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Outlook for United Airlines and for chief executive James E Goodwin discussed in light of failed effort to take over US Airways; Frederick C Dubinsky, pilots' union head and board member, holds board does not blame Goodwin for failure, interview; photo (M)
Rafter Eliminates Agassi Andre Agassi lost his cool and a taut Wimbledon semifinal to Patrick Rafter, 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 8-6. The other semifinal was suspended by rain with Tim Henman up on Goran Ivanisevic, two sets to one. PAGE D1 Preserving an African Eden A German logging company has given up its lease on a rain forest in the Congo Republic, and the land, called a wildlife haven nearly untouched by humans, is to become part of a national park. PAGE A5
COMING ON SUNDAY: LOST IN CHECHNYA When two young Russian soldiers are captured in a lawless land, their mothers descend into the abyss. A report by Elizabeth Rubin in The Times Magazine. Plus: An April rally buoyed most stock funds in the second quarter, but not enough to regain losses of the past year. Mutual Funds Report, Part 2 of Money & Business.
Robert F Kennedy Jr and Dennis Rivera are sentenced to 30 days in jail each for roles in April protest at Camp Garcia against bombing exercises on Puerto Rican island of Vieques, despite representation by high-powered attorneys Mario Cuomo and Benito Romano; Cuomo makes eloquent plea for for leniency; photo (M)
Big aviation companies threatened by air traffic delays are offering to substitute their own vision, expertise and management skill for that of Federal Aviation Administration; are taking air traffic control offers to Congress and public, not FAA; traffic has been growing faster in last few years than capacity could be added, making FAA more vulnerable to such lobbying; photos (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 4, 2001, covering July 7, 2001.
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Staind
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Destiny's Child
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2001Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1936)[†]
Fred Neil was an American folk singer-songwriter active in the 1960s and early 1970s. He is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material – particularly "Everybody's Talkin'", which became a hit for Harry Nilsson after it was used in the film Midnight Cowboy in 1969. Though highly regarded by contemporary folk singers, he was reluctant to tour and spent much of the last 30 years of his life assisting with the preservation of dolphins.
In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]