Multibillionaire Charles R Schwab, founder of discount stock brokerage, has influence with Bush administration and his proposals may help government rekindle investors' enthusiasm for stock market; his competitors on Wall Street disdain Schwab, accuse him of disingenuity and foresee continued shrinkage and waning of earnings for his firm; photos; graph of Schwab & Co financial statistics (M)

Washington Insider, But Wall St. Pariah

Success or failure of Prime Min Abdullah Gul's Islamic-based party in Turkey could have lasting resonance in wider Islamic world, which is divided over how to repond to West; party advocates coming to terms with modern world and adapting Islam so two can co-exist; some other Islamists view modernity as trap and seek return to religion's purist roots; Gul and party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan must show that party can face Turkey's problems while respecting democratic values; photo (M)

The World: Now Playing in Turkey; Can Islamists Run a Democracy?

John Rockwell article on Steven Soderbergh's film Solaris, based on Stanislaw Lem's 1961 novel and Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky's 1972 film, both also called Solaris; new film stars George Clooney and Natascha McElhone; photos (M)

On an Odyssey To Love's Outer Limit

Bill Finley The Day in College Football column predicts Ohio State University and Miami University will meet in national championship at Fiesta Bowl (M)

The Day In College Football; Seating Chart For Holidays Almost Done For Top Teams

Article on quid pro quo system that helps New Yorkers get what they want, including better apartments, admission for their children to highly sought-after schools and other favors; describes favor banking by those who contribute to charities and how system sometimes backfires; photos; drawing (M)

Doing Unto Others in a Big Way

Treasury Sec Paul H O'Neill's passion for overhauling federal tax laws toward greater simplicity, fairness and efficiency brings attendant political peril; Bush administration proceeds cautiously to avoid inflaming interest groups; longstanding tangled mass of tax advantages gained by lobbyists might be endangered; individuals of various economic classes and variety of industries could be substantially affected by rebuilt tax code, last overhauled in 1986; photo; drawing; table of proposed changes (M)

Itching to Rebuild the Tax Law

Article on Wi-Fi, random, interlinking network of wireless access points around New York City that allows people with laptop computers to connect to Internet; descibes scene in Bryant Park, first park in city to install dedicated system that provides free access to high-speed broadband; photos; drawings (L)

Walker in the Wireless City

New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission extends TriBeCa South Historic District in Manhattan to include 70 buildings with landmark status; facades of buildings are rich in Italianate-style features (M)

POSTINGS: 28 Buildings Added to Historic District; City Extends TriBeCa Zone

Lee's Art Shop in Midtown Manhattan reopens after 18 months of renovation; refurbished and expanded store reveals newly discovered architectural elements of 1897 building it occupies; architect is Meyer & Gifford; photo (M)

POSTINGS: 57th Street East of Broadway; Art Shop's Renovation Reveals Its Architecture

 U.N. Official Killed by Israeli  The Israeli military admitted that a shot fired by one of its soldiers killed a senior United Nations official on Friday at the agency's compound in the Jenin refugee camp.   PAGE 4    A Flood of Foreclosures  More mortgages than ever are being foreclosed, and more homes are being repossessed.   PAGE 30

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Anemona Hartocollis Coping column compares hushed, tension-filled opulence of New York City Department of Education's new home in Tweed Courthouse with exuberant atmosphere of Brooklyn's Midwood High School, which is badly in need of refurbishing; drawing (M)

Symbolism and Reality in the School System

Article on Elle magazine columnist E Jean Carroll's new Web site, www.greatboyfriends.com, on which women recommend men to other women; photo (M)

New Year's Eve Is Near. Do You Know Who Your Date Is?; Take My Ex, Please: Preowned, Preapproved

American oil companies, despite Bush administration encouragement, remain reluctant to invest in Russian resources; cite bureaucratic difficulties of joint ventures in Russia; Russian industry, formerly eager for overseas partners, now battles to keep foreigners out; Russian oil exports have risen steadily in recent years; dwindling Russian need for Western expertise is evidenced by country's sharp rise in production in past few years; photos; graphs (M)

Why U.S. Oil Companies and Russian Resources Don't Mix

IT is instructive and humbling, after 20 years in this business, to be reminded that what I think I have written is not what others think they have read. I received such a reminder with my last column.    What I had meant to write, and what I thought I had written, was one man's opinion, some of which I agreed with and some of which I questioned. The man, Stephen Viscusi, owns a head-hunting firm and is host of a radio show on which he gives career advice. He is also gay, and the column I wrote was about his decision not to share that fact with co-workers over the years. When callers ask whether they should come out to employers, or, more particularly, potential employers, he tells them no.  

Some Outspoken Opinions on Coming Out

Article on Carolynn Rockafellow, Robin Avram, brothers Alan and Seth Matarasso and other successful New York matchmakers; photo (M)

New Year's Eve Is Near. Do You Know Who Your Date Is?; The Right Matchmaker: A Well-Connected Friend

AIDS threatens armed forces of Angola and other African nations whose stability rests in large measure on their armed forces; civil war in Angola was check on travel and helped to contain AIDS, but people are on the move now that war is over, and incidence of AIDS is sure to rise; armed forces also contribute to spread of AIDS as soldiers are sent on missions in foreign countries and return with HIV to their home villages, passing virus on to wives and girlfriends; photos; map (M)

AIDS Imperiling African Armies, Key to Stability of Many Nations

James Hunter profile of Faith Hill, country singer whose record Breathe sold more than eight million copies; Mississippi native explains style that has changed since her marriage to Tim McGraw, country star known for following own instincts; interview; photos (M)

Redrawing Country's Borders

Pockets of residential growth dot long stretch of West Street over New York City's waterfront; renewal includes new housing construction as well as conversions of loft buildings; first major area emerged in 1990's with Rockrose Development Corp's revitalization of area around meat market district; prospective projects will extend to westernmost areas of Manhattan, effectively expanding West Village and other neighborhoods; zoning restrictions and anticipated changes noted; map; photos (L)

Along West Street, A Residential Makeover

Gretchen Morgenson Market Watch column presents ten proposals by mutual fund manager Robert A Olstein to thwart corrupt practices by Wall Street stock analysts, brokers and investment banking firms; his approach differs from focus of regulators currently attempting to legislate to stop corrupt research practices (M)

A Fund Manager Seeks Rules, Not Isolation, for Analysts

Justice Department plans to assign federal lawyers in counterintelligence to terrorism task forces in New York and Washington to help secure secret warrants against suspects; moves quickly after decision by special appeallate panel of Foreign Intelligence Court of Review validating department's broad surveillance powers under Foreign Intelligence Surveillnace Act; some civil libertarians contend policy will make it much easier for authorities to justify secret wiretaps and surveillance, using lower thesholds of evidence than traditional criminal warrants require (M)

U.S. Acts to Use New Power To Spy on Possible Terrorists

Nonemergency track work in New York City subway system is halted after second worker in two days is struck and killed by train in Manhattan; New York City Transit calls for 24-hour freeze to conduct review of safety procedures as transit union officials instruct track crews to stop all work, raising specter of major delays; cause of latest accident is under investigation; worker Kurien Baby was in tunnel 100 feet south of Canal St station when northbound E train hit him at 10:30 pm on Nov 22; both Baby and worker killed day earlier, Joy Antony, were assigned to small cleaning-and-maintenance crews that do not have member dedicated to flagging oncoming trains and alerting them to crew's presence; union officials say deaths could have been prevented had transit agency followed its own guidelines and assigned person to watch for trains while workers were on tracks; photos (M)

Work on Subway Tracks Halted After the Deaths of Two Workers

New York Jets prepare for game against Buffalo Bills; Jets wide receiver Wayne Chrebet hopes to contribute more meaningfully; photo (M)

Chrebet Feels In the Dark On Offense

New York Giants and coach Jim Fassel prepare for game against Houston Texans; photos (M)

Fassel and His Staff Practice Their Science

North Korea has provided Pakistan with missile parts it needs to build its nuclear arsenal in exchange for many of designs for gas centrifuges and much of machinery it needs to make highly enriched uranium for its latest nuclear weapons project; relationship between North Korea and Pakistan appears much deeper and more dangerous than US and its Asian allies first suspected and raises disturbing questions about nature of uneasy American alliance with Pakistani government, ally in ousting Taliban from Afghanistan; Bush administration says Gen Pervez Musharraf, after first denying Pakistani involvement in North Korea's nuclear effort, has assured Sec of State Colin L Powell that no such trade will occur in future, but American and Asian officials are far from certain that Pakistan has cut off relationship, or even if Musharraf is in control of transactions; photos (L)

In North Korea and Pakistan, Deep Roots of Nuclear Barter

Article on Internet sites such as Classmates.com, Reunions.com and GradFinder that offer chances for rekindling old flames without having to wait for class reunions; photo (M)

New Year's Eve Is Near. Do You Know Who Your Date Is?; New Life for Old Flames: Virtual Class Reunions

John Bordley Rawls was an American moral, legal and political philosopher in the modern liberal tradition. Rawls has been described as one of the most influential political philosophers of the 20th century.

November 24, 2002

Headlines from November 24, 2002

Washington Insider, But Wall St. Pariah

The World: Now Playing in Turkey; Can Islamists Run a Democracy?

On an Odyssey To Love's Outer Limit

The Day In College Football; Seating Chart For Holidays Almost Done For Top Teams

Doing Unto Others in a Big Way

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