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Analysis of trends that have emerged from new labor contracts negotiated between Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra and their musicians (M)
Iraq has far fewer security officers than needed to protect 9,000 polling places during Jan elections; many of its officers have performed poorly in Sunni Arab areas where worst violencce is expected; role American troops will play is still being defined, though they will probably serve as backups out of sight of polling stations; Sen Jack Reed note election commission has not shared data on polling places, making it hard for American commanders to set up protection plan; photo (M)
European Commission, despite announcement by Thomson of plan to purchase one-third stake in ContentGuard, reportedly continues investigation into plan by Microsoft and Time Warner to take over antipiracy company; photo (S)
Race for 35th Senate District in Westchester County continues to be too close to call three weeks after election; Republican State Sen Nicholas A Spano faced tough challenge from Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Democratic county legislator, and he has maintained slim lead through counting of thousands of paper ballots; both sides agree that Spano is ahead by 188 votes, with hundreds of ballots still to be counted (M)
New York Times/CBS News poll finds Americans are optimistic about next four years under Pres Bush, but have reservations about key elements of second-term agenda he presented in defeating Sen John Kerry; finds Americans are at best ambivalent about Bush's plans to reshape Social Security, rewrite tax code, cut taxes and name conservative judges; finds continuing disapproval of Bush's handling of Iraq war, with plurality now saying it was mistake to invade in first place; Democrats are staunchest opponents of Bush agenda, but concerns extend across party lines in some cases; nearly two-thirds of respondents, including 51 percent of Republicans, say it is more important to cut deficit than to cut taxes; poll finds concern about decline in nation's values is polarizing issue in American politics, with Bush supporters more likely to cite it than Kerry voters; issue has particular resonance in South and among weekly churchgoers, rural voters and women; graphs of poll results (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 17, 2004, covering November 23, 2004.
Various Artists
A Perfect Circle
Nelly
Usher
Rod Stewart
2004Pete Franklin, American radio host (born 1928)[†]
Pete Franklin, nicknamed "The King", "Sweet Pete" and "Pigskin Pete", was an American sports talk radio host who worked in Cleveland, New York and San Francisco. He is widely credited with pioneering the more aggressive, acerbic and attention-grabbing form of the genre, which has since been adopted by generations of sports media personalities, and bringing it to a multinational listening audience.
2004The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.[†]
The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, commonly known as Sameba, is the main cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox Church located in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Constructed between 1995 and 2004, it is the third-tallest Eastern Orthodox cathedral in the world and one of the largest religious buildings in the world by total area. Sameba is a synthesis of traditional styles dominating the Georgian church architecture at various stages in history and has some Byzantine undertones.
In 2004, the world population was approximately 6,503,377,772 people[†]