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

Tuesday, September 30, 2003:
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)

M. N. Rosenbluth, 76, an H-Bomb Developer, Is Dead (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Sep. 30, 2003)
The Rev. Joseph T. Cahill, 94, Longtime St. John's President, Dies (By ERIC PACE, Sep. 30, 2003)
Benjamin Shimberg, 85, Expert on Testing in the Professions, Dies (By ERIC PACE, Sep. 30, 2003)
William C. Morris, 74, Innovator In Children's Book Marketing, Dies (By EDEN ROSS LIPSON, Sep. 30, 2003)
NATIONAL: Justice Dept. Starts Inquiry on Leak of C.I.A. Officer's Identity
(By ERIC LICHTBLAU & RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Sep. 30, 2003)
Huffington Drops Out of the California Recall Race (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 30, 2003)
Big Increase Seen in People Lacking Health Insurance (By ROBERT PEAR, Sep. 30, 2003)
Washington Insiders' New Firm Consults on Contracts in Iraq (By DOUGLAS JEHL, Sep. 30, 2003)
* Universities Tighten Rules on Faculty-Student Relationships (By SARA RIMER, Sep. 30, 2003)
EDUCATION: New York City's Schools Fear a Wave of Transfers (By ELISSA GOOTMAN, Sep. 30, 2003)
WORLD: Vast, Unsecure Iraqi Arms Depots Could Take Years to Dispose Of
(By LOWELL BERGMAN & ERIC SCHMITT, Sep. 30, 2003)
China Angered by Reported Orgy Involving Japanese Tourists (By JOSEPH KAHN, Sep. 30, 2003)
Blair Defends Iraq War at Party Meeting (By WARREN HOGE, Sep. 30, 2003)
* PARIS JOURNAL: A Photo Op: O Say, Can You See the Eiffel Tower? (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Sep. 30, 2003)
* NY REGION: The Letters and the Law [shop awnings] (By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS, Sep. 30, 2003)
* Like a Children's Author, for the Very First Time [Madonna] (By ROBERT F. WORTH, Sep. 30, 2003)
For a Changing City, New Pieces to a Lead-Poison Puzzle (By KIRK JOHNSON, Sep. 30, 2003)
* PUBLIC LIVES: Remembering 9/11, With Numbness and With Rage (By CHRIS HEDGES, Sep. 30, 2003)
NYC: In the Words of Gandhi, Go to Jail (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Sep. 30, 2003)
SPORTS: Yankees Not Cocky, but More Confident (By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 30, 2003)
SPORTS: Division Title Is Not Enough for the Braves (By RAY GLIER, Sep. 30, 2003)
TWINS 3, YANKEES 1: Minnesota Wins Opener in the Bronx (By BILL FINLEY, Sep. 30, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Disclosure at the Medical Journals (NY TIMES, Sep. 30, 2003)
OP-ED: Who's Sordid Now? [Cronyism in our Iraqi debacle] (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Sep. 30, 2003)
OP-ED: The Presidency Wars (By DAVID BROOKS, Sep. 30, 2003)
OP-ED: Dialing for Dollars (By IAN AYRES, Sep. 30, 2003)
OP-ED: Rusty and Radioactive (By ASHOT SARKISSOV, Sep. 30, 2003)
OP-ED: The Gold in Baseball's Diamond (By ANDREW ZIMBALIST, Sep. 30, 2003)
LETTERS: Left and Right in the Ivory Tower (6 Letters) (By PAUL STEINLE, et. al., Sep. 30, 2003)
LETTERS: Iraq, and Lessons Still Not Learned (5 Letters) (JOHN G. RUGGIE, et. al., Sep. 30, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Rise as Investors Capitalize on Last Week's Slump
[Dow +67, Nasdaq +32] (By REUTERS, Sep. 30, 2003)
* MARKET PLACE: A Cold Stock Becomes Really Hot (By FLOYD NORRIS, Sep. 30, 2003)
* Sun Says Quarterly Loss Will Be More Than Expected (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, Sep. 30, 2003)
I.B.M. to Disclose Power-Saving Chip Design (By STEVE LOHR, Sep. 30, 2003)
With More Cash in Hand, Americans Keep Spending (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 30, 2003)
BUSINESS TRAVEL: Gadgets to Go: A Little Something for the Road (By SUSAN STELLIN, Sep. 30, 2003)
ART: New Museum Joins Forces With Artists' Web Site (By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL, Sep. 30, 2003)
* ARCHITECTURE: Scrimmage in Chicago Between Old and New (By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Sep. 30, 2003)
* BOOKS: 'FEAR'S EMPIRE': The Trouble With Eagles and Owls [Benjamin R. Barber]
["War, Terrorism and Democracy"] (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Sep. 30, 2003)
* DANCE: A Year With a Mentor. Now Comes the Test. (By JULIE SALAMON, Sep. 30, 2003)
* FILM: AN APPRECIATION: Elia Kazan's Landscape of Desire (By A. O. SCOTT, Sep. 30, 2003)
FILM: NEW DVD'S: Footwork, From Soccer Kicks to 'Dandy' Hoofing (By PETER M. NICHOLS, Sep. 30, 2003)
MUSIC: Not Quite the Real Thing but Stars Just the Same (By DAVID BERNSTEIN, Sep. 30, 2003)
MUSIC: AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Twelve-Tone Works Pitched to the Emotion of Protest
(By ANNE MIDGETTE, Sep. 30, 2003)
THEATER: 'DUTCH HEART OF MAN': Anachronism in a T-Shirt, Bewildered by a Fast-Moving World
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Sep. 30, 2003)
TV Network Ratings: Frowns or Smiles (By BILL CARTER, Sep. 30, 2003)
* SCIENTIST AT WORK: Other Dimensions? She's in Pursuit (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Sep. 30, 2003)
Taking the Oceans' Pulse, With Help From Robot Subs (By KENNETH CHANG, Sep. 30, 2003)
Small, Isolated Elephants Follow Own Evolutionary Path (By MARK DERR, Sep. 30, 2003)
CONVERSATION WITH | EVA HARRIS: How the Simple Side of High-Tech Makes the Developing World Better
(By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, Sep. 30, 2003)
Big Teeth in Ancient Jaw Offer Clues About Our Ancestors (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Sep. 30, 2003)
OBSERVATORY: A Quickly Acquired Taste (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Sep. 30, 2003)
Q & A: A Fatal Fungus (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Sep. 30, 2003)
* HEALTH: Two Boys, Joined Skulls, One Goal: Two Lives (By DENISE GRADY, Sep. 30, 2003)
DOCTOR'S WORLD: On Guard Against SARS, Inside the Laboratory and Out (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D., Sep. 30, 2003)
Drugs Show Promise in Children With Arthritis (By JESSICA KOVLER, Sep. 30, 2003)
Doctors Call Attention to Bladder Cancer (By SUSAN GILBERT, Sep. 30, 2003)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Addiction: A Brain Ailment, Not a Moral Lapse (By JANE E. BRODY, Sep. 30, 2003)
CASES: Paying Heed to Problems of the Heart (By BARBARA CAIN, Sep. 30, 2003)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Investing in the Airways (By JOHN LANGONE, Sep. 30, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Testing: A Closer Look at Women's Hearts (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 30, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Cause and Effect: Linked Again: Fat and Disease (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 30, 2003)

Monday, September 29, 2003:
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)

* Elia Kazan, Influential Director, Is Dead at 94 (By MERVYN ROTHSTEIN, Sep. 29, 2003)
* Althea Gibson, First Black Player to Win Wimbledon and U.S. Titles, Dies at 76 (By ROBERT McG. THOMAS Jr., Sep. 29, 2003)
NATIONAL: Bush '04 Readying for One Democrat, Not 10
(By RICHARD W. STEVENSON & ADAM NAGOURNEY, Sep. 29, 2003)
A Confident Schwarzenegger Steps Up Attacks on Davis (By CHARLIE LeDUFF, Sep. 29, 2003)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: President Bestows Nicknames and Gets Star Treatment, but No Aid
(By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Sep. 29, 2003)
WORLD: Agency Belittles Information Given by Iraq Defectors (By DOUGLAS JEHL, Sep. 29, 2003)
New Criticism on Prewar Use of Intelligence
(By CARL HULSE and DAVID E. SANGER, Sep. 29, 2003)
Pope Names 31 Cardinals, Future Voters on Succession (By FRANK BRUNI, Sep. 29, 2003)
Most of Italy Is Blacked Out for Several Hours (By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO, Sep. 29, 2003)
Stunted by Illness, Tibetan Villagers Ponder Flight (By JIM YARDLEY, Sep. 29, 2003)
* COCHIN JOURNAL: This Guru Hugs a Lot, and Gets Lots of Love Back
[50th birthday of guru, Mata Amritanandamayi, known as Amma, or Mother]
(By AMY WALDMAN, Sep. 29, 2003)
NY REGION: 51 Are Arrested in Scheme to Collect Millions for Fake Accidents
(By SHAILA K. DEWAN, Sep. 29, 2003)
Photographers Make Art as Another Way of Seeing (By ERIN CHAN, Sep. 29, 2003)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Sep. 29, 2003)
SPORTS: No. 200 for Wells Is No. 1 for Clemens (as Manager) (By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 29, 2003)
The Tigers Are Glad They Didn't Make History [119 defeats] (By JOE LAPOINTE, Sep. 29, 2003)
* TENNIS: Gibson Deserved a Better Old Age (By GEORGE VECSEY, Sep. 29, 2003)
VIKINGS 35, 49ERS 7: Moss Snags the Spotlight From Owens (By THOMAS GEORGE, Sep. 29, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Reagan, Man of Letters (NY TIMES, Sep. 29, 2003)
OP-ED: The Mask of Warka (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Sep. 29, 2003)
OP-ED: The Lost Boys (By BOB HERBERT, Sep. 29, 2003)
OP-ED: China Censors a Senator (By ROSS TERRILL, Sep. 29, 2003)
OP-ED: The Big Snapple (By HENRY ALFORD, Sep. 29, 2003)
LETTERS: NASA and Hubris: A Deadly Mix (5 Letters) (By LOUIS GETOFF, et. al., Sep. 29, 2003)
Repelling the Invasion of the Bugs (2 Letters) (By MICHAEL HOFFMAN, et. al., Sep. 29, 2003)
BUSINESS: CD Price Cuts Could Mean New Artists Will Suffer (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Sep. 29, 2003)
Looking to Recapture Glory, Department Stores Revamp (By TRACIE ROZHON, Sep. 29, 2003)
Playboy Focuses on Wal-Mart, Which Doesn't Sell the Magazine (By CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Sep. 29, 2003)
MEDIA TALK: Spiked Magazine Articles Find a New Life & Readers in 'Killed' Anthology
(By DAVID CARR, Sep. 29, 2003)
* Netflix Uses Speed to Fend Off Wal-Mart Challenge (By NICHOLAS THOMPSON, Sep. 29, 2003)
* TECHNOLOGY: In Handling Innovation, Patience Is a Virtue (By JULIE FLAHERTY, Sep. 29, 2003)
* E-COMMERCE REPORT: Waiting for Latest Amazon Effect (By BOB TEDESCHI, Sep. 29, 2003)
* How to Find That Needle Hopelessly Lost in the Haystack (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Sep. 29, 2003)
* The Role of the Delete Key in Blog (By MICHAEL FALCONE, Sep. 29, 2003)
PATENTS: A Stroll Through Patent History (By TERESA RIORDAN, Sep. 29, 2003)
To Fix Software Flaws, Microsoft Invites Attack (By STEVE LOHR, Sep. 29, 2003)
NEW ECONOMY: Guarding Privacy vs. Enforcing Copyrights (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Sep. 29, 2003)
Digital Photographs Become Coffee-Table Books (By MARK GLASER, Sep. 29, 2003)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 29, 2003)
* ART: Under El Greco's Spell (By CAROL VOGEL, Sep. 29, 2003)
ARTS Briefing[Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) meets Fernande Olivier (1881-1966)]
(By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Sep. 29, 2003)
* DANCE: 'BASEBALL': It's Déjà Vu All Over Again With Fantasy in the Outfield
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Sep. 29, 2003)
FILM: Appeareth St. John, Quietly, Cautiously (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Sep. 29, 2003)
MUSIC CRITIC: Back Together, for Better or Worse [Simon & Garfunkel]
(By JON PARELES, Sep. 29, 2003)
THEATER: Rosie the Producer, Navigating Broadway (By JESSE McKINLEY, Sep. 29, 2003)

Sunday, September 28, 2003:
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)

* Donald O'Connor, Who Danced Through Many Hollywood Musicals, Dies at 78 (By RICHARD SEVERO, Sep. 28, 2003)
Ex-Gov. Hugh Gregg, 85, New Hampshire Republican, Is Dead (By ERIC PACE, Sep. 28, 2003)
John Orrell, 68, Historian on New Globe Theater, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 28, 2003)
NATIONAL: As Recall Vote Nears, Davis Goes on Offensive (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Sep. 28, 2003)
POLITICAL POINTS: Rivals, Yes. Pals, Maybe. (By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, Sep. 28, 2003)
On the Final Journey, One Size Doesn't Fit All (By WARREN ST. JOHN, Sep. 28, 2003)
EDUCATION: Investment Gains Lift Endowments at Leading Colleges (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Sep. 28, 2003)
WORLD: Russia Won't End Accord With Iran to Build Reactor (By DAVID E. SANGER, Sep. 28, 2003)
Iraqi Family Ties Complicate American Efforts for Change (By JOHN TIERNEY, Sep. 28, 2003)
RESISTANCE: U.S. Compound in Baghdad Is Hit in Attack (By IAN FISHER, Sep. 28, 2003)
NY REGION: Where Security at the Airport Is Up to You (By MARC SANTORA, Sep. 28, 2003)
For New Gossip in Town, Buzz and Drawn Daggers (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Sep. 28, 2003)
Rethinking the Key Thrown Away (By PAUL von ZIELBAUER, Sep. 28, 2003)
BUSINESS: How Bank of America Stumbled (By PATRICK McGEEHAN & RIVA D. ATLAS, Sep. 28, 2003)
I Dream of Royalties (By GARY RIVLIN, Sep. 28, 2003)
* Need Change for a $20 Bill? Call Hollywood [redesigned currency] (By BETSY STREISAND, Sep. 28, 2003)
MARKET WATCH: Taking a Closer Look at Debt (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Sep. 28, 2003)
* BUSINESS PEOPLE: He Takes a Day Off but Gets a Triple-A at Standard & Poor's (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, Sep. 28, 2003)
* PRIVATE SECTOR: Closing His Eyes, He Sees a Path
[Lawyer Jonathan Fields changes career to teach Sonic Yoga in NYC]
(By MARCI ALBOHER NUSBAUM, Sep. 28, 2003)
THE BOSS: To Stay 19 Forever (By VAN TOFFLER, Written with Bill Carter, Sep. 28, 2003)
* STRATEGIES: Yes, the Insiders Are Selling. But Should You? (By MARK HULBERT, Sep. 28, 2003)
Grid Worry Helps Some Tech Stocks (By JOHN KIMELMAN, Sep. 28, 2003)
MARKET INSIGHT: In Earnings, a Stack of Reasons to Cheer (By KENNETH N. GILPIN, Sep. 28, 2003)
Household Names, Over the Counter [Cathay Pacific, Nestlé, Heineken] (By ERIC UHLFELDER, Sep. 28, 2003)
* ART: Midnight, and the Kitties Are Painting [Andrew Lloyd Webber's Victorian art]
(By ALAN RIDING, Sep. 28, 2003)
* ART: 'Strapless': Sargent's Scandalous Portrait
[Deborah Davis's book on the fall of "Madame X", Amelie Gautreau]
(By MIRANDA SEYMOUR, Sep. 28, 2003)
ART: Middlebrow à la Mode: The Dahesh Made Over (By CAROL KINO, Sep. 28, 2003)
ARCHITECTURE: The Design Image vs. the Reality [Trump Tower] (By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Sep. 28, 2003)
* DANCE: Barbie Dances, With Help From City Ballet (By VALERIE GLADSTONE, Sep. 28, 2003)
MUSIC: Aretha, So Damn Happy About Her New Album (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Sep. 28, 2003)
MUSIC: TUNING UP: Passion Runs Through It, in More Ways Than One
[Berlioz's "Roméo et Juliette"] (By PAUL GRIFFITHS, Sep. 28, 2003)
Doing Right by the Songwriters (By KELEFA SANNEH, Sep. 28, 2003)
PHOTOGRAPHY: Working Girls, Without Exoticism (By PHILIP GEFTER, Sep. 28, 2003)
THEATER: Margaret Cho Has Something on Her Mind: Herself (By SARAH HEPOLA, Sep. 28, 2003)
TV: The Whitest Black Girl on TV (By BAZ DREISINGER, Sep. 28, 2003)
TV: On TV, Men Are the New Women (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 28, 2003)
* TV: FRANK RICH: Travels With George and Carville (By FRANK RICH, Sep. 28, 2003)
STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 28, 2003)
CULTURAL STUDIES: The Evolution of the Black Sheep (By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Sep. 28, 2003)
Sneaker Stories: Following the Trail of a Cultural Shift (By ERIC DEMBY, Sep. 28, 2003)
* GOOD COMPANY: As Ye Reap, So Shall Ye Feed
[Paul Wade: "Nothing I do is about making money."] (By LOIS SMITH BRADY, Sep. 28, 2003)
SLIDE SHOW: PULSE: Hot Potatoes, Going Fast (By ELLEN TIEN, Sep. 28, 2003)
A NIGHT OUT WITH: Gina Gershon: Taking It on the Road (By JULIA CHAPLIN, Sep. 28, 2003)
POSSESSED: A Shiny Symbol of Innocence Keeps Reality in Its Place (By DAVID COLMAN, Sep. 28, 2003)
ON THE STREET: Fan Wear (By BILL CUNNINGHAM, Sep. 28, 2003)
VOWS: Patricia Alcivar and Brian Danielian (By ELAINE LOUIE, Sep. 28, 2003)
TRAVEL: Content (NY TIMES, Sep. 28, 2003)
A Stage Set on the High Seas Off Mexico (By TONI SCHLESINGER, Sep. 28, 2003)
* ESSAY: Such Jobs as Dreams Are Made On [QE2 Times] (By JOAN MOTYKA, Sep. 28, 2003)
Web Research, Stem to Stern (By BOB TEDESCHI, Sep. 28, 2003)
TRAVEL ADVISORY: Orbitz; An Opera House in Napa Valley; Korean Art in Honolulu
(By BOB TEDESCHI, et. al., Sep. 28, 2003)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 28, 2003)
HARD SELL: In a Democracy, the President Is Also Salesman in Chief (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Sep. 28, 2003)
Terrorists Blaze a New Money Trail (By DON VAN NATTA Jr., Sep. 28, 2003)
SPEND SOME, LOSE SOME: In California, the Propositions Keep Rolling Along
(By DEAN E. MURPHY, Sep. 28, 2003)
* The Level of Discourse Continues to Slide [PowerPoint presentations]
(By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Sep. 28, 2003)
Street Scene in Gaza: An Outdoor Gallery of Gore (By GREG MYRE, Sep. 28, 2003)
COMMON GROUND IN PARIS: 'This Is Not as Serious as People Think' (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Sep. 28, 2003)
For Americans, It's French Sissies Versus German He-Men (By NINA BERNSTEIN, Sep. 28, 2003)
* MILITARY-POLITICAL COMPLEX: A War Is Nice on the Résumé,
but It May Not Get You the Job (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Sep. 28, 2003)
Bush Wants to Create More Jobs, but How? (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, Sep. 28, 2003)
WORD FOR WORD | ANIMAL WELFARE STUDIES: Pig Massage and Helping Ducks Preen:
Who Says We're Heartless Carnivores? (By DAVID BARBOZA, Sep. 28, 2003)
Two Bigots, Two Eras, Two Sets of Targets (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Sep. 28, 2003)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Content (NY TIMES, Sep. 28, 2003)
* ON LANGUAGE: The Etymon Code (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Sep. 28, 2003)
Subversive Reading (By MARGARET TALBOT, Sep. 28, 2003)
* QUESTIONS FOR LINUS TORVALDS: The Sharer (By DAVID DIAMOND, Sep. 28, 2003)
CRASH COURSE: The Tracking System (By DIRK OLIN, Sep. 28, 2003)
THE ETHICIST: Faculty Cheat (By RANDY COHEN, Sep. 28, 2003)
* WHAT THEY WERE THINKING: Pink Pony restaurant, 176 Ludlow Street, New York, Sept. 11, 2003
(Interview by CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS, Sep. 28, 2003)
COVER ARTICLE: All Politics Are Loco!!! (By MICHAEL LEWIS, Sep. 28, 2003)
Jack Out of the Box (By JOSH ROTTENBERG, Sep. 28, 2003)
* Confessions of a Spam King (By JACK HITT, Sep. 28, 2003)
What if There Is Something Going On in There?
[MRI brain scans detects activity of awareness in coma patient]
(By CARL ZIMMER, Sep. 28, 2003)
STYLE/CARS: The Pickup, a Love Story (By MANNY HOWARD, Sep. 28, 2003)
* The Ultimate in Self-Medication [a vehicular Rorschach test] (By NORMAN VANAMEE, Sep. 28, 2003)
Here Come the Discountmobiles (By TED C. FISHMAN, Sep. 28, 2003)
A Box of Dreams (By MICHAEL JOSEPH GROSS, Sep. 28, 2003)
Daddy's Little Helper (By ROBERT SULLIVAN, Sep. 28, 2003)
FOOD: Country Comfort (By JULIA REED, Sep. 28, 2003)
LIVES: Bearer of Bad News (By JEREMY SIMMONS as told to EDWARD LEWINE, Sep. 28, 2003)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 28, 2003)
* 'Where I Was From': On Second Thought [Joan Didion] (By THOMAS MALLON, Sep. 28, 2003)
'The Namesake': Out of the Overcoat [Jhumpa Lahiri] (By STEPHEN METCALF, Sep. 28, 2003)
* 'Act of Creation': Last Best Hope [Founding of the UN by Stephen Schlesinger]
(By RICHARD HOLBROOKE, Sep. 28, 2003)
'The Fifth Book of Peace': Out of the Ashes [Maxine Hong Kingston] (By POLLY SHULMAN, Sep. 28, 2003)
'America's Women': How the Other Half Lived [Gail Collins] (By STACY SCHIFF, Sep. 28, 2003)
'Arshile Gorky': The Picasso of Washington Square [Hayden Herrera]
(By ANDREW SOLOMON, Sep. 28, 2003)
* 'Great Fortune': How Rockefeller Center Came to Be [Daniel Okrent] (By ADAM COHEN, Sep. 28, 2003)
* 'Alpha and Omega': Mysteries of the Cosmos [Charles Seife] (By LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS, Sep. 28, 2003)
FICTION: 'A Window Across the River': The Madness of Art [Brian Morton]
(By JANICE P. NIMURA, Sep. 28, 2003)
* 'Twentieth-Century Attitudes': Erudite Gossip [Brooke Allen] (By EVELYN TOYNTON, Sep. 28, 2003)
'Artificial Love': All the World's a Contraption
[A Story of Machines and Architecture by Paul Shepheard]
(By BERNARD SHARRATT, Sep. 28, 2003)
'Taking on the Yankees': Designated Winners [Henry D. Fetter]
(By MICHAEL SHAPIRO, Sep. 28, 2003)
* 'Consciousness': Reality Programming [A Users Guie by Adam Zeman]
(By WILLIAM H. CALVIN, Sep. 28, 2003)
* POEM: Mars as Bright as Venus (By JOHN UPDIKE, Sep. 28, 2003)
* ON WRITERS AND WRITING: Harvard's Working Poor (By MARGO JEFFERSON, Sep. 28, 2003)
* HEALTH: Bone Diagnosis Gives New Data but No Answers (By GINA KOLATA, Sep. 28, 2003)

Saturday, September 27, 2003:
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)

* George Plimpton, Author and Editor, Dies at 76 (By RICHARD SEVERO, Sep. 27, 2003)
Robert Palmer, Singer With Image of a Pop Romeo, Dies at 54 (By JON PARELES, Sep. 27, 2003)
Bennett Robinson, 74, Graphic Designer, Dies (NY TIMES, Sep. 27, 2003)
NATIONAL: More Americans in Poverty in 2002, Census Study Says (By LYNETTE CLEMETSON, Sep. 27, 2003)
Davis Seeks a Debate; Schwarzenegger Camp Says No (By JOHN M. BRODER, Sep. 27, 2003)
Clark Debut Doesn't Change Democrats' Focus on Dean (By ROBIN TONER, Sep. 27, 2003)
* BELIEFS: An Audit for the Soul
[Maimonides: "Awake, O sleepers, awake from your sleep! O slumberers, awake
from your slumbers! Search your deeds, repent and remember your creator."]
(By PETER STEINFELS, Sep. 27, 2003)
More Reservists Are Called Up for Duty in Iraq (By REUTERS, Sep. 27, 2003)
WORLD: Iraq Leaders Seek Greater Role Now in Running Nation (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Sep. 27, 2003)
* U.S. Asks Muslims Why It Is Unloved. Indonesians Reply. (By JANE PERLEZ, Sep. 27, 2003)
Germany Says It Uncovered Huge Child Pornography Ring (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Sep. 27, 2003)
With Issues to Resolve, Bush Welcomes Putin to Camp David (By DAVID E. SANGER, Sep. 27, 2003)
In Reversal, Brazil Will Permit a Gene-Modified Crop (By LARRY ROHTER, Sep. 27, 2003)
SATURDAY PROFILE: A Kenyan Iconoclast and Her Unusual Husband (By MARC LACEY, Sep. 27, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Attack of the Telemarketers (NY TIMES, Sep. 27, 2003)
* EDITORIALS: The Truth Is Out There, but It's Classified (NY TIMES, Sep. 27, 2003)
OP-ED: God on Their Side (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Sep. 27, 2003)
* OP-ED: Lonely Campus Voices (By DAVID BROOKS, Sep. 27, 2003)
OP-ED: Don't Tread on D.C. (By LEE A. CASEY and DAVID B. RIVKIN JR., Sep. 27, 2003)
OP-ED: Honk if You Hate Foie Gras (By BOB TARTE, Sep. 27, 2003)
OP-ED: Full Disclosure on Full Disclosure (By RICHARD BLOW, Sep. 27, 2003)
LETTERS: The Mystery of Iraq's Arsenal (5 Letters) (By ADAM CARSEN, et. al., Sep. 27, 2003)
BUSINESS: Stocks Close Down After Mixed Data
[Dow -31, Nasdaq -25] (By REUTERS, Sep. 27, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: No-Call List: Constitutional Doubt on Hot Political Issue
(By ADAM LIPTAK, Sep. 27, 2003)
Top 1% in '01 Lost Income, but Also Paid Lower Taxes (By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, Sep. 27, 2003)
Foreign Automakers Unleash a New Wave of Luxury (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, Sep. 27, 2003)
ARTS: Content (NY TIMES, Sep. 27, 2003)
* ARTS: Was the Islam of Old Spain Truly Tolerant? (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Sep. 27, 2003)
BOOKS: Novelist's New Math: A Calculus of Violence (By EMILY EAKIN, Sep. 27, 2003)
FILM: Studio Anti-Piracy Drive Could Alter Oscar Race (By ANNE THOMPSON, Sep. 27, 2003)
TV: 'THE PRACTICE': Same Old Law Firm, New Snake (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 27, 2003)
* SCIENCE: Geneticists Report Finding Central Asian Link to Levites (By NICHOLAS WADE, Sep. 27, 2003)

Friday, September 26, 2003:
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)

* George Plimpton, Urbane and Witty Writer, Dies at 76 (By RICHARD SEVERO, Sep. 26, 2003)
* Edward W. Said, Literary Critic and Advocate for Palestinian Independence, Dies at 67
(By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Sep. 26, 2003) Said article
* Franco Modigliani, 85, Nobel-Winning Economist, Dies (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Sep. 26, 2003)
* Herb Gardner, 68, a Playwright Who Created Quirky Souls, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 26, 2003)
Jack R. Dymond, 64, Discoverer of Exotic Life at the Sea Bottom, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 26, 2003)
Gordon Mitchell, 80, Actor and Bodybuilder, Dies (NY TIMES, Sep. 26, 2003)
NATIONAL: In Maneuver, U.S. Will Let Terror Charges Drop (By PHILIP SHENON, Sep. 26, 2003)
Do-Not-Call Listing Remains Up in Air After Day of Twists (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG with MATT RICHTEL, Sep. 26, 2003)
Dogged Engineer's Effort to Assess Shuttle Damage (By JAMES GLANZ & JOHN SCHWARTZ, Sep. 26, 2003)
Some Sharp Exchanges in Democrats' Debate (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Sep. 26, 2003)
* The Other Recall: Segway Scooters Hit the Tipping Point (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Sep. 26, 2003)
* WORLD: Strong Earthquake Rocks Northern Japan [8.0 hits Hokkaido] (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Sep. 26, 2003)
Powell Gives Iraq 6 Months to Write New Constitution (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Sep. 26, 2003)
China to Launch First Manned Spacecraft (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 26, 2003)
NY REGION: Time Granted in Dispute Over Insurance for 9/11 Site (By CHARLES V. BAGLI, Sep. 26, 2003)
Bronx Haven Is Threatened, but Denizens Still Dream (By ALAN FEUER, Sep. 26, 2003)
Subway Stabbing Ends Mexican Brothers' American Dream (By MICHAEL WILSON & HOWARD O. STIER, Sep. 26, 2003)
* PUBLIC LIVES: Cooking It Up in Swedish With a Touch of Japanese [Marcus Samuelsson]
(By LYNDA RICHARDSON, Sep. 26, 2003)
NYC: Save the City: Give a V.I.P. a Bar of Soap (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Sep. 26, 2003)
* RED SOX 14, ORIOLES 3: Red Sox Blast Their Way to American League Wild Card (By PETE THAMEL, Sep. 26, 2003)
Giambi Is a Little Off His Game (By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 26, 2003)
UNITED STATES 5, NIGERIA 0: In This Tournament, Hamm Has the Magic (By JERE LONGMAN, Sep. 26, 2003)
EDITORIALS: The Failure to Find Iraqi Weapons (NY TIMES, Sep. 26, 2003)
OP-ED: Kindness's Cruel Reward [Arjan Erkel, Doctors Without Borders]
(By BOB HERBERT, Sep. 26, 2003)
OP-ED: What's Good for Russia Is Good for America (By ROBERT McFARLANE, Sep. 26, 2003)
OP-ED: Who's Poor? Don't Ask the Census Bureau (By JARED BERNSTEIN, Sep. 26, 2003)
OP-ED: Saddam Hussein Is in My Kitchen (By CAROLINE E. WINTER, Sep. 26, 2003)
LETTERS: The News Reaching the President (6 Letters) (By ATUL M. KARNIK, Sep. 26, 2003)
LETTERS: Before You Grab Those Cheeseburger Fries (2 Letters) (By DAVID J. WHITE, et. al., Sep. 26, 2003)
LETTERS: Bill Gates's Philanthropy (By RICHARD C. FINCH, Sep. 26, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Fall on Fears of Quarterly Reports
[Dow -82, Nasdaq -26] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Sep. 26, 2003)
Kodak to Stress Digital Business and Cut Dividend (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Sep. 26, 2003)
Management Shuffle at Nokia, With Perhaps More on Way (By ALAN COWELL, Sep. 26, 2003)
* FLOYD NORRIS: Bull Market 2003: The Worse the Company, the Better the Stock
(By FLOYD NORRIS, Sep. 26, 2003)
* Fancy Goods a Tougher Sell in Japan (By KEN BELSON & JAMES BROOKE, Sep. 26, 2003)
Iraq Is Seen as Crucial Factor in OPEC Move to Cut Output (By ERIC PFANNER, Sep. 26, 2003)
* TECHNOLOGY: U.S. Is Only the Tip of Pirated Music Iceberg (By MARK LANDLER, Sep. 26, 2003)
Dell Decides to Diversify Into Consumer Electronics (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, Sep. 26, 2003)
ART: 'GEORGE INNESS': A Painter Who Saw God and the World in Perpetual Motion
(By ROBERTA SMITH, Sep. 26, 2003)
ART: 'NATIVE AMERICAN BASKETS': Some Twists in the Old-New Basketmaker's Art
(By GRACE GLUECK, Sep. 26, 2003)
ART: 'REVERSED DOUBLE HELIX': Enigma Perched on a Lotus Throne, What's on Your Mind? (By KEN JOHNSON, Sep. 26, 2003)
ARTS: MY MANHATTAN: Put a City Through Its Poses: A Bridge Walker's Blessing
(By PATRICK HEALY, Sep. 26, 2003)
INSIDE ART: Selling Art to Buy More (By CAROL VOGEL, Sep. 26, 2003)
CABARET: MARIA FRIEDMAN: Where Zany and Demure Converge (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Sep. 26, 2003)
CABARET: RONAN TYNAN: Emotion Without Flourishes (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Sep. 26, 2003)
JAZZ: MAGALI SOURIAU: Making the Stage Feel Like Her Living Room (By BEN RATLIFF, Sep. 26, 2003)
MUSIC: NY PHILHARMONIC: Bending Sound Into Shapes to Create Powerful Visions
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Sep. 26, 2003)
PHOTOGRAPHY: 'THE DAWN OF PHOTOGRAPHY': The Eerie Exactness of the Daguerrotype
(By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Sep. 26, 2003)
TV: 'THE HANDLER'; 'COLD CASE': Moody Loners vs. Bad Guys (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 26, 2003)
* TV: The Blues: A History, an Homage (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Sep. 26, 2003)
TV: 'MISS MATCH'; 'HOPE AND FAITH': Matches Unmade, Then Made Again (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Sep. 26, 2003)

Thursday, September 25, 2003:
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)

Paul LoGerfo, 64, Thyroid Specialist, Dies (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Sep. 25, 2003)
Simon Breines, 97, Architect and a Critic of Hurried Projects, Dies (By ERIC PACE, Sep. 25, 2003)
* Sonora Carver, 99, Whose Feats as a Horse Diver Inspired a Film, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 25, 2003)
Lord Blake, 86, Biographer of Disraeli, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 25, 2003)
Charles Forbes, 80, Publisher, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 25, 2003)
NATIONAL: Army Chaplain in Detention Sought to Teach About Islam (By SARAH KERSHAW, Sep. 25, 2003)
California Recall Debate Quickly Goes Free-for-All (By JOHN M. BRODER & DEAN E. MURPHY, Sep. 25, 2003)
Immigrants' Rights Drive Starts (By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Sep. 25, 2003)
Storm Leads to Debate on Spending by Utilities (By JAMES DAO & NEELA BANERJEE, Sep. 25, 2003)
State Allows Show to Go On for Theme Park's Mermaids (By REUTERS, Sep. 25, 2003)
THE WEAPONS: Draft Report Said to Cite No Success in Iraq Arms Hunt (By DOUGLAS JEHL & JUDITH MILLER, Sep. 25, 2003)
27 Israeli Reserve Pilots Say They Refuse to Bomb Civilian Areas (By GREG MYRE, Sep. 25, 2003)
U.S. Remains Leader in Global Arms Sales, Report Says (By THOM SHANKER, Sep. 25, 2003)
* REYKJAVIK JOURNAL: Drop That Harpoon! Whale Hostilities Revisited (By LIZETTE ALVAREZ, Sep. 25, 2003)
ATTACKS: Bomb in Baghdad Misses Humvees, Blasts 2 Iraqi Buses (By IAN FISHER, Sep. 25, 2003)
ALLIES: Mongolians Return to Baghdad, This Time as Peacekeepers (By JAMES BROOKE, Sep. 25, 2003)
Kazakhstan Faith Talks Seek to Subdue Religious Clashes (By CHRISTOPHER PALA, Sep. 25, 2003)
NY REGION: Casting Call for the Wives of Stepford (By ALISON LEIGH COWAN, Sep. 25, 2003)
F.B.I. Says Souvenir Seller Beat Competition, Literally (By MICHAEL WILSON, Sep. 25, 2003)
Along With Population and Diversity, Stress Rises on Staten Island
(By JOSEPH BERGER & IAN URBINA, Sep. 25, 2003)
Name Changes, Both Practical and Fanciful, Are on the Rise (By TARA BAHRAMPOUR, Sep. 25, 2003)
METRO MATTERS: Taxation Without Gyrations (By JOYCE PURNICK, Sep. 25, 2003)
* SPORTS: Past Is Merely a Prologue for This Season's Mets [1962 Mets]
(By HARVEY ARATON, Sep. 25, 2003)
WHITE SOX 9, YANKEES 4: Milestone Eludes Mussina, Not Loaiza (By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 25, 2003)
SPORTS: Payback Time for Webber (By SELENA ROBERTS, Sep. 25, 2003)
EDITORIALS: The Presidential Bubble (NY TIMES, Sep. 25, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Dr. Barnes's Hidden Trove (NY TIMES, Sep. 25, 2003)
* OP-ED: Connect the Dots [Cancún World Trade] (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Sep. 25, 2003)
OP-ED: Gams to Gladiators [Arnold] (By MAUREEN DOWD, Sep. 25, 2003)
* OP-ED: A Bug's Death [malaria mosquito] (By OLIVIA JUDSON, Sep. 25, 2003)
OP-ED: Malaria, the Terrorist's Friend (By AMIR ATTARAN, Sep. 25, 2003)
LETTERS: The President, Iraq and the World (4 Letters) (By STEPHEN L. BAKER, et. al., Sep. 25, 2003)
* LETTERS: The Dalai Lama's Fans (By DAVID BARIO, Sep. 25, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Plunge After OPEC Decides to Cut Oil Production
[Dow -151, Nasdaq -58] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 25, 2003)
* U.S. Income Gap Widening, Study Says (By LYNNLEY BROWNING, Sep. 25, 2003)
Studios Moving to Block Piracy of Films Online (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Sep. 25, 2003)
Price of Oil Climbs as OPEC Plans to Cut Output (By ERIC PFANNER, Sep. 25, 2003)
MARKET PLACE: Viacom Cuts Forecast as Local Advertising Is Slow to Rebound (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Sep. 25, 2003)
* She Says She's No Music Pirate. No Snoop Fan, Either. (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Sep. 25, 2003)
ECONOMIC SCENE: Lessons From Californiašs Budget (By HAL R. VARIAN, Sep. 25, 2003)
Critics Attack Microsoft Over Security (By STEVE LOHR, Sep. 25, 2003)
Microsoft's Rivals Won't Shut Chat Rooms (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, Sep. 25, 2003)
No. 2 at Telefonica Resigns, Leaving Stockholders Jittery (By DALE FUCHS, Sep. 25, 2003)
ARTS: Ground Zero Arts Proposals Are Complete (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Sep. 25, 2003)
DANCE: 'OPUS CACTUS': Just Add Imagination: A Desert Springs to Life (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Sep. 25, 2003)
MUSIC: PETER SERKIN: Premieres and Classics, Side by Side (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Sep. 25, 2003)
TV: 'COUPLING': Two Nations Split by a Sense of Humor (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 25, 2003)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 25, 2003)
Flight 737, Now Departing From Your Garage (By JOSHUA TOMPKINS, Sep. 25, 2003)
* For the World's A B C's, He Makes 1's and 0's (By MICHAEL ERARD, Sep. 25, 2003)
STATE OF THE ART: Microsoft Office 2003 Reviewed (By DAVID POGUE, Sep. 25, 2003)
WHAT'S NEXT: Now on CD, an Inexpensive Method of Genetic Testing (By IAN AUSTEN, Sep. 25, 2003)
HOW IT WORKS: L.C.D. Palette Wins Over Some C.R.T. Loyalists (By SEÁN CAPTAIN, Sep. 25, 2003)
* The Sweeping View From Inside a Digital Bubble (By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL, Sep. 25, 2003)
ONLINE SHOPPER: Mighty Brew for the Do-It-Yourselfer (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Sep. 25, 2003)
* ONLINE DIARY: Celebrity Answerers and Creativity Tests [human anatomy atlas]
(By PAMELA LiCALZI O'CONNELL, Sep. 25, 2003)
Service Is a Struggle for Virtual Town Halls (By THOMAS J. FITZGERALD, Sep. 25, 2003)
Thirsty Batteries Tell Rechargers How Fast to Pour (By IVAN BERGER, Sep. 25, 2003)
Monitor Sheds Some Buttons in Favor of Savvy Software (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Sep. 25, 2003)
Tramping Immigrant Byways With a Whisper in Your Ear (By ADAM BAER, Sep. 25, 2003)
NEWS WATCH: Children Get Their Own Service, but Parents Get to Keep Control (By IAN AUSTEN, Sep. 25, 2003)
For the Living-Room Gamer, a Wireless Link to a PC (By CHARLES HEROLD, Sep. 25, 2003)
INCOMING: Letters to the Editor [Toward a Real-Life HAL?] (By Randy Walters, et. al., Sep. 25, 2003)
Q & A: For a Family of Sharers, Unique XP Identities (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Sep. 25, 2003)
HEALTH: U.S. Advisory Panel Recommends Drug for Late Alzheimer's (By ALICIA AULT, Sep. 25, 2003)

Wednesday, September 24, 2003:
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)

Hugo Young, Leading British Columnist, Dies at 64 (By WARREN HOGE, Sep. 24, 2003)
Joseph M. Magliochetti, Chief of Auto Parts Company, Dies at 61 (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, Sep. 24, 2003)
Gordon Jump, 71, 'WKRP' Actor Who Played Maytag's Repairman, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 24, 2003)
Simcha Dinitz, 74, Ex-Israeli Envoy, Dies (By PAUL LEWIS, Sep. 24, 2003)
David Minkin, 99, Developer and Builder, Dies (By ERIC PACE, Sep. 24, 2003)
Mark Fineman, 51, Foreign Correspondent, Dies (By REUTERS, Sep. 24, 2003)
NATIONAL: Outer Banks' Residents See Good and Varieties of Bad in a Storm (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Sep. 24, 2003)
EDUCATION: Harvard Adds a New Biology Department
[Systems biology to study whole networks of genes or proteins] (NY TIMES, Sep. 24, 2003)
EDUCATION: Cameras Watching Students, Especially in Biloxi (By SAM DILLON, Sep. 24, 2003)
WORLD: Bush, at U.N., Defends Policy Over Iraq (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Sep. 24, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: An Audience Unmoved (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Sep. 24, 2003)
* Clinton 'History' Doesn't Repeat Itself in China (By JOSEPH KAHN, Sep. 24, 2003)
Afghan Warlords Thrive Beyond Official Reach (By AMY WALDMAN, Sep. 24, 2003)
* NY REGION: Tardy Sharpton Charms Dalai Lama and Crowd (By MICHAEL SLACKMAN, Sep. 24, 2003)
Unlike Isabel, Tornado Was Surprise (By IVER PETERSON, Sep. 24, 2003)
Diplomats Check In, Security Hits a High and Tips Hit a Low (By ANDREA ELLIOTT, Sep. 24, 2003)
BOLDFACE NAMES: You Might as Well Have One Hand Clapping (By JOYCE WADLER, Sep. 24, 2003)
PUBLIC LIVES: He Loves New York. That's Why He's Selling It.
[Joseph M. Perello] (By ROBIN FINN, Sep. 24, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Finding a New Path in Iraq (NY TIMES, Sep. 24, 2003)
* EDITORIALS: Goodbye to Gallant Galileo (NY TIMES, Sep. 24, 2003)
OP-ED: The Turkish Card (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Sep. 24, 2003)
OP-ED: Fighting the Fevers (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Sep. 24, 2003)
OP-ED: Democracy, Closer Every Day (By NOAH FELDMAN, Sep. 24, 2003)
LETTERS: Cut the Cost of Prescription Drugs (5 Letters) (By KAREN STRAUSS, et. al., Sep. 24, 2003)
* LETTERS: Nathan Hale's Sacrifice (By PAUL J. KUTSCERA , Sep. 24, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Regain Some Ground as Worries on Dollar Ease
[Dow +41, Nasdaq +27] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Sep. 24, 2003)
Consultant to Grasso on Pay Is Also Adviser to Exchange (By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Sep. 24, 2003)
MARKET PLACE: As More Exchanges Go Public, Pay Draws Scrutiny (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Sep. 24, 2003)
Liz Claiborne Chief Hopes for a Hit With a European Import (By TRACIE ROZHON, Sep. 24, 2003)
First Wave of Suits Hits Mutual Fund Companies (By JONATHAN D. GLATER, Sep. 24, 2003)
* TECHNOLOGY: California Is Set to Ban Spam (By SAUL HANSELL, Sep. 24, 2003)
* ART: Reunion for Dürer Works, Some Stolen Long Ago (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Sep. 24, 2003)
* BOOKS: 'WHERE I WAS FROM': Golden West, Slightly Tarnished
[Joan Didion] (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Sep. 24, 2003)
POP: ELVIS COSTELLO: Elvis Costello Returns, Brooding and Restless
(By JON PARELES, Sep. 24, 2003)
TV: 'THE WEST WING': A New Regime at the White House (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 24, 2003)
TV: 'BROTHERHOOD OF POLAND, N.H.: 3 New England Brothers, With Sow's Ear & Silk
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 24, 2003)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 24, 2003)
Before the Sunday Kickoff, Tailgating With Gusto (By PETER KAMINSKY, Sep. 24, 2003)
* Foie Gras Fracas: Haute Cuisine Meets the Duck Liberators (By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Sep. 24, 2003)
Forbidden Fruit: Something About a Mangosteen (By R. W. APPLE Jr., Sep. 24, 2003)
For a Daughter, Rosh Hashana Is a Holiday Frozen in Time (By JOAN NATHAN, Sep. 24, 2003)
THE MINIMALIST: An Italian Classic Looks to the East (By MARK BITTMAN, Sep. 24, 2003)
THE CHEF: A Crisp as Easy as Pie. No, Easier (By MATT LEE & TED LEE, Sep. 24, 2003)
TEMPTATION: Pesto the Way Genoa Intended (By PAVIA ROSATI, Sep. 24, 2003)

Tuesday, September 23, 2003:
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)

John Bailey, 59, Connecticut Law Official, Dies (NY TIMES, Sep. 23, 2003)
* Bernard Manischewitz, Last in Family Firm, Dies at 89 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 23, 2003)
* Robert H. Lochner, 84, Dies; Helped Kennedy With '63 Berlin Speech
["Ich bin ein Berliner"-- an alternative meaning: "I am a jelly doughnut"]
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 23, 2003)
NATIONAL: Frustration Grows as Storm Blackouts Persist (By JAMES DAO, Sep. 23, 2003)
California Officials Confident After Hearing on Recall (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Sep. 23, 2003)
* Air Passengers' Carry-Ons: No, Not Bags, Dinner (By MATT RICHTEL, Sep. 23, 2003)
Medals for His Valor, Ashes for His Wife (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Sep. 23, 2003)
Elusive Force May Lie at Root of Blackout
(By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA & ERIC LIPTON, Sep. 23, 2003)
* WORLD: Huge Ice Shelf Is Reported to Break Up in Canada (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Sep. 23, 2003)
Iraq Council Head Shifts to Position at Odds With U.S. (By PATRICK E. TYLER & FELICITY BARRINGER, Sep. 23, 2003)
Plenty of Clues in Iraqi Crimes, but Few Trails (By DAVID JOHNSTON, Sep. 23, 2003)
Efforts to Bring Down Arafat Seem Only to Prop Him Up (By ALAN COWELL, Sep. 23, 2003)
Iran Parades New Missile on War Anniversary (By NAZILA FATHI, Sep. 23, 2003)
I.M.F. Says Afghan Opium Poppy Crops Should Be Destroyed (By REUTERS, Sep. 23, 2003)
* SINGAPORE JOURNAL: For Chinese Mothers With a Dream, Hard Knocks (By JANE PERLEZ, Sep. 23, 2003)
* NY REGION: Where Did Dewey File Those Law Books? (By MICHAEL LUO, Sep. 23, 2003)
HARD TIMES: On Display at Thrift Shop: Distress (By ANTHONY DePALMA, Sep. 23, 2003)
TUNNEL VISION: Millions Ride the Subway. Only a Few Dare to Hide It. (By RANDY KENNEDY, Sep. 23, 2003)
NYC: Calm Meadow Intersects Risky World (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Sep. 23, 2003)
BASEBALL ANALYSIS: 2 Teams Going Different Ways [White Sox & Yankees] (By JACK CURRY, Sep. 23, 2003)
WHITE SOX 6, YANKEES 3: Weaver Lets White Sox Put Yanks' Celebration on Ice
(By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 23, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Rearguing the Recall (NY TIMES, Sep. 23, 2003)
* OP-ART: The Face of Fall (By CINDY SHERMAN, Sep. 23, 2003)
OP-ED: Caught in the Iraqi Dramatics (By DAVID BROOKS, Sep. 23, 2003)
OP-ED: Troops in Iraq: More Isn't Better (By DANIELLE PLETKA, Sep. 23, 2003)
OP-ED: The Spell of Sweden's Golden Past (By GORAN ROSENBERG, Sep. 23, 2003)
LETTERS: The Mess in Iraq, and the Echoes of Vietnam (4 Letters) (By RICHARD C. GENTILCORE, et. al., Sep. 23, 2003)
LETTERS: An American Treasure, the Way It Was [National Archives] (By SARAH SHOENFELD, Sep. 23, 2003)
LETTERS: Stephen King's Medal (By DEBORAH E. WILEY & NEIL BALDWIN, Sep. 23, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Drop in Response to Dollar's Decline Against Yen
[Dow -109, Nasdaq -31] (By REUTERS, Sep. 23, 2003)
BUSINESS TRAVEL: Road Rules for Recovering Alcoholics (By PATRICIA R. OLSEN, Sep. 23, 2003)
Judge Allows Antitrust Case Against Seed Producers (By DAVID BARBOZA, Sep. 23, 2003)
* Cheeseburger and Fries, Wrapped Up in One (By TANIA RALLI, Sep. 23, 2003)
ARTS Briefing [Turner, John Dos Passos, Jewish Music] (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Sep. 23, 2003)
FILM: 'Scarface,' a Foul Mouth With a Following (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Sep. 23, 2003)
MUSIC: 'HEALING THE DIVIDE': Star Starts a Show; Tom Waits Ends It (By JON PARELES, Sep. 23, 2003)
OPERA: CITY OPERA REVIEW: Four Make Their Debuts as 'Carmen' Comes Back
(By JEREMY EICHLER, Sep. 23, 2003)
ROCK: 'THE DARKNESS': Dressing (and Undressing) for a Stomp Back to the 70's
(By JON PARELES, Sep. 23, 2003)
THEATER: 'PORTRAITS': Everymen and Everywomen Hear Reverberations of 9/11
(By NEIL GENZLINGER, Sep. 23, 2003)
THEATER: For Venerable Theater, It's a Body Transplant (By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Sep. 23, 2003)
TV: Despite Losing Some Biggies, Cable Triumphs at the Emmys (By BILL CARTER, Sep. 23, 2003)
TV: 'I'M WITH HER'; 'ONE TREE HILL': Mismatched Lovers and Contrasting Brothers
(By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Sep. 23, 2003)
SCIENCE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 23, 2003)
Spawning Salmon Haul Toxins to Alaska Lakes, Experts Find (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Sep. 23, 2003)
* SCIENCE PHOTOGRAPHY: Hidden Beauty: Filamentous actin & microtubules
(structural proteins) in mouse cells. x1000, Fluorescense
[FIRST PRIZE - Dr. Torsten Wittman, The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego]
(NY TIMES, Sep. 23, 2003)
Moving to Protect a Vast Forest Haven (By JAMES GORMAN, Sep. 23, 2003)
Not Science Fiction: An Elevator to Space (By KENNETH CHANG, Sep. 23, 2003)
Making Science Rock, Roll and Swing From the Treetops (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, Sep. 23, 2003)
Observatory: Built-In Eyeshades (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Sep. 23, 2003)
Q & A: Riding the Waves (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Sep. 23, 2003)
HEALTH: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 23, 2003)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Tired Blood' Warning: Ignore It at Your Peril (By JANE E. BRODY, Sep. 23, 2003)
* Finding Just the Right Cast, as Fractures Increase (By JOHN O'NEIL, Sep. 23, 2003)
Trying to Kill AIDS Virus by Luring It Out of Hiding (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Sep. 23, 2003)
ESSAY: Beyond the Blame: A No-Fault Approach to Malpractice (By DAN SHAPIRO, Sep. 23, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Therapy: Tiny Goals Can Yield Big Gains (By JOHN O'NEIL, Sep. 23, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Aging: A Lesson for the Immune System (by JOHN O'NEIL, Sep. 23, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Mental Abilities: Of Menopause and Memory (by JOHN O'NEIL, Sep. 23, 2003)

Monday, September 22, 2003:
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)

Gen. Charles A. Gabriel, 75, Former Member of Joint Chiefs, Dies (By STUART LAVIETES, =http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/22/obituaries/22CONK.html> Paul Conklin, 74, Journalist Who Photographed Peace Corps, Dies (By THOMAS J. LUECK, Sep. 22, 2003)
Marshall Jamison, 85, Producer Known for 60's Television Satire, Dies (By DON R. HECKER, Sep. 22, 2003)
Ian Hunter, 84, an Impresario Who Shaped Edinburgh Festival, Dies (By PAUL LEWIS, Sep. 22, 2003)
Simon Muzenda, Vice President of Zimbabwe, Is Dead at 80 (By MICHAEL WINES, Sep. 22, 2003)
Henry Harfield, 89, Lawyer and Innovator in Banking, Dies (By LESLIE WAYNE, Sep. 22, 2003)
Ralph Rourke, 80, Director of Hall of Fame, Dies (NY TIMES, Sep. 22, 2003)
NATIONAL: Soft Economy Aids Army Recruiting Effort (By ERIC SCHMITT, Sep. 22, 2003)
* Nature Tries to Shift Outer Banks but Man Keeps Shoveling It Back (By CORNELIA DEAN, Sep. 22, 2003)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: It Was a Lot of Bluster, Even for Washington (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Sep. 22, 2003)
Clark Collects a Large Sum in a Short Time (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Sep. 22, 2003)
THE COST: Bush to Focus on Benefits of Rebuilding Effort in Iraq (By THOM SHANKER, Sep. 22, 2003)
New Discoveries Move Green River Case to Fore Again (By SARAH KERSHAW, Sep. 22, 2003)
Storm Forces a Return to a Simpler Life (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Sep. 22, 2003)
WORLD: Car Bomb Explodes Outside U.N. Mission in Baghdad (By ALEX BERENSON, Sep. 22, 2003)
Bush to Defend Iraq War at U.N. (By DAVID E. SANGER, Sep. 22, 2003)
Little Chance of Pakistani Troops in Iraq (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Sep. 22, 2003)
THE FRENCH LEADER: Chirac Urges a Transfer of Power (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Sep. 22, 2003)
COMBAT: How Green Berets Overcame the Odds at an Iraq Alamo (By THOM SHANKER, Sep. 22, 2003)
GREENWICH VILLAGE: Wolfowitz Stands Fast Amid the Antiwarriors (By ERIC SCHMITT, Sep. 22, 2003)
Peres, at 80, Is Praised by Friends and a Foe (By GREG MYRE, Sep. 22, 2003)
Gates Helps Fight Malaria [donated $168 million] (By REUTERS, Sep. 22, 2003)
NY REGION: The Fire's Out, but the Mystery Is Thriving (By ANDREA ELLIOTT, Sep. 22, 2003)
Hand-Held Computers to Help City Collect on Parking Tickets (By MICHAEL COOPER, Sep. 22, 2003)
* The Dalai Lama Looks to a World Beyond War (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Sep. 22, 2003)
Illusion in a Midtown Courtyard [Instituto Cervantes] (By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Sep. 22, 2003)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Sep. 22, 2003)
FOOTBALL: GIANTS 24, REDSKINS 21, OT: The Shoe Is on the Other Foot (By LYNN ZINSER, Sep. 22, 2003)
ATHLETICS 12, MARINERS 0: Lilly Steps In and Puts A's in Control (By JOE LAPOINTE, Sep. 22, 2003)
YANKEES 6, DEVIL RAYS 0: Yankees and Devil Rays Approach Boiling Point
[Clemens wins 309th] (By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 22, 2003)
EDITORIAL: Patriot Act, Part II (NY TIMES, Sep. 22, 2003)
EDITORIAL: Bringing the U.N. Into the 21st Century (NY TIMES, Sep. 22, 2003)
OP-ED: Clintons Anoint Clark (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Sep. 22, 2003)
OP-ED: Caught in the Credit Card Vise (By BOB HERBERT, Sep. 22, 2003)
* OP-ED: Dying to Kill Us [terrorism not related to Islamic fundamentalism]
(By ROBERT A. PAPE, Sep. 22, 2003)
LETTERS: The World Trade Center, Forever (4 Letters) (By CAMILLE LAZAR, et. al., Sep. 22, 2003)
LETTERS: A Farmer's Suicide (By ADEEB FADIL, Sep. 22, 2003)
LETTERS: Ugly Online Games (By ABBY LEHRKE, Sep. 22, 2003)
BUSINESS: Stock Exchange Names Ex-Banker Its Interim Chief [John S. Reed]
(By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Sep. 22, 2003)
* Call Centers Struggle in Face of Do-Not-Call Rules (By MATT RICHTEL, Sep. 22, 2003)
* Upstart Labels See File Sharing as Ally, Not Foe (By CHRIS NELSON, Sep. 22, 2003)
Think Debate on Music Property Rights Began With Napster? Hardly (By LISA NAPOLI, Sep. 22, 2003)
NEW ECONOMY: Music's Struggle With Technology (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Sep. 22, 2003)
For Motorola, Chief's Ouster Seen Bringing Strategy Shift (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Sep. 22, 2003)
Advanced Micro Devices to Introduce 64-Bit Chip (By STEVE LOHR, Sep. 22, 2003)
E-COMMERCE REPORT: More Online Comparison Shopping (By BOB TEDESCHI, Sep. 22, 2003)
ADVERTISING: Subway's New Campaign (By STUART ELLIOTT, Sep. 22, 2003)
Putin Portrays Yukos Inquiries as an Isolated Criminal Matter (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Sep. 22, 2003)
DANCE: Bessies Honor, and Inspire, Performance (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Sep. 22, 2003)
MUSIC: ORCHESTRA OF FÈ'S: A Couscous of Cultures, Simmered for Centuries in Morocco
(By ANNE MIDGETTE, Sep. 22, 2003)
POP: Reaping the Myriad Whims and Quirks of Aretha Franklin (By JON PARELES, Sep. 23, 2003)
THEATER: 'HARLEQUIN STUDIES': A Subversive Servant and the Debt Comedy Owes Him
(By BEN BRANTLEY, Sep. 22, 2003)
* THE TV WATCH: And Word Was Given Unto the Networks (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 22, 2003)
TV: 'LAS VEGAS': Arriving in Las Vegas With the Casino Crew (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 22, 2003)
TV: 'Raymond' and 'West Wing' Are Cited as Best Shows at the Emmys (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Sep. 22, 2003)
* SCIENCE: Jupiter Probe Ends Mission After 14 Years (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 22, 2003)
SCIENCE: Scientists in Iceland Discover First Gene Tied to Stroke Risk (By NICHOLAS WADE, Sep. 22, 2003)

Sunday, September 21, 2003:
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)

Norma Storch, Subject of TV Documentary, Dies at 81 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 21, 2003)
John Lowenthal, Professor Who Made Film on Hiss Trials, Dies at 78 (By STUART LAVIETES, Sep. 21, 2003)
NATIONAL: Millions Lack Power After Storm, and Some May Face a Long Wait
(BY JENNIFER 8. LEE, Sep. 21, 2003)
Just an Old Anchor? Or New Chapter in Washington Irving Tale? (By MATTHEW PREUSCH, Sep. 21, 2003)
Twists and Turns of Recall Leave Voters Fatigued (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Sep. 21, 2003)
* Nathan Hale Blundered Into a Trap, Papers Show (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 21, 2003)
University Votes to Support Art Collection's Move Into Philadelphia (By CAROL VOGEL, Sep. 21, 2003)
A Murder Case Becomes a Tangled Tale (By ADAM LIPTAK, Sep. 21, 2003)
WHITE HOUSE MEMO: A Change of Tone: Pitfalls Emerge in Iraq (By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, Sep. 21, 2003)
WORLD: Attackers Wound an Iraqi Official in a Baghdad Raid (By PATRICK E. TYLER, Sep. 21, 2003)
EUROPE: 3 Leaders' Views on Iraq, Not Quite Unified (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN with STEVEN LEE MYERS, Sep. 21, 2003)
Iraqis' New Army Gets Slow Start (By ALEX BERENSON, Sep. 21, 2003)
DOWN THE DANUBE: END OF THE LINE: Romania Survives, but It Falls Behind in Europe
(By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Sep. 21, 2003)
At Memorial in Bosnia, Clinton Helps Mourn 7,000 (By LIZETTE ALVAREZ, Sep. 21, 2003)
CHRONOLOGY: Ethnic Violence in the Balkans (NY TIMES, Sep. 21, 2003)
With a Big Victory, Japanese Premier Gains Momentum (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Sep. 21, 2003)
THE ECONOMY: Iraq Offering Laws to Spur Investment From Abroad (By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN, Sep. 21, 2003)
Divorce in South Korea: Striking a New Attitude (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Sep. 21, 2003)
NY REGION: Assault Trial Divides Ground Zero Workers (By COREY KILGANNON, Sep. 21, 2003)
* What's That Smell on the West Side? Just Aromatherapy for Your Hypothalamus
(By GLENN COLLINS, Sep. 21, 2003)
Who's Afraid of This Little Fellow? [West Nile virus] (By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA, Sep. 21, 2003)
* BASEBALL BACKTALK: Playoffs Even a Purist Could Love (By BOB COSTAS, Sep. 21, 2003)
UNITED STATES 3, SWEDEN 1: U.S. Uses Verve and Experience to Beat Sweden (By JERE LONGMAN, Sep. 21, 2003)
AROUND THE MAJORS: Athletics Winning With a Formula That Plays Down the First 2 Months
(By JACK CURRY, Sep. 21, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Fixing a Tarnished Market (NYTIMES, Sep. 21, 2003)
* EDITORIAL OBSERVER: What the Monkeys Can Teach Humans About Making America Fairer
(By ADAM COHEN, Sep. 21, 2003)
OP-ED: Worried Optimism on Iraq (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Sep. 21, 2003)
OP-ED: Labors of Hercules (By MAUREEN DOWD, Sep. 21, 2003)
OP-ED: Boots on the Ground, Family Back Home (By MARK L. KIMMEY, Sep. 21, 2003)
OP-ED: One Resignation Is Not Enough (By MURIEL SIEBERT, Sep. 21, 2003)
LETTERS: A Dollar Squeeze in the Academy (4 Letters) (By ROBERT DEAN, et. al., Sep. 21, 2003)
LETTERS: Ballet's Weight Problem (By JACQUELINE ENGE, Sep. 21, 2003)
LETTERS: Technology and Privacy (RON WYDEN & BYRON L. DORGAN, Sep. 21, 2003)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 21, 2003)
* Forget Botox. Anti-Aging Pills May Be Next. (By ANDREW POLLACK, Sep. 21, 2003)
MARKET WATCH: As Scandals Still Flare, Small Victories for Investors (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Sep. 21, 2003)
INVESTING WITH: David L. King Runs the Putnam New Value Fund With Aplomb (By CAROLE GOULD, Sep. 21, 2003)
Quick: What's The Boss Making? (By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Sep. 21, 2003)
* TALKING MONEY WITH ALEC BALDWIN: Living Paycheck to Paycheck (All of Them Big)
(By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Sep. 21, 2003)
PRIVATE SECTOR: Sweet Taste of Start-Up Success (By PATRICIA R. OLSEN, Sep. 21, 2003)
Desperate Hunt for a Hit in the Sitcom Desert (By JIM RUTENBERG, Sep. 21, 2003)
MARKET WATCH: As Scandals Still Flare, Small Victories for Investors (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Sep. 21, 2003)
EXECUTIVE LIFE: Finding Freedom in the Corporate Life (By PATRICIA R. OLSEN, Sep. 22, 2003)
PORTFOLIOS: Counting the Ways to Count Corporate Earnings (By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, Sep. 22, 2003)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 21, 2003)
* ARTS: FRANK RICH: The Greatest Story Ever Sold (By FRANK RICH , Sep. 21, 2003)
* ART: Ingres's Nude May Be Lost, but Her Afterimage Lingers (By VICKI GOLDBERG, Sep. 21, 2003)
* ART: Keeping Ancient Egypt Up to The Minute (By MILES UNGER, Sep. 21, 2003)
* ARTS: Machines That Speak Volumes (By TED LOOS, Sep. 21, 2003)
ART: A Curator Who Wears the Art [Jacob Fabricius] (By MEGHAN DAILEY, Sep. 21, 2003)
ART: The Modern's Other Renovation (By ANDREW BLUM, Sep. 21, 2003)
* DANCE: Dance and Profit: Who Gets It? [Martha Graham] (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Sep. 21, 2003)
DANCE THIS WEEK: Finally Dancing to His Own Dreams [Patrick Corbin] (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Sep. 21, 2003)
FILMS: Against All Odds, Disney Family Fare for Parents, Too (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Sep. 21, 2003)
FILMS: The Other Half of Hedwig Is Film's Hottest Composer (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Sep. 21, 2003)
MUSIC: When Rap Sounds Anything but Urban (By JON CARAMANICA, Sep. 21, 2003)
MUSIC: PHILHARMONIC: The Glory of a Ruin and 9/11 (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Sep. 21, 2003)
MUSIC: Is It a Happy Birthday for the Blues? (By JON PARELES, Sep. 21, 2003)
MUSIC VIDEO: Glenn Gould's Alchemy Up Close (By ALLAN KOZINN, Sep. 21, 2003)
POP: MARIAH CAREY: The Secret Ingredient: Mariah Carey (By KELEFA SANNEH, Sep. 21, 2003)
* THEATER: How Much Is That Evita in the Window? (By JESSE GREEN, Sep. 21, 2003)
THEATER: Please Pass the Salt (and the Terrorism) (By JESSE McKINLEY, Sep. 21, 2003)
TV RERUNS: Did 'Cosby' Do Better in College? (By EMILY NUSSBAUM, Sep. 21, 2003)
STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 21, 2003)
STYLE: The Perils of Bling-Bling (By LOLA OGUNNAIKE, Sep. 21, 2003)
The 'King of Kink' Made Naughty Fashionable (By SARAH MOWER, Sep. 21, 2003)
What Else Was Lost In Translation (By MOTOKO RICH, Sep. 21, 2003)
Can't Miss the Sag at the Bottom Line (By MICHAEL BRICK, Sep. 21, 2003)
Go Play With Your Arnold (By JEFF STRYKER, Sep. 21, 2003)
The Links of Stardom (By HILARY DE VRIES, Sep. 21, 2003)
So Do You Like My Hat? (By BOB MORRIS, Sep. 21, 2003)
BOOKS OF STYLE: Everywhere, Aesthetics (By PENELOPE GREEN, Sep. 21, 2003)
VOWS: Alicia Hall and Jason Moran (By KATHRYN SHATTUCK, Sep. 21, 2003)
MAGAZINE: MEN'S FASHION (NY TIMES, Sep. 21, 2003)
* SLIDE SHOW: Next Stop, Shangri-la: A fashionable journey into a now-vanished land.
(By Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick, Sep. 21, 2003)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 21, 2003)
* Constellations on the Ceiling: Oakland (By JOHN MARKOFF, Sep. 21, 2003)
* Constellations on the Ceiling: Chicago (By JODI WILGOREN, Sep. 21, 2003)
* Constellations on the Ceiling: New York (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Sep. 21, 2003)
Starry, Starry Nights in Nebraska (By TERESE SVOBODA, Sep. 21, 2003)
Drawn to the Lightning in New Mexico (By CORNELIA DEAN, Sep. 21, 2003)
On the Big Island, Hilo Is the Perfect Rainy-Day Place [Hawaii] (By DAISANN McLANE, Sep. 21, 2003)
* TRAVEL ESSAY: A Road Trip Back to the 50's [Santa's workshop] (By JOSEPH SIANO, Sep. 21, 2003)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 21, 2003)
GOLDEN RULES: As California Goes, So Goes the Country? (By TODD S. PURDUM, Sep. 21, 2003)
HEARTS OR MINDS: The Fight for the Democratic Party (By ROBIN TONER, Sep. 21, 2003)
Israel's Case Against Arafat (By GREG MYRE, Sep. 21, 2003)
WORD FOR WORD: Hitler at Home on the Internet (By TOM ZELLER, Sep. 21, 2003)
* GODS AND HEROES: Sure, Bonds Is No Mays. But Mays Wouldn't Be Mays Today.
(By ALLEN BARRA, Sep. 21, 2003)
Europe's Money Talks, but Rich Nations Don't Listen (By MARK LANDLER, Sep. 21, 2003)
The Deficit Disappeared, but That Was Then (By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, Sep. 21, 2003)
The Week Ahead [Bush at the U.N., Focus on Clark, Friday Burial] (NY TIMES, Sep. 21, 2003)
Wanted: A Short List of 100,000 Terrorists (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Sep. 21, 2003)
* FLEX THOSE NERVES: May Your Days Be Long and Stressful (By GINA KOLATA, Sep. 21, 2003)
* Play Fair: Your Life May Depend on It (By NICHOLAS WADE, Sep. 21, 2003)
Fashion, Freedom and Foreign Policy (By CATHY HORYN, Sep. 21, 2003)
* Is He Literary Enough for the Literati? [Stephen King] (NY TIMES, Sep. 21, 2003)
The Reading File [Frankenfoods to the Rescue Of Mother] (NY TIMES, Sep. 21, 2003)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 21, 2003)
ON LANGUAGE: Resistentialism (By CHARLES HARRINGTON ELSTER, Sep. 21, 2003)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Turn On. Tune In. Download. (By ROB WALKER, Sep. 21, 2003)
QUESTIONS FOR MICHAEL POWELL: King of All Media (Interview by NOAM SCHEIBER, Sep. 21, 2003)
* IDEA LAB: Testing Handicaps (By MICHAEL BÉRUBÉ, Sep. 21, 2003)
DIAGNOSIS: Morbid Obesity, Difficulty Breathing, Drowsiness (By LISA SANDERS, M.D., Sep. 21, 2003)
THE ETHICIST: Take This Job (By RANDY COHEN, Sep. 21, 2003)
COVER ARTICLE: Why, Isn't He Just the Cutest Brand-Image Enhancer
You've Ever Seen? (By MARGARET TALBOT, Sep. 21, 2003)
Displaced Places
(Photographs by SIMON NORFOLK & Text by DAVID RIEFF, Sep. 21, 2003)
Waiting for the Messiah of Eastern Parkway (By JONATHAN MAHLER, Sep. 21, 2003)
Law & Order & Law & Order & Law & Order & Law & Order... (By CHARLES McGRATH, Sep. 21, 2003)
STYLE: Laundry Lust (By PILAR VILADAS, Sep. 21, 2003)
FOOD: Clam and Eggs (By JASON EPSTEIN, Sep. 21, 2003)
LIVES: Longing to Belong (By SAIRA SHAH, Sep. 21, 2003)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 21, 2003)
* 'Middletown, America': Processing Death [Gail Sheehy] (By ROBERT SULLIVAN, Sep. 21, 2003)
* 'Pieces of My Mind': A Lifetime of Reading [Frank Kermode] (By JAMES SHAPIRO, Sep. 21, 2003)
'The Little Women': Riffing on Louisa May Alcott (By EMILY BARTON, Sep. 21, 2003)
The Books of Daniel ["Who Killed Daniel Pearl?"] (By ROBERT D. KAPLAN, Sep. 21, 2003)
'Sixty-Six': Remember When [Barry Levinson] (By CHARLES TAYLOR, Sep. 21, 2003)
'Letters to a Young Activist': Organization Man (By DAVID GREENBERG, Sep. 21, 2003)
'Grandes Horizontales': Secrets of the Harem [Virginia Rounding] (By DAPHNE MERKIN, Sep. 21, 2003)
'An Execution in the Family': Faithful Son of the Rosenbergs (By DOROTHY GALLAGHER, Sep. 21, 2003)
'The Miraculous Fever-Tree': Bark of the Cinchona [Fiammetta Rocco]
(By DEREK BICKERTON, Sep. 21, 2003)
THE LAST WORD: Will This Be on the Test? (By LAURA MILLER, Sep. 21, 2003)

Saturday, September 20, 2003:
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)

Arthur Kinoy, 82, Lawyer for Chicago Seven, Dies (By PAUL LEWIS, Sep. 20, 2003)
Theodore Kupferman, 83, Ex-Congressman and Judge, Dies (By TINA KELLEY, Sep. 20, 2003)
Slim Dusty, 76, the Balladeer of Australian Outback Life, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 20, 2003)
* TV: ARTS & IDEAS: Cameras Shoot Where Uzis Can't (By ALEXANDER STILLE, Sep. 20, 2003)

Friday, September 19, 2003:
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)

Ray H. Jordan, Innovator at J.C. Penney, Dies at 98 (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Sep. 19, 2003)
Frederick Hetzel, 73, Publisher, Dies (NY TIMES, Sep. 19, 2003)
* OP-ED: Dalai Lama Lite [The Dalai Lama has become whoever
we want him to be, a cuddly projection of our hopes and dreams]
(By PATRICK FRENCH, Sep. 19, 2003)
* ART: The World According to Some Glorious Chinese Misfits ["1000 Cliffs"]
(By HOLLAND COTTER, Sep. 19, 2003)
* ARTS: New Hall for Meteorites Old Beyond Imagining (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Sep. 19, 2003)
ARTS: History Society Is Losing Its President (NY TIMES, Sep. 19, 2003)
THEATER: 'BOLD GIRLS': 4 Women (And Who Needs Any Men?) (By MARGO JEFFERSON, Sep. 19, 2003)
THEATER: 'THE NUCLEAR FAMILY': They're Just Making It Up as They Merrily Go Along
(By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Sep. 19, 2003)
TV: 'LIKE FAMILY'; 'LUIS': Playing Race for Laughs (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Sep. 19, 2003)
SCIENCE: Testing Finds Blood Donors Are Carrying Nile Virus (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Sep. 19, 2003)

Thursday, September 18, 2003:
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)

Sheb Wooley, Who Sang of Purple People Eater, Dies at 82 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 18, 2003)
David Robbins, 61, Unraveler of Complex Math Equations, Dies (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Sep. 18, 2003)
Donald Dahlsten, 69, Biologist Whose Insects Fought Pests, Dies (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Sep. 18, 2003)
* MUSIC: McCartney Finds Fans 'Back in the U.S.S.R.' (By BILL CARTER, Sep. 18, 2003)
* THEATER: A Long Shot in 'Chicago' Pays Off [Melanie Griffith] (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Sep. 18, 2003)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 18, 2003)
* Is It Wrong to Share Your Music? (Discuss) (By KATIE HAFNER, Sep. 18, 2003)
* A Light Show Beyond Lasers (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Sep. 18, 2003)
* STATE OF THE ART: The Talking E-Mail Blues (By DAVID POGUE, Sep. 18, 2003)
ONLINE SHOPPER: For the Kitchen, Top-Drawer Touches (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Sep. 18, 2003)
GAME THEORY: Retooling the Hero Without Forgetting What Works (By CHARLES HEROLD, Sep. 18, 2003)
BASICS: A Jolt of Caffeine for the Sluggish PC (By HOWARD MILLMAN, Sep. 18, 2003)
For a Creaky Mac, Tricks to Jog the Memory (By HOWARD MILLMAN, Sep. 18, 2003)
A Toolbox for Improving Your PC's Performance (By HOWARD MILLMAN, Sep. 18, 2003)
* If Walls Could Talk, Streets Might Join In (By JESSIE SCANLON, Sep. 18, 2003)
WHAT'S NEXT: A Sugar Cube, Please: I Need to Charge My Cellphone (By ANNE EISENBERG, Sep. 18, 2003)
A Complaint Box Turns Frustration Into Fun (By MARK WALSH, Sep. 18, 2003)
Quickly Download a Movie, Then Watch at Your Leisure (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Sep. 18, 2003)
A Copier Wears 2 Hats, for Photos and Documents (By IAN AUSTEN, Sep. 18, 2003)
A DVD Recorder to Settle Those Thursday Night Fights (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Sep. 18, 2003)
When All Hope Seems Lost, the Disc Data Is Rescued (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Sep. 18, 2003)
* A Dissent on the Digital Divide (By LISA GUERNSEY, Sep. 18, 2003)
Q & A: System Seems Poky? Block XP's Animation (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Sep. 18, 2003)

Wednesday, September 17, 2003:
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)

Garner Ted Armstrong, Evangelist, Dies at 73 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 17, 2003)
Abraham Fischler, 78, Trader Who Revived a Diamond Mart, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 17, 2003)
* NATIONAL: The Dalai Lama on Tour, an Exile on Main Street (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN & DANIEL J. WAKIN, Sep. 17, 2003)
California Moves to Appeal Delay of Vote on Recall (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Sep. 17, 2003)
Hurricane Isabel Shifts Down Gear but Remains a Threat (By JAMES DAO, Sep. 17, 2003)
NASA Says It Can't Meet Investigation Board's Goals (By WARREN E. LEARY, Sep. 17, 2003)
WORLD: Flow of Saudis' Cash to Hamas Is Scrutinized (By DON VAN NATTA Jr. with TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN, Sep. 17, 2003)
Relentless Foe of the Amazon Jungle: Soybeans (By LARRY ROHTER, Sep. 17, 2003)
6 Held in Iraq by U.S. Claim to Be American (By IAN FISHER, Sep. 17, 2003)
DISPATCHES: Carrying the Weight [South Korea opposes U.S. in Iraq] (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Sep. 17, 2003)
LETTER FROM SWEDEN: Sweden's Brooding Dramas, and Deadly Puzzles (By ALAN COWELL, Sep. 17, 2003)
* EDUCATION: What Would Teachers Do if They Had the Chance? This (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Sep. 17, 2003)
* EDUCATION: Survey Shows Girls Pass Boys in Education (By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Sep. 17, 2003)
NY REGION: In Gathering Storm, Surf Meets City (By COREY KILGANNON, Sep. 17, 2003)
Art Imitated Crime, but the Jail Term Is Real (NY TIMES, Sep. 17, 2003)
Queens Man Sentenced to Prison; Claimed Fake Son Died on 9/11 (By SUSAN SAULNY, Sep. 17, 2003)
* After 1920 Blast, the Opposite of 'Never Forget' (By JAMES BARRON, Sep. 17, 2003)
ABOUT NEW YORK: Bringing Us the Head of Dan Quayle (By DAN BARRY, Sep. 17, 2003)
* SPORTS MEDIA AND BUSINESS: Fans Are Best to Tell of the Psychic Pain of Generations
(By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Sep. 17, 2003)
RED SOX 3, DEVIL RAYS 2: Forget History: Red Sox Feel Good (By PETE THAMEL, Sep. 17, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Oprah, Arnold and Equal Time (NY TIMES, Sep. 17, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Jitters in the Philippines [President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]
(NY TIMES, Sep. 17, 2003)
* OP-ED: Whale on the Table [Alaska Eskimo diet] (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Sep. 17, 2003)
OP-ED: The Senate Says No (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Sep. 17, 2003)
OP-ED: The Vote Must Go On (By BRUCE ACKERMAN, Sep. 17, 2003)
OP-ED: A Jewish Recount (By J.J. GOLDBERG, Sep. 17, 2003)
LETTERS: Israel and Arafat (By GAY TALESE, Sep. 17, 2003)
LETTERS: In Florida, Soaking Up Medicare? (5 Letters) (By UWE E. REINHARDT, et. al., Sep. 17, 2003)
LETTERS: The Recall Ruling: Those Chads, Again (3 Letters) (By HELEN DOYLE, et. al., Sep. 17, 2003)
LETTERS: Free Music Downloading (By THANE MONTANER, Sep. 17, 2003)
LETTERS: How the World Sees Us (By JOHN S. KOPPEL, Sep. 17, 2003)
BUSINESS: Fed's Decision Sends Stocks Higher
[Dow +119, Nasdaq +42] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Sep. 17, 2003)
* Setback for Microsoft Ripples Through the World Wide Web (By STEVE LOHR, Sep. 17, 2003)
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: In Chicago, Changing of the Guard at Sears Tower
(By TERRY PRISTIN, Sep. 17, 2003)
* ARTS: Self-Evident Truths, Now More Evident [National Archives] (By JAMES DAO, Sep. 17, 2003)
ARTS: Online Games Grab Grim Reality (By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL, Sep. 17, 2003)
ART: A Biennale That Puts Indonesia on the Map (By JANE PERLEZ, Sep. 17, 2003)
* DANCE: Bolshoi Decides It's Over Before 'Fat' Lady Dances (By SOPHIA KISHKOVSKY, Sep. 17, 2003)
MUSIC: THE EMERSON STRING QUARTET: New Work in New Hall (Some Old Stuff, Too)
(By ALLAN KOZINN, Sep. 17, 2003)
OPERA: 'MADAMA BUTTERFLY': Butterfly! Butterfly! An American Flag Can't Help You!
(By JEREMY EICHLER, Sep. 17, 2003)
THEATER CRITIC: Other Voices, Other Lives From Solo Conjurers (By BRUCE WEBER, Sep. 17, 2003)
HEALTH: Study Links Older Bipolar Drug to Fewer Suicides (By DENISE GRADY, Sep. 17, 2003)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 17, 2003)
'Taste My Prosciutto,' He Said With a Drawl (By DANA BOWEN, Sep. 17, 2003)
AT MY TABLE | NIGELLA LAWSON: It Isn't La Dolce Vita, but It's Pretty Close
(By NIGELLA LAWSON, Sep. 17, 2003)
* The Snapple Deal: How Sweet It Is (By MARIAN BURROS, Sep. 17, 2003)
THE MINIMALIST: Sweet, Sour, Switchable (By MARK BITTMAN, Sep. 17, 2003)
FOOD STUFF: Grandmother's Coconut Cake Is a Layer Above (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Sep. 17, 2003)

Tuesday, September 16, 2003:
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)

Byron V. Pepitone, 85, Director of the Draft in a Turbulent Era, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 16, 2003)
Gen. Howard D. Graves, 64, Who Led West Point and Texas A&M, Dies (By ERIC PACE, Sep. 16, 2003)
California's Vote Delayed by Court Over Punch Cards (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Sep. 16, 2003)
As Hurricane Isabel Bears Down, Disaster Plans Are Put Into Effect (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Sep. 16, 2003)
* Live or Digital? The Bugler's Lips Are Sealed (By JAMES DAO, Sep. 16, 2003)
WORLD: Open War Over, Iraqis Focus on Crime and a Hunt for Jobs (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Sep. 16, 2003)
* Farming Is Korean's Life and He Ends It in Despair (By JAMES BROOKE, Sep. 16, 2003)
* TOKYO JOURNAL: A Flashy Teenage Trend Capital, and Its Dark Side (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Sep. 16, 2003)
NY REGION: Teachers Barter With Work Rules (By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, Sep. 16, 2003)
* When Books Break the Bank (By TAMAR LEWIN, Sep. 16, 2003)
TUNNEL VISION: Putting the Rank in Subway Rankings (By RANDY KENNEDY, Sep. 16, 2003)
NYC: The Spotlight at the End of the Tunnel (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Sep. 16, 2003)
BOXING: Mosley's Decision Unanimous, Minus De La Hoya's Vote (By CLIFTON BROWN, Sep. 16, 2003)
* SPORTS: The Bases Have Been Circled [Japanese baseball] (By KEN BELSON, Sep. 16, 2003)
EDITORIAL: HARVESTING POVERTY: The Cancún Failure (NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2003)
* EDITORIAL: The Shining Moment [Stephen King] (NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2003)
OP-ED: Republicans for Dean (By DAVID BROOKS, Sep. 16, 2003)
OP-ED: Crossing the Border Without Losing Your Past (By OSCAR CASARES, Sep. 16, 2003)
OP-ED: Veiled and Worried in Baghdad (By LAUREN SANDLER, Sep. 16, 2003)
LETTERS: Taking the Temperature on Iraq (5 Letters) (By WENDY GREENBERG, et. al., Sep. 16, 2003)
Of Bluebloods and Politics (3 Letters) (By NANCY ERBER, et. al., Sep. 16, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Drop as Mixed Reports Raise Doubts on Economy
[Dow -23, Nasdaq -9] (By REUTERS, Sep. 16, 2003)
McDonald's Enlists Trainer to Help Sell Its New Meal (By SHERRI DAY, Sep. 16, 2003)
Grasso's Fate Is in Hands of Undecided (By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Sep. 16, 2003)
SBC Won't Name Names in File-Sharing Cases (By SETH SCHIESEL, Sep. 16, 2003)
Company That Cloned Sheep to Sell Assets and Shut Down (By HEATHER TIMMONS, Sep. 16, 2003)
ADVERTISING: Marketers Relish a Good Recall (By STUART ELLIOTT, Sep. 16, 2003)
BUSINESS TRAVEL: Small Town U.S.A. Losing Air Service (By DAVID KOEPPEL, Sep. 16, 2003)
* ON THE GROUND: Mexico City Is Seeking Its Place in New Era (By MICHAEL T. LUONGO, Sep. 16, 2003)
ARTS: Arts Groups Vie for a Home at Ground Zero (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Sep. 16, 2003)
DANCE: Katherine Dunham's Timeless Legacy, Visible in Youth and Age (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Sep. 16, 2003)
DANCE | VIDYA MURTHY: 10 Faces of Lord Vishnu, and Other Indian Stories
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Sep. 16, 2003)
MUSIC: A Tribute to the Legacy of Johnny Cash in Word and Song (By PHIL SWEETLAND, Sep. 16, 2003)
THEATER: Remembering Hume Cronyn, Vivacious on Stage and Off (By JESSE McKINLEY, Sep. 16, 2003)
TV: The Perils of Pleasant, or Spacey, on Talk Shows (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Sep. 16, 2003)
* SCIENCE: Many Miles, Many Moons: A Galileo Album (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Sep. 16, 2003)
ON DISPLAY: A Wilderness, Unretouched (NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2003)
* We Got Rhythm; the Mystery Is How and Why (By NICHOLAS WADE, Sep. 16, 2003)
Survival of the Fattest: How Pets Got So Big (By JAMES GORMAN, Sep. 16, 2003)
* Music of the Heavens Turns Out to Sound a Lot Like a B Flat (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Sep. 16, 2003)
* Peyote's Hallucinations Spawn Real-Life Academic Feud [Castaneda]
(By SIMON ROMERO, Sep. 16, 2003)
Rebuilding Begins for Observatory (By JOHN SHAW, Sep. 16, 2003)
Q & A: Mosquitoes and Genes (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Sep. 16, 2003)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Exercise Is a Habit; Here's Why to Pick It Up (By JANE E. BRODY, Sep. 16, 2003)
CASES: When a Doctor Stumbles on a Family Secret (By BARRON H. LERNER, M.D., Sep. 16, 2003)
DOCTOR'S WORLD: Medical Teams Fight Outbreak of Malaria Among Marines
(By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D., Sep. 16, 2003)
West Nile Virus Is Still a Threat as Fall Nears (By MINDY SINK, Sep. 16, 2003)
* Public Atlas of the Brain in the Works (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Sep. 16, 2003)
* Comfort Foods Switch Off Stress, Scientists Find (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Sep. 16, 2003)
* Medical History's Oddballs Go Prime Time (By RANDI HUTTER EPSTEIN, Sep. 16, 2003)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Investing in the Airways (By JOHN LANGONE, Sep. 16, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: At Risk: Forgo Flu and Attack Asthma (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 16, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Adolescence: Active Girls Play It Safe (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Sep. 16, 2003)

Monday, September 15, 2003:
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)

Jules Engel, 94, Animator Known for 'Fantasia' Scenes, Dies (By ERIC NASH, Sep. 15, 2003)
NATIONAL: For Citizen Soldiers, an Unexpected Burden (By SARAH KERSHAW, Sep. 15, 2003)
Across the U.S., Concern Grows About the Course of War in Iraq (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Sep. 15, 2003)
Clinton, a Davis Ally, Tries to Provide Boost (By JOHN M. BRODER, Sep. 15, 2003)
East Coast Waits as Forecasters Warn of Dangerous Storm
(By PATRICK HEALY & ANDREW C. REVKIN, Sep. 15, 2003)
WHITE HOUSE LETTER: A Spokesman Son, a Tell-All Dad, a Mum Mom (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Sep. 15, 2003)
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: The Ex-extemporaneous Howard Dean (By JODI WILGOREN, Sep. 15, 2003)
* WORLD: Trying to Reshape Tibet, China Sends In the Masses (By JIM YARDLEY, Sep. 15, 2003)
BUSINESS: Fighting Song Piracy the Willie Wonka Way (By CHRIS NELSON, Sep. 15, 2003)
* Beyond Comics, the Graphic Novel (By DANA JENNINGS, Sep. 15, 2003)
Hollywood Reporter's New Ads Poke Fun at Readers (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Sep. 15, 2003)
NEW ECONOMY: Some Advise 'Everywhere Internet Audio' (By DON TAPSCOTT, Sep. 15, 2003)
Hollywood Faces Online Piracy, but It Looks Like an Inside Job (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Sep. 15, 2003)
Crackdown May Send Music Traders Into Software Underground (By SAUL HANSELL, Sep. 15, 2003)
With No Knockouts, NBC's Champ Faces Jabs (By BILL CARTER and JIM RUTENBERG, Sep. 15, 2003)
Sun Plans Licensing Strategy to Ease Sales and Upgrades (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, Sep. 15, 2003)
* Profits in Missed Exits on Information Highway [VeriSign] (By ELIZABETH OLSON, Sep. 15, 2003)
ART: The Barnes Takes Steps to Move to Philadelphia (By CAROL VOGEL, Sep. 15, 2003)
Following a Trend, Downtown Looks to the Arts (By JULIE SALAMON, Sep. 15, 2003)

Sunday, September 14, 2003:
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]
Gov. Frank L. O'Bannon, 73, Dies; Had a Folksy Touch (By JAMES BARRON, Sep. 14, 2003)
Yukio Okutsu, 81, Soldier Who Led Attack on Germans, Dies (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Sep. 14, 2003)
J. R. Humphreys, 85, Writer and Teacher, Dies (NY TIMES, Sep. 14, 2003)
Wayan Limbak, Balinese Dancer, Is Dead at 106 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 14, 2003)
J. Raymond Knighton Jr., 81, Humanitarian, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 14, 2003)
* ECONOMIC VIEW: Good Economy. Bad Job Market. Huh? (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Sep. 14, 2003)
TECHNOLOGY: A Tech Company Wins Big in the War on Terror (By AMY KOVER, Sep. 14, 2003)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 14, 2003)
OVER THERE: Saying When It's Over [Iraq] (By DAVID E. SANGER, Sep. 14, 2003)
* THE SHARING SOCIETY: Whatever Will Be Will Be Free on the Internet (By STEVE LOHR, Sep. 14, 2003)
* Why America Still Can't Find Osama bin Laden (By DAVID ROHDE, Sep. 14, 2003)
In California, White Men Are the Silent Plurality (By PETER SCHRAG, Sep. 14, 2003)
Even on Wall Street, It Seems, the Fine Print Goes Unread (By FLOYD NORRIS, Sep. 14, 2003)
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCARS: Placing a Price Tag on Sexual Abuse by Priests (By JONATHAN D. GLATER, Sep. 14, 2003)
ART: Public Art Both Violent and Gorgeous (By HOLLAND COTTER, Sep. 14, 2003)
PHOTOGRAPHY: Finding Mapplethorpe's Inner Cindy Sherman (By AMEI WALLACH, Sep. 14, 2003)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 14, 2003)
* ON LANGUAGE: Fancifying (By JERELLE KRAUS, Sep. 14, 2003)
* COVER ARTICLE: Arbus Reconsidered (By ARTHUR LUBOW, Sep. 14, 2003)
* Is Buddhism Good for Your Health? (By STEPHEN S. HALL, Sep. 14, 2003)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 14, 2003)

Saturday, September 13, 2003:
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)

* Johnny Cash, Country Music Bedrock, Dies at 71 (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Sep. 13, 2003)
John Ritter, 54, the Odd Man in `Three's Company,' Is Dead (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 13, 2003)
Frank Mautte, 88, Halfback at Fordham, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 13, 2003)
Mike Stokey, 84, a Producer in Early TV, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 13, 2003)
R. B. Sims, 68, National Geographic Official, Is Dead (NY TIMES, Sep. 13, 2003)
Bernice Jones, Philanthropist, 97, Is Dead (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 13, 2003)
BUSINESS: Late Buying Lifts Shares Despite Weak Retail Sales Data
[Dow +12, Nasdaq +9] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 13, 2003)

Friday, September 12, 2003:
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)

Anna Lindh, 46, European Unity Backer, Dies (By PAUL LEWIS, Sep. 12, 2003)
Marie Foster, Early Fighter for Voting Rights, Dies at 85 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 12, 2003)
BUSINESS: A Rally in Technology Issues Pulls Other Shares Higher
[Dow +39, Nasdaq +22] (By REUTERS, Sep. 12, 2003)
DANCE: 'THE PHANTOM PROJECT': A Multilevel Partnership Is Celebrated (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Sep. 12, 2003)

Thursday, September 11, 2003:
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)

* Edward Teller, a Fierce Architect of the Hydrogen Bomb, Dies at 95
(By WILLIAM J. BROAD & WALTER SULLIVAN, Sep. 11, 2003)
M. Konvitz, Scholar of Law and Idealism, Dies at 95 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 11, 2003)
* C. H. Sisson, British Poet and a Loyal Civil Servant by Day, Dies at 89 (By PAUL LEWIS, Sep. 11, 2003)
C. R. Trowbridge, Publisher, Dies at 71 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 11, 2003)
NATIONAL: Slip-On Shoes, Long Waits: Air Travelers Still Adjusting (By KATE ZERNIKE, Sep. 11, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: THE CONTEXT: Counterterror Proposals Are a Hard Sell (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Sep. 11, 2003)
Trailing in California, but Hollywood's Pick [Arianna Huffington] (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Sep. 11, 2003)
Survey Finds Slight Rise in Jews' Intermarrying (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Sep. 11, 2003)
U.S. Bars Five Saudi Pilots on Watch Lists (NY TIMES, Sep. 11, 2003)
Dean Asks General to Join Him in Primaries, Aides Say (By JODI WILGOREN, Sep. 11, 2003)
WORLD OPINION: Foreign Views of U.S. Darken Since Sept. 11 (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Sep. 11, 2003)
A Healer of Terror Victims Becomes One (By GREG MYRE, Sep. 11, 2003)
LIMPOPO NATIONAL PARK JOURNAL: Refuge for the Wild, With No Land Mines, Please
(By SHARON LaFRANIERE, Sep. 11, 2003)
QAEDA LEADERS: Bin Laden Is Seen With Aide on Tape (By JAMES RISEN & DAVID JOHNSTON, Sep. 11, 2003)
Bomb in Kurds' Area, Aimed at Americans, Kills Iraqi (By JOHN TIERNEY, Sep. 11, 2003)
Indonesia Sentences Defiant Islamic Militant to Death for the Bali Nightclub Bombing
(By JANE PERLEZ, Sep. 11, 2003)
Rumsfeld Says More G.I.'s Would Not Help U.S. in Iraq (By ERIC SCHMITT, Sep. 11, 2003)
Taliban Blamed for 4 Aid Workers' Death (NY TIMES, Sep. 11, 2003)
NY REGION: Complete Coverage 9/11 (NY TIMES, Sep. 11, 2003)
MARATHONERS: Still Hard at Work, Wielding Questions, Science and Steel (By MICHAEL SLACKMAN, Sep. 11, 2003)
AIR QUALITY: Study Says Ground Zero Soot Lingered (By KIRK JOHNSON, Sep. 11, 2003)
Families of Victims File to Meet a Legal Deadline (By BENJAMIN WEISER, Sep. 11, 2003)
Mayor Invites Vice President to Skip Event at Ground Zero (By MIKE McINTIRE, Sep. 11, 2003)
* TWO YEARS LATER: A Portrait in Numbers (By ERIC LIPTON and MIKE McINTIRE, Sep. 11, 2003)
YANKEES 15, TIGERS 5: Tigers Give Yanks Comic Relief (By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 11, 2003)
BOXING: De La Hoya Seeks Revenge, Mosley Wants Redemption (By CLIFTON BROWN, Sep. 11, 2003)
FOOTBALL: The Patriots' Super Bowl Seems a Long Time Ago (By PETE THAMEL, Sep. 11, 2003)
* EDITORIALS: Two Years On (NY TIMES, Sep. 11, 2003)
EDITORIALS: The Other Sept. 11 [1973: Pinochet overthrows Allende in Chile]
(NY TIMES, Sep. 11, 2003)
A Day to Look Forward (NY TIMES, Sep. 11, 2003)
OP-ED: We're Not Happy Campers (By MAUREEN DOWD, Sep. 11, 2003)
OP-ED: Breaking Death's Grip (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Sep. 11, 2003)
* OP-ED: Two Years Later, a Thousand Years Ago (By ROBERT WRIGHT, Sep. 11, 2003)
* LETTERS: This Solemn Day: To Mourn, Reflect and Heal (9 Letters) (By BETSY NILSEN, et. al., Sep. 11, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Fall Sharply After Tape of bin Laden Is Broadcast
[Dow -87, Nasdaq -50] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Sep. 11, 2003)
Big Board Documents Show Details of Chief's Pay (By LANDON THOMAS Jr. & FLOYD NORRIS, Sep. 11, 2003)
MARKET PLACE: A Summer Uptick for the Airlines, but Then What? (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, Sep. 11, 2003)
* ECONOMIC SCENE: The Internet Book Race [Amazon & Barnes & Noble] (By VIRGINIA POSTREL, Sep. 11, 2003)
Primedia May Put New York Magazine on the Block (By DAVID CARR, Sep. 11, 2003)
ARTS: An American Life in Mixed Media (By FELICIA R. LEE, Sep. 11, 2003)
ART CRITIC: One Vision: A Hill of Green at Ground Zero (By HERBERT MUSCHAMP, Sep. 11, 2003)
FILM CRITIC: A Star in Toronto, Promoting Without Pressure (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Sep. 11, 2003)
MUSIC CRITIC: For Some, the First Notes Are Sung at Zankel Hall (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Sep. 11, 2003)
CITY OPERA | 'ALCINA': Hearts Stranded on an Isle by a Sorceress's Wiles
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Sep. 11, 2003)
ROCK: 'ANDREW W. K.': For Andrew, Party Time Seems to Be All the Time (By KELEFA SANNEH, Sep. 11, 2003)
TV: 'RUN OF THE HOUSE'; 'STEVE HARVEY'S BIG TIME': Just Like Your Neighbors
(if You Live in a Sitcom) (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Sep. 11, 2003)
GARDEN: DESIGN DISPATCH: In an African City, All Roads Lead to Rome
(By MARC LACEY, Sep. 11, 2003)
GARDEN: For This Old Program, a New Face (By HILARY DE VRIES, Sep. 11, 2003)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 11, 2003)
Digital Dealmakers Meet in the Middle (By KEN BELSON, Sep. 11, 2003)
* Dear Campaign Diary: Seizing the Day, Online [Reva Renee Renz's Blog] (By MICHAEL FALCONE, Sep. 11, 2003)
STATE OF THE ART: Cellphones That Reach Alter Egos (By DAVID POGUE, Sep. 11, 2003)
* ONLINE SHOPPER: On the Scent of Natural Remedies (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Sep. 11, 2003)
* WHAT'S NEXT: Beyond Voice Recognition, to a Computer That Reads Lips (By ANNE EISENBERG, Sep. 11, 2003)
HOW IT WORKS: Within a Lilliputian Player, a Hefty Archive That Travels (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Sep. 11, 2003)
Election Race? First, Check Out This Bike (By NOAH SHACHTMAN, Sep. 11, 2003)
* From the Torch to the Toes, Digital Insurance (By FRED A. BERNSTEIN, Sep. 11, 2003)
Getting More From a PC's Spare Time (By JOAN OLECK, Sep. 11, 2003)
A Speedy Drive That Can Slip Into Your Pocket (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Sep. 11, 2003)
Snap a Photo and Ship It While Chatting by Phone (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Sep. 11, 2003)
Display Vacation Snapshots (Hear and Read Them, Too) (By IAN AUSTEN, Sep. 11, 2003)
* At Central Park's Coronation, 11,000 Chips-in-Waiting (By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL, Sep. 11, 2003)
With Its Reinvented Wheel, a Mouse Scampers to the Side Margins (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Sep. 11, 2003)
Q & A: Stop Automatic Help When It's Unwelcome (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Sep. 11, 2003)

Wednesday, September 10, 2003:
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)

* Leni Riefenstahl, Film Innovator Tied to Hitler, Dies at 101 (By ALAN RIDING, Sep. 10, 2003)
Charles E. Bennett, 92, Who Put 'In God We Trust' on Bills, Dies (By JOHN FILES, Sep. 10, 2003)
Warren Kremer, Who Drew Richie Rich, Dies at 82 (By ERIC P. NASH, Sep. 10, 2003)
James J. Crisona, 96, Lawyer, Legislator and New York Judge, Dies (NY TIMES, Sep. 10, 2003)
Harold Rose, 92, a Trainer of Racehorses, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 10, 2003)
* Wilbur Snapp, 83, Organist Ejected by Ump, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 10, 2003)
NATIONAL: News Analysis: Others May Follow Boston Church (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Sep. 10, 2003)
California Governor's Race Loses Another Major Name [Peter V. Ueberroth] (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE and JOHN M. BRODER, Sep. 10, 2003)
At Debate, Democrats Clash Over Mideast (By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JODI WILGOREN, Sep. 10, 2003)
U.S. Diet Proposals Reflect Nation's Lack of Fitness (By MARIAN BURROS, Sep. 10, 2003)
WHITE HOUSE MEMO: High Profile of 9/11/02 Shifts to Low on 9/11/03 (By DAVID E. SANGER, Sep. 10, 2003)
ON EDUCATION: No Child Left Behind Law Leaves No Room for Some (By MICHAEL WINERIP, Sep. 10, 2003)
WORLD: In 2 Bombings, Arab Attackers Kill 13 in Israel (By JAMES BENNET & GREG MYRE, Sep. 10, 2003)
THE MILITARY: Forces Strained in Iraq Mission, Congress Is Told (By ERIC SCHMITT, Sep. 10, 2003)
ISLAMIC ALLY: Questions Grow on Pakistan's Commitment to Fight Taliban (By DAVID ROHDE, Sep. 10, 2003)
IRAQ'S WEALTH: A Popular Idea: Give Oil Money to the People Rather Than the Despots
(By JOHN TIERNEY, Sep. 10, 2003)
LETTER FROM THE AMERICAS: Chile's Wound, 30 Years Later, Is Still Inflamed
(By LARRY ROHTER, Sep. 10, 2003)
NY REGION: Remains Found Near Ground Zero (NY TIMES, Sep. 10, 2003)
THE 91ST FLOOR: The Line Between Life and Death, Still Indelible (By MICHAEL LUO, Sep. 10, 2003)
* ABOUT NEW YORK: For One 9/11 Family, Five Waves of Grief (By DAN BARRY, Sep. 10, 2003)
New York Picks Its Beverage, for $166 Million (By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, Sep. 10, 2003)
For City's Repairmen, Shop May Be the Sidewalk (By JOSEPH BERGER, Sep. 10, 2003)
Hay Fever Is Delayed, Not Diluted (By ROBERT HANLEY, Sep. 10, 2003)
Potential Witness in Moxley Case Denies Knowing Who Killed Girl (By ALISON LEIGH COWAN, Sep. 10, 2003)
SPORTS: The Decline and Fall of Sports Ratings (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Sep. 10, 2003)
SPORTS: Tigers Are Nearing a Dubious Distinction (By IRA BERKOW, Sep. 10, 2003)
YANKEES 4, TIGERS 2: Yankees Not at Best, but Still Beat Worst (By BILL FINLEY, Sep. 10, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Showdown in Cancún (NY TIMES, Sep. 10, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Paying the Bills for Iraq (NY TIMES, Sep. 10, 2003)
OP-ED: Casting a Cold Eye on Arctic Oil (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Sep. 10, 2003)
OP-ED: Baudelaire's Bird ["Albatross": "he cannot walk because of his great wings"]
(By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Sep. 10, 2003)
OP-ED: Finding the Face of Terror in Data (By JOHN M. POINDEXTER, Sep. 10, 2003)
LETTERS: Whose Fault? The Blame Game (6 Letters) (By DAVID W. CARLILE, et. al., Sep. 10, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Decline as Nokia Outlook Cools Investor Fervor
[Dow -79, Nasdaq -15] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 10, 2003)
Employees Pay 48% More for Company Health Plans (By MILT FREUDENHEIM, Sep. 10, 2003)
Grasso Giving Up $48 Million in Benefits (By FLOYD NORRIS and LANDON THOMAS Jr., Sep. 10, 2003)
* TECHNOLOGY: New Parent-to-Child Chat: Do You Download Music? (By AMY HARMON, Sep. 10, 2003)
DANCE: Designing Dance as Art Installation (By NORA FITZGERALD, Sep. 10, 2003)
MUSIC: The Pipes Are Gone but the Organ Resounds (By JAMES R. OESTREICH, Sep. 10, 2003)
MUSIC: A Long Wait on Fame's Doorstep for the Wrens (By HUGO LINDGREN, Sep. 10, 2003)
THEATER: 'THE THREEPENNY OPERA': Those Beggars and Thieves Are on the Loose
(By NEIL GENZLINGER, Sep. 10, 2003)
THEATER: 'THE DANCING FOX': With Animals and Masks, Five Folk Tales Arabs
and Jews Have in Common (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Sep. 10, 2003)
* TV: 'JAKE 2.0': A Hero for Today: He's Super Techie! (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Sep. 10, 2003)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 10, 2003)
FOOD STUFF: Color Me Orange (and Purple, Red, etc.) (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Sep. 10, 2003)

Tuesday, September 9, 2003:
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)

* Leni Riefenstahl, Filmmaker and Nazi Propagandist, Dies at 101 (By ALAN RIDING, Sep. 9, 2003)
Warren Zevon, Wry Singer and Songwriter, Dies at 56 (By JON PARELES, Sep. 9, 2003)
* Gisele MacKenzie, Singer and Star of 'Your Hit Parade,' Dies at 76 (By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON, Sep. 9, 2003)
James Rachels, 62, Ethicist Who Ignited Euthanasia Debate, Dies (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Sep. 9, 2003)
Dr. Jose Barchilon, Psychoanalyst, Dies at 90 (NY TIMES, Sep. 9, 2003)
NATIONAL: Indiana Governor Rushed Into Surgery After Stroke (By MONICA DAVEY, Sep. 9, 2003)
CAPITOL HILL: Bush Likely to Get Money He Sought, Lawmakers Agree (By DAVID FIRESTONE, Sep. 9, 2003)
THE MOOD: On Iraq and Bush's Speech, a Sampling of the Public Pulse Finds Varying Beats
(By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Sep. 9, 2003)
NASA Says It Won't Rush Shuttle Back to Space (By JOHN SCHWARTZ with WARREN E. LEARY, Sep. 9, 2003)
In California, Davis and Schwarzenegger Split the Pronunciation Vote (By CHARLIE LeDUFF, Sep. 9, 2003)
* COUNTERFEIT DOCUMENTS: Fake Licenses Are Still Seen as Easy to Obtain (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Sep. 9, 2003)
THE BORDERS: New Passport Rules Are Put Off by U.S. (By PHILIP SHENON, Sep. 9, 2003)
THE DETAINEES: Plans for Terror Inquiries Still Fall Short, Report Says (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Sep. 9, 2003)
WORLD: Arafat's Choice Sets Conditions for Acceptance (By JAMES BENNET, Sep. 9, 2003)
9/11 TACTICS: Official Says Qaeda Recruited Saudi Hijackers to Strain Ties (By DAVID JOHNSTON, Sep. 9, 2003)
THE PAST: Planning a Museum to Tell Iraq's Story (By ROBERT F. WORTH, Sep. 9, 2003)
PENTAGON CHIEF: Troubles in Iraq Dim Rumsfeld's Star, but He Fights Back
(By ERIC SCHMITT and DOUGLAS JEHL, Sep. 9, 2003)
REACTION: Europe Hears Bush's Call for Help Without Scorn (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Sep. 9, 2003)
MAN IN THE NEWS: A Veteran of Exile Life: Ahmed Ali Sulieman Qurei (By GREG MYRE, Sep. 9, 2003)
Muslim Lycée Opens in Secular France, Raising Eyebrows (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Sep. 9, 2003)
NIZHNY NOVGOROD JOURNAL: Men Marry, With and Without a Church Blessing (By SETH MYDANS, Sep. 9, 2003)
EDUCATION: First Day of School Brings Smiles, Tears and a Surprise: No Disaster
(By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN & ELISSA GOOTMAN, Sep. 9, 2003)
NY REGION: Senator Clinton Says No to '04, but Playfulness Hints at Yes (By JIM DWYER, Sep. 9, 2003)
CEREMONY: Vial of Blood Is Laid to Rest as Fire Dept. Salutes Firefighter
(By PAUL von ZIELBAUER, Sep. 9, 2003)
A Theory of the Moxley Killing Was Delayed, a Kennedy Says (By ALISON LEIGH COWAN, Sep. 9, 2003)
HARD TIMES: Some Feel Pinch, Others a Squeeze (By ANTHONY DePALMA, Sep. 9, 2003)
THE MOOD: Despite Feeling Threatened, Few Bother With Preparations (By ANDREA ELLIOTT, Sep. 9, 2003)
* FOLLOWING UP: Pushing a Rock, Day After Day (By LESLIE EATON, Sep. 9, 2003)
PUBLIC LIVES: Worried About a Foreign Policy of Going It Alone (By CHRIS HEDGES, Sep. 9, 2003)
NYC: Sticks, Stones and Words, Meet the .357 [.357 Smith & Wesson] (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Sep. 9, 2003)
SPORTS: Summer Heat: Time for Yankees to Settle Down (By HARVEY ARATON, Sep. 9, 2003)
BASEBALL: Best and Worst of Times [Barry Bonds] (By MICHAEL ARKUSH, Sep. 9, 2003)
TENNIS: From Center Court to Center Stage, for a Day [Andy Roddick] (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Sep. 9, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Presidential Character (NY TIMES, Sep. 9, 2003)
EDITORIALS: The Rush to Resume Shuttle Flights (NY TIMEAS, Sep. 9, 2003)
OP-ED: Whatever It Takes (By DAVID BROOKS, Sep. 9, 2003)
OP-ED: Other People's Sacrifice (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Sep. 9, 2003)
* OP-ED: How Teachers Can Stop Cheaters
[Socratic dialogue: "the way we ought to live our lives"]
(By MARK EDMUNDSON, Sep. 9, 2003)
LETTERS: Bush's Status Report on Iraq (5 Letters) (By DAVID SMITHERS, et. al., Sep. 9, 2003)
LETTERS: Loving Strollers: My Child Is Safe, I'm Sane (3 Letters) (ELIZABETH M. BACON, Sep. 9, 2003)
BUSINESS: Markets Resume Climb on Promise of Solid Profit Reports
[Dow +83, Nasdaq +30] (By REUTERS, Sep. 9, 2003)
MARKET PLACE: Some Funds Allow Traders to Frequently Move Money (By RIVA D. ATLAS, Sep. 9, 2003)
* Sun Microsystems' Co - Founder to Resign [Bill Joy] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 9, 2003)
Energy Project vs. Environmentalists in Peru (By JUAN FORERO, Sep. 9, 2003)
* 261 Lawsuits Filed on Internet Music Sharing (By AMY HARMON, Sep. 9, 2003)
* NEWS ANALYSIS: Fighting the Idea That All the Internet Is Free (By STEVE LOHR, Sep. 9, 2003)
* ADVERTISING: A Magazine Goliath Faces Davids (By STUART ELLIOTT, Sep. 9, 2003)
* Building the Perfect Slurpee (By SHERRI DAY, Sep. 9, 2003)
* MEMO PAD: Business Travelers Seek High-Speed Internet Connections (JOE SHARKEY, Sep. 9, 2003)
BUSINESS TRAVEL: Hotels Are Tilting Toward Luxury to Lure Convention Business
(By JOE SHARKEY, Sep. 9, 2003)
BOOKS: 'SAN REMO DRIVE': At a Childhood Home, on a Mission of Retrieval (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Sep. 9, 2003)
CABARET: A Series of Melodious Marriages (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Sep. 9, 2003)
FILM: A Star's Real Life Upstages His Films [Tab Hunter] (By BERNARD WEINRAUB, Sep. 9, 2003)
MUSIC CRITIC: NEW CD'S: From Funk to True Art Music (By BEN RATLIFF, Sep. 9, 2003)
MUSIC | PAINKILLER: Fluttering Rat-a-tats to Celebrate a Birthday (By BEN RATLIFF, Sep. 9, 2003)
OPERA: Jumping Continents in the Name of Opera (By JANE PERLEZ, Sep. 9, 2003)
ROCK | MOGWAI: No Words, No Songs, Just Emotions (By KELEFA SANNEH, Sep. 9, 2003)
TV: 'WHOOPI' AND 'HAPPY FAMILY': Check In, Get a Free Civics Lesson
(By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 9, 2003)
SCIENCE: Forensic Botanists Find the Lethal Weapon of a Killer Weed (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, Sep. 9, 2003)
A Battle for Turf Where the Grizzlies Ruled (By JIM ROBBINS, Sep. 9, 2003)
* SCIENCE ESSAY: A Measurement Whose Time Has Come [jet year = 5.25 million miles/year]
(By AMIR D. ACZEL, Sep. 9, 2003)
* Deep Under the Sea, Boiling Founts of Life Itself [hot sulfur vents] (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Sep. 9, 2003)
* OBSERVATORY: Symbiotic Ne'er-Do-Wells [Galileo spacecraft will plunge into Jupiter 9/21]
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Sep. 9, 2003)
LAST OF THE GREATS: New Telescope (NY TIMES, Sep. 9, 2003)
HEALTH: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 9, 2003)
SCIENTIST AT WORK: At 79, a Pioneer of Heart Devices Is Not About to Quit Tinkering
(By JANE E. BRODY, Sep. 9, 2003)
Outbreak That Wasn't: A SARS False Alarm (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Sep. 9, 2003)
With Advances in Biopsies, Less Can Mean More (By LAURIE TARKAN, Sep. 9, 2003)
Calculating the Toll of Trauma (By ERICA GOODE, Sep. 9, 2003)
Smoking Tied to Kidney and Spleen Damage (By REUTERS, Sep. 9, 2003)
* A CONVERSATION WITH | KATHARINE PHILLIPS: Muting the Obsessions (By NANCY WARTIK, Sep. 9, 2003)
* BEHAVIOR: When the Mind Tortures the Body With Illnesses Unseen (By RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M.D., Sep. 9, 2003)
BOOKS ON HEALTH: Sometimes, the Labels Lie (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Sep. 9, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Patterns: Disturbing the Nighttime Peace (By JOHN O'NEIL, Sep. 9, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Treatments: Fewer Antibiotics Prescribed (By JOHN O'NEIL, Sep. 9, 2003)
Q & A: Counting Calories [one gram of dextrose yields four calories]
(By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Sep. 9, 2003)

Monday, September 8, 2003:
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)

Ben Holt Jr., 89, Engineer Who Designed Power Plants, Dies (By SHELLY FREIERMAN, Sep. 8, 2003)
Sanford Solender, a Leader of Jewish Charities, Dies at 89 (By ERIC PACE, Sep. 8, 2003)
Judith Arango, 75, Design Expert Who Favored the Functional, Dies (By STUART LAVIETES, Sep. 8, 2003)
Robert Kallman, 81, Scientist Who Researched Radiation of Cancers, Dies (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Sep. 8, 2003)
Marilyn E. Marlow, 75, Agent for Writers of Children's Books, Dies (By EDEN ROSS LIPSON, Sep. 8, 2003)
Terry Frost, 87, Painter Known for Energetic Abstraction, Dies (By KEN JOHNSON, Sep. 8, 2003)
Irving Shwayder, Ex-Head of Samsonite, Dies at 81 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 8, 2003)
* DANCE | CHINESE FOLK DANCE COMPANY: Chinese Banquet of Folk and Abstraction
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Sep. 8, 2003)
ARTICLE (By, Sep. 8, 2003)
SCIENCE: Intel Says It Is Ready to Sell 2 New Chips in Itanium Line (By LAURIE J. FLYNN, Sep. 8, 2003)

Sunday, September 7, 2003:
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)

Msgr. Robert P. Hupp, 88, Reformer of Boys Town, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 7, 2003)
* NY REGION: A Rare View of 9/11, Overlooked [video of crash] (By JAMES GLANZ, Sep. 7, 2003)
BASEBALL: Knucklers Punch Out Yankees' Offense [Red Sox beats Yankess 11-0]
(By BILL FINLEY, Sep. 7, 2003)
AROUND THE MAJORS: Baker Is Doing It With Magic as Cubs' Front Office Applauds FOOTBALL: Hybrid and Innovator, Titans' Kearse Is Back (By THOMAS GEORGE, Sep. 7, 2003)
TENNIS: Roddick Wins Men's Title at U.S. Open (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 7, 2003)
TENNIS: Only a Few Get to See Midnight Spectacle (By SELENA ROBERTS, Sep. 7, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Where Are the Victims' Families? (NY TIMES, Sep. 7, 2003)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Back When Skin Color Was Destiny ‹ Unless You Passed for White
(By BRENT STAPLES, Sep. 7, 2003)
OP-ED: From Swagger to Stagger (By MAUREEN DOWD, Sep. 7, 2003)
OP-ED: The Wailing Wall? (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Sep. 7, 2003)
OP-ED: Putting the American in 'American Muslim' (By MUQTEDAR KHAN, Sep. 7, 2003)
OP-ED: The Good of a Bad Review (By CLIVE JAMES, Sep. 7, 2003)
OP-ED: A Note to Readers [OP-ED columnists schedule] (NY TIMES, Sep. 7, 2003)
LETTERS: 'Sex and the City': The Reviews Are In (3 Letters) (By ASHLEY NELSON, et. al., Sep. 7, 2003)
LETTERS: Americans in Poverty (By TAMARA DRAUT, Sep. 7, 2003)
DANCE: Wanted: Suitable Post for European Superstar (By ALAN RIDING, Sep. 7, 2003)
DANCE CRITIC'S PICKS: Merce Cunningham Recruits Radiohead and Sigur Ros (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Sep. 7, 2003)
DANCE CRITIC'S PICKS: The Glamorous Dunham and the Wizardly Nikolais (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Sep. 7, 2003)
PHOTOGRAPHY: Everyone Has an Ennial; Now It's Photography's Turn (By BARBARA POLLACK, Sep. 7, 2003)
THEATER CRITIC'S PICKS: A Song-and-Dance X-Man and a Goody-Goody Witch (By BEN BRANTLEY, Sep. 7, 2003)
THEATER: Richard Greenberg: Broadway's New Heavy Hitter (By JESSE McKINLEY, Sep. 7, 2003)
* The Futile Pursuit of Happiness (By JON GERTNER, Sep. 7, 2003)

Saturday, September 6, 2003:
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)

Moe Biller, 87, Labor Chief of Postal Workers, Dies (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, Sep. 6, 2003)
* Charlotte Selver, 102, a Guide to Sensory Awareness, Dies (By STUART LAVIETES, Sep. 6, 2003)
Susan Chilcott, 40, Leading English Soprano, Dies (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Sep. 6, 2003)
William Roy, a Songwriter and Music Director in Cabaret, Dies at 75 (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Sep. 6, 2003)
H. Erich Heinemann, 71, Writer, Economist and Critic of the Fed, Dies (By JENNIFER BAYOT, Sep. 6, 2003)
BUSINESS: Wall St. Shaken by U.S. Report of Job Losses in August
[Dow -85, Nasdaq -11] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 6, 2003)

Friday, September 5, 2003:
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)

* Alan Dugan, 80, Barbed Poet of Daily Life's Profundities, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 5, 2003)
Gen. Raymond Davis, War Hero, Dies at 88 (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Sep. 5, 2003)
Horace W. Babcock, 90, Planner and Developer of Telescopes, Dies (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Sep. 5, 2003)
Democrats Seeking Presidency Denounce Bush Iraq Policy (By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JODI WILGOREN, Sep. 5, 2003)
Divisions in G.O.P. Give Hope to Davis in Race for His Job (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Sep. 5, 2003)
Al Qaeda Still Active in U.S., Counterterrorism Official Says (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Sep. 5, 2003)
Lag of Data to Grid Operator May Be a Key to Blackout (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Sep. 5, 2003)
WORLD: U.S. Said to Shift Approach in Talks With North Korea (By DAVID E. SANGER, Sep. 5, 2003)
TROOPS LEVELS: Rumsfeld Eager for More Iraqis to Keep Peace (By DOUGLAS JEHL and DEXTER FILKINS, Sep. 5, 2003)
DISPATCHES: A Meeting With the Ayatollah (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Sep. 5, 2003)
U.S. and Afghan Forces Complete Operation to Root Out Pockets of Taliban (By CARLOTTA GALL, Sep. 5, 2003)
THE BRITISH: Blair Defends Iraq War Despite Problems (By WARREN HOGE, Sep. 5, 2003)
THE ALLIES: France and Germany Differ With U.S. on Plan for Iraq (By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Sep. 5, 2003)
PARIS JOURNAL: The End of Chocolate (as a Chocolatier Knows It) (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Sep. 5, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: Bush Foreign Policy and Harsh Reality (By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Sep. 5, 2003)
NY REGION: Rest, Prayer, and a Happy Hour (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Sep. 5, 2003)
NYC: A Refresher on Tragedies and Resilience (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Sep. 5, 2003)
SPORTS: Scheduling Creates Sense of Unfairness at U.S. Open (By HARVEY ARATON, Sep. 5, 2003)
YANKEES 3, BLUE JAYS 2: Torre Speaks, and Yankees Respond (By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 5, 2003)
EDITORIALS: Mutual Fund Misdeeds (NY TIMES, Sep. 5, 2003)
OP-ED: What Price Drilling? (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Sep. 5, 2003)
OP-ED: The China Syndrome (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Sep. 5, 2003)
OP-ED: 'Hard Money' Is Easy to Come By (By NORMAN ORNSTEIN & ANTHONY CORRADO, Sep. 5, 2003)
LETTERS: Iraq Thicket: A Role for the U.N.? (4 Letters) (By ANDRE HUZSVAI, et. al., Sep. 5, 2003)
BUSINESS: Shares Advance, Pushing S.&P. Index to 14-Month High
[Dow +19, Nasdaq +16] (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Sep. 5, 2003)
S.E.C. to Put Mutual Funds Under Scrutiny on Late Trading (By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Sep. 5, 2003)
Price Cuts Shake Up Music Industry (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK with CONSTANCE L. HAYS, Sep. 5, 2003)
FLOYD NORRIS: Regulator and Business: Can the Big Board Have It Both Ways? (By FLOYD NORRIS, Sep. 5, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: How to Beat the Market: Easy. Make Late Trades. (By FLOYD NORRIS, Sep. 5, 2003)
Publisher That Went Bust Is Hoping to Go Boom Again (By DAVID CARR, Sep. 5, 2003)
ADVERTISING: Indications That Ad Spending Will Increase (By STUART ELLIOTT, Sep. 5, 2003)
For France, 'an American Defeat' (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Sep. 5, 2003)
ART: 'FRENCH ARTISTS IN ROME': Young, French and Under Rome's Spell (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Sep. 5, 2003)
ART: 'COMING OF AGE IN ANCIENT GREECE': Relics of Childhood From an Antique World
(By GRACE GLUECK, Sep. 5, 2003)
ART: 'ORIGIN OF THE NIGHT': If the Actual Amazon Is Far Away, Invent One Nearby
(By ROBERTA SMITH, Sep. 5, 2003)
ARTS: 'COSTANTINO NIVOLA'; 'FREDERICK KIESLER': An Ambitious Architect of Visions and Dreams
(By KEN JOHNSON, Sep. 5, 2003)
ARTS: MY MANHATTAN: A Village Stroll, With Only the Dawn as a Guide (By SANDEE BRAWARSKY, Sep. 5, 2003)
INSIDE ART: New Curators at the Modern (By CAROL VOGEL, Sep. 5, 2003)
ANTIQUES: Treasuring Ancient Secrets of Patagonia (By WENDY MOONAN, Sep. 5, 2003)
BOOKS: 'INTERESTING TIMES': Still Saluting the Red Flag, After the Flagpole Fell
(By GEOFFREY WHEATCROFT, Sep. 5, 2003)
DANCE: COMPAGNIE FELIX RUCKERT: Hands-On Choreography as Spectacle and as Massage
(By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Sep. 5, 2003)
FILM: 'PARTY MONSTER': They Live to Tell It: A Tale of the Club Scene (By A. O. SCOTT, Sep. 5, 2003)
FILM: 'TAKING SIDES': He Conducted for Hitler, and Now He's Making a Nazi Hunter's Day
(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Sep. 5, 2003)
FILM: 'CARNAGE': A Bull, After Death, Touches Many Unrelated Lives (By A. O. SCOTT, Sep. 5, 2003)
FILM: 'DICKIE ROBERTS: FORMER CHILD STAR': An Actor Prepares With a Crash Course in Childhood
(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Sep. 5, 2003)
FILM: 'WHERE'S THE PARTY YAAR?': Fresh Off the Boat From India and He's Yearning to Be Cool
(By DAVE KEHR, Sep. 5, 2003)
FILM: 'HOME ROOM': Girls From Opposite Cliques Bond After a Shared Horror (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Sep. 5, 2003)
FILM: AT THE MOVIES: Fiji Favorites: Guys in Dresses (By DAVE KEHR, Sep. 5, 2003)
MUSIC: IN THE RADIO STUDIO WITH: Jonathan Schwartz: An Alchemist's 36-Year Seminar
(By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN, Sep. 5, 2003)
THEATER: 'TRUMBO': One-to-One Words of a Blacklistee (By BRUCE WEBER, Sep. 5, 2003)
TV: 'DC 9/11'; 'CENTER OF THE WORLD': Sept. 11, Before and After (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 5, 2003)

Thursday, September 4, 2003:
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)

* Donald Davidson, 86, Philosopher With Linguistic Focus, Dies (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 4, 2003)
Werner Goldsmith, 79, Who Studied Mechanics of Impact, DiesR (By ANAHAD O'CONNO, Sep. 4, 2003)
Sidney J. Silberman, 81, Lawyer and Benefactor of Jewish Causes, Dies (By ERIC PACE, Sep. 4, 2003)
Raymond Walters Jr., 91, Book Columnist, Dies (NY TIMES, Sep. 4, 2003)
Ramón Serrano Suner, 101, a Franco Aide, Dies (By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Sep. 4, 2003)
NATIONAL: California Hopefuls Debate, but Schwarzenegger Sits Out (By DEAN E. MURPHY and JOHN M. BRODER, Sep. 4, 2003)
Bodybuilder Works on New Goal: Learning Curve [Schwarzenegger] (By CHARLIE LeDUFF, Sep. 4, 2003)
White House Approved Departure of Saudis After Sept. 11, Ex-Aide Says (By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Sep. 4, 2003)
* Identity Theft Victimizes Millions, Costs Billions (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Sep. 4, 2003)
WORLD: U.S. Drafts Plan for U.N. to Back a Force for Iraq (By FELICITY BARRINGER with DAVID E. SANGER, Sep. 4, 2003)
Reality TV Rivets Africa, to the Churches' Dismay (By MARC LACEY, Sep. 4, 2003)
Suspense Ends in North Korea: The 'Dear Leader' Is Re-elected (By JAMES BROOKE, Sep. 4, 2003)
Study Finds Europeans Distrustful of U.S. Global Leadership (By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, Sep. 4, 2003)
Hussein Tape Is Authentic, C.I.A. Says (NY TIMES, Sep. 4, 2003)
OCCUPATION: Marines Turn Over a South-Central Area of Iraq to a Polish-Led International Force
(By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Sep. 4, 2003)
TROOP LEVELS: Helpers to Get Seat at Table, Rumsfeld Says (By DOUGLAS JEHL, Sep. 4, 2003)
PRAGUE JOURNAL: Travel Advisory: British Abroad, Staggering About (By, Sep. 4, 2003)
IRAQ'S STREETS: A Jog in Baghdad Offers Lessons About Life in a War Zone (By DEXTER FILKINS, Sep. 4, 2003)
101st Airborne Scores Success in Northern Iraq (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Sep. 4, 2003)
NY TIMES: Gambling Foes Try to Curb Growth of Connecticut's 2 Casino Giants
(By MARC SANTORA, Sep. 4, 2003)
BLOCKS: In Downtown Canyon, a Vibrant Social Scene Blooms (By DAVID W. DUNLAP, Sep. 4, 2003)
* Spelling It 'Dinsey,' Children on Web Got XXX (By BENJAMIN WEISER, Sep. 4, 2003)
PUBLIC LIVES: That Pesky Artist Is at It Again, but Don't Tell Mom [LoBaido]
(By WINNIE HU, Sep. 4, 2003)
SPORTS: CENTRAL TIME: Pennant Races, With the Works, to Go (By JACK CURRY, Sep. 4, 2003)
BLUE JAYS 4, YANKEES 3: Steinbrenner Looms Large as Yanks Lose (By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 4, 2003)
TENNIS: Organizers Still Hoping Not to Move Open Finals (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Sep. 4, 2003)
EDITORIALS: A Bigger U.N. Role in Iraq (NY TIMES, Sep. 4, 2003)
EDITORIALS: THE CITY LIFE: Aboard the Sleeper (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Sep. 4, 2003)
OP-ED: Sick and Suspicious [IBM workers & cancer] (By BOB HERBERT, Sep. 4, 2003)
OP-ED: Small Businesses, Big Growth (By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN, Sep. 4, 2003)
OP-ED: Something to Talk About (By MATTHEW MILLER, Sep. 4, 2003)
LETTERS: For the Democrats, No Lack of Advice (3 Letters) (By KATHLEEN GULLEY, et. al., Sep. 4, 2003)
LETTERS: What Parents Can Do to Foster Learning (2 Letters) (By LARRY HOFFNER, et. al., Sep. 4, 2003)
LETTERS: Research, Reconsidered (By HEATHER DUBROW, Sep. 4, 2003)
BUSINESS: Better-Than-Expected Sales at Cisco Spur Tech Shares
[Dow +45, Nasdaq +11] (By REUTERS, Sep. 4, 2003)
Universal to Cut Prices of Its CD's (By AMY HARMON, Sep. 4, 2003)
Economic Worries in China as Companies Pile Up Debt (By KEITH BRADSHER, Sep. 4, 2003)
* ECONOMIC SCENE: The No-Frills Middle Class (By JEFF MADRICK, Sep. 4, 2003)
China Agrees to Free Trading in Its Currency, but Not Now (By JOSEPH KAHN, Sep. 4, 2003)
ART: Pierwise, One Person's Wreck Is Another's Art (By FRED A. BERNSTEIN, Sep. 4, 2003)
ARTS: Auction Houses Find a Silver Mine in Midrange Sales (By CAROL VOGEL, Sep. 4, 2003)
BOOKS: 'DIARY': Two People in Comas, but One's Still Awake (By JANET MASLIN, Sep. 4, 2003)
BOOKS: Quiet Midwest Novelist Is Making a Little Noise (By EMILY EAKIN, Sep. 4, 2003)
CABARET: STACEY KENT: A Flirtatious Soundtrack to Romance (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Sep. 4, 2003)
JAZZ: BILL CHARLAP: Spreading the Rhythm (and the Joy) Around (By BEN RATLIFF, Sep. 4, 2003)
MUSIC: Concerto for Orchestra and Hopeful City (By STEPHEN KINZER, Sep. 4, 2003)
POP LIFE: Eclectic Mix of Bands, and Likewise of Fans (By NEIL STRAUSS, Sep. 4, 2003)
CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 4, 2003)
* Heart of Darkness, on a Desktop (By KATIE HAFNER with MICHAEL FALCONE, Sep. 4, 2003)
* Say Ahhh (and Watch the Monitor) (By JESSIE SCANLON, Sep. 4, 2003)
STATE OF THE ART: 2 Cameras Seek Bliss as a Couple (By DAVID POGUE, Sep. 4, 2003)
* ONLINE SHOPPER: Whipping Up Supper, Mouse in Hand (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Sep. 4, 2003)
MYRIAD TUNES: 26,000-Hit Wonder Keeps It Hopping (By JOHANNA JAINCHILL, Sep. 4, 2003)
* BASICS: Adding Eye Contact to Your Web Chats (By PETER MEYERS, Sep. 4, 2003)
GAME THEORY: Pitting Sadistic Nihilism Against Moral Verities (By CHARLES HEROLD, Sep. 4, 2003)
* WHAT'S NEXT: It's Tricky, Grafting Brando's Sneer to Bogart's Shrug (By ERIC A. TAUB, Sep. 4, 2003)
* For Student Essayists, an Automated Grader (By J. GREG PHELAN, Sep. 4, 2003)
For Weak Remote Signals, a Handy Bedside Boost (By IVAN BERGER, Sep. 4, 2003)
Palm-Size Playground Soothes the Irate Child (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Sep. 4, 2003)
A Recorder at Ease in Every Format, With Software to Spare (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Sep. 4, 2003)
Dock the Cellphone in a Control Pad, Then Fire Away (By YI CAI ISAAC TONG, Sep. 4, 2003)
Capturing More Memories With Fewer Moving Parts (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Sep. 4, 2003)
Q & A: Don't Expect a System to Behave Uniformly (By J. D. BIERSDORFER, Sep. 4, 2003)
* HEALTH: Study Finds Appetites Reduced by Hormone [peptide YY 3-36] (By GINA KOLATA, Sep. 4, 2003)

Wednesday, September 3, 2003:
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)

Franklin Ford, 82, Who Confronted Harvard Protesters, Dies (By ERIC PACE, Sep. 3, 2003)
John Gould, 94, Columnist in The Monitor for 60 Years, Dies (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 3, 2003)
Rand Brooks, Actor Known for Role in 'Gone With the Wind,' Dies at 84 (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 3, 2003)
Robert Koch, an Arts Expert Who Helped Popularize Tiffany, Dies at 85 (By DON R. HECKER, Sep. 3, 2003)
NATIONAL: Kerry Begins Campaign With Talk of 'Courage' (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Sep. 3, 2003)
Judges' Rulings Imposing Death Are Overturned (By ADAM LIPTAK, Sep. 3, 2003)
Census Shows Ranks of Poor Rose by 1.3 Million (By LYNETTE CLEMETSON, Sep. 3, 2003)
Utilities Point Their Fingers at Each Other Over Blackout (By MATTHEW L. WALD and CARL HULSE, Sep. 3, 2003)
* Backing the Mission in Iraq, but Pondering Its Outcome (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Sep. 3, 2003)
Device Could Yield Clues in Bank Bomb Death (By JAMES DAO, Sep. 3, 2003)
WORLD: Bush Looks to U.N. to Share Burden on Troops in Iraq
(By DAVID E. SANGER and DAVID FIRESTONE, Sep. 3, 2003)
AYATOLLAH'S FUNERAL: Thousands at Burial of Slain Cleric (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Sep. 3, 2003)
* As China Gallops, Mexico Sees Factory Jobs Slip Away (By JUAN FORERO, Sep. 3, 2003)
* LETTER FROM AFRICA: Of Liberia's Many Sorrows, and Their Roots (By TIM WEINER, Sep. 3, 2003)
Islamic Cleric Gets Mixed Verdict in Indonesian Trial for Terrorism (By RAYMOND BONNER, Sep. 3, 2003)
Once Mild, Islam Looks Harsher in Indonesia (By JANE PERLEZ, Sep. 3, 2003)
U.S. Stand Could Stall Korea Talks, Chinese Say (By JOSEPH KAHN, Sep. 3, 2003)
* NY REGION: Golden Years, on $678 a Month (By N. R. KLEINFIELD, Sep. 3, 2003)
For the Lonely Runner, No Rest Until the Finish Line (By CHRIS HEDGES, Sep. 3, 2003)
ABOUT NEW YORK: Everyone Out of the Pool (That's You!) (By DAN BARRY, Sep. 3, 2003)
* EDUCATION: A Campus Fad That's Being Copied: Internet Plagiarism (By SARA RIMER, Sep. 3, 2003)
* N.Y.U. President Says Teaching Isn't Such a Novel Idea (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Sep. 3, 2003)
* ON EDUCATION: A Star! A Failure! Unmeshed Yardsticks (By MICHAEL WINERIP, Sep. 3, 2003)
OP-ED: Empire of Novices (By MAUREEN DOWD, Sep. 3, 2003)
OP-ED: 52 to 48 [Arab vote for pop singers] (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Sep. 3, 2003)
OP-ED: Nice War. Here's the Bill. (By DONALD HEPBURN, Sep. 3, 2003)
OP-ED: The Case for TV (By HENRY SCHLEIFF, Sep. 3, 2003)
LETTERS: Day by Day, the Bad News in Iraq (5 Letters) (By DAVE MORSE, et. al., Sep. 3, 2003)
It's Back to School for Material Girls (2 Letters) (By HELENE BENARDO, et. al., Sep. 3, 2003)
BUSINESS: Stocks Start a September Rally
[Dow +107, Nasdaq +31] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 3, 2003)
S.E.C. Head Asks for Details of Big Board Chief's Payout [$140 million] (By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Sep. 3, 2003)
Coke Moves With Caution to Remain in Schools (By SHERRI DAY, Sep. 3, 2003)
Documents Show Extent of Lobbying by Boeing (By LESLIE WAYNE, Sep. 3, 2003)
ADVERTISING: Big New Campaign for McDonald's (By STUART ELLIOTT, Sep. 3, 2003)
ARTS: Indonesian Art to Admire and to Wear (By JANE PERLEZ, Sep. 3, 2003)
ARTS Briefing [Frida Kahlo, Einstein on Stage] (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Sep. 3, 2003)
* BOOKS: 'MIDDLETOWN, AMERICA': A Brokenhearted Town Endures Its Nightmare
[Gail Sheehy] (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Sep. 3, 2003)
* BOOKS: French Feel the Anguish in Books Inspired by 9/11 (By ALAN RIDING, Sep. 3, 2003)
FILM: 'HEY IS DEE DEE HOME': A Punk Rocker, From Sedated to Self-Aware (By DAVE KEHR, Sep. 3, 2003)
FILM: 'ZERO DAY': Disaffected Teenagers and Looming Calamity (By ELVIS MITCHELL, Sep. 3, 2003)
MUSIC: Latin Grammys Put Miami to the Test Tonight (By MIRTA OJITO, Sep. 3, 2003)
THEATER CRITIC: 'Cabaret,' Soon to Close, Enriched the Theater (By BRUCE WEBER, Sep. 3, 2003)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 3, 2003)
* FOOD: Dog Ate Your Homework? Fall on Your Bread Knife (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Sep. 3, 2003)
HOME COOKING: A Cook in Her Element, Summer (By MARK BITTMAN, Sep. 3, 2003)
* Hail to the Chefs of the Chiefs (By, Sep. 3, 2003)
Beach Plums: Hard to Tame, but Growers Don't Give Up (By DAVID KARP, Sep. 3, 2003)
THE MINIMALIST: A Little Skin, a Lot of Fire [Sichuan chicken] (By MARK BITTMAN, Sep. 3, 2003)
AT MY TABLE | NIGELLA LAWSON: Surrounded by Pasta, Dreaming of Tikka
(By NIGELLA LAWSON, Sep. 3, 2003)
PAIRINGS: For an Unassuming Red, a Simple Fish Supper (By AMANDA HESSER, Sep. 3, 2003)

Tuesday, September 2, 2003:
On This Day: Septmeber 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)

Bishop Donal Lamont, 92, Africa Missionary, Dies (By PAUL LEWIS, Sep. 2, 2003)
Claude Passeau, 94, a Standout Pitcher for the Cubs, Dies (By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, Sep. 2, 2003)
Amram Ducovny, 75, Late-Blossoming Novelist, Dies (By DON R. HECKER, Sep. 2, 2003)
Robert Abplanalp, 81, Inventor and Nixon Confidant, Dies (By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Sep. 2, 2003)
NATIONAL: Experts Point to Strains on Electric Grid's Specialists (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Sep. 2, 2003)
As Recall Clock Ticks, an Awkward Minuet (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Sep. 2, 2003)
In Iowa, the Field of Democratic Hopefuls Is Just a Blur (By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, Sep. 2, 2003)
In Baltimore, Slogan Collides With Reality (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Sep. 2, 2003)
Seattleites May Pay a Levy on Espresso (By SARAH KERSHAW, Sep. 2, 2003)
Congress's List Is a Long One, and Iraq Tops It (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Sep. 2, 2003)
Surfers' Paradise Lost to the Great White Hungry Shark (By NICK MADIGAN, Sep. 2, 2003)
EDUCATION: Rising Demands for Testing Push Limits of Its Accuracy (By DIANA B. HENRIQUES, Sep. 2, 2003)
WORLD: STRATEGY: G.I.'s Shift to More Precise, Smaller Raids (By ERIC SCHMITT, Sep. 2, 2003)
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Council Picks a Cabinet to Run Key State Affairs (By DEXTER FILKINS, Sep. 2, 2003)
Police Used Excessive Force on Israeli Arabs, Panel Says (By JAMES BENNET, Sep. 2, 2003)
Absent From the Korea Talks: Bush's Hard-Liner (By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, Sep. 2, 2003)
NEWS ANALYSIS: A STILLED VOICE: After Cleric's Assassination, Fears for the Future
(By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Sep. 2, 2003)
* MOSCOW JOURNAL: Art vs. Religion: Whose Rights Will Come First? (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Sep. 2, 2003)
Chinese Aide Says U.S. Is Obstacle in Korean Talks (By JOSEPH KAHN, Sep. 2, 2003)
China Plans to Cut 200,000 Troops Over 2 Years (By JOSEPH KAHN, Sep. 2, 2003)
Many Fall Ill on Cruise Ship, Forcing Trip to Be Cut Short By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA (By, Sep. 2, 2003)
The Best Part of Labor Day? Nothing (By MARC SANTORA, Sep. 2, 2003)
* Reading, Writing and Body Waxing (By PATRICK HEALY, Sep. 2, 2003)
Finding a Common Thread in Disparate Subjects [Indian casinos] (By MARC SANTORA, Sep. 2, 2003)
NYC: Kissing Summer Goodbye (Would Somebody Cue Madonna?) (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Sep. 2, 2003)
BLUE JAYS 8, YANKEES 1: Wells Takes Turn on Mound, and Yankees Take It on the Chin
(By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 2, 2003)
TENNIS: On Men's Side, Level of Play Is on Upswing (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Sep. 2, 2003)
OP-ED: Another Friday Outrage [energy] (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Sep. 2, 2003)
OP-ED: A Grizzly's-Eye View of a Refuge That Oil Drillers Covet (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Sep. 2, 2003)
OP-ED: Talking Is Better Than Fighting (By JAMES LANEY and JASON T. SHAPLEN, Sep. 2, 2003)
* OP-ED: Food for Thought (and for Credit) [home economics] (By JENNIFER GROSSMAN, Sep. 2, 2003)
LETTERS: TV's in Taxicabs: Good Riddance! (5 Letters) (By LAURA KAMINKER, et. al., Sep. 2, 2003)
LETTERS: In a Cynical Age, Dean Strikes a Different Note (2 Letters) (By PEGGY SWEENEY, et. al., Sep. 2, 2003)
BUSINESS: Asian Stocks Rally After U.S. Reports a Rise in Spending (By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Sep. 2, 2003)
China Seen Ready to Conciliate U.S. on Trade and Jobs (By JOSEPH KAHN, Sep. 2, 2003)
U.S. Official Adds Pressure Against Low Yen and Yuan (By JAMES BROOKE, Sep. 2, 2003)
Just East of the West, Unity Has Its Costs (By MARK LANDLER, Sep. 2, 2003)
New York Outpaced Nation in Job-Loss Rate, Study Finds (By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Sep. 2, 2003)
BUSINESS TRAVEL: Online Booking Cuts Costs and Simplifies Trips (By SUSAN STELLIN, Sep. 2, 2003)
ADVERTISING: Magazine Industry Tries to Improve Results (By STUART ELLIOTT, Sep. 2, 2003)
ART: On a Swiss Lake, a Father-Daughter Art Dream Lives (By ALAN RIDING, Sep. 2, 2003)
* ARTS: Seeing the Fingerprints of Other Hands in Shakespeare (By WILLIAM S. NIEDERKORN, Sep. 2, 2003)
* ARTS: Seeing the Fingerprints of Other Hands in Shakespeare (By WILLIAM S. NIEDERKORN, Sep. 2, 2003)
ARTS Briefing [Edwin Long's "Love's Labour Lost"] (By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, Sep. 2, 2003)
BOOKS: 'THE NAMESAKE': A Family's Perplexing Journey From Calcutta to Suburbia
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Sep. 2, 2003)
* FILM: AN APPRECIATION: Bronson's Tough Guys, Pushed to the Edge (By A. O. SCOTT, Sep. 2, 2003)
* MUSIC: A Prodigy, a Piano, Hardship, Stardom (By YILU ZHAO, Sep. 2, 2003)
MUSIC CRITIC'S CHOICE | NEW CD'S: Many Voices Enriching the Broth (By JON PARELES, Sep. 2, 2003)
TV WATCH: Frontier of Surreality: Mocking Reality Shows (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Sep. 2, 2003)
SCIENCE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 2, 2003)
Yosemite and the Invention of Wilderness (By JAMES GORMAN, Sep. 2, 2003)
* One Cosmic Question, Too Many Answers [Andrei Linde] (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Sep. 2, 2003)
* SCIENTIST AT WORK: Small Thoughts for a Global Grid [Richard E. Smalley]
(By BARNABY J. FEDER, Sep. 2, 2003)
* ESSAY: Despite Shattered Illusions, Mars Still Captures the Imagination
(By DENNIS OVERBYE, Sep. 2, 2003)
Volunteer Donors Step In When Disease Robs Children of Their Hair (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Sep. 2, 2003)
OBSERVATORY: Frogs as a Poison Factory (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Sep. 2, 2003)
HEALTH: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 2, 2003)
HEALTH: Doctors Without Scalpels: Seeking to Melt Fat Away (By ANDREW POLLACK, Sep. 2, 2003)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Making Life Go On When the Lights Go Off (By JANE E. BRODY, Sep. 2, 2003)
* New Message Emerges in Treating Diabetes (By LINDA VILLAROSA, Sep. 2, 2003)
Pancreatitis Risk Seen in Schizophrenia Drugs (By ERICA GOODE, Sep. 2, 2003)
* Lack of Sleep Takes Its Toll on Student Psyches (By HOWARD MARKEL, Sep. 2, 2003)
* Power of Positive Thinking May Have a Health Benefit, Study Says (By ERICA GOODE, Sep. 2, 2003)
* BOOKS ON HEALTH: ABC's for Grandparents (By JOHN LANGONE, Sep. 2, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Heart Health: Chocolate, Without the Milk (By JOHN O'NEIL, Sep. 2, 2003)
VITAL SIGNS: Policies: When Lice Attack the Classroom (By JOHN O'NEIL, Sep. 2, 2003)

Monday, September 1, 2003:
On This Day: Septmeber 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)

* Charles Bronson, 81, Movie Tough Guy, Dies (By RICHARD SEVERO, Sep. 1, 2003)
John Lansdale Jr., 91, Colonel Who Sought Nazi Atomic Project, Dies (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Sep. 1, 2003)
Herbert E. Abrams, Portrait Painter, 82, Dies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 1, 2003)
* David Truman, 90, Columbia Provost During 1968 Unrest, Dies (By DAVID CORCORAN, Sep. 1, 2003)
* NATIONAL: Looks Like a Recovery, Feels Like a Recession (By STEVEN GREENHOUSE, Sep. 1, 2003)
California Governor Attempts Belated Personality Makeover (By DEAN E. MURPHY, Sep. 1, 2003)
* Retailers Make Sure Freshmen Live in Style (By KATHERINE ZOEPF, Sep. 1, 2003)
Harley at 100: Mainstream Meets Mystique (By MONICA DAVEY, Sep. 1, 2003)
WORLD: Iraqi Shiites Flex Muscle Even as They Mourn (By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, Sep. 1, 2003)
Taliban Raids Widen in Parts of Afghanistan (By DAVID ROHDE, Sep. 1, 2003)
French Vacationers Wish Others Would Follow Their Lead (By CRAIG S. SMITH, Sep. 1, 2003)
DOWN THE DANUBE: REMEMBERED GLORY: A Declining City's Past, a Dislocated Writer's Memory
(By RICHARD BERNSTEIN, Sep. 1, 2003)
Dispute Over Arms Dossier Wounds the BBC (By WARREN HOGE, Sep. 1, 2003)
Anxiety Rises in a Muslim Enclave Near Bombay (By AMY WALDMAN, Sep. 1, 2003)
* KAKATA JOURNAL: An Army of Educators Saves a Liberian College (By TIM WEINER, Sep. 1, 2003)
A Prisoner's Journey From the Classroom to the Taliban (By DAVID ROHDE, Sep. 1, 2003)
NY REGION: Long-Lived Floating Hospital Is Still Going, Just Not Floating (By DIANE CARDWELL, Sep. 1, 2003)
HUMAN NATURE: THE REUNION: Setting an Early Sail to Save the Environment (By KIRK JOHNSON, Sep. 1, 2003)
This Dog Gets Around, and Around... (By ELLIOTT REBHUN, Sep. 1, 2003)
* METROPOLITAN DIARY: Dear Diary (By JOE ROGERS, Sep. 1, 2003)
SPORTS: Fenway Bitterness Gives Way to Grace [Red Sox fans applaud Clemens]
(By HARVEY ARATON, Sep. 1, 2003)
BASEBALL: Boston Stumbles From Bliss to Dismay (By JACK CURRY, Sep. 1, 2003)
TENNIS: To Agassi, Victory Wasn't Worth the Wait (By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, Sep. 1, 2003)
EDITORIALS: A Summer to Remember (NY TIMES, Sep. 1, 2003)
OP-ED: Home Alone (By BOB HERBERT, Sep. 1, 2003)
* OP-ED: An Ode to Loved Labors Lost
(Tom Brokaw, managing editor of NBC Nightly News, Sep. 1, 2003)
LETTERS: Testing Prescription Drugs (4 Letters) (By PHYLLIS GREENBERGER, Sep. 1, 2003)
BUSINESS: Disney Wins Summer Movie Race With 2 Big Hits (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Sep. 1, 2003)
* Chart: Optimism Among Workers [Workers Re-entering the Job Market 1993-2003]
(NY TIMES, Sep. 1, 2003)
Media Plan to Recall 9/11 With Low-Key Coverage This Year (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Sep. 1, 2003)
GQ, Under a New Editor, Is Not Quite So Coiffed (By DAVID CARR, Sep. 1, 2003)
* DRILLING DOWN / TV COMMERCIALS: The Ads of Summer (NY TIMES, Sep. 1, 2003)
Ticketmaster Auction Will Let Highest Bidder Set Concert Prices (By CHRIS NELSON, Sep. 1, 2003)
BOOKS: 'LIES': Franken Retorts, You Decide (By JANET MASLIN, Sep. 1, 2003)
DANCE: PILAR RIOJA: A Queen of Flamenco, Defying the Passage of Time (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Sep. 1, 2003)
JAZZ: PETER BERNSTEIN: A Guitarist Invites a Pianist Into Collusion and Collision
(By BEN RATLIFF, Sep. 1, 2003)
MUSIC: Trouble in Counterculture Utopia (By BILL WERDE, Sep. 1, 2003)
MUSIC CRITIC: Familiar Concertos Interpreted Anew by an Unlikely Duo (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Sep. 1, 2003)
MUSIC: FANNYPACK: Determined to Be More Than One-Hit Wonders (By KELEFA SANNEH, Sep. 1, 2003)
TV: An Obscure TV Host Is Flirting With Fame (By ERIK PIEPENBURG, Sep. 1, 2003)