Gretchen Morgenson column on adverse effects of strong dollar, particularly downward pressure it puts on stock prices; notes view of James Paulsen, chief investment officer at Wells Capital Management, that dollar is not likely to weaken soon; graph (M)

Robust Dollar May Be Too Mighty for Its Own Good

Correction of article in July 8 Long Island section about tensions on Poospatuck Indian Reservation

Earnhardt Jr. Wins In Return to Daytona

Ford, BMW and Nissan are releasing new versions of some classic models and, hungering for nostalgia, Cheryl Jensen test drives old versions on Interstate 40; says she learned to curb desire for nostalgic cars and to give leeway to people driving them; photos (M)

Driving Vintage Models Can Cure Nostalgia

Dale Earnhardt Jr wins Pepsi 400, first Nascar race held at Daytona since his father Dale Earnhardt Sr died while driving in Daytona 500; photo (M)

Earnhardts Dominate The Night At Daytona

Lawyers and judges in many states are trying new, cleaner look in legal documents they write by putting their citations at bottom of page; legal citations can include references to date, volume and page number of legal publications where precedents can be found; defenders of legal tradition say rebels are ruining superior system of legal citation with unorthodox ideas; photo (M)

Legal Citations on Trial In Innovation v. Tradition

Indian Army major being court-martialed for refusing order claims he is scapegoat for generals who escaped charges for one of country's worst military debacles; at issue is order Maj Manish Bhatnagar was given to attack Pakistani troops inside Indian territory two years ago, after Pakistani Army infiltrators penetrated along 15-mile front in Kargil area of Kashmir; Indian troops prevailed, but only after more than 850 of them died, as well as 700 Pakistani soldiers; Indian press accounts tell of ignored intelligence reports, and of soldiers being sent into battle without proper firearms or clothing; only two other officers involved in campaign, both majors, have faced courts-martial, with one winning acquittal and other being convicted of lesser offense; court-martial comes at sensitive time, as Indian Prime Min Atal Behari Vajpayee plans meeting with Gen Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan to talk about Kashmir; photo; map (M)

Agony Over Kashmir Echoes in Indian Courtroom

Allan Kozinn profile of composer Philip Glass, whose music never lags in popularity and seems to be everywhere; says Glass often seems to have lost drive to explore that lit up his early works and to have adopted instead more mundane, if thoroughly professional, policy of giving those who commission him what they expect; past works and current projects and collaborations discussed; photos (M)

His Success, Like His Music, Keeps Repeating

 Arafat Asks More of U.S.  Palestinians believe stronger American intervention is needed in the Mideast, a view that Yasir Arafat expressed in a rare interview.   PAGE 6    Personal Debate for Bush  As he considers stem cell research, President Bush is surrounded by reminders of friends and family such therapy might have helped.   PAGE 12

INSIDE

Belmont Park hopes to draw larger, younger crowd to racing events; photos; Barry K Schwartz, chairman of New York Racing Assn and also chairman of Calvin Klein Inc, discusses ad campaign (M)

Old Gray Track Ain't What It Wants to Be

Marilyn Jordan Taylor is named to head Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (S)

POSTINGS: Architectural Firm Chooses New Chief; Marilyn Taylor To Head S.O.M.

Beijing is clear favorite to host 2008 Summer Games; IOC will vote shortly; other cities being considered are Paris and Toronto (M)

Beijing Expected to Receive the 2008 Summer Games When the I.O.C. Votes

Two newly discovered newspaper references from 1823 bolster growing consensus that baseball emerged gradually, by evolution and not by invention; articles are in two New York City newspapers; game was long thought to have been invented by Abner Doubleday in 1839 in Cooperstown, NY; in recent years, historians have credited Alexander J Cartwright for codifying many of modern rules and using them for first time in 1846 game at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ; newspaper references were discovered by George A Thompson, Jr, librarian at New York University; photos (M)

Baseball's Disputed Origin Is Traced Back, Back, Back

New York Mets defeat New York Yankees, 3-0, in interleague play; photo (M)

The Mets Finally Catch a Break

Somina Sengupta Coping column decries the way yoga classes in her Brooklyn neighborhood have changed over the past few years into something alarmingly trendy and loud; drawing (M)

Hare, Hooey: The New Yoga

Section of Brooklyn between Bedford-Stuyvesant and Clinton Hill moves upscale with buildings being beautifully renovated with high rents to match; transformation drives out manufacting community and attendant jobs; photos; map (M)

When New Homes Drive Out Old Jobs

Construction begins on first of three middle-income cooperative apartment buildings in East Harlem section of Manhattan; it is being developed by Madison Park Development Associates, joint venture of BFC Partners and L & M Equities; photo (M)

POSTINGS: First of Three Middle-Income Buildings; A New Co-op Going Up in East Harlem

Profile of Marc Cohodes, short-seller who has become highly visible at time when short-sellers are regaining status on Wall Street they lost when stocks were soaring in late 1990's; Cohodes, general partner in Rocker Partners, hedge fund, knows how to dig out hidden problems and inflated profits in financial reports of target companies and how to rip publicly into their executives; his role in uncovering hugely inflated sales at Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products discussed; photos; graphs (L)

Thriving on Bursting Bubbles

Film-makers begin to create photo-realistic computer characters that, at least in fleeting moments, will try to convince audience that actual humans are on screen; until now, digital production and distribution has been limited to shooting, editing and distributing movies; specter of digital actor has been figure of terror for last few years in Hollywood, as early technical experiments prove it is at least possible to create computer image that could plausibly replace human being; for now, it is impossible for computer-generated films to be made without actors; greater concern is not that digital actors will replace movie stars--but that technology may make it easier for unscrupulous to make improper use of actors' images; photos from Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, fully digital film that features character composed only of pixels (M)

Movie Stars Fear Inroads By Upstart Digital Actors

Cathy Horyn reviews men's fashion showings in Paris, including designs by Hedi Slimane, Tom Ford and Marc Jacobs; photos (M)

Hedi Slimane Puts the Sexy in Suit

Word for Word column on day spent at West Point, questioning young cadets on their perceptions of military's role in post-Communist world of ethnic flare-ups, alliance politics and fuzzy missions; photo (M)

Word for Word/The Long Gray Line; For Tomorrow's Army, Cadets Full of Questions

One of most ambitious water-management programs in history involves raising heights of several dams in California and building new ones, in first federally financed dam construction of this type in years; project would affect vast swath of state, from McCloud River to Central Valley to San Diego; proposals have been worked out by same groups that have been fighting over dams for years, including several environmental groups; groups say they are being forced by state's seemingly limitless need for cleaner and more plentiful water to at least consider what was anathema short while ago; some environmentalists fear that willingness to consider new dams is slippery slope; focus of program is one of largest and most overtaxed systems of natural and man-made plumbing in world, 700-square mile Bay Delta, where Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers meet eastern reaches of San Francisco Bay in maze of channels, aqueducts, oxbows, dams, islands and wetlands; delta has provided most of water for California's growth for more than 100 years; photos; map (L)

As California Thirsts, Dams Make Comeback

Comment on pitfalls of trying to run nation like a corporation; photo of Pres Bush and Vice Pres Cheney checking their watches (M)

The Nation: Look Sharp; Trying to Run a Country Like a Corporation

Economists and business executives say unexpected rise in value of dollar is complicating prospects for economic rebound; despite six interest rate cuts by Federal Reserve this year, American currency has strengthened against euro and Japanese yen; as result, American products have become more expensive when sold abroad; in addition, economic weakness in Europe and Japan is dampening demand from abroad for American goods and services, making it even harder for domestic economy to emerge from its doldrums; traditionally by this point in economic cycle, weakening currency would make American goods less expensive in foreign markets; squeeze on exporters from dollar is combining with weak demand from slumping economies at home and abroad to put particularly intense pressure on American manufacturers; in response, industrial companies are laying off hundreds of thousands of workers and are main contributors to rise in unemployment rate (M)

A STRONG DOLLAR CLOUDS PROSPECTS FOR QUICK REBOUND

Wal-Mart is increasingly focusing on in-house, or private-label, brands as part of new strategy to bolster profits and assert company's strengths; strategy also seeks to attract certain kinds of consumers--especially free-spending teenagers--who might not otherwise flock to Wal-Mart; was set several years ago under David D Glass, former chief executive, and appears to be gaining momentum under new chief, H Lee Scott Jr; requires Wal-Mart to walk fine line in terms of its customers' desires as well as its relationship with brand-name manufacturers; photos (L)

The Heavyweight Goes In-House

In-depth article about Brooklyn Navy Yard, waterfront parcel sandwiched between Williamsburg, Fort Greene and Vinegar Hill that has been transformed into New York City-run industrial park with 86 structures, 40 of which are rentable buildings, 200 tenants and 3,500 workers; further development plans described; Navy Yard's history traced; photos; maps; chart (L)

Yard Work


John Dempsey O'Shea was a New Zealand independent filmmaker; he was a director, producer, writer and actor. He produced the only three feature films that were made in New Zealand between 1940 and 1970.

July 8, 2001

Headlines from July 8, 2001

Robust Dollar May Be Too Mighty for Its Own Good

Earnhardt Jr. Wins In Return to Daytona

Driving Vintage Models Can Cure Nostalgia

Earnhardts Dominate The Night At Daytona

Legal Citations on Trial In Innovation v. Tradition

Billboard 200

Devil's Night

Break The Cycle

Take Off Your Pants And Jacket

Survivor

Moulin Rouge

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for July 8, 2001