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WHEN Victor Diaz was setting Mets rookie records for April with 10 runs batted in and 16 runs scored, it was as if Mike Cameron had disappeared. And in a way, he had. Cameron, who had been blueprinted as the Mets' right fielder after Carlos Beltran's takeover in center, was on the disabled list for most of the first five weeks of the season with tendinitis in his left wrist.
For most of this surge that brought the Yankees back to .500 for the first time in more than a month, Tino Martinez slugged the way Jason Giambi used to, while Giambi played the role of designated enigma. Until Sunday, Giambi contributed multiple headlines but precious little offense to the Yankees' winning streak, which reached eight games with a 6-4 victory that completed a three-game sweep of the woeful Athletics. But on a sunny, pleasant afternoon at McAfee Coliseum, Giambi -- on a day Randy Johnson failed to strike out a batter and the unstoppable Martinez homered twice more -- delivered the biggest hit of the day.
Dallas ties series with Phoenix at 2-2. Seattle beats San Antonio, 101-89, to tie their Western semifinals at 2-2. The Heat's Dwyane Wade is soaring into the N.B.A.'s elite. PAGES D2-D3
Anthony Tommasini reviews Metropolitan Opera's first production of Franco Alfano's Cyrano de Bergerac, with Placido Domingo in title role; photo (M)
Russell Simmons, co-founder of Def Jam Recordings label, gives deposition in which he concedes that he was exaggerating when he said publicly in early 2003 that his Phat Fashions business was doing $350 million a year in sales, since company's revenue for preceding year was only $14.3 million; deposition arose from civil case in which Def Jam and Lyor Cohen, then its chairmen, were held liable for reneging on deal to let another label release CD featuring Def Jam artist; his words and various written statements provide glimpse into economics of apparel, where labels like Phat Farm make money by charging fees or royalties amounting to percentage of revenue generated by manufacturers who license their names; photos (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 11, 2005, covering May 16, 2005.
Bruce Springsteen
Mariah Carey
Bobby Valentino
Rob Thomas
Amerie
2005Andrew Goodpaster, American general (born 1915)[†]
Andrew Jackson Goodpaster was an American Army General. He served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR), from 1 July 1969, and Commander in Chief of the United States European Command (CINCEUR) from 5 May 1969 until his retirement 17 December 1974. As such, he was the commander of all NATO (SACEUR) and United States (CINCEUR) military forces stationed in Europe and the surrounding regions.
2005Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote.[†]
Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. With a coastline of approximately 500 km (311 mi), Kuwait also shares a maritime border with Iran, across the Persian Gulf. Kuwait is a city-state, most of the country's population reside in the urban agglomeration of Kuwait City, the capital and largest city. As of 2024, Kuwait has a population of 4.82 million, of which 1.53 million are Kuwaiti citizens while the remaining 3.29 million are foreign nationals from over 100 countries. Kuwait has the world's third largest number of foreign nationals as a percentage of the population, where its citizens make up less than 30% of the overall population.
In 2005, the world population was approximately 6,586,970,132 people[†]