Thomas George Sports of The Times column says it is doubtful that either Baltimore Ravens or New York Giants will return to Super Bowl this season; photo (M)

Sports of The Times; Don't Count On Rematch In January

Roche Holding reaches agreement with Brazilian health authorities to reduce price of AIDS drug Viracept by further 40 percent; this puts end to government threat to break patent and produce drug locally; drug will now cost about 30 percent of what Roche charges in US (M)

Roche Reaches Accord on Drug With Brazil

Race horse Point Given is retired after strained tendon is found in his left foreleg; photo (M)

Point Given Is Retired Because of Tendon Strain

Republican mayoral candidates Herman Badillo and Michael Bloomberg meet for first time in debate on radio; both play up their starkly different backgrounds and defend their party credentials (M)

G.O.P. Debate Becomes Battle On Credentials

 COMING ON SUNDAY    AFTER THE BOWS    ''This is it -- as happy as I get, baby,'' says Nathan Lane, the biggest name on Broadway. So why is a white-hot star so blue? A report by Alex Witchel in The Times Magazine.

Editors' Note

Jeffrey H Salaway, East Hampton, NY, restaurateur, is killed when his car hits tree in East Hampton; photo (M)

Hamptons Restaurateur Killed When Car Hits Tree

Michael R. Bloomberg has passed the $20 million mark in his bid for City Hall, continuing to spend more than all of the mayoral candidates even as the four Democrats have accelerated their spending, reports filed yesterday show. But Mr. Bloomberg's opponent for the Republican nomination, Herman Badillo, got some good news: He appears to have raised enough to qualify for city matching funds.    Article, Page B7.

Bloomberg's Spending Surpasses $20 Million

LLeyton Hewitt defeats James Blake to advance at US Open tennis tournament; controversy surrounding Hewitt's asking to have black linesman removed discussed; photo (M)

Hewitt's Actions Cast a Shadow Over His Victory

At the Frozen Ropes batting cages in New Rochelle, N.Y., Jamal Wright stood placidly outside one of the cages, balls thumping the canvas behind him, as he talked frankly about what he saw as the Big Betrayal.     ''When I watched him, I thought he looked like he was 12, but he might have been hunched over,'' Jamal said.   

Forgiveness And Anger Over Plight Of a Pitcher

Britons, frustrated with long waits for surgery under state-run health service, are going to state-run health systems in continental Europe for care at cost far lower than that of private health care in Britain; Min Alan Milburn has introduced policy that will let local British health authorities negotiate with other European Union health services for hundreds of operations to clear patient backlog; photos (M)

Health Care Gap Has British Looking Abroad

New York City school superintendents and union officials say that budget cuts ordered this week by Schools Chancellor Harold O Levy will not require layoffs and will not affect most day-to-day operations (M)

Educators See No Layoffs From Cutting

 Americans Worked Longer Last Year Than in 1990  American workers have increased their substantial lead over Japan and all other industrial nations in the number of hours worked each year, a United Nations agency has found.    The report found that Americans added nearly a full week to their work year during the 1990's, climbing to 1,978 hours on average last year, up 36 hours -- almost a full work week -- from 1990. [Page A8.]

BUSINESS DIGEST

Unilever demands that Procter & Gamble open itself to third-party auditor to insure that P&G does not act on information obtained by corporate spies who took from Unilever trash bins at least 80 documents about three-year plan for its US hair care business; P&G, which brought matter to Unilever's attention, and Unilever have been negotiating settlement (M)

Unilever Wants P.& G. Placed Under Monitor In Spy Case

Article profiles Joseph J Salvo, director of population division of New York City Planning; he discusses tracking city's cultural population trends; photo (M)

Master of the Mosaic That Is New York City; Expert Keeps Tabs on Changing Population

Schroders, leading pension fund manager in Europe, ousts its chief executive, David Salisbury, after big clients move their accounts elsewhere and first-half profit plummets by greater than two-thirds; funds under management fall to $178.3 billion at end of June, down 8.3 percent from end of 2000; its stock price is down more than one-third in 2001; company's benchmark pension fund ranked in lowest ten percent among its competitors; photo (M)

Schroders Ousts Chief as Funds Business Struggles

Fire sweeps through crowded gambling club, Tokyo, killing at least 44 people and injuring 3 others; incident is worst of its kind in city in two decades; map; photo (M)

44 Die in Tokyo As Fire Sweeps Gambling Club

Pres Bush admits months of talks have not yet led to comprehensive new immigration accord with Mexico as he is set to meet with Pres Vicente Fox; presidents will instead endorse general set of principles and framework for regulating flow of migrants, leaving aides to work out details and build political support for measures; Bush views issue as key to developing stronger ties he seeks with Mexico (M)

No Agreement Yet With Mexico On Immigration Plan, U.S. Says

Dominican Republic officials say Danny Almonte, who pitched Bronx Little League team into World Series, is 14, not 12; league invalidates all team's victories; avalanche of criticism falls on his father, Felipe de Jesus Almonte, and coach, Rolando Paulino; Pres Bush, Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani and league officials express dismay; league takes no action against boy, calling him victim; does not revoke team's charter; photos (M)

Star Is 14, So Bronx Team Is Disqualified

 More Hours on the Job  Americans added nearly a full week to their work year during the 1990's, with an average of 1,978 hours last year, up 36 hours from 1990, a United Nations report says.   PAGE A8

INSIDE

New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 3-1; photo (M)

Yanks Force Red Sox to Confront a History Lesson

Analysis of questions Controller Alan G Hevesi, locked in close mayoral race, is facing about his ties to campaign donors; notes charges come from Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani, not from his Democratic primary rivals; most of Hevesi's rivals defend his integrity; Hevesi defends self, interview (M)

Hevesi on the Defensive

Wal-Mart is now most popular discount retailer in Canada, where its arrival in 1994 was originally viewed as unwelcome invasion; many Canadians petition Wal-Mart to open stores nearby; American retailers, including Home Depot and Costco, have opened new horizons for Canadian goods and forced changes in ways Canadian retailers conduct their businesses; photos; map; chart (M)

Canada Warms to Wal-Mart; From U.S. Invader to Part of the Landscape in 7 Years

Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat denounces Israel as racist colonial power at United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Durban, South Africa; speaks hours after his aide, Nabil Shaath, agreed at meeting with black American members of Congress brokered by Rev Jesse Jackson to reject proposed declaration that labels Israel racist state; backtracks after learning of Israeli-Palestinian clashes in Hebron; repeatedly refuses to endorse compromise language, interview; heated debate over issue threatens to eclipse conference; photo (M)

PALESTINIANS GIVE U.N. RACISM TALKS A MIXED MESSAGE

Slump in marketplace for electronics goods causes Japanese companies to slow production at or shutter their plants in other Southeast Asian countries as well as at home; Fujitsu is cutting production at its Thai, Vietnamese and Philippine factories; NEC dismisses workers in Malaysia, where Hitachi is closing plant in addition to its facilities in Singapore and at home; cutbacks highlight not only severe slump in demand for technology goods, but also retreat of Japan as South Asia's largest investor and financier and rapid-re-emergence of China as region's principal rival for investment and trade (M)

Japan's Electronics Slump Takes a Toll on Southeast Asia

Baltimore Ravens defeat New York Giants, 38-9, in preseason game; photo (M)

September 1, 2001

Headlines from September 1, 2001

Sports of The Times; Don't Count On Rematch In January

Roche Reaches Accord on Drug With Brazil

Point Given Is Retired Because of Tendon Strain

G.O.P. Debate Becomes Battle On Credentials

Editors' Note

Billboard 200

Now 7

Songs In A Minor

Celebrity

Eternal

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Historical Context for September 1, 2001