Baseball Without Metaphor
Date: 01 September 2002
By David Grann
David Grann
David Grann article on Barry Bonds, 37-year-old San Francisco Giant outfielder who holds Major League home-run record but is regularly badmouthed by fans, teammates and press; he has become pariah, in part because he has refused to play hero; he is blunt in his distaste for game's romantic pretense, referring to it openly as a business; he is unapologetic about his huge salary, saying he works for his money; he appears unfazed at possibility of baseball strike; he is confident that fans' ardor for game will not be dimmed; he denies rumors of steroid use; his godfather, Willie Mays, claims Bonds is criticized so vehemently because he tells the truth; photos (L)
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The Free-Trade Fix
Date: 01 September 2002
Letter form Susan L Rosenstreich says way for 'good' globalization to break free of bad in US is to let news media do its job (Tina Rosenberg Aug 18 article)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 02 September 2002
INTERNATIONAL A2-9 A New Test for Powell As a Low-Key Mollifier Secretary of State Colin L. Powell is preparing to visit a summit meeting in Africa, his latest appearance where he is expected to play a quiet, low-key role in the public debate over Iraq. His role seems intended to mollify America's critics as much as to persuade them. A1
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 01 September 2002
INTERNATIONAL 3-16 Swedes Say Detainee Was Flight Student in U.S. Swedish authorities said that a man arrested with a gun in his carry-on luggage as he tried to board a London-bound flight had studied at an aviation school in the United States and had a criminal record. Swedish officials denied reports attributed to Swedish intelligence and police circles that the man had planned to seize the plane to attack an American embassy in Europe in a conspiracy with four other men. 6
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what it MEANS / jargon, acronyms and other cryptic terms in the news : Slow PC?Commit this to memory
Date: 02 September 2002
, International Herald Tribune
By now, all computer users know RAM means random-access memory, but as technology marches forward it leaves an ever-increasing array of bewildering acronyms in its path — and memory chips are no exception. . RAM stores information a PC's central pro
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Businessman vs. Newsman, All in One Person
Date: 02 September 2002
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Profile of William Dean Singleton, founder and chief executive of MediaNews Group, fast-growing newspaper company; he is known for bare-bones journalism; has bought, stripped down and sometimes closed newspapers across America, always aiming for profitability; his current focus is on improving quality of his journals' news; Singleton, 51, has multiple sclerosis; photo (M)
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New Economy; A case study in using e-mail to reach valued customers rapidly.
Date: 02 September 2002
By Susan Stellin
Susan Stellin
Airlines use e-mail messages to frequent fliers to give their versions of bad news such as bankruptcies and layoffs; seek to reassure valued customers that operations continue normally despite negative news; drawing (M)
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On the Far Side of Day, Some Find Greater Opportunities to Shine
Date: 01 September 2002
By David Koeppel
David Koeppel
People who work night and overnight shifts find it rich opportunity to advance their careers; Labor Department reports that 9.7 million Americans work full-time evening or night shifts, up from 8.9 million in 1997, and phenomenon is significantly more widespread in Northeast than nationally; photo (M)
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2 Candidates Seek to Stay Close to McCall
Date: 02 September 2002
By Shaila K. Dewan
Shaila Dewan
Both candidates for Democratic nomination for state comptroller in New York, Alan G Hevesi and Bill Mulrow, are staying as close as possible to gubernatorial candidate, H Carl McCall; McCall has not endorsed either candidate, but his campaign has released his schedule to Hevisi campaign, and Hevesi is hewing closely to McCall's intinerary (M)
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