Selected Articles from The New York Times—
November 2007
(* denotes news of special interest)

Friday, 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)

NATIONAL: Obama Takes His Campaign to Harlem (By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS, Nov. 30, 2007)
* OP-ED: Obama's Color Line (By JUAN WILLIAMS, Nov. 30, 2007)
OP-ED: Mandates and Mudslinging [Obama's health plan] (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Nov. 30, 2007)
BASEBALL: Yankees and Red Sox Competing for Santana (By JACK CURRY, Nov. 30, 2007)
FILM | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Body Unwilling, a Mind Takes Flight
(By A. O. SCOTT, Nov. 30, 2007)

Thursday, 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)

BASEBALL: Twins Get Rays' Young for Garza in 6-Player Deal (By JACK CURRY, Nov. 29, 2007)
ON BASEBALL: The Twins Are Not Sharing the Wealth (By MURRAY CHASS, Nov. 29, 2007)
BASKETBALL: Celtics Are an Example of How Quickly a Team Can Turn It Around
(By DAVID PICKER, Nov. 29, 2007)
FOOTBALL: The Jets and the Dolphins Share a Voyage of the Awful (By GREG BISHOP, Nov. 29, 2007)
HOCKEY: Is Tavares the Next Great One? (By LYNN ZINSER, Nov. 29, 2007)
* OPINION BLOGS: Helicopter Parenting Turns Deadly [Vengeful mother]
(By JUDITH WARNER, Nov. 29, 2007)
OP-ED: Penny Foolish [Burger King & Tomato growers] (By ERIC SCHLOSSER, Nov. 29, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Dow Surges on Hints of a Cut in Interest Rates
[Dow +331.01, Nasdaq +82.11] (By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, Nov. 29, 2007)
BUSINESS: Lenders' Belt-Tightening Stifles Growth in Economy (By PETER S. GOODMAN, Nov. 29, 2007)
TECHNOLOGY: For Toddlers, Toy of Choice Is Tech Device (By MATT RICHTEL & BRAD STONE, Nov. 29, 2007)
THEATER: Stagehands End Walkout on Broadway (By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON, Nov. 29, 2007)
* STYLE | LIFE'S WORK: What Do I Do? Depends on What Week It Is (By LISA BELKIN, Nov. 29, 2007)
HEALTH | Six Killers: Lung Disease: From Smoking Boom, a Major Killer of Women
(By DENISE GRADY, Nov. 29, 2007)

Wednesday, 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)

Bill Hartack, 74, Champion Jockey, Dies (By BILL FINLEY, Nov. 28, 2007)
* NATIONAL: A Hoax Turned Fatal Draws Anger but No Charges (By CHRISTOPHER MAAG, Nov. 28, 2007)
* NATIONAL: Challenging Tradition, Young Jews Worship on Their Terms (By NEELA BANERJEE, Nov. 28, 2007)
* NATIONAL: State Quarters Near End of Popular Run (By MATTHEW HEALEY, Nov. 28, 2007)
WORLD: In French Suburbs, Same Rage, but New Tactics (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Nov. 28, 2007)
BASEBALL: Top Prospects Merely a Down Payment on Santana (By JACK CURRY, Nov. 28, 2007)
BASKETBALL: Marbury Hasn't Won Since His Breakup With Garnett (By HOWARD BECK, Nov. 28, 2007)
EDITORIAL: A Loss for Privacy Rights (NY TIMES, Nov. 28, 2007)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: History and the Problem of Following the Camera's Gaze
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Nov. 28, 2007)
OP-ED: Jump on the Peace Train (By MAUREEN DOWD, Nov. 28, 2007)
OP-ED: Oasis or Mirage? (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Nov. 28, 2007)
BUSINESS: Oil Producers See the World and Buy It Up (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Nov. 28, 2007)
TECHNOLOGY: Verizon Plans Wider Options for Cellphone Users (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Nov. 28, 2007)
FILM | '65 REVISITED': Back to 'Don't Look Back,'
This Time With Dylan's Songs in the Spotlight (By MANOHLA DARGIS, Nov. 28, 2007)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 28, 2007)
FOOD: The Gift Is in the Mail, and on the Web (By, Nov. 28, 2007)
THE MINIMALIST: For a Communal Meal, One Pot, Many Cultures (By MARK BITTMAN, Nov. 28, 2007)
A GOOD APPETITE: Wedding a Blur? Here's the Recipe [Spiced Nuts & Sugared Bacon]
(By MELISSA CLARK, Nov. 28, 2007)
FOOD: Food Stuff (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Nov. 28, 2007)
FOOD & DINING: Cracking the Code of the Zombie (By STEVEN KURUTZ, Nov. 28, 2007)
* RANDY PAUSCH: Time is All That Matters (By ANNE E. BROMLEY, UVa Today, Nov. 28, 2007)
* RANDY PAUSCH: Professor with terminal cancer: There's less time than you think
(By BRIAN McNEILL, The Daily Progress, Virginia, Nov. 28, 2007)
* RANDY PAUSCH: Time of your life (By STEVE AUSTIN, The Cavalier Daily, Nov. 28, 2007)

Tuesday, 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)

NATIONAL: In Hospice Care, Longer Lives Mean Money Lost (By KEVIN SACK, Nov. 27, 2007)
NATIONAL: From Sewage, Added Water for Drinking (By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, Nov. 27, 2007)
NATIONAL: Atlanta Hospital Moves to Unburden Itself of Debt (By KEVIN SACK & SHAILA DEWAN, Nov. 27, 2007)
WORLD | Banditella Journal: Backyard Gardens Shelter Europe's Orphan Seeds
(By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Nov. 27, 2007)
OPINION BLOGS: South Korea and Its Children (By Hollee McGinnis, Nov. 27, 2007)
* OP-ED: Our Enemy Hands [well-washed hands] (By KATHERINE ASHENBURG, Nov. 27, 2007)
OP-ED: Follow the Fundamentals [Lou Dobbs] (By DAVID BROOKS, Nov. 27, 2007)
OP-ED: Behind the Curtain [Democratic candidates] (By BOB HERBERT, Nov. 27, 2007)
* LETTERS: Scientific Method: Evidence, Not Faith [7 letters] (By Ronald N. Giere, et. al., Nov. 27, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: Tiffany and eBay in Fight Over Fakes (By KATIE HAFNER, Nov. 27, 2007)
TECH BLOGS: Verizon Wireless Says 'Bring Your Own' Device (By Saul Hansell, Nov. 27, 2007)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 27, 2007)
* SCIENCE | Basics: The Dance of Evolution, or How Art Got Its Start
(By NATALIE ANGIER, Nov. 27, 2007)
* SCIENCE: After Stem-Cell Breakthrough, the Work Begins (By ANDREW POLLACK, Nov. 27, 2007)
Scientist at Work | Ralph Holloway: In Study of Brain Evolution, Zeal and Bitter Debate
(By MICHAEL BALTER, Nov. 27, 2007)
SCIENCE | Reaching for the Sky: A California Project to Clone Redwoods
(By JIM ROBBINS, Nov. 27, 2007)
SCIENCE: Study Finds Reproductive Edge for Men With Deep Voices (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Nov. 27, 2007)
SCIENCE: In Aid of a Bird, Some Inconveniences for People (By KATIE ZEZIMA, Nov. 27, 2007)
* OBSERVATORY | Wash Your Clothes: Elephants Can Smell You a Mile Away
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Nov. 27, 2007)
OBSERVATORY: Antidepressant Seems to Extend Life of Roundworms (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Nov. 27, 2007)
OBSERVATORY: Sturdy Sea Lion Under Growing Threat From Acidic Algae (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Nov. 27, 2007)
SCIENCE Q & A: Collision Courses (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Nov. 27, 2007)
* SCIENCE LETTERS: Science, Religion and God (2 Letters) (By David P. Barash & William Jaworski, Nov. 27, 2007)
* HEALTH | The Doctor's World: The Feud [Michael E. DeBakey & Denton A. Cooley]
(By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D., Nov. 27, 2007)
* HEALTH BLOGS: Unlocking the Benefits of Garlic (407 comments) (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Nov. 27, 2007)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: A Common Casualty of Old Age: The Will to Live (By JANE E. BRODY, Nov. 27, 2007)
HEALTH | WELL: Moving Beyond Joysticks, and Off the Couch (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Nov. 27, 2007)
HEALTH | CASES: A Stable Doctor for a Scattered Life (By ELISSA ELY, M.D., Nov. 27, 2007)
REALLY? | The Claim: Growing Pains Are Caused by Growth Spurts (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Nov. 27, 2007)
VITAL SIGNS | Patterns: Stress Disorder's Ties to Asthma Pose Mystery
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Nov. 27, 2007)
VITAL SIGNS | Remedies: 'Dragon's Blood' May Fight an Ulcer Bacterium
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Nov. 27, 2007)
VITAL SIGNS | Prevention: Sun May Lower Risk of Endometrial Cancer
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Nov. 27, 2007)
* VITAL SIGNS | Nutrition: Beta Carotene May Help Men Maintain Their Edge
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Nov. 27, 2007)
* HEALTH BOOKS: Separating Friend From Foe Among the Body's Invaders (By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D., Nov. 27, 2007)
* RANDY PAUSCH: Prognosis Prompts Professor's Tour (By ANNIE SCHOLZ, NBC NEWS, Nov. 27, 2007)
* RANDY PAUSCH: Former UVa Prof Giving His Last Lectures (By MATT HOLMES, WANU-Fox News, Nov. 27, 2007)

Monday, 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)

NATIONAL: In Miles of Alleys, Chicago Finds Its Next Environmental Frontier
(By SUSAN SAULNY, Nov. 26, 2007)
NATIONAL | Denver Journal: A Notorious Main Drag, in Line for Big Changes
(By DAN FROSCH, Nov. 26, 2007)
NATIONAL: In West Iowa, Obama's Man Thinks Locally (By JEFF ZELENY, Nov. 26, 2007)
NY REGION: New York Manhole Covers, Forged Barefoot in India (By HEATHER TIMMONS & J. ADAM HUGGINS, Nov. 26, 2007)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: DEAR DIARY (NY TIMES, Nov. 26, 2007)
BASEBALL: Black Sox Documents Will Be Up for Auction (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 26, 2007)
OP-ED: Taking Marriage Private (By STEPHANIE COONTZ, Nov. 26, 2007)
ON BASEBALL: Stockpiling Center Fielders, but at What Cost? (By MURRAY CHASS, Nov. 26, 2007)
FOOTBALL | Patriots 31, Eagles 28: Patriots Are Unbeaten but Don't Look Unbeatable
(By JUDY BATTISTA, Nov. 26, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY | E-Commerce Report: A Gimmick Becomes a Real Trend
(By BOB TEDESCHI, Nov. 26, 2007)
* ARTS, BRIEFLY [Hyperion bids $6.7 million for Randy Pausch's book]
(Compiled by BEN SISARIO, Nov. 26, 2007)
* SCIENCE BLOGS: Who's Afraid of "Soulless Scientism"? (By John Tierney, Nov. 26, 2007)

Sunday, 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)

* Paul Roche, Poet in Bloomsbury Group, Is Dead at 91 (By MARGALIT FOX, Nov. 25, 2007)
NATIONAL: As Democrats See Iraq Gains, a Shift in Tone (By PATRICK HEALY, Nov. 25, 2007)
* WORLD: Amateurs Unravel Russia's Last Royal Mystery [bones of Aleksei & Maria found]
(By CLIFFORD J. LEVY, Nov. 25, 2007)
SPORTS | PRO FOOTBALL: Debating the Degree of Dominance of the Patriots
(By JUDY BATTISTA, Nov. 25, 2007)
* OP-ED: The Big Sleep [winter hibernation] (By GRAHAM ROBB, Nov. 25, 2007)
OP-ED: Our Side of the Mountain (By DEIRDRE McNAMER, Nov. 25, 2007)
OP-ED: Home Economics
(By JONATHAN RABAN, LEE SMITH, THOMAS LYNCH & DEIRDRE McNAMER, Nov. 25, 2007)
* OPINION BLOG: When They Told Me Norman Wrote a Book... (By DICK CAVETT, Nov. 25, 2007)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 25, 2007)
BUSINESS: Market Maker: The Store Is Jumpin'. The Stock Isn't. [Starbucks]
(By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ, Nov. 25, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Attention, Holiday Shoppers: We Have Fisticuffs in Aisle 2
(By MICHAEL BARBARO, Nov. 25, 2007)
ECONOMIC VIEW: A Time for Bold Thinking on Housing (By ROBERT J. SHILLER, Nov. 25, 2007)
FUNDAMENTALLY: It May Not Be Double-Digit, but It's Still a Gain (By PAUL J. LIM, Nov. 25, 2007)
MARKET WEEK: Tea Leaves Don't Show a Holiday Lift (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Nov. 25, 2007)
BUSINESS | FAIR GAME: Blame the Borrowers? Not So Fast (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Nov. 25, 2007)
* SCENE STEALER: The Line Between Homage and Parody [Disney Musical] (By BROOKS BARNES, Nov. 25, 2007)
* SPENDING: An Allowance That's Measured in Minutes, Not Cents (By JULIE BICK, Nov. 25, 2007)
YOUR MONEY | INVESTING: From New Mutual Funds, Help in Serving the Nest Egg
(By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr., Nov. 25, 2007)
* NOVELTIES: A Web Tour Will Show Stores From the Inside Out (By ANNE EISENBERG, Nov. 25, 2007)
THE BOSS: A Serious Side of Fun [Daniel Ben-Horin, CEO, CompuMentor]
(By DANIEL BEN-HORIN; as told to PERRY GARFINKEL, Nov. 25, 2007)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 25, 2007)
* DANCE: 50 Years Ago, Modernism Was Given a Name: 'Agon' (By ALASTAIR MACAUL, Nov. 25, 2007)
FILM: More 'Sex', and the City Is Happy About It (By MELENA RYZIK, Nov. 25, 2007)
MUSIC: For All the Rock in China (By BEN SISARIO, Nov. 25, 2007)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 25, 2007)
TRAVEL | Frugal Traveler | Seattle: Sampling the Best of the Northwest
(By MATT GROSS, Nov. 25, 2007)
TRAVEL | Next Stop | Pacific Palisades, Calif.: A Scenic Los Angeles Enclave, Without Glitter
(By FINN-OLAF JONES, Nov. 25, 2007)
TRAVEL: Class Conflict [air travel hell] (By MICHELLE HIGGINS, Nov. 25, 2007)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 25, 2007)
FASHION & STYLE: Tightening the Beltway, the Elite Shop Costco (By ASHLEY PARKER, Nov. 25, 2007)
STYLE: Jolly and Green, With an Agenda (By ALEX WILLIAMS, Nov. 25, 2007)
FASHION: A Cover Girl Who's Simply Himself (By GUY TREBAY, Nov. 25, 2007)
BOÎTE: A Touch of Tokyo, but Very California (By SAMANTHA BONAR, Nov. 25, 2007)
POSSESSED: An Unpredictable Path for a Present Imperfect (By DAVID COLMAN, Nov. 25, 2007)
* MODERN LOVE: That's My Pride Beneath the Love Train (By MARGARET MEEHAN, Nov. 25, 2007)
* VOWS: Katherine Van Loon and Jon Steitz (By VINCENT M. MALLOZZI, Nov. 25, 2007)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 25, 2007)
* GO FIGURE | The U.S. Economy: Trying to Guess What Happens Next (By PETER S. GOODMAN, Nov. 25, 2007)
* PAGE TURNER | A Good Mystery: Why We Read (By MOTOKO RICH, Nov. 25, 2007)
THE NATION: Most Experience or Enough Experience? (By PATRICK HEALY, Nov. 25, 2007)
Ideas & Trends: Japan Hunts the Humpback. Now Comes the Backlash. (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Nov. 25, 2007)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: Freud Is Widely Taught at Universities, Except in the Psychology Department
(By PATRICIA COHEN, Nov. 25, 2007)
* DRIP WARS: A Pollock, in the Eyes of Art and Science (By RANDY KENNEDY, Feb. 4, 2007)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 25, 2007)
* ON LANGUAGE: Gotcha! (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Nov. 25, 2007)
The Way We Live Now: Persuading Them (By JAMES TRAUB, Nov. 25, 2007)
Questions for Umberto Eco: Media Studies (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Nov. 25, 2007)
* PHENOMENON: Rock of Ages, Ages of Rock (By HANNA ROSIN, Nov. 25, 2007)
* THE MEDIUM: In Defense of Lurking (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Nov. 25, 2007)
CONSUMED: The Pretenders (By ROB WALKER, Nov. 25, 2007)
THE ETHICIST: Fell Neighbor (By RANDY COHEN, Nov. 25, 2007)
COVER ARTICLE: Where Boys Grow Up to Be Jihadis (By ANDREA ELLIOTT, Nov. 25, 2007)
Dr. Drug Rep (By DANIEL CARLAT, Nov. 25, 2007)
The Bears Among Us [black bears foraging for food] (By DARCY FREY, Nov. 25, 2007)
* FOOD | Eat, Memory: The Fish (By BILLY COLLINS, Nov. 25, 2007)
STYLE: Illusions of Grandeur (By PILAR VILADAS; Photos by ROE ETHRIDGE, Nov. 25, 2007)
LIVES: The Namesake (By MICHAEL KRIKORIAN, Nov. 25, 2007)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 25, 2007)
* BOOKS: Sir Noël's Epistles [Letters Of Noël Coward] (By JOHN SIMON, Nov. 25, 2007)
* BOOKS: King of Pain [Charles Bukowski, Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993]
(By JIM HARRISON, Nov. 25, 2007)
* BOOKS: So You Want to Be a Nobelist [James D. Watson, Avoid Boring People]
(By GEORGE JOHNSON, Nov. 25, 2007)
BOOKS: Evangelicals Everywhere [D. Michael Lindsay, Faith in the Halls of Power]
(By ALAN WOLFE, Nov. 25, 2007)
BOOKS: Greatest Hits [Angelo Dundee with Bert Sugar, My View from the Corner]
(By GORDON MARINO, Nov. 25, 2007)

Saturday, 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)

NATIONAL: Barely Getting By and Facing a Cold Maine Winter (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Nov. 24, 2007)
* WORLD: Icy Rescue as Seas Claim a Cruise Ship (By GRAHAM BOWLEY & ANDREW C. REVKIN, Nov. 24, 2007)
WORLD: Far From Beijing's Reach, Officials Bend Energy Rules (By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Nov. 24, 2007)
EDUCATION: President of Evangelical University Resigns (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 24, 2007)
SPORTS | FOOTBALL: The Detours of a Coaching Life [Mark Mangino of Kansas]
(By THAYER EVANS, Nov. 24, 2007)
OP-ED: Lost in a Flood of Debt (By BOB HERBERT, Nov. 24, 2007)
OP-ED: Jump the Shark [extinction of the pool hustler] (By L. JON WERTHEIM, Nov. 24, 2007)
* OP-ED: Taking Science on Faith (By PAUL DAVIES, Nov. 24, 2007)
* ESSAY: What's in a Name? Parsing the 'God Particle,' the Ultimate Metaphor
(By DENNIS OVERBYE, Aug. 7, 2007)
* The Way We Live Now: Eternity for Atheists (By JIM HOLT, July 29, 2007)
* SCIENCE: A Free-for-All on Science and Religion (By GEORGE JOHNSON, Oct. 22, 2006)
* BOOKS: Beyond Belief [Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion]
(By JIM HOLT, Nov. 24, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: Crossing Flaming Swords Over God and Physics (By CAREY GOLDBERG, April 20, 1999)
* BUSINESS | SHORTCUTS: The Many Errors in Thinking About Mistakes (By ALINA TUGEND, Nov. 24, 2007)
STOCKS & BONDS: Bargain Hunting on Wall Street (By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, Nov. 24, 2007)
* MEDIA: Publisher Gets Web Readers to Fill the Pages of Its Magazines
(By EVELYN NUSSENBAUM, Nov. 24, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: E-Looking but Little E-Buying on Monday
(By LOUISE STORY & MICHAEL BARBARO, Nov. 24, 2007)
ARCHITECTURE: In Plans for Railyards, a Mix of Towers and Parks (By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, Nov. 24, 2007)
* HEALTH | Patient Money: Strategies to Avoid Medicare's Big Hole (By STEPHANIE SAUL, Nov. 24, 2007)

Friday, 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)

WORLD: Careers Give India's Women New Independence (By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Nov. 23, 2007)
* NY REGION: Rising Early, Not to Start the Turkey, but to Shop (By PATRICK McGEEHAN & NATE SCHWEBER, Nov. 23, 2007)
OP-ED: Banks Gone Wild (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Nov. 23, 2007)
* OP-ED: Made in China on the Sly (By DANA THOMAS, Nov. 23, 2007)
OP-ED: The Real Rudy [Rudy Giuliani] (By DAVID BROOKS, Nov. 23, 2007)
BUSINESS: Sweden Turns to a Promising Power Source, With Flaws (By MARK LANDLER, Nov. 23, 2007)
BUSINESS: In God's Name: Megachurches Add Local Economy to Their Mission
(By DIANA B. HENRIQUES & ANDREW W. LEHREN, Nov. 23, 2007)
* ART | Detroit Institute of Arts: Detroit's Latest Model: A Retooled Museum
(By HOLLAND COTTER, Nov. 23, 2007)
FILM | Starting Out in the Evening:
A Scholarly May and a Literary December Meet in a New York Autumn (By A. O. SCOTT, Nov. 23, 2007)

Thursday, 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)

* OPINION BLOGS | NICHOLAS D> KRISTOF: "Thankful" (By WILL OKUN, Nov. 22, 2007)
OP-ED: Baghdad Thanksgiving, 2003 (By ANNIA CIEZADLO, Nov. 22, 2007)
OP-ED: Make It an Early Bird (By JENNIFER ACKERMAN, Nov. 22, 2007)
* OP-ED: J.F.K.'s Death, Re-Framed (By MAX HOLLAND & JOHANN RUSH, Nov. 22, 2007)
* BOOKS: Conspiracy? [David Talbot, Brothers: Hidden History of the Kennedy Years]
(By ALAN BRINKLEY, Nov. 22, 2007)
* BOOKS: Or No Conspiracy? [Vincent Bugliosi, Reclaiming History]
(By BRYAN BURROUGH, Nov. 22, 2007)
BUSINESS: For Lawyers, Perks to Fit a Lifestyle (By LYNNLEY BROWNING, Nov. 22, 2007)

Wednesday, 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)

OP-ED: She's No Morgenthau (By MAUREEN DOWD, Nov. 21, 2007)
* OP-ED: Make It an Early Bird [Thanksgiving feast] (By JENNIFER ACKERMAN, Nov. 21, 2007)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 21, 2007)
FOOD: Butcher's Method Takes Carving Off the Table (By JULIA MOSKIN, Nov. 21, 2007)
THE CURIOUS COOK: Stalking the Placid Apple's Untamed Kin (By HAROLD McGEE, Nov. 21, 2007)
FOOD: Soon the Bread Will Be Making Itself (By NICK FOX, Nov. 21, 2007)
THE MINIMALIST: Turkey Again, Thanks to the Italians (By MARK BITTMAN, Nov. 21, 2007)
A GOOD APPETITE: A Zippy Update for a Mild-Mannered Standard (By MELISSA CLARK, Nov. 21, 2007)
* SCIENCE: Scientists Bypass Need for Embryo to Get Stem Cells (By GINA KOLATA, Nov. 21, 2007)

Tuesday, 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)

* NATIONAL | Minneapolis Journal: For Children of Norway, a Rift With the Mother Country
(By MONICA DAVEY, Nov. 20, 2007)
WORLD: Bangladesh Toll at More Than 3,000 (By GRAHAM BOWLEY, Nov. 20, 2007)
* EDUCATION: Decline of the Tenure Track Raises Concerns (By ALAN FINDER, Nov. 20, 2007)
SPORTS: Rodriguez Named American League M.V.P. Again (By TYLER KEPNER, Nov. 20, 2007)
SPORTS | FOOTBALL: At Jets Game, a Halftime Ritual of Harassment (By DAVID PICKER, Nov. 20, 2007)
* OP-ED: The Segmented Society [Steven Van Zandt & rock music] (By DAVID BROOKS, Nov. 20, 2007)
OP-ED: Release Justice's Secrets (By NICHOLAS deB. KATZENBACH & FREDERICK A. O. SCHWARZ Jr., Nov. 20, 2007)
* OP-ED: Pay Me for My Content (By JARON LANIER, Nov. 20, 2007)
* BOOKS: Publishers Seek Talent Online (By MOTOKO RICH, Oct. 1, 2007)
* BOOKS: Power to Soothe the Savage Breast and Animate the Hemispheres
[Oliver Sacks, MUSICOPHILIA: Tales of Music and the Brain]]
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Nov. 20, 2007)
* HEALTH: Denial Makes the World Go Round (By BENEDICT CAREY, Nov. 20, 2007)

Monday, 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)

NATIONAL: Clinton and Obama Talk About Economy, Each Other (By Patrick Healy and Jeff Zeleny, Nov. 19, 2007)
NATIONAL: Study Finds Higher Costs for Caregivers of Elderly (By JANE GROSS, Nov. 19, 2007)
NATIONAL: A Deeply Green City Confronts Its Energy Needs and Nuclear Worries
(By KIRK JOHNSON, Nov. 19, 2007)
WORLD: Chinese Dam Projects Criticized for Their Human Costs (By JIM YARDLEY, Nov. 19, 2007)
WORLD: Brazil Discovers an Oil Field Can Be a Political Tool (By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO, Nov. 19, 2007)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: DEAR DIARY (NY TIMES, Nov. 19, 2007)
OP-ED: Republicans and Race (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Nov. 19, 2007)
OP-ED: Diplomacy With the Devil [North Korea] (By DANIELLE PLETKA, Nov. 19, 2007)
BUSINESS: Stocks Fall on Fresh Woes in Banking Sector
[Dow -218.35, Nasdaq -43.86] (By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, Nov. 19, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Goldman Sachs Rakes In Profit in Credit Crisis (By JENNY ANDERSON & LANDON THOMAS Jr., Nov. 19, 2007)
BUSINESS: A Guerrilla Video Site Meets MTV (By ROBERT LEVINE, Nov. 19, 2007)
* MEDIA: Hollywood Producer of Varied Interests, Many Hits, but Little Fame
[Brian Grazer] (By ALLISON HOPE WEINER, Nov. 19, 2007)
* ARTS: Study Links Drop in Test Scores to a Decline in Time Spent Reading
(By MOTOKO RICH, Nov. 19, 2007)
ARCHITECTURE | Kogod Courtyard: A Delicate Glass Roof With Links to the Past
(By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, Nov. 19, 2007)
DANCE | 'Rite of Spring Project': Children Play With Fire by Doing Riffs on Stravinsky (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Nov. 19, 2007)
* MUSIC: Stevie Wonder and Friends, Here and Gone (By BEN RATLIFF, Nov. 19, 2007)
MUSIC | 'Best of the Big Bands': A Fresh Flip Through the Pages of Swing (By BEN RATLIFF, Nov. 19, 2007)
TV: Strike or No Strike, for a Select Few, Saturday Night Was Live (By MELENA RYZIK, Nov. 19, 2007)
DINER's JOURNAL: You've Got to Have Friends (By Frank Bruni, Nov. 19, 2007)

Sunday, 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)

NATIONAL: Does Death Penalty Save Lives? A New Debate (By ADAM LIPTAK, Nov. 18, 2007)
* OP-ED: Forty Acres and a Gap in Wealth (By HENRY LOUIS GATES Jr., Nov. 18, 2007)
OP-ED: What 'That Regan Woman' Knows [Judith Regan] (By FRANK RICH, Nov. 18, 2007)
OP-ED: Shake, Rattle and Roll (By MAUREEN DOWD, Nov. 18, 2007)
OP-ED: Pakistan's Collapse, Our Problem (By FREDERICK W. KAGAN and MICHAEL O'HANLON, Nov. 18, 2007)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 18, 2007)
* BUSINESS: In Korea, a Boot Camp Cure for Web Obsession (By MARTIN FACKLER, Nov. 18, 2007)
Behind the Jackpot: The Lottery Industry's Own Powerball (By RON STODGHILL, Nov. 18, 2007)
* ECONOMIC VIEW: Crazy Little Thing Called Risk (By PETER L. BERNSTEIN, Nov. 18, 2007)
* DIGITAL DOMAIN: What to Do When Goliaths Roar? (By RANDALL STROSS, Nov. 18, 2007)
* STRATEGIES: As the Calendar Turns, So Do Many Stocks' Fortunes (By MARK HULBERT, Nov. 18, 2007)
MARKET WEEK: Housing May Dim Retail Hopes (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Nov. 18, 2007)
BUSINESS: Blowing the Whistle, Many Times [pharmaceuticals] (By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH, Nov. 18, 2007)
TECHNOLOGY | PING: English, Algebra, Phys Ed ... and Biotech (By G. PASCAL ZACHARY, Nov. 18, 2007)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 18, 2007)
DANCE: So Many 'Nutcrackers,' So Little Time (By ALASTAIR MACAULAY, Nov. 18, 2007)
FILM: Don't Call Him a Filmmaker, at Least Not First (By RANDY KENNEDY, Nov. 18, 2007)
MUSIC: But Soft! Less Woe for Juliet and Her Romeo [Prokofiev]
(By PATRICIA COHEN, Nov. 18, 2007)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 18, 2007)
STYLE: Everyone Wants to Be Taking Pictures (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Nov. 18, 2007)
MODERN LOVE: A Diesel Engine Woke Up Our Marriage (By MELANIE GIDEON, Nov. 18, 2007)
VOWS: Moira Egan and Damiano Abeni (By MARY K. ZAJAC, Nov. 18, 2007)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 18, 2007)
TRAVEL | SAN FRANCISCO: Expanding the Frontiers of the Vegetarian Plate
(By GREGORY DICUM, Nov. 18, 2007)
TRAVEL: An Exotic Oasis in Brooklyn (By SETH KUGEL, Nov. 18, 2007)
TRAVEL | CANADA | PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Beckoned by Bivalves (By FRANK BRUNI, Nov. 18, 2007)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 18, 2007)
* Still Many-Splendored: Love in the Time of Dementia (By KATE ZERNIKE, Nov. 18, 2007)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: Records Are Made to Be ... Overstuffed With Significance
(By BRYAN CURTIS, Nov. 18, 2007)
THE WORLD: Migrant Money Flow: A $300 Billion Current (By JASON DePARLE, Nov. 18, 2007)
THE BASICS: Black Americans: One Race, or More? (NY TIMES, Nov. 18, 2007)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 18, 2007)
* ON LANGUAGE: Retronymy (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Nov. 18, 2007)
* The Way We Live Now: Mind of a Rock (By JIM HOLT, Nov. 18, 2007)
DOMAINS | Jimmy Wales: The Encyclopedist's Lair (Interview by EDWARD LEWINE, Nov. 18, 2007)
LETTERS: The Turning of an Atheist [Anthony Flew's conversion] (By J. RANELLI, et. al., Nov. 18, 2007)
* COVER ARTICLE: The Sleep-Industrial Complex (By JON MOOALLEM, Nov. 18, 2007)
THE MEDIUM: Sweeping the Clouds Away (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Nov. 18, 2007)
Patients Without Borders (By SARA CORBETT, Nov. 18, 2007)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 18, 2007)

Saturday, 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)

* NATIONAL: In U.S. Name Count, Garcias Are Catching Up With Joneses (By SAM ROBERTS, Nov. 17, 2007)
* ART: Storied Rembrandt to Be Shown at the Getty (By RANDY KENNEDY, Nov. 17, 2007)
THE DNA AGE: My Genome, Myself: Seeking Clues in DNA (By AMY HARMON, Nov. 17, 2007)

Friday, 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)

NATIONAL: Clinton's in Thick of Barbed Democratic Debate (By PATRICK HEALY and JEFF ZELENY, Nov. 16, 2007)
NATIONAL:It Was Clinton vs. Obama on Health Care (By MICHAEL COOPER, Nov. 16, 2007)
POLITICS BLOGS: Debate Wrap: Viva Las Vegas (By Katharine Q. Seelye, Nov. 16, 2007)
WORLD: Militants Gain Despite Decree by Musharraf (By JANE PERLEZ and ISMAIL KHAN, Nov. 16, 2007)
* SPORTS: Bonds Charged With Perjury in Steroids Case (By DUFF WILSON & MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, Nov. 16, 2007)
* SPORTS: The Truth Could Have Set Bonds Free (By GEORGE VECSEY, Nov. 16, 2007)
SPORTS: Bonds's Trainer Is Released, but He Isn't in Clear Yet (By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT & DUFF WILSON, Nov. 16, 2007)
ON BASEBALL: Indictment Deepens Baseball's Shame (By MURRAY CHASS, Nov. 16, 2007)
* BASEBALL: Yankees May Pay Rodriguez for Home Run Record (By TYLER KEPNER, Nov. 16, 2007)
BASEBALL: Familiar Negotiating Strategy for Rodriguez (By ALAN SCHWARZ, Nov. 16, 2007)
OP-ED: Played for a Sucker [Barack Obama] (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Nov. 16, 2007)
* HEALTH BLOGS: A Professor's Farewell Sparks a Media Frenzy
[Randy Pausch, computer science professor, Carnegie Mellon University]
(By TARA PARKER-POPE, Nov. 16, 2007)
* MOVING ON: A Beloved Professor Delivers the Lecture of a Lifetime
(By Jeff Zaslow, Wall Street Journal, Sept. 20, 2007, Page D1) * Video: Randy Pausch's Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood DreamsBR> (Carnegie Mellon University, Sept. 18, 2007)
* Transcript: Randy Pausch's Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood DreamsBR> (Carnegie Mellon University, Sept. 18, 2007)
* Transcript: Randy Pausch's Talk: Time ManagementBR> (University of Virginia, October 1998)

Thursday, 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)

NATIONAL: In Las Vegas, Chance for Clinton to Undo Damage (By PATRICK HEALY, Nov. 15, 2007)
NATIONAL | The Long Run: Romney, Searching and Earnest, Set His Path in '60s (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Nov. 15, 2007)
NATIONAL: Governors Join in Creating Regional Pacts on Climate Change (By JOHN M. BRODER, Nov. 15, 2007)
WORLD: African Crucible: Cast as Witches, Then Cast Out (By SHARON LaFRANIERE, Nov. 15, 2007)
EDUCATION: A New Effort to Remove Bad Teachers (By ELISSA GOOTMAN, Nov. 15, 2007)
BASEBALL: Rodriguez Talks to Yankees Without Agent (By TYLER KEPNER & MURRAY CHASS, Nov. 15, 2007)
ON BASEBALL: Weeks Later, Rodriguez Comes to His Senses (By MURRAY CHASS, Nov. 15, 2007)
EDITORIAL: Don't Shut Up and Play (NY TIMES, Nov. 15, 2007)
OP-ED: Obama in Orbit (By GAIL COLLINS, Nov. 15, 2007)
OP-ED: What Happens in Vegas ... (By, Nov. 15, 2007)
BUSINESS: Foreclosures Hit a Snag for Lenders (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Nov. 15, 2007)
* BUSINESS: In Eco-Friendly Factory, Low-Guilt Potato Chips (By ANDREW MARTIN, Nov. 15, 2007)
BUSINESS: Goldman's Shadow Extends Far Past Wall St. (By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED, Nov. 15, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: I.B.M. to Push 'Cloud Computing,' Using Data From Afar
(By STEVE LOHR, Nov. 15, 2007)
ARCHITECTURE: Next to MoMA, a Tower Will Reach for the Stars (By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, Nov. 15, 2007)
FASHION & STYLE | FITNESS: The Fonda Factor (By ABBY ELLIN, Nov. 15, 2007)
FASHION & STYLE: Loving and Hating Marc Jacobs (By ERIC WILSON, Nov. 15, 2007)
STYLE | Life's Work: Hello, Vacation: It's the Boss (By LISA BELKIN, Nov. 15, 2007)
* STYLE: You Say Fake Ads, They Say Satire (By ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN, Nov. 15, 2007)
HOME & GARDEN: Ranch House Spectacular (By JANE GARMEY, Nov. 15, 2007)

Wednesday, 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: Birder Admits Killing Cat, but Was It Animal Cruelty? (By KATE MURPHY, Nov. 14, 2007)
WORLD: Powerful Quake Hits Northern Chile (By MARIA NEWMAN, Nov. 14, 2007)
WORLD | New Delhi Journal: Monkeys in the Parks, Monkeys in the Palace (By AMELIA GENTLEMAN, Nov. 14, 2007)
WORLD: F.B.I. Says Guards Killed 14 Iraqis Without Cause (By DAVID JOHNSTON & JOHN M. BRODER, Nov. 14, 2007)
EDUCATION: Study Compares States' Math and Science Scores With Other Countries' (By SAM DILLON, Nov. 14, 2007)
OP-ED: Should Hillary Pretend to Be a Flight Attendant? (By MAUREEN DOWD, Nov. 14, 2007)
OP-ED: Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Nov. 14, 2007)
OP-ED: Send the State Department to War (By MAX BOOT, Nov. 14, 2007)
* OPINION BLOGS: In This Corner, Norman Mailer [Mailer, Vidal, Flanner]
(By DICK CAVETT, Nov. 14, 2007)
* Charlie Rose Interview Dick Cavett
with video clip of Cavett's Dec. 2, 1971 TV show of
Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Janet Flanner (PBS, March 5, 2001)
BUSINESS | Economic Scene: Good News: Housing's Down, Market's Off, Oil's Up
(By DAVID LEONHARDT, Nov. 14, 2007)
* BUSINESS: 'Seaweed' Clothing Has None, Tests Show (By LOUISE STORY, Nov. 14, 2007)
BUSINESS: Ex-Publisher's Suit Plays a Giuliani-Kerik Angle (By RUSS BUETTNER, Nov. 14, 2007)
ARTS: Anti-Bush Sign Has Bridge World in an Uproar (By STEPHANIE STROM, Nov. 14, 2007)
* MUSIC: Youth Handles the Serving, in Large, Robust Portions (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Nov. 14, 2007)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 14, 2007)
FOOD: The Secret? It's Not the Potatoes (By JULIA MOSKIN, Nov. 14, 2007)
FOOD | Recipe: Simple Mashed Potatoes (By JULIA MOSKIN, Nov. 14, 2007)
FOOD | Recipe: Corn Bread and Broccoli Rabe Strata (By MELISSA CLARK, Nov. 14, 2007)
FOOD: A Good Appetite: Side Dish or Main, Depending on Who's Eating
(By MELISSA CLARK, Nov. 14, 2007)
THE MINIMALIST: More Gravy? It's Nice to Have Options (By MARK BITTMAN, Nov. 14, 2007)
FOOD: For the Finale, a Perfect Pie (or Two) (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Nov. 14, 2007)
DINING | RESTAURANT REVIEW | HARRY CIPRIANI: The Gloss of Opulence
(By FRANK BRUNI, Nov. 14, 2007)
HEALTH: Patients Contract 2 Viruses in Transplants (By DENISE GRADY, Nov. 14, 2007)

Tuesday, 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)

NATIONAL: In Farm Belt, Ethanol Plants Hit Resistance (By MONICA DAVEY, Nov. 13, 2007)
NATIONAL: Justice Dept. Chief Faces a Test in Minnesota (By PHILIP SHENON, Nov. 13, 2007)
NATIONAL: After Fires, Homeowners Feel an Insurance Pinch (By SOLOMON MOORE, Nov. 13, 2007)
WORLD: Pakistan Detains Bhutto in Bid to Stop Protest March (By JANE PERLEZ & DAVID ROHDE, Nov. 13, 2007)
NY REGION: A Toast to Tuscany, With a Staten Island Red (By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO, Nov. 13, 2007)
BASEBALL: With 4 Years and Money, Yanks Persuade Posada (By TYLER KEPNER, Nov. 13, 2007)
ON BASEBALL: Focus on Names Misses the Steroids Story (By MURRAY CHASS, Nov. 13, 2007)
BASEBALL: Monitoring Rodriguez, Mets Look for Trades (By BEN SHPIGEL, Nov. 13, 2007)
* NFL FOOTBALL: Paranoia Strikes Deep, Into Your Headset It Will Creep (By GREG BISHOP, Nov. 13, 2007)
NFL FOOTBALL: In a Loss, Dungy Says He Learned a Lesson (By JUDY BATTISTA, Nov. 13, 2007)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER | Public Works: When 'Big Government' Plays Its Role (By ADAM COHEN, Nov. 13, 2007)
OP-ED: The Character Factor [John McCain] (By DAVID BROOKS, Nov. 13, 2007)
* OP-ED: Righting Reagan's Wrongs? [anti-civil rights] (By BOB HERBERT, Nov. 13, 2007)
OPINION BLOGS: Who Are You Also Known As? [Korean adoptee] (By HOLLEE McGINNIS, Nov. 13, 2007)
BUSINESS: Stocks Make a Comeback After 4 Days of Declines
[Dow +319.54, Nasdaq +89.52] (By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, Nov. 13, 2007)
BUSINESS: A Health Plan for Wal-Mart: Less Stinginess (By MICHAEL BARBARO & REED ABELSON, Nov. 13, 2007)
* MEDIA: Murdoch Intends to Drop WSJ.com Fee (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 13, 2007)
TECHNOLOGY: Investment Firm Names Gore as a Partner (By MATT RICHTEL, Nov. 13, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: Software for Rent [Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce.com] (By GARY RIVLIN, Nov. 13, 2007)
* ART: An Artist's Famous Smile: What Lies Behind It? (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Nov. 13, 2007)
* BOOKS: Division of the U.S. Didn't Occur Overnight
[Ronald Brownstein, THE SECOND CIVIL WAR: How Extreme
Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America]
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Nov. 13, 2007)
MUSIC: Magnanimity Becomes One of Rap's Moguls (By NATE CHINEN, Nov. 13, 2007)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 13, 2007)
* SCIENCE: From Ants to People, an Instinct to Swarm (By CARL ZIMMER, Nov. 13, 2007)
* SCIENCE | BASICS: In Hollywood Hives, the Males Rule (By NATALIE ANGIER, Nov. 13, 2007)
SCIENCE: Challenges to Both Left and Right on Global Warming (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Nov. 13, 2007)
* HEALTH: Exercise Advice Often Ignores Jiggle Factor (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Nov. 13, 2007)
* HEALTH: Bad Behavior Does Not Doom Pupils, Studies Say (By BENEDICT CAREY, Nov. 13, 2007)
* HEALTH: A Lineman in My Bed: Notes on Teeth Grinding (By PAUL VanDeCARR, Nov. 13, 2007)
* Personal Health | Chronic Pain: A Burden Often Shared (By JANE E. BRODY, Nov. 13, 2007)
* HEALTH ESSAY | Old Story, Updated: Better Living Through Pills (By KEITH WAILOO, Nov. 13, 2007)
* HEALTH | REALLY? | The Claim: Some Red Lipstick Brands Contain High Lead Levels
(By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Nov. 13, 2007)
* HEALTH BLOGS: The Value of a Friend in the Next Cubicle (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Nov. 13, 2007)

Monday, 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)

* NATIONAL: A Spy's Path: Iowa to A-Bomb to Kremlin Honor [George Koval]
(By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Nov. 12, 2007)
NATIONAL: Auctioning the Old West to Help a City in the East (By ERIC O'KEEFE, Nov. 12, 2007)
WORLD: For U.S. Exporters in Cuba, Business Trumps Politics (By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr., Nov. 12, 2007)
WORLD | GIVING: My Network, My Cause (By ALAN KRAUSS, Nov. 12, 2007)
NY REGION: Congregation Writes Torah, With Help From a Scribe (By GLENN COLLINS, Nov. 12, 2007)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Nov. 12, 2007)
SPORTS | BASEBALL: Posada Likely to Return to Yankees (By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, Nov. 12, 2007)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: All They Are Saying Is Give Happiness a Chance (By EDUARDO PORTER, Nov. 12, 2007)
OPINION BLOGS: The Real Thing [adopting Chinese baby] (By Tama Janowitz, Nov. 12, 2007)
OP-ED: Over There — and Gone Forever (By RICHARD RUBIN, Nov. 12, 2007)
OP-ED: Bring the Real World Home (By ROGER COHEN, Nov. 12, 2007)
* OP-ED: Life After Wartime [Paul Tibbets] (By BOB GREENE, Nov. 12, 2007)
MEDIA | Hollywood on Strike: Week Two
Screenwriters Seek Bigger Slice of Half-Eaten Pie (By MICHAEL CIEPLY, Nov. 12, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google Options Make Masseuse a Multimillionaire
[After five years of kneading engineers' backs, Bonnie Brown retired,
cashing in most of her stock options, worth millions of dollars.]
(By KATIE HAFNER, Nov. 12, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY | Link by Link: Will Success, or All That Money From Google, Spoil Firefox?
(By NOAM COHEN, Nov. 12, 2007)
TECHNOLOGY: Gore Joins Venture Capital Firm (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 12, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: A Cookbook of One's Own From the Internet (By JOANNE KAUFMAN, Nov. 12, 2007)
TECHNOLOGY: Intel to Unveil Chips for Improving Video Quality on the Web (By JOHN MARKOFF, Nov. 12, 2007)
ART | Connections: Absinthe Returns in a Glass Half Full of Mystique and Misery
(By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Nov. 12, 2007)
MUSIC | Not From Here: An Opera for Houston's Immigrants (By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Nov. 12, 2007)
HEALTH: A Heart Stent Gets a Reprieve From Doctors (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Nov. 12, 2007)
* HEALTH: Child Studies May Ease Fears on Misbehavior (By BENEDICT CAREY, Nov. 12, 2007)
* HEALTH BLOGS: The Value of a Friend in the Next Cubicle (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Nov. 12, 2007)

Sunday, 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)

* Norman Mailer, Towering Writer With a Matching Ego, Dies at 84 (By CHARLES McGRATH, Nov. 11, 2007)
* BOOKS| NORMA MAILER: A Body of Work Spanning 59 Years (By CHARLES McGRATH, Nov. 11, 2007)
* NATIONAL | THE DNA AGE: In DNA Era, New Worries About Prejudice (By AMY HARMON, Nov. 11, 2007)
WORLD: Broken Supply Channel Sent Weapons for Iraq Astray (By ERIC SCHMITT & GINGER THOMPSON, Nov. 11, 2007)
SPORTS | ON BASEBALL: Front Office Changes, but Will the Pirates? (By MURRAY CHASS, Nov. 11, 2007)
FOOTBALL | Illinois 28, Ohio State 21: Illinois Shocks No. 1 Ohio State (By PETE THAMEL, Nov. 11, 2007)
NFL FOOTBALL: Romo Angles for Stardom; Manning Ambles on His Own (By JOHN BRANCH, Nov. 11, 2007)
OPINION BLOGS: It Depends What the Meaning of 'Makes Sense' Is [Hillary Clinton]
(By STANLEY FISH, Nov. 11, 2007)
* OP-ED: The Coup at Home [General Musharraf] (By FRANK RICH, Nov. 11, 2007)
* OP-ED: This Is Your Brain on Politics
(By Marco Iacoboni, Joshua Freedman & Jonas Kaplan, et. al., Nov. 11, 2007)
* OP-ED: Democracy's Root: Diversity (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Nov. 11, 2007)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 11, 2007)
* FUNDAMENTALLY: Is the Market Finally Waking Up? (By PAUL J. LIM, Nov. 11, 2007)
MARKET WEEK: A Bad Mood May Turn Worse (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Nov. 11, 2007)
ECONOMIC VIEW: In the Bond Market, a Bleak Prognosis for Iraq (By AUSTAN GOOLSBEE, Nov. 11, 2007)
MARKET MAKER: Insiders Bail, Stockholders Suffer (By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ, Nov. 11, 2007)
THE FEED: Consumers Won't Know What They're Missing (By ANDREW MARTIN, Nov. 11, 2007)
BUSINESS: The Tables Turn for Dilbert's Creator (By BRAD STONE, Nov. 11, 2007)
FAIR GAME: There's No Superhero in the Wings (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Nov. 11, 2007)
* EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS: It's Time to Act Like Grown-Ups (By BEN STEIN, Nov. 11, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY | Novelties: Your Home Can Be the Star of an Online Show
(By ANNE EISENBERG, Nov. 11, 2007)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 11, 2007)
* STYLE: Too Much Information? Ignore It [Timothy Ferriss] (By ALEX WILLIAMS, Nov. 11, 2007)
STYLE: Picketing but Still Punchy (By RACHEL AXLER, Nov. 11, 2007)
MODERN LOVE: When One of Me Suddenly Became Three (By LYNN LAUBER, Nov. 11, 2007)
POSSESSED: Just the Basics, in Shades of Gray [German artist Thomas Demand] (By DAVID COLMAN, Nov. 11, 2007)
VOWS: Diane Nabatoff and Robert Machinist (By ABBY ELLIN, Nov. 11, 2007)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 11, 2007)
TRAVEL | Puerto Rico | San Juan: Old Walls, New Spirit (By PAUL SCHNEIDER, Nov. 11, 2007)
TRAVEL: In Colombia, a War Zone Reclaims Its Past (By JOSHUA HAMMER, Nov. 11, 2007)
TRAVEL | THE DOURO: In Portugal, a New Stop on the Global Wine Trail (By GISELA WILLIAMS, Nov. 11, 2007)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 11, 2007)
TRUST US: So, What About Those Nukes? (By DAVID E. SANGER, Nov. 11, 2007)
IDEAS & TRENDS: Go on, Bold Couch Potatoes, Click Into the Unknown (By NEIL GENZLINGER, Nov. 11, 2007)
IDEAS & TRENDS: More Than Just a Pretty Face From History (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Nov. 11, 2007)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: Chubby Gets a Second Look (By GINA KOLATA, Nov. 11, 2007)
THE NATION: Hey, Candidate, I'm All Yours, Your Very Own Pied Piper (By MICHAEL POWELL, Nov. 11, 2007)
THE WORLD: Ever Backward Into the Royal Future (By SARAH LYALL, Nov. 11, 2007)
THE WORLD: As It Rises, Russia Stirs Baltic Fears (By ADAM B. ELLICK, Nov. 11, 2007)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 11, 2007)
* ON LANGUAGE: Hollywords (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Nov. 11, 2007)
* The Way We Live Now: Reaching for It [Western films] (By LUC SANTE, Nov. 11, 2007)
Questions for Patty Limerick: Cowgirl Blues (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Nov. 11, 2007)
Phenomenon: Comic Genius? (By BEN EHRENREICH, Nov. 11, 2007)
The Medium: High-Def at High Noon (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Nov. 11, 2007)
Consumed: Wild West: The Prequel (By ROB WALKER, Nov. 11, 2007)
* THE FILM ISSUE: Cowboy Business (By THOMAS SCHATZ, Nov. 11, 2007)
THE ETHICIST: Garden of Vandals (By RANDY COHEN, Nov. 11, 2007)
* DIAGNOSIS: Forgetting Everything (By LISA SANDERS, M.D., Nov. 11, 2007)
COVER ARTICLE | THE FILM ISSUE: The New Frontier's Man (By LYNN HIRSCHBERG, Nov. 11, 2007)
* How the Western Was Won (By A. O. SCOTT, Nov. 11, 2007)
Notes for a Theory of the Road Movie (By WALTER SALLES, Nov. 11, 2007)
When the Producer Came to Town (By PHILIP WEISS, Nov. 11, 2007)
* The Greatest Death Scene (By JONATHAN LETHEM, Nov. 11, 2007)
COENS: Coen Brothers Country (By LYNN HIRSCHBERG, Nov. 11, 2007)
SLIDE SHOW: No Country (Films of the Coen Brothers, Nov. 11, 2007)
FOOD | The Way We Eat: The Hollywood Diet (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Nov. 11, 2007)
BOOKS: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 11, 2007)
* COVER ARTICLE: The Colossus [By John Richardson, A LIFE OF PICASSO:
The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932] (By JED PERL, Nov. 11, 2007)
* BOOKS: Faking It [Pierre Bayard, How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read]
(By JAY McINERNEY, Nov. 11, 2007)
* BOOKS: Out of the Fire [PARADISO By Dante Alighieri,
Translated by Robert Hollander & Jean Hollander] (By JAMES LONGENBACH, Nov. 11, 2007)
BOOKS: Trust and Caution [Joseph J. Ellis, American Creation:
Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic] (By JON MEACHAM, Nov. 11, 2007)
BOOKS: Lost Women [Judith Thurman, CLEOPATRA'S NOSE: 39 Varieties of Desire]
(By KATHRYN HARRISON, Nov. 11, 2007)
ESSAY: See How They Ran [1988 election] (By MATT BAI, Nov. 11, 2007)
* BOOKS: Anatomy of a Director [By Foster Hirsch, Otto Preminger:
The Man Who Would Be King] (By RICHARD SCHICKEL, Nov. 11, 2007)
* BOOKS: The Unraveling [J. Craig Venter, A Life Decoded | My Genome: My Life]
(By PETER DIZIKES, Nov. 11, 2007)
BOOKS: Guns, Germs and Latex [Aine Collier, The Humble Little Condom: A History]
(By NEIL GENZLINGER, Nov. 11, 2007)

Saturday, 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)

NATIONAL: Latin Mass Draws Interest After Easing of Restrictions (By NEELA BANERJEE, Nov. 10, 2007)
NATIONAL: F.C.C. Planning Rules to Open Cable Market (By STEPHEN LABATON, Nov. 10, 2007)
WORLD: Thousands of Police Block Pakistan Rally (By JANE PERLEZ & DAVID ROHDE, Nov. 10, 2007)
WORLD: Students Emerge as a Leading Force Against Chávez (By SIMON ROMERO, Nov. 10, 2007)
NY REGION: Personal Assistant Is Charged in Broker's Killing (By AL BAKER & ANNE BARNARD, Nov. 10, 2007)
OP-ED: Rudy and Bernie: B.F.F.'s (By GAIL COLLINS, Nov. 10, 2007)
* OP-ED: Recession? What Recession? (By BOB HERBERT, Nov. 10, 2007)
OP-ED: Guantánamo by the Numbers (By DAVID BOWKER & DAVID KAYE, Nov. 10, 2007)
BUSINESS: C.E.O. Evolution Phase 3 (By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ, Nov. 10, 2007)
* BUSINESS | Market Values: There Comes a Time to Sell (By CONRAD de AENLLE, Nov. 10, 2007)
* BOOKS | An Appraisal: Norman Mailer Made America His Subject (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Nov. 10, 2007)
THEATER: Broadway Strike Will Halt All but Eight Shows (By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON, Nov. 10, 2007)

Friday, 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: A Real Estate Speculator Goes From Boom to Bust (By JOHN LELAND, Nov. 9, 2007)
SPORTS | FOOTBALL: A Football Power in a Small Kansas Town (By JOE DRAPE, Nov. 9, 2007)
BASEBALL: Santana Could Fill a Big Hole for the Yanks (By TYLER KEPNER, Nov. 9, 2007)
BASEBALL: Mitchell Report May Name Free Agents, Union Says (By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, Nov. 9, 2007)
* OP-ED: The Real Life of Bees (By SUSAN BRACKNEY, Nov. 9, 2007)
OP-ED: Health Care Excuses (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Nov. 9, 2007)
OP-ED: A Post-Iraq G.I. Bill (By JIM WEBB & CHUCK HAGEL, Nov. 9, 2007)
BUSINESS: Stocks Post Steep Losses, Capping Painful Week
[Dow -223.55, Nasdaq -68.06] (By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, Nov. 9, 2007)
BUSINESS: An Abrupt Slide for Technology Shares (By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, Nov. 9, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: Is a Flying Car About to Take Off? (By SHARON GAUDIN, IDG, Nov. 9, 2007)
FILM | No Country for Old Men: He Found a Bundle of Money, and Now There's Hell to Pay
(By A. O. SCOTT, Nov. 9, 2007)
FILM | Lions for Lambs | Hearts and Minds: Senator Meets Reporter, Selling a New, Improved War
(By MANOHLA DARGIS, Nov. 9, 2007)
THEATER | 'THE NEW MEL BROOKS MUSICAL YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN'
Who Put the Trance in Transylvania? (By BEN BRANTLEY, Nov. 9, 2007)
TRAVEL | ESCAPES | Away: The Complexities of Keeping It Small and Simple
(By LINDA BAKER, Nov. 9, 2007)

Thursday, 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: In a Surprise, Pat Robertson Backs Giuliani (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK & MICHAEL COOPER, Nov. 8, 2007)
NY REGION: Humdinger of a Project: Tracing Slang to Ireland (By COREY KILGANNON, Nov. 8, 2007)
BASEBALL ROUNDUP: If Rodriguez Price Falls, Mets Might Be Interested (By TYLER KEPNER, Nov. 8, 2007)
* OP-ED: Exercise on the Brain (By SANDRA AAMODT & SAM WANG, Nov. 8, 2007)
OP-ED: Pat Loves Rudy (By GAIL COLLINS, Nov. 8, 2007)
BUSINESS: Stocks Tumble on Weak Dollar and Oil Prices
[Dow -360, Nasdaq -76.42] (By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, Nov. 8, 2007)
BUSINESS: China Remarks Drive Dollar Lower [Euro=$1.47, Pound=$2.10] (By CARTER DOUGHERTY, Nov. 8, 2007)
BUSINESS: Fed Chairman Says Economy Likely to Slow (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Nov. 8, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY | Basics: Don't Throw Out Your Broken iPod; Fix It via the Web (By PETER WAYNER, Nov. 8, 2007)
* STYLE: Need a Life? She'll Arrange One (By DEBORAH SCHOENEMAN, Nov. 8, 2007)

Wednesday, 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: M.I.T. Sues Frank Gehry, Citing Flaws in Center He Designed
(By ROBIN POGREBIN and KATIE ZEZIMA, Nov. 7, 2007)
NATIONAL: Gay Muslims Find Freedom, of a Sort, in the U.S. (By NEIL MACFARQUHAR, Nov. 7, 2007)
NY REGION | A History of Neglect: In Foster Care Review, Vows of Help and Vigilance
(By LESLIE KAUFMAN & BENJAMIN WEISER, Nov. 7, 2007)
BASEBALL: Life After Rodriguez May Include Cabrera (By TYLER KEPNER, Nov. 7, 2007)
ON BASEBALL: Bidding War for Rodriguez Needs 2 Teams (By MURRAY CHASS, Nov. 7, 2007)
OP-ED: Mushy: Handsome in Uniform (By MAUREEN DOWD, Nov. 7, 2007)
OP-ED: The Dawn of E2K in India (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Nov. 7, 2007)
* OP-ED: Musharraf's Martial Plan (By BENAZIR BHUTTO, Nov. 7, 2007)
BUSINESS: The Carbon Calculus (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Nov. 7, 2007)
BUSINESS: High-Priced Oil Adds Volatility to Power Scramble (By MARK LANDLER, Nov. 7, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Little-Known Entrepreneurs Putting China Near Top of Billionaires' List
(By DAVID BARBOZA, Nov. 7, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY | Advertising: Facebook Is Marketing Your Brand Preferences (With Your Permission)
(By LOUISE STORY, Nov. 7, 2007)
* MUSIC | America's Music: Plugging In to Make a Joyful Noise Unto the Lord
(By BEN RATLIFF, Nov. 7, 2007)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 7, 2007)
* FOOD: Preservation's Progress [Heritage turkeys] (By KIM SEVERSON, Nov. 7, 2007)
FOOD | Critic's Notebook: Tonight, Patronizing Language. Enjoy. (By FRANK BRUNI, Nov. 7, 2007)
THE MINIMALIST: A Basic Pie: No Oven Required (By MARK BITTMAN, Nov. 7, 2007)
FOOD: A Chance to Meet (Four-Footed) Cheesemakers (By OLIVER SCHWANER-ALBRIGHT, Nov. 7, 2007)
* DINING: Outrageous? He's Heard That Before [Michael Hebberoy] (By DAVID HOCHMAN, Nov. 7, 2007)
SCIENCE: Seagoing Climate Experiment Begins (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Nov. 7, 2007)
* HEALTH: Causes of Death Are Linked to a Person's Weight (By GINA KOLATA, Nov. 7, 2007)

Tuesday, 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: M.I.T. Sues Architect Frank Gehry (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 6, 2007)
NATIONAL | Pahrump Journal: With Brothel Plans Delayed, a Madam Does Laundry
(By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Nov. 6, 2007)
NY REGION: A Corona, Please, and Don't Hold the Lime (By MICHAEL WILSON, Nov. 6, 2007)
BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Pettitte Is Electing to Pause (By MURRAY CHASS, Nov. 6, 2007)
BASEBALL: Red Sox Retain Schilling (By TYLER KEPNER, Nov. 6, 2007)
BASEBALL BLOG: Schreiber's Notes: Will Boras Blink? (By JAY SCHREIBER, Nov. 6, 2007)
OP-ED: Present at the Creation {Condi Rice] (By DAVID BROOKS, Nov. 6, 2007)
OP-ED: Hillary's Tough Sell (By BOB HERBERT, Nov. 6, 2007)
OP-ED: A Vote for Justice (By CHARLES SCHUMER, Nov. 6, 2007)
BUSINESS: Led by Troubled Banks, Shares Slide
[Dow -51.70] (By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, Nov. 6, 2007)
BUSINESS: Dubious Fees Hit Borrowers in Foreclosures (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Nov. 6, 2007)
BUSINESS: Cable Channel Nods to Ratings and Leans Left (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Nov. 6, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google Enters the Wireless World
[What Apple began with its iPhone, Google is hoping to accelerate, with
an ambitious plan to transform the software at the heart of cellphones.]
(By MIGUEL HELFT & JOHN MARKOFF, Nov. 6, 2007)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 6, 2007)
* SCIENCE | Food 2.0: Chefs as Chemists (By KENNETH CHANG, Nov. 6, 2007)
* SCIENCE | Findings: Go Ahead, Rationalize. Monkeys Do It, Too. (By JOHN TIERNEY, Nov. 6, 2007)
OBSERVATORY: More Acidic Seas Can Change Behavior of Anxious Sea Snails
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Nov. 6, 2007)
* SCIENCE Q & A: The Power of Light (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Nov. 6, 2007)
HEALTH: Telling the Stories Behind the Abortions (By CORNELIA DEAN, Nov. 6, 2007)
HEALTH | Scientist at Work | John Holcomb:
Army's Aggressive Surgeon Is Too Aggressive for Some
(By ALEX BERENSON, Nov. 6, 2007)
* HEALTH: Flying and Blood Clots: A Deadly Risk (By TANYA MOHN, Nov. 6, 2007)
* HEALTH: Living With Pain That Just Won't Go Away (By JANE E. BRODY, Nov. 6, 2007)

Monday, 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: Obama Plays Convincing Obama in a Skit Mocking Clinton (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Nov. 5, 2007)
NATIONAL | POLITICAL MEMO: Different Rules When a Rival Is a Woman? (By ADAM NAGOURNEY & PATRICK HEALY, Nov. 5, 2007)
NATIONAL: In Portland, Cultivating a Culture of Two Wheels (By WILLIAM YARDLEY, Nov. 5, 2007)
WORLD: U.S. Is Likely to Continue Aid to Pakistan (By DAVID E> SANGER & DAVID ROHDE, Nov. 5, 2007)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Nov. 5, 2007)
MUSIC: Jay-Z Finds Himself at the Movies (By KELEFA SANNEH, Nov. 5, 2007)
* HEALTH BLOG: Curing Insomnia Without the Pills (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Nov. 5, 2007)

Sunday, 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)

WORLD: Musharraf Declares Emergency Rule
(By DAVID ROHDE, JANE PERLEZ & SALMAN MASOOD, Nov. 4, 2007)
* EDUCATION: The Foreign Legions (By LAURA PAPPANO, Nov. 4, 2007)
SPORTS: 28-Year-Old Marathoner Dies in Olympic Trials (By LYNN ZINSER, Nov. 4, 2007)
BASEBALL | Keeping Score: Yankees Should Opt in for Rodriguez (By JEFFREY N. GORDON, Nov. 4, 2007)
* BASEBALL: Top Yanks Managers: Brains, Not Bats (By DAVE ANDERSON, Nov. 4, 2007)
* NFL FOOTBALL: Brady and Manning Meet in Battle of the Brands (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Nov. 4, 2007)
* OPINION BLOG: Suffering, Evil and the Existence of God (By STANLEY FISH, Nov. 4, 2007)
OP-ED: Weed It and Reap (By MICHAEL POLLAN, Nov. 4, 2007)
OP-ED: Gift of Gall [Hillary Clinton] (By MAUREEN DOWD, Nov. 4, 2007)
OP-ED: Noun + Verb + 9/11 + Iran = Democrats' Defeat? (By FRANK RICH, Nov. 4, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: Devices Enforce Silence of Cellphones, Illegally (By MATT RICHTEL, Nov. 4, 2007)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 4, 2007)
MODERN LOVE: The Man I Wish Was Your Father (By VIRGINIA A. SMITH, Nov. 4, 2007)
VOWS: Mei Sze Chan and Jeff Greene (By DEVAN SIPHER & MIREYA NAVARRO, Nov. 4, 2007)
TRAVEL | Journeys | Tuscany: The Artisans of the Real Dolce Vita (By DANIELLE PERGAMENT, Nov. 4, 2007)
TRAVEL | Frugal Traveler | Chicago: Amid Architectural Glories, Piles of Cheap Fun
(By MATT GROSS, Nov. 4, 2007)
TRAVEL | Kentucky | Bourbon & Bluegrass (By STEVEN KURUTZ, Nov. 4, 2007)
TRAVEL | Family Trips: A Long Weekend? How About a Whole Year? (By CAREN OSTEN GERSZBERG, Nov. 4, 2007)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 4, 2007)
THE NATION: What's Behind the Race Gap? (By VIKAS BAJAJ & FORD FESSENDEN, Nov. 4, 2007)
SEE ME: Yours for the Peeping (By PENELOPE GREEN, Nov. 4, 2007)
* FLIP-FLOPERY: Said That vs. Meant This, a Hot Matchup for '08 (By JIM RUTENBERG, Nov. 4, 2007)
THE NATION: College Towns Escape the Pain (By FORD FESSENDEN, Nov. 4, 2007)
THE WORLD: A Modern Buddhist Uprising Strikes a Quieter Chord (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Nov. 4, 2007)
THE WORLD: Political Tango, Women in the Lead
[Argentina's Cristina Fernández de Kirchner] (By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO, Nov. 4, 2007)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: You Are What Your Name Says You Are [French names] (By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI, Nov. 4, 2007)
THE BASICS: Got Headphones, Gonna Fly Now (By JULIET MACUR, Nov. 4, 2007)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 4, 2007)
ON LANGUAGE: Shout-Out (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Nov. 4, 2007)
The Way We Live Now: Home-Office Politics (By MATT BAI, Nov. 4, 2007)
Questions for John Bolton: The Diplomat (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Nov. 4, 2007)
* THE MEDIUM: God and Man on YouTube (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Nov. 4, 2007)
CONSUMED: Getting Along Famously (By ROB WALKER, Nov. 4, 2007)
THE ETHICIST: Attack From Beyond (By RANDY COHEN, Nov. 4, 2007)
COVER ARTICLE: The Perils of Petrocracy (By TINA ROSENBERG, Nov. 4, 2007)
* The Turning of an Atheist [84-year old philosopher Anthony Flew]
(By MARK OPPENHEIMER, Nov. 4, 2007)
* Is (His) Biography (Our) Destiny? [Barack Obama] (By JAMES TRAUB, Nov. 4, 2007)
STYLE: Remembrance of Things Cast [New York architecture] (By PILAR VILADAS, Nov. 4, 2007)
FOOD: RECIPE REDUX | 1973: Teddie's Apple Cake (By AMANDA HESSER, Nov. 4, 2007)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Nov. 4, 2007)
* BOOKS: Tour de France [Graham Robb, Discovery of France]
(By CAROLINE WEBER, Nov. 4, 2007)

Saturday, 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 | The Long Run: Loyal to Kerik, Giuliani Missed Warning Signs
(By MICHAEL POWELL, Nov. 3, 2007)
NATIONAL: Texas Proceeding With Plan to Auction Preserve (By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Nov. 3, 2007)
NATIONAL: Mayors, Looking to Cities' Future, Are Told It Must Be Colored Green
(By WILLIAM YARDLEY, Nov. 3, 2007)
WORLD: As Japan Ages, Prisons Adapt to Going Gray (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Nov. 3, 2007)
SPORTS: Training Through Pregnancy to Be Marathon's Fastest Mom (By GINA KOLATA, Nov. 3, 2007)
FOOTBALL: Michigan's Hart Leads on the Field and on Campus (By PETE THAMEL, Nov. 3, 2007)
NFL FOOTBALL: Manning and Brady Bring to Mind Quarterbacks Past (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Nov. 3, 2007)
OP-ED: Worsening the Odds (By BOB HERBERT, Nov. 3, 2007)
* OP-ED: Baseball's Losing Formula (By MICHAEL LEWIS, Nov. 3, 2007)
OP-ED: My Favorite Menace (By GAIL COLLINS, Nov. 3, 2007)
BUSINESS: Citigroup Chief Is Set to Exit Amid Losses (By ERIC DASH & LANDON THOMAS Jr., Nov. 3, 2007)
BUSINESS | Your Money: Peace of Mind When They Ask to Borrow the Car
(By ELIZABETH OLSON, Nov. 3, 2007)
BUSINESS: The Dings and Dents of Toyota (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, Nov. 3, 2007)
TECHNOLOGY: For Teenage Drivers, Ever-Present Parents (NY TIMES, Nov. 3, 2007)
* HEALTH: Maker of Lipitor Digs In to Fight Generic Rival (By STEPHANIE SAUL & ALEX BERENSON, Nov. 3, 2007)

Friday, November 2, 2006:
On This Day: November 2 (Jean-Baptiste Chardin 11/2/1699-12/6/1779, Marie-Antoinett