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In 2000, the world population was approximately 6,171,702,993 people[†]
2000John Cooper, English businessman, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (born 1923)[†]
John Newton Cooper was a co-founder, with his father Charles Cooper, of the Cooper Car Company. Born in Surbiton, Surrey, United Kingdom, he became an auto racing legend with his rear-engined chassis design that would eventually change the face of the sport at its highest levels, from Formula One to the Indianapolis 500.
HONG KONG -- I got to know my future wife, Angela Tung, while Christmas shopping in Manhattan nine years ago. Or, more precisely, she got to know me. The excursion was her idea, a low-pressure way to extend a relationship in its early blush. What I didn't know then was that my wife also used the trip as a way of scoping me out. Was I generous or mean? Did I have good taste, or would I buy my dad a macrame tie and think it was charming? Most important, did I know how to buy gifts for women? All such questions would be answered on a single afternoon of compulsory consumption a few days before we headed home to our families.
Profile of Montreal Canadiens, once-glorious hockey franchise that has fallen on hard times; photos (L)
Rick Marin comment on his Christmas ritual, watching 1951 version of A Christmas Carol starring Alastair Sim as Scrooge of all Scrooges; photo (M)
James G Cobb's year-end report card on some vehicles he has tested in last 12 months; photos (M)
Archer Daniels Midland executives point to company's evolution from being supplier of bulk grain to also growing array of health and nutritional products, farmed fish and hydroponic vegetables; but company leadership remains in question, and Wall Street community remains unconvinced of company's new directions; article explores ADM's operations and prospects and movement of its stock price; photos; chart; graph (L)
Christmas tree fire apparently ignited by candle roars through apartment in Washington Heights, trapping family of four between wall of flames and padlocked window gates over fire escape; two small children are killed and their parents are critically burned; photo (M)
Incredible shrinking prices of leather goods mark holiday season; leather apparel, no longer the luxury it was 10 years ago, is now sold at stores in Manhattan's garment district and nationwide at prices not much higher than those for clothes made of wool and other fabrics; Chinese pigs do figure in perhaps as biggest contributor to lower leather prices: new technologies that can metamorphose cheap animal hides--scratched cow, pocked sheep or porous pig--into supple leather; photos; chart (L)
The leading Christian churches in Jerusalem have shifted position over the past three months of violence and are backing Palestinian demands for full sovereignty over Jerusalem's Old City and its Christian and Muslim holy sites. Most major Christian faiths in Jerusalem have called for a negotiated solution adhering to United Nations resolutions that require Israeli withdrawal from territory occupied after the 1967 war. Article, Page 10.
A Night Out With report on Julian Schnabel's party for 350 of his closest friends, celebrating opening of his movie Before Night Falls; photos (M)
Michelle Krebs column lists automotive overachievers of 2000; says Chrysler PT Cruiser was standout of year; photos (M)
As turbulent 2000 ends, markets hope for brighter 2001; article details general economic and stock market prognostications of Mary C Farrell, Douglas Cliggott, Abby Joseph Cohen, Byron R Wien and other eminent financial analysts; photos; charts (M)
New York Giants defeat Jacksonville Jaguars, 28-25; photo (M)