Selected Articles from The New York Times—
November 2006
(* denotes news of special interest)

Thursday, November 30, 2006:
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)

Wednesday, November 29, 2006:
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)

The 10 Best Books of 2006: FICTION (NY TIMES, Nov. 29, 2006)

Tuesday, November 28, 2006:
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)

* SCIENCE | String Theory: New Approaches to Instrument Design (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Nov. 28, 2006)

Monday, November 27, 2006:
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)

OP-ED: My Life as a Dog (By JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER, Nov. 27, 2006)
* BUSINESS | Gilded Paychecks: Lure of Great Wealth Affects Career Choices
(By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Nov. 27, 2006)

Sunday, November 26, 2006:
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)

SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 26, 2006)
* ON LANGUAGE: 'To­Be' or Not 'To­Be' (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Nov. 26, 2006)
* Questions for Jerry Brown: The Comeback Kid (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Nov. 26, 2006)
* COVER ARTICLE: What It Takes to Make a Student (By PAUL TOUGH, Nov. 26, 2006)
* Playing With Ideas [Tom Stoppard] (By DAPHNE MERKIN, Nov. 26, 2006)

Saturday, November 25, 2006:
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)

Friday, November 24, 2006:
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)

Thursday, November 23, 2006:
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)

* TECHNOLOGY | State of the Art: Free Services to Inspire Your Cellphone
(By DAVID POGUE, Nov. 23, 2006)

Wednesday, November 22, 2006:
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)

HEALTH: Study Questions Need to Operate on Disk Injuries (By GINA KOLATA, Nov. 22, 2006)

Tuesday, November 21, 2006:
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)

SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 21, 2006)
* SCIENCE: A Free-for-All on Science and Religion (By GEORGE JOHNSON, Nov. 21, 2006)
* HEALTH ESSAY: When Young Doctors Strut Too Much of Their Stuff (By ERIN N. MARCUS, M.D., Nov. 21, 2006)

Monday, November 20, 2006:
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)

Sunday, November 19, 2006:
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)

Saturday, November 18, 2006:
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)

Friday, November 17, 2006:
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)

* HEALTH: Red Wine Ingredient Increases Endurance, Study Shows (By NICHOLAS WADE, Nov. 17, 2006)

Thursday, November 16, 2006:
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)

Wednesday, November 15, 2006:
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)

* BUSINESS | The Internet: How to Make Your Web Site Sing for You (By ERIC A. TAUB, Nov. 15, 2006)

Tuesday, November 14, 2006:
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)

NATIONAL: For Evangelicals, Supporting Israel Is 'God¹s Foreign Policy' (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Nov. 14, 2006)
EDUCATION: As Math Scores Lag, a New Push for the Basics (By TAMAR LEWIN, Nov. 14, 2006)

Monday, November 13, 2006:
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)

Sunday, November 12, 2006:
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)

* TRAVEL | PERU: Taking the Back Roads to Machu Picchu (By PATRICK O¹GILFOIL HEALY, Nov. 12, 2006)

Saturday, November 11, 2006:
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)

HEALTH | Troubled Children: What¹s Wrong With a Child? Psychiatrists Often Disagree
(By BENEDICT CAREY, Nov. 11, 2006)

Friday, November 10, 2006:
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)

Thursday, November 9, 2006:
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)

NATIONAL: With Control of the Senate in the Balance, All Eyes Turn to Virginia (By JOHN M. BRODER & IAN URBINA, Nov. 9, 2006)
TECHNOLOGY: Microsoft Strikes Deal for Music (By JEFF LEEDS, Nov. 9, 2006)
BASICS: A Wi-Fi Express Lane (By JOHN R. QUAIN, Nov. 9, 2006)
* Q & A: Desktop Publishing on the Mac [Setting up a Wiki] (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Nov. 9, 2006)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Pies With Down-Home Magic, Yours for the Clicking (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Nov. 9, 2006)

Wednesday, November 8, 2006:
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)

NATIONAL: Rumsfeld Resigns as Defense Secretary After Big Election Gains for Democrats
(By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG & JIM RUTENBERG, Nov. 8, 2006)
NATIONAL NEWS ANALYSIS: A Loud Message for Bush (By ROBIN TONER, Nov. 8, 2006)
NATIONAL: Real 'OC' Starts Objecting to Its MTV Portrayal (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Nov. 8, 2006)
NY REGION: Their Own Little Mayberry on the Jersey Shore (By TINA KELLEY, Nov. 8, 2006)
EDITORIAL: The Democratic House (NY TIMES, Nov. 8, 2006)
OP-ED: The Code of the Callboy (By DAN SAVAGE, Nov. 8, 2006)
OP-ED: No Atheists in a Foxhole? No Idiots, Either (By TIM KANE & MACKENZIE EAGLEN, Nov. 8, 2006)
BUSINESS: Drilling Deep in the Gulf of Mexico (By JAD MOUAWAD, Nov. 8, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: AOL says portals are passe (Elinor Mills, for News.com, Nov. 8, 2006)
* REAL ESTATE: In Tuscany, Luxury Farmhouses (By ANDRÉA R. VAUCHER, Nov. 8, 2006)
* BOOKS: Jean-Jacques Sempé's Tales of Two Cities (By CHARLES McGRATH, Nov. 8, 2006)
TV: A Vanishing Act for 'Lost', as It Takes a 13-Week Break (By EDWARD WYATT, Nov. 8, 2006)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY Times, Nov. 8, 2006)
* FOOD | THE MINIMALIST: The Secret of Great Bread: Let Time Do the Work (By MARK BITTMAN, Nov. 8, 2006)
FOOD | Recipe: No-Knead Bread (Adapted from Jim Lahey, Sullivan Street Bakery, Nov. 8, 2006)
FOOD STUFF: When Measuring Becomes a Term of Art (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Nov. 8, 2006)
FOOD: 'Brooklyn Style Pizza' Meets the Real Deal (By KIM SEVERSON, Nov. 8, 2006)
FOOD: Fixings to Make Any Turkey Fly (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Nov. 8, 2006)
FOOD: As Six Turkeys Tussle for a Title, Degrees Challenge Pedigrees (By MARIAN BURROS, Nov. 8, 2006)

Tuesday, November 7, 2006:
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)

NATIONAL: Democrats Seize Control of House; Senate Hangs on Virginia and Montana (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Nov. 7, 2006)
NATIONAL | CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK: A Last Hurrah of Sorts for Bush-Rove Partnership (By JIM RUTENBERG, Nov. 7, 2006)
NY REGION: New York Plans to Make Gender Personal Choice (By DAMIEN CAVE, Nov. 7, 2006)
* OP-ED: Too Close for Comfort (By STEPHANIE COONTZ, Nov. 7, 2006)
BUSINESS: Committed to Coal, and in a Hurry, Too (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Nov. 7, 2006)
REAL ESTATE: In Arizona, 'For Sale' Is a Sign of the Times (By VIKAS BAJAJ, Nov. 7, 2006)
TV: The Creepy Guy on 'Lost' Reveals Clues to His Past (By JOE RHODES, Nov. 7, 2006)
TV: A Series Changes Horses, and the Ride Gets Bumpy (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Nov. 7, 2006)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 7, 2006)
ESSAY: Hubble, NASA's Comeback Kid, Survives to See a New Dawn (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Nov. 7, 2006)
In California, Ecologists Retrace a Pioneer's Footsteps (By AMANDA T. HAWN, Nov. 7, 2006)
* SCIENCE: Old Viruses Resurrected Through DNA (By CARL ZIMMER, Nov. 7, 2006)
In Ancient Fossils, Seeds of a New Debate on Warming (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Nov. 7, 2006)
* Aging Drugs: Hardest Test Is Still Ahead (By NICHOLAS WADE, Nov. 7, 2006)
* OBSERVATORY: Chlorinated Paintings (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Nov. 7, 2006)
Q & A: Time Marching, and Halting (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Nov. 7, 2006)
* HEALTH: A Neuroscientific Look at Speaking in Tongues (By BENEDICT CAREY, Nov. 7, 2006)
HEALTH: It May Come as a Shock (By AMANDA SCHAFFER, Nov. 7, 2006)
REALLY?: The Claim: Some Types of Alcohol Cause Worse Hangovers Than Others
(By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Nov. 7, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Evaluations: A Ventilation System Is Faulted Over Smoke (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Nov. 7, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Remedies: Researchers Devise New Weapon for Head Lice (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Nov. 7, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Treatment: M.R.I. Scans Said to Aid in Stroke Assessment
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Nov. 7, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Screening: Findings Suggest Need to Rethink Prostate Tests
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Nov. 7, 2006)
HEALTH: To Prevent Amputations, Doctors Call for Aggressive Care (By ELIZABETH SVOBODA, Nov. 7, 2006)

Monday, November 6, 2006:
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)

NATIONAL | WHITE HOUSE MEMO: Win, Lose or Draw, Bush Faces Unfamiliar Terrain
(By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG & DAVID E. SANGER, Nov. 6, 2006)
* BUSINESS: The Package May Say Healthy, but This Grocer Begs to Differ (By ANDREW MARTIN, Nov. 6, 2006)
BUSINESS: Once Safe, Public Pensions Are Now Facing Cuts (By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, Nov. 6, 2006)
ART: Photographs of an Episode That Lives in Infamy (By DINITIA SMITH, Nov. 6, 2006)

Sunday, November 5, 2006:
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)

NATIONAL: G.O.P. Glum as It Struggles to Hold Congress (By ADAM NAGOURNEY & ROBIN TONER, Nov. 5, 2006)
NATIONAL: In Online Mourning, Don't Speak Ill of the Dead (By IAN URBINA, Nov. 5, 2006)
NATIONAL: From Star Power to Blood Sport, Tennessee Senate Race Has It (By MARK LEIBOVICH, Nov. 5, 2006)
EDUCATION: A Dream Not Denied: 'Just a Normal Girl' (By LESLIE KAUFMAN, Nov. 5, 2006)
WORLD: Guatemala System Is Scrutinized as Americans Rush in to Adopt (By MARC LACEY, Nov. 5, 2006)
WORLD: With Jewish Roots Now Prized, Spain Starts Digging (By RENWICK McLEAN, Nov. 5, 2006)
EDUCATION | A Dream Not Denied: Students on the Spectrum (By ABIGAIL SULLIVAN MOORE, Nov. 5, 2006)
EDITORIAL: The Difference Two Years Made (NY TIMES, Nov. 5, 2006)
BUSINESS: Oil, Cash and Corruption (By RON STODGHILL, Nov. 5, 2006)
* ART: Rule No. 1: Don't Yell, 'My Kid Could Do That' (By GREG ALLEN, Nov. 5, 2006)
* MUSIC: A Pianist Harmonizes With Wolves (By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Nov. 5, 2006)
* STYLE: Germs Never Sleep (By ALLEN SALKIN, Nov. 5, 2006)
* TRAVEL: In the Holy Caves of India [Ajanta Caves] (By SIMON WINCHESTER, Nov. 5, 2006)
TRAVEL | Cultured Traveler: In Paris, Photographing a City That Has No Bad Side
(By RICHARD B. WOODWARD, Nov. 5, 2006)
TRAVEL | 36 Hours: Copenhagen (By SETH SHERWOOD, Nov. 5, 2006)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 5, 2006)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 5, 2006)
* ON LANGUAGE: Porn Beyond Sex (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Nov. 5, 2006)
* Cyber-Neologoliferation (By JAMES GLEICK, Nov. 5, 2006)
Where Plan A Left Ahmad Chalabi (By DEXTER FILKINS, Nov. 5, 2006)
* The Intuitionist (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Nov. 5, 2006)
Borat Ready for Close-up Now! (Photographs by FINLAY MACKAY, Nov. 5, 2006)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 5, 2006)
* ESSAY: Election Day (By MICHAEL KINSLEY, Nov. 5, 2006)
Maybe I Am Chopped Liver [David Mamet's The Wicked Son] (By DAVID MARGOLICK, Nov. 5, 2006)

Saturday, November 4, 2006:
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)

NATIONAL: Looking Presidential at Home in Nashville, Whether He Runs or Not
[Senator Bill Frist] (By THEO EMERY, Nov. 4, 2006)
NATIONAL: As Vote Nears, Parties Prepare for Legal Fights (By IAN URBINA, Nov. 4, 2006)
NATIONAL: Minister Admits Buying Drug but Denies Tryst (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN & NEELA BANERJEE, Nov. 4, 2006)
* EDUCATION: Chancellor Cites Favoritism at a New York School (By ELISSA GOOTMAN, Nov. 4, 2006)
WORLD: Sniper Attacks Adding to Peril of U.S. Troops (By C. J. CHIVERS, Nov. 4, 2006)
SPORTS | Athletes Get New College Pitch: Check Out Our Tutoring Center (By PETE THAMEL, Nov. 4, 2006)
EDITORIAL: Blinding the Taxpayers on Iraq (NY TIMES, Nov. 4, 2006)
OP-ED: Seeing the Climate Policy for the Trees (By STUART E. EIZENSTAT, Nov. 4, 2006)
* BUSINESS: Wal-Mart Starts Discounts Early (By MICHAEL BARBARO, Nov. 4, 2006)
ART | Visions of Manhattan: For the City, 100-Year Makeovers (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Nov. 4, 2006)

Friday, November 3, 2006:
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)

NATIONAL: Medicaid Wants Citizenship Proof for Infant Care (By ROBERT PEAR, Nov. 3, 2006)
WORLD: Congress Tells Auditor in Iraq to Close Office (By JAMES GLANZ, Nov. 3, 2006)
SPORTS | New York City Marathon: Everything You Know About Marathons Is Wrong
(By GINA KOLATA, Nov. 3, 2006)
FILM | 'BORAT': From Kazakhstan, Without a Clue (By MANOHLA DARGIS, Nov. 3, 2006)
* SCIENCE: Study Sees 'Global Collapse' of Fish Species (By CORNELIA DEAN, Nov. 3, 2006)

Thursday, November 2, 2006:
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)

WORLD: Tending a Fallen Marine, With Skill, Prayer and Fury (By C. J. CHIVERS, Nov. 2, 2006)
EDITORIAL: The Great Divider (NY TIMES, Nov. 2, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY | State of the Art: A Web Site to Call Your Own (By DAVID POGUE, Nov. 2, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY | Basics: Pictures, With Map and Pushpin Included (By IAN AUSTEN, Nov. 2, 2006)
* SCIENCE: Yes, Red Wine Holds Answer. Check Dosage. (By NICHOLAS WADE, Nov. 2, 2006)

Wednesday, November 1, 2006:
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)

* SCIENCE: Substance in Red Wine Extends Life of Mice [resveratrol] (By NICHOLAS WADE, Nov. 1, 2006)