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In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[â ]
2002Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1922)[â ]
Juan Antonio Bardem Muñoz was a Spanish film director and screenwriter, born in Madrid. Bardem was best known for Muerte de un ciclista (1955) which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, and El puente (1977) which won the Golden Prize at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1979 film Seven Days in January won the Golden Prize at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.
2002Jam Master Jay, American rapper and producer (born 1965)[â ]
Jason William Mizell, better known by his stage name Jam Master Jay, was an American musician, record producer and DJ. He was the DJ of the influential hip hop group Run-DMC. During the 1980s, Run-DMC became one of the biggest hip hop groups, credited with breaking hip hop into mainstream music. Mizell was murdered in his Queens, New York recording studio in 2002.
Amanda Hesser comments on world pelmeni-eating contest at Atlantic Oceana nightclub in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn; pelmeni are Russian meat dumplings; photos (L)
Analysis: latest corruption charges brought against several local officials add to New Jersey's reputation, deserved or not, as place where graft remains part of life; in last two years, five mayors or former mayors have been prosecuted, as well as dozen municipal officials and local party leaders; Essex County Executive James W Treffinger was just indicted on charges of extortion and obstruction of justice, and former Hudson County Executive Robert C Janiszewski pleaded guilty three weeks ago to extortion and tax evasion; one theory is that New Jersey has too many layers of government, plethora of lucrative contracts, and governmental system without much incentive for anyone to challenge system; another theory is that old political culture, ward-heeler ways of Newark and Jersey City and Camden, is slow to dissipate; both Treffinger and Janiszewski came in as reformers but ended up new players holding old scripts; temptations of office, in many cases legal but unseemly, have cost many other New Jersey politicians their careers, including Sen Robert G Torricelli and Acting Gov Donald T DiFrancesco (M)
300-mile-long, privately financed oil pipeline in Ecuador is 70 percent complete, and even most die-hard opponents acknowledge that stopping construction is next to impossible; announcement that Dusseldorf bank Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale will continue financing project, despite international campaign pressuring it to withdraw $900 million loan, appears to remove last hurdle for builders of $1.3 billion pipeline; questions are being raised by oil analysts and economists over just how much economic impact it will have in Ecuador; government and consortium--made up of giants like Repsol YPF of Spain and Occidental Petroleum, and led by EnCana of Canada--have scaled back original projections of 850,000 barrels of oil per day that would have gross domestic product grow as much as 2.3 percent per year over next 20 years; builders say pipeline will transport only 220,000 barrels per day, half of capacity, and nearly three-quarters of that crude is oil that is already in production and currently flowing through 30-year-old Trans-Ecuadorian tube known as SOTE, which runs nearly parallel to new pipe; map; photo (M)
R W Apple Jr, in last of three articles on food of Scandinavia, focuses on herring, a staple in diets of northern Europeans--not only Scandinavians, but also Dutch, British, Germans and others; describes joys of eating herring in Sweden; notes his encounter with Capt Bo Christianson, skipper of 115-foot herring trawler; photos (L)
Bruce Weber reviews musical Debbie Does Dallas, adapted and directed by Erica Schmidt, composed by Andrew Sherman and conceived by Susan L Schwartz; photos (M)
United States and France move toward compromise on Iraq that would oblige Bush administration to consult United Nations Security Council before embarking on military action against Saddam Hussein but still leave it freedom to act alone; France and US have been arguing for six weeks over how many resolutions and what sort of triggers would be needed to open way for UN-backed military action against Iraq if that country fails to comply with expected new UN demands for destruction of its chemical and biological weapons; US has balked at France's insistence on two resolutions; under proposed compromise, American officials make clear that US would reserve right to lead military action against Iraq if Iraq continues to block inspections, even if Security Council does not give its approval (M)
Aventis says third-quarter sales rose 21 percent; net income climbed to 560 million euros ($551 million) from 461 million euros year earlier (S)Â
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New York Giants coach Jim Fassel will likely start calling plays again, taking responsibility away from offensive coordinator Sean Payton in wake of disappointing offensive performance this season (M)
Article on battle over art collection worth billions bequeathed by patent medicine millionaire Albert C Barnes to Pennsylvania's Lincoln University in 1951; Barnes Foundation has pleaded insolvency, claiming that board is unable to provide for its priceless cache of masterworks; wealthy Philadelphia interests are preparing to help raise $150 million for new downtown museum in exchange for control of holdings; photos (M)
Vivendi Universal's board votes to reject Vodafone Group's unsolicited $6.67 bilion offer for Vivendi's 44 percent stake in French phone company Cegetel, saying price does not 'reflect the true value' of company; Vivendi is expected to make counteroffer for Cegetel shares owned by BT Group and SBC Communications, stakes that Vodafone had agreed to buy as part of its offer to Vivendi; such offer could prompt Vodafone to increase its bid, although Vodafone's chief executive Sir Christopher Gent has said he is unwilling to enter into bidding war with Vivendi (M)
Community hospitals are striking back at doctors who are investing in upstart specialty hospitals by stripping defectors of medical privileges or setting up physician groups to compete against them; battle for profitable patients is unraveling longstanding relationships, setting doctors against doctors and pitting health care entrepreneurs against established institutions; rebellious doctors, seeking new ways to make money in era of falling reimbursements, are joining number of small companies to build hospitals specializing in various fields and sending their patients to new facilities; community hospitals worry they will lose patients whose fees subsidize money-losing services like emergency rooms and care for poor; hospitals in Columbus, Ohio, are embarking on aggressive campaign to convince community, including state legislators, that new hospital called New Albany Surgical threatens their ability to provide essential services and care for poor; OhioHealth, which operates three hospitals in Columbus, plans to deny privileges to any doctor who invests in New Albany; American Hospital Association recently created task force to look into issue; Dr Carl Berasi, surgeon who favors for-profit hospitals, and David P Blom of OhioHealth, who believes such facilities endanger his hospital, comment; photos (M)