Selected Articles from The New York Times—
May 2008
(* denotes news of special interest)

Saturday, May 31, 2008:
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)

* WORLD: Isolated in Amazon, Visible From the Air [Brazilian tribe]
(By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, May 31, 2008)
BUSINESS: Negotiating for a House? Start With 'Dear Seller' (By RON LIEBER, May 31, 2008)

Friday, May 30, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL: Leaders in Congress Seek to Settle Soon on Nominee (By CARL HULSE, May 30, 2008)
* SCIENCE: Stonehenge Used as Cemetery From the Beginning (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, May 30, 2008)

Thursday, May 29, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL | Portland Journal: Racial Shift in a Progressive City Spurs Talks
(By WILLIAM YARDLEY, May 29, 2008)
NY REGION: New York to Back Same-Sex Unions From Elsewhere (By JEREMY W. PETERS, May 29, 2008)
NY REGION: Grunting in East Side Gym Class Leads to Hospital, and to Court
(By JOHN ELIGON, May 29, 2008)
NY REGION | Our Towns: Back to the Garden: A Woodstock Museum (By PETER APPLEBOME, May 29, 2008)
OP-ED: Class Dismissed (By MARK MELLMAN, May 29, 2008)
* OP-ED: The Year That Changed the World [1968] (By ROGER COHEN, May 29, 2008)
BUSINESS: Global Demand Squeezing Natural Gas Supply (By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, May 29, 2008)
* BUSINESS | Shifting Careers | Hot Ticket in B-School: Bringing Life Values to Corporate Ethics
(By MARCI ALBOHER, May 29, 2008)
BUSINESS: In Stock Plan, Employees See Stacked Deck (By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, May 29, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY: Israelis and Palestinians Launch Web Start-Up (By DINA KRAFT, May 29, 2008)
TV: Philosophy, Mystery, Anarchy: All Is 'Lost' (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, May 29, 2008)
FASHION | Flexing Your Buying Power: Dress for Less and Less (By, May 29, 2008)
STYLE | Lifešs Work: Itšs No Act, I Need a Job (By LISA BELKIN, May 29, 2008)
HOME & GARDEN: Keeping Chlorine Out of the Pool (By STEVEN KURUTZ, May 29, 2008)
HOME & GARDEN: On Location: In Her Own World (By ALASTAIR GORDON, May 29, 2008)
* SCIENCE: Monkeys Think, Moving Artificial Arm as Own (By BENEDICT CAREY, May 29, 2008)
* HEALTH | FITNESS: Yogi, Take Me to a Higher Place (By JOELLE HANN, May 29, 2008)

Wednesday, May 28, 2008:
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)

OP-ED: Truth or Consequences [Energy policy] (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, May 28, 2008)
OP-ED: Can He Take a Frisk? [Obama & Bill Clinton] (By MAUREEN DOWD, May 28, 2006)
OPINION BLOG: Restoration Row [Great Plains] (By TIMOTHY EGAN, May 28, 2006)
BUSINESS | Economic Scene: As Home Prices Drop Low Enough, a Committed Renter Decides to Buy
(By DAVID LEONHARDT, May 28, 2008)
TRAVEL BLOG: Making Friends (and Dinner) in Paris (By MATT GROSS, May 28, 2008)
* FOOD: A Tiny Fruit That Tricks the Tongue [miracle fruit, Synsepalum dulcificum]
(By PATRICK FARRELL & KASSIE BRACKEN, May 28, 2006)

Tuesday, May 27, 2008:
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)
POLITICS: On the Court and on the Trail, One Aide Looms Over Obama [Reggie Love]
(By ASHLEY PARKER, May 27, 2008)
POLITICS: Obamašs Likes and Dislikes: Hold the Mayo (NY TIMES, May 27, 2008)
OP-ED: Roads, High and Low (By BOB HERBERT, May 27, 2008)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 27, 2008)
* SCIENCE | Basics: Curriculum Designed to Unite Art and Science
(By NATALIE ANGIER, May 27, 2008)
* HEALTH: Lotus Therapy [Mindfulness Meditation, Buddha's Teaching & Jon Kabat-Zinn]
(By BENEDICT CAREY, May 27, 2008)

Monday, May 26, 2008:
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)

Dick Martin, 'Laugh-In' Host, Dies at 86 (By NEIL GENZLINGER, May 26, 2008)
NATIONAL: Obama Stands In for Kennedy at Wesleyan (By KATIE ZEZIMA, May 26, 2008)
WORLD: Aftershock in China Topples Many Buildings (By JAKE HOOKER, May 26, 2008)
WORLD: China Struggles to Shelter Millions of Quake's Homeless (By DAVID BARBOZA, May 26, 2008)
SPORTS | HORSERACING: Injury a Potential Setback for Big Brown (By JOE DRAPE, May 26, 2008)
BASEBALL: Athletics End Lester's 2nd No-Hit Bid Early (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 26, 2008)
BUSINESS: Drilling Down: Some Shoppers Head to Supercenters (By ALEX MINDLIN, May 26, 2008)
MEDIA & ADVERTISING: A Few Tremors in Oprahland (By EDWARD WYATT, May 26, 2008)
* TECHNOLOGY: Open-Source Upstart Challenges the Big Web Browsers (By BRAD STONE, May 26, 2008)
FILM: At Glittery Cannes, a Gritty Palme d'Or (By MANOHLA DARGIS and A. O. SCOTT, May 26, 2008)
SCIENCE: NASA Spacecraft Appears to Have Landed on Mars (By KENNETH CHANG, May 26, 2008)

Sunday, May 25, 2008:
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)

* NATIONAL: High-Tech Devices Keep Elderly Safe From Afar (By ELIZABETH OLSON, May 25, 2008)
NATIONAL | American Exception: Rendering Justice, With One Eye on Re-election
(By ADAM LIPTAK, May 25, 2008)
* WORLD | Grief in the Rubble: Chinese Are Left to Ask Why Schools Crumbled
(By JIM YARDLEY, May 25, 2008)
EDUCATION: On the Reservation and Off, Schools See a Changing Tide
(By KIRK JOHNSON, May 25, 2008)
NY REGION: Starting Salaries but New York Tastes (By CARA BUCKLEY, May 25, 2008)
SPORTS | BASEBALL OP-ED: Heading Home: Lovers, Not Fighters (By DOUG GLANVILLE, May 25, 2008)
EDITORIAL: Joe Lieberman, Would-Be Censor (NY TIMES, May 25, 2008)
OP-ED: All About Eve [Hillary] (By MAUREEN DOWD, May 25, 2008)
OP-ED: Memorial Day at 'South Pacific' (By FRANK RICH, May 25, 2008)
OP-ED: Hope in the Unseen (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, May 25, 2008)
* OP-ED: Two Can Make History [15th Amendment:
[Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass]
(By DEBBY APPLEGATE, May 25, 2008)
* OP-ED: Enjoy the Reunion. Skip the Check. [Harvard's $35 billion endowment]
(By CARROLL BOGERT, May 25, 2008)
OP-ED: Where Breathing Is Deadly [Baidu, China] (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, May 25, 2008)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 25, 2008)
BUSINESS | Wall Street Exodus: Fear, Panic and Anger (By SARAH KERSHAW, May 25, 2008)
BUSINESS: Toughest Summer Job This Year Is Finding One (By PETER S. GOODMAN, May 25, 2008)
FUNDAMENTALLY: When the 'I' Word Replaces the 'R' Word (By PAUL J. LIM, May 25, 2008)
BUSINESS | Economic View: The Invisible Hand Is Shaking (By ROBERT H. FRANK, May 25, 2008)
MARKET MAKER: Energy Speculators Draw the Heat (By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ, May 25, 2008)
BUSINESS DATABANK: Dow Falls 507 Points as Oil Prices Soar (By JEFF SOMMER, May 25, 2008)
* TECHNOLOGY: Global Dreams for a Wireless Web (By JOHN MARKOFF, May 25, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY | Novelties: The Magnifying Glass Gets an Electronic Twist
(By ANNE EISENBERG, May 25, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY | Prototype: Cloud Computing: So You Don't Have to Stand Still
(By MICHAEL FITZGERALD, May 25, 2008)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 25, 2008)
ARTS: Attention, ŒBlue Boy' Fans: Slow Down [Huntington Library] (By JORI FINKEL, May 25, 2008)
* BOOKS: Now He's Only Hunted by Cameras [Salman Rushdie] (By PATRICIA COHEN, May 25, 2008)
DANCE: Step by Step, the Showgirl Must Go On [Elizabeth Berkley]
(By MARGY ROCHLIN, May 25, 2008)
MUSIC: Mozart's Rivals Take the Stage Again (By MATTHEW GUREWITSCH, May 25, 2008)
TV | Video Games: Resistance Is Futile (By SETH SCHIESEL, May 25, 2008)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, May 25, 2008)
* STYLE: A Superhighway to Bliss
[Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke led her to euphoria] (By LESLIE KAUFMAN, May 25, 2008)
STYLE: It's Not a Campaign, It's a Mission [Ron Paul] (By ALEX WILLIAMS, May 25, 2008)
* MODERN LOVE: Instant Message, Instant Girlfriend (By ROGER HOBBS, May 25, 2008)
* POSSESSED: The Kettle Boils, the Plot Thickens [Tea] (By DAVID COLMAN, May 25, 2008)
STYLE: A Night Out With | Karen Allen: Only for You, Dr. Jones
(By WINTER MILLER, May 25, 2008)
VOWS: Lisa Rainwater and Andy Mele (By DAKOTA LANE, May 25, 2008)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, May 25, 2008)
TRAVEL: Driving Back Into Louisiana's History (By RON STODGHILL, May 25, 2008)
TRAVEL: Where Europe, Africa and the Mideast Meet in Tunisia (By ERIC LIPTON, May 25, 2008)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, May 25, 2008)
CLASS OF '08: The Snare of Privilege (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, May 25, 2008)
THE WORLD: When Nature Turns Savage, Like the Dogs of War (By EDWARD WONG, May 25, 2008)
THE NATION: When They Were Around, the Ayes Had It [Congress] (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, May 25, 2008)
IDEAS & TRENDS: Whom to Trust With a Thumb on the Buzzer (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, May 25, 2008)
IDEAS & TRENDS: Appeasement's Taint Is All in Hindsight (By ISAAC CHOTINER, May 25, 2008)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, May 25, 2008)
* ON LANGUAGE: Emoticons (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, May 25, 2008)
* IDEA LAB: How Are Humans Unique? (By MICHAEL TOMASELLO, May 25, 2008)
* Exposed [A blogger's intimate life online] (By EMILY GOULD, May 25, 2008)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, May 25, 2008)

Saturday, May 24, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL: 270 Illegal Immigrants Sent to Prison in Federal Push (By JULIA PRESTON, May 24, 2008)
POLITICS | CAUCUS BLOG | On the Road: Clinton's Very Bad Day (By Katharine Q. Seelye, May 24, 2008)
* WORLD: A Passion for (and Against) Sarkozy (By STEVEN ERLANGER, May 24, 2008)
* SPORTS: 20-Year Journey for 15-Minute Fall [25-mile helium balloon jump]
(By MATT HIGGINS, May 24, 2008)

Friday, May 23, 2008:
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)

POLITICS | CAUCUS BLOG | Clinton, Discussing Nomination Battle, Invokes R.F.K. Assassination
(By Katharine Q. Seelye, May 23, 2008)
OP-ED: The Alpha Geeks (By DAVID BROOKS, May 23, 2008)
* BOOKS: Volumes to Go Before You Die (By WILLIAM GRIMES, May 23, 2008)
SCIENCE: Bacteria Thrive in Inner Elbow; No Harm Done (By NICHOLAS WADE, May 23, 2008)

Thursday, May 22, 2008:
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)

POLITICS: As Obama Heads to Florida, Many of Its Jews Have Doubts
(By JODI KANTOR, May 22, 2008)
* NY REGION: It's Still a Big City, Just Not Quite So Big
[17 sq. miles smaller: 304.8 square miles instead of 322]
(By SAM ROBERTS, May 22, 2008)
OP-ED: Kennedy Talked, Khrushchev Triumphed (By NATHAN THRALL & JESSE JAMES WILKINS, May 22, 2008)
STYLE | Faster, Higher, Stronger: From a World-Class Rower, Tips to Sharpen Technique
(By SARAH BOWEN SHEA, May 22, 2008)

Wednesday, May 21, 2008:
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)

* BASEBALL: Red Sox' No-Hitter Puts Varitek in Record Books [caught 4]
(By THOMAS KAPLAN, May 21, 2008)
OP-ED: Imbalances of Power (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, May 21, 2008)
OP-ED: The Last Debate (By MAUREEN DOWD, May 21, 2008)
DINING: Genre-Bending Hangout Takes Its Final Bows (By FRANK BRUNI, May 21, 2008)

Tuesday, May 20, 2008:
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)

* BASEBALL: Boston's Jon Lester Gets First No-Hitter of Season (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 20, 2008)
OP-ED: Talking Versus Doing (By DAVID BROOKS, May 20, 2008)
OP-ED: Let's Be Serious [Election issues] (By BOB HERBERT, May 20, 2008)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, May 20, 2008)
* SCIENCE: Who Is the Walrus? (By NATALIE ANGIER, May 20, 2008)
* HEALTH: Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain (By SARA REISTAD-LONG, May 20, 2008)
* HEALTH: Finding the Best Way to Cook All Those Vegetables (By TARA PARKER-POPE, May 20, 2008)
* HEALTH | Scientist at Work | Claudius Conrad: A Musician Who Performs With a Scalpel
(By DAVID DOBBS, May 20, 2008)

Monday, May 19, 2008:
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)

* NATIONAL: For an All-Organic Formula, Baby, That's Sweet (By JULIA MOSKIN, May 19, 2008)
WORLD: In Rubble, Couple Clung to Each Other, and to Life [China Quake]
(By EDWARD WONG, May 19, 2008)
OP-ED: Stranded in Suburbia (By PAUL KRUGMAN, May 19, 2008)

Sunday, May 18, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL: Doctors Say 'I'm Sorry' Before 'See You in Court' (By KEVIN SACK, May 18, 2008)
* POLITICS | The Long Run: The Story of Obama, Written by Obama (By JANNY SCOTT, May 18, 2008)
WORLD: Earthquake Opens Gap in Controls on Media (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, May 18, 2008)
* WORLD | Google co-founder: My family left Russia because of anti-Semitism (By Guy Rolnik, Haaretz.com, Israel, May 18, 2008)
OP-ED: Obama and the Jews (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, May 18, 2008)
OP-ED: McCain Can Run, but Bush Won't Hide (By FRANK RICH, May 18, 2008)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, May 18, 2008)
* STYLE: Magicians Ask: What's Up His Sleeve? (By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM, May 18, 2008)
* STYLE: The Language of Loss for the Jobless (By JAN HOFFMAN, May 18, 2008)
* MODERN LOVE: May I Have This Dance? (By OWEN POWELL, May 18, 2008)
VOWS: Elena Wechsler and John Simpson (By ANN HOOD, May 18, 2008)
TRAVEL | Practical Traveler | Airfares: Beating the Bushes for a Bargain Ticket
(By MICHELLE HIGGINS, May 18, 2008)
TRAVEL: Does the 'Real' Ireland Still Exist? (By DAN BARRY, May 18, 2008)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, May 18, 2008)
The McCain Doctrines (By MATT BAI, May 18, 2008)

Saturday, May 17, 2008:
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)

WORLD: In China, Skittish Pandas, Then Exploding Cliffs (By JIM YARDLEY, May 17, 2008)
* BUSINESS | Your Money: Five Basics for Building a Solid Financial Future
(By RON LIEBER, May 17, 2008)

Friday, May 16, 2008:
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)
* WORLD: Superstitions About Quake Meet the Web, Irritating the Chinese Authorities
(By ANDREW JACOBS, May 16, 2007)

Thursday, May 15, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL: Republican Election Losses Stir Fall Fears (By ADAM NAGOURNEY & CARL HULSE, May 15, 2008)
NATIONAL: Ex-Rival Edwards Throws His Support to Obama (By JIM RUTENBERG, May 15, 2008)
WORLD: Tiny Bodies in a Morgue, and Grief in China (By JIM YARDLEY, May 15, 2008)
WORLD: Chinese Soldiers Rush to Bolster Weakened Dams (By EDWARD WONG & JOHN SCHWARTZ, May 15, 2008)
BASEBALL: Against Phillies, Glavine Earns First Win for the Braves Since 2002
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 15, 2008)
TENNIS: Ranked No. 1 in World, Henin Decides to Retire (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, May 15, 2008)
* OP-ED: Historical Tremors [Chinese science] (By SIMON WINCHESTER, May 15, 2008)
* LETTERS: Grappling With the Cosmic Questions (By Susan Murphy, et. al., May 15, 2008)
BUSINESS: Collateral Foreclosure Damage for Condo Owners (By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY, May 15, 2008)

Wednesday, May 14, 2008:
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)

* Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist, Dies at 82 (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, May 14, 2008)
NATIONAL | Juneau Journal: A City Cooler and Dimmer, and, Oh, Proving a Point
(By WILLIAM YARDLEY, May 14, 2008)
POLITICS: Democrat Wins House Seat in Mississippi (By ADAM NOSSITER, May 14, 2008)
POLITICS | CAUCUS BLOG: Edwards Endorses Obama (By Jim Rutenberg and Julie Bosman, May 14, 2008)
WORLD: Quake Toll Rises; China Struggles to Reach Victims (By EDWARD WONG & JAKE HOOKER, May 14, 2008)
WORLD | News Analysis: A Rescue in China, Uncensored (By ANDREW JACOBS, May 14, 2008)
WORLD: Italian's Detention Illustrates Dangers Foreign Visitors Face
(By NINA BERNSTEIN, May 14, 2008)
WORLD | Memo From Liedekerke: Seams of Belgium's Quilt Threaten to Burst
(By STEVEN ERLANGER, May 14, 2008)
EDUCATION: Teach for America Sees Surge in Popularity (By SAM DILLON, May 14, 2008)
NY REGION: For the Disabled, Age 18 Brings Difficult Choices (By MARC SANTORA, May 14, 2008)
SPORTS | HORSE RACING: Barbaro's Little Brother Nearly Ready to Run
(By BILL FINLEY, May 14, 2008)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Loving v. Virginia and the Secret History of Race (By BRENT STAPLES, May 14, 2008)
OP-ED: The New Cold War (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, May 14, 2008)
OP-ED: Raspberry for Barry (By MAUREEN DOWD, May 14, 2008)
BUSINESS: Indians Find U.S. at Fault in Food Cost (By HEATHER TIMMONS, May 14, 2008)
HOME & GARDEN: In Paris, Owning an Eleventh of an Apartment
(By LINDA HERVIEUX, May 14, 2008)
THEATER: This Year's Tony List Is Filled With Unusual Suspects (By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON, May 14, 2008)
FOOD: Knife Skills: Creating Feasts for the Eyes (By KATE MURPHY, May 14, 2008)
FOOD | SLIDE SHOW: Playing With Food (Photo: Saxton Freymann, May 14, 2008)
FOOD: Cookbook Publishers Try to Think Small (By KIM SEVERSON, May 14, 2008)

Tuesday, May 13, 2008:
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)

WORLD: Quake Kills Thousands in Western China (By JIM YARDLEY, May 13, 2008)
BASEBALL: Rays Are Starting to Feel at Home in Tampa (By PETE WILLIAMS, May 13, 2008)
BASEBALL: For Indians, a Shutout, Then an Unassisted Triple Play (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 13, 2008)
* OP-ED: The Neural Buddhists (By DAVID BROOKS, May 13, 2008)
OP-ED: Here Come the Millennials (By BOB HERBERT, May 13, 2008)
* SCIENCE: Two New Ways to Explore the Virtual Universe, in Vivid 3-D (By STEVE LOHR, May 13, 2008)
* HEALTH | WELL: A Guided Tour of Your Body (By TARA PARKER-POPE, May 13, 2008)
HEALTH: Rough Transition to a New Asthma Inhaler (By LAURIE TARKAN, May 13, 2008)

Monday, May 12, 2008:
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: Voter ID Battle Shifts to Proof of Citizenship (By IAN URBINA, May 12, 2008)
NATIONAL: Pro Surfer's Death Exposes Beach Town's Violent Side (By ABBY AGUIRRE, May 12, 2008)
POLITICS: That Pundit on Fox News? An Upstart Named Rove (By JIM RUTENBERG & JACQUES STEINBERG, May 12, 2008)
WORLD | Generation Faithful: Young Saudis, Vexed and Entranced by Love's Rules
(By MICHAEL SLACKMAN, May 12, 2008)
NY REGION | Big City: Once a Hostess, Now a Bar's Grande Dame (By SUSAN DOMINUS, May 12, 2008)
OP-ED: President Apostate? [Obama & Muslim world] (By EDWARD N. LUTTWAK, May 12, 2008)
OP-ED: The Jewish State at 60 (By WILLIAM KRISTOL, May 12, 2008)
OP-ED: The Oil Nonbubble (By PAUL KRUGMAN, May 12, 2008)
* TECHNOLOGY: Craig (of the List) Looks Beyond the Web (By NOAM COHEN, May 12, 2008)
E-COMMERCE REPORT: Real Estate Lists Grow Comfortable With the Web (By BOB TEDESCHI, May 12, 2008)
BOOKS: Little Pieces of Los Angeles, Done His Way
[James Frey, Bright Shiny Morning] (By JANET MASLIN, May 12, 2008)

Sunday, May 11, 2008:
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)

POLITICS | The Long Run: Pragmatic Politics, Forged on the South Side
(By JO BECKER & CHRISTOPHER DREW, May 11, 2008)
BASEBALL: Bottom of the Order Powers the Red Sox (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 11, 2008)
BASEBALL | BATS: In Fashion, and Baseball, What's Old Is Still Old (By FRED BIERMAN & BENJAMIN HOFFMAN, May 11, 2008)
BASEBALL | Keeping Score: For Griffey, the Roads Not Taken (By NATE SILVER, May 11, 2008)
BASEBALL: Tiger Stadium Faces Partial Demolition Amid Opposition (By JOE LAPOINTE, May 11, 2008)
OP-ED: Change We Can Stomach [food & farming] (By DAN BARBER, May 11, 2008)
OP-ED: Is She a Trojan Rabbit? (By MAUREEN DOWD, May 11, 2008)
OP-ED: Party Like It's 2008 (By FRANK RICH, May 11, 2008)
OPINION BLOG: Cheap Thrills (By ANDREW BIRD, May 11, 2008)
BUSINESS: That Must Be Bob. I Hear His New Hip Squeaking. (By BARNABY J. FEDER, May 11, 2008)
FASHION & STYLE: 'Mad Pride' Fights a Stigma (By GABRIELLE GLASER, May 11, 2008)
STYLE: A Funhouse Floating in a Korean Spa (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., May 11, 2008)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, May 11, 2008)
The Uneven Playing Field (By MICHAEL SOKOLOVE, May 11, 2008)

Saturday, May 10, 2008:
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)

* OP-ED: Call Your Mother (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, May 10, 2008)
OP-ED: Seeds of Destruction (By BOB HERBERT, May 10, 2008)
BUSINESS: Keeping 'Furniture Ransom' Off Your Moving Bill (By KRISTINA SHEVORY, May 10, 2008)

Friday, May 9, 2008:
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)

WORLD: U.N. Pressures Myanmar to Allow Aid (By ANDY NEWMAN, May 9, 2008)
* WORLD: High Prices for Staple Foods Dip, but Volatile Markets Persist
(By KEITH BRADSHER, May 9, 2008)
BASEBALL: Webb Tosses Complete Game and Improves His Record to 8-0
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 9, 2008)
* BASEBALL | TV Sports: Murcer the Author Tells of His Life and New Yogiism
(By RICHARD SANDOMIR, May 9, 2008)
* BASEBALL OP-ED | Heading Home: Hitting Curves (of All Sorts) (By DOUG GLANVILLE, May 9, 2008)
TRAVEL ESCAPES: 'Soul Surfers' Rekindle the Love of the Longboard
(By KIMBERLY STEVENS, May 9, 2008)

Thursday, May 8, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL: Clinton Pledges to Fight On Despite Split Primary Result
(By LARRY ROHTER & PATRICK HEALY, May 8, 2008)
NATIONAL: Support for Clinton Wanes as Obama Sees Finish Line (By PATRICK HEALY and JEFF ZELENY, May 8, 2008)
NATIONAL: City Council in Bay Area Declares Bankruptcy [Vallejo]
(By JESSE McKINLEY, May 8, 2008)
NATIONAL: Young Video Makers Try to Alter Islam's Face (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, May 8, 2008)
NATIONAL: Raid on Sect in Texas Rattles Other Polygamists (By KIRK JOHNSON & JOHN DOUGHERTY, May 8, 2008)
POLITICS: Pundits Declare the Race Over (By JIM RUTENBERG, May 8, 2008)
POLITICS | CAUCUS BLOG: Clinton Touts White Support (By Kate Phillips, May 8, 2008)
NY REGION BLOG: Fossella Admits to Extramarital Affair (By Jonathan P. Hicks, May 8, 2008)
FOOTBALL: Ex-Patriots Assistant Sends the N.F.L. Eight Tapes (By GREG BISHOP, May 8, 2008)
OP-ED: The Torch en Route (By GAIL COLLINS, May 8, 2008)
OP-ED: The Too-Long Goodbye (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, May 8, 2008)
THEATER | 'TOP GIRLS': Ladies Who Lunch? No, Here's to the Power Players
(By BEN BRANTLEY, May 8, 2008)
FASHION: Steampunk Moves Between 2 Worlds (By RUTH LA FERLA, May 8, 2008)
STYLE: New Math for Men: Subtract Just a Little Gray (By NICK BURNS, May 8, 2008)
* HOME & GARDEN: Dharma in the Dirt (By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, May 8, 2008)
HOME & GARDEN: Architects in Glass Houses (By ELAINE LOUIE, May 8, 2008)
SCIENCE: Platypus Looks Strange on the Inside, Too (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, May 8, 2008)
* HEALTH | FITNESS & NUTRITION: For Peak Performance, 3 Is Not Better Than 1
(By GINA KOLATA, May 8, 2008)

Wednesday, May 7, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL: Obama Wins North Carolina Primary
(By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM & LARRY ROHTER, May 7, 2008)
POLITICS | News Analysis: Clinton's Options Seem to Dwindle (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, May 7, 2008)
NATIONAL: Flood of Attack Ads on Final Day (By JIM RUTENBERG, May 7, 2008)
WORLD: As Magnitude of Myanmar Loss Grows, Aid Arrives (By SETH MYDANS & HELENE COOPER, May 7, 2008)
* EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK: The Cost of Smarts (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, May 7, 2008)
OP-ED: Butterflies Aren't Free (By MAUREEN DOWD, May 7, 2008)
BUSINESS: Stocks Take a Fall Late in the Day
[Dow -206.48, Nasdaq -44.82] (By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, May 7, 2008)
(By MATT RICHTEL, May 7, 2008)
FOOD: Urban Farmers' Crops Go From Vacant Lot to Market (By TRACIE McMILLAN, May 7, 2008)
DINING & WINE: The Pour: Wine's Pleasures: Are They All in Your Head? (By ERIC ASIMOV, May 7, 2008)

Tuesday, May 6, 2008:
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)

POLITICS | CAUCUS BLOG: Live Blogging Indiana-North Carolina Primaries
(By Katharine Q. Seelye, May 6, 2008)
* OP-ED: Combat and Composure [Hillary & Obama] (By DAVID BROOKS, May 6, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY: Yahoo Chief Says Microsoft Was the Stubborn One (By BRAD STONE & MIGUEL HELFT, May 6, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY | Dealbook: How Not to Make a Deal [Microsoft's Ballmer]
(By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, May 6, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY: Google Ends Microsoft's Yahoo Search
[Google played a part in killing the Microsoft-Yahoo deal,
by acting more as friend than foe. It offered to let Yahoo
use its more sophisticated search advertising technology,
which would generate $1 billion cash flow a year for Yahoo.]
(By MIGUEL HELFT, May 6, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY BLOG: Another Google Executive Leaves for Facebook
[Elliot Schrage, Google's VP of global communications & public
affairs, leaves for Facebook, where he will be in charge of
communications, government relations and corporate marketing.]
(By Miguel Helft, May 6, 2008)
* ART: Record Price for Monet at Auction
[$41.4 million for The Railroad Bridge at Argenteuil at Christie's]
(By CAROL VOGEL, May 6, 2008)
* INSIDE ART: A Monet Is Back on the Market (By CAROL VOGEL, Feb. 22, 2008)
SCIENCE CONTENTS: Contents (NY Times, May 6, 2008)
* SCIENCE: Lots of Animals Learn, but Smarter Isn't Better (By CARL ZIMMER, May 6, 2008)
* SCIENCE: I'm Not Lying, I'm Telling a Future Truth. Really. (By BENEDICT CAREY, May 6, 2008)
SCIENCE FINDINGS: Appeasing the Gods, With Insurance (By JOHN TIERNEY, May 6, 2008)
* SCIENCE Q & A: Long Live the Amaryllis! (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, May 6, 2008)

Monday, May 5, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL: Democrats Call Victory a Sign G.O.P. Tactic Failed (By CARL HULSE, May 5, 2008)
POLITICS | On the Campaign: How Bill Clinton Got His Campaign Groove Back
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY, May 5, 2008)
WORLD: Cyclone Kills More Than 350 in Myanmar (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 5, 2008)
HEALTH: For the Elderly, Being Heard About Life's End (By JANE GROSS, May 5, 2008)

Sunday, May 4, 2008:
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)

* OP-ED: Who Will Tell the People? [America's declining power] (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, May 4, 2008)
* BUSINESS | UNBOXED: Can You Become a Creature of New Habits? (By JANET RAE-DUPREE, May 4, 2008)

Saturday, May 3, 2008:
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)

* TECHNOLOGY: Exercise Your Brain, or Else You'll... Uh...
(By KATIE HAFNER, May 3, 2008)

Friday, May 2, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL | Political Memo: Clinton May Be Hopeful, but Obama Rolls On
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY and CARL HULSE, May 2, 2008)
POLITICS: A Pulpit-and-Pews Gulf on Obama's Ex-Pastor (By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON, May 2, 2008)
BASKETBALL: Questions of Whether the N.B.A.'s Discipline of Pierce Did More Harm Than Good
(By HOWARD BECK, May 2, 2008)
BUSINESS: Economic Clouds? Wall Street Sees Signs of Sunshine (By VIKAS BAJAJ, May 2, 2008)
BUSINESS: As Gas Costs Soar, Buyers Are Flocking to Small Cars (By BILL VLASIC, May 2, 2008)
* SIENCE BLOG: Poetry and Air, Imagery and Earth (By Andrew C. Revkin, May 2, 2008)

Thursday, May 1, 2008:
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)

NATIONAL: Fewer Latino Immigrants Sending Money Home (By JULIA PRESTON, May 1, 2008)
POLITICS: A Strained Wright-Obama Bond Finally Snaps (By MICHAEL POWELL & JODI KANTOR, May 1, 2008)
POLITICS: After Break With Ex-Pastor, Obama Tries to Move On (By JEFF ZELENY & ADAM NAGOURNEY, May 1, 2008)
POLITICS: Primary Loss and Furor Over Ex-Pastor Hurt Obama in Poll (By ROBIN TONER and MEGAN THEE, May 1, 2008)
POLITICS: Wright Remains a Concern for Some Democrats (By JOHN SULLIVAN & CARL HULSE, May 1, 2008)
WORLD: Afghans See Link to Qaeda in Plot to Shoot Karzai (By CARLOTTA GALL & ABDUL WAHEED WAFA, May 1, 2008)
WORLD: China Investigates Forced Child Labor (By DAVID BARBOZA, May 1, 2008)
WORLD: A Fabled Iraqi Instrument Thrives in Exile [oud] (By ERICA GOODE, May 1, 2008)
NY REGION: A Rescued Goat Gets a Chance for a Normal Life (By FERNANDA SANTOS, May 1, 2008)
BASEBALL: Arizona Sets a Team Record With 19 Victories in April (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 1, 2008)
OP-ED: How Will It Play in Apex? (By GAIL COLLINS, May 1, 2008)
OP-ED: Can We Be as Smart as Bats? (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, May 1, 2008)
BUSINESS: Low Spending Is Taking Toll on Economy (By PETER S. GOODMAN, May 1, 2008)
BUSINESS: For Europe's Middle-Class, Stagnant Wages Stunt Lifestyle
(By CARTER DOUGHERTY & KATRIN BENNHOLD, May 1, 2008)
TV: 'Idol' Judge Admits Rehearsal Guided Her (By EDWARD WYATT, May 1, 2008)
FASHION | Tightening the Belt: Is This the World's Cheapest Dress?
(By ERIC WILSON, May 1, 2008)
* STYLE: Status: Looking for Work on Facebook (By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM, May 1, 2008)
FASHION | Skin Deep: Hard Times, but Your Lips Look Great (By KAYLEEN SCHAEFER, May 1, 2008)
HOME & GARDEN | In the Garden: Moss Makes a Lush, No-Care Lawn
(By JANCEE DUNN, May 1, 2008)
HEALTH: More Mothers Breast-Feed, in First Months at Least (By GARDINER HARRIS, May 1, 2008)