New York Times: October 2004

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who read avidly The New York Times daily & joyfully for over 50 years.

Selected Articles from The New York Times—
October 2004
(* denotes news of special interest)

Sunday, October 31, 2004:
On This Day: October 31 (Jan Vermeer 10/31/1632-12/15/1675, John Keats 10/31/1795-2/23/1821, Juliette Low 10/31/1860-1/18/1927, Michael Landon 10/31/1936-7/1/1991, Norodom Sihanouk 1922, Michael Collins 1930, Dan Rather 1931, Sally Kirkland 1944, Deidre Hall 1948, Jane Pauley 1950)
Indira Gandhi Slain, Is Succeded by Son (By WILLIAM K. STEVENS, October 31, 1984)
Chiang Kai-shek: A Leader Who Was Thrust Aside by Revolution [10/31/1887-4/5/1975] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, April 6, 1975)

* ARTS OP-ED: FRANK RICH: Decision 2004: Fear Fatigue vs. Sheer Fatigue (By FRANK RICH, Oct. 31, 2004)
* FILM: Time-Lapse Lives: 42 Years in 10 Hours (By A. O. SCOTT, Oct. 31, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 31, 2004)
THE PUBLIC EDITOR: Analysts Say Experts Are Hazardous to Your Newspaper (By DANIEL OKRENT, Oct. 31, 2004)
* OH, HOW THEY DANCED: Celebration, Unscripted [Red Sox victory] (By CHARLES McGRATH, Oct. 31, 2004)

Saturday, October 30, 2004:
On This Day: October 30 (John Adams 10/30/1735-7/4/1826, Alfred Sisley 10/30/1839-1/29/1899, Ezra Pound 10/30/1885-11/1/1972, Charles Atlas 10/30/1893-12/24/1972, Dickinson W. Richards 10/30/1895-2/23/1973, Ruth Gordon 10/30/1896-8/28/1985, Daniel Nathans 10/30/1928-11/16/1999, Louis Malle 10/30/1932-11/23/1995, Claude Leloouch 1937, Henry Winkler 1945, Kevin Pollak 1958)
Ali Regains Title, Flooring Foreman (By DAVE ANDERSON, October 30, 1974)
Fred W. Friendly, CBS Executive and Pioneer in TV News Coverage, Dies at 82 [10/30/1915-3/3/1998] (By ERIC PACE, March 5, 1998)

Friday, October 29, 2004:
On This Day: October 29 (William Hayley 10/29/1745-11/12/1820, Fred Lazarus Jr. 10/29/1884-5/27/1973, Richard Dreyfuss 1947, Kate Jackson 1948)
BLACK TUESDAY: STOCKS COLLAPSE IN 16,410,030-SHARE DAY (NY Times, October 29, 1929)
Fanny Brice, Comedienne, Dies at the Age of 59 [born 10/29/1891-5/29/1951] (NY Times, May 30, 1951)

* LETTERS: Start Spreading the News: Red Sox Win It! [Lunar eclipse]
(By Vik Upadhyaya, et. al., Oct. 29, 2004)

Thursday, October 28, 2004:
On This Day: October 28 (Henry III 10/28/1017-10/5/1056, Eliphalet Remington 10/28/1793-8/12/1861, Gilbert Grosvenor 10/28/1875-2/4/1966, Edith Head 10/28/1897-10/24/1981, Evelyn Waugh 10/28/1903-4/10/1966, Francis Bacon 10/28/1909-4/28/1992, Suzy Parker 1933, Bruce Jenner 1949, Julia Roberts 1967)
Statue of Liberty Dedicated in New York Harbor by President Cleveland (NY Times, October 28, 1886)
Dr. Jonas Salk, Whose Vaccine Turned Tide on Polio, Dies at 80 [10/28/1914-6/23/1995] (By HAROLD M. SCHMECK Jr., June 24, 1995)

* SPORTS: One Less Reason for Nation to Root (By HARVEY ARATON, Oct. 28, 2004)
* BOSTON WINS SERIES, 4-0: Red Sox Erase 86 Years of Futility in 4 Games
(By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 28, 2004)
BASEBALL: Not a Work of Art, but Red Sox Finish Their Masterpiece (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 28, 2004)
Nos. 4-5-6 For Cards Go Down 1-2-3 (By PAT BORZI, Oct. 28, 2004)
Schilling to Reap Bonus of $2 Million for Series (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 28, 2004)
SPORTS: A Gamble on Fleet Feet Saved Boston's Season [Dave Roberts] (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Oct. 28, 2004)
BASEBALL: Postseasons Are Empty for Small-Market Fans (By BRUCE WEBER, Oct. 28, 2004)
SPORTS: A New-Age General Manager Helps End an Age-Old Curse (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Oct. 28, 2004)

Wednesday, October 27, 2004:
On This Day: October 27 (Catherine of Valois 10/27/1401-1/3/1437, Desiderius Erasmus 10/27/1466-7/12/1536, James Cook 10/27/1728-2/14/1779, Niccolo Paganini 10/27/1782-5/27/1840, Isaac M. Singer 10/27/1811-7/23/1875, Marcellin Berthelot 10/27/1827-3/18/1907, Theodore Roosevelt 10/27/1858-1/6/1919, Dylan Thomas 10/27/1914-11/9/1953, Roy Liechtenstein 10/27/1923-9/29/1997, Teresa Wright 1918, Ralph Kiner 1922, Warren Christopher 1925)
IRT SUBWAY OPEN, 150,000 TRY IT (NY Times, October 27, 1904)
Sylvia Plath: Her Poetry, Not Her Death, Is Her Triumph [born 10/27/1932-2/11/1963] (By ROSALYN DREXLER, January 13, 1974)

NATIONAL: REGISTRATION: As Voting Rolls Increase, So Do the Wild Cards (By JAMES DAO, Oct. 27, 2004)
JOHN KERRY'S JOURNEY | THE SENATE YEARS: 2 Kerry Votes on War and Peace Underline a Political Evolution >BR>(By TODD S. PURDUM, Oct. 27, 2004)
WORLD: REBELS: Iraq's Prime Minister Faults U.S. Military in Massacre (By EDWARD WONG, Oct. 27, 2004)
NY REGION: A Day in the Subway, as It Rolls Up a Century (By RANDY KENNEDY, Oct. 27, 2004)
* SPORTS: Francona Does Just Fine With Martínez (By HARVEY ARATON, Oct. 27, 2004)
BOSTON LEADS SERIES, 3-0: The Red Sox Make a Leap to the Doorstep (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 27, 2004)
BASEBALL ANALYSIS: Suppan Just Didn't Have That Old Mets Magic (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 27, 2004)
Seeing Error of Their Ways, Red Sox Sparkle in Field (By PAT BORZI, Oct. 27, 2004)
BASEBALL: Lowe Not Looking Beyond Game 4 (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 27, 2004)
SLIDE SHOW: A 3-0 Lead (By Vincent Laforet, Oct. 27, 2004)
SPORTS: In Civil St. Louis, the Careful Feeding of World Series Frenzy (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Oct. 27, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Where Is Iron Man McGinnity? [Curt Schilling's heroics] (NY TIMES, Oct. 27, 2004)
BUSINESS: Insurers Lead a Rally, With Help From Bargain Hunters
[Dow +138.49, Nasdaq +14.75] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 27, 2004)
Ovitz Testifies He Was Sabotaged at Disney (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Oct. 27, 2004)
* Newest iPod From Apple Holds Photos and Music (By JOHN MARKOFF, Oct. 27, 2004)
* ADVERTISING: Madison Avenue Ponders the Potential of Web Logs (By NAT IVES, Oct. 27, 2004)
Air Superiority at $258 Million a Pop [F/A-22 fighter, Raptor] (By TIM WEINER, Oct. 27, 2004)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 27, 2004)
* SCIENCE: First Saturn Moon Close-Ups Arrive After Spacecraft Flyby (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Oct. 27, 2004)
* Scientists Find Skeletons of Miniature People (By NICHOLAS WADE, Oct. 27, 2004)

Tuesday, October 26, 2004:
On This Day: October 26 (Domenico Scarlatti 10/26/1685-7/23/1757, Georges Jacques Danton 10/26/1759-4/5/1794, Beryl Markham 10/26/1902-8/3/1986, Jackie Coogan 10/26/1914-3/1/1984, Pat Sajak 1946, Hillary Rodham Clinton 1947, Jaclyn Smith 1947)
Israel Prime Minister Rabin and Jordan Prime Minister Majali Signed Peace Treaty (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Oct. 26, 1994)
Mahalia Jackson, Gospel Singer, And a Civil Rights Symbol, Dies [born 10/26/1911] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, January 28, 1972)

NATIONAL: The Swing-State Ad Wars (By JIM RUTENBERG, Oct. 26, 2004)
THE CANDIDATES: Iraq Explosives Become Issue in Campaign (By DAVID E. SANGER, Oct. 26, 2004)
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE: Clinton Tries on His Long Coattails for Kerry (By JODI WILGOREN, Oct. 26, 2004)
NATIONAL: Rehnquist Treated for Thyroid Cancer, Supreme Court Says (By LINDA GREENHOUSE & KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Oct. 26, 2004)
WORLD: PRISONERS: U.S. Action Bars Right of Some Captured in Iraq (By DOUGLAS JEHL, Oct. 26, 2004)
THE OCCUPATION: Inquiry Into Ambush Opens; Iraqi Forces Feared Infiltrated (By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr., Oct. 26, 2004)
SANTA MARIA DO TAPARÁ JOURNAL: Big Fish, Little Fish Battle Over the Amazon's Bounty
(By LARRY ROHTER, Oct. 26, 2004)
NY REGION: After a 28-Year Hiatus, Miss (er, Ms.) Subways Is Back (By ANTHONY RAMIREZ, Oct. 26, 2004)
PUBLIC LIVES: Have Job About Travel, Will Work Hard (By MICHAEL LUO, Oct. 26, 2004)
* NYC: From Here to There, Please, With Clarity [subway maps] (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Oct. 26, 2004)
* SPORTS: Ortiz and His Karma Take the Field (By HARVEY ARATON, Oct. 26, 2004)
BOSTON LEADS SERIES, 2-0: Cardinals Are Down and Seek Lift From Fans (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 26, 2004)
The Red Sox' Foulke Presumes Perfection (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 26, 2004)
2 Big Bats Slumbering in Cards' Lineup [Rolen & Edmonds] (By PAT BORZI, Oct. 26, 2004)
Cabrera Is Moving Out of Renteria's Shadow (By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 26, 2004)
BASEBALL: St. Louis by Fall: The Art of Gracious Bird-Watching (By MONICA DAVEY, Oct. 26, 2004)
BASEBALL: Randolph Confident About Job With Mets (By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 26, 2004)
SPORTS: For Buck, the Microphone Doesn't Fall Far From the Headset (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Oct. 26, 2004)
* MARKET PLACE: A Technology Recovery in Post-Exuberant Times (By STEVE LOHR, Oct. 26, 2004)
Intel to Join in a Project to Extend Wireless Use (By JOHN MARKOFF, Oct. 26, 2004)
* ART CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: Buzzing the Web on a Meme Machine (By SARAH BOXER, Oct. 26, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 26, 2004)
SCIENCE: Not Just Another Pretty Face (By NATALIE ANGIER, Oct. 26, 2004)
* SCIENCE ESSAY: This Season, Heisenberg Wears a Red Sox Rally Cap (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Oct. 26, 2004)
* NASA Prepares to Spy on a Satellite [Saturn's Titan] (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Oct. 26, 2004)
* In Case of the Falling Face, Gravity Is Acquitted (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Oct. 26, 2004)
* Plenty of Pumpkin for the Carving (By EMILY B. HAGER, Oct. 26, 2004)
* An X-Y Mystery Solved [duck-billed platypus] (NY TIMES, Oct. 26, 2004)
OBSERVATORY: Slippery Hips (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Oct. 26, 2004)
* Creationism and Science Clash at Grand Canyon Bookstores (By CORNELIA DEAN, Oct. 26, 2004)
Q & A: Genes and the Tongue [ankyloglossia] (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Oct. 26, 2004)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: In Sports, Play Smart and Watch Your Head (By JANE E. BRODY, Oct. 26, 2004)
THE CONSUMER: The Dorms May Be Great, But How's the Counseling? (By MARY DUENWALD, Oct. 26, 2004)
CASES: Nurse, Where Do We Keep the Chicken Wire and Lamp Cord? (By LARRY ZAROFF, M.D., Oct. 26, 2004)
The Problem With Some 'Smart' Toys: (Hint) Use Your Imagination (By LINDA CARROLL, Oct. 26, 2004)
* COMMENTARY: A Timely Lesson in Horror Unvarnished [Hiroshima] (By ROBERT KLITZMAN, M.D., Oct. 26, 2004)
* The Problem With Some 'Smart' Toys: (Hint) Use Your Imagination (By LINDA CARROLL, Oct. 26, 2004)
* REALLY?: The Claim: You Lose Most of Your Body Heat Through Your Head
(By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Oct. 26, 2004)
Heart Attack Risk Linked to Time Spent in Traffic (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Oct. 26, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Patterns: Lungs May Have a Body Clock (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Oct. 26, 2004)
* VITAL SIGNS: Nutrition: Bad Breath but Good Health (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Oct. 26, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Infant Care: Cold Facts About Breast Milk (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Oct. 26, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Behavior: Stress Lessons From Monkeys (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Oct. 26, 2004)

Monday, October 25, 2004:
On This Day: October 25 (Evariste Galois 10/25/1811-5/31/1832, Johann Strauss, Jr. 10/25/1825-6/3/1899, Georges Bizet 10/25/1838-6/3/1875, Henry Steele Commager 10/25/1902-3/2/1998, Minnie Pearl 10/25/1912-3/4/1996, Bobby Thomson 1923, Helen Reddy 1941)
United Nations Admits Mainland China and Expels Taiwan (By TAD SZULC, Oct. 25, 1971)
Picasso: Protean and Prodigious, the Greatest Single Force in 70 Years of Art
[born 10/25/1881] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, April 9, 1973)

Cardinal James A. Hickey of Washington Dies at 84 (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Oct. 25, 2004)
Michael Grant, Who Wrote Histories of the Ancient World, Is Dead at 89 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Oct. 25, 2004)
Frederick Hill, 92, Official in New York Schools, Dies (By JENNIFER BAYOT, Oct. 25, 2004)
Alexander Kouzmanoff, 89, Designer of College Buildings, Is Dead (By JENNIFER BAYOT, Oct. 25, 2004)
Conrad Russell, 67, Historian and Philosopher's Son, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 25, 2004)
Lewis Urry, Dies at 77; Made Better Battery (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 25, 2004)
NATIONAL: THE CONSTITUENCY: Gore and Kerry Unite in Search for Black Votes
(By JIM DWYER and JODI WILGOREN, Oct. 25, 2004)
THE HOUSE: The Battle in Pennsylvania Isn't Just for President (By CARL HULSE, Oct. 25, 2004)
ON THE TRAIL: Kerry's Latest Attacks on Bush Borrow a Page From Scripture
(By DAVID M. HALBFINGER & DAVID E. SANGE, Oct. 25, 2004)
* EDUCATION: For 3,000 Slots at 6 Schools, 23,000 Pencils at Work (By PATRICK HEALY & JOHANNA JAINCHILL, Oct. 25, 2004)
WORLD: TRACKING THE WEAPONS: Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq
(By JAMES GLANZ, WILLIAM J. BROAD and DAVID E. SANGER, Oct. 25, 2004)
NY REGION: The Contagion of Fear (By MARC SANTORA, Oct. 25, 2004)
Family Ties and Entanglements of Caste (By JOSEPH BERGER, Oct. 25, 2004)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Oct. 25, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 25, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: New I.B.M. Report Will Warn of Computer Security Threats (By JOHN MARKOFF, Oct. 25, 2004)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: Amazon Rumor Ruffles DVD Rivals (By BOB TEDESCHI, Oct. 25, 2004)
Clash Over Internet Sports Photos (By DOREEN CARVAJAL, Oct. 25, 2004)

Sunday, October 24, 2004:
On This Day: October 24 (Antoine van Leeuwenhoek 10/24/1632-8/26/1723, Sarah J. Hale 10/24/1788-4/30/1879, Moss Hart 10/24/1904-12/20/1961, Y.A. Tittle 1926, F. Murray Abraham 1939)
UN CHARTER BECOMES 'LAW OF NATIONS,' 29 RATIFYING IT (By BERTRAM D. HULEN, Oct. 24, 1945)
Bob Kane, 83, the Cartoonist Who Created 'Batman,' Is Dead [born 10/24/1915] (By SARAH BOXER, November 7, 1998)

John McNamara, Sage of the Bronx, Dies at 92 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Oct. 24, 2004)
Nitze Is Honored at Capital Memorial Service (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Oct. 24, 2004)
NATIONAL: With Days Before Vote, Bush and Kerry Sound Out Closing Themes (By BRIAN KNOWLTON, Oct. 24, 2004)
Bush and Kerry Focus Campaigns on 11 Key States
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY & KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Oct. 24, 2004)
WORLD: Rebels Mount Grisly Ambush, Executing 49 Iraqi Soldiers (By EDWARD WONG, Oct. 24, 2004)
Karzai Secures Victory in Afghan Election (By CARLOTTA GALL, Oct. 24, 2004)
BOSTON LEADS SERIES, 2-0: Injured Schilling Pitches Another Gem for the Red Sox (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 24, 2004)
* SPORTS: Red Sox Find Offense Is Best Remedy for Hangover (By SELENA ROBERTS, Oct. 24, 2004)
BOSTON LEADS SERIES, 1-0: With a Bang, Boston Takes the Pole Position (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 24, 2004)
BASEBALL: Cedeño Finds Life After Mets Has a Happy Ending in St. Louis (By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 24, 2004)
* BASEBALL: A Doctor Is Keeping Schilling in Stitches (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 24, 2004)
* SPORTS: The Curse, or Whatever, Hasn't Gone Away Yet (By GEORGE VECSEY, Oct. 24, 2004)
PATRIOTS 13, JETS 7: New England's Winning Streak Reaches 21 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 19, 2004)
* EDITORIALS: Bill Clinton's Fake Chinese Life (NY TIMES, Oct. 24, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Jews, Israel and America (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Oct. 24, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Cooking His Own Goose (By MAUREEN DOWD, Oct. 24, 2004)
OP-ED: The Health of Nations (By DONALD L. BARLETT and JAMES B. STEELE, Oct. 24, 2004)
LETTERS: Bush at War: Eye on the Ball? (By BOB GRAHAM, Oct. 24, 2004)
LETTERS: Bush at War: Eye on the Ball? (4 Letters) (By Owen Bailey, et. al., Oct. 24, 2004)
LETTERS: Scary Campaign Ads, and a Mother's Story (By Cindy Sheehan, Oct. 24, 2004)
LETTERS: Problems With Polls (2 Letters) (By Alan I. Abramowitz, et. al., Oct. 24, 2004)
* LETTERS: Freedom Has Meaning. It's Not Just a Slogan. (By Fritz Stern, Oct. 24, 2004)
LETTERS: No Time for Blind Faith (By Mark P. Solomon, Oct. 24, 2004)
* BUSINESS: Identity Theft Is Epidemic. Can It Be Stopped? (By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN, Oct. 19, 2004)
The Wonderful World of Succession [Disney's Robert A. Iger] (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Oct. 19, 2004)
ECONOMIC VIEW: Counting the Hidden Costs of War (By ANNA BERNASEK, Oct. 24, 2004)
* DIGITAL DOMAIN: Pixar's Mr. Incredible May Yet Rewrite the Apple Story (By RANDALL STROSS, Oct. 24, 2004)
INVESTING: A New Highway to China's Boom (but Drive Carefully) (By JOSHUA KURLANTZICK, Oct. 24, 2004)
GRETCHEN MORGENSON: Who Loses the Most at Marsh? Its Workers (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Oct. 24, 2004)
GE Capital vs. the Small-Town Folk Hero (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Oct. 24, 2004)
* SELLING: EBay Merchants Trust Their Eyes, and the Bubble Wrap (By KATE MURPHY, Oct. 24, 2004)
THE AGENDA: Can the Buck Stop at the Directors' Table? [Eisner & Ovitz] (By PATRICK MCGEEHAN, Oct. 24, 2004)
* REAL ESTATE: Will the Market Stay Strong, or Will It Fold? (By WILLIAM NEUMAN, Oct. 24, 2004)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 24, 2004)
ARTS OP-ED: FRANK RICH: The O'Reilly Factor for Lesbians (By FRANK RICH, Oct. 24, 2004)
* ARTS: Design for (Better) Living (By CHRISTOPHER HAWTHORNE, Oct. 24, 2004)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 24, 2004)
* They Partied the Night Away for Literature [Man Booker Prize] (By BRIAN LAVERY, Oct. 24, 2004)
THE AGE OF DISSONANCE: Comic Relief (By BOB MORRIS, Oct. 24, 2004)
VOWS: Anni Mitchell and Tred Barta (By LOIS SMITH BRADY, Oct. 24, 2004)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 24, 2004)
* In Zambia, Luxury Above the Torrent [Victoria Falls]
[More than 150 million gallons per minute rushing down the falls]
(By JILL ABRAMSON, Oct. 24, 2004)
* PRACTICAL TRAVELER: Making Priceline Do Your Bidding (By SUSAN STELLIN, Oct. 24, 2004)
ESSAY: Grasping French, a Word at a Time (BY MARY-LOU WEISMAN, Oct. 24, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 24, 2004)
Calls to Reinvent a Party (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Oct. 24, 2004)
A Confident Opposition (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Oct. 24, 2004)
In This Climate, Victory's No Picnic, Either (By ROBIN TONER, Oct. 24, 2004)
* THE BEST OF PHYSICS: What Makes an Equation Beautiful (By KENNETH CHANG, Oct. 24, 2004)
* BASEBALL: Sooner or Later, Everybody Chokes [Red Sox-Yankees Games] (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Oct. 24, 2004)
* BASEBALL: Defeat Hurts, but Only So Much [Red Sox-Yankees Games] (By BRUCE WEBER, Oct. 24, 2004)
* NANOTECHNOLOGY: Tiny Ideas Coming of Age (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Oct. 24, 2004)
WORD FOR WORD | I'LL BE THERE: If You Knew Michael Like We Know Michael
(By THOMAS VINCIGUERRA, Oct. 24, 2004)
Now, We're Not Supposed to Worry About the Flu (By GARDINER HARRIS, Oct. 24, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 24, 2004)
ON LANGUAGE: Who's the Best 'Closer'? (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Oct. 24, 2004)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: The Specter of '94 (By JAMES TRAUB, Oct. 23, 2004)
QUESTIONS FOR KENNETH POLLACK: Bombs (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Oct. 23, 2004)
PHENOMENON: Con Flicks (By KATHRYN SCHULZ, Oct. 23, 2004)
LIVES: Right-Hand Man (By STEPHEN YADZINSKI, Oct. 23, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 24, 2004)
'The Roads to Modernity': Freedom Philosophers
[Gertrude Himmelfarb, The British, French, and American Enlightenments]
(By SCOTT MCLEMEE, Oct. 24, 2004)
FIRST CHAPTER: 'The Roads to Modernity'
[The British, French, and American Enlightenments]
(By GERTRUDE HIMMELFARB, Oct. 24, 2004)

Saturday, October 23, 2004:
On This Day: October 23 (Pierre Larousse 10/23/1817-1/3/1875, Adlai Ewing Stevenson 10/23/1835-6/15/1914, Felix Bloch 10/23/1905-9/10/1983, Pele 1940, Michael Crichton 1942)
Beirut Death Toll at 161 Americans; French Casualties Rise in Bombings (By Thomas E. Friedman, Oct. 23, 1983)
John W. Heisman, Noted Coach, Dies [born 10/23/1869] (NY Times, October 4, 1936)

* Betty Hill, 85, Figure in Alien Abduction Case, Dies (By MARGALIT FOX, Oct. 23, 2004)
Chuck Hiller, 70, First in N.L. to Hit Series Grand Slam, Dies (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Oct. 23, 2004)
Julius Harris, 81, Pioneering Black Actor, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 23, 2004)
Steven Z. Miller, a Pediatrician, Dies at 46 (By JENNIFER BAYOT, Oct. 23, 2004)
Linda Maurer, 65, Who First Wore the Medic Alert Bracelet, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 23, 2004)
Carol Pitchersky, 57, A.C.L.U. Official, Dies (By MARGALIT FOX, Oct. 23, 2004)
* SPORTS: Johnny Pesky: The Man Who Held the Ball (By GEORGE VECSEY, Oct. 23, 2004)
BASEBALL: Now Pitching: The Guys You Least Expected (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 23, 2004)
NOTEBOOK: Mirabelli, Artful Catcher of Dodgy Knucklers (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 23, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: Braves Have 13 Division Titles, but Not as Many Rings as the Wild Cards
(By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 23, 2004)
BASEBALL: Starting for Cardinals Has Privileges (By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 23, 2004)
* BASEBALL: '67 World Series Was All Gibson, McCarver Recalls (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Oct. 23, 2004)
BASEBALL: Forget the Past, It's All New This Time (By DAN SHAUGHNESSY, Boston Globe, Oct. 23, 2004)
Yankees Already Thinking About How to Win in 2005 (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 23, 2004)
* BASEBALL: Shilling placed pennant over pain (By Steve Wilstein, Associated Press, Oct. 23, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Rah-Rah, Sis-Boom-Bah for Google! Or Not (By SAUL HANSELL, Oct. 23, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: A New Order of Business for Chip Industry (By CHRIS BUCKLEY, Oct. 23, 2004)
TV: 'OFF TO WAR': Arkansas Travelers: Guard Unit's Life in Iraq (By NED MARTEL, Oct. 23, 2004)
TV: How Desperate Women Saved Desperate Writer (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Oct. 23, 2004)

Friday, October 22, 2004:
On This Day: October 22 (Franz Liszt 10/22/1811-7/31/1886, George Beadle 10/22/1903-6/9/1989, Constance Bennett 10//22/1904-7/24/1965, Jimmie Foxx 10/22/1907-7/21/1967, Joan Fontaine 1917, Annette Funicello 1942, Catherine Deneuve 1943, Jeff Goldblum 1952)
President Kennedy Announced Blockade of Cuba (By ANTHONY LEWIS, Oct. 22, 1968)
Timothy Leary, Pied Piper Of Psychedelic 60's, Dies at 75 [born 10/22/1920] (By LAURA MANSNERUS, June 1, 1996)

* Anthony Hecht, a Formalist Poet, Dies at 81 (By HARVEY SHAPIRO, Oct. 22, 2004)
Salinger's Friends Gather, and Manage a Wistful Smile (By TODD S. PURDUM, Oct. 22, 2004)
BASEBALL: League Championship Summary (NY TIMES, Oct. 22, 2004)
ST. LOUIS WINS SERIES, 4-3: Cardinals Bunt and Bash Their Way Into the Series
(By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 22, 2004)
* OP-ED: Down on the Farm [collapase of Yankees dynasty] (By BUSTER OLNEY, Oct. 22, 2004)
* BASEBALL: Expect Series to be a blast (By Jayson Stark, ESPN.com, Oct. 22, 2004)
BUSINESS: Sales of PC's Buoy Results at Microsoft (By MATT RICHTEL, Oct. 22, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Amazon's Profit Triples, Driven by Free Shipping (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, Oct. 22, 2004)
TV: 'INSIDE THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE': Protecting the President, Down to the Very Last Detail
(By NED MARTEL, Oct. 22, 2004)

Thursday, October 21, 2004:
On This Day: October 21 (Samuel Taylor Coleridge 10/21/1772-7/25/1834, Alfred Nobel 10/21/1833-12/10/1896, Ted Shawn 10/21/1891-1/9/1972, Louis L'Amour 10/21/1908-6/10/1988, Sir George Solti 10/21/1912-9/5/1997, Whitey Ford 1928, Benjamin Netanyahu 1949)
Thomas Edison Invented Electric Light (NY Times, Oct. 21, 1879)
Dizzy Gillespie, Who Sounded Some of Modern Jazz's Earliest Notes, Dies at 75 [born 10/21/1917] (By PETER WATROUS, January 7, 1993)

* Paul H. Nitze, Missile Treaty Negotiator and Cold War Strategist, Dies at 97 (By MARILYN BERGER, Oct. 21, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Hunting the Tiger (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Oct. 21, 2004)
OP-ED: Polls Apart (By ANDREW KOHUT, Oct. 21, 2004)
* BASEBALL: October Games Provide Moments to Remember (By DAVE ANDERSON, Oct. 21, 2004)
SERIES TIED, 3-3: One Swing Redeems Edmonds and the Cardinals (By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 21, 2004)
BOSTON WINS SERIES, 4-3: Back From Dead, Red Sox Bury Yankees and Go to Series
(By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 21, 2004)
Francona Lauds a 'Pretty Amazing Pitching Performance' by Schilling (By BILL FINLEY, Oct. 21, 2004)
Damon Finally Gets Going, and So Do the Red Sox (By BILL FINLEY, Oct. 21, 2004)
Umpires Huddled to Get 2 Disputed Calls Right in Game 6 (By DAVE CALDWELL, Oct. 21, 2004)
More Changes Certain After Yankees' Defeat (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 21, 2004)
SPORTS: Red Sox Enjoy Unlikely Party (By DAVE CALDWELL, Oct. 21, 2004)
* ON BASEBALL: A Wise Decision Brings Boston Home (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 21, 2004)
BASEBALL ANALYSIS: Boston Counters Rodriguez's Slap With a Knockout Punch (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 21, 2004)
* SPORTS: A Rivalry Measures Up (By GEORGE VECSEY, Oct. 21, 2004)
SPORTS: Yankee Mercenaries Left Searching for Meaning (By SELENA ROBERTS, Oct. 21, 2004)
SPORTS MEDIA AND BUSINESS: Boston's Big Rebound Makes a Winner of Fox, Too
(By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Oct. 21, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 21, 2004)
* When the Price Is a Penny, What Profit? (By LISA GUERNSEY, Oct. 21, 2004)
* In the E.R., Learning to Love the PC (By SETH SCHIESEL, Oct. 21, 2004)
* STATE OF THE ART: Google Takes On Your Desktop (By DAVID POGUE, Oct. 21, 2004)

Wednesday, October 20, 2004:
On This Day: October 20 (Andrea Della Robbia 10/20/1435-8/4/1525, Sir Christopher Wren 10/20/1632-2/25/1723, Arthur Rimbaud 10/20/1854-11/10/1891, Charles Edward Ives 10/20/1874-5/19/1954, Bela Lugosi 10/20/1884-8/16/1956, Sir James Chadwick 10/20/1891-7/24/1974, Dame Anna Neagle 10/20/1904-6/3/1986, Mickey Mantle 10/20/1931-8/13/1995, Art Buchwald 1925, Arlene Francis 1908)
Nixon Discharges Cox For Defiance; Abolishes Watergate Task Force; Richardson And Ruckelshaus Out
(By DOUGLAS E. KNEELAND, Oct. 20, 1973)
Dr. John Dewey Dead at 92; Philosopher a Noted Liberal [born 10/20/1859] (NY Times, June 2, 1952)

Lawrence Freedman, Who Peered Into Killers' Psyches, Dies at 85 (By ALISON McCULLOCH, Oct. 20, 2004)
Richard Schmidt, Lawyer, Dies at 80 (By MARGALIT FOX, Oct. 20, 2004)
Sam Lender, Who Helped Start Bagel Empire, Dies at 84 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 20, 2004)
NATIONAL: Bush and Kerry Try to Win Over Iowa and Its 7 Electoral Votes (By MARK GLASSMAN, Oct. 20, 2004)
SPORTS: SERIES TIED, 3-3: Cardinals Take Astros the Distance (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 20, 2004)
SPORTS: Cardinals' La Russa: A Man for All Seasons, Except Fall (By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 20, 2004)
SERIES TIED, 3-3: Schilling and Nail-Biting: Red Sox Win Game 6 (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 20, 2004)
* BASEBALL ANALYSIS: With One Life to Live, the Red Sox Want It Now (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 20, 2004)
* SPORTS: For Schilling, a Premier Pitching Line (By DAVE ANDERSON, Oct. 20, 2004)
* SPORTS: Finishing Off the Red Sox Becomes the Yankees' Achilles' Heel (By HARVEY ARATON, Oct. 20, 2004)
* ON BASEBALL: At Long Last, Red Sox Achieve a First, but There's Still the Issue of a Finish
(By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 20, 2004)
Yankees May See Wakefield Once More (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 20, 2004)
Red Sox Bullpen Rises to Occasion (By BILL FINLEY, Oct. 20, 2004)
Rodriguez's Slap and Run Called a Foul (By DAVE CALDWELL, Oct. 20, 2004)
SPORTS MEDIA & BUSINESS: With 5 Hours 49 Minutes to Kill, Thank Goodness for the DiamondCams
(By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Oct. 20, 2004)
NY REGION: With Ballgames This Exciting, It's No Wonder Everybody's Yawning (By ANTHONY RAMIREZ, Oct. 20, 2004)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 20, 2004)

Tuesday, October 19, 2004:
On This Day: October 19 (Sir Thomas Brown 10/19/1605-10/19/1682, Leigh Hunt 10/19/1784-8/28/1859, Alfred Dreyfus 10/19/1859-7/12/1935, Auguste Lumiere 10/19/1862-4/10/1954, John Le Carre 1931, Peter Max 1937, Patricia Ireland 1945)
STOCKS PLUNGE 508 POINTS, A DROP OF 22.6%; 604 MILLION VOLUME NEARLY DOUBLES RECORD
(By LAWRENCE J. De MARIA, October 19, 1987)
Charles Merrill, Broker, Dies; Founder of Merrill Lynch Firm [born 10/19/1885] (By MICHAEL T. KAUFMAN, Oct. 7, 1986)

Ray Boone, All-Star Clan Patriarch, Dies at 81 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Oct. 19, 2004)
Jane Meyerhoff, 80, Art Collector, Dies (By CAROL VOGEL, Oct. 19, 2004)
Thomas Donahue, Expert on Exploration of the Planets, Dies at 83 (By WARREN E. LEARY, Oct. 19, 2004)
Douglas Day, 72, Malcolm Lowry Biographer, Is Dead (By MARGALIT FOX, Oct. 19, 2004)
* OP-ED: War of Words (By TOMMY FRANKS, Oct. 19, 2004)
* SPORTS: If We Thought We'd Seen It All, There's Still More (By GEORGE VECSEY, Oct. 19, 2004)
YANKEES LEAD SERIES, 3-2: Even Longer: Red Sox Win Game 5 in 14 Innings (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 19, 2004)
BASEBALL: Redemption for Wakefield: One That Didn't Get Away (By AMALIE BENJAMIN, Oct. 19, 2004)
BASEBALL: Schilling Hobbles Back Into Red Sox' Pitching Rotation (By JUDY BATTISTA, Oct. 19, 2004)
* SPORTS: It's Time for the Red Sox and Martínez to Part Ways (By SELENA ROBERTS, Oct. 19, 2004)
In Yanks' Bullpen, Nothing Is Appealing After Rivera (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 19, 2004)
HOUSTON LEADS SERIES, 3-2: Kent's Homer Breaks Unlikely Silence in Houston
(By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 19, 2004)
Beltran and Pujols Playing 'Can You Top This?' (By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 19, 2004)
Tavarez Breaks Hand; His Return Is Uncertain (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 19, 2004)
* BASEBALL: Schilling sends Sox to Game 7 (ESPN.com, Oct. 19, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 19, 2004)
* From a Physicist and New Nobel Winner, Some Food for Thought [David Gross]
(By DENNIS OVERBYE, Oct. 19, 2004)

Monday, October 18, 2004:
On This Day: October 18 (Pope Pius II 10/18/1405-8/14/1464, Canaletto 10/18/1697-4/20/1768, Robert L. Stevens 10/18/1787-4/20/1856, Henri Bergson 10/18/1859-1/4/1941, Melina Mercouri 10/18/1925-3/6/1994, Chuck Berry 1926, Terry McMillan 1951, Martina Navratilova 1956, Wynton Marsalis 1961)
2 Black Power Advocates Ousted From Olympics (By JOSEPH M. SHEEHAN, Oct. 18, 1968)
Pierre Trudeau Is Dead at 80; Dashing Fighter for Canada [born 10/18/1919] (By MICHAEL T. KAUFMAN, September 29, 2000)

* Pierre Salinger, Press Secretary to Kennedy, Dies at 79 (By TODD S. PURDUM, Oct. 18, 2004)
SPORTS: For Cardinals-Astros, It's Baseball Only (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Oct. 18, 2004)
SERIES IS TIED, 2-2: Dogged Astros Refocus Eyes on Texas (By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 18, 2004)
YANKEES LEAD SERIES, 3-1: Yankees Choke on Their Own Medicine (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 18, 2004)
BASEBALL: Fans, and Ball, Refuse to Leave Fenway (By AMALIE BENJAMIN, Oct. 18, 2004)
Boston's Flutter Disappointment (By AMALIE BENJAMIN, Oct. 18, 2004)
BASEBALL ANALYSIS: Rivera Closes the Door on Himself This Time (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 18, 2004)
NOTEBOOK: After Stepping on His Bat, Olerud Is Out Indefinitely With an Injured Left Foot
By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 18, 2004)
* BUSINESS: Risks Seen for TV Chain Showing Film About Kerry (By BILL CARTER, Oct. 18, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google Envy Is Fomenting Search Wars (By JOHN MARKOFF, Oct. 18, 2004)

Sunday, October 17, 2004:
On This Day: October 17 (Frederick Hassam 10/17/1859-8/27/1935, Jean Arthur 10/17/1900-6/19/1991, Nathanael West 10/17/1903-12/22/1940, Pope John Paul I 10/17/1912-9/28/1978, Montgomery Clift 10/17/1920-7/23/1966, Arthur Miller 1915, Jimmy Breslin 1930)
CAPONE CONVICTED OF DODGING TAXES; MAY GET 17 YEARS (By MEYER BERGER, Oct. 17, 1931)
Rita Hayworth, Movie Legend, Dies [born 10/17/1918] (By ALBIN KREBS, May 16, 1987)

NATIONAL: Scary Ads Take Campaign to a Grim New Level (By JIM RUTENBERG, Oct. 17, 2004)
* EDITORIALS: John Kerry for President (NY TIMES, Oct. 17, 2004)
SPORTS: Forget History. Ultimate Twist Would Be Clemens vs. Yanks. (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Oct. 17, 2004)
* SPORTS: Postseason Journey Has Become More Perilous for Pitchers (By GEORGE VECSEY, Oct. 17, 2004)
ST. LOUIS LEADS SERIES, 2-1: Clemens Pulls Astros Back From Brink of No Return
(By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 17, 2004)
BASEBALL: BACKTALK: Caminiti Was a Gamer Who Played Hard Even When Hurt (By KELLY CANDAELE, Oct. 17, 2004)
* KEEPING SCORE: Use a Calculator to Help Find the Measure of a Manager (By ALAN SCHWARZ, Oct. 17, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: Colangelo Says His Satisfaction From Winning Was Worth the Price (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 17, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 17, 2004)
* TEAM PSYCHOLOGY: Maybe Red Sox Fans Enjoy Their Pain (By BENEDICT CAREY, Oct. 17, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 17, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 17, 2004)

Saturday, October 16, 2004:
On This Day: October 16 (Noah Webster 10/16/1758-5/28/1843, Oscar Wilde 10/16/1854-11/30/1900,
David Ben-Gurion 10/16/1886-12/1/1973, William Douglas 10/16/1898-1/19/1980, Angela Lansbury 1925)
China Tests Atomic Bomb, Asks Summit Talk On Ban; Johnson Minimizes Peril (By SEYMOUR TOPPING, Oct. 16, 1964)
Eugene O'Neill Dies of Pneumonia; Playwright, 65, Won Nobel Prize [born 10/16/1888] (NY Times, November 28, 1953)

SPORTS: Johnny Damon, Let Down Your Long Hair (By SELENA ROBERTS, Oct. 16, 2004)
ST. LOUIS LEADS SERIES, 2-0: Astros Turn to Clemens With Series on the Line
(By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 16, 2004)
BASEBALL: Schilling Pitches and Boston Hopes (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 16, 2004)
SPORTS: Looking at the Yankees Through Lofton's Eyes (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Oct. 16, 2004)
BASEBALL ANALYSIS: Matsui Could Have Been With Red Sox? Not Really. (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 16, 2004)
BASEBALL: Wakefield's Just Floating Along, Like One of His Wobbly Pitches (By AMALIE BENJAMIN, Oct. 16, 2004)
BASEBALL: Sorrow, and Questions, in a Land of Dreams [Mariano Rivera] (By JAMES C. McKINLEY, Oct. 16, 2004)

Friday, October 15, 2004:
On This Day: October 15 (Virgil 10/15/70 BC-9/21/19 BC, Evangelista Torricelli 10/15/1608-10/25/1647, Allan Ramsay 10/15/1686-1/7/1758, Sir P.G. Wodehouse 10/15/1881-2/14/1975, Mervyn LeRoy 10/15/1900-9/13/1987, John Kenneth Galbraith 1908, Lee Iacocca 1924)
Khrushchev Ousted From Top Posts; Brezhnev Gets Chief Party Position (By HENRY TANNER, October 15, 1964)
German Philosopher Professor Nietzsche Dead [born 10/15/1844] (NY Times, August 26, 1900)

YANKEES LEAD SERIES, 2-0: Yankees Now Have History on Their Side (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 15, 2004)
SPORTS: Looking to the Heavens for a Reprieve (By SELENA ROBERTS, Oct. 15, 2004)
* ON BASEBALL: Red Sox Are Yet Again Barking Up Wrong Tree (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 15, 2004)
BASEBALL: Torre Taps Experienced Hernández for Game 4 (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 15, 2004)
BASEBALL: Schilling's Prognosis Is Like Boston's: Not Good (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 15, 2004)
* BASEBALL: Martínez and Schilling if Weather Is Willing
[Spahn & Sain & pray for rain] (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Oct. 15, 2004)
ST. LOUIS LEADS SERIES, 2-0: Cardinals Rain Power on Astros Once Again (By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 15, 2004)
BASEBALL: Curtain Calls a Sign of the Times (By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 15, 2004)
BASEBALL: Little Confronts His Past in Talk With the Phillies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 15, 2004)

Thursday, October 14, 2004:
On This Day: October 14 (William Penn 10/14/1644-7/30/1718, Francis Lightfoot Lee 10/14/1784-9/29/1833,
Lillian Gish 10/14/1893-2/27/1993, e.e. cummings 10/14/1894-9/3/1962, Roger Moore 1927, Ralph Lauren 1939)
Martin Luther King Wins The Nobel Prize for Peace (NY Times, October 14, 1964)
Dwight David Eisenhower: A Leader in War and Peace [born 10/14/1890] (NY Times, March 29, 1969)

WORLD: NATO Agrees to Deploy 300 Trainers to Iraq (By ERIC SCHMITT, Oct. 14, 2004)
THE ALLIES: Germans Stand by Opposition to Sending Troops to Iraq (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Oct. 14, 2004)
* SPORTS: Daddy Issues Are Haunting the Red Sox (By GEORGE VECSEY, Oct. 14, 2004)
YANKEES LEAD SERIES, 2-0: Lieber Tucks In Red Sox for the Night (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 14, 2004)
* ON BASEBALL: For Martínez, There's Nothing Magical About This Number (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 14, 2004)
BASEBALL: Instead of Igniting the Red Sox, Damon Is Putting Their Fire Out (By BILL FINLEY, Oct. 14, 2004)
SPORTS: A Gimpy Right-Hander Hamstrings the Red Sox (By HARVEY ARATON, Oct. 14, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google Introduces Search Program for Hard Drives (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 14, 2004)
* ART: New Work by Rothko: A Book of Writings (By PHOEBE HOBAN, Oct. 14, 2004)
ART: GIORGIO MORANDI: Looking Long and Hard at Morandi (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Oct. 14, 2004)
THEATER: 'NINE PARTS OF DESIRE': A Solitary Woman, Embodying All of Iraq
(By CHARLES ISHERWOOD, Oct. 14, 2004)

Wednesday, October 13, 2004:
On This Day: October 13 (Molly Pitcher 10/13/1753-1/22/1832, Rudolf Virchow 10/13/1821-9/5/1902,
Yves Montand 10/13/1921-11/9/1991, Margaret Thatcher 1925)
Biggest Pacific Air Fleet Bombs Rabaul; Wrecks 177 Planes, 123 Ships (By MILTON BRACKER, October 13, 1943)
Lenny Bruce, Uninhibited Comic, Found Dead in Hollywood Home [born 10/13/1925] (NY Times, August 4, 1966)

Helen Gee, Pioneer in Sales of Photos as Art, Dies at 85 (By MARGARET LOKE, Oct. 13, 2004)
Wally Harper, 63, Arranger and Composer, Dies (By BEN SISARIO, Oct. 13, 2004)
NATIONAL: STRATEGY: Tightening Race Increases Stakes of Final Debate (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Oct. 13, 2004)
MONEY MATTERS: Bush and Kerry Push Domestic Plans, Leaving Off Price Tags
(By ROBERT PEAR, Oct. 13, 2004)
HOMETOWN POLITICS: Sure, Country Is Divided, but Bush Country, Too? (By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Oct. 13, 2004)
* STATE BY STATE | WEST VIRGINIA: Where Kerry Is Trying to Avoid Gore's Pitfalls
(By JAMES DAO, Oct. 13, 2004)
Mexicans Who Came North Struggle as Jobs Head South (By CHARLIE LeDUFF, Oct. 13, 2004)
* New Lava Has Pushed Through to Surface of Mount St. Helens (By KENNETH CHANG, Oct. 13, 2004)
ON EDUCATION: A Test Seemingly Intended to Keep Students Behind (By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN, Oct. 13, 2004)
WORLD: Bomb Blasts and Suicide Attack Kill 6 U.S. Soldiers in Iraq
(By EDWARD WONG, Oct. 13, 2004)
* THE GREAT DIVIDE | MANAGING REBELLION: China Crushes Peasant Protest, Turning 3 Friends Into Enemies
(By JOSEPH KAHN, Oct. 13, 2004)
THE PRIME MINISTER: Allawi Presses Effort to Bring Back Baathists
(By EDWARD WONG & ERIK ECKHOLM, Oct. 13, 2004)
Mourning and Anger at School Caught Up in Terroism (By C. J. CHIVERS, Oct. 13, 2004)
* LETTER FROM ASIA: The Intimidating Face of America (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Oct. 13, 2004)
NY REGION: Urban, and Looking for the Cowboys (By ELAINE ARADILLAS, Oct. 13, 2004)
Skeletal Remains Are Believed to Be Those of Mob Captains (By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, Oct. 13, 2004)
Mayor Puts Up Pastrami Against Boston Cream Pie [Yankees vs. Red Sox] (By THOMAS J. LUECK, Oct. 13, 2004)
* BOLDFACE NAMES: Your Desperate Questions Answered (By JOYCE WADLER, Oct. 13, 2004)
PUBLIC LIVES: A Military for Tomorrow, Shaped by Yesterday (By ANTHONY RAMIREZ, Oct. 13, 2004)
* SPORTS: Emotional Toll That Stretches All the Way to the Off-Season (By HARVEY ARATON, Oct. 13, 2004)
YANKEES LEAD SERIES, 1-0: It's Not Perfect, but the Yankees Will Take It (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 13, 2004)
BASEBALL: Far From the Diamond, Rivera Mourns (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 13, 2004)
BASEBALL: Red Sox Hitters Show They Won't Go Quietly (By BILL FINLEY, Oct. 13, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: Alive With Sound of 3 Runs Scoring (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 13, 2004)
SPORTS: Is Anybody Listening to Caminiti's Alarm? (By DAVE ANDERSON, Oct. 13, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Economy Unspun (NY TIMES, Oct. 13, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: As Humans Are Hunted (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Oct. 13, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Duelfer to France: J'accuse! (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Oct. 13, 2004)
OP-ED: Questions for Bush (By David K. Shipler, Alice M. Rivlin & Alan Ehrenhalt, Oct. 13, 2004)
OP-ED: Questions for Kerry (Charles Murray, Christie Whitman & Stephen L. Carter, Oct. 13, 2004)
* LETTERS: Jacques Derrida: Homage to a Giant (By, Oct. 13, 2004)
* LETTERS: A Prayer for Healing (2 Letters) (By McHale Newport-Berra, et. al., Oct. 13, 2004)
* LETTERS: Bush vs. Kerry: The Battle of the Logos (4 Letters) (By Kevin Salatino, et. al., Oct. 13, 2004)
BUSINESS: Oil Price Drop and Earnings News Spark a Rebound
[Dow -4.79, Nasdaq -3.59] (Associated Press, Oct. 13, 2004)
Apple Profit Doubles; Outlook Tops Views (By REUTERS, Oct. 13, 2004)
Chipmaker Intel Has Profit (and a Glut) (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, Oct. 13, 2004)
Planting-Time Soy Quandary for Brazil (By LARRY ROHTER, Oct. 13, 2004)
Bush Health Savings Accounts Slow to Gain Acceptance (By MILT FREUDENHEIM, Oct. 13, 2004)
169 Fox Stations Fined in Indecency Case (By STEPHEN LABATON, Oct. 13, 2004)
ART: East and West: A Show About How the Twain Did Meet, 500 Years Ago
(By ALAN RIDING, Oct. 13, 2004)
ART: LAST CHANCE: A Panorama of Alaska That Extends to the Senate (By ROBERTA SMITH, Oct. 13, 2004)
ARCHITECTURE: Gehry Is Selected as Architect of Ground Zero Theater Center
(By ROBIN POGREBIN, Oct. 13, 2004)
BOOKS: National Book Awards Finalists Include 9/11 Commission Report (By EDWARD WYATT, Oct. 13, 2004)
* MUSIC: 'THE LEONIADE': Extreme Piano: Beethoven's 32 Sonatas (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Oct. 13, 2004)
MUSIC: BRENTANO STRING QUARTET: Packing Plenty Into an Hour (By ALLAN KOZINN, Oct. 13, 2004)
MUSIC: Just Wants to Have (Clean) Fun [Hilary Duff] (By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, Oct. 13, 2004)
MUSIC CRITIC: Guitars and Amps: Campaign Tools (By JON PARELES, Oct. 13, 2004)
MUSIC CRITIC: Blackface Master Echoes in Hip-Hop (By MARGO JEFFERSON, Oct. 13, 2004)
FOOD & DINING: Contents [8 recipes] (NY TIMES, Oct. 13, 2004)
FOOD: Just Off India, Kissed by Europe (By AMANDA HESSER, Oct. 13, 2004)
* For Teresa Heinz Kerry, Food Is Personal and Political (By MARIAN BURROS, Oct. 13, 2004)
AT MY TABLE | NIGELLA LAWSON: A Legendary Fruit Sweetens All Courses
(By NIGELLA LAWSON, Oct. 13, 2004)
THE MINIMALIST: As Layered as the Onion (By MARK BITTMAN, Oct. 13, 2004)
HEALTH: U.S. Begins Investigation of Vaccine Supplier (By ANDREW POLLACK, Oct. 13, 2004)

Tuesday, October 12, 2004:
On This Day: October 12 (Johann Peter Melchior 10/12/1742-6/13/1825, Ralph Vaughan Williams 10/12/1872-8/26/1958,
Saint Edith Stein 10/12/1891-8/9/1942, Lucian Pavarotti 1935)
Robert E. Lee Dies [Oct. 12, 1870] (NY Times, October 14, 1870)
Elmer Sperry Dies; Famous Inventor [born 10/12/1860] (NY Times, June 17, 1930)

* Ken Caminiti, M.V.P. in National League, Dies at 41 (By FRANK LITSKY, Oct. 12, 2004)
Maxime Faget, Pioneering Aerospace Engineer Who Designed Mercury Capsule, Dies at 83
(By MARGALIT FOX, Oct. 12, 2004)
NATIONAL: Security Grants Still Streaming to Rural States (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Oct. 12, 2004)
THE ISSUES: Challenging Rest of the World With a New Order
(By ROGER COHEN, DAVID E. SANGER & STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Oct. 12, 2004)
THE PRESIDENT: Bush Faults Kerry on Terrorism Remarks (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Oct. 12, 2004)
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE: Kerry Faults Bush on Rising Energy Costs (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Oct. 12, 2004)
THE DEMOCRATIC RUNNING MATE: Edwards Calls for Drug Crackdown in Rural Areas
(By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, Oct. 12, 2004)
For Stem Cell Advocates, a Death With Resonance [Christopher Reeve] (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Oct. 12, 2004)
U.S. in Talks With Europeans on a Nuclear Deal With Iran (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Oct. 12, 2004)
WORLD: Sadr's Militia Answers Call to Yield Arms (By DEXTER FILKINS & EDWARD WONG, Oct. 12, 2004)
* CAIRO JOURNAL: God Has 4,000 Loudspeakers; the State Holds Its Ears (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Oct. 12, 2004)
* Experts Fail to Discover Columbus, or at Least Where He Remains (By RENWICK McLEAN, Oct. 12, 2004)
Eggs and Charges Fly in Ukraine's Ever-Nastier Election (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Oct. 12, 2004)
NY REGION: Call Girls, Updated (By ANDREW JACOBS, Oct. 12, 2004)
PUBLIC LIVES: From the Pulpit, a Struggle for Justice (By CHRIS HEDGES, Oct. 12, 2004)
* BASEBALL: Division Series Summary (NY TIMES, Oct. 12, 2004)
* SPORTS: With a New Spirit, the Red Sox Tackle Their Haunted Past (By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 12, 2004)
SPORTS: Washington Heights Is Still Manny Ramirez Territory (By DAVE ANDERSON, Oct. 12, 2004)
ASTROS WIN SERIES, 3-2: Powered by Beltran, Astros Break Through in Playoffs
(By RAY GLIER, Oct. 12, 2004)
SPORTS MEDIA AND BUSINESS: Networks in a Duel of Technology (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Oct. 12, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Afghanistan Votes (NY TIMES, Oct. 12, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Checking the Facts, in Advance (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Oct. 12, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Not Just a Personality Clash, a Conflict of Visions (By DAVID BROOKS, Oct. 12, 2004)
OP-ED: When Yes or No Won't Do (By CHRISTOPHER SCANLAN, Oct. 12, 2004)
OP-ED: Being President Means Never Having to Say He's Sorry (By DEBORAH TANNEN, Oct. 12, 2004)
LETTERS: Imagining a Different Way on Iraq (5 Letters) (By Tom Yager, et. al., Oct. 12, 2004)
LETTERS: Who Won Debate No. 2? (2 Letters) (By Robert F. Sommer, et. al., Oct. 12, 2004)
LETTERS: Yes, I Could Clone My Cat. But Why? (2 Letters) (By James C. Armstrong Jr., et. al., Oct. 12, 2004)
LETTERS: Parents, It's Only a Game (2 Letters) (By Jennifer Conlin, et. al., Oct. 12, 2004)
BUSINESS: Stocks Rise Ahead of Earnings
[Dow +26.77, Nasdaq +8.79] (Associated Press, Oct. 12, 2004)
* 2 Mavericks in Economics Awarded Nobel Prize
[Edward C. Prescott & Finn E. Kydland, Carnegie Mellon University] (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Oct. 12, 2004)
Higher Fuel Costs Starting to Hit Consumers (By EDUARDO PORTER, Oct. 12, 2004)
* MARKET PLACE: After a Hit, DreamWorks Aims at Wall St. (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Oct. 12, 2004)
Questions on the $3.8 Billion Drug Ad Business (By STUART ELLIOTT and NAT IVES, Oct. 12, 2004)
BUSINESS TRAVEL: If HAL the Computer Audited Your Expenses (By CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT, Oct. 12, 2004)
ARTS: Coincidence Sets Off Storm Over Erotic Work (By WILLIAM YARDLEY, Oct. 12, 2004)
ARTS: Notre Dame Now Seeks an Identity in the Arts (By BRUCE WEBER, Oct. 12, 2004)
BOOKS: 'THE DARLING': A Radical Uninnocent Abroad (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Oct. 12, 2004)
BOOKS: Newly Released (By DAVID CARR, Oct. 12, 2004)
DANCE: URBAN BUSH WOMEN: A 20th Anniversary Marked in Words and Movement
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Oct. 12, 2004)
FILM: Not an Instant Replay of Hollywood (By CHARLES McGRATH, Oct. 12, 2004)
MUSIC: MICHAEL FINNISSY: A Composer's 'Complex' Mosaic (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Oct. 12, 2004)
MUSIC: VICTOR MANUELLE: The Little Girls Understand (By JON PARELES, Oct. 12, 2004)
TV: A First for Fake News (By RANDY KENNEDY, Oct. 12, 2004)
TV: Fake Presidency, at Least, Captured by a Conservative (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Oct. 12, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 12, 2004)
* SCIENCE: At Mount St. Helens, the Big Eruption Is of Data, Not Lava (By KENNETH CHANG, Oct. 12, 2004)
Now Earning Wings, a New Kind of Astronaut (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Oct. 12, 2004)
CONVERSATION WITH TERESE HART: Friends Matter for Reclusive Creature of African Forest
(By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, Oct. 12, 2004)
* A Lesson in Linguistics From the Mouths of Babes (By MICHAEL ERARD, Oct. 12, 2004)
COMMENTARY: How Water at the Beach Brings Havoc to the Shores (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Oct. 12, 2004)
They Always Fly Separately [black-tailed godwits] (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Oct. 12, 2004)
* Skywatch: The correct Skywatch image from Sunday, Oct. 10. (NY TIMES, Oct. 12, 2004)
English Lab Ready to Clone Embryos for Stem Cells (By STEPHEN S. HALL, Oct. 12, 2004)
OBSERVATORY: Creature-Friendly Cotton (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Oct. 12, 2004)
Q & A: A Tricky Dementia (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Oct. 12, 2004)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Vegetables? Sure. We'll Take Some Fries. (By JANE E. BRODY, Oct. 12, 2004)
HEALTH: A War and a Mystery: Confronting Avian Flu (By KEITH BRADSHER & LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Oct. 12, 2004)
With Paralysis, Challenge Goes Beyond Walking (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Oct. 12, 2004)
* ESSAY: A Stranger in the Mirror: Should Doctors Transplant Faces?
(By ERIC F. TRUMP and KAREN MASCHKE, Oct. 12, 2004)
* Snooze Alarm Takes Its Toll on a Nation (By MARTICA HEANER, Oct. 12, 2004)
Experts Call Wild Birds Victims, Not Vectors (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Oct. 12, 2004)
REALLY?: The Claim: The Flu Vaccine Can Give You a Case of Influenza (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Oct. 12, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: At Risk: Diplomas and the Healthy Heart (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Oct. 12, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Regimens: Score One for the Weekend Athlete (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Oct. 12, 2004)

Monday, October 11, 2004:
On This Day: October 11 (Harlan Fisk Stone 10/11/1872-4/22/1946, Francois Mauriac 10/11/1885-9/1/1970,
Charles Revson 10/11/1906-8/24/1975, Joseph W. Alsop Jr. 10/11/1910-8/28/1989, Jerome Robbins 10/11/1918-7/29/1998)
Astronauts Carry Out Early Maneuvers on 163-Orbit Journey (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Oct. 11, 1968)
Mrs. Roosevelt, First Lady 12 Years, Often Called 'World's Most Admired Woman' [born 10/11/1884] (NY Times, November 8, 1962)

* Christopher Reeve, 'Superman' and Crusader for Stem Cells, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Oct. 11, 2004)
Ken Caminiti, Baseball M.V.P. in '96, Dies (By MICHELLE O'DONNELL, Oct. 11, 2004)
James Chace, Foreign Policy Thinker, Dies at 72 (By TIM WEINER, Oct. 11, 2004)
Charles R. Wood, 90, Amusement Park Creator, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Oct. 11, 2004)
Richard Berger, 64, Film Executive, Is Dead (By MARGALIT FOX, Oct. 11, 2004)
Iggie Wolfington, Veteran Actor, Dies at 84 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 11, 2004)
William Watkins, 78, Recorder of Marine Mammals' Calls, Dies (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Oct. 11, 2004)
NATIONAL: VOTERS: Among Black Voters, a Fervor to Make Their Ballots Count (By JIM DWYER, Oct. 11, 2004)
POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Pair of Rivals Unite for Kerry, if Not Necessarily Each Other
(By JODI WILGOREN, Oct. 11, 2004)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: In a New Offensive, Bush Rearms His Stump Arsenal (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Oct. 11, 2004)
A Bus Crash in Arkansas Reverberates in Chicago (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Oct. 11, 2004)
THE SENATE: In Swing-State Wisconsin, Foreign Policy and Domestic Security Stir a Senate Race
(By STEPHEN KINZER, Oct. 11, 2004)
WORLD: British Boarding School Walls Hid Abuse (By SARAH LYALL, Oct. 11, 2004)
MUSLIM DIVIDE: Iraqis Fearing a Sunni Boycott of the Election (By DEXTER FILKINS, Oct. 11, 2004)
SUICIDE ATTACKS: 2 Bombs Kill at Least 11 in Baghdad (By EDWARD WONG, Oct. 11, 2004)
U.N. PROGRAM: New Scrutiny of the Flow of Iraqi Oil to American Consumers
(By SIMON ROMERO & SCOTT SHANE, Oct. 11, 2004)
* In an Overture, Taiwan's President Calls for Opening Peace Talks With Mainland China
(By KEITH BRADSHER, Oct. 11, 2004)
TEPIC JOURNAL: Mexican Politicos Won't Stay Home and Bake Cookies (By GINGER THOMPSON, Oct. 11, 2004)
NY REGION: Beer for the Babe, and a Frenzy for a Red Sox-Yankees Rematch (By PATRICK HEALY, Oct. 11, 2004)
METRO MATTERS: Out of the Park, More Baseballs Than Benefits (By JOYCE PURNICK, Oct. 11, 2004)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Oct. 11, 2004)
SPORTS: Family Deaths Send Yankees Star Rivera Home (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 11, 2004)
SPORTS: No Rest for Rivera as Yanks Prepare for Boston (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 11, 2004)
ST. LOUIS WINS SERIES, 3-1: Cardinals Stop Dodgers With Precision and Power (By CLIFTON BROWN, Oct. 11, 2004)
SERIES TIED, 2-2: Braves Survive as Astros Collapse at Home (By RAY GLIER, Oct. 11, 2004)
PATRIOTS 24, DOLPHINS 10: The Relentless Patriots Reach a Magic Number (By JUDY BATTISTA, Oct. 11, 2004)
FOOTBALL: 4-0 Is 4-0, but the Jets Await a Test on Oct. 24 (By DAVE ANDERSON, Oct. 11, 2004)
* EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Sampling a World of New Ways to Grapple With the Web
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Oct. 11, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: How Bush Won Round 2 (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Oct. 11, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Webs of Illusion (By BOB HERBERT, Oct. 11, 2004)
OP-ED: Voting Our Conscience, Not Our Religion (By MARK W. ROCHE, Oct. 11, 2004)
OP-ED: Walking a Beat With Officer Muhammed (By SEAN FLYNN, Oct. 11, 2004)
* LETTERS: Bush and Kerry, the Sequel: Who Had the Edge? (8 Letters) (By Jesse M. Switzer, et. al., Oct. 11, 2004)
* BUSINESS: Inkjets Shrink, and Hewlett Sees Many New Uses (By JOHN MARKOFF, Oct. 11, 2004)
For $600 a Week, Screen-Side Seats to Lawsuit Involving Disney (LAURA M. HOLSON, Oct. 11, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 11, 2004)
* Phone Line Alchemy: Copper Into Fiber (By KEN BELSON, Oct. 11, 2004)
Cellphone Industry Turns to Unmined Territory: Seniors (By MATT RICHTEL, Oct. 11, 2004)
NEW ECONOMY: Microsoft1s Latest Plan for TV (By SAUL HANSELL, Oct. 11, 2004)
E-COMMERCE REPORT: Custom Software for Corporations (By BOB TEDESCHI, Oct. 11, 2004)
F.C.C.'s Chief Turns Into Pitchman for Converting Nation to Digital TV (MATT RICHTEL, Oct. 11, 2004)
* BOOKS: The People Have Spoken, and Anne Rice Takes Offense (By SARAH LYALL, Oct. 11, 2004)
BOOKS: 'JOHN JAMES AUDUBON': Tracing the Steps of Audubon, as the Crow Flies
(By JANET MASLIN, Oct. 11, 2004)
DANCE: JOHANNES WIELAND: A Dash of Von Furstenberg and Splashes of Emotion
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Oct. 11, 2004)
EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL: Artek Offers Monteverdi, With Madrigals and More (By ALLAN KOZINN, Oct. 11, 2004)
MUSIC CRITIC: Two Hip-Hop Pioneers, Still True to Form (By KELEFA SANNEH, Oct. 11, 2004)
OPERA: METROPOLITAN OPERA: Coloring Mozart's World With Puppets and Gewgaws
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Oct. 11, 2004)
THEATER: 'FINISHING THE PICTURE': Some Like It Hot, Some Like It Painted in Words
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Oct. 11, 2004)
TV: 'MAYA & MIGUEL': Sounds of Happiness, Heard in Two Languages (By ANITA GATES, Oct. 11, 2004)
TV: 'DIARY OF A POLITICAL TOURIST'; 'THE CHOICE 2004'
The Candidates in Candid Moments (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Oct. 11, 2004)

Saturday, October 9, 2004:
On This Day: October 9 (King Charles X 10/9/1757-11/6/1836, Camille Saint-Saens 10/9/1835-12/16/1921,
Charles Walgreen 10/9/1873-12/11/1939, Aimee Semple McPherson 10/9/1890-9/27/1944, Walter O'Malley 10/9/1903-8/9/1979)
Bolivia Confirms Guevara's Death; Body Displayed (By REUTERS, Oct. 9, 1967)
Bruce Catton, Civil War Historian, Is Dead at 78 [born 10/9/1899] (NY Times, August 29, 1978)

Hildy Parks, TV Producer, Dies at 78 (By FELICIA R. LEE, Oct. 9, 2004)
* Yogi Bhajan, 75, 'Boss' of Worlds Spiritual and Capitalistic, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Oct. 9, 2004)
Gordon Bendersky, Who Unearthed Medical History, Dies at 75 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Oct. 9, 2004)
Richard Ellison, 80, Producer Of Documentary on Vietnam, Dies (By MARGALIT FOX, Oct. 9, 2004)
Clotilde K. Saltzman, Ex-Countess, Dies at 96 (By MARGALIT FOX, Oct. 9, 2004)
Barbara Schwei, Who Led Dance Group, Dies at 57 (NY TIMES, Oct. 9, 2004)
NATIONAL: Last Job Count Before Election: Always a Political Number (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Oct. 9, 2004)
THE OVERVIEW: Bush and Kerry Clash on Iraq, Economy and Health (By ADAM NAGOURNEY & ROBIN TONER, Oct. 9, 2004)
* The Mystery of the Bulge in the Jacket [Bush radio receiver?] (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Oct. 9, 2004)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Under Fire, Kerry Fires Back in Second Presidential Debate (By TODD S. PURDUM, Oct. 9, 2004)
FACT CHECK: Different Interpretations on War, Jobs and Health (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, Oct. 9, 2004)
In a Disguised Gym, Softballs and Political Drama (By JAMES BENNET, Oct. 9, 2004)
* Live Webcast: Second Presidential Debate, St. Louis, MO (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Oct. 9, 2004)
THE AUDIENCE: As the Cameras Come on, the Undecided Take Charge (By JIM RUTENBERG, Oct. 9, 2004)
THE TV WATCH: Bush Shows a Different Side, but Not His Best One (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Oct. 9, 2004)
* BELIEFS: Religion and Political Attitudes (By PETER STEINFELS, Oct. 9, 2004)
WORLD DIPLOMACY: Report on Iraq Arms Deals Angers France and Others (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Oct. 9, 2004)
THE SANCTIONS: Report Cites U.S. Profits in Sale of Iraqi Oil Under Hussein
(By JUDITH MILLER and ERIC LIPTON, Oct. 9, 2004)
Afghanistan Imposes Tight Security for Its First Presidential Voting (By CARLOTTA GALL, Oct. 9, 2004)
Israelis Trudge Home, in Shock After Bombings (By STEVEN ERLANGER, Oct. 9, 2004)
* Like a Tree, Unbowed [Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai] (By MARC LACEY, Oct. 9, 2004)
NY REGION: A Caped Crusader for Peace (and Fun) (By ANDREW JACOBS, Oct. 9, 2004)
New York Shares G.O.P. Convention Leftovers (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Oct. 9, 2004)
ABOUT NEW YORK: Maintaining Enough Levers to Carry a Vote (By DAN BARRY, Oct. 9, 2004)
* SPORTS: Once Again, the Red Sox Have to Push That Rock Up the Hill (By GEORGE VECSEY, Oct. 9, 2004)
RED SOX WIN SERIES, 3-0: Red Sox Get a Rare Happy Ending (By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 9, 2004)
HOUSTON LEADS SERIES, 2-1: Astros on Brink of Ending Postseason Drought (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 9, 2004)
YANKEES LEAD SERIES, 2-1: Closer to Scoring a Date With the Red Sox (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 9, 2004)
BASEBALL ANALYSIS: Kevin Brown Makes Up for His Boo-Boo (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 9, 2004)
BASEBALL: Smoltz Embraces Another October in Atlanta (By RAY GLIER, Oct. 9, 2004)
SPORTS: Moving Along With Jeter as a Crutch (By SELENA ROBERTS, Oct. 9, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Town Hall Debate (NY TIMES, Oct. 9, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Salmon and Science (NY TIMES, Oct. 9, 2004)
* EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK: Cloning a Bad Idea (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Oct. 9, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Dreaming in Kabul (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Oct. 9, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Report That Nails Saddam (By DAVID BROOKS, Oct. 9, 2004)
* OP-ED: What You See Is What You Get {Bush & Kerry Logos] (By SCOTT DADICH, Oct. 9, 2004)
* OP-ED Graphic: Comparing the Logos of the Candidates (By SCOTT DADICH, Oct. 9, 2004)
OP-ED: Riding My Father's Motorcycle (By ALEIDA GUEVARA, Oct. 9, 2004)
LETTERS: Connecting the Dots: Oil and Terror (4 Letters) (By John Carbone, et. al., Oct. 9, 2004)
LETTERS: When Paul Bremer Spoke His Mind (2 Letters) (By Rodrigo Prudencio, et. al., Oct. 9, 2004)
LETTERS: Cheney vs. Lieberman (By Jonathan Sallet, Oct. 9, 2004)
LETTERS: Birds and Buildings (By Marcia Fowle, Oct. 9, 2004)
* LETTERS: Women's Secret Language (By Bebe Lavin, Oct. 9, 2004)
BUSINESS: Shares Drop as Jobs Report Produces Sharp Reaction
[Dow -70.20, Nasdaq -28.55] (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Oct. 9, 2004)
G.E.'s Earnings Rise 11%, Driven by Surge in Orders (ASSOCIATED PRESS Oct. 9, 2004)
ARCHITECTURE: A Symbol of the Anguished Path to Self-Rule in Scotland (By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, Oct. 9, 2004)
BOOKS: Anti-Zionist Arab Books Criticized at Fair (By EDWARD WYATT, Oct. 9, 2004)
CABARET: SANDY STEWART: When the Most Special Effect Is Avoiding Special Effects
(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Oct. 9, 2004)
FILM: 'BAD EDUCATION': Lured by Stories and an Ambiguous Femme Fatale (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Oct. 9, 2004)
FILM: 'HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS': Silk Brocade Soaked in Blood and Passion
(By A. O. SCOTT, Oct. 9, 2004)
FILM: 'THE HOLY GIRL': The Stirrings of Sensuality for a Pilgrim on the Road (By A. O. SCOTT, Oct. 9, 2004)
POP: THE FUGS: At a Reunion With the Fugs, Teenage Days Have Moved On (By JON PARELES, Oct. 9, 2004)
THEATER CRITIC: Theaters' Names Lose Their Luster (By CHARLES ISHERWOOD, Oct. 9, 2004)

Friday, October 8, 2004:
On This Day: October 8 (John M. Hay 10/8/1838-7/1/1905, Juan Peron 10/8/1895-7/1/1974,
Frank Herbert 10/8/1920-2/11/1986, Jesse Jackson 1941, Chevy Chase 1943, Stephanie Zimbalist 1956)
Warsaw Outlaws Solidarity (By JOHN KIFNER, Oct. 8, 1982)
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker Is Dead at 82 [born 10/8/1890] (NY Times, July 24, 1973)

* John A. Kelley, Marathoner, Dies at 97 [ran 61 Boston Marathons] (By FRANK LITSKY, Oct. 8, 2004)
Willy Guhl, Furniture Designer, Dies at 89 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 8, 2004)
NATIONAL: ON THE TRAIL: Arms Report Spurs Bitter Bush-Kerry Exchange
(By DAVID E. SANGER and JODI WILGOREN, Oct. 8, 2004)
* Topics A, B and C in Run-up to Debate: Jobs, Jobs and Jobs (By DAVID STOUT, Oct. 8, 2004)
Iraq Disk Mentions U.S. Schools (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Oct. 8, 2004)
Nader Ballot Petitions Present a Phone Book Full of Problems (By KATE ZERNIKE, Oct. 8, 2004)
COMBATING INSURGENTS: Pentagon Sets Steps to Retake Iraq Rebel Sites
(By ERIC SCHMITT & THOM SHANKER, Oct. 8, 2004)
Pesticide Persisting Beyond Scheduled Elimination Date (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Oct. 8, 2004)
EDUCATION: Polytechnic and N.Y.U. Are in Talks on Alliance (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Oct. 8, 2004)
WORLD: Three Explosions Strike Sinai Resort Towns in Egypt (By STEVEN ERLANGER, Oct. 8, 2004)
Toll Expected to Rise as Israelis Return Home After Egypt Blasts (By STEVEN ERLANGER, Oct. 8, 2004)
Pakistan Bans Public Meetings After 40 Die in a Car Bombing (By SALMAN MASOOD, Oct. 8, 2004)
* Kenyan Environmentalist Wins Nobel Prize for Peace [Wangari Maathai] (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Oct. 8, 2004)
British Hostage Is Beheaded in Iraq (By EDWARD WONG, Oct. 8, 2004)
* COPENHAGEN JOURNAL: Jens and Vita, but Molli? Danes Favor Common Names (By LIZETTE ALVAREZ, Oct. 8, 2004)
NY REGION: Bleak Landscapes, Green Produce (By JENNIFER MEDINA, Oct. 8, 2004)
* New Breed of Cat: Clones to Make Debut at Annual Show (By JAMES BARRON, Oct. 8, 2004)
BOLDFACE NAMES: On Our Block, We Dance Without Bodyguards (By JOYCE WADLER, Oct. 8, 2004)
PUBLIC LIVES: A Round of Applause, Please, for the Composer [Cy Coleman] (By ROBIN FINN, Oct. 8, 2004)
* NYC: A Fitting Nobel for the Nostrils of New York [Columbia's Richard Axel]
(By CLYDE HABERMAN, Oct. 8, 2004)
* SPORTS: Dear Boston Red Sox: Win Already. Now. Please? (By GEORGE VECSEY, Oct. 8, 2004)
CARDINALS LEAD SERIES, 2-0: Cards Roll, and It's Getting Late Early for Dodgers (By CLIFTON BROWN, Oct. 8, 2004)
* ON BASEBALL: World Series Rings May Fit Red Sox Better if They Get to Vanquish Yanks
(By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 8, 2004)
* BASEBALL: ANAHEIM AT BOSTON, 4 P.M.: The Red Sox Are Passing Baseball's Chemistry Test
(By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 8, 2004)
YANKEES AT MINNESOTA, 8 P.M.: Yankees Still Pondering the Enigmatic Brown (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 8, 2004)
BASEBALL: If It's October, It Must Be Jeter Time (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 8, 2004)
* SPORTS: La Russa Has the Most Fun With the Most at Stake (By DAVE ANDERSON, Oct. 8, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Long-Awaited Step for Turkey (NY TIMES, Oct. 8, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Working for a Pittance (By BOB HERBERT, Oct. 8, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Ignorance Isn't Strength (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Oct. 8, 2004)
OP-ED: What I Really Said About Iraq (By L. PAUL BREMER III, Oct. 8, 2004)
OP-ED: Questions for Kerry (By Eric Schlosser, Charles Fried, et. al., Oct. 8, 2004)
OP-ED: Questions for Bush (By Doris Kearns Goodwin, Mark Cuban, et. al., Oct. 8, 2004)
LETTERS: The Iraqi Weapons That Weren't (6 Letters) (By Neal Rosenau, et. al., Oct. 8, 2004)
LETTERS: What the Troops Hear (By Bernard Reilly, Oct. 8, 2004)
LETTERS: A Host of Wheat (2 Letters) (By Ann Whelan, Oct. 8, 2004)
BUSINESS: Oil Prices and Drug Safety Comments Send Shares Lower
[Dow -114.52, Nasdaq -22.51] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 8, 2004)
Ahead of Debate, Jobs Report Casts Doubt on Economic Gains (By EDUARDO PORTER, Oct. 8, 2004)
More Job Cuts Set by AT&T; Total to Hit 20% of Staff (By KEN BELSON, Oct. 8, 2004)
A New Morality Makes Old Deceptions Expensive for Wall Street (By FLOYD NORRIS, Oct. 8, 2004)
Airline Workers See Their Security Quickly Vanish (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, Oct. 8, 2004)
A Growing Military Contract Scandal (By LESLIE WAYNE, Oct. 8, 2004)
Reuters Plans to Triple Jobs at Site in India (By HEATHER TIMMONS, Oct. 8, 2004)
Martha Stewart Reports to Prison, Ducking Cameras (By MARIA NEWMAN, Oct. 8, 2004)
As Stewart Enters Prison, Her Company Refurbishes (By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Oct. 8, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: New Google Service May Strain Old Ties in Bookselling (By EDWARD WYATT, Oct. 8, 2004)
* ARTS: The Man Who Grasped the Heavens' Gravitas [Isaac Newton] (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Oct. 8, 2004)
* ART: 'DAWN OF A GOLDEN AGE': Chinese Stories, Alluring and Odd (By HOLLAND COTTER, Oct. 8, 2004)
ART: 'GREAT EXPECTATIONS': Portraits of Children, in All Their Squirming, Regal Glory
(By GRACE GLUECK, Oct. 8, 2004)
ART: THE INTERNATIONAL ART AND DESIGN FAIR
Galleries in a Jamboree of the Useful and the Intriguing (By KEN JOHNSON, Oct. 8, 2004)
ANTIQUES: The Clocks That Helped Ships Stay Clear of the Rocks (NY TIMES, Oct. 8, 2004)
BOOKS: 'THE FINISHING SCHOOL': The Envious Prime of Mr. Rowland Mahler (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Oct. 8, 2004)
FILM: "VERA DRAKE" Motherly Abortionist Gets Entangled With the Law (By MANOHLA DARGIS, Oct. 8, 2004)
MUSIC: PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA: The Quixotic Smile of Strauss [Yo-Yo Ma] (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Oct. 8, 2004)
* MUSIC: Plugging in a Musical Visionary's Next Ideas (By JON PARELES, Oct. 8, 2004)
MUSIC: KRONOS QUARTET: Traveling Through Space, With Blips Thanks to NASA
(By BERNARD HOLLAND, Oct. 8, 2004)
THEATER: You Can Buy a Seat, but Can You Fit in It? (By JESSE McKINLEY & JOEL TOPCIK, Oct. 8, 2004)
TV WEEKEND | 'TAKE MY KIDS, PLEASE!'
The Great Grown-Up Fantasy of Unloading the Children (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Oct. 8, 2004)
SCIENCE: Still Exploring After Martian Winter, Rovers Send Back More Signs of Water
(By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Oct. 8, 2004)

Thursday, October 7, 2004:
On This Day: October 7 (James Witcomb Riley 10/7/1849-7/22/1916, Niels Bohr 10/7/1885-11/18/1962,
Henry Wallace 10/7/1888-11/18/1965, Desmond Tutu 1931)
Achille Lauro Ship Carrying 400 Hijacked (By JOHN TAGLIABUEL, Oct. 7, 1985)
Elijah Muhammad Dead; Black Muslim Leader, 77 [born 10/7/1897] (NY Times, February 26, 1975)

* Maurice H. F. Wilkins, 87, a DNA Nobelist, Dies (By NICHOLAS WADE, Oct. 7, 2004)
Yang Huanyi, Last User of a Secret Code, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Oct. 7, 2004)
Mildred Singleton, High Jump Medalist, Dies at 70 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 7, 2004)
Joyce Jillson, 58, Astrology Writer, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 7, 2004)
NATIONAL: For Flu Shots, Smaller Supply, More Concern (By KIRK JOHNSON, Oct. 7, 2004)
* Great Views and Serenity at Volcano [Mount St. Helens] (By ELI SANDERS, Oct. 7, 2004)
Stump Speech Retooled, Bush Goes on Attack (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON & DAVID E. SANGER, Oct. 7, 2004)
Bush Rejects View That Weapons Report Belies Case for War (By DAVID STOUT, Oct. 7, 2004)
Ethics Rebuke to DeLay Prompts Democratic Calls for Ouster (By DAVID STOUT, Oct. 7, 2004)
Ratings High for Vice-Presidential Debate (NY TIMES, Oct. 7, 2004)
Bryant Accuser Cannot Remain Nameless (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 7, 2004)
TRIAL AND ERRORS: After Convictions, the Undoing of a U.S. Terror Prosecution
(By DANNY HAKIM & ERIC LICHTBLAU, Oct. 7, 2004)
WORLD: Rockets Hit Hotel in Baghdad; Shiite Rebel Offers Truce Deal (By EDWARD WONG & DEXTER FILKINS, Oct. 7, 2004)
KAMPALA JOURNAL: For His Royal Playfulness, Goats, Sheep, but Nary a Toy (By MARC LACEY, Oct. 7, 2004)
Karzai Rival Lacks Charisma, but Mujahedeen Back Him (By CARLOTTA GALL, Oct. 7, 2004)
Muted Reaction in France to U.S. Findings on Ties to Hussein (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Oct. 7, 2004)
* NY REGION: 86 Floors Up, No Elevator Required (By JAMES BARRON, Oct. 7, 2004)
* The Last Clown in His Class [Freddie Roman] (By ANTHONY RAMIREZ, Oct. 7, 2004)
Port Authority Shuts Art Exhibit in Aftermath of Rowdy Party (By CAROL VOGEL, Oct. 7, 2004)
Officials Cheer New Math Programs as Test Scores Increase Yet Again (By SUSAN SAULNY, Oct. 7, 2004)
METRO MATTERS: When Women Wore Heels to the Market (By JOYCE PURNICK, Oct. 7, 2004)
PUBLIC LIVES: To Deliver the Medici, You Can't Be a Borgia (By LYNDA RICHARDSON, Oct. 7, 2004)
BASEBALL: Bernie Williams Concedes Nothing (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 7, 2004)
CARDINALS LEAD SERIES, 1-0: Different Team, Different Weaver (By CLIFTON BROWN, Oct. 7, 2004)
SERIES TIED, 1-1: Yankees Kick the Twins When They're Up (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 7, 2004)
SERIES TIED, 1-1: Furcal's Home Run Lifts Braves (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 7, 2004)
RED SOX LEAD SERIES, 2-0: Martínez's Effort Lets Boston Fans Take Heart (By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 7, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: A Familiar Story Unfolds for Minnesota (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 7, 2004)
FOOTBALL: Testaverde Still Thriving After All Those Years (By LYNN ZINSER, Oct. 7, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Verdict Is In [Iraq sanctions] (NY TIMES, Oct. 7, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Letting Off Steam [Mount St. Helens eruption] (NY TIMES, Oct. 7, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Battle of the Pump (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Oct. 7, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Getting Junior's Goat (By MAUREEN DOWD, Oct. 7, 2004)
OP-ED: When Love Is a Crime (By HADIL JAWAD and LAUREN SANDLER, Oct. 7, 2004)
* OP-ED: Split Decision [Presidential Debates] (By DAVID THOMSON, Oct. 7, 2004)
LETTERS: Cheney and Edwards: The Gloves Came Off (10 Letters) (By Hanan M. Isaacs, et. al., Oct. 7, 2004)
LETTERS: Saving Social Security (2 Letters) (By Maron L. Waxman, et. al., Oct. 7, 2004)
* LETTERS: Princess as a Career? (By Carolyn Moore Newberger, Oct. 7, 2004)
BUSINESS: Shares Are Broadly Higher Despite Further Oil Price Rise
[Dow +62.24, Nasdaq +15.53] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Oct. 7, 2004)
A Biotech Company's Aggressive Move Backfires (By ANDREW POLLACK, Oct. 7, 2004)
Stern Says He Plans to Jump to Satellite Radio (By BILL CARTER & JEFF LEEDS, Oct. 7, 2004)
ADVERTISING: Can Stern Play Media Kingmaker? (By NAT IVES, Oct. 7, 2004)
* ARTS: An Exhibition of Drawings Celebrates Lennon at 64 (By ALLAN KOZINN, Oct. 7, 2004)
ART: LAST CHANCE: Collage Plus Pyrotechnics (By ROBERTA SMITH, Oct. 7, 2004)
* BOOKS: Fiery Austrian Writer Wins Nobel Prize for Literature [Elfriede Jelinek]
(By TERENCE NEILAN, Oct. 7, 2004)
* BOOKS: Poetry Starts to Wear $100 Million Crown (By STEPHEN KINZER, Oct. 7, 2004)
BOOKS: 'MAGICAL THINKING': The Tang Peddler, and Other Tales From a Skewed Upbringing
(By JANET MASLIN, Oct. 7, 2004)
BOOKS: The Illegal Swastika Sells in Germany, but It's Still a Hex (By EDWARD WYATT, Oct. 7, 2004)
DANCE: ANE COMFORT & COMPANY: Persephone's Jungian Journey to Hell and Back (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Oct. 7, 2004)
DANCE: Gauging the Impact of a Bargain Dance Festival (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Oct. 7, 2004)
MUSIC: Early Music Celebration Reviews (By ANNE MIDGETTE, Oct. 7, 2004)
TV: 'THE SAUDI QUESTION': Saudi Arabia's Case for Being Left Alone (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Oct. 7, 2004)
TV: 'LIFE AS WE KNOW IT': What (Sex) Boys (Sex) Think (Sex) About (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Oct. 7, 2004)
GARDEN: A Reborn Museum Redesigns Design (By WILLIAM L. HAMILTON, Oct. 7, 2004)
GARDEN: Designers Redefine the Political Machine (By GWENDA BLAIR, Oct. 7, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 7, 2004)
Taking Their Game to the Next Level (By ERIC A. TAUB, Oct. 7, 2004)
Flip Open That Cellphone: It's IM on the Move (By HEATHER CLANCY, Oct. 7, 2004)
Connecting Paper and Online Worlds by Cellphone Camera (By DOUGLAS HEINGARTNER, Oct. 7, 2004)
BASICS: Who's There? How Parents Can Be IM Watchdogs (By LARRY MAGID, Oct. 7, 2004)
It Takes a Gadget to Test a Gadget (By SANDEEP JUNNARKAR, Oct. 7, 2004)
WHAT'S NEXT: Resistance Is Fruitful: 'Smart' Brace Retrains Injured Joints (By ANNE EISENBERG, Oct. 7, 2004)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Style by Way of Grandmother's Closet (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Oct. 7, 2004)
* ONLINE DIARY: Peeping Leaves and Learning Klingon (By LISA NAPOLI, Oct. 7, 2004)
STATE OF THE ART: In a Clamshell, AT&T Delivers a Tool for Text (By DAVID POGUE, Oct. 7, 2004)
* Downloading All the Hits and Some Great Catches, Too (By Henry Fountain, Oct. 7, 2004)
* Q & A: E-Mail Friend or Foe? Filters May Not Know (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Oct. 7, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Flighty Side of T. Rex, a New Link (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Oct. 7, 2004)
SCIENCE: Critical Gene a Suspect in Lethal Epidemic (By NICHOLAS WADE, Oct. 7, 2004)

Wednesday, October 6, 2004:
On This Day: October 6 (Wenceslas III 10/6/1289-8/4/1306, Jenny Lind 10/6/1820-11/2/1887, George Westinghouse 10/6/1846-3/12/1914, Le Corbusier 10/6/1887-8/27/1965, Janet Gaynor 10/6/1906-9/14/1984, Carole Lombard 10/6/1908-1/16/1942)
Sadat Assassinated at Army Parade (By WILLIAM E. FARRELL, Oct. 6, 1981)
Helen Wills Moody, Dominant Champion Who Won 8 Wimbledon Titles, Dies at 92 [born 10/6/1905] (By ROBIN FINN, January 3, 1998)

* Rodney Dangerfield, Comic Seeking Respect, Dies at 82 (By MEL WATKINS, Oct. 6, 2004)
A Gathering to Honor Tony Randall (By CHARLES ISHERWOOD, Oct. 6, 2004)
NATIONAL: After Debate, Iraq and Weapons Fuel the Campaign Dialogue
(By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD & MARIA NEWMAN, Oct. 6, 2004)
For Cheney and Edwards, a Night of Sharp Exchanges (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON & ROBIN TONER, Oct. 6, 2004)
Bremer Critique on Iraq Raises Political Furor (By ELISABETH BUMILLER & JODI WILGOREN, Oct. 6, 2004)
Bill to Restore the Draft Is Defeated in the House (By CARL HULSE, Oct. 6, 2004)
* ON EDUCATION: Learning to Draw a Great American Novel (By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN, Oct. 6, 2004)
WORLD: U.S. Report Finds Iraq Was Minimal Weapons Threat in '03 (By DOUGLAS JEHL, Oct. 6, 2004)
Bomb Misses Karzai Running Mate as Afghan Election Nears (By AMY WALDMAN, Oct. 6, 2004)
REBUILDING: Japan's Troops Proceed in Iraq Without Shot Fired (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Oct. 6, 2004)
Mystery of the Islamic Scholar Who Was Barred by the U.S. [Tariq Ramadan] (By DEBORAH SONTAG, Oct. 6, 2004)
A Priority as Chechnya's President Takes Office: Staying Alive (By C. J. CHIVERS, Oct. 6, 2004)
NATO Expects Rush of Taliban Attacks in Afghanistan (By ERIC SCHMITT, Oct. 6, 2004)
* NY REGION: Next Subway Stop, the Wilderness (By JOSEPH BERGER, Oct. 6, 2004)
* The Subway School Plans a Dormitory [CCNY] (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Oct. 6, 2004)
Parole Is Again Denied to John Lennon's Killer (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Oct. 6, 2004)
OUR TOWNS: With Sexier TV Image, Forensic Science Reaps Rewards in Popularity
(By PETER APPLEBOME, Oct. 6, 2004)
BOLDFACE NAMES: The Old Man and the She: A Play in One Act [Hemingway] (By JOYCE WADLER, Oct. 6, 2004)
ABOUT NEW YORK: A Dark Stain That Returns All Too Often (By DAN BARRY, Oct. 6, 2004)
SPORTS: High Noon for A-Rod Is Here, and Now (By SELENA ROBERTS, Oct. 6, 2004)
SPORTS: Clemens Is Still Swinging and Pitching With Intensity (By GEORGE VECSEY, Oct. 6, 2004)
SPORTS: Right Place for the Red Sox to Forge a New Identity (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Oct. 6, 2004)
BASEBALL: Nothing Is Easy for Yanks, and This Series Won't Be Either (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 6, 2004)
TWINS LEAD SERIES, 1-0: Twos Are Wild as Twins Double Up Yankees (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 6, 2004)
RED SOX LEAD SERIES, 1-0: Red Sox Cast Off Bad Memories by Blasting Off (By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 6, 2004)
BASEBALL NOTEBOOK: Window Has Closed on Sheffield Discipline (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 6, 2004)
SPORTS: Walker Puts on Show for Show-Me Missourians (By DAVE ANDERSON, Oct. 6, 2004)
SPORTS MEDIA & BUSINESS: De La Hoya's Reality Show Has Little Identity or Punch for a Mass Audience
(By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Oct. 6, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Running Mates Debate (NY TIMES, Oct. 6, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Beaten Afghan Brides (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Oct. 6, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Afghan Miracle (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Oct. 6, 2004)
OP-ED: Spray Now or Pay Later (By JAN EGELAND, Oct. 6, 2004)
OP-ED: The Next Green Revolution (By PEDRO SANCHEZ, Oct. 6, 2004)
OP-ED: Africa Earned Its Debt (By ROBERT GUEST, Oct. 6, 2004)
LETTERS: How Weak Intelligence Drove a War (5 Letters) (By Richard H. Brown Jr., et. al., Oct. 6, 2004)
LETTERS: Arabs and Jews: One State or Two? (4 Letters) (By Dan Kurzman, et. al., Oct. 6, 2004)
LETTERS: A New Draft: Thinking the Unthinkable (4 Letters) (By Andrew Stone, et. al., Oct. 6, 2004)
BUSINESS: Oil Prices and Growth Data Drag Share Prices Down [Dow -38.86, Nasdaq +3.10] (By Reuters, Oct. 6, 2004)
United Airlines to Cut 68 Planes and Add to Foreign Flights (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, Oct. 6, 2004)
Howard Stern to Shift Show to Satellite Radio in 2006 (By BILL CARTER & CHRISTINE HAUSER, Oct. 6, 2004)
A Look at the Toys of Christmas (Near) Future (By TRACIE ROZHON, Oct. 6, 2004)
MARKET PLACE: 2 Soros Sons Get More Control of the Business (By RIVA D. ATLAS, Oct. 6, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: It Took a Few Weeks, but Google Has Topped Its Initial Price (By GARY RIVLIN, Oct. 6, 2004)
A Clash of Goals in Bush's Efforts on the Income Tax (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Oct. 6, 2004)
ADVERTISING: America Online Launches a New Ad Campaign (By NAT IVES, Oct. 6, 2004)
ARTS: Armand Hammer's Orphan Museum Turns Into Cinderella in Los Angeles (By HILARIE M. SHEETS, Oct. 6, 2004)
* BOOKS: 'THE LAST NIGHT OF THE YANKEE DYNASTY':
Life Among the Yankees in King George's Court (By DAVID MARGOLICK, Oct. 6, 2004)
DANCE CRITIC: Dance Festival Reveals the New and Unknown (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Oct. 6, 2004)
FILM: Hollywood High Noon: Lawyers in a Duel for Clients (By ROSS JOHNSON, Oct. 6, 2004)
MUSIC: Country Music in the City? 2005 Nashville Awards Go to New York (By FELICIA R. LEE, Oct. 6, 2004)
MUSIC: MORITZBURG FESTIVAL: Summer's Crickets Are Silent, but the Festival Spirit Pays a Visit
(By ANNE MIDGETTE, Oct. 6, 2004)
MUSIC: JULIE ROBERTS: Smiling Wide Despite Love Gone Sour (By KELEFA SANNEH, Oct. 6, 2004)
ROCK: THE KILLERS: Starting With Indie, Looking to Move On (By BEN RATLIFF, Oct. 6, 2004)
TV: This Year, Networks' New Shows Are Actually Attracting Viewers (By BILL CARTER, Oct. 6, 2004)
TV: Students Compare Notes on Life in Iraq and America (By JULIE SALAMON, Oct. 6, 2004)
THE TV WATCH: From Earnest to 'Grumpy,' Number Twos Square Off (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Oct. 6, 2004)
FOOD & DINING: Contents [6 recipes] (NY TIMES, Oct. 6, 2004)
Greens in Black and White (By WARREN ST. JOHN, Oct. 6, 2004)
BEHIND THE SWINGING DOOR: PAM PANYASIRI: Bangkok Memories, Recreated
(By MARK BITTMAN, Oct. 6, 2004)
* FOOD: Is Luxury Cruel? The Foie Gras Divide (By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Oct. 6, 2004)
Tuna's Red Glare? It Could Be Carbon Monoxide (By JULIA MOSKIN, Oct. 6, 2004)
THE CHEF: Inspirations That Renew Old Standbys (By MARK BITTMAN, Oct. 6, 2004)
THE MINIMALIST: Paella That Sings in Pasta (By MARK BITTMAN, Oct. 6, 2004)
On the Trail of Fine Ham: First, Plant an Acorn [Ossabaw hog] (By PETER KAMINSKY, Oct. 6, 2004)
FOOD STUFF: The Dining May Be Sit-Down, but the Ads Are Takeout (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Oct. 6, 2004)
* SCIENCE: 2 Israelis and an American Share Nobel in Chemistry
[Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko, Irwin Rose]
(By TERENCE NEILAN, Oct. 6, 2004)
U.S. Will Miss Half Its Supply of Flu Vaccine (By ANDREW POLLACK, Oct. 6, 2004)

Tuesday, October 5, 2004:
On This Day: October 5 (Jonathan Edwards 10/5/1703-3/22/1758, Denis Diderot 10/5/1713-7/31/1784, Chester Allen Arthur 10/5/1829-11/18/1886, Louis Jean Lumiere 10/5/1864-6/6/1948, Robert H. Goddard 10/5/1882-8/10/1945, Joshua Logan 10/5/1908-7/12/1988, Vaclav Havel 1936)
Truman Calls On Nation To Forego Meat Tuesdays, Poultry, Eggs Thursdays (NY Times, Oct. 5, 1947)
Ray A. Kroc dies at 81; Built McDonald's Chain [born 10/5/1902] (By ERIC PACE, January 15, 1984)

* Gordon Cooper, Astronaut, Is Dead at 77 (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Oct. 5, 2004)
* Janet Leigh, 77, Shower Taker of 'Psycho,' Is Dead (By ALJEAN HARMETZ, Oct. 5, 2004)
Willis Hawkins, 90, C-130 Designer, Dies (BASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 5, 2004)
NATIONAL: Senate Leans to a Powerful Intelligence Chief (By CARL HULSE, Oct. 5, 2004)
* Before Debate, Cheney Keeps a Low Profile and Edwards Stumps (By DAVID STOUT & RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, Oct. 5, 2004)
* THE POLL: Poll Finds Kerry Assured Voters in Initial Debate (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON & JANET ELDER, Oct. 5, 2004)
SURVEYS: Other Polls Agree Contest Appears Tight (By JANET ELDER, Oct. 5, 2004)
THE PRESIDENT: Bush Calls Kerry's Policies a Danger 'for World Peace' (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Oct. 5, 2004)
THE DEFENSE SECRETARY: Rumsfeld Sees Lack of Proof for Qaeda-Hussein Link (By THOM SHANKER, Oct. 5, 2004)
CLERGY: Black Pastors Backing Bush Are Rare, but Not Alone (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Oct. 5, 2004)
WORLD: On Italian Isle, Migrant Plight Draws Scrutiny (By IAN FISHER & RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Oct. 5, 2004)
INSURGENTS: At Least 26 Die as 3 Car Bombs Explode in Iraq (By EDWARD WONG, Oct. 5, 2004)
U.N. CURBS: Inspector's Report to Detail Iraqi Plans to Undermine Sanctions and Produce Illicit Arms
(By DOUGLAS JEHL, Oct. 5, 2004)
Palestinian Rockets Miss Some Targets, but Hit Israeli Nerves (By GREG MYRE, Oct. 5, 2004)
NY REGION: Study Finds City's Muslims Growing Closer Since 9/11 (By ANDREA ELLIOTT, Oct. 5, 2004)
Writing on Walls, and Looking to Right Wrongs [James De La Vega] (By DAVID GONZALEZ, Oct. 5, 2004)
Deep in Forest, Thirst and Conservation Clash (By KIRK SEMPLE, Oct. 5, 2004)
PUBLIC LIVES: Afternoon Delight: Anchor Changes Channels (By LYNDA RICHARDSON, Oct. 5, 2004)
NYC: Psst. There's a Race for Senator. (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Oct. 5, 2004)
* SPORTS: Series Subplots: The Past Is Always Present (By DAVE ANDERSON, Oct. 5, 2004)
RED SOX 9, ANGELS 3: Schilling and Big Bats Give Red Sox Game 1 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 5, 2004)
CARDINALS 8, DODGERS 3: Cardinals Drum Dodgers in Playoff Opener (By CLIFTON BROWN, Oct. 5, 2004)
* BASEBALL: Red Sox and Angels Share Little, and a Lot (By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 5, 2004)
BASEBALL: Bradley Is Back, and the Dodgers Think Upset (By CLIFTON BROWN, Oct. 5, 2004)
BASEBALL: This Time, Torre Has No Aces Up His Sleeve (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 5, 2004)
* SPORTS: Pinstripes 101: No Guarantees for Yankees (By HARVEY ARATON, Oct. 5, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Nuclear Bomb That Wasn't (NY TIMES, Oct. 5, 2004)
* EDITORIALS: Decoding Chinese Communism (NY TIMES, Oct. 5, 2004)
* EDITORIALS: APPRECIATIONS: Marion Crane (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Oct. 5, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Falling Scales (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Oct. 5, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Quickening the Tempo in Iraq (By DAVID BROOKS, Oct. 5, 2004)
OP-ED: Victory in Iraq, One City at a Time (By THOMAS X. HAMMES, Oct. 5, 2004)
LETTERS: Rethinking the Lessons of the War (5 Letters) (By Jon March, et. al., Oct. 5, 2004)
LETTERS: The Mind-Sets of the Candidates (5 Letters) (By Pier Giacalone, et. al., Oct. 5, 2004)
LETTERS: Let's Put the World Into the World Series (2 Letters) (By Dave Maki, et. al., Oct. 5, 2004)
BUSINESS: Stocks Rise on Monday
[Dow +23.89, Nasdaq +10.20] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 5, 2004)
MARKET PLACE: Showdown Time on Taking Lazard Public (By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Oct. 5, 2004)
Expert in Martha Stewart Case Acquitted on Perjury Charges (By COLIN MOYNIHAN, Oct. 5, 2004)
BUSINESS TRAVEL: Companies Add Family Travel to List of Incentives (By ELIZABETH OLSON, Oct. 5, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Private Rocket Ship Earns $10 Million in New Space Race (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Oct. 5, 2004)
* BOOKS: An Honest Book Review From Kirkus? Only $350 (By EDWARD WYATT, Oct. 5, 2004)
* BOOKS: Motivating Book Buyers With a Double Whammy (By JANET MASLIN, Oct. 5, 2004)
BOOKS: 'CHRONICLES': So You Thought You Knew Dylan? Hah! (By JANET MASLIN, Oct. 5, 2004)
DANCE: FALL FOR DANCE: Convulsive Shakes and Coconuts Tossed Into the Air
(By JACK ANDERSON, Oct. 5, 2004)
FILM: 'TARNATION': Tracing a 20-Year Odyssey Across Hope and Despair (By A. O. SCOTT, Oct. 5, 2004)
FILM: 'OR (MY TREASURE)': No Exit for Working Mom and Daughter in Tel Aviv (By MANOHLA DARGIS, Oct. 5, 2004)
THEATER: Broadway Pit Shrinks; Drummer Is Sent to Room (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Oct. 5, 2004)
THEATER: A Controversial Musical's Sweeet Comeback Song (By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, Oct. 5, 2004)
TV: 'Desperate Housewives' Stirs ABC's Comeback Hopes (By BILL CARTER, Oct. 5, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 5, 2004)
* SCIENCE: 2 Americans Win Nobel for Demystifying Sense of Smell
[Nobel Prize in Medicine: Richard Axel & Linda B. Buck] (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Oct. 5, 2004)
* SCIENCE: 3 Americans Share Nobel Prize for Studying Quarks
[David J. Gross, H. David Politzer, Franck Wilczek] (By TERENCE NEILAN, Oct. 5, 2004)
* SCIENCE: What a Story Lice Can Tell (By NICHOLAS WADE, Oct. 5, 2004)
Experts Place Ancient Toolmakers on a Fast Track to Northern China (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Oct. 5, 2004)
Space Specimens Saved From Wrecked Capsule (By WARREN E. LEARY, Oct. 5, 2004)
Can Fear Win Undecided Voters? Psychologists Say Maybe Not (By BENEDICT CAREY, Oct. 5, 2004)
* Do Not Adjust Focus. Those Blobs Are Atoms. (By KENNETH CHANG, Oct. 5, 2004)
* New Research Questions Uniqueness of Recent Warming (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Oct. 5, 2004)
OBSERVATORY: No Spotlight, Please (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Oct. 5, 2004)
The Heart of a Carp (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Oct. 5, 2004)
* Q & A: Muscle Knots (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Oct. 5, 2004)
HEALTH: The Kidney Swap: Adventures in Saving Lives (By DENISE GRADY & ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Oct. 5, 2004)
* How Doctors Help Children Tame the Beast in the Belly (By LAURIE TARKAN, Oct. 5, 2004)
CASES: On a Matter of Life or Death, a Patient Is Overruled (By SANDEEP JAUHAR, M.D., Oct. 5, 2004)
* SIDE EFFECTS: The Possibility of Cosmetic Surgery for the Soul (By JAMES GORMAN, Oct. 5, 2004)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: With Fruits and Vegetables, More Can Be Less (By JANE E. BRODY, Oct. 5, 2004)
THE CONSUMER: One Lesson From Vioxx: Approach New Drugs With Caution (By MARY DUENWALD, Oct. 5, 2004)
REALLY?: The Claim: Dead Bodies After a Disaster Can Start an Epidemic (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Oct. 5, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Childbirth: Clearing the Way for Baby, Safely (By JOHN O'NEIL, Oct. 5, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Practices: Nurses Keep Babies Bouncing (By JOHN O'NEIL, Oct. 5, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Hazards: Next Time, Try Water, Mate (By JOHN O'NEIL, Oct. 5, 2004)
* VITAL SIGNS: Treatment: Think Before You Sleep [talk therapy] (By JOHN O'NEIL, Oct. 5, 2004)
* BOOKS ON HEALTH: A Handbook for Getting Older [Merck Manual] (By JOHN LANGONE, Oct. 5, 2004)

Monday, October 4, 2004:
On This Day: October 4 (Louis X 10/4/1289-6/5/1316, Lord Richard Cromwell 10/4/1626-7/12/1712, Jean Francois Millet 10/4/1814-1/20/1875, Rutherford B. Hayes 10/4/1822-1/17/1893, Frederic Remington 10/4/1861-12/26/1909, Damon Runyon 10/4/1884-12/10/1946, Charlton Heston 1924, Anne Rice 1941)
Soviet Fires Satellite into Space: It is Circling the Globe at 18,000 MPH (By WILLIAM J. JORDEN, Oct. 4, 1957)
Buster Keaton, 70, Dies on Coast; Poker-Faced Comedian of Films [born 10/4/1895] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, September 27, 1960)

* Janet Leigh, Actress of 'Psycho' Fame, Dies at 77 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 4, 2004)
Jacques Levy, Who Directed 'Oh! Calcutta,' Dies at 69 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Oct. 4, 2004)
Philip H. Sechzer, 90, Expert on Pain and How to Ease It, Dies (By JEREMY PEARCE, Oct. 4, 2004)
Joseph Brouillard, Founder of Corporate Communications Agency, 79, Dies (NY TIMES, Oct. 4, 2004)
Janet Whitman, 85; Led Charities, Is Dead (NY TIMES, Oct. 4, 2004)
NATIONAL: Informed and Awaiting a St. Helens Eruption (By SARAH KERSHAW and KENNETH CHANG, Oct. 4, 2004)
2 Clean Uniforms, Owners' Fates Unknown (By CHARLIE LeDUFF, Oct. 4, 2004)
U.S. Is Ordered to Tell Indians Before Selling Trust Property (By JOHN FILES, Oct. 4, 2004)
VOTERS: As Deadlines Hit, Rolls of Voters Show Big Surge (By KATE ZERNIKE and FORD FESSENDEN, Oct. 4, 2004)
SHAPING REACTIONS: The Post-Debate Contest: Swaying Perceptions (By JIM RUTENBERG, Oct. 4, 2004)
* POLITICAL POINTS: Spinning Tubes, but Not in a Centrifuge (By CARL HULSE, Oct. 4, 2004)
* WHITE HOUSE LETTER: Mr. Bush and Mr. Kerry. But Not Really. (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Oct. 4, 2004)
STRATEGIES: In Battle for No. 2 Spot, Focus Remains at the Top
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON & RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, Oct. 4, 2004)
In the Senate, Raising a (Quiet) Republican Voice Against the Administration
(By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Oct. 4, 2004)
INTELLIGENCE EVIDENCE: Rice Defends Going to War Despite Dispute About Iraqi Weapons
(By JEFF GERTH, Oct. 4, 2004)
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE: An Invigorated Kerry Courts Ohio, and Some Swing Voters Are Taking a Harder Look
(By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Oct. 4, 2004)
SUPREME COURT ROUNDUP: Sentencing Tops Justices' Agenda as Term Begins (By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Oct. 4, 2004)
EDUCATION: A Small New York School, Focused on Theater (By ELISSA GOOTMAN, Oct. 4, 2004)
WORLD: France Joins Spain to Catch Pair Suspected of Terrorism (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Oct. 4, 2004)
THE BATTLEGROUND: On Baghdad Streets, Loyalty to Rebel Cleric Is Still Fierce
(By EDWARD WONG, Oct. 4, 2004)
INSURGENTS: After 3-Day Fight, U.S. and Iraqi Forces Retake Samarra (By RICK LYMAN and DEXTER FILKINS, Oct. 4, 2004)
Afghans Studying the Art of Voting (By DAVID ROHDE and CARLOTTA GALL, Oct. 4, 2004)
In Russia, Dissent Grows Over Moves to Curb Autonomy (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Oct. 4, 2004)
Pope Beatifies Last Emperor of Austria; Reaction Mixed (By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO, Oct. 4, 2004)
NY REGION: Communion and Illness in Conflict (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Oct. 4, 2004)
METRO MATTERS: Rolodex Turns and Cell Door Pops Open (By JOYCE PURNICK, Oct. 4, 2004)
YONKERS JOURNAL: College Students Are Targets in a Drive-By Culture Clash (By LISA W. FODERARO, Oct. 4, 2004)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Oct. 4, 2004)
BASEBALL: Mussina Is the Yankees' Mr. Almost (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 4, 2004)
YANKEES 3, BLUE JAYS 2: Yanks Win, but Giambi Seems Lost (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 4, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The First Monday in October [Supreme Court] (NY TIMES, Oct. 4, 2004)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: The Graduate Students Search for Signs of Intelligent Campaign Life
(By FRANCIS X. CLINES, Oct. 4, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Kerry, Newest Neocon (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Oct. 4, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Bush and Reality (By BOB HERBERT, Oct. 4, 2004)
OP-ED: Looking at Darfur, Seeing Rwanda (By ROMÉO DALLAIRE, Oct. 4, 2004)
OP-ED: Two Peoples, One State (By MICHAEL TARAZI, Oct. 4, 2004)
LETTERS: The Balance Sheet on Outsourcing (6 Letters) (By Jerry Reynolds, Oct. 4, 2004)
LETTERS: The Ethics of Biotechnology (By David H. Guston, Oct. 4, 2004)
BUSINESS: New Scrutiny of Drugs in Vioxx's Family (By ANDREW POLLACK, Oct. 4, 2004)
Amgen Says Trial Shows Drug Improved Bone Density (By ANDREW POLLACK, Oct. 4, 2004)
A Finishing School for All, Disney Style (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Oct. 4, 2004)
ADVERTISING: Marketing With Double Entendres (By STUART ELLIOTT, Oct. 4, 2004)
A Campaign Chat Turns to Anchors (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Oct. 4, 2004)
From the Doghouse to the Book Cover (By EDWARD WYATT, Oct. 4, 2004)
* A Dragon in a Paint Ad Created Heat, but of an Unintended Sort (By NAT IVES, Oct. 4, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 4, 2004)
* Is It Still Called a Venture Fund When You Use Your Own Money? (By GARY RIVLIN, Oct. 4, 2004)
Battle of Form (and Function) in MP3 Players (By SAUL HANSELL, Oct. 4, 2004)
NEW ECONOMY: BlackBerry, Beloved Gadget, Continues to Thrive (By IAN AUSTEN, Oct. 4, 2004)
The Broad Reach of Satellite Radio (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Oct. 4, 2004)
Battle Between Oracle and PeopleSoft Shifts to Delaware Court (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, Oct. 4, 2004)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: Meeting Site Stands Nearly Alone (By BOB TEDESCHI, Oct. 4, 2004)
I.B.M. Updates Old Workhorse to Use Linux (By STEVE LOHR, Oct. 4, 2004)
* At These Web Sites, It's a Man's World (By DAVID CARR, Oct. 4, 2004)
Two Hurdles to a Takeover (By, Oct. 4, 2004)
* ARTS: Little Jackson Pollocks, Exploring in Oil Paint (By JAMES BARRON, Oct. 4, 2004)
ARCHITECTURE: Taming the Beast From 1965 (By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, Oct. 4, 2004)
* BOOKS: Take 1,283 Gourmet Winners. Add Folksiness. Hold Glitter. (By DAVID CARR, Oct. 4, 2004)
DANCE: ANNA MYER AND DANCERS: Motion, Emotion, Commotion (By JACK ANDERSON, Oct. 4, 2004)
MUSIC CRITIC: Sex, Drugs and Opera (That's Mozart?) (By MICHAEL WHITE, Oct. 4, 2004)
THEATER: Pointed New Shepard Play to Arrive Just Before Election (By JESSE McKINLEY, Oct. 4, 2004)
TV: 'AND YOU DON'T STOP': Hip-Hop: Block Parties to Blockbusters (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Oct. 4, 2004)
* SCIENCE: 2 Americans Win Nobel for Demystifying Sense of Smell
[Nobel Prize in Medicine: Richard Axel & Linda B. Buck] (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Oct. 4, 2004)

Saturday, October 2, 2004:
On This Day: October 2 (Richard III 10/2/1452-8/22/1485, Paul Von Hindenburg 10/2/1847-8/2/1934, Sir William Ramsay 10/2/1852-7/23/1916, Cordell Hull 10/2/1871-7/23/1955, Wallace Stevens 10/2/1879-8/2/1955, Groucho Marx 10/2/1890-8/19/1977, Graham Greene 10/2/1904-4/3/1991, Maury Wills 1927, Annie Leibovitz 1949)
President Johnson Sees Thurgood Marshall Take Supreme Court Seat (By FRED P. GRAHAM, Oct. 2, 1967)
* Mohandas K. Gandhi: The Indian Leader at Home and Abroad [born 10/2/1869] (NY Times, January 31, 1948)

Memorial Service for Tony Randall [Oct. 5, 1 pm Majestic Theater] (NY TIMES, Oct. 2, 2004)
* NATIONAL: First Debate Draws Large TV Audience (By JIM RUTENBERG, Oct. 2, 2004)
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Bush and Kerry Follow Debate With Sharp Jabs (By ELISABETH BUMILLER & DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Oct. 2, 2004)
* Buzz Was Big, but Mount St. Helens Eruption Wasn't (By SARAH KERSHAW, Oct. 2, 2004)
BALLOTING ABROAD: Democrats Voice Concerns About the Overseas Vote (By MICHAEL MOSS, Oct. 2, 2004)
With His Own Debate Nearing, Edwards Focuses on Domestic Issues (By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, Oct. 2, 2004)
WORLD: MILITARY: Aided by Iraqis, U.S. Seizes Part of Rebel Town
(By RICK LYMAN & DEXTER FILKINS, Oct. 2, 2004)
New Qaeda Audiotape Urges Muslims to 'Carry On the Fight' (By DOUGLAS JEHL, Oct. 2, 2004)
European Public Uneasy Over Turkey's Bid to Join Union (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Oct. 2, 2004)
THE SATURDAY PROFILE: Poetic Justice for an Afghan Gadfly: He's on the Ballot (By AMY WALDMAN, Oct. 2, 2004)
NY REGION: Immigrants With Ink in Their Blood (By TRIPTI LAHIRI, Oct. 2, 2004)
Tracing Militants on a Staten Island Phone (By JULIA PRESTON, Oct. 2, 2004)
* ABOUT NEW YORK: A Silver Coin, Wrapped in Plain Brown [9/11 coins] (By DAN BARRY, Oct. 2, 2004)
* BASEBALL: Suzuki Breaks Record for Hits [tops 1920 Sisler's 257 hits] (By TIMOTHY EGAN, Oct. 2, 2004)
BLUE JAYS 7, YANKEES 0: Hernández, the Former Savior, Is Not the Godsend Anymore
(By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 2, 2004)
TWINS 5, INDIANS 5, 11 INNINGS: Twins-Indians Suspended;
Yankees Still Waiting for Playoff Opponent (NY TIMES, Oct. 2, 2004)
FOOTBALL: Quarterbacks' Seal of Approval: Made in the USA (By PETE THAMEL, Oct. 2, 2004)
EDITORIALS: How to Save Social Security (NY TIMES, Oct. 2, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Winning the Peace for Afghans (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Oct. 2, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Sense and Sensibility (By DAVID BROOKS, Oct. 2, 2004)
* OP-ED: The International Pastime [Ichiro Suzuki] (By ROBERT WHITING, Oct. 2, 2004)
OP-ED: Good Riddance to a Bad Drug (By ERIC J. TOPOL, Oct. 2, 2004)
* LETTERS: After the First Debate, Americans See a Winner (11 Letters) (By Rachel Youdelman, et. al., Oct. 2, 2004)
LETTERS: Cellphones in Class (By Karah Germroth, Oct. 2, 2004)
BUSINESS: Technology Issues Lead Rally as the 4th Quarter Begins
[Dow +112.38, Nasdaq +45.36] (By REUTERS, Oct. 1, 2004)
Change of Direction at PeopleSoft [CEO Craig A. Conway fired] (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, Oct. 2, 2004)
China Promises Currency Shift but Gives No Date (By ELIZABETH BECKER, Oct. 2, 2004)
ARTS: Trolling the Campuses for Swing-State Votes (By JULIE SALAMON, Oct. 2, 2004)
FILM: 'THE BIG RED ONE': There's No Glory in War, Unless You Mean Survival
(By A. O. SCOTT, Oct. 2, 2004)
* FILM: 'NOTRE MUSIQUE': A Godard Odyssey in Dante's Land (By MANOHLA DARGIS, Oct. 2, 2004)
FILM: 'TROPICAL MALADY': A Spectral Tale of Love Found in War (By MANOHLA DARGIS, Oct. 2, 2004)
FILM: 'UNDERTOW': Runaways Loose in the Gothic South (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Oct. 2, 2004)
MUSIC: Rockers Open Tour in Support of Kerry [Bruce Springsteen] (By JON PARELES, Oct. 2, 2004)
OPERA: Rhinemaidens Turn Bungee Jumpers (By BRUCE WEBER, Oct. 2, 2004)
* POP REVIEW | BRIAN WILSON: Four Decades Later, a Long-Form Wave (By JON PARELES, Oct. 2, 2004)
TV: 'SUBURBAN MADNESS': How Woman Dispossessed Became Woman Possessed (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Oct. 2, 2004)
TV: Seeking a Star in Late Night's Sparse Firmament (By BILL CARTER, Oct. 2, 2004)

Friday, October 1, 2004:
On This Day: October 1 (Henry III 10/1/1207-11/16/1272, Annie Besant 10/1/1847-9/20/1933, Paul Abraham Dukas 10/1/1865-5/17/1935, William Boeing 10/1/1881-9/28/1956, Otto R. Frisch 10/1/1904-9/22/1979, Jimmy Carter 1924, Daniel J. Boorstin 1914, James Whitmore 1921, Julie Andrews 1935, Rod Carew 1945)
* Maris Hits 61st Homer in Final Game (By JON DREB, Oct. 1, 1961)
* Vladimir Horowitz, Titan of the Piano, Dies [born 10/1/1903] (By BERNARD HOLLAND, November 6, 1989)

* Richard Avedon, the Eye of Fashion, Dies at 81 (By ANDY GRUNDBERG, Oct. 1, 2004)
E.R. Haggar, Clothing Maker, Dies at 88 (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Oct. 1, 2004)
Rudolf Wunderlich, 83, an Art Dealer, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Oct. 1, 2004)
Christl Cranz-Borchers, Olympic Skier, Dies at 90 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 1, 2004)
* THE OVERVIEW: Bush and Kerry Clash Over Iraq in Debate (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Oct. 1, 2004)
THE SCENE: Bush Talks About Heart; Kerry Focuses on the Brain (By JAMES BENNET, Oct. 1, 2004)
* THE VIEWERS: Around Swing-State TV's, Armies of the Undecided (By JAMES DAO, Oct. 1, 2004)
* ON TELEVISION: Candidates Most Telling When They Aren't Talking (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Oct. 1, 2004)
NEWS ANALYSIS: In Debate, Kerry and Bush Stand Firm for 90 Minutes (By TODD S. PURDUM, Oct. 1, 2004)
* Transcript of the Candidates' First Debate in the Presidential Campaign (NY TIMES, Oct. 1, 2004)
Kissinger Cool to Criticizing Juntas in '76 (By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, Oct. 1, 2004)
Foreign Travelers Face Fingerprints and Jet Lag (By RACHEL L. SWARNS, Oct. 1, 2004)
WORLD: 2 Car Bombings in Iraq Kill 41, Many Children (By DEXTER FILKINS, Oct. 1, 2004)
* PARIS JOURNAL: Thieves Make Off With 2 Rare Gems in Broad Limelight (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Oct. 1, 2004)
Blair to Enter Hospital to Correct Heart Problem (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Oct. 1, 2004)
Thai Eager to Succeed Kofi Annan in 2 Years (By WARREN HOGE, Oct. 1, 2004)
NY REGION: Area Codes, Now Divorced From Their Areas (By IAN URBINA, Oct. 1, 2004)
* Finding a Home as a House Piano (By JAMES BARRON, Oct. 1, 2004)
SPORTS: First Move for Minaya: Hire Randolph (By HARVEY ARATON, Oct. 1, 2004)
YANKEES 6, TWINS 4: 7th Straight Division Title for Yankees (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 1, 2004)
A'S 3, MARINERS 2: Ichiro Only a Hit Away From the Record (By LEE JENKINS, Oct. 1, 2004)
REDS 2, CUBS 1: Cubs Let a Gem, Perhaps a Season, Slip From Grasp (By IRA BERKOW, Oct. 1, 2004)
BASEBALL ROUN: After Loss, Angels Have Some Company (By ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 1, 2004)
INSIDE PRO FOOTBALL: Collins Firmly Strides Into a Starting Role Without Any Misstep
(By VITTORIO TAFUR, Oct. 1, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The First Debate (NY TIMES, Oct. 1, 2004)
OP-ART: Dialogue Boxes You Should Have Read More Carefully (By EVAN EISENBERG, Oct. 1, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Sacrifice and Sabotage (By BOB HERBERT, Oct. 1, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: America's Lost Respect (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Oct. 1, 2004)
OP-ED: Retiring Minds Want to Know (By AUSTAN GOOLSBEE, Oct. 1, 2004)
LETTERS: Get Out the Vote, Here and There (7 Letters) (By Pauline Welby, et. al., Oct. 1, 2004)
LETTERS: A Brutal Act, a Woman of Courage (5 Letters) (By Aakanksha Pande, et. al., Oct. 1, 2004)
BUSINESS: Shares Close Mixed as Merck Pulls Down Blue Chips
[Dow -55.97, Nasdaq +2.90] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 1, 2004)
BUSINESS: A Vast Arms Buildup, Yet Not Enough for Wars (By TIM WEINER, Oct. 1, 2004)
European Budget Games: Why Paris Can Seem to Act Like Albany (By FLOYD NORRIS, Oct. 1, 2004)
* ART: DAN FLAVIN: To Be Enlightened, You Pull the Switch (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Oct. 1, 2004)
ART: JOSEF AND ANNI ALBERS: A Bauhaus Couple Lived Their Less-Is-More Credo (By ROBERTA SMITH, Oct. 1, 2004)
ART: ATSUKO TANAKA: With Bells and Flashes, Work of a Japanese Pioneer (By HOLLAND COTTER, Oct. 1, 2004)
ARTS: 'DON'T CALL IT PERFORMANCE': Work That Is Performed, but Isn't Performance Art
(By GRACE GLUECK, Oct. 1, 2004)
DANCE: FALL FOR DANCE FESTIVAL: A Festive Tasting Menu: From Flamenco to Hip-Hop
(By JACK ANDERSON, Oct. 1, 2004)
DANCE: MOLISSA FENLEY: Mysterious Rituals Unfold Within a Molten Mindscape (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Oct. 1, 2004)
FILM: 'DIG!': So, You're Sure You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star? (By A. O. SCOTT, Oct. 1, 2004)
FILM: 'I ♥ HUCKABEES': On a Stroll in Angstville With Dots Disconnected (By MANOHLA DARGIS, Oct. 1, 2004)
MUSIC: JAY-Z AND R. KELLY: A High-Profile Double Bill, Resurgent (By KELEFA SANNEH, Oct. 1, 2004)
* MUSIC: NY PHILHARMONIC: A Challenging New Work: Poetry by Dickinson (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Oct. 1, 2004)
* MUSIC: 'NEW SOUNDS LIVE': I. F. Stone and Zippo Philosophy as Musical Inspiration (By ALLAN KOZINN, Oct. 1, 2004)
TV: 'DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES'; 'BOSTON LEGAL': Old-Time Sexism Suffuses New Season
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Oct. 1, 2004)
* HEALTH: THE OVERVIEW: A Widely Used Arthritis Drug Is Withdrawn [Merck's Vioxx]
(By GINA KOLATA, Oct. 1, 2004)
HEALTH: New Approach to Childhood Obesity Urged (By MARIAN BURROS, Oct. 1, 2004)

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