July 20, 2004

Harvey Araton Sports of The Times column contends that fan and media reaction to New Jersey Nets decision not to match Denver Nuggets offer for forward Kenyon Martin was melodramatic and wrongly targeted new team owner Bruce Ratner, who said from beginning that he would be making business decisions as team looked to move to Brooklyn (NYC); photo (M)

Boeing and Airbus say they are excited about outlook for their newest planes, Boeing's medium-size, fuel-efficient 7E7 and Airbus's double-deck A380, but Airbus seems to be winning publicity war, at least at Farnborough, Eng, air show; two planes symbolize different views of development of air travel; Boeing believes that airlines will be serving growing number of direct routes between cities, using midsize planes; Airbus sees world of hub cities connected by high-capacity planes; each suggests that the other has made ruinously bad bet, and they exchange barbs over government subsidies; photos (M)

Untucked dress shirt has not yet made inroads at law offices or financial institutions, but style is well-entrenched in Hollywood executive cadres and among infuential fashion types; male fashion-setters attending recent Milan men's wear shows all wore their shirttails untucked; designers are beginning to build that look into their collections; for those who lack confidence to leave their shirttails flapping entirely, designers are providing compromise in form of half-tuck, styling gimmick ubiquitous in men's fashion magazines and at hip nightspots in Manhattan; photos (M)

Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeat New York Yankees, 9-7; photos (M)

Ben Brantley reviews Heisei Nakamura-za company's production of Natsumatsuri Naniwa Kagami (Summer Festival: A Mirror of Osaka), Kabuki drama directed by Kushida Kazuyoshi and staged in Damrosch Park as part of Lincoln Center Festival 2004; Nakamura Kankuro stars; photo (M)