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Article describes scene at Pepsi Arena in Albany as New York State Democratic Party holds its annual convention; highlight of session is nomination of Hillary Rodham Clinton for post of United States Senate; roles played at convention by leading gubernatorial hopefuls H Carl McCall and Andrew M Cuomo discussed; photo (M)
Sarah Boxer Critic's Notebook on Unclassified: A Walker Evans Anthology, a collection of the photographer's writings compiled by Jeff L Rosenheim and Douglas Eklund; comment on Evans's knack for making great lists, for laying things out thrillingly one after the other, with no connection except a string of 'ands'; photo (M)
Brooke Ellison, 21, who esd left a quadriplegic by auto accident in seventh grade, is set to graduate from Harvard University and has been chosen by peers to address them on senior class day; she credits mother, Jean Marie, who has sat at her side in school since eighth grade; photos (M)
Murray Chass Sports of The Times column contends that depite current losing streak, New York Yankees are expected to dominate American League East this season; photo (M)
Matthew Purdy Our Towns column on work of lawyer Brenden P Leydon in successful suit against Greenwich, Conn, town ordinance that restricted town's beaches and parks to Greenwich residents only (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 17, 2000, covering May 17, 2000.
*NSYNC
504 Boyz
Sisqo
Joe
Toni Braxton
2000Donald Coggan, English archbishop (born 1909)[†]
Frederick Donald Coggan, Baron Coggan, was the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury from 1974 to 1980. As Archbishop of Canterbury, he "revived morale within the Church of England, opened a dialogue with Rome and supported women's ordination". He had previously been successively the Bishop of Bradford and the Archbishop of York.
2000Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen[†]
The Arsenal Football Club, commonly known as simply Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Islington, North London, England. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. In domestic football, Arsenal have won 13 league titles, a record 14 FA Cups, 2 League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, and a Football League Centenary Trophy. In European football, they have one European Cup Winners' Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.
In 2000, the world population was approximately 6,171,702,993 people[†]