The April 27, 2004 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 117 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 22 years old. Your last birthday was on the Monday, April 27, 2026, 66 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, April 27, 2027, in 298 days. You have lived for 8,101 days, or about 194,432 hours, or about 11,665,939 minutes, or about 699,956,340 seconds.
27th of April 2004 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on April 27, 2004
Suburban Retailing for the New Brooklyn
Date: 28 April 2004
By DIANE CARDWELL
Diane CARDWELL
Continuing boom in housing fuels retail revolution in Brooklyn with large stores opening along its East River waterfront; home furnishers and hardware giants fill unmet consumer demand in areas formerly occupied by industry; some longtime residents see megastores as disruptive force to small businesses and small streets, while others welcome amenities and jobs they bring; Loew's hardware store in Gowanus section has encountered little opposition since it serves largely local consumers; planned Ikea store in nearby Red Hook, however, is seen as destination retail experience and faces challenges from middle-class, mostly white, residents who have revived area; photos (L)
Full Article
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 28 April 2004
Full Article
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 27 April 2004
Full Article
Plastic Surgery Gets a New Look
Date: 27 April 2004
By JAMES GORMAN
James GORMAN
Plastic surgery is changing to give patients quicker, cheaper and less invasive procedures while providing more subtle, natural changes; Dr V Leroy Young, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery's emerging trends task force chairman, notes that more operations, which are performed earlier, seem to be industry trend; drastic changes are infrequent with more patients wanting slow process of transformation and reduced impact of aging; filling in features is also becoming popular as technologies change; various procedures discussed; graph, drawings (L)
Full Article
New Thoughts About When Not to Stretch
Date: 27 April 2004
By LORRAINE KREAHLING
Lorraine KREAHLING
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes results of six-decade study on possible benefits of stretching; findings, published in journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, suggests full-body warm-up before stretching; holds that stretching prior to warm-up does not reduce injuries and in some cases can increase likelihood of injury; Dr Lisa Bartoli, Beth Israel Medical Center attending physician, says that muscles perform best when they are not too loose or too tight; suggests doing planned physical activity at 50 percent of target intensity for full body warm-up; photo (M)
Full Article
The New York Times/CBS News Poll Poll Watch
Date: 28 April 2004
Full Article
New Pew Trusts Merging Works Into One Body
Date: 27 April 2004
By STEPHANIE STROM
Stephanie STROM
Pew Charitable Trusts are pulling their major polling, research and information projects into single organization to save administrative costs as part of metamorphosis from private foundation to public charity; directors of trusts voted last Nov to become public charity, giving it more flexibility to raise money, lobby and contribute to other organizations, as well as getting tax advantages; Pew's transition has attracted great deal of attention in philanthropic circles (M)
Full Article
Europe-Russia Pact to Cover New Union Nations
Date: 28 April 2004
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
Steven MYERS
European Union and Russia agree to extend their economic and political relationship to union's ten new members, most of them former Soviet satellites (S)
Full Article
New Battle in Falluja
Date: 28 April 2004
Article on fierce fighting between US marines and Iraqi insurgents in Falluja noted
Full Article
New Wave Cooking: Do Try This At Home
Date: 28 April 2004
By MATT LEE and TED LEE
Matt LEE
Matt and Ted Lee article on trying new foods and cooking techniques at home inspired by wave of iconoclastic chefs who consider themselves artists and philosophers and are willing to test limits of diners' trust; finds sophisticated flavors can be coaxed from everyday ingredients and combined to create exciting new dishes or clever renditions of old standards; recipes; photo (L)
Full Article
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 27 April 2004
Full Article
Europe-Russia Pact to Cover New Union Nations
Date: 28 April 2004
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
Steven MYERS
European Union and Russia agree to extend their economic and political relationship to union's ten new members, most of them former Soviet satellites (S)
Full Article
New Battle in Falluja
Date: 28 April 2004
Article on fierce fighting between US marines and Iraqi insurgents in Falluja noted
Full Article
Suburban Retailing for the New Brooklyn
Date: 28 April 2004
By DIANE CARDWELL
Diane CARDWELL
Continuing boom in housing fuels retail revolution in Brooklyn with large stores opening along its East River waterfront; home furnishers and hardware giants fill unmet consumer demand in areas formerly occupied by industry; some longtime residents see megastores as disruptive force to small businesses and small streets, while others welcome amenities and jobs they bring; Loew's hardware store in Gowanus section has encountered little opposition since it serves largely local consumers; planned Ikea store in nearby Red Hook, however, is seen as destination retail experience and faces challenges from middle-class, mostly white, residents who have revived area; photos (L)
Full Article
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 28 April 2004
Full Article
Plastic Surgery Gets a New Look
Date: 27 April 2004
By JAMES GORMAN
James GORMAN
Plastic surgery is changing to give patients quicker, cheaper and less invasive procedures while providing more subtle, natural changes; Dr V Leroy Young, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery's emerging trends task force chairman, notes that more operations, which are performed earlier, seem to be industry trend; drastic changes are infrequent with more patients wanting slow process of transformation and reduced impact of aging; filling in features is also becoming popular as technologies change; various procedures discussed; graph, drawings (L)
Full Article
New Thoughts About When Not to Stretch
Date: 27 April 2004
By LORRAINE KREAHLING
Lorraine KREAHLING
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes results of six-decade study on possible benefits of stretching; findings, published in journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, suggests full-body warm-up before stretching; holds that stretching prior to warm-up does not reduce injuries and in some cases can increase likelihood of injury; Dr Lisa Bartoli, Beth Israel Medical Center attending physician, says that muscles perform best when they are not too loose or too tight; suggests doing planned physical activity at 50 percent of target intensity for full body warm-up; photo (M)
Full Article
The New York Times/CBS News Poll Poll Watch
Date: 28 April 2004
Full Article
New Pew Trusts Merging Works Into One Body
Date: 27 April 2004
By STEPHANIE STROM
Stephanie STROM
Pew Charitable Trusts are pulling their major polling, research and information projects into single organization to save administrative costs as part of metamorphosis from private foundation to public charity; directors of trusts voted last Nov to become public charity, giving it more flexibility to raise money, lobby and contribute to other organizations, as well as getting tax advantages; Pew's transition has attracted great deal of attention in philanthropic circles (M)
Full Article
New Wave Cooking: Do Try This At Home
Date: 28 April 2004
By MATT LEE and TED LEE
Matt LEE
Matt and Ted Lee article on trying new foods and cooking techniques at home inspired by wave of iconoclastic chefs who consider themselves artists and philosophers and are willing to test limits of diners' trust; finds sophisticated flavors can be coaxed from everyday ingredients and combined to create exciting new dishes or clever renditions of old standards; recipes; photo (L)
Full Article