This web page is dedicated to my Dad, Tsien-Chung Chou (1902-2000),
who read avidly The New York Times daily & joyfully for over 50 years.
Selected Articles from The New York Times November 2003
Sunday, November 30, 2003:
On This Day: November 30 (Andrea Doria 11/30/1466-11/25/1560, Andrea Palladio 11/30/1508-8/19/1580,
Jonathan Swift 11/30/1667-10/19/1745, Mark Twain 11/30/1835-4/21/1910, Wiston Churchill 11/30/1874-1/24/1965,
I.J. Singer 11/30/1893-2/10/1944, Donald Ogden Stewart 11/30/1894-8/2/1980, Gordon Parks 1912,
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 1918, Shirley Chisholm 1924, Richard Crenna 1927, Dick Clark 1929,
G. Gordon Liddy 1930, David Mamet 1947, June Pointer 1954, Billy Idol 1955, Bo Jackson 1962)
Clinton became the first U.S. President to visit Northern Ireland
(NY Times, November 30, 1995)
* Churchill Dies at 90 At Home in London
[11/30/1874-1/24/1965] (By ANTHONY LEWIS, January 24, 1965)
Bishop R. L. DeWitt, 87, Dies; Brought Women to Priesthood
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Nov. 30, 2003)
Florence Jones, 95, a Healer and Indian Spiritual Leader, Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 30, 2003)
Anton Burg, 99, Expert on Boron Who Led Way to New Materials, Dies
(By STUART LAVIETES, Nov. 30, 2003)
Sylvia Bernstein, Washington Activist, Dies at 88
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 30, 2003)
NATIONAL: Florida Elderly Feel Let Down by Drug Benefit
(By ROBERT PEAR, Nov. 30, 2003)
* CHALLENGING BUSH: Storied Past, Golden Résumé, but Mixed Reviews for Kerry
(By TODD S. PURDUM, Nov. 30, 2003)
Indiana City's Bad Luck Takes Another Spin
(By MONICA DAVEY, Nov. 30, 2003)
Salvagers Say a Shipwreck Trove Is Worth Millions
(By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Nov. 30, 2003)
* Interest Surges in Voodoo
(By STEPHEN KINZER, Nov. 30, 2003)
Salvation Army Feeling Pinch From Strike
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 30, 2003)
Shopper Is Knocked Unconscious as Sale Begins
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 30, 2003)
POLITICAL POINTS: Party On, Candidates
(By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Nov. 30, 2003)
WORLD: RESOURCES: Oil Experts See Long-Term Risks to Iraq Reserves
(By JEFF GERTH, Nov. 30, 2003)
INSURGENCY: 7 Spaniards Killed in Ambush in Latest Strike at Allies in Iraq
(By DEXTER FILKINS, Nov. 30, 2003)
A Proud Mussolini Refuses to Let 'Il Duce' Be Vilified
(By FRANK BRUNI, Nov. 30, 2003)
After Georgia's Revolution, the Watchdogs Remain Vigilant
(By SETH MYDANS, Nov. 30, 2003)
* Internet Sex Column Thrills, and Inflames, China
(By JIM YARDLEY, Nov. 30, 2003)
NY REGION: Behind Beauty of 9/11 Designs, Devil May Be in Nuts and Bolts
(By ERIC LIPTON, Nov. 30, 2003)
* When Breathing Is Believing [air quality after 9/11]
(By KIRK JOHNSON and JENNIFER 8. LEE, Nov. 30, 2003)
SPORTS: Wheeling and Dealing, Epstein Got His Man [Curt Schilling]
(By RAFAEL HERMOSO, Nov. 30, 2003)
SPORTS: Acquisition of Schilling Has Boston Fans Buzzing
(By PETE THAMEL, Nov. 30, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Frank Talk About Abortion
(NY TIMNES, Nov. 30, 2003)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER; Living in Minas Tirith: New Zealand Becomes the Land of 'The Making of...'
(By ANDREW JOHNSTON, Nov. 30, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Chant Not Heard
(By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Nov. 30, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Unbearable Lightness of Memory [9/11 Memorial]
(By MAUREEN DOWD, Nov. 30, 2003)
OP-ED: The Productivity Paradox
(By STEPHEN S. ROACH, Nov. 30, 2003)
OP-ED: The Unemployment Myth
(By AUSTAN GOOLSBEE, Nov. 30, 2003)
ARTS OP-ED: FRANK RICH: America Tunes In for the Money Shot
(By FRANK RICH, Nov. 30, 2003)
LETTERS: Must Iraq Be Whole to Be Free? (5 Letters)
(By DOUGLAS ZOLKIND, et. al., Nov. 30, 2003)
LETTERS: The Memoral and the Renaissance (2 Letters)
(By WITOLD RYBCZYNSKI, et. al., Nov. 30, 2003)
LETTERS: On the Subway, Sept. 11
(By ANNE LIBBY, Nov. 30, 2003)
LETTERS: Just Doing One's Job
(By LUCY C. EDWARDS, Nov. 30, 2003)
BUSINESS: Roy Disney Resigns and Urges Eisner to Follow Suit
(By LAURA M. HOLSON, Nov. 30, 2003)
* At 72, a Dogged Dan Rather Is Not Yet Ready to Yield
(By JACQUES STEINBERG, Nov. 30, 2003)
Edgar Bronfman Jr.'s Backup Band
(By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN & GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Nov. 30, 2003)
Are Late Nights the Answer for a U.S. Gateway?
(By ERYN BROWN, Nov. 30, 2003)
That Pudgy Pooch Is an Industry's Best Friend
(By BRENDAN I. KOERNER, Nov. 30, 2003)
The Greening of Suburbia/A>
(By JAMES G. COBB<, Nov. 30, 2003)
PRELUDES: I'm Treating (Unless Your Salary Is Higher)
(By ABBY ELLIN, Nov. 30, 2003)
ECONOMIC VIEW: As Stimulus, Tax Cuts May Soon Go Awry
(By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Nov. 30, 2003)
* MARKET WATCH" What Do All Those Fees Add Up To?
(By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Nov. 30, 2003)
PRIVATE SECTOR: At Shell, Grades for Citizenship
(By ELIZABETH BECKER, Nov. 30, 2003)
A Wider Door to Hedging, With Fees Attached
(By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Nov. 30, 2003)
MARKET INSIGHT: New Rules, and Maybe Profits, in Cellphones
(By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Nov. 30, 2003)
INVESTING WITH W. WHITFIELD GARDNER: Chesapeake Core Growth Fund
(By CAROLE GOULD, Nov. 30, 2003)
For Benefits Managers, a Very Good Year
(By ELIZABETH KELLEHER, Nov. 30, 2003)
Getting to Know You Is as Easy as A, B, C or D
(By EILENE ZIMMERMAN, Nov. 30, 2003)
To Save Factories, Owners Diversify
(By SUSAN DIESENHOUSE, Nov. 30, 2003)
ARTS: Taking the Memorial Designs for a Test Drive
(By JAMES SANDERS, Nov. 30, 2003)
ARTS: Wim Wenders and the Landscape of Desire
(By VICKI GOLDBERG, Nov. 30, 2003)
DANCE: Following in Fred and Ginger's Steps
(By VALERIE GLADSTONE, Nov. 30, 2003)
FILM: Hollywood's New Toy: 19th-Century Action Figures
(By A. O. SCOTT, Nov. 30, 2003)
* FILM: Omar Sharif Rides Again, Very Gently
(By SARAH LYALL, Nov. 30, 2003)
MUSIC: A Pianistic Quarterback Passes to a Younger Generation
(By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Nov. 30, 2003)
MUSIC: How to Be a Pop Star Using the Missy Method
(By KELEFA SANNEH, Nov. 30, 2003)
MUSIC PLAYLIST: The Year in Boxes: CD's and DVD's Learn to Share
(NY TIMES, Nov. 30, 2003)
TV REVIEW: Hatchet Job? Reagan Movie Is Run of the Mill
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Nov. 30, 2003)
TV: Hurricane Kushner Hits the Heartland
(By ALEX ABRAMOVICH, Nov. 30, 2003)
TV RERUNS: 'Saturday Night' Campaign Fever
(By EMILY NUSSBAUM, Nov. 30, 2003)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 30, 2003)
* Just Saying No to the Dating Industry
(By KATE ZERNIKE, Nov. 30, 2003)
Headshots That Don't Guarantee the Agent Will Call Back
(By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Nov. 30, 2003)
BOÎTE: The Name-Brand Game
(By JULIA CHAPLIN, Nov. 30, 2003)
THE AGE OF DISSONANCE: Where Beauty Rules, a Few Points for Plain
(By BOB MORRIS, Nov. 30, 2003)
POSSESSED: A Pot for Good Looks, if Not for Good Cooks
(By DAVID COLMAN, Nov. 30, 2003)
VOWS: Rita Starritt and Ted Shafer
(By LOIS SMITH BRADY, Nov. 30, 2003)
TRAVEL: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 30, 2003)
Immersed in Baden-Baden
(BY RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Nov. 30, 2003)
Three Glimpses of a Century Near Berlin
(By BELINDA COOPER, Nov. 30, 2003)
WHAT'S DOING In Delhi
(By AMY WALDMAN, Nov. 30, 2003)
PRACTICAL TRAVELER: Web Merchants Go Global
(By BOB TEDESCHI, Nov. 30, 2003)
Most Popular Travel Vehicle: a Whim [websites]
(By BARRY ESTABROOK, Nov. 30, 2003)
ESSAY: Now Entering the California State of Mind
(By RICK LYMAN, Nov. 30, 2003)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 30, 2003)
ENGINEERING CHANGE: Rebuilding Iraq Takes Courage, Cash and Improvisation
(By JAMES GLANZ, Nov. 30, 2003)
* Well, It Seemed Like a Good Idea At the Time [Greek logic]
(By CHARLES MURRAY, Nov. 30, 2003)
AN UNCIVIL ACTION: The High Costs of Rising Incivility on Capitol Hill
(By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Nov. 30, 2003)
* IRAN AND GUATEMALA, 1953-54: Revisiting Cold War Coups and Finding Them Costly
(By STEPHEN KINZER, Nov. 30, 2003)
FUTURE SHOCK: A $400 Billion Purchase, All on Credit
(By JOHN TIERNEY, Nov. 30, 2003)
* A THOUSAND WORDS: Good as a Gun: When Cameras Define a War
By JOHN KIFNER(By, Nov. 30, 2003)
* The Giant Who Shrank: A Post-Communist Tale [Eduard A. Shevardnadze]
(By SETH MYDANS, Nov. 30, 2003)
WORD FOR WORD | STAY LOOSE: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Dressing
(By TOM KUNTZ, Nov. 30, 2003)
* The Bawler in Chief: Real Men Can Cry [Bush in Iraq]
(By ELIZABETH BUMILLER, Nov. 30, 2003)
The Reading File
(NY TIMES, Nov. 30, 2003)
It's Beginning to Look Less Like Christmas
(By TOM ZELLER, Nov. 30, 2003)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 30, 2003)
ON LANGUAGE: Necking It Down
(By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Nov. 30, 2003)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: The Beast of Queens
(By HUGO LINDGREN, Nov. 30, 2003)
QUESTIONS FOR NIELS DIFFRIENT: A Machine for Sitting
(Interview by PILAR VILADAS, Nov. 30, 2003)
HOW TO: The Height of Ingenuity
(By NORMAN VANAMEE, Nov. 30, 2003)
PROCESS: Building a Better Bra Shop
(By HOPE REEVES, Nov. 30, 2003)
RECAP: Hamming It Down in Japan
(By SETH STEVENSON, Nov. 30, 2003)
SHOP TALK: What Would Jeannie Do?
(Moderated by NED MARTEL, Nov. 30, 2003)
* CRASH COURSE: Color Cognition
(By DIRK OLIN, Nov. 30, 2003)
THE ETHICIST: Price Is Right
(By RANDY COHEN, Nov. 30, 2003)
WHAT THEY WERE THINKING: Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, Nov. 17, 2003
(Interview by CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS, Nov. 30, 2003)
* COVER ARTICLE: Inspiration: Where Does It Come From?
(By ARTHUR LUBOW, Nov. 30, 2003)
* The Seeds of Inspiration [Slide Show]
(By Hjalti Karlsson and Jan Wilker, Nov. 30, 2003)
* The Guts of a New Machine [Apple Computer's iPod]
(By ROB WALKER, Nov. 30, 2003)
* Necessity Is the Mother of Invention
(By PAGAN KENNEDY, Nov. 30, 2003)
Vote Getters
(By GAIL COLLINS, Nov. 30, 2003)
Presidential Campaign Posters {Slide Show]
(By GAIL COLLINS, Nov. 30, 2003)
The Shape of Jackets to Come
(By LYNN HIRSCHBERG, Nov. 30, 2003)
Auldbrass Wasn't Rebuilt in a Day
(By MATT LEE and TED LEE, Nov. 30, 2003)
Flying in the Face of Mediocrity
(By JONATHAN DEE, Nov. 30, 2003)
In the Beginning, There Was Leather... [Hermès bag Slide Show]
(By LYNN HIRSCHBERG, Photographs by CHRIS ANDERSON, Nov. 30, 2003)
Clouds in Her Coffee
(By JON GERTNER, Nov. 30, 2003)
To Draw a Bridge [Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava]
(By ADAM SACHS, Nov. 30, 2003)
FOOD: Special Delivery [Salad With Gruyere]
(By SAM SIFTON, Nov. 30, 2003)
ENDPAPER: Not Under the Tree This Year
(By AUSTIN BUNN, Nov. 30, 2003)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 30, 2003)
'The Early Stories': Prodigious Updike
(By CYNTHIA OZICK, Nov. 30, 2003)
'In an Uncertain World': The Man Behind the Surplus (Remember?) [Robert E. Rubin]
(By DAVID WARSH, Nov. 30, 2003)
'Human Accomplishment': The Best and the Brightest [Charles Murray]
(By JUDITH SHULEVITZ, Nov. 30, 2003)
FICTION: 'Oracle Night': Noir Like Me
[Paul Auster's novel about a writer's burst of inspiration]
(By STACEY D'ERASMO, Nov. 30, 2003)
'A Time of Our Choosing': Masters of War [Todd S. Purdum]
(By MICHAEL LIND, Nov. 30, 2003)
'Sea of Glory': The Ex. Ex. Files [Nathaniel Philbrick]
(By ROBERT R. HARRIS, Nov. 30, 2003)
'Primo Levi': The Art of Self-Effacement [Ian Thomson]
(By, Nov. 30, 2003)
'My Name Is Sei Shonagon': Pillow Talk [Jan Blensdorf]
(By JANICE P. NIMURA, Nov. 30, 2003)
'Life's Solution': It Had to Happen [Simon Conway Morris]
(By ELLIOTT SOBER, Nov. 30, 2003)
POEM: 'Fill the Cavity With Crumbs'
(By SUSAN KINSOLVING, Nov. 30, 2003)
THE LAST WORD: A Change in the Weather
(By LAURA MILLER, Nov. 30, 2003)
Saturday, November 29, 2003:
On This Day: November 29 (Gaetano Donizetti 11/29/1797-4/8/1848, Christian Doppler 11/29/1803-3/17/1853,
Busby Berkeley 11/29/1895-3/14/1976, William Tubman 11/29/1895-7/23/1971, C.S. Lewis 11/29/1898-11/22/1963,
Vin Scully 1927, Paul Simon 1928, Diane Ladd 1943, Suzy Chaffee 1946, Garry Shandling 1949, Cathy Moriarty 1960)
U.N. General Assembly resolution on partitioning of Palestine between Arabs and Jews
(NY Times, November 29, 1947)
* Louisa M. Alcott Dead at 55: Authoress Dies on the Day of Her Father's Funeral
[11/29/1832-3/6/1888] (NY Times, March 7, 1888)
Sadegh Khalkhali, 77, a Judge in Iran Who Executed Hundreds, Is Dead
(By NAZILA FATHI, Nov. 29, 2003)
B. S. Cohn, Expert on Culture of Modern India, Dies at 75
(By JO NAPOLITANO, Nov. 29, 2003)
NATIONAL: Persistent New Leaks Fuel Coverage of Jackson Case
(By DAVID CARR, Nov. 29, 2003)
* Neat Thieves Are Zeroing In on Laptops
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 29, 2003)
No Escaping the Red Ink as Bush Pens '04 Agenda
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON & EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Nov. 29, 2003)
Guess Who Wants to Be Governor [Kinky Friedman]
(By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Nov. 29, 2003)
THE AD CAMPAIGN: Gephardt Pushes His Health Care Plan With a Personal Story
(By JIM RUTENBERG, Nov. 29, 2003)
A Surface vs. Substance Fight for Edwards
(By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, Nov. 29, 2003)
RELIGION JOURNAL: For Missionaries With Children, the Calling vs. the Danger
(By NAOMI SCHAEFER, Nov. 29, 2003)
WORLD: Beijing Softens Its Stance Against New Legislation in Taiwan
(By KEITH BRADSHER, Nov. 29, 2003)
3 Arrested in Europe Are Tied to Recruitment of Iraq Fighters
(By DESMOND BUTLER, Nov. 29, 2003)
DIGNITARIES: Yesterday, Hail to the Chief; Today, Hail to the Senator [Hillary Clinton]
(By IAN FISHER, Nov. 29, 2003)
SPYING: U.S. Is Worried Foe Is Tracking Targets in Iraq
(By THOM SHANKER, Nov. 29, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Iraq Exit Plan: New Obstacles
(By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Nov. 29, 2003)
Coerced or Not, Palestinians Who Assist Israel Face Death
(By GREG MYRE, Nov. 29, 2003)
U.N. Chief Denounces West Bank Barrier
(By KIRK SEMPLE, Nov. 29, 2003)
SATURDAY PROFILE: Following a Different Drum to the Ends of the Earth
(By SARAH LYALL, Nov. 29, 2003)
* DNA Proves Lindbergh Led a Double Life
(By REUTERS, Nov. 29, 2003)
* NY REGION: As Obesity Surges, Health Care Fails to Keep Up
(By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA and GRANT GLICKSON, Nov. 29, 2003)
After the Yankees Go Home, a Neighborhood Shows a New Character
(By ALAN FEUER, Nov. 29, 2003)
* Some People Didn't Spend the Day Shopping. Maybe Even on Purpose.
(By MICHAEL BRICK, Nov. 29, 2003)
Jets Stadium in Manhattan Moves Closer, but Issues Remain
(By CHARLES V. BAGLI, Nov. 29, 2003)
Hey Ho, Let's Go Downtown to Joey Ramone Place
(By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Nov. 29, 2003)
Conjoined Filipino Twins Return to Rehab After Third Operation/A>
(By DENISE GRADY<, Nov. 29, 2003)
SPORTS: From Discordant Notes, Reformers Hear One Song
(By ROBERT LIPSYTE, Nov. 29, 2003)
BASEBALL: Eckersley, Molitor Lead Hall Ballot
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 29, 2003)
EDITORIALS: HARVESTING POVERTY: America's Sugar Daddies
(NY TIMES, Nov. 29, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Upping the Campaign Ante
(NY TIMES, Nov. 29, 2003)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Name That War
(By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Nov. 29, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Promised Land
(By DAVID BROOKS, Nov. 29, 2003)
OP-ART: Along the Banks of the Gowanus
(By JAMES STEVENSON, Nov. 29, 2003)
* LETTERS: Bush in Iraq: A November Surprise (7 Letters)
(By ATUL M. KARNIK, et. al., Nov. 29, 2003)
LETTERS: Keeping an Architectural Oddity Alive (2 Letters) [2 Columbus Circle]
(By STEVEN H. MILLER & JANE C. LOEFFLER, Nov. 29, 2003)
LETTERS: Cross-Dressing for Thanksgiving (2 Letters)
(By JESSE FEILER, et. al., Nov. 29, 2003)
LETTERS: Remnants of Sept. 11
(By MAURA LANDRY, Nov. 29, 2003)
* LETTERS: Computers as Poets
[Creation can come only from one's own life experience and voice]
(By ILENE STARGER, Nov. 29, 2003)
LETTERS: An Act of Courage and Love [Dowd's niece's liver donation]
(By FRANK T. ZOTTO, Nov. 29, 2003)
BUSINESS: Share Prices Are Flat in Light Post-Holiday Trading
[Dow +3, Nasdaq +7] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 29, 2003)
* Apartment Glut Forces Owners to Cut Rents in Much of U.S.
(By DAVID LEONHARDT, Nov. 29, 2003)
Oil Producer in Russia Halts a Deal
(By ERIN E. ARVEDLUND, Nov. 29, 2003)
Move Over Starbucks, Juan Valdez Is Coming
(By SHERRI DAY, Nov. 29, 2003)
* They're Off and Shopping, but Seeking Sales
(By TRACIE ROZHON, Nov. 29, 2003)
Holiday Crowds May Not Help Travel Industry
(By MICHELINE MAYNARD, Nov. 29, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Politics Rescue Euro From Stability Agreement
(By MARK LANDLER, Nov. 29, 2003)
Chip Sales Rose 6.8% in October
(By REUTERS, Nov. 29, 2003)
* ARTS: Helping an Old French Art to Rise [Steven L. Kaplan & French bread]
(By DEBORAH BALDWIN, Nov. 29, 2003)
* ART CRITIC: Vision vs. Symbols and Politics at Ground Zero
(By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Nov. 29, 2003)
* BOOKS: AN APPRECIATION: A Critic Whose Scholarship Gleamed With His Writing
(By BENJAMIN IVRY, Nov. 29, 2003)
MUSIC: Learning to Like the Image in the Mirror [Pink]
(By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, Nov. 29, 2003)
MUSIC: HUGO WOLF: Hugo Wolf Songs in Two Styles
(By ANNE MIDGETTE, Nov. 29, 2003)
MUSIC: ANTOINE TAMESTIT: Giving the Solo Viola Its Due In Sounds Seductive and Raw
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Nov. 29, 2003)
* THEATER: Having Reshaped Broadway, Disney Readies a Second Act
(By JESSE McKINLEY, Nov. 29, 2003)
* TV: Networking on TV: A Feminine Touch ["The Cosby Show"]
(By FELICIA R. LEE, Nov. 29, 2003)
Friday, November 28, 2003:
On This Day: November 28 (Jean-Baptiste Lully 11/28/1632-3/22/1687, William Blake 11/28/1757-8/12/1827,
William Froude 11/28/1810-5/4/1879, Friedrich Engels 11/28/1820-8/5/1895,
Helen Magill White 11/28/1853-10/28/1944, Henry Bacon 11/28/1866-2/16/1924, Jose Iturbi 11/28/1895-6/30/1973,
Berry Gordy Jr. 1939, Hope Lange 1931, Gary Hart 1936, Randy Newman 1943,
Susan Spencer 1946, Paul Shaffer 1949)
* Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill at Teheran Talks; 1500 More Tons of Bombs Dropped on Berlin
(By JAMES B. RESTON, November 28, 1943)
* Nancy Mitford, Author, Dead; Satiric Novelist and Essayist
[11/28/1904-6/30/1973] (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, July 1, 1973)
Jane Evans, 59, Executive and Women's Advocate, Dies
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Nov. 28, 2003)
Cleo Athenos Stark, Modern Dancer, Dies at 95
(NY TIMES, Nov. 28, 2003)
NATIONAL: Financing Moves by 2 Democrats Recast Early Campaign Fights
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Nov. 28, 2003)
Democrats Temper Praise for Bush Visit With Criticism
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Nov. 28, 2003)
Scholars of Twang Track All the 'Y'Alls' in Texas
(By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Nov. 28, 2003)
Study Finds Improvement in Finances for States
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 28, 2003)
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: At Malvo's Trial, a Judge Much in Charge
(By ADAM LIPTAK, Nov. 28, 2003)
* In Hawaii, Recipes for Thanksgiving Include Blending Customs
(By MICHELE KAYAL, Nov. 28, 2003)
Chimp Veterans of Science Laboratories Will Soon Get Own Retirement Haven
(By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Nov. 28, 2003)
University Student Is Missing; North Dakota Town Is Shaken
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 28, 2003)
Schwarzenegger Paroles Killer
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 28, 2003)
WHITE HOUSE MEMO: When Foreign Policy Aims and Campaign Needs Clash
(By DAVID E. SANGER, Nov. 28, 2003)
* WORLD: Bush Returns From Secretive Trip to Visit Troops in Iraq
(By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Nov. 28, 2003)
* THE PRESIDENT: Surprise Guest Makes the Meal Worth the Wait
(By TERENCE HUNT, Associated Press, Nov. 28, 2003)
* MEDIA: Amid Tight Secrecy, a Tip: Bush Is Going to Baghdad
(By JACQUES STEINBERG and JIM RUTENBERG, Nov. 28, 2003)
POLITICS: Meeting of Iraqi Leaders Gives Lift to U.S. Plan on Power Shift
(By JOEL BRINKLEY, Nov. 28, 2003)
At Least 160 Die in Congo Ferry Accident
(By REUTERS, Nov. 28, 2003)
Senator Clinton, in Afghanistan, Calls for More Foreign Troops
(By DAVID ROHDE, Nov. 28, 2003)
NY REGION: New Light on Old F.B.I. Fight
(By MIREYA NAVARRO, Nov. 28, 2003)
Stuck in the Present Tense, Pointing to the Twin Towers
(By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Nov. 28, 2003)
PUBLIC LIVES: Giving Voice to Last Words From the Holocaust
(By CHRIS HEDGES, Nov. 28, 2003)
NYC: Red, White and Creepy? Could Be Santa
(By CLYDE HABERMAN, Nov. 28, 2003)
SPORTS: Red Sox Ace Out the Yankees and Get Schilling for 3 Years
(By RAFAEL HERMOSO, Nov. 28, 2003)
Tiger Woods Engaged to Swedish Girlfriend
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 28, 2003)
Krause Prepares for the Next Stage of His Life
(By IRA BERKOW, Nov. 28, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Holding Down Drug Prices
(NY TIMES, Nov. 28, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Good News [world economy]
(By PAUL KRUGMAN, Nov. 28, 2003)
OP-ED: Telling the Truth, Facing the Whip
(By MANSOUR AL-NOGAIDAN, Nov. 28, 2003)
OP-ED: We Are Where We Shop
(By SHARON ZUKIN, Nov. 28, 2003)
OP-ED: Why We Need Gays in the Military
(By NATHANIEL FRANK, Nov. 28, 2003)
LETTERS: China's Hazy Battle With a Scourge (3 Letters)
(By OANNE CSETE, et. al., Nov. 28, 2003)
LETTERS: Presidential TV Ads
(By PAUL MARX, Nov. 28, 2003)
BUSINESS: Foreign Stocks Mixed, With Japan Up
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 28, 2003)
Medicare Plan for Competition Faces Hurdles
(By MILT FREUDENHEIM, Nov. 28, 2003)
Russian Oil Companies Suspend $11 Billion Merger
(By ERIN E. ARVEDLUND, Nov. 28, 2003)
Retailers Usher in the Holiday Season
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 28, 2003)
ADVERTISING: No Tinsel, No Santa: Holiday Ads for the Jaded
(By STUART ELLIOTT, Nov. 28, 2003)
The U.S. and China Test Bounds of Trade
(By KEITH BRADSHER, Nov. 28, 2003)
* Beware the Worm in Your Handset [cellphone virus]
(By KEN BELSON, Nov. 28, 2003)
* FLOYD NORRIS: The World Is Volatile, So Why Should Earnings Show Smooth Gains?
(By FLOYD NORRIS, Nov. 28, 2003)
Lloyd Webber Seeks Piece of Time Warner Deal
(By HEATHER TIMMONS, Nov. 28, 2003)
* ART: ARSHILE GORKY: Poet of Line and Color
(By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Nov. 28, 2003)
ART: In Two Shows, a New Latino Essence, Remixed and Redistilled
(By HOLLAND COTTER, Nov. 28, 2003)
* ART: 'BLACK BELT': A Cornucopia of Cultural Exchange
(By ROBERTA SMITH, Nov. 28, 2003)
ART: 'FAST FORWARD': Alumni Return, Juxtaposing Past and Present
(By KEN JOHNSON, Nov. 28, 2003)
ART: John Wesley; Kelley Walker; Shirin Neshat
(By ROBERTA SMITH, Nov. 28, 2003)
* INSIDE ART: Museum Says No on Pollock ["Mural on Indian Red Ground" (1950)]
(By CAROL VOGEL, Nov. 28, 2003)
ANTIQUES: Made in America, Before 1776
(By WENDY MOONAN, Nov. 28, 2003)
DANCE: FLAMENCO: MARÍA BEN&Icute;TEZ TEATRO FLAMENCO:
A Dancer Shows How Rhythm Can Set Fire to a Flirtation
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Nov. 28, 2003)
MUSIC CRITIC: Old Songs Revisited by Voices of Today
(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Nov. 28, 2003)
MUSIC: NY PHILHARMONIC: Under a Baton in a Younger Hand
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Nov. 28, 2003)
OPERA: 'GUGLIELMO RATCLIFF': Rare Work Drenched in Gore With a Stalker as Protagonist
(By JEREMY EICHLER, Nov. 28, 2003)
POP: RUFUS WAINWRIGHT: Vicious World Inflicts Bruises, but the Humor Is Optional
(By JON PARELES, Nov. 28, 2003)
* THEATER: ON STAGE AND OFF: Creative Dying
(By JASON ZINOMAN, Nov. 28, 2003)
THEATER: 'BUTLEY': So Sad It's Funny, and Getting Sadder
(By BRUCE WEBER, Nov. 28, 2003)
THEATER: LAUSANNE JOURNAL: For a Medieval Cathedral, a Made-in-America Organ
(By MARK LANDLER, Nov. 28, 2003)
TV: 'STEALING CHRISTMAS': A Crook Blunders Into Christmas Redemption
(By RON WERTHEIMER, Nov. 28, 2003)
Thursday, November 27, 2003:
On This Day: November 27 (Anders Celsious 11/27/1701-4/25/1744, Robert Livingston 11/27/1746-2/26/1813,
Fanny Kemble 11/27/1809-1/15/1893, Charles Beard 1127/1874-9/1/1948, James Agee 11/27/1909-5/16/1955,
Alexander Dubcek 11/27/1921-11/7/1992, Jimi Hendrix 11/27/1942-9/18/1970, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg 1957)
Ford Is Approved By Senate, 92-3; House Set To Act
(By MARJORIE HUNTER, November 27, 1973)
* Chaim Weizmann Of Israel Is Dead at 77
[11/27/1874-9/9/1952] (NY Times, November 9, 1952)
Donald Gratz, Metal Craftsman, Dies at 68
(By MICHELLE O'DONNELL, Nov. 27, 2003)
Teddy Wilburn, 71, Nashville Music Star, Dies
(By PHIL SWEETLAND, Nov. 27, 2003)
Hal Walker, 70, Television Correspondent, Dies
(NY TIMES, Nov. 27, 2003)
Audrey B. Love, 100, a Patron of the Arts, Dies
(By THOMAS J. LUECK, Nov. 27, 2003)
Marjorie Deane, 80, Authority on Fashion, Dies
(By NORA KRUG, Nov. 27, 2003)
NATIONAL: Rights Figure Illicitly Aided the Chinese [Gao Zhan]
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 27, 2003)
Broad Bills Stuffed With Lawmakers' Pet Items
(By ROBERT PEAR and MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Nov. 27, 2003)
Group Wants Investigation of Police Tactics at Miami Trade Talks
(By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Nov. 27, 2003)
EDUCATION: School Is Haven When Children Have No Home
(By SAM DILLON, Nov. 27, 2003)
H.I.V. Infections Continue Rise, Study Says
(By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Nov. 27, 2003)
* For Right Price, a Bit of the Moon, Perhaps [see below: Lot 402]
(By KENNETH CHANG, Nov. 27, 2003)
* Lot 402: Moon Landing Presentational Desk Set [Reserve: $50,000]
(www.lelands.com, Nov. 27, 2003)
House, Painting and Wife Join in Kerry Financing
(By BENJAMIN WEISER and TODD S. PURDUM, Nov. 27, 2003)
Dean Pauses to Reflect on a Brother's Long Trip Home
(By JODI WILGOREN, Nov. 27, 2003)
Deposition Lists Lucrative Deals for Bush Brother
(By REUTERS, Nov. 27, 2003)
Four Children Die of Flu in Colorado
(By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 27, 2003)
Astronauts Reporting Odd Noise
(By WARREN E. LEARY, Nov. 27, 2003)
INTELLIGENCE: U.S. to Shift Some Experts From Arms to Antiterror
(By DOUGLAS JEHL, Nov. 27, 2003)
WORLD: U.S. Plan in Iraq to Shift Control Hits Major Snag
(By JOEL BRINKLEY and IAN FISHER, Nov. 27, 2003)
U.N. Atom Agency Gives Iran Both a Slap and a Pass
(By MARK LANDLER, Nov. 27, 2003)
Attacks on G.I.'s in Mosul Rise as Good Will Fades
(By DEXTER FILKINS, Nov. 27, 2003)
Georgian Opposition Unites Behind a Single Candidate
(By SETH MYDANS, Nov. 27, 2003)
Turkish Town's Despair Breeds Terrorists, Residents Fear
(By FRANK BRUNI, Nov. 27, 2003)
Fate of Idle Ex-Fighters Poses Challenge for Liberia
(By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Nov. 27, 2003)
* LONDON JOURNAL: Palace Snoop Reveals All, Down to (Gasp!) Tupperware
(By LIZETTE ALVAREZ, Nov. 27, 2003)
Times of London Shrinks
(By REUTERS, Nov. 27, 2003)
NY REGION: The Perfect Fit of a Marching Band
(By KIRK JOHNSON, Nov. 27, 2003)
Macy's Informs 'Mrs. Claus': It's a Parade; It's Not a Pulpit
(By MICHAEL BRICK, Nov. 27, 2003)
* BLOCKS: Seeking the Sublime in the Simple to Mark 9/11
(By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Nov. 27, 2003)
For a Republican Squabble, $25 Million Worth of Balm [Tom DeLay]
(By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, Nov. 27, 2003)
SPORTS: Boston Officials Woo Schilling Face to Face
(NY TIMES, Nov. 27, 2003)
SPORTS: THG Tipster Deserves Special Note of Thanks
(By DAVE ANDERSON, Nov. 27, 2003)
EDITORIALS: A Celebration With Darker Currents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 27, 2003)
* EDITORIALS: How Women Won the Holidays
(By GAIL COLLINS, Nov. 27, 2003)
* EDITORIALS: The Blessings of Having Just Enough
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Nov. 27, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Letter From Tikrit [From: Saddam Hussein]
(By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Nov. 27, 2003)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Give Thanks and Life [niece's liver donation]
(By MAUREEN DOWD, Nov. 27, 2003)
OP-ED: The Un-Pilgrims
(By RUSSELL SHORTO, Nov. 27, 2003)
OP-ART: Hot for Turkey
(By JAMES GRASHOW, Nov. 27, 2003)
LETTERS: Medicare Transformed: The Policy and the Politics (8 Letters)
(By DANIEL D'AREZZO, et. al., Nov. 27, 2003)
* LETTERS: Is the U.S. a Success, or a Work in Progress? (5 Letters)
(By GINO DALPIAZ, et. al., Nov. 27, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Gain Again on the Strength of Economic Reports
[Dow +16, Nasdaq +10] (By Associated Press, Nov. 27, 2003)
Ford Chairman, Now Confident of Turnaround, Expects a Profit
(By DANNY HAKIM, Nov. 27, 2003)
Subway Chain Chooses Coke, Displacing Pepsi
(By SHERRI DAY, Nov. 27, 2003)
Drug Company Halts Trials of Procrit
(By ANDREW POLLACK, Nov. 27, 2003)
* ECONOMIC SCENE: Who Controls Health Care Costs?
(By JEFF MADRICK, Nov. 27, 2003)
ART: Damien Hirst Makes a Strategic Purchase: His Own Work
(By CAROL VOGEL, Nov. 27, 2003)
* BOOKS: On Acknowledgments, the Inquisition Was Easier
(By SAM ROBERTS, Nov. 27, 2003)
DANCE: Bolshoi Ballet Told to Rehire the Ballerina It Dismissed
(By SOPHIA KISHKOVSKY, Nov. 27, 2003)
DANCE: NYC BALLET: Celebrating Balanchine, From Kinky to Classic
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Nov. 27, 2003)
HIP-HOP: Jay-Z Raps on the Fly Like a Man Set to Die
(By KELEFA SANNEH, Nov. 27, 2003)
JAZZ: LEE KONITZ: A $400 Cake Wasn't Served, but the Band Played On
(By BEN RATLIFF, Nov. 27, 2003)
THE POP LIFE: Johnny Cash's Legacy of Emotions, on CD's
(By NEIL STRAUSS, Nov. 27, 2003)
THEATER: 'CULTURE CLASH IN AMERICCA': Listening to the Nation Through Latino Voices
(By BRUCE WEBER, Nov. 27, 2003)
CIRCUITS: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 27, 2003)
TV Maze: A Survival Guide
(By SETH SCHIESEL, Nov. 27, 2003)
* Decoding the New Cues in Online Society
(By MICHAEL ERARD, Nov. 27, 2003)
* STATE OF THE ART: Where Thanks Are Due
(By DAVID POGUE, Nov. 27, 2003)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Fruit of the Vine Beckons From Afar
(By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Nov. 27, 2003)
'Portable' Number, Just Out of Reach
(By DAVID F. GALLAGHER, Nov. 27, 2003)
HOW IT WORKS: The Microwave Graduates From Sous-Chef to Star
(By IAN AUSTEN, Nov. 27, 2003)
A Bulge in Misses 8? Digital Scanners Resize America
(By MARCIA BIEDERMAN, Nov. 27, 2003)
* ONLINE DIARY: Changing Thanksgiving Tastes and Weird Stories
(Pamela LiCalzi O'Connell, Nov. 27, 2003)
A Projector for Your Carry-On
(Michel Marriott, Nov. 27, 2003)
Looking for the Perfect Beat? Create One of Your Own
(Henry Fountain, Nov. 27, 2003)
* WHAT'S NEXT: On a Cheap Plastic Grid, Gigabytes Galore
(By ANNE EISENBERG, Nov. 27, 2003)
The Keyboard as Pencil Box and All-Around Clutter Buster
(By IAN AUSTEN, Nov. 27, 2003)
Hearing Aid and Cellphone Call a Truce
(By MARC WEINGARTEN, Nov. 27, 2003)
A Small Package Up to the Big Job of Simultaneous Recording
(By IVAN BERGER, Nov. 27, 2003)
* Q & A: Sweep With a Scanner, Vacuum a Printed Page
(By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Nov. 27, 2003)
Wednesday, November 26, 2003:
On This Day: November 26 (William Cowper 11/26/1731-4/25/1800, Norber Wiener 11/26/1894-3/18/1964,
Eugène Ionesco 11/26/1909-3/28/1994, Eric Sevareid 11/26/1912-7/9/1992,
Robert Goulet 1933, Rich Little 1938, Tina Turner 1939)
Full 'Gas' Rationing Dec. 1 Ordered by President Roosevelt
(NY Times, November 26, 1942)
* Charles M. Schulz, 'Peanuts' Creator, Dies at 77
[11/26/1922-2/12/2000] (By SARAH BOXER, February 14, 2000)
* Eugene Kleiner, Early Promoter of Silicon Valley, Dies at 80
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 26, 2003)
W. Fred Turner, 81, Who Defended Indigent in Key Trial, Dies
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Nov. 26, 2003)
Teddy Randazzo, Who Wrote Hundreds of Popular Songs, Dies at 68
(NY TIMES, Nov. 26, 2003)
David Stern, 94, of 'Francis, the Talking Mule,' Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 26, 2003)
Bubba Hyde, 95, Negro Leagues Star, Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 26, 2003)
John H. Magoon, 87, Hawaiian Air Owner, Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 26, 2003)
Dola de Jong, 92, Author of Mystery Novels, Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 26, 2003)
NATIONAL: Debt Is Seen Taking Toll on Jackson's Lavish Style
(By CHARLIE LeDUFF & LAURA M. HOLSON, Nov. 26, 2003)
Even With Bush's Support, Wide-Ranging Legislation May Have Been Sunk by Excess
(By CARL HULSE, Nov. 26, 2003)
Some Experts Foresee Revolt by Elderly Over Drug Benefits
(By GARDINER HARRIS, Nov. 26, 2003)
Gays Respond: 'I Do,' 'I Might' and 'I Won't'
(By PAM BELLUCK, Nov. 26, 2003)
Schwarzenegger Aide Offers First List of Proposed Budget Cuts
(By DEAN E. MURPHY, Nov. 26, 2003)
* ON EDUCATION: Pilgrims, No Thanks in Mohawk Country
(By MICHAEL WINERIP, Nov. 26, 2003)
WORLD: 800 in Colombia Lay Down Arms, Kindling Peace Hopes
(By JUAN FORERO, Nov. 26, 2003)
Army Says Troop Rotation Into Iraq Poses Increased Danger
(By THOM SHANKER, Nov. 26, 2003)
LETTER FROM AFRICA: The Lesson of Somalia: Just a Humpty Dumpty Story?
(By MARC LACEY, Nov. 26, 2003)
Hunger Worsens in Many Lands, U.N. Says
(By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Nov. 26, 2003)
NY REGION: PUBLIC LIVES: Saving Animals Is Ex-Pastor's New Mission
(By NORA KRUG, Nov. 26, 2003)
* INVENTION FOR 900 HANDS: At Steinway, Union Talks and Credit Woes Come Together
(By JAMES BARRON, Nov. 26, 2003)
ABOUT NEW YORK: From an Alabama Sousaphone, a Fanfare for the City
(By DAN BARRY, Nov. 26, 2003)
SPORTS: Dozens Offer a Kidney to Mourning
(By CHRIS BROUSSARD, Nov. 26, 2003)
* SPORTS: Detecting a Lineage From Spahn to Schilling
(By IRA BERKOW, Nov. 26, 2003)
Schilling and the Red Sox Planning to Meet Today
(By RAFAEL HERMOSO, Nov. 26, 2003)
An Athlete's Dangerous Experiment
(By JERE LONGMAN, Nov. 26, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Licenses for Illegal Immigrants
(NY TIMES, Nov. 26, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Boeing's Tawdry Deal
(NY TIMES, Nov. 26, 2003)
EDITORIALS: The Shrinking Snows of Kilimanjaro
(NY TIMES, Nov. 26, 2003)
OP-ED: Don't Tell the Pope
(By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Nov. 26, 2003)
OP-ED: The Magical Solution
(By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Nov. 26, 2003)
OP-ED: Memorials Without a Memory
(By DENNIS SMITH, Nov. 26, 2003)
OP-ED: You Better Watch Out
(By HARVEY FIERSTEIN, Nov. 26, 2003)
LETTERS: The Candidates and the Draft (5 Letters)
(By TERRY HAMBLIN, et. al., Nov. 26, 2003)
LETTERS: A 9/11 Memorial for the Living (2 Letters)
(By DAVID GRUBER, et. al., Nov. 26, 2003)
LETTERS: Preparing for the Feast? Read This First (4 Letters)
(By PATTI BREITMAN, et. al., Nov. 26, 2003)
LETTERS: Evidence Against Iraq (2 Letters)
(By FRITZ STERN, Nov. 26, 2003)
BUSINESS: S&P Gains for a 3rd Day, Led by Financial Shares
[Dow +16, Nasdaq -4] (By Bloomberg News, Nov. 26, 2003)
MARKET PLACE: A Man of His Word [Eliot Spitzer]
(By PATRICK MCGEEHAN, Nov. 26, 2003)
* ADVERTISING: Bold Clothes and Thin TV's Top Lists
(By TRACIE ROZHON, Nov. 26, 2003)
Force in Hewlett-Compaq Merger Resigns [Jeffrey J. Clarke]
(By STEVE LOHR, Nov. 26, 2003)
* PORTFOLIOS: Gold Rush May Continue, but With Tempered Expectations
(By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Nov. 26, 2003)
ART: Gothic Treasures From an England of Chaos, Catholicism and Visual Splendor
(By ALAN RIDING, Nov. 26, 2003)
FILM: 'THE MISSING': On a Trail to Fixing a Broken Family
(By ELVIS MITCHELL, Nov. 26, 2003)
FILM: 'IN AMERICA': Charming Illegal Aliens Facing Family Upheaval
(By A. O. SCOTT, Nov. 26, 2003)
JAZZ: TORD GUSTAVSEN: A Nightclub Made Churchlike by Softness of Sound and Touch
(By BEN RATLIFF, Nov. 26, 2003)
MUSIC: MITSUKO UCHIDA: Taking Beethoven's Cue, Even at His Wildest
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Nov. 26, 2003)
POP: JOHN MAYER: Modesty Becomes a Songwriter
(By JON PARELES, Nov. 26, 2003)
POP: BROADCAST; MANITOBA: Carefully Plotted Noise as a Tool, Not Chaos
(By JON PARELES, Nov. 26, 2003)
FOOD & DINING: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 26, 2003)
How to Set the Table, and Why: The Short Course
(By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Nov. 26, 2003)
A Garden of Eden Where Luxury Is No Sin
(By GUY TREBAY, Nov. 26, 2003)
A Holiday Ride From the Internet to the Table
(By MARIAN BURROS, Nov. 26, 2003)
AT MY TABLE | NIGELLA LAWSON: Before the Main Event You Still Have to Eat
(By NIGELLA LAWSON, Nov. 26, 2003)
THE MINIMALIST: Blending Italy in a Pan
(By MARK BITTMAN, Nov. 26, 2003)
Recipe: Seared Halibut With Anchovies, Capers and Garlic
(By MARK BITTMAN, Nov. 26, 2003)
Family Stuffing, Forged by Fire
(By SUSAN GUERRERO, Nov. 26, 2003)
Recipe: Corn Bread Chorizo Stuffing
(By SUSAN GUERRERO, Nov. 26, 2003)
HEALTH: Spread of AIDS Fast Outpacing Response
(By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Nov. 26, 2003)
Tuesday, November 25, 2003:
On This Day: November 25 (Lope de Vega 11/25/1562-8/27/1635, Maria Henrietta 11/25/1609-9/10/1669,
John Begelow 11/25/1817-12/19/1911, Joseph Krutch 11/25/1893-5/22/1970, Virgil Thomson 11/25/1896-9/30/1989,
Lewis Thomas 11/25/1913-12/3/1993, Jow DiMaggio 11/25/1914-3/8/1999, Ricardo Mantalban 1920,
Kathryn Crosby 1933, Amy Grant 1960)
Iran Payment Found Diverted To Contras; Reagan Security Adviser And Aide Are Out
(By BERNARD WEINRAUB, November 25, 1986)
* Andrew Carnegie Started as a Bobbin Boy, Dies at 83
[11/25/1835-8/11/1919] (NY Times, August 12, 1919)
* Warren Spahn, Left-Handed Ace, Dies at 82
(By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Nov. 25, 2003)
* Hugh Kenner, Commentator on Literary Modernism, Dies at 80
(By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, Nov. 25, 2003)
Paul J. Haskins, 62, Editor at The Times, Dies
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Nov. 25, 2003)
NATIONAL: Sniper Jury Cites Lack of Sorrow for Death Sentence
(By JAMES DAO, Nov. 25, 2003)
Drug Makers Move Closer to Big Victory
(By GARDINER HARRIS, Nov. 25, 2003)
Vow to Rebuild Burned Holocaust Museum
(By JO NAPOLITANO, Nov. 25, 2003)
NASA Seeks $220 Million for Shuttle Safety Measures
(By MATTHEW L. WALD, Nov. 25, 2003)
Lawyer for Church Says He Hid His Own Sexual Abuse by Priest
(By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Nov. 25, 2003)
Technological Dub Erases a Bush Flub for a Republican Ad
(By JIM RUTENBERG, Nov. 25, 2003)
Rivals Attack Dean at Debate, Focusing on Medicare
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Nov. 25, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Ignoring a Forest for the Tree Trimming
(By MATTHEW L. WALD, Nov. 25, 2003)
WORLD: U.S. Acquiesces to Allies on New Iran Nuclear Resolution
(By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Nov. 25, 2003)
NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Theft of Cobalt in Iraq Prompts Security Inquiry
(By JOHN F. BURNS, Nov. 25, 2003)
CASUALTIES: Revising Report, Army Denies Throats of 2 G.I.'s Were Cut
(By DEXTER FILKINS, Nov. 25, 2003)
Moscow Talking of Arson as Fire Toll Climbs to 36
(By SOPHIA KISHKOVSKY, Nov. 25, 2003)
* SAHARA JOURNAL: Camel Crossing Ahead: A New Sahara Highway
(By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Nov. 25, 2003)
Goodbye Bush, Hello Chirac: Blair Nurtures European Ties
(By SARAH LYALL, Nov. 25, 2003)
Interim Leaders in Georgia Act Quickly to Establish Stability
(By SETH MYDANS, Nov. 25, 2003)
NY REGION: At Ground Zero, a Stream of Commuters and Tears
(By MICHAEL LUO, Nov. 25, 2003)
* The Men Who Saved the Relics of 9/11
(By GLENN COLLINS, Nov. 25, 2003)
Surgery on Conjoined Twins Is Step Toward Separation
(By DENISE GRADY, Nov. 25, 2003)
A Merger Maker Who Learned to Think Small
(By LYDIA POLGREEN, Nov. 25, 2003)
* NYC: In Journalism, Only the Good Die Poor [saint vs. sinner]
(By CLYDE HABERMAN, Nov. 25, 2003)
SPORTS: Mourning's Dedication Won Him Admiration
(By STEVE POPPER, Nov. 25, 2003)
SPORTS: Being Told It's Over, and Finally Listening [Alonzo Mourning]
(By HARVEY ARATON, Nov. 25, 2003)
BASEBALL: Schilling Now Has One Foot in Fenway
(By TYLER KEPNER, Nov. 25, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Iran's Nuclear Menace
(NY TIMES, Nov. 25, 2003)
EDITORIALS: What's Your Phone Number?
(NY TIMES, Nov. 25, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Rushing, With Dignity, for the Exit [Eduard Shevardnadze]
(NY TIMES, Nov. 25, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Uncivil War
(By PAUL KRUGMAN, Nov. 25, 2003)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Refuting the Cynics
(By DAVID BROOKS, Nov. 25, 2003)
OP-ED: The Three-State Solution
(By LESLIE H. GELB, Nov. 25, 2003)
LETTERS: Gay Marriage and Our Society (5 Letters)
(By LINDA ZIMMERMAN, et. al., Nov. 25, 2003)
LETTERS: Produce Is Vital. Is It Dangerous? (2 Letters)
(By SUZANNE GARLAND, et. al., Nov. 25, 2003)
LETTERS: 9/11 Memorial Process
(By JERROLD NADLER, Nov. 25, 2003)
LETTERS: Bush, Fear and F.D.R.
(By CELIA TAWIL, Nov. 25, 2003)
LETTERS: Using Force Intelligently
(By GABRIEL MORAN, Nov. 25, 2003)
LETTERS: Michael Jackson Spectacle
(By MATT OXMAN, Nov. 25, 2003)
LETTERS: 'Anti-American' Papers? [UK's Guardian & Independent]
(By EUGENE BILLAM, Nov. 25, 2003)
BUSINESS: Investors' Anticipation Lifts Shares Out of the Doldrums
[Dow +119, Nasdaq +53] (By Reuters, Nov. 25, 2003)
Time Warner Sells Music Unit [Seagram heir Edgar Bronfman Jr.]
(By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Nov. 25, 2003)
ADVERTISING: Nielsen Offers More Details on Lost Viewers
(By STUART ELLIOTT, Nov. 25, 2003)
BUSINESS TRAVEL: Women Help Hotels Adjust Their Security
(By PATRICIA R. OLSEN, Nov. 25, 2003)
* TECHNOLOGY: The Lines Are Busy as Cellphone Clients Switch
(By MATT RICHTEL, Nov. 25, 2003)
ARTS: Young Ideas for Solemn Sites [WTC Memorial]
(By FELICIA R. LEE, Nov. 25, 2003)
DANCE: RIEDEL DANCE THEATER: Making a Small Stage Seem to Swell in Dimension
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Nov. 25, 2003)
THEATER: Big Daddy Speaks Out
(By ROBIN POGREBIN, Nov. 25, 2003)
THEATER: 'THE COOK': Standing Guard in the Kitchen as the Castro Revolution Arrives
(By BRUCE WEBER, Nov. 25, 2003)
SCIENCE: Contents
(NY TINMES, Nov. 25, 2003)
* SCIENCE: A Course in Evolution, Taught by Chimps
(By NICHOLAS WADE, Nov. 25, 2003)
* SCIENCE: Thanksgiving Forecast: Potential Fireworks on the Sun [Region 507]
(By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Nov. 25, 2003)
H.I.V. Secrecy Is Proving Deadly
(By HOWARD MARKEL, Nov. 25, 2003)
Japan and Russia Turn to Nature to Bridge Vast Chasm in the Sea
(By JAMES BROOKE, Nov. 25, 2003)
* Fast-Food Nation Is Taking Its Toll on Black Bears, Too
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Nov. 25, 2003)
South Florida Freezes Are Linked to Draining of Wetlands
(By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Nov. 25, 2003)
* Big Step in Conductivity: More Sociable Particles [Bose-Einstein condensate]
(By KENNETH CHANG, Nov. 25, 2003)
* Q & A: Twins and Allergies
(By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Nov. 25, 2003)
HEALTH: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 25, 2003)
HEALTH: The Delicate Balance of Pain and Addiction
(By BARRY MEIER, Nov. 25, 2003)
A CONVERSATION WITH Young Killer: Bad Seed or Work in Progress?
(By ERICA GOODE, Nov. 25, 2003)
Barriers Fall for Disabled Medical Students
(By LINDA VILLAROSA, Nov. 25, 2003)
Health Officials Concerned by Rise in Syphilis Cases
(By DAVID TULLER, Nov. 25, 2003)
Hidden Arsenic in Older Play Sets
(By ELIZABETH OLSON, Nov. 25, 2003)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Give More Joy to Your World: Cut Holiday Stress
(By JANE E. BRODY, Nov. 25, 2003)
CASES: Pertussis, Conquered Yet a Threat
(By CHRISTINE CONTILLO, Nov. 25, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Sports Medicine: For Concussions, Bench Remedy
(By JOHN O'NEIL, Nov. 25, 2003)
Monday, November 24, 2003:
On This Day: November 24 (Benedict Spinoza 11/24/1632-2/21/1677, Laurence Sterne 11/24/1713-3/18/1768,
Junipero Serra 11/24/1713-8/28/1784, Zachary Taylor 11/24/1784-7/9/1850, Cass Gilbert 11/24/1859-5/17/1934,
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 11/24/1864-9/9/1901, Scott Joplin 11/24/1868-4/1/1917, Itzhak Ben-Zvi 11/24/1884-4/23/1963,
Margaret Anderson 11/24/1886-10/18/1973, William F. Buckley 1925, Pete Best 1941)
President's Assassin Shot To Death In Jail Corridor by a Dallas Citizen
(By GLADWIN HILL, November 24, 1963)
* Dale Carnegie, Author, Is Dead at 66
[11/24/1888-11/1/1955] (NY Times, November 2, 1955)
Clare Le Corbeiller, Curator at the Met, Dies at 71
(By ROBERTA SMITH, Nov. 24, 2003)
Tony Thompson, 48, Drummer Who Helped to Define Disco, Dies
(By JON PARELES, Nov. 24, 2003)
Speedy West, 79, Steel-Guitar Innovator, Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 24, 2003)
NATIONAL: Study Links Higher Speed Limits to Deaths
(By DANNY HAKIM, Nov. 24, 2003)
Bison Roam in the Refuge, but That's on a Reservation
(By JIM ROBBINS, Nov. 24, 2003)
Candidates Plan Responses to G.O.P. Commercial on Terrorism
(By JIM RUTENBERG, Nov. 24, 2003)
Dean's New Challenge: Reaching Black Voters
(By JODI WILGOREN, Nov. 24, 2003)
Gephardt Attacks Dean's Record as Governor of Vermont
(By RACHEL L. SWARNS, Nov. 24, 2003)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: In Hour to Shine, an Envoy Instead Shuns the Spotlight
(By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Nov. 24, 2003)
WORLD: A Paper Trail Follows Iraqi Merchants of Tyranny
(By JOEL BRINKLEY, Nov. 24, 2003)
Georgian Leader Agrees to Resign, Ending Standoff
(By SETH MYDANS, Nov. 24, 2003)
2 G.I.'s, Throats Slashed, Found Dead After Rock-Throwing Attack on Car in Northern City
(By IAN FISHER and DEXTER FILKINS, Nov. 24, 2003)
The Other Conflict Continues to Take a G.I. Toll
(By DAVID ROHDE, Nov. 24, 2003)
Democrats' Win in Hong Kong May Hurt Them in Long Run
(By KEITH BRADSHER, Nov. 24, 2003)
RIYADH JOURNAL: Seeing the Funny Side of Islamic Law, and Not Seeing It
(By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Nov. 24, 2003)
Turks Say to Europe: Can't We Just Come as We Are?
(By CRAIG S. SMITH, Nov. 24, 2003)
Fire Kills 32 Foreign Students in Moscow
(By REUTERS, Nov. 24, 2003)
NY REGION: Again, Trains Put the World in Trade Center
(By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Nov. 24, 2003)
From Philippines, With Scrubs
(By JOSEPH BERGER, Nov. 24, 2003)
UPPER WEST SIDE JOURNAL: Hands Off Bird, and Don't Even Utter Cranberry Sauce
(By PATRICK HEALY, Nov. 24, 2003)
METRO MATTERS: Gentle Waters, Reflecting This City?
(By JOYCE PURNICK, Nov. 24, 2003)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary
(By JOE ROGERS, Nov. 24, 2003)
SPORTS: No Quick Rodriguez Deal, Agent Says
(By TYLER KEPNER, Nov. 24, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Microsoft's Monopoly, in Europe
(NY TIMES, Nov. 24, 2003)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Missing Links Found
(By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Nov. 24, 2003)
OP-ED: About a Turkey
(By PATRICK MARTINS, Nov. 24, 2003)
LETTERS: The Doctors and the Drug Makers (6 Letters)
(By HENRY WU, M.D., et. al., Nov. 24, 2003)
LETTERS: Michael Jackson, in Perspective
(By SANDRA BUCHHOLZ, Nov. 24, 2003)
LETTERS: Voices of 9/11
(By KARIN BARNABY, Nov. 24, 2003)
LETTERS: Trading Electronically
(By ROBERT G. BRITZ, Nov. 24, 2003)
BUSINESS: Bronfman Heir Plotting His Comeback, in Music
(By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK & ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Nov. 24, 2003)
* Reinventing Seventeen With a View to Middle America
(By DAVID CARR, Nov. 24, 2003)
No Golden Years Yet for a 75-Year-Old Mouse
(By LAURA M. HOLSON, Nov. 24, 2003)
Tremors From Rosie Trial Still Rattle Gruner & Jahr
(By DAVID CARR, Nov. 24, 2003)
OPENING PANDORA'S FLIP PHONE: New U.S. Rules on Cell Numbers Create Uncertainty
(By MATT RICHTEL, Nov. 24, 2003)
The Bells Struggle to Survive a Changing Telephone Game
(By SETH SCHIESEL, Nov. 24, 2003)
* NEW ECONOMY: Switching Allegiances in Computers
(By JOHN MARKOFF, Nov. 24, 2003)
* PATENTS: The Muse Is in the Software
[Ray Kurzweil's software allows a computer to create poetry by imitating
but not plagiarizing the styles and vocabularies of human poets.]
(By TERESA RIORDAN, Nov. 24, 2003)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: Developing Nations Begin to Embrace Internet Commerce
(By BOB TEDESCHI, Nov. 24, 2003)
ART CRITIC: A Building's Bold Spirit, Clad in Marble and Controversy [2 Columbus Circle]
(By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Nov. 24, 2003)
BOOKS: Recapturing a Childhood in a Prerevolutionary Eden
(By MIREYA NAVARRO, Nov. 24, 2003)
MUSIC NEW CD'S: A String Quartet? Philosophy? Whoa! [Nelly Furtado]
(By JON PARELES, Nov. 24, 2003)
THEATER: 'WONDERFUL TOWN': Sis, Today the Village, Tomorrow the World
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Nov. 24, 2003)
TV: Amid Some Storms, CBS Finds a Surge
(By BILL CARTER, Nov. 24, 2003)
Sunday, November 23, 2003:
On This Day: November 23 (Otto I 11/23/912-5/7/973, John Wallis 11/23/1616-10/28/1703,
Franklin Pierce 11/23/1804-10/8/1869, Billy the Kid 11/23/1859-7/14/1881, Karl Branting 11/23/1860-2/24/1925,
Manuel de Falla 11/23/1876-11/14/1946, Boris Karloff 11/23/1887-2/3/1969, Joe Eszterhas 1944, Susan Anspach 1945)
Ruined Berlin Afire After 2d Bombing; U. S. Planes Smash At Toulon and Sofia;
4 Japanese Destroyers Sunk In Battle
(By WILLIAM L. WORDEN, November 23, 1943)
* Erte, a Master of Fashion, Stage and Art Deco Design, Is Dead at 97
[11/23/1892-4/21/1990] (By ALAN RIDING, April 22, 1990)
Edward Schempp, Who Fought School Bible Readings, Dies at 95
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Nov. 23, 2003)
Gordon Onslow Ford, 90, a Parisian Surrealist Painter, Dies
(By By KEN JOHNSON, Nov. 23, 2003)
Bernard Brightman, 82, Compiler of Albums About Sex and Drugs, Dies
(By PETER KEEPNEWS, Nov. 23, 2003)
NATIONAL: Sharply Split, House Passes Broad Medicare Overhaul
(By ROBERT PEAR & ROBIN TONER, Nov. 23, 2003)
Food-Borne Illness From Produce on the Rise
(By MARIAN BURROS, Nov. 23, 2003)
F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies
(By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Nov. 23, 2003)
General Clark on the Hustings: Complexity and Contradiction
(By N. R. KLEINFIELD, Nov. 23, 2003)
Defense Portrays Sniper Suspect as Indoctrinated
(By ADAM LIPTAK, Nov. 23, 2003)
For Lawyer, It's Michael Jackson on Line 1, Scott Peterson on Line 2
(By DEAN E. MURPHY, Nov. 23, 2003)
Democrats Fault Ad, but See It as Sign of Success
(By JIM RUTENBERG, Nov. 23, 2003)
Labor Leaders Add Their Heft to Dean Rallies
(By MICHAEL SLACKMAN, Nov. 23, 2003)
POLITICAL POINTS: Civil Rights Job on His Mind [Al Sharpton]
(By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Nov. 23, 2003)
WORLD: Foes of Georgian Leader Storm Parliament
(By SETH MYDANS, Nov. 23, 2003)
Bombers Kill 14 in Iraq; Missile Hits Civilian Plane
(By IAN FISHER & DEXTER FILKINS, Nov. 23, 2003)
Under Pressure to Change, Saudis Debate Their Future
(By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Nov. 23, 2003)
U.N. Will Seek $300 Million for Reconstruction of Liberia
(By KIRK SEMPLE, Nov. 23, 2003)
Bomb Attacks Fail to Weaken Public Resolve of U.S. Allies
(By FRANK BRUNI, Nov. 23, 2003)
Iraqi Town Relishes Freedom, but Resentment Runs Beneath
(By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Nov. 23, 2003)
A Battlefield in Belgium Lifts a Curtain on the Past
(By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Nov. 23, 2003)
A Canadian Drama: Exit Bears, Pursued by Humans
(By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, Nov. 23, 2003)
Iraq Picks American as Ambassador to U.S.
(By SUSAN SACHS, Nov. 23, 2003)
NY REGION: On World Trade Center Memorial, Criticism Outstrips Praise
(By ALAN FEUER, Nov. 23, 2003)
Schenectady Hits a New Low, and There's No Edison in Sight
(By MICHELLE YORK, Nov. 23, 2003)
Finding the Intersection of Supply and Demand
(By ERIC LIPTON, Nov. 23, 2003)
SPORTS: AROUND THE MAJORS: Quiet Role of White Sox in Testing for Steroids
(By JACK CURRY, Nov. 23, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Campaigning in Wartime
(NY TIMES, Nov. 23, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Stonewalling the 9/11 Commission
(NY TIMES, Nov. 23, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Scaring Up Votes
(By MAUREEN DOWD, Nov. 23, 2003)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Way We Were [Marshall scholarships]
(By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Nov. 23, 2003)
OP-ED: Small-Town Gay America
(By ADAM GOODHEART, Nov. 23, 2003)
LETTERS: Preventing the Next Blackout (3 Letters)
(By GERALD ALBERT, Nov. 23, 2003)
Climate Lessons, Right From the Mountaintop (2 Letters)
(By PAUL R. EPSTEIN, M.D., et. al., Nov. 23, 2003)
BUSINESS: New Rules May Set Off a Cellphone Scramble
(By LYNNLEY BROWNING, Nov. 23, 2003)
MARKET WATCH: Pay Package at Risk? Quick, Get Creative
(By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Nov. 23, 2003)
ECONOMIC VIEW: How to Make the Deficit Look Smaller Than It Is
(By DANIEL GROSS, Nov. 23, 2003)
Fund Scandal Puts College Saving Plans on Alert
(By JOHN KIMELMAN, Nov. 23, 2003)
* BOOK VALUE: Lessons From a Maverick Chief Executive [Sidney Harman]
(By WILLIAM J. HOLSTEIN, Nov. 23, 2003)
ADDED VALUE: A Harvest of Books by Notable Names
(By DIANA B. HENRIQUES, Nov. 23, 2003)
MIDSTREAM: When College Savings Don't Go the Distance
(By JAMES SCHEMBARI, Nov. 23, 2003)
* PORTFOLIOS: Don't Be Lulled: Interest Rates Could Be Poised to Leap
(By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Nov. 23, 2003)
* When Free Isn't Really Free [free downloads & spyware]
(By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Nov. 23, 2003)
MARKET INSIGHT: Retailers Get Ready to Gallop Into the Black
(By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Nov. 23, 2003)
BUSINESS PEOPLE: A Chance Meeting and a Mini-Makeover From the Expert
(By MICHELINE MAYNARD, Nov. 23, 2003)
* PERSONAL BUSINESS DIARY: My Dinner With Warren (or Maybe With Bill)
(By Vivian Marino, Nov. 23, 2003)
The War Between The Street and Floor
(By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Nov. 23, 2003)
It's Just a Game, but Hollywood Is Paying Attention
(By NORM ALSTER, Nov. 23, 2003)
When Nations Need a Little Marketing
(By JIM RENDON, Nov. 23, 2003)
ARTS OP-ED: FRANK RICH: When You Got It, Flaunt It
(By FRANK RICH, Nov. 23, 2003)
ARTS: Conserving Everyone's Energy but His Own
(By JAMES S. RUSSELL, Nov. 23, 2003)
ART: A Serra Sculpture Emerges From Its Tomb
(By ANDREW BLUM, Nov. 23, 2003)
ARTS: The Dodgers Weren't Enough: Now They Have Disney Hall
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Nov. 23, 2003)
ARTS: Visions of Dollars Dance Before Cuban Artists' Eyes
(By MARIA FINN, Nov. 23, 2003)
DANCE: A Day in the Life of Twyla Tharp
(By ERIKA KINETZ, Nov. 23, 2003)
DANCE THIS WEEK: A Night of Balanchine, Pure and Simple
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Nov. 23, 2003)
FILM: How to Spread the Word When the Word Is 'Grim'
(By CARYN JAMES, Nov. 23, 2003)
MUSIC: Could I Get That Song in Elvis, Please?
(By BILL WERDE, Nov. 23, 2003)
MUSIC: The Music Guide: 'Unreadable,' 'Average'
(By KELEFA SANNEH, Nov. 23, 2003)
MUSIC: How a Singer Takes on One New Role After Another
(By ANNE MIDGETTE, Nov. 23, 2003)
THEATER: Broadway's Too-Golden Golda Meir
(By WARREN BASS, Nov. 23, 2003)
THEATER: Betty Comden's Wonderful Hometown
(By WENDY WASSERSTEIN, Nov. 23, 2003)
TV: The Prisoner Who's Happy Right Where He Is
(By JACQUES STEINBERG, Nov. 23, 2003)
TV RERUNS: When Mini-Series Walked the Earth
(By EMILY NUSSBAUM, Nov. 23, 2003)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 23, 2003)
* Food for Holiday Thought: Eat Less, Live to 140?
(By DAVID HOCHMAN, Nov. 23, 2003)
A Potential Contender in a Post-Couric Derby
(By WARREN ST. JOHN, Nov. 23, 2003)
URBAN FABLES: Once You've Seen Paris: Everything Is E = mc2
(By JOHN LELAND, Nov. 23, 2003)
POSSESSED: Bulgari Keeps Her Powder Dry
(By DAVID COLMAN, Nov. 23, 2003)
A NIGHT OUT WITH Boys and Their Toys: The Maloof Brothers
(By JULIA CHAPLIN, Nov. 23, 2003)
ON THE STREET: Destination Doll Palace
(By Bill Cunningham, Nov. 23, 2003)
BOOKS OF STYLE: Good to the Last Shop [Pamela Klaffke]
(NY TIMES, Nov. 23, 2003)
BOOKS OF STYLE: Consumer, Beware [Bill Talen]
(By PENELOPE GREEN, Nov. 23, 2003)
VOWS: Lynn Harris and David Adelson
(By GERIT QUEALY, Nov. 23, 2003)
TRAVEL: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 23, 2003)
Sculpture Museum in Dallas
(By KATHRYN JONES, Nov. 23, 2003)
The Bend in the River
(By JANET PIORKO, Nov. 23, 2003)
Seduced Again, by Bangkok
(By R. W. APPLE Jr., Nov. 23, 2003)
WHAT'S DOING In Zurich
(By ALISON LANGLEY, Nov. 23, 2003)
36 HOURS In Boston
(By POOJA BHATIA, Nov. 23, 2003)
ESSAY: Circus Minimus
(By ALLISON HOOVER BARTLETT, Nov. 23, 2003)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 23, 2003)
* UNTYING THE KNOT: For Better or Worse: Marriage's Stormy Future
(By TAMAR LEWIN, Nov. 23, 2003)
What Partisans Embrace, Politicians Fear
(By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Nov. 23, 2003)
A WEDDING IN CANADA: Gay Couples Follow a Trail North Blazed by Slaves and War Resisters
(By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, Nov. 23, 2003)
An 800-Pound Gorilla Changes Partners Over Medicare [AARP]
(By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Nov. 23, 2003)
* The Eternal Now of a Shakespeare Play
(By BRUCE WEBER, Nov. 23, 2003)
ENVIRONMENTAL CALCULUS: Counting the Costs of Growth With a Forest of Formulas
(By KIRK JOHNSON, Nov. 23, 2003)
* Traditions Old (Fasting) and New (Soap Operas) [Egypt TV]
(By SHARON WAXMAN, Nov. 23, 2003)
Ahead of Any 9/11 Memorial, a Wall Bears Witness
(By JAMES GLANZ, Nov. 23, 2003)
CAR CULTURE: Like the U.S., China Favors Fuel Standards, Not Taxes
(By KEITH BRADSHER, Nov. 23, 2003)
NO CRISIS, NO BILL?: At 1,200 Pages, the Energy Plan Weighs Itself Down
(By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Nov. 23, 2003)
THE READING FILE: Dear Mr. President: Are You Getting Out Enough?
(NY TIMES, Nov. 23, 2003)
One Book, Two Very Different Covers [Paul Krugman]
(By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Nov. 23, 2003)
* He Sure Acts a Lot Older Than 14 [Soccer's Freddy Adu]
(By GEORGE VECSEY, Nov. 23, 2003)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 23, 2003)
* ON LANGUAGE: Bling-Bling
(By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Nov. 23, 2003)
* THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Another Holy Mystery [Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code"]
(By CHARLES McGRATH, Nov. 23, 2003)
QUESTIONS FOR AL GREEN: Soul Exception
(Interview by ALEX STIMMEL, Nov. 23, 2003)
TESTIMONY: On the Front Lines {Telemarketing]
(Photos by MICHAEL EDWARDS, Interviews by MONICA CORCORAN, Nov. 23, 2003)
DOMAINS: A Writer's Part-Time Paris Apartment
(Text and Interviews by EDWARD LEWINE, Nov. 23, 2003)
THE ETHICIST: Honest P.R.
(By RANDY COHEN, Nov. 23, 2003)
PORTFOLIO: Castles in the Sky [How the other 0.1 percent flies]
(Photographs by NEAL SLAVIN, Nov. 23, 2003)
PORTFOLIO | CASTLES IN THE SKY: About the Photographs
(NY TIMES, Nov. 23, 2003)
* COVER ARTICLE: Love in the Time of No Time [Online Dating]
(By JENNIFER EGAN, Nov. 23, 2003)
The Disability Gulag
(By HARRIET McBRYDE JOHNSON, Nov. 23, 2003)
Spoiling (Carefully) for a Fight [Senator John Edwards]
(By MATT BAI, Nov. 23, 2003)
The People's Game [Basketball in China]
(By JEFF COPLON, Nov. 23, 2003)
STYLE: This Old House
(By HORACIO SILVA, Nov. 23, 2003)
SLIDE SHOW: Fashion Couturiers
(NY TIMES, Nov. 23, 2003)
FOOD: Giving Grazie
(By JONATHAN REYNOLDS, Nov. 23, 2003)
LIVES: Guilty as Charged
(By RACHEL E. VERMILLION, Nov. 23, 2003)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 23, 2003)
BOOKS: The Embeds [4 War books]
(By H.D.S. GREENWAY, Nov. 23, 2003)
'Castles of Steel': Monarchs of the Sea [Robert K. Massie]
(By MAX BOOT, Nov. 23, 2003)
'Goya': Bringing Forth Monsters [Robert Hughes]
(By JENNY UGLOW, Nov. 23, 2003)
'The Way to Paradise': Gauguin and Grandma [Mario Vargas Llosa]
(By RICHARD EDER, Nov. 23, 2003)
* FICTION: 'Old School': The Making of a Writer [Tobias Wolff]
(By A. O. SCOTT, Nov. 23, 2003)
* FICTION: 'The Hornet's Nest': Founding Bubbas [Jimmy Carter]
(By MAX BYRD, Nov. 23, 2003)
FICTION: 'Genesis': Reproduction Values [Jim Crace]
(By ANTHONY QUINN, Nov. 23, 2003)
* ON WRITERS AND WRITING: Overcoming Graphomania
(By MARGO JEFFERSON, Nov. 23, 2003)
Saturday, November 22, 2003:
On This Day: November 22 (René-Robert La Salle 11/22/1643-3/19/1687,
Abigail Adams 11/22/1744-10/28/1818, George Eliot 11/22/1819-12/22/1880,
André Gide 11/22/1869-2/19/1951, Wiley Post 11/22/1899-8/15/1935,
Hoagy Carmichael 11/22/1899-12/27/1981, Rodney Dangerfield 1921,
Robert Vaughn 1932, Billie Jean King 1943, Mariel Hemingway 1961)
* KENNEDY IS KILLED BY SNIPER AS HE RIDES IN CAR IN DALLAS; JOHNSON SWORN IN ON PLANE
(By TOM WICKER, November 22, 1963)
* De Gaulle Rallied France in War and Strove to Lead Her to Greatness [11/22/1890-11/9/1970]
(By ALDEN WHITMAN, November 11, 1970)
* Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner (Artist: Thomas Nast)
(Harper's Weekly, November 22, 1869)
William Macomber, Diplomat and Met Chief, Dies at 82
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Nov. 22, 2003)
David Holt, Once Seen as a Rival to Shirley Temple, Dies at 76
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 22, 2003)
Jonathan Brandis, Actor in the Cast of 'SeaQuest DSV', Dies at 27
(NY TIMES, Nov. 22, 2003)
NATIONAL: 33 Years Later, Draft Becomes Topic for Dean
(By RICK LYMAN & CHRISTOPHER DREW, Nov. 22, 2003)
Claude Trenier, 84, a Member of Family's Las Vegas Ensemble, Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 22, 2003)
Henry Phace Roberts, Tap Dance Star, Dies at 92
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Nov. 22, 2003)
David Dacko, 73, Central African Leader, Dies
(By REUTERS, Nov. 22, 2003)
Patricia Broderick, Writer and Painter, Dies at 78
(NY TIMES, Nov. 22, 2003)
NATIONAL: Senate Blocks Energy Bill; Backers Vow to Try Again
(By CARL HULSE, Nov. 22, 2003)
Pulitzer Board Won't Void '32 Award to Times Writer
(By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Nov. 22, 2003)
NY REGION: Under the Musical Spell of the Sonidero
(By TRIPTI LAHIRI, Nov. 22, 2003)
SPORTS: Buying, Selling, Stalling. Yankees Can Do It All.
(By TYLER KEPNER, Nov. 22, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Remembering John F. Kennedy
(NY TIMES, Nov. 22, 2003)
EDITORIALS: The Childhood of Michael Jackson
(NY TIMES, Nov. 22, 2003)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Power of Marriage
(By DAVID BROOKS, Nov. 22, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Death by Dividend
(BY NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Nov. 22, 2003)
* OP-ED: A Special Relationship, or an Abusive One? [Kipling]
(By DAVID CANNADINE, Nov. 22, 2003)
* OP-ED: A Mind That Grasped Both Heaven and Hell
(By JOSEPH LOCONTE, Nov. 22, 2003)
LETTERS: What the President Saw in Britain (5 Letters)
(By STEPHEN BURNS, et. al., Nov. 22, 2003)
* LETTERS: Camelot, Cut Short on Nov. 22, 1963 (3 Letters)
(By STEPHEN J. KUDLESS, et. al., Nov. 22, 2003)
Decline of the Language
(By HARRIET LLOYD, Nov. 22, 2003)
Wal-Mart and Wages
(By BETH SHULMAN, Nov. 22, 2003)
BUSINESS: Technology Stocks Show Strength; Blue Chips Stay Even
[Dow +9, Nasdaq +12] (By REUTERS, Nov. 22, 2003)
Japan Offers Upbeat View of the Economy
(By KEN BELSON, Nov. 22, 2003)
Clothing Retailers Hope Shoppers Take Holiday Prices at Face Value
(BY TRACIE ROZHON, Nov. 22, 2003)
* Merck Learns Anew the Risks of Focusing on Breakthrough Drugs
(By GARDINER HARRIS, Nov. 22, 2003)
* ARTS: A Battle of Words Over War Intelligence
(By JUDITH MILLER, Nov. 22, 2003)
* ARTS: A Portrait of the Artist's Troubled Daughter [Lucia Joyce]
(By DINITIA SMITH, Nov. 22, 2003)
ARTS: Are Memorial Designs Too Complex to Last?
(By JULIE V. IOVINE, Nov. 22, 2003)
* BOOKS: Who Needs a Lecture? Coetzee Reads From a New Story
(By DINITIA SMITH, Nov. 22, 2003)
* SCIENCE: Gene-Altering Revolution Nears the Pet Store: Glow-in-the-Dark Fish
(By ANDREW POLLACK, Nov. 22, 2003)
Friday, November 21, 2003:
On This Day: November 21 (Jean Francois Voltaire 11/21/1694-5/30/1778, Sir Samuel Cunard 11/21/1787-4/28/1865,
Sir Harold Nicolson 11/21/1886-5/1/1968, René Magritte 11/21/1898-8/15/1967, Eleanor Powell 11/21/1912-2/11/1982,
Sid Luckman 11/21/1916-7/5/1998, Stan Musial 1920, Marlo Thomas 1937, Natalia Makarova 1940, Goldie Hawn 1945, Ken Griffey Jr. 1969)
* Verrazano Bridge Opened to Traffic
(By GAY TALESE, November 21, 1964)
Coleman Hawkins, Tenor Saxophonist, Is Dead at 64 [11/20/1925-6/6/1968]
(By ALDEN WHITMAN, May 20, 1969)
J. P. Williams, 88, Bank Card Creator, Dies
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Nov. 21, 2003)
Dr. Arthur L. Colwin, 92, Who Studied Fertilization Process, Dies
(By STUART LAVIETES, Nov. 21, 2003)
Evan Ruderman, Activist for Many Causes, Dies at 44
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Nov. 21, 2003)
NATIONAL: Michael Jackson Is Booked on Charges That He Calls Lies
(By JOHN M. BRODER, Nov. 21, 2003)
Tung-Yen Lin, 91, Engineer for Bridges, Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 21, 2003)
Loris Azzaro, Fashion Designer, Dies at 70
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 21, 2003)
Zivota Panic, 70, Yugoslav General, Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 21, 2003)
DISPATCHES: Nation-Building in Iraq: Lessons From the Past
(By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Nov. 21, 2003)
* NYC: Fleeting Wisp of Glory, and Eloquence
(By CLYDE HABERMAN, Nov. 21, 2003)
THE COMPETITION: The Eight Design Finalists Provide a Blueprint for Compromise
(By GLENN COLLINS, Nov. 21, 2003)
EDITORIALS: A Bad Day in Europe
(NY TIMES, Nov. 21, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: AARP Gone Astray
(By PAUL KRUGMAN, Nov. 21, 2003)
* OP-ED: An Alternate History
(By Nigel Hamilton, Nov. 21, 2003)
OP-ED: Another Master of the Senate
(By SEAN WILENTZ, Nov. 21, 2003)
OP-ED: Freed From Conspiracy
(By THOMAS MALLON, Nov. 21, 2003)
LETTERS: So We're Admitting Our Mistakes . . . (3 Letters)
(By JULIAN B. ANDELMAN, et. al., Nov. 21, 2003)
* LETTERS: The Memorial Designs: A Fitting Tribute? (3 Letters)
(By SCOTT A. DERGANCE, et. al., Nov. 21, 2003)
LETTERS: Grocery Workers' Strike
(By DOUGLAS H. DORITY, Nov. 21, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Fall Amid Concerns Over Renewed Terror Attacks
[Dow -71, Nasdaq -18] (Associated Press, Nov. 21, 2003)
China Threatens U.S. With Higher Import Tariffs
(By KEITH BRADSHER, Nov. 21, 2003)
ARTS: JOHN CURRIN: With Barbed Wit Aforethought
(By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Nov. 21, 2003)
ART: 'LOOKING BOTH WAYS': Redefining the African Diaspora
(By HOLLAND COTTER, Nov. 21, 2003)
DANCE: Garth Fagan's Works of the Past Performed by Today's Troupe
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Nov. 21, 2003)
FILM: 'DR. SEUSS' THE CAT IN THE HAT': My, a Cat Can Be Mean on a Very Big Screen
(By A. O. SCOTT, Nov. 21, 2003)
FILM CRITIC: 3 Directors' Videos That Transcend Music
(By CARYN JAMES, Nov. 21, 2003)
* SCIENCE: Meteor Seen as Causing Extinctions on Earth
(By KENNETH CHANG, Nov. 21, 2003)
Thursday, November 20, 2003:
On This Day: November 20 (Otto von Guericke 11/20/1602-5/11/1686, Selma Lagerlöf 11/20/1858-3/16/1940,
Kenesaw Mountain Landis 11/20/1866-11/25/1944, James M. Curley 11/20/1874-11/12/1958, Norman Thomas 11/20/1884-12/19/1968,
Edwin Powell Hubble 11/20/1889-9/28/1953, Alexandra Danilova 11/20/1903-7/13/1997, Emilio Pucci 11/20/1914-11/29/1982,
Alistair Cooke 1908, Robert Byrd 1917, Estell Parsons 197, Judy Woodruff 1946, Bo Derek 1956, Sean Young 1959)
Allies Open Trial Of 20 Top Germans For Crimes Of War
(By KATHLEEN MCLAUGHLIN, November 20, 1945)
* Robert Francis Kennedy: Attorney General, Senator and Heir of the New Frontier [11/20/1925-6/6/1968]
(By ALDEN WHITMAN, June 6, 1968)
* "Do It Now!": Cartoon on President William Howard Taft (Artist: Edward Windsor Kemble)
(Harper's Weekly, November 20, 1909)
Allan J. Erslev, a Trailblazer in Anemia Research, Dies at 84
(By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Nov. 20, 2003)
Michael Kamen, 55, Award-Winning Composer, Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 20, 2003)
Eason H. Leonard, 83, Architect and Managing Partner With Pei, Dies
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Nov. 20, 2003)
* Dallas Comes to Terms With the Day That Defined It
(By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Nov. 20, 2003)
Satoru Masamune, 75, Creator of Ways to Synthesize Molecules, Dies
(By KENNETH CHANG, Nov. 20, 2003)
Ken Brett, Who Pitched in World Series at 19, Dies at 55
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 20, 2003)
OP-ED: The Buck House Stops Here
(By MAUREEN DOWD, Nov. 20, 2003)
OP-ED: You Gotta Have Friends
(By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Nov. 20, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Rise as G.E.'s Upbeat Outlook Chases Dollar Blues
[Dow +66, Nasdaq +18] (By REUTERS, Nov. 20, 2003)
* DANCE: 'MOON WATER': The Syncretism of Tai Chi and Bach
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Nov. 20, 2003)
Wednesday, November 19, 2003:
On This Day: November 19 (Charles I 11/19/1600-1/30/1649, Mikhail Lomonosov 11/19/1711-4/15/1765,
Ferdinand Lesseps 11/19/1805-12/7/1894, James Garfield 11/19/1831-9/19/1881, Richard Avenarius 11/19/1843-11/18/1896,
Allen Tate 11/19/1899-2/9/1979, Tommy Dorsey 11/19/1905-11/26/1956, Roy Campanella 11/19/1921-6/26/1993,
Jeanne Kirkpatrick 1926, Larry King 1933, Dick Cavett 1936, Ted Turner 1938, Garrick Utley 1939,
Calvin Klein 1942, Ahmad Rashad 1949, Kathleen Quinlan 1954, Jodie Foster 1962, Gail Devers 1966)
* The Heroes of July: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
(NY Times, November 19, 1863)
* Indira Gandhi Assassinated, Born to Politics, Left Her Own Imprint on India [11/19/1917-10/31/1984]
(By LINDA CHARLTON, November 1, 1984)
* Fritz Kraemer, 95, Tutor to U.S. Generals and Kissinger, Dies
(By MICHAEL T. KAUFMAN, Nov. 19, 2003)
Don Gibson, 75, Songwriter Known for Country Standards, Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 19, 2003)
Leonard Karlin, 81, Polk Award Co-Founder, Dies
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Nov. 19, 2003)
Gene Anthony Ray, a Dancer in 'Fame,' Dies at 41
(By KIMETRIS N. BALTRIP, Nov. 19, 2003)
Arthur Conley, 57, Soul Singer in the 60's, Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 19, 2003)
Katharine Bidwell, 66, Who Led the Met Opera Guild, Dies
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Nov. 19, 2003)
Earl Battey, Four-Time All-Star Catcher for Minnesota Twins, Dies at 68
(NY TIMES, Nov. 19, 2003)
NATIONAL: Michael Jackson's Ranch Is Raided in Criminal Inquiry
(By NICK MADIGAN, Nov. 19, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Fall as Dollar Weakens; Foreign Investment Is Off
[Dow -87, Nasdaq -28] (By, Nov. 19, 2003)
Ex-Analyst Will Report on Martha Stewart Trial [Henry Blodget]
(By REUTERS, Nov. 19, 2003)
* Getting a Job in the Valley Is Easy, if You're Perfect
(By MATT RICHTEL and LAURIE J. FLYNN, Nov. 19, 2003)
* Chess Master and Computer End Series in Tie
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 19, 2003)
ARTS: George Plimpton Recalled as Writer, Editor and Man of Charm
(By BEN SISARIO, Nov. 19, 2003)
HEALTH: Government Mapping Out a Strategy to Fight Autism
(By JANE GROSS, Nov. 19, 2003)
Tuesday, November 18, 2003:
On This Day: November 18 (Carl Maria von Weber 11/18/1786-6/5/1826, Louis-Jacques Daguerre 11/18/1787-7/10/1851,
Sir William Gilbert 11/18/1836-5/29/1911, Ignacy Paderewski 11/18/1860-6/29/1941, Jacques Maritain 11/18/1882-4/28/1973,
Gio Ponti 11/18/1891-9/15/1979, Patrick Blackett 11/18/1897-7/13/1974, Eugene Ormandy 11/18/1899-3/12/1985,
George Gallup 11/18/1901-7/26/1984, George Wald 11/18/1906-4/13/1997, Johnny Mercer 11/18/1909-6/25/1976,
Imogen Coca 1908, Brenda Vaccaro 1939, Linda Evans 1942, Andrea Marcovicci 1948)
Spain's Parliament Approves Election And Its Own Demise
(By JAMES M. MARKHAM, November 18, 1976)
* Alan B. Shepard Jr. Is Dead at 74; First American to Travel in Space [11/18/1923-7/21/1998]
(By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, July 23, 1998)
Mitchell Paige, 85, Guadalcanal Hero, Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 18, 2003)
Leon Pordy, Coffee Chief, Dies at 84
(By THOMAS J. LUECK, Nov. 18, 2003)
Anthony Ripley, Journalist, 75, Dies
(NY TIMES, Nov. 18, 2003)
BUSINESS: World Markets Decline; Fear of More Terrorism a Factor
[Dow -58, Nasdaq -21] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 18, 2003)
ON THE GROUND: In Honolulu, the Line to Paradise Begins Here
(By MARK A. STEIN, Nov. 18, 2003)
SCIENCE: Contents
(By, Nov. 18, 2003)
* SCIENCE: Eruption Science: Volcanoes as Labs
(By JAMES GLANZ, Nov. 18, 2003)
* Experts Reveal Riches of Machu Picchu's Neglected Neighbor
(By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Nov. 18, 2003)
* ESSAY: A Moth, a Butterfly, an Elegant Merger of Science and Art
(By THOMAS EISNER, Nov. 18, 2003)
* OBSERVATORY: A Dry Run on the Moon
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Nov. 18, 2003)
New View of Data Supports Human Link to Global Warming
(By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Nov. 18, 2003)
* Hot Sounds From a Cold Trumpet? Cryogenic Theory Falls Flat
(By TERRY SCHWADRON, Nov. 18, 2003)
Q & A: Fires and Warming
(By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Nov. 18, 2003)
HEALTH: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 18, 2003)
HEALTH: No Longer Joined, Boys Face Arduous Trip
(By DENISE GRADY, Nov. 18, 2003)
Rare Infection Threatens to Spread in Blood Supply
(By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Nov. 18, 2003)
DOCTOR'S WORLD: Doctors Look for Source of Stent Complications
(By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D., Nov. 18, 2003)
PERSONAL HEALTH: Name a Proxy Early to Prepare for the Unexpected
(By JANE E. BRODY, Nov. 18, 2003)
SCIENTIST AT WORK: Providing Care, When the Cure Is Out of Reach
(By JANE E. BRODY, Nov. 18, 2003)
* CASES: Unraveling the Secret of the Spells
(By CHRISTINE CONTILLO, Nov. 18, 2003)
HEALTH: Habits and Hazards: Stroke Risk: The Rise and Fall
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Nov. 18, 2003)
Monday, November 17, 2003:
On This Day: November 17 (Joost van den Vondel 11/17/1587-2/5/1679, Louis XVIII 11/17/1755-9/16/1824,
Gregorio Lopez y Fuentes 11/17/1895-12/10/1966, Isamu Noguchi 11/17/1904-12/30/1988,
Rock Hudson 11/17/1925-10/2/1985, Bob Mathias 1930, Martin Scorsese 1942, Danny DeVito 1944, Lauren Hutton 1944)
Nixon Declares He Didn't Profit From Public Life: "I'm Not a Crook"
(By R.W. APPLE. JR., November 17, 1973)
* Lee Strasberg of Actors Studio Dead at 80 [11/17/1901-2/17/1982]
(By MEL GUSSOW, February 18, 1982)
Lotte Berk, 90, German Dancer Who Slimmed London's Stylish
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Nov. 17, 2003)
Alexander Vagliano, 76, Is Dead; Aided Iran Talks
(NY TIMES, Nov. 17, 2003)
NATIONAL: Improved Economy Doesn't Lead to Popping of Corks in Atlanta
(By DAVID LEONHARDT, Nov. 17, 2003)
THE CASUALTIES: Families, Already Rattled, Kept on Edge by News of Crash
(By MONICA DAVEY, Nov. 17, 2003)
Business of Governing Starts This Monday for Schwarzenegger
(By JOHN M. BRODER, Nov. 17, 2003)
Community Is Reeling From Hepatitis Outbreak
(By LYDIA POLGREEN, Nov. 17, 2003)
G.O.P. Begins Push for Medicare Bill
(By ROBERT PEAR & ROBIN TONER, Nov. 17, 2003)
EDUCATION: Gains Seen in Short Study-Abroad Trips
(By KAREN W. ARENSON, Nov. 17, 2003)
WORLD: Hussein, on Tape Sent to Arab TV, Said to Urge War
(By SUSAN SACHS, Nov. 17, 2003)
Turkey Says Foreign Terrorists May Be Behind Suicide Blasts
(By CRAIG S. SMITH, Nov. 17, 2003)
Investigator to the Stars Is Hot Topic in Hollywood
(By LAURA M. HOLSON and BERNARD WEINRAUB, Nov. 17, 2003)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: Of Battle Stories and Fraternity Brothers
(By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Nov. 17, 2003)
NY REGION: An Open Message for Bill Clinton: Your Neighbors in Harlem Miss You Like Crazy
(By ALAN FEUER, Nov. 17, 2003)
For 'The Producers,' Another Box Office Bonanza
(By JESSE McKINLEY, Nov. 17, 2003)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary
(By JOE ROGERS, Nov. 17, 2003)
SPORTS: 4 N.F.L. Players Said to Have Failed Steroid Test
(By DAMON HACK, Nov. 17, 2003)
BUSINESS: Time Warner and Madonna Are at Odds on Her Label
(By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Nov. 17, 2003)
TECHNOLOGY: More Consumers Reach Out to Touch the Screen
(By AMY HARMON, Nov. 17, 2003)
Pearl Jam, on Its Own, Seizes the Moment and Sells CD on the Web
(By CHRIS NELSON, Nov. 17, 2003)
* PATENTS: The Bicycle for Biceps
(NY TIMES, Nov. 17, 2003)
ARTS: Limbaugh Is Back on the Air, With Fans and Foes All Ears
(By JACQUES STEINBERG, Nov. 17, 2003)
* BOOKS: A Tokyo Novelist Mixes Felonies With Feminism [Natsuo Kirino]
(By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Nov. 17, 2003)
DANCE: SABA DANCE THEATER: A Sleeping Beauty With an Attack of Insomnia
(By JACK ANDERSON, Nov. 17, 2003)
MUSIC: Berlin Philharmonic Returns, Energized by a New Leader
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Nov. 17, 2003)
MUSIC: The Band That Can't Stop Recording [Guided by Voices]
(By CHRIS NELSON, Nov. 17, 2003)
THEATER: ANNA IN THE TROPICS: The Poetry of Yearning, the Artistry of Seduction
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Nov. 17, 2003)
Sunday, November 16, 2003:
On This Day: November 16 (Rodolph Kreutzer 11/16/1766-1/6/1831, Charles Eliot Norton 11/16/1827-10/21/1908,
Arthur B. Krock 11/16/1886-4/12/1974, William Jansen 11/16/1887-2/22/1968,
George Kaufman 11/16/1889-6/2/1961, Burgess Meredith 11/16/1907-9/9/1997, Oksana Baiul 1977)
United States Recognizes Soviet, Bullitt Named First Ambassador
(By WALTER DURANTY, November 16, 1933)
*
W. C. Handy, Composer, Is Dead at 84; Author of 'St. Louis Blues' [11/16/1873-3/28/1958]
(By EDITH EVANS ASBURY, March 29, 1958)
Laurence A. Tisch, Investor Known for Saving CBS Inc. From Takeover, Dies at 80
(By JONATHAN KANDELL, Nov. 16, 2003)
Dorothy Loudon, 70, 'Annie' Tony-Winner, Dies
(By JESSE McKINLEY, Nov. 16, 2003)
Georgi Vladimov, 72, Russian Author of Dark Allegories, Dies
(By BEN SISARIO, Nov. 16, 2003)
Bruce Alexander Cook, 71, Crime Writer, Dies
(NY TIMES, Nov. 16, 2003)
Ralph Emerson, Insurance Innovator, Dies at 91
(NY TIMES, Nov. 16, 2003)
NATIONAL: Rebuilding Bodies, and Lives, Maimed by War
(By NEELA BANERJEE, Nov. 16, 2003)
For Middle Class, Health Insurance Becomes a Luxury
(By STEPHANIE STROM, Nov. 16, 2003)
Cattle Rushed to Market as the Price of Beef Soars
(By PETER T. KILBORN, Nov. 16, 2003)
500 Sickened in Outbreak of Hepatitis Tied to Food
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 16, 2003)
Marketing Croquet to the Malletless Masses
(Marketing Croquet to the Malletless Masses, Nov. 16, 2003)
Forget Dean, Gephardt and the Rest. For a Night, the Focus Is on Hillary Clinton.
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Nov. 16, 2003)
Los Angeles Storm Declared Emergency
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 16, 2003)
WORLD: At Least 17 Dead as 2 U.S. Copters Collide Over Iraq
(By DEXTER FILKINS, Nov. 16, 2003)
20 in Istanbul Die in Bombings at Synagogues
(By SEBNEM ARSU & DEXTER FILKINS, Nov. 16, 2003)
13 Visiting Queen Mary 2 Die in Accident
(By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Nov. 16, 2003)
India Grapples With Changes in the Kashmir Insurgency
(By DAVID ROHDE, Nov. 16, 2003)
A Muslim Scholar Raises Hackles in France
(By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Nov. 16, 2003)
Bush Visit Spurs Protests Against U.S. in Europe
(By ALAN COWELL, Nov. 16, 2003)
Iraqis Agree to Move Fast to Establish a Government
(By JOEL BRINKLEY & SUSAN SACHS, Nov. 16, 2003)
Militants Are Holding Back Recovery in Central Iraq
(By DEXTER FILKINS, Nov. 16, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: America's Gamble: A Quick Exit Plan for Iraq
(By DAVID E. SANGER, Nov. 16, 2003)
NY REGION: Yes, It's a Mall, but a Far Cry From the Food Court
(By WILLIAM GRIMES, Nov. 16, 2003)
Hope for the Upstate Economy in the Next Wave of Computer Chips
(By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr., Nov. 16, 2003)
Behind Bright Toys, F. A. O. Schwarz Teeters
(By JAMES BARRON, Nov. 16, 2003)
'Doris From Rego Park' Mourned on Late-Night Sports Talk Radio
(By COREY KILGANNON, Nov. 16, 2003)
FOLLOWING UP: A Ride Loses Its Rust, but Future Is Unclear
(By JOSEPH P. FRIED, Nov. 16, 2003)
OUR TOWNS: Being Sent to the Principal's Office Pales Next to This: He's Been Ordered to Iraq
(By RICHARD LEZIN JONES, Nov. 16, 2003)
* CITY LORE: Jack From the Block [JFK in NYC 1960]
(By ROSEMARY ROGERS, Nov. 16, 2003)
INSIDE BASEBALL: Teams to Study Players' Bulk More Closely, Executives Say
(By JACK CURRY, Nov. 16, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Iraq Goes Sour
(NY TIMES, Nov. 16, 2003)
OP-ED: A Lyrical Gift [organ donation]
(By MAUREEN DOWD, Nov. 16, 2003)
OP-ED: Wanted: Fanatical Moderates
(By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Nov. 16, 2003)
OP-ED: The Lessons of a Quagmire
(By MAX BOOT, Nov. 16, 2003)
OP-ED: A Better Army for Iraq
(By DILIP HIRO, Nov. 16, 2003)
ARTS OP-ED: FRANK RICH: Angels, Reagan and AIDS in America
(By FRANK RICH, Nov. 16, 2003)
LETTERS: Are Team Sports Hurting Kids? (4 Letters)
(By PATRICIA SETTE, et. al., Nov. 16, 2003)
LETTERS: Eating Well: Start Them Young
(By PETER S. LIEBERT, M.D, Nov. 16, 2003)
LETTERS: Cheney's World View
(By RON COHEN, Nov. 16, 2003)
LETTERS: Effects of Humiliation
(By KENNETH W. TERHUNE, Nov. 16, 2003)
LETTERS: The Poet and the War Dead (2 Letters) [Wilfred Owen]
(By SUSAN WUNDER, et. al., Nov. 16, 2003)
LETTERS: Kisses, $10 Apiece [Fines for public kissing in Russia]
(By LEONORE BROOKS, Nov. 16, 2003)
BUSINESS: S.E.C.'s Oversight of Mutual Funds Is Said to Be Lax
(By STEPHEN LABATON, Nov. 16, 2003)
Feelings Are Not Mutual in 401(k)'s
(By CARLA FRIED and DIANA B. HENRIQUES, Nov. 16, 2003)
* Newman's Own: Two Friends and a Canoe Paddle
(By JON GERTNER, Nov. 16, 2003)
He's the Go-To Guy for Fund Investigators
(By DIANA B. HENRIQUES, Nov. 16, 2003)
To Gauge a Recovery, Count the New Workstations
(By NOAM SCHEIBER, Nov. 16, 2003)
Who's Reading Your X-Ray?
(By ANDREW POLLACK, Nov. 16, 2003)
MARKET WATCH: Slapping Wrists as the Fund Scandal Spreads
(By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Nov. 16, 2003)
THE RIGHT THING: When Executives Say They Don't Have a Clue
(By JEFFREY L. SEGLIN, Nov. 16, 2003)
How Tax Changes Can Help You (Hint: Plan Now)
(By JAN M. ROSEN, Nov. 16, 2003)
INVESTING WITH S. BASU MULLICK: Neuberger Berman Partners Fund
(BY CAROLE GOULD, Nov. 16, 2003)
* Fast and Furious: The Race to Wire America
(By MATT RICHTEL, Nov. 16, 2003)
MARKET INSIGHT: For Steel Makers, Musical Chairs
(By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Nov. 16, 2003)
ECONOMIC VIEW: Sugar and Spice, and Sour Dads
(By DAVID LEONHARDT, Nov. 16, 2003)
* It's Bad. But It Isn't Market Timing [mutual fund scandals]
(By MARK HULBERT, Nov. 16, 2003)
THE RIGHT THING: When Executives Say They Don't Have a Clue
(By JEFFREY L. SEGLIN, Nov. 16, 2003)
* STRATEGIES: Even in Fund Families, Parents Can Play Favorites
(By MARK HULBERT, Nov. 16, 2003)
EXECUTIVE LIFE: Learning Teamwork by Making Music
(By AMY ZIPKIN, Nov. 16, 2003)
PRIVATE SECTOR: A Bet on Beef (and Sizzle) Pays Off
(By SIMON ROMERO, Nov. 16, 2003)
MONEY & MEDICINE: Access Fees for Doctors? Some Test the Waters
(By MICHELLE ANDREWS, Nov. 16, 2003)
BUSINESS PEOPLE: If You're Looking for an Easier Job, This Isn't It
(By MELINDA LIGOS, Nov. 16, 2003)
ARTS: Scenes From a Forced Marriage
(By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Nov. 16, 2003)
ARTS: A New Chapter of Nan Goldin's Diary
(By LYNNE TILLMAN, Nov. 16, 2003)
ART: What if Jackson Pollock Were a PC?
(By SARAH BAYLISS, Nov. 16, 2003)
* ARTS: 40th Anniversary of a 26-Second Reel [Zapruder film]
(By RICHARD B. WOODWARD, Nov. 16, 2003)
DANCE: Serious Dance in Los Angeles. No, Seriously.
(By LAURA BLEIBERG, Nov. 16, 2003)
MUSIC: Superstardom Is Boring: Jay-Z Quits (Again)
(By TOURÉ, Nov. 16, 2003)
* MUSIC: A Young Diva Tries on a Storybook Success for Size [Anna Netrebko]
(By STACEY KORS, Nov. 16, 2003)
MUSIC PLAYLIST: A Cheat Sheet for Dancehall Beats
(By JON PARELES, Nov. 16, 2003)
MUSIC: Pinchas Zukerman Conducts a Revival
(By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Nov. 16, 2003)
MUSIC HIGH NOTES: Starlight That Sheds No Shadows
(By ANNE MIDGETTE, Nov. 16, 2003)
THEATER: DEBRIEFING: Farrah Fawcett's Early Exit
(By EMILY NUSSBAUM, Nov. 16, 2003)
THEATER: Men Are the Real Dolls in This House of Ibsen
(By RON JENKINS, Nov. 16, 2003)
THEATER: Where There's a Will, or Two, or Maybe Quite a Few
(By WILLIAM S. NIEDERKORN, Nov. 16, 2003)
TV: The Season of the Heirheads ["The Simple Life"]
(By DWIGHT GARNER, Nov. 16, 2003)
TV RERUNS: The Fine Points of Teasing a Suspect Into Confessing
(By EMILY NUSSBAUM, Nov. 16, 2003)
TV: Exploring Cultural Dynamics as Navajo Cops Investigate a Murder
(By MARILYN STASIO, Nov. 16, 2003)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 16, 2003)
* ELVIS: Hidden for Years at Graceland, His Clothes Have Left the Building
(By GUY TREBAY, Nov. 16, 2003)
STYLE: It's All Groovy: London Was Calling [Peter Schlesinger]
(By CHRISTOPHER MASON, Nov. 16, 2003)
A NIGHT OUT WITH DBC Pierre: Mr. Sunset to Sunrise
(By JESSE McKINLEY, Nov. 16, 2003)
PULSE: The Beauty Makers
(By ELLEN TIEN, Nov. 16, 2003)
ON THE STREET: Autumn Accents
(By Bill Cunningham, Nov. 16, 2003)
POSSESSED: A Spot of Kitsch Keeps High Art Honest
(By DAVID COLMAN, Nov. 16, 2003)
GOOD COMPANY: A Star-Spangled Reason for a Party
(By LINDA LEE, Nov. 16, 2003)
VOWS: Millie Umschweis and Arnold Spitz
(By KATHRYN SHATTUCK, Nov. 16, 2003)
TRAVEL: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 16, 2003)
TRAVEL: Far Out East in Australia
(By SUSAN GOUGH HENLY, Nov. 16, 2003)
Playing Cowboy, Aussie Style
(By LUBA VANGELOVA, Nov. 16, 2003)
* A Washington Museum Increases Its Wingspan [Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer]
(By MATTHEW L. WALD, Nov. 16, 2003)
ESSAY: Reasons to Love a City [Glasgow]
(By JENNIFER MOSES, Nov. 16, 2003)
* JOURNEYS: Cuba: You Can't Get There From Here...
(By SETH KUGEL, Nov. 16, 2003)
Q&A: Hiking in Tuscany; New Year's in Paris; Acapulco Family Trip
(By FLORENCE STICKNEY, Nov. 17, 2003)
SOPHISTICATED TRAVELER MAGAZINE: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 16, 2003)
* 20TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE: Our Own Anthology
(NY TIMES, Nov. 16, 2003)
* Beijing's Walls Come Tumbling Down
(By MARK STEVENS, Nov. 16, 2003)
* California in Motion
(By SIMON WINCHESTER, Nov. 16, 2003)
A Quick Swing Through Little Costa Rica
(By ROBERT STONE, Nov. 16, 2003)
* ENDPAPER: An All-American Bouquet [State flowers of the 50 States]
(NY TIMES, Nov. 16, 2003)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 16, 2003)
WITNESS: The New Iraq Is Grim, Hopeful and Still Scary
(By JOHN F. BURNS, Nov. 16, 2003)
BUSH'S ROYAL VISIT: Viewing U.S., British See Good, Bad, Ugly
(By SARAH LYALL, Nov. 16, 2003)
Enabling, and Disabling, Ecoterrorists
(By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Nov. 16, 2003)
They Support Free Trade, Except in the Case of...
(By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, Nov. 16, 2003)
OPTING OUT: Irrelevance Stalks a Post-Watergate Invention
(By GLEN JUSTICE, Nov. 16, 2003)
PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED: If Americans Want to Pay Less for Drugs, They Will
(By GARDINER HARRIS, Nov. 16, 2003)
* CORRESPONDENCE | CULTURAL REVOLUTION: In China, It's Easier to Get Lost in the Crowd
(By DAVID W. CHEN, Nov. 16, 2003)
Europe's Little List: Apples, Tractors and Toilet Paper
(By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Nov. 16, 2003)
BETWEEN TWO CONTINENTS: Schröder Tries to Juggle France and America
(By JOHN VINOCUR, Nov. 16, 2003)
It's the Heyday of Arabic, but It May Not Be Enough
(By SAM DILLON, Nov. 16, 2003)
Kerry Shakes Up His Campaign
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Nov. 16, 2003)
Yes, He Dismembered Him. So What?
(By CHARLES V. BAGLI, Nov. 16, 2003)
The Reading File
(NY TIMES, Nov. 16, 2003)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 16, 2003)
* ON LANGUAGE: Wanna, Gonna
(By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Nov. 16, 2003)
* THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Sex-Ed Night School
(By WALTER KIRN, Nov. 16, 2003)
QUESTIONS FOR ROBERTA COMBS: A New Moral Majority?
(Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Nov. 16, 2003)
* ENCOUNTER: Squaring Off [Rubik's Cube in 16.53 seconds]
(By DAVID HAYES, Nov. 16, 2003)
DIAGNOSIS: Male Pattern Baldness, Irregular Periods, Dark Skin Patches
(By LISA SANDERS, M.D., Nov. 16, 2003)
THE ETHICIST: Speak Out, Doc
(By RANDY COHEN, Nov. 16, 2003)
WHAT THEY WERE THINKING: Pam Newell Bradley, Tony Goetz Elementary, Muskogee, OK, 10-27-2003
(Interview by CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS, Nov. 16, 2003)
COVER ARTICLE: In a Homeland Far From Home
(By DEBORAH SONTAG, Nov. 16, 2003)
Should John Hinckley Go Free?
(By MICHAEL SOKOLOVE, Nov. 16, 2003)
Mr. Bodacious
(By DEBORAH SOLOMON, Nov. 16, 2003)
Them Against the World, Part 2
(By AUSTIN BUNN, Nov. 16, 2003)
* STYLE: THE WAY WE NEST NOW: When the House Starts Talking to Itself
(By JAMES GLEICK, Nov. 16, 2003)
* You've Got Mail ... From the Microwave
(By PAUL BOUTIN, Nov. 16, 2003)
Coming to a Location Very Near You
(By TED C. FISHMAN, Nov. 16, 2003)
Hit Replay [ReplayTV]
(By JOHANNA BERKMAN, Nov. 16, 2003)
* Domesticating The (Electronic) Help
(By CORY DOCTOROW, Nov. 16, 2003)
* Remote Possibilities
(By CLIVE THOMPSON, Nov. 16, 2003)
FOOD: Street of Dreams
(By JONATHAN REYNOLDS, Nov. 16, 2003)
LIVES: Egyptian Like Me
(By MURAD KALAM, Nov. 16, 2003)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 16, 2003)
* 'Living to Tell the Tale': The Man of Macondo [Gabriel García Márquez]
(By BRENT STAPLES, Nov. 16, 2003)
'Pushkin': Aleksandr the Great [T. J. Binyon]
(By JOHN LEONARD, Nov. 16, 2003)
'Terror in the Name of God': Everybody Hates Somebody Somewhere [Jessica Stern]
(By ISABEL HILTON, Nov. 16, 2003)
'The Shadow King': Reconstructing Aphra [Jane Stevenson]
(By MICHAEL UPCHURCH, Nov. 16, 2003)
'City in the Sky': The World Trade Center's Power Brokers
(By THOMAS BENDER, Nov. 16, 2003)
'Nixon's Shadow': The Man in the Mask [David Greenberg]
(By TED WIDMER, Nov. 16, 2003)
'What We Lost': Varieties of Manhood [Dale Peck]
(By ANDREW O'HAGAN, Nov. 16, 2003)
'Garbo Laughs': Screen Memory [Elizabeth Hay]
(By KAREN KARBO, Nov. 16, 2003)
'Desire and Delusion': Don't Blame Him for 'Eyes Wide Shut' [Arthur Schnitzle]
(By MICHAEL HOFMANN, Nov. 16, 2003)
'Lightning Man': Whose Line Is It, Anyway? [Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse]
(By RICHARD BROOKHISER, Nov. 16, 2003)
'Doing Our Own Thing': Talk Is Cheap [John McWhorter]
(By CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL, Nov. 16, 2003)
'The Substance of Style': The Aesthetic Age
(By KAREN LEHRMAN, Nov. 16, 2003)
* 'Everything and More': Room for One More [History of Infinity]
(By DAVID PAPINEAU, Nov. 16, 2003)
THE LAST WORD: You Could Already Be a Winner
(By LAURA MILLER, Nov. 16, 2003)
* BOOKS: Children's Books: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 16, 2003)
HEALTH: Drug Shows Some Promise Against Vision Loss
(By ANDREW POLLACK, Nov. 16, 2003)
Saturday, November 15, 2003:
On This Day: November 15 (William Pitt the elder 11/15/1708-5/11/1778, William Herschel 11/15/1738-8/25/1822,
Felix Frankfurter 11/15/1882-2/22/1965, Marianne Moore 11/15/1887-2/5/1972, Averell Harriman 11/15/1891-7/26/1986,
Erwin Rommel 11/15/1891-10/14/1944, Curtis LeMay 11/15/1906-10/1/1990, Joseph Wapner 1919, Howard H. Baker 1925,
Ed Asner 1929, Petula Clark 1932)
50,000 War Protesters Stage Peaceful Rally In Washington; Militants Stir Clashes Later
(By JOAN HERBERS, November 15, 1969)
* Georgia O' Keeffe Dead at 98; Shaper of Modern Art in U.S. [11/15/1887-3/6/1986]
(By EDITH EVANS ASBURY, March 7, 1986)
* Penny Singleton, 95, Who Played Blondie in Film Series, Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 15, 2003)
Seymour Cohn, 92, a Founder Of a New York Realty Giant, Dies
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Nov. 15, 2003)
Irving Richards, Distributor of Modern Design, Dies at 96
(By NORA KRUG, Nov. 15, 2003)
William W. Montgomery, 80, Harvard Surgeon and Innovator, Dies
(By MARY DUENWALD, Nov. 15, 2003)
Richard Squires, 72, Racket Sports Expert, Dies
(NY TIMES, Nov. 15, 2003)
NATIONAL: Kerry, Following Dean, Rejects Public Financing for Primaries
(By DIANE CARDWELL & BENJAMIN WEISE, Nov. 15, 2003)
Sniper Defendant Working on His Boyish Appearance
(By ADAM LIPTAK, Nov. 15, 2003)
* RELIGION JOURNAL: One Man's Goal: For a Tribe to Pray in Its Own Language
(By KATIE ZEZIMA, Nov. 15, 2003)
WORLD: U.S. Is Set to Return Power to Iraqis as Early as June
(By SUSAN SACHS, Nov. 15, 2003)
India's Poor Bet Precious Sums on Private Schools
(By AMY WALDMAN, Nov. 15, 2003)
Joy, and Jeers, as New Police Patrol Baghdad
(By SUSAN SACHS, Nov. 15, 2003)
President of Georgia Pleads for Calm as Protests Grow
(By SETH MYDANS, Nov. 15, 2003)
Billionaires Aren't Targets, Putin Tells Russian Group
(By ERIN E. ARVEDLUND & SABRINA TAVERNISE, Nov. 15, 2003)
Troop Issue Is Ignored as Rumsfeld Visits Tokyo
(By THOM SHANKER, Nov. 15, 2003)
For an Ancient Afghan Town, No End to War, With Rival Generals Now Clashing
(By CARLOTTA GALL, Nov. 15, 2003)
INTELLIGENCE: Plan for Guerrilla Action May Have Predated War
(By DOUGLAS JEHL, Nov. 15, 2003)
THE MILITARY: U.S. Mideast Chief Summons Generals to Strategy Meeting
(By ERIC SCHMITT, Nov. 15, 2003)
* NY REGION: No Wiggle Room in a Window War [Amish home]
(By LISA W. FODERARO, Nov. 15, 2003)
Facing a Squeeze, Counties in New York Increase Taxes
(By LYDIA POLGREEN, Nov. 15, 2003)
* ABOUT NEW YORK: To Buy or Pry, a Chance to See Lives in Storage
(By DAN BARRY, Nov. 15, 2003)
SPORTS: Reports Say Piazza Would Consider a Trade
(By RAFAEL HERMOSO, Nov. 15, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Test Results Demand Time for Introspection
(By JERE LONGMAN, Nov. 15, 2003)
HOCKEY: A Long Way From the Far North [Jordin Tootoo]
(By JOE LAPOINTE, Nov. 15, 2003)
EDITORIALS: The Wal-Martization of America
(NY TIMES, Nov. 15, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Fidel's Triumph on Capitol Hill
(NY TIMES, Nov. 15, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Swords Into Plowshares
(By DAVID BROOKS, Nov. 15, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: A Scary Afghan Road
(By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Nov. 15, 2003)
OP-ED: A Houston on the Hudson?
(By GARY HACK, Nov. 15, 2003)
OP-ED: Same Tactics, New Target
(By AMIR TAHERI, Nov. 15, 2003)
LETTERS: The President and Our War Dead (5 Letters)
(By BETSY KEAN, et. al., Nov. 15, 2003)
LETTERS: A Fuji a Day Keeps Granny Smith Away (2 Letters)
(By WILLIAM WONG, et. al., Nov. 15, 2003)
LETTERS: Time Limits for Tests
(By ALEXANDRA BUDER SHAPIRO, Nov. 15, 2003)
LETTERS: Face of Mideast Conflict
(By CYNTHIA BALLAN, Nov. 15, 2003)
BUSINESS: Economic Reports Cause Leading Indexes to Move Lower
[Dow -69, Nasdaq -37] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 15, 2003)
Schwab Discloses Suspect Trades as Rift in Fund Inquiry Widens
(By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Nov. 15, 2003)
* The Smoke and Mirrors of Food Labeling
(By SHERRI DAY, Nov. 15, 2003)
Officials Say Saks Has Picked Its Chief [Fred Wilson]
(By TRACIE ROZHON, Nov. 15, 2003)
Modest Goals for Meeting on Free Trade
(By ELIZABETH BECKER, Nov. 15, 2003)
Stewart Lawyers Attack Basis of U.S. Case
(By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Nov. 15, 2003)
ARTS: A Sketch of Arab-Americans: Who Should Study Whom?
(By FELICIA R. LEE, Nov. 15, 2003)
ARTS: Going at the Changes in, Ya Know, English
(By EMILY EAKIN, Nov. 15, 2003)
ART: To Spot Today's Bidders Look for Prada and Fendi
(By CAROL VOGEL, Nov. 15, 2003)
BOOKS: 'INDONESIAN DESTINIES': Understanding Indonesia, by Its Leaders and Its Gossip
(By JANE PERLEZ, Nov. 15, 2003)
DANCE: BALLET HISPANICO: Stories of Love and Loss, to a Latin Beat
(By LAWRENCE VAN GELDE, Nov. 15, 2003)
MUSIC: NY PHILHARMONIC: Berlioz's Maverick Music, Extremes and All
(By ANNE MIDGETTE, Nov. 15, 2003)
MUSIC: SEPTETO HABANERO: An Old Band, by No Means Faded Away
(By BEN RATLIFF, Nov. 15, 2003)
OPERA: 'ORESTE': A Heavily Mortgaged Montage of Handel's
(By ANNE MIDGETTE, Nov. 15, 2003)
THEATER: 'JULIUS CAESAR': Soliloquies in Sound Bites From 44 B.C.
(By MARGO JEFFERSON, Nov. 15, 2003)
Friday, November 14, 2003:
On This Day: November 14 (Robert Fulton 11/14/1765-2/24/1815, Claude Monet 11/14/1840-12/5/1926,
Jawaharlal Nehru 11/14/1889-5/27/1964, Aaron Copeland 11/14/1900-12/2/1990,
Boutros Boutros-Ghali 1922, Prince Charles 1948, P. J. O'Rourke 1947)
* Dow Jones Finishes Above 1,000
(NY Times, November 14, 1972)
Donald R. Griffin, 88, Who Argued Animals Can Think, Dies
(By CAROL KAESUK YOON, Nov. 14, 2003)
Ann Cornelisen, 77, Writer on Impoverished Southern Italy, Dies
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Nov. 14, 2003)
Stephen A. Benton, 61, an Expert Researcher in Holography, Dies
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Nov. 14, 2003)
Dorothy Fay Ritter, 88, Actress in Westerns, Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 14, 2003)
NATIONAL: Dean Proposes $7.1 Billion to Help Cover College Costs
(By JODI WILGOREN, Nov. 14, 2003)
* Rain and Hail Deluge a Slice of the Los Angeles Basin
(By JOHN M. BRODER, Nov. 14, 2003)
Marathon in the Senate: The Talk Is Long, but Temper Short
(By NEIL A. LEWIS, Nov. 14, 2003)
WHITE HOUSE MEMO: Bush Raises More Money, and Questions About Reducing Its Influence
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Nov. 14, 2003)
EDUCATION: Students' Scores Rise in Math, Not in Reading
(By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, Nov. 14, 2003)
WORLD: Guerrillas Posing More Danger, Says U.S.
(By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID E. SANGER, Nov. 14, 2003)
U.S. Trade Law Gives Africa Hope and Hard Jobs
(By MARC LACEY, Nov. 14, 2003)
Brooklyn Accents and Trends Are Central to One-Woman Show
(By, Nov. 14, 2003)
NY REGION: Woman Dies and Thousands Lose Power in High Winds
(By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Nov. 14, 2003)
PUBLIC LIVES: With a Few Zings, Taking Comedy Across Borders
(By JAN HOFFMAN, Nov. 14, 2003)
* NYC: Twilight Zone for ZIP Code at Ground Zero [10048]
(By CLYDE HABERMAN, Nov. 14, 2003)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Accounting for the Invisible Casualties of War Shouldn't Be a Matter of Politics
(By ANDREW ROSENTHAL, Nov. 14, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Trojan Horse
(By PAUL KRUGMAN, Nov. 14, 2003)
OP-ED: Op-Chart
(By ADRIANA LINS de ALBUQUERQUE, MICHAEL O'HANLON & JELLY ASSOCIATES, Nov. 14, 2003)
OP-ED: The Sabotage of Democracy
(By REUEL MARC GERECHT, Nov. 14, 2003)
OP-ED: An Intelligent Thing to Do
(By RICHARD V. ALLEN, Nov. 14, 2003)
LETTERS: Americans in the Age of Anger (6 Letters)
(By WILLIAM R. HALL, et. al., Nov. 14, 2003)
LETTERS: Trouble in Iraq: A Shift in Perception
(By, Nov. 14, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Slip on Wary Wal-Mart Forecast
[Dow -11, Nasdaq -6] (By Reuters, Nov. 14, 2003)
Wal-Mart Profit Falls a Bit Short
(By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Nov. 14, 2003)
2 Mutual Funds Move to Assure Angry Investors
(By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Nov. 14, 2003)
Growth Is Back for French, Germans and Dutch
(By MARK LANDLER, Nov. 14, 2003)
Time Warner Held Preliminary Talks on AOL Deal in Europe
(By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Nov. 14, 2003)
Perelman to Aid Revlon With Loan of $125 Million
(By RIVA D. ATLAS, Nov. 14, 2003)
FLOYD NORRIS: Manager Prospered as Investors Suffered
(By FLOYD NORRIS, Nov. 14, 2003)
ART: 'UNREPENTANT EGO': A Playful Narcissist's Song of Himself
(By ROBERTA SMITH, Nov. 14, 2003)
ART: 'GLOBAL NETWORKS': Webs Connecting the Power Brokers, the Money and the World
(By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Nov. 14, 2003)
ART: 'DANCE AND ART IN DIALOGUE': The Artists Who Helped Take Dance Off the Wall
(By GRACE GLUECK, Nov. 14, 2003)
ARTS: REVERBERATIONS: Shocking! Offensive! But Being Pleasant Is Beside the Point
(By JOHN ROCKWELL, Nov. 14, 2003)
ARTS: Youth Reigns in $11.4 Million Contemporary-Art Sale
(By CAROL VOGEL, Nov. 14, 2003)
* INSIDE ART: Raising Lichtenstein in Manhattan
(By CAROL VOGEL, Nov. 14, 2003)
ART DESIGN: 'MODERNISM': The Collectibles Many Grew Up With in an Age of Optimism
(By KEN JOHNSON, Nov. 14, 2003)
ART: John Chamberlain; 'Etchings in Light'; 'Ad Reinhardt and Contemporaries: 1940-50'
(By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Nov. 14, 2003)
ANTIQUES: Time to Write Finis for a Book Trove
(By WENDY MOONAN, Nov. 14, 2003)
ARCHITECTURE: Lunchbox for Art: A New Museum
(By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Nov. 14, 2003)
CABARET: CLEO LAINE: That Refined British Touch
(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Nov. 14, 2003)
DANCE FESTIVAL | 'ROSAS': Dashing Through a Storm of Color, With a Preference for Pink
(By JACK ANDERSON, Nov. 14, 2003)
DANCE: 'DANCECOLLAGEFORROMIE': Seemingly Unrelated Movements, Joined in Kinetic Collage
(By JACK ANDERSON, Nov. 14, 2003)
FILM: 'TUPAC: RESURRECTION': On Film, at Least, a Rap Star Defies Death
(By A. O. SCOTT, Nov. 14, 2003)
HIP-HOP: SLUG: A Rapper Whose Targets Include Himself, Shooting From the Hip
(By KELEFA SANNEH, Nov. 14, 2003)
MUSIC: BERLIN PHILHARMONIC: For Simon Rattle and the Berlin, a New Century
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Nov. 14, 2003)
OPERA: 'DON PASQUALE': Tricking an Elderly Bachelor Blinded by Youth and Beauty
(By JEREMY EICHLER, Nov. 14, 2003)
THEATER: Flagrantly Stylish, Outrageously Sexy
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Nov. 14, 2003)
THEATER: Manilow's Musical Shuts Down Production
(By JESSE McKINLEY, Nov. 14, 2003)
TV: 'INTERSCOPE PRESENTS: NEXT EPISODE': Watch Out or You Might Get Rhymed in the Nose
(By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Nov. 14, 2003)
TV: 'COYOTE WAITS': A Mystery in Navajoland, Coded With Bright Color
(By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Nov. 14, 2003)
Thursday, November 13, 2003:
On This Day: November 13 (Saint Augustine 11/13/354-8/28/430, Johann Albert Eck 11/13/1486-2/10/1543,
Edwin Booth 11/13/1833-6/7/1893, Louis Brandeis 11/13/1856-10/5/1941, Jean Seberg 11/13/1938-9/8/1979,
Whoopi Goldberg 1955)
High Court Rules Bus Segregation Unconstitutional
(By LUTHER A. HUSTON, November 13, 1956)
* Death of R. L. Stevenson [11/13/1925-8/5/1984]
(NY Times, December 18, 1894)
Charles Brown, Former AT&T Chief, Dies at 82
(By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Nov. 13, 2003)
Mario Merz, 78, an Italian Installation Artist, Dies
(By ROBERTA SMITH, Nov. 13, 2003)
Dr. Paul Janssen, 77, Founder of a Drug Company, Dies
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Nov. 13, 2003)
Joe Kleinerman, 91, a Founder of the New York Road Runners, Dies
(By FRANK LITSKY, Nov. 13, 2003)
* Derk Bodde, 94, a Longtime Scholar on China, Dies
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Nov. 13, 2003)
A. Michael DeSisto, 64, Head of School for Troubled Students, Dies
(By ANITA GATES, Nov. 13, 2003)
NATIONAL: For Gephardt, Congress Role Is Both Platform and Hurdle
(By ROBIN TONER, Nov. 13, 2003)
Defense Rests in Sniper Case After Less Than 3 Hours
(By JAMES DAO, Nov. 13, 2003)
* Change on Early Admission Produces Application Shifts
(By KAREN W. ARENSON, Nov. 13, 2003)
He'd Do It Again, Says the 'Ten Commandments Judge'
(By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Nov. 13, 2003)
WORLD: U.S. Moves to Speed Up Iraqi Vote and Shift of Power
(By DAVID E. SANGER & STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Nov. 13, 2003)
Cabinet Approved, Arafat Calls for Peace Talks
(By GREG MYRE, Nov. 13, 2003)
Iran's Leader Says U.N. Report Removes Suspicions of Weapons
(By NAZILA FATHI, Nov. 13, 2003)
For Albanians, It's Come to This: A Son for a TV
(By NICHOLAS WOOD, Nov. 13, 2003)
Iraq Aside, French View the U.S. With a Mixture of Attraction and Repulsion
(By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Nov. 13, 2003)
PARIS JOURNAL: For the Tobacconists of France, Life's a Pack of Troubles
(By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Nov. 13, 2003)
INTELLIGENCE: C.I.A. Report Suggests Iraqis Are Losing Faith in U.S. Efforts
(By DOUGLAS JEHL, Nov. 13, 2003)
GOVERNING COUNCIL: Iraqi Leaders Seek Power Before Drafting a Charter
(By SUSAN SACHS and JOEL BRINKLEY, Nov. 13, 2003)
NEW TACTICS: U.S. Mounts Fierce Air Battle Against Suspected Guerrilla Targets in Baghdad
(By DEXTER FILKINS, Nov. 13, 2003)
* NY REGION: At Play in Chinatown's Backyard
(By ANDREA ELLIOTT, Nov. 13, 2003)
* Beats Walking? At 3.4 M.P.H., Not This Bus [M23]
(By MICHAEL LUO, Nov. 13, 2003)
* Sarah Lawrence College Drops SAT Requirement
(By JANE GROSS, Nov. 13, 2003)
METRO MATTERS: High-Stepping on a Platform of Lower Taxes
(By JOYCE PURNICK, Nov. 13, 2003)
SPORTS: At 41, Flutie Is Giving a Stiff-Arm to Age
(By LARRY BORTSTEIN, Nov. 13, 2003)
Arizona Lets Yanks Know Schilling Has a High Price
(By JACK CURRY, Nov. 13, 2003)
Old and New Managers Win Leagues' Awards
(By TYLER KEPNER, Nov. 13, 2003)
Torre Won't Seek to Extend Contract During the Season
(By TYLER KEPNER, Nov. 13, 2003)
EDITORIALS: The Testosterone Gamble
(NY TIMES, Nov. 13, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Iraq Policy in Crisis
(By, Nov. 13, 2003)
* EDITORIALS: APPRECIATIONS: Death of a Sewer Worker [Art Carney's Ed Norton]
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Nov. 13, 2003)
OP-ED: A Saudi-Israeli Deal
(By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Nov. 13, 2003)
OP-ED: Their Master's Voice
(By MAUREEN DOWD, Nov. 13, 2003)
OP-ED: A New Democracy, Enshrined in Faith
(By NOAH FELDMAN, Nov. 13, 2003)
LETTERS: The Questions About Haliburton (5 Letters)
(By CHRIS GILBERT, et. al., Nov. 13, 2003)
LETTERS: After a Bombing, Saudis Reflect (2 Letters)
(By HESHAM A. HASSABALLA, et. al., Nov. 13, 2003)
LETTERS: Has Home Schooling Achieved Respect? (4 Letters)
(By CHARLES WANKEL, et. al., Nov. 13, 2003)
LETTERS: Walter Duranty's Pulitzer
(By MARK VON HAGEN, Nov. 13, 2003)
BUSINESS: Strong Outlook for Semiconductor Sales Sets Off a Rally
[Dow +111, Nasdaq +42] (By Associated Press, Nov. 13, 2003)
I.B.M. Says It Benefits 2 Ways From On-Demand Computing
(By JOHN MARKOFF, Nov. 13, 2003)
S.E.C. Bars Questioning of Lawyers for Martha Stewart
(Bloomberg News, Nov. 13, 2003)
SMALL BUSINESS: Breaking Into More Male Strongholds
(By MARCI ALBOHER NUSBAUM, Nov. 13, 2003)
* For Men's Shirts, Bright Colors and Bold Patterns
(By TRACIE ROZHON, Nov. 13, 2003)
MARKET PLACE: Janus Capital Meets the Enemy and It Is Janus
(By RIVA D. ATLAS, Nov. 13, 2003)
China Lowers the Wall for U.S. Cars and Parts
(By DANNY HAKIM & KEITH BRADSHER, Nov. 13, 2003)
* ECONOMIC SCENE: Why Jobs Were So Late
(By ALAN B. KRUEGER, Nov. 13, 2003)
ADVERTISING: No Damages in Rosie Case, Judge Hints
(By DAVID CARR, Nov. 13, 2003)
ART: Contemporary Art Strong for a Second Night
(By CAROL VOGEL, Nov. 13, 2003)
DANCE: Ballet Theater Is Calm in Face of Loss of Funds
(By ROBIN POGREBIN, Nov. 13, 2003)
FILM: A High-Risk Film on the High Seas
(By ANNE THOMPSON, Nov. 13, 2003)
MUSIC: ALKALINE TRIO: Tales of Love Gone Terribly Wrong
(By KELEFA SANNEH, Nov. 13, 2003)
THEATER: A Glimpse Behind One Man's Makeup
(By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, Nov. 13, 2003)
GARDEN: AT HOME WITH JAMES ZEMAITIS: Blue-Chip Modern. It's So Fly.
(By WILLIAM L. HAMILTON, Nov. 13, 2003)
CIRCUITS: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 13, 2003)
Gearing Up for the Big Mobile Phone Switch
(By LISA NAPOLI, Nov. 13, 2003)
Smile, Gamers: You're in the Picture
(By NOAH ROBISCHON, Nov. 13, 2003)
* STATE OF THE ART: Swiss Army Recorder: TiVo/DVD
(By DAVID POGUE, Nov. 13, 2003)
ONLINE SHOPPER: A Sofa Embraced in Its Native Habitat
(By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Nov. 13, 2003)
* With Goggles and a Joystick, Kasparov Takes On 'Fritz'
(By SETH SCHIESEL, Nov. 13, 2003)
BASICS: VHS Memories Parade Into Your DVD Vault
(By WILSON ROTHMAN, Nov. 13, 2003)
Peeking Behind the Curtain of Secrecy
(By TOM McNICHOL, Nov. 13, 2003)
WHAT'S NEXT: Voice Authentication Trips Up the Experts
(By ANNE EISENBERG, Nov. 13, 2003)
GAME THEORY: Warfare, Bird's-Eye and Trench
(By CHARLES HEROLD, Nov. 13, 2003)
* In the Spirit of Gutenberg, Treasures for All
(By ELIZABETH OLSON, Nov. 13, 2003)
Keep an Eye on the News From Your Desk or Laptop
(By MARK GLASSMAN, Nov. 13, 2003)
Light Up the Grocery List, or Nag a Child Fluorescently
(By ANDREW ZIPERN, Nov. 13, 2003)
Set-Top Box Summons Video From the PC Upstairs
(By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Nov. 13, 2003)
Keeping That Whippersnapper in Touch With Grandpa DOS
(By CHARLES HEROLD, Nov. 13, 2003)
Out of Touch? Check the TV in Your Pocket
(By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Nov. 13, 2003)
Q & A: Memory Jolt on a Chip Restores a PC's Vigor
(By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Nov. 13, 2003)
SCIENCE: Nasal Spray's Use to Curb Hunger Is Found Safe in Small Test
(By DENISE GRADY, Nov. 13, 2003)
SCIENCE: Study of Two Cholesterol Drugs Finds One Halts Heart Disease
(By GINA KOLATA, Nov. 13, 2003)
Wednesday, November 12, 2003:
On This Day: November 12 (Aleksandr Borodin 11/12/1833-2/27/1887,
Auguste Rodin 11/12/1840-11/17/1917, Harry Blackmun 11/12/1908-3/4/1999,
Buck Clayton 11/12/1911-12/8/1991, Roland Barthes 11/12/1915-3/25/1980,
Grace Kelly 11/12/1929-9/14/1982, Kim Hunter 1922, Nadia Comaneci 1961)
Our Men In Drives On Guadalcanal
(By CHARLES HURD, November 12, 1942)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Dies at Her Home, Nearly 87 [11/12/1815-10/26/1902]
(NY Times, October 27, 1902)
* Art Carney, 85, Lauded 'Honeymooners' Actor, Dies
(By RICHARD SEVERO, Nov. 12, 2003)
Marvin Smith, 93, Whose Photographs Defined Harlem Life, Dies
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Nov. 12, 2003)
Cyla Wiesenthal, 95, Survivor of Holocaust With Nazi Nemesis, Dies
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Nov. 12, 2003)
NATIONAL: Term Waning, Gov. Davis Reflects on the Battle Lost
(By JOHN M. BRODER, Nov. 12, 2003)
In Middle of the Kerry Storm, a Man Known to Whirlwinds
(By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Nov. 12, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: A Crucial Question for Kerry
(By GLEN JUSTICE, Nov. 12, 2003)
2 Sides at First Sniper Trial Vie to Put On a Human Face
(By JAMES DAO, Nov. 12, 2003)
Report on Blackout Is Said to Describe Failure to React
(By MATTHEW L. WALD, Nov. 12, 2003)
F.B.I.'s Reach Into Records Is Set to Grow
(By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Nov. 12, 2003)
ON EDUCATION: Educating Hunter, a Child of Autism
(By MICHAEL WINERIP, Nov. 12, 2003)
WORLD: Survivors of Riyadh Bombing Pick Up Pieces
(By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Nov. 12, 2003)
MILITARY: General Vows to Intensify U.S. Response to Attackers
(By JOHN F. BURNS, Nov. 12, 2003)
Surprise Word on Nuclear Gains by North Korea and Iran
(By DAVID E. SANGER & WILLIAM J. BROAD, Nov. 12, 2003)
U.S. Awaits South Korea Plan on Troop Numbers in Seoul
(By THOM SHANKER, Nov. 12, 2003)
LETTER FROM EUROPE: Continent Wrings Its Hands Over Proclaiming Its Faith
(By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Nov. 12, 2003)
U.N. Estimates Israeli Barrier Will Disrupt Lives of 600,000
(By GREG MYRE, Nov. 12, 2003)
NY REGION: A Storm-Tossed Hero, Now Dry
(By MICHAEL BRICK, Nov. 12, 2003)
A Stained-Glass Window, Once Lost, Now Found
(By MICHAEL BRICK, Nov. 12, 2003)
* OUR TOWNS: Please Forgive Knarled Limbs. Its Age Is 600. [oak trees]
(By RICHARD LEZIN JONES, Nov. 12, 2003)
A Truck Convoy to Texas With Tigers in the Back
(By IVER PETERSON, Nov. 12, 2003)
SPORTS: Blue Jays' Halladay Wins the A.L. Cy Young Award
(By TYLER KEPNER, Nov. 12, 2003)
Rodriguez Is Available, for a Price
(By JACK CURRY, Nov. 12, 2003)
As Team Sports Conflict, Some Parents Rebel
(By BILL PENNINGTON, Nov. 12, 2003)
* EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Trying to Measure the Amount of Information That Humans Create
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Nov. 12, 2003)
OP-ED: Never Love a Stranger [Stopping Howard Dean]
(By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Nov. 12, 2003)
OP-ED: Hold the Vitriol
(By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Nov. 12, 2003)
OP-ED: End the Debates Before They Start
(By PAUL WEYRICH & RANDALL ROBINSON, Nov. 12, 2003)
* OP-ED: The Big Apple Circus
(By DAN BARBER, Nov. 12, 2003)
LETTERS: When Bush Talks of Freedom (5 Letters)
(By D. C. MONTAGUE, et. al., Nov. 12, 2003)
LETTERS: Soldiers' Stories, and Our Tears (3 Letters)
(By MARY ANN STERNBERG, Nov. 12, 2003)
LETTERS: For College Chiefs, How Much Pay Is Too Much?
(By ALICE L. GIVAN, Nov. 12, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Fall, Led by Selling of Some Technology Issues
[Dow -19, Nasdaq -11] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Nov. 12, 2003)
* PORTFOLIOS: Even as Inflation Fears Rise, Rates Remain Oddly Stable
(By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Nov. 12, 2003)
Failed Pensions: A Painful Lesson in Assumptions
(By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, Nov. 12, 2003)
For Bush, a Janus-Like View of Trade
(By ELIZABETH BECKER, Nov. 12, 2003)
Cablevision Reports Wider Loss and Will Restate Some Earnings
(By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Nov. 12, 2003)
A Different Sears Looks a Lot Like Some of Its Rivals
(By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Nov. 12, 2003)
Will Hydrogen Clear the Air? Maybe Not, Say Some
(By MATTHEW L. WALD, Nov. 12, 2003)
MARKET PLACE: Tied to Milken, the Ride Still Can Be Bumpy
(By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Nov. 12, 2003)
ARTS: $62 Million in a 'Fast and Furious' Contemporary-Art Sale
(By CAROL VOGEL, Nov. 12, 2003)
ARTS: Smithsonian Rejects Pleas on Labeling of Enola Gay
(By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Nov. 12, 2003)
ART: Embracing Southern Art: Old Times There Are Not Forgotten
(By STEPHEN KINZER, Nov. 12, 2003)
BOOKS: 'GRAND OLD PARTY': Republican Evolution, From Lincoln to Reagan
(By DOUGLAS BRINKLEY, Nov. 12, 2003)
DANCE: AMERICAN BALLET THEATER: Picturing Good and Evil in 'Dorian'
(By JACK ANDERSON, Nov. 12, 2003)
DANCE: Sponsor Spurns American Ballet Theater [Movado Watch Co]
(By ROBIN POGREBIN, Nov. 12, 2003)
MUSIC: Nashville Tribute to Johnny Cash
(By JON PARELES, Nov. 12, 2003)
PHOTOGRAPHY: Finding His Calling in Chechnya's Images of War
(By ALAN RIDING, Nov. 12, 2003)
THEATER: 'FAME ON 42ND STREET': Teenagers Onstage, Ambition in the Wings
(By BRUCE WEBER, Nov. 12, 2003)
Tuesday, November 11, 2003:
On This Day: November 11 (Paracelsus 11/11/1493-9/24/1541, Johann Albert Fabricius 11/11/1668-4/30/1736,
Paul Signac 11/11/1869-12/28/1947, Victor Emmanuel III 11/11/1869-12/28/1947, Maude Adams 11/11/1872-7/17/1953,
Rene Clair 11/11/1898-3/15/1981, Sam Spiegel 11/11/1903-12/31/1985, Kurt Vonnegut 1922, Demi Moore 1962)
* Armistice Signed, End Of The War! Berlin Seized By Revolutionists;
New Chancellor Begs For Order
(Associated Press, November 11, 1918)
* Patton's Career A Brilliant One [11/11/1885-12/21/1945]
(NY Times, December 22, 1945)
* Irv Kupcinet, Who Chronicled Chicago for 60 Years, Dies at 91
(By RICHARD SEVERO, Nov. 11, 2003)
Jack C. Grigg, a Shaper of Nuclear Navy's Systems, Is Dead at 83
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Nov. 11, 2003)
A. Michael DeSisto, 64; Founded School for Troubled Youth, Dies
(By ANITA GATES, Nov. 11, 2003)
Canaan Banana, 67, Zimbabwe Ex-President, Dies
(By REUTERS, Nov. 11, 2003)
NATIONAL: Prosecutors Close Their Case at One Sniper Trial
(By JAMES DAO, Nov. 11, 2003)
Wal-Mart Faces Class-Action Suit
(By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Nov. 11, 2003)
After the Crossing, Danger to Migrants Isn't Over
(By CHARLIE LeDUFF, Nov. 11, 2003)
Secret Service Hides Cheney as Plane Enters Restricted Area
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Nov. 11, 2003)
In Year of Outsider, an Insider Holds His Own
(By RACHEL L. SWARNS, Nov. 11, 2003)
For Bush, a Light Moment on a Painful Topic
(By DAVID E. SANGER, Nov. 11, 2003)
WORLD: Deadly Bombing of Saudi Homes Sours Al Qaeda Sympathizers
(By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Nov. 11, 2003)
LAW AND ORDER: Iraqi Tribes, Asked to Help G.I.'s, Say They Can't
(By SUSAN SACHS, Nov. 11, 2003)
Russia Ready to Help Iran With Nuclear Plant
(By SETH MYDANS, Nov. 11, 2003)
THE TROOPS: Wounded G.I.'s in the Care of Wounded Veteran of '91
(By MARK LANDLER, Nov. 11, 2003)
TEHRAN JOURNAL: Marriages Made Not in Heaven but in a Cleric's Office
(By NAZILA FATHI, Nov. 11, 2003)
NY REGION: Final Defeat for Tiger Lady Means End of Preserve
(By IVER PETERSON, Nov. 11, 2003)
Using Baby Teeth as a Geiger Counter
(By ANDY NEWMAN, Nov. 11, 2003)
PUBLIC LIVES: Battling the Darkness, With the Law as His Lamp
(By MARC SANTORA, Nov. 11, 2003)
* SPORTS: It Is Not Time for Flutie to Ride Off Into Sunset
(By IRA BERKOW, Nov. 11, 2003)
SOCCER: Grudge Match: Italy vs. the Bean Counters
(By ERIC SYLVERS, Nov. 11, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Terrorism in Saudi Arabia
(NY TIMES, Nov. 11, 2003)
VETERANS DAY: The Things They Wrote
(NY TIMES, Nov. 11, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Support the Troops
(By PAUL KRUGMAN, Nov. 11, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Cynics Without a Cause
(By DAVID BROOKS, Nov. 11, 2003)
LETTERS: The Long Shadow of the Holocaust (6 Letters)
(SAMUEL RUHMKORFF, et. al., Nov. 11, 2003)
LETTERS: Looking for Truth in TV Biopics (3 Letters)
(By BARBARA ALLEN KENNEY, et. al., Nov. 11, 2003)
LETTERS: Meeting Online: But Will You Really Click? (4 Letters)
(By HARRIET SNITKIN, et. al., Nov. 11, 2003)
BUSINESS: Technology Shares Lead a Retreat as Investors Cash In
[Dow -53, Nasdaq -29] (By Reuters, Nov. 11, 2003)
U.S. Tariffs on Steel Are Illegal, World Trade Organization Says
(By ELIZABETH BECKER, Nov. 11, 2003)
F.C.C. Backs Phone Number Portability
(By MATT RICHTEL, Nov. 11, 2003)
Curtailing Medicines From Canada
(By BERNARD SIMON, Nov. 11, 2003)
China's Bounding Economy Fuels Both Hope and Concern
(By THOMAS CRAMPTON, Nov. 11, 2003)
The Secret Life of a Retirement Account
(By LYNNLEY BROWNING & DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, Nov. 11, 2003)
ADVERTISING: NBC Faults Nielsen for Reduction in Viewers
(By BILL CARTER, Nov. 11, 2003)
MARKET PLACE: Dispute Over Stock Underwriting
(By FLOYD NORRIS, Nov. 11, 2003)
* BOOKS: 'LIVING TO TELL THE TALE': A Family Haunted by Ghosts of History
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Nov. 11, 2003)
DANCE: PARUL SHAH AND DANCERS: Dreaming Beyond Traditional Forms From North India
(By JACK ANDERSON, Nov. 11, 2003)
MUSIC: The Case of the Operatic Moon
(By LARRY ROHTER, Nov. 11, 2003)
MUSIC: For Disco's First Diva, It's Still Not Last Dance
(By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Nov. 11, 2003)
THEATER: Spare Revival of 'Town' Could Be a Long Shot
(By ROBIN POGREBIN, Nov. 11, 2003)
THEATER: Farrah Fawcett Play Closes in Previews
(By JASON ZINOMAN, Nov. 11, 2003)
THEATER: 'DISS DISS AND DISS DAT': Revenge of the One-Hit Wonders, Hip-Hop Division
(By MARGO JEFFERSON, Nov. 11, 2003)
THEATER: 'THE LEGACY CODES': Drama's Lines Evoke Yesterday's Headlines
(By BRUCE WEBER, Nov. 11, 2003)
TV: 'WRIGHT BROTHERS' FLYING MACHINE': Bicycle Repairmen and Their Flying Machines
(By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Nov. 11, 2003)
SCIENCE TIMES: 25th Anniversary Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 11, 2003)
* The Birth of Science Times: A Surprise, but No Accident
(By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Nov. 11, 2003)
* (1) Does Science Matter?
(By WILLIAM J. BROAD and JAMES GLANZ, Nov. 11, 2003)
* (2) Is War Our Biological Destiny?
(By NATALIE ANGIER, Nov. 11, 2003)
(3) Will Humans Ever Visit Mars?
(By WARREN E. LEARY, Nov. 11, 2003)
* (4) How Does the Brain Work?
(By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Nov. 11, 2003)
* (5) What Is Gravity, Really?
(By DENNIS OVERBYE, Nov. 11, 2003)
* (6) Will We Ever Find Atlantis?
(By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Nov. 11, 2003)
* (7) How Much of the Body is Replaceable?
(BY LINDA VILLAROSA , Interactive Feature, Nov. 11, 2003)
* (8) What Should We Eat?
(By DENISE GRADY, Nov. 11, 2003)
(9) When Will the Next Ice Age Begin?
(By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Nov. 11, 2003)
* (10) What Happened Before the Big Bang?
(By DENNIS OVERBYE, Nov. 11, 2003)
(11) Could We Live Forever?
(By GINA KOLATA, Nov. 11, 2003)
(12) Are Men Necessary?...
(By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Nov. 11, 2003)
...Are Women Necessary?
(By NATALIE ANGIER, Nov. 11, 2003)
(13) What Is the Next Plague?
(By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Nov. 11, 2003)
* (14) Can Robots Become Conscious?
(By KENNETH CHANG, Nov. 11, 2003)
(15) Why Do We Sleep?
(By ERICA GOODE, Nov. 11, 2003)
(16) Are Animals Smarter Than We Think?
(By JAMES GORMAN, Nov. 11, 2003)
* (17) Can Science Prove the Existence of God?
(By GEORGE JOHNSON, Nov. 11, 2003)
(18) Is Evolution Truly Random?
(By CAROL KAESUK YOON, Nov. 11, 2003)
(19) How Did Life Begin?
(By NICHOLAS WADE, Nov. 11, 2003)
(20) Can Drugs Make Us Happier? Smarter?
(By ANDREW POLLACK, Nov. 11, 2003)
(21) Should We Improve Our Genome?
(By NICHOLAS WADE, Nov. 11, 2003)
(22) How Much Nature Is Enough?
(By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Nov. 11, 2003)
(23) What Is the Most Important Problem in Math Today?
(By GINA KOLATA, Nov. 11, 2003)
(24) Where Are Those Aliens?
(By DENNIS OVERBYE, Nov. 11, 2003)
(25) Do Paranormal Phenomena Exist?
(By KENNETH CHANG, Nov. 11, 2003)
* COMMENTARY: Rousing Science Out of the Lab and Into the Limelight
(By CORNELIA DEAN, Nov. 11, 2003)
* ESSAY: Spellbound by the Eternal Riddle, Scientists Revel in Their Captivity
(By ALAN LIGHTMAN, Nov. 11, 2003)
HEALTH: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 11, 2003)
PERSONAL HEALTH: Trans Fats to Safe Sex: How Health Advice Has Changed
(By JANE E. BRODY, Nov. 11, 2003)
Drug-Coated Stent Is Found Safe and Effective for Arteries
(By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Nov. 11, 2003)
3 Autoimmune Diseases Share a Genetic Defect, Scientists Find
(By NICHOLAS WADE, Nov. 11, 2003)
Monday, November 10, 2003:
On This Day: November 10 (Martin Luther 11/10/1483-2/18/1546, François Couperin 11/10/1668-9/12/1733,
William Hogarth 11/10/1697-10/26/1764, Oliver Goldsmith 11/10/1730-4/4/1774, Vachel Lindsay 11/10/1879-12/5/1931,
El Lissitzky 11/10/1890-12/30/1941, John P. Marquand 11/10/1893-7/16/1960, John K. Northrop 11/10/1893-2/18/1981)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Opened to Visitors in Washington D.C.
(NY Times, Nov. 10, 1982)
* Richard Burton, 58, is Dead; Rakish Stage and Screen Star [11/10/1925-8/5/1984]
(By MAUREEN DOWD, August 6, 1984)
M. S. Shapiro, Zionist Leader and Lawyer, 81, Is Dead
(By TINA KELLEY, Nov. 10, 2003)
NATIONAL: 2 Sides Seem Entrenched in Supermarket Dispute
(By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Nov. 10, 2003)
Superfund Job, Not Quite Finished, Frustrates Town
(By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Nov. 10, 2003)
Gore Criticizes Expanded Terrorism Law
(By CATE DOTY, Nov. 10, 2003)
EDUCATION: 4 Highest-Paid University Presidents Top $800,000 a Year
(By TAMAR LEWIN, Nov. 10, 2003)
After Retirement, Clark Has Forged a Lucrative Career
(By LESLIE WAYNE, Nov. 10, 2003)
* WHITE HOUSE LETTER: Black and White and Read by Precious Few
(By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Nov. 10, 2003)
WORLD: Al Qaeda Blamed in Deadly Attack on Saudi Homes
(By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Nov. 10, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: A Campaign to Rattle a Long-Ruling Dynasty
(By PATRICK E. TYLER, Nov. 10, 2003)
U.S. Opposes Money for Troops Jailed in Iraq
(By PHILIP SHENON, Nov. 10, 2003)
Russian Tycoon Moves Into Politics and Then Jail
(By SABRINA TAVERNISE & TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN, Nov. 10, 2003)
* BERLIN JOURNAL: Germany's Grief and Glory, Wrapped Up in a Soccer Ball
(By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Nov. 10, 2003)
Japan's Governing Party Keeps Power, but Loses Strength
(By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Nov. 10, 2003)
Spain Says Yes as Its Prince Picks a Bride
(By DALE FUCHS, Nov. 10, 2003)
In $87.5 Billion Bill, $2 Million Bounty for Exiled Liberian
(NY TIMES, Nov. 10, 2003)
NY REGION: Unhappy in Class, More Are Learning at Home
(By JANE GROSS, Nov. 10, 2003)
Newspaper War, Waged a Character at a Time
(By JOSEPH BERGER, Nov. 10, 2003)
Grant, Lee and Matzo? Exhibit Traces History of Kosher Eating in America
(By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Nov. 10, 2003)
Pataki Pledges to Build Memorial to Victims of 2001 Plane Crash in Queens
(By ROBERT F. WORTH, Nov. 10, 2003)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary
(By JOE ROGERS, Nov. 10, 2003)
SPORTS: The Market Opens Up in Baseball
(By TYLER KEPNER, Nov. 10, 2003)
BOXING: Jones's Reputation Loses Some Heft in Victory
(By MICHAEL KATZ, Nov. 10, 2003)
CHARGERS 42, VIKINGS 28: Flutie Rekindles Magic in Win Over Minnesota
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 10, 2003)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Viewing California Politics Through the Lens of a Science-Fiction Movie
(By BRENT STAPLES, Nov. 10, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Age of Liberty
(By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Nov. 10, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Living on Borrowed Money
(By BOB HERBERT, Nov. 10, 2003)
OP-ED: Dark Days in Shangri-La
(By SAMRAT UPADHYAY, Nov. 10, 2003)
LETTERS: Democracy? Let's Lead by Example (4 Letters)
(By JEROME BALTER, et. al., Nov. 10, 2003)
LETTERS: The Dolls That Even a Feminist Could Love (2 Letters)
(By PAT NEVIN, et. al., Nov. 10, 2003)
BUSINESS: States Pay for Jobs, but It Doesn't Always Pay Off
(By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Nov. 10, 2003)
* NEWS ANALYSIS: Market Timing: A Longtime Practice Comes Under New Scrutiny
(By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Nov. 10, 2003)
Big Printers to Merge, a $2.8 Billion Stock Deal
(By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Nov. 10, 2003)
Betting on a Chancy Thing, an Adult's Music Magazine
(By DAVID CARR, Nov. 10, 2003)
An Elf and a Bear Trip Up the Final 'Matrix'
(By LAURA M. HOLSON, Nov. 10, 2003)
* MOST WANTED MEDIA: Wireless and Restless
(NY TIMES, Nov. 10, 2003)
Study Raises Doubt About Allergy to Genetic Corn
(By ANDREW POLLACK, Nov. 10, 2003)
Heart Drug Duo Doesn't Cut Complications
(NY TIMES, Nov. 10, 2003)
Oldest Living Start-Up Tells All
(By STEVE LOHR, Nov. 10, 2003)
Europe Exceeds U.S. in Refining Grid Computing
(By JOHN MARKOFF & JENNIFER L. SCHENKER, Nov. 10, 2003)
Wal-Mart Plan Could Cost Suppliers Millions
(By BARNABY J. FEDER, Nov. 10, 2003)
Fortified by Linux, Novell Hopes to Regain Strength
(By LAURIE J. FLYNN, Nov. 10, 2003)
* Predict the Future of Technology and Win a Plasma TV
(By BARNABY J. FEDER, Nov. 10, 2003)
E-COMMERCE REPORT: Online Ticket Sales Bolster Crowds
(By BOB TEDESCHI, Nov. 10, 2003)
ART: American Artists in Interwar Paris, Seeking Novelty
(By ALAN RIDING, Nov. 10, 2003)
BOOKS: 'LOST BOY LOST GIRL': Unspeakable Secrets in a Haunted House and Cyberspace
[Peter Straub] (By JANET MASLIN, Nov. 10, 2003)
BOOKS: In the Fate of Pompeii, Allegories for Today [Robert Harris]
(By ALAN COWELL, Nov. 10, 2003)
FILM: The Perils of Improvising a Racial Self ["The Human Stain"]
(By JOHN LELAND, Nov. 10, 2003)
MUSIC: LANG LANG: A Showman Revs Up the Classical Genre
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Nov. 10, 2003)
MUSIC: Melancholy Songs, but Life Seems Swell
(By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, Nov. 10, 2003)
POP: RICKIE LEE JONES: Cozy Arrangements to Fit a Girlish, Not Naïve, Voice
(By JON PARELES, Nov. 10, 2003)
THEATER: 'THE CARETAKER': Forces Cruel, Kindly and Shifty in Pinterland
(By By BEN BRANTLEY, Nov. 10, 2003)
Sunday, November 9, 2003:
On This Day: November 9 (Benjamin Banneker 11/9/1731-10/25/1806, Stanford White 11/9/1853-6/25/1906,
James Schuyler 11/9/1923-4/12/1991, Anne Sexton 11/9/1928-10/4/1974, Whitey Herzog 1931, Bob Graham 1936)
Northeast Blackout Lasts Over 13 Hours
(NY Times, Nov. 9, 1965)
* Carl Sagan, an Astronomer Who Excelled at Popularizing Science, Is Dead at 62 [11/9/1934-12/20/1996]
(By WILLIAM DICKE, December 21, 1996)
C. Z. Guest, Society Royalty, Dies at 83
(By ENID NEMY, Nov. 9, 2003)
H. L. Woodring Dies at 77; Was Driver in Patton Crash
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Nov. 9, 2003)
Richard B. Smith, 75, Lawyer Who Served 4 Years on S.E.C., Is Dead
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Nov. 9, 2003)
NATIONAL: Dean's New Steps Reshape Contest
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Nov. 9, 2003)
Counterfeit $20 Bills Already Circulating
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 9, 2003)
CASUALTIES: Lucky Break Turns to Heartbreak for Soldiers on Copter Homeward Bound From Iraq
(By MONICA DAVEY, Nov. 9, 2003)
EDUCATION: Rich Colleges Receiving Richest Share of U.S. Aid
(By GREG WINTER, Nov. 9, 2003)
WORLD: Blast Shatters Housing Enclave in Saudi Capital
(By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Nov. 9, 2003)
For Iraq Police, a Bigger Task but More Risk
(By ALEX BERENSON, Nov. 9, 2003)
New C.I.A. Concerns on North Korean Weapons
(By DAVID E. SANGER, Nov. 9, 2003)
* Between Two Homes and Two Peoples, a Soldier Wanders
(By JAMES BENNET, Nov. 9, 2003)
DIPLOMATIC MEMO: A Loud Silence From U.S. on Russian's Arrest
(By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Nov. 9, 2003)
NY REGION: Three Transformers to Bring New Power to Ground Zero
(By ALAN FEUER, Nov. 9, 2003)
A Single Father's Dream Is to See His Son on His Feet
(By ANNA BAHNEY, Nov. 9, 2003)
SPORTS: Yanks and Red Sox to Compete for Free-Agent Second Basemen
(By TYLER KEPNER, Nov. 9, 2003)
SPORTS: The Emperor Needs to Make a Game Plan for Penn State [Joe Paterno]
(By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Nov. 9, 2003)
* EDITORIAL OBSERVER: What World War I's Greatest Poet Would Say About Hiding Our War Dead
(By ADAM COHEN, Nov. 9, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Chicago Way
(By MAUREEN DOWD, Nov. 9, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Humiliation Factor
(By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Nov. 9, 2003)
OP-ED: Too Big a Man for the Small Screen [Ronald Reagan]
(By EDMUND MORRIS, Nov. 9, 2003)
* OP-ED: Seeing Is Always Believing [fake TV dramas]
(By MAX FRANKEL, Nov. 9, 2003)
LETTERS: Enlightened Occupiers?
(By NATHANIEL BERMAN, Nov. 9, 2003)
LETTERS: No Letup in the Abortion Debate (6 Letters)
(By WENDY R. SHELDON, et. al., Nov. 9, 2003)
BUSINESS PEOPLE: Skip Breakfast and Outlive the Competition
(By David Koeppel, Nov. 9, 2003)
Machine Politics in the Digital Age
(By MELANIE WARNER, Nov. 9, 2003)
INVESTING WITH PETER D. LUKE: Smith Barney Convertible Fund
(By CAROLE GOULD, Nov. 9, 2003)
MARKET WATCH: Will Investors Stampede Out of Mutual Funds?
(By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Nov. 9, 2003)
Machine Politics in the Digital Age
(By MELANIE WARNER, Nov. 9, 2003)
SENIORITY: Assisted Living to Viagra: A Dictionary Nod to Aging
(By FRED BROCK, Nov. 9, 2003)
A Gossip Yes, but Accurate Nonetheless
(By JACQUES STEINBERG, Nov. 9, 2003)
Guard Dogs Without Teeth
(By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Nov. 9, 2003)
MARKET INSIGHT: Trends Bode Well for Online Shopping
(By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Nov. 9, 2003)
* Spammers Can Run but They Can't Hide
(By SAUL HANSELL, Nov. 9, 2003)
PRIVATE SECTOR: Picking Up the Marbles at Cinar
(By BERNARD SIMON, Nov. 9, 2003)
AT LUNCH WITH PAMELA FIORI: Finding Travel's Glamour (by Solving Its Glitches)
(By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Nov. 9, 2003)
EXECUTIVE LIFE: Loyalty Rule Pops Up in Options Dispute
(By STACEY STOWE, Nov. 9, 2003)
OFF THE SHELF: Terrorism's Cost in a Global Economy
(By ALAN COWELL, Nov. 9, 2003)
ARTS OP-ED: FRANK RICH: Pfc. Jessica Lynch Isn't Rambo Anymore
(By FRANK RICH, Nov. 9, 2003)
ARTS: 'Family Business': A Town, a Father and a Fire
(By MIA FINEMAN, Nov. 9, 2003)
ARTS: When the Ultimate Monument Isn't a Building
(HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Nov. 9, 2003)
DANCE: In the Clubs, Choreography's First Steps
(By VALERIE GLADSTONE, Nov. 9, 2003)
DANCE: 'Rain': Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's Liquid Dance
(By GIA KOURLAS, Nov. 9, 2003)
THEATER: Falstaff: Corrupt Buffoon or Joyous Inspiration?
(By RON ROSENBAUM, Nov. 9, 2003)
TV: Getting to Know the Bluths
(By A. J. FRUTKIN, Nov. 9, 2003)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 9, 2003)
For Author of 'Prozac Nation,' Delayed Film Is a Downer
(By THOMAS VINCIGUERRA, Nov. 9, 2003)
London Food Critics Have Knives Out for the Chefs
(By WARREN ST. JOHN, Nov. 9, 2003)
VOWS: Stephanie Vautravers and Conon Green
(By ELAINE LOUIE, Nov. 9, 2003)
TRAVEL: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 9, 2003)
* Encounter With Prehistory in Spain
(By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Nov. 9, 2003)
36 HOURS: In Berkeley, Calif.
(By LOUISE RAFKIN, Nov. 9, 2003)
ESSAY: An Old-Country Homecoming
(By ANDREW KRIVAK, Nov. 9, 2003)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 9, 2003)
Apathy Dims Russian Democracy
(By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Nov. 9, 2003)
What You Say Can't Hurt You Until It Can
(By RICHARD L. BERKE, Nov. 9, 2003)
FOOD FIGHT: Is Obesity the Responsibility of the Body Politic?
(By KATE ZERNIKE, Nov. 9, 2003)
It's Not Just the Media. These Days, Everybody's Biased.
(By GEOFFREY NUNBERG, Nov. 9, 2003)
* ATOMIC SCALES: Striking Notes of Progress on the World's Tiniest Guitar
(By GEORGE JOHNSON, Nov. 9, 2003)
TUNNEL VISION: Watching Iraq, and Seeing Vietnam
(By CRAIG R. WHITNEY, Nov. 9, 2003)
Betting on Democracy In the Muslim World
(By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Nov. 9, 2003)
INSIDE THE C.I.A.: Iraqi Insurgents Take a Page From the Afghan 'Freedom Fighters'
(By MILT BEARDEN, Nov. 9, 2003)
* The Drug Industry's Holy Grail [anti-aging pill]
(By GINA KOLATA, Nov. 9, 2003)
To Dote on Old Fans or Court New Ones?
(By ALLEN BARRA, Nov. 9, 2003)
A Bill Signed, but It's Not Picture Perfect
(By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Nov. 9, 2003)
Now, a Bounty for Those Saboteurs of Cyberspace
(By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Nov. 9, 2003)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 9, 2003)
* ON LANGUAGE: Slog
(By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Nov. 9, 2003)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Lost Weekends
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Nov. 9, 2003)
QUESTIONS FOR ICE CUBE: That's a (W)rap!
(Interview by MONICA CORCORAN, Nov. 9, 2003)
* PROCESS: A Franchise Fantasy ["The Lord of the Rings"]
(By LAURA M. HOLSON, Nov. 9, 2003)
THE ETHICIST: Purse Grab
(By RANDY COHEN, Nov. 9, 2003)
COVER ARTICLE: Saving Oscar®
(By ROB WALKER, Nov. 9, 2003)
See Me, Shoot Me, Ask Me, Love Me
(By TERRENCE RAFFERTY, Nov. 9, 2003)
* The Studio-Indie, Pop-Prestige, Art-Commerce King [Steven Spielberg]
(By A. O. SCOTT, Nov. 9, 2003)
Drawn to Narrative [Tim Burton]
(By LYNN HIRSCHBERG, Nov. 9, 2003)
The Imperfect Science of Release Dates
(By JOSH ROTTENBERG, Nov. 9, 2003)
What the Camera Sees in Her
(By DAPHNE MERKIN, Nov. 9, 2003)
Becoming a Thoughtful Woman's Idea of a Leading Man, Part 1
(By CATHY HORYN, Nov. 9, 2003)
Becoming a Thoughtful Woman's Idea of a Leading Man, Part 2
(By MARIA RUSSO, Nov. 9, 2003)
Screenwriters Are (Obsessive, Creative, Neurotic) People, Too
(Moderated by LYNN HIRSCHBERG, Nov. 9, 2003)
STYLE: Almost Famous
(Photographs: NICOLAS MOORE, Text: HORACIO SILVA, Nov. 9, 2003)
FOOD: Cowboy Cuisine
(By JASON EPSTEIN, Nov. 9, 2003)
LIVES: Sex and the Single Older Woman
(By NANCY MEYERS as told to AMY BARRETT, Nov. 9, 2003)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 9, 2003)
* 'W. B. Yeats': On Automatic
(By ADRIAN FRAZIER, Nov. 9, 2003)
'My Life as a Fake': The Postmodern Prometheus
(By TERRENCE RAFFERTY, Nov. 9, 2003)
'Intelligence in War': Secrets and Surprises
(By JOSEPH E. PERSICO, Nov. 9, 2003)
'Governor Reagan': Anticipating Arnold
(By DAVID GREENBERG, Nov. 9, 2003)
* Orwell, Patron Saint of Inconsistency
(By BENJAMIN SCHWARZ, Nov. 9, 2003)
'Never Mind the Pollacks': Reelin' and Rockin'
(By DAVID KAMP, Nov. 9, 2003)
'Almost Heaven': Where No Woman Has Gone Before
(By NATALIE ANGIER, Nov. 9, 2003)
'From Chivalry to Terrorism': War, an Equal Opportunity Employer
(By MICHAEL SHERRY, Nov. 9, 2003)
Saturday, November 8, 2003:
On This Day: November 8 (Edmond Halley 11/8/1656-1/14/1742, Bram Stoker 11/8/1847-4/20/1912,
Gottlob Frege 11/8/1848-7/26/1925, Hermann Rorschach 11/8/1884-4/2/1922,
June Havoc 1916, Dr. Christiaan Barnard 1922, Morley Safer 1931, Bonnie Raitt 1949,
Mary Hart 1951, Christie Hefner 1952)
* John F. Kenneday Defeats Richard M. Nixon for Presidency
(NY Times, Nov. 8, 1960)
* Margaret Mitchell, Author of "Gone With the Wind", Dead of Injuries at 49 [11/8/1900-8/16/1949]
(NY Times, August 17, 1949)
Richard Wollheim, Philosopher, Dies at 80
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Nov. 8, 2003)
Hugh H. Bownes, 83, Judge Who Ruled for Civil Liberties, Dies
(By KATIE ZEZIMA, Nov. 8, 2003)
John Gleason, Whose Lights Colored the Stage in New Ways, Dies at 62
(By NORA KRUG, Nov. 8, 2003)
NATIONAL: Job Figures Buoy Bush, but Democratic Hopefuls See Room to Attack
(By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM & ELISABETH BUMILLER, Nov. 8, 2003)
Prosecution in One Sniper Trial Heartens the Defense in Another
(By ADAM LIPTAK, Nov. 8, 2003)
EDUCATION: Change in SAT Procedure Echoes in Disability Realm
(By TAMAR LEWIN, Nov. 8, 2003)
Space Items Are Missing
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 8, 2003)
WORLD: 6 Americans Die in Copter Crash in Hussein's City
(By DEXTER FILKINS, Nov. 8, 2003)
With a U.S. Nod, Turkey Says It Won't Send Force to Iraq
(By DAVID E. SANGER, Nov. 8, 2003)
Prince Charles Denies a Rumor, but Won't Say What It's About
(By SARAH LYALL, Nov. 8, 2003)
China Begins Giving Free H.I.V./AIDS Drugs to the Poor
(By JIM YARDLEY, Nov. 8, 2003)
A Libyan Brings a High Profile but Low Skills to Italian Soccer
(By FRANK BRUNI, Nov. 8, 2003)
THE SATURDAY PROFILE: A Japanese Witness to History Adroitly Survived It
(By JAMES BROOKE, Nov. 8, 2003)
Master Plan for New Trade Center Gets Down to the Finest Detail
(By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Nov. 8, 2003)
ABOUT NEW YORK: Grief Forms a Family, Then Drives a Wedge Into It
(By DAN BARRY, Nov. 8, 2003)
BOLDFACE NAMES: Beautiful, Baby [Liza Minnelli]
(By JOYCE WADLER, Nov. 8, 2003)
SPORTS: The Orioles Turn to Mazzilli to Help Turn Things Around
(By TYLER KEPNER, Nov. 8, 2003)
SPORTS: It's Not Always Fair to Kick the Kicker
(By GEORGE VECSEY, Nov. 8, 2003)
EDITORIALS: The Fruits of Secrecy [Dick Cheney]
(NY TIMES, Nov. 8, 2003)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Love, Internet Style
(By DAVID BROOKS, Nov. 8, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Our Man in Havana
(By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Nov. 8, 2003)
OP-ED: Where the Streets Have Too Many Names
(By STUART MILLER and SHARON SEITZ, Nov. 8, 2003)
OP-ED: Small Isn't Always Better
(By CLARA HEMPHILL, Nov. 8, 2003)
OP-ED: The Price of Forgiveness
(By THANE ROSENBAUM, Nov. 8, 2003)
LETTERS: Once Again: Was War Necessary? (5 Letters)
(By MOHAN SIKKA, et. al., Nov. 8, 2003)
LETTERS: Treating Osteoporosis
(By ETHEL S. SIRIS, M.D., Nov. 8, 2003)
LETTERS: A Book Is a Book
(By ROBERT S. MILLER, Nov. 8, 2003)
ARTS: AN APPRAISAL: Design Guidelines for Ground Zero Point More to Space City U.S.A.
(By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Nov. 8, 2003)
BALLET THEATER: Warming Emotional Winter With Passion and Yearning
(By JACK ANDERSON, Nov. 8, 2003)
* BOOKS: Surviving Auschwitz, Surrendering to Despair [Primo Levi]
(By ANTHONY GRAFTON, Nov. 8, 2003)
BOOKS: A Professor Who Refuses to Pull His Punches
(By EMILY EAKIN, Nov. 8, 2003)
MUSIC CRITIC: The Catchall of Country: Many Roads to Heartfelt
(By JON PARELES, Nov. 8, 2003)
OPERA: MET OPERA REVIEW | 'LA JUIVE': Retribution and Lust Collide in the Ghetto
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Nov. 8, 2003)
THEATER: Uncovering the Humor in Pinter's Pawn-and-Catalyst Caretaker
(By MEL GUSSOW, Nov. 8, 2003)
THEATER: 'SINGULAR SENSATIONS': Back Where She Belongs: Carol Channing Reminisces
(By MARGO JEFFERSON, Nov. 8, 2003)
TV: The Man Who Would Save Reagan From a TV History
(By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Nov. 8, 2003)
Friday, November 7, 2003:
On This Day: November 7 (Andrew White 11/7/1832-11/4/1918, Lise Meitner 11/7/1878-10/27/1968,
Leon Trotsky 11/7/1879-8/20/1940, Chandrasekhara Raman 11/7/1888-11/21/1970,
Herman Mankiewicz 11/7/1897-3/5/1953, Konrad Lorenz 11/7/1903-2/27/1989,
Albert Camus 11/7/1913-1/4/1960, Billy Graham 1918, Dame Joan Sutherland 1926)
* Russia's Bolshevik Revolution led by Lenin overthrew Alexander Kerensky's provisional governmennt
(NY Times, Nov. 7, 1917)
* Mme. Curie Is Dead; Martyr to Science [11/7/1867-7/4/1934]
(NY Times, July 5, 1934)
* Bobby Hatfield, a Righteous Brothers Singer, Dies at 63
(By BEN SISARIO, Nov. 7, 2003)
Roy Lucas, 61, Legal Theorist Who Helped Shape Roe Suit, Dies
(By IAN URBINA, Nov. 7, 2003)
Sheila Smythe, Health Care Advocate, Dies at 71
(By NORA KRUG, Nov. 7, 2003)
WORLD: DISPATCHES: Sending the Guard
(By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Nov. 7, 2003)
ART DESIGN: 'BRAVEHEARTS': In the Land of the Free, Who Wears the Skirts?
(By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Nov. 7, 2003)
* ART: 'THE INVISIBLE THREAD': Finding Surprises as They Are Turned Up by the Karma Wheel
(By HOLLAND COTTER, Nov. 7, 2003)
ART: 'STREAMSIDE DAY FOLLIES': Waltzing Walls and Nature Denatured
(By ROBERTA SMITH, Nov. 7, 2003)
ART: 'THE CENTAUR'S SMILE': Finding the Beast Within, and Portraying It Without
(By KEN JOHNSON, Nov. 7, 2003)
* ART: 'HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL VISIONS': Nature With Golden Haze or Ominous Thunderheads
(By GRACE GLUECK, Nov. 7, 2003)
* BOOKS: 'GOYA': A Visionary With Modernist Nightmares
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Nov. 7, 2003)
MUSIC: Tradition, Tradition, Tradition? Not in American Jewish Music
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Nov. 7, 2003)
MUSIC: Billions and Billions Served, Hundreds of Millions Donated
(By JACQUES STEINBERG, Nov. 7, 2003)
MUSIC REVERBERATIONS: Thumbs Down, Thumbs Up: Prizing a Personal Voice Even if It Hurts
(By JOHN ROCKWELL, Nov. 7, 2003)
TV: 'SAVING JESSICA LYNCH'; 'ELIZABETH SMART STORY': Battle of the Network Docudramas
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Nov. 7, 2003)
Thursday, November 6, 2003:
On This Day: November 6 (Hans Sachs 11/6/1494-1/19/1576, Washington Allston 11/6/1779-7/9/1843,
Antoine-Joseph Sax 11/6/1814-2/7/1894, Joseph Smith 11/6/1832-12/10/1914, Charles Henry Dow 11/6/1851-12/4/1902,
Walter Johnson 11/6/1887-12/10/1946, Harold Ross 11/6/1892-12/6/1951, James Jones 11/6/1921-5/9/1977,
Mike Nichols 1931, Sally Field 1946, Maria Shriver 1955)
* Abraham Lincoln Defeated Three Other Candidates for President (NY Times, November 6, 1860)
* John Philip Sousa, Band Leader, Dies at 77
[11/6/1854-3/6/1932] (NY Times, March 6, 1932)
Bobby Hatfield, 63, of the Righteous Brothers, Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 6, 2003)
Christabel Bielenberg, Anti-Nazi Memoirist, Dies at 94
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Nov. 6, 2003)
Robert Guenette, 68, Documentary Maker, Is Dead
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 6, 2003)
NATIONAL: In Deal for Life, Man Admits Killing 48 Women
(By SARAH KERSHAW, Nov. 6, 2003)
Dean Apologizes for Remarks on Rebel Flag
(By JODI WILGOREN, Nov. 6, 2003)
Soldier Accused as Coward Says He Is Guilty Only of Panic Attack
(By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Nov. 6, 2003)
DNA on Rifle Is Very Likely From Suspect, Analyst Says
(By JAMES DAO, Nov. 6, 2003)
Center to Speed U.S. Translations
(NY TIMES, Nov. 6, 2003)
EDUCATION: $1.8 Million Check for a Job Not Done Jolts Boston University
(By SARA RIMER, Nov. 6, 2003)
EDUCATION: Free Tutoring Is Reaching More Students in the System
(By JANE GROSS, Nov. 6, 2003)
WORLD: Bush Outlines Vision for Expanding Democracy in Mideast
(By DAVID E. SANGER, Nov. 6, 2003)
Pentagon Says It Has Begun Alerting 43,000 for Iraq Duty
(By ERIC SCHMITT & THOM SHANKER, Nov. 6, 2003)
PARIS JOURNAL: To Sell Lingerie, Inhibitions, and Much More, Are Falling
(By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Nov. 6, 2003)
THE WOUNDED: For G.I.'s, a Joyful Trip Home Suddenly Becomes a Painful Ordeal
(By MARK LANDLER, Nov. 6, 2003)
NY REGION: Hair Styling, Plus Cancer Education
(By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA, Nov. 6, 2003)
Dominican-Made Powder Remedy Is Poisonous, Health Officials Say
(By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA, Nov. 6, 2003)
Offstage, Her Life's Script Takes a Devastating Twist
(By NICK KAYE, Nov. 6, 2003)
PUBLIC LIVES: A Higher Profile, and a Smaller Car
(By COREY KILGANNON, Nov. 6, 2003)
SPORTS: Perfect Choice After Torre: Randolph
(By HARVEY ARATON, Nov. 6, 2003)
Pettitte and Rodriguez? Imagine
(NY TIMES, Nov. 6, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Dr. Dean and the Pickup Truck
(NY TIMES, Nov. 6, 2003)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: The Moral Dimension of Weather in an Age of Forecasts From Everywhere
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Nov. 6, 2003)
OP-ED: Iraqis at the Wheel
(By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Nov. 6, 2003)
OP-ED: Death Be Not Loud
(By MAUREEN DOWD, Nov. 6, 2003)
OP-ED: Free Trade Won't Free Cuba
(By CLAUDIA MÁRQUEZ LINARES, Nov. 6, 2003)
* OP-ED: Heavy Reading
(By IAN R. WILLIAMS, Nov. 6, 2003)
LETTERS: 'The Reagans,' No Longer on CBS (6 Letters)
(By CARL MARTIN, et. al., Nov. 6, 2003)
The Future of Iraq, and Its Occupiers (4 Letters)
(By BARBARA KAUTZ, et. al., Nov. 6, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Fall on Disappointing Results From Internet Firms
(By Bloomberg News, Nov. 6, 2003)
* Greenspan Hints Era of Very Low Rates May Be Nearing End
(By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Nov. 6, 2003)
Sony and Bertelsmann Announce Plans for Merging Music Units
(By MARK LANDLER, Nov. 6, 2003)
ADVERTISING: Nissan ŒPoets¹ at ŒMatrix¹ Showings
(By STUART ELLIOTT, Nov. 6, 2003)
Cisco Exceeds Wall Street's Expectations
(By MATT RICHTEL, Nov. 6, 2003)
* Illness as an Inspiration
(By MELINDA LIGOS, Nov. 6, 2003)
* Microsoft Offers Reward to Catch Writers of Computer Viruses
(By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Nov. 6, 2003)
* ARTS: Dolls as Role Models, Neither Barbie nor Britney
(By STEPHEN KINZER, Nov. 6, 2003)
* BOOKS: 'MY LIFE AS A FAKE': On a Treasure Hunt, Poetry as the Payoff
(By JANET MASLIN, Nov. 6, 2003)
DANCE: GEORGE PIPER DANCES: A Couple of Daring, Funny Blokes With a Flair for the Avant-Garde
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Nov. 6, 2003)
FILM: A Screening With Stars but a Focus on Politics
(By RANDY KENNEDY, Nov. 6, 2003)
* MUSIC: ALBUM REVIEW | 'LET IT BE...NAKED': Getting Back to Essentials, Beatles Refuse to Let It Be
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Nov. 6, 2003)
MUSIC: Tarnished but Still Platinum
(By KELEFA SANNEH, Nov. 6, 2003)
THE TV WATCH: Hollywood Stumbles at Doorstep of Politics
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Nov. 6, 2003)
CIRCUITS: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 6, 2003)
Short, but the Very Image of a Star
(By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Nov. 6, 2003)
Footing the Bill for the Computer Lab
(By JEFFREY SELINGO, Nov. 6, 2003)
STATE OF THE ART: Camcorders With Tape? How Quaint
(By DAVID POGUE, Nov. 6, 2003)
WHAT'S NEXT: Soaring Into the Air With a Boost From a Laser Beam
(By NOAH SHACHTMAN, Nov. 6, 2003)
* Ads Aren't All the Browser Tool Is Blocking [Google's Tool Bar]
(By LISA GUERNSEY, Nov. 6, 2003)
* HOW IT WORKS: With Silicon's Help, a Change in Status for the Lowly Battery
(By PETER WAYNER, Nov. 6, 2003)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Online Shopper: Finding Furniture on the Web
(By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Nov. 6, 2003)
* Great Tunes, but Where's The Cover?
(By J. GREG PHELAN, Nov. 6, 2003)
* In Amazon's Text-Search, a Field Day for Book Browsers
(By LISA GUERNSEY, Nov. 6, 2003)
ONLINE DIARY: A Collaborative Event Calendar and Stump the Bookseller
(By PAMELA LiCALZI O'CONNELL, Nov. 6, 2003)
Forgeries Prompt Grocers to Reject Internet Coupons
(By IAN AUSTEN, Nov. 6, 2003)
The Next Best Thing To Getting Inside His Head
(By CHARLES HEROLD, Nov. 6, 2003)
Can't Get No Satisfaction? Change the Camera Angle
(By TOM McNICHOL, Nov. 6, 2003)
An External DVD Drive Flaunts Its Fluency
(By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Nov. 6, 2003)
Electronic Messages Become a Beacon In the Darkness
(By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL, Nov. 6, 2003)
Sound Engulfs a Room Without Untidy Wires
(By IVAN BERGER, Nov. 6, 2003)
Q & A: A Signal From the Sky Lets You Stay Tuned
(By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Nov. 6, 2003)
* SCIENCE: 26 Years After Launching, Voyager Is at Crucial Border
(By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Nov. 6, 2003)
Wednesday, November 5, 2003:
On This Day: November 5 (Anna Leonowens 11/5/1834-1/19/1914, Paul Sabatier 11/5/1854-8/14/1941,
Eugen V. Debs 11/5/1855-10/20/1926, Will Durant 11/5/1885-11/7/1981, Vivien Leigh 11/5/1913-7/8/1967,
Art Garfunkel 1941, Tatum O'Neal 1963)
Nixon Wins By A Thin Margin, Pleads For Reunited Nation
(By MAX FRANKEL, November 5, 1968)
Ida M. Tarbell, 86, Dies in Bridgeport [11/5/1857-1/6/1944] (NY Times, January 7, 1944)
David Bar-Illan, Ex-Israeli Aide, Dies at 73
(By THOMAS J. LUECK, Nov. 5, 2003)
William Swetland, Actor Who Played Stalwart Men, Dies at 90
(By BEN SISARIO, Nov. 5, 2003)
John Gordon, a Collector of Americana, Dies at 82
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Nov. 5, 2003)
Herbert Muschel, 85, Founder of Service for Corporate News, Dies
(By REED ABELSON, Nov. 5, 2003)
E. Lanctot, 84, Hardware Leader, Dies
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 5, 2003)
Dr. Vadim V. Filatov, Ophthalmologist, Dies at 39
(NY TIMES, Nov. 5, 2003)
NATIONAL: Near San Diego, Bush Tours a Scene of Ruin
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Nov. 5, 2003)
Report Cites Danger in Long Nurses' Hours
(By ROBERT PEAR, Nov. 5, 2003)
School Districts Struggle With English Fluency Mandate
(By SAM DILLON, Nov. 5, 2003)
In Scorched Hills, Tribes Feel Bereft and Forgotten
(By CHARLIE LeDUFF, Nov. 5, 2003)
Illegally in the U.S., and Never a Day Off at Wal-Mart
(By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Nov. 5, 2003)
ON EDUCATION: A Test for Schwarzenegger: Adding Muscle to Bare Bones
(By MICHAEL WINERIP, Nov. 5, 2003)
INTELLIGENCE: C.I.A. Needs to Learn Arabic, House Committee Leader Says
(By DOUGLAS JEHL, Nov. 5, 2003)
WORLD: THE OCCUPATION: 3 Blasts Seem Aimed at U.S. Compound
(By DEXTER FILKINS, Nov. 5, 2003)
How Russian Oil Tycoon Courted Friends in U.S.
(By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN, Nov. 5, 2003)
U.S. Persuades Allies to Halt North Korean Atom Project
(By DAVID E. SANGER, Nov. 5, 2003)
LETTER FROM THE AMERICAS: Grievances That Can Bring Globalization to Grief
(By LARRY ROHTER, Nov. 5, 2003)
2-Party Elections a Foreign Concept in Rural Japan
(By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Nov. 5, 2003)
Sumatra Flash Flood Toll Exceeds 200
(By REUTERS, Nov. 5, 2003)
NY REGION: Ferry's Pilot Was Awake, Crewman Says
(By ROBERT F. WORTH, Nov. 5, 2003)
Turning Lower Manhattan Into Parkland
(By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Nov. 5, 2003)
To Some in Queens, a Man's Bridge to North Korea Is a Link to Espionage
(By ROBERT F. WORTH, Nov. 5, 2003)
PUBLIC LIVES: Sitting on a Park Bench, Recalling a City Visionary
(By JOHN KIFNER, Nov. 5, 2003)
SPORTS: Mattingly Is Ready to Learn From Torre
(By TYLER KEPNER, Nov. 5, 2003)
EDITORIALS: A Fight at the U.N. Over Cloning
(NY TIMES, Nov. 5, 2003)
EDITORIALS: CBS Cancels 'The Reagans'
(NY TIMES, Nov. 5, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Death by Optimism
(By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Nov. 5, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Siloviki Versus Oligarchy
(By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Nov. 5, 2003)
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR: Autumn of the Oligarchs?
(By ANDREW MEIER, Nov. 5, 2003)
LETTERS: What Are Our Options in Iraq? (5 Letters)
(By GARY HART, et. al., Nov. 5, 2003)
LETTERS: Doing Battle With Those Pests in Your In-Box (3 Letters)
(By JACK MCGANN, et. al., Nov. 5, 2003)
MARKET PLACE: Tyco, the Conglomerate, Now Suggests That Less Is More
(By BARNABY J. FEDER, Nov. 5, 2003)
2 Key Figures in Gucci's Turnaround Are Quitting
(By CATHY HORYN, Nov. 5, 2003)
* TECHNOLOGY: Intel Claims Breakthrough in Chip Making
[Transitors scale down to 65 nanometers, and then to just 45 nanometers]
(By JOHN MARKOFF, Nov. 5, 2003)
BUSINESS: Investors Cash In on Gains; Shares Close Slightly Lower
[Dow -20, Nasdaq -10] (Associated Press, Nov. 5, 2003)
* The Attraction That Is Southern China
(By KEITH BRADSHER, Nov. 5, 2003)
Big Mutual Fund to Face Some Legal Action
(By RIVA D. ATLAS, Nov. 5, 2003)
Shifting 'Reagans' to Cable Has CBS Facing New Critics
(By BILL CARTER, Nov. 5, 2003)
ART: Auction Season Opens With 3 Records
(By CAROL VOGEL, Nov. 5, 2003)
BOOKS: 'VERNON GOD LITTLE': Deep in the Heart of Texas (via Australia)
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Nov. 5, 2003)
* FILM: 'THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS': The Game Concludes With Light and Noise
["The Matrix" was so absorbing because the viewer's initial disorientation
and gradual enlightenment followed Neo's own initiation into the film's
vividly imagined layers of reality and meaning.]
(By A. O. SCOTT, Nov. 5, 2003)
JAZZ: REGINA CARTER: The Specter of Paganini Hovering Slyly Over a Performance
(By JON PARELES, Nov. 5, 2003)
MUSIC: The Voice of an Angel Takes Flight
(By ALAN RIDING, Nov. 5, 2003)
THEATER: Original Stars Returning to 'Producers,' at a Price
(By JESSE McKINLEY, Nov. 5, 2003)
* TV: The Famous and the Witty in a Half Century of Chats
(By JULIE SALAMON, Nov. 5, 2003)
TV WATCH: No Simple Rules for Dealing With Death
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Nov. 5, 2003)
FOOD & DINING: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 5, 2003)
FOOD: Farming in Paradise, Where the Lamb Is King
(By AMANDA HESSER, Nov. 5, 2003)
Once Just a Cupcake, These Days a Swell
(By JULIA MOSKIN, Nov. 5, 2003)
THE CHEF: 'Spag Bol,' for Italians Real and Imagined
(By AMANDA HESSER, Nov. 5, 2003)
THE MINIMALIST: Mexican Subtlety
(By MARK BITTMAN, Nov. 5, 2003)
FOOD STUFF: A California Cheese, Pungent and Smooth, Captures the Crown
(By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Nov. 5, 2003)
* HEALTH: Cholesterol Study Offers Hope for a Bold Therapy
(By GINA KOLATA, Nov. 5, 2003)
Panel Doubts Finding on Cloned-Food Safety
(By ELIZABETH OLSON, Nov. 5, 2003)
Tuesday, November 4, 2003:
On This Day: November 4 (Guido Reni 11/4/1575-8/18/1642, George Edward Moore 11/4/1873-10/24/1958,
Walter Cronkite 1926, Art Carney 1928, Yanni 1954)
Teheran Students Seize U.S Embassy And Hold Hostages (By REUTERS, November 4, 1979)
* Will Rogers: Adventure Marked Life of Humorist [11/4/1879-8/15/1935] (NY Times, August 17, 1935)
Philip Chu, Architect, Dies at 83
(By ERIC PACE, Nov. 4, 2003)
Frank McCloskey, Former Congressman, Dies at 64
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 4, 2003)
THE WORLD'S SWEATSHOP: Toxins Are Part of Cost of Boom in China's Exports
(By JOSEPH KAHN, Nov. 4, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Difficult Days in Iraq
(NY TIMES, Nov. 4, 2003)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Poet Laureate: Louise Glück & the Public Face of a Private Artist
(By ANDREW JOHNSTON, Nov. 4, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: This Can't Go On
(By PAUL KRUGMAN, Nov. 4, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: A Burden Too Heavy to Put Down
(By DAVID BROOKS, Nov. 4, 2003)
OP-ED: So Few Soldiers, So Much to Do
(By EDWARD N. LUTTWAK, Nov. 4, 2003)
OP-ED: Make Baghdad Pay
(By MARK MEDISH, Nov. 4, 2003)
LETTERS: As the Toll Rises, So Do the Doubts (5 Letters)
(By VINCENT WALD, et. al., Nov. 4, 2003)
LETTERS: Marathoners ܀ New York
(REBECCA M. HERSH, Nov. 4, 2003)
LETTERS: Bush and Sept. 11
(H. JOHN CHALMERS , Nov. 4, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Close at Highest Level in 17 Months
[Dow +57, Nasdaq +35] (By Reuters, Nov. 4, 2003)
ARTS: Socialist Realism Broke the Promises, but There's the Art
(By MARK LANDLER, Nov. 4, 2003)
DANCE: 'SOIRÉeE BAROQUE EN HAÏTI': Folk Meets Baroque at a Haitian Soirée
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Nov. 4, 2003)
DANCE: AMERICAN BALLET THEATER: Some Are More Easily Led Down the Garden Path Than Others
(By JACK ANDERSON, Nov. 4, 2003)
POP: JUNIOR SENIOR: Novelties That Stick in the Craw of Your Mind
(By KELEFA SANNEH, Nov. 4, 2003)
SCIENCE: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 4, 2003)
Deep in the Amazon Forest, Vast Questions About Global Climate Change
(By LARRY ROHTER, Nov. 4, 2003)
As Earth Warms, the Hottest Issue Is Energy
(By KENNETH CHANG, Nov. 4, 2003)
* In Mating Games, Spiders May Learn Lessons Faster Than Young Men
(By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Nov. 4, 2003) \
HEALTH: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 4, 2003)
PERSONAL HEALTH: Ways to Save the Planet and Get Healthy, Too
(By JANE E. BRODY, Nov. 4, 2003)
CASES: The Sunless Sunburn Mystery
(By FRED LEVIT, M.D., Nov. 4, 2003)
Exercise and Setting Ease Alzheimer's Effects
(By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Nov. 4, 2003)
Fetal Brains Suffer Badly From Effects of Alcohol
(By LINDA CARROLL, Nov. 4, 2003)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Ringing Warning Bells
(By RICHARD PEREZ-PENA, Nov. 4, 2003)
Pediatricians Urged to Step Up Fight Against Obesity
(By ALICIA AULT, Nov. 4, 2003)
* Animals Cloned for Food No Longer Draw Collective Yawn
(By GINA KOLATA, Nov. 4, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Treatment: Right Light for Smoother Skin
(By JOHN O'NEIL, Nov. 4, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Confidentiality: Secrets Spilled Between the Floors
(By JOHN O'NEIL, Nov. 4, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Hazards: The Dirty Business of Cleaning
(By JOHN O'NEIL, Nov. 4, 2003)
* VITAL SIGNS: At Risk: Grandmom's Little Health Hazard
(By JOHN O'NEIL, Nov. 4, 2003)
Q & A: Ear and Nose Hair
(By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Nov. 4, 2003)
Monday, November 3, 2003:
On This Day: November 3 (Stephen Austin 11/3/1793-12/27/1836, William Cullen Bryant 11/3/1794-6/12/1878,
Vincenzo Bellini 11/3/1801-9/23/1835, Leopold III 11/3/1901-9/25/1983, Andre Malraux 11/3/1901-11/23/1976,
James Reston 11/3/1909-12/6/1995, Bob Feller 1918, Charles Bronson 1921, Michael Dukakis 1933)
Roosevelt Sweeps The Nation; His Electoral Vote Exceeds 500 (By ARTHUR KROCK, November 3, 1936)
* Walker Evans Dies; Artist With Camera [11/3/1903-4/10/1975] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, April 11, 1975)
Richard E. Neustadt, Historian Who Advised Three Presidents, Dies at 84
(By THOMAS J. LUECK, Nov. 3, 2003)
Paul Calabresi, Who Led Development of Cancer Drugs, Dies at 73
(By DAVID TULLER, Nov. 3, 2003)
B. N. Kursunoglu, 81, Physicist Who Led Noted Research Center, Dies
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Nov. 3, 2003)
Robert G. Bartle, 75, Mathematician and Author, Dies
(By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Nov. 3, 2003)
Frank A. Pitelka, 87, Zoologist and Behavioral Ecology Expert, Dies
(By STUART LAVIETES, Nov. 3, 2003)
Doug Tuchman, 63, Promoter of Bluegrass, Dies
(NY TIMES, Nov. 3, 2003)
Luise V. Hanson, Co-Founder of Winnebago, Dies at 90
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 3, 2003)
NATIONAL: Openly Gay Man Is Made a Bishop
(By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Nov. 3, 2003)
Community, of Sorts, Blooms at Shelter for Fire Refugees
(By SARAH KERSHAW, Nov. 3, 2003)
Justices Face Decision on Accepting 9/11 Cases
(By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Nov. 3, 2003)
Holocaust Museum Tribute Also Serves as a Thread
(By JOSEPH BERGER, Nov. 3, 2003)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: Two Words on a Banner That No Author Wants to Claim
(By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Nov. 3, 2003)
Casino Proposal Splinters a State Used to Consensus [Maine]
(By PAM BELLUCK, Nov. 3, 2003)
Almost-Chief of Boston U. Planned a Purge, Some Say
(By SARA RIMER, Nov. 3, 2003)
WORLD: Russia Is Mostly Unmoved by the Troubles of Its Tycoons
(By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Nov. 3, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: As Casualties in Iraq Mount, Will Resolve Falter?
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Nov. 3, 2003)
Littlest Immigrants, Left in Hands of Smugglers
(By GINGER THOMPSON, Nov. 3, 2003)
Back to Kabul, With a Queens Accent
(By ROBERT F. WORTH, Nov. 3, 2003)
Master Statesman Now His Kin's Fascination
(By JAMES BARRON, Nov. 3, 2003)
Family With a Big Heart Gets a Timely Hand
(By KATE JACOBS, Nov. 3, 2003)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary
(By JOE ROGERS, Nov. 3, 2003)
SPORTS: Okayo Beats Her Course Record by Nearly Two Minutes
(By JERE LONGMAN, Nov. 3, 2003)
SPORTS: In the End, Lel Proves a Bit Stronger Than Rop
(By FRANK LITSKY, Nov. 3, 2003)
SPORTS: Runyan Too Famous to Suffer Unnoticed
(By GEORGE VECSEY, Nov. 3, 2003)
SPORTS: A Managerial Memo to Boston: Think Old
(By DAVE ANDERSON, Nov. 3, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Congressional Spam Filter
(NY TIMES, Nov. 3, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Iraq War III
(By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Nov. 3, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Big Chill at the Lab
(By BOB HERBERT, Nov. 3, 2003)
OP-ED: Guatemala's Fictional Democracy
(By FRANCISCO GOLDMAN, Nov. 3, 2003)
LETTERS: Pete Rose's Folly, Baseball's Integrity (3 Letters)
(By NORMAN G. LEBHAR, et. al., Nov. 3, 2003)
LETTERS: Your Kids, My Peace
(By ROBIN GERMANY, Nov. 3, 2003)
My Job Prospects (I'm 56)
(By STEVE ROSENBERG, Nov. 3, 2003)
* BUSINESS: Late at Night, That's NBC Crowing
(By BILL CARTER, Nov. 3, 2003)
Strong Funds' Chairman Resigns His Position
(By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Nov. 3, 2003)
File Sharing Pits Copyright Against Free Speech
(By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Nov. 3, 2003)
ADVERTISING: Most TV Spots Sold 3 Months Before Super Bowl
(By STUART ELLIOTT, Nov. 3, 2003)
TECHNOLOGY: Music-Sharing Service at M.I.T. Is Shut Down
(By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Nov. 3, 2003)
Nanomaterials: As Uses Grow, Tiny Materials' Safety Is Hard to Pin Down
(By BARNABY J. FEDER, Nov. 3, 2003)
German Way to Go Digital: No Dawdling
(By MARK LANDLER, Nov. 3, 2003)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: Measuring Online Ad Effectiveness
(By BOB TEDESCHI, Nov. 3, 2003)
Amazon Promotions to Use Celebrities
(By REUTERS, Nov. 3, 2003)
Foreign Demand Increases Chip Sales
(By LAURIE J. FLYNN, Nov. 3, 2003)
In Milan, Working to Unfurl a High-Tech Blanket of Fiber
(By ERIC SYLVERS, Nov. 3, 2003)
TECHNOLOGY: Handwritten Notes Through the Phone
(By SABRA CHARTRAND, Nov. 3, 2003)
ARTS Briefing [Children, Glamour, Benny Goodman]
(By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Nov. 3, 2003)
DANCE: 'YOSSI, SHLOMI AND EMANUEL': Ambiguous Relationships, Distilled by Israeli Choreographers
(By JACK ANDERSON, Nov. 3, 2003)
FILM CRITIC: A Film Dispute Becomes Melodrama
(By A. O. SCOTT, Nov. 3, 2003)
MUSIC: Class, Get in Touch With Your Inner Zappa
(By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, Nov. 3, 2003)
MUSIC: LEON FLEISHER: For a Pianist, a Reunion of Right and Left
(By BERNARD HOLLAND, Nov. 3, 2003)
ROCK: WIDESPREAD PANIC: A Jam Band in an Arena, Cognizant of Geography
(By JON PARELES, Nov. 3, 2003)
THEATER: 'CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF': Big Daddy's Ego Defies Death and His Family
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Nov. 3, 2003)
* TV CRITIC: The Volatile Notion of a Married Jesus
(By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Nov. 3, 2003)
TV: 'ON THIN ICE': Her Life Is a Mess, but Not Her Hair
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Nov. 3, 2003)
TV: 'FEAST OF DEATH': A Writer, Hard-Boiled and Shaped by Murder
(By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Nov. 3, 2003)
* SCIENCE: Study Finds That Nitrites in the Body Greatly Aid Blood Flow
(By WARREN E. LEARY, Nov. 3, 2003)
* Icelandic Company Says It Has Found Osteoporosis Gene
(By NICHOLAS WADE, Nov. 3, 2003)
Sunday, November 2, 2003:
On This Day: November 2 (Jean-Baptiste Chardin 11/2/1699-12/6/1779, Marie-Antoinette 11/2/1755-10/16/1793,
James Knox Polk 11/2/1795-6/15/1849, Maurice Blondel 11/2/1861-6/4/1949,
Luchino Visconti 11/2/1861-6/4/1949, Burt Lancaster 11/2/1913-10/20/1994,
Patrick J. Buchanan 1938, Stefanie Powers 1942, Shere Hite 1942)
Carter Victor In Tight Race; Ford Loses New York State
(By R. W. APPLE JR., November 2, 1976)
President Warren G. Harding, a Farm Boy Who Rose by Work, Dies at 57
[11/2/1865-8/2/1923] (NY Times, August 3, 1923)
Dorothy Farnan, Author of 'Auden in Love,' Dies at 84
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Nov. 2, 2003)
Peter H. G. Morgan, 83, Auto Company Heir, Dies
(By RICHARD FEAST, Nov. 2, 2003)
NATIONAL: Deaths in Iraq Take a Steady Toll at Home
(By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Nov. 2, 2003)
Car Bursts Through Bush's Security Cordon
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Nov. 2, 2003)
Economy's Surge Poses Challenge for Presidential Hopefuls
(By DAVID LEONHARDT, Nov. 2, 2003)
* Saving Seeds Subjects Farmers to Suits Over Patent
(By ADAM LIPTAK, Nov. 2, 2003)
Schiavo Case Brings Unwelcomed Spotlight
(By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Nov. 2, 2003)
More U.S. Families Hungry or Too Poor to Eat, Study Says
(By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 2, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Pros at the Con
(By MAUREEN DOWD, Nov. 2, 2003)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The End of the West?
(By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Nov. 2, 2003)
ARTS: OP-ED: FRANK RICH: So Much for 'The Front Page'
(By FRANK RICH, Nov. 2, 2003)
BUSINESS: Dismantling a Wall Street Club
(By LANDON THOMAS JR., Nov. 2, 2003)
* Hold That Thought. Change That Look.
(By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Nov. 2, 2003)
Look! We Can Drive and Snack at the Same Time
(By KATE MURPHY, Nov. 2, 2003)
At Sea With MP3's, Boomers Buoy Struggling Record Industry
(By CHRIS NELSON, Nov. 2, 2003)
Little Banks Learn to Compete With Merger Mania
(By JENNIFER BAYOT, Nov. 2, 2003)
Is the Party Ending for Home Builders?
(By J. ALEX TARQUINIO, Nov. 2, 2003)
China's Factories Aim to Fill the World's Garages
(By KEITH BRADSHER, Nov. 2, 2003)
A Cable Network of Their Own
(By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK & GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Nov. 2, 2003)
* MARKET WATCH: At Putnam, the Buck Stays Put in a Pocket
(By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Nov. 2, 2003)
* PRIVATE SECTOR: Adding Fizz to the Dairy Case
(By PATRICIA R. OLSEN, Nov. 2, 2003)
THE BUSINESS WORLD: Does Brazil Have Italy on the Ropes?
(By TONY SMITH, Nov. 2, 2003)
* ECONOMIC VIEW: Beneath the Smiles, a Churning Anxiety
(By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Nov. 2, 2003)
MARKET INSIGHT: How Scandal Can Help the Mutual Fund Industry
(By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Nov. 2, 2003)
INVESTING WITH ROBERT N. GENSLER: T. Rowe Price Media and Telecommunications Fund
(By CAROLE GOULD, Nov. 2, 2003)
* STRATEGIES: Need a New Barometer for Stocks? Try the Price of Oil
(By MARK HULBERT, Nov. 2, 2003)
In a Land of Giants, Little Funds Find an Audience
(By TIM GRAY, Nov. 2, 2003)
* ON THE CONTRARY: Why Do Employers Pay for Health Insurance, Anyhow?
(By DANIEL AKST, Nov. 2, 2003)
PRELUDES: Reality Television vs. Real Careers
(By ABBY ELLIN, Nov. 2, 2003)
LOVE & MONEY: When Your Brother Is Your Benchmark
(By ELLYN SPRAGINS, Nov. 2, 2003)
* 'Autumn of the Moguls': Synergy is Bunk
(By ROB WALKER, Nov. 2, 2003)
THE BOSS: I¹m Not Darrin
(By DONNY DEUTSCH, Written with Stuart Elliott, Nov. 2, 2003)
ART: Please Touch the Art
(By CAROL KINO, Nov. 2, 2003)
ART: A DVD Offers a Chance to Think Inside Cornell's Boxes
(By VALERIE GLADSTONE, Nov. 2, 2003)
ARTS: How to Make a Building Fly
(By ANDREW BLUM, Nov. 2, 2003)
ARTS: Leaping Dialectics in a Single Bound
(By LINDA YABLONSKY, Nov. 2, 2003)
DANCE: RoseAnne Spradlin Gives Sex a Realistic Crash and Jiggle
(By GIA KOURLAS, Nov. 2, 2003)
MUSIC: Growing Up: Britney Did It Again
(By NEIL STRAUSS, Nov. 2, 2003)
* MUSIC: In This Clash of Church and State, No One Wins
(By DIANA HALLMAN, Nov. 2, 2003)
MUSIC: Regina Carter Keeps in Touch With a 260-Year-Old Friend
(By TERRY TEACHOUT, Nov. 2, 2003)
MUSIC PLAYLIST: Michael Jackson's Tutorial in P.R.
(By NEIL STRAUSS, Nov. 2, 2003)
MUSIC: How to Make an Opera a Riddle: Adapt David Lynch
(By ROBERT HILFERTY, Nov. 2, 2003)
THEATER: The Alien Emperor of 80's London
(By FIACHRA GIBBONS, Nov. 2, 2003)
THEATER: The Case of the Incredible Shrinking Blockbuster
(By JESSE MCKINLEY, Nov. 2, 2003)
* THEATER EXCERPT: Revising 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'
(By Tennessee Williams, Nov. 2, 2003)
Julia Jordan Beats the Odds, Then Beats Them Again
(By JASON ZINOMAN, Nov. 2, 2003)
TV: The Kid Won't Get Out of the Picture
(By NANCY GRIFFIN, Nov. 2, 2003)
TV RERUNS: A Teen Drama's True Test? Its Adults
(By EMILY NUSSBAUM, Nov. 2, 2003)
TRAVEL: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 2, 2003)
In Chicago, Luxe by the Lake
(By RICHARD B. WOODWARD, Nov. 2, 2003)
San Francisco for Less Gold
(By MEGAN HARLAN, Nov. 2, 2003)
A Tab of Two Cities: Atlanta, Old and New
(By DAVID KIRBY, Nov. 2, 2003)
WHAT'S DOING In Valencia
(By DALE FUCHS, Nov. 2, 2003)
FRUGAL TRAVELER: It's Not Easy in Greenland, but It's Definitely Cool
(By DAISANN McLANE, Nov. 2, 2003)
* ESSAY: European Grand(dad) Tour
(By ALAN S. OSER, Nov. 2, 2003)
CYBERSCOUT: Online Agencies as Ombudsmen
(By BOB TEDESCHI, Nov. 2, 2003)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 2, 2003)
Big 10's End Zone: New York Bars
(By WARREN ST. JOHN, Nov. 2, 2003)
Guy in Skirt Seeks Sensitivity in Brooklyn
(By MICHAEL BRICK, Nov. 2, 2003)
The Watchful Parent, Sentry Over Innocence
(By KATE ZERNIKE, Nov. 2, 2003)
VIEW: Assessing the Record of a Tarnished Idol
(By DIANE COLE, Nov. 2, 2003)
POSSESSED: The Next Best Thing to Your Own [Wedgwood White]
(By DAVID COLMAN, Nov. 2, 2003)
PULSE: Fitted and Feminine Give Jeans a Run
(By MONICA CORCORAN, Nov. 2, 2003)
A NIGHT OUT WITH: Peter Sarsgaard: Round the Loop
(By LINDA LEE, Nov. 2, 2003)
THE AGE OF DISSONANCE: One Pitch, and You're Out
(By BOB MORRIS, Nov. 2, 2003)
GOOD COMPANY: Did Someone Say 50th? Then Invite 250
(By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON, Nov. 2, 2003)
ON THE STREET: In the Arrondissements
(By Bill Cunningham, Nov. 2, 2003)
VOWS: Candy Beagles and James Carroll
(By BERNARD KIRSCH, Nov. 2, 2003)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 2, 2003)
ARMS AND AIMS: The Art of War vs. the Craft of Occupation
(By ALEX BERENSON, Nov. 2, 2003)
PRESS WARS IN BAGHDAD: If the News Turns Bad, the Messenger Takes a Hit
(By RAYMOND BONNER, Nov. 2, 2003)
HELP!: Disaster Aid: The Mix of Mercy and Politics
(By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, Nov. 2, 2003)
Howard Dean's Internet Push: Where Will It Lead?
(By GLEN JUSTICE, Nov. 2, 2003)
SENTENCE REVISION: States Seek Ways to Make Executions Error Free
(By LAURA MANSNERUS, Nov. 2, 2003)
New Global Trade Lineup: Haves, Have-Nots, Have-Somes
(By LARRY ROHTER, Nov. 2, 2003)
* GURU NATION: Every Recession and Every Recovery Has a Nostradamus
(By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Nov. 2, 2003)
The Middle Class Spends Its Way to Recovery
(By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Nov. 2, 2003)
* FROM NIGERIA WITH LOVE: How Quick a Get-Rich Scheme? It's Only a Mouse Click Away
(By SAM ROBERTS, Nov. 2, 2003)
Home, Sweet Home: Pursuing Dreams in a Land of Fire
(By WILLIAM FULTON, Nov. 2, 2003)
Protecting 'Gorbyness,' Marks and All
(By JONATHAN D. GLATER, Nov. 2, 2003)
A Space Shuttle Rescue, After the Fact
(By MATTHEW L. WALD, Nov. 2, 2003)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 2, 2003)
* ON LANGUAGE: Vogueword Watch
(By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Nov. 2, 2003)
* THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Too Much
(By MARGARET TALBOT, Nov. 2, 2003)
* QUESTIONS FOR NOAM CHOMSKY: The Professorial Provocateur
(Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Nov. 2, 2003)
PAGE TURNER: The Sounds of Sadness
(By HUGO LINDGREN, Nov. 2, 2003)
THE ETHICIST: Brother-in-Law's Keeper?
(By RANDY COHEN, Nov. 2, 2003)
COVER ARTICLE: Blueprint for a Mess
(By DAVID RIEFF, Nov. 2, 2003)
The Cruelest Cure [Psychologist David H. Barlow treats anxiety disorders]
(By LAUREN SLATER, Nov. 2, 2003)
* In the Shadow of the Patriarch [García Márquez]
[A recent newspaper poll in Spain found "One Hundred Years of Solitude"
ranked just after the Bible and "Don Quixote" in universal historical importance]
(By FRANCISCO GOLDMAN, Nov. 2, 2003)
Retrofeminist of the Night [Delilah, the anti-Limbaugh]
(By DAVID SHIELDS, Nov. 2, 2003)
STYLE: The Great White Wayfarer
(By BRUCE WEBER, Nov. 2, 2003)
* FOOD: The Know-It-All [Scottish food historian Alan Davidson]
(By JONATHAN REYNOLDS, Nov. 2, 2003)
LIVES: Surprise Delivery
(By MARA SILVERMAN as told to GILLIAN SILVERMAN, Nov. 2, 2003)
MAGAZINE SPECIAL: STYLE & ENTERTAINING
(Contents, Nov. 2, 2003)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents
(NY TIMES, Nov. 2, 2003)
* 'Love': Extreme Emotions and Unthinkable Deeds [Toni Morrison]
(By LAURA MILLER, Nov. 2, 2003)
'Family Circle': Underground Woman [Susan Braudy]
(By THOMAS POWERS, Nov. 2, 2003)
* 'Don Quixote': The Errant Knight Rides Again
[By Miguel de Cervantes, Translated by Edith Grossman]
(By CARLOS FUENTES, Nov. 2, 2003)
'The Iraq War': The First Draft [Williamson Murray & Robert H. Scales Jr]
(By KENNETH M. POLLACK, Nov. 2, 2003)
'The Serenity Prayer': Among the Heathens
(By ANN HULBERT, Nov. 2, 2003)
'The Stuff of Life': Death Watch [Karen Karbo]
(By JANET BURROWAY, Nov. 2, 2003)
F.D.R., Behind the Cigarette Holder [Robert H. Jackson; Roy Jenkins]
(By JEFF SHESOL, Nov. 2, 2003)
* 'A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market': He Should Have Known Better [John Allen Paulos]
(By ROBERT KUTTNER, Nov. 2, 2003)
POEM: Entrance ["Then I went indoors. First came the beautiful one"]
(By SASKIA HAMILTON, Nov. 2, 2003)
THE LAST WORD: Long Story Short
(By LAURA MILLER, Nov. 2, 2003)
Saturday, November 1, 2003:
On This Day: November 1 (Crawford W. Long 11/1/1815-6/16/1878,
Sholem Asch 11/1/1880-7/10/1957, Sakutaro Hagiwara 11/1/1886-5/11/1942)
EXPERIMENTS FOR HYDROGEN BOMB HELD SUCCESSFULLY AT ENIWETOK (By JAY WALZ, Nov. 1, 1952)
* Stephen Crane Dead: Author of "The Red Badge of Courage"
[11/1/1871-6/5/1900] (NY Times, June 6, 1900)
James O'Gara, 85, Editor of Commonweal Magazine, Dies
(By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Nov. 1, 2003)
Lynn S. Beedle, 85, an Expert on Tall Buildings, Dies
(By DAVID TULLER, Nov. 1, 2003)
William Draper, Painter Who Portrayed Presidents, Dies at 90
(By KEN JOHNSON, Nov. 1, 2003)
Seymour Graubard, Who Fought Anti-Semitism, Dies at 92
(By WOLFGANG SAXON, Nov. 1, 2003)
Robert J. Barnes, 86, Leader in Building Estée Lauder Brand, Dies
(NY TIMES, Nov. 1, 2003)
Gil Nickel, 64, Wine Enthusiast Who Became a Leading Vintner, Dies
(By FRANK J. PRIAL, Nov. 1, 2003)
Elim Klimov, Russian Film Director, Dies at 70
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 1, 2003)
* ART: From Noah's Curse to Slavery's Rationale
(By FELICIA R. LEE, Nov. 1, 2003)
* ARTS: High-Tech Daydreamers Investing in Immortality
(By JAMES GORMAN, Nov. 1, 2003)
DANCE: 'DORIAN': That Alter Ego Can Be a Killer. You Get the Picture, Dorian?
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Nov. 1, 2003)
MUSIC: MAYA BEISER: An Evening's Adventure, With a Cellist and Her Voice
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Nov. 1, 2003)
MUSIC: ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE'S: Firsts and Lasts in Mozart and Haydn
(By JEREMY EICHLER, Nov. 1, 2003)
MUSIC: ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: Putting Schoenberg in Context
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Nov. 1, 2003)
ROCK: THE STROKES: Songs That Hurtle Through Urban Pressures
(By JON PARELES, Nov. 1, 2003)
THEATER: 'BOUNCE': Sondheim Guides Two Brothers on a Tour of Life
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Nov. 1, 2003)
TV: 'DOCTOR ZHIVAGO': 'Zhivago' Without Hollywood
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Nov. 1, 2003)
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