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

Thursday, May 31, 2001:
On This Day: May 31 (Margaret Beaufort 5/31/1443-6/29/1509, Walt Whitman 5/31/1819-3/26/1892, William Rockefeller 5/31/1841-6/24/1922, William Pirrie 5/31/1847-6/7/1924, Walter Sickert 5/31/1860-1/22/1942, Charles Abbot 5/31/1872-12/17/1973, Fred Allen 5/31/1894-3/17/1956, Patricia Harris 5/31/1924-3/23/1985, Prince Rainier 1923, Wlaine Stewart 1929, Clint Eastwood 1930, Keir Dullea 1936, Peter Yarrow 1938, Sharon Gless 1943, Joe Namath 1943, Tom Berenger 1950, Gregory Harrison 1950)
Johnstown Flood: 2000 Lives Lost (NY TIMES, May 31, 1889)
Pius XI Dies at 82: Pontiff Spent His Life in Religion From His Boyhood Years
[5/31/1857-2/10/1939] (NY TIMES, February 10, 1939)
Faisal Husseini, Top Palestinian Official, Dies at 61 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 31, 2001)
Harry Townes, Actor, 86, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 31, 2001)
Esther Wanner Hymer, Feminist, Is Dead at 102 (NY TIMES, May 31, 2001)
W. N. Jayme, Wordsmith Known for Magazine Mailings, Dies at 75 (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, May 31, 2001)
Down East, the Lobster Hauls Are Up Big (By CAREY GOLDBERG, May 31, 2001)
THE ORGANIZATION: Trial Poked Holes in Image of bin Laden's Terrorist Group (By BENJAMIN WEISER, May 31, 2001)
Hey, Skinny! Charles Atlas Lives! (By MARIA NEWMAN, May 31, 2001)
SPORTS: Bonds Hits 521 and 522, but Giants Lose (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 31, 2001)
RED SOX 3, YANKEES 0: Martínez Gets Support, and Boston Beats the Yanks (By BUSTER OLNEY, May 31, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Gifts That Can Warp a Museum (By, May 31, 2001)
OP-ED: Bush's Mistake in California (By GRAY DAVIS, May 31, 2001)
OP-ED: I Am Set for Life (By ANDY BOROWITZ, May 31, 2001)
OP-ED: IN AMERICA: It Hasn't Gone Away (By BOB HERBERT, May 31, 2001)
BUSINESS: Renewed Jitters on Profits Set Back Technology Issues
[Dow -167, Nasdaq -91] (By SHERRI DAY, May 31, 2001)
A Beautiful Life, an Early Death, a Fraud Exposed (By KATIE HAFNER, May 31, 2001)
Alcatel's Shares Fall After Profit Warning (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, May 31, 2001)
Microsoft to Introduce New Version of Office (By JOHN MARKOFF, May 31, 2001)
Economic Scene: Market Risks Could Hurt the Social Security Safety Net (By HAL R. VARIAN, May 31, 2001)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 31, 2001)
PowerPoint Invades the Classroom (By LISA GUERNSEY, May 31, 2001)
Software Leaves Fewer Excuses Not to Back Up Your Computer (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, May 31, 2001)
100 Years in Pen and Pencil (By SHELLY FREIERMAN, May 31, 2001)
ART CRITIC: Digestion as Art? In Vienna? (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, May 31, 2001)
Architects Rush to the Ramparts in a Battle Over Creative Credit (By DAVID W. DUNLAP, May 31, 2001)
The Pop Life: Desperately Seeking Synergy [Madonna] (By NEIL STRAUSS, May 31, 2001)
LIVING: Human Nature: Bees Buzz a Path to His Hive (By ANNE RAVER, May 31, 2001)
A Sea Change in Sea Ranch [9 photos] (By DIANA KETCHAM, May 31, 2001)
Garden Q&A: Cool Mint Trove (By LESLIE LAND, May 31, 2001)

Wednesday, May 30, 2001:
On This Day: May 30 (Alice Stopford Green 5/30/1847-5/28/1929, Giovanni Gentile 5/30/1875-4/15/1944, James Farley 5/30/1888-6/9/1976, Howard Hawks 5/30/1896-12/26/1977, Irving Thalberg 5/30/1899-9/14/1936, Cornelia Otis Skinner 5/30/1901-7/9/1979, Hannes Alfven 5/30/1908-4/2/1995, Mel Blanc 5/30/1908-7/10/1989, Joseph Wm. Kennedy 5/30/1916-5/5/1957, Johnny Gimble 1926, Clint Walker 1927, Ruta Lee 1936, Michaeld J. Pollard 1939, Wyonna Judd 1964)
Unknowns of World War II and Korea Are Enshrined (By JACK RAYMOND, May 30, 1958)
* BENNY GOODMAN, KING OF SWING, IS DEAD [5/30/1909-6/13/1986] (By JOHN S. WILSON, June 14, 1986)
Jenoe Fock Dies; Leader of Hungary in 60's (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 30, 2001)
* Beijing Journal: A Maoist Hero's Ghost Tilts With Falun Gong (By ERIK ECKHOLM, May 30, 2001)
* Philip Tells an Insulted Charles He's Sorry (By WARREN HOGE, May 30, 2001)
OP-ED: LIBERTIES: The Wicked Tao of Lee (By MAUREEN DOWD, May 30, 2001)
BUSINESS: Technology Shares Drop on Concern Over Earnings
[Dow +34, Nasdaq -75] (By MICHAEL BRICK, May 30, 2001)
News Analysis: Pride and Practicalities Both Loom Behind Lucent's Failed 'Merger' (By SETH SCHIESEL, May 30, 2001)
After Lucent Bid Fails, Alcatel Stuns Investors With Warning (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, May 30, 2001)
Bell Labs: A Bit Abstract and Always Curious (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, May 30, 2001)
Shares of Sun Falter After It Lowers Its Earnings Forcast (By MATT RICHTEL, May 30, 2001)
New Microchip Design Is Introduced by Intel (By BARNABY J. FEDER, May 30, 2001)
* Workplace: Translators Thrive as the World Speaks (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, May 30, 2001)
My Job: 'Marathon Man' and Root Canals (By ROBERT D. MARKOWITZ D.D.S. Endodontist, May 30, 2001)
Management: Escape Route From Sexist Attitudes on Wall St. (By MELINDA LIGOS, May 30, 2001)
The Boss: I Feel an Affinity for Youth (By MICHAEL D. CAPELLAS CEO, Compaq Computer, May 30, 2001)
ARTS: Poetry Soaked in the Personal and Political (By HOLLAND COTTER, May 30, 2001)
ARTS: Spreading Openness With a Third Shanghai Biennale (By LILY TUNG, May 30, 2001)
* LIVING: Eating Well: Store-Cut Vegetables Give Busy Cooks a Head Start (By MARIAN BURROS, May 30, 2001)
HEALTH: Doctor Puts Arm Muscle Cells Into Patient's Heart (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 30, 2001)

Tuesday, May 29, 2001:
On This Day: May 29 (Sarah Jennings Marlborough 5/29/1660-10/18/1744, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton 5/29/1716-1/1/1800, Patrick Henry 5/29/1736-6/6/1799, Ebenezer Butterick 5/29/1826-3/31/1903, G. K. Chesterton 5/29/1874-6/14/1936, Beatrice Lillie 5/29/1894-1/20/1989, Junzo Sakakura 5/29/1904-9/1/1969, Gregg Toland 5/29/1904-9/28/1948, T. H. White 5/29/1906-1/17/1964, Bob Hope 1903, Fay Vincent 1938, Al Unser Sr. 1939, Kevin Conway 1942, LaToya Jackson 1956, Annette Bening 1958, Adrian Paul 1959, Tracey Bregman 1963, Lisa Whelchel 1963, Melanie Brown 1975)
* 2 of British Team Conquer Everest [Edmond Hillary & Tensing Norkay] (By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr., May 29, 1953)
* OBITUARY: JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY: PART I OF V [5/29/1917-11/22/1963] (NY TIMES, November 23, 1963)
Victor Kiam, Entrepreneur Who 'Bought the Company,' Dies at 74 (By JAYSON BLAIR, May 31, 2001)
* SCIENTIST AT WORK / Jill Bargonetti: A Biologist's Choice Gives Priority to Students (By KAREN W. ARENSON, May 29, 2001)
* HEALTH: Scientists View New Wave of Cancer Drugs (By NICHOLAS WADE, May 29, 2001)
On Sex, U.S. and France Speak Same Language (By ERICA GOODE, May 29, 2001)
New Portrait of Retiring Is Emerging (By SUSAN GILBERT, May 29, 2001)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Secrets of Keeping Aging's Effects at Bay (By JANE E. BRODY, May 29, 2001)
* Trying to Stop Diabetes Before It Starts (By RANDI HUTTER EPSTEIN, May 29, 2001)
VITAL SIGNS / TREATMENTS: Use It for Wrinkles or Lower Back Pain (By JOHN O'NEIL, May 29, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: Putting the Rise in Bread (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 29, 2001)
* OBSERVATORY: Clues to Mayans' Demise? [drought] (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 29, 2001)
* OBSERVATORY: Those Eyes? That Face? [Man on Mars] (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 29, 2001)

Monday, May 28, 2001:
On This Day: May 28 (William Pitt, the Younger 5/28/1759-1/23/1806, Thomas Moore 5/28/1779-2/25/1852, P.G.T. Beauregard 5/28/1818-2/20/1893, Tony Pastor 5/28/1837-8/26/1908, Edvard Benes 5/28/1884-9/3/1948, Ian Fleming 5/28/1908-8/12/1964, Randolph Churchill 5/28/1911-6/6/1968, Patrick White 5/28/1912-9/30/1990, Walker Percy 5/28/1916-5/10/1990, Carroll Baker 1931, John Karlen 1933, Jerry West 1938, Gladys Knight 1944, Billy Vera 1944, Sondra Locke 1947)
One of 58,012 Vietnam Dead Joins the Unknowns (By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr., May 28, 1984)
Jim Thorpe Is Dead On West Coast at 64 [5/28/1888-3/28/1953] (NY TIMES, March 29, 1953)
Hiram Z. Mendow, Lawyer Who Defended Capone, Dies at 107 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, May 28, 2001)
David Klein, Ex-Professor and Writer, Dies at 82 (NY TIMES, May 28, 2001)
* At College Graduations, Wit and Wisdom for the Price of Airfare (By JACQUES STEINBERG, May 28, 2001)
Some Upset by Twist on Pearl Harbor (By EVELYN NIEVES, May 28, 2001)
The Demise of the Stick Shift Is Accelerating (By PETER T. KILBORN, May 28, 2001)
* City of Silk Becoming Center of Technology [Suzhou, China] (By CRAIG S. SMITH, May 28, 2001)
Metropolitan Diary (By ENID NEMY, May 28, 2001)
* Holy Men (and a Cow) Consecrate Hindu Temple (By SHAILA K. DEWAN, May 28, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Stories From Silence (NY TIMES, May 28, 2001)
OP-ED ESSAY: What to Remember (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, May 28, 2001)
OP-ED: IN AMERICA: The Mean Strategy Backfires (By BOB HERBERT, May 28, 2001)
ARTS: An Artist's Novel Take on History: He Lets the Walls Talk (By WILLIAM L. HAMILTON, May 28, 2001)
* Arts Online: The Movie Business Seeks Its Fortune on the Web (By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL, May 28, 2001)
BOOKS: Authors Go Directly to Reader With Marketing (By PAMELA LiCALZI O'CONNELL, May 28, 2001)
BOOKS: A Margaret Drabble Novel Traces Her Family's Dreams and Disappointments (By MEL GUSSOW, May 28, 2001)
DANCE: A Ballerina's Brilliant Debut as 'Merry Widow' (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, May 28, 2001)
* Market Place: Is Lucent a Fixer-Upper or a Money Pit? (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN & SIMON ROMERO, May 28, 2001)
I.B.M. Meets With 52,600, Virtually (By BARNABY J. FEDER, May 28, 2001)
* E-Commerce Report: Returns Pose Problem for E-Tailers (By BOB TEDESCHI, May 28, 2001)
* Compressed Data: Dot-Govs Give Dot-Coms a Little Competition (By SUSAN STELLIN, May 28, 2001)
In Brazil, Phone Service for All? (By JENNIFER L. RICH, May 28, 2001)

Sunday, May 27, 2001:
On This Day: May 27 (Cornelius Vanderbilt 5/27/1794-1/4/1877, Julia Ward Howe 5/27/1819-10/17/1910, Jay Gould 5/27/1836-12/2/1892, Wild Bill Hickok 5/27/1837-8/2/1876, Georges Rouault 5/27/1871-2/13/1858, Dashiell Hammett 5/27/1894-1/10/1961, William Hansen 5/27/1909-5/23/1949, Hubert Humphrey 5/27/1911-1/13/1978, John Cheever 5/27/1912-6/18/1982, Herman Wouk 1915, Christopher Lee 1921, Henry Kissinger 1923, Lee Meriwether 1935, Louis Gossett Jr. 1936, Richard Schiff 1955, Todd Bridges 1965)
* India Mourning Nehru, 74, Dead of a Heart Attack; World Leaders Honor Him (NY TIMES, May 27, 1964)
Rachel Carson Dies of Cancer; 'Silent Spring' Author Was 56 [5/27/1907-4/14/1964] (NY TIMES, April 15, 1964)
* Lloyd Shearer, Longtime Celebrity Columnist, Dies at 84 (By JOYCE WADLER, May 26, 2001)
Alberto Korda, Cuban Who Took Iconic Photograph, Does at 72 (By REUTERS, May 26, 2001)
Malcom McLean Dies at 87; invented large cargo containers (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 27, 2001)
As Others Abandon Plains, Indians and Bison Come Back (By TIMOTHY EGAN, May 27, 2001)
* 'The Bulge' Is the Talk of the Town and the Lab [Oregon's volcano] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 27, 2001)
* Five Determined Students, Five Unusual Routes to a College Degree (NY TIMES, May 27, 2001)
Congress Passes Tax Cut, With Rebates This Summer (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, May 27, 2001)
Bush's Tax Cut Triumph Is a Political Bouquet, Complete With Thorns (By FRANK BRUNI, May 27, 2001)
A Low-Key Leader With 'Steel in His Spine' [Tom Daschle] (By ALISON MITCHELL, May 27, 2001)
Cornell Trustees Vote to Close Old Reactor Despite Protests (By KENNETH CHANG, May 27, 2001)
* At Bard, Clouds Give Way to the Praise of Ambition [Harold E. Varmus, 1989 Nobel Laureate] (NY TIMES, May 27, 2001)
* SPORTS: Jordan Has a Model for Showing Youth [Jimmy Caras, age 92] (By IRA BERKOW, May 27, 2001)
* Stressed Out? Bad Knee? Try a Sip of These Juices (By JULIAN E. BARNES & GREG WINTER, May 27, 2001)
ART: 'The Etruscans': Reopening the Case of the Mute Civilization (By ALAN RIDING, May 27, 2001)
ARCHITECTURE: A London Museum Itself Is Now a Treasure on Display (By CHERYL KENT, May 27, 2001)
* EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK: A Knowing Smile on an Unknown Face [Shakespeare?] (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, May 27, 2001)
OP-ED: A Battle Plan for the Democrats (By JAMES CARVILLE & PAUL BEGALA, May 27, 2001)
OP-ED: LIBERTIES: No Whiff of Poof (By MAUREEN DOWD, May 27, 2001)
OP-ED: RECKONINGS: The Big Lie (By PAUL KRUGMAN, May 27, 2001)
Two Husbands? No, Thank You! (By MADELINE VANN et. al., May 27, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Races for a Cure, Straight From the Heart (By ANDREW POLLACK, May 27, 2001)
* I.P.O.'s Put Analysts in Line for Conflicts (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, May 27, 2001)
* Five Questions for Gordon E. Moore: Technology Intensifies the Law of Change (By MATT RICHTEL, May 27, 2001)
Market Watch: Why the Happy Talk From Chief Executive Cheerleaders? (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, May 27, 2001)
Economic View: Yes, Layoffs Still Hurt, Even During Good Times (By DAVID LEONHARDT, May 27, 2001)
* Book Value: Not Holding a Job Is New Work System (By FRED ANDREWS, May 27, 2001)
* Quakers, Luddites and Other Workers (By FRED ANDREWS, May 27, 2001)
* Market Insight: Spotting Opportunity by Thinking Small (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, May 27, 2001)
Portfolios: Inflation's Uptick Clouds Outlook for the Bond Market (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, May 27, 2001)
On the Job: Calling in Sick and Other Tall Tales (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, May 27, 2001)
* Investing With Karey Barker and Ajay Krishnan: Wasatch Ultra Growth Fund (By CAROLE GOULD, May 27, 2001)
Home Depot Is No. 1, but Investors Like No. 2 (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, May 27, 2001)
* Investing Diary: Time to Evaluate Russell Prospects [finding next Microsoft or Cisco] (By Robert D. Hershey Jr., May 27, 2001)
Letters: At Placebo Consulting, We're as Good as it Gets (By CHARLES SHOOPAK, May 27, 2001)
* LIVING: Life's Big Ricochet: From Wedding to Marriage (By LOIS SMITH BRADY, May 27, 2001)
Holding a Door Open for the Man Who Wants to Mind His Manners (By RICK MARIN, May 27, 2001)
On the Street: The Summer Previews [12 photos] (Photographs By BILL CUNNINGHAM, May 27, 2001)
Vows: Brooke Dunn and Erik Parker (By ROBIN POGREBIN, May 27, 2001)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, May 27, 2001)
* Plain Speaking [David McCullough, 'John Adams'] (By PAULINE MAIER, May 27, 2001)

Saturday, May 26, 2001:
On This Day: May 26 (Aleksandr Pushkin 5/26/1799-1/29/1837, Washington Roebling 5/26/1837-7/21/1926, Robert Fitzsimmons 5/26/1863-10/22/1917, Olaf Gulbransson 5/26/1873-9/18/1958, Isadora Duncan 5/26/1877-9/14/1927, Al Jolson 5/26/1886-10/23/1950, Salo Wittmayer Baron 5/26/1895-11/25/1989, Dorothea Lange 5/26/1895-10/11/1965, Robert Morley 5/26/1908-6/3/1992, Helen Eugenie Anderson 5/26/1909-3/31/1997, Peggy Lee 1920, James Arness 1923, Brent Musburger 1939, Teresa Stratas 1939, Stevie Nicks 1948, Pam Grier 1949, Hank Williams Jr. 1949, Philip Michael Tho9mas 1949, Sally K. Ride 1951, Genie Francis 1962, Lenny Kravitz 1964, Helena Bonham Carter 1966, Joseph Fiennes 1970)
Impeachment: President Andrew Johnson Acquitted by Senate (NY TIMES, May 26, 1868)
* 'Duke,' an American Hero— John Wayne Dies at 72 [5/26/1907-6/11/1979] (NY TIMES, June 12, 1979)
Walter Eytan, Founded Israel's Foreign Service, Dies at 90 (By PAUL LEWIS, May 26, 2001)
Russell A. Nelson, 88; Led Johns Hopkins Hospital (By WOLFGANG SAXON, May 26, 2001)
Levi Ben-Pinhas, Samaritan High Priest, Dies at 82 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 26, 2001)
* With an Asian Influx, a Suburb Finds Itself Transformed (By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, May 26, 2001)
OP-ED: Bush Faces the Power of Subpoena (By MICHAEL WALDMAN, May 26, 2001)
* OP-ED: JOURNAL: The Best Years of Our Lives (By FRANK RICH, May 26, 2001)
OP-ED: AT HOME ABROAD: A Political Surprise (By ANTHONY LEWIS, May 26, 2001)
BUSINESS: Stocks Dragged Lower by Sluggish Data
[Dow -117, Nasdaq -31] (By SHERRI DAY, May 26, 2001)
* 'Wind' Book Wins Ruling in U.S. Court (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, May 26, 2001)
Trading Floor's Final Day at Pacific Stock Exchange (By REUTERS, May 26, 2001)
IDEAS: How to Define Poverty? Let Us Count the Ways (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, May 26, 2001)
IDEAS: They Saved the Jews, but Few Were Heroes (By CHRIS HEDGES, May 26, 2001)
MUSIC: In Kurt Masur's Bruckner, a Spacious Serenity (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, May 26, 2001)
TV: The Networks Haven't Forgotten Pearl Harbor, Either (By JULIE SALAMON, May 26, 2001)
* Q&A: Sorry, You've Got the Wrong Number (By THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 26, 2001)
GARDENING: Cuttings: From Brooklyn, Advice on Taming the Wisteria (By ANNE RAVER, May 26, 2001)

Friday, May 25, 2001:
On This Day: May 25 (Claude Buffier 5/25/1661-5/17/1737, Ralph Waldo Emerson 5/25/1803-4/27/1882, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson 5/25/1878-11/25/1949, sir William Beaverbrook 5/25/1879-6/9/1964, Igor Sikorsky 5/25/1889-10/26/1972, Bennett Cerf 5/25/1898-8/12/1971, Gene Tunney 5/25/1898-11/7/1978, Hal David 1921, Jeanne Crain 1925, Beverly Sills 1929, Tom T. Hall 1936, Dixie Carter 1939, Ian McKellen 1939, Leslie Uggams 1943, Frank Oz 1944, Karen Valentine 1947, Connie Sellecca 1955, Anne Heche 1969)
* Scopes Is Indicted in Tennessee for Teaching Evolution (NY TIMES, May 25, 1925)
* Miles Davis, Trumpeter, Dies; Jazz Genius, 65, Defined Cool [5/25/1926-9/28/1991] (By JON PARELES, September 29, 1991)
Maurice J. Noble, Animator for 'Bambi' and Other Films, Dies at 91 (NY TIMES, May 25, 2001)
Jacques-Louis Lions Dies at 73, French Master of Equations (By WOLFGANG SAXON, May 25, 2001)
Hartzell Spence, 93, Inventor of Pinup, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, May 25, 2001)
Rosa Beddington, Embryologist, Dies at 45 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, May 25, 2001)
James D. Ebert, 79, Biologist, Killed in Auto Accident (By WOLFGANG SAXON, May 25, 2001)
Alessandro Natta, Who Led Italy's Communists, Is Dead at 83 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 25, 2001)
Jeffords Defects, Forcing Shift in Agenda (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE with ADAM CLYMER, May 25, 2001)
Man in the News: James Merrill Jeffords (By LIZETTE ALVAREZ, May 25, 2001)
Israeli Hall Collapses; 25 Dead, Scores Injured (By WILLIAM A. ORME Jr., May 25, 2001)
* East Side Journal: Visiting the Met, Led by a Maid in a Novel About Vermeer (By JIM DWYER, May 25, 2001)
YANKEES 2, RED SOX 1: Against the Best, Mussina Proves Even Better (By JACK CURRY, May 25, 2001)
SPORTS: Mussina Looks Like an Ace (By GEORGE VECSEY, May 25, 2001)
ON BASEBALL: Vintage Martínez Can't Beat Vintage Yankees (By MURRAY CHASS, May 25, 2001)
OP-ED: Jim Jeffords's Long Goodbye (By GARRISON NELSON, May 25, 2001)
OP-ED: The Illusion of a Grand Strategy (By JAMES DER DERAIN, May 25, 2001)
OP-ED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Tarnished Pyramids (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, May 25, 2001)
LETTERS: The Secret to Being Happier, if Not Richer (By N. GRUNES, May 25, 2001)
BUSINESS: Microsoft and Cisco Lead a Rally on the Nasdaq
[Dow +17, Nasdaq +39] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, May 25, 2001)
Rate Cuts Are Paying Off, Greenspan Says (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, May 25, 2001)
Lucent and Alcatel Talks Said to Be Near Final Stage (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN & SIMON ROMERO, May 25, 2001)
Medical Costs Surge as Hospitals Force Insurers to Raise Payments (By MILT FREUDENHEIM, May 25, 2001)
* EXHIBIT REVIEW: 'The Genomic Revolution': Human Genome Gets to Meet the Family (By NICHOLAS WADE, May 25, 2001)
* ART: El Greco, Richly Repeating Himself (By ROBERTA SMITH, May 25, 2001)
* ART: Treasures of Far Places and Unfamiliar Peoples (By HOLLAND COTTER, May 25, 2001)
ART: Leon Golub: A Hostile Witness to the Inhumanity of the Human Condition (By GRACE GLUECK, May 25, 2001)
Inside Art: Spiders Arrive, Puppy Departs (By CAROL VOGEL, May 25, 2001)
Antiques: Fabrics for Stars Are Themselves the Stars of a Sale [www.rouillac.com] (By WENDY MOONAN, May 25, 2001)
FILM: 'Pearl Harbor': War Is Hell, but Very Pretty (By A. O. SCOTT, May 25, 2001)
FILM: 'The Road Home': Two Lives in China, With Mao Lurking (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, May 25, 2001)
FILM: 'The Man Who Cried': Big Moments, Beautiful but Mysterious (By ELVIS MITCHELL, May 25, 2001)
* MUSIC CRITIC: Miles Davis: Restless Grooves of a Tireless Innovator (By BEN RATLIFF, May 25, 2001)
PHOTOGRAPHY: Contemporary Photography in Scandinavia: The Faces That Shine (By GRACE GLUECK, May 25, 2001)
LIVING: The Outsider: Paddling on the Hudson With an Explorer's Spirit (By JAMES GORMAN, May 25, 2001)

Thursday, May 24, 2001:
On This Day: May 24 (Daniel Fahrenheit 5/24/1686-9/16/1736, Emanuel Leutze 5/24/1816-7/18/1868, Jan Smuts 5/24/1870-9/11/1950, Harry Emerson Fosdick 5/24/1878-10/5/1969, Hlen Brooke Taussig 5/24/1898-5/20/1986, Suzanne Lenglen 5/24/1899-7/4/1938, Mikhail Sholokhov 5/24/1905-2/21/1984, Sam Giancana 5/24/1908-6/19/1975, Siobhan McKenna 5/24/1923-11/16/1986, Tommy Chong 1938, Bob Dylan 1941, Gary Burghoff 1943, Patti LaBlle 1944, Priscilla Presley 1945)
Brooklyn Bridge Opened: Two Great Cities United (NY TIMES, May 24, 1883)
* Queen Victoria Dies at 81: Longest Reign In English History [5/24/1819-1/22/1901] (NY TIMES, January 23, 1901)
Dorothy Burr Thompson, 101, Archaeologist, Is Dead (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, May 24, 2001)
Stanley L. Neisloss, 78, Builder of Many Homes on Long Island, Is Dead (NY TIMES, May 24, 2001)
Philip W. Buchen, Advisor to Ford on Nixon Pardon, Dies at 85 (By PAUL LEWIS, May 24, 2001)
G.O.P. Senator Plans Shift, Giving Democrats Control in Setback for White House (By ALISON MITCHELL, May 24, 2001)
While a Restless Senator Stirred, the Bush Team May Have Slept (By FRANK BRUNI, May 24, 2001)
* Dalai Lama Tells Bush Independence Is Not a Goal (By DAVID E. SANGER, May 24, 2001)
* Warring Windsors (Cont.): Prince Charles Is Mad at Dad (By WARREN HOGE, May 24, 2001)
A Father's Cranky Essays on Web Site Put Son in Jail in China (By ERIK ECKHOLM, May 24, 2001)
Riga Journal: What's Maroon and White and Proud All Over? [Hockey] (By MICHAEL WINES, May 24, 2001)
A Producer's Advice: Follow Your Muse (By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS, May 24, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Kerouac on the Block (NY TIMES, May 24, 2001)
OP-ED: Building a Wall Against Terror (By EHUD BARAK, May 24, 2001)
OP-ED: China's 'Undesirables' (By FANG LIZHI & ROBERT L. BERNSTEIN, May 24, 2001)
OP-ED ESSAY: 'Stab in the Back' (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, May 24, 2001)
LETTERS: The Little Test That Couldn't (By LARRY J. GERSTEIN et. al., May 24, 2001)
BUSINESS: Shares Fall as Investors Book Some Profits
[Dow -152, Nasdaq -70] (By SHERRI DAY, May 24, 2001)
Investors Seem Wary on Alcatel-Lucent Deal (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN & SIMON ROMERO, May 24, 2001)
* Computer Vandals Clog Antivandalism Web Site (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, May 24, 2001)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 24, 2001)
* The Search for E.T. Yields Earthly Cheats (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, May 24, 2001)
* Fidgeting to Know How Stuff Works (By LISA GUERNSEY, May 24, 2001)
Failed Web Sites Live On, Gone but Not Forgotten (By PAUL ANDREWS, May 24, 2001)
EBay Irritates Some Sellers by Banning Links to Home Sites (By LISA GUERNSEY, May 24, 2001)
School Testing Bandwagon Spawns Web Coaching Sites (By BONNIE ROTHMAN MORRIS, May 24, 2001)
Laptop Getting Too Hot? Better Call the Plumber (By IAN AUSTEN, May 24, 2001)
An Extra-Tiny Mouse Can Perch on a Laptop (By IAN AUSTEN, May 24, 2001)
* ARTS ABROAD: Behold That Special Face. Is It Shakespeare's? (By ANTHONY DePALMA, May 24, 2001)
BOOKS: Making Books: Food Beats Sex in Best Sellers (By MARTIN ARNOLD, May 24, 2001)
BOOKS: 'Choke': An Immature Con Man With a Mom Problem (By JANET MASLIN, May 24, 2001)
DANCE: New York City Ballet: Moments of Daring in a Night of Debuts (By JENNIFER DUNNING, May 24, 2001)
MUSIC: Los Angeles Philharmonic Pays Homage to a Musical Muse [Betty Freeman] (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, May 24, 2001)
LIVING: The Magnesium Chair Hates Being Ignored (By WILLIAM L. HAMILTON, May 24, 2001)
HUMAN NATURE: In the Suburbs, Brave New Lawns (By ANNE RAVER, May 24, 2001)
* HEALTH: Study Casts Doubt on the Placebo Effect (By GINA KOLATA, May 24, 2001)

Wednesday, May 23, 2001:
On This Day: May 23 (Carolus Linnaeus 5/23/1707-1/10/1778, William Hunter 5/23/1718-3/30/1783, Franz Anton Mesmer 5/23/1734-3/5/1815, Thomas Hood 5/23/1799-5/3/1845, James B. Eads 5/23/1820-3/8/1887, Leo Baeck 5/23/1873-11/2/1956, Douglas Fairbanks 5/23/1883-12/12/1939, Par Lagerkvist 5/23/1891-7/11/1974, John Bardeen 5/23/1908-1/30/1991, Margaret Wise Brown 5/23/1910-11/13/1952, Artie Shaw 1910, Betty Garrett 1919, Rosemary Clooney 1928, Nigel Davenport 1928, Joan Collins 1933, Marvin Hagler 1952, Drew Carey 1958, Karen Duffy 1961, Jewel 1974)
Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow Are Slain by Police in Louisiana Trap (NY TIMES, May 23, 1934)
* Alfred P. Sloan Jr. Dead at 90; G.M. Leader and Philanthropist [5/23/1875-2/17/1966] (NY TIMES, February 18, 1966)
Frank Slaughter, Novelist of Medicine, Is Dead at 93 (By PAUL LEWIS, May 23, 2001)
Mario Delamo, 55, 70's Dancer With Martha Graham Troupe, Is Dead (By JENNIFER DUNNING, May 23, 2001)
Loften Mitchell, 82, Dramatist and Writer on Black Theater, Dies (By MEL GUSSOW, May 23, 2001)
Foreign Graduates Ask, 'What Now?' (By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, May 23, 2001)
Lessons: How to Ease the Burden of Homework for Families (By RICHARD ROTHSTEIN, May 23, 2001)
College Entrance in China: 'No' to the Handicapped (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, May 23, 2001)
* The Chinese See 1-2 Punch in Asian Visits (By ERIK ECKHOLM, May 23, 2001)
Siberian Ice Jam Bombed by Russian Air Force (NY TIMES, May 23, 2001)
MS. MOFFET'S FIRST YEAR: Teaching by the Book, No Asides Allowed (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, May 23, 2001)
* Public Lives: Single No More, and Still Wedded to the Cause [Gloria Steinem] (By ROBIN FINN, May 23, 2001)
NYC: Moving the United Nations, but Keeping the Benefits (By CLYDE HABERMAN, May 23, 2001)
OP-ED: Bush vs. the American Landscape (By ROBERT REDFORD, May 23, 2001)
* OP-ED: LIBERTIES: From A to Y at Yale (By MAUREEN DOWD, May 23, 2001)
OP-ED: RECKONINGS: My Beautiful Mansionette (By PAUL KRUGMAN, May 23, 2001)
LETTERS: Bush at Yale: A 'C' Student's Path (By JOELYN NEWCOMB, May 23, 2001)
LETTERS: The Graduate [Vince Carter of Toronto Raptors] (By DONALD H. SMITH et. al., May 23, 2001)
BUSINESS: Nasdaq Edges Higher While Blue Chips Drop Slightly
[Dow -81, Nasdaq +8] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 23, 2001)
* AOL Raising Monthly Rate 9%; a Rival May Follow Suit (By SAUL HANSELL, May 23, 2001)
* The Boss: A Job and a Life Intertwined (By SHELLY LAZARUS, CEO, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, May 23, 2001)
* Workplace: When Colorblindness Cramps Careers (By TANYA MOHN, May 23, 2001)
* Life's Work: All Bets Are Off; Bali Is On (By LISA BELKIN, May 23, 2001)
Management: Downturn and an Ouster Detour a Run to the Top
[Deborah C. Hopkins, former CFO Lucent] (By JONATHAN D. GLATER, May 23, 2001)
* ARTS IN AMERICA: A Proud Garden Where a Dozen Playwrights Grow (By STEPHEN KINZER, May 23, 2001)
* ART: Art Scholars Protest Plan to Restore a Leonardo (By CELESTINE BOHLEN, May 23, 2001)
ART: Stella Sculpture to Get Its Own Washington Space (NY TIMES, May 23, 2001)
BOOKS: 'A Memoir of Misfortune': A Chinese Exile Traces Every Fault to Himself (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, May 23, 2001)
THEATER: 'Antigravity's Crash Test Dummies': One Slam-Bang Show (Literally) (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, May 23, 2001)
* HEALTH: Web Sites Inconsistent on Health, Study Finds (By PHILIP J. HILTS, May 23, 2001)
Studies Support 2-Pronged Attack on Asthma (By REUTERS, May 23, 2001)

Tuesday, May 22, 2001:
On This Day: May 22 (Louis de Buade Frontenac 5/22/1622-11/28/1698, Francois-Joachim Bernis 5/22/1717-11/3/1794, Richard Wagner 5/22/1813-2/13/1883, Albrecht von Grafe 5/22/1828-7/20/1870, Catulle Mendes 5/22/1841-2/9/1909, Mary Cassatt 5/22/1844-6/14/1926, Giacomo Matteotti 5/22/1885-6/10/1924, Johannes Becher 5/22/1891-10/11/1958, Laurence Olivier 5/22/1907-7/11/1989, Judith Crist 1922, Charles Aznavour 1924, Michael Constantine 1927, Peter Nero 1934, Richard Benjamin 1938, Frank Converse 1938, Michael Sarrazin 1940, Bernard Shaw 1940, Paul Winfield 1941, Barbara Parkins 1942, Bernie Taupin 1950, Naomi Campbell 1970)
Truman Signs Bill for Near East Aid as 'Step to Peace' (By HAROLD B. HINTON, May 22, 1947)
* Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Dead From Heart Attack at 71 [5/22/1859-7/7/1930] (NY TIMES, July 8, 1930)
Howard Kahane, Philosopher Who Advanced a School of Logic, Dies at 73 (By PAUL LEWIS, May 22, 2001)
Tad Szulc, Times Correspondent Who Uncovered Bay of Pigs Imbroglio, Dies at 74 (By DANIEL LEWIS, May 22, 2001)
* SCIENCE: A Comet's Death Offers Clues About Its Life (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 22, 2001)
* Before the Big Bang, There Was... What? (By DENNIS OVERBYE, May 22, 2001)
* Fossil Findings May Force Revisions in the History of Life (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, May 22, 2001)
With a Mighty Squeeze, Nitrogen Is Transformed (By KENNETH CHANG, May 22, 2001)
Gene Is Linked to Crohn's Disease (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 22, 2001)

Monday, May 21, 2001:
On This Day: May 21 (Alexander Pope 5/21/1688-5/30/1744, Elizabeth Fry 5/21/1780-10/12/1845, Henri Rousseau 5/21/1844-9/2/1910, Gustav Lindenthal 5/21/1850-7/31/1935, Leon Bourgeois 5/21/1851-9/29/1925, Grace Hoadley Dodge 5/21/1856-12/27/1914, Willem Einthoven 5/21/1860-9/29/1927, Glenn Curtiss 5/21/1878-7/23/1930, Marcel Breuer 5/21/1902-7/1/1981, Fats Waller 5/21/1904-12/15/1943, David Groh 1939, Bill Champlin 1947, Leo Sayer 1948, Mr. T 1952, Nick Cassavetes 1959, Christian McBride 1972)
* Lindbergh Does It! To Paris in 33 1/2 Hours; Flies 1,000 Miles Through Snow and Sleet; Cheering French Carry Him Off Field
(By EDWIN L. JAMES, May 21, 1927)
* Andrei Sakharov, 68, Soviet 'Conscience,' Dies
[5/21/1921-12/14/1989] (By FRANCIS X. CLINES, December 15, 1989)
Ross Feld, Critic Who Wrote 4 Novels, Dies at 53 (NY TIMES, May 21, 2001)
St. Patrick Has His Day, 2 Months Late (By BRIAN LAVERY, May 21, 2001)
Metropolitan Diary (By ENID NEMY, May 21, 2001)
Commencements: At Yale, Senator Clinton Encourages Public Service (By KATE ZERNIKE, May 21, 2001)
* OP-ED: Two States of Mind (By RICHARD RODRIGUEZ, May 21, 2001)
OP-ED ESSAY: A Polyandry Solution (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, May 21, 2001)
OP-ED: IN AMERICA: Closing Clinic Doors (By BOB HERBERT, May 21, 2001)
BUSINESS: P.& G. Is Said Close to Deal to Acquire Clairol (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, May 21, 2001)
* Grudge Match Boils Between Dell and Jobs (By JOHN MARKOFF, May 21, 2001)
* Move Against Barbara Walters Touches a Nerve (By JIM RUTENBERG, May 21, 2001)
Suddenly, High Stakes for Disney's Film and TV Businesses (By RICK LYMAN & GERALDINE FABRIKANT, May 21, 2001)
Alcatel's Global Evolution to North America and Lucent (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, May 21, 2001)
Advertising: Seeking to Publish Unknown Writers— Digitally (By JANE LEVERE, May 21, 2001)
* Agilent in Deal for Technique for Speedy Reading of Genes (By ANDREW POLLACK, May 21, 2001)
* New Economy: Pact Raises Competition Questions (By SUSAN STELLIN, May 21, 2001)
* E-Commerce: Has the Web's Audience Peaked? (By BOB TEDESCHI, May 21, 2001)
AT&T in Deal to Avoid More At Home Stock (By FLOYD NORRIS, May 21, 2001)
* Schools Get Tool to Track Students' Internet Use (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, May 21, 2001)
Compressed Data: Intel Is Going Bigger With Bigger Marketing (By CHRIS GAITHER, May 21, 2001)
Compressed Data: In Realm of Privacy, One More Reason to Worry (By SUSAN STELLIN, May 21, 2001)
Media Talk: S.E.C. Filing Reveals Salon Is Seeking a Buyer (By FELICITY BARRINGER, May 21, 2001)
BOOKS: Two Books Illuminate Laura Bridgman's Story, While Grinding an Ax (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, May 21, 2001)
BOOKS: Book Portrays Ali as Something Less Than 'the Greatest' (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, May 21, 2001)
Culture Notes: The Vivaldi Case (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, May 21, 2001)
FILM: Woody Allen, So Sorry He's Funny (By EMILY EAKIN, May 21, 2001)
MUSIC CRITIC: Rock Tributes to a Poet and a Populist [Bob Dylan & Joey Ramone] (By JON PARELES, May 21, 2001)
TV CRITIC: 'The Sopranos': Violence Rises on TV, but on This HBO Show, It Makes a Point
(By CARYN JAMES, May 21, 2001)

Sunday, May 20, 2001:
On This Day: May 20 (Dolley Madison 5/20/1768-7/12/1849, Honoré de Balzac 5/20/1799-8/18/1850, John Stuart Mill 5/20/1806-5/8/1873, William George Fargo 5/20/1818-8/3/1881, Madeline Breckinridge 5/20/1872-11/25/1920, John Jacob Astor 5/20/1886-7/19/1971, Adela Rogers Saint Johns 5/20/1894-8/10/1988, R. J. Mitchell 5/20/1895-6/11/1937, John Marshall Harlan 5/20/1899-12/29/1971, Moshe Dayan 5/20/1915-10/16/1981, James McEachin 1930, Anthony Zerbe 1936, Cher 1946, Dean Butler 1956, Ron Reagan 1958, Bonson Pinchot 1959, Mindy Cohn 1966)
400 U.S. Marshals Sent to Alabama as Montgomery Bus Riots Hurt 20
(By ANTHONY LEWIS, May 20, 1961)
* James Stewart, the Hesitant Hero, Dies at 89 [5/20/1908-7/2/1997] (NY TIMES, July 3, 1997)
Knight Biggerstaff, a China Scholar, Dies at 95 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 20, 2001)
Yossi Yadin, Israeli Actor, Dies at 81 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 20, 2001)
Susannah McCorkle, Pop and Jazz Singer, Is Dead at 55 (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, May 20, 2001)
NONE OF THE ABOVE: Right Answer, Wrong Score: Test Flaws Take Toll (By DIANA B. HENRIQUES & JACQUES STEINBERG, May 20, 2001)
Labels in English Pose Risk in Multilingual Nation (NEW YORK TIMES, May 20, 2001)
* Of TV and Soccer: The Power of Celebrity Hits Italian Politics (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, May 20, 2001)
* A Better Mousetrap? For This Immigrant, It's a Plastic Bag (By KATE MURPHY, May 20, 2001)
Going Out With a Mobster's Son? Follow the Code of Silence (By ALAN FEUER, May 20, 2001)
Drop the Knife and Fork. Tony Soprano Is On. (By GLENN COLLINS, May 20, 2001)
SPORTS: Preakness Is Tarnished and Troubled Middle Jewel (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, May 20, 2001)
126TH PREAKNESS STAKES: Redemption for Point Given at Preakness (By JOE DRAPE, May 20, 2001)
* OP-ED: A Presidency Reconsidered [Gerald Ford] (By DAVID GERGEN, May 20, 2001)
* OP-ED: LIBERTIES: Drill, Grill and Chill (By MAUREEN DOWD, May 20, 2001)
OP-ED: RECKONINGS: Burn, Baby, Burn (By PAUL KRUGMAN, May 20, 2001)
* BUSINESS: A Front-Row Seat as Amazon Gets Serious (By SAUL HANSELL, May 20, 2001)
* Profitable or Not? It Depends on Who's Measuring [Amazon.com] (By SAUL HANSELL, May 20, 2001)
Market Watch: Setting Rates by the Numbers (By ALEX BERENSON, May 20, 2001)
For Warner Music, an Online Opportunity (By ALEC FOEGE, May 20, 2001)
The Right Thing: Rewarding the Crew Aboard a Sinking Ship (By JEFFREY L. SEGLIN, May 20, 2001)
Market Insight: Betting on Winners and Losers in Energy (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, May 20, 2001)
* Strategies: Beneath the Stock-Market Rebound, Hints of Trouble (By MARK HULBERT, May 20, 2001)
Preludes: The Boardroom Is Not the Beach (By ABBY ELLIN, May 20, 2001)
Money & Medicine: That Prescription-Drug Trap (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, May 20, 2001)
Investing With Maura A. Shaughnessy: MFS Utilities Fund (By CAROLE GOULD, May 20, 2001)
* Investing Diary: Is Greenspan's Salary a Bit Irrational? [Fidelity sells EMC, Cisco, Oracle; buys AT&T, IBM, Intel, Microsoft]
(By Robert D. Hershey Jr., May 20, 2001)
Personal Business Diary: When an Interviewer Crosses the Line (By, May 20, 2001)
LETTERS: Dealing With Doubts After the Layoff (By DICK WOLFE et. al., May 20, 2001)
* LIVING: Attack of Bridezilla: Demanding Perfection Before 'I Do' (By JENNIFER TUNG, May 20, 2001)
* Tobias Meyer: Sotheby's 007 (By CHRISTOPHER MASON, May 20, 2001)
On the Street: Club Meeting Today (Photographs By BILL CUNNINGHAM, May 20, 2001)
Vows: Sarah Cropley and Steve Henley (By LOIS SMITH BRADY, May 20, 2001)
OUT THERE / TOKYO: Part-Time Paparazzi in Search of Dream Girls (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, May 20, 2001)
* Noticed: In So Many Words, Don't Use These (By ANNA HOLMES, May 20, 2001)
The Age of Dissonance: Many Happy Return Calls (By BOB MORRIS, May 20, 2001)
* THE SANDBOX: Bully for You: Why Push Comes to Shove (By NATALIE ANGIER, May 20, 2001)
Matrimony: The Magic's Still Gone (By JANE FRITSCH, May 20, 2001)
Aspirations: A Rise in Single Dads (By JANE FRITSCH, May 20, 2001)
(By NICHOLAS WADE, May 20, 2001)
Everyone's Trying to Fix the Economy (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, May 20, 2001)
Honey, I'm Almost Home: The Unbearable Blather of Being (By, May 20, 2001)
Reading Between the Hemlines (By CELESTINE BOHLEN, May 20, 2001)
* ON LANGUAGE: Bialy: Are We Headed into a Pletzl's Depression? (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, May 20, 2001)
* Questions for Tom Stoppard: On Love (By AMY BARRETT, May 20, 2001)
* FIVE FROM STEVIE NICKS: Tuning In: The Singer Picks the Rock of an Age (By LIZ WELCH, May 20, 2001)
STRUCTURES: The Braided Bunch (By MARY TANNEN, Photographs by J. D. 'OKHAI OJEIKERE, May 20, 2001)
STRUCTURES: The Coolest Sandwich: Forging Ice Cream and Cake Takes a Degree in Engineering
(By AMANDA HESSER, May 20, 2001)
Shape Up! (Photographs by ALEX CAYLEY, May 20, 2001)
Naked Capitalists: There's No Business Like Porn Business (By FRANK RICH, May 20, 2001)
ENCOUNTER: Girl's Gotta Eat: My Red-Meat Dinner With the New 'Survivor' Millionaire
(By JONATHAN REYNOLDS, May 20, 2001)
The Ethicist: Dummies (By RANDY COHEN, May 20, 2001)
LIVES: Last Right (By CARRIE CARMICHAEL, May 20, 2001)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, May 20, 2001)
* The Uses of Enchantment [Jackie Wullschlager, Hans Christian Andersen: The Life of a Storyteller']
(By BROOKE ALLEN, May 20, 2001)
* Metamorphoses [Jane Alison's new novel, 'The Love-Artist'] (By RICHARD EDER, May 20, 2001)
* Fuhgeddaboudit [Daniel L. Schacter, 'The Seven Sins of Memory'] (By STEPHEN S. HALL, May 20, 2001)
* Just Passing Through [Stephen Greenblatt, 'Hamlet in Purgatory'] (By By ROBERT ALTER, May 20, 2001)
* Things That Cannot Be Painted [Michael Francis Gibson, "The Mill and the Cross: Peter Bruegel's 'Way to Calvary'"
(By NICHOLAS FOX WEBER, May 20, 2001)
Lords of the 'Ring' [Nike Wagner, 'The Wagners: The Dramas of a Musical Dynasty'] (By By JOHN ROCKWELL, May 20, 2001)
THE CLOSE READER: Lord, Won't You Buy Me a Mercedes-Benz? (By JUDITH SHULEVITZ, May 20, 2001)

Saturday, May 19, 2001:
On This Day: May 19 (Jacob Jordaens 5/19/1593-10/18/1678, Johann Gottlieb Fichte 5/19/1762-1/27/1814, Johns Hopkins 5/19/1795-12/24/1873, John Jacob Abel 5/19/1857-5/26/1938, Nancy Witcher Astor 5/19/1879-5/2/1964, Percy Williams 5/19/1908-11/29/1982, Pol Pot 5/19/1925-4/15/1998, Malcolm X 5/19/1925-2/21/1965, Lorraine Hansberry 5/19/1930-1/12/1965, Jim Lehrer 1934, David Hartman 1935, James Fox 1939, Nancy Kwan 1939, Nora Ephron 1941, Peter Townshend 1945, Phil Rudd 1946, David Helfgott 1947, Grace Jones 1952, Steven Ford 1956)
* T. E. Lawrence to Have a Simple Funeral
(By FERDINAND KUHN, Jr., May 19, 1935)
* Ho Chi Minh Was Noted for Success in Blending Nationalism and Communism
[5/19/1890-9/2/1969] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, September 4, 1969)
Aleksei Maresyev, Heroic Russian Pilot, Dies at 84 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 19, 2001)
Sean Mac Stiofain, Ex-Chief of the Irish Republican Army, Dies at 73 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 19, 2001)
Carmencita Romero, Dancer, Choreographer and Film Actress, Dies at 87 (By JENNIFER DUNNING, May 19, 2001)
Ida Fisher Davidoff, 97, an Expert on Aging, Dies (NEW YORK TIMES, May 19, 2001)
After Years of Avoiding Yale, Bush Renews Old School Ties (By FRANK BRUNI, May 19, 2001)
* Hindus and Vegetarians in Court as McDonald's Puts Beef in Fries (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, May 19, 2001)
* Delhi Journal: Beware Monkey-Man, Scourge of the Gullible (By CELIA W. DUGGER, May 19, 2001)
Hong Kong Slaughters Chickens to Halt Spread of Flu Virus (By MARK LANDLER, May 19, 2001)
SPORTS: At the Preakness, When Work Becomes a Passion (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, May 19, 2001)
126th PREAKNESS STAKES: Tiny Giant Bailey Casts Shadow on Preakness (By JOE DRAPE, May 19, 2001)
EDITORIAL: New Woods (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, May 19, 2001)
OP-ED: The Art Trade Cleans Up Its Act (By PETER WATSON, May 19, 2001)
Are Graduate Students Workers? (By ANTHONY KRONMAN, May 19, 2001)
An Honor Too Long Delayed (By STEPHEN E. AMBROSE, May 19, 2001)
ABROAD AT HOME: Africa on the Agenda (By ANTHONY LEWIS, May 19, 2001)
BUSINESS: Shares Edge Higher; Gold Prices Surge
[Dow +53, Nasdaq +5, Gold $287.80 +$13.80] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, May 19, 2001)
Lucent and Alcatel Said to Re-assess Possible Deal (By SIMON ROMERO & ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, May 19, 2001)
Temporary Job Becomes Victim of Slow Market (By DAVID LEONHARDT, May 19, 2001)
* ARTS: How Crit Finally Won Out Over Lit (By SARAH BOXER, May 19, 2001)
* ARTS: If Richer Isn't Happier, What Is? (By DAVID LEONHARDT, May 19, 2001)
* BOOKS: Shelf Life: Ah, the Good Old Days, Even Those That Were Pretty Awful (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, May 19, 2001)
DANCE: Dance Brazil: Gods and Goddesses, at It Again (By JACK ANDERSON, May 19, 2001)
THEATER: 'The Comedy of Errors': A Little Shakespearean Traveling Music (By WILBORN HAMPTON, May 19, 2001)
THEATER: 'Communications From a Cockroach': That typing cockroach strikes again, poetically (By ANITA GATES, May 19, 2001)
GARDENING: Cuttings: When Plants Are Forgiving of Pruning (By LEE REICH, May 19, 2001)
* Sky Watch: A Friend to Stargazer and Navigator [WEEK OF MAY 20] (By JOE RAO, May 19, 2001)

Friday, May 18, 2001:
On This Day: May 18 (Omar Khayyam 5/18/1048-12/4/1131, Johann Froberger 5/18/1616-5/7/1667, Peter Carl Faberge 5/18/1846-9/24/1920, Elisabeth Cary 5/18/1867-7/13/1936, Bertrand Russell 5/18/1872-2/2/1970, Walter Gropius 5/18/1883-7/5/1969, Eurico Dutra 5/18/1885-6/11/1974, Ezio Pinza 5/18/1892-5/9/1957, Vincent du Vigneaud 5/18/1901-12/11/1978, Richard Brooks 5/18/1912-3/11/1992, Pierre Balmain 5/18/1914-6/29/1982, Dame Margot Fonteyn 5/18/1919-2/21/1991, Pope John Paul II 1920, Bill Macy 1922, Jack Whitaker 1924, Pernell Roberts 1930, Robert Morse 1931, Brooks Robinson 1937, Reggie Jackson 1946, Candice Azzara 1949)
* At Least 8 Dead as Mount St. Helens Erupts; Worst Blast Yet
(By Wallace Turner, May 18, 1980)
* Frank Capra, Whose Films Helped America Keep Faith in Itself, Is Dead at 94
[5/18/1897-9/3/1991] (By PETER B. FLINT, September 4, 1991)
Jerome Brody, 78, Is Dead; Guided Elegant Restaurants (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, May 18, 2001)
Murray Murdoch, Player for Rangers and Yale Coach, Dies at 96 (By WILLIAM N. WALLACE, May 18, 2001)
China Charges U.S. Citizen With Spying for Taiwan (By ERIK ECKHOLM, May 18, 2001)
SPORTS: Baseball Tale: Successful in Seattle (By HARVEY ARATON, May 18, 2001)
SPORTS: Monarchos Gets Favorable Post for His Quest (By JOE DRAPE, May 18, 2001)
Monarchos's Trainer Does It the Old-Fashioned Way (By JOE DRAPE, May 18, 2001)
126th PREAKNESS STAKES: In Triple Crown Races, a Look at Fast Times (By JOE DRAPE, May 18, 2001)
BUSINESS: Market Continues Its Rally, Led by Hewlett-Packard
[Dow +33, Nasdaq +27] (By REUTERS, May 18, 2001)
* Alcatel Said to Be in Talks to Buy Lucent (By SIMON ROMERO & ANDREW ROSS SORKIN COURTNEY KANE, May 18, 2001)
Advertising: Maybelline Trying to Attract Women Over Age 27 (By COURTNEY KANE, May 18, 2001)
Leading Indicators Go Up for First Time in 3 Months (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, May 18, 2001)
* EDITORIAL: The Changing American Family (NY TIMES, May 18, 2001)
OP-ED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS: A Perfect Storm? (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, May 18, 2001)
OP-ED: PUBLIC INTERESTS: Education on Ice (By GAIL COLLINS, May 18, 2001)
ART: $22.5 Million Sale Breaks Contemporary-Art Records (By CAROL VOGEL, May 18, 2001)
ART: Paying an Informal Call on the Old Masters (By HOLLAND COTTER, May 18, 2001)
ARCHITECTURE: Frank Gehry's Vision of Renovating Democracy (By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, May 18, 2001)
* BOOKS: 'Back When We Were Grown-Ups': A Martha Stewart in a Midlife Funk (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, May 18, 2001)
DANCE: 'La Valse': An Enthusiastic Rush Into Doom (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, May 18, 2001)
* FILM CRITIC: 'Juliet of the Spirits': Rediscovering Color in a Fellini Fantasy (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, May 18, 2001)
FILM: 'Moulin Rouge': An Eyeful, an Earful, Anachronism (By ELVIS MITCHELL, May 18, 2001)
FILM: Watching Movies With Michael Bay (By RICK LYMAN, May 18, 2001)
FILM: 'Strange Fits of Passion': She's Looking for Love (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, May 18, 2001)
FILM: At the Movies: Spice of Her Life Is Not Variety [Anna Thomson] (By DAVE KEHR, May 18, 2001)
PHOTOGRAPHY: 'American Odyssey': Glimpses of Life on the American Margin (By GRACE GLUECK, May 18, 2001)
PHOTOGRAPHY: William Klein: An In-Your-Face Style That Thrives on Chaos (By SARAH BOXER, May 18, 2001)
LIVING: Weekend Excursion: Penn State Without All the Penn Staters (By LEAH ROZEN, May 18, 2001)
* SCIENCE: Link Between Human Genes and Bacteria Is Hotly Debated (By NICHOLAS WADE, May 18, 2001)

Thursday, May 17, 2001:
On This Day: May 17 (Albert 5/17/1490-3/20/1568, Edward Jenner 5/17/1749-1/26/1823, Erik Satie 5/17/1866-7/1/1925, Horace E. Dodge 5/17/1868-12/10/1920, Dorothy Richardson 5/17/1873-6/17/1957, Jean Gabin 5/17/1904-11/15/1976, Karl Schafer 5/17/1909-4/26/1976, Stewart A;sp[ 5/17/1914-5/26/1974, Robin Maugham 5/17/1916-3/13/1981, Robin Howard 5/17/1924-6/12/1989, Archibald Cox 1912, Birgit Nilsson 1918, Dennis Hopper 1936, Taj Mahal 1942, Bill Paxton 1955, Sugar Ray Leonard 1956)
High Court Bans School Segregation; 9-to-0 Decision Grants Time to Comply
(By LUTHER A. HUSTON, May 17, 1954)
Maureen O'Sullivan, Movie Tarzan's 'Jane,' Dies at 87
[5/17/1911-6/22/1998] (NY TIMES, June 23, 1998)
Didi, Elegant Midfielder of Brazil's Soccer Champions, Dies at 71 (By ALEX YANNIS, May 17, 2001)
Eleanor Sayre, 85, Curator and Goya Expert (NY TIMNES, May 17, 2001)
Simon Raven, Satiric Novelist, Dies at 73 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, May 17, 2001)
* Tokyo Journal: Baseball's in a Sad State as Stars Shine (in the U.S.) (By HOWARD W. FRENCH DOUGLAS MARTIN, May 17, 2001)
BUSINESS: Stocks Move Sharply Higher, Perhaps on Tame Prices
[Dow +343, Nasdaq +81] (By MICHAEL BRICK, May 17, 2001)
* Spotlight Shines on Skeptic Who Sees a Long Slowdown (By MICHAEL STEINBERGER, May 17, 2001)
* Mutual Funds Heavily Sold Cisco Shares in First Quarter (By DANNY HAKIM, May 17, 2001)
Hewlett-Packard Revenues Fall but Top Revised Forecasts (By CHRIS GAITHER, May 17, 2001)
Britannica and Online Unit to Combine (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 17, 2001)
Intel Is Set to Announce a Chip of Many Functions (By CHRIS GAITHER, May 17, 2001)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 17, 2001)
More Than a Palmtop, Not Quite a PC (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, May 17, 2001)
* He-Mails, She-Mails: Where Sender Meets Gender (By JOYCE COHEN, May 17, 2001)
State of the Art: For E-Mail on the Go, or the Sly (By DAVID POGUE, May 17, 2001)
* When the Art's Public, Is the Site Fair Game? [Van Gogh site] (By NANCY MATSUMOTO, May 17, 2001)
* A Search Engine Goes Beyond Google (By LISA GUERNSEY, May 17, 2001)
New Portable Hard Drive Is Part Warehouse, Part Floppy (By ANDREW ZIPERN, May 17, 2001)
The Date That Lives in Infamy and Online (By SHELLY FREIERMAN, May 17, 2001)
ART AUCTIONS: 2 Warhols Bring Top Prices at Postwar Art Sale (By CAROL VOGEL, May 17, 2001)
* ART CRITIC: Frank Stella Spins a Sturdy Web Out of Romanticism and Steel (By JOHN RUSSELL, May 17, 2001)
Making Books: Elbowing Aside the Auction (By MARTIN ARNOLD, May 17, 2001)
THEATER: Broadway Run of 'Seussical' Short-Lived (By JESSE McKINLEY, May 17, 2001)
LIVING: A Wright House for Sale and a Threat of Demolition (By ELIZABETH STANTON, May 17, 2001)
From Dream House to Dream House on the Riviera (By WILLIAM NORWICH, May 17, 2001)
Personal Shopper: When the Stars and the Moon Are Not Enough (By MARIANNE ROHRLICH, May 17, 2001)
GARDENING: Garden Q&A: One Tough Weed (By LESLIE LAND, May 17, 2001)

Wednesday, May 16, 2001:
On This Day: May 16 (Sir Dudley North 5/16/1641-12/31/1691, William Henry Seqard 5/16/1801-10/10/1872, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody 5/16/1804-1/3/1894, Philip Armour 5/16/1832-1/6/1901, Walter Yust 5/16/1894-2/29-1960, Henry Fonda 5/16/1905-8/12/1982, H. E. Bates 5/16/1905-1/29/1974, Woody Herman 5/16/1913-10/29/1987, Billy Martin 5/16/1928-12/25/1989, Betty Carter 5/16/1930-9/26/1998, Studs Terkel 1911, George Gaynes 1917, Harry Carey Jr. 1921, Lowell Weicker 1931, Pierce Brosnan 1953, Olga Korbut 1955, Debra Winger 1955, Mare Winningham 1959, Janet Jackson 1966, Gabriela Sabatini 1970, Rick Trevino 1971, Tori Spelling 1973)
Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson: One Vote Short of Conviction
(NY TIMES, May 16, 1868)
Anne O'Hare McCormick Is Dead; Member of Times Editorial Board; 1937 Pulitzer Prize
[5/16/1882-5/29/1954] (NY TIMES, May 30, 1954)
* Anne Anastasi, the 'Test Guru' of Psychology, Is Dead at 92 (By ERICA GOODE, May 16, 2001)
Donald E. Campbell, 95, Doctor Who Was a Model for Rockwell, Is Dead (NY TIMES, May 16, 2001)
ON BASEBALL: Henderson Isn't Crying Over Mets' Ring Snub (By MURRAY CHASS, May 16, 2001)
* Scientists Detect the Traces of the Seeds of Cosmic Structures (By JAMES GLANZ, May 16, 2001)

Tuesday, May 15, 2001:
On This Day: May 15 (Klemens Metternich 5/15/1773-6/11/1859, Michael Balfe 5/15/1808-10/20/1870, Debendranath Tagore 5/15/1817-1/19/1905, Elie Metchnikoff 5/15/1845-7/16/1916, Frank L. Baum 5/15/1856-5/6/1919, Pierre Curie 5/15/1859-4/19/1906, Arthur Schnitzler 5/15/1862-10/21/1931, Edwin Muir 5/15/1887-1/3/1959, William Hume-Rothery 5/15/1899-9/27/1968, Clifton Fadiman 5/15/1904-6/20/1999, James Mason 5/15/1909-7/27/1984, Tenzing Norgay 5/15/1914-5/9/1986, Catherine East 5/15/1916-8/17/1996, Constance Cummings 1910, Eddy Arnold 1918, Paul Zindel 1936, Anna Maria Alberghetti 1936, Madeleine Albright 1937, Trini Lopez 1937, Paul Rudd 1940, George Brett 1953, Lee Horsley 1955, Brad Rowe 1970, Amy Chow 1978)
Standard Oil Company Must Dissolve in 6 Months; Only Unreasonable Restraint of Trade Forbidden
(NY TIMES, May 15, 1911)
Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago Dies at 74
[5/15/1902-12/20/1976] (By PAUL DELANEY, December 21, 1976)
Joseph Greenberg, Singular Linguist, Dies at 85 (By NICHOLAS WADE, May 15, 2001)
* Mummies Found in Peru May Shed Light on Pre-Inca People (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, May 15, 2001)
* A Fresh Look at the Straying Ways of the Female Chimp (By NATALIE ANGIER, May 15, 2001)
* OBSERVATORY: Lobsters' Jug Band (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 15, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: Decline of the Emperor Penguins (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 15, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: Cod's Summer Doldrums (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 15, 2001)
* Letters: A Dolphin Shows Its Smarts (By TRUDE POSTHEIM, May 15, 2001)

Monday, May 14, 2001:
On This Day: May 14 (Margaret of Valois 5/14/1553-3/27/1615, Francois de Callieres 5/14/1645-3/5/1717, Rober Owen 5/14/1771-11/17/1858, Sir Frederick Borden 5/14/1847-1/6/1917, Alton Parker 5/14/1852-5/10/1926, Kurt Eisner 5/14/1867-2/21/1919, Julian Eltinge 5/14/1883-3/7/1941, Al White 5/14/1895-7/8/1982, Mohammad Ayub 5/14/1907-4/19/1974, Patrice Munsel 1925, George Lucas 1944, Meg Foster 1948, Robert Zemeckis 1951, Tim Roth 1961, Cate Blanchett 1969)
Zionists Proclaim New State of Israel; Truman Recognizes it and Hopes for Peace
(By GENE CURRIVAN, May 14, 1948)
* Otto Klemperer; Conductor Dead at 88
[5/14/1885-7/6/1973] (By PAUL L. MONTGOMERY, July 8, 1973)
* R. K. Narayan, India's Prolific Storyteller, Dies at 94 (By BARBARA CROSSETTE, May 14, 2001)
Jacques Lowe, Photographer Who Etched Kennedys' Camelot on Film, Dies at 71 (By MARGARETT LOKE, May 14, 2001)
Jonathan Bixby, Costume Designer Who Worked in Theater and Television, Is Dead at 41 (NY TIMES, May 14, 2001)
Blackout Plans of Little Help in California's Energy Crisis (By JAMES STERNGOLD, May 14, 2001)
Public Lives: An Education 'Warrior' With a Soft Spot for His Boss [Sandy Kress] (By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, May 14, 2001)
Senators Criticize F.B.I. on McVeigh Papers (By DOUGLAS JEHL, May 14, 2001)
Media Talk: News Executives Playing the China Card (By MARK LANDLER, May 14, 2001)
Fiery Actress Helps Opposition Strengthen Role in India (By CELIA W. DUGGER, May 14, 2001)
* Metropolitan Diary (By ENID NEMY, May 14, 2001)
New Jersey Journal: In Bird-Watching Series, Blue Jays vs. Binoculars (By BARBARA STEWART, May 14, 2001)
* OP-ED: The Sound of Protest [Bob Dylan] (By MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM, May 14, 2001)
* OP-ED ESSAY: Frankly, My Dear... (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, May 14, 2001)
Alzheimer's Mysteries (By FLORENCE SAFFORD, May 14, 2001)
* BUSINESS: Wary Spending by Executives Cools Economy (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, May 14, 2001)
NBC Ponders Its Options: Grow or Else (By JIM RUTENBERG & BILL CARTER, May 14, 2001)
Newsweeklies Turn a Cold Shoulder to Hard News (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, May 14, 2001)
* Advertising: Merrill Lynch Turns Bearish on 'Bullish' (By STUART ELLIOTT, May 14, 2001)
E-Commerce Report: Traffic Does Not Always Equal Profit (By BOB TEDESCHI, May 14, 2001)
A Plan to Expand Internet Addresses (By JOHN MARKOFF, May 14, 2001)
Many Hedge Funds Stumble on Wrong Side of Market Surge (By DANNY HAKIM, May 14, 2001)
High Tech and Low Profile, and Danger Is Its First Name (By JOHN MARKOFF, May 14, 2001)
* Patents: The Internet as Alarm Clock? (By SABRA CHARTRAND, May 14, 2001)
Compressed Data: Reprising a Classic End, HAL Computer Perishes (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, May 14, 2001)
Compressed Data: After Instant Messaging Comes Instant Kibitzing (By ANDREW ZIPERN, May 14, 2001)
Compressed Data: Death and Destruction Live Online (By BARNABY FEDER, May 14, 2001)
* Arts Online: A Marriage of Music and Creativity (By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL, May 14, 2001)
BOOKS: A Writer Hammers at the Misery of the Third World (By BLAINE HARDEN, May 14, 2001)
DANCE: 'Giselle': Mourning a Betrayal by a Lover (By JACK ANDERSON, May 14, 2001)
DANCE: Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg: Molière Creates and Meets an Alter Ego, Don Juan (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, May 14, 2001)
MUSIC: Guarneri String Quartet: Beethoven and Schubert Help Turn a Page (By ALLAN KOZINN, May 14, 2001)
HEALTH: New Class of Cancer Drugs Shows Promise (By ANDREW POLLACK, May 14, 2001)

Sunday, May 13, 2001:
On This Day: May 13 (Henry William Stiegel 5/13/1729-1/10/1785, Piux IX 5/13/1792-2/7/1878, Sir Arthur Sullivan 5/13/1842-11/22/1900, Sir Ronald Ross 5/13/1857-9/16/1932, George Braque 5/13/1882-8/31/1963, Charles Pajud de Mortanges 5/13/1896-4/7/1971, Dame Daphne du Maurier 5/13/1907-4/19/1989, Gil Evans 5/13/1912-3/20/1988, Jim Jones 5/13/1931-11/18/1978, Bea Arthur 1926, Clive Barnes 1927, Herbert Ross 1927, Harvey Keitel 1939, Stevie Wonder 1950)
Pope Is Shot in Car in Vatican Square; Surgeons Term Condition 'Guarded'; Turk, an Escaped Murderer, Is Seized
(By HENRY TANNER, May 13, 1981)
* Joe Louis, 66, Heavyweight King Who Reigned 12 Years, Is Dead
[5/13/1914-4/12/1981] (By DEANE McGOWEN, April 13, 1981)
* Perry Como, Relaxed and Elegant Troubadour of Recordings and TV, Dies at 88 (By RICHARD SEVERO, May 13, 2001)
Indian novelist R. K. Narayan Dies, 94 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 13, 2001)
A Private End for a Public Relations Star (By WINNIE HU, May 13, 2001)
Arne Sucksdorff, 84, Documentarian, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 13, 2001)
* In Ruin, Symbols on a Stone Hint at a Lost Asian Culture (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, May 13, 2001)
Sebastian Snow, Eccentric English Explorer, Dies at 72 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, May 13, 2001)
LIVING: Mirror, Mirror: Never to Suffer a Bad Eyebrow Day (By PENELOPE GREEN, May 13, 2001)
View: Deep-Issue Massage, Mud Masks and Mom (By ILENE ROSENZWEIG, May 13, 2001)
Vows: Lisa Santos and Eric Guggenheim (By LOIS SMITH BRADY, May 13, 2001)
A Night Out With Jennifer Belle: On Familiar Turf (By LINDA LEE, May 13, 2001)
Lynne Spears: She Saw Britney's Navel Way Before You Did (By RUTH LA FERLA, May 13, 2001)
* OUT THERE / LONDON: It's True, the British Do Stand on Ceremony (By SARAH LYALL, May 13, 2001)
Skin Deep: Shouldn't a Pill Be Colorblind? (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, May 13, 2001)
Fun for Children and the Childish (BY J. D. BIERSDORFER, May 13, 2001)
ASSAD GREETS THE POPE: Welcome, Man of Peace. Let's Go Hate My Enemy. (By CLYDE HABERMAN, May 13, 2001)
* Is the Business of America Business? (By BRUCE J. SCHULMAN, May 13, 2001)
A Conspiracy So Vast: How Crimes Become Obsessions (By DAVID STOUT, May 13, 2001)
* Had World War II Been Waged on a Smaller Canvas (By DOUG HARVEY, May 13, 2001)
The First World Hacker War (By CRAIG S. SMITH, May 13, 2001)
* On Language: Semantitheft (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, May 13, 2001)
* QUESTIONS FOR MARCEL MARCEAU: Marceau Talks (By DAVID RAKOFF, May 13, 2001)
How to Get Your Child the Right Teacher Next Fall (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, May 13, 2001)
* The Myth of Fingerprints (By SIMON COLE, May 13, 2001)
* Behind the Organic-Industrial Complex (By MICHAEL POLLAN, May 13, 2001)
How Do You Make a Movie Sing? (By JESSE GREEN, May 13, 2001)
* The Peculiar Ruins of the New Economy (Photograph by RICHARD BARNES, Text by DAVID BROOKS, May 13, 2001)
Angel Corella's Next Leap (By EMILY EAKIN, May 13, 2001)
STYLE: Inside the Box: A Vintage Modernist Tract House Stands the Test of Time (By PILAR VILADAS, May 13, 2001)
FOOD: The First Supper: Confessions of a Woman Who Loves Food Too Much (By AMANDA HESSER, May 13, 2001)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, May 13, 2001)
Click Here for Democracy [Cass Sunstein, 'Republic.com'] (By STEPHEN LABATON, May 13, 2001)
Dreamgirls [Lesley Downer, 'Women of the Pleasure Quarters'] (By JANICE P. NIMURA, May 13, 2001)

Saturday, May 12, 2001:
On This Day: May 12 (Edward Lear 5/12/1812-1/29/1888, Dante Gabriel Rossetti 5/12/1828-4/9/1882, Jules Massenet 5/12/1842-8/13/1912, Gabriel Faure 5/12/1845-11/4/1924, Henry Cabot Lodge 5/12/1850-11/9/1924, Baron Clemens von Pirquet 5/12/1874-2/28/1929, Lincoln Ellsworth 5/12/1880-5/26/1951, Leslie Charteris 5/12/1907-4/15/1993, Dorothy Hodgkin 5/12/1910-7/29/1994, Julius Rosenberg 5/12/1918-6/19/1953, Katharine Hepburn 1907, Howard K. Smith 1914, Yogi Berra 1925, John Simon 1925, Burt Bacharach 1929, Tom Snyder 1936, George Carlin 1937, Millie Perkins 1938, Billy Swan 1942, Bruce Boxleitner 1950, Gabriel Byrne 1950, Billy Squier 1950, Stephen Baldwin 1966)
Tunisian Resistance Ends in Rout of Germans; Gen. Von Arnim and 150,000 Men Captured
(By FRANK L. KLUCKHOHN, May 12, 1943)
* Florence Nightingale Dies, Aged Ninety
[5/12/1820-8/13/1910] (NY TIMES, August 15, 1910)
* Douglas Adams, Author of 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,' Dies at 49 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 12, 2001)
Sarah Tomerlin Lee, 90, Editor at Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, Dies (By ENID NEMY, May 12, 2001)
Public Lives: Princeton's New President and a Leftover Controversy (By KATE ZERNIKE, May 14, 2001)
GARDENING: Cuttings: Putting Azaleas' Vivid Colors in Their Place (By ANNE RAVER, May 12, 2001)
* SCIENCE: Clues to a Meteor That Aided Dinosaurs (By KENNETH CHANG, May 12, 2001)
* Sky Watch: The Manger (By JOE RAO, May 12, 2001)

Friday, May 11, 2001:
On This Day: May 11 (Baron Munchhausen 5/11/1720-2/22/1797, Fanny Cerrito 5/11/1817-5/6/1909, Frank Schlesinger 5/11/1871-7/10/1943, Irving Berlin 5/11/1888-9/22/1989, Henry Morgenthau Jr. 5/11/1891-2/6/1967, Dame Margaret Rutherford 5/11/1892-5/22/1972, William Grant Still 5/11/1895-12/3/1978, Salvador Dali 5/11/1904-1/23/1989, Foster Brooks 1912, Mort SAhl 1927, Eric Burdon 1941, Frances Fisher 1952, Natasha Richardson 1963)
Pentagon Papers Charges Are Dismissed; Judge Byrne Frees Ellsberg and Russo, Assails 'Improper Government Conduct'
(By Martin Arnold, May 11, 1973)
* Martha Graham Dies at 96; A Revolutionary in Dance
[5/11/1894-4/1/1991] (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, April 2, 1991)

Thursday, May 10, 2001:
On This Day: May 10 (William Grace 5/10/1832-3/21/1904, John Wilkes Booth 5/10/1838-4/26/1865, Sir Thomas Lipton 5/10/1850-10/2/1931, Karl Barth 5/10/1886-12/9/1968, Einar Gerhardsen 5/10/1897-9/19/1987, Ariel Durant 5/10/1898-10/25/1981, Fred Astaire 5/10/1899-6/22/1987, Maybelle Carter 5/10/1909-10/23/1978, Nancy Walker 5/10/1922-3/25/1992, Pat Summerall 1930, Gary Owens 1936, Jim Abrahams 1944, Dave Mason 1946, Andrew Card 1947, Bono 1960, Krist Novoselic 1965)
East and West: Completion of Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory, Utah
(NY TIMES, May 10, 1869)
* David O. Selznick, 63, Producer Of 'Gone With the Wind', Dies
[5/10/1902-6/22/1965] (NY TIMES, June 23, 1965)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 10, 2001)

Wednesday, May 9, 2001:
On This Day: May 9 (John Brown 5/9/1800-12/2/1859, Belle Boyd 5/9/1844-6/11/1900, Carl Gustaf Laval 5/9/1845-2/2/1913, Sir James Barrie 5/9/1860-6/19/1937, Henry J. Kaiser 5/9/1882-8/24/1967, Jose Ortega y Gasset 5/9/1883-10/18/1955, William du Bois 5/9/1916-2/5/1993, Pancho Gonzales 7/3/1995, Mike Wallace 1918, Alan Bennett 1934, Albert Finney 1936, Glenda Jackson 1936, James L. Brooks 1940, John Aschroft 1942, Tommy Roe 1942, Candice Bergen 1946, Anthony Higgins 1947, Billy Joel 1949)
Mandela is Named President, Closing the Era of Apartheid (By BILL KELLER, May 9, 1994)
* Howard Carter, 66, Egyptologist, Dies
[5/8/1884-12/26/1972] (NY TIMES, March 3, 1939)
* Arthur Walker, 64, Scientist and Mentor, Dies (By JAMES GLANZ, May 9, 2001)
Dorothee Metlitzki, 86, Scholar of Medievalism and Melville, Is Dead (By CAREY GOLDBERG, May 9, 2001)

Tuesday, May 8, 2001:
On This Day: May 8 (Edward Gibbon 5/8/1737-1/16/1794, Thomas Hancock 5/8/1786-3/26/1865, Henri Dunant 5/8/1828-10/30/1910, James Rowland Angell 5/8/1869-3/4/1949, Thomas Costain 5/8/1885-10/8/1965, Joselito 5/8/1895-5/16/1920, Edmund Wilson 5/8/1895-6/12/1972, Friedrich von Hayek 5/8/1899-3/23/1992, Fernandel 5/8/1903-2/26/1971, Roberto Rosselloini 5/8/1906-6/3/1977, Romain Gary 5/8/1914-12/2/1980, Sonny Liston 5/8/1917-12/31/1970, Don Rickles 1926, David Attenborough 1926, Peter Benchley 1940, Angel Cordero Jr. 1942, Toni Tennille 1943, Keith Jarrett 1945, Philip Bailey 1951, David Keith 1954, Alex Van Halen 1955, Melissa Gilbert 1964, Enrique Iglesias 1975, Julia Whelan 1985)
Occupation of Wounded Knee Is Ended (By Andrew H. Malcolm, May 8, 1973)
* Harry S. Truman: Decisive President Dies at 88
[5/8/1884-12/26/1972] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, December 26, 1972)
Aage Sorensen, Inequality Theorist at Harvard, Dies at 59 (By PAUL LEWIS, May 8, 2001)
* Morris Graves, Mystical Painter of Nature, Dies at 90 (By HOLLAND COTTER, May 8, 2001)
* SCIENCE: Building a Better Racehorse, From the Genome Up (By ERICA GOODE, May 8, 2001)
As Horse Breeder, Cloning's a Long Shot (By ERICA GOODE, May 8, 2001)
* Thoroughbreds Face Physical Limits to Improvement (By ERICA GOODE, May 8, 2001)
Creating a Modern Ark of Genetic Samples (By KENNETH CHANG, May 8, 2001)
Story of Viking Colonies' Icy 'Pompeii' Unfolds From Ancient Greenland Farm (By JAMES BROOKE, May 8, 2001)
* OBSERVATORY: Two, Two Proteins in One (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 8, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: Seeking Cleaner Waste (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 8, 2001)
OBSERVATORY: Planning a Mars Mission (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 8, 2001)

Monday, May 7, 2001:
On This Day: May 7 (Germain Boffrand 5/7/1667-3/18/1754, David Hume 5/7/1711-8/25/1776, Robert Browning 5/7/1812-12/12/1889, Johannes Brahms 5/7/1833-4/3/1897, Oskar von Miller 5/7/1855-4/9/1934, Marcus Loew 5/7/1870-9/5/1927, Archibald MacLeish 5/7/1892-4/20/1982, Kitty Godfree 5/7/1896-6/19/1992, Gary Cooper 5/7/1901-5/13/1961, Edwin Herbert Land 5/7/1909-3/1/1991, Darren McGavin 1922, Teresa Brewer 1931, Pete Domenici 1932, Johnny Unitas 1933, Johnny Maestro 1939, Jimmy Ruffin 1939, Tim Russert 1950, Amy Heckerling 1954)
* War in Europe is Ended! Surrender Is Unconditional; V-E Will Be Proclaimed Today; Our Troops on Okinawa Gain
(By Edward Kennedy, May 7, 1945)
* Saga Of Eva Peron: 12 Years To Power, Dies at 33
[5/7/1919-7/26/1952] (NY TIMES, July 27, 1952)
Jo-Jo Moore, All-Star Outfielder in 1930's, Is Dead at 92 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, May 7, 2001)
Clifton Keith Hillegass, Cliffs Notes Creator, Dies at 83 (By SHAILA K. DEWAN, May 7, 2001)
Boozoo Chavis, Accordionist Who Spread the Zydeco Sound, Dies at 70 (By JON PARELES, May 7, 2001)
* Now You Need an Area Code Just to Call Your Neighbors (By SIMON ROMERO, May 7, 2001)
Gore Vidal Is to Witness McVeigh Execution (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 7, 2001)
Children Step Up to Plate at White House (By FRANK BRUNI, May 7, 2001)
Beijing Jails a U.S.-Based Chinese Entrepreneur (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, May 7, 2001)
News Analysis: To European Eyes, It's America the Ugly (By ROGER COHEN, May 7, 2001)
* Pope, in Damascus, Reaches Out for Unity With Mosque Visit (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, May 7, 2001)
Public Lives: When She Talks Arms, Washington and Moscow Listen (By PHILIP SHENON, May 7, 2001)
Metropolitan Diary (By ENID NEMY, May 7, 2001)
A Cyberspace Reading Room for Wise Guys (By PAMELA LiCALZI O'CONNELL, May 7, 2001)
ON HORSE RACING: The Small Triumphs in a Major Victory (By JOE DRAPE, May 7, 2001)
OP-ED: Nuclear Power's New Day (By RICHARD RHODES, May 7, 2001)
OP-ED ESSAY: Slavery Triumphs (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, May 7, 2001)
OP-ED: IN AMERICA: Life Before Roe (By BOB HERBERT, May 7, 2001)
* BUSINESS: New Economy: Privacy Concerns for Google Archive (By SUSAN STELLIN, May 7, 2001)
* San Jose Journal: Filming Another Side of Silicon Valley (By EVELYN NIEVES, May 7, 2001)
* Stay-at-Home Instinct Fosters Flush Times at 'Shelter' Magazines (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, May 7, 2001)
Media Talk: Security Concerns Blur an Artist's Drawings (By BENJAMIN WEISER, May 7, 2001)
Advertising: Make Way for the Search Consultants (By STUART ELLIOTT, May 7, 2001)
Financial Officer of Lucent Is Ousted After Brief Tenure (By SIMON ROMERO, May 7, 2001)
E-Commerce Report: An Online Vintage, Still Unproved (By BOB TEDESCHI, May 7, 2001)
Compressed Data: Microsoft to Put Digital ID Into Its Products (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, May 7, 2001)
Compressed Data: Copyright Rules Get Another Challenger (By AMY HARMON, May 7, 2001)
Media: A.P. Still Leery of Selling Local News on the Net (By FELICITY BARRINGER, May 7, 2001)
Media Talk: This Summer, It's the Atlantic Not-Monthly (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, May 7, 2001)
Patents: Requests for New Trademarks by Internet Companies Have Fallen (By SABRA CHARTRAND, May 7, 2001)
SCIENCE: Space Tourist, Back From 'Paradise,' Lands on Steppes (By PATRICK E. TYLER, May 7, 2001)
* HEALTH: Nuns Offer Clues to Alzheimer's and Aging (By PAM BELLUCK, May 7, 2001)
ART: Behind Masterworks for Sale, a Collector's Unerring Eye (By ROGER COHEN, May 7, 2001)
BOOKS: Jerome Robbins Biography Tells of a Creative but Tormented Life (By JANET MASLIN, May 7, 2001)
DANCE: In Festival's Final Performances, More Evidence of France's New Diversity (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, May 7, 2001)
Dance: A Talk-Show Host With Mad Guests (By JENNIFER DUNNING, May 7, 2001)
THEATER: Oedipus' Sons Battle It Out in a Spectacle of Fiery Rage (By D. J. R. BRUCKNER, May 7, 2001)
THEATER: 'The It Girl': That Salesclerk Sold Her Boss a Bill of Goods (By BRUCE WEBER, May 7, 2001)
* Writers on Writing: A Retreat From the World Can Be a Perilous Journey (By JONATHAN ROSEN, May 7, 2001)

Sunday, May 6, 2001:
On This Day: May 6 (Maximilien Robespierre 5/6/1758-7/28/1794, Abraham Jacobi 5/6/1830-7/10/1919, Sigmund Freud 5/6/1856-9/23/1939, Robert Peary 5/6/1856-2/20/1920, William Leahy 5/6/1875-7/20/1959, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 5/6/1880-6/15/1938, Stanley Morison 5/6/1889-10/11/1967, Rudolph Valentino 5/6/1895-8/23/1926, Lew Christensen 5/6/1909-10/9/1984, Theodore White 5/6/1915-5/15/1986, Willie Mays 1931, Bob Seger 1945, Ben Masters 1947, Tony Blair 1953, George Clooney 1961, Roma Downey 1963)
* Hindenburg Burns in Lakehurst Crash; 21 Known Dead, 12 Missing; 64 Escape
(By Russell B. Porter, May 6, 1937)
* Orson Welles is Dead at 70; Innovator of Film and Stage
[5/6/1915-10/10/1985] (NY TIMES, October 11, 1985)
Theodore Wilentz, 86, Dies; A Bookman Extraordinaire (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, May 6, 2001)
Fantasy Island: Persian Gulf Palm-tree-shaped resort visible from the moon (NY TIMES, May 6, 2001)
THE TARGET: Behind the Shield, a 3-Sided Rivalry (By PATRICK E. TYLER, May 6, 2001)
THE FIRE LAST TIME: Finding Embers in the Ashes (By ERIC SCHMITT, May 6, 2001)
Modern Asia's Anomaly: The Girls Who Don't Get Born (By CELIA W. DUGGER, May 6, 2001)
What if the Buffalo Roam Into Foot-and-Mouth? (By ELIZABETH BECKER, May 6, 2001)
It's Not War, But This Game Is Hell [CBS "Survivor"] (By LARRY DARK, May 6, 2001)
FAITH-BASED BEAUTY: God Loves You, Especially Your Haircut (By LAURA M. HOLSON, May 6, 2001)
Let 100 China Policies Bloom (By DAVID E. SANGER, May 6, 2001)
Brave New TV, That Has Such Shows on It (By BILL CARTER, May 6, 2001)
LIVING: Perfect Model: Gorgeous, No Complaints, Made of Pixels (By RUTH LA FERLA, May 6, 2001)
Pod People Invade, Posing as Satirists (By JESSE McKINLEY, May 6, 2001)
Vows: Kathy Geier and Rick Perlstein (By EMILY PRAGER, May 6, 2001)
On the Street: Abloom in the Park [9 photos] (Photographs By BILL CUNNINGHAM, May 6, 2001)
* On Language: Fulminations (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, May 6, 2001)

Saturday, May 5, 2001:
On This Day: May 5 (Leopold II 5/5/1747-3/1/1792, Frederick Barnard 5/5/1809-4/27/1889, Søren Kierkegaard 5/5/1813-11/11/1855, Karl Marx 5/5/1818-3/14/1883, Hubert Howe Bancroft 5/5/1832-3/2/1918, Peter Cooper Hewitt 5/5/1861-8/25/1921, Christopher Morley 5/5/1890-3/28/1957, Dorothy Garrod 5/5/1892-12/18/1968, Sir Gordon Richards 5/5/1904-11/10/1986, Tyrone Power 5/5/1914-11/15/1958, Arthur L. Schawlow 5/5/1921-4/28/1999, Ann B. Davis 1926, Pat Carroll 1927, John Sweeney 1934, Michael Murphy 1938, Lance Henriksen 1940, Jean-Pierre Leaud 1944)
U.S. Hurls Alan Shepard 115 Miles Into Space; Reports by Radio in 15-Minute Flight
(By Richard Witkin, May 5, 1961)
Nellie Bly, Journalist, Dies of Pneumonia at 56
[5/5/1867-1/27/1922] (NY TIMES, January 28, 1922)
Theodore Roosevelt III, Brokerage Partner, Dies at 86 (NY TIMES, May 5, 2001)
Otis L. Guernsey Jr., 82, Editor and Critic, Is Dead (NY TIMES, May 5, 2001)
Richardson Pratt Jr., 78; Led Pratt Institute, Dies (NY TIMES, May 5, 2001)
John Scanlon, Tenacious Public Relations Consultant, Dies at 66 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, May 5, 2001)
Grass Is Gone on Other Side of These Fences (By TIMOTHY EGAN, May 5, 2001)
* Religion Journal: Bahais Prepare to Dedicate a Most Unusual Garden (By GUSTAV NIEBUHR, May 5, 2001)
* In Athens, Pope Seeks to Mend an Ancient Rift (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, May 5, 2001)
* Hackers Leave Pro-China Trail on U.S. Sites (NY TIMES, May 5, 2001)
Germany Looks Into Its Pockets, Piggybanks and Pfennig Jars (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, May 5, 2001)
Tokyo Journal: Vanishing Havens of the High and Mighty in Ryotei (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, May 5, 2001)
Meat Plants Fare Badly in Inspections (By CHRISTOPHER DREW with BUD HAZELKORN, May 5, 2001)
Grocers Pull Ads After Articles on Cleanliness (By MONTE WILLIAMS, May 5, 2001)
SPORTS: Yanks Share Laugh With Bush (By BUSTER OLNEY, May 5, 2001)
* OP-ED: Only the Guilty Are Guilty, Not Their Sons (By ELIE WIESEL, May 5, 2001)
OP-ED: Old Fuels and Poor Policy (By BILL RICHARDSON, May 5, 2001)
OP-ED: New Jersey, Like Life but More Complex (By JAMES KAPLAN, May 5, 2001)
OP-ED: ABROAD AT HOME: A Regime of Thugs (By ANTHONY LEWIS, May 5, 2001)
* LETTERS: Ulysses, Maybe. But Don't Call Me Ishmael. (By F. PAUL WILSON, May 5, 2001)
LETTERS: 'Theological Arrogance' (By Rev. ROBERT L. BRASHEAR, May 5, 2001)
BUSINESS: More Bad News, and the Stock Markets Are Happy to Hear It
[Dow +155, Nasdaq +145] (By MICHAEL BRICK, May 5, 2001)
Asian Employees at Lucent Are Troubled by Handling of Arrests (By SIMON ROMERO, May 5, 2001)
* Layoffs Are Becoming a Spring Break for the Dot-Com Generation (By MATT RICHTEL, May 5, 2001)
Error in Type Gets Blame for Inflating Profit Figure [Computer Associates] (By ALEX BERENSON, May 5, 2001)
'Survivor' Finale Is a Big Hit but Falls Short of Last Year's (By BILL CARTER, May 5, 2001)
Brill's Content to Trim Publishing Schedule (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, May 5, 2001)
In Argentina, More Room to Breathe (By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, May 5, 2001)
Studios Make Deal With Writer Guild (By RICK LYMAN, May 5, 2001)
ARTS: Black Captive in a White Culture? (By EMILY EAKIN, May 5, 2001)
BOOK CRITIC: Within Its Genre, a Takeoff on Tara Gropes for a Place (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, May 5, 2001)
* FILM CONNECTIONS: Seeking Traction in Jamesian Fluidity (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, May 5, 2001)
MUSIC: 'Decreation': So It's Like a Concert Without Any Instruments (By ANN POWERS, May 5, 2001)
THEATER: 'Hair': When Love Was In and Youthful Confidence High (By BEN BRANTLEY, May 5, 2001)
TV Critic's Notebook: Surviving 'Survivor' With Ms. Nice Gal (By CARYN JAMES, May 5, 2001)
* Sky Watch: A Martian Rival for Sirius (May 6 to May 11, 2001) (By JOE RAO, May 5, 2001)
* HEALTH: Babies Born in Experiments Have Genes From 3 People (By GINA KOLATA, May 5, 2001)

Friday, May 4, 2001:
On This Day: May 4 (Bartolomeo Cristofori 5/4/1655-1/27/1731, Horace Mann 5/4/1796-8/2/1859, Sir William Cooke 5/4/1806-6/25/1879, Julia Tyler 5/4/1820-7/10/1889, T. H. Huxley 5/4/1825-6/29/1895, Fritz von Opel 5/4/1899-4/8/1971, Lincoln Kirstein 5/4/1907-1/5/1996, Emmanuel Robles 5/4/1914-2/22/1995, Audrey Hepburn 5/4/1929-1/20/1993, Hosni Mubarak 1928, Maynard Ferguson 1928, Roberta Peters 1930, Tyrone Davis 1938, Paul Gleason 1944, Randy Travis 1959, Mary McDonough 1961)
4 Kent State Students Killed by Troops (By John Kifner, May 4, 1970)
Dr. Frank Conrad, Radio Pioneer, Dies at 67
[5/4/1874-12/11/1941] (By ERIC PACE, December 12, 1941)
Heiko Oberman, Expert on the Reformation, Dies at 70 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, May 4, 2001)
Wesley C. Salmon, 75, Theorist in Realm of Improbable Events, Is Dead (By PAUL LEWIS, May 4, 2001)
Andy Phillip, Whiz Kid in College, All-Star in N.B.A., Dies at 79 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, May 4, 2001)
Bush Says U.S. Wants to Help California Solve Energy Crisis (By JOSEPH KAHN, May 4, 2001)
Clinton Has Praise and Rebukes for Bush, Friends Say (By RICHARD L. BERKE, May 4, 2001)
Clinton Aide Settles With Matt Drudge (NY TIMES, May 4, 2001)
Pontiff Asks God to Forgive Sins Against the Orthodox (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, May 4, 2001)
Elite French College Tackles Affirmative Action (By SUZANNE DALEY, May 4, 2001)
In Moving to Shun China, Bush Team Trips Over Itself Again
(By DAVID E. SANGER & STEVEN LEE MYERS, May 4, 2001)
U.S. Is Voted Off Rights Panel of the U.N. for the First Time (By BARBARA CROSSETTE, May 4, 2001)
13 Institutions Obtain Control of Vast Bequest (By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, May 4, 2001)
Art Can Take Heat in the Kitchen (By GLENN COLLINS, May 4, 2001)
OP-ED: Letting the River Run (By CHRISTOPHER HALLOWELL, May 4, 2001)
A Tragedy in Search of an Ending (By PETER BROOKS, May 4, 2001)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Here Comes the Sun (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, May 4, 2001)
PUBLIC INTERESTS: Hurry Up and Shield (By GAIL COLLINS, May 4, 2001)
BUSINESS: W