Selected Articles from The New York Times—
May 2005
(* denotes news of special interest)

Tuesday, May 31, 2005:
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)

Monday, May 30, 2005:
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)

Sunday, May 29, 2005:
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)

Saturday, May 28, 2005:
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)

Friday, May 27, 2005:
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)

Thursday, May 26, 2005:
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)

Wednesday, May 25, 2005:
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)

Tuesday, May 24, 2005:
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)

Monday, May 23, 2005:
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)

* George B. Dantzig, Dies at 90; Devised Math Solution to Broad Problems (By JEREMY PEARCE, May 23, 2005)
Ellis Page, 81, a Developer of Computerized Grading, Dies (By MONICA POTTS, May 23, 2005)
NATIONAL: An Iraqi Police Officer's Death, a Soldier's Varying Accounts (By MONICA DAVEY, May 23, 2005)
Dean, Feisty and Unbowed, Stands By Words on DeLay (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, May 23, 2005)
Salsa Dancers and Stunt Men? Must Be a Miami Condo Project (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, May 23, 2005)
WORLD: Survivors and Toe Tags Offer Clues to Uzbek's Uprising (By C. J. CHIVERS, May 23, 2005)
* PARIS JOURNAL: Lost and Found: A Museum of Misplaced Objects Is 200 (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, May 23, 2005)
SPORTS: Williams Watches, Waits, Delivers (By DAVE ANDERSON, May 23, 2005)
Yankees 5, Mets 3: The Yankees Go Toe to Toe To Win Round 1 (By LEE JENKINS, May 23, 2005)
ON BASEBALL: Martšnez Does His Part to Silence Daddy Chants (By MURRAY CHASS, May 23, 2005)
BASEBALL: As 50 Nears, Franco Feels Forever Young (By JOE LAPOINTE, May 23, 2005)
FILM: 'Star Wars' Breaks Box-Office Records [$158.5 million/4-day opening]
(By SHARON WAXMAN, May 23, 2005)
* FILM CRITIC: Emotions of 'Sith,' Carried by Score (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, May 23, 2005)
FILM: Recounting Skateboarding's Upstart Days (By SHARON WAXMAN, May 23, 2005)

Sunday, May 22, 2005:
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)

Eddie Barclay, Recording Magnate, Dies at 84 (By MARGALIT FOX, May 22, 2005)
Leonid Khachiyan Is Dead at 52; Advanced Computer Math (By JEREMY PEARCE, May 22, 2005)
* NATIONAL: Living in a Retirement Village, Back Home With Mom and Dad (By MOTOKO RICH, May 22, 2005)
It's Now Official: Florida's Fruit Is the Orange (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 22, 2005)
CLASS MATTERS: On a Christian Mission to the Top (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN & DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, May 22, 2005)
Bush Urges Graduates to Volunteer in Community (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, May 22, 2005)
EDUCATION: In a Grim Corner of Baltimore, a High School Offers a Haven (By GARY GATELY, May 22, 2005)
WORLD: U.S. Memo Faults Afghan Leader on Heroin Fight (By DAVID S. CLOUD & CARLOTTA GALL, May 22, 2005)
Sunni Arabs Are Uniting to Compete With Shiites
(By SABRINA TAVERNISE & RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr., May 22, 2005)
* Swedes Dispute Translation of a U.N. Legend's Book
[Auden's version of Hammarskjold's "Markings"] (By WARREN HOGE, May 22, 2005)
Laura Bush Faces Jewish and Muslim Protesters in Jerusalem (By STEVEN ERLANGER, May 22, 2005)
Two Belgians Win Top Prize at Cannes for Second Time (By By MANOHLA DARGIS & A. O. SCOTT, May 22, 2005)
NY REGION: In Exam of 126 Walls, Cracks, Bulges and Leaks (By SEWELL CHAN and ANAHAD O'CONNOR, May 22, 2005)
Caught on Tape, Then Just Caught (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, May 22, 2005)
Our Towns: Moved by the Spirit, Not to Mention a Pulsating Salsa Beat (By PETER APPLEBOME, May 22, 2005)
* Long Island: Whitman's Song of Myself: The Poet as Self-Promoter (By CHARLES McGRATH, May 22, 2005)
SPORTS: Afleet Alex Wins Preakness Despite His Scary Stumble (By JOE DRAPE, May 22, 2005)
SPORTS: Sandbagger or Slugger? Only Koo Can Say for Sure (By GEORGE VECSEY, May 22, 2005)
Intimidation Factor Eludes Johnson (By JACK CURRY, May 22, 2005)
ON BASEBALL: Solution Has Become Problem for Braves (By MURRAY CHASS, May 22, 2005)
Keeping Score: The Mazzone Touch Is More Than Just Perception (By ALAN SCHWARZ, May 22, 2005)
BackTalk: Fatal Attraction for the Ring? (By JULIAN E. BAILES and VINCENT J. MIELE, May 22, 2005)
CHESS: Ho-Hum Grandmaster Draws? Not at This Elite Tournament (By ROBERT BYRNE, May 22, 2005)
EDITORIAL: A Surprising Leap on Cloning (NY TIMES, May 22, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: China, the World's Capital
["From Kaifeng to New York, glory is as ephemeral as smoke and clouds."]
(By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, May 22, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: It's All Newsweek's Fault (By FRANK RICH, May 22, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: The Senate's Quavering Middle (By DAVID BROOKS, May 22, 2005)
* OP-ED: Decoding Health Insurance (By ROBIN COOK, May 22, 2005)
* LETTERS: Evolution vs. Creationism, Redux (6 Letters) (By Francis M. Siri, May 22, 2005)
* LETTERS: The Old and the Restless (3 Letters) (By Gary Geyer, May 22, 2005)
LETTERS: Preschool Expulsions (By Debra Drang, May 22, 2005)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 22, 2005)
BUSINESS: So You Want to Be a Venture Capitalist (By GARY RIVLIN, May 22, 2005)
* Money Trails: Gunslingers No More: The Cautious Cash In (By NINA MUNK, May 22, 2005)
Investing: At Harvard, the Trust Is Yours Till Death Do You Part (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, May 22, 2005)
Everybody's Business: Mr. Chairman, You Can't Control China. So Just Relax. (By BEN STEIN, May 22, 2005)
Gretchen Morgenson: Who Says There's No Free Lunch on Planes? (By Gretchen Morgenson, May 22, 2005)
SPENDING: And to My Dog, I Leave a $10,000 Trust Fund (By MARYANN MOTT, May 22, 2005)
* OFF THE SHELF: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out, Start the Computer Revolution (By ROGER LOWENSTEIN, May 22, 2005)
STRATEGIES: Measuring C.E.O.'s on the Hubris Index (By MARK HULBERT, May 22, 2005)
Economic View: Is It a Savings Crisis or a Math Error? (By DANIEL GROSS, May 22, 2005)
Market Week: Flight to Quality Cuts Yields (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, May 22, 2005)
Armchair M.B.A.: The Big Chill in the Boardroom (By WILLIAM J. HOLSTEIN, May 22, 2005)
Believe It: The Media's Credibility Headache Gets Worse (By PATRICK D. HEALY, May 22, 2005)
Refresh Button: Back to College, Still in the Fray (By ROBERT JOHNSON, May 22, 2005)
Suits: Kinder, Gentler? Only to a Point [Wal-Mart] (By MARK A. STEIN, May 22, 2005)
The Goods: Put This on Your Tortilla Chip (By BRENDAN I. KOERNER, May 22, 2005)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 22, 2005)
ARTS: At BMW, the Auto Assembly Line Meets High Design (By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, May 22, 2005)
* ART: Studio Visit | Walton Ford: America the Beautifully Absurd (By ANNETTE GRANT, May 22, 2005)
ART Directions: Art of the Undone (By GREG ALLEN, May 22, 2005)
* FILM: For $1 You, Too, Can Be an Executive Producer (By CHARLES LYONS, May 22, 2005)
* FILM DIRECTIONS: A Love Bug and His Lovers [#53] (By ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN, May 22, 2005)
FILM DIRECTIONS: Sorry, the Jedi Won't Return (By LEA RAPPAPORT GELLER, May 22, 2005)
MUSIC: Neil Diamond, Unplugged and Unsequined (By JOHN LELAND, May 22, 2005)
MUSIC: Directions: Kelly Clarkson and the Kidz (By JON CARAMANICA , May 22, 2005)
THEATER: The Playwright as Pen Pal (By ERIC GRODE, May 22, 2005)
TV: Normalizing Torture, One Rollicking Hour At a Time (By ADAM GREEN, May 22, 2005)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, May 22, 2005)
STYLE: Seriously, the Joke Is Dead (By WARREN ST. JOHN, May 22, 2005)
I Love You With All My Hype (By MIREYA NAVARRO, May 22, 2005)
Buy! Sell! Hollywood Hand-Me-Downs (By PETER McQUAID, May 22, 2005)
* MODERN LOVE: Cubicle Cupid: Nothing Personal (By ALYSON M. GOMEAU, May 22, 2005)
* STYLE: Possessed: 630 Symbols of Infinity (By DAVID COLMAN, May 22, 2005)
VOWS: Amber Freeman and Jamie Vanderbilt (By STRAWBERRY SAROYAN, May 22, 2005)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, May 22, 2005)
TRAVEL: ITALY: Is Le Marche the Next Tuscany? (By CHRISTOPHER SOLOMON, May 22, 2005)
WEEKEND WITH THE KIDS: NAPA VALLEY: At Wineries, the Visitors Can Be Young and Bubbly
(By KERMIT PATTISON, May 22, 2005)
MEXICO: GOING TO San Miguel de Allende (By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr., May 22, 2005)
JAPAN: A Temple Town Near Kyoto, Yet Serenely Distant (By FRED A. BERNSTEIN, May 22, 2005)
PHOTOGRAPH: Why We Travel (Photograph by DAVID ROCHKIND, May 22, 2005)
AUSTRALIA: HEADS UP: Among the Aborigines in the Remote Outback (By JULIE EARLE-LEVINE, May 22, 2005)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, May 22, 2005)
The Senate Nears the Point of No Return (By JEFFREY ROSEN, May 22, 2005)
* Maybe Preschool Is the Problem (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, May 22, 2005)
* PERSPECTIVE: Communists as Creditors: China and the U.S. Worker (By ROGER COHEN, May 22, 2005)
Correspondence | A Dying Breed: In Washington, Twilight of the Lawyer-Gods
[Lloyd N. Cutler] (By TODD S. PURDUM, May 22, 2005)
Enron Offers an Unlikely Boost to E-Mail Surveillance (By GINA KOLATA, May 22, 2005)
The Public Editor: 13 Things I Meant to Write About but Never Did (By DANIEL OKRENT, May 22, 2005)
* Believe It: The Media's Credibility Headache Gets Worse (By PATRICK D. HEALY, May 22, 2005)
* The Message From the Sunni Heartland (By PATRICK GRAHAM, May 22, 2005)
* Sometimes the Information Highway Isn't Paved With Silicon (By GEORGE JOHNSON, May 22, 2005)
The Basics: Women Gain Votes (Some Even Matter) (By BILL MARSH, May 22, 2005)
THE READING FILE: Taking Care of the Koran (By PETER EDIDIN, May 22, 2005)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, May 22, 2005)
* ON LANGUAGE: Chimera (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, May 22, 2005)
There Ought to Be a Law? (By CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL, May 22, 2005)
Questions for Margaret Spellings: Schoolwork (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, May 22, 2005)
The Security Adviser: Building a Better Spy (By RICHARD A. CLARKE, May 22, 2005)
Consumed: Last Year's Model (By ROB WALKER, May 22, 2005)
THE ETHICIST: Acceptable Knockoffs (By, May 22, 2005)
COVER ARTICLE: The Believer [Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania senator] (By MICHAEL SOKOLOVE, May 22, 2005)
* Can You Catch Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? (By LISA BELKIN, May 22, 2005)
Portfolio: Night Moves [belly dancing] (By, May 22, 2005)
* Gigi's Novel Life [Gigi Levangie Grazer] (By ALEX WITCHEL, May 22, 2005)
STYLE: Queen of the Hamlet [Marilyn Lewis] (By LYNN HIRSCHBERG, May 22, 2005)
FOOD: The Way We Eat: When Harry Met Marilyn (By AMANDA HESSER, May 22, 2005)
LIVES: Hello, My Name Was ___________ (By ART SEGAL, May 22, 2005)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, May 22, 2005)
FICTION: 'Follies': The Goddess of Small Things [Ann Beattie] (By DAVID MEANS, May 22, 2005)
* 'Against Depression': Anatomy of Severe Melancholy [Peter D. Kramer]
(By NATALIE ANGIER, May 22, 2005)
'1776': Revolutionary Road [David McCullough] (By TONY HORWITZ, May 22, 2005)
'A Church That Can and Cannot Change': Dogma [John T. Noonan Jr.] (By PETER STEINFELS, May 22, 2005)
* 'Everything Bad Is Good for You': The Couch Potato Path to a Higher I.Q.
[Steven Johnson] (By WALTER KIRN, May 22, 2005)
'The Good, the Bad, and Me': Method Mensch [Eli Wallach] (By RICHARD SCHICKEL, May 22, 2005)
* 'What Lincoln Believed': The Great Democrat [Michael Lind] (By SCOTT MALCOMSON, May 22, 2005)
FICTION: 'The Sad Truth About Happiness': All I Survey [Anne Giardini]
(By LAURA JAMISON, May 22, 2005)
ESSAY: The Legacy Project (By JEFF SHESOL, May 22, 2005)

Saturday, May 21, 2005:
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)

Marc Lappé, 62, Dies; Fought Against Chemical Perils (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, May 21, 2005)
Henry Corden, 85, Dies; Voiced Fred Flintstone (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 21, 2005)
BUSINESS: China to Raise Tariffs on Textile and Apparel Exports
(By DAVID BARBOZA & KEITH BRADSHER, May 21, 2005)
* ART: With No Time for Twilight, Matisse Filled Old Age With Vibrant Colors (By ALAN RIDING, May 21, 2005)
* ART: Eakins the Tormented? A Biographer's Dark View Ruffles the Field (By DINITIA SMITH, May 21, 2005)
ARTICLE (By, May 21, 2005)

Friday, May 20, 2005:
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)

* Piero Dorazio, Italian Painter With a Geometric Eye, Dies at 77 (By KEN JOHNSON, May 20, 2005)
Charlie Muse, Innovator Behind Modern Batting Helmet, Dies at 87 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 20, 2005)
ADVERTISING: Fox's Lineup Sticks With the Tried and True (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, May 20, 2005)
* ART: Inside Art: New Rembrandt, 'Abraham,' at Met (By CAROL VOGEL, May 20, 2005)
* ART: Rembrandt's "Abraham and the Three Angels"
[Metropolitan Museum of Art paid $20 million] (NY TIMES, May 20, 2005)
ART: Galleries Devoted to Liberty and Art (By ROBIN POGREBIN, May 20, 2005)
ART: Art of Tomorrow: Guiding Spirit of the Guggenheim Was an Artist in Her Own Right
(By GRACE GLUECK, May 20, 2005)
ART: Mike Bouchet, Adam Pendleton, Larry Rivers
(By HOLLAND COTTER & KEN JOHNSON, May 20, 2005)
ANTIQUES: Textile Treasures of Asia and the Power of Cloth (By SUZANNE CHARLE, May 20, 2005)
ARCHITECTURE: International Freedom Center, Drawing Center A Temple of Contemplation and Conflict
(By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, May 20, 2005)
* BOOKS: What Makes Sherlock Holmes the Supersleuth? (By CHARLES McGRATH, May 20, 2005)
FILM CRITIC: Revisiting the Past by Way of Cannes (By MANOHLA DARGIS, May 20, 2005)
MUSIC Recital | On Wings of Song: A Second Life for the Words of a Poet
[Emily Dickinson] (By JEREMY EICHLER, May 20, 2005)
MUSIC: Pipes and Stained Glass: A Master Reflects on a Lifetime of Church Organs
(By CRAIG R. WHITNEY, May 20, 2005)
OPERA: 'Lost Childhood': For a Child of the Holocaust, Survival and Endless Hope
(By ALLAN KOZINN, May 20, 2005)
THEATER CRITIC: How the Diva of Divas Did It [Kathleen Turner] (By BEN BRANTLEY, May 20, 2005)
TV Weekend: Our Fathers': Returning Spotlight to Sins in Boston (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, May 20, 2005)
TV: 'The Muppets' Wizard of Oz': Muppets as Munchkins: We're Not in Kansas Anymore (By ANITA GATES, May 20, 2005)

Thursday, May 19, 2005:
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)

Elizabeth Hoffman, 82, Editor for Ladies' Home Journal, Dies (By MARGALIT FOX, May 19, 2005)
* BOOKS: A Poet in Winter Relishes Spring in His Garden [Stanley Kunitz] (By DINITIA SMITH, May 19, 2005)
DANCE: Momix: Where Nothing Runs Amok and Everything Is Magical (By JACK ANDERSON, May 19, 2005)
* FILM: Latest 'Star Wars' Movie Is Quickly Politicized (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, May 19, 2005)
MUSIC Critic: Bay Area Rap World Takes In the Brash and the Eccentric (By KELEFA SANNEH, May 19, 2005)
* TV: Small Business: How to Make It? No Shortage of TV Gurus (By ELIZABETH OLSON, May 19, 2005)
FASHION: Next! [Uma Thurman in a Louis Vuitton ad] (By RUTH LA FERLA, May 19, 2005)
FASHION SLIDE SHOW: Rotating Celebrities in Ads (NY TIMES, May 19, 2005)
* STYLE: Enjoy It, Julia, While It Lasts (By MICHAEL J. LEWIS, May 19, 2005)
STYLE: Physical Culture: Where Throwing Out Your Disc Is Just Fine (By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS, May 19, 2005)
STYLE: When an Ex-Spouse Returns as Caregiver (By MATT RICHTEL, May 19, 2005)
STYLE: Is This the End for Cellulite? Some Doctors Say, 'Fat Chance' (By CHRISTINE LENNON, May 19, 2005)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 19, 2005)
A Pageant of Accessories. And Video Games Too. (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, May 19, 2005)

Wednesday, May 18, 2005:
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)

Paul K. Keene, 94, Organic Farming Pioneer, Dies (By MARGALIT FOX, May 18, 2005)
NATIONAL: White House Presses Newsweek in Wake of Koran Report (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, May 18, 2005)
* Adrift 500 Feet Under the Sea, a Minute Was an Eternity (By CHRISTOPHER DREW, May 18, 2005)
EDUCATION: Literacy Test Scores Rise for Urban Students in N.Y (By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, May 18, 2005)
WORLD: Beijing Brushes Off U.S. Warning on Currency (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, May 18, 2005)
F.B.I. Says Grenade Found Near Bush Podium Was Live but Misfired (By RICHARD STEVENSON, May 18, 2005)
A French Region Considers the Costs of a New Europe (By CRAIG S. SMITH, May 18, 2005)
Registering New Influence, Iran Sends a Top Aide to Iraq (By JOHN F. BURNS, May 18, 2005)
NY REGION: How Long Has It Been? 2 Months [class reunion] (By JOSEPH BERGER, May 18, 2005)
* Pollen's Spring Colors: Yellow Cars and Red Eyes (By IVER PETERSON, May 18, 2005)
SPORTS: Drug Rules Are Only as Tough as Test Monitors (By SELENA ROBERTS, May 18, 2005)
BASEBALL: Players From Over There Find Opportunity Over Here (By CHARLIE NOBLES, May 18, 2005)
Yankees 6, Mariners 0: Giambi Backs Pavano in Yanks' 10th Straight (By PAT BORZI, May 18, 2005)
Mets 2, Reds 1: Matsui Looks Sharp in a Mets Uniform (By LEE JENKINS, May 18, 2005)
Pistons Lead Series, 3-2: Pistons Roar Into the Lead as the Pacers Gasp and Stall
(By LIZ ROBBINS, May 18, 2005)
EDITORIAL: A Sudden Taste for Openness (NY TIMES, May 18, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Outrage and Silence (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, May 18, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Waiting for C.E.O.'s to Go 'Nuclear' (By MATT MILLER, May 18, 2005)
OP-ED: Blowing Up an Assumption (By ROBERT A. PAPE, May 18, 2005)
LETTERS: Newsweek and the Koran Report (5 Letters) (By Kristen Breitweiser, et. al., May 18, 2005)
* LETTERS: Fast or Slow, Johnny Still Can't Write (5 Letters) (By Kate Connell, et. al., May 18, 2005)
LETTERS: Ah, but Tut's Smile! (By Esperanza Rodriguez, May 18, 2005)
BUSINESS: Inflation Pressures Ease Despite Jump in Energy and Food Costs
(By EDUARDO PORTER, May 18, 2005)
A Fast-Growing Independent Strikes Gold in Oil Refining (By JAD MOUAWAD, May 18, 2005)
Market Place: Reversal of Misfortune: Things Are Looking Up for a Bold Financier
[Ronald O. Perelman] (By RIVA D. ATLAS, May 18, 2005)
Jury Awards Perelman Another $850 Million (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 18, 2005)
Square Feet: Landlords Cashing Out as Condo Fever Spreads (By TERRY PRISTIN, May 18, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: Personal Data for the Taking (By TOM ZELLER Jr., May 18, 2005)
Amid Change in Leadership, Hewlett Profit Increased 9% (By GARY RIVLIN, May 18, 2005)
ARTS: A Gallery Peers Into the Closed World of North Korean Art (By CRAIG SIMONS, May 18, 2005)
ART Critic: Civic Treasure: A Need for Transparency, Not Secrecy (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, May 18, 2005)
BOOKS: 'Rogue Regime': What to Do About a Country That Has a Nuclear Threat and No Use for Rules
(By WILLIAM GRIMES, May 18, 2005)
DANCE: When Death Means the Loss of an Archive (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, May 18, 2005)
FILM: 'Star Wars' on Track for Record Opening (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, May 18, 2005)
TV: CBS Cancels Wednesday Edition of '60 Minutes' (By JACQUES STEINBERG, May 18, 2005)
TV Watch: Heir to 'Raymond' Makes Him More Lovable (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, May 18, 2005)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, May 18, 2005)
* EATING WELL: Most Improved Pasta (By MARIAN BURROS, May 18, 2005)
THE MINIMALIST: Adding Flavor in Reverse (By MARK BITTMAN, May 18, 2005)
Failing the Sniff Test: The Nose, Ruined (By PAUL LUKAS, May 18, 2005)
At My Table | Nigella Lawson: London Cheesecake, via Newcastle (By NIGELLA LAWSON, May 18, 2005)
FOOD STUFF: At MoMA, Gelato as Smooth as the Sculpture (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, May 18, 2005)
* SCIENCE: The Color of Victory Is Red, Scientists Say (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, May 18, 2005)

Tuesday, May 17, 2005:
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)

Andrew J. Goodpaster, 90, Soldier and Scholar, Dies (By DAVID STOUT, May 17, 2005)
Tributes to Lloyd Cutler by Admirers in Both Parties (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, May 17, 2005)
Jimmy Martin, 77, a Bluegrass Stalwart, Is Dead (By BEN SISARIO, May 17, 2005)
NATIONAL: Newsweek Retracts Account of Koran Abuse by U.S. Military (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE & NEIL A. LEWIS, May 17, 2005)
Reporter on Retracted Newsweek Article Put Monica on the Map [Michael Isikoff]
(By CHARLES McGRATH, May 17, 2005)
Mother of Jackson's Accuser Is Said to Seek a Wax, Not an Escape (By SHARON WAXMAN, May 17, 2005)
Storm Season Could Repeat Ravages of '04 (By TERRY AGUAYO, May 17, 2005)
EDUCATION: Harvard Will Spend $50 Million to Make Faculty More Diverse (By ALAN FINDER, May 17, 2005)
EDUCATION: Research Finds a High Rate of Expulsions in Preschool (By TAMAR LEWIN, May 17, 2005)
WORLD: U.S. Presses Newsweek to 'Repair' Damage From Flawed Report (By DAVID STOUT, May 17, 2005)
Uzbekistan Increases Death Toll of Crackdown (By C. J. CHIVERS, May 17, 2005)
Rostock Journal: The Twain Still Won't Meet, Even in German Soccer (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, May 17, 2005)
* NY REGION: INK: You Are Here, and That Says a Great Deal [9/11 WTC]
(By ANTHONY RAMIREZ, May 17, 2005)
CITYWIDE: Rescuing Children of 2005 on Dollars of 1991 (By DAVID GONZALEZ, May 17, 2005)
When Taking a Painting, Don't Leave Your Picture (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, May 17, 2005)
NYC: Long Shots Do Come In. Ask the Mayor. (By CLYDE HABERMAN, May 17, 2005)
SPORTS: Juicy Offerings for the Zen Palate [Phil Jackson] (By HARVEY ARATON, May 17, 2005)
ON BASEBALL: Master Motivator and Commander: Steinbrenner Shines in His Latest Role
(By MURRAY CHASS, May 17, 2005)
BASEBALL: Matsui Is Far From Home, and Far From Right at Home (By LEE JENKINS and KEN BELSON, May 17, 2005)
Yankees 6, Mariners 3: Williams's Slam Sends Yanks to 9th in a Row (By, May 17, 2005)
BASEBALL: Oil Can Boyd's Turn to Be Satchel Paige (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 17, 2005)
BASEBALL: As New 'Kid' on the Block, Robinson Cano Impresses (By PAT BORZI, May 17, 2005)
BASEBALL: Giambi Has His Final Say on Minors (NY TIMES, May 17, 2005)
SPORTS: Giacomo's Turn to Try to Win the Triple Crown (By JOE DRAPE, May 17, 2005)
* EDITORIAL: The Evolution of Creationism (NY TIMES, May 17, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: A Clampdown in China (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, May 17, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: 'No Nukes,' No More (By JOHN TIERNEY, May 17, 2005)
* OP-ED: Sniffing Out the Gay Gene (By STEVEN PINKER, May 17, 2005)
* OP-ED: The 50-Year Shadow [Russell-Einstein Manifesto] (By JOSEPH ROTBLAT, May 17, 2005)
LETTERS: Getting Into Iraq, and Getting Out (5 Letters) (By Richard Ellis, et. al., May 17, 2005)
LETTERS: The Left, the Right and the Bible (3 Letters) (By Brent Muirhead, et. al., May 17, 2005)
LETTERS: Without Books on Paper, So Much Is Lost (3 Letters) (By Walter C. Clemens Jr., et. al., May 17, 2005)
LETTERS: Who Is a Terrorist? (Michael McClintock, May 17, 2005)
BUSINESS: Oil Prices Dip, Giving Shares a Strong Lift
[DOW +112.17, Nasdaq +17.65] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 17, 2005)
U.S. Warns China on Currency Policies and Hints at Retaliation (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, May 17, 2005)
Hewlett's Earnings Rise 9.3% as Computer Profits Triple (By JENNIFER BAYOT, May 17, 2005)
The Marketing and Success of Natrecor (By STEPHANIE SAUL, May 17, 2005)
The Perils of Bribery Meet the Open Palm (By PAUL BURNHAM FINNEY , May 17, 2005)
On the Road: Valet Parking, Comfy Seats, Nice Meal (This Is Flying?) (By JOE SHARKEY, May 17, 2005)
* ARTS: Cheerful Ode to Lemons of Literature (By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, May 17, 2005)
ARTS: In Moscow, a Proud Display of Spoils of War (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, May 17, 2005)
BOOKS: For a Writer and His Subject, Time Flies (By JULIE SALAMON, May 17, 2005)
BOOKS: 'Sinatra': Sinatra Their Way: Lots of High Jinks (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, May 17, 2005)
DANCE: Momix: A Jolly Place Where Nothing Runs Amok and Everything Looks Magical
(By JACK ANDERSON, May 17, 2005)
FILM CRITIC: The Earls of Palme, in Session at Cannes (By A. O. SCOTT, May 17, 2005)
MUSIC: Classical Music: The Metropolitan Opera
Bowing to Honesty as Icing on a Diva's Cake (By BERNARD HOLLAND, May 17, 2005)
THEATER: 'FLIGHT: THE RISE AND FALL OF CHARLES LINDBERGH':
The Plot Against Lindbergh, Flyboy and Scientist Manqué (By CHARLES ISHERWOOD, May 17, 2005)
TV: UPFRONTS JOURNAL: Virginia Heffernan at the Television Upfronts (NY TIMES, May 17, 2005)
TV: 39 Days in Palau? Try 34 Straight Interviews in Manhattan (By JAMES BARRON, May 17, 2005)
TV: 'Frontline/World: Lebanon and Syria; Liberia'
Trouble Spots Where Hope May Have a Foothold (By NED MARTEL, May 17, 2005)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 17, 2005)
SCIENCE: A Critic Takes On the Logic of Female Orgasm (By DINITIA SMITH, May 17, 2005)
Anxiously, Los Alamos Awaits a New Contract, and a New Era (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, May 17, 2005)
Eagles of Santa Catalina May Lose Support System (By CHRIS DIXON, May 17, 2005)
* Now There Are Many: Robots That Reproduce (By KENNETH CHANG, May 17, 2005)
When You Wish Upon an Atom: The Songs of Science (By MICHAEL ERARD, May 17, 2005)
* Forest's Colorful Jewels in a Fight for Their Lives (By BARBARA WHITAKER, May 17, 2005)
* SLIDE SHOW: Forest's Colorful Jewels (Photos By Carol T. Powers, May 17, 2005)
* Observatory: Nature's Own Power Launcher
[Video: bunchberry dogwood pops in 0.0005 second]
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 17, 2005)
* Commentary: School Boards Want to 'Teach the Controversy.' What Controversy? (By LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS, May 17, 2005)
* Q & A: Sunshine Vitamin D (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, May 17, 2005)
* HEALTH: More Diseases Pinned on Old Culprit: Germs (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, May 17, 2005)
* Cases: How Much for an Hour of Schmoozing, Doc? (By THOMAS W. GROSS, M.D., May 17, 2005)
PERSONAL HEALTH: Add Depth to Life, With Early Eye Exam (By JANE E. BRODY, May 17, 2005)
Study of Breast Cancer Patients Finds Benefit in Low-Fat Diets (By GINA KOLATA & LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, May 17, 2005)
Really?: The Claim: Repeated Dieting Slows Your Metabolism (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, May 17, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Exercise: Staying Active May Reduce Risk (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, May 17, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Nutrition: Good Grades for Breakfast (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, May 17, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Treatment: Remedy Is Fake but Relief Is Real (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, May 17, 2005)
VITAL SIGNS: Patterns: Predicting Menopause by Month (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, May 17, 2005)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Nursing in America: A Portrait of a Profession in Critical Condition
(By CORNELIA DEAN, May 17, 2005)
* New Theory Places Origin of Diabetes in an Age of Icy Hardships (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, May 17, 2005)
Heartburn in the Night Tied to Soda in the Day (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, May 17, 2005)

Monday, May 16, 2005:
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)
The Mae West: Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due [Andrew Toti died in March at 89]
(NY TIMES, May 16, 2005)
NATIONAL: U.S. Is Warning North Koreans on Nuclear Test (By DAVID E. SANGER, May 16, 2005)
CLASS MATTERS: Social Class in the United States (NY TIMES, May 16, 2005)
Life at the Top in America Isn't Just Better, It's Longer (By JANNY SCOTT, May 16, 2005)
* On Boards Without Boys, Girls Reassert Their Power (By JODI WILGOREN, May 16, 2005)
WORLD: Newsweek Says Sorry for Report of Koran Insult (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, May 16, 2005)
WORLD: Uzbekistan Shaken by Unrest, Violence and Uncertainty (By C. J. CHIVERS, May 16, 2005)
Iran Parliament Calls for Resuming Nuclear Fuel Development (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, May 16, 2005)
Villa Baviera Journal: Guru of Sadism, Safely in Jail, Leaves Cult to Fend for Itself
(By LARRY ROHTER, May 16, 2005)
NY REGION: Connecticut Considers Putting a Healthier Menu in Its Schools
(By ALISON LEIGH COWAN, May 16, 2005)
Metro Matters: Ground Zero Moves Forth, in Secret (By JOYCE PURNICK, May 16, 2005)
* Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, May 16, 2005)
SPORTS: N.B.A. Needs Another Frozen Envelope (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, May 16, 2005)
BASKETBALL: Series Tied, 2-2: Pistons Back Up Wallace's Guarantee (By LIZ ROBBINS, May 16, 2005)
Yankees 6, Athletics 4: Giambi Joins Hit Parade as Yankees Reach .500 (By PAT BORZI, May 16, 2005)
BASEBALL: Once an Afterthought, Cameron Is Thriving (By DAVE ANDERSON, May 16, 2005)
American League Roundup: Ramirez Hits 400th, Then Fails in Clutch (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 16, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Staying What Course? (By PAUL KRUGMAN, May 16, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Feeling No Pain (By BOB HERBERT, May 16, 2005)
ART Critic: Arial, Mon Amour, and Other Font Passions (By SARAH BOXER, May 16, 2005)
DANCE: Ailey II: Junior Ailey Troupe, Mature at 30-Year Mark (By JENNIFER DUNNING, May 16, 2005)
* FILM | 'STAR WARS: EPISODE III— REVENGE OF THE SITH':
Some Surprises in That Galaxy Far, Far Away (By A. O. SCOTT, May 16, 2006)
FILM: Anxiety and Turbulence Permeate 3 Films at Cannes (By MANOHLA DARGIS, May 16, 2005)
TV: 'Hercules': Intrigue in Ancient Greece. But Did They Talk This Way? (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, May 16, 2005)

Sunday, May 15, 2005:
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)

Wilson A. Seibert Jr., Ad Copywriter, Dies at 77 (By STUART ELLIOTT, May 15, 2005)
Stan Levey, Bebop Drummer, Dies at 79 (By PETER KEEPNEWS, May 15, 2005)
NATIONAL: More Closings Ahead, Old Bases Still Wait for Hopes to Be Filled
(By DEAN E. MURPHY, May 15, 2005)
CLASS MATTERS: An Overview (NY TIMES, May 15, 2005)
Blair Journal: A New Campaign to Preserve an Old Mining Battlefield (By JAMES DAO, May 15, 2005)
EDUCATION: SAT Essay Scores Are In, but Will They Be Used? (By TAMAR LEWIN, May 15, 2005)
* EDUCATION: The Class of 2005, Shaped by Sept. 11 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 15, 2005)
WORLD: In Visit to Iraq, Rice Urges Government to Forge Ahead (By CHRISTINE HAUSER, May 15, 2005)
Cartoonists Draw Black Humor From Iraq's Woes (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, May 15, 2005)
Karzai Says Afghan Progress Is Protests' Real Target (By CARLOTTA GALL, May 15, 2005)
* NY REGION: Investors Trusted Student; Now U.S. Is Charging Him (By ALAN FEUER, May 15, 2005)
* A Gathering Spot for Beatniks, Then Hippies, Now Defenders of an Open Park (By KAREEM FAHIM, May 15, 2005)
* A Lens on Zoo Animals, but Not Exactly a Close-Up (By LYNDA RICHARDSON, May 15, 2005)
Exhibit Is Glimpse of War for Some, a Recap for Others (By COREY KILGANNON, May 15, 2005)
SPORTS: Nothing Worries Cards' La Russa Like Winning (By JACK CURRY, May 15, 2005)
BASEBALL: Matsui Is Calmly Facing the Sound and the Fury (By GEORGE VECSEY, May 15, 2005)
On Baseball: After Promising Start, a Disheartening End for the Royals' Peña
(By MURRAY CHASS, May 15, 2005)
* Keeping Score: The Limits of Zen: Zito Searches for Answers, and the Plate (By ALAN SCHWARZ, May 15, 2005)
American League Roundup: Rogers Again Holds Opponent Scoreless (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 15, 2005)
* SPORTS BackTalk: Take My Record, Please (By DAVID FISCHER, May 15, 2005)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: The Fine Art of Getting It Down on Paper, Fast (By BRENT STAPLES, May 15, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Just How Gay Is the Right? (By FRANK RICH, May 15, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Liberal Bible-Thumping (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, May 15, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Meet the Poor Republicans (By DAVID BROOKS, May 15, 2005)
OP-ED: Saving Our Lives and Protecting Their Turf (By JOHN FARMER, May 15, 2005)
OP-ED: This Time The Badges Aren't Battling (By DENNIS SMITH , May 15, 2005)
* LETTERS: 'Ask Not': Sparkling Gem, Rich Lode (8 Letters) (By Henry Ruth, et. al., May 15, 2005)
LETTERS: The Future of Social Security (2 Letters) (By Robert Moss, et. al., May 15, 2005)
LETTERS: For All, or for None (By Larry White, May 15, 2005)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 15, 2005)
* Sugar Is Latest Supermarket Demon (By MELANIE WARNER, May 15, 2005)
* Who's Preying on Your Grandparents? (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, May 15, 2005)
How to Succeed in Business, Without Really Succeeding (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, May 15, 2005)
* Techno Files: Finally, Sisyphus, There's Help for Those Internet Forms (By JAMES FALLOWS, May 15, 2005)
Dealbook: A Tale of Two Power Plays (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN , May 15, 2005)
Gretchen Morgenson: Some Things You Just Can't Teach (By Gretchen Morgenson:, May 15, 2005)
* A Backspace Key Can't Fix Everything (By ROBERT JOHNSON, May 15, 2005)
THE BOSS: In Praise of Good Coaching [Robert F. Cosmai, CEO Hyundai Motor America]
(As told to EVE TAHMINCIOGLU, May 15, 2005)
INVESTING: The Shopper's Guide to Those Blue-Chip Specials (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, May 15, 2005)
PORTFOLIOS: Why Marathon Runners Aren't Betting on the Dollar (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, May 15, 2005)
Refresh Button: Family Business, 200 Years Later (By ROBERT JOHNSON, May 15, 2005)
CAREER COUCH: The Childless Need Weekends, Too (By CHERYL DAHLE, May 15, 2005)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 15, 2005)
ARTS: The Day After Peace: Designing Palestine (By JAMES BENNET, May 15, 2005)
ARTS: Master of the Dark Arts (By RANDY KENNEDY, May 15, 2005)
* DANCE: Rule No. 1: Avoid the Same Old Song and Dance (By JENNIFER DUNNING, May 15, 2005)
FILM: Hollywood Has a New Hot Agency (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, May 15, 2005)
* FILM: The Force Is With the Fans (One Superfan, in Particular) (By MICHAEL JOSEPH GROSS, May 15, 2005)
MUSIC: The Man in the Gorillaz Mask (By JON PARELES, May 15, 2005)
MUSIC: Classical Recordings: As Beethoven Would've Heard It, if He Could've Heard It
(By ANNE MIDGETTE, May 15, 2005)
OPERA: Vanity of Vanities: The Conductor as Composer as Entrepreneur (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, May 15, 2005)
THEATER: Hey Gang, Let's Put On a Twisted Talk Show (By ADA CALHOUN, May 15, 2005)
TV: Lisa Kudrow, This Time Without Any Friends (By ALEXANDRA JACOBS, May 15, 2005)
TV: Directions | Pilot Watch: Must-Synergy TV (By KATE AURTHUR, May 15, 2005)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, May 15, 2005)
STYLE: A Tale of Diamonds and Mud (By JOYCE WADLER, May 15, 2005)
For Baby, All You Knead Is Love (By ALEXANDRA ZISSU, May 15, 2005)
Telling Hollywood It's Out of Order (By ALLISON HOPE WEINER, May 15, 2005)
MODERN LOVE: Bucking Wedding Conventions... Except for One (By WENDY PARIS, May 15, 2005)
* POSSESSED: That's the Way the Money Goes (By DAVID COLMAN, May 15, 2005)
A Night Out With Eric Chase Anderson: The Life Eclectic (By JESSE McKINLEY, May 15, 2005)
PULSE: The Graduates' Brave New World (By ELLEN TIEN, May 15, 2005)
VOWS: Tammy Vu and Douglas Pulitzer (By JILL P. CAPUZZO, May 15, 2005)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, May 15, 2005)
ENGLAND: A 'Lost' Cornwall Garden Regains Its Glory (By R. W. APPLE Jr., May 15, 2005)
CHECK IN, CHECK OUT: Barcelona: Casa Camper (By FRANK BRUNI, May 15, 2005)
TRAVEL: A Familiar Ring? It Sure Is, Worldwide [Wagner] (By PAUL LEVY, May 15, 2005)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, May 15, 2005)
* The Mystery of the Insurgency (By JAMES BENNET, May 15, 2005)
* No, You Can't Just Dodder [Rolling Stones] (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 15, 2005)
The Year New York Lived Really Dangerously (By SAM ROBERTS, May 15, 2005)
* Blogging, as in Slogging (By DAVID GREENBERG, May 15, 2005)
* 1945's Legacy: A Terror Defeated, Another Arrives (By ROGER COHEN, May 15, 2005)
The Public Editor: Other Voices: Trust and the Unnamed Source (By DANIEL OKRENT, May 15, 2005)
For This President, Power Is There for the Taking (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, May 15, 2005)
A General Talks to Bush: 'Yes, Sir! But...' (By ERIC SCHMITT & THOM SHANKER, May 15, 2005)
* Buzzwords: The Terms of Debate in Kansas [creationism] (By JODI WILGOREN, May 15, 2005)
THE BASICS: If an Airline Fails, Who Would Care? (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, May 15, 2005)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, May 15, 2005)
* ON LANGUAGE: Isms and Phobias (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, May 15, 2005)
The Way We Live Now: The Towering Problem (By JAMES TRAUB, May 15, 2005)
Questions for Brad Cloepfil: Building His Case (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, May 15, 2005)
Domains: The Curator's Studio (Interview by EDWARD LEWINE, May 15, 2005)
Consumed: Setting the Table (By ROB WALKER, May 15, 2005)
The Ethicist: Permitted Building (By RANDY COHEN, May 15, 2005)
COVER ARTICLE: Russian Icons (By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, May 15, 2005)
The Last of the Moderns [Oscar Niemeyer] (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, May 15, 2005)
The Chair Man [Sotheby's James Zemaitis] (By PILAR VILADAS, May 15, 2005)
The City He Built [Phnom Penh, Cambodia] (By MATT STEINGLASS, May 15, 2005)
Saving the Tract House (By KARRIE JACOBS, May 15, 2005)
* ARCHITECTURE SLIDE SHOW: People Who Live in Glass Houses (Photographs by JEFF REIDEL, May 15, 2005)
FOOD: The Way We Eat: Building a Modern, Multistoried Dessert (By AMANDA HESSER, May 15, 2005)
LIVES: A Complex Complex (By AARON RETICA, May 15, 2005)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, May 15, 2005)
COVER ARTICLE: 'Beyond Black': Demons Revealed [Hilary Mantel] (By TERRENCE RAFFERTY, May 15, 2005)
Up Front [Mark Lilla's "Church Meets State"] (By THE EDITORS, May 15, 2005)
Essay: Church Meets State (By MARK LILLA, May 15, 2005)
'Freakonomics': Everything He Always Wanted to Know [Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner]
(By JIM HOLT, May 15, 2005)
Nuclear Options [J. Robert Oppenheimer] (By RICHARD RHODES, May 15, 2005)
Louisa May Alcott's American Girls ["Little Women"] (By MARY JO SALTER, May 15, 2005)
'My Life in CIA': Secret Agent Man [Harry Mathews] (By ALAN FURST, May 15, 2005)
'Her Body Knows': Alternate Realities [David Grossman] (By TOVA MIRVIS, May 15, 2005)
'Buried by The Times': Horror Story [Laurel Leff] (By ROBERT LEITER, May 15, 2005)
* 'Zorro': Man in Black [Isabel Allende] (By MAX BYRD, May 15, 2005)
HEALTH: After Its Epidemic Arrival, SARS Vanishes (By JIM YARDLEY, May 15, 2005)

Saturday, May 14, 2005:
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)
Tristan Egolf, 33, Novelist Known for His Elaborate Prose, Dies (NY TIMES, May 14, 2005)
Horton M. Davies, 89, an Authority on Christianity's Impact on the Arts, Is Dead (By WOLFGANG SAXON, May 14, 2005)
Monica Zetterlund, 67, Singer and Actress, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 14, 2005)
James and Alice Lewis, Who Owned Mecke, Are Dead at 83 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 14, 2005)
* ARTS: A Determined Heiress Plots an Art Collection [Walton] (By CAROL VOGEL, May 14, 2005)
ARTS: Malcolm X the Thinker, Brought Into Focus (By FELICIA R. LEE, May 14, 2005)
DANCE: Julius Caesar Superstar: Julius Caesar and His Close Friend Lady Macbeth
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, May 14, 2005)
DANCE: Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins: A Medieval Aura as Mad Saints Perform
(By JOHN ROCKWELL, May 14, 2005)

Friday, May 13, 2005:
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)

Jay Marshall, 85, the Dean of Magic, Is Dead (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, May 13, 2005)
Milton Frederick Rosenthal, 91, Former Chairman of Engelhard, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, May 13, 2005)
Barbara Knutson, Author and Illustrator, Dies at 45 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 13, 2005)
Elizabeth Orton Jones, Author and Illustrator, Dies at 94 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 13, 2005)
NATIONAL: Taser Official Taken Off Study of Stun Guns (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 13, 2005)
WORLD: Protests Against U.S. Spread Across Afghanistan (By CARLOTTA GALL, May 13, 2005)
Pope Names American to Be Guardian of Church Doctrine [Archbishop William Joseph Levada]
(By IAN FISHER & LAURIE GOODSTEIN, May 13, 2005)
China Says U.S. Impeded North Korea Arms Talks (By JOSEPH KAHN, May 13, 2005)
* Hong Kong Journal: Tower Climbers Grasp at Glory (Buns Are a Bonus) (By KEITH BRADSHER, May 13, 2005)
NY REGION: Crews Work to Clear Landslide From Parkway
(By ANAHAD O'CONNOR & TIMOTHY WILLIAMS, May 13, 2005)
* In Flashback, Runaway Horses Recall Another Time in Manhattan
(By JENNIFER 8. LEE, May 13, 2005)
* SPORTS: What Is a Number Worth? Some Athletes Pay the Price (By LEE JENKINS, May 13, 2005)
BASEBALL: Martšnez's Tip Has Glavine Thinking Positively (By PAT BORZI, May 13, 2005)
Giambi Is an Enigma Wrapped in Pinstripes (By TYLER KEPNER, May 13, 2005)
Baseball Roundup: Garland Is First to Win Seven Games in A.L. (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 13, 2005)
EDITORIAL Observer: It's Only May, and the Tanorexics Are Already Complaining (By CAROL E. LEE, May 13, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Always Low Wages. Always. (By PAUL KRUGMAN, May 13, 2005)
* OP-ED Columnist: Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? [global competition] (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, May 13, 2005)
OP-CHART: The Good News You Missed
(By ARTHUR CHRENKOFF, HELENE SILVERMAN & NORMAN HATHAWAY, May 13, 2005)
* OP-ED: Attention: Deficit Disorder (By ROBERT E. RUBIN, May 13, 2005)
LETTERS: The Scare in Washington (By Fred Koster, May 13, 2005)
LETTERS: Supermom Is a Bargain (By Liti Haramaty, May 13, 2005)
BUSINESS: Oil Is Down, Sales Are Up, but Shares Still Fall Back
[DOW -110.77, Nasdaq -7.67] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, May 13, 2005)
A Chinese Deal Gone Awry [New World Development] (By LOWELL BERGMAN, May 13, 2005)
* Who's in Charge of Determining U.S. Interest Rates? It May Be Beijing (By FLOYD NORRIS, May 13, 2005)
TECHNOLOGY: In Console Wars, Xbox Is Latest to Rearm (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, May 13, 2005)
* ARTS: New York Public Library's Durand Painting Sold to Wal-Mart Heiress
[$35 million] (By CAROL VOGEL, May 13, 2005)
* ARTS: New Chapters in the Dinosaur Chronicles (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, May 13, 2005)
* ARTS: 'Coming Home!': Self-Taught and Biblically Inspired (By KEN JOHNSON, May 13, 2005)
ARTS: At $1.5 Million, Basquiat Leads Auction (By CAROL VOGEL, May 13, 2005)
ARTS: 'Adorning the World': Tikis and Tattoos (By HOLLAND COTTER, May 13, 2005)
ARTS: International Fine Art Fair: The Centuries Slip Past on a Ramble Through the Fair (By GRACE GLUECK, May 13, 2005)
INSIDE ART: 'Monumental' Gober Acquired by MoMA (By CAROL VOGEL, May 13, 2005)
ANTIQUES: A Sad Farewell to All That for the Stately Easton Neston (By WENDY MOONAN, May 13, 2005)
BOOKS: 'Foreign Babes in Beijing': She Landed in a Hot TV Soap in a Cool China
(By WILLIAM GRIMES, May 13, 2005)
DANCE: Neta Dance Company: Looking Back 20 Years, Maintaining a Hard Edge (By JOHN ROCKWELL, May 13, 2005)
DANCE: Two Tuesdays, Tear Up Tear Down: A Goodbye Takes Eccentric Twists and Turns
(By GIA KOURLAS, May 13, 2005)
* FILM: 'MAD HOT BALLROOM': Where the Rumba Is as Much a Part of School as Recess
(By A. O. SCOTT, May 13, 2005)
FILM CRITIC: Before the Films Begin, a Dose of Cannes Pomp [58th Cannes]
(By A. O. SCOTT, May 13, 2005)
FILM: 'MONSTER-IN-LAW': A Nightmare of a Mom vs. Her Son's Dreamboat (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, May 13, 2005)
MUSIC: Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: An Orchestra Reaches 40, Staying Faithful to Its Roots
(By BEN RATLIFF, May 13, 2005)
TV: Sports Media & Business: Costas's HBO Sports Show to Focus on, Well, Sports
(By RICHARD SANDOMIR, May 13, 2005)
TV Critic: Small Reality TV Shows Reveal Larger Truths (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, May 13, 2005)
TV: 'Alien Planet': Out in Space, Where Unths and Gyrosprinters Roam (By ANITA GATES, May 13, 2005)
* SCIENCE: DNA Study Yields Clues on First Migration of Early Humans (By NICHOLAS WADE, May 13, 2005)
HEALTH: Therapies Cut Death Risk, Breast-Cancer Study Finds (By DENISE GRADY, May 13, 2005)

Thursday, May 12, 2005:
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)

NATIONAL: Jurors See Jackson Videotape; Actor Denies He Was Molested (By NICK MADIGAN, May 12, 2005)
* Off-Course Plane Prompts Brief Evacuation in the Capital (By ERIC LIPTON & RICHARD W. STEVENSON, May 12, 2005)
WORLD: How Do Japanese Dump Trash? Let Us Count the Myriad Ways (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, May 12, 2005)
North Koreans Claim to Extract Fuel for Nuclear Weapons (By JAMES BROOKE, May 12, 2005)
* SPORTS: Berra, 80, Transcends the Test of Time (By DAVE ANDERSON, May 12, 2005)
On Baseball: Finally, a Chance to Find the Real World Champion (By MURRAY CHASS, May 12, 2005)
* BASEBALL: Tejada Has Baltimore All Atwitter (By JOE LAPOINTE, May 12, 2005)
Yankees 13, Mariners 9: When Pavano Implodes, Yankees' Bats Explode (By TYLER KEPNER, May 12, 2005)
Cubs 4, Mets 3, 10 Innings: Cub Conquers the Wind and the Mets (By PAT BORZI, May 12, 2005)
American League Roundup: For the Red Sox, a Powerful Replay [6-5 over Oakland]
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 12, 2005)
BASKETBALL: Series Tied, 1-1: Pacers Undermanned, but Not Outplayed (By JASON DIAMOS, May 12, 2005)
BOXING: Toney Fails Drug Test and Is Stripped of Title (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, May 12, 2005)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: How Hip-Hop Music Lost Its Way and Betrayed Its Fans
(By BRENT STAPLES, May 12, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: A Turning Tide for Bolton (By DAVID BROOKS, May 12, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: The Young and the Jobless (By BOB HERBERT, May 12, 2005)
OP-ED: The Pirate Kingdom (By PAT CHOATE, May 12, 2005)
OP-ED: THell From High Water (By FRANK MCKENNA, May 12, 2005)
LETTERS: The Moviegoer: For Some, the Thrill Is Gone (2 Letters) (By Leland Scruby, et. al., May 12, 2005)
BUSINESS: Oil Prices and Trade Gap Nudge the Market Higher
[+19.14, Nasdaq +8.78] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 12, 2005)
Warner Music Shares Fall After Public Offer [$17 to $16.40] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, May 12, 2005)
MADE ELSEWHERE: Cambodia's Garment Makers Hold Off a Vast Chinese Challenge
(By ELIZABETH BECKER, May 12, 2005)
* BOOKS: Leaving Out What Will Be Skipped [Elmore Leonard] (By DAVID CARR, May 12, 2005)
BOOKS: 'In the Company of Cheerful Ladies': A Genteel Life in Botswana, Serving Fruitcake and Tea
(By JANET MASLIN, May 12, 2005)
* MUSIC: NY Philharmonic: A Concert Split Between Two Centuries (By BERNARD HOLLAND, May 12, 2005)
MUSIC Critic: From Punk to Rap, the Varied Guises of the Hard-Rock Sound (By KELEFA SANNEH, May 12, 2005)
MUSIC: For the 121st Time, Yes, Domingo Likes a Challenge (By ANNE MIDGETTE, May 12, 2005)
STYLE: Fashion Refigured (By ERIC WILSON, May 12, 2005)
* What's Up, Pussycat? Whoa! [Savannah = wildcat + domestic cat]
(By SUSAN SAULNY, May 12, 2005)
SKIN DEEP: The Pretty Pit Stop: Borrowing Blush Without Blushing (By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM, May 12, 2005)
Spas and The Man: Mars Goes to Venus (By JANE GROSS, May 12, 2005)
Critical Shopper: Crazy 'Bout a Sharp-Dressed Man (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, May 12, 2005)
Physical Culture: Hello, Birdie, Bye-Bye, Net (By YISHANE LEE, May 12, 2005)
STYLE: Fixed Position: Hello, Toes (By SETH KUGEL, May 12, 2005)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 12, 2005)
* STATE OF THE ART: The Cellphone That Does Everything Imaginable, at Least Sort Of
(By DAVID POGUE, May 12, 2005)
* A Robot for the Home, Brains Not Included (By JOHN BIGGS, May 12, 2005)
BASICS: Now, Audio Blogs for Those Who Aspire to Be D.J.'s (By JOHN R. QUAIN, May 12, 2005)
Online Shopper: Like a Girdle for Your Credit Cards (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, May 12, 2005)
Physical Culture: Online Trainers Keep Their Distance (By ELIZABETH WEIL, May 12, 2005)
Amid Bells and Whistles There's Even a Lens (By CHARLES HEROLD, May 12, 2005)
Which Came First, the Headphones or the MP3 Player? (By JOHN BIGGS, May 12, 2005)
An Easy-to-Use Graphics Program Made for Those Who Don't Always Get the Picture (or Can't Afford To)
(By WARREN BUCKLEITNER, May 12, 2005)
Now You Can Raid the TV During the Commercials (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, May 12, 2005)
Q & A: Bluetooth, Uniting Computer and Printer (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, May 12, 2005)

Wednesday, May 11, 2005:
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)

Zhang Chunqiao, 88, One of China's Gang of Four, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, May 11, 2005)
NATIONAL: Weak Salmon Run Shuts the Northwest's Fisheries (By FELICITY BARRINGER, May 11, 2005)
Father of Slain 8-Year-Old Is Accused of Murdering Her and Best Friend, 9
(By GRETCHEN RUETHLING, May 11, 2005)
WORLD: Bush Encourages Georgia With a Warning to Russia (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, May 11, 2005)
China Rules Out Using Sanctions to Pressure North Korea (By JOSEPH KAHN & DAVID E. SANGER, May 11, 2005)
* NY REGION: Who Needs Giacomo? Bet on the Fortune Cookie (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, May 11, 2005)
SPORTS: Mets Are Swinging for the Fences, and Succeeding (By PAT BORZI, May 11, 2005)
Yankees 7, Mariners 4: Bronx Renaissance for Martinez and Yanks (By TYLER KEPNER, May 11, 2005)
Cubs 7, Mets 0: Maddux Still Knows What It Takes to Beat the Mets (By PAT BORZI, May 11, 2005)
BASEBALL: Cashman and Torre Meet With Giambi (By JACK CURRY, May 11, 2005)
BASEBALL: Dontrelle Willis, Please Phone Home [Florida Marlins] (By ROBERT ANDREW POWELL, May 11, 2005)
A.L. Roundup: Millar Saves Red Sox With Homer in Ninth (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 11, 2005)
Sports Media & Business: There Are Fighters and There Are 'Contenders' (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, May 11, 2005)
EDITORIAL: It's Science, Not a Freak Show (NY TIMES, May 11, 2005)
EDITORIAL: Appreciations: Rotary's Big Boots [100th] (By TINA ROSENBERG, May 11, 2005)
OP-ED Columnist: Brussels Sprouts (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, May 11, 2005)
OP-ED: Wanted: Responsible Demagoguery (By MATT MILLER, May 11, 2005)
OP-ED: The Best Man for the Job (By JAMES A. BAKER III and EDWIN MEESE III, May 11, 2005)
OP-ED: The Tipping Point (By BELINDA BOARD, May 11, 2005)
LETTERS: Iraq Blasts: Do We Avert Our Eyes? (6 Letters) (By Stacia M. Brown, et. al., May 11, 2005)
LETTERS: Wal-Mart and Costco (2 Letters) (By James P. Hoffa, et. al., May 11, 2005)
LETTERS: Grading the SAT, Word by Word by Word (5 Letters) (By Joe Claro, et. al., May 11, 2005)
LETTERS: Chanel at the Met (By HAROLD KODA, Curator at MET, May 11, 2005)
LETTERS: No Hits, No Runs. Joy! (By Ann Johnston, May 11, 2005)
BUSINESS: Shares Are Broadly Lower Amid Unease on Hedge Funds
[DOW -103.23, Nasdaq -16.90] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, May 11, 2005)
Hedge Fund Rumors Rattle Markets (By RIVA D. ATLAS, May 11, 2005)
MARKET PLACE: A Music Stock Offering Turns Downbeat (By JEFF LEEDS, May 11, 2005)
ADVERTISING: New Credit Card Spots Show Fierce Competition for High-End Consumers
(By By ERIC DASH, May 11, 2005)
ARTS: A Museum About the Bible Aims to Be Taken Seriously (By RANDY KENNEDY, May 11, 2005)
* BOOKS: The Poetic Hearts of Mayan Women Writ Large (By DINITIA SMITH, May 11, 2005)
THEATER: Casting Call For Spellers (No Experts Please) (By RANDY KENNEDY, May 11, 2005)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, May 11, 2005)
FOOD CRITIC: Sci-Fi Cooking Tries Dealing With Reality (By FRANK BRUNI, May 11, 2005)
Standing on Tradition, Chef Reaches for the Sky (By R. W. APPLE Jr., May 11, 2005)
Taking the Heat Out of the Kitchen (By KIM SEVERSON, May 11, 2005)
The Minimalist vs. The Chef: A Passage to India, With Ease (By MARK BITTMAN, May 11, 2005)
PARIS JOURNAL: The Oh-So-French Bistro Is Acquiring a New Accent (By CRAIG S. SMITH, May 11, 2005)
FOOD STUFF: United Nations of Hot Dogs (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, May 11, 2005)
* SCIENCE: Tut Was Not Such a Handsome Golden Youth, After All (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, May 11, 2005)

Tuesday, May 10, 2005:
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)

NATIONAL: Yosemite Drapes Itself in Its Splendid Liquid Veils, and Preens (By DEAN E. MURPHY, May 10, 2005)
* Risking Life, Waistline and Freedom for Abalone (By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, May 10, 2005)
NY REGION: A Dining Hall Where Students Sneak In [Yale's Berkeley College]
(By ALISON LEIGH COWAN, May 10, 2005)
EDITORIAL: Writing Inside the Box (NY TIMES, May 10, 2005)
Op-Ed Columnist: Catholic Devotion, and Doubts (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, May 10, 2005)
Op-Ed Columnist: Bombs Bursting on Air (By JOHN TIERNEY, May 10, 2005)
OP-ED: The Not-So-Secret History of Filibusters (By GEORGE J. MITCHELL, May 10, 2005)
OP-ED: The Line Between Life and Death (By GARY KALKUT AND NANCY NEVELOFF DUBLER, May 10, 2005)
* OP-ED: How Russia Lost World War II (By VICTOR EROFEYEV, May 10, 2005)
LETTERS: More Bad Faith on Social Security (7 Letters) (By Steve Schindler, et. al., May 10, 2005)
LETTERS: The Forced Exit of a Jesuit Editor (4 Letters) (By Leo J. Rogers, et. al., May 10, 2005)
* LETTERS: Lincoln's Humility (By Russell L. Riley, May 10, 2005)
LETTERS: Dementia, and Our Love (By Hyman H. Haves, May 10, 2005)
LETTERS: The Atlantic's Contributor [Mark Twain] (By Ron Powers, May 10, 2005)
BUSINESS: Shares Post Small Gains, Encouraged by Merger News
[Dow +38.94, Nasdaq +12.32] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 10, 2005)
BUSINESS: Trading Slump Spurs Online Brokers' Merger Talk (By RIVA D. ATLAS, May 10, 2005)
China Planning Small Test of Its Privatization Program (By CHRIS BUCKLEY, May 10, 2005)
ARTS: Remembering Arthur Miller, a Playwright of Conviction (By JASON ZINOMAN, May 10, 2005)
* BOOKS: Two Authors Ask About 'Ask Not' [JFK] (By EDWARD WYATT, May 10, 2005)
MUSIC: Jagger Struts His Stuff to Announce Stones Tour (By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM, May 10, 2005)
MUSIC: Christian Rock for Muslims (By SAMUEL LOEWENBERG, May 10, 2005)
* TECHNOLOGY: Internet Attack Called Broad and Long Lasting by Investigators (By JOHN MARKOFF and LOWELL BERGMAN, May 10, 2005)
SCIENCE: Contents (NY TIMES, May 10, 2005)
* SCIENCE: A Web of Sensors, Taking Earth's Pulse (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, May 10, 2005)
For Gay Men, an Attraction to a Different Kind of Scent (By NICHOLAS WADE, May 10, 2005)
* A Puzzle Finally Makes the 'Cosmic Figures' Fit (By MARGARET WERTHEIM, May 10, 2005)
* Rookies Can't Hit Change-Ups (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, May 10, 2005)
Remains of Failed Mars Lander May Have Been Found (By KENNETH CHANG, May 10, 2005)
* Observatory: Far Out Phoebe [captured by Saturn] (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, May 10, 2005)
* Scientist at Work | Michael Gazzaniga: A Career Spent Learning How the Mind Emerges From the Brain
(By CARL ZIMMER, May 10, 2005)
* A Conversation With Robert Boyd: How Culture Pushed Us to the Top of the Food Chain
(By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, May 10, 2005)
Yellowstone Rated High for Eruption Threat [21st of 169 volcanoes] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 10, 2005)
Q & A: Making Oil Gush (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, May 10, 2005)
* HEALTH: Low Cholesterol? Don't Brag Quite Yet (By LAURIE TARKAN, May 10, 2005)
Cheating, or an Early Mingling of the Blood? (By GINA KOLATA, May 10, 2005)
Essay: Doctors Do Know Things Patients Don't Know (By KENT SEPKOWITZ, M.D., May 10, 2005)
Cocaine Users Face Greater Risk of Aneurysm (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, May 10, 2005)
* Personal Health: Fitness Without Frills (No Men Allowed) (By JANE E. BRODY, May 10, 2005)
* Really?: The Claim: Oysters Are Aphrodisiacs (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, May 10, 2005)
Vital Signs: Behavior: A Verbal Aphrodisiac Cocktail (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, May 10, 2005)
Vital Signs: Screenings: Celebrities May Not Know Best (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, May 10, 2005)
* Vital Signs: Reactions: Healthful Oil Can Become a Threat (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, May 10, 2005)
Vital Signs: Patterns: Pain Reliever and Asthma Risk (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, May 10, 2005)
Cases: Old, Afraid and Gripped by Demons (By JUDITH GROCH, May 10, 2005)
Salmonella Outbreak Traced to Pet Rodents (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, May 10, 2005)

Monday, May 9, 2005:
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)

Former Rep. Peter W. Rodino Jr. Is Dead at 95; Led House Watergate Hearings
(By MICHAEL T. KAUFMAN, May 9, 2005)
Fei Xiaotong, 94, a Pioneer in Chinese Anthropology, Is Dead (By WOLFGANG SAXON, May 9, 2005)
NATIONAL: When It Comes to Replacing Oil Imports, Nuclear Is No Easy Option, Experts Say
(By MATTHEW L. WALD, May 9, 2005)
Political Memo: On Social Security, a Search for Rivals (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, May 9, 2005)
WORLD: Issue in China: Labor Camps, but No Trials (By JIM YARDLEY, May 9, 2005)
Despite Tension, Bush-Putin Meeting Is Called a Success (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, May 9, 2005)
NY REGION: Row of Loosely Guarded Targets Lies Just Outside New York City (By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI, May 9, 2005)
Online, the Sincerest Forms of Un-Flattery (By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, May 9, 2005)
Metro Matters: Talk Is Cheap, but for Safety, It's Priceless (By JOYCE PURNICK, May 9, 2005)
* Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (By Joe Rogers, May 9, 2005)
SPORTS: Giacomo's Owner and Trainer Reap a Memorable Reward (By JOE DRAPE, May 9, 2005)
SPORTS: No Return, No Exchange on Steinbrenner's Gift Horse (By HARVEY ARATON, May 9, 2005)
SPORTS: Giacomo Will Scare Few Away From Preakness (By BILL FINLEY, May 9, 2005)
Yankees 6, Athletics 0: Stottlemyre's Save Helps Brown Gets Untracked (By TYLER