May 15, 2003

Millions of people who in the past would have been told that their blood pressure was normal or ''high normal'' should now be told that they have a condition that threatens their health, according to new government guidelines. Article, Page A32.

Anaheim Angels defeat New York Yankees, 5-3; photos (M)

Gov George E Pataki of New York makes good on his pledge to reject tax increases and much of new spending proposed by state lawmakers in budget they passed over his objection; says he vetoed $1.3 billion in spending added by Legislature, and entire tax revenue bill its budget is based on; says he will act later this week on legislative package of $1.7 billion in financial relief for New York City; holds Legislature's $92.8 billion plan would harm state's economy; says he considers some of language in budget unconstitutional, but stops short of promising to take legal action; state's top legislative leaders Democratic speaker of State Assembly Sheldon Silver and Republican majority leader in State Senate Joseph L Bruno vow to meet Pataki's vetoes with overrides; this reveals how deep divisions are in Albany over taxes and spending, and sets stage for showdown between executive and legislative branches (L)

Bruce Weber Critic's Notebook article on Washington, DC, productions of Shakespeare's Richard III, directed by Gale Edwards, and As You Like It, performed by Royal Shakespeare Co and directed by Gregory Thompson; photos (M)

What one remembers about Dave DeBusschere, the basketball player, the one player who was perhaps most responsible for the emergence of the champion Knicks in the early 1970's -- the Camelot years of the Knicks -- is that he could be a Hummer or a BMW, depending on the situation in a particular night. Burly, rock-jawed, his thighs so muscular they seemed cast in marble, he could be a force in what the players called ''the butcher shop,'' the rebounding area under the basket where welts sprouted and blood spilled and, as Kipling might have said, you had to be a man, my son.