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July 22, 2001

BULL'S EYE

Versifier waxes silly on Wall Street wonders ALTHOUGH Wall Street isn't generally thought of as a poetic place, it sure does inspire some great poetry. No joke. Author Michael Silverstein...

EVALUATING TECH STOCKS CALLS FOR TOUGH NOODLING

BARGAIN hunters, buckle down. If you want to find any tech bargains, you've got to act like an analyst. Technology companies may not be as cheap as they look -...

CA'S NUMBERS RIDDLE TO BE SOLVED

GET ready to be caught in crossfire. Islandia, L.I.-based Computer Associates, the third-biggest software company, reports earnings tomorrow in the midst of a nasty fight over control of the company....

IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR SMALL CAPS

CONSIDERING the great run-up of small-cap stocks in the first half of the year, when the Russell 2000 index of small stocks registered a gain of almost 11 percent, most...

A SPA-TACULAR FESTIVAL

KARLOVY VARY, Czech Republic - This posh, historic spa town, 100 miles west of Prague, is home to one of Europe's oldest film festivals. A once obscure, Communist-era gathering for...

LARSON TOPS AT TUNING IN TO MUSICALS

The early death of an artist always seems poignant. You think of the ghosts of Keats and Shelley murmuring their lost poems, or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who died at 35...

A RETREAT FOR WRITING MOMS

Soon after NYU theater instructor Francine Zerfas gave birth to her daughter Matilda in 1999, she set out to find a writers' retreat where she could dig into a manuscript...

HOW CAN YOU TELL IF YOUR DATE LIKES YOU?

Have you ever wanted to ask your date: "Listen, let's cut to the chase: Do you fancy me or not?" Last week was a classic case. I found myself on...

STYLE & SUBSTANCE: LISA MARIE

When Lisa Marie was filming "Planet of the Apes," she had to wake up at 3 a.m., sit in a chair and have gobs of makeup applied to her face...

A CLEAN BREAK: 'GREEN' TIPS FOR KEEPING HOME TIDY AND SAFE FOR PETS

Living with pets means making an extra effort to keep things clean, for your animals' comfort as well as your own. But many common household cleaners are toxic to animals....

ULRIKA'S RUSTIC CHARM IS AS SWEDE AS CAN BE

Wouldn't Sunday dinner in a Swedish farmhouse be a perfect ending to a relaxing summer weekend? You don't have to travel any further north than the Upper East Side for...

MARGARITA-FILL: A LOOK AT THE LETHAL WEAPON FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER

The Bar Belles are quick studies. We're usually able to research a column in one shot, if you will. But our search for the ultimate margarita was different. Blame it...

POLO GOES LOW-LOW: THOSE IN THE KNOW DRESS DWON FOR THE MATCHES

Everyone knows you go to the Bridgehampton Polo tournaments to see the horses. The clothes horses, that is. "Watch the game? No one watches the game," says Hamptons-based author and...

MADONNA RISES AGAIN: THE MATERIAL GIRL'S RETURN PUTS NEW YORK FANS IN A FRENZY

After weeks of reigning as the Big Apple's most talked-about blonde, Lizzie Grubman will soon take backseat to an even more ambitious blonde, Madonna. But unlike the penitent power flack,...

NEW LIFE OF BRYAN : THANKS TO FRONTMAN BRYAN FERRY, ROXY MUSIC IS A HIT AGAIN - 18 YEARS AFTER BREAKING UP

Bryan Ferry's charm easily traverses the miles of twisted phone lines that carry his smooth-operator voice from London to New York. During an interview with The Post, the suave solo...

WHAT I WATCH

JOHN "The Quiet Man" RUIZ WBA Heavyweight Champion The Cartoon Network. It's a great way to spend time with my kids without the video games. And it's not all kid...

D.C. COPS' VERY BAD HAIR DAY

PERHAPS it was an attempt to deflect criticism, but last week the crack D.C. police proudly released pictures of missing intern Chandra Levy with four possible new hairdos. My God....

WHAT'S YOUR LINE? FIND OUT NOW - STRAPHANGERS CAN CUT THROUGH CHAOS WITH PREPARATION

Don't despair if your subway ride to work tomorrow is on a line affected by the Transit Authority's changes implemented today. Sure, it'll be chaotic on the B, D and...

SHOT PROTESTER DESERVED WHAT HE GOT

THE death of 23-year-old protester Carlo Giuliani has given the anti-globalization mob an excuse for launching further spasmodic attacks of violence. Yesterday's attackers wore black armbands mourning the young man's...

IRAQ SHOOTS INTO KUWAIT

WASHINGTON - Iraq apparently fired a missile at a U.S. surveillance place over Kuwait - the first known Iraqi missile attack into Kuwaiti airspace since the 1991 Gulf War, the...

BROTHEL GUY JUST 'HELPING PEOPLE'

TO say that Stuart Roll is a different kind of multimillionaire would be to miss the point by a country mile. "You might say what's a nice Jewish boy like...

OPEC THREATENS A CRUDE CUT TO PUMP UP PRICES

Falling oil prices have been good news for consumers but bad business for petroleum producers who are threatening to slash output to boost crude costs. Members of the Organization of...

HUGH SIGH OF RELIEF FOR HILL'S BROTHER

WASHINGTON - The Florida bar has let Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's brother off the ethics hook over the $434,000 he got to lobby Bill Clinton to pardon a convicted cocaine...

KATE WON'T GO HOME JUST YET

Katharine Hepburn won't be released from the hospital until tomorrow at the earliest because her doctor wants to get her walking first, officials said. "Obviously, after four days, her muscles...

VICTORIA GOTTI

'MY father would not tolerate me not working - not doing anything with my life," Lizzie Grubman said yesterday. "Do you understand?" Me? Of course. Although I was raised with...

'SOPRANOS' MAID BATTLING BACK

Tony Soprano's HBO maid, who got roughed up in a real-life attack, might end up on another show - Court TV. Katalin Pota, who plays a one-woman home-cleaning crew on...

ARAFAT URGES G-8 TO SHACKLE ISRAEL

JERUSALEM - As Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat yesterday appealed to world leaders to reign in Israeli aggression, Israeli officials said they were wary of any plan for a European Mideast...

SCANDAL POL STILL KNOWS NATION'S SECRETS

WASHINGTON - Cops say they're "queasy" about whether Rep. Gary Condit told the whole truth, but he still has access to some of the nation's top secrets - because he's...

ARMED DUO ROB ANN TAYLOR STORE OF 8G

Robbers stormed into a Midtown Ann Taylor clothing store, forced workers to lay down and got away with nearly $8,000 in cash, police said. The two unidentified men, one armed...

JOCKEY JAILED IN BEATING OF BRONX CABBY

Top jockey Norberto Arroyo Jr., known for his aggressiveness on the race track, got aggressive on the streets of The Bronx and beat up a livery driver who honked his...

BEHIND MACHO MEN'S BEER BRAWL

Beer that spilled on some women at a charity boxing match to benefit the widows and children of cops and firefighters led to frayed tempers and brief skirmishes in the...

WHY DIDN'T THEY TELL US LANCE HAD DIED?

A Manhattan family is outraged that a hospital treated their dead loved one "like he was a nobody" and failed to notify them of his death until nearly a month...

RIOTERS RUN WILD - COP MAY FACE RAP IN SUMMIT SLAYING

WASHINGTON - A young Italian police officer could face manslaughter charges for shooting a protester dead in riots at the G-8 summit in Genoa where President Bush is meeting other...

SHOT DOC SAYS COPS LIED TO MEDIA

The doctor who mysteriously took a bullet in Brooklyn last week told The Post yesterday she was comatose after the shooting and later couldn't answer questions posed to her by...

BED-STUY MAN DIES IN BLAZE

A 71-year-old man died in a fast-moving Bedford-Stuyvesant fire yesterday, possibly because he was smoking in bed, sources said. The smoky blaze erupted at 6:55 a.m. on the third-floor of...

$10M 'NET' WORTH FOR ANDRE & STEFFI'S KID

Even before its birth, the baby of tennis stars Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf has been served up a $10 million tennis contract. But there's a catch: The baby has...

AN EAR-Y THEORY ABOUT VAN GOGH

Vincent Van Gogh's ear wasn't cut off in an act of self-mutilation, but severed by rival artist Paul Gauguin in a fight, a German art historian reveals. Rita Wildegans said...

CONSCIENCE POINT VIPS TOLD: PUT A CORK IN IT!

The VIP party is over at the Conscience Point Inn - for now. State liquor officials shuttered the bar that caters to very important patrons at the Hamptons club -...

'PRINCESS' CHELSEA EYES OXFORD DIGS

Chelsea Clinton may live like a princess when she arrives at Oxford University next fall. Several friends of Bill Clinton have been looking for a suitable place for Chelsea to...

PRIEST-CONFESS CASE COULD HELP '94 KILLER

A priest's broken-silence testimony last week could unintentionally affect the case of a man convicted on the word of fellow Alcoholics Anonymous members of brutally slaying a Westchester couple in...

COPS CATCH CONDIT BRO - FLA. DRIFTER MAY GET QUIZZED ON CHANDRA

Deputies grabbed Rep. Gary Condit's bad-boy convict brother Darrell at a Florida motel early yesterday on a warrant charging him with violating probation in a 1996 drunk-driving case. The family...

MIKE WOOS MY MOM - HOW HOT-DATE 'BLOOMBLES' WON HER AFFECTION

I HAD the dubious honor last weekend of chaperoning my 60-year- old mother on a date with the man who could be our next mayor, Michael Bloomberg. The bizarre date...

VALLONE: I'LL SUE IF YOU SHUT POLL SITES

Democratic mayoral hopeful Peter Vallone yesterday threatened a lawsuit over the Board of Elections' plan to close more than 100 voting booths at senior facilities around the city. "As the...

'MOST WANTED' INTERN PROGRAM MAY HELP

Fresh off the success of his show, "America's Most Wanted," which helped capture a Carnegie Deli massacre suspect Sean Salley, host John Walsh has turned his sights on the case...

WANNABE STARS PAY PRICE - BIG BUCKS CAN'T BUY CAREER

Thousands of wannabe stars are forking over up to $10,000 to attend a convention that promises a shot at the big time - and offers little in return, The Post...

COPS CORRAL CRAZY CARJACKER

A brazen carjacker took cops on a wild ride through Westchester County and The Bronx yesterday, injuring four officers and six civilians before he was finally trapped heading for upper...

TWO QUIZZED IN B'KLYN MURDER

Two men collared yesterday for gun possession are being questioned by cops in connection with a Friday morning carjacking and murder in Brooklyn, police said. Rupinder Singh, 26, asked a...

NEW YORK POST: FROM JULY 22, 1939

"Mayor Fiorello Henry La Guardia today stands suspected of being a real Man in the Street - an excavation-watcher! "The mayor is conferring with John H. Delaney, Transportation Board chairman,...

MEET TIGER'S SWINGING NIECE

She has a strong swing, a toothy smile, and 54 trophies - so far. At not quite 11, Cheyenne Woods would have charmed the golf world even if she wasn't...

HANOI JANE IS MAG'S PATRIOTIC COVER GAL

Uncle Sam's in for a real shock. Jane Fonda's his spitting image, according to the staid American Heritage magazine. The venerable American history bimonthly has put Hanoi Jane on the...

SUBWAY CHAOS: MASSIVE SERVICE CHANGES START TODAY - 600,000 COMMUTERS GIRD FOR BIG MESS

Get ready for the commute from hell tomorrow morning. The massive changes to the subway system that began today are expected to cause commuting chaos tomorrow, as hordes of straphangers...

A KILLER INVESTIGATION: NEW YORK WRITER TRACKS DOWN THE STORY OF THE HUNT FOR A ONCE-FORGOTTEN MURDERER

When the new non-fiction title "A Cold Case" originally appeared in shorter form in The New Yorker last year, it was promptly thrust into the spotlight - Tom Hanks' production...

THIS EGO KNOWS NO BOUNDS - ALLISON'S OVERPRICING HIMSELF

JASON Allison makes me laugh, really he does, somehow finding the way to cite principle in explaining why he refused to file for salary arbitration a week ago today. Principle?...

OSGOOD'S A BAD FIT IN GARDEN

THE Rangers have indeed spoken to the Red Wings about Chris Osgood, but he doesn't seem much of a fit here, not when the Blueshirts are going to have to...

CRANKY COLIN DESERVES TO BE A TARGET

ABC golf commentator Steve Melnyk, during Friday's coverage of the British Open on ESPN, spoke of how "the press has beaten up" on Colin Montgomerie despite his many successes in...

STEVENS: I'D PLAY FOR PAT

SO GUESS who was on the other end of the line when Scott Stevens picked up the phone last week at his cottage in Ontario? Why, none other than Pat...

GIANTS & JETS CAMPING AT BIT

Beware the following proclamations that are sure to be heard in the coming weeks: * "We're in the best shape as a team since I've been here." * "Right now,...

ALL ADS, ALL THE TIME - SPORTING NEWS RADIO A SHAM

LATE last November, Chicago-based One on One Sports Radio, a nationally syndicated network heard here on 620 AM, was purchased by Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures. Among many other things, Allen...

NYRA MUST RUN OTB

THE cloak-and-dagger intrigue surrounding the on-again, off-again sale of New York City OTB is beginning to read like a Dick Francis racetrack mystery novel. Last Thursday, Mayor Giuliani scheduled an...

SUDDENLY, IT'S NOTHING BUT SMOOTH SAILING FOR PILOT FASSEL - SUPER BOWL RUN HAS SKIPPER PUMPED UP

As his ship made its way under the Tappan Zee Bridge and north up the Hudson, Jim Fassel gave a slight jerk to the polished-wood steering wheel. "See those logs?"...

EQUIPPING PARKS FOR THE DISABLED

AN AGREEMENT was recently signed that will ensure public access to Forest Preserve land in the Adirondack and Catskill parks for people with disabilities, while preserving the "forever wild" protections...

WHICH WHITMORE WILL SHOW?

Tamika Whitmore scored 17 points on Wednesday in the Liberty's win in Detroit, where she hit eight of her 10 shots. The next night, she netted just two points and...

WIND CAN BE CRUEL AT UNION VALE LINKS

LOCAL GOLF It's easy to get your Irish up when the wind blows at The Links of Union Vale. Located about 15 miles east of Poughkeepsie, Union Vale is a...

CLAXTON MAKING SPEEDY RECOVERY

BOSTON - One week ago, at a Baker League All-Star game in Philadelphia, Speedy Claxton drove the right side. He pulled up, allowing a defender who had been badly beaten...

TIGER SHOWS A TESTY SIDE

LYTHAM ST. ANNES - Tiger Woods, in rather unsightly and untimely fashion, reverted to his adolescent days yesterday - on and off the course. First, Woods wasted a brisk three-birdie...

CAPRIATI MARCHES INTO FINAL

Amanda Coetzer said she has been watching Jennifer Capriati's comeback with "anticipation and curiosity." She'll be able to get a much closer look at the player ranked third in the...

DUVAL MAKES MAJOR MOVE

LYTHAM ST. ANNES - Maybe it's finally David Duval's time. Duval, who shot the low round of yesterday's British Open third round with the 65 he stamped early in the...

IT'S STILL ANYBODY'S JUG - 19 WITHIN THREE OF LEAD AS OPEN NEARS CLOSE

LYTHAM ST. ANNES - If you're a fan of golf and have a keen eye on the outcome of the 130th British Open, hang on, because today's final round is...

CEJKA? WHO IS THIS GUY?

OPEN NOTES LYTHAM ST. ANNES - The most compelling story at the top of the British Open leaderboard involves the least-known player. Alex Cejka is one of four players leading...

BIG APPLE COMING UP ROSIE - JONES UP THREE SHOTS AT WYKAGYL

Rosie Jones is hoping history won't repeat itself today at Wykagyl Country Club. The final round of the Big Apple Classic hasn't always treated her kindly. The 15-year veteran of...

JETS' HEAD COACH SCORES FIRST ACE

Herman Edwards never imagined his first hole-in-one would come before his first victory as Jets head coach. "Yeah, every once in a while, you hit one and it rolls into...

KING SHOOTING FOR ROYAL FINISH

BIG APPLE NOTES Before the ShopRite Classic last month, Betsy King wasn't sure she belonged on the LPGA Tour anymore. Her best finish of 2001 to that point was a...

TODDLER FAVORED IN BELMONT FINALS

The Belmont spring-summer meet, which has been dragging the last couple of weeks as everyone prepares for Saratoga, concludes mercifully today with the $75,000 Evan Shipman Handicap, at a mile...

SPILL OPENS DOOR FOR 10-1 TWEEDSIDE

"And they're off. You lose." That old Abbott and Costello routine played out in real life yesterday at Belmont Park when the 3-year-old filly Starrer, heavily favored at 4-5 in...

KNICKS SET TO WOO HAKEEM

In their quest to land a quality big man this offseason, the Knicks are now prepared to dare to Dream. The Post has learned that the Knicks will meet with...

JOE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE - EXPECTS TO SIGN LONG-TERM EXTENSION

On a day when Old Timers were everywhere at Yankee Stadium, it became clear that Joe Torre will be here for a long time as Yankee manager. That is welcome...

STOIC TORRE STILL LOVES MANAGING

IT WAS one of those great, chill-forming days in Yankee history. Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford swapping autographs with Roger Clemens in the hall that leads from the clubhouse to...

WALSH MAKES HISTORY

Each time Billy Walsh placed a phone call regarding the vacant Manhattan College men's soccer coaching position, the recipient was left somewhat dumbfounded. Walsh, a starting midfielder for the MetroStars...

METROS FEAST ON HOMECOOKIN'

Metros 2 - D.C. United 1 With friends like this, D.C. United goalie Mike Ammann doesn't need any enemies. Ammann's best friend, MetroStar midfielder Billy Walsh, scored the game's first...

DOC'S 'YOUNGEST' STREAK EXTENDED

All through Doc Gooden's career, he'd made his mark as the "youngest" - the youngest to win 20 games, the youngest to earn the Cy Young. Yesterday, the 36-year-old jogged...

GOOSE BLASTS '01 SOFTIES

Goose Gossage threw a high, hard one at Baseball 2001. You gotta love him for his honesty. "It's gotten so soft today," Gossage, one of the greatest closers of all-time,...

COLLINS LIVES UP TO REP IN NET WIN

In by far his most impressive performance of the Shaw's Pro Summer League, center Jason Collins scored 27 points and hauled down nine rebounds to lead the Nets to a...

WONDER OF WONDERS, METS ON RIGHT TRACH

PHILADELPHIA - Keep a light on for the Mets. They're comin' back. We know they have three teams to catch for the division title and seven for what would be...

JAYS MAKE ACHY RIVERA SORE LOSER - YANK SKID HITS 4

Yes, the ankle is still sore. But it was bad karma and his own bad fielding more than his balky right ankle that doomed Mariano Rivera and the Yankees yesterday...

KEISLER PASSES KEY TEST

Rookie Randy Keisler was locked in a tie game in front of an Old-Timer's Day sellout crowd when he opened the sixth inning by falling behind Raul Mondesi - with...

AMAZIN' REY OF HOPE - ORDONEZ HR BACKS TRACHSEL IN MET WIN

PHILADELPHIA - It had been more than 13 months since Steve Trachsel won back-to-back starts in the majors. It had been almost two years since Rey Ordonez homered. And Armando...

PHILLIPS IN NO RUSCH TO DEAL GLENDON

PHILADELPHIA - Glendon Rusch is not being dangled. Or shopped. That's the word from Met GM Steve Phillips, who addressed trade speculation concerning the left-hander. "He's not somebody we're calling...

HERE'S KEY TO THE VAULT AT SARATOGA - POST POINTERS CAN PUT YOU OVER TOP

Saratoga Race Course, the jewel of American thoroughbred tracks buried in the beauty of the Adirondacks and known to horseplayers as the "Graveyard of Favorites," opens Wednesday for a 36-day...

DOC'S 'YOUNGEST' STREAK KEEPS GOING

All through Doc Gooden's career, he'd made his mark as the "youngest," - the youngest to win 20 games, the youngest to earn the Cy Young. Yesterday, the 36-year-old jogged...

GOOSE CUTS LOOSE ON '01 SOFTIES

Goose Gossage threw a high, hard one at Baseball, 2001. You gotta love him for his honesty. "It's gotten so soft today," Gossage, one of the greatest closers of all-time,...

JOE, BOSS HUDDLE UP: TORRE WILL RECEIVE A LONG EXTENSION

On a day when Old Timers were everywhere at Yankee Stadium, it was made clear that Joe Torre will be here for a long time as Yankee manager. And that...

AMAZIN' REY OF HOPE : ORDONEZ HR BACKS TRACHSEL IN MET WIN

Mets 6 Phillies 3 PHILADELPHIA - What's rarer, a Rey Ordonez homer or back-to-back victories by Steve Trachsel? As rare as both are, they're more common than Armando Benitez retiring...

RIGGAN YO-YOS BACK TO BIG LEAGUES

MET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - The Mets asked Donne Wall to pull a mop before they pulled him off the roster. Wall worked three innings in Friday's 10-1 loss to Philly,...

METS MISSING OPPORTUNITIES: LET REELING PHILS BREAK OUT

PHILADELPHIA - So much for rising to the occasion. At least the Mets were euthanized quickly. On Friday night, they began a series with the Phillies that was of "paramount...

HERE'S KEY TO THE VAULT AT SARATOGA :POST POINTERS WILL PUT YOU OVER TOP

Saratoga Race Course, the jewel of American thoroughbred tracks buried in the beauty of the Adirondacks and known to horseplayers as the "Graveyard of Favorites," opens Wednesday for a 36-day...

METROS' WALSH MAKING HISTORY

Each time Billy Walsh placed a phone call regarding the vacant Manhattan College men's soccer coaching position, the recipient was left somewhat dumbfounded. Walsh, a starting midfielder for the MetroStars,...

MORE POWER TO HIM! - DIAMONDBACKS GONZALEZ GREAT HITTER AND BETTER GUY

Tony Gwynn's decision to retire leaves baseball in search of a superstar completely unencumbered by self-importance. OK, the search is over. Luis Gonzalez, leading the National League MVP race, also...