William Grimes reviews Lutece, one of oldest, most celebrated French restaurants in New York City, on East 50th Street; photos (M)

Lutèce Leaves the Past And Steps Into the Future

Article discusses growing number of high school male students who are using Internet to gossip about sex exploits of female classmates; arrest of 2 boys in Chappaqua, NY, for listing names and sexual exploits of girl classmates noted (M)

Now, High Schools' Sex Gossip Is Scrawled on Web Site Walls

Jennifer Capriati defeats Serena Williams to advance to semifinals of French Open tennis tournament; other results noted; photo (M)

Shot by Shot, Capriati Buries Past

Article discusses success of Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson this season; photo (M)

Now a Leader, Iverson Turns Image Around

Pres Bush moves toward broad restrictions on imported steel, as long urged by American companies and unions in once-mighty industry hobbled by unending glut of imports; photo; graph; Bush vows aggressive response to 'unfair trade practices' in case US will bring to International Trade Commission; he narrowly won West Virginia and narrowly lost Pennsylvania, two major steel states, and running-mate Dick Cheney had promised to do more for industry than Pres Clinton had; Bush announces step before completing details of case, in face of Democratic plans to use new control of Senate to order trade commission action (M)

Bush Moves Against Steel Imports; Trade Tensions Are Likely to Rise

The Justice Department has decided not to pursue criminal civil rights charges against four New York police officers involved in the fatal shooting in 1999 of a mentally disturbed man who was armed with a hammer, the United States attorney's office said yesterday.  

No Charges for Officers In 1999 Shooting Death

The Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo's 1957 film is a political movie that, partly through the powerful lead performance of its star, the relatively young Yves Montand, transcends its own politics. In its portrait of a humble fishing village, the movie reverently looks back to the early films of Rossellini. But at the same time, the movie has a high scenic gloss aesthetically at odds with neo-realist austerity. As stirringly heartfelt as it is, Mr. Montand's portrayal of a proud renegade fisherman who breaks the law to make a better life for his family is a star performance radiant with macho glamour. — Stephen Holden

As a Comrade, He Could Have Been A Contender

New York State Supreme Court, Bronx, Justice Troy K Webber convicts Police Officer Mark Conway of misdemeanor assault for shooting unarmed teenager Dantae Johnson two years ago while grabbing him from moving car; photo (M)

Officer Guilty In '99 Shooting Of a Teenager

 U.S. Takes First Steps To Limit Steel Imports  President Bush took the first steps toward imposing broad restrictions on imported steel, handing a victory to steel companies and unions that have long urged the government to grant relief from foreign competition.    The president's action, which initiates a challenge to imports and could result in higher tariffs on foreign-made steel within months, goes beyond any protections that the Clinton administration proposed and is certain to raise tensions with trading partners. [Page A1.]

BUSINESS DIGEST

Second annual Rocket Clip Film Festival, a competition for budding filmmakers, is held at Paradiso Club in Amsterdam; contestants' mission was to create a new film around an existing film soundtrack, choosing from, among others, La Dolce Vita, Doctor Zhivago and Trainspotting; winning film is Game Over, done to music of You Only Live Twice; photos (L)

A Western With Real Spaghetti? In Amsterdam, It Got Third Prize

Matthew Purdy Our Towns column on convenience store owned by Hemang Patel in Montvale, NJ, becoming focal point of lottery buyers after selling winning ticket to $46 million Big Game New Jersey lottery drawing last June 9 (M)

Our Towns; A Mystery At the End Of a Rainbow

Article discusses increasing number of major league baseball teams cutting back on their scouting staffs in New York metropolitan area and rest of Northeast; photo (M)

Diamonds Aren't Forever; After Years of Chasing the Next Koufax, Scouts Are Out

Article, Blank Slate: Taking the Test, reports on intensive drilling, using repetition and rap, that enabled Bronx Prepatory Charter School to raise math scores dramatically in just seven months; math scores soared from 29 percent performing at grade level to 71 percent, rare achievement for school serving black and Hispanic children; school went from 33 to 37 percent reading at grade level, subject less amenable to quick fixes; experts caution about anomaly, but gains seem to demonstrate possibilities for small school freed of regulation and focused on clear goal; Bronx Prep, which opened last August, devised straightforward curriculum of basic skills and test-prep drills, relying on lectures, textbooks and work sheets; principal Marina Bernard-Damiba and teachers explain approach: lessons are enforced across curriculum, teachers drill, students respond and memorize; photos of Denniston Reid's math class; graph of test scores (M)

Repetition + Rap = Charter School Success

Profile of Union Square Greenmarket, as summer harvest season approaches; notes challenges facing market, such as construction chaos resulting from water-main replacement, and Parks Department's planned revamping of southwest corner of Union Square; photos (L)

Trees vs. Produce: Clashing Greens In Union Square

New York appellate court rules state violated state and federal Constitutions in denying Medicaid benefits to thousands of legal immigrants who arrived in US after August 1996, cutoff under new US welfare law for range of federally-funded benefits; ruling cites state constitutional requirement to care for the needy and finds violation of equal-protection clause of US Constitution; court cannot compel US to fund benefits, so decision means New York will have to pay; Gov George Pataki promises compliance and denounces original Congressional action; says he has not decided whether ruling obliges state to extend Family Health Plus benefits to post-1996 immigrants (M)

Medicaid Curb For Immigrants Is Ruled Illegal

Great Universal Stores report full-year profit fell to 203.7 million pounds ($294 million) from 275.1 million pounds ($390 million) a year ago, largely because of one-time charges; reports record pretax profit of 487 million pounds ($691 million); plans to proceed with 25 percent public offering of its Burberry division within a year (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Profit At Universal

CIA Dir George J Tenet will meet with Israeli and Palestinian security chiefs in hope of building on three days of relative calm since Yasir Arafat ordered his forces to prevent further violence; Pres Bush acknowledges that despite his desire to allow parties to work out settlement themselves, events are forcing US to try to calm brittle situation; special envoy William J Burns remains in Jordan awaiting next moves; Tenet may not be able to convince two sides to meet; Muhammad Dahlan, security chief in Gaza, has been mostly incommunicado since his jeep was riddled with bullets by Israeli troops in April; West Bank counterpart Jibril Rajoub reportedly agrees to meet Israelis if Tenet is present; Israeli defense minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer says food and fuel will begin moving and Palestinian workers may return to jobs along border because incidents of violence have decreased, although there are clashes and bomb injures Fatah member; Prime Min Ariel Sharon, on Russian television, calls Arafat 'murderer' and 'pathological liar,' while Hamas leaders make clear they are not bound by calls to end violence (M)

C.I.A. Chief Going to Israel In Effort to Maintain Calm

Prison population is one of fastest growing work forces in United States, with about 85,000 of nation's 1.3 million inmates in federal and state prisons holding jobs; Oregon is leader in trend, as result of 1994 law requiring all able-bodied prisoners to work 40 hours a week; managers of Array Corp, garment manufacturer that employs Oregon prisoners, say felons are highly motivated workers, even though they get to keep only 20 percent of pay; jobs offer release from dreariness and danger of prison life, some money and skills that can be used on outside; graph of employed inmates; photos (M)

Management: Behind Bars And on the Clock; Despite Low Pay, Felons Show Up Motivated

Swissair Group sets major restructuring program to cut costs by at least $279 million by end of 2001; plans job cuts (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Switzerland: Airline Restructuring

Brazil begins at least six months of obligatory electricity rationing that is dimming street lights, turning off air conditioners and canceling nighttime sports events; three-quarters of 170 million Brazilians are told to cut consumption twenty percent or face rolling blackouts that would cripple economy; government blames drought: Brazil has vast river networks and get more than 90 percent of power from dams; orders, sparing only Amazon and far south, will affect every aspect of life but are being taken seriously by shocked, angry people; consumption fell by ten percent even before measures took effect; photo (M)

Energy Crisis in Brazil Is Bringing Dimmer Lights and Altered Lives

Rick Marin assesses televised rematch between Bobby Flay and Masaharu Morimoto on Food Network's Iron Chef show, heavily hyped 'bake-off' that was won by Flay; photos (L)

Lobsters at Five Paces, Knives and Egos Bared

Ben Brantley reviews Keith Bunin play The Credeaux Canvas at Playwrights Horizon; photo (M)

When Dreams Start to Fade There's Always Forgery

Ann Powers reviews avante-garde concerts at Vision Festival, at Knitting Factory; photo (M)

Tuning In the Brain Waves Of the Wild Side of Jazz

 Florida Denounces Report  Gov. Jeb Bush's office denounced a finding by the United States Commission on Civil Rights that Florida officials ignored evidence of problems on Election Day.   PAGE A22    Blockbuster to Settle Suits  Blockbuster has agreed to settle class-action lawsuits over its policy of assessing late fees that have often cost much more than the original video rental price.   PAGE C1

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New York Mets defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 9-0; photo (M)

Mets Wake As Reed Lulls Phillies

Rayan Aït-Nouri is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a left wing-back for Premier League club Manchester City. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.

June 6, 2001

Headlines from June 6, 2001

Lutèce Leaves the Past And Steps Into the Future

Now, High Schools' Sex Gossip Is Scrawled on Web Site Walls

Shot by Shot, Capriati Buries Past

Now a Leader, Iverson Turns Image Around

Bush Moves Against Steel Imports; Trade Tensions Are Likely to Rise

Billboard 200

Break The Cycle

Lateralus

Survivor

Malpractice

Miss E ...So Addictive

Notable Births

Historical Context for June 6, 2001