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In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[†]
2002Diane Parry, French tennis player[†]
Diane Parry is a French professional tennis player. On 28 October 2024, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48. On 4 December 2023, she peaked at No. 74 in the WTA doubles rankings. She is the current French No. 3 singles player. Parry was the junior world No. 1 in 2019.
Article on Take Me Out, play about Major League Baseball and homosexuality by Richard Greenberg; play opened in London this summer and same production, directed by Joe Mantello, is set to open at Joseph Papp Public Theater; photo (M)
Lleyton Hewitt defeats James Blake in five sets to advance to Round of 16 at US Open; photos (M)
The World, 12-deck, 644-foot Norwegian passenger ship, is world's first and only residence at sea; has apartments ranging in price from more than $2 million to more than $7 million; residents are on average in middle 50's and generally self-made, first generation wealthy; ship was launched in March and will visit 140 ports in 40 countries in coming year at start of perpetual circumnavigation of globe as home away from home for residents; photos (M)
People who work night and overnight shifts find it rich opportunity to advance their careers; Labor Department reports that 9.7 million Americans work full-time evening or night shifts, up from 8.9 million in 1997, and phenomenon is significantly more widespread in Northeast than nationally; photo (M)
Notre Dame University defeats Maryland University, 22-0, in season opener; photos (M)
Insurance companies are turning to Karen Clark and her AIR Worldwide, Insurance Services Office unit, to help quantify potential costs arising from terrorist actions; estimating possible risk is necessary to help insurers decide whether to extend coverage and how much to charge; AIR's services are in great demand since Sept 11 terrorism; Clark comments on project, interview; photos; graph of costliest United States disasters (M)
2002 NFL Preview profiles Washington Redskins new coach Steve Spurrier, whose aggression and innovation are as evident in his passing offense as they are in his personality; photos (M)
Fight for control of Congress is revolving more around domestic than foreign concerns, with candidates battling over corporate abuses, prescription drug costs and Social Security, rather than threat of terrorism or prospect of war against Iraq; candidates from both parties are invoking topics with quickening pace of fall campaigns; Democratic leaders acknowledge Republicans have been effective so far in blunting attacks by either seizing some of same issues or by pointing to Congressional votes that blur lines on what Democrats would like to be sharp partisan divide; say they have not seen any conclusive evidence suggesting that favorable electoral climate for Democrats nationally is affecting outcome of handful of competitive House and Senate races; some close House and Senate contests discussed; photos; chart (M)
Article on 29th annual rock music festival in Reading, Eng, which included performances by garage-rock bands Strokes, White Stripes, Vines and Hives; photos (M)
Murray Chass News Analysis contends that labor dispute between Major League Baseball players union and owners ended in resolution and without work stoppage because tone of final meetings was one of mutual committment to negotiation (M)
Agreement between major league baseball players and team owners averts strike but may leave sport's major problems unsettled; even though it distributes revenue more equally among teams, it will still give some far more money than others from economic might of local television deals; does not guarantee that poorly run franchises in small markets will invest new subsidies from richest teams on new players or to hang on to their stars, and leaves sport to cope with drag of badly struggling teams by not requiring shutdown of unprofitable franchises over next four years; charts; graphs; photos (L)