18 December 2002
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: wrapping sake for the landlord
Despite lack of working technology, Bush orders missile shield to be built and installed within two years. Notably absent are any calls for cars less reliant on foreign oil, a working national train system, health care detached from the insurance cabal, or the male birth-control pill.
Knicks beat Nets, 101-99. We repeat: Knicks beat Nets, 101-99.
VSA student turns himself in for the Union Square black box tie-up, after detectives infiltrate the art schools.
Army and Marine chiefs doubt Pentagon's charge that Saddam, if attacked with fast-moving ground troops, will fall early.
UES society about to lose the Madison Avenue Bookshop.
Coworker suicide fails to shatter office.
10-foot-tall footer David Beckham stands in Tokyo, tasting 'of sweet, sweet chocolate.'
Flak Interview with Verlyn Klinkenborg, Times editorialist and pig-tickler.
Gossip we follow: Hurley tells reluctant-father Bing to take his money and shove it.
Beauty market is tough, so strategies are getting tougher: Bergdorf's hands out gift cards, competitors call it cheaping-out.
EU summit brings thriving business to Copenhagen prostitutes.
Observer says: Best 2002 comeback: Tina Brown.
Robert Birnbaum interviews Patricia Henley, Donna Tartt. Also, Cuban photographs by Birnbaum.
Christmas and New Year e-cards, by FORK.
