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In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[†]
2002Barry Took, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1928)[†]
Barry Took was an English writer, television presenter and comedian. His decade-and-a-half writing partnership with Marty Feldman led to the television series Bootsie and Snudge, the radio comedy Round the Horne and other projects.
2002Moturu Udayam, Indian activist and politician (born 1924)[†]
Moturu Udayam was an Indian politician and women's rights activist. She was the General Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Mahila Sangham for eighteen years, and then the honorary president of the organisation between 1992 and 2001. She was also Vice President of the All India Democratic Women's Association, to which the APMS is affiliated, between 1981 and 2001.
2002Carlos J. Gradin, Argentine Archaeologist (born 1913)[†]
Carlos Joaquín Gradin, also known as Carlos Gradín, was an Argentine surveyor and archaeologist. He carried out numerous studies in the Patagonian region, and is known for his extensive studies of Cueva de las Manos. He was a member of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET).
Reports of capture of top Al Qaeda commander, Abu Zubaydah, noted (S)
Roman Catholics in Madison, Wis, 350,000 strong, struggle along with their pastor, Msgr Michael E Hippee, to cope with sex abuse scandal involving priests across country, although neither he nor any diocese priests have been implicated; Hippee tells congregation of his shame and profound sadness at abuse of minors by brother priests, while parishioners lament that abuses have opened church to critics; both sides are drawing faith from Easter symbolism; photos (M)
Article on attempt by residents, coming together as Residents in Distress, or RID, to rid street of poor, gay black and Latino youths who congregate along western edge of Manhattan's Christopher Street; some old-timers say Christopher Street should remain New York's Gay Mecca while others complain that prostitution, drunkenness, lewdness, public sex and other problems are worsening; photos (M)
Alacra Inc, Manhattan provider of online business and financial information to investment banks and corporations, has its own summer soccer league for employees because 40 percent of them are born outside US, rare example of multiculturalism even for New York, where population is 40 percent foreign-born; Alacra employees say diversity bolsters their self-confidence and enlivens their social life both inside and outside office; photo (M)
Anthony Tommasini assesses tenure of Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Seiji Ozawa, who is stepping down this summer after 23 years in post; photo (M)
Connecticut University's women's basketball team is heavily favored to win third national title in final round of NCAA tournament against Oklahoma University; photos (M)
Ginsburg Development is fifth developer at Chapel Hill in Peekskill, NY, to develop former girl's boarding school into condominium project; plan to develop site began 16 years ago but economic forces prevented it from being completed; foundations and framing are under way for first of what will be 194 condominium units, remaining classroom building is being turned into lofts and apartments, and chapel itself will be restored and used as residents' community center and exercise club; developer Martin Ginsburg and Mayor John G Testa comment; map; photos (M)
Profile of and interview with Nicholas Maier, whose Wall Street memoir Trading With the Enemy has raised ire of number of its subjects, including former boss and hedge fund manager James J Cramer; publisher HarperCollins has taken unusual step of destroying 4,000 copies, issuing errata slips and removing from future editions anecdote in which Maier mistakenly reported that Cramer was investigated by Securities and Exchange Commission for insider trading; photo (M)
Dozens of current and former WorldCom employees are suing Salomon Smith Barney, which administers WorldCom's employee stock option plan, to recover tens of millions of dollars in losses incurred when they followed advice of Salomon brokers in Atlanta; say brokers pushed all employees to hold shares and borrow from Salomon to pay for them, generating big fees for themselves; New York Stock Exchange probes activities of brokers; graph of firm's biggest employee stock option accounts; photo (M)
Felicia Lee's last Coping column after two and half years recalls readers' reactions to past columns; drawing (M)
Out-of-control stock option grants at companies across America are at last prompting action among shareholders; officials at TIAA-CREF, big institutional investor, take up fight; after perusing options programs at large companies, TIAA-CREF identifies 13 companies with programs it considers significantly dilutive to shareholders; chart shows companies that have authorized stock options that would dilute value of investors' stakes, but that did not receive shareholder approval (M)
Roberta Smith reviews 2000 Whitney Biennial art show; photos (M)