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

Wednesday, March 31, 2004:
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)

* Emily Morison Beck, 88, Who Edited Bartlett's Quotations, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 31, 2004)
John Sack, 74, Correspondent Who Reported From Battlefields, Dies (By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, Mar. 31, 2004)
Art James, 74, Game Show Host and Announcer, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 31, 2004)
NATIONAL: Defying Bush, Senate Increases Child Care Funds for the Poor (By ROBERT PEAR, Mar. 31, 2004)
NEWS ANALYSIS: When Goals Meet Reality: Executive Privilege Reversal (By DAVID E. SANGER, Mar. 31, 2004)
Reason to Run? Nader Argues He Has Plenty (By TODD S. PURDUM, Mar. 31, 2004)
Kerry Shoulder Surgery Goes Well, Doctor Says (By MARIA NEWMAN, Mar. 31, 2004)
* MUDVILLE JOURNAL: In 'Casey' Rhubarb, 2 Cities Cry 'Foul!' (By KATIE ZEZIMA, Mar. 31, 2004)
New Pall Falls on Gay Wedding Hopes (By PAM BELLUCK, Mar. 31, 2004)
Defying Bush, Senate Increases Child Care Funds for the Poor (By ROBERT PEAR, Mar. 31, 2004)
Iraq Arms Inspector Says Search Is a Tangle [Charles A. Duelfer] (By DOUGLAS JEHL, Mar. 31, 2004)
ON EDUCATION: Prep Schools Flocking to Recruit Products of a Newark Education (By MICHAEL WINERIP, Mar. 31, 2004)
WORLD: Enraged Mob in Falluja Kills 4 American Contractors
(By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN & JOHN F. BURNS, Mar. 31, 2004)
Police in Uzbekistan Arrest Dozens, Reports Say (By SETH MYDANS, Mar. 31, 2004)
LETTER FROM EUROPE: A New Future for Spain: Call It Social Socialism (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Mar. 31, 2004)
3rd Day of Violence Claims 23 Lives in Uzbekistan (By SETH MYDANS, Mar. 31, 2004)
About-Face in France: Government's Out, Then It's In (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Mar. 31, 2004)
British Police Arrest 8 Suspected of Plotting Terrorist Attack (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Mar. 31, 2004)
NY REGION: New York Cabs to Charge More, but You Can Put It on Plastic
(By MICHAEL LUO, Mar. 31, 2004)
911 Failure Delayed Treatment as Deadly Heart Attack Struck (By ROBERT F. WORTH, Mar. 31, 2004)
In Bottom of the 9th, Out Came the Bagels for Stalwart Yankees Fans (By COREY KILGANNON, Mar. 31, 2004)
PUBLIC LIVES: An Inclination to Serve, and the Power to Change (By LYNDA RICHARDSON, Mar. 31, 2004)
* ABOUT NEW YORK: A Forest Monk's Lesson in the New York Jungle (By DAN BARRY, Mar. 31, 2004)
SPORTS: FOOTBALL: Demo Dance Deserves Big Penalty (By DAVE ANDERSON, Mar. 31, 2004)
YANKEES 12, DEVIL RAYS 1: Yankees Bounce Back and Rout Tampa Bay (By TYLER KEPNER, Mar. 31, 2004)
TENNIS: Fast, Slim and in Control, Calleri Overwhelms Agassi (By JUDY BATTISTA, Mar. 31, 2004)
Sales of College Stars' Jerseys Raise Ethics Concerns (By MARCIA CHAMBERS, Mar. 31, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Of Privilege and Politics (NY TIMES, Mar. 31, 2004)
* EDITORIALS: APPRECIATIONS: Alistair Cooke (By DOROTHY SAMUELS, Mar. 31, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Starved for Safety (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Mar. 31, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Bond Across the Pond (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 31, 2004)
* OP-ED: International Relations 101 (By ROBERT M. GATES, Mar. 31, 2004)
OP-ED: Land of the Free? (By STEVEN C. CLEMONS, Mar. 31, 2004)
OP-ED: A White Elephant for the West Side (By STEVEN MALANGA, Mar. 31, 2004)
LETTERS: A Newspaper Is Closed in Baghdad (5 Letters) (By GILBERT CRANBERG, et. al., Mar. 31, 2004)
LETTERS: Intelligence Gap, Imagination Gap (3 Letters) (By JUSTIN KINNEY, et. al., Mar. 31, 2004)
LETTERS: That Ball Is Going... Going... Caught! (2 Letters) (By STEVEN LEWIS, et. al., Mar. 31, 2004)
LETTERS: Bob Dole's Economy (By ZOEY CHENITZ, Mar. 31, 2004)
BUSINESS: Major Indexes Rise on Hopes of a Positive Jobs Report
[Dow +52.07, Nasdaq +8.06] (By REUTERS, Mar. 31, 2004)
Internet Chatter on the Tyco Trial: What's With Juror No. 4?
(By JENNIFER BAYOT & ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Mar. 31, 2004)
Ukrainian Activists Soil Soros in Protest (By REUTERS, Mar. 31, 2004)
* ART: A Vermeer, Once Suspect, Will Be Offered at Sotheby's (By CAROL VOGEL, Mar. 31, 2004)
* ART: Celebrating an Artist Who Wanted to 'Murder Painting' [Joan Mir&oactute;]
(By ALAN RIDING, Mar. 31, 2004)
ARTS: Liberal Voices (Some Sharp) Get New Home on Radio Dial (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Mar. 31, 2004)
ARTS: Jesse Jackson, on the Air (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Mar. 31, 2004)
* FILM: Paramount Sees Its Future in the Stars (Big Ones) (By SHARON WAXMAN, Mar. 31, 2004)
* FILM: 'SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER... AND SPRING'
A Buddhist Observes Humanity WithSharp and Stern Eyes (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 31, 2004)
FILM: 'RED PERSIMMONS': Humanity and Nature Share a Timeless Dance on Persimmon Farms
(By DAVE KEHR, Mar. 31, 2004)
MUSIC: ANDY BEY: Crooning Softly to Conceal the Pain (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 31, 2004)
OPERA: METROPOLITAN OPERA: Sieglinde, Lost Child, Turns Godly in the Singing (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 31, 2004)
* THEATER: A Coma Becomes the Real World, With a History of Modern Tibet (By D. J. R. BRUCKNER, Mar. 31, 2004)
BOOKS: 'FREETHINKERS': In America's Long Culture War, Under God or Under Citizens?
[Susan Jacoby] (By MICHAEL KAZIN, Mar. 31, 2004)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 31, 2004)
Lamb Is Fine With Lilies, but the Kiwis Have a Secret (By MARIAN BURROS, Mar. 31, 2004)
Family Treasures Hold Kosher America's Roots (By JOAN NATHAN, Mar. 31, 2004)
* What He Ate: A Food Diary From New York [Tucker Shaw's photos] (By SAM SIFTON, Mar. 31, 2004)
AT MY TABLE | NIGELLA LAWSON: A Feast for Two Seasons (By NIGELLA LAWSON, Mar. 31, 2004)
* FOOD STUFF: Hope the Easter Bunny Likes Surprises (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Mar. 31, 2004)
THE MINIMALIST: Duck Under Cover (By MARK BITTMAN, Mar. 31, 2004)
TEMPTATION: Easter Pizza Is What You Make of It (By DANA BOWEN, Mar. 31, 2004)
PAIRINGS: A Spring Dish Hearty Enough for a Red (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Mar. 31, 2004)

Tuesday, March 30, 2004:
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)

* Alistair Cooke, British Eye on the American Scene, Dies at 95 (By FRANK J. PRIAL, Mar. 30, 2004)
* Sir Peter Ustinov, Oscar-Winning Actor, Dies at 82 (NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2004)
* Edward J. Piszek, Who Founded Mrs. Paul's Brand, Dies at 87 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 30, 2004)
* NATIONAL: Rice to Testify Under Oath Before Panel Investigating 9/11 Attacks (By PHILIP SHENON and DAVID STOUT, Mar. 30, 2004)
* NATIONAL: 9/11 Panel Wants Rice Under Oath in Any Testimony (By PHILIP SHENON and RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 30, 2004)
Kerry, Shoulder Aside, Reports 'Excellent Health' (By JODI WILGOREN & LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Mar. 30, 2004)
Denied the No. 1 Slot, Edwards Positions Himself for No. 2 (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Mar. 30, 2004)
Cheney Jabs on Tax Issues and Kerry Fights Back (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Mar. 30, 2004)
Big Pay Luring Military's Elite to Private Jobs (By ERIC SCHMITT and THOM SHANKER, Mar. 30, 2004)
Setback Is Dealt to Gay Marriage (By PAM BELLUCK, Mar. 30, 2004)
Supreme Court to Consider Role of Intent in Age Bias (By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Mar. 30, 2004)
WORLD: 8 Terror Suspects Arrested in England (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Mar. 30, 2004)
WORLD: G.I.'s in Afghanistan on Hunt, but Now for Hearts and Minds (By DAVID ROHDE, Mar. 30, 2004)
China Detains 3 Relatives of Victims at Tiananmen (By JOSEPH KAHN, Mar. 30, 2004)
Compromise Virtually Assures New Term for Taiwan's Leader (By KEITH BRADSHER, Mar. 30, 2004)
URASOE JOURNAL: On U.S. Fast Food, More Okinawans Grow Super-Sized (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Mar. 30, 2004)
NY REGION: Statue of Liberty to Be Reopened This Summer (By KIRK SEMPLE, Mar. 30, 2004)
Brooklyn's Mile-Long Makeover (By JOSEPH BERGER, Mar. 30, 2004)
Reporter's Widow Is Making Her Case for a 9/11 Payment (By DAVID W. CHEN, Mar. 30, 2004)
Brooklyn College Is Third on 'Best Value' List (NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2004)
* Counterfeit Printer Cartridges Seized at a Warehouse in New Jersey (By RONALD SMOTHERS, Mar. 30, 2004)
NYC: A Pedestal Too High for Some (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Mar. 30, 2004)
* SPORTS: Alex Rodriguez's Biggest Influence Was Piniella (By JACK CURRY, Mar. 30, 2004)
DEVIL RAYS 8, YANKEES 3: Far From Home and Out of Sorts, Yankees Lose Opener
(By TYLER KEPNER, Mar. 30, 2004)
BASEBALL ANALYSIS: Amid Great Expectations, Yankees Get Lost in Translation
(By JACK CURRY, Mar. 30, 2004)
* SOCCER: Freddy Adu's Debut Before a 'Downsized' Sellout (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 30, 2004)
SPORTS: BASKETBALL: Connecticut Hasn't Seen Last of Taurasi (By HARVEY ARATON, Mar. 30, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Hearts, Minds and Padlocks [Baghdad's newspapers] (NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2004)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: The Evolution of Women's Roles, Chronicled in the Life of a Doll
(By CAROL E. LEE, Mar. 30, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: This Isn't America (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Mar. 30, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Stressed for Success? (By DAVID BROOKS, Mar. 30, 2004)
OP-ED: A Failure Policy That Succeeds [Chicago schools] (By MARLENE HEATH, Mar. 30, 2004)
OP-ED: American Courts, Global Justice (By DOLLY FILÁRTIGA, Mar. 30, 2004)
* OP-ED: Triple the Excitement (By STUART MILLER, Mar. 30, 2004)
LETTERS: 9/11 Hearings: The Next Round (6 Letters) (By JAMES I. LENGLE, et. al., Mar. 30, 2004)
* LETTERS: A Penny a Note, but Nothing for the Rest? (2 Letters) (By TONY ALTERMAN, IAN ALTERMAN, et. al., Mar. 30, 2004)
BUSINESS: Stocks Rise, but Interest Rates May Dampen Enthusiasm
[Dow +116.66, Nasdaq +32.55] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Mar. 30, 2004)
After 13 Years, Judge Dismisses Case on Pooh Bear Royalties (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Mar. 30, 2004)
* NBC Asks Leno to Work Late Through End of the Decade (By BILL CARTER, Mar. 30, 2004)
Time Plans a Magazine to Be Sold at Wal-Marts (By DAVID CARR, Mar. 30, 2004)
ADVERTISING: A Superman Campaign for American Express (By STUART ELLIOTT, Mar. 30, 2004)
MARKET PLACE: Amgen to Pay $1.3 Billion in Stock for Tularik (By ANDREW POLLACK, Mar. 30, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: AT&T Brings Internet Telephone Service to New Jersey (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Mar. 30, 2004)
ARTS: NPR Stations Had Pushed for Change (By LYNETTE CLEMETSON, Mar. 30, 2004)
ARTS: Artist Who Worked With 9/11 Dust Wins the First Artes Mundi Prize (By ALAN RIDING, Mar. 30, 2004)
* BOOKS: American Scholar's Editor to Leave in Budget Dispute [Anne Fadiman]
(By EMILY EAKIN, Mar. 30, 2004)
DANCE: JORMA ELO: A Finn Goes to Boston With Some Explosive, High-Tech Ideas
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 30, 2004)
DANCE: DAVID DORFMAN: Nothing Less Than Life or Death (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 30, 2004)
FILM: Film Helps Stung Town Revisit Book ["Friday Night Lights"] (By BARBARA NOVOVITCH, Mar. 30, 2004)
* FILM: NEW DVD'S: Of a Certain Age but Taking a Chance on Love (By PETER M. NICHOLS, Mar. 30, 2004)
FILM: 'SILENT WATERS': A Pakistani Approaches Manhood Angry and Brutish (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Mar. 30, 2004)
* MUSIC: Heat and Light Uptown [Apollo Theater] (By BRUCE WEBER, Mar. 30, 2004)
MUSIC: THE DECEMBERISTS: A Band Reveling in 'Pantaloons' and Other Lyrical Mischief
(By KELEFA SANNEH, Mar. 30, 2004)
THEATER: A Young Writer Caught in the Claws of Fascism and War (By MARGO JEFFERSON, Mar. 30, 2004)
THEATER: A Mother Speaks Out, and Hearts Dissolve (By BEN BRANTLEY, Mar. 30, 2004)
* TV: 'CHOOSE OR LOSE': Kerry, Cool on MTV's Hot Seat (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Mar. 30, 2004)
SCIENCE: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Safely Rooted on Earth, Scientists Solve an Icy Martian Puzzle (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 30, 2004)
At the Center Of the Storm Over Bush And Science (By JAMES GLANZ, Mar. 30, 2004)
On Madagascar, a Treasury of Fauna and Flora (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, Mar. 30, 2004)
A CONVERSATION WITH | FREDY PECCERELLI:
'The Bones Tell the Story': Revealing History's Darker Days (By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, Mar. 30, 2004)
U.S. Panel About to Weigh In on Rules for Assisted Fertility (By STEPHEN S. HALL, Mar. 30, 2004)
OBSERVATORY: King Tut Red (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 30, 2004)
* Q & A: Underground Biology (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Mar. 30, 2004)
* HEALTH: A New Era in Treating Imaginary Ills (By MARY DUENWALD, Mar. 30, 2004)
* When Does Flexible Start to Mean Harmful? 'Hot' Yoga Draws Fire (By LORRAINE KREAHLING, Mar. 30, 2004)
PERSONAL HEALTH: Avoid Chickenpox. (Oatmeal Bath Is No Picnic) (By JANE E. BRODY, Mar. 30, 2004)
* ESSAY: Learning From Prozac: Will New Caution Shift Old Views? (By TANYA LUHRMANN, Mar. 30, 2004)
Poll Finds Even Babies Don't Get Enough Rest (By DAVID TULLER, Mar. 30, 2004)
Possible Peril Found in Menopause Cream (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Mar. 30, 2004)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Children Outside the Box (By JOHN LANGONE, Mar. 30, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Habits: A Smoke Much Sweeter (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 30, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Behavior: Before the Morning After (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 30, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: In the E.R. Urgency Overwhelms Big Picture (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 30, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Symptoms: M.S. and Trying Times (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 30, 2004)

Monday, March 29, 2004:
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)

* Peter Ustinov, Oscar-Winning Actor, Dies at 82 (NY TIMES, Mar. 29, 2004)
Richard Perez, Advocate for Minority Rights, Dies at 59 (By COREY KILGANNON, Mar. 29, 2004)
Jan Sterling, 82, Actress Who Made Film Noir a Specialty, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 29, 2004)
Jan Berry, 62, Pioneer of Surf Music Sound, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 29, 2004)
NATIONAL: President Asked Aide to Explore Iraq Link to 9/11 (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Mar. 29, 2004)
As Border Woes Strain Arizona, U.S. and Mexico Talk (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Mar. 29, 2004)
In One Small Town, Radioactive Waste Is a Welcome Sight (By ANDREW JACOBS, Mar. 29, 2004)
Censored Study on Bioterror Doubts U.S. Preparedness (By JUDITH MILLER, Mar. 29, 2004)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: Shrinking the Glamour Gap in Texas, One Celebrity at a Time
(By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Mar. 29, 2004)
WORLD: G.I.'s Padlock Baghdad Paper Accused of Lies (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Mar. 29, 2004)
Summit's Collapse Leaves Arab Leaders in Disarray (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Mar. 29, 2004)
19 Killed and 26 Wounded as Terrorists Strike in Uzbekistan (By SETH MYDANS, Mar. 29, 2004)
Call to Indict Sharon Ignites Political Storm (By JAMES BENNET, Mar. 29, 2004)
In Setback for Chirac, French Veer Left in Regional Vote (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 29, 2004)
* SEMINYAK JOURNAL: Bali's Richness Offered to the World, by Onetime Hippies (By JANE PERLEZ, Mar. 29, 2004)
Hamas Leader Calls Bush Foe of Muslims (By GREG MYRE, Mar. 29, 2004)
Haiti's Struggle to Restore the Rule of Law (By KIRK SEMPLE, Mar. 29, 2004)
NY REGION: Would-Be Tribes Entice Investors (By IVER PETERSON, Mar. 29, 2004)
At 9/11 Site, Balancing Reverence and Retailing (By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Mar. 29, 2004)
* QUEENS JOURNAL: Religious Rites Welcomed; Parking Rights Are Thornier (By ROBERT F. WORTH, Mar. 29, 2004)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Mar. 29, 2004)
SPORTS: For Yanks' Matsui, How Do You Say Sayonara in English? (By TYLER KEPNER, Mar. 29, 2004)
BASEBALL: Where Root, Root, Root Is Taken Very Seriously (By JACK CURRY, Mar. 29, 2004)
SPORTS: Cosmic Order Restored With Shrill of a Whistle [Xavier vs. Duke] (By GEORGE VECSEY, Mar. 29, 2004)
DUKE 66, XAVIER 63: Duhon Lifts Blue Devils Into a Spot They Expect (By RAY GLIER, Mar. 29, 2004)
GEORGIA TECH 79, KANSAS 71: Georgia Tech Moves Forward With a Push From Jack (By JOE LAPOINTE, Mar. 29, 2004)
* SPORTS MEDIA & BUSINESS: YES Giving Prime-Time Treatment to Yankees' Early-Morning Games in Japan
[Eddie Murray's 587-feet homer against Yomuiuri Giants] (NY TIMES, Mar. 29, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Keeping Intellectual Borders Open (NY TIMES, Mar. 29, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Follow-Up to Kofigate [UN $5 billion kickbacks] (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 29, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Wish Fulfillment for Woody (By BOB HERBERT, Mar. 29, 2004)
OP-ED: A Bitter Pill [antidepressants] (By ANDREW SOLOMON, Mar. 29, 2004)
OP-ED: Wicket Politics (By RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Mar. 29, 2004)
* LETTERS: Tower of Strength, or a Risky Lure? (5 Letters) (By RAYMOND A. PSONAK, et. al., Mar. 29, 2004)
LETTERS: God and the Pledge: My Brother's Quest (2 Letters) (By JULIE NEWDOW, et. al., Mar. 29, 2004)
LETTERS: Where Untruth Rules (By JOHN S. KOPPEL, Mar. 29, 2004)
* LETTERS: Slow Joys (By ALAN HERMAN, Mar. 29, 2004)
BUSINESS: Stocks Rise, but Interest Rates May Dampen Enthusiasm
[Dow +116.66, Nasdaq +32.55] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Mar. 29, 2004)
* MOST WANTED MEDIA: Using G.P.S. to Find Where You Are (By IAN AUSTEN, Mar. 29, 2004)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Criminal Intent Seems the Focus of Juror's Doubt in Tyco Trial
(By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN & JONATHAN D. GLATER, Mar. 29, 2004)
Journalists Say Paper Failed to Stop Deceit of Reporter [USA Today's Jack Kelley]
(By JACQUES STEINBERG, Mar. 29, 2004)
* London Papers Go Tabloid, and Circulation Goes Up (By SARAH LYALL, Mar. 29, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 29, 2004)
* Leisure Pursuits of Today's Young Man (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Mar. 29, 2004)
* Wal-Mart Hits Snags in Push to Use Radio Tags to Track Goods (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Mar. 29, 2004)
* A Web Refugee Turns to Music and Says, 'The Sky's the Lid' (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Mar. 29, 2004)
* Health Concerns in Nanotechnology [Buckyballs] (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Mar. 29, 2004)
Tiny Loans Make a Big Difference in Lives of Poor (By SARITHA RAI, Mar. 29, 2004)
Prince Opens Online Music Store (By CHRIS NELSON, Mar. 29, 2004)
PATENTS: Improving Laparoscopic Surgery (By TERESA RIORDAN, Mar. 29, 2004)
* ART: Russia's New Rich Amass Art Collections (By SOPHIA KISHKOVSKY, Mar. 29, 2004)
* BOOKS: In 12th Book of Best-Selling Series, Jesus Returns (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Mar. 29, 2004)
FILM: Benji the Dog Has His Day, Free From Hollywood's Leash (By SARAH C. CAMPBELL, Mar. 29, 2004)
FILM: 'UNTOLD SCANDAL': The Dangerous Liaisons in Korea's Finest Homes (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Mar. 29, 2004)
FILM: 'THREE STEP DANCING': Four Seasons in Bucolic Italy, Ripe for Enjoying Five Senses
(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 29, 2004)
MUSIC: EDGAR MEYER: Double Duty for a Double Bassist (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Mar. 29, 2004)
MUSIC NEW CD'S: Diggin' Up Branches and Roots (By KELEFA SANNEH, Mar. 29, 2004)
MUSIC: BARBARA COOK: Still Dreaming of Paradise, With Hardheaded Yearning (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 29, 2004)
TV: 'CALL ME': No Inhibitions, or Excuses, for a Hollywood Madam (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Mar. 29, 2004)
TV: 'THE NEW AMERICANS': Hamburgers and Lots of Work, for Starters (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Mar. 29, 2004)

Sunday, March 28, 2004:
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)

Isaac Kleinerman, Producer of 'Victory at Sea,' Dies at 87 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 28, 2004)
Sofia Golovkina, 88, Head of Bolshoi's School, Dies (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 28, 2004)
Dorothy Denny Scardino, 82, Musical Star of the Bank Lobby, Dies (By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Mar. 28, 2004)
J. Edward Roush, Indiana Congressman, Dies at 83 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 28, 2004)
NATIONAL: 9/11 Panel Provokes a Discussion the White House Hoped to Avoid
(By DAVID JOHNSTON and ADAM NAGOURNEY, Mar. 28, 2004)
Gay? No Marriage License Here. Straight? Ditto. (By KATE ZERNIKE, Mar. 28, 2004)
A Trusted Bush Aide to Return, but Not to Washington [Karen P. Hughes]
(By ELISABETH BUMILLER and RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 28, 2004)
* POLITICAL POINTS: Bill, Jimmy... Meet Q-Tip (By JOHN TIERNEY, Mar. 28, 2004)
WORLD: A Long Fuse Links Tangier to Bombings in Madrid (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 28, 2004)
* WORLD: Mood Sours for Japan's Other Asian Students (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Mar. 28, 2004)
China Moves Toward Another West: Central Asia (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Mar. 28, 2004)
Official Is Said to Recommend Sharon Charge (By JAMES BENNET, Mar. 28, 2004)
Taiwan's President Seems Secure Despite a Huge Rally (By KEITH BRADSHER, Mar. 28, 2004)
North Korea Rejects U.S. Demand to Scrap Its Nuclear Programs (By JOSEPH KAHN, Mar. 28, 2004)
NY REGION: Children Alone and Scared, Fighting Deportation (By NINA BERNSTEIN, Mar. 28, 2004)
Politics, Cash and Suspicion Intersect on the Farm (By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI & JOHN SULLIVAN, Mar. 28, 2004)
In Connecticut, No Solution in Sight for Jammed Highways (By PAUL von ZIELBAUER, Mar. 28, 2004)
* ELMIRA JOURNAL: Huck Finn's Birthplace, Along the Mighty Chemung (By MICHELLE YORK, Mar. 28, 2004)
FOLLOWING UP: In Nurse's Confession, Agonizing Echoes (By JOSEPH P. FRIED, Mar. 28, 2004)
SPORTS: One Bracket Not Enough to Hold Two Dreams [Oklahoma State vs. St. Joseph]
(By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Mar. 28, 2004)
* ON BASEBALL: A Top Rotation Includes Skill, Health and Luck (By MURRAY CHASS, Mar. 28, 2004)
BASEBALL: Rediscovering Japan: Yanks Know Ruth and Gehrig Slept There, Too (By TYLER KEPNER, Mar. 28, 2004)
BASKETBALL BACKTALK: Tournament Has Become March Monopoly Madness (By JEFFREY L. KESSLER, Mar. 28, 2004)
BASKETBALL BACKTALK: Why Upsets Are Not Really So Surprising (By BRADLEY P. CARLIN, Mar. 28, 2004)
UCONN 87, ALABAMA 71: UConn Creates Path of Destruction to Final Four (By BILL FINLEY, Mar. 28, 2004)
CYCLING: Armstrong May Be Facing His Farewell Tour de France (By SAMUEL ABT, Mar. 28, 2004)
* FIGURE SKATING: Arakawa Ends Kwan's Reign and Pushes Cohen to 2nd (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Mar. 28, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Limits of Opening Arteries (NY TIMES, Mar. 28, 2004)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: The American Tribes Prepare Their National Showcase (By FRANCIS X. CLINES, Mar. 28, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Awaking to a Dream (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Mar. 28, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Who's Your Daddy Party? (By MAUREEN DOWD, Mar. 28, 2004)
OP-ED: Don't Forget About Your Conservative Base (By LYN NOFZIGER, Mar. 28, 2004)
OP-ED: Pay More Attention to the Economy (By BOB DOLE, Mar. 28, 2004)
OP-ED: Reach Out to Moderate Republicans (By TOM CAMPBELL, Mar. 28, 2004)
LETTERS: After the Job Is Over (for Him) (6 Letters) (By RICHARD M. FRAUENGLASS, et. al., Mar. 28, 2004)
LETTERS: How Does Terror Affect an Election? (3 Letters) (By BONNIE MCGRATH, et. al., Mar. 28, 2004)
LETTERS: The F.D.A., Antidepressants and Suicide Risk (3 Letters) (By PETER KUDLER, M.D., et. al., Mar. 28, 2004)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 28, 2004)
Now, a Man's World Is at the Spa or Salon (By JIM RENDON, Mar. 28, 2004)
* Casting Reality TV Becomes a Science (By DAVID CARR, Mar. 28, 2004)
MARKET WATCH: Freddie Mac: Sounds of Silence (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Mar. 28, 2004)
EXECUTIVE LIFE: Outsourcing Joins the M.B.A. Curriculum (By CHRISTOPHER S. STEWART, Mar. 28, 2004)
ECONOMIC VIEW: What Unions Can Gain From Immigration (EDUARDO PORTER, Mar. 28, 2004)
MIDSTREAM: The New Math of Long-Term Care Insurance (By JAMES SCHEMBARI, Mar. 28, 2004)
MARKET INSIGHT: Ready or Not, Here Comes Earnings Season (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Mar. 28, 2004)
PORTFOLIOS: Some Bumps in the Road for Corporate Bonds (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Mar. 28, 2004)
* LIFE'S WORK: Cellphones Ringing at Home and at Work (By LISA BELKIN, Mar. 28, 2004)
PRIVATE SECTOR: King of Clubs, and Many Castles (By HARRY HURT III, Mar. 28, 2004)
* Is Trump Headed for a Fall? (By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN & ERIC DASH, Mar. 28, 2004)
* Where to Turn When Inflation Roars Again? (By J. ALEX TARQUINIO, Mar. 28, 2004)
Those Dents and Demos Can Save You Dollars (By JULIE FLAHERTY, Mar. 28, 2004)
THE BOSS: Serenity on the Slopes [CEO, Horizon Organic] (By CHUCK MARCY, Mar. 28, 2004)
ARTS: Content (NY TIMES, Mar. 28, 2004)
* ARTS OP-ED: FRANK RICH: Operation Iraqi Infoganda (By FRANK RICH, Mar. 28, 2004)
ARTS: The White Zone Is for Loading and Unloading Art (By ANDREW BLUM, Mar. 28, 2004)
ART: A Painter With Lots of Voices and No Comment (By HILARIE M. SHEETS, Mar. 28, 2004)
DANCE: Truth? Yes. Reconciliation? Maybe. (By CHRISTOPHER REARDON, Mar. 28, 2004)
FILM: Giving Credits the Credit They're Due (By STEVEN HELLER, Mar. 28, 2004)
FILM: The Passions of the Repeat Viewers (By ALEX ABRAMOVICH, Mar. 28, 2004)
MUSIC: Two Lessons at the School for Scandal (By KELEFA SANNEH, Mar. 28, 2004)
* MUSIC: Dylan on the Verge ["Live 1964: Concert at Philharmonic Hall"] (By ANTHONY DeCURTIS, Mar. 28, 2004)
THEATER: The Sly Fox of 'The Sly Fox' (By EMILY NUSSBAUM, Mar. 28, 2004)
THEATER: From Comic to Curious Daughter [Wendy Spero] (By LIESL SCHILLINGER, Mar. 28, 2004)
TV: It's Brash, It's British, It's Not PBS (By CARYN JAMES, Mar. 28, 2004)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 28, 2004)
West Palm Beach Welcomes You (By GUY TREBAY, Mar. 28, 2004)
New Way for Teenagers to See if They Bounce (By ANNA BAHNEY, Mar. 28, 2004)
* News Reports for Ultra-Short Attentions [Shepard Smith, Fox Report] (By WARREN ST. JOHN, Mar. 28, 2004)
POSSESSED: Souvenirs of a Journey in Art (By DAVID COLMAN, Mar. 28, 2004)
A NIGHT OUT WITH Katy Rose: Beauty and Beastliness (By STRAWBERRY SAROYAN, Mar. 28, 2004)
VOWS: Jill Gaspar and Mark Higgins (By STEPHEN HENDERSON, Mar. 28, 2004)
SPECIAL: STYLE & ENTERTAINMENT: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 28, 2004)
Happy Hours (By WILLIAM NORWICH, Mar. 28, 2004)
Chez Depardieu [Gerard Depardieu's restaurant] (By DANA THOMAS, Mar. 28, 2004)
Cake Masters (By MAURA EGAN, Mar. 28, 2004)
SLIDE SHOW: 20's Something [Natalia Vodianova & Justin Portman] (Photographs by Ben Watts, Mar. 28, 2004)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 28, 2004)
In South Africa, a Historic Park for the Ages (By TED BOTHA, Mar. 28, 2004)
Cliff Walks, Coves and Curio Shops Near Cape Town (By JOSEPH BERGER, Mar. 28, 2004)
* Let a Billion Flowers Bloom [21 million flowers at Aalsmeer, Amsterdam] (By ELIZABETH POPE, Mar. 28, 2004)
WHAT'S DOING In Rome (By FRANK BRUNI, Mar. 28, 2004)
CORRESPONDENT'S REPORT: An Uneasy Europe Acts to Protect Its Railroads (By MARK LANDLER, Mar. 28, 2004)
* RITUALS: A Place Where Spring Arrives on the Wings of a Sandhill Crane
[Platte River, Nebraska] (By ANNA BAHNEY, Mar. 28, 2004)
* ESSAY: All Over the Maps (By BRYAN MILLER, Mar. 28, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 28, 2004)
FAULT LINES: Where Does the Buck Stop? Not Here (By MICHAEL ORESKES, Mar. 28, 2004)
* FRONTIER JUSTICE: On the Web, Vengeance Is Mine (and Mine) (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Mar. 28, 2004)
* In a War on Terror, Not All the Rules of War Apply (By CRAIG R. WHITNEY, Mar. 28, 2004)
In Pakistan, the Riddle of a Big Fish That Got Away (By DAVID ROHDE, Mar. 28, 2004)
* DRESSING UP: The Power of Adult Clothes in a Youth-Obsessed Culture (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Mar. 28, 2004)
* THE PUBLIC EDITOR: The Privileges of Opinion, the Obligations of Fact (By DANIEL OKRENT, Mar. 28, 2004)
'No One Can Dismantle Hamas': The Voice of Its New Leader (NY TIMES, Mar. 28, 2004)
* OF MICE AND MEN: Why Test Animals to Cure Human Depression? (By GINA KOLATA, Mar. 28, 2004)
Pollution and the Slippery Meaning of 'Clean' (By ANTHONY DePALMA, Mar. 28, 2004)
* DO NOT GO GENTLY: Geezers, Gerries and Golden Agers (By GEOFFREY NUNBERG, Mar. 28, 2004)
* Beethoven: Unfair to Labor! (By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Mar. 28, 2004)
Oh, No, Not Again: Chronicling Chronic Losing (By JEFF Z. KLEIN, Mar. 28, 2004)
Police to Protesters: Come On Down! (By MICHAEL WILSON, Mar. 28, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 28, 2004)
* ON LANGUAGE: Flip-Flop (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 28, 2004)
* THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: The Human Factor (By JIM HOLT, Mar. 28, 2004)
QUESTIONS FOR HANS BLIX: What Weapons? (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Mar. 28, 2004)
ENCOUNTER: The Birth of the Meta-Protest Rally? (By JACK HITT, Mar. 28, 2004)
* CONSUMED: Sprite ReMix (By ROB WALKER, Mar. 28, 2004)
THE ETHICIST: Clash of Cultures (By RANDY COHEN, Mar. 28, 2004)
COVER ARTICLE: Coach Fitz's Management Theory (By MICHAEL LEWIS, Mar. 28, 2004)
Mayor With a Mission [Jason West of New Paltz, NY] (By ROBERT SULLIVAN, Mar. 28, 2004)
The Case of the Cherry Hill Cluster [mad cow disease?] (By D.T. MAX, Mar. 28, 2004)
STYLE: Woman of Steel (By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Mar. 28, 2004)
FOOD: Swan Song [La Cote Basque] (By JULIA REED, Mar. 28, 2004)
LIVES: Live and Forget (By FRANCISCO MARTÍNEZ as told to EDWARD LEWINE, Mar. 28, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 28, 2004)
'Freedom Just Around the Corner': Rogue Nation [Walter A. McDougall] (By GORDON S. WOOD, Mar. 28, 2004)
'Opening Skinner's Box': Adventures of the White Coat People [Lauren Slater]
(By PETER SINGER, Mar. 28, 2004)
* 'Bobby Fischer Goes to War': The American Opening [David Edmonds & John Eidinow]
(By GABRIEL SCHOENFELD, Mar. 28, 2004)
'Popular Music From Vittula': Let's Rokunroal! [Mikael Niem] (By RICHARD MCGILL MURPHY, Mar. 28, 2004)
'Pandora's Baby': Life in a Bottle [Robin Marantz Henig] (By HOWARD MARKEL, Mar. 28, 2004)
'John Fowles': The Uses of Enchantment [Eileen Warburton] (By RICHARD EDER, Mar. 28, 2004)
Books in Brief: "HIRSCHFELD'S HARLEM" [Al Hirschfeld] (By SHARIFA RHODES-PITTS, Mar. 28, 2004)

Saturday, March 27, 2004:
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)

Dr. Zhong Wei Chen, Pioneer in Microsurgery, Dies at 74 (By STUART LAVIETES, Mar. 27, 2004)
Rhoda L. Fisher, 79, Therapist and Multifaceted Writer of Books, Dies (By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, Mar. 27, 2004)
NATIONAL: Leaders of G.O.P. Try to Discredit a Critic of Bush
(By CARL HULSE & PHILIP SHENON, Mar. 27, 2004)
NATIONAL: Democrats' Ads in Tandem Provoke G.O.P. (By JIM RUTENBERG, Mar. 27, 2004)
Economy Is the Star of the Campaign Trail (By JODI WILGOREN & ROBERT PEAR, Mar. 27, 2004)
Washington Fires Health Chief Over Handling of Lead in Water (By BRIAN WINGFIELD, Mar. 27, 2004)
* BELIEFS: Some Believers Cringe at 'Under God' Defense (By PETER STEINFELS, Mar. 27, 2004)
WORLD: Spain Says It Holds Half of Group That Bombed Trains (By CRAIG S. SMITH and TIM GOLDEN, Mar. 27, 2004)
THE NEW EUROPE: After May 1, East Europe's 'Haves' May Have More (By ALAN COWELL, Mar. 27, 2004)
China Warns Taiwan It Won't Tolerate Post-Vote Turmoil (By KEITH BRADSHER, Mar. 27, 2004)
Stepping In, China to Rule on Hong Kong Democracy (By KEITH BRADSHER, Mar. 27, 2004)
8 Hostages Executed in Pakistan Siege (By AMY WALDMAN, Mar. 27, 2004)
NY REGION: Bumper to Bumper, Travelers Ride Out an I-95 Nightmare
(By ROBERT D. McFADDEN and ALISON LEIGH COWAN, Mar. 27, 2004)
911 System Is Shut Down in 3 Boroughs (By SABRINA TAVERNISE & WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, Mar. 27, 2004)
SPORTS: Resentment for Duke Is the Name of the Game (By GEORGE VECSEY, Mar. 27, 2004)
XAVIER 79, TEXAS 71: Xavier's Guards Do It Again, Knocking Off Texas (By RAY GLIER, Mar. 27, 2004)
KANSAS 100, U.A.B. 74: Result Is Never in Doubt as Kansas Ends It Early (By JOE LAPOINTE, Mar. 27, 2004)
NCAA: Brackets Shrink; Black Markets Boom (By EDWARD WYATT, Mar. 27, 2004)
BASEBALL: Yankees Enter Japan on Matsui's Red Carpet (By TYLER KEPNER, Mar. 27, 2004)
FIGURE SKATING: Kwan's Short Program Not Short Enough; Cohen Is Leader (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Mar. 27, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Will We Say 'Never Again' Yet Again? (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Mar. 27, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: See Dick Spin (By DAVID BROOKS, Mar. 27, 2004)
OP-ED: Why Nobody Saw 9/11 Coming (By PETER R. NEUMAN, Mar. 27, 2004)
OP-ED: How Good Intelligence Falls on Deaf Ears (By DAVID KAHN, Mar. 27, 2004)
LETTERS: A New Prescription for the Heart (5 Letters) (By DEBRA BRAVERMAN, M.D., et. al., Mar. 27, 2004)
* LETTERS: For Insight on the Way We Act, Read the Philosophers (3 Letters) (By BRIAN STIPELMAN, et. al., Mar. 27, 2004)
LETTERS: Not Funny, Mr. Bush (By JEFFREY HUO, Mar. 27, 2004)
LETTERS: Reducing Fractures [osteoporosis & Fosamax] (By HENRY G. BONE M.D., Mar. 27, 2004)
BUSINESS: Shares Off a Bit on Profit Taking From Thursday Rally
[Dow -5.85, Nasdaq -7.15] (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 27, 2004)
Albertsons Buying Shaw's, New England Grocery Chain (By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Mar. 27, 2004)
Owing More on an Auto Than It's Worth as a Trade-In (By DANNY HAKIM, Mar. 27, 2004)
* ARTS: The Brain? It's A Jungle in There
[Nobel laureate Gerald M. Edelman & his robot Darwin, that demonstrates
his theory of how the brain develops according to natural selection]
(By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Mar. 27, 2004)
* ARTS: A Passion for the Classics and, Well, Passion [Anne Carson] (By DINITIA SMITH, Mar. 27, 2004)
BOOKS: Is Terrorists' Hatred of the West the West's Own Bastard Child? (By GARY ROSEN, Mar. 27, 2004)
FILM: 'FUSE': With Serbs and Muslims in the Muddle of Bosnia (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Mar. 27, 2004)
FILM: 'CAPTIVE': When You Aren't Who You Think You Are (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 27, 2004)
FILM: 'NO. 17': A Dogged Pursuit of Detail in a Violent Land (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 27, 2004)
FILM: 'EAGER BODIES': An Agonizing Dance of Love Is Choreographed for Three
(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 27, 2004)
FILM: 'B-HAPPY': A Jailed Father Leaves a Void In His Teenage Daughter's Life
(By ELVIS MITCHELL, Mar. 27, 2004)
MUSIC: Looking Homeward, With Mahler and Adams (By JEREMY EICHLER, Mar. 27, 2004)
OPERA: A Relic of an Enlightened Age, Led by a French Harpsichordist
[Charpentier's "David et Jonathas" (1688): David defeats Saul & Jonathan]
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Mar. 27, 2004)
POP: Ladies of Hip-Hop, Receiving Their Due [Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Missy Elliott]
(By JON PARELES, Mar. 27, 2004)
THEATER: 'PARDON MY ENGLISH': Springtime for Dresden in a Bubbly Era of Inhibition
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Mar. 27, 2004)
SCIENCE: NASA Seeks New Frontier in Jet Engines (By WARREN E. LEARY, Mar. 27, 2004)
* HEALTH: Fast Saliva Test for H.I.V. Gains Federal Approval (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Mar. 27, 2004)

Friday, March 26, 2004:
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)

Mary B. Goodhue, a State Legislator for 18 Years, Dies at 82 (By MICHAEL COOPER, Mar. 26, 2004)
Rev. Thomas R. Fitzgerald, Educator, Dies at 82 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 26, 2004)
Russell Reineman, Thoroughbred Owner, Dies at 86 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 26, 2004)
Leonard Lewin, Sportswriter, Dies at 87 (NY TIMES, Mar. 26, 2004)
NATIONAL: Rice Is Agreeable to Return for More of 9/11 Panel's Queries
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY and RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 26, 2004)
Ex-Aide's Book Corners Market in Capital Buzz [Richard A. Clarke] (By RACHEL L. SWARNS, Mar. 26, 2004)
* The Alamo of the Big Screen Tries to Skirt the Fate of the Original (By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Mar. 26, 2004)
* Democrats Gather Stars and Cash for Kerry (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE and JODI WILGOREN, Mar. 26, 2004)
* A Bush Dinner Joke Amuses (and Does Not) (By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, Mar. 26, 2004)
Missile Defense for Airliners Is Possible Soon, Makers Say (By PHILIP SHENON, Mar. 26, 2004)
28 Companies Are Selected to Provide Drug Discounts (By ROBERT PEAR, Mar. 26, 2004)
WORLD: Chalabi, Nimble Exile, Searches for Role in Iraq (By DEXTER FILKINS, Mar. 26, 2004)
Blair Visits Qaddafi, Ending Libya's Long Estrangement (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Mar. 26, 2004)
THE OCCUPATION: U.S. Officials Fashion Legal Basis to Keep Force in Iraq (By JOHN F. BURNS and THOM SHANKER, Mar. 26, 2004)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Sharon's Gaza Strategy: Good for Hamas, or Israel? (By JAMES BENNET, Mar. 26, 2004)
Up to 2,000 Marines to Go to Afghanistan From Gulf (By ERIC SCHMITT, Mar. 26, 2004)
THE MILITARY: U.S. Army Finds Its Suicide Rate in Iraq Is Higher Than for Other G.I.'s
(By ERIC SCHMITT, Mar. 26, 2004)
* MEXICO CITY JOURNAL: On Mexico's Mean Streets, the Sinners Have a Saint (By GINGER THOMPSON, Mar. 26, 2004)
NY REGION: Fiery Truck Crash Closes I-95 in Connecticut (By SABRINA TAVERNISE and AVI SALZMAN, Mar. 26, 2004)
On Brooklyn's Avenue of Babel, Cultures Entwine (By ANDY NEWMAN, Mar. 26, 2004)
* Studying Voltage, Venting Grief [daughter accidentally electrocuted] (By IAN URBINA, Mar. 26, 2004)
Facing Long Road, West Side Makeover Gets a Big Sendoff (By CHARLES V. BAGLI, Mar. 26, 2004)
* PUBLIC LIVES: When It's an Honor to Pick Up a Pianist's Jacket (By JAMES BARRON, Mar. 26, 2004)
NYC: So, It's Jets Versus Striped Bass? (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Mar. 26, 2004)
SPORTS: In Birthplace of Games, the Olympic Flame Is Lighted (By ANTHEE CARASSAVA, Mar. 26, 2004)
SPORTS: St. John's Should Lower Sights to Raise Program (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Mar. 26, 2004)
UCONN 73, VANDERBILT 53: UConn Trounces Vanderbilt With Swagger and Confidence
(By BILL FINLEY, Mar. 26, 2004)
ALABAMA 80, SYRACUSE 71: Alabama's Run Topples Syracuse's Title Defense (By BILL FINLEY, Mar. 26, 2004)
BASEBALL: Everything Is Going Great in Bobby Valentine's World (By JACK CURRY, Mar. 26, 2004)
FIGURE SKATING: Plushenko Stumbles, Then Soars to Title Again (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Mar. 26, 2004)
TENNIS: Nearing 34, Agassi Is Pacing Himself Toward Retirement (By JUDY BATTISTA, Mar. 26, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Entitlements 'Crisis' (NY TIMES, Mar. 26, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Early Bulbs [crocuses] (NY TIMES, Mar. 26, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Medicare Muddle (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Mar. 26, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Wrong War (By BOB HERBERT, Mar. 26, 2004)
OP-ED: Stop Hamas With a Vote (By KHALIL SHIKAKI, Mar. 26, 2004)
* OP-ED: Jefferson, Madison, Newdow? (By KENNETH C. DAVIS, Mar. 26, 2004)
LETTERS: The 9/11 Hearing: The Blame and the Apology (10 Letters) (By DALE MACDIARMID, et. al., Mar. 26, 2004)
LETTERS: Making Art on Demand (By ARNOLD M. HUBERMAN , Mar. 26, 2004)
* LETTERS: Rise of the Machines (By VIVIAN O'NEILL , Mar. 26, 2004)
BUSINESS: Strong Economic Reports Lead a Rally on Wall Street
[Dow +170.59, Nasdaq +57.69] (Associated Press, Mar. 26, 2004)
* Fastest Growth in 2 Decades in '03 Last Half (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Mar. 26, 2004)
Outspoken Chief Is Ousted at German Chip Maker (By MARK LANDLER, Mar. 26, 2004)
Ex-Executive of Dynegy Is Sentenced to 24 Years [Jamie Olis] (By SIMON ROMERO, Mar. 26, 2004)
ADVERTISING: A New Marketing Method for Siemens (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Mar. 26, 2004)
* ART: Decay and Glory: Back to Byzantium (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Mar. 26, 2004)
* ART: ASIA WEEK: Fusing the Many Asias Into a Diverse Harmony (By HOLLAND COTTER, Mar. 26, 2004)
ART REVERBERATIONS: What's the Fastest Way to Midtown? Via France and Germany
(By JOHN ROCKWELL, Mar. 26, 2004)
ART: 'TEMPTATION, JOY AND SCANDAL'; 'FASHIONING THE MODERN WOMAN'
A Whiff of Prewar Paris: Feminine Forces in Fas (By ROBERTA SMITH, Mar. 26, 2004)
* ANTIQUES: In the Art World, a Conquest by Christianity (By WENDY MOONAN, Mar. 26, 2004)
* BOOKS: CROWD PLEASERS: The Plot Is Simple: Sell Books (By JANET MASLIN, Mar. 26, 2004)
DANCE: JUILLIARD DANCES REPERTORY: Student Bodies, Airborne and Earthbound (By JACK ANDERSON, Mar. 26, 2004)
FILM: 'THE LADYKILLERS': A Gang of Impostors vs. One True Lady (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 26, 2004)
FILM: 'NEVER DIE ALONE': Dying Without Remorse, a Bad Guy Who's Lonely (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Mar. 26, 2004)
FILM: 'JERSEY GIRL': How to End a Career: Take a Baby to a News Conference (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 26, 2004)
FILM: 'DOGVILLE': True to a Hateful Vision of Unity in Mob Violence (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Mar. 26, 2004)
FILM: 'DIG!': Seeking Fame With Amps and Attitude (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 26, 2004)
OPERA: OPERA ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK: One Verdict on Verdi Singing, With Room for an Indulgence
(By ANNE MIDGETTE, Mar. 26, 2004)
THEATER: Three Egos, Two Stars, One War [Alec Baldwin & Anne Heche] (By BEN BRANTLEY, Mar. 26, 2004)
* TV CRITIC: Winners and Losers at Womanhood [Yoanna House & Tyra Banks] (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Mar. 26, 2004)
* HEALTH: Study Finds No Link Between Abortion and Breast Cancer (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Mar. 26, 2004)

Thursday, March 25, 2004:
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)

Charles Haden, 66, U.S. Judge on Strip-Mining Case, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 25, 2004)
Arthur Lithgow, 88, Stage Actor Who Led Regional Companies, Dies (By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, Mar. 25, 2004)
Robert Kleiman, 85, an Editorial Writer and Correspondent, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 25, 2004)
Samuel Sadin, 86, an Advocate for the Elderly, Dies (By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, Mar. 25, 2004)
Leo Hausman, 94, Health Philanthropist, Dies (NY TIMES, Mar. 25, 2004)
NATIONAL: Ex-Bush Aide Says Threat of Qaeda Was Not Priority
(By PHILIP SHENON and RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 25, 2004)
* Atheist Presents Case for Taking God From Pledge [Michael A. Newdow] (By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Mar. 25, 2004)
More California Air Space Set for No-Smoke Zones (By NICK MADIGAN, Mar. 25, 2004)
Democrats Arrange Rare Convergence of Party's Stars for Fund-Raiser (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Mar. 25, 2004)
EDUCATION: Not So Long Out of School, Yet Running the System (By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, Mar. 25, 2004)
WORLD: Cheney to Visit Japan, China and South Korea (By ERIC SCHMITT, Mar. 25, 2004)
World Leaders Converge in Spain to Mourn Bomb Victims (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Mar. 25, 2004)
Deserted by Doctors, India's Poor Turn to Quacks (By CELIA W. DUGGER, Mar. 25, 2004)
U.S. Calls for Sunni and Kurdish Rights After Turnover (By JOHN F. BURNS, Mar. 25, 2004)
French Worker Finds a Bomb Partly Buried on Rail Line (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Mar. 25, 2004)
* LONDON JOURNAL: Oh, Those Web Entanglements: British Spouses Deceived (By SARAH LYALL, Mar. 25, 2004)
NY REGION: Pointing Fingers Back at Trump, for Fun (By SHERRI DAY, Mar. 25, 2004)
Tall Tale, or Should That Be Tail? [mountain lion?] (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Mar. 25, 2004)
BOLDFACE NAMES: 'What, Quit Show Business?' A Play in One Act (By JOYCE WADLER, Mar. 25, 2004)
SPORTS: A Night to Remember for Chinese Pairs Skaters (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Mar. 25, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: Former Teammates Live to Tell of Serious Illness (By MURRAY CHASS, Mar. 25, 2004)
YANKEES NOTEBOOK: Rodriguez Hit in Cheek by Deflected Throw (By TYLER KEPNER, Mar. 25, 2004)
BASKETBALL: The Power of Seniors Is Driving Xavier (By TOM SPOUSTA, Mar. 25, 2004)
BASKETBALL: The Shot Heard Round Birmingham [UAB beats Kentucky] (By RAY GLIER, Mar. 25, 2004)
BASKETBALL: Proving Time for St. Joseph's and Syracuse (By JOE DRAPE, Mar. 25, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Assessing the Blame for 9/11 (NY TIMES, Mar. 25, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Toward a Recount in Taiwan (NY TIMES, Mar. 25, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: No Vote for Al Qaeda (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Mar. 25, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Truth as a Weapon (By MAUREEN DOWD, Mar. 25, 2004)
OP-ED: Russia's Future, Putin's Legacy (By SERGEI GURIEV, Mar. 25, 2004)
LETTERS: The Pledge and Religious Freedom (6 Letters) (By CARL COHEN, et. al., Mar. 25, 2004)
LETTERS: Words Are Bitter as the Mideast Roils (4 Letters) (By JERRY RAPP, et. al., Mar. 25, 2004)
LETTERS: Progressive in India [Kerala] (By AMITABH PAL , Mar. 25, 2004)
BUSINESS: Tech Stocks Up as Price Falls Lure Buyers
[Dow -15.41, Nasdaq +7.68] (By REUTERS, Mar. 25, 2004)
MARKET PLACE: Focus Turns to Walt Disney Earnings (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Mar. 25, 2004)
* ECONOMIC SCENE: Getting the Most Out of the Nation's Teachers (By VIRGINIA POSTREL, Mar. 25, 2004)
Human Genome Sciences Faces Shift in Leadership and Focus
[William A. Haseltine] (By ANDREW POLLACK, Mar. 25, 2004)
ENTERTAINMENT: Big Changes Are Planned in Game-Software Strategy (By JOHN MARKOFF, Mar. 25, 2004)
ARTS Briefing [Bonn violinists seek payment by the note] (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 25, 2004)
* BOOKS: 'IT'S ALL TRUE': Hollywood, Where You're Terrific if You're Even Good (By JANET MASLIN, Mar. 25, 2004)
BOOKS: Credentials for Pulp Fiction: Pimp and Drug Addict (By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, Mar. 25, 2004)
DANCE: STEPHEN PETRONIO COMPANY: Broken Spirits, Under the Gaze of Broken Dolls
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Mar. 25, 2004)
* MUSIC CRITIC: Wagner Writ Small, With a Helping of Sex (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Mar. 25, 2004)
MUSIC: Piano Returns to Berlin, Releasing Family Secret (By ALAN COWELL, Mar. 25, 2004)
OPERA: An Operetta Has an 'Alt-Country' Flavor (By RANDY KENNEDY, Mar. 25, 2004)
* THEATER: Now Playing Off Broadway, Virtual-Music War (By JESSE McKINLEY, Mar. 25, 2004)
* GARDEN: A Song of the Loom Is Silenced (By JULIE V. IOVINE, Mar. 25, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 25, 2004)
* The Net's Late Bloomers (By KATIE HAFNER, Mar. 25, 2004)
* BASICS: Stand and Fight: An Arsenal for Spam Victims (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Mar. 25, 2004)
* ONLINE DIARY: More Genealogical Sites and Tracking Abandonware (By PAMELA LiCALZI O'CONNELL, Mar. 25, 2004)
For the Pit Boss, Some Extra Electronic Eyes (By JOSHUA TOMPKINS, Mar. 25, 2004)
Q & A: Web Pages Unplugged, for Reading on the Go (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Mar. 25, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Less Jaw, Big Brain: Evolution Milestone Laid to Gene Flaw (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Mar. 25, 2004)
SCIENCE: U.S. Will Give Cold Fusion Second Look, After 15 Years (By KENNETH CHANG, Mar. 25, 2004)
* HEALTH: Therapy and Hypochondriacs Often Make Poor Mix, Study Says (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 25, 2004)

Wednesday, March 24, 2004:
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)

Claus Josef Riedel, Crystal Maker Who Suited Glass to Wine, Dies at 79 (By FRANK J. PRIAL, Mar. 24, 2004)
* John Gregory Dunne Eulogized at Cathedral (By JANE GROSS, Mar. 24, 2004)
NATIONAL: Medicare Costs Expected to Soar in Coming Years (By ROBERT PEAR, Mar. 24, 2004)
Bush Critic at Center of 9/11 Debate Testifies at Hearing (By DAVID STOUT, Mar. 24, 2004)
Report Details C.I.A. Steps, and Missteps, Against bin Laden (By DAVID STOUT, Mar. 24, 2004)
NEWS ANALYSIS: For a Day, Terrorism Transcends Politics as Panel Reviews Failures (By TODD S. PURDUM, Mar. 24, 2004)
EDUCATION: In Classroom, a Respite From His Calling (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Mar. 24, 2004)
WORLD: After Sheik Is Slain, Hamas Picks Fiery Figure as Its Leader in Gaza (By GREG MYRE, Mar. 24, 2004)
Spain Royal Family Weeps at State Funeral (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 24, 2004)
Taiwan Leader's Agreement on Recount Seen as Shrewd Politics (By KEITH BRADSHER, Mar. 24, 2004)
Gains by Kin in Iraq Inflame Kurds' Anger at Syria (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Mar. 24, 2004)
NY REGION: Plan for Jets' Manhattan Stadium Surges Ahead (By CHARLES V. BAGLI, Mar. 24, 2004)
City Sets Goals for the Health of New Yorkers (By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA, Mar. 24, 2004)
Learning to Walk in Size 17 Pumps (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Mar. 24, 2004)
Bowling Ball From 17th Floor Narrowly Misses 3 Officers (By MICHAEL BRICK, Mar. 24, 2004)
ABOUT NEW YORK: Nameless, to His Killers and the Public [Chinese food deliverer]
(By DAN BARRY, Mar. 24, 2004)
SPORTS: Don't Blame Greece Alone for the Olympic Mess (By GEORGE VECSEY, Mar. 24, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Path to a Healthier America (NY TIMES, Mar. 24, 2004)
* EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Taking Broadband Internet Access to the Last 'Last Mile':
To Rural America (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Mar. 24, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Ethnic Cleansing, Again (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Mar. 24, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Of God and the Flag (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 24, 2004)
OP-ED: Withdrawal Without Reward (By DENNIS ROSS, Mar. 24, 2004)
OP-ED: The Wrong Ticket to Ride [Justice Scalia & VP Cheney] (By IAN AYRES and BARRY NALEBUFF, Mar. 24, 2004)
LETTERS: A Briefing by the Former Press Secretary (By ARI FLEISCHER, Mar. 24, 2004)
LETTERS: The President, the Insider and 9/11 (5 Letters) (By JAMES D. WALKER, et. al., Mar. 24, 2004)
BUSINESS: Stocks Have Wobbly Session
[Dow -1.11, Nasdaq -8.10] (Associated Press, Mar. 24, 2004)
Europe Issues Strict New Ruling on Microsoft (By PAUL MELLER, Mar. 24, 2004)
Putnam Faces Big Penalties for Improper Fund Trades (By RIVA D. ATLAS, Mar. 24, 2004)
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: Architects Protect a Controversial Modern Building
[22-story building by I. M. Pei, Wilmington, DE] (By MAUREEN MILFORD, Mar. 24, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Newly Released Documents Shed Light on Microsoft Tactics (By JOHN MARKOFF, Mar. 24, 2004)
* Online Swindlers, Called 'Phishers,' Are Luring Unwary (By SAUL HANSELL, Mar. 24, 2004)
ARTS: NPR News Is Replacing Morning Host (By LYNETTE CLEMETSON, Mar. 24, 2004)
BOOKS: A Chinese Girl's Diary Builds a Bridge Out of Rural Poverty (By ALAN RIDING, Mar. 24, 2004)
FILM: 'The Alamo': A Battle Disney May Never Forget (By SHARON WAXMAN, Mar. 24, 2004)
MUSIC: DAVE BRUBECK: A New Look at an Old View of Music's Polytonal Future (By KELEFA SANNEH, Mar. 24, 2004)
TV: 'THE D-LIST': A Small Dose of Celebrity Keeps Her Head Cheerfully Above Water (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Mar. 24, 2004)
TV: 'A BOY'S LIFE': Digging Up Surprising Roots Behind a Problem Child (By ANITA GATES, Mar. 24, 2004)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 24, 2004)
* FOOD: After Centuries, the Vegetarian Feast of India Finally Arrives (By JULIA MOSKIN, Mar. 24, 2004)
* THE CHEF: Toast, Egg and Onions: Soup's On! (By MATT LEE and TED LEE, Mar. 24, 2004)
THE MINIMALIST: Chicken Soup With a Burn (By MARK BITTMAN, Mar. 24, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Mutation Cited in Evolution (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Mar. 24, 2004)

Tuesday, March 23, 2004:
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)

Brian Maxwell, 51, Marathoner Who Created Energy Bar, Dies (By REUTERS, Mar. 23, 2004)
Ludmilla Tcherina, 79, Ballet Star of Stage and Screen, Is Dead (By ALAN RIDING, Mar. 23, 2004)
John C. West, Crusading South Carolina Governor, Dies at 81 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Mar. 23, 2004)
Nathan C. Heard, 67, Author of Raw Urban Life Stories, Is Dead (By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, Mar. 23, 2004)
Lynn L. Seidler, 67, Director of Shubert Arts Foundation, Dies (NY TIMES, Mar. 23, 2004)
Irving Crespi, 77, Poll Expert Long Associated With Gallup, Is Dead (By MICHAEL R. KAGAY, Mar. 23, 2004)
NATIONAL: U.S. Quietly Aiding Pakistan Campaign Against Al Qaeda (By ERIC SCHMITT, Mar. 23, 2004)
NEWS ANALYSIS: An Accuser's Insider Status Puts the White House on the Defensive
(By TODD S. PURDUM, Mar. 23, 2004)
* Shuttle Flew for Decades With Potentially Fatal Flaw (By WARREN E. LEARY, Mar. 23, 2004)
Life on Line, Oklahoma Bombing Figure Is Tried Again (By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Mar. 23, 2004)
T-Shirt Slight Has West Virginia in Arms (By JAMES DAO, Mar. 23, 2004)
WORLD: Palestinians Swear Vengeance for Killing of Cleric by Israelis (By JAMES BENNET, Mar. 23, 2004)
MILITANTS: Death of Sheik Raises Question of Hamas Fate (By GREG MYRE, Mar. 23, 2004)
U.S. Team in Baghdad Fights a Persistent Enemy: Rumors (By THOM SHANKER, Mar. 23, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Debating 9/11 (NY TIMES, Mar. 23, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Death in Gaza (NY TIMES, Mar. 23, 2004)
* OP-ED: Lifting the Shroud (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Mar. 23, 2004)
* OP-ED: One Nation, Enriched by Biblical Wisdom (By DAVID BROOKS, Mar. 23, 2004)
* OP-ED: The 1,776-Foot-Tall Target (By DANIEL BENJAMIN, Mar. 23, 2004)
* OP-ED: After Disaster, a Design for Living [London Fire 1666] (By ADRIAN TINNISWOOD, Mar. 23, 2004)
LETTERS: The Killing of the Hamas Leader (6 Letters) (By SHOSHANA BULOW, et. al., Mar. 23, 2004)
LETTERS: Whither Compassion? (2 Letters) (By DAVID ALTMAN, et. al., Mar. 23, 2004)
* LETTERS: Wireless in the Park, Just Me and the Clouds (By DAVID MOORE, Mar. 23, 2004)
LETTERS: We Who Protested (By MARISA CARRASCO, Mar. 23, 2004)
LETTERS: Terrorists and Bombs (By JANE W. PRETTYMAN, Mar. 23, 2004)
LETTERS: A Lesson From Jane Austen (By JAYE SCHOLL, Mar. 23, 2004)
BUSINESS: Stock Indexes Fall to Lows for the Year
[Dow -121.85, Nasdaq -30.57] (By ALEX BERENSON, Mar. 23, 2004)
For Wall Street Chiefs, Big Paydays Continue (By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Mar. 23, 2004)
A Chip in the Global Game of Bank Reshuffling (By MARK LANDLER, Mar. 23, 2004)
A Discount Airline Creates Some Wealthy Admirers (By MARCI ALBOHER NUSBAUM, Mar. 23, 2004)
ART: Museums Join to Buy Works of New Artists (By CAROL VOGEL, Mar. 23, 2004)
BOOKS: 'RAPUNZEL'S DAUGHTERS': Does She or Doesn't She? Only Her Sociologist Knows
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Mar. 23, 2004)
A Little Start-Up Entertains, One Story at a Time (By DINITIA SMITH, Mar. 23, 2004)
SCIENCE: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 23, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Slender and Elegant, It Fuels the Bomb (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Mar. 23, 2004)
A Mountain Railroad Spells Death for Grizzlies and Cubs (By JIM ROBBINS, Mar. 23, 2004)
Climate Debate Gets Its Icon: Mt. Kilimanjaro (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Mar. 23, 2004)
In the Land of Kiwis, the Winged Variety Is Disappearing (By JANE E. BRODY, Mar. 23, 2004)
* Denied Nobel for M.R.I., He Wins Another Prize [Raymond V. Damadian] (By KENNETH CHANG, Mar. 23, 2004)
* Mr. Otis, Call Your Office: A Nano-Elevator Is Built (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 23, 2004)
A Solution to the Mystery of the 300 Paralyzed Elk (By MINDY SINK, Mar. 23, 2004)
OBSERVATORY: Pink Salmon, Blue Vision (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 23, 2004)
HEALTH: Regulators Want Antidepressants to List Warning (By GARDINER HARRIS, Mar. 23, 2004)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Sane Weight Loss in a Carb-Obsessed World: High Fiber and Low Fat
(By JANE E. BRODY, Mar. 23, 2004)
Anatomy Lessons, a Vanishing Rite for Young Doctors (By ABIGAIL ZUGER, Mar. 23, 2004)
* Of Drunken Elephants, Tipsy Fish and Scotch With a Twist (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, Mar. 23, 2004)
FIRST PERSON: Strokes or Sleeplessness? One Woman's Hormone Quandary (By JANE GROSS, Mar. 23, 2004)
* A CONVERSATION WITH | JOANNE KOENIG COSTE: A Wife Learns to See With Alzheimer's Eyes
(By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, Mar. 23, 2004)
* Dreams Ride on Freud's Royal Road, Study Finds (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Mar. 23, 2004)
Alcohol's Benefits Extend to Hypertension (By DAVID TULLER, Mar. 23, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Prognosis: Cold and Poor, a Double Peril (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 23, 2004)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Those Embarrassing Ills (By JOHN LANGONE, Mar. 23, 2004)
* Q & A: Broccoli's Benefits (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Mar. 23, 2004)

Monday, March 22, 2004:
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)

* Sheik Was a Symbolic Figure Revered by Hamas Followers [Ahmed Yassin] (By CHRISTINE HAUSER, Mar. 22, 2004)
Claude Nougaro, 74, French Singer, Is Dead (By ALAN RIDING, Mar. 22, 2004)
J.J. Jackson, Early MTV Video Jockey, Is Dead at 62 (NY TIMES, Mar. 22, 2004)
Anna Carter Gordon Davis, Alto in Famed Gospel Ensemble, Dies at 87 (By PHIL SWEETLAND, Mar. 22, 2004)
Genia Melikova, Ballerina and Noted Teacher, Dies at 74 (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 22, 2004)
NATIONAL: Despite the Sluggish Economy, Welfare Rolls Actually Shrank (By ROBERT PEAR, Mar. 22, 2004)
Two States Trying to Keep Gambling Money at Home (By JAMES DAO, Mar. 22, 2004)
Former Terrorism Official Criticizes White House on 9/11 [Richard A. Clarke]
(By JUDITH MILLER, Mar. 22, 2004)
* For This Super Sunday, It's All About Mardi Gras Revelry (By JON PARELES, Mar. 22, 2004)
* One Crucial Issue in Pledge Case: What Does 'Under God' Mean? (By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Mar. 22, 2004)
POLITICAL MEMO: Both Sides Polish Badges to Appear the Best Suited to Fight Corporate Crime
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 22, 2004)
THE ISSUES: Bush Aide Sees $1 Trillion Gap in Kerry's Plans (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 22, 2004)
For Kerry, Victories Fueled Fund-Raising and Spending (By GLEN JUSTICE, Mar. 22, 2004)
* WHITE HOUSE LETTER: Running on a Campaign Trail Paved in Comfy Feathers (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Mar. 22, 2004)
Despite the Sluggish Economy, Welfare Rolls Actually Shrank (By ROBERT PEAR, Mar. 22, 2004)
WORLD: Thousands in Gaza Mourn Slain Hamas Leader and Vow Revenge (By JAMES BENNET, Mar. 22, 2004)
Europe and U.S. Respond Differently to Killing of Sheik (By BRIAN KNOWLTON, Mar. 22, 2004)
* SÃO DOMINGOS DO CAPIM JOURNAL: Far From the Ocean, Surfers Ride Brazil's Endless Wave (By LARRY ROHTER, Mar. 22, 2004)
Politicians in Taiwan Quarreling Over Recount (By KEITH BRADSHER, Mar. 22, 2004)
Taiwan Opposition Raises Specter of Vote Rigging (By JOSEPH KAHN and KEITH BRADSHER, Mar. 22, 2004)
Tunnels Found in Pakistan Tied to Foreign Militants (By DAVID ROHDE and CARLOTTA GALL, Mar. 22, 2004)
Delivery Delays Hurt U.S. Effort to Equip Iraqis (By THOM SHANKER & ERIC SCHMITT, Mar. 22, 2004)
As Europe Hunts for Terrorists, the Hunted Press Advantages
(By TIM GOLDEN, DESMOND BUTLER & DON VAN NATTA Jr., Mar. 22, 2004)
Pakistan Asks Tribes to Seek Surrender by Qaeda Fighters (By CARLOTTA GALL, Mar. 22, 2004)
NY REGION: After Gentler Tactics, a Peaceful Antiwar Protest (By SHAILA K. DEWAN, Mar. 22, 2004)
Babies Are Larger After Ban on 2 Pesticides, Study Finds (By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA, Mar. 22, 2004)
* Chasing a Fish-Farming Dream (By COREY KILGANNON, Mar. 22, 2004)
Curiously Tall Dutch Ship Lands in New Amsterdam (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Mar. 22, 2004)
* At a Legendary Cemetery, a Rare Look Behind the Gates (By ROBERT F. WORTH, Mar. 22, 2004)
* Metropolitan Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Mar. 22, 2004)
SPORTS: Yankees' Proctor Has Numbers on His Side This Spring (By TYLER KEPNER, Mar. 22, 2004)
BASEBALL: Don Baylor Is Back at Mets' Camp After Cancer Treatment (By LEE JENKINS, Mar. 22, 2004)
U.A.B. 76, KENTUCKY 75: U.A.B.'s Finley Sends Top-Seeded Kentucky Home (By PAT BORZI, Mar. 22, 2004)
XAVIER 89, MISSISSIPPI ST. 74: Xavier's Chalmers Leads Upset of Mississippi St.
(By TOM SPOUSTA, Mar. 22, 2004)
SPORTS: Union Misses the Mark on Testing in Baseball (By HARVEY ARATON, Mar. 22, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Pinch at the Pump (NY TIMES, Mar. 22, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Cancer Scare Tactics (NY TIMES, Mar. 22, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Creeping Democracy (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 22, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: 1 Mayor, 1.1 Million Students (By BOB HERBERT, Mar. 22, 2004)
OP-ED: Castro's Latest Victim: Himself (By VLADIMIRO ROCA, Mar. 22, 2004)
OP-ED: Songs of Cuba, Silenced in America (By JACKSON BROWNE, Mar. 22, 2004)
LETTERS: Can America Grow and Stay Green? (5 Letters) (By BOB PRAVER, et. al., Mar. 22, 2004)
LETTERS: Public School Battle: A New York Story (4 Letters) (By ROBERT WEBER, et. al., Mar. 22, 2004)
LETTERS: 'Good' Cholesterol (By RICHARD KARAS, M.D., Mar. 22, 2004)
* LETTERS: Eloquent and Concise [Gettysburg Address 272 words] (By  LYNNE MUNSON, Mar. 22, 2004)
LETTERS: Found in Translation? [Queens poet laureate] (By TERRY WINANT, Mar. 22, 2004)
* BUSINESS: In Florida Groves, Cheap Labor Means Machines (By EDUARDO PORTER, Mar. 22, 2004)
Magazine Finds a Rival a Bit Too Familiar [Men's Health & Men's Fitness]
(By DAVID CARR, Mar. 22, 2004)
Wal-Mart Sees Sales at High End of View (By REUTERS, Mar. 22, 2004)
MOST WANTED MEDIA: More Gadgets, Higher Prices (By IAN AUSTEN, Mar. 22, 2004)
Fox, Taking a Risk, Relies on Amateur Nights (By BILL CARTER, Mar. 22, 2004)
* Newspaper Editors Move to Tighten Safeguards (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Mar. 22, 2004)
ADVERTISING: Marketers Pitch to Young Voters (By NAT IVES, Mar. 22, 2004)
As Its Ex-Bosses Await Their Fate, Tyco Continues Comeback (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Mar. 22, 2004)
In the Hall as a Lobbyist After Time in the House [Steve Largent] (By MATT RICHTEL, Mar. 22, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 22, 2004)
* Game Wars 2: Battle for the Living Room (By JOHN MARKOFF, Mar. 22, 2004)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: Web Radio Said to Be Ready for Ads (By BOB TEDESCHI, Mar. 22, 2004)
More Troubles Await Microsoft in Europe (By PAUL MELLER, Mar. 22, 2004)
* Electronics That Enhance an Image (Yours) (By ERIC A. TAUB, Mar. 22, 2004)
Nortel Faces Credibility Questions in New Audit (By IAN AUSTEN, Mar. 22, 2004)
PATENTS: For Speed in Swimsuits, Add Bumps (By TERESA RIORDAN, Mar. 22, 2004)
Starting Small, Israeli Company Enters the Handset Market (By JOSHUA MITNICK, Mar. 22, 2004)
ARTS: An Iraqi-Born Woman Wins Pritzker Architecture Award (By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Mar. 22, 2004)
ART: Glittering Trove Built on Trust Across Borders (By CAROL VOGEL, Mar. 22, 2004)
BOOKS: 'STILL LIFE WITH BOMBERS': Still Hopeful Amid Israel's 'Grisly Lottery'
(By JANET MASLIN, Mar. 22, 2004)
DANCE: 'WALL TO WALL': A Sly Morsel of Fantasy From Early Balanchine
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 22, 2004)
MUSIC:" Bands From the World Over Come to Sing and Schmooze (By JON PARELES, Mar. 22, 2004)
MUSIC NEW CD'S: Listening to Bernstein Through Inventive Ears (By BEN RATLIFF, Mar. 22, 2004)
OPERA: METROPOLITAN OPERA: 'Rheingold' and Its Eternal Relevance (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 22, 2004)
THEATER: The Reason Why I Sing: Divining a Music's Roots (By NEIL GENZLINGER, Mar. 22, 2004)
THEATER: Slicing and Dicing With Razors, and Emotional Housecleaning (By ANITA GATES, Mar. 22, 2004)
THEATER: From a Nasty Love Triangle to Young, Fresh-Faced Love (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Mar. 22, 2004)
TV: Love Fest for Soap Opera Fans, in Two Languages (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Mar. 22, 2004)

Sunday, March 21, 2004:
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)

Lester Dundes, Publisher Who Changed Status of Interior Design, Dies at 90 (By JULIE V. IOVINE, Mar. 21, 2004)
* Princess Juliana, Former Dutch Monarch, Is Dead at 94 (By MARLISE SIMONS, Mar. 21, 2004)
Harrison McCain, 76, Billionaire Who Built a Frozen Food Empire, Dies (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Mar. 21, 2004)
NATIONAL: At Florida Rally in Vital State, Bush Attacks Kerry on Economy (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Mar. 21, 2004)
Questions About Some Charities' Activities Lead to a Push for Tighter Regulation
(By STEPHANIE STROM, Mar. 21, 2004)
* From Midtown to Madrid, Tens of Thousands Peacefully Protest War (By ALAN FEUER, Mar. 21, 2004)
* He Measures Oakland's Beat, and Parks Bloom (By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Mar. 21, 2004)
Blues Musicians Get Help Overcoming Hard Times (By ANDREW JACOBS, Mar. 21, 2004)
Town in Montana Wilderness Is Divided Over Drilling Plan (By JIM ROBBINS, Mar. 21, 2004)
* WORLD: Taiwan's Leader Wins Election; Tally Is Disputed (By KEITH BRADSHER & JOSEPH KAHN, Mar. 21, 2004)
GLOBAL DEMONSTRATIONS: On Anniversary of a Divisive War, Italians Cry to Withdraw Troops
(By JASON HOROWITZ, Mar. 21, 2004)
Pakistan Battle Pierces Solitude of Tribal Area (By DAVID ROHDE, Mar. 21, 2004)
Bremer Pushes Iraq on Difficult Path to Self-Rule (By DEXTER FILKINS, Mar. 21, 2004)
Kosovars Survey the Damage of Ethnic Violence (By NICHOLAS WOOD, Mar. 21, 2004)
Zimbabwe's White Farmers Start Anew in Zambia (By SHARON LaFRANIERE, Mar. 21, 2004)
Guantánamo Detainees Deliver Intelligence Gains (By NEIL A. LEWIS, Mar. 21, 2004)
NY REGION: Finger-Pointing Over Air Crash in Queens (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Mar. 21, 2004)
LONGWOOD JOURNAL: At Synagogue in Shambles, WD-40 and Lots of Hope (By ALAN FEUER, Mar. 21, 2004)
* Unusual Herd of White Deer Is at Center of Decision Over Uses for Army Land
(By MICHELLE YORK, Mar. 21, 2004)
FOLLOWING UP: Behind the Bark, an Enemy on the Run [Asian longhorned beetle]
(By JOSEPH P. FRIED, Mar. 21, 2004)
SPORTS: Knight's Presence Stays, Though His Team Is Out (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Mar. 21, 2004)
ALABAMA 70, STANFORD 67: Seeded No. 1, Stanford Exits Early Again (By VITTORIO TAFUR, Mar. 21, 2004)
NEVADA 91, GONZAGA 72: Gonzaga Finds Every Underdog Has Its Day (By VITTORIO TAFUR, Mar. 21, 2004)
SYRACUSE 72, MARYLAND 70: Syracuse Sweats One Out Before Advancing (By THOMAS GEORGE, Mar. 21, 2004)
WAKE FOREST 84, MANHATTAN 80: Manhattan Cannot Bring Home a Second Upset (By VIV BERNSTEIN, Mar. 21, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: Athletics Show They Will Pay If It's a Right Fit (By MURRAY CHASS, Mar. 21, 2004)
HOCKEY BACKTALK: Players Need Fighting to Police Themselves on the Ice (By DAVE SCHULTZ, Mar. 21, 2004)
SPORTS OUTDOORS: Learning About Fishing From the Living Room (By NICK LYONS, Mar. 21, 2004)
* EDITORIALS: Springtime for John Kerry (NY TIMES, Mar. 21, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Citizen McCain (NY TIMES, Mar. 21, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Small Victories in Afghanistan (NY TIMES, Mar. 21, 2004)
* EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Justice Rehnquist Writes on Hayes vs. Tilden,
With His Mind on Bush v. Gore (By ADAM COHEN, Mar. 21, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Software of Democracy (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Mar. 21, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Quid Pro Quack (By MAUREEN DOWD, Mar. 21, 2004)
* OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS: The Things They Wrote [killed in Iraq] (By Second Lt. Todd J. Bryant, Mar. 21, 2004)
LETTERS: A Duck Hunt That's Proving Costly (7 Letters) (By SIDNEY L. HOOD, et. al., Mar. 21, 2004)
LETTERS: A Space Agency for the Faint of Heart (2 Letters) (By SETH ZUCKERMAN, et. al., Mar. 21, 2004)
LETTERS: Aid for Iraq's Students (By DAVID MORRISON , Mar. 21, 2004)
BUSINESS: Concerns Raised Over Consultants to Pension Funds (By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, Mar. 21, 2004)
* An Outsourcing Giant Fights Back (By SARITHA RAI, Mar. 21, 2004)
Musical Chairs With the Big Boys (By STEVE LOHR, Mar. 21, 2004)
ECONOMIC VIEW: Managing the Deficit With Plans to Spend (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Mar. 21, 2004)
* Is the Aerospace Industry Ready for Mars? (By JOHN SCHWARTZ and MICHELINE MAYNARD, Mar. 21, 2004)
Incognito, Polyester Boogies Onto the Playing Field (By ROBERT JOHNSON, Mar. 21, 2004)
* MARKET WATCH: Litmus Test for Ethics: Options (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Mar. 21, 2004)
* Time for Optimism? Pessimism? Pick Your Gauge [Abby Joseph Cohen] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Mar. 21, 2004)
Low Rates Signal Another Round of Refinancing (By JENNIFER BAYOT, Mar. 21, 2004)
THE BOSS: An Eye on the Goal [Adam M. Aron, CEO, Vail Resorts] (As told to JANE L. LEVERE, Mar. 21, 2004)
* Buying and Holding, the Cambridge Way (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Mar. 21, 2004)
* MARKET INSIGHT: For Yahoo, the Search Is Worth the Effort (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Mar. 21, 2004)
* Genetic Predictions: Just a Swab Away (By NAOMI FREUNDLICH, Mar. 21, 2004)