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Article discusses debate in New York City over risks of West Nile Virus as opposed to using pesticides to kill mosquitoes; several city residents comment; photo (M)
Clyde Haberman NYC column discusses delay in instituting plans for restitution of $1.25 billion to Holocaust victims by Swiss commercial banks (M)
Nasdaq Reverses Course As Focus Shifts to Earnings The Nasdaq composite index fell 2.2 percent as investors returned their focus to corporate earnings, a day after pleasant surprises from the chairman of the Federal Reserve. The Nasdaq was off 90.11 points, to 4,094.45, while the Dow dropped 110.31 points, or 1 percent, to 10,733.56. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index slumped 15.38 points, or 1 percent, to 1,480.19. But bond prices rallied a little as hopes persist that new signs of slowing consumer spending and economic growth will persuade Fed policy makers to leave interest rates alone when they next meet, on Aug. 22. [Page C3.]
As Senator Robert G. Torricelli prepares to seek the Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey, federal prosecutors are intensifying their inquiry into the role that his office may have played in a series of illegal contributions to his 1996 Senate campaign, lawyers and others familiar with the case say. In an interview this week, Mr. Torricelli said he believed prosecutors had effectively wrapped up their investigation last month, when a Korean-American businessman who was a major donor to Mr. Torricelli and other Democrats pleaded guilty to campaign-finance violations.
Tour de France bicycle race continues; Lance Armstrong wins stage 19 and is overall leader; map (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 19, 2000, covering July 22, 2000.
Eminem
Various Artists
Britney Spears
Nelly
*NSYNC
2000Garrett Wilson, American football player[†]
Garrett Wilson is an American professional football wide receiver for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was selected 10th overall by the Jets in the 2022 NFL draft. Wilson was named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.
2000Eric Christmas, English-born Canadian actor (born 1916)[†]
Eric Cuthbert Christmas was an English actor, with over 40 films and numerous television roles to his credit. He is probably best known for his role as Mr. Carter, the principal of Angel Beach High School, in the 1981 comedy films Porky's, the 1983 sequel Porky's II: The Next Day, and the 1985 sequel Porky's Revenge!. He was also known for his sporadic role as Reverend Diddymoe in the NBC sitcom, Amen.
2000Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (born 1925)[†]
Carmen Martín Gaite was a Spanish author who wrote many novels, short stories, screenplays, and essays across multiple genres. Her work has received significant recognition: in 1957, she was awarded the Premio Nadal for Entre visillos; in 1988 she won the Prince of Asturias Award;in 1992 she received the Premio Castilla y León de las Letras, and she also was awarded the Premio Acebo de Honor for her life's work.
2000Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic (born 1920)[†]
Raymond Urgel Lemieux, CC, AOE, FRS was a Canadian organic chemist, who pioneered many discoveries in the field of chemistry, his first and most famous being the synthesis of sucrose. His contributions include the discovery of the anomeric effect and the development of general methodologies for the synthesis of saccharides still employed in the area of carbohydrate chemistry. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Royal Society (England), and a recipient of the prestigious Albert Einstein World Award of Science and Wolf Prize in Chemistry.
2000Claude Sautet, French director and screenwriter (born 1924)[†]
Claude Sautet was a French film director and screenwriter.
In 2000, the world population was approximately 6,171,702,993 people[†]