3 October 2003 By The Morning News — 03 Oct 2003 New York's currently: a sore throat Bush and politics: How to justify an occupied WMD-less Iraq while running for a second term? Schwarzenegger apologizes for groping women, denies admiring Hitler. In those days, The Paris Review occupied a one-room ground floor office on the East River with a lion-tamer's chair hanging from the ceiling. George lived upstairs in a duplex. 'The Last Gentleman,' by David Michaelis Gauguin's final Tahiti paintings are reunited in exhibit. MPAA's decision to cease distribution of DVDs to Academy Award voters and industry figures will hurt independent filmmakers. Ralph Nader says primary goal is to 'defeat President George W. Bush,' undecided on whether or not he'll run. Twice a week the U.S. military practices shooting down civilian airliners. University of North Carolina announces plan to pay college costs for low-income students who work on-campus jobs. How to convince people you are a time-traveller from the future. David Johansen visits mom, plays nursing home in Staten Island. [via the obscurious one] The sights and the scents at the Fulton Fish Market. Polar bears that pace are expressing their desire to roam, not to hunt. A few hours after baking, 'fault lines' develop and the cookie begins to crumble. Today at noon: the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center performs informal works, including 'a comic and kinetic murder mystery with six Audrey Hepburn figures.' Be sure to visit The Kicker, with Elizabeth Spiers.