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

Saturday, September 30, 2006:
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)

* OP-ED: Pirates of the Mediterranean [Rome 68 B.C.] (By ROBERT HARRIS, Sep. 30, 2006)

Friday, September 29, 2006:
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)

Thursday, September 28, 2006:
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)

EDITORIAL: Rushing Off a Cliff (NY TIMES, Sep. 28, 2006)

Wednesday, September 27, 2006:
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)

Tuesday, September 26, 2006:
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)

Monday, September 25, 2006:
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)

* TALK to the Newsroom: Obituaries Editor Bill McDonald (By Bill McDonald & Marilyn Berger, Sep. 25, 2006)

Sunday, September 24, 2006:
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)

* WORLD: Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terrorism Threat (By MARK MAZZETTI, Sep. 24, 2006)
BUSINESS: A Dog1s Life, Upgraded (By CARLA BARANAUCKAS, Sep. 24, 2006)
TRAVEL TUSCANY, ITALY: The Riches of Lucca (By MARK BITTMAN, Sep. 24, 2006)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 24, 2006)
* FREAKONOMICS: Selling Soap (By STEPHEN J. DUBNER & STEVEN D. LEVITT, Sep. 24, 2006)
* What if It1s (Sort of) a Boy and (Sort of) a Girl? (By ELIZABETH WEIL, Sep. 24, 2006)

Saturday, September 23, 2006:
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)

Friday, September 22, 2006:
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)

Thursday, September 21, 2006:
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)

Wednesday, September 20, 2006:
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)

Tuesday, September 19, 2006:
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)

SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 19, 2006)
* HEALTH: People Who Share a Bed, and the Things They Say About It (By KATE MURPHY, Sep. 19, 2006)

Monday, September 18, 2006:
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)

Sunday, September 17, 2006:
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)

* BUSINESS: Fortune1s Fools: Why the Rich Go Broke (By TIMOTHY L. O1BRIEN, Sep. 17, 2006)

Saturday, September 16, 2006:
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)

Friday, September 15, 2006:
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)

NATIONAL: F.D.A. Warns Against Eating Bag Spinach (By GARDINER HARRIS, Sep. 15, 2006)

Thursday, September 14, 2006:
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]

Wednesday, September 13, 2006:
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)

* WORLD: Modern Ways Open India1s Doors to Diabetes (By N. R. KLEINFIELD, Sep. 13, 2006)
WORLD: Gunmen in Syria Hit U.S. Embassy; 3 Attackers Die (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Sep. 13, 2006)
BASEBALL | Yankees 12, Devil Rays 4: The Yankees Are Firing on All Cylinders
(By JOE LAPOINTE, Sep. 13, 2006)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 13, 2006)
FOOD: Tea1s Got a Brand New Bag (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Sep. 13, 2006)
THE MINIMALIST: For Perfectly Cooked Chicken, Use Both Sides of the Grill
(By MARK BITTMAN, Sep. 13, 2006)
DINING: Espresso1s New Wave Hits Town (By PETER MEEHAN, Sep. 13, 2006)
* EATING WELL: Things You Don1t Know, Can1t Know and Don1t Want to Know
(By MARIAN BURROS, Sep. 13, 2006)

Tuesday, September 12, 2006:
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)

William B. Ziff Jr., 76, Builder of Magazine Empire, Dies (By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED, Sep. 12, 2006)
NATIONAL: In Unpredictable District, Some Say Bush Is Politicizing Terrorism
(By CARL HULSE, Sep. 12, 2006)
NATIONAL | The President: In Prime-Time Address, Bush Says Safety of U.S. Hinges on Iraq
(By JIM RUTENBERG & SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Sep. 12, 2006)
* EDUCATION: Harvard Ends Early Admission (By ALAN FINDER & KAREN W. ARENSON, Sep. 12, 2006)
* EDUCATION: Getting In Early [Harvard admits 7% of 18,582 applicants) (Source: The College Board, Sep. 12, 2006)
WORLD: Al Qaeda: Bin Laden1s Deputy Warns of Attacks in the Middle East (By MARK MAZZETTI, Sep. 12, 2006)
WORLD: Marine Report Sees Grim Outlook in West Iraq (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Sep. 12, 2006)
* NY REGION: Nation Marks Lives Lost and Hopeful Signs of Healing (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Sep. 12, 2006)
BASEBALL | Marlins 16, Mets 5: Not a No-Hitter, Just a Pounding (By BEN SHPIGEL, Sep. 12, 2006)
BASEBALL | Yankees 9, Orioles 6: Johnson Slips, but Yankees Are There to Secure the Win
(By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 12, 2006)
EDITORIAL: The Fictional Path to 9/11 (NY TIMES, Sep. 12, 2006)
EDITORIAL: President Bush1s Reality (NY TIMES, Sep. 12, 2006)
* OP-ED: The Apocalypse Will Be Blogged (By BERNARD HAYKEL & SAUD AL-SARHAN, Sep. 12, 2006)
* LETTERS: On a Solemn Day, an Outpouring of Reflection (13 Letters) (By Jodi Wilken, et. al., Sep. 12, 2006)
LETTERS: The Iraq-9/11 Connection That Wasn1t (2 Letters) (By Helen Tackett, et. al., Sep. 12, 2006)
BUSINESS: Biofuels Come of Age as the Demand Rises (By SUSAN MORAN, Sep. 12, 2006)
* TV | The Coverage: Looking Back on a Tragedy With Energy and Respect (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 12, 2006)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 12, 2006)
* SCIENCE: Pluto1s Exotic Playmates (By KENNETH CHANG, Sep. 12, 2006)
SCIENCE: Two Astronauts Make Spacewalking Look Easy (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Sep. 12, 2006)
* SCIENCE: A Conversation With James E. Lovelock
Updating Prescriptions for Avoiding Worldwide Catastrophe (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Sep. 12, 2006)
SCIENCE: She Dreamed of the Stars; Now She1ll Almost Touch Them (By WARREN E. LEARY, Sep. 12, 2006)
Study Links Tropical Ocean Warming to Greenhouse Gases (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Sep. 12, 2006)
* A Celebrity Among Ungulates May Soon Be Dismissed as a Poseur (By MARK DERR, Sep. 12, 2006)
Probing the Mysterious Migration of Swans Suspected in Spread of Avian Flu (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Sep. 12, 2006)
FINDINGS: Inspired by the Cell, With Mitochondrial Pools [Chengdu] (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Sep. 12, 2006)
* OBSERVATORY: Many More Dinosaurs Still to Be Found (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Sep. 12, 2006)
SCIENCE: The Wide, Wild World of Genetic Testing (By ANDREW POLLACK, Sep. 12, 2006)
Q & A: The Foie Gras Factor (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Sep. 12, 2006)
* SCIENCE LETTERS: The Mating of Mantises (By W. Eugene Claburn, et. al., Sep. 12, 2006)
* HEALTH: To Fight Stuttering, Doctors Look at the Brain
[Moses was a stutterer] (By ANDREW POLLACK, Sep. 12, 2006)
* For Some, Acceptance or Support Is Answer [Stuttering] (By ANDREW POLLACK, Sep. 12, 2006)
* HEALTH: Lady Macbeth Not Alone in Her Quest for Spotlessness (By BENEDICT CAREY, Sep. 12, 2006)
THE CONSUMER: Support for Patients, Just a Mouse Click Away (By DEBORAH FRANKLIN, Sep. 12, 2006)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Exercise = Weight Loss, Except When It Doesn1t (By JANE E. BRODY, Sep. 12, 2006)
* REALLY | The Claim: Heart Attacks Are More Common on Birthdays (By ANAHAD O1CONNOR, Sep. 12, 2006)
The Doctor1s World: Bright Spots, Lost Chances on AIDS (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D., Sep. 12, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Consequences: Long Hours Put Medical Interns at Risk (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 12, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Diagnosis: Paying Heed to a Sense of Memory Loss (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 12, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Exercise: Extra Gym Time May Not Help Students (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 12, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Cause and Effect: Prenatal Vitamins and Asthma in Children (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 12, 2006)
HEALTH: Speed of the Spread of Flu Is Linked to Airline Travel (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Sep. 12, 2006)

Monday, September 11, 2006:
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)

NATIONAL: Medicare Costs to Increase for Wealthier Beneficiaries (By ROBERT PEAR, Sep. 11, 2006)
* NY REGION | Overview: Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Sep. 11, 2006)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Sep. 11, 2006)
TENNIS | SLIDE SHOW: Federer Wins U.S. Open (NY TIMES, Sep. 11, 2006)
* EDITORIAL: 9/11/06 (NY TIMES, Sep. 11, 2006)
THEATER | College Life 101: Dramatically Stark Orientation (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Sep. 11, 2006)
* TV | 'Dust to Dust'; 'America Rebuilds II'
Buildings Rise From Rubble While Health Crumbles (By ANITA GATES, Sep. 11, 2006)

Sunday, September 10, 2006:
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)

* NATIONAL: At New Rentals, the Aim Is to Age With Creativity (By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Sep. 10, 2006)
* NATIONAL: More Muslims Arrive in U.S., After 9/11 Dip (By ANDREA ELLIOTT, Sep. 10, 2006)
NATIONAL: Cheney's Power No Longer Goes Unquestioned (By DAVID E. SANGER & ERIC SCHMITT, Sep. 10, 2006)
NATIONAL: At a Secret Interrogation, Dispute Flared Over Tactics (By DAVID JOHNSTON, Sep. 10, 2006)
EDITORIAL: A Ban on Carry-On Luggage (NY TIMES, Sep. 10, 2006)
EDITORIAL | Appreciations: Television You Can1t Put Down (By NICHOLAS KULISH, Sep. 10, 2006)
* OP-ED: 10 Ways to Avoid the Next 9/11 (NY TIMES, Sep. 10, 2006)
* OP-ED: We Can1t Kill an Ideology (By MELISSA BOYLE MAHLE, Sep. 10, 2006)
* OP-ED: Keep American Muslims on Our Side (By JESSICA STERN, Sep. 10, 2006)
* OP-ED: Don1t Forget Our Values (By JOSCHKA FISCHER, Sep. 10, 2006)
* OP-ED: What Really Scares Us (By WILLIAM GIBSON, Sep. 10, 2006)
LETTERS: When States Allow Concealed Guns (4 Letters) (By Heather Martens, et. al., Sep. 10, 2006)
LETTERS: Flawed Reasons for an Immoral War (2 Letters) (By John N. Corbin, et. al., Sep. 10, 2006)
* LETTERS: The Zoroastrian Faith (1 Letter) (By Deena Guzder, Sep. 10, 2006)
* LETTERS: A Professor1s Job Security (1 Letter) (By Norval D. Glenn, Sep. 10, 2006)
* LETTERS: Facing a German Past (1 Letter) [Günter Grass] (By Angelika T. L. Byorth , Sep. 10, 2006)
LETTERS: Pakistan and Terrorism (1 Letter) (By Mansoor Suhail, Sep. 10, 2006)
TRAVEL | MAINE: The Magnificent Obsession of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail (By PAUL SCHNEIDER, Sep. 10, 2006)
* Outsourcing Homework: At $9.95 a Page, You Expected Poetry? (By CHARLES McGRATH, Sep. 10, 2006)

Saturday, September 9, 2006:
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)

Friday, September 8, 2006:
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)

Ronald Mansbridge, 100, Who Started Cambridge Press in United States, Dies (NY TIMES, Sep. 8, 2006)
NATIONAL | Military Sacrifice: A Son and Soldier Unafraid, a Family Nonetheless in Grief
(By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Sep. 8, 2006)
WORLD: Fall in Deaths in Baghdad Not as Steep as Predicted (By PAUL von ZIELBAUER, Sep. 8, 2006)
WORLD: Al Jazeera Shows Tape of bin Laden and Planners of 9/11 (By MICHAEL SLACKMAN, Sep. 8, 2006)
* TV | The TV Watch: Laying Blame and Passing the Buck, Dramatized (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 8, 2006)

Thursday, September 7, 2006:
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)

NATIONAL: Bush Urges Congress to Pass Surveillance Bill (By CHRISTINE HAUSER & DAVID STOUT, Sep. 7, 2006)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: A Simple Remedy for Fear of Flying (By ELEANOR RANDOLPH, Sep. 7, 2006)
* OP-ART: Five Years of Consequence (By BEN SCHOTT, Sep. 7, 2006)
LETTERS: Iran1s Jews: Facing Another Storm? (4 Letters) (By John Chambers, et. al., Sep. 7, 2006)
LETTERS: Mao, Last Seen ... (1 Letter) (By J. R. Lewis, Sep. 7, 2006)
SPORTS | BASEBALL: Bonds Gives a Giants Late-Season Boost (By LEE JENKINS, Sep. 7, 2006)
BASEBALL | Yankees 8, Royals 3: On a No-Hit Night, Johnson Makes His Own Bid
(By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 7, 2006)
BASEBALL: Marlins Rookie Anibal Sanchez Pitches No-Hitter (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 7, 2006)
BASEBALL: In 2nd Season, Howard Moves Toward 60 Homers (By JACK CURRY, Sep. 7, 2006)
TENNIS: Roddick Returns Just as Nadal Disappears (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Sep. 7, 2006)
SPORTS: Second Drug Test Appears to Exonerate Jones (By JERE LONGMAN, Sep. 7, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY | Basics: Don1t Keep All Your Data in One Stash (By DAMON DARLIN, Sep. 7, 2006)
TV: Ex-Clinton Officials Slam 9/11 Mini-Series (By JESSE McKINLEY, Sep. 7, 2006)

Wednesday, September 6, 2006:
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)

* Vladimir Tretchikoff, 92, Popular Painter, Dies (Vladimir Tretchikoff, Sep. 6, 2006)
Astrid Varnay, 88, Dramatic Soprano, Dies (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Sep. 6, 2006)
Willi Ninja, 45, Self-Created Star Who Made Vogueing Into an Art, Dies (By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, Sep. 6, 2006)
* NATIONAL: Zoroastrians Keep the Faith, and Keep Dwindling (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Sep. 6, 2006)
NATIONAL: New Yorkers Still Apprehensive 5 Years after 9/11 (By ROBIN TONER & MARJORIE CONNELLY, Sep. 6, 2006)
WORLD: Princess Kiko of Japan Has a Boy (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Sep. 6, 2006)
NY REGION: Illness Persisting in 9/11 Workers, Big Study Finds (By ANTHONY DePALMA, Sep. 6, 2006)
* NY REGION: 9/11 Leaves Its Mark on History Classes (By JANNY SCOTT, Sep. 6, 2006)
BASEBALL | Mets 8, Braves 0; Mets 4, Braves 1: Green Breaks Out as Mets Sweep (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 6, 2006)
SPORTS TENNIS | TV Sports: Woods and Agassi: Stay Tuned (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Sep. 6, 2006)
* EDITORIAL | Appreciations: Crikey! [Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter] (By LAWRENCE DOWNES, Sep. 6, 2006)
OP-ED: Iraq's Endangered Journalists (By ALI FADHIL, Sep. 6, 2006)
OP-ED: A Way to Peace in Mexico (By JORGE G. CASTAŅEDA, Sep. 6, 2006)
LETTERS: Trying to Rally America on Iraq (6 Letters) (By Dan Shea, et. al., Sep. 6, 2006)
LETTERS: The Behavior of Dogs (and Homo Sapiens) (4 Letters) (By Kathleen S. Mueller, et. al., Sep. 6, 2006)
LETTERS: Hillary Clinton and Triangulation (2 Letters) (By Matt Unger, et. al., Sep. 6, 2006)
LETTERS: All the President's Reading (2 Letters) (By John McMillian, et. al., Sep. 6, 2006)
BUSINESS: Ford Brings in Outsider to Help Run the Company (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, Sep. 6, 2006)
BUSINESS: Big Oil Find Is Reported Deep in Gulf (By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, Sep. 6, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google to Offer Print-Archives Searches
[Google will search through the archives of newspapers, magazines and other
publications and uncover material that in some cases dates back more than 200 years.
Partners will include Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Time,
Guardian Unlimited, Factiva, Lexis-Nexis, HighBeam Research and Thomson Gale.]
(By JOHN MARKOFF, Sep. 6, 2006)
Intel to Cut Work Force by 10,500 (By JOHN MARKOFF & LAURIE J. FLYNN, Sep. 6, 2006)
Thin-Film Solution Is Closer for the Lithium-Ion Battery (By ERIC A. TAUB, Sep. 6, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Silicon Valley to Receive Free Wi-Fi (By MATT RICHTEL, Sep. 6, 2006)
ADVERTISING: This Web TV Is for You, Especially if You're a Male Aged 21 to 34
(By STUART ELLIOTT, Sep. 6, 2006)
* ARTS: Museum of Steel: Cartoon History in a Single Bound (By GEORGE GENE GUSTINES, Sep. 6, 2006)
* FILM: When Film School Isn't Enough, the EnterTech Age Dawns (By SHARON WAXMAN, Sep. 6, 2006)
FILM | 'SAINT OF 9/11'" The Gentle Life of a Priest, Made Famous in Death ?BR:(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Sep. 6, 2006)
* MUSIC: Met to Broadcast Live Operas Into Movie Theaters (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Sep. 6, 2006)
* TV Watch: For the New Face of CBS News, a Subdued Beginning (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 6, 2006)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 6, 2006)
THE MINIMALIST: Easier Than Pie: Make It Cobbler (By MARK BITTMAN, Sep. 6, 2006)
FOOD STUFF: Sweets for the Sweet, From Balinese Palm Trees (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Sep. 6, 2006)
DINING | JAPONAIS: An Asian Fantasy, Reproduced (By FRANK BRUNI, Sep. 6, 2006)
DINING: Precision Cuisine, the Art of Feeding 800 a Night in Style (By MELISSA CLARK, Sep. 6, 2006)
FOOD & DINING: Back Into the Fray (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Sep. 6, 2006)
FOOD CRITIC: Making It There Before They Make It Here (By FRANK BRUNI, Sep. 6, 2006)
DINING | Opening This September: Tropical, Turkish and Texan (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Sep. 6, 2006)
DINING: Fall Preview: Dining Out (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Sep. 6, 2006)
DINING | A Look Back: Last Year's Hits and Misses (By FRANK BRUNI, Sep. 6, 2006)
DINING: Gordon Ramsay Takes Manhattan, Tiptoeing, He Says (By MICHAEL RUHLMAN, Sep. 6, 2006)
SCIENCE: Gene Found to Switch Off Stem Cells During Aging (By NICHOLAS WADE, Sep. 6, 2006)

Tuesday, September 5, 2006:
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)

* Steve Irwin, Wildlife Master, Is Killed by a Stingray at 44 (By GLENN COLLINS, Sep. 5, 2006)
John Ripley Forbes, 93, Who Planted Many Nature Museums, Is Dead (By MARGALIT FOX, Sep. 5, 2006)
* NATIONAL: To Give Children an Edge, Au Pairs From China (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Sep. 5, 2006)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Once a Progressive State, Minnesota Is Now a Fief of the N.R.A.
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Sep. 5, 2006)
OP-ED: A Little Learning Is an Expensive Thing (By WILLIAM M. CHACE, Sep. 5, 2006)
OP-ED: The Toll of Small Arms (By MVEMBA PHEZO DIZOLELE, RACHEL STOHL & MGMT. DESIGN, Sep. 5, 2006)
* LETTERS: Death Comes to Superfolks (6 Letters) (By Francis W. Rodgers, et. al., Sep. 5, 2006)
* LETTERS: Günter Grass's Revelation (1 Letter) (By Robert Galford, Sep. 5, 2006)
LETTERS: Shopping With Coupons (1 Letter) (By Naomi Bricker, Sep. 5, 2006)
BUSINESS | Frequent Flier: In Case of Emergency, Laptops and Cellphones First
(By PAT FALLON, Sep. 5, 2006)
Advertising: In a TiVo World, Television Turns Marketing Efforts to New Media
(By STUART ELLIOTT, Sep. 5, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Online Game, Made in U.S., Seizes the Globe (By SETH SCHIESEL, Sep. 5, 2006)
ARTS: New Charity to Start Plan for $50,000 Artists' Grants (By STEPHANIE STROM, Sep. 5, 2006)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 5, 2006)
* SCIENCE: This Can't Be Love (By CARL ZIMMER, Sep. 5, 2006)
Research Shows That Plants Like a Path to Biodiversity (By CORNELIA DEAN, Sep. 5, 2006)
SCIENCE: A Conversation With Joseph M. Forshaw
A Passion for Parrots and the Fight to Save Them in the Wild (By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, Sep. 5, 2006)
Scientist at Work | Peggy Whitson: Testing Limits, 220 Miles Above Earth (By ANN PARSON, Sep. 5, 2006)
SCIENCE: Her Medium Is Mantises (and Other Small Creatures) With a Story to Tell
(NY TIMES, Sep. 5, 2006)
SIDE EFFECTS: Dogs May Laugh, but Only Cats Get the Joke (By JAMES GORMAN, Sep. 5, 2006)
Observatory: Mosses, Mites and Mating (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Sep. 5, 2006)
Q & A: Acorn Futures (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Sep. 5, 2006)
* HEALTH: When Toddlers Turn on the TV and Actually Learn (By LISA GUERNSEY, Sep. 5, 2006)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Butter or Margarine? First, Study the Label (By JANE E. BRODY, Sep. 5, 2006)
Risks of Smallpox Vaccine Vary by Virus Used as Base (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Sep. 5, 2006)
* CASES: In Dementia, Can We Wander Toward Peace? (By ELISSA ELY, M.D., Sep. 5, 2006)
Voluntary C-Sections Result in More Baby Deaths (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Sep. 5, 2006)
* REALLY | The Claim: Avoiding Spicy Foods Can Ease Symptoms of Heartburn (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Sep. 5, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS: Prevention: Daily Aspirin Use May Decrease Prostate Risks (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Sep. 5, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS: Exercise: Brisk Walk Can Counter Effect of Fatty Meals (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Sep. 5, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS: Immunization: Childhood PCB Exposure May Weaken Vaccinations (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Sep. 5, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS: Cause and Effect: Dogs on Notice in Asthmatic Households (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Sep. 5, 2006)
HEALTH | Second Opinion: When Hopes for a Drug Are Dashed, What Then? (By DENISE GRADY, Sep. 5, 2006)

Monday, September 4, 2006:
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)

Dewey Redman, 75, Jazz Saxophonist, Dies (By BEN RATLIFF, Sep. 4, 2006)
Guy Gabaldon, 80, Hero of Battle of Saipan, Dies (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Sep. 4, 2006)
* NATIONAL | Stolen Lives: Some ID Theft Is Not for Profit, but to Get a Job
(By JOHN LELAND, Sep. 4, 2006)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Sep. 4, 2006)
* OP-ED: The Summer Next Time [Academic life] (By TOM LUTZ, Sep. 4, 2006)
* BUSINESS | Drilling Down: New Way to Gauge a Publication1s Appeal (By ALEX MINDLIN, Sep. 4, 2006)
* MEDIA & ADVERTISING: A Venerable Newsweekly Changes Its Stripes [Time]
(By JULIE BOSMAN, Sep. 4, 2006)
E-COMMERCE REPORT: Help for the Merchant in Navigating a Sea of Shopper Opinions
(By BOB TEDESCHI, Sep. 4, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: New Web Sites Seeking Profit in Wiki Model (By ROBERT LEVINE, Sep. 4, 2006)

Sunday, September 3, 2006:
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)

* Gyorgy Faludy, 95, Hungarian Poet and Figure in Resistance, Dies
[Known to many in the West as George Faludy, he was part of Hungary's 1956
anti-Communist uprising. He won international fame with his interpretation
of Francois Villon ballads in the 1930's and his autobiographical novel
"My Happy Days in Hell" in the 1960's, which related his escape from fascist
Hungary and his return, and imprisonment, in a country under Communist rule.]
(By REUTERS, Sep. 3, 2006)
* Bob Mathias, 75, Decathlete and Politician, Dies (By FRANK LITSKY, Sep. 3, 2006)
Nellie Connally, an Occupant of Kennedy's Limousine, Is Dead at 87 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 3, 2006)
Dennis Spellmann, 70, President Who Remade Struggling College, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 3, 2006)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 3, 2006)
BUSINESS: A Bank Survives Katrina. Now, the Hard Part. (By GARY RIVLIN, Sep. 3, 2006)
* FUNDAMENTALLY: Why the Tide Hasn1t Turned Toward Growth Stocks (By PAUL J. LIM, Sep. 3, 2006)
INVESTING: Is a Recession Ahead? A Bond Buyer1s Debate (By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr., Sep. 3, 2006)
BUSINESS | REAL ESTATE: The Last Stand of the 6-Percenters? (By DAMON DARLIN, Sep. 3, 2006)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 3, 2006)
ART: Joe Coleman Gets a Retrospective at the Tilton Gallery in Manhattan (By JOHN STRAUSBAUGH, Sep. 3, 2006)
DANCE: Barbara Weisberger, a Former Balanchine Protégée, Still Champions Ballet
(By GIA KOURLAS, Sep. 3, 2006)
MUSIC: The New Tastemakers (By JEFF LEEDS, Sep. 3, 2006)
THEATER: Modern Clowns With a Fear Factor (By STEVEN McELROY, Sep. 3, 2006)
TV: ŒBrothers & Sisters1 to Make Its Debut on ABC (By EDWARD WYATT, Sep. 3, 2006)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 3, 2006)
STYLE: Who1s the Man? Dave [David Zinczenko] (By ERIKA KINETZ, Sep. 3, 2006)
* STYLE: Is It Over? Log on and See (By MELENA RYZIK, Sep. 3, 2006)
* MODERN LOVE: Race Wasn1t an Issue to Him, Which Was an Issue to Me
(By KIM McLARIN, Sep. 3, 2006)
VOWS: Molly Bracken and Tom Dunne (By JILL P. CAPUZZO, Sep. 3, 2006)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 3, 2006)
TRAVEL: The Frugal Traveler Sees the World (By MATT GROSS, Sep. 3, 2006)
TRAVEL | Next Stop: Monemvasia, Greece (By JOANNA KAKISSIS, Sep. 3, 2006)
TURKEY | Explorer: A Christian Shrine in a Muslim Land (By SCOTT SPENCER, Sep. 3, 2006)
HUNGARY | Journeys: Budapest Is Stealing Some of Prague1s Spotlight (By RICK LYMAN, Sep. 3, 2006)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 3, 2006)
* ADDING IT UP: Pockets Half Empty, or Half Full (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Sep. 3, 2006)
Soldiers' Stories: Endurance Meets Doubt in Iraq (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Sep. 3, 2006)
THE NATION: For Bush, Hope and Fear in Lessons of Midterms Past (By DAVID GREENBERG, Sep. 3, 2006)
THE WORLD: If America Wanted to Talk, Iran Would... (By MICHAEL SLACKMAN, Sep. 3, 2006)
THE BASICS: A Deadline That1s Less Than It Seems (By HELENE COOPER, Sep. 3, 2006)
THE BASICS: The Loneliness of the Air Traffic Controller (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Sep. 3, 2006)
LAUGHING LINES: Jay Leno and David Letterman (NY TIMES, Sep. 3, 2006)
* SCORING | The Essay Question: Perfect1s New Profile, Warts and All (By TAMAR LEWIN, Sep. 3, 2006)
THE NATION: The Man From Munich, Ever Alive in American Politics (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Sep. 3, 2006)
World View Podcast (By CALVIN SIMS, Sep. 3, 2006)
The Week of Aug. 27-Sept. 2 | GRAPHICS: Caught, Released, Recovered (By M. K. Mabry, Sep. 3, 2006)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 3, 2006)
* ON LANGUAGE: Moon Bats & Wing Nuts (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Sep. 3, 2006)
The Way We Live Now: The I1m-Not-Ugly American (By ANN HULBERT, Sep. 3, 2006)
* Questions for Gloria Steinem: All About Eve (By DEBORAH SOLOMON, Sep. 3, 2006)
CONSUMED: Gaming the System (By ROB WALKER, Sep. 3, 2006)
IDEA LAB: It1s Congress1s War, Too (By KENNETH ANDERSON, Sep. 3, 2006)
THE ETHICIST: Bad Bidness (By RANDY COHEN, Sep. 3, 2006)
COVER ARTICLE: A Film of One1s Own [Vera Farmiga] (By LYNN HIRSCHBERG, Sep. 3, 2006)
* The World According to China [UN Ambassador Wang Guangya] (By JAMES TRAUB, Sep. 3, 2006)
Besieged [Tyre, Lebanon} (By SCOTT ANDERSON, Sep. 3, 2006)
STYLE: Double Vision (By ALIX BROWNEM, Sep. 3, 2006)
STYLE | APPEARANCES: Urban Renewal (By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Sep. 3, 2006)
FOOD: Green Giant (By SARA DICKERMAN, Sep. 3, 2006)
LIVES: Class Project (By NOAH MACKERT, Sep. 3, 2006)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 3, 2006)

Saturday, September 2, 2006:
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)

Hrishikesh Mukherjee, 83, Veteran Director of Indian Films, Is Dead (By HARESH PANDYA, Sep. 2, 2006)
Charlie Wagner, 93, a Red Sox Veteran, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 2, 2006)
Guy Weill, 92, Noted Collector of Asian Art, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 2, 2006)
WORLD | News Analysis: Bush's Shift of Tone on Iraq: The Grim Cost of Losing (By DAVID E. SANGER, Sep. 2, 2006)

Friday, September 1, 2006:
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)

BUSINESS: For New Lawyers, the Going Rate Has Gone Up (By ELLEN ROSEN, Sep. 1, 2006)