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1402531 | 2002 | 06 | 22 | Ex-Rite Aid Officials Face U.S. Charges Of Financial Fraud |
Three former top executives and a current employee of the Rite Aid Corporation were indicted yesterday in what regulators called a securities and accounting fraud that led to a $1.6 billion restatement of earnings, the largest ever.
The criminal charges, filed by the United States attorney's office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, follow a two-and-a-half-year investigation in concert with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
| Three former top executives and a current employee of the Rite Aid Corporation were indicted yesterday in what regulators called a securities and accounting fraud that led to a $1.6 billion restatement of earnings, the largest ever. The criminal charges, filed by the United States attorney's office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, follow a two-and-a-half-year investigation in concert with the Securities and Exchange Commission. After accounting problems surfaced at the company in early 1999, shares of Rite Aid went into a tailspin that took it from more than $50 to $2.69 yesterday. Rite Aid, the nation's third-largest drugstore chain, subsequently installed new management and was ultimately forced to make the reduction in its reported earnings. Those charged yesterday with conspiracy to defraud and making false statements were |
1540192 | 2003 | 12 | 03 | There's Just Last Stands Remaining For the Jets |
Jets Coach Herman Edwards saw the beauty in the ugliness of the victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
A comeback with two minutes remaining against one of the N.F.L.'s lowliest teams may have seemed rudimentary to many, but it was a revelation to Edwards. In that 13-10 victory on Nov. 23, Edwards spotted the same signs he saw in a loss to Cleveland last season, a game that preceded the Jets' run to the playoffs: the will to fight and scratch for a victory. And it convinced Edwards that, records to the contrary, the Jets would beat the high-flying Tennessee Titans on Monday night.
| Jets Coach Herman Edwards saw the beauty in the ugliness of the victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars. A comeback with two minutes remaining against one of the N.F.L.'s lowliest teams may have seemed rudimentary to many, but it was a revelation to Edwards. In that 13-10 victory on Nov. 23, Edwards spotted the same signs he saw in a loss to Cleveland last season, a game that preceded the Jets' run to the playoffs: the will to fight and scratch for a victory. And it convinced Edwards that, records to the contrary, the Jets would beat the high-flying Tennessee Titans on Monday night. Edwards told his players all week that they would win, and they believed him. Edwards told them to put on a show Monday night, to |
1798072 | 2006 | 10 | 18 | Link to Mets' Past Haunts Their Present |
Of all the percolating story lines that turned against the Mets here last night, maybe the most ominous was the historical link dating back exactly 20 years ago this month to a franchise folk hero named Mookie.
In a 2-2 ballgame in a 2-2 National League Championship Series, the Cardinals had a runner, David Eckstein, on first base with nobody out in the fifth inning. Tom Glavine, the best starting pitcher the Mets have left, suddenly looking all of his 40 years after a postseason of prime career performance, threw a 1-0 pitch to Preston Wilson, the stepson of a certain 1986 World Series hero.
| Of all the percolating story lines that turned against the Mets here last night, maybe the most ominous was the historical link dating back exactly 20 years ago this month to a franchise folk hero named Mookie. In a 2-2 ballgame in a 2-2 National League Championship Series, the Cardinals had a runner, David Eckstein, on first base with nobody out in the fifth inning. Tom Glavine, the best starting pitcher the Mets have left, suddenly looking all of his 40 years after a postseason of prime career performance, threw a 1-0 pitch to Preston Wilson, the stepson of a certain 1986 World Series hero. The same Preston Wilson who was released earlier this season by Houston and began the night without a postseason run batted in to |
1239389 | 2000 | 10 | 16 | Saving a Marriage |
To the Editor:
Linda Waite (''Staying Married and Paying a Price,'' Op-Ed, Oct. 12) captured perfectly the unkindness and hypocrisy of those who challenge Hillary Rodham Clinton's decision to stay with her husband -- a very personal decision that must have been profoundly difficult to make. No one has any business asking Mrs. Clinton, especially in a public forum, why she chose to stay in the marriage. A great many marriages survive anguishing conflicts and crises and are often the stronger for it.
| To the Editor: Linda Waite (''Staying Married and Paying a Price,'' Op-Ed, Oct. 12) captured perfectly the unkindness and hypocrisy of those who challenge Hillary Rodham Clinton's decision to stay with her husband -- a very personal decision that must have been profoundly difficult to make. No one has any business asking Mrs. Clinton, especially in a public forum, why she chose to stay in the marriage. A great many marriages survive anguishing conflicts and crises and are often the stronger for it. Putting Mrs. Clinton in the position of having to explain and defend her private choice is a cheap tactic to embarrass and humiliate her during the campaign. Fortunately, she is brave enough and strong enough to withstand such assaults with dignity and honesty. SARAH C. |
1386663 | 2002 | 04 | 24 | A Japanese-French Hybrid, in Little Bites |
THERE comes a moment in the orderly procession of dishes at Kai when a waitress carefully places a dark-brown carved wooden leaf in front of each diner. On it she sets an earth-colored mug filled with a tawny liquid that gives off a smoky aroma with overtones of wet soil and mushrooms.
This is hojicha, a robust, low-caffeine tea made from roasted leaves and twigs, and on my visits to Kai I found myself looking forward to its arrival. The rough-textured hojicha mug became, so to speak, the totem of Kai, a potent idol embodying the spirit of the place.
| THERE comes a moment in the orderly procession of dishes at Kai when a waitress carefully places a dark-brown carved wooden leaf in front of each diner. On it she sets an earth-colored mug filled with a tawny liquid that gives off a smoky aroma with overtones of wet soil and mushrooms. This is hojicha, a robust, low-caffeine tea made from roasted leaves and twigs, and on my visits to Kai I found myself looking forward to its arrival. The rough-textured hojicha mug became, so to speak, the totem of Kai, a potent idol embodying the spirit of the place. Kai is short for kaiseki, the traditional meal of refined little bites that grew up around the tea ceremony. The name fits the restaurant for two reasons: the |
1412907 | 2002 | 08 | 02 | Giants Try to Put Fight at Team Dinner Behind Them |
Rookie tight end Jeremy Shockey and the third-year linebacker Brandon Short, the combatants in a Tuesday night fight during a team dinner, each offered little comment today on the scuffle. Giants Coach Jim Fassel instructed his players not to discuss the incident, which was serious enough that it took Fassel and several players to separate Shockey and Short, both of whom threw punches.
''It's a team issue and I want to keep it that way,'' said Short.
| Rookie tight end Jeremy Shockey and the third-year linebacker Brandon Short, the combatants in a Tuesday night fight during a team dinner, each offered little comment today on the scuffle. Giants Coach Jim Fassel instructed his players not to discuss the incident, which was serious enough that it took Fassel and several players to separate Shockey and Short, both of whom threw punches. ''It's a team issue and I want to keep it that way,'' said Short. Said Shockey: ''It never should have happened, it's a little embarrassing. This thing is getting between people and making people look bad and I don't want to talk about it.'' On Wednesday, players said the fight began shortly after Shockey was ordered to sing for the veterans, a customary ritual in |
1594126 | 2004 | 07 | 04 | At Home in Versailles on the Atlantic |
AFTER five years of construction and controversy, the wealthy industrialist Ira Rennert has received a certificate of occupancy allowing his family to move into their 66,395-square-foot Italianate mansion on the ocean here.
His neighbors aren't exactly revving up the welcome wagon. In 1998, they were sufficiently enraged by the idea of a house five times larger than their own to complain repeatedly to the Town of Southampton. They hired consultants to assess the potential impact of the Rennert mansion on the neighborhood, and they sued to stop the town from issuing building permits. The lawsuit failed, but the town has since passed a law limiting houses to 20,000 square feet.
| AFTER five years of construction and controversy, the wealthy industrialist Ira Rennert has received a certificate of occupancy allowing his family to move into their 66,395-square-foot Italianate mansion on the ocean here. His neighbors aren't exactly revving up the welcome wagon. In 1998, they were sufficiently enraged by the idea of a house five times larger than their own to complain repeatedly to the Town of Southampton. They hired consultants to assess the potential impact of the Rennert mansion on the neighborhood, and they sued to stop the town from issuing building permits. The lawsuit failed, but the town has since passed a law limiting houses to 20,000 square feet. The mansion, part of a 63-acre estate called Fair Field, is the largest on the East End and |
1491077 | 2003 | 05 | 23 | A Tale Told Once Too Often |
On DVD it's fine to tell behind-the-scenes stories, even bland ones, but not the same story twice. For example, in a director's commentary on a generally very fine special edition of ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,'' released this week by Disney, the director Richard Fleischer talks about the relationship between his father, the animator Max Fleischer, and Walt Disney.
The two were bitter rivals in the 1930's, but after Disney asked Richard to direct ''Leagues,'' released in 1954, a rapprochement took place. Disney invited Max to lunch on the lot, and they were joined by some of Max's former animators who had gone to work for Disney. In the commentary the film historian Rudy Behlmer asks Richard, 86, how the lunch went. Mr. Fleischer answers that it was very pleasant and that everybody had a good time. And how did Max and Walt get along afterward? They got along well, Mr. Fleischer answers.
| On DVD it's fine to tell behind-the-scenes stories, even bland ones, but not the same story twice. For example, in a director's commentary on a generally very fine special edition of ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,'' released this week by Disney, the director Richard Fleischer talks about the relationship between his father, the animator Max Fleischer, and Walt Disney. The two were bitter rivals in the 1930's, but after Disney asked Richard to direct ''Leagues,'' released in 1954, a rapprochement took place. Disney invited Max to lunch on the lot, and they were joined by some of Max's former animators who had gone to work for Disney. In the commentary the film historian Rudy Behlmer asks Richard, 86, how the lunch went. Mr. Fleischer answers that it was |
1458312 | 2003 | 01 | 21 | Cake or Prayer, Marching or Running, Holiday Is a Work in Progress |
At a little after 11 a.m. yesterday, the air getting more Siberian by the moment, Dominic Chianese, also known as Uncle Junior on ''The Sopranos,'' strummed his guitar on West 42nd Street and led 50 freezing children, ages 5 to 25, in singing ''Happy Birthday'' to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A cake inscribed with the same wishes was propped on a stool in front of Uncle Junior. A scattering of passers-by, including a bike messenger and two police officers, watched.
No question, it was one way of celebrating the holiday. As Mr. Chianese suggested, sleep would be another, which was his next planned activity.
| At a little after 11 a.m. yesterday, the air getting more Siberian by the moment, Dominic Chianese, also known as Uncle Junior on ''The Sopranos,'' strummed his guitar on West 42nd Street and led 50 freezing children, ages 5 to 25, in singing ''Happy Birthday'' to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A cake inscribed with the same wishes was propped on a stool in front of Uncle Junior. A scattering of passers-by, including a bike messenger and two police officers, watched. No question, it was one way of celebrating the holiday. As Mr. Chianese suggested, sleep would be another, which was his next planned activity. March, sing, talk, pray, listen to speeches, compete in the shot-put -- who could be sure what was the right thing |
1215209 | 2000 | 07 | 16 | A Change in the Weather: So Far, It Has Been Good |
For those who like to complain about the weather, has anybody noticed anything unusual lately?
The weather has been good!
| For those who like to complain about the weather, has anybody noticed anything unusual lately? The weather has been good! The month of June was pretty great, and the extended July 4th holiday weekend -- except for some showers on one of the days -- could not have been much better. For now, there has been enough rain to keep the lawns green, the crops flourishing and reservoir levels high. Yet there has not been too much rain to spoil weekends at the shore or around the barbecue pit. And temperatures have been relatively balmy for the most part, meaning lower air-conditioning bills. Just what's going on here? New Jersey was sweltering this time last year, heading into one of the worst droughts in years, followed by a |
1779722 | 2006 | 07 | 30 | As Everything Fell Into Place, Twins Made Their Move |
IN the seven weeks leading into Friday's games, the Minnesota Twins won 34 of 42 games, an .810 rate of winning that would compute to an astonishing 131 victories for a full season. Yet in that span, they gained only three games on the division-leading Detroit Tigers. On the other hand, they gained a whopping 11 games on the Chicago White Sox and pulled into a second-place tie with them.
While just about every other playoff contender was scrambling to find starting pitching, the Twins' starters were amassing these records: Francisco Liriano 8-1, Johan Santana 7-1, Brad Radke 5-0, Carlos Silva 4-2. But it wasn't only the starting pitchers.
| IN the seven weeks leading into Friday's games, the Minnesota Twins won 34 of 42 games, an .810 rate of winning that would compute to an astonishing 131 victories for a full season. Yet in that span, they gained only three games on the division-leading Detroit Tigers. On the other hand, they gained a whopping 11 games on the Chicago White Sox and pulled into a second-place tie with them. While just about every other playoff contender was scrambling to find starting pitching, the Twins' starters were amassing these records: Francisco Liriano 8-1, Johan Santana 7-1, Brad Radke 5-0, Carlos Silva 4-2. But it wasn't only the starting pitchers. ''This has been probably the most successful seven weeks we've had,'' General Manager Terry Ryan said before the Twins |
1476971 | 2003 | 03 | 31 | Peter Arnett Tells Iraqi State Television Allied War Plan Has Failed |
Peter Arnett, a correspondent based in Baghdad for NBC News and National Geographic Explorer, told Iraqi state television yesterday that his reporting about Iraqi civilian casualties ''helps those who oppose the war.''
The allied war plan, he said, ''has failed because of Iraqi resistance.''
| Peter Arnett, a correspondent based in Baghdad for NBC News and National Geographic Explorer, told Iraqi state television yesterday that his reporting about Iraqi civilian casualties ''helps those who oppose the war.'' The allied war plan, he said, ''has failed because of Iraqi resistance.'' The comments were likely to make Mr. Arnett a renewed target of Republican lawmakers, many of whom already contend that his reporting is slanted in favor of the Iraqis. Iraqi television showed the interview at least twice yesterday afternoon. CNN and Fox News Channel showed excerpts last night. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican of Florida, said on Fox News Channel that she found the interview ''nauseating.'' She added, ''It's incredible he would be kowtowing to what clearly is the enemy in this way.'' NBC and |
1723006 | 2005 | 12 | 07 | Torturing The Facts |
Our secretary of state's tortuous defense of supposedly nonexistent C.I.A. torture chambers in Eastern Europe was an acid flashback to Clintonian parsing.
Just as Bill Clinton, during the '92 campaign, pranced around questions about marijuana use at Oxford by saying he had never broken the laws of his country, so Condoleezza Rice pranced around questions about outsourcing torture by suggesting that President Bush had never broken the laws of his country.
| Our secretary of state's tortuous defense of supposedly nonexistent C.I.A. torture chambers in Eastern Europe was an acid flashback to Clintonian parsing. Just as Bill Clinton, during the '92 campaign, pranced around questions about marijuana use at Oxford by saying he had never broken the laws of his country, so Condoleezza Rice pranced around questions about outsourcing torture by suggesting that President Bush had never broken the laws of his country. But in Bill's case, he was only talking about smoking a little joint, while Condi is talking about snatching people off the street and throwing them into lethal joints. ''The United States government does not authorize or condone torture of detainees,'' she said. It all depends on what you mean by ''authorize,'' ''condone,'' ''torture'' and ''detainees.'' Ms. |
1312450 | 2001 | 07 | 27 | AUTOS ON FRIDAY/Technology; Forget the Key? Pretty Soon, You Can |
CAR keys, as you have known them, are going out of business. Keyless door locks and ignition systems, part of an electronics revolution inside the automobile, are spreading from the luxury zone into everyday cars, a trend that is already well under way in Europe.
The Renault Laguna, a family car that competes here with the Volkswagen Passat, comes with a smart card that unlocks the doors when you approach the car and touch a door handle; inserted into the instrument panel, the card lets the driver start the car by pushing a button. Embedded in the card is a silicon chip and a tiny transmitter.
| CAR keys, as you have known them, are going out of business. Keyless door locks and ignition systems, part of an electronics revolution inside the automobile, are spreading from the luxury zone into everyday cars, a trend that is already well under way in Europe. The Renault Laguna, a family car that competes here with the Volkswagen Passat, comes with a smart card that unlocks the doors when you approach the car and touch a door handle; inserted into the instrument panel, the card lets the driver start the car by pushing a button. Embedded in the card is a silicon chip and a tiny transmitter. ''This is the way of the future,'' said Thierry Morin, chief executive of Valeo S.A., the French auto parts supplier that makes |
1514393 | 2003 | 08 | 24 | Countdown to School Starts With Supplies |
''DO I need book socks?'' a girl wailed, standing before a bin of book covers at the Staples store here. Her mother consulted the piece of paper tightly clutched in her hand, and shook her head. With a note of hesitation in her voice, the mother asked a question of her own, ''Do you need a notepad for assignments?''
Their mission -- crossing off items on a school supply list -- could easily be fodder for a reality television show with harried parents dragging children from store to store and scooping up armfuls of anything that bears a remote resemblance to the lists provided by teachers.
| ''DO I need book socks?'' a girl wailed, standing before a bin of book covers at the Staples store here. Her mother consulted the piece of paper tightly clutched in her hand, and shook her head. With a note of hesitation in her voice, the mother asked a question of her own, ''Do you need a notepad for assignments?'' Their mission -- crossing off items on a school supply list -- could easily be fodder for a reality television show with harried parents dragging children from store to store and scooping up armfuls of anything that bears a remote resemblance to the lists provided by teachers. ''It triggers a bit of anxiety,'' said Amy Pitkin, a Larchmont mother of four children, three of whom are in elementary school. |
1555217 | 2004 | 02 | 01 | The Memorial Roads Not Taken |
WHEN the jurors for the World Trade Center memorial competition announced that they would consider designs from anyone who wanted to submit one, they were acting on principle. But for many of the people who responded to that invitation, the matter was deeply personal. Working on their own initiative and against lousy odds, determined to express themselves and to keep memory alive, they spent countless thousands of hours conceiving, drafting, revising and explaining their visions.
All told, 5,201 designs were submitted, from 63 countries and 49 states, from individuals of all ages, many without any design experience.
| WHEN the jurors for the World Trade Center memorial competition announced that they would consider designs from anyone who wanted to submit one, they were acting on principle. But for many of the people who responded to that invitation, the matter was deeply personal. Working on their own initiative and against lousy odds, determined to express themselves and to keep memory alive, they spent countless thousands of hours conceiving, drafting, revising and explaining their visions. All told, 5,201 designs were submitted, from 63 countries and 49 states, from individuals of all ages, many without any design experience. An unscientific survey revealed everything from scaled-down twin towers to classical references to sources at which observers can only guess. Here is a sampling of 10, culled from Web sites, blind |
1650539 | 2005 | 02 | 17 | Residential Sales |
Manhattan
GREENWICH VILLAGE
$925,000 79 West 12th Street (Lawrence House) 2-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,000-sq.-ft. co-op in a prewar building; part-time doormen; dining area, renovated kitchen and baths; fireplace, central air-conditioning, large balcony, 3 exposures; maintenance $1,119, 57% tax-deductible; listed at $925,000, 5 weeks on market (brokers: Douglas Elliman; Bellmarc Realty)
CHELSEA
$1.485 million 361 West 22nd Street 2-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,800-sq.-ft. duplex co-op in a prewar brownstone; granite countertops in kitchen; study, 3 fireplaces, 10-ft. ceilings, maintenance $1,674; no tax-deduction; listed at $1.499 million, 12 weeks on market (broker: JC DeNiro)
UPPER EAST SIDE
$519,000 245 East 93rd Street (Astor Terrace) 1-bedroom, 1-bath, 750-sq.-ft. condo in a postwar building; 24-hr. doormen; dining area, central air-conditioning; terrace; common charge $471; taxes $5,628; listed at $519,000 , 1 week on market (broker: Corcoran Group)
UPPER WEST SIDE
$560,000 336 Central Park West (94th Street) 1-bedroom, 1 1/2-bath, 850-sq.-ft. co-op in a prewar Art Deco building; 24-hr. doormen; windowed kitchen, fireplace; maintenance $1,211, 33% tax-deductible; listed at $569,900, 8 weeks on market (brokers: Corcoran Group; Eychner Associates)
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
$565,000 790 Riverside Drive (156th Street) (Riviera) 2-bedroom, 1-bath, 1,100-sq.-ft. co-op in a prewar building; 24-hr. doormen; eat-in kitchen; maintenance $598, 45% tax-deductible; listed at $595,000, 10 weeks on market (broker: Wohlfarth Associates)
Brooklyn
PARK SLOPE
$592,500 328 Bergen Street 3-bedrooms, 2-bath, 1,307-sq.-ft. condo in a newly constructed building; keyed elevator to unit; dining area, high ceilings, marble bath, hardwood floors, whirlpool, 2 exposures, washer/dryer in unit; common charge $170; 100% tax abated; listed at $592,500, 4 weeks on market (broker: Aguayo & Huebener)
PROSPECT HEIGHTS
$600,000 60 Plaza Street 2-bedroom, 1-bath, 1,150-sq.-ft. co-op in a prewar Art Deco building; 24-hr. doormen; entry foyer, windowed kitchen, raised dining area, arched hallways, high ceilings, hardwood floors; maintenance $953, 45% tax-deductible; listed at $629,000, 6 weeks on market (broker: Warren Lewis Realty)
Queens
BAYSIDE
$668,000 215-06 48th Street 3-bedroom, 3-bath, detached, colonial-style house; enclosed porch, dining room, renovated eat-in kitchen and baths, sunroom, hardwood floors, finished basement; 1-car garage, 40-by-100-ft. lot; taxes $3,070; listed at $679,888, 1 week on market (broker: ReMax Millennium)
FOREST HILLS
$860,000 98-03 69th Avenue 4-bedroom, 3 1/2-bath, 65-year-old brick colonial-style house; dining room, renovated eat-in kitchen, family room, finished basement; 1-car garage, 30-by 98-ft. lot; taxes $4,608; listed at $899,000, 4 weeks on market (broker: Century 21/Benjamin)
Westchester
BRIARCLIFF MANOR
$555,000 16 Deertree Lane (Wyndcrest) 2-bedroom, 1 1/2-bath, 7-year-old 2,059-sq.-ft. town house condo; dining area, eat-in kitchen, vaulted ceilings, fireplace, hardwood floors; balcony, 1-car garage, laundry room and pool in complex; common charge $300; taxes $8,745; listed at $565,000, 17 weeks on market (brokers: Coldwell Banker Real Estate; Julia B. Fee)
Utah
SALT LAKE CITY
$96,000 1007 South 1500 Street West 3-bedroom, 1-bath, 54-year-old one-story aluminum and vinyl-sided house; eat-in kitchen, family room; 0.20-acre lot; taxes $736; listed at $100,000, 6 weeks on market (broker: Prudential Utah Real Estate)
SALT LAKE CITY
$266,000 119 Third Avenue 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 109-year-old two-story Victorian house; dining room, eat-in kitchen, family room, 2 fireplaces, high ceilings; 0.09-acre lot; taxes $1,461; listed at $265,000 (multiple bids), 1 week on market (Broker: Prudential Utah Real Estate)
DRAPER
$316,000 319 Draper Downs Drive 4-bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, 3-year-old two-story brick and stucco house; dining room, eat-in kitchen, family room, French doors, central air-conditioning; 3-car garage, 0.3-acre lot; taxes $2,699; listed at $319,000, 10 weeks on market (brokers: Prudential Utah; Larson & Company)
PARK CITY
$425,000 7667 Susan's Circle 4-bedroom, 3-bath, recently-built two-story wood-frame house; dining area, eat-in kitchen with breakfast bar; family room, vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors; 2-car garage, 0.36-acre lot; taxes not yet assessed; listed at $425,000, 29 weeks on market (broker: Prudential Utah)
PARK CITY
$7 million 7905 Bald Eagle Drive 6-bedroom, 7 1/2-bath, 8-year-old two-story stone house; dining area, eat-in kitchen with pantry; family room, 6 fireplaces, vaulted ceilings, steam room, whirlpool; 3-car garage, 0.65-acre lot on ski trail; taxes $38,875; listed at $7.4 million, 29 weeks on market (broker: Prudential Utah)
| Manhattan GREENWICH VILLAGE $925,000 79 West 12th Street (Lawrence House) 2-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,000-sq.-ft. co-op in a prewar building; part-time doormen; dining area, renovated kitchen and baths; fireplace, central air-conditioning, large balcony, 3 exposures; maintenance $1,119, 57% tax-deductible; listed at $925,000, 5 weeks on market (brokers: Douglas Elliman; Bellmarc Realty) CHELSEA $1.485 million 361 West 22nd Street 2-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,800-sq.-ft. duplex co-op in a prewar brownstone; granite countertops in kitchen; study, 3 fireplaces, 10-ft. ceilings, maintenance $1,674; no tax-deduction; listed at $1.499 million, 12 weeks on market (broker: JC DeNiro) UPPER EAST SIDE $519,000 245 East 93rd Street (Astor Terrace) 1-bedroom, 1-bath, 750-sq.-ft. condo in a postwar building; 24-hr. doormen; dining area, central air-conditioning; terrace; common charge $471; taxes $5,628; listed at $519,000 , 1 week on market (broker: |
1607339 | 2004 | 08 | 29 | Finding the Affordable in the Unfinished |
WHAT Richard Walz and Kerstin Krall wanted: a place that was big and rundown. But everything they saw was either not big enough or not rundown enough.
As the two looked, they realized how much they wanted an unfinished place, ''one we could put our own imprint on,'' said Ms. Krall, 32. Besides, Mr. Walz, also 32, is a handy guy. As a teenager, he helped his father, a construction worker, build an extension on the family's house in Middle Island, on eastern Long Island.
| WHAT Richard Walz and Kerstin Krall wanted: a place that was big and rundown. But everything they saw was either not big enough or not rundown enough. As the two looked, they realized how much they wanted an unfinished place, ''one we could put our own imprint on,'' said Ms. Krall, 32. Besides, Mr. Walz, also 32, is a handy guy. As a teenager, he helped his father, a construction worker, build an extension on the family's house in Middle Island, on eastern Long Island. When they first saw their Brooklyn loft, it was in such disarray that everyone else at the open house ''looked appalled,'' Ms. Krall said. But ''we got all excited.'' As soon as they hit the sidewalk outside, they called their broker to bid. |
1445150 | 2002 | 12 | 01 | U.S. and Philippines May Start New Training Mission |
The United States and the Philippines may soon start a new military training operation against Muslim extremists in the southern Philippines that would involve 300 to 400 American troops, including many on jungle combat patrols in a risky hunt for a resurgent guerrilla force, military officials say.
The proposed exercise, which could begin as soon as January, reflects the Pentagon's growing concern that militant Islamic networks pose an increasing threat to Americans and American interests in Southeast Asia, and that a training mission with Philippine forces earlier this year failed to quell the Muslim guerrilla movement.
| The United States and the Philippines may soon start a new military training operation against Muslim extremists in the southern Philippines that would involve 300 to 400 American troops, including many on jungle combat patrols in a risky hunt for a resurgent guerrilla force, military officials say. The proposed exercise, which could begin as soon as January, reflects the Pentagon's growing concern that militant Islamic networks pose an increasing threat to Americans and American interests in Southeast Asia, and that a training mission with Philippine forces earlier this year failed to quell the Muslim guerrilla movement. The new operation would be an increase in the Pentagon's commitment to combating terrorism in the Philippines by shifting hundreds of troops now scheduled for classroom or routine training in the northern |
1200832 | 2000 | 05 | 20 | Second Half of $363 Million Lottery Is Claimed |
A brewer and his family collected their half of the $363 million Big Game lottery jackpot here today, after waiting nearly two weeks to identify themselves as one of two winners of the largest lottery prize ever awarded in America.
Joe Kainz, 64, and his wife, Sue, 62, of Tower Lakes, a northwest suburb of Chicago, accepted their winnings today with their three sons and daughter-in-law. The other winner, the owner of a swimming pool company from suburban Detroit, stepped forward last week.
| A brewer and his family collected their half of the $363 million Big Game lottery jackpot here today, after waiting nearly two weeks to identify themselves as one of two winners of the largest lottery prize ever awarded in America. Joe Kainz, 64, and his wife, Sue, 62, of Tower Lakes, a northwest suburb of Chicago, accepted their winnings today with their three sons and daughter-in-law. The other winner, the owner of a swimming pool company from suburban Detroit, stepped forward last week. The Kainz family owns and operates a small brewery and a medical supply company in the Chicago suburbs. The Kainzes, along with their sons, Michael, 34, Patrick, 29, and John, 26, and Michael's wife, Jennifer, 29, had pooled money to buy 50 $1 tickets for |
1816925 | 2007 | 01 | 07 | THE WEEK AHEAD: Jan. 7 - 13; ART |
Rather than drifting through another big, bland blockbuster this week, why not focus on small shows? You can still see ''ART OF THE LEGA: MEANING AND METAPHOR IN CENTRAL AFRICA'' at AXA Gallery through Jan. 14. Lega men and women, from Congo, enter an initiation society at an early age to learn life skills and gain wisdom, and most Lega art is created as an instrument of moral teaching. The process of growth is complex and stimulating, on the evidence of the elegant sculptures and haunting masks here. 787 Seventh Avenue, at 51st Street, Manhattan, (212) 554-4818.
With a little traveling, you can piece together a mini-retrospective of the contemporary artist ELLSWORTH KELLY. In Chelsea all of Matthew Marks's galleries (at 522 West 22nd Street, 523 West 24th Street, 521 West 21st Street and 526 West 22nd Street) are devoted to him: two spaces with new abstract relief paintings, another with a single panoramic print, and yet another with a terrific series of shadow-derived notebook drawings from the 1950s that have much to say about the way this artist has related abstraction and the world. They are all on view through Jan. 27 (matthewmarks.com). Through February, the Philadelphia Museum of Art (philamuseum.org) has its own Kelly festival, notable for landmark pieces from his formative years in Paris.
Speaking of small surveys, one of the best, and most moving, shows of political art around is at the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (through Feb. 25). ''DISSENT!'' brings together familiar pieces and rarely seen work. If all you know about Sister Corita (1918-86) is big strokes of abstract paint, check out the visually passionate topical prints here. Most interesting, though, are the relics of political activism at Harvard itself: a T-shirt with a raised-fist emblem was hand-printed in 1969 during a campus strike by design students. They worked around the clock, printing a political message on any object brought to them, for free. (617) 495-9400 or www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/fogg.
| Rather than drifting through another big, bland blockbuster this week, why not focus on small shows? You can still see ''ART OF THE LEGA: MEANING AND METAPHOR IN CENTRAL AFRICA'' at AXA Gallery through Jan. 14. Lega men and women, from Congo, enter an initiation society at an early age to learn life skills and gain wisdom, and most Lega art is created as an instrument of moral teaching. The process of growth is complex and stimulating, on the evidence of the elegant sculptures and haunting masks here. 787 Seventh Avenue, at 51st Street, Manhattan, (212) 554-4818. With a little traveling, you can piece together a mini-retrospective of the contemporary artist ELLSWORTH KELLY. In Chelsea all of Matthew Marks's galleries (at 522 West 22nd Street, 523 West 24th |
1615577 | 2004 | 10 | 01 | Dodi Wexler -- 'The Mostly Little Land of This and That' |
Pavel Zoubok Gallery 533 West 23rd Street, Chelsea Through Oct. 9
Adroitly working the vocabulary of contemporary collage, Dodi Wexler cuts, stitches, burns, pastes and punctures old stamps, photographs, maps, handmade Japanese papers, string, wire and miscellaneous snippets to produce a group of intricate creations that seem at times to be almost living organisms.
| Pavel Zoubok Gallery 533 West 23rd Street, Chelsea Through Oct. 9 Adroitly working the vocabulary of contemporary collage, Dodi Wexler cuts, stitches, burns, pastes and punctures old stamps, photographs, maps, handmade Japanese papers, string, wire and miscellaneous snippets to produce a group of intricate creations that seem at times to be almost living organisms. In fact, many of them relate to living organisms, like ''Tiny Crevice Dwellers,'' a topographical close-up, covered in glass, of a rocky, earthy, pond-y field that serves as turf for miniature butterflies, frogs, snakes and other creatures, all of them handmade. ''On the Dri Goat Go,'' a large, eccentric version of Manhattan, replete with street grid, Central Park, buildings, traffic, people and a string of yellow footprints leading from the Battery to Harlem, presents |
1262236 | 2001 | 01 | 12 | Knicks Set A Record But Finish A Streak |
With six minutes remaining in last night's game against the Houston Rockets, the Knicks were preparing to be praised. They had turned one of the league's more potent offensive units into a blundering collection of gunners and were about to set a National Basketball Association defensive record.
Ahead by 10 points and seemingly en route to their eighth consecutive victory, the Knicks were expecting to be showered with the accolades befitting such a nasty defensive club.
| With six minutes remaining in last night's game against the Houston Rockets, the Knicks were preparing to be praised. They had turned one of the league's more potent offensive units into a blundering collection of gunners and were about to set a National Basketball Association defensive record. Ahead by 10 points and seemingly en route to their eighth consecutive victory, the Knicks were expecting to be showered with the accolades befitting such a nasty defensive club. But the other part of basketball, the part the Knicks so often belittle, the part called offense, sneaked up to cancel the postgame celebration. The highlight clips will show Cuttino Mobley's driving layup around Latrell Sprewell with 8.7 seconds remaining as the game's defining moment. It gave the Houston Rockets a 76-75 |
1329885 | 2001 | 10 | 01 | Were Those Really the Days? A Homer Among Bad News |
At the induction center on Whitehall Street in Lower Manhattan, draftees watched baseball history unfold on the television sets installed by the Army, a dramatic sendoff from civilian life toward a journey to the hills of Korea.
On Capitol Hill, a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee considering the nomination of Philip C. Jessup as a member of the United States delegation to the United Nations adjourned momentarily. The nominee's efforts to refute Senator Joseph McCarthy's charge that he had been affiliated with Communist front groups would pause. The subcommittee chairman, John Sparkman of Alabama, read a note passed from the press table. It read, in effect: ayes 5, nays 4, in favor of the Giants.
| At the induction center on Whitehall Street in Lower Manhattan, draftees watched baseball history unfold on the television sets installed by the Army, a dramatic sendoff from civilian life toward a journey to the hills of Korea. On Capitol Hill, a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee considering the nomination of Philip C. Jessup as a member of the United States delegation to the United Nations adjourned momentarily. The nominee's efforts to refute Senator Joseph McCarthy's charge that he had been affiliated with Communist front groups would pause. The subcommittee chairman, John Sparkman of Alabama, read a note passed from the press table. It read, in effect: ayes 5, nays 4, in favor of the Giants. The Shot Heard 'Round the World reverberated far afield from the Polo Grounds. With |
1303554 | 2001 | 06 | 22 | Pride, Hope and Hardship In the Land of Cotton |
''It's a different world here,'' says Reggie Barnes, superindendent of the West Tallahatchie School District in the Mississippi Delta. Mr. Barnes, whose patience and discipline seem to mask a deep reservoir of anger, is one of the heroes of ''LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton,'' a moving documentary by Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson and Albert Mays les that opens today at the Quad.
The movie, a window into a world of poverty and neglect, will shock the conscience of those who believe that racism and inequality belong to a closed chapter of American history. Its images of barefoot children playing on abandoned cars outside dilapidated motor homes, and of families who get water for drinking and washing by filling plastic jugs from a hose outside the county jail, are jarring and upsetting.
| ''It's a different world here,'' says Reggie Barnes, superindendent of the West Tallahatchie School District in the Mississippi Delta. Mr. Barnes, whose patience and discipline seem to mask a deep reservoir of anger, is one of the heroes of ''LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton,'' a moving documentary by Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson and Albert Mays les that opens today at the Quad. The movie, a window into a world of poverty and neglect, will shock the conscience of those who believe that racism and inequality belong to a closed chapter of American history. Its images of barefoot children playing on abandoned cars outside dilapidated motor homes, and of families who get water for drinking and washing by filling plastic jugs from a hose outside the county jail, |
1389921 | 2002 | 05 | 05 | One McMansion, Hold the Trees |
To the Editor:
In furtherance of Debra Galant's rumination regarding the McMansion phenomenon (''One McMansion, With Vinyl on the Side,'' Jersey, April 28), let's be blunt: from the outside, these homes are not pretty sights. These neighborhoods look like art galleries with fancy, but pictureless frames. Instead of stimulating your imagination, the typical McMansion simply deadens your senses. Aside from the fact that these houses tend to have an assembly-line appearance devoid of everything except excess square footage, the absence of foliage in these unfortunate developments is depressing.
Granted, some of these homes are built on old farmlands that were already bereft of any tree growth, but most developers seem happy to bulldoze trees in the name of cost and efficiency in order to perpetuate another act of architectural vacuity -- the modern subdivision -- a largely treeless desert where there is zero risk of your cat or little Johnny getting stuck in an old oak or maple.
| To the Editor: In furtherance of Debra Galant's rumination regarding the McMansion phenomenon (''One McMansion, With Vinyl on the Side,'' Jersey, April 28), let's be blunt: from the outside, these homes are not pretty sights. These neighborhoods look like art galleries with fancy, but pictureless frames. Instead of stimulating your imagination, the typical McMansion simply deadens your senses. Aside from the fact that these houses tend to have an assembly-line appearance devoid of everything except excess square footage, the absence of foliage in these unfortunate developments is depressing. Granted, some of these homes are built on old farmlands that were already bereft of any tree growth, but most developers seem happy to bulldoze trees in the name of cost and efficiency in order to perpetuate another act of |
1554267 | 2004 | 01 | 28 | The Nominees' Reactions |
The nominees for this year's Oscars had a variety of reactions yesterday, from shocked to philosophical. These are some of them.
Peter Jackson, whose ''Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' received 11 nominations:
''The diversity this year is really cool. The range, the genres, the directors from different countries, the budgets -- it's great. It's just great. Cinema should be like that. There should be something for everybody.''
| The nominees for this year's Oscars had a variety of reactions yesterday, from shocked to philosophical. These are some of them. Peter Jackson, whose ''Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' received 11 nominations: ''The diversity this year is really cool. The range, the genres, the directors from different countries, the budgets -- it's great. It's just great. Cinema should be like that. There should be something for everybody.'' Samantha Morton, nominated for best actress for ''In America'': ''It's quite an intimate movie, but it seemed massive in what they go through. Family life is an epic. You don't need to have guns blazing and 600,000 extras for a movie to be big.'' Sofia Coppola, writer and director of ''Lost in Translation,'' who called to wake |
1671902 | 2005 | 05 | 12 | When Pavano Implodes, Yankees' Bats Explode |
The giant line score that looms above the left-center-field bleachers is out of view from the home bullpen at Yankee Stadium. The relievers did not have to see it yesterday to feel the numbers changing.
Ten runs in the first inning, five for each side. A run in the second for the Yankees. Four in the fourth for Seattle. The early tenor of the game told the Yankees' relievers two things: they would be needed, and their hitters did not want them wasting time.
| The giant line score that looms above the left-center-field bleachers is out of view from the home bullpen at Yankee Stadium. The relievers did not have to see it yesterday to feel the numbers changing. Ten runs in the first inning, five for each side. A run in the second for the Yankees. Four in the fourth for Seattle. The early tenor of the game told the Yankees' relievers two things: they would be needed, and their hitters did not want them wasting time. ''You want to throw up zeroes and get guys swinging as fast as possible,'' reliever Tanyon Sturtze said. ''That's all we really thought about. The runs were going up and going up. We were thinking, 'Let's get out of this, get some quick outs |
1252720 | 2000 | 12 | 05 | Mets Lose Out on Neagle But Say It's Not Personal |
The Mets reached the World Series last season and they have money to spend. They have showered some of it on their own relief pitchers, but no free agents from outside the organization have decided to sign on.
After losing Mike Mussina to the Yankees last week, the Mets learned yesterday that they had been turned down by two more pitchers they had hoped to add to their staff.
| The Mets reached the World Series last season and they have money to spend. They have showered some of it on their own relief pitchers, but no free agents from outside the organization have decided to sign on. After losing Mike Mussina to the Yankees last week, the Mets learned yesterday that they had been turned down by two more pitchers they had hoped to add to their staff. The free-agent left-hander Denny Neagle signed with the Colorado Rockies for five years and $51.5 million, and Dae Sung Koo, a highly regarded Korean left-hander, signed with the Orix Blue Wave of Japan's Pacific League. Mets General Manager Steve Phillips said he was not taking the rejections personally. ''I don't think players look at it as being about the |
1262782 | 2001 | 01 | 14 | The World; Powell Gives Africa a Hard New Look |
AFTER almost a decade of much fuss about Africa by the Clinton administration but little to show for it, Gen. Colin L. Powell seems to believe there is room for improvement. He chose the Africa bureau as his first stop during his get-acquainted tour of the State Department, an interesting signal by the first African-American secretary of state-designate and a man best known for his hard-nosed military doctrine and sense of realpolitik.
In sub-Saharan Africa itself, where most countries have seen things go from bad to worse in the last decade, and where leaders and intellectuals look at the West with increased mistrust, the signal was noted with a mix of cynicism and expectation.
| AFTER almost a decade of much fuss about Africa by the Clinton administration but little to show for it, Gen. Colin L. Powell seems to believe there is room for improvement. He chose the Africa bureau as his first stop during his get-acquainted tour of the State Department, an interesting signal by the first African-American secretary of state-designate and a man best known for his hard-nosed military doctrine and sense of realpolitik. In sub-Saharan Africa itself, where most countries have seen things go from bad to worse in the last decade, and where leaders and intellectuals look at the West with increased mistrust, the signal was noted with a mix of cynicism and expectation. According to one school of thought, perhaps General Powell is looking to build a |
1595794 | 2004 | 07 | 11 | STREETSCAPES/Lamb & Rich; The Architectural Firm Of Vivid & Ingenious |
THE picturesque 1887 Frank Babbott house at 153 Lincoln Place in Park Slope, designed by the architects Lamb & Rich, was in decline for decades, most recently as a hotel that charged $50 for an eight-hour stay.
But work is now under way to rebuild it as 11 condominiums -- and its new owners will each have a part of one of Brooklyn's most distinctive houses.
| THE picturesque 1887 Frank Babbott house at 153 Lincoln Place in Park Slope, designed by the architects Lamb & Rich, was in decline for decades, most recently as a hotel that charged $50 for an eight-hour stay. But work is now under way to rebuild it as 11 condominiums -- and its new owners will each have a part of one of Brooklyn's most distinctive houses. Its architects, Hugh Lamb and Charles Alonzo Rich, burst onto the New York scene in the 1880's with their own ingenious variations on the urban mansion. In their careers, they contributed some of the most vivid designs ever seen on the New York streetscape. (They were also one of several Victorian-era architectural partnerships with amusing names: Boring & Tilton, Hill & Stout, |
1739178 | 2006 | 02 | 12 | Atlanta's Franchise Prayer |
Joe Johnson is an Atlanta emblem now. He represents both the hope of the Hawks and the deficiencies of a franchise fumbling to make sense of this decade.
Since their last playoff appearance in 1999, the Hawks have been in the enviable position of having flexibility under the salary cap and prime picks in the draft.
| Joe Johnson is an Atlanta emblem now. He represents both the hope of the Hawks and the deficiencies of a franchise fumbling to make sense of this decade. Since their last playoff appearance in 1999, the Hawks have been in the enviable position of having flexibility under the salary cap and prime picks in the draft. But the Hawks have compiled 367 losses and 177 victories since 2000, and most of Atlanta's former picks are starring for other teams. Last summer, General Manager Billy Knight added Johnson, a $70 million swingman, and forward Marvin Williams, whom the Hawks chose at No. 2 in the draft. Atlanta passed on point guard Chris Paul, the runaway favorite for rookie of the year. When Johnson won two games last week with |
1257803 | 2000 | 12 | 24 | A Lightning Rod in California |
WHEN a water shortage gripped California in the mid-1990's, Stephen L. Baum took to showering in a bucket. He would stand in the bucket under the shower, get wet, shut off the faucet, soap up, rinse and flush the toilet with the accumulated water.
Mr. Baum, the chairman of Sempra Energy, has asked his customers to take the same kind of conservation steps in response to the the current crisis gripping California -- spiraling natural-gas prices, coupled with an unprecedented shortage of electricity that has been widely attributed to a chaotic deregulation of the state's utility industry.
| WHEN a water shortage gripped California in the mid-1990's, Stephen L. Baum took to showering in a bucket. He would stand in the bucket under the shower, get wet, shut off the faucet, soap up, rinse and flush the toilet with the accumulated water. Mr. Baum, the chairman of Sempra Energy, has asked his customers to take the same kind of conservation steps in response to the the current crisis gripping California -- spiraling natural-gas prices, coupled with an unprecedented shortage of electricity that has been widely attributed to a chaotic deregulation of the state's utility industry. ''I'm a persistent spokesman for addressing the demand side of the equation,'' he said in an interview early this month, when Californians were confronting the prospect of rolling blackouts for the |
1180778 | 2000 | 03 | 02 | Judge Gives Louima Jurors Instructions Prosecutor Sought |
The federal judge in the trial of three police officers accused of a cover-up in the assault on Abner Louima instructed the jurors yesterday that they could convict the defendants even if they were not convinced that the officer the others supposedly tried to protect had taken part in the attack.
The jury charge, by Judge Eugene H. Nickerson, was a victory for federal prosecutors: It allows the jury to find the three officers -- Charles Schwarz, Thomas Bruder and Thomas Wiese -- guilty of conspiring to cover up Mr. Schwarz's role in the attack even if they think Mr. Schwarz may be innocent, as he asserts. Mr. Schwarz was convicted of assaulting Mr. Louima last June.
| The federal judge in the trial of three police officers accused of a cover-up in the assault on Abner Louima instructed the jurors yesterday that they could convict the defendants even if they were not convinced that the officer the others supposedly tried to protect had taken part in the attack. The jury charge, by Judge Eugene H. Nickerson, was a victory for federal prosecutors: It allows the jury to find the three officers -- Charles Schwarz, Thomas Bruder and Thomas Wiese -- guilty of conspiring to cover up Mr. Schwarz's role in the attack even if they think Mr. Schwarz may be innocent, as he asserts. Mr. Schwarz was convicted of assaulting Mr. Louima last June. From the outset of the trial in Federal District Court in |
1467975 | 2003 | 02 | 26 | BUSINESS DIGEST |
E.P.A. Approves the Use Of Monsanto's Altered Corn The government announced that it had approved a new type of genetically modified corn that it says could lead to a significant reduction in the use of toxic insecticides. The approval was granted by the Environmental Protection Agency to a corn developed by Monsanto that is resistant to the corn rootworm.
The approval is a lift for Monsanto, which has been struggling with falling earnings, and for the crop biotechnology industry, because it is the first truly new product in some years. The company said it expected the corn would eventually generate $150 million to $200 million in revenues. [Page C10.]
| E.P.A. Approves the Use Of Monsanto's Altered Corn The government announced that it had approved a new type of genetically modified corn that it says could lead to a significant reduction in the use of toxic insecticides. The approval was granted by the Environmental Protection Agency to a corn developed by Monsanto that is resistant to the corn rootworm. The approval is a lift for Monsanto, which has been struggling with falling earnings, and for the crop biotechnology industry, because it is the first truly new product in some years. The company said it expected the corn would eventually generate $150 million to $200 million in revenues. [Page C10.] Federated Executive Is Promoted Terry J. Lundgren, the president and chief operating officer at Federated Department Stores, which includes |
1832669 | 2007 | 03 | 13 | Prosecutor's Offer to a Witness Dominates Teacher's Sex Trial |
Under prodding from defense lawyers, a crucial witness in the statutory rape trial of an East Side private-school teacher testified last week that prosecutors had not promised him any help in return for his testimony.
But yesterday, prosecutors revealed that they had offered to help the witness, who was in jail in Connecticut for violating probation on a drug conviction, and that one of them intervened to try to keep him from going from a juvenile institution to an adult jail when he turned 18.
| Under prodding from defense lawyers, a crucial witness in the statutory rape trial of an East Side private-school teacher testified last week that prosecutors had not promised him any help in return for his testimony. But yesterday, prosecutors revealed that they had offered to help the witness, who was in jail in Connecticut for violating probation on a drug conviction, and that one of them intervened to try to keep him from going from a juvenile institution to an adult jail when he turned 18. The witness was the second of two young men to accuse the teacher, Lina Sinha, now 40, of having sex with them when they were junior high school students at the Montessori School of New York, on East 55th Street. The prosecutors' promises |
1268258 | 2001 | 02 | 04 | Hedging Your Bets? Look Homeward, Investor |
WHEN David Bowers arrived in New York from London early last year as the new chief global investment strategist at Merrill Lynch, he set about to shake up the firm's view of the world. But he was not prepared for the change he would usher in after months of crunching numbers and examining the interplay of Wall Street and foreign stock markets.
What he and his colleagues concluded in September -- and announced to little fanfare in November -- was that investing abroad for Americans is nowhere near as good an idea as conventional wisdom dictates. Within days, Merrill Lynch advised its wealthy private clients to limit the foreign stocks in their portfolios to about 5 percent. That is down from the 35 percent recommended by Merrill's previous chief investment strategist, Charles I. Clough Jr.
| WHEN David Bowers arrived in New York from London early last year as the new chief global investment strategist at Merrill Lynch, he set about to shake up the firm's view of the world. But he was not prepared for the change he would usher in after months of crunching numbers and examining the interplay of Wall Street and foreign stock markets. What he and his colleagues concluded in September -- and announced to little fanfare in November -- was that investing abroad for Americans is nowhere near as good an idea as conventional wisdom dictates. Within days, Merrill Lynch advised its wealthy private clients to limit the foreign stocks in their portfolios to about 5 percent. That is down from the 35 percent recommended by Merrill's previous |
1194709 | 2000 | 04 | 26 | Tense Days in Tehran |
A fateful struggle is now going on in Iran between the reform forces allied with President Mohammad Khatami and the religious conservatives who control the country's most powerful institutions. The outcome, still in doubt, will be crucial to realizing the hopes of most Iranians for greater tolerance, respect for the rule of law and more openness to the outside world. The conservatives may succeed in their efforts to thwart the will of the electorate. But they cannot prevail for long against the millions of young Iranians who increasingly demand a better, freer life.
In about five weeks, a newly elected Parliament is scheduled to take office, dominated by the reform elements that won a decisive victory in elections two months ago. But conservative clerics are now striking back to dilute the scope of the reformers' victory and weaken the new Parliament's authority. Such shortsighted manipulations will only make the repressive religious authorities even more unpopular.
| A fateful struggle is now going on in Iran between the reform forces allied with President Mohammad Khatami and the religious conservatives who control the country's most powerful institutions. The outcome, still in doubt, will be crucial to realizing the hopes of most Iranians for greater tolerance, respect for the rule of law and more openness to the outside world. The conservatives may succeed in their efforts to thwart the will of the electorate. But they cannot prevail for long against the millions of young Iranians who increasingly demand a better, freer life. In about five weeks, a newly elected Parliament is scheduled to take office, dominated by the reform elements that won a decisive victory in elections two months ago. But conservative clerics are now striking back |
1212679 | 2000 | 07 | 05 | The Ocean Floor Wants a Word |
To the Editor:
Re: ''Sweet Bounty Returns: Sea Scallops,'' June 21. Scallops are scarce because they have been overfished for decades. Several zones along New England's fabled Georges Bank have been closed to most fishing for the past four years. As a result, the scallop population has rebounded there, while remaining severely depleted elsewhere.
| To the Editor: Re: ''Sweet Bounty Returns: Sea Scallops,'' June 21. Scallops are scarce because they have been overfished for decades. Several zones along New England's fabled Georges Bank have been closed to most fishing for the past four years. As a result, the scallop population has rebounded there, while remaining severely depleted elsewhere. But in both areas scalloping has profoundly damaged the ocean's delicate ecosystem. Scallop dredges are highly efficient tools: nothing escapes them. And they haul up far more than scallops, including flounder, haddock, skate, hydrozoa, starfish and crabs. Most are dead by the time they are dumped back into the sea. The emerging lesson is that if we want to continue to enjoy scallops as food, we must manage our fisheries as ecosystems. This means |
1186279 | 2000 | 03 | 24 | Public Interests; Rudy's Secret Strategy |
Rudy Giuliani's plan for winning the Senate race is now becoming very clear. He's going to drive New Yorkers so crazy they'll vote for him just to get him out of town.
Yesterday the city thrilled to reports that the mayor had ended his boycott on meeting Harold Levy, the interim schools chancellor. Having already driven two chancellors out of town shrieking, Mr. Giuliani wanted the school board to hire a businessman who understood management principles. Mr. Levy is a Wall Street executive who understands management principles. However, he was not the mayor's idea. Therefore Mr. Giuliani refused to speak to him when he was appointed in January. When Mr. Levy reached out, the mayor declined to come to the phone.
| Rudy Giuliani's plan for winning the Senate race is now becoming very clear. He's going to drive New Yorkers so crazy they'll vote for him just to get him out of town. Yesterday the city thrilled to reports that the mayor had ended his boycott on meeting Harold Levy, the interim schools chancellor. Having already driven two chancellors out of town shrieking, Mr. Giuliani wanted the school board to hire a businessman who understood management principles. Mr. Levy is a Wall Street executive who understands management principles. However, he was not the mayor's idea. Therefore Mr. Giuliani refused to speak to him when he was appointed in January. When Mr. Levy reached out, the mayor declined to come to the phone. New Yorkers have come to regard stuff |
1657217 | 2005 | 03 | 15 | A More Participatory Management Is Seen Under New Leaders |
American International Group will be a vastly different company without Maurice R. Greenberg, the chief executive who has personified the giant insurer for decades and has set the tone for its hard-charging way of doing business.
Mr. Greenberg will be succeeded by the British-born Martin J. Sullivan, 50, one of the company's two chief operating officers. Mr. Sullivan faces many challenges as he follows in the footsteps of an industry legend.
| American International Group will be a vastly different company without Maurice R. Greenberg, the chief executive who has personified the giant insurer for decades and has set the tone for its hard-charging way of doing business. Mr. Greenberg will be succeeded by the British-born Martin J. Sullivan, 50, one of the company's two chief operating officers. Mr. Sullivan faces many challenges as he follows in the footsteps of an industry legend. In the eyes of many, Mr. Greenberg was inseparable from the company. He often decided personally who would be insured and how big claims would be handled. He was known for phoning company executives at home at night or in the early morning hours to berate them or to discuss business he considered urgent. Even if Mr. |
1590534 | 2004 | 06 | 19 | Another Loan Chance Puts United in a Political Storm; Airline, Its Wings Clipped Twice, Is Given an Unusual Third Shot |
United Airlines scrambled yesterday to revise its application for $1.6 billion in federal loan guarantees, taking advantage of an offer of another chance from the Treasury Department, even though the loan board rejected its bid a day earlier.
But the unusual opportunity -- one not extended to any other airline that applied for a loan package -- ignited a political storm for United, the nation's second-largest airline behind American.
| United Airlines scrambled yesterday to revise its application for $1.6 billion in federal loan guarantees, taking advantage of an offer of another chance from the Treasury Department, even though the loan board rejected its bid a day earlier. But the unusual opportunity -- one not extended to any other airline that applied for a loan package -- ignited a political storm for United, the nation's second-largest airline behind American. United's chance for a third attempt at devising an acceptable application came after both the White House and House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert spoke with Treasury Secretary John W. Snow, a Treasury official said yesterday. Yet industry analysts said that even if Washington ultimately provided the assistance that United maintains it cannot obtain from Wall Street, the airline could |
1351278 | 2001 | 12 | 14 | Getting Into College On Early Decision |
To the Editor:
Re ''Yale President Wants to End Early Decisions for Admissions'' (news article, Dec. 13):
Richard C. Levin, the president of Yale, has done all of us a service by questioning the explosive growth in early-decision applications.
| To the Editor: Re ''Yale President Wants to End Early Decisions for Admissions'' (news article, Dec. 13): Richard C. Levin, the president of Yale, has done all of us a service by questioning the explosive growth in early-decision applications. My own view is that a significant number of students know their own minds well enough to apply early and commit to attend if they are offered admission, and that the practice therefore need not be eliminated altogether. For these students, early admission can be a release from unnecessary concern and distraction in their last semester of high school. Institutions should exercise self-restraint by putting a ceiling on the percentage of the class admitted by early decision. Doing so would reduce the admissions advantage that students earn by applying |
1364710 | 2002 | 02 | 03 | Private Sector; He Loves New York, Up to a Point |
Milton Glaser, the graphic designer who revised and copyrighted his famous ''I
New York'' logo after the Sept. 11 attacks, has chosen not to pursue what he calls ''rogue manufacturers'' who have appropriated the new design for bootleg T-shirts and souvenirs. But Mr. Glaser, 72, expressed dismay last week over the competing memorial proposals for the World Trade Center site. In a telephone interview, Mr. Glaser, who had worked on the design of the Windows on the World restaurant, said: ''There's such an odd rush to judgment here, it gives me the creeps. The process has been very disturbing. It's very early in the game to come to an understanding of what has to be done.'' Any memorial, he said, ''should be an artistic expression that really says what the city excels in, the use of the imagination.''
Jane L. Levere
| Milton Glaser, the graphic designer who revised and copyrighted his famous ''I New York'' logo after the Sept. 11 attacks, has chosen not to pursue what he calls ''rogue manufacturers'' who have appropriated the new design for bootleg T-shirts and souvenirs. But Mr. Glaser, 72, expressed dismay last week over the competing memorial proposals for the World Trade Center site. In a telephone interview, Mr. Glaser, who had worked on the design of the Windows on the World restaurant, said: ''There's such an odd rush to judgment here, it gives me the creeps. The process has been very disturbing. It's very early in the game to come to an understanding of what has to be done.'' Any memorial, he said, ''should be an artistic expression that really says |
1392301 | 2002 | 05 | 14 | Paid Notice: Deaths LEFF, JOEL B. |
LEFF-Joel B. Died on May 7, 2002 in New York, New York. Beloved husband of Jeanne, father of Adam, brother to Richard, and oldest son of Zena Leff. Co-founder and Chairman of ForstmannLeff Assoc. LLC. Joel Leff was not merely a financial wizard, but a master of Art, and dedicated phillanthropist. Family will be receiving friends Tuesday, May 14, 2002, 3-5 & 6-8 PM at Frank E. Campbell 1076 Madison Avenue at 81st Street. Memorial Service will be held Wed., May 15, 5 P.M. at The Metropolitan Club, Fifth Ave. at 60 Street. Contributions in his memory may be made to: Sheltering Arms, 122 East 29th Street, NY, NY 10016, or The Southampton Fresh-Air Home, P.O. Box 244, Southampton, New York 11969.
LEFF-Joel. With deep sorrow and affection, we mourn the passing of our dear friend and co-founder. Joel brought remarkable wisdom, energy and good humor to everything and everyone he touched. He will always be remembered. We extend our sincere condolences and sympathy to his family and friends. Fortsmann-Leff Associates, LLC
| LEFF-Joel B. Died on May 7, 2002 in New York, New York. Beloved husband of Jeanne, father of Adam, brother to Richard, and oldest son of Zena Leff. Co-founder and Chairman of ForstmannLeff Assoc. LLC. Joel Leff was not merely a financial wizard, but a master of Art, and dedicated phillanthropist. Family will be receiving friends Tuesday, May 14, 2002, 3-5 & 6-8 PM at Frank E. Campbell 1076 Madison Avenue at 81st Street. Memorial Service will be held Wed., May 15, 5 P.M. at The Metropolitan Club, Fifth Ave. at 60 Street. Contributions in his memory may be made to: Sheltering Arms, 122 East 29th Street, NY, NY 10016, or The Southampton Fresh-Air Home, P.O. Box 244, Southampton, New York 11969. LEFF-Joel. With deep sorrow and affection, |
1738500 | 2006 | 02 | 10 | A Vivid Back Story For a Stella Legend |
EVERY art form cultivates its creation myths. Rock 'n' roll has Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis. The modern novel has ''Ulysses'' and its 18th-century precedent, ''Tristram Shandy.'' Late-night television has Jack Parr and Ernie Kovacs. Underground comics have R. Crumb.
Postwar American painting has Jackson Pollock's drips, Jasper Johns's flags, Andy Warhol's Elvises and Frank Stella's Black Paintings, all of which emerged in New York in stunning succession from the late 1940's to the early 60's. At the moment, the brooding, darkly titled Black Paintings that Mr. Stella made mostly in 1959, when he was only 23, may ring the least bells. They have probably never been less a force in contemporary painting or public consciousness than now.
| EVERY art form cultivates its creation myths. Rock 'n' roll has Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis. The modern novel has ''Ulysses'' and its 18th-century precedent, ''Tristram Shandy.'' Late-night television has Jack Parr and Ernie Kovacs. Underground comics have R. Crumb. Postwar American painting has Jackson Pollock's drips, Jasper Johns's flags, Andy Warhol's Elvises and Frank Stella's Black Paintings, all of which emerged in New York in stunning succession from the late 1940's to the early 60's. At the moment, the brooding, darkly titled Black Paintings that Mr. Stella made mostly in 1959, when he was only 23, may ring the least bells. They have probably never been less a force in contemporary painting or public consciousness than now. The status of the Black Paintings could improve with |
1771634 | 2006 | 06 | 25 | Julie Hom, Jacob Mandell |
Julie Mai Hom and Jacob Mandell were married last evening in Cambridge, Mass. Susie Waysdorf, an aunt of the bridegroom who had permission from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to officiate, led the ceremony at Hotel@MIT.
The bride, 26, teaches art at Weston High School in Weston, Mass. She graduated from Georgetown and is a candidate for a master's degree in art education at the Massachusetts College of Art.
| Julie Mai Hom and Jacob Mandell were married last evening in Cambridge, Mass. Susie Waysdorf, an aunt of the bridegroom who had permission from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to officiate, led the ceremony at Hotel@MIT. The bride, 26, teaches art at Weston High School in Weston, Mass. She graduated from Georgetown and is a candidate for a master's degree in art education at the Massachusetts College of Art. She is the daughter of May Hom and Henry Hom of Newton, Mass. Her father retired as a manager of engineering information and documentation for Teradyne, a designer and manufacturer of electronic test equipment in Boston. Her mother is a coordinator of the neonatal intensive care unit at the Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston. The bridegroom, 30, is a |
1612192 | 2004 | 09 | 18 | Ford Increases Its Forecast For 3rd Quarter |
The Ford Motor Company raised its third-quarter earnings forecast on Friday and announced the beginning of a restructuring plan for its struggling Jaguar division.
As part of the plan, Ford will cut 1,150 jobs in England, in large part by closing its 53-year-old Browns Lane assembly plant in Coventry. The company also said that Jaguar would sell its Formula One Racing business and refocus on its core business.
| The Ford Motor Company raised its third-quarter earnings forecast on Friday and announced the beginning of a restructuring plan for its struggling Jaguar division. As part of the plan, Ford will cut 1,150 jobs in England, in large part by closing its 53-year-old Browns Lane assembly plant in Coventry. The company also said that Jaguar would sell its Formula One Racing business and refocus on its core business. ''The actions we are taking today, while difficult, are absolutely necessary to set Jaguar back on the right path,'' said Jim Padilla, Ford's chief operating officer. For the company over all, Ford said that cost cuts and strength in its lending division would continue to bolster results even as its market share has been plummeting in its home market. Ford |
1436194 | 2002 | 10 | 30 | Shocks, Fits And Jolts, All Inevitable |
Because more than a dozen music ensembles and presenting institutions in New York were interested in acknowledging the 100th anniversary of the composer Stefan Wolpe's birth in Berlin in 1902, there is, in effect, a citywide Wolpe festival going on this season. It began earlier this month at Merkin Concert Hall. On Saturday night the 92nd Street Y offered the first of its Wolpe events: a riveting program performed by the pianist Peter Serkin, the violinist Daniel Phillips and the Brentano String quartet.
The enthusiasm of the audience, which nearly filled the hall, was surely heartening to the performers, especially Mr. Serkin, who reveres Wolpe so much he named one of his children Stefan. Among the general public, Wolpe's transfixing music is typically perceived as steely and forbiddingly complex, though that perception is usually based more on hearsay than hearings. This festival may help change things.
| Because more than a dozen music ensembles and presenting institutions in New York were interested in acknowledging the 100th anniversary of the composer Stefan Wolpe's birth in Berlin in 1902, there is, in effect, a citywide Wolpe festival going on this season. It began earlier this month at Merkin Concert Hall. On Saturday night the 92nd Street Y offered the first of its Wolpe events: a riveting program performed by the pianist Peter Serkin, the violinist Daniel Phillips and the Brentano String quartet. The enthusiasm of the audience, which nearly filled the hall, was surely heartening to the performers, especially Mr. Serkin, who reveres Wolpe so much he named one of his children Stefan. Among the general public, Wolpe's transfixing music is typically perceived as steely and forbiddingly |
1473552 | 2003 | 03 | 19 | Jack Goldstein, 57; Helped to Explore Post-Modernist Art |
Jack Goldstein, an artist whose performances, short films, paintings and sound pieces of the late 1970's and early 80's helped define the early stages of post-modernist art, died on Friday at his home in San Bernardino, Calif.
Mr. Goldstein, who had struggled for many years to overcome drug dependency and chronic depression, committed suicide, said Brian Butler, a Los Angeles art dealer who represented him. He was 57.
| Jack Goldstein, an artist whose performances, short films, paintings and sound pieces of the late 1970's and early 80's helped define the early stages of post-modernist art, died on Friday at his home in San Bernardino, Calif. Mr. Goldstein, who had struggled for many years to overcome drug dependency and chronic depression, committed suicide, said Brian Butler, a Los Angeles art dealer who represented him. He was 57. For a while, Mr. Goldstein, who was born in Montreal in 1945 and moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was a teenager, was a leading member of a generation intrigued by the power and mechanisms of representation in mass culture. He earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Chouinard Art Institute in 1970 and a |
1303120 | 2001 | 06 | 20 | Goldman Earnings Decline; Lehman Posts an Increase |
Yellow lights flashed on Wall Street yesterday as two big investment banks reported distinctly different results for the last quarter but shared a cautious outlook for the rest of the year.
The Goldman Sachs Group, a leading underwriter of initial public offerings and a top adviser on mergers, said the steep drop in sales of new stocks and the slowdown in merger activity combined to push its second-quarter earnings down 24 percent, to $577 million. Lehman Brothers Holdings, a smaller firm that, like Goldman, has remained independent amid a wave of consolidation, reported a 14 percent increase in net income, to $430 million.
| Yellow lights flashed on Wall Street yesterday as two big investment banks reported distinctly different results for the last quarter but shared a cautious outlook for the rest of the year. The Goldman Sachs Group, a leading underwriter of initial public offerings and a top adviser on mergers, said the steep drop in sales of new stocks and the slowdown in merger activity combined to push its second-quarter earnings down 24 percent, to $577 million. Lehman Brothers Holdings, a smaller firm that, like Goldman, has remained independent amid a wave of consolidation, reported a 14 percent increase in net income, to $430 million. ''It was night and day,'' said Amy Butte, an analyst at Bear, Stearns. ''When the markets are doing well, Goldman will outperform. Unfortunately, on the |
1806138 | 2006 | 11 | 19 | New Jersey Weekend: Oh! The Places They Crowd -- Saturday; Noon: Manicure, Side of Dish |
Maria Salandra might have transformed Nicole Kidman's or Jennifer Connelly's nails before turning to her regular clients at Finger Fitness in Cliffside Park. In fact, you might say their hands are separated from those of A-list celebrities by fewer than six degrees.
Ms. Salandra, a nail technician, is best known for the pink and white acrylics of Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano, but she can do gels that look like they ''grew out of you,'' she says, create 3-D holiday art or match your color to a Porsche 944.
| Maria Salandra might have transformed Nicole Kidman's or Jennifer Connelly's nails before turning to her regular clients at Finger Fitness in Cliffside Park. In fact, you might say their hands are separated from those of A-list celebrities by fewer than six degrees. Ms. Salandra, a nail technician, is best known for the pink and white acrylics of Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano, but she can do gels that look like they ''grew out of you,'' she says, create 3-D holiday art or match your color to a Porsche 944. While it's exciting to race to a Manhattan movie set and turn Russell Crowe's manly hands into the refined-looking ones of John Nash, Ms. Salandra feels at home in her hometown, at her intimate salon, where a basic manicure |
1670840 | 2005 | 05 | 08 | IN THE REGION/New Jersey; Big Homes for Town Founded by Slaves |
LAWNSIDE, a haven for African Americans since the days of the Underground Railroad, when former slaves secretly built homes there on land made available by a Quaker from the adjacent settlement of Haddonfield, is now reaching out to higher-income home buyers with a new development of 25 spacious homes.
The basic price for a single-family house at the Woods at River Run, as the development is called, is $460,000, but it is expected that many will sell for well above that.
| LAWNSIDE, a haven for African Americans since the days of the Underground Railroad, when former slaves secretly built homes there on land made available by a Quaker from the adjacent settlement of Haddonfield, is now reaching out to higher-income home buyers with a new development of 25 spacious homes. The basic price for a single-family house at the Woods at River Run, as the development is called, is $460,000, but it is expected that many will sell for well above that. The Community Preservation Corporation of New Jersey, a nonprofit lending institution set up six years ago to aid community-based developers, is providing construction financing through its $4.1 million revolving fund. Woods at River Run is a most unusual project for the corporation, said its vice president, Annemarie |
1842523 | 2007 | 04 | 24 | Writing Poems in Human Calligraphy |
There were no cutting-edge eruptions, just the quiet pleasure of well-made art, in four dances performed by Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers on Friday night at Queens Theater in the Park.
The evening's premiere, ''Traces of Brush,'' explored the parallels between dance and ancient Chinese calligraphy. Set to charged, atmospheric music by Andy Teirstein, ''Traces'' began with a starkly suggestive poem about calligraphic art, written and read by Myrna Patterson on a dim stage, which she shared with a mysterious, crouching male dancer in a long white skirt.
| There were no cutting-edge eruptions, just the quiet pleasure of well-made art, in four dances performed by Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers on Friday night at Queens Theater in the Park. The evening's premiere, ''Traces of Brush,'' explored the parallels between dance and ancient Chinese calligraphy. Set to charged, atmospheric music by Andy Teirstein, ''Traces'' began with a starkly suggestive poem about calligraphic art, written and read by Myrna Patterson on a dim stage, which she shared with a mysterious, crouching male dancer in a long white skirt. Their move into the wings drew on six other dancers -- Jillian Harris, Adam Klotz, Mr. Lin, Kimberly Miller, Wendy Joy Reinert and Jennifer Rose -- dressed in loose white costumes and moving through what looked like a physicalization of the poem. A |
1466541 | 2003 | 02 | 21 | Think Trucks Are Scary? It's Mutual |
WHEN truck drivers get down from their cabs and into their own cars, they are back on the level driving field with everyone else. But once you've spent some serious time navigating through traffic from a trucker's perch, the road will never look the same again.
Driving the family car, truckers apply the lessons they learned in their trucks, most of which can be summarized in a sentence: Watch out for the other drivers -- you never know what they're going to do.
| WHEN truck drivers get down from their cabs and into their own cars, they are back on the level driving field with everyone else. But once you've spent some serious time navigating through traffic from a trucker's perch, the road will never look the same again. Driving the family car, truckers apply the lessons they learned in their trucks, most of which can be summarized in a sentence: Watch out for the other drivers -- you never know what they're going to do. Many car drivers fear sharing the road with big, powerful 18-wheelers. What they don't realize is that the feeling may be mutual. Sam Hurtubise, 28, of Claymore, Okla., who moved from accounting to truck driving six months ago, hauling fabricated metal on a flatbed, said, |
1489749 | 2003 | 05 | 18 | Swimming Abroad |
To the Editor: Regarding Darlyn Brewer Hoffstot's essay ''Swimming in the Middle of London'' (April 27): When on vacation I always carry my goggles, looking for ''swimmable water everywhere I go.'' While I prefer the freshwater lakes of New England and the Caribbean for free water swimming, had I known, I would never have missed the opportunity to swim in the Serpentine.
| To the Editor: Regarding Darlyn Brewer Hoffstot's essay ''Swimming in the Middle of London'' (April 27): When on vacation I always carry my goggles, looking for ''swimmable water everywhere I go.'' While I prefer the freshwater lakes of New England and the Caribbean for free water swimming, had I known, I would never have missed the opportunity to swim in the Serpentine. On a Windstar cruise on the French and Italian Rivieras, I was not permitted to swim off the boat to shore, so I had to settle for swims off the beaches in Cannes, St.-Tropez, Portoferraio, Elba and Porto Vecchio, Corsica. Memorable was a swim in the public saltwater pool in the center of Monte Carlo, the day after the Grand Prix. I had my goggles with |
1656896 | 2005 | 03 | 13 | Team Altruism |
To the Sports Editor:
''Close Doesn't Always Count in Winning Games'' (March 7), by Benedict Carey, offers quite a paradoxical view: that selfishly decentralized groups are more resilient than a cohesive bunch because they are ''better able to weather outside criticism and internal quarrels.''
First, Charles Darwin believed that an altruistic group prevails over a decentralized one.
| To the Sports Editor: ''Close Doesn't Always Count in Winning Games'' (March 7), by Benedict Carey, offers quite a paradoxical view: that selfishly decentralized groups are more resilient than a cohesive bunch because they are ''better able to weather outside criticism and internal quarrels.'' First, Charles Darwin believed that an altruistic group prevails over a decentralized one. Furthermore, there is no statistical evidence to support this theory. In fact, there is an abundance of evidence that contradicts it: the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers with Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson; the 1980 United States Olympic hockey team; the 1996 Yankees; and, currently, the New England Patriots. Team unity is one of -- if not the most important -- qualities any baseball team, corporation or country in the midst of |
1437526 | 2002 | 11 | 03 | Gay History Joins the Curriculum |
To the Editor:
''Gay History Is Still in the Closet,'' by Richard Goldstein (Op-Ed, Oct. 30), rightly credits Harry Hay, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon as the gay and lesbian community's heroes and laments that so few know of their achievements.
| To the Editor: ''Gay History Is Still in the Closet,'' by Richard Goldstein (Op-Ed, Oct. 30), rightly credits Harry Hay, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon as the gay and lesbian community's heroes and laments that so few know of their achievements. While high schools and colleges are skittish or uninterested in incorporating gay history, there are other insidious factors at work. Age-phobia and homophobia drive older gays and lesbians into invisibility and marginalize us all as we age. Not surprisingly, gays and lesbians often have no sense of their future past their mid-30's. Unless we equally value people of all ages and acknowledge that many who built gay and lesbian history continue to live vibrant, interesting lives today, we will never have the strong community we need to |
1615803 | 2004 | 10 | 02 | Staten Island Phone Let U.S. Eavesdrop On Global Militants |
For the last three months, the defendant who has drawn the most attention in a terror trial under way in Manhattan federal court is Lynne F. Stewart, who made a name as a defense lawyer for suspects accused of terrorism. But as the prosecutors' case has unfolded, most of the evidence about the international conspiracy they hope to prove has centered on a defendant who sits silently beside her, Ahmed Abdel Sattar.
A Staten Island postal worker and a Muslim, Mr. Sattar served as a paralegal aide for Ms. Stewart in the 1995 trial of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the elderly blind Islamic cleric who is serving a life sentence in a United States prison for plotting terrorist attacks in New York.
| For the last three months, the defendant who has drawn the most attention in a terror trial under way in Manhattan federal court is Lynne F. Stewart, who made a name as a defense lawyer for suspects accused of terrorism. But as the prosecutors' case has unfolded, most of the evidence about the international conspiracy they hope to prove has centered on a defendant who sits silently beside her, Ahmed Abdel Sattar. A Staten Island postal worker and a Muslim, Mr. Sattar served as a paralegal aide for Ms. Stewart in the 1995 trial of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the elderly blind Islamic cleric who is serving a life sentence in a United States prison for plotting terrorist attacks in New York. In the years after that trial, |
1751037 | 2006 | 04 | 01 | Paid Notice: Deaths SILVERMAN, JOAN HOPE |
SILVERMAN -- Joan Hope. Daughter of Marty and Dorothy Silverman, died peacefully on March 28 surrounded by her family. She was the devoted mother of Garey, Tracey, Jeremy, Marna, and David; loving sister of Carol and Lorin; and ecstatic grandmother of Abigail. She will be remembered for the grace with which she lived and the support she gave unfailingly. Her gentleness and generosity will be missed by all who loved her. Funeral services were held March 30 at Temple Bet Am Shalom, White Plains, at 10:45 A.M. Friends may call for Shiva at her home, 17 Harrows Lane, Purchase, 5-9 P.M. on March 30 and April 1-5. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Joan Silverman Family Foundation at the Foundation for the Jewish Community, 520 8th Avenue, 20th floor, New York, New York 10018. She will be in our hearts forever.
$(6$)SILVERMAN -- Joan Hope. American ORT mourns the passing of Joan Hope Silverman, beloved sister of one of our key supporters, Lorin Silverman. Our heartfelt condolences are extended to the entire Silverman family. Hope Kessler, Exec. Dir. Joe Cohen, President Robert L. Sill, Chairman of the Board Herbert W. Ackerman, Chairman, Exec. Committee
| SILVERMAN -- Joan Hope. Daughter of Marty and Dorothy Silverman, died peacefully on March 28 surrounded by her family. She was the devoted mother of Garey, Tracey, Jeremy, Marna, and David; loving sister of Carol and Lorin; and ecstatic grandmother of Abigail. She will be remembered for the grace with which she lived and the support she gave unfailingly. Her gentleness and generosity will be missed by all who loved her. Funeral services were held March 30 at Temple Bet Am Shalom, White Plains, at 10:45 A.M. Friends may call for Shiva at her home, 17 Harrows Lane, Purchase, 5-9 P.M. on March 30 and April 1-5. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Joan Silverman Family Foundation at the Foundation for the Jewish Community, |
1474296 | 2003 | 03 | 22 | BUSINESS DIGEST |
House Approves Budget, Including Deep Tax Cuts The House approved a $2.2 trillion spending plan for the next fiscal year by a three-vote margin that would make room for the deep tax cuts proposed by President Bush and lead to deficits for the rest of this decade.
The Senate later rejected a move to cut the president's tax package by more than half and seemed to be on track to passage of a final version of a budget plan. [Page A8.]
| House Approves Budget, Including Deep Tax Cuts The House approved a $2.2 trillion spending plan for the next fiscal year by a three-vote margin that would make room for the deep tax cuts proposed by President Bush and lead to deficits for the rest of this decade. The Senate later rejected a move to cut the president's tax package by more than half and seemed to be on track to passage of a final version of a budget plan. [Page A8.] Weill Nominated for Exchange Board Sanford I. Weill, the chairman and chief executive of Citigroup, the biggest underwriter of stocks and bonds in the nation, has been nominated to serve on the board of the New York Stock Exchange -- not as a representative of Wall Street, |
1335301 | 2001 | 10 | 20 | Fassel Reminds Defense How It Can Help Offense |
It might seem like a given that a professional football player knows how to catch a football. Then again, the Giants' defensive backfield has muffed several potential interceptions this season, including two crucial drops by safeties Sam Garnes and Shaun Williams that could have reversed the outcome of the Giants' 15-14 loss to St. Louis last weekend.
So maybe it was not surprising that Giants Coach Jim Fassel halted today's practice minutes into the session and assembled the defensive backs and linebackers for a pass- catching drill in one corner of the field. He had the players line up opposite two ball-pitching machines. The defenders were instructed to backpedal toward the machines and then turn around, at which point the football would be fired at them at close range.
| It might seem like a given that a professional football player knows how to catch a football. Then again, the Giants' defensive backfield has muffed several potential interceptions this season, including two crucial drops by safeties Sam Garnes and Shaun Williams that could have reversed the outcome of the Giants' 15-14 loss to St. Louis last weekend. So maybe it was not surprising that Giants Coach Jim Fassel halted today's practice minutes into the session and assembled the defensive backs and linebackers for a pass- catching drill in one corner of the field. He had the players line up opposite two ball-pitching machines. The defenders were instructed to backpedal toward the machines and then turn around, at which point the football would be fired at them at close |
1517152 | 2003 | 09 | 05 | U.S. May Stop Reimbursing Tenet Hospital |
The government has notified Tenet Healthcare that it will hold proceedings to bar what had once been one of its most profitable hospitals from federal health care programs, the company announced yesterday.
The move comes after accusations that potentially hundreds of patients had unnecessary heart tests and surgery at the hospital, the Redding Medical Center in Redding, Calif.
| The government has notified Tenet Healthcare that it will hold proceedings to bar what had once been one of its most profitable hospitals from federal health care programs, the company announced yesterday. The move comes after accusations that potentially hundreds of patients had unnecessary heart tests and surgery at the hospital, the Redding Medical Center in Redding, Calif. Tenet was notified late Wednesday by the office of the inspector general with the Department of Health and Human Services of plans to begin proceedings. Tenet has 35 days to submit documents and other evidence to prove that the bar is unnecessary, and it said in a statement yesterday that it would do so. In the notice, Tenet said in a statement, the inspector general's office said it made its |
1449957 | 2002 | 12 | 19 | The Latest Round of Designs Rediscover and Celebrate the Vertical Life |
Built or only imagined, architectural designs all contribute to the larger cause of making cities live. Yesterday, New York got its first look at the latest round of designs for ground zero.
In our hype-drenched era, a critic will have to risk raising cynical eyebrows with superlatives adequate to the occasion. Let them rise. Let them arch into furious knots. The architects have risen to the occasion. So should we.
| Built or only imagined, architectural designs all contribute to the larger cause of making cities live. Yesterday, New York got its first look at the latest round of designs for ground zero. In our hype-drenched era, a critic will have to risk raising cynical eyebrows with superlatives adequate to the occasion. Let them rise. Let them arch into furious knots. The architects have risen to the occasion. So should we. Organized as a study project, the new set of plans is sponsored by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the state agency created to supervise new construction in the financial district. Unlike the initial group of proposals released by the agency last July, these plans throb with energy, imagination, intelligence and the sheer thrill of contributing to a battered |
1358409 | 2002 | 01 | 11 | Data Now In, Retailers Say Merry Holiday |
A blast of icy Yuletide weather and spectacular post-holiday sales saved the nation's retailers from a devastating season.
Sales in stores open at least a year rose 2.3 percent in December, according to the Goldman Sachs Retail Index. Though that is hardly dizzying growth, it was enough to let the nation's merchants and Wall Street investors breathe a sigh of relief.
| A blast of icy Yuletide weather and spectacular post-holiday sales saved the nation's retailers from a devastating season. Sales in stores open at least a year rose 2.3 percent in December, according to the Goldman Sachs Retail Index. Though that is hardly dizzying growth, it was enough to let the nation's merchants and Wall Street investors breathe a sigh of relief. ''The doomsayers were wrong,'' exulted Jeffrey Feiner, a retail stock analyst at Lehman Brothers. ''It was not the worst Christmas in 11 years. Heavy discounting plus cooler weather in the last two weeks enabled retailers to achieve better-than- expected sales.'' Not only were sales better than analysts had predicted, but even with the deep clearance prices that defined this holiday, retailers of every stripe said yesterday that |
1484948 | 2003 | 04 | 29 | TRANSACTIONS |
BASEBALL California League SAN JOSE GIANTS - Announced RHP Jeremy Schmidt has been assigned to extended spring training and INF Ramon Soler has been called up by Norwich of the EL. Midwest League CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS - Announced OF Caleb Maher has been assigned to the team. Loaned OF-INF Sergio Contreras to Puebla of the Mexican League. Central League ALEXANDRIA ACES - Released OF Scott Townsend. AMARILLO DILLAS - Signed RHP Nick Glaser. FORT WORTH CATS - Signed C Brian Moon. Released RHP Matt Randall. JACKSON SENATORS - Released OF Jerry Simmons, RHP Wes Chisnall and DH Peanut Williams.
| BASEBALL California League SAN JOSE GIANTS - Announced RHP Jeremy Schmidt has been assigned to extended spring training and INF Ramon Soler has been called up by Norwich of the EL. Midwest League CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS - Announced OF Caleb Maher has been assigned to the team. Loaned OF-INF Sergio Contreras to Puebla of the Mexican League. Central League ALEXANDRIA ACES - Released OF Scott Townsend. AMARILLO DILLAS - Signed RHP Nick Glaser. FORT WORTH CATS - Signed C Brian Moon. Released RHP Matt Randall. JACKSON SENATORS - Released OF Jerry Simmons, RHP Wes Chisnall and DH Peanut Williams. SPRINGFIELD/OZARK MOUNTAIN DUCKS - Released RHP James Woolshield, LHP Josh Duwe, LHP Brock Smith, INF Jeremy Scheid and OF Jason Thompson. Signed RHP Tim Vasquez, OF Steve Green and |
1623102 | 2004 | 10 | 29 | Paid Notice: Deaths KALLIR, LILIAN |
KALLIR--Lilian. The House of Steinway & Sons deeply mourns the passing of the eminent American pianist, Lilian Kallir, on October 25, 2004 at the age of 73. Lilian Kallir was a treasured member of our Steinway Artist family for nearly 50 years. An inspired soloist, eloquent chamber musician, and a beloved teacher and mentor, Ms. Kallir possessed the most vibrant and nurturing of musical souls. From the time of her debut with The New York Philharmonic at the age of 17, her work and her life have inspired all fortunate to know her and hear her play. Our fond memories of Lilian will continue to enrich us, and we convey our love and heartfelt condolences to Claude, Pamela, Andy, and her entire family. Bruce A. Stevens, President Peter B. Goodrich, V.P., Worldwide Concert and Artist Activities
| KALLIR--Lilian. The House of Steinway & Sons deeply mourns the passing of the eminent American pianist, Lilian Kallir, on October 25, 2004 at the age of 73. Lilian Kallir was a treasured member of our Steinway Artist family for nearly 50 years. An inspired soloist, eloquent chamber musician, and a beloved teacher and mentor, Ms. Kallir possessed the most vibrant and nurturing of musical souls. From the time of her debut with The New York Philharmonic at the age of 17, her work and her life have inspired all fortunate to know her and hear her play. Our fond memories of Lilian will continue to enrich us, and we convey our love and heartfelt condolences to Claude, Pamela, Andy, and her entire family. Bruce A. Stevens, President Peter |
1440465 | 2002 | 11 | 14 | Older Sniper Suspect's Lawyers Consider a Change of Venue |
Defense lawyers for John Muhammad, one of two men charged in the Washington-area sniper attacks, said today that they might seek to move his murder trial away from Prince William County and ask for restrictions on what lawyers and others in the case may say outside the courtroom.
After a 10-minute hearing for Mr. Muhammad in Prince William Circuit Court, his lead lawyer, Peter S. Greenspun, criticized investigators cited as sources of reports of a confession by the other defendant in the shootings, Lee Malvo, 17.
| Defense lawyers for John Muhammad, one of two men charged in the Washington-area sniper attacks, said today that they might seek to move his murder trial away from Prince William County and ask for restrictions on what lawyers and others in the case may say outside the courtroom. After a 10-minute hearing for Mr. Muhammad in Prince William Circuit Court, his lead lawyer, Peter S. Greenspun, criticized investigators cited as sources of reports of a confession by the other defendant in the shootings, Lee Malvo, 17. Mr. Greenspun said there were ''cowards in law enforcement'' who were trying to taint the jury pool and sway public opinion. But he also said that Mr. Muhammad's defense team needed to monitor public opinion further before deciding whether to request a |
1322202 | 2001 | 09 | 03 | As for 'Bespoke,' the Readers Have Spoken |
Last week on this page we noted that the word ''bespoke,'' a venerable English word meaning ''custom made,'' had found its way into information technology circles. The article theorized that the use of this Briticism by an American software executive indicated that the globalization of the information technology industries may be turning British English into a lingua franca of techies.
| Last week on this page we noted that the word ''bespoke,'' a venerable English word meaning ''custom made,'' had found its way into information technology circles. The article theorized that the use of this Briticism by an American software executive indicated that the globalization of the information technology industries may be turning British English into a lingua franca of techies. Many readers weighed in, including Mark Barrenechea, the Oracle software executive whose use of ''bespoke'' set this whole discussion in motion. Here is a sampling of their comments: To the Editor: For God's sake, do not speak of British English! The English of Britain is the Queen's English, otherwise known as English -- of which there are many variants commonly denominated to the area in which they are |
1599973 | 2004 | 07 | 28 | Body Found In New Jersey Is Believed To Be Girl, 16 |
Authorities said the body of a girl believed to be Brittney Gregory, the 16-year-old from Brick Township missing for two weeks, was found on Tuesday morning in a wooded area a quarter-mile from the high school she attended.
''We discovered what appeared to be a grave site,'' said Thomas F. Kelaher, the Ocean County prosecutor. ''We uncovered what appears to be the body of a young woman who to all likelihood is the body of Brittney Gregory.''
| Authorities said the body of a girl believed to be Brittney Gregory, the 16-year-old from Brick Township missing for two weeks, was found on Tuesday morning in a wooded area a quarter-mile from the high school she attended. ''We discovered what appeared to be a grave site,'' said Thomas F. Kelaher, the Ocean County prosecutor. ''We uncovered what appears to be the body of a young woman who to all likelihood is the body of Brittney Gregory.'' A neighbor said the authorities had identified the missing girl through a charm necklace with her name on it. Ms. Gregory, a straight-A student at Brick Memorial High School, was last seen on July 11. A week later, the police arrested Jack Fuller, 38, a family friend, and charged him with |
1554272 | 2004 | 01 | 28 | NASA Says It Is Progressing On Fall Shuttle Launching |
Despite uncertainties about how NASA will comply with some requirements for returning the shuttle fleet to space, officials of the agency said Tuesday that they were making enough progress to stick to a tentative launching date of September or October.
Michael C. Kostelnik, the agency's deputy associate administrator for the shuttle and space station programs, said engineers with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration were performing extensive work in redesigning shuttle systems and procedures to comply with recommendations of the board that investigated the Columbia accident.
| Despite uncertainties about how NASA will comply with some requirements for returning the shuttle fleet to space, officials of the agency said Tuesday that they were making enough progress to stick to a tentative launching date of September or October. Michael C. Kostelnik, the agency's deputy associate administrator for the shuttle and space station programs, said engineers with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration were performing extensive work in redesigning shuttle systems and procedures to comply with recommendations of the board that investigated the Columbia accident. Work is progressing in areas like redesigning the fuel tank to prevent it from shedding debris at liftoff and techniques to repair damage in space, but those efforts take time, officials said. ''We'd like to be further along, given a target in |
1732733 | 2006 | 01 | 17 | At King Event, Mrs. Clinton Denounces G.O.P. Leadership |
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaking yesterday at a ceremony honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., compared the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to a plantation where dissent is not tolerated.
Her comments, made before a predominantly black audience at the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem, drew a harsh response from national Republicans, but black leaders came to her defense.
| Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaking yesterday at a ceremony honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., compared the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to a plantation where dissent is not tolerated. Her comments, made before a predominantly black audience at the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem, drew a harsh response from national Republicans, but black leaders came to her defense. At the ceremony, Mrs. Clinton, the junior Democratic senator from New York, said that Democrats were largely responsible for much of the nation's progress in areas like civil rights and women's rights. But she suggested that things had changed in recent years with the Republicans in control of the White House and Congress, according to a transcript of her remarks. Mrs. Clinton added that the House |
1787354 | 2006 | 09 | 03 | Playing Around With Not-So-Childish Things |
MOST of the plastic figurines at High Five, a toy store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, appear to suffer from psychological problems. A scowling elephant tensely clutches a cigarette. A marijuana-packed cigar inexplicably grips a banana. And what on earth is Oscar Wilde doing wrapped in one of those tacky cardboard and plastic packages?
The toys may look troubled because High Five, on North Fifth Street off Bedford Avenue, is a dystopian never-never land, a place where rock musicians and other grown-ups dally among glass cases lined with deliberately grotesque and occasionally obscene collectibles. Typical items include OX, one of the Ugly Dolls, a stuffed monster whose tongue hangs out in cadaverlike fashion, and a stripper figurine that features movable parts.
| MOST of the plastic figurines at High Five, a toy store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, appear to suffer from psychological problems. A scowling elephant tensely clutches a cigarette. A marijuana-packed cigar inexplicably grips a banana. And what on earth is Oscar Wilde doing wrapped in one of those tacky cardboard and plastic packages? The toys may look troubled because High Five, on North Fifth Street off Bedford Avenue, is a dystopian never-never land, a place where rock musicians and other grown-ups dally among glass cases lined with deliberately grotesque and occasionally obscene collectibles. Typical items include OX, one of the Ugly Dolls, a stuffed monster whose tongue hangs out in cadaverlike fashion, and a stripper figurine that features movable parts. ''It comes with pasties and everything,'' Brian Procell, 23, |
1255034 | 2000 | 12 | 13 | Paid Notice: Deaths PORTO, DAISY M. |
PORTO-Daisy M. Our mother's valiant struggle against lung cancer came to a peaceful end on November 29, 2000. To her children Emilie O'Sullivan and Ben E. Porto, she bequeaths a legacy of a passionate love of life and a commitment never to acknowledge the threat of defeat. To the treasures of her life, grandsons Brad and Ryan O'Sullivan and Joseph and Brian Porto, she imparts endless love and affection. The boys will always cherish her stirring example of courage that belied her petite stature. It is a very difficult void to fill, but her show of consistent strength and grace in the face of great adversity will give them an abundance of enduring and inspirational memories. She leaves behind a sister, Gloria Bianchi, her daughter-in-law Jean Anne Celebrezze Porto and her grandson Joseph's wife, Annie Thompson Porto. As a family we find consolation in her reunion with her beloved husband, Joe. She will now realize all the happiness she gave to so many others. Under the watchful eye of Dr. Mark Kris, her life was extended with quality. Please make contributions in her memory to Lung Cancer Research Fund, #
| PORTO-Daisy M. Our mother's valiant struggle against lung cancer came to a peaceful end on November 29, 2000. To her children Emilie O'Sullivan and Ben E. Porto, she bequeaths a legacy of a passionate love of life and a commitment never to acknowledge the threat of defeat. To the treasures of her life, grandsons Brad and Ryan O'Sullivan and Joseph and Brian Porto, she imparts endless love and affection. The boys will always cherish her stirring example of courage that belied her petite stature. It is a very difficult void to fill, but her show of consistent strength and grace in the face of great adversity will give them an abundance of enduring and inspirational memories. She leaves behind a sister, Gloria Bianchi, her daughter-in-law Jean Anne Celebrezze |
1205389 | 2000 | 06 | 07 | Putting a Face on Egypt, With Eyes That Almost Wink |
STEINWAY STREET between 25th and 28th Avenues in Astoria, Queens, does not look, or smell, like a New York street. On warm evenings the air is flavored with sweet tobacco, as men, young and old, gather outside Middle Eastern cafes to smoke hookahs and drink tiny cups of thick coffee. Long robes and kaffiyehs are as common as Western dress. But perhaps the most unusual sight is the entrance to Mombar, a small Egyptian restaurant that opened about a month ago.
There's no sign for Mombar (pronounced MOOM-bar), just a couple of huge eyes built into the storefront, one made of stucco, the other of tile shards. A door forms a sort of nose between the eyes, and what you see on entering is not so much a restaurant as a work of art.
| STEINWAY STREET between 25th and 28th Avenues in Astoria, Queens, does not look, or smell, like a New York street. On warm evenings the air is flavored with sweet tobacco, as men, young and old, gather outside Middle Eastern cafes to smoke hookahs and drink tiny cups of thick coffee. Long robes and kaffiyehs are as common as Western dress. But perhaps the most unusual sight is the entrance to Mombar, a small Egyptian restaurant that opened about a month ago. There's no sign for Mombar (pronounced MOOM-bar), just a couple of huge eyes built into the storefront, one made of stucco, the other of tile shards. A door forms a sort of nose between the eyes, and what you see on entering is not so much a |
1770208 | 2006 | 06 | 18 | Two- and Four-Wheel Safety |
To the Sports Editor:
Ben Roethlisberger is a large man, but I would bet that the driver of the car that hit him did not see him in the road (''Roethlisberger Sustains Facial Injuries in a Motorcycle Wreck,'' June 13). When, as a practicing orthopedic surgeon, I tended to injured cyclists, I often heard, ''The car just pulled right out in front of me.''
| To the Sports Editor: Ben Roethlisberger is a large man, but I would bet that the driver of the car that hit him did not see him in the road (''Roethlisberger Sustains Facial Injuries in a Motorcycle Wreck,'' June 13). When, as a practicing orthopedic surgeon, I tended to injured cyclists, I often heard, ''The car just pulled right out in front of me.'' To draw attention to themselves, cyclists keep their headlights on. I have often wondered if the addition of a small strobe light on the front fender might improve upon this effort. Mike Harper Dayton, Ohio To the Sports Editor: With his stubborn insistence on helmetless motorcycle riding, Ben Roethlisberger has provided compelling evidence to confirm the conventional wisdom that athletes are stupid. Arthur L. |
1592678 | 2004 | 06 | 27 | IRAQ UPDATE |
TURKS KIDNAPPED -- Al Jazeera reported that the group that killed a South Korean hostage had kidnapped three Turks and was threatening to behead them if Turkish private contractors did not withdraw.
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ATTACKS CONTINUE -- In another day of violence preceding the transfer of sovreignty on Wednesday, a car bomb exploded in Hilla, and there were attacks on two political party offices in Baquba and on members of the Iraqi National Guard in an ambush in Mahmudiya.
[10]
| TURKS KIDNAPPED -- Al Jazeera reported that the group that killed a South Korean hostage had kidnapped three Turks and was threatening to behead them if Turkish private contractors did not withdraw. [Page 10] ATTACKS CONTINUE -- In another day of violence preceding the transfer of sovreignty on Wednesday, a car bomb exploded in Hilla, and there were attacks on two political party offices in Baquba and on members of the Iraqi National Guard in an ambush in Mahmudiya. [10] TRAINING HELP -- President Bush, in Ireland, said he hoped NATO would agree at a summit meeting on Sunday in Istanbul to help with the training of Iraqi security forces. The alliance's secretary general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, said NATO ambassadors in Brussels reached an ''initial agreement'' on |
1175445 | 2000 | 02 | 10 | Campaign Briefing |
THE REPUBLICANS
SEEING STARS -- In a morning appearance on a talk radio program in Columbia, S.C., Gov. George W. Bush hesitated when asked who was his favorite movie star. He said the last movie he had seen was ''Saving Private Ryan.'' Later, he named the action hero Chuck Norris as his favorite star.
Jim Yardley PARENTAL HELP -- Former President George Bush appeared before members of Michigan law-enforcement organizations yesterday and accepted their endorsements of his son. ''He won't let you down,'' President Bush said in Livonia to representatives of the Police Officers Association of Michigan, the state's Deputy Sheriff's Association and the Michigan Fraternal Order of Police.
(AP)
| THE REPUBLICANS SEEING STARS -- In a morning appearance on a talk radio program in Columbia, S.C., Gov. George W. Bush hesitated when asked who was his favorite movie star. He said the last movie he had seen was ''Saving Private Ryan.'' Later, he named the action hero Chuck Norris as his favorite star. Jim Yardley PARENTAL HELP -- Former President George Bush appeared before members of Michigan law-enforcement organizations yesterday and accepted their endorsements of his son. ''He won't let you down,'' President Bush said in Livonia to representatives of the Police Officers Association of Michigan, the state's Deputy Sheriff's Association and the Michigan Fraternal Order of Police. (AP) THE DEMOCRATS TALKING UNION -- Vice President Al Gore spoke at an Ohio A.F.L.-C.I.O. dinner in Dayton yesterday |
1809879 | 2006 | 12 | 06 | Pregnant in Italy |
Julia Moskin's article last Wednesday about drinking during pregnancy inspired a lot of reader reaction. Here are a few of the letters the Dining section received on the subject.
To the Editor:
In 1996, when I was pregnant with my first child, my husband and I set out on a tour of the Italian Piedmont. We visited more than a dozen winemakers; I tasted very judiciously and spat more than I would normally. At mealtime I drank very carefully, never more than a glass per meal.
| Julia Moskin's article last Wednesday about drinking during pregnancy inspired a lot of reader reaction. Here are a few of the letters the Dining section received on the subject. To the Editor: In 1996, when I was pregnant with my first child, my husband and I set out on a tour of the Italian Piedmont. We visited more than a dozen winemakers; I tasted very judiciously and spat more than I would normally. At mealtime I drank very carefully, never more than a glass per meal. I had discussed this with my doctor and he told me to completely abstain. Then he looked around to be sure no one was listening, and he said he had no objections to ONE glass no more than a couple times a |
1604187 | 2004 | 08 | 15 | Pitching Deficiencies, as Usual, Are the Rangers' Downfall |
IF the Texas Rangers reach the playoffs, they will render as nonsense the axiom that pitching is 75 percent of the game.
The Rangers, who except for one day spent five weeks (June 21 through July 28) in first place in the American League West, appear to be cracking, which would come as no surprise from a team that had no business being in the race that long.
| IF the Texas Rangers reach the playoffs, they will render as nonsense the axiom that pitching is 75 percent of the game. The Rangers, who except for one day spent five weeks (June 21 through July 28) in first place in the American League West, appear to be cracking, which would come as no surprise from a team that had no business being in the race that long. The Rangers finished last in each of the last four seasons, and their pitching was not going to be strong enough to promise much difference this season. In three seasons as general manager, John Hart has tried to fix the pitching deficiencies, but about all he did was overpay free-agent relievers and a starter, Chan Ho Park ($65 million for |
1357159 | 2002 | 01 | 06 | QUICK BITE/Maplewood; O, Maplewood, We Stand On Guard . . . |
I didn't know what to expect from a place in Maplewood called the Maple Leaf -- perhaps a Canadian theme restaurant? In my experience, Canadian cuisine consists mainly of doughnuts and beer. Canadians have also have developed a certain dry ginger ale. Yet, aside from Canadian bacon, the Maple Leaf has nothing to do with our neighbors to the north. The menu is that of a diner: every conceivable dish for breakfast, lunch and dinner, all at very reasonable prices. But the mood and spirit of the Maple Leaf is that of an old-fashioned Main Street U.S.A. family restaurant. If there wasn't a teriyaki wrap on the menu, you'd have no idea what decade it was. I tried a specialty sandwich -- the open sliced Romanian steak deluxe (with fries, $6.95). The manager explained that ''Romanian'' is just another name for marinated skirt steak. Regardless, this succulent sandwich is the best export from that country since Nadia Comaneci. My friend Joe ordered the grilled Cajun chicken sandwich (with bacon, mozzarella cheese, and fries, $5.55) and proclaimed it ''Tasty.'' (He did precede it with a word not fit for a family restaurant.) He also enjoyed an egg cream ($1.10). We both sampled the French onion soup ($2.95) served in a crock with melted mozzarella crusting over the sides. How else would it be served? Excellent food, generous portions, good prices, friendly servers and a pleasing atmosphere: Make-believe? No. Maple Leaf.
Jack Silbert
Maple Leaf Diner, 165 Maplewood Avenue, Maplewood; (973) 763-8833; Sundays through Thursdays, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
| I didn't know what to expect from a place in Maplewood called the Maple Leaf -- perhaps a Canadian theme restaurant? In my experience, Canadian cuisine consists mainly of doughnuts and beer. Canadians have also have developed a certain dry ginger ale. Yet, aside from Canadian bacon, the Maple Leaf has nothing to do with our neighbors to the north. The menu is that of a diner: every conceivable dish for breakfast, lunch and dinner, all at very reasonable prices. But the mood and spirit of the Maple Leaf is that of an old-fashioned Main Street U.S.A. family restaurant. If there wasn't a teriyaki wrap on the menu, you'd have no idea what decade it was. I tried a specialty sandwich -- the open sliced Romanian steak deluxe |
1506902 | 2003 | 07 | 24 | Metro Briefing | New Jersey: Trenton: Emissions Test Delayed |
The state will postpone until January a requirement that the owners of about 640,000 automobiles take a new emissions test, Bradley M. Campbell, the state environmental protection commissioner, said yesterday. The state wants more time to educate drivers about the new test, he said. Previously set for Aug. 4, the test would have applied to the owners of cars in the 1996 and 1997 model years. The new test reads emission data from a computer in the automobile and will replace what is known as the tailpipe test, where actual emissions are measured. The state had planned to introduce the computer examination for automobiles dating from the 1996 model year to the present. Mr. Campbell said the postponement did not affect cars in the 1998 model year and later.
Stacy Albin (NYT)
| The state will postpone until January a requirement that the owners of about 640,000 automobiles take a new emissions test, Bradley M. Campbell, the state environmental protection commissioner, said yesterday. The state wants more time to educate drivers about the new test, he said. Previously set for Aug. 4, the test would have applied to the owners of cars in the 1996 and 1997 model years. The new test reads emission data from a computer in the automobile and will replace what is known as the tailpipe test, where actual emissions are measured. The state had planned to introduce the computer examination for automobiles dating from the 1996 model year to the present. Mr. Campbell said the postponement did not affect cars in the 1998 model year and |
1301950 | 2001 | 06 | 16 | Amos Perlmutter, 69, Expert On Middle Eastern Affairs |
Amos Perlmutter, a Washington-based political scientist, author and commentator on Middle Eastern affairs, died Tuesday at a hospital in Washington. He was 69.
The cause was cancer, his family said.
| Amos Perlmutter, a Washington-based political scientist, author and commentator on Middle Eastern affairs, died Tuesday at a hospital in Washington. He was 69. The cause was cancer, his family said. He was the author of 15 books and innumerable articles and essays about the Middle East and American foreign and security policies. Topics included strategic studies, military sociology and comparative politics. Dr. Perlmutter's last newspaper column, ''Arafat's Failed Utopia,'' a critique of the Middle East peace effort, appeared in The Jerusalem Post on June 8. He was born in Bialystok in northeastern Poland, grew up in Palestine and fought for Israel in the wars of 1948, 1956 and 1973. Before settling in Washington, he served as atomic energy commissioner in Israel, political adviser to the Israeli military and |
1311722 | 2001 | 07 | 24 | At Bridge Championship, Familiar Winners |
One of the world's most successful partnerships won another major title here on Sunday night at the American Contract Bridge League's Summer National Championships.
The Life Master Pairs, which has a 72-year history, was won, by a wide margin, by Robert Levin of Riverdale, N.Y., and Steve Weinstein of Glen Ridge, N.J. Both have won the event with other partners, and together they won the 1999 Cavendish Pairs in Las Vegas.
| One of the world's most successful partnerships won another major title here on Sunday night at the American Contract Bridge League's Summer National Championships. The Life Master Pairs, which has a 72-year history, was won, by a wide margin, by Robert Levin of Riverdale, N.Y., and Steve Weinstein of Glen Ridge, N.J. Both have won the event with other partners, and together they won the 1999 Cavendish Pairs in Las Vegas. These were the final standings: First: Levin and Weinstein, 2,579.23 match points. Second: Gary Cohler of Highland Park, Ill., and Ralph Katz of Hinsdale, Ill., 2,504.02. Third: Robert Gookin of Falls Church, Va., and Earl Glickstein of Gaithersburg, Md., 2,472.63. Fourth: Fred Stewart of Kingston, N.Y., and Kit Woolsey of Kensington, Calif., 2,413.19. The Spingold Knockout Teams |
1476840 | 2003 | 03 | 30 | Virginia James, Eli Cohen |
Virginia Grace James and Eli Augustus Cohen were married yesterday at the Independent Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Ala. The Rev. Dr. James L. Carter, a Presbyterian minister, performed the ceremony in which the Rev. William P. Billow Jr., an Episcopal priest, took part.
The couple, both 25, met at Harvard, from which they graduated magna cum laude.
| Virginia Grace James and Eli Augustus Cohen were married yesterday at the Independent Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Ala. The Rev. Dr. James L. Carter, a Presbyterian minister, performed the ceremony in which the Rev. William P. Billow Jr., an Episcopal priest, took part. The couple, both 25, met at Harvard, from which they graduated magna cum laude. Mrs. Cohen is a candidate for a medical degree at Yale. Her parents, Anna and Donald James, live in Birmingham, where her father is the chief executive of the Vulcan Materials Company, suppliers of crushed stone, sand and gravel. Her mother sits on the boards of the Birmingham Zoo and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Cohen is studying for law and M.B.A. degrees at Harvard. His parents, Bonnie and Louis Cohen, |
1370758 | 2002 | 02 | 25 | Security Is an Issue For Future Games |
''THE best thing about these Games?'' Valentino Castellani asked before the likes of Willie Nelson and Kiss helped put another American Olympics to bed. ''I would have to say that I was able to experience a high level of security, but all of us were very relaxed here. You know, you can be very secure but also very anxious.''
Castellani, president of Torino 2006, next up on the Winter Olympics docket, spent the past 16 days much like the rest of us: going through the metal detectors, turning on his cellphone for the pleasant volunteers, treading carefully past Guardsmen in fatigues and occasionally glancing skyward as F-16's roared by.
| ''THE best thing about these Games?'' Valentino Castellani asked before the likes of Willie Nelson and Kiss helped put another American Olympics to bed. ''I would have to say that I was able to experience a high level of security, but all of us were very relaxed here. You know, you can be very secure but also very anxious.'' Castellani, president of Torino 2006, next up on the Winter Olympics docket, spent the past 16 days much like the rest of us: going through the metal detectors, turning on his cellphone for the pleasant volunteers, treading carefully past Guardsmen in fatigues and occasionally glancing skyward as F-16's roared by. As military presences go, this was not much more than the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain, where machine-gun-toting |
1485226 | 2003 | 05 | 01 | Saudi Arabia Awakes to the Perils of Inbreeding |
When she was 17, marrying age for a Saudi girl, Salha al-Hefthi was presented with a husband.
She was lucky, her parents told her when they planned the wedding, that she was to marry such a good man, a man from her own tribe, a man who would care for their children and make a good living. He was the son of her father's brother -- her first cousin -- and everyone, including the bride, agreed that ''a first cousin was a first choice,'' she said.
| When she was 17, marrying age for a Saudi girl, Salha al-Hefthi was presented with a husband. She was lucky, her parents told her when they planned the wedding, that she was to marry such a good man, a man from her own tribe, a man who would care for their children and make a good living. He was the son of her father's brother -- her first cousin -- and everyone, including the bride, agreed that ''a first cousin was a first choice,'' she said. The couple had two healthy boys, now 22 and 20, but their third child, a girl, was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a crippling and usually fatal disease that was carried in the genes of both parents. Their fourth, sixth and seventh |
1849247 | 2007 | 05 | 22 | Comments Make Giambi A Target of Investigators |
When Major League Baseball investigates Jason Giambi's tacit admission that he used steroids, there is no guarantee that Commissioner Bud Selig will meet with him. Selig is planning first to have one of his chief labor executives conduct an interview with Giambi soon.
Once Giambi, the Yankees' designated hitter, agrees to meet with the executive -- most likely Rob Manfred, one of baseball's executive vice presidents, or Frank Coonelly, one of baseball's lawyers -- the information will be presented to Selig. After Selig reviews it, he will decide if he needs to speak with Giambi. No timetable has been set.
| When Major League Baseball investigates Jason Giambi's tacit admission that he used steroids, there is no guarantee that Commissioner Bud Selig will meet with him. Selig is planning first to have one of his chief labor executives conduct an interview with Giambi soon. Once Giambi, the Yankees' designated hitter, agrees to meet with the executive -- most likely Rob Manfred, one of baseball's executive vice presidents, or Frank Coonelly, one of baseball's lawyers -- the information will be presented to Selig. After Selig reviews it, he will decide if he needs to speak with Giambi. No timetable has been set. Giambi created new problems for himself last week by speaking publicly for the first time about steroid use. In an article in USA Today, Giambi discussed the subject |
1753016 | 2006 | 04 | 09 | The Secret Life of the Mind |
IN SEARCH OF MEMORY
The Emergence of a New Science of Mind.
By Eric R. Kandel.
Illustrated. 510 pp. W. W. Norton & Company. $29.95.
| IN SEARCH OF MEMORY The Emergence of a New Science of Mind. By Eric R. Kandel. Illustrated. 510 pp. W. W. Norton & Company. $29.95. Visiting Vienna for the first time some 20 years ago, I splurged on two tickets in a box at the Staatsoper so my wife and I could see a performance of ''Aida'' in that legendary hall, the site of so many fabled performances since its opening in the days of the city's 19th-century grandeur. The production was undistinguished, but that was far less a disappointment than our sense of the audience upon whom we gazed from our privileged perch. They were prosperous-looking, many dressed in evening clothes and seemingly attentive to the spectacle before them, but their responses were bland, colorless. It was |
1732367 | 2006 | 01 | 15 | Palestinian Lives |
GATE OF THE SUN
By Elias Khoury.
Translated by Humphrey Davies.
539 pp. Archipelago Books. $26.
| GATE OF THE SUN By Elias Khoury. Translated by Humphrey Davies. 539 pp. Archipelago Books. $26. TO Americans, the novel in Arabic remains on the margins. Nonfiction devoted to the Arab world may be in demand, but interest in Arab literature, even after Naguib Mahfouz's Nobel Prize in 1988, hasn't moved too far past Aladdin and Sinbad. Elias Khoury is one of a handful of contemporary Arab novelists to have gained a measure of Western attention. He is also one of the few to write about the Palestinian experience, albeit from the perspective of an outsider. As a Christian born in Beirut in 1948, at the moment of Israel's inception, Khoury was too young to know firsthand the events that ''Gate of the Sun'' encompasses. Unlike the Palestinian |
1648083 | 2005 | 02 | 07 | La Russa Disputes Claims in Canseco's Book |
Tony La Russa had two young sluggers on his Oakland Athletics teams of the late 1980's. Mark McGwire trained vigorously to become one of baseball's most productive power hitters, La Russa said yesterday. Then there was Jose Canseco, who reportedly implicates McGwire as a steroid user in his new book.
''I am absolutely certain that Mark earned his size and strength from hard work and a disciplined lifestyle,'' La Russa, the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals since 1996, said in a telephone interview yesterday. ''When he was a kid in 1987, he hit 49 home runs. It's a real shame. For some people, this is going to put a stain.''
| Tony La Russa had two young sluggers on his Oakland Athletics teams of the late 1980's. Mark McGwire trained vigorously to become one of baseball's most productive power hitters, La Russa said yesterday. Then there was Jose Canseco, who reportedly implicates McGwire as a steroid user in his new book. ''I am absolutely certain that Mark earned his size and strength from hard work and a disciplined lifestyle,'' La Russa, the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals since 1996, said in a telephone interview yesterday. ''When he was a kid in 1987, he hit 49 home runs. It's a real shame. For some people, this is going to put a stain.'' According to a report yesterday in The Daily News, Canseco contends in his book, ''Juiced,'' that he |
1301445 | 2001 | 06 | 14 | Footlights |
NEWS
Coming In For people who just can't wait for summer, the solstice arrives next Thursday at 3:38 a.m. But festivities surrounding the season's official arrival can be savored tomorrow and Saturday at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in the form of ''Journey With the Sun: Paul Winter's Eighth Annual Summer Solstice Celebration.'' Among the performers in this world music concert are not only Mr. Winter, a Grammy-winning saxophonist, but also the Irish singer Karan Casey, the uilleann piper Jerry Sullivan and the jazz pianist Paul Sullivan. Late sleepers can partake of the sunset concerts at 7:30 on Friday and Saturday nights, but early risers and nightlong pub-crawlers can pay tribute to the year's longest day at the sunrise concert at 4:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Sight Site The old becomes new on Saturday night when the expanded and renovated Rome Theater, which opened in 1925 in Pleasantville, N.Y., takes a fresh lease on life as the Burns Film Center. In collaboration with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Burns center, adjacent to the Metro-North station, will bring independent, foreign and documentary film to Westchester County, along with educational programming. The center, a nonprofit group, houses theaters seating 265, 145 and 70, as well as an art gallery, reception space, library and cafe. It will open on Saturday evening with an invitational party, whose anticipated guests include Glenn Close, Ang Lee, Paul Schrader and Vanessa Williams. The doors open to the public next Thursday with a French film festival.
| NEWS Coming In For people who just can't wait for summer, the solstice arrives next Thursday at 3:38 a.m. But festivities surrounding the season's official arrival can be savored tomorrow and Saturday at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in the form of ''Journey With the Sun: Paul Winter's Eighth Annual Summer Solstice Celebration.'' Among the performers in this world music concert are not only Mr. Winter, a Grammy-winning saxophonist, but also the Irish singer Karan Casey, the uilleann piper Jerry Sullivan and the jazz pianist Paul Sullivan. Late sleepers can partake of the sunset concerts at 7:30 on Friday and Saturday nights, but early risers and nightlong pub-crawlers can pay tribute to the year's longest day at the sunrise concert at 4:30 a.m. on Saturday. Sight |
1648491 | 2005 | 02 | 09 | Marc Jacobs Turns Past Into Never-Never Land |
Most good designers will acknowledge that despite the attention they receive as individuals, their collections are a collaborative effort, the work of teams of anonymous assistants. It was true for Tom Ford at Gucci, relying on Christopher Bailey and Francisco Costa, and it is true for Marc Jacobs, whose show on Monday night seemed to reflect a young person's curiosity about the designs of Rei Kawakubo and Romeo Gigli.
Ms. Kawakubo, whose Comme des Garçons collections in the 1980's broke ranks with Paris fashion, is about as hot as a person can get, a maverick in middle age. And Mr. Gigli, whose Paris debut in the spring of 1993 is still remembered for the tinkle of Murano glass on the models' poetic costumes, is ripe for a revival.
| Most good designers will acknowledge that despite the attention they receive as individuals, their collections are a collaborative effort, the work of teams of anonymous assistants. It was true for Tom Ford at Gucci, relying on Christopher Bailey and Francisco Costa, and it is true for Marc Jacobs, whose show on Monday night seemed to reflect a young person's curiosity about the designs of Rei Kawakubo and Romeo Gigli. Ms. Kawakubo, whose Comme des Garçons collections in the 1980's broke ranks with Paris fashion, is about as hot as a person can get, a maverick in middle age. And Mr. Gigli, whose Paris debut in the spring of 1993 is still remembered for the tinkle of Murano glass on the models' poetic costumes, is ripe for a revival. |
1291613 | 2001 | 05 | 08 | A Baltimore Acquisition Is Part of Eisner's Plan |
Eisner Communications in Baltimore is expanding through an acquisition and the formation of two divisions.
Eisner acquired Underground Advertising in Baltimore, an agency with five employees and billings estimated at $5 million that specializes in handling smaller accounts. Terms were not disclosed. Underground will operate as a division of Eisner under the name Eisner Underground. Eric Hartsock, 35, president at Underground, becomes managing partner at Eisner Underground.
| Eisner Communications in Baltimore is expanding through an acquisition and the formation of two divisions. Eisner acquired Underground Advertising in Baltimore, an agency with five employees and billings estimated at $5 million that specializes in handling smaller accounts. Terms were not disclosed. Underground will operate as a division of Eisner under the name Eisner Underground. Eric Hartsock, 35, president at Underground, becomes managing partner at Eisner Underground. One new division, Beverly & Eisner Communications, will be focused on marketing to multicultural consumer groups like blacks, Hispanics, Asian-Americans and gay men and lesbians. It will be headed by Debora Beverly and Sara Eisner as managing partners. The other new division, Eisner Interactive, will be focused on Web services. It will be headed by Michael Teitelbaum, 43, as managing partner. |
1328484 | 2001 | 09 | 26 | Paid Notice: Deaths PATERSON, STEVEN B. |
PATERSON-Steven B., 40, in the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center. Resident of Ridgewood, N.J., and devoted son of the late George and Kathryn Paterson of Hazlet, N.J. Cherished beyond measure by his family: his adored wife, Lisa, and four-year-old twins, Lucy and Wyatt; siblings George, Joseph, and Lois Paterson Gallo; parents-in-law, Vilma and Demetrios Caraley; sisters-in-law, Linda and Laura; brother-in-law, Frank Gallo; and six nephews and nieces. Also deeply loved by many others-aunts, uncles, cousins, and scores of very close friends for his buoyant, openhearted spirit as endearing as it will be everlasting. Memorial Mass of Resurrection on Saturday, October 6, 10:45AM, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (1 Passaic St, Ridgewood, NJ, 201-447-2043) followed by a reception for family and friends in The Parish House. In lieu of flowers donations may be sent to The Steven B. Paterson Memorial Fund (for Wyatt and Lucy), Hudson City Savings Bank, 261 Godwin Ave, Wyckoff, NJ 07481-2094, Attn: Mr. Richard Belina.
| PATERSON-Steven B., 40, in the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center. Resident of Ridgewood, N.J., and devoted son of the late George and Kathryn Paterson of Hazlet, N.J. Cherished beyond measure by his family: his adored wife, Lisa, and four-year-old twins, Lucy and Wyatt; siblings George, Joseph, and Lois Paterson Gallo; parents-in-law, Vilma and Demetrios Caraley; sisters-in-law, Linda and Laura; brother-in-law, Frank Gallo; and six nephews and nieces. Also deeply loved by many others-aunts, uncles, cousins, and scores of very close friends for his buoyant, openhearted spirit as endearing as it will be everlasting. Memorial Mass of Resurrection on Saturday, October 6, 10:45AM, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (1 Passaic St, Ridgewood, NJ, 201-447-2043) followed by a reception for family and |
1808932 | 2006 | 12 | 03 | The Get: The New Collectibles; Hello, Kiddies |
Let it Snow
Slide down those hills in Wolfgang Sirch's design-forward Abyss molded-plywood sled. $410. At Yoyamart, 15 Gansevoort Street. Call (212)242-5511.
| Let it Snow Slide down those hills in Wolfgang Sirch's design-forward Abyss molded-plywood sled. $410. At Yoyamart, 15 Gansevoort Street. Call (212)242-5511. A Very Cherry Christmas Collette Dinnigan's Enfant line features pretty patterns, like this cotton voile dress. $116. At Barneys New York, 660 Madison Avenue. Chime In This mesmerizing rattle, featuring 16 hand-tuned tones, is made of German silver with black hematite overlay. Barbell rattle, $110. Go to www.sparkability.com. A Suitable Boy This flannel set is perfect for parties where little boys need to at least look well behaved. Jacket, $198, and pants, $144. At Marie Chantal, 1192 Madison Avenue. Extra-Dreamy Sferra's Jungle Song crib bedding is something wild. Pillow sham, $65. Go to www.sferralinens.com. High Horse Playsam's rocking horse is a Scandinavian spin on the traditional. |
1720318 | 2005 | 11 | 26 | DAWN RUSH HINTS AT STRONG START TO HOLIDAY SALES |
At 12:05 a.m. yesterday, moments into the earliest store opening on the busiest shopping day of the year, the beleaguered employees at the CompUSA on 57th Street in Manhattan laid down some ground rules: no more pushing and no more grabbing deeply discounted merchandise out of the hands of other customers.
''Civilized! Civilized!'' implored one employee, as he dumped a cardboard box full of computer equipment into the outstretched hands of two dozen shoppers, who nevertheless lunged at one another to secure some of the limited supply of wireless adapters and Internet cards.
| At 12:05 a.m. yesterday, moments into the earliest store opening on the busiest shopping day of the year, the beleaguered employees at the CompUSA on 57th Street in Manhattan laid down some ground rules: no more pushing and no more grabbing deeply discounted merchandise out of the hands of other customers. ''Civilized! Civilized!'' implored one employee, as he dumped a cardboard box full of computer equipment into the outstretched hands of two dozen shoppers, who nevertheless lunged at one another to secure some of the limited supply of wireless adapters and Internet cards. ''For an outsider, this must seem nuts,'' confessed Mala Mathur, 25, who emerged from the scrum with a hard drive (regularly $150, on sale for $50). ''But for us,'' she said of her fellow early |
1844964 | 2007 | 05 | 05 | One Story of Taking a Risk, Another of Beating the Odds |
Bridge is not known for its poignant stories. But one with a happy ending -- and a new beginning -- concerns Samantha Eisenstein, daughter of the New York bridge expert Glenn Eisenstein. In 1999, while a senior at Brandeis University, Samantha was found to have Ewing's sarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer that required immediate chemotherapy. Two years later, it was discovered that the chemotherapy had given her leukemia. Luckily a bone marrow donor was found in St. Louis, and that operation was a complete success.
Glenn met the donor, who had originally requested anonymity, and his family during the Spring Nationals in St. Louis last March. And today in St. Thomas Samantha marries Adam Watson of Boston, with the donor attending.
| Bridge is not known for its poignant stories. But one with a happy ending -- and a new beginning -- concerns Samantha Eisenstein, daughter of the New York bridge expert Glenn Eisenstein. In 1999, while a senior at Brandeis University, Samantha was found to have Ewing's sarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer that required immediate chemotherapy. Two years later, it was discovered that the chemotherapy had given her leukemia. Luckily a bone marrow donor was found in St. Louis, and that operation was a complete success. Glenn met the donor, who had originally requested anonymity, and his family during the Spring Nationals in St. Louis last March. And today in St. Thomas Samantha marries Adam Watson of Boston, with the donor attending. Glenn was the declarer in |
1556633 | 2004 | 02 | 06 | Most States Expect Pollution To Rise if Regulations Change |
A majority of state environmental officials believes that air pollution from coal-burning power plants would increase if the Bush administration's changes to the Clean Air Act were to take effect, according to a survey to be released on Friday by the General Accounting Office.
The administration has said the changes, originally approved in August, would have minimal impact on air pollution.
| A majority of state environmental officials believes that air pollution from coal-burning power plants would increase if the Bush administration's changes to the Clean Air Act were to take effect, according to a survey to be released on Friday by the General Accounting Office. The administration has said the changes, originally approved in August, would have minimal impact on air pollution. The survey, which was requested by Senators Joseph I. Lieberman, Democrat of Connecticut, and James M. Jeffords, the Vermont independent, gathered responses from 44 states on the section of the Clean Air Act governing aging coal-burning plants, New Source Review. Officials from 27 states said the administration's changes would increase emissions, while officials from 5 states said it would cut them. Officials from the other 12 states |
1557995 | 2004 | 02 | 11 | BOLDFACE NAMES |
So 'Barbarella the Sequel' Is Out?
JANE FONDA received an award from V-Day, an organization fighting to end violence against women and girls, at a fund-raising event at Barneys the other night.
We do not wish to focus on the superficial, but we must say that Ms. Fonda, who is 66 and was being honored for her work in support of the group, looked fit enough to star in one of her videos: Glowing and energetic, with just a touch of crow's-foot.
| So 'Barbarella the Sequel' Is Out? JANE FONDA received an award from V-Day, an organization fighting to end violence against women and girls, at a fund-raising event at Barneys the other night. We do not wish to focus on the superficial, but we must say that Ms. Fonda, who is 66 and was being honored for her work in support of the group, looked fit enough to star in one of her videos: Glowing and energetic, with just a touch of crow's-foot. (We say this not in criticism or ageism, but rather in acceptance of the aging process, which comes to us all, followed by a lack of professional and romantic opportunities. So it's probably better if you've got some kind of settlement from a mogul like TED |