new york times: may 2007
new york times: may 2007
this web page is dedicated to my dad, tsien-chung chou (1902-2000),
who read avidly the new york times daily & joyfully for over 50 years.
selected articles from the new york times—may 2007
(* denotes news of special interest)
thursday, may 31, 2007:
on this day: may 31 (margaret beaufort 5/31/1443-6/29/1509, walt whitman 5/31/1819-3/26/1892,
william rockefeller 5/31/1841-6/24/1922, william pirrie 5/31/1847-6/7/1924, walter sickert 5/31/1860-1/22/1942,
charles abbot 5/31/1872-12/17/1973, fred allen 5/31/1894-3/17/1956, patricia harris 5/31/1924-3/23/1985,
prince rainier 1923, wlaine stewart 1929, clint eastwood 1930, keir dullea 1936, peter yarrow 1938,
sharon gless 1943, joe namath 1943, tom berenger 1950, gregory harrison 1950)
johnstown flood: 2000 lives lost
(ny times, may 31, 1889)
pius xi dies at 82: pontiff spent his life in religion from his boyhood years
[5/31/1857-2/10/1939] (ny times, february 10, 1939)
wednesday, may 30, 2007:
on this day: may 30 (alice stopford green 5/30/1847-5/28/1929, giovanni gentile 5/30/1875-4/15/1944,
james farley 5/30/1888-6/9/1976, howard hawks 5/30/1896-12/26/1977, irving thalberg 5/30/1899-9/14/1936,
cornelia otis skinner 5/30/1901-7/9/1979, hannes alfven 5/30/1908-4/2/1995, mel blanc 5/30/1908-7/10/1989,
joseph wm. kennedy 5/30/1916-5/5/1957, johnny gimble 1926, clint walker 1927, ruta lee 1936,
michaeld j. pollard 1939, wyonna judd 1964)
unknowns of world war ii and korea are enshrined
(by jack raymond, may 30, 1958)
* benny goodman, king of swing, is dead
[5/30/1909-6/13/1986] (by john s. wilson, june 14, 1986)
* technology | take note: computing takes up pen, again
(by miguel helft, may 30, 2007)
* technology: touch screen in a table is the latest wrinkle in computers
(by michel marriott, may 30, 2007)
tuesday, may 29, 2007:
on this day: may 29 (sarah jennings marlborough 5/29/1660-10/18/1744, louis-jean-marie daubenton 5/29/1716-1/1/1800,
patrick henry 5/29/1736-6/6/1799, ebenezer butterick 5/29/1826-3/31/1903, g. k. chesterton 5/29/1874-6/14/1936,
beatrice lillie 5/29/1894-1/20/1989, junzo sakakura 5/29/1904-9/1/1969, gregg toland 5/29/1904-9/28/1948,
t. h. white 5/29/1906-1/17/1964, bob hope 1903, fay vincent 1938, al unser sr. 1939, kevin conway 1942,
latoya jackson 1956, annette bening 1958, adrian paul 1959, tracey bregman 1963, lisa whelchel 1963, melanie brown 1975)
* 2 of british team conquer everest [edmond hillary & tensing norkay]
(by robert d. hershey jr., may 29, 1953)
* obituary: john fitzgerald kennedy: part i of v
[5/29/1917-11/22/1963] (ny times, november 23, 1963)
* technology: digital fears emerge after data siege in estonia
(by mark landler & john markoff, may 29, 2004)
technology: google deal said to bring u.s. scrutiny
[the federal trade commission has opened a preliminary antitrust
investigation into google¹s planned $3.1 billion purchase
of the online advertising company doubleclick.]
(by steve lohr, may 29, 2007)
* technology: silicon valley wide-eyed over a bride
[anne wojcicki, the 33-year-old former health care investment analyst married
sergey brin, a co-founder of google, one of america¹s richest men. google has also
invested $3.9 million in 23andme, a biotech start-up that she recently co-founded.]
(by katie hafner, may 29, 2007)
monday, may 28, 2007:
on this day: may 28 (william pitt, the younger 5/28/1759-1/23/1806, thomas moore 5/28/1779-2/25/1852,
p.g.t. beauregard 5/28/1818-2/20/1893, tony pastor 5/28/1837-8/26/1908, edvard benes 5/28/1884-9/3/1948,
ian fleming 5/28/1908-8/12/1964, randolph churchill 5/28/1911-6/6/1968, patrick white 5/28/1912-9/30/1990,
walker percy 5/28/1916-5/10/1990, carroll baker 1931, john karlen 1933, jerry west 1938, gladys knight 1944,
billy vera 1944, sondra locke 1947)
one of 58,012 vietnam dead joins the unknowns
(by robert d. hershey jr., may 28, 1984)
jim thorpe is dead on west coast at 64
[5/28/1888-3/28/1953] (ny times, march 29, 1953)
national: outbreak of eye infections puzzles officials
(by lawrence k. altman, may 28, 2007)
* ny region | metropolitan diary: dear diary
(ny times, may 28, 2007)
* technology: in fierce competition, google finds novel ways to feed hiring machine
[to lure talent, companies like google, microsoft and yahoo have expanded their
recruiting arsenal far beyond the traditional job fair to include a growing
number of events like technology lectures, cocktail parties, pizza parties,
treasure hunts and programming contests, dubbed "code jams" or "hack days."]
(by miguel helft, may 28, 2007)
* e-commerce report: millions of addresses and thousands of sites, all leading to one
(by bob tedeschi, may 28, 2006)
health: lost chances for survival, before and after stroke
(by gina kolata, may 28, 2006)
sunday, may 27, 2007:
on this day: may 27 (cornelius vanderbilt 5/27/1794-1/4/1877, julia ward howe 5/27/1819-10/17/1910,
jay gould 5/27/1836-12/2/1892, wild bill hickok 5/27/1837-8/2/1876, georges rouault 5/27/1871-2/13/1858,
dashiell hammett 5/27/1894-1/10/1961, william hansen 5/27/1909-5/23/1949, hubert humphrey 5/27/1911-1/13/1978,
john cheever 5/27/1912-6/18/1982, herman wouk 1915, christopher lee 1921, henry kissinger 1923, lee meriwether 1935,
louis gossett jr. 1936, richard schiff 1955, todd bridges 1965)
* india mourning nehru, 74, dead of a heart attack; world leaders honor him
(ny times, may 27, 1964)
rachel carson dies of cancer; 'silent spring' author was 56
[5/27/1907-4/14/1964] (ny times, april 15, 1964)
* roger w. straus jr., book publisher, dies at 87
(by christopher lehmann-haupt, may 27, 2004)
world: increased strife is foreseen in iraq if u.s. troops leave
(by michael r. gordon & alissa j. rubin, may 27, 2007)
sunday magazine: contents
(ny times, may 27, 2007)
book review: contents
(ny times, may 27, 2007)
* books: my year of vegetables [barbara kingsolver, animal, vegetable, miracle]
(by corby kummer, may 27, 2007)
saturday, may 26, 2007:
on this day: may 26 (aleksandr pushkin 5/26/1799-1/29/1837, washington roebling 5/26/1837-7/21/1926,
robert fitzsimmons 5/26/1863-10/22/1917, olaf gulbransson 5/26/1873-9/18/1958, isadora duncan 5/26/1877-9/14/1927,
al jolson 5/26/1886-10/23/1950, salo wittmayer baron 5/26/1895-11/25/1989, dorothea lange 5/26/1895-10/11/1965,
robert morley 5/26/1908-6/3/1992, helen eugenie anderson 5/26/1909-3/31/1997, peggy lee 1920, james arness 1923,
brent musburger 1939, teresa stratas 1939, stevie nicks 1948, pam grier 1949, hank williams jr. 1949,
philip michael tho9mas 1949, sally k. ride 1951, genie francis 1962, lenny kravitz 1964,
helena bonham carter 1966, joseph fiennes 1970)
impeachment: president andrew johnson acquitted by senate
(ny times, may 26, 1868)
* 'duke,' an american hero— john wayne dies at 72
[5/26/1907-6/11/1979] (ny times, june 12, 1979)
national: white house said to debate '08 cut in troops by 50%
(by david e. sanger & david s. cloud, may 26, 2007)
national: as condos rise in florida, investors try to flee
(by abby goodnough, may 26, 2007)
national: suit sheds light on clintons' ties to a benefactor
(by mike mcintire, may 26, 2007)
senate democrats say bush ignored spy agencies' prewar warnings of iraq perils
(by scott shane, may 26, 2007)
world: a quiet revolution in algeria: gains by women
(by michael slackman, may 26, 2007)
sports | cycling: former tour de france winner admits to doping
(by ian austen, may 26, 2007)
op-ed: my life as a diplomat
(by nuruddin farah, may 26, 2007)
* letters: when a scam is a phone call away (4 letters)
(by beni dakar, et. al., may 26, 2007)
* business: the high price of creating free ads
(by louise story, may 26, 2007)
* architecture: heaven, hell and purgatory, encased in glass
(by nicolai ouroussoff, may 26, 2007)
friday, may 25, 2007:
on this day: may 25 (claude buffier 5/25/1661-5/17/1737, ralph waldo emerson 5/25/1803-4/27/1882,
bill "bojangles" robinson 5/25/1878-11/25/1949, sir william beaverbrook 5/25/1879-6/9/1964,
igor sikorsky 5/25/1889-10/26/1972, bennett cerf 5/25/1898-8/12/1971, gene tunney 5/25/1898-11/7/1978,
hal david 1921, jeanne crain 1925, beverly sills 1929, tom t. hall 1936, dixie carter 1939,
ian mckellen 1939, leslie uggams 1943, frank oz 1944, karen valentine 1947,
connie sellecca 1955, anne heche 1969)
* scopes is indicted in tennessee for teaching evolution
(ny times, may 25, 1925)
* miles davis, trumpeter, dies; jazz genius, 65, defined cool
[5/25/1926-9/28/1991] (by jon pareles, september 29, 1991)
* national: cemeteries seek breathing clientele
(by patricia leigh brown, may 25, 2007)
national: immigration bill provisions gain wide support in poll
(by julia preston & marjorie connelly, may 25, 2007)
national: in market, hopes for health and urban renewal
(by erik eckholm, may 25, 2007)
national: poll shows view of iraq war is most negative since start
(by dalia sussman, may 25, 2007)
national | blog: the clinton-obama two-step
(by robin toner, may 25, 2007)
national | blog: mccain gives obama 'flak'
(by sarah wheaton, may 25, 2007)
world: shiite cleric resurfaces with anti-u.s. sermon
(by john f. burns, may 25, 2007)
ny region: for new york, big job growth in home care
(by patrick mcgeehan, may 25, 2007)
* sports: from the edge of madness to fighting's mainstream
(by richard sandomir, may 25, 2007)
baseball: good or bad, it all goes back to cashman
(by tyler kepner, may 25, 2007)
braves 2, mets 1: at friend's expense, smoltz claims no. 200
(by ben shpigel, may 25, 2007)
* editorial: ignoring the warnings, again? [diabetic drug avandia]
(ny times, may 25, 2007)
* op-ed: erin go faster [battle of tara hill, may 26, 1798]
(by paul muldoon, may 25, 2007)
* letters: slim for summer: good reading, but less (3 letters)
(by daniel pollack-pelzner, et. al., may 25, 2007)
letters: a slogan for gore? (1 letter)
(by mark packer, may 25, 2007)
* business: more than ever, it pays to be the top executive
(by eduardo porter, may 25, 2007)
business: coca-cola is said to buy vitaminwater
(by andrew ross sorkin & andrew martin, may 25, 2007)
technology: facebook expands into myspace's territory
(by brad stone, may 25, 2007)
art | 'summer of love': through rose-colored granny glasses
(by holland cotter, may 25, 2007)
* film: starring new york, city of grit and glamour
(by caryn james, may 25, 2007)
film | 'paprika': in a crowded anime dreamscape, a mysterious pixie
(by manohla dargis, may 25, 2007)
travel | escapes: for daredevil skiing, the season is now
(by ethan todras-whitehill, may 25, 2007)
thursday, may 24, 2007:
on this day: may 24 (daniel fahrenheit 5/24/1686-9/16/1736, emanuel leutze 5/24/1816-7/18/1868,
jan smuts 5/24/1870-9/11/1950, harry emerson fosdick 5/24/1878-10/5/1969, hlen brooke taussig 5/24/1898-5/20/1986,
suzanne lenglen 5/24/1899-7/4/1938, mikhail sholokhov 5/24/1905-2/21/1984, sam giancana 5/24/1908-6/19/1975,
siobhan mckenna 5/24/1923-11/16/1986, tommy chong 1938, bob dylan 1941, gary burghoff 1943,
patti lablle 1944, priscilla presley 1945)
brooklyn bridge opened: two great cities united
(ny times, may 24, 1883)
* queen victoria dies at 81: longest reign in english history
[5/24/1819-1/22/1901] (ny times, january 23, 1901)
national | news analysis: on war funds, democrats saw no option but to cede ground to bush
(by carl hulse, may 24, 2007)
ny region: insurers in deal to pay billions at ground zero
(by charles v. bagli, may 24, 2007)
baseball: with a new sock, red sox add distance
(by david picker, may 24, 2007)
yankees 8, red sox 3: yanks make a dent as pettitte finds support
(by tyler kepner, may 24, 2007)
* op-ed: rethinking old age
(by atul gawande, may 24, 2007)
op-ed: prisoner of her desires
(by reuel marc gerecht, may 24, 2007)
technology | state of the art: how to make your cellphone act like a blackberry
(by david pogue, may 24, 2007)
technology | basics: cellphone banking is coming of age
(by john r. quain, may 24, 2007)
* arts | creation museum: adam and eve in the land of the dinosaurs
(by edward rothstein, may 24, 2007)
wednesday, may 23, 2007:
on this day: may 23 (carolus linnaeus 5/23/1707-1/10/1778, william hunter 5/23/1718-3/30/1783,
franz anton mesmer 5/23/1734-3/5/1815, thomas hood 5/23/1799-5/3/1845,
james b. eads 5/23/1820-3/8/1887, leo baeck 5/23/1873-11/2/1956, douglas fairbanks 5/23/1883-12/12/1939,
par lagerkvist 5/23/1891-7/11/1974, john bardeen 5/23/1908-1/30/1991, margaret wise brown 5/23/1910-11/13/1952,
artie shaw 1910, betty garrett 1919, rosemary clooney 1928, nigel davenport 1928, joan collins 1933,
marvin hagler 1952, drew carey 1958, karen duffy 1961, jewel 1974)
bonnie parker & clyde barrow are slain by police in louisiana trap
(ny times, may 23, 1934)
* alfred p. sloan jr. dead at 90; g.m. leader and philanthropist
[5/23/1875-2/17/1966] (ny times, february 18, 1966)
national: democrats pull troop deadline from iraq bill
(by carl hulse, may 23, 2007)
national: ex-gonzales aide testifies she 'crossed the line'
(by david stout, may 23, 2007)
national: bubonic plague kills a monkey at the denver zoo
(by mindy sink, may 23, 2007)
national: gay and dissident bishops excluded from '08 meeting
(by laurie goodstein, may 23, 2007)
national: post at luxury hotel awaits ex-mayor at end of prison term
(by pam belluck, may 23, 2007)
national: debate raging, mexico adds to consulates in u.s.
(by randal c. archibold, may 23, 2007)
* world | seoul journal: tracking an online trend, and a route to suicide
(by choe sang-hun, may 23, 2007)
world: as comrades search, fatal bomb wreaks havoc
(by damien cave, may 23, 2007)
baseball: red sox 7, yankees 3: yankees stumble and lose momentum
(by tyler kepner, may 23, 2007)
* op-ed: how to win the energy war
(by frank g. zarb, may 23, 2007)
letters: the vegans and their children (6 letters)
(by amy joy lanou, et. al., may 23, 2007)
* business | economix: worth a lot, but are hedge funds worth it?
(by david leonhardt, may 23, 2007)
business: for drug makers, a downside to full disclosure
(by barry meier, may 23, 2007)
travel | frugal traveler | american road trip: finally, exit from new york
(by matt gross, may 23, 2007)
food & dining: contents
(ny times, may 23, 2007)
the minimalist: for the love of a good burger
(by mark bittman, may 23, 2007)
dining: demand and costs rise for best cuts
(by florence fabricant, may 23, 2007)
food critic: a chef to the few heeds the call of the many
(by frank bruni, may 23, 2007)
a good appetite: summery, smoky and spicy: nudging spinach dip upward
(by melissa clark, may 23, 2007)
food: a staple from quebec, embarrassing but adored
(by kate sekules, may 23, 2007)
food stuff: and now for a chocolate break at bendel's
(by florence fabricant, may 23, 2007)
* science: female shark reproduced without male dna, scientists say
(by henry fountain, may 23, 2007)
tuesday, may 22, 2007:
on this day: may 22 (louis de buade frontenac 5/22/1622-11/28/1698,
francois-joachim bernis 5/22/1717-11/3/1794, richard wagner 5/22/1813-2/13/1883,
albrecht von grafe 5/22/1828-7/20/1870, catulle mendes 5/22/1841-2/9/1909,
mary cassatt 5/22/1844-6/14/1926, giacomo matteotti 5/22/1885-6/10/1924,
johannes becher 5/22/1891-10/11/1958, laurence olivier 5/22/1907-7/11/1989, judith crist 1922,
charles aznavour 1924, michael constantine 1927, peter nero 1934, richard benjamin 1938, frank converse 1938,
michael sarrazin 1940, bernard shaw 1940, paul winfield 1941, barbara parkins 1942,
bernie taupin 1950, naomi campbell 1970)
truman signs bill for near east aid as 'step to peace'
(by harold b. hinton, may 22, 1947)
* sir arthur conan doyle dead from heart attack at 71
[5/22/1859-7/7/1930] (ny times, july 8, 1930)
* sports | mixed martial arts: marine is used to fighting for his life
(by chris dixon, may 22, 2007)
* sports | mixed martial arts: no helmet, no pads, no escape
(by lee jenkins, may 22, 2007)
op-ed: the politics of eurovision
(by duncan j. watts, may 22, 2007)
op-ed: hold the world bank to account
(by christopher b. burnham, may 22, 2007)
* books: al gore speaks of a nation in danger
(by michiko kakutani, may 22, 2007)
* science: mysteries to behold in the dark down deep: seadevils and species unknown
(by william j. broad, may 22, 2007)
science: executive on a mission: saving the planet
(by cornelia dean, may 22, 2007)
* health: this is your life (and how you tell it)
(by benedict carey, may 22, 2007)
monday, may 21, 2007:
on this day: may 21 (alexander pope 5/21/1688-5/30/1744, elizabeth fry 5/21/1780-10/12/1845,
henri rousseau 5/21/1844-9/2/1910, gustav lindenthal 5/21/1850-7/31/1935,
leon bourgeois 5/21/1851-9/29/1925, grace hoadley dodge 5/21/1856-12/27/1914,
willem einthoven 5/21/1860-9/29/1927, glenn curtiss 5/21/1878-7/23/1930,
marcel breuer 5/21/1902-7/1/1981, fats waller 5/21/1904-12/15/1943, david groh 1939,
bill champlin 1947, leo sayer 1948, mr. t 1952, nick cassavetes 1959, christian mcbride 1972)
* lindbergh does it! to paris in 33 1/2 hours; flies 1,000 miles through snow and sleet;
cheering french carry him off field
(by edwin l. james, may 21, 1927)
* andrei sakharov, 68, soviet 'conscience,' dies
[5/21/1921-12/14/1989] (by francis x. clines, december 15, 1989)
* op-ed: death by veganism
(by nina planck, may 21, 2007)
sunday, may 20, 2007:
on this day: may 20 (dolley madison 5/20/1768-7/12/1849, honoré de balzac 5/20/1799-8/18/1850,
john stuart mill 5/20/1806-5/8/1873, william george fargo 5/20/1818-8/3/1881,
madeline breckinridge 5/20/1872-11/25/1920, john jacob astor 5/20/1886-7/19/1971,
adela rogers saint johns 5/20/1894-8/10/1988, r. j. mitchell 5/20/1895-6/11/1937,
john marshall harlan 5/20/1899-12/29/1971, moshe dayan 5/20/1915-10/16/1981, james mceachin 1930,
anthony zerbe 1936, cher 1946, dean butler 1956, ron reagan 1958, bonson pinchot 1959, mindy cohn 1966)
400 u.s. marshals sent to alabama as montgomery bus riots hurt 20
(by anthony lewis, may 20, 1961)
* james stewart, the hesitant hero, dies at 89
[5/20/1908-7/2/1997] (ny times, july 3, 1997)
world: solar flashlight lets africa's sun deliver the luxury of light to the poorest villages
(by will connors & ralph blumenthal, may 20, 2007)
world: africa's storied colleges, jammed and crumbling
(by lydia polgreen, may 20, 2007)
ny region | noticed: celebrating great writing, in short
(by elizabeth maker, may 20, 2007)
* op-ed: a great idea lives forever. shouldn't its copyright?
(by mark helprin, may 20, 2007)
* op-ed: how church and state made their match
(by lou cannon, may 20, 2007)
op-ed: spread the wealth of spousal rights
(by dalton conley, may 20, 2007)
* business: bilking the elderly, with a corporate assist
(by charles duhigg, may 20, 2007)
arts: contents
(ny times, may 20, 2007)
* film: anime dreams, transformed into nightmares
(by dave kehr, may 20, 2007)
fashion & style: contents
(ny times, may 20, 2007)
* style: from hollywood to eternity
(by laura m. holson, may 20, 2007)
style: the once and future pee-wee
(by, may 20, 2007)
style | the age of dissonance: vice is bad for a reason
(by bob morris, may 20, 2007)
possessed: half the battle is getting there
(by david colman, may 20, 2007)
modern love: mr. what-if is circling around my marriage
(by kevin mims, may 20, 2007)
vows: alexandra guarnaschelli and brandon clark
(by devan sipher, may 20, 2007)
travel: contents
(ny times, may 20, 2007)
travel: on a german beer trail, one more for the road
(by evan rail, may 20, 2007)
travel: 36 hours in baltimore
(by david g. allan, may 20, 2007)
week in review: contents
(ny times, may 20, 2007)
hard knocks: the right: down, but maybe not out
(by sam tanenhaus, may 20, 2007)
* word for word: my dear fellow species [5000 darwin's letters online]
(by mary jo murphy, may 20, 2007)
* ideas & trends: writers take out their knives [edited fiction]
(by motoko rich, may 20, 2007)
the basics: unoriginal quips ahoy!
(by tom kuntz, may 20, 2007)
the nation: the tin-star title for the too-tough job
(by mark leibovich, may 20, 2007)
the nation: the dna 200
(by chris conway, may 20, 2007)
the world: in the heat of battle and politics, hard facts melt
(by james glanz, may 20, 2007)
* the world: a rumble is heard in ataturk's grave
(by sabrina tavernise, may 20, 2007)
graphic: u.s. population extremes
(ny times, may 20, 2007)
graphic | week of may 13-19: car trouble
(ny times, may 20, 2007)
laugh lines: jay leno, david letterman and conan o'brien
(ny times, may 20, 2007)
sunday magazine: contents
(ny times, may 20, 2007)
* encounters: al gore has big plans
(by james traub, may 20, 2007)
the way we live now: this old, organic house
(by adam goodheart, may 20, 2007)
questions for william mcdonough: calling mr. green
(interview by deborah solomon, may 20, 2007)
consumed: the worm turns
(by rob walker, may 20, 2007)
domains | ed begley jr.: hollywood and green
(by edward lewine, may 20, 2007)
the ethicist: no edit
(by randy cohen, may 20, 2007)
cover article: why are they greener than we are?
(by nicolai ouroussoff, may 20, 2007)
waste not: the accidental environmentalist
(by michael kimmelman, may 20, 2007)
home eco-nomics: the zero-energy solution
(by mark svenvold, may 20, 2007)
style: flour power
(by amanda hesser, may 20, 2007)
book review: contents
(ny times, may 20, 2007)
cover article: the nuclear threat [the atomic bazaar
by william langewiesche] (by jonathan raban, may 20, 2007)
* books: conspiracy? [brothers: the hidden history of the kennedy years
by david talbot] (by alan brinkley, may 20, 2007)
* books: or no conspiracy? [reclaiming history: the assassination of president
john f. kennedy by vincent bugliosi] (by bryan burrough, may 20, 2007)
books: visible man [ralph ellison: a biography by arnold rampersad]
(by brent staples, may 20, 2007)
* books: master of the universe [einstein by walter isaacson &
einstein by jürgen neffe] (by corey s. powell, may 20, 2007)
books: outrageous fortune [the clarks of cooperstown
by nicholas fox weber] (by debby applegate, may 20, 2007)
home of the brave [presidential courage: brave leaders and how they changed
america, 1789-1989 by michael beschloss] (by mary beth norton, may 20, 2007)
* books: fantasy baseball [7: the mickey mantle novel
by peter golenbock] (by ihsan taylor, may 20, 2007)
saturday, may 19, 2007:
on this day: may 19 (jacob jordaens 5/19/1593-10/18/1678, johann gottlieb fichte 5/19/1762-1/27/1814,
johns hopkins 5/19/1795-12/24/1873, john jacob abel 5/19/1857-5/26/1938,
nancy witcher astor 5/19/1879-5/2/1964, percy williams 5/19/1908-11/29/1982,
pol pot 5/19/1925-4/15/1998, malcolm x 5/19/1925-2/21/1965, lorraine hansberry 5/19/1930-1/12/1965,
jim lehrer 1934, david hartman 1935, james fox 1939, nancy kwan 1939, nora ephron 1941,
peter townshend 1945, phil rudd 1946, david helfgott 1947, grace jones 1952, steven ford 1956)
* t. e. lawrence to have a simple funeral
(by ferdinand kuhn, jr., may 19, 1935)
* ho chi minh was noted for success in blending nationalism and communism
[5/19/1890-9/2/1969] (by alden whitman, september 4, 1969)
* national: couple learn the high price of easy credit
(by john leland, may 19, 2007)
world: poisoned toothpaste in panama is believed to be from china
(by walt bogdanich & renwick mclean, may 19, 2007)
* letters: a great american city, suffering (6 letters) [new orleans]
(by bruce neuman, et. al., may 19, 2007)
* letters: where the guys are (1 letter) ["eligible prospects"]
(by ron berke, may 19, 2007)
* letters: manipulating kids (1 letter)
(by stephen davis, may 19, 2007)
arts | skywalk review: great space, glass floor-through, canyon views
(by edward rothstein, may 19, 2007)
friday, may 18, 2007:
on this day: may 18 (omar khayyam 5/18/1048-12/4/1131, johann froberger 5/18/1616-5/7/1667,
peter carl faberge 5/18/1846-9/24/1920, elisabeth cary 5/18/1867-7/13/1936, bertrand russell 5/18/1872-2/2/1970,
walter gropius 5/18/1883-7/5/1969, eurico dutra 5/18/1885-6/11/1974, ezio pinza 5/18/1892-5/9/1957,
vincent du vigneaud 5/18/1901-12/11/1978, richard brooks 5/18/1912-3/11/1992, pierre balmain 5/18/1914-6/29/1982,
dame margot fonteyn 5/18/1919-2/21/1991, pope john paul ii 1920, bill macy 1922, jack whitaker 1924,
pernell roberts 1930, robert morse 1931, brooks robinson 1937, reggie jackson 1946, candice azzara 1949)
* at least 8 dead as mount st. helens erupts; worst blast yet
(by wallace turner, may 18, 1980)
* frank capra, whose films helped america keep faith in itself, is dead at 94
[5/18/1897-9/3/1991] (by peter b. flint, september 4, 1991)
article
(by, may 18, 2007)
article
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travel | escapes: the tyranny of the 2nd home
(by tracie rozhon, may 18, 2007)
thursday, may 17, 2007:
on this day: may 17 (albert 5/17/1490-3/20/1568, edward jenner 5/17/1749-1/26/1823,
erik satie 5/17/1866-7/1/1925, horace e. dodge 5/17/1868-12/10/1920,
dorothy richardson 5/17/1873-6/17/1957, jean gabin 5/17/1904-11/15/1976,
karl schafer 5/17/1909-4/26/1976, stewart a;sp[ 5/17/1914-5/26/1974,
robin maugham 5/17/1916-3/13/1981, robin howard 5/17/1924-6/12/1989, archibald cox 1912,
birgit nilsson 1918, dennis hopper 1936, taj mahal 1942, bill paxton 1955, sugar ray leonard 1956)
high court bans school segregation; 9-to-0 decision grants time to comply
(by luther a. huston, may 17, 1954)
maureen o'sullivan, movie tarzan's 'jane,' dies at 87
[5/17/1911-6/22/1998] (ny times, june 23, 1998)
national: wolfowitz said to push for deal to quit
(by steven r. weisman, may 17, 2007)
world: clash of hope and fear as venezuela seizes land
(by simon romero, may 17, 2007)
baseball: fans cram into disney bandbox for a major league attraction
(by joe lapointe, may 17, 2007)
white sox 5, yankees 3: mussina is less than sharp, but so is yanks' offense
(by tyler kepner, may 17, 2007)
horse racing | preakness stakes: racecourse experience could decide preakness
(by bill finley, may 17, 2007)
* editorial: a collision course for physics
(ny times, may 17, 2007)
op-ed: a defense we just don't need (yet)
(by michael o'hanlon, may 17, 2007)
* op-ed: collect-me-nots [napoleon's penis]
(by judith pascoe, may 17, 2007)
letters: why women avoid mammograms (6 letters)
(by linda landesman, et. al., may 17, 2007)
letters: the legacy of jerry falwell (2 letters)
(by paul noeldner, et. al., may 17, 2007)
* business | internet marketing: your ad goes here
(by steve lohr, may 17, 2007)
business: in bid for better care, surgery with a warranty
(by reed abelson, may 17, 2007)
* technology: amazon to sell music without copy protection
(by brad stone, may 17, 2007)
* technology | state of the art: paying more for a printer, but less for ink
(by david pogue, may 17, 2007)
technology: a fire-breathing laptop powered up for entertainment
(by john biggs, may 17, 2007)
* style: mr. right, it turns out, does not take classes
(by stephanie rosenbloom, may 17, 2007)
* style | life's work: after baby, boss comes calling
(by lisa belkin, may 17, 2007)
fashion: older, better, but harder to dress
(by cathy horyn, may 17, 2007)
home & garden | close to home: all cooped up in a manhattan co-op
(by christine pittel, may 17, 2007)
wednesday, may 16, 2007:
on this day: may 16 (sir dudley north 5/16/1641-12/31/1691, william henry seqard 5/16/1801-10/10/1872,
elizabeth palmer peabody 5/16/1804-1/3/1894, philip armour 5/16/1832-1/6/1901, walter yust 5/16/1894-2/29-1960,
henry fonda 5/16/1905-8/12/1982, h. e. bates 5/16/1905-1/29/1974, woody herman 5/16/1913-10/29/1987,
billy martin 5/16/1928-12/25/1989, betty carter 5/16/1930-9/26/1998, studs terkel 1911, george gaynes 1917,
harry carey jr. 1921, lowell weicker 1931, pierce brosnan 1953, olga korbut 1955, debra winger 1955, mare winningham 1959,
janet jackson 1966, gabriela sabatini 1970, rick trevino 1971, tori spelling 1973)
impeachment of president andrew johnson: one vote short of conviction
(ny times, may 16, 1868)
anne o'hare mccormick is dead; member of times editorial board; 1937 pulitzer prize
[5/16/1882-5/29/1954] (ny times, may 30, 1954)
lygia pape, a brazilian artist of concrete reality, dies at 77
(by ken johnson, may 16, 2004)
jerry falwell, moral majority founder, dies at 73
(by peter applebome, may 16, 2007)
national: bush intervened in dispute over n.s.a. eavesdropping
(by david johnston, may 16, 2007)
* national: wiccans keep the faith with a religion under wraps
(by neela banerjee, may 16, 2007)
national: bush nominee to get payment from old job
(by stephen labaton, may 16, 2007)
world | chen village journal: in china, it's not always clear for whom the booth tolls
(by jim yardley, may 16, 2007)
world: documents from vast nazi archive to be made available to scholars
(by mark landler, may 16, 2007)
world: poppy fields are now a front line in afghan war
(by james risen, may 16, 2007)
* education: ivy league crunch brings new cachet to next tier
(by alan finder, may 16, 2007)
* education: study finds college-prep courses in high school leave many students lagging
(by karen w. arenson, may 16, 2007)
ny region: among the rich, a new dispute over air rights
(by allen salkin, may 16, 2007)
ny region: from africa to queens waterfront, a modernist gem for sale to the highest bidder
(by william l. hamilton, may 16, 2007)
editorial: end of the affair
(ny times, may 16, 2007)
* op-ed: we try harder (but what's the point?) [avis]
(by michael kinsley, may 16, 2007)
op-ed: sometimes in war, you can put a price on life
(by jon tracy, may 16, 2007)
* art: rothko breaks a record for contemporary art
(by carol vogel, may 16, 2007)
* books: rhett, scarlett and friends prepare for yet another encore
(by motoko rich, may 16, 2007)
* books: how an 'invisible' man was seduced by his visibility
[ralph ellison: a biography] (by william grimes, may 16, 2007)
food & dining: contents
(ny times, may 16, 2007)
food: in istria, fresh from the land and the sea
(by mark bittman, may 16, 2007)
food | de gustibus: hocus-pocus, and a beaker of truffles
(by daniel patterson, may 16, 2007)
food: who's watching what we eat?
(by marian burros, may 16, 2007)
* the minimalist: some new friends for the humble egg
(by mark bittman, may 16, 2007)
food | a good appetite: giving morels the caviar treatment
(by melissa clark, may 16, 2007)
food: culinary institute receives $35 million
(by kim severson, may 16, 2007)
tuesday, may 15, 2007:
on this day: may 15 (klemens metternich 5/15/1773-6/11/1859, michael balfe 5/15/1808-10/20/1870,
debendranath tagore 5/15/1817-1/19/1905, elie metchnikoff 5/15/1845-7/16/1916, frank l. baum 5/15/1856-5/6/1919,
pierre curie 5/15/1859-4/19/1906, arthur schnitzler 5/15/1862-10/21/1931, edwin muir 5/15/1887-1/3/1959,
william hume-rothery 5/15/1899-9/27/1968, clifton fadiman 5/15/1904-6/20/1999, james mason 5/15/1909-7/27/1984,
tenzing norgay 5/15/1914-5/9/1986, catherine east 5/15/1916-8/17/1996, constance cummings 1910,
eddy arnold 1918, paul zindel 1936, anna maria alberghetti 1936, madeleine albright 1937, trini lopez 1937,
paul rudd 1940, george brett 1953, lee horsley 1955, brad rowe 1970, amy chow 1978)
standard oil company must dissolve in 6 months; only unreasonable restraint of trade forbidden
(ny times, may 15, 1911)
mayor richard daley of chicago dies at 74
[5/15/1902-12/20/1976] (by paul delaney, december 21, 1976)
national: gonzales pressed ailing ashcroft on spy plan, aide says
(by david stout, may 15, 2007)
national: bush calls for work for higher fuel efficiency
(by jim rutenberg & edmund l. andrews, may 15, 2007)
* national: 2 suspended for school prank that scared pupils in tennessee
(by theo emery, may 15, 2007)
sports: an amputee sprinter: is he disabled or too-abled?
(by jeré longman, may 15, 2007)
baseball: posada is one yankee that can't be replaced
(by tyler kepner, may 15, 2007)
editorial: mammograms in decline
(ny times, may 15, 2007)
* op-ed: friend or faux? [french foreign policy]
(by olivier roy, may 15, 2007)
* business: napa valley? bordeaux? no, but still wine country
(by andrew downie, may 15, 2007)
science news: contents
(ny times, may 15, 2007)
* science: a giant takes on physics' biggest questions
(by dennis overbye, may 15, 2007)
* science: analysis finds large antarctic area has melted
(by andrew c. revkin, may 15, 2007)
* basics: in hive or castle, duty without power
(by natalie angier, may 15, 2007)
science: scientists back off theory of a colder europe in a warming world
(by walter gibbs, may 15, 2007)
science: satellites show harvest of mud that trawlers leave behind
(by cornelia dean, may 15, 2007)
* observatory: how a vast ice sheet put the squeeze on earth (and its gravity)
(by henry fountain, may 15, 2007)
* science blogs: the mystery poet revealed
(by john tierney, may 15, 2007)
* science q & a: two kinds of oxygen
(by c. claiborne ray, may 15, 2007)
health | the consumer: as demand for donor eggs soars, high prices stir ethical concerns
(by roni caryn rabin, may 15, 2007)
personal health: hpv vaccine: few risks, many benefits
(by jane e. brody, may 15, 2007)
* really? | the claim: darker skin protects against skin cancer
(by anahad o'connor, may 15, 2007)
vital signs | patterns: moderate drinking may ease effects of 'bad' cholesterol
(by eric nagourney, may 15, 2007)
vital signs | nutrition: a cardiovascular argument for eating whole grains
(by eric nagourney, may 15, 2007)
health books: doctors who wield the pen to heal the profession
(by abigail zuger, m.d., may 15, 2007)
monday, may 14, 2007:
on this day: may 14 (margaret of valois 5/14/1553-3/27/1615, francois de callieres 5/14/1645-3/5/1717,
rober owen 5/14/1771-11/17/1858, sir frederick borden 5/14/1847-1/6/1917, alton parker 5/14/1852-5/10/1926,
kurt eisner 5/14/1867-2/21/1919, julian eltinge 5/14/1883-3/7/1941, al white 5/14/1895-7/8/1982,
mohammad ayub 5/14/1907-4/19/1974, patrice munsel 1925, george lucas 1944, meg foster 1948,
robert zemeckis 1951, tim roth 1961, cate blanchett 1969)
zionists proclaim new state of israel; truman recognizes it and hopes for peace
(by gene currivan, may 14, 1948)
* otto klemperer; conductor dead at 88
[5/14/1885-7/6/1973] (by paul l. montgomery, july 8, 1973)
nelson gidding, 84, screenwriter of hollywood classics, dies
(by wolfgang saxon, may 14, 2004)
baseball roundup: errors help red sox rally from 5 runs behind in ninth
(associated press, may 14, 2007)
ny region: new york plan for dna data in most crimes
(by patrick mcgeehan, may 14, 2007)
* op-ed: sitcoms are dead! long live sitcoms!
(by david blum, may 14, 2007)
media & advertising: at journal, slim margins open door to murdoch
(by richard pérez-peña, may 14, 2007)
* media & advertising: is it the woman thing, or is it katie couric?
(by bill carter, may 14, 2007)
* science blogs: the mystery poet of science
(by john tierney, may 14, 2007)
sunday, may 13, 2007:
on this day: may 13 (henry william stiegel 5/13/1729-1/10/1785, piux ix 5/13/1792-2/7/1878,
sir arthur sullivan 5/13/1842-11/22/1900, sir ronald ross 5/13/1857-9/16/1932, george braque 5/13/1882-8/31/1963,
charles pajud de mortanges 5/13/1896-4/7/1971, dame daphne du maurier 5/13/1907-4/19/1989,
gil evans 5/13/1912-3/20/1988, jim jones 5/13/1931-11/18/1978, bea arthur 1926, clive barnes 1927,
herbert ross 1927, harvey keitel 1939, stevie wonder 1950)
pope is shot in car in vatican square; surgeons term condition 'guarded';
turk, an escaped murderer, is seized
(by henry tanner, may 13, 1981)
* joe louis, 66, heavyweight king who reigned 12 years, is dead
[5/13/1914-4/12/1981] (by deane mcgowen, april 13, 1981)
* national: in a new role, senator clinton's strategist in chief [bill clinton]
(by patrick healy, may 13, 2007)
national: army career behind him, general speaks out on iraq
(by thom shanker, may 13, 2007)
national: on the snake river, dam's natural allies seem to have a change of heart
(by felicity barringer, may 13, 2007)
world: civilian deaths undermine war on taliban
(by carlotta gall & david e. sanger, may 13, 2007)
world: top taliban commander is killed in clash
(by taimoor shah & carlotta gall, may 13, 2007)
u.s. sweeps iraq seeking 3 soldiers missing in attack
(by kirk semple, may 13, 2007)
* world: face of abortion in china: young and unmarried
(by jim yardley, may 13, 2007)
ny region: taking the war out of a child soldier
(by nina bernstein, may 13, 2007)
* baseball: a ray of sunshine in a season of clouds [derek jeter]
(by tyler kepner, may 13, 2007)
* on baseball: what kind of history is bonds making?
(by murray chass, may 13, 2007)
mets 9, brewers 1: pérez helps mets bounce back
(by dave caldwell, may 13, 2007)
basketball: rollicking style known as nellieball energizes warriors and confounds opponents
(by lee jenkins, may 13, 2007)
* op-ed | slide show: the mother of all holidays [anna marie jarvis]
(by bruce handy and barbara dewilde, may 13, 2007)
letters: best drug, or best money maker? (6 letters)
(by luis rodriguez, et. al., may 13, 2007)
* letters: when politics mixes with evolution (4 letters)
(by james v. bradley, et. al., may 13, 2007)
letters: lost and found (1 letter)
(by michelle ehrich, may 13, 2007)
business: contents
(ny times, may 13, 2007)
* business: the greatest mystery: making a best seller
(by shira boss, may 13, 2007)
business: religious groups reap federal aid for pet projects
(by diana b. henriques & andrew w. lehren, may 13, 2007)
business: equity firm appears likely to gain control of chrysler
(by micheline maynard, may 13, 2007)
* tilting at a digital future
(by richard siklos, may 13, 2007)
slipstream: a microsoft alumnus shares his good fortune
(by jason pontin, may 13, 2007)
* the goods: keeping precious artwork safe
(by brendan i. koerner, may 13, 2007)
economic view | pop quiz: did the tax cuts bolster growth?
(by daniel altman, may 13, 2007)
* investing: manager frets over the market, but still outdoes it
[seth a. klarman] (by geraldine fabrikant, may 13, 2007)
novelties: a diet, oddly bland, of continuous images and chat
(by louise story, may 13, 2007)
market week: surprised? maybe you shouldn't be
(by jeff sommer, may 13, 2007)
everybody's business: assorted mysteries of economic life
(by ben stein, may 13, 2007)
* strategies: shareholders benefit when managers have a serious stake
(by mark hulbert, may 13, 2007)
* suits: did that power dad get his hands dirty? [power couples]
(by jane l. levere, may 13, 2007)
homefront: students see the future, and it's elderly people
(by joseph p. fried, may 13, 2007)
the boss: staring down risk [general w. mantague winfield, u.s. army]
(as told to patricia r. olsen, may 13, 2007)
arts: contents
(ny times, may 13, 2007)
art: something there is that loves a wall
(by carol kino, may 13, 2007)
dance: the world at their feet
(by jennifer dunning, may 13, 2007)
film: moyduh, he watched: commissioner turns critic
(by michael wilson, may 13, 2007)
film: no one says '9/11.' no one needs to.
(by caryn james, may 13, 2007)
* music: remembering rostropovich, the master teacher
(by michael white, may 13, 2007)
* classical music: beethoven in a barn, and more
(by anne midgette, may 13, 2007)
music: mexico city's indie rock, now playing to the world
(by josh kun, may 13, 2007)
fashion & style: contents
(ny times, may 13, 2007)
fashion: clearly, frankly, unabashedly disabled
(by mireya navarro, may 13, 2007)
* style: girth and nudity, a pictorial mission [leonard nimoy]
(by abby ellin, may 13, 2007)
* style: a downtowners' club for poets on a curfew
(by tim murphy, may 13, 2007)
modern love: my first lesson in motherhood
(by elizabeth fitzsimons, may 13, 2007)
possessed: he puts lids on his excitement
(by david colman, may 13, 2007)
vows: amy talkington and robert adams
(by gretel c. kovach, may 13, 2007)
travel: contents
(ny times, may 13, 2007)
* travel: 36 hours in st. petersburg, russia
(by clifford j. levy, may 13, 2007)
* travel | in the footsteps of linnaeus: a vast garden of knowledge, still blooming today
(by richard conniff, may 13, 2007)
travel | england: father and son, just two more soccer fans
(by henry fountain, may 13, 2007)
travel | south africa: the cape town area's endless possibilities
(by debra a. klein, may 13, 2007)
practical traveler | air travel: when children fly alone, who's in charge?
(by michelle higgins, may 13, 2007)
week in review: contents
(ny times, may 13, 2007)
speed bump: when the wheels come off a sport
(by juliet macur, may 13, 2007)
the nation: genetic testing + abortion = ???
(by amy harmon, may 13, 2007)
the world: see you in september, whatever that means
(by sheryl gay stolberg, may 13, 2007)
the world: the cure for chilling words could be a cooler temper
(by c. j. chivers, may 13, 2007)
identity crisis: israeli riddle: love jerusalem, hate living there
(by greg myre, may 13, 2007)
* the nation: welcome to start from scratch, u.s.a. [greenburg, kansas]
(by pam belluck, may 13, 2007)
ideas & trends: ride 'em, cowboy. well, not exactly.
(by craig s. smith, may 13, 2007)
graphic | baring all: week of may 6-12
(ny times, may 13, 2007)
laugh lines: david letterman, jay leno and conan o'brien
(ny times, may 13, 2007)
sunday magazine: contents
(ny times, may 13, 2007)
* on language: at the pleasure
(by william safire, may 13, 2007)
the way we live now: ocean blues
(by paul greenberg, may 13, 2007)
questions for natasha trethewey: native daughter
(interview by deborah solomon, may 13, 2007)
consumed: toy story
(by rob walker, may 13, 2007)
the ethicist: school openness
(by randy cohen, may 13, 2007)
cover article: the flight from iraq
(by nir rosen, may 13, 2007)
* writing in the dark
(by david grossman, may 13, 2007)
sex, drugs and updating your blog
(by clive thompson, may 13, 2007)
* true-life tales: dance fever
(by neal pollack, may 13, 2007)
style | slide show: it's all about my mother
(photographs by maciek kobielski, may 13, 2007)
food | the way we eat: the cheese stands alone
(by amanda hesser, may 13, 2007)
book review: contents
(ny times, may 13, 2007)
* books: in god, distrust [god is not great: how religion poisons everything
by christopher hitchens] (by michael kinsley, may 13, 2007)
* books: lord, are you there? didn't think so. [christopher hitchens is
the latest skeptic to take on religion in his book god is not great]
(reviewed by troy jollimore, san francisco chronicle, may 13, 2007)
* books: humor helps make simple science fun [natalie angier's book
the canon: a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science]
(reviewed by roberta kwok, san francisco chronicle, may 13, 2007)
the odd couple [nixon and kissinger: partners in power by robert dallek]
(by mark atwood lawrence, may 13, 2007)
the princess brides [one perfect day: the selling of the american wedding
by rebecca mead] (by jodi kantor, may 13, 2007)
love's deity [john donne: the reformed soul by john stubbs]
(by thomas mallon, may 13, 2007)
the empire in the mirror [are we rome?: the fall of an empire and the fate of america
by cullen murphy] (by walter isaacson, may 13, 2007)
watergate warrior [american spy: my secret history in the cia, watergate, and beyond.
by e. howard hunt with greg aunapu] (by tim weiner, may 13, 2007)
saturday, may 12, 2007:
on this day: may 12 (edward lear 5/12/1812-1/29/1888, dante gabriel rossetti 5/12/1828-4/9/1882, jules massenet 5/12/1842-8/13/1912,
gabriel faure 5/12/1845-11/4/1924, henry cabot lodge 5/12/1850-11/9/1924, baron clemens von pirquet 5/12/1874-2/28/1929,
lincoln ellsworth 5/12/1880-5/26/1951, leslie charteris 5/12/1907-4/15/1993, dorothy hodgkin 5/12/1910-7/29/1994,
julius rosenberg 5/12/1918-6/19/1953, katharine hepburn 1907, howard k. smith 1914, yogi berra 1925, john simon 1925,
burt bacharach 1929, tom snyder 1936, george carlin 1937, millie perkins 1938, billy swan 1942,
bruce boxleitner 1950, gabriel byrne 1950, billy squier 1950, stephen baldwin 1966)
tunisian resistance ends in rout of germans; gen. von arnim and 150,000 men captured
(by frank l. kluckhohn, may 12, 1943)
* florence nightingale dies, aged ninety
[5/12/1820-8/13/1910] (ny times, august 15, 1910)
* national: colleagues cite partisan focus by justice official
(by eric lipton, may 12, 2007)
national: giuliani takes on g.o.p. orthodoxy on social issues
(by marc santora and adam nagourney, may 12, 2007)
world: billions in oil missing in iraq, u.s. study says
(by james glanz, may 12, 2007)
* education | the critical years: middle school manages distractions of adolescence
(by winnie hu, may 12, 2007)
sports: the commissioner of baseball is on deck
(by bill pennington, may 12, 2007)
sports | slide show: baseball's birds of summer [cartoons]
(by rick meyerowitz & sean kelly, may 12, 2007)
basketball | warriors 125, jazz 105: hot-shooting warriors cool off jazz
(by lee jenkins, may 12, 2007)
sports: in the gauzy glow of the mayfly
(by peter kaminsky, may 12, 2007)
editorial: a feeble performance [attorney general alberto gonzales]
(ny times, may 12, 2007)
* op-ed: hepburn, revisited
(by william mann, may 12, 2007)
* business | your money: a contrarian on retirement says wait
(by damon darlin, may 12, 2007)
business | stocks & bonds: rally resumes on outlook for rates
[dow +111.09, nasdaq +28.48] (associated press, may 12, 2007)
* business: incredible shrinking packages
(by claudia h. deutsch, may 12, 2007)
* business: tough sell: an american yogurt in paris
(by andrew martin, may 12, 2007)
technology: hands on the wheel, not on the blackberry keys
(by matt richtel, may 12, 2007)
technology: google to block video clips that thais say insult king
[google has agreed to block four video clips on its youtube
web site that the government of thailand said insulted its king.]
(by reuters, may 12, 2007)
art: getty moves closer to returning an ancient statue to italy
(by sharon waxman, may 12, 2007)
arts: built to last, and lasting
(by robin pogrebin, may 12, 2007)
health: in new hampshire, soft sell eases vaccine fears
(by pam belluck, may 12, 2007)
* art: les demoiselles at 100
(by michael j. lewis, commentary magazine, may 12, 2007)
friday, may 11, 2007:
on this day: may 11 (baron munchhausen 5/11/1720-2/22/1797, fanny cerrito 5/11/1817-5/6/1909,
frank schlesinger 5/11/1871-7/10/1943, irving berlin 5/11/1888-9/22/1989, henry morgenthau jr. 5/11/1891-2/6/1967,
dame margaret rutherford 5/11/1892-5/22/1972, william grant still 5/11/1895-12/3/1978, salvador dali 5/11/1904-1/23/1989,
foster brooks 1912, mort sahl 1927, eric burdon 1941, frances fisher 1952, natasha richardson 1963)
pentagon papers charges are dismissed; judge byrne frees ellsberg and russo, assails 'improper government conduct'
(by martin arnold, may 11, 1973)
* martha graham dies at 96; a revolutionary in dance
[5/11/1894-4/1/1991] (by anna kisselgoff, april 2, 1991)
lesley blanch, 102, a writer, traveler and adventure-seeker, dies
(by margalit fox, may 11, 2007)
national: highway debris, long an eyesore, grows as hazard
(by patricia leigh brown, may 11, 2007)
world | caracas journal: vendors' removal brings a venezuelan gem back to life
(by simon romero, may 11, 2007)
advertising: after scandal, cycling struggles for sponsors
(by doreen carvajal, may 11, 2007)
* media & advertising: movie ratings panel will start to assess the smoking
(by michael cieply, may 11, 2007)
* technology: facebook to offer free classifieds
(by brad stone, may 11, 2007)
* science: decimation of bee colonies has various causes, with parasites,
pathogens and pesticides possible suspects, cornell expert says
(by krishna ramanujan, cornell chronicle online, may 11, 2007)
thursday, may 10, 2007:
on this day: may 10 (william grace 5/10/1832-3/21/1904, john wilkes booth 5/10/1838-4/26/1865,
sir thomas lipton 5/10/1850-10/2/1931, karl barth 5/10/1886-12/9/1968, einar gerhardsen 5/10/1897-9/19/1987,
ariel durant 5/10/1898-10/25/1981, fred astaire 5/10/1899-6/22/1987, maybelle carter 5/10/1909-10/23/1978,
nancy walker 5/10/1922-3/25/1992, pat summerall 1930, gary owens 1936, jim abrahams 1944, dave mason 1946,
andrew card 1947, bono 1960, krist novoselic 1965)
east and west: completion of transcontinental railroad at promontory, utah
(ny times, may 10, 1869)
* david o. selznick, 63, producer of 'gone with the wind', dies
[5/10/1902-6/22/1965] (ny times, june 23, 1965)
national: moderates in g.o.p. warn bush on iraq
(by carl hulse and jeff zeleny, may 10, 2007)
national: senate approves tighter policing of drug makers
(by robert pear, may 10, 2007)
* education: harvard task force calls for new focus on teaching and not just research
(by sara rimer, may 10, 2007)
ny region: new york city renters cope with squeeze
(by christine haughney, may 10, 2007)
baseball: at the stadium, stay put when the music plays
(by michael s. schmidt, may 10, 2007)
baseball: uneasy rider: insuring clemens a big risk
(by richard sandomir, may 10, 2007)
baseball roundup: ramírez hits 476th homer as red sox roll over toronto
(associated press, may 10, 2007)
yankees 6, rangers 2: yanks work through problems to get back to .500
(by joe lapointe, may 10, 2007)
golf: pga tour caddies finally take a load off their shoulders
(by damon hack, may 10, 2007)
editorial: u.s. attorneys, reloaded
(ny times, may 10, 2007)
op-ed: a player who never found his stage
(by a. n. wilson, may 10, 2007)
op-ed: less green at the farmers' market
(by corby kummer, may 10, 2007)
* business: the real owner of all those planes [steven hazy]
(by leslie wayne, may 10, 2007)
business: in guilty plea, oxycontin maker to pay $600 million
(by barry meier, may 10, 2007)
* state of the art: a blackberry for collars of all colors
(by david pogue, may 10, 2007)
* basics: seizing the moment [digital cameras shutter lag]
(by damon darlin, may 10, 2007)
music | amy winehouse: disillusioned diva with glimmers of soul
(by jon pareles, may 10, 2007)
fashion: faster fashion, cheaper chic
(by ruth la ferla, may 10, 2007)
* style: the incredible flying granny nanny
(by jennifer 8. lee, may 10, 2007)
home & garden: at home with charlie white: order and chaos in a single heartbeat
(by penelope green, may 10, 2007)
* in the garden: it takes a hammer to grow this salad
(by anne raver, may 10, 2007)
* health: psychiatrists, children and drug industry's role
(by gardiner harris, benedict carey & janet roberts, may 10, 2007)
wednesday, may 9, 2007:
on this day: may 9 (john brown 5/9/1800-12/2/1859, belle boyd 5/9/1844-6/11/1900, carl gustaf laval 5/9/1845-2/2/1913,
sir james barrie 5/9/1860-6/19/1937, henry j. kaiser 5/9/1882-8/24/1967, jose ortega y gasset 5/9/1883-10/18/1955,
william du bois 5/9/1916-2/5/1993, pancho gonzales 7/3/1995, mike wallace 1918, alan bennett 1934, albert finney 1936,
glenda jackson 1936, james l. brooks 1940, john aschroft 1942, tommy roe 1942, candice bergen 1946, anthony higgins 1947, billy joel 1949)
mandela is named president, closing the era of apartheid (by bill keller, may 9, 1994)
* howard carter, 66, egyptologist, dies
[5/8/1884-12/26/1972] (ny times, march 3, 1939)
national: prenatal test puts down syndrome in hard focus
(by amy harmon, may 9, 2007)
baseball: sosa and palmeiro cited in steroid investigation
(by duff wilson, may 9, 2007)
yankees 8, rangers 2: the yankees hit away, and mientkiewicz is happy to help
(by tyler kepner, may 9, 2007)
baseball roundup: beckett gets seventh victory as red sox rip the blue jays
(associated press, may 9, 2007)
baseball: the biggest man on campus [roger clemens]
(associated press, may 9, 2007)
* business: doctors reap millions for anemia drugs
(by alex berenson & andrew pollack, may 9, 2007)
business | square feet: after years in wait, a lab is born
(by elsa brenner, may 9, 2007)
books: love, honor, cherish and buy
(by patricia cohen, may 9, 2007)
food & dining: contents
(ny times, may 9, 2007)
the minimalist: a no-frills kitchen still cooks
(by mark bittman, may 9, 2007)
food critic's notebook: in los angeles, the accidental pizza maker
(by frank bruni, may 9, 2007)
the curious cook: the five-second rule explored, or how dirty is that bologna?
(by harold mcgee, may 9, 2007)
a good appetite: hot, hotter, hottest: fire from france
(by melissa clark, may 9, 2007)
food stuff: prim but satisfying, venerable sweets from milan
(by florence fabricant, may 9, 2007)
food: a sweet so sour: kool-aid dills
(by john t. edge, may 9, 2007)
dining | restaurant review | craftsteak: a chef with swagger can nurture, too
(by frank bruni, may 9, 2007)
tuesday, may 8, 2007:
on this day: may 8 (edward gibbon 5/8/1737-1/16/1794, thomas hancock 5/8/1786-3/26/1865,
henri dunant 5/8/1828-10/30/1910, james rowland angell 5/8/1869-3/4/1949, thomas costain 5/8/1885-10/8/1965,
joselito 5/8/1895-5/16/1920, edmund wilson 5/8/1895-6/12/1972, friedrich von hayek 5/8/1899-3/23/1992,
fernandel 5/8/1903-2/26/1971, roberto rosselloini 5/8/1906-6/3/1977, romain gary 5/8/1914-12/2/1980,
sonny liston 5/8/1917-12/31/1970, don rickles 1926, david attenborough 1926, peter benchley 1940,
angel cordero jr. 1942, toni tennille 1943, keith jarrett 1945, philip bailey 1951,
david keith 1954, alex van halen 1955, melissa gilbert 1964, enrique iglesias 1975, julia whelan 1985)
occupation of wounded knee is ended (by andrew h. malcolm, may 8, 1973)
* harry s. truman: decisive president dies at 88
[5/8/1884-12/26/1972] (by alden whitman, december 26, 1972)
* national: 'top chef' dreams crushed by student loan debt
(by kim severson, may 8, 2007)
science news: contents
(ny times, may 8, 2007)
* science: how the inca leapt canyons
(by john noble wilford, may 8, 2007)
* findings: a lonesome tortoise, and a search for a mate
(by john tierney, may 8, 2007)
from dna analysis, clues to a single australian migration
(by nicholas wade, may 8, 2007)
sale of carbon credits helping land-rich, but cash-poor, tribes
(by jim robbins, may 8, 2007)
a conversation with gro harlem brundtland:
20 years later, again assigned to fight climate change
(by andrew c. revkin, may 8, 2007)
* science: jupiter gets its close-up
(by kenneth chang, may 8, 2007)
* observatory: it's still dark out, so why are the birds singing away?
(by henry fountain, may 8, 2007)
* science q & a: cesium time
(by c. claiborne ray, may 8, 2007)
* health: genes take charge, and diets fall by the wayside
(by gina kolata, may 8, 2007)
* health: jury is still out on gluten, the latest dietary villain
(by kate murphy, may 8, 2007)
* essay: a moment of revelation, preserved in a test stick
(by judith woodburn, may 8, 2007)
* really? | the claim: aspirin can reduce the risk of alzheimer's disease
(by anahad o'connor, may 8, 2007)
* health: study suggests meditation can help train attention
(by sandra blakeslee, may 8, 2007)
* personal health: deciphering the results of a prostate test
(by jane e. brody, may 8, 2007)
cases: the struggle to move beyond 'why me?'
(by alice lesch kelly, may 8, 2007)
vital signs | at risk: study shows flu season increases heart ailments
(by nicholas bakalar, may 8, 2007)
vital signs | adolescence: no link to promiscuity found in youths using condoms
(by nicholas bakalar, may 8, 2007)
vital signs | child care: regular television time starts for many at 3 months
(by nicholas bakalar, may 8, 2007)
vital signs | patterns: early menarche linked to heavier children
(by nicholas bakalar, may 8, 2007)
* gates and buffett get paddled [11-year-old ariel hsing of san jose beats
warren buffet & bill gates at table tennis at berkshire hathaway's meeting.]
(by s.l. wykes, san jose mercury news, may 8, 2007)
* art: nothing like this picasso
(by thomas hoving, los angeles times, may 8, 2007)
monday, may 7, 2007:
on this day: may 7 (germain boffrand 5/7/1667-3/18/1754, david hume 5/7/1711-8/25/1776,
robert browning 5/7/1812-12/12/1889, johannes brahms 5/7/1833-4/3/1897, oskar von miller 5/7/1855-4/9/1934,
marcus loew 5/7/1870-9/5/1927, archibald macleish 5/7/1892-4/20/1982, kitty godfree 5/7/1896-6/19/1992,
gary cooper 5/7/1901-5/13/1961, edwin herbert land 5/7/1909-3/1/1991, darren mcgavin 1922, teresa brewer 1931,
pete domenici 1932, johnny unitas 1933, johnny maestro 1939, jimmy ruffin 1939, tim russert 1950,
amy heckerling 1954)
* war in europe is ended! surrender is unconditional; v-e will be proclaimed today; our troops on okinawa gain
(by edward kennedy, may 7, 1945)
* saga of eva peron: 12 years to power, dies at 33
[5/7/1919-7/26/1952] (ny times, july 27, 1952)
* national: methods used by insurers are questioned
(by robert pear, may 7, 2007)
world: as pope heads to brazil, a rival theology persists
(by larry rohter, may 7, 2007)
world: afghan media face threat of controls
(by abdul waheed wafa & carlotta gall, may 7, 2007)
* baseball: clemens is returning to the yankees
(by david picker, may 7, 2007)
* on baseball: paying dearly in desperation
(by murray chass, may 7, 2007)
* op-ed: a big stretch [yoga]
(by suketu mehta, may 7, 2007)
op-ed: in iraq, the play was the thing
(by hussain abdul-hussain, may 7, 2007)
* technology: beam it down from the web, scotty
(by saul hansell, may 7, 2007)
* science: astronomers report biggest stellar explosion
(by dennis overbye, may 7, 2007)
sunday, may 6, 2007:
on this day: may 6 (maximilien robespierre 5/6/1758-7/28/1794, abraham jacobi 5/6/1830-7/10/1919,
sigmund freud 5/6/1856-9/23/1939, robert peary 5/6/1856-2/20/1920, william leahy 5/6/1875-7/20/1959,
ernst ludwig kirchner 5/6/1880-6/15/1938, stanley morison 5/6/1889-10/11/1967,
rudolph valentino 5/6/1895-8/23/1926, lew christensen 5/6/1909-10/9/1984,
theodore white 5/6/1915-5/15/1986, willie mays 1931, bob seger 1945, ben masters 1947,
tony blair 1953, george clooney 1961, roma downey 1963)
* hindenburg burns in lakehurst crash; 21 known dead, 12 missing; 64 escape
(by russell b. porter, may 6, 1937)
* orson welles is dead at 70; innovator of film and stage
[5/6/1915-10/10/1985] (ny times, october 11, 1985)
national: a liberal case for gun rights sways judiciary
(by adam liptak, may 6, 2007)
* national | american album: torn from parents, a top speller vents his anger, letter by letter
(by kirk johnson, may 6, 2007)
* world: from china to panama, a trail of poisoned medicine
(by walt bogdanich & jake hooker, may 6, 2007)
world: french voters pick sarkozy to be president; turnout high
(by katrin bennhold & elaine sciolino, may 6, 2007)
world: antiwar groups use new clout to influence democrats on iraq
(by michael luo, may 6, 2007)
world: tony blair prepares for a subdued exit
(by alan cowell, may 6, 2007)
* ny region: not hot just yet, but newark is starting to percolate
(by andrew jacobs, may 6, 2007)
ny region: states ponder laws to keep web predators from children
(by jennifer medina, may 6, 2007)
basketball | keeping score: the short supply of competitive balance
(by david j. berri, may 6, 2007)
editorial: a scandal that keeps growing
(ny times, may 6, 2007)
* op-ed: hail to the analysand [151st anniversary of freud's birthday]
(by george prochnik, may 6, 2007)
business: contents
(ny times, may 6, 2007)
* businesses try to make money and save the world
(by stephanie strom, may 6, 2007)
spending: a two-wheeled option (with a battery) for commuters
(by barry rehfeld, may 6, 2007)
* architecture: a glass house full of the past opens to the present
(by benjamin genocchio, may 6, 2007)
dance: where are all the black swans?
(by gia kourlas, may 6, 2007)
fashion & style: contents
(ny times, may 6, 2007)
fashion: pink shirts welcome
(by allen salkin, may 6, 2007)
* style: matchmakers know superstars need love, too
(by sharon waxman, may 6, 2007)
* modern love: an ancient coda to my 21st-century divorce
(by cindy chupack, may 6, 2007)
vows: jennifer kohns and gregory rathe
(by stephen henderson, may 6, 2007)
travel: contents
(ny times, may 6, 2007)
travel: 36 hours in istanbul
(by seth sherwood, may 6, 2007)
travel: coastal croatia by bicycle: sea, sun, truffles
(by nathaniel vinton, may 6, 2007)
travel: the heel is rising [italy]
(by frank bruni, may 6, 2007)
week in review: contents
(ny times, may 6, 2007)
the world: forget who'll win in france. change is a loser.
(by craig s. smith, may 6, 2007)
* when a kiss is more than a kiss
(by paul vitello, may 6, 2007)
sunday magazine: contents
(ny times, may 6, 2007)
* on language: halfway humanity
(by william safire, may 6, 2007)
* cover article | the new middle ages: the older-and-wiser hypothesis
(by stephen s. hall, may 6, 2007)
* the new middle ages: a longer, better life
(by sara davidson, may 6, 2007)
* the new middle ages: self-nonmedication
(by bruce stutz, may 6, 2007)
* the new middle ages: tv's silver age
(by lorne manly, may 6, 2007)
book review: contents
(ny times, may 6, 2007)
* books: you've got trouble [send: essential guide to email for office & home
by david shipley and will schwalbe] (by dave barry, may 6, 2007)
books: against moderation [the joy of drinking by barbara holland]
(by robert r. harris, may 6, 2007)
* books: a prince of pulp, legit at last [science fiction writer philip k. dick]
(by charles mcgrath, may 6, 2007)
saturday, may 5, 2007:
on this day: may 5 (leopold ii 5/5/1747-3/1/1792, frederick barnard 5/5/1809-4/27/1889,
søren kierkegaard 5/5/1813-11/11/1855, karl marx 5/5/1818-3/14/1883, hubert howe bancroft 5/5/1832-3/2/1918,
peter cooper hewitt 5/5/1861-8/25/1921, christopher morley 5/5/1890-3/28/1957, dorothy garrod 5/5/1892-12/18/1968,
sir gordon richards 5/5/1904-11/10/1986, tyrone power 5/5/1914-11/15/1958, arthur l. schawlow 5/5/1921-4/28/1999,
ann b. davis 1926, pat carroll 1927, john sweeney 1934, michael murphy 1938, lance henriksen 1940, jean-pierre leaud 1944)
u.s. hurls alan shepard 115 miles into space; reports by radio in 15-minute flight
(by richard witkin, may 5, 1961)
nellie bly, journalist, dies of pneumonia at 56
[5/5/1867-1/27/1922] (ny times, january 28, 1922)
* national: a split emerges as conservatives discuss darwin
(by patricia cohen, may 5, 2007)
tv | 'grey's anatomy': the new modern woman, ambitious and feeble
(by alessandra stanley, may 5, 2007)
friday, may 4, 2007:
on this day: may 4 (bartolomeo cristofori 5/4/1655-1/27/1731, horace mann 5/4/1796-8/2/1859,
sir william cooke 5/4/1806-6/25/1879, julia tyler 5/4/1820-7/10/1889, t. h. huxley 5/4/1825-6/29/1895,
fritz von opel 5/4/1899-4/8/1971, lincoln kirstein 5/4/1907-1/5/1996, emmanuel robles 5/4/1914-2/22/1995,
audrey hepburn 5/4/1929-1/20/1993, hosni mubarak 1928, maynard ferguson 1928, roberta peters 1930,
tyrone davis 1938, paul gleason 1944, randy travis 1959, mary mcdonough 1961)
4 kent state students killed by troops (by john kifner, may 4, 1970)
dr. frank conrad, radio pioneer, dies at 67
[5/4/1874-12/11/1941] (by eric pace, december 12, 1941)
* education: seeing no progress, some schools drop laptops
(by winnie hu, may 4, 2007)
thursday, may 3, 2007:
on this day: may 3 (niccolo machiavelli 5/3/1469-6/21/1527, e. w. howe 5/3/1853-10/3/1937,
vito volterra 5/3/1860-10/11/1940, marcel dupre 5/3/1886-5/30/1971, sir george paget thomson 5/3/1892-9/10/1975,
bing crosby 5/3/1903-10/14/1977, may sarton 5/3/1912-7/16/1995, william inge 5/3/1913-6/10/1973,
sugar ray robinson 5/3/1921-4/12/1989, pete seeger 1919, james brown 1933, engelbert humperdinck 1936,
greg gumbel 1946)
7,000 arrested in capital war protest; 150 are hurt as clashes disrupt traffic
(by richard halloran, may 3, 1971)
golda meir: peace and arab acceptance were goals of her 5 years as premier
[5/3/1898-12/8/1978] (by israel shenker, december 9, 1978)
sports: yankees, hurting, see culprit: the fitness coach
(by tyler kepner, may 3, 2007)
baseball roundup: beckett powers the red sox and gains his sixth victory
(associated press, may 3, 2007)
* business: wall street journal weighs life under rupert murdoch
(by richard siklos, may 3, 2007)
small business: a corner deli with international appeal
(by micheline maynard, may 3, 2007)
home & garden: easy, mr. fix-it
(by joyce wadler, may 3, 2007)
* style | fitness: a healthy mix of rest and motion
(by peter jaret, may 3, 2007)
science: feeling warmth, subtropical plants move north
(by shaila dewan, may 3, 2007)
wednesday, may 2, 2007:
on this day: may 2 (alessandro scarlatti 5/2/1660-10/24/1725, catherine ii 5/2/1729-11/17/1796,
henry martyn robert 5/2/1837-5/11/1923, theodor herzl 5/2/1860-7/3/1904, james f. byrnes 5/2/1879-4/9/1972,
vernon castle 5/2/1887-2/15/1918, manfred richthofen 5/2/1892-4/21/1918, lorenz hart 5/1895-11/22/1943,
alex springer 5/2/1912-9/22/1985, satyajit ray 5/2/1921-4/23/1992, theodore bikel 1924, bianca jagger 1945,
lesley gore 1946, larry gatlin 1948, scott mccallum 1950)
berlin falls to russians, 70,000 give up; 1,000,000 surrender in italy and austria
(associated press, may 2, 1945)
* benjamin spock, world's pediatrician, dies at 94
[5/2/1903-3/15/1998] (by eric pace, march 17, 1998)
tom poston, virtuosic comic actor, is dead at 85
(by margalit fox, may 2, 2007)
zola taylor, 69, r&b singer, is dead
(associated press, may 2, 2007)
world: u.s. seeks closing of visa loophole for britons
(by jane perlez, may 2, 2007)
* education: matters of faith find a new prominence on campus
(by alan finder, may 2, 2007)
ny region: after working the streets, bunk beds and a mass
(by corey kilgannon, may 2, 2007)
baseball | yankees 10, rangers 1: a no-hit bid by hughes ends with a leg injury
(by tyler kepner, may 2, 2007)
on baseball: for one night, yankees' staff outdoes mets'
(by murray chass, may 2, 2007)
baseball: as a steroids controversy blooms, bonds just keeps hitting
(by lee jenkins, may 2, 2007)
basketball: study of n.b.a. sees racial bias in calling fouls
(by alan schwarz, may 2, 2007)
basketball: nowitzki and mavericks breathe sigh of relief
(by howard beck, may 2, 2007)
* editorial: spying on americans
(ny times, may 2, 2007)
editorial: closing the claremont stables
(ny times, may 2, 2007)
* op-ed: making a killing [film violence]
(by mike white, may 2, 2007)
* letters: chemotherapy and the brain (7 letters)
(by roger granet, et. al., may 2, 2007)
letters: america in iraq: 10 more years? (3 letters)
(by erec stebbins, et. al., may 2, 2007)
letters: the power of money (1 letter)
(by richard dickinson, may 2, 2007)
* letters: violence on the screen (1 letter)
(by heather bellow, may 2, 2007)
* letters: superior civilizations (1 letter)
(by eric berne, may 2, 2007)
letters: the 'i forgot' syndrome (1 letter)
(by michael mcmillan, may 2, 2007)
* business | economix: your plate is bigger than your stomach
(by david leonhardt, may 2, 2007)
* technology: teaching the color printer the language of humanity and a palette of precision
(by claudia h. deutsch, may 2, 2007)
* books: are book reviewers out of print?
(by motoko rich, may 2, 2007)
film | 'waitress': a slice of americana, served with a sad smile
(by a. o. scott, may 2, 2007)
food & dining: contents
(ny times, may 2, 2007)
the minimalist: laid-back risotto
(by mark bittman, may 2, 2007)
recipe: asparagus risotto
(adapted from mario batali, may 2, 2007)
food: and now, a sip of history: the mint julep, personified
(by pableaux johnson, may 2, 2007)
food: 2 turin gelato men, hoping new york will melt
(by ian fisher, may 2, 2007)
food: a luscious taste and aroma from india arrives at last [indian mangoes]
(by david karp, may 2, 2007)
spirits of the times: no, really, it was tough: 4 people, 80 martinis
(by eric asimov, may 2, 2007)
tuesday, may 1, 2007:
on this day: may 1 (joseph addison 5/1/1672-6/17/1719, benjamin latrobe 5/1/1764-9/3/1820,
arthur wellesley 5/1/1769-9/14/1852, jose alencar 5/1/1829-12/12/1877, mary harris jones 5/1/1830-11/30/1930,
cecilia beaux 5/1/1855-9/17/1942, pierre teilhard de chardin 5/1/1881-4/10/1955, eugene black 5/1/1898-2/20/1992,
winthrop rockefeller 5/1/1912-2/22/1974, terry southern 5/1/1924-10/29/1995, glenn ford 1916, jack paar 1918,
scott carpenter 1925, shirley horn 1934, judy collins 1939, rita coolidge 1945)
soviet downs american u-2 plane; u.s. says it was weather craft; khrushchev sees summit blow
(by osgood caruthers, may 1, 1960)
kate smith, all-american singer, dies at 79
[5/1/1909-6/17/1986] (by frank g. prial, june 18, 1986)
tommy newsom, saxophonist, dies at 78
(by douglas martin, may 1, 2007)
national: 34 duke business students face discipline for cheating
(by alan finder, may 1, 2007)
national | statehouse journal: a governor truly tightens his belt
(by william yardley, may 1, 2007)
national: as deportation pace rises, illegal immigrants dig in
(by julia preston, may 1, 2007)
world | puerto ayora journal: war in the pacific: it's hell, especially if you're a goat
(by simon romero, may 1, 2007)
baseball: torre and cashman are safe, for now
(by tyler kepner, may 1, 2007)
baseball: steroids dealer testified to the bonds grand jury
(by juliet macur, may 1, 2007)
editorial: help, by the book
(ny times, may 1, 2007)
op-ed: why wolfowitz should stay
(by nuhu ribadu, may 1, 2007)
op-ed: why congress should embrace the surge
(by owen west, may 1, 2007)
* letters: to nurture the next einstein (3 letters)
(by beverly l. nelson, et. al., may 1, 2007)
letters: iraq puzzle: getting in, getting out (6 letters)
(by ken swensen, et. al., may 1, 2007)
letters: a resignation at m.i.t. (1 letter)
(by eugene glickman, may 1, 2007)
letters: don't 'robocall' me (1 letter)
(by steve bowen, may 1, 2007)
business: high court puts limits on patents
(by linda greenhouse, may 1, 2007)
* arts: interpreting some overlooked stories from the south
(by patricia cohen, may 1, 2007)
music: new orleans homecoming (for the lucky ones)
(by jon pareles, may 1, 2007)
music: a rock festival whose hallmark is taste
(by ben ratliff, may 1, 2007)
science news: contents
(ny times, may 1, 2007)
* science: in ducks, war of the sexes plays out in the evolution of genitalia
(by carl zimmer, may 1, 2007)
* basics: for motherly x chromosome, gender is only the beginning
(by natalie angier, may 1, 2007)
enviroment: coral is dying. can it be reborn?
(by cornelia dean, may 1, 2007)
arctic sea ice melting faster, a study finds
(by andrew c. revkin, may 1, 2007)
coal's energy potential is an engineering challenge now
(by matthew l. wald, may 1, 2007)
among chimps and bonobos, the hand often does the talking
(by nicholas wade, may 1, 2007)
the energy challenge: recruiting plankton to fight global warming
(by matt richtel, may 1, 2007)
observatory: instead of leaping, sumatran orangutans sway from tree to tree
(by henry fountain, may 1, 2007)
* science q & a: baldness and longevity
(by c. claiborne ray, may 1, 2007)
health | bone disease: getting the clearest look at a hurting hip
(by yudhijit bhattacharjee, may 1, 2007)
health | cancer: how to halve the death rate from colon cancer
(by denise grady, may 1, 2007)
the consumer: free drug samples? bad idea, some say
(by roni caryn rabin, may 1, 2007)
* the doctor's world: in moscow in 1996, a doctor's visit changed history
(by lawrence k. altman, m.d., may 1, 2007)
cases: a meal, a smile, a word: thanks in a thousand ways
(by larry zaroff, m.d., may 1, 2007)
health: scientists look to vaccines in the war on e. coli
(by andrew pollack, may 1, 2007)
* personal health: a simple need, all too often unmet
(by jane e. brody, may 1, 2007)
* really? | the claim: heat wraps ease back pain
(by anahad o'connor, may 1, 2007)
vital signs | nutrition: shortage of vitamin d may weaken the elderly
(by eric nagourney, may 1, 2007)
vital signs | patterns: an upside to migraines? less mental decline found
(by eric nagourney, may 1, 2007)
vital signs | outcomes: study finds that cutting salt also cuts cardiovascular risk
(by eric nagourney, may 1, 2007)
* vital signs | mental abilities: 'sleep on it,' it appears, really is good advice
(by eric nagourney, may 1, 2007)
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