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James R Oestreich Critic's Notebook article on concerts led by three emerging conductors: David Robertson with Philadelphia Orchestra, Roberto Abbado with Orchestra of St Luke's and Mark Wigglesworth with New York Philharmonic; photos (M)
Joyce Purnick Metro Matters column scores delay on removing chain-linked fence that surrounds reservoir in Central Park; photo (M)
Interview with John Lasseter, creative director of Pixar Animation Studios, leader in field of computer-generated animation, who was honored by Sonoma Film Festival; photos (M)
Ann Powers reviews performance by rock singer Lou Reed and his band at Knitting Factory; photo (M)
Tiger Woods, discussing his career goals, says he wants to match Jack Nicklaus's record 18 victories in major professional championships (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 29, 2000, covering April 3, 2000.
Santana
Sisqo
Dr. Dre
Macy Gray
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
2000Terence McKenna, American botanist and philosopher (born 1946)[†]
Terence Kemp McKenna was an American ethnobotanist and mystic who advocated for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants and mushrooms. He spoke and wrote about a variety of subjects, including psychedelic drugs, plant-based entheogens, shamanism, metaphysics, alchemy, language, philosophy, culture, technology, ethnomycology, environmentalism, and the theoretical origins of human consciousness. He was called the "Timothy Leary of the '90s", "one of the leading authorities on the ontological foundations of shamanism", and the "intellectual voice of rave culture". Critical reception of Terence McKenna’s work was deeply polarized, with critics accusing him of promoting dangerous ideas and questioning his sanity, while others praised his writing as groundbreaking, humorous, and intellectually provocative.
2000Dina Abramowicz, Librarian and YIVO and Yiddish language expert (born 1909)[†]
Dina Abramowicz was a librarian at YIVO and a Yiddish language expert.
2000United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.[†]
United States of America v. Microsoft Corporation, 253 F.3d 34, was a landmark American antitrust law case at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The U.S. government accused Microsoft of illegally monopolizing the web browser market for Windows, primarily through the legal and technical restrictions it put on the abilities of PC manufacturers (OEMs) and users to uninstall Internet Explorer and use other programs such as Netscape and Java.
In 2000, the world population was approximately 6,171,702,993 people[†]