September 14, 1999

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to open its 31st season on Sept 15 at Alice Tully Hall; artistic director David Shifrin to be clarinet soloist in three Mozart works; photo; photography exhibition Eyewitness 1999 opens on Sept 14 on North Bridge of World Financial Center; will present 200 prize-winning entries from World Press Photo Foundation competition; budding jazz musicians can bring their own instruments and jam with trumpeter Chuck Mangione at Children's Museum on Sept 18; photo; National Academy of Design in Manhattan to present exhibition Prague Architecture Through the Centuries (M)

GE Capital, biggest and most profitable unit of General Electric, has gone on acquisition binge in Asia that has solidified its position as global powerhouse; company has made at least eight major investments in four Asian countries in last two years, expanding its assets to about $20 billion in region; 1997 Asian financial meltdown and resulting recession turned area into vast bargain basement; specific acquisitions discussed; chart; photo (M)

Personal feuds and rivalries can fuel scientific progress; classic case involves Dr Alan Sandage of Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, Calif, and late Dr Gerard de Vaucouleurs, who feuded with ceaseless rancor in 1970's and 1980's over rate at which universe is expanding, called the Hubble constant; some other famous feuds between scientists noted; photos (L)

Toronto Blue Jays defeat New York Yankees, 2-1; photo (M)

New York Mets defeat Colorado Rockies, 6-5 (M)