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CENSUS WON’T ASK Re-election Bid Squalor Pervasive in Detention Centers
CITIZEN QUESTION Gets Hefty Lift
Of $105 Million Government Report
AS TRUMP YIELDS Backs Depictions
Trump Looks on Track by Democrats
A DRAMATIC ABOUT-FACE to Top ’16 Donations
By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS
By ANNIE KARNI WASHINGTON — Over-
Legal Setbacks and Tight and MAGGIE HABERMAN crowded, squalid conditions are
Deadlines Hindered WASHINGTON — President more widespread at migrant cen-
ters along the southern border
Trump’s re-election campaign and
President’s Effort the Republican National Commit- than initially revealed, the De-
tee said on Tuesday they had partment of Homeland Security’s
raised $105 million in the second independent watchdog said Tues-
By MICHAEL WINES quarter of this year, outraising day. Its report describes standing-
President Barack Obama in the room-only cells, children without
WASHINGTON — The Trump showers and hot meals, and de-
administration, in a dramatic equivalent period during his 2012
re-election campaign and signal- tainees clamoring desperately for
about-face, abandoned its quest release.
on Tuesday to add a citizenship ing that Mr. Trump will have far
more resources than he did in The findings by the Depart-
question to the 2020 census, a ment of Homeland Security’s Of-
week after being blocked by the 2016.
fice of Inspector General were re-
Supreme Court. The campaign and the commit-
leased as House Democrats de-
Faced with mounting deadlines tee said that they had a combined
tailed their own findings at mi-
and a protracted legal fight, offi- $100 million in cash on hand, and
grant holding centers and pressed
cials ordered the Census Bureau that they had raised more money
the agency to answer for the mis-
to start printing forms for next online in the second quarter than
treatment not only of migrants but
year’s head count without the in the first half of 2018. Mr. Trump
also of their own colleagues, who
question. and his committees raised $54
have been threatened on social
The decision was a victory for million, they said, and the Repub- media.
critics who said the question was lican National Committee raised
In June, inspectors from the de-
part of an administration effort to $51 million, money that can be
partment visited five facilities in
skew the census results in favor of plowed into television and digital
the Rio Grande Valley of Texas,
Republicans. It was also a remark- advertising, get-out-the-vote ef- and found children had few spare
able retreat for an administration forts and other activities related clothes and no laundry facilities.
that typically digs into such fights. to the 2020 election. Many migrants were given only
Just last week after the Su- While Mr. Trump may be trail- wet wipes to clean themselves
preme Court’s decision, President ing the Democratic front-runners and bologna sandwiches to eat,
Trump said he was asking his law- in the polls, his second-quarter causing constipation and other
yers to delay the census, “no mat- numbers were a reminder that as health problems, according to the
ter how long,” in order to fight for an incumbent, he has advantages report. Children at two of the five
the question in court. He reiter- that were unavailable to him as an facilities in the area were not giv-
ated his unwillingness to give up untraditional, first-time candidate en hot meals until inspectors ar-
in a Twitter message posted late in 2016. rived.
Tuesday, saying he had asked ad- Mr. Trump rose to the presiden- Overcrowding was so severe
ministration officials “to do what- cy with fewer staff members and that when the agency’s internal
ever is necessary” to get a citizen- less money than his opponent, Hil- inspectors visited some of the fa-
ship question on the census form. lary Clinton. This time, he will cilities, migrants banged on cells
Word of the administration’s de- have the Republican Party’s fund- and pressed notes to windows
cision to stop fighting came in a raising mechanism, as well as the begging for help.
one-sentence email from the Jus- powers of the presidency, bolster- “At one facility, some single
tice Department to lawyers for ing his raw personal appeal to his A page from the government report, since made public, showing migrants held in McAllen, Tex. adults were held in standing-
plaintiffs in a New York lawsuit base, even as he tries to present room-only conditions for a week,
that sought to block the question’s himself as the outsider to the polit- and at another, some single adults
inclusion in the head count. ical establishment that he once were held more than a month in
The email offered no explana- was.
tion, but the administration was
confronting weeks or months of
“A huge advantage the presi-
dent’s got is, he’s the nominee, he’s
He Is Accused of Rape but Has ‘a Good Family’ overcrowded cells,” according to
the report, which built off an initial
inquiry by the inspector general
additional legal challenges to the the incumbent,” said Ann Her- Troiano of Superior Court, said, in May that described similar con-
question. Meanwhile, the Census berger, a veteran Republican should have explained to the girl ditions in facilities in El Paso.
Bureau had said it needed to begin fund-raiser who worked for Jeb
By LUIS FERRÉ-SADURNÍ A Judge’s Rationale for and her family that pressing The report fueled Democratic
printing questionnaires by July 1 Bush over several campaigns, in- The 16-year-old girl was visibly
to meet the April 2020 deadline for cluding his presidential run. The intoxicated, her speech slurred, Leniency Is Rejected charges would destroy the boy’s
life.
lawmakers’ resolve to press for
answers from the Customs and
conducting the census. Democrats, Ms. Herberger said, when a drunk 16-year-old boy sex- So he denied prosecutors’ mo- Border Protection agency even as
The administration’s decision “are in the same boat that we were ually assaulted her in a dark base- tion to try the 16-year-old as an they continued to fight among
appeared to end a yearlong battle in 2016 — until their convention, ment during an alcohol-fueled pa- adult. “He is clearly a candidate themselves over an emergency
But a family court judge said it
over the country’s all-important it’s a food fight, it’s every man for jama party in New Jersey, pros- for not just college but probably spending bill that passed last
wasn’t rape. Instead, he wondered
decennial head count. Census re- himself.” ecutors said. for a good college,” Judge Troiano week without the strict conditions
aloud if it was sexual assault, de-
sults are used to divvy up seats in Trump campaign officials said The boy filmed himself pene- said last year in a two-hour deci- that liberals and Hispanic mem-
fining rape as something reserved
the House of Representatives and they received 725,000 individual trating her from behind, her torso sion while sitting in Monmouth bers had demanded. Their sense
for an attack at gunpoint by
Continued on Page A17 donations online, with supporters exposed, her head hanging down, strangers. County. of urgency was stoked further af-
giving an average of $48 — small- prosecutors said. He later shared He also said the young man Now the judge has been sharply ter ProPublica unearthed a secret
donor enthusiasm that was un- the cellphone video among came from a good family, attended rebuked by an appeals court in a Facebook group for current and
PUSH FOR TAX RETURNS The precedented in Republican poli- friends, investigators said, and an excellent school, had terrific scathing 14-page ruling that former Border Patrol agents that
House filed a suit seeking access tics, according to a committee offi- sent a text that said, “When your grades and was an Eagle Scout. warned the judge against showing featured jokes about migrant
to the president’s taxes. PAGE A16 Continued on Page A14 first time having sex was rape.” Prosecutors, the judge, James Continued on Page A21 Continued on Page A16

Bound for Iran, LEE IACOCCA, 1924-2019

Tankers Vanish Visionary Executive Who Got

And Return Full Ford and Chrysler Humming
By MICHAEL FORSYTHE
and RONEN BERGMAN By ROBERT D. McFADDEN

A week ago, a small tanker ship Lee A. Iacocca, the visionary

approached the Persian Gulf after automaker who ran the Ford Mo-
tor Company and then the
a 19-day voyage from China. The
Chrysler Corporation and came to
captain, as required by interna-
personify Detroit as the dream
tional rules, reported the ship’s
factory of America’s postwar love
position, course, speed and an-
affair with the automobile, died on
other key detail: It was riding
Tuesday at his home in Bel Air,
high in the water, meaning it was
Calif. He was 94.
probably empty.
He had complications from GEORGE TAMES/THE NEW YORK TIMES
Then the Chinese-owned ship, Parkinson’s disease, a family
the Sino Energy 1, went silent and Lee Iacocca personified the
spokeswoman said.
essentially vanished from the American auto industry’s dom-
In an industry that had
grid. produced legends, from giants inance through the late 1980s.
It reported in again on Sunday, like Henry Ford and Walter
near the spot where it had van- Chrysler to the birth of the assem- evoked images of executive
ished six days earlier, only now it bly line and freedoms of the road suites, infighting, power plays and
was heading east, away from the that led to suburbia and the mid- the grit and savvy to sell Ameri-
Strait of Hormuz near Iran. If past dle class, Mr. Iacocca, the son of an can cars. He was so widely ad-
patterns hold, the captain will immigrant hot-dog vendor, made mired that there was serious talk
soon report that it is riding low in history as the only executive in of his running for president of the
the water, meaning its tanks are modern times to preside over the United States in 1988.
most likely full. operations of two of the Big Three Detractors branded him a Ma-
As the Trump administration’s RICHARD HEATHCOTE/GETTY IMAGES automakers. chiavellian huckster who clawed
sanctions on Iranian oil and petro- In the 1970s and ’80s, with De- his way to pinnacles of power in 32
chemical products have taken The Shot Heard Round the World Cup troit still dominating the nation’s years at Ford, building flashy cars
Continued on Page A9 Alex Morgan and the U.S. beat England, 2-1, to reach their third straight World Cup final. Page B7. automobile market, his name Continued on Page A19

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The European Union made history by A major contributor to the gun group is A spate of cyclist deaths has raised In Xinjiang, border authorities routinely The grieving Los Angeles Angels chose
putting forward two women for top jobs pressing other backers to withhold their questions about the effectiveness of install a policing app on people’s devices to return to the diamond just a day after
as the bloc’s unity is tested. PAGE A8 giving until its troubled leader, Wayne Vision Zero, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signa- to gather personal data. PAGE B1 pitcher Tyler Skaggs was found dead in
LaPierre, is ousted. PAGE A15 ture transportation policy. PAGE A20 the team hotel. PAGE B11
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Princess Haya, a wife of Dubai’s ruler, SEAL Acquitted of Murder ARTS C1-8 The company’s decision to remove a FOOD D1-8
fled to Britain. She is at least the third Edward Gallagher, accused of war sneaker featuring a Betsy Ross flag set
woman to try to escape abroad. PAGE A9 crimes in Iraq, was convicted of a single She Deserves 13 Stars off a furor on social media. PAGE B1 Red, White and Blue Ice Cream
charge for posing with the dead body of A rediscovered diary, now at the Mu- While the French and Italians refined
an ISIS captive. PAGE A18 seum of the American Revolution, the frozen treat as an art, Americans
sheds light on Deborah Sampson, who made it a dessert of the people. PAGE D1
Harris Surges in the Polls fought in the Continental Army. PAGE C1
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NOTEWORTHY FACTS FROM TODAY’S PAPER

Sorbet was accidentally invented in Christine Lagarde, the new

the 16th century, when the Italian president of the European Central
scientist Giambattista della Porta Bank, was once a competitive
tried to freeze wine and wound up synchronized swimmer, having spent
with boozy slush. three years on the French national
America, Scoop by Frosty Scoop D1 team.
• ‘Call in the Woman’: Lagarde to Steer Europe
In Rough Economic Seas A8
Betsy Ross, a Philadelphia
seamstress, is widely credited with •
creating the 13-star “Betsy Ross flag” After World War II, almost
at George Washington’s behest, 60 percent of all furniture made in
though most scholars dispute that the United States was produced
story as legend, according to the within a 150-mile radius of High
Library of Congress. Point, N.C., according to the High
In Plunge Into Culture Wars, Nike Pulls Point Museum.
An American Flag Sneaker B1 A Downtown in Need of a Do-Over B5
• •
Dengue infects over 100 million CHRISTOPH NIEMANN Tesla built more than 250,000 cars
people globally a year, killing 10,000. in 2018.
Panic Over Zika Has Died Down, but Researchers Think Tesla, but With Trucks and S.U.V.s
Say Virus Is Still Spreading A6 Instead of Cars B1

The Conversation Spotlight

FOUR OF THE MOST READ, SHARED AND DISCUSSED POSTS ADDITIONAL REPORTAGE AND REPARTEE
FROM ACROSS NYTIMES.COM FROM OUR JOURNALISTS

1. He’s Spent Just One Night on His Private Island. Last month, Caitlin Dickerson, who covers immigration for
He’s Had Enough. The New York Times, fielded questions on reddit.com for an
Tuesday’s most read news article was a Metro story about “ask me anything” session about her reporting on Constantin
two tiny Long Island Sound islands owned by Dr. Albert Mutu, who at four months old was the youngest child sepa-
Sutton, less than an hour north of Manhattan. The two islands rated from his parents at the United States-Mexico border. An
are on the market for $13 million. edited and condensed excerpt of that post follows.

Right now, what is the policy for when families

present themselves at the border?

Caitlin Dickerson There is no current policy for

federal border agents that dictates who should be
separated and who should not.

After President Trump signed an executive order

ending “zero tolerance,” the practice of separations
continued in cases where border agents believed that
they were necessary to protect a child’s safety.
JAMES ESTRIN/THE NEW YORK TIMES

2. 10 Medical Myths We Should Stop Believing.

Doctors, Too. What’s the difference between this administration’s
Researchers recently discovered that nearly 400 routine policy and the policy under Obama?
medical practices were flatly contradicted by studies pub-
lished in leading journals. This article collected 10 of those
findings, including that fish oil does not reduce the risk of Caitlin Dickerson Family separations for the
heart disease, that ginkgo biloba does not protect against purposes of deterrence do not predate the Trump
memory loss and dementia and that step counters and calorie administration.
trackers do not help you lose weight.

3. ‘It Feels Like a Jail’: Lawmakers Criticize Before Trump, including under President Barack
Migrant Holding Sites on Border Obama, immigrant families were only separated if
More than a dozen members of Congress visited two Texas border agents believed that a child was in danger, such
border facilities on Monday and spoke out against the condi- as when they suspected that a person claiming to be a
tions they encountered there in a news conference. They were parent was actually a human trafficker, or if the parent
met with vulgar heckling from protesters. had an extensive criminal record that could impact
their ability to keep the child safe.
4. Scientists Are Giving Dead Brains New Life.
What Could Go Wrong?
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BY JOEL FAGLIANO A RECIPE FOR THE BEST GAZPACHO

1 2 3 4 More a drink than a soup, served in frosted glasses or chilled tumblers, gazpacho is perfect
when it is too hot to eat but you need cold, salt and lunch all at the same time. Gazpacho is
everywhere in Seville, Spain, where this recipe comes from, but it’s not the watered-down
5 6
salsa or grainy vegetable purée often served in the United States. This version has no
bread and is a creamy orange-pink rather than a lipstick red. That is because a large quan-
7 tity of olive oil is required for making delicious gazpacho, rather than take-it-or-leave it
gazpacho. The emulsion of red tomato juice, palest green cucumber juice and golden olive
8 oil produces the right color and a smooth, almost fluffy texture. JULIA MOSKIN

TIME: 20 MINUTES, PLUS CHILLING

9 YIELD: 8 TO 12 SERVINGS (ABOUT 1 QUART)

About 2 pounds ripe red tomatoes,

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A4 WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

Internet Cutoff Further Isolates Myanmar State

Shutdown May Mask
Abuse of Muslims
By HANNAH BEECH
and SAW NANG
RATHEDAUNG, Myanmar — The se-
curity forces, with their geriatric rifles,
formed a wary patrol, scanning the
forested hills where members of an eth-
nic insurgency roam. A crater on the pit-
ted road attested to the rebels’ skill at
fashioning explosive devices.
Rakhine State, a ribbon of marsh and
mountain on the western coast of Myan-
mar, is isolated in the best of times,
racked by guerrilla warfare and ethnic
cleansing that takes place far from inter-
national scrutiny.
Now, an internet blackout has all but
severed parts of the state from the out-
side world, in a dramatic display of how
easily a government can silence a popu-
lation in the digital age.
“The internet will resume when stabil-
ity is restored in that area,” said U Myo
Swe, the chief engineer for Myanmar
Posts and Telecommunications.
The blackout, which came at the be-
hest of the Ministry of Transport and
Communications, was “for the benefit of
the people,” Mr. Myo Swe said.
Government-mandated internet or so-
cial media shutdowns, which have oc-
curred with increasing frequency in
places like Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Su-
dan, are often deemed necessary for si-
lencing the kind of innuendo and rumor
that causes online mobs to catalyze real
ones.
But such telecommunications embar-
goes can be designed to foil members of
the political opposition as well. And they
ADAM DEAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
can particularly hurt vulnerable commu-
nities in conflict areas, who depend on in- A border guard watching a Rohingya man at a checkpoint in Rakhine State, Myanmar. The government turned off the
NEPAL
L
ternet connections to keep them out of BHUTAN
N
area’s internet service in late June. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been expelled from the region since 2017.
the crossfire or publicize abuses in re- CHINA
mote locations. INDIA
besieged groups or to publicly hold the these are the same security forces that Myanmar commander in chief. But far
“I’m worried that there will be more BA
ANGLADESH
ANG ESH military to account. have so far avoided accountability for the more incendiary accounts have not been
human rights violations during the inter- Since 2017, over 700,000 Rohingya atrocities committed against the Rohing- banned.
net shutdown,” said U Aung Thaung Muslims have been expelled from Myan- ya in Rakhine State less than two years At an army base in Rathedaung, a few
Shwe, a member of Parliament from MYANMAR
N mar, in a murderous campaign that some ago.” miles from where the Arakan Army
Buthidaung Township in northern Ra- United Nations officials say may consti- Ms. Lee, who has spoken out in de- launched an attack this year, soldiers
Buthidaung
Bu daun
khine State, where civilians have been Rathedaung tute genocide. The pogroms by the fense of Myanmar’s persecuted ethnic crouched behind fences of barbed wire
killed as hostilities have increased be- R
RAKHINE Myanmar military were aided by mobs groups, has been barred from the coun- and branches.
tween insurgents from the Rakhine eth- LAOS of ethnic Rakhine Buddhists. try. Rakhine villagers walked by, avoiding
Bay of Bengal
nic group and the Myanmar military. This year, a long-simmering ethnic Ra- A decade ago, when the country was eye contact with the infantrymen. Ten-
“It seems like the internet shutdown is khine insurgency exploded as well, com- still fully controlled by a military junta, sions between the two sides reach back
only for the military’s sake,” he added. “It Yangon
ng
ngon
plicating the security landscape in an al- few people had internet access, particu- centuries.
destroys the rule of law and security.” THAILAND ready wounded region. The Arakan larly in remote regions like Rakhine. SIM Next to the base was a telecommuni-
The online blackout for cellphones, Army, an ethnic Rakhine armed group cards could cost $2,000, far more than cation tower, shiny and new, also encir-
which began on June 21 and affects eight 300 MILES
that claims 7,000 soldiers, has launched the average yearly income. cled by crude fencing.
townships in Rakhine State and one in fatal raids on Myanmar soldiers. But as the military began transferring After much of the state’s Muslim popu-
neighboring Chin State, “is depriving aid THE NEW YORK TIMES
The response by the Myanmar mili- some power to a civilian government led lation was forced to flee to neighboring
workers and rights monitors of vital tary has been fierce, human rights by Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar be- Bangladesh, Myanmar officials vowed to
communications in a time of crisis,” said “Internet service should be restored groups say: massacred children, arbi- gan opening up. SIM cards are now af- reinvigorate Rakhine through invest-
Brad Adams, Asia director at Human without delay,” Ms. Ortagus said, to “lim- trary detentions and the destruction of fordable. Facebook has become a key ment. In the northern townships, where
Rights Watch. it further damage to Burma’s interna- Rakhine historical monuments. More news source, even as hate-filled posts, most of the Rohingya used to live, a con-
Telenor Myanmar, one of the nation’s tional reputation.” than 35,000 ethnic Rakhine have fled the some fanned by the military, have struction boom is bringing new govern-
largest cellular providers, said in a state- The United States refers to Myanmar fighting, according to the United Na- heightened communal tensions. ment buildings, roads and other infra-
ment that “freedom of expression by its previous name, Burma. tions. This time around, the internet black- structure.
through access to telecoms services Once hailed for what its army leaders Yanghee Lee, the United Nations spe- out in Rakhine was again attributed to But the renewed fighting has dimmed
should be maintained for humanitarian portrayed as a peaceful transition to- cial rapporteur on human rights in social media excesses, said Brig. Gen. the state’s economic prospects. Internet
purposes, especially during times of con- ward democratic governance, Myanmar Myanmar, said that the internet suspen- Zaw Min Tun, a spokesman for the stoppages will only dissuade potential
flict.” has had its reputation battered by con- sion could be designed to cloak abuses by Myanmar military. investors further.
The United States joined the con- tinuing military aggression, most nota- the military, known as the Tatmadaw. “There is racial hatred in Rakhine,” he “The government says the internet
demnation, saying that the shutdown bly against ethnic minorities, who make “I am told that the Tatmadaw is now said, “because of racial hate speech and shutdown is for the benefit of the people,
“has curtailed some forms of internet- up at least one third of the nation’s popu- conducting a ‘clearance operation,’ propaganda on social media.” but I don’t see any benefit for the people,”
based communication for as many as one lation. which we all know by now can be a cover Under pressure for having allowed said Kaung Mrat Naing, a resident of
million people,” according to a statement The nation’s civilian leader, Daw Aung for committing gross human rights vio- hate speech to fester on its platform, Maungdaw, a northern Rakhine town-
by Morgan Ortagus, a spokeswoman for San Suu Kyi, the recipient of a Nobel lations against the civilian population,” Facebook has taken down accounts asso- ship. “This only makes trouble for the
the State Department. Peace Prize, has declined to speak up for Ms. Lee said. “We must not forget that ciated with the Arakan Army and the people.”

Migrant-Rescuing Captain held on the sixth anniversary of

the pope’s visit to Lampedusa,
which in recent decades has be-

Ordered Released in Italy

come a gateway to Europe for tens
of thousands of asylum seekers
and migrants fleeing violence in
their home countries or seeking a
By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO terior Minister Matteo Salvini, better life on the Continent.
ROME — A judge in Sicily on whose hard line immigration pol- The Lampedusa trip was Fran-
Tuesday lifted a house arrest or- icy has been at the heart of his po- cis’ first official outing as pontiff,
der and freed Carola Rackete, the litical ascent, raged against the and it was taken as a powerful
captain of a ship carrying rescued decision and said that in any case, message about his priorities. The
migrants who had been detained she would be expelled from Italy. pope has since been an outspoken
over the weekend after defying “For the Italian magistrature, advocate of the rights of migrants
the Italian authorities and dock- ignoring the law and ramming and refugees.
ing on the Mediterranean island of into a patrol boat of the Financial Captain Rackete rescued 53 mi-
Lampedusa. Police are not sufficient reason to grants at sea last month. The Ital-
Captain Rackete had defended go to jail,” Mr. Salvini wrote imme- ian authorities permitted 13 mi-
her decision to challenge Italy’s diately after the ruling. “No prob- grants to disembark for health
closed-ports policy and dock the lem: For the criminal commander reasons over a two-week period as
Dutch-flagged Sea Watch 3, which a provision to send her back to her the ship remained at sea during
is owned by a German humanitar- country is ready because she is the standoff.
ian organization, by citing a state dangerous for national security.” The remaining 40 migrants
of emergency because of the Next week, Captain Rackete were allowed to disembark early
growing exhaustion and despera- will return before a prosecutor in Saturday morning after Captain
tion among the 40 migrants Sicily to face a count of facilitating Rackete made the unilateral deci-
aboard, who were rescued from a illegal immigration. She faces up sion to dock, and they are ex-
shipwreck on June 12. to 15 years in prison if she is sent pected to be taken in by five Euro-
After maneuvering the Sea to trial and convicted on that pean countries, including France
GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/REUTERS
Watch 3 next to a pier in Lampe- charge. and Germany, whose govern-
dusa and colliding with a border More than 600,000 migrants ar- Carola Rackete, the captain of a ship that took rescued migrants to Lampedusa, in Sicily on Monday. ments have been critical of Italy’s
patrol vessel, Captain Rackete rived in Italy from 2014 to 2017, but closed-ports policy.
was placed under investigation those numbers dropped dramati- door hearing on Monday after- Captain Rackete’s lawyer, Luca Carola.” Mr. Marino, Captain Rackete’s
for resisting a public official and cally last year after Italy struck a noon that the maneuver and the Marino, said that during the hear- In just a few days, supporters in lawyer, said she would fight to
committing an act of resistance or contentious agreement with Lib- collision with the patrol boat had ing, his client had explained that Italy and Germany raised more clear her name. “I don’t think she
violence against a military ship. ya intended to halt the influx from been “voluntary,” Luigi Patronag- she had not seen the patrol boat than 1.3 million euros to cover the wants to stay in Italy, but she will
Should she go to trial, she faces up the North African country, a key gio, the chief prosecutor in the city while docking the Sea Watch 3 and costs of Captain Rackete’s legal be here to defend herself,” he said.
to 10 years in prison. point on many migrants’ route. of Agrigento, where the case was that she had apologized to the Ital- defense. The German page was “The charges against her are very
Judge Alessandra Vella ruled But migrants continue to arrive heard, told journalists. ian officials aboard. organized by television comedi- serious.”
Tuesday that Captain Rackete by sea, albeit in much smaller Speaking to a parliamentary The Sea Watch was seized Sat- ans Jan Böhmermann and Klaas Speaking at a news conference
should not be held in a state of de- numbers. In June alone, more commission on Tuesday, Mr. Pa- urday pending the investigation. Heufer-Umlauf who made a much in Berlin on Tuesday, Sea Watch
tention while prosecutors investi- than 1,200 migrants landed after tronaggio said that while the Sea Captain Rackete’s challenge to watched YouTube video calling for spokesman Ruben Neugebauer
gate whether there is sufficient making the journey on smaller Watch had been making headlines the Italian government’s refusal donations. said the humanitarian organiza-
evidence to formally charge and vessels, according to the Italian over 53 migrants, “in the same to accept migrants has made her a The legal proceedings for Cap- tion was ready to send another
send the 31-year-old German Interior Ministry. days, in silence, without much hero to some and a criminal to oth- tain Rackete coincided with a Vati- ship to rescue migrants. “We will
woman to trial. The investigation Mr. Salvini had accused Captain ado, more than 200 migrants” had ers. can announcement that Pope continue to ensure that human
could continue for up to two years. Rackete and her crew of willfully landed on Lampedusa or the On Monday, as police officers Francis would celebrate a Mass rights are respected in the Medi-
In a series of tweets, Italy’s In- putting the lives of Italian officials coastline near Agrigento, trav- patrolled the courthouse in Agri- on Monday for “migrants, refu- terranean, if necessary with a new
at risk. eling by small boats or saved by gento, a group of supporters gees and those who are dedicated ship, if ours remains under
Christopher Schuetze contributed Prosecutors in Sicily had ar- the financial police or the Coast hoisted a placard at the entrance to saving their lives.” seizure,” he said, according to the
reporting from Berlin. gued during a three-hour, closed- Guard. that read: “Standing by your side The invitation-only Mass will be news agency Ansa.
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A6 N THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

Peace Talks Steer Clear

Of Attack on Children
A Sign of Eagerness for a Taliban Deal
By FATIMA FAIZI public health in Kabul.
and ROD NORDLAND The State Department con-
KABUL, Afghanistan — Even demned the attack on Tuesday,
by the standards of Afghanistan’s calling it “particularly barbarous”
long war, the Taliban attack near a and demanding the Taliban cease
school that wounded dozens of attacks on civilians. But in Doha,
schoolchildren on Monday stood American envoys gave no public
out as unusually brutal, and ex- statement about the assault.
pressions of outrage came thick During previous negotiating
and fast from governments sessions, American efforts to com-
around the world. plain about Taliban violence
But from Doha, the Qatari capi- sometimes turned into shouting
tal where American negotiators matches, according to the offi-
were meeting with Taliban offi- cials. The Americans would chal-
cials in a seventh round of talks, lenge the Taliban about killing ci-
now in their fourth day, there was vilians, and the Taliban would ac-
publicly only silence on the as- cuse the Americans of doing the
sault. same by bombing villages and
homes. As the Taliban mounted an
Several of the earlier rounds of
offensive this spring, the Ameri-
talks, which began in earnest this
cans and the Afghan government
year, also coincided with attacks
increased attacks as well, leaving
in Afghanistan, where more than
both sides blaming one another
32,000 civilians have been killed in
for the surge in violence.
the last decade of the war, now in
Sediq Seddiqi, the spokesman
its 18th year. Most of those deaths
for President Ashraf Ghani, pre-
have been blamed on the insur-
dicted that Monday’s attack would
gents, a result of indiscriminate
have repercussions in Doha, say-
bombings and suicide attacks. ing, “Not only the United States
In earlier rounds this year, but the entire world is condemn-
American negotiators had ing it, obviously it will have its re- PHOTOGRAPHS BY WAKIL KOHSAR/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES
brought up the violence at the ne- percussions on the results of the Afghan schoolchildren standing in the debris left by a Taliban car
gotiating table, according to offi- ongoing talks.” bomb attack in Kabul, which wounded 51 children and killed
cials with knowledge of the talks, There was no outward sign of
speaking on condition of ano- one. Left, an Afghan security official investigating the site.
that, however. The officials with
nymity because of diplomatic sen- knowledge of the talks said that
sitivities. But now they have the issue did not come up at the There were 18 attacks on educa- he uses only one name.) “I am re-
stopped doing so, the officials Doha peace talks themselves, al- tional facilities in the first three ally worried about my students,”
said, in a possible sign of just how though American negotiators months of 2019, according to a he said. “They are just 10 and 12,
keen negotiators have become to raised the violence with senior more recent, quarterly report. they have no idea about war and
seal a deal that would set a time- Taliban officials informally on the Bombs were the biggest killers, peace. It is a dirty game by the
line for an American troop with- sidelines of the talks Monday. the data showed. “A staggering 80 Americans and the Taliban.”
drawal in exchange for a Taliban The Taliban said it did not delib- percent of conflict-related child The Taliban said the attack was
promise not to let terrorists oper- erately target the Uzair High deaths in Afghanistan are the re- aimed at the military facility. In an
ate from Afghanistan. School, whose 300 students, in sult of explosive weapons,” said unusual admission, however, the
At most, there have been con- first through 12th grade, used the Onno van Manen, country direc- insurgents acknowledged there
demnations on the margins of the lower floors of an 11-story building tor for Save the Children. “Chil- were civilian casualties.
earlier sessions. That happened near a Ministry of Defense facility. dren’s smaller bodies sustain “According to some reports,
again after Monday’s attack, Many witnesses of the attack said more serious injuries than adults, some civilians have been slightly
which was apparently aimed at a the insurgents entered the school particularly to the head and chest. wounded,” Taliban spokesman
government facility in Kabul, the so they could reach the tower’s These injuries can kill or cause Zabihullah Mujahid said. “But ci-
Afghan capital, but badly dam- rooftop, which they used as a fir- life-changing disabilities.” vilians were not the target.”
aged a nearby school, museum ing position. “Schools should be havens of dents recalled the attackers Symptoms of psychological dis- Mr. Ghani’s government has so
and television station. Ahamadullah Darwish, 25, an peace,” said Erica Vogel, a spokes- telling the children to stay out of tress appeared immediately after far been excluded from the peace
In addition to wounding 51 chil- English teacher at the school, de- woman for Unicef, the United Na- the way. The students included Monday’s attack. Sayed Adel, 11, talks, although the Americans
dren and killing one, the militants scribed the scene after an initial tions Children’s Fund. “Violence five of her grandchildren, one of bleeding from his ears, was led have insisted that once a deal is
also took the lives of another 39 explosion. “After a few minutes I in or around schools is never ac- whom was injured. home by his 12-year-old brother, made the next step would be talks
people, most of them civilians, ac- thought to myself that I am the ceptable.” “The attacker told them, ‘You who was also at the school. between the Afghan government
cording to Afghan authorities. In teacher, I must take over and con- The top United Nations official are good human beings, you have “Sayed Adel was so shocked and the Taliban.
all, 116 people were hospitalized trol the children and get them out in Kabul, Tadamichi Yamamoto, nothing to do with this, get out of and the entire night he could not The Afghan government used
with serious injuries, 26 of them of the classroom,” he said. “Many said it was clear that the attackers here. You are here to study, we sleep and didn’t allow us to sleep the attack on the school as evi-
children and six women, accord- students were injured and cov- were aware of the school. won’t do anything to you,” she either,” said his grandmother and dence of Taliban bad faith. “This
ing to Wahidullah Mayar, the ered in blood.” “The attack in Kabul took place said. the head teacher, Ms. Amiri. “He shows they are not committed to
spokesman for the ministry of The blast was from a Taliban when children were arriving at According to a United Nations kept telling us that he doesn’t peace,” Mr. Seddiqi said.
car bomb, which destroyed much nearby schools, indicating that report on Afghanistan for 2018, 28 want to go to school anymore. He Mr. Darwish, the English
Fatima Faizi reported from Kabul, of the school’s outer wall — a tactic those who planned and launched percent of all civilian casualties was saying that something is eat- teacher, said he is having trouble
Afghanistan, and Rod Nordland that drew condemnation from it at that time showed a reckless were children, a total of 927 deaths ing him from inside.” sleeping. “Yesterday all the stu-
from New Delhi, India. Reporting rights workers, who said the in- disregard for the safety of inno- and 2,135 injuries. The agency A fifth-grade religion teacher at dents were screaming, ‘Mom,
was contributed by Mujib Mashal surgents should not have used cent lives,” he said. blamed most of those on “antigov- the bombed school, Safiullah, 24, please come and save me,’ and I
in Doha, Qatar, and Jawad Su- such an indiscriminate weapon so The head teacher of the school, ernment elements,” a term that in woke up in a hospital bed after the was hearing that again and
khanyar in Kabul. close to civilians. Aziza Sayar Amiri, 55, said stu- most cases refers to the Taliban. explosion. (Like many Afghans, again,” Mr. Darwish said.

Panic Over Zika Has Died Down, but Researchers Say Virus Is Still Spreading
By ANDREW JACOBS where the mosquito that spreads 10,000.
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Remem- the virus — the female Aedes ae- Until 2015, Zika was an obscure
ber Zika? gypti — is endemic but have so far and fairly harmless virus that
With measles and Ebola grab- been spared locally transmitted produced flulike symptoms. First
bing headlines, it is easy to forget cases of Zika. On Tuesday, the identified in 1947 among monkeys
the health panic of 2016, when World Health Organization issued in the Zika forest of Uganda, it lat-
Zika was linked to severe birth de- a report on Zika that listed 61 such er found a foothold in humans and
fects in thousands of Brazilian countries, among them densely then spread across Africa, South-
newborns whose mothers were populated behemoths like China, east Asia and the South Pacific.
infected while pregnant, striking Egypt and Pakistan as well as The virus is believed to have most
fear across the country and much much of Africa. likely arrived in Brazil with a trav-
of the Americas. Even Brazil remains vulnera- eler attending the World Cup
As health officials struggled to ble: The 2016 epidemic largely there in the summer of 2014. Sci-
halt its spread, the virus galloped spared the country’s south and entists are still stumped as to why
through Latin America and the most notably São Paulo, its big- Zika began causing birth defects.
Caribbean that spring and sum- gest city. Warming temperatures “We thought of Zika as an incon-
mer and eventually reached the associated with climate change sequential disease, but then it ex-
United States, sickening more are expected to expand the range ploded in Brazil with devastating
than 200 people in Florida and of Aedes, according to a recent consequences,” said Dr. Anthony
Texas and prompting countless study, putting tens of millions Fauci, director of the National In-
travelers to cancel vacations in more people at risk for Zika and stitute of Allergy and Infectious
the tropics. other mosquito-borne diseases. Diseases. “The larger lesson for
Then, seemingly overnight, the “The next outbreak is not a mat- us is that we have to always be
epidemic evaporated and public ter of if, but when,” said Dr. Er- prepared for the emergence and
attention moved on. nesto T.A. Marques, a public re-emergence of viruses and mi-
But Zika, it turns out, did not health researcher at The Oswaldo crobes.”
vanish. Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro Zika has presented health offi-
“Zika has completely fallen off who is also an assistant professor cials with a number of challenges.
the radar, but the lack of media at- at the University of Pittsburgh. Tracking its spread has been diffi-
tention doesn’t mean it’s disap- In the United States, the Aedes MARCO BELLO/REUTERS
cult because many countries, es-
peared,” said Dr. Karin Nielson, a mosquito can be found across sig- pecially those with weak public
pediatric infectious disease spe- nificant swaths of the country dur- Fumigation efforts in 2016 helped slow the spread of Zika, but the disease is far from dormant. health systems, lack the ability to
cialist at U.C.L.A. who studies ing summer, though epidemiolo- identify new cases. Compounding
Zika’s impact in Brazil. “In some gists say the potential for large- enough traction to spread among conceded that there was no way to never get rid of Zika, just like we the problem is that the vast major-
ways, the situation is a bit more scale American outbreaks is lim- those who have never been in- know with certainty whether Zika can’t get rid of dengue,” said Paolo ity of people infected experience
dangerous because people aren’t ited by the near ubiquity of air fected. was still circulating in the 87 coun- Zanotto, a molecular virologist at symptoms so mild they rarely
aware of it.” conditioning, window screens and But over time, the benefits of tries with previously recorded the University of São Paulo. Com- seek medical care. And because
The virus, which is mostly local mosquito control efforts. herd immunity wane as more chil- cases of transmission. Its advice pounding that fear, he said, is the Zika, dengue and chikungunya all
spread by mosquitoes but also “It also helps that people in the dren are born, providing fresh tin- for pregnant women seeking to possibility that Zika virus could produce fever, joint pain and
through sex with an infected per- U.S. tend to live fairly far apart in der for the next epidemiological travel reflects that ambiguity: find a host in animals, especially rashes, Zika cases are often misdi-
son, is still circulating in Brazil single-family homes,” said Dr. wildfire. Researchers are also un- cover up exposed skin with light monkeys, making it even harder agnosed.
and other countries that were at Lyle R. Petersen, who oversees sure whether those infected with colored clothing, use insect repel- to control. One of the biggest obstacles to
the center of the epidemic, and vector-borne diseases at the Cen- Zika are immune for life, or just for lent and “carefully consider the Early hopes for a vaccine better surveillance — and to in-
two years ago the same strain ters for Disease Control and Pre- a period of time. risks.” (It also advises men re- against Zika have also stumbled. forming pregnant women that
from the Americas arrived in con- vention. “This is a mosquito that Public health officials have turning from areas with known Although a number of potential they’ve been infected — is the lack
tinental Africa for the first time. doesn’t fly very far.” been frustrated by haphazard co- Zika outbreaks to consider ab- vaccines are in the pipeline, the of a rapid, inexpensive diagnostic
That strain, researchers recently While the number of new cases operation from countries worried staining from sex for at least three ebbing of the epidemic has made it test.
discovered, had been causing of Zika so far is small — last year about the stigma associated with months.) hard to test their efficacy in the “At this point we can only guess
birth defects in Asia long before there were nearly 20,000 infec- Zika as well as those over- Dr. Peterson of the C.D.C. and field. the number of new infections,”
the Zika epidemic of 2016. tions in Brazil compared to more whelmed by other health crises. others who study Zika and closely Arboviruses like dengue, said Dr. Scott C. Weaver, a virolo-
Another concern is over places than 200,000 during the epi- In Angola, the government did not related viruses, including dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever gist at the University of Texas
demic’s peak — countries like An- initially report dozens of micro- yellow fever and chikungunya, provide something of a template Medical Branch in Galveston who
gola, Thailand, Vietnam and Cape cephaly cases that were first dis- say they are worried the world is for the future of Zika. During the was among the first to predict
Verde have reported newborns covered by Portuguese re- unprepared for the next outbreak. 1940s and 50s, successful eradica- Zika’s arrival in the Americas.
with Zika-related microcephaly, searchers. Earlier this year, India For one, the underlying condi- tion campaigns aimed at quelling As public health experts across

Morocco
the condition that leaves babies protested its inclusion on the tions that enabled the epidemic — deadly yellow fever outbreaks the world continue their preven-
with the misshapen heads and C.D.C.’s advisory list for pregnant crowded urban neighborhoods vanquished Aedes from Brazil tion work, thousands of families
profound neurological damage women during a Zika outbreak in whose residents are too poor to af- and much of the region. But by the here in Brazil are already strug-
12 days from $2999 that stoked global anxiety. the country’s northwest. In April, ford insect repellent or window 1970s, as those efforts were aban- gling with Zika’s impact. The first
per person, double occupancy Zika has been taking a path sim- the C.D.C. modified its warning. screens — remain a problem in doned, the mosquito quickly re-es- Zika babies are turning 3 and 4,
ilar to other viral infections that Dr. Eve Lackritz, who leads much of the developing world. Ae- tablished itself, leading to increas- and their families, many of them
Fully-guided tour of poor, are increasingly over-
offer immunity to those who have W.H.O.’s Zika Task Force, said one des has developed a particular ingly intense outbreaks of dengue
Casablanca, Fez & more fallen ill and recovered. In Brazil, of her main tasks is to keep up the fondness for human blood and has and yellow fever, and more re- whelmed, said Dr. Marques, the
w/flights, hotels & meals Colombia, Puerto Rico and other sense of urgency. “My biggest fear adapted so well to urban living cently the emergence of new ar- researcher from Rio de Janeiro.
places hard hit by the epidemic, is complacency and lack of inter- that it can quickly breed in over- boviral pathogens like chikun- “It’s a nightmare for these
877-707-9495 so-called herd immunity may limit est by the global community,” she turned bottle caps and other gunya and Zika. These days, mothers,” he said. “And as the chil-
friendlyplanet.com the potential for new outbreaks said. refuse after a rainfall. dengue infects over 100 million dren grow older, it’s not going to
because the virus cannot gain In its new report, the W.H.O. “Our biggest fear is that we will people globally a year, killing get any easier.”
 THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019 N A7

Merkel’s Trembling Episodes Intensify Debate Over Succession in Germany

By KATRIN BENNHOLD freed from having to run the party spotted in a Berlin department may be that many Germans still
BERLIN — Angela Merkel has and organize the next election, store, he said. trust in the stability and continu-
not stopped. has seen her popularity bounce “Can you imagine this being the ity of their political institutions.
After a second episode in which back — only reinforcing the con- case for an American president?” “That has been the German ex-
Ms. Merkel, Germany’s chancel- trast with the embattled Ms. he said. perience over the last 70 years,”
lor, trembled uncontrollably in Kramp-Karrenbauer. Although Mr. Trump does not said Paul Nolte, a historian at the
public last week, she headed to the When the chancellor an- disclose the full details of his Free University of Berlin.
airport, took a 12-hour flight to Ja- nounced her decision to run for a health, when Hillary Clinton came “There is a fundamental trust in
pan, held 10 bilateral meetings fourth four-year term in 2017 she down with pneumonia during the the continuity of the state body,
and four group sessions with added, explicitly, “health permit- 2016 presidential campaign and which isn’t shaken by a politician’s
world leaders, including Presi- ting.” disappeared from the news me- body,” Mr. Nolte said. “People sim-
dent Trump, then flew back to Eu- The qualification, which barely dia’s sight for 90 minutes — to her ply trust that a successor would
rope for a record-breaking 20- registered at the time, now has a daughter’s apartment to rest, it do a good job, too.”
hour negotiation with her Euro- different ring to it. turned out — it caused a storm. That factor could soon be a
pean counterparts in Brussels. The flip side of Ms. Merkel’s Evelyn Roll, another Merkel bi- thing of the past in Europe’s newly
The last several days have been commitment to serving out her ographer, recalled writing emails fragmented political reality. Ms.
a reminder of Ms. Merkel’s storied fourth term until 2021, said Nico to the chancellor’s husband every Merkel’s underlying political
stamina, proven in countless cri- Fried, a commentator in the Süd- three months for years to request weakness is undeniable by now,
sis summits during her 14 years in deutsche Zeitung newspaper, is GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES an interview, to no avail. In the Mr. Kornelius said.
office. “the promise to quit” if her physi- Chancellor Angela Markel of Germany on Tuesday completed a end she asked for a conversation But after powering through
But they also reinforce the mys- cal strength reaches its limit. 20-hour negotiation session in Brussels with European leaders. “only on chemistry,” but that, too, possibly the most grueling week
tery of what exactly is going on “Citizens can expect that re- was politely declined. of travel and meetings of her
with the health of the woman who spect of her,” Mr. Fried wrote. “Merkel has been private from chancellorship, Ms. Merkel not
“Just as Merkel can expect the ers came a day early to sleep off her annual hiking trip to the Ital- the beginning,” Ms. Roll said. only proved her physical resil-
has been the rock of European the jet lag,” Mr. Kornelius said. ian Alps with her husband, the
politics at a time when the author- public’s respect in the discussion “There have never even been the ience once again; she also turned
about her health.” Her attachment to privacy ex- reason was opaque, Mr. Kornelius glossy holiday shots past chancel- a stinging political defeat over her
ity of both her party and her coun-
Others were less forgiving. tends to other parts of her life, too. said. “Was it too physically tax- lors would distribute to the press. party’s preferred candidate into
try appear to be declining.
Christopher Schwennicke, the ed- Little is known about her hus- ing? Did she want to boycott Italy It is the flip side of her being ut- an unexpected last-minute vic-
“When Angela Merkel trem- because of Matteo Salvini,” the
itor of the magazine Cicero, com- band, Joachim Sauer, beyond his terly without vanity and focused tory by securing the top job for
bles, the whole union trembles,” hard right interior minister, Mr.
pared the chancellery’s communi- being a chemist and Wagner en- on her work. By and large, the Germany anyway.
Stephan-Andreas Casdorff wrote Kornelius said. “We don’t know.”
cation strategy to that of a Rus- thusiast. He is rarely seen in pub- German people respect that “This was never the plan,” Mr.
in the Tagesspiegel newspaper.
sian government that for years lic. And for about four weeks, the trade-off.” Kornelius said. “But she will still
On the surface, Ms. Merkel’s
covered over the poor health of Last summer, when it emerged public did not even know the chan- Another reason there is no hys- be hailed for bringing the top job
two recent trembling episodes
President Vladimir V. Putin’s that Ms. Merkel was not going on cellor’s whereabouts until she was teria over the chancellor’s health to Germany.”
within the space of 10 days, which
predecessor, Boris Yeltsin.
followed a previous incident two
“The German public deserves
years ago in Mexico, have been a
to know what is going on,” Mr.
strikingly low-key affair in Ger-
Schwennicke wrote. “It does not
many, a country fiercely protec-
deserve to be treated with Krem-
tive of privacy.
lin-levels of secrecy.”
Tight-lipped advisers planted Germany is fiercely protective
the idea that the second recent of privacy, and health has always
episode was psychosomatic, been considered a private matter
brought on by the memory of the in the country.
first. The chancellor herself de- In the 1970s, Chancellor Willy
flected questions in Japan, saying Brandt suffered from grave de-
she had “nothing special to re- pression and had multiple affairs,
port.” something that was well-known in
“I am doing fine,” she said. journalists’ circles during his time
And that was that. in office but was not publicly dis-
But under the surface, the im- cussed.
ages of the chancellor’s moments His successor, Chancellor Hel-
of physical vulnerability have be- mut Schmidt, had a heart ailment
come symbolic of her party’s and that resulted in him being found
country’s political frailty — and an unconscious in his office multiple
occasion to revisit the topic of her times. But again, the news media
succession. did not write about his health until
In Brussels this week, Ms. after he left office.
Merkel failed to muster her hall- Over time, the taboo softened as
mark consensus-building powers some German politicians became
and steer her peers even to her more open about their health.
second-choice candidate for the President Frank-Walter Stein-
European Union’s top job. But in meier spoke publicly about donat-
the final hours of negotiations on ing a kidney to his wife. Wolfgang
Tuesday, her influence was impor- Schäuble, the veteran lawmaker
tant in getting a German, her de- and former finance minister, has
fense minister, Ursula von der used a wheelchair for decades.
Leyen, nominated as the presi- And Malu Dreyer, one of Ger-
dent of the powerful European many’s 16 state governors, pub-
Commission. Domestically, opin- licly announced that she had mul-
ion polls now regularly put Ms. tiple sclerosis.
Merkel’s conservatives in second But Ms. Merkel has taken pri-
place behind the liberal Greens. vacy to another level — and not
Ms. Merkel’s anointed succes- just on her health, her biogra-
sor, Annegret Kramp-Karren- phers say.
bauer, who last fall won the con- There is no official doctor at-
test to succeed the chancellor as tached to the chancellery. “No one
head of their conservative party, knows who her doctor is,” said
has seen her approval rating drop Stefan Kornelius, a Merkel biogra-
sharply in recent weeks as ques- pher and the foreign editor of the
tions about her capacity to lead Süddeutsche Zeitung.
the party into the next election When she broke her pelvis in
have grown louder. 2014 while cross-country skiing, it
Possible rivals — like Armin was reported that the file created
Laschet, the leader of Germany’s in the hospital where she was
most populous state, North-Rhine treated was labeled with a fake
Westphalia, and Markus Söder, name.
the leader of Bavaria’s conserva- “She has a Prussian toughness
tives, who pair with Ms. Merkel’s against herself,” Mr. Kornelius
party nationally — are being said. “She hasn’t missed a day in
floated as alternative candidates 14 years.”
for the chancellery, an office tradi- After her most recent trembling
tionally tied to party leadership. incident, Ms. Merkel boarded a
In the meantime, Ms. Merkel, flight to Japan that arrived at 8
a.m. local time — 1 a.m. Berlin
Christopher F. Schuetze contribut- time — and went straight into her
ed reporting. first day of meetings. “Other lead-

Russian Navy Submarine

Catches Fire, Killing 14
By ANDREW E. KRAMER opens to the Barents Sea.
MOSCOW — Fourteen sailors The Ministry of Defense issued
died in a fire on a deep-sea Rus- a statement describing the
sian military vessel, the Russian stricken vessel as a “scientific ex-
military said on Tuesday. perimental deep water apparatus
The Russian authorities did not intended to study the natural envi-
say if the vessel was powered by a ronment and sea floor.”
nuclear reactor, which could raise But some Russian media indi-
fears of radiation leaks. But some cated that the vessel was a spy
Russian media, citing military submarine. In a possible indica-
sources, said the stricken vessel tion of the importance of the ves-
was nuclear-powered. sel or its mission, Mr. Putin said
On Tuesday evening, an official seven of those who died were cap-
with the Radiation and Nuclear tains and that two of the dead had
Safety Authority in Norway said received high military honors.
the agency had taken radiation Mr. Putin canceled a planned
measurements after the incident visit to the provincial city of Tver
but detected nothing unusual, to remain in the Kremlin, where
Reuters reported. Russian television showed him di-
The lethal fire broke out on the recting his defense minister to fly
vessel based at the same Arctic to Severomorsk to oversee the
port, Severomorsk, as the Kursk military’s response.
nuclear submarine that sank in Russian authorities did not say
2000, killing 118 sailors in a sear- how many people were aboard the
ing tragedy for the Russian Navy vessel at the time of the fire. The
that posed an early test for Presi- Ministry of Defense said the ves-
dent Vladimir V. Putin. sel was returned to the base at
In the Kursk sinking and other Severomorsk.
accidents in Russia’s submarine The accident aboard the Kursk
fleet, the navy has been slow to ac- in 2000 had proved a difficult mo-
knowledge the gravity of emer- ment for Mr. Putin.
gencies, the scale of human loss or The Kursk, a strategic missile
environmental threats. submarine powered by twin nu-
The military announced the lat- clear reactors, sank after a tor-
est fire and casualties on Tuesday, pedo exploded during a test
but said the accident happened a launch. The Russian military,
day earlier. It said the sailors had threadbare after the Soviet col-
died from smoke inhalation. The lapse, lacked rescue equipment
statement offered no explanation and waited days before appealing
for the delayed announcement. for international help.
It was not clear if the vessel was The military kept shifting its ac-
submerged at the time of the fire, counts, saying at one point that
and the military did not specify its the crew had perished instantly.
location, other than to say it had But a note was later found by a
been within Russian territorial crew member who survived long
waters. The Severomorsk base is enough to write that 23 sailors
on the Murmansk Fjord, which were trapped alive.
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European Commission President Inherits a Fragmented and Fussy Bloc

Balancing Needs
Of Newer Players
By STEVEN ERLANGER
and MATINA STEVIS-GRIDNEFF
BRUSSELS — After grueling
and bitter negotiations, the Euro-
pean Union on Tuesday finally de-
cided on the heads of its key insti-
tutions, making history by putting
forward two women for the most
important jobs at a moment when
the bloc’s unity is being tested as
never before.
After the sort of exhausting,
grinding process for which the
bloc is now infamous, European
leaders nominated two conserva-
tives, the German defense min-
ister, Ursula von der Leyen, as
Commission president, and the
French head of the International
Monetary Fund, Christine La-
garde, as head of the European
Central Bank.
They ascended weeks after a
new Parliament was elected that
saw the larger parties losing
ground to smaller, more ideolog-
ical ones, testing the limits of the
bloc’s need for consensus among
28 members that are increasingly
divided — West versus East, con-
servative versus progressive, fed-
eralist European versus populist.
Ultimately, the negotiations
were about papering over those
differences. If it was messy, the
haggling also underscored how
the European Union matters more
as the bloc struggles to respond to
the challenges of migration, cli-
mate change, President Vladimir
V. Putin of Russia, inequality and
the rise of populists. SWEN PFOERTNER/DPA, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

Not least, there is a lot of chaos European Union members chose Ursula von der Leyen, center, the German defense minister, as European Commission president, replacing Jean-Claude Juncker.
now in Europe and in the trans-At-
lantic relationship, with President
Trump threatening a trade war, former French government min- pean Parliament in May broke the not necessarily their leading can- also opposed Mr. Timmermans, system with Mr. Timmermans,
serious divisions over how to deal ister who has been running the usual hold of the conservatives didate, Manfred Weber, would get including the heads of govern- but demote Mr. Weber to head of
with Iran and the continuing psy- I.M.F. since 2011. While not a and social democrats; now they the Commission presidency. ments of Latvia, Croatia and Ire- the Parliament.
chodrama of Brexit, which is a trained economist, she is consid- need the liberals and the party of Even among the conservatives, land, arguing that it was absurd to That was simply unacceptable
slowly ticking crisis with a possi- ered an excellent manager with President Emmanuel Macron of many believed that trouble hand over the presidency and to many in the European People’s
ble no-deal explosion at its end. extensive contacts around the France to form a majority. So pars- started with nominating Mr. Web- complaining that Ms. Merkel had Party.
world. ing out the key jobs was bound to er, who was widely considered too not bothered to consult them. As Prime Minister Leo Varad-
Ms. von der Leyen, 60, the Ger-
In a package deal of political prove more complicated. inexperienced for the job, espe- Italy’s leader, deputy prime kar of Ireland said on Sunday,
man defense minister, will now re-
ideologies, gender and region, the The long debate also showed cially now that Europe is facing so minister Matteo Salvini, also “The vast majority of the EPP
place Jean-Claude Juncker as the
leaders also decided to name the decreasing influence of Chan- many problems. made it clear that he would op- prime ministers don’t believe that
bloc’s most prominent bureau-
Charles Michel, 43, the acting Bel- cellor Angela Merkel of Germany But they proved very unhappy pose Mr. Timmermans. we should give up the presidency
crat, attending G-20 summit
gian prime minister, a liberal, as over her own conservative party with Ms. Merkel’s willingness to Part of the difficulty stemmed of the Commission quite so easily,
meetings and advancing E.U. in-
president of the European Council grouping, the European People’s from what is known as the without a fight.”
terests in negotiations with the
of heads of state and government, Party. And it prompted bitter com- ‘‘spitzenkandidat’’ process. The So the EPP leaders chose party
United States, China and other
replacing Donald Tusk, and pro- ments from Mr. Macron after the idea, rather like in any parlia- over the principle of the leading
major powers.
The European Commission has
posed Josep Borrell Fontelles, 72,
a former Spanish foreign minister,
group suspended its talks on Mon-
day after 20 hours.
Navigating ideological ment, is to have the Commission
president as the leading candidate
candidate, which is likely to mean
the end of that idea.
a central role in creating and im-
plementing policies and laws that
as the new foreign policy chief, to Charging that some of his col- splits, climate issues of the largest party in Parliament.
For all the drama, it is impor-
replace Federica Mogherini. leagues were more interested in First tried five years ago, the
regulate the lives of half a billion
people. From what they eat to how
The talks among the 28 member their own futures and in national and a looming Brexit. stronger conservative bloc — the
tant to remember that the real
power in the European Union
states failed to produce a consen- pride, Mr. Macron said: “Our European People’s Party, or EPP
they spend their money, the Com- sus last month and nearly failed credibility is profoundly stained — succeeded in imposing Mr. rests with its member states and
mission’s influence over Euro- again Sunday night and Monday with meetings that are too long Juncker as president, despite op- their leaders, not with the heads of
pean life is enormous. morning. They resumed again on that yield nothing. We give an im- deal with Mr. Macron and hand position from Britain. the bloc’s bureaucracy.
Its new boss will preside over Tuesday with previous favorites age of a Europe that is not seri- over the Commission presidency This time, with Parliament The Commission president, the
the institution at one of the most having been turned away in nego- ous.” to at least a nominal socialist, more fragmented and Mr. Weber most important of them, and the
defining and challenging mo- tiations. Of course Mr. Macron, who por- Frans Timmermans of the widely considered unqualified for foreign policy chief must be ap-
ments in the bloc’s history. Arriving at a consensus, always trays himself as an altruistic Eu- Netherlands. the job, the European People’s proved by Parliament.
As Brexit looms, Ms. von der a challenge for the diverse mem- ropean, has important national in- Ms. Merkel faced an uprising, Party was faced with a choice: in- And in the new Parliament it-
Leyen will deal with the unfin- bers of the European Union, was terests at stake, too, including the with fierce opposition from Po- sist on holding on to the Commis- self, which met for the first time on
ished business surrounding Brit- particularly hard this time vital question of who — or which land and Hungary. Mr. Timmer- sion presidency or preserve the Tuesday in Strasbourg, members
ain’s effort to quit the bloc. She around. French person — will replace mans, as the deputy to Mr. leading-candidate system by from the Brexit Party stood with
may also interact with President Divisions in a more fragmented Mario Draghi as head of the Euro- Juncker, was the most outspoken backing someone from another their backs to the podium during
Trump on a range of issues. Europe proved harder to bridge. pean Central Bank. European official criticizing those party, like Mr. Timmermans or the the playing of the European Un-
Ms. Lagarde, 63, is a lawyer and Traditionally, if the French and While the conservatives lost countries for violating the rule of liberal Dane, Margrethe Vestager. ion’s anthem, “Ode to Joy,” while
Germans agree on a policy, they ground in the elections, they re- the law, and so had earned their Ms. Merkel’s proposal, worked members of the British Liberal
Milan Schreuer contributed re- usually get their way. main the largest party, and most enmity. out with France, Spain and the Democrats wore yellow T-shirts
porting. But the elections for the Euro- believed that one of their party, if But other conservative leaders Netherlands, was to maintain the reading: “Bollocks to Brexit.”

‘Call In the Woman’:

is nonetheless on wobbly footing.
Fears of recession have been am-
plified by the trade war, tensions
in the Middle East and Britain’s

Lagarde to Steer Europe messy attempt to leave the Euro-

pean Union.
Mr. Draghi has been talking

In Rough Economic Seas about reviving some of the meas-

ures used to fight the last financial
crisis, like purchases of bonds to
drive down interest rates and
By DAVID SEGAL Bank a tad daunting. In part, that
and AMIE TSANG was because of the roiling effects pump money into the economy.
of trade wars, which have been But that approach is controver-
During a recent appearance on sial, keeping companies, firms or
“The Daily Show,” the host Trevor weighing on the region’s economy.
In an interview with The Finan- banks alive through cheap money.
Noah asked Christine Lagarde if If investors suddenly lose their
she was familiar with the “glass cial Times in September, she
sounded annoyed by speculation appetite for high-risk debt, these
cliff.” It is the phenomenon, he businesses could collapse en
said, of handing a job to a woman that she was a contender for any
number of top spots in Brussels or masse and exacerbate an eco-
at a hazardous moment, making nomic downturn.
her success highly improbable, Frankfurt, where the bank is
based. Ms. Lagarde will have to decide
and giving men some deniability.
“I have a very important job which approach to support: more
Hadn’t Ms. Lagarde landed on a easy money, or a gradual move to-
glass cliff when she was appointed here that I want to do,” she told the
newspaper, “and I’m not going to ward tighter credit to slowly weed
head of the International Mone-
leave that beautiful vessel when out the zombie companies.
tary Fund in 2011, Mr. Noah asked,
there might be rough waters out For some analysts, Ms. La-
a time when many countries were
there.” garde’s appointment was a sur-
still reeling from the financial cri-
sis? What exactly changed her mind prise and evidence of how hard it
is unclear, but the European Cen- has become for Europe to find a
“Correct! You’re right,” Ms. La-
tral Bank will now be led by a consensus candidate for the posi-
garde replied. The job, she went
on, “was intimidating.” But the cir- woman who, through charisma tion.
cumstance — a woman elevated and intelligence, stands with the “I thought they might go for
just in time to oversee a fiasco — most recognizable figures in
BENOIT TESSIER/REUTERS
someone with a more conven-
felt familiar. global finance. She is equally com- Christine Lagarde is the first woman to be chosen as president of the European Central Bank. tional background,” said Ángel Ta-
“Whenever the situation is re- fortable among the diplomatic lavera, lead eurozone economist
ally, really bad,” she said, “you call elite at a Group of 20 summit and “It’s very weird,” she said, “be- Ms. Lagarde is highly fluent in “Everyone was writing to the at Oxford Economics. “She does-
in the woman.” the business titans at the World cause when you’re a synchronized English and lived in the United congressman, saying, ‘Impeach n’t have central banking experi-
The woman has been called in Economic Forum in Davos, Switz- swimmer, if you shave your legs States from 1999 to 2005. Her Nixon.’ ‘Don’t impeach Nixon.’ So ence, so it’s pretty hard to judge
again. On Tuesday, Ms. Lagarde erland. With her Chanel suits and completely, you lose sense of skills with the language were en- I was introduced to the art of deal- her on previous things she’s said
was named the new president of distinctive swirl of white hair, she where you are and how well you’re hanced by the year she spent, as a ing with constituent members,” on the subject.”
the European Central Bank, the has appeared not just on Ameri- doing.” teenager, living with a family in Ms. Lagarde told The Washington What Ms. Lagarde has said
first woman to be chosen for the can chat shows but in Vogue and Promoting women has been a the suburbs of Maryland as an ex- Post in 2011. “During that year, at about the world economy has
post. The role will make her one of on Forbes’s list of the most power- recurring theme of her career. She change student. She was remem- Holton-Arms, with my host family sounded more optimistic in recent
the most powerful figures in inter- ful women in the world. has talked about the moral urgen- bered as a girl who managed to and interning in Washington, I months. In an I.M.F. blog post in
national finance, giving her a lead- She has a singular résumé that cy of gender equality, but to any- add glamour to the dowdy school learned more, and it mattered June, she said that data suggested
ing hand in guiding the world’s includes many other firsts. She one unmoved by such arguments uniform at the Holton-Arms pri- more to me, probably, than any that global growth might be stabil-
second-largest economy. She will was the first chairwoman of the she will enumerate the economic vate school in Bethesda, and for year of my life.” izing. Her biggest concern re-
succeed Mario Draghi, an Italian Chicago-based law firm Baker upsides, too. the timely help she provided to a Ms. Lagarde, who will start on mains the trade wars now sim-
economist who will be remem- McKenzie, and the first woman to “Our own research bears this young congressman on Capitol Nov. 1, called her new job an “hon- mering around the world, and in
bered for steering the eurozone — become finance minister of a G8 out,” she wrote on the I.M.F.’s blog Hill during the Watergate hear- or.” Her legacy at the I.M.F. in- characteristically blunt words
the 19 countries that use the euro economy. And she is surely the in September. “A higher share of ings. cludes the fund’s largest ever bail- that seemed directed at President
— through a perilous era, includ- first central banker who was a women on the boards of banks and She was an intern at the time in out, a $57 billion deal with Ar- Trump, she warned about the
ing the near bankruptcies of competitive synchronized swim- financial supervision agencies is the office of Representative gentina credited with averting a downsides of tariffs.
Greece and Spain. mer, having spent three years on associated with greater stability. William R. Cohen, a Republican default. “These are self-inflicted
Today the job does not appear the French national team. As I have said many times, if it had from Maine. Mr. Cohen needed a An antitrust lawyer by training, wounds that must be avoided,”
riddled with the same acute dan- During an appearance on the been Lehman Sisters rather than French speaker who could trans- she will have a steep learning she wrote. “How? By removing
gers. That said, until recently, Ms. NPR show “Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Lehman Brothers, the world late mail sent by French constitu- curve in the mechanics of mone- the recently implemented trade
Lagarde considered the notion of Me!” she delved into some of the might well look a lot different to- ents, who were weighing in on the tary policy. She will also inherit an barriers and by avoiding further
running the European Central complexities of the sport. day.” proceedings. economy that, while not in a crisis, barriers in whatever form.”
 THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019 0N A9

Breakup in Dubai. Refuge in London. Anguish Online.

By VIVIAN YEE Sheikh Mohammed’s office is-
and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK sued a statement in December,
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Few saying that she was safe in Dubai,
world leaders are known to write celebrating her 33rd birthday
poetry. Fewer still offer it up for with family “in privacy and
public consumption. And almost peace.”
none record their marital break- Sheikha Latifa has not been
ups in verse on their personal publicly seen since her escape at-
websites. tempt except in December, when
Then there is the ruler of Dubai, her family released photographs
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al- of her meeting with Ms. Robinson,
Maktoum, who has been publish- a respected former president of
ing his romantic anguish online, in Ireland and United Nations hu-
Arabic and English, for anyone man rights commissioner, in what
with an internet connection to seemed to be an attempt to show
read. that the sheikha was alive and
“O sweetheart, there’s nothing well.
more to say. / Your deathly silence Princess Haya, who has said
has worn me out,” he wrote in one she had been friendly with Ms.
poem posted on his official web- Robinson for years, had invited
site. “You no longer have a place Ms. Robinson to Dubai for the vis-
with me,” says another. “I don’t it. Both women drew criticism for
care if you live or die.” appearing to help justify the dis-
appearance of Sheikha Latifa,
Princess Haya, the most visible
who looked dazed and inert in the
and glamorous of the sheikh’s re-
photographs.
ported six wives, has left him.
In an interview with Ireland’s
She fled with their 11- and 7-
RTÉ Radio 1 soon afterward, Prin-
year-old children to London sev-
cess Haya defended herself and
eral months ago, a person close to
Ms. Robinson continued to insist
the royal family said, making her that Sheikha Latifa was safe, if
at least the third woman to flee troubled.
Sheikh Mohammed’s palaces in
“I will do absolutely anything I
Dubai, the largest city of the can to make sure that a vulnerable
United Arab Emirates. young woman does not continue
Princess Haya, 45, is seeking to be exploited by people with
political asylum in Britain and is their own agenda,” she said.
asking for a divorce, said the per- An activist who has worked on
son, who asked not to be identified Sheikha Latifa’s case, Radha Stir-
while speaking about a sensitive ling, called on the princess to co-
family matter. operate with international au-
Her defection follows attempts thorities to investigate wrongdo-
by two of Sheikh Mohammed’s ing by Sheikh Mohammed.
daughters, Sheikha Shamsa al- “Princess Haya, in all likeli-
Maktoum and Sheikha Latifa bint hood, is both a victim and a wit-
Mohammed al-Maktoum. They ness,” Ms. Stirling said in a state-
were recaptured by Emirati forces ment.
and are said by advocates to be A spokesman for the Jordanian
held in Dubai against their will. Foreign Ministry did not respond
Princess Haya has been criti- to a request for comment. The
cized for her role in helping to, in British Foreign Office declined to
the words of critics, whitewash comment, and a spokesman for
the disappearance of Sheikha Lat- the British Home Office, which
ifa, by inviting her friend, the for- handles asylum claims, said the
mer Irish president Mary Rob- office could not comment on indi-
inson, to visit Dubai and testify to vidual cases. Spokespeople for the
Sheikha Latifa’s well-being. German Foreign and Interior
Princess Haya has not been ministries said in a press briefing
seen recently or spoken publicly on Monday that they had no infor-
about her departure, and the mation to share.
sheikh’s poems do not identify the Though the couple were mar-
subject by name. The govern- ried in Jordan and are both Emi-
ments of Dubai and the United STEVE PARSONS/PRESS ASSOCIATION, VIA GETTY IMAGES
rati citizens, James Stewart, an in-
Arab Emirates did not respond to Princess Haya with her husband, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, and their children at Royal Ascot in 2018. ternational family lawyer at Pen-
requests for comment. ningtons Manches Cooper in Lon-
Princess Haya’s biography is don, said divorce negotiations
well-traveled ground in the economics at Oxford; represented their joint visits to Royal Ascot, Divorce is likely to be compli- and control of their education and could proceed in London as long
British press, which frequently re- Jordan as a show jumper at the Britain’s most famous annual cated for royals with two young finances — generally goes to the as Princess Haya could establish
ported her appearances, along 2000 Olympics; is a former presi- horse-racing event, where the children, billions of dollars and a man. residency there. While complica-
with her husband, at Royal Ascot, dent of the International Equestri- sheikh, who owns a heavyweight tangle of political relationships, What makes her departure es- tions might arise in a British court
the Epsom Derby and other high- an Federation; and is reported to racing stable in England called including the United Arab Emir- pecially intriguing is her role in because the marriage was polyga-
lights of the English equestrian be friendly, along with her hus- Godolphin, is a regular. ates’ longstanding alliances with the case of Sheikha Latifa — mous, he said, wealthy interna-
calendar. band, with Queen Elizabeth II. But the princess was conspicu- Britain and Jordan, at stake. The whose mother is another of the tional couples with complicated
She is a daughter of Jordan’s The Emirati press frequently ously absent at this year’s Royal princess is a half sister of Jordan’s sheikh’s wives — and whether, at circumstances often hold out-of-
previous king, Hussein; was edu- wrote tributes to her humanitar- Ascot in June. King Abdullah II. some point, she may shed more court settlement talks in London
cated at British private schools; ian work and her marriage to The Times of London reported While men can easily divorce light on it. in part because of the legal sys-
studied politics, philosophy and Sheikh Mohammed, 69, whom she Monday that she was living with their wives under Islamic law, Sheikha Latifa tried to escape tem’s privacy protections.
wed in a small ceremony in Am- the couple’s two children, Sheikh which governs marriage in the last year what she said was a suf- Whatever the final terms,
Vivian Yee reported from Beirut man in 2004. Zayed and Sheikha Al Jalila, in a U.A.E., women must go to court focating existence in Dubai. She Sheikh Mohammed may be ready
and David D. Kirkpatrick from “We can’t get enough of these mansion near Kensington Palace and overcome several legal barri- got as far as a yacht on the Indian to grant the princess a divorce.
London. Benjamin Mueller and two,” Emirates Woman magazine worth about $107 million. Other ers before they can end a mar- Ocean, headed for India and then “We have an ailment that no
Megan Specia contributed report- wrote in a feature titled “11 Mo- unconfirmed media reports said riage. Though divorced women the United States, when she was medicine can cure,” the sheikh
ing from London, Ed O’Loughlin ments Sheikh Mohammed and that she first sought asylum in may retain day-to-day custody of forcibly recaptured by armed wrote in another recent poem.
from Dublin, and Karam Shoumali Princess Haya Were the Perfect Germany before landing in Lon- children up to a certain age, legal Emiratis who took her back to Du- “No experts in herbs can remedy
from Berlin. Couple.” The article chronicled don. guardianship of the children — bai, her companions said. this.”

Empty Tankers Vanish Near Iran. When They Reappear, They’re Full.
A State Department spokes- Brilliant went off the grid, it ap-
From Page A1 woman said, “We do not comment peared empty; when it re-
hold, some of the world’s shipping on intelligence matters.” emerged, it appeared full.
fleets have defied the restrictions Brian Hook, the United States The pattern was repeated in
by “going dark” when they pick up special representative for Iran, February, with the ship disap-
cargo in Iranian ports, according told reporters in London on Fri- pearing for four days, according to
to commercial analysts who track day that the United States would the tracking data.
shipping data and intelligence punish any country importing Ira- That month, another Sinochem
from authorities in Israel, a coun- nian oil. Mr. Hook was responding ship, the SC Neptune, stopped
try that backs the Trump crack- to a question about reports of Ira- transmitting its position when it
down. nian oil going to Asia, according to approached the Strait of Hormuz,
“They are hiding their activity,” the Reuters news agency. the tracking data show. Four days
said Samir Madani, co-founder of President Trump’s efforts to later, for a brief period, it appeared
TankerTrackers.com, a company halt Iranian oil and petrochemical back on the grid, transmitting its
that uses satellite imagery to exports are at the heart of rising location from an export terminal
identify tankers calling on Iranian tensions between the two coun- on Iran’s Kharg Island. It then
ports. “They don’t want to broad- tries. Last month, he imposed new went quiet for another 24 hours,
cast the fact that they have been in sanctions on Iran’s leaders after it reappearing on its way out of the
Iran, evading sanctions. It’s that downed an American surveillance strait.
simple.” drone and nearly precipitated a In some parts of the world, in-
counterstrike that was called off cluding the South China Sea, it is
A maritime treaty overseen by
at the last minute. The attack on not uncommon for ships to go si-
a United Nations agency requires
the drone came a week after the lent because the automatic identi-
ships of 300 tons or more that trav-
United States accused Iran of be- fication system may be over-
el international routes to have an
ing responsible for explosions loaded by the volume of vessels,
automatic identification system.
that had crippled two tankers VCG VIA GETTY IMAGES
said Court Smith, a former officer
The gear helps avoid collisions
near the Strait of Hormuz. An oil tanker arriving in Zhoushan, China. Some tankers “go dark” when they approach Iran. in the United States Coast Guard
and aids in search-and-rescue op-
American and Israeli intelli- who is now an analyst at Ves-
erations. It also allows countries
gence agencies say the country’s
to monitor shipping traffic. Salina regularly reported its posi- stake in a Texas shale deposit for shipped petrochemicals from Iran selsValue. Sometimes they do so
Islamic Revolutionary Guard
It is not illegal under interna- tion, course and speed via the au- $1.7 billion. for years. for competitive reasons, he added.
Corps is deeply entwined with its
tional law to buy and haul Iranian tomatic identification system. In April, it sold a controlling The tracking data also show But in the Persian Gulf, where
petrochemical industry, using oil
oil or related products. The Trump Oil tankers like the Salina, share in its shipping fleet to a pri- that some of the Sinochem ships traffic is lighter, Mr. Smith said,
revenues to swell its coffers. Mr.
administration’s sanctions, which Trump has labeled the military which can transport as much as a vate company, Inner Mongolia made trips to Iran before the fleet vessels generally do not turn off
went into effect last November af- group a terrorist organization. million barrels of crude, or about 5 Junzheng Energy & Chemical was sold, and both before and af- the system, known in the industry
ter the United States pulled out of Iran has been trying to work percent of the daily consumption Group Co., whose biggest share- ter the American sanctions went as A.I.S.
the Iran nuclear agreement, are around the American sanctions by of the United States, are so big holder is Du Jiangtao, a Chinese into effect. “If the A.I.S. signal is lost, it is
unilateral. offering “significant reductions” that they can call on only a limited billionaire who made his fortune In April 2018, for example, one almost certainly because the
But foreign companies doing in price for its oil and petrochemi- number of ports. They are also in medical equipment, chemicals of the ships, the SC Brilliant, was A.I.S. transponder has been dis-
business with American compa- cal products, said Gary Samore, a more easily spotted by satellites and coal-generated power. moored at Asalouyeh, a major Ira- abled or turned off,” Mr. Smith
nies or banks risk being punished professor at Brandeis University than smaller ships like the Sino A person answering the phone nian petrochemical depot on the said of ships in the Persian Gulf.
by the United States. Actions can who worked on weapons issues in Energy 1. at Junzheng’s investor relations Persian Gulf, according to data “The captain has decided to turn
include banning American banks the Obama administration. That vessel, and its more than office was not familiar with the from VesselsValue. The SC Bril- off the A.I.S.”
from working with them, freezing When shipping companies defy 40 sister ships, are far more diffi- newly acquired shipping busi- liant’s voyage was easy to plot. Its Another possible clue that Iran-
assets and barring company offi- the sanctions, they weaken their cult to track when they go off the ness. For now, Junzheng owns 40 captain made constant reports via bound ships are disabling their re-
cials from traveling to the United effectiveness, especially if the grid. They were owned until April percent of Sinochem’s former the automatic identification sys- porting systems is that ships mak-
States, said Richard Nephew, a re- companies — or the countries by a subsidiary of Sinochem, a shipping fleet, with the rest owned tem, broadcasting its course, ing trips to countries on the west-
search scholar at Columbia Uni- where they are based — see no state-owned company in China by two Beijing companies. speed and destination. ern part of the gulf are not going
versity who oversaw Iran policy consequences, analysts said. that is one of the world’s biggest Frank Ning, the chairman of But after Mr. Trump’s an- off the grid.
on the National Security Council Some shipping companies with di- chemical manufacturers. Sinochem, speaking in a brief in- nouncement last August that he The SC Mercury, another of the
during the Obama administration. rect Iranian ties do not try to hide Sinochem has extensive busi- terview in Dalian, China, said that would reimpose sanctions on Sinochem ships, disappeared for
“We have sanctioned dozens of their movements, according to ness ties in the United States. It shipping had not been central to Iran’s petroleum industry, the SC about nine days at the end of De-
Chinese state-owned enterprises data collected by the commercial has an office in Houston and the company’s business. In a Brilliant’s voyages became less cember and into January, vanish-
for nuclear, missile, arms and tracking sites. works with big American compa- statement, the company said it transparent. ing close to where the Sino Energy
other forms of proliferation,” Mr. Last month, the Salina, an Irani- nies including Boeing and Exxon had “adopted strict compliance In late September and early Oc- 1 disappeared last week, the track-
Nephew said. “But it is not en- an-flagged oil tanker under Amer- Mobil. In March, it signed an policies and governance on export tober, shortly before the sanctions ing data show. But in early April,
tered into lightly.” ican sanctions, docked in Jinzhou agreement with Citibank to “deep- control and sanctions,” though a took effect, the ship went off the the ship’s course through the
Bay, a port in northeastern China, en the partnership” between the former employee who had helped grid for 10 days in the same Persian Gulf had no interruptions
Rich Harris contributed reporting according to data from Ves- two companies, Sinochem said. In manage the shipping business, stretch of the Strait of Hormuz in its signal. The destination that
from New York, and Keith Brad- selsValue, a website that analyzes 2013, a United States subsidiary of speaking on the condition of ano- where the Sino Energy 1 disap- time was the United Arab Emir-
sher from Dalian, China. global shipping information. The Sinochem bought a 40 percent nymity, said the company had peared last week. When the SC ates.
A10 N THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

‘Extreme Radicals’: China Upbraids Protesters for Hong Kong Violence

control.

Assigning Blame “To me, this is another case of

young people getting frustrated
and yearning to have their voices
Amid the Cleanup heard,” he said.
It’s unclear if China’s president,
By ALEXANDRA STEVENSON Xi Jinping, would even entertain
and JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ such a proposal. The authoritar-
ian leader has emphasized the im-
HONG KONG — The Chinese
portance of maintaining the integ-
government and its allies in Hong
rity of China’s territory and
Kong on Tuesday denounced a
sought to expand Beijing’s influ-
group of protesters who had
ence in Hong Kong.
stormed the legislature a day ago,
The mainland Chinese news
leading a barrage of criticism that
media, which is tightly controlled
gave the city’s embattled leader a
by the ruling Communist Party,
moment of reprieve.
has provided little reporting on
Dozens of protesters had
the protests that have roiled Hong
charged and occupied Hong
Kong for the past several weeks
Kong’s legislative office building
and thrown the city’s leadership
on Monday, breaking glass walls into a political crisis.
and spray-painting surfaces with
But on Tuesday, Chinese gov-
slogans on the politically signifi-
ernment’s statements criticizing
cant anniversary of Hong Kong’s
the protests received blanket cov-
return to China from Britain.
erage across major Chinese state
On Tuesday, China’s leadership media outlets, alongside editori-
sent a strongly worded warning to als that blamed hostile Western
the semiautonomous region, ac- forces for the unrest. The pro-
cusing those protesters of being testers were portrayed as hooli-
“extreme radicals” who commit- gans motivated by mob violence,
ted an illegal act “that tramples on with state-run outlets omitting de-
the rule of law and jeopardizes so- tails of their broader political de-
cial order.” mands.
The decision by some pro- “Out of blind arrogance and
testers to resort to destructive rage, protesters showed a com-
tactics has momentarily deflected plete disregard for law and order,”
scrutiny and criticism away from said an editorial in the Global
Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief ex- Times, a nationalist tabloid.
ecutive, and her handling of a con- By limiting discussion of the
tentious bill that ignited some of protests, the government was ob-
the largest demonstrations the re- scuring a potential embarrass-
gion has seen. ment to the party and Mr. Xi. The
But it also raised questions LAM YIK FEI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
government also might be eager
about the effectiveness and politi- The Legislative Council building in Hong Kong on Tuesday, after a breakaway group of protesters vandalized it the day before. to prevent outbursts of national-
cal prospects of Mrs. Lam, who ism, which can be seen as a chal-
was handpicked by China. lenge to party’s primacy, analysts
Mrs. Lam, whom protesters back to China in 1997. University. “In what country is the sorted to violence out of despera- also began to ask whether it was
The protests began as opposi- Parliament not protected by the tion over not being heard. time to revive discussions about said.
have urged to resign, told her top “The party always wants to
tion to a bill Mrs. Lam was push- police?” Surprisingly, a few lawmakers political reform that would ad-
advisers in a closed-door meeting stay ahead of Chinese national-
ing that would allow China to ex- Most leading voices in Hong from the pro-Beijing camp said dress concerns from protesters
at her official residence on Tues- ism,” said Dan Lynch, a professor
tradite Hong Kong citizens. But Kong’s pro-Beijing camp, who the government ought to accept about their sense of powerless-
day that she intended to serve out of Asian and international studies
they quickly morphed into a hold a majority in the legislature, some blame for the mayhem. ness in politics.
her term of office through 2022, at the City University of Hong
broader expression of anxiety echoed the Chinese government James Tien, the honorary chair- “So many people are complain-
said Regina Ip, a pro-Beijing law- Kong.
over China’s encroachment into in condemning the violence. man of the pro-establishment Lib- ing about the unfairness of the po-
maker and a member of the Exec- The protests were a test of the
the region and the erosion of the “This is an insult to the Legisla- eral Party, said that by ordering litical arrangement right now,”
utive Council who was at the Communist Party’s patience with
civil liberties that set it apart from tive Council, and an insult to Hong said Felix Chung, a lawmaker who
meeting. the rest of China. Hong Kong, said Kerry Brown, a
Kong’s rule of law,” said Starry represents the textiles and gar-
But her advisers responded While hundreds of thousands of Lee, a pro-establishment law- ment sector. Mr. Chung was refer- professor of Chinese politics at
bluntly that she needs to work on
her handling of Hong Kong’s esca-
people marched peacefully to de-
mand Mrs. Lam’s resignation on
maker of the Democratic Alliance
for the Betterment and Progress
Condemnation from ring broadly to a system in which
Beijing effectively has the most
King’s College London.
“They think, ‘we’ve allowed
lating unrest.
“We all advised her to improve
Monday, a core group of other, of Hong Kong, who called on the some, but other voices say over who becomes the territo- these people all these kinds of
privileges and freedoms, and look
mostly younger, demonstrators government to investigate and ry’s leader and only half the seats
her communication strategy,” Ms. stormed the legislature. For bring charges in order to send a ask for compromise. in the legislature are filled by pop- at the way they behave,’” he said.
Ip said. hours, the police, who had been message that “those who break ular elections. “I don’t mind politi- “It will just reinforce the narrative
As protests have rocked the accused of excessive force in earli- the law need to be punished.” cal reform,” he said. that this is a spoiled kind of place.”
city, Mrs. Lam has said several er protests, largely stood by, and Other pro-Beijing lawmakers, Michael Tien, another pro-Bei- With other pressing matters
times that she would work harder they made a surprise retreat once business groups and the Law Soci- the police to stand back, the gov- jing lawmaker and retail magnate, like a trade dispute with the
at reaching out to groups with dif- the protesters began to breach an ety, a typically pro-establishment ernment was deliberately “letting went further. United States and a slowing econ-
ferent political views, but has yet inner door. group of lawyers that had earlier the students make a fool of them- “I am pleading for the chief ex- omy, however, Professor Brown
to do so. Some questioned why Mrs. called for the government to delay selves.” ecutive to speak to Beijing to in- said that Mr. Xi was likely to take a
For weeks, Mrs. Lam has ap- Lam did not urge the police to step passage of the contentious bill, “That seems like they were en- troduce constitutional reform,” he conservative approach, unless the
peared unable to quell swelling in sooner. added their voices to the criticism couraging these violent acts,” he said, referring to a proposal made unrest begins to inflict damage on
anger as citizens voiced their dis- “Why did she let the people get against the demonstrators. said. by Beijing in 2015 to allow resi- Hong Kong’s economy.
content with the political leader- into the Legislative Council?” said Opposition lawmakers were Some of the city’s pro-Beijing dents to elect the chief executive “Hong Kong lives and dies on its
ship in Hong Kong, a former Jean-Pierre Cabestan, a political more sympathetic to the pro- business elite who have come to from a slate of candidates ap- prowess as a financial center,” he
British colony that was handed scientist at Hong Kong Baptist testers, saying that they had re- depend on China for their success proved by a committee under its said.

U.S. Talks Allow Kim

what deal Mr. Kim strikes with
Mr. Trump, said Robert Kelly, a
political scientist at Pusan Na-
tional University in South Korea.

To Glimpse New Paths The country has built its legiti-

macy on its totalitarian cult of
personality, its controlled econ-

For North Korea’s Future omy and its militarization for too
long to give those up, Mr. Kelly
said. That, he said, puts “an
ideological limitation” on Mr.
When President Richard M. tional crises and remained iso- Kim’s ambitions.
Nixon met in Beijing almost 50 lated as much by choice as by “North Korea needs to keep
years ago with Mao Zedong, crippling, American-led sanc- Kimism,” he said. “It ideolog-
China’s totalitarian strongman tions. ically explains the separation
and a nuclear-armed adversary, Then, during preparations for from South Korea and the
the two leaders knew they were summit meetings with his Ameri- clashes along the border explain
setting their can and South Korean counter- it militarily.”
countries on a
THE new path.
parts that were expected to do
little more than confer legitimacy A More Permanent Division
INTERPRETER But they had
little idea where
on Mr. Kim, he made an an- If Mr. Kim’s ambition is to stave
nouncement: North Korea would off a Korean reunification like
MAX FISHER that path led. drop the militarized half of its Germany’s, cementing North
They could longtime strategy of dual mili- Korea as an accepted and sepa-
hardly have foreseen the tary and economic development. rate state, that might allow peace
changes within China or today’s Trade and prosperity would with the United States, but it
tangled relationship of economic come. might not with South Korea.
interdependence and intense, if “That’s new,” Mr. Delury said.
Politics in South Korea is
peaceful, rivalry — much less “For Kim Jong-un to say domes-
sharply divided between liberals
whatever will come after another tically the strategy is changed,
who prefer outreach to the North
half century. it’s all about the economy, that’s
and conservatives who see it as a
Now, it’s President Trump and not something that his father did
mortal threat.
Kim Jong-un’s turn. or his grandfather did.” ERIN SCHAFF/THE NEW YORK TIMES

Whether or not they reach President Trump and Kim Jong-un met for about an hour near the Demilitarized Zone on Sunday. Ms. Terry, the former intelli-
The world does not need to like
agreement on North Korea’s gence analyst, warned that any
Mr. Kim, Mr. Delury said, to see
nuclear weapons, the two men conservative South Korean gov-
hints of a virtuous cycle of diplo- ent with the outside world, and particularly his appeals to deterrent for staving off foreign
appear on their way to the forg- macy and economic relief. As ernment would feel compelled to
threats of war have cooled. While economic openness. invasion, then he could read Mr. confront the North, particularly if
ing the relationship both have tensions ease, the theory goes, both remain severely authoritar- The United States has itself Trump’s shows of acceptance as
said they want. They have por- peace brings the promise of it no longer felt it had the full
ian, a degree of controlled open- proven fickle, withdrawing from proof that his nuclear strategy backing of the United States.
trayed their three meetings — sanctions relief or even trade, ness has significantly improved the nuclear agreement with Iran succeeded, winning him space
most recently at the Demilita- inducing Mr. Kim to soften fur- “We forget that now,” she said,
the lives of everyday citizens. despite its own intelligence agen- for diplomacy and trade. because South Korea’s current
rized Zone dividing the Koreas — ther. Threats or isolation, which But that virtuous cycle can be cies concluding that Iran was Even if North Korea finds that
as consequential in their own would risk those gains, become leader is unusually dovish, but
fragile, especially in its early complying. Fifteen years earlier, joining the community of nations “there has always been that
right, loaded with the symbolism less attractive. stages when gains are uncertain President George W. Bush with- serves it better than nuclear
of mutual acceptance and re- Emma Ashford, a scholar of risk.”
and leaders wary of taking drew American compliance from provocations, there is one threat Even in the most optimistic
spect. foreign policy at the Washington- blame. a nuclear agreement with North it may never be able to over-
But like Nixon and Mao, the based Cato Institute, said the assessments, change for North
And domestic politics can shift Korea. come: South Korea’s relative
American and North Korean world did not have to take Mr. Korea’s citizens, who are among
quickly, even in a hereditary wealth and freedom. They under-
leaders cannot know where their Kim on his word alone. Pacified? Or Emboldened? the poorest and least free in the
dictatorship. Establishments in mine North Korea’s legitimacy as
experiment will lead. “There is a fair amount of As North Korea’s place in the world, is expected to be one of
any country tend to favor the a separate state.
While few see North Korea as evidence that Kim Jong-un has world changes, Mr. Kim is testing degrees.
status quo. Mr. Kim is still a “As long as South Korea exists,
likely to surrender its weapons, accepted that the North Korean 35-year-old surrounded by older his new status. they will always be a threat to “If sanctions start to lift and
the country’s economy and diplo- economy is, if not liberalizing, officials and generals. North Korea experts are divid- North Korea,” said Sue Mi Terry, you start to see serious G.D.P.
matic posture are already chang- then there is a bottom-up marke- “It’s a year now since he told ed over whether international a scholar at the Center for Stra- growth, you’re going to see a lot
ing. North Korea experts, former tization occurring and he has to his public: ‘We’re doing it. We’re acceptance will embolden Mr. tegic and International Studies fewer people living at subsist-
United States intelligence ana- accept that in order to survive,” 100 percent on the economy,’” Kim to indulge his worst behav- and former American intelli- ence level,” Mr. Delury said. The
lysts and scholars of interna- Ms. Ashford said. Mr. Delury said. “He needs to iors or, by reducing the risk of gence analyst. “Strategically, you best-case scenario, he said,
tional relations say that while She cited reports of growing deliver.” conflict, lead him in the other still have to worry about Ger- would be a shift from “a semi-
firm predictions are impossible, and widely tolerated black mar- Mr. Kim may be coming under direction. man-style unification by absorp- totalitarian system” to “some-
those changes are already begin- ket activity. “That’s something pressure at home, according to The disagreement comes tion.” thing along the lines of Vietnam.”
ning to open a set of once-closed you see a lot of dictators do,” she Robert Carlin, a longtime C.I.A. down, Ms. Ashford argued, to The more that North Korea Such an outcome may not be
possibilities. said. and State Department analyst this question: “What is North integrates into the world or easy for the world to accept —
And many of the world’s fierc- who now studies North Korean Korea going to do with its opens its economy, the more that particularly if the first hints of
A Virtuous Cycle, but Breakable est autocrats have found they domestic politics at the Stimson nukes?” disparity with the South will openness bring more glimpses of
"In the classes I teach, we’re can most safely remain in power, Center. While open dissent is If Mr. Kim sees the weapons as become apparent to its citizens life in North Korea.
always looking for what’s new, Ms. Ashford said, by shifting forbidden, the country’s power cudgels with which to blackmail — and the harder it may be for “It means propping up the
what’s different,” said John their promise to citizens from “I brokers are thought to use state other countries, then the cycle of Mr. Kim to persuade his citizens world’s worst human rights
Delury, a historian at Yonsei will keep you safe” to “I will media to signal to Mr. Kim and threats and crises is likely to that they are better off under his abuser,” Mr. Kelly said. “I’ve
University in Seoul, South Korea. make you prosperous.” one another. continue. While research finds rule. been to North Korea. It’s a failed
For most of Mr. Kim’s rule, Both China and Vietnam, once Propaganda outlets, Mr. Carlin that nuclear blackmail rarely That threat, which has long state outside of Pyongyang and
change has been scarce. His isolated and totalitarian, took found, contain subtle but unusual works, Mr. Kim could still be driven much of North Korea’s outside of the military. It is
country grew its weapons pro- this path, and as they have hints of dissatisfaction with Mr. tempted. belligerence and self-imposed barely a state, barely hanging on
grams, provoked regular interna- grown economically interdepend- Kim’s emphasis on diplomacy, But if he sees the weapons as a isolation, will remain no matter by its fingernails.”
 THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019 N A11

LAM YIK FEI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

The Hong Kong police took down and beat this protester on June 12 before arresting him, according to Icarus Wong, a member of Civil Rights Observer, an advocacy group that is assisting the man.

Videos From Protests Put Glare on Hong Kong Police

This article is by Javier C. Hernández, Tear Gas Inside a Skyscraper
Barbara Marcolini and Haley Willis.
Some of the most chaotic scenes took place
Dozens of people in Hong Kong say they
at Citic Tower, a 33-story office building
were injured by the police during a mass
near the core of the protests. Police officers
demonstration in June against a con-
used tear gas to attack protesters and con-
tentious bill that would allow extraditions to
fine them outside the tower’s main en-
mainland China.
trance, causing panic, videos show.
The New York Times reviewed hundreds
of videos and photos posted online by wit- Early on June 12, protesters set up barri-
nesses, along with submissions to our cades outside the tower.
WhatsApp tip line, to assess whether the Around 3 p.m., police officers surround
Hong Kong police used excessive force. Ex- the tower on both sides, firing tear gas.
perts at Amnesty International, a human Trapped by the police and barricades, pro-
rights group, helped examine the footage. testers rush toward the tower’s main en-
We spoke to specialists in crowd control and trance.
interviewed more than two dozen pro- Hundreds of people rush into the tower
testers. through a revolving door. The protesters
The videos show protesters being beaten who make it inside try to break open locked
by police officers, shot with riot-control am- doors to allow more people through. The po-
munition, dragged on the ground and hit lice continue to fire tear gas into the crowd
with tear gas during large-scale confronta- of protesters, and it soon fills the building.
tions on June 12 near the headquarters of Ivy Chan, 44, a volunteer who was assist-
Hong Kong’s government. Their injuries in- ing protesters outside the tower, said she
cluded bruised ribs, broken fingers and res- saw people pounding on the doors of the
piratory problems. tower, desperate to escape.
The authorities began to use force after a “It was terrifying,” Ms. Chan, a bartender,
small group of protesters threw bricks, bot- said. “We kept telling people to calm down
tles and umbrellas at officers and at- and asking the police to exercise restraint
tempted to push through rings of heavily ar- and to not shoot any more tear gas.”
mored police. International experts on the use of tear
But the protests were largely peaceful, gas said the Hong Kong police had used it
and human rights groups have denounced JAMES POMFRET/REUTERS without a clear strategy, causing unneces-
the actions of the police as excessive and il- sary panic and heightening the risk of casu-
legal. The British government, which ruled International experts alties. They said the amount deployed was
Hong Kong until its handover to mainland on the use of tear gas excessive, given that the demonstrators
China in 1997, has demanded an investiga- were largely peaceful.
tion. Hong Kong officials say police officers said the Hong Kong
“They’re actually inciting and causing
acted with restraint. police had used it what looks like a stampede,” Dr. Haar said.
Here’s what the evidence shows. without a clear strat- As the protests escalated, Wu Chi-wai, a
egy, causing unneces- prominent Hong Kong lawmaker, wanted to
Violence Toward the Unarmed sary panic. The police have a word with the police. So he marched
have also been criti- to the front lines of the protest, identifying
In several instances, police officers beat himself as a lawmaker in a loud voice, and
protesters who posed no apparent threat.
cized for use of exces-
sive force against demanded to see a commander.
Video shows Ng Ying-mo, 57, a retired As Mr. Wu, 56, moves toward the police, a
mechanics instructor, walking within 12 unarmed protesters.
commander in a white shirt directs another
yards of a police line outside government of- Hong Kong officials officer to fire tear gas, which lands a few
fices. He asks the police to stop provoking say the police acted meters behind Mr. Wu, videos show. Mr. Wu
protesters. Then he begins yelling obsceni- with restraint. continues marching and a second canister
ties. is fired and lands much closer to him, catch-
An officer aims a gun, which weapons ex-
ing fire upon impact.
perts said was likely loaded with balls con-
Anna Feigenbaum, an expert on tear gas
taining pepper spray, in the direction of Mr.
at Bournemouth University in Britain, said
Ng. A gunshot is heard, and then Mr. Ng is
the officers appeared to use tear gas like a
on the ground, clutching his lower abdo-
firearm. “It should never really be used to
men. Three officers pick him up and carry
him away. single out someone,” she said.
Mr. Ng had planned to go hiking on the APPLE DAILY HONG KONG
Mr. Wu, chairman of the Hong Kong Dem-
day of the protests. But he grew emotional ocratic Party, said he posed no threat. “If
when he heard about tense standoffs be- they can blow tear gas on me,” he said, “that
tween the riot police and young protesters, ing water to protesters near the General have a legitimate reason to beat the pro- means they can blow tear gas everywhere.”
and decided to join in. Post Office . A group of at least eight police testers.
“I hoped to shield them at least for a officers pepper spray him, punch him and “The officers are using force when the ‘Like A Dead Object’
while, so they wouldn’t face such danger,” beat him with batons. He falls to the ground, person is already on the floor,” said Ara
Mr. Ng said. and an officer puts him in a chokehold. The Marcen Naval, an arms control adviser at Ali Li, a 21-year-old university student,
Mr. Ng, who suffers from lung cancer, man was left with a scar under his left eye, Amnesty International. “That’s abusive thought the protests over the extradition
said he fainted from the pain and woke up to according to his lawyer, Bond Ng, who de- and certainly unlawful.” bill might get turbulent. But she did not an-
the police dropping him on the ground. clined to identify him. He was arrested and The police did not respond to a request for ticipate that she would leave the demon-
They continued to beat him, he said, ripping later released on bail, his lawyer said. comment. Hong Kong officials have de- strations with bruises covering her body, a
his T-shirt and shorts and leaving him with “This is basically an essay on how not to fended the police’s actions, describing offi- painful finger injury and cuts on her fore-
bruises. He was charged with participating police a protest movement,” said Dr. Rohini cers as well trained and saying they acted head.
in an unlawful assembly and released on Haar of Physicians for Human Rights, an with restraint. The police initially described As the police ordered protesters to leave
bail. advocacy organization. “Beating of un- the protests as a riot and accused the pro- an area near the Hong Kong Legislature,
In another video, a protester stands in the armed protesters who are not posing any testers of committing “life-threatening Ms. Li tripped on a barricade and lost her
middle of the same road where Mr. Ng was active threat” is a violation of law enforce- acts.” balance. Suddenly, at least four officers sur-
injured. Suddenly, riot police rush toward ‘The officers ment principles prescribed by the United Even as many in Hong Kong denounce rounded her and grabbed her arms, trying
him, pulling him to the ground and beating Nations, she said. the police, others have defended their re- to subdue her. She fell to the ground and the
him. are using force In the video below, protesters run from sponse. On Sunday, tens of thousands of police fired pepper spray at her face, she
The man is taken to the sidewalk and when the person police officers outside the main entrance to people attended a rally in support of the po- said.
forcefully handled by several officers. He Hong Kong’s Legislative Council. Florence lice, with some holding signs praising the Ms. Li said she was dragged for about 500
was arrested on charges of participating in is already on the Chan, a protester who had been singing Hong Kong police as the “best in Asia.” feet by the police into the offices of the legis-
an unlawful assembly and obstructing the floor. That’s hymns, falls to the ground amid the chaos. The police and a government-appointed lature. She screamed along the way.
duties of a police officer, according to Icarus At least four officers begin to attack her watchdog have promised an investigation, “They treated me like a dead object,” Ms.
Wong, a member of Civil Rights Observer, abusive and with batons and shields. but protesters have called for an independ- Li said in an interview. “They have lost their
an advocacy group that is assisting the
man, who did not want to be identified.
certainly Ms. Chan said in an interview that she ent inquiry. sanity.”
Ms. Li was arrested on charges of partici-
begged the officers to stop hitting her. “I The government has said that at least 81
One video shows a man who is distribut- unlawful.’ thought they were going to beat me to people were injured in the June 12 demon- pating in an unlawful assembly and re-
death,” Ms. Chan said. She said she was left strations, though it has not specified how leased after about two hours, she said. She
Reporting was contributed by Elsie Chen, ARA MARCEN NAVAL, with bumps on her head, bruises on her many were protesters or how they were stopped protesting because she said she
Ezra Cheung, Meg Felling, John Ismay, an arms control adviser at arms and swollen feet. hurt. Separately, the police have said 22 offi- was too afraid of the police. “Even now,” she
Drew Jordan, Katherine Li and Tiffany May. Amnesty International Experts said the police did not seem to cers were injured. said, “I feel so scared.”
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With the exception of central and south- Record Yesterday ............... 0.00
Minneapolis high 100° Record .................... 1.79
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New York For the last 30 days
free of rain.
Fireworks Actual ..................... 4.60
Viewing A broad area of moisture will lead to 90° MON. YESTERDAY Normal .................... 4.34
Denver 84°
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Las Vegas Good ters of drenching, gusty storms in the Normal Actual ................... 67.44
central Appalachians, the Mississippi and high 83° Normal .................. 49.94
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An index of fuel consumption that tracks how
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Good viewing conditions for fireworks displays are anticipated across a large portion of the will affect much of Washington. 60° Record Yesterday................................................................... 13
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(2001) So far this season (since January 1) ........................ 294
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p.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. Trends Temperature Precipitation
Little Rock 89/ 73 0.09 90/ 73 T 90/ 74 T New Delhi 104/ 87 0 105/ 89 PC 105/ 88 PC
Cities Los Angeles 82/ 63 0 78/ 62 PC 77/ 61 PC Riyadh 107/ 81 0 111/ 78 S 114/ 80 S Average Average
High/low temperatures for the 16 hours ended at 4 Louisville 93/ 74 0.04 90/ 73 T 89/ 74 T Seoul 84/ 68 0 84/ 66 PC 88/ 68 S Avg. daily departure Avg. daily departure Below Above Below Above
p.m. yesterday, Eastern time, and precipitation (in inches) Memphis 90/ 72 0 89/ 73 T 89/ 75 T Shanghai 80/ 73 0.97 80/ 71 R 81/ 73 C from normal from normal Last 10 days
for the 16 hours ended at 4 p.m. yesterday. Miami 93/ 80 0 92/ 81 PC 91/ 80 PC Singapore 89/ 80 0.01 87/ 80 T 87/ 78 T this month ............. +0.8° this year ................ +0.4°
Milwaukee 79/ 67 0.15 76/ 66 T 81/ 72 T Sydney 69/ 45 0.01 64/ 56 Sh 63/ 56 Sh 30 days
Expected conditions for today and tomorrow.
Mpls.-St. Paul 86/ 68 0.37 87/ 70 PC 85/ 69 T Taipei City 91/ 79 0.67 89/ 80 T 90/ 81 T 90 days
C ........................ Clouds S .............................Sun Nashville 92/ 74 0 91/ 74 T 90/ 75 T Tehran 96/ 72 0 95/ 78 S 101/ 79 S Reservoir levels (New York City water supply) 365 days
F............................. Fog Sn ....................... Snow New Orleans 92/ 76 0.15 91/ 76 T 95/ 76 S Tokyo 81/ 70 0.06 79/ 72 PC 78/ 71 R
H .......................... Haze SS .......... Snow showers Norfolk 95/ 77 0 94/ 76 T 90/ 77 PC Yesterday ............... 98% Chart shows how recent temperature and precipitation
Oklahoma City 90/ 71 0 91/ 72 T 91/ 73 T Europe Yesterday Today Tomorrow
I............................... Ice T............ Thunderstorms Est. normal ............. 97% trends compare with those of the last 30 years.
Omaha 90/ 74 0.05 88/ 75 T 89/ 75 T Amsterdam 70/ 56 0 66/ 50 PC 68/ 58 PC
PC ............. Partly cloudy Tr ......................... Trace Athens 95/ 72 0 92/ 73 S 98/ 76 S
Orlando 96/ 78 0 95/ 78 T 95/ 76 T
R ........................... Rain W ........................ Windy Berlin 73/ 57 0 69/ 50 PC 71/ 56 PC
Philadelphia 92/ 72 0 91/ 74 T 91/ 74 PC
Sh ................... Showers –............... Not available Brussels 72/ 55 0 70/ 49 S 72/ 54 PC
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N.Y.C. region Yesterday Today Tomorrow
Portland, Me. 84/ 64 0.02 82/ 62 S 86/ 64 PC Copenhagen 64/ 55 0.22 64/ 53 Sh 64/ 55 Sh
New York City 84/ 71 0 88/ 73 PC 87/ 71 PC Portland, Ore. 72/ 58 0 75/ 56 PC 80/ 56 PC Dublin 63/ 49 0 63/ 48 PC 70/ 51 C Sun, Moon and Planets Beach and Ocean Temperatures
Bridgeport 83/ 69 0 85/ 71 PC 83/ 68 PC Providence 85/ 66 0 88/ 66 PC 88/ 65 PC Edinburgh 64/ 49 0 66/ 51 PC 62/ 52 C
Caldwell 90/ 67 Tr 91/ 71 PC 90/ 69 PC Raleigh 96/ 71 0 98/ 71 T 93/ 72 T Frankfurt 77/ 58 0 78/ 55 S 79/ 58 S First Quarter Full Last Quarter New
Danbury 82/ 61 0 88/ 65 PC 87/ 63 PC Reno 87/ 58 0 84/ 55 S 85/ 58 S Geneva 84/ 64 0.27 80/ 61 T 82/ 61 PC Today’s forecast
Islip 86/ 69 0 85/ 69 PC 84/ 67 PC Richmond 98/ 74 0 97/ 75 T 93/ 73 T Helsinki 66/ 53 0.42 61/ 47 R 67/ 48 C
Newark 90/ 68 0 90/ 73 PC 87/ 72 PC Rochester 81/ 67 0.08 85/ 64 PC 89/ 71 C Istanbul 88/ 69 0 89/ 72 S 89/ 74 S
Trenton 90/ 64 0 88/ 71 T 86/ 70 PC Sacramento 85/ 57 0 87/ 56 S 86/ 57 S Kiev 78/ 68 0 76/ 52 PC 72/ 51 PC July 9 July 16 July 24 July 31
White Plains 86/ 65 0 87/ 70 PC 86/ 68 PC Salt Lake City 94/ 68 0 88/ 65 S 85/ 64 PC Lisbon 73/ 62 0 75/ 62 PC 72/ 62 PC 5:38 p.m. 11:11 p.m.
United States Yesterday Today Tomorrow San Antonio 89/ 72 0 86/ 74 T 92/ 73 PC London 72/ 52 0 72/ 53 PC 76/ 58 PC Kennebunkport
San Diego 73/ 64 0 70/ 64 PC 71/ 64 PC Madrid 95/ 65 0 96/ 70 PC 94/ 67 PC Sun RISE 5:29 a.m. Moon R 6:15 a.m. 80/60 Mostly sunny
Albany 85/ 64 0.20 90/ 66 PC 93/ 68 PC Moscow 73/ 55 0.03 65/ 49 PC 63/ 49 PC
San Francisco 69/ 55 0 70/ 56 PC 69/ 56 PC SET 8:31 p.m. S 9:33 p.m.
Albuquerque 92/ 65 0 93/ 65 PC 94/ 66 PC Nice 86/ 76 0 86/ 76 PC 84/ 75 PC
San Jose 74/ 55 0 75/ 56 S 75/ 56 PC NEXT R 5:30 a.m. R 7:24 a.m. Cape Cod
Anchorage 73/ 58 0 76/ 60 S 78/ 65 S Oslo 63/ 46 0 62/ 44 PC 61/ 44 Sh 50s
San Juan 90/ 77 0 88/ 78 PC 89/ 79 T 83/65 Partly sunny
Atlanta 93/ 75 0 92/ 75 S 91/ 74 T Paris 77/ 56 0 77/ 57 S 80/ 59 S Jupiter S 3:56 a.m. Mars R 7:04 a.m.
Seattle 66/ 58 0.17 72/ 58 PC 74/ 56 PC
Atlantic City 87/ 74 0 86/ 74 T 82/ 73 C Prague 78/ 60 0 75/ 51 S 75/ 54 PC R 6:34 p.m. S 9:46 p.m.
Sioux Falls 82/ 69 0 86/ 70 PC 86/ 70 T L.I. North Shore
Austin 92/ 72 0 89/ 73 T 93/ 73 PC Rome 88/ 67 0 90/ 66 S 89/ 67 S
Spokane 75/ 54 0 73/ 55 Sh 77/ 56 PC Saturn S 6:11 a.m. Venus R 4:39 a.m.
Baltimore 96/ 74 0 94/ 74 T 91/ 73 T St. Petersburg 69/ 59 0.02 66/ 52 Sh 65/ 52 Sh 86/70 Partly sunny
St. Louis 92/ 75 0 88/ 75 T 90/ 76 T R 8:47 p.m. S 7:42 p.m.
Baton Rouge 91/ 74 0.15 88/ 74 T 95/ 75 S Stockholm 59/ 53 0.39 60/ 44 Sh 60/ 45 C
St. Thomas 88/ 79 0 88/ 80 PC 89/ 80 Sh
Birmingham 94/ 75 0 91/ 74 T 91/ 75 T Vienna 82/ 70 0 80/ 57 PC 81/ 58 PC L.I. South Shore
Syracuse 82/ 65 0.18 87/ 65 PC 92/ 72 PC Boating
Boise 84/ 55 0 81/ 54 PC 84/ 58 PC Tampa 93/ 81 0.04 92/ 81 T 94/ 80 T Warsaw 77/ 62 0 70/ 50 PC 69/ 55 PC 82/71 A morning shower
Boston 86/ 70 0.02 83/ 69 S 82/ 70 PC Toledo 92/ 72 0.30 90/ 71 T 90/ 72 T
North America Yesterday Today Tomorrow From Montauk Point to Sandy Hook, N.J., out to 20
Buffalo 79/ 68 0.07 83/ 68 PC 88/ 72 C Tucson 103/ 76 0 103/ 75 S 103/ 76 S N.J. Shore
Burlington 86/ 63 0.02 88/ 63 S 92/ 68 PC nautical miles, including Long Island Sound and New York 60s
Tulsa 88/ 73 0 90/ 73 T 91/ 75 T Acapulco 89/ 80 0.05 91/ 77 T 89/ 79 T 86/74 A thunderstorm around
Casper 87/ 52 0 81/ 52 T 78/ 52 PC Harbor.
Virginia Beach 90/ 76 0 90/ 75 T 87/ 76 PC Bermuda 81/ 75 0 81/ 74 S 82/ 72 S
Charlotte 96/ 71 0 97/ 74 T 93/ 73 T Washington 95/ 75 0 93/ 74 T 91/ 75 T Edmonton 60/ 42 0 60/ 45 Sh 63/ 47 C Wind shifting to the south at 5-10 knots. Wave heights a Eastern Shore
Chattanooga 94/ 73 0 92/ 73 S 92/ 74 T Wichita 93/ 73 0 94/ 74 T 94/ 74 T Guadalajara 78/ 60 0.06 84/ 59 T 83/ 59 T foot or less on Long Island Sound and New York Harbor. 92/73 Partly sunny, humid
Chicago 89/ 73 0.30 84/ 70 T 87/ 72 T Wilmington, Del. 91/ 74 0.05 90/ 73 T 89/ 73 PC Havana 91/ 74 0 91/ 74 PC 90/ 73 PC Wave heights 1-2 feet on the ocean. Visibility good.
Cincinnati 90/ 73 0.05 88/ 72 T 86/ 72 T Kingston 89/ 77 0 91/ 78 PC 90/ 78 PC Ocean City Md. 70s
Cleveland 88/ 72 0.34 86/ 72 T 88/ 71 T Africa Yesterday Today Tomorrow Martinique 88/ 77 0.01 87/ 78 PC 86/ 78 Sh 86/71 Partly sunny, humid
Colorado Springs 81/ 55 0 87/ 58 T 90/ 58 PC Algiers 85/ 66 0 88/ 72 PC 93/ 70 PC Mexico City 72/ 54 0.05 72/ 56 T 73/ 55 T High Tides
Columbus 92/ 74 0.04 89/ 73 T 87/ 72 T Cairo 98/ 77 0 98/ 73 S 98/ 73 S Monterrey 92/ 70 0 97/ 73 PC 95/ 72 PC Virginia Beach Color bands
Concord, N.H. 87/ 60 0.02 89/ 59 S 91/ 63 PC Cape Town 57/ 50 0.93 64/ 52 PC 63/ 48 Sh Montreal 86/ 64 0.09 87/ 66 S 91/ 69 S Atlantic City .................... 8:33 a.m. .............. 8:50 p.m. indicate water
90/75 A thunderstorm around
Dallas-Ft. Worth 92/ 72 0 90/ 73 T 93/ 73 PC Dakar 84/ 75 0 85/ 77 PC 84/ 76 PC Nassau 89/ 78 0.05 89/ 78 PC 88/ 78 T Barnegat Inlet ................. 8:52 a.m. .............. 9:04 p.m. temperature.
Denver 85/ 57 0 90/ 59 PC 89/ 58 PC Johannesburg 61/ 33 0 64/ 37 S 66/ 39 S Panama City 84/ 76 0.15 85/ 75 T 86/ 75 T The Battery ..................... 9:22 a.m. .............. 9:26 p.m.
Des Moines 89/ 73 0.05 88/ 73 T 85/ 72 T Nairobi 77/ 57 0 74/ 53 PC 76/ 55 PC Quebec City 81/ 60 0.02 83/ 59 S 86/ 65 PC Beach Haven ................ 10:16 a.m. ............ 10:26 p.m.
Detroit 89/ 72 0.24 86/ 71 T 87/ 72 T Tunis 95/ 69 0 97/ 75 S 100/ 75 S Santo Domingo 91/ 73 0 91/ 73 PC 91/ 74 PC Bridgeport .................... 12:32 p.m. ......................... ---
El Paso 100/ 76 0 101/ 74 PC 101/ 76 S Toronto 81/ 64 Tr 84/ 66 PC 84/ 70 PC City Island ..................... 12:19 p.m. ......................... ---
New England beaches will be partly to
Fargo 85/ 62 0 77/ 61 T 78/ 59 T Asia/Pacific Yesterday Today Tomorrow Vancouver 63/ 59 0.16 70/ 57 C 71/ 58 C
Hartford 85/ 65 0.01 92/ 67 PC 92/ 64 PC Baghdad 111/ 78 0 112/ 79 S 110/ 80 S Fire Island Lt. .................. 9:44 a.m. .............. 9:54 p.m. mostly sunny. A breeze off the ocean will
Winnipeg 77/ 62 0.06 77/ 57 C 80/ 58 C
Honolulu 88/ 74 0.01 87/ 75 PC 87/ 76 PC Bangkok 93/ 79 0.20 86/ 77 C 86/ 78 T Montauk Point .............. 10:05 a.m. ............ 10:20 p.m. keep temperatures in the 70s at most
Houston 88/ 74 0 87/ 75 T 90/ 73 PC Beijing 93/ 71 0 99/ 74 PC 103/ 78 C South America Yesterday Today Tomorrow Northport ..................... 12:32 p.m. ......................... ---
Indianapolis 90/ 73 0 88/ 72 T 85/ 73 T Damascus 95/ 62 0 96/ 63 S 99/ 64 S Buenos Aires 57/ 42 0 50/ 34 S 48/ 35 S Port Washington ........... 12:28 p.m. ......................... --- beaches. New Jersey and southern Virgin-
Jackson 92/ 74 0 89/ 74 T 92/ 74 PC Hong Kong 89/ 81 0.69 88/ 81 T 90/ 84 Sh Caracas 83/ 75 0.05 83/ 72 PC 82/ 75 T Sandy Hook .................... 8:58 a.m. .............. 9:08 p.m. ia beaches will be partly sunny. Some of
Jacksonville 98/ 74 0 98/ 74 T 95/ 73 T Jakarta 90/ 75 0 91/ 74 C 90/ 74 T Lima 67/ 61 0 66/ 60 C 66/ 60 S Shinnecock Inlet ............. 8:40 a.m. .............. 9:01 p.m.
Kansas City 89/ 72 0 89/ 73 T 89/ 70 T Jerusalem 85/ 61 0 84/ 62 S 85/ 64 S Quito 70/ 52 0.08 73/ 53 Sh 73/ 52 PC Stamford ...................... 12:30 p.m. ......................... ---
these beaches will have afternoon or
Key West 91/ 80 Tr 90/ 80 PC 90/ 79 PC Karachi 95/ 83 0 95/ 86 PC 95/ 86 T Recife 82/ 73 0 82/ 74 PC 82/ 73 PC Tarrytown ..................... 11:11 a.m. ............ 11:15 p.m. evening thunderstorms. Afternoon tem-
Las Vegas 104/ 79 0 101/ 78 S 101/ 78 S Manila 88/ 77 0.43 92/ 80 T 92/ 79 C Rio de Janeiro 81/ 72 0 91/ 73 PC 83/ 70 Sh
Lexington 90/ 72 0.08 88/ 71 T 86/ 72 T Mumbai 82/ 76 1.17 86/ 81 R 86/ 80 T Santiago 61/ 32 0 60/ 37 S 61/ 39 S
Willets Point .................. 12:25 p.m. ......................... --- peratures will mainly be in the 80s.

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As Carmakers Balk, Warming Deniers Seek to Gut Emissions Rules

By HIROKO TABUCHI
In the early months of the Trump ad-
ministration, automakers pleaded for —
and appeared set to receive — some re-
lief from fuel economy standards that
they said were too difficult to meet.
But newly released government
emails show how a coalition of groups
that reject established climate science
quickly muscled into the picture, urging
the administration to go much further
and roll back the rules entirely and char-
acterizing the automakers as their oppo-
nents in achieving that goal.
“The automakers are not going to help
and may be part of the opposition,” wrote
Myron Ebell, a senior figure at the Com-
petitive Enterprise Institute, a free-mar-
ket think tank in Washington that dis-
putes that climate change is a problem,
in a May 2018 email sent to supporters
and an official at the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency.
The administration must stick with the
rollback, he said in the email, addressed
to members of the “Cooler Heads Coali-
tion,” a loose-knit group of climate deni-
alists that Mr. Ebell leads.
Automakers have in fact balked at the
Trump administration’s plan, which in its
most extreme outcome proposes to sub-
stantially weaken Obama-era standards
that would have doubled the fuel econ-
omy requirement of new cars by 2025.
Last month, 17 automakers asked Mr.
Trump to soften his approach, saying his
plan threatened to hurt their profits and
produce “untenable” instability given
that California and 13 other states, as
well as Canada, are expected to stick
with the stricter standards — raising the
specter of a national auto market split in
two, and a nasty legal battle.
At a congressional panel last week, ad-
ministration officials gave no sign of eas-
ing their stance.
“In my experience, these rules tend to ERIN KIRKLAND FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

go to the courts regardless,” said Heidi

King, the deputy administrator for the
Rush hour in Detroit. While carmakers have sought to ease Obama-era emis-
National Highway Traffic Safety Admin- sions standards, a loose-knit group of climate change denialists, led by Myron
istration, which is crafting the new Ebell, left, have pushed for a full rollback. Mr. Ebell, an adviser to President
standards with the E.P.A. and has taken Trump, has told the president to ignore the concerns of the auto industry.
the lead on the rule-making.
The correspondence, released by the run by mostly Republican state legisla- combustion engine,” they said in part. “I
Environmental Protection Agency to the tors and corporations that work together fully support President Trump’s plan to
Sierra Club under a public records re- to write and promote model legislation freeze the fuel economy mandate and
quest, underscores the rising influence for the nation’s statehouses. stop Sacramento liberals from telling me
of climate denialist groups, which
In one email, in June 2018, an ALEC what kind of car I can drive.”
jumped from the fringe to the main-
staffer wrote to Michael Abboud, the Public comments like these are impor-
stream in the Trump administration and
E.P.A. press secretary, to introduce him tant because federal rules require their
now hold sway in federal policymaking.
to the head of ALEC’s task force on ener- collection, and if a final rule is ever chal-
Mr. Ebell of the C.E.I. think tank, which
gy, environment and agriculture, Grant lenged in court (as California has threat-
challenges “global warming alarmism”
Kidwell. Mr. Kidwell “would love the con- ened to do) the public comments become
and spearheaded the opposition to the
nection to the EPA,” the staffer wrote.
Paris Agreement, was chosen to lead Mr.
Trump’s environmental transition team. “Thanks for the introduction!,” Mr. Ab-
The rules being rolled back were a sig- boud responded. “I would love to get to-
nature part of the Obama administra- gether for coffee and chat?” ALEC,
which has said it welcomes debate
Free-market groups are
tion’s plan to fight climate change. The
atmosphere is warming because of among its members on climate change
and has promoted policies that would
gaining influence in the
greenhouse gas emissions linked to hu-
man activity, and climate change is al-
LEON NEAL/GETTY IMAGES
lead to more emissions, later adopted a policymaking process.
ready contributing to extreme weather “In fact, what many liberal California po- The newly released government cor- model resolution that “fully supports” a
globally, including stronger storms, liticians really want to do is ban gasoline- respondence also hints at the influence rethinking of the fuel economy stand-
more extensive flooding and heat waves. powered cars altogether.” Their letter of fossil fuel money in the policymaking ards.
went on to say: “You should dismiss this process. The New York Times reported Mr. Kidwell said he and Mr. Abboud part of the body of evidence for a legal
Assuming the Trump administration’s
concern. We agree that in an ideal world, in December that Marathon Petroleum, did not interact until they ran into each case showing public sentiment.
plan is completed and survives legal
challenges, America’s cars and trucks California would negotiate with you in the country’s largest refiner, worked other at a networking event this year. Phil Kerpen, American Commitment’s
would emit as much as an extra 321 mil- good faith, but we all know that is not a with a powerful fuel-industry group, ALEC opposed the Obama-era fuel econ- president, said that his staff had worked
lion to 931 million metric tons of carbon reality in this current political climate.” American Fuel and Petrochemical Man- omy standards, Mr. Kidwell said, be- with the federal agency to make a “large
dioxide into the atmosphere between In an interview, Mr. Ebell said his ufacturers, to run a stealth campaign to cause “Americans should be able to buy bulk submission” of comments solicited
now and 2035 as a result of the weaker group had succeeded in influencing the roll back car emissions standards. vehicles they prefer.” from the group’s supporters. “We can’t
rules, according to an analysis by the re- rule-making, in particular convincing Mr. Ebell’s C.E.I. and other groups Mr. Abboud declined to comment spe- count on the automakers to carry this
search firm Rhodium Group. the Trump administration that forcing have previously received funding from cifically on the email. The “E.P.A. takes fight,” Mr. Kerpen said.
In 2018, Mr. Ebell’s group weighed in at automakers to build cleaner cars will the fuel-manufacturers’ organization, time to meet with stakeholders on a vari- Some fossil fuel companies have dis-
a critical juncture in the policymaking lead to more highway accidents and though as a nonprofit, the C.E.I. is not re- ety of regulatory issues,” he said in an tanced themselves from these efforts.
process — one day before auto execu- deaths. Auto experts have largely de- quired under law to disclose its donors, agency statement. “This is no different.” In a letter sent in June by the oil giant
tives were scheduled to visit the White bunked that assertion. making it difficult to verify current fund- The denialists’ outreach to the admin- BP to Andrew Wheeler, the E.P.A. admin-
House to urge Mr. Trump to temper his “It’s taken a long time but finally the ing. istration has taken other forms. Ameri- istrator, the company sided with au-
rollback. “We understand that some in Trump administration has come around. Last month, Congress opened an in- can Commitment, another conservative tomakers (referring to them by the acro-
the automaker community have ex- Lighter, smaller cars are less safe than vestigation into petroleum companies’ group, helped generate almost 1,600 pub- nym for original-equipment manufactur-
pressed concerns about your current bigger, heavier cars,” he said. “The au- involvement in the rollback. lic comments in support of the rollback, ers) in urging Mr. Wheeler to keep work-
plans to reform the program,” Mr. Ebell tomakers are in a hopeless position,” he The latest emails also show Trump ad- or 13 percent of the 12,000 comments re- ing to improve fuel economy, according
wrote in a May 10, 2018, letter to Mr. added. “California is not going to negoti- ministration officials in contact with ceived and posted by the National High- to the letter, a copy of which was re-
Trump, signed by him along with two ate. A deal that everyone can live with is other free-market groups like the Her- way Traffic Safety Administration. viewed by The New York Times.
other people who assisted with the tran- not going to happen.” itage Foundation and FreedomWorks, Many of the comments shared com- “We believe — along with many of the
sition. The Auto Alliance, which represents both of which have supported the roll- mon language. “I believe the Obama/ auto OEMs — that continuous improve-
“Their main concern is the expected some of the country’s largest automak- back, as well as the American Legisla- California scheme was designed with the ment” in engine efficiency is possible, it
legal battle with California,” they wrote. ers, declined to comment. tive Exchange Council, an organization ultimate goal of banning the internal said. BP declined to comment.

Republican Group to File Brief Ken Mehlman, ex-Republican Na-

tional Committee head, is among
those urging the Supreme Court to

In Support of L.G.B.T. Rights declare that the Civil Rights Act of

1964 explicitly bans workplace dis-
crimination against L.G.B.T. people.
By JEREMY W. PETERS first indication of how the court’s new
WASHINGTON — A group of three conservative majority will approach It applies the same logic to discrimina-
dozen current and former Republicans is L.G.B.T. rights. tion against transgender individuals.
urging the Supreme Court to declare that The signers of the brief include a host Most federal appeals courts have in-
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 explicitly pro- of prominent former elected officials, terpreted Title VII to exclude sexual ori-
hibits discrimination against gay men, party leaders and strategists like Alan entation discrimination. But recently,
lesbians and transgender people in the Simpson, a former senator from Wyo- courts have split over the question. The
workplace. And it has tailored its argu- ming; Mark McKinnon, the media advis- cases the Supreme Court agreed to hear
ments to resonate with a seemingly un- er for George W. Bush; Meg Whitman, include one from New York in which a
likely bloc on the court: its five conserva- the former chief executive of Hewlett- gay skydiving instructor said he was
tives. Packard; and Ken Mehlman, former fired after a female customer com-
In an amicus brief that will be filed chairman of the Republican National plained about being tightly strapped to
with the court this week, the Republicans Committee, who helped lead a similar ef- him during a tandem dive. The instruc-
make the case that their view about how fort to recruit Republicans for an amicus tor, hoping to reassure her, told her that
the law should be interpreted represents brief in support of same-sex marriage. he was “100 percent gay.” Judges from
“a common-sense, textualist approach” The Republicans acknowledge the ob- TODD HEISLER/THE NEW YORK TIMES the United States Court of Appeals for
— nodding to the school of legal thought vious: that Congress and the American the Second Circuit concluded “sexual ori-
on the right that disapproves of judges public may not have anticipated that the A law’s purpose “must be derived from glert added. “It’s encrusted with a lot of entation discrimination is motivated, at
who go beyond a law’s text. landmark 1964 civil rights law would ap- the text, not from extrinsic sources such baggage, but it’s actually really simple.” least in part, by sex and is thus a subset
The arguments, though novel, are un- ply to gay men, lesbians and people with as legislative history or an assumption The brief argues that discrimination of sex discrimination.”
likely to satisfy some conservatives who gender identities different from their sex about the legal drafter’s desires,” the on the basis of sexual orientation or gen- In a second case from Georgia, judges
believe that federal nondiscrimination at birth. But that is besides the point, brief says, quoting Justice Scalia. der identity is, at its core, discrimination from the 11th Circuit reached the oppo-
laws do not cover sexual orientation and they argue, because the text of the law is The court has already ruled, in effect, against someone because of his or her site conclusion, that sexual orientation-
gender identity because Congress never clear when it explicitly forbids treating “We don’t care what the legislators sex and violates Title VII of the Civil based discrimination and sex discrimi-
provided for it in the original statute. The people differently because of their sex. thought in 1964, the text of the law is Rights Act. nation are not the same thing. The third
court has agreed to hear three cases The group, in advancing its argument, clear,” said Roy T. Englert, a Washington People who are fired because they are case the Supreme Court will hear in-
when it returns from its summer recess cites an opinion from Antonin Scalia, the appellate lawyer who is the lead author gay or lesbian are being treated differ- volves a woman who was fired from a
that concern whether the Civil Rights former associate justice and icon of the of the brief. The issue of nondiscrimina- ently for behavior that would be toler- Michigan funeral home after she an-
Act, which bans workplace discrimina- conservative legal movement who has tion protections for gay and transgender ated from them if they were members of nounced in 2013 that she was transgen-
tion based on sex, also guarantees gay argued that laws routinely apply to situa- individuals may stir cultural and political the opposite sex — in these cases, a man der and would start wearing women’s
and transgender people that protection. tions that their drafters never could have disagreement, but as a matter of law, who is attracted to a man or a woman clothing to work. Judges in the Sixth Cir-
The cases are expected to provide the envisioned. they should be straightforward, Mr. En- who is attracted to a woman. cuit sided with her.
A14 N THE NEW YORK TIMES NATIONAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

Sanders Has Raised $18 Million in Past Three Months, Trailing Buttigieg
By THOMAS KAPLAN mary campaign unfolds — as op-
and SYDNEY EMBER posed to candidates who rely on
WASHINGTON — Senator $2,800 checks from donors, the
Bernie Sanders of Vermont raised maximum amount that an individ-
$18 million in the past three ual can give for the primary. Mr.
months, his presidential cam- Sanders’s campaign said nearly
paign said on Tuesday. The total 99.9 percent of its donors in the
was another display of his quarter can continue to donate.
strength with small donors, but it Before the second-quarter
also showed that his fund-raising deadline on Sunday, the Sanders
had slowed since he began his team relentlessly reminded sup-
campaign. porters that it was raising money
Mr. Sanders’s fund-raising total very differently than some other
for April through June was campaigns.
roughly equal to what he raised in In an email soliciting donations
the first six weeks of his presiden- on Saturday, Mr. Shakir wrote that
tial bid, in February and March. It some of Mr. Sanders’s opponents
was also significantly less than were spending the weekend going
the $24.8 million that Mayor Pete from fund-raiser to fund-raiser,
Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., col- “holding expensive hors d’oeu-
lected in the past three months, an vres with one hand while gobbling
eye-popping sum that the up fat checks with the other.”
Buttigieg campaign revealed on “Some are going to raise ridicu-
Monday. lous amounts of money that way,”
Mr. Sanders received nearly he wrote. “Obscene amounts.
one million contributions in the You’ll see it soon.”
second quarter, his campaign Another email later Saturday
said. The average donation was mentioned Mr. Biden, who is rely-
$18, and 99.3 percent of contribu- ing heavily on big donors, by
tions were $100 or less, his team name. Mr. Biden, who entered the
said. race in late April, is expected to
The campaign did not specify post a big number for the quarter;
the total number of people who do- he suggested at a fund-raiser last
nated, some of whom presumably month that his campaign had al-
made multiple contributions. But ready brought in about $20 mil-
it said that 46 percent of its donors lion.
in the quarter had not previously The coming fund-raising total
given to Mr. Sanders’s 2020 cam- for Senator Kamala Harris of Cali-
ELIZABETH FRANTZ FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
paign. fornia is also expected to be
Mr. Sanders and Mr. Buttigieg Senator Bernie Sanders received almost one million small donor contributions this quarter. The donations, however, are slowing. strong, fueled by a combination of
are the first two Democratic can- traditional fund-raising and on-
didates to disclose their fund-rais- competition from Senator Eliza- haul was a coup for a mayor of a ers generated at the start of his Mr. Shakir acknowledged that line giving. Ms. Harris raised $12
ing for the second quarter of the beth Warren of Massachusetts to midsize city who was virtually un- campaign. “Every candidate has a the $18 average donation for the million in the first quarter of the
year, which ended Sunday. Their win over voters on the party’s left known outside Indiana at the start bump when they announce, and second quarter was lower than year, more than anyone except
totals are likely to be among the flank. of the year. But he has not yet we had a bump when we an- the $27 average that Mr. Sanders’s Mr. Sanders.
largest in the field. Like Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders is translated his fund-raising prow- nounced, and it is hard to sustain,” 2016 campaign frequently trum- Her campaign said it raised
After running for president in counting on small donations from ess to polling success, consis- he said. peted. But he attributed it to more than $2 million online in the
2016, Mr. Sanders entered the huge numbers of grass-roots tently registering in the single Mr. Sanders led the Democratic “what a working-class movement 24 hours after the start of Thurs-
2020 race with a huge network of Democrats to power his cam- digits in voter surveys. field in the first quarter with $18.2 looks like.” day’s Democratic debate, when
online donors, giving him a built- paign. He has spurned wealthy The Sanders campaign’s sec- million raised. He also transferred “It is a reflection that a lot of Ms. Harris memorably confronted
in advantage over his opponents donors and is not holding high- ond-quarter total is a tangible in- $2.5 million to his 2020 campaign people are struggling out there,” Mr. Biden over his opposition to
in collecting small donations. dollar fund-raising events, though dication that its fund-raising has in that quarter that he had previ- he said, adding that Mr. Sanders’s school busing, and another $1.2
But Democratic voters have last month he held the first grass- cooled somewhat, since the $18 ously collected. (Presidential can- core donors are often younger million online over the weekend.
many more candidates to choose roots fund-raiser of his campaign. million it said it raised is nearly didates can make use of money people and people with lower dis- The two dozen Democratic
from this time around. Mr. Sand- Mr. Buttigieg, meanwhile, has identical to what the campaign re- they raised in past federal cam- posable incomes who work at presidential candidates are com-
ers has trailed former Vice Presi- vacuumed up big donations from ported for the first quarter — and paigns.) companies like Amazon, Star- peting for donations as President
dent Joseph R. Biden Jr. in na- donors on the traditional fund- that was accomplished in roughly Mr. Sanders transferred an- bucks and Walmart. Trump is piling up money for his
tional polling, and he faces stiff raising circuit, in addition to half the time. other $6 million to his presidential Mr. Sanders’s approach of rely- re-election effort. The Trump cam-
bringing in money at grass-roots Faiz Shakir, Mr. Sanders’s cam- campaign in the second quarter ing on small contributions from a paign and the Republican Na-
Thomas Kaplan reported from events and collecting online dona- paign manager, attributed the and ended the period with roughly big pool of supporters also allows tional Committee said on Tuesday
Washington, and Sydney Ember tions. high first-quarter number in part $30 million in cash on hand, Mr. him to continue asking those sup- that they had raised a total of $105
from New York. Mr. Buttigieg’s second-quarter to a burst of momentum Mr. Sand- Shakir said. porters for more money as the pri- million in the second quarter.

Gains for Harris and Warren

As Biden and Sanders Slide
By MATT STEVENS The Iowa poll, which surveyed
After a strong performance in 500 likely Iowa Democratic cau-
her first Democratic presidential cusgoers, showed a larger gap be-
debate, Senator Kamala Harris of tween the two. Mr. Biden was the
California saw a significant in- first choice of 24 percent of likely
crease in support in three polls re- Iowa caucusgoers, and Ms. Harris
leased this week, as she and the had 16 percent support. The poll
rest of the Democratic primary was released by Suffolk Univer-
field cut into the lead that former sity on Tuesday and had a margin
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. of error of four percentage points.
has enjoyed since entering the A third poll, published by CNN
2020 race. on Monday, showed Mr. Biden
The three polls of likely Demo- with a five-point lead over Ms.
Harris nationally, with a margin of
cratic voters — two were national
error of three percentage points.
surveys, and one polled Iowa cau-
cusgoers — all showed Ms. Harris Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South
Bend, Ind., finished fifth in each of
leaping into second place in the
the polls, with single-digit sup-
days after last week’s debates.
port. Even as Mr. Buttigieg raises
They also showed a dip in support
significant sums of money — his
for Mr. Biden, though more than
campaign announced this week
one in five respondents still said
that it had collected $24.8 million
he was their first choice to become
in the past three months — the
the Democratic presidential nomi-
new surveys indicate that he is
nee.
still struggling to connect with
Taken together, the polls also rank-and-file Democrats.
continued a broader trend in Collectively, the new polls sug-
which Senator Elizabeth Warren gest that Ms. Harris benefited
of Massachusetts has gained from an exchange with Mr. Biden
ground as Senator Bernie Sand- during the debate on Thursday in
ers of Vermont has fallen back. which she highlighted his record
Ms. Warren remained solidly in on school busing and desegrega- EVE EDELHEIT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
the top tier, finishing third in all tion. Ms. Harris had been polling President Trump’s fund-raising figure overshadowed President Obama’s total for the same period of his campaign for a second term.
three polls; Mr. Sanders, who led in the high single digits in most of
several polls before Mr. Biden en- the surveys taken before last
tered the race, finished fourth in
each of them. The differences be-
tween the two were within the
week’s debate.
The same type of post-debate
bump was not evident for Julián
Trump’s Re-election Bid Gets Hefty Lift of $105 Million
margins of error and thus statis- Castro, the former housing secre- hundreds of thousands of dollars. getting a lot of attention, but the roughly $17 million on legal fees,
tically insignificant. tary and former mayor of San An- From Page A1 The Trump campaign manager, Trump campaign is slowly amass- some of them related to campaign
All three polls were conducted tonio. Mr. Castro memorably chal- Brad Parscale, called the $105 mil- ing a huge war chest, and unlike compliance. Other expenses re-
by phone within four days of the cial, who noted it was the first time
lenged former Representative the Republican National Commit- lion a “massive fund-raising suc- theirs, it won’t be spent trying to late to legal fees for members of
first round of Democratic debates Beto O’Rourke of Texas on immi- cess” based on enthusiasm for the win a primary,” said Matt Gor- the Trump family or officials who
last week. While Ms. Harris ap- tee attracted a larger share of do-
gration during Wednesday’s de- nations under $200 than the Dem- president’s record, which Mr. man, a former adviser to the Jeb were connected to congressional
peared to benefit the most from bate, and many political experts Parscale said no Democratic can- Bush and Mitt Romney presiden- inquiries and the special counsel’s
her performance, gains in polling ocratic National Committee.
declared him the winner of the At the same time, as president, didate could match. He has said in tial campaigns. “Events like de- investigation.
for particular candidates immedi- night. But his support in the three the past that his goal is to raise $1 bates or announcements that are Even with a heavy legal over-
ately after debates are often tem- Mr. Trump also has command of
post-debate polls remained stable billion for the cycle among the cash cows for Democrats are just head, the amount of money that
porary. the party’s donor base in a way he
at around 1 percent. various committees supporting as helpful to Republican fund-rais- was both raised and stored away
A national poll released Tues- never did in 2016. The official said
Mr. O’Rourke, who was seen as the Republican National Commit- Mr. Trump’s re-election. ing, too.” will be daunting for Mr. Trump’s
day by Quinnipiac University had a rising Democratic star after his The early fund-raising totals Ronna McDaniel, the Republi- eventual challenger, underscor-
the slimmest margin between Mr. tee, which has taken the lead on
close Senate race last year, did not are also a testament to the more can National Committee chair- ing the benefits of incumbency.
Biden and Ms. Harris, showing fund-raising for Mr. Trump’s re-
earn more than 3 percent support professional operation working on woman, said the fund-raising al- By comparison, the announce-
Mr. Biden with the support of 22 election, overseeing the digital ef-
in any of the post-debate polls and Mr. Trump’s behalf both at the Re- lowed the committee to “identify ment on Monday that Pete
forts and major donor events, also
percent of respondents and Ms. garnered less than 1 percent in the publican National Committee and troves of new supporters online
saw a large uptick in traditional Buttigieg, the mayor of South
Harris with 20 percent. That poll Iowa poll. It was the first time Mr. his campaign headquarters in Ar- and continue investing in our un-
party donors, which increased to Bend, Ind., and a Democratic
surveyed 554 respondents and O’Rourke has gotten less than 1 lington, Va. — a tactical element of precedented field program.”
more than one-third of the com- presidential candidate, had raised
had a margin of sampling error of percent support in a poll that can the campaign that is separate The committee and campaign
mittee’s total fund-raising since $24.8 million in the second quarter
plus or minus five percentage be used to qualify for the Demo- from Mr. Trump. It is a sharp de- plan to invest heavily in online ad-
the last cycle. was seen as a stunning number
points. cratic debates. parture from how he ran his 2016 vertising, the committee official
The official report on the Mr. for a candidate who was relatively
general election campaign as an said, in order to help build out
Trump’s campaign finances for unknown six months ago.
underdog taking on a better- their email and cellphone lists. So
the quarter, which will include funded Democratic opponent, far, the official said, the Republi- Trailing Mr. Buttigieg was Sen-
spending, will be filed on July 15 Mrs. Clinton. can National Committee has spent ator Bernie Sanders of Vermont,
with the Federal Election Com- In that race, Mr. Trump funded close to $20 million on prospecting whose campaign said he had
mission. his campaign with $66.1 million of for new donors and is looking to raised $18 million in the past three
In 2011, during the same period, his own money. He raised $86.7 spend more. months.
Mr. Obama’s re-election campaign million from donors who gave Mr. Trump’s campaign relied Other campaigns in the large
raised $47 million, and the Demo- $200 or less, and $46.9 million primarily on the Trump family to Democratic field have yet to an-
cratic National Committee from large individual contribu- solicit online donations, blasting nounce fund-raising for the quar-
brought in $38 million, Jim tions, according to campaign fil- out appeals from the president, as ter, although some saw an in-
Messina, the Obama campaign ings. In total, including his own well as from his adult sons, Eric crease after the first primary de-
manager, said at the time. The money, Mr. Trump raised $350.7 Trump and Donald Trump Jr.; his bate, which was held last week
comparisons are not perfect be- million, far less than Mrs. Clin- daughter-in-law, Lara Trump; over two nights in Miami.
cause a 2014 Supreme Court case ton’s campaign, which raised and from Mr. Parscale himself. “There’s a very real risk for
and other legal changes allowed $585.7 million. One fund-raising email featured a Democrats that Trump is going to
candidates and parties to form The main effect of his early pitch from Newt Gingrich, the for- have the resources to define him-
joint fund-raising committees that fund-raising is the ability to stock- mer House speaker. self and our nominee in the spring
can accept single donations of pile large bundles of cash while Previous reports with the Fed- before we can,” said Robby Mook,
Democrats are spending their eral Election Commission show who served as Mrs. Clinton’s cam-
JIM WILSON/THE NEW YORK TIMES Kenneth P. Vogel and Rachel money fighting each other. that the Trump campaign and the paign manager in 2016. “That’s a
Senator Kamala Harris climbed into second place in three polls. Shorey contributed reporting. “Democratic fund-raising is party committee have spent very real risk. It should worry us.”
 THE NEW YORK TIMES NATIONAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019 0N A15

Wealthy Donor Marshals Forces in Bid to Oust N.R.A. Leader Booker Details
By DANNY HAKIM named for the actor and former Plan to Reverse
N.R.A. president.
NASHVILLE — Even as the
National Rifle Association has In a series of interviews and
emails, Mr. Dell’Aquila cited nu-
Harsh Policies
been consumed by relentless and
increasingly public infighting,
Wayne LaPierre has maintained a
merous concerns. He was trou-
bled that a former N.R.A. presi- On Migration
firm grip on its leadership. dent, David Keene, had been
caught up in an investigation over By NICK CORASANITI
Now one of the gun group’s ma-
jor benefactors says he is prepar- his ties to Maria Butina, the Rus- Senator Cory Booker of New
ing to lead an insurgency among sian who pleaded guilty to con- Jersey on Tuesday announced a
wealthy contributors to oust Mr. spiring to act as a foreign agent. plan to drastically alter the na-
LaPierre as chief executive, along He was disturbed after The New tion’s immigration detention sys-
with his senior leadership team. York Times reported this year tem through an executive order
Such a rebellion would represent a that Tyler Schropp, a senior on his first day in office if he is
troublesome new threat to Mr. N.R.A. executive, had an interest elected president.
LaPierre, as his organization’s fi- in an outside company that had re- In an effort to draw stark con-
nances and vaunted political ma- ceived $18 million from the N.R.A. trast to the immigration detention
chine are being strained amid a He was also dismayed by a recent policies of the Trump administra-
host of legal battles, most notably New Yorker story tying the tion, Mr. Booker’s platform simul-
the New York attorney general’s N.R.A.’s former longtime chief fi- taneously establishes a new,
investigation into its tax-exempt nancial officer to allegations of stronger set of civil detention
status. embezzlement at a previous job. standards for facilities operated
David Dell’Aquila, the restive “I don’t know if these stories are by the Department of Homeland
donor, said the N.R.A.’s internal true or not true,” he said. “My No. Security, and directs the depart-
warfare “has become a daily soap 1 concern, frankly only concern, is ment to phase out any contracts
opera and it’s decaying and de- that our Second Amendment with private prison facilities and
stroying the N.R.A. from within, rights are preserved and the op- county or local prisons over three
and it needs to stop.” He added, tics of negativity that are directly years.
“Even if these allegations regard- harming the N.R.A. institution Mr. Booker also pledged to take
ing Mr. LaPierre and his leader- ceases.” executive action to further dis-
ship are false, he has become ra- Mr. Dell’Aquila said he had ap- mantle many of the actions that
dioactive and must step down.” proached high-ranking N.R.A. of- have defined the first two years of
Until that happens, Mr. Del- ficials to express his dissatisfac- President Trump’s tenure. His
l’Aquila, a retired technology con- tion as recently as April, when the plan calls for restoring protec-
WILLIAM D e SHAZER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
sultant who has given roughly N.R.A. held its annual convention tions granted to young immi-
David Dell’Aquila, a major donor to the N.R.A., said Wayne LaPierre “has become radioactive.” in Indianapolis, but was not satis- grants known as Dreamers under
$100,000 to the N.R.A. in cash and
gifts, said he would suspend dona- fied by their responses. And he the Deferred Action for Childhood
tions — including his pledge of the four million followers on YouTube, LaPierre, who has led the organi- by high structural costs and esca- said the board had recently been Arrivals program; reforming the
bulk of an estate worth several that he was cutting ties with the zation for more than two decades. lating legal bills as it copes with removing critics of Mr. LaPierre onerous bond requirements for
million dollars. N.R.A. Last month, Mr. LaPierre ousted the New York investigation and a from key oversight committees. detained immigrants; ending the
He said he was among a net- The turmoil of recent months his second-in-command, Christo- bitter legal fight with its former “I decided the best way to be ef- Trump administration’s restric-
work of wealthy N.R.A. donors has already stoked fear among pher W. Cox, who led the gun advertising firm, Ackerman Mc- fective is to start a grass-roots ef- tions on immigration from pre-
who would cumulatively withhold some Republicans that the group’s lobbying arm; in April, the Queen. The N.R.A.’s member dues fort to demand from the N.R.A. dominantly Muslim countries;
more than $134 million in pledges, N.R.A.’s political potency could be N.R.A.’s president, Oliver North, fell in 2017 to their lowest level in a leadership accountability as well and halting all construction and
much of it earmarked years in ad- blunted heading into the 2020 abruptly stepped down. Both men half-decade, as concerns about as transparency,” he said. expenditures on Mr. Trump’s bor-
vance through estate planning, elections. In a tweet early Tues- have been implicated by the gun control ebbed after Mr. His demands include the resig- der wall and even removing some
and would soon give the gun day morning, President Trump N.R.A. in a plot to force Mr. Trump’s election, but they re- nation of Mr. LaPierre and his sen- sections of the wall the campaign
group’s board a list of demands for assailed the investigation by the LaPierre out, though Mr. Cox has bounded last year, increasing by a ior leadership in time to put in a says is harming border communi-
reform. New York attorney general, Leti- denied the allegations. Mr. North third, to $170 million, while contri- new team for the 2020 elections. ties.
That dollar figure could not be tia James, saying the N.R.A. was has said the N.R.A. needs to re- butions grew by 24 percent to $165 In addition to Mr. Cox’s return, he Together, the platform aligns
verified, however, and Mr. Del- “a victim of harassment by the view its financial practices; million. wants Allen West, an N.R.A. board with the leftward shift on immi-
l’Aquila declined to provide a list A.G.” N.R.A. officials have said the split Even so, the N.R.A.’s net assets member and former Tea Party gration that was on display during
of the other donors, who he said Carolyn Meadows, the N.R.A.’s with Mr. North was largely a dis- fell sharply last year and the orga- congressman opposed to Mr. the first Democratic primary de-
were not ready to go public. But a president, said in a statement that pute over money. nization was forced to freeze its LaPierre, installed as the group’s bates last week, which was seen
second prominent donor, who “we are disappointed whenever Both Mr. Dell’Aquila and the pension fund. It also took more president. (Some of Mr. Del- as a relentless rebuke of Mr.
spoke on the condition of ano- donors choose to suspend their second donor want Mr. Cox to re- than $30 million out of its charita- l’Aquila’s demands echo those of Trump’s immigration platform.
nymity because he is a senior fire- support of the N.R.A., but we hope ble foundation in 2017; it recently Mr. West and others.) Indeed, there was near-unani-
arms industry executive, said he to win them back.” She added: increased a line of credit, backed He would also shrink the board mous support among the Demo-
was also suspending a plan to give “People may resist change, but by the deed to its headquarters, to to 30 members from 76; stop pay- cratic presidential candidates for
more than $2 million from his es- they embrace progress. We’re ex- A revolt may put over $28 million; and it borrowed ing consulting fees to board mem- decriminalizing illegal border
tate, as well as halting other dona- periencing that right now at the against life insurance policies tak- bers; dismiss the N.R.A.’s ac- crossings and for offering health
tions, and was backing Mr. Del- N.R.A. There’s an energy within $134 million in total en out on top executives. counting firm, RSM; remove past insurance to unauthorized immi-
grants. Mr.
l’Aquila’s effort.
“The donors are rebelling,” the
the N.R.A. that is hard to describe
— and we continue to earn the
pledges in jeopardy. An avid hunter, Mr. Dell’Aquila,
58, was interviewed at his house
presidents from the board; and
cut costs by holding meetings in Booker’s cam-
executive said, adding that he be- support of millions of loyal mem- in Nashville, sitting in front of a central locations. He lamented paign said he
lieved that the leadership turmoil bers.” large stuffed black bear. He that an upcoming board meeting supports both
was “helping to destroy, tempo- The group also provided state- turn to the N.R.A. and become its played offensive lineman for a was to be held in Alaska: “What initiatives, and
rarily, the strength of the N.R.A. as ments from two of its largest do- chief executive. year at Princeton before injuries are the optics of that?” he said. his plan
one of the strongest lobbying nors, who are among those still “He brings continuity and sta- ended his football career, and he “It’s negative. It’s self-inflicted.” pledges to “stop
groups.” backing Mr. LaPierre. bility,” Mr. Dell’Aquila said, adding once was featured in The Balti- He adding that the N.R.A. could treating immi-
The extent of any rebellion is “We are sticking by the N.R.A.,” that Mr. Cox had emerged from more Sun for eating two 48-ounce find board members who “would grants as crimi-
difficult to discern, and the N.R.A. said Dr. John Thodos, an ortho- the recent wave of scandals with steaks in one sitting at a Shula’s do this for free, and it keeps us nals.”
Cory Booker Mr. Booker,
insisted it still had the firm back- dontist who lives in Florida. “They cleaner hands than Mr. LaPierre. Steak House. He’s been a member clean in the liberal papers.”
ing of its donor base. Mr. LaPierre are the No. 1 fighter for freedom.” “We can get consensus with Chris of the N.R.A. for about two dec- Mr. Dell’Aquila said he had the former
has also retained the support of John and Barbara Rumpel, Flor- replacing Wayne.” ades, and considers himself a true come to his decision reluctantly, mayor of Newark who has
the N.R.A.’s 76-member board, ida-based donors who have put Mr. Dell’Aquila said he had not believer. (“It’s our Second Amend- and had always been treated gra- claimed a national stature for
with few public defections, and it their real estate in a trust to bene- spoken to Mr. Cox about the mat- ment, it comes after our First ciously by Mr. LaPierre and his nearly two decades, put forth a
would take a three-fourths vote by fit the N.R.A., said they “support ter and had not seen him since a Amendment, it’s what allows us to wife, Susan. well-received performance in the
the board and one of its commit- what Wayne and his team are do- fund-raiser last year. be a free country,” he said.) “I’m not pro-Mr. LaPierre, and first Democratic debate resulting
tees to oust him. But there have ing.” They added, “Getting The N.R.A. is moving on from Mr. Dell’Aquila was listed in an I’m not anti-Mr. LaPierre, I’m just in a new surge of fund-raising for
been signs of wavering grass- through this New York issue is the Mr. Cox and is expected to an- N.R.A. publication as having simply being objective and trying his campaign. But he has been
roots support, including a recent top priority for the N.R.A., and nounce Tuesday that Jason pledged more than $1 million, to save a historic institution from mired in low, single-digit polling in
announcement by Greg Kinman, a they’re working like heck to fight Ouimet, a deputy at its lobbying making him one of a small number itself,” he said. “Right or wrong, most surveys, both at the national
gun enthusiast with more than these malicious attacks.” arm, will assume Mr. Cox’s former of contributors at that level; he be- the buck stops with Mr. LaPierre, level and in some key early states.
The support of donors and the post, according to a person with longs to the Charlton Heston Am- because this occurred underneath He was also criticized recently by
Susan Beachy contributed re- enthusiasm among N.R.A. mem- knowledge of the appointment. bassadors, a group for those who his leadership, and he’s ultimately activists for attending a fund-
search. bers will be a crucial test for Mr. The N.R.A. has been burdened make large pledges of support, accountable.” raiser hosted by a New Jersey of-
ficial who oversees a county jail
that houses undocumented immi-
grants and has been criticized for
poor conditions.

Buttigieg Pledges Reforms “Although there are limits on

what we can do to reverse the
damage that has already been

To Fight Systemic Racism done to the lives of thousands and

to communities across our coun-
try, we can put an end to the hor-
By JULIE BOSMAN voters. Over the last five days, Mr. ror, and turn the page to a new
Jackson has introduced candi- chapter of our history,” Mr. Booker
CHICAGO — Pete Buttigieg said in a statement. “Our country
stood on Tuesday before an audi- dates to heavily African-Ameri-
can crowds of Democrats and la- must have an immigration system
ence of African-Americans, a that reflects our values, not one
group that has been largely indif- bor union members. Former Vice
that strips dignity away from peo-
ferent to his presidential aspira- President Joseph R. Biden Jr.,
ple fleeing danger, threats, and vi-
tions, and promised to enact poli- Senator Elizabeth Warren and
olence.”
cies that would begin to undo rac- Senator Amy Klobuchar have all
The plan also seeks to restore
ist and discriminatory practices appeared in the last several days.
and build upon some executive ac-
historically aimed at them. Mr. Buttigieg is facing problems tions taken by President Barack
“If we do not tackle the problem with African-Americans on sev- Obama. In addition to restoring
of racial inequality in my lifetime, eral fronts, and he has failed to protections for Dreamers, Mr.
I am convinced that it will upend draw many black people to his Booker would restore the Central
the American project in my life- campaign events. American Minors Program, an
time,” said Mr. Buttigieg, the may- Shortly after he became mayor Obama-era initiative that pro-
or of South Bend, Ind. “It brought of South Bend, in 2012, he fired the vided eligible children from Gua-
our country to its knees once and city’s first black police chief and temala, Honduras and El Sal-
if we do not act, it could again.” was heavily criticized for the vador an easier pathway to refu-
If elected president, Mr. move. The city is 26 percent Afri- gee status in the United States.
Buttigieg said, he would work to can-American yet has a police Much of the platform an-
improve police training, create a force that is only 6 percent black. nounced on Tuesday draws from
federal fund for investment in mi- Last month, a white police offi- previous legislation Mr. Booker
nority-owned businesses, abolish cer shot a black man, Eric J. Lo- has championed as a senator,
private federal prisons and ban in- gan, after responding to a report though his campaign said it was
carceration for simple drug pos- of a man breaking into cars. Au- not his entire immigration plat-
session. He would address voting thorities said Mr. Logan raised a form, just the executive actions
rights by instituting automatic knife toward the officer; the pub- that could be taken Day 1 in office
JOSHUA LOTT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
voter registration, expanding lic questioned why the officer had (“Cory Booker Won’t Wait for
early voting and making Election Pete Buttigieg has struggled to gain the support of black voters in his presidential campaign.
not turned on his body camera Congress” reads the news re-
Day a national holiday, he said. during the encounter. lease).
Mr. Buttigieg, 37, appeared in And many of South Bend’s black ness in Chatham, a community on hicle pursuits. He also said he had While the proposed executive
Chicago at the Rainbow PUSH Co-
residents say that Mr. Buttigieg’s Making a national the South Side of Chicago. written to the Justice Depart- actions from the Booker cam-
alition’s annual convention, a tra- “I thought he seemed genuine,” ment, “inviting them to have a dia-
ditional stop on the campaign trail
revitalization of the city — its pol-
ished downtown and influx of tech
promise while trying said Pattilyn Beals, 34, who works logue with us about any ways that
paign would start the reform
process, some immigration activ-
for Democrats running for presi-
dent. On Tuesday morning, Mr.
jobs — has mostly benefited white to heal a rift at home. in nonprofit management. “He did
some research. I appreciated that.
they could be helpful to the com-
munity.”
ists and experts note that these
are not necessarily “Day 1” is-
Buttigieg huddled privately with people.
Mr. Buttigieg has said that he is It wasn’t a standard stump “If any officer is consciously sues; there is, for example, no
the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the civil mechanism to release tens of
working to heal his rift with the speech.” racist, they should show them-
rights leader and the organiza- many members of the audience thousands of immigration detain-
black community in South Bend, Before his speech, Mr. Buttigieg selves the door right away,” he
tion’s founder, in a hotel confer- rose for a standing ovation. ees overnight, and much of the
ence room for more than 20 min- and on Tuesday he spoke of a town chalked up his lack of popularity said of his efforts to hire a diverse
Henri Sallis, 59, said she was processes and platforms set out
utes. He mingled with conference hall meeting in his city where one with black voters in part to a lack police force. “Every mayor works
impressed by the plans Mr. by Mr. Booker could take months
attendees at Mr. Jackson’s side, resident told him that her 7-year- of familiarity. “There’s a lot of vot- in the shadow of systemic racism.
Buttigieg had laid out, particu- to enact.
ducked behind a black curtain old grandson had already learned ers I need to get to know, and who Every resident lives in the shadow
larly his ideas on boosting minor- The campaign is taking a long-
backstage for a one-on-one chat to fear the police. ity-owned businesses. He pro- need to get to know me,” he said. of systemic racism, people of color
“I accept responsibility for the “When you’re new on the scene and people who are not. So this is term approach in their proposed
and joined him for a breakfast of posed that the federal govern- actions, as Mr. Booker pledged to
eggs and orange juice before the work that is left to be done,” he ment award 25 percent of its con- and you’re not from a community not an attack on our police depart-
of color, you’ve got to work that ment. We will always support po- seek to address some of the root
speech. said. “We are on our way on that tracts to firms owned by women causes of the surge in immigra-
The convention is a crucial op- right now.” and people of color, a move that he much harder to gain trust.” lice officers who do the right
tion, promising to appoint a spe-
portunity for Mr. Buttigieg, who Mr. Jackson on Tuesday praised said could “inject more than $100 On Monday, he said at a news thing.”
cial envoy at the State Depart-
has yet to make inroads with black his efforts. “He’s handled an awful billion into communities of color.” conference that in the coming His campaign received a boost ment to lead his administration’s
situation well by being transpar- “He seems like he’s on the right weeks, the city would review the on Monday when it announced efforts and focus on corruption, vi-
Maggie Astor contributed report- ent,” he said. track, but I hope he can stick to it,” police department’s policies on that he had raised $24.8 million in olence, poverty and climate
ing. After Mr. Buttigieg’s remarks, said Ms. Sallis, who owns a busi- use of force, body cameras and ve- the last three months. change.
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The 45th President The Agenda

House, Escalating Fight With Trump, Sues for Access to His Tax Returns
By NICHOLAS FANDOS a citizenship question to the 2020 tactics and counter in May by is- That purpose, he said, was not
and CHARLIE SAVAGE census, and the profits gleaned suing subpoenas for the material. within Congress’s legitimate con-
WASHINGTON — The House from Mr. Trump’s continuing busi- That led to another rejection by stitutional authorities.
sued the Treasury Department ness ventures. Mr. Mnuchin. Both times, he said The Trump administration and
and the Internal Revenue Service In almost every instance, the the requests lacked any “legiti- the president’s personal lawyers
on Tuesday, demanding access to Trump administration has argued mate legislative purpose.” have raised the “legitimate pur-
President Trump’s tax returns that Congress’s power to gain ac- The House suit asks a federal pose” argument repeatedly as
and escalating a fight with an ad- cess to those materials is inher- judge to enforce both approaches, they have sought to parry Demo-
ministration that has repeatedly ently limited to information that validating the committee’s use of cratic demands for information
dismissed as illegitimate its at- would serve “legitimate” legisla- Section 6103 and Mr. Neal’s sub- related to not just Mr. Trump’s fi-
tempt to obtain the financial tive purposes — defined by the ex- poenas. It says that “numerous in- nances but also issues like the spe-
records. ecutive branch to be limited to ma- vestigative reports have revealed cial counsel’s Trump-Russia in-
The lawsuit moves the dispute terials needed to help draft new that President Trump, through vestigation and the granting of se-
into the federal courts after laws and to exclude uncovering the complex arrangements of his curity clearances to close Trump
months of sniping between the potential wrongdoing. personal and business finances, associates.
Democratic-led House Ways and Congress retorts that its powers has engaged in multiple ag- Last month, the House passed a
Means Committee, which re- to compel information are far gressive tax strategies and dec- resolution that cleared the way for
quested and then subpoenaed the more sweeping than that and en- ades-long tax avoidance committees to file lawsuits asking
returns, and Treasury Secretary compass oversight of important schemes.” a court to order the executive
PETE MAROVICH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Steven Mnuchin. The case may ul- matters in general — and that its The Justice Department’s Of- branch to comply with their sub-
timately go to the Supreme Court, decisions about what information The Trump administration has said efforts to force the release of fice of Legal Counsel last month poenas without further action on
and its outcome is likely to deter- it wants to subpoena are not to be the tax returns do not serve “legitimate” legislative purposes. endorsed Mr. Mnuchin’s rationale the full House floor. The Ways and
mine whether financial informa- second-guessed by the White with a 33-page memo. The depart- Means Committee lawsuit for Mr.
tion that Mr. Trump has kept House. control of the House, the tax re- of Mr. Trump’s personal and busi- ment pointed to it again on Tues- Trump’s tax returns is the first ex-
closely guarded in spite of long- The same dispute is at the cen- turns lawsuit is its first attempt to ness returns in early April using a day, while otherwise declining to ercise of that authority.
standing presidential tradition ter of two lawsuits over subpoe- enforce a subpoena in court. provision of the federal tax code comment on the case. The Treas- Even so, liberals have been
will be viewed by Congress and, nas to accounting and banking that grants the chairmen of Con- ury Department did not respond frustrated with the pace of the
Democrats have clamored for
ultimately, the public. firms for other financial records gress’s tax-writing committees to a request for comment. case and have repeatedly tar-
Mr. Trump’s returns since he
In Tuesday’s filing, the House involving the Trump Organiza- the power to request tax informa- In the memo, Steven A. Engel, geted Mr. Neal in recent months,
burst onto the political stage, con-
argued that the administration’s tion. So far, two Federal District tion on any filer. The provision in the head of the office, cited com- urging him to move faster. Stand
vinced that they will show that he
defiance of its request amounted Court judges have swiftly rejected question — Section 6103 — dates ments by Mr. Neal and other Dem- Up America, a liberal advocacy
has distorted his assets and po-
to “an extraordinary attack on the the argument offered by Mr. ocrats that suggested, among group, said on Monday that it
tentially defrauded the govern-
authority of Congress to obtain in- Trump’s private legal team that other things, that they wanted to would be targeting constituents of
those requests did not carry legiti- ment. They have indicated they Ways and Means Committee
formation needed to conduct obtain and disclose Mr. Trump’s
are preparing other lawsuits as
oversight of Treasury, the I.R.S.
and the tax laws on behalf of the
mate legislative purposes. Mr.
Trump has taken those losses to well, including a potential suit to A case that could tax returns to “‘honor tradition,’
show ‘what the Russians have on
members by text and email to ask
their representatives to press Mr.
force Donald F. McGahn II, the
American people.” It asked a appeals courts.
former White House counsel, to affect other inquiries Donald Trump,’ reveal a potential
‘Chinese connection,’ inform tax
Neal to go to court.
judge to order the defendants to A ruling by a federal court on For now, the dispute over the
comply. the merits of the recurring dispute testify despite White House
claims that he and other top presi-
by Congress. reform legislation, provide the Mueller investigation materials,
But with the House and the ex- could shift the balance of power ‘clearest picture of his financial which centers on the House Judi-
ecutive branch locked in a broader between the two branches and af- dential advisers have “absolute health,’” and expose any hidden ciary and Intelligence Commit-
struggle over access to informa- fect the authority of Congress to immunity” from congressional business dealings that may run tees, has not developed into a law-
tion and witnesses related to the conduct oversight over not just subpoenas. to the Teapot Dome scandal of the afoul of the Constitution’s ban on suit because Attorney General
Trump administration, the stakes Mr. Trump but presidents for Mr. Trump was the first major 1920s and says merely that the receiving “emoluments” from for- William P. Barr has started pro-
in the tax-return lawsuit may be years to come. presidential candidate in decades Treasury secretary “shall” fur- eign governments. viding some access to underlying
higher than that particular issue. Depending on how quickly the not to voluntarily release his tax nish the requested material. Against that backdrop. Mr. Eng- material from the special counsel
House Democrats are facing simi- courts choose to move on the liti- returns. He has said that the re- Mr. Neal, a Democrat, said he el dismissed Mr. Neal’s stated offi- investigation.
lar resistance on a broad range of gation, though, that outcome turns were under audit by the needed the returns, as well as au- cial rationale for seeking the re- The House has also held off on
investigations that include inquir- could take months or years — a re- I.R.S., but that does not preclude dit information from the I.R.S., for turns — that Congress needs them voting to hold Mr. Barr or Mr.
ies into Robert S. Mueller III’s in- ality certain to frustrate liberals him from releasing them to the a study of the efficacy of the agen- for an investigation into how the Mnuchin in contempt of Congress,
vestigation into Russian election who are irate at Mr. Trump’s vow public. cy’s mandatory presidential audit I.R.S. audits and enforces federal a step that in the past has pre-
interference, the attempt to add a to fight “all” congressional sub- The chairman of the Ways and program that could potentially re- tax laws against presidents — as ceded asking a judge to issue an
poenas and at the House’s thus far Means Committee, Representa- sult in legislative changes. “pretextual,” saying lawmakers order requiring an executive
Alan Rappeport contributed re- slow pace in bringing the case to tive Richard E. Neal of Massachu- Mr. Mnuchin rejected the re- instead wanted them for the politi- branch official to comply with a
porting. court. Six months into Democratic setts, initially requested six years quest, prompting Mr. Neal to shift cal purpose of disclosing them. subpoena.

Squalor Is Pervasive in Migrant Detention Centers, a Report Finds Judge Rules Barr
Cannot Deny Bail
From Page A1
deaths and threats to members of
To Asylum Seekers
Congress. By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS
“The inspector general’s report WASHINGTON — A federal
provides a shocking window into judge in Seattle on Tuesday
the dangerous and dehumanizing blocked an order by Attorney
conditions that the Trump admin- General William P. Barr that
istration is inflicting on children would have kept thousands of mi-
and families at the border,” grants detained indefinitely while
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a waiting for their asylum cases to
statement. “This report is even be decided.
more troubling after the discovery Judge Marsha J. Pechman of
of the vile, crude comments made United States District Court for
on social media by some of those the Western District of Washing-
in C.B.P. responsible for caring for ton described the order, which
migrant families and children.” would have denied some migrants
“The inhumanity at the border bail hearings, as unconstitutional.
is a challenge to the conscience of Under a preliminary injunction,
America,” she added. Judge Pechman said migrants
After touring a facility in Clint, must be granted a bond hearing
Tex., where a group of lawyers within seven days of a request or
had reported that children had be released if they have not re-
gone unfed and unwashed, Demo- ceived a hearing in that time.
cratic lawmakers said they had “The court finds that plaintiffs
met migrants who were not given have established a constitution-
fresh water and were forced to ally protected interest in their lib-
drink from toilets. erty, a right to due process, which
In a series of tweets on Tuesday, includes a hearing before a neu-
one of the Democrats, Represent- tral decision maker to assess the
ative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of necessity of their detention and a
New York, who was the target of likelihood of success on the merits
some of the more offensive posts of that issue,” Judge Pechman
in the Facebook group, described wrote.
Customs and Border Protection Her ruling also noted that the
as a “rogue agency.” government was likely to appeal
Representative Elijah E. Cum- the decision.
mings of Maryland, the chairman The order was issued in April as
of the House Oversight and Re- another attempt by the Trump ad-
form Committee, demanded on ministration to prevent the re-
Tuesday that the acting secretary lease of migrants into the country
of homeland security, Kevin K. LOREN ELLIOTT/REUTERS
— and to deter asylum seekers
McAleenan, and the newly ap- Migrants at a makeshift encampment in McAllen, Tex., in May. At least six children have died in federal custody since September. from crossing the border at all.
pointed acting commissioner of The administration has re-
Customs and Border Protection, order to be released from the designed to hold people for more Allen, Tex., where migrants of all children released from the facili- cently raised fees for asylum seek-
Mark Morgan, come to Capitol crowded cells. When some re- than three days,” said Represent- ages were being held inside chain- ties said they were surprised ers and slowed processing at
Hill to discuss the Facebook group fused to return, Border Patrol ative Will Hurd of Texas, the only more had not died. At least six mi- ports of entry. It is also expanding
link fences, lying on worn gym
and the allegations in the report. brought in a special operations Republican representing a border grant children have died in federal a policy that has forced more than
mats and snacking on sand-
“There seems to be open con- team “to use force if necessary.” district. “You shouldn’t be holding custody or shortly after they were 13,000 migrants to wait in Mexico
wiches.
tempt for the rule of law and for “Additionally, detainees have anybody in these facilities for released since September. as their legal cases proceed.
basic human decency,” Mr. Cum- Stacked on shelves inside “la
attempted to escape while re- more than that.” They described children having For years, migrants who were
mings said. “The committee hielera,” or the icebox, as mi-
moved from their cells during But Department of Homeland lifesaving medication taken away, determined to have a “credible
needs to hear directly from the grants commonly call the facility
maintenance,” according to the re- Security officials have said other or released with serious ailments fear” of persecution in their home
heads of these agencies as soon as for its frigid temperatures, were countries have been allowed to re-
port. facilities are full as well. To deter but without any medical records
possible in light of the almost daily diapers, baby wipes, formulas and quest bond hearings and could be
While senior Department of migration to the border, the de- from the time they were detained.
reports of abuse and defiance.” Homeland Security officials have partment recently threatened to other materials the authorities released on bail rather than wait-
The House Judiciary and One doctor related the story of a
for months sounded the alarm start nationwide raids to deport young mother who described how ing in detention facilities for their
Oversight Committees both an- over a record number of Central undocumented families, which cases to be heard. The order from
nounced hearings next week into hard it was to keep her newborn
American families crossing the President Trump said will begin Mr. Barr, whose purview extends
the conditions at detention cen- southwestern border, officials in after July 4. Overcrowding, and baby warm while in custody.
“This baby had been given a
to immigration courts, would have
ters. denied the right to a hearing to
According to the report, details
recent weeks have disputed the
descriptions of the conditions of
An ICE spokesman also said on
Tuesday that the agency was issu-
children without new onesie and given a plastic
people apprehended after ille-
blanket, and despite her best ef-
of which were first reported by
BuzzFeed News, 826 of the 2,669
detained migrants.
McAleenan last week described
Mr. ing fines of hundreds of thousands
of dollars to unauthorized immi-
showers or hot meals. forts, her little newborn’s fingers
gally entering the United States.
He appeared to acknowledge at
children detained at the facilities and toes were still blue,” said Dr. the time that the order could ag-
the allegations at the Clint facility grants who refused to comply
were held longer than 72 hours, in Lisa Ayoub-Rodriguez, a pediat- gravate already overcrowded fa-
as “unsubstantiated” and called it with deportation orders.
violation of a federal court settle- “clean and well managed.” The agency began sending out rician in El Paso. cilities. Conditions at the facilities
use to care for the migrants. Two
ment and Customs and Border But the government’s own re- the notices, with fines up to $799 Robert E. Perez, the deputy have been the subject of public
medical teams operate out of the commissioner for Customs and
Protection policy. Senior manag- port backed up the Democrats’ de- per day, in December. On Tuesday, facility, and screen the migrants backlash after lawyers, lawmak-
ers raised security concerns at the scriptions. The facilities were NPR reported that one woman Border Protection, said he was ers and the Department of Home-
when they arrive after being ap- “very confident” his agents were
facilities, calling the situation “a built for the short-term stay of was sent a fine for nearly land Security’s independent
prehended by Border Patrol providing fresh water, food and
ticking time bomb,” according to adults expected to be quickly de- $500,000. watchdog described mistreat-
agents. hygiene products to migrants in
the report. Images published in ported. Central American chil- Among border sectors, the Rio ment and filth.
the report show crowds of mi- “This is kind of ground zero for Border Patrol custody. His agents
dren, who under immigration law Grande Valley has seen some of In April, Mr. Barr delayed his
grants packed into cells pressing us,” said Carmen Qualia, the act- are overwhelmed, he said, be-
cannot be immediately deported the largest surges of migration, order for 90 days.
their hands onto the windows. ing executive officer for law en- cause of a record number of fam-
back to their origin country, are according to senior department Michael Tan, a senior staff law-
One migrant held a cardboard supposed to be moved to facilities officials. The agency has built tent forcement operational programs ilies crossing the border, which yer at the American Civil Liber-
sign up reading, “Help.” managed by the Department of camps in the area to hold hun- of the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande has filled facilities built for short- ties Union Immigrants’ Rights
Some migrants clogged their Health and Human Services dreds of the asylum seekers and Valley sector. term detention. Project, said the order would have
toilets with blankets and socks in within 72 hours. Single adults are this year began flying unpro- But the inspector general’s re- “We take any and every allega- denied due process to those seek-
supposed to be moved to facilities cessed migrants to facilities with port questioned whether the de- tion of misconduct incredibly seri- ing sanctuary in the country.
Emily Cochrane and Simon Rome- built for longer-term detention more space in San Diego. partment was doing enough for ously,” Mr. Perez said on CNN. The administration, he said,
ro contributed reporting from El managed by Immigration and Last week, Customs and Border the children. “And there will be consequences was “trying to create a perception
Paso, and Mitchell Ferman from Customs Enforcement. Protection gave reporters a rare At a news conference on Tues- to those who do not adhere to our that we need to lock everybody up
McAllen, Tex. “These are not facilities that are tour of a detention facility in Mc- day, doctors in Texas who care for standards of conduct.” or chaos ensues.”
 THE NEW YORK TIMES NATIONAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019 0N A17

The 45th President The Agenda

Trump Sees Homelessness as a Recent, Liberal Problem That He Can Fix

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR Homelessness — a coalition of 19 those cities, they work in office played in racial integration. “This is what I am fighting,” Mr. Mr. Deere noted that Mr. Trump
WASHINGTON — For decades federal agencies — has been pro- buildings,” Mr. Trump continued. “There aren’t that many ways Trump told Mr. Carlson. “I don’t last week signed an executive or-
before moving into the White ducing the national strategic plan “To get into the building they have that you’re going to get people to know if they are afraid of votes. I der aimed at reducing regulations
House, President Trump lived in to prevent and end homelessness to walk through a scene that no- schools,” the president said, add- don’t know if they really believe on affordable housing develop-
the heart of Manhattan but appar- since 1987. An interactive map on body would have believed possi- ing a few moments later, “It is cer- that this should be taking place. ment and has directed officials to
ently never noticed that his home- the council’s website shows state- ble.” tainly a primary method to get But it is a terrible thing that is tak- do more to confront what the pres-
town had a homelessness prob- by-state homeless numbers. Mr. Trump himself has taken people to schools.” ing place.” ident believes is a tragedy.
lem. A report released in December notice of a homeless person at But his comments about home- A few moments later, he added Perhaps the most curious mo-
Until now. by the Department of Housing least once, according to a story lessness even more directly un- that “they are usually sanctuary ment in the discussion of home-
and Urban Development docu- told by his daughter Ivanka. cities, they are run by very liberal lessness during the interview
In a puzzling series of com-
mented the longstanding trends. “My father and I were walking people, and the states are run by came when Mr. Trump said —
ments during an interview over
Over all, the rate grew by 0.3 per- down Fifth Avenue and there was very liberal people.” without providing any evidence or
the weekend, Mr. Trump pro-
fessed his concern about people
cent in 2018, leaving 552,830 peo-
ple without stable living condi-
a homeless person sitting right
outside Trump Tower,” she said in
Turning attention to “Do these governors or mayors,
do they really think this is a pos-
explanation — that he had ended
living on the streets in America’s homelessness in Washington.
biggest cities, declaring that it is
tions despite a booming economy
that Mr. Trump frequently takes
a 2003 documentary called “Born ‘a phenomenon that itive?” he asked. “Do they really While homelessness has fallen
Rich.” “I remember my father think it’s O.K.? It’s not. It’s de- in Washington since 2016, more
“a phenomenon that started two
years ago.”
credit for. The report noted that pointing to me and saying, ‘You started two years ago.’ stroying their city.” than 6,500 residents were counted
high rents in some big cities know that guy has $8 billion more Mr. Trump did not mention Los
It did not. But in an interview as homeless during a tally taken
caused higher spikes in homeless- than me,’ because he was in such Angeles by name, but the city re-
for “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on one night in January.
ness. extreme debt at that point, you cently experienced a 16 percent
broadcast on Fox News on Mon- derscored the disconnect between “I had a situation when I first
As president, Mr. Trump has know?” spike in homelessness under Eric
day night, the president seemed to given little indication that home- the nation’s first billionaire presi- became president. We had certain
Mr. Trump said in Saturday’s in- Garcetti, the Democratic mayor.
be unaware of decades of strug- lessness in America is a priority dent and a problem plaguing peo- areas of Washington, D.C., where
terview that he “may intercede The mayor faced a recall effort
gles by governments, churches for his administration. and do something to get that ple at the other end of the income and searing criticism, much of that was starting to happen,” Mr.
and nonprofit organizations to But during the Fox News inter- whole thing cleaned up,” though spectrum. which was covered by the conser- Trump said. “I ended it very
combat homelessness, especially view, he said he was “looking very he did not elaborate on what ac- While Mr. Trump did not use the vative news media that Mr. Trump quickly. I said you can’t do that.”
in high-rent places like New York seriously” at how to deal with cit- tions he or the government might word “homelessness” during the favors. Still, it was unclear So was the president express-
City, San Francisco and Los Ange- ies that he said were overrun with take. Officials at the White House interview, it was clear from the whether Mr. Trump was aware of ing concern about the humanitar-
les. mentally ill and “sick” homeless and the Department of Housing discussion that he was talking those reports. ian conditions facing the poorest
Mr. Carlson prompted the dis- people who ruin life for others who and Urban Development declined about people living on the streets Judd Deere, a spokesman for people in his adopted city? Actu-
cussion by telling Mr. Trump that live and work there. to comment on what the president of American cities. And it was Mr. Trump, said in a statement on ally, Mr. Trump said he took action
those three cities have “a major “The people living there are liv- was talking about. very clear who he thought was re- Tuesday evening that the presi- to clean up the nation’s capital so
problem with filth.” The president ing in hell,” Mr. Trump said. “Some The president has at times re- sponsible for the situation. dent “has taken notice of the foreign leaders who visited would
agreed, calling it “sad” and say- of them have mental problems vealed a similar lack of familiarity The president blamed “the lib- homelessness crisis, particularly not see people on the streets.
ing, “We never had this in our where they don’t even know they with societal trends that have eral establishment” for homeless- in cities and states where the lib- “When you have leaders of the
lives before in this country.” are living that way. In fact, per- deep historical significance. ness in American cities and criti- eral policies of overregulation, ex- world coming in to see the presi-
There is no shortage of evi- haps they like living that way. Asked about school busing during cized Democrats who have said cessive taxation and poor public dent of the United States and
dence to prove that Mr. Trump is They can’t do that. We can’t ruin a news conference in Japan on their cities will not help the federal service delivery are combining to they’re riding down a highway,” he
wrong about that. The United our cities. Saturday, Mr. Trump did not note government enforce immigration drastically increase poverty and told Mr. Carlson, “they can’t be
States Interagency Council on “You have people that work in the controversial role that busing laws. public health risks.” looking at that.”

2020 Census Won’t Have Citizenship Question as Trump Drops Effort Man Is Charged
Over a Threat
From Page A1
to draw political maps at all levels
Made on Twitter
of government. They are also used By JACEY FORTIN
to allot federal funding for key so- When a Muslim lawyer in Vir-
cial services. ginia was threatened by a strang-
The addition of a citizenship er on Twitter last year, he reported
question to the census could have
it to the social media company and
had profound implications for
to the federal authorities.
American politics. Officials at the
Census Bureau itself have said The lawyer, Qasim Rashid, had
that including the question would no idea who had written the tweet
lead to an undercount of nonciti- in March 2018, which included an
zens and minority residents. As a image of a man who had been
result, areas with more immi- lynched, along with the words:
grants, which tend to vote Demo- “View your destiny.”
cratic, could have lost both repre- But last week Mr. Rashid, 36,
sentation and federal funding. now a Democratic candidate for a
The Supreme Court last week seat in Virginia’s State Senate,
rejected the administration’s learned the identity of the man
stated reason for adding a ques- who, federal prosecutors say, was
tion on citizenship to the census, behind the threat.
and while the decision was not a In an indictment filed in the
conclusive ruling, the justices United States District Court for
placed a daunting hurdle before the Western District of North Car-
the government. olina on June 20, Joseph Cecil
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Vandevere of Black Mountain,
Ross said in a statement on Tues- N.C., was charged with issuing a
day night that he respected the threat via interstate commerce,
Supreme Court, but strongly dis- which carries a maximum prison
agreed with its ruling. sentence of five years.
“The Census Bureau has A warrant has been issued for
started the process of printing the Mr. Vandevere, 52, who had not
decennial questionnaires without been arrested as of Monday night,
the question,” he said. “My focus, according to the United States At-
and that of the Bureau and the en- torney’s Office for the district.
tire Department is to conduct a The account from which the
complete and accurate census.” J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/ASSOCIATED PRESS threat was posted has been sus-
Dale Ho, director of the Voting pended. A Twitter spokesman said
Rights Project at the American The attempt to include a citizenship question was criticized by many who saw it as a ploy to aid Republicans in redistricting.
the company would not comment
Civil Liberties Union, which was on individual accounts for privacy
among the plaintiffs trying to been finalized. The files included a study in solved. groups representing ethnic mi- and security reasons.
block the question, praised the The department, which over- which Mr. Hofeller concluded that Thomas A. Saenz, the organiza- norities, all of whom feared that Mr. Rashid, who moved to the
outcome, saying the Supreme sees the Census Bureau, had ar- a citizenship question was central tion’s president and general coun- the question’s mere presence on United States from Pakistan with
Court left the administration with gued that the Justice Department to a strategy to increase Republi- sel, said his group wanted to make the census would deter nonciti- his family in 1987, had seen threat-
“no choice but to proceed with needed a more accurate count of can political power by excluding sure there was not any misinfor- zens and even legal immigrants ening language like that before.
printing the 2020 census forms citizens to enforce the 1965 Voting noncitizens and persons under mation spread about there still be- from filling out the form for fear of
“As a person of color, as an immi-
without a citizenship question.” Rights Act, but three lower courts voting age from the census figures ing a citizenship question. government retaliation.
grant and as a Muslim, to speak
As drafted by the administra- ruled that that was an obvious used for drawing new political “No matter what happens, The groups’ victory on Tuesday
publicly about your faith and to re-
tion, the census would have pretext for boundaries in 2021. may have eased that threat, but
asked: “Is this person a citizen of ceive death threats is not uncom-
some other un- The disclosure led to the re- hardly eliminated it. The public
the United States?” Options were stated goal. opening of one of the lawsuits op- controversy over the issue has al- mon,” he said.
According to a screenshot of the
to include: “Yes, born in the
United States”; “Yes, born in
The depart-
ment’s explana-
posing the question, and plaintiffs
were scheduled to begin new ef-
Fears that minorities ready stirred fears of retribution
among many immigrants, who tweet, which Mr. Rashid shared on
Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Vir- tion was further forts this month to prove that the and noncitizens would say they will avoid filling out the his own account, the threat includ-
ed the words “Muslim scum” and
gin Islands, or Northern Mari- undermined question was an effort to discrimi- census form even if the question is
anas”; “Yes, born abroad of U.S. last month after nate against Hispanics for politi- be underrepresented. not asked. showed a black-and-white picture
citizen parent or parents”; “Yes, plaintiffs un- cal gain. “Now is the time to shift gears of a man hanging by a rope.
U.S. citizen by naturalization”; or covered com- On Tuesday, the Mexican Amer- and begin robust education and Online threats have been in-
“No, not a U.S. citizen.” puter files from ican Legal Defense and Educa- outreach campaigns to ensure timidating on a personal level, he
For the last year, there has been Wilbur Ross a deceased Re- tional Fund, which represents there’s still a lingering hardship each person in this country is said. “But it actually made me re-
a bitter legal battle over whether publican politi- plaintiffs in that suit, indicated from how long the administration counted,” said Letitia James, the flect and understand why I am a
the Commerce Department broke cal strategist, Thomas B. Hofeller, that it was unwilling to end the had this hanging out there, and attorney general of New York, human rights lawyer, and why I
the law when it decided in March who had first urged the incoming lawsuit without further assur- the publicity it got,” he said. which was also among the plain- am running for office,” he said. “To
2018 to tack a citizenship question Trump administration in 2016 to ances from the administration Opposition to the citizenship tiffs suing to block the question. uplift and protect marginalized
onto the census, long after other consider adding the question to that the issue of the citizenship question was rooted among local “Everyone counts, therefore ev- communities is what I believe
aspects of the questionnaire had the next census. question had in fact been fully re- governments and advocacy eryone must be counted.” public service should be doing.”

Celebration’s Guests of Honor Wait in the Wings

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR A second department official “The president loves America and
and THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF said the Pentagon had been told wants to help all Americans cele-
WASHINGTON — Two M1 explicitly not to discuss the plan- brate our nation’s independence
Abrams tanks from Georgia and ning, equipment or logistics for with a salute to America on the
several other armored vehicles the event. National Mall.”
are sitting in a rail yard in South- Mr. Trump, who will be speak- Mr. Trump’s remarks and the
east Washington, a few miles from ing Thursday evening from the fireworks that will follow are free
the Lincoln Memorial, waiting to Lincoln Memorial, has ordered and open to the public. But the
be displayed during the city’s flyovers by Air Force One and air- White House confirmed that a
Fourth of July celebration at Pres- craft from each branch of the small section of the area in front of
ident Trump’s request. armed forces. If the Fourth of July the Lincoln Memorial will be re-
The presence of the tanks, event goes forward as planned, it served for V.I.P. guests, including
which were first photographed on will most likely cost the govern- members of the military, as well as
Monday by The Associated Press, ment tens of thousands of dollars their friends and family.
suggests that Mr. Trump has in flight hours, aircraft mainte- Mr. Deere said the White House
largely succeeded in turning the nance, fuel and transport for the was in charge of distributing free
city’s annual Independence Day assorted military vehicles. tickets for that space, but declined
festivities into a salute to the The Navy’s Blue Angels will to provide details. An official at
American military. also perform over the National the Republican National Commit-
A Defense Department official Mall, the National Park Service tee said on Tuesday that the orga-
said the tanks were expected to be said. nization received “a small num-
included in the July 4 events on White House officials have said ber” of tickets to distribute to the
the National Mall. The official was Mr. Trump’s speech is not in- president’s supporters. The offi-
not authorized to discuss the issue tended to be political, but rather cial said that was standard prac-
MARK WILSON/GETTY IMAGES
publicly because the Pentagon an homage to the military and to tice for White House events like
has directed all questions about the United States. Judd Deere, a the Christmas open house and Two M1 Abrams tanks are expected to appear in a showcase of military equipment on the National
the event to the White House. White House spokesman, said, garden tours in the fall and spring. Mall on Wednesday, as requested by President Trump for July 4 celebrations in Washington, D.C.
A18 0 N THE NEW YORK TIMES NATIONAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

Navy SEAL Chief Accused of War Crimes Is Found Not Guilty of Murder
By DAVE PHILIPPS investigating and prosecuting the than one sniper saying he thought
SAN DIEGO — In a war-crimes chief. he saw Chief Gallagher shoot
trial that roiled the elite Navy The SEAL command initially someone, but did not actually see
SEALs and drew the attention of downplayed the platoon mem- Chief Gallagher pull the trigger.
President Trump, a decorated bers’ reports about the chief, and “There is no physical proof this
eight-tour SEAL platoon leader did not start an investigation of ever happened, no date, no day, no
was found not guilty on Tuesday of the alleged crimes for more than a photos, no video,” Mr. Mukasey
first-degree murder of a captive year, allowing the trail of evidence told the jury. “There is no proof
ISIS fighter and attempted mur- to grow cold. The lead prosecutor they ever happened, period.”
der of civilians in Iraq. was removed from the case in In rebuttal on Monday, Lt. Scott
But the platoon leader, Special May after he was caught improp- McDonald, one of the Navy pros-
Operations Chief Edward Galla- erly attaching tracking software ecutors, told the jury that the de-
gher, was convicted of one charge: to email messages sent to defense fense’s theory of a platoon con-
posing for photos with the teenage lawyers, leaving his replacement spiracy did not make sense be-
captive’s dead body. with just a few weeks to catch up cause Chief Gallagher’s text mes-
Chief Gallagher, 40, who was before trial. And a key witness sages of him posing with the
serving with SEAL Team 7, be- changed his story on the stand to corpse were not discovered until
came a rallying cause of some Re- favor Chief Gallagher. months after platoon members re-
publicans in Congress and mem- The witness, Special Operator ported the stabbing to law en-
bers of the conservative media. First Class Corey Scott, a SEAL forcement.
Mr. Trump said on Twitter in medic who was given immunity “An incredible coincidence,”
March that he would have the from prosecution by the Navy, Lieutenant McDonald said. “Out
chief released from pretrial con- stunned prosecutors by testifying of all the false allegations they
finement “in honor of his past that he, and not Chief Gallagher, would supposedly make up, it
service to our country.” had killed the captive, by covering would be the one he admitted to.”
Because the maximum sen- a breathing tube inserted in the The jury of officers and rela-
tence Chief Gallagher could now captive’s neck. His testimony also tively high-ranking enlisted
face is four months, and he has deviated in other significant ways troops listened as matters the
spent more time than that in pre- from what he had told investiga- Navy probably did not want to air
trial confinement, he was ex- tors before trial; the Navy has in- publicly were discussed in court.
pected to go free on Tuesday. dicated it is considering charging At one point, the classified rules
The chief was turned in by his him with perjury. of engagement that guided SEALs
own platoon last spring. Several In a courtroom at Naval Base on who they could kill in Iraq were
fellow SEALs reported that their San Diego, close to the harbor delivered in a locked black bag by
leader had shot civilians and where hulking destroyers and an armed guard. They were not
killed the captive Islamic State missile cruisers dock, a jury of five SANDY HUFFAKER/GETTY IMAGES
read aloud in court, but one Ma-
fighter with a custom hunting Marines, a member of the SEALs Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher with his wife, Andrea, on Tuesday. He was convicted rine attached to the SEAL platoon
knife during a deployment in Iraq and a Navy officer, nearly all with on a charge of posing with a dead body, but has already served more than the maximum sentence. testified about part of what they
in 2017. He was also charged with combat experience, spent two said. Regarding one section of the
obstruction of justice by threat- weeks hearing testimony in the crowded city of 660,000 along the
There was little physical evi- cused him of firing from a sniper the message, “Good story behind
ening to kill SEALs who reported trial, including unvarnished ac- Tigris River, the Marine testified
dence in the case, so the trial post at unarmed civilians who this, got him with my hunting
him. counts of one platoon in the that for SEAL snipers, “every-
hinged on the credibility of the posed no threat, including an old knife.”
In the SEALs, Chief Gallagher Navy’s celebrated elite com- thing on the other side of the river
platoon members who testified. man and a schoolgirl. Chief Galla- During two weeks of testimony,
had a reputation as a “pirate” — mando force. They deliberated for was good to go, was cleared hot,
Prosecutors held them up as cou- gher denied all the charges. two SEALs testified that they had
an operator more interested in a little more than eight hours be- were good targets.”
fore reaching a verdict. rageous whistle-blowers who About 20 minutes after the cap- seen Chief Gallagher stab the cap-
fighting terrorists than in adher- Other details brought out at
“The jury found him not guilty broke the SEAL code of silence to tive died, Chief Gallagher posed tive in the neck for no clear rea-
ing to the rules and making rank. trial cast unfavorable light on the
of the murder, not guilty of the stop a rogue chief who was on a for what both sides in the trial de- son. Several others said that they
When members of his platoon re- elite SEALs. According to testi-
stabbing, not guilty of the stab- track to higher leadership posi- scribed as trophy photos with the heard the chief admit to the killing
ported his actions to superior offi- mony, Chief Gallagher’s platoon
bings, not guilty of all those tions. The defense painted the ac- that evening when confronted by built a rooftop bar at their com-
cers, fissures were revealed in the
polished image of the SEALs and things,” one of his lawyers, Timo- cusers as scared and entitled mil- the platoon, and that he told them, pound and had empty beer cans
the unwritten code of silence thy Parlatore, told reporters out- lennials who could not meet their “I thought everyone would be cool rolling around in their trucks; a
among members of the secretive side the courtroom. “They did find chief’s high expectations, and fab- A case that became a with it; next time, I’ll do it where lieutenant made a video montage
ricated war-crimes allegations to you can’t see.”
force, who see themselves as a
brotherhood.
him guilty of taking a photograph
with a dead terrorist, which we ad- take him down. rallying cry for The defense described the ac-
for the platoon, set to music, of en-
emy corpses from the deploy-
Some of the platoon members mitted from the beginning.” “He didn’t coddle them,” Mr.
Parlatore told the jury, so the pla-
conservatives. cusers as disgruntled conspira-
tors who plotted in a group text
ment; a number of SEALs and
who spoke out were called traitors Chief Gallagher sat stoically in Marines besides Chief Gallagher
in a closed Facebook group and the courtroom in a white dress toon “fomented a plan of hate and chat they called the “sewing cir- took photos with the dead ISIS
were threatened with violence. In uniform during the trial, with his mutiny.” cle.” The chief’s lawyers said the fighter; and one SEAL mistook a
court, some said they had started wife, brother, mother and father, The case centered around the corpse. In one hand he held the men were bitter because their car loaded with women and chil-
carrying weapons for self-de- who was a West Point graduate, death of the captive fighter, who captive’s hair; in the other he held chief was stealing snacks from dren in Mosul for ISIS fighters
fense. sitting behind him. He did not tes- was brought in to the SEALs’ com- a small, custom-made hunting them, needlessly exposing them and flew a hand-launched explo-
From the beginning, the Navy tify. mand post near Mosul, Iraq, by knife by the captive’s bandaged to fire and then calling them cow- sive drone, known as a Switch-
portrayed the murder case in par- Marc Mukasey, another of his Iraqi forces. SEALs testified that neck. Some of the photos show ards when they questioned his blade, into the vehicle, killing
ticular as a simple one with eye- lawyers, said the chief began to after giving the fighter first aid, several other SEALs gathered tactics. them all.
witnesses to the crime and a cul- cry when the verdict was read. He Chief Gallagher, a trained medic, around and smiling. The defense argued that the ev- Chief Gallagher could still face
prit whose text messages ap- described the moment as “tears of stabbed the fighter repeatedly in A few days later, Chief Galla- idence for the charges of shooting administrative punishment from
peared to admit guilt. But the mili- joy, elation, freedom, absolute eu- the neck. gher texted the photo to comrades civilians was so vague that in one the Navy, including an other-than-
tary repeatedly stumbled in phoria.” SEALs from the platoon also ac- in the United States, sending one case it amounted to little more honorable discharge.

Suit in Las Vegas Shooting Seeks to Prove the Design of the AR-15 Rifle Is Illegal
By MIKE BAKER take a dim view of any liability for keting of the product. phasized that the bump stock was
For years, advocates of gun manufacturers. In the Sandy Hook lawsuit, fam- an aftermarket accessory and dis-
control have struggled to pierce a Filed in Nevada state court, the ilies focused on the marketing for puted that the option makes the
legal shield that protects firearms latest case argues that the AR-15- the AR-15-style Bushmaster, AR-15 convertible into a fully auto-
manufacturers from liability, even style rifles that have become such which the gunman used in the matic weapon under the definition
as mass shooters have relied on common weapons in mass shoot- massacre. The marketing ma- of the law.
their powerful wares to amplify ings are illegal because they are terials linked the gun to “macho “It’s customizable, but the un-
the carnage of their attacks. one modification away — most vigilantism and military-style in- derlying semiautomatic action is
More than a decade ago, New commonly, by adding a simple de- surrection,” lawyers argued, high- not altered,” Mr. Keane said.
York City failed in its bid to go af- vice known as a “bump stock” — lighting one slogan used in adver- But Steve Lindley, a program
ter some gunmakers under public from approaching the rapid-firing tising: “Consider your man card manager with the Brady Cam-
nuisance laws. In 2009, a case lethality of a fully automatic rifle. reissued.” paign and Center to Prevent Gun
against a manufacturer associ- The guns are often designed for Violence in Los Angeles, a gun
State Supreme Court justices
ated with a series of sniper shoot- customization with various acces- control advocacy group, said
sories. agreed that the case could move
ings in Washington, D.C., was forward on the narrow issue of AR-15 stocks can be easily un-
thrown out. Then, in 2015, the fam- The bump stocks used by the screwed, removed and replaced
Las Vegas gunman, Stephen Pad- how the weapons were marketed.
ily of a victim in the theater mas- The manufacturer, Remington, virtually instantaneously with
sacre in Aurora, Colo., lost a case dock, were modified versions of
has said it will seek intervention something like a bump stock. At
against an ammunition dealer — the gun’s stock that allowed him to
from the United States Supreme that point, he said, “You have an
and was ordered under state law fire about nine rounds per second.
Court. assimilated fully automatic fire-
to pay the dealer’s legal fees. Last year, the Trump administra-
Mr. Winkler said the Sandy arm.”
tion banned bump stocks, pro-
The vast immunity offered by a Hook case could have substantial It is that purported ease with
hibiting the sale of them and or-
2005 federal law shielding gun implications, though it is difficult which the gun can be converted
dering the destruction of those al-
manufacturers from most liability that lies at the heart of the latest
ready in use. to predict how the Supreme Court
began to give way earlier this lawsuit. Did its manufacturers de-
The new case targets not the might respond. “It has the poten-
year, when the Connecticut Su- liberately design it that way, and
bump stocks, but the makers of tial to be far-reaching,” he said.
preme Court issued a milestone does that leave them unprotected
the rifles themselves; a bump
ruling allowing some families vic- by the immunity afforded under
stock is only one way in which
timized in the 2012 Sandy Hook El-
such rifles might be modified to
A Simple Modification? federal law?
ementary School shooting to sue The A.T.F. determined in 2010
become more lethal, the plaintiffs Under the new lawsuit, lawyers
Remington Arms and other com- that it could not regulate bump
argue. have traced the history of gun leg-
panies over their marketing prac- stocks because they could not be
Colt Manufacturing Co., listed islation and regulatory efforts to
tices. defined as the kind of automatic
as the lead defendant in the case, limit or prohibit guns with the ca-
Now, building on that success, which also named seven other weapon prohibited under the law.
those same lawyers are opening a pability of continuously firing bul-
manufacturers of AR-15-style lets with a single pull on the trig- Last year, the Trump administra-
new front against firearm manu- guns, did not respond to messages tion reversed that decision, ban-
facturers, working with the par- ger.
seeking comment on Tuesday. Federal law prohibits most ning the product. One industry
ents of a victim in the 2017 mass Lawrence G. Keane, general group later challenged that deci-
shooting in Las Vegas to argue weapons that are designed to fire
counsel for the industry’s Na- sion, but the Supreme Court al-
that the design of AR-15-style ri- more than one shot automatically.
tional Shooting Sports Founda- lowed the ban to stand.
fles used in the massacre violates In its handbook about the firearm
tion, said the lawsuit was trying to
federal law. HILARY SWIFT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES law, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobac-
blame manufacturers for “the de-
Thousands of people impacted ranged actions of a madman,” lik- Ann-Marie and James Parsons, whose daughter was killed in the co, Firearms and Explosives says Running for Her Life
by the Las Vegas shooting have ening the legal argument to blam- Las Vegas concert shooting, filed a federal lawsuit involving it has interpreted “designed” to in-
The Nevada case was filed by
filed claims against MGM Re- ing Ford for the actions of a driver bump stocks. Weapons found in the hotel room of the Las Vegas clude weapons that “possess de-
the parents of Carrie Parsons,
sorts, which owns the hotel where whose car had been modified with gunman included modified versions of AR-15-style rifles. sign features which facilitate full who was 31 years old and living in
the gunman took up his perch be- aftermarket parts. automatic fire by simple modifica- the Seattle area when she went to
fore firing more than 1,000 rounds “I don’t know any right-minded tion.” Las Vegas for a weekend with
into a crowd of concertgoers, person that would say that’s a val- AR-15-style rifles are designed friends and attended the festival
killing 58. But the lawsuit filed id legal theory,” Mr. Keane said. for modification and accessoriza- where the shooting occurred.
Tuesday night appears to be the tion, with parts that can be re-
first to directly target gun manu- As the first shots sent people
moved and added to improve the scattering, Ms. Parsons and a
facturers based on the ease with The 2005 Shield
core product. One of the compo- friend began running, holding
which their products can be con- After legal victories against the nents that can be modified is the
verted into weapons of large-scale each other’s hands, according to
tobacco industry demonstrated stock of the gun.
destruction. the lawsuit. They managed to
the power of such litigation in the In the Las Vegas shooting, the
Katie Mesner-Hage, one of the leave the venue, ran through a
1990s, individuals and munici- gunman used AR-15-style rifles
lawyers on the case, said the parking lot and climbed over a
palities turned their attention to modified with bump stocks, which
plaintiffs will try to prove that fence. As they approached a street
gun companies. harness the firearm’s recoil ener-
manufacturers of firearms have and an ambulance, a bullet struck
At that point, the cases were gy. A gunman can hold his trigger
made conscious decisions to allow flimsy, said Adam Winkler, a law Ms. Parsons in the shoulder. She
finger steady as the gun slides managed to reach the ambulance,
their firearms to be readily ad- professor at the University of Cali-
justed to fire as fully automatic back and forth, causing a repeated but did not survive her wound.
fornia, Los Angeles, who has writ-
weapons, which are otherwise press of the trigger so that he James Parsons, who is the
ten about gun laws. But the gun in-
heavily restricted under state and doesn’t have to move his finger. plaintiff in the lawsuit along with
dustry saw litigation as a potential
federal laws. existential threat, made it the No. “It was not just possible — or his wife, Ann-Marie, said the pub-
“We can’t fix the inherent dan- 1 priority to resolve, and worked LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS even probable — that a gunman lic needed to know the level of
ger of firearms,” Ms. Mesner- with the National Rifle Associa- would take advantage of the ease danger posed by weapons such as
Hage said. “But we can address tion to convince Congress to alter turers of lawful products,” Presi- of lawyers at the expense of vic- of modifying AR-15s to fire auto- those used in Las Vegas.
reckless and irresponsible corpo- federal law so that companies dent George W. Bush said at the tims and consumers.” matically in order to substantially “I’m not trying to ban guns. I’m
rate conduct.” would have broad immunity un- time the law was passed in 2005. The law included some narrow increase the body count during a not trying to change the Second
Given the federal protections, der the Protection of Lawful Com- “This legislation will further our exceptions to the immunity, in- mass shooting. It was inevitable,” Amendment,” Mr. Parsons said.
the case faces a challenging path merce in Arms Act. efforts to stem frivolous lawsuits, cluding a seller negligently en- lawyers wrote in their Nevada “But when you manufacture
forward, especially with a conser- “Our laws should punish crimi- which cause a logjam in America’s trusting a weapon to a dangerous complaint. something that is easily illegal,
vative majority on the United nals who use guns to commit courts, harm America’s small person or a company violating Mr. Keane of the National those people should be held re-
States Supreme Court that could crimes, not law-abiding manufac- businesses, and benefit a handful laws surrounding the sale or mar- Shooting Sports Foundation em- sponsible.”
 THE NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019 0N A19

Lee Iacocca, Who Got Ford and Chrysler Humming, Dies at 94

From Page A1
like the Mustang, making the covers of
Time and Newsweek and becoming the
company president at 46, only to be spec-
tacularly fired in 1978 by the founder’s
grandson, Henry Ford II.
But admirers called him a bold, imagi-
native leader who landed on his feet after
his dismissal and, in a 14-year second act
that secured his worldwide reputation,
took over the floundering Chrysler Cor-
poration and restored it to health in what
experts called one of the most brilliant
turnarounds in business history.
He accomplished it with a controver-
sial $1.5 billion federal loan guarantee,
won by convincing the government that
Chrysler was vital to the national econ-
omy and should not be allowed to fail,
and with concessions from unions, new
lineups of cars, and a new national
spokesman — himself — featured in a
decade-long television advertising cam-
paign.
“If you can find a better car, buy it,” the
blunt Mr. Iacocca challenged the public.
“I’m not asking you to buy any car on
faith. I want you to compare.”
As the 1980s unfolded, his commer-
cials hammered at a theme: “The pride
is back.” And so it seemed. The guaran-
teed loans were repaid in four years, sev-
en years early. Americans were buying
cars at a record clip again, including
Chrysler’s new minivans and compacts.
The company’s $1.7 billion loss in 1980
had become a $2.4 billion profit by 1984.
Chrysler was selling cars as fast as it
could make them. Its stock price soared,
as did Mr. Iacocca’s popularity. His
achievement in restoring Chrysler was
all the more impressive because it had
begun in a national recession and ma- JOHN OLSON/THE LIFE IMAGES COLLECTION, VIA GETTY IMAGES

tured against intense competition from HOT SELLER Lee Iacocca in the 1970s with a Ford Mustang. He helped develop the Mustang in the ’60s, and it brought in $1.1 billion in net profits over two years.
America’s larger automakers, Ford and
General Motors, and from a rising tide of
pecially one of Mr. Iacocca’s brass. In his
imported cars from Japan and other
memoir, Mr. Iacocca detailed a long
countries.
struggle between them, and called Mr.
His book “Iacocca: An Autobiogra-
Ford a man of limited vision with ethnic
phy” (1984, written with William Novak)
and racial biases.
became a runaway best seller, the lead-
Several months later, Mr. Iacocca
ing nonfiction hardcover of 1984 and
joined Chrysler. It was debt-ridden, was
1985.
losing millions and had virtually no cred-
In 1987, the company that had nearly
it. He closed plants, cut the work force in
failed posted sales of $26 billion and sat
half, won large union concessions and
on a $3 billion cash cushion. Mr. Iacocca,
sold assets to raise cash. It was not
who had taken only $1 as compensation
enough. He turned to the government for
in the first year after winning the loan
help, igniting a national debate over a
guarantee, was now the industry’s most
“bailout.”
highly paid executive, with salary and
But Mr. Iacocca did not ask for a hand-
stock options worth $18 million.
out, or even a loan, just a federal guaran-
A heroic figure to many Americans, he
tee of loans from banks and other cred-
became chairman of a project to restore
itors. Taking him at his word — that he
the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island,
could resurrect Chrysler, that it was too
and was in demand for speeches and
important to be allowed to fail — Con-
public appearances that took on the color
gress passed and President Jimmy
of a campaign. He conferred with Presi-
Carter signed the loan guarantee, en-
dent Ronald Reagan, members of Con-
abling the company to get back on its
gress, governors and business leaders.
feet. Ultimately, Chrysler borrowed only
He was mobbed by admirers and pur- BOB DAUGHERTY/ASSOCIATED PRESS MARTY LEDERHANDLER/ASSOCIATED PRESS
$1.2 billion of the $1.5 billion that was
sued by the press. LOAN GUARANTEE President Jimmy COMEBACK Mr. Iacocca helped Chrysler repay the loans seven years early. The guaranteed, and paid it back long before
“The loan guarantee debate, Carter with Mr. Iacocca in 1980. company’s $1.7 billion loss in 1980 had become a $2.4 billion profit by 1984. it was due.
Chrysler’s subsequent return to health,
Many factors accounted for the turn-
and the publication of his best-selling au-
to pressures to step down, he hired engineering in 1946 returned to Ford. In- him of their families’ dinner date later in around, but among the most important
tobiography conferred mythic status on
Robert J. Eaton, the head of G.M.’s Euro- stead of engineering, he saw his future in the week. were the success of the K-car, a small,
him as the nation’s economic Winston
pean operations, as his designated suc- marketing in the postwar boom years Mr. Iacocca succeeded Mr. McNamara fuel-efficient, front-wheel-drive sedan,
Churchill,” Doron P. Levin, a former re-
cessor, and retired as Chrysler’s chair- and lined up a job in sales in Ford’s as vice president and general manager and the minivan, which seated seven
porter and Detroit bureau chief for The
man and chief executive in 1992. Chester, Pa., office. of the Ford Division in 1960, and four people and was sold as a family or deliv-
New York Times, wrote in “Behind the
“He’s like Babe Ruth,” Bennett E. Bid- He decided to change his foreign- years later secured his place in automo- ery vehicle. In 1987, Chrysler acquired
Wheel at Chrysler” (1995). “At the peak
well, a retired Chrysler executive, said of sounding first name to Lee, a serious tive history by bringing out the Mustang, American Motors and its Jeep division.
of his popularity, many Americans be-
Mr. Iacocca. “He hit home runs and he concession for a young man proud of his a small, rakish car with bucket seats and Its Jeep Grand Cherokee was introduced
lieved not only that Iacocca held the an-
struck out a lot. But he always filled the ethnicity. He worked endless hours in the a floor shift that appealed to affluent in 1992, the year Mr. Iacocca retired, and
swers to the nation’s economic ills but
ballpark.” 1940s and early ’50s, honing his speaking young buyers and motorists of all ages became one of the biggest sellers in
also that he should lead the country as
He was born Lido Anthony Iacocca on skills, studying sales trends and coordi- who had dreamed of owning a sports car. Chrysler history.
president.”
Oct. 15, 1924, in Allentown, Pa., one of two nating the strategies of his dealers. They The Mustang was the hottest-selling After retiring, Mr. Iacocca moved to
But by the late 1980s, storm clouds
children of Nicola and Antoinette Per- sold cars aggressively, and his career new car model in Detroit history, ringing Bel Air, Calif., where he invested in elec-
that Mr. Iacocca and other auto execu-
rotto Iacocca, immigrants from San flourished. up $1.1 billion in net profits over two tric bicycles, olive oil and other ventures
tives had long ignored were gathering.
Marco, Italy, who named him after the In 1956, Mr. Iacocca married Mary Mc- years. Its success landed Mr. Iacocca and and promoted diabetes research. But he
The stock market had plunged in 1987,
Cleary, a Ford receptionist in Chester. the Mustang on the covers of Time and was restless for action.
and Japan, long since recovered from Venice beach resort. He and his sister,
World War II, had become a world-class Delma, grew up in Allentown. They had two children, Kathryn Iacocca Newsweek in the same week in April In 1995, he and his friend Kirk Kerko-
economic power, whose fuel-efficient Hentz and Lia Iacocca Assad, who sur- 1964. The garrulous Mr. Iacocca became rian, a corporate raider who had been ac-
cars were flooding the United States. vive him, as do a sister, Delma a favorite of reporters, who delighted in cumulating stock in Chrysler, made a
Americans wanted reliable, well-built Kelechava, and eight grandchildren. His his candor, rare in the car industry. hostile takeover bid for the company.
Chrysler rebuffed it and canceled plans
cars with innovations like airbags, and ‘He hit home runs and he first wife died in 1983 from complications
of diabetes. In 1986 he married Peggy
He produced other winners — the
Maverick to compete with imports, the to name its headquarters and technology
Honda and Toyota were supplying them.
Mr. Iacocca, as he acknowledged, had struck out a lot. But he Johnson, a former flight attendant. The Lincoln Continental Mark III to chal- center in Auburn Hills, Mich., after Mr.
Iacocca.
drifted too far from day-to-day opera- marriage was annulled in 1987. In 1991 he lenge G.M.’s Cadillac Eldorado. There
tions. Instead of reinvesting in new mod- always filled the ballpark.’ married Darrien Earle, whom he di- were missteps: The Pinto burst into In 1998, Daimler-Benz A.G., the Ger-
els to rival Japanese imports, he had ag- vorced in 1994. flames in rear-end collisions, and lives man company that made Mercedes-
gressively expanded into other ventures, It took a decade for Mr. Iacocca to dis- were lost. For years he opposed airbags, Benz cars, acquired Chrysler in a $36 bil-
acquiring the corporate jet manufactur- tinguish himself in Ford’s huge work mandatory seatbelts and other safety lion merger that was the largest industri-
er Gulfstream and American Motors, a “The Depression turned me into a ma- force. Then he had a clever idea for a items, insisting they did not sell cars. al takeover in history and the biggest ac-
small competitor. By the 1990s, many terialist,” Mr. Iacocca recalled in his auto- sales pitch. It was “56 for 56”: offering But he outmaneuvered rivals for the quisition of any American company by a
American cars could not compete with biography. “Years later, when I graduat- 1956 models with 20 percent down and executive suite and was named presi- foreign buyer. Mr. Iacocca said it might
Japanese innovations. ed from college, my attitude was: ‘Don’t $56 a month for three years. The idea dent of Ford in 1970, the No. 2 post, re- not have happened if his takeover had
The Iacocca magic, like Chrysler’s bother me with philosophy. I want to was so successful regionally that Ford porting only to the chairman, Henry succeeded. The company is now owned
earnings, faded as the nation dipped into make ten thousand a year by the time turned it into a national campaign and Ford II. by the Italian company Fiat.
recession. He persuaded Congress to I’m 25, and then I want to be a million- made him the corporate director of truck In the next eight years, as gasoline In addition to his autobiography, Mr.
give some protection to the American aire.’ ” marketing. prices and foreign competition rose, Mr. Iacocca wrote “Talking Straight” (1988)
auto industry from imported cars, but Ja- He also heard anti-Italian slurs in He also came to the attention of Robert Iacocca cut costs, streamlined opera- with N.R. Kleinfield, then a reporter for
pan just set up factories to build cars in streets and schoolyards. While attending S. McNamara, Ford’s vice president for tions and turned unprofitable divisions The Times, and “Where Have All the
the United States. Allentown High School, he suffered a se- car and truck sales and a future Ford around. He nurtured managers who Leaders Gone?” (2007) with Catherine
Mr. Iacocca barnstormed the country, vere case of rheumatic fever. Unable to president and secretary of defense. As a challenged conventional wisdom and so- Whitney.
demonizing the Japanese as alien invad- compete in sports, he pushed himself in McNamara protégé, he learned to be an licited ideas from dealers and unions. In 2008, months before Chrysler and
ers. He argued that Chrysler made better his studies and graduated with honors in executive — to run meetings, analyze He also began to revel in the glitzy General Motors declared bankruptcy af-
cars, that Japan’s “Teflon kimono” had 1942. trends and mediate the often competing ter years of mounting losses, Mr. Iacocca
perquisites of his lofty position. He trav-
deceived Americans and that the United Lingering effects of the illness kept interests of Ford’s bean-counting finan- visited Auburn Hills and was greeted
eled in a private Boeing 727, entertained
States was suffering from a “national in- him out of World War II. At Lehigh Uni- cial analysts and its aggressive market- with thunderous applause by a thousand
in lavish Ford suites at the Waldorf Asto-
feriority complex.” versity in nearby Bethlehem, Pa., he be- ing and sales forces. Chrysler workers.
ria in New York and Claridge’s in Lon-
It backfired. Critics accused him of “Ja- came a talented debater, had excellent don, and partied with Frank Sinatra and “Don’t get panicked,” he told them.
He also learned the subtle, sometimes
pan bashing” and said Chrysler’s offer of grades and in 1945 graduated after three other celebrities. His extravagances re- “Things are going to be O.K. Now is the
brutal, strategies of the executive scram-
$1,000 rebates suggested a fire sale. years with a bachelor’s degree in indus- portedly offended Mr. Ford. time to show your stuff. We don’t have
ble — to court allies, evaluate and under-
Trying to reverse the decline, Mr. Ia- trial engineering. any alibis. The truth is automobiles in
cut rivals, whatever it took to gain the He fired Mr. Iacocca in July 1978, say-
cocca established partnerships with Mi- He also impressed a Ford recruiter America are still a vital business.”
next rung up the corporate ladder. Asso- ing he just did not like him. He never
tsubishi, Maserati and Fiat, but they and was hired for an executive training ciates said he could humble a subordi- gave more detailed reasons. The com-
were no panacea. Finally surrendering program. He took a leave to attend nate for a mistake one day and praise pany posted a $1.8 billion profit that year.
Princeton on a scholarship, and after him the next. He once fired an executive Some industry observers said Mr. Ford More obituaries appear
Jacey Fortin contributed reporting. earning a master’s degree in mechanical and, on the way to the door, reminded could not tolerate a nonfamily rival, es- on Page A24.

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HOME LIFE Mr. Iacocca with his first wife, Mary, in 1974, when he TV CAMPAIGN Preparing to tape a commercial in 1983 at a LAVISH LIVING Mr. Iacocca between Frank and Barbara Sinatra in
was with Ford. She died in 1983. The couple had two children. Chrysler plant. His ads emphasized, “The pride is back.” 1988. His extravagances reportedly offended Henry Ford II.
A20 WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

After 3 Cyclist Deaths,

Mayor Vows Crackdown
By WINNIE HU from some older people, that cyclists can
and JOHN SURICO also be menaces, going the wrong way on
A bike messenger was fatally hit by a streets, failing to yield to pedestrians and
truck while riding in morning traffic in flying through red lights and stop signs.
Manhattan. Three days later, another cy- But after the recent cycling deaths,
clist was struck and killed by a car in even Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat who is
Brooklyn. running for president, said the city had to
And four days after that — less than do more.
four miles from the last crash — still an- “We absolutely have an emergency on
other cyclist died after being struck by a our hands,” Mr. de Blasio said in a tele-
cement truck. vised interview with NY1, the cable news
The shocking spate of three cyclist station, adding that, “What we’ve seen in
deaths in a little over a week has drawn these last weeks and months is not ac-
ceptable. We’re going to do a full-court
anguished cries from cyclists and trans-
press to stop it.”
portation advocates and has undercut
While insisting that Vision Zero was
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signature trans-
working, the mayor said police officers
portation policy to make the streets
would be immediately deployed across
safer.
the city to crack down on drivers to en-
“New Yorkers on bikes are being killed
sure they abided by speed limits, yielded
at an alarming rate,” said Marco Conner,
to cyclists and pedestrians, and re-
the interim co-executive director of spected bike lanes.
Transportation Alternatives, an advoca-
“We’re going to use the power of
cy group. N.Y.P.D. enforcement on motorists to try
Across the city, 14 cyclists have been to immediately jolt this situation,” he
killed in crashes this year, four more than said.
all of last year, according to city officials. Six of the cyclists killed this year were
New York’s streets have seen an in- hit by trucks, underscoring the growing
crease in bicycling while also becoming conflict on the city’s increasingly con-
more perilous, in part because of surging gested streets, as more people have tak-
truck traffic fueled by the booming e- en to cycling and more trucks are making CHRISTOPHER LEE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
commerce industry. deliveries as a result of a thriving econ-
omy and the continued growth of Ama- A vigil, above, for Robyn Hight-
zon and other online merchants. man, a messenger who was fa-
Despite the city’s expansion of bike tally hit by a truck. Left, Mayor
lanes in recent years, 11 of the cyclists Bill de Blasio announcing a lower
were riding on streets without bike lanes speed limit in 2014. Below left,
when they were killed, according to city cyclists in Brownsville honoring
officials. Two others were riding in bike
lanes, but were hit at intersections. An- Ernest Askew on Monday.
other cyclist was on a street with a bike
lane, but was not riding in it.
There are 1,240 miles of bike lanes in of emergency and Mayor de Blasio is in
New York City, including 480 miles that denial about his signature program fal-
use barriers to separate riders from traf- tering under his neglect,” Mr. Conner, of
fic. But in a city with about 6,000 miles of Transportation Alternatives, said.
streets, that leaves many places without Citywide, 100 people have been killed
any protection for cyclists. in traffic crashes so far this year — or 11
Many cyclists and transportation ad- more than in the same period last year —
vocates say the city has not built enough including 51 pedestrians, eight motorcy-
bike lanes, especially protected lanes, to clists and 27 motor vehicle occupants.
keep up with the cycling boom. About Transportation advocates say the
460,000 bike rides take place in the city number of cycling deaths this year is ac-
MICHELLE V. AGINS/THE NEW YORK TIMES every day, up from about 180,000 bike OZIER MUHAMMAD/THE NEW YORK TIMES tually one higher than the official count;
rides in 2006, according to the city. their count includes a cyclist who is be-
A memorial sign honors Ernest
Cycling has increasingly emerged as lieved to have later died from his injuries.
Askew, who was killed last week by a an alternative to the troubled subways Mr. Conner’s group has called for legis-
car in Brownsville, Brooklyn. and buses, especially in boroughs outside lation to make streets safer, including
of Manhattan where access to public overhauling truck and freight regula-
The mayor himself acknowledged on transit can be limited. Ten of the cycling tions, expanding enforcement efforts to
Monday that the city was facing an fatalities this year were in Brooklyn. keep vehicles out of bike lanes, and tar-
“emergency.” But cyclists say that having bike lanes geting reckless drivers.
It was Mr. de Blasio, then the public ad- is useless if the police do not keep vehi- “I understand there are so many peo-
vocate, who as a candidate for mayor cles from blocking them, forcing them to ple who are upset right now, and they
vowed to eliminate all traffic-related go into the streets. In some cases, it is po- have every right to be,” Mr. de Blasio
deaths and serious injuries. And within lice vehicles that block bike lanes. said.
“Until we have the proper infrastruc- City transportation officials said on
weeks of taking office in 2014, he un-
ture, we’re going to continue to have Tuesday that they were developing a
leashed ticket blitzes on scofflaw drivers
deaths,” said Clayton Harper, 43, who has plan, which would include pursuing laws
and successfully pushed to lower the
ridden bikes for two decades in the city. to increase cyclist protections and reach-
speed limit to 25 miles per hour in most of “It’s Vision Zero, in theory.” ing out to the trucking industry to pro-
the city. Mr. Harper and dozens of other cyclists mote safer driving around bikes.
Since then, the mayor’s aggressive pol- held a vigil on Monday night at the inter- Dulcie Canton, 42, a cyclist and advo-
icy — known as Vision Zero — has be- section in Brownsville, Brooklyn, where cate, said it took years to recover from
come his transportation priority and one of their own, Ernest Askew, was her injuries after she was hit by a car in
been copied by cities across the country. killed last week by a car. 2014. She heard about Mr. Askew’s death
Year after year, Mr. de Blasio has her- They raised their bikes in the air for 10 MICHELLE V. AGINS/THE NEW YORK TIMES last week while on a memorial ride for the
alded its success, as the number of people seconds in his honor and placed a memo- bike messenger who was killed days be-
killed annually in traffic fatalities fell rial — a plaque reading “Cyclist killed cling deaths annually has fluctuated, growing concerns among transportation fore in Manhattan.
from 299 in 2013 to 203 last year, the low- here. Rest in peace” — on the side of the from a low of 10 last year to a high of 24 in advocates that Vision Zero has stalled, “I’m tired of meeting people at vigils,”
est level in more than a century. street. Mr. Askew’s family and friends 2017, according to city officials. The aver- and that city officials have lost their fo- she said. “We really need our Mayor de
The soaring numbers of people on tied flowers to the street sign. age has been about 17 a year. cus in seeing it through. Blasio back to step up and bring some
bikes have drawn criticism, particularly In the last decade, the number of cy- But the recent deaths have led to “It is clear that Vision Zero is in a state sanity to our streets.”

FACT CHECK

The President Says His Home State Is Harassing Him. Is It?

By JESSE McKINLEY Mostly false. foundation was started by the former guard insurance policy and other ef-
and VIVIAN WANG It is expensive to live in New York City, New York attorney general, Eric T. forts had cost it “millions of dollars.”
ALBANY — For two consecutive but far less so in less populated areas of Schneiderman, in 2016. Mr. Schneider- Ms. James’s office has also opened an
days, President Trump turned his Twit- the state. man resigned in 2018 after The New investigation into the gun group’s tax-
ter fury against two of the highest Unlike the nation’s attorney general, Yorker published allegations from four exempt status, and has confirmed that
elected officials in his home state: Gov. who is appointed by the president, the women who said that he had physically it has issued subpoenas in the matter.
Andrew M. Cuomo and the attorney New York attorney general is an assaulted them. The N.R.A., however, is not based in
general, Letitia James, both Democrats. elected position. And although Mr. Mr. Schneiderman had said that New York; its headquarters are in
It was not immediately clear what Cuomo endorsed Ms. James in last allegations about misconduct by the Virginia. Ms. James has special juris-
prompted Mr. Trump to lash out; his year’s election and helped her cam- Clinton Foundation did not rise to the diction over the group because it was
tweets on Monday focused on his treat- paign raise money, he emphasized that level of an investigation, because they chartered in New York.
ment by Ms. James’s office. Without her office was distinctly separate. largely amounted to paperwork issues.
mentioning Ms. James by name, the “His suggestion that it’s my attorney
president said she was “harassing all of general is just incorrect,” Mr. Cuomo
my New York businesses in search of said, before adding that “if he has noth- “So many people are leaving New
anything at all they can find to make ing to hide, he has nothing to worry “People are fleeing New York like York for Texas and Florida that it is
me look as bad as possible.” about.” PETE MAROVICH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES never before. If they own a totally under siege.”
Mr. Trump continued his tirade on “But,” the governor concluded, “I President Trump used Twitter this
think the tweet shows that his paranoia
business, they are twice as likely to
Tuesday, suggesting that New York’s week for a tirade against New York’s
tax rate was driving away residents is once again getting the better of him.” flee.” Partially true, but needs context.
Ms. James also hit back on Twitter on
governor and attorney general. New Yorkers have contributed to a
“like never before.”
Monday, telling Mr. Trump that “no one Mostly untrue. major inflow to Florida, but Californi-
The outburst prompted a return of
is above the law,” and highlighting that table purposes, but were instead used While the population in some regions of ans are much more likely to move to
fire from Mr. Cuomo on Tuesday, who
the president had not used her name. to settle legal claims involving Mr. upstate has declined or remained stag- Texas. Still, Mr. Cuomo has warned of
issued a statement entitled, “President
“My name is Letitia James,” she wrote. Trump’s businesses, or to pay for a nant for decades, the overall population the lure of Texas and other low-tax
Trump’s Day 2 Twitter Tantrum,” say-
ing Mr. Trump was in “la la land.” painting of Mr. Trump. The foundation of the state has actually slightly in- states, saying that his state is in compe-
was also effectively “co-opted” by Mr. creased during the last eight years of tition for jobs and talent, and noting
“If he is worried about law enforce-
Trump’s 2016 campaign, the suit said. Mr. Cuomo’s administration, according that he has held the line on taxes in
ment, he shouldn’t break the law,” Mr.
Cuomo said in the statement. “If he is “I even got sued on a Foundation Mr. Trump has admitted to using the to the United States Census Bureau. New York.
worried about New York taxes, he which took Zero rent & expenses & And while Republican politicians, like And while New York does have some
foundation’s money to contribute to
should repeal the New York tax penalty Rick Scott, the former governor of of the highest property and income
gave away more money than it political causes.
called SALT that he and Republicans Florida, have bragged about drawing taxes in the nation, Mr. Cuomo railed
And while the filings do not show
passed, which targeted New York and had.” expenses for rent, the attorney general business south — sometimes even against the 2017 Trump tax overhaul,
raised our taxes by $15 billion.” sending thank you notes to northern- particular a cap on the state and local
said the foundation had no employees, income tax deduction, which the gover-
But was the president wrong? Here’s This is misleading. state leaders — Mr. Cuomo recently
and its board had not met since 1999. nor has called “an economic missile”
an assessment on the veracity of Mr. The New York attorney general’s office announced record high private sector
In December, the foundation agreed employment in New York, though much aimed at the residents of the state,
Trump’s tweets. sued Mr. Trump’s charity, the Donald J.
Trump Foundation, last year, accusing to dissolve. But the attorney general’s of that is in the city and its suburbs. particular those with valuable proper-
it of “improper and extensive political office said the suit would proceed. As for harassment, President Trump ties and high incomes who pay a large
activity, repeated and willful self-deal- seems to be referring to a running legal share of the total amount of taxes.
“It is very hard and expensive to ing transactions, and failure to follow skirmish between the Cuomo adminis- Mr. Cuomo on Tuesday said the presi-
basic fiduciary obligations.” tration and the National Rifle Associa- dent was wrong about New York’s
live in New York. Governor Andrew The charity’s tax filings show that it
“They never even looked at the tion, which the governor has called an taxes.
Cuomo uses his Attorney General did incur more expenses than the reve- disgusting Clinton Foundation.” “extremist group.” Last year, the associ- “I lowered taxes in New York. Trump
as a bludgeoning tool for his own nue it took in. But the attorney gener- ation filed a lawsuit against the gover- raised them,” the governor said in a
al’s lawsuit said that some of the foun- Mostly true. nor and a state agency saying New statement. “Try the truth for a change,
purposes.” dation’s funds were not used for chari- The investigation into Mr. Trump’s York’s efforts to end a so-called carry Mr. President.”
 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019 N A21

Accused of ‘Brutal’ Acts, Notorious Debt Collector in Taxi Industry Is Arrested

By BRIAN M. ROSENTHAL leged are nothing short of brutal,” seizure was “authorized by vehi- into loans they could not afford. “This arrest provides some only cash, and he made borrowers
In the rough-and-tumble New said Bill Heinzen, the acting head cle apprehension unit.” The investigation also found long-awaited justice for medallion meet him at a park to deliver the
York City taxi industry, Anthony J. of the city Taxi and Limousine The notes said the seizures that the city Taxi and Limousine owners who were made victim of money, they said.
Medina was an enforcer. Commission, which oversees the were “for Police Dept./Sheriff/ Commission ignored warning predatory practices for far too On occasion, the drivers said,
For years, Mr. Medina was the yellow cab industry. “The city will Marshall’s Office.” Mr. Medina is a signs and exacerbated the prob- long,” he said. Mr. Medina confronted borrowers.
go-to debt collector for banks that not tolerate these kinds of illegal private contractor who does not lems by choosing to sell medal- Attorney General Letitia James In one incident described to The
and callous actions.” work for a law enforcement lions and run advertisements of New York is also probing the Times and cited in the city’s an-
lent money to drivers seeking to
In an interview, Mr. Medina, 50, agency. claiming the permits were “better lending practices, while lawmak- nouncement about the charge, he
buy a permit to own a cab. If a
dismissed any complaints against Asked to explain those refer- than the stock market.” ers at the city and state levels are and another associate allegedly
driver fell behind on payments, it
him as bitterness from delinquent ences to law enforcement, Mr. Me- After the financial bubble burst pursuing legislation. approached a driver in a parked
was Mr. Medina’s job to ensure the
borrowers. He denied using a gun. dina told The Times in an inter- and medallion prices crashed Mr. Medina was an unusual fig- taxi and shouted until he got out.
driver paid up. Sometimes, he
He said that the drivers’ anger view earlier this year that they starting in late 2014, more than 950 ure in the taxi industry because he In the interview earlier this
temporarily seized the car. Other
was misdirected and that city offi- were not what they appeared. medallion owners filed for bank- worked for most, if not all, of the year, Mr. Medina insisted he was
times, he confronted people on the cials arrested him to deflect atten- “That’s not saying that the person ruptcy. Thousands more are strug- lenders. Drivers often spoke of simply a messenger for the banks.
street. Occasionally, drivers said, tion from their own role in a crisis taking the medallion is an officer,” gling to survive. their fear of “Tony.” He said he requested cash be-
he flashed a gun. in the taxi industry that was the he said. “That paper states that I Industry leaders have denied In interviews with The Times, cause drivers who had defaulted
On Tuesday, the New York City subject of an investigation by The could bring that into a police sta- wrongdoing, saying regulators ap- drivers said Mr. Medina usually could not be trusted to write good
sheriff’s office arrested Mr. Medi- New York Times. tion, a sheriff station or whatever.” proved their practices. They have seized medallions in the night, ei- checks, and he said he met at
na outside his home on Staten Is- “The industry is not messed up The Times investigation found blamed the crisis on unforeseen ther by prying them off cars or by parks because he wanted to hide
land and charged him with imper- because of me,” Mr. Medina said. that taxi industry leaders spent competition from ride-hailing taking the entire vehicle. He often his identity out of fear he could be
sonating a city marshal, a misde- “I’m the scapegoat.” more than a decade artificially in- companies like Uber and Lyft. left notes that told borrowers they targeted by borrowers.
meanor. He is expected to make The arrest marked the first flating the price of the permit, The day after the investigation had to give lenders “relief” to get “If I was doing things shady and
separate appearances in courts in criminal charges brought against called a taxi medallion, that allows was published, city officials their medallions back. doing things they’re claiming that
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens a taxi industry leader in response a driver to own a cab. The price of started a 45-day review of the taxi In addition to catching up on I’m doing, and pulling guns and
and Staten Island in September. to The Times’s investigation. One a medallion rose to $1 million in industry. In a statement on Tues- payments to the lender, drivers doing this and doing that, you
“This individual’s actions as al- article published in May described 2014 from $200,000 in 2002. Dur- day, Mayor Bill de Blasio said the said they often had to make an ad- think I’d be the go-to guy for 20-
Mr. Medina’s methods and re- ing that period, lenders made hun- arrest was the first in a series of ditional down payment — and also plus years?” Mr. Medina said in
Ali Watkins contributed report- ported that when he took a vehicle, dreds of millions of dollars by actions arising out of that review, pay Mr. Medina $550 for his serv- the interview. “Think about it. My
ing. he often left a note that said the channeling immigrant drivers with more coming this month. ices. Mr. Medina would accept reputation speaks for itself.”

Youth Accused of Rape

Has ‘a Good Family’
force that the following day she
From Page A1 had hand marks on her buttocks,”
bias toward privileged teenagers. according to court documents.
In doing so, the appeals court After the assault, prosecutors
cleared the way for the case to be said, G.M.C. left the room, but
moved from family court to a some of his concerned friends
grand jury, where the teenager, checked on her. Mary was found
identified only as G.M.C. in court on the floor vomiting, and she was
documents, will be treated as an driven home by a friend’s mother.
adult. New Jersey law allows juve- When she woke up the next
niles as young as 15 to be tried as morning, she was confused about
adults when accused of serious her torn clothing and bruises on
crimes, and the grand jury will her body, and told her mother she
weigh whether to indict him on the feared “sexual things had hap-
sexual assault accusation. pened at the party” without her
In recent years, judges across consent, court documents said.
the country have come under fire Over the next several months,
for the way they have handled she learned that G.M.C. had
sexual abuse cases. One of the shared the video among friends,
most notorious was in 2016, when but, when confronted, he denied
a judge in California sentenced a recording the encounter and said
Stanford University student to six the friends were lying, according
months in jail after he was found to court documents. Eventually,
guilty of sexually assaulting an Mary learned that the boy had
unconscious woman. After an in- continued to share the video,
tense public backlash, California prompting her mother to contact
voters recalled the judge. the authorities and ultimately
Judge Troiano, who is roughly pursue criminal charges in 2017.
70, was one of two family court In September 2017, the Mon-
judges whom appeals courts in mouth County prosecutor’s office
New Jersey have criticized in re- recommended that the case be POOL PHOTO BY ERIK TRAUTMANN

cent weeks over relatively similar tried in adult criminal court in

Fotis Dulos, center, and his lawyer, Norm Pattis, left, during a court proceeding last month. He and his girlfriend face charges.
issues. part because the boy’s actions
In the other case, the appellate were “sophisticated and preda-
division reversed another judge’s
decision not to try a 16-year-old
boy as an adult after he was ac-
tory.”
“Filming a cellphone video
while committing the assault was
Lawyer Offers Novel Theory in Case of Missing Wife
cused of sexually assaulting a 12- a deliberate act of debasement,”
the prosecutor wrote. By NEIL VIGDOR to her disappearance: ‘I’ll do any- that would bring them harm,” said dence response team also combed
year-old girl in 2017. The second thing I have to do to make sure Ms. Luft. “Attorney Pattis’s per- through the woods of Waveny
family court judge, Marcia Silva, The prosecutor said that the In late May, Jennifer Dulos
boy lied to Mary in the following dropped off her five children at you never see the kids again,’” Mr. petuation of these allegations is Park in New Canaan, near where
sitting in Middlesex County, de- Pattis said. “This, together with hurting the Dulos children now
months, while simultaneously school in a Connecticut town. Ms. Dulos’s S.U.V. was found.
nied a motion to try the teenager evidence of an alarming number and into the future.”
as an adult and said that “beyond sharing the video. “G.M.C.’s be- Then she vanished. Less than two Chief Leon Krolikowski, of the
havior was calculated and cruel,” weeks later, her estranged hus- of medical tests she endured just The children, who range in age New Canaan police department,
losing her virginity, the State did prior to her disappearance, makes from 8 to 13, have been staying in
not claim that the victim suffered the prosecutor wrote. band and his girlfriend were ar- did not respond to multiple re-
In an interview, Christopher J. rested in connection to her disap- the revenge-suicide hypothesis Manhattan with Ms. Dulos’s quests for comment. Richard J.
Gramiccioni, the county prosecu- pearance. something we are taking very se- mother, Gloria Farber, who is Colangelo Jr., a state prosecutor
tor, said, “This is conduct that Now, as the search for Ms. Du- riously as we continue our investi- seeking custody. The children involved in the case, also did not
gation.” have been participating in sum-
A New Jersey judge is should be punished in adult
court.”
los, 50, enters its sixth week, a
lawyer for her estranged husband The “revenge-suicide hypothe- mer school and athletics, along
respond to requests for comment.
A spokeswoman for the Con-
sis” is the latest conspiracy theory with going on field trips and vis-
rebuked in the case of “We subscribe to the idea that
the juvenile system is supposed to
is offering an unusual explanation
proffered by Mr. Pattis, who has iting friends, according to Ms.
necticut State Police said on Tues-
for what happened: she took her day that there were no new up-
‘a 16-year-old kid.’ be rehabilitative,” he said. “But own life to prevent him from get-
developed a reputation as a legal
maverick with a flair for the dra-
Luft.
“They miss their mother terri- dates on the investigation.
when you’re dealing with charges ting custody of their five children. Mr. Dulos, who is free on
as serious as these, it’s a whole dif- matic. bly,” Ms. Luft said. “Every conver-
The lawyer, Norm Pattis, said $500,000 bond, is seeking to bring
ferent ball of wax.” Mr. Pattis is sation about the case ends with,
he also recently discovered that the divorce case to a halt as a re-
any further injuries, either physi- Mitchell J. Ansell, a lawyer for known for tak- ‘When are they going to find
Ms. Dulos underwent $14,000 in ing on clients sult of Ms. Dulos’s disappearance.
cal, mental or emotional.” the teenage boy, did not return re- mom?’ Given the horror of the sit-
medical diagnostic and blood tests that other law- uation, they are doing well. We’re Last week, he spoke publicly for
The appellate judges also up- quests for comment. just before her May 24 disappear-
braided Judge Silva, overturning On July 30, 2018, Judge Troiano yers would not, doing everything we can to pro- the first time.
ance. such as Alex vide them some sense of nor- “I just want to tell my children
her decision and noting that the denied the waiver to try the teen- “We don’t know what diagnosis Jones, the malcy within this unfathomably that they’re constantly on my
teenager could be culpable be- ager as an adult, arguing that supported those tests,” Mr. Pattis founder of the abnormal situation.” mind and that I love them and I
cause the 12-year-old was not old prosecutors had abused their dis- wrote in an email on Tuesday to right-wing con- Shortly after her disappear- miss them very much,” he said
enough to provide consent in the cretion. The New York Times. “Was she
first place. He said there was a “distinc- Jennifer spiracy theory ance, investigators discovered outside a courthouse, while ac-
critically ill? Did she plan a final website In- Ms. Dulos’s blood mixed with Mr. companied by Mr. Pattis.
The judge in Monmouth County, tion” between “a sexual assault
farewell intended to assure Fotis Dulos
Judge Troiano, was scolded by the and a rape.” fowars, who Dulos’s DNA on a faucet in the Mr. Pattis, in his blog, recently
never saw the kids? We are look- was sued by Sandy Hook families $3.5 million home she shared with
appellate court, according to the He said “the traditional case of addressed why he decided to rep-
panel’s decision. “That the juve- ing for Jennifer and for answers.” for his false claim that the 2012 her five children in New Canaan, a
rape” generally involved two or resent Mr. Dulos and Mr. Jones.
nile came from a good family and more males using a gun or weap- The husband, Fotis Dulos, 51, school shooting was a hoax. wealthy enclave known for its “The answer might surprise
had good test scores we assume on to corner a victim into an aban- along with his girlfriend, Michelle Last week, Mr. Pattis told sev- lush, open space — and low crime.
Troconis, have pleaded not guilty you: I’d rather represent the
would not condemn the juveniles doned house, shed or shack, “and eral news outlets that Ms. Dulos Security camera footage recov- scorned than the popular,” Mr.
who do not come from good fam- just simply taking advantage of to hindering the prosecution and had staged her own disappear- ered by the police showed Mr. Du-
tampering with evidence. Pattis wrote. “It’s how I am put to-
ilies and do not have good test the person as well as beating the ance and had written a manu- los and Ms. Troconis, 44, dumping gether. It starts with a simple
scores from withstanding waiver person, threatening the person.” Ms. Dulos and her husband had script with a plot similar to that of trash bags along Albany Avenue
been going through a tempestu- enough proposition. No one is the
application,” the panel wrote in its It was under those egregious cir- “Gone Girl,” a novel that was in Hartford on the night of Ms. Du-
ous divorce, accumulating an sum of their worst moments. Put
decision. cumstances, he said, that the state made into a 2014 film about a los’s disappearance, according to
enormous volume of court mo- another way, all have sinned and
A spokeswoman for the admin- would try a juvenile in adult court. woman in a crumbling marriage arrest warrants. The footage also
tions regarding disputes about who fakes her murder and hides in showed a person matching Mr. fallen short of the glory of God.”
istrative office of the courts said He delved into the facts of the
bed times, doctors for the children the Ozarks. Dulos’s description dumping an On a separate website for his
the judges had no comment on the case, questioning “whether or not
case. She said Judge Troiano, who and steep lawyer fees, among Carrie Luft, Ms. Dulos’s close item into a storm drain on the law practice, Mr. Pattis also pro-
this young lady was intoxicated to
retired several years ago, had the point that she didn’t under- many other things. Mr. Dulos friend who has acted as a spokes- same street. The license plate on motes his media appearances.
been occasionally asked to fill va- stand what was going on.” claimed in a court filing that the woman for her family since her the vehicle used on that trip had Philip Russell, a defense lawyer
cancies on the bench. He said the boy’s actions were children were being kept under disappearance, dismissed Mr. been issued to Mr. Dulos, who is a from Greenwich, said Mr. Pattis
Family court cases are typically not sophisticated or predatory, armed guard at their grandmoth- Pattis’s claims in an interview on resident of Farmington, Conn. understands the power of the me-
closed to the public, but the and dismissed G.M.C.’s text mes- er’s apartment in New York City. Tuesday. Connecticut State Police and ca- dia in high-profile criminal cases.
judges’ comments surfaced in sages as “just a 16-year-old kid “We are exploring all possibili- “Jennifer Farber Dulos would daver dogs spent three weeks “When it’s in his client’s inter-
June when the appeals court deci- saying stupid crap to his friends.” ties, including that she made good absolutely never leave her chil- searching a Hartford trash plant est,” Mr. Russell said, “he does not
sions were made public, joining a “This young man comes from a on a threat she made to him prior dren and would never do anything for clues, to no avail. An F.B.I. evi- shy away from combat.”
series of contentious sexual as- good family who put him into an
sault cases that have ignited out- excellent school where he was do-
rage over a legal system that ad- ing extremely well,” the judge
vocates for victims say is warped said. “His scores for college entry Corrections
by bias and privilege. were very high.”
In the first case, heard by Judge The appellate decision said the
INTERNATIONAL un, the North Korean leader. SPORTS bed.
Troiano, it is unclear from court judge overstepped in deconstruct-
documents when and specifically An article on Tuesday about While Ivanka Trump met Mr. Kim, The On Soccer column on Mon-
ing the circumstances of the case,
where in New Jersey the encoun- making his own assessment of the Ivanka Trump’s diplomacy de- she did not attend the meeting; day about the women’s World
scribed incorrectly the attendees the White House declined re- OBITUARIES
ter of the two 16-year-olds took boy’s culpability and considering Cup Semifinals referred incor-
place. the defendant’s prior good charac- of a closed-door meeting between peated requests to reveal who rectly to the run of European A picture caption with an obituary
But prosecutors said it occurred ter, the appellate panel said. President Trump and Kim Jong- was there. success in the men’s World Cup. on June 15 about Pat Bowlen, the
during a party packed with 30 “His consideration of these ele- Brazil won the event in 1994 and longtime owner of the Denver
other teenagers. The case was ments, however, sounded as if he NATIONAL 2002; its 2002 victory was not Broncos, using information from
highlighted by a New Jersey radio had conducted a bench trial on the Contact the Newsroom Because of an editing error, the “the only break in a run of Euro- Reuters, misidentified the woman
station, 101.5. charges rather than neutrally re- [email protected] or call
headline on an article on Tuesday pean success that dates to 1990.” in the photograph with Mr.
The victim was identified only viewed the State’s application,” 1-844-NYT-NEWS (1-844-698-6397). Bowlen and the Broncos quarter-
about a visit to a detention facility
as Mary, an alias to protect her the panel said. Editorials back John Elway. She is Mr.
by members of Congress mischar-
identity. Before the episode, pros- In 2004, Judge Troiano imposed [email protected] ARTS Bowlen’s wife, Annabel — not Mr.
ecutors said, both teenagers a gag order to prohibit people in a acterized their remarks. Lawmak-
Newspaper Delivery ers called Border Patrol officers’ An article on Sunday about the Elway’s wife, Janet.
walked into a darkened area of the courtroom from discussing the
[email protected] or call behavior toward them toxic and box office success of “Toy Story
basement and Mary stumbled as high-profile case of two Montclair
1-800-NYTIMES (1-800-698-4637). called the detention system bro- 4” misstated a plot point in “Yes-
she walked. High School football players ac- Errors are corrected during the press
“While on the sofa, a group of cused of sexually assaulting a ken; they did not describe the terday.” The main character run whenever possible, so some errors
boys sprayed Febreze on Mary’s schoolmate. The charges were migrant holding sites as toxic or wakes up in bed after a traffic noted here may not have appeared in
bottom and slapped it with such eventually dropped. Job hunting? NYTimes.com/Jobs. broken. accident; he does not fall out of all editions.
A22 WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

EDITORIAL LETTERS

Two Cheers for a Lackluster Economy Are Democrats Moving Too Far Left?
TO THE EDITOR: health care away from millions,
continually attacks women, en-
Re “Liberals Ruled the Debates,
and the Moderates Are Anxious” courages racism and keeps chil-
(front page, June 30): dren in cages.
The argument for a more pro- Is this really a dilemma?
gressive Democratic candidate CHARLOTTE MALONEY
was summed up by a social justice SALT LAKE CITY
organizer, Brittany Packnett,
whom you quoted as saying,
“Sometimes appealing too much to TO THE EDITOR:
Joe in the diner means you’re not Senator Kamala Harris and the
reaching Joanna in an apartment other Democratic presidential
building in an urban core.” candidates who are recent con-
Surely it is important that the verts to progressive positions on
eventual candidate appeal to both key issues are clearly following the
Joe and Joanna. But Ms. Packnett’s Barack Obama model: Run to the
(and several candidates’) state- left, govern from the center. They
ments ignore the facts of the elec- understand that the mojo in this
toral map. There will be no real campaign is driven by a desire for
fight for states in the urban North- change — a change not only in
east or Pacific Coast. In order to presidents but also in the system
win in 2020, the Democrats must that produced a Donald Trump in
take back states in the upper Mid- the first place. However, if elected,
west and elsewhere that were they will reliably return to the
carried by Barack Obama but were “centrist” views they previously
lost in 2016. And in those Midwest- espoused.
ern states and purple states else- The challenge for the genuine
where, there are far more Joes in progressives in the race, like Sena-
diners than Joannas in urban tors Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth
apartments. Warren, is not to let the “summer
All Democrats agree that there soldier and sunshine patriot” steal
SELMAN DESIGN. is no higher priority than winning their thunder. Holding the fake
back the presidency. It is not worth progressives’ feet to the fire and
Raise a glass to the longest economic expansion in modern That rhetoric contrasts with the slow but steady im- the risk of alienating crucial vot- exposing their lack of commitment
ers, as happened in 2016. to ending a rigged economy that
American history. provement in economic conditions over the past decade.
P. FRANK WINKLER works only for the rich and power-
A full decade has passed since the end of the last reces- The unemployment rate is bumping along at the lowest lev- ful will be the task for those on the
MIDDLEBURY, VT.
sion, in June 2009, and the economy continues to grow. As of els since the 1960s; wages have started to rise more quickly, left throughout the primary sea-
Monday, the current expansion surpassed the previous particularly for low-wage workers. son.
TO THE EDITOR:
record for uninterrupted growth, set between 1991 and 2001. But the fact that it took so long to get here is a big prob- JOHN E. STAFFORD, RYE, N.Y.
lem for many American families. While unemployment is Re “There Is Such a Thing as Too
But this time around, no one is accusing Americans of Far Left,” by Ramesh Ponnuru
irrational exuberance: These good times don’t feel particu- low, the slow pace of the recovery means that the average (Sunday Review, June 30): TO THE EDITOR:
larly good. Economic growth over the past decade has been rate of unemployment in a given month during the past dec- Who would vote for those Demo- I am a registered independent
slow and fragile, and most of the benefits have been claimed ade was a full percentage point higher than during the 1991- crats moving so far left with their voter of a centrist/moderate per-
by a small minority of the population. 2001 expansion and almost two points higher than between crazy ideas of trying to save our suasion. Before Richard Nixon’s
1961 and 1969. planet and species, protecting presidency, I had been a loyal
The sense of disappointment is more than a feeling. children, providing adequate
Through the first quarter of 2019, the nation’s gross domes- There is also reason to worry that America has squan- Republican voter, and since then I
health care to those in need, hav- cannot imagine myself ever again
tic product had increased by 25 percent during the current dered the opportunity for a more prosperous future. During ing equal protections for all under
periods of economic growth, governments can take advan- voting for someone with an “R”
expansion. Between 1991 and 2001, economic output ex- the Constitution, allowing each and after his or her name. I suspect
panded by 42 percent. Between 1982 and 1990, output in- tage of swelling tax revenues to improve infrastructure, in- every citizen to vote and have that that there are many in our country
vest in education and fund research. Companies can plow vote count, ensuring a quality who feel the same way.
creased 38 percent. And between 1961 and 1969, output grew
profits into new products and markets. But over the past education even for those with After watching the Democratic
by 52 percent. limited means, providing refuge for
decade, both public and private sectors have largely re- debates, I am dismayed by the
The distribution of the gains is even less satisfying. those fleeing for their lives, and
frained from investing. The government has handed out tax far-left policies being proposed by
Truck drivers still earned, on average, slightly less in trying to make corporations pay a large majority of them. Realisti-
cuts while companies have handed out dividends and repur- their share in taxes? Who would
2018 than in 2009, after adjusting for inflation. Executive cally, the chance of any of these
chased shares. In effect, they’ve chosen to distribute profits vote for any of this?
compensation, by contrast, went up, up and away. Chief ex- far-fetched policies becoming
among already wealthy Americans rather than develop the I’ll tell you who. I will. I, and enacted is virtually nil. I am also
ecutives of companies in the S&P 500 stock index — a list many Americans who aren’t trying
intellectual capital and equipment that could increase dismayed by their personal attacks
that includes most of the nation’s largest corporations — growth in the decades ahead, as investments in public uni- to recapture the America of the
on one another, providing the
made an average of $14.5 million in 2018, increasing by $5.2 past, but believe that our country
versities, highways, fundamental scientific research and Republicans with a rich and cost-
million in the past decade, according to data compiled by the can be better than its past, better
satellite networks did in the past. free source of opposition research.
A.F.L.-C.I.O. than it is — to be the strong and
Another result of the Trump administration’s tax cut is So far, the Democrats just don’t
wonderful country we know it can
The wealthy have also reaped most of the gains from that federal deficits, which usually shrink during periods of get it, and they are on the verge of
be.
rising stock prices. The least affluent 70 percent of Ameri- handing the country another four
economic growth, are on the rise. That leaves less room for I will happily vote for any Demo-
years of Donald Trump. Tell me,
can households had less wealth at the end of 2018 than at the the government to respond to a downturn by cutting taxes crat over a Republican Party that
what’s wrong with a candidate
beginning of 2007, according to the Federal Reserve. The top or by increasing spending. And the Fed cannot easily ride to encourages and praises a presi-
dent who lauds foreign dictators, having a moderate set of policies
30 percent of households saw at least some increase, but the the rescue: It has kept rates low to extend this fragile ex- for the 2020 election?
removes protections for our food,
big gains were heavily concentrated at the very top, in the pansion, leaving little room to cut rates. water and air, ignores facts, ig- WILLIS ANDERSEN
hands of a small proportion of extraordinarily wealthy fam- The end of an expansion, like the death of a star, is visi- nores climate change, tries to take HEALDSBURG, CALIF.
ilies. ble only after it happens. It is possible the economy will con-
This inequality of prosperity has become a defining is- tinue to grow for years, giving policymakers a chance to do
sue in the nation’s politics. President Trump ran on the better; long-lived expansions have become increasingly Tanks on the 4th of July Ivanka Plays Diplomat
promise that he would restructure the economy to revive common across the developed world. It’s also possible that
TO THE EDITOR: TO THE EDITOR:
employment in mining and manufacturing. Democrats vy- the analysts predicting a recession next year — there are al-
ing to run against the president in 2020 are offering their ways analysts predicting a recession next year — will turn Re “Tanks Will Join July 4 Specta- Re “Ivanka Trump Steps Up on the
cle, Trump Declares” (front page, World Stage, to Mixed Reviews”
own prescriptions for economic revival — and speaking of out to be right. (news article, July 2):
July 2):
the plight of American workers in language usually re- So enjoy this lackluster expansion while it lasts. What Having Ivanka Trump take part
Someone should tell President
served for recessions. comes next may well be worse. Trump that there were no tanks or in official meetings and events
fighter jets at the birth of our na- during the president’s Asia trip is
tion. It’s very sad that he has cho- like putting one of the United
sen to spoil the celebration of that States soccer coaches’ kids out on
EDITORIAL OBSERVER ALEX KINGSBURY birth with irrelevant trappings of the field for a Women’s World Cup
modern warfare. Those of us who match. Amateurs should stay in
the stands and let the professionals
Let Mr. Trump Have His Birthday Party for America love this country could do without
the display of his ego for just this
one special day.
use their skills and experience to
influence the outcome of the game.
President Trump’s Fourth of July extravaganza has already wage a war without mercy, Abraham Lincoln, will be the ROBERT J. INLOW
GAIL GOLDEY, HARRISON, N.Y.
achieved what was surely one of its central aims: irritating backdrop for the president’s nationally televised address on CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
his opponents. Thursday at the Independence Day observance, christened a
That helps explain the mainlining of partisan politics into a “Salute to America.” It will be interesting to see if any Confed- TO THE EDITOR:
traditionally apolitical celebration of the nation’s founding. erate battle flags are in the audience, as is common at Trump Outlaw Secret Settlements A case of “Take Your Daughter to
And why taxpayers are footing the bill for a military review rallies. Work” gone terribly wrong.
TO THE EDITOR:
inspired by a French parade that caught the president’s This is all on brand for him: co-opting the honorable tradi- SUSAN DUCKWORTH
Re “‘Business as Usual’ on Secret WEST HARTFORD
fancy. And why the military, one of the nation’s most trusted tions of the armed forces for political pageantry. But the pres- Settlements, Even in Era of
nonpartisan institutions, has been cast as the Greek chorus ident’s political opponents would be wise to keep their pow- #MeToo” (front page, June 15):
for Mr. Trump’s performance. der dry. Last year, I was asked to help
Yet for all the norm-shattering brazenness, there’s a good After all, the men and women in uniform are bound to fol- draft a California bill outlawing Specialized High Schools
argument for checking the outrage and low orders, even if that means piloting a jet over the Lincoln secrecy in sexual predator cases,
which Gov. Jerry Brown signed TO THE EDITOR:
letting the show, complete with flyovers Memorial just to tousle the commander in chief’s coiffure.
The political into law. Yet as your article notes, Re “In Mayor’s Failed Plan to
and armored vehicles, buckle under the The answer to political spectacle is to not give it too much
spectacle is just we got only half a loaf. The bill Scrap Elite School Exam, a Racial
part of the weight of its own absurdities and contra- weight. Rift” (front page, June 23):
applies to filed complaints, not
president’s dictions. The power of America’s national monuments is that they deals cut before litigation, like R. Concerns have been raised
branding. But Consider the incongruity of a presi- are shared projects that outlast temporal politics. They are Kelly’s and Harvey Weinstein’s. about minority students’ not being
we don’t have to dent surrounding himself with military the sum of many acts and the products of political disagree- These “hush money” payoffs are aware of the test or having equal
leaders and their hardware while his still secret except in New Jersey. access to test preparation ma-
give it our ments. They are a common heritage that no political move-
terials. There are simple ways to
most recent global power moves include We must all do better.
attention. ment, whether honorable or noxious, holds a monopoly on address these issues:
boldly walking into North Korea with his But #MeToo secrecy is only the
forever. tip of this iceberg. For years, com- Make test preparation materials
hand extended (two years after threat- “HOLD THE DATE! We will be having one of the biggest available free of charge to all stu-
panies with deadly products have
ening to rain down “fire and fury” on the country) and wisely gatherings in the history of Washington, D.C., on July 4th,” used hush money to force plaintiffs dents. Ensure that teachers or
calling off airstrikes against Iran. Mr. Trump tweeted in February. “Major fireworks display, en- to agree to secret settlements or administrators at all public schools
And there’s little to add to the fact that the 60-ton (station- tertainment and an address by your favorite President, me!” overly broad “protective orders.” in New York City inform their
ary) tanks that he’s called for at the event would rupture the This keeps the truth about deadly students of the test and where they
Mr. Trump has many foes and many supporters, just as can obtain prep materials with
roads had they been driven down the streets of the capital. defects from public scrutiny, some-
President Lincoln had in his time. The convictions of any giv- times for decades. ample time to study.
(Where’s Infrastructure Week when you need it?) en moment are for scales of history to weigh. In an age where elite college
The latest high-profile exposé:
Undeterred, Mr. Trump has thrown himself into the plan- And after Mr. Trump’s guests leave the National Mall, it will this spring’s big verdicts against admissions has come to be deter-
ning of the event with the sort of gusto that he can’t seem to be cleared and readied for the next chapter of history to be Monsanto over the herbicide mined as much by factors like race,
muster for briefing papers longer than a single page — and Roundup’s relationship to cancer. gender, legacy status and athletics
written there.
While bills I’ve written for the as it is by academic merit, the
certainly with more gusto than he mustered for his own mili- “It is important that we celebrate our armed forces, but the
United States Senate and the Cali- city’s specialized high schools
tary service. Fourth of July should be reserved to celebrate the software of remain one of the few places where
fornia Legislature have not yet
And while Mr. Trump promised reporters in the Oval Office our democratic ideals and freedoms, not the hardware of the raw talent is still valued.
succeeded, we will have a new
on Monday “brand-new Sherman tanks,” it was probably just world’s finest military,” George Little, a former Pentagon and California bill next year. Retaining the test as the sole
a slip of the tongue. The model of tank that helped liberate C.I.A. spokesman, told the website Task & Purpose this week. The more the public becomes criterion for admission and ensur-
aware of the secrecy problem, the ing that all students have the op-
Europe from the Nazis hasn’t seen service in the United Maybe. But America has the capacity for both.
better our chances of passage. portunity to be evaluated fairly are
States military since the Korean War. Still, it would be inter- So fear not the flyover. The contrails of the warplanes will not mutually exclusive. Doing so is
esting to include the vehicles, named after William Tecumseh fade with the wind. President Trump can have his star-span- RICHARD ZITRIN, SAN FRANCISCO not remaining stuck in the past but
Sherman, the general who led the brutal march through gled show and preach to his choir. The writer is a lecturer in legal ethics rather carrying what is best about
Georgia to help smother the slave states’ war of insurrection. The rest of us have the hard-won freedom to change the at the University of California, Hast- the past into the future.
A memorial to the man who ordered General Sherman to channel if we wish. ings College of the Law. DAVID GOLUB, MINEOLA, N.Y.
 THE NEW YORK TIMES OP-ED WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019 N A23

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN FRANK BRUNI

The Biggest Entitlement,

Threat to Thy Name
America Is Us Is Ivanka
NEAR THE CLOSE of last Wednesday’s ANY RANDOM HEIRESS can sunbathe in the
Democratic presidential debate, Chuck Seychelles, ski in Aspen or, with the right
Todd asked the candidates what he called Sherpa and thermal wear, ascend the Hi-
“a simple question.” In “one word,” he malayas.
asked, who or what is the biggest geopolit- Only Ivanka has keepsakes from the
ical threat to America today? Demilitarized Zone.
Reflecting on that moment, I asked my- It must have been wild, finding herself
self what I would say. It didn’t take long to next to an egomaniacal autocrat like
decide. It’s not China or Russia or Iran. It’s that. It must have been something to
us. We’ve become the biggest threat to meet Kim Jong-un, too.
ourselves. With Daddy she swanned toward the
China, Russia, Iran and even North Ko- Hermit Kingdom, testing the boundaries
rea’s “Little Rocket Man” aren’t going to of Take Our Daughters to Work Day. I
take us down. Only we can take ourselves briefly wondered what value she was
down. adding, because I foolishly prioritized
And that is nearly certain to happen if the interests of America above the ad-
we don’t stop treating politics as enter-
ventures of Ivanka. Optics be damned,
tainment, if we don’t get rid of a president
she created a memory to last a lifetime. I
who daily undermines truth and trust —
trust that she and Jared, also gratu-
the twin fuels needed to collaborate and
itously in attendance, will mention it in
adapt together — if we don’t prevent the
far left from pulling the Democrats over a their holiday letter.
cliff with reckless ideas like erasing the Oh, to be Ivanka! The clothes, the kids,
ANTHONY KWAN/GETTY IMAGES
criminal distinction between those who the teeth, the entitlement. She goes ev-
enter America legally and those who
A protester in the Hong Kong legislative chamber on Monday. erywhere because she belongs every-
don’t, and if we fail to forge what political where — that confidence is in her plati-

Hong Kong Has Nothing to Lose

analyst David Rothkopf described in a re- num-encrusted genes — and because
cent Daily Beast essay as “a new Ameri- there’s no corner of the world or cranny
can majority.” of existence that isn’t enhanced by her
That’s a majority that can not only win presence.
the next election but can actually govern That was the joke in a Zelig-inspired,
condemned their “extreme use of vio- Nothing gained. So that’s why Hong Kong Gump-reminiscent meme that exploded
the morning after, actually enable us to do Louisa Lim lence.” Beijing criticized their “atrocities.” people are gradually thinking we need to in tweets over the past few days. Look:
big hard things, because we have so many HONG KONG
But this break-in had a clear purpose: It is level up our actions.” As news emerged There’s Ivanka between Ulysses S.
big hard things that need to be addressed
a collective roar of rage against a govern- that the police would move into the build-

A
— and big hard adaptations can only be FTER breaking into Hong Kong’s Grant and Robert E. Lee at Appomattox.
done quickly together. ment that has failed, by design, to repre- ing, a young woman protected only by a And here’s Ivanka teaming with Jonas
legislature, protesters left a mes- sent the people. The Legislative Council paper face mask insisted she would stay
Sounds naïve? No, here’s what’s naïve. sage for Carrie Lam, the city’s Salk to develop the polio vaccine. She
Thinking we’ll be O.K. if we keep ignoring apportions half its seats to business- on to bear witness. “We are scared,” she stretches out in bed with John Lennon
top government official, spray- friendly “functional constituencies,” en- said. “But we’re more scared that we’ll
the big challenges barreling down on us, if painted on a pillar: “It was you who taught and Yoko Ono. She peeks through a win-
we just keep taking turns having one suring that pro-government, pro-Beijing lose our freedom.”
me that peaceful protests are futile.” forces are in the majority, regardless of the The protesters left around midnight,
party rule and the other obstruct — with
To the young activists, the storming of results of legislative elections. and the police used tear gas to clear the
the result that no big, long-term and well-
thought-out adaptations get built.
the Legislative Council was an act of des- When those elections don’t produce the streets, which had been occupied by some Who needs credentials
peration. Three times in the past month, of the tens of thousands who had marched
Here are just a few of the challenges
coming head-on: tremendous numbers of Hong Kongers —
representatives Beijing wants, it has used
the tools at its disposal to create a more during the day. Many questioned the role when you have
First, if we have four more years of at one point estimated to be more than two
million — marched peacefully to protest
pliant legislature. This happened after the
2016 elections, when a new crop of radical
of the police: They had been in the Legis-
lative Council building but had suddenly
luminosity?
Trump, we’ll probably lose any chance of
keeping the global average temperature against a controversial extradition bill pro-democracy politicians was elected. disappeared, allowing protesters the
from rising only 1.5 degrees Celsius in- with China, which they fear would under- Beijing then intervened to reinterpret chance to break in. Many suspected the
mine Hong Kong’s judiciary and its free- dow in the background of the painting
stead of 2 degrees — which scientists be- Hong Kong’s Basic Law, retroactively dis- retreat was a deliberate strategy to pro-
dom. The government suspended but did “American Gothic.”
lieve is the difference between being able qualifying six popularly elected poli- vide the government with justification to
not withdraw the law. It did not even meet Sometimes Twitter is a toilet. Some-
to manage the now unavoidable climate- ticians over the way in which they took crack down on a “violent” movement.
representatives of those who marched. times it’s a reason to live.
related weather extremes and avoiding their oaths. Throughout this hot summer of civil dis-
I was among the journalists covering obedience, Hong Kong’s leaders have And sometimes a hashtag distills a
the unmanageable ones. When it comes to Hong Kong politics, it
the break-in of the building, and I watched been astonishingly tone-deaf. The image bottomless sea of disgust into a few acid
Second, as Ray Dalio, the founder of the isn’t just that the playing field is tilted. The
of Ms. Lam toasting with champagne droplets. The one accompanying these
Bridgewater hedge fund, recently pointed as protesters ripped metal bars from the
glasses at a 22nd anniversary celebration images was #unwantedivanka. It
out, there has been “little or no real in- side of the building to smash their way
stemmed less from her brush with the
come growth for most people for decades. through the windows. Their actions This was a roar against a of Hong Kong’s return to China enraged
Dear Leader than from a bit of video that
. . . Prime-age workers in the bottom 60 seemed like a breathtaking act of defile- protesters. She watched the flag-raising
percent have had no real (i.e., inflation-ad- ment of one of Hong Kong’s institutions. government that has failed — accompanied by two hated former chief showed her clumsily inserting herself
into a conversation among Prime Min-
justed) income growth since 1980.” In that executives — on a closed-circuit television
same time frame, the “incomes for the top
Yet on closer inspection, I saw that they
had zeroed in on certain totems of power.
to represent its people. inside a convention center that had been ister Theresa May of Britain, Prime Min-
10 percent have doubled and those of the surrounded by rings of security. Outside, ister Justin Trudeau of Canada and Pres-
Inside the legislative chamber, someone
top 1 percent have tripled. The percentage protesters held their own ceremony, rais- ident Emmanuel Macron of France in Os-
had blacked out Hong Kong’s emblem — a rules of the game are constantly being re-
of children who grow up to earn more than ing to half-staff a flag depicting a black- aka, Japan. They may have credentials,
white bauhinia flower on a red back- drawn. By vandalizing the legislature,
their parents has fallen from 90 percent in ened, dying bauhinia. but she has luminosity.
ground. Above it, they had spray-painted protesters have aimed their anger not just
1970 to 50 percent today.” No one knows what will come next. The And gall. That’s what binds her and
over the words “The People’s Republic of at one law but at an entire system that has
Third, the next four years will redefine protest movement could subside or split Jared. It’s their marriage’s secret sauce.
China” in black. They had torn up the Ba- disenfranchised them.
relations between the world’s two biggest into moderate and radical camps. Or the Last week he finally started to unveil
sic Law, effectively Hong Kong’s constitu- The vandalism may have alienated
economies — the U.S. and China. Either escalating cycles of violence followed by his Middle East peace plan — because of
tion, on the rostrum. many moderates who had backed the
tear gas could become commonplace. course Jared can solve what actual ex-
There were other graffiti messages on movement. But I saw large crowds out- perts failed to — and it threw $50 billion
the walls, including, “There are no rioters, side the building who supported the aims Much now depends on whether the gov-
If we fail, China, Iran and only tyranny,” a reference to the govern- of the protesters. They were not fire- ernment will respond to the voices on the of theoretical investment at the problem
without tackling any of the toughest
street with action. The turmoil is already
Russia won’t be to blame. ment’s announcement that an earlier
demonstration, broken up by the police
brands but students, social workers and
others who felt there was nothing left for damaging Hong Kong’s institutions, its in- stuff. It had already been disparaged by
ternational reputation and its desirability Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; in a
firing rounds of tear gas and rubber bul- them to lose. closed-door meeting he told Jewish lead-
lets, constituted “a riot.” But certain parts That sense of impotence has been as a home. That fear was voiced on an-
the U.S. will persuade China to abandon other banner, suspended on a wall ers that the proposal was “not particu-
the abusive trade practices it adopted to of the building, like the library, were left stoked by the failure of the Umbrella larly original” and quite possibly “unexe-
untouched. Notes reminded protesters on the other side of the legislative build-
go from poverty to middle income and Movement in 2014, which sought freer cutable,” according to an audio recording
ing, which read, “If we burn, you burn with
from a technology consumer to a technol- not to damage fragile items such as vases elections but won no concessions after obtained by The Washington Post.
us.” 0
ogy producer, or we’re headed for a world on display. Protesters even left money in peacefully occupying key thoroughfares The rest of the world greeted it with no
divided by a new digital Berlin Wall. There the fridge to pay for the soda they drank. for more than two months. A young col- LOUISA LIM is a senior lecturer at the more enthusiasm, alternately shrugging
will be a Chinese-controlled internet and Ms. Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, lege student said bitterly: “The Umbrella Center for Advancing Journalism at the and laughing, but Jared was partly insu-
technology sphere and American ver- has vowed to pursue the offenders and Movement was a big joke. Two months. University of Melbourne, Australia. lated from that response because he and
sions — and every other country will have “Ivanks,” as he fetchingly calls her, were
to decide whose to join. The globalization off to the Koreas. So many hot spots, so
that provided so much peace and prosper- little time.
ity for the last 70 years will fracture.

Pregnant and Punished

Ivanka nudged Pompeo and Mick Mul-
Fourth, technology is propelling social
vaney, the acting chief of staff, out of the
networks and cybertools deeper and
frame, essentially performing the roles
deeper into our lives, our privacy and our
of the entire cabinet and the first lady
politics — and democratizing the tools for
charged her with depraved-heart murder, out its own shame. (who skipped the trip) at once. Coming
“deep fakes,” so that many more people Michele Goodwin claiming that her use of drugs during In Iowa, Christine Taylor was incarcer- soon: her book on multitasking.
can erode truth and trust. But the gap be-
pregnancy showed reckless disregard for ated for two days after falling down steps When the president introduced her
tween the speed at which these technolo-
human life and was the cause of the still- in her home; the police accused her of do-

L
gies are going deep and the ability of our AST week, the world learned the chill- during a visit with American troops in
birth. In 2014, a judge dismissed the ing so on purpose to end her pregnancy. In South Korea, he said: “She’s going to
analog politics to develop the rules, norms ing news that Marshae Jones, a
charge, but had Ms. Gibbs been convicted, Wisconsin, Alicia Beltran was subjected to steal the show! She’ll steal it!” I got a lit-
and laws to govern them is getting wider, 28-year-old woman who was five
she could have received a life sentence. civil confinement for the “protection” of tle misty just then. She has grown up to
not narrower. That gap has to be closed to months pregnant when shot in the
In 2011, Indiana prosecutors charged her fetus after she told a physician assist- be what every dad dreams of for his
preserve our democracy. stomach, has been charged with man-
Bei Bei Shuai with first-degree murder ant that she’d self-administered Subox- daughter: an attention kleptomaniac.
Fifth, today’s workplace is distin- slaughter. When a grand jury failed to in-
and attempted feticide after Ms. Shuai’s one, a drug used to help opioid addiction, And so lovely. Trump told the troops
guished by one overriding new reality, ar- dict Ebony Jemison, the woman who fired failed attempt to end her own life. Ms. to help wean herself off a painkiller. The that she and Pompeo were “Beauty and
gues Heather McGowan, an expert on the the gun, the police in Pleasant Grove, Ala., Shuai, distraught after a breakup with her assistant urged her to continue using Sub- the Beast.”
future of work: “The pace of change is ac- sought someone else — and landed on Ms. boyfriend, ate rat poison to kill herself. oxone under a doctor’s supervision; when Back home, her big brother was doing
celerating at the exact same time that peo- Jones, whom they now blame for the alter- Prosecutors, however, argued Ms. Shuai Ms. Beltran refused, she was taken to
ple’s work lives are elongating.” cation that led to the termination of her the family even prouder. A chip off the old
was actually making an unconventional court. As a result of her confinement of
When the efficient steam engine was pregnancy. To the police, if Ms. Jones had birther, Don Jr. shared — then erased — a
attempt to end her pregnancy. more than 70 days, Ms. Beltran’s life was
developed in the 1700s, she explains, aver- not picked a fight, her fetus would have tweet that asserted that Kamala Harris,
In Indiana attempting suicide is not a turned upside down and she lost her job.
age life expectancy was 37 years and survived. whose father came from Jamaica and
crime, nor is abortion. As an expert de- The State of Wisconsin appointed a law-
steam was the driving force in industry In Alabama, somehow all of this makes whose mother came from India, was “not
fense witness in that case, I emphasized yer for her fetus, but refused a lawyer for
and business for around 100 years. sense. In recent years, Alabama has led an American black.”
those facts. Thank goodness we suc- her.
In today’s digital information age, “you the nation in charging pregnant women I seldom feel sorry for President
The underlying assumptions in these
have multiple changes in the nature of under its chemical endangerment statute, Trump — O.K., I never do — but if I were
cases and others highlight the troubling
work within a generation,” McGowan
says. This dramatically increases the
which now extends to fetuses. When a
case brought in 2011 under that statute
Women’s rights seem to reality that pregnant women’s lives, rights going to, it would be on account of his
spawn and spawn-in-law. He has given
and dignity matter increasingly less in the
need for lifelong learning.
Fortunately, the midterm elections
was appealed to the Alabama Supreme matter less and less. United States. Their pain, suffering and them celebrity, fancy government titles,
Court, the justices concluded that they mental health are irrelevant. Pregnant security clearances and entry into cir-
showed us that there is a potential new saw no difference between a child and a cles they’d never penetrate otherwise.
women — especially poor pregnant wom-
American majority out there to be assem- fetus — and no difference between a via- They have given him humiliating head-
ceeded, because Ms. Shuai faced over 40 en of color — are increasingly viewed as
bled to meet these challenges. After all, it ble fetus and a nonviable fetus. (In that lines to go along with the mortifying ones
years’ imprisonment. both expendable and worthy of punish-
was the independent voters, suburban that he already had in abundance. Talk
case, which involved two defendants, one Sometimes the prosecution of pregnant ment.
women and moderate Republicans — who about a trade imbalance.
woman who had struggled with drug ad- women involves systematic collaboration It is not simply the criminalization of
shifted their votes to Democrats, because But we can’t dismiss them any more
diction gave birth to a stillborn son. She between law enforcement and medical pregnancy that has led me to this conclu-
they were appalled by Trump’s lying, rac-
was arrested, and she took a plea agree- professionals. During the late 1980s, the sion. It is the glaringly high maternal than the president can, because they’re
ist-tinge nationalism and divisiveness —
ment of 10 years rather than face the pos- Medical University of South Carolina co- death rates that exceed all other devel- mascots not just for his administration
who enabled the Democrats to win back
sibility of life imprisonment.) operated with the police and prosecutors oped nations’; the rise in pregnancy ex- but for this moment in American life.
the House of Representatives. That same
Let us be clear: Anyone who thinks it is to create a task force that tested poor clusion laws, which override brain-dead Ivanka and Jared typify the belief that
partnership could topple Trump.
the recently passed Alabama abortion law pregnant women, without their consent, pregnant patients’ medical directives; altitude is achievement, that breaching a
If Democrats can choose a nominee
alone that sets the state apart on repro- for drug use; the hospital staff then turned and the anti-abortion measures that allow sanctum is as valid as earning a place
who speaks to our impending challenges,
ductive health is wrong. Alabama police this medical information over to law en- no exceptions for rape and incest. there and that faking it is indeed making
but who doesn’t say irresponsible stuff
and prosecutors strategically wield power forcement. These devastating trends reduce preg- it. Call yourself a peacemaker and — ab-
about immigration or promise free stuff
and influence with hospitals and medical The campaign resulted in dozens of ar- nant women to chattel whose duties to the racadabra — you’re a peacemaker. Play
we can’t afford, who defines new ways to
personnel to ferret out women who “en- rests and convictions of black women. In state revolve around pregnancy. In the the part of a diplomat with enough élan
work with business and energize job-cre-
danger” their pregnancies. By one count, some cases, after giving birth, women United States, pregnancy, especially and people will eventually take you for
ators, who treats with dignity the fright-
there have been 479 arrested in Alabama were dragged out of the hospital in shack- among the poor, has become a political one.
ened white working-class voters who
for endangering their pregnancies and les and chains to awaiting squad cars. The land mine — a trigger for state surveil- They’re shamelessness made flesh. In
abandoned them for Trump — and who
charged under the state’s chemical endan- hospital staff avoided subjecting white pa- lance and criminalization, with severe Homer’s epic poems and in Greek my-
understands that many, many Americans
germent statute. tients to these punishments. consequences. 0 thology, no flaw rivals hubris, but in the
are worried that we’re on the verge of a
political civil war and want someone to But make no mistake, prosecutions like And although there is an uncanny con- MICHELE GOODWIN is a professor at the Family Trump, it’s as nonnegotiable as
pull us together — I think he or she will these are not confined to Alabama. nection between Southern former slave University of California, Irvine, and the veneers. Pride isn’t what goeth before
find a new American majority waiting to In 2006, at 16, Rennie Gibbs experi- states and the onslaught of these preg- author of the forthcoming “Policing the the fall. It’s what gets you to the inaugu-
be assembled and empowered. 0 enced a stillbirth. Mississippi prosecutors nancy prosecutions, the North is not with- Womb.” ral ball. 0
A24 N THE NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

Max Wright, Stage Actor

Known for a Fluffier Gig
On ‘ALF,’ Is Dead at 75
By AMISHA PADNANI that had all the good lines. (Alf
Max Wright, an actor who rel- was voiced by the puppeteer Paul
ished his time onstage but was Fusco, a creator of the show.) And
best known for his role as a stern it took three people to handle Alf’s
father who forms an unlikely mechanics, which led to many ex-
friendship with a furry extrater- tra hours on the set for each
restrial on the offbeat NBC sitcom episode.
“ALF,” died on June 26 at the Lil- By the time the show’s four-
lian Booth Actors Home of the Ac- year run ended in 1990, Mr. Wright
tors Fund in Englewood, N.J. He told People magazine in 2000, “I NBC SARA KRULWICH/THE NEW YORK TIMES
was 75. was hugely eager to have it over
with.” In fact, on the last day of
Max Wright with the title character on the NBC sitcom “ALF,” left, and with Brian Murray in the 1998 Lincoln Center production of
His daughter, Daisy Wright,
filming, his colleagues told Peo- “Twelfth Night.” On “ALF,” Mr. Wright played a stern father who formed an unlikely friendship with the wisecracking extraterrestrial.
said the cause was complications
of cancer. ple, he grabbed his things and got
On “ALF” (the initials stood for
Alien Life Form), a back-talking,
into his car without even saying
goodbye.
Not thrilled that an Serban production of Chekhov’s
“The Cherry Orchard” in 1977.
khov play “Ivanov” in 1998, a per-
formance that also earned him a
com “Norm.” His film credits in-
clude “All That Jazz,” “Snow Fall-
pointy-eared alien from the plan- Though Mr. Wright did not en- alien puppet co-star “I love to play small parts,” he nomination for a Drama Desk ing on Cedars,” “Reds,” “The Sting
et Melmac crash-lands at the joy working on the show, he admit- told The New York Times in 1978. Award. II,” “Soul Man” and “The Shadow.”
house of Willie Tanner, Mr. ted to People: “It doesn’t matter got all the good lines. “Sometimes, in fact, I feel I’m at a He performed Shakespeare In addition to his daughter, he is
Wright’s character. Before Alf’s what I felt or what the days were disadvantage in longer roles, be- regularly; one of his most noted survived by a son, Ben, and a
arrival, Tanner had lived a rather like. ‘ALF’ brought people a lot of cause of all the detail work I do. I roles was Sir Andrew Aguecheek brother, Terry. His wife, Linda Y.
mundane life in a quiet suburban joy. They adored it.” Max as a stage name when he may be a miniaturist, in that I’d in the Lincoln Center Theater pro- Wright, died in 2017.
household. His children persuade George Edward Wright was learned there was another George much prefer to play Polonius than duction of “Twelfth Night” in 1998. “Someone asked him recently,
him to let Alf stay, but the crea- born on Aug. 2, 1943, in Detroit, Wright in the actors’ union. Hamlet.” His other television credits in- ‘Don’t you ever get tired of playing
ture’s presence causes constant one of three sons of George Her- Earlier in his career, Mr. Wright He made his Broadway debut in clude appearances on “Murphy the same part and reading the
conflict. Tanner prefers predict- man Wright, a mechanic, and was a versatile theater actor who, 1968 in the original production of Brown,” “Quantum Leap,” “Mis- same lines night after night?’” his
ability; Alf frequently disrupts it. Donna Mae (Angell) Wright, a he once said, would take any role “The Great White Hope,” Howard fits of Science,” “Cheers,” “Buffalo daughter said in a phone inter-
Though Tanner rarely approves grocery store cashier. offered him “as long as it moves Sackler’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Bill,” “Taxi” and “The Drew Carey view. “He was weeping, and he
of Alf’s mischievous tendencies, He attended Wayne State Uni- and inspires me.” play based on the life of the heavy- Show.” said: ‘No. To be able to put on
the two eventually become versity in Detroit but left to move On Broadway he was the Sec- weight boxer Jack Johnson, which He also appeared in early someone else’s shoes and walk
friends. to Montreal, where he studied ond Murderer in “Richard III,” starred James Earl Jones and episodes of “Friends” as the man- through their life was the most in-
The series was a hit and has re- drama at the National Theater starring Al Pacino, in 1979; a neu- Jane Alexander. He earned a Tony ager of Central Perk, the coffee credible gift that you could be giv-
mained popular in reruns, but Mr. School of Canada. He moved of- rotic landlord in Jean Kerr’s nomination for best performance shop where the show’s main char- en.’ I thought that was a really
Wright said he never liked play- ten, living in Maryland, New York, “Lunch Hour” in 1980; and an ac- by a featured actor in a play for his acters hung out, and played Norm beautiful way of looking at his
ing a supporting role to a puppet California and elsewhere. He took cident-prone clerk in an Andrei role as Pavel Lebedev in the Che- Macdonald’s boss on the ABC sit- craft.”

Bob Dorian, 85, the Genial Guide to Old Films on AMC Bob Dorian in an undated
photograph. He was an actor,
a magician and a disc jockey
By RICHARD SANDOMIR movie lovers with memories of “is there aren’t too many films aces. He went as frequently as he before joining AMC as its
Bob Dorian, who displayed his revered classics, B-movies and se- that I don’t like. I can say some- could, starting at age 7 or 8, often prime-time host in 1984. He
lifelong zest for old Hollywood rials. thing good about most of them.” staying all day for as little as a was the channel’s undisputed
films as the easygoing prime-time A gifted raconteur, he told Mr. Dorian was an actor and dime.
star for about 16 years.
host of the American Movie Clas- stories — how the director Frank magician whose role as Dracula in “When I was 9, I went for my
sics cable channel for nearly two Capra had pitched James Stewart a commercial for a video game in first suit,” he recalled in an inter-
decades, died on June 15. He was on starring in “It’s a Wonderful the early 1980s led to the AMC job. view in 1995 with The Baltimore while working at AMC. His credits
85. Life” (1946), the trouble Orson The producer of the commercial, Sun. “I wanted a black suit and my included a role in several episodes
Welles had wearing the peg leg he who had moved on to AMC, sug- father said, ‘Why do you want a of “Remember WENN,” the net-
His daughter Melissa Parish
used when he portrayed Long gested that Mr. Dorian audition black suit?’ I said, ‘It looks like a work’s first original scripted se-
confirmed the death but did not
for the host job. He was initially tuxedo, I’ll look like Fred As- ries, about a radio station in Pitts-
specify the cause or say where he
hired for six months. taire.’ ” burgh in the 1930s, and both Uncle
died. He had been living in Palm Henry and the Winkie general in a
Coast, Fla. “I never realized it was going to As a teenager he worked as a
Mr. Dorian joined AMC in 1984 A longtime movie buff last 10 years,” he told The Herald- theater usher. That allowed him to
production of “The Wizard of Oz”
at the Theater at Madison Square
News of New Jersey in 1994. It see “Cyrano de Bergerac” (1950),
and was its undisputed star for
about 16 years, until the channel
who became the face went on to last longer than that. starring José Ferrer, 86 times by
Garden in 1998. He also under-
studied Mickey Rooney as the
changed its focus to original se- of a cable channel. “He was unequivocally the face
of AMC,” Joshua Sapan, the presi-
his count.
It took him decades to find his
Wizard.
ries like “Mad Men” and “Break- After leaving AMC, Mr. Dorian
AMC, VIA PHOTOFEST
ing Bad.” He preceded by a decade dent and chief executive of AMC way to AMC: He was a magician, a acted in the Woody Allen films
the arrival of Robert Osborne as Networks, said in a phone inter- bass player, a disc jockey on radio “I think I made some sort of “The Curse of the Jade Scorpion”
the popular host at the rival chan- John Silver in “Treasure Island” view. “He was a portal through stations in the New York City area contribution, in a small way, to so- (2001) and “Hollywood Ending”
nel Turner Classic Movies. Mr. Os- (1972). which we all followed.” and an actor who did commercial ciety,” he told The Herald-News. (2002). He also appeared in re-
borne died in 2017. Mr. Dorian was more a well- Robert Paul Vierengel (he voice-overs. In addition to his daughter Me- gional theater productions,
Working from a cozy set with a informed fan than a movie histori- changed his name professionally In his years at AMC, he came to lissa, he is survived by his wife, among them “Funny Girl” at the
smattering of Hollywood trinkets, an, as his enthusiasm for the films in the 1950s) was born on April 19, understand that the part he Jane (Stack) Dorian; two other Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn,
Mr. Dorian introduced films from he discussed made clear. 1934, in Manhattan and raised in played in reviving the movies he daughters, Jane and Robin Dori- N.J., in 2001, in which he played
the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s, offering “The reason they hired me,” he Brooklyn at a time when movie and his audience adored had an; and two grandchildren. the Broadway impresario Flo
anecdotes that fed the appetites of told The Washington Post in 1998, fans flocked to ornate cinema pal- made a cultural impact. Mr. Dorian continued acting Ziegfeld.

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BLUESTONE—Rob. FREELANDER— previously married to de- Bluestone, Rob Glick, Marc Ramin, Sidney tional and physical connec- Evan Dorman, Lizzy, Lucas, Storm King Mountain from
Devra Hanna, ceased Ronald Peter Eich- tion made with horses, the Harrison and Sydney Per- development, Mike part-
Brilliant, creative sculptor berg Leeds, father of her Cameron-Oxman, E Grossman, Bernice Seymour, Whitney center teaches participants gament. Beloved brother of nered with his Simpson
who saw the world as it might children, Natalie (Eichberg) Freelander, Devra Kenney, Jerome Wimpfheimer, Felix critical thinking, empathy and the late Murray Pergament Thacher & Bartlett colleague,
be. Beloved by parents Rabbi Leeds Leventhal of New boundaries, as well as new and son of the late Mollie and Stephen Duggan, to help
York City and deceased in- Fuchs, David Mortman, Doris ways to communicate, colla- Louis Pergament. Robert
Elyse Frishman and Rabbi create an organization of
Daniel Freelander, brothers fant, Cyrus Fulton Eichberg Fulton, Harriet Pergament, Robert borate, and cooperate with was an extraordinary Hus- lawyers to protect the envir-
Adam (Julie Stein), Jonah Leeds. Her life's passion was equines and therefore with band, Father, Friend, Philan- onment. That was the birth of
(Sarah Perlmeter), niece volunteering with Hospice, each other. Recognizing the thropist and a person who left NRDC. Mike's wise counsel
Aviva, and dozens of adoring The Boys and Girls Club of value that horses played in a positive impression on any- played an instrumental role
friends and family. Funeral Hobe Sound, FL and two their own daughters' lives, one he ever met. His quick in establishing the strategies
Wednesday, July 3, 2019, teacup chihuahuas, Bill and Carol and Jerry purchased wit, sense of humor and one and tools that would guide
12:30pm at Barnert Temple, Tom Fulton. In addition to be- tiveness, impeccable courte- drawn to him. Always ready Misty Meadows 20 years ago liners always left all he met NRDC for the next fifty years.
Franklin Lakes, NJ. ing the most loving, caring sy, deceptively alluring calm, to listen and provide his per- and built it into a state-of- laughing and smiling. His ac- We will forever remain grate-
mother a child could ever ask relentless work ethic and un- spective, he had a way of the-art equestrian facility and complishments as an entre- ful for Mike's foresight and
for, she found her greatest assailable integrity.” Jerry making people feel better, then gifted it to the communi- preneur were vast as the co- leadership. Our deepest sym-
joy in life was being a hands ty. Since donating Misty Mea- founder of the Pergament pathies go out to his brother,
FUCHS—David, was born July 26, 1941 in New- smarter, and more confident
on, constant presence in her ton, MA, the second son of after spending time with him. dows in 2016 and with their Home Center chain that he daughters and community
died peacefully on July 2, 2019
adoring granddaughter's life. Francis J. and Madeline (Na- Jerry was an extraordinary continued support, the Misty started with his father and of friends.
two weeks short of his 95th
Her daughter affectionately vien) Kenney. Jerry's father, mentor with the courage to staff and their ten horses brother in 1946 and sold in the Alan Horn,
Rob Bluestone, of Stamford, birthday, getting ready to
refereed to themselves as the son of Irish immigrants, tell people hard truths but have so far helped over 2,000 late 1980's. He enjoyed own- Board Chair;
CT died July 2, 2019 after a play bridge, one of his favor-
“The 3 Musketeers”. Preced- never went to college and also the grace to help them people. mvhorsecenter.org A ing and managing the Royal Daniel R. Tishman,
long struggle with cancer; he ite activities. After spending
ed in death by sister, Linda worked as a traveling glove understand a way forward. celebration of life service is Ponciana South in Palm former Board Chair;
was 74 years old. Rob leaves 15 years running the manu-
Fulton Burns, and sister, Din- salesman. While caddying as With Jerry, you didn't just get being planned for the second Beach. He continued teach- Fritz Schwarz,
his wife of 43 years, Barbara facturing operations of
ah Lupher Fulton, currently a teenager at elite Boston advice, you got an assign- half of October in Manhattan, ing young students business former Board Chair;
McCarty Bluestone; his son Hampton Industries in Kin-
of Philadelphia, PA. As well golf clubs, he had observed ment. That approach - kind- and Jerry's remains will be and life at Yeshivas and the John H. Adams,
Cormac Bluestone, wife Emi- ston, NC, he moved to New
as nieces and nephew, Dinah that many successful people ness and discipline together - placed in the family plot in Kabbalah center in Boca Ra- Founding Director;
ly, and their daughter Vivian, York City where in 1975 he
Fawcett Young, Lorimer, Sa- were graduates of Ivy suffused everything Jerry Chilmark, MA. ton, FL. A mentor to many Frances Beinecke,
of Brooklyn, NY. His son Ni- became CEO and Chairman
mantha and Perry Burns. And League universities. Wanting did. Through Jerry's long- who met him. You would al- former President;
cholas predeceased him in of the business through 2001.
her beloved granddaughter a better life for his children, standing appreciation for ways find Robert sitting with Rhea Suh,
1996. Rob also leaves his A leader in the apparel indus-
try, he was known for his inte-
and namesake, Harriet Ful- he encouraged his sons to ap- education, he thought in MORTMAN—Doris. others guiding them on how former President;
brother, Stephen and wife Ca- ton Leventhal. Her memorial We will miss our extra- to start their own business.
grity and genuine interest in ply to Harvard or Yale. Jer- terms of a “virtual circle” to Mitchell Bernard,
rol of Washington, DC; his sis- service is being held at St. ordinary friend. Doris was He carried the torch forward
the well-being of his em- ry's mother, a graduate of describe his philosophy of interim President
ter, Barbara Bluestone Heller Matthew's Garden Chapel, bright, beautiful, compassion- on the lesson that his father
of New York, NY; his aunt, ployees. David was a devoted Boston's Emmanuel College, supporting institutions and in-
Bedford, NY, July 9 at 10am. had the education and disci- dividuals that helped him de- ate, loving, inspirational and taught him, that an active
Jane Goodman of Allentown, husband for 62 years to his
wife Sarah Jane who prede- pline to implement this vi- velop the knowledge, skills, funny. Sincere condolences mind is a healthy mind.
PA; and many loved cousins, to David and his family. Robert flat out enjoyed being
nieces, nephews, and grand- ceased him. His endearing sion. The four brothers Brian, and habits to succeed. He be-
spirit lives on through his GLICK—Marc H. , Esq. Y'61, Jerry Y'63, Robert, Y'67, lieved in paying back and Phyllis and Harvey around people of all ages.
nieces and grandnephews. Entertainment lawyer extra- Services will be held at
Rob's family will welcome children and their spouses, Richard, Y'71, all played foot- paying forward. Jerry de-
Sondra (Roger), Cindy, Stev- ordinaire. He had a unique ball at Yale and sister Mau- signed strategies to make Temple Beth El in the Rudin SEYMOUR—Whitney
friends at a reception Satur- eye for talent and once found, Chapel at 10:30am on July 3rd
en (Brian), grandchildren reen graduated from Em- educational institutions func- MORTMAN—Doris. North, Jr.
day, July 13 at 2pm at Rock- he became a fierce advocate, at 5 Old Mill Road in Great
Scott (Kate), Jeremy (Jessi- manuel College '64. Through- tion more effectively and Play for P.I.N.K. deeply The Seymour Association
rimmon Country Club, 2949 an everlasting friend, and Neck, NY. Shiva will be held
ca), Anna, William, and great- out his life, Jerry was driven worked relentlessly to deve- mourns the passing of Execu- of former Assistant United
Long Ridge Road, Stamford, a compassionate mentor. at 62 Wooster Street, Apt. 3B,
grandchildren Billie, Summer, by a vision and passion to lop programs for qualified tive Vice President and dear States Attorneys mourns the
CT. Graveside services will There will never be anyone New York, NY 10012 on Wed-
Sylvie, Frankie, and Caleb. He make things better for his fa- youth to achieve a higher friend, Doris Mortman. Doris passing last Saturday of Mike
be private. In lieu of flowers, like him. He was dedicated to nesday, July 3rd, Thursday,
also leaves behind his com- mily, colleagues, and com- education, and personally was a beloved member of Seymour, the United States
donations to the Nicholas H. his idiosyncrasies, and we July 4th from 5pm to 9pm.
panion of 10 years, Joy Hen- munity. From the age of 11, mentored students of all the PINK family who will be Attorney for the Southern
Bluestone Fund at Kent had to abide them which we Sunday, July 7th from 4pm to
shel. He was loved and Jerry started his own lawn ages. Jerry served as Treasu- sorely missed by those who District of New York, with
School, Kent, CT 06757; or to did with pleasure. He will be 9pm and Monday, July 8th,
adored by all who knew him. business in his Newton neigh- rer and head of the Finance were lucky enough to know whom we served during the
the WGA Caddie Scholarship forever missed, loved, and 5pm to 9pm. All contributions
Funeral services will be pri- borhood and by age 15 com- Committee of the Nightingale her. She took immense pride l970's. Mike was a unique and
Fund, 49 Knollwood Road, talked about, but never for- should be made to the Cardio-
vate. Donations in his memo- manded 17 lawns to help sup- Bamford School, as well as a in the organization and its exceptionally good man, an
Elmsford, NY 10523 would be gotten. We will always cher- logy Research Foundation at
ry can be made to the David port his large family - this member of the boards of the achievements in advancing idealistic unabashed patriot
greatly appreciated. ish our time with him. Marc 1700 Broadway, NY, NY 10019.
Fuchs Memorial Fund at drive would catapult him into Stanford Business School, breast cancer research in the finest sense of the word
White Plains Hospital. requested that donations in the upper echelons of Wall Northwestern University, through the Breast Cancer —always appealing to our
his memory be made to Har- Street and frame decades of Kellogg School of Business Research Foundation. Our better angels and in his own
vey Milk High School. A commitment to community Management, and the Yale thoughts are with her devot- RAMIN—Sidney N. (Sid), way, striving to make this
celebration of his life is service. Holding a B.A. in School of Management. Jer- ed husband David, children age 100, at his home in New country a better place. He
FULTON—Harriet. planned for late September. Lisa, Alex and Loren, and
CAMERON-OXMAN—
Economics from Yale and an ry met his wife, Carol Brock York City on July 1, 2019. Born was a great role model and
MBA in Finance from the Kenney, in 1973 when she granddaughters Arielle and in Boston, he served in the mentor to all, infusing us with
Elaine, Kellogg School of Manage- worked as an economist at Mackenzie. Donations in Dor- the best values of “doing the
passed away on June 26, 2019, U.S. Army during WWII, com-
GROSSMAN—Bernice, ment at Northwestern, Jerry Loeb, Rhoades, & Co, after is's name can be made to posing music for shows that right thing” and “doing it
at the age of 77. Elaine was 86, of St. Petersburg, FL started his career as a re- spending several years at the Play for P.I.N.K., 28 West 44 now.” His devotion to public
born on August 26, 1941 in entertained troops in Europe.
passed away peacefully on search analyst at White Weld New York Federal Reserve. St., #609, New York, NY 10036 Sid's 65-year-long musical service and the public good
Brooklyn, New York to Tho- June 30, 2019. Adored wife & Co., a boutique investment They were married in 1975 or at www.playforpink.org. were lessons for all of us. It
mas and Emma Cameron. career included orchestrating
of Herbert, mother of Neil, bank, becoming the Director and enjoyed a decade work- Laura Lassman, President music for Broadway shows, was an honor and a privilege
She was married to Leon Ox- Andrew and Carol and a be- of Research and ranked #1 ing on Wall Street at compet- Executive Board to have known him and to
man, who predeceased her in among them, “West Side Sto-
loved and cherished mother- by Institutional Investor Ma- ing firms, sharing many of of Play for P.I.N.K. ry,” “Gypsy,” and “A Funny have worked with him.
2014. A woman of many in-law, grandmother, great- gazine. When, in 1978, Merrill the same professional
talents, skills, and interests, Thing Happened.” He won an
grandmother, sister, sister-in- Lynch, a major retail firm, ac- friends. By 1982, when Jerry Academy Award (”West Side
Elaine embarked on several law, friend and relative. Ber- quired White Weld, Jerry was heading Merrill Lynch MORTMAN—Doris.
careers including that of Story”), an Emmy, a Gram-
nice was a unique and engag- seized on the opportunity, ul- Capital Markets and Carol, The Breast Cancer Research my and 12 Clio Awards. In the
teacher, writer and real es- ing person who spent her life timately becoming President through mergers, was the Foundation is deeply sad-
tate entrepreneur. But 1960s, he composed the hit
bringing love, happiness and of ML Capital Markets in 1984 Chief Economist of Shearson dened by the passing of our song “Music to Watch Girls
throughout her life, Elaine re-
mained deeply committed to
humanity to everyone whose and building Merrill invest- American Express, they each dear friend and longtime de- By” and the theme for “The WIMPFHEIMER—
life she touched. She will be ment banking throughout the took turns playing spouse at dicated champion Doris Patty Duke Show.” His ar- Felix, M.D.
education and her alma ma- Harriet Kelsey Fulton, 75, cur- greatly missed by all. world. In 1985, he pushed Mer- corporate events. Carol and Mortman, Executive Vice Montefiore Health System
ter, New York University, rangements for The Boston
rently of Great Barrington, rill to invest $39 million in Jerry also enjoyed classical President of Play for P.I.N.K. Pops are performed regular- and Albert Einstein College of
where she earned both a MA, died suddenly on Sun- Bloomberg L.P., a stake later music, opera, and collecting Doris was a treasured part- Medicine are deeply sad-
Bachelor's Degree and a ly. He is survived by his wife
day, June 23, 2019. Her grand- KENNEY—Jerome. sold for more than $4.5 billion. African art. Jerry's passions ner whose contributions over of 70 years, Gloria B. Ramin, dened by the passing of our
Master's Degree. A woman father, Thomas C. Fulton, In 2006, he helped engineer also extended to renovating decades have helped fuel longtime colleague, Dr. Felix
of incredible passion, genero- his son, Ron (Cathryn) and
was Co-Founder of Anchor the sale of ML Asset Man- several historic homes on breast cancer research dis- grandsons, Avery (Cather- Wimpfheimer, who trained at
sity, intellect, and wit, she will Hocking Glass Corp. of Lan- agement to BlackRock, Martha's Vineyard where his coveries for the benefit of ge- Montefiore in the 1940s and
be sorely missed by all who ine) and Oliver. Service Mon-
caster, Ohio, and his wife, where he joined as a Senior family vacationed year nerations to come. Our day, July 8th, 12:30pm, at “The worked for over half a centu-
knew her, including her be- Eva Lupher Fulton. She was Advisor in Corporate Strate- round. Gifted in spatial rela- thoughts and condolences ry as an attending physician,
loved cat, Blueberry. Riverside,” 76th St. and Am-
the daughter of Cyrus Lupher gy, helping advise the leader- tions, he could easily see in are with her devoted husband sterdam Ave. teaching three generations of
Fulton and Harriet Lanman ship of the firm through a three dimensions and as a David, beloved children and endocrinologists during his
Fulton, a direct descendent of number of large acquisitions, hobby loved pouring over ar- granddaughters. Donations in long career. He re-certified
Jonathan Trumbull, First including Barclays Global In- chitectural drawings to im- Doris's name can be made to himself for a record four
Governor of Connecticut and vestors. CEO Larry Fink, cre- prove structures. In 2003, Ca- Play for P.I.N.K., 28 West 44 RAMIN—Sidney. times, the last time at age 79,
his son, John Trumbull, who dited Jerry with helping to na- rol and Jerry received a Vine- St., #609, New York, NY 10036 Congregation Emanu-El of and served as a role model
CAMERON-OXMAN— is renowned for painting the vigate the firm through a per- yard conservation award for or at www.playforpink.org. the City of New York mourns for house staff and fellows.
Elaine, rotunda at the Capital in iod of dramatic growth: “Jer- their restoration of the 1719 Kinga Lampert, Co-Chair the death of our longtime and They admired his lifelong
a dear friend and client who Washington, D.C. Born on ry's wisdom was indispensab- Tilton house on Middle Road, William Lauder, Co-Chair cherished member, Sidney pursuit of continuing medical
will be missed by all. June 5, 1944 in Columbus, le in guiding us through that West Tisbury. Jerry is sur- Myra Biblowit, President Ramin. To his family, we ex- education and expanding his
Michael L. Landsman, Esq. Ohio. She attended Columbus period and setting us on a vived by his wife, two daugh- press our profound sym- understanding of endocrino-
of Holm & O'Hara LLP School for Girls, Columbus, path to growth. His counsel ters, a son-in-law, four sibl- pathy. For all who loved him, logy. He continued to attend
Ohio. Ethel Walker School, Jerome Paul Kenney, among and advice were grounded in ings, 11 nieces and nephews PERGAMENT—Robert M. may beautiful memories en- the endocrine clinic until age
Simsbury, CT. Bennett Col- the great strategic minds on decades of experience that and their families. In lieu of It is with great sadness to an- dure. 97. A kind, gentle, and patient
lege, Millbrook, NY. She was Wall Street and known for his he combined with his unique flowers, donations can be nounce the passing of Robert teacher, Felix will be sorely
deep love of family, passed style and grace. He was a made to Misty Meadows M. Pergament. Lovingly re- missed.
away peacefully at his Man- fierce competitor, but he had Equine Learning Center in membered by his wife of 63 SEYMOUR—Whitney Steven M. Safyer, M.D.
hattan home on June 25 at the ability to cloak the tough- Martha's Vineyard. Misty years Lois, his children Deb- “Mike” North, Jr. President and CEO
age 77 from pulmonary fibro- est message in his trademark Meadows is an island-wide bie Pergament, Lori and The Board and Staff of NRDC Montefiore Medicine
sis. Robert Kapito, President politeness and fairness that community center that pro- Howard Dorman, Tanya and mourn the loss of Whitney Gordon F. Tomaselli, M.D.
of BlackRock, called Jerry “A helped ensure it would be vides programs for all Arthur Pergament. Cherished “Mike” North Seymour, Jr., The Marilyn and
true legend in our business, heard.” Jerry's greatest pas- ages, including those who grandfather to Jenna and An- NRDC's first chairman of the Stanley M. Katz Dean
known for his strategic bril- sion was investing in people, are physically challenged. drew Krumholz, Mitchell Le- board. Inspired and impas- Albert Einstein College
liance, formidable competi- and people were instinctively Through the mental, emo- vine, Benjamin, Louis and sioned by the fight to save of Medicine
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President Trump tweeted that Tesla delivered a record Serena Williams, back after
he had chosen two Federal number of cars last quarter knee problems, looks rusty
Reserve nominees: a regional after cutting prices several but wins her opening match
Fed official and a Fed critic. times to stimulate sales. at Wimbledon.

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China Uses
Phone App
To Snoop
‘Rivian is 100 percent
minus family.’ On Visitors
R.J. SCARINGE, the founder of Rivian.
Installs it on devices of
people entering Xinjiang,
a heavily policed region.

By RAYMOND ZHONG
BEIJING — China has turned its
western region of Xinjiang into a
police state with few modern par-
allels, employing a combination of
high-tech surveillance and enor-
mous manpower to monitor and
subdue the area’s predominantly
Muslim ethnic minorities.
Now, the digital dragnet is ex-
panding beyond Xinjiang’s resi-
dents, ensnaring tourists, traders
and other visitors — and digging
deep into their smartphones.
A team of journalists from The
New York Times and other publi-
cations examined a policing app
used in the region, getting a rare
look inside the intrusive technolo-
gies that China is deploying in the
name of quelling Islamic radical-
ism and strengthening Commu-
nist Party rule in its Far West. The
Think Tesla, use of the app has not been previ-
ously reported.
but with trucks China’s border authorities rou-
tinely install the app on smart-

and S.U.V.s phones belonging to travelers

who enter Xinjiang by land from
Central Asia, according to several
instead of cars. people interviewed by the journal-
ists who crossed the border re-
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ cently and requested anonymity
to avoid government retaliation.
NORMAL, ILL. — By definition, the
Chinese officials also installed the
time of the world’s richest man is app on the phone of one of the jour-
pretty valuable. But early last fall, nalists during a recent border
Jeff Bezos sought out a 36-year-old crossing. Visitors were required
entrepreneur named R.J. Scaringe to turn over their devices to be al-
and spent the better part of a day in lowed into Xinjiang.
Plymouth, Mich., at the company The app gathers personal data
he founded, Rivian. from phones, including text mes-
Mr. Bezos got a preview of Riv- sages and contacts. It also checks
ian’s electric pickup truck and sport whether devices are carrying pic-
utility vehicle and liked what he tures, videos, documents and au-
saw. Not long after his visit, Ama- dio files that match any of more
zon led a $700 million investment in than 73,000 items included on a
Rivian. Two months later, in April, list stored within the app’s code.
Ford Motor invested $500 million. Those items include Islamic
All told, Rivian has raised $1.7 bil- State publications, recordings of
lion without selling a single truck or jihadist anthems and images of
S.U.V. executions. But they also include
If you have not heard of Rivian material without any connection
before, well, that was intentional. to Islamic terrorism, an indication
Until recently, it was in stealth of China’s heavy-handed ap-
mode, operating out of unmarked proach to stopping extremist vio-
buildings and making few public lence. There are scanned pages
announcements. But no longer. By CONTINUED ON PAGE B4
CONTINUED ON PAGE B6

China’s Premier
Offers Investors
Vague Promises
To Ease Tension
By KEITH BRADSHER
DALIAN, CHINA — A top Chinese
leader made an unusually public
effort on Tuesday to ease trade
tensions somewhat with the
United States, woo foreign invest-
ors and reassure his own coun-
try’s citizens that their economy
remained on track.
EVAN JENKINS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES In meetings during the World
Economic Forum in the Chinese
port city of Dalian, Premier Li Ke-
qiang, China’s No. 2 official, prom-

In Plunge Into Culture Wars, Nike Pulls an American Flag Sneaker ised to cut tariffs, loosen limits on
foreign investment, protect intel-
lectual property and allow foreign
By Tiffany Hsu, Kevin Betsy Ross flag had been co-opted companies to apply for China’s
generous subsidies for research
Draper, Sandra E. Garcia
and Niraj Chokshi
‘Arizona’s economy by groups espousing racist ideolo-
gies, the person said. and development. He made many
Nike planned to celebrate the is doing just fine Sandra Carreon-John, a com- of those comments in a rare ques-
pany spokeswoman, said in a tion-and-answer session in the af-
Fourth of July with a new sneaker,
a special edition of the Air Max 1
without Nike.’ statement on Tuesday that Nike ternoon with executives from Ja-
Quick Strike featuring that most Gov. Doug Ducey, in a tweet, had made the decision to “halt dis- pan, the United States and other
patriotic of symbols: an American announcing that Arizona would pull tribution” of the sneaker “based countries.
flag. back support for a Nike factory. on concerns that it could uninten- He also said that China would
But rather than including a flag tionally offend and detract from allow foreign financial services
with 50 stars as part of its design, the nation’s patriotic holiday.” The companies into its market a year
the sneaker’s heel featured the 13- The abrupt cancellation came company’s initial acknowledg- earlier than previously promised,
star model, a design associated after Colin Kaepernick, the former ment of the recall hours earlier did and that it would rewrite many
with the Revolutionary War, the National Football League quar- not explain the reasoning behind rules on foreign investment.
Philadelphia seamstress Betsy terback and social justice activist, the decision. “We will move up the lifting of
Ross and, for some people, a privately criticized the design to While people all across the po- foreign capital limits in securities,
painful history of oppression and Nike, according to a person with litical spectrum debated the issue futures and life insurance, from
racism. knowledge of the interaction. on social media, Gov. Doug Ducey, 2021 to 2020,” Mr. Li said in a
On Tuesday, Nike canceled the Mr. Kaepernick, who signed a Republican of Arizona, an- morning speech, prompting a
release of the sneaker, plunging deal to serve as a Nike brand am- nounced on Twitter that he would burst of applause from a crowd
headlong into the nation’s culture bassador last year, expressed the pull back state support for a Nike NIKE, VIA SNEAKERNEWS that appeared to include many
wars. concern to the company that the CONTINUED ON PAGE B3 Nike hoped to offer the Air Max 1 Quick Strike to celebrate the Fourth of July. CONTINUED ON PAGE B4
B2 N THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

The Digest

INTERNATIONAL

Germany Fines Facebook

role in various countries’ elec-
tions, Facebook has been working
to improve its image. The charge
Tech Gains Outweigh Energy Losses
$2.25 Million for Violations that it did not report the full extent By The Associated Press
of the complaints could under- Stocks shook off an early wobble
mine its efforts. S&P 500 INDEX The S&P 500 Index
German authorities have fined to eke out small gains on Tuesday,
Facebook 2 million euros, or $2.25 Facebook said it had complied +0.29% nudging the S&P 500-stock index Position of the S&P 500 index at 1-minute intervals on Tuesday.
million, for underreporting com- with its transparency obligations 2,973.01 to a record high for the second 2,975
plaints of illegal content on its and reserved the right to appeal straight day.
the ruling after studying it. Communications services,
platform in breach of Germany’s
Germany’s network transpar- technology and consumer goods 2,970
internet transparency law. ency law requires social media
Germany’s Federal Office of platforms to report the number of
Justice said that by tallying only illegal content complaints they
STOCKS & BONDS
2,965
certain categories of complaints, have received. companies helped push the mar-
Facebook had skewed the extent Tallying only reports under less ket higher. Those gains out-
of violations on its platform. conspicuous complaints led to ar- weighed losses in energy and fi-
DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS Previous close 2,960
Faced with backlash over its tificially low numbers. REUTERS nancial stocks and elsewhere. 2,964.33
+0.26% Trading was subdued ahead of
26,786.68 the Independence Day holiday on 2,955
Thursday. Markets will close
COMPANIES early on Wednesday.
Investors drove a strong come- 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m.
I.P.O. by Anheuser-Busch back in stocks last month and Source: Refinitiv THE NEW YORK TIMES
Could Be Year’s Biggest have continued to do so this week
on expectations that the Federal
Anheuser-Busch InBev is seeking Reserve will cut interest rates world’s second-largest economy. national added 2.3 percent.
to make up to $9.8 billion by listing amid signs of a slowing global The détente is good news for Energy stocks fell broadly after
its Asia-Pacific business in Hong economy and uncertainty over markets, but tariffs in place have American crude oil prices slid
Kong, marking what would be the
NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX
multiple trade disputes. already hurt global economic nearly 5 percent a day after OPEC
world’s largest initial public offer- +0.22% Traders are waiting to see what growth, and investors see that the agreed to extend a cut in produc-
ing this year, beating the $8.1 bil- 8,109.09 will come from the latest truce in two sides still face the same differ- tion levels for nine months. Mara-
the United States’ trade war with ences that caused talks to break thon Oil dropped 4.9 percent, and
lion raised by Uber.
-China. They are also looking down earlier. Concho Resources lost 4.3 per-
Budweiser is selling 1.6 billion
JACQUELYN MARTIN/ASSOCIATED PRESS ahead to a key government jobs Companies are lining up to tell cent.
primary shares at 40 to 47 Hong
report due out Friday, among investors in upcoming weeks how The yield on the 10-year Treas-
Kong dollars, or $5.13 to $6.02, much profit they made during the
each. other potential market-moving ury note fell to 1.98 percent from
Global share listings hit their developments in the next few spring. Expectations are general- 2.03 percent late Monday. The
The deal will raise between $8.3 lowest level in three years in the ly low, and this could be the first
weeks. yield is now close to its lowest lev-
billion and $9.8 billion for An- first half of 2019.
heuser-Busch before including After barely budging for much el since the 2016 election.
The deal will be a welcome help of the day, the S&P 500 rose 8.68 The slide in bond yields
any over-allocation option, giving in Hong Kong, which is lagging be- 10-YEAR TREASURY YIELD
points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,973.01. Another record high weighed on financial stocks.
Budweiser Asia a market capital- hind the New York Stock Ex-
ization of up to $63.7 billion after change and Nasdaq in I.P.O.s this
1.98%
–0.05%
That is the benchmark index’s
seventh record high this year.
for the S&P on a day When yields decline, they push
down interest rates that banks
the I.P.O.
Anheuser-Busch is trying to re-
year. Budweiser’s deal is expected
to price in New York on July 11 and
The Dow Jones industrial aver- of subdued trading. charge for mortgages and other
age gained 69.25 points, or 0.3 per- loans, cutting into their profits.
duce its over $100 billion debt af- the stock will debut in Hong Kong cent, to 26,786.68. The Nasdaq Comerica dropped 3.3 percent,
ter buying SABMiller in 2016. on July 19. REUTERS composite added 17.93 points, or time in three years that S&P 500 and SunTrust Banks fell 1.6 per-
0.2 percent, to 8,109.09. companies report a back-to-back cent.
Small-company stocks fell, decline in overall earnings, ac- Delta Air Lines climbed 1.3 per-
sending the Russell 2000 index cording to FactSet. cent after it gave a profit forecast
AUTOMOBILES Series pickup trucks, with Ram of- down 9.13 points, or 0.6 percent, to Besides the government’s lat- for the just-completed quarter
ten a distant third. But so far in est monthly tally of hiring on Fri-
Truck Sales Still Strong 2019, Fiat Chrysler Ram pickups CRUDE OIL (U.S.)
1,560.54.
day and the beginning of the next
that was stronger than analysts
Major stock indexes in Europe had been expecting. The carrier
As Car Demand Slides have outsold Chevy Silverado by $56.25 finished higher. earnings reporting season, the said revenue during the quarter
more than 40,000 vehicles. –$2.84 Wall Street’s gains in the first next big milestone for markets was at the high end of its initial ex-
Major automakers on Tuesday Fiat Chrysler, G.M. and Ford es- half of the year were marked by may be the Federal Reserve’s pectations, while costs outside of
posted mixed sales results for calated a price war in June over months of volatile trading as in- meeting at the end of July. There, fuel were up just 1 percent to 2 per-
June and the second quarter, with pickup trucks. vestors rode the ups and downs of many investors expect the Fed to cent.
demand still fairly strong for After a weak start to 2019, re- the trade war. That volatility is un- cut interest rates for the first time In commodities trading, bench-
S.U.V.s and pickup trucks while cent sales have been flat. Fiat likely to fade as Washington and since the Great Recession in 2008 mark crude oil fell $2.84 to settle at
passenger car sales continued a Chrysler sales rose 2 percent in Beijing move forward with an- in the face of slowing economic $56.25 a barrel. Brent crude, the
long-running decline. June, driven by Ram sales. other round of negotiations. momentum around the world. international standard, fell 4 per-
In the pickup truck segment, Toyota reported a 3.5 percent President Trump and his Chi- Communications, technology cent to close at $62.46 a barrel.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’s Ram drop in June sales. Nissan’s nese counterpart, Xi Jinping, and consumer goods makers ac- Wholesale gasoline fell 6 cents
GOLD (N.Y.)
pickup outsold General Motors’s plunged nearly 15 percent. agreed over the weekend to re- counted for much of the market’s to $1.87 per gallon. Heating oil
Chevrolet Silverado in the second Hyundai reported a 1.5 percent $1,404.60 sume trade talks. The United gains on Tuesday. Verizon rose 2.6 dropped 7 cents to $1.89 per gal-
quarter. The Silverado has long rise in June domestic sales. +$19.00 States also agreed not to impose percent, Cisco Systems gained 2 lon. Natural gas slid 3 cents to
held second place behind Ford’s F- REUTERS additional tariffs on China, the percent and Philip Morris Inter- $2.24 per 1,000 cubic feet.

What Happened in the Stock Markets Yesterday POWERED BY

What Happened in the Stock Markets Yesterday
S&P 500-Stock Index 3-MONTH TREND Nasdaq Composite Index 3-MONTH TREND Dow Jones Industrial Average 3-MONTH TREND

3,100
8,400 28,000
3,000 + 5% 8,200 + 5% + 5%
8,000 27,000
2,900
0% 7,800 0% 26,000 0%
2,800 7,600
25,000
2,700 – 5% 7,400 – 5% – 5%
7,200 24,000
2,600
–10% 7,000 –10% –10%
Apr. May June Apr. May June Apr. May June

STOCK MARKET INDEXES CONSUMER RATES ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Yesterday Change from last week
% 52-Wk YTD % 52-Wk YTD Up Flat Down
Index Close Chg Chg % Chg % Chg Index Close Chg Chg % Chg % Chg 1-year range
DOW JONES NASDAQ Home Year
Industrials 26786.68 + 69.25 + 0.26 + 10.20 + 14.83 Nasdaq 100 7799.82 + 31.69 + 0.41 + 9.89 + 23.22 Mortgages Tuesday
Friday Ago 0% 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5-YEAR HISTORY
Transportation 10420.46 ◊ 85.47 ◊ 0.81 ◊ 0.27 + 13.63 Composite 8109.09 + 17.93 + 0.22 + 7.15 + 22.21
Utilities 818.00 + 10.23 + 1.27 + 13.98 + 14.74 Industrials 6631.24 + 15.32 + 0.23 + 8.12 + 22.78 Federal funds 2.39% 1.91% Industrial Production +6%
Composite 8837.16 + 13.81 + 0.16 + 7.96 + 14.61 Banks 3643.95 ◊ 45.88 ◊ 1.24 ◊ 12.71 + 11.31 Prime rate 5.50 5.00 Change from
Insurance 10191.44 ◊ 25.06 ◊ 0.25 + 26.25 + 29.23
15-yr fixed 3.19 3.84 previous year
STANDARD AND POOR’S Other Finance 9017.51 + 81.52 + 0.91 + 9.23 + 24.31
100 Stocks 1313.63 + 5.68 + 0.43 + 9.52 + 17.93 Telecommunications 422.82 + 5.85 + 1.40 + 19.77 + 21.22 15-yr fixed jumbo 3.90 4.51 May ’19 +2.0% –6
500 Stocks 2973.01 + 8.68 + 0.29 + 9.03 + 18.60 Computer 4910.38 + 15.62 + 0.32 + 9.01 + 25.57
Apr. ’19 +0.9 ’14 ’19
Mid-Cap 400 1946.19 ◊ 6.19 ◊ 0.32 ◊ 0.38 + 17.03 30-yr fixed 3.86 4.41
Small-Cap 600 948.46 ◊ 6.37 ◊ 0.67 ◊ 7.67 + 12.25 OTHER INDEXES
American Exch 2575.45 ◊ 7.36 ◊ 0.29 ◊ 5.35 + 12.35 30-yr fixed jumbo 4.14 4.58
NEW YORK Wilshire 5000 30551.83 + 66.37 + 0.22 + 7.27 + 18.65 5/1 adj. rate 3.89 4.12
Consumer Confidence 140

STOCK EXCHANGE Value Line Arith 6239.01 ◊ 22.01 ◊ 0.35 ◊ 1.33 + 15.84 Conference Board
NYSE Comp. 13152.55 + 24.86 + 0.19 + 5.34 + 15.63 Russell 2000 1560.54 ◊ 9.13 ◊ 0.58 ◊ 5.71 + 15.72 5/1 adj. rate jumbo 3.69 4.06 survey
Tech/Media/Telecom 9332.27 + 61.34 + 0.66 + 11.33 + 16.09 Phila Gold & Silver 83.85 + 2.63 + 3.24 + 3.38 + 18.67 1-year adj. rate 3.73 3.86
Energy 10227.89 ◊ 139.92 ◊ 1.35 ◊ 14.46 + 9.49 Phila Semiconductor 1476.83 ◊ 20.72 ◊ 1.38 + 11.73 + 27.85 June ’19 121.5 80
Financial 8137.27 + 20.16 + 0.25 + 4.49 + 16.76 KBW Bank 98.10 ◊ 0.92 ◊ 0.93 ◊ 6.44 + 14.35 May ’19 131.3 ’14 ’19
Healthcare 16511.16 + 81.34 + 0.50 + 14.04 + 8.92 Phila Oil Service 79.32 ◊ 2.44 ◊ 2.98 ◊ 47.20 ◊ 1.59 Home Equity 0% 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
$75K line good credit* 1.99% 3.46%
FOREIGN EXCHANGE Inventory-Sales Ratio 2.0
$75K line excel. credit* 1.99 3.46 Monthly
Foreign Currency Dollars in Foreign Currency Dollars in Seasonally adjusted
$75K loan good credit* 3.74 4.92
in Dollars Foreign Currency in Dollars Foreign Currency
$75K loan excel. credit* 3.74 4.92 Apr. ’19 1.39 1.0
AMERICAS ASIA/PACIFIC
Argentina (Peso) .0238 42.1030
One Dollar in Euros Australia (Dollar) .6994 1.4298
One Dollar in Yen March ’19 1.38 ’14 ’19
Bolivia (Boliviano) .1462 6.8400 0.92 euros $1 = 0.8864 China (Yuan) .1455 6.8717 116 yen $1 = 107.89 Auto Loan Rates 0% 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Brazil (Real) .2601 3.8447 Hong Kong (Dollar) .1282 7.7980
Canada (Dollar) .7631 1.3104 India (Rupee) .0145 68.8800 114 36-mo. used car 5.17% 4.15% Leading Indicators +8%
Chile (Peso) .0015 679.80 0.90 Japan (Yen) .0093 107.89
60-mo. new car 4.85 3.86 Change from
Colombia (Peso) .0003 3205.6 Malaysia (Ringgit) .2417 4.1370
112 previous year
Dom. Rep. (Peso) .0198 50.6200 New Zealand (Dollar) .6671 1.4990
El Salvador (Colon) .1143 8.7495 0.88 Pakistan (Rupee) .0064 155.66
CD’s and Money Market Rates 0% 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 May ’19 +2.5% 0
Guatamala (Quetzal) .1300 7.6900 Philippines (Peso) .0195 51.1700 110
Honduras (Lempira) .0409 24.4564 Singapore (Dollar) .7375 1.3559
Apr. ’19 +2.5 ’14 ’19
Money-market 0.69% 0.51%
Mexico (Peso) .0525 19.0508 0.86 So. Korea (Won) .0009 1166.4
108
Nicaragua (Cordoba) .0304 32.9000 Taiwan (Dollar) .0323 30.9920 $10K min. money-mkt 0.42 0.41
Paraguay (Guarani) .0002 6191.0 Thailand (Baht) .0327 30.5600 New Home Sales 1.0
Peru (New Sol) .3042 3.2870 0.84 Vietnam (Dong) .00004 23230 106 6-month CD 0.93 0.58
Annual rate, in millions
Uruguay (New Peso) .0285 35.0800
2018 2019 2018 2019 1-year CD 1.47 1.07 Seasonally adjusted
MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA
Bahrain (Dinar) 2.6530 .3769 2-year CD 1.54 1.21 May ’19 0.63 0.0
EUROPE Norway (Krone) .1168 8.5646 Egypt (Pound) .0603 16.5900 Lebanon (Pound) .0007 1505.5
Britain (Pound) 1.2591 .7942 Poland (Zloty) .2661 3.7583 Iran (Rial) .00002 42000 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) .2667 3.7496 5-year IRA CD 1.08 2.02 Apr. ’19 0.68 ’14 ’19
Czech Rep (Koruna) .0444 22.5450 Russia (Ruble) .0158 63.2915 Israel (Shekel) .2800 3.5719 So. Africa (Rand) .0710 14.0936
Denmark (Krone) .1512 6.6141 Sweden (Krona) .1072 9.3278 Jordan (Dinar) 1.4124 .7080 U.A.E (Dirham) .2723 3.6728
Europe (Euro) 1.1281 .8864 Switzerland (Franc) 1.0141 .9861 Kenya (Shilling) .0097 102.90
Hungary (Forint) .0035 286.05 Kuwait (Dinar) 3.2941 .3036 Prices as of 4:45 p.m. Eastern Time.
Turkey (Lira) .1770 5.6485
GOVERNMENT BONDS
FUTURES Yield Curve Key Rates Most Recent Issues
Monetary Yest. 1-mo. ago 1-yr. ago 10-year Treas. Prime Rate
units per Lifetime Open Crude Oil 2-year Treas. Fed Funds
Future Exchange quantity High Low Date Open High Low Settle Change Interest 4% 6% Mat. Date Rate Bid Ask Chg Yield
$80 $56.25 a barrel
Corn CBT ¢/bushel 464.25 343.00 Jul 19 412.50 415.50 408.25 413.50 + 1.50 6,995 T-BILLS
Soybeans CBT ¢/bushel 1051.75 791.00 Jul 19 886.25 888.75 876.25 876.25 ◊ 9.25 3,924 5 3-mo. Oct 03 ◊ ◊ 2.21 2.19 +0.02 2.19
Wheat CBT ¢/bushel 619.00 418.50 Jul 19 514.00 514.75 502.00 503.50 ◊ 10.50 1,964 70 3 6-mo. Jan 02 ◊ ◊ 2.08 2.07 –0.02 2.10
Live Cattle CME ¢/lb 121.15 101.98 Aug 19 104.15 105.20 103.88 104.10 0.00 137,814 4
Hogs-Lean CME ¢/lb 102.45 69.80 Jul 19 72.78 74.35 72.70 73.72 + 1.15 20,518 BONDS & NOTES
Cocoa
Coffee
NYBOT
NYBOT
$/ton
¢/lb
2826.00 1933.00
183.00 87.60
Jul
Jul
19
19
2485.00 2485.00 2484.00 2497.00
110.35 110.35 108.60 108.25
◊ 29.00
◊ 1.90
194
176
60 2 3 2-yr. Jun 30 1| ◊ 99.73 99.73 +0.05 1.79
5-yr. Jun 30 1} ◊ 100.03 100.04 +0.25 1.80
Sugar-World NYBOT ¢/lb 17.85 11.45 Sep 19 12.54 12.61 12.25 12.35 ◊ 0.22 459,716 10-yr. May 15 2] ◊ 103.56 103.58 +0.52 2.03
2 30-yr. May 15 2~ ◊ 107.77 107.78 +1.08 2.55
Gold COMX $/oz 1438.20 1272.00 Jul 19 1391.10 1418.40 1390.80 1404.60 + 19.00 155 50 1
Silver COMX $/oz 18.24 14.18 Jul 19 15.13 15.20 15.00 15.15 + 0.05 950 1 TREASURY INFLATION BONDS
Hi Grade Copper COMX $/lb 3.39 2.56 Jul 19 2.68 2.68 2.65 2.66 ◊ 0.02 3,860
5-yr. Apr 15 ø ◊ 101.16 101.26 +0.03 0.26
Light Sweet Crude NYMX $/bbl 74.86 44.46 Aug 19 59.14 59.43 56.09 56.25 ◊ 2.84 319,323 40 0 Maturity 0 10-yr. Jan 15 ~ ◊ 105.14 105.27 +0.16 0.34
Heating Oil NYMX $/gal 2.42 1.51 Jul 19 1.95 1.96 1.88 1.89 ◊ 0.07 97,852
Natural Gas $/mil.btu 7.00 2.13 Jul 19 2.27 2.30 2.23 2.24 ◊ 0.03 366,243 2018 2019 20-yr. Jan 15 2ø ◊ 120.13 120.31 +0.14 0.37
NYMX 3 6 2 5 10 30 2018 2019 30-yr. Feb 15 1.000 ◊ 105.23 105.63 +0.44 0.82
Key to exchanges: CBT-Chicago Board of Trade. CME-Chicago Mercantile Exchange. CMX-Comex division of NYM. KC-Kansas City Board of Trade. NYBOT-New York Board of Months Years
Trade. NYM-New York Mercantile Exchange. Open interest is the number of contracts outstanding.
 THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019 N B3

ENERGY | MARKETING | ECONOMY

Trump Picks Fed Veteran

And Fed Critic for Board
By JEANNA SMIALEK work for the Trump transition
WASHINGTON — President Trump, team in a Treasury role before tak-
who has spent months assailing ing her current position at the Eu-
the Federal Reserve for its inter- ropean Bank for Reconstruction
est rate policies, said he planned and Development.
to nominate Christopher Waller, a Mr. Waller, on the other hand,
longtime regional Fed official, and has worked at the St. Louis Fed as
Judy Shelton, a Fed critic, to serve research director since 2009. He
on the central bank’s seven-mem- has an economics degree from
ber board. Washington State University and
The president announced his in- was previously a professor at the
tentions on Tuesday evening in a University of Notre Dame, which
series of tweets. Mr. Waller, the ex- Mr. Trump noted in his tweet. Mr.
ecutive vice president at the Fed- Waller’s research has defended
eral Reserve Bank of St. Louis, is a Fed independence and has dug
far more conventional pick than into the causes of low inflation.
Mr. Trump’s earlier Fed choices of The St. Louis Fed said that Mr.
Herman Cain and Stephen Moore. Waller met with the president on
Mr. Cain, a former presidential Tuesday, after the White House
candidate, and Mr. Moore, a con- initially approached him about the
servative economist, were outspo- role last month.
ken pundits with strong political The president of the St. Louis
views. Both men — whose past ac- Fed, James Bullard, was the only
tions and views toward women voting governor to dissent in the
elicited strong criticism — with- decision last month on whether to
drew from consideration after
congressional opposition made it
clear that neither would win Sen-
ate confirmation.
Ms. Shelton is a former Trump
campaign adviser and transition
VLADIMIR SOLDATKIN/REUTERS
team member who has been an
outspoken advocate for the presi-

Russia Courts OPEC, Seeking Oil Clout dent’s policies and a critic of cur-
rent Fed policy. She has held court
at the Trump hotel in Washington
in recent months, meeting with
By STANLEY REED alliance but seen as having a lead- news organizations, lauding the
VIENNA — Russia is finding that its ership role. administration’s trade war with
future as a producer of oil is in- In return for his country’s rela- China and making a case for cut-
creasingly dependent on OPEC’s, tively small contributions, Mr. ting interest rates.
and vice versa. Putin does appear to have height- Mr. Trump has been pressuring
On Tuesday, the Organization of ened his influence over the oil the Fed to lower rates, regularly LUCIE STEINZOVA/
RADIO FREE EUROPE-RADIO LIBERTY
the Petroleum Exporting Coun- markets. For instance, he effec- criticizing the central bank and its
Judy Shelton was a Trump adviser.
tries, Russia and other oil-pro- tively pre-empted the OPEC chair, Jerome H. Powell, whom the
ducing nations signed what they meeting in Vienna this week by president chose for the top post.
announcing last weekend at the Mr. Trump has already ap-
described as an open-ended
“charter of cooperation” for man- Group of 20 meeting in Osaka, Ja- pointed four of the Fed’s five sit- The president has a
aging the global oil market. pan, that the current production
cuts, set to expire at the end of
ting governors. He now has the
chance to more fully remake the
chance to remake the
The agreement, about which
OPEC offered few details, re- June, would be extended. Fed with two additional open central bank.
quires ratification by the partici- By cooperating with the Saudis, seats.
pating governments. It grew out analysts said, Mr. Putin may also But his choices contrast
of an effort, led by Saudi Arabia be hoping to keep Riyadh from re- sharply. keep interest rates steady. Mr.
and Russia, to formalize two and a peating the debacle of 2014, when Ms. Shelton is currently the Bullard favored cutting rates, de-
half years of coordinating oil out- it simply stopped trying to man- United States executive director livering the first “no” vote of Mr.
put to bolster prices amid a surge
POOL PHOTO BY YURI KADOBNOV
age the markets. The resulting of the European Bank for Recon- Powell’s tenure. In a recent inter-
Top, oil storage for the Russian state-owned pipeline company Transneft, at crash in prices meant a steep struction and Development. She view with Bloomberg Radio, Mr.
in production, notably from shale
Ust-Luga. Above, the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, and drop-off in revenue for Russia and has praised the administration’s Waller said he and his colleagues
drilling in the United States. The
President Vladimir V. Putin on Saturday at the Group of 20 summit. other oil producers. tax cuts and deregulatory policy at the St. Louis Fed did not agree
price of Brent crude fell 4 percent
on Tuesday, to $62.46 a barrel. Mr. Putin also appears to have and has long been a proponent of with the idea that low unemploy-
The deal, known as the Vienna try to go along with production be limited by the structure of the gained the confidence of Saudi anchoring global currencies to ment caused high inflation, a view
alliance by oil analysts, brought cuts in 2016. country’s oil industry, analysts Arabia’s chief policymaker, Crown some universal unit of measure, that argues against pre-emptive
together 24 countries that togeth- The arrangement announced said. Russian oil companies, nota- Prince Mohammed bin Salman. like gold. She has praised Mr. interest rate increases.
er produce about 47 million bar- on Tuesday gives Moscow “an- bly Rosneft, the largest producer, The Saudi and Russian leaders Trump’s trade war with China as a “We don’t buy into it. Look at Ja-
rels of oil a day, or almost half the other theater of geopolitical influ- are publicly traded companies met in Osaka in part to discuss co- necessary step to push back pan,” he said. “If you take that off
world’s output. ence in which to exert itself, and that bristle at being told to reduce operating further on oil matters, against a nation that does not play the table, suddenly you’re like:
Although market participants one that is particularly important production. the Saudi oil minister, Khalid al- by the rules. Unemployment can stay low, and
are skeptical about Russia’s com- to the United States,” said Jason The cuts that Russia has agreed Falih, told journalists on Monday. Once a critic of low-rate poli- it doesn’t cause inflation, then
mitment to production agree- Bordoff, the founding director at to — 230,000 barrels a day — are Analysts said that while exten- cies, Ms. Shelton now takes issue what are you worried about?”
ments, analysts said an open- Columbia University’s Center on small compared with how much sive intervention in the market with the Fed’s practice of setting If Ms. Shelton and Mr. Waller
ended arrangement with OPEC Global Energy Policy. oil it produces. Saudi Arabia has might make sense amid the uncer- rates by paying banks interest to are formally nominated, they will
could give Moscow added lever- He and other analysts said Rus- agreed to reduce its output by tainty arising from the trade war park money at the Fed. She has need to be confirmed by the Sen-
age over a commodity that has sia’s increasingly close alliance 320,000 barrels a day, but it is ac- between China and the United said she would favor gradually ate before assuming the posts.
great economic and political im- with OPEC, and with Saudi Arabia tually producing around one mil- States, among other economic fac- dropping borrowing costs back to Fed governors have a constant
portance in both Russia and the specifically, could change the geo- lion barrels a day less than it was tors, it cannot work forever. OPEC zero to phase out the practice. vote on monetary policy, unlike
United States. political dynamics of the oil mar- in late 2017. has been cutting its output almost Ms. Shelton holds a doctorate in the 12 regional presidents, who ro-
Russia, which had an average kets while raising eyebrows in the “Their contributions have been steadily since the end of 2016. The business administration from the tate in and out of voting seats.
output of 11.5 million barrels a day United States. pretty paltry,” said Joseph Mc- main result has been a gradual University of Utah. She started But even some of Mr. Trump’s
in 2018, is one of the world’s three “The U.S. has enjoyed a dia- Monigle, senior analyst at the loss of its market share to shale oil the 2016 election cycle advising conventional picks for the Fed
largest oil producers. That, in logue with most of the key OPEC market research firm Hedgeye, operators in the United States and Ben Carson, who ran against Mr. have failed to gain favor in Con-
some respects, makes it a natural countries,” said Mr. Bordoff, who referring to Russia’s cutbacks. Mr. others outside OPEC, including Trump for the Republican nomi- gress. Marvin Goodfriend, a Car-
partner for OPEC. But Russia has served as an energy adviser in the McMonigle, a senior Energy De- Russia. nation. But shortly after she wrote negie Mellon University econo-
been reluctant to work with other Obama administration. “Now you partment official in President “It becomes futile if you are just an opinion piece in August 2016 mist, and Nellie Liang, a longtime
oil giants, and it took a combina- are bringing in, in a leadership George W. Bush’s administration, lifting up prices and there is no for The Wall Street Journal titled Fed official now at the Brookings
tion of a crash in oil prices in 2014 role to the agreement, one of said Saudi Arabia considered it end in sight,” said Ayham Kamel, a “Trump’s Contribution to Sound Institution, were both formally
and President Vladimir V. Putin’s America’s foremost adversaries.” important for market perceptions Middle East analyst at the re- Money,” she began advising Mr. nominated to the central bank.
nose for opportunity for the coun- Russia’s role in the alliance may that Russia be not just part of the search firm Eurasia Group. Trump’s campaign. She went on to Neither won Senate confirmation.

Plunging Into Culture Wars, Nike Pulls an American Flag Sneaker

FROM FIRST BUSINESS PAGE relic, a design that shows up at even if it’s going to get some con-
facility that would have employed historical sites like Colonial sumers to burn their shoes on
more than 500 people. Nike had Williamsburg and on government Twitter,” he said.
planned to open the $184 million insignia, like the seal of the De- But it can be risky for corpora-
plant in Goodyear, Ariz. partment of Veterans Affairs. tions to ally themselves with divi-
“Words cannot express my dis- “People just see it as a symbol of sive brand ambassadors.
appointment at this terrible deci- early America and the founding of “When you get into the game of
sion,” Mr. Ducey said in a series of our nation,” said Lisa Moulder, the commodifying social issues in a
tweets, adding that Nike “has director of the Betsy Ross House time of ultra-volatile global politi-
bowed to the current onslaught of in Philadelphia, which draws cal sensitivity, you better create a
political correctness and histori- more than 1,000 visitors a day. “In department in your organization
cal revisionism.” Betsy’s time, the flag was strictly that does nothing all day and night
The governor, who had previ- utilitarian, a military tool.” but monitors and understands
ously called the factory “an excit- But the flag has, at least in re- that state of play,” David A. Hol-
ing project,” also said: “Arizona’s lander, an assistant dean and as-
cent years, cropped up in associa-
tion with racist ideologies. When sociate professor at New York
the Ku Klux Klan tried to recruit University’s Tisch Institute for
The 13-star flag has new followers in upstate New Global Sport, said in an email.
been associated with York last year, its fliers featured a
Klansman flanked by the Confed-
Companies have reacted
quickly to brand gaffes in the past.
racist ideologies. erate flag and the Betsy Ross flag. H & M apologized last year for us-
Similar imagery was reportedly ing a black child to model a hoodie
included in a letter sent by the that said “coolest monkey in the
economy is doing just fine without Klan to a college newspaper in jungle” and removed the sweat-
Nike. We don’t need to suck up to Washington in 2017. shirt from its stores. The year be-
companies that consciously deni- fore, Zara withdrew a miniskirt
In 2016, a school superintend- ALBA VIGARAY/EPA, VIA SHUTTERSTOCK
grate our nation’s history.”
ent in Michigan apologized after Colin Kaepernick, a former N.F.L. quarterback who became a Nike brand ambassador, criticized a new shoe’s design. featuring a cartoon that resem-
Susan Marie, a spokeswoman
students waved the 13-star flag bled Pepe the Frog, a character
for the Arizona Commerce Au-
alongside a Trump political ban- designated as an alt-right hate
thority, said the economic devel- after the 2012 season, became a league. In February, the two — their social media mentions
ner at a football game, writing in a symbol.
opment agency was withdrawing face of the social justice move- reached a surprise settlement went up, their sales rose the week
the offer of a grant to Nike, worth letter to parents that to some the ment in 2016 after he began kneel- with the N.F.L. The terms of the after, and they won a bunch of Those examples were more ob-
up to $1 million, “at the governor’s flag had come to symbolize “ex- ing during “The Star-Spangled deal have not been disclosed. awards for the ad campaign,” said viously offensive than the com-
discretion.” clusion and hate.” Banner” to protest police violence As part of his lucrative endorse- Matt Powell, a sports industry an- memorative Nikes, several brand-
In a statement on Tuesday, the Prominent conservatives ar- against black people and racial in- ment arrangement with Nike, Mr. alyst for the NPD Group. “They ing experts said. But Mr. Reed, of
City of Goodyear called the furor gued that Nike’s cancellation of equality in the United States. Kaepernick appeared promi- are clearly aligned with their core the Wharton School, said that, for
“a difficult situation” but said its the shoe was unpatriotic. His acts of protest inspired sim- nently in an advertising campaign customer base — the millennial many consumers, the 18th-cen-
offer of financial incentives to “It’s a good thing Nike only ilar demonstrations from other celebrating the 30th anniversary and the Gen Z consumer — and if tury flag was representative less
Nike still stood. wants to sell sneakers to people professional athletes, but they of the company’s “Just Do It” slo- they have alienated others, those of the fight for freedom from
The Wall Street Journal first re- who hate the American flag,” Sen- came under fire from politicians gan. In the wake of the ad, some are not the folks who buy a lot of British rule than of a period of
ported on the cancellation of the ator Ted Cruz of Texas, a Republi- including President Trump, who consumers called for a boycott of Nikes.” race-based oppression.
sneaker and Mr. Kaepernick’s in- can, wrote on Twitter. argued that they were disrespect- Nike, while others destroyed their The decision to cancel the spe- “For lots of people, it’s quite
volvement. Herman Cain, the former Re- ing the country and the military, Nike products. cial Air Max shoe is a sign of Mr. similar to, say, the Confederate
Betsy Ross is widely credited publican presidential candidate, and some fans boycotted the But analysts said that Nike had Kaepernick’s power at Nike, said flag,” Mr. Reed said. “The revolu-
with creating the first American tweeted, “Just so you know how N.F.L. not suffered financially from its Americus Reed, a marketing pro- tion now is one of diversity, of all
flag at George Washington’s be- this works now: Nothing can hap- After receiving no offers to join association with an athlete who fessor at the Wharton School at kinds of dimensions that go be-
hest, though most scholars dis- pen in America anymore if Colin with a team after the 2016 season, had become a symbol of the so- the University of Pennsylvania. yond just white males — women,
pute that story as legend, accord- Kaepernick doesn’t like it.” Mr. Kaepernick accused the N.F.L. called Resistance movement. “Nike is signaling that they’re people of color, people of different
ing to the Library of Congress. Mr. Kaepernick, who led the San of trying to keep him and a former “Pretty much every metric you going to go all-in on this road, sexual orientations. It’s a different
To many, the flag is merely a Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl teammate, Eric Reid, out of the can look at was positive for Nike whatever the consequences are, world, and it’s a different flag.”
B4 N THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

INTERNATIONAL

China Slips App Into Phones of Visitors, Sifting Their Data

FROM FIRST BUSINESS PAGE
from an Arabic dictionary, re-
corded recitations of Quran
verses, a photo of the Dalai Lama
and even a song by a Japanese
band of the earsplitting heavy-
metal style known as grindcore.
“The Chinese government, both
in law and practice, often con-
flates peaceful religious activities
with terrorism,” Maya Wang, a
China researcher for Human
Rights Watch, said. “You can see
in Xinjiang, privacy is a gateway
right: Once you lose your right to
privacy, you’re going to be afraid
of practicing your religion, speak-
ing what’s on your mind or even
thinking your thoughts.”
The United States has con-
demned Beijing for the crackdown
in Xinjiang, which Chinese offi-
cials defend as a nonlethal way of
fighting terrorism. The region is
home to many of the country’s Ui-
ghurs, a Turkic ethnic group, and
the Chinese government has
blamed Islamic extremism and
Uighur separatism for deadly at-
tacks on Chinese targets.
In the past few years, China has
placed hundreds of thousands of
Uighurs and other Muslims in re-
education camps in Xinjiang. For
the region’s residents, police
checkpoints and surveillance
cameras equipped with facial rec-
ognition technology have imbued
life with a corrosive fear of acting
out of turn.
With the scanning of phones at
the border, the Chinese govern-
ment is applying similarly inva-
sive monitoring techniques to
people who do not even live in Xin-
jiang or China. Beijing has said
that terrorist groups use Central GREG BAKER/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES
Asian countries as staging
Surveillance cameras are ubiquitous in the Xinjiang region in western China, where enormous resources are used to monitor and subdue the area’s predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities.
grounds for attacks in China.
Three people who crossed the
Xinjiang land border from Kyr- tive funded by the United States sibling company Chronicle. Addi- that many practicing Muslims the app generates a report con- region’s borders.
gyzstan in the past year said that government under Radio Free tional files were identified by might have on their phones. There taining all contacts, text messages China’s Ministry of Public Secu-
as part of a lengthy inspection, Asia, to analyze the code of the Vinny Troia, the founder of the were books about Arabic lan- and call records, as well as lists of rity and the Xinjiang regional gov-
Chinese border officials had de- Android app, Fengcai. The Open cybersecurity firm NightLion Se- guage and grammar, and a copy of calendar entries and of other apps ernment did not respond to faxed
manded that visitors unlock and Technology Fund then requested curity, and York Yannikos of the “The Syrian Jihad,” a book about installed on the device. It sends requests for comment.
hand over their handsets and and funded an assessment of the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure the country’s civil war by the re- this information to a server. Names that appear in Fengcai’s
computers. On Android devices, app by Cure53, a cybersecurity Information Technology in Darm- searcher Charles R. Lister. Two of the people who recently source code suggest that the app
officers installed an app called company in Berlin. stadt, Germany. Mr. Lister said he did not know crossed the Xinjiang border said was made by a unit of FiberHome,
Fengcai (pronounced “FUNG- The app’s simple design makes Most of the files that the jour- why the Chinese authorities that before officials returned a producer of optical cable and tel-
tsai”), a name that evokes bees the inspection process easy for nalists could identify were related might consider him or his book phones to their owners, they took ecom equipment that is partly
collecting pollen. border officers to carry out. After suspicious. He speculated that it photos of each owner’s passport owned by the Chinese state. The
A copy of Fengcai was exam- Fengcai is installed on a phone, might only be because the word next to his or her device, making unit, the Nanjing FiberHome Star-
ined by journalists from The
Times; the German newspaper
the researchers found, it gathers
all stored text messages, call
73,000
Number of items a Chinese app
“jihad” was in the title.
Other files the app scans for
sure that the app was visible on
the screen.
rySky Communication Develop-
ment Company, says on its web-
Süddeutsche Zeitung; the Ger- records, contacts and calendar en- have no link to Islam or Islamic This suggests that the authori- site that it offers products to help
man broadcaster NDR; The tries, as well as information about checks for matches on the extremism. There are writings by ties have been told to be thorough the police collect and analyze data
Guardian; and Motherboard, the the device itself. The app also smartphone it is invading. the Dalai Lama, whom China con- in scanning visitors’ phones, al- and that it has signed agreements
Vice Media technology site. checks the files on the phone siders a dangerous separatist, and though it was not clear how they with security authorities across
One of the journalists under- against the list of more than a photograph of him. There is a were using the information they China.
took the border crossing in recent 73,000 items. Scanning for terror summary of “The 33 Strategies of acquired as a result. It also could FiberHome and StarrySky did
not respond to requests for com-
months. Holders of Chinese pass- This list contains only the size of War,” a book by the author Robert not be determined whether any-
ports, including members of the each file and a code that serves as links, but also for a Greene on applying strategic one had been detained or moni- ment.
majority Han ethnic group, had a unique signature. It does not in- thinking to everyday life. tored because of information gen- According to StarrySky’s web-
their phones checked as well, the clude the files’ names or other in- Dalai Lama photo. “It’s a bit of a mystery to me,” erated by the app. If Fengcai re- site, the company offers “cell-
journalist said. formation that would indicate Mr. Greene said, when told that mains on a person’s phone after it phone forensic equipment,” which
Apple devices were not spared what they are. to Islamic terrorism: Islamic his book had been flagged. is installed, it does not continue it says can extract, analyze and re-
scrutiny. Visitors’ iPhones were But at the journalists’ request, State recruitment materials in There is also, puzzlingly, an au- scanning the device in the back- cover data from mobile phones.
unlocked and connected via a researchers at the Citizen Lab, an several languages, books written dio file of a metal song, “Cause and ground, the app’s code indicates. On another page, StarrySky
USB cable to a hand-held device, internet watchdog group based at by jihadist figures, information Effect,” by the Japanese band Un- Officials in Xinjiang are now says the purpose of its “smart po-
the journalist said. What the de- the University of Toronto, ob- about how to derail trains and holy Grave. The reason for the gathering oceans of personal in- licing” products is “to let there be
vice did could not be determined. tained information about roughly build homemade weapons. song’s inclusion was not clear, and formation, including DNA and not a bad guy in the world who is
The journalists also asked re- 1,400 of the files by comparing Many of the files were more be- an email sent to an address on Un- data about people’s movements. It hard to catch.”
searchers at the Ruhr-University their signatures with ones stored nign. There were audio recordings holy Grave’s website was not an- would not be surprising for the
Bochum in Germany and the by VirusTotal, a malware-scan- of Quran verses recited by well- swered. Chinese authorities to want this Karam Shoumali contributed report-
Open Technology Fund, an initia- ning service owned by the Google known clerics, the sort of material After Fengcai scans a phone, harvesting of data to begin at the ing from Berlin.

tional securities firms and insur-

China’s Premier Tries ers to control brokerages and

other businesses in China. Cur-
rently, foreign firms are allowed

Easing Trade Tension

only partial stakes. China pledged
a year and a half ago to allow for-
eign firms more leeway.
Tim Stratford, a former Ameri-

With Vague Promises can trade official who is now the

chairman of the American Cham-
ber of Commerce in China, ex-
FROM FIRST BUSINESS PAGE American market and causing pressed cautious optimism after
bankers and others in finance. many more companies to con- Mr. Li’s speech that the Chinese
“This shows China’s commitment sider doing so. President Trump government might make substan-
to opening up.” has urged companies to shift oper- tive changes.
Many of Mr. Li’s comments ations from China to the United “He’s the head of a very large
lacked details, and they recalled States or elsewhere. government, and the challenge is
similarly vague promises made Mr. Trump and his Chinese to transmit that vision through the
by Chinese officials in the past. counterpart, Xi Jinping, agreed at whole government,” he said.
Still, the timing suggested a will- a meeting on Saturday during the But Mr. Stratford noted that
ingness to appear conciliatory at a Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Ja- China had lost a World Trade Or-
fraught time. pan, that they would restart trade ganization legal case in 2012, after
The Trump administration has talks. But neither side made any not following through on a com-
imposed 25 percent tariffs on mitment it made when it joined
mention of returning the negotia-
nearly half of China’s exports to the W.T.O. in 2001 to open its mar-
tions to where they had been in
the United States, prompting a ket to foreign credit cards. China’s
early May, when the talks col-
few companies to move opera- civil service is still working on
lapsed. That means high trade
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Commercial Real Estate

A Downtown in Need of a Do-Over

High Point, N.C., is building a district to replace one that no longer works for all.

Square Feet
By JANE MARGOLIES

HIGH POINT, N.C. — On a recent evening,

the Rockers were getting ready for a
professional baseball game at BB&T
Point, the new multipurpose stadium in
High Point, a small city about 90 miles
west of Raleigh.
On a bulldozed lot just behind the
giant scoreboard, a developer was
preparing to break ground for a condo-
minium. And beyond the condo site, an
old brick textile mill will soon be turned
into a hub for furniture makers and
design professionals. Also in the offing:
an office and retail building, a hotel,
apartments and an events center.
They’re all part of an evolving mas-
ter plan to create a new downtown
district for High Point, a city known as
the home furnishings capital of the
world because of its biannual furniture
market, which attracts exhibitors and
buyers from across the globe.
“We are the catalyst project,” Ken
Lehner, president of BB&T Point and
the Rockers, who play in the independ-
ent Atlantic League, said on the main
concourse of the 4,000-seat stadium.
BB&T Point, named for a regional
bank, opened in May after 18 months of
construction at a cost of $36 million.
From the vantage point of the stadium,
the surroundings don’t look like much.
But community leaders are determined
to create enough activity-generating
development to make the area the new
center of gravity in High Point, replac-
ing a downtown that no longer func-
tions as one.
“In a lot of ways, we’re building a
downtown from the ground up,” Mayor
Jay W. Wagner said.
Downtowns in decline are an old
story, but this one has a twist. The
furniture industry has long been the big
economic engine in town, and the
downtown area was all but swallowed
up by furniture showrooms, most of
which are not open to the public on a
regular basis.
“We have a downtown essentially
devoted to a wholesale trade,” Mr.
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Wagner said.
The city, which has a population of Officials in High Point, N.C., are trying to revitalize a downtown area long dominated by the furniture industry. “We’re building a downtown from the ground up,” Mayor Jay W. Wagner said.
114,000, was once a manufacturing
powerhouse. After World War II, al-
most 60 percent of all furniture made in
the United States was produced within

180
Number of furniture showrooms in
downtown High Point.

a 150-mile radius, according to the High

Point Museum. Textiles, including
women’s hosiery, were made here, too.
In this century, however, companies
seeking to reduce costs moved manu-
facturing overseas, like others in count-
less industries. Plants were shut down,
and workers were laid off.
What saved High Point was its furni-
ture market. Started over a century
ago, it’s the largest furnishings trade
show in the world, said Tom Conley,
president and chief executive of the
Left, BB&T Point, a new multipurpose stadium, is a key part of High Point’s plans. Right, furniture showrooms are mostly locked between market events, making for a quiet city center.
High Point Market Authority, which
orchestrates the event.
Every April and October, furniture showrooms in all, totaling about 12 develop five buildings on the remaining “We wanted downtown to be more and lighting designers. They will be
companies display their new collections million square feet. four acres in a project called the Out- vibrant because that is good for us,” he able to display their wares in gallery
for retailers, interior designers, maga- The showrooms provide tax revenue fields. Construction of the mixed-use said. spaces on the third floor. Renovation of
zine editors and design bloggers, all of and support the furniture market. But building next to the stadium will begin Some of the money came from David the building is scheduled to begin in
whom pour into town, packing hotels for most of the year, they are dark, and in August, said Tim Elliott, a founder Congdon, the executive chairman of the November.
and restaurants. downtown is quiet. You don’t see people and managing partner of the company, board of Old Dominion Freight Line, “We can never bring mass manufac-
The market attracts more than ducking in and out of shops on foot as and Cana Development of Baltimore who steered funds to the stadium turing back, but we can support small-
150,000 visitors annually and is North you do in vibrant urban centers with a will open a food hall on the first floor. through his family’s Earl and Kathryn batch manufacturing,” Mr. Chapin, the
Carolina’s largest economic event, mix of retail offerings. In addition, a children’s museum, a Congdon Family Foundation. chamber of commerce leader, said.
generating more than $6.7 billion a Other cities in the state, including park and a playground are in the Mr. Congdon also bought the 1932 Mr. Congdon also plans to buy the
year, according to a recent study by the Durham and nearby Greensboro, have works. That might sound ambitious for hosiery mill that will be Plant Seven, a 1929 former mill next to Plant Seven,
Duke University Global Value Chains revitalized their downtowns, but High a small city, but there’s considerable co-working and maker space. He is where events will take place until the
Center. Point’s has languished. money behind the projects. leasing the building for $1 annually to new events center is built.
For High Point, the market is both “a In 2016, community leaders put to- Nido Qubein, the president of High Business High Point — Chamber of At the stadium, attendance was more
blessing and a curse,” said Patrick gether a strategy, which has involved Point University, said he had raised $63 Commerce, which operates it. than 53,000 fans through 27 home
Chapin, president and chief executive the city’s buying land a couple of blocks million from private sources, some of On a recent tour led by Louis Cherry, games, according to the Rockers web-
of Business High Point — Chamber of north of the old downtown and ear- which went to equip the stadium and founding principal at Louis Cherry site.
Commerce. marking it for the new district. New pay for a team to play in it. A nonprofit Architecture, which is planning the “They’ve won every game I’ve been
The event depends on furniture furniture showrooms are prohibited organization was set up to serve as the renovation of the four-story mill, enor- here,” said Laura Ruiz, a district man-
showrooms, which opened at first in the there. team’s owner. mous mushroom columns soared to the ager for Circle K Stores who was at the
early-20th-century buildings on and Covering 11 acres, including seven for Mr. Qubein said some of the students ceiling of the second floor, which will stadium before the Rockers took on the
around Main Street. In time, enormous the stadium, the new district has been at his school, which has an experiential become the co-working area. Barnstormers of Lancaster, Pa. “I love
structures, some as tall as 13 stories, laid out by Elliott Sidewalk Communi- learning approach, would gain real-life On the floor below, the maker space baseball.”
were erected, looming over neighboring ties, a developer based in Baltimore. experience working at the stadium and will have 3-D printers and other ma- That night, the home team notched a
buildings. There are more than 180 The company is spending $80 million to other new projects. chinery for use by furniture makers win, 8 to 2.

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AUTOMOBILES

Think Tesla, but With Trucks and S.U.V.s Instead of Luxury Cars
FROM FIRST BUSINESS PAGE ury models.
the end of 2020, Rivian intends to As different as Mr. Scaringe is
begin producing premium electric from Mr. Musk, the two share
vehicles, with a greater range some qualities. Mr. Scaringe is a
than anything on the road today. control freak who weighs in on ev-
Rivian is promising to do for erything from the color of bath-
trucks what Tesla did for luxury room tiles to the lighting in the as-
cars. sembly plant.
That’s where the similarities Rivian employees describe Mr.
between the two electric automo- Scaringe in worshipful, almost
bile makers end. Even as Tesla mystical tones, echoing the kind of
and its brash chief executive, Elon adoration that Mr. Musk inspires.
Musk, made headlines by setting Designers laud his sophisticated
and falling short of some auda- design sensibilities. Brand ex-
cious goals, Mr. Scaringe and Riv- perts cite his marketing know-
ian have spent a decade fine-tun- how.
ing their designs. “I’ve spent years trying to de-
Walking around a former Mi- code R.J. and predict what he
tsubishi plant in Normal, Ill., Mr. wants,” said Larry Parker, cre-
Scaringe points to where stamp- ative director at Rivian. “He’s
ing presses will churn out car moving so fast. Sometimes we
parts like fenders and doors. But don’t know where he is going. To
he is hoping to do more than sell keep up with R.J. is not easy.”
cars. Mr. Scaringe wants to dispel Jeff Hammoud, Rivian’s head of
myths he thinks still surround design, said Mr. Scaringe was the
electric vehicles. reason he was willing to leave his
“We have a number of untruths job as the top designer at Jeep.
— a truck can’t be electric, an elec- “It’s amazing how much he is able
tric car can’t go off road, it can’t to absorb,” Mr. Hammoud said.
get dirty, it can’t tow, and truck But there are idiosyncrasies be-
buyers don’t want something neath the surface. Mr. Scaringe
that’s environmentally friendly,” usually dresses in blue (“Blue is
he said. “These things are funda- my favorite color!”), occasionally
mentally wrong. Electrification flannel. On his birthday, many em-
and technology can create a truck ployees wear flannel on what’s
that’s incredibly capable and fun known as “Dress Like R.J. Day.”
to drive.” To provide fresh food for his em-
In addition to developing ad- ployees, Mr. Scaringe wants to
vanced battery systems, Rivian MIKE BLAKE/REUTERS turn the grassy areas that sur-
has designed a skateboard-like R.J. Scaringe, Rivian’s founder, at round the plant in Normal into a
chassis that it plans to sell to other the Los Angeles Auto Show in farm. “The goal is let’s make this
carmakers. For Ford, investing in November. Left and below, the the best place to eat in town,” he
Rivian is a way to leapfrog the company’s new plant, a former said.
competition and get new ideas Mitsubishi factory, in Normal, Ill. Asked about Rivian’s rivalry
from a start-up as it and other au- with Tesla, Mr. Scaringe would not
tomakers race to prepare for an disparage the competition. He
electrified future. auto company,’” Mr. Roos said. credits Tesla for changing the per-
Amazon has been mum about “When you hear a student say ception of electric cars as “boring
its interest in the company, but Ri- that, it’s like saying, ‘I’m going to and slow, or glorified golf carts.”
vian’s vehicles could help the re- change the world.’ It’s nice but While Tesla has failed to reach
tail giant reduce its carbon foot- highly unlikely. But he was very its own lofty production targets in
print as it builds its own distribu- determined about what he was go- recent years, Mr. Scaringe is
tion network. ing to do.” promising only about 20,000 to
The automobile business has As much as he loved cars, Mr. 40,000 vehicles in 2021, the first
fearsome barriers to entry, and as- Scaringe said, he was deeply trou- full year of production.
piring players have to ante up bil- bled by their role as a cause of cli- Before that happens, Rivian will
lions of dollars just to be dealt into mate change, air pollution and have to create assembly lines for
a game where profit margins tend other ills. “I wanted to have an im- its vehicles and batteries, which
to be slim. pact, and the highest-impact ap- Tesla’s problems have shown is
Mr. Scaringe is likely to need proach was to build the company very difficult. The company will
billions more to get as far as Tesla, myself,” he said. also have to establish a retail oper-
which itself struggled to expand Mr. Scaringe, an outdoorsy type
production in 2017 and 2018. But EVAN JENKINS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES who enjoys mountain biking,
the demand for electric vehicles is
there — Tesla built more than
250,000 cars in 2018.
wants his cars to be able to go off
road. Rivian trucks and S.U.V.s
can operate in three feet of stand-
$1.7B
Amount of money raised by Rivian
Mr. Scaringe founded Main- ing water. A ballistic liner protects
before it has sold a single vehicle.
stream Motors, the business that the battery pack so drivers can
would later become Rivian, in take the vehicle into rugged ter-
2009 after completing a doctorate rain without worrying that rocks ation to get its vehicles to buyers.
in mechanical engineering at the and other objects could penetrate “Manufacturing is the biggest
Massachusetts Institute of Tech- the undercarriage. challenge,” said Mike Ramsey, an
nology. Rivian’s R1S S.U.V. bears a re- analyst with Gartner. “The capital
His timing was odd to say the semblance to a Range Rover, requirements are enormous and
least — the financial crisis had while the flatbed in its R1T pickup ceaseless.”
made investors skittish, and the is shorter than the best-selling Even as Rivian has grown and
bankruptcies of General Motors Ford F-150’s. “Rivian’s products new investors have come aboard,
and Chrysler did not bode well for are not really meant to be work Mr. Scaringe has made clear he
an automotive start-up. trucks,” said Stephanie Brinley, wants to hold the reins tight. Gen-
Family and friends provided the principal automotive analyst with eral Motors discussed investing in
initial funding, and Mr. Scaringe IHS. “They aim to be lifestyle the company this year, according
and his father both took out sec- products, capable but meant for to two people familiar with the ne-
ond mortgages to raise money. Ri- recreational use.” gotiations who insisted on ano-
vian takes its name from Florida’s The R1S will directly challenge nymity because they were not au-
Indian River, close to where Mr. Tesla’s S.U.V., the Model X, and al- thorized to speak publicly. But the
Scaringe grew up in Melbourne, though Mr. Musk has said he will automaker and Mr. Scaringe
Fla. EVAN JENKINS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES introduce a pickup, Tesla has yet could not agree on terms. G.M.
Mr. Scaringe and a small team to unveil one was demanding more control and
worked for two and a half years to Scaringe moved the company to could do it,” he said. “That doesn’t Rivian is the culmination of a The R1S and the R1T will start at exclusivity than he was comfort-
create a fuel-efficient sports car, Michigan, they followed him mean I always knew how I was go- lifelong dream. Mr. Scaringe grew around $70,000 and cost more able with.
but he ultimately pulled the plug north. At one point, Mr. Scaringe, ing to do it.” up rebuilding vintage Porsches than $90,000 for fully loaded mod- For inspiration, Mr. Scaringe
in 2011. “In my heart and soul, I his girlfriend (now wife) and sev- Much like what he is building, under the tutelage of a neighbor, els that can travel up to 400 miles looks to Alex Honnold, a rock
knew I wasn’t answering the fun- eral Rivian staff members lived Mr. Scaringe is in constant mo- and he knew he wanted to start a on a full charge. Rivian has re- climber who scaled Yosemite’s El
damental question of why the together in a house in the Detroit tion, splitting his time between the car company when he was 18. ceived tens of thousands of reser- Capitan without equipment. A
world needs this company to be suburbs. company’s engineering head- “It became the plan when I vations from buyers who have poster for a documentary about
successful,” he said. Except for sleeping, they talked quarters in Plymouth, the factory started college,” he said. “Then I made deposits of $1,000 each. the climb, “Free Solo,” is on a wall
It was a painful moment. At one cars day and night. “It was break- in Normal and two other offices in started putting the pieces togeth- “Targeting the premium pickup of Mr. Scaringe’s office in Plym-
point, the team had worked fast, lunch and dinner, 24/7,” Mr. Irvine and San Jose in California. er.” and S.U.V. market in the U.S. was outh.
through four nights in a row, said Scaringe said. That leaves little time for him to At M.I.T., Mr. Scaringe made his smart,” said Sam Abuelsamid, “Hindsight has a lot of advan-
Roman Mistiuk, now a senior inte- Early backing from Saudi and spend with his wife and three ambitions clear, recalled Dan principal auto analyst at Navigant tages, one of which is that every-
rior designer at Rivian. “When the Japanese investors provided the sons, the oldest of whom is 3. “Riv- Roos, a retired engineering pro- Research. “Those are the kind of thing looks crisper and cleaner,
vehicle was done, R.J. said we’re runway for Rivian to develop its ian is 100 percent minus family,” fessor who served as the director vehicles Americans want to buy, but at the time you don’t know the
switching.” electric vehicle designs. Mr. Scaringe said, estimating that of the university’s Center for as opposed to a compact car or path forward,” he said. “So you’re
The small band of employees “Fortunately, my personality is his wife and children get 5 percent Transportation Studies. midsized sedan.” Profit margins going up this infinitely steep
stuck with him, and when Mr. one that I never lost confidence I of his time. “He said, ‘I’m going to start an are higher, too, especially for lux- climb.”

Tesla Sets Quarterly Record for Deliveries, but Long-Term Challenges Remain
By NEAL E. BOUDETTE kets began about halfway through Michigan. “You could be on the of the Model 3. The car is not ex-
After a big drop in sales to start the first quarter. path to long-term losses.” pected to go into volume produc-
the year, Tesla delivered some It delivered 77,550 Model 3s, up Keeping sales on the rise may tion until late next year, however.
good news on Tuesday: a record more than 50 percent from the be a challenge in the second half of In the first quarter, the com-
number of deliveries in the most first quarter. Combined sales of the year. As of Monday, the federal pany lost $702 million, and it said
recent quarter. the more expensive and profitable tax credit available to Tesla’s it was likely to post another loss
Model S full-size sedan and the customers fell by half, to $1,875, ef- when it reported second-quarter
The electric-car maker said it
Model X sport utility vehicle also fectively raising the cost of its earnings this month. In May, Tesla
had delivered 95,200 autos, bet- raised $2.7 billion by selling stock
tering the mark it had set in last improved to 17,650 vehicles, from cars.
12,100 in the first quarter. But the The first-quarter deliveries de- and convertible bonds to invest-
year’s final quarter. ors, shoring up its supply of cash.
total was well below the 27,550 de- clined from 90,700 in the final
Tesla’s chief executive, Elon At the same time, Mr. Musk
livered in the fourth quarter. quarter of 2018 after the credit
Musk, had foreshadowed the re- tried to drum up investor enthusi-
“It was definitely a good quar- was reduced to $3,750 from $7,500.
sults in an email to employees last asm for advanced technology that
ter for them,” said Jessica Cald- The tax credit will be eliminated at
week, pointing to a figure of Tesla is developing. In a daylong
well, who is an analyst at Edu- the start of next year.
90,000 to 100,000. presentation, he announced that
munds.com. “Tesla watchers and investors
Tesla expected its cars soon to
In the United States market, should think less about numbers
have the ability to drive them-
95,200 Tesla reduced prices and offered a
lease deal on the Model 3. “That
seemed to get them traction in the
for the next few quarters,” Mr.
Gordon said, “and more about
how the company will compete
selves, and predicted that as
many as a million would be oper-
The number of cars Tesla delivered ating by the end of next year.
market,” Ms. Caldwell said. “It when established car companies
in the most recent quarter. SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAGES In June, two of Tesla’s 11 direc-
helped move the needle.” with dealer networks, global man- tors departed, and two more plan
Tesla has an ambitious goal to sell 360,000 to 400,000 electric cars this year.
Tesla said 7,400 cars were in ufacturing and ample capital in- to do so next year. There has been
The official tally was reported transit to customers at the end of vade the market.” a string of departures of senior ex-
after the market closed, and Tesla the quarter, down from 10,600 at the second quarter, adding that months. Tesla has had an up-and-down ecutives as well. Peter
stock rose 7 percent in extended the end of the first quarter. the company was “well posi- Perhaps more worrying is that ride in the first six months of the Hochholdinger, vice president for
trading. The company’s shares The company produced 87,048 tioned” to increase production Tesla cut prices several times to year. As sales slumped in the win- production, who was a highly
had lost about 35 percent of their vehicles in the second quarter, an and deliveries in the third quarter. stimulate sales, moves likely to ter months, Mr. Musk announced praised hire when he joined Tesla
value since closing above $347 on increase of 13 percent from the Yet even with the solid showing, hurt its bottom line. that the company would close from Audi in 2016, left this month
Jan. 11. first three months of the year. It Tesla may be hard pressed to “When you cut prices to hit many of its stores, only to reverse to become head of manufacturing
Tesla benefited from a full quar- made 72,531 Model 3s and 14,517 reach its goal of selling 360,000 to sales targets, you don’t show that course days later. He generated at a rival electric-car company,
ter of selling the Model 3, its most Model S and X vehicles. 400,000 cars this year. That is be- you are on the path to sustained enthusiasm among Tesla fans Lucid Motors. Steve MacManus,
affordable car, in Europe and In a statement, Tesla said new cause the company has delivered profits,” said Erik Gordon, a busi- when he unveiled Tesla’s next car, another top manufacturing execu-
China. Deliveries to those mar- orders had exceeded deliveries in just over 158,000 in the first six ness professor at the University of the Model Y, a roomier derivative tive, also left the company.
 9 SOCCER 11 PRO BASKETBALL

Jill Ellis’s U.S. team How the Nets lured

doesn’t just expect to Kyrie Irving and
win; it barely accepts Kevin Durant to
the concept of losing. Brooklyn.

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SEMIFINAL UNITED STATES 2, ENGLAND 1

The U.S. Is a Head Above

Goalkeeper Blocks a Late Penalty Kick, and the Americans Reach the Final

FRANCISCO SECO/ASSOCIATED PRESS

By ANDREW KEH Wednesday’s Game career, an emphatic rebuke to the critics

LYON, France — Alyssa Naeher held the Sweden vs. Netherlands and the cynics who questioned her readi-
ball tightly in her arms late Tuesday night Semifinal, 3 p.m. ness to take over as goalkeeper for the
as the Stade de Lyon detonated with noise. FS1, Telemundo world’s No. 1-ranked team.
She had just made a save on a penalty But in the moment, she was more con-
kick by Steph Houghton in the 84th minute Final cerned about not being penalized for hold-
of a tense semifinal match — a save that ef- U.S. vs. semifinal winner ing the ball too long and delaying the restart
fectively sealed the United States’ 2-1 win Sunday, 11 a.m. of play.
over England and its place in the World Cup Fox, Telemundo “I didn’t want to get called for eight sec-
final on Sunday. In the excitement of the onds,” Naeher said after the game, laugh-
moment, several of Naeher’s teammates ing. “I didn’t know what the ref was going to
rushed straight at her. do.”
There was Alex Morgan, smiling, wrap- The moment, and Naeher’s cool re-
ping her in an aggressive hug. Kelley sponse, was in some ways a perfect encap-
Alex Morgan, top, scoring sulation of the 31-year-old’s approach to the
O’Hara jumped in and smothered Naeher,
too. Then came Julie Ertz, screaming in her what proved to be the game: no pomp, no wasted words, all busi-
face. But Naeher wanted nothing to do with winning goal in the first ness.
the celebration. half. Left, members of the She arrived at this World Cup holding, for
“Let’s go!” she shouted, signaling down- U.S. team mobbed goal- the first time, the starting goalkeeper’s job
field. “Let’s go! Let’s go!” keeper Alyssa Naeher at a major tournament. It was a position
It was the biggest moment of Naeher’s after clinching the victory. Continued on Page B8
ALEX GRIMM/GETTY IMAGES
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Pretty wild how Christen

Press is the best athlete
Goalkeeper
in American history to
ever wear the number
23.
Helps Put U.S.
@CTowersCBS, after
Press — playing in place
of Megan Rapinoe —
Into the Final
scored the opening goal of
the match From First Sports Page
that had been occupied proudly, spectacu-
larly even, for the American team by a pair
Horrible stage to exit a of star players, Briana Scurry and Hope
tournament but the Solo, since the early 1990s. Their shadows
@Lionesses did us loomed large.
proud. They’ve inspired Scurry herself suggested this year that
a new generation of goalkeeper could be the team’s weak spot,
putting Naeher in “the question column” in
footballers.
a forecast of the Americans’ chances to re-
peat as world champions.
@themichaelowen, after
the match, on the
Pundits wondered whether Naeher had
performance of England the disposition, the necessary confidence,
to handle the job. The people closest to her
on the team always insisted that she did.
I feel like I tweet this a “People are constantly trying to say
lot, so I apologise, but something negative, just her constantly liv-
ing in the shadow of Hope Solo,” Ashlynn
once again, just like
Harris, the backup goalkeeper, said about
every time: the Naeher after the game. “I’ll tell you what,
technology works. The that’s a damn good goalkeeper in there that
rule is ridiculous. In fact, doesn’t get enough credit. She has showed
better still: the up this tournament time and time again for
technology works so well this team, and I hope it silenced a lot of peo-
that it has highlighted ple.” DENIS BALIBOUSE/REUTERS

just how ridiculous the Heading into the semifinals, Naeher had Rapinoe, who watched the penalty kick ner- pinkie out, as if she were taking a sip of tea.
put together a solid tournament for the vously from the sideline while nursing a As play resumed, a large portion of the
rule is.
United States, which advanced to its third strained right hamstring that kept her out American fans in the crowd sang “Happy
straight World Cup title game and will face of the lineup. “For her to have this moment, Birthday” for Morgan, who turned 30 on
@RorySmith, on the
video assistant referee
the winner of Wednesday’s semifinal be- for her personally, I think, is just so special Tuesday.
decision that took away a tween Sweden and the Netherlands. and is one of those things she’ll never for- The goal was Morgan’s sixth of the tour-
tying goal for England in But what Naeher lacked, still, was a sig- get.” nament but her first since scoring five in the
the second half nature performance, an indelible picture of England, in all, proved to be yet another opening match for the United States, a 13-0
triumph. tough challenger for the United States. But rout of Thailand. After that, opponents
The opportunity came when Becky the Americans’ run to the finals had an air of made an extra effort to throw Morgan off
NAEHER!!! #USAENG Sauerbrunn fouled the English striker Ellen inevitability, just waiting for the confirma- her game, and England was no exception.
White in the penalty box late in the match. tion of Tuesday’s victory. Millie Bright received a yellow card when
@hopesolo, former U.S. Naeher stood on the line and took several A nifty sequence in the 10th minute she put a forearm into Morgan’s face in the
goalkeeper, after Alyssa deep breaths as Houghton, chosen for the produced a 1-0 lead for the United States: first half. And Morgan was on the receiving
Naeher saved Steph penalty kick, took four steps to the ball and
Houghton’s penalty to Rose Lavelle let a pass from Tobin Heath end again when Bright earned a second yel-
drilled it toward the left post. run under her feet toward the right corner low for a studs-up tackle in the 86th minute.
preserve a 2-1 U.S. lead
But the shot had neither the strength nor to O’Hara, who looped a cross from the right England was reduced to 10 players, and
the placement to elude Naeher, who lunged side to the far post. There, Christen Press the Americans just had to run out the clock
to her right and corralled the ball beneath was free to drill a header into the upper left from there.
her body. corner of the goal. At the final whistle, the team’s bench
After the game, Naeher was asked if that England tied the score nine minutes later, players sprinted straight to Naeher, sur-
had been the biggest save of her life. “It’s PETE KIEHART FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES when White sneaked behind the United rounding her. Sauerbrunn grasped Naeher
probably up there,” she said, eliciting laugh- States’ two central defenders to meet a first. She held her tight and told her she
ter from a group of reporters. Top, Christen Press of the U.S. scored
the first goal of the match 10 minutes bending, left-footed cross from Beth Mead loved her. Then came everyone else, patting
She was modest, as ever. But her team- and thump the ball into the net. Naeher’s back, smothering her.
mates were happy to talk up the moment on into the first half. Above, Megan Morgan put the Americans ahead again And this time, Naeher yielded to the mo-
her behalf. Rapinoe, who did not play Tuesday, in the 31st minute, leaping to head in a cross ment. She stood still, deep inside the jumble
“I feel like she hasn’t really had moments embraced her teammate Tobin Heath from the left side from Lindsey Horan. She of jubilant bodies. She had a huge smile on
like these to come into herself,” said Megan after the victory. celebrated by lifting her fingers to her lips, her face.

First Half 1-0 2-1

Press Morgan
Possession 10’ 31’

United States

England
0’ 45’
1-1 Bright
Added time: +2’
White 40’
19’
Goal Yellow card Red card Penalty P Missed penalty P
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In the play of the game,

U.S. goalkeeper Alyssa
Naeher blocked a penalty
kick by England’s Steph
Houghton late in the
second half. The U.S.
locked down the game
after that and will play for
its fourth Women’s World
Cup title on Sunday.

LUCY NICHOLSON/REUTERS

A Team Built to Win: Alex Morgan was em-

blematic of the single-
minded drive demonstrat-

However and Wherever

ed by the U.S. women’s
team in its 2-1 victory over
England on Tuesday. And
her goal, which proved to
LYON, France — Alex Morgan had the not allowed to bleed into complacency
ball at her feet, Carli Lloyd at her side, when faced with mere mortals. As Lavelle
be the game winner, war-
and a great green expanse opening up in said, she and her teammates are perfectly ranted a spot of tea in
front of her eyes. England had long since prepared to “fight until the end.” Despite celebration.
thrown any and all caution to the wind; its their evident superiority, she said, they
players were marooned upfield. Now only refuse to “take any opponent for granted.”
one white shirt stood be- Even for a team as seasoned as the
RORY tween Morgan, that apex United States, this was a test; even with a
predator, and Carly Telford’s 2-1 lead at halftime — and, later, once
SMITH goal. Millie Bright had been sent off for Eng-
ON
Morgan flicked the ball land — even with an extra player on the
SOCCER ahead of her, and sprinted field, this was an occasion to strain the
into open space. Deep into nerves. Not simply because it was a
one of the almost endless periods of injury World Cup semifinal, where history and
time that the introduction of video-as- ignominy await with open jaws, but be-
sisted refereeing has created, she bristled cause of the type of semifinal it became.
with energy, speeding over the ground In that second half, particularly, it
toward her target. She was almost there would have been possible for even the
when Steph Houghton, England’s captain, coolest of heads to be swept away, as the
threw herself into a tackle. Morgan came air fizzed and the noise crackled and, for a
up just short. This time, she could not few minutes, it became clear that it was
quite reach the corner flag. not possible to believe what you had seen,
An abundance of qualities have carried where everything could change in a sec-
the United States past Spain, France and ond, thanks to decisions made either
now England and into yet another World down there on the field or far off, in the
Cup final, where either the Netherlands or V.A.R. booth. England had an equalizer,
Sweden awaits on Sunday. The finishing and then, no, it didn’t. England missed a
of Morgan — scorer of what proved the glorious, glaring chance, and the United MAJA HITIJ/GETTY IMAGES
decisive goal here on Tuesday — is one of States could catch its breath, and then it
them. couldn’t, because England had been is too much experience, too much nous, in vision or Heath’s technique. It is what
So, too, in no particular order: the dy- awarded a penalty. the United States ranks for that to hap- makes them such a fearsome opponent,
namism of Crystal Dunn; the mesmeriz- And then Houghton shot low and pen. Instead, it did all it could to tamp one capable not only of pummeling an
ing dribbling of Tobin Heath; the ingenu- straight and soft, and Alyssa Naeher down the frenzy. The team that had opponent, but of asphyxiating them, too,
ity of Megan Rapinoe and the explosive- gathered the ball up, clinging onto it, started this tournament by running up the draining them not only of time but of
ness of her replacement, Christen Press; cradling it close to her stomach. The score against Thailand, adamant that it hope.
the strength of Julie Ertz; Lindsey Ho- United States had survived, and England should, at all times, seek to attack, to go It speaks, deep down, to this team’s true
ran’s ability, in Morgan’s words, to “play had stumbled. In the stands, some for the jugular, to never stop, started to identity. There is little highbrow talk of
any pass”; and the joyful, inventive bril- screamed and others groaned; some run for the corners. Heath did it. Morgan philosophy from Ellis and her players.
liance of Rose Lavelle, by some distance cheered and others roared. Most of the did it. They dallied at free kicks. They They do not see themselves as the stand-
the best player on the field in this semi- time, the noise is the best way to interpret looked for contact, and when they got it, ard-bearers for some idea of how the
final. how a game is going: the glee of one set of they stayed down. They waited until they game should be played or what it should
More important still than the individual fans, the gloom of the other. This was had the ball just right before taking throw- look like. It would be wrong to say there is
characteristics, though, are the collective formless, chaotic, impossible to place. On ins. Naeher held on to the ball for as long no aesthetic quality to what they do; more
ones. This United States team has a self- the field, the players had to make sense of as she could without attracting sanction that they accept that aesthetics are sub-
confidence that has set as concrete; it is it all, to find a pattern, to find their feet. from the referee, Ellen White making her jective — what looks beautiful to some
not so much that it seems to go into every Perhaps, in time, the quality that al- feelings on the matter plain as she did so. may be dull to others — and that their
game expecting to win, but that it appears lowed the United States to navigate those They drew the sting. They ran the clock. concern is, primarily, with the objective.
not to have heard about the possibility of few minutes — and the agonizing 20 or so In doing so, of course, they tried Eng- This is a team built to win: whenever,
defeat. It is keenly aware of the legacy it more that followed — will come to be land’s patience. “I don’t want to say too wherever and however that might be.
has inherited, the standards it is expected identified as its defining trait. “It was a much,” White said afterward, her devasta- Morgan running for the corner was no
to keep, the glories that have gone before, nail-biter,” Lavelle said of those minutes tion still plain. “I could say a lot. Some of less a manifestation of a ruthless streak
and it does not shy from them. Instead, it when everyone’s fate was busy being it may be a bit unsporting, but that is than giddily cranking up the score against
embraces the challenge, the chance to decided somewhere else. “It was a long game management. That is how they win Thailand was almost a month ago. She
prove itself worthy of the torch inherited wait. But I think it’s a time to regroup, to games.” was doing what was necessary to win.
from Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain and get together, to be ready for whatever’s She is right, too: that cynical side is just That is all that matters. That, to this incar-
Abby Wambach and the rest. next.” as much a part of the United States ar- nation of women’s soccer’s greatest dy-
That reputation, that lofty ambition, is None of it threw Jill Ellis’s team. There senal as Morgan’s finishing or Horan’s nasty, is all that there is.

Second Half
Horan Sauerbrunn Added time: +7’
Possession 46’ 82’

United States

England P
45’ 90’
Houghton Bright Parris
83’ 86’ 90’ +5’

For this chart, a team’s first touch that led to a second offensive touch counted as a change of possession. JOSH CRUTCHMER/THE NEW YORK TIMES
B10 N THE NEW YORK TIMES SPORTS WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

TENNIS WIMBLEDON

Some Opening-Match Rust, but a Victory, for Serena Williams

By KURT STREETER
WIMBLEDON, England — It
wasn’t exactly smooth and stress
free.
For every breathtaking winner
by Serena Williams on Centre
Court on Tuesday, there seemed to
be an ungainly mistake. For every
familiar cross-court sprint, there
were moments when her feet
seemed planted firmly in the
grass.
Still, just as she has time and
again over the years on the leg-
endary court, Williams got the job
done.
Working her way back from a
balky knee that has truncated her
year, Williams opened her quest WILL OLIVER/EPA, VIA SHUTTERSTOCK
for the 2019 Wimbledon title with a
rust-covered 6-2, 7-5 victory over Gatto-Monticone, a qualifier,
the Italian qualifier Giulia Gatto- said she feared that she “would
Monticone. not win even a single game.”
Victory was expected. Gatto-
Monticone was playing just her cone’s serve with a backhand vol-
second Grand Slam singles match ley after a tight exchange at net.
— at age 31. She admitted later Williams celebrated with a dou-
that she had been afraid she ble fist pump and a look of deep re-
“would not win even a single lief.
game. Not one.” Joining her in victory Tuesday
Still, this match was a litmus were three other vaunted stars:
test — a way to gauge, based on the French Open champions, Ra-
the quality of her play, how fit the fael Nadal and Ashleigh Barty,
seven-time Wimbledon champion who both advanced without losing
is for another serious run. a set; and Roger Federer, who
The results? Inconclusive, dropped the first set against South
though Williams did her best to Africa’s Lloyd Harris, before
put on a positive spin. sprinting to victory by a score of
“I’m glad I won,” she said, when 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.
asked to assess the match. The All three appear poised for an-
brevity was telling. She knows other long run at the All England
there’s much work to be done. Club.
She acknowledged she hadn’t But what about the chances for
“played a ton” this season, a nod to Williams, who sits in the same
the fact that her left knee prob- quarter of the 128-woman draw as
lems forced her withdrawal from Barty, the newly minted No. 1?
several big events and led to a less BEN CURTIS/ASSOCIATED PRESS Though there were times when
than stellar showing at the French she thundered her serve and
Open, where she was beaten
A knee injury has curtailed Serena Williams’s season, but she showed enough mobility to defeat Giulia Gatto-Monticone on Tuesday.
crushed groundstrokes, there
handily by the 20-year-old Ameri- were also more than a few mo-
can Sofia Kenin in the third round. She felt so good, in fact, that she faced a tailor-made opponent. round. utes. ments when she lacked her hall-
“I think right now I have to have agreed to play in the mixed dou- Most of Gatto-Monticone’s career Unsurprisingly, Gatto-Monti- But as the second set began, mark first-step speed and steely
every match count, like, 10 bles event with Andy Murray. has been spent in tennis’ minor cone looked out of her element Gatto-Monticone started playing anticipation. For the match she
matches, because I haven’t had a Who can doubt Williams, her leagues. The lithe right-hander from the start Tuesday. She with freedom and cutting down on made 23 unforced errors. Her 27
ton of matches this year,” Williams stellar career, her 23 Grand Slam had come close to quitting three sprayed groundstrokes, offered errors. The match tightened sig- winners saved this from becom-
said. singles titles (one shy of the years ago, at 28, before rededicat- only token resistance and lost the nificantly. Williams suddenly ing a much more dangerous affair,
Williams went on to announce record) or her constant ability to ing herself to tennis by concen- first five games. piled-up easy mistakes and strug- all against an opponent she would
that she was fit and healthy for the rise from the depths? trating on her mental approach. “This is Serena, Centre Court gled to find timing. With an oppor- likely have crushed when in her
first time since February. “I can But her quality of play has been Her first Grand Slam main-draw and Wimbledon,” she said, looking tunity to seal the match, she lost prime.
actually use my legs now,” she inconsistent. appearance came earlier this back once the match was done. “I her serve by pushing a routine “I learned a lot from that
said. “It’s been a while. It’s all Hoping to ease her way into summer, at the French Open, was very, very nervous.” forehand long. She finally broke match,” Williams said. “Just going
coming back, hopefully fast.” form at this tournament, Williams where she lost in the opening The initial set took just 29 min- through by breaking Gatto-Monti- to keep the momentum going.”

A New Prodigy Studies the Map of Her Predecessors’ Pitfalls

WIMBLEDON, England —
Tennis has its latest prodigy in
Cori Gauff, the 15-year-old Amer-
ican who upset Venus Williams,
once a wonder child herself, in
the first round
CHRISTOPHER of Wimbledon of
Monday.
CLAREY This sport,
more than most,
ON has long relied
TENNIS on the emer-
gence of such
youngsters to drive interest and
refresh itself. Tracy Austin. Bjorn
Borg. Steffi Graf. Monica Seles.
Boris Becker. Michael Chang.
Jennifer Capriati. Martina
Hingis. The Williams sisters.
Maria Sharapova. Rafael Nadal.
The list is extensive, punctuat-
ed with cautionary tales. As
tennis has become a more physi-
cally demanding sport, these
breakout moments have been
trending later. The seasons
ahead will show whether Gauff,
the youngest woman’s qualifier
in the Open era at Wimbledon, JANE STOCKDALE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
will go on to be a great champion
or an early bloomer who was Cori Gauff, 15, left, after knocking off Venus Williams at Wimbledon on Monday. Her father,
unable to sustain her head start. Corey Gauff, above left, said he groomed her not only to succeed but also to handle that success.
Corey Gauff, the player’s fa-
ther, longtime coach and the “I think anytime a rule is 20- 6-3, in the first round on Tuesday. Barring a successful legal
inspiration for his daughter’s something years old, it needs to But the others remain hurt. challenge — something the
name, has attempted to do what be looked at,” said Corey Gauff, Bianca Andreescu, the 18-year- Gauffs are not currently contem-
he can to help her chances of pointing out that the other pro old Canadian so impressive in plating — the WTA seems intent
long-term success. One of his sports leagues, like the N.B.A., winning the BNP Paribas Open on maintaining some sort of
self-appointed tasks: studying NIC BOTHMA/EPA, VIA SHUTTERSTOCK have adjusted its age require- title in Indian Wells, Calif., in restriction.
tennis prodigies extensively. ments over the years. March, has barely played since Corey Gauff said the WTA was
“I went through everybody I cally? Is she growing? This is sition. An alarming number of Sloane Stephens, the top- then because of a rotator cuff right that those years of a girl’s
thought was relevant, that won what Capriati did at this stage. the brightest young talents in ranked American women’s sin- injury in her right shoulder. life are “very delicate.”
Grand Slams and were good This is what Hingis did at this women’s tennis in recent years gles player at No. 9, said on Corey Gauff would prefer
stage, what the Williams sisters have been knocked out of the “These teenagers they can
young,” he said on Monday night Tuesday that she believed the players under 18 be allowed to
did at this stage.’” game for extended periods be- improve fast,” he said, “but if you
with daylight fading but the All rule needed to be less restrictive. play a limited number of
Looking at Capriati, who cause of long-term injuries. do it wrong, they get really bad
England Club still abuzz after his Gauff said the “the intent behind matches per year, not a limited
turned professional just before “The main thing I looked at fast.”
daughter’s upset. “I went the rule is pretty good,” but he number of tournaments.
through every one of their situa- her 14th birthday and reached was how do you prevent injury,” Corey Gauff was a basketball
has seen its less benevolent “There are a lot of ways you player at Georgia State. His wife,
tions and looked at where they the top 10 less than a year later, Corey Gauff said. “Because ev-
effects. He has watched his can do it,” he said. “Or you could Candi, was a hurdler and hep-
were at a certain age, what they means considering the dark side ery sport you get hurt. I get that,
daughter feel increased pressure say if you have a first-round loss, tathlete at Florida State and a
were doing. I asked a lot of ques- of being a prodigy: the accumu- but I don’t want to contribute to
to perform well during her lim- it doesn’t count against your gymnast in her youth. They
tions, because I was concerned lated pressures that too quickly that, so I always thought less is
ited opportunities. tournament total.” emphasized a variety of sports
about burnout. Am I doing the transform a game into a busi- more, less is more.”
ness. Capriati dropped off the pro And yet he is lobbying for a “She’s like pressed because For now, such a change is not when their daughter was very
right things?” she doesn’t feel like she’ll get imminent, although Amy Binder,
Gauff said he started asking tour three years after she en- revision of the WTA’s age restric- young.
tered it, then had a series of tions, which were put in place in a spokeswoman for the WTA,
these questions when his daugh- “I think it helps parents when
arrests for drug possession and 1994 in response to the struggles said that the tour was open to
ter “was probably 6 or 7 years they have played as high as
shoplifting before achieving her of Capriati and other teenagers. further discussion. She noted
college or even pro,” Corey Gauff
old.”
“I studied and studied to pre- greatest successes in her early Players age 13 and younger Staying physically that the merit increases that
said. “You better understand the
20s. Gauff has earned were amend-
pare myself to make sure if she
Great stories, which prodigies
cannot play professional tourna-
ments. Players aged 14 to 17 are
and mentally fit amid ments in 2012 to the original rule. process, and so you don’t get too
jittery about it. You don’t feel like
was able to meet these goals that “The rule has been dynamic
we’d be able to help the right continue to be, attract not just
attention but money from spon-
allowed to play a limited number
of events, which increases each
intense pressure. over time,” Binder said. you’re running out of time, so
way,” he said. “That was impor- you are not rushed. You kind of
sors. Parents and advisers can year before unrestricted partici- She added that premature
tant. I still sit there and bench- retirement (before age 22) had meet your kid where they are at.”
mark: ‘O.K., we’re at this point get more invested in success — pation is permitted at age 18. Corey Gauff said he did not
and continued success — than A girl is normally allowed to another chance,” he said. “She decreased and career duration
now. How is she doing physi- had gone up since the original want a rule revised expressly to
the young player, and the result play 10 professional tournaments can’t just play freely.”
age eligibility rule went into accommodate his daughter, who
can be traumatic. in her 15th year, but Gauff has The restrictions have hardly
effect after the 1994 season. prefers to be called by her nick-
Some precocious talents have earned a merit increase to 12 served as a panacea against
“An adolescent is going name Coco.
experienced physical abuse, events because of fine results, injuries. Laura Robson of Britain,
including Jelena Dokic, who specifically winning the French through critical states and stages “I don’t want it to be a Coco
CiCi Bellis of the United States, rule,” he said. “Just look at what
reached the Wimbledon semi- Open junior title at 14 and finish- of her emotional, cognitive and
Ana Konjuh of Croatia and Be- physical well-being,” Binder said. you call development and come
finals at age 17. She has accused ing in the top five of the I.T.F.
linda Bencic of Switzerland have “The WTA is a high-perform- up with a better approach and
her father, Damir Dokic, of beat- junior rankings.
ing her, and has written and Gauff can play five more pro been sidelined for extended ance, high-stakes environment, challenge it. Don’t just say we’ll
spoken extensively about it. Her events before turning 16 next periods. which places even greater de- look at it and don’t do anything.
father has denied the accusa- March, although a further merit Bencic, a top-10 player at 18, is mands on a young person, which Because the women’s game
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BASEBALL

Seeking Refuge, Angels Return to the Routine of Life

ARLINGTON, Tex. — The he has dealt with tragedy. Trout
schedule shows no mercy. It is left the team last August after
one of the first rules a profes- the death of his brother-in-law,
sional baseball player learns. Aaron Cox, a former Angels
Night after night, city after city, minor leaguer.
you go to the field The players had already gath-
TYLER and play. For six ered — twice, Ausmus said — to
months, off-days are share memories of Skaggs, to
KEPNER precious and scarce. listen to the music he liked and
The Los Angeles to laugh at old stories. Mark
ON Angels arrived here Gubicza, a broadcaster and for-
BASEBALL
in Arlington on Sun- mer pitcher, smiled as he thought
day night wearing cowboy hats of Skaggs doing the floss dance.
on the team flight. It was Tyler The two of them had a silly rou-
Skaggs’s idea. The plane landed tine, texting each other photos of
and the players went to their their Starbucks orders before
suburban hotel. Skaggs, a 27- every game. They talked pitch-
year-old pitcher, was found dead ing, too.
in his room there on Monday “He was getting better and
afternoon. better,” Gubicza said. “He started
The Angels and the Texas using his changeup more to
Rangers postponed their game lefties. That’s one thing he told
that night. Major League Base- me this spring: ‘Watch me, I’m
ball and the Rangers would have going to start throwing my
granted the Angels another day changeup to lefties; it’s going to
to absorb the shock, but the make me better.’ He was almost
Angels said they were ready on like a son to me.”
Tuesday. Skaggs had been lined up to
“The game itself can be a pitch the final game of this se-
refuge for players, where they ries, on Thursday. He was eager
can turn their minds off and just to pitch later this month at
focus on baseball,” Angels Man- Dodger Stadium. He rooted for
ager Brad Ausmus said at a the Dodgers as a boy in Santa
somber news conference before Monica, Calif., and was heartbro-
batting practice at Globe Life ken when they passed on him in
Park. “And I don’t know that the draft.
sitting in a hotel room would do KEVIN JAIRAJ/USA TODAY SPORTS, VIA REUTERS
“There’s definitely a big
them any good.” Angels players during a news conference before their game Tuesday night, just one day after pitcher Tyler Skaggs was found dead. grudge there,” Skaggs said Sun-
Ausmus paused for four ago- day to Fabian Ardaya of The
nizing seconds after the words For now, there are tributes but brought back haunting memo- “It was almost like we were room where Eppler, Ausmus, the Athletic.
“hotel room.” The Angels no answers. The Rangers held a ries. Albert Pujols, the Angels’ playing that year for him,” team owner Arte Moreno and the This had been Skaggs’s best
switched hotels on Monday, season; after many injuries, he
moment of silence before the designated hitter, lost two team- Mathis said of the ’09 Angels, team president John Carpino
leaving the Hilton where their had made all his starts, led the
game, stenciled Skaggs’s No. 45 mates during the season when who reached the American took questions.
teammate was found dead. The team in innings and was 3-1 with
on the back of the mound, and he played for the St. Louis Cardi- League Championship Series. “It “It’s like a punch in the heart,”
Tarrant County Medical Examin- a 2.49 earned run average in his
er’s office scheduled an autopsy, played no music before the first nals: pitchers Darryl Kile, in was very dear to us to honor him Moreno said, adding, “You can’t last four starts.
but there has been no announce- pitch or before their at-bats. The 2002, and Josh Hancock, in 2007. in the best way we could every believe it. You think somebody’s Now he was gone, and the
ment about a cause of death. The Angels wore a patch with Skag- Jeff Mathis, a Rangers catcher, time we stepped on the field.” there and they’re not there. The Rangers watched footage of
police have said they do not gs’s number over their hearts, played for the Marlins when On the whiteboard in the team is such a family, and when another Angels left-hander, Jose
suspect foul play or suicide. and hung his jersey in their pitcher Jose Fernandez died in a Rangers’ clubhouse Tuesday, you take a piece away from the Suarez, on their clubhouse televi-
“For some reason that is in- dugout. Patrick Corbin, a Wash- boating accident in September near Mathis’s locker, was an family, there’s always a hole.” sions as they prepared for Tues-
comprehensible to all of us, he ington Nationals pitcher who 2016. unusual note: “Team prayer The players watched silently day’s game. The schedule rolled
lives on now only in our minds was drafted by the Angels with Mathis was also playing for after B.P.” The Angels’ clubhouse as the others talked. Mike Trout, on, without a player whose pres-
and in our hearts,” Angels Gen- Skaggs in 2009, wore No. 45 in the Angels in April 2009 when was closed to reporters on Tues- the majors’ best player, pulled a ence loomed over the ballpark.
eral Manager Billy Eppler said. his start against the Miami Mar- starting pitcher Nick Adenhart, day afternoon, and the team red Angels hoodie over his head “A 27-year-old kid,” Rangers
“Tyler brought joy to everybody lins on Tuesday instead of his 22, was killed by a drunken planned to keep it closed after and bowed. Trout was drafted in Manager Chris Woodward said.
around him. He was magnetic. usual No. 46. driver just hours after the best the game. The players did, how- the same class as Skaggs, and “So much promise, so much life
People were drawn to him.” For many players, the loss game of his brief career. ever, come to the conference this is the second year in a row to live. It just makes no sense.”

PRO BASKETBALL

How the Nets

Won the Battle
Of New York
By MARC STEIN shared desire to live in New York.
Rod Thorn was an assistant Irving’s enthusiasm for every-
coach in 1976 when the Nets, as thing else the Nets could provide
they moved from the American the star tandem, starting with
Basketball Association to the General Manager Sean Marks’s
N.B.A., made the oft-lamented de- playoff-ready roster, increasingly
cision to sell Julius Erving’s con- appealed to Durant as the 2018-19
tract to the Philadelphia 76ers. season wore on and the start of
Twenty-five years later, Thorn free agency grew near, according
was the architect of the best trade to the person.
in Nets history as the general Irving’s fondness for the Nets,
manager who brought in Jason which grew throughout a season
Kidd, who then led the woebegone of tension and disappointment
franchise to back-to-back trips to with the Boston Celtics, is not
the N.B.A. finals. merely an offshoot of his New Jer-
All of those memories, from the sey childhood. It stems in part
worst and best of a past life, came from a hard sell of the franchise to
rushing back to Thorn on Sunday Irving by Spencer Dinwiddie, the
night. He was watching from his Nets reserve guard, after they
home in Rye, N.Y., as the Nets won shared a course at Harvard in
their most meaningful duel yet September. Dinwiddie was Irv-
with New York’s purportedly ing’s classmate in a Harvard Busi-
more glamorous basketball team ness School program for athletes,
— handily. “Crossover Into Business,” that
The Nets achieved, in less than commenced last fall and contin-
four years, what the Knicks have ued remotely for a semester.
been chasing for nearly 20: They It was there that the two players
signed two of the league’s most from disparate talent tiers began
coveted free agents. They lured building the bond that led to a reg-
the fantasy partnership of Kevin ular dialogue and, by Sunday, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Durant and Kyrie Irving to Brook- brought Dinwiddie to the Nets’

practice facility. Dinwiddie, who
Some observers believe that the Nets never recovered after they traded Julius Erving when they joined the N.B.A. in 1976.
lyn because Durant and Irving
concluded that no other team in did not respond to a request for
the N.B.A. was better positioned comment, was among the invitees rant and Irving than Madison Yet it’s also true that the Nets owner, Joe Tsai, will start his reign prehend such fretting after the
to handle their star power. summoned to join top team offi- Square Garden and joined the needed to secure Irving’s keen in earnest — and all of these un- highs, lows and never-ending
“The Nets have always been cials on the night Irving and Du- chorus promoting the Nets. buy-in to then get Durant’s. That knowns precede the Nets’ seeing challenges he endured as a Net.
second in this area, because of the rant committed the next four sea- Some around the league believe was the only sure way to persuade how the two outsize personalities “The irony of it to me was that
history, because of Madison sons of their careers to the team Durant’s recent Achilles’ tendon Durant, a two-time N.B.A. finals will click when Durant returns. both the Knicks and the Nets were
Square Garden, because of every- that has spent virtually all of its tear, more than any James L. most valuable player, to spurn the Not that a sage like Thorn, who, after these players,” Thorn said.
thing the Knicks stand for,” Thorn 52-year existence in the Knicks’ Dolan-related ineptitude, is what security of a five-year, $221 million at 78, still serves as a consultant to “And the Nets got them.
said in a phone interview. Recall- shadow. doomed the Knicks. Such thinking offer to return to the Warriors, and the Milwaukee Bucks, can com- “Wow.”
ing a stretch in which the Nets Dinwiddie was “at the fore- holds that if he wasn’t forced to sit reject strong interest from the Los
won 24 of 31 meetings between the front” of the monthslong push to out most or all of next season, Du- Angeles Clippers and the now-
persuade Irving to prioritize the rant might have lobbied harder crestfallen Knicks.
teams, including a playoff sweep
in 2004, Thorn added, “We had a Nets over the Knicks and to nudge for Irving to follow him to the Gar- It was Dinwiddie’s job to lead C A L E N DA R
much better team with Jason, but den. But one former N.B.A. All- the recruiting of Irving. Amid a
they were the Knicks.” Star, who requested anonymity breakout season in which he aver-
They still are. Only now those because he was not authorized to aged 16.9 points and 4.6 assists in TV Highlights
Knicks have to contend with a ge- A Harvard Business discuss his colleagues’ plans, said 28.1 minutes per game and earned
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ported last week that the Nets had the muck through a string of ers who question whether he can AWAY 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9
and Irving were looking for, ac-
cording to a person familiar with also begun to heavily recruit the savvy moves. Durant and Irving return to peak level. Irving was YANKEES PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA
their plans who was not autho- veteran center DeAndre Jordan, could reach only one conclusion widely pegged as the foremost METS 7 p.m. YES, 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m.
one of Durant’s closest friends, to ESPN, SNY SNY FOX CH. 11
rized to discuss them publicly. upon assessing the city’s two fran- source of the toxicity in Boston’s
Their determination to play to- form an incoming trio with Durant chises: The Knicks lag behind the locker room last season and will METS TAMPA BAY TAMPA BAY TAMPA BAY TAMPA BAY
YANKEES 7 p.m. YES, 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m.
gether proved even stronger, in and Irving. Jordan spent the last Nets on the structure, roster and be under a microscope in his inter- ESPN, SNY YES YES YES YES
the end, than many league observ- two months of the 2018-19 season ready-to-contend curves — even actions with teammates and SEATTLE PHOENIX LAS VEGAS
ers expected. as a Knick, but two people briefed after the Nets’ previous regime Coach Kenny Atkinson to see how LIBERTY 3 p.m. 10 p.m. 3 p.m.
on the negotiations said Jordan essentially surrendered control of he affects the Nets’ vaunted CBSSN
The Knicks and the Nets were
the two teams that could most eas- also was convinced in recent days the team’s first-round draft pick to chemistry — especially in Year 1, HOUSTON SEATTLE
ily accommodate the players’ sal- that Barclays Center would be a the Celtics from 2013 to 2018 in an while Durant is healing. At the RED BULLS 9 P.M. WEDNESDAY MSG+ N.Y.C.F.C. 7 P.M. WEDNESDAY
ary demands, along with their more hospitable backdrop for Du- infamously ill-conceived trade. same time, the Nets’ new team
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WOMEN'S WORLD CUP

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And End Yanks’ Homer Streak East W L Pct GB EASTERN CONFERENCE All Times EDT The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet
W L Pct GB QUARTERFINALS Club
Yankees 54 28 .659 — Washington 9 3 .750 — WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND
Thursday, June 27 (seedings in parentheses)
Connecticut 9 4 .692 { England 3, Norway 0
Tampa Bay 50 36 .581 6 Chicago 6 7 .462 3{ Men's Singles
Friday, June 28 First Round
Liberty 5 7 .417 4 United States 2, France 1
By KEVIN ARMSTRONG Boston 44 40 .524 11
Indiana 5 9 .357 5 Sam Querrey, United States, d. Dominic
Saturday, June 29 Thiem (5), Austria, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-0.
53 .376 23{ Atlanta 2 9 .182 6{
Wearing an orange jersey, bluejeans Toronto 32 Netherlands 2, Italy 0
Sweden 2, Germany 1
Andrey Rublev, Russia, d. Cristian Garin,
WESTERN CONFERENCE Chile, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4. John Millman,
and white sneakers, Brodie Van Wagenen, Baltimore 24 61 .282 31{ W L Pct GB SEMIFINALS Australia, d. Hugo Dellien, Bolivia, 6-2,
the Mets general manager, made his way Central W L Pct GB
Las Vegas
Seattle
8
8
5 .615
6 .571
—
Tuesday, July 2
6-3, 6-4. Laslo Djere (31), Serbia, d.
{ Guido Andreozzi, Argentina, 3-6, 7-6 (3),
to Section 141 at Citi Field Monday night 20 Minnesota 53 30 .639 — Minnesota 7 6 .538 1 United States 2, England 1 7-6 (3), 6-3. Gilles Simon (20), France,
Los Angeles 6 6 .500 1{ Wednesday, July 3 d. Salvatore Caruso, Italy, 7-6 (7), 6-3,
minutes before first pitch of his team’s Phoenix 5 5 .500 1{ Netherlands vs. Sweden, 3 p.m. 6-2. Tennys Sandgren, United States,
Cleveland 46 38 .548 7{
game against the Yan- Dallas 4 7 .364 3 THIRD PLACE d. Yasutaka Uchiyama, Japan, 3-6, 6-2,
METS 4 Chicago 39 42 .481 13 6-4, 6-3. Marton Fucsovics, Hungary,
kees. Saturday's Games Saturday, July 6 d. Dennis Novak, Austria, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6
Washington 102, Connecticut 59
YANKEES 2 He tried to blend in Detroit 27 52 .342 24
Las Vegas 102, Indiana 97, OT
England vs. Netherlands or Sweden, 11
a.m.
(2), 6-2. Fabio Fognini (12), Italy, d.
Frances Tiafoe, United States, 5-7, 6-4,
with the 7 Line Army — Kansas City 29 57 .337 25{ Sunday's Games CHAMPIONSHIP 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Marin Cilic (13), Croatia,
a unit of ardent Mets fans in the center Liberty 74, Atlanta 58 d. Adrian Mannarino, France, 7-6 (6), 7-6
West W L Pct GB Dallas 89, Minnesota 86 Sunday, July 7 (4), 6-3. Joao Sousa, Portugal, d. Paul
field seats — but the rank and file recog- Houston 53 32 .624 — Los Angeles 94, Chicago 69 United States vs. Netherlands or Sweden, Jubb, Britain, 6-0, 6-3, 6-7 (8), 6-1. Daniel
Phoenix 69, Seattle 67 11 a.m. Evans, Britain, d. Federico Delbonis,
nized him. Argentina, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Nikoloz
Texas 46 38 .548 6{ Monday's Games UNITED STATES 2, ENGLAND 1
“Let Mickey manage the team!” No- No games scheduled Basilashvili (18), Georgia, d. James
Oakland 46 39 .541 7 United States . . . . . . . . . 2 0—2 Ward, Britain, 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 8-6.
reen Smith, a fan since 1971, said in de- Tuesday's Games England. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0—1 Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, d. Denis
fense of Manager Mickey Callaway. “You Los Angeles 42 43 .494 11 Las Vegas 90, Chicago 82 Shapovalov (29), Canada, 7-6 (0), 6-4, 6-3.
Minnesota 85, Atlanta 68 FIRST HALF—1, United States, Christen Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, d. Bernard
be the G.M. Not that I don’t like you. Don’t Seattle 37 51 .420 17{
Wednesday's Game
Press 1 (Kelley O Hara), 10th minute; 2, Tomic, Australia, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4. Nick
England, Ellen White 6 (Beth Mead), 19th; Kyrgios, Australia, d. Jordan Thompson,
make me come to your office!” TUESDAY Liberty at Seattle, 3 p.m. 3, United States, Alex Morgan 6 (Lindsey Australia, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 7-6 (10), 0-6, 6-1.
Van Wagenen, who has denied reports Mets 4, Yankees 2 Thursday's Games Horan), 31st. Rafael Nadal (3), Spain, d. Yuichi Sugita,
Boston 10, Toronto 6 No games scheduled SECOND HALF—None. Japan, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3. Kei Nishikori (8),
in the news media that he had issued or- Shots—United States 10, England 7. Japan, d. Thiago Moura Monteiro, Brazil,
ders to Callaway during games, absorbed Tampa Bay 6, Baltimore 3 W.N.B.A. LEADERS 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Cameron Norrie, Britain,
Shots On Goal—United States 4, England
Cleveland 9, Kansas City 5 d. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 6-2, 6-4,
both and praise from the fans. He smiled, L.A. Angels at Texas SCORING AVERAGE
4.
6-4. Steve Johnson, United States, d.
Yellow Cards—United States, Lindsey
shook hands and posed for selfies as he Houston at Colorado G FG FT PTS AVG Horan, 47th; Becky Sauerbrunn, 83rd. Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 6-4, 6-2,
6-3. Alex de Minaur (25), Australia, d.
Bonner, PHO . . . . 10 67 46 202 20.2 England, Millie Bright, 40th; Nikita Parris,
took his seat, where he held up a Fathead Minnesota at Oakland Charles, Liberty . . 12 86 43 220 18.3 90th. Marco Cecchinato, Italy, 6-0, 6-4, 7-6
with his image on it. AL BELLO/GETTY IMAGES Howard, SEA . . . . 14 94 55 250 17.9 Offsides—United States 0, England 1. (5). Jan-Lennard Struff (33), Germany,
St. Louis at Seattle d. Radu Albot, Moldova, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.
Griner, PHO . . . . . 10 77 20 174 17.4
“I didn’t know how the reception was Michael Conforto’s two-run double in Detroit at Chicago White Sox, ppd. Delle Donne, WAS 11 74 24 189 17.2
Fouls Committed—United States 9,
England 12. Taylor Fritz, United States, d. Tomas
Berdych, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4,
going to be tonight,” said Van Wagenen, the eighth was the difference for the WEDNESDAY Wilson, LVA . . . . . 13
Jones, CON . . . . . 13
83
77
56 222 17.1
39 212 16.3
Corner Kicks—United States 2, England 2.
Referee—Edina Alves Batista, Brazil. 6-3. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan,
who in February committed to sitting in Mets in a 4-2 victory over the Yankees. Yankees (German 9-2) at Mets Sims, MIN . . . . . . 12 66 48 190 15.8 Assistant Referees—Neuza Ines Back, d. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
(Vargas 3-3), 7:10 Loyd, SEA . . . . . . 12 67 38 189 15.8 John Isner (9), United States, d. Casper
the stands for this Subway Series opener. Nurse, Liberty . . . 12 57 44 184 15.3
Brazil; Tatiane Sacilotti, Brazil.
A—53,512. Ruud, Norway, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (9). Matteo
Detroit (Norris 2-7) at Chicago White Berrettini (17), Italy, d. Aljaz Bedene,
“I know how passionate these fans are as a Sox (Cease 0-0), 2:10, 1st game Mitchell, IND . . . . 14 77 23 211 15.1 United States: Alyssa Naeher; Abby
Slovenia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (3). Marcos
former season ticket holder.” Before Tuesday’s game, the Yankees Cambage, LVA. . . 12 68 41 179 14.9 Dahlkemper, Crystal Dunn, Kelley O Hara
Baghdatis, Cyprus, d. Brayden Schnur,
Boston (Sale 3-7) at Toronto (Reid- McBride, LVA . . . . 13 66 41 192 14.8 (Ali Krieger, 88th), Becky Sauerbrunn;
Van Wagenen witnessed a rare Mets placed first baseman Luke Voit on the in- Foley 0-1), 7:07 DeShields, CHI . . . 13 69 30 188 14.5 Julie Ertz, Lindsey Horan, Rose Lavelle Canada, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. Dominik Koepfer,
Germany, d. Filip Krajinovic, Serbia, 6-3,
win from his front-row seat. His team fell jured list with an abdominal strain — mak- Baltimore (Means 7-4) at Tampa Bay Fowles, MIN. . . . . 12 74 23 171 14.2 (Samantha Mewis, 65th); Tobin Heath (Carli
4-6, 7-6 (9), 6-1. Diego Schwartzman
Gray, LAS . . . . . . 12 66 24 170 14.2 Lloyd, 80th), Alex Morgan, Christen Press.
ing him the 22nd Yankee to spend time (Chirinos 7-4), 7:10 Ogwumike, LAS . . 11 57 25 148 13.5 (24), Argentina, d. Matthew Ebden,
behind by 2-0 in the second inning, but the England: Carly Telford; Millie Bright, Lucy
Australia, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Lucas Pouille
there this season. The team had a total of L.A. Angels (TBD) at Texas (Jurado Ogunbowale, DAL. 10 49 18 132 13.2 Bronze, Rachel Daly (Georgia Stanway,
(27), France, d. Richard Gasquet, France,
Yankees’ bullpen yielded three runs in the 5-3), 8:05 Wheeler, IND . . . . 14 67 22 179 12.8 89th), Steph Houghton, Demi Stokes; Jill
20 on the list in all of 2018. Voit has been a Hayes, ATL . . . . . 10 46 20 126 12.6 Scott, Keira Walsh (Jade Moore, 71st); Beth 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Gregoire Barrere,
eighth to allow the Mets to claim a 4-2 win. Detroit (TBD) at Chicago White Sox Quigley, CHI . . . . 13 61 8 162 12.5 France, d. Alexander Bublik, Kazakhstan,
mainstay in the lineup, delivering 17 home Mead (Fran Kirby, 58th), Nikita Parris, Ellen
3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Jay Clarke, Britain, d.
“It makes me yearn for more,” Callaway (Detwiler 1-0), 8:10, 2nd game Dupree, IND . . . . 14 77 20 174 12.4 White.
runs and 50 runs batted in. Houston (Miley 6-4) at Colorado Atkins, WAS. . . . . 12 54 18 146 12.2 Noah Rubin, United States, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4,
said. “We can’t do anything about what’s Collier, MIN . . . . . 12 50 35 146 12.2 6-4. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, d.
“He’s been so good,” Yankees Manager (Lambert 2-0), 8:10 Durr, Liberty . . . . 11 53 15 133 12.1 COPA AMERICA Lloyd Harris, South Africa, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2,
happened.” 6-2.
Aaron Boone said. “Such a consistent per- Cleveland (Clevinger 1-2) at Kansas Thomas, CON . . . 13 65 27 157 12.1 All Times EDT Women's Singles
It was a night of role reversal for the former for us and an energy giver in the City (Duffy 3-4), 8:15 Mitchell, PHO. . . . .8 32 10 95 11.9
QUARTERFINALS First Round
Ogwumike, LAS . . 12 62 18 142 11.8
Yankees (54-29) and the Mets (39-47). At clubhouse as well. A guy that means a lot Minnesota (Gibson 8-4) at Oakland Toliver, WAS . . . . 12 55 14 142 11.8 Thursday, June 27 Ashleigh Barty (1), Australia, d.
Saisai Zheng, China, 6-4, 6-2. Alison
the start of the game, the Yankees had a to our team behind the scenes.”
(Anderson 0-3), 9:07 Thornton, DAL . . . 11 46 26 130 11.8 At Porto Alegre, Brazil
Brazil 0, Paraguay 0, Brazil wins 4-3 on van Uytvanck, Belgium, d. Svetlana
St. Louis (Wainwright 5-7) at Seattle Zahui B, Liberty . . .9 39 11 103 11.4
47-1 record when leading after the seventh A magnetic resonance imaging exam on penalty kicks Kuznetsova, Russia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Harriet
(Leake 7-7), 10:10 REBOUNDS PER GAME Friday, June 28 Dart, Britain, d. Christina McHale, United
inning, but reliever Adam Ottavino gave Voit, who was hurt running the bases in G OFF DEF TOT AVG At Rio de Janeiro States, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Beatriz Haddad
up two hits and three runs in the bottom of London, revealed a low grade abdominal N.L. STANDINGS Jones, CON . . . . . 13 38 101 139 10.7 Argentina 2, Venezuela 0 Maia, Brazil, d. Garbine Muguruza (26),
Fowles, MIN. . . . . 12 32 86 118 9.8 At Sao Paulo, Brazil Spain, 6-4, 6-4. Alison Riske, United
the eighth to be charged with a blown save strain. Although Voit felt better the day af- Ogwumike, LAS . . 11 27 74 101 9.2 Chile 0, Colombia 0, Chile wins 5-4 on States, d. Donna Vekic (22), Croatia,
East W L Pct GB 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. Ivana Jorovic, Serbia, d.
and a loss. ter he sustained the injury, the Yankees
Howard, SEA . . . . 14 42 85 127 9.1 penalty kicks
Lesley Kerkhove, Netherlands, 7-6 (5),
Atlanta 50 36 .581 — Delle Donne, WAS 11 18 80 98 8.9 Saturday, June 29
“We’re always going to come back,” said opted to give him time off to recover. Be- Charles, Liberty . . 12 28 73 101 8.4 At Salvador, Brazil 6-4. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, d. Stefanie
4{ Voegele, Switzerland, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4.
Mets left fielder J.D. Davis, who hit a home cause the All-Star break begins on Mon-
Philadelphia 45 40 .529 Zahui B, Liberty . . .9 12 58
Bonner, PHO . . . . 10 16 60
70 7.8
76 7.6
Peru 0, Uruguay 0, Peru wins 5-4 on
penalty kicks Belinda Bencic (13), Switzerland, d.
run in the sixth inning and tied the game in day, Voit may not miss many games. Washington 43 41 .512 6 Wilson, LVA . . . . . 13 21 75 96 7.4 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 6-2,
McCowan, IND . . . 14 43 60 103 7.4 SEMIFINALS 6-3. Serena Williams (11), United States,
the eighth with a double. “We’re never go- Boone said the Yankees expected Voit to Mets 38 47 .447 11{ Cambage, LVA. . . 12 18 70 88 7.3 Tuesday, July 2 d. Giulia Gatto-Monticone, Italy, 6-2,
ing to stop fighting.” return to the lineup at some point during Miami 32 51 .374 16{
Ogwumike, LAS . . 12 36 50 86 7.2 At Belo Horizonte, Brazil 7-5. Kaja Juvan, Slovenia, d. Kristyna
Pliskova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
Gray, Liberty . . . . 12 35 50 85 7.1 Brazil 2, Argentina 0
In the loss, the Yankees ended their ma- the first series back from the All-Star Thomas, CON . . . 13 32 60 92 7.1 Wednesday, July 3 Varvara Flink, Russia, d. Paula Badosa
Central W L Pct GB Gibert, Spain, 6-4, 6-2. Julia Goerges
jor-league record streak of games with at break, against Toronto. In the meantime,
Billings, ATL . . . . .9 27 36 63 7.0 At Porto Alegre, Brazil
(18), Germany, d. Elena-Gabriela Ruse,
Milwaukee 46 40 .535 — Griner, PHO . . . . . 10 20 50 70 7.0 Chile vs. Peru, 8:30 p.m.
least one homer at 31. They built their Encarnacion may see the bulk of the ac- Hamby, LVA . . . . 13 21 66 87 6.7 Romania, 7-5, 6-1. Carla Suarez-
Lavender, CHI . . . 13 27 59 86 6.6 THIRD PLACE Navarro (30), Spain, d. Samantha Stosur,
early lead against the Mets with some tion at first base. Chicago 45 40 .529 {
Breland, ATL . . . . 10 11 55 66 6.6 Australia, 6-2, 7-5. Pauline Parmentier,
Saturday, July 6
small ball. Didi Gregorius scored the first There are plenty of moving parts with St. Louis 41 41 .500 3 Thornton, DAL . . . 11 24 47 71 6.5 At Sao Paulo, Brazil
France, d. Maria Sharapova, Russia, 4-6,
Dupree, IND . . . . 14 14 75 89 6.4 7-6 (4), 5-0, ret. Lauren Davis, United
run on a ground-ball single by Gleyber the Mets, as well. Before the game, Call- Pittsburgh 40 43 .482 4{ Parker, CHI . . . . . 13 25 57 82 6.3
Argentina vs. Chile-Peru loser, 3 p.m. States, d. Kateryna Kozlova, Ukraine, 6-3,
Torres, and after three straight singles Russell, SEA . . . . 14 35 51 86 6.1 6-2. Angelique Kerber (5), Germany, d.
away announced that starter Steven Matz Cincinnati 39 44 .470 5{ Clark, SEA. . . . . . 11 13 50 63 5.7
CHAMPIONSHIP Tatjana Maria, Germany, 6-4, 6-3. Kiki
pitcher James Paxton dropped a sacrifice would go to the bullpen. DeShields, CHI . . . 13 12 62 74 5.7 Sunday, July 7 Bertens (4), Netherlands, d. Mandy
West W L Pct GB At Rio de Janeiro Minella, Luxembourg, 6-3, 6-2. Taylor
bunt. “We have a long time until we need a
Williams, ATL . . . . 10 21 35 56 5.6
Brazil vs. Chile-Peru winner, 4 p.m. Townsend, United States, d. Arina
Mets catcher Wilson Ramos fielded the Los Angeles 57 29 .663 — Rodionova, Australia, 6-2, 6-3. Laura
fifth starter, including the four days during ASSISTS PER GAME
Siegemund, Germany, d. Katie Swan,
ball and threw Paxton out at first, but nei- Colorado 44 40 .524 12 G AST AVG CONCACAF GOLD CUP
the All-Star break,” Callaway said, “so Vandersloot, CHI. . . . . . . 13 104 8.0 Britain, 6-2, 6-4. Barbora Strycova,
ther Ramos nor pitcher Zack Wheeler cov- we’re going to do whatever is necessary Arizona 43 43 .500 14 Boyd, Liberty . . . . . . . . . 12 71 5.9 All Times EDT Czech Republic, d. Lesia Tsurenko (32),
Ukraine, 6-3, 6-2. Elise Mertens (21),
Cloud, WAS . . . . . . . . . . 12 70 5.8
ered home plate. Yankees first baseman for this team to turn the corner and start San Diego 42 42 .500 14 Wheeler, IND . . . . . . . . . 14 80 5.7
QUARTERFINALS Belgium, d. Fiona Ferro, France, 6-2,
Saturday, June 29 6-0. Monica Niculescu, Romania, d.
Edwin Encarnacion scored standing up. winning more games.” San Francisco 37 47 .440 19
Thomas, CON . . . . . . . . 13 72 5.5
At Houston Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Toliver, WAS . . . . . . . . . 12 63 5.2
Then things turned quiet for the bats Van Wagenen will have to weigh each TUESDAY Sims, MIN . . . . . . . . . . . 12 62 5.2 Haiti 3, Canada 2 Tamara Zidansek, Slovenia, d. Eugenie
Gray, LAS . . . . . . . . . . . 12 58 4.8 Mexico 1, Costa Rica 1, Mexico wins 5-4 Bouchard, Canada, 6-3, 5-7, 8-6. Qiang
that had produced 29 runs in a pair of vic- pitcher’s value as the July 31 trade dead- Mets 4, Yankees 2 Young, LVA . . . . . . . . . . 13 62 4.8 on penalty kicks Wang (15), China, d. Vera Lapko, Belarus,
tories over the Red Sox in London over the line looms. As fans in the bleachers asked Philadelphia 2, Atlanta 0 Canada, SEA . . . . . . . . . 11 52 4.7 Sunday, June 30 6-2, 6-2. Sloane Stephens (9), United
Mitchell, PHO . . . . . . . . . .8 37 4.6 At Philadelphia States, d. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland,
weekend, and the bullpen faltered. the general manager about a potential fire Cincinnati 5, Milwaukee 4, 11 innings Williams, CON . . . . . . . . 13 45 3.5 Jamaica 1, Panama 0 6-2, 6-4. Yafan Wang, China, d. Tereza
United States 1, Curacao 0 Martincova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 7-5.
“It’s frustrating,” said Yankees reliever sale, Wheeler was showing what he could Washington 3, Miami 2 Robinson, MIN . . . . . . . . 12 41 3.4
Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic,
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh January, PHO. . . . . . . . . 10 34 3.4
Zack Britton, who gave up a two-run dou- provide for a contender, limiting the Yan- Montgomery, ATL . . . . . . 10 34 3.4 SEMIFINALS d. Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russia, 2-6,
Houston at Colorado 6-1, 6-1. Johanna Konta (19), Britain, d.
ble to Mets center fielder Michael Con- kees to two earned runs over 6⅓ innings. Hayes, ATL . . . . . . . .
Dantas, MIN. . . . . . . .
.
.
. 10
. 11
32 3.2
35 3.2
Tuesday, July 2 Ana Bogdan, Romania, 7-5, 6-2. Amanda
Arizona at L.A. Dodgers At Glendale, Ariz.
forto in the eighth. “We want to win those For now, Wheeler wanted to talk only San Francisco at San Diego Thomas, CON . . . . . . . . 13 41 3.2 Haiti vs. Mexico
Anisimova (25), United States, d. Sorana
Turner, PHO . . . . . . . . . .7 22 3.1 Cirstea, Romania, 6-3, 6-3. Magda
games and most of the time we will.” about his current team. St. Louis at Seattle Wright, Liberty . . . . . . . . .9 28 3.1
Wednesday, July 3 Linette, Poland, d. Anna Kalinskaya,
At Nashville, Tenn. Russia, 6-0, 7-6 (9). Kristina Mladenovic,
“I want to win here,” he said. “Hopefully WEDNESDAY
McCarty-Williams, DAL . . . 11 34 3.1 Jamaica vs. United States, 9 p.m. France, d. Vitalia Diatchenko, Russia, 7-5,
Quigley, CHI . . . . . . . . . 13 40 3.1
James Wagner contributed reporting. we can start rolling here.” Yankees (German 9-2) at Mets Bonner, PHO . . . . . . . . . 10 30 3.0 CHAMPIONSHIP
6-7 (4), 6-2. Petra Kvitova (6), Czech
(Vargas 3-3), 7:10 Republic, d. Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, 6-4,
Sunday, July 7 6-2.
Miami (Alcantara 4-7) at Washington BASEBALL At Chicago
(Strasburg 9-4), 6:05 Semifinal winners, 9 p.m. WIMBLEDON SCHEDULE

‘This One Was Worth It’: Yanks Chicago Cubs (Darvish 2-4) at Pitts-
burgh (Archer 3-6), 7:05
Milwaukee (Chacin 3-8) at Cincinnati
(Gray 4-5), 7:10
METS STATISTICS
BATTERS
McNeil
avg
.351
oba
.413
h 2b 3b hr rbi
95 23 1 6 34
M.L.S. STANDINGS
EAST
Philadelphia . . .
W L
.9 5
T Pts GF GA
5 32 34 25
WEDNESDAY
Court 1
Heather Watson, Britain, vs. Anett
Kontaveit (20), Estonia

Pay $5 Million for a 16-Year-Old

Smith .325 .415 40 8 0 8 14 D.C. United . . . .8 4 7 31 25 19 Karen Khachanov (10), Russia, vs.
Philadelphia (Pivetta 4-2) at Atlanta R.Davis .286 .286 2 0 0 1 3 Montreal . . . . . .9 8 3 30 24 31 Feliciano Lopez Diaz-Guerra, Spain
(TBD), 7:20 J.Davis .283 .346 56 9 1 9 25 Atlanta . . . . . . .9 6 2 29 23 15 Caroline Wozniacki (14), Denmark, vs.
Alonso .275 .370 85 19 2 28 64 Red Bulls . . . . .8 6 3 27 30 20 Veronika Kudermetova, Russia
Houston (Miley 6-4) at Colorado Ramos .271 .346 65 7 0 9 41 Court 3
(Lambert 2-0), 8:10 N.Y.C.F.C. . . . . .6 1 8 26 27 19
Frazier .261 .341 54 6 1 11 34 Toronto FC . . . .6 7 5 23 30 31 Elina Svitolina (8), Ukraine, vs. Margarita
By JAMES WAGNER look like after a few years of better nutri- San Francisco (Anderson 3-2) at San Rosario .258 .295 82 15 4 9 42 Orlando City . . .6 8 3 21 24 22 Gasparyan, Russia
Conforto .247 .363 68 16 0 16 43 Robin Haase, Netherlands, vs. Milos
The Yankees have not been shy about tion and training, but Rowland said Diego (Lauer 5-7), 9:10
Nido .244 .263 19 1 0 3 9
New England . . .5 8 5 20 20 35
Raonic (15), Canada
Arizona (Kelly 7-8) at L.A. Dodgers Chicago . . . . . .4 7 7 19 26 27
spending heavily in the international ama- Dominguez is ahead of the curve. Cano .243 .293 55 17 0 4 18 Columbus . . . . . 5 11 2 17 16 27 Felix Auger Aliassime (19), Canada, vs.
(Buehler 8-1), 10:10 Hechavarria .223 .255 21 4 0 4 15 Cincinnati . . . . . 3 13 2 11 15 42 Corentin Moutet, France
teur market, and it has paid off with some “With him, it’s not a matter of intensive St. Louis (Wainwright 5-7) at Seattle Nimmo .200 .344 26 7 0 3 14 Madison Keys (17), United States, vs.
Gomez .198 .278 17 3 0 3 10 Polona Hercog, Slovenia
of the brightest talents in the clubhouse: weight gain or strength,” Rowland said. (Leake 7-7), 10:10 Lagares .179 .247 25 5 0 2 15
WEST W L T Pts GF GA
Court 12
Los Angeles FC 11 2 4 37 39 14
Catcher Gary Sanchez, an All-Star in 2019 “He is strong and has tools now. We don’t METS 4, YANKEES 2
Guillorme .167 .211 3 0 0 0 0 LA Galaxy . . . . 10 7 1 31 24 22 Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, vs. Ajla
Broxton .143 .208 7 1 0 0 2 Seattle . . . . . . . 8 4 5 29 27 21 Tomljanovic, Australia
for the second time, pitcher Luis Severino have to wait three years for those long pro- Altherr .100 .182 1 0 0 1 1 FC Dallas . . . . . 7 7 5 26 27 25 Daniil Medvedev (11), Russia, vs. Alexei
New York (A) ab r h bi bb so avg. Popyrin, Australia
and third baseman Miguel Andujar were jections to happen.” LeMahieu 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .341
d'Arnaud
Team Totals
.087
.255
.160
.328
2 0 0 0 2
760 146 9122 397
San Jose . . . . . 7 6 4 25 28 27
Andreas Seppi, Italy, vs. Guido Pella (26),
Judge rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .290 Minnesota . . . . . 7 7 3 24 30 26
all signed as teenagers out of the Domi- Dominguez is a switch hitter and, ac- Hicks cf 3 0 1 0 1 2 .220 Houston . . . . . . 7 6 3 24 22 22 Argentina
PITCHERS w l era ip h bb so Danielle Rose Collins, United States, vs.
nican Republic. cording to Rowland, is projected to play Sanchez c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .256 O'Rourke 0 0 0.00 1.1 0 3 1
Real Salt Lake . . 7 8
Portland . . . . . . 6 8
2 23 24 28
2 20 25 28 Anastasija Sevastova (12), Latvia
Gregorius ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .301 Court 18
On Tuesday, the Yankees broke their center field. Rowland commended Encarnacion 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .226
Mazza
deGrom
0 0 2.25 4.0
4 7 3.32 103.0
5 0
92 22
2
128
Vancouver . . . . . 4 7 8 20 21 25
Su-Wei Hsieh (28), Taiwan, vs. Kirsten
Torres 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .295 Colorado . . . . . . 5 9 4 19 28 36
own record. They spent more than $5 mil- Dominguez’s “elite baseball tools” and Gardner lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .236
Lugo 4 2 3.51 41.0 36 13 53 Kansas City . . . . 4 6 7 19 27 29 Flipkens, Belgium
Vargas 3 3 3.66 66.1 57 28 57 Jeremy Chardy, France, vs. David Goffin
lion of their $5.4 million bonus pool allot- background (he said Dominguez came Paxton p 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Sewald 0 0 3.86 7.0 5 2 4
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point
(21), Belgium
Urshela ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .301 for tie.
ment for the 2019-20 period on Jasson from a blue-collar household in the north- Kahnle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Font 1 2 4.39 26.2 22 12 21 Saturday, June 29 Sofia Kenin (27), United States, vs.
Wheeler 6 5 4.42 114.0 110 32 123 Minnesota 7, Cincinnati 1 Dayana Yastremska, Ukraine
Dominguez, a talented 16-year-old out- ern part of the country). Ottavino p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Wilson 1 1 4.50 10.0 9 4 9 Atlanta 2, Montreal 1 Purav Raja, India and Jeevan
Britton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Syndergaard 5 4 4.56 100.2 98 27 98 Nedunchezhiyan, India, vs. Lleyton
fielder from the Dominican Republic who Rowland said many of the Yankees’ 50 Totals 31 2 6 2 2 10 Diaz 1 5 4.64 33.0 35 10 54
N.Y.C.F.C. 4, Philadelphia 2
Hewitt, Australia and Jordan Thompson,
New York (N) ab r h bi bb so avg. New England 2, Houston 1
is considered to be not only the top scouting reports highlighted Dominguez’s McNeil rf-lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .351
Peterson 0 0 4.91 7.1 7 7 3 Orlando City 2, Columbus 0 Australia
Matz 5 6 4.95 80.0 88 29 78 Toronto FC 1, D.C. United 1, tie
prospect in this class, but one of the best to hitting ability. He has been recorded hit- Alonso 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .275 Gsellman 1 1 5.08 44.1 49 16 46 Real Salt Lake 2, Kansas City 0
Davis lf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .283 TRANSACTIONS
ting balls up to 108 miles per hour — pow- Lagares pr-cf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .179
Bashlor 0 3 5.40 11.2 10 7 12 San Jose 3, LA Galaxy 0
come out of the international market in re- Frazier 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .261
Zamora 0 0 5.68 6.1 9 4 6 Seattle 1, Vancouver 0
erful even for a major leaguer — and has Pounders 1 0 6.14 7.1 9 2 5 Sunday, June 30
cent years. Cano 2b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .243 Santiago 1 0 6.75 8.0 10 5 6 BASKETBALL
been compared to some of the most well- Ramos c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .271 Flexen 0 3 6.92 13.0 14 13 10
Portland 1, FC Dallas 0
“We’ve signed a lot of international Conforto cf-rf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .247 Wednesday, July 3 N.B.A.
known names in baseball history, though Rosario ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .258
Gagnon 3 1 7.65 20.0 26 7 16 Seattle at N.Y.C.F.C., 7 p.m. CHICAGO BULLS — Signed G Adam
players per year, sometimes as high as Nogosek 0 1 7.71 4.2 7 2 3 Red Bulls at Houston, 9 p.m. Mokoka to a two-way contract.
Rowland declined to make comparisons Wheeler p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Familia 2 1 7.81 27.2 30 21 28
50,” Donny Rowland, the Yankees’ direc- Wilson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Rhame 0 0 8.10 3.1 3 5 2
Philadelphia at Orlando City, 7:30 p.m.
on Tuesday. Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .325 Atlanta at Chicago, 8 p.m. HOCKEY
tor of international scouting, said on a con- Lugo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Avilan 1 0 9.28 10.2 17 5 11 San Jose at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
“I don’t want to sell Jasson’s abilities Hechavarria ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .223
Lockett 0 1 11.74 7.2 10 3 6 Los Angeles FC at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. N.H.L.
ference call with reporters on Tuesday — Oswalt 0 1 12.15 6.2 9 6 5 Red Bulls at Houston, 9 p.m.
short, either,” he added. “He does have Diaz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Team Totals 39 47 4.82 765.2 767 285 787 ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed F Lawson
the first day of the new international ama- Totals 33 4 11 4 3 5 Columbus at Real Salt Lake, 10 p.m. Crouse to a three-year contract.
very, very high potential.” New York (A) 020 000 000—2 6 1
Thursday, July 4 CALGARY FLAMES — Signed F Justin
teur signing period. “And we like to diver- YANKEES STATISTICS D.C. United at FC Dallas, 9 p.m. Kirkland to a one-year, two-way
Dominguez was among 11 signings an- New York (N) 000 001 03x—4 11 0 New England at Colorado, 9 p.m.
sify, and we like volume. But in this case, contract.
nounced by the Yankees on Tuesday. Six E—LeMahieu (5). LOB—New York (A) 6, BATTERS avg oba h 2b 3b hr rbi Toronto FC at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m. CAROLINA HURRICANES — Announced
every now and then, the right player LeMahieu .341 .387 108 19 2 12 61 Saturday, July 6 they will match Montreal's offer sheet
came from the Dominican Republic, along New York (N) 8. 2B—Hicks (6), Davis (9),
Maybin .314 .391 37 7 0 5 14 Orlando City at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. to F Sebastian Aho on a five-year
comes along, this one was worth it. To a with two each from Colombia and Vene-
Conforto (16). HR—Davis (9), off Paxton.
Urshela .301 .351 63 14 0 6 38 Houston at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m. contract.
RBIs—Torres (48), Paxton (1), Davis 2 Minnesota at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
man, everyone on my staff agreed.” zuela, and one from Panama. Although (25), Conforto 2 (43). SB—Gregorius (1). Gregorius .301 .329 22 2 0 3 8
Seattle at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
ST. LOUIS BLUES — Re-signed F
CS—McNeil (5). S—Paxton 2. DP—New Torres .295 .363 84 14 0 19 48 Sammy Blais to a one-year contract.
The Yankees’ previous amateur signing Dominguez officially signed with the Yan- York (A) 2. Stanton .290 .421 9 1 0 1 7 Chicago at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. SAN JOSE SHARKS — Signed D Dalton
Judge .290 .415 29 2 0 7 17 Real Salt Lake at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Prout and F Jonny Brodzinski to one-
record was $3.2 million, for the Dominican kees on Tuesday, he had long been linked
New York (A) ip h r er bb so np era
Frazier .283 .330 54 11 0 11 34 Vancouver at Los Angeles FC, 10:30 p.m. year contracts and D Artemi Kniazev
Paxton 6 8 1 1 2 3 103 4.09 Sunday, July 7
shortstop Dermis Garcia in 2014. Garcia, to them; players and their trainers often KahnleH16 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 3.27 Voit .280 .393 82 14 1 17 50
Red Bulls at Atlanta, 2 p.m.
and Nikolai Knyzhov and F Zachary
OttavinoL3-3 Í/¯ 2 3 2 1 1 11 1.91 Estrada .280 .321 14 3 0 3 11 Gallant to entry-level contracts.
now 21, is playing for Class A Tampa and is reach unofficial verbal agreements with Britton Î/¯ 1 0 0 0 0 5 2.50 Sanchez .256 .325 62 7 1 23 54 Portland at N.Y.C.F.C., 6:30 p.m.
Gardner .236 .318 63 10 4 12 36
not ranked among the organization’s top teams before the international amateur New York (N) ip h r er bb so np era
Hicks .220 .316 29 6 0 6 24 M.L.S. LEADERS HORSE RACING
Wheeler 6Í/¯ 5 2 2 1 8 116 4.42
30 prospects, according to MLB.com. signing period. Wilson Î/¯ 0 0 0 0 0 9 4.50 Romine .216 .231 22 3 0 2 16
GOALS
NTRA — Announced Dr. Mary Scollay
LugoW4-2 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 3.51 Tauchman .208 .300 22 7 0 4 14 has been named executive director and
Rowland, as well as scouts from other In the baseball-crazy Dominican Re- DiazS18-22 1 1 0 0 0 2 25 4.64 Wade .204 .316 10 0 0 0 5 Carlos Vela, LFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 chief operating officer of The Racing
Higashioka .200 .188 3 2 0 0 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic, LA . . . . . . . . . . . 11
teams, are much more confident about public, where the per capita income is just T—3:11. A—42,150 (41,922).
Tulowitzki .182 .308 2 1 0 1 1 Josef Martinez, ATL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Medication and Testing Consortium.
Dominguez. Rowland said that when he Ford .179 .378 5 1 0 1 2 Wayne Rooney, DC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
over $1,000 a month, many hopeful TRANSACTIONS Morales .177 .320 11 1 0 1 5 Kei Kamara, COL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 SOCCER
first saw Dominguez play two years ago, prospects abandon school to begin train- Bird .171 .293 6 0 0 1 1 Nani, ORL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Encarnacion .149 .259 7 2 0 3 6 Diego Rossi, LFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Major League Soccer
he struggled to believe what he was see- ing at 12, if not sooner. They are often in- M.L.B. Andujar .128 .143 6 0 0 0 1 Chris Wondolowski, SJ . . . . . . . . . . . .8 CINCINNATI — Signed D Maikel van
der Werff.
ing. He said he kept asking the Yankees’ structed by buscones, a trainer who often American League
Team Totals .266 .342 750 127 8138 455 Felipe Gutierrez, KC . . . . . . . .
Sam Johnson, RSL . . . . . . . .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.7
.7 COLUMBUS CREW — Acquired M Luis
scouts if his eyes were correct. feeds and coaches the player but also YANKEES — Placed 1B Luke Voit on the PITCHERS w l era ip h bb so Krisztian Nemeth, KC . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Diaz from Club Sport Herediano (Liga
10-day IL, retroactive to Sunday. Recalled Romine 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 Alejandro Pozuelo, TOR . . . . . . . . . . .7 FPD-Costa Rica).
“It was a bit shocking and very impres- serves as an agent and takes a substantial LHP Nestor Cortes Jr. and OF Mike Chapman 1 1 1.36 33.0 23 9 47 Johnny Russell, KC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 PHILADELPHIA UNION — Signed D RJ
Ford from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Allen for the remainder of the season.
sive,” Rowland said. “Over time, he just cut of the amateur signing bonus. Signed C Jesus Bravo, 2B Jeison Anillo,
Ottavino 3 3 1.91 37.2 24 26 53 Saphir Taider, MTL . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
PORTLAND TIMBERS — Signed coach
Britton 3 1 2.50 36.0 26 20 26 ASSISTS
continued to show the same, if not better, Major League Baseball has made ef- OFs Jasson Dominguez and Felixander Hale 1 0 3.04 23.2 21 5 14 Maximiliano Moralez, N.Y.C.F.C. . . . . . 11
Giovanni Savarese and assistant
Severino, LHPs Miguel Pozo and Luis Kahnle 2 0 3.27 33.0 23 11 48 coaches Carlos Llamosa, Miles Joseph,
tools and performance.” forts over the years to clean up the ama- Urbano and RHPs Gerardo Abrego, Jose Tanaka 5 5 3.74 98.2 93 23 85
Diego Valeri, POR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Guillermo Valencia and Shannon Murray
Bernabe, Yordi Pichardo, Angel Sanchez Carlos Vela, LFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 to multi-year contract extensions.
Dominguez, generally listed at 5-foot-11 teur process in the Dominican Republic af- and Geralmi Santana to minor league
German 9 2 3.86 70.0 59 19 77 Nicolas Lodeiro, SEA . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Sabathia 5 4 4.04 69.0 68 26 66 Alejandro Pozuelo, TOR . . . . . . . . . . .8
and 195 pounds, is built more sturdily than ter the discoveries of players using false contracts. Released 1B/DH Kendrys Paxton 5 3 4.10 70.1 72 30 84 Michael Barrios, DAL . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 COLLEGE
Morales after clearing unconditional Harvey 1 0 4.50 10.0 11 7 11
a typical 16-year-old from the Dominican identities or performance-enhancing waivers. Loaisiga 1 1 4.50 14.0 13 8 13
Sebastian Blanco, POR . . . . . . . . . . . .7
CHOWAN — Promoted Michelle Aiken
Cristian Espinoza, SJ . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Republic. Scouts often have to project drugs in hopes of securing a more lucra- National League Cessa 0 1 4.61 41.0 41 15 41 Jan Gregus, MIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 to head trainer.
METS — Optioned RHPs Chris Flexen, Cortes Jr. 3 0 5.22 29.1 31 6 31 KANSAS STATE — Named Ally Connolly
what teenage prospects’ bodies might tive signing bonus. Brooks Pounders, Stephen Nogosek and Happ 7 4 5.23 84.1 89 19 66 GOALS-ALLOWED AVERAGE. director of women's basketball
Chris Mazza to Syracuse (IL). Assigned Green 2 2 6.04 28.1 39 6 37 Steve Clark, POR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.67 administration.
OF Carlos Gomez outright to Syracuse Adams 1 0 6.75 12.0 14 5 10 Tyler Miller, LFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.81 NEW MEXICO — Named Craig Snow
(IL). Recalled SS Luis Guillorme from Holder 5 2 6.81 35.2 40 11 40 Brad Guzan, ATL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.88 special assistant to the men's
Watch The Times. Syracuse. Reinstated LHPs Justin Wilson Tarpley 0 0 9.64 9.1 12 5 12 Bill Hamid, DC . . . . . . . . . .
Sean Johnson, N.Y.C.F.C. . . .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 1.00
. 1.15
basketball coach.
N.C. CENTRAL — Named Erlana Larkins
and Luis Avilan and RHP Jeurys Familia Barrett 0 0 14.73 3.2 6 2 4
NYTimes.com/Video. from the 10-day IL. Team Totals 54 29 4.23 739.0 705 253 765 Luis Robles, Red Bulls . . . . . . . . . . 1.19 women's assistant basketball coach.
2 DANCE 5 BOOK REVIEW

Savion Glover and the sound An immersive look

of searching. BY BRIAN SEIBERT
6 TELEVISION
at female sexuality,
Cary Elwes on ‘Stranger refracted three ways.
Things.’ BY BRIAN TALLERICO BY PARUL SEHGAL

NEWS CRITICISM WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019 C1

N

MANOHLA DARGIS FILM REVIEW

Summertime,
And Livin’
Isn’t Easy
A new horror movie by
the maker of ‘Hereditary’
is set in, gasp, Sweden.
WE HORROR-MOVIE LOVERS are cheap
dates. A creaking door and a shocking edit
can be all it takes for us to yelp in surrender,
as our sympathetic nervous systems kick in
and we grab our seat arms or each other. Ari
Aster, who made a splash last summer with
his feature directing debut, “Hereditary,”

Midsommar
Directed by Ari Aster

understands the genre’s fundamentals. But

his strength in that movie and his new one,
“Midsommar,” is the setup, that part when
he lays out his characters, their worlds and
the menace that closes on them like a claw.
A cautionary tale about bad relationships
and worse vacations, “Midsommar” gets its
creep on early. When it opens, Dani (Flor-
CONTINUED ON PAGE C6

GABOR KOTSCHY/A24

Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor play a couple

who go on an ill-advised trip in “Midsommar,”
above. Left, the dances look picturesque.

CSABA AKNAY/A24

Jussie Smollett Recheck She Fought

A special prosecutor is to
review allegations that the
state’s attorney’s office have released tens
of thousands of documents and many hours
of security camera footage related to the
And Bled
actor staged a hate crime.
For Liberty
case. The special prosecutor, who has yet to
be named, will use that trove of information
in deciding whether to prosecute Mr. Smol-
By JULIA JACOBS
lett, 37, or hold anyone else to account.
The Jussie Smollett case has been given a Here’s what we know from those records. By ALISON LEIGH COWAN
new life.
PHILADELPHIA — Hers has always been one
Five months ago, Mr. Smollett, the “Em- What Did the Evidence Show?
pire” actor, told the police he was the victim of the more astonishing, if little-known,
Abimbola Osundairo and Olabinjo Os- tales of the American Revolution: a woman
of a racist and homophobic attack in down- undairo, the brothers at the center of the
town Chicago, eliciting a wave of indigna- who stitched herself a uniform, posed as a
Smollett saga, told the police that the actor,
tion from politicians and celebrities. The po- man and served at least 17 months in an
who is black and gay, had paid them $3,500
lice conclusion was even more shocking: elite unit of the Continental Army. Wounded
to orchestrate the attack, directing them to
that Mr. Smollett had paid two acquaint- shout specific racist and homophobic epi- at least twice, Deborah Sampson carried a
ances to stage the assault. Then, just a thets at him and place a noose over his neck. musket ball inside her till the day she died in
month after he was arrested, prosecutors Mr. Smollett maintains his innocence, and 1827.
abruptly dropped the charges. his lawyers have said that any communica- While historians agree that Sampson
That seemed to put the case to rest, but in tions he had with the brothers, and any pay- served in uniform and spilled blood for her
the latest twist, a judge has ordered that a ment, had to do with a fitness regimen they country, gaps in the account have long led
special prosecutor review how the Cook were putting him through. some to wonder whether her tale had been
County State’s Attorney’s Office handled A cache of text messages released last romanticized and embellished — possibly
the case, and if necessary, to reopen the week shows Mr. Smollett texting with even by her.
prosecution of Mr. Smollett. With the fresh Abimbola Osundairo — a fitness trainer Did she fight in the decisive Battle of
scrutiny, the politically charged debate over who also had appeared on “Empire” — Yorktown, as she later insisted on multiple
the case is likely to continue for months. about training and buying drugs. One text occasions? And how did she keep her secret
In response to public records requests, in particular got the investigators’ atten- MICHELLE GUSTAFSON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES for the many months she served in Wash-
the Chicago Police Department and the CONTINUED ON PAGE C4 A diary sheds new light on Deborah Sampson, Continental Army soldier. CONTINUED ON PAGE C5
C2 N THE NEW YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

Dance
The Sound of His Own Searching
The Savion Glover experience
includes what he, as well as
the audience, can hear.
By BRIAN SEIBERT
NEWARK — “What does the sound look like
that you see when you are listening?”
This is how Savion Glover, the master tap
dancer, talks about tap. Late last week, he
was at Newark Symphony Hall here, in his
hometown, preparing a new show — it runs
through Sunday at the Joyce Theater in
Manhattan, his first appearance there since
2014 — and his post-rehearsal explanations
kept coming out like Zen meditations: “Do
you hear what you see? Or do you see what
you hear?”
Mr. Glover, 45, has been saying things like
this for decades. Usually, it’s to help audi-
ences respond to his dance as music, an ef-
fect he achieves more directly in perform-
ance.
Consider his appearance at the Blue Note
Jazz Club in Greenwich Village last week, a
kind of gig he does periodically. What you
could see there was Mr. Glover on a small,
amplified wooden stage, accompanied by a
saxophonist and a drummer.
His bearded face, framed by dreadlocks,
is a little more gaunt than it once was. His
body and how he moves it have grown
leaner. Palms up or floating heavenward, he
could look like a man in prayer. Crouched,
arms swinging, he could resemble a dancer
from a West African tradition. Often, his
movement looked like a hazy memory of
dancing, or a ghost.
But what you could hear was the opposite
of hazy. Mr. Glover has developed a sound
unlike anyone else’s. It’s not only that his
power, speed and articulation are unsur-
passed, his rhythms both trustworthy and
surprising. His sound is somehow bigger,
deeper. Its intensity cuts into you, implaca-
bly.
Mr. Glover’s focus is intense, too, but as PHOTOGRAPHS BY CELESTE SLOMAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

he improvises, he seems to tune into differ-

ent grooves, different snatches of old songs,
some of which he sings. He cracks jokes.
The overall impression is of an artist totally
at home in his art, which makes sense for
someone who has been performing in pub-
lic for 35 years, acclaimed for most of that
time as the greatest ever in his field. And
yet, most remarkably, the sound of Savion
Glover is the sound of someone still search-
ing.
“There’s always new rules to establish, a
new understanding for others to get hip to,”
he said in Newark. “I don’t want to finish
here, to find it here on Earth. I want to find it
when I can no longer communicate it to
you.”
“There’s obviously something going on in
my hearing,” he said at another point. “I
don’t hear the same as everyone else, and I
want to pay more attention to that — not
just in my musicality, but I might as well
translate it to my sense of existing.”
His new show for the Joyce, “Lady5 @
Savion Glover’s BaRoQUe’BLaK TaP café,”
addresses this broader sense of how he his longtime sidekick Marshall Davis Jr. But liard-trained performer and Broadway Clockwise from top: Samantha his tapping, that’s the kind of risk he likes to
hears. “It’s about how we only know what as in his 2007 show “Invitation to a Dancer,” dancer who later choreographed the music Berger, Savion Glover and take. “His general approach has been con-
we see,” he said, “until we hear something video for Michael Jackson’s “Bad,” and,
the men often play backup to a small en- Megan Gessner during sistent,” said Mr. Davis, who has appeared
that we’ve never heard before.”
semble of four women. with Michael Peters, a Broadway choreo- rehearsal at Newark Symphony in most of Mr. Glover’s productions of the
The setup, accordingly, is quite different
These women, for the most part, do not grapher best known for his work on seminal Hall; Glover preparing for his past 20 years. “It’s: ‘This is what I want to
from the one at the Blue Note. “It’s for a dif-
tap. They strike haughty poses and sexual Jackson videos, “Beat It” and “Thriller.” show at the Joyce Theater in express. Let’s see if they get it.’”
ferent community,” Mr. Glover said, “which Manhattan; and hearing
attitudes. They emote. What to call this Jimmy Slyde and the hoofers like him — Ultimately, though, Mr. Glover said that
means a different ear.” The dancers wear footsteps, but no tapping.
style? Jazz? Contemporary? “Don’t call it “those are my guys,” Mr. Glover said, “my what people think is not really his concern.
costumes that represent, perhaps, the
masks of social convention. “Once we real- anything,” Mr. Glover said. “It’s just energy. Jesus.” But Mr. Burge and Mr. Peters are Neither are such public matters as the gen-
ize we don’t need these masks,” he said, “we It’s just body language.” also “distant mentors.” Their style, “be- eral state of tap today.
can just be ourselves, and, dance-wise, ev- As with most aspects of Mr. Glover’s art, cause it didn’t have a chance to get labeled,” “I have a lot of rap songs about bad tap
erything changes.” though, this body language has roots in his he said, isn’t as remembered and influential ‘There’s always new dancers that maybe they’ll release when
past, in his childhood, starting when he was as Mr. Glover thinks it should be. I’m dead, but I had to remove myself from
This theme of artifice and authenticity is rules to establish, a new
an abiding one for Mr. Glover. One of the 10, already starring on Broadway in “The To him, they represent the scene he found all that,” he said. “I had to realize that I’m
Tap Dance Kid.” in the early 1980s at the Hines-Hatchett stu- understanding for others me. I’m different from any other tap dance
first pieces of group choreography he ever
made, at 18, was called “The Real Deal.” The The story that Mr. Glover has most often dio, which later became Broadway Dance to get hip to.’ in the world.”
desire to draw a distinction between what’s told about that past is what happened next: Center. “Everybody was going there,” Mr. SAVION GLOVER These days, he concentrates on “things
fake and what’s real ran through his Tony how he came under the influence of a grand- Glover remembered: “Brooke Shields, Jody that will better serve me,” he said, “because
Award-winning choreography for the 1996 fatherly generation of African-American Watley.” that will better serve the art.” He wants to
Broadway show “Bring in da Noise, Bring tap dancers, like Jimmy Slyde and Lon “I was inspired by studio dancers you “eat good, drink good, do all God acts.” He’s
in da Funk,” his contributions to Spike Lee’s Chaney, and their middle-age inheritor, don’t know: 4:30 intermediate jazz class,” devoted to his 14-year-old son, Chaney, who
2000 film “Bamboozled” and his Tony-nomi- Gregory Hines. The tap style of these men, he continued. “I was in the doorway, watch- hung around the Newark rehearsal with
nated choreography for the 2016 Broadway who called him the Sponge for his preco- ing.” earbuds in.
musical “Shuffle Along.” cious interest and ability, is what he’s al- Those memories inform the new Joyce “I have the same mission I always had,”
This time, the music is all recorded: an ways presented as the real deal. show. In the program, Mr. Glover writes of Mr. Glover said. “To do me, express me. I
eclectic mix encompassing Bach, Astor Pi- But the Sponge wasn’t soaking up only an imaginary conversation with Mr. Burge, found out that I can make you cry and laugh
azzolla and 1970s jams by Quincy Jones and their influence. One of his co-stars in “The who died in 1998, and gives an “overseen and do things that you don’t know why
Stevie Wonder, as well as more recent Tap Dance Kid” was Hinton Battle, a Broad- by” credit to Mr. Peters, who died in 1994. you’re doing them, all through tap dance.
tracks by Lorde, Bjork and the spoken-word way triple threat with ballet training. Mr. If, to some people, the look of that style That’s what I’m here to do. Tap dance is why
poet Jae Nichelle. Mr. Glover taps, as does Battle was friends with Gregg Burge, a Juil- might seem an odd match for the sound of I exist.”

#SPEAKINGINDANCE

Fairy-Tale Princess
Yearns to Fly Away
“I like that she’s a human princess,” Katherine Williams said of
Princess Florine in Alexei Ratmansky’s “The Sleeping Beauty,”
which American Ballet Theater performs through Saturday at the
Metropolitan Opera House. “She’s in love with the Bluebird, and he
comes to her window every night and brings her jewels. This varia-
tion is about her calling to him; they’re trying to escape together.”
Before she got the part, Ms. Williams, left, didn’t realize that
Florine was a princess, not a bird. “It opened my eyes,” she said. “A
lot of people play her as a bird, especially in the way they use their
arms.” The dancer performs chaînés — turns on two feet — on
demi-pointe, with the weight placed on the ball of the foot, rather
than on full point. Ms. Williams said she liked them, though they’re
difficult. “It’s harder to fit your legs together,” she said, but “I think
they’re cute.” As Florine, she added: “Everything that I do is warm
and light. It’s like a love pas de deux, but because it’s a fairy tale
it’s not that passionate. It’s a lighter love.” GIA KOURLAS
#SpeakingInDance is a weekly exploration of dance. For more,
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Museum postwar director Paul the time, in a letter to retailers, someone.” There were also fake first chart-topper, finished its
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The heirs have not filed suit to recapture the experience of for issues No. 194 and No. 195 for units, combining four million
By Mondrian’s Heirs reclaim the works, and Krefeld visiting a comic store and not August and September, which we song streams with 84,000 in
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Tuesday rebuffed a claim from that any claim would be time- But surprises like this one can Regular issues of The Walking digital, according to Nielsen.
the heirs of the pioneering Dutch barred under German law. be difficult to pull off. Dead, which is published by “7,” the debut eight-song EP by
abstract artist Piet Mondrian The heirs countered in a state- There is a monthly catalog Skybound, an imprint of Image Lil Nas X following his smash
who say that four works (above) ment that the museum has no from Diamond Comic Distribu- Comics, are normally 32 pages viral single, comes in at No. 2
in a museum owned by the city right to hold onto the works and tors that contains blurbs for and have a cover price of $3.99. with 77,000 units, including 90
had been lent, but not given, to that, as their lawyers had previ- comics scheduled to arrive in Issue No. 193 is 84 pages and — million streams and just 3,853 in
the institution some 90 years ously noted, “the lawsuit could future months. (There are also in another surprise — is being album sales (and 79,000 in indi-
ago. sold for the same price. The vidual track downloads). TOURMALINE The
take place in the United States inevitable leaks, when retailers
The city said research it com- story, which will not be described Still, the remix of “Old Town filmmaker’s new video piece
and the claims are not statute- receive their comics a day or two
missioned in response to the barred there.” here, is drawn by Charlie Adlard. Road” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus “Salacia” ends its run on the
ahead of the Wednesday sale
claim supports the view that it is The comic also contains a remains atop the Billboard Hot High Line. The High Line,
CATHERINE HICKLEY date.) The description for the
the rightful owner. six-page afterword by Kirkman. 100 singles chart for the 13th West 14th Street.
issue, No. 193 (below), made it
Krefeld conceded it has no GEORGE GENE GUSTINES consecutive week, marking the thehighline.org.
seem as if it were just another
legal proof the paintings are chapter in the series with the longest-ever reign for a hip-hop
rightfully in its collection. But Comic Book Twist: blurb “out in the countryside, hit. (The record for the longest-
“everything suggests that the A Last and Final Issue trouble is brewing for a certain Jack White’s Raconteurs running No. 1 hit is 16 weeks,
pictures came to Krefeld legally,” achieved by Mariah Carey and
Frank Meyer, the city’s mayor, Fans of The Walking Dead comic Top the Album Chart Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day”
said in a statement. “The report book are in for a shock: The and, more recently, “Despacito,”
Lil Nas X may be the current
confirms our position that there newest issue, arriving on king of streaming thanks to his by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee,
are no grounds for restitution.” Wednesday, is also the final one. unstoppable single “Old Town featuring Justin Bieber.)
The paintings have been in the Robert Kirkman, the creator Road,” but old-fashioned live The rest of the Top 5 features
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in and writer of The Walking Dead, rock ’n’ roll and vinyl sales com- familiar names from this sum-
Krefeld since at least 1950. But has been known to throw his bined to keep him from a No. 1 mer in music: “When We All Fall
how they arrived there is still a readers curveballs, but this one album. Asleep, Where Do We Go?” by
mystery. is the biggest — and presumably “Help Us Stranger,” the new Billie Eilish is No. 3 in its 13th
Mondrian’s heirs, who commis- the last — for this comic. LP by Jack White’s Raconteurs, week on the charts; “Happiness
sioned their own provenance Last month, Kirkman shocked tops the Billboard album chart Begins” by the Jonas Brothers is GALANTIS A DJ performance
report, say the artist lent at least fans with the death of Rick this week thanks largely to a No. 4; and “Free Spirit” by from the Swedish electronic
eight works to the museum 90 Grimes, who had been the lead bundle that combined the release Khalid is No. 5. Last week’s No. 1
dance music duo. 11 p.m. at
years ago for an exhibition that character since the first issue with tickets to the band’s sum- album, “Madame X” by Madonna
was published in October 2003. — another release carried to the Marquee NYC.
never took place and left them mer tour, as well as what Bill-
behind when he fled Europe And Kirkman previously sur- board said was 25,000 vinyl LPs top by ticket bundling — fell to marqueeny.com.
during World War II. Only four prised comic book stores last sold — the largest vinyl sales No. 77 in its second week out,
remain in the city collection — year with free copies of his week of the year so far and the after a 90-percent decline in
the remaining four were sold or Die!Die!Die! Comic, which was sixth largest since 1991. sales.
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The actor
Jussie Smollett
arriving for
court in March.

Jussie
Smollett:
Rechecking
The Case
CONTINUED FROM PAGE C1
tion: On Jan. 25, four days before the attack,
Mr. Smollett sent a message to Mr. Os-
undairo saying: “Might need your help on
the low. You around to meet up and talk face
to face?”
The brothers told the police that Mr.
Smollett had picked them up in his car later
that day, and that while they drove around
the neighborhood, he proposed they help
him stage the attack, according to a detec-
tive’s report. One clip from security camera
footage shows Mr. Smollett’s black Mer-
cedes pulling up in an alley behind one of
the brothers’ homes that afternoon.
The brothers told the police that Mr.
Smollett picked them up again on Jan. 27 ASHLEE REZIN/CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
and drove them around downtown Chicago
to plan the details of the attack. undairo had a reason to try to hurt Mr. Smol- ordinates to drop the charges.
According to a search warrant, the police lett. Citing state law, a judge ruled on June 21
obtained phone records showing that one of A lawyer for the brothers, Gregory Kulis, that Ms. Foxx should have asked the court
the brothers called Mr. Smollett around 1 declined to address specific comments to appoint a special prosecutor.
a.m. on Jan. 29. About an hour later, they ap- made by his clients, saying that the evi-
proached him near the building where he dence in the case pointed to the attack being Why Did Prosecutors Drop the Charges?
was staying. The brothers told detectives a hoax. The brothers have sued Mr. Smol- One set of documents released by the state’s
they had yelled racial and homophobic slurs lett’s legal team, claiming that the lawyers attorney’s office suggested that prosecu-
at Mr. Smollett, began hitting him while try- defamed the brothers by, among other tors were thinking of settling Mr. Smollett’s
ing not to hurt him badly, poured bleach on things, saying they sold illicit steroids. charges only days after he was indicted. But
him that they had put in a hot sauce bottle it was not clear whether they were trying to
(the original plan was to use gasoline), What Was Kim Foxx’s Role? extract a guilty plea, or perhaps reach an
threw a rope around Mr. Smollett’s neck and agreement where Mr. Smollett would admit
then ran away. Kim Foxx is the top official in the state’s at-
torney’s office and would normally have wrongdoing and pay a fine but serve no
Various surveillance cameras captured time, a common arrangement for someone
their flight. One recorded them running been in charge of prosecuting Mr. Smollett.
But a week before Mr. Smollett was ar- without a previous felony record.
past a building near the attack.
rested, the office released a statement say- By late March, the office had agreed to a
Mr. Smollett, meanwhile, entered his
ing Ms. Foxx was separating herself from plan in which Mr. Smollett would do some
building, and a short while later, his creative
undairo for help “on the low,” he was asking the case. community service and forfeit the $10,000
director, Frank Gatson, whom he had told of
for help getting herbal steroids — which she Early in the investigation, when Mr. bond paid for his release, in exchange for
the attack, called 911 to report it.
said were illegal in the United States but not Smollett was still considered a victim, Ms. the office dropping the charges, with no ad-
Police body-camera footage showed the
in Nigeria — so that Mr. Smollett could lose Foxx had communicated with Mr. Smol- mission of guilt. One email between a law-
moment officers entered Mr. Smollett’s
weight before a music video shoot. The lett’s representatives, who were hoping that yer for Mr. Smollett and prosecutors dis-
apartment and encountered him, with a
brothers, who have family in Nigeria, made the F.B.I. could take over the case from the cussed the agreement.
white rope around his neck. He told them he
had kept the rope on because, he said, “I just a trip there soon after the attack. Police Department. Text messages re- Ms. Foxx’s office said publicly that it had
wanted you-all to see.” He eventually told Ms. Glandian said that the meetings be- leased by the state’s attorney’s office dropped the charges because Mr. Smollett
the police about the attack, saying that al- tween the brothers and Mr. Smollett on Jan. showed Ms. Foxx trying to help. was not a threat to public safety and be-
though his assailants wore masks, he could 25 and Jan. 27 were related to obtaining the But as it became clear that Mr. Smollett cause he had a record of service to the com-
tell that one of his attackers was white. steroids, and that the phone calls had to do could be a suspect, Ms. Foxx tapped her munity. In an op-ed in The Chicago Tribune,
Eddie Johnson, the police superintend- with scheduling training sessions. She deputy at the state’s attorney’s office to han- Ms. Foxx wrote that there “were specific as-
ent, said after Mr. Smollett’s arrest that one noted that the police had found in the broth- dle the case. Some in her office objected to pects of the evidence and testimony
of the Osundairo brothers had spoken with presented to the office that would have
the actor on the phone about an hour after made securing a conviction against Smol-
the attack. But the search warrant records lett uncertain,” without elaborating. Some
show their next phone call was actually of the correspondence that could shed light
about 18 hours later. (A police spokesman, on prosecutors’ thinking remains sealed un-
Anthony Guglielmi, said last week that the der a state law that protects their internal
superintendent had misspoken.) ers’ digital records evidence that one of that decision, arguing that Ms. Foxx should deliberations from public release.
After the brothers were arrested, they ad- them had been looking up information on have moved the case out of her office en- Some city officials, including the police
mitted to detectives that they were the at- the steroids. tirely. A veteran lawyer in her office pro- superintendent, were angry that prosecu-
tackers — but said that Mr. Smollett had She added that Abimbola Osundairo sent vided an opinion saying that she could not tors dropped the charges and adamant that
paid them to do it. a text to Mr. Smollett about 16 hours after simply hand the case to her deputy. Mr. Smollett should pay more, given the
In general, the police documents describe the attack, saying that he was “praying for a Text messages with different colleagues many hours of detective work expended on
the evidence they used to conclude that Mr. speedy recovery.” showed Ms. Foxx expressing that she felt the case. The City of Chicago, which over-
Smollett staged the attack, but they don’t “This text alone shows that this was not a her office was treating Mr. Smollett too sees the Police Department but not the
contain a smoking gun that unequivocally hoax,” Ms. Glandian said. harshly, noting that he was facing more state’s attorney’s office, has filed a lawsuit
confirms the brothers’ account. There are Some text messages found in a search of counts than R. Kelly, whom the office is against Mr. Smollett, demanding more than
no recordings or text messages in which Mr. Olabinjo Osundairo’s phone records showed prosecuting on sexual assault charges. (Mr. $130,000. Now, the defense team faces the
Smollett discusses plans for an attack. him making homophobic comments — evi- Kelly has pleaded not guilty.) But there has possibility that the special prosecutor could
Tina Glandian, one of his lawyers, said dence that Mr. Smollett’s lawyers would been no evidence to date that Ms. Foxx, who revive the criminal case against Mr. Smol-
that when Mr. Smollett asked Abimbola Os- most likely have used to argue that Mr. Os- is up for re-election in 2020, pushed her sub- lett.

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 THE NEW YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019 N C5

The Woman Who Fought and Bled for Liberty

CONTINUED FROM PAGE C1
ington’s light infantry?
Now, scholars say the discovery of a long-
forgotten diary, recorded more than 200
years ago by a Massachusetts neighbor of
Sampson, is addressing some of the ques-
tions and sharpening our understanding of
one of the few women to take on a combat
role during the Revolution.
“Deb Sampson, her story is mostly lost to
history,” said Philip Mead, the chief histori-
an and director of curatorial affairs at the
Museum of the American Revolution in
Philadelphia. “So, finding a little piece of it is
even more important than finding another
piece of George Washington’s history.”
The museum bought the diary for an un-
disclosed sum after Dr. Mead spotted it at a
New Hampshire antiques show last sum-
mer. He plans to showcase it next year with
other items about the role American women
played in the Revolution, as part of a larger
celebration of the 100th anniversary of the
19th Amendment.
The skeletal facts of Sampson’s military
service have long been known. After at least

Deborah Sampson posed

as a man and served in
Washington’s army.

one failed attempt to enlist, she ultimately

succeeded in joining and fighting with a
Massachusetts company that saw action in
the Hudson Valley. Her secret went undis-
covered until 1783, when, just months be-
fore the war’s end, she fell sick in Philadel-
phia and was found out by a doctor. There
was no reprimand, just an honorable dis-
charge.
Untangling the fuller story has been
more complicated. She left only a smatter-
ing of records in her own words and seems
to have exaggerated her exploits at the urg- PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHELLE GUSTAFSON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
ing of Herman Mann, a sensationalist news-
paper publisher. He took liberty with the Above, a recently resurfaced for the rest of the war.
facts in memoirs he ghostwrote for her in diary by Abner Weston, a Dressing as a man was considered a
1797, and had a hand in a florid speech she Massachusetts militia member, crime in Massachusetts at the time, and
delivered during a paid lecture tour of New provides new details about his Sampson’s audacity later invited the wrath
England. Each performance included a mo- neighbor Deborah Sampson, of the Baptist Church. In September 1782,
ment when she theatrically switched out of who posed as a man and served while she, long gone, served with her unit
her dress and reappeared in light infantry at least 17 months in the under an assumed name, church elders, still
garb. Continental Army. The Museum reeling from her earlier attempt to enlist,
Sampson “is a challenging figure,” said of the American Revolution in excommunicated her, citing her for “dress-
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, a Harvard profes- Philadelphia, right, plans to ing in men’s cloths and inlisting” and other
sor who is an expert on forgotten women, make it part of a display conduct they considered “loose and un-
“because she recreated herself so many marking the often overlooked Christian like.”
times — and then was recreated again by contributions of women to the After the war, Sampson married a Massa-
her supposed biographer.” colonists’ campaign for chusetts farmer, raised a family and spent a
As recently as 2016, Meryl Streep recast freedom. lot of time fighting Congress to get back pay
history a bit while praising Sampson as a
for her wartime service. Paul Revere and
model of “grit and grace” at the Democratic
John Hancock both helped her in that partly
National Convention. She referred to Samp-
successful effort.
son as “the first woman to take a bullet for
her country.” That designation more prop- The museum’s discovery of the diary also
erly belongs to New York’s Margaret ended well. The document had turned up
Corbin, who never enlisted but continued to among miscellaneous papers purchased en
fire her husband’s cannon when he fell at masse by DeWolfe & Wood Booksellers in
Fort Washington in 1776. Alfred, Me., last year. One of the owners,
The diary, written by Abner Weston, sug- Frank P. Wood, later brought it with him to
gests Sampson most likely did not fight at read at the New Hampshire Antiques Show,
Yorktown as she claimed. He dates Samp- which Dr. Mead attended while on vacation.
son’s botched enlistment to a period around The two men got to talking. Dr. Mead,
Point in 1781. Two of the diaries are already Sampson’s motivation for enlisting has who had studied Weston’s other diaries as
January 1782, months after the British held by the National Archives. never been clear. Unabashed patriotism?
thrashing at Yorktown. part of his doctoral work at Harvard, men-
The third diary that just resurfaced is a Financial distress? tioned his new role at the museum. Mr.
“If you really want to put her at York-
hand-stitched, 68-page account of the peri- In the last years of the war, towns that Wood whipped out the diary to get his vis-
town, you could start stretching it, but that
od between March 28, 1781, and Aug. 16, struggled to fill their quotas of recruits of- itor’s take.
sounds like pretty strong evidence that she
1782, which Weston updated while back fered bounties to attract volunteers. Samp- Soon they had a deal.
probably wasn’t there,” said David Osborn,
site manager of historic St. Paul’s Church in home in Middleborough, Mass., where son, born to an indigent family in Plympton, The filmmaker Ken Burns, who is creat-
Mount Vernon, N.Y., a national park site Sampson also lived. Mass., around 1760, certainly might have ing a documentary about the American
that dates to the Revolution. In an entry for Jan. 23, 1782, Weston, then needed the money. She had previously Revolution, said he might feature Sampson
Dr. Osborn noted that Sampson would 21, wrote with variant spelling about an “un- worked as an indentured servant. in the work. He said the fact that the diary
hardly be the first veteran to place herself at common affair” that rocked the town. A What’s clear, according to evidence in the undermined her account of serving at York-
the scene of a prominent battle that might woman, posing as a man, had tried to enlist. Massachusetts Archives, is that later that town did not affect the overall impact of her
be more familiar to folks back home. “Their hapend a uncommon affair at this year she tried to enlist again, 40 miles away story.
Weston, who served as corporal in the time,” he wrote, “for Deborah Samson of in Bellingham, Mass. History is complicated, he said.
Massachusetts militia, created at least this town dress her self in men’s cloths and This time her gambit worked, and in May “She clearly bled for the cause,” he con-
three diaries that chronicle the war years, hired her self to Israel Wood to go into the 1782 she accepted a bounty to suit up in tinued. “It becomes super-important that
including his deployment to help defend three years Servis. But being found out re- place of folks from Uxbridge, one town over. we don’t impose modern sensibilities on
Rhode Island in 1780 and to reinforce West turnd the hire and paid the Damages.” She called herself Robert Shurtleff, her alias what this speaks.”

PARUL SEHGAL BOOKS OF THE TIMES

Embedded on a Mission to Explore the Urgency of Desire

A journalist immerses herself nagging questions about why it remains so
difficult for some women to access their se-
no mention of #MeToo, gender roles or the
wider world at all. The focus stays trained
in the sex lives and secrets of cret lives, to name — let alone pursue — on the women — their childhoods, their re-
three American women. their desires. lationships with men and their mothers —
“X,” Susan Sontag calls it in her journal — bookended by sections in which the author
“the scourge” — her despised agreeable- expresses vague hopes of kindling empathy
EACH OF US possesses three lives, Gabriel ness and passivity. in her readers.
García Márquez told his biographer Gerald Taddeo’s subjects are all white, young Her intentions partly feel wobbly be-
Martin: a public life, a private life and a se- and (mostly) heterosexual — selected, she cause the language of the book is so incon-
cret life. says utterly straight-faced, for their “relata- sistent, full of odd homilies — an assembly
Imagine a biography that charted only bility.” What’s clear is that the origins of the line of truly terrible metaphors. I was awe-
the secret life. The journalist Lisa Taddeo book are, in fact, personal. There’s one par- struck by their number, dottiness, incom-
has produced something of the sort in ticular seam Taddeo traces through each prehensibility. How does a big oven resem-
“Three Women,” a vexed, nearly decade- life, of docility and faintly flickering defi- ble, as Taddeo writes, “a new marriage”?
long investigation into the sex lives and de- ance — echoes of her mother’s story. How can wine taste like “cool sneezes”?
sires of three American women: Maggie, a “Sometimes it seemed that she didn’t What, in fact, are “cool sneezes”? Have you
North Dakota teenager in a clandestine re- have any desires of her own,” she writes. ever met a man who “exudes the pale
lationship with her English teacher; Lina, a “Her sexuality was merely a trail in the sweetness of a cashew”? Or found, that
Three Women married homemaker in Indiana having an woods, the unmarked kind that is made by when he turns friendly, he resembles “a
By Lisa Taddeo affair with her high school boyfriend; and boots trampling tall grass. And the boots be- gleaming, avuncular oyster”? These are
306 pages. Avid Reader Press. lovely, aloof Sloane, from Newport, R.I., longed to my father.” When newly widowed, not the worst offenders. They are, in the in-
$27. whose husband likes watching her with however, that same, silent woman ap- J. WAITE terest of space, the shortest ones. The most
other men. grievous is a paragraph-long comparison of
proached Taddeo, asking for help using the Lisa Taddeo
Taddeo spent “thousands of hours” with computer. “I want to see about a man,” she a certain kind of narrative of passion to rid-
the women, crisscrossing the country six said. “A man I knew before your father.” ing a bicycle backward into another dimen-
times, moving to their towns for years on perfect storm of possibility,” Taddeo writes. sion (a dimension to which I would have oc-
In these stories, desire is desolation, with
end. She even tailed Lina on assignations “When he can see her easily and not risk be- casionally liked to consign this book).
roots in trauma. All three women have been
with her married lover: “After they left, I ing caught or being in trouble with work or
punished by men and shamed by other These are not merely cosmetic flaws, or
would go to exactly where they’d been to wasting too much gas. But even then, he
women. Their sexual lives are dictated by matters of taste. To see language treated so
take in the scenery and the smells and the won’t mind if he doesn’t. Even then he can
their husbands and lovers — Maggie abides shabbily shakes the reader’s confidence; if
sounds.” take it or leave it.” She accepts the terms
by the rules established by her controlling a writer can’t work her way around a sen-
“Three Women” arrives on gusts of ful- without much rancor, amazed to find her
teacher, and Sloane sleeps with the men her tence or land a metaphor, what assurance
some blurbs and comparisons, by its pub- needs met at all. The other women are more
husband chooses for her even when she have we that she can parse her subjects’
lisher, to the works of J. Anthony Lukas, lost; their notion of what they need has be-
doesn’t much care for them. Lina has traumas, their complex, sometimes incho-
Katherine Boo and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, come inextricably tangled up with what
sought to take charge of her life, separating ate yearnings?
giants of narrative journalism. It’s a pity. To they have been taught to want and learned
unfairly and unnecessarily elevate this from a man who refused to kiss her and The faux-literary language seems larded
whose idea of foreplay was to drum his fin- to tolerate. on to distract from the book’s essential pes-
book gives it so far to fall. What we have in-
gers on her arm and ask, “Feel like doin’ it?” Is it apparent what Taddeo herself wants simism about power and conflict between
stead is something much more modest — an
She takes up with an ex-boyfriend — and a for this book? She has said she intended to men and women. That harshness, however,
immersive look at a particular story of fe-
novel set of humiliations. take the pulse of American sexuality, updat- is a great strength of the book. The boldness
male sexuality, albeit refracted three ways.
It’s florid and sometimes inexcusably “The truth is — Lina knows it in clear mo- ing Gay Talese’s 1980 study of the sexual in “Three Women” — and its missteps — are
clumsy but also bracing, bleak and full of ments on clear days — he thinks of her only revolution, “Thy Neighbor’s Wife,” from a both born of the risks Taddeo takes; she is a
when it’s convenient and when he’s drunk female perspective. But this is not a book in- writer who knows “there’s nothing safer
Follow Parul Sehgal on Twitter: @parul_sehgal. and when he’s bored and when there is a terested in capturing a zeitgeist — there is than wanting nothing.”
C6 N THE NEW YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

There’s an Upside to All This Nostalgia

Cary Elwes is the latest ’80s
hero to take a starring role on
‘Stranger Things.’
By BRIAN TALLERICO
Netflix’s “Stranger Things” returns Thurs-
day for another season of the Upside Down,
paranormal pyrotechnics and ’80s nostal-
gia. And as in the first two seasons, the cre-
ators Matt and Ross Duffer have given a
supporting role to a well-known actor from
the era.
Following in the footsteps of past
“Stranger Things” guest stars is Cary El-
wes, who in Season 3 plays Larry Kline, the
fast-talking mayor of Hawkins, Ind. Elwes
acknowledges that he is still most recog-
nized for one of the most beloved films of the
’80s: Rob Reiner’s “The Princess Bride.”
The actor discussed what joining the
show meant to him, what Netflix is doing to
the industry and why “The Princess Bride”
is “the gift that keeps on giving.” Here are
edited excerpts from the conversation.
How did you get involved with “Stranger
Things”?
It was the only show I binge-watched with
my wife. I wasn’t somebody who did a lot of
bingeing. But that show was so gripping
that we actually canceled a lot of plans that
we had because we just couldn’t stop watch-
ing it. And I don’t think I was alone in that
experience. So when I got the call from the
Duffers — that they wanted me to come in
and meet on it — I was obviously very excit-
ed.
Have you ever experienced that kind of
serendipity in your career before?
Coppola. [Francis Ford Coppola directed
“Bram Stoker’s Dracula.”] Coppola is some- NETFLIX

one who I dreamed of working with. I had

studied his work very carefully. So when we is not a bad time even if people have issues enon that you can’t recreate in your living Cary Elwes, above, plays the
met, I think I talked his ear off for about an with it in terms of fashion. [Laughs.] Myself room. But the younger generation really town mayor in Season 3 of
hour. He was very sweet about that. I’ve had included. There are some photographs of doesn’t care about that. “Stranger Things.” Left, with
a wonderful career really. some jackets I’ve torn up. On the whole, it Robin Wright in the 1987 movie
Is there a way to make them care?
was a great time for movies. It was a great “The Princess Bride.”
How secretive is the production of “Stranger Probably IMAX or something that can’t be
time for music. By the way, the Duffers are
Things”? How much did they tell you about recreated at home. I don’t know what it is
very talented at picking songs for this show.
how and where you would fit in to the over- yet. Somebody’s going to invent it. I don’t
So it’s fun.
all story of the season? think it will be dead and gone forever, but I
We discussed the character and explored You’ve been in film and TV a long time — think it will be much more limited. We have
his past and nuances in great detail. I was how does the Netflix Era feel different to a movie theater in Pacific Palisades called
allowed to base the character on a number you? Cinépolis, and they do retro films. I took a
of politicians that I like, and they were Netflix changed the business altogether. friend to see “Butch Cassidy and the Sun-
agreeable to that. They could only tell me MGM They came along and revolutionized every- dance Kid” in a pristine print — not one spot
what my character would be doing for this thing. Their talent for picking content and or speck or glitch — and I saw things I had
season and not any further than that — sim- Cameron. picking talent. They have a great knack for never seen before!
ply that he was one of those politicians more having their finger on the pulse of what’s in
Sure, sure. They want everybody to know the zeitgeist, this show being possibly the
Why do you think “The Princess Bride”
interested in getting the constituent’s votes remains so resonant, to the point that it
what their influences are per season and most important. They’re very hands off, and
than in the community as a whole. feels as if people talk about it more now
[Laughs.] sometimes per episode. For this season, it that attracts more talent. A lot of filmmak-
was some Stephen King, “Fast Times at than 30 years ago?
ers who have done network television have
Without spoiling whether it’s a possibility Ridgemont High,” a couple others. They’re I don’t know! Bill Goldman [who wrote the
felt like they had their vision stifled a little
for your character, would you come back to very influenced by this period and by the novel and film version of “The Princess
bit. Who doesn’t want to flock to a studio
the show if the opportunity presented it- films and pop culture of this period, and Bride”] wrote a book, “Adventures in the
where they leave you alone?
self? their attention to detail is phenomenal. Screen Trade,” that says, “In Hollywood, no
It would obviously be a great honor. I had so When they create an atmosphere on a set, Where do we go from here? one knows anything.” And what he meant
much fun doing it. They’re terrific folks. I you feel it. For an actor, that’s a great thing. I think you’re going to see the theatergoing by that was that if they knew what a hit
was obviously a little nervous about joining Half your work is done for you when you experience die out and change altogether. would be, they would make them all the
this cast because they’ve been working to- have filmmakers or showrunners that cre- You’re going to have event movies that time. It’s a crapshoot. What I think “Prin-
gether for a long time and I was the “new ate a life that’s so real that you don’t have to probably last a day or two. You’ll be able to cess Bride” had was that it was cross-gener-
guy.” They all made me feel very, very wel- use much of your imagination. buy a ticket and meet the stars. You’ve seen ational. It didn’t talk down to its audience;
come. It’s a very familial atmosphere on the a lot more movie theaters now catering food whole families could sit and watch it and
set. The Duffers are very talented at creat- With “Stranger Things” and “GLOW” this to try and get people out of their houses. “A find something in it; it was fun; and it was
ing that atmosphere. Summer, Netflix is going to be ’80s domi- dinner date and a movie” is slowly disap- about love. Who doesn’t like that? It’s silly
nated again. Why do you think we’re so pearing. For me, the moviegoing experi- at times. It’s adventurous. It has every ele-
Did they discuss any of the influences on the interested in that era now? ence — sitting in the cinema with strangers ment you want. It was one of those unique
show with their cast? For example, this It’s cyclical, I think. I think we’ve explored and the lights go down and we all have an things you can’t recreate. It’s the gift that
season feels very John Carpenter and James the ’70s and now it’s time for the ’80s, which experience together — is a unique phenom- keeps on giving.

MANOHLA DARGIS FILM REVIEW

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From left, Jack Reynor and Gunnel Fred in “Midsommar”; and Isabelle Grill, center, in the horror movie, directed by Ari Aster. His first feature film, “Hereditary,” was released last year.

Summertime, and Livin’ Isn’t Easy

CONTINUED FROM PAGE C1 The stateside stuff drags (the movie runs the camerawork — with its sinuous flow and design here is right out of the Overlook Ho-
ence Pugh), its deeply troubled axis, is hav- two hours, 20 minutes) but when the story contrapuntal push-ins and pullouts — tel collection), and he seems too meticulous
ing a lousy day that rapidly turns devastat- shifts to Sweden, everything changes, in- seems to be tightening its grip on the to let avoidable mistakes — risible lapses in
ing. Her boyfriend Christian (Jack Reynor), cluding the light. With his estimable crew — visitors. logic — happen without reason.
who’s on the verge of breaking up with her, the cinematographer is Pawel Pogorzelski, It’s fun, at first, partly because something Unlike Kubrick or Peele, though, Aster
isn’t much help, though he eventually the production designer is Henrik Svensson feels distinctly off, like milk that’s just gone isn’t interested in psychological complex-
comes through. Months later, Dani is still — Aster creates a sun-blasted, open-plan bad. (You don’t know how bad until you
having a rough time while Christian contin- settlement that conveys airiness, back-to- taste it.) Christian’s Swedish friend Pelle
ues eyeing the closest exit. Their uneasy dy- the-land self-reliance and other assorted (Vilhelm Blomgren) doesn’t offer any clues. Midsommar
namic intensifies and changes during a cat- healthy things. There’s something odd So Christian, Mark and their not-brainy- Rated R for grisly Viking-style torture and other
astrophic trip to a small, strange communi- about the smattering of buildings, which are enough pal Josh (William Jackson Harper) gruesome spectacles. In English and Swedish,
ty in Sweden, where the expected summer- too off-kilter to pass as charming; there are scope out the scene and the locals. The with English subtitles. Running time: 2 hours
time fun gives way to terror. too few shadows and corners to hide in. The women are friendly, and numerous. And 20 minutes.
Aster handles the windup shrewdly with same goes for all the smiling white people in while their dances look picturesque, there’s
a persuasive realism, a deliberate pace and their pretty folk costumes. They’re so wel- an undercurrent of intensity and purpose ities that can make a character’s terminal
crepuscular lighting. Notably, he also sets coming, yet so vacant. that starts chipping away at the peaceful fate meaningful and turn directorial virtu-
Dani’s solitary tears and all of her feelings If this were a Jordan Peele freakout, vibe. osity into vision. Despite all the time he lav-
against the solidarity that Christian shares someone might have a clue. Someone else After a while, an unproductive restless- ishes on Dani and Christian’s relationship,
with his buds. The guys don’t make sense as might be hurriedly packing a bag. But, as ness sets in as you wait for the characters to which is drawn along stereotypical gen-
friends, which scarcely matters at that Aster established in “Hereditary,” his inter- matter as much as the silky moves and dered lines (consuming female need that
point. Aster banks on the suspension of dis- est rests largely on building an elaborate painstaking details. Horror depends on the becomes devouring), the couple remain in-
belief, which is part of the delicate compact mousetrap. From the moment Dani, Chris- spectacle of human frailties, on the good structively uninteresting.
we make with horror movies. When one bro, tian and the rest pass through the settle- and foolish choices that bridge the distance That’s the case despite Pugh. She works
Mark (Will Poulter), starts running down ment’s sunburst gate, everything from the between the viewer and the screen (or blow hard to make Dani into more than a walking
Dani, you can almost see the expiration green hills girdling the compound to the it to smithereens). But when characters are wound, but again and again, the character
date on his forehead. As with much in this flowing choreography contributes to the as stupid as the visitors in “Midsommar,” it betrays both her common sense and your
hyper-aware movie, Mark fits the role he slow-growing, inexorable sense of entrap- only encourages your sadism, which is pre- faith, all so the women can dance, the men
was created to play by motor-mouthing his ment. By the time a few dozen women are sumably the point. Aster clearly worships can howl and the maypole can hook up with
way into a narratively justified demise. dancing in circles around a maypole, even at the altar of Stanley Kubrick (a hexagonal ye old vagina dentata.
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CUNY Brooklyn College Presents Brooklyn College Presents A fictional drama about an alcoholic woman on the verge of losing her family. A scene from “Peterloo.”
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gathered for a peaceful meeting in St. Pe-
E! E! News (N) . Bridesmaids (2011). Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. Wedding tests women’s friendships. Giddy and liberating. (R) . Bridesmaids (2011). Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. (R) ter’s Field in Manchester, England, to pro-
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ESPNCL Tennis From July 5, 2009. College Football attacked the demonstrators. Hundreds
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games (G) Guy’s Grocery Games (G) Guy’s Grocery Games (N) (G) Guy’s Grocery Games (G) Guy’s Grocery Games (G) Guy’s Games were injured. The number of people who
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FREEFRM Maleficent (2014). (PG) (6) grown-ish (N) Coming to America (1988). Eddie Murphy. African prince seeks bride. Listless. (R) (8:31) The 700 Club Flintstones-Rck Peake and Neil Bell.
FS1 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Netherlands vs Sweden. Gold Cup Day 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup Jamaica vs United States. Fox Soccer Tonight PHOENIX (1998) Stream on Hulu. Harry
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FX The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone. Peter Parker courts Gwen, fights Electro. Balanc- X-Men: Apocalypse (2016). Immortal mutant villain reap- bling problem. When his debts get out of
Andrew Garfield. (PG-13) (5) es heroics and tears. (PG-13) pears. Superhero same old, same old. (PG-13)
FXM . Captain Phillips (2013). Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener. Somali pirates take U.S. freighter hostage. Shattering. . Captain Phillips (2013). Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener. Somali pirates take U.S. freighter hos-
control, his bookie (Tom Noonan) demands
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FXX The Simpsons Movie (2007). (6) Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016). Zac Efron. (R) Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016). Zac Efron. (R) The Weekly (MA) Collins decides to rob a loan shark (Gian-
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GOLF P.G.A. TOUR Inside P.G.A. Golf’s Greatest Rounds Darren Clark at Royal St. George’s. Golf Central Golf’s Greatest partner (Anthony LaPaglia) and a pair of
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IFC Drillbit Taylor (2008). Owen Wilson, . The Addams Family (1991). Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia. Home sweet horri- . Addams Family Values (1993). Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia. New baby and Drillbit Taylor
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LIFEMOV Family of Lies (2017, TVF). Christa B. My Stepfather’s Secret (2019, TVF). Vanessa Marcil, Eddie McClintock. Stu- Secrets of the Sisterhood (2019, TVF). Claire Coffee, Lisa Berry. Joining My Stepfather’s
Allen, Mary Alice Risener. (6) dent is alarmed by mother’s plans to wed new boyfriend. women’s group improves woman’s life, at a price. Secret (2019, TVF).
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Zachary Littleton
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NICK SpongeBob SpongeBob Tooth Fairy (2010). Dwayne Johnson. Hockey player sentenced to be tooth fairy. Ouch. (PG) Friends (14) Friends (14) Friends (11:35) Friends (12:10) vanished in 2009. Five days later, her body
NICKJR Paw Patrol (Y) Paw Patrol (Y) Dora the Explorer (Y) Peppa Pig (Y) Peppa Pig (Y) Abby Hatcher (Y) Abby Hatcher (Y) Butterbean Butterbean Corn & Peg (Y) washed up in a duffel bag outside the Pen-
NY1 Inside City Hall (N) News All Evening News All Evening NY1 Live At Ten (N) Inside City Hall News All Night sacola Naval Air Station in Florida. The
OVA Practical Magic (1998). Sisters resist family legacy: witchcraft. Barbie joins a coven. (PG-13) The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004, TVF). Noah Wyle, Kyle MacLachlan. Librarian: King authorities eventually connected circum-
OWN Dateline on OWN “Vengeance.” Queen Sugar (14) Queen Sugar (N) (14) Queen Sugar (14) Queen Sugar (14) Queen Sugar stantial evidence to Watkins’s boyfriend,
OXY NCIS “Phoenix.” (PG) NCIS “Lost at Sea.” (PG) NCIS “The Namesake.” (PG) NCIS (Part 1 of 2) (PG) NCIS (Part 2 of 2) (14) NCIS “Gone.” Zachary Littleton, who was a Navy police
PARMT Battleship (2012). Taylor Kitsch. Aliens attack by sea. Will sink your childhood memories. (PG-13) Battleship (2012). Aliens attack by sea. Will sink your childhood memories. (PG-13) (10:05) officer. Littleton was convicted of murder
SCIENCE How the World Ends (14) How the World Ends “Planet X.” How the World Ends “Curse of the Alien Apocalypse.” (N) (14) How the World Ends (14) How the World and was sentenced to life in prison. Now,
SMITH Aerial America “Yellowstone.” (G) America’s Mississippi (PG) America’s Mississippi (PG) America’s Mississippi (PG) America’s Mississippi (PG) America’s Miss. Littleton has agreed to talk publicly for the
SNY M.L.B. New York Yankees vs. New York Mets. Mets Postgame Three Teams, One City, One Year SportsNite first time about the case and insists he’s
STZENF . Toy Story 3 (2010). Voices of Tom Hanks. (G) (6:55) The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (8:39) Kate & Leopold (2001). Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman. (PG-13) (10:13) Song of the Sea innocent. The episode, “Death of a Dream,”
SUN Criminal Minds “Minimal Loss.” Reid Criminal Minds “Masterpiece.” Solving Criminal Minds “Mosley Lane.” The Criminal Minds “Our Darkest Hour.” Criminal Minds “The Longest Night.” Criminal Minds also features interviews with journalists,
and Prentiss are taken hostage. a murder in reverse. (14) team profiles a child abductor. (14) (14) (14) “Devil’s Night.”
47 Ronin (2013). Constantine (2005). Rachel Weisz. “Hellblazer” comic book hero keeping the eschatological bal- Krypton “Danger Close.” Val and his Krypton “Danger Close.” Val and his Monster Island
members of Watkins’s family, lawyers and
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(PG-13) (5:15) ance. Murky, overblown attempt to make a movie dumber than “Van Helsing.” (R) (7:45) Rebels prepare an offensive. (N) (14) Rebels prepare an offensive. (14) (2019). police officials who were involved in the
TBS Bob’s Burgers Bob’s Burgers The Big Bang The- The Big Bang The- The Big Bang The- The Big Bang The- The Big Bang The- Full Frontal With Conan Actor Kevin Full Frontal With New Girl “Pepper- investigation.
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TCM . Laura (1944). Gene Tierney, Clifton . North by Northwest (1959). Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint. Swank espionage sprinter, Manhat- . My Fair Lady (1964). Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn. Guttersnipe goes to
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TLC My 600-Lb. Life “Milla.” (PG) (6) My 600-Lb. Life “June, Chad & Pauline.” (Season Finale) (N) (PG) My 600-Lb. Life “Justin’s Story.” Justin has eaten his life away. (PG) My 600-Lb. Life
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But better. BY MELISSA CLARK stride. BY ROBERT SIMONSON
7 WINE SCHOOL 8 RESTAURANTS

Rosés for the beach and Lokanta offers the nuances of

beyond. BY ERIC ASIMOV Turkish dining. BY PETE WELLS

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East Stroudsburg, Pa.

Peruvian lucuma and cherimoya
New York
Caribbean soursop
and rum-raisin, under
a sorrel sorbet

America,
Scoop
By Frosty Miami
A Cuban flavor
called Abuela Maria

Scoop
The nation’s ice creams are a
colorful emblem of its bounty
and diversity.
By LIGAYA MISHAN

Ice cream is young. For more than a thou-

sand years, our ancestors had to settle for
flavored snow — quick to vanish without
modern refrigeration, and thus a luxury, re-
served for the rich.
Sorbet was accidentally invented in the
Seattle
Ginataang mango 16th century, when the Italian scientist Gi-
malunggay, a Filipino flavor ambattista della Porta tried to freeze wine
and wound up with boozy slush. Only in the
late 17th century did someone have the
grand idea of improving sorbet by using
milk, “which first you must cook,” as noted in
a recipe by Antonio Latini, the steward of a
noble Neapolitan household.
But ice cream has always been part of
American history — because our nation, too,
is young. Thomas Jefferson wrote out a reci-
pe for it in longhand, demanding “good
cream” and a stick of vanilla, and served it
encased in pastry to guests when he was
president. While the French and Italians re-
fined ice cream as an art, Americans made it
the dessert of the people, building labor-sav-
ing machines that drove prices down.
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Kansas City, Kan. Li hing mui-strawberry sherbet
Mamey, avocado and swirled with vanilla ice cream
Mexican horchata

Los Angeles
Pomegranate bastani nooni
(Iranian ice cream sandwich)

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Naughty, Virtuous and Tasty

Slutty Vegan has become the place ished with two generous squirts of sauce. One is red
and has the tang of vinegar. The other is orange and
to be seen . . . waiting for a burger. tastes like Thousand Island’s thinner, spicier
cousin. Unique recipes and an
By KIM SEVERSON Among its fans are a roster of African-American impressive presence
ATLANTA — As a name for a food business, Slutty celebrities, including Jermaine Dupri, Lil Baby, on social media have
Vegan could have doomed the place from the start. Snoop Dogg, Tyler Perry and Tiffany Haddish, all of helped Slutty Vegan
Turns out, it was a really good idea. whom have been declared “sluttified” on the Slutty build a following that
At what is not much more than a takeout counter Vegan Instagram account, which has 240,000 fol- can be measured by
in a rapidly gentrifying historic black neighborhood lowers. the numbers outside
west of downtown Atlanta, people stand in line for “At the end of the day, it has nothing to do with the door.
two or three hours to buy soy burgers with names sex,” said Pinky Cole, 31, who once sold jerk chicken
like the Sloppy Toppy and the Ménage à Trois, in Harlem and produced a television show with
served with a side of crinkle-cut fries dusted in Old Maury Povich before she started Slutty Vegan. “I
Bay seasoning. know that sex sells, so I thought how I can pos-
The One Night Stand, a mess of a burger on a soft itively manipulate this. We want you to have an or-
Hawaiian-style bun, is the best seller. It’s built with gasmic experience and the ultimate feeling of eu-
slices of vegan bacon and fake cheese on an Impos- phoria that comes after having a vegan burger.”
sible Foods patty, piled with caramelized onions, to- Then, she said, “I can guide you to the truth.”
mato slices and chopped lettuce. The burger is fin- CONTINUED ON PAGE D6 RAYMOND McCREA JONES FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
D2 N THE NEW YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

ALISON ROMAN

Tired of Those Sultry Hot Dog Days?

These spicy lamb skewers can SPICED LAMB SKEWERS
be as fancy or as casual as you WITH LEMONY ONIONS
want, or need, them to be. TIME: 25 MINUTES
YIELD: 4 TO 6 SERVINGS
WHILE THE SOLSTICE precedes the Fourth of
July by a few weeks or so, the Fourth al- 1½ to 2 pounds boneless lamb leg or
ways feels like both the beginning of sum- shoulder, excess fat trimmed, meat cut
mer and its peak. It’s the time we are ready into 1½-inch pieces
to finally let the relaxed spirit of the warmer Kosher salt and black pepper
months subsume our collective psyche, and 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon ground
yet when it arrives, all we do is say, “I can’t cumin
believe it’s already the Fourth of July.” 2 teaspoons ground turmeric
It’s hot and sticky outside, which means 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
it’s almost definitely too hot and sticky to
1 teaspoon ground sumac (optional)
cook inside. But what should we be doing
over the extended holiday weekend other 5 tablespoons fresh lemon or lime juice
than eating and drinking as much as possi- 1 cup full-fat Greek yogurt
ble? (I call this weekend “Summer Thanks- Olive oil, for drizzling
giving,” and am hoping that catches on.) 1 cup cilantro, tender leaves and stems
So, we grill. We grill hamburgers and hot ½ cup pitted black olives, finely chopped
dogs and a few more hot dogs, which will Lavash, pita or flatbread, for serving
Pickled cabbage, cucumbers, peppers
or a mix, for serving
And be sure to include a
few cold, saucy, tangy, 1. Season lamb with salt and pepper. Add
salady things. cumin and turmeric and toss to coat. (This can
be done up to 24 hours ahead, if you like.)
inevitably be forgotten and get extra 2. If you’re using a charcoal grill, build the fire
charred (my favorites). I truly love hot so it’s screaming hot. This lamb is to be cooked
dogs, but let me remind you that there are at hot and fast so it can stay nicely medium-rare,
least two days in a classic weekend, three to so the hotter the better. If you’re using a gas
four if we are talking long weekend. What grill, set it on high. Bring a clean platter, cutting
else are we going to have?
board or baking dish out to the grill for the
I vote more grilled meat, but this time on
a stick. Lamb, beef, pork or chicken, sea- skewers to rest in after cooking.
soned simply with salt and pepper or may-
be some crushed spices like fennel or cum-
in, a few bite-size hunks pierced with a
skewer and grilled over hot flames (coal or
gas) — or even cooked indoors in a large
skillet. This flexible, rather formulaic way
of cooking lends itself well to very lazy, cas-
ual preparation, especially for large groups.
The meat can be seasoned and skewered a
day or two ahead and grilled as you (or your
hungry friends) need — not unlike those hot
dogs.
From there, you just need a few cold,
saucy, tangy, salady things to eat alongside
that will cut through all those charred, fatty 3. Combine onion, sumac (if using) and 3
meats. (Like I said, I will not be cooking any- tablespoons lemon juice; season with salt and
thing in the kitchen, but cutting, slicing, pepper and toss to combine. Set aside.
mixing and seasoning I can manage.) I like
4. Combine yogurt and remaining 2
a mix of homemade things, like lemony,
barely pickled red onion, and store-bought tablespoons lemon juice; season with salt and
treasures, like chopped olives and lots of pepper. Set aside.
pickles, along with some sort of malleable 5. Skewer the lamb onto wooden or metal
flatbread and heavily seasoned yogurt or skewers, 2 to 4 pieces per skewer.
sour cream. There will be bunches of herbs
(dill, mint, cilantro) to be nibbled on with 6. Once the grill is hot, cook the skewers on all
the skewers after they’re dipped in the yo- sides until deeply browned and lightly charred
gurt and topped with those onions. Or you all over, 2 to 3 minutes per side (less time for
could layer everything in the flatbread and smaller pieces), moving the skewers around as
fold it up for a sandwichesque experience. needed to prevent excessive flare-ups. (If
It’s the type of eating that can be done all
you’ve trimmed most of the fat away from the
day and into the night, when you couldn’t
possibly eat another thing — until you dis- lamb, the flare-ups shouldn’t be too bad.)
cover a forgotten skewer on the back of the 7. Transfer the skewers to the platter, cutting
grill, charred and blackened, and decide board or baking dish to rest for a few minutes
there’s nothing else to do but eat it.
and drizzle with olive oil. Serve with the
dressed onions, lemony yogurt, cilantro, olives,
lavash and any pickled vegetables or peppers
you like.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHAEL GRAYDON & NIKOLE HERRIOTT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES. PROP STYLIST: KALEN KAMINSKI.

MELISSA CLARK A GOOD APPETITE

Confectionery Lightning to Start the Season

The blitz torte oozes berries, magazine. To her, canned pineapple was
chic.”
whipped cream and charm. I went with raspberries when I made the
torte. And my only other change was to add
WHEN MY FRIEND Ursula Reshoft- dashes of nutmeg, vanilla and salt to the bat-
Hegewisch offers to bring dessert, my an- ter to heighten the flavors. But otherwise, I
swer is always yes. left things alone. Because blitz torte has that
Over the years, she’s arrived at my door delightful, old-fashioned charm that never
with all manner of elaborate confections — a goes out of style.
Sacher torte, a chocolate-hazelnut cake, as-
sortments of Viennese Christmas cookies,
and a billowing almond dacquoise filled with
mocha buttercream, each carefully made in
the kitchen of her nearby brownstone.
Her most recent offering was something
I’d never even heard of.
“Blitz torte,” she said as she pulled two
very unusual-looking golden rounds from an
oversize shopping bag. The bottoms were
made of yellow cake, rich with egg yolks and
very buttery. And on top of each was a
baked-on swath of meringue — swirled,
browned and covered in chopped pecans.
Just before serving, she put the rounds to-
BERRY BLITZ TORTE
gether, sandwiching the layers with whipped
cream and fresh berries, which oozed delec- ADAPTED FROM PATRICIA O’NEAL
tably when she cut in. TIME: 1 HOUR, PLUS COOLING
The torte was a bit like strawberry short- YIELD: 8 SERVINGS
cake — the kind made with cake rather than
PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVID MALOSH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES. FOOD STYLIST: SIMON ANDREWS.
biscuits — but it had the added appeal of For the cake:
crunchy meringue and plenty of toasted ½ cup/115 grams unsalted butter (1
nuts. And it was easily one of the best sweets stick), softened, plus more for greasing 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract mixer until cloudlike and very foamy. Continue
I’d eaten all year. the pans 2 pints/490 grams fresh raspberries or whipping while adding sugar 1 tablespoon at a CORRECTIONS
The recipe, which I begged for before Ur- other berries time. Whip until meringue is smooth and An article last Wednesday
½ cup plus 2 tablespoons/80 grams cake
sula even left the house that night, came about the South African restau-
flour, plus more for dusting the pans glossy, and stiff peaks form.
from her grandmother Genevieve Lehmont. rant Wolfgat misspelled the
Ursula doesn’t know where her grand- 1 teaspoon baking powder 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two round 5. Cover cake batter with meringue, dividing it name of the local fish that
mother originally got it, but I found a blitz ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt 8-inch cake pans and line the bottoms with evenly between pans. Swirl the tops, and Wolfgat wraps in seaweed and
torte recipe in my copy of “The Settlement ½ cup/100 grams granulated sugar parchment paper. Grease the paper, then lightly sprinkle with pecans. Bake until meringue is serves with tomato broth. It is
Cookbook” that was almost identical. The 4 egg yolks, at room temperature flour the pans. golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the snoek, not snook. The article,
only difference was that it called for almonds ¼ cup/60 milliliters whole milk using information from a publi-
2. In a small mixing bowl, whisk together cake center all the way down to the cake emerges
instead of pecans. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract cist, also misidentified the
Compared with other tortes, a blitz torte is flour, baking powder and salt. clean, about 25 minutes. Remove from oven
¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg organization that in February
relatively quick to put together (the word and transfer pan to a wire rack. Cool for 30
3. Using an electric mixer fitted with the paddle named Wolfgat the world’s No. 1
“blitz” means “lightning” in German, and For the meringue topping: attachment or electric beaters, beat ½ cup
minutes; turn cake out of pan and place on Off-Map Destination. It is the
was often used historically to name speedy 4 egg whites, at room temperature rack right-side up. Let cakes cool completely. World Restaurant Awards, not
softened butter and sugar until fluffy and
baked goods). The meringue, which browns ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar the World Restaurant Awards,
creamy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add egg yolks one at a 6. To assemble, whip the cream with as much
on top but stays soft inside, takes the place of IMG.
Pinch of fine sea salt time, beating, until well combined. Add half the of the sugar as you like, and vanilla. Place one
icing and gives the cake an elegant look.
When Ursula’s mother, Patricia O’Neal, 6 tablespoons/75 grams granulated cake flour mixture, then half the milk to the cake layer on a serving plate with the meringue
started making the cake in the 1960s, she sugar butter mixture, beating until smooth. Repeat side down. Spoon whipped cream on top, then
used fresh berries. But in the 1930s and ’40s, 1 cup/120 grams chopped pecans with remaining flour mixture and milk, then cover with berries. Place second cake layer on
Genevieve preferred canned pineapple. beat in vanilla and nutmeg. Scrape batter top of whipped cream with meringue side up.
“Canned pineapple was a lot fancier back For the filling:
evenly into prepared pans and smooth the tops. Serve cake as soon as possible after filling,
then,” Ursula told me. “Georgia O’Keeffe 1½ cups/360 milliliters heavy cream
preferably within 3 hours, and use a serrated
went to Hawaii to paint pineapples for Dole 1 to 3 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar, 4. To make meringue topping, whip egg whites
knife to cut.
ads, which my grandmother saw in Vogue to taste with cream of tartar and salt in an electric
 THE NEW YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019 N D3

Front Burner
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vinaigrette-style dressings creat- discussion of the culinary
ed by Eberhard Müller, an owner customs of his day in a talk at the
A Grill Big Enough and a chef. Each of four varieties 92nd Street Y by Joseph Forte,
To Handle a Yak (spicy Asian, citrus, honey-bal- the chairman of the art history
samic and white truffle) comes in department of Sarah Lawrence
Before you fire up the Weber, one-ounce single-portion packets, College, and Francine Segan, a
you might want to take a trip to six to a container. They are all food historian and author. It’s well
Ironbound Farm in Asbury, N.J., organic, made without preserva- timed; this year is the 500th
where Charles Rosen, the owner, tives and useful not just for a anniversary of da Vinci’s death:
has completed construction of a bowl of greens but to season Da Vinci: Art & Feasting, 7 p.m.
monumental grill. Mr. Rosen calls seafood and grains. Also portable July 18, $35, 92nd Street Y, 1395
it the “mother fire” and considers are single-serving packs of crisp Lexington Avenue (92nd Street),
it the crowning touch at his farm, pickle spears, the latest from Rick 212-415-5500, 92y.org.
cidery, winery and tasting room in Field of Rick’s Picks in Brooklyn.
Hunterdon County. “I wanted to Called “Snacking Pickles,” they
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inspired by Francis Mallmann, cumin-lime-dill — in 2.2-ounce
the Argentine chef known for packs: Satur Farms Dressings,
grilling, and he worked with the available at Agata & Valentina,
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burgers and sausages served in
TO LEARN
the tasting room, for whole pigs
and yaks at parties open to the flagship restaurant, Red Rooster Adding peaches to Dutch baby Da Vinci’s Dinner
public and for special chef’s din- Harlem, with stops in your home pancakes, to a cucumber gazpa-
ners, the next of which will be in cho, to poundcake, to a Caprese
Is Up for Discussion
kitchen to whip up some peanut-
early August with Mr. Piattoni bacon pork chops, fish in banana salad and to condiments for pork What was “brain food” for
cooking: Ironbound Farm, 360 leaves and a Bloody Rooster and salmon are first-rate sugges- Leonardo da Vinci? You may
County Road 579 (Pattenburg exit cocktail. Mr. Samuelsson (below) tions. I’m not sure I need peaches not learn his favorite snack,
off 78 West), 908-940-4115, teams up with personalities like on pizza or with a steak, but when but you will be treated to a
ironboundhardcider.com. the writers Jelani Cobb and Jes- you’re in the peach business there
sica B. Harris to cook, with jazz are no limits: “The Peach Truck TO INDULGE
TO LISTEN and gospel in the background. Cookbook: 100 Delicious Recipes
The narrative covers the history for All Things Peach” by Jessica N. Shipping Ice Cream
Sound and Flavor of Harlem and changes in the Rose and Stephen K. Rose (Scrib- Straight to Your Door
Made in Harlem area: “It gives people a new way ner, $28).
TO APPRECIATE Jacques Torres, the chocolatier
to experience the community,” Mr.
Take Marcus Samuelsson along Samuelsson said. It comes with a Just Add Peaches and pastry chef, has kept his ice
with you into the kitchen or on TO PACK cream as a New York thing. Now
digital copy of the recipes: “Our To the Shopping List
the subway. The chef and restau- Harlem: Seven Days of Music, Picnic-Ready he has finally decided to share it
rateur, who is based in Harlem, Cooking and Soul at the Red Stephen and Jessica Rose with the rest of the country. Pints
has an audio cookbook that incor-
Dressings and Pickles of luxurious vanilla, chocolate,
Rooster” by Marcus Samuelsson, couldn’t find juicy, fragrant fresh
porates the neighborhood and his $29.95, audible.com. peaches in Nashville, where they strawberry, salted caramel and
Some picnic-worthy accouter-
settled as newlyweds, so they did mocha can be ordered, starting
ments have just been introduced
something about it. In 2012, the Monday, for nationwide shipping.
by familiar grocery store brands.
couple bought bushels of peaches The ice cream is made in Mr.
After growing salad greens for
— Mr. Rose is from Fort Valley, Torres’s production facility in
over 20 years, Satur Farms in
Ga., and was familiar with Pear- Brooklyn: Jacques Torres Ice
Cutchogue, N.Y., has introduced
son Farm there — loaded the fruit Cream, $99 for five pints, in addi-
in a 1964 Jeep Gladiator and tion to shipping, mrchocolate.com.
drove around Nashville selling
them on weekends in summer. MOHAMED SADEK FOR THE NEW
They are still at it with their YORK TIMES (GRILL), ALESSANDRA
MONTALTO/THE NEW YORK TIMES
peach truck and visit more than (BOOK, DRESSINGS), DAVID AZIA FOR
THE NEW YORK TIMES (HARLEM),
100 cities each summer. Now IBUSCA/GETTY IMAGES (DA VINCI),
PATRICIA WALL/THE NEW YORK
the couple have a cookbook that TIMES (ICE CREAM)

explains peach varieties, the

history of the fruit in America
and how to store, ripen
and peel your peaches
(though they don’t
mention the serrated
peeler I use for the job).

DAVID TANIS CITY KITCHEN

Swordfish and Salsa, Summer on a Plate

Serve this with arugula or ¾-inch thick. The large, thick-cut swordfish
you find at many fishmongers is hard to
lettuce and roasted potatoes. cook properly, and the portion size is huge.
An 8-ounce slice is plenty big for one; de-
DURING THE SUMMER GRILLING SEASON, pending on the menu, it’s enough for two.
swordfish makes a succulent meal, one I Here, swordfish is topped with an easily
look forward to. With longstanding envi- made spicy salsa of cherry tomatoes, an-
ronmental and sustainability issues, how- chovy, hot pepper and smoky pimentón.
ever, it hasn’t always been so easy to recom- The whole affair is rather salad-like, best
mend with a clear conscience. accompanied by arugula or lettuce leaves.
Because of overfishing, swordfish num- Served with roasted potatoes or garlic toast
AND TO DRINK . . .
bers were dangerously low for many years. for a casual picnic-style supper, it is, essen-
But after a long-term boycott and moratori- tially, summer on a plate.
Swordfish offers
um put in place by concerned consumers the sort of rich,
and chefs — alongside stricter federal regu-
neutral flavors
lations — over the last several decades,
swordfish populations in United States wa- GRILLED SWORDFISH WITH
that go well with
ters are now at a sustainable level, well SMOKY TOMATO-ANCHOVY SALSA many wines, red or white.
above the target goal. That is good news. The spicy tomato-anchovy
This isn’t to say there aren’t problems. TIME: 1 HOUR salsa, however, tips the bal-
YIELD: 4 TO 6 SERVINGS
There is the long-term issue of bycatch (the ance toward fuller-bodied yet
incidental capture of nontarget species, like 4 (8-ounce) swordfish steaks, cut ¾-inch fresh whites, with a spine of
other fish, turtles and seabirds). But large acidity. An easy Bourgogne
thick
driftnets, which catch everything indis-
Salt and pepper Blanc would do nicely,
criminately, have been replaced by hook
and line gear, and there are better systems Extra-virgin olive oil though you could up the ante
in place for the release of smaller fish and 3 tablespoons red-wine vinegar, or to to a St.-Aubin if you wanted,
the protection of sea turtles. In general, the taste or a restrained American or
United States fishing industry, with govern- 1 teaspoon smoked Spanish paprika Australian chardonnay. A
ment support, is continuing to explore new (Pimentón de la Vera) richer Sancerre would do
ways to improve sustainability efforts. 1 teaspoon tomato paste well, too, as would one of the
Another concern is mercury, which is better albariños. A top-qual-
2 small garlic cloves, smashed to a paste
found in many larger fish like swordfish and PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANDREW SCRIVANI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES ity Muscadet would be deli-
tuna. Eaten occasionally, though, as part of 1 medium red onion, diced small (about
a varied diet, swordfish is considered a ben- 1 cup) cious. From Corsica, I would
eficial source of nutrition. 1 sweet red pepper, diced (about 1 cup) pick a vermentino, though
Always buy domestic swordfish — local, 2 Fresno chiles, seeds removed and there they call it vermentinu.
if possible — from smaller purveyors. Long finely diced Or you could choose a Fiano
Island fishers often bring fresh-caught 4 anchovy fillets, chopped, plus 4 whole di Avellino from Campania. If
swordfish to Greenmarkets in New York fillets for garnish you insist on a red, think
City, which is where I get mine, but it’s avail- 2 cups halved cherry tomatoes in about a Beaujolais, a frap-
able from fishmongers all along the East pato from Sicily or a pinot
different colors
Coast. In other parts of the country, look to
Pinch of dried oregano noir that is not highly fruity.
fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico and Califor-
nia. For more information, consult fish- Arugula leaves, for garnish ERIC ASIMOV
watch.gov and seafoodwatch.org.
Now, with that necessary preamble, may 1. Prepare a charcoal grill or heat a gas grill.
I say that swordfish is incredibly delicious? (Alternatively, use a cast-iron skillet or stovetop
Even people who don’t like fish will often go grill pan over medium-high heat.) Place
for it. It’s meaty, boneless, sweet and juicy,
swordfish steaks on a baking sheet and season
and it takes well to almost any sauce. It will
gladly accommodate bold, robust flavors. on both sides with salt and pepper. Drizzle each
I find swordfish is best pan-seared or with 1 teaspoon olive oil and rub with fingers to and ½ to ¾ cup olive oil and stir again. when you see juices begin to rise on second
grilled. Sometimes I like to cut it in very thin coat. Leave at room temperature. side.
3. Add cherry tomatoes, lightly season with salt
slices to make scaloppine and cook them 2. In a mixing bowl, put vinegar, smoked
very briefly on both sides in a hot pan. With and pepper, then gently fold them into the 5. Transfer to plates or a large platter. Stir salsa
paprika, tomato paste and garlic. Stir to mixture. Leave to marinate about 10 minutes. and spoon generously over fish. Sprinkle with
a quickly sizzled sauce of brown butter and
capers, dinner is a cinch (a slice of the dissolve tomato paste. Add onion, sweet oregano. Garnish with whole anchovy
4. Grill the swordfish steaks over medium-hot
swordfish on a roll makes a great sandwich, pepper, chiles and 4 chopped anchovy fillets, fillets. Surround with a generous amount of
coals for about 4 minutes per side. Remove
too). For grilling, I prefer slices about and stir everything together. Add pinch of salt arugula and serve.
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America, Scoop by Frosty Scoop

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The Cuban Vanilla
Now ice cream belongs to everyone. And as its eaters and makers AZUCAR, MIAMI
have multiplied, so have its flavors, to match the collage of cultures In the dark days of 2008, Miami-born Suzy
that defines us as a nation. Here is a sampling from 10 shops across Batlle (pronounced BAT-zhay) was laid off
after 20 years as a mortgage banker. She’d
the country where tubs of vanilla and chocolate stand side by side just had cancer, just been divorced and had
with those of orange blossom, soursop, labneh, chikoo, li hing mui two children to support. She tried selling
real estate, and when that didn’t work, she
and ginataang mango malunggay. followed her kids’ advice and opened an ice-
cream store.
She chose this city’s Little Havana neigh-
borhood for the address, a nod to her Cuban
Persian Poetry parents who had fled Castro’s regime in the
1960s. In the park across the street, men
SAFFRON & ROSE, LOS ANGELES played dominoes from morning to night.
The most coveted ice cream flavor here is Sometimes they stopped by the shop look-
known, unofficially, as gol o bolbol — the ing for mantecado. “I don’t even know what
shop’s original name and a trope of Persian that is,” she told them — and then she fig-
poetry, juxtaposing the rose (gol) with its ured it out: the Cuban vanilla, but richer,
thorns and the nightingale (bolbol) who with egg yolks.
longs for it anyway. Suffused with saffron Mantecado is a fixture on the menu now,
and rose water, it is delicately sweet. Pista- along with Violeta, inspired by the flowery
chios are caught in its crevices; patches of perfume “splashed all over every Cuban
cream surface, lunar white.
Saffron & Rose’s founder, Ali Kashani-
Rafye, started selling bastani (Farsi for ice
cream) in 1980 at his grocery a few blocks
from here, catering mostly to Iranians who
had settled in the neighborhood after their
country’s 1979 revolution. (The area is now
known, affectionately, as Tehrangeles.) His
recipe, still in use today at the shop that his
descendants run, demands liquid milk, not LISA CORSON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

powdered; salep, dried orchid bulbs ground

into flour, for elasticity; and slow churning Freddy, explains to customers that they
until the ice cream resists, pulling back may anoint it to their taste with bottles of
from the spoon like melted cheese. sour cherry syrup and lemon juice, stand-
Sometimes a scoop of ice cream is paired ing at the ready — looking, he said, “like
with faloodeh, kinked rice vermicelli in ketchup and mustard.”
rose-water syrup, frozen and then thawed 1387 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles, and
to a suspended slush. Mr. Kashani-Rafye’s another location in Irvine, Calif.;
grandson, Farbod Papen (above), known as saffronroseicecream.com.
LISA CORSON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

A Detour to Thailand
CRANK & BOOM, LEXINGTON, KY.
Local ingredients are the primary focus at ANGEL VALENTIN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

this parlor in Lexington’s distillery district,

baby,” she said; and Abuela Maria (above),
but exceptions are made for sweet red
a swirl of broken Maria cookies, knobs of
beans, which in Thailand are often eaten
cream cheese and ruby streaks of guava
with sticky rice, and taro in pale lilac, tast-
and guava marmalade — an adaptation of a
ing giddily of bubble tea.
4 o’clock snack, best downed with a cup of
Toa Green, who runs Crank & Boom with
Café Bustelo. “I’ve had little old men crying
her husband, Mike (far left with Ms.
holding my hands,” said Ms. Batlle (below).
Green), grew up in Frankfort, the state capi-
“They can’t believe they’re tasting this fla-
tal. Her parents came from just north of
vor again, after so many years.”
Bangkok. From the age of 7 she worked at
their restaurant, Smile of Siam, with her fa- 1503 SW Eighth Street, Miami, and a loca-
ther up front and her mother and sister in tion in Dallas, azucaricecream.com.
the kitchen. “I called it the family farm,” she
said. It was all-consuming: “I didn’t go out
Friday nights. I didn’t go to summer camp.”
When she left for college, she vowed
never to work at a restaurant again. But lat-
er, she realized she missed the rhythm of
that life, and she coaxed her parents out of
retirement to open a restaurant in Lexing-
ton. She started making coconut ice cream,
JARED HAMILTON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
a staple of Thai street vendors, who scoop it
into a hot-dog bun. “People would come in
and ask for ice cream — and nothing else,”
she said. Now the restaurant is no more; the
ice cream is all.
1210 Manchester Street and 119 Marion, Lex-
ington, Ky.; crankandboom.com.
JARED HAMILTON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES NICK GARCIA

Caribbean Luxury
ISLAND POPS, NEW YORK CITY
A few years back, Shelly Marshall (near
left) was sick with chikungunya fever from
a trip home to Trinidad, and yearning for
the soursop ice cream of her youth. Khalid
Hamid (far left), then her boyfriend, bought
an ice cream machine and made it for her. It
was awful. “Too icy,” he said.
After Ms. Marshall recovered from the fe-
ver (and the disappointment), she headed
to Penn State to take its celebrated course in
the science of ice cream. She returned and
taught Mr. Hamid everything she knew.
Running an ice cream shop was a gamble,
but she was a risk management consultant.
(Mr. Hamid is a psychologist.) In 2015, the
couple submitted a business plan to the
Brooklyn Public Library’s Power-UP! com-
petition. They won first place and $15,000,
and were married.
Last July, they opened Island Pops in
Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Soursop is on the
menu, banana in body and pineapple in
soul, as well as ponch de crème, a Caribbean
eggnog spiked with moonshine and embed-
ded with black cake made of fruit fermented
in rum — a batch “that goes back 10 years,”
AN RONG XU FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Mr. Hamid said, a present from his father-
in-law. Rum infiltrates sorbet, too, including
one stained red from sorrel, the flowers
brewed with cinnamon and cloves (right).
“It reminds us of Christmas,” Mr. Hamid
said. “That’s when flowers bloom in Trini-
dad.”
680 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y.;
islandpops.com. AN RONG XU FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

Booza From Syria husband had to quit his job at a gas-station

convenience store to help her. They make
BIGDASH, RICHARDSON, TEX. booza with a base of milk and cream,
The first time Asmaa Khattab (far right) primed with rose water, mastic — a sun-
made ice cream for her husband, Kareem dried sap that brings the chew to chewing
Alrefaai (near right), he said, “It took me gum — and salep, pulverized orchid bulbs.
back 18 years.” He was remembering his The mixture is pounded into an inchoate
hometown, Damascus, Syria, before it was mass that tugs like marshmallow, then
shattered by war. In one of the oldest souks stretched and rolled into logs (far left) un-
stands Bakdash, a shop more than a cen- der a shower of pistachios.
tury old, where booza (Arabic for ice Early on, they sometimes had to sleep in
cream) is beaten in buckets with giant the shop or the car (“A.C.’s better in the
wooden mallets, up and down in an inexora- car”), so they could make enough ice cream
ble throb. to keep up with demand. But Mr. Alrefaai
Bigdash, which Mr. Alrefaai and Ms. didn’t mind. “All those ‘Shark Tank’
Khattab opened in 2016, was named in episodes we’ve been watching?” he said.
homage. Half-hidden in an industrial park, “This is it.”
it was originally meant to be just a kitchen 717 Lingco Drive Suite 210, Richardson, Tex.,
for Ms. Khattab’s small catering business. bigdash.com.
But she kept getting more orders, until her

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NEW YORK TIMES
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Fruits of Peru
LLAMA ICE CREAM, EAST
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Lucuma is a fruit, but tastes like butter-
scotch. Cherimoya is a shape-shifter, too,
conjuring up pineapple, banana and straw-
berry all at once. Both are native to the
highlands of Peru — far from the Pocono
Mountains, where Julio Amenero (right)
turns them into ice cream (below).
Mr. Amenero grew up in Lima, Peru’s
capital, and when the economy imploded in
the 1980s, his family found a new life in the
United States. For years he worked in mi-
crofinance while his father cooked at a ho-
RUTH FREMSON/THE NEW YORK TIMES
tel. By 2009, they’d saved up enough money
for their own restaurant, Inti. His parents
Filipino Flavors ran the kitchen. “I tried to cook, but I’m not
good,” Mr. Amenero said with a laugh. “I
CENTRAL DISTRICT ICE CREAM, SEATTLE
like ice cream.”
The ingredients in ginataang mango He took ice-cream-making classes in
malunggay (left) are announced in its Peru and Argentina, his wife’s home coun-
name: ginataang means cooked in coconut try, where the dessert is an obsession, and
milk; mango needs no translation; and opened Llama Ice Cream in 2017, next door AN RONG XU FOR
malunggay is moringa, the gently bitter, to Inti. In a small factory behind the shop, he THE NEW YORK TIMES
matcha-like undertone of their leaves keep-
ing the fruit’s sweetness in check.
The flavors here come from the restive
minds of Kryse Panis Martin and her hus-
band, Darren McGill (above). She grew up
in Daly City, Calif., home to the country’s
highest concentration of Filipino-Ameri-
cans, and was raised in part by her Filipino
grandmother. He has roots in the Miwok,
Pomo, Paiute and Wappo tribes. Once they
were in a band: she sang, he D.J.’ed. Then
they got married and had a child, and “that
was pretty much the end of our musical ca-
reer,” he said.
Nine years ago, they tested out a food
cart in Portland, Ore. They went on win a
citywide burger contest, and were invited
by a Microsoft representative to park on the
company’s campus in Seattle. They now
have two restaurants in addition to the ice-
cream shop, where they devise a new slate
of flavors each month. From the archives:
toyomansi, evoking a dipping sauce of soy
sauce and calamansi, as sharp as lime; and
kare kare, a Filipino oxtail stew reimagined
as peanut butter with a briny caramel of
patis (fish sauce). When customers don’t
recognize a flavor, “it starts a conversation,”
Mr. McGill said. “They don’t know it — so
they try it.”
RUTH FREMSON/THE NEW YORK TIMES 509 13th Avenue, Seattle; cdicecream.com.

AN RONG XU FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

makes batches in the Latin style, almost

prodigally creamy. Each month, he imports
100 kilos of lucuma. Like much of the fruit he
relies on, it ripens too quickly to be shipped
fresh. He must make do with frozen pulp —
or, better, dehydrated and ground to pow-
der: “More intense.”
266 River Road, East Stroudsburg, Pa.,
llamaicecream.com.

JESSICA PHELPS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

Indian and International

MARDI GRAS HOMEMADE ICE CREAM,
COLUMBUS, OHIO
Mita Shah, a former marketing statistician,
was once a devoted customer of this strip-
mall parlor — so devoted that, one day in
2000, she divulged her much-finessed reci-
pe for mango ice cream to the owner. It was
such a hit, he offered her a job. She coun-
tered: What if I buy the place instead?
“Within a week it was mine,” she said. Since
then, she has introduced about 20 of what
she calls “international flavors,” many of
which speak to her upbringing in Gujarat in
western India.
One of this year’s new flavors is jamun, or
black plum, sweet with a faintly disciplinary
tang. It appears alongside chikoo, a fruit
with a hint of malt; pan, a menthol crumble
of betel leaves, nuts and seeds that stings
the mouth clean; and the perennial No. 1
seller (150 gallons a week), kesar pista
(right), sunny from saffron, with a low hum
of cardamom and studdings of almonds and
pistachios.
Ms. Shah’s husband, Dilip Shah (above
with Ms. Shah), a recently retired chemical
engineer, helps run the shop, but she is the
only one permitted to make ice cream. She
said, “Nobody can touch my machine.”
1947 Hard Road, Columbus, Ohio. JESSICA PHELPS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

ANNA PETROW FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

The Twinkie, via Mexico

PALETERIAS TROPICANA,
KANSAS CITY, KAN.
At age 7, José Luis Valdez sold paletas (ice
pops) on the streets of Arcelia, in the south-
western Mexican state of Guerrero — a long
way from Kansas and Missouri, where he
and his wife, Lucia Fonseca (near right with
Mr. Valdez), now run a small ice cream em-
pire. They met in an English-language class
in Chicago in 1991. Mr. Valdez spent years in
that city, working at high-end French
restaurants, saving up to open a Mexican
ice-cream shop far from Chicago. “Too
much competition,” he said. “And the
ELYSE BUTLER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES weather is horrible.”
In 2004 they moved to Kansas City, Kan.,
where there was a growing Hispanic popu-
Fresh From Hawaii lation but as of yet no paleteria. In the labor-
ASATO FAMILY SHOP, HONOLULU intensive Michoacán style, Mr. Valdez and
The specialty at Asato Family Shop in Ms. Fonseca, assisted by their two daugh-
Honolulu is technically sherbet (sacri- ters, use only fresh, whole fruit and churn ANNA PETROW FOR

lege!), but so lush that it rivals ice cream. slowly, believing that overly smooth ice THE NEW YORK TIMES

Two years ago, Neale Asato (above right cream doesn’t taste quite natural.
with the family) took inspiration from guri- Churros and pineapple-topped hambur-
guri (goodie-goodie), a frozen concoction of guesas are served alongside ice cream fla-
condensed milk and soda — or so it’s be- vors like mamey (above), which wavers be-
lieved; the recipe is secret — invented in the tween persimmon and sweet potato, and
early 1900s by Jokichi Tasaka. It’s still sold ELYSE BUTLER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Mexican Twinkie, strewn with pieces of
today by his great-granddaughters at Gansito, a snack cake with a hidden lode of
Tasaka Guri-Guri in Kahului, Maui. only, delivered by Mr. Asato himself. Last strawberry jelly. A couple of former employ-
along with their son, Bradyn, 11 — “our
Mr. Asato’s version is denser, with the December, he set up shop in downtown ees had dreams, like Mr. Valdez, of manag-
cashier,” Mr. Asato said. “He’s faster than
base recalibrated for each flavor. A week’s Honolulu, dispensing pints (right) on Sun- ing their own place. Today they are partners
us.” Their daughter, Mila, known as Momo,
rotation might include pickled mango juice; days and Wednesdays. A limited number of in two Paleterias Tropicana shops. “We
age 4, hands out samples and little treats,
passion-fruit-orange-guava, an ode to POG, preorders are accepted; otherwise you wanted to give a little back,” Mr. Valdez said.
and for a moment the line doesn’t seem so
a drink that children sip by the carton; or stand and wait. Mr. Asato doesn’t have the “Give them the opportunity.”
long.
lemon twanged with li hing mui powder, a equipment or manpower to make enough 151 South 18th Street, Kansas City, Kan., and
1306 Pali Highway, Honolulu;
salty-sweet-sour dust of dried plums. At sherbet to meet demand. four other locations; paleteriastropicana
asatofamilyshop.com.
first flavors were available by subscription On Sundays, his wife, Eryn, pitches in, .com.
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Naughty, Virtuous and Tasty

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Ms. Cole’s business is hard-wired to con- rants where people can have what she calls
nect with several rising constituencies, not “the whole Slutty experience,” including
the least of which is the food-truck genera- merchandise like her secret sauce and the
tion, for whom long waits to sample a singu- Slutty Strips vegan bacon she is developing.
lar dish are part of the experience.
She is also riding a new surge of the black THE EXPANSION SHOULD take the pressure
vegan movement, fed by chefs and stars off the Westview restaurant, which has
who have given up eating animal products caused plenty of headaches for some neigh-
for environmental, health and humane rea- bors. At a recent community meeting, in let-
sons, and as a way to embrace traditional ters and in person, residents have implored
African diets and push back against South- Ms. Cole and the city to develop a safety
ern foods with links to slavery, like pigs’ feet plan to manage the daily crush of hundreds
and chitterlings. of people who arrive from miles away only
She has also plopped herself in the middle to find little parking and no restrooms.
of the fake-meat arms race, in which Be- “I’m not dragging a sister; it’s just about
yond Meat and Impossible Foods are bat- accountability,” said Kiyomi Rollins, who
tling to be the company whose plant-based owns the Good Hair Shop a block away. “We
protein best mimics hamburger. Traditional have little black children who literally have
meat producers like Tyson and Hormel are to walk in the street to get home. Families
preparing to jump into the market, where and grandmamas have to hear ‘Hey, sluts!’
sales grew 17 percent in 2018, according to from a megaphone. We’re just tired as a
the market research firm Nielsen. community.”
In March, the musician Questlove started Ms. Cole said that no one expected the
selling cheese steaks at Citizens Bank Park restaurant to take off as it has, and that she
in Philadelphia, using plant-based meat has worked to minimize the impact of the
from Impossible Foods, in which he is an in- line. She donates time and money to help
vestor. The hip-hop group the Wu-Tang Clan the community, she added.
helped White Castle and Impossible Foods “I don’t think it has anything to do with
introduce a meatless slider in 2018. safety,” she said of neighbors’ complaints.
Ms. Cole realizes that burgers and fries “This is a neighborhood that has just been
aren’t exactly health food, but she wanted to used to being that quiet neighborhood, and
meet her customers where they eat. some people don’t like a thriving business.”
“When you think vegan, you usually
think it’s boring, it’s fresh, it’s clean,” she After waiting in line,
said. “Nothing is wrong with all those each customer is allowed
things, but a lot of black people see vegan as
a rich, white lifestyle.” only two sandwiches.
THE RISE OF Slutty Vegan has been swift.
Ms. Cole sold her first burger last August, Ms. Cole, whose given name was Aisha,
through delivery apps. In September, she was raised in Baltimore by a mother who
opened her food truck. On a cold January adhered to the largely vegetarian tenets of
day in Atlanta, five months after she sold Rastafarianism. Pinky Cole quit eating
her first burger, she opened the restaurant. meat after she got food poisoning in 2007.
Nearly 1,200 people showed up, much to the She gave up all animal products five years
chagrin of many residents of the neighbor- ago.
hood. These days, she averages 800 Her mother, Ichelle Cole, a musician who
customers a day, she said. leads the all-woman reggae group Strykers’
Her social-media game is central to the Posse, raised five children alone. Her father,
plan. Back when she was selling only a few Stanley Asher Cole, was sentenced to life in
burgers a day, a popular Atlanta vegan chef prison the day she was born for his role in a
gave Slutty Vegan its first shout-out on In- drug ring. He would later be mentioned in
stagram. Sales jumped. Ms. Cole began studies of criminal gangs in America.
reaching out to other celebrities she knew, He was eventually released and deported
including Iyanla Vanzant, host of the TV se- to Jamaica. His daughter says she speaks to
ries “Fix My Life,” for whom Ms. Cole him regularly, turning to him for business
worked as a casting director. advice. Her mother plans to move to Atlanta
Now Ms. Cole makes sure she records the soon; she is about to retire after 30 years as
first bite of even the most vaguely famous a trust administrator at a bank.
customers. (Big names can skip the line, “She has always been that child of mine
and sometimes eat free.) The line has be- that wanted to achieve,” Ichelle Cole said.
come a star in its own right: Posting about “She had a purpose from a young age.”
how long you were in it is a badge of street- By middle school, Pinky Cole was organ-
food honor. izing and promoting D.J. dance parties that
PHOTOGRAPHS BY RAYMOND McCREA JONES FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
she said earned her $4,000 a week. As a
sophomore in high school, she bought sand-
wiches from the McDonald’s dollar menu
and sold them at school for $2.
Ms. Cole, who earned a bachelor’s degree
from Clark Atlanta University, eventually
moved to Los Angeles to become an actor,
and then to New York, where she worked as
a TV producer. She used the money she
earned to open Pinky’s Jamaican and
American Restaurant in Harlem. She lost it
to a grease fire in 2016, and eventually
moved back to Atlanta to work as a casting
director.
At Slutty Vegan on a recent weekday
evening, the threat of rain kept the line rela-
tively short. That came as a relief to Tracey
Hall, 36, and her wife, Ernisha Hall, 38, who
were in town from Virginia with their 15-
year-old daughter. They’re not vegans but
do eat vegan food from time to time.
Tracey Hall found Slutty Vegan on Insta-
Her crew helps keep the party going. On a anytime? We want you to beg for it. We’re New Orleans this weekend, speaking and Clockwise from top: Pinky Cole gram and became a fan of the concept and of
recent evening, a woman monitoring the not selling food. We’re selling the experi- serving food. outside her restaurant in Ms. Cole. They waited for about 45 minutes
crowd spotted some newcomers. “Slutty ence.” Ms. Cole still runs two Slutty Vegan food Atlanta; Seeta Charles, left, and and had a Sloppy Toppy, a One Night Stand
vegans, we got four virgins at the door!” she Word has spread beyond Atlanta. She trucks, and plans to open two more restau- Drew Julien using the trunk of and the Dancehall Queen, which has jerk
shouted through a megaphone. A man tend- served 900 people at a pop-up in Harlem on rants soon, one in Jonesboro, a largely Afri- a car for a table top; and the plantains.
ing the small, smoky grill shouted out, “I got Presidents’ Day. In April, Facebook execu- can-American city south of Atlanta. and an- One Night Stand, an Impossible It was good, but was it good enough for
big vegan meat looking for those buns!” tives flew Ms. Cole to their headquarters in other in Atlanta’s Edgewood neighborhood, Foods patty with vegan bacon, two or three hours of waiting in line?
And after all that waiting, each customer Menlo Park, Calif., where she fed 300 em- not far from the childhood home of the Rev. vegan cheese, caramelized No, but that’s not why they came.
is allowed only two sandwiches. ployees. In June, she took her burgers to a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Then she hopes onions, lettuce, tomato and “It’s more than the celebrity factor or the
“It’s about supply and demand,” Ms. Cole vegan festival at the Rose Bowl in Pasade- to go national. “slutty sauce” on a vegan food,” Ms. Hall said. “It’s the boldness of the
said. “Who wants something you can get na, Calif. She’ll be at the Essence Festival in The idea is to create a chain of restau- Hawaiian bun. move. She’s smart.”

A New Century CLASSIC NEGRONI

ADAPTED FROM NOSTRANA, PORTLAND, ORE.

For the Negroni

YIELD: 1 DRINK

1 ounce gin, preferably Bombay Dry

1 ounce sweet vermouth, preferably
Cinzano Rosso
A host of riffs and variations of variations, like the one in Lincoln Ris- 1 ounce Campari
torante at Lincoln Center, and Negroni Orange twist
as the cocktail hits a milestone. menus, like the one at Dante in Greenwich
Village. Combine all liquid ingredients with ice in a
By ROBERT SIMONSON Cocktail nerds hoping for a full-on Ne- mixing glass and stir until chilled, about 30
The Negroni turns 100 this year. As recently groni conference got their wish in May, dur- seconds. Strain into a rocks glass filled with
as a decade ago, that bit of news would have ing “Florence Cocktail Week,” in the city ice. Squeeze orange twist over drink and slip
drawn blank faces, communicating “So?” or where the drink was created. Last week
into glass.
“Who cares?” or even “What’s a Negroni?” was Negroni Week, a worldwide celebra- LEAH NASH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Today the Negroni is one of the most con- tion that benefited charities. A documenta-
sumed cocktails in the world, and the most ry film on the Negroni will be released this Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce, made The Negroni’s surge in
successful mixed drink ever to come out of year by the Italian director Federico Micali. by a bartender who apparently had con- popularity has led to KINGSTON NEGRONI
Italy. In 2018, the Negroni was the second- You can thank young cocktail bartenders fused the drink with the Bloody Mary. “It countless variations on
most-called-for cocktail worldwide, sur- for transforming the Negroni from a rela- wasn’t terrible,” Mr. Wondrich said. “The the drink’s simple ADAPTED FROM JOAQUÍN SIMÓ, DEATH & CO, NEW
passed only by the old-fashioned, according tively obscure epicurean delight enjoyed by Negroni is proof against anything. You can formula. YORK
to a recent poll of more than 100 bars con- the “La Dolce Vita” types of the 1950s and bounce anything off it.” YIELD: 1 DRINK
ducted by the magazine Drinks Interna- ’60s, and globe-trotting artists — Orson Perhaps no other place has served more
tional. Welles and Tennessee Williams sang its Negroni variations than Nostrana in Port- 1 ounce Smith & Cross rum
There are now Negronis to suit all needs. virtues — to an everyday refreshment. land, Ore. In 2010, the restaurant began ONLINE: SHADES OF RED 1 ounce sweet vermouth, preferably
If you want the classic recipe — basically, a Luca Picchi, who wrote “Negroni Cock- serving a different version every month. Negroni recipes with Carpano Antica
strong concoction of equal parts gin, sweet tail: An Italian Legend,” thinks the drink’s The June Negroni of the Month was Blue Aperol, Calvados and 1 ounce Campari
vermouth and an Italian or Italianate bitter fame owes something to its name: the sur- Jay Wray, by Tom Lindstedt of La Moule. more:
Orange twist
aperitivo (traditionally Campari) — most name of Camillo Negroni, a Florentine It’s made of Cappelletti (an Italian aperi- nytcooking.com
bars and restaurants have you covered. count who liked his Americano cocktails tivo), Campari, Wray & Nephew rum and
But now that summer is here, you may spiked with gin. Mr. Picchi pointed out that the rumlike spirit Batavia-Arrack. Combine all liquid ingredients with ice in a
long for a frozen Negroni. Lake Street Bar in the word Negroni, like classic cocktail So what do Pier Lamberto Negroni Ben- mixing glass and stir until chilled, about 30
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, among other bars, names, is now recognizable in virtually any tivoglio and Paolo Andalò Negroni Ben- seconds. Strain into a rocks glass filled with
can help out. If, for convenience’s sake, you language. tivoglio, grandchildren of the count, think ice. Squeeze orange twist over drink and slip
wanted to pick up a bottled Negroni, there The low chance of messing up the drink about the family’s unlikely legacy? “We can into glass.
are a few brands out there, including St. also works in its favor. David Wondrich, a only be proud of it,” Paolo said by email.
Agrestis and one made by Campari. And cocktail historian who has tracked the Ne- “Once you taste a Negroni, you never go
there are Negroni bars that serve an array groni’s rise, was once served one made with back.”
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WINE SCHOOL ERIC ASIMOV YOUR NEXT LESSON: MANZANILLA

The Salty Side of Wine

MANZANILLA SHERRY is about as far as you can get from rosé in wine.
That’s one good reason to make it our next subject.
While rosé enjoys widespread popularity and marketing cachet, man-
zanilla resides largely in the hearts of sherry geeks. I’m not sure I qualify
for full geekdom, but I do love sherry, and I have a sherry T-shirt, which at
least should make me an honorary member of the club.
In any case, you do not have to passionately pursue all things sherry to
fall for manzanilla. For me, it’s the easiest sherry to love. Perhaps, be-
cause of our past explorations of fino and amontillado sherries, the way
will have been cleared for you to embrace manzanilla as well.
Manzanilla is essentially a fino that comes exclusively from the seaside
town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda in the Andalusia region of southern Spain.
Its coastal origin gives it distinctive qualities that differentiate it from
other finos. Is it the briny wind blowing in off the Atlantic that provides its
saline character? Or is it something else in the air, or in the earth?
The three manzanillas I suggest are:

ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOEL HOLLAND

Rosés to Daydream To
Take a sip of summer, as supports the state of mind that vacation is Getaria region, the Ameztoi was bottled
intended to achieve. That’s a pretty good with a little bit of residual carbon dioxide,
escapist as a poolside novel. thing to find in a glass of wine. which adds just the lightest bit of fizz to the
But for some people, the wine itself mat- texture.
I’M SITTING IN my Manhattan apartment, ters as much as the connotations. For these I love this wine. It’s lightly floral with a
but in my mind I’m far away, watching the people, and I am one of them, the critical el- faint berry smell, which both carry over to
ocean, glass of rosé in hand, staring out at ement of the brain refuses to shut off, even the palate. But something else joins in then
the waves breaking under pale blue skies, for rosé. — a savory, salty edge, as if the winds had
sea breezes rustling the leaves above. Somebody might say, “Relax, it’s just blown the sea air from the Bay of Biscay di-
Such is the power of rosé to stir the imagi- rosé,” to which I respond: “Yes. But it’s wine rectly into the vineyards. It’s also low in al-
nation. Great wines are by nature trans- as well, and as with all wines, some will be cohol, just 11 percent, so you can drink a lot
porting. They take you on journeys through great, some will be awful and most will be in of it.
time and space, posing questions and re- between. Don’t you want a good one?” Like the Txakolina, the Bone-Jolly, from
warding contemplation. But rosé? One of the reasons for Wine School is to El Dorado County in the Sierra Nevada re-
No question about it, rosé has an emo- help people determine what constitutes gion of California, is a perennial favorite of
tional power all its own. These are seldom mine. Steve Edmunds of Edmunds St. John
profound wines, yet rosé nonetheless tugs is among the state’s modern pioneers of
at the imagination, and in so doing has be- gamay, the grape of Beaujolais.
SONNY FIGUEROA/THE NEW YORK TIMES
come a symbol of summer’s liberation from The Bone-Jolly is floral and tangy, with
all that is humdrum and workaday. flavors of red fruit, citrus and minerals. Its
lively acidity adds tension and energy, Bodegas Yuste Valdespino Bodegas Hidalgo La
Here at Wine School, we try to look at
which helps make the wine refreshing. It Aurora Manzanilla Manzanilla Gitana Manzanilla
wine from every angle. Its aromas and fla-
comes in at 12.5 percent alcohol. (Classical Wines, Deliciosa en Rama La Gitana (Hidalgo
vors are of course important, but wine is so
In contrast to the other two, the Sancerre Seattle), 500 Saca de Primavera Imports, Miami),
much more than that. Witness the phenom-
rosé, made from pinot noir grapes, is milliliters, $20 2018 (Polaner 500 milliliters, $18
enon of rosé, which has been on a remark-
darker, more deep salmon than pale copper. Selections, Mount
able journey and shows no signs of falter-
It’s fruitier, too, though it smells like a bou- Kisco, N.Y.), 375
ing.
quet of flowers. It is richer and rounder, and milliliters, $15
Forty years ago, rosé was in such ill re-
pute that American marketers came up rather high in alcohol at 14 percent, yet it is
with another name, “blush wine.” Twenty dry and refreshing as well. with red fruit If you can’t find these wines, look for other labels including Barbadillo,
years ago, you could barely give the stuff and mineral flavors. Emilio Lustau, Alexander Jules, Delgado Zuleta, La Cigarrera and Pedro
away. I remember trying — not particularly Each of these bottles can perform the
Romero.
successfully — to persuade people to give it transporting trick at which rosé excels. Yet
a chance: “Pink (Well, Rosé) Is for Guys,” they each have distinctive character and If you have some extra cash and want to try the very best in man-
was the headline of one effort. depth, which ought to satisfy wine lovers zanilla, I urge you to splurge on a bottle from Equipo Navazos, a small
good. It’s not always easy to know, and seeking something beyond escapism. Such négociant that scours the region for excellent barrels that would other-
BUT FOR THE LAST DECADE or more, rosés while experts can offer critical analyses, it’s multidimensional capabilities are fine wise go into a larger blend. Instead, it acquires those barrels and bottles
have been hotter than Death Valley in July. more important, and more useful, to get to things in a wine. them separately. They can be revelations, but they can run from $50 to
I’ve examined them in all the conventional know your own taste. $100.
ways, looking at them regionally, dividing As I do each month, I suggest three bot- MANY READERS RESPONDED by suggesting
favorite rosés of their own, including some You may have noticed that the Valdespino is labeled “en rama.” That
them by grape, taking the industry to task tles, which you try out on your own, with a
for all the bad bottles and so on. But perhaps from Italy, Austria, Malta, Spain, Oregon, means it is a special selection that is bottled largely unfiltered, unlike most
meal, with friends or however you want to
it’s time to take seriously the emotional ap- do it. Then we reassemble, and you tell me Michigan, even the Okanagan region of manzanillas and finos. The differences can be significant, and if you can
peal of rosé, by which I mean what it con- what you think, generally in the comments British Columbia. I wish I could find those find en rama bottles of manzanilla, snap them up. If you can’t, do not
notes to those who crave it. section. Canadian wines in New York. worry.
I don’t think craving is too strong a way to This month, we tasted three rosés made Joseph from Île-de-France mentioned the Whatever bottles you are able to get, please store them in the refrigera-
put it. It’s the rare wine that succeeds in get- somewhere other than Provence, rosé’s dark rosé from Domaine Illaria in tor or some other cool place. Serve them cold, in regular wine glasses, but
ting people to buy apparel touting the joys spiritual homeland. They were: Ameztoi Irouléguy, in French Basque Country. This, pay attention to how they may change as they warm up in the glass.
of rosé-drinking. Talk to sommeliers or Getariako Txakolina Rubentis 2018, Ed- I think, is one of the great rosés of the world.
You can serve manzanilla as an aperitif, or with classic snacks like
wine retailers about rosé, and their anxi- munds St. John Bone-Jolly El Dorado It ages well — Joseph drank a 2016 — and
eties revolve around ensuring a sufficient develops complexity. Marcona almonds, cured anchovies, olives or Ibérico ham. Or you can
County Gamay Noir Rosé 2018 and Lucien
supply when the mad rush begins in late Crochet Sancerre Rosé 2018. Several readers complained that these drink it with a seafood dinner, especially one you eat with your hands:
spring and selling it all before the demand Each of these has the transporting power wines, at $24 to $30, were too expensive. It’s fried shrimp or clams, white bait, nothing too formal. After all, manzanilla
dies abruptly at Labor Day. implicit in any rosé, yet each is completely easy to find plenty of rosés that are cheaper. is for the seashore, not the drawing room.
What is it that rosé and summer have in different, both from each other and from the Many are under $10. It all depends on what ERIC ASIMOV
common, and why do people otherwise ig- pale Provençal rosés that have done more you want from a wine. If a pale pink color is
nore it out of season? It’s not that good rosé than any others to foster the wine’s allure. enough, why spend more?
tastes different in October than it does in Rosés are made all over the world, pretty These three bottles, however, demon- Characteristics to Consider
July, so it must be what rosé represents. much anywhere red wine is made. The ba- strate how much more rosé can offer. Not
Like summer, rosé is an invitation to sic technique for producing rosé is to start everybody is interested in those qualities, Texture
dress down, to relax. It’s a reminder that the with red grapes, and to macerate the juice which is fine. But if you are among those How does it feel in the mouth?
shoulders need not be up around the ears, just long enough with the pigment-bearing who regard rosés as inoffensive at best, .........................................................................................................................................................
that the top button can be left undone. You skins to achieve the desired color. The re- these wines prove otherwise. Temperature
don’t share a bottle of rosé with the boss; sults can range from the faintest onionskin Chief among their strong points, these How does the manzanilla change as it warms in the glass?
you share it with friends, after you’ve to almost cherry red. wines will not evaporate at the end of the .........................................................................................................................................................
kicked off your shoes and wriggled your The Txakolina stood out from the other summer, like so many mass-market rosés, Versatility
toes in the sand. two, not because of its pale copper color, whose life span can be measured in months. Do you see a role for manzanilla in your life?
Rosé is summer vacation, or at least it which pretty much matched the Bone-Jolly, These will continue to satisfy long after the
but because of its effervescence. summer clothes are put away and the wool-
EMAIL [email protected]. And follow Eric Txakolina is the favored drink of Spanish ens come out. All would make superb
Asimov on Twitter: @EricAsimov. Basque Country, and like most from the Thanksgiving wines.

OFF THE MENU FLORENCE FABRICANT

HEADLINER Hutong pepe, all’amatriciana and carbo- p.m., the dining room at 5:30:
In Northern China, particularly in Beijing, hutongs are old, narrow nara pastas, and porchetta: 432 Park Drive North (East 72nd
alleyways. They’re lined with small houses that have courtyards, some Union Avenue (Metropolitan Street), 212-517-2233,
of which house restaurants. The branch of Hutong about to open in the Avenue), Williamsburg, Brooklyn, thecentralparkboathouse.com.
Bloomberg L.P. headquarters is in a courtyard, to be sure, but it has 347-916-1062, montesacrobk.com.
turned the far-from-humble space that housed Le Cirque into a state- Muji From Thursday through CHEFS ON THE MOVE
ment of jaw-dropping Art Deco grandeur, with a soaring blue and silver Sunday, the latest store from this Emmanuel Niess Mr. Niess, a
dining room and white marble details. “I consider New York to be the Japanese chain will be serving native of Belgium, is now the
Art Deco capital, and I wanted to pay homage to it and also to Art Deco free red, white and blue shaved executive chef at Majorelle on the
of Shanghai,” said David Yeo, the founder of the Hong Kong-based ice from Bonsai Kakigori, the Upper East Side. He has worked
Aqua Restaurant Group, which owns this Hutong, as well as others in dessert shop that recently opened at several Michelin-starred
London and Asia. He said his mandate for Robert Angell, the designer, on the Lower East Side. Straw- restaurants, and had his own
was “no red lanterns, no stereotypes.” This branch contrasts with the berries and cream, coconut-lime place in Belgium.
one in London, on 33rd floor of the Shard building, which has an Impe- crunch and blueberry lavender
rial Palace profusion of gilt, black and red. Mr. Yeo’s Hutong restau- are the flavors that will be dis- Mark Iacono, Jess Shadbolt and
rants specialize in Northern Chinese food, so expect impressive plat- pensed. This new branch of Muji Clare de Boer Mr. Iacono, an
ters heaped with crisp soft-shell crabs, chile-fueled beef tenderloin ma will have a full coffee bar, in col- owner of Lucali in Carroll Gar-
la style, the inevitable Peking duck and, specifically for New York, laboration with Variety Coffee dens, Brooklyn, is the consultant
EMON HASSAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
deep-fried prawns with pickled vegetables, broad beans with Sichuan Roasters of Brooklyn and featur- for Rossi Pizzeria, which will open
sauce, and squid “flowers” with chile dressing. In the evening, dim sum ing pastries from Ceci Cela: 127 in the new Delta Concourse at La
to eat at communal tables or to Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 347-295-
are served in the warmly lit contemporary bar and the dining room. It East 59th Street, 646-905-5770, Guardia Airport in October. Also
take away: 82-02 45th Avenue 1015, speakvino.co.
will also be served for lunch, which starts in a week. (Opens Monday): muji.com/us. at Delta, Ms. Shadbolt and Ms. De
(82nd Street), Elmhurst, Queens. Montesacro Pinseria Romana
731 Lexington Avenue (entrance at 151 East 58th Street), 212-758-4800, Boer, of King restaurant in SoHo,
hutong-nyc.com. Speakvino Wine Bar Wines from Yes, there is another style of pizza The Central Park Boathouse On will be consulting on Flatiron
Eastern Europe, North Africa and to be had, this one from Rome via Tuesdays through Sept. 10, the Tavern & Provisions. Both restau-
the Middle East share a list with San Francisco and Portland, Ore., restaurant in the Loeb Boathouse rants are from the airport hospi-
selections, usually naturally and where Roman pinsas, or flat- at Central Park Lake will serve a tality company OTG.
OPENING ous Chinese regions. Lots of biodynamically made, from breads, are served. There are summer cookout menu on its
HK Food Court This bright, noodles, especially in a diverse France, Italy and Spain. The food more than a dozen on the menu. dock and in the dining room. It . ...................................................................
bustling pan-Asian food court array of soups; dumplings; pork, menu, all small plates, sails the In this dramatic greenhouse-like will include grilled skewers, a More restaurant news is online
offers tastes of Japan, Vietnam, lamb and beef dishes; bubble tea Mediterranean: 1063 Bedford space, the chef, Riccardo Buitoni, lobster boil, steaks and fish, from at nytimes.com/food.
Thailand, Taiwan, Tibet and vari- and traditional desserts are sold Avenue (Greene Avenue), Bedford- also looks to Rome for cacio e $7 to $54. The dock opens at 4
D8 N THE NEW YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

RESTAURANTS PETE WELLS

A Chance to Try It All (It’s All There)

Turkish braises, soups and LOKANTA ★★
stews at Lokanta in Queens. 3116 BROADWAY, ASTORIA, QUEENS; 718-728-4477;
THELOKANTA.COM
“DOES THE SHEEP’S HEAD soup have a lot of
. ......................................................................................
stuff in it?” I asked my server.
Realizing that this was somewhat ambig- Atmosphere A casual cafe with marble tables
uous, especially applied to a dish as laden and bentwood chairs; leafy tropical wallpaper
with stuff as the brew of lambs’ snouts, ears, and gold tchotchke shelves enliven the proceed-
tongues, cheeks and eyeballs known in Tur- ings.
key as kelle paca, I tried again. Service Very kind and obliging, generally.
“Is it very filling, I mean?”
My concern was a familiar one, to me at Sound level Moderate.
least. I was in Queens, at a new Turkish Recommended Hot yogurt soup; tripe soup;
restaurant in Astoria called Lokanta, and mashed fava; labneh; cheese bourekas; cacik;
the menu was so appealing that I wanted to grilled octopus; hunkar begendi; manti; roasted
try it all. Already I was set on a few lamb and rice; ali nazik; stuffed cabbage; but-
bourekas, some labneh, the fava dip and ternut squash; baklava.
some form of braised lamb over eggplant.
Drinks and wine There is no alcohol. The lem-
I’d spotted another three or four dishes that
onade is exceptional, though.
I was probably going to tack on at the end of
my order, as if by afterthought. I suspected Prices Appetizers, $4 to $19; main courses,
that I could add a small bowl of kelle paca $19 to $24.
and still eat everything else. But a big bowl, Open Tuesday to Friday for dinner, Saturday and
one so thick with bits formerly affixed to a Sunday for lunch and dinner.
sheep’s skull that a spoon would stand up in
it, might tip the scale. Reservations Not accepted.
The server pondered this for a while until Wheelchair access The dining room and an
a wiry man got up from his marble-top table accessible restroom are on the sidewalk level.
in the corner and conferred with her. Wear-
ing baggy jeans, a white T-shirt and a base- ...................................................................................
ball cap that kept his zinc-colored ponytail in
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place, he looked like a contractor, maybe a What the stars mean Ratings range from zero to
painter who’d come by to touch up the mold- four stars and reflect the reviewer’s reaction primarily to
food, with ambience, service and price taken into
ings and had been invited to stay for a Turk- consideration.
ish coffee. Then he spoke to us about the
sheep’s head soup.
“I am a genius,” he began. “And even I
don’t know how to answer this question. I purée of dried favas; or the roughly mashed
think that the question must be wrong.” eggplant, smoky without a trace of bitter-
As those who chase the scent of lamb and ness; and one of the strained-yogurt dips, ei-
charred eggplant around the city have prob- ther the tangy cacik, laced with minced cu-
ably guessed, this was no contractor. This cumbers, or the labneh, as firm as a new
was Orhan Yegen, the Turkish-born chef mattress. Either will prove useful as the
and restaurateur who has opened close to 20 meal goes on. So will a simple salad, espe-
Turkish restaurants over the last two dec- cially the one with white beans and purple
ades or so while keeping up a running mono- onions.
logue that made him a favorite of food writ- The tightly rolled, golden bourekas are
ers. In 2004, Mr. Yegen opened Sip Sak in like skinny Turkish spring rolls filled with
Turtle Bay, then proceeded to surprise those from what might be served in Brooklyn at dill and melting feta. Cold poached leeks, a
who had charted his career by embarking Liman, where your bass will be filleted frequent special, are more appealing than
on a long, stable period. within view of the fishing boats and swans of the cold poached artichokes that have a per-
All was quiet, relatively speaking, until Sheepshead Bay. manent spot on the menu. If Mr. Yegen tells
April, when Lokanta arrived in Astoria to Diners in Lokanta’s custody have signed you that the grilled octopus is the best in the
supplement the Greek and Cypriot menus on for a more nuanced view of the Turkish city, keep in mind that he rarely seems to
along its stretch of Broadway, and Mr. Yegen kitchen. Take, for instance, the shadings leave his own restaurant. It’s quite good,
arrived to tell customers that their ques- that lamb takes on. In hunkar begendi, Clockwise from top: though, with a fugitive sweetness that may
tions were wrong. chunks of it are stewed in tomatoes and pep- Lokanta specializes in be supplied by the tomatoes and purple on-
The kelle paca colloquy ended when I pers and ladled over an eggplant mash beat- slow-cooked Turkish ions.
agreed to order it. After hours on the stove, en to a memorable richness with cheese and recipes like ali nazik, Desserts run toward milky white pud-
the meat on the head had fallen away into milk. Ali nazik is, in schematic form, the stewed lamb over dings, nice if you are looking for a mild seda-
about eight different textures, from frilly to same thing, built on the same foundation of mashed eggplant; Orhan tive. The baklava, imported from Turkey, is a
ropy to collagenously chewy to tender and milky eggplant, but in Lokanta’s version the Yegen, the chef and treat for those of us who like pistachios and
lean. All of this suspended in a slippery, al- lamb is ground and simmered with onions owner; stuffed eggplant; think sugar syrup makes a better baklava
most sticky broth the color of cappuccino. and red and green peppers; somehow it and bourekas filled with sweetener than honey.
And no, it was not too filling. achieves a rich, unctuous consistency that is feta and dill. The unlikely champion, though, is the but-
Soups, braises, stews and other recipes amplified by the eggplant and the scoop of ternut squash that has been languorously
requiring plenty of time and even more olive strained yogurt dropped on top. baked in its own juices with nothing but sug-
oil are the basis of Mr. Yegen’s reputation. Lokanta’s “roasted lamb and rice” is in the ar. The technique is one of those small tricks
They set his menus apart from those at pilaf family, which means that the rice is not roughly the size of one. The meat has been that helps Mr. Yegen’s cooking stand out,
other Turkish restaurants around town, just a side dish but the heart of the recipe, seasoned just forcefully enough that it will like the perfume of lemon peel in the Turkish
which tend to revolve around the grill. baked until alluringly sweet with currants, announce itself, politely but clearly, as it lemonade.
Lokanta makes very fine kofte, but for a allspice and cinnamon, then sprinkled with breaks through the dough. It would be possi- Lokanta has no liquor license yet. Some
full medley of minced and skewered meats, fresh dill at the last minute. The lamb’s job is ble to sit down in front of a bowl of these, customers smuggle wine through the door
you are better off under the swaying chan- to be obligingly tender, and it succeeds, one spooning them up with their warm yogurt and keep the bottles on their tables, which
deliers of Taci’s Beyti on Coney Island Ave- reason the dish is requested by so many ta- and chile oil and dried mint, and call for an- have tops of radiant white marble from Tur-
nue in Brooklyn. Lokanta will grill or roast a bles. other bowl a minute later. key and are surrounded by classic bentwood
whole fish, but it will not be all that different To fend off boredom, I imagine, Mr. Yegen Of course, the meal should begin with cafe chairs. But it is hard not to want the
fills his manti with both lamb and beef. Each strips of nigella-dotted Turkish bread and a lemonade, which is cold and just tart enough
EMAIL [email protected]. little dumpling is rolled by fingertip and is spread or two — maybe memorably creamy and not very filling at all.

HUNGRY CITY MAHIRA RIVERS

A Versatile Pepper Energizes a Menu

The flavor of the peri peri chile PERI PERI GRILL HOUSE
pierces a grill’s eclectic dishes. 235 MALCOLM X BOULEVARD (HANCOCK STREET),
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN; 917-966-8614

IT ISN’T THE SMELL of smoke that greets you . ......................................................................................

when you walk through the door of Peri Peri Recommended Peri peri chicken, in any
Grill House in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brook-
of its various forms; lamb chops; beef
lyn; it’s the sight of it. The hard-working
burger; peri peri fries.
grill in the open kitchen exhales smoke in
billows that dissipate quickly into the dining Drinks and wine Bottled sodas; flavored
room, but not before leaving a defining sparkling waters; blended milkshakes; no
mark on all the food it touches. alcohol.
Chicken wings, for example, are flame- Prices $6 to $20.
grilled, with the blackened bits to prove it,
and slicked with peri peri sauce that hums Open Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and
with citrus and spice. But the smoke is what dinner.
sticks with you. Reservations Not accepted.
Peri peri, or piri piri, is a chile cultivated Wheelchair access The entrance is up a
in southeastern Africa, with roots in Brazil. slight incline. There is a small step before
The pepper — hotter than a jalapeño but not
the bathroom, which has a handrail.
quite as searing as a Scotch bonnet — was
carried to Africa and Asia by Portuguese
traders, who tempered it with vinegar and
lemon juice to create the sauce of the same halal. “Muslims don’t have a lot of halal op-
name. tions,” said Mr. Malik, who is Muslim.
At this small but tidy restaurant that Whether you follow those dietary rules or
opened in April 2018 on Malcolm X Boule- not, there is a perfectly good burger, topped
vard, peri peri proves its versatility as a with ribbons of caramelized onion and a bun
PHOTOGRAPHS BY CAITLIN OCHS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
marinade, a table sauce and a dry spice slathered in peri peri mayonnaise.
blend. “You can have it in many ways,” said Among the side dishes, peri peri-sea-
the owner, Sohaib Malik. “That’s the beauty soned French fries are predictably satisfy-
of it.” ing, with an electric citric tang. The spice is
Mr. Malik, 33, was born in Jhelum, Paki- also sprinkled over a neat mound of yellow
stan, but has spent most of his life in Mid- rice, adding a welcome tartness to the
wood, Brooklyn, where his family immi- heavy hand of cumin.
grated in 1995. It was his wife, Ruschke Ma- A handful of milkshakes are also avail-
lik, a native of South Africa, who introduced able. The most expensive option, the Fer-
him to peri peri. rero Rocher, blitzes the chocolate hazelnut
“She is the one who first took me to Nan- orbs with vanilla ice cream. It is just the
do’s,” Mr. Malik said, referring to the Johan- thing to extinguish any lingering heat.
nesburg-based restaurant chain that spe- In an unexpected turn, the menu lists a
cializes in peri peri chicken. “I thought, why kale salad, a quinoa bowl and not one but
isn’t it here? I saw something missing in the two veggie burgers (the plant-based Be-
market.” yond Burger and a falafel burger). It’s ambi-
At Peri Peri Grill House, you can order tiously diverse, and seems to be resonating
the unfailingly juicy chicken in quarters or ground. The generously thick chops are with this equally eclectic neighborhood.
halves, or even in strips that are stuffed into coated with a hybrid spice blend before they “I didn’t think it was going to work,” Mr.
a wrap, but the topography of the wings — hit the grill. “It’s like a salsa and masala Malik said. “But we’ve been busy since Day
full of crooks and crevasses — is best suited combined, with some peri peri in it.” Mr. Ma- 1.”
for such a clinging sauce. lik said. Most nights, the waits (reservations are
The meat is bathed in a transformative sauces, from a timid garlic-and-herb to a Clockwise from above: The result is buttery, tender meat with not accepted) stretch to 30 minutes. The
mixture of dried ground chiles, lemon juice, more piercing “extra hot.” At one notch be- the Peri Peri Grill House; abundant flavor in each bite. Mr. Malik steady stream of customers who file into the
garlic and a blend of spices for up to 24 low the top of the scale, the “hot” version is chicken with side dishes doesn’t want to be pigeonholed into selling restaurant, a perfect cross section of the
hours before it is par-roasted (to save time the most balanced of them all. sprinkled with peri peri grilled lamb chops, but he could probably neighborhood, is undeterred. The kitchen
during service) and then heaved onto the Mr. Malik’s kitchen serves grilled lamb seasoning; milkshakes to make a good living at it. can handle it; over the grill, tongs snap and
grill. Finally, it is basted with a choice of six chops, a hat tip to his South Asian back- ease the heat. All the meat at the restaurant is certified flip as the smoke swirls in the air.