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In 2004, the world population was approximately 6,503,377,772 people[†]
2004Howard Keel, American actor and singer (born 1919)[†]
Harold Clifford Keel, professionally Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer known for his rich bass-baritone singing voice. He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s, including Show Boat (1951). He played the role of oil baron Clayton Farlow in the television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991.
2004Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day state of emergency as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.[†]
The Iraq War, also referred to as the Second Gulf War, was a prolonged conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition, which resulted in the overthrow of the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict persisted as an insurgency arose against coalition forces and the newly established Iraqi government. US forces were officially withdrawn in 2011. In 2014, the US became re-engaged in Iraq, leading a new coalition under Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, as the conflict evolved into the ongoing Islamic State insurgency.
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Dr. Jules Lodish welcomes visitors to the downstairs bedroom of his Bethesda, Md., home with a robotic greeting that bursts from his computer's speaker. Ten years of living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or A.L.S., a progressive, paralyzing disease, have stilled nearly every muscle; he types with twitches of his cheek, detected by a sensor clipped to his glasses.
Democrats say Pres Bush's defeat of Sen John Kerry by three million votes has left party facing its most difficult time in 20 years; party is bewildered about how to compete with Republican Party that some say may be headed for period of electoral dominance; say situation is particularly worrisome because of absence of any compelling Democratic leader prepared to steer party back to power or carry its banner in 2008; Kerry's loss has created recriminations about candidate many Democrats always viewed as stiff, and campaign that was often criticized as slow-moving and unfocused; comments from various Democratic officials; photos (L)
Details of how Museum of Modern Art was able to raise $858 million in the middle of a recession for renovation and expansion of its building; looks at role of museum director Glenn D Lowry, who hired deputy directors responsible for tight control of budgets for exhibitions and gallery design, curtailing leeway formerly given to department curators; discusses roles played by individual board members in restructuring finances of institution, as well as in raising funds; interviews; photos (L)
New York Giants prepare to face Chicago Bears (M)
Roger Cohen article contends that during its first term, Bush administration held that only regional democratic transformation beginning in Iraq and extending to corrupt and terror-tainted Palestinian Authority could unlock door to Israeli-Palestinian settlement; maintains that with Yasir Araft comatose in Paris hospital and Iraq mired in conflict, question being asked is should administration adjust its approach to Israel and put peace in Jerusalem first; photo (M)
Some co-op boards in Manhattan are reluctant to approve sales of pied-a-terre apartments to mature, affluent suburbanites whose grown children may use apartments while at school or starting out; many agents instead try to steer such couples to buy condos, which are in short supply and command premium prices; would-be co-op buyers face intrusive questions from boards about how property will be used; photos of buildings that welcome families; drawings (M)
Behind the Wheel column reviews 2005 Chrysler and Dodge Minivans; photos (M)
NO one is in love today,'' says a man selling flowers. It is a brisk Sunday evening, but business is slow. The man stands on a traffic island near the Lincoln Tunnel -- a triangle surrounded by West 36th Street, the Dyer Avenue approach and the ramp from Ninth Avenue. A billboard painted on a nearby building encourages passers-by to ''See yourself in the Bahamas.'' For the drivers mired in the heavy traffic here, imagining themselves in Weehawken would require no less a leap of imagination. Below the ad, a window has been cut out of the black-painted bricks. Red light glows through a curtain, as if the Bahamas themselves were on the other side of the wall.
With Pres Bush's re-election, there are signs that present national divide, between narrow but solid Republican majority and Democratic party seemingly trapped in second place, may be hardening into pattern that will persist for years to come; but dominant political parties have tended to fracture after while; drawing (M)
Bush campaign's winning strategy in Florida was to concentrate on its suburban and rural areas, leaving Democrats to place their emphasis on urban centers; Bush's pledges to quash terrorism and promote traditional values appealed to mostly white middle-class, religious-leaning population; Republicans say their aggressive grassroots efforts in new population centers turned out record numbers of Bush supporters on Election Day, expanding his 537-vote margin in 2000 to nearly 400,000 this year; campaign recalled; maps and statistics about various parts of state (L)
Profile of Clotaire Rapaille, French-born medical anthropologist and psychiatrist, best known as 'car shrink,' who is founder of Archetype Discoveries Worldwide in Boca Raton, Fla; Rapaille, 63, who charges $200,000 to conduct research and advise companies about marketing strategies or products for American market, plays role of archetypical French aristocrat and lives in mansion in Tuxedo Park, NY; photos (M)
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani seeks to pull together feuding Shiite factions before election and to keep rivalries from weakening Shiites' position; two main religious Shiite parties in interim Iraqi government have banded together but face formidable challenge from possibly anti-American alliance looming between Ahmad Chalabi, former Pentagon favorite, and Moktada al-Sadr, cleric who ignited two deadly uprisings against Americans and interim government; Sistani's fear is that internal rifts could allow other parties, including secular party of interim prime minister Ayad Allawi, to win voters who otherwise support religious Shiites; Sistani has formed commission to broker deals among main Shiite elements; he is once again selectively intervening in post-invasion politics; photos; chart (M)