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

Thursday, September 30, 2004:
On This Day: September 30 (Etienne Bonnot Condillac 9/30/1715-8/2/1780, Antoine-Jerome Balard 9/30/1802-3/30/1876, Jean Perrin 9/30/1870-4/17/1942, Hans Geiger 9/30/1882-9/24/1945, Sir Nevill Mott 9/30/1905-8/8/1996, Deborah Kerr 1921, Angie Dickinson 1931, Johnny Mathis 1935, Deborah Allen 1953, Martina Hingis 1980)
Britain and Germany Make Anti-War Pact; Hitler Gets Less Than His Sudeten Demands (NY Times, Sept. 30, 1938)
Truman Capote is Dead at 59; Novelist of Style and Clarity [born 9/30/1924] (By ALBIN KREBS, August 26, 1984)

* Dr. John E. Mack, Psychiatrist, Dies at 74 (By JENNIFER BAYOT, Sep. 30, 2004)
Scott Muni, 74, a Radio D.J. of FM Rock Programming, Dies (By JON PARELES, Sep. 30, 2004)
Mulk Raj Anand, 99, Famed Indian Writer, Dies (NY TIMES, Sep. 30, 2004)
Walter Scheuer, 82, Investor and a Supporter of the Arts, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Sep. 30, 2004)
Memories of Roger Straus by Writers He Championed (By DINITIA SMITH, Sep. 30, 2004)
NATIONAL: Bush and Kerry Prepare to Meet in Their First Debate in Florida (By DAVID STOUT, Sep. 30, 2004)
POLITICAL MEMO: In Debate on Foreign Policy, Wide Gulf or Splitting Hairs? (By JAMES BENNET, Sep. 30, 2004)
* Live Webcast: Bush-Kerry First Presidential Debate (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Sep. 30, 2004)
With Bush Advancing, Missouri May Be a Battleground All but Conquered (By R. W. APPLE Jr., Sep. 30, 2004)
Kerry Says Flip-Flop Image 'Doesn't Reflect the Truth' (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Sep. 30, 2004)
Edwards Notes Cheney Warned of Getting 'Bogged Down' in Iraq (By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, Sep. 30, 2004)
WORLD: Pair of Car Bombs in Iraq Kill Dozens, Including Many Children (By DEXTER FILKINS, Sep. 30, 2004)
Russian Government Backs U.N. Accord on Global Warming (By SETH MYDANS & ANDREW C. REVKIN, Sep. 30, 2004)
3 Weeks After Hurricane, Grenada's Life Is Still in Ruins (By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr., Sep. 30, 2004)
* ARHUS JOURNAL: Spreading Scandinavian Genes, Without Viking Boats (By LIZETTE ALVAREZ, Sep. 30, 2004)
Death Sentences in Attack on Cole (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR & DAVID JOHNSTON, Sep. 30, 2004)
Experts Confront Hurdles in Containing Bird Flu (By KEITH BRADSHER & LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Sep. 30, 2004)
Captive Briton in Iraq Implores Blair to Do More to Free Him (By DEXTER FILKINS, Sep. 30, 2004)
NY REGION: A Chip Off the Old Park (By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Sep. 30, 2004)
* PUBLIC LIVES: From Yiddish Chestnuts, Fresh Song (By JOSEPH BERGER, Sep. 30, 2004)
NYC: Ponder a Diva, and Think Outside the Cell [Martha Stewart] (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Sep. 30, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: Washington: The City of Broken Promises (By MURRAY CHASS, Sep. 30, 2004)
YANKEES 6, TWINS 4: Victory No. 100 Gives Yankees Another A.L. East Title (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 30, 2004)
YANKEES 5, TWINS 3, GAME 1; YANKEES 5, TWINS 4, GAME 2:
The Division Is Almost in the Yankees' Hands (By DAVE CALDWELL, Sep. 30, 2004)
BASEBALL: Fun and Games Elsewhere, but It's Business in the Bronx (By SELENA ROBERTS, Sep. 30, 2004)
EDITORIALS: How Tony Blair Handled It (NY TIMES, Sep. 30, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Travels of a Bioengineered Gene (NY TIMES, Sep. 30, 2004)
* OP-ED: Changing Places (By HENRY LOUIS GATES Jr., Sep. 30, 2004)
* OP-ED: WHAT TO ASK JOHN KERRY: The Exit Strategy (By WILLIAM KRISTOL, Sep. 30, 2004)
OP-ED: WHAT TO ASK JOHN KERRY: A Nuclear Iraq (By RUTH WEDGWOOD, Sep. 30, 2004)
OP-ED: WHAT TO ASK JOHN KERRY: Spread Democracy (By VICTOR DAVIS HANSON, Sep. 30, 2004)
* OP-ED: WHAT TO ASK GEORGE BUSH: Changing Direction (By MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT, Sep. 30, 2004)
OP-ED: WHAT TO ASK GEORGE BUSH: The Iran Threat (By RICHARD A. CLARKE, Sep. 30, 2004)
* OP-ED: WHAT TO ASK GEORGE BUSH: Of God and War (By ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER Jr., Sep. 30, 2004)
* LETTERS: Tonight's the Night: Bush and Kerry, Head to Head (10 Letters) (By Mitch Stern, et. al., Sep. 30, 2004)
LETTERS: Blair and the War (By Adam Bradlow, Sep. 30, 2004)
LETTERS: Cellphone Lifeline (By Carol S. Cantrell, Sep. 30, 2004)
BUSINESS: Decrease in Oil Prices Helps Send Share Prices Higher
[Dow +58.84, Nasdaq +24.07] (By Bloomberg News, Sep. 30, 2004)
Merck Pulls Vioxx Painkiller From Market, and Stock Plunges (By TERENCE NEILAN, Sep. 30, 2004)
I.B.M. Employees Get $320 Million in Pension Suit (By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, Sep. 30, 2004)
* New Company Starts Up a Challenge to Google [Vivisimo's Clusty] (By JOHN MARKOFF, Sep. 30, 2004)
* BOOKS: 'OPEN WIDE': Hollywood's Attack of the Monster Releases (By JANET MASLIN, Sep. 30, 2004)
DANCE: FALL FOR DANCE FESTIVAL: City Center Kicks Off Free-Form Festival
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Sep. 30, 2004)
DANCE: LAURA WARD/OCTAVIA CUP DANCE THEATER: The Tricky Art of the Stew
(By JACK ANDERSON, Sep. 30, 2004)
* FILM: Like 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' Except Bush Is the Hero
["Celsius 41.11 - The Temperature at Which the Brain Begins to Die"] (By JOHN TIERNEY, Sep. 30, 2004)
* FILM: Forget Star Chemistry. How About the Film's? (By RANDY KENNEDY, Sep. 30, 2004)
THEATER: 'THE TEN COMMANDMENTS': He Sings, He Dances, He Parts the Red Sea (By CHARLES ISHERWOOD, Sep. 30, 2004)
TV: TV Humor With a Digital Punch Line (By AMY WU, Sep. 30, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 30, 2004)
THEIR OWN DEVICES: A Virtuoso and His Technology (By SETH SCHIESEL, Sep. 30, 2004)
For Neglected Video, a Hollywood Touch (By ROGIER VAN BAKEL, Sep. 30, 2004)
STATE OF THE ART: To the Patio and Beyond: Speakers Without Wires (By DAVID POGUE, Sep. 30, 2004)
WHAT'S NEXT: Time on a Chip: The Incredible Shrinking Atomic Clock (By IAN AUSTEN, Sep. 30, 2004)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Poncho Panache: One Style Fits All (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Sep. 30, 2004)
HOW IT WORKS: Headphones That Make the World Go Away (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Sep. 30, 2004)
Climb Behind the Wheel, No Driver's License Required (Charles Herold, Sep. 30, 2004)
GAME THEORY: The Art of the Takedown, by Car, Fist or Robot (By CHARLES HEROLD, Sep. 30, 2004)
* Grants Will Preserve Paperless Bits of History [digital web sites] (By KATIE HAFNER, Sep. 30, 2004)
And Now, a Few Words From the Urinal (By JONATHAN MILLER, Sep. 30, 2004)
No More Spoilers: Play-by-Play in Sync With the Video Action (By Tim Gnatek, Sep. 30, 2004)
Q&A: A New Way to Describe Computer Muscle Power (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Sep. 30, 2004)

Wednesday, September 29, 2004:
On This Day: September 29 (Francois Boucher 9/29/1703-5/30/1770, Horatio Nelson 9/29/1758-10/21/1805, Greer Garson 9/29/1904-4/6/1996, Trevor Howard 9/29/1916-1/7/1988, Michelangelo Antonioni 9/29/1912)
New York Giants: 1883-1957 Last Game at Polo Grounds (NY Times, September 29, 1957)
Enrico Fermi Dead at 53; Architect of Atomic Bomb [born 9/29/1901] (NY Times, November 29, 1954)

* Geoffrey Beene, Innovator of American Fashion, Dies at 77 (By ANNE-MARIE SCHIRO, Sep. 29, 2004)
Gardner Botsford, 87, Editor at The New Yorker, Dies (By DINITIA SMITH, Sep. 29, 2004)
Tsai Wan-lin, the Richest Man in Taiwan, Dies (NY TIMES, Sep. 29, 2004)
NATIONAL: In Florida, Officials Are Hoping for One Final Storm Recovery (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Sep. 29, 2004)
* JOHN KERRY'S JOURNEY: A Fast Finisher's Reputation Now Faces the Ultimate Test (By TODD S. PURDUM, Sep. 29, 2004)
* Kerry Sees Debate as Chance to Shed 'Flip-Flop' Label (By BRIAN KNOWLTON, Sep. 29, 2004)
ABSENTEE VOTES: Hurdles Remain for U.S. Voters Living Overseas (By MICHAEL MOSS, Sep. 29, 2004)
Schools Relax Cellphone Bans, Nodding to Trend (By MATT RICHTEL, Sep. 29, 2004)
* Quake Hits California 11 Years Late (By NICK MADIGAN and KENNETH CHANG, Sep. 29, 2004)
Anti-Bush Billionaire to Give More [George Soros gave $18 million to Kerry]
(By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Sep. 29, 2004)
THE STRATEGY: Some Swing States Appear to Be Swinging to President (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Sep. 29, 2004)
RED AND BLUE STATES: One Nation Indivisible, but Some of It Invisible (By TIMOTHY EGAN, Sep. 29, 2004)
WORLD: BRITAIN: Blair Offers an Apology, of Sorts, Over Iraq (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Sep. 29, 2004)
INSURGENCY: Iraq Study Sees Rebels' Attacks as Widespread (By JAMES GLANZ and THOM SHANKER, Sep. 29, 2004)
Bird Flu Deaths in Thailand Raise New Fears (By KEITH BRADSHER, Sep. 29, 2004)
* NY REGION: After Dark, the Stuffed Animals Turn Creepy (By ANDREW JACOBS, Sep. 29, 2004)
* SPORTS: Hazy Sunshine, Vivid Memory [Willie Mays' 1954 catch] (By GEORGE VECSEY, Sep. 29, 2004)
* BASEBALL: Mays' catch the stuff of legends (By Phil Rogers, ESPN, Sep. 29, 2004)
BASEBALL: Hernández's Shoulder Worries Yanks (By DAVE CALDWELL, Sep. 29, 2004)
* BASEBALL: As Season Is Setting, Dodgers Continue to Rise in the West (By LEE JENKINS, Sep. 29, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Warnings on Warming (NY TIMES, Sep. 29, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Sentenced to Be Raped (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Sep. 29, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Runaway Prosecutor (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Sep. 29, 2004)
* OP-ED: How to Debate George Bush (By AL GORE, Sep. 29, 2004)
* OP-ED: Where Did All the Jobs Go? Nowhere (By DANIEL W. DREZNER, Sep. 29, 2004)
LETTERS: Bush, Kerry and a Debate That Isn't (5 Letters) (By Sylvan Kornblum, et. al., Sep. 29, 2004)
LETTERS: After 9/11, Where Are the Translators? (3 Letters) (By Lisle Merriman, et. al., Sep. 29, 2004)
* LETTERS: The Young Artists of the Make-Believe (By William Crain, Sep. 29, 2004)
LETTERS: Kidnappings in Iraq (By Robert J. DuComb Jr., Sep. 29, 2004)
BUSINESS: Dow Closes Over 10,000 Again
[Dow +88.86, Nasdaq +9.99] (Associated Press, Sep. 29, 2004)
With Oil Near $50 a Barrel, Gas Prices Start to Inch Up (By SIMON ROMERO, Sep. 29, 2004)
* NEWS ANALYSIS: Why Make Leno a Lame Duck? To Protect a Late-Night Cash Cow (By BILL CARTER, Sep. 29, 2004)
Euro Disney Secures Plan to Ward Off Bankruptcy (By FLOYD NORRIS, Sep. 29, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: I.B.M. Supercomputer Sets World Record for Speed (By JOHN MARKOFF, Sep. 29, 2004)
* MARKET PLACE: Google Shares, Once Devalued, Just May Be Winners After All (By SAUL HANSELL, Sep. 29, 2004)
Cendant Is Close to Acquiring Orbitz for $1.1 Billion (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Sep. 29, 2004)
* BOOKS: A Windfall of Modern Poetry for Scholars
[Raymond Danowski's 60,000 volumes to Emory University] (By BRUCE WEBER, Sep. 29, 2004)
* DANCE: Graham Legacy, on the Stage Again (By FELICIA R. LEE, Sep. 29, 2004)
DANCE: 'BIG DANCE THEATER': Nixon as Manipulator and a Feral Child as Victim
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Sep. 29, 2004)
MUSIC: The Moog Synthesizer Makes a Comeback (By DAVID BERNSTEIN, Sep. 29, 2004)
MUSIC: 'THE OLD 97'S': Romance Turns to Wreckage, in Tune and Out (By JON PARELES, Sep. 29, 2004)
MUSIC: MARCELO BRATKE: Brazilian Pianistic Classicism, Both Alloyed and Pure (By ALLAN KOZINN, Sep. 29, 2004)
THEATER: From Disneyland to Brooklyn, via Broadway (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Sep. 29, 2004)
TV: 'KEVIN HILL': A Lothario Lawyer Meets His Match (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Sep. 29, 2004)
TV: 'WIFE SWAP': The Latest Reality Show Twist: Take My Wife, Please (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 29, 2004)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 29, 2004)
* New York Story: Local Garlic Makes Good (By DANA BOWEN, Sep. 29, 2004)
A Peach... No, a Honey of a Farmers' Market (By R. W. APPLE Jr., Sep. 29, 2004)
DINING: So a Purist Goes in a Bar and Starts to Pour Art (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Sep. 29, 2004)
THE MINIMALIST: From India, Banana Leaf Optional (By MARK BITTMAN, Sep. 29, 2004)
AT MY TABLE | NIGELLA LAWSON: Why a Duck? Because It's Simple Yet Still Grand
(By NIGELLA LAWSON, Sep. 29, 2004)
FOOD STUFF: At Heart, Gorgeously Gooey (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Sep. 29, 2004)
* A 6-Pound, 1,040-Page Cookbook, With Big Ambitions to Match
[Ruth Reichl, "The Gourmet Cookbook"] (By JULIE POWELL, Sep. 29, 2004)

Tuesday, September 28, 2004:
On This Day: September 28 (Georges Clemenceau 9/28/1841-11/24/1929, William Paley 9/28/1901-10/26/1990, Al Capp 9/28/1909-11/5/1979, Marcello Mastroianni 9/28/1924-12/19/1996, Brigitte Bardot 9/28/1934)
Fliers At Seattle End World Flight of 27,000 Miles (NY Times, September 28, 1924)
Ed Sullivan Is Dead at 73; Charmed Millions on TV [born 9/28/1901] (NY Times, October 14, 1974)

I. B. Harris, 94, Philanthropist and Executive, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 28, 2004)
Izora Armstead, a Singer in the Weather Girls Duo, Dies (By BEN SISARIO, Sep. 28, 2004)
Katharina Dalton, Expert on PMS, Dies at 87 (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Sep. 28, 2004)
Eli Elias, 92, Manufacturer of Clothing, Dies (By JENNIFER BAYOT, Sep. 28, 2004)
Annie Herron, 50, an Art Dealer, Is Dead (NY TIMES, Sep. 28, 2004)
NATIONAL: F.B.I. Said to Lag on Translations of Terror Tapes (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Sep. 28, 2004)
STRATEGY: At Bush Events, Tickets Come With a Catch (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Sep. 28, 2004)
POLITICAL POINTS: Lights, Camera, 9/11 (By CARL HULSE, Sep. 28, 2004)
Prewar Assessment on Iraq Saw Chance of Strong Divisions (By DOUGLAS JEHL and DAVID E. SANGER, Sep. 28, 2004)
Reporters Put Under Scrutiny in C.I.A. Leak (By ADAM LIPTAK, Sep. 28, 2004)
WORLD: Looters Impede Aid to Haiti; U.N. Sending More Troops (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 28, 2004)
* NY REGION: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl (By MICHELLE YORK, Sep. 28, 2004)
After a Decade, Disney Chief Sees New 'Flair' on 42nd St. (By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Sep. 28, 2004)
SPORTS: The Yankees' Rotation Leaves Heads Spinning (By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 28, 2004)
BASEBALL: The Expos Will Probably Move South to Washington (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Sep. 28, 2004)
RED SOX 7, DEVIL RAYS 3: Red Sox Perk Up After Ejections (By CHARLIE NOBLES, Sep. 28, 2004)
BASEBALL: Angels Taking High Road in Pennant Race (By LEE JENKINS, Sep. 28, 2004)
* EDITORIALS: THE RURAL LIFE: The Wealth of the Season (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Sep. 28, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Swagger vs. Substance [Bush debates] (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Sep. 28, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Insurgency Buster (By DAVID BROOKS, Sep. 28, 2004)
* OP-ED: Truths Worth Telling [Rumsfeld on Nixon tapes] (By DANIEL ELLSBERG, Sep. 28, 2004)
LETTERS: On the Trail, Taking the Low Road (7 Letters) (By Robert A. Frugé, et. al., Sep. 28, 2004)
* LETTERS: The Best Phase of Life ["Renaissance" not "Retirement"] (By Mario Leo Messina, Sep. 28, 2004)
BUSINESS: Crude Oil Prices Hit a Record, and Shares Decline Broadly
[Dow -58.70, Nasdaq -19.60] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Sep. 28, 2004)
Major Changes Set for Backer of Mortgages (By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN, Sep. 28, 2004)
* Sikh Group Finds Calling in Homeland Security (By LESLIE WAYNE, Sep. 28, 2004)
* ART: Unmasking a Surreal Egotist [Salvador Dalí] (By ALAN RIDING, Sep. 28, 2004)
ARTS: MacArthur Foundation Gives $500,000 'Genius Awards' to 23 (By FELICIA R. LEE, Sep. 28, 2004)
Arts Briefing [Roman-era Venus statue discovered] (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Sep. 28, 2004)
DANCE CRITIC: In Lyon, Olive Oil, Ataxia and a Jester on the Run (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Sep. 28, 2004)
FILM: In Season of Oscars, Miramax Cuts Staff (By SHARON WAXMAN, Sep. 28, 2004)
* TV: O'Brien to Succeed Leno on 'Tonight' Show (By BILL CARTER, Sep. 28, 2004)
TV: 'LAGUNA BEACH': Surfing on a Wave of Adolescent Angst (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Sep. 28, 2004)
FASHION: For the Splendidly Dressed Man, Web Sites to Match (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Sep. 28, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 28, 2004)
SCIENCE: Solving a Riddle Written in Silver (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Sep. 28, 2004)
* There's Something About Your Voice (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 28, 2004)
Toonology: Scientists Try to Find Out What's So Funny About Humor (By GLENN COLLINS, Sep. 28, 2004)
* When Clusters Collide (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Sep. 28, 2004)
A Mountaintop Caldron in Alaska [Mount Spurr] (By HANNAH FAIRFIELD, Sep. 28, 2004)
Paleontologists Put Ancient Long-Necked Monster in Its Place [Dinocephalosaurus orientalis]
(By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Sep. 28, 2004)
DNA Bar Coding Uncovers Secrets of Costa Rican Butterfly (By NICHOLAS WADE, Sep. 28, 2004)
Q & A: Primitive Gilding (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Sep. 28, 2004)
* HEALTH: Nighttime, and Fevers Are Rising (By ABIGAIL ZUGER, Sep. 28, 2004)
* Acupuncture Moves Toward the Mainstream (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Sep. 28, 2004)
Moist Nose Shows Promise in Tracking Down Cancers (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Sep. 28, 2004)
* This Pill Will Make You Feel Better, but We're Not Sure Why (By DENISE GRADY, Sep. 28, 2004)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Of Mice, Men and 'Magic' Diet Supplements (By JANE E. BRODY, Sep. 28, 2004)
REALLY?: The Claim: Hypnosis Can Help You Stop Smoking (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Sep. 28, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Aging: Sharper Minds With Bustling Feet (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 28, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Reactions: Wasabi for Sinuses? Don't Bother (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 28, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Correlations: Red Wine for Robust Prostates (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 28, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Therapies: Mental, if Not Physical, Benefits (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 28, 2004)
THE CONSUMER: How Young Is Too Young to Have a Nose Job and Breast Implants?
(By MARY DUENWALD, Sep. 28, 2004)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Working the M.S. Puzzle (By JOHN LANGONE, Sep. 28, 2004)

Monday, September 27, 2004:
On This Day: September 27 (Cosimo de Medici 9/27/1389-8/1/1464, Samuel Adams 9/27/1722-10/2/1803, Sir Harry Blackstone 9/27/1885-11/16/1965, Sir Martin Ryle 9/27/1918-10/14/1984)
Warren Commission Finds Oswald Guilty: Assassin & Ruby Acted Alone (By Anthony Lewis, Sept. 27, 1964)
Admiral Mahan, Naval Critic, Dies at 74 [born 9/26/1897] (NY Times, December 2, 1914)

Pete Schoening, 77, Accomplished Climber, Is Dead (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 27, 2004)
Roy Drusky, Grand Ole Opry Singer, Dies at 74 (By REUTERS, Sep. 27, 2004)
NATIONAL: Another Hurricane Roars Across Mid-Florida (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Sep. 27, 2004)
For Some Island Residents, Storm Plan Was to Stay Put (By THOMAS CRAMPTON, Sep. 27, 2004)
* THE CANDIDATES: Strong Charges Set New Tone Before Debate (By ADAM NAGOURNEY & ROBIN TONER, Sep. 27, 2004)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: Debate Preparation Began With a Professor at Yale (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Sep. 27, 2004)
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Cheney Crowds Would Like More on Kitchen-Table Issues (By JOEL BRINKLEY, Sep. 27, 2004)
* As a Life Ebbs, the Ultimate Family Quarrel (By PAM BELLUCK, Sep. 27, 2004)
A Turn for the Better, With Some Regrets, After a Respirator Is Removed (By PAM BELLUCK, Sep. 27, 2004)
EDUCATION: N.Y.U. Begins Hiring Effort to Lift Its Liberal Arts Standing (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Sep. 27, 2004)
WORLD: Iraqi Judge Drops Case Against Leading Exile Figure (By EDWARD WONG, Sep. 27, 2004)
MILITARY: Army May Reduce Length of Tours in Combat Zones (By THOM SHANKER & ERIC SCHMITT, Sep. 27, 2004)
SUPPLIES: Truckers of Iraq's Pony Express Are Risking It All for a Paycheck (ByBy JAMES GLANZ, Sep. 27, 2004)
Thailand Investigates Possible Bird Flu (By KEITH BRADSHER, Sep. 27, 2004)
NY REGION: Penn Station Is Evacuated After Transformer Fire (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 27, 2004)
Pair Charged in Sham Deals on Real Estate Listed on Web (By JENNIFER MEDINA, Sep. 27, 2004)
In the Village, Sex Shops Multiply and Test a Neighborhood's Tolerance (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Sep. 27, 2004)
* Remembering Fay Wray: 96 Years, Many Movies and the Big Ape on the Building
(By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON, Sep. 27, 2004)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Sep. 27, 2004)
* RED SOX 11, YANKEES 4: Brown Suffers Rocky Return in Feisty Finale (By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 27, 2004)
* MLB's security team will follow Mariners [Ichiro Suzuki & Sisler] (Associated Press, ESPN, Sep. 27, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Kidnap Weapon (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Sep. 27, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Powell, Then and Now (By BOB HERBERT, Sep. 27, 2004)
OP-ED: Real Candidates Have Curves (By ALEX ALBEN, Sep. 27, 2004)
* OP-ED: Look for Substance, Not Sizzle [Bush-Kerry Debate] (By ADAM CLYMER, Sep. 27, 2004)
* LETTERS: Bush-Speak vs. Kerry-Speak (7 Letters) (By David Haley, et. al., Sep. 27, 2004)
LETTERS: We're Safer Now. Aren't We? (By Richard M. Hendrick, Sep. 27, 2004)
* BUSINESS: Conan O'Brien to Succeed Jay Leno in 2009, NBC Announces (By BILL CARTER, Sep. 27, 2004)
Six Sigma: A Hollywood Studio Learns the G.E. Way (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Sep. 27, 2004)
DRILLING DOWN / ONLINE ADVERTISING: And Now, a Message From Our Sponsor (By MARK GLASSMAN, Sep. 27, 2004)
* CBS Tries to Clear Up Future of 'Evening News' (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Sep. 27, 2004)
For Cingular, Becoming No. 1 Also Poses Risks (By KEN BELSON and MATT RICHTEL, Sep. 27, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 27, 2004)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: Big Wi-Fi Project for Philadelphia (By BOB TEDESCHI, Sep. 27, 2004)
Music Sites Ask, 'Why Buy If You Can Rent?' (By SAUL HANSELL, Sep. 27, 2004)
What's in the Box? Radio Tags Know That, and More (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Sep. 27, 2004)
* PATENTS: Does the Patent System Need an Overhaul? (By SABRA CHARTRAND, Sep. 27, 2004)
ART CRITIC: History's Long, Dark Shadow at Berlin Show (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Sep. 27, 2004)
FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW: Around the World and Into the Psyche (By MANOHLA DARGIS and A. O. SCOTT, Sep. 27, 2004)
MUSIC: METROPOLITAN OPERA: Dad Beset by Defiant Daughter and Twins (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Sep. 27, 2004)
MUSIC CRITIC: NEW CD'S: An Electronic Buzz for Roots-Rock (By JON PARELES, Sep. 27, 2004)

Sunday, September 26, 2004:
On This Day: September 26 (Moses Mendelssohn 9/26/1729-1/4/1786, Jean-Louis Gericault 9/26/1791-1/26/1824, T.S. Eliot 9/26/1888-1/4/1965, Martin Heidegger 9/26/1889-5/26/1976, Charles Munch 9/26/1891-11/6/1968, George Gershwin 9/26/1898-7/11/1937)
Nixon & Kennedy Clash in TV Debate on Spending, Farms and Social Issues (By Russell Baker, September 26, 1960)
Pope Paul VI Is Dead of a Heart Attack at 80 [born 9/26/1897] (By KENNETH A. BRIGGS, August 7, 1978)

Marvin Davis, Oil and Entertainment Mogul, Dies at 79 (By PATRICK HEALY, Sep. 26, 2004)
W. Dorwin Teague, 94, Industrial Designer, Is Dead (By MARGALIT FOX, Sep. 26, 2004)
David B. Pall, 90, Chemist Who Invented Filter for Transfusions, Dies (By JENNIFER BAYOT, Sep. 26, 2004)
Harold Zinkin Sr., Fitness Pioneer, Dies at 82 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 26, 2004)
Billy Reay, 86, Hockey Player and Coach, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 26, 2004)
Raja Ramanna, 79, Indian Nuclear Scientist, Dies (NY TIMES, Sep. 26, 2004)
* NATIONAL: Kerry as the Boss: Always More Questions (By ADAM NAGOURNEY & JODI WILGOREN, Sep. 26, 2004)
Both Parties See a Big Increase in New Voters (By FORD FESSENDEN, Sep. 26, 2004)
Florida Braces for 4th Time in Its Month of Storms (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 26, 2004)
POLITICAL POINTS: Why Wait? Here's a Pre-Debate Quiz (By JOHN TIERNEY, Sep. 26, 2004)
WORLD: Al Qaeda Tries to Upset Afghan Vote (By By CARLOTTA GALL, Sep. 26, 2004)
7 Iraqi Guard Applicants, 4 U.S. Marines and a Soldier Are Killed (By EDWARD WONG, Sep. 26, 2004)
Britain Offering to Pay Off 10% of Third World Debt (By ALAN COWELL, Sep. 26, 2004)
NY REGION: New Jersey, a Blue State, May Be Trying on Shades of Purple (By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI, Sep. 26, 2004)
An Old Journey Forged in Pain; A Remembrance Born to Heal (By LYDIA POLGREEN, Sep. 26, 2004)
FOLLOWING UP: Priest Winds Down a Very Public Career (By JOSEPH P. FRIED, Sep. 26, 2004)
* BASEBALL: Martinez a Yankee? It's Been Done Before (By HARVEY ARATON, Sep. 26, 2004)
BASEBALL BACKTALK: How Winning the World Series Can Mean Losing Yourself (By PETER MEHLMAN, Sep. 26, 2004)
KEEPING SCORE: Being Awarded a Gold Glove Does Not Tell the Whole Story (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Sep. 26, 2004)
CYCLING: Armstrong Finds No Assurance for Authenticity (By SELENA ROBERTS, Sep. 26, 2004)
* BUSINESS: You Only Sell Thrice [MGM CEO Alex Yemenidjian] (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Sep. 26, 2004)
INVESTING: Europeans Streamline. Will the Market Notice? (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Sep. 26, 2004)
ART: Download, Peel and Stick, and All the World's a Gallery (By SAMANTHA STOREY, Sep. 26, 2004)
DANCE: The Dancer Who Defected Twice [Li Cunxin] (By, Sep. 26, 2004)
FILM: John Cassavetes, Laughing Last (By MANOHLA DARGIS, Sep. 26, 2004)
MUSIC: Nancy Sinatra, Rock Goddess (By JODY ROSEN, Sep. 26, 2004)
TV: The New Faces of Reality TV (By JULIE SALAMON, Sep. 26, 2004)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 26, 2004)
STYLE: Live From Miami, a Style Showdown (By ALEX WILLIAMS, Sep. 26, 2004)
My, What Pretty Claws [Tyra Banks] (By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, Sep. 26, 2004)
FRONT ROW: A Legendary Image ["Veruschka in Vogue"] (By RUTH LA FERLA, Sep. 26, 2004)
VOWS: Roberta Beary and Frank Stella (By KATHRYN SHATTUCK, Sep. 26, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 26, 2004)
What if America Just Pulled Out? (By ROGER COHEN, Sep. 26, 2004)
MADISON AVENUE ON KERRY: Quick. Change the Brand. In Five Weeks. (By JOHN TIERNEY, Sep. 26, 2004)
Why We Fear the Digital Ballot (By TOM ZELLER Jr., Sep. 26, 2004)
Can Biotech Crops Be Good Neighbors? (By ANDREW POLLACK, Sep. 26, 2004)
WORD FOR WORD: Want a Fat Lip With That Latte, Bub? (By TOM KUNTZ, Sep. 26, 2004)
IDEAS & TRENDS: The House Electric (By, Sep. 26, 2004)
VENTURE MEDICINE: Health Care Costs Are a Killer, but Maybe That's a Plus (By STEVE LOHR, Sep. 26, 2004)
THE PUBLIC EDITOR: Corrections: Eccentric, Essential and Ready for an Upgrade
(By DANIEL OKRENT, Sep. 26, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 26, 2004)
* ON LANGUAGE: Urge to Surge (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Sep. 26, 2004)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW?: Is Voting Worth the Trouble? (By JIM HOLT, Sep. 26, 2004)
* QUESTIONS FOR BRUCE MAU: Designs for Living (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Sep. 26, 2004)
* COVER ARTICLE: Fear and Laptops on the Campaign Trail (By MATTHEW KLAM, Sep. 26, 2004)
* The Director's Director [Wong Kar-wai] (By JAIME WOLF, Sep. 26, 2004)
* The Genesis Project (By CHARLES SIEBERT, Sep. 26, 2004)
LIVES: Bringing Up Me (By TIM GUEST, Sep. 26, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 26, 2004)
SCIENCE: Lasker Prizes to Honor 5 for Research in Medicine (By NICHOLAS WADE, Sep. 26, 2004)

Saturday, September 25, 2004:
On This Day: September 25 (Mark Rothko 9/25/1903-2/25/1970, Dmitry Shostakovich 9/25/1906-8/9/1975, Glenn Gould 9/25/1932-10/4/1982, Phil Rizzuto 9/25/1918, Barbara Walter, 9/25/1931, Michael Douglas 9/25/44)
President Eisenhower Sends Troops to Little Rock (By ANTHONY LEWIS, September 25, 1957)
Faulkner's Home, Family and Heritage Were Genesis of Yoknapatawpha County
[born 9/25/1897] (NY Times, July 7, 1962)

* Françoise Sagan, Who Had a Best Seller at 19 With 'Bonjour, Tristesse,' Dies at 69
(By ERIC PACE, Sep. 25, 2004)
Richard S. Arnold, 68, Judge Once Eyed for Supreme Court, Dies (By NEIL A. LEWIS, Sep. 25, 2004)
Nigel Nicolson, 87, Bloomsbury Group Biographer and Heir, Dies (By MARGALIT FOX, Sep. 25, 2004)
NATIONAL: In Florida, the Campaigning Just Has to Wait (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Sep. 25, 2004)
* THE FALLOUT: '60 Minutes' Delays Report Questioning Reasons for Iraq War (By KATE ZERNIKE, Sep. 25, 2004)
WORLD: Floodwaters Recede From Haitian City, but Hunger Does Not (By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr., Sep. 25, 2004)
DIPLOMACY: To Help Iraq Vote, Powell Seeks Meeting of Nations (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN & WARREN HOGE, Sep. 25, 2004)
THE PRIME MINISTER: Despite Strife at Home, Iraqi Leader Expresses Optimism on U.S. Tour
(By ERIK ECKHOLM, Sep. 25, 2004)
Security in Britain Full of Holes, With Another Palace Breached (By SARAH LYALL, Sep. 25, 2004)
THE SATURDAY PROFILE: Bad Air and Water, and a Bully Pulpit in China (By JIM YARDLEY, Sep. 25, 2004)
* NY REGION: A Crossover Moment for an Old World Game [boccie] (By MICHAEL BRICK, Sep. 25, 2004)
SPORTS: Now Playing: The Old Man and the Football Team [39-year old Tim Frisby]
(By RAY GLIER, Sep. 25, 2004)
YANKEES 6, RED SOX 4: Yanks Celebrate Groundhog Day at Fenway (By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 25, 2004)
SPORTS: For Bullpens, Tales of Macabre, and Happy Endings [Tom Gordon] (By HARVEY ARATON, Sep. 25, 2004)
* SPORTS MEDIA AND BUSINESS: Yankees-Red Sox Games a Consistent Ratings Hit
(By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Sep. 25, 2004)
EDITORIALS: An Un-American Way to Cam (NY TIMES, Sep. 25, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Twisting Dr. Nuke's Arm (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Sep. 25, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Another Triumph for the U.N. (By DAVID BROOKS, Sep. 25, 2004)
* OP-ED: When the Shooting Stopped [Eddie Adams] (By PETE HAMILL, Sep. 25, 2004)
OP-ED: Poison Politics in Ukraine (By JASON T. SHAPLEN, Sep. 25, 2004)
LETTERS: Can Iraq Carry Out Elections? (5 Letters) (By S. McHale, et. al., Sep. 25, 2004)
LETTERS: Verifying Electronic Votes (By Robert Barry, Sep. 25, 2004)
BUSINESS: Blue Chips Eke Out Small Gains, but the Nasdaq Falters
[Dow +8.34, Nasdaq -6.95] (By REUTERS, Sep. 25, 2004)
Guess Tries to Regain Its Fabulousness (By TRACIE ROZHON, Sep. 25, 2004)
AT&T Cuts Jobs at Call Centers as It Struggles to Regroup (By MATT RICHTEL & KEN BELSON, Sep. 25, 2004)
Publisher of Men's Magazines Cuts 15 Officers and Editors [Maxim & Stuff] (By DAVID CARR, Sep. 25, 2004)
ART: The Barnes as Religion: Rivals Preach Ways to Salvation (By JULIA M. KLEIN & CAROL VOGEL, Sep. 25, 2004)
FILM: How Easily a Feisty Film Festival Goes Glittery [Woody Allen] (By GEOFF PINGREE, Sep. 25, 2004)
MUSIC: The Two Brazils Combine for Night at Carnegie Hall (By LARRY ROHTER, Sep. 25, 2004)
MUSIC: Always Up and Coming, a Singer Arrives [Jill Sobule] (By JOEL TOPCIK, Sep. 25, 2004)
MUSIC: 'ELJIAH': The Passion of a Stormy Prophet (By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Sep. 25, 2004)
MUSIC: CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER: Tiptoeing Along the Fringes Of Memorable Celebrity
(By BERNARD HOLLAND, Sep. 25, 2004)
TV: A Grin, a Grimace: Baseball's Two Masks [Pete Rose] (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Sep. 25, 2004)
TV: HBO: The Tough Act TV Tries to Follow (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Sep. 25, 2004)

Friday, September 24, 2004:
On This Day: September 24 (Albrecht Wallenstein 9/24/1583-2/25/1634, John Marshall 9/24/1755-7/6/1835, Mark Hanna 9/24/1837-2/15/1904, Sir A. P. Herbert 9/24/1890-11/11/1971, Stephen Bechtel 9/24/1900-3/14/1989, Severo Ochoa 9/24/1905-11/1/1993, Svetlana Beriosova 9/24/1932-11/10/1998, Jim Henson 9/24/1936-5/16/1990, Jim McKay 1921, Sheila MacRae 1924, Josph Kennedy II 1952)
Clinton, at U.N., Signs Treaty Banning All Nuclear Testing (By ALISON MITCHELL, September 24, 1996)
* Scott Fitzgerald, Author, Dies at 44 [9/24/1896-12/21/1940] (NY Times, December 23, 1940)

* Ellis Marsalis Sr., 96, Jazzmen's Patriarch, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 24, 2004)
Stephen Baker, Ad Executive, Dies at 83 (By JENNIFER BAYOT, Sep. 24, 2004)
Ralph K. Andrist, 90, Historian Who Wrote About Plains Indians, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Sep. 24, 2004)
James Beasley, 78, Lawyer in Big-Judgment Cases, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Sep. 24, 2004)
NATIONAL: ASSESSMENTS: Bush and Allawi Say Iraqi Voting Won't Be Put Off (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Sep. 24, 2004)
* JOHN KERRY'S JOURNEY: Echoes of a 1972 Loss Haunt a 2004 Campaign (By TODD S. PURDUM, Sep. 24, 2004)
Kerry Attacks Bush's Handling of Campaign Against Terror (By MARIA NEWMAN, Sep. 24, 2004)
THE MILITARY: Panel Calls U.S. Troop Size Insufficient for Demands (By THOM SHANKER, Sep. 24, 2004)
Islamic Scholar From Virginia Is Charged in Holy War Plot (By ERIC LIPTON, Sep. 24, 2004)
Truth Be Told, the Vietnam Crossfire Hurts Kerry More (By JODI WILGOREN, Sep. 24, 2004)
Investigator for CBS Criticized '60 Minutes' (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Sep. 24, 2004)
Republicans Admit Mailing Campaign Literature Saying Liberals Will Ban the Bible
(By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Sep. 24, 2004)
WORLD: Eight More Seized in Iraq as Rash of Kidnappings Continues (By EDWARD WONG, Sep. 24, 2004)
HOSTAGES: Turkish Captive in Iraq Tells of Fearful Struggle to Hold On (By SUSAN SACHS, Sep. 24, 2004)
U.N. Aid in Haiti Held Up by Lack of Help From Government (By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr., Sep. 24, 2004)
Weary, Angry Haitians Dig Out of Storm (By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr., Sep. 24, 2004)
BELGRADE JOURNAL: Cabby's a Politician, Taking Voters for a Ride. Honestly. (By NICHOLAS WOOD, Sep. 24, 2004)
Japan Raises Defenses on Signs North Korea Plans Missile Test (By JAMES BROOKE, Sep. 24, 2004)
Dominican Retires Rich (NY TIMES, Sep. 24, 2004)
NY REGION: Free Federal Money? Depends on Who's Offering (By MICHAEL COOPER, Sep. 24, 2004)
A Marriage of Old and New, With Flowers [NY Botanical Garden] (By GLENN COLLINS, Sep. 24, 2004)
* BOLDFACE NAMES: John Gotti Would Have Hated the Joint
[Prince Albert of Monaco, Peter Jennings, Barbara Walters, Henry Kissinger]
(By JOYCE WADLER, Sep. 24, 2004)
NYC: We Have Met the News, and It Is Us (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Sep. 24, 2004)
* SPORTS: A Myth That Should Not Be Perpetuated [Curse of the Bambino] (By GEORGE VECSEY, Sep. 24, 2004)
With Yankees Coming, Red Sox Hope to Keep the Party From Turning Ugly (By JOE LAPOINTE, Sep. 24, 2004)
YANKEES 7, DEVIL RAYS 3: Yanks Qualify for Playoffs and Let Loose (By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 24, 2004)
CYCLING: Hamilton Keeps Gold but One Test Confirms Doping (By IAN AUSTEN, Sep. 24, 2004)
SPORTS MEDIA AND BUSINESS: De La Hoya's a Champ to Paying Viewers (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Sep. 24, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Face of Iraqi Democracy (NY TIMES, Sep. 24, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Bush Upbeat as Iraq Burns (By BOB HERBERT, Sep. 24, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Let's Get Real (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Sep. 24, 2004)
OP-ED: Iraq Can Wait for Democracy (By NOAH FELDMAN, Sep. 24, 2004)
* OP-ED: The Candidates, Seen From the Classroom (By STANLEY FISH, Sep. 24, 2004)
LETTERS: Mud on the Trail: Enough Is Enough (5 Letters) (By Elaine Zhong, et. al., Sep. 24, 2004)
LETTERS: Forgery Investigation (By Robert S. Litt, Sep. 24, 2004)
* LETTERS: Was the Past Better? (By Gene Asner, Sep. 24, 2004)
LETTERS: Umberto, Umbert, Um? (2 Letters) (By Umberto La Paglia, et. al., Sep. 24, 2004)
BUSINESS: Investors Respond to Rising Oil Prices With a Sell-Off
[Dow -70.28, Nasdaq +0.72] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 24, 2004)
Troubled Unit of Halliburton May Go on Block (By SIMON ROMERO, Sep. 24, 2004)
Now, Reality for Trump Looks More Like 'Survivor' (By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN and ERIC DASH, Sep. 24, 2004)
* As Bull Market Nears a Birthday, Few Seem Ready to Celebrate (By FLOYD NORRIS, Sep. 24, 2004)
To Rally Stocks, China Moves to Ease Foreign Trading Rules (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Sep. 24, 2004)
New Island Hopes to Be Hong Kong of Korea [Inchon] (By JAMES BROOKE, Sep. 24, 2004)
Overseer Says Fannie Mae May Be Due for Shake-Up (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Sep. 24, 2004)
MARKET PLACE: A Possible Case of Fudging Profit to Match Desires (By FLOYD NORRIS, Sep. 24, 2004)
Ex-Executives of Computer Associates Plead Not Guilty (By ALEX BERENSON, Sep. 24, 2004)
ARTS: The Politics of Funny, or Vice Versa (By JESSE McKINLEY, Sep. 24, 2004)
ART: 'THE COLONIAL ANDES': A Melding of Spain and Peru (By ROBERTA SMITH, Sep. 24, 2004)
ART EXHIBITION: 'JEWES IN AMERICA': Jews in the New Wilderness (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Sep. 24, 2004)
ARTS: 'ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR': Adapting and Constructing in a Dizzily Changing World
(By KEN JOHNSON, Sep. 24, 2004)
ART: 'TALESPINNING': Working Words Into Images, Artists Become Storytellers
(By GRACE GLUECK, Sep. 24, 2004)
ARTS REVERBERATIONS: Stretching Traditional Art Into Theater and Inviting Other Arts In
(By JOHN ROCKWELL, Sep. 24, 2004)
INSIDE ART: Portrait Vanishes From Historical Society (By CAROL VOGEL, Sep. 24, 2004)
ANTIQUES: Now, Baby Boomers Are Digging Guitars as Pricey Collectibles (By CLAIRE WILSON, Sep. 24, 2004)
* BOOKS CRITIC: Laughing Instead of Screaming (By CARYN JAMES, Sep. 24, 2004)
DANCE: LIMON DANCE COMPANY: Dreams for the Women, Indians for the Men (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Sep. 24, 2004)
FILM: 'THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES': On the Road With Young Che (By A. O. SCOTT, Sep. 24, 2004)
FILM: 'THE FORGOTTEN': When Motherhood Becomes a Creepy Quest for the Truth
(By MANOHLA DARGIS, Sep. 24, 2004)
FILM: A DIRTY SHAME': Crab Grass, Cookouts, Sex Addicts and Neuters (By A. O. SCOTT, Sep. 24, 2004)
FILM: 'INFERNAL AFFAIRS': Loyalty and Betrayal, With Detectives Caught in a Web (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Sep. 24, 2004)
FILM: 'CHISHOLM '72': A Trailblazer's Bid for the White House (By NED MARTEL, Sep. 24, 2004)
JAZZ: JOHN SCOFIELD: Scofield Stays Out in Front With His Trio (By BEN RATLIFF, Sep. 24, 2004)
MUSIC: PHILLIP OFFICER: Singer Matches Van Morrison to Irving Berlin (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Sep. 24, 2004)
OPERA: The Met's 'Madama Butterfly,' Revived but Not Reimagined (By JEREMY EICHLER, Sep. 24, 2004)
THEATER: 'PEOPLE BE HEARD': Darwin Gets a Cheerleader: A Stripper on the School Board
(By CHARLES ISHERWOOD, Sep. 24, 2004)
TV: 'COMPLETE SAVAGES': Barbarians in Squalor, Afraid of Becoming Girlie Men
(By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Sep. 24, 2004)
TV: 'DR. VEGAS': Rob Lowe Bets on His Wild Side (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 24, 2004)

Thursday, September 23, 2004:
On This Day: September 23 (Caesar Augustus 9/23/63 BC-8/19/14 AD, Helen Almira Shafer 9/23/1839-1/20/1894, Emmuska Orczy 9/23/1865-11/12/1947, Walter Lippmann 9/23/1889-12/14/1974, Tom C. Clark 9/23/1899-6/13/1977, John Coltrane 9/23/1926-7/17/1967, Mickey Rooney 1920, Julio Iglesias 1943, Mary Kay Place 1947, Bruce Spingsteen 1949)
Nixon Leaves Fate To G.O.P. Chiefs; Eisenhower Calls Him To A Talk (By Gladwin Hill, Sept. 23, 1952)
Victoria Martin, Suffragist, Dies: Nominated for U. S. President as Mrs. Woodhull in 1872
[9/23/1838-6/10/1927] (June 11, 1927)

Edward Larrabee Barnes, Modern Architect, Dies at 89 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 23, 2004)
Russ Meyer, 82, a Filmmaker of Classics in a Lusty Genre, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 23, 2004)
NATIONAL: Low-Income Nonapplicants to Get Medicare Drug Cards (By ROBERT PEAR, Sep. 23, 2004)
Politicians Go Courting on Indian Reservations (By SARAH KERSHAW, Sep. 23, 2004)
Accusations on Detention of Ex-Singer [Cat Stevens] (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Sep. 23, 2004)
Both Sides' Commercials Create Brew of Negativity, at a Boil (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Sep. 23, 2004)
Kerry Maintains Domestic Focus, Turning to Social Security and Medicare (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Sep. 23, 2004)
* WORLD: WEB WAR: Even Near Home, a New Front Is Opening in the Terror Battle
(By ERIC LIPTON & ERIC LICHTBLAU, Sep. 23, 2004)
* SPORTS: Yankees and Red Sox Do the Old 1-2 (By DAVE ANDERSON, Sep. 23, 2004)
FOOTBALL: Sanders Heeded the Call of the Ravens' Defense (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Sep. 23, 2004)
EDITORIALS: CAMPAIGN 2004: THE BIG ISSUES: How Not to Save Social Security (NY TIMES, Sep. 23, 2004)
OP-ED GUEST COLUMNIST: When Candidates Pick Voters (By HENRY LOUIS GATES Jr., Sep. 23, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Prince of Tides, Tacking and Attacking (By MAUREEN DOWD, Sep. 23, 2004)
OP-ED: A Chance of Success Slips Away [Afghanistan] (By J ALEXANDER THIER, Sep. 23, 2004)
OP-ED: Hope Amid the Rubble (By PETER BERGEN, Sep. 23, 2004)
LETTERS: The President, the U.N. and Iraq (4 Letters) (By John E. Colbert, et. al., Sep. 23, 2004)
* LETTERS: A Mother's Protest, Silenced at a Rally (2 Letters) (By Lynette Nickel, et. al., Sep. 23, 2004)
LETTERS: The Real Problem With Electronic Voting (4 Letters) (By Heleni Thayre, et. al., Sep. 23, 2004)
* BOOKS: President Lindbergh in 2004 (By FRANK RICH, Sep. 23, 2004)
MUSIC: NY PHILHARMONIC: Philharmonic Brings Surprise to the Familiar (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Sep. 23, 2004)
THEATER: 'GEORGE AND MARTHA': He's From the White House, She's From a Clean House
(By CHARLES ISHERWOOD, Sep. 23, 2004)
THEATER: Nothing to Sing About: A Lull in Fall Musicals (By JESSE McKINLEY, Sep. 23, 2004)
TV: Poker Pros, Now in TV's Glare, Always Want 'In' (By DAVID CARR, Sep. 23, 2004)
SMALL BUSINESS: Courting the Small-Business Owner (By ELIZABETH OLSON, Sep. 23, 2004)
MARKET PLACE: A Strategy for Shell? (By HEATHER TIMMONS, Sep. 23, 2004)
Ex-Chief of Computer Associates Is Indicted on Fraud Charges (By ALEX BERENSON, Sep. 23, 2004)
For Jobs, Brazilians Desert Their Cities (By TODD BENSON, Sep. 23, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Verizon Wireless Expands High-Speed Data Network (By MATT RICHTEL, Sep. 23, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 23, 2004)
* From Storage, a New Fashion [U.S.B. flash drives] (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Sep. 23, 2004)
* The Womb as Photo Studio (By SAM LUBELL, Sep. 23, 2004)
* STATE OF THE ART: Making Windows More Secure (By DAVID POGUE, Sep. 23, 2004)
* They Are Sleuths Who Weigh Prose (By TOM McNICHOL, Sep. 23, 2004)
ONLINE SHOPPER: A Guide for Your Big-Ticket Safari (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Sep. 23, 2004)
BASICS: With a Nod to Vinyl, CD's Take Over the Turntable (By MICHAEL GWERTZMAN, Sep. 23, 2004)
Fingerprints on File, Right From the Patrol Car (By THOMAS J. FITZGERALD, Sep. 23, 2004)
* Wireless Picture Relay Without a Camera Phone (By IAN AUSTEN, Sep. 23, 2004)
WHAT'S NEXT: Drawing Semiconductor Circuits, One Tiny Line at a Time (By ANNE EISENBERG, Sep. 23, 2004)
* FIGHT CLUB: A Kick and a Punch, but Don't Forget Compassion (By JUSTIN PORTER, Sep. 23, 2004)
* ONLINE DIARY: An 'American Idol' Hopeful's Blog (By LISA NAPOLI, Sep. 23, 2004)
Q & A: What's on Your IPod? A List Keeps Track (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Sep. 23, 2004)

Wednesday, September 22, 2004:
On This Day: September 22 (Michael Faraday 9/22/1791-8/25/1867, Erich von Stroheim 9/22/1885-5/12/1957, Babette Deutsch 9/22/1895-11/13/1982, Paul Muni 9/22/1895-8/25/1967, Charles Huggins 9/22/1901-1/12/1997, Martha Scott 1914, Tommy Lasorda 1927, Shari Belafonte 1954, Debby Boone 1956, Catherine Oxenberg 1961)
Highly Important: A Proclamation by the President of the United States (NY Times, Sept. 22, 1862)
John Houseman, Actor and Producer, 86, Dies [9/22/1902-10/31/1988] (By MARILYN BERGER, November 1, 1988)

W. C. Reeves, Crucial Ally in West Nile Fight, Dies at 87 (By MARGALIT FOX, Sep. 22, 2004)
Skeeter Davis, Country Singer, Dies at 72 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 22, 2004)
NATIONAL: Kerry Returns to Florida, Hammering Bush on Iraq (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Sep. 22, 2004)
WORLD: LETTER FROM AFRICA: Masai, Whites and Wildlife: No Peaceable Kingdom
(By MARC LACEY, Sep. 22, 2004)
BUSINESS: Fed Statement and Strong Earnings Reports Lift Shares
[Dow +40.04, Nasdaq +13.11] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 22, 2004)
DANCE: LYON DANCE BIENNIAL: Populist Europe Makes Room for Hip-Hop Heritage
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Sep. 22, 2004)
TV: 'CSI: NY': 'CSI' Moves to Gotham but Is Still From Mars (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 22, 2004)

Tuesday, September 21, 2004:
On This Day: September 21 (Charles Nicoole 9/21/1866-2/28/1936, H. G. Wells 9/21/1866-8/13/1946, Gustav Holst 9/21/1874-5/25/1934, Hans Hartung 9/21/1904-12/7/1989, Larry Hagman 1931, Stephen King 9/21/1947, Bill Murray 1950, Nancy Travis 1961, Rob Morrow 1962, Faith Hill 1967, Ricki Lake 1968)
Hurricane Sweeps Coast; 11 Dead, 71 Missing, L.I. Toll; 80 Die In New England Flood (NY Times, Sept. 21, 1938)
Henry L. Stimson Dies at 83 In His Home on Long Island [9/21/1867-10/20/1950] (NY Times, October 21, 1950)

James Page, Advocate of Emergency Services, Dies at 68 (By JENNIFER BAYOT, Sep. 21, 2004)
Norman F. Cantor, 74, a Noted Medievalist, Is Dead (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Sep. 21, 2004)
Derald H. Ruttenberg, 88, Quiet Deal Maker, Dies (By JENNIFER BAYOT, Sep. 21, 2004)
NATIONAL: Chicago Moving to 'Smart' Surveillance Cameras (By STEPHEN KINZER, Sep. 21, 2004)
Expert Faults Court's Ruling About Waste From Reactors (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Sep. 21, 2004)
NY REGION: Bush and Kerry Share City, if Not Much Else (By MARC SANTORA, Sep. 21, 2004)
As Delaware River Recedes, New Jersey Assesses Damage (By LAURA MANSNERUS, Sep. 21, 2004)
29 Hurt as Commuter Train Hits a Truck in Westchester (By DEBRA WEST, Sep. 21, 2004)
CITYWIDE: Where Bank Fled, Immigrant Tries Restaurant (By DAVID GONZALEZ, Sep. 21, 2004)
BUSINESS: Shares Drop as Colgate and Unilever Cut Profit Forecasts
[Dow -79.57, Nasdaq -2.02] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Sep. 21, 2004)
* Genes From Engineered Grass Spread for Miles, Study Finds (By ANDREW POLLACK, Sep. 21, 2004)
FASHION: What Politics? Seventh Ave. Puts on a Sunny Face (By CATHY HORYN, Sep. 21, 2004)
FRONT ROW: Designers Who Would Rather Whisper Than Shout (By RUTH LA FERLA, Sep. 21, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 21, 2004)
* ESSAY: All of a Sudden, the Neighborhood Looks a Lot Friendlier (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Sep. 21, 2004)
* Only in Quantum Physics: Spinning While Standing Still (By KENNETH CHANG, Sep. 21, 2004)
* Linking Rivers, With Happy Results (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Sep. 21, 2004)
Second Thoughts for a Designer of Software That Aids Conservation (By JON CHRISTENSEN, Sep. 21, 2004)
* IMAGE: A Far-Off Planet, on Film. Or Maybe Not. [55 AU]
[Constellation Hydra, about 230 light-years away] (European Southern Observatory, Sep. 21, 2004)
* Even in Death, These Cats Got Special Treatment (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Sep. 21, 2004)
Deaf Children's Ad Hoc Language Evolves and Instructs (By NICHOLAS WADE, Sep. 21, 2004)
* OBSERVATORY: Don't Look Up [comet impact] (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Sep. 21, 2004)
Q & A: Saving a Species (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Sep. 21, 2004)
* HEALTH: Is Prozac Better? Is It Even Different? (By BENEDICT CAREY, Sep. 21, 2004)
For Women Worried About Fertility, Egg Bank Is a New Option (By SALLY WADYKA, Sep. 21, 2004)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Beware Food Companies' Health Claims (By JANE E. BRODY, Sep. 21, 2004)
THE DOCTOR'S WORLD: Heart-Health Lessons From the Clinton Case (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D., Sep. 21, 2004)
* VITAL SIGNS: Case Studies: New Clues on Dreams' Origins (By JOHN O'NEIL, Sep. 21, 2004)
* VITAL SIGNS: Treatment: Relieving Pain Without Pills (By JOHN O'NEIL, Sep. 21, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Regimens: Excess Protein Can Take a Toll (By JOHN O'NEIL, Sep. 21, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Disparities: For Cancer Survivors, Worse Care (By JOHN O'NEIL, Sep. 21, 2004)
* High Blood Sugar Also Poses Risk to Heart (By DENISE GRADY, Sep. 21, 2004)
CASES: Connecting the Symptoms, From Skin to Joints to Abdomen (By PERRI KLASS, M.D., Sep. 21, 2004)

Monday, September 20, 2004:
On This Day: September 20 (Sir James Dewar 9/20/1842-3/27/1923, Herbert Putnam 9/20/1861-8/14/1955, Maxwell Perkins 9/20/1884-6/17/1947, Leo Strauss 9/20/1899-10/18/1973, Stevie Smith 9/20/1902-3/7/1971, Sid Chaplin 9/20/1916-1/11/1986, Red Auerbach 1916, Joyce Brothers 9/20/1928, Sophia Loren 9/20/1934, Guy LaFleur 1951)
Mrs. King Defeats Riggs, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, Amid a Circus Atmosphere (By NEIL AMDUR, Sept. 20, 1973)
* Upton Sinclair, Author, Dead; Crusader for Social Justice, 90' [9/20/1878-11/25/1968] (NY TIMES, November 26, 1968)

* Eddie Adams, Journalist Who Showed Violence of Vietnam, Dies at 71 (By ANDY GRUNDBERG, Sep. 20, 2004)
Marvin Mitchelson, 76, Father of Palimony, Is Dead (By PATRICK HEALY, Sep. 20, 2004)
NY REGION: METRO MATTERS: Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner (By JOYCE PURNICK, Sep. 20, 2004)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Sep. 20, 2004)
* BASEBALL ANALYSIS: Mart’nez Surprised by Yanks' Strategy (By JACK CURRY, Sep. 20, 2004)
BASEBALL: Varitek Can't Buy a Hit This Year in the Bronx (By BILL FINLEY, Sep. 20, 2004)
YANKEES 11, RED SOX 1: Mussina Sparkles and Red Sox Lose Their Fizz (By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 20, 2004)
BUSINESS: Microsoft Co-Founder Puts Different Spin on Sports [Paul G. Allen]
(By SEAN MEHEGAN, Sep. 20, 2004)
Online Columnist Quits, Citing Excessive Editing [Geneva Overholser] (By NAT IVES, Sep. 20, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 20, 2004)
* Sun Looks to Wall Street in a Comeback Bid (By JOHN MARKOFF, Sep. 20, 2004)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: That Viagra Message? It WasnÕt Us (By BOB TEDESCHI, Sep. 20, 2004)
In Video Games, Sequels Are Winners (By ERIC A. TAUB, Sep. 20, 2004)
DANCE: Dancers and Performers Honored at the Bessies (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Sep. 20, 2004)
TV: 'LISTEN UP': A Celebrity on TV, a Schlemiel at Home (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Sep. 20, 2004)
TV CRITIC: No Pouf, Alas, but Plenty of Pleasantries and Cooing (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Sep. 20, 2004)

Sunday, September 19, 2004:
On This Day: September 19 (George Cadbury 9/19/1839-10/24/1922, William H. Lever 9/19/1851-5/7/1925, Bergen Evans 9/19/1904-2/4/1978)
The President Dead; Gen. Arthur Takes the Oath As President (NY Times, September 19, 1881)
* William Golding Is Dead at 81; The Author of 'Lord of the Flies' [born 9/19/1911] (By BRUCE LAMBERT, June 19, 1993)

* BUSINESS: Barbarians at the Digital Gate (By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN and SAUL HANSELL, Sep. 19, 2004)
* SUNDAY INTERVIEW | WITH BARRY DILLER: So, That's the Point of This Company (By LAURA RICH, Sep. 19, 2004)
DANCE: Add Lubovitch to Lim—n. Stir. (JENNIFER DUNNING, Sep. 19, 2004)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 19, 2004)
* Booze, Babes and Introspection [Felix Dennis & poetry] (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Sep. 19, 2004)
* VIEW: Got a Beard? Don't Bother to Run (By JAMIE MALANOWSKI, Sep. 19, 2004)
Nell's Returns With a New Name, New Stars and a Cleaner Floor (By JULIA CHAPLIN, Sep. 19, 2004)
* Flip-Flopping Slip-Slides Into the Debate [John Kerry] (By DAMIEN CAVE, Sep. 19, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 19, 2004)
* CULTURE OR CHROMOSOMES?: Real Men Don't Clean Bathrooms (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Sep. 19, 2004)
* That's the Way It Was. And I Liked It. (By ROGER COHEN, Sep. 19, 2004)

Saturday, September 18, 2004:
On This Day: September 18 (Samuel Johnson 9/18/1709-12/13/1784, Jean-Bernard Foucault 9/18/1819-2/11/1868, Agnes de Mille 9/18/1905-10/7/1993, Edwin McMillan 9/18/1907-9/7/1991)
Defense Command Filled As 2 More Take Service Oath (By ANTHONY LEVIERO, September 18, 1947)
* Greta Garbo, 84, Screen Icon Who Fled Her Stardom, Dies [born 9/18/1905] (NY Times, April 16, 1990)

Friday, September 17, 2004:
On This Day: September 17 (Frederick von Steuben 9/17/1730-11/28/1794, Mercy Jackson 9/17/1802-12/13/1877, David Dunbar Buick 9/17/1854-3/6/1929, Christian Lange 9/17/1869-12/11/1938, Rube Foster 9/17/1879-12/9/1930, William Carlos Williams 9/17/1883-3/4/1963, Sir Francis Chichester 9/17/1901-8/26/1972, Sir Frederick Ashton 9/17/1904-8/18/1988, Warren Burger 9/17/1907-6/25/1995, David Oistrakh 9/17/1908-19/24/1974, Hank Williams 9/17/1923-1/1/1953, David Huddleston 1930, Dorothy Loudon 1933, Ken Kesey 1935, David H. Souter 1939, John Ritter 1948, Cassandra Peterson 1951)
* Battle of Antietam Creek (NY Times, September 17, 1862)
Maureen Connolly, Tennis Star, Dies [9/17/1934-6/21/1969] (NY Times, June 22, 1969)

BASEBALL: Rivalry's Latest Chapter Could Sure Use Plot Twist [Red Sox-Yankees]
(By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Sep. 17, 2004)
BUSINESS:
[Dow +13.13, Nasdaq +7.56] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Sep. 17, 2004)
In China, Farmers' Labor Bears Too Much Fruit (By KEITH BRADSHER, Sep. 17, 2004)
Luxury Market Blooms Near Red Square (By TRACIE ROZHON, Sep. 17, 2004)
* ART: 'IN THE REALM OF GODS AND KINGS'; 'WHEN GOLD BLOSSOMS'
Beyond the Cacophony of India to Realms of Princes and Gods (By HOLLAND COTTER, Sep. 17, 2004)
FILM: 'SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW'
Fending Off Alien Robots, but Still Time to Flirt (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Sep. 17, 2004)
FILM: 'WIMBLEDON': Learning to Win at Love With a Center Court Rally (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Sep. 17, 2004)
FILM: 'SILVER CITY': Venal Handlers and a (Sort of) Innocent Politician (By A. O. SCOTT, Sep. 17, 2004)

Thursday, September 16, 2004:
On This Day: September 16 (Squire Whipple 9/16/1804-3/15/1888, Albrecht Kossel 9/16/1853-7/5/1927, J. C. Penney 9/16/1875-2/12/1971, Clive Bell 9/16/1881-9/17/1964, Karen Horney 9/16/1885-12/4/1952, Jean Arp 9/16/1887-6/7/1966, Earl Carroll 9/16/1893-6/17/1948, Sir Alexander Korda 9/16/1893-1/23/1956, Laurence Peter 9/16/1919-1/12/1990, Janis Paige 1922, Lauren Bacall 1924, Rev. Robert Sculler 1926, Peter Falk 1927, George Chakiris 1933, Susan Ruttan 1948, Ed Begley Jr. 1949, Mickey Rourke 1956, David Copperfield 1956, Molly Shannon 1964)
Ford Offers Amnesty Program Requiring 2 Years Public Work; Defends His Nixon Pardon (By MARJORIE HUNTER, Sept. 16, 1974)
Railroad Man & "Empire Builder" J. J. Hill Dead At The Age of 77
[9/16/1838-5/29/1916] (NY Times, May 30, 1916)

Johnny Ramone, Signal Guitarist for the Ramones, Dies at 55 (By BEN SISARIO, Sep. 16, 2004)
Aaron Director, Economist, Dies at 102 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 16, 2004)
Rose Gacioch, a Star in Women's Pro Baseball, Dies at 89 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Sep. 16, 2004)
Michael Jameson, 79, Expert on Antiquity, Dies (NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2004)
Anthony Toney, 91, Painter and Teacher, Dies (NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2004)
NATIONAL: Ferocious Hurricane Punishes the Gulf Coast (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Sep. 16, 2004)
Ferocious Hurricane Drenches the Gulf Coast (By FELICITY BARRINGER and ANDREW REVKIN, Sep. 16, 2004)
Hurricane Swamped Communities Along Alabama's Coast (By THOMAS CRAMPTON, Sep. 16, 2004)
* THE ZOO ANIMALS: Noah Wouldn't Have Left Behind the Emus and Pythons (By THOMAS CRAMPTON, Sep. 16, 2004)
Kerry Accuses Bush of Hiding the Truth About Iraq (By DAVID STOUT, Sep. 16, 2004)
Democrats Seek Louder Voice From Edwards (By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD and ADAM NAGOURNEY, Sep. 16, 2004)
Reserve Chief Says Force Not Properly Prepared to Fight War on Terror (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 16, 2004)
* EDUCATION: Markets Help Endowment Pass $22 Billion at Harvard (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Sep. 16, 2004)
WORLD: Russians Cite Porous Security in Jet Bombings (By C. J. CHIVERS, Sep. 16, 2004)
Annan Says Iraq War Was 'Illegal' (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Sep. 16, 2004)
2 Americans and Briton Are Kidnapped by Rebels in Baghdad (By EDWARD WONG, Sep. 16, 2004)
ABU GHRAIB: Transforming a Prison, With U.S. Image in Mind (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Sep. 16, 2004)
THE RECONSTRUCTION: U.S. Intelligence Shows Pessimism on Iraq's Future (By DOUGLAS JEHL, Sep. 16, 2004)
Strife Drops, and Belfast Builds Again With Hope (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Sep. 16, 2004)
State Dept. Official Arrested in Inquiry on Taiwan Contact (By ERIC LICHTBLAU & DAVID E. SANGER, Sep. 16, 2004)
* PARIS JOURNAL: The Thriller From America That Has the French in Thrall (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Sep. 16, 2004)
NY REGION: At Ground Zero, New Tower Pushes Higher Than Original (By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Sep. 16, 2004)
A Visa Case With a Twist: 9/11 (By NINA BERNSTEIN, Sep. 16, 2004)
A Bird's-Eye Atlas of New York, Ready for Its Close-Up (By, Sep. 16, 2004)
* SPORTS: With Bonds Swinging for History, Cheap Seats Become Priceless (By LEE JENKINS, Sep. 16, 2004)
YANKEES 3, ROYALS 0: Jeter Is Having Fun When the Games Mean the Most (By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 16, 2004)
BASEBALL: Howe Agrees to Go Quietly as Mets' Wilpon Speaks Up (By DAVE CALDWELL, Sep. 16, 2004)
* BASEBALL: Not Afraid to Get in the Yankees' Faces, Again [Jason Varitek] (By IRA BERKOW, Sep. 16, 2004)
* BASEBALL: A buried treasure [George Sisler's St. Louis cemetery] (By Wright Thompson, ESPN, Sep. 16, 2004)
SPORTS: Yankees Study Forecast and Hope for the Best (By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 16, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Risks of Antidepressants (NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Pre-emptive Paranoia (By MAUREEN DOWD, Sep. 16, 2004)
OP-ED: The First Draft of Freedom (By PAUL WOLFOWITZ, Sep. 16, 2004)
* OP-ED: Are You Undecided? Or Not? (By LARRY DAVID, Sep. 16, 2004)
LETTERS: Bush vs. Kerry: The Security Front (5 Letters) (By Sarah Rogers, et. al., Sep. 16, 2004)
LETTERS: Is Chivalry Dead? Or Is It Underground? (6 Letters) (By Lee B. Reichman, et. al., Sep. 16, 2004)
LETTERS: The Power of Women (By Ellen R. Malcolm, Sep. 16, 2004)
* LETTERS: Wearing Black (By Harriet Rubin, Sep. 16, 2004)
BUSINESS: Shares Decline, Pulled Down by Reduced Profit Forecasts
[Dow -86.80, Nasdaq -18.88] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Sep. 16, 2004)
Coke Says 2nd-Half Profit Will Miss Target (By NAT IVES, Sep. 16, 2004)
SMALL BUSINESS: The Trouble With Buying a Business (By MELINDA LIGOS, Sep. 16, 2004)
ECONOMIC SCENE: New YorkÕs Economic Resilience (By ALAN B. KRUEGER, Sep. 16, 2004)
OPEC Raises Output Ceiling in Gesture to Lower Price (By JAD MOUAWAD, Sep. 16, 2004)
Martha Stewart Asks to Begin Sentence as Soon as Possible (By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Sep. 16, 2004)
* ART: Deconstructing the Gaze of Rembrandt (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Sep. 16, 2004)
BOOK: Politics 101, With All Its Spitballs and Sneers (By JANET MASLIN, Sep. 16, 2004)
DANCE: JOAQUêN CORTÉS: Kicks, Stamps and Lunges, Blending Jazz Into Flamenco
(By JACK ANDERSON, Sep. 16, 2004)
FILM CRITIC: On Screens in Toronto, Method in the Madness (By A. O. SCOTT, Sep. 16, 2004)
MUSIC: Four Major Orchestras Facing Contract Issues (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Sep. 16, 2004)
* TV: At Lunch With June Lockhart, Jon Provost and Lassie (By JAMES BARRON, Sep. 16, 2004)
GARDEN: A Queens Garden Gives New Meaning to 'Green' (By ANNE RAVER, Sep. 16, 2004)
NATURE: A Garden and a Life Carved From the Woods (By ANNE RAVER, Sep. 16, 2004)
GARDEN: Hell on Wheels: The Home-Wrecker in the Backyard (By DEBORAH BALDWIN, Sep. 16, 2004)
* AT HOME WITH | KITTY KELLEY: For the Queen of ExposŽ, Four Walls That Won't Talk (By FRANK BRUNI, Sep. 16, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2004)
* They're Robots? Those Beasts! (By SCOTT KIRSNER, Sep. 16, 2004)
GAME THEORY: The Return of the Sims (By CHARLES HEROLD, Sep. 16, 2004)
* STATE OF THE ART: A Computer With the IPod's Bloodlines (By DAVID POGUE, Sep. 16, 2004)
* ONLINE SHOPPER: Dogs Need a Best Friend, Too (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Sep. 16, 2004)
Take Kerry's Swift Boat for a Nonpolitical Spin (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Sep. 16, 2004)
* HOW IT WORKS: Holding the Vote-Counting Machines Accountable (By LISA GUERNSEY, Sep. 16, 2004)
Attention to (Fine) Detail Is a Camera's Strong Suit (By ERIC A. TAUB, Sep. 16, 2004)
It's Available in Sleek, but It's Going to Cost You (By TIM GNATEK, Sep. 16, 2004)
Software Tutors Offer Help and Customized Hints (By KATIE HAFNER, Sep. 16, 2004)
Mirror, Mirror Is No Problem for a Mouse With Laser Power (Charles Herold, Sep. 16, 2004)
* Q & A: Take Along the Music in All Its Many Formats (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Sep. 16, 2004)
* HEALTH: THE LONG GOODBYE: Alzheimer's in the Living Room: How One Family Rallies to Cope
(By JANE GROSS, Sep. 16, 2004)
HEALTH: Doctors Say They Will Cut Antidepressant Use (By GARDINER HARRIS, Sep. 16, 2004)
HEALTH: Price Comparison for Drugs Is Put on Federal Web Site (By ROBERT PEAR, Sep. 16, 2004)

Wednesday, September 15, 2004:
On This Day: September 15 (James Fenimore Cooper 9/15/1789-9/14/1851, Bruno Walter 9/15/1876-2/17/1962, Dame Agatha Christie 9/15/1890-1/12/1976, Jean Renoir 9/15/1894-2/12/1979, Norm Crosby 9/15/1927, Prince Harry 9/15/1984)
Birmingham Bomb Kills 4 Negro Girls In Church; Riots Flare; 2 Boys Slain
(By Claude Sitton, Sept. 15, 1963)
William Howard Taft Gained Peaks In Unusual Career, Dies at 72
[9/15/1857-3/8/1930] (NY Times, March 9, 1930)

Max Abramovitz, 96, Architect of Avery Fisher Hall, Dies (By RANDY KENNEDY, Sep. 15, 2004)
James D. Barber, Expert on Presidents, Dies at 74 (By MARGALIT FOX, Sep. 15, 2004)
Jerry Turner, Oregon Troupe Director, Dies at 76 (By JESSE McKINLEY, Sep. 15, 2004)
NATIONAL: Residents Continue to Flee Gulf Coast as Hurricane Closes In (By THOMAS CRAMPTON and MARIA NEWMAN, Sep. 15, 2004)
With Hurricane Ivan Closing In, Throngs Retreat From Gulf Coast (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Sep. 15, 2004)
Kerry Sharply Criticizes Bush's Record on the Economy (By TERENCE NEILAN, Sep. 15, 2004)
Kerry Says Washington Hides Medicare's Cost to People (By JODI WILGOREN, Sep. 15, 2004)
House Republicans Urge CBS Retraction on Guard Report (By DAVID STOUT, Sep. 15, 2004)
Five Widows of 9/11 Attack Endorse Kerry (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Sep. 15, 2004)
* Survey Confirms It: Women Outjuggle Men (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Sep. 15, 2004)
* In Chicago, an Ambiguous Memorial to the Haymarket Attack (By STEPHEN KINZER, Sep. 15, 2004)
Bleak Prognosis by C.I.A. Nominee [Porter J. Goss] (By DOUGLAS JEHL, Sep. 15, 2004)
C.I.A. Unit on bin Laden Is Understaffed, a Senior Official Tells Lawmakers (By JAMES RISEN, Sep. 15, 2004)
THE BILLIONS: Seeing Threat to Iraq Elections, U.S. Seeks to Shift Rebuilding Funds to Security
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Sep. 15, 2004)
EDUCATION: Brown University Receives $100 Million Gift for Financial Aid (By GREG WINTER, Sep. 15, 2004)
EDUCATION: National Study Shows Colleges in Need of Help (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Sep. 15, 2004)
WORLD: Car Blast Kills 2 Iraqis Following Bloody Day (By EDWARD WONG, Sep. 15, 2004)
NEWS ANALYSIS: From Those Putin Would Weaken, Praise (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Sep. 15, 2004)
Adultery a Crime? The Turks Think Again and Say No (By SUSAN SACHS, Sep. 15, 2004)
The Chechen's Story: From Unrivaled Guerrilla Leader to the Terror of Russia (By C. J. CHIVERS, Sep. 15, 2004)
LETTER FROM EUROPE: The All-Too-Human Hitler, on Your Big Screen (By MARK LANDLER, Sep. 15, 2004)
NY REGION: Finding a Future for a Troubled Girl With a Past (By LESLIE KAUFMAN, Sep. 15, 2004)
City Centers for Placement in High Schools Are Swamped (By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, Sep. 15, 2004)
BASEBALL: His Sweet Spot Gone Sour, Sosa Takes a Dose of Boos (By IRA BERKOW, Sep. 15, 2004)
BASEBALL: Bonds Blast Would Make Milwaukee Famous (By LEE JENKINS, Sep. 15, 2004)
BASKETBALL: China's Plan: Import a Gold Medal (By OAKLEY BROOKS, Sep. 15, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Mr. Bush's Glass House (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Sep. 15, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Israel's Political 'Big Bang' (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Sep. 15, 2004)
OP-ED: What Bush Did Right on North Korea (By Richard V. Allen, Sep. 15, 2004)
LETTERS: Preventive War: Success or Failure? (5 Letters) (By Charles Wyle, et. al., Sep. 15, 2004)
LETTERS: From One College President to Another (4 Letters) (By Ronald D. Liebowitz, et. al., Sep. 15, 2004)
LETTERS: Who Went to Vietnam? (By Saul Rich, Sep. 15, 2004)
BUSINESS: Oil Prices and Worry Over Hurricane Keep Shares Flat
[Dow +3.40, Nasdaq +5.02] (By Reuters, Sep. 15, 2004)
Martha Stewart Asks to Begin Sentence as Soon as Possible (By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Sep. 15, 2004)
Sony Set to Exert Influence on Discs (By KEN BELSON & ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Sep. 15, 2004)
* TECHNOLOGY: Amazon to Take Searches on Web to a New Depth (By JOHN MARKOFF, Sep. 15, 2004)
Yahoo to Challenge iTunes With New Acquisition (By SAUL HANSELL, Sep. 15, 2004)
ARTS: Exploring Design as Metamorphosis (By ALAN RIDING, Sep. 15, 2004)
ART: Metropolitan Museum Names Woman as President [Emily Kernan Rafferty] (By CAROL VOGEL, Sep. 15, 2004)
ARTS: At the Gift Shop: Souvenirs of Buchenwald (By ANDREAS TZORTZIS, Sep. 15, 2004)
* BOOKS: Literary Prize for Judy Blume, Confidante to Teenagers (By EDWARD WYATT, Sep. 15, 2004)
BOOKS: 'THE ACCIDENTAL AMERICAN': Bush and Blair, Strange Bedfellows (By ALAN COWELL, Sep. 15, 2004)
DANCE: EVENING STARS FESTIVAL: Rising, Arms Like Wings, Beneath Invisible Towers
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Sep. 15, 2004)
MUSIC CRITIC: Jazz Hopefuls, Trying for the Sound of Success (By BEN RATLIFF, Sep. 15, 2004)
FOOD & DINING: Contents [9 recipes] (NY TIMES, Sep. 15, 2004)
Where Poseidon Sets a Bountiful Table (By R. W. APPLE Jr., Sep. 15, 2004)
I'm Cooking as Fast as I Can (By WILLIAM GRIMES, Sep. 15, 2004)
AT MY TABLE | NIGELLA LAWSON: An Inheritance of Flavors and Colors (By NIGELLA LAWSON, Sep. 15, 2004)
Late-Summer Sweetness, Arising (By KAY RENTSCHLER, Sep. 15, 2004)
THE MINIMALIST: A Little Lump of Luxury in the Pasta (By MARK BITTMAN, Sep. 15, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Signs Point to Hurricane's Retaining Strength (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Sep. 15, 2004)
HEALTH: F.D.A. Panel Urges Stronger Warning on Antidepressants (By GARDINER HARRIS, Sep. 15, 2004)

Tuesday, September 14, 2004:
On This Day: September 14 (Luigi Cherubini 9/14/1760-3/15/1842, Alexander von Humboldt 9/14/1769-5/6/1859, Ivan Pavlov 9/14/1849-2/27/1936, Jan Masaryk 9/14/1886-3/10/1948, Karl Compton 9/14/1887-6/22/1954, Alan Bloom 9/14/1930-10/7/1992)
* Soviet Rocket Hits Moon After 35 Hours (By MAX FRANKEL, Sept. 14, 1959)
Margaret Sanger Is Dead at 82; Led Campaign for Birth Control [born 9/14/1879]
J. A. Westphal, 74, Tinkerer and Leader in Astronomy, Dies (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Sep. 14, 2004)
Jerome Chodorov, Broadway and Film Writer, Dies at 93 (By JESSE McKINLEY, Sep. 14, 2004)
Subandrio, 89, Indonesian Independence Advocate Jailed for 30 Years, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Sep. 14, 2004)
NATIONAL: Storm, Just Grazing Cuba, Crawls Toward Gulf Coast (By GINGER THOMPSON & FELICITY BARRINGER, Sep. 14, 2004)
THE BUSH RECORD: New Priorities in Environment (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Sep. 14, 2004)
At War Against Dam, Tribe Turns to Old Ways (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Sep. 14, 2004)
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE: Kerry Faults Bush for Failing to Press Weapons Ban (By JODI WILGOREN, Sep. 14, 2004)
WORLD: Putin Issues Plan to Tighten Grasp, Citing Terrorism (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Sep. 14, 2004)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Raising the Pressure in Iraq (By DEXTER FILKINS, Sep. 14, 2004)
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY JOURNAL: In a Fight Over King Crab, Russians Show Their Claws
(By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Sep. 14, 2004)
Glum Day for Hong Kong Democrats (By KEITH BRADSHER, Sep. 14, 2004)
* Buckingham Palace's New Tourist Attraction: Batman (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Sep. 14, 2004)
NY REGION: 'Excuse Me. May I Have Your Seat?' (By MICHAEL LUO, Sep. 14, 2004)
A Calm, but Confusing, First Day of School (By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, Sep. 14, 2004)
SPORTS: Arizona Didn't Walk the Walk Versus Bonds (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Sep. 14, 2004)
* BASEBALL: An Artist Who Makes the Field His Canvas [Ichiro Suzuki] (By LEE JENKINS, Sep. 14, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: Mets' Brain Trust Isn't Thinking So Straight (By MURRAY CHASS, Sep. 14, 2004)
EDITORIAL: The Urgent Task Left From 9/11 (NY TIMES, Sep. 14, 2004)
EDITORIAL: Wal-Mart's New Spin (NY TIMES, Sep. 14, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Taking On the Myth (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Sep. 14, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Hawk vs. Hawk (By DAVID BROOKS, Sep. 14, 2004)
OP-ED: A Great Tax Plan (for Accountants) (By JIM WEIKART, Sep. 14, 2004)
* OP-ED: Fade to Black (By JESSICA SEIGEL, Sep. 14, 2004)
LETTERS: Sudan's Agony: Will the World Act? (4 Letters) (By Dave Morse, et. al., Sep. 14, 2004)
LETTERS: Your Heart, Your Choices (2 Letters) (By Jennifer Addas, et. al., Sep. 14, 2004)
* LETTERS: When the 'Spreadsheet People' Go to Vote (4 Letters) (By Emin Martinian, et. al., Sep. 14, 2004)
* LETTERS: The Memory of 9/11 (By Theodore Bikel, Sep. 14, 2004)
* LETTERS: Chiang Kai-shek, in Full (By Rafael Steinberg, Sep. 14, 2004)
BUSINESS: Sales Forecasts Raise Technology Shares for Third Day
[Dow +1.69, Nasdaq +16.07] (By Bloomberg News, Sep. 14, 2004)
Sony-Led Group Makes a Late Bid to Wrest MGM From Time Warner (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Sep. 14, 2004)
MARKET PLACE: A Hedge Fund Master Receives Unwanted Attention (By RIVA D. ATLAS, Sep. 14, 2004)
ADVERTISING: WPP on Track to Become Second-Largest Agency (By HEATHER TIMMONS & ERIC PFANNER, Sep. 14, 2004)
ARCHITECTURE: Cooper Union Engages the Neighborhood (By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, Sep. 14, 2004)
* BOOKS: A Bush Biography for the Age of Innuendo [Kitty Kelley] (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Sep. 14, 2004)
* BOOKS: This Lad's Life: Write, Ogle. Rewrite, Ogle. Drink, Ogle. Repeat. (By DAVID CARR, Sep. 14, 2004)
MUSIC: QUARTET NEW GENERATION: Proving the Possibilities of the Humble Recorder
(By ANNE MIDGETTE, Sep. 14, 2004)
MUSIC CRITIC: A Merger of Labels Puts Trove in Limbo (By ALLAN KOZINN, Sep. 14, 2004)
* POETRY/MUSIC REVIEW: Hoping to Draw New Music From a Novelist's Old Poems (By ALLAN KOZINN, Sep. 14, 2004)
TV: 'NINE INNINGS FROM GROUND ZERO': Learning After 9/11 That There Is a Balm in Baseball
(By NED MARTEL, Sep. 14, 2004)
TV: 'RATED R: REPUBLICANS IN HOLLYWOOD': In Search of Hollywood's Anti-Republican Conspiracy
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 14, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 14, 2004)
* SCIENCE: Where Is the Hurricane Going? (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Sep. 14, 2004)
As Weather Shifts, Beaches May Pay a Heavy Price (By CORNELIA DEAN, Sep. 14, 2004)
* Déjà Vu: If It All Seems Familiar, There May Be a Reason (By BENEDICT CAREY, Sep. 14, 2004)
Preserving an Old-Forest Wilderness at the Ends of the Earth (By LARRY ROHTER, Sep. 14, 2004)
* The Right Ear Is From Mars (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Sep. 14, 2004)
* When the Vision Goes, the Hallucinations Begin (By SUSAN KRUGLINSKI, Sep. 14, 2004)
* Burial Site of Dinosaurs Holds Clues to Their Lives (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Sep. 14, 2004)
Petroleum From Decay? Maybe Not, Study Says (By NICHOLAS WADE, Sep. 14, 2004)
* OBSERVATORY: For Stress, Try Face Time (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Sep. 14, 2004)
OBSERVATORY: Speaking in Tongues [parrots] (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Sep. 14, 2004)
Q & A: Genes and Baldness (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Sep. 14, 2004)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Putting Good Bacteria to Work (By JANE E. BRODY, Sep. 14, 2004)
CONVERSATION WITH | MARCIA ANGELL: A Doctor Puts the Drug Industry Under a Microscope
(By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, Sep. 14, 2004)
COMMENTARY: When the Computers Crash, All That's Left Are the Patients (By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D., Sep. 14, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Recommendations: Averting Blood Clots in Flight (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 14, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Childhood: Shortness Is No Stigma (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 14, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Recommendations: Averting Blood Clots in Flight (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 14, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Behavior: Just Don't Breathe In (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 14, 2004)
VITAL SIGNS: Aging: Alzheimer's on the Road (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 14, 2004)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Bodily Exercise Profiteth (By JOHN LANGONE, Sep. 14, 2004)
* HEALTH: Method to Turn Off Bad Genes Is Set for Tests on Human Eyes (By ANDREW POLLACK, Sep. 14, 2004)

Monday, September 13, 2004:
On This Day: September 13 (Clara Schumann 9/13/1813-5/20/1896, Arnold Schoenberg 9/13/1874-7/13/1951, Sherwood Anderson 9/13/1876-3/8/1941)
Rabin and Arafat Seal Their Accord as Clinton Applauds 'Brave Gamble' (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Sept. 13, 1993)
Leadership, Personal Courage, Devotion to Troops Won for Pershing Affection of Nation [9/13/1860] (July 16, 1948)

Fred Ebb, 76, Lyricist Behind 'Cabaret' and Other Hits, Dies (By JESSE McKINLEY, Sep. 13, 2004)
Petros VII, 55, Top Patriarch Who Sought Religious Dialogue, Dies (By SUSAN SACHS, Sep. 13, 2004)
Jessie V. Stone, Philanthropist, 100, Dies (NY TIMES, Sep. 13, 2004)
NATIONAL DIPLOMACY: Kerry Says Bush Has Ignored North Korean Threat (By DAVID E. SANGER, Sep. 13, 2004)
Kerry and Bush Trade Charges on End of Weapons Ban, and Crime (By DAVID STOUT & CHRISTINE HAUSER, Sep. 13, 2004)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: Before Friendly Audiences on the Trail, a Looser, Livelier Bush Appears
(By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Sep. 13, 2004)
Florida and Gulf Coast Brace for Arrival of Hurricane Ivan (By CHRISTINE HAUSER, Sep. 13, 2004)
FRAUD: Absentee Votes Worry Officials as Nov. 2 Nears (By MICHAEL MOSS, Sep. 13, 2004)
WORLD: Putin Moves to Increase Power, Citing Effort to Fight Terror (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Sep. 13, 2004)
25 Reported Killed in U.S. Strike on Rebel Base in Falluja (By TERENCE NEILAN & SABRINA TAVERNISE, Sep. 13, 2004)
'Batman' Ends Protest at Buckingham Palace (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Sep. 13, 2004)
GINOWAN JOURNAL: A Crash, and the Scent of Pizzatocracy, Anger Okinawa (By JAMES BROOKE, Sep. 13, 2004)
THE DINNER TABLE: Through All Their Ordeals, Iraqis Bank on Free Food (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Sep. 13, 2004)
EDUCATION: Bloomberg Faces Payoff Year on School Plans (By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, Sep. 13, 2004)
NY REGION: A Literary Friendship in Black and White (By JOSEPH BERGER, Sep. 13, 2004)
SHAWANGUNKS JOURNAL: 50 Miles of Scenic Suffering for Fun, Fitness and Health
(By JANON FISHER, Sep. 13, 2004)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Sep. 13, 2004)
SPORTS: Federer Is Too Much for Hewitt in U.S. Open Final (By LIZ ROBBINS, Sep. 13, 2004)
GIANTS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 2: Boos Turn to Cheers on Bonds's 699th (By LEE JENKINS, Sep. 13, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Arithmetic of War (NY TIMES, Sep. 13, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Those Discredited Memos (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Sep. 13, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Protect the Vote (By BOB HERBERT, Sep. 13, 2004)
OP-ED: What Your College President Didn't Tell You (By JOHN M. McCARDELL Jr., Sep. 13, 2004)
OP-ED: The Legacy of Legacies (By JEROME KARABEL, Sep. 13, 2004)
* LETTERS: Finding True Love, 9 to 5 (By Joanne Gordon, Sep. 13, 2004)
BUSINESS: OPEC Finds Few Options to Put a Lid on Oil Prices (By JAD MOUAWAD, Sep. 13, 2004)
At Disney, Mending Fences or Moving On? (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Sep. 13, 2004)
* MEDIA TALK: No Name for Hush-Hush Magazine (By DAVID CARR, Sep. 13, 2004)
DRILLING DOWN/CABLE: Demanding More From Cable (By IAN AUSTEN, Sep. 13, 2004)
TECHNOLOGY: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 13, 2004)
* Speech Code From I.B.M. to Become Open Source (By STEVE LOHR, Sep. 13, 2004)
The Customer Relationship Expert Takes a Dose of Its Own Medicine (By GARY RIVLIN, Sep. 13, 2004)
Nortel, Under Deep Scrutiny, Now Faces Chinese Competition (By IAN AUSTEN, Sep. 13, 2004)
* Let a Thousand Ideas Flower: China Is a New Hotbed of Research (By CHRIS BUCKLEY, Sep. 13, 2004)
E-COMMERCE REPORT: AOL Expands Shopping Features (By BOB TEDESCHI, Sep. 13, 2004)
DRILLING DOWN/CABLE: Demanding More From Cable (By IAN AUSTEN, Sep. 13, 2004)
ADVERTISING: New Logo and Tagline for Xerox (By CLAUDIA DEUTSCH, Sep. 13, 2004)
ARTS: A Skyward March, Not a Memorial (By CAROL VOGEL, Sep. 13, 2004)
DANCE: 33 FAINTING SPELLS: Soaring Above the Earthbound (By JACK ANDERSON, Sep. 13, 2004)
FILM CRITIC: Sex, War and Hype at Toronto Festival (By A. O. SCOTT, Sep. 13, 2004)
TV: 'EXTREME OIL': Wilderness to War Zones: In Relentless Pursuit of Oil (By NED MARTEL, Sep. 13, 2004)
TV: THE NEW SEASON: It's Runway vs. Terminal: Sparks, and Planes, Fly (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 13, 2004)
TV CRITIC: In a Creepy World, Just Who Is Insane and Who Isn't? (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Sep. 13, 2004)

Sunday, September 12, 2004:
On This Day: September 12 (Lorenzo de Medici 9/12/1492-5/4/1519, H.L. Mencken 9/12/1880-1/29/1956, Maurice Chevalier 9/12/1888-1/1/1972, Alfred Knopf 9/12/1892-8/11/1984, Ben Shahn 9/12/1898-3/14/1969)
Steven Biko, Young Black Leader Dies in Detention in South Africa (By JOHN F. BURNS, Sept. 12, 1977)
Jesse Owens Dies of Cancer at 66; Hero of the 1936 Berlin Olympics [9/12/1913] (By FRANK LITSKY, April 1, 1980)

Alfred Solomon, 104, Innovator in the Sale of Hats, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 12, 2004)
Donald J. Leslie, 93, Inventor of Popular Speaker for Organs, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 12, 2004)
George Hetzel Baird, Olympic Runner, Dies at 97 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 12, 2004)
NATIONAL: As Island Death Toll Rises, Hurricane Gains in Strength (By JOSEPH B. TREASTER, Sep. 12, 2004)
Kerry Suggests Rivals Might Suppress Black Votes (By JODI WILGOREN, Sep. 12, 2004)
* SPORTS: Baseball's Origins Ain't Found Till They're Found (By BILL PENNINGTON, Sep. 12, 2004)
* ON BASEBALL: Some Minor League Machinations Gave Minnesota an Ace [Johan Santana]
(By MURRAY CHASS, Sep. 12, 2004)
* BASEBALL: On His Way to 700, Bonds Keeps Walking (By LEE JENKINS, Sep. 12, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNISTS: Westerns and Easterns (By MAUREEN DOWD, Sep. 12, 2004)
* LETTERS: Consciousness and Souls (By Bill Hibbard, Sep. 12, 2004)
Kerry's Stance on the War (3 Letters) (By Carol Stein, et. al., Sep. 12, 2004)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 12, 2004)
* Can Mr. Chips Transform Intel? [Paul S. Otellini] (By GARY RIVLIN and JOHN MARKOFF, Sep. 12, 2004)
GRETCHEN MORGENSON: A Door Opens. The View Is Ugly (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Sep. 12, 2004)
EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS: Not Perfect, but a Recovery All the Same (By BEN STEIN, Sep. 12, 2004)
SPENDING: The Sleep of Forgetfulness (and the Bed Remembers) (By AMY CORTESE, Sep. 12, 2004)
REFRESH BUTTON: No Shortage Of Great Ideas (By ROBERT JOHNSON, Sep. 12, 2004)
SPENDING: Is That Dog Barking Up the Wrong Family Tree? (By ROBERT JOHNSON, Sep. 12, 2004)
* THE BOSS: When in Doubt, Ask [Paul J. Norris, CEO W.R. Grace & Co.] (As told to EVE TAHMINCIOGLU, Sep. 12, 2004)
INVESTING: Your Ship Just Came In. But What if It's Low Tide? (By J. ALEX TARQUINIO, Sep. 12, 2004)
Imagining Toyland Without One of Its Giants (By ERYN BROWN, Sep. 12, 2004)
* ECONOMIC VIEW: Do Newspapers Make Good News Look Bad? (By EDUARDO PORTER, Sep. 12, 2004)
* THE GOODS: A Booster Seat on Wheels (By BRENDAN I. KOERNER, Sep. 12, 2004)
ARMCHAIR M.B.A.: Diversity as Policy, Not as Window Dressing (By WILLIAM J. HOLSTEIN, Sep. 12, 2004)
THE COUNT: President? Forget It. Who Should Win the Corner Office? (Hubert B. Herring, Sep. 12, 2004)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 12, 2004)
* ARTS OP-ED: FRANK RICH: Coming Soon: Kerry's 'Apocalypse Now' (By FRANK RICH, Sep. 12, 2004)
ART CRITIC'S PICK: Sculptures in the Earth and Colored Lines in Space (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Sep. 12, 2004)
DANCE: How Garth Fagan Keeps His Dancers Aloft (By LIESL SCHILLINGER, Sep. 12, 2004)
DANCE CRITIC'S PICK | ANNA KISSELGOFF: Building Castles on the Stage (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Sep. 12, 2004)
* MUSIC: Rebuilding Brian Wilson's 'Smile' (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Sep. 12, 2004)
MUSIC CRITIC'S PICK | BEN RATLIFF: Creating the New History of Jazz (By BEN RATLIFF, Sep. 12, 2004)
TV CRITIC'S PICK | ALESSANDRA STANLEY: 'Rashomon' Meets 'Gilligan's Island' (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 12, 2004)
TV: The Making of a President ["Jack and Bobby"] (By JOSEPH WEISBERG, Sep. 12, 2004)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 12, 2004)
FASHION CRITIC: Fashion's Spotlight Diverted by a Stampede of Tenderfeet (By CATHY HORYN, Sep. 12, 2004)
They Shoot Paparazzi, Don't They? (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Sep. 12, 2004)
Now You See It, Now You Don't (By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, Sep. 12, 2004)
FASHION DIARY: What Fashion Owes to XXX (By GUY TREBAY, Sep. 12, 2004)
* Yipes, Clinton! That Could Be Me (By ALEX WILLIAMS, Sep. 12, 2004)
Don't Try This in Vogue (By RUTH LA FERLA, Sep. 12, 2004)
VIEW: Kick! Punch! Slap! (By KEN TUCKER, Sep. 12, 2004)
THE AGE OF DISSONANCE: The Cat on the Couch (By BOB MORRIS, Sep. 12, 2004)
VOWS: Regina Carter and Alvester Garnett (By JULIE HALPERT, Sep. 12, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 12, 2004)
How Many Deaths Are Too Many? (By JAMES DAO, Sep. 12, 2004)
* MOM AT BAT: In Search of Our Next Big Topic of Conversation (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 12, 2004)
* ON THE ATTACK: Republicans Pack Punch. Democrats Take It. (For Now) (By JOHN M. BRODER, Sep. 12, 2004)
Allies Against Terror, Sliding Farther Apart (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Sep. 12, 2004)
WORD FOR WORD: Bubba Can't Bypass the Past (By TOM KUNTZ, Sep. 12, 2004)
THE PUBLIC EDITOR: Q. How Was Your Vacation? A. Pretty Newsy, Thanks (By DANIEL OKRENT, Sep. 12, 2004)
* THE NEW UPROOTED: In a Tidal Wave, China's Masses Pour From Farm to City (By JIM YARDLEY, Sep. 12, 2004)
UNDYING ARYAN DREAMS: A Voice of Hatred Is Gone, but Not Its Echo (By SARAH KERSHAW, Sep. 12, 2004)
Colombia's 3 Million Refugees, Hidden in Plain Sight (By JUAN FORERO, Sep. 12, 2004)
Hostage-Takers Teach the French the Limits of Diplomacy (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Sep. 12, 2004)
* Genesis Meets Its Apocalypse (By KENNETH CHANG, Sep. 12, 2004)
Sophisticated Traveler MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 12, 2004)
Tasmania (By RICHARD FLANAGAN, Sep. 12, 2004)
* In Orvieto, Stories of Heaven And Hell (By FRANCINE PROSE, Sep. 12, 2004)
Celebration: San Francisco (By STEPHEN MCCAULEY, Sep. 12, 2004)
* The Vision Seekers [Peruvian shamans] (By KIRA SALAK, Sep. 12, 2004)
ONE STREET AT A TIME: The Beating Heart of Medieval Cairo (By NEIL MACFARQUHAR, Sep. 12, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 12, 2004)
ON LANGUAGE: Izzle (By KATHLEEN E. MILLER, Sep. 12, 2004)
* THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Forget It? [9/11] (By WALTER KIRN, Sep. 12, 2004)
* QUESTIONS FOR TED KOOSER: Plains Verse (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Sep. 12, 2004)
CONSUMED: Maddening (By ROB WALKER, Sep. 12, 2004)
THE ETHICIST: Domestic Deceit (By RANDY COHEN, Sep. 12, 2004)
COVER ARTICLE: The Lessons of Classroom 506 (By LISA BELKIN, Sep. 12, 2004)
Trumpologies (By JAMES TRAUB, Sep. 12, 2004)
* Shakespeare's Leap (By STEPHEN GREENBLATT, Sep. 12, 2004)
STYLE: Fashion Stills (By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Sep. 12, 2004)
FOOD: A Tuscan Order (By JONATHAN REYNOLDS, Sep. 12, 2004)
LIVES: The Wanderers (By ADIB MATTI AS TOLD TO KATHERINE ZOEPF, Sep. 12, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 12, 2004)
'In the Shadow of No Towers': Homeland Insecurity [Art Spiegelman] (By DAVID HAJDU, Sep. 12, 2004)
'Democracy Matters': Plenty of Blame to Go Around (By CALEB CRAIN, Sep. 12, 2004)
* CHRONICLE: Politics: Red Bush and Blue Bush (By TIMOTHY NOAH, Sep. 12, 2004)
* SHORT STORY: The Bargain (By TRUMAN CAPOTE, Sep. 12, 2004)
* Isaac Bashevis Singer's 'Collected Stories': Sex and the Shtetl (By WILLIAM DERESIEWICZ, Sep. 12, 2004)
* Czeslaw Milosz, 1911-2004 (By LEON WIESELTIER, Sep. 12, 2004)
SCIENCE FICTION: Interstellar Serial Killer (By GERALD JONAS, Sep. 12, 2004)
'The Egyptologist': Who Is Buried in Atum-hadu's Tomb? [Arthur Phillips] (By TOM BISSELL, Sep. 12, 2004)
* 'I'll Be Your Mirror': The Art of the Interview [Andy Warhol] (By BARRY GEWEN, Sep. 12, 2004)
'The Undressed Art': A Passion for Meaningful Lines [Peter Steinhart] (By EDWARD SOREL, Sep. 12, 2004)

Saturday, September 11, 2004:
On This Day: September 11 (O. Henry 9/11/1862-6/5/1910, D.H. Lawrence 9/11/1885-3/2/1930, Vinoba Bhave 9//1/1895-11/15/1982)
Allende Out, Reported Suicide; Marxist Regime In Chile Falls In Army's Violent Coup (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sept. 11, 1973)
Ferdinand Marcos, Ousted Leader Of Philippines, Dies at 72 in Exile [9/11/1917] (By JANE GROSS, Sept. 29, 1989)

Brock Adams, 77, Senator and Cabinet Member, Dies (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Sep. 11, 2004)
* Jack Rohan, Former Coach of Columbia Basketball, Dies at 72 (By FRANK LITSKY, Sep. 11, 2004)
Ralph G. Allen, Who Wrote 'Sugar Babies,' Dies at 70 (By MARGALIT FOX, Sep. 11, 2004)
Jonathan Scharer, 56, Producer of 'Forbidden Broadway' Spoof, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Sep. 11, 2004)
* Frank Thomas, 92, Animator Among Disney's '9 Old Men,' Dies (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 11, 2004)
NATIONAL: G.O.P. Draws Criticism From Kerry on Assault-Weapons Ban (By JODI WILGOREN, Sep. 11, 2004)
EDITORIALS: The Public Knowledge of 9/11 (NY TIMES, Sep. 11, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Reign of Terror [Sudan] (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Sep. 11, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: Ruling Class War (By DAVID BROOKS, Sep. 11, 2004)
* OP-ED: How to Remember, How to Forget [9/11] (By JAVIER MARÍAS, Sep. 11, 2004)
Why Chile Is Hopeful (By ARIEL DORFMAN, Sep. 11, 2004)
* OP-ED: What Russia Knows Now [9/11] (By VICTOR EROFEYEV, Sep. 11, 2004)
LETTERS: Fallen in War: Faces of a Nation (7 Letters) (By Lauren Knighton, et. al., Sep. 11, 2004)
LETTERS: Don't Reward Acts of Terror (3 Letters) (By David Rubin, et. al., Sep. 11, 2004)
* MARKET PLACE: For Eisner, a Sharp Turn on a Trip Through Disney (By FLOYD NORRIS, Sep. 11, 2004)
Eisner Extols His 'Fantastic Disney Ride' Over Last 20 Years (NY TIMES, Sep. 11, 2004)
THE OVERVIEW: Disney Chief to Leave, Setting Off Race for Job (By LAURA M. HOLSON & GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Sep. 11, 2004)
U.S. Weighs Import Limits on China (By KEITH BRADSHER, Sep. 11, 2004)
* ARTS: Sounds of a Silent Place (By SARAH BOXER, Sep. 11, 2004)

Friday, September 10, 2004:
On This Day: September 10 (Sir John Soane 9/10/1753-1/20/1837, William T. Harris 9/10/1835-11/5/1909, Franz Werfel 9/10/1890-8/26/1945, Arthur Compton 9/10/1892-3/15/1962)
Troops Use Machine Gun on Boston Mob; 5,000 Guarding City as Riots Continue (NY Times, Sept. 10, 1919)
* Roger Maris is Dead at 51, Set Record Home Runs [9/10/1934-12/14/1985] (By JOSEPH DURSO, December 15, 1985)

R.E. Lapp, 87, Physicist in Cold-War Debate on Civil Defense, Dies (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Sep. 10, 2004)
Billy Davis, Who Developed Iconic TV Ads, Dies at 72 (By MARGALIT FOX, Sep. 10, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: How Many Deaths Will It Take? (By BOB HERBERT, Sep. 10, 2004)
* OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Dishonesty Thing [Bush's pattern of lies] (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Sep. 10, 2004)
OP-ED: Stop Blaming Putin and Start Helping Him (By FIONA HILL, Sep. 10, 2004)
* OP-ED: The Duel Between Body and Soul (By PAUL BLOOM, Sep. 10, 2004)
LETTERS: Presidential Qualities and Military Records (5 Letters) (By David Hayden, et. al., Sep. 10, 2004)
LETTERS: How Does a Terrorist Come to Be? (7 Letters) (By Zoey Chenitz, et. al., Sep. 10, 2004)
BUSINESS: Nokia Sends Tech Shares Higher; Dow Falls on Oil Prices
[Dow -24.26, Nasdaq +19.01] (By REUTERS, Sep. 10, 2004)
Judge Allows Oracle to Bid for PeopleSoft (By STEVE LOHR & LAURIE J. FLYNN, Sep. 10, 2004)
* A Farsighted New Fortress Mentality on Wall St. (By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Sep. 10, 2004)
* Firm That Was Hit Hard on 9/11 Grows Anew [Cantor Fitzgerald] (By RIVA D. ATLAS, Sep. 10, 2004)
ART: Keeping Creativity Alive, Even in Hell (By JULIE SALAMON, Sep. 10, 2004)
* ART EXHIBITION: Our Father the Modernist [Alexander Hamilton] (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Sep. 10, 2004)
ART: 'DESIGN IS NOT ART': Designers for a Day: Sculptors Take a Turn (By ROBERTA SMITH, Sep. 10, 2004)
* BOOKS: CROWD PLEASERS: Yesterday's Shocker Is Today's Must Read (By JANET MASLIN, Sep. 10, 2004)
FILM: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 10, 2004)
FILM: CELLULAR': Teacher Kidnapped! Or, Can You Hear Me Now? (By A. O. SCOTT, Sep. 10, 2004)
MUSIC CRITIC: No Fears: Laptop D.J.'s Have a Feast (By JON PARELES, Sep. 10, 2004)
OPERA: NEW YORK CITY OPERA: Oh, to Be a Tree Instead of a Girl! (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Sep. 10, 2004)
TV: 'JACK AND BOBBY': A President-to-Be and His Rosebud (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 10, 2004)
TV: 'FILM SCHOOL': For Would-Be Scorseses, the Streets Are Truly Mean (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Sep. 10, 2004)
TV: 'MIAMI SLICE': Where the Doctors Are Real and the Patients Enhanced (By ANITA GATES, Sep. 10, 2004)

Thursday, September 9, 2004:
On This Day: September 9 (Luigi Galvani 9/9/1737-12/4/1798, James Hilton 9/9/1900-12/20/1954, Otis Redding 9/9/1941-12/10/1967)
* Mao Tse-Tung Dies In Peking At 82; Leader Of Red China Revolution (By REUTERS, September 9, 1976)
Alf Landon, G.O.P. Stand-Bearer, Dies at 100
[9/9/1887-10/12/1987] (NY Times, October 13, 1987)

* Donald Allen, 92, Book Editor of Bold New Voices in Poetry, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Sep. 9, 2004)
NATIONAL: For 1,000 Troops, There Is No Going Home (By MONICA DAVEY, Sep. 9, 2004)
Book Unflattering to Bush Draws His Campaign's Fire (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Sep. 9, 2004)
* WORLD: LETTER FROM ROME: Opponents of the War, but Targets All the Same (By IAN FISHER, Sep. 9, 2004)
* DASI JOURNAL: The Chiangs, Father and Son, Can't Rest in Peace Just Yet (By KEITH BRADSHER, Sep. 9, 2004)
* BASEBALL: A Little Help on the Way to the 700 Club [Barry Bonds] (By LEE JENKINS, Sep. 9, 2004)
EDITORIALS: Unraveling Kerry's Iraq Plan (NY TIMES, Sep. 9, 2004)
EDITORIALS: A Disgraceful Campaign Speech (NY TIMES, Sep. 9, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Cheney Spits Toads (By MAUREEN DOWD, Sep. 9, 2004)
OP-ED: Give the Chechens a Land of Their Own (By RICHARD PIPES, Sep. 9, 2004)
OP-ED: Mom vs. Nanny: The Time Trials (By JENNY ROSENSTRACH, Sep. 9, 2004)
LETTERS: A Grim Milestone: 1,000 U.S. Dead (4 Letters) (By Ruth Adkins, et. al., Sep. 9, 2004)
* LETTERS: Cheney and the Politics of Terror (6 Letters) (By Eric Nathan, et. al., Sep. 9, 2004)
LETTERS: Learning From Clinton [fast-food junkie] (By Oren M. Spiegler, Sep. 9, 2004)
LETTERS: The Roots of Terrorism (By Peter Nigrini, Sep. 9, 2004)
BUSINESS: Shares Decline as Companies Cut Estimates for Earnings
[Dow -29.43, Nasdaq -7.92] (By REUTERS, Sep. 10, 2004)
ARTS: An Olympic Track for Cultural Hurdlers (By RANDY KENNEDY, Sep. 9, 2004)
BOOKS: Huge Book Retailer Expands Its Publishing Role [ Barnes & Noble] (By EDWARD WYATT, Sep. 9, 2004)
BOOKS: 'THE FIRST DESIRE': A Writer Must Be Tricky for 2 Realities to Coexist
[Nancy Reisman's first novel] (By JANET MASLIN, Sep. 9, 2004)
FILM: Serving Many Masters at the Venice Film Festival (By ALAN RIDING, Sep. 9, 2004)
FILM: Deal Is Struck for Two Albums Related to 'Fahrenheit 9/11' (By JEFF LEEDS, Sep. 9, 2004)
TV REVIEWS | 'JOEY'; 'THE APPRENTICE'; 'MEDICAL INVESTIGATION'
NBC Stakes Its Future on Success of the Past (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 9, 2004)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 9, 2004)
* At Your Service (or Wits' End) [speech recognition] (By KATIE HAFNER, Sep. 9, 2004)
A Digital Generation's Analog Chic (By JULIET CHUNG, Sep. 9, 2004)
STATE OF THE ART: For BlackBerry Users, a New Way to Write (By DAVID POGUE, Sep. 9, 2004)
WHAT'S NEXT: Semiconductors Offer a New Way to Cut the Cord (By ANNE EISENBERG, Sep. 9, 2004)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Out for V-I-C-T-O-R-Y, but Missing Tiles (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Sep. 9, 2004)
* BASICS: For a Fee, a Stream of Tunes, Talk and Video (By ASHLEE VANCE, Sep. 9, 2004)
NEWS WATCH: A Smooth, Snug Skin Extends Life of Discs (Michel Marriott, Sep. 9, 2004)
Protests Powered by Cellphone (By PATRICK DI JUSTO, Sep. 9, 2004)
The Tablet PC Takes Its Place in the Classroom (By THOMAS J. FITZGERALD, Sep. 9, 2004)
* ONLINE DIARY: Preserving the Past (By LISA NAPOLI, Sep. 9, 2004)
Computer on Board, and It's Not a Laptop (By JEANETTE BORZO, Sep. 9, 2004)
Your Own Hit Parade on a Hard Drive, With MP3 Files (By Yingdan Gu, Sep. 9, 2004)
Q & A: Putting Suspect Files in Solitary Confinement (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Sep. 9, 2004)

Wednesday, September 8, 2004:
On This Day: September 8 (Ludovico Ariosto 9/8/1474-7/6/1533, Marin Mersenne 9/8/1588-9/1/1648, Frederic Mistral 9/8/1830-3/25/1914, Antonin Dvorak 9/8/1841-5/1/1904, Jessie Willcox Smith 9/8/1863-5/3/1935, Robert A. Taft 9/8/1889-7/31/1953, Jimmie Rodgers 9/8/1897-5/26/1933, Buck Leonard 9/8/1907-11/27/1997, Patsy Cline 9/8/1932-3/5/1963, Sid Caesar 1922, Wendell Ford 1924, Ann Beattie 1947, Heather Thomas 1957)
* Ford Gives Pardon To Nixon, Who Regrets 'My Mistakes' (By Hon Herbers, Sept. 8, 1974)
Claude Pepper, Fiery Fighter For Elderly Rights, Dies at 88
[9/8/1900-5/30/1989] (By REGINALD THOMAS, May 31, 1989)

Beyers Naude, Who Fought Apartheid, Dies at 89 (By MICHAEL WINES, Sep. 8, 2004)
* Bob Evans, Who Helped I.B.M. Transform Data Processing, Dies at 77 (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, Sep. 8, 2004)
Kirk Fordice, 70, Former Governor of Mississippi, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 8, 2004)
NATIONAL: Kerry, Sharpening Criticism of Bush, Lists Costs of Iraq War (By BRIAN KNOWLTON, Sep. 8, 2004)
Cheney Warns of Terror Risk if Kerry Wins (By DAVID E. SANGER & DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Sep. 8, 2004)
POLITICAL POINTS: Democrats Launch Counterattack to Remarks by Cheney (By CARL HULSE, Sep. 8, 2004)
Sifting for Truth as Bush and Kerry Wage a War of Words Over Iraq Policy (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Sep. 8, 2004)
Clinton Reported Comfortable and Talking (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Sep. 8, 2004)
* ON EDUCATION: Dreamed You Never Studied? Be Proud (By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN, Sep. 8, 2004)
WORLD: School Siege in Russia Sparks Self-Criticism in Arab World (By JOHN KIFNER, Sep. 8, 2004)
U.S. Planes Hit Rebel Stronghold in Falluja (By DEXTER FILKINS and TERENCE NEILAN, Sep. 8, 2004)
NY REGION: Heavy Rain Disrupts Subways, Flooding Tunnels (By CHRISTINE HAUSER, Sep. 8, 2004)
Taught to Be Principals, and Now Facing the Test (By ELISSA GOOTMAN, Sep. 8, 2004)
BASEBALL: Red Sox' New Shortstop Fits Like a Glove [Orlando Cabrera] (By LEE JENKINS, Sep. 8, 2004)
YANKEES 11, DEVIL RAYS 2: New Order, and Yanks Look Like Old Selves (By DAVE CALDWELL, Sep. 8, 2004)
BASEBALL: Rodriguez Learns That Relaxing Is Hard Work (By JACK CURRY, Sep. 8, 2004)
* EDITORIALS: The Search for Livable Worlds [new planets] (NY TIMES, Sep. 8, 2004)
* EDITORIALS: After the Storm [Hurricane Amnesia] (NY TIMES, Sep. 8, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Missing in Action (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Sep. 8, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Tomorrow's 'Rogue Elephant' (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Sep. 8, 2004)
OP-ED: Does Iran Want Another Lebanon? (By PETER R. NEUMANN and JOSHUA KILBERG, Sep. 8, 2004)
LETTERS: Out of the Horror in Russia, Lessons for the World (8 Letters) (By Elliott Moskowitz, et. al., Sep. 8, 2004)
BUSINESS: Shares Rise, Sending S.&.P. 500 to a Two-Month High
[Dow +82.59, Nasdaq +14.08] (By Bloomberg News, Sep. 8, 2004)
BUSINESS: Fed Chief Hints at More Interest Rate Rises (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Sep. 8, 2004)
The Discreet Charm of the Very Bourgeois Toy Store? [F.A.O. Schwartz] (By SUSAN GUERRERO, Sep. 8, 2004)
* The Midas Touch, With Spin on It [Donald J. Trump] (By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN and ERIC DASH, Sep. 8, 2004)
ARTS: Ars Electronica Asks What Will Be Next (By ED WARD, Sep. 8, 2004)
BOOKS: 'SCHOTT'S FOOD & DRINK MISCELLANY': Food Trivia Perilously Close to Usefulness
(By WILLIAM GRIMES, Sep. 8, 2004)
STYLE: The Homework That the Student Ate (By MATT LEE and TED LEE, Sep. 8, 2004)
FOOD & DINING: Contents [8 recipes] (NY TIMES, Sep. 8, 2004)
THE CHEF: Straight From the Rabbit's Mouth (By MATT LEE and TED LEE, Sep. 8, 2004)
THE MINIMALIST: Asian Twist for Tomatoes (By MARK BITTMAN, Sep. 8, 2004)
SCIENCE: Space Capsule Crashes in Utah (By KENNETH CHANG and MARIA NEWMAN, Sep. 8, 2004)

Tuesday, September 7, 2004:
On This Day: September 7 (Elizabeth I 9/7/1533-3/24/1603, Elinor Wylie 9/7/1885-12/16/1928, Dame Edith Sitwell 9/7/1887-12/9/1964, David Packard 9/7/1912-3/26/1996, Sir Anthony Quayle 9/7/1913-10/20/1989)
* German Planes Raid London All Day; British Bomb Berlin, Starting Fires (By JAMES B. RESTON, Sept. 7, 1940)
* Grandma Moses Is Dead at 101; Primitive Artist 'Just Wore Out'
[9/7/1860-12/13/1961] (NY Times, December 14, 1961)

* Gerard Piel, 89, Who Revived Scientific American Magazine, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Sep. 7, 2004)
Nuha al-Radi, Iraqi Artist and Chronicler, Dies at 63 (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Sep. 7, 2004)
THE CANDIDATES: Bush and Kerry Clash Over Iraq and a Timetable (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER & DAVID E. SANGER, Sep. 7, 2004)
OP-ED COLUMNIST: Cult of Death (By DAVID BROOKS, Sep. 7, 2004)
FASHION: Shhhh! Pretend You've Never Seen Those Styles (By TRACIE ROZHON, Sep. 7, 2004)
FASHION: Two Decades Uncovering the Next New Thing (By GUY TREBAY, Sep. 7, 2004)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 7, 2004)
* SCIENCE: In a Speck of 9/11 Dust, a World of Chaos (By JENNA M. McKNIGHT, Sep. 7, 2004)
* The Fungi Hunt: So Many Species, Ripe for Finding (By BRUCE BARCOTT, Sep. 7, 2004)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Dental Advice: Start Early. Very Early (By JANE E. BRODY, Sep. 7, 2004)

Monday, September 6, 2004:
On This Day: September 6 (Lafayette 9/6/1757-5/20/1834, Joseph P. Kennedy 9/6/1888-11/18/1969, Claire Chennault 9/6/1890-7/27/1958, Luis Leloir 9/6/1906-12/2/1987)
* President McKinley Shot at Buffalo Fair (NY Times, Sept. 6, 1901)
Jane Addams A Foe of War and Need [9/6/1860-5/21/1935] (NY Times, May 22, 1935)

* Robert D. Cumming, 87, Philosophy Scholar, Dies (By WOLFGANG SAXON, Sep. 6, 2004)
NY REGION: Clinton Resting After 'Successful' Heart Bypass, Hospital Says (By CHRISTINE HAUSER, Sep. 6, 2004)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Sep. 6, 2004)
ARTS: A New Museum in Paris Inches Toward Reality (By ALAN RIDING, Sep. 6, 2004)
* ARCHITECTURE: Frank Lloyd Wright Stays Busy in Buffalo (By FRED A. BERNSTEIN, Sep. 6, 2004)

Sunday, September 5, 2004:
On This Day: September 5 (Tommaso Campanella 9/5/1568-5/21/1639, Giacomo Meyerbeer 9/5/1791-5/2/1864, A.C. Nielsen 9/5/1897-6/1/1980, Darryl Zanuck 9/5/1902-12/22/1979, Arthur Koestler 9/5/1905-3/3/1983)
9 Israelis on Olympic Team Killed with 4 Arab Captors as Police Fight Band That Disrupted Munich Games
(By DAVID BINDER, Sept. 5, 1972)
* John Cage, 79, a Minimalist Enchanted With Sound, Dies
[9/5/1912-8/12/1992] (By ALLAN KOZINN, August 13, 1992)

NY REGION: Awaiting Surgery, Clinton Is Up and Seeing Visitors (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Sep. 5, 2004)
* TECHNO FILES: In Internet Calling, Skype Is Living Up to the Hype (By JAMES FALLOWS, Sep. 5, 2004)
* ARTS OP-ED: FRANK RICH: How Kerry Became a Girlie-Man (By FRANK RICH, Sep. 5, 2004)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 5, 2004)
Now Serving: Serena, Warrior Princess (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Sep. 5, 2004)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 5, 2004)
What Matters Now [Presidential Race] (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Sep. 5, 2004)
SWING-STATE DISTORTIONS: A Presidential Campaign Tinged With Rust (By JAMES DAO, Sep. 5, 2004)
We Repeat Ourselves [Kerry] (By JODI WILGOREN, Sep. 5, 2004)
One by One, Iraqi Cities Become No-Go Zones (By DEXTER FILKINS, Sep. 5, 2004)
WORKING CLASS WARFARE: How 'Flex Time' Became a Republican Idea (By PAM BELLUCK, Sep. 5, 2004)
* The Most Important Article in Our History [Presidential Elections] (By TOM KUNTZ, Sep. 5, 2004)
A Global War: Many Fronts, Little Unity (By ROGER COHEN, Sep. 5, 2004)
Who Among Us Does Not Love Windsurfing? (By KATE ZERNIKE, Sep. 5, 2004)
'WARTIME ENVIRONMENT': Government by, for and Secret From the People (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Sep. 5, 2004)
* The Only Question Is Whether the Little Men Will Be Green [new planets]
(By DENNIS OVERBYE, Sep. 5, 2004)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 5, 2004)
* ON LANGUAGE: Dictionaries (By BARBARA WALLRAFF, Sep. 5, 2004)
* THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Welcome to Iraq, Mr. President (By DAVID RIEFF, Sep. 5, 2004)
QUESTIONS FOR ELIZABETH EDWARDS: Running Mate (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Sep. 5, 2004)
CONSUMED: Bluejean Masterpiece (By ROB WALKER, Sep. 5, 2004)
THE ETHICIST: Dead to Rights? (By RANDY COHEN, Sep. 5, 2004)
COVER ARTICLE: The Redeemer [Pedro Almodóvar] (By LYNN HIRSCHBERG, Sep. 5, 2004)
Portfolio: Almodóvar's Women [Slide Show]
(Photographs by SOFIA SANCHEZ & MAURO MONGIELLO, Sep. 5, 2004)
Help Wanted (By ROGER LOWENSTEIN, Sep. 5, 2004)
All God's Children (By SAMANTHA M. SHAPIRO, Sep. 5, 2004)
STYLE: Cat People (By HORACIO SILVA, Sep. 5, 2004)
FOOD: Assembly Required (By TOBY CECCHINI, Sep. 5, 2004)
LIVES: Pubs Gone Wild (By MARK JOLLY, Sep. 5, 2004)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 5, 2004)
BOOKS: 'Heir to the Glimmering World': Sects and the City [Cynthia Ozick] (By JOHN LEONARD, Sep. 5, 2004)
* 'Secrets of the Soul': Is Psychoanalysis Science or Is It Toast? (By DAPHNE MERKIN, Sep. 5, 2004)
THE LAST WORD: Imagine (By LAURA MILLER, Sep. 5, 2004)
* QUESTIONS FOR... Jonathan Safran Foer (NY TIMES, Sep. 5, 2004)

Saturday, September 4, 2004:
On This Day: September 4 (Francois Chateaubriand 9/4/1768-7/4/1848, Anton Bruckner 9/4/1824-10/11/1896, Daniel Burnham 9/4/1846-6/1/1912, John Dillon 9/4/1851-8/4/1927, Simon Lake 9/4/1866-6/23/1945, La Argentina 9/4/1890-7/18/1936, Mary Renault 9/4/1905-12/13/1983, Edward Dmytryk 9/4/1908-7/1/1999, Henry Ford II 9/4/1917-9/29/1987, Paul Harvey 1918, Howard Morris 1919, Mitzi Gaynor 1931, Merald "Bubba" Knight 1942, Jennifer Salt 1944, Tom Watson 1949, Khandi Alexander 1957, Wes Bentley 1978)
Arkansas Troops Bar Negro Pupils; Governor Defiant (By BENJAMIN FINE, Sept. 4, 1957)
Richard Wright, Writer, 52, Dies [9/4/1908-11/28/1960] (NY Times, November 30, 1960)

NATIONAL: Clinton Suffers Pains in Chest; Bypass Surgery Is Scheduled (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Sep. 4, 2004)
Clinton Operation Aims to Restore Blood Flow (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Sep. 4, 2004)
Cheney Says Kerry Suffers 'Fundamental Misunderstanding' (By RICK LYMAN, Sep. 4, 2004)
WORLD MEDIA: Russian TV Turns Away From Crisis (By ERIN E. ARVEDLUND, Sep. 4, 2004)
BATTLE IN BESLAN: 250 Die as Siege at a Russian School Ends in Chaos (By C. J. CHIVERS and STEVEN LEE MYERS, Sep. 4, 2004)
BOOKS: A Prize Novel Full of Truths That Stretch Believability (By BORIS FISHMAN, Sep. 4, 2004)
* BOOKS: Literary Treasures Lost in Fire at German Library (By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, Sep. 4, 2004)

Friday, September 3, 2004:
On This Day: September 3 (Diane De Poitiers 9/3/1499-4/22/1566, Louis Sullivan 9/3/1856-4/14/1924, Sir Macfarlane Burnet 9/3/1899-8/31/1985, Loren Eiseley 9/3/1907-7/9/1977)
Viking 2 Lander Settles On Mars And Sends Signal (By WALTER SULLIVAN, Sept. 3, 1976)
Sarah Orne Jewett, Noted Writer, Dead [9/3/1849-6/24/1909] (NY Times, June 25, 1909)

NATIONAL: Bush Is 'Unfit' to Lead U.S., Kerry Charges (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Sep. 3, 2004)

Thursday, September 2, 2004:
On This Day: September 2 (Ernst Curtius 9/2/1814-7/11/1896, Lucretia Hale 9/2/1820-6/12/1900, Giovanni Verga 9/2/1840-1/27/1922, A.G. Spalding 9/2/1850-9/9/1915, Wilhelm Ostwald 9/2/1853-4/4/1932, Frederick Soddy 9/2/1877-9/22/1956, Werner Blomberg 9/2/1878-3/22/1946, Cleveland Amory 9/2/1917-10/14/1998, Martha Mitchell 9/2/1918-5/31/1976, Horace Silver 1928, Alan K. Simpson 1931, Peter Ueberroth 1937, Sam Gooden 1939, Jimmy Clanton 1940, Terry Bradshaw 1948, Mark Harmon 1951, Jimmy Connors 1952, Linda Purl 1955, Keanu Reeves 1964)
Japan Surrenders To Allies On Warship; Truman Declares V-J Day (NY Times, Sept. 2, 1945)
Shuttle Explosion, Seven Who Perished in The Explosion of The Challenger
[Christa McAuliffe, 9/2/1948-1/28/1986] (NY Times, January 29, 1986)

BOOKS: Conservatives Cry Foul in Publishing Scrum (By EDWARD WYATT, Sep. 2, 2004)

Wednesday, September 1, 2004:
On This Day: September 1 (Giacomo Torelli 9/1/1608-6/17/1678, Engelbert Humperdinck 9/1/1854-9/27/1921, James Corbett 9/1/1866-2/18/1933, Edgar Burroughs 9/1/1875-3/19/1950, Francis Aston 9/1/1877-11/20/1945, Marilyn Miller 9/1/1898-4/7/1936, Carlo Gambino 9/1/1902-10/15/1976, Dame Peggy van Praagh 9/1/1910-1/15/1990, Rocky Marciano 9/1/1923-8/31/1969, Melvin R. Laird 1922, Yvonne DeCarlo 1922, Ann Richards 1933, Seiji Ozawa 1935, Ron O'Neal 1937, Don Stroud 1943, Archie Bell 1944, Barry Gibb 1946, Gloria Estefan 1957, Dee Dee Myers 1961)
German Army Attacks Poland; Danzig Is Accepted Into Reich (NY Times, Sept. 1, 1939)
Reuther Dies in Jet Crash With Wife and 4 Others [9/1/1907-5/9/1970] (NY Times, May 11, 1970)

INDIANS 22, YANKEES 0: Yankees Slide to a New Low Against Indians: 22-0 (By STEVE POPPER, Sept. 1, 2004)
ON BASEBALL: No Pepper Games or Comments Allowed (By MURRAY CHASS, Sept. 1, 2004)
* SCIENCE: 3 Planets Are Found Close in Size to Earth, Making Scientists Think 'Life'
(By DENNIS OVERBYE, Sept. 1, 2004)