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1722770 | 2005 | 12 | 06 | Progress Lags In Overhaul Of Foster Care |
In an admission that may strengthen the case for a federal takeover of New Jersey's child welfare agency, the state's human services commissioner said Monday that the system was likely to miss a deadline for its court-ordered overhaul at the end of the month.
Speaking to members of the State Assembly's... | In an admission that may strengthen the case for a federal takeover of New Jersey's child welfare agency, the state's human services commissioner said Monday that the system was likely to miss a deadline for its court-ordered overhaul at the end of the month. Speaking to members of the State Assembly's budget committee... |
1460657 | 2003 | 01 | 30 | ONLINE DIARY |
Everyone I Know
Patrick Coston has been keeping lists of everyone he knows since he was 16 -- and he's now 39. Several years ago he consolidated his paper lists into one online file, making public a tabulation of ''People I've Known in My Lifetime'' (patcoston.com/home/people.htm). ''It's a way of help... | Everyone I Know Patrick Coston has been keeping lists of everyone he knows since he was 16 -- and he's now 39. Several years ago he consolidated his paper lists into one online file, making public a tabulation of ''People I've Known in My Lifetime'' (patcoston.com/home/people.htm). ''It's a way of helping me remember t... |
1512355 | 2003 | 08 | 16 | THE BLACKOUT OF 2003 |
Opportunity Spikes Although it is too early to calculate overall economic effects, the blackout produced winners and losers, and was most profitable for enterprising street vendors.
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Democrats Seize on Issue Democrats accused Republicans of blocking modernization of the nation's power-... | Opportunity Spikes Although it is too early to calculate overall economic effects, the blackout produced winners and losers, and was most profitable for enterprising street vendors. PAGE B1 Democrats Seize on Issue Democrats accused Republicans of blocking modernization of the nation's power-transmission system, and sa... |
1292724 | 2001 | 05 | 13 | How Do You Make a Movie Sing? |
Julie Andrews is about to sing. No, not the actual Julie Andrews, whose vocal cords were crippled in a 1997 throat operation. I mean the iconic Julie Andrews: the one twirling in a dirndl, with the Alps looming and the Nazis lurking. That's the Julie you see right off the bat, on the giant mural at the end of ... | Julie Andrews is about to sing. No, not the actual Julie Andrews, whose vocal cords were crippled in a 1997 throat operation. I mean the iconic Julie Andrews: the one twirling in a dirndl, with the Alps looming and the Nazis lurking. That's the Julie you see right off the bat, on the giant mural at the end of a long al... |
1835777 | 2007 | 03 | 26 | Bang on a Board: Sophisticated Music for Primitive Instruments |
Watching the ensemble So Percussion brilliantly perform Steve Reich's ''Music for Pieces of Wood'' was like watching whirling dervishes enter an intensely focused, disciplined trance. But with the dervishes you are merely a voyeur. The audience at Miller Theater on Friday could share the state of ecstasy drumm... | Watching the ensemble So Percussion brilliantly perform Steve Reich's ''Music for Pieces of Wood'' was like watching whirling dervishes enter an intensely focused, disciplined trance. But with the dervishes you are merely a voyeur. The audience at Miller Theater on Friday could share the state of ecstasy drummed up by ... |
1239375 | 2000 | 10 | 16 | In America; The Death Capital |
There's a new report out today on the death penalty in Texas.
It's a chilling report, and as I began reading an advance copy I couldn't help but think of the governor of Texas, a candidate for president of the United States, gloating on national television about executions still to come.
| There's a new report out today on the death penalty in Texas. It's a chilling report, and as I began reading an advance copy I couldn't help but think of the governor of Texas, a candidate for president of the United States, gloating on national television about executions still to come. ''Guess what?'' said George W. ... |
1276557 | 2001 | 03 | 09 | Get to Troubled Kids Before They Start Shooting |
To the Editor:
Re ''Plenty of Vivid Adjectives but No Answers in Killings'' (front page, March 7):
Children respond to violence observed with violence. They see state-sanctioned executions, warfare and threatened violence. They see authority figures -- parents and the police -- use violence to ... | To the Editor: Re ''Plenty of Vivid Adjectives but No Answers in Killings'' (front page, March 7): Children respond to violence observed with violence. They see state-sanctioned executions, warfare and threatened violence. They see authority figures -- parents and the police -- use violence to discipline, teach lessons... |
1202149 | 2000 | 05 | 25 | New ThinkPads: Laptop as S.U.V. |
IN a world where nearly everything seems to be getting miniaturized, the new I.B.M. Thinkpad T20 portable computer is traveling in the other direction. If it were any larger, I.B.M. could have equipped this impressively redesigned laptop with folding legs and offered it as a card table.
It would be an ... | IN a world where nearly everything seems to be getting miniaturized, the new I.B.M. Thinkpad T20 portable computer is traveling in the other direction. If it were any larger, I.B.M. could have equipped this impressively redesigned laptop with folding legs and offered it as a card table. It would be an expensive card ta... |
1769215 | 2006 | 06 | 15 | Fed's Dilemma: Prices Climb As Economic Growth Slows |
Economic growth in the last month and a half was generally strong across the country, the Federal Reserve said in a report yesterday, but showed ''some signs of deceleration.''
At the same time, prices in most regions rose, according to the report, known as the Beige Book.
| Economic growth in the last month and a half was generally strong across the country, the Federal Reserve said in a report yesterday, but showed ''some signs of deceleration.'' At the same time, prices in most regions rose, according to the report, known as the Beige Book. With a decision on setting interest rates two ... |
1687408 | 2005 | 07 | 15 | Four Souls Disguised as Couples |
Jeannette (Pamela Holden Stewart), an independently wealthy Frenchwoman, and Martin (Wayne Lamont Sims), an African-American painter, live together in splendid isolation in an idyllic clapboard house in upstate New York. They spend their nights snuggled together on the sofa, reading and sipping red wine. Their... | Jeannette (Pamela Holden Stewart), an independently wealthy Frenchwoman, and Martin (Wayne Lamont Sims), an African-American painter, live together in splendid isolation in an idyllic clapboard house in upstate New York. They spend their nights snuggled together on the sofa, reading and sipping red wine. Theirs is a li... |
1359976 | 2002 | 01 | 17 | Prices You Just Can't Believe |
JVC'S Web site is extensive and easy to navigate. Descriptions of the company's merchandise are more than adequate; pictures are large and clear; each product is clearly linked to similar JVC devices for comparison.
Only one thing is baffling: the manufacturer's suggested retail price often bears no re... | JVC'S Web site is extensive and easy to navigate. Descriptions of the company's merchandise are more than adequate; pictures are large and clear; each product is clearly linked to similar JVC devices for comparison. Only one thing is baffling: the manufacturer's suggested retail price often bears no relationship to wha... |
1245451 | 2000 | 11 | 08 | Three-Way Pasta |
AS popular as spaghetti alla carbonara may be, most American cooks don't realize that its essential element is meat. The crispy bits of cured pork that elevate the eggy sauce are actually the building blocks for three of the great classic pastas made in and around Rome.
The most basic of them, pasta al... | AS popular as spaghetti alla carbonara may be, most American cooks don't realize that its essential element is meat. The crispy bits of cured pork that elevate the eggy sauce are actually the building blocks for three of the great classic pastas made in and around Rome. The most basic of them, pasta alla gricia, contai... |
1653146 | 2005 | 02 | 27 | Breakfast for Dinner |
In the minds of many, breakfast is the best meal of the day. These restaurants feature breakfast-inspired dishes on their dinner menus.
AQUAVIT *** [Rating: Three Stars] (212) 307-7311; 65 East 55th Street (Madison Avenue); $$$$; Review: 5/23/01.
Marcus Samuelson's pretheater tasting menu and... | In the minds of many, breakfast is the best meal of the day. These restaurants feature breakfast-inspired dishes on their dinner menus. AQUAVIT *** [Rating: Three Stars] (212) 307-7311; 65 East 55th Street (Madison Avenue); $$$$; Review: 5/23/01. Marcus Samuelson's pretheater tasting menu and dinner menu include a dess... |
1746412 | 2006 | 03 | 12 | IN TRANSIT |
Attention flamenco fans. There will be dancing in the streets of Andalusia, that southernmost region of Spain, this year.
To promote the region's heritage as the birthplace of flamenco, the tourist board of Andalusia, Turismo Andaluz, has created five ''Routes to Flamenco.'' These five-day itineraries,... | Attention flamenco fans. There will be dancing in the streets of Andalusia, that southernmost region of Spain, this year. To promote the region's heritage as the birthplace of flamenco, the tourist board of Andalusia, Turismo Andaluz, has created five ''Routes to Flamenco.'' These five-day itineraries, posted at www.an... |
1578681 | 2004 | 05 | 02 | A Violin's Value, And What to Pay The I.R.S. Fiddler |
From the start, the leaders of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra thought there was something strange about an offer made by Herbert R. Axelrod, a pet-care book publisher from the Jersey Shore, to sell the orchestra his $50 million collection of rare stringed instruments at half price.
''I thought he wa... | From the start, the leaders of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra thought there was something strange about an offer made by Herbert R. Axelrod, a pet-care book publisher from the Jersey Shore, to sell the orchestra his $50 million collection of rare stringed instruments at half price. ''I thought he was nuts,'' said Dr... |
1754273 | 2006 | 04 | 14 | Mozart, Forever Young: 250 and the Hits Keep Coming |
Here are some favorite Mozart recordings of the classical music critics of The New York Times. Availability is hard to determine; most of the recordings here can be found online or in major record stores. (An introduction appears on Page 1 of Weekend.)
LES INTROUVABLES DU CHANT MOZARTIEN Various artist... | Here are some favorite Mozart recordings of the classical music critics of The New York Times. Availability is hard to determine; most of the recordings here can be found online or in major record stores. (An introduction appears on Page 1 of Weekend.) LES INTROUVABLES DU CHANT MOZARTIEN Various artists (EMI Classics 6... |
1363837 | 2002 | 01 | 31 | Arrest of Convicted Killer Raises Concerns About Missed Warnings |
After admitting in 1988 that he had murdered a former girlfriend and stabbed another woman, Edwin Snelgrove wrote to a New Jersey judge about violent sexual fantasies that started when he was a second grader. He described images of strangling or hitting a woman on the head, carrying her limp body to a bed and ... | After admitting in 1988 that he had murdered a former girlfriend and stabbed another woman, Edwin Snelgrove wrote to a New Jersey judge about violent sexual fantasies that started when he was a second grader. He described images of strangling or hitting a woman on the head, carrying her limp body to a bed and ''arrangi... |
1807336 | 2006 | 11 | 26 | CALENDAR |
A guide to cultural and recreational goings-on in and around Nassau and Suffolk Counties this week. Items for the guide should be sent at least three weeks in advance to lical@nytimes.com, or by mail to Long Island Weekly, 229 West 43rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10036-3959.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Bay Sho... | A guide to cultural and recreational goings-on in and around Nassau and Suffolk Counties this week. Items for the guide should be sent at least three weeks in advance to lical@nytimes.com, or by mail to Long Island Weekly, 229 West 43rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10036-3959. MUSIC AND DANCE Bay Shore Chris Smither, singer-... |
1254531 | 2000 | 12 | 12 | For Men, a Sadder Tale of the City |
Living in cities may be a health hazard. At least if you're a man under 65.
The reasons are uncertain, but a study in the December issue of The American Journal of Public Health found that men who lived in urban areas were 62 percent more likely to die during the study period than men who lived in subu... | Living in cities may be a health hazard. At least if you're a man under 65. The reasons are uncertain, but a study in the December issue of The American Journal of Public Health found that men who lived in urban areas were 62 percent more likely to die during the study period than men who lived in suburbs, small towns ... |
1194670 | 2000 | 04 | 26 | Plenty of Reasons to Say, 'Please Pass the Fiber' |
FIBER has suffered some serious blows in the past year or so. Findings from the Nurses' Health Study published early last year and from two studies announced last week showed that those who consumed the most fiber were no better protected against colon cancer than those who consumed the least.
But befo... | FIBER has suffered some serious blows in the past year or so. Findings from the Nurses' Health Study published early last year and from two studies announced last week showed that those who consumed the most fiber were no better protected against colon cancer than those who consumed the least. But before fiber was link... |
1540876 | 2003 | 12 | 06 | Court Rejects Efforts to Block Bear Hunting |
A New Jersey appeals court yesterday rejected motions from two animal welfare groups to block the state's first black bear hunt in 33 years, scheduled to start on Monday.
But in a separate legal action, a federal judge in Washington barred bear hunting in a national park along the Delaware River for at... | A New Jersey appeals court yesterday rejected motions from two animal welfare groups to block the state's first black bear hunt in 33 years, scheduled to start on Monday. But in a separate legal action, a federal judge in Washington barred bear hunting in a national park along the Delaware River for at least the first ... |
1735003 | 2006 | 01 | 27 | THE CHURN |
People
Morgan Stanley has appointed Gavin MacDonald, a vice chairman and managing director, head of European mergers and acquisitions.
Roger Fones has joined Morrison & Foerster as a partner in the firm's Washington office. Mr. Fones was formerly the chief of the transportation, energy and agri... | People Morgan Stanley has appointed Gavin MacDonald, a vice chairman and managing director, head of European mergers and acquisitions. Roger Fones has joined Morrison & Foerster as a partner in the firm's Washington office. Mr. Fones was formerly the chief of the transportation, energy and agriculture section of the an... |
1183973 | 2000 | 03 | 15 | Egalite, Fraternite et Burgers |
My grandmother was shocked when I went to work for McDonald's. She thought I was cooking fries on Boulevard St.-Michel. It was 1984. McDonald's had 17 restaurants in France. Its headquarters was in an apartment. But I thought if I wanted to get ahead, I should join an American company. It would take me forever... | My grandmother was shocked when I went to work for McDonald's. She thought I was cooking fries on Boulevard St.-Michel. It was 1984. McDonald's had 17 restaurants in France. Its headquarters was in an apartment. But I thought if I wanted to get ahead, I should join an American company. It would take me forever to run a... |
1172241 | 2000 | 01 | 29 | Sports of The Times; Professionals Still in Need Of Mentors |
BOBBY BELL yesterday lamented the passing of an era. The former Kansas City linebacker and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame was on a panel composed of 1970 Super Bowl participants. Two more former Chiefs, Willie Lanier and Jan Stenerud, were on the panel, along with Lamar Hunt, the team owner. Bud Gra... | BOBBY BELL yesterday lamented the passing of an era. The former Kansas City linebacker and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame was on a panel composed of 1970 Super Bowl participants. Two more former Chiefs, Willie Lanier and Jan Stenerud, were on the panel, along with Lamar Hunt, the team owner. Bud Grant, the f... |
1710830 | 2005 | 10 | 19 | Arts, Briefly; All-Star Double Album Planned for Hurricane Relief |
Coldplay, Fats Domino, right, James Brown, Barbra Streisand, the Dave Matthews Band, Elton John, Brian Wilson, Sting, Gloria Estefan, Clint Black and others will be featured in a two-CD compilation to benefit victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Billboard reported. The album, ''Hurricane Relief: Come Togeth... | Coldplay, Fats Domino, right, James Brown, Barbra Streisand, the Dave Matthews Band, Elton John, Brian Wilson, Sting, Gloria Estefan, Clint Black and others will be featured in a two-CD compilation to benefit victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Billboard reported. The album, ''Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now,''... |
1802687 | 2006 | 11 | 05 | THE NATION: 6 Ways to Watch the Election; The Impact Of Gaffes on the Stump |
Last week JOHN KERRY uttered words he came to regret, but he's not running for anything, at least this year. Can campaign bloopers actually lead to defeat? This election season, there will be plenty of data on the question. Mr. Kerry's gaffe may have an effect in districts with a strong military tilt. On the o... | Last week JOHN KERRY uttered words he came to regret, but he's not running for anything, at least this year. Can campaign bloopers actually lead to defeat? This election season, there will be plenty of data on the question. Mr. Kerry's gaffe may have an effect in districts with a strong military tilt. On the other side... |
1773498 | 2006 | 07 | 03 | Paid Notice: Deaths WILF, JUDITH |
WILF--Judith. Beloved wife of the late Harry, founding benefactor of our society, devoted mother of Leonard, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and his wife, Beth, loving grandmother, great grandmother, sister-in-law to Elizabeth and Joe Wilf. On behalf of our officers and Board of Directors, we extend our hear... | WILF--Judith. Beloved wife of the late Harry, founding benefactor of our society, devoted mother of Leonard, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and his wife, Beth, loving grandmother, great grandmother, sister-in-law to Elizabeth and Joe Wilf. On behalf of our officers and Board of Directors, we extend our heartfelt sym... |
1495139 | 2003 | 06 | 08 | June 1-7; Rugged Individualism: Tattoo-less Arms |
IN the beginning, there was Dennis Rodman -- and he was, well, heavily decorated. You wondered how that much ink could fit on one body.
Today's N.B.A.? ''You don't have a tattoo, you're the strange one,'' said Malik Rose of the San Antonio Spurs.
| IN the beginning, there was Dennis Rodman -- and he was, well, heavily decorated. You wondered how that much ink could fit on one body. Today's N.B.A.? ''You don't have a tattoo, you're the strange one,'' said Malik Rose of the San Antonio Spurs. Yes, no ''tats'' is nearly akin to man bites dog. More than half of the N... |
1169382 | 2000 | 01 | 17 | In Chechnya, an Undaunted Diplomat |
Russian troops scattered to look for rebel snipers as Nikolai P. Koshman climbed out of his helicopter to inspect this battered Chechen city.
It was not long before he was bombarded with complaints. An agitated man said Russian artillery strikes had destroyed his home. An elderly woman whimpered that i... | Russian troops scattered to look for rebel snipers as Nikolai P. Koshman climbed out of his helicopter to inspect this battered Chechen city. It was not long before he was bombarded with complaints. An agitated man said Russian artillery strikes had destroyed his home. An elderly woman whimpered that it was very hard f... |
1518516 | 2003 | 09 | 10 | Europeans Offer Plan To Speed Rule by Iraqis |
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell is to go to Geneva this weekend to discuss the American resolution to broaden international involvement in Iraq with Security Council members. Three of them announced today their own proposals to accelerate the transfer of civil authority to Iraqis.
The proposed amend... | Secretary of State Colin L. Powell is to go to Geneva this weekend to discuss the American resolution to broaden international involvement in Iraq with Security Council members. Three of them announced today their own proposals to accelerate the transfer of civil authority to Iraqis. The proposed amendments by France, ... |
1840455 | 2007 | 04 | 15 | A Dream Weaver Threads Together the Best of 3 Classic Chevys |
FRED KANTER deserves a lifetime pass to the New York auto show.
His first trip to the show, in 1958, was the pilgrimage of ''a car-struck 13-year-old'' from New Jersey, Mr. Kanter recalled in a recent interview.
| FRED KANTER deserves a lifetime pass to the New York auto show. His first trip to the show, in 1958, was the pilgrimage of ''a car-struck 13-year-old'' from New Jersey, Mr. Kanter recalled in a recent interview. ''Shortly after a friend and I arrived by train from Morris Plains, I was transfixed by the Dual-Ghia 400 co... |
1751073 | 2006 | 04 | 01 | New Orleans Needs a Leader |
Everyone who lived in New Orleans on the day that Hurricane Katrina struck should have the opportunity to vote in the coming mayoral election. Those who fled the storm and its aftermath did not choose to move away. Many early evacuees thought they were leaving for a single day, never expecting that the levees ... | Everyone who lived in New Orleans on the day that Hurricane Katrina struck should have the opportunity to vote in the coming mayoral election. Those who fled the storm and its aftermath did not choose to move away. Many early evacuees thought they were leaving for a single day, never expecting that the levees would bre... |
1521384 | 2003 | 09 | 21 | The Reality of Then and Now |
All it took was somebody who cared enough to ask, and the memories poured forth from the people of Narrow Lane. Here are excerpts from some of the interviews:
GWENDOLYN JOHNSON -- I was born on Narrow Lane in 1949, and raised there. We lived in the Scarlatto houses on the corner of the turnpike. There ... | All it took was somebody who cared enough to ask, and the memories poured forth from the people of Narrow Lane. Here are excerpts from some of the interviews: GWENDOLYN JOHNSON -- I was born on Narrow Lane in 1949, and raised there. We lived in the Scarlatto houses on the corner of the turnpike. There were a lot of lit... |
1222896 | 2000 | 08 | 16 | Basil Vodka to Peach Sake: Infusing Spirits With Daring |
REMEMBER spiked watermelon, that simple summer cooler? You take a whole ripe watermelon, gouge a chunk out of the rind and upend a bottle of ice-cold vodka into it until the melon has absorbed all the liquor. Slice it and serve.
Messy? Yes, and somewhat crude. But there's an immediate invigorating powe... | REMEMBER spiked watermelon, that simple summer cooler? You take a whole ripe watermelon, gouge a chunk out of the rind and upend a bottle of ice-cold vodka into it until the melon has absorbed all the liquor. Slice it and serve. Messy? Yes, and somewhat crude. But there's an immediate invigorating power in the spiked w... |
1696247 | 2005 | 08 | 21 | Pan-Asian in Southampton |
WHO is Madame Tong? At the drop of a chopstick, Ed Kleefield, the owner of a new Southampton spot, Madame Tong's at the JL Beach Club, will tell you.
Mr. Kleefield, who also runs Jean Luc in Manhattan, Jean Luc East in East Hampton and JLX Bistro in Sag Harbor, was table-hopping on a recent Saturday an... | WHO is Madame Tong? At the drop of a chopstick, Ed Kleefield, the owner of a new Southampton spot, Madame Tong's at the JL Beach Club, will tell you. Mr. Kleefield, who also runs Jean Luc in Manhattan, Jean Luc East in East Hampton and JLX Bistro in Sag Harbor, was table-hopping on a recent Saturday and was happy to re... |
1741903 | 2006 | 02 | 23 | N.F.L. LABOR TALKS CONTINUE |
With a deadline for a new collective-bargaining agreement looming, negotiators for National Football League's owners and the players' union met in Indianapolis yesterday and are scheduled to meet again today. Gene Upshaw, the head of the union, has set this weekend as a deadline for a new agreement. If no deal... | With a deadline for a new collective-bargaining agreement looming, negotiators for National Football League's owners and the players' union met in Indianapolis yesterday and are scheduled to meet again today. Gene Upshaw, the head of the union, has set this weekend as a deadline for a new agreement. If no deal is reach... |
1244805 | 2000 | 11 | 05 | In Tokyo Station, Enticing Options |
AT Tokyo Station, municipal subway and rail lines deposit, pick up and transfer hordes of commuters from one local train to the next. A landmark in the Marunouchi business district, the station is also the hub for most long-distance rail service in and out of Japan's capital. Sleek bullet trains transport tho... | AT Tokyo Station, municipal subway and rail lines deposit, pick up and transfer hordes of commuters from one local train to the next. A landmark in the Marunouchi business district, the station is also the hub for most long-distance rail service in and out of Japan's capital. Sleek bullet trains transport thousands of ... |
1689740 | 2005 | 07 | 24 | Bridgeport Gets Look At Waterfront Project |
The developer of the Steel Point project on Bridgeport's waterfront gave many city and state officials and business leaders their first formal look last Monday at its plans for the property.
The project, which would cover six million square feet, would include housing; hotel, retail and office space; a... | The developer of the Steel Point project on Bridgeport's waterfront gave many city and state officials and business leaders their first formal look last Monday at its plans for the property. The project, which would cover six million square feet, would include housing; hotel, retail and office space; a marina and yacht... |
1604107 | 2004 | 08 | 15 | Pamela Paul, Michael Stern |
Pamela Paul, an author, and Michael Jared Stern, a financial analyst, are to be married today. Dr. Judith D. Wallach, an adjunct leader of the New York Society for Ethical Culture, is to officiate aboard the Princess, a motor yacht docked at Pier 81 in New York.
The bride, 33, will continue to use her ... | Pamela Paul, an author, and Michael Jared Stern, a financial analyst, are to be married today. Dr. Judith D. Wallach, an adjunct leader of the New York Society for Ethical Culture, is to officiate aboard the Princess, a motor yacht docked at Pier 81 in New York. The bride, 33, will continue to use her name professional... |
1223480 | 2000 | 08 | 18 | Gore, the Contender at Last, Proves to Be a Crowd Pleaser |
If Bill Clinton's backstage walk to valediction on Monday was a heavyweight champion's last indulgent moment in the sun, Al Gore's arrival in the Staples Center tonight was a dogged contender's first chance to enter the arena alone. He strode through a sea of pennants down a side aisle with a posse of seconds ... | If Bill Clinton's backstage walk to valediction on Monday was a heavyweight champion's last indulgent moment in the sun, Al Gore's arrival in the Staples Center tonight was a dogged contender's first chance to enter the arena alone. He strode through a sea of pennants down a side aisle with a posse of seconds trailing ... |
1465429 | 2003 | 02 | 16 | The Nation: Terrorists' Talk; Why All That Chatter Doesn't Tell Us Much |
THE nation was on high alert last week because of what officials and security experts said was a surge in intercepted communications -- ''chatter'' -- among suspected Qaeda operatives.
Although officials said the intercepts indicated that terrorists might have moved closer to an attack, there was still... | THE nation was on high alert last week because of what officials and security experts said was a surge in intercepted communications -- ''chatter'' -- among suspected Qaeda operatives. Although officials said the intercepts indicated that terrorists might have moved closer to an attack, there was still not enough detai... |
1592170 | 2004 | 06 | 26 | Out of School and Into Summer; A Myth of Devotion |
When Hades decided he loved this girl he built for her a duplicate of earth, everything the same, down to the meadow, but with a bed added.
Everything the same, including sunlight, because it would be hard on a young girl to go so quickly from bright light to utter darkness.
| When Hades decided he loved this girl he built for her a duplicate of earth, everything the same, down to the meadow, but with a bed added. Everything the same, including sunlight, because it would be hard on a young girl to go so quickly from bright light to utter darkness. Gradually, he thought, he'd introduce the ni... |
1495145 | 2003 | 06 | 08 | Names of the Dead |
The Department of Defense has confirmed the deaths of the following Americans in the Iraq theater of operations:
BOLLINGER, Doyle W., 21, Petty Officer Third Class, Navy; Poteau, Okla.; Mobile Construction Battalion 133.
| The Department of Defense has confirmed the deaths of the following Americans in the Iraq theater of operations: BOLLINGER, Doyle W., 21, Petty Officer Third Class, Navy; Poteau, Okla.; Mobile Construction Battalion 133. BRADLEY, Kenneth R., 39, Staff Sgt., Army; Utica, Miss.; 588th Engineer Battalion. GLEASON, Michael... |
1514611 | 2003 | 08 | 24 | Don't Look to Courts |
To the Editor:
Frank Rich charges that I was ''reduced to challenging the legitimacy of the courts'' in a recent interview on same-sex unions and marriage. Since no American court has ruled that such unions must be called ''marriage,'' I haven't been ''reduced'' to anything. Instead, homosexual activis... | To the Editor: Frank Rich charges that I was ''reduced to challenging the legitimacy of the courts'' in a recent interview on same-sex unions and marriage. Since no American court has ruled that such unions must be called ''marriage,'' I haven't been ''reduced'' to anything. Instead, homosexual activists have been redu... |
1398787 | 2002 | 06 | 08 | Victims' Remains Found Near Ground Zero |
In the week since a ceremony marked the end of the recovery effort at ground zero, Fire Department and construction crews have found the remains of about a dozen victims in nearby buildings damaged in the Sept. 11 attack.
City officials had long suspected they might find additional human remains in the... | In the week since a ceremony marked the end of the recovery effort at ground zero, Fire Department and construction crews have found the remains of about a dozen victims in nearby buildings damaged in the Sept. 11 attack. City officials had long suspected they might find additional human remains in these adjacent struc... |
1492653 | 2003 | 05 | 29 | Software Anoints the PC As an Alternative to TiVo |
People who adore the idea of TiVo but can't afford it may want to weigh the option of recording television shows on the hard drive of a personal computer. Personal Video Station 3 is the latest version of a software program from SnapStream Media that bestows TiVo-like powers on the humble PC.
Personal ... | People who adore the idea of TiVo but can't afford it may want to weigh the option of recording television shows on the hard drive of a personal computer. Personal Video Station 3 is the latest version of a software program from SnapStream Media that bestows TiVo-like powers on the humble PC. Personal Video Station wor... |
1353595 | 2001 | 12 | 23 | Images of Two Cities From the Early 1900's |
FOR most viewers, ''A Tale of Two Cities,'' a photography exhibition at the Greenwich Gallery, will provide an introduction to the work of Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966), who was part of a group of photographers associated with Alfred Stieglitz.
Coburn was born in Boston, and met Edward Steichen in 1... | FOR most viewers, ''A Tale of Two Cities,'' a photography exhibition at the Greenwich Gallery, will provide an introduction to the work of Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966), who was part of a group of photographers associated with Alfred Stieglitz. Coburn was born in Boston, and met Edward Steichen in 1899. In 1903, Ste... |
1166891 | 2000 | 01 | 08 | Museum Project Boasts Money And Big Names, But No Museum |
Ever since the day in 1983 when residents broached the idea of building a National Purple Heart Museum here, the museum has remained just that: an idea -- whose time came, went and kept on going, for 17 years.
Despite an advisory panel that includes Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf and the actor James Garner... | Ever since the day in 1983 when residents broached the idea of building a National Purple Heart Museum here, the museum has remained just that: an idea -- whose time came, went and kept on going, for 17 years. Despite an advisory panel that includes Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf and the actor James Garner, more than $1.2 ... |
1567456 | 2004 | 03 | 19 | Despite Setbacks in Camp, Mets Feel Ahead of Game |
At the midpoint of the spring training schedule, Mike Piazza has not fielded a ground ball at first base. Kazuo Matsui and José Reyes have not played a game together. The new closer, Braden Looper, has an earned run average of 9.00.
But the Mets, with their modest expectations, maintain they are ahead ... | At the midpoint of the spring training schedule, Mike Piazza has not fielded a ground ball at first base. Kazuo Matsui and José Reyes have not played a game together. The new closer, Braden Looper, has an earned run average of 9.00. But the Mets, with their modest expectations, maintain they are ahead of schedule, part... |
1408384 | 2002 | 07 | 15 | Paid Notice: Deaths DANZIGER, MARTIN B. |
DANZIGER-Martin B. We are mourning the loss of Martin B. Danziger due to a tragic accident on July 12, 2002, on his way to his vacation home. His wife Joan, sisters Joyce and Robin, and niece Karen are saddened by this unexpected event. Martin was most recently a principal of the Danziger & Mack law firm in Wa... | DANZIGER-Martin B. We are mourning the loss of Martin B. Danziger due to a tragic accident on July 12, 2002, on his way to his vacation home. His wife Joan, sisters Joyce and Robin, and niece Karen are saddened by this unexpected event. Martin was most recently a principal of the Danziger & Mack law firm in Washington,... |
1427641 | 2002 | 09 | 29 | Why? Because We Can |
The Boy Emperor's head hurt.
All the oppressive obligations of statecraft were swimming through his brain like hungry koi.
| The Boy Emperor's head hurt. All the oppressive obligations of statecraft were swimming through his brain like hungry koi. He summoned the imperial war tutor to the oval throne. ''I'm confused, Wise Rummy,'' he confessed. ''Is the war pre-emptive, preventive or preventable? Is Saddam fissile or fissible? What in creati... |
1819478 | 2007 | 01 | 17 | INSIDE |
Anti-Buildup Measure Has Bipartisan Support Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, an outspoken Republican critic of the administration's Iraq policy, will join two leading Democrats in introducing a resolution opposing President Bush's buildup of troops in Iraq, putting a bipartisan stamp on the looming Congressio... | Anti-Buildup Measure Has Bipartisan Support Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, an outspoken Republican critic of the administration's Iraq policy, will join two leading Democrats in introducing a resolution opposing President Bush's buildup of troops in Iraq, putting a bipartisan stamp on the looming Congressional showdo... |
1523396 | 2003 | 09 | 29 | Chasing the Kleptocrats |
During six years as president of Liberia, Charles Taylor stole $100 million. Mr. Taylor is one of a fraternity of leaders -- including Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, Sani Abacha of Nigeria and Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines -- who looted a significant portion of their nation's wealth.
Some progress ha... | During six years as president of Liberia, Charles Taylor stole $100 million. Mr. Taylor is one of a fraternity of leaders -- including Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, Sani Abacha of Nigeria and Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines -- who looted a significant portion of their nation's wealth. Some progress has been made to pr... |
1314790 | 2001 | 08 | 05 | Food for Thought |
When college students are fed up with the cafeteria, they often head for the nearest diner. Soon, the 13,500 students at Montclair State University won't have far to go.
The university here is building students their own diner -- the first to be constructed for a college campus in New Jersey, diner cap... | When college students are fed up with the cafeteria, they often head for the nearest diner. Soon, the 13,500 students at Montclair State University won't have far to go. The university here is building students their own diner -- the first to be constructed for a college campus in New Jersey, diner capital of the world... |
1504464 | 2003 | 07 | 14 | Fan loyalty and a commitment to Nascar sponsors attract marketers. |
WHEN Timothy M. Donahue, chief executive of the wireless communications company Nextel Communications Inc., was introduced at a prerace meeting of Nascar drivers earlier this month, the drivers erupted in a standing ovation.
Nascar announced in June that next year Nextel would become the sport's title ... | WHEN Timothy M. Donahue, chief executive of the wireless communications company Nextel Communications Inc., was introduced at a prerace meeting of Nascar drivers earlier this month, the drivers erupted in a standing ovation. Nascar announced in June that next year Nextel would become the sport's title sponsor, replacin... |
1346618 | 2001 | 11 | 28 | With Many Leaders Absent From Talks on Post-Taliban Rule, a Kabul Meeting Is Suggested |
Under international pressure to act quickly, four Afghan factions began talks today on setting up a representative, interim administration that could begin to govern an Afghanistan still at war.
Diplomats spoke optimistically of the conference lasting three to five days, or slightly longer, with the ho... | Under international pressure to act quickly, four Afghan factions began talks today on setting up a representative, interim administration that could begin to govern an Afghanistan still at war. Diplomats spoke optimistically of the conference lasting three to five days, or slightly longer, with the hope that an interi... |
1442981 | 2002 | 11 | 23 | Lynda Van Devanter, Nurse Who Became Chronicler of Her Wartime Pain, Dies at 55 |
Lynda Van Devanter, whose pained account of her life as an Army nurse in Vietnam focused attention on the burdens of American servicewomen in the war, died on Nov. 15 at her home in Herndon, Va. She was 55.
At the Vietnam Veterans of America, where Ms. Van Devanter founded and administered a project de... | Lynda Van Devanter, whose pained account of her life as an Army nurse in Vietnam focused attention on the burdens of American servicewomen in the war, died on Nov. 15 at her home in Herndon, Va. She was 55. At the Vietnam Veterans of America, where Ms. Van Devanter founded and administered a project dealing with the co... |
1836820 | 2007 | 03 | 31 | Wondering What to Do in a Crazy, Mixed-Up World |
Watching the installationlike dances of youngish New York choreographers often feels like peering into a rec room -- a badly abused rec room, tossed by fits of temper, strewn with personal detritus and one match away from catastrophe.
''Where are the adults?'' you think. But, of course, these are adult... | Watching the installationlike dances of youngish New York choreographers often feels like peering into a rec room -- a badly abused rec room, tossed by fits of temper, strewn with personal detritus and one match away from catastrophe. ''Where are the adults?'' you think. But, of course, these are adults so overcome by ... |
1843561 | 2007 | 04 | 29 | The Way We Eat; Stalk of the Town |
Rhubarb, like manioc root, sea urchins and truffles, resides in a category of foods that by rights should never have made their way to the table. The bitter type of manioc can be lethal unless it is processed in some mysterious way. Sea urchins are covered with razor-sharp spines. Truffles are hidden beneath t... | Rhubarb, like manioc root, sea urchins and truffles, resides in a category of foods that by rights should never have made their way to the table. The bitter type of manioc can be lethal unless it is processed in some mysterious way. Sea urchins are covered with razor-sharp spines. Truffles are hidden beneath the soil a... |
1415285 | 2002 | 08 | 11 | Westchester Offers A Library Science Program |
To the Editor:
This is an exciting time to be a librarian, as the article ''Librarians in Demand, Away From the Books'' (Aug. 4) points out. There are more job opportunities than ever before for graduates of master's programs in library and information science. Some of these jobs did not exist 10 years... | To the Editor: This is an exciting time to be a librarian, as the article ''Librarians in Demand, Away From the Books'' (Aug. 4) points out. There are more job opportunities than ever before for graduates of master's programs in library and information science. Some of these jobs did not exist 10 years ago. For example... |
1661293 | 2005 | 03 | 31 | Who'll Speak Against Extremism? |
To the Editor:
As an actively practicing Christian, I, too, am distressed by the degree of political interference religious extremists have pursued while hiding behind the affiliation of almost 80 percent of Americans.
| To the Editor: As an actively practicing Christian, I, too, am distressed by the degree of political interference religious extremists have pursued while hiding behind the affiliation of almost 80 percent of Americans. These extremists spout biblical passages as they hijack the religious identity of the majority and us... |
1730402 | 2006 | 01 | 08 | Keeping It Real |
HIPSTERS are a little like porn stars: you know them when you see them, but no one wants to admit he is one.
''I'm anti-hipster,'' said Brett Casper, 30, a photographer, before allowing that his choice of neighborhood -- Greenpoint, Brooklyn -- made him a bit suspect. And his friend Polly Cheung, 25, w... | HIPSTERS are a little like porn stars: you know them when you see them, but no one wants to admit he is one. ''I'm anti-hipster,'' said Brett Casper, 30, a photographer, before allowing that his choice of neighborhood -- Greenpoint, Brooklyn -- made him a bit suspect. And his friend Polly Cheung, 25, was wearing a trai... |
1320396 | 2001 | 08 | 26 | The New York Times Preseason Top 20 |
Because The New York Times's computer does not begin ranking teams until it has gathered at least a month's worth of data, this rating is by the reporter Joe Lapointe. The national champion will again be determined on the field -- on Jan. 3 in the Rose Bowl -- as part of the Bowl Championship Series. The serie... | Because The New York Times's computer does not begin ranking teams until it has gathered at least a month's worth of data, this rating is by the reporter Joe Lapointe. The national champion will again be determined on the field -- on Jan. 3 in the Rose Bowl -- as part of the Bowl Championship Series. The series, whose ... |
1245925 | 2000 | 11 | 09 | G.O.P. Retains Control, but Democrats Gain in Both Chambers |
Democratic gains in the House and Senate on Tuesday fell short of control but produced the most narrowly divided Congress in almost half a century. Democrats gained at least three Senate seats and one or two in the House.
With one Senate race undecided, Republicans had 50 seats and Democrats 49. In the... | Democratic gains in the House and Senate on Tuesday fell short of control but produced the most narrowly divided Congress in almost half a century. Democrats gained at least three Senate seats and one or two in the House. With one Senate race undecided, Republicans had 50 seats and Democrats 49. In the House, Republica... |
1439406 | 2002 | 11 | 10 | Heidi Krueger, John Campbell |
Heidi Elsa Krueger and John David Campbell were married yesterday in Newton, Mass. The Rev. John F. Smith, an Episcopal priest, performed the ceremony at the home of Francine R. Campbell and Michael Harrison, the bridegroom's mother and stepfather.
Ms. Krueger, 47, is keeping her name. She is the direc... | Heidi Elsa Krueger and John David Campbell were married yesterday in Newton, Mass. The Rev. John F. Smith, an Episcopal priest, performed the ceremony at the home of Francine R. Campbell and Michael Harrison, the bridegroom's mother and stepfather. Ms. Krueger, 47, is keeping her name. She is the director of social ser... |
1589737 | 2004 | 06 | 16 | Brooklyn Pizza With a Résumé |
THERE is something refreshingly simple about a restaurant named after a real person.
At Franny's, on Flatbush Avenue, that person is a cheery young woman with loose black curls busing tables, rushing food out of the open kitchen and stopping to chat. ''The sugar snap peas are amazing,'' Franny -- Franc... | THERE is something refreshingly simple about a restaurant named after a real person. At Franny's, on Flatbush Avenue, that person is a cheery young woman with loose black curls busing tables, rushing food out of the open kitchen and stopping to chat. ''The sugar snap peas are amazing,'' Franny -- Francine Stephens -- s... |
1258843 | 2000 | 12 | 29 | Next, an Education Revolution? |
To the Editor:
Arthur Levine argues persuasively that American education is undergoing a profound change (Op-Ed, Dec. 22). He describes an emerging model of teaching -- drawn from the field of special education -- that is sensitive to each student's learning style through individualized tutorials and t... | To the Editor: Arthur Levine argues persuasively that American education is undergoing a profound change (Op-Ed, Dec. 22). He describes an emerging model of teaching -- drawn from the field of special education -- that is sensitive to each student's learning style through individualized tutorials and the use of new tec... |
1803012 | 2006 | 11 | 07 | Many Oppose Death Penalty For Hussein |
European politicians on Monday spoke out against the death sentence for Saddam Hussein. Arab officials and commentators derided what they said was a flawed and politicized trial, while for the first time broadly acknowledging Mr. Hussein's crimes.
Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, speaking to repor... | European politicians on Monday spoke out against the death sentence for Saddam Hussein. Arab officials and commentators derided what they said was a flawed and politicized trial, while for the first time broadly acknowledging Mr. Hussein's crimes. Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, speaking to reporters on Monday, s... |
1206681 | 2000 | 06 | 11 | Syrians See In the Heir Possibility Of Progress |
Bashar al-Assad, the presumptive new president of Syria, has waited in the wings of power for six years, nurturing a reputation as an accessible and progressive man who wants to satisfy the yearning of many Syrians to be part of the modern world.
Mr. Assad, 34, is poised to take on the autocratic power... | Bashar al-Assad, the presumptive new president of Syria, has waited in the wings of power for six years, nurturing a reputation as an accessible and progressive man who wants to satisfy the yearning of many Syrians to be part of the modern world. Mr. Assad, 34, is poised to take on the autocratic powers of his father, ... |
1650730 | 2005 | 02 | 17 | Paid Notice: Deaths FITZGERALD, CELIA ROSE T. |
FITZGERALD--Celia Rose T. February 11, 2005. Our beautiful, wonderful Celia Rose is in Heaven starring in your first production to a standing room audience. CeCe passed away on February 11, 2005 at the age of seven leaving her family and friends with a lifetime of happy memories. She starred in many children's... | FITZGERALD--Celia Rose T. February 11, 2005. Our beautiful, wonderful Celia Rose is in Heaven starring in your first production to a standing room audience. CeCe passed away on February 11, 2005 at the age of seven leaving her family and friends with a lifetime of happy memories. She starred in many children's theater ... |
1238939 | 2000 | 10 | 15 | 'Forever Plaid' Returns To Place of Its Youth |
ELEVEN years ago, a show jump-started and then slipped out of Teaneck, by all accounts a loser, never for all the world to see. Now it has come home a legend, or as close to one as any popular entertainment calling itself theater appears to be.
Although the American Stage Company, which gave the play i... | ELEVEN years ago, a show jump-started and then slipped out of Teaneck, by all accounts a loser, never for all the world to see. Now it has come home a legend, or as close to one as any popular entertainment calling itself theater appears to be. Although the American Stage Company, which gave the play its first major pr... |
1300818 | 2001 | 06 | 11 | Energy Debate: Malthus vs. Big Oil |
To the Editor:
Evar D. Nering's reminder in ''The Mirage of a Growing Fuel Supply'' (Op-Ed, June 4) that our energy problems cannot be solved by adding to the supply is reminiscent of Thomas Malthus's warning about exponential population growth. In 1798, Malthus argued that since we could not find a wa... | To the Editor: Evar D. Nering's reminder in ''The Mirage of a Growing Fuel Supply'' (Op-Ed, June 4) that our energy problems cannot be solved by adding to the supply is reminiscent of Thomas Malthus's warning about exponential population growth. In 1798, Malthus argued that since we could not find a way to limit popula... |
1228208 | 2000 | 09 | 05 | Religion and Public Life |
To the Editor:
Re ''Mr. Lieberman's Religious Words'' (editorial, Aug. 31):
| To the Editor: Re ''Mr. Lieberman's Religious Words'' (editorial, Aug. 31): The media and many Americans regard the use of religious language by Democrats and Republicans differently for good reason. The invocation of Jesus Christ by Republicans has become shorthand for a legislative agenda that includes prayer in publ... |
1804330 | 2006 | 11 | 12 | Ankle Sprain Leaves Jefferson on Nets' Bench |
Richard Jefferson, one of the Nets' star swingmen, will miss their game Sunday night against the Washington Wizards because of a badly sprained left ankle. The Nets play five games in seven days, and Jefferson's status for the coming days and weeks remains uncertain.
Jefferson injured his ankle late in... | Richard Jefferson, one of the Nets' star swingmen, will miss their game Sunday night against the Washington Wizards because of a badly sprained left ankle. The Nets play five games in seven days, and Jefferson's status for the coming days and weeks remains uncertain. Jefferson injured his ankle late in the third quarte... |
1566741 | 2004 | 03 | 16 | On Old Silk Road, Condos, Mosques and Ethnic Tensions |
On a big public square dominated by this city's huge gold-domed theater, taxis honk their way through slushy, chaotic streets, stopping to take on passengers laden with bundles of walnuts, almonds, dates and dried plums purchased at open stalls.
Others disembark to pray at one of a score of mosques tha... | On a big public square dominated by this city's huge gold-domed theater, taxis honk their way through slushy, chaotic streets, stopping to take on passengers laden with bundles of walnuts, almonds, dates and dried plums purchased at open stalls. Others disembark to pray at one of a score of mosques that dot the inner c... |
1727681 | 2005 | 12 | 26 | Since Riders Had No Subways, Commuter Papers Struggled, Too |
Three weeks before a mass transit strike hobbled New York City, circulation managers at amNew York were already trying to ensure that their paper would reach readers. That daily, like its competitor Metro, is chiefly distributed by hawkers who pass the free papers out to commuters at subway entrances.
... | Three weeks before a mass transit strike hobbled New York City, circulation managers at amNew York were already trying to ensure that their paper would reach readers. That daily, like its competitor Metro, is chiefly distributed by hawkers who pass the free papers out to commuters at subway entrances. ''We laid out a m... |
1362976 | 2002 | 01 | 27 | Costa Rica Beats Haiti to Reach Semis |
Ronald Gomez scored in the seventh minute of sudden-death extra time to give Costa Rica a 2-1 victory over Haiti yesterday in Miami and send it to the Concacaf Gold Cup semifinals for the first time since 1993.
Jason Bent's goal in the seventh round of penalty kicks gave defending champion Canada a vic... | Ronald Gomez scored in the seventh minute of sudden-death extra time to give Costa Rica a 2-1 victory over Haiti yesterday in Miami and send it to the Concacaf Gold Cup semifinals for the first time since 1993. Jason Bent's goal in the seventh round of penalty kicks gave defending champion Canada a victory over Martini... |
1485883 | 2003 | 05 | 04 | Psycho at Sea |
IN THE WAKE
OF MADNESS
The Murderous Voyage
of the Whaleship Sharon.
By Joan Druett.
292 pp. Chapel Hill, N.C.:
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. $24.95.
| IN THE WAKE OF MADNESS The Murderous Voyage of the Whaleship Sharon. By Joan Druett. 292 pp. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. $24.95. NINETEENTH-CENTURY whaling embraces the mother lode of dire sea tales. If thrashing whales, brutal floggings or shipboard accidents didn't kill a whaler, his mates coul... |
1637946 | 2004 | 12 | 28 | Prescription for Confusion |
It is no surprise that many people who rely on painkillers to ease their way through the day feel lost at the moment. Not only have Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra, the only three drugs in a class thought to be especially safe, been found to cause heart attacks and strokes in some patients, but an over-the-counter ... | It is no surprise that many people who rely on painkillers to ease their way through the day feel lost at the moment. Not only have Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra, the only three drugs in a class thought to be especially safe, been found to cause heart attacks and strokes in some patients, but an over-the-counter painkille... |
1239229 | 2000 | 10 | 15 | State Mathematics Test Results for Fourth Graders |
The New York State Education Department released the results of statewide tests in reading and mathematics last week, and the news was mixed. Scores climbed slightly on the eighth-grade math test, but dropped on the fourth-grade math and eighth-grade reading tests. Most eighth graders still failed to meet the ... | The New York State Education Department released the results of statewide tests in reading and mathematics last week, and the news was mixed. Scores climbed slightly on the eighth-grade math test, but dropped on the fourth-grade math and eighth-grade reading tests. Most eighth graders still failed to meet the new state... |
1167737 | 2000 | 01 | 11 | Putin Shuffles the Kremlin, Cutting Most Ties to Yeltsin |
Russia's Acting President, Vladimir V. Putin, today selected an experienced debt negotiator as his top deputy prime minister and shunted aside two high- ranking government officials closely linked with former President Boris N. Yeltsin, further putting his own stamp on the Kremlin.
By choosing Finance ... | Russia's Acting President, Vladimir V. Putin, today selected an experienced debt negotiator as his top deputy prime minister and shunted aside two high- ranking government officials closely linked with former President Boris N. Yeltsin, further putting his own stamp on the Kremlin. By choosing Finance Minister Mikhail ... |
1701380 | 2005 | 09 | 11 | Taking Courses to Get an Edge But Without Getting a Degree |
The love of art had been a thread running through all of Honey Rodman's personal and professional life. She began her career as a teacher, and taught sculpture, painting and illustration to junior high students in New York for 16 years. Later, while working as a vice president at Time Warner, she and her husba... | The love of art had been a thread running through all of Honey Rodman's personal and professional life. She began her career as a teacher, and taught sculpture, painting and illustration to junior high students in New York for 16 years. Later, while working as a vice president at Time Warner, she and her husband, Jerom... |
1522507 | 2003 | 09 | 26 | Advisory Panel Endorses More Uses for Stimulant |
An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration endorsed yesterday new uses for a stimulant that keeps people awake with fewer side effects than caffeine or amphetamines.
The panel said the drug, Provigil, now approved only for narcolepsy, could also be used to fight sleepiness in workers who can... | An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration endorsed yesterday new uses for a stimulant that keeps people awake with fewer side effects than caffeine or amphetamines. The panel said the drug, Provigil, now approved only for narcolepsy, could also be used to fight sleepiness in workers who cannot adjust to nig... |
1171200 | 2000 | 01 | 25 | Diet Panel Mixes Politics and Chicken Fat |
Watch the sodas and do not eat the chicken skin, but if you feel like having a glass of wine, or two, help yourself.
If the latest revisions to federal dietary guidelines are included in the final version later this month, that advice would be part of the government's basic message.
| Watch the sodas and do not eat the chicken skin, but if you feel like having a glass of wine, or two, help yourself. If the latest revisions to federal dietary guidelines are included in the final version later this month, that advice would be part of the government's basic message. The working version, still subject t... |
1368447 | 2002 | 02 | 17 | Commercial Property/Manhattan Retail Space; Banks From Outside the City Are Opening Branches |
LED by a group of feisty banks, the retail sector of the real estate market in Manhattan is beginning to stir once again, after a period of near-paralysis after Sept. 11, brokers specializing in this sector of the market report. The bankruptcy of several store chains and cutbacks by others are also returning r... | LED by a group of feisty banks, the retail sector of the real estate market in Manhattan is beginning to stir once again, after a period of near-paralysis after Sept. 11, brokers specializing in this sector of the market report. The bankruptcy of several store chains and cutbacks by others are also returning retail spa... |
1176180 | 2000 | 02 | 13 | Dock Work Results in Fine For a Ship Repair Company |
State and city environmental authorities have been investigating a ship repair company at the Brooklyn Navy Yard that has been cited for violating air pollution laws.
Last week, the city's Department of Environmental Protection fined the company, Eastern Technical Enterprises, $400 for air contaminatio... | State and city environmental authorities have been investigating a ship repair company at the Brooklyn Navy Yard that has been cited for violating air pollution laws. Last week, the city's Department of Environmental Protection fined the company, Eastern Technical Enterprises, $400 for air contamination. The State Depa... |
1306480 | 2001 | 07 | 03 | Where Getting Into a Jam Is Considered A Good Thing |
Jam bands make the most neighborly music around. The second annual Jammy Awards, at Roseland Ballroom on Thursday night, affirmed rock as live, improvisatory music full of good-timey connections.
Jam bands ramble into any music they can wrap their fingers around. Only recorded material is rejected by t... | Jam bands make the most neighborly music around. The second annual Jammy Awards, at Roseland Ballroom on Thursday night, affirmed rock as live, improvisatory music full of good-timey connections. Jam bands ramble into any music they can wrap their fingers around. Only recorded material is rejected by this most permissi... |
1336104 | 2001 | 10 | 22 | Chaotic Border And Words Of Grieving |
An ugly strip of no man's land at the border here is a barometer of the war's effect on the people of Afghanistan, particularly those who live in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, just 70 miles to the west.
The ebb and flow of refugees trying to escape tells of the fear and destruction in a country l... | An ugly strip of no man's land at the border here is a barometer of the war's effect on the people of Afghanistan, particularly those who live in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, just 70 miles to the west. The ebb and flow of refugees trying to escape tells of the fear and destruction in a country largely cut off fr... |
1607532 | 2004 | 08 | 29 | Behind VW's Wheel, With Brick Walls Ahead |
THE most famous thing that Bernd Pischetsrieder has ever done with a car, he readily acknowledges, is to crash it. In 1995, Mr. Pischetsrieder, then the chairman of BMW, took his company's McLaren F1 -- an exotic $1 million sports car -- home for the weekend. Driving on a serpentine road in the Bavarian countr... | THE most famous thing that Bernd Pischetsrieder has ever done with a car, he readily acknowledges, is to crash it. In 1995, Mr. Pischetsrieder, then the chairman of BMW, took his company's McLaren F1 -- an exotic $1 million sports car -- home for the weekend. Driving on a serpentine road in the Bavarian countryside wit... |
1303132 | 2001 | 06 | 20 | Neil Vander Dussen, 69, a Sony Executive |
Neil Vander Dussen, a former president of the Sony Corporation of America, died on June 9 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah, Ga. Mr. Vander Dussen, a resident of Bluffton, S.C., was 69.
The cause was a brain aneurysm, his wife, Gerie, said.
| Neil Vander Dussen, a former president of the Sony Corporation of America, died on June 9 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah, Ga. Mr. Vander Dussen, a resident of Bluffton, S.C., was 69. The cause was a brain aneurysm, his wife, Gerie, said. After a 24-year career with RCA, Mr. Vander Dussen joined Sony in 1981 as pr... |
1257061 | 2000 | 12 | 21 | Accounts |
* The New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation to Peter A. Mayer Advertising, New Orleans, to handle its account, which had been at Montgomery Stire & Partners, New Orleans. Spending was estimated at $5 million. G.Mc & Company Advertising, New Orleans, will handle multicultural advertising.
| * The New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation to Peter A. Mayer Advertising, New Orleans, to handle its account, which had been at Montgomery Stire & Partners, New Orleans. Spending was estimated at $5 million. G.Mc & Company Advertising, New Orleans, will handle multicultural advertising. * Concrete Stories, New Yor... |
1670376 | 2005 | 05 | 06 | Art in Review; Robbert Flick |
'Trajectories' Robert Mann Gallery 210 11th Avenue, near 24th Street Chelsea Through June 18
Not content with one or two shots to record his impressions, the Dutch-born, California-based photographer Robbert Flick makes hundreds of sequential pictures, then packs the results tightly in grid formati... | 'Trajectories' Robert Mann Gallery 210 11th Avenue, near 24th Street Chelsea Through June 18 Not content with one or two shots to record his impressions, the Dutch-born, California-based photographer Robbert Flick makes hundreds of sequential pictures, then packs the results tightly in grid formation on big sheets that... |
1673234 | 2005 | 05 | 17 | 39 Days in Palau? Try 34 Straight Interviews in Manhattan |
He survived the machinations and manipulations on one island, Palau. Yesterday, Lt. Tom Westman survived the interviews on another island, Manhattan.
On Sunday, Lieutenant Westman, a New York City firefighter, won the million-dollar prize (and a car) on the CBS-TV reality series ''Survivor: Palau.'' In... | He survived the machinations and manipulations on one island, Palau. Yesterday, Lt. Tom Westman survived the interviews on another island, Manhattan. On Sunday, Lieutenant Westman, a New York City firefighter, won the million-dollar prize (and a car) on the CBS-TV reality series ''Survivor: Palau.'' In 13 weeks of pran... |
1467060 | 2003 | 02 | 23 | Sociology Missing |
To the Editor:
Re ''A Specialist in Grandpa's Favorites'' by Barry Singer [Feb 9]:
| To the Editor: Re ''A Specialist in Grandpa's Favorites'' by Barry Singer [Feb 9]: I was disappointed that a subject as rich as the one Mr. Singer tried to address -- the marketing of jazz as influenced by race -- failed to receive better treatment. One can't discuss that topic without examining the sociology as well a... |
1521611 | 2003 | 09 | 22 | Appeal of Man's Sentence in Wife's Slaying Renews Focus on Death Penalty Law |
To the defense, James F. Cahill 3rd is a man of ''broken mind and spirit'' who deserves to live. He killed his wife, Jill, with cyanide in 1998, as she recovered from being beaten by him with a baseball bat, and his lawyers suggest he did so because he was distraught over the breakup of his marriage.
T... | To the defense, James F. Cahill 3rd is a man of ''broken mind and spirit'' who deserves to live. He killed his wife, Jill, with cyanide in 1998, as she recovered from being beaten by him with a baseball bat, and his lawyers suggest he did so because he was distraught over the breakup of his marriage. To the prosecution... |
1462742 | 2003 | 02 | 06 | Suspect Is Arrested in the Killing of a Hong Kong Businessman |
The police in mainland China said today that they had arrested the suspected gunman in the slaying of a prominent Hong Kong businessman, a case that has fed fears of crime in Hong Kong as border controls are relaxed.
Hong Kong finds itself in a race, as its police force tries to improve cooperation wit... | The police in mainland China said today that they had arrested the suspected gunman in the slaying of a prominent Hong Kong businessman, a case that has fed fears of crime in Hong Kong as border controls are relaxed. Hong Kong finds itself in a race, as its police force tries to improve cooperation with mainland police... |
1503656 | 2003 | 07 | 11 | Oldest Planet Is Discovered, Challenging Theories |
In new observations of a distant region of primitive stars, astronomers have found the oldest known planet, a huge gaseous object almost three times as old as Earth and nearly as old as the universe itself.
The discovery, based on measurements by the Hubble Space Telescope, challenged scientists to ret... | In new observations of a distant region of primitive stars, astronomers have found the oldest known planet, a huge gaseous object almost three times as old as Earth and nearly as old as the universe itself. The discovery, based on measurements by the Hubble Space Telescope, challenged scientists to rethink theories of ... |
1423899 | 2002 | 09 | 15 | Ensuring Competition For Military Contracts |
THESE are halcyon days for military contractors. The Bush administration has raised its targets for military spending, and the president's single-mindedness about attacking Iraq is sending the shares of Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and others skyward.
Tax dollars pay for military projects. Yet the... | THESE are halcyon days for military contractors. The Bush administration has raised its targets for military spending, and the president's single-mindedness about attacking Iraq is sending the shares of Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and others skyward. Tax dollars pay for military projects. Yet the way the Defense ... |
1820741 | 2007 | 01 | 22 | Coaches Bet in Big Spots, and Players Make Them Look Wise |
For a trip to the Super Bowl, Bill Belichick and Tony Dungy were willing to take chances.
Both Belichick and Dungy coached aggressively during Sunday's American Football Conference championship game. Belichick, the New England Patriots' coach, set the tone, giving his team early momentum by choosing to... | For a trip to the Super Bowl, Bill Belichick and Tony Dungy were willing to take chances. Both Belichick and Dungy coached aggressively during Sunday's American Football Conference championship game. Belichick, the New England Patriots' coach, set the tone, giving his team early momentum by choosing to go for a first d... |
1221035 | 2000 | 08 | 08 | States and Cities Flout Law On Underground Fuel Tanks |
While private industry spent millions to meet a 1998 federal deadline to upgrade leaking underground fuel tanks -- the nation's leading cause of ground water pollution -- state and local government agencies continue to operate thousands of antiquated tanks in danger of leaking chemicals into water supplies, r... | While private industry spent millions to meet a 1998 federal deadline to upgrade leaking underground fuel tanks -- the nation's leading cause of ground water pollution -- state and local government agencies continue to operate thousands of antiquated tanks in danger of leaking chemicals into water supplies, records sho... |
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