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In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[†]
2002Leo Ornstein, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (born 1893)[†]
Leo Ornstein was an American experimental composer and pianist of the early twentieth century. His performances of works by avant-garde composers and his own innovative and even shocking pieces made him a cause célèbre on both sides of the Atlantic. The bulk of his experimental works were written for piano.
Felicia Lee Coping column on 651 Arts executive director Maurine Knighton who, faced with sharp budget cuts, is seeking new ways to raise funds to keep African diaspora arts group vital part of Brooklyn's Fort Greene community; drawing (M)
Wal-Mart Stores, which became nation's biggest company by using low prices to attract mostly working-class shoppers, is targeting more affluent bargain shoppers; has opened stores in last year in well-off suburbs and added pricier products; risks alienating core customers if it replaces too many of its basic goods with upscale products; graphs and maps compare chain with rivals; photo (M)
America's long history of demonizing its enemies and defining itself in part through its nemeses discussed in light of its current response to Sept 11 terrorism; use of nation's enemies as highly emotional political symbols makes it easy to lose touch with reality of their acts and motives and harder to understand how to defeat or influence them; photo (M)
Winter Olympics are marked by riveting sport, satisfaction over smooth logistical success amid unprecedented security and anti-American backlash abroad against perceived North American bias; Americans relish their mastery of new-age sports that attract large, younger television audience; decision that gave Canadian figure skaters David Pelletier and Jamie Sale duplicate gold medal in pairs competion apparently opened door for aggrieved national federations to protest any ruling they deemed unjust, leading to boycott threats by Russians and South Koreans; table compares 1992 and 2002 Games; photos (L)
Design of Saratoga Community Center in Brooklyn by George Ranalli, architect and dean of architecture school at City College, recalls work of Frank Lloyd Wright; photo (S)
Bush administration, faced with dwindling reserves in huge Superfund toxic waste cleanup program, plans to designate fewer sites for restoration; says it will not reauthorize corporate tax, which expired in 1995, that funded Superfund, shifting cleanup costs to taxpayers; says it is dealing with much bigger and more complex sites; Congress has failed for years to reach accord on reauthorizing tax, which pays for emergency actions and cleanup of sites where polluter cannot be identified or cannot pay; fund has been used to clean up about 30 percent of 1,551 sites on Environmental Protection Agency's national priority list, with corporations paying to clean up other 70 percent; graphs of cleanup costs; photo (M)
Article on flurry of recent fashion ad campaigns that feature fairy tale characters; photo (M)
Germany wins gold medal in four-man bobsled event; United States teams take silver and bronze medals; photo; (M)
Jean-Pierre Vidal of France takes gold medal in slalom; Sebastien Amiez, also of France, is silver medalist; Alain Baxter of Scotland wins bronze, winning Britain's first Olympic Alpine medal; photo (M)
Article on New York City's Latino culture which, despite widespread diversity, is dominated by Caribbeans, particularly Puerto Ricans and Dominicans; Mexican, Central American and South American immigrants and their children, as result, have to adjust to not only American culture but try to avoid being engulfed by dominant Latino culture; photos (L)
Teenager Held in Six Killings A 16-year-old boy has been charged with killing six people and wounding a seventh in shootings over two consecutive days this month in Camden County, N.J. PAGE 29 Welfare Changes Sought The nation's governors, who helped write the landmark 1996 welfare law, now want Congress to let states relax its stringent work requirements for some people on welfare. PAGE 27
Team of entrepreneurs and achaeologists working with British government says it has probably found HMS Sussex, British warship that sank in Mediterranean off Gibraltar in 1694, reportedly carrying gold and silver coins now worth up to $4 billion; team's robot has examined large mound rich in cannons, anchors and solidified masses of artifacts and has lifted few to surface; Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc leads project and is negotiating with Britain, which owns wreck, for excavation contract; maps; diagram; photos (M)