16 December 2003 By The Morning News — 16 Dec 2003 New York's currently: going out on a limb let's say EU constitution chucked in the trash. Needing wiggle room, Bush avoids endorsing Iraqi Governing Council's plan for war court. Sorrow in the village of Saddam Hussein, Sri Lanka. New era of baseball embraces sabermetrics to pursue truth and pennants. Free, online music lessons from Berklee Shares, e.g., 'How to Double Pick for Better Guitar Shredding.' Strom Thurmond's family acknowledges 78-year-old teacher as the senator's mixed-race daughter. Two years running, New York is the nation's safest big city. Give: Coalition for the Homeless. WSJ Survey of online made-to-measure shirt makers. Modern spends $40 million on new art for new museum. 104-year-old applies for American citizenship. Film: Time-lapse movie of the Toronto skyline, 'Jus' A Rascal' by Dizzee Rascal. Wondering how much gold from Wagner's Ring made it into Tolkien's. Graveyard commemoration of dead logotypes. The era was marked by an invasion of ill-digested French or quasi-French terms. Brief history of Italian food. 'The Heaviness of Being Human' by Jack Walters.