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In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]
2001Marcelle Ferron, Canadian painter and stained glass artist (born 1924)[†]
Marcelle Ferron was a Canadian painter and stained glass artist, was one of the original 16 signatories of Paul-Émile Borduas's Refus global manifesto, and a major figure in the Quebec contemporary art scene, associated with the Automatistes.
2001The Aviation and Transportation Security Act is enacted by the 107th United States Congress in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Act created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).[†]
The Aviation and Transportation Security Act was enacted by the 107th United States Congress in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Act created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). However, with the passage of the Homeland Security Act in 2002, the TSA was later transferred to the Department of Homeland Security. The legislation was sponsored by Democratic Senator Fritz Hollings from South Carolina and co-sponsored by 30 other senators.
Article discusses pen-pal relationships developing since Sept 11 attack on World Trade Center between students from other parts of country, who have written comforting letters, and New York City schoolchildren; photo (M)
Article discusses bleak holiday sales outlook for book publishers; with terrorism, war and threat of recession dominating consumers' attention this fall, major publishers are having decreases in their sales of as much as 15 percent from last year's lackluster levels; photo (M)
The lecturer, as lecturers are wont to do, poses a rhetorical question. Is it possible, he asks, indicating himself, that ''this thing walking back and forth in front of you, talking to you,'' is in fact simply ''a great glob'' of atoms? That is certainly one possibility, sir. But wouldn't it be equally accurate to say that this thing -- if one may so call the personable and popular actor Alan Alda -- is a great glob of other, more readily identifiable elements? In fact, can't this thing be broken down into the particles that traditionally make up evenings of theater in which well-known performers impersonate dead celebrities?
The reviews of ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' from the professional critics last week generally followed similar lines: the film hews slavishly to the book it is based on, and that makes it a mediocre movie. Now hear the reviews from the critics who matter most, children in New York City and around the nation. They, too, generally follow similar lines: the film hews closely to the book, and that makes it a great movie.
Article profiles New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan; photos (M)
In 1957 I received a phone call from the producer John Houseman who said he was planning a new live CBS Sunday afternoon series to be called ''The Seven Lively Arts,'' a compilation of dance, drama, music and the like. ''I saw what you did last year with Hemingway's 'The Battler,' '' he said, ''and I wondered whether there was a Hemingway you could do for us.'' He was referring to my first attempt at dramatization, an hourlong adaptation of Hemingway's 10-page Nick Adams story that featured a little-known Broadway actor named Paul Newman as a battered punch-drunk prizefighter, a performance that landed him in his first big movie, ''Somebody Up There Likes Me.''
Article on Bob Woodward of Washington Post and Seymour M Hersh, now with New Yorker, competing while reporting on America's battle against terrorism; both had previously competed in 1970's while reporting on Watergate scandal; photo (M)
Article discusses reaction, both pro and con, to Fox News Channel hiring Geraldo Rivera as war correspondent (M)
Letter written by New Jersey Sen Robert Torricelli to State Dept official Robert Gallucci about debt owed David Chang by North Korean government may open new area of inquiry in federal investigation of Torricelli; Chang was significant contributor to Torricelli's campaign; photo (M)
Joyce Purnick Metro Matters column follows up with people who attended Twin Towers Job Expo; many are still unemployed (M)
Northern Alliance commander says at least 300 Taliban soldiers died in fighting when his troops laid siege to Taliban barracks at Mazar-i-Sharif; says most of those housed in barracks were foreign fighters; alliance fought for two weeks to take city, advancing from three directions and using 600 fighters on horseback as well as standard fighting units; United Nations spokeswoman raises fears that captured men were slain; Defense Sec Donald H Rumsfeld calls such reports 'unsubstantiated and sensational' (M)
The fledgling wizard with the zigzag scar rode his Quidditch broom to the biggest movie opening of all time this weekend as ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' earned an estimated $93.5 million in its first three days, making it all but assured of breaking the $100 million mark Monday afternoon. The feat was accomplished through a canny marketing campaign that carefully cultivated audience interest in the film -- the first to be adapted from J. K. Rowling's beloved children's series -- and then released it in just about every city, town and rural crossroads in North America, nearly one out of four of the available screens.