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Dave Kehr article on Polar Express, holiday movie directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks in multiple roles; says film is harbinger of technological revolution in film; process that creates 'virtual world' by digitizing actors and environments detailed; Zemeckis comments; photos (M)
Outlook for booming New York City housing prices discussed; there are ways in which conditions today are different from boom and bust of 1980's and early 1990's; city seems to be much stronger, both in economic and social terms; most economists predict, or at least hope for, soft landing from period of rapid price increases, with housing values eventually leveling out; some economists are concerned over easing of credit standards and proliferation of riskier forms of adjustable-rate mortgages; graphs of housing prices and mortgage trends; photos (M)
The two mothers gave the two boys in Red Sox caps and with Red Sox smiles a language lesson and a postseason lesson as they hustled into a frigid Fenway Park on Saturday night. ''¿Quien es su Papi?'' one of the mothers said. The boys tried to repeat the question, but they kept stumbling over the first word. Still, they kept smiling, kept walking to their seats and kept listening while the Spanish version of ''Who's your Papi?'' was repeated to them a second time.
Insurgents mount strikes on United States and Iraqi outposts across Iraq, using mortars and hidden roadside bombs to kill at least 18 Iraqi police officers and national guardsmen and wound dozens of Iraqis and Americans; American military official says attacks do not appear to be coordinated; Army of Ansar al-Sunna, militant Iraqi group that has taken credit for string of gruesome killings, posts video on Internet showing beheading of man they call 'crusader spy' for American forces; news agencies report that man claimed he sold drinks to American base in Mosul; flurry of violence underscores challenge facing American and Iraqi officials as planned national elections draw near; photo; map (M)
Interview with Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, who comments on attempt at reinventing himself and his new memoir, Tommyland; photos (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 20, 2004, covering October 24, 2004.
George Strait
Usher
Good Charlotte
Korn
Nelly
2004Randy Dorton, American engineer (born 1954)[†]
Randall Alexander Dorton was the Director of Engine Operations and lead engine builder for Hendrick Motorsports. With Dorton, the team won nine NASCAR championships.
2004Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver and businessman (born 1980)[†]
Joseph Riddick "Ricky" Hendrick IV was an American stock car racing driver and partial owner at Hendrick Motorsports, a NASCAR team that his father Rick Hendrick founded. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on April 2, 1980, and began racing in Go Karts at a young age, then the Legends Series at fifteen. He competed in both the Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series before his death from an airplane accident on October 24, 2004. He was killed with nine other family members and friends during the accident.
2004James Aloysius Hickey, American cardinal (born 1920)[†]
James Aloysius Hickey was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Washington from 1980 to 2000, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1988. Hickey previously served as Bishop of Cleveland from 1974 to 1980.
2004Maaja Ranniku, Estonian chess player (born 1941)[†]
Maaja Ranniku was an Estonian chess player.
2004Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League.[†]
The Arsenal Football Club, commonly known as simply Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Islington, North London, England. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. In domestic football, Arsenal have won 13 league titles, a record 14 FA Cups, 2 League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, and a Football League Centenary Trophy. In European football, they have one European Cup Winners' Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.
In 2004, the world population was approximately 6,503,377,772 people[†]