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In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[†]
2002Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (born 1908)[†]
Esphyr Solomonovna Slobodkina was a Russian-born American artist, author, and illustrator, best known for her classic children's picture book Caps for Sale. Slobodkina was a celebrated avant garde artist and feminist in the middle part of the 20th century.
Night Out With column follows Hollywood movie producer Robert Evans, 72, to Los Angeles party in his honor celebrating opening of The Kid Stays in the Picture, documentary based on his 1991 autobiography; photo (M)
American air campaign in Afghanistan, based on use of high-tech weaponry, has produced pattern of mistakes that killed hundreds of Afghan civilians; on-site reviews of 11 locations where air strikes killed as many as 400 civilians suggest American commanders sometimes relied on mistaken information from local Afghans; suggest preference for air strikes instead of riskier ground operations eliminated way of checking accuracy of intelligence; indicate Pentagon's use of overwhelming force meant that even when truly military targets were located, civilians were sometimes killed; map; photos (M)
Rethinking Military's Role A top-ranking U.S. general favors changing the law to give the military greater domestic powers to protect against terrorist strikes. PAGE 16 Dancing With Janet Reno When Janet Reno held a dance party in Miami, the fund-raiser for her gubernatorial race became the hottest ticket in South Beach. PAGE 14
Justice Department's ill-received plan to encourage meter readers, truck drivers and other ordinary Americans to report suspicions of terrorism discussed; photos (M)
Tamar Lewin Coping column on scene during intermission at Manhattan's St James Theater, where The Producers is being staged; women no longer wait in line because new ladies' room with 20 stalls was added when theater was renovated; men, whose attendance is higher than at other Broadway plays but whose restroom was left unchanged, do; drawing (M)
Profile of and interview with actor Harrison Ford, 60, who comments on evolution of his career and his role as Soviet submarine captain in new movie K-19: The Widowmaker; photos (L)
New York City Buildings Department is moving its headquarters to newly renovated lower Manhattan building from sites in Manhattan and Brooklyn (S)
News analysis says Pres Bush may have difficult time getting economic message heard because of ineffectiveness of his economic team; perception on Wall Street and in political circles is that no prominent member of team, including Treasury Sec Paul O'Neill, is regularly reassuring public that government's policies are sound; photo (M)
Article on sharp gyrations in stock market observes that investors are learning hard, though eternal, lesson that while stocks always have gone up, they also go down; graphs (M)
Combination of fears about credit risks and credit rating agency downgrades of corporate debt have led banks to cut back on corporate lending, shun companies in 'problem' industries and charge higher interest rates and larger upfront fees even to top-rated companies in healthy industries; perception by lending executives that profits from corporate loans no longer justify risks involved will likely prevent pick-up in business lending soon; photos; drawing; graphs of commercial loan statistics (M)
Article on lingering controversy over rejection of female members as members of some of most exclusive golf clubs in world, including Augusta National in Georgia, home of Masters tournament; photo (M)
New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 9-8, in extra innings; photos (M)