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In 2000, the world population was approximately 6,171,702,993 people[†]
2000Aidan Hutchinson, American football player[†]
Aidan Joseph Bernardi Hutchinson is an American professional football defensive end for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). Hutchinson was a unanimous All-American for the Michigan Wolverines, and the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in 2021. He was selected with the second overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions, and named to the All-Rookie Team in 2022. Hutchinson was voted to his first Pro Bowl in 2023.
2000Arlo Parks, British singer-songwriter[†]
Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho, known professionally as Arlo Parks, is an English singer and songwriter. Her debut studio album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, was released in 2021 to critical acclaim and peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. It earned her nominations for Album of the Year, Best New Artist and Best British Female Solo Artist at the 2021 Brit Awards. It won the 2021 Mercury Prize for Best Album.
2000John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920)[†]
John Charles Harsanyi was a Hungarian-American economist who spent most of his career at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1994.
2000Nicholas Markowitz, American murder victim (born 1984)[†]
Nicholas Samuel Markowitz was an American teenager who was kidnapped and murdered at the age of 15 after a feud over drug money between his half-brother Benjamin Markowitz and Jesse James Hollywood.
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Swimmers at United States Olympic trials will be wearing bodysuits, approved for international competition in Jan, which are revolutionizing sport by reducing drag; most of world's top swimmers have started wearing them, producing flurry of records; photos (M)
Dance Company Jant-Bi makes its American debut at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Mass; West African troupe will perform Le Coq Est Mort, in which German dance meets African dance; program was choreographed by German neo-expressionist Susanne Linke; Idina Menzel will perform in premiere of play Summer of '42 at Goodspeed-at-Chester/The Norma Terris Theater in Chester, Conn; Off Off Broadway performers move uptown with Midtown International Theater Festival, presenting 9 performances each of 19 productions at 4 locations within four blocks of Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street; annual Bard Music Festival will dissect Beethoven and his music in two-weekend survey beginning Aug 11 at Bard College at Annandale-on-the-Hudson, NY; photos (M)
Market Place column examines effects of decision by international arbitrator, splitting Anderson Consulting from parent Arthur Andersen; notes other firms headed for similar split-ups; says even though world's largest accounting firms are eager to sell existing consulting businesses for variety of reasons, they will probably continue to offer wide array of services since consulting has fueled much of firms' growth over last decade or so (M)
Article on world tour of Iranian pop singer Googoosh, who has been banned from singing in public by her government since 1979 revolution; in last few years Iranian authorities have softened their hard-line stance on popular music; photo (M)
Sales at Cisco Systems Increase 61% in Quarter Cisco Systems reported a 61 percent gain in sales for its fiscal fourth quarter, as the company continued to be the leading supplier of the necessary hardware for the Internet. Excluding acquisition-related charges, Cisco's earnings exceeded Wall Street analysts' estimates by a penny a share. [Page C6.]
In the days before George W. Bush announced his selection of Dick Cheney as his running mate, Vice President Al Gore and his advisers sensed an unexpected opportunity. Aboard Air Force II and in Mr. Gore's campaign headquarters here, there was a consensus that Mr. Bush and his aides had bungled their selection process, that the Republicans had come across as leak-prone, rushed and uncharacteristically amateurish. The Gore campaign swiftly set out to exploit this perceived weakness by trying to turn the running mate selection process itself into a political weapon. With lock-step discipline, Mr. Gore's spokesmen derided Mr. Bush for conducting his search ''like a fraternity rush.'' They presented Mr. Gore's method as dignified, orderly, pander-free and, above all else, private.
Article on Dahesh Museum in midtown Manhatta
Stock options are figuring prominently in divorce cases; increasing number of judges are taking closer look at wealth locked up in unexercised options and making decisions to award at least some of wealth to former spouses of corporate managers who hold them; though rulings address differing facets of difficult question of how to evaluate unexercised options, legal experts say they collectively reflect social concern central to family law, namely, best interests of children; ruling by California Judge Edward B Huntington in divorce involving Qualcomm Inc president John Kerr and former wife Deedee discussed; photos; graph (M)
George Vecsey Sports of The Times column discusses successful career of New York Liberty basketball player Teresa Weatherspoon; photo (M)
Newark, NJ, in effort to capitalize on thriving economy and pervasive sense of opportunity, conducts tour of city for travel agents; two-day tour will show off city's parks, neighborhoods and partly renovated downtown area; photo (M)
Article profiles Michael Nicholson, who was disabled in 1972 when he was hit by car while on call as volunteer firefighter outside Rochester, NY, and who has led crusade to overhaul way workers' compensation treats volunteer firefighters; photo (M)
Hillary Rodham Clinton moves to turn Senator Joseph I Lieberman's presence on national ticket to her political advantage, saying she wants him to campaign by her side this fall; predicts that Lieberman's presence on New York ballot will increase turnout among Jewish voters and help her own Senate candidacy, assertion that is immediately disputed by her opponent Repr Rick Lazio (M)