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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)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 14, 2001, covering November 19, 2001.
Michael Jackson
Enrique Iglesias
DMX
Backstreet Boys
Enya
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.
In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]