUTERS, Mar. 26, 2002)
* BOOKS: 'GOULD'S BOOK OF FISH': A Reborn Criminal Distills Beauty From a Prison's Abominable Depths
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Mar. 26, 2002)
CIRCUS: RINGLING BROTHERS & BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS: Those Daring, Dueling and Darling Arts
(By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 26, 2002)
DANCE: LYDIA JOHNSON: A Strangely Cool and Eloquent Use of Arms
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 26, 2002)
* FILM: Hollywood Questions the Meaning of Its Historic Oscar Night
(By RICK LYMAN, Mar. 26, 2002)
FILM CRITIC: Improving His Average to One in 16
(By JON PARELES, Mar. 26, 2002)
FILM: 'VIOLETTE ET MR. B': A Ballerina's Past Magic as Her Gift to the Future
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 26, 2002)
FILM: 'A DOG'S DAY': A Naughty Dachshund Fuels a Fable
(By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 26, 2002)
MUSIC: SERGEY SCHEPKIN: Bach's Preludes and Fugues, Monolithic in Beat and Tone
(By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Mar. 26, 2002)
OPERA: 'TOSCA': 'Tosca' With a Sense of Menace
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Mar. 26, 2002)
POP REVIEW: Four Ways to Get Fans to Dance
(By KELEFA SANNEH, Mar. 26, 2002)
THEATER: 'THE CARPETBAGGER'S CHILDREN': A Fractious Family's Decline, With Vintage Mustiness
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Mar. 26, 2002)
TV CRITIC: TV Discovers the Antarctic Explorer Shackleton in a Big Way
(By JULIE SALAMON, Mar. 26, 2002)
SCIENCE: New Plan Redesigns Plumbing of Everglades
(By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Mar. 26, 2002)
* The Most Seductive Equation in Science: Beauty Equals Truth
(By DENNIS OVERBYE, Mar. 26, 2002)
* Preserving Taxidermy's Odd Legacy
(By MELISSA MILGROM, Mar. 26, 2002)
* Tree Rings Show a Period of Widespread Warming in Medieval Age
(By KENNETH CHANG, Mar. 26, 2002)
Discussing the Nature of Reality, Between Buffets
(By DENNIS OVERBYE, Mar. 26, 2002)
OBSERVATORY: What the Penguins Left
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 26, 2002)
* Q & A: Bombs and Quakes
(By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Mar. 26, 2002)
* HEALTH: Psychologists Get Prescription Pads and Furor Erupts
(By ERICA GOODE, Mar. 26, 2002)
* HEALTH: 2 Portraits of Children of Divorce: Rosy and Dark
(By MARY DUENWALD, Mar. 26, 2002)
Director Defends C.D.C.'s Handling of Anthrax Attacks
(By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Mar. 26, 2002)
CASES: Rare Tumor Is Deceptive and Deadly
(By ERIC TAUB, Mar. 26, 2002)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Diverticulosis, an Ill of the Affluent Life
(By JANE E. BRODY, Mar. 26, 2002)
* VITAL SIGNS: Consequences: Climate Change: Something to Sneeze At
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 26, 2002)
Outcomes: Doctor's Specialty Is Special to Patients
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 26, 2002)
Prognosis: An Upgraded Role for Stress Tests
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 26, 2002)
Patterns: Migraine Sufferers Limit Their Options
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 26, 2002)
* Nutrition: Soy May Play Role in Pain Management
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 26, 2002)
Letters on Students' Weight Ruffle Parents
(By BONNIE ROTHMAN MORRIS, Mar. 26, 2002)
HEALTH: Vioxx is Linked to Nonbacterial Meningitis
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 26, 2002)
Monday, March 25, 2002:
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)
Eileen Farrell, Soprano With a Populist Bent, Dies at 82
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 25, 2002)
John Patton, Organ Player With a Jazzy, Laid-Back Style, Dies at 66
(By BEN RATLIFF, Mar. 25, 2002)
Hans-Georg Gadamer, Who Questioned Fixed Truths, Dies at 102
(By STUART LAVIETES, Mar. 25, 2002)
John M. Eisenberg, 55, Led Health Agency, Dies
(NY TIMES, Mar. 25, 2002)
NATIONAL: In Seminaries, New Ways for a New Generation
(By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Mar. 25, 2002)
Dog Attack Trial Is Over, but the Debate Goes on
(By EVELYN NIEVES, Mar. 25, 2002)
THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY: Security at U.S. Reactors Criticized by Congressman
(By MATTHEW L. WALD, Mar. 25, 2002)
* Law Limiting Internet in Libraries Challenged
(By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Mar. 25, 2002)
Drinking Still on Rise at Women's Colleges
(By TAMAR LEWIN, Mar. 25, 2002)
Library and Legacy Adrift as the Nixon Sisters Feud
(By JAMES STERNGOLD, Mar. 25, 2002)
THE INVESTIGATION: U.S. Is Examining Whether Donations by 2 Wealthy Saudis Indirectly Aided Terrorism
(By JUDITH MILLER, Mar. 25, 2002)
Kentucky Foals Appear Well a Year After Plague
(By FRANCIS X. CLINES, Mar. 25, 2002)
Armed With Radar, Civilians Take Aim at Speeders
(By MATT RICHTEL, Mar. 25, 2002)
WORLD: U.S. Prods Israel to Allow Arafat to Go to Arab Summit
(By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Mar. 25, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Letting Arafat Go to Summit Is Risky, but So Is Stopping Him
(By JAMES BENNET, Mar. 25, 2002)
Arab Leaders Warn Israel Over Arafat
(By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Mar. 25, 2002)
THE PURSUIT: Tribal Leaders in Pakistan Warn the U.S. to Keep Out
(By RAYMOND BONNER, Mar. 25, 2002)
North and South Korea to Resume Dialogue
(By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Mar. 25, 2002)
* Migrants to U.S. Are a Major Resource for Mexico
(By GINGER THOMPSON, Mar. 25, 2002)
PACIFIC ARENA: Philippine Clashes May Point to Attempt to Rescue Hostages
(By JANE PERLEZ, Mar. 25, 2002)
Chinese Prosecutors Deal a Full Deck of Warnings
(By ERIK ECKHOLM, Mar. 25, 2002)
LONDON JOURNAL: Thatcher Exits, but, List, Is That a Voice Offstage?
(By WARREN HOGE, Mar. 25, 2002)
NY REGION: A Free Trip for Firefighters, but With a Twist
(By DAN BARRY, Mar. 25, 2002)
* Chinese Journals Discard Up-Down for Left-Right Reading
(By DAVID W. CHEN, Mar. 25, 2002)
METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary
(By ENID NEMY, Mar. 25, 2002)
EDITORIAL: General Musharraf's Travails
(NY TIMES, Mar. 25, 2002)
OP-ED: The Wrong Fight [NYC's Board of Education]
(By BOB HERBERT, Mar. 25, 2002)
OP-ED: 4 Secular Questions
(By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 25, 2002)
OP-ED: How Quickly a City Can Grow [World Trade Center site]
(By WITOLD RYBCZYNSKI, Mar. 25, 2002)
OP-ED: Choosing Celibacy
(By JAMES MARTIN, Mar. 25, 2002)
LETTERS: Privacy and the American Patient
(By JAY S. MARKOWITZ, M.D., et. al., Mar. 25, 2002)
* BUSINESS: Sun Aims to Extend Its Lead
(By JOHN MARKOFF, Mar. 25, 2002)
* Hollywood Watches Ovitz in Tale of Thwarted Ambition
(By BERNARD WEINRAUB & ANITA M. BUSCH, Mar. 25, 2002)
Hewlett's Man for the Merger Details
(By STEVE LOHR, Mar. 25, 2002)
Another Short Second Act for a 'Seinfeld' Alum?
(By BILL CARTER, Mar. 25, 2002)
E-COMMERCE REPORT: Online Surpasses Catalog at J. Crew
(By BOB TEDESCHI, Mar. 25, 2002)
* Taiwan Maker of Notebook PC's Thrives Quietly
(By MARK LANDLER, Mar. 25, 2002)
NEW ECONOMY: Assessing the State of Dot-Com Start-Ups
(By AMY CORTESE, Mar. 25, 2002)
AT&T Withdraws From '900' Billing
(By JOSEPH P. FRIED, Mar. 25, 2002)
More Viewers Turn to Cable News
(By JIM RUTENBERG, Mar. 25, 2002)
The New York Times to Add a Section on Leisure Pursuits
(By FELICITY BARRINGER, Mar. 25, 2002)
Louis Rukeyser Removed Early
(By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, Mar. 25, 2002)
PATENTS: Combating Doggy Breath
(By TERESA RIORDAN, Mar. 25, 2002)
* BOOKS: 'REVENGE': Seeking a Shooter, Finding Surprises
(By JANET MASLIN, Mar. 25, 2002)
DANCE: NANCY MEEHAN DANCE COMPANY: Painterly Images Color Leotards and Poses
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 25, 2002)
* FILM: 'Beautiful Mind' Wins; Best Actress Goes to Halle Berry
(By RICK LYMAN, Mar. 25, 2002)
FILM: Oscar's Home Is Smaller, but the Night Still Thrills Fans
(By NICK MADIGAN, Mar. 25, 2002)
* FILM CRITIC: I'm Wearing... Fill in the Blank
(By CATHY HORYN, Mar. 25, 2002)
FILM: 'THE NEW COUNTRY': A Tale of Exiles in Sweden
(By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 25, 2002)
TV: 'THE COURT': Supreme Court Drama in the 'West Wing' Mold
(By CARYN JAMES, Mar. 25, 2002)
* WRITERS ON WRITING: Heroism in Trying Times
(By PATRICK McGRATH, Mar. 25, 2002)
HEALTH: Extending Life, Defibrillators Can Prolong Misery
(By GINA KOLATA, Mar. 25, 2002)
Sunday, March 24, 2002:
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)
Alfred Lane, 85, Book Lover and Donor to the Homeless
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 24, 2002)
Luise Rinser, Writer of Nazism Horrors, Dies at 90
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 24, 2002)
Jean-Paul Riopelle, 78, Artist Inspired by the Surrealists, Dies
(By KEN JOHNSON, Mar. 24, 2002)
NATIONAL: U.S. Catholics, Sad and Angry, Still Keeping Faith
(By DAN BARRY & ROBIN TONER, Mar. 24, 2002)
Robbers Rediscovering the Small-Town Bank
(By JODI WILGOREN, Mar. 24, 2002)
7 Years for Jailed Pauper. Or Is It Millionaire Schemer?
(By FRANCIS X. CLINES, Mar. 24, 2002)
Serious Gambling Problems Found for Many Nevadans
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 24, 2002)
DETAINEE: Friends Defend Graduate Student Tied to Hijackers
(By JO THOMAS, Mar. 24, 2002)
Latest Way to Cut Grade School Stress: Yoga
(By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Mar. 24, 2002)
* Latest Way to Cut Grade School Stress: Yoga
(By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Mar. 24, 2002)
A Secret Iran-Arafat Connection Is Seen Fueling the Mideast Fire
(By DOUGLAS FRANTZ & JAMES RISEN, Mar. 24, 2002)
Cheney Is Poised for Arafat Talks at Sign From Zinni
(By MICHAEL R. GORDON & TODD S. PURDUM, Mar. 24, 2002)
Europeans Opting Against Marriage
(By SARAH LYALL, Mar. 24, 2002)
North Korea's Other Axis: With Moscow
(By JAMES BROOKE, Mar. 24, 2002)
Under Pressure, Chinese Newspaper Pulls Exposé on a Charity
(By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Mar. 24, 2002)
World's Water Fails to Slake Its Rising Thirst
(By REUTERS, Mar. 24, 2002)
Lisbon Debates the Fate of an Empty Building With a Dark Past
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 24, 2002)
Afghanistan's Former King Again Puts Off Trip Home
(By JOHN F. BURNS, Mar. 24, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: More Aid, More Need: Pledges Still Falling Short
(By TIM WEINER, Mar. 24, 2002)
NY REGION: Crime-Fighting by Computer Widens Scope
(By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, Mar. 24, 2002)
$1 Billion in Aid to Help Cover City for Ground Zero Liability
(By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, Mar. 24, 2002)
In Chapel's Closing, a Ground Zero Sanctuary Is Lost
(By TINA KELLEY, Mar. 24, 2002)
Tourists to the Rescue of a Wounded City
(By JANNY SCOTT, Mar. 24, 2002)
MIDWOOD JOURNAL: Beautiful Dresses, and Never Mind the Price Tags
(By NICHOLE M. CHRISTIAN, Mar. 24, 2002)
Once-Grand Newark Suburb Sees a Comeback
(By RICHARD LEZIN JONES, Mar. 24, 2002)
OUR TOWNS: 'A Beautiful Mind'? She Hasn't Seen It, but She's Heard the Voices
(By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Mar. 24, 2002)
EDITORIAL: The Lessons of Whitewater
(NY TIMES, Mar. 24, 2002)
OP-ED: The Vatican Rag
(By MAUREEN DOWD, Mar. 24, 2002)
No Mere Terrorist
(By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Mar. 24, 2002)
A Last Chance for Saddam Hussein
(By IVO H. DAALDER & ELISA D. HARRIS, Mar. 24, 2002)
Losses of Equal Value
(By MICHAEL I. MEYERSON, Mar. 24, 2002)
LETTERS: A Warning From a Chunk of Antarctic Ice
(By STEPHEN GRANT, Mar. 24, 2002)
LETTERS: In the Towers' Memory
(By SALLY DORST, Mar. 24, 2002)
BUSINESS: Telecom, Tangled in Its Own Web
(By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Mar. 24, 2002)
* BOOK VALUE: Which Way China? A Collision of Views
(By WILLIAM J. HOLSTEIN, Mar. 24, 2002)
* The Monster That's Feasting on Newspapers
(By SAUL HANSELL, Mar. 24, 2002)
* GRASS-ROOTS BUSINESS: On Oscar Night, They Can't Lose [R. S. Owens & Co.]
(By BARBARA WHITAKER, Mar. 24, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Volcker's Plan for Andersen Is a Long Shot
(By KURT EICHENWALD, Mar. 24, 2002)
Primedia's Improbable Digital Dreams
(By DAVID CARR & LORNE MANLY, Mar. 24, 2002)
MARKET WATCH: It's Time for Investors to Start Acting Like Owners
(By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Mar. 24, 2002)
* PRIVATE SECTOR: Funny Lady, Serious Woman [Whoopi Goldberg]
(By NEAL KOCH, Mar. 24, 2002)
* Statues Aren't the Only Prizes
(By NICK MADIGAN, Mar. 24, 2002)
ECONOMIC VIEW: Lockbox or Not, Social Security's Ills Grow
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 24, 2002)
As Shares Sank, Some Executives Shed Costly Toys
(By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Mar. 24, 2002)
BUSINESS DIARY: After the Attacks a Lasting Change
(By VIVIAN MARINO, Mar. 24, 2002)
MARKET INSIGHT: The Perils of Relying Too Heavily on Credit
(By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Mar. 24, 2002)
PORTFOLIOS: The Market Is Bracing for a Telltale Earnings Season
(By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Mar. 24, 2002)
INVESTING WITH: Craig T. Callahan and Derek N. Rollingson, Icon Financia Fund
(By CAROLE GOULD, Mar. 24, 2002)
For Luxury Goods, High Stock Prices, Too
(By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Mar. 24, 2002)
INVESTING DIARY: After a Long Dry Spell, a Change at Invesco
(By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Mar. 24, 2002)
ON THE JOB: Loosen That Tie. Now Vent About the Dress Code.
(NY TIMES, Mar. 24, 2002)
PERSONAL BUSINESS DIARY: Potential Tax Loophole Is Closed for Home Sales
(By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, Mar. 24, 2002)
* EXECUTIVE LIFE: To Foster Your Star Quality, Get an Agent
(By AMY ZIPKIN, Mar. 24, 2002)
* THE BOSS: Persistence and Reward
(By DAVID C. NOVAK, Written with Amy Zipkin, Mar. 24, 2002)
* ART: An Early Surrealist on His Own Revolutionary Terms [André Masson]
(By KEN SHULMAN, Mar. 24, 2002)
* ART: Surrealist Views From a Real Live One [Dorothea Tanning]
(By LINDA YABLONSKY, Mar. 24, 2002)
* ARTS: History That's Signed or Delivered [Forbes autograph auction]
(By RITA REIF, Mar. 24, 2002)
DANCE: Cerebral Experiments That Can Take Flight
(By GIA KOURLAS, Mar. 24, 2002)
DANCE: An Escape Artist Trained During the Soviet Circus
(By CELESTINE BOHLEN, Mar. 24, 2002)
* FILM: When Oscar Is Bad, He's Very, Very
(By MOLLY HASKELL, Mar. 24, 2002)
FILM: An Outsider Who Isn't Out Far Enough [Pete Jones]
(By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 24, 2002)
FILM: On the Loose in a Work-Free Environment
(By LAURA WINTERS, Mar. 24, 2002)
FILM: A Different Kind of Shock Treatment
(By KRISTIN HOHENADEL, Mar. 24, 2002)
MUSIC: Cassandra Wilson: A Jazz Diva Who's Losing Interest in Jazz
(By ADAM SHATZ, Mar. 24, 2002)
MUSIC: The Country Music Country Radio Ignores
(By NEIL STRAUSS, Mar. 24, 2002)
MUSIC: Bravo's in the Hall, Booing Backstage [Valery Gergiev]
(By JOHN ROCKWELL, Mar. 24, 2002)
MUSIC: A Virtuoso Who Favors the Fringe [Marc-André Hamelin]
(By JEREMY EICHLER, Mar. 24, 2002)
MUSIC: Finding Freedom Under a Guiding Hand [Vienna Philharmonic]
(By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Mar. 24, 2002)
MUSIC: A Pair of Poets Essay Schubert
(By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Mar. 24, 2002)
MUSIC: No More Fortissimo? Europe Wants a Little Quiet [Beethoven, Berlioz too loud]
(By BERNARD HOLLAND, Mar. 24, 2002)
THEATER: Partners Again in the Practice of That Old Broadway Magic
(By PETER MARKS, Mar. 24, 2002)
THEATER: Why 'Sweet Smell of Success' Went Sour on Stage
(By MARGO JEFFERSON, Mar. 24, 2002)
THEATER: Steve Martin: Making Crazy With an Old Comedy
(By JONATHAN KALB, Mar. 24, 2002)
* TV: If the Nightly News Goes Out, It's With a Whimper
(By TERRY TEACHOUT, Mar. 24, 2002)
STYLE: 'My Agent Told Me I Better Show Up at Some Events'
(By BOB MORRIS, Mar. 24, 2002)
* STYLE: They Conquered, They Left [High-profile women quitting]
(By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Mar. 24, 2002)
NOTICED: Telling Time Is Not Enough: Some Watches Stop Traffic
(By WARREN ST. JOHN, Mar. 24, 2002)
HOLLYWOOD JOURNAL: In the Throes of Idol Worship
(By KIM MASTERS, Mar. 24, 2002)
A NIGHT OUT WITH: Sylvia Zerbini, a Highflying Diva
(By GLENN COLLINS, Mar. 24, 2002)
A Critic Speaks, Really: Dave Manning's Oscars
(By JOHN LELAND, Mar. 24, 2002)
ON THE STREET: Fur That Fits to the Body
(Photographs by BILL CUNNINGHAM, Mar. 24, 2002)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents
(NY TIMES, Mar. 24, 2002)
END OF AN ERA: The Legacies of Whitewater
(By JILL ABRAMSON, Mar. 24, 2002)
FRAIL OFFER: Arab States Eye a Way Forward
(By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Mar. 24, 2002)
CHURCH AND STATE: A Case That Grew in Shadows
(By ADAM LIPTAK, Mar. 24, 2002)
* Diagnosis: Supersize [overweight]
(By HOWARD MARKEL, Mar. 24, 2002)
Buying Friends or Building Nations?
(By JOSEPH KAHN, Mar. 24, 2002)
WORD FOR WORD: Choking, Groping and Emoting
(By JOHN D. THOMAS, Mar. 24, 2002)
The Rube Goldberg Agency [INS]
(By ERIC SCHMITT, Mar. 24, 2002)
PAGE TWO: Absolute Fabulosity
(By JOHN LELAND, Mar. 24, 2002)
The Future of Superfund [toxic waste cleanup]
(By TOM ZELLER, Mar. 24, 2002)
PERCEPTION IS REALITY: Braking for Dummies
(By KARI HASKELL, Mar. 24, 2002)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents
(NY TIMES, Mar. 24, 2002)
* ON LANGUAGE: The Vapors
(By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 24, 2002)
* THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Terribly Smart
(By AUSTIN BUNN, Mar. 24, 2002)
QUESTIONS FOR RICHARD C. HOLBROOKE: Worldviews
(By JAMES TRAUB, Mar. 24, 2002)
GALLERY: Illustrating North Korea's Abuses
(By JAMES BROOKE, Mar. 24, 2002)
THE ETHICIST: No Ad
(By RANDY COHEN, Mar. 24, 2002)
To Be Young and Homeless
(By JENNIFER EGAN, Mar. 24, 2002)
The Capitalist Communitarian
(By DAVID SHIELDS, Mar. 24, 2002)
McLaughlin? Is That a Jewish Name?
(By RUSSELL SHORTO, Mar. 24, 2002)
Here's to You, the New Robinsons (Mrs. and Miss)
(By FRANK BRUNI, Mar. 24, 2002)
STYLE & ENTERTAINING: L.A. Bohème
(By PETER MCQUAID, Mar. 24, 2002)
LIVES: Smugglers' Route
(Photographs & Text By SEAMUS MURPHY, Mar. 24, 2002)
STYLE & ENTERTAINMENT: Contents
(NY TIMES, Mar. 24, 2002)
* The Lady Is a Champ [Dorothy Rodgers]
(By ELAINE MAYERS SALKALN, Mar. 12, 2002)
The Good Books [cooking]
(By HORACIO SILVA, Mar. 12, 2002)
Cheers, Dears [How to give a toast]
(By LIZ SMITH, Mar. 12, 2002)
I'll Just Pick [Entertaining finicky socialites]
(By JULIA REED, Mar. 12, 2002)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents
(NY TIMES, Mar. 24, 2002)
Reflecting on the Prismatic Presidency of 'The Natural'
(By WILLIAM KENNEDY, Mar. 24, 2002)
'Tests of Time': William H. Gass, Patriot of Words
(By BENJAMIN ANASTAS, Mar. 24, 2002)
* Etiquette Books for an Age Without Rules
(By P. J. O'ROURKE, Mar. 24, 2002)
'The Marriage Problem': From 'I Do' to 'I Don't'
(By PATRICIA COHEN, Mar. 24, 2002)
'Insect Dreams': After Gregor Samsa's Metamorphosis
(By KEN TUCKER, Mar. 24, 2002)
'Number9Dream': Zombie Spawn Descend to Earth
(By DANIEL ZALEWSKI, Mar. 24, 2002)
THE CLOSE READER: Other People's Religions
(By JUDITH SHULEVITZ, Mar. 24, 2002)
HEALTH: Life Span Is Nearly Doubled for Down Syndrome Sufferers
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 24, 2002)
Saturday, March 23, 2002:
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)
Rabbi Israel Miller, 83, Aided Holocaust Survivors, Dies
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 23, 2002)
* William Scholl, Designer of a Sandal, Dies at 81
(By WILLIAM H. HONAN, Mar. 23, 2002)
* Steve Gromek, Pitcher Known for Picture, Dies at 82 [Larry Doby]
(By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Mar. 23, 2002)
Robin Anderson, 51, Creator Of Documentaries on Australia, Dies
(By JOHN SHAW, Mar. 23, 2002)
James J. Dunn, Ex-Publisher of Forbes, Dies at 81
(NY TIMES, Mar. 23, 2002)
Gosta Winbergh, Swedish Opera Star, Dies at 58
(NY TIMES, Mar. 23, 2002)
NATIONAL: College Board to Revise SAT
(By TAMAR LEWIN, Mar. 23, 2002)
BIOTERRORISM: Report Linking Anthrax and Hijackers Is Investigated
(By WILLIAM J. BROAD & DAVID JOHNSTON, Mar. 23, 2002)
Security-Prone Oscar Ceremony a Blight on Business
(By RICK LYMAN, Mar. 23, 2002)
Panel Approves Increases in Postal Rates
(NY TIMES, Mar. 23, 2002)
For Security, Tourists to Be on Other Side of Cameras
(By PETER T. KILBORN, Mar. 23, 2002)
* BELIEFS: Studying Children's Books About Passover
(By PETER STEINFELS, Mar. 23, 2002)
WORLD: Prodded by U.S., Israel Again Tries to Forge a Truce
(By JAMES BENNET, Mar. 23, 2002)
U.S. Says It Found Qaeda Lab Being Built to Produce Anthrax
(By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Mar. 23, 2002)
THE JOURNALIST: U.S. Confident of Suspect's Extradition From Pakistan
(By PHILIP SHENON, Mar. 23, 2002)
* THE SATURDAY PROFILE: Survivor and Humanist, Celebrating con Brio [Rostropovich]
(By WARREN HOGE, Mar. 23, 2002)
Thatcher Quits Public Life, Citing Health
(By WARREN HOGE, Mar. 23, 2002)
Palestinian Group Says It Will Increase Bombings
(By JOEL BRINKLEY, Mar. 23, 2002)
KABUL: Afghans Have a Palace, but Not a Role, Ready for the Former King
(By JOHN F. BURNS, Mar. 23, 2002)
Russia Imposes Flat Tax on Income, and Its Coffers Swell
(By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Mar. 23, 2002)
NY REGION: As Options Shrink, New York Revisits Idea of Incineration
(By KIRK JOHNSON, Mar. 23, 2002)
Security Lapse at La Guardia Leaves Passengers Tense, and Tightly Packed
(By BRUCE LAMBERT, Mar. 23, 2002)
Government Orders Inquiry Into Trade Center Collapse
(By ERIC LIPTON, Mar. 23, 2002)
What's in a Name? Sometimes It's Fear [Nuclear to Energy]
(By WINNIE HU, Mar. 23, 2002)
In Hindsight, Regret for Some Decisions [Catholic priests]
(By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Mar. 23, 2002)
EDITORIAL: The Wrong Way to Remember Sept. 11
(NY TIMES, Mar. 23, 2002)
* OP-ED: The Soul of George W. Bush
(By BILL KELLER, Mar. 23, 2002)
OP-ED: When Private Words Go Public [Nixon tapes & Billy Graham]
(By LEONARD GARMENT, Mar. 23, 2002)
OP-ED: NOTES FROM HARTFORD: Carried Away by the Women's Team
(By COLIN McENROE, Mar. 23, 2002)
OP-ED: The Courthouse That Graft Built
(By KEVIN BAKER, Mar. 23, 2002)
LETTERS: A Delicate Word in the Mideast
(By FREDERIC ECKHARD, et. al., Mar. 23, 2002)
BUSINESS: A Streak of Winning Weeks for Shares Comes to an End
[Dow -52, Nasdaq -17] (By REUTERS, Mar. 23, 2002)
Sharp Rise in Federal Spending May Have Helped Ease Recession
(By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Mar. 23, 2002)
In Men's Clothing, More and More Say 'Made in Canada'
(By BERNARD SIMON, Mar. 23, 2002)
Ovitz Film Unit Loses Partner, Putting Future in Some Doubt
(By BERNARD WEINRAUB & ANITA M. BUSCH, Mar. 23, 2002)
Selling Furniture and Style by the Roomful
(By LESLIE KAUFMAN, Mar. 23, 2002)
Palm Shares Rise After Rosier Forecast
(NY TIMES, Mar. 23, 2002)
* ARTS: When Janie Came Marching Home: Women Fought in the Civil War
(By AMY DOCKSER MARCUS, Mar. 23, 2002)
* ART CRITIC: Debate? Dissent? Discussion? Oh, Don't Go There!
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Mar. 23, 2002)
CABARET: 'MANCINI AT THE MOVIES': A Father-Daughter Homage to the Way Things Were
(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 23, 2002)
DANCE: 'LOVE AFTER DEATH': There's Singing and Talking and, Sure, Some Moving
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 23, 2002)
DANCE: DONNA UCHIZONO: In the Circle of the Tango
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 23, 2002)
FILM: 'DAUGHTER FROM DANANG': Danang Round Trip, Sad All the Way
(By ELVIS MITCHELL, Mar. 23, 2002)
FILM: 'THE MARS CANON': Ping-Pong as Metaphor for an Affair
(By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 23, 2002)
OPERA: 'FALSTAFF': A Falstaff You Want to Have a Beer With
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 23, 2002)
THEATER: 'GOLDEN BOY': A Dated Musical Whose Music Is Never Out of Date
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Mar. 23, 2002)
THINK TANK: Advocating Tobacco, on the Payroll of Tobacco
(By ALEXANDER STILLE, Mar. 23, 2002)
SCIENCE: Life Inside Tall Tin Can in Utah Is All Mars
(By BLAINE HARDEN, Mar. 23, 2002)
Friday, March 22, 2002:
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)
Herman Talmadge, Georgia Senator and Governor, Dies at 88
(By ADAM CLYMER, Mar. 22, 2002)
Carl McIntire, 95, Evangelist and Patriot, Dies
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 22, 2002)
NATIONAL: Couple Convicted of All Charges in Fatal Dog Mauling
(By EVELYN NIEVES, Mar. 22, 2002)
Universities Report Record in Private Contributions
(By STEPHANIE STROM, Mar. 22, 2002)
Report Finds Co-Pilot at Fault in Fatal Crash of EgyptAir 990
(By MATTHEW L. WALD, Mar. 22, 2002)
THE DETAINEES: Files Link Student Held in New York to 3 Terrorism Figures
(By JO THOMAS with CHRISTOPHER DREW, Mar. 22, 2002)
Video Surveillance Planned for Capital
(NY TIMES, Mar. 22, 2002)
On the Air in Miami: Castro's Rebellious Daughter
(By DANA CANEDY, Mar. 22, 2002)
WORLD: Pope Says 'Shadow of Suspicion' Has Been Cast Across All Priests
(By MELINDA HENNEBERGER, Mar. 22, 2002)
Jerusalem Bomber Kills 3 and Shakes U.S. Peace Effort
(By JAMES BENNET with TODD S. PURDUM, Mar. 22, 2002)
JOURNALISTS: Killing Suspect to Be Tried Under the Laws of Pakistan
(By RAYMOND BONNER, Mar. 22, 2002)
Taiwanese Officials Confiscate Copies of Magazine in Raid
(By MARK LANDLER, Mar. 22, 2002)
KABUL'S NEW YEAR: Both Hope and Wariness Color Afghan Festivity
(By JOHN F. BURNS, Mar. 22, 2002)
NY REGION: FRAUD: 23 Accused of Taking Money Meant for Sept. 11 Victims
(By ROBERT F. WORTH, Mar. 22, 2002)
As Applications to Some New York Colleges Drop, Officials Cite Sept. 11
(By KAREN W. ARENSON, Mar. 22, 2002)
PUBLIC LIVES: That Winchell-Era Publicist? Still in the Game, Baby
(By JOYCE WADLER, Mar. 22, 2002)
EDITORIAL: The Art of Banality [Nazi Imagery]
(NY TIMES, Mar. 22, 2002)
OP-ED: Free the Hatemongers!
(By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Mar. 22, 2002)
OP-ED: NOTES FROM SIOUX FALLS: Politics on the Great Plains
(By JAKE TAPPER, Mar. 22, 2002)
OP-ED: The Middle East's Failed Leaders
(By ANTHONY H. CORDESMAN, Mar. 22, 2002)
LETTERS: Do Israel and Arabs Need a G.I. Buffer?
(By RITA C. TOBIN, Mar. 22, 2002)
BUSINESS: Dow Falls, but Late Buying in Technology Stems the Loss
[Dow -22, Nasdaq +36] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 22, 2002)
* ADVERTISING: Will the Magic of E.T. Work Again?
(By COURTNEY KANE, Mar. 22, 2002)
New York Is Still Losing Jobs Despite an Increase Nationally
(By LESLIE EATON, Mar. 22, 2002)
* Producers Who Measure Profit Against Beautiful Odds [Ron Howard]
(By LAURA M. HOLSON, Mar. 22, 2002)
* Longtime Host Says He'll Quit Revamped 'Wall Street Week' [Louis Rukeyser]
(By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Mar. 22, 2002)
Ex-Gateway Executive Says Microsoft Bullies PC Makers
(By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Mar. 22, 2002)
Mortgage Rates Rise [30-year fixed-rate rose to 7.14% from 7.08%]
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 22, 2002)
Audit Adds to Ovitz's Troubles in Hollywood
(By BERNARD WEINRAUB & ANITA M. BUSCH, Mar. 22, 2002)
* ART: GOYA: Capturing a Woman's Power to Fascinate
(By ROBERTA SMITH, Mar. 22, 2002)
* ART: Asia Week, a Vast Concept Embraced This Year by Buddha
(By HOLLAND COTTER, Mar. 22, 2002)
* ART: OSKAR KOKOSCHKA: Painting Their Souls, Predicting Their Future
(By GRACE GLUECK, Mar. 22, 2002)
* ART: Painters Who Nurtured the Genius of Others
(By ROBERTA SMITH, Mar. 22, 2002)
* INSIDE ART: Japanese Postcards, Destined for Boston
(By CAROL VOGEL, Mar. 22, 2002)
ANTIQUES: Japanese Coats of Many Colors
(By WENDY MOONAN, Mar. 22, 2002)
BOOKS: 'BY THE LAKE': The Birds of Ireland Don't Sing; They Cry, 'This Is Mine'
(By RICHARD EDER, Mar. 22, 2002)
* FILM CRITIC: 'E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL': Loss and Love, a Tale Retold
(By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 22, 2002)
* FILM: AT THE MOVIES: The Making of a Classic [ET]
(By DAVE KEHR, Mar. 22, 2002)
FILM: 'REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES': Full Figured and Ready to Fight
(By ELVIS MITCHELL, Mar. 22, 2002)
FILM: 'BLADE 2': Snuffing Out Vampires When a Stake Won't Do
(By ELVIS MITCHELL, Mar. 22, 2002)
FILM: 'STOLEN SUMMER': Getting Into Heaven Requires Some Work
(By ELVIS MITCHELL, Mar. 22, 2002)
FILM: 'JIM BROWN: ALL AMERICAN': Jim Brown as Football Legend, Sex Symbol and Husband
(BY STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 22, 2002)
MUSIC: The Troubles of a Family, Intimately and Operatically
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Mar. 22, 2002)
MUSIC: A 'Passion' as Bach Might Have Wanted It
(By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Mar. 22, 2002)
THEATER: 'THE RISE AND FALL OF TIMUR THE LAME': A Warlord as a Puppet (Literally)
(By BRUCE WEBER, Mar. 22, 2002)
THEATER: 'OKLAHOMA': This Time, a Beautiful Mornin' With a Dark Side
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Mar. 22, 2002)
TV: 'ONE WOMAN'S WAR': Exchanging a Camera for Good Works
(By JULIE SALAMON, Mar. 22, 2002)
THE OUTSIDER: Saving Breeds That Are Historic, Tasty and Also Kind of Cute
(By JAMES GORMAN, Mar. 22, 2002)
HEALTH: Early Promise Seen in Alzheimer's Test
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 22, 2002)
Thursday, March 21, 2002:
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)
Herman Talmadge, Former Governor of Georgia, Dies at 88
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 21, 2002)
Van Tien Dung, Led the Final Assault on Saigon, Dies at 84
(By REUTERS, Mar. 21, 2002)
Walter J. Rockler, War-Crimes Agency Chief, Dies at 81
(NY TIMES, Mar. 21, 2002)
Milton C. Rose, 97, Partner in Noted Wall St. Law Firm, Dies
(By LESLIE WAYNE, Mar. 21, 2002)
Leonard Gershe, Author of 'Butterflies Are Free,' Dies at 79
(NY TIMES, Mar. 21, 2002)
William Root, Professional Bridge Player and Teacher, 78, Dies
(By ALAN TRUSCOTT, Mar. 21, 2002)
John E. Robson, 71, Official Who Led Export-Import Bank, Dies
(NY TIMES, Mar. 21, 2002)
NATIONAL: Owners of Dogs That Killed Girl Are Charged
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 21, 2002)
THE INTERVIEWS: Justice Dept. Wants to Query More Foreigners
(By PHILIP SHENON, Mar. 21, 2002)
In Los Angeles, a Traveler's Best Friend [bomb-snifffing dogs]
(By JAMES STERNGOLD, Mar. 21, 2002)
THE MONEY TRAIL: Raids Seek Evidence of Money-Laundering
(By JUDITH MILLER, Mar. 21, 2002)
Law Revises Standards for Scientific Study
(By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Mar. 21, 2002)
Final Report by Prosecutor of Clintons Is Released
(By NEIL A. LEWIS, Mar. 21, 2002)
WORLD: After Riots, Some Muslims Fear for Their Future in India
(By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Mar. 21, 2002)
STRATEGY: U.S. Might Pursue Qaeda and Taliban to Pakistan Lairs
(By DEXTER FILKINS, Mar. 21, 2002)
DIPLOMACY: Cheney's Bid to Arafat Aimed to End Violence
(By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Mar. 21, 2002)
SECURITY FORCE: Fielding an Afghan Army Is Months Off, U.S. Finds
(By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Mar. 21, 2002)
* TORONTO JOURNAL: Green Tea Flavors the Land of the Maple Leaf
(By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, Mar. 21, 2002)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Globalization Proves Disappointing
(By JOSEPH KAHN, Mar. 21, 2002)
Relic in a Cave: But What War? [Global Positioning device]
(NY TIMES, Mar. 21, 2002)
NY REGION: A Rush to Fix Ground Zero's Damaged Dike
(By JAMES GLANZ & ERIC LIPTON, Mar. 21, 2002)
Wall St. Giants Offered Grants for Staying Put
(By CHARLES V. BAGLI, Mar. 21, 2002)
* From Ancient Days, a Tasty New Year [Persian]
(By SUSAN SACHS, Mar. 21, 2002)
BOLDFACE NAMES: Render Unto Buddha [Steven Seagal]
(By JAMES BARRON, Mar. 21, 2002)
PUBLIC LIVES: Moving Beyond Sept. 11 by Staying Closely Tied to It
(By LYNDA RICHARDSON, Mar. 21, 2002)
SPORTS: Flying Puck Caused Rare Brain Injury
(By EDWARD WONG, Mar. 21, 2002)
EDITORIAL: What Price Merger? [HP-Compaq]
(By, Mar. 21, 2002)
OP-ED: In Search of Magic [NYC schools]
(By BOB HERBERT, Mar. 21, 2002)
OP-ED: Military Tribunals Modified
(By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 21, 2002)
OP-ED: Annan's Careless Language
(By GEORGE P. FLETCHER, Mar. 21, 2002)
OP-ED: Out of Jail and Out of Food
(By HERMAN SCHWARTZ, Mar. 21, 2002)
LETTERS: Myths of Motherhood
(By BROOKE WHEELOCK, Mar. 21, 2002)
LETTERS: Another Writer's Words
(By JAY JENNINGS, et. al., Mar. 21, 2002)
BUSINESS: Dow and Nasdaq Both Retreat as Investors Take Profits
[Dow -134, Nasdaq -48] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 21, 2002)
Compaq Shareholders Approve Sale to Hewlett-Packard
(By CHRIS GAITHER & STEVE LOHR, Mar. 21, 2002)
Second Act for Hong Kong Billionaire
(By MARK LANDLER, Mar. 21, 2002)
* ECONOMIC SCENE: Victory in War Against Terror Hinges on Cutting Off Resources
(By JEFF MADRICK, Mar. 21, 2002)
In Microsoft Case, RealNetworks Says Competition Is Unfair
(By AMY HARMON, Mar. 21, 2002)
Study Says One Blood Pressure Pill Is Far Superior
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 21, 2002)
ARTS ABROAD: A Show Honors the Long Lives of Images of the Dead
(By ALAN RIDING, Mar. 21, 2002)
ART: An Avant-Garde Design for a New-Media Center
(By JULIE V. IOVINE, Mar. 21, 2002)
BOOKS: 'NO HEROES': You Can Go Home Again, but You Might Not Stay
(By JANET MASLIN, Mar. 21, 2002)
MAKING BOOKS: Many Hispanics, Scant Marketing
(By MARTIN ARNOLD, Mar. 21, 2002)
FILM CRITIC: A 'Mind' Is a Hazardous Thing to Distort
(By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 21, 2002)
MUSIC: Patience Pays Off for Nelly Furtado's Team
(By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Mar. 21, 2002)
POP: 'THE BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1933': A Musical Return to 1933, When Mackie Was in Town
(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 21, 2002)
GARDEN: AT HOME WITH RANDY NEWMAN: Long Ascent on Mt. Oscar
(By JAMIE DIAMOND, Mar. 21, 2002)
CIRCUITS: Contents
(NY TIMES, Mar. 21, 2002)
From the Skin Artist, Always a Free Makeover
(By DAVID KUSHNER, Mar. 21, 2002)
STATE OF THE ART: Downsizing Videotape, Yet Again
(By DAVID POGUE, Mar. 21, 2002)
BASICS: A Port Beckons: Moving to a New PC
(By LARRY MAGID, Mar. 21, 2002)
Voice Recognition Leaps Into Appliances
(By NEIL McMANUS, Mar. 21, 2002)
SOFTWARE: Finally, a Way to Itemize Star Trek Memorabilia
(By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Mar. 21, 2002)
Q & A: Retrieving a PC's Past With XP's Time Warp
(By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Mar. 21, 2002)
HEALTH: Minorities Get Inferior Care, Even if Insured, Study Finds
(By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Mar. 21, 2002)
Wednesday, March 20, 2002:
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)
Rosetta LeNoire, Producer Who Broke Color Bar, Dies at 90
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 20, 2002)
Arthur G. Altschul, 81, Banker, Art Collector and Philanthropist, Dies
(By ERIC PACE, Mar. 20, 2002)
Joseph Charles, 91, a Symbol of Street Corner Friendliness, Dies
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 20, 2002)
Alonzo Decker, Power Tool Developer, Dies at 94
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 20, 2002)
Polly Riley, L.P.G.A.'s First Winner, Dies at 75
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 20, 2002)
NATIONAL: Pentagon's Top Cuba Expert Pleads Guilty to Espionage
(By TIM GOLDEN, Mar. 20, 2002)
AIR PATROLS: Officials Defend Plan to End 24-Hour Patrolling of Cities
(By THOM SHANKER, Mar. 20, 2002)
With Prizes Near, Paper Prints Attack on Another's Entry
(By FELICITY BARRINGER, Mar. 20, 2002)
Bush Leans Toward New Agency to Control Who and What Enters
(By DAVID E. SANGER & ERIC SCHMITT, Mar. 20, 2002)
WORLD: GAZA: Israelis' Withdrawal Leaves Behind Little Hope
(By JOEL BRINKLEY, Mar. 20, 2002)
WEAPONS: U.S. Concludes Al Qaeda Lacked a Chemical or Biological Stockpile
(By DAVID JOHNSTON & JAMES RISEN, Mar. 20, 2002)
THE FIGHTING: 7 Men, Apparently Fleeing U.S. Battle, Are Seized in Pakistan
(By JOHN F. BURNS, Mar. 20, 2002)
LIAOYANG JOURNAL: Where Workers, Too, Rust, Bitterness Boils
(By ERIK ECKHOLM, Mar. 20, 2002)
With Rug Pulled From Under Its Feet, Museum Is Reeling
(By BARBARA STEWART, Mar. 20, 2002)
A CUNY Revolutionary Looks Back [Julius C. C. Edelstein]
(By KAREN W. ARENSON, Mar. 20, 2002)
* OP-ED: Pull Up a Chair
(By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Mar. 20, 2002)
OP-ED: Father Knows Worst
(By MAUREEN DOWD, Mar. 20, 2002)
OP-ED: What $2,000 Buys
(By ADAM LIOZ, Mar. 20, 2002)
* OP-ED: The Fear Beneath the Burka
(By RINA AMIRI, Mar. 20, 2002)
LETTERS: When Vengeance Is Not Enough
(By JOHN S. KOPPEL, et. al., Mar. 20, 2002)
LETTERS: The Consumption Scale [Americans consume 25% of world's energy]
(By DONALD J. BOUDREAUX, et. al., Mar. 20, 2002)
BUSINESS: Shares Edge Higher as Fed Says Economy Is Expanding
[Dow +58, Nasdaq +4] (By SHERRI DAY, Mar. 20, 2002)
Hewlett-Packard Declares Victory on Merger
(By STEVE LOHR & CHRIS GAITHER, Mar. 20, 2002)
Fed Leaves Rates Steady; Hints Increases May Be Coming
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 20, 2002)
MARKET PLACE: Outlook Iffy Even as Goldman Posts Solid Results
(By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Mar. 20, 2002)
ADVERTISING: Three Singers Praise the Joys of Milk
(By BERNARD STAMLER, Mar. 20, 2002)
Ex-Chief of Netscape Criticizes Microsoft's Penalty Proposal
(By AMY HARMON, Mar. 20, 2002)
ARTS: For Arts Space, Shabby Charm Turns Sleek
(By DINITIA SMITH, Mar. 20, 2002)
* BOOKS: 'AMBLING INTO HISTORY': Seeing Bush's Brains Despite Mangled Words
(By ROBERT DALLEK, Mar. 20, 2002)
MUSIC CRITIC: All-Black Casts for 'Porgy'? That Ain't Necessarily So
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 20, 2002)
MUSIC: EMERSON STRING QUARTET: Bartok Keeps the Emerson Quartet on Its Toes
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 20, 2002)
OPERA: 'CARMEN': A 'Carmen' Directed More to the Eye Than the Ear
(By ANNE MIDGETTE, Mar. 20, 2002)
THEATER: 'THE MASTER BUILDER': Laying a Firm Foundation for His Own Destruction
(By D. J. R. BRUCKNER, Mar. 20, 2002)
FOOD: THE CHEF: Ambition and the Bird
(By ALAIN DUCASSE, Mar. 17, 2002)
THE MINIMALIST: Dinner for 8 in 4 Hours, With Just a Little Hysteria
(By MARK BITTMAN, Mar. 17, 2002)
Legacy of Egyptian Rose, in Time for Passover
(By JOAN NATHAN, Mar. 17, 2002)
MIXED MEDIA: America's Real Foodie Bible (It's Not What You Think)
(By REGINA SCHRAMBLING, Mar. 20, 2002)
The Small-Plate Club [3 recipes]
(By MARIAN BURROS, Mar. 17, 2002)
* SCIENCE: Large Ice Shelf in Antarctica Disintegrates at Great Speed
(By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Mar. 20, 2002)
* HEALTH: THE BIOTERROR THREAT: Possible New Therapy for Smallpox Is Seen
(By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Mar. 20, 2002)
HEALTH: Device May Not Spur Lapses in Thinking in Bypass Patients
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 20, 2002)
HEALTH: Tiny Heart Devices Reduce Death Rate, but Cost Is Concern
(By GINA KOLATA, Mar. 20, 2002)
HEALTH: Petition Asks for Removal of Diet Drug From Market [Meridia]
(By PHILIP J. HILTS, Mar. 20, 2002)
Tuesday, March 19, 2002:
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 Erickson, 72, Briton Who Chronicled the Red Army, Dies
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 19, 2002)
Paul Runyan, Winner of 29 P.G.A. Events, Dies at 93
(By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Mar. 19, 2002)
David Mann, Composer and Pianist, Dies at 85
(NY TIMES, Mar. 19, 2002)
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* ARTS IN AMERICA: Steinbeck, the Pride of Salinas, at 100
(By STEPHEN KINZER, Mar. 19, 2002)
* BOOKS: 'REPORT FROM GROUND ZERO': A Time of Fire, Heroism and the Roar of the Devil
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Mar. 19, 2002)
DANCE: 'TANG COURT MUSIC AND DANCE': The Tang Dynasty's Harmonious Formality
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 19, 2002)
DANCE: Shimmering, Sensuous and Brainy, Too
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 19, 2002)
MUSIC: SIR COLIN DAVIS: Colin Davis and His Way of Turning Likely Phrases
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Mar. 19, 2002)
PHOTOGRAPHY: A Shutter That Clicks to a Blues Rhythm
(By JON PARELES, Mar. 19, 2002)
FASHION: From Paris, Milan and New York, Impressions of Fall
(By CATHY HORYN, Mar. 19, 2002)
FASHION DIARY: The Promotion Tour Known as Fashion Week
(By GUY TREBAY, Mar. 19, 2002)
* SCIENCE: Fumes and Visions Were Not a Myth for Oracle at Delphi
(By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Mar. 19, 2002)
* Hidden Faults at Delphi
(Illustrations By Frank Ippolito, Mar. 19, 2002)
High in Andes, a Place That May Have Been Incas' Last Refuge
(By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Mar. 19, 2002)
* New Satellites to Map Gravity More Precisely
(By WARREN E. LEARY, Mar. 19, 2002)
* In Classic Math Riddle, DNA Gives a Satisfying Answer
(By GEORGE JOHNSON, Mar. 19, 2002)
Research Leads to Call for Quick Testing of Mad-Cow-Infected Animals
(By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Mar. 19, 2002)
OBSERVATORY: Gassy Ferns and Trees
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 19, 2002)
SCIENTIST AT WORK / LEON R. KASS: Moralist of Science Ponders Its Power
(By NICHOLAS WADE, Mar. 19, 2002)
PERSONAL HEALTH: Yeast Infection: The Pitfalls of Self-Diagnosis
(By JANE E. BRODY, Mar. 19, 2002)
* CASES: This Time, 'Forgetting' Is Healthy
(By RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M.D., Mar. 19, 2002)
HEALTH: Liver Donors Face Perils Known and Unknown
(By DENISE GRADY, Mar. 19, 2002)
Men's Reproductive Health Care Gets New Emphasis
(By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Mar. 19, 2002)
FACING OFF: The Place for Public Documents: On File or Online?
(NY TIMES, Mar. 19, 2002)
VITAL SIGNS: Symptoms: The Not-So-Telltale Sign of Lyme Disease
(By JOHN O'NEIL, Mar. 19, 2002)
Cause and Effect: Lessons From a Poisoned Coffeepot
(By JOHN O'NEIL, Mar. 19, 2002)
Update: An Easier Aid for a Lazy Eye
(By JOHN O'NEIL, Mar. 19, 2002)
Reactions: Raising a Glass or Two to Better Health
(By JOHN O'NEIL, Mar. 19, 2002)
Outcomes: Another Possible Aspirin Benefit for Men
(By JOHN O'NEIL, Mar. 19, 2002)
Monday, March 18, 2002:
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)
Sylvester L. Weaver Jr., Creator of 'Today' and 'Tonight,' Dies at 93
(By THOMAS J. LUECK, Mar. 18, 2002)
Warren J. Harding, 77, Legendary Rock Climber, Dies
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 18, 2002)
Avraham Tory, War Crimes Witness, 92, Dies
(By KATHLEEN CARROLL, Mar. 18, 2002)
Thomas Griffith, 'House Liberal' at Time Inc., 86, Dies
(By WILLIAM H. HONAN, Mar. 18, 2002)
NATIONAL: Texas Mother Formally Sentenced to Life in Prison
(By SHERRI DAY, Mar. 18, 2002)
In Testing, One Size May Not Fit All
(By TAMAR LEWIN, Mar. 18, 2002)
Tipper Gore Says She Won't Run for Vacant Senate Seat
(By RICHARD L. BERKE, Mar. 18, 2002)
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