World Financial Center, New York City, atrium, known as Winter Garden, is popular spot for wedding photographs; use of public space, grandest photo studio in city, is essentially free and weatherproof; photos (M)

A World Class Setting For Wedding Albums

Shopping With column on actress Natasha Lyonne, who appears in film But I'm a Cheerleader; photos (M)

SHOPPING WITH: Natasha Lyonne; Rough, Tough, But on a Road To Ladylike

Felicia Lee Coping column on welcome quilt made by Manhattan writer and novice quilter Marilyn Webb for her first grandson; quilt is made of decorated fabric squares contributed by members of extended family, including half-siblings, stepparents and stepsiblings; drawing (M)

A Baby's Quilt to Sew Up the Generations

Harvey Araton Sports of The Times column on New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens's pitch that hit New York Mets star Mike Piazza in head, souring good cheer of crosstown doubleheader (M)

Sports of The Times; With One Pitch, A Day Goes Sour

BEHIND THE WHEEL/2001 Mazda Tribute; A Small S.U.V. Fills a Yawning Gap

Issue of judicial appointments percolates in presidential race after 5-4 vote by US Supreme court rejecting Nebraska law banning doctors from performing partial-birth abortions, and after Vice Pres Al Gore warns Gov George W Bush would if elected appoint conservatives to court hostile to abortion rights; Bush's record in Texas shows he has appointed justices with moderating influence on state's Supreme Court, often regarded as among most conservative and pro-business in country; has appointed four of court's nine justices and has been political patron for fifth; even those who not support Bush say while his appointees are regarded as conservative, they are not fiercely ideological; photo (M)

Bush's Choices For Court Seen As Moderates

Alex Bereson Market Watch column points out that companies that did not preannounce second-quarter earnings shortfalls during 'confession season' last week will likely meet or exceed analysts' expectations; notes earnings warnings for latest period were down substantially, compared with last year; graph (M)

A Season When No News Is Good News

 2 Sides Subdued in Mideast  With the Camp David summit meeting to begin on Tuesday, both sides in the Middle East feared having their hopes dashed again.   PAGE 4

INSIDE

New York Yankees and New York Mets play unusual interleague doubleheader, splitting games between Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium; festive day is tarnished for Mets fans by pair of 4-2 Yankee victories, and by Roger Clemens's beaning of Mets catcher Mike Piazza in second inning of second game, resulting in concussion that forced him from game; photos (M)

New York's Double Dose of Hardball Heaven

The Clinton administration has so far reaped all of the disadvantages of its missile defense plan and none of the rewards. News analysis, Page 4.  

A Setback for Clinton

New York State Association of Realtors reports average prices for existing single-family homes in some of more suburban counties in and around New York City continued to rise in May; reports prices rose 26.7percent from May 1999 in Westchester County, 10.2 percent in Suffolk County, 8.4 percent in Nassau County, 11.2 percent in Queens and 17.7 percent on Staten Island; prices in Rockland County fell 1.4 percent; sales volume also rose (M)a

POSTINGS: In Suburbs and 2 New York City Boroughs; House Prices Generally Rise

Old industrial and retail buildings, formerly considered unrentable white elephants, have suddenly become attractive to Web hosting and communications companies who need sites to expand; old buildings have sturdy floors and high ceilings needed to accommodate heavy, delicate equipment, abundant electrical power and easy access to optical-fiber cables that are Internet roadways; old factories in Jersey City, underutilized marine terminal and old tire factory in Brooklyn and various sites in New Jersey's Meadowlands are all being promoted as technology centers; photos (M)

Commercial Property; Web Gives White Elephants a New Life

Shoe sales grew just 1.8 percent a year over last decade, despite overall boom in consumer spending; shoe industry hopes to boost sales by introducing fantasy styles; trend affects women's fashion shoes at all price levels, as well as some children's shoes and even men's shoes; about 362 million pairs of women's dress and casual shoes were sold at retail in 1999; roughly 85 percent of them were black or brown; photos, graphs (L)

A Walk on the Wild Side Stirs the Shoe Industry

Venus Williams wins women's final at Wimbledon Tennis Tournament, defeating Lindsay Davenport; is first African-American woman to win title since 1958; photos (M)

Venus Williams Wins Wimbledon, Lighting Up Center Court

AT&T chairman C Michael Armstrong is on defensive for first time since he took charge of company in 1997; investor response to company's disappointing performance and scaled-back growth forecast has been swift and harsh; Armstrong's bid to transform company by offering combined television, Internet-access and telephone service over cable television lines has yet to pay off; photos, graphs (L)

With AT&T at the Brink, Pressures Rise at the Top

Marymount School is set to renovate town house it acquired on 82nd Street, New York City; building will house middle school; photo (M)

POSTINGS: Town House Is Bought at 2 East 82nd Street; A Building for Marymount School

Crucial test in Pentagon's complex, $60 billion antimissile defensive system fails after high-speed interceptor 'kill vehicle' designed to destroy dummy warhead fails to separate from booster rocket; failure will make it politically and diplomatically more difficult for Pres Clinton to move ahead with plan administration contends is crucial to defend against attack, but which opponents say is technically unsound, militarily unnecessary and waste of money; reinforces calls in Congress to leave decision to next president; failure was in well-developed technology, used successfully in rockets that have launched satellites and missiles for decades; photo (M)

KEY MISSILE PARTS ARE LEFT UNTESTED AS BOOSTER FAILS

Article on Thai Varick, whose full name is Louis Gladding Varick 5th and who is great-grandson of James Varick, who founded AME Zion Church in New York City; Varick, 59, is artist who makes wire sculptures and has been homeless for last decade; photos (M)

On the Fringe, With a Gift

THRONGS of drivers, including some never before behind the wheel, are lining up here to test three new cars that arrived late last month amid a promotional blitz comparable to a new-product introduction by Detroit.    These vehicles, unavailable in dealer showrooms, do come with a price: the $41 cost of admission to the Magic Kingdom at Disneyland. The fresh body styles are replacing what might be called a classic, a vaguely Ferrari-like roadster that puttered around the ''freeways'' of the Autopia attraction unchanged for 30 years.  

When You Wish Upon a Car: New Models at Disneyland

Article on Writing to Vermeer, opera by British movie director Peter Greenaway and Minimalist Dutch composer Louis Andriessen focusing on two weeks in May 1672 when artist Johannes Vermeer made trip to The Hague; opera, presented by Netherlands Opera in Amsterdam's Muziektheater in December, will have its American premiere at New York State Theater at Lincoln Center; photos (M)

Placing the Timeless Vermeer In the Chaos of His Time

New York Yankees defeat New York Mets, 4-2, in game at Shea Stadium, first of two to be played on same day in different stadiums; photo (M)

BASEBALL: Yankees Win (Queens), Yankees Win (the Bronx); Gooden Isn't Vintage, But Strong Enough

Prescription drugs are fastest-growing part of nation's health-care bill; Vice Pres Gore and Republican presidential rival George W Bush are pushing competing plans to help the elderly pay for prescription drugs; Bush wants private insurers to run any prescription-drug benefit plan, while Gore wants government to run program; meanwhile, drug companies are coy about how drug prices are set; few people pay full retail prices; photo (M)

The Nation: Respecting Elders; A Drug Plan Sounds Great, but Who Gets to Set Prices?

US is having trouble establishing its international priorities in post-Cold War world; in early 1990's the emphasis was on freer and fairer trade; as US economy soared, emphasis shifted to expanding democracy; there followed a brief foray into humanitarian intervention; lately the emphasis has turned to new initiatives to combat old threats to national security, as well as newly defined threats; photo (M)

The Nation: Get a Grip; All Pumped Up and Nowhere to Go

Interview with Jane Stubbs, who runs rare and vintage book boutique at Bergdorf Goodman department store; photo (M)

The Bibliophile in Bergdorf's

New York Yankees defeat New York Mets, 4-2, in second game of two-stadium, crosstown doubleheader; Yankee pitcher Roger Clemens hits Met Mike Piazza in head with pitch, angering Mets, who believe move was intentional; Piazza suffers concussion; Clemens denies trying to hit him; photos (M)

BASEBALL: Yankees Win (Queens), Yankees Win (the Bronx); Clemens Stirs the Pot By Beaning Piazza

Douglas Marjoribanks Fisher was an English actor best known for playing Larry Simmonds in Man About the House (1973–1976), Sammy in the films The Stud (1978) and The Bitch (1979) and Jim Medhurst in London's Burning (1988–1993).

July 9, 2000

Headlines from July 9, 2000

A World Class Setting For Wedding Albums

SHOPPING WITH: Natasha Lyonne; Rough, Tough, But on a Road To Ladylike

A Baby's Quilt to Sew Up the Generations

Sports of The Times; With One Pitch, A Day Goes Sour

BEHIND THE WHEEL/2001 Mazda Tribute; A Small S.U.V. Fills a Yawning Gap

Billboard 200

The Marshall Mathers LP

Oops!...I Did It Again

White Pony

Anarchy

No Strings Attached

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for July 9, 2000