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

Monday, May 31, 2004:
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)

Simon Nathan, 82, Photographer and Writer, Dies (By STUART LAVIETES, May 31, 2004)
Ned Schnurman, 78, Producer of Media Criticism Program, Is Dead (By FRANK J. PRIAL, May 31, 2004)
* AMERICAN DREAMERS | MRS. NOBLE: New Teachers, Pupils, and Classes With Revolving Doors
(By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, May 31, 2004)
AMERICAN DREAMERS: A Besieged School District and Its Nomadic Students Struggle to Keep Up
(By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, May 31, 2004)
WORLD: Saudi Military Storms Complex to Free Hostages (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, May 31, 2004)
* MEMO FROM FRANCE: Normandy Gathering, and the Mistrust, Then and Now (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, May 31, 2004)
NEWS ANALYSIS: A Worn Road for U.N. Aide (By DEXTER FILKINS, May 31, 2004)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, May 31, 2004)
EDITORIAL: A National ID (NY TIMES, May 31, 2004)
MUSIC: Deceptively Tame Songs Surprise With a Radical Twist (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, May 31, 2004)

Sunday, May 30, 2004:
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)

Archibald Cox, 92, Is Dead; Helped Prosecute Watergate (NY TIMES, May 30, 2004)
Samuel Dash, Chief Counsel for Senate Watergate Committee, Dies at 79 (By WARREN E. LEARY, May 30, 2004)
NATIONAL: Kerry Says Bush's Focus on Iraq Has Made U.S. 'Less Safe' (By DAVID E. SANGER and JODI WILGOREN, May 30, 2004)
Vets Gather to Dedicate World War II Memorial (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, May 30, 2004)
* Stories of World War II Quietly Told by Those Who Won It (By LYNETTE CLEMETSON, May 30, 2004)
* AMERICAN DREAMERS | THE BUDGET SUITES
Seekers, Drawn to Las Vegas, Find a Broken Promised Land
(By DEAN E. MURPHY, May 30, 2004)
* AMERICAN DREAMERS: As for the Myth of Unlimited Cheap Housing, the Mortgage Has Come Due
(By DEAN E. MURPHY, May 30, 2004)
WORLD: Saudi Commandos Free Hostages, Ending Standoff With Militants
(By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, May 30, 2004)
Fighting Breaks Out in Najaf for First Time Since Cease-Fire (By EDWARD WONG, May 30, 2004)
Honk Kong Rally Signals Start of Turbulent Summer [Tiananmen Square] (By KEITH BRADSHER, May 30, 2004)
In Ethiopia, a Promised Land of Broken Promises (By MARC LACEY, May 30, 2004)
NY REGION: OUR TOWNS: Marine Finds a Mission: Return Souvenirs of War (By PETER APPLEBOME, May 30, 2004)
BOWERY JOURNAL: For the Down-and-Out, Subtle Lessons in Commitment From Unexpected Sources
(By IAN URBINA, May 30, 2004)
SPORTS: Buddy Rice Prevails in Rain at Indianapolis 500 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 30, 2004)
SPORTS: An Olympian Responds to His Fears And Emotions [Xeno Muller] (By GEORGE VECSEY, May 30, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: Dodgers and Reds Sit on Opposite Ends of Season's Seesaw (By MURRAY CHASS, May 30, 2004)
SPORTS: SUITS: Yanks and Sox? Try Matt and Al [sports shoe chains] (By Eric Dash, May 30, 2004)
SPORTS OUTDOORS: Everest Lure Endures Despite Risk of Death (By GREG CHILD, May 30, 2004)
EDITORIALS: A Man in Full Charge [Vladimir Putin] (NY TIMES, May 30, 2004)
EDITORIALS: APPRECIATIONS: Roger Straus Jr. (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, May 30, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: An Ode to Clarity (By MAUREEN DOWD, May 30, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Tilting the Playing Field (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, May 30, 2004)
OP-ED: The Things They Wrote
[Letters home by some of those soldiers who lost their lives in Afghanistan]
(NY TIMES, May 30, 2004)
OP-ED: VIDEO EXCERPTS: 'The Other Side of Outsourcing' (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, May 30, 2004)
LETTERS: In Their 20's, Thinking About War (6 Letters) (By GEORGE H. REIS, et. al., May 30, 2004)
LETTERS: The Real Terror Threat (By DONNA WEST, May 30, 2004)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 30, 2004)
* BUSINESS: At (Your Name Here) Arena, Money Talks (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, May 30, 2004)
MARKET WATCH: Will the Fed's Slow-Mo Approach Backfire? (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, May 30, 2004)
'04 Graduates Learned Lesson in Practicality (By EDUARDO PORTER and GREG WINTER, May 30, 2004)
ON THE CONTRARY: Shouldn't Greenspan Quit While He's Ahead? (By DANIEL AKST, May 30, 2004)
* FUNDAMENTALLY: Buying Is a Snap. Knowing When to Sell Is Tough. (By PAUL J. LIM, May 30, 2004)
* INVESTING: How the Short-Sellers Choose Their Targets (By NORM ALSTER, May 30, 2004)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 30, 2004)
ART OP-ED: FRANK RICH: It Was the Porn That Made Them Do It (By FRANK RICH, May 30, 2004)
ART: DEBRIEFING: The Whitney's Heavy Lifters Look Back (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, May 30, 2004)
DANCE: The Drill Sergeant of Dance [Wilhelm Burmann] (By GIA KOURLAS, May 30, 2004)
FILM: In the Gobi, Camel Family Values (By NANCY RAMSEY, May 30, 2004)
* MUSIC RECORDINGS: The Greater Interest of Lesser Beethoven (By DAVID MERMELSTEIN, May 30, 2004)
PHOTOGRAPHY: Lights, Camera, Stand Really Still: On the Set With Gregory Crewdson
(By ANNETTE GRANT, May 30, 2004)
THEATER: The Puppets Who Made a Profit (By BRUCE WEBER, May 30, 2004)
TV: Death Becomes Her, Her and Her (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, May 30, 2004)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, May 30, 2004)
TRAVEL: Where the Racing Is Down to Earth [Louisiana] (By WILLIAM GRIMES, May 30, 2004)
* WHAT'S DOING: In Pittsburgh (By ANNASUE McCLEAVE WILSON, May 30, 2004)
FRUGAL TRAVELER: Counting Euros, Not Calories, on a Sojourn in Strasbourg (By CHRISTOPHER SOLOMON, May 30, 2004)
ESSAY: Where, Oh Where, Is My Cassowary? (By ANDREA CRAWFORD, May 30, 2004)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, May 30, 2004)
* STYLE: They Put the Chintzy in Chintz (By GUY TREBAY, May 30, 2004)
A BlackBerry Throbs, and a Wonk Has a Date (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, May 30, 2004)
The Princess Diatribes [Princess Michael of Kent] (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, May 30, 2004)
* VIEW: Named for a Fruit? Make Juice [Gwyneth Paltrow's Apple] (By STRAWBERRY SAROYAN, May 30, 2004)
POSSESSED: Designer, Recumbent (By DAVID COLMAN, May 30, 2004)
Jewelry Without the Jewels (By MARIANNE ROHRLICH, May 30, 2004)
* VOWS: Anne Douglas and Kirk Douglas (By JANELLE BROWN, May 30, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, May 30, 2004)
* Discipline Takes a Break at the White House (By DAVID E. SANGER, May 30, 2004)
Far From Iraq, Echoes of Lives Lost in Combat (By DAN BARRY, May 30, 2004)
* CHINA'S TIME BOMB: The Most Populous Nation Faces a Population Crisis (By JOSEPH KAHN, May 30, 2004)
THE 'HYPERMODERN' FOE: How the Evangelicals and Catholics Joined Forces (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, May 30, 2004)
What Is (Un)Known About Al Qaeda in America (By DAVID JOHNSTON, May 30, 2004)
THE PUBLIC EDITOR: Weapons of Mass Destruction? Or Mass Distraction? (By DANIEL OKRENT, May 30, 2004)
HEALTH: It Was Medical Gospel, but It Wasn't True [prostate cancer] (By GINA KOLATA, May 30, 2004)
* COMMERCIALS IN FLUX: What's Around the Corner for Ring Around the Collar?
(By THOMAS HINE, May 30, 2004)
Oh, Did He Mention That He's a Vet? (By JODI WILGOREN, May 30, 2004)
A Home for a Gay Channel (By BILL CARTER, May 30, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, May 30, 2004)
* ON LANGUAGE: The New Black (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, May 30, 2004)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Stairway to Justice (By HARRIET McBRYDE JOHNSON, May 30, 2004)
QUESTIONS FOR PLUM SYKES: Hazards of New Fortunes (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, May 30, 2004)
IDEA LAB: A Really Open Election (By CLIVE THOMPSON IRA GLASS, May 30, 2004)
DIAGNOSIS: Distended Abdomen, Chest Pain, Yellow-Tinged Eyes (By LISA SANDERS, M.D., May 30, 2004)
CONSUMED: Comics Trip (By ROB WALKER, May 30, 2004)
THE ETHICIST: You Name It (By RANDY COHEN, May 30, 2004)
COVER ARTICLE: Friends, Friends With Benefits and the Benefits of the Local Mall
(By BENOIT DENIZET-LEWIS, May 30, 2004)
Odd Man In (By STEPHEN RODRICK, May 30, 2004)
Grumpy Old Drug Smugglers (By ELIZABETH WEIL, May 30, 2004)
* Party Revisionism: Wang Qingsong's 31-foot photomural, "Night Revels of Lao Li"
[after Gu Hongzhong's 10th-century scroll painting, "Night Revels of Han Xizai"]
(By Wang Qingsong, May 30, 2004)
The Not-So-Velvet Revolution (By ILAN GREENBERG, May 30, 2004)
STYLE: The Other Side of Paradise (By STEVE GARBARINO, May 30, 2004)
LIVES: Veterans Speak Out (Photographs by CHRISTOPHER LANE, Interviews by LIZ WELCH, May 30, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, May 30, 2004)
* COVER ARTICLE: 'Father Joe': The Saint and the Satirist [Tony Hendra] (By ANDREW SULLIVAN, May 30, 2004)
'Sontag & Kael': The Perils of Pauline and Susan [Craig Seligman] (By MICHAEL WOOD, May 30, 2004)
* 'Collected Poems': An Old-Type Fouled-Up Guy [Philip Larkin] (By STEPHEN METCALF, May 30, 2004)
* 'The Ends of the Earth': Essays From All Over [W. S. Merwin] (By RAND RICHARDS COOPER, May 30, 2004)
'The Importance of Being Famous': Vanities [Maureen Orth] (By JODI KANTOR, May 30, 2004)
* 'The Creation of the Media': The American Information Revolution [Paul Starr]
(By JAMES FALLOWS, May 30, 2004)
'The Body of Jonah Boyd': The Purloined Letters [[David Leavitt] (By CLAIRE DEDERER, May 30, 2004)
'Celestial Harmonies': Fathers and Sons [Paul Esterhazy] (By NEIL BERMEL, May 30, 2004)
* CHRONICLE | ENVIRONMENT: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, May 30, 2004)

Saturday, May 29, 2004:
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)

Umberto Agnelli, Quiet Member of Fiat Dynasty, Dies at 69 (By AL BAKER, May 29, 2004)
Salvatore Verdirome, 84, Builder of Backyard Connecticut Shrine, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 29, 2004)
R. J. Prokopy, Entomologist Who Focused on Pest Controls, Dies at 68 (By JEREMY PEARCE, May 29, 2004)
Martin Plamondon, 58, Mapmaker Who Traced Lewis and Clark Route, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 29, 2004)
* ARTS: Calling All Ids: Freudians at War (By D. D GUTTENPLAN, May 29, 2004)

Friday, May 28, 2004:
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)

* ART: 'PAINTERS OF REALITY': Discovering a New World of Beauty in Lowly Detail
(By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, May 28, 2004)
ARTICLE (By, May 28, 2004)

Thursday, May 27, 2004:
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)

* Roger W. Straus Jr., Book Publisher, Dies at 87 (By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, May 27, 2004)
FILM: 'THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW': Smart Hero. Dumb Officials. Huge Sheet of Ice
(By A. O. SCOTT, May 27, 2004)
* MUSIC: The Curse of Beauty for Serious Musicians (By ANNE MIDGETTE, May 27, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 27, 2004)
* For Some, the Blogging Never Stops (By KATIE HAFNER, May 27, 2004)
Aiming for Hit Games, Films Come Up Short (By SETH SCHIESEL, May 27, 2004)
Add 'Cut' and 'Bleep' to a DVD's Options (By DAVID POGUE, May 27, 2004)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Fellowship for the Fiber-Fixated (By JEAN RUTTER, May 27, 2004)
GAME THEORY: Carnage Leavened by Complex Twists (By CHARLES HEROLD, May 27, 2004)
HOW IT WORKS: The Laser as Inchworm, Sizing Up Caves and Crevices (By IAN AUSTEN, May 27, 2004)
WHAT'S NEXT: To Quiet a Whirring Computer, Fight Noise With Noise (By ANNE EISENBERG, May 27, 2004)
Wanted: Young Voters' Cellphone Numbers (By MARK WALSH, May 27, 2004)
To Study History, Pupils Can Rewrite It (By CHRIS LARSON, May 27, 2004)
For Palmtops, a Ghostly Keyboard Can Materialize on Command (By Roy Furchgott, May 27, 2004)
An Instant Replay, Framed and Magnified for Posterity (By Ian Austen, May 27, 2004)
The Mac Get Its Big Break: A Role in Home Theaters (By J. D. Biersdorfer, May 27, 2004)
* Escape From the Clutches of a Counterfeit Web Site (By Chris Larson, May 27, 2004)
Chained to a Desktop? Get a Whiff of Fresh Air (By Howard Millman, May 27, 2004)
Q & A: Fast User Switching Makes Room for Others (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, May 27, 2004)

Wednesday, May 26, 2004:
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)

NATIONAL: Panel Finds Mold in Buildings Is No Threat to Most People (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, May 26, 2004)
HEALTH: Aspirin Is Seen as Preventing Breast Tumors (By DENISE GRADY, May 26, 2004)

Tuesday, May 25, 2004:
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)

WORLD: Russian Scientist Dies in Ebola Accident at Former Weapons Lab (By JUDITH MILLER, May 25, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 25, 2004)
Nuclear Weapons in Iran: Plowshare or Sword? (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, May 25, 2004)
* The Uncertain Future of an Eye in the Sky (By DENNIS OVERBYE, May 25, 2004)
Bad Hair? As Mice Attest, It's Probably Not Your Shampoo (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 25, 2004)
* SIDE EFFECTS: Welcome to Cicadaville (Enter at Your Own Risk) (By JAMES GORMAN, May 25, 2004)
* ESSAY: When Even Mathematicians Don't Understand the Math (By SUSAN KRUGLINSKI, May 25, 2004)
Falling Palm Fronds (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 25, 2004)
The Search for Year-Round Raspberry Leads to the Greenhouse (By JANE E. BRODY, May 25, 2004)
OBSERVATORY: The Patina of Age (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 25, 2004)
Q & A: Water Wrinkles (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, May 25, 2004)
PERSONAL HEALTH: Gout Hobbles Plenty of Commoners, Too (By JANE E. BRODY, May 25, 2004)
* CASES: Going Under the Knife? Your Deepest Secrets Are Probably Safe (By RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M.D., May 25, 2004)
THE CONSUMER: How to Stop Depression Medications: Very Slowly (By MARY DUENWALD, May 25, 2004)
Century-Old Death Records Provide a Glimpse Into Medicine's History (By NATALIE ANGIER, May 25, 2004)
Restless Legs: Uncomfortable and Overlooked (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, May 25, 2004)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Good Teeth, Good Health (By JOHN LANGONE, May 25, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Hazards: All Dressed Up, Carrying Germs (By JOHN O'NEIL, May 25, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Emotions: Winning, Losing and Regretting (By JOHN O'NEIL, May 25, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Disparities: Colorectal Cancer and Race (By JOHN O'NEIL, May 25, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: At Risk: Hypertension at an Early Age (By JOHN O'NEIL, May 25, 2004)

Monday, May 24, 2004:
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)

NEWS ANALYSIS: The North Korean Uranium Challenge (By DAVID E. SANGER, May 24, 2004)
WORLD: Roof Collapses at Paris Airport, Killing 5 (By CRAIG SMITH, May 24, 2004)
COMBAT: G.I.'s Report Killing 36 Insurgents Around Kufa Mosque That Held Arms (By EDWARD WONG, May 24, 2004)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, May 24, 2004)
METS 4, ROCKIES 0: For Glavine, a Near Masterpiece [One-hitter] (By JUDY BATTISTA, May 24, 2004)
BUSINESS: A Split in OPEC, as Saudis Talk of Pumping More (By HEATHER TIMMONS, May 24, 2004)
* The Distributor vs. the Innovator [Dell vs. HP printers] (By STEVE LOHR, May 24, 2004)
* A Demure Pixar Takes No Notice of Eager Suitors [Steven P. Jobs] (By LAURA M. HOLSON, May 24, 2004)

Sunday, May 23, 2004:
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)

Evon Z. Vogt Jr., Expert on Indigenous Mexican Tribe, Dies at 85 (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, May 23, 2004)
Fred Mayer, 69, Theme Cruise Operator, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, May 23, 2004)
Mortimer D. Turner, Geologist of the Antarctic, Dies at 83 (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, May 23, 2004)
Marika Rökk, 90, Star of German Films, Dies (By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, May 23, 2004)
NATIONAL: Border Desert Proves Deadly for Mexicans (By TIMOTHY EGAN, May 23, 2004)
War Memorial Provokes Mixed Emotions (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, May 23, 2004)
* POLITICAL POINTS: Yale's Skulless, Boneless Bush (By JOHN TIERNEY, May 23, 2004)
Storms in 6 States Deliver Blackouts and 3 Deaths (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 23, 2004)
WORLD: INSURGENCY: U.S. Military Says Shiite Rebels Seem to Have Ceded Karbala (By EDWARD WONG, May 23, 2004)
Evidence Is Cited Linking Koreans to Libya Uranium (By DAVID E. SANGERand WILLIAM J. BROAD, May 23, 2004)
India Swears in 13th Prime Minister and First Sikh in Job (By AMY WALDMAN, May 23, 2004)
* Tracking the Sale of a Kidney on a Path of Poverty and Hope (By LARRY ROHTER, May 23, 2004)
NY REGION: Dwindling Congregations in Churches Once Filled (By JASON GEORGE, May 23, 2004)
Dear Mayor Bloomberg. Sorry, Wrong Address. (By WINNIE HU, May 23, 2004)
* FOLLOWING UP: Making a Career of the Criminal Mind [Dr. Daniel W. Schwartz]
(By JOSEPH P. FRIED, May 23, 2004)
SPORTS: Why New York City's 2012 Olympic Chances Are Dim (By DAVE ANDERSON, May 23, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: Brewers Show How to Unload a Star While Making It Worth Their While
(By MURRAY CHASS, May 23, 2004)
HORSE RACING: Jockey's Unlikely Ride to Top [Stewart Elliott] (By JOE DRAPE, May 23, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Search for P.M.D.'s [People of Mass Destruction] (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, May 23, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Bay of Goats (By MAUREEN DOWD, May 23, 2004)
OP-ED: What's in a Word? Torture (By ADAM HOCHSCHILD, May 23, 2004)
* OP-ED: Enter Right, Exit Left [Politics at Yale] (By JOSHUA FOER, May 23, 2004)
OP-ED: Meeting the Press and Surviving It (By JIM KENNEDY, May 23, 2004)
LETTERS: Liberals Are Down but Not Out (6 Letters) (By HILA COLMAN, et. al., May 23, 2004)
LETTERS: Foreign-Born Candidates (By KULDIP R. RAMPAL, May 23, 2004)
LETTERS: The Sweetest Sound [Opera house acoustics] (By LES DREYER, May 23, 2004)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 23, 2004)
ECONOMIC VIEW: The Oil Question: To Fret or Not to Fret (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, May 23, 2004)
* Insiders Are Selling Like It's 1999 (By ERIC DASH and DAVID LEONHARDT, May 23, 2004)
* Rise and Fight: Morning News Wars (By JACQUES STEINBERG, May 23, 2004)
* EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS: Calm Down. That Wolf at the Door Has Been Here Before. (By BEN STEIN, May 23, 2004)
* STRATEGIES: At Least the Contrarians Are Smiling (By MARK HULBERT, May 23, 2004)
SUNDAY INTERVIEW: On the Job in Iraq, and in the Glare [David J. Lesar, CEO Halliburton]
(By LAURA RICH, May 23, 2004)
INVESTING: The Bounce Is Back for Sneaker Makers (By TIM GRAY, May 23, 2004)
REFRESH BUTTON: From Monopoly to Mentoring [Robert Allen, former CEO AT&T]
(By ROBERT JOHNSON, May 23, 2004)
THE COUNT: Goliath Stumbles, but David Keeps Humming Along [Hummer vs. Mini]
(By HUBERT B. HERRING, May 23, 2004)
* ARTS OP-ED: FRANK RICH: Michael Moore's Candid Camera (By FRANK RICH, May 23, 2004)
MUSIC: Classical Finally Cracks the Internet (By ANNE MIDGETTE, May 23, 2004)
MUSIC: On a Paris Street, the Instrument Shop of Dr. Moreau (By ROBERT HILFERTY, May 23, 2004)
* TV: How 'American Idol' Got Hijacked by Its Viewers (By KATE AURTHUR, May 23, 2004)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, May 23, 2004)
The Nine Months of Living Anxiously (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, May 23, 2004)
* What Do Men Really Want (To Read About)? (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, May 23, 2004)
The Death of an Unknown Man Who Knew Everyone [Steven N. Kaufmann] (By CATHY HORYN, May 23, 2004)
* JUST BROWSING: Opening 13 Cans of Whoop [Energy Drinks] (By WILLIAM GRIMES, May 23, 2004)
A NIGHT OUT WITH Jena Malone: A Blithe Youth (By STRAWBERRY SAROYAN, May 23, 2004)
'Vaginal Davis? Who's She?' Now You Know (By GUY TREBAY, May 23, 2004)
* POSSESSED: An Architect's Eye [Charles Gwathmey's teleidoscope] (By DAVID COLMAN, May 23, 2004)
* BOOKS OF STYLE: Lost in Translation [Angus Trumble: 'A Brief History of the Smile]
(By PENELOPE GREEN, May 23, 2004)
* BOOKS OF STYLE: Blessed as the Best [Bettina Zilkha: 'Best of the Best-Dressed List']
(By PENELOPE GREEN, May 23, 2004)
FIELD NOTES: Weekends Aren't for Lovers Among the Chic and the Frugal (By ABBY ELLIN, May 23, 2004)
VOWS: Shannon Gibbons and Dominique Simon (By KATHRYN SHATTUCK, May 23, 2004)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, May 23, 2004)
TRAVEL: True Home Cooking, Greek Style (By DIANE KOCHILAS, May 23, 2004)
TRAVEL: Fast Food, the Venetian Way (By DANA BOWEN, May 23, 2004)
* ESSAY: Table for One (By DAWN DRZAL, May 23, 2004)
JOURNEYS: Where Waterfalls Are the Way Out (By BRAD WETZLER, May 21, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, May 23, 2004)
* How the Iraqis See Their Future (By IAN FISHER, May 23, 2004)
KERRY'S GENDER GAP: Yes, Democrats Can Win (Some) White Male Voters (By RICK LYMAN, May 23, 2004)
In India, Economic Growth and Democracy Do Mix (By AMY WALDMAN, May 23, 2004)
One Man's Cuddly Critter Is Another Man's Varmint (By KIRK JOHNSON, May 23, 2004)
* Good Zero, Bad Zero [Randy Johnson & Jason Kidd] (By RAY CORIO, May 23, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, May 23, 2004)
* ON LANGUAGE: Off the Record (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, May 23, 2004)
* THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Who Invented Lolita? (By CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL, May 23, 2004)
QUESTIONS FOR HANIF KUREISHI: Making a Movie Sexy (Interview by LYNN HIRSCHBERG, May 23, 2004)
ENCOUNTER: Music's Misery Man Returns [Morrissey] (By BAZ DREISINGER, May 23, 2004)
CONSUMED: Poultry-Geist (By ROB WALKER, May 23, 2004)
THE ETHICIST: The Prosecution Rests (By RANDY COHEN, May 23, 2004)
* COVER ARTICLE: Regarding the Torture of Others (By By SUSAN SONTAG, May 23, 2004)
* One Very Tangled Post-9/11 Affair (By SUSAN DOMINUS, May 23, 2004)
Bland Ambition [Radio KIIS-FM host Ryan Seacrest] (By ALLISON GLOCK, May 23, 2004)
* The Vet Wars [Kerry's support] (By JASON ZENGERLE, May 23, 2004)
STYLE: The Coral Imperative [Slide Show] (Photographs by ILAN RUBIN, May 23, 2004)
FOOD: The Real Thing (By JONATHAN REYNOLDS, May 23, 2004)
LIVES: Sights of Silence [North Korea] (By RICHARD RAGAN as told to JAMES BROOKE, May 23, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, May 23, 2004)
* 'On Paradise Drive': Sociology or Shtick? [David Brooks] (By MICHAEL KINSLEY, May 23, 2004)
* 'The Wisdom of Crowds': Problem Solving Is a Team Sport [James Surowiecki]
(By SCOTT McLEMEE, May 23, 2004)
'Birth of the Chess Queen': Power Play [Marilyn Yalom] (By LIESL SCHILLINGER, May 23, 2004)
CHRONICLE: Some Like It Hot [Lucretia Stewart's 'Making Love', etc] (By EMILY NUSSBAUM, May 23, 2004)

Saturday, May 22, 2004:
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)

Melvin J. Lasky, Cultural Cold Warrior, Dies at 84 (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, May 22, 2004)
William Hinton, Author Who Studied Chinese Village Life, Dies at 85 (By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, May 22, 2004)
James Krumhansl, Opponent of Supercollider, Dies at 84 (By JEREMY PEARCE, May 22, 2004)
Gen. Robert F. Seedlock, Who Oversaw Building of Burma Road, Dies at 91 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 22, 2004)
Samuel Iwry, Expert on Hebrew, Dies at 93 (NY TIMES, May 22, 2004)
* Google Revises Data in Public Offering and Adds 29 Underwriters (By JOHN MARKOFF, May 22, 2004)

Friday, May 21, 2004:
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)

* ART: MODIGLIANI: Modigliani: Plane Geometry Personalized (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, May 21, 2004)

Thursday, May 20, 2004:
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)

* A.O. Beckman, 104, Science Benefactor, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, May 20, 2004)
* MUSIC: Philharmonic to Give Home a New Interior [Avery Fisher Hall] (By ROBIN POGREBIN, May 20, 2004)
* MUSIC: After Almost 30 Years, an Encore That Seems Worth the Risks (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, May 20, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 20, 2004)
* In the Era of Cheap DVD's, Anyone Can Be a Producer (By PETER WAYNER, May 20, 2004)
* ESSAY: A Design Epiphany: Keep It Simple (By JESSIE SCANLON, May 20, 2004)
* To Woo Impatient Novices, Google Tweaks Its Blogger (David F. Gallagher, May 20, 2004)
STATE OF THE ART: Mac Office: Windows All Over (By DAVID POGUE, May 20, 2004)

Wednesday, May 19, 2004:
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)

* Tony Randall, Half of the 'Odd Couple,' Dies at 84 (By RICHARD SEVERO, May 19, 2004)
* NY REGION: Cicadas Respond to Their 17-Year Cue (By IVER PETERSON, May 19, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Sonia Gandhi Steps Aside (NY TIMES, May 19, 2004)
SPORTS: New York's Course to 2012 Olympics Takes Uphill Turn (By LIZ ROBBINS, May 19, 2004)
BASEBALL: Soriano Is Home in the Heart of Texas (By JACK CURRY, May 19, 2004)
* BASEBALL: Pitcher Randy Johnson Aging to Perfection (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 19, 2004)
* DIAMONDBACKS 2, BRAVES 0: Johnson Tosses Perfect Game Against Braves (By MURRAY CHASS, May 19, 2004)
ANGELS 1, YANKEES 0, 11 INNINGS: Arm and Bat of Guerrero Beat Yanks in Anaheim (By TYLER KEPNER, May 19, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google Moves Toward Clash With Microsoft (By JOHN MARKOFF, May 19, 2004)
* SCIENCE: By X-Raying Galaxies, Researchers Offer New Evidence of Rapidly Expanding Universe (By DENNIS OVERBYE, May 19, 2004)

Tuesday, May 18, 2004:
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)

* June Taylor, 86, Dies; Created 'Gleason' Dances (By BEN SISARIO, May 18, 2004)
Anna Lee, 91, of 'Hospital' Soap and 'How Green Was My Valley,' Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 18, 2004)
* NYC: A Planetoid Colliding With Critics (By CLYDE HABERMAN, May 18, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 18, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Venus Returns for Its Shining Hour (By WARREN E. LEARY, May 18, 2004)
* OBSERVATORY: Scientists Spy a Hungry Star (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 18, 2004)
* ESSAY: From Ancient Greece to Iraq, the Power of Words in Wartime (By ROBIN TOLMACH LAKOFF, May 18, 2004)
* Frogs and Fish: Not the Best of Friends (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 18, 2004)
* Unpopular in the Animal Kingdom? Try Borrowing Another Cologne (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, May 18, 2004)
* MORNING LIGHT: Creatures Stir, and Once Again the Universe Takes Flight (By DIANE ACKERMAN, May 18, 2004)
Q & A: Shower Curtain Quirks (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, May 18, 2004)
* HEALTH: When Alzheimer's Steals the Mind, How Aggressively to Treat the Body?
(By GINA KOLATA, May 18, 2004)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: A Dietary Mineral You Need (and Probably Didn't Know It) [Magnesium]
(By JANE E. BRODY, May 18, 2004)
CASES: A Tale of Two Medicines: How to Mend a Thumb in Belize and New York (By JAMES GORMAN, May 18, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Hazards: How to Duck Swimmer's Itch (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, May 18, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Nutrition: Fish Dinners and Birth Weight (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, May 18, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Disparities: Skewed Toll of a Curable Disease (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, May 18, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: At the Dentist: A Gender Gap in Dental Hygiene (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, May 18, 2004)
HEALTH: Revival of an Old Cure: Bacteria-Eating Viruses (By JASCHA HOFFMAN, May 18, 2004)

Monday, May 17, 2004:
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)

* Syd Hoff, 91, Who Illustrated a Boy's Ride on a Dinosaur, Dies (By ERIC P. NASH, May 17, 2004)
Brenda Fassie, 39, South African Pop Star, Dies (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., May 17, 2004)
Col. Robert Morgan, 85, World War II Pilot of Memphis Belle, Dies (By PATRICK HEALY, May 17, 2004)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, May 17, 2004)

Sunday, May 16, 2004:
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)

Lygia Pape, a Brazilian Artist of Concrete Reality, Dies at 77 (By KEN JOHNSON, May 16, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, May 16, 2004)
There's No Escape When War Turns Ghoulish (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., May 16, 2004)
The Hawks Loudly Express Their Second Thoughts (By JOHN TIERNEY, May 16, 2004)
India and Pakistan: So Close but So Different (By DAVID ROHDE, May 16, 2004)
ALT-WORSHIP: Christian Cool and the New Generation Gap (By JOHN LELAND, May 16, 2004)
* Literally, These Are Dark Times (By KENNETH CHANG, May 16, 2004)
* SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents [Architecture Issue] (NY TIMES, May 16, 2004)
* ON LANGUAGE: Vitiate (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, May 16, 2004)
* THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Without Walls (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, May 16, 2004)
QUESTIONS FOR MARTHA SCHWARTZ: Can America Go Public? (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, May 16, 2004)
* ESSAY: The Greening of the City (By JANE JACOBS, May 16, 2004)
DOMAINS: Couple's Cottage in the Sky... (Interviews by AMY BARRETT, May 16, 2004)
CONSUMED: Total Pest Control (By ROB WALKER, May 16, 2004)
THE ETHICIST: Hiring Help (By RANDY COHEN, May 16, 2004)
* COVER ARTICLE: The Constant Gardener (By PILAR VILADAS, May 16, 2004)
* Why Not a Park?: Four landscape-architecture firms reimagine ground zero
(NY TIMES, May 16, 2004)
The Anti-Olmsted (By ARTHUR LUBOW, May 16, 2004)
An American Transplant (By MICHAEL POLLAN, May 16, 2004)
* Stone Diarist (By DEBORAH SOLOMON, May 16, 2004)
Native Grounds (By JIM ROBBINS, May 16, 2004)
STYLE: Hanging Gardens [Slide Show] (Photographs by ALFRED SEILAND, May 16, 2004)
FOOD: Into Plein-Air (By JULIA REED, May 16, 2004)
LIVES: A Tree Grows in Oakland (By BRIGGS NISBET, May 16, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, May 16, 2004)
COVER ARTICLE: 'Negro League Baseball': Let Us Into the Ballgame (By WARREN GOLDSTEIN, May 16, 2004)
* John Gielgud's Candid Correspondence (By BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE, May 16, 2004)
* 'New and Selected Poems, 1974-2004': Poet on Main Street [Carl Dennis] (By DAVID ORR, May 16, 2004)

Saturday, May 15, 2004:
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)

LeRoy Myers, 84, Tap Dancer With the Copasetics Ensemble, Dies (By JENNIFER DUNNING, May 15, 2004)
Rita R. Fraad, 88, a Collector and Patron of American Art, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, May 15, 2004)
John D. LaPorta, 84, Clarinetist-Composer, Dies (NY TIMES, May 15, 2004)
Jean-Jacques Laffont, Economist, Dies at 57 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, May 15, 2004)

Friday, May 14, 2004:
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)

Nelson Gidding, 84, Screenwriter of Hollywood Classics, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, May 14, 2004)

Thursday, May 13, 2004:
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)

Dorothy Van Engle, Suave Star of Black Cinema, Dies at 87 (NY TIMES, May 13, 2004)
Tommy Farrell, 82, an Actor From Golden Age of Westerns, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 13, 2004)
John Whitehead, Pop Singer With Hits in Rhythm and Blues, Dies at 55 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 13, 2004)
Georgiana McMenamin, 102, Fire Matron, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 13, 2004)

Wednesday, May 12, 2004:
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)

Phil Gersh, a Leading Agent in Hollywood, Dies at 92 (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, May 12, 2004)
Virginia Capers, 78, Actress Who Won a Tony for 'Raisin', Dies (By BEN SISARIO, May 12, 2004)
David Reimer, 38, Subject of the John/Joan Case, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 12, 2004)
Richard L. Varco, Surgeon, Dies at 91 (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, May 12, 2004)
Rudy Maugeri, 73, Who Founded 50's Band, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 12, 2004)
Eric Kierans, 90, Canadian Politician, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 12, 2004)
NATIONAL: Rumsfeld Aide and a General Clash on Abuse (By ERIC SCHMITT, May 12, 2004)
NATIONAL: 73 Options for Medicare Plan Fuel Chaos, Not Prescriptions (By JOHN LELAND, May 12, 2004)
* Candidates Face Sprawling and Complex Electoral Map (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, May 12, 2004)
Accord Near for 9/11 Panel to Question Qaeda Leaders (By PHILIP SHENON, May 12, 2004)
THE PENTAGON: An Overseer of Intelligence Efforts at the Defense Department
(By DOUGLAS JEHL, May 12, 2004)
THE FAMILY: From a Strange Encounter With Iraqi Police to Fatal Capture (By LAURA MANSNERUS and JAMES DAO, May 12, 2004)
In Mississippi Delta Town, an Unwelcome Past Calls (By ANDREW JACOBS, May 12, 2004)
Almost 10% of All Prisoners Are Now Serving Life Terms (By FOX BUTTERFIELD, May 12, 2004)
DISCLOSURE: Kerry's Wife Releases Some Financial Data and Promises More (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, May 12, 2004)
Foreigners Control Fifth of Mineral Wealth in American West, Study Shows (By FELICITY BARRINGER, May 12, 2004)
WORLD: U.S. Military Strikes Mosque Held by Iraqi Cleric's Militia (By EDWARD WONG and DEXTER FILKINS, May 12, 2004)
Iraq Videotape Shows the Decapitation of an American (By DEXTER FILKINS, May 12, 2004)
NY REGION: Dancing in the Lap of Luxury (By MIREYA NAVARRO, May 12, 2004)
A City of Quitters? In Strict New York, 11% Fewer Smokers (By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA, May 12, 2004)
PUBLIC LIVES: Catering to Present-Day Gents, Not Laddies [Esquire's David Granger]
(By ROBIN FINN, May 12, 2004)
ABOUT NEW YORK: Only the Dead Know Some Brooklynites (By DAN BARRY, May 12, 2004)
SPORTS: Kobe Bryant Enters Plea of Not Guilty (By KIRK JOHNSON, May 12, 2004)
SPORTS: Bryant's Pregame Ritual Is the Envy of Nobody (By CHRIS BROUSSARD, May 12, 2004)
BASEBALL: Guerrero's Game Plan: See the Ball, Hit the Ball (By JACK CURRY, May 12, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: Arizona Diamondbacks Reeling In Wake of Payroll Cuts (By MURRAY CHASS, May 12, 2004)
BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Clemens Reaches 7-0 With 11 Strikeouts (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 12, 2004)
HORSE RACING: Derby Success Tinged With Sadness (By BILL FINLEY, May 12, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Abu Ghraib Spin (NY TIMES, May 12, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Overdosing on Islam (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, May 12, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Hold Fast, Idealists (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, May 12, 2004)
OP-ED: Why the Polls Don't Add Up [Bush & Kerry] (By ANDREW KOHUT, May 12, 2004)
OP-ED: Lie, and the Voters Will Believe (By ADAM CLYMER, May 12, 2004)
LETTERS: As the Storm Rages, Rumsfeld Is a Lightning Rod (10 Letters) (By LEONARD S. MERANUS, et. al., May 12, 2004)
LETTERS: What Do Women Want? A Pill, or Much More? (5 Letters) (By JULIE FAIRCHILD, et. al., May 12, 2004)
BUSINESS: Stocks Rebound as Technology Shares Surge
[Dow +29.45, Nasdaq +35.28] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, May 12, 2004)
BUSINESS: Attacks Drive Price of Oil to $40 a Barrel (By NEELA BANERJEE, May 12, 2004)
Cisco Profit for Quarter Slightly Beats Estimates [orders up 15%] (By MATT RICHTEL, May 12, 2004)
* ART: Contemporary-Art Bidding Tops $102 Million in Sales
[$11.6 million for Jackson Pollock drip painting No. 12, 1949]
(By CAROL VOGEL, May 12, 2004)
BOOKS: 'PULL ME UP': A Long Island Boyhood, Chasing Dreams and U.F.O.'s [Dan Barry]
(By WENDY WASSERSTEIN, May 12, 2004)
DANCE: AMERICAN BALLET THEATER: Meaty Excerpts and Novelties Open a Season (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, May 12, 2004)
* FILM: Global Warming Ignites Tempers, Even in a Movie (By SHARON WAXMAN, May 12, 2004)
MUSIC: A Hall With Jazz on Its Mind [Wynton Marsalis] (By BEN RATLIFF, May 12, 2004)
MUSIC: For the Coolest Vibes: Accentuate Acoustics, Eliminate City Noise (By JON PARELES, May 12, 2004)
* TV: 'THE PASSION OF HELEN': 'THE TRUE STORY OF TROY'
Trojan Fever Breaking Out, Both Seriously and Less So
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, May 12, 2004)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, May 12, 2004)
DINING: Who Really Cooks Your Food? (By JULIA MOSKIN, May 12, 2004)
THE MINIMALIST: A Condiment Gets to Shine (By MARK BITTMAN, May 12, 2004)
AT LUNCH WITH MIMI SHERATON: Undisguised Pleasures of a Former Critic
(By ALEX WITCHEL, May 12, 2004)
Duck Steeped in New Orleans Traditions (By PABLEAUX JOHNSON, May 12, 2004)

Tuesday, May 11, 2004:
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)

* Robert E. Fulton Jr., an Intrepid Inventor, Is Dead at 95 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, May 11, 2004)
William Knight, 74, Who Wrote California Ban on Gay Marriage, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 11, 2004)
Elizabeth Cronin, Ex-Hostage in Iran, Dies at 63 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 11, 2004)
BUSINESS: Stocks Close Below 10,000 for 1st Time Since December
[Dow -127.32, Nasdaq -21.89] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, May 11, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 11, 2004)
Pipes Askew, It Still Needs to Sing (By CRAIG R. WHITNEY, May 11, 2004)
* Guatemalan Jungles Yield a Wealth of Maya Treasure (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, May 11, 2004)
Just One Word for the Ocean: Plastics (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, May 11, 2004)
* A Dim Speck in Space With a Fantastic View [Sedna, 84 billion miles from the Sun]
(By KENNETH CHANG, May 11, 2004)
Amid Jungle Cacophony, Hornbills Heed Monkeys' Alarms (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, May 11, 2004)
* ESSAY: Let the Lion Lie Down With Tulips (By JAMES GORMAN, May 11, 2004)
* Q & A: Timing of Hibernation (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, May 11, 2004)
* HEALTH: The Heart's Desire (By GINA KOLATA, May 11, 2004)
* For Couples, Stress Without a Promise of Success (By MARY DUENWALD, May 11, 2004)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: The Risks and Demands of Pregnancy After 20 (By JANE E. BRODY, May 11, 2004)
On the Trail of Diseases, Years Before They Strike (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, May 11, 2004)
THE CONSUMER: How Patients Can Use the New Access to Their Medical Records (By MARY DUENWALD, May 11, 2004)
* When Coffee Doesn't Do It, Turning to Canned Energy (By VICKY LOWRY, May 11, 2004)
Summer Sun Can Put Older Eyes at Risk, Study Says (By DENISE GRADY, May 11, 2004)
* BOOKS ON HEALTH: The Riddle of Obesity (By JOHN LANGONE, May 11, 2004)

Monday, May 10, 2004:
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)

* Alan King, Comic With Chutzpah, Dies at 76 (By BRUCE WEBER, May 10, 2004)
Sarah Betsy Fuller, 58, Lawyer Who Took Prisoner Rights Cases, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, May 10, 2004)
Fred Karlin, 67, Film Composer, Is Dead (By BEN SISARIO, May 10, 2004)
John Dios, New Jersey Judge, Dies at 80 (NY TIMES, May 10, 2004)
WORLD: Chechnya Bomb Kills President, a Blow to Putin (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, May 10, 2004)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, May 10, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: For Google, Going Dutch Has Its Rewards and Its Risks (By SAUL HANSELL, May 10, 2004)
Con Artist Exploited Eagerness for Google, Prosecutors Say (By JONATHAN D. GLATER, May 10, 2004)
I.B.M. Takes Aim at Microsoft With Server-Based Software (By STEVE LOHR, May 10, 2004)
* BOOKS: Authors, Get Out There and Break a Leg (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, May 10, 2004)
* FILM: At the Movies, at Least, Good Vanquishes Evil (By SHARON WAXMAN, May 10, 2004)
MUSIC: Video Fantasy Replaces Mozart (But Who's Keeping Score?) (By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL, May 10, 2004)
* TV: 'A WRINKLE IN TIME': An Astrophysicist Goes Missing, and His Children Search the Stars
(By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, May 10, 2004)

Sunday, May 9, 2004:
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)

Winson Hudson, 87, Tireless Civil Rights Activist, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, May 9, 2004)
Muriel Mallin Berman, Patron of Arts and Philanthropist, Dies at 89 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, May 9, 2004)
Joe Kennedy Jr., Violinist and Teacher, Dies at 80 (NY TIMES, May 9, 2004)
ARTICLE (By, May 9, 2004)
ARTS: Hell From the Air: California's Toxic Landscape (By AMEI WALLACH, May 9, 2004)
* ART: Flashes of Genius [Getty Museum] (By HOLLY MYERS, May 9, 2004)
FILM: The New Teen Movies: No More Miss Nice Girl (By STEPHANIE ZACHAREK, May 9, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, May 9, 2004)
* ON LANGUAGE: Pulse (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, May 9, 2004)
* THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Scary [We failed to see 9/11 coming] (By JAMES TRAUB, May 9, 2004)
* QUESTIONS FOR JOAN ROUGHGARDEN: Same-Sex Selection (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, May 9, 2004)
ESSAY: Howard and Me (By IRA GLASS, May 9, 2004)
* CONSUMED: I Want Candy (By ROB WALKER, May 9, 2004)
THE ETHICIST: Mistaken Ashes (By RANDY COHEN, May 9, 2004)
PORTFOLIO: Poverty's Palette (By Office of War Information, May 9, 2004)
* COVER ARTICLE: The Tug of the Newfangled Slot Machines (By GARY RIVLIN, May 9, 2004)
The Life of the Party? [Bill Richardson] (By JENNIFER SENIOR, May 9, 2004)
Toward a More Perfect Union (By DAVID J. GARROW, May 9, 2004)
Watching the Detectives [Michael Connelly] (By BRUCE WEBER, May 9, 2004)
FOOD: Sushi Italian-Style (By PILAR VILADAS with DAVID FARBER, May 9, 2004)
STYLE: Design Language (By PILAR VILADAS with DAVID FARBER, May 9, 2004)
LIVES: Runaway Bride (By CARL HOLM as told to LIZ WELCH, May 9, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, May 9, 2004)
'Adventures of the Artificial Woman': It Loves Me, It Loves Me Not [Thomas Berger]
(By DONALD E. WESTLAKE, May 9, 2004)

Saturday, May 8, 2004:
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)

Barney Kessel, 80, a Guitarist With Legends of Jazz, Dies (By PETER KEEPNEWS, May 8, 2004)
Tage Frid, 88, Woodworker and Danish-Modern Designer, Dies (By BILL WELLMAN, May 8, 2004)
Lee Loevinger, 91, Kennedy-Era Antitrust Chief, Dies (By JOHN FILES, May 8, 2004)
David S. Sheridan, Inventor, Dies at 95 (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, May 8, 2004)
NEWS ANALYSIS: AN ASSESSMENT: In the Balance: Rumsfeld's Job (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, May 8, 2004)
ART: Picasso Still Going Strong as First Auction Week Ends (By CAROL VOGEL, May 8, 2004)
* ARTS: Where Art Studio Meets Science Lab (By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG, May 8, 2004)
ARTS: CONNECTIONS: Liberty, Technology, Duty: Where Peace Overlaps War
(By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, May 8, 2004)
ARTS: AN ESSAY: If Affirmative Action Fails... What Then? (By DAVID L. CHAPPELL, May 8, 2004)

Friday, May 7, 2004:
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)

* Leland King, 96, an Architect of Modernist Embassies, Dies (NY TIMES, May 7, 2004)
Betty Miller, 79, an Actress in Weighty Roles on Broadway, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, May 7, 2004)
John L. Dowling, 66, a Leading Figure in Real Estate Field, Dies (By THOMAS J. LUECK, May 7, 2004)
The Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, 87, Notre Dame Officer for 35 Years, Dies (NY TIMES, May 7, 2004)
Maurice Lazarus, 88, Executive at Stores, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 7, 2004)
EDITORIALS: THE NEW IRAQ CRISIS: Donald Rumsfeld Should Go (NY TIMES, May 7, 2004)
BUSINESS: Shares Fall as a Jobs Report Fuels Interest-Rate Worries
[Dow -69.69, Nasdaq -19.52] (By Bloomberg News, May 7, 2004)
ART: Is Sculpture Too Free for Its Own Good? (By KEN JOHNSON, May 7, 2004)
* ARTS: Paying Spring a Visit in All Its Petaled Glory (By ANNE RAVER, May 7, 2004)
* BOOKS: CROWD PLEASERS: Moms Read With Heart, Dads With a Firm Jaw (By JANET MASLIN, May 7, 2004)
FILM: 'VAN HELSING': Full Moon, Romance and a Demon Rustler (By A. O. SCOTT, May 7, 2004)
MUSIC: Charles Ives: Musical Radical in a Suit and Tie (NY TIMES, May 7, 2004)
MUSIC REVERBERATIONS: The Words-and-Music Equation: More Than a New Math of Rap
(By JOHN ROCKWELL, May 7, 2004)
TV: '30 DAYS UNTIL I'M FAMOUS': So, You Want to Be a Big Pop Star.
Well, Wouldn't It Be Loverly? (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, May 7, 2004)

Thursday, May 6, 2004:
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)

* Frederick R. Karl, Biographer of Writers, Dies at 77 [Joseph Conrad scholar] (By WOLFGANG SAXON, May 6, 2004)
* Darrell Johnson, 76, Manager of Red Sox's 1975 Series Team, Dies (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, May 6, 2004)
NATIONAL: Bush Says He's Sorry for Abuse of Iraqis, Then Backs Rumsfeld (By DAVID STOUT, May 6, 2004)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 6, 2004)
* ART: A $104.1 Million Picasso Sets a Record at Auction (By CAROL VOGEL, May 6, 2004)
ART CRITIC: When One Man's Video Art Is Another's Copyright Crime (By ROBERTA SMITH, May 6, 2004)
* BOOKS: The Ultimate Blockhead: 'Peanuts' Collection Arrives (By SHARON WAXMAN, May 6, 2004)
DANCE: PASCAL RIOULT DANCE THEATER: Instead of a Firebird, a Little Child Shall Lead Them
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, May 6, 2004)
ROCK: MORRISSEY: A Singer Expecting the Worst, Never Being Disappointed (By KELEFA SANNEH, May 6, 2004)
TV WATCH: Twilight of the Sitcom Gods (Cue the Strings) (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, May 6, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 6, 2004)
* The Bionic Running Shoe (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, May 6, 2004)
* The Internet's Wilder Side (By SETH SCHIESEL, May 6, 2004)
STATE OF THE ART: From Sony, the Hits and Misses (By DAVID POGUE, May 6, 2004)
* WHAT'S NEXT: Playing Old Records (No Needle Required) (By ANNE EISENBERG, May 6, 2004)

Wednesday, May 5, 2004:
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)

WORLD: Iraq Shiites Urge Cleric to Desist (By JOHN F. BURNS, May 5, 2004)
REACTION: White House and Pentagon Scurry to Draft Responses
(By ERIC SCHMITTand RICHARD W. STEVENSON, May 5, 2004)
SPORTS: In Athens, an Olympic Scramble (By JERE LONGMAN, May 5, 2004)
SPORTS: Bonds Doesn't Give an Inch, as Usual (By SELENA ROBERTS, May 5, 2004)
ROUNDUP: Red Sox Lose Again, Falling to the Indians 7-6 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 5, 2004)
METS 6, GIANTS 2: No Bonds for Giants, No Problems for the Mets (By LEE JENKINS, May 5, 2004)
ART: Modern Art Does Well as Auction Season Opens (By CAROL VOGEL, May 5, 2004)
ART: The Modern's Cool New Box: Displaying Art, Not Fighting It (By SARAH BOXER, May 5, 2004)
BOOKS: 'THE POLITICS OF TRUTH': Surfer Turned Diplomat Takes On Hard-Liners,
Leakers and the Push Toward War (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, May 5, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Discovery Pushes Back Date of 'Classic' Maya (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, May 5, 2004)
National Science Panel Warns of Far Too Few New Scientists (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, May 5, 2004)

Tuesday, May 4, 2004:
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)

SPORTS: Don't Bet Against Bonds in Run at .400 (By DAVE ANDERSON, May 4, 2004)
BASEBALL: It's a Start, but the Yanks Need More (By JACK CURRY, May 4, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: Pinstripe Wannabes and Other Fables (By MURRAY CHASS, May 4, 2004)
* ART CRITIC: Lucian Freud, From the Studio to the Gallery (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, May 4, 2004)
* BOOKS: 'JOHN KERRY': Deliberate Steps That Led Kerry in From Outside (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, May 4, 2004)
* BOOKS: A Doctor Who Also Wields a Pen, Writing of a Brave New World (By ALAN RIDING, May 4, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 4, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Giant Squid, Tall Tales and Truth (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 4, 2004)
This Time It's Real: An Antimissile System Takes Shape (By JAMES GLANZ, May 4, 2004)
Postcards From the Mars Rover Mission (NY TIMES, May 4, 2004)
* Hollywood Star's Wartime Secret Becomes a Screenplay [Hedy Lamarr] (By KENNETH CHANG, May 4, 2004)
POSTSCRIPT: Global Freezing? Do Tell, NASA Says (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, May 4, 2004)
* ESSAY: What Good is a Hookworm-Free Robot if It Can't Lick Your Face? (By JAMES GORMAN, May 4, 2004)
* OBSERVATORY: Engines Rev; Whales Wail (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 4, 2004)
* Q & A: The Mockingbird's Songs (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, May 4, 2004)
* HEALTH: Operation for Obesity Leaves Some in Misery (By DENISE GRADY, May 4, 2004)
* SCIENTIST AT WORK | ALBERT ELLIS: From Therapy's Lenny Bruce: Get Over It! Stop Whining!
(By DAN HURLEY, May 4, 2004)
Made in India, the Ideal 'Cocktail' for AIDS (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., May 4, 2004)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Plan of Action Can Keep Toddlers Clean and Dry (By JANE E. BRODY, May 4, 2004)
* Really? [Green tea for losing weight?] (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, May 4, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Testing: A Season for High Cholesterol (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, May 4, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: At the Dentist's: Risk of X-Rays and Pregnancy (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, May 4, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Screening: Watching Diabetes and Dollars (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, May 4, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Prevention: How a Carpet Might Save a Hip (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, May 4, 2004)
* BOOKS ON HEALTH: Dance to Nature's Rhythm (By JOHN LANGONE, May 4, 2004)

Monday, May 3, 2004:
On This Day: May 3 (Niccolo Machiavelli 5/3/1469-6/21/1527, E. W. Howe 5/3/1853-10/3/1937, Vito Volterra 5/3/1860-10/11/1940, Marcel Dupre 5/3/1886-5/30/1971, Sir George Paget Thomson 5/3/1892-9/10/1975, Bing Crosby 5/3/1903-10/14/1977, May Sarton 5/3/1912-7/16/1995, William Inge 5/3/1913-6/10/1973, Sugar Ray Robinson 5/3/1921-4/12/1989, Pete Seeger 1919, James Brown 1933, Engelbert Humperdinck 1936, Greg Gumbel 1946)
7,000 Arrested in Capital War Protest; 150 Are Hurt as Clashes Disrupt Traffic
(By Richard Halloran, May 3, 1971)
Golda Meir: Peace and Arab Acceptance Were Goals of Her 5 Years as Premier
[5/3/1898-12/8/1978] (By ISRAEL SHENKER, December 9, 1978)

* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, May 3, 2004)

Sunday, May 2, 2004:
On This Day: May 2 (Alessandro Scarlatti 5/2/1660-10/24/1725, Catherine II 5/2/1729-11/17/1796, Henry Martyn robert 5/2/1837-5/11/1923, Theodor Herzl 5/2/1860-7/3/1904, James F. Byrnes 5/2/1879-4/9/1972, Vernon Castle 5/2/1887-2/15/1918, Manfred Richthofen 5/2/1892-4/21/1918, Lorenz Hart 5/1895-11/22/1943, Alex Springer 5/2/1912-9/22/1985, Satyajit Ray 5/2/1921-4/23/1992, Theodore Bikel 1924, Bianca Jagger 1945, Lesley Gore 1946, Larry Gatlin 1948, Scott McCallum 1950)
Berlin Falls to Russians, 70,000 Give Up; 1,000,000 Surrender in Italy and Austria
(Associated Press, May 2, 1945)
* Benjamin Spock, World's Pediatrician, Dies at 94
[5/2/1903-3/15/1998] (By ERIC PACE, March 17, 1998)

* BASEBALL: M.I.T. Graduate Has Specialty in the Sinker [Padre's Jason Szuminski] (By LEE JENKINS, May 2, 2004)
* BUSINESS: As a Center for Outsourcing, India Could Be Losing Its Edge (By NOAM SCHEIBER, May 2, 2004)
* Yesterday's Back! At Last, an I.P.O. to Drool Over [Google] (By ALEX BERENSON, May 2, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, May 2, 2004)
ON LANGUAGE: Cut and Run (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, May 2, 2004)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: God's Country (By WALTER KIRN, May 2, 2004)
* QUESTIONS FOR SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON: Three Cheers for Assimilation (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, May 2, 2004)
PHENOMENON: Exit Date [Sierre Leone immigrants] (By DOUGLAS McGRAY, May 2, 2004)
* ESSAY: How to End Grade Inflation (By MICHAEL BÉRUBÉ, May 2, 2004)
PAGE TURNER: The New Italian Icon (By A.O. SCOTT, May 2, 2004)
CONSUMED: Unstained Masses (By ROB WALKER, May 2, 2004)
THE ETHICIST: Acceptable Bootlegging (By RANDY COHEN, May 2, 2004)
COVER ARTICLE: Lesser Evils (By MICHAEL IGNATIEFF, May 2, 2004)
The German Question (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, May 2, 2004)
The Prodigious Son [dance choreographer Christopher Wheeldon] (By CHIP BROWN, May 2, 2004)
Fixing Nemo [goldfish surgery] (By REBECCA SKLOOT, May 2, 2004)
STYLE: Keeping the Forces of Decrepitude at Bay (By DAPHNE MERKIN, May 2, 2004)
* STYLE: It's All in the Genes [Diana Ross, Bianca Jagger, Jade Jagger, Natasha Richardson]
(Photographs by PHIL POYNTER, May 2, 2004)
Unnatural Selection [skin care & slide show] (By MARY TANNEN, May 2, 2004)
* Tonic Youth [Gayelord Hauser's steaming Hauser Broth] (By MARY TANNEN, May 2, 2004)
LIVES: Into the Heart of Falluja (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, May 2, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, May 2, 2004)
COVER ARTICLE: 'Nothing Lost': Even the Innocent Are Guilty [John Dunne] (By WARD JUST, May 2, 2004)
'Worse Than Watergate': The Stealth President [John W. Dean] (By FRANKLIN FOER, May 2, 2004)
'Bush Country': Loves Bush, Hates Liberals [John Podhoretz] (By BEN MACINTYRE, May 2, 2004)
'The Anatomy of Fascism': The Original Axis of Evil [Robert O. Paxton] (By SAMANTHA POWER, May 2, 2004)
* 'New and Selected Poems': Moe, Larry and Bertolucci [Michael Ryan] (By DAVID KIRBY, May 2, 2004)

Saturday, May 1, 2004:
On This Day: May 1 (Joseph Addison 5/1/1672-6/17/1719, Benjamin Latrobe 5/1/1764-9/3/1820, Arthur Wellesley 5/1/1769-9/14/1852, Jose Alencar 5/1/1829-12/12/1877, Mary Harris Jones 5/1/1830-11/30/1930, Cecilia Beaux 5/1/1855-9/17/1942, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 5/1/1881-4/10/1955, Eugene Black 5/1/1898-2/20/1992, Winthrop Rockefeller 5/1/1912-2/22/1974, Terry Southern 5/1/1924-10/29/1995, Glenn Ford 1916, Jack Paar 1918, Scott Carpenter 1925, Shirley Horn 1934, Judy Collins 1939, Rita Coolidge 1945)
Soviet Downs American U-2 Plane; U.S. Says It Was Weather Craft; Khrushchev Sees Summit Blow
(By Osgood Caruthers, May 1, 1960)
Kate Smith, All-American Singer, Dies At 79
[5/1/1909-6/17/1986] (By FRANK G. PRIAL, June 18, 1986)