New Time Inc chairwoman and chief executive Ann S Moore comments on plans; her role in 1990's in expanding Time, world's largest magazine company, recalled; photo (M)

Inheriting the Burden of Success at Time Inc.

New York Giants first-round draft pick Jeremy Shockey assumes heavy burden, coming to rescue of ailing team as promising offensive playmaker who is just out of Miami University; photos (M)

Shockey Looks Good in Blue

New York City officials urge electricity customers across large section of Lower Manhattan to use power sparingly at start of work week to prevent blackouts in wake of major explosion and fire at Consolideted Edison's East River Generating Station; temperatures expected to be in 90's with high humidity; officials blame fire on short circuit; say its cause is under investigation; photos (M)

Con Edison Braces For Hot Workday After Fire at Plant

Corporate chief executives, facing angry investors and indignant politicians, are focusing intensely on details and demanding more from ranks; are sharing pressure of Aug 14 deadline for personally certifying their financial statements; John Hancock Financial Services chief executive David F D'Alessandro comments on his decision to require every financial officer and heads of all business units to certify own numbers (M)

Under Duress, Some C.E.O.'s Demand More From the Ranks

New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 9-8; photos (M)

Yankees Are Up to Their Old Tricks

Celestine Bohlen interviews Rezo Gabriadze, master puppeteer from Georgian Republic; Gabriadze's puppetry versions of Battle of Stanlingrad and Autumn of My Springtime will be performed during final week of Lincoln Center Festival; photos (M)

Puppetry Illuminates Life by Mocking Facts

News analyis of possible implications of bankruptcy filing by Worldcom Inc; filing, even though expected for weeks, creates cascade of problems in interdependent industry of local and long-distance carriers, as well as their equipment suppliers; is unlikely to have much direct effect on business customers or residential callers; creditors and regulators are likely to ensure that company's network operations remain relatively intact in months ahead (M)

Bankruptcy's Taut Wiring

High-level defector from Iran's intelligence agency says Iranian government organized and carried out bombing of Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1994 that killed 85 people and paid former Argentine Pres Carlos Saul Menem $10 million to cover it up; transcript of deposition by Abdolghassem Mesbahi is received by New York Times from Argentine officials frustrated that case remains unsolved; says Menem, president from 1989 to 1999, benefited for years from his ties to Iranian intelligence officials who courted him for his combination of rising political power, Muslim ancestry and connections to Argentina's small but influential Syrian-Lebanese community; allegations in transcript detailed; Menem, through spokesman, rebuts charges; suggests they are politically motivated; has launched new campaign for president despite taint from political corruption scandals; bombing of community center recalled; photos (M)

Iran Blew Up Jewish Center In Argentina, Defector Says

State Dept experiences difficulty filling hardship posts overseas despite record number of people applying to join Foreign Service as American diplomats shun jobs over security and lifestyle concerns; problem is especially acute in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, whose strategic importance has surged because of US-led campaign against terrorism; 60 percent of embassies and consulates are designated hardship posts for variety of reasons; from Nigeria to Kazakhstan to China, all considered hardship assignments, American missions report vacancy rate 50 percent higher than in more developed nations; while newly minted diplomats are more eager than ever to serve country and even express interest in hardship assignments, they are quick to state desire to avoid places that might pose risk to families; map (M)

More Say Yes to Foreign Service, But Not to Hardship Assignments

 RealNetworks Poses Challenge to Microsoft  In a significant challenge to Microsoft, RealNetworks plans to announce a new version of its software that can play audio and video in a range of formats, including Microsoft's own proprietary Windows Media.    The software is intended for large media companies and other corporations that need to send audio and video data to customers and employees in a variety of different formats. But RealNetworks acknowledged that it was possible that the company might incur Microsoft's legal wrath. Nevertheless, RealNetworks considers the strategys good for both Microsoft and consumers. [Page C8.]

BUSINESS DIGEST

Analysis of factors that could end steep stock market plunge; they include stock buybacks, actions by Federal Reserve or Bush administration, small investors or market itself (M)

Investors Brace For Opening Of New Week On Wall Street

 Superfund Money Restored  The Environmental Protection Agency has restored money to clean up 11 toxic dump sites, after having told local officials they would not receive money this year.   PAGE A8    Formula One Record Tied  Michael Schumacher won the French Grand Prix in Magny-Cours to secure his fifth world drivers title, tying Juan Manuel Fangio's 45-year-old record.   SPORTSMONDAY, PAGE D3

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Passaic River in NJ, after two centuries of degradation and pollution, is tentatively poised for second coming; with most offending industries gone and water quality improving, shad and striped bass are running upstream, drawing leggy white egrets and great blue herons to mudflats; up and down river, cites and suburban towns that used to treat Passaic like a toilet are planning waterfront promenades and parks; photos; map (L)

Hoping Egrets Replace Pollutants As River Undergoes Intensive Care; Signs That Decades of Degradation Have Run Their Course

Cassettes of songs of Calabrian Mafia, which celebrate violence and vengeance, continue to sell well in Italy despite questions about their legality; songs have earned ire of many social ritics in Italy, and forthcoming release of album in US has many Italian-American organizations worried about new glorification of Mafia; photo (L)

Mafia Songs Break a Code Of Silence; A Gory Italian Folk Form Attracts Fans, and Critics

WorldCom, plagued by rapid erosion of its profits and an accounting scandal that created billions in illusory earnings, submits largest bankruptcy filing in US history; lists more than $107 billion in assets; has accumulated $41 billion in debt since it was founded as LDDS Communications in 1983 and became nation's second-largest long-distance carrier and largest handler of Internet data; company executives say they intend to remain in business and have been promised new bank financing to do so; chief executive John W Sidgmore says company will emerge as stronger entity; says he is opposed to breaking up company and selling off pieces; says he does not expect further layoffs for time being; filing will allow company to avoid about $2 billion in interest payments in coming year; overambitious strategies and flawed accounting, as well as glut of telecommunications capacity that led to its demise discussed; graph plots rise and fall in company's financial fortunes since 1989 (M)

WORLDCOM FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY; LARGEST U.S. CASE

New York State Senate rescinds $745,000 in grants to nonprofit community group headed by State Sen Pedro Espada Jr; group, Comprehensive Community Development Corp, was founded by Espada, and it pays him more than $200,000 a year; grants were among Espada's 'member items,' discretionary pork-barrel money legislators get to dole out as they see fit; Espada at firtst denied having had anything to do with grants, saying it would be 'very wrong'; later, he says had been confused and acknowledges that member items had been included in budget at his request; photo (M)

Senator Wins State Grants for Group He Heads, but Albany Objects

News analysis of results of town hall meeting on rebuilding on site of World Trade Center; public's call for slower planning process and less commercial space could delay plans for expanded transportation center connecting subway and commuter rail lines downtown; could affect hundreds and probably thousands of jobs and severely affect economy of Lower Manhattan economy (M)

Slowing Down, at a Cost

Ben Brantley reviews Central Park production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night directed by Brian Kulick, featuring Jimmy Smits and Julia Stiles; photos (S)

Wayward Currents in Uncharted Waters

Article on workers in Accra, Ghana, who process tickets given by New York City police for quality-of-life violations; they are employees of Data Management Internationale, Delaware-based firm, and have processed tickets since March; current and former city officials say they were unaware any city contracts had ever been handled abroad; Charles Sturcken, chief of staff city's Environmental Protection Department, which signed two-year contract with company, says he was unaware work was being done in Ghana; map; photo (M)

In New York Tickets, Ghana Sees Orderly City

Nanomuscle is working with wire made from nitinol, nickel-titanium metal alloy, for use in toys and wide variety of other products as alternative to motors and switches; alloy can he heated and formed into one shape, then cooled to form second shape, and revert to these shapes at appropriate temperatures; Dynalloy makes nitinol wire under Flexinol brand name; arrival on nitinol scene of Rod McGregor's Nanomuscle has stirred both admiration and misgivings among some longtime participants in field; diagram; photos (M)

Alloy With Shape Memory May Be Ready For Broad Use

This Week column offers brief descriptions of cultural events taking place around globe; photo (S)

This Week

Ernie Els wins British Open for his first major championship victory in five years and first British Open win; photo (M)

Out of a Bunker, And Out of a Funk, Els Takes the Open

About $200 million in private and government money will likely be spent addressing grief, stress and trauma in aftermath of Sept 11; enormous size of effort is forcing charity officials and mental health experts to wrestle as never before with one of relief world's most vexing challenges: figuring out not only how best to distribute money, but how to prove results and thus reassure donors, many of whom have grown cynical about some Sept 11 charity agencies; experts say central problem charities and government face in tackling lingering mental health problems is that existingmental health systems are not designed for scope of needs Sept 11 created; photos (M)

Finding Cure for Hearts Broken Sept. 11 Is as Difficult as Explaining the Cost

Anne Midgette reviews Handel's Deidamia as performed under direction of Will Crutchfield at Caramoor Festival; photo (S)

Handel Hero With Touch Of 'Messiah'

Number of radio stations around nation have shifted from playing R&B oldies to hip-hop format, which has greater appeal to younger listeners advertisers increasingly covet; sharply defined hip-hop stations began emerging in mid-1990's and now number about 150; 23 cities have two competing hip-hop stations; photos (M)

Hip-Hop Transforms Radio As Stations Seek Ad Dollars

Count Felix of Monpezat is a member of the Danish royal family. He is the younger son of Prince Joachim and his first wife, Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg. He is a grandson of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik, and a nephew of King Frederik X. Felix is currently seventh in the line of succession to the Danish throne.

July 22, 2002

Headlines from July 22, 2002

Inheriting the Burden of Success at Time Inc.

Shockey Looks Good in Blue

Con Edison Braces For Hot Workday After Fire at Plant

Under Duress, Some C.E.O.'s Demand More From the Ranks

Yankees Are Up to Their Old Tricks

Billboard 200

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Irv Gotti Presents The Inc

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Let Go

Notable Births

Historical Context for July 22, 2002