ALL THE REVIEWS THAT FIT by Dennis Loy Johnson For over a year — from March 21, 2001 until April 12, 2002 — a MobyLives survey of the daily book reviews in The New York Times, and of the reviews in the Sunday New York Times Book Review, found that 259 plugs had been given in the 387 days of the survey to books written by staffers or former staffers. That makes for an average frequency of one plug for a staffer's book every 1.49 days. Here's the tally: •Plug 1 On Wednesday (3/21), the Times ran a review of a new book by one of their own book reviewers — Richard Bernstein’s "Ultimate Journey." They liked it. •Plug 2 On Friday (3/23), the Times ran a review of "Facing the Wind," by its TV and sometime book critic Julie Salamon. They liked it. •Plugs 3, 4, 5 & 6: On Sunday (3/25), the cover review of the Times Sunday Book Review was of the “brilliantly researched” "The Lost Children of Wilder," by Times reporter Nina Bernstein. Inside, the lead review was another of Richard Bernstein’s "Ultimate Journey." They still liked it. There was also a full–page review of the first four books in a new Modern Library series being edited by Ruth Reichl, famous for having been the Times' food critic. The books were, in order, "delectable," "lovely," "delightful," and "splendidly researched."And the "And Bear In Mind" section included a plug for "Martyr's Crossing," the new novel by Amy Wilentz, a regular contributor to the paper. •Plugs 7 & 8 On Thursday (3/29) the Times reviewed Nina Bernstein’s "The Lost Children of Wilder" again. It was, they said, still “brilliant.” Plus, Martin Arnold’s “Making Books” column plugged Richard Bernstein’s "Ultimate Journey," and ran a large photo of its cover. •Plugs 9, 10, 11 & 12 On Sunday, (4/1), the Sunday Book Review included: another rave review (with a cover lead–in) of Julie Salamon’s "Facing the Wind"; "And Bear In Mind" recommendations of Nina Bernstein’s book (her third plug), as well as of Richard Bernstein’s (his fourth); and a “New & Noteworthy Paperbacks” plug for "Gold Digger," by Times editor Constance Rosenblum. •Plugs 13 & 14 In the Times Sunday Book Review for April 8, Julie Salamon's "Facing the Wind" got its third plug (not available on–line), in the "And Bear in Mind" section, which is where Nina Bernstein's "Lost Children of Wilder" also got its fourth plug. •Plugs 15, 16 & 17 In the Times Sunday Book Review for April 15, the lead review was a rave of former food critic Ruth Reichl's "Comfort Me With Apples." Science editor Cornelia Dean's "Against the Tide" was plugged in "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks," and Julie Salamon's "Facing the Wind" got its fourth plug, in the "And Bear In Mind" section. •Plug 18 The daily Times for April 18 reviewed a book by the TImes' deputy education editor Joseph Berger, "Displaced Persons," and found it to be an "absorbing, deeply moving memoir." •Plugs 19, 20 & 21 In the April 22 Sunday Book Review, former Times art critic Michael Brenson gets a mixed review for his "Visionaries and Outcasts" — the first non-rave in this series. Meanwhile, "And Bear In Mind" touts Ruth Rechl's "Comfort me With Apples" for the second time, using an author photo (not available on–line). It also plugs Julie Salamon's "breathtaking" "Facing the Wind" for the fourth week in a row. •Plug 22 The daily edition of the New York Times for Monday, 23 April includes a "Writers on Writing" essay by Brad Leithauser, author of the new book "A Few Corrections," who goes unidentified as a frequent contributor to the Times. •Plug 23 & 24 The Sunday, April 29 Times Book Review gave a plug to Julie Salamon's "Facing the Wind" (in the "And Bear In Mind" section) for the fifth week in a row, her sixth plug overall. The issue also includes a new review (of "Dazzler," by Steven Bach) written by Brad Leithauser, a frequent contributor to the Times who also happens to have out a new book, "A Few Corrections." •Plug 25 A month after its release, and after already plugging it twice in the Sunday Book Review, the May 2 issue of the daily Times gives another rave about "the rapture of reading this book" — Ruth Reichl's "rich, hilarious" "Comfort Me With Apples." •Plug 26 On May 6, "Displaced Persons," the "extraordinary" and "important" memoir by the TImes' deputy education editor Joseph Berger, got its second rave review from the Times, this time in the Sunday Book Review. •Plug 27, 28 & 29 The Sunday Book Review for May 13 gave a third plug to Joseph Berger's "Displaced Persons" in the "And Bear In Mind" section. The issue also includes a favorable review of "A Few Corrections" by Brad Leithauser, who goes unidentified as a frequent contributor to the Times. Coincidentally, the Sunday Times' Sophisticated Traveler Magazine includes a travel article by Leithauser. •Plug 30 The daily Times for Thursday, May 17 features a profile of Andrew Solomon, which focuses on his upcoming book, "The Noonday Demon." The article does not mention Solomon is a contributing writer to the Times Sunday Magazine. •Plug 31 The Sunday Times Book Review for May 20 featured a "Books in Brief" plug for "The Race for the Triple Crown," by Joe Drape, a Times sportswriter who, as it turns out, "writes poignantly." •Plug 32 The New York Times for Friday, 25 May includes a mixed review by Michiko Kakutani for the "clever but unrealized" "A Few Corrections" by Brad Leithauser, a writer with a "gift for language and ambitious design" who is also a frequent contributor to the Times. •Plug 33 The Sunday Times Book Review for 27 May 2001 includes a rave review for "My Little Blue Dress," by Bruno Maddox, who goes unidentified as a former frequent contributor to the Book Review. •Plugs 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 & 40 The Sunday Times Book Review for June 3, the "Summer Reading" issue, recommended six books by Times staffers: another plug for Ruth Reichl's "Comfort Me With Apples" (her fourth); another plug for "Displaced Persons" by Joseph Berger (his fourth); one more ecstatic recommendation for Julie Salamon's "Facing the Wind" (her seventh); yet another rave for Nina Bernstein's "Lost Children of Wilder" (her fifth); a plug for Amy Wilentz's "Martyr's Crossing"; and one more plug for "Ultimate Journey" by Richard Bernstein (his fifth). There's also high praise in this review for "The Botany of Desire" by Michael Pollan of the Times' Sunday Magazine, whose prose "shimmers and snaps." The review does note that the reviewee works for the Times. •Plug 41 In the Times for Monday, June 4, Janet Maslin gives a rave review to "The Metaphysical Club," by Louis Menand, a contributing writer to the Times' Sunday Magazine. Maslin calls the book "unmistakably brilliant," but does not note that the author is a colleague. •Plug 42 The daily Times for June 6 includes a rave review of a staffer, by a staffer — Richard Bersnstein heaps more praise upon "The Botany of Desire" by Michael Pollan, who still goes unidentified as a regular contributor to the Times. •Plug 43 & 44 The Sunday Times Book Review for June 10 features a cover illustration of characters from "The Metaphysical Club," by Louis Menand. A full–page review, his second Times review, calls the book "brilliant," but does not identify the author as a Times contributor. The issue also gives Michael Pollan's "Botany of Desire" its third plug, in the "And Bear In Mind" section. It includes an author photo, but still does not identify him as a Times employee. •Plug 45 In his weekly "Making Books" column for June 14, Martin Arnold talks to book critics who've published their own books about what it's like to be reviewed. One of the most prominently featured critic/authors is the Times' own Richard Bernstein, who's given a chance to talk at length about his book, "Ultimate Journey" — Arnold's second plug for the book, and the newspaper's sixth overall. •Plug 46 In the daily Times for Friday, June 15, Janet Maslin does a wrap–up of some books to read on the beach this summer, and gives a prominent and concluding plug to "The Dirt," an autobiography of the rock band Motley Crue co-written by Times music critic Neil Strauss. •Plugs 47, 48 & 49 The Sunday Times Book Review for June 17, the "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" section gives a recommendation to "Weird Like Us," by Times music critic Ann Powers, and the "And Bear In Mind" section gives another plug — the fourth — to "The Botany of Desire," by Michael Pollan, who still goes unidentified as a Times staffer. The section also gives another plug (not available online), his third, to Louis Menand for "The Metaphysical Club." He, too, is still unidentified as a Times contributor. •Plugs 50 & 51 The Sunday Times Book Review for June 24 gives a front page lead–in to a review of the "exhaustively researched, provocative and often deeply moving" "The Noonday Demon," by Andrew Solomon, who, for his second plug in a row, goes unidentified as a contributing writer for the Times' Sunday Magazine. Nor does Louis Menand's fourth plug, for his "The Metaphysical Club," in the "And Bear In Mind" section, mention his status as a Times contributing writer. •Plug 52 The daily Times for Wednesday, June 27, features a rave review by staff critic Richard Bernstein of the "all–encompassing, brave and deeply humane" book by his colleague Andrew Solomon, "The Noonday Demon." Bernstein does not mention that Solomon is a Times contributor. •Plug 53 The Sunday Times Book Review for July 1 includes an "And Bear In Mind" plug (including author photo) of "The Noonday Demon," by Andrew Solomon, who, in this, his fourth plug, is still unidentified as a Times contributor. •Plugs 54 & 55 The Sunday Times Book Review for July 8 includes another "And Bear In Mind" plug (including author photo) of "The Noonday Demon," by Andrew Solomon. It's the fifth plug for the writer still unidentified as a Times contributor. There's also a full–scale review of "Here: A Biography of the New American Continent," by Times correspondent Anthony DePalma, which we're told "should be rquired reading for every American who wants to understand the forces" shaping the continent. •Plug 56 The daily Times for Tuesday, July 10, inlcudes an article on the front page of the Arts section about a local story–telling club that features an enormous photo of Times contributor Andrew Solomon giving a public performance of a story about depression which, as the article mentions prominently, is the subject of his recent book, "The Noonday Demon." It's Solomon's sixth plug. None of the citations has mentioned his employment by the Times. •Plugs 57, 58 & 59 The Sunday Times Book Review for July 15 includes a full–page review for "The Algeria Hotel: France, Memory, and the Second World War," by former TImes report Adam Nossiter, as well as a "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" recommendation for "Scandalmonger," by Times columnist William Safire. In addition, "The Noonday Demon" by Andrew Solomon gets its seventh plug, in the "And Bear In Mind" section, with still no mention of the fact that Solomon is a Times contributor. •Plug 60 The daily Times for Wednesday, July 18 features another review for the "elegant" book, "Here: A Biography of the New American Continent," by Times correspondent Anthony DePalma. •Plugs 61, 62 & 63 The Sunday Times Book Review for July 22 features a rave review by Times editor Dennis Overbye for "The Center of Things," by Jenny McPhee, who goes unidentified as a regular reviewer for the Book Review. There's also a plug (and an author photo), in the "And Bear In Mind" section, for Adam Nossiter's "The Algeria Hotel," although it doesn't identify Nossiter as a former staffer. Nor does a recommendation in the "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" (including author photo) for "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover identify him as a contributing writer to The Times Sunday Magazine. •Plug 64 The daily Times for Friday, July 27 features a review by Michiko Kakutani of "Next: The Future Just Happened," a collection of linked essays by Michael Lewis, a contributing writer for the Times Sunday Magazine. Kakutani gives the book a mostly negative review — the first in this series. She calls the book "eminently readable" but also "slapdash," "cursory," and "amateurish." She does not say that Lewis writes for the Times, but she does say his book reads "like a series of magazine pieces hastily cobbled together," which indeed it is — most of the essays appeared first in the Times Sunday Magazine. The most recent, in fact, appeared on July 15, the week before Kakutani's review. •Plugs 65, 66 & 67 The Sunday Times Book Review for July 29 includes a cover tag line to a full–page rave review of "Next," by Michael Lewis. While it does not identify Lewis as a Times writer, it does identify that many of the book's essays first appeared in the Times Sunday Magazine. Meanwhile, the web version of the Times' books section includes another plug for Lewis — an audio file of an interview, posted with a large photo of Lewis, which is left up in a prominent spot on the site for the rest of the week. It does not identify him as a Times writer, nor does it mention that the book consists of essays, most of which were first published in the Times.And in the "And Bear In Mind" section of the Book Review, there's another recommendation for "The Center of Things," by Jenny McPhee, who also goes unidentified as a Times writer. •Plug 68 The daily Times for Wednesday, August 1 features another rave review for Adam Nossiter's "The Algeria Hotel." •Plugs 69, 70, 71 & 72 The Sunday Times Book Review for August 5 includes a full–page review for a "smart, droll, original" book that is a "dream" — "In the Floyd Archives," by Times reporter Sarah Boxer. The "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" includes a recommendation for "Nabokov's Blues: The Scientific Odyssey of a Literary Genius," by Kurt Johnson and Steve Coates, a Times editor. And the "And Bear In Mind" section contains another plug for "Next" by Michael Lewis, who, unlike Boxer, is not identified as a Times writer, nor is there any mention that most of the essays in his book first appeared in the Times Sunday Magazine. Nor does the section's endorsement for "The Center of Things," by Jenny McPhee, acknowledge that she, too, is a Times contributor. •Plugs 73 & 74 The daily Times for Monday, August 6 includes another plug for Michael Lewis' "Next," in the form of a review by Neil Genslinger of a television program based on the book. It's the book's fourth plug, and the first bit of coverage to mention that Lewis is a writer for the Times. Also in this issue, a feature by Alex Kuczynski on books about Baby Boomers that includes a prominent plug of "Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There," by the Times' own David Brooks, who is quoted and mentioned repeatedly but who goes unidentified as a Times writer. •Plugs 75, 76 & 77 On August 12, for the fourth week in a row, The Times Sunday Book Review included a plug for Jenny McPhee's "The Center of Things. It appeared in the "And Bear In Mind" section, as did the fifth citation for "Next," by Michael Lewis. Neither Lewis nor McPhee were identified as contributing writers to the newspaper, although Sarah Boxer's second successive recommendation — for her "In the Floyd Archives" — did mention that she is a staff reporter. •Plug 78 The daily New York Times for Tuesday, August 14 included a rave review for "The Hunters," two "virtuosic" novellas by Clare Messud, who is a frequent book reviewer for the Times but was not identified as such. •Plug 79 & 80 The August 19 Sunday New York Times Book Review included a review to "The Hungers," two novellas — one of which is " exceptional, a work of near-miraculous perfection" — by Clare Messud, who is once again unidentified as a regular contributor to the Book Review. The paper also gave staffer Sarah Boxer's "In the Floyd Archives" a plug for the third week in a row, this time in the "And Bear In Mind" section. •Plug 81 & 82 The Sunday New York Times Book Review for August 26 gave a plug to "The Informant: A True Story," by Kurt Eichenwald, a staff reporter, in the "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" section. The "And Bear In Mind" section, meanwhile, gave "The Hunters," by Clare Messud, its third recommendation, and once again did not identify her status as a frequent contributor to the Book Review. •Plug 83 & 84 The Sunday New York Times Book Review for September 2 featured a front page lead–in to a rave review of "Ava's Man," by the paper's national correspondent Rick Bragg. The "And Bear In Mind" section, meanwhile, gave Clare Messud — still unidentified as a regular Times contributor — her fourth plug. •Plug 85 The daily New York Times on Thursday, September 6 included a rave review for the "wildly clever" and "lovely" book about a "brilliant" character based on Freud, "In the Floyd Archives" by Times reporter Sarah Boxer. It's the paper's fourth plug of the book. The review was written by Jenny Lyn Bader, a frequent contributor to the Times' Week in Review section, where Boxer used to be an editor. Bader has also recently reviewed books by other Times colleagues, including Catherine Texier, Ann Powers, and, most recently, Ruth Reichl (see plug #22). • Plug 86 The daily New York Times for Friday, September 7 featured a rave review by Michiko Kakutani of "Emergence," the "stimulating" new book by Steven Johnson. Johnson, a co–founder of the Internet magazine Feed, is a frequent contributor to the Times op–ed page. As editor–in–chief of Feed, he also collaborated with the New York Times on the Web "to create topical, interactive content," as the press release put it, for the "@times" area of AOL. He also hosted a forum — "Mediasphere" — on the New York Times on the Web website. The review does not mention any of these affiliations. •Plug 87, 88, 89 & 90 The Sunday New York Times Book Review for September 9 included a front page lead–in to a rave review for the "elegantly" "illuminating" "Marlon Brando," by the "superb biographer" Patricia Bosworth, who, the review fails to point out, is a long–time regular contributor to the paper, where she in fact began her career as a biographer by writing profiles for the arts section. There was also an admiring plug for "Life Script: How the Human Genome Discoveries Will Transform Medicine and Enhance Your Health," by Nicholas Wade, who was the Times' lead reporter on the genome story, and is now a Times science editor. In addition, there is another rave review of "Emergence," by Steven Johnson. This one does not mention his connections to the Times, either. And finally, for the fourth week in a row in the Sunday Book Review, there's a recommendation for "The Hunters," by Clare Messud, who once again goes unidentified as a Times contributor. It's her fifth review from the paper overall. •Plug 91 The New York Times daily edition for Monday, September 10 featured a rave review to a book that "succeeds as art," "Ava's Man," by the paper's national correspondent Rick Bragg, whose writing gives off "the illusion of effortless craft." •Plug 92, 93 & 94 The September 16 Sunday New York Times Book Review included a rave review in the "Books in Brief" section for the "fascinating" "Chance in the House of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity," by Jennifer Ackerman, who is a contributing writer and editor at the Times, although the review does not mention this. Similarly, there's an "And Bear In Mind" plug for "Marlon Brando," by the "superb biographer" Patricia Bosworth, who still goes unidentified as a Times contributor. The section also gives a recommendation to "Life Script: How the Human Genome Discoveries Will Transform Medicine and Enhance Your Health," by Nicholas Wade, a Times science editor. It's the second successive week of plugs for both Bosworth and Wade. •Plug 95 The daily New York Times for Monday, September 17 featured a somewhat mixed review of the nonetheless "unusually candid" and "lyrical" "Crescent & Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds," by Times reporter Stephen Kinzer. •Plug 96 The Tuesday, September 18 edition of the New York Times included a rave review for "The Brother: The Untold Story of Atomic Spy David Greenglass and How He Sent His Sister, Ethel Rosenberg, to the Electric Chair," a "poignant" book that includes "a wonderful job of research," by Times editor Sam Roberts. •Plug 97, 98, 99, 100 & 101 The Sunday New York Times Book Review for September 23 featured, for the third week in a row, a plug for "Life Script," by Times editor Nocholas Wade, this time in the "And Bear In Mind" section. The same section also included another rave recommendation, also for the third week in a row, for Patricia Bosworth's "Marlon Brando." Once again, Bosworth's status as a long–time Times contributor went unremarked. Likewise, an "And Bear In Mind" citation for Steven Johnson's "Emergence" does not include mention of his affiliation with the Times. The issue also include a review for the "truly moving" novel "Look at Me," by Jennifer Egan, whom the review does not mention is a reporter for the Times Sunday Magazine. Finally, the issue also included an extremely negative review of a book of essays by the Times' former film reviewer Renata Adler, "Canaries in the Mineshaft," which includes several essays in which Adler was harshly critical of the Times, charging them with various hidden conflicts of interest and inaccuracies. The review, by Bill Kovach, did not indentify that Kovach was a former bureau chief for the Times. It also incorrectly stated that Adler worked for the Times in 1963; she actually worked there in 1968–69. •Plug 102, 103, 104 & 105 The cover of the September 30 Sunday New York Times Book Review featured a full–page illustration for a review of a book by one of the Times' most famous former reporters, David Halberstam. Inside, the book, "War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals," is given a full–page review by the Times chief diplomatic correspondent, Jane Perlez, who calls it "a sprawling tapestry of exquisite bottom–up reporting and powerful vignettes." She does not mention his status as a Pulitzer–winning Times reporter. The issue also contains a "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" recommendation for "Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran," by Elaine Sciolino, a senior correspondent for the Times, and a "Books in Brief" citation for "To the Edge: A Man, Death Valley, and the Mystery of Endurance," by Kirk Johnson, A Times reporter. And in the "And Bear In Mind" section, there's another plug for "Marlon Brando," by Patricia Bosworth. It's the fourth week in a row the Book Review has plugged Bosworth's book, and the fourth week in a row it's failed to mention that she's a contributor to the paper. •Plug 106 The front page of the arts section in the daily New York Times for Tuesday, October 2 contained a rave reivew by Michiko Kakutani for the "engrossing," "provocative and illuminating" book, "Richard Nixon: Alone in the White House," by Richard Reeves, a former long–time reporter for the Times, although the review doesn't mention that. •Plug 107, 108, 109 & 110 The October 7 Sunday New York Times Book Review included a plug for the "well–written" biography, "Mary Shelley," by Miranda Seymour, a frequent contributor to the Times book review desk, most recently of a book by another frequent Times reviewer, Claire Messud. The "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" section, meanwhile, gives a plug to "The Kinder Gentler Military: How Political Correctness Affects Our Ability to Win Wars," by Stephanie Gutmann, a frequent contributor to the newspaper. The section also features a recommendation for "The Missionary and the Libertine," by Ian Buruma, a frequent contributor to the Times Magazine, Book Review, and editorial pages, and a citation for "False Papers," by Andre Aciman, who also contributes frequently to the Times. None of these associations are mentioned in any of the reviews. •Plug 111 The daily New York Times for Wednesday, October 10 features another rave review for the "brilliantly reported" book by former Times reporter David Halberstam, "War in a Time of Peace." Calling it a "definitive" work, Times critic Richard Bernstein does not mention the author's connection to the newspaper. •Plug 112 The daily New York Times for Thursday, October 11 features a fervent rave review of "Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War," by a "researched and written by a strong interdisciplinary team of writers for The New York Times," Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg and William Broad. Reviewer John G. Gannon, a former deputy director of the CIA, says it "this excellent book . . . will ease the panic" currently facing the nation about germ warfare in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. •Plug 113, 114, 115 & 116 The cover of the Sunday New York Times Book Review for October 14 focuses on the review for "Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War," by a trio of writers for The New York Times, Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg and William Broad. It praises their "clear and accessible" book for "the care with which they have assembled their case." There's also a lavish plug for "Richard Nixon: Alone in the White House," by Richard Reeves, who goes unidentified as a former long–time reporter for the Times. The review says, "it's hard to think of a better introduction to the man and his presidency." The "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" gives a plug to "Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass," by Richard D. Smith, who writes for the Times' New Jersey Weekly Desk, although the article does not make note of that. And the "And Bear In Mind" section includes another recommendation for "Mary Shelley," by Miranda Seymour, who again goes unnoted as a frequent contributor to the Times Sunday Book Review. •Plug 117, 118 & 119 The Sunday New York Times Book Review for October 21 inlcudes a rave review, the paper's second, for "Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds," by Times reporter Stephen Kinzer. The review says that "for painstakingly honest advice ast to what needs fixing in order for Turkey yet to become 'a light unto the nations,' 'Crescent and Star' cannot be beat." There's also an "And Bear In Mind" plug for "Mary Shelley," by Miranda Seymour, who goes unidentified as a regular contributor to the Book Review. And that section also includes another recommendation for "President Nixon: Alone in the White House" by Richard Reeves, who goes unidentified as a former long–time Times staffer. •Plug 120 The daily New York Times for Monday, October 22 contains the newspaper's second rave review for what reviewer Janet Maslin calls the "brilliantly unnerving new novel," "Look At Me," by Jennifer Egan, who is a reporter for the Times Sunday Magazine, although Maslin does not point that out. •Plug 121, 122 & 123 The New York Times for Sunday, October 28 includes a front–page lead&3150in to a full–page rave review of the "absorbing" "The Brother," by Times editor Sam Roberts. It's the newspaper's second review of the book. Meawnhile, the "And Bear In Mind" section includes a plug for "Crescent and Star," by Times reporter Stephen Kinzer — the paper's third plug of the book — and the "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" features a recommendation for "Ghost Light: A Memoir," by Frank Rich, the Times' former chief theater critic and current editorial columnist. •Plug 124, 125, 126 & 127 The Sunday, November 4 edition of The New York Times includes a rave for an "excellent primer" on the software industry that "should be required reading for any journalist who covers the field," "Go To," by a Times reporter who covers the field, Steve Lohr. There's also a favorable review of "The Universe at Midnight," by frequent Times contributor Ken Croswell. The "And Bear In Mind" section, meanwhile, includes the newspaper's fourth plug for "Crescent and Star," by Times reporter Stephen Kinzer, and the third recommendation for "The Brother," by Times editor Sam Roberts. •Plug 128 & 129 The Sunday New York Times of November 11 includes a plug — the newspaper's fifth — for "Crescent and Star," by Times reporter Stephen Kinzer, in the "And Bear In Mind" section. The "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" section, meanwhile, features a recommendation for "Einstein in Love: A Scientific Romance," by Times science writer Dennis Overbye. •Plug 130, 131 & 132 The Sunday New York Times of November 18 includes a review of "Meltdown: A Race Against Nuclear Disaster and Three Mile Island: A Reporter's Story," a children's book by Wilborn Hampton, an editor at The New York Times Book Review. It's a mixed review, where reviewer H. Jack Geiger says "there are some limitations in Hampton's account," but also that "there are far too few efforts as good as this one" to tell the story. Meanwhile, the "New &Noteworthy Paperbacks" section includes a plug for "Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus," by Robert D. Kaplan, a frequent contributor to both the Times editorial pages and its Sunday Book Review. There is also a recommendation for a second book by Kaplan, "Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan." •Plug 133 The daily New York Times for Monday, November 26 features a luke–warm review for "The Tragedy of Great Power Politics" by John J. Mearsheimer who, as he notes on his own homepage at the University of Chicago, is a frequent contributor to the New York Times editorial pages . . . although this review does not mention that. •Plugs 134 — 170 The December 2 Sunday New York Times featured the yearly "Editor's Choice" awards for "best books" of the year. One of the nine books chosen for an Editor's Choice was "The Metaphysical Club," by Louis Menand, a contributor to the Times Sunday Magazine. It's the newspaper's fifth plug of the book, although none of these plugs, including this one, have mentioned Menand's associationg with The Times. There was also a favorable review of "Travels With a Medieval Queen," by Mary Taylor Simeti, a regular contributor to the Times Sophisticated Traveler Magazine, although the review does not mention this. There's also a favorable critique of "Desperate Hours: The Epic Rescue of the Andrea Doria," by Richard Goldstein, and editor and writer for the Times obituary section, and a positive review for "Prince of Princes: The Life of Potemkin" by Sebag Montefiore who, as is noted in his book jacket bio but not in this review, "writes for The New York Times, particularly about Russia." A section heralding the "best" gardening books of 2001 selects "The Minmalist Cooks Dinner" by Times food columnist Mark Bittman for a plug. Caroline Seebohm, a long–time regular contributor to the Times book and travel sections, also gets a good review for her "Boca Rococo: How Addison Mizner Invented Florida's Gold Coast." Meanwhile, in the newspaper's assessment of the year's "Notable Books," there are twenty–two plugs for books by Times contributors. This includes, in fiction: "The Center of Things" by Jenny McPhee, who, in her fifth plug from the paper, goes unidentified for the fifth time as a regular contributor to the NYTBR; "The Hunters" by Claire Messud (the book's sixth plug); "In the Floyd Archives" by Sarah Boxer (her fifth plug) and "Martyr's Crossing" by Amy Wilentz (her third plug), who goes unidentified as a regular Times contributor. In nonfiction: "The Algeria Hotel" by Adam Nossiter, who, in his fourth plug, isn't identified as a staffer; "Ava's Man" by Rick Bragg (the book's third plug); "The Botany of Desire" by Michael Pollan, who is not identified as a Times contributor (his fifth plug); "The Brother" by Sam Roberts (his fourth plug); "Comfort Me With Apples" by Ruth Reichl (her fifth plug); "Crescent and Star" by Stephen Kinzer (his sixth plug); "Displaced Persons" by Joseph Berger (his fifth plug); "Eastward to Tartary" by Robert D. Kaplan (his third plug), who is unidentified as a Times contributor; "Emergence" by Steven Johnson (his fourth plug), whose affiliation with The Times is unacknowledged; "Facing the Wind," by Julie Salamon (her eighth plug); "Germs" by Judith Miller, Stephen Englelberg and William Broad (the book's third plug); "The Lost Children of Wilder" by Nina Bernstein (her sixth plug); "Marlon Brando" by Patricia Bosworth (her fifth plug), who goes unidentified as a former staffer and continuing contributor; "Mary Shelley" by Miranda Seymour, who goes unaccredited as a frequent contributor to the NYTBR (her fourth plug); "Next" by Michael Lewis (his seventh plug), who is not identified as a contributor to The Times Sunday Magazine; "The Noonday Demon" by Andrew Solomon, who is unidentified as a Times (his eighth plug); "President Nixon: Alone in the White House" by Richard Reeves, who is not identified as a long–time Times reporter (his fourth plug); "Utimate Journey" by Richard Bernstein (his seventh plug); "War in a Time of Peace" by David Halberstam, who is unidentified as a long–time Times staffer (his third plug). The issue also includes "A Noteworthy Collection," a roundup of "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" recommendations from the previous six months, which includes another six plugs for books by Times writers, including plugs for: "Eastward to Tartary" by Robert D. Kaplan; "Einstein in Love" by Dennis Overbye; "The Informant" by Kurt Eichenwald; "Newjack" by Ted Conover; "Scandalmonger" by William Safire; and "The Sooterkin" by Tom Gilling. •Plug 171 The New York Times for Wednesday, December 12, features a rave review for "Go To:The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess Wizards, Maverick Scientists and Iconoclasts — The Programmers Who Created the Software Revolution," a "smooth, creamy, entertaining and sometimes delightful" book by Steve Lohr, a "senior business writer" for the newspaper. •Plug 172 & 173 The New York Times Sunday Book Review for 16 December, 2001 includes a review for the "sharply drawn" and "well observed" book "Bad Elements: Chinese Rebesl from Los Angeles to Beijing" by Ian Buruma, a regular contributor to the Times editorial and book review pages. It also contains a "Books In Brief" plug for "The Last Dream–O–Rama: The Cars Detroit Forgot to Build, 1950-1960" by Bruce Mcall. The review, which praises the book for its "entertaining surrealism," mentions that McCall is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, but neglects to mention that he's an even more frequent contributor to The New York Times. •Plug 174, 175, 176 & 177 The 23 December, 2001 New York Times Book Review includes a second plug for "Bad Elements," by frequent Times contributor Ian Buruma, in the "And Bear In Mind" section. Meanwhile, in the "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" section features a recommendation for "The Stork Club: America's Most Famous Nightspot and the Lost World of Cafe Society," by Times reporter Ralph Blumenthal, a plug for "Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit" by frequent Times contributor Gary Wills, and a recommendation for "The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: A 25 Year Landmark Study," by Judith Wallerstein, Julia Lewis and Sandra Blakeslee, the latter of whom is a Times reporter, although the plug fails to mention that. •Plug 178 The daily New York Times for Wednesday, 26 December, 2001 features a mostly negative review of "Travels With a Medieval Queen," by regulor contributor Mary Taylor Simeti. It was the paper's second review of the book (the first review was postive). •Plug 179, 180, 181, 182 & 183 The Sunday, 30 December 2001 issue of the New York Times Book Review includes an announcement on the letters page of an "editorial oversight" — several books inadvertently left off the year's "notable books" list featured in the 2 December issue. Among the books thereby given a new plug was "The Shape of Things to Come," by Maude Adams, who is a frequent contributor to the NYTBR, although the plug did not mention that. The cover of the issue, meanwhile, includes a lead–in to a rave review of the "incomparable" "Reaching for Glory: Lyndon Johnson's Secret White House Tapes, 1964-1965," edited and with commentary by Michael Beschloss, whom, it goes unremarked, is a regular contributor to the Times editorial desk, and an occasional contributor to the book review desk, including a contribution as recent as two weeks ago. And in the "And Bear In Mind" section, there's another plug for "Bad Elements," by frequent Times contributor Ian Buruma. It's the newspaper's third recommendation for the book. Meanwhile, while Jean Thompson is an occasional contributor to the Times, although not frequently enough to qualify for this list, it is notable that she contributed an endpiece essay in the magazine within two weeks of this rave review of her "elegant and entertaining" novel "Wide Blue Yonder," a review given a lead–in on the cover, and written by Lisa Zeidner, herself a frequent contributor to the Times. Similarly, recent contributor Michael Korda, who two weeks ago contributed this essay to the Times, today recieves a "Books in Brief" plug — written by Times reporter David D. Kirkpatrick — for his "entertaining" and "intriguing" "Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller, 1900-1999. •Plug 184, 185, 186, 187 & 188 The New York Times Book Review for Sunday, 6 January 2002 includes a review of "Alive and Kicking: When Soccer Moms Take the Field and Change Their Lives Forever," by Times sports columnist Harvey Araton. It's a mixed review, but ultimately finds the book "thought–provoking and encouraging." In the "And Bear In Mind" section, there was also another recommendation for "Wide Blue Yonder" by Jean Thompson, as well as another plug Michael Beschloss' "Reaching for Glory." And in the "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" section, there's a plug for "The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued" by Ann Crittenden, who was once nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for her writing on economics issue for the Times, where she was a reporter from 1975 until 1983, and where she still occasionally contributes articles. The plug does not mention this, nor does the plug for "Martyr's Crossing" by Amy Wilentz mention that she, too, is an occasional contributor to the Times. •Plug 189, 190, 191, 192, 193 & 194 The Sunday, 13 January 2002 of the New York Times Book Review features a rave "Books in Brief" review that includes two plugs for books collecting the "supremely witty" artwork of long–time Times illustrator Al Hirschfeld: the first plug was for "Hirschfeld's New York," which includes and introduction by Times columnist Frank Rich; and the second was for "Hirschfeld's Hollywood." The "And Bear In Mind" section, meanwhile, includes another recommendation for "Wide Blue Yonder" by Jean Thompson (her third plug), and another plug for "Reaching for Glory," edited by Michael Beschloss. It's the book's third plug. In the "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" section there's a plug for "Thunder From the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia," which is co–written by Times staffers Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, and another plug for "Crazy Rhythm: My journey From Brooklyn, Jazz, and Wall Street to Nixon's White House, Watergate, and Beyond," by Leonard Garment, a frequent contributor to the Times editorial desk. •Plug 195 & 196 The Wednesday, 16 January, 2002 edition of the New York Times includes a rave review, in the "Dining & Wine" section, of the "admirable" and "long–awaited" "The Elements of Taste," a cookbook by Gray Kunz and Peter Kaminsky, who is identified as "a food writer and critic for New York magazine." Kaminsky is also a frequent contributor to the Times sports desk on the subject of fishing, but this is not mentioned by reviewer Florence Fabricant. Meanwhile, on the front page of the "Arts & Letters" section, the first item in the "Footlights" column highlighted an upcoming reading by Andrew Solomon in support of his book, "The Noonday Demon." It's the ninth plug the newspaper has given to the book, whose author is a regular contributor to the Times Sunday Magazine. •Plug 197 The daily New York Times for Thursday, 17 January 2002 features a decidedly mixed reivew by Janet Maslin of "Mrs. Paine's Garage . . . And the Murder of John F. Kennedy," by Thomas Mallon, who is unidentified as a frequent contributor to the Times. •Plug 198, 199, 200 & 201 In the New York Times for Sunday, 20 January 2002, the Book Review includes a mixed review of "Sincalir Lewis: Rebel From Main Street" by Richard Lingeman, who goes unidentified as a former editor at the Book Review, where he is still an occasional contributor. The "And Bear In Mind" section includes a plug for the "brilliant" "Be My Knife," by David Grossman, whom the plug calls "an outstanding Israeli novelist, although his bio note for an appearance at the University of California at Santa Clara claims he "is better known in the U.S. for . . . his political commentary which often appears in the New York Times." The "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" section, meanwhile, features a plug for "Walker Evans" by the late James R. Mellow, who goes unidentified as a one–time New York Times art critic. And the Week In Review section of the newspaper includes a lengthy plug for "Kill Duck Before Serving: Red Faces at The New York Times," edited by Linda Amster and Dylan Loeb McClain, both Times Staffers. The plug also included a lengthy excerpt from the book, which is a collection of correction announcements that have run in the newspaper. •Plug 202, 203 & 204 The New York Times Book Review for Sunday, 20 January 2002, features a rave review, with a cover lead–in, for "The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War I," by Ben Macintyre, who is unidentified as a regular contributor to the Times book review desk. Meanwhile, "And Bear In Mind" includes a second plug for the "brilliant" "Be My Knife," by "outstanding novelist" and unidentified Times contributor David Grossman, while in "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" there's a plug for "Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution," by Diane McWhorter, a regular contributor to the Times Magazine, although the plug does not mention this. •Plug 205 The Wednesday, 30 January 2002 edition of the New York Times features a rave review for the "unique and thought–provoking" "The River's Tale: A Year on the Mekong," by the Times' correspondent Edward A. Gargan, whose writing, says reviewer Frank Gibney, is characterized by "the knowledge, the imagination, the wit" that few Americans possess. •Plug 206, 207, & 208 The Sunday, 3 February 2002 edition of the New York Times Book Review includes a cover lead–in to a mixed reivew of "Mrs. Paine's Garage . . . And the Murder of John F. Kennedy," by Thomas Mallon, who is a frequent contributor to the Times, particularly the book review desk, although reviewer Sara Mosle — herself a frequent contributor to the Times — does not mention this. There is also a negative, full–page review of "Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos," by Robert D. Kaplan, a frequent contributor to both the Times editorial pages and its Sunday Book Review, although this goes unremarked. This is the third book of Kaplan's plugged in the Times in the last three months. In the "And Bear In Mind" section, meanwhile, there's another plug for "The Englishman's Daughter," by Ben Macintyre, still unidentified as a regular contributor to the Times. •Plug 209 The daily edition of the New York Times for Wedenesday, 6 February 2002 features a rave review of the "deliciously wrought" "Me Times Three," by Times style reporter Alex Witchel, who is also married to Times columnist Frank Rich. The review is by Jenny Lyn Bader, a frequent contributor to the Times Week In Review section, and also to the book review desk, particularly of reviews of books by Times staffers: she's recently reviewed books by Sarah Boxer, Catherine Texier, Ann Powers, and Ruth Reichl. •Plug 210, 211, 212 & 213 The Sunday, 10 February 2002 issue of the New York Times Book Review includes another rave review of "The River's Tale," a "remarkable story, grittily told" by Times reporter Edward A. Gargan. It's the newspaper's second plug of the book. There's also a rave review of "Bedlam Burning," by Geoff Nicholson, a regular contributor to the Book Review, although the review does not mention that. In the "And Bear In Mind" section there's yet another plug for "The Englishman's Daughter," by Ben Macintyre, who remains unidentified as a regular contributor to the Times book review desk in this, the newspaper's third plug of his book. And in "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks," there's a plug for "Bellow: A Biography," by James Atlas, whom, it goes unmentioned, is a frequent contributor to the Times, especially to Sunday Magazine and the editorial desk. •Plug 214, 215, 216, 217 & 218 The daily edition of the New York Times for Friday, 15 February 2002 included a quarter–page ad (unavailable on the Times web version) taken out by the times itself for an event sponsored by the Times and hosted by a Times Book Review editor, Bill Goldstein, called "Literary Moonlighting," a panel discussion which will feature five Times writers on the topic of their new books and "juggling a career and a personal life, the writing process and staying committed to literary aspirations." Thus, the paper gives a prominent plug to Frank Bruni's "Ambling Into History," not yet published but schduled for release within days of this March 13 event; a plug to "Mind Catcher" by John Darnton; a plug to "Molly and the Magic Dress" by William Norwich; a plug to "The Brother" by Sam Roberts, which is its fifth plug; and the newspaper's second plug to "Me Times Three" by Alex Witchel. The newspaper appears to be running this sizeable ad regularly. •Plug 219, 220, 221, 222, 223 & 224 The New York Times Book Review for Sunday, 17 February 2002 includes another posiitive review of the "funny" "smart" and "enjoyable" "Me Times Three," by Times style reporter Alex Witchel. It's the newspaper's second major review of the book, its third plub overall. The "And Bear In MInd" section, meanwhile, features another plug of "Bedlam Burning," by Geoff Nicholson, who once again goes unidentified as a regular contributor to the Book Review. That section also includes a plug for "The Englishman's Daughter," by Ben Macintyre, who remains unidentified as a regular contributor to the Times book review desk in this, the newspaper's fourth plug of his book; a third recommendation for "The River's Tale," by Times reporter Edward A. Gargan; and another plug, the second, for "Mrs. Paine's Garage . . . And the Murder of John F. Kennedy," by Thomas Mallon, who still goes unremarked as a frequent contributor to the Times. In "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" there's a plug for "The Lost Children of Wilder," by Times reporter Nina Bernstein. It's the newspaper's seventh recommendation of her book. •Plug 225, 226, 227, 228 & 229 The Sunday, 24 February 2002 edition of the New York Times features a cover lead–in to a mixed review of "America's First Dynasty: The Adamses, 1735–1918," by Richard Brookhiser, a regular contributor to the Times editorial and book review desks, although the review by Jeff Shesol does not mention that. In the "And Bear In Mind" section, meanwhile, there's a recommendation for "Bedlam Burning," by Geoff Nicholson, who, in this third plug of his book, once again goes unidentified as a regular contributor to the Book Review; another plug for "Mrs. Paine's Garage . . . And the Murder of John F. Kennedy," by Thomas Mallon, who also remains unremarked as a frequent contributor to the Times in this fourth plug of his book; and yet another plug for "Me Times Three," by Times style reporter Alex Witchel, the paper's fourth plug of the book. And in the "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks" section, there's a plug for "It's the Little Things: Everday Interactions That Anger, Annoy and Divide the Races," by Lena Williams, a Times reporter. •Plug 230 The daily edition of the New York Times for Wednesday, 27 February 2002 features a mixed review for "Bedlam Burning," by Geoff Nicholson. It's the newspaper's fourth plug of the book, and Nicholson once again goes unidentified as a regular contributor to the Book Review. •Plug 231, 232, 233, 234 & 235 The Sunday New York Times for 3 March 2002 features a full–page, rave review for the "fascinating" "Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire" by Michael T. Kaufman, a former Times reporter and editor who is still a frequent contributor to the paper. The cover review, meanwhile, is of three related books, and "the most intellectually rigorous and deeply thoughtful of these three" is "The Anatomy of Racial Inequality" by Glenn C. Loury, a regular contributor to the Times editorial desk. At the same time, there's a mostly negative review for "A Multitude of Sins: Stories" by Richard Ford, who regularly contributes to the Times' Magazine, as well as to the editorial and arts sections. In the "Books in Brief" section there's a rave review for "Shadows and Elephants" by Edward Hower, who is unidentified as a regular contributor of book reviews to the Times. And the "And Bear In Mind" section includes another plug for "America's First Dynasty: The Adamses, 1735–1918," by Richard Brookhiser, who again goes unidentified as a regular contributor to the Times editorial and book review desks in this second plug of his book. •Plug 236 & 237 The daily edition of the New York Times for Tuesday, 5 March 2002 includes a rave review of the "flinty–eyed exposition of a brilliant capitalist, devoted provocateur and accidental humanitarian," "Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire" by former Times reporter and editor Michael T. Kaufman, who also worked for Soros. The book is also given another plug on the website for the Times Book Review, where it is a "Featured First Chapter." •Plug 238, 239, 240, 241 & 242 The 10 March 2002 edition of the Sunday New York Times includes, in the "Books in Brief" section, a rave review of the "infectious" "Lonesome Rangers: Homeless Minds, Promised Lands, Fugitive Cultures," by John Leonard, former editor–in–chief of the Sunday New York Times Book Review, and still a regular contributor. In Children's Books, in the "Bookshelf" section (print version only), there's a plug, the newspaper's second, for "Molly and the Magic Dress," by Times editor William Norwich. In the "And Bear In Mind" section, there's a plug for "America's First Dynasty: The Adamses, 1735–1918," by Richard Brookhiser, a regular contributor to the Times editorial and book review desks, although the review does not mention that, and another plug for "Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire" by Michael T. Kaufman, who goes unidentified a former Times reporter and editor who is still a frequent contributor to the paper. That's the third plug for Brookhiser's book, and the fourth plug for Kaufman. The section also includes another plug for "A Multitude of Sins: Stories" by Richard Ford, whom, it goes unmentioned, regularly contributes to the Times' Magazine, as well as to the editorial and arts sections. •Plug 243, 244 & 245 The Sunday New York Times Book Review for 17 March 2002 includes a cover lead–in to a full–page review of "a major publishing event," the "magnificent" "The Structure of Evolutionary Theory," by Stephen Jay Gould, a regular contributor to the Times' editorial pages. The "And Bear In Mind" section includes another plug for "Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire" by Michael T. Kaufman, who goes unidentified a former Times reporter and editor who is still a frequent contributor to the paper. It's the newspaper's fifth plug of his book. The section also includes another plug for "A Multitude of Sins: Stories" by Richard Ford, who regularly contributes to the Times' Magazine, as well as to the editorial and arts sections, although this goes unmentioned in this, the third plug of the book. •Plug 246 The daily edition of the New York Times for Wednesday, 20 March 2002 features a plug for the "astute" and "judicious" "Ambling Into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush" by Times reporter Frank Bruni. It's the newspaper's second plug of the book. •Plug 247, 248 & 249 The 24 March 2002 issue of the Sunday New York Times features a favorable full–page review of "The Marriage Problem" by James Q. Wilson, a regular contributor to the Times, most frequently to the editorial pages. In Books in Brief, there's a rave review for the "cleareyed [sic]" and "engaging" book, "The Good, the Bad & the Difference," a collection of Randy Cohen's columns written for the New York Times Magazine. The And Bear In Mind section also includes another plug for "A Multitude of Sins: Stories" by Richard Ford. It's the paper's fourth plug of the book. Most recently: •Plug 250 The daily edition of the New York Times for Friday, 29 March 2002 includes a rave review of "a memoir of uncommon amplitude and power, "Bad Blood" by Lorna Sage, who was a regular contributor of book reviews to the Times up until her death last year. •Plug 251, 252, 253, 254 & 255 The Sunday New York Times Book Review for 31 March 2002 features a cover lead–in to the table of contents' lead review, which is full–page rave review for the "judicious and gentle" "Ambling Into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush," by Frank Bruni. It's the newspaper's third plug of the book. There's also a cover lead–in to a full–page–and–then–some rave review of "Baseball: A Literary Anthology," edited by Nicholas Dawidoff, a frequent contributor to the Times Magazine and editorial desk, although the review doesn't mention that. The Books in Brief section, meanwhile, includes a rave review, highlighted in a box with a large illustration, of "The Watercourse," by Cynthia Zarin, who regularly reviews children's books for the Book Review. And the New & Noteworthy Paperbacks features a plug for "My Little Blue Dress," by Bruno Maddox, who goes unidentified as a former frequent contributor to the Book Review, too, in this, the second plug of the book. Finally, there's a mostly favorable review of "The Apprentice Lover," by Jay Parini, "one of those writers who can do anything," including write for the New York Times Book Review, which he does quite frequently, although the review doesn't say that. •Plug 256, 257 & 258 The Sunday New York Times Book Review for 7 April 2002 features, as its cover article, a full–page rave review of the "fascinating" and "revealing" "Skahrarov: A Biography," by Richard Lourie, a very frequent contributor to the Times, especially the Book Review. The Books in Brief section, meanwhile, has a plug for "Piloting Palm: The Inside Story of Palm, Handspring, and the Birth of the Billion–Dollar Handheld Industry," by Andrea Butter and David Pogue, who writes the 'State of the Art" column for the Times' Circuits section. And the And Bear in Mind section features yet another plug, the fourth, for "Ambling Into History," by Times reporter Frank Bruni. •Plug 259 The daily edition of the New York Times for 12 April 2002 includes a review of "Science Fictions: A Scientific Mystery, a Massive Coverup, and the Dark Legacy of Robert Gallo," by John Crewdson, who won the Pulitzer Prize as a Times sceince reporter. The review is mostly positive until the end, when reviewer Ed Regis lambastes the publisher for not including source citations, but rather only making them available online. Home

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