Archaeologists and anthropologists exploring human tendency toward war have discovered evidence of militarism within 95 percent of human cultures worldwide; David Sloan Wilson, Binghamton University (NY) biology and anthropology professor, holds man's history is too brief to have mastered global peace; contends that results of game theory experiments show humans desire cooperative endeavors; studies of chimpanzees and other primates mirror dichotomy of human relationship to war; interdependency between otherwise rival cultures and effect on armed conflict discussed (M)

Is War Our Biological Destiny?

 Science Times celebrates its 25th anniversary by asking 25 of the most compelling questions facing science today, including:    Does Science Matter?  What Happened Before the Big Bang?  Is War Our Biological Destiny?  Are Men Necessary? Or Women?  What Should We Eat?    SECTION F  

Editors' Note; 25 YEARS: Science Times

New York Giants owner Wellington Mara says that coach Jim Fassel will not be fired despite team's 4-5 record; photo (M)

Giants' Mara Not Among Fassel's Many Detractors

Alliance Capital Management requests resignation of president-chief operating officer John D Carifa and Michael J Laughlin, chairman of funds distribution division, because they failed to prevent improper trading in its mutual funds; Alliance is scrambling to reach settlement with Securities and Exchange Commission and New York State attorney general's office, which are considering action against it; regulators are looking at which Alliance executives were aware of rapid trading in and out of company's mutual funds by investors Daniel Calugar and Edward J Stern and whether Alliance's chairman Bruce W Calvert was aware of arrangement (M)

Alliance Ousts 2 Executives, Seeing a Failure To Police Trades

Creditors of auto maker Ssangyong Motors say they will put their stake up for sale; creditors, including Chohung Bank and 27 others, plan to offer their 54 percent stake in December (S)

World Business Briefing | Asia: South Korea: Auto Stake For Sale

Illegal immigrants smuggled into United States from Mexico face threat from bajaderos, who kidnap immigrants from smugglers after they complete arduous trek across desert, hold them for ransom and sometimes kill them if not paid promptly; law-enforcement officials along border say bajaderos are behind wave of violence and death in southern Arizona; say smuggling is now highly lucrative organized crime enterprise; photos (M)

After the Crossing, Danger to Migrants Isn't Over

Neptune Orient Lines earned $205.8 million in third quarter, reversing $28.5 million loss year earlier; company to offer stockholders about $300 million in new shares to pay off debts (S)

World Business Briefing | Asia: Singapore: Carrier Posts Profit

Surfing is seeing renaissance of sorts as movies, television and extreme games feature sport, seemingly undeterred by recent high-profile accidents; photos (M)

Most Extreme Sport Catches On, Again

Federal Communications Commission rules that consumers will be able to switch their home telephone numbers to their mobile phones starting Nov 24; order sets stage for scramble by traditional phone companies seeking to keep their customers as they face fierce competition from cellular providers and growing threat from Internet-based phone services; ruling is defeat for phone companies that argued that transferring wire-line phone numbers to wireless services was logistically difficult; FCC says it wants to encourage direct competition between traditional phone providers and mobile carriers; users in 100 largest metropolitan areas will be able to switch their wire-line phone numbers to wireless phones on Nov 24 as long as wireless carrier's coverage area includes telephone's location; regulation will go into effect for rest of country by May 24, 2004 (M)

F.C.C. Backs Phone Number Portability

Article assesses likelihood that Broadway revival of 1953 musical Wonderful Town will succeed; notes last five previews were canceled when star Donna Murphy came down with flu; choreographer Kathleen Marshall is making Broadway debut as director and ticket sales so far are lackluster; photo (M)

Spare Revival of 'Town' Could Be a Long Shot

New Jersey seizes control of 13-acre Tigers Only Preservation Society in Jackson Township, which is owned by Joan Byron-Marasek, and prepares to confiscate 24 tigers and move them to Wild Animal Orphanage in Texas; action follows five-year court battle during which Byron-Marasek maintained that tigers were well cared for; Carol Asvestas of Texas sanctuary says many of tigers appear to be filthy and in poor health; photos (M)

Final Defeat for Tiger Lady Means End of Preserve

Interview with former disco diva Donna Summer; comments on her life and career, latest album and autobiography, Ordinary Girl: The Journey; photos (M)

For Disco's First Diva, It's Still Not Last Dance

Olympus Corp says profit rose 16 percent in six months ended Sept 30; earned 15.5 billion yen ($141 million) as sales grew 15 percent, to 300 billion yen ($2.7 billion) (S)

World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Camera Maker's Profit Rises

Profile of Ravi Batra, New York City lawyer whose knack for getting to know judges and politicians who make them has gotten him role in picking State Supreme Court judges, fees for guiding other lawyers through Brooklyn court system and over $500,000 worth of court-controlled appointments; he made Brooklyn Democratic Party boss, Assemblyman Clarence Norman Jr, member of his law firm and Norman put him on panel that screens Democratic State Supreme Court nominees; review of Batra's cases and interviews with judges and lawyers who know him provide glimpse into court system where cozy relationships can play defining roles in who becomes judge and who benefits from decisions judges make; photos (M)

FRIEND OF THE COURT: One Lawyer's Inside Track; Cozying Up to Judges, and Reaping Opportunity

Kansas City Royals shortstop Angel Borrea is voted American League rookie of the year by media over New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui; Florida Marlins pitcher Dontrell Willis wins National League vote; photos (M)

Berroa Edges Matsui for Rookie of the Year Award

Star Group, owned by News Corp, says executive vice president Michelle Guthrie will become chief executive, succeeding James Murdoch; photo (S)

World Business Briefing | Asia: Hong Kong: Star Names Executive

Internal Revenue Service, as part of crackdown on abusive tax shelters, has been pressing action against accounting firm Grant Thornton to force it to disclose names of clients it advised to shelter millions of tax dollars in Roth IRA's via shell corporations; shelter client William C Ross filed lawsuit against Grant Thornton and smaller accounting firm, Raymond Creal, in June 2002, saying two firms sold him bogus Roth IRA shelter that violated federal and state tax laws, committed accounting malpractice and breached their fiduciary duties; Grant Thornton's prospectus says use of shell corporation owned by Roth can shelter more than $3,500 annual limit to Roths; diagram (M)

The Secret Life of a Retirement Account

Sen John Kerry, struggling to revive stumbling bid for Democratic presidential nomination, fires Jim Jordan as campaign manager, replacing him with Mary Beth Cahill; Kerry and his advisers have been riven over how to handle Howard Dean, who now seems poised to defeat Kerry in New Hampshire primary; campaign infighting marred Kerry's announcement tour; Jordan ouster comes as Kerry faces series of pivotal decisions, including whether to follow Dean in refusing federal campaign matching funds and how to regain footing in New Hampshire; photo (M)

KERRY DISMISSES CAMPAIGN CHIEF

NBC has determined that disproportionate amount of falloff in viewing levels among young men, decline of 11 percent so far this season, can be tied to decision of Nielsen Media Research to add significant number of Hispanic viewers to its national survey; decline in viewing levels may be exaggerated because many of young Hispanic men may not be participating in button-pushing process that determines TV ratings; NBC executives argue that, as result of changed statistical sample, comparisons to last season's ratings are skewed; Nielsen disputes how NBC is interpreting its ratings numbers (M)

NBC Faults Nielsen for Reduction in Viewers

Citizens Budget Commission reports that New Yorkers paid more of their income in local income, property and sales taxes in 2000 fiscal year than residents of any other state, $73.36 per $1,000 of income, 72 percent above national average; says their tax payments to state government were slightly below national average, but their combined state and local tax bill was $141 per $1,000 of income, 26 percent above national average and again highest in nation; state's $38 billion debt burden was also highest in nation; New Jersey placed second among states in local taxes, paying $51 per 1,000 of income, 20 percent above national average; Ohio was third; graph shows top 13 states in local tax burden (M)

New York Pays Highest Taxes, Study Finds

Producer Joyce Johnson, in sudden and unusual move, closes Bobbi Boland, comedy starring Farrah Fawcett in her Broadway debut, after only one week of previews at Cort Theater; says play does not work in Broadway house; photo (M)

Farrah Fawcett Play Closes in Previews

Councilwoman Eva S Moskowitz, who will lead four days of hearings on union work rules governing New York teachers, principals and custodians, says unions are trying to cancel hearings and are intimidating many witnesses; some elected officials and union leaders say hearings are attack on unions, and they protest scheduling of Schools Chancellor Joel I Klein as only speaker on last day (M)

School Unions Want to Cancel Labor Hearings, Official Says

New York Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey will likely miss six to eight weeks, or rest of regular season, with torn knee ligament; photo (M)

Injured Shockey May Miss The Rest of the Season

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas, or AmBev, reports third-quarter profit of 340 million reais ($118 million), nearly one-third less than year earlier; earnings grew to 777.8 million reais ($270 million) compared with 644.4 million reais year ago (S)

World Business Briefing | Americas: Brazil: Brewer's Profit Slips

 Sniper Prosecution Rests  Prosecutors rested their case against John A. Muhammad, the man they call the mastermind in the Washington-area sniper killings, and jury selection began in the case of his co-defendant, Lee Malvo.   PAGE A12    Iran Possesses Plutonium  Iran has produced small amounts of plutonium and other materials that could be used for weapons, the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency said.   PAGE A6

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November 11, 2003

Headlines from November 11, 2003

Is War Our Biological Destiny?

Editors' Note; 25 YEARS: Science Times

Giants' Mara Not Among Fassel's Many Detractors

Alliance Ousts 2 Executives, Seeing a Failure To Police Trades

World Business Briefing | Asia: South Korea: Auto Stake For Sale

Billboard 200

Measure Of A Man

As Time Goes By ... The Great American Songbook Vol. II

The Very Best Of The Eagles

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

ChickenNBeer

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for November 11, 2003

Headlines from November 11, 2003

Is War Our Biological Destiny?

Editors' Note; 25 YEARS: Science Times

Giants' Mara Not Among Fassel's Many Detractors

Alliance Ousts 2 Executives, Seeing a Failure To Police Trades

World Business Briefing | Asia: South Korea: Auto Stake For Sale

Measure Of A Man

As Time Goes By ... The Great American Songbook Vol. II

The Very Best Of The Eagles

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Chicken*N*Beer

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for November 11, 2003

ChickenNBeer