June 13, 2001

Survey by Jackson Lewis, employment law firm, finds human resources executives are becoming less accepting of casual dress in workplace; urges companies to be cautious that casual manner does not lead to reduced professionalism; graphs (M)

Terrorist convicted of 213 counts of murder in 1998 bombing of US Embassy in Kenya will be sentenced to life in prison without parole after federal jury in New York reports deadlock on death penalty, which requies unanimous verdict; ten of 12 jurors conclude that execution could make martyr out of Mohamed Rashed Daoud al-'Owhali; he was convicted of helping deliver bomb and confessed role to FBI, saying he expected to die as martyr; second death penalty hearing set before same jury against Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, who helped assemble and deliver bomb; victims' families react; photo (M)

Final days of Broadway revival of Bells Are Ringing are marred by rash of bounced checks that causes hostility between the musical's producers and its cast and crew (M)

Frank J Prial Wine Talk column on vigorous ferment in Long Island's young wine industry over question of what constitutes Long Island wine; notes that for some popular wineries, temptation to bring in grapes or wine from somewhere outside of Long Island and call it Long Island wine can be hard to resist; photo (L)

This stylish, jolting and surprisingly moving gangster picture is lifted above the conventions of the genre by Jonathan Glazer's smooth, syncopated direction and the wit and grit of the cast. Ray Winstone plays Gal, a retired London gangster whose idyllic life in Spain is interrupted by the arrival of Don Logan (Ben Kingsley), who wants to recruit Gal for a complicated heist. Mr. Winstone's slow-moving magnetism is a perfect foil for Mr. Kingsley's terrifying intensity. Amanda Redman, as Gal's tough and devoted wife, helps to give the picture a welcome and unexpected depth of feeling. - A. O. Scott