His mind is what has put Tiger Woods up there in the golf clouds with all the other golf gods of all the other golf eras.

Winning Streak Is Burnished With Cunning and Confidence

In the last few months, trade groups representing music publishers have used the threat of copyright lawsuits to shut down guitar tablature sites.

Now the Music Industry Wants Guitarists to Stop Sharing

Barbaro has benefited from the most extraordinary efforts ever mounted to save a top-flight racehorse. 

With Costly Care, Barbaro’s Long Odds Improve

Is buying a stake in an Internet casino a sucker’s bet, or the chance to buy low and score a big payday?

Web Casinos Becoming a Riskier Bet for Investors

Senator Joseph I. Lieberman called for the resignation of the defense secretary in his most pointed criticism yet of the management of the war in Iraq.

Lieberman Jabs at Rumsfeld, Saying Military Needs a Change

Terminal managers hope the $3 million restaurant will become an attraction for commuters that will improve the Port Authority Bus Terminal's image.

Betting on the Bus Station as a Dinner Destination

After years of declining domestic movie attendance, U.S. studios and stars like Will Smith are looking abroad.

Fresh Princes of Mumbai, Building a Global Audience

The cease-fire suffered another blow when European countries balked over sending troops for what they said was an ill-defined mission.

Europeans Delay Decision on Role Inside Lebanon

The senator is drawing supporters of President Bush despite a sometimes rocky history.

McCain Mines Elite of G.O.P. for 2008 Team

It was not surprising that several of the choreographers in this "dance charrette" responded as much to war as to the scenery.

On Governors Island, Holding the Fort With Footwork

Many Kurds will have their first taste of retribution as the genocide trial against Saddam Hussein begins. 

As Trial Begins, Poison Attack Haunts Kurds

Before the publication of Ms. Pessl's book "Special Topics in Calamity Physics," there was grumbling about another attractive young writer earning a big advance for a first novel.

With Marisha Pessl, You Can’t Judge a Book by the Photo on the Cover

Jacob Alexander transformed Comverse Technology from a start-up to a communications software market leader, but he also allegedly committed securities fraud.

At Comverse, Many Smart Business Moves and Maybe a Bad One

The wildly hyped movie turned out to be a Web-only phenomenon, as it took in just $15.2 million at the box office in its opening days.

After Hype Online, ‘Snakes on a Plane’ Is Letdown at Box Office

Tom Glavine will have a test this week to determine if there is a blood clot in his pitching shoulder that could place his season and perhaps his career in jeopardy.

Mets’ Glavine to Find Out if Condition Will End Year

With his victory at the P.G.A. Championship, his 12th major title, Tiger Woods drew ever closer to Jack Nicklaus’s record of 18.

Woods Moves Closer to Nicklaus and Leaves Everyone Else Behind

New releases from OutKast, Kelis, Roy Haynes and the Fountain of Youth Band and Richard Bona.

New CD’s

Some have questioned why the New York Police Department needs a new patrol car that reaches 150 miles per hour.

A Police Car With Plenty of Muscle

Pakistani enclaves in the U.S. are in many ways different from their counterparts in Britain that have proved to be breeding grounds for terrorists.

Pakistanis Find U.S. an Easier Fit Than Britain

“Prison Break” is a real thriller. “Vanished,” a new Fox series that follows, is a self-hating thriller. 

Finding Thrills on the Lam (in ‘Prison Break’) and in the Lap of Luxury (in ‘Vanished’)

A wife, a mother of three and an expert in Jewish bioethics will become the spiritual leader of Kehilat Orach Eliezer, a small Upper West Side congregation.

An Orthodox Jewish Woman, and Soon, a Spiritual Leader

After a World Series victory in 2004, is there anywhere to go but down? 

Boston’s Troubles Turn Epstein Into Ex-Golden Boy

In an elaborate online community, stories are swapped and tips for getting near children are sought.

On the Web, Pedophiles Extend Their Reach

A British law making it a crime to glorify terrorism appears to have had little effect on those advocating violence on behalf of Islam. Page A8.  

British Terror Law Unenforced

 A Chaotic Start for New Orleans Schools  Mariah Lyons, 10, waiting to be registered for school in New Orleans last week. The first school year after Hurricane Katrina is off to a shaky start, especially for a new state effort to rescue the city's worst schools.    PAGE A10    An Even Dozen for Woods  Tiger Woods won the P.G.A. Championship by five strokes for his 12th victory in a major and his second in a row.    SPORTSMONDAY, PAGE D1    Iran, Venezuela's Friend  Venezuela is taking its relationship with Iran to a new level and plans to strengthen its ties with other marginalized nations.    PAGE A7    The Fresh Prince of Mumbai  Will Smith, the actor, and a business partner plan to produce movies in India -- starring indigenous actors and directors -- for export abroad.    BUSINESS DAY, PAGE C1    Lieberman Assails Rumsfeld  Senator Joseph I. Lieberman called for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to resign, saying there was still hope in Iraq but a new Pentagon leader was needed.    PAGE B1  

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Ustad Bismillah Khan, often referred to by the title Ustad, was an Indian musician credited with popularizing the shehnai, a reeded woodwind instrument. His virtuosity made him a leading Hindustani classical music artist, indelibly linking his name with the woodwind instrument. While the shehnai had importance as a folk instrument played primarily by musicians schooled in traditional ceremonies, Khan elevated its status and brought it to the concert stage.

Bismillah Khan, Indian musician, Bharat Ratna recipient (born 1916)

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Paul Fentener van Vlissingen was a Dutch businessman and philanthropist who was CEO of SHV Holdings for three decades. He contributed to the development of game reserves in Africa and purchased the Letterewe estate in Scotland in 1978. He pledged the right to roam there prior to the passage of the Scottish Land Reform Act of 2003.

August 21, 2006

Headlines from August 21, 2006

Winning Streak Is Burnished With Cunning and Confidence

Now the Music Industry Wants Guitarists to Stop Sharing

With Costly Care, Barbaro’s Long Odds Improve

Web Casinos Becoming a Riskier Bet for Investors

Lieberman Jabs at Rumsfeld, Saying Military Needs a Change

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Year Of The Dog...Again

Kidz Bop 10

Come What(ever) May

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