Deutsche Telekom chief executive Ron Sommer, with more than $100 billion to spend, is contemplating buying Sprint Corp now that regulators in US and Europe vow to block Worldcom Inc's purchase of Sprint; few companies fit better than Sprint into Sommer's dream of transforming Deutsche Telekom from big local player to truly global operator; Sprint's nationwide wireless network would complete Telekom's European wireless operations, and its high-speed Internet backbone network would shore up Telekom's ability to deliver high-speed Internet access on both sides of Atlantic; photo (M)

THE MARKETS: Market Place; German Phone Giant Plans Global Phone Strategy

Baltimore Orioles defeat New York Yankees, 7-6; photos (M)

As Yankees Wait, the Losses Pile Up

Venus Williams defeats Martina Hingis and Serena Williams defeats Lisa Raymond at Wimbledon tennis tournament; Williams sisters will face each other in semifinals; table of their results against each other; photos (M)

Advantage Williams: It's Venus vs. Serena

Article on various jobs held by dogs focuses on book Dogs With Jobs: Working Dogs Around the World by Merrily Weisbord and Kim Kachanoff; photos (M)

Rank and File, Canine Division

Mexico's president-elect, Vicente Fox Quesada, pledges to rebuild country's federal law enforcement system and wipe out corruption that has crippled nation for decades; is likely to use executive powers to create a Ministry of Security and Justice, similar to Federal Bureal of Investigation, that would be responsible for all federal police, significantly reducing powers of Interior Ministry and attorney general; says he will meet with Pres Clinton and both major presidential candidates to press proposal to open US-Mexico border to less restricted flow of immigrants; expounds on measures his new government will take to deal with range of Mexico's most persistent and complex problems, including fight against poverty, efforts to stem flow of drugs and unresolved conflict in Chiapas; photo (M)

VICTOR IN MEXICO PLANS TO OVERHAUL LAW ENFORCEMENT

Tibet House to exhibit Tibetan art works that were taken out of country after Chinese occupation in 1949 and have now been donated by collectors to Repatriation Collection; Christoph Eschenbach to conduct concerts at Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Lubeck, Germany; photos; jazz trumpeter-composer Terence Blanchard is named artistic director of Theolonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at University of Southern California's music school; summertime sunset concerts to begin at Castle Clinton National Monument in Battery Park in lower Manhattan (Footlights column) (S)

Footlights

 Alzheimer's Care Assessed  Patients with advanced Alzheimer's disease who suffer broken hips or pneumonia often receive treatment that involves too many painful medical procedures and too little pain relief, a study has found.   PAGE A14

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Roberta Smith Critic's Notebook on New York's crop of good-looking 20- and 30-something female artists whose photos decorate glossy magazines this season; their louche, carefully orchestrated images suggest link between artistic success of the moment and exposure of flesh; photos of Cecily Brown, Lisa Yuskavage, Vanessa Beecroft and Rachel Feinstein (M)

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman; Glossy Images That Both Mimic and Mock Male Sexuaility

Intelligence officials, military officers and policy experts in Clinton administration are deeply divided over seriousness of missile threats posed by countries like North Korea, Iran and Iraq, even as administration says US needs to build national missile defense system; some officials in White House, State Department, Pentagon and CIA argue that threat has been almost exclusively defined by technological abilities, discounting political, economic and social factors that could make threat less likely; say intense focus on missiles that could hit US also obscures more immediate threat posed by nuclear weapons carried by terrorists or fired from ships; say change in focus devalues concept of deterrence, by which sheer force of US arsenal would inhibit most irresponsible leader from attacking American soil (M)

U.S. Study Reopens Division Over Nuclear Missile Threat

New York City is set to open its schools for vast summer school session serving over 250,000 students, part of reshaping of public education that presses students to meet ever-higher standards; Education Board data and complaints from teachers suggest policy is not as strict as it seems, with standards for sending students to summer school so open-ended that social promotion is continuing; fewer than half of pupils set to attend face threat of being left back, with rest, though still academically marginal, being sent for enrichment (M)

As Summer School Opens, Complaints on Promotions Persist

 Consumers May See Higher Heating Bills This Winter  After a summer of high gasoline prices, consumers may be in for another shock this winter, as the rising cost of heating oil and natural gas threaten to make it significantly more expensive to heat American homes.     With demand for fuel and electricity soaring, natural gas prices have nearly doubled in the last year, to their highest levels in more than a decade. Heating oil prices have risen 10 percent just in the last month. This winter, many homeowners could discover that it costs at least 30 percent more to heat their homes than it did last year. [Page A1.]

BUSINESS DIGEST

Police officers have formed two increasingly popular national motorcycle clubs, Blue Knights and Wild Pigs, and several smaller ones; such clubs show police forces include many free spirits for whom rebellion is weekend pastime; clubs organize ambitious trips and modest outings, including recent evening jaunt by 2,000 bikers to Little Italy, New York City; photos (M)

Born to Be, Um, Law Abiding?; More Off-Duty Officers Riding in Motorcycle Clubs

More students than ever are currently enrolled in summer school as districts nationwide, led by those in major cities, are requiring and urging students at increasingly younger ages to attend classes to shore up basic reading and mathematical skills; approximately one in five students in nation's 53 largest urban districts will be attending summer school, with some places notably Chicago, Miami and St Louis keeping more than 40 percent of pupils in class during what was once vacation; other districts have increased attendance markedly in recent years, adding programs in both remediation and enrichment; emphasis on summer school is byproduct of national movement to raise academic performance, improve scores on standardized tests and end automatic promotion based on age rather than achievement; some educators worry that summer programs will simply repeat ineffective teaching approaches and frustrate children with endless drills for high-stakes exams; also fear safety-net of summer school will allow teachers and administrators off hook for problems during year; photo; chart (M)

SUMMER CLASSES EXPANDING IN PUSH TO IMPROVE SKILLS

Special report, A Growing Ambition, profiles Repr Rick A Lazio, Republican nominee in contest against Hillary Rodham Clinton for US Senate seat from New York; advisers have warned Clinton that in many ways he represents more of challenge than former candidate, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani; he has palpable ambition that infuses him with energy, gift for negotiation and rare ability to connect across wide spectrum of voters; promotes himself in calculating way that unnerves colleagues; is well-known for waiting until last moment to cast votes in Congress--tactic supporters say reflects deliberate approach to lawmaking but criticized by detractors as showing penchant for pandering to Republican leadership; although considered moderate Repuiblican, his positions on major issues seem carefully nuanced; photos (L)

A GROWING AMBITION: A special report.; Behind the Lazio Smile Lies a Deliberate and Pragmatic Substance

Florida Marlins defeat New York Mets, 9-8 (M)

The Lefty Jones Fails His First Test

Odd coalition of idealists and entrepreneurs, ranging from novelist Toni Morrison to developer Martin Ginsburg, seeks to turn tattered Haverstraw, NY, into tourist destination; village, despite its grittiness, may be on verge of attracting artists and antique dealers; Mayor Francis Wassmer backs effort; some Latino residents fear being displaced; map; photos (M)

Struggling Hudson River Village Seeks Rebirth as a Tourist Haven

Rising cost of heating oil and natural gas threaten to make heating American homes in winter 2000 significantly more expensive; homeowners may face 30 percent increase in cost of heating homes, despite pledge by Saudi Arabia to increase production to help reduce global petroleum prices, because of imbalance in supply and demand that is unlikely to right itself soon; natural gas prices have nearly doubled in past year to highest levels in more than decade, while heating oil prices have risen 10 percent in past month; natural gas prices have reacted to increases in power consumption, including its use in electric power generation and in heavy industry; photo; graph (M)

Steep Rise Is Forecast for Winter Heating Bills

Marian Burros Eating Well report on techniques for reducing the potential carcinogens released when meat, fish and poultry is grilled over high heat; they include sprinkling meat with tea powder, marinating it with spices like garlic and turmeric, precooking it in oven, removing fat from steaks before cooking and serving green salads; photo; recipes (M)

Tea? Turmeric? The Quest for Safer Barbecue

Trevor Nunn, director of Royal National Theater for last three years, is criticized in London papers for leaning too heaviy on crowd-pleasing musicals and being too cautious about promoting new work and younger playwrights; attacks come at time when National has had banner year, winning record nine Olivier Awards and enjoying stellar reviews for many of its 43 productions in last season; photos; Nunn himself says that catching flak is part of job description, although he concedes that mounting untested work demands more bravery than it once did, given threat to box office figures (M)

Full House In London Feels Empty To Critics

Matthew Purdy Our Towns column on Morristown, NJ, rally held by Richard Barrett and his Nationalist Movement with heavy police protection and crowd of angry counter-protesters; hails town's elegant response, meeting of over thousand people at local church to celebrate diversity, followed by candlelight march, events arranged at urging of Mayor John J DeLaney Jr (M)

Our Towns; A Lesson In Bigotry And Liberty

'Texting' as in exchanging short typed messages over cell phone has become popular in Philippines and has spawned entire subculture, complete with its own vocabulary, etiquette and tactical uses; it has become particularly popular in Manila, in large part because text messaging is cheap while traditional telephone service is spotty and Internet access by computer is expensive; photos (M)

Manila's Talk Of the Town Isn't Talk at All

Lisa Belkin's Life's Work column focuses on how impending fatherhood had transformed Aaron Cohen, founder of Concrete Media, an Internet company, and company's policies; says number of new employees have been hired to create benefits department, which company does not yet have; it has no maternity-paternity policy, either, though one is in the works; notes Cohen plans to take week off immediately after baby is born and additional time later; transformation is making some employees a little nervous because they are not quite sure what to make of Cohen, former workaholic; drawing (M)

Having an Internet Baby

Amanda Hesser report on heavenly ice cream sundaes concocted by several leading chefs; recipes from Florian Ballanger, Zarela Martinez and Village restaurant; photos (M)

Inspiration In a Tall, Cool Glass

Jon Pareles reviews Steely Dan concert at Jones Beach Theater; photo (M)

Jaded, Meticulous, Quirky: It Could Only Be Steely Dan

Eric Asimov $25 and Under review several European-style fast food places: Bulgin' Waffles, F&B and Knodel (sausages), and Rue des Crepes (S)

July 5, 2000

Headlines from July 5, 2000

THE MARKETS: Market Place; German Phone Giant Plans Global Phone Strategy

As Yankees Wait, the Losses Pile Up

Advantage Williams: It's Venus vs. Serena

Rank and File, Canine Division

VICTOR IN MEXICO PLANS TO OVERHAUL LAW ENFORCEMENT

Billboard 200

The Marshall Mathers LP

Oops!...I Did It Again

White Pony

Anarchy

No Strings Attached

Historical Context for July 5, 2000