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For Afghans in Albania, a Soft Place to Land, but Dread Persists

Living at Coastal Resort,
Mourning What's Lost
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By ANDREW HIGGINS
SHENGJIN, AIbania-The medical
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be said. thie Al
1ave peace of mind. I don't."
ne decsion to welcome tne AIgnans

ng fight. Providing for the refugees "is

e nignt and narural ting to do, Prime
Minister Edi Rama said in an interview
While opposition politicians in France,
erny and oneruropean natons
guiy StORe Tear or rerugees and m

eaders, Mr. Rama's opponents have

nostuy stayedquet or supported nis wel
Agnans.
The
e dehumanizing and where all h
RTGRAPs BY EN CANAJ FOR THE NEW YORE TINES
problems Start psycnorogceuy Providing for the refugees at the Rafaelo Resort. Evacr
"is the right and natural thing to
do,a Afghan
prime miniSter Saia,we veD Minister Edi Rama of Albania. "They are just trying serves
to escape from hell. halal meals. but theyy mingie with tou
mingle wn tourists. *mostiv ethnic Albanians.
They are iust trving to escape from
hel
Tahera, the medical student, snares a banians from neignoornmgo ing guests, but none Seemed to mind. knew the trauma of flight. Herat, said he had never expected such
Afghans room and b0ard are cov "T had no idea there were so many Af- deluxe facilities. He fled Afghanistan
The Albania's foreign minister, Olta
a
a ered by foreign organizations like the ghans living here, but they don't bother
and the Yalda Hakim Foundation. which an émieré to the United States. hey
Xhacka, said in an interview that the Af-
a
tostav couple ofmonths while their vie
With is Wife and three children, with
Democrac.
Swimmir pools and long
Dols sandy beach,

was
taRe ner na ue
set up by a BBCjournalist of Afghan are all humans and need to be protected." sas for the United States were being pro- WeE0 are luxury refugees" he joked.
eneven Eane o
e
origin.. George sor08 pe y
Ln Gez1, anotner tourist,Sldessedut ne we renoww o tesEdc nd Set a-lNeu
le, a form of exercise that Afghanistan's anarnd no n nad seenee an aas ar re h
wme
mtor w
ad

keep her planned medi-

ei.
iey iuw
ghanistan to stay at a high-end hotel and
a dw ue codstne orgazation
them safe in Albania. "They are not cre-
ng any prodlems10r us and deserve to
adding that those unable to secure visas
nove esewnere woud be wercome t
like paradise."
But Algnanistan keeps intruang. He
al career on track, she is taking a first-
a Steep
ated discount.)
ha won
e ke we do, ne said, recalling how stay in Albania.
list v
lped
Ccant stop thinking about the eight 1al-
aid course offered at the resort by an Ar- on pooiside lounger chairs at the Rafaelo ans had fled Kosovo to escape maraud- U.S-funded news agency covering wom- was traveling on with his family from He
ghan doctor irom London. Resort has come as a surprise to the pay- ing serbian torces in the late 199Os and ens issues in the western Atghan city of rat to Kabul, or seeing the Aighan capital
ent
roops to Áfghanistan to ioin the US-ed
TOr pernaps tne
laste as evacu s
ffort to hold the Taliban at bay, has long
nelped wtn people he United states "looked very, very dark," he said.
Want or wnat to d0
STE doesint Kino An editor, who asked not to be named
When the American military decided
ecause ner ramiy nas recerveu threats
0 tat a BrouP or esE Uyenurs ope in Afghanistai vea that
leave our country, Decause notnng was
gerous terrorists as China had main-
greeu to take give them T errely ind
taned, AlDa independen journalist
na said of taking in the Af who grew up in a tamly of Pashtun, Al-
ghans, "We are not doing this because ghanistans most conservative and nu-
Ecans asKed us.
merous
ethnic group, she was herself ev-
Sensing that the American-backed But the lightning-swift return of the
s U.S. troops completed their withdraw Pasntun-dominated landan sunded the
death knell for her media outfit.
rom Algnanistan, Kiamla nrst o
ered at a NATO Summit in June to help
r. w
been multiplied by zero" she said
A
fohan refugees, He urged other are back at naught.
leaders 3
o do the same.(A senior American diplo- Tahera, the medical student, avoids
wny ner worid implod-
mat im irana conimed Mi. Kamas ac saDue
But NATO leaders saw little reason for She had never planned to leave AF
mmediate worry. They stuck to Wash ghanistan, but as a Woman and a mem-
gos opmistic Vew that the Tahban berof the otten persecuted Hazara m
were months or even years away from
ture for her in a Taliban-ruleu nation.
Two months later, Atghanistan tell to Ialways told my family and iriends,"T
he Taliban, setng 0n exouus n v
ar Yalda Hakim Eoundation offered her aa
*"8**10 "w Iedl th
e
raliban. chance to get out, even though it meant
in Albania, at the Rataelo Resort, eaving Denina neT parents, IVe
siset
cluster four- and five-star hotels near
of and an ntat o shesaid."I miss my
ghanistan eat in a separate restaurant univers miss Afghanistan. I worry
hat serves halal meals, but mingle by all the time. There are just too many
the pool with tourists, mostly ethnic Ak Families along the seashore. "We dont put people in camps. They are dehumanizing. Albanias prime minister said. questions I don't know the answer to.
 A6 THE NEW YORK TIMESs INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Blinken Rejects Criticism

OFAfghanistan Pullout
B ARAJAKES don Afghans, noting continued
WASHINGTON-Secretary of apomat etorts rom the o4
State Antoy o
million in humanitarian aid an
predict hoOW quickly Afghanistan
tO
O
tne 1alidan and no ev-
0r rener nu wo gOnd
n AlgnaniStan.
ri
idence that extenan tion was focused on minimizing
lized the ocountry, in a resolute de SecunnreatsDOn thogn
oOver-tne-norzon strikes
ese or tne American withdrawal Eu
month. ground in Afghanistan and in vet
mony to the House Foreign Affairs ting even longtime Afghan allies
Omittee, Mr. Blhinken faced at yare allowed mto the
least two cals Tor ms resignton, Taliban has agreed to
The
d wh erusedthe Bi refuse refuge to terronSt 8rups
en administration of badly mis- uo n
.S. mitary
war. Even eDemords
end 0 tne z0year
had
mimietroti hr d
ary 2020. But it is widely believeu
allied with the United States that AlQaeda s most senior leader,
were not eVacuated and wondered gA
how they wOuld survive under
ahave acknowledged that tner
on
"Make no mistake, Mr. Secre y t8ner nrormauon
di-
acuviy tnere is noOw
e Biaen administration's
usIy inept witnaraWal has Ahead of Mr. Binken's test
less safe place" said Representa- mony, the Biden administration's
wagner, Republican of p gEnce ocial said Al-
A

IOTOCRAPES iv viCTOR LuE FOR TIE NEw YORK TIMES

MISsouri. D0 you take
ing terrorism threat for the United
Women begging on Monday outside a bakery in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dire conditions have worsened since the Taliban seized control. e dieactros withdraal or States, even atere anD
do you still want to call it a suc DveAVT D Haines, he di

Afghans in Peril as Food Runs Out, UN. Warns nis

DE nibitu for
decisions-including to evac
5aid the withdrawal of American
troops and the COllapse
Eu govemment have created
ore
nc g eu
Qaeda. edly ,0 people irom h
Do rre heBut,
Prom Page Al Martin Griffiths, the United
meeting by the international com
Naeei Taliban government she said, "in terms of the
lfnorationsnew to re o
with
how to work with an organi visited Kabul last week and said spect ATgnans ignts
we made the nght decisionhanietan
anoan authorities had vowed. And
ZAtion
like the 1aliban, with a his he
to facilitate
tory or Drutanty and numan rignts the delnveryor e
he told M Waoner "We made the Her conmments underscoeu a

Acrocs move previous and current im-1gnt decision in not sending a DiuenS decision to
ross AIghanistan, the telltale
signs of a humanitarian crisis pediments in front of your assist-
ance ana all reatedprojecis
r
generaon Or Anencans to Afghanistan had become a dis-
Nnd d ofiance did not racton omo
Province less than an hour'sdrive other international organizationshowever, satisty lawmakers WO threats to the United States, like
west of Kabul, the capital, the 1a in Afghanistan" the Taliban said guestioned how the Biden admin: the coronavirus.
1Dans military campaign Drougnt in commitments that Mr. Grilntns
d Given that strategy, the overallr
the local economyto a standstill Te ed to nrotect orate as the U.S. military prepareu
iban seized power, most cross-bor the lives and property of humani-|to eave aid .James E Jeffrey. a former am-
der trade ana many loczal Dus tarnan workers. An eariy intelligence assess
Dassador who worked closeiy wIth
nesses nave yet to reopen eav
even as foo prices sany income Millions of people are displaced within Afghanistan. "We have roRSarcllorna intheI rity forces would be able to renel Binken and other senior off-
uny and are amnong the few in ne lanban well into 2022, Mr. ration ana.o
oee said one man now living in a Kabul park.
There is security now, we are ternationa htelines remaining torh dle East Program at the Wilson
hundreds or tnousands oe
in need eeiietie Center, a think tank m wastng
L

Chak district and a former Taliban iban have been largely isolated assessments chanot predhet that But, Mr. Jeffrey said, "the
fighter who was serving 16-year
term in Pul-eCnaR Prison in
a both
-from
politicaly and economicalyoa hSe
thhe rest or tne worid. 1ne i
preparations for this thing, and
the failure of imagination on OW

new projects, the International Additionally, he said, "there's1

ast it would happen and how com-
there is no work; he people are Monetary und suspended pay d lem that you have to point to the
not aDie tO
make ay
The prce o
ments and the Biden administraovemae ne se
na
administration on."
diplomatic effort that Mr. ne
iaidVil. stan'scentral bank that are held in ernment any more resilient or
lagers stoOpped cooking chicken the United States. el-sustalning largely focuses on pressurine the
ana otnermeat-now a uxu whie China has made tnendys Taliban to ensure safe passage for
in favor ot less expensive meals of fered sonme S30 million inassist, American citizens and residents.PEpE wt t0evA were denied ea
n
ng less, uncertain how they would nce, that 18 a fraction of the aidor Algnans at high risk of Taliban en and oirls who
.PyEven
Tor teir next hiedl. gnanistan was skre to receve cations and jobs, and in worst
as widespread malnutr DErore tne 1anban taKeover a
h mieim rith ded cases, brutalized, when the Ta
treated people for starvation now onor nations committed some line, and noted that more than 50 On Mondau heacknorldood
m assistance to Algnan
a 2 Dilno the Taliban had fallen "very short
hospital in Chak-e wardaK,
ad hid Aof Afohans do not know where they pcad istan over four years. dents nave iert Ag a 0f the mark" in creating a govern

pay salaries or buv

new medieine R will get thelir next
hca w not have:
Ceneva for 6,000 exited betore the U.s. mn en esoe oet
with bankS still closea, accordng country would have stabilized had During the conference on Mon- ung Dnuian uepeu on Au8. 30.
By ne end of September, he
have demanded.
to Faridullah, the nOspital s testhe States remained.
United uay,
the United Nations said
it Muahid their deputy intormation know there have been night
letters that have Deen posteu o
heres no evdence that stay needed so06milhon in emergency erment welcomed all humanitar- worked for American govern
the dors
ing longer would have made the
and hvelihood are provided by for Afo that ian efforts by any nation, includ- men over n uadteu gation or assassinaon Sala KEp
e
hoee
W
r
OTtage
ient
ghan government any more resil-
or self-sustaining. he told the
money alone will not be enough.
e OTganizt0n nds pEeu u
He also acknowieugu
their U.S. military
will have been

nartnersho
partnet
ty
resentative ADigalpnoe
Enocrat0 Virginld. she added
and personnel depend on tunds HosorenAtasonr 0 oPe ane control so quickly. It was a sur- are struggling to evacuate tens of been documented against those
coming trom abroad, and we cant vears of billions
and hundreds of their business safely. By the end of prise 1or us how the lormer ad- osnus te who have helped the United
access them. States."
humanitari O Support, equupinent and the, gathering, international ernmenth eaid dinatin link
catastrophe, which has long 5 nve, or110, oP fully prepared for that and are still
government in trying to pull off episodes "are deeply, deeply dis-
1O0med over Alghanistan, now im-
mediately threatens its children.
BlinKen
ye, 0r

said the Biden ad-

amount requeste
Nations human trying to figure things out to man
rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, an in P PED
e
rgsturtS oe1 sto Biden
turbing" and suggested that the
administration was prepar
boys depend on humanitarian as inistrauon woula not adandon aso speaking in Geneva, Sald A More than half a million Af."It definitely improved, but it did should their leaders reneee o
ghans were driven from their not start from a great place" Mr. their assurances
was in anew and per-
SIstance Just to survive, Henriet Anastanaoeanyhanista
4 u
"At least one million
vchildren
recto bassador to the United Nations, lamist group seized power
will promised s64 million in new contradiction to assurances
es Dy ngnung and insecurity Binken sad.
the Hou
nad
people displaced within the coun- repeatedly raised the fact that the and Republicans whoguestioned
expected Mr. ncs
00u nd medical aid.
fundIn
wmens hsvethenttry to 3.5 million, Filippo Grandi, Withdrawal was negotiated by the him from the House dais or
Surferirom severe acute malnutri- g0
tion tmis year and cud ane wt o the U.N.anger
refugee chiet, said. rump aanstrauO, Seg througn a terecorerence e
been progressively excluded from lapse raisedt
o
k away co 31 rated him as having lost Credibik
before the Taliban swept stans crops are lost. The price of from President Bide
across the country and took con
trol, Atghanistan was contronting
nedt as goe up y
ysw
pErcE
Wa
pub spete sd,
g
u
ing an outflow of
neighboring countries.
refugees to
Binken
we
inherited a deadline,
siaid, adaing tnat the
Mr. At one point, Representative
Steve Chabot, Repudican or Oo,
a dire food erisis amid a drought. u du oy ue
the ehoh ommitment aid d, 5, vedin unduz Deroreo questioned etnertewitn
marks to Congress, Secretary of The suffering wrought by con workers' sat lives in a tent in a park. He has not inherit a plan.. faire dieactor in American his.
State Antony J.
Binken detended
the Biden administration's with
ct ad worsened Dy
change nas been compOunded by
nate ondys
htended
erence was iso been there with his wife and three
to anve home the enor children for a month. ucl,
s nu
mazing tnat it was no toryAt another, Representative
worsE onuedJoe Wilson, Repubican of South
i liel" as President
*

therewas no reason to believe the the Taliban's ascent, with many in- assure Western governments hes- no shelter, and we can't find a job Democrat of California. h dyon
having
ternational aid workers having tant to providea assistance that in this city," he said, adding that he
itant ME Bhnken said that the Biden Barack Obama addressed Con-
Jim Huylebroek contributed re ied the country out of satety con- imize laliban govern
could legitimize a Taliban not
governhad childrenreceived any aid. "we all administration would not aban- gress in 2009 hammered Mr. -

p
ed reportir8 their
e thevile entinnefiedhe
work.
ted Ntonn
ternational terrorists with links to
eor,
here
dand they neeu
and it's, nv
ulian E. Barnes cora tea re
porting. Sign," Mr. Wilson Said.

Pentagon Defends Kabul Drone Strike After Investigation Casts Doubts on Account
By HELENE COOPERR strike on Aug. 29 in the waning Austin I1 and Gen. Mark A. Mil- State safe house and at one point showed that it killed 10, inciuding ciation with an American com
and ERIC SCHMITT days ot America's 20-year war in ley, the chairman of the Joint he loaded into the vehicle what Seven children, in a dense resi- pany in Alghanistan.
WASHINGTON The Penta Afghanistan, was investigating Chiefs of Staff, have said that the they thought could be explosives dential block. ACCording to nis relatives, M
gon continued to assert on Mon- the results. But that inquiry, Mr. missile was launched because the Times reporting has identified Mr. Ahmadi, 43, worked as an Ahmadi left for work around 9
n Afchanisan as neea KO may be limited to what Centrai ing a credible,
imminent threat to longtime worker for a US. aid and Education International, a elonoed to N.EÍ, depa
prevent an attack on American Commana can glean irom inter Hama Karzai international Air group. Evidence suggests that his California-based aid group. The irom his house, where he lived
troops, despite a New York Times epts, Ved ngery and nter
n
port Kabul, Wnere U.3. ana a raveis that invoved trans
day morning Or tne strike, nis D08Sitnis tnree Drotners and their
investigation that raises doubts vswI SOures.
get ahead o
Ed rs weretr y pOrng coeagues to and romCalled romtne once round 84
1SKE
mnes, a 1ew ometers west or
events, including whether explo what Centcom is doing with their ley later called the strike "right- feeds showed that what the mili- laptop. U.S. officials told The nes
Sives were in the vehicle that wassSSSment tnat stIKe r o
blown up and whether the driver Kirby said at a news conterence.
e0Us
Military officials said they did
taymgnt nave seten was A
madi and a coleague loading can
r Ihome,asked nim it ne was still at
and he said yes," the cOun
that it Was around this time that
their target, a white sedan, first
State wOuid put invpstioators on the driver hen the drone fred hut to the aid oroun's office in Kabnl uas seen leavino 3comond
*

bring home his family

The Pentagon press secretary, ground in Kabul to complete their they had deemed him suspicious While the U.S. military said the Like the rest of Mr. Ahmadi's col- identified as a suspected ISIS safe
Jonn F Kiroy, said that cenural assessment Decause 01 is actuviues tnat day arone surike mignt nave Kiled eagues, ne spoke On tne conaiion ouse, aDout 3 Kilomelers nortn O
Command, which carried out the efense Secretary Lloyd J.He had possibly visited an Islamic three civilians, Times reporting of anonymity because of his asso west of the airport.
 THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 N A7

Iran Is Inching Toward

Producing Enough Fuel
For One Nuclear Bomb AG*
By DAVID E. SANGER national securnty, a private group
and wiLLIAM J. BROAD that speciaes in
anayng
the e13h Presidential Swearing-in Ceremony of the Islaw f Iran
me within roLchly a month agenc
agency, concludes that a race over
naving enough material
nuCear weapon, crosSing a
to fuel a ner to enicn uranium at
petcent pung Just below
YrYaissYO o000 Tehran, August 5, 2021
0
nge
threshold that may raise presuenosition to nroduce the fuel for a
to improve the terms of a potential single bomb in as short as one
deal to restore the 2015 nuclear montn A SEcond Weapons wortn
agreemen ot fuel, it Says, could be produced
EDertsStuayingnew dat con third in less than five.
International Atomic Energy But a lead author of the report,
Agency, the United Nations'
atomic inspection group, say that
v
ADgnt, cauoned on
arnctonsSgd
months to Par homhrade lev. President Ebrahim Raisi to seek
lev
els, Tehran has gained the capabil- ew term5, more avOraDe to
y
to produce the uel needed tor a tdn, u negoados over restor
Single nuclear warhead witmin a " r o
treme timeline. Federal officials mal negotiations since June, a
who have seen cassified esti eOr d Cs aus,
mates are prevented from dis- Vaive iranian Jurist, won the
conceded in backoround conver officials say they have been ex-
pecting that he will
sations that they believed it would seek to start A ARASH

the negotiations anew, demand- President Ebrahim Raisi of lran. Analysts say he could use his country's uranium stockpile to gain sanctions relief from the U.S.
taKe iran Ony a Tew montns.
Manufacturing an actual war- ng tar nmore sancuons rener
eed to six
o We're
Iranian missile and survive the "We have to be careful," Mr. Al not at that point yet, but it's get
table in their fayor as the Riden withdreeon makes nucle
eevel ordinarily used in

iery re-entry the atmos Drgnt, the imstitute s nead, said ting closer," he added. administration finally turns to Washington would not abide by percent level particularly threat-
phere, a technology the Iranians uy iewS OeecE The next few weeks are re them. ne agreement, t would not, e ening
garded as critical. The opening of
were actively studying 20 years
Sre us ette officials ation
On Sunday, Iranian officials ther irans suppiy or bu percent t
reement limited the
onger. Iran continues to insist it not commented on the sembly is traditionally a moment with the director-general of the In-
have country to fuel enriched to 3.7 per cient for a weapon. But it has
nas no desire tor a nuclear ar atomc ageneys reportS, Wcn Tor back-r0omm aiplomacy, espe- ternational Atomie Energy Cent purity, a level that Can De spent the Summer installing
senal. was distribDutea on a COntidential cialy on Iran, and otficials ot the Agency, Kalael M. Grossi, to let used in nucear power plants but newer, high-perlornmance cent
his ls awan nahilibeen widely circulated in recentne the ewtorien minister Hosviceshahelnmeaiethe ans shed some prdactionostocknile ys

since before President Obama days. On Friday, asked about iran sein Amir Abdollahian, are ex- progress of the country's nuclear 20 percent, saying they needed
Even then, keeping large a
agreed to the z01 nuclear accord.uring atp to
That agreement forced the Irani- tay orstate Antony J. Bllnken ac
ueranere pectea to maKe aebut appear
ances. Considered a nard-iner, agency inspectors nave Deen uel
Program.inrecentmontns, ennChed to that lever to supquantity ot nigny enrched ura
ply a research reactor provided to nium on hand is not sufficient to

of their fuel out of the country, and had been so rapid that restoring lahian has indicated a willingness some facilities, a growing source the 1979 Iranian revolution, for agree.
the United States said it would the old deal might soon make no to renew the agreement- but on of concern to0 American officials, producing medical isotopes. The fuel must be converted to
akeat least a year 1r iran to suc teris tnat tne new 8Veriment wno
erthat nuciear material But ten iran went urther. in metal-a step tne ianians aree
laa xper ermnu- m not gong to put a date
"h
on can
say are astuy improved
both vered ds off an
imme
April, it starting ennching its ura
nium
also experimenting wIth, the in-
to build a bomb's worth of atomic getting closer to the point at which Iran and North Korea, which fired diate inspection crisis, assuming its main nuclear site was sabo0- and then into a full warhead.

NOW, Imore than tnree years al tne o

u coplanc
aea0es not reprouuce
e ruise sse unddy
tnat emonstrated an aDinty to
te inspeetors are aiowed to gn
ccess to tneir Caners and otner
tage
an
nostcertdiny Dy
attack
sre
tnat was Deneveu to
nose steps wouu taKe
dutOa
m0ntns and pernapseas, de
withdro fm ha troo l achieve 5
mattotaetho Bien aminn tn a o ir rfa hichnin t oni e o wed to
steady Iranian effort to re
and
He said that "as time goes on Istration. the countrys drive to restore its speeds to ennch uranium., An disrupt each step; last year, they
eny sa
pears to have succeeded.
esap nd ds irn cones to ake
vances in its nuclear program,din-
neres anweeee
tween whatTe
sidrnDseeing in Iran
u
nch at levels far mgner,
d and thus
la SEvetd
tooK Out partsS of a centrifuge
det
man- ed irns Top nucer scientist
in an ambush. A decade ago, the
e
Because of the physics of nucle sonhisticatod
the Institute for Science and Inter. ticated
enriching centrifuges, rea with the cruise missile test" than it did before 2015. put together a

more
material, learning more
MChaet rowley contributed retnere is a polnt at wnicn 1twoud
Sad Kose Gottemoeler, a tormer
ams contror omcal n several ad hat accord sharpiy hmitea the
overall amount or uramum tne
ar enrnchment, It takes far longer
to gerrOm low-encned uranum
cyberattack to disabie Irans pro-
ducoon capaDmty wne t was
Ogt Kunstett A" BUSE
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Politics Steered India's Approach to a Lethal Virus Threat, Documents Show

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the second wave no matter what.
Amore contagrousE vaat
eled the Spread. PEoplenad
so- ATUL LOKE FOR THE NEW TORK TIMES

cially distanein"AS
and
sta
M. Vidyasagar, chairman or the
Prime Minister Modi has
never, ever said to 1Owerthe
Supermodel, declined to com
ment. indlan science Su
n May, as the second wave tore
cs
Bharatiya Janata Party.
ll,BOvernment contmout
tne l's marhematical model "can only
ed to complacency. Mr. Modi
predict future with some certainty
before the devastating second SO 10ng as Vrus ayamies and ts
sub-
wave nt, nala nad save Change
at
humanity irom a big disaster One study, published in Januaryy
ministor oid Me 2021, dia predict a secona wave
Published in the journal Nature, it
country was "in the endgame of
vd-l Ad rincism ver strike if restrictions were "lifted
rondd without any otner mugan
The I.C.M.R., which conducts place ana cailed tor more testin8
and
reviews restac or un BRAD TRONE FOR TE NW YO

ent, played a major role in

sured him to remove his affiliation V1ou Start questioningg
not released granular data on the wn the agency from the paper,
said people familiar with the mat- your work.
russSpreaa, nampering tne
ability of SCientusts to stuay it. In I he second wave struck in DR.ANUP AGARWAL, who said
proiections that ofren steered de: April. With hospitals over his experience working for Indias
ate. wheimed, ndian health officials top science agency had driven him
Politics began to influence the
geneysapproacn eariy last year, L LONE POR
on scientists to leave the country

had found to be inetfectuve

with its deliberations.
A vaccination site, top, n the Indian state or uttarradesn in June. India was unprepared tora
in and his colleagues had
n Apn 2020, the mdst ot a
owae locKaOWn
n ordered by
Delhi, above, provided oxygen as hospital beds and medical necessities became scarce. Agwa
help
Diood plasma did not
an early outbreak on Covid-19 a nnain8 tat
an Islamic not been peer-reviewed, wrote inmonthsate,
Jau ln 8ested that the worst was over patients,
gathering. spurring attacks a tweet thatit "does not reflect theDr. Bhargava's second direc Known as the Supermodelin In- dronned the reeommendationi
s Dy SOme Hindu onCal position of 1.C.MR tive, issued in late July 2020, dia, the study projected that the PpE E eoeduon
authors.
along with a scientist familiar that suggested the virus was still mid-February. It cited Mr. Modis The government still recom
Amid that anger, some officials with it, said the authors had with spreading in 10 cities,according to lockdown earlier in 2020. It said mendsasecon treatment,the
within the science agency said the drawn it amid pressure from the emailsand scientists familiar with that the country may have nade malara drugeo
Bnening nad undened con n h Thdta
data came from the agen- ha 250 milion peonle had ing scientific evidence that it is in-
"has undone the benefits of lock had been published before they cy's serological studies, which already been infected or devel- enecuveDesperateamnes
down," said one news outlet, citing hadreviewed The move wasun- tracked the disease based on anti- Scrambedto tnd oth auring the
it. oped antibodies The science
an agency source. Raman Gan-sual, tne scienists sad, aading DOdies in Diood samples. 1he data agency tast-trackea the stuayS a
in an interview singled out the some neighborhoods, including in
would typically adjust problemat- other people familiar with its Current and former agency sci-
gathering as an "unexpected Sur länguage rätner tnan demand à DEem and umb,
C despire con progress.
prise" paper De WithdraWn. tainment efforts. aJuly Scientists inside andOutside n olit FOR
KHANDELWAL
FOR THE NEW YORK TIMESs
Dr. Gangakhedkar said
that he sued two directives to agency sci- Bhargava told the scientists that Other countries were nowhere Mr. Modi's party had organized
d expressed "anguish" over the entists that his internal critics saw have not got approval" to pub- close to herd immunity. Plenty of plasma donation campslast
mark nis 70th Dirthday. The In- earelence tnrves in an
d not been environment where you
ovenments statements target 4s pouticaly mouvated. ish the 1ata
ine Muslins bur said the scene umer ela t nsons
tower and no unde standing the thors were epidemiologis droxychloroquine as a diplomatic
, nnng ponst Donid can openly question
Bhargava, told him that the mat- prove, in just six weeks, a corona-
ter should not concern him. DVirus vaceine aeveoped py indian
Bhargava did not respond to re Scientists. In a memo dated July 2
lockdown did severe eco
sensitivity Dr Bhargava wrote. model appeared to have been de-
n sineerey isappoinred
Naman Shah, a physician who
SIgned to it the conclusion, some
Scentists said.
arameters which
rp. tnen tneAenan prest
Brazilian leaderwh he , evidence.
DR. SHAHID JAMEEL, one of
lndias top virologists
The Bhargava said the agency aimed holding the data worked against can't be measured and whenever sured New Delhi last year to lift its
nomic damage. Once it ebbed, Mr. to approve the vaccine by Aug. l3, Science ana aemocraey the curve was not matching, they export mts on tne drug
Modi moved to rekindle the econ
omy and start electiOn campig
India's Independence Day, an
ntlu uroes
This is a government which changed that parameter said o
want t0 worSome
the country toward tory ofrime trying to assert nower by tist who studies infectious disease nt a good relationship with peo
researchers within the agency greater self-reliance. "Kindly note capturing every institution and models and who wrote a rebuttal. pie, Dr. Agarwal Said.Tou Just
said, helped pave the way. that noncompliance willbe making an arena tor political mean,we don't do modeling like De onconirontauonal abour ev
t
In June 2020, a study commis Vewed very seriously," the direc- struggehe sad hat. This is misgua8 pe e
C.M.R. did re- Dr. Agarwal resigned in Octo
that Mr Modi's lockdown had The request alarmed agency lease helped officials argue incor- cian, said he took his concerns in ber and later worked in Gallup
slowed but would not stop the vi-
rus's spread. Within days, the au-
ScientiSts. Regulators in otner rectuy,to tne country and tne October to Dr. Bhargava, who told N OW pnysSICian Ba
countries were still months away world, that the coronavirus wasn't him it was "none of his business. more, he said experience with his
n
saying the study's modeling had
ay5
cines. The agency's top leaders in the United States, Brazil, Brit- moned another scientist who had leave India.

Emily Schmall contributed report

backed off once the timetable be
came public. (The vaccine wasS ap-
an ad ra
Then, last autumn, an agency-
raised concerns about the study
with Dr Agarwal and repri-
ou
work, you
start questioningour
know he said. "And
provea by the indian authorities approved stuay wronBy sug manded them both. ihen, you get disilnusSioned by it.

rom left:Work on genome testing of Covid-19 variants in July at a government laboratory in New Delhi and a vaccine assembly line at Serum Institute of India in
Pune, Maharshtra, India. Documents show that last tall, senior government officials forced some scientists to play down the possibility of a new outbreak.
 UESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 A9

National
Ehe Xew JorkTimes

In Parched California, Farmers Loom as Force in Recall Election

Taxes and Water Limits
Breed Anger at Newsom
By CHRISTTNA MORALES
meni mediamonitord
Craig Gordon, the owner of several
uy tarIS near LOS Angeles, is a life-
Bernie Sanders for nresident he doesn't
ike former President Donald J. Trump
nd ne voteu ror Gov. Gavim NEwsom n
O18.

nto his sales and state-imposed limita

10ns on warer tor agicunture nave made
so angry at Mr. Newsom that he has
im
o shom in the Central Val.
ey, which produces a quarter of the na-
onsTo0drgng peOpie removetne to
governor in Tuesday's recall election.
44 000 M E s spent
pend my last dime to get rid of this guy, I
wOuld, ne said. school closings auring
he pandemic have nilhicted loSses in

taxes, ne Saia, ne l nave to sell his cows

na ciose tne business Dy next year.
Farmers are a key constituency n Cal
tornia, wnere the s0
Dillion agriCuitural

state's gross domestic product. During

syearoexceptonl drougnt, neyare
feeling tne pinch of water restrictions,
y to Support tne recall or
they feel supports small businesses and
will fignt hard tor their water needs.
In intervIews
in Tecen da
idiinetsSd i Newsom nadnt re-

eir pleas for more water storage, such

as dams, reservoirs or water banks, as a
way ot helping them through this
urougnt and ruture nes.
state f Califor HOX RA0 TE NEw YORK TIMES
FOR

nia, Mr. Gordon said of the Democratic

a
Craig Cordon, who owns dairy farms near Los Angeles and is lifelong Democrat, has spent S44,000 for billboards urging a recall of CGov. Cavin Newsom.
the state want this guy gone.
That anger spiked last Mr. Newsom's in the recall election.
o a
There are lot of farmers who don't
Board passed an emergency curtailment w posituon, Dut it Sdown po-
atuntortunately.
order tor the sacramento-san Joaquin a Fores,30 years, Mr. Cameron has pro
Delta walersned, Daring many tarmers
rom usigwaterro veSnd collects floodwater by spreadine n
Valley is experiencing the effects from
yeas or pumping too much water irom
tS aqune
The stress that farmers and our farm-
aadaaldas
vn Newsom
Tarmland to seep underground, where it
an restore agurers and prevent ood-
ing. It can hold twice as much water as a

idea as part of its larger plan to create a

ReCal
ust
been exacerbated
ated
this vear
hecanse
theseextreme heat days and now
rougntSx Nare KUSS, Setrety or
Gavin Newsom
more dependabie water supply.
State onczais nad to make Brueling.
but necessary, decISions about water
the California Department of Food and

cannot be minimized. It's very real."

Vewsom tions. We know this is eoin to
were alway's optimistiC in farming, but
we nave a lot or tings going against us
Newsoms once said tne governor right now, and without water, we can't
upported armers änd ranchers, wnlie
also trying to promote water conserva-
e Lundberg, who represents the
fects of climate change. The state budge griculturebUSiness on the state B0ard
includes s5.l billion to be spent over 1our
ears to mitigate the droughts impact. ROZETTE RACO FOR TE NEW vORK TIMES ATT RAC0 POR nIE NEW YORK TIMES
ood n wSom
AgCuture,toSd tnt wne
nad prioritize the
This includes funding for emergency Jery Coelho, right, a farmer in Riverdale, said hell have to stop farming half of his 6.000 acres next year if the Califor- been made on water issues
and expand water supplies, and for a
nia water crisis continues. He said he supported replacing Mr. Newsom with Larry Elder, conservative radio host. Mr. Lundberg, an owner of Lundberg
rougnt conangency planning Famuy Farms, wncn grows nce, Said
NewSom nas also worKed with the Dt more easly. 5Ource of tension with the agriculture in- etfort. But balilot-return rates in the cen Mr. NEwsom has prioritized plans for an
to
Legislature push 1or more than s1 bil- ntral case in nolitics
for derades and cerned ahooutWaterconseruation he sally sunnort Demoerats he said
a
culture, his office said. That includes the amajor issue in the state for century, Said ading thattheres racial divide a Somefamers expressed sympathy Sites Reservoir. The reservoir would
Healthy Soils Program, which providesS s ea
postorcOrtDeweeronersnd tner es r So ese
gove capture excess water from major storms
and save torarier periods.
grants to enable farmers to adopt soil
management practices that sequester
and Democracy at the University of Cali tionalyvoted Democratic.
About half of the voters who had re-
the best iob that he's been able to
doedo"' said Don Cameron,
t
vere stress, and a lot of farmers who are
fornia, SSanta Barbara
fornia. the general man-
snroad thocaerifico in Iulu he asked all i5 complaint that has been in turned balots.as of riday are white, Mr ager of lerranova Ranch, about 30 miles going under business this year because
his
the Central Valley for years, and s a real Hale sald, which could beneft the recal southwest of Presno, and a supporter of they don't have any water, said M
Calitornians to voluntarily cut their wa-
er use Dy 13 percent. (ADOUt BU percent Lundberg, Who backKS Mr. NewSom in the
of the water California uses goes toward
S ureo 0oK TOr

in interviews, many farmers sa place if they want to blame it on Gover-

he current water inmits, combineu wi 10r Newsom.
nera state resticton5
on nd taxes, nave Some munority tarnes at ee
ut chokehold their livelihoods. particularly disappointed in the state,
3 nda
iverdale said that if the water them the influence of larger farms that
risis doesn't ease next year, he'll have to may loboy the state to make deCISIOns,
top tarming
se
s o, acTes
nan o
that water to help irrigate his more
aa Said cnanowk TIStael, an owner or tne
YIsrael Urban Family Farm in Sacra-
IKE pistaCnios, al
grapes. heir farmland from other farmers who
monds and wine
He s imtated tnat nis water Dils re may reauce the renters water
rather than imit their own.
supply

ion of the water he says he is entitied to. Mr. Yisrael saia hne hasn't aeciaed OW
haan di Newsom is grappling with a welter of
ng new reservoirs, dams or water banks complex probiems: CInmate cnanng,rg
O narness warerrom tne slertd Nevada ing widnres ana the cnalienges OT tne
Owpack, d Criucal Source. "There's al pandemic. Still, he added, "many of the
water" he said, "The worst thing of al is swent under the nio
kind of oettine
o do nothing" For Lorna Roush, who manages
Cimate activists and environmental Schuitz Ranch in Fresnocounty with her
Sts have emphasized the importance of father, brothers and children, the worry
tually takes over the farm has added to
change. But Mr. Coelho said he feels that ner concerns about Mr. NewSom. Her
1armers nave done everytning tuney can famiy nas tried to make plans tor a po-
o conserve tentially sharp reduction in water sup-
ie g ewso she said and have made adinstments to
nost and the governor's leading chak their farming practices.
Governor Newsom has had the
dllnpalgi StOps, temng tnemn in a Fresno TAN VON FOR NEE NEW YORK TIMES e ngnto tmis, research it and
aditol nend the 1970
We'realways optimistic in farming, but we have a lot of things going against us right now,
to California aoricultP and ble
Calitornia Environmental QualityA ing anything about it," said Ms. Roush,
Bee,
Ihat move, according to The Fresno Bee,
and without water, we can't farm. who decined to say how she voted. |
o
would allow dams and reservoirs to be Don Cameron, above, the general manager of a ranch near Fresno, is against the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom. We're always worried"
A10 THE NEW YORK TIMES NATIONAL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

On Taxes, Democrats
Put Up Opening Offer
Legislation Would Raise Up to $2.9 Trlion
By EMILY CoCHRANE A weakened international tax
and ALAN RAPPEPORT overhaul.
WASHINGTON- Top Demo- ne B1den administration has led
rats on Monday released legisla
10n that Would rase as much asront
E snnng oDy
Crack aOwn on
cOmpanies that
to nnance President
o0 tries with low rates to reduce their
a series of tax changes, ne medsure unvened by
nrough N Ds.
hat
g
the
CTeasing the amount u Denocrats on Monday wa-
wealthiest AMericans andLouse has heen nushino for in-
The leoislation. released by the cluding the rate companies wourd
iOuse ways and Means Commit P velseds pronts.
gaon Tor a tax
e unts to opening otfer
Demmocrts
a Cals

erher foreign earnings. That wouid e

Dieces or Mr. BidenS S3.5 trillion s00.0 tne curent rate
which WOuld aut percent, which Re
package,
und climate provisions, paid Taln2017 tax legislation. but
less than
The House bill proposes tax in- the 21 percent tnat ne Biaen ad
stau0n propoSed.a The tax
edbe wetny Corporations
as well as individuals. But ele- Decuiateu 0n countiy-
The House proposal wouu P TOM BRENNER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

den initially proposed and what

DEmOcrats nave loated. e i esors
nw ne rest of the world,
Representative Richard E. Neal of Massachusetts, who leads the Ways and Means Committee, drew criticism from some liberals.
Moderate andconservanve an aoreement
trillion price tag and certain pro-
provIsIOns, even as
obal minimum tax
that would set a
rale ot at
ave a
Plan to Tax the Rich Aims at Incomes, Not Fortunes
utevenue counterparts warn
neir deral nitedStatesonldt pOSal. BusSiness lobDying groups o New Jersey, a Democrat on the real estate to be taxed when they
From Page Al
anes seone American companeata co rejecredtnepackage, witn tneU.S. waysand eans comnttee, con- are nnented Dyweainy neirs,
Given that the Democrats plan
committee fOr a Responsi-
e uuvallage
economic agenda
8 we it it as "an
"an threat to Swaths of wealth in the country
existential threat the time the original owner pur
pass along party lines,,e
te oil Vatch- where Democrats have slim ma- Amencas ragile economic recoVwere tiea up in assets, not large chased them. Under current law,
ihose differences Will need to be Salaries. But ne said many Demo
dog, called the Ways and Means jorities and must hold nearly ev- eon oSe such assets tace capital gains tax-
Pary leaders have said they hope Ommittee nternational tax pro- E 1ueoogically Demo am
very susnect of a wealth cording to their worth when they
Teconcle tne competing inter 8EsvE wnatwhite E
White House officials welcomed an cratS are ramming tnrougn til tax, neSaia. thinkts percenved were innerntea, allowing all tne
d Droiected it would raise abot the Ways and Means plan and said s wS Spe sdk tne ast tn s n
value over trte etneso
Paches the House floor $360 billion in revenue comparedtook important steps towardthe rips u Pven hicher kill millions The eammittee
id ralke aim ata long asthev are nased to heirs
Here
Edls
is what the House Ways
committee, led by Ouse plan would raise.
we
rewards ordinary workers at
expense of the very rich.
e that
the
of American jobs and drive them loophole in retirement savings ex-
Overseas, ånd usner in & new erd pore Dy tne Dinonalre reter
But the new proposal faced a
erce
O00ying campalgn, eu oy
Representauve ie Tobacco and nicotine could tace Theproposal includes substan-
ares with other pro uxes. nomeover fare state in our lifetimes," Repre- takea KOtn indiviuul ment kota and Max Baucus of Montana.
odsSenate. TOm tne wnite House and ouse Democrats included leg$450,000 or $400,000 for un- Sentative Nevin Braay ot 1exas, account worth ess than s2,000 in Representative Ricnard E. Neaot
a
eriin cise on cin married individuals grow

.
the would be the comttees ranking Kepublk assachusetts he Democratc
pa
and toDion Committee left o a Means
he wealthiest would see their retes, small cigars and roll-your-hefooD P B But what is not included is notä shielded from taxat0n. it
eft i out.

House Democrats proposed rais-

w b annoDaceo
axeson d unicotune Trump's
37
2017 tax cut brought it to Die. 1nenchest or the ch ern nte
percent. The top capital gains tle fromactual paychecks (Mr. Be
10 prevent sucn expiontaion,
ways and Means committee
the
10 Some Derals,
pragmatism felt more like surren
Neals

a ment :stop con e

WOuld
ddol Op tax te the That proposal could run afoul o
rate woula rise
to 4 percemE ro on ae cR1 SAO in 2020) so reach America's billionaires are pop
current 37 percent. The new rate denS edge t0 not rse
| a White House proposal that Surtax on income would have little s1o million. ping Champagne tonignt as thne
n other areas, the committee House ways and Means ommit
would kick in for married couples srnesRIg esSnan would have taxed investment mpact. Tneir vast tortunes in
wnO have taxabe ncorme over
make more than $400,000. ture package, Mr. Biden and
T rilo binartisan intrastragans as income for the richest, at thees aroevntad
augey
each year.
o bste wearhte erfails
ans. Former President Barack
the nesidetaithe
try and fails history" said Erica
n
is Under the committee's plan, a
epropos rmp and N Biden
The increase, which mirrorsmain aeputies consier rerseto 3 percent surtax would be applied 1s extremelyDama.Mr Pane,the president or PatroC
what Mr. Biden propoSed in May,
wo
to incomes over $5 milion.
he tontay rate tax would affect anyone who buys ave
taxes inaariely of
wavs on buusi director of the nonpartisan Tax which private equity managers higher taxes On tne rich.
to what it was before Republicans gas, regardless, ot income level. | nesses called pass-through enti-Poicy enter Wasnington. i pay iow capital gains taxes on tne ome Democrats expressea
same proDem would accom many law firms and fi- Mostly, it is about raising rates on Tees they charge chents, asserting Surprise on Monday at Mr. Neals
passed their 2017 tax cuts. The
House plan would
hat tieslike
ncial
also
mcTedseand nicotine as compines
well, In the Senate, Democrats are cause it is drawn from their cli- "Awealth tax? don't know any-
I
ne c
A White House ofical, speak then pay individual income taxestking ey en gs One wno S S H0t woTing
n investent
cent from 20 percent, a far smaller
increase than the near doubling
Mr. Biden has suggested.
ng on condtion ot anopnymity, on them. Those changes, includ-
new idea from Captol
Hil andar pee anee r
tax on blionaires fortunes, tol-pletely, saving Treasury s63 bil
Pn S pr
Democrat of Virginia and a mem
adjusted gross income of than $5 gued that because smoking is not through income, would raise taxes lowed by annual levies on the lion over 10years. 1he House pro ber of the committee
million would also face a new
Surtax of 3 percent under the
a required cost, as

ue pleug ae
gas or other primarily on high earners, gener 8an
uu v
ere onres
ng severäl nundred Dlon aoltovos ara adicted eaclhar rorto old heir eliente irectment
enat oswo
in thatthe final
rac ncin
naa
House plan. while Mr. Biden has d etimatee flect gains in housing values. gains for five years beiore Claim mignt nave De na
Se o e
Democrats have suggested an
ven Droader wealtn tax tnan tne
AL
dressed.
Cap has yet to be ad- The joint committee estimated BIens expansive
on Monday that the changes posals, durng
tax pro ngne
campaugn and cashing
Capitagns
s
ne ousePlan, Beyer sild ne
ut, It woud save s b understood why emocratic lead
as n r
House, proposing a one-tme Sur
haveiatedforhioh.income individuals wealth tax. But he and top sena posal. ble lawmakers embrace the most
lowed by annual levies on the months to address a limit on how Republicans balked at the pro rs nad caleu ror vnety
measures to more heavily taX in- r Anotner item issing irOm tnea8gressive optrons
House plan: a measure to tax in- White House officials on Mon-
gains in value of billionaires' as
ts.
XPye
state and local taxes, after the ee many other Democrats while was
o the white posed a cap of $10,000.
Zolan
reporting
Kanno-Youngs contributed ments of very high earners.
Kepresentative Bill PFascrel dr.
Biden and
want assets such as stockS and
acknowledging that
tar irOm a inal proauct.
it
House and the Senate in other None of the tax proposals so far
ways, including when it comes tohave tormaily addressed a partial Attorney General Merrick B.
taxing inneritances. Some toph Monitoring arland speaking last week
chambers and Senator Bernie during a news conference.
herited assets based on the gain in
value from when those assets
were uany
acquired, rather
indersS, tne veront ndepend
nt m caBe or tne Buaget Com Ofthe Police ate to overhaul polioe depart
ime of death. Moderate Demo- partial repeal of the cap. Will Change, hallmark o the Ohama aminis
rats have complained that would And while it was left out of the tration's civil rights agenda and all
legislation on Monday Mr Neal
unfairly affect smaller family
Hoe billdoe Garland Says Dt ended aunng tne
ministration.
rump ad-

lan. Pascrell of New Jersey and Tom By KATIE BENNER

Suozzior New ok, 15Sueu ata
DEPARTMENTO
orporate taxes woud rise. ment WASHINGTON The Justice leagues had concerns about the
piedging t Department will curb tnepowet use or iomtors as pat ot the cO
28 per the montors who oversee localpo Sent aecree procesS, and said that
he corporate tax rate
increase
to from
include meaningiul SALT relief
nat is so essential to our middle-
p
es caTyng out led-
et,Sgnncant prehensive look at monitors and
Cass commumaes.
curret ever or Z1 percent
still lower
dut torney General Merrick B. Gar- UR RPAS FOR TiE NE YORKE 1MES 1Ssue recommendations.
he 017 The I.R.S. would get more money uptds memo outlines
ment officers on Monday.
Garland said in remarks delivered
tenin8 sessions win ice and
principles for effective monitor
cuts. House rats in enew power other ocal otficials, mayors, CVl
Va video at the annukal conterence
stead propoSed a graduated rate HoUse Democrats are prepared to by law enforcement.officials. Thev of the International ASsociation of
rights advocates and the monitors vised to minimize cost, to avoid
structure, with an increase to 26.5 end billions of Deter
a0arsto
have long argued that the mon ers of Police. themselves. Ms. Gupta si conflicts of interest o appe
able income of
more
than $5 mil- Internal tors, who earn lucrative consult
Revenue Service. The
poce 1orces make
a
time, but consent decree cannot actions on Monday in a memo ad-
aiso use
o dopts tne Biden ad- g E e
SUd
e
on. g last forever, M. Garkand sad. dressed to Mr. Garland.
The tax rate would remain at 21 ministrations plan to spend ss0denart ments locked into SCh partment would Her recommmendus vee lice departments and should main
r o ore than SA00 000 and lowine it to hire more agents and Overhaul plans tor to0
long. mmeaate put place a a dacadoe tain contact with tne communiy,

irop to 18 percent for the smallest

Dusinesses, those with income of
to overtnaul ts creaky tecnnologyhaTiormon
The plan would also bulk up the s titors'fees
r
including placing caps on moni-
and assessingttheir work
said Chuck Wexler, a former police
official in Boston and the execu-
She reromme
d.

adoDted,
Mr.Garland immediately
ess than S400,000. For vuineraDe a set term to determine
i dienates a
creased its scrutiny of policing after tive director of the Police Execu-
Beyond the fee caps, aocording to
cal backlash for supporting tax in-
reases, tunat decrease could be a
with taxpayers who are not pay-practices, opening investigations renewed or whether the consent
ng Wnat they owe. nto anegaos o auuepa decree snouid De termndteu.
forcement organization dedicated
to improving tne prolessionansm
e,d ternn Tor
p w
monitors that can
crucial distinction 1orwnom tney One Dig omission trom the pro- ndDni i And the department will restict policng Tne group 15sued
of arean evaation *

wnt to
a ge w P
ministration's
nistr nlan to adopt a new that saw high-profile cases or Om case sses that the Justice Depart Future consent decrees will also
The fate of the proposal is un- information reporting system that g "Monitoring is public service, a ment addressed on Monday reyure nearng anter nve yes
lear in the senate. Senator Joe would let the 1.R.S. have greater a and there should be no question Mr. Wexler said he hoped the de-
apnroved deals herween the Ts s P have made propress and whether
day reiterated that he supported invasion of privacy. tice Department and 10cal gover they serve not to their bottom tive and accountable in the eyes ofne consen ecree s0ud De ter
aising corporate tax rate to 25
the But without that new system, ide du a line Mr. Garland said. tne polnce and citiZens. ated. T departments tall short
percent, and otner Democrats the plan to narfow the SO-Called p he actions are the result ot a is 1s a big aeal, e said.
hurting American businesses. The Biden administration esti- pointed to oversee the agree- consent decrees that began soon builds accountability into a solidify a plan "for getting over the
ne number wouid be whats
going to be competitive in our tax
mated that it could raise S700 Dil
lhon in revenue by empowering nie consent decrees and
after Mr. Garland and his top dep
uties were confirmed to lead the
process that needs accountability"
Mr. wexier said that this spring,
inish
s
ine in short order, the

codeN ancnin saa, speaking Tne .S, Dut oy merey Doiste Orssre nportant tosUsce Department in Maren and M Garand and Ms. Gupta made edepr r e
Other moderate DemoCrats have raise about $200 billion over that countability, the department can The review was led by the asso forcement officials that the Biden a time to "dispel any perception
oncerns about tne mcrease 10r me, he congressional Buaget and shoud do more to improve clate attorney general, vanita adminstratuon mtended to use nat monitOing is a cOtage indus
Dusinesses. Office said. their efficiency and efficacy" Mr. Gupta, and it included over 50 lis- consent decrees where appropri- try" Ms. Gupta's memo said.
 THE NEW YORKTIMES NATIONAL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 All

Republicans Struggle to Gain Broad Support in California Recall Fight

From
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Mr
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anti-vaccine activists and allies of
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come saddled with too much of the

Ana main ELR ENNA SHOEED FOR THE NEW YO MES
natona partys DagBage Larry Elder, the recall candidate, comes from the tradition of
The Kepublicans nave trug Calitornia conservatives whose appeal is in refusing to appeal to
ity that Democrats have been in durino ahor Dav weekend in Thosand Onks Calif. lefh
Chageout nere Tor 19 years, Sd
CER
aurningabor Day eekend in nousana ar
Doug se, a KepuDncan ana tor.
lic school will be able to make the whose centrist campaign was of-
recently dropped out of the race to Case to Black and brown people: ten overshadowed by the far-right
eplace r. NewsOm alter naving YOu are being betrayed. You are rhetoric of Mr. Elder. "We can be a
ALLISON ZAUCHA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
a heart attack. Instead of focusing

fornians were better oft oday was a time for conservatives to fipped in the House of Represent publicans lacked a candidate with Racism has never been less on reform and if we're inclusive.
than they were 15 years ago, Re-
pubiicans, ne bdw
tory in California, thiswould seem
to be it.
including two in Orange County.
Despite losing the state, Mr.
said, would depend on a candidate
"who gives you an alternative to
n A a
who is Black, told his mostly white
audiene
o until youoget Democrats and inde-

and other nationalissues Trump still received the Democrat without having to Shelley Merrel, who runs a fire Kevin Kiley, a lawmaker in the
Residents have been anious 5 million
"Quit taking the bait Mr. Ose
the Texas aborion law Nobody
o eno oroes r ans
sures, with almost half sharing the"You didn't see it in the vote for
in
ere a bvious atety company in ventura, nod- State Assembly and one ot the
answer to that need, though he be- temí along as Mr. Elder called sys-
ded other more moderate Republican
in Texas is going to vote in this mistaken belief that calitornia is Biden said Charles Kessler, a camethe Kepubican tront-runne statistics about police officers not put a conventional political la-
election. Why are we talking aecess, accoraing to one eprofessor at Claremont Mckenna
the ti
killing unarmed white people in bel of left, right or center on the
abourwhat's happening in the state's inabilityto solve funda" rioht theebults
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rais inn California
Canornia o Califor
tion of Cäntornia conservatives p n tney did kind of coalition he h

state where Democrats mental problems are everywhere, whose appeal was that they re- white, said that her support for the Part of the unique opportunity
ave Deel adding to their share of ciaes that lined the
ent e recall was rooted in her belief that with this recall is it is a chance to
E eectorate-now accounting w es mat
A state that has not drew reitharthe onservative California had become too inhos- cross party lines" Mr. Kiley said.
for 46 percent of all regisere
And voters have demonstratedbeen as liberal as its love mu emnlooe nd ney re nor Signing on T0r rou
Wer ad activist who founded Ijust

tne rormer an
Institute of California- the Re- Ep s retart ewS want to give them the best life pos year
Pu Frary has been steadily esse nadves at the reputation suggests. arcee sible, but its getting more ana At the raily im nOusana oaN
Elaer seemed to acknowledge
shedding voters. epubnca vear,as the state went for Mr. Bi- agenda, who erew up in Santa ud SIeMr.
compared with 35 percent in 2003, aen by a margn or ncany oncStenng to Mr EderS take her pro-recall material, in- pivoted slightly to a more centrist
the last time the state recalled its
Democratic gOvernor ray Davs.
du
han on afirmative action 37 per
in 2020 overall, he said, looked like
"the beginnings of a kind of revolt events have felt not allthat differ
Cuding one er tnatread, "Dont message. He insisted that ne was
Ot merey rmP supporte
against the fac
fornia that produced two Renubli- cent to 43 percent. At
tne salne Hou tie ent from Trump rallies. tvle of right-wing talk radio hosts through Since hecast his last
can presicdents Richard M. e Party in the state: At a Labor Day raly in the sub who scorn the mainstream media vote for a Democrat in I976, for
NIXOn and Ronald Reagan, who
w s The other California the one Oi s, auuu and mock nberals has served Mr. former President Jimmy Carter,a
onalmodel ode! for apps to remain independent
con- gnurCnes in the sprawl of
geles in Ventura County, Mr. Elder wepkly national dien SO e sad ne nad regretted

how to run as a celebrity conser-rctors, rEournng pusn rom

l parades and a would-be seces- arew Do0s when ne mentioneamilion hsteners in a state where M. Kessler, the professor, said if
VvE ue 8 SIonist enclave near the oregon Kusn LmDaugn and Sean ia tnere was anotner Republican
AOd borderthat calls itselt theState ot g0t ter sts radio
s coming to California,
Mr Schwarzenegger lett office and benefits. common cause with moderates Was there. He dropped the kind of and what it takes to win a state- ment. But he also said he doubted
s o
.

d
Ste ngeuny and independents to shake up
dnd OneT d Dons uaue wae elecon ay De tnat the current state or one-pary
elected a Kepudicanora state ditionaly right-leaning parts state politics. of name inudt du
conservative talk radio. very differentanrornia
messages. cOro was sustanable. "This
is

* e toward the Democratic Party in

aid that a
jor difference between today and Elder said, referring to his Demo- ourselves" said Kevin Faulconer, publican point of view, things have
TimArango contributed reporting 2018 Swung back in 2020. Four ot 2003, when Mr. Schwarzenegger cratic opponents, "s Larry Elder the former mayor of San Diego to get worse in the state before
from Los Angeles. the lb seats that Repubicans replaced Mr. Davis, was that Ke trom the hooa who went to a pub- and kepudiican recall candidate they can get better, ne sad.

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 A12 THE NEW YORKTIMES NATIONAL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

WE WIL NOT CMPY

Idaho, Lax on Covid,

Infects Washington
With Hospital Crisis
From Page Al penan ldano, where hospital-

patients as tion are 45 percent higher

g of CoVid trou- a
we cetainiy need our friends
Dng example ot hoW the failure to
aB8essivey conrOnt tne virus in da 8 et to uo moreto PHOTOCRAMIS RY GRANT HINDSLE

onestate can deepen a crisis in an-

AS we know that their erisisis
On the Washington side of the Decoming our problem, Washing
DOraer, residents must wear De taucgovernor,Jay in
masks
Co
en gatneng indoors,
c arantine
the neople of 1daho to adoptsome
of the safety measures
reauire IKe
we
ets, and many workers are un- reneEnts-KE
e vaccnaton orders. On thehal h
Idaho side, none of those precau
"Its ridiculous," said Cassie
oblen,pandemic"
Uv. btad
Lties ot
E was noavalabie for
iuet, tne president of the Wash-
ington state Hospital ASsociation. in recent weeks that he has n
om melrino down the idea that Plans to restore virus restrct0,
you would not immediately issue a e noSpltais entered danger
mask mandate 1S Just DlZre. wanted residents"to choose do to
They need to be doing everyung the right thing and Ber vacc
"Weve s alls
Last week, Idaho took the ex ared. ie 1ssued a Statement on or help from all over northern
aorumy step or moving its oal action to hal ne n ldaho," said Dr. Daniel Getz,
nospitals m ue P from President B1aen tmat wu above, chiet medical ofticer tor
care the threshold at which fa- pusn lons Or peopie tO get vac- Providence Sacred Heart hos
cilities facing OvETWIE pital, top, in Spokane, Wash.
"President Biden is out ot toucn, At left, a road that splits the
caseloads are authonzeu to Tra and his mandates only add to the
wo states. lop let, a venicie at
holdino or delaving ontimal care divisiveness witin our country,
Mr an ant-masK event in idano.
TOrsome patients. ernor has urged per
ldaho now has moretnan usonal responsibility, and in north
patients hospitalizedwith ern schoois are not
If have your health care system melting down, the idea that you
you
her 1daho, where
reguiring masks or doimg contact would not immediately issue a mask mandate 1s Just bizarre
than a previous peak in Decem
ber. Only 40 percent of the state's grown exasperated statements ASSIE SAUER, president ot the Washington State Hospital Association.
at
residents are fully vaccinateu, One from members of the commumy
roma ereet Suggesting that they do not be patients were trom ldano. The n cioSer proximity, orticals sad, tents us has real impacts on has already consumed them tor 8
washington State, one of the high- tors and hospital administrators the emergency room from Koote- across state lines to hospitals Care rationing under crisis what they see as the public's fail-
pOrray it nal Healn alonewas up 34 per wnere tney DEueve tney can get standards of care Woula go even ue to take tne virus Serousiy
Straln on net care rac "That's extremely disappoint- cent in August, officials said. Mu more immediate care, and hospl- further. In ldaho, that has meant Nurses are regularly working l5
northern ldaho, where the vacci director of the intensive care unit hasa hospital in Spokane. has also up
e ith
at their door. For patients with- and are authorized not to check vi- Mary Jo Moore, a director
v e
e at KOotenai Health, said at a news Seen a substantal rise in calls ror
conference on Wednesday "InsuppOTE rom ldano ltnougn,
Out nsurance, the nospitals may
ena up provIdhng tne care toriree
tal signs as orte as usual. T tne
Situation were to deternorate, with
Cucal care at Providence sacred
Heart, said heath care workers
deep wariness of government, no
north laao, we do
have
forced them to decline some from within the
commnity
and mae aseadearh fficial eoneharease wear
mask orders or other strateges of these patients in the 1.C.U. that of the requests. from across state lines, Provi- said, care rationing could mean masks or told they cannot have
were adopted to nait the spread o are very SICK, t is not uncommon tor hospl dence sacred Heart has seen panaving to decide Wnicn paltentsIStors.some patients comein re
Tne regret ua
ney take this very Se
ant taisTo vert patents aurng Dusy ents stucK ntne emergeney prony tor OxyEen or ventude
Bt T Deneve tney
t re eeted
to hold excess mal, awaiting an open bed. 1Tthose
has been converted
patients
with the Delta
Last week, a U.S. Army medical
ream depiOyed to stupport nealtnstsDetter sueu to
stran or the co care workers at the hospital.
ties where there might be special-
neeus.
But tne current virus spike in tne
country
ue place m the ,
d nve a De dyas not Bet
States across the country have unapproved forms of treatment.
a iscusse tage plans tnat couid
hey nor De usedWnen admssions reäched hat
neres a otare0r verbal aDuse
tne stäar takng ngn
Washington State has faced its Spokane have not resisted taking has left hospitals gun canceling elective procedures ally activated them. Arizona and walked through Covid units,
w l gs d ppaents u rom 1dano. Providence
talizations, especialy in areas on Sacred Heart has long seen the
r>poKane,ngTPrOvIdenceptons.
has tielded
d 1s proceEug yw tnuse ew exco activared tnerrisis
that are urgent, Dr. Getz saia. Pro-plans earlier in the pandemic, but
wnere urss
ere armg ror pd
tients who had been placed on
Vaccination rates are lower. This
larer c unitv andhen Texas and Missouri which als and treatorthonedic iniuries are with those standards currentlv in heln them breathe
week, that state, to0, began talk- there is space, the facility has have large outbreaks. among those that have been post effect.
are as ipleasant as can be she
And have stalf ike this that
ng openy aDout ne possio opened its doors. But theltransters HOSpitals are generaly obgat poned, ne sza Medical stalft members have

But Washington is in better Last week, 29 of the facility's in- space to care for them. For cases said. "It's agonizing for those pa- to endure more of a pandemic that care for these patients"

Disagreeing With White House, Top F.D.A. Scientists Question Need for Boosters
nd
By NOAH WELAND
AFOORVA
the middle of a
deliberative authorization from the FD.A.and ity against hospitalization in peo-
process 0r reviewing PizerS a recommendation trom the Cen pie under 63.
MANDAVILLI
might not hold up over time, and
that "a very short-term protectve
experts said. Bosters may even
tualy be needed even tor the gen-
booster shot supplemental ap ters for DIsease Contral and Pre But in
he new review, D etect wouid notnecessarily impiy eral population à variant
WASHINGTON Two depart
ng F00d and Administra mar of ractice doesoom that Mr Riden announeed
Drug
oadh ora
astn t ionmumroons theu added
published Monday that none of ment on pending matters before wee incded bostershot The experts cautioned that pro-
andpublic discussion, and better read in vaccine efficacy against mild
the data on coronavirus vaccines 0 Aianhorbihoc uewte eeuu ue cases of Covid-19 did not necessar gbuSEts DErE ey
so far provided credible evidenceroDstandransparentssso
ih supportor booster shots tor the
of of protection g n
ine Do0sters were needed tor ly mean there would be a drop in needed, as well as any reports of
Dr. Gruber and Dr. Krause were But many scientists have op said that whatever advantage the To date. none of these studies problems or Guillain-Barré syn-
sertion revealed significant dis dtonavedsgee
agreement between career scienden dmistrons
witte B nes contina
pusTorroective
e
acainct eve
erhnillySotsgn
lncs Ouweign
providewo
tne enenr sing
provided credible evidence ofaroe ngntundernine con
ohassubstantially declining protection aence in the prinary vaccination.
tists at the agency and top BIden

started planning a broad booster

h a
make recommendations, a con-
idence and and hospitalization. The authors ple who
worldwide.
remain unvaccinated gne ere e
be declines ower time
e doses have been shown to induce
Vaccine strong responses, 1ower dose
in

campaign 0r this tall. nto their dec fromaround the word that shows World Health Organzation efficacy against symptomatic dis- mightbe adequate and safer hey
The
ea
The review, published in The
e s suchaa trend. wO t nas asKed weany ease." coue empnasized thnat tweaking
ais0 Said that coun- tect against new
vnerts in- Sions the agency makes about Federal health o dve
s
shots to healthy patients until at eutnors variants, like
cluding Dr. Philip Krause and boosters; Dr. Gruber would be ex east tne end or tne year as a way ple would inevitably see some Delta, ignt De the Dest and 1ong
Pected to tormally sign off on in part he
ron Gruber, longtime FD.A. of enabling every couuy
breakthrough especially uif lasting approach, 1 part o
cases, especiuy es,
vacein
SCienus Arguing the
d leave the But other top E.D.A. officials, review inapopulation.
population. Fverv
Every unvaccinatedhe vaccinated start taking more likely to from
evolve those in high
agency comes days before an
It
cng Dr anet cock The that no data supportsDersrovdes ort a
Several studie lished by rcudon. Moderna and Pfi
advisory committee isS to pubicly nggencycossi0netr nd TOr ne nto vusto opn
new, the C.D.C., including three Fri- Zer are both evaluatng Delta-spe
on
discuss and vote on whether the a
Dr Peter Marks, career regula a
third Covid shot. pOrentidangerous, varlant, day, Suggest that while efficacy athering data
doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's vac- fice that Dr. Gruber and D The review authors did, howevagainst ntecton with the
seems to wane slightly United on all three vaccines used in the
elta
ariant
Cine tor people lo ana up. Krause lead, could overrule them. t Sayunat extra shots might States, and it will bE
t
D rause and Dr Gruber, wno he pubicaton of the Lancet Sadthat one reason tney anuserul tor sone peopiewitn weak steadvagainst ya
severe
illnessi 1al-
east several wttNS
Deroegu e
whether Dr. Woodcock, who stay ahead of the virus and be FD.A. already authorized. all age groups.most
Only in adults who received the Moderna orz!
signed on to the Biden administra ready for when vaccines may no "As more information becomes o to Johnson & Johnson vaccines
ades, were not writing on behalf of
the agency:; the article stated that tion's booster announcement last longer protect as well against se available, it may first provide evi aoainst hnitalatian
aein might need another dose. Startung
opinions expressed are thoSe of month, had conslted
Dr Gruberere cases ovi-hse ot
dence that boosting is needed in mmunityconferred vac.boostersror recipients or one
bv
oniy

ily represent the opinions of their E.D.A. vaccine office before advis- Fauci, Mr. Biden's chief medical wrote. "However, these high- Cnes rees o prorecto Dotn the authors said.
respective organizations Still, ng the administration and mak advser, have relied heavily on stakes decisions should be based Booster programs that affect
the arguments they put forth sug ing clear her own position on the data presented to them by Israelh on peer-reviewed and publicly Aog e Evs some but not all vaccinees may be
objections to Pfizer's application said Dr. Woodcock's endorsement country's early, aggressive boost- tional scientific discussion." riskof infection, the body's memo- be important to base recommen-
1or approval ot a booster dose at of the plan boxea in her reßula er campaign. They were largely dismissive of ry of the virus is long-ived. dations on complete data about all
netn8Frda I neir datä, DI. Fauc and otnet the israelh data and other studies vales uy vaccnes availaDie im a contry, to
seuueu 0r oman m- neae nstraon
oun
an annstrin omcsnave sd, tasomepeat oesave sdee scs0vc
phasized that "the views of the
at begin administering vaccine against infection, with enhanced extra shots. They said some Is- pha varian the virus has not health messaging before boosting
thors do not represent the views of boosters eight months after peo- protection irom boOster doses, but raeli evidence was collected just a sustained re-
evolved to evade the 1s widely recommended, the au
the agency." adding: "We are in ple's second shots, contingent on show only hints of waning immu- week or so after the third dose and sponses from immune cells, the thors wrote.
 THE NEW YORK TIMES NATIONAL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 A13

In California, Fires Show Limits of Biden's Ability to Fight Warming

By CHRISTOPHER FLAVELLE
d 7OLAN KANNO-YOUNGS ppy Burthday" tor an employ
President Biden visited Califor- FEMA has also made more
na on Monday to tout is ertortsS money availabie to neip communi
to Detter protect the state against ties prepare forfires in advance,
the raging wiunres
at breaks or retrofitting homes. And
acres, displaced thousands and after a fire strikes, the agency has
pushed respondersS to the otnk Or made t easier lor re
victims Wno
exhaustion. navest prOT0meners
edfor ournation" e Stroyed in a fire-to apply for as
who used the occasion to promote sIstance tO rebuiid that home.
wo Dilis penaing Congress tnat And Mr. Biden has asked Con
would funa forest management
ree
as well as combat elobal warming. house gas emissios. But even u
ne county courant1gnore the Ost cnges wee cone
aw, the amount of carbon dioxide
reanny that are DE
tnese wiudres
n e Dy cimate
been released into the at-
already

But experts say there are limits mosphere means the planet will
o what the federal government
Can do to reduce the scale and de- Much of the action that would
hort term That's hes
h wildfire risk is outside the scope of
cause much of the authority federal authority, accoraing to
needed reles on state and local Kimiko Barrett, a wildfire policy
governments, those experts said.
n Conoress anproving new fund- Protecting8 Americans from
ing- Dut even 1 approved, that nres meansreaucing nome con
Oney mgnt not maKe mucn or struction in tire-prone areas-ae
difference anytime sS0on. sate and iocal level she said
pact caant
be absolved in a single year" said "Were developing and building
KOy wngnt, who was in charge o omes in piices that are very ex
risk mitigation at the reuera pOSea to wildfires, Dr. Barrett

901Th t oUG LS THE NEW TORK TES

to incorporate the risk of fires into
should be "investments that will President Biden was briefed on Monday in Sacramento, Calif, about wildfires. It was his first trip to the West Coast as president. ow tneygrow Juss ney ao
seet
w edsugiy
nve years. Sumed more than 200,000 acres Just north of the Caldor ire is ike, like, so tlammable
theyre But much of that work must come witn Sea evel
iros ke s m Ise, ould use the
President Biden presented him thousands of people from their burned more than 960,000 acres link between forest fires and which owns about half the land in megaphone of the presidency to
Self as the opposite of former homes and is not yet contained. Ihat hre global warming. when state off- alitornia, Dr. wara said. ncourage stare nd ioa oncis
eue D d pedr we nave to act more rapruly Ddr iistyearser Czals urge him not to ignore the Mr Bidens first budget request, De oretug
about the role of chmate change, and more firmly and more broadly he fire sitation in California seience
SnOws
cate
changewhich earlier this
tnat ngner temperarures
didnt ask con ea, ela eo red
promising to better defend places crowd gathered in the California was a decade ago," said Michael the amount of flammable vegeta- sion director for the National Fire
IKe Calitornia against à growing Governor s Otnce ot Emergency Wara, director of the climate and ion in tne_nationS 1orests, D. TOtection AssOclato.
threat. Services. we cant afford to let energy policy program at Stan Wara said. The Sl trillion biparti- Folks, there is something
Trumns climatedenial how man mater of what theworld wil look theexention 2019, nast Experts say there is
like."
f achof fm nCnt enif rdinanos and thoro roal
Suouros Will be burned in wild- five years has brought fires that little he can do for cantly increase that funding. g0od, and they really work when
resr Bden said na speecn
last year as California staggered
ve ne past aeecae, the numwere nore destructive
ber of fires in California each year year betore it.
nan the
now to cut damage. neres no nxing the wilanre appueu, Ms. stenberg onereu as
problem without dealing with how the message Mr. Biden could con-
alifo
a
vOu give climate arsonist four ing around 7.000 to 10.000 annu- has often become a political fight, g hrioht diroein 8
more years in the White House, ally Last summer, President irump The Biden administration has But even if Mr. Biden wanted to
wny wourd anyone bE surpriseu t what has changed is their scale. blamed Californa tor its fire prob taken other steps to reduce the send that message, he would be
a Ameica
01, ne gestWHdnres ye Eutauratelv resnonded donthink
course, won the
Mr. Biden, of than 300,000 acres, according to "You gotta clean your floors, SCence actually knows tankers and helicopters at its dis thing to profit from, rather than to
electiononiy to seethe damage state data. In 2018, the Ranch tire you gotta clean your torests," Mr w wwg posal ana DoOsting pay tor tederal conserve or protect, she saida.
rom wildfires in California and consumed more than 400,000 Irump said at the time, in com- asmiss tne ro1e played Dycmate irefighters to Sl5 an hour. Its more like, let's get the val-
worse
On Monday, Mr. Biden flew over
g
o r mit
acres, making it the largest blaze
n ni
"There are many, many years of
m hewaS rioht that more ágoressve
forest management is vital for ad-
ot mrMdn
nia emergency workers on Mon-
o atforoo Snhor
"and let the next generation worry
ne Caldor ire, wich nas con in the states nistory. leaves and Droken trees and aresSing those ires, experts say. day, betore leading a renditi0n or about it.

Clinic Urges Court to Reaffirm Roe v. Wade BUTCHERBOX

By ADAM LIPTAK
WAS orti
roviders in Mississippi urged the
upreme Court on Monday to re-
di oe V.
wadte, tne 1973 dec
sion that established a constitu-
The filing came in the most im-
portant abDOrtion casE n aecades,

YOU DIDN'T
n which oicais m MissiSSippl
nave asked ue co Y
OverruleRoe and to sustain a state
lawtnat largely bans abortions af
ter 15 weekS Or pregnaney.

BUYJUST
aUA
brief said amounEo ro
that the court scuttle a half-cen
tury ot precedent and invite states KENNY RSTUN OR NW

ANY GRILL.
to ban abortion entirely. Supporters of abortion rights this month at the Supreme Court.
have asked for Koe to be overturned.
han two weeks after a
closely di. ciais in SSiSSppl

Vided supreme court rerusSed to

block a Texas law that banned
most buu
Panned Parenthood vsp the the
hrtionor r
SOWHY
1992 decision that reaffirmed
nDtsSes
challenges to it in federal court. KOes cOre nording and sad
may not impose anundue bur:
stes
the scope of abortion rights should
But the ruhng in the Texas case
was procedural and provisional, fore feral viabilitv the noint at calnrocess The national fever on
i
GRILLNUST
frontol chal, which fetuses can sustain life out- abortion can break, sne wTot,
lenge to Roe and the decisions Sde tne womb, or a0out 23 or 24 ony wnen nis court returns
weeks. abortion policy to the states-
that louoed i
nOrtn e
Present was enacted in 2018by the Repub- mon. compromise is often possi-

ANY MEAT?
Riohte hieh esents theve lican-dominated
licana
MississipPpi Leg
providers, said the Mississippi I5Saturetanned abortons
Die, and dsagreement can De
soved at the ballot Dox
e
Case nad the potential to do away probDe Bestitonal age of n the brief filed on Monday, the
with the right to abortion

has
im mucn
mined to be more than 15 wee SIuopested that the chanoe in tho

Right now" she said, "Texas netdture inciue narrow ex states approach represented
managed to ban abortion evenEptonsror eca
energces baiE-and-switch tactic that could
a N'
anus, and other States Evee retal abnormali warrant dismissal of the case.
N the Mis
have said they will follow in its
sissippi statute, calling it a cynical tices agreed to decide was
venting Roe and the Constitution, and calcelated assaut on aboraonwhether all previability proibr
Mississippi is openly asking the drectuy odds with Su- tionson elective abortions.are un
gts at
court to overturn Roe. If the court peceuenS pee
earthe
constitutional. Depending on
P r
eathe of the case in May. just months after Jus- tion, it could reaffirm, revise or do
South and Midwest where tce Amy Coney Barret, Wno nas away with tne longstanding con
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A14 THE NEWYORK TIMES NATIONAL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

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NA WESTEEVIZT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMESs NA wESTExVD OR HE NEW YORK TIMES

.ne supermodel Iman. Evan Mock, an actor known for "Gossip Girl.

ALLA NESSLER FOR THE NEW TORK TIMES

The tennis star Naomi Osaka.

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INA WESTERVELT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMESs NINA WESTERVELT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

Lil Nas X, the singer and rapper Representative Alexandria Ocasio-ortez, left.

Met Gala Returns,

Trim but Star-Studded
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN gown with a rultled neck in
ne states 1S a rela-
Umred Re to nerdear trmend Oscar
eyung country, and this etd, tne designer who
year'sAmerican 1ashioned than the mle in a
cention rather
many ways, like a nod to that fact. sea of predictably patrioucana
The hosts were a Gen Z dream y P
vearoyn B. Ma-
ud oa,POet; he 23 pet
eo naugurdl Timo
arrived in a dress with streaming
star of "Dune"; Naomi Osaka, the epalets bearing the message
mental health activist; and Billie
, g
ue yea usic pne
Amendment. Representative Al
Honorary chairs
wntour, the
included
de-
ndaesoOe,Democrat,
ew oK
so
wore a
8 ner Tom Ford; and
Aua SCrawled red on the back.
in
stagram, which is underwriting Other attendees opted for nos
ne exnibiton and party along gC anusionsS to old-Hollywood S2
with conde Nast. glamour and the Amencan west.
This year tne gad, s net a substantial crowd of pro-
ramed as part off New To
York's re- testers gathered on a blocked-ott
Fifth Avenue to rany To
emergence, along with the re- Avenue to raly tor raCt
pening or Broaaway shows, in- JUsttce
olice arrested some of
ill many
desioners who live in hose vho were taking part in the
Europe and usually make the tnp aemonstratio and wno nad 18
dnd not attend, either because of oredwrngs toedr ne
quarantine rules or because they Sreet.i
t
ne
resit washe some
Rumors swirled that some Holly- protesters beng dragged away NINA WESTERVELT FOR THE NEW YURK TIMES

w
StarS IsO ChoSe to Sit thnis D pOnce otncers past oniookers The singer-songwriter Billie Eilish.
Petndps DEtause 0 O were pressed dgainst metal
aino bilo neoonle olimnse of celebrity glamour,
are sick is not the best look. And (one of those Celebrities was Mr.
ome regulars could not atend nlanet, wo wakeu partwa
weamg an
because they had not been vacC tote met aimostal
guests. Haider Ackerman jacket, Rick
Tne resuit was a more local, wens snurt andconverse nign
ger nd sporuer guest ist tOps.)
an su so
serone,as s swOs
hird out of safety concerns). But show were invited to the gala this
ne outits were as eye-catcning yea Tor tne very iStme,
as always. OSteDymore. establisthed
mdandencoin honor of the ticket: $35,000 a seat. That's
Costume Institute exhibition it steep tor a small business (ts
Amerca: A Lexi-Steep
celeorited,n D Pretty muc

re, Durtne 8al

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f Fashion.
ie ked
5 te al
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BrooklynUnited marching band partment ot the et required to
uresseu n rea, wnite and DIue nance its OWn operations.

steps of the Metropolitan Mu- tume Institute is going to hold an-

eumwnetne gymnastla Den otne gala next ay
to cEeDrate
s, 22, pertormed acrobatics for part two of its American exnibi-
even
sent the musicians in lien of a 1o "o enuEu to De

this evening was anything to

gofby, however, it may not be any
ending nese)
NiNA WISTTRVELT FOR THE NEW YORK 1TS
Ms. Wintour, the 1ongtime
maestro of the event, wore a floral more star-spangled. Amanda Gorman, the inaugural poet. limothée Chalamet, a star of "Dune.
 THE NEW YORK TIMES NATIONAL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 Al5

Adams, in Shift of Tone,

Offers an Olive Branch
To New York's Businesses
By KATIE GLUECK Scaramucci, a Wall Str
and DANA RUBINSTEIN veteran, donated $2,000 to Mr. Ad
ter neariy eight years of a mss mayoral campaign. Over
Strainead
edosnp
ana periodically hostile
erween tne mayor of
N T0Ter ayor
DE8, B0t
e on
New TOrk y a eased a direct-to-camera video
nayor on Monday delivered a hotng uppor A ,
essge: He wants a reset. ng o8ainst Curus
"New York will no longer be dle,
emocratie mayoral "AS a candidate, EriC Adis
nominee who is almost certain to ds Siown amoiaon ana poitical
w ebers eiection, in a rage M BI00mberg said in
speech at a business conference in
In his speech, Mr. Adams, the
nlacewhere we welcome business Brooklyn borougn Prestin
ot urn into tne aystunc Beuenproyers to COllab0rate
C
dt weave Deen 1or so E cy on a c0mmon jo0 ap-
many years.
alsaimed at
als
boostinp the citys
ways, Mr. Adams and
Mayor Bill de Blasio have found economy and combating unem-
pOcar common ground, and Mr. inu undeempioyment
e Biasio was thougnt to tavor Mr. DOu nePuDnC and private sec
Ads u romarks on ticipate.
proposing an unprecedent-
m
Monday underscored what may
be one of the most consequential
differences between the de Blasio
e y
y

e Students measuringg social distancing in the Bronx. New York is the last major school system in the United States to reopen.
ANA WATTS POR THE NEw YORK TIMES

mavoralty: a sienificant shift, in common application, one job ap

tone and approach, when it comes
eness commuy
8 w tne ciy's bi8-busi
caonOed
we want to build them" d
tneobsyo
ave avalabie in this city," he said. he First Day of School, With Extra Butterflies
times, os
ered close ties to the real estate
sector, but he based his first may-
ora campaign on addresSing the
,re
Mr. Adams, a former police cap-
0 Sga
From Puge Al

wasMosttime
parents accepted that it
to go back. In
i
low virus transmission in their
were at sigmificantly re-
Schools
duced capacity. Yet even with a
Cyw ic safety and iustice"as he ar-Brownsvile, BroORIyT, DeDra Owransmission rate at the end of
ras s were Sul a
oftwo cities." He has also down- that priorities like reducing12.0
gued d
c
played tune neea to Dring back a asthma, at Public School 323. The city's newly announced
New Yorkers who flede
s
we've got to give tnis a cnance
aF

de aleo ran on a mes- other goals, from bolstering com- kids need time with
D CO
ne tainiy ed to Treyuent S

unequaiity and munny health centers in undercerned TOr younger children.

bding
was emoracea oy key Jabor un
1ons. But his main 1ocus was 0n
or reassure parents that their
l dei core inuest chidaren are returng to e o
To eementary
cdren e sl toooung toDe
Scn005, Wner
classrooms, city officials have im
pened to be a primary concern of ments in green jobs, to improving plem classroom will prompt a 10-day
thecity's business elite. a Childhooa
nutridon ana oTeringdom testing, vaccine mandates quarantine, ana a SWitch to re
nore anoraable child care. earning, for that entire
ucKIy daopred far tor schoo stat and quarantines Oe
warmer approach to engagng ne ame for unvaccinated students. All stu-
de Mr. old the crowd, "And dent CHANG W. LEE/THE NEW YORK TIES In middle and high schools, only
Blasio did, becoming a favorite of we want to choose you" bers must wear masks inside Ronda lasher and her daughter Keiara lasher, 3, in Brooklyn unvaccinated students will have
New YorkS donor class ae BsO wasSch001S. to quarantine if exposed to some
ith nondy
whom he has spent much of the asked about Mr. Adamsscon But for all the planning, the on-
cim from the left Phici and onger be anti-business and "dvs Darents are reuired to O HHHH raecinated sudents conld have
amuch different sch001 year than
privately, he has pledged to travel functional. each morning temporariy their vaccinated clasSsmates. Over
to Florida to bring erstwhile New
Yorkers home
m not going to take a couple Crasneda5 nndreds Orousains
of lines out of context, the mayor o people loOBBed on Simuitä-
received at least one dose, but the
s matter of that has done so much to work Still, the went olr with few Cy does not know now many or
policy at some levels: If he builds
s w
with our business community"
er hat day, at an appear or nnsACTOSSne y
es expressea excitement and St
those children attend its public

So paveDus
While the city's quaranine Pro
night the ance at a BrOOR" On a subway car with broken tCO
the
nore conservative
Centers for Disease Control
n
nerships. If he engages wary busi- killed on Saturday after a wrong- cotOng East ew
s eadets in aisCussions aboutway colSIon sent two vehicles nyan snn, New York's school testing plan is
what is needed to make the env onto tne sidewalk, Nit. Adams co veitedahout oein herclace ess stingent than tne C.D.C.Cals
ronmentorenosptaDe s orn- mates
aagan after learning re or, alarming some parents and
clined to stay in the city, or to ex- Aandom sample of 10 percent
pand.
ment could improve safety
New YorK CIy Streets.
onoriendsereaon
s DETOre T
was on
KARGSTEN MORAN FOR THENEW YORK TIMES of unvaccinated studentswhose
remarks on Monday, Mr.
n his He said New York City should
Inthe Bronx, Jazlynn Gonzalez, Students trying to use the health screening app in the Bronx. dies consent to testing Will be
AGams CKEu uiugia us P h iroe drivers4,
ty nugged nerseand stareu
of life, public safety and innova- wdeeedat tne students pouring
with bad records-like the driverinto children learning from home last vous" she said. cent ot people in all school build
tion in the city, while asking busi-
ness leaders to De parthers s
SUspected of causing the 3-month School. "Ooh, I'm so scared" she
uSue said. "Idon't know what to d0, Iike
But some say thev would
preferred to wait at
have School in Oucens, a freshman. ne was
ngs weekiy by the end ot last year
least until Nate Herniande, 14, Sald Asked
1

covery anmid Funding

the pandemic. for the bill was delayed a pene suy n,
n ust their young children are eligible
ger for the vacine.
thrilled to be back. testng protocols, Mr. de Blasio
said thatschools can ramp up test-
Mr. Adams, who appears espe- year by the Covid crisis. nseud
con
chidren nly 2Online classes made him feel "a
t
y E New York, which always starts and it's expected that younger well," he said, adding, "It was hard Theneeded.
ci
uosso n the sneneehor.andendsischol year later than to get to know people" But now.
gram has madeodest
manytestin
sR
business leaders than Mr.
th biver
de Bla- hood, vowed to make city streets
mostotner aistricts, iSthe last ma*
jor s
children wii not be eliaible until
later this year at the earliest. vate saidTantDeneenau uneasy, inciuang ne
educators
uousa
safer. His comments were not that open. Los Angeles and San Fran- not considering mandating shots I'm ike, "Tm going to high school oeachers wno receve
sio has, in part because he shares
eia
a number otherKey
He nas been nore supporve or
proresaa nose sco
have seen very few out
DreakS n tne weeSSCnoos nave
for eligible children, as Los Ange- now It's crazy".
les has done.
vear Bat on Mondau all educators
Nailan Frederc, a 1-ye were back in school buildings.
tyears

Democratic mayoral rivals, and end all such tatalities by 2024, Via
an r e
not require masks or other
that domeasures h er nas goe rreropnomore at ade sa sheJustin Chapura., who teaches
nore so Biasio ne Pioga o Satety seen mass
have by implementing a full vaccine grades for her work until the pan- Bronx River High School, said he
also has close ties to0 real estate.

at the center
searnoverne
of traffic deaths since 2014, ac-
onnof or
the lowest
hich
vaccination
rates in
has one mandate for all
along with all
d
adults
itswhoeducators,
work in
demic started.
cant learn onlne se
was nervous and had trouble
Sleeping Detore scnoo started.
of the economic recovery efforts cording to Transportation Alter- the country, there were 69 out
The stakesare enormous for year of high school would he
lilke eoyeu tO See stu

echoing a theme that more than anves, a group tnat advocatesweeks of casses the hundreds of thousands of city u
that. I've missed looking around a 2020-some of whom had experi
150 business leaders underscored for safer streets. who have not Seen ther cassroom andhaving
Mr de Rlasio has said that the the children people enced major growth spurts.
when thev demanded
damss of
that he take making streets safer, a parked Po- City, once an epicenter orthe pan-start oftho n
tne
ce tnere around
hasremained reso-
more decisive action to address ceDepartment cruiser was recoverwithothecompler In the Bronx, Jazlynn said that lute that the school year will pro erything ready?" Mr. Chapura
crine ndter ny-r-e SDCIg a De iane e
corerrestoration of its school SVstem. her first-day-o-school
SUes that they said were jeopar where the inlant was Killed, and a
which will allow parentsS tO retur about
jitters were
more than makng the jump
ceed normaly, albeit with safety
measures in place But it 1s Still
said. DoI have all my copies
made? What's my first class?
une Cey u
ery conference and made an illegalto work. 1nere are indeed encour They were about relearning how transmission this fall could force my lunch? What's happening? Do
Mr. Adams's remarks came at turn. Mr. Adams seemed reluctantWave which was modest com- to go to school."T used to be very many sctnool Duildings-or even Ihave my coffee? I pre-ordered
the SALI Conrerence, nerda tne talkative tO people, Dut now I Keep tne enure system-to snut down my cotfee in the taxi on the way
l ePared with much of the rest c
to screw
JavIEsnet and veee d Country, appears to De plateauing that's what mak
Ist as the school year Degn
r le Saw remarkably me
un toda 8ng
rump white House communica m
going to be committea to M
tions director. 1ne seheduie pr0m esoving this ISSue, just asi De months of planning for the third
ised appearances from two hedge eve wne e a consecutive school year disrupted
nal hackers of a suner PAC SuD todo so at the same time" Mr Ad.by the pandemic.
rtg AdamsS candidacy: ams said, referring to Mr. de Bla- rolloutand ranidlv decinine e
terschool supporter,
a
Dane Loeb, prominent chiar "And
and Steven
SOs 2014 rollout or vision Zero. case counts, Mr. de Blasio an-
that is my level of commit- nounced that the
CLy wouu
A. Conen, the owner or the Mets. ment Onger ofer remote instruction to

children whom the city considers

OrviCE OF BuooxLYN BoROUGIH medicaly vuinerdDie
able to learn
willsr DE

irom nome.)

little political resistance in the

spring, but his administration has
8w pressure rom par

they kept their children home on

Ondayas prtrprotest
against the decision not to offera
clear whether that protest willlast
beyond weeR.
any o the mostuy Black ana
t Ept ner
Emma
Eric Adams, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York,
Goldberg. Cheisid ROSe
Marcius and Nate Schweber con- ARNA WATTS POR ThIE NEW YORK TIMES

vowed a change from "the dystunctional city that we have been.| tributed reporting A kindergarten class in the Bronx. It is unclear how many parents will keep their children at home.
 A16 N THE NEW YORK TIMES NATIONAL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Judge Says Sept. l1 Trial

Is at Least a Year Away
By CAROL ROSENBERG
FORT MEADE, Md.-The new Five accused in the
Judge presiding in the sept.
said on Monday that the
3ay plot would not be tried
the five men accused of plotting until more than 21
the attackS wOud
least andtnet ye
DeB"
years after the attacks.
hew N. Mc
Call, who took over the case last
month, was holding his second the filings and court record
Sretcnng DcOne rg OFCE
Col. Matthew N. McCall is the
O MILITARY COMMISSIONS

than a year and half caused by the transcript. tourth military Judge to preside
at Guantánamo Bay in the
pandemic. hey urged him to suspend pro-
The timeline set by the judge on ceedings until he was properly ept. 1l conspiracy case Ihe
the five men inclidino the anta
ac.with the rulinos bv thrce previons namo Bav, Cuba. left,
cused mastermind of the plot, judges in the case. BRENNAN LINSLEY/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Khalid shaikh Monammea,

not get underway unt more tan
WOuId
had ample and a plan, to get
ding taking
a
time, and plan, to get tions, and "not bound by a particu- just two years, and was recently
d ampletime,
a Na- lar timeline to get to trial" promoted to colonel, making him
Instead, Colonel MeCall said, he
had developed a plan to learn as
fense lawyers and what infor-
mation is withheld or redacted
crashed into the twin towers of the tional Judicial College course on Colonel Mccall is the fourth the youngest and least exper he went along, including holding does not disadvantage the de
ense at
World Trade Center, the Pentagon
and a field in shanksville, Pa.
how to handle capital cases. Be- Judge to preside at the Guantá- enced
cause of the pandemic, the judgeao
judges who have
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men who are accused of bin Attash, urged the judge
other him in on classifed informa
two of the defendants, Walid bin least one year away, said Colonel
at
helping to plot the nijackings that last week to suspend the proceed
ll
tion tiings. Because it is a national long since been shelved. At a min-
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The lawyers questioned his quali- clared himself qualified by mili- York, in Pennsylvania and at the and was fully acquainted with the trusted with making sure that ments, jury selection would not
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Prinee Andre Parents Were Duped, Defense in Admissions Trial Says

Tries to Block By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLS
Ourtroom wore mac
Accuser's Suit statements on Monday rhe d Mr. wilson, who runs a private
fense lawyers for Gamal Abde- y Evte
By BENJAMIN WEISER laz2 and Jonn wilson made clear ogical father, according to nis aW
Awyer ror Prince Andrew, nenrst par- mother raised him in a housing
who was Sued last montn D
College admissions scandal project atter sne becane preBant
abusing her when she was a mi-Would not be the only ones up for witn nim as a teenager. inspired
nor, said in a Manhattan court on Mr Wilson had made a nractice o
W Sthe men as the victims of William donating millions of dollars to ed-
likely to De nun Singer, known as RiCK, Who they cational Causes, M. Kendall
as a gited
settlement-onethat the prince's set Singer cu ted a personnal
dwyers nave said the womanaaolarl relationship with the Wilson faam.
reached with Jeffrey Epstein. ly, Mr. Kendall said. "For three
thinking they were making le8itl
loselyE years, he regulariy came to the
Lhemate donaions to ne
Dy iTginid Giutfre, one of Mr. Ep- h versity of
ice on
stein's mOSt promnent acea and sports, Mr. Kendall said. Mr.
And the defense lawyers also
was the first pubicresponseD
cast a jaundiced eye on the colege newatMr. wilson,
as
nd suggests that his legal team SS Process, wmcn tney ereScbed
wil Seek to beat bacK any attempt tion and monev thronch their arh e "generous and v rust his
to allow ne su pieedletie programs. O*** * advice.
Prince Anarewslawyeta a He thougnt Singer was eg Prosecutors say that Mr. Wilson
Reny, the lawyer
ad not been properly served UNTRPA VIA SAUTTERSTOCK desionated as a water
ohnny
w ga papets iu Drlill.
The lawyer, Andrew B. breter,
ing statement in Boston federal
Court. "He had no inknng
nat
Gamal Abdelaziz, center, a former casino executive, heading to federal court in Boston on Monday.PO re Dutredsnrted
U.S..
as adited
o
irom tne
hacolce nger was à sKIled con man. Start, meaming that he was one
sele nahlndoon
tially unlawful" the narents wero play, Mr. Wilson's lawyer said in
we nave signincant concenplices
about the propriety of this aw
in a scheme that Leslie seamopenng Statement. ie
ater one semester.
lert tne
Wright, an assistant .5. attoney,
ino in Federal District Courtin called "iraud and "bribery xecutive. had previousiy hired
Manhattan. they could bypass the regular ad- Mr. Singer tor a >»,000 1ee-more
Ms. Giutfre, 38,claimed in hermissions process by presenting yplcal o aamissions consultants
-to coacn nis son, Auan,
lawsuit hat PrinCe
children as aunietuc recuts
AndreW, 1,| heir Be 0
so thew cold do
beth, sexually abused her when their credentials
tials After Adam was admitted to Co
Sne was under 18 at
n
r.
Epstems that, the prosecutor said. Mr. Ab-
mnson New rorK and On aelaz2S daugnter was promoted
lumbia, the universys aeve
ment omce reached out to Mr. Ab-
a Dasketbail player, and Mr
Epsteins prvate 1slana, Litte stas $200,000, Mr. Kelly said.
E gavE

She also said in the suit that water polo recruit, even though So it seemed normal, Mr. Kellyy

Pince Anarew, al0ng witn neitner chid was actuauy good

Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, enough to play at the university e
r
d, wne Singersuggste
hie dauohter Sah
corse with PrinceAndrew at Ms. daughters to go to Harvard or rina to U.S.C. as a competitive bas
Maxwell's home in Lonaon. Stanford. They were good stu Ketbaill player.
Prince Andrew, who has denieddents, but he id not want to take
Ms. Giuffres allegations, nas not gt suu
ns wnat hese private
Hces S not illegal to do fund-raising, not
but he has long loomed over the

Ors annattan or MI. Epstein

ana Ms. Maxwell.
s arrested in
.
Wanted to maKe sure they got m.
investigation by federal prosecu Hewanted guarantee a
Snger, wno Dy then was co-
told Mr. Wilson that his twin
Defense lawyers said John Wilson, above, and Mr. Abdelaziz were victims o ick Singers Scnemeknown
llegal to give moneyto a school in
tne nopes tnat your kIO wI get

$100,000. UER
Mr. Kelly said that unbe-
to Mr. Abdelaziz, none of it
July 2019 on sex-traffickingaugnters coud pOSe as salors
a ges, nd nonth later, ne aOuse in ya went to U.S.C.
that
was ound
ead Dy nanging nisSaid and 1that he wouid arranoe Itisalso a form bribery of Crunts. as charitabie contributions,
he rina did not even make the cut for
icideAn re-
indict. for Harvard and Stanford to re- not ued e resd eepst wo Proecurs etese s her h e
varsity team.
ment charged that Mr. Epstein
recruted dozens of underage Os
or SL.5 e
S Milhon odon That was Rick Singer. But
Singer
deal,1" Mr. Snget
avc
without actresses Felicity Huffman and noreason to suspect that the char
o ap g, d S LOugnlns 1, Wnich was registered, was a
g eNg at a
girls to engage in Sex acts W pened.
told Mr. Wilson,
ilson also autio d hat the c rad. ernment said on Mon-
you what goes on behind closed
and his estate in Palm Beach, af- MS. Wrignt told the jury that the was not about anything the chil- guilty, receiving sentences up to day that it did not intend to put Mr. Dg s, e
ter which he paid them hundreds
Or aoars n casn. eet
letes and s
n d
dren had done.
needera nvestgaton, oreparents
P eeSger,
re
wno nas pleaded guilty to
scnedued to gorcketeering.nnewnesS
yg e tpe. you reany
he a nart of this 9ame t
in July
2020, faces trial in Novem: on to play professional sports. But Blues, has snared more than 50 Apri "**** at "

is words on tape and in emails. But the prosecutor, Ms. Wrignt,

ber on charges that she helped parents, coaches, exam adminis n
opening statements, the de- he defense toreshiadowed that it B
Mr. Epstein recruit, groom and ul-
imatey sExuauy au
eon
corrupt insiders
Corrupt while the
insiders while
r trators and others in an admis fense lawyers aditted that their would to showW that Mr.Singer
admis- letic coaches from colleges includ- sands
the admis-
try
of dollars to Mr.Singer. but ment into painting some parents playing by the rules.
nersywo
ho ae
inuolved in sevSions officers were n ue ua ing Yale,Stanford, U.s.C.. Wake said they did not know that he was as criminals even though he did , Heres
Wnat the admissions
trafficking a 14-year-old girl, EsetwoGerendants Orestandeorgetown 1ne g0 Dcang orenesn eneveey were norte epartment at thesE Scnoois ad

acts with Mr Epstein and later

a
grooming her to engage in sexualThey narticinated in scheme to nartof consniracu that facil In some cases the monev was turntheir wealthy clients intone
a not tell them" Ms Wripht
told the
has have their children admitted to tated cheating on college entrance funneled through Mr Singer's ple the jury could relate to. Mr. jury "These were not real re
pleaded not guilty to the charges. COlege as lake atnieuc recruts inexamsand the admission o Stu ondation, wicn alowed the ely pointed olut
Ms. Giufre has said in earierexchange for money. That's fraud. dents as trumped-up athletic re parents to write of the payments wife, who was siting in the audi- play r.
ADaeläzizs Crus. 1hey were never going to

courttnngs tnat T. Epsten nau

er severd mes
orered
was a teenager Kely Sexually Abused Underage Singer, Witness Says
S.Gures
Alnarew
Prince
lawst aagainst By TROY CLOSSON the racketeering charge, which singer's advances, While Aaliyah began working on her music to-
incudes Pot and EMILY PALMER claims that the singer, whose tull was among the giris that Mr. Kely gether and appeared to be more
A
former backup performer for name is Ropert syivester Keuly, nad addressed, she wasnot aware than inends irom the very begin
ing in the background. Ms. GiuteR.Kelly testified that saw she M as criminalcheme whether the twhad seia en
the beadofa ning though he said he firs
x act neuaey 8
es wSut sad the photo was
Wimd
4 age girls for sex, allows the gov- that incident. riino relation,
taken at Ms. Maxwell's home be- ernment wider latitude.
ince
1993, when Aaliyah was only 13 or Neuys nteractions ship.
Anurew
abused her 14 years od. Angel SalGsne St met y Og ardw" But over time, the friendliness
An-der a tesare 14
and 15 years old.
Other lawyers
drew
for Prince
indicatea ast week ina e
between TheIn the 1990s, Vibe Maga-
reported the details of the At imae
0 ther exCanges Dega to rdise

rors at Mr. Kelly's criminal trial in Snge Ban to naVE Sex with her Zine
he
the BrooKIyn that she was pertorming
lawsuit on the erounds that Ms, ren On tour Wnen sne Vo
e ed coalahcold mar testified. On at least one occasion,
Koll in 1994 Witossos have said Mr. Smith said, their behavior had
ent to visitE tne silnge
Guffres lawyers had not propbus. often pressured her and several that the union came aboutDe promptedhim to ask, Kobert, you
eryserved
door,
nwn te co as she began to open the others who worked around him as
But Angela said, she saw Mr. backup performers to have sex.
cause Mr Kelly believed that
yah may nave Deen pregnant ing,
said he meant
Mr Smith
being flirtatious.
"nirt.
Seducmg JIM COOPERV/ASSOCMTED PRESS

eensued.
we ae not
o a a Aaah
Aali hortl on
hefore the
ng
on her
ecuted for statutory rape. ner The singer Aaliyah in 2000.
nstucteu
pear in the claim brought by Ms.
Situation, she told jurors. singer began to work first And
asMr. KelyS conduct
came unerrenewerTrutiny at
Angela closed the door album, "Age Aint Nothing but a
Ne Yorknd we arotnabruptly she said and never Number with Mr. Kely. Aaliyah
menthinalments hCorrections
eo uy*
about wnat
***

structed to accept service of that she

she "Surviving R. Kelly" documenta
Cin On Den or ne uke,
e The testimony came on the 15th
lawyers, with the firm Blackfords,| day of Mr. Kelly's trial, during Married at 15, using
ry seres delved mto tne accusi FRONT PAGE mg in Pfizer's vaccine trial for
children under 12. It 1S 4,500 over
eople would have protected weunesday about
led-
The lawyers also wrote that Ms. | Mr. Kelly had sex with them while falsified documents, ny Other girls
gotten touched," a
Peneated
prograns in New York City
Giuffre's claim against Prince An they were underag
areway DE invana under tems ut AOtners to a man of 27. tave
former boyfriend, Damon
Das.ment rate in July. It was 10.5 per-
article also referred incorrectly to

o a z003 SetuenentT nt stou ptrn Kit Longley. He is a man.

in 19Ais the voungest the Lifetime series. "Aaliyah was cent, not 10.2 percent. SPOR
Florida.

Boies, had attached a copy or tne

girl that the singer nas Deen
Ms. Giuffre's lawyer, DavidCused of sexually abusing. And
traveled on a tour with him to "get
her feet wet" the industry
testifvthat she had seen the two around l992 or 1993, Angela told
in
like the Sacrincial lanno
that."
o a

uring the
trial have testified about other as-
, seu
An article on Monday about Riv-
e

d
cvenicie make,
n
on Sunday about N.EL.
week one Dredictions misstated
the ranking ot the Las vegas
in on Eriday In it Mr engaged in sexual acts. Aaliyah, she s o encounters between eaduarters. ne company Raiders detense in 2020. It ranked
Boies said the lawyers sugges-whose full name was Aaliyah aged in a sexual act e o h ects of the
Mr Kely and Auiyah.The min based in California, not Michigan. 25th in the N.EL, not s0th.
gon, died in plane Aaliyah would have been publicly for the first time earlier NATIONAL
somehow eSettement
13 or JARIES
releases Fnce
Mr. Kelly, 54, faces one count
o On
On aa separate
separate stop
stop nin Washing
this month, telling Jurors
was gve nis
t0 give
asked to
that ehe An article on Friday about the n ooary on Priday about the
wasilg at
Ms. Giuffre was"erroneous" not-racketeering and eignt Counts of
ting the Mann Act,
Was askea
wo
nisw wOrd
ted the e
Democratic
ferred
proposal tor a Cvan
imprecisely to his appear
his appear
actorcnaetoaie
g at nce Andrew had not werecalled that she and a group of Climate Corps misstated the giv-
giv. ferred imprecisely
IE
Deen a party to tne earner case across state lines for the purpose en name of the tather or Repre- nces on teevisio Sees te
Aaliyah were
other girls including
area hotel.
Said in court on Monday that he of prostitution. He has denied the nanne ren And one of the singer's former It
tour managers, Demetrius smith, n arti
is Steve, not Joseph.
or Onio.
urring role, not a guest role.
would hear arguments on the is- P frOe sha ho
sue of whether the suit had beenAalyah, was one of the a 7-Eleven convenience store for ment employee for the fake identi-ents of voune chidren seekine coErors are coretedurig the pres
who
properly served. But he seemmed most celebrated music stars of the T0u, Dut
tat eny tO
a
fication for Aaliyah as Mr. Kelly's ronavirus vaccine trials misstated noted here may not have appeared in
can see a lot of legal fees be
ng spent and time being ex-of the
hasbeena signifcant focusWaen he learnedoffheir
to aageied ence, he demanded sex, she said.
egan toplo
disohedner re
1995, and Aalivah filed to have d
ha
the number of children participat- all editions.

pended and deay,wncn

yay for t documents when Aaliyah was 15 KODert tOd all or us wewould tails of their umon expunged trom
and Mr. Kelly was 27, prompted nave to put out, She sald. was ner record two years later. Her Eators es.ocom
P garding
Said. any0ne, tne Jug the tirst signincant seruny o
s e
aho inaeroften roduced without Mr Kelly correctionrequests, please email omses
livery:
custome
Potential sexual crimes that presented having sex with him as During his testimony, Mr. Smith nes o omor ull
Susan C. Beachy contributed redate to the early 199OS would typi a torm ot paying their dues. described the first meeting of the To sharefeedback, please visit 1-800-NYTIMES(1-800-698-4637).
search. Cally be too old to prosecute. But Angela said that she refused the two singers in 1992. He said they nytimes.com/readerfeedback.
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Opinion
The New jorkTimes

LETTERS

G.O.P. Opposition to Vaccine Mandates

TO THE EDITOR: of public health, trying to boost the
Re "Bidens orders Deepen con- U.S. vaccination räte to save nves
TDCEs ver vaceines; G.0.P VOws nd neip us all return to a normal
Legal Fignt roneP
Republican governors like Ro
apartment, my sister and I DeSantis,Henry McMaster, Kristi
Watched the twin towers turn to NOem andGeg ADDOtt Say tney
dust. LIKe al are acting in the name ot personal
Amealb
give anyuning toDe Die to to infect ofthers durino a public
Superman, to rewind time, to tell health crisis. We've had vaccine
the pilots nOt to
taRe O, pa ue mandates TOr yeas, ana tnese
Sengers not to Doara and une co Republican governors haven't had
muters to Stay home. P
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are prolonging
same number of Americans die of apandemic, trying to out-irump
COvid-19 every 48 nours as were pne another because they think it

en onSept. 11. LIKe the attack, w nepP tnem pontically. Their

Covid-19 kills indiscriminately u, ueady and
miA
Tinlike the attack, however, we still
JANE RUPERT, HUNTINGTON, N.Y.
have the power to affect the out-
come. ro THE EDITOR:
I Deg my telow Amerncans to

that coarsed throuch

e.0.P Seethes, but Every
the body State Requires snotsS (Tront pge,
politic in the months after Sept. 11. P Ttake issue witn ne cim tnat
RICH PRDRONCELLY ASSOCARD PRESS Heed PreSident Bidens call to Bet
onnosi
vaccinated. Do it out of a duty to
accinations was ever a fringe
a
Will Newsom Survive This Recall? Strengue
No, Sept. 11 cannot be undone.
position. In December 2040,
E
President-elect Joe Biden himself
rejected tne idea ot feaeral vaccine
But wnen1t comes to tne pan
Miriam Pawel Calitornia Democrats outnumber Re- amounts another quirk of the recall demic, we may yet ly backward,
There remains a large risk that
US NOELES Penublican has won statewide in 15 to wage a scare campaign against the fivesWhen to doso is nossible. not public backiash to tne mandate wul
years. 1o deteat the recal, Mr. Newsom talk-show host Larry Elder, the front- to do so is unconscionable.
reduce voluntary vaccinatioons
the
on ae sr oo amongthose not covered by
cam,
Daign to save his iob,Gov, Gavin necds enoug mo runner to become governor the recall DAVID D. TURNER, CLIFTON, N.J.
the
s extreme positions
Newsom of California assessed the Democrats in early voina P t bility that the regulations written
stakes as notnmg snort dB will do that. and mask mandates), climate change TO THE EDITOR: Dy the Occupatonal Satety and
democracy. The posSibility of Deing re- com (he's "not sure" state wildfires are due Health Administration will be
he political calculus has beentopsy tssgracerul that after about enjoined or struck down bywe v
fragile stateof
ate the nolitiealsysvstemPcated Dy Sever ctors tne to cimate change), abortion (he is "pro- u,uAmecans nave aed rom ill
wIcn e COmpare
to. a Faberge
its hardships, without which the recall
wa a Covid-19, and when Deing unv
be left with millions of

a Faberge eB8,
would not have made the pallot,; the ex $0.00") have enabled Mr. Newsom to Hkety to die fro o estilled Cizens still oendeunvaccinat
tne Dy
This is Ke
S 0 treme political polarzatuon thaas Set the Contest a nau0 n a ave governors behaving as if they yDrceve in
te
aw
which maves it noeeiba for a armg nat itoria would become are ant-mandates Just to opp0Se mandate, Dut witnout a mandate
It's not a football. You can't throw it
Cal President Biden.
around. It's delicate. Democracy is deli- placement to win with minimal support not
clear whether the tens of millions of ional vacinations,
are. T adnt redilaOw eaet should tne recan pass. but Democtdts dollars spent on the Vote No Campaign nennie in their states nd encour For these reasons and others it
w fears that lackiuster turnout could cre-
slr ppeEt has won ir. Newsom any converts. But 0 Cm ueep incon
&
PO
that isn't the goal. The fear is meant to
vaccinaton, they are actively
atod lkewarm enthusiasm Tueng & edy pandec already acen
race is, not Just for me about Mr. nd
nat Delaled realzëalion nas änimated Mr Newsom aroply has not cam- harming their constituents. They
cine mandates and the president's
the final weeks of this Oda campaigl, aigned on his record, with the excep me arnd moroues vaceine mandate lor privare Dus
the polls close on Tuesday, they appear
verylikety to break in the governor's fa ould represent A VIctory tion of his management of the pan
demic, rating: has earned him strong a
while sending unvaCCinated, un-
nesses. opposition to compelled
covid-19 vaccinations nas never
a rebuff of the G.O.P., not masked Kids to senoo1, TO Score
DOntacal pOints against President PUSO.
vor. Yet the election
Se m
solid support from voters. port for mandates on vaccinations and BIden, wno 1s acting in the nterest SPENCER HENDERSON, CHICAGO
be neither a morality play about democ-SO masks.
wom and his record It is more nrosaic At the same ume, fewer than nait or
TO THE EDITOR:
lopsided battie between a Newsom and underlying dissatisfaction
udn tnat Beyond the Lee Statue We should al thank Gov. Henry
reasonabiy popular emOcratic incu
bent wh0 often seems more sell-ab- Ke ed
lack u
severe
uSB****
ce nsabout half thought the state was in a re
cession. When rated on pressing proo TO THE EDITOR: csteror
0 intect
prorectlng ourgnt
ourseives, dul iu our
lems nke nousing, nomelessness and Re "New Chapter in Richmond as lies, Iriends and neighbors
tive radio talk show host who is argu-Some of the dissonance is personal
abiy to tne rignt ot Donald irunp, in a e nas 1ong moved n an ete, moneyed Lee Statue Comes Down" (news olleagues will mo O.R
state
r inump lost by 295 percentage

What the recall does tell us is that Cal-

and Faberge coetD
e
ar cerns
Mr.
tively low marks
Newsom has earned rela- The Southern Poverty Law
Center is thrilled that Virginia has
attention to other flagrant infringe
ments of our lhberty. hke seatbelts,
while his kids attended private ecent weeks, Mr Ewsom stayed
inany removed tne Statue ot Duaing codes, speed limits, food
OTd-one ot the DIuest states in the School
country is not so different from other schools that were already offering in- ter of life and death. He made litlemen Robert E. Lee irom onumen laws and liceneinc rauiom
places in being subject to the gravita- person instruction. On the day
tion of accomplishinents Deyund taking down statues is not enough; for doctors and pilots.
Newsom prevails by a wide marcin. the State-owned GOvenorsMansionin ing in some interviews about ambitious eradicating systemC racism 15 annSTEVEN BAVARIA, BOCA RATON, FLA.
recall nas underscored Californians downtown Sacramento without dis-P
st
ve
plt Ogng process
Now is the time tor elected ott
continuing ambivalence about his lead- closing ne nad aready D0ugnt a s3.7 of universal prekinderearten and an ex- 01 HE EDITOR:
ership. A victory will be less a vote of million suburban estate that would be periment in providing heann care facilitate conversations about race, Re The President
Is Right. Get
of the riaht-wino Renthlican
aoenda a Some of the tepid support is es-P He wouldEhave 0n tne street).
liked to campaign
ISty a memory to build more oeuitorial, sept. 13):
PE ee
message lDemocrats hope will resonate Sional. His extensive use of executive cusiveand equitabie communi-
eyona Calitornia.
This should not even be close- and
rers Dowes connued to
tion and distrust with some DemocratiC
nc
the Los Angeles Times editorial board.
ties.
for a year and a half because I
am
But
that would have until nis to wait mrder May- at risk tor Covid-1
hat suggested a tight race, it never was. mayor blame my isolation squarey
T

dating back to his tenure as Presumed re-eiection

campaign next or Levar Stoney of Richmond
of
onthe
TO own Question
hethernanciseoengnamore
Mr. Newsom,upport tor nis reDrgnt, sny oDects, makIng neadne
reca
o Republicans have probably squan-
dered their best opportunity to regain
Committed to replacing statues
"with neW policies, practces ana
the people who have retused,

vaccines that would have curbe

moval has been consistentuy about 40 graboing announcements that lackeatie, power. With no oDViOus strong u.K We hope the removal of this ne pandemmc. t they are to0 clue-
the vote that Mr. Trump received in fied with his action on issues like frack ntenaesoD4 w
oon, Seems
Dring a sequel to
racist monunen spire gov- 8asp ue mportance of aa
vaccination and their oWn covid
2020. Mr. Newsom, elected by a large ing and single-payer nealth care; m0d ernmentsS across une counry w
rg ust Deseuvr trtes ew sto0 TL n soe call of 2021.
make lasting changes that promote
cquty, tairness and justice.
more vulnerable. then
all more vulnerable.
all thenwhat
what
recourse ao we nave but to torce
publi- PAWEL is
the author of "The KIMBERLY PROBOLUS, WASHINGTON them to grow up, get on board and
ously on myriad programs and people can governor has united Democrats. Browns of California: The Family Dy-
The writer, a historian, is afellow at get vaccinated?
-Irom elaborate vaccine lotteries to M. Newsom has capitalized on his abil nasty That Transformed a State and
S600 stimulus checks. y to aCcept donations of unlimited Shaped a Nation." the Southern Poverty Law Center SHIRLEY STUART, BERKELEY, CALIE

MICHELLE GOLDBERG

The Texas Abortion Law Traps Desperate Teenagers

rEENAGERS IN TEXAS Who need abortions extraordinarily difficult, if not impossi- quests for pregnancy tests and emerScheduling an ultrasoOund, and then try- them, said Mariappuram
get their parents' consent, but for De. ency contraceptives, wich the grouping to get an expeditea hearing berore a t was a minor scandal when Cott
st
many young people, that s hot an option. AS long as the law, known as Senate distributes at no charge. Juage Juages are supposed to0 Scnedule LIOya, à directorOr tne Oince ot Keugee
Maybe they're in foster care, or they're D D n p
e
nerable teenagers. It doesn't matter, un- Last week, the Texas governor,
clock. means. Once a teenager has made her girls from getting abortions. Now the en-
has legal authority over them. Maybe der the law, it they were raped, or iI Greg ADDOt, insisted that the new law Case, the judge has upP to ive business tire state ot lexas is doing it. The escalat-
their parents are abusive, or adamantly teling their parents they're pregnant doesnt harm rape victims because it days to issue a ruling. ng authoritarianism of the Republican
DPposed to abortion. nied
ruled
ents don't have absolute power to make Pegndted them. Since that process usually takes a couple become rouune.
Process is an organization no longer an option.
their children continue unwanted preg-Janes Due he S-week ban is tragic of weeks,
it's AS The Washington Post reported, Re-
dncies, SO 1exas, IKe manyother states, dt neps pregnant minors obtain for adults. Its worse for
So 1or a desperate teenager to get an publican officials in at least seven stateS
has an allowance tor wnats caeu auu thev come in at five and a half weeks. we
ive director told me that before S.B.8, tion law. The human tol will be terrible:
minors.
prove to a judge that she's mature at least one teenager a day would typical- have three or four days to get it done, a large study of women who wanted
enough to make her own decision, or thatyE
notifying a parent is not in her best inter-
1pet s
percent ot its clhents are ether in imm- edD l dodu istEs n or close to major metropolitan areas that forced birth had wrenching conse
e Bet a walver nOwing ne to pet an abor,
there's no way for them to tion shows just how cavalier he is about that's required to get to the clinics. health, their finances and the children
But 1exas six-week abortion ban, on wnout à judge signing or o ine impact or the law ne signe. Aauts with resources can go out ot ney aireauynad.
which the Supreme Court has refused to ince the new law went nto ettect at y State 1or an abortion. leenagers who neres an exta dose o cruelty n
stay, has all but put an end to judicial by- the start of the month, there's been a ey T
eednt at
sla eEs, du don't have their parents help largely stripping the young people with the least
an pick
it ram. She speculated that most minors nancies often aren't even detectable until you're pregnant, you probably also can't over their bodies as well. The loophole
up, gettin8 through he judicial bypass "assumed they were pP six weeks and around four weeks. explain a road trip to New Mexico. Peo- 1or teenagers in bad situations was al-
process and the state's 24-hour waiting couldn't get care." At the same time, she a new chent asSKS TOr help, Janes ready small. Texas has shrunk it to a pin-
period before six weeks of pregnancy is said there's been a huge increase in re-
when
Due Process starts by immediately
ple in immigration detention obviously
Can't travel. "There are no options for Prick.
 THE NEW YORK TIMES OPINION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 A19

THE CONVERSATION

Covid Isnit Finished Messing With Politics

Gail Collins and Bret Stephens will likely sur
shows Governor Newsom
ive. Im not Newsoms biggest fan, but
the whole idea of recall electOns seems
unsound.
Bret stepnens: H, Gail. Im trying to
about whtto think of To Didned
Dvid es i retavey
vaccination mandates. I have no prob- recall vote, and this is a good example of
em win tne prestdent regurng Teueräl
empioyees get the shot.I navenoprob-
to
the strongest governors when it comes

atirino the same Their houses their preat, the restrictions have been
around
rules. for so long they
ing reauy cranky.
ve
left a lot of people feel-
Sut the civIl ibertaran in me doesn't
love the idea of this or any president us- bret aking my quizzical tace. Go
n.
cines on the people who refuse to get
them. Your thoughts? Gail: Then we had one of the worst politi
Gail Collins: well, Bret, if Biden was history, when Newsom sneaked off to a
Tounding up the non-vaxxerS, having ery fancy restaurant for a maskless
them tied down and inoculated by force birthday dinner for a lobbyist pal. Who
wouldint have muttered "this guy has to
drawing the picture I'd certainly have
reservations. But n enect nes Sayg Bret: It was also emblematic of out-of-
that they shouldn't be allowed in certain touch California elites who live on a to-
vEyd tauy aterent planettrom the one in
buildings. wIhich theeres a nousing cisis, a nome-
This is a serious, serious health crisis, THE a Denein
addiction crisis
andI don't think Id want the president to
schooling crisis, a power-outage crisis, a
And con-
don't I remember a previous widnres Crisis, a ater-snortage crisis
versation n which you suggested the
non-vccinateu adnt deserve to al De complete Democratic Party control.
lowed in hospitals if they got sick?
Bret: Not exactly, but close. The most e-
Constitution Gail: But now recall realnty 1S creeping8

And Fascinating Facts

and Imean the willful ones not the
people wh0 Simply havent had access to In a serious health crisis,
ne snot or nave a compemng meicalex
t0Teuse to or
low edcare the president cant just
event they become seriously il. Private
gve pep talks.
nealtn insSurers mignt ailso 1ollow sunt. T

accept that people dont want the gov-

opeareiookn8ttnecoservve
what to do with their bodies, But these Kepublican whoa probaDiy wina up as
same people shouldnt expect someone
NewsomsS Sucees
a deaf
se to Dail them
health decisions.
out or ther terible politician.
serva a ut wh Bret: California could really benefit from
Biden's doing. Right now. vast maiority Dreaking eDemocrats eetrd
nopoTO0 Dada the statee Republican
ot Covid-related ospitalzations are
happenin8 among the unvaccinated, terrible anti.immieration
wic i nd nree 1990s.
under a lot of strain, though CoVid hospi- Gail: Having two consistently competi
talizationsS Seem to De deciining ana tne
Surgenes that are Deing put oft are hope of winning an election, its less
the
latest Covid spike as the same kind of reon s a eandidate. Which I'm
it was a year or s0 ago. Its gone
ALIAP N
I5Sue
MARY ASSOCATED
PHSSafraid does get us over to Newson s po
Tom
beng ap Bret: There are people, particularly the itical taiure Bret: Let's not take this too far! Hope- N Successo, Larry Eld
compoop-health crisis.
immunoeOmproiseu, wno ha Gail: As reviewS g0, thats certainiy a y t wiu work out aifferently. Bill Clin- cne s, anybo0y
Gail: Imagining as a "
*"8 Jo
that newW poncal
medical or emoto neeu
Sa
downer. geu to surgnten out his presi heart2
o alia andHaw
SIOgan -
P hom hsvhodies and Bret: None of this is to commendte
he Down
incident in Soma- Bret: Liz Cheney: gutsy and principied.
about "total geniuses if they do say so virtue-signalers, not so much. Soyal Opposition party. 5ur theyretne the failure of Hillary Clinton's Adam Kinzinger: ditto., Ben Sasse: de
themselves, instead? Anyway, as anti-Gail: On another presidential matter, I o snao
gan 0St Irom a weak health care plan. But that means tacking
back towad the center. If I were Ron
and smat. Larry Hogan: ditto. Johrn
Cent
nerounne
vaXKETS
e
nosty ptg tenseves noticed your lastoncolumn was somewnat,
SIden presiaency.
to
at serious ris eting serios o
rective. including the renewed mas
YOu really think its Deen that bad? mneative
the Biden presidency. a president whos go to make the coun:
ry feel it's not trapped in an unhealthy,
Deguiety pushing Nancv Pelosi to pass a
clean" $l trillion infrastructure bill that
folks whose chances of surviving

curentG0P
in the
are about as eeaaa
mandates, which only diminish the in- other Failed Presidencv at Hand"proba unhappy overall-depressed state for- gves the president the big bipartisan Sna
ever. Im Duying into Dig change, wicn win that he really needs now. esteu nve
centive to get vaccinated. o d0ude i blytook the argument a step further than
missing a tew thingS
vearing amask i ove the ideao getting le no
E St00 eariyto Say that
the resident suevee
nse wheel. But back to your Biden critique,
you voted for
him last time but
l:
arets
Ana nas ail the stuf that you hke.
long since pased
e pcked nve epuicans,
away, Trump
sh You said
srh 5.triionsocia spend: stlhaa
rid of them.And there are a lot of pubic

Pae W wereT
andthat includes mepeed to grasp the
See signs basically extent to which he's in deep political
nowhe has revealed himselfto berhead.
Donaid TrumnPuns acainet him2
"
n
t ne

ne r erip on neart or
islation to bring the headline price tag y
SO
the

vet
you DacK Into
tne partyw

vonng
is
gven up hope that well
Democratc
ygOue vccinated, wearr maske rouble. It isnt Just theAtghan debacle, tmis stut is as popuar as pro
or worrisome intlation, or his predictions Bret: One of the reasons I'm so dismayed dow, iT 24.
by Bidens periormaee gressivesCaim, they should tDe abie to But way, way more topics tor discCus
hborhood, where most the score some legisiatnve victoreS
tne people see on the streets are long
1
virus had other ideas. think he has mis-
I to tempt Trump to run again. In which B v
c prece uy
peer oy sion before
sion be that. Have g
Since_v dred, drorToIKSer Tead s pcal to
case, I'l vote for whoever is most likely
to hes Coll: Sounds reasonaD nu etsake a date to discuss the re-
andatewcwas outside
ound ore ovenient
odransformational
the enioresh no vote for Bernie. I'd rather have a presi- ality of our modern-day Congress,
Coneress, in
in Newsom wins, we're all going to be
New
popping in and out of stores or masstran- one in the moid of Lyn
dent who's a danger to the economy and which the idea of passing more than one watching avidly to see where he holds his
but 1 like to think they also want to
sit,
remina tne word that were stl ngntng
don Johnson. And he's trying to do this
0n tne strengtn or Namäld aISS
natonl
seur tan omeWs
ger to democracy and national sanity. da hngee
aincunt tunan ning a Wa
nto
snutde
more
space.
oy pay
Bret: He should try holding it at an actu
back a pandemic, which is easier if ev- tiebreaking vote in the senate.I think it's Gail: I do like imagining you walking Bret: In the meantime, we' ve got a recall al laundromat this time, not the French
erybouy works together. a recipe 1or more socal anvision and po- around town witn a Bernie Dutto. lection im canlornia, lor which poiling Launa

So You've Been Canceled: A Yom Kippur Atonement Guid

David Wolpe gIveness. irst, you must apologize to ance.When
Ihave been hurt, Iwish to see
three times. The apology should not come abstract desire for justice: People who do
RIEND of mine was pubiiciy can weignea d0Wn with justiicat0n, Dut bad things should be punished, and espe-
He deserved it and he ratner Snoud acknowIedge tne oner per Cialy peope wno do Dd things to me we
celed. sOs desire to punish wronadoinei a nereonal
Knewi. He spentayear working stained reflection is
with a rabDi and a tnerapist,aur
ng which required to try to change who you are. The impulse in moralistic clothing.
ihose he had hurt and apologize to them,
often more than once. We can't see inside
Hebrew word tor repentance, teshuvan,
also meansreturn. 1orepentis to retumto
es worth noting
also anger at oth-
that
ers, even when merited, can personally be
one anothers nearts, Dut I believe in the
S
through coarseness or ilse. It is also shall love your neighbor as vourself" (Ley
eometimes wonder- both in my 19:18) are preceded by "you shall not bear
a grudge AS has been aptiy sand, to bear a
role as a rabbi myself and as a denizen of
ur broader culture of accountabilhty15
how my friend, or any one of us, can find a
Advice for those who grldge isto an posorn noping tne 0ther
have done wrong and bittering the life of the hater. Forgiving
ho oostion Ituurn to my re- those who can't forgive.
your neignDors is one Way ot oving them,
and learning to love yoursel.
ligious tradition, which is predicated on
the perhapS unfashionable beliet that peo- case
imes necessary punishment.t. InI the
ple can cnange. its a tenet that is espe- to return to God and to the community of my friend, it made him realize that the
Kippur, the Day of Atonement, on which
But slow, careul restoraon takes ue trigger lor nis anger was im nint, O
e
Jewstast, pray and SK Orgiveness or one stride right back, unblemished, is naïve or andh Drutal,
e
anotner ana or
GO. Not eveyone o0 connivingB remembered by their worst moments, and
Third, you must change your Ways. 1
complex personandes reauced to ue
can help all of us navigate the sometimes says to himself "1l sin and then ronon Dsest erements,
will beat our
gvg nature or 0ur contetpotany cannot be torgiven. Sorrow is not a strat- vorld confess our sins. we
culture. eBY.It is vunerdbmy anat a prun a sort ot spiritual defnbriator to0
ill a chests,
fully foreive and neonl And wnat t you are e w e get our nearts DEaung aew c 8to
skS of the "court on high" permission
serve to be restored to good reputation. CLARE MERCLNSKY/TEE NEW YORK TIMES consider why it is so hard to forgive. There
A gg SoneIC oes not neces
Yor liHe m0st cases however Jewsh
the
of another rabi, Johanan, who saw white shows the slightest stain, but to re Sa ese
nn mror
And who among us is exempt from that
I stand each year with a congrega
group?
teachings am no better than you. Accepting that famlesand friends and straneersand ec
insist that fair judgment does potential in him. The more we believe in mind us of the shrouds in which we will
not require damnation. Judaism, like Judging oy pOtential, that wnat a person one day De Durned. we do not nave 1or steals the satisfactions of resentment, but workers, Like my friend, all of us seek to
many other world religions, maintains does is not the sum of who he can be. the ever we must struggle to right our souls itisessential: Jewish law insists that once be forgiven-for we are imperiect and
onie move nast shame. SOmeoe hatfaesTodo striving na n neE
If you have caused offense or harm,

For exanmple, one ot th

Talmud, Resh Lakisth, began aS
s0r tne
a bandit
udaism orers a sernes or
guidelines for hoW to cope with otfense
1oeS and Om uppur doEs not 4gicaily Du
absolution. But the traditons surrounding
ousoforgiveness
to re-establish a hierarchy
1S
disavows.
that true DAVID WOLPE
S the s rabbi at Sinai
emple in Los Angelesand the author of
and became one of the greatest rabbis of and foster forgiveness. On Yom Kippur, it's the day do offer guidance for seeking for- To forgive is also to forswear venge "David: The Divided Heart."
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Apple Issues
Urgent Fixr
ToSoftware
To Stop Spies
Researchers found an
Israeli firm had infected
phones and computers.

Bitcoin, the most popular cryptocurrency, wastes energy by By NICOLE PERLROTH

Apple issued emergency software

using more electricity than many countries.

updates for a critical vulnerability
design n es products on onday anter
Why is that, and could it ever be greener? Pages B6-7. spyware from Israel's NSO Group
to inlect anyone's iPhone, iPad,
cn or Mac computer
Apple's security team had
worKed around tpe cOCK tO d
velop a fhX Since Tuesday, after re
security uwatchdoo.oroanization at
the University or 1oronto, discov
In 2009, you could mine one Today, you'd need a room full of ered that a saudi activist's iPhone
Bitcoin using a setup like this specialized machines, each omofsnvware
P from
NSO.
n your living room. costing thousands of dollars. The spyware, called Pegasus,
used a novel method to invisibiy
tims' knowledge. Known as a
Zero cuC emore explot s
considered the Holy Grail of sur
ernments, mercenaries and crimi-
nais to secretuy Dreak into some-
Ones
devce witnout upping thne

the zero-click infection

sing
method, Pegasus can turn on a us
ers caerd and eropnone,
record messages, texts, emais,
Crypted messagi and phone
apps Kegna na sena
back to NSOS cients at govern
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"This spyware can do every
thing an iPhone user can do on
their device and nmore,
Slu
at Citizen 1ah who teamed uD
with Bil Marczak, a senior re
Search tellow at Citzen Lab, on
tne nndmg
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Amount of household Amount of household electricity Tied Litecoin
electricity required to mine one
coin: a few seconds' worth.
required: more than 9 years' worth.
(Put in terms of a typical home
To Walmart
electricity bill: over $12,500.) Niraj
Goldstein
Chokshi, Matth
and Erin Woo
The news release went out at 9:30
a.m. Monday, just asS tne u.s. stock
Bitcoin's value: Value of one Bitcoin today market opened. It Caimed to0 De
ews fohe rntocene i
basically nothing. about $45,000. dustry: The nation's largest
would soon Degin accepting
tailer
re
payment in Litecoin, a digital cur

The announcement appeared

Outlets wrote it up. Even the1wit-

which promotes the use of
dation,
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s evu Le
a Statomone
fore Walmart put out
saying the news was false.
Lne newest tning in tinance had

UK. Expected a Jobs Crisis, aclassic pump-and-dump

Scheme >Omeone ISsued a aise
Just Not the One It Got ikeytaKing aavan
news release,
Cryptocurrency to stoke enthusi-
nd

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Empty beer taps in pubs, super popular than Bitcoin and other
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seems each new day in Britain Sesrotne 80veent. S rignt after the news, then tel
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prouuces
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ajd bv
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nerworKers. Securities lawyers said there
The proDIem exTends Deyona pOy reease
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about 20 percent higher than their Wat peopie prepared or re or Commission and possible charges
against the frauasters, wnose
epandemc ieves, ana the needwant to do. 1ne Ontea statesS has
aver occunation including com- ening President Biden's huge in "It is a misrepresentation in
Duter programmers, health care frastructure-building plans. volving a public issuer, said An H
aSSIstants and rarmworkers. m
Brain, analysts say the mis- arew calamar, a lawyer witn
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TECHNOLOGY

2 Rulings Protect Social Media's Control Co-Creator of Pinterest

By SHANEGOLDMACHER
and KATECONGER
Acuses Two Founders
When 1witter decided brielly last
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and Facebook were cemS08 But as Pinterest's stock price Ms. Martinez said
tha Snewvas
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their postsWitnout Prevented linking to the Hunter Ms Martinez 40 was never for. and product road map, according
purpose, and were thus allowable. sions by the election commission providing an sup-
explanation); Biden article because of its exist- to the lkwsuit.
maly employed by Pinterest, nor
social media platform, the
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critics of the two companies and to raise acamDaign finance issue Act known as Section 230, which the years" she said. was always to educate them
Hunter Biden article. The compa-
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ite; created its cal-to-action
height of the presidential race last tions law that shields them fromli- credence to Mr. Trump's suit, the in its workplace.
yearwas a particlliar iasnpoint ability tor what users post. news of which the former presi- Last summer,
lfeoma0zoma ia ancdin
tor Republcans and Big lech. 5ut
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the case of the Hunter Biden
rtic
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political campaigns ormer roeemplovees
a targetator wrote on Twiter about the pay
and home décor, fashion and D.i.Y. She
ing Snapchat's decision to stop
featuring Mr. Trump on one of its
within a day of its decision to block
distribution of the piece, and its
Section 230 has been a regular
target of lawmakers who want to
erceon e mgnt
mmiissio said
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platforms.
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The Federal Election Commis-
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signed an executive order in-
found "no information that Twitenced at the compan. Shortiy af mote it. She took him to confer
ter coordinated" its decisions with ter, Francoise Brougher Pinter ences, gathered teedback rom
companies had acted in their own sion's official vote on the case tended to chip away at the protec s
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commercial interestsS, according the commission is split equally De o5 Orered y econ 30, andh MMarinea caid chee realized e
to
provided the parties involved. commissioners and three Repub- makers have proposed repealing that he supported the rulings but tion. she would not be compensated
The commission also said that licans is not yet public, nor are or modifying the provision. that he had concerns about the In response, Pinterest employ onyarter Pinterest went pubiic n
Twitter had followed existing poli- any additional statements
writtenBut technology companies and elecion commission s Useor whatees staged a virtual walkout in Au after, she said, a death in
20

appear to provide ments often accompany the clo- caly defended it, arguing that tionale because it was over- company increase the number
The rulings of the family caused her to reflect on
social media companies addi sure of cases. Section 230 has been crucial for broad. women and minorities in its top her life. Ihat emboldened her to
tional protections for making deci- In addition to rejecting the the growth of he internet. If the. t encompasses almost every ranks and provide more transpar speak up about Pinterest. mny s to
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Apple Rolls Out Emergency Update Arava Desert. The firms spyware
has been intectang APpie prouucts
To Close Flaw That Lets Spyware In
Citizen Lab said the scale and
ROM FIRST BUSINESS PAGE
to target specitic individuals, Mr. a group that tocuses on free Scope or ne opttaonwas
The discovery means that more
use worldwidehave been vuinera
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d it plan
SDeecn, teaned up WItEn
duce new security defenses for"The Pegasus Proiect" to Dublish
conso C$ lear. Mr. Marczak said,

asus on the Saudi activist 's iPhone

based on

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east arch. It signals a se1OUs ton, in its nexLIOS I3 SOtware up- Cuding SOme uset Dy Journalists, Sre to Sy tne spyware nad Deen
armsrace
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ing to pay whatever it takes to spy spond to inquiries on Monday. been selected as targets by NSO's
he zerochick explot, which
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long arawn contro cents.
ticated exnloits disewera
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racing to uncover and fix the lat- ments that meet strict human was unclear whether the list was rensics researchers. In 2019, TE
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SPyae eev u ps
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yeas A W
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has ty bureau ciet tor The Times
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This year marks a record for the
discovery of so-called zero days,
researchers much harder. Saging sevIce. LAst year, CinZen
The commercial spyware in-LaDna a dgital ral suggest
link with journalists or cyber ists, dissidents, lawyers, doctors, corruption, violence and surveil- that NSO used to install its spy. Marczak, the Citizen Lab re ploit to read Apple iMessages, but
Secunty expers. But NSOS Zero nuntonists and even cnilaren n lance in Lain Amenca, incuaing ware. This year, Chinese hackers Searcher. Mr. Marczak said he wasEsearcnersS nEver aisCUvered te
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on
ng suspected of hav-
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tools, where governments are not ware on the
n orxmes
nvestigationsre
iPhones of Emirati ac-
ton in saudi Arabia ana wrote a a zero day in software sold by the
crown prince, Mohammed bin down the netiworks of some L000 Pegasus targetse
and uncover digital crumbs simi- 0ay was the proo, Mr. Mäar
w " For Forcedentry was the first time
regulators but are chents and are tivists obbying tor expanded vot Salman. companies. Mr. Marczak said he found that nat esercners suceessTuy re gi
among thne most iucrative spend years, the spyware indus the Saudiactivist, who declined to coveredar,Zero-cnckexpiot on
ing rights; Mexican nutritionists Tt also incuaea 14 neads of For
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On Monday, Ivan Krstic, Apple's into
manuel
lawyers looking the mass dis acr n try has t box. Sales of be identified, ad rectvtu a dents When such discoveries are
head of security engineering and appearance ot 43 Mexcan stu dent yTl Ramaphosa of South closure agreements and are fre- ble to the user, exploited a vulner Tevealed, gOvernmets ana e
arcectre commendeu nzendents cdemcSwO elped Aa, me.nster MOStatd quently roled into classilied pro- ability in the way that Apple pro DercTmnais plcally uy tO ex-
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that cajoled victimsinto
downlo0aded onto Apple devices.
with the victim none the wiser, nis
orher most sensitive communica-
them, making timely patching

are highly sophisticated, cost r of further scrutiny after Amnesty Shalev Hulio, a co-founder of de it possible for journalists phoned off to servers at intelli- updates immediately.
lions of dollars to develop, often
have a short shelf life and are used
nternational, the human rights
watchdog, and Forbidden Stories,
NSO Group. vehemently denied
the list's accuracy. telling The
and researchers at organizations
like Citizen Lab to investigate the
gence and law-enforcement agen-
cies around the globe.
Doou own an Apple product?
Jpdate it today" he said.
B4 THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESSTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

MEDIA |POLICY

Queen's Gambit Companies

Have Questions
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To Vaccinate
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series. Its closest competitors, town. "ne CrOwn won 1or best claim uitimate Dragging i1gnts. Der or i V shOWS in tne Secona nal reduced, Dut im cOntrast to last Heshared 19 questi
a
with seven awards eacth, were the cast in drama, and the Apple hree years ago, in a nirst, Nettix of last year and the irst halrot this years remote ceremony, moSt resent thatr
resented a "small sampling" of
ture show "The Mandalorian" and best cast in a comedy. Both are fa- into this years Emmys ceremo- top categories this year were acceptance speeches in person. members Amone them members. Among tnem:
What proof-of-vacCination d0c

need to collect, and will booster

Paramount Chief, From Holywood's Old Guard, Is Ousted Shots aiso De required?

Must employees be fuly vacc

By 8ROOKS BARNES rentals-and wished Mr. Robbins ing in 2013. "The model's broken,
In 2017 one of "all the very best success. and I see that as an opportunity"|Will workers who have had the
Hollywood's most seasoned and
respected executives, James N.
For many film industry stal-
warts,r. KoDDinS IS an attront to
Mr. Robbins was named presioro
dent or NICKelodeon, which is also ated
s snyeto De vacc
or Bet testea?
Gianopulos, to revive ts iatnng has oome known inside Vacom Wll the requirementS apply
icel sahilized nose. Mr. Robbins has experienceas plain-spoKen, never-say-dieproved by the Food and Drue Ad-
a

the 190s-era studio repaing as a movie proaucer and director. ministration? (The Pfizer-BioN-
relationsipswith filmmaKers
and producers, building a thriving
But much the Holywood estab-
of rn Tech vaccine is currently the only
Sioe wi l apprvdl.)
f hiemáeime
which includes supercharged. Mr. Robbins has
a commercially success-ageny erouted new children's wno 1s responsible for vacCina-
scratch, and restoring Paramount Norbit,"
to prolitabDility.
ne was ousted on MOnday, With
cy reviled Eddie programmin8
Murpny vehicie from 2007. NOt odeon's
towardPara or
the individual businesses?
traditional cable chan What are the consequences
s Statusas te consummate o Mr Robbins gained fame asa falsifying a vaccination status?
into a liability, at least to Viacom young actor in the i980s by piy Otner questions, ofm testing and
ViacomCBS has
CBS, tne cOngronerdte tt w g a ueeu rebe ne AB other policy details, covered simi
Paramount, where streaming8 scC DECLR CETY MACES Stcom Head of the ClassIn the turned its focus to eral ouidelines interact
with state
television producer ("Kenan & Streaming. ever nitlauves, wno wll DEe re
Brian Robbins, 58, who runs Ker on ICKelodeon,Smalville sponsiDie Tor paying Tor testng
Viacoms hlarenselevisgon on the WB) and a nm ore nels. One such show, a reboot of lowed if emplovee
absences or a
Dusiness, Will succeed Mr. Gianop Ve tne expense or ticket
sales and theaters. Big-screen re
of iacomCBSs, said in a statement
that the leadership change would or
By 2009,1
Mr Rohbins T
ino Service.
service.
t 10r e trition resulted in supply chain
mount Pictures, ViacomCBS said.
tance
o tuetd
dts to studio partners hke 1om
i Lmentum, adut sso8
continues to
started to become disillusioned Mr.
Gia
r "Jim G" as
ruptions,
Also of conCern,
Emma Watts, 51, the president of
ensuring it with HolywoOd. TOunger auu everyone in Hollywood refers tosaidi ir-
ParamountsMotioncureMission:
foea passed y
Over
lmpossible" series and embracineviewersevolvine
a coming1op Gun" sequel. tastes and habits. He said Mr.
ncess s ere him,
mentine with low-budoet films
will remain a consultant until pace at which government tends
eyed Vidconnbsto move, compared with the qui

The reversal of fortune for Mr. But the ouster rattled the film Robbinswas an "expert" at devel- starring YouTube personalities endary in thisbusiness, andI am are
used to makineThis has been
Gianopulos, who had two years "
hstahlished nlatforms sd Ke LcaS Cruikshank (a.K.a. Fred humbled and grateful to him for a
problem during the pandemic,
ett on his contract, did not shockdhas ir
tion about his standing inside Via- write their own endings. And
aosme
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at
his
Bakish called Mr. Gianopu
In
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nessTV, aimed teenage girls. sP .
years of mentorship and he said.
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comCBS had been gossiped about added to & cnangng or tne guara: 0stowenng
wh0 gue in 101y 2013, Jeffrey Katzenberg. Mr. Robbins will continue to ministration or the Biden admin-
for months.
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istration and all of the agencies in
VOlved in this, he said. "And the
los had become a frustration. In chief creative officer at Walt Dis- counted a list of major changes he Katzenberg remains a mentor.) mount Television Studios will now heen slow to keep up with the pace
parucular ne nad, at umes, re ney>tos, 15 wIdely expected to ad navgted over is neary here is no movie DusinesS report to David Nevins, the chair of change.
sisted a ViacomcBS effort to pri- retire in the coming months. year career-such as the intro- anymore! Mr. Robbins was man and chief executive of Show- He added: "Allorus want to get
ntize the Paramount+ stream- Bob Bakisth, the chief executive duction or VCRS and online ilm quoted by Fast Company as say- time Networks.

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 THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

INTERNATIONAL

Britain Expected a Jobs Crisis, but Not the One It Got

FROM FIRST BUSINESS PAGE of avoiding a steep rise in unem-
ditional constraint risks slowing it poynent Nas Deeneplaced Dy
dow
ot
more vacanCies
that of ensuring a iOw Or laDOr
Crd
than we have candidates," said jobcentrcdl cial challenge" d
NIKI Turner-Harding. the senior jobceinlrepRs Some industries are uying 0
epresIdent for Adecco UK &
o heeery Duy their way out Or tnis proDen.
Trucking, warehousing and logis
that primarily fills clerical,
customerSErvICe an du str ae
uve posituons, as well as logistics
Dlegues
lease nuses of up to 5,000 pounds
practice neaiy S000) to people wno can
and wa ns for start immediately.
the conun- social
drum? The delayed impact of
Brexit, nepandenc and u
stancin
hire a senior fire officer, at a salaryy
lough, which have combined t ot290,000, or about i2,00, wo
people were reaay to accept the
While exact figures are unavai chain snapped them up after of
OUner Tering mucn higher pay. Mr. 1ay
dnd yolor said. That creäted a quua
Decause quicRy expanaing the
tions estimate that 200,000 Euro
pean Union citizens nave left Brit- job is hard when there is a reluc
an recentiy. Brexit ended the free
tance to hire ess experienced
for Euronean workore staff
dustries reopen, they can't patch
over any start shortages with body who has the skills and expe
quick overseas hires. rience to come in and handle it,"he
cau
said.
many people to re-evaluate their
work ves and reject a reur to
normal. In Britain, hundreds of prise. Last month, a program to
0- Support peopie wno nave Deen
portion of people who are out of employed tor three to SiX months
tne work TOrce etause tney are CRAPNIS RYY T R THE NEW YORK
TIMISs central Tondon said T ir Maifredi
been in records 2oine back the
early 1990s. Others have soucht
to Liz Maifredi manages five London job centers for Britain's Department for Work and Pensions, which has doubled its own staff to help others find jobs. who manages ive job centers in
Inorth ana Central LDndon. it was
unusual because August 18s nor
Out more flexible and less taxin8
work with better benefits, which he government would
need to expand the services of thee
There is some hope that peopie enes o nep Pug tne noies
in the labor market beyond the
stil on furiough will provide a pool
of workers. The furlough program
was designed to prevent layofts about two million more people
than before the pandemic, or 6
percent ot the work torce, are un
Vacant positions don't employe, 0n uriougn or oner
match what people the question is how to draw them
back in.
are looking for. raditionally, Jobcentre Pus,
e are ne goverengew
y offering rernment
of up to
idies
80 percent for emplovees
whose JoDs were arected by the
recruiting requiring People to look for work
and arrahgimg access to Denelnts
tor
pandemiC. nen
expire Above: Dan Taylor, a recruitment
han it is on job matching, Sald

rostorethese neople to Sales Advisors company director, said there's been tute for Emplovment Studies, a
swift change in the Joos pool. Len British research center.
ne payrol or cut them t HOtel
ver theE past year and a nä, hocolat in London, dont think employers look to
the program has supported ll. Jobcentre Plus to solve their prob-
millon eonle romainina on u Hunt, a reCruitment company that many other countries look to their
ough and most of them already nelps till jobs at about 600 organi employment service, he said.
working
warn that
part
the
e recruirers
end or the prOgram
Zations, mostly in the public sec
c
That should change, he added.
e
government
ge will have the skills and qualifica- orecast the unemployment ment benefits find jobs. It hired Within six months, the com

ns a
oroblem, at least not soon. tions n the areas where the de
rate would reach nearly per
3.00 more co0aches, gger pany went fromstruggling to don't need those work coaches
For one thing, there may not be
enough furloughed people to meet
mand5, Sald atesnoestn, Cent by tneend or 202Ttnere was
tne
confederation's deputy chief exec a second wave of the pandemic. re was
i Recession
the Great in 2008.
ater find jobs tor candiaates wno are
Egstere w us
any more. Lets let them go betore
ney Decome tOO expensve
d0
ero 13
mn arv o uerwhat are we doine
abo rainine ontimistic orediction was drearv: IpsseereAferhe Rritih c skiled andenerience saff in od iakomnl
tisements in Britain, according to and devEloping pe0ple Unemployment would peak at 7.3 Treasury extended the furlough we need Mr. Taylor said. "Ive ment services. We are going to
the Recruitment and Employ- Last summer, Britain prepared PErcent, mpiying aDOut a lmon pr0gram, unempioyment peaked never Seen anyting move as need investment in occupational
ment Confederation. For another, for a different jobs crisis, as the more people would be out of work at 5.2 percent in December and quickly as this before." health, child care and so on. And
Ban f Eng
isunlikely to neatly match the jobs program.
ing out of the furlough So the government doubled its This has been a very quick land's governor, Andrew Bailey, l'd rather we maintain that invest-
that need filling. The Organization for Economic army of so-called work coaches, bounce," said Dan Taylor, the highlighted the shifting problem ment but focus it on making thela
T dont necessarily think they COoperation and Development who help people on unemploy- managing director or Morgan the country faces. "The challenge bor po0l bigger

Shares of Soho China Dive OPEC Predicts Demand for Ol Will Rebound in 2022
After a Buyer Walks Away By STANLEY REED
etro
leum Exporting Countries said on
sure to share more ot their weaul Monday that demand tor ou was
Blackstone pulls out ofa ne de expected to rebound a00ve
prepanaemmc leveIS next year.
dealwithout explanatton, 8est, was annoOunced in June, with
panicking investors. regult0y review Pending
was seen as a move Dy u
group said it expected oil demand
to average 100.8 million Darreis
By ALEXANDRA STEVENSONtheir evnosre to.China u per day in 2022, compared with
ust over 100 million in z019, De
Shares of Sono China, a real estate A deal for Soho China could fore
o have also shored up contidence inThe forecast is evidence that
Pwercoupe, TeDone-td the country's real estate sector,
wAEd away from its deal to buy
orouth ie co zdDie
ter
eirm.
Soho China said in a Joint nnngB
regulatory scrutiny as Beijing
tries to put a stop to
15M
corPdeThe number toof use
barrels OT O

would not go through with its $3 is expected daily next year

a controing stake in off mountina bille ad

eDUT0r
SOn.
c
biaCA re
China
tral bank rules, called the "three the world economy is still heavily
rea unes.
Evergrande, Chinas biggest
declined to comment further on decerns ahout climate chanoe and a
Monday. s poukEu mvest0rs, steep fall in

oil denana aur

The company is controeu Dy
Zha
predicting a bankruptcy in the WeneTgeujust
as world leaders were prep S
ried couple who share the title of
near future.
In recent weeks, Te
An oil platform off China's Hainan province. 0PEC expects oil consumption to grow by 2 million barrels a day.
executive director. Mr. Pan, who is will be a crucial cimate sumimt,
chairman, was one of the first
Cn nale hieoest cities have started to W or g"
to consume almost 15 million bar- gence of the fast-spreading Delta mates for the final three nontns
forblie relations and has weaken. A prominent Beijing De of electric cars have rels a day in oil next year, 1.5 mi variant has applied the brakes. this year oil consumption will
tens of millions of followers online.ink tank Sd lasT wEek tna te grown strongly, and investment in on Darres a day more tnan t NOW, OPEC expects some of the grow Dy a nerty
.2 milhon barrels
ng 1s Wen Known in partetor nau snown Signs of a turn ana so1ar enerey nas neld up in 2019. recovery in oil demand previously a day next year after a surge of six
Wind
for her role in a 2013 deal to Duy a""
state woes, plus reports of demic hu the oroh
P
c siammed oil a
by ecast tisyer to beEput ou a "*

ng in Manhatt
ne news comes as Chinas
greater regulatory tghtening in
a d, COnioueu
most successful business tycoons drop of nearly 2 percent in Hong
oa ,
for energy, especially in China and
nse
Sucn gains, ac
cording to OPEC forecasts.
around nine million barrels a day
styea aDout percemt,
OPEC said. Oil consumption has
rs
In its report, OPEC said it was
senu roretast
2022 by s00,000 barrels a day
Tor nand
The pace in recovery in oil de
1s now assue to De
stronger and mostly taking place
face scrutiny and growing pres Kong shares on Monday. Lina, 1or instance, 1S expectedd recovered strongIy, Dut tne emer- wnile shgnuy lowenng its est m 2022, OPEC analysts wrote.

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TECHNOLOG

Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Many Countries.

By JON HUANG, CLAIRE O'NELL and HIROKO TABUCH Bitcoin's Electricity Usage Compared With Countries
Illustrations By ELIANA RODGERs
Estimated electricity consumption (terawatt-.hours, annualized)
Graphics By JONATHAN HUANG

Cyptocurrencies have emerged as one of Spain (2019) 242 tWh

the most captivating, yet head-scratchinS

investments in the world. They soar in val-
ue. They crash. They'll change the world, 200 w
their fans claim, by displacing traditional
currencies like the dollar, rupee or ruble.
Some of them are named after dog
memes. 150 tWh

And in the process of simply existing,

cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, one of the Sweden 132

most popular, use astonishing amounts of Netherlands 111 -

electricity. 100
Well explain how that works in a Philippines
Finland 84
minute. But first, consider this: The Chile
process of creating Bitcoin consumes
Shaded region represents the
7AA
around 96 terawatt-hours of electricity an- range of possible values. w
nually, more than is used by the Phil-
Denmark 33
ippines, a nation of about 110 million. Best stimates
That usage, which is close to half-a-per-
cent of all the electricity consumed in the
world, has increased about tenfold in just 2018 2021

ouroes: EneEy Inormation Administration: Cambndge Btcoin Electncity Consumption Index | County usa8e numbers are trom 2019. Eectricity ocost tor miners is 8ssumed to
the past five years. verage so.05 per kilowatt-hour. Upper, kwer and best guess trernds are estrmated using the research methodology behind the LaTmbridge Bitcom bectricty Consumpton inoex TE NEW YOAK TIMES

SO WHY IS IT SO ENERGY INTENSIVE?

For a long time, money has been thought coins would be limited. The idea was that seller can be assured that the Bitcoins he
Or as sDnetngyo n
nond n your
rowiE emand over ue woud gVe rSe 1 receng are edl. fthe nole
TenciesHke these seem like such a ok a while to catch on Bitcoinbookkeeping SVstem: the main.
idea. A government
simple, brilliant But toay, a singie Bitcoin is worth enace or the vast Bitcoin public ledger.
prints some paper and guarantees its about S45,000-though that could varyAnd tnis isWere mun or tne eectical
aenenwe swapit among ourseves wildly by the time you read this-and no energy Bets consuned.
can give it to whomever we want, or even you like. (of course, if people 2. A global guessing game begins.
whomever
uestroy were to be caught buying illegal drugs or Allaround the world, companies and in
On the nternet, tunings can Bet more orchestrating ransomware attacks, two dividuais known as BitcOin minerS are
of the any
Traditional kinds of money, such as
u aive transactions ar nem into the
Le rteteu Dy uE ET 8ov they'd still be subject to the law of the D
ernmentS, arentenrey eeDu land.)
wever, as 1t nappens, uangga
Ihey basicaly playa guessn8 8A,
networks and other middlemen can ex- Duters to try to beat out others. Because
ercise cotrol over who can use their fi- central authority takes a whole lot of if they are sucCcessful, they're rewarded
nancial etworks and wnat ue computing power. with newIy created Bitcoin, which of
vent money launderine and other nefar. This competition for newly created
Starts with a transaction.
ious activities. But that could also mean I et's nt to buy s0 nething a Bitcoin is called "mining
that if you transfer a big amount of pa wiin Bitcoin, The first part is quick Ou can think or It hke a lottery, a or
it to the government even if the transfer and easy: You'd open an account with a Braiins, a bitcoin mining company,pro-
is completely on the up-and-up. Vides a good analogy:
a group ot treethinkersor anar You nowhhave a "dioital waller" with acasino and everyone playing has a dhe
chists, depenung ea
as a 10spend it, you simply would have hillion o bi
way to remove controls like these? Ed D ugdwt Ebut that's hard to draw.) The winner is
unknown person or per yg g the frst person to roll a number under 10.
sons using the name satoshi Nakamoto the moro a et power you have
But that transaction, or realy nyex ex-
electronic payment system that would Change of Bitcoin, must tirst be validated So, unlike at the casino, where you have
do exactly that: Cut out the middlemen.
Thats the ongin of Bitcoin.
e tcn
terms, this IS
networ. InespstJust
the process by whicn the
one die to roll at numan speed, you
can have many computers making many.
to tr ple: You nOw have to roll a number under so with 6.25 newly minted Bitcoins, each
hird party- a bank, a government or The Bitcoin network is designed to 4, oT you nave
to rol exactiya 1. worth aboOut s45,000. SO you can see wny
wnatever make the guessing 8ame more and nats wny Btcoin miners now nave peope ignt thoCK into mining
Nakaoto Sald,Decause
transactions would be managed by a de- more ditiCut as more miners par wireouses pacEu wit ptco wny sucn a COmpcated and expe
de emolo nerson or entitv mium on speedy, power-hungry numbers and using tremendous quanti ply recording the transactions in the
could control it. All Bitcoin transactions
would Deopenmy acCountedtOr ina puOnC
e
Signed
e
s0 tat t always
y
takeS an
es or enegY n tne pr0cess.
3. The winner reaps hundreds of tho
ledger wOuld De uiviany easy. s0 ue
challenge 1s to enSure ma y
uu
ne wold be ereated as a re- to win a round. In the dice game sands of dollars in new Bitcoin.
wortny
wreak havoc on the
Winning laster, e
ward to participants for helping to man
tainnino aster game ame The winner of the guessing game va system, stopping legitimate transfers or
age this Viast, sprawmg, cunpue
ledger. But the ultimate supply ot Bit-
and
d start
calibrated
tne is re
a standard block
idates Bitcoin
to make t harder. kor exam-transactions, and is rewarded for doing
o Scamming people with take BIcom
transactions. But the way Bitcoin is de-

BITCOIN'S GROWING ENERGY APPETITE

Today One Bitcoin Equals Years of Electricity Use
A timelineof the average years ot houseiold-equivalent electncity to mine one bitcoin Mining aiIcuily peakS in May In the early days of Bitcoin, When it
with the moSt elicient hardware available sthows how things have chaniged. 021.At Ieast 13 years of was ess popular andwort ne, any
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been tracking Bitcoin mining said re
 THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 B7

TECHNOLOGY | ENERGY

How Is That Possible? Cleaner Jet Fuels May Help

Climate, but Experts Worry
By HIROKO TABUCHI gas emissions.
At first glance, it's a big step forward in "E.PA.S analysis does not retlect or cap
curbing climate change. In deal a anure the contunuOIS Improvement
pst that
has
ouncea last nursday, the Bden adminis wseu
ver aecade me

timesroediai G bitioas

VE
oal of renlacing all jet fuel efficiency improvements in uel prouuc
with sustainable alternatives by 2050, aO,ey
down yings env
wrOe
yP
A
ueau aid not
ae comment.
to have
2030, President Biden said, been granted. memorandum of under-
ne am

he United States will aim to produce three stanaingE Outiningthe goverhments sus
Dllion gallons ofsustanable tuel-about nDe Oe e e
waste, plants and other organic matter, re- and excludes the E.PA.
aucing aviatonsessionsoplanet
warming &ases by z0 percent and creating mote ns ertalnyreads e aplan to pro
crop-based b1otuels in aviation, said
Ihe Bitcoin network uses about the same amount More than SEven imes as mucn electnicity as
Or ElBCtncly 8s wasinington >täte does in a year. dll or aooEEs giOda OperauonsS. The airline industry has set sustainable ternational Council on Clean Transporta-
nDr n provides tecnnCa

percent ot the jet ruel it uses with sustain in the proposal as requested by the biofuels
aDe rueisDy 017. 1na year naS come ana lobby, which makes worryme that the de-
n
at far less than 1 percent of supply. Oestaton mpacts OT those iuels couud go

ouid it be arerent tns mer When asked for comment, both the
i oe
are particularly relianton burning fossil fu-
D and Department of Energy referred
iEPA.questions to the white House, which did

eS. cause powenanes sog, The concerns underscore the difficultyy

batteries, espectany lor iongnau of cleaning up an inauStTy matnas co
E But theres a twist: Dependitng on the emiss
about 3 to 4 percent of total U.S. green
Balons o coud y e "Pi
**house gas eissionstoy
Scientists concerns center on the com- while planes have become more efficient,
pcated Ccu u 8 growing demand Tor mghts nas outpacea
maior
subset of sustainable fuels. Growing those advaements.
And more than a third of what residential cooling in
the United States USes up. crops like corn and soy to be made into bio- global environmental affairs and sustain-
fuels can SIgnineany cnang ability at United Airlines, said that
he a
lorexample, if lorests are cut down or oe promisingB

Brassiana 1s aug up to make way ror th0Se like fallen branches, or leaves and stalks
Add in the emissions from fertilizers
and from transportung and processing ne
cOULD IT BE GREENER?
oe ne overall climate ome
Soan biofuels ina U.S.
Protectiorn A n
plan might actualy
ethanol emits just 20 percent less green contribute to warming.
Basone, and
h
count past land-use changes, scientists over rom growing crops. Last Thurs-
c studies nave long shown that
biofuels can be as pOutng a
er wnneinaustrial
million-dollar investment in a company

toughest nuts to crack because electrifica evedping a wiy to produce avla-

luel rom lorest and crop waste at
as
cars, trals oronetB
simplee as electrilying, say, ion
d It's a really exciting time for aviation,
and biosystems engineering at the Univer Key san an lnterview. he added
e neprobemauc partis Did E

eei Tharts not where the "we have an absolute chance ot realizing or
state of the science is. They can actually
make them worse
evenexen
ounng et
e is fortheoming.
erns the Bidena
what Bitcoin could be mined using
ir ninistration says that it will help cut costs however
more sourees or renewaDie ener8, uKe ana raplay scae 0omestic Pproduction or
sustainable fuels, but in a climate-irienaiy
ncers e tnese gnngn now tne
It's tricky to fieure out exactly how tainahlefoletoensure that airlines use
nuch of Bitcoin mining is powered by re sustainable-aviation-fuel tax credit that TueS With low emissions, experts say. Com
ewabies Decause ot tne very nature or
Bitcoin: a decentralized currency whose
would require at least a 50 percent reduc Pes w e
D s

oduced from a combination of hydro-

Globally, estimates of Bitcoin's use of based bIofuels. en generated irom renewable electricity
renewabiesrange irom about a0 percent y producers are pushing tor apured Caroon.
tair lines take up these
0 almost 75 percent. but l1 Benetal, Cx* r tomemhers of Congress dated ow-emissions biofuels, which are likely to
DOwer Bi Aug. 5, major agricultural organizationsin- be more costly than jet uel tor the lime be-
available to power a home, a factory or cuding tneAeican arm ureau reder e gov
n es se
an erectr vironmental impact of crop-based fuels. The European Union is currently moving
A handiul ot minersS are startung to ex
groups also urged the Department o Oward win a sustanabe Tue mandate
he
ral gas from oil and gas drilling sites, but planes. paired with strictrestrictions on
Eneryto lead fresh studies into cropfor
dus
Signed means that a bad actor would examples hke that are stil sparse and agency tasked with regulating greenhouse should use.
difticult to quantity. AISo, that practice
need to w tne najory ortne guessing
Bames to nave majonty power over tne Miners have also claimed to tap the sur-
money and a lot of electrici *
plus hydropower generated during the
In Nakamotos system, it would make Hoax Tied Walmart to Litecoin
o eaher than marily be drawing On ro fuels. For a Pump-and-Dump Scheme
On attacking the system itself. AS Tar as we can te, 1ts
osty d
This is how Bitcoin mining turns elec seload loSSil tueis mat arE
De FROM FIRST BUSINESS PAGE
tricity into security.
its alsowny
Tem wastes energy Dy design.
tne sys a tr tO contry" said Reniamin A. uestOn the S.E.C. has Juri: mart's media division. And Walmart nor
Cial an-
nouncements, Mr. Hargrove said
Jones, an assistant professor in econom reater regulation of the cryptocurrency
CS
wnose
at ne Unversiy arch
r ew exco,
invoves theenv
ndustry, wich aceounS TOr Dons or ao ryptocurrency enthusiasts noted an-
other clue: Lecoins relative obscurily
That's why you get these wildly differ- whers pump-and-dump schemes occur of It's unclear how fhe fale ito
nt estimates, he said. en u nsene Cara past Globe Newswire'ssystems. By mid-
Could the way Bitcoin works be re-
cemaeOnorsto rannancial morning, the service had notified users
erntocurrencies ha nromoted rency products and exchanges. arded. Rloomberu and Dtore f
an alternate bookkeeping System, ne .E.
mater
to comment on
decined the
media outlets that had written up the re-

con nin8 nad lalen to -

cently that china's share of global Bit-
perentin
where prOCessingaa
not througn computaonai lD D
fake release was published on
oDeNewSWire, which provides compa-
ee, Tercieu andupued
then In 2010 t
ner arces.

ing the same period, the United States'

snare ot mining Brew to 1b percent irom
would be more efficient. But
DEeen proved
it hasn't
at Scle and iSnt KEy to
ee apublished a fake release saying the cereal
company General Mins was the sudjeCtOra
company
percen
imin
than
take hold with Bitcoin because, among
GlOoal Management, competes with PR e 90
emissions. Hardware piles up, too, Ey. have a powerful financial incentive not tors charged a stockbroker with dissemi-
ynenseEwest, dsest nd to change, since they've already in had acted quickly
to withdraw the "ille- nating false releases to manipulate the
Ceryw uses ng ov ested so much m mining. Biumate press release placed by a "fraud- e h c
Vries, a Paris-based economist, esti- 0e gov he ent user account. 1T added that "this has
just three weeks after the scheme began.
mares tnat evety ea iu a
d were to limit mining. that could theoreti- place "enhanced authentication steps to Most bg corporate news wire compa
tne computaonal Power o nave seeure systems tor etng com
ning caiuy reuce
chines ohsolete Accordinoto
te
enerEY Strin, But
member, this is a network designed to
prevent this isolated incident irom occur-
ring in ne Truture.
Danic
his caleu ter falling prey to a fake release scanaa
lations, at the start ot 2021, Bitcoin
alone was generating more ewaste
tnan many midsize COunties.
China are already

around mining, Dut iners are report

edly moving to coakrich Kazakhstan
creating restrictions thorities to investigate the matter.
w
reporters
tearned o the release only after
calea u
,
volving a pharmaceutical company in 2010
Wncn 1s owned by Berk-

from using email to submit a release. Busi-

norino thise e petey
don'
and the cheap-but-troubled Texas elec
information based on the release, a com- ness wire decned o comment.
have a solution," said Mr. de Vries, who For the foreseeable tuture, Bitcoins ay angrove, Sad. edse even led toP

runs Digiconomist, a Site tnat tracks tne energy consumptio is ikey to remam ne retaler ater put out a statenent say it on its Twitter ac-
which brefly posted
volatile 1or as long as its price does. ithad no partnership with Litecoin. cOunt. 1ne toundaon later aeleted the
nese hdcnnes are Just dunped.
olve nickaves and har ot ahats is "We are digging into it further to under messageand postedthatt had not enteredi
purely digital abstraction, either: It is w Mr. Hargrov
eme Inastatement on Twitter, the foundation
Sources: Bitcoin historical data from thentic-even including a statement pur- said that a quote purporting to be from
blockchain.com. Energy estimates from Tuels, power grids and emissions, and to portedly from Walmarts chiet executive,tecolns creator, Charie ee, nad een
tionlndState.relalr.cnditio was imagined as a forward-thinking dig- ach amail ad. dation's social media team had sent a Twit-
and total tal currenCy nas aireuy nad reaworid dress at walmart-corp.com, an unauthor- ter message by mistake. "We have taken
u5. electiciy consumption
data trom EIA GOOgle electricity data ramitications, and those continue to zed website. Also, the press contact steps to correct future issues," the state-
from Google's 2020 environmental report. talneu e Teease uoes hoe wotk m wa Em Sad.
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ANALYSIS | COMMENTARY

Ehe New llorkTimes

M
Dedaets
31 ,
Max Scherze
has a 0.88
.R.A. and
since joining
the Dodgers
July 30. At
7Z

Scherzer ght, Nolan

Ryan, the
career leader

Destined
For 3,000. 3,000-strikeouts Clud
TheSchen
Mar ud
who have struck out at least 3,000

Just Ask batters during their careers. Fourteen

of the 19 are in the Hall of Fame.

NAME STRIKEOUTS INNINGS

Victim No. 1 , 2 V
RHT TM JOHNSONASSOCIATED PRESS
1. Nolan Ryan 5,714 5.386.0

2. Randy Johnson 4,875 4,135%

A Dodgers pitcher, the 19th 3. Roger Clemens 4,672 4916 %

to hit a strikeout milestone,

has built himself to last. 3000 SRIKEOUTS 4. Steve Cariton 4,136 5,217%

5. Bert Blyleven 3,701 4,970.0

By JAMIES WAGNER
Chris snyder, the Arizona Dia 6. Tom Seaver 3,640 4,782
mondbackS Starting catcher 0on
ing chattv behind the plate din 7. Don Sutton 3,574 5,282%
games. so when his triend Jack
8. Gaylord Perry 3,534 5,350%
sse te oustnAStrOSSt
came to
ing pitcher that day, bat in
9. Walter Johnson 3,508 5,914%
Cassel about his younger brother,
att, the Dackup quarterback t 10. Greg Maddax 3,371 5,008%
om Brady on the New Englana
Ra
noticed a 23- 11. Phil Niekro 3,342 5404%
ear-old pitcher fresh out ot the
Duupen making nis major league
debut and reacning So nes 2008 Scherzer in his major league debut for the Diamond- 2021 After fanning Eric Hosmer of the Padres for his 3,000th 12. Fergie Jenkins 3,192 4,500
pet
backs against the Astros. He retired all 13 batters he faced. strikeout. Hosmer later denied Scherzer a perfect game.
mound, he politelv asked Snvder 13. Pedro Martinez 3,154 2,827
to zip it.
ogot ctnatSand
was hkeonttak ut cimbing the
tomebthisastrikeouts
major league career against Gonzalez. Soon, Cassel cioUs head-snapping delivery
list, which is topped by saw he was in trouble. got a piece of him, Cassel adownear
the pandemic
shortened 2020 season, during
n 14. Bob Gibson 3,117 3,884%

deliv. said
in a phone interview."The veloci
was 46 and struck out an out ery-his front side went high, the"Thatwas something to hang my is now making a late-season push 15. Curt Schilling 3,116 3,261.0
ywasregstenng up o0n tne boara rageous 5,714 batters. arm came around and it wasn't hat on. Iguess." Tor nis tourtn y rOung Award

o
t Chase Field. And l could als0 There's nottoo many people straight over the top, more like
wnonave reacnedtnsmestone three-quarters, asset Saia. "He pe n
al, Scherzer tossed four andOut of playoff contention, the
g onasrded nim to tne e
16.C.C. Sabathia3,093 3,57%

7. John Smoltz 3,084 3,473.0

After six pitchesthe last a thing to accomplish. I love strike- gle and with that velocity, I could pitcher making his debut as a re- Dodgers before the July 30 trade
dmatched P ana
uts to me, tns Is a testament see wny this guy was go00. hever by retiring i3 consecutive deadline. Scherzer, also a top play Ver
etin verlanoer
Casser moved baCK in the bat- Datters. He struck ut seven. ers union representative, has a 18
8. JUustin 3,013 2,988.0
pitcher-Cassel became to durability."
struck out by the Diamondbacks
more velocity
fhaaseball
more fined
movemont o s
DOX and choKed up on the bat,
wer ner of throwine may lead to iniu- cluding nine on Sunday, with his
19. Max Scherzer" 3,005 2,5199
OprospEet at the ue, ax pitchess and more strikeoutsS, few bat speed and poke the ball into ries, the Diamondbacks traded newteam. I hey nave won alleight
Scherzer. nave Deen DEttertnanSenerzer0 right field. It helped once: After nm totne Dero gerS anead or
ns
stars and saw nim all just Source: Basehal Aimanac.com

din pces edst two bals, taking a strike and S e otio ee snort
s
perrect gane On

Scherzer, now 37. Throughout a season, he led all with a strikeout sel fouled off the fifth pitch. Then minor leagues, added a curveball After notching his 3,000th
e as pa
ns, Tourteans, egn
rate o neariy 32 percent entering
drSunday Nicknamed Mad Max and
Scherzer rocketed a 96 m.p.h.fast-nd Dectme more OT Stkeout
ball past Cassel's bat with his fero- threat, neping tne 1gers reacn
Strikeout, Scnerzer quicRIy ac
knowledged the standing ovation
ot good, talented guys that get tO
Pplay the game, so it's always fun too

Awards and one World Series title. and runnino reoimenSehoro the 2013 American 1eaoue which incdod hieo e nes at maKe t.
Scherzer 1s one of the elite ptc has maintained an average fast YOung Award, wife and children by raising his Scherzer specifically, just watch
esor tnis, Or ny, geeron and Dall veocaty arouna 94 m.p.n. at cherzer joined the ashington caphigh above hishead. But his in ing him continue to compete and
with his noorl e ets tnis age.
as destined for it," the osrO 1 o O 0 ter
S even with age continue to get bet-
at
s crant
And in an 8-0 victory against Dodgers star outfielder Mookie that he turned into a bargain. Us- got right back to work. Cassel said he
ne san Diego Padres on sunday Betts said of SCherzer S stnkeout ing nis inteiect ana raging com when you win awards or you ceived a text message from a
n LOs Angeles, scherzer was at achievement. "Al the work he petitiveness to fina new ways toaccompuSl a
e e, uuyfriend informing nim thaat oid
er back to the dugout muttering he does. Tt sounds kind of weird he Nationalsforthenext six and what that means in thecontevt of ootage of Cassel pitching was on
MLB Network. Wondering which
0 themselves. Scherzer, the but I expect nothing less from a half years. (He once pitched everything.Scherzer said.
DOugers ace, threW an immacu him. wtna DroKen nose and Diick OperuyKeep picnng and his brief career, Cassel saw that 3
n es e
acan De eye sustained during bating Kepure
2015, he threw two no-hit perspective and appreciate the may
the channel was airing scherzers
and thus ne
perfect game. In the fifth inning, first-round pick of the Diamond In was aiso
eDut,
V.
wTth a punch-out ot tirst baseman backs out of the University ot Mis ters. In 20l6 and z01, he won nistory ot this more a year from ody
d ere's a
Eric HosmerScherZer joined Souri in 2006, he reached the ma back-to-back National Lea8ue noW of Famer" he said. "I take it as5
all
a
Hosmer, though, got bit of re- debut. Edear Gonzalez started
for 901
rr ied Korr 41 and an vecutive with Nasdaa a compliment to be assoclated
venge by breaking up Scherzer's the Diamond backs, but after Gon- Wood, Roger Clemens and who lives in California, says he nman eon thtSame tet
DId at a perect game witn a One 2alez cougned up SIX runs, nyJos Trte aor nas enjoyed ching Scherzer's w m. 1'm a tan of his and what
Scherzer came in from thee major league career evolve since s caieei auu 10
ut double in the eighth innin8 leaguerecord for strikeouts in i
econd historic feat in the same With the Diamondbacks trail- And October 2019, he
in his two sons, who have Scherzer Cassel said he reCoruea the re
game, scherzerDecame the isth ing by 62, SCnerzer innented a guided the Nationals to their baseball cards. One has a playortne zuu8 Bgame and snowea
first world Series tite Scherzer ersey. t to is children, teaching them
s eS s r gdsse, uar 910 t d97 artiealar in of
Bob Gibson and Fergie Jenkins.
Pitchinglike a player still in his
tation as a hard-throwing young-
ster but felt good after smacking a
ae
was the nrstbater whom
e he Strikeouts, while posting a 2.74
earned run average ana a vS-39
peared in 15 games for the Padres
ana the Astros in 200/ and 2008.
Even now, he laughs about the
Stiket0ut versus Senerzer. ne
prme, Scherzer may continue single in is previous at-bat cherzer struck out. record. He has bounced back from "Td seen it early and there's a lot clearly isn't alone.
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SCOREBOARD PRO BASKETBALL

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A.L STANDINGS
Vaccine Mandate Is 'Not That Difficult a Call for Referees
ampa Bay. 822 SOPAN I DEB cnvesituon to begin and to
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been in contact someone
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N.L. STANDINGS
vaccine mandates for their mem leagues.

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vaccine and otherS arent. (Tne we initially Degan our conve
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league, however, has handed
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n touch
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comment on where it stands on players, Who have no manddte tion with the players assocauo.
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percent ot its players had been
fully vacCinatea. A SpOKesman
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constantly alwaysworking
roug
and N.FL. officials. Other labor
unions,
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Thh ney had
Ssneres
constant dialogue DCR
outh PA players, and that the league was some very difficult things and
w Orinans n discussions witn tne union on
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who introduced the idea, think
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to wok
out to be
reationship and the
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constant tnat caneagreed
to. We just didn't have
up epeence witn tne N.B.A
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players to De vaccind *
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ies
about whether that extended head or tne M.L.B.5 piays were broadly in tavor of thee It's a shared view of vaccines
union, lony Clark, said that the that they are prooaDly one
It is not my position as executive
to on-ice officials. mandate. 0e of our union or a member or
..ASpoKesman lor M.L.B. said
tnat e for umnires
group ne eads was agiainst a
d ndot forth
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access this innovative
another union to discusS or to
Marc Davis, the president or and clarity to uld
anas a 29 and is now considering "adjust e
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vaccine and ailow us to conanue not do. I think that they will do
and a rereree himself for more vace
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BASKETBALL
W.N.8.A. STANDINGS COLLEGE FOOTBALL
AEN COERENCE

ERN
Considering Itself Outside the Title Picture, U.S.C. Fires Helton
Meam
By BILLY WITZ Helton's coaching staffwasare
sots With the University of Southern The Trojans have a vOving door, and eacn August he
Calitornias detense being gashed, eenne to pronise a more disC
history of bloodletting plined team. But even a rousingB
367 Es orrens stagnant and its aSC
|1
cinched piayoff spot
pline lacking- the kicker was year was
5, Dalas 75 with football coaches. ence rival U.C.LA. last
Atarlia. 7 pm he Los Angeles Memorial marred by irojans taunting ther
SOCCER
Coliseumshowered the team with vls wnen tne game ended
Helton falling to the turf trying to
d by
extension Helton wasS awarded bDy
M.L.S. SCHEDULE the hands of Stanford, which e Swann before the 2018 Sedsu scene was a picture of a
8ae s a 7 The
noint md $5
him close to million this season coach who did not have control of
Mami at Toronto K Afterward, clay Helton, thee and runs tor two more yeas s
tel.
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Seventh-year coach, pleaded for ne 1rojans, who were carried ne cOst or tiring Helton will be
calm.
Fverton3,Burnley 1

eend
R rterhakSam neichborhood of S15 milion Cthe
owcas at of
"he told renortoe Darnold in Helton's first two full terms of his contract are not pub-
VE. Leeds where we're
RANSACTlONS Wherever the Trojans are at the
end or tne Seaso,
Seasons, have gone 19-14 Since
Helton signed the new contract.In
cschool).
Decause Us pvate
But with a s3l5 milion
eton wont De
around to see it. He was fired Mon season,
eaos the Trojans won their five paid for in part through ticket
ANKE
ae TrpleA hools alumni
and former play- Clay Helton had a 46-24 career record at Southern California. conterence games,but their hopes sales, a considerable financial hit
Or Sheaking nto tne coege oot from the pandemic and declining
erslonsaurayasust The cost of firing him will be considerable, around Sl5 million.
HOUSTON ASTROS a
tion
Dad gale,
that
Dt
the football prOgram
were unset on their home o
haeuance, thnere was also a cost

ng resources tor tne tootball pro- Lane Kiffin was fired at the air oregon in the Pac-12 champi On Monday, U.S.C. decided it
d HHP for a national title under Helton.
gram since ne arrived, it was clear port after Deing slmmoned from onsup game. was too much to bear.
over San Iose Seateandsho loee Teturng to Helton never gained a foothold
RONTO B JAYS n fact, Athletic Director Mike
one RiP
T
n ple A East).

search fora new coach, ns

said in a Stanford-that U.S.C. was no- Arizona State. Steve Sarkisian dled that the former athletic direc
ZOM ONAONDBACKS-Reinstated wonld near Decoming
where anationaheckea to
renad arter getting tor Pat Hadenwho ike his suc THE NEW
ein HMg Ag
no he better offfor the remainder of championship contender
t
is al fired in the middle of the season cessor Swann had been a star foot
hancements, those expectations drunk. And years ago, John Rob moted Helton to interim coach
YORK TIMES
NCNNATI REDS-Hor the season with Donte Williams, a CLASSIFIED
"
os ANGHLES DODGERS-Reinstatod not be met without a nson retumed home rom christ- after firing Sarkisian, and then
would
wno nas never even Served as a LISTINGS
ated OF Stovon Soua
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 N THE NEW YORK TIMES SPORTS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

TENNIS U.S. 0PEN

Two Weeks of Rises, Falls and Remembrance

Novak Djokovic, left, had
the support ot the cro
on unday when he tned

Grand Slam in the mens

final. But Dan
Medvedev defeated him
in straight sets.

BEN SOLOMON FOR TUE NW YORK TIMES

RADUCANU
EMMA

EM MuNS THE NEW TOG. TMEs

EN SOLOMON EOP Tue NEW Va

in a battle of teenagers for At 18, Carlos Alcaraz, top,

ne womens singieste, defeated third-seeded
Emma Kaducanu, aDove, Stefanos Tsitsipas. The
beat Leylah Fernandez. other No. 3 seed, Naomi
At right, a court-s17eag Osaka, lost in the third
90 a M Mt
of the Sept. 11 attacks. 911O1 from Flushing Meadows.

BEN SOLOMON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES ES

After 33-Year Drought, Wheelchair Players Cap 2 Golden Slams in a Day

y VICTOR MATHER Dylan Alcott, far left, and
The tennis Grand Slam is so Diede De Groot prevailed on
rare that oniy nve playeran Sunday. They won all four
majors and Olympic gold.
achieved the feat since 1988. The
Golden Slam, winning all tour ma- 6-2, to complete his own Golden,
d B0u eudi tne Sme uy
Slam. It was Alcott's 15th Grand S
offCe Slam singles title. Because the
quad event isy
Un sunday, when it was ac hl 1
ompisneu
we
came Diede ae Glo0
First
0
diamonit don, it was the first chance for any
qu dneteto winduOden
EETyDOuy in tnis room aSked
Sln
wheelchair competition at the
United States Open to complete a Goiden Siam?*" said Alcott, 30.
Sweep or tne year s
lam tourments to 0
TOur Grand
wItn ner
ve said,No, don't realy care
about it, all year. Ot course I carea

Later in the day, Dylan Alcott o SETH WENc/ASSOCIATED PRESS SE AMENDCAASSOCATED ESS
Australia Compieteu ne saneTeat In i988, 6raf said after complet
in the mens quaa event. (As Op DeGroot defeated Yui Kamy of tebreaker to beat Kamiji at the gles event for De Groot, stillbe
ing everywhere in the world, also ng her Golden Slam at the seoul
ieion ive de Cront ouad nlav- Australia. France and at the Para- Daeitoh accomplishment, I think von .could see it inthe countrvwoman Est her Veroeer in something not many neonle after
ers also have significant loss of ympics, 6-3,5-2. Her Golden slam De Groot, 24, said she felt a httle matcn, untortunately ne earlypart or thiS century. me will achieve.
tunction in at least one upper
imb.)
almostdid not get started this
year: She needed a third-set
let down by her play: "Alter such a
long time of traveling and just be-
Sundays Open championship
was the 12th in a Grand Slam sin-
Alcott deteated the 18-year-old
Niels Vink of the Netherlands, 7-5,
t took 33 yearS. And then it only
took a few hours.
 THE NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 B1l

Nino Castelnuovo, Charming Star of 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Dies at 84

By ALEX VADUKUL cials for the product, he vaulted claimed "Rocco and His Broth-
er a display his ence to good ers
Nno Castelnuovo, a popular
tanan nim and television actor Among Mr. Castelnuovo's other
who found Success beyond his derrated ralian films were "The Hunchback of
home country when he starred
atorntoni MONZ3OMISO
Monda, who teaches a course on for featuring the director Pier
the soaringly sentimental Frenchta Cema at ew rork Uni
IS the artistic director
Paolo Pasoini in an acting roIe,
ewwave musical" The Umbrel etsy and and De Sicas 19b6 dräma, "A NeW
as of Cherbourg. died on sept. o
a interview. "He was
phone Codarde man
His death, in a hospital, was especlany in
Prance. but dwas somewhat over-
Rabbia (969), a series ot short
Connrmea by his representative,
1A Stores drecteu y aus
SimoneePp
Mr. Castelnuovo, wo
ng that infamous oil commercial"
ma uminares. He
e d s
Do Mr. Castelnuovo secureu The Creatures" in 1966.
screen, became a place inthe international ilm He is survived by his wile, Ma
star during a
golden age of Italian cinema. He Umbrellasof Cherboure" Jacaues ia Cristina Di Nicolik, nis so, L
collaborated witn leaung une
Demy's 1964 New wave romance Mr.
in which all tne dialogue was sung Castelnuovo played the archaeol
almost as thougn it were a cine Ogist DAgostino in Anthony Min
An Italian who broke the music; Mr. Casteln ghella's "The English Patient." He
wrote
through ina film from sOews ubbea. The forming in productions of works
movie waS awarded the Palmee the venetuan pläywignt aro
by
the French New Wave. Odonland playimgudge ontne
and received five Academy Award
nominatiOns, nciudng cnrom 9013 to2015 aln H
Dest foreign-lan8uage ana m worked to raise awareness of
Oio n
gw wat ror Irom which ne nad long
glucoma,
greats like Alberto Sordi and Clau- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Suereu
a Cardinale. Ser in a Ortanay port town, often reflected
on the olorious erd
of Italian cinema that he had wit
truly attain fame in Italy until Guy, played by Mr. Castelnuovo, nessed tirsthand. He sometimes
1967, for his role as Renzo in a tele and Genevieve, the daugnterot an complained that ltallan thlms nad
ela eneuSop oner playe
VISion series based on Alessandro
I come from a cinema that is
Betrothed, which takes place when Guy is drafted into the Alge ery aierent rom now, ne sad
during a plague in the I7th cen ran war Genevieve soon discOv na Roman television interview in
tury. such was that Shows popuesnat sne.pregnan witn l ae the most resnected cine-
hat Pone Paul VI became a fan meet again, they have married ma in the worla."
ve decided to follow
and requested to meet im. "

Nino Castelnuovo with Catherine Deneuve in the 1964 musical Umbrenas or We'
neroourg
the
CastenvWIsn you to De as
he
AmerCans and oner og
The
PO Penz0"he roealed the non No Vork Tmos critie ASentt Francesco Castelnuovo was painter to support himself. He of- tory theater. He also found work just how much talent we Italians
e.
teling himto wch he said ne calleditone orthe most romantic born on Oct.28, 1936, 1n Lecco, Ita- ten found retuge in the darknes as a mime on a childrens telev
repied, "Lukewise. films ever made y. His tatner, Camillo, worked in a ot movie theaters and 1dolized Sion Show about a magician eeaCUnry or
rvelus
ure in Italian livinerome ou neranCe Detweentese button tactory Hs mother, EmiliaredAStaire. whose imsinspired named Aur He made his tim de
rs e
1980s as the athletic middle-aged be, he added, "but our romance maid. dancer in his teens. Pietro Germi's crime thriller "The cannot ive. we're not very good
SpOKesman tor Olo uore, a Dräand
of corn oil. In television commer-
with this incoimparabie tilm wll
last forever."
Growing up, rancesco nela
jobs as a mechanic and a house
n iso», ne moved t0 Milan to
study at the Piccolo Teatro reper-
Facts ot Muraer, and neappeared
the next year in Visconti's ac-
rEansts, Wncn makeEs us very
imaginative people."

Sunil Perera, 68, Sri Lankan 'Baila King' The colorful frontman
ofa family band that
Whose Lyrics Attacked the Political Elite produced hit after hit.

wIB MASHA preparing to celebrate its golden disappointed him with the chaos
would make him happiest would
cOLOMBO, Sri Lanka In the - The Gypsies specialized in President Gotabaya Rajapaksa all Tour ot his chldren mar
beit into T0ur anrerent commun
end, was only appropriate that
it
Sunil Perera, who had entertained
baila, a joly and rhythmic genre called his passing great
Sung mosty n Sinnalese but intlu- Sajith of
a oss
Premadasa, leader the
ed
"His head was not swollen with
generations of Sri Lankans on the hof th icland in the ioneered a modern-dav revolu- Re rame e w
ple
Mariazelle Goonetilleke, a fellow
his distinctive Latin-fused tunes, 16th and 17th centuries. tion in the musical history of Sri
would go Out Singng. Dver the decades ne used niS anka.
On his deathbed at a hospital in yncs and hisvoice to ampity con He
was born USwatta Liyanage spoke his mind. There were peo-
M Perera had asked for a euita democratic space. The country, to a Roman Catholic family and le who didn't hke that
but one was not provided. So he still recovering from years of civil grew up in the Colombo suburb of id-19 last
turned to what couldn't be denied. war, nas Deen Deset D govert Moratuwa. He was one of l0

chil pitalized for 25 days before being

ne doctor told me tatthe day ischarged, oniy to be readmitted,
entertaining evervone there." said Perera frequently attacked
homemaKer the cPSIES VA YOXTURE
tis time in intensive care, Just
Sunil Pereras band, the Gypsies, specialized in a jolly, rhythmic
Piyal Perera, sunils brother and contryys ecaying ponuca ente, e Perera built the in to his brother, sur
Dandmate which has become bogged down Gypsies largely around his chil- eor music was singing on nis deatnoed, nis oroner saldVivors addition e
include his wire, Geena
Nawaloka Hiospital. his brother was dashing wodaugnters, K
nation's hopes. he ioined thehand and later be- ticians soured after their election But
the his langudge ot
latung
He
was 68.
whle the cause or death was p .e
aspoth popular anda pro came itslead singer He described losses. One song depicted aliens trouble, particularly
t rtner as dispnnarnan wo lanaing in sri Lanka and turning Scrided women as DDy
when he de eh and Cavan
Ina video message after he was a
not clear, Piyal Perera said, Mr. saram, a tilm composer trom Sn had wanted him to complete his down an invitation to stay. chines in a discussion or now initially discharge rom tne no
Covid-19 when he was rushed into Dylan and a Michael Jackson in ported his choice when he left his pendence," he said in one inter- his father's generation. bdn
intensiv dre epackage Stdes TOcus Bt nd vieWwe are in deptotto thepeople?wnole HISfriends and tamiiy acknow pital staff and his fans and well
ew have made as large an im e
rSaram added, cetrn8 1n 20neoypWorid.isittne
y uloue
ralit the edged that Mr. Perera could be d
vE tey S
wishers. He was dressed in a
p Wte srtnd a gray nat, nis usu- ut s
poured in after Mr.
Pe 4
ra did for half a century. Often rera's death, including from poli- Sunil Perera's opinionated politicians who ruled us" belief that Sri Lanka could over "We are thankful to God for giv-
resseu n Drignt coiOrs and wea opeuy
ng a fedora, he produced hit song Hedirected his anger atced. cs e
ycs ad puuc stances stt He was open about his personal come the ethic and reigious d- ing us such a crowd, he said. "We
the coun- apart from other high-profile mu life, discussing what he saw as vides that have led to conflict for will definitely get that blessing
sjes, the famiy band, which was at the opposition that repeatedly he dealt with corruption and poli- Sri Lanka's conservative society. Mr. Perera had declared that what meet again, like old times"

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 B12 THE NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

George Wein, 95, Dies

He Made Jazz Festivals
Into Global Spectacles
By PETER KEEPNEWS
sOne Venture into the world
George wein, the impresario Cotracharedie the
w
a7 festival in 1969 NewportJazz Festiva,
worldwide phenomenon, died on eDortnestmencud
anOg nem Led
Onaayat nis apartment in Man- 0 Ds
atan. He was 9o. unced by a Stone. The Newport city fathers
spokeswoman, Carolyn McClair.
tesuvals were not an en-u
SSe
Wnen
Dan on sn acsen
botn rock (the All-
,

tirely new
aed wen i e crashers returned in 1971, Mr.
roached about nresenting a Wein was not invitea bacK.
n
weekend of jazz in the open air inNeptok Fesuval, wnich nad
Newport, R.l., in 19b4. There had rhedulad for lotor in theo mmer
in hh Parisand of 1971, was canceled.)
Nce n i948. But there had been wasOt ascouragea. In 1972
swen
amoinous as the fest ewport Jazz Festi- e
al r stagenat Juy
asi
o came a less buconc but more gran-
no, an athletic complex near the tnegier,Hall, Lincoln
win concerts at Car
Center, Radio
historic mansions of Bellevue Av
enue
a li ding Billie tions around town. Under various
Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar names and corporate sponsors,
PEterson, Ela gerald and w R Event conunued to
GREEN ASSOCATED PRESS
Other stars, the inaugural NEw ionhe iofoetival rerned to wALT

paving STvde
cus
days and attracted the attention ofa
Darey DrOKe
Newport in 1981 and the toik
Don onCe agam under , es Above from right, eorge wein, Louis Armstrong and Bobby
Hackett at the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode lsland in 1970.
Eld
e uccess in cluded the Newport Folk Festival. Below, Mr. Wein in 2008.
LA2 50 andthat
presenting jazn and tolk at New
it ended up in the black only be- port helped pave the way tor the
and jazz festivals in 1959). He pro- Network. Mr. Wein remained in-
u walved ns I,000 Peoeon or wOOdstock and fessed to ake the criticism in olved, but as an employee-a
producerSee stride, but in his autobiOgraphy hne Kind ot producer emeritusand
cessful enough to the late 1960s and early '70s. But
left no doubt that he had torgotten not the boss.
merit a return engagement, and Jazz Was always his first love.
before long the Newport festival worst notices and patiently ex- when the Festival Network ran
had established itself as a jazz in Playing and Promoung
plalnngwny they were wrong int0 financzal probiemS ana M
how to present music in the open He was a jazz musician Detore ne ne two Newport testvls dwenegaed cOntrorortne nand
air on a grand scale.
By the middle 1960s, TestivalsS eenaer and continued into his a corporation, Festival Produc- he was legally prevented from us-
ecbeand conert haills on 80s, leading small groups, usually tions, to run wnat sOon Decalme a ng tne nanes Newport Ja res
the itinerary of virtually every
pEtromer, ana Mr.
ea te por Aars,at n CATED RESS worldwide empire. At the compa-

vals and tours in some 50 cities

tival and Newport Folk Festival
he Fes
tival Network, but he reacquired
e to dOnnate the
Worldwide. over the years he also
He did not have the field to him-
ser: Major events ukE
terey JazZ Festival in
e Mon-
,
-
time in several years at Newport
JWas, dnnounced, my
tTOance as
e a jazz musi-
thed is hana at personal man-

Afer vears of h his accont

the nghts in 2010
He also tound new sponsors tor
amedicaleuiomenteompanv
CanO was a good player, in tne re
He struggling to break even, Mr. and later an asset management
treux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, laxed, melodic vein of the great we Decdine pioter op
rate sponsorsnip m tne ate iSb0s
u, dukis repldes
wnicn Degan in 1967, were thewg planist leddy wilson, with tine corporate partner, JvC. The
work of otner promoters.
bu Todotermined eariy on that plaving and audio equipment companies cent years had included Ben &
iant ia fostival anvwhere in the jazz would be a precarious way for to underwrite is festivals and JeTyS and lDunki Donuts, nadd
a nving, and ne be- tours. There was the schlitz Sa- Dy then been without sponsorshipP
worid, tnere was a better than
0
ake
e ocuseu O presentng
even cnance it was a George wein e
and, most enduringly, a partner were later partly sponsored by the
P 1eight of his success, Mr. ne succesS of Mr. Wein'sname
Bos- ship withthe Japanese electronics Jewery companyAlex and AnI.
Wein was producing8 event ton ightcuD, Storyile, ghant JvC which began in 1984 n 2011 Mr. Wein announced
wasa rais, Seoul and else ue ted-gnt district of New andsisalized onir anre hara ill rsin
that you could pro
N
e teu
s,
States.
ds wel as al over waeborn,
was led Elaine Lorillard, a make money until sponsors came would become part ofa new non-
Wealtny Newport resent, to ap uBY WASHINGTONTHE NEW YORK TIMES
along he told The NewYork pront organization, the Newport
A Place for Jazz History proc n a Times in 2004. The credibility Festivals Foundatuon.
(2003), written with Nate Chinen, he did not return to Newprt de over the
her hus- he said that he knew by then that 1961. A festival billed as Music at years always brought media no- reins of both festivals, although he

place where jaz historywas

own as a band, Lois, financed. And the use wsd ucia Prt rthat
being"bt that he also knew
Ewport, stage Dy aoer Pro tiCe. And then the opportunity for
moter and featuring a range of media notice was picked up b
remained involved until the end.
sucess of that festival deter- Jay Sweet became producer Or tne
made. Miles Davis was signed to us
lecuon nor
caleer
the desire to devote my life to presented in its place but was not In 1959. Mr. Wein marrie
ried Joyc
medevecutive
of his inspired playing at the 1955 George_Theodore Wein was being a protessional jaZZ must uccesstul. Mr. wein was alowedAlexander, who worked alongside producer of the Newport Festivals
festival. Duke Ellington's career, born on oct. 3, 1925, in Lynn, any tne a ot s0 ne was a Dactneneear and tne esthim as a vice president of Festival Foundation. In 20165 Danny Mel
which had been in decline, was re MasS, near 50ston, and greup ho our decades. sne
OucOs r cWsprooterons e
o at Newrt father, Barnet, was a doctor. His promoter. COverage ot Mr. wein in the jazz members survive. festival, and the jazz bassist and
landedhim on the cover of Time
magazine. The 1958 restival was
non was d ur p
Rough Patches
Press greEwmore negauve Over
time, and the criticistn wou pe
Presidential Honors
Danaleader Cnistn Cbiue
who nad pertorneu ar ewport
pher Bert Stern in the documenta encouraged his interest in music, Mr. Wein encountered some rough 1959, the critic Nat Hentoff called Over the years Mr. Wein received named artistic director.
ry "Jazz on a Summer's Day" one
e cetDrdeujaz movies
although they did not necessarily
aaeet o0n.
s
Newpor e cariy yers
aZ
Festva. in 1s60 the how
ne ewpotJaz restvalasidenumerous honors and
had "nothing to do
that He
accolades.
was named a National Endow-
The coronavirus pandemic
caused the cancellation of both
jpssonswen took and discovered back the next year. Mr. Wein had
Ver
made drummer Max Roach, protesting Hentoff later changed his tune: In 2005 and inducted into the French
extende be-
yond jazz. It included the Newport jazz while in high school. By the wnatthey caled M WelnsOveny 2001 he wrote that Mr. wem had Legion ot Honor in 1991. He was planned to attend the 2021 jazz
Folk Festival, which played a vital
role in the careers of Bob Dylan,
time he entered Northeastern
nversSIy 5050n, ne was De
n D eNpanded tne udence ror Jazz
re tn Pronoter in
nonorea.
nye
two Presidents, Testiva, Dut on Juy 28, Just two
nd ndays DErore it was cneaued to

lormers. (It was at Newport that career in jazz. Competition. But both events were Mr. wein was sometimes at House jazz concerts celebrating dia that he would not be there. (He
Mr. Dylan sent shock waves He served n the Army irom Oeu w
through the folk world by per 1944 to 1946, spending some time drunken youthns, unabie to get
r tacKEd as exproitve, money-nun-
gry, unimaginative in his pro
ne anversary 0erst ew
port Jaz Festival. ln 2015, the Re-
la pairucipate remotey, ntroauC
ing the singers Mavis Staples, by
1965,) He also produced theNew and enrolled in Boston University scended on the city, throwing present non-jazz artists at his jazz Trusted Award for lifetime Time.)
Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festi after being discharged. Before roCkS ana breaking store win festuvals criticism 1irst heard achievement.
At my age of 95, making the
val, which showcased a broad graduating witn a degree in nis- dows.uy onclis Snut tne e Wnen ne DoOKea CnucK Berny at n 2007, nine years after a deal trip will be too difficult for me," he
rane or vercurisc se M o
orleans, and staged festivals de- Boston. lowed to continue. Charles, Frank Sinatra and even Television fell through, the com- added, with a new team in place to
voted to blues, soul, country and In his autobiography, "Myselt AS a result of the rioting, Mr the foIK group the Kingston irio pany was acquired by a newIy run both festivals, "1 can see that
even comedy. Among Others: A Life in Music" Wein's permit was revoked, and (who performed at both the folk formed company, the Festival my legacy is in good hands"

Nickolas Davatzes, 79, Father of the History Channel' and a Leader at A&E
By SAM ROBERTS tribution rghts
ystems.
with local cable co-production with the BBC ofAfter graduating trom Bryant him sign a contract drawn on a
DHvalzes, who was in
Ods e 0 days nere, I told my ries based on the Jane Austen nov- earned a bachelor's degree in eco Work there in I980, alongside ca-
runental m creating the cable
television networkS AE. ana the 0 nercent chance. because every fer Ehle sociology in 1964, both from St. ard Aurelio and LarryWangberg.
reach into 335 million households
around ne world, died on Aug. 21
time I turned around there was
StC M. Davatzes
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pand its scope to include docu-
John's University, where he met
his future wife, Dorothea Hayes. he
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the industry and inappearances Imes
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 THE NEW YORK TIMES, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A God of Desire Is Revealed in a Vermeer

Cupid had been painted over,
but a restoration adds new
meaning to a painting
By CATHERINE HICKLEY
DRESDEN, GERMANY After neary three
centunes beind a layer ot paint, a naked
Cupid has surfaced in one of the world's
ceo
he background of a quiet interior
The plump, golden-locked god in Johan
es veS edgLtterat zn
tion proiect thatStenhan Koia director of
the Old Masters Picture Gallery in Dresden,
erany escbed as a detectve story
nd an adventure.
the focus of an exhibition
at the gallery.opened on Thursday by Chan
cellor Angela Merkel of Germany and
Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Nether
of just 35 works definitively attributed to
vermeer:ne resden Show, J0nannes
vermeer: On Retlection," unites l0 of them
whom Vermeer learned, including Pieter de
HOoCn andGerard ter 50r
Ever since an X-ray or"Girl Reading a
han 0 e

aware of the Cupid, who stares out of a

ainting wtnin the painang. 1ne sectuon, ln

head. But scholars always assumed that

vereer tad erdseu the gou nsen.
curdtors at the Dresder

Masters Picture Gallery, decided to restore

he painting in z011, there were no plans to
xpose him. But the rectangle responded
nerenty rom tne rest or tRE pauntnB tO a
TE MEISTER, STAATIJCHE KUNSTSAMMUNGEN DRESDEN, MARIA KORBER

ot
pus0p, A-ay 0orescence
Window" detected a Cupid, visible after a
restoran, et center Near etup
Interrupted at Her Music"
s i
Standing at a Virginal" matches the one in
Girl Reading"

the resdenshow,the cupd ooms over the

couple n tne roreground, leaving no room
for doubt about their thoughts.
tis uy nAn
inventoryof his estate, which included
TAATLOHE KLUNE3AMMLINCEN DRESOE aDut 0 Pnngs, enons
Cupa
while the painting has not been located or
Uncovering Cupid took a year and a half, using a
Scalpel anda steady hand under a microscope. was probably a contemporary work by the
Dutch painter Caesar van Everdingen. (An
other Cupa painting Dy that artist is im the
solvent that restorers used to remove the
a sud in an interview. Cme mvsteries remain. It is not clear ex
nat sugBested tne paint contained an actly who painted over tne gounor
erent componentstrom vermeerS, making
ings were altered by later generations to
nand. The darker shade also suggested that
a later arIst mignt ave tied to match tne has also prompted speculation about an-
gmal Paint after it had darkened with
otner oris works, Woanwn a Fear
Necklace, which is in the collection ot the
The museum appointed an advisory pan Bern
o vermeer experts ana restorers. 1ne in that painting, dressed m
grou agreEed tnat removing eroscopic
yelowtrimmeawitnermine,stands in iront
rt ner nngtrs o tne DDOis at e
aken lightly. Analysis of the tiny fragments ther end of the necklace, in a moment ot qu
gveoncsveevdence tateupa wall. Analysis has shown that a map hang
d P lood the work in the ing on the wall was painted over-but by
ate 1650s, Koja said. Wnom
weround a layer Or varnisn wItn ait on
top of it that must nave accumukated ater,
Cupid in full. Schölzel took a year and a half,
w oy ncn witn a scaipel and a
Scenes, many or which portray igures by
WIndows, I000ea n hgnt. These often cap-
taNeanarat, cet
restorer to Den
lections, said it could have been done by
steady hand under a microscope.
paint wasn't by Vermeer. It was a distortion hrough Jan. 2 at the Old thought, alone, sometimes in the middle of a vermeer, but added, Our colleagues in
y
the
a toreign hand against the intention of
artist. expert Dresoen, Getd
sersre aey in
thing, not only in terms of composition and domestic task. Pantings or maps on the
add to tne viewers un-
Berlin are bound to 1ace a lot of questions
K
appy to assist if curators in Berlin decided
a the ge
restorers exposedpai strip beneath thedd,8ideioegaiene.skd.museum. u is0 Wtn respect to its
ntent.whilethe blush on the girs cheekS The same Cupid appears in three other to investigate more closely. But Katja Klein-
eviously made clear that snee wasteau
plnted rectangle, äDout & nall-incn wide
NOt onywas tne DrusnworK On tne Cupia on wall adds a message atbout the kind of
Vermeer paintings, including"Young Wom
an Standing at a Virginal," t tne responsibie0r Itncentury
Dutch and Flemisha painting at tne De
which is also in SfeMSe
the n haanaws
conditiono
ycellent ove vermeer might have meant. His Cupi Nation Gallstow B in this ducted less than t decades ago showed
The results ot the tests were so over trampng 0n asK, & 5ynDor decep work, there is no mask crushed under Cu- that the map-unike the Dresden Cupid
Wneming that t was ciear Wnat we naa to tiOn, to show that love Conquers deceit and pid's foot -instead he holds what looks like was never painted to completion
w
Christonh Sehilra at The picture-within-a-picture also con as etty ainted by Ver
he Dresden museum, should expose the nects the work to Vermeer's later interior sent to Europe on loan for the first time for meer"

UEUPARDI
CLUEOETHEIAY
Prize Possession of lI-Fated Archduke Goes Home
The Philadelphia Museum will public, Nadezda Goryczkova, the head of once belonged to Archduke Franz Ferdi-
SCIENTIHC ETYMOLOGY stitute, said in a statement, "We are de-
send a centuries-old pageant Hungarian empire. whose assassination by
shield to the Czech Republic. lighted. The agreement to return the arti- a Serbian nationalist in 1914 set off World
TaCTWasreacneujontyoy tne museu and war
ByATT STEVENS the National Heritage Institute, which has The archduke owned an impressive col-
2OF THE 3 MEN FOR
WHOM ARMALCOLITE,
The Philadelphia Museum of Art said on
Monday that it would return a ceremonial
uest for the shield from the museum, at his countru esirenc
Dlaved one
In Philadelphia, Timothy Rub, the muse Castle, near Prague. Ater world war 1, the
A DARK GRAY MINERAL a heennart of ms aireCtOr and cner execuve, sald in a castie and its COlectlons Decame tne prop
olars determined that it had
DISCOVERED IN 1969, Stateinent on Monday, "A work that had erty or the newy torimned government of
SNAMED d colection that once belonged to Archauke
Franz rerumand ana tnat was ater cons VIA PHILA9HIA MUSELN DF ARI

being happily restituted, and out of this annexed the region that inciuded
age has come an exceptional scholarly partner- Konopiste, ana tour years later, the Nazis
It will be the latest journey ror a Snea y Roman soldiers, was once p conliscatea the castes armor cOllection,
FORTHECORRECT Dy a tanan arist during oWned by Franz Ferdinand, the Apetts Say ne seru, wnicn nas been at curators said.
aedeu
hSe unaon
aid
JEOPARDY! TONIGHT
the Renaissarnce.andwhich went on to have ar cod Tommaso da Treviso, was probably com- Leopold Ruprecht.
who was Hitler's arms
OR LOOK IN THIS Ultimately it ended un in a beanest to the missioned for one of the many ceremoniesand armor curator, had eventually gathered
SPACE TOMORROW ne Dest pieces in the COlecion and sent
Philadelphia museum, where it went on dis- neld tnrougnout taly in tne 150Us to wel
IN THE TIMES.
play in the Gallenes 0 Ars and Armor
come the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V them to Vienna, intending that they end up
starting in l1976 as part of the Carl otto Kret- was made
Yesterday's Respons Africa. The shield about 1535 of tria. When the artifacts were returned to
WHAT IS RHODE ÍSLAND? The museum had been working with his- Wood, linen, gesso, gold and pigment and is Czechoslovakia after World War 11, there
24 1ncnes n uameter 1ne scene aepicted wee lo o0ectS missing.
tOs zec epubnc siCe 0to on the surface of the disc shows the storm- One of them was this elaborately deco-
evauate the nistory and provenance ot the
Watch JEOPARDY! by Roman soldiers, they said. That motif of art inventories from before World War I1
iece
7 p.m. on Channel 7 Italian Renaissance art, historically be- an ancient militaryViCtOry can be seen as a and a photograp Sd to around 1913-
longing to the d'Este Collection of the paranel tO the conquests or Charles v. that showed it on display at Konopiste Cas
Konopiste Castle, returns to the Czech Re Historians determined that the shield tle, museum officials said.
 THE NEW YORK TIMES, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 N C3

JESSE GREEN | THEATER REVIEw

Prisons Built
By the Needs
That Rule Us
Ngozi Anyanwus new play
explores the grief and yearning
of two lovesick characters.

NGOZI ANYANWU Started writing for the the-

iter, sne tod tne playwlgnt Jeremy0. läa
and other Rlack women aorsman of
them first or second generation Americans,

In the process, they were also developing

HE LAST
F THE LOVE LETTERS orms. Bringing surrealism and magic and

Tickets Through Sept. 25 at

upe vesrstryteg tepyS,
Writers nke Anyanwu, Jocelyn B10, Mton-
the Linda Gross Theater, Man
Chinonye Nwandu often seemed to be drag
tor or9. nning
room and into the open. with tew excep-
ame: 1 hour 10 minutes.
markers of old school dramaturgv: sofas,
Credits By Ngozi Ary
rirected by Patricia McGregor: beds, bar carts, easy chairs. Often, there
ets by ru5Uan nen cos
umes by LDede Ayite, gnisy cnoof Anvanwu's "The Last of the SARA KRULWICHT *****

tacoy DeroSer, souna Dy I Daniel d. Watts, Iront, and Xavier Scort Evans im Ngozi Anyanwus "Ihe Last ot the Love Letters, a producti0n ot AtlantiC Theater Company.
LOve Letters, which opened on sunday at
manager, Jonathan Castanien; ne Atlantc neater company's Lna withhold sometimes/A lot "Whorl Inside a Loop
proucuon manager, a n sPCe in a COLy studio gO0/ 10 gueston wom imes spems to incorporate a character so
LOngsree, associate artistic coming bed. A pair of red stilettos stands at an at all, or manyhis confinement, noIess completely that the pertormance1s a strug
he alternation between these two
aola Aame attention nearby. Teddy Pendergrass modes,though amusingiy rendered by than nis longing, Degins to seem more alle gle to Keep trom exploding. In Love Let
Presented by Atantic Theater think as I did, mioht he pven mare sa were it not for hold The hichlv nater whenever he blows anart the nlav nredict.
that this will be rned writing once again nay p
ompany, pe,r a straighttorward play about romanc aging choices by the director, Patricia Mc introduces a problem of diminishing re ably forces him to regroup.
director, Jeffory Lawson, man with all its pleasures, including the bitter- Gregor Bringing physical lite to the oscilla uns AS une mäan denvers a long mOno tstrue that people are lumpy that way;
Anyanwu (Her),
Sweet ones of recalling it after its gone ns rtne Dare text,Sne ar oneOnt as E oy WISLOve LetterserentBecuse
astgo0 Letters" like Anyanwu's "The Homecom trón into the sound hole of the ex's guitar flows in long, looping arcs of attempted se- fresh and powerful, even when taking on
DcOlt EvaS s(Ferson)
(Person), ing ueen andGood Gret does concernngnreaten tAt anoner pount, In
the long aftermath of a troubled affair, its a- dulging happier thoughts, the character Is
cvenesstnat
that metastasizes into fury r
t0 dsapontmen
burns that itsel
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gard this one as a sketch rather than

For All the Lovesick Mad Sad Geniuses." bed. blames her ("Why did you have to love me vince, given t00 ittie real estate an a
What exactly those ambitions are was not But the is-she-realy-leaving love story, it Dackand reaay short running time to rise above the
sometimes, pitifulnly, nimse.
always clear to me. Playinga woman called turns out, 1s oniy the bait for wnat tOlows. But for wnat, e ystoplan genre fiction, it may be
exacti?
vide us keys
furious comic diatribe to an absent lover configuration of Yu-Hsuan Chen's set to the ailegory, to
except hint rather broadly end of the telescope: What do those cichés
she's apparentiy ambivalent about leaving. Drings us to another worid entirely, we get that it invoives the repression of artistsS in a say about iove itset?
There's no question she's angry about how Him. The next 0minutes take place in a totalitarian state, an actor as excelent as .Seen that way, it s easier to be moved by
Dut on the Derfect lin color/1 wore the ine housing the most dangerous,psychoticthrillingly phvsical performance. he brings drawn them together as lovers and as char-
clothes you liked," she intones in the quasi- nmates. conerence tnat may not be in tne scrnpt to cters. 5otn are operduc ypes, making
poetic cadences of the script. But she just as he man inside it, played by Daniel J. ne prisoners extremes or ger and year out or tneir anecion and abnorrence. ras
Oepsto ng, wita sy Brn, ner ydu P the nroeerad enrh of neni driven o
"Okay if I'm being honest, I liked being medications by an orderly (Xavier Scott Ev This is no surprise if you've seen Watts in mad by oppression. If you substitute the
he thing you needed," shegrants, later add-ans). Katner, ne seems emouonaily Deret, ne vaney or aincunt roies nesplayed overyranny or love 1or tat Or tne stäle, "Love
ng: wouia De iying tI said it dhant teel
d
Follow Jesse Green on Twitter: @JesseKGreen. we begin to wonder whether the woman in Tina Turner Musical" and an actual pris- inescapable prisons.

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Sifting Through the Ashes of a Flop, Again

Julie Salamon revisited her 420-page book into seven 40-minute
POzistepisues
The Bonfire of the Vanities, a Camnide nd arelane mritic for
1990 film, for a recent podcast. The Times), was a kind of doula and confi-
By REGGIE UGWU dante 10r Salamon, Burding ner tnrougn he
monthslong process of translating her re-
ne dayla mbher Julie Salamon was
SOrtang through stacks of old plastic boxes mon's career as an author spanned icti0n,
ta storage unit in Lower Manhattan. sala- memoir and childrens iterature, she had no
mon, 58, 1s a journalist, author and seff-de Experiece writing tor the ear, a distinct
he mIseum of a life's work, Clauses don't work so well in audio, you
illed with relics notebookS, cipping8, have to be more direct and conversational,
Pnoros ana tapesaccuuated ror tne winkeman saia. "Think there was a Dit ota
0zen DooKS SAlamon nas pubsned since earning Curve o
Salamon had come looking for a box that things started to cick really fast. If I gave

The Devil's Canay published im

99. Sne
way
celebrated account of the making of the in- with"
nols DoXOCe nOpe
Vanities, based on Tom nire or tne
wolfes sweeping
Salamon also wanted to build on the book
v
ewepOr
tea
second season of The Plot Thickens moments of the podcast stem from the
Holywood history podcast from Turner sitions between then and now, record and
ssiC oOvIes.
Salamon was noping to nd a trove ot At first you dont have
any idea what you're
he entire course of the film's production.
trom
tne tapes contained Unuslalily doing, but then you Just
do interviews with the director, Brian start doing it.
om Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith SCRIRING THE MAKING
O
and organ Freeman-and wOuld De a AND HP poncAeT
rucial component of the podcast.
Devil'scandun uy ouna tne
b
there.Distraught, she returned to her memory. One of several indelible figures
partnent in SoHo ana resumed searcning rom tne DOOK Wnom Salamonemterviews
was there, a couple ot trantic dayS kter,
t Ronfire and a nrotéok
otégé
of De Palma's who

ull or mim cassette tapes in the back ot a was poised for a breakout career before the
arge home ofice cabinet. The bags hadnt movie bombed.
been opened for 30 years. SO many people who worked on the tilm
ich
ended its seven-episode run, was a late-c said Angela Carone, the director of podcasts
eer twist for salamon, arfording ner the at TCM who edited the season with Sala
dueoppotmytorevisit tne story ofta hte- mon. "we get to tell their full stories on the
new hetter than anvone adantations aro podcst coonerated with the
never simple-at least not when "The Bon- book returned ior the podcast. None of the
eorne vanides mvoivea.
1S
im starS Sat ror new nterviews
Putting
this poacast tOgether gave me Said that the recordings were legally sala-
ext
Salamon said. "At first you don't have ny whose voices were used in the show). Nor
aea what youre doing, Dut tnen you just aid De Palma, though Salamon said the two
start doin8 It
d on bookshelves in
9
The Devil's Candy" stunned Hollvwond I clined to sneak for shie
a

painted a VIVid and wel-sourced portrait of n the stars absence, the podcast be-
an industry tew outsiders had seen up close. COmes more systemic n ts OutioOK. 1
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nalists from shows us the idealistic and overworked

getting to0 Tar close.) Salamon, then a ilm coming a producer, the location scout guz.
AENO*
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Julie Salamon, above, who small victories amid the chaos and terror of

had made hits like "Carrie, "Scarface" and wrote 1he Devis candy, an what Salamon
account of the making of the documented 3u
E bEsts souetung ears agoOKS tnrougn a modern
erent
Ia caretet slunp of the Vanities" recently ens.
Women
1ne nrtn epIsOde zeroS n on several
who have invariadIy more precar
studio filmmaking as a high-stakes battle, in re-examined her book and the
movie for the podcast "The
wcn three ercur taconStne
sts, the executives and the audience-are
a male peers. In that episode, a present-day
Aimee Morriswhowas a 22-year-old pro-
Classic Movies. Left, Melanie
Griffith and Tom Hanks starred t0 assistant on "B0ntire angrily re
in the film, a box-office failure, h
At the center ot the story was what re
In the scene, Brodericks character photo
Copes neT haked crorcn, mng requred t
Broderick, who was then De Palmas gir
doscopic aCcount of greed and cynicism in
he "Me Decade," filled with characters who ing off her underwear and climbing up and
were easy to hate and hard to look away down a Xerox macnne
seller and media sensation in 1987, making t just made me Sick to my stomach
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pointedly this time around.
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An ActorUnafraid of the Complex Role

The intersections of race, considered the role to be closest to his actu
Peony. And the bacKwoods drawl
crime and sexuality suited co the charaC
Michael K. Williams fine. ter is surnrisinelw
Stream it on Netflix.
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omar didnt scare easily, and neither did
The Night Of
(2016)
Micnael K. williams.
Starting with his breakout pertormance ne route Williams took to get to the Yon
lead on Sept. 6 at age 54, tackled characters e reled to visit his then-incarceratad non
nat ailowed nim to expiore prOVOcanve l ew, Dominc Dupont, at a maximum-secur
tersections or rade, Cime, SEui u yprison à lntue rarner nortn, wnich
spired nis portraya n uus S

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vote character "The Wire"
was tne arug-trde gante Omar Litde,
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and he wasn't alone. Williams made Omar
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Black Market With
munity and tollowed a strict code. omar had Michael K. Williams'
alleys with his sawed-off shotgun, but he 2016)

was no w0-nesOi gangTer cowb After years of playing criminals, williams

He could also be witty, polite and clever, and took a real-ite look at how crime pays in un-
world of cops
and robbers, In his perform- this
ance, willams walkKed a nne ne Derween mentary series, Williams found connec
representing what soCiety condemned and 1ons Detween the aisparäte wOr1ds or New
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on HBO Ma.
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Boardwalk Empire" was lousy with his-
already completed- when Williams died.
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eyer
them.
Lnsky nd LuCKy LuClno among
One of the most tganga
When We Rise
known as Chalky, the conflicted unofficial (2017)
eader or Alnuc S Bck Communiy Berore playing tather and son on "Lovecraft
wnite wasSacomplex cnaracte, and the roe CountryWillams and Jonathan Majors
wider range, especially as the show increas- shared the roe or tne reale gay acvi
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with a wortny toil in the torim of the shek Dr. played him as a younger man.) Wiliams
william ns Said he assembled JOst 39 pounds to portry Jones, a vetnam
vet who had to fignt to get properea
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uncles. whether Chalky was quietly threat a8 POrtrya to De a tnbute to two or
and Eric Williams. both of whom diod
thn Ess VOlent complications from AIDS.
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mobstergenre.
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2020)
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(Season 3, 2011-12)
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willams happily satirized is own image, Rlack Market With Michael K. Williams displayed more expert comic me eharacter woldnt his most haunted and nuanced Pertorin
and guest
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Several marrererences in his guest
season 3
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a parouy or 19/0S melodramatic mini-se
"Hap and Leonardd
had never come to terms with his sexuality.
episodesin Biol08y 101, Com (2016-18)
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James Purefoy played the aimless draft like energy, allowed him to experience, per
part as a biology protessor at Greendale Williams played Rock Banyon, a tormented haps tor the first time, comfort, acceptance
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dodger (and ex-convict)) Hap Collins, and
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Searching for What Makes a Tech Mogul Tick

A writer tries to find the core lawsuit against the website Gawker, driving pubhcanwould nave Deen tine tor hiels
of a Trump fan who is also a the site and its owner to bankruptcy in 2016.
THE
co-founder of PayPal. he wanted to write a book about Thiel at all: cisms of women's suffrage and immigra-
mean, äirentyou worried neu, IKE, COme CONTRARIAN tion. But if irump won, Thiel was bound to
AFTER READING "The Contrarian" Max i echnology reporter for
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pURSUIT
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relished the thought ot Irump sticking it to
as a member
w nt nave
enigma than a hollow cipher. This isn't to many as a cultural backwater full of socially im
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iels investors put it, "He
is eftorts to narratehiels lie and under acquisitive and seemingly amoral force MAX CHAFKIN wanted to watch Rome burn.
uilder". Ayn
believes. But contrarianism tends to be re- mental libertarianism went from being an Rand's preferred term for an entrepreneur
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discourse ** cutive transition team: Palantir Thiel's lnt, TheContrarian: Peter Thiel tary-industrial complex to Silicon Valley
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to Stantord and started The Stantord wO aetoeadino (fioat
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recall, saying it precipitated a "quarter
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c6 THE NEW YORK TIMEs, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

THE ROAD TO REOPENING

Broadway Is Coming Back. It Wont Be Easy.

Actors and crews are testing
testing, testing as theater seeks
to rebound from the
devastating pandemic.
By MICHAEL PAULSON
Photographs by MARK SOMMERFELD
Broadway is back. or so it hopes.
e
and a halt arter the coronavirus
A year
pandemic torced all 41 theaters to go dark,
ing thousands out of work, some of the in.
s
uustry DBEst and DEst-Riuwsows are
resuing perormances on uesday.
u a w ei tne Pneands
return to 0Z in "WickedAoung. SCrappy
ana nungrY immigrant will toment revol
tion in "Hamilton. ne longrunn T
zle-dazzle. Plus there's one new produc ion,
tne cd00d reminscenceLCRAwnd
Blues, offering a reminder that Broadway

Broadwav's reopening is a high-stakes

gamble that theater lovers, Curure vuures
and scree-weary aventurersare reaayto
return-Vaccinated and masked-to these
elling.
But it comes at a time of uncertainty.
Back in May, when Broaaway go
hat the coronavirus nandemie was windina
down, thanks to readily available vaccines.
nce tnen, a comblnaton or vaccine nes
rorkeing aoain hile New York ic do
And
ing better than much of the nation, the city
S Sul tacng a sharp arop in tourists, Wno
typically make up two-thirds of the Broad-

gion have postponed bringing workers baack

o tneir omces, and consune appete 10r
hve theater after months or anxiety and
The inductrute rooorr
e
normousiy
important to New York City, for symbolic as
wE ds OtEdsus
nesses throughout Midtown, the tourism
Sector, and tne arts worid. But 5T0away
which has been a point of pride for New
1970s, the cleanup of Times Square in the
1990s, and tne recovery arteT ue sep
a
tackS 20 years agonas aiso come to unc
Daoetet or ue ys
With Broadway closed, New York ap-
Dears to De nng wItn rdway reopen
ing, recovery seems possible.
rn: he
sumption of theater in Australia and Britain
sunng
Dee Dupy, An ruwy 5, even
Do0m nes, d nig-risK DUusinesSTacen
even more dantin POuucerS

But there are also reasons tor hope. Four

ralblazing proauctons tne concert
ShowSpringsteen on Diauwa
ress" and "HadestownStated pertor
ances tnis summer, Serving as ladorätores
for the industry'ssafety protocols. None has

By the end of the year, il all goes as

planned, 39 shows will have begun runs on
Broaaway
much has chanoed- Therah
deaths (the virus claimed the lives of the
playwngnt lerrence MCNally and the actor
Nick Cordero) and births (the writer and di-
many who had babies), an uprising (over
ng promisesor Cnange) and 0,ecenrenearsal lor chorus member with the most Broadway And, oh yes, the show went on, with an Theaters, which runs five of the Broadway
P
downall (Or tne poe proaucer cott
Thh ich ieh A going to The biggest safety measure Broadway
ior yya a
Elay
visiting each dressing room to bestow a complicated. There are upgraded air fil-
Hirschfeld Theater, 1s S takenistO require tnateveryone i2 an
The task now: making sure everything,
and everyone, i1s ready tor showtimne. PEtO
to begin
neuednces on >ept. 24.
DIessing
The "Waitress legacy robe ceremony
ro yStes, dtEs, uDutdus ve ue
disinfectant and frequent testin8
sweu ds tp s
vaccinated (children can get in with a
De
v: the
ent, Anastacia McCleskey, was not present: Covid-19 safety officer. Disney's theatrical one except performers wear a mask.
A Positive Test She nad testea positive tor the coronavirus,
thougn Vaccinated, and was 1S01ating at
divIsion nas sSIX, Overseeimg s00 tests daily ne theater oWners, competitors who
at the company's four American produc have become more collaborative as the pan-
Before Opening Night And, at least for a while, fans can torget nounced those reauirements in July. as the
hat to do?Theater artists are nothing if
t a
was half-hour betore curtain on the not resourcerul, so another cast member about backstage tours and stage door sel- danger or the Delta vanant becarme clear. 10
night of Sept. 2, and the company orWait placed & acee cal to Ceskey, and es. ger tnere, ne nausuy nad to overcome
n
onstage at the Ethel Barrymore Theater for
one of thOSe
r h on nietr todrocein iet e o andates ondinhihit nofential
tiketh
KOOKy theater
rituaisan rooms with a virtual McCleskey along for has learned, adopted and implemented" ers and imperil family shows.
opening-nignt ceremony at which the the ide. said Jordan Roth, the president ot Jujamcyn But many producers came to believe that
 THE NEWYORKTIMES, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 N C7

"There's an extraordinary new layer of logistics that every show and

every theater has learned, adopted and implemented.
PRESIDENT OF JUAMCYN THEATERS

Strict satety protocols comtort more poten- ising nfections prompt tighter restric no 1dea how she became intected. "As sate at halr! House hghts out! And, gol Below irom let, preparing the
u
was just the right thing to do, said Robert
rformances ouer the Summer because of
positive coronavirus tests and contact trac
inehd an eariame
contact with someone or something that
Ln n
-it was clear right away that there was
and the Cursed ChildKevin
Cay. a performer in "The
wanke, Cerexecuve or tneSnubert ng alerts prompang people to go into isolä- had the virus on it," she said. She was sick work to be done. The Minskoff Theater O s Deen
no ons and operdtes
ous 17tOn uae as Snce eased and proauc for a week, but has recovered and is expect
to
stage wasn't sloping upward as it should
re or Lire NOte taken. Thats
ane The Lzon
e theater owners were slightly ahead New York has higher vaccination rates ed to onhack" she eaid and al King"; and a nurse
Orgoverment omcialsdays later, layor
Bill de Blasio announced a vaccine mandate
than Australia, and does not enploy the
contact tracing practices
ergy from the audience" Up and down Broadway, where theaters ovid
rëapid
tests for Disney on Broadway.
that initialy dis-
Wav officials are honehl shows will be ahe e Dete gtnerngust sn were
forming arts Venues 8P 1orced to close on arcn 12, 2020, design
teams and stage crews have been burnish
1ent
Whether the safety measures are suffi-
remans to De seen.
to run. They know it's inevitable that some
theater workers will test positve T0rte
ime to DusSt
All Those re-fireproofing safety cloths, and testing au
Spotlights
In Australha, wherestnct iockaowns andus, Dut are Dankg on vccines, masks,
Have a g00d show, everybody" Antonia eu evEs, yin8 to make sure ev-
spread of the virus, theaters successfully McCleskey, the "Waitress" performer Gianino, a stage manager for "The Lion *

reopened last winter Dut are now ciosed as who testedpositive on Aug. 30, Said sne nad King. Said over ner neadsEt. "House ugnts cONTINOED ON PAGE C8

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THE ROAD TO REOPENING

Broadway Is Coming Back

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10

don't know what problems you might come

1cross, Said Guy wan or Juniper street
PrOductions, wnicn wOrkS On shows includ
und "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."
wed wnt to n a situdto wnere
we start nang proDems arter audiencCes

For the most part, shows reported that

heir physical productions held up reason
Dy weEven rats gave tnererSDeak
donte han faaranha hHradhi
ngs, probably because there were few food
ources.
But there were other issues as a shut-
ragged on much longer. "Six," a new musi
al whicn imagines the wivesot Henry i
P al d, lldu tO replace all ot itS plastic-
hough they had been stored in blankets in
natemptto prevent aamage
Everything turned from bright beautiful

divas-in-fudor-garb outfits, and who wound

p then ennergency roOm wintne corona
virus on the day Broadway shut down. "All
One upside: the new costumes should be
sturdier and shinier.
At Hamilton, too, the pandemie pro
00 lights were replaced with newer tech-
nology. For the remaining fixtures, crews
ent cranes upinto the thes to clean out inte

ew ire retardant. we iterally started

rom ne top or tne tneater, and are ceaning
all tne way down, said Sanay Parädise, he
Some theaters felt like time capsules. As

Sociate lighting aesigner caroyn wog t

r. Her last set of show notes popped up on
he screen, dated Friday, March 13, 2020.
It's not often, she said wryly, "we let ouur
quipment sit unused for 18 months."

Getting in Shape Again,

Vocally and Physically
Kevin Clay was working aregister at Trader
hought he should t hing is toes.
Oof
He had Spent five years in various pro
it had hon ODutnow
stage, and he just wasn't as flexible as he

had been doing the show eight times a

and then I
went from that to nothing" he

ureus o PETOmes retum to

rocondaninc er hodesheir uoes
and their minds. some shows are adding ex-
rd
reneaSia netO walupo, oueoae

dical programs fo
cused on helping actors Be, E g
back: the Center for voice and Swallowing
it Columbia University Medical Center de
prooram to help performers rebuild vocal
strengtn, texibility ana endurance that 1s
being usea Dy Dear Eva ansend
ne
Center for Dance Injuries at NYU Langone
orthopedic Hospital developed "Back to
Broadway strengthening and Stretching ADOve, ctewand muscns sessment to pick up folks Who had voice lessons, seeking to rebuild vocal the 5-pound covid on me, she said. its
P ced more work to address"he said willino to relurn to the ovm becauseof nostamina aho havino the rrenoth to do
t injuries after the strike season, and I saw newSgh tor cago BetoW Cay, who will be starring as Elder Price tential coronavirus exposure, ne supple eight shows eek, days a week."
wie asedl eturned tnere was an gnt, Adrianna HickS in On Broadway wnen ormon resues nenteu ourdo0rrun8 wtn weignt trd
increase in the injurea list said D. Michael renearsal ror I pertormances on No.3, said he nad notuced ng and core wOrk m nis apartnent.
Kcited,
became clear to me that musical theater performing. "I lost a fair amount of muscle because I couldn't shake the thought that rannC Jams
peTtormerS re
atetes, tneyTe gong
andgetting
to have the same problems back on
ssuy
same,
apuone
s 0e he
and my arms don't look the same, It
ever
wasn't etac
to wnereasne sld
until we ran the whole show from
At Kehearsal Studios
Talk about déja vu: the stars of Six" re-
ealth thev're deconditioned and heina **
ettiing win
ke OK now I can see it. and
I'm excited to turnedto the New 42nd street studOs tis
LSked to ramp up qncky The doWntime affected his voice, too. On keep pushing until we get there. Summer to re-rehearsSe a show that came
Mark Hunter-Hal, a physical therapy su aay ne
tne earneu LDa aSOn, a pertormer in "Girl From Wtnin so minutes of its Broadway opening,
T d iehthe after, ment andied rain as bit of a12 rderanind e caca
The of Six" is among Broadways
effects of Covid-19 for those performers who brutal wake-up call," he said. exercises and drum lessons, because she most striking. A British pop musical
nad bouts Of the aisease. "we do an injury He sprang into action. He signed up tor drumsin the show. "LIKe many people, I had dreamed up by two cOilege students, it was

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Tm excited to go back and to feel the energy from the audience

AN
ACTRESSAN
A

loor.

al
he
dress
walter Kerr ner
production stage manager, Beverly Jenk
ns, called the show rom nsiae a Dootn en
cSe pstc ur nende
words to the songs and bopped up and down
in ner cnair as sne exuberantuy gave ugnte
cues.
Carney his big ber,
"Wait for Me" the crowd of essential work
ers invited to the rehearsal roared, andd a
gtt ne neadset exclaimed
Mm hmm" he caid Then sho rallod the
next cue.

Using the Pause

For a Racial Justice Reset
The band for"Hadestown"is smal, and five
vE uiis atwE E.
Thats not atypicalorchestras are a sec
verse but itis conspicuous because the
layers are seted otag as
g neC, tne pOlice Killing
r GeorgeT P h
"Hadestown" band took action. They real
1Zed theycOula anrectay entect cnE D

cause on 5roadway, individual musicians

.
when they are away, and many are awaya

Dana Lyn, tne snows v1Onist and one o

which each member of the band pleded1
that at least two ot their five "subs" would
De peopie Of color, incuding one who woula
wwe honh
will do the same, they wrote on Instagram.
Lyn said the change shouldnt be that
hard. "Even if you don't have women
e
there in New York City," she said, by way of
example. 10u migt go nnd tnem.
he band pleage 1s One or tne more co

ersity concerns that arose during the

iver
pandemic, Dut there are Droaaer measures
00.

HNL Broddwy 5Sceuedtoreature at east

son, a historically large number. Also,
ear-old organization led
United negotiated a "New Deal" with a vari-
BiaCK neater
a

hiring all-white creative teams and to re

name some theaters after BlaCK artists,
aunong otner stepsS.
tistreatment and n
o combat racism. New fellowships and
Et produes
ure
pruEs DEg dieu to
tors of color.

There are also new positions being creat

u,specay at snows wiun mulaple pro

ague and "Moulin Rouge!" are among

he entities hinng airectors of equty, diver
nd mciusiOn, while "Wicked" hired

"Iwant to be part," Alexander said, "of

making this teei mnore nke ne coiuny
we were assuming it was."

The Show Won't Go On

For Everyone
On the road back to Broadway, there have
Darrenng tOward openng nignE witn a nuge Eliza ohman, an associate choreogra-dollop of disquiet, as artists steel them We literaly started from the astine issues: Some children
aged out or their roles, while some grown-
ergized and youthful fan base dubbed the check in. "Feel OK?" she would ask. "It's or some big shutdown again," Pauly ac said Sandy Paradise, the head
eeno, FOnowin8 nontnOT previeWS, Comng Dack, gnt noweuged.tnK 10T OTpeople are Tee w
sPrperto o ur ari on Titter
ernendS nd raniy nad now nto e he answers varied. "T feel like used to
look I ng
that way, untortunately 3roadway
at
odon
tne
cnard that he would defy a Washington State pol-
was waiting downtoWn, the opening was tant Samantha Pauly (she plays Katherine show, first in studios and then in theaters, Below
let, costumes tor "sIx
anceled. Oward) Sad as She workEed tnroug a nas proved cOstuysl4 milnon to $4 mi u churc aren nvo ert starng roe n
show plans to begin a second dance move. "just don't remember it" An- lion per show, according to the Broadway PandemC, SO they are being to be unjust. Celia Rose Gooding is ventur
Oct. 3,So one August morning, clad inleo- edged of one
pose. ahW Square. The New 42nd Street Studios are special effects at "Harry nnaroner, aeparang Jagged
ng intone
Little Pill for "Star Trek."
ards and sweatshirts, cast members took it But at another point, when a dance booked for months, partly because an un- Poter and tne ursed
Lnd
rom tne top, reaay to aiscover wnat they nE t au erubetnt usual number 0r Shows are reneasing at
when Broadway shut down have opted not
h
themselves with the sound of the harpsi- pletive.
ni hohoohr uh o e r to return. Among them were two big musi
cals, "Frozen" and "Mean Giris," that had
productions; and partly because Covid-19
chord and the teel ot a hip roll. At SIx, as at many snows, there is also a protocois mean there s ony one show per cONTINUED ON PAGE C10
 THE NEW YORKTIMES, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

THE ROAD TO REOPENING

Broadway Is Coming Back

BY
HOTOCRAPHS MARK SOMMERFELD FO

cONTINUED FROM PAGEC9 lease, posed a major complication, he message: "The stage is calling name, Ccals, including "Hamilton," "Hadestown" Above, crew members for
Deen sorteing at the bOX Office and cnose to said, because rights restrictions prevented and I got a big production number to do. so and "six, are seling strongly, while plays he Lion King" testing the
rerocus energy on touring. 1hen there
ther the musical from reopening during the come see me re struggling. But there's a dearth of data, show's lighting and sound.
w
N ns avers ndoW. eng so ng s
snWS redy tO run onetngDcasenerdwayLegleore ee no
McDonaghs "Hangmen and a revival of bers of the creative team are based in Eu- That's one reason productions an fidence, has decided not to disclose box of- mural backdrop. Below right
rope. "In the end, Diller said, "it just col nouncea their opening dates months ago, grosses this season. Nalman putting some
War AlDees wn0S Araid Or Virginia
apsed of its immense weight even though they required oniy tour or ive CeHoping to shore up sales, the Broadway finishing touches om her
latest to fall: Ivo van Hove's highly
Cpteu, polariz.ing revival of "West Side ings and r and rows of seats to fill eight agency have both begun marketing cam-
Story whch opene ree
the shutdown. The snow was always going n The Stage Is
aiert tans that Broadway was coming back, iCes auring tne pandemic are Dack at work
Calling My Name
elaborate onstage rainfall it was expensive The Delta variantcOmbicated the mar, eratina o of WoWork nacps
to run, and the avant-garde staging ot a od s ea keting strategy. Back in the spring And the long-delayed 1ony AWards cere
sSiC
Soe
msc wasOE Tor everyone. AISO,
Spielhero which could boost or
ddinelinmarl ntoothin a own
cording studio to tape a radio spot.
r producers thought they could count 0n a mony, honorng work perormed during the

ampen interest in the stage production.

nce the ead produoer, Rudin, stepped
ns aone sSnare r ene wo, attention to broadening that audience. But
as the news about the pandemic grew in
way's reopening.With most awards relegat-
ed to a stream on ParamountPlus, the two-
ers Rarry Diller and David Geffen.
vho had put $20 million into the project.
Broadway is open, or might e
icht hetant
be hesitant to
return, that it's time to emerge from isola-
to cringy aanng the insty
that
deced ur radasDeonatey
industry officials hope will encourage
ing in the Northeast.

on ,
eral aid.
eu g
1O milion in fed
d
ot o
se is 0 ou, Dr nyThe
ing, hands gesticulating. "It's a lamp, actu-
That poses a challenge tor shows lKe
Phantom of the opera" and chicago
tourists, but also for new shows like "Mrs.
ucket Duying.
Scott said he was eager to do his part to
patrons still seem uncertain as to whether
e ted ike cräzy to be abie to ao it, up
until the last minute when we said it just, Alter a lew more beats like that-"Tm
Doubtire whien coula benent irom a na*
tional audience nostalgic for the film.
Broaaway is Dack.
"Ive had questions from family mem
now anticipating a Dec. 10 re- ec
hemovie, (see what did there?)"-he landed on the
i dotal reports suggest that a handful of musi- Scott said. Yes, it's happening

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Preventing an Get out of that chair: Female physicians

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sCIENCE | MEDICINE |
TECHNOLOGY | HEALTH TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 DI1

TheXew iork Times

ALegacy of Neglect
Limits Hopeful Steps
.NEw TORK TUMES

New gene therapies for By GINA KOLATA ing pain, hospitalization and organ damage, This is a time of great promise for Amer An experea
dnu wouu nave bseu
CAp ******
Dl Tcnt roars elinical trials ofthree obando received
sickle cell disease are MESA, ARIZ.- Helen Obando, 18 and soon to
De angn scnoo1 senor, oDied rrencnnes But in 2019 she became the first Ameri- gene therapies for sickle cell have produced 5uccesstully rid her o
promising but costly. aan
Dressed in cate er ecan
a nalter top and shorts, ner to0e
teenager with sickle cell to be declared
free of the disease six months after under
astonishing esults for a few dozen ucky
participants like Helen, raising hopes that a
her sickle cell disease.
make new friends" she
Progress requires more to cure her. Her svmptoms have yanished. of the 100 o0.
plans to enroll at a community college, Said, "and get out into
government funding. teach hip-hop dance and become a traumaShe assures teenagers she met at a camp who have the disease. And in the midst of a
the world.
nurse someday. tor children with sickIe cel: One aay they pandemic that has laid bare profound racial
For most ot her life, such modest dreams can have what I had. inequities in health care, President Biden
ears off unless the
federal government finds a way to speed But the hope is shadowed b
born with sickle cell disease. Since baby- weu by a legacy of
hood, she had experienced epiSodes of sear progress. cONTINUED ON PAGE D5

Black Vulture Attacks

Put Farmers on Edge
are often called
Some worry the birds are andsometimes preying on the mothers
ultures
narures garbage
disposals Decause u preying on live animals; others
ne
really
ten
cOupre or years tney nave 80
astaggressive said John Hardin. a
them to eat dead and
iseased a carcasse
with impunity. But some
think the issue is overblown.
By JIM ROBBINS
The scenes described of Indiana farmlands
ISve, ,
ern Indiana, about 20 miles north of Lou
wno orten sees elgnt to orthe
birds on his farm. At least two of his calves
bevond
have gone and elsewhere seem as if they leapt from a "They like the navel area, and they will take
scavenger to predator
n
Paige noror nove, Wtn DlCK Vtures
descending into the torests and pastures of
t a
the way dowim to tne bone and hide.
Vultures are often called "nature's
EFarmers tell of ferocious attacks on their adapted digestive and immune svstemsen.
swesorneed,uncsu able them to eat dead and diseased animal
deredlargeblack birdsteasting on newborn carcasses with impunity. While scavenging
NPULLNYWHKS, vIA ASSOCIATED PRESS o u u 8 " uet
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 D2 N THE NEW YORK TIMES, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Observatory
FINDINGS, EVENTS AND MORE

ROMEO GACAD/
AGENCE. FRANZPRESSI-Ca
iMAGES

THE LARGEST LIZARD

Komodo Dragons Look Terrifying, but They're the Ones in Danger

The Komodo dragon has earned its
status as a reptilian icon.
ts got this fearsome reputation" international
said Craig Hilton-laylor, a biologist
The new label is intended to spur
policymakers and con
lives on Flores, a neighboring island.
While experts consider the na-
The carnivorous lizard can grow with the International Union for servation groups to strengthen and tional parks Komodo dragon popu
up to 10 teet long and has a forked Conservation of Nature. ts Ike expand protections tor the giant liz- lation to be stable and well pro-
ngue, serrated teeth, armored seeing your storybooks come alive." ard in its natural habitats. tected, the species still faces mount
scales and venom-laced saliva. The But now, the worlds largest living Komodo dragons are native to ing obstacles to its long-term sur-
dragons can detect flesh from miles lizard has moved one step closer to Indonesia and found in the countrys vival. Komodo dragons are
away while hunting an impressive being wiped out in the wild. Komodo National Park, a UNESCO particularly vulnerable to envi
array of prey, including deer, boars, Komodo dragons, previously a world heritage site that includes the ronmental changes because they
horses, water buttalo-and one "vulnerable" species, have been re- namesake island and a number of inhabit a limited belt of land be-
another. Females are even known to classified as "endangered" by the other islands. A more poorly under- tween the islands' coasts and steep
eat their oftspring conservation organization. stood population of the species also forested hills. MARION RENAUILT

ARS PE AL ONIARO

FOSSIL HUNTERS SCORE BIG

ST
An Anciet, Hungry Predator
BEAUTY IS ONLY FUR DEEP
Made Others Seem Sman
Here's HOW a Cat Some s0 milon years ago.a prediator swept over the
May Get Its Stripes
LOOK OUT FOR FLYING MAGMA
NLL DATATLA VIA tneD
st Dottoms

team of geneticists said in the journal Nature Communications bodied worms into a puckering, circular mouth. In 2018, a team of
nat it identitied a gene in cats that plays a role in creating a stripe When Volcanic Bombs paleontoiogists trom the koyal ontario Museum discovered the
pattern. How patterns emerge "realy has been an unsolved mys- Don't Live Up to Their Name preserve Snel or that ancient nunter in tne canadlan KocKIES. Im
ery, said Dr GegoryS. Barsn, an autnor or the report. t would be reasonable to hear the term "volcanic bomb" and the journal Royal soCiety Open Science, the team identified the
We think this is really the first glimpse into what the molecules presuppose that such an object tends to explode. But many or 19-1nch animal, which they named Titanokorys gainesi, as one of
might be" that are involved in the process, he added. he eariest
famous for hi work dated
tnese oojeCts ral to detonate.
blisters ot magma-are
1nese voicanic Dombs-moten
shot Out of a volcano submerged by a
imals were
the size of your little finger,
ack to a paper by Alan Turing, ode break- this would have been a very large predator and probabiy near the
ing. He wrote a paper called "The Chemical Basis of Morphogene
S uy 0r we n tne process, te Doos ue peny top or the to0d chain, sad Joe MoySiuk, a Ph.D. student at the
sis" in 1952 that "really laid the groundwork for the entire field of vigorously boiled into steam.
natnematcal Drou8, D. Da The sudden accumulationof steam within the projectile should itanokorys Deionged to a time wnen the tirst ecosSystems were
ne paper describes what is called a reaction difusion proceSS taking shape.over a hal-billion years ag0, the Ediacaran-fuil of
n which two chemicals, One that stinmulates gene activity and one
Dlast it apäart n
midar"ROCRS cannot surVVe in tne lace or thäat
pressure, said Mark MCGuinness, a mathematician at Victoria
Predators
evolved and many maior animal orons that srill
University of wellington in New zealand. And yet so many bombs
searchers who study the development of coat patterns have today appeared: it's called the "Cambrian explosion."
tnougnt tnat tnis procEss coud proauce stnpes in cat coats, Dr was aDsoutely mind-bogging, Jean-Bernard aron, curitor
EBtsn sand tne tean researen ad cuirne us nypOnesis. forces with Dr. McGuinness and Emma Greenbank, also a math o nverteorate pajeontoogy at the Royal ontano Museum, said ot
ne study shows tor the tirst tine that tne gene DKRA and the the find. "A fossil like that is very rare. The find highlights hoW
ematician at the university. They built a mathematical model that
protein it produces are central to the process, he said. Dkk4 is the much there is to learn about the Cambrian, Dr. Caron said. "weve
Snuated e tauncu Or a Doo rom a vitud vorcano. surace of these
nnioitor in the process. There were diterent amounts ot DKKA In Reporting their results last week in The Proceedings of the Dnly scratched the mountains ASHER ELBEIN

Royal Society A, the team concludes that water both makes and
ting the genes that produce other signaling molecules, Dr. Bars eruse
said. More telling, when there was a mutation in the Dkk4 gene, oward the surface, it depressurizes, and the
tne stnpes Decame thinner. JAMES GORMAN water inside escapes as a vapor, creating bubbles. That clump of ets of science for mobile
Toamy magma then gets launched readers: nytimes.com/trilobites
nd becomesa Domo. 1ne
water tnatthen intiltrates it violenuy Dois oft, But tne teams
mathematical simulations show that the bomb's already foamy
nature means there are myriad pathways that the steam can
Escapt,uus Sloppang al ExposiO KoBIN GEORGE ANDREWS

We have a lot of people who are dutifully putting materials into the recycling bins that have the recycling symbols
on them, thinking that they're going to be recycled, but actually, they're heading straight to the landfill.
Ben Allen, a California state senator who sponsored a bil that would ban companies from using the recycling arrows symbol on their products unless they can prove the material is in fact recycled in
most california communities.
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MATTER | CARL ZIMMER

A Company Aims to Restock the Woolly Mammoth

Colossal is looking to bring
thousands of the extinct
animals back to Siberia.

TEAM OF Scientists and entrepreneurs an

nounced on Monday that they have started
new company to genencauy resurrect tne
woolly mammoth.
amed Colossal, aims to
place thousands of these magniticent
DEdsts DaCK 0n the Deran tundra, tho
sands of years after they went extinct.
George Church, a biologist at Harvard Med-
Cal Senoo, Wno TOT years nas DEen leaang
Sm tem or nounngntng esearcnes
moths "It's erence
going to make all the differ
in the worid.
The company, which has received S15 mil-

hrehl
abs of its own in Boston and Dallas.
A TOTTer resercner im DE Cnurcns la0,
Eriona iyso, wil Oversee e
genes for mammoth traits. The researchers
hope to produce embryos ot these mam-
moth-like elephants in a tew years, and ulti
Other researchers are skeptical that C0

ce DDyamon
us ethical questions. Is it humane to
proauce an animal whose biolo8 we knoow
thev ean hefreed osentiallvtohanse the and other living species to a preserve inSi- from investors ranging from Climate Capi- Ben Lamm, left, the founder of against the possible suffering that they
oeetemof rrac omfomd
n pro w beria they've called Pleistocene Park, in the tal, a private equity firm that backs efforts the lexas-based artificial mugnt experience in Deing Drougnt into ex
V
"There's tons of trouble everyone is going land. Dr. Church argued that resurrected klevoss twins. known for their battles over Hypergiant, and George on't have a mother for a speces
enen t hehersrhor of woolly mammoths would be able to do this
more etmCienuy. ne
restoTeu grasSl
Facebook and investments in Bitcoin.
Stswi uy to make an ee
Church, a biologist at Harvard
eucal ben01.
hat -if they are anything like elephants
es extraorainany stron8 mother-intant
How to Cone a Mammoth.
would keep the soil trom melting and erod- phant embryo with its genome modified to DOns
at st tor avery ong tmese
The dea Demna O055 n eB heat-trapping carbon dioxide. the scientists will need to remove DNA from on the ground, who is making Sure that
r SKetCned it out in a
ney re Deing loOKed alter?
Durensproposaatacteaat
tention the press but
from little funding be- oatanmammoth-like
eiepniantgana
DNA.
replace t witn the
Tm not making a bold And colossals investors my nave 9ues
Researchers were earning how to recon
struct the genomes of extinct species based Peter Thiel. Dr. Church's lab piggybacked anlonhan a deen ""****8*g othe mako an mnoM mm
o
n fragments of DNA retrieved from fossis. mammoun research on to otner, Detter Hysollh and hercolleagues will also invest GEO RCH
dicted that the company would be able to
ifferences that set ancient species apart nded experments.ns setOT TOOIs n gate turning ordinary elepnant tissue into HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL Spin or new rorms Or geneuc engineerng
from their modern cousins, and to begin to
ngure o how those difterences in DNA
ioHysolli
Dr. said.
e h enan
8One,
sre w
eo heae
Initialy, LDr. Church envisioned implant-
eve reCnnoogy
fident that there
will be technologies that come out of it that
Church, who is known for inventino
Dr. Anaiyzng ne geomes or woouy am ing embryos into surrOgate lemale ele
ways oreading and editing DNA, won ys0n and pnants. But ne eventualy SOured on the o, Mr. Lamm saia. "But im tne snort tern,
portant differences between the animals tilization for elephants, buildine a herd
nolooies that we know will speed up the
Because Asian elephants and mammoths and elephants. They zeroed in on 60 genes would be impractical, since he would need process and the etiCieney ot hot just bring
share a common ancestor that lived about t erpes sugetst re npur SO many surrogares. ng Dack tne mammotn, Dut im tne rewidng
Church decdeu o
ix million years ago, Dr. church thought it sch as hairfat and the ol mammoths artificial
mamee
of U.C. Santa Cruz is skeptical
might be pOssiDe
nhat distinctively high-domed SkUll. ine tissue grown from stem cells. "Im not about the Companys prospects. teels to t
would look and act like a mammoth. rank, T was planning on Siogglng making a bola prediction this is going to be me that a mammoth is a long Way in the tu
Beyond scientific curiosity, he argued, re- along at a slow pace" Dr Church said. Butin easy he said. "But everything up to this ture," she said. NevertheleSs, she nOpes t

ved wooiuy mammotns couldheip the en founder of the Texas-based artificial intelli- we've gone after, we've been able to get a help species that are endangered but not
North America is rapidly warming and re- gence companyHypergiant who was in recipe for" yet extinct.
Edsg cairbon aloxXIde, "Mammoths are hy- gued oy tne de-extinction 1dea. The idea has a few precedents. At the For example, scientists may be able to
Pherca On to ths, Dr. Cnurch the two hitit of. After about a day of beine searchers have developeda sealed
as
that se dowino them

wa
Today the tundra is dominated by moss.
But when woolly mammoths were around,George, we were pretty passionate on pur-
Be S0me
dsSlnd. researeners
ecosystem enoinerers maintainino the the
Sg Lamm said. s, .
in the lab and spending a lot of time with

p Colossal to
support Dr. Church's work, all the way from
can support a fetal lamb for four weeks, for
example. But Colossal wil need to buld an
artificial uterus big enough to house a fetus

200 pounds.
with genes for resistance to a pathogen, Sne
Sald. oner species mignt De enncned witn
genes to better tolerate heat and drought
"I worry that for lots of species today, the
grasslands by breaking up moss, knocking
own trees and providing tertilizer with
tinkering with DNAtoeventuaily placing
Tunctional mammoth,as Dr. Hysolh cals 1t,
a Heather Bushman, a philosopher at the
London school of EconomiCs, said that
pace of climate change and the pace of hab-
itat degradation is such that evolution isn't
ian ecologist have imported bison omnar tundra l
s
gnthaohed
panys initial funding comes to the w weigeu

Black Vulture Attacks Joe cain, ot the Kentucky Farim Burea,

said that the black vultures Degan aPpear
by
2015, Kentucky had begun the new per-
mitting system just instituted in Indiana.

Put Farmers on Edge w

were ony nitting the not spots,
ohleme are the ones who call us.
There 's a lot more out there seeing depreda-
Mr.

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reports of black vultures preving on live an are stillborn or dying, and they jump in on gram out there to help them protect their
mals are relatively unheard-o, Some ex them quickly," he said. But, he added, "the nepers nave notS canyre
PETtS
Sa and one expresseu SNEptcis
na pret udt uney are preuaOy on nveEstck 1s
said. In Kentucky, about s00 to 600 cows a
imiana this summer "In my view it should be considereu
proved alarming enough that farmers are because its not well documented," he said. that more lambs, Kid goat5, ne
now allowed to quicklyobtain permitsac ne vuures may Occasionaly attack chickens ana turkeys nave been feliea as
qurero tne ..FIsnandwiaeser enyca, ne sd., But, are wereallyt Vuiture populations increase.

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sDecause ot climate Dr more respo it occurring, it makes a whole lot more
han ma
Dr. Grant Burcham is a veterinary diag A he had received 45 Te
From 2007 to 2019, breeding populations nostician at the Heeke Animal Disease Di quests for "take" permits and had autho The attack of a vulture on live prey is a
f black vultures increased at rates of1 per- agnostic Laboratory at Purdue University rized 22 Snce the program went into etect gnm Scenarro, larers say. lne bird orten
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PcRS he eyes, tne nose, and na-
mouth
alf
with the exception of small portions of the killed by vultures and euthanized two oth- shoot three birds, Mr. Slipher said there was valued at $1,000.
GU coast and sout enrl nda,
cording to an analysis of eBird data by
ers that were attacKed. Altopsies showea
the calves were not healthy
a better Strategy. They are a nuisance 1or otnerreasons,
ney tear aspnat singles ot n0uses,
the
two had iam aavISing, dont go out tnere and t00
One of the country's leading ornitholo a broken legand mav have been selected tha thina w ht thienartiealar aund vehicle sunroofs and tear un seat
gsts is nigniy Skeptcal about tne scope Or Dyuntures wno sensed tneir vuineraDnty. Speciesis that they react substantially to e covers on tarm equipment and boats.
predaton exprtessed coCerns bout A ecent paper conciuded tnat te nc ngies or tneir own iKE. we are encouragng neir stomach acia Is neary as corrosive
rn f 1100 erie rotor Arontin edin h bl t
der the century-old international Migratory though perceived to be frequent, was not Tt'san approach that has helped the hard- others places where they roost.
Brd ireaty ACt, narmng tnem witnout per common at all est-hit proucers in KentuckySomewhat. But uures are aso a proven and critical
Although real and talse hanging effngies are part of the ecosystem. Massive die-ofts of

ere and say they don't kill healthy calves, evidence of predation was lacking. "What is are studies that show they work, the effec because of widespread use of a veterinary
d Jonn W. IUzpatnck, tne receny Te Totaly unknown in naiana and most places tiveness is not well understooxa. urug toxcC to tne Drds. nat eu to an
tired director ot the Cornell Lab oI Ornitho is how often this happens," he wrote in an you use an effigy to disperse a roost, crease in rabies. Vultures used to clean up
f
For seven years, he managed the Arch- 8oals of our ongoing research. a
do they just move to roost down the road appeared, dogs began feeding off the waste,
bold Biological station in Central Florida, Marian wah, a doctoral student with Dr. and keep going back to the same farm?" and as their numbers increased, so did the
which includes a working cattle ranch Zollner at Purdue, who is studying the birds Ms. Wahl asked. incidence of rabies.
 D4 N THE NEW YORKTIMES, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

ADino Killer and a Rosetta Stone, Too

The story of a rock's impact forming "the forensics, if you will, about
Where the impactor came irom." He added,
could help unlock secrets intriguing because it was such an im-
Its
portant event for the evolution of our planet
about the origin of life itself.
Dr. Gulick also noted that the study high
By BECKY FERREIRA
he first
gnted tne nazardS that asteroias poSe
While these are amone the most crucial
mo CrOSS me, ncudng riskS aced Dy 0ur
ments in humankinds beginnings, our most planet-bound avilization. Tne Chicxulub
iramaac ogin storystarts oo non yeas quently invoked as the ultimate argument
go. It was the apCaly puc mstant we a rOrvestng in planetaly derensereseren
terminating the age of dinosaurs and
even- ana tor expandingour species Deyona
ually offering a bountiful new world to our AOug s wortn noting that
ammaian ancestors. empt from large-scale asteroid impacts.)
For 40 years, scientists have studied the
But Chicxunub also sheas hgnt on some or
as the Chicxuub imnactor Tdo evocauve uestons aDou e
the most
emergence of life. Dr. Kring has long been
pactor represents more than just one bad
1ay on Earth; instead, It has become a kind produce a wealth of research about the mi-
f Rosetta Stone that can decipher deeper Crobial ecOsystems tnat cropped up m the
on our planet and across Tanout o tne apocaly pluc evE
ture of civilization,
ne galax There s an argument that stupulates that
ne Cniexund impact event completey
modified the geologic and biologicevolution
only the perturbation of the evolution of life,
Dut actlally involved in the origin ot
le on
our planet, he said. Understanding these
tary oeplooist who leads the.Center for I
nar Science and Exploration in Houston
processes Is important, and 0urDEest neason
ina wno was part ot the team that a- Earth are going to come from the youngest
nounced the discovery of the ChiCxulub im-
these impactors, like Cicxulub, because
insula in 1991, "That is such a bio scientific SALY DENG eevaence is more robust.
story win popular aPpeal Decause t exa The mission Dr. Gulick helped lead con-
guished dinosaurs and cleared the slate, author of the study and director of the de Outer asteroid bet. This distant region be destrover and a crucible of life. As the re
you will, for mammalian evolution that led
if ANASA supercomputer
o nurnans offers insights into the partment of space studies at the Southwest tween Mars and Jupiter contains manyearcners plumbed eptns ot the
the
ntific and
the Dublic for Chicxulub event. KEsearcn nstitute in 5oulder, COl0. miles-wide carbonaceous asteroids similar O0osaay event,they oUng dustyracesor
years to come. The Icarus study is part of a constant to the Chicxulub impactor. But these rocks the impactor Sandy backwash trom the
For decades, scientists argued about the
Use of the dinosaurs' deaths. VolcanicC
ann artiientthenn
controversy. Early this year, for instance,
ne reen as-
teroids in the inner region of the belt, where
mains of organisms that thrived in its after
man.
oronosed. but the seientifie cornseneue a Harvard niversity team revived the pos- there are fewer objects that match Chicxu- Pernaps mOst astonishing,a study pub
tled on a rock from space being the killer
SiDilnty thnat tne ipactor was a comet, uDS Composition. sneu ts Summer described modern-day
to
where one of the laroest imnactors that adopters, still living in the shadow of the ca-
preme that scientists have pieced together
Another scientist, Lisa Randall of Har has hit Earth over recent time came from," Lastrophe that was colonízed by their fore-
hat fateful day. resea
and other vard, even zoomed out to present a galactic D 5ottke said.ESSentally, a lot ot tne pos E
writing what could be called the preque.
view of the Chicxulub event. In her 2015 Sibilities we had tried just werent panning tsamäzing to me that you can navean
Seeking une extraterestrial origins ot tune andall proposes the Milky Way con
that like we were missing something then 66 million years later, you stillhave life
event to which we partialy Owe our exist°
tains a layer ot dark matter, a mysterious he teams supercomputer approach re t sprevious
preset dt 1cattDaue
As more advanced tools and technique potnetical substance, tnat
Outer solar system comets toward Earth.
can neip nuuge vealed tmat Chiexunub-ike asteroias escape
from the outer belt about 10 times more fre
sOn a bigger scale,
conanaon, Dr Sad.
maybDe you
Gunck
can generate
ecome available, scientists have been able
0 extract new and precise insignts about enificant following, it demonstrates how That boosts the odds that the dinosaur- history and have ecosystems survive after-
this epic wipeout on our planet, and whatt ward. 1nat retlects one of the Ways in which
Chicxulub attracts prismatic perspectives killing rock may have ornginated there.
rom the words o COsmoio8, COmputa This is confirmation of a really cool idea, you mignt get ite goung
1shed in July in the Journal lcarus that
tional science, astroDiO108) and other fields. andI think it helps me understand a lot n this sense, the Cnicxunud impactor
SOugnt teongdoe or
teexuuD to the supercomputer was a "game chang- anein she Earh ouer hillions of vears time capsule of biological disaster and the
mpactor. It did this by leveraging the
im er" for his team, enabling theresearchers to Dirth or new ite. Other lite-bearing worlds
iades sunerrommter to model the motioe run simulations or a nuge asteroa popud
Dr. Sean
Bottke said.
Gulick, a planetary geopnysicist at across the Muky way mignt De similary
ons the Uiversity of lexas at Austin who was
of roughly 130,000 asteroids in tion over the course of hundreds of millhons saped Dy asteroid impacts, win tales or
the main belt
eveen tne rits or Mars and Juprer Ihis Big Data technique helped to match expedition that obtained precious rock This
This is an issue that potentially goes ar
"Ultimately we want to solve big ques the strong geological evidence that the im- cores from the Chicxulub crater, said the pa- beyond the extinction of dinosaurs, Dr.
105, and this kind oT WOTK a0ws us to get pactor was a carbonaceous asterond nd per was dn nteresting approac to per Nng sd.

Deflecting Some Asteroids Requires Gentle Nudging

Years of experimenting give said. eRoughly
pound, cost the team about $9o0. wOrKIng Wwithin the firing
The thinking is different today, and it's of the
half meteorites
belonged chamberat NASAS Ames
researchers some insight into ot tne iOuywood version witn & nuciear yp w ds taDouEus co vertical Gun Range in
how to protect Earth. bomb, either. Rather, the current leading drites, wich tend to be rélatively rich in ritas to
ea hat scientists generally nary chondrites, which typically contain determine when they stop
By NAIHERINE KORNE
agree, is deliberately setting up a collision ess carbon. Importantiy, Dotn types are Deing nudged by an inmpaict and
neres pOUy ah between an asterou and a much smaller, epresentanve or tne nearEartn asteroids instead start to fragment.

ross hairs. Scientists have in fact spotted

less massive object. Known as Kinetic im-
t poe tne rgest sto ur pianet.
E canadate Bennu, wnich has a smalltraiector of the actoroid sliahtlv ree TThe team turned to an Apollo-era facility These results have implications for de
chance ot banginB into ou planet u with the intent that its orbit changes to test now the meteortes responded to ectng a re asterOId, tne team suggests.
ther asteroid the ouestion will be how to enough to pass harmlessly by Earth. ngn-speed mpacts. NASAS Ames verdcal If an asteroid richer in carbon was headed

avoid a very unwelcome cosmic ren

It may barely miss, but barely missing is r nloes to prevent it from
aezvous. Kinetic impact deflection is a promising how moon craters form. It's capable of breaking up.
For almost 20 years, a team of re a
ad currenay reäsiore-technique, said Poees at over T0ur mucS per YO gnt nave to use muluple im-

a
Scenario. Using specialy designed eun.
Dan Durda, a planetary scientist at the
Estaren institute in Boulder,
second
e
can shoot things at the
esneeds charact pacts, Dr. Flynn said.
villtest tic
veepeatedly 1ired projectiles at mete impact deflection on a real asteroid in the
orites and measured how the space rocks kinds of technolooies tic of impacts"IDr. Fynn said. SOlar system tor the tirst time
recoled and, in some cases, shattered. with NASAS
working wItnin the lacntyr snring cnam- DouDie ASteroid kedirecuon est (DAR)
eroid might respond to a high-velocity im In 2003, Dr. FIynn, Dr. Durda and co-
leagues began firing projectiles at mete peear
to detlect it away from Earth. s
to
tst uhe iits of kinetic impact de-
enda
Jdct intendea from a piece of nylon string. They then morphos, is in no danger of hitting Eartn,
At the s4th annual meeting or the Meteor much momentum could be transferred toa pumped the chamber to a vacuum to -
howeverThe mission is expected to launch
itical society held in Chicago last month, re imic tne condnuOns or nterplanetay in November.
of meteorite without shattering it into snirap
hat high-powered marksmanship. Their nel that could continue on a similar orbital the meteorites. The team Iaunched spheres b how an a,
were able to path through the solar systemn.
SuBEest at
wIetner f thos ranging in diameter trom one-sixteenth to teroid will respond to beingimpacted, said
no an asterod away
could depend on wnat
iu o ro ou
plane pieces may still be a collision course
on

Earth" Dr. Flynn said.

with one-lourth of an inch at different velocities.
Several sensors, including cameras that re-
Nancy Cnabot, wno Is the DART missions
coordination lead and was not involved in
t it. tatoy studies m the past umentod tho inac It's definitely important to be doing
e 1sbUS, SCientists began seriously Sty Sot projectiles at terrestrial The goal was to determine the point at these experiments, saia Dr. Cnabot, who is
an
considering What to do with asteroid on a amnle he said herause ther're fraoments which a
meteorite stops being simply is0 a planetary scientist at the Johns Hop-
Ollision course with Our planet. 1ne iead a asteroids. The hitch is getting access to nudged by an impact and instead starts to kins University Applied Physics Laborato-

hat would shatter the space rock into The researchers found a signiticant di TheDART mission is about being pre
"It's hard to talk museum Curdtot ference in the strengtn or tne wo pe pareu ror Wnatsmost nKey a CUsTnic nev
atmosphere, said George Flynn, a physicist e d meteorites they tested. The carbonaceous itability
aly
tists have since come to realize that achiev Over the course ot many years, tne re tually noddo haho caidw
ing such a direct, catastrophic hit is a seri-
purchased dsu o
from private dealers. (The larg
only about one-sixth of the momentum that
ordinary chondrites could before shat
the Earth has been hit by objects for its en-
Dus cnalenge. the tire history, and it wil continue to get hit by
"It turns out, that's very hard," Dr. Flynn est, rougnly the size o a ist and weighing tering. objects in the future.
 THE NEW YORK TIMES, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 D5

BOVE AND BELOW XKH 1, HILARY SWIPT POR THE NEW TORK TIMES

Legacy of Neglect Limits Hopeful Steps

cONTINUED FROM PAGE1
uemestment n treatments tor Sickle

Only four medications have been approved

or te seaseand even they are orten
Ised.
ring as the early gene therapy re-
sults have been, the pace of progress has
been slowed by the same tactor that could
greatiy limit the treatments' wIde availabi
sheer expense, with an expected price taag
S1 million to s2 milhon per patient.
Dr. Francis Collins, the onrectoror tne
ehfo mora researech into
sickle cell, an inherited disease, said in an
ntervewtat ne nad Deen in "nign-ieve
caid and enters tor Med-
about covering the cost of experimental
SicKie cetnerapies 0r patuentsn cnical
trials, Wnicn wou eau n
iailycurative one-time treatment would be
igcany
xng
ess thn tne
tor people
eme cost
with the disease.
Or Severe pain and leading to lasting damage their children into the four-year-long cini-
disannointer"80 1 t0 40. Most
Sickled cells blocked her spleen,
such 1
whichwDe
osts before for bone.marrow tranenlante had to be removea. she nad three nre
Or sickie Cel, 1or exampie, and amyioia threatening blockages of blood to the lungs. Lives Transformed
ACners uisease. ele sease
petaEy de Braxton Huboard or Evanston, l., Degan
als with health ofiiale cloud with the Until now, the only cure was to give pa July 6 at age 27-the same age at which his
change of presidential administrations;the
ppontment or new airector T0r tne en
es
volved destroying
spE,
their marrow and repiac
older brother Brandon dhed of SiCkie cel. It
Degan wtn intense cnemonetapy ue uldt

atched the body would not reject it. In January his doctor Alevis
Thompson
and the overwhelming focus on the pan- Helens older sister had this treatment of Northwestern University, told him he no
dlemic. Dr. Colins said he would meet with andwas cured. ier neitnyyoungerlonger had sickle cell disease
ure ana ner team in october match fo ol e e was not a

"This is an opportunity to save nves ana Helen's gene therapy took advantage of a ous about life," he said. "I didn't think I
suvey mde deaues go. Durg etd would nave a life
A lot ofother diseases have gotten way re, oy
neproductionorred cessarecred Helen, too, has been adjusting to life as a
ributed in large part to svstemic racism. Tnen an adult version of the gene takes over ric hematologist, Dr. Alexander Newube of
tne Fred Hutcinson Cancer Top, Helen Obando with her
witn the excitement over gene therapy, Dr.
st to direct red cell pro0auction. But that gene, Phoenix Children's Hospital, has observed
up ror Rrvon Ohando on a 2019visit the adult globin gene, is the one that can in sickle cell patients cured with bone-mar
olnns added,we mignt makE dec gaid data from nriuate ingrers indicatei
for a person with sickle to Boston where she was Gene therapy flipped the switch back Remember, with sickle cell disease tney
linical trials, run by Bluebird Bio, that the lifetime cost
DSOn arens Hospital and vertex
Therapeutics, have changed the lives of the
.i no. s r Ward, turning on her perfectly functional fe
ta gene and snutang down ner mutated
are hospitalized a lot," he said. "There are so
many restrictions o their lives. They be
lacldieaa Ahorih come depressed ana nen they are.a ttie
Iucky paitents ike Hleien who gOt tnem.A Helen with her parents and Dr. Researchers at Boston Children's Hospl
much, he said.
who passed the six-month marker since esadne onyrecenty receveddttor tal have now treated nine of 10 patients in pectancy of 40 years. They start to think,
nets ended nave nad stunning P was pad
se
Tor tnrough drens eni
ston Cilrn H05pital.
ith nelr ncal trlal ana recend ecervea Wat is tne pont or dong anytnig
Esuts ke ners. narn C uh group 1s now When they are cured, he said, "it is almostt
time for sickle cell" said
a certificate commemorating Caliornia tit
a her successru gene therapy
Dr. Erica Esrick, hematologist at Boston The ultimate goal is to find a simple, cine to treat 25 more patients at 10 medical When Dr. Esrick gave Helen the good
children's Hospital who led the clinical trail ep wyto SIC 8ee cr ce cEnters. ews a year ago, Helen lay silent on the
Helen participated in. "We re enthusiastic.
Researrhore nean care
r
Systems where complex, costly
n The results so far, involving Heen
any including a 7-vear-old bov were
and
re
exm taDRE, ot uag u
from Massachasetts t
tn.

Arzona ve fo
ll follow these patients for
15 years to see if there are long-term compli
, tneyremain iree of sickle cellaoraaoie or mpractical.
uBEEy E centiypublished in The New
naor
edcine Awereree ortne
England Jour
disese Aetine or storcism nadDuring
lowed her progress for more than two years.
taugnt her to Keep
ana can be consiaerea uycueu
nes to rid with the Gates
H. i
Foundation. along with r rnal inuod re stonerse, a narrowing

hem of sickle cell could introduce muta searchers, several small biotechs and the she barely spoke to me. Even after
the gene editing technique CRISPR to turn therapy,over,
Cause acet biueDira Bio, 0ne or puyovarus, WinCn nas exper On tne retal gene
nemogoDin was
and turn or it on
she tappea her mother the
ne companies tesung a gene herapy to the adult gene. m
and POnteu wnen sne wnteu an lCe
fa 33 ear-opld w

its clinical trial after two patients developed tions, said Dr. J. Mike McCune, who leads with sickle cell, was a success. The com euil Hall Marketplace in Boston.
er 0 StuayWneter their ilinesses e proet or te oundatio. pany has now given its therapy to six more Freed of illness, she's become far more
were caused by the treatment. But further FOpie wtn tne dSEse wint neip now panents, all or whom have passed the three-
nears to ha canent
utgoing. On summer weekends, shes ven
a Wduet park,
and the Eood and Administration pone tubine
Drug al pies and their loved ones attest to the power
owed the studies to resume. of the treatments. Bluebird Bio has a different strategy "Tve been trying to make new friends,
NOW she can have a lite, saia Helens
ana when a gene therapy is approved using a disabiea virus to denver a copy ot a sne said, "and get out into the woria.

would pay for it.

forp u e epa5sO5 dncnaaane
st
tients had been treated, 22 ot whom were at damage to her hip from sickle cell makesit
Tor a Cure
e.i. nas TOrmea twO
COntees tStuuyn un
independentA
noney
Chahce
LIKe every sicRIE cel paluent, Helen nad a
east
now sxnonis
paiSt ter
tedtnent dnd
had normal or near-normal hemoglo
ru or nerdnce,
should be able to teach.
Dut, Sne Sid, Sne

ok back on her old

for sickle cell if people with the disease cells into rigid crescents instead of soft effects of sickle cell, life but her mother, Ms. Cintron, relishes
ouid be curea with a costiy gene therapy. diskS. Tnose misshapen cells got trapped in At Boston Children's, more than 100 peo- her daughter's good fortune. "I keep think-
Dr. Scott Ramsey, a health economist and her blood vessels, injuring them, causing8 ple inquired about getting themselves or ing. "We are so blessed," she said.
 Do THE NEW YORK TIMES, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Well
Ask Well PHYS EDI GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

Why does coffee

sometimes make me tired?
the bouy.
Once caeme wears you
get a very high level of sleep
o, Take a Break From Sitting Down
Caffeine, the main active ingredi- pressure, and you have to pay it
A study finds that standing up
E nor the onlv wav to relieve and
reset
and moving around improves
booster. But caffeine is also a an elevated level of sleep pres
drug, which means that it can Sure is wit
health in office workers.
allect each ot us ailferenuy, de
pending on our consumption
pounnge
the more we drink caffeine, the
ue d SNG FOR HOURS ta desk can play navoe
nabits and our genes. more we buiid up our Douyrs
1S hat ime to high blood sugar and high choles-
n the short term, it helps with making proteins that break down rol, even n
peopie Who otneTWISe see
mostly healthy. But a practical though small
attention and alertness. It helps calteine faster, and the adenosine
wtn some cognve tasKS, andt
neips witn energy eves, sua
eptrsn our
tnat they can conunue r
npiy., to De
su
Seus es may lessen the health impacts of over-
Mark Stein, a professor in the tive to adenosine levels to regu-
epartenOr pyca nd er- mately continu or in
eral flights of stairs,
Dopping troug S0

sity of Washington, who has creased caffeine consumption w as 15 steps during these mini-breaks im-
studied the impact of caffeine on negatuvely affects sleep, which proved aspects of blood sugar control
among office workers, without noticeably
pEDE AD.D.orDu e will aiso us Teel more tireu,
ake interruptang
cumulative effect- the long Dr. Stein said.
ueich involved 16 middle
term impact- has the opposite I you're sleeping less and
aged, white-collar orkers at high risk tor
Part of the paradoxical effects caffeine to improve i ype 2 dabetes, indicates that these bi-
also0

t cateine results trom its eftects

wnat researcners rerer to as
pertect storm tor a short-term
u gong
nouy ree
moodad
e
tortr
rso
metaholie hoaleh whil 1
lism, an international consortium of scien-
tists, led by researchers at the Karolinska
than in the control grOup, and the amount of
beneficial HDLcholesterol in their blood-
0SIeep dts E would happen if offce workers agreed to slight, but they might mean the difference,
pressure, wlcn rueis nOW tnin8S mucn wOrse in tne
Ong steps twice an hour may be a good start,
sleepy we become as the day
wears on. From the moment we
term," he said. "You're going to be
adding more shots to your ono0etehoW
ward reducing
n westes
much Sit.
wetdKe to break up their sitting time at work.
They began by recruiting 16 middle-aged
over time, between progressing to ul-
blown 1ype 2 diabetes or not.
looical clock thatdrives us to go place but constant. According to epidemio-
seuen erestngiy, the gains alsO ranged, de-
back to sleep later n ne
dy OgIcaStues, aauits 1n the uited states putting them at high risk for metabolic Workers complied with their app alerts.
Setn BiaCKSaW, a euroscie
ISt at Jonns Hopkins Umversity
problems
day, witn most ot that time uninterruptea oy
like diabetes. They checked the
volunteers' current metabolic health and
noseo rosereguiny and vere tne
most activegenerally managing 75 steps
who studies sleep, said that re-
most likely accelerated during the pan- wook to O 0 a proved their metabolisms the most. Others,
we sedrning
ds demic. Then, half of the volunteers continued cu er stes,0ren
up in the body, but that over the ucreeess sitng quasnes metabo with their normal lives, as a control, and the DEtpgu e u Ess
course ot
tissues use
the
and
aay, our cens and
ouee8
write ver wakino hour sDent in
tary postures (that is, sitting or
sedenstwded
lying) in-
arponepD
be active for three minutes. They ambled
tha somewhat. said Dr. Erik Naslund. a Drofes
sor at the Karolinska Institute who oversaw
e rorm 0 a moecue called
adenosine triphosphate, or ATP
kTTY IMAGas
creases nsK Tor metabolic syndrome and
Wen etes ne.aes
halls, strolled stairs, marched in place,
quated. hopped or otherwise moseyed
ee n
while svenf we do not aav cred H
s
iee run
espresso, but the negative impact re the largest in our body and are usually jent. Rut they had to take a minimum of 15 offered two pieces of advice to anyone con
errands-Our cells generate a on your sleep is going to continue, active and hungry, barely contract, so re steps before the app recorded their move- c health:
andner etdbo

chemical caed adenosine as a and that is cumulative

quire minimar Tuel
ad siurp e uga ment as an acuviy Drea
Dyprouuct 1nat auenosne goes rene nay iso cause spikes ne expenment continued tor three wnbdd n apporset r nyour
on to Din to recepos n ue in blood sugar or lead to dehydra- ormally help break down fatty acids in the the lab for another round of metabolic tests. ery half-hour. Walk for a few minutes. Jog in
brain, making us mnore sieepy
Cnemicalily, cateine ioKS
Simteel
tion-both of which can make us
more tired, said Chnistina
D WRe
eove esks,
blood sugar and cholesterol build up in our
The researchers tound that the two groups
results subtly diverged. The control group cotee also count, Dr. Nasiuna said, With
nolecular level that it occupies Helpfully, frequent breaks trom sittingi
prove blood Sugar control
displayed ongong problemswith insun
rer po y coDug

those binding sites,preventing University of Alabama at Birmn- cholesterol

and terol levels. But the other vounteers, who Be sure to keep moving, outside of work
adenosine from binding to those
brain receprors. As d i
ingnam. eves, ast Ses sow e
research took place in university labs and t tha had stood and moved while at work, showed
lower fasting blood sugar levels in the
hours.
n general, it is important to intro-
duce more physical activity into our lives"
feine workS to temporauy sup
u youre teehng an arternoon
Sump even arter a cup ot cortee, sugar during evator. Get off one bus stop earlier on the
not reflect real life. trolled blood the night, a po-
press sleep pressure, making us the solution may be to consume S0, for the new stuay, which was pub tentially important indicator of metabolic way home. There are so many minor
ee ore awaN edne less of it, scientists say. shed last month in The American Journal health. Their blood Sugar also stabilized changes we can make that are beneficial for
adenosine continues to Duid up in wUDAN YANN of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabo- duning the day, with fewer spikes and dips metabolic health.

ESSAY

Maybe That Fall Wasn't So Bad After All

A novelist finds that a bit of
misfortune can lead to a new
appreciation of luck.
By ANN PATCHETT
n a Suunde
woke up tired. Who knows why? Maybe.
IJuly

like the do8, I had spent the night chasing

raDDits in my sieep. 1gave serOus consiaer
Chadn'r the rahhi h
decided to push ahead on the belief that an
dnerencE to rouanE nelps hore onten tnan
it hurts. Surely thegold medalist Sunisa Lee

she went flying through the air all the same.

-Minute Workout,I too was Driey ying.

ing down 1 slanced off the edgeof my

step
stool and hit the floor with my full weight on
ue
Affer
my lert 100t.

Iying on myDatmination minutes,

anting through sel-recrimination and
and the

and callea my nusbana. Kari 1ouna meC

my tennis shoe off with professional care.
"Did you hurt yourself anywhere else?
said n0, thinking my quickiy intlating
vour head?" He was getnuy
palpating my foot to see what points made
ALLALA
me yelp, while introducing the topic of grati-
ude into tne conversSation. I nad not nit y
That's how it hapPpens," he said, neiping was fractured. "I'm not going to do sSurgery. sheets of her astonishing luck. She should fied by the last year and a half. Eight more
he
bookcase on the way down. Then it all falls
said cheerfully. "I could put a screw inA talent for stillness is nave Dee dead, unu Se weeks in tne nouse doesnt actläany const
there, but m
not going to do it 0nce im fortiied by a year and a ATtne tine, T tnougnt tne nus were id Tute ä prodiem. Ny spran-gament-lrdc
mobilized, the bit of bone that had cracked half ot isolation. ots. They simply refused to see how we suf- ture trifecta doesnt actually constitutea
Karl said we could go to the emergen
room right away or wait until tomorrow to "Oh" Karl said. shaking his head aft tne man were
we
o yeao 1a
lucky
*
hove had meral nlates screwed into their
see a doctor in the chnic. 1 0pteu ghis ead

nd o
doctor left us, "are you ever ucky, ndu
wait Tonnossee the state where Seen nis Sare ot POOr Out
e "If you won't even complain about being
injured and bedridden, I worry that you're a
ankles, and we all know a lot of people
who've had to deal with things much worse
s 0g caree, ne had seen constitutionally cheerful perSon wno can
we ve, 1s e
with people who decided to
EOvid vaccine, wnich meant thatPy
ceyung
u d Sister Nena, who taugl
P
even whole thing isn't going to work out," a new read when I was 6, called to check on me.
thougn we were vacdeu, WAS a child young tnend teased me in an email. 1
WHEN
toldShes oroken botn ot her reet betore, once
I
CatnOnc scnoo1, tne
in

The next day the orthopedist Showed nme

nuns never tired of teling us how lucky we ner hot to wory, am nly capabie o m- ne lert and once tne ngnt. she wanted
e e
s
0ng
ld o
etomead
winteanng Some
h
ous ways that should never be taken for
8rantedJucky Tor our nen, our
0
Had I leapt
my landing two years ago, I doubtI would Badluck n small doses can casta gitter
time, all would be well. The doctor
d, in es, 1uckY to be able to go to school
ve dndgeu neS oWI une So g gnt on te rest 0r re. it Snows us Just
wa
oSt to tne door when he turned and ae eal diSaster, our uck much sagacity. I would have found the boot how close we came to smashing our heads
looked at me agaln. "Lets 8et oe
At 9, when I came back to school after a timing was impossible (no matter what the bookcase (the room, the house, the street,
as smiling when he came back, the ey tneuup y 80 Tor ming was). But tne pandeme nas taugntthe town, the hte) With a new Sense ot won
Dearer o g00a neWs. He tod me my ankle a
oRwst, uy up ne tnat my plans ae or no mportance, tnat der S00ner or later, ln one Torm oranotner,
ANN PATCHETT is the co-owner of Parnassu
3ooks in Nashville. Her essay collection "These so much worse! My sister wa rse she to live with. 10w many nuns tried to tell me. Now, I think
Precious Days" will be published by HarperCok was still in the hospital. she would be there AS 1s true with most writers, I have a ta Tdo. And I'm grateful that this time lgot off
ins in November for a while, resting between the white ent for stillness which has only been fortl easy
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Well
PERSONAL HEALTH |
JANE E. BRODY

Gray Hair Is Fine; Bad Grammar Is (Still) Not

Pausing, at 80, to take enjoy his fearless energy and athleticism
ind mprove my own Dalance and sei-co
nventory and reckon with the dence. 1ne aoctor wno monntors my Done
hallmarks of aging. Do not fall" and the treachemus woods
Walk 1s part of my response. As ME Petrow
THE DAY AFTER my 80th birthday. Wnen emphasized, fear 0r rang Can actuiuy
Covid-safe celebrations, awoke feeling fu-
I
anvious hesitone a
niled and thinking that wnatever nappens instead of what's in front of you.
Ogror
een rewid8 hino
re s
ends tO
My kitchen was built for a five-foot-tall
Who, thanks to scoliosis and shrink-

norrow, so be it. eoon climh to reach items that 1

IA
Not thatexpect to d0 anythingto nasten cant store on a lower shelf. But I always use
y demise. I wulcomamue toexerciseegu a sturay Step sto0, unke, yer
e
many common hallmarks ot aging and de-
t ena wno
os mbe0 cnair (a a
When I asked a woman my age how she
g wnatl need to reconsiae was teelin8, she sa,
"T have iSSues, ana
TOund Considerabie nspiration and said,"We all have issues. The secret to suc
Won't Do When IGet Old by Steven and adaptaccordinglvm constantly stant
Petrow, written with Roseann Foley Henry. learning what I can and can't do and asking
rneariy
erow WnosSO COnist Dut is
two dec ades younger
than i, began
or paying 10r neip wnen needed.
Sooner or later, we all must recognize
f his aging parents, like waiting too long to tives. Years ago, body mechanics forced me
et nearing aids. to give up tennis and ice skating and now
T
took a Similar inventory of my lite and strenuous gardening I continue to do 10-
oring it for decades. lighter and liohter asI wenther ht u
ot oldermany
demic,
But noticed thatasuring the pan
well as women
people (men
down hills are now history
Adear friend in her 90s is my role model
GRACIA LAM

cuveng tner gray. and serves as a reality check. When asked ne y

I

SOPPu Deauty around me. But most väld Senses and siOwer reactons tnat accompa
Sooner or later, we all
nan they did with hair dyed dark above a said, "Thanks, but T'm no longer un to the must recognize what 18 vith an eye on the future in case it's not, a bicycle or pedestrian approaching when
wrinkiea facade. 10day, I too am gray and
OVing it, althoughI can no longer Diame y
level of activity t
ve vowed tO
involves
stop taikng to wnot
no longer possible and
find alternatives.
ssoedrned steen wnen my otner
dhed ol cancer at 4s.
Heraeah mured me to dead
DCRIg Out a palng spot. It Stops
when anytning suddeny appears or
Pve also resisted thecommon temntation
ion
D
whar Me u s
cover up other cosmetic 1ssues. now
0 I
t evendoesnt provide relief-in tact, it might The stickiest wicket going forward will be Road.
aiey u
NP 4u y uu sue make tne pam Katner tnan
worSe.
in driving. wnen I was im my mid-/0s, my sons 1tm also Deginming to tackie anotner bur-
COstume remains short-sthorts and tank stll empathy, the "organ recital" very likely started urging me to stop aiving simpiy densome issue especialy common among
o, young
ESthe E aEd. 1tn paO tous most people especlauy
or even almost-accidents or gotten a ticket ter. I have a latent fear of "running out" of
But I will continue to be irritated by bad And do cherish my young friends who
I Tor a moving violaton. still, they upped my things, and so I chronicaly buy and save
grammar, ue tne sentence recently n ts Keep ne youthtul in spirit ana tocused on is ySrnce ,Sd t akes more thnan enougn or everytning. My late
hacka 1 usDand called our house an air raid shelter
an. They, in turm, say they value the informa- replaced it with one of the safest cars on the gested parting with some of those objects I
And I
will stubbornly resist altering my ton and wisdom lcan offer road, a Subaru Outback. thought may one day be userul. He told mel
abits to avert potential tragedies that oth also striveto say something tlattering or Like many other cars now on the market, reminded him ofan elderly woman he knew
aallenls sTean enshh of or and eheln efousr
v
inre s aa
P

To Battle Covid at Work, Try Cleaning Up the Air

Dy openng windows on dif-
Better ventilation, portable air Ssvnare
Terent siaes or the ro01, Openwincowsare
cleaners, even open windows ntpractical during cold weather or in areas
can lower the risk of intection.
fans to windows and turning on exhaust
By TARA PARKER-POPE fans in kitchen and bathroom areas can also
mprove ventilatiOn in homes and in build-
Whether you've already returned to your ngs witnout mouern systems.
workplace or will be heading back to the of-
nce eventuany, tsa
good 1aea to ask What What is the air change rate
steps your epoyet to
""pao
las aheu
per OUT, or ACH, number
gs
The more timo we spend indoors with IS the industry standard to indicate how ot-
ten the ar in a room is replaced by outd0or
her people, the more hkely we are to
Dreathe each others exnaled arana the equivalent of air change.) While some
Bernis nfoesions dron, ersSugest our tu six es
Pr
hour (that's fresh or clean airevery 10 to 15
ets can linger in the air, tloat around the
o or Dua up in Spces
tiow, like conference rooms.
wth poor ar
Early in the
standard. It's recommended that schools
nave an ACH O at least 3, Dut many cläss
rooms ae cioser tO L.3, expers say. Alr
1th floor of a building in South Korea
sTOweu now Just oe ecti0us petsot can where fm 10 to 20 air chanoes ner hor
increase the risk Tor everyone m awo
Air change rates or their equivalent can be
nfected. Most of the infected worked in improve Dy uperaang tne overal ventla
lesks grouped on one side of the office. tO yse nnimo windows
Evenberoreovd-l3,Ewas Cear tat or ventilation dampers), adding exhaust
1ealth Well.mourn red Tans or Dy adding p0rtadie ar nters
While theres no magic number tor air
1ore thaan 3,000 workers showed that sick
eave increased by 3 percent among em the better, Dr. Corsi said. If you learn that
loyees in poorly ventilated areas. the ACH in your workplace 1s on tne low
askino remain a first line of defense end,you may be more motivated to wear a
ITOm nome,
w wOIK if
1gainstcovia-1s, vetikation improvements 4Sk
it's an oppti
n
schoois and workpläaces are esSential to
Are you using portable air cleaners?

versity Sch0ol of Public Health. Portable air cleaners with HEPA filters can
In addition to asKing questions about
do a surprisingiy go0uoDo
e
ventlation, you should ask about vaccina- machine is used for the size of the space.
Covid testing plans, mask require
capacity, 00R TOra macnine witn a clean air denvey

ments and how the building is monitoring rate ol at least 300 cubic leet per miute,
DEREX BRAHNE
utside workers, ike delivery people and
choosing room size. You may need more
eang Ce
Ask your employer what i lo which are movable niates that can bring in than one machne Or argtT SEe
expert
1ave to be a ventilation
more outside air. This isn't advised in com- uers has a Ome APpliance Manulac
Tor
o figure out what extra precautions your steps have been taken to The higher the rating, the better the filter is
mpover has Tae Kep vou sarerur munities with poor outdoor air quality, suchAdding an air cleaner can partiy compen-
to
ng tne pandemic. Here are nve questios
keep workers safe.
Before the pandemc, many buildings as areas with active wildfires. Don't be in
on sate 1or a less eneient venulauon system,
ties office. The questions are also useful for ort and energy etficiency but arent de- systems. A company that has done the work epe E te sie or tme room. in Some
ASKIng aDout ar quanty mpovements at signed for infection control. New industry will have answers at the ready, and the right ers can effectively double the ventilation
Bms, im classrooms and even in restau- denes dns pgra
de toat answerS Will be obvous. Recenty sug
rate in the classroom" Dr. Corsi said.
most buildings won't implementaall of these cent or more of risky
particles. However ad 5
hanges, but asking about etforts to im notevery ventilation systemcan upgrade to cinated and only goes to the gym when it's r
rove air quality can help you make dec n
sohe cases, a MERV not busy, but the reply was encouraging Carbon diOxIde sensors can inadicate how
ER5ter
ow mucn me you might y gnest 8rade iter the We have increased tne neag yen
scientists and air quality experts sonme ie
.mi MG
DEMAND-CONTROLEEneVENTILA D13ho m wrote And times carTy portade co aetecuon devt
r giia lech, one or the
Ei
What improvements have you made to ONOSave energy, some systems monitor opened outdoor HVAC dampers to achieve
Ne ventilation system buil ding occupancy based on carbon
dioxa nigher leve ot air exchange in the center to
sion, has used such a device check levels
Most newer buildings rely on mechanical 1de levels, Wnch rise when we exnale. at her gym and in grocery stores.Carbon
ne windows be opened
Svstems known as HVAC that nse a combi system the rate of ontdorai
reduces dhoxide is m our extnaled breatn, she said.
nation of air filters and outdoor air to dilute a way to stop ventilating the space to save not have modernventilation systems, but ple's exdhaled breath is bulding up, and that
nd remove viral particles and 0tner pout
nts. Budngs can taRe nunper orSteps oegeEgeet 8 a o e simply
quality.
opening windows can improve air
A recent stuay or nrecteu cOege
exhaled breath of course could contain vi-
rus soone e
at ne
ystems and increase the amount of fresh we need to continue to ventilate so we can Tniversitu of Oro
a
Howard County pubuc scnooIs, 11
ar
urge tne space or any aerosoi parucies let window could redu amount of corona tor air quality. If your company isn't using
in the air.
MPROVING THEIR MERV RATINGS The ilters Virus in a room by half. while opening a win-CO monitoring. you can buy your own ma-
ISed in ventuation systems have whats INCREASING oUTDOORAIR Air quality experts dow can help, the effect is greater if you can chine for S100 to S200.
 D8 THE NEW YORK TIMES, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

UN AOAMAN FOR THE NEW YORK TMES ARSTTS ZUSFOR THEE NE YORK TIMS

AMedical Career, at a Cost: Infertility

Stress, long hours, sleep fertility education and awareness among or experience miscarriages as a result of
aspiring doctors, starting at the undergrad the long hours and stress of the job. Yet
deprivation and years or uate leve. Tney alsO proposea providing in pregnant female residents are still exX
training can exact a toll. surance coverage for, and access to, fertility pected to work 28-thour shifts, Without
a anu Oners wOuid nke t
By JACQUELINE MROZ2
Suunnort fornenlamon
treatments. (In December, Dr. Marshall Dr. Roberta Gebhard, who is governance
From the start, Dr. Ariela Marshall, a hema- gave Dirtn to a neatny Doy ater comprenng ana romer presIdent or tne Amerc
a successtul 1.v.E. cycle.) Car
Medical Women's ASsoCiation, said the
n that ifshe
ction van ,now 4
worked harder, longer and better, she would tried to freeze her eggs, but none were via- tions for pregnant physicians, such as al-
succeed. And Se dSne graauated as Die. Dr. Salles, an author of thearticle and a lowing female doctors to compiete their
high school valedictorian, attended an elite Surgeon at stanford's school of medicine, is heavy workloads at the beginning of their
ical waD
schoo
aePeu td d op med
cedure hichcancoet cuS 000P waneu to ry

But one acmevement euded her: having tempt. She is looking into intrauterine in "We're educating med students and pre-
a DaDy. Sne nad posponeu g p8 SeminatiO, Wnicn 1s more alfordabie Dut med studens about tertilty issues so that
nas a lower ikeih0Od of sucCes they are aware of them," she said. "People
T
have children, at 34, she was surprised to having spent her most fertile years training we're telling you that you can, but you need
ind that She couia not, even with fertility to be a surgeon only todiscover that it mignt tokeepyour options open.A lot ot itiSsntjust
drugs. Dr. Marshall attributed t to haVing De too late for her to nave a baby. Afterward, Deing abie to get pregnant. some of these
Stress and lack of sleen. which can affect re-
productive cycles. They all felt so alone" Dr. Salles said. For female physicians with babies, even
when she reachea Out to otner remale ney d a go uroug tsuer dg netnd a pvateplace topu
physicians to share her story, she learned coaster ride of dealing with infertility on breast milk while on the job can be a chal

in her line of work were also struggling withh about it. We need to change the culture of asked for time to pump was instructed to go
ntertilnty or wrtn carTying a Daby to term. med school and residencies. we have do ato behind a potted plant in a public area to do
n ract, 01 Surey rree pnys better job ot urging leaders in the ield to s
Sart o
iound tha arr 0 and take care or wnat you nesopsic tngs
1ad tried to have a baby had been diag- sleep deprivation, poor diet and lack of percent of all medical school students are
nosed win mierantyalmost doudie tne exercise-inherent to the demands ot med- nOW women, although there are still more
rate of the general public. ical training and the medical profession male physicians than female ones.
ike e, take a On
wuc Se B
ning is so planned" Dr. Marshall said. regna onel eompleted her obstetrics and gvne-
Many or us decide to wait until were done Even finding a partner can be a chal- cologyresidency andis now in private prac
with our training ana are financially inde- enge, given the demanding work hours, in tice in ucson, Ariz. She nas a son, to wnom
Cng ngnts and weekends. she gave birth while n medical school, and a
pend a lot of
To raise awareness of the issue, Dr. Mar- time in the hospital, and it's very unpredict "When I became a resident, someone told
sn neped
orce
to crete
with the American
erny
Medical
task
women's
abie Dr. Sales saa. "One coula look Dack
and say,I should have frozen eggs in my
me that I needed to divorce my nusband
and lose custody of my child if I wanted a
first national physician fertility summit MSON GAMAY oR DE YORK
TAsond then. We see older women who are ce The day she spoke she was oncal
and
meeting, With sessions on eg8 freezing experienced pregnancy compications. Op et, DrArea arsha.a lebrities in the news having babies, and we had just completed her second 24-hour shift
DEenentsaa nstrncecoveragerorTertn LAke othertemale physicians, many Sur hematologist, didnttry to

have thinkit will be fine, but it's not. Now we're all in seven days while eight and a half months
reatment, ana ntertnty ana mental nsdelDreancyunatertnees s. 10P having this realization that we dont have pregnant with her second child.
ofit alled
ther meeting nextt yel. health problems and infertility issues. Carranza-Chahal, an Dr.Vineet Arora, dean of medical educa Mothers in Medicine, which she hopes will
ne nign rate or lnertnty nods Tor
male surgeons as well. A survey of 692 fe-
e Oen, doctOs mustavIgare iyeisor
medical schoo, residencies and fellow- a
worked 24-hour shifts while
ion at the UniverSIty of Chicago Pritzker
Chool o Medicine and anotner author ot
increase visibility and commuity outreach
10r Temale pnysicians who are pregnant or

in July, found that 42 percent had suffered

a plete their medical training is 31, and most pregnant. Above, Dr. Arghavan ucators can b e orner
ine n nt moms in training to know that
pregnancy loss-more than twice the rate Temale pnysicianS irst give Dirth at 32, on
average, acording to a 2021 study. The me-
es, a surgeon, tred to
freeze her eggs, but none were
to address these issues. they snoula take up space, that they ao be-
of the general population. Nearly half had
cdan age 1or nonphysicians to give birth is viable.
The thing that surprised me the most is
that infertility is a silent struggle for many
long and that there are resources at
their
disposal, including legal ones, Dr. Car-
Through social media, Dr. Marshal con- you realize that it's not uncommon" said Dr. delivering early and having complications.
necteu wItn two oEner remae pny sicans Arora, who underwent many 1.V.E Cycles in One day I'l change that.
who also struggled with infertility, and last ner 40s and finaiiy had her second child last
nal Academie Medicine calin or nor and Dr. Salles are analyzing data
a
irom large study they conducted asking8
physicians and medical students about
their experiences building families and ac-
Female residents who do maranage to get
pregnant must also contend with poor
health outcomes; many go into early labor