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Sunday, July 11, 2010
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Wall St. Hiring in Anticipation of an Economic Recovery
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
While much of the country remains fixated on the bleak employment picture, hiring is beginning to pick up in the place that led the economy into recession.
Bank Bailout Is Potent Issue for Both Parties in Fall Races
By CARL HULSE and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Lawmakers who backed the Troubled Asset Relief Program to rescue the banking system in 2008 are haunted by the vote.
In Haiti, the Displaced Are Left Clinging to the Edge
By DEBORAH SONTAG
Six months after an earthquake, only 28,000 of 1.5 million displaced Haitians have new homes, and Port-au-Prince remains a tableau of life in the ruins.
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| QUOTATION OF THE DAY |
"Don’t they have a heart, or a suggestion?"
JUDITH GUILLAUME, who lives with her children in a shanty on a median strip in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and rarely receives help from passers-by.
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| WORLD |
Severed Trees in Orchards Mirror Afghan History
By ALISSA J. RUBIN
Gul Abbas grew up with olive trees in Bati Kot district and spent his life nurturing them. He hopes they can flourish again.
Arid Australia Sips Seawater, but at a Cost
By NORIMITSU ONISHI
After its worst drought, the country is turning to desalination plants, but environmentalists worry about the energy-hungry plants’ effect on climate.
For Final, South Africans Put Past Aside
By JERÉ LONGMAN
South Africa’s colonial link to the Netherlands and the racist policy of apartheid will not preclude some from rooting for the Dutch team in the final.
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Ambitious Effort Begins to Contain All Spill Oil
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
Engineers removed a cap that had been diverting about 15,000 barrels of oil a day, planning to replace it with a new one to collect more oil.
Synthetic Marijuana Spurs State Bans
By MALCOLM GAY
Eight states have banned K2, a blend of herbs treated with synthetic marijuana that is sending users to emergency rooms across the country.
Enigmatic Jobless Man Prepares Senate Campaign
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
Alvin Greene was catapulted out of obscurity a month ago when he won South Carolina’s Democratic primary.
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| POLITICS |
Volcker Pushes for Reform, Regretting Past Silence
By LOUIS UCHITELLE
Despite his efforts on financial legislation aiming to correct years of deregulation, Paul Volcker is concerned that banks will still have too much wiggle room.
Enigmatic Jobless Man Prepares Senate Campaign
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
Alvin Greene was catapulted out of obscurity a month ago when he won South Carolina’s Democratic primary.
Lawmakers Defend Social Security’s Chief Actuary in Clash With Commissioner
By ROBERT PEAR
Members of Congress made clear that Stephen C. Goss should not be reassigned or demoted as they prepared for a re-examination of the social benefits program.
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| BUSINESS |
Volcker Pushes for Reform, Regretting Past Silence
By LOUIS UCHITELLE
Despite his efforts on financial legislation aiming to correct years of deregulation, Paul Volcker is concerned that banks will still have too much wiggle room.
Factory Efficiency Comes to the Hospital
By JULIE WEED
Seattle Children’s Hospital says it has improved patient care, and its bottom line, by incorporating practices made famous in manufacturing.
Ambitious Effort Begins to Contain All Spill Oil
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
Engineers removed a cap that had been diverting about 15,000 barrels of oil a day, planning to replace it with a new one to collect more oil.
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| TECHNOLOGY |
EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS
Online, We Pay With Our Time Spent Searching
By DAMON DARLIN
Even if you don’t pay for TV shows, they aren’t exactly gratis: you can spend 5 to 10 minutes searching, on sites like Hulu.com or Clicker.com.
Students, Meet Your New Teacher, Mr. Robot
By BENEDICT CAREY and JOHN MARKOFF
Computer scientists are developing machines that can teach people simple skills, like household tasks and vocabulary.
DIGITAL DOMAIN
Computers at Home: Educational Hope vs. Teenage Reality
By RANDALL STROSS
Researchers measuring a home computer’s educational value to a schoolchild in a low-income household are finding that test scores tend to go down, not up.
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| SPORTS |
For Final, South Africans Put Past Aside
By JERÉ LONGMAN
South Africa’s colonial link to the Netherlands and the racist policy of apartheid will not preclude some from rooting for the Dutch team in the final.
GERMANY 3, URUGUAY 2
Germans Find Way to Leave Happy
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Germany rallied from a one-goal deficit, then had to hold its breath in the final seconds as a Uruguay shot hit the crossbar.
In Tour de France, Slower Ascents May Mean Progress
By JULIET MACUR
In most sports, times forever shrink, but in the Tour de France, progress against drugs may be measured in rising times.
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| ARTS |
High-Tech Matisse
By CAROL VOGEL
“Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917,” an exhibition that opens next week at the Museum of Modern Art, offers a new understanding of how Matisse made significant revisions as he painted.
TELEVISION
Transplanting a Twisted Parody
By MIKE HALE
“Childrens Hospital,” part of Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim programming, an unsparing parody of mainstream hospital shows, begins its new life as a television series.
FILM
They Grow Up So Quickly, Don’t They?
By A. O. SCOTT
In some of this summer’s movies, the family is redefined, conflicts and resilience intact.
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| NEW YORK/REGION |
Park vs. Park
By JIM RASENBERGER and ELIZABETH GIDDENS
Which is better designed, more beautiful, more fun: Central Park or Prospect Park? It’s a lovers’ quarrel.
Thousands Stranded as New Haven Line Shuts Down
By M. AMEDEO TUMOLILLO and COLIN MOYNIHAN
Trains on Metro-North Railroad’s New Haven line stopped running for several hours on Saurday, and service remained spotty throughout the night.
CITY CRITIC
Cool Air, if You Can Get to It
By ARIEL KAMINER
Use of cooling centers seems scant, because those most in need are also the most isolated.
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| MAGAZINE |
Is Yemen the Next Afghanistan?
By ROBERT F. WORTH
Al Qaeda may have found the perfect combination of tribal hospitality, chaos and military opportunity.
Is Jousting the Next Extreme Sport?
By DASHKA SLATER
Can a band of American knights turn “full contact” jousting into an action sport?
Until Cryonics Do Us Part
By KERRY HOWLEY
The men who want to be cryonically preserved, and the women who sometimes find it hard to be married to them.
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| EDITORIALS |
The Hard Work of Gun Control
Cities and states should counter legal challenges to handgun bans with tough but sensible laws that keep gun possession to a minimum.
A Climate Change Corrective
With yet another investigation concluding that the controversy known as Climategate was manufactured, perhaps we can now turn to the task of actually doing something about global warming.
Security Council Blinks
China blocked a strong condemnation of North Korea for sinking a South Korean ship. Now it should use its influence to rein in Pyongyang.
At the Water’s Edge
For those at the Central Park Reservoir, it’s possible to pretend you are somewhere besides Manhattan.
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| OP-ED |
Miami’s Hoops Cartel
By MAUREEN DOWD
LeBron and the James Gang make a big public relations mistake.
Waiting for Gandhi
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
A nonviolent resistance movement led by women could be a game-changer for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
A Big Kick for Spain
By CARLOS RUIZ ZAFÓN
Is a country being reshaped by sports stars and a psychic octopus?
The Dutch Wait Quietly
By GERBRAND BAKKER
A laconic country anticipates the World Cup final, happy for the moment that anything is possible.
Meanwhile, Back in Cleveland...
By ERIN O’BRIEN
LeBron James is only the latest sports star to break Cleveland’s heart.
Our Life, Between Sea and Oil
By MARTHA SERPAS
A history of weathering storms, and disasters, on the gulf’s Bayou Lafourche.
Gee, Officer Krupke, I Need Those Violins
By PAUL WOODIEL
Leonard Bernstein would not want his great musical performed on Broadway with a synthesizer.
Why I Never Miss a Solar Eclipse
By JAY M. PASACHOFF
In anticipation of his Sunday’s solar eclipse, an astronomer recalls the 50 he’s already seen and how he became an “umbraphile.”
Under Cover of Ineptitude
By CHARLES McCARRY
The Russian spy caper was funny, but how do we know it failed?
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On July 11, 1979, the abandoned United States space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia. |
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