Article assesses just concluded annual White Nights Festival in St Petersburg, Russia, organized by Maryinsky Theater's artistic director Valery Gergiev, which, his year, was extended to a month and featured 45 ballet, opera and other music events; photos (L)

Long Nights, Longer Days, All Filled With Music

Anna Kisselgoff assesses changes in style and performance as new generation of dancers takes over Bolshoi Ballet in post-Communist era; artistic director Aleksei Fadeyechev and Bolshoi Theater general and artistic director Vladimir Vasiliev comment; photos (M)

A New Era Brings A Different Bolshoi

Felicia Lee Coping column recounts plight of Mosunmola Adamolekun, woman who emigrated to New York City from Nigeria with her young daughter three years ago in hope of reuniting with her husband; reunion failed and she underwent surgery for brain cancer but is ineligible for even bare-bones welfare benefits because she is illegal immigrant; drawing (M)

When Happiness Is Too Much to Ask For

Maurice Greene and Marion Jones each win 100 meter race at Olympic track and field trials, assuring inclusion on Olympic team; photo (M)

Greene and Jones Book a Visit to Sydney in the 100 Meters

Government scholars and former lawmakers are increasingly questioning whether it is appropriate for elected officials to engage in active investing; contend it is often almost impossible to determine when a lawmaker's market moves have crossed an ethical or legal line, or when an investing success is result of good timing, savvy or inside information; drawing (M)

Ideas & Trends: Taking Stock; The Perils and Profits of Lawmakers in the Market

In a 1991 essay historian Gertrude Himmelfarb lamented to demise of footnotes, which had by then largely been replaced by endnotes, to the extent that they survived at all; in the same year, physicist Tim Berner-Lee developed hyperlinks to improve referencing system of Internet; today, children who would not normally grapple with footnotes until secondary school learn early on that a Web site is not complete without references to other sites (M)

Ideas & Trends: Old Media, Meet New Media; Forget Those Old-Fashioned Footnotes. Hyperlink.

Airline delays are worsening; last summer was worst on record for airline delays, prompting airlines and FAA to swing into action to try to ease burden on weary passengers; yet despite those efforts, this summer is turning out to be worse; delays in June rose 16.5 percent from June 1999; so far this year they are up 12.7 percent; airline execs and government officials say that with air traffic continuing to expand at time when few new airports or runways are on drawing board, delays may be a fact of life for years to come; charts compare cancellations, delays and on-time arrivals for airlines, and most delayed regularly scheduled flights; photo (M)

Despite Efforts, Airport Delays Are Worsening

Greater Harlem Real Estate Borad to hold third annual Home Buyers fair (S)

POSTINGS: Saturday at 125th St. and Seventh Ave.; Harlem Fair for Home Buyers

Vicente Fox Quesada's July 2 victory in Mexican presidential election is the talk of First Tuesday gathering of venture capitalists and new-economy entrepreneurs at Hacienda de los Morales restaurant in Mexico City; crowd looks forward to pro-business policies from Fox, a former Coca-Cola executive (M)

Red Dot, Meet Green: If It's Tuesday, Network!: Mexico City; An Election Victory Is Good for Business

Behind the Wheel report on Subaru Outback; photos; comparison with similar models (M)

BEHIND THE WHEEL: Subaru Outback; New All Over, and Down Under

Broadway American Hotel at 77th Street in Manhattan is transformed into On the Ave hotel, with four new top floors; photo (S)

POSTINGS: Renovated Hotel at 77th and Broadway Gets 4 More Floors; Adding 23 Rooms at the Top

 Chemistry in Mideast Talks  It is impossible to know exactly what is going on at the Camp David talks, but the delegation members offer a road map to the process.   PAGE 10

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Black American veterans who fought in Italy in World War II return to village of Sommocolonia to honor their comrade, Lt John Fox, who was killed in battle on Dec 26, 1944; Fox, who ordered his own men to fire on his position to stem enemy attack, was awarded Medal of Honor more than 50 years later; anguish that black veterans relive is echoed among Italian war survivors who welcome their return; just as black comrades and their relatives cannot shed their bitterness over United States' long refusal to recognize combat records of black servicemen fully, many Italian veterans cannot forgive their own countrymen who fought against them more than 50 years ago; photos; map (L)

Italy Journal; On a '44 Battlefield, a Salute for a Black Hero

Chrysler has cultivated reputation for daring, innovative designs, but was sufficiently alarmed by public's hostile reaction to Ford's radical restyling of Taurus sedan and wagon to rethink its own redesign of its minivan line; ultimately, Chrysler chose to play it safe by making only minor changes in new minivans that go on sale in August; marketing experts note many companies are reluctant these days to tamper with proven success; photos graphs (L)

Is It Bold and New, Or Just Tried and True?; Chrysler Plays It Safe in Minivan Redesign

Richard Stengel offers flatterer's guide to social climbing in age when money and fame count more than bloodlines (M)

VIEW; Let Us Now Praise Social Climbing

Russia's military industrial establishment, stung by meager defense orders from impoverished army at home, is engaged in major effort to increase arms sales to Asia, Middle East and Africa and is expanding its share of lucrative global arms market; United States and western Europe dominate international arms bazaar, but this week, Russia shows off its weapons arsenal to its major customers, from India and China, and to officials from Kuwait, North Korea, South Korea and dozens of other nations; photo; map (L)

RUSSIA IS PUSHING TO INCREASE SHARE IN WEAPONS TRADE

Review of fashions shown by Saint Laurent, Balmain, Chanel and other Paris designers; photos (M)

Couture Days: Saint Laurent's Perfect Score

Increasing number of Democrats, at time when polls show Vice Pres Al Gore trailing Gov George W Bush in several battleground states, contends that Pres Clinton should play a prominent role stumping for Gore this fall--even if it reminds voters that he, and not his protege, remains party's pre-eminent performer; in closely contested states from Washington to Missouri to New Jersey, state Democratic leaders and strategists say Clinton could bring much needed excitement to a campaign that has often seemed leaden and uninspiring, even to many of its allies; photo of Clinton and Gore (M)

Democrats Seeking Some Clinton Magic For Gore in the Fall

Scientists at the 13th international AIDS conference were disappointed that President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa would not acknowledge forthrightly that H.I.V. causes AIDS, focusing instead on social factors as a major force behind Africa's epidemic. But what is implicit in his remarks is that some AIDS problems can be attacked now, even before there are vaccines and cures.  News analysis, Page 6.  

Another Approach To AIDS in Africa

Article on problems with New York City's program of allowing extra floors in new buildings in exchange for 'bonus' plazas open to public; plazas and arcades have generated enormous profits to builders over last four decades but are too often only barren patches of pavement; plazas that work offer lovely oases, but transforming arid spaces oftem comes at price of less public access; photos; drawings; Planning Department has now recommended elimination of plazas at residential buildings because they tend to become privatized and are often inconsistent with character of existing neighborhoods (M)

Breathing Life Into City's Barren Plazas

An informal networking party on Oct 2, 1998, at Alphabet bar in London for about 80 people working in new economy has, almost accidentally, grown into start-up business First Tuesday; First Tuesday aims to democratize the process of raising venture capital, while turning profit by taking cut of deals that emerged from gatherings where venture capitalists wearing 'Red Dot' tags, mingle with 'Green Dots,' entrepreneurs, and 'Yellow Dots', service providers; its gatherings have helped entrepre neurs raise more than $100 million, and its success has inspired a bevy of imitators; vignettes of First Tuesday gatherings around the world; photos (L)

Red Dot, Meet Green: If It's Tuesday, Network!

Lennox Lewis defeats Francois Botha and retains World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation heavyweight titles with second round knockout; photo (M)

Lewis Keeps Title While Tyson Waits

Asian and Asian-American scientists are staying away from jobs at national weapons laboratories, particularly Los Alamos, saying that researchers of Asian descent are systematically harassed and denied advancement because of their race; issue has long simmered at laboratories, but it came to boil last year with arrest of Dr Wen Ho Lee, who is accused of mishandling nuclear secrets at Los Alamos; though officials vehemently deny it, many Asian-Americans say Lee, naturalized citizen of Taiwan, was singled out because of his ethnicity; in any event, Asians and Asian-Americans say security procedures implemented after Lee's arrest fell hardest on them; Asian-American scientists comment; photos (L)

FALLOUT IN ARMS RESEARCH: A special report.; Amid Race Profiling Claims, Asian-Americans Avoid Labs

Boston Red Sox defeat New York Mets, 6-4, in interleague play; photo (M)

Old-Time Payback: Daubach Paces the Red Sox

Larry David, co-creator of Seinfeld, emerges from background to display his rather darker comedy and personal quirks himself, in new HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm; he and Jerry Seinfeld reminisce; photos (M)

July 16, 2000

Headlines from July 16, 2000

Long Nights, Longer Days, All Filled With Music

A New Era Brings A Different Bolshoi

When Happiness Is Too Much to Ask For

Greene and Jones Book a Visit to Sydney in the 100 Meters

Ideas & Trends: Taking Stock; The Perils and Profits of Lawmakers in the Market

Billboard 200

The Marshall Mathers LP

Oops!...I Did It Again

Country Grammar

The Notorious KIM

Mirror Mirror

Historical Context for July 16, 2000