Newsweek International articles from March 2003

Newsweek International archives from March 2003

Mail Call.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2003... Caught in the Middle Readers of our Jan. 27 story on Tony Blair's stand on Iraq praised our reportage but were critical of both Blair and President Bush. "Excellent!" cheered one, "there is no justification for war." Another worried, "It...

What, Me Worry : European leaders who support a war in Iraq are struggling to maintain their positions despite massive opposition from their own people.
March 3, 2003... Munich 1938. Prague 1968. Kosovo 1999. Iraq 2003. For Vaclav Havel, the line between tyranny and liberty is neither blurred nor crooked, and he has no qualms supporting America's coming war on Saddam Hussein. "Evil should be resisted as soon as...

The Games Leaders Play : France's high-toned opposition to a war in Iraq is more than just principle. It's also a careful calculation of national power.
March 3, 2003... A curious little manifesto called "The Cry of the Gargoyle" appeared last year in French bookshops. Its author, Dominique de Villepin, had for seven years kept a low profile in public life but loomed large in the Elysee Palace: the adviser,...

Behind the Wheel : Has Roh's journey from the barricades to the Blue House prepared him to lead South Korea?(Roh Moo Hyun )
March 3, 2003... The Daewoo sedan skirted police patrols in the dead of night. At the wheel, human-rights lawyer Roh Moo Hyun navigated past various protest sites scattered across Pusan, South Korea's main port city. It was 1987. Roh's passenger, a former...

Modi's Moment : On the anniversary of the ethnic violence in Gujarat, the state's militant chief minister is both unrepentant and possibly a harbinger of India's political future.
March 3, 2003... Drums beat, as supporters of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) push forward to toss marigolds and rose petals at Narendra Modi. When Gujarat's chief minister emerges from the airport in the BJP stronghold of Rajkot, there's a...

Diamonds in the Rough : Amid the devastation of the Japanese market, opportunity seekers are finding many hidden values in some of the country's smallest, least-well-known companies.
March 3, 2003... There are many potentially lucrative little secrets hidden in Japan, and Haruo (Hal) Shimizu is happy to show off one. He guides visitors through a labyrinth of hissing hydraulic presses and oily assembly lines at the Exedy Corp., where workers...

The Stigma of Disability in Italy.
March 3, 2003... Diego Chiapello, legally blind since birth, isn't one of Italy's famous "mama's boys" who live with their parents into adulthood. The 27-year-old lives alone in Milan, works as a network administrator, loves diving and dreams of sailing across...

Our Bodies, Our Fears : As political tensions mount, people have grown more anxious than ever. Scientific research about how our brains and bodies process fear shows how damaging it can be--and what we can do about it.
March 3, 2003... Anna-li Yaron will never forget the first time she heard the bomb siren go off. It happened in early February while she was sitting in class at Charles Smith High School for the Arts in Jerusalem. Her teacher had warned the class about the...

A Matter of Perspective : In Patrick Hughes's paintings, nothing is what it seems.
March 3, 2003... Matthew Flowers, director of the Flowers East art gallery in London, has seen it many times--the peculiar series of motions that people go through when they catch sight of a Patrick Hughes painting for the first time. "We call it the Patrick...

Room With a View : A timely new exhibit at London's National Gallery reveals Titian in all his Renaissance splendor.
March 3, 2003... The magnificent 16th-century court of the dukes of Ferrara near Venice attracted some of the most gifted artists and writers of the Renaissance. Deep inside the castle, a secret chamber housed one of the world's most prized collections of...

A Growing 'Talibanization' : Along the Afghan border, newly powerful mullahs are spreading a strict gospel.(election of Islamist United Action Council returns North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan to islamic values)
March 3, 2003... For 40 years, Shaukat Khan has made a modest income singing and dancing to traditional Pashtun music at weddings and family celebrations. Now the 50- year-old performer, along with hundreds of other musicians, is being run out of show business...

What Is Missing? : Japan's sense of mission is gone, or is at best blurred, even 'fake,' says the foreigner who saved Nissan.(Carlos Ghosn)(Interview)
March 3, 2003... Carlos Ghosn wasn't welcome in Japan. When Renault bought a $5 billion stake in Nissan four years ago, it sent Ghosn to run the struggling carmaker--and to become the first foreign head of a major Japanese company. Japanese media greeted him as...

The Profit Mission : NASA's product-development program is under fire.
March 3, 2003... Here's a tag you don't see much, but should: "Made in Outer Space." Thanks to the commercial minds inside NASA, many of Earth's consumer goods have distant origins in the U.S. space program. There's Zen perfume from Shiseido, derived from a...

Voting With Their Feet : Germany once attracted workers from around the world. Now its own jobless are flocking elsewhere.">.
March 3, 2003... A year ago life looked bleak for Jens Sroka. He had just lost his job, courtesy of Germany's never-ending economic slump. Nor did prospects look good in hometown Wurschnitz, a village in eastern Saxony where one in five people is out of work....

Running Away From It All.(Robert Garside)(Interview)
March 3, 2003... Robert Garside is nothing if not dedicated. For the last six years, the 36- year-old Briton has had but one goal: to be the first man to run around the world. Since starting out in New Delhi in October 1997, the self-titled "Running Man" has...

An American in Germany.(Kaiserslautern, Germany and American war preparations)
March 3, 2003... The K in K-Town stands for Kaiserslautern. Though it lies in the heart of pacifist Germany, this town (surrounded by 7,000 acres of U.S. military bases) is an anthill of tense activity, with tens of thousands of American soldiers preparing for...

Perspectives.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2003... Quotation Sources From Top To Bottom, Left To Right: Reuters, The Hill, The Washington Post (2), BBC, Reuters, The Washington Post "It requires very special handling." Unidentified Nigerian official, warning citizens to be on the lookout...

A Defector's Secret.(Hussein Kamel)
March 3, 2003... Hussein Kamel, the highest-ranking Iraqi official ever to defect, told the CIA, British intelligence officers and U.N. inspectors in 1995 that, after the gulf war, Iraq destroyed all its chemical and biological weapon stocks and the missiles to...

Clearing the Roads.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2003... The streets of London are rocking--or at least rolling--again. Last week the traffic-clogged metropolis began demanding a pound sterling5 ($8) congestion charge from all daytime motorists entering the busiest areas of the city. The result: a...

ELECTION '04: Democratic Doves Cry.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2003... Until recently, U.S. Democrats have been oblivious to the antiwar bug. The presumptive '04 presidential front runners--Sens. Joe Lieberman, John Kerry and John Edwards and Rep. Dick Gephardt--voted for a congressional resolution essentially...

Bobos in Shangri-La.
March 3, 2003... Just when China's new affluents have begun to enjoy their xiaozi, or bourgeois, lifestyle (a downtown apartment, flashy automobiles and Starbucks mochaccinos), along comes a book from America to stir up their latte lifestyles. In recent months...

Hiding in Full View.(Sami Al-Arian linked to Palestine Islamic Jihad)
March 3, 2003... Sami Al-Arian is no stranger to the spotlight. In March 2000 the University of South Florida engineering professor and Muslim activist pressed the then presidential candidate George W. Bush on the Justice Department's use of "secret evidence"...

FILM: Directing Dane.(Susanne Bier )(Interview)
March 3, 2003... After directing the biggest box-office hit in Danish history, no-frills filmmaker Susanne Bier decided to break from a string of successful romantic comedies with the wrenching drama "Open Hearts," the story of a relationship shattered by a car...

Prescient Paintings.(Max Beckmann)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2003... For the half century after his death in 1950, German artist Max Beckmann was overshadowed by showier Parisian peers like Matisse and Picasso. But he's finally getting his fair share of praise: an exhibit at London's Tate Modern gallery, which...

Feeling the Squeeze.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2003... The corset, that icon of over-the-top femininity, is squeezing its way back into the wardrobes of women seeking a quick fix for a less than perfect figure. And not just as underwear. Body-conscious women are lacing up for formal occasions, to...

Say Hello To LOMO.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2003... Since its rediscovery at a flea market in 1992, the vintage LOMO camera has made a comeback as both party gadget and serious photographic tool. Developed in then Leningrad in the early 1980s, the LOMO (an acronym for the factory that...

Getaways Carnaval.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2003... Who wants to fight the boozy crowds at Mardi Gras or shell out $100 for a visa to Brazil? If you're in the mood for samba and sequined thongs, why not let the good times roll in Trinidad or the Canary Islands? You can feel comfortable in...

Call It Puppy Love.(Brief Article)
March 3, 2003... Ever since Mick, the cocky Kerry blue terrier, won at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show recently, folks have been buzzing about the obscure Irish breed. Kerries do make good pets, but some warnings: they get aggressive with other dogs and...

Letters.(Brief Article)
March 10, 2003... The Road to Battle Our Feb. 3 cover story examining Washington's campaign to oust Saddam Hussein led readers to vent their worries over the looming conflict. One reader urged, "give time for the United Nations to decide on war." Another...

A Naked Display of Military Power...: Underlying America's strategy is an understanding of why the Middle East is important--oil.
March 10, 2003... Many Europeans who acquiesced in the 73-day bombing of Belgrade or the war of revenge in Afghanistan have raised their hands in horror at the prospect of military action in Iraq. Why? Practically, they have not been at all convinced by the...

... A Conspiracy of Good, Not of Greed : There are grand ambitions at stake here, but the real treasure isn't underground. It's freedom.(America on Iraq)(Illustration)
March 10, 2003... The enduring genius of conspiracy theories is that they can never be proved wrong. Those who fancy themselves too smart for the "official story" will always be convinced that World War I was started by "merchants of death," JFK was killed by...

Blood in Bangkok Streets : A spate of killings raises questions about Thailand's drug war.
March 10, 2003... Ameena Bedil knows a thing or two about drug abuse. For three years she has watched methamphetamines, Thailand's most popular and troublesome drug, suck in 200 new users a year in her south Bangkok slum. Bedil runs an anti-drug association that...

Making It in America : A tiny elite of Mexican companies is venturing north with its eye on America's huge Hispanic population.
March 10, 2003... Emilio Azcarraga Jean, one of Latin America's richest men and Mexico's most favored sons, is ready to become an American citizen. That would have been heresy to his late father, Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, a larger-than-life entrepreneur who built...

Crazy Speed Demon : An idiosyncratic Cambridge scientist says the fastest thing in the universe was once even faster.(Joao Magueijo on light)
March 10, 2003... When Joao Magueijo signed up for a graduate fellowship at Cambridge University in England in 1990, he thought he would be joining the rich tradition of Isaac Newton and his intellectual heirs, the ideal place for a young scientist to plumb the...

Passing Gas : Making Cameroon's lakes safer.(Lake Monoun and Lake Nyos)
March 10, 2003... The world often seems inured to suffering in obscure places. But in 1986 a freakish act of nature deep in Cameroon put the impoverished West African nation on the front pages, and into the record books. For unknown reasons, Lake Nyos, a...

Ants Really Aren't Nice : Even in the colony, it pays to have connections.(Brief Article)
March 10, 2003... If you've ever spent much time watching a colony of ants, you'd think they were the most selfless beings in the animal kingdom. But myrmecologists, the scientists who study ants, aren't so naive. How, they've long asked, could such an...

Living Off of Trash : The poorest of Cairo may lose their recycling jobs.
March 10, 2003... Each day Mussa Nazmy, 15, gets up at dawn and drives the family donkey cart down the hill into downtown Cairo. Then he goes house to house loading trash into a basket on his back, carts it home and spends hours picking out the plastic bottles...

Send in the Gnomes : Starck gets a retrospective.(Philippe Starck)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2003... Philippe Starck, design's artful jester, promised that his retrospective at the Pompidou Center in Paris would be "like no other you've ever seen." He wasn't kidding. The exhibit, which runs through May 12 (before traveling to at least 10 other...

Sex and the City-State : Singapore's art scene is becoming more permissive.(Esplanade-Theatres on the Bay)
March 10, 2003... On a small downtown stage, two men kiss passionately. Visitors to a nearby museum look at provocative nudes on the wall, while readers scour local magazines for the best places to buy sex toys. Think you're in New York? Guess again. This is...

A Modern Crusade : History reminds us why religion and politics don't mix.("The Far-Farers: A Journey From Viking Iceland to Crusader Jerusalem")
March 10, 2003... In 1000, the Emperor Otto III was pursuing an ambitious foreign policy, aimed at uniting European territories in a peaceful alliance bound together by a common Christian culture. Sound familiar? It never came about. By the 1090s power and...

The Story of Muhammad Told Anew : History reminds us why religion and politics don't mix.("The Prophet Muhammad: A Biography" by Barnaby Rogerson)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2003... When travel writer and historian Barnaby Rogerson first heard a Tunisian storyteller give an impassioned account of an incident from the life of the Prophet Muhammad, he was instantly captivated. The audience of modern Muslims alternately...

The Enron of Europe? : In sheer size and audacity, the Ahold scandal does not compare, but it too could be a sign of things to come.(Royal Ahold N.V.)
March 10, 2003... Europeans watched smugly as a plague of corporate scandals broke out across America following the fall of Enron. They seemed to feel immune, even above it all, until the news from Royal Ahold last week. The 116-year-old Dutch grocer said it had...

Heirs to the Kingdom : A recently leaked document suggests a brewing succession struggle in Pyongyang.(North Korea)(Illustration)
March 10, 2003... For the experts who ponder North Korea's future, reading tea leaves is part of the job description. But soap bubbles? Suds were among the clues contained in a cryptic, 16-page internal military document leaked from North Korea and published in...

Don't Expect Any Miracles.(economic recovery and the Iraq War)(Illustration)
March 10, 2003... If the United States goes to war in Iraq, it will do so with a strong military but a weak economy. The world's other major economies are also struggling as unemployment rises, markets swoon, investment falters and confidence drops. Many...

Anthony Bourdain : Too Hot in The Kitchen.(Chef Bernard Loiseau)(Interview)
March 10, 2003... The suicide of French chef Bernard Loiseau in his Burgundy home threw the gastronomic world into shock last week. Loiseau had been under tremendous pressure as owner and head chef of the three-star Cote d'Or in the town of Saulieu, and peers...

Letter From America: Rob Long.(Fred Rogers and "Mister Rogers")(Obituary)
March 10, 2003... Rob Long A few years ago, I had trouble with one of my neighbors. It began over such things as trash-can placement, fence maintenance and misdirected mail. It escalated into larger, more complicated disagreements--like whether the alley...

Perspectives.(Brief Article)
March 10, 2003... Quotation sources from top to bottom: The Washington Post, Reuters, The Hill, Reuters, CNN (2) International Perspectives "Damn Americans. Hate those bastards." Carolyn Parrish, a member of Parliament from Canada's ruling Liberal...

Best Friends Forever?
March 10, 2003... Russia has become the focus of the Bush administration's hard-knuckle diplomacy inside the U.N. Security Council, according to senior State Department officials. With little more than two weeks to go before a vote on the latest resolution...

Wanted?(Armando Fernandez Larios)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2003... In recent years, those most responsible for the bloodshed under former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet have finally started to see the inside of courtrooms. Last week a Chilean judge indicted five senior members of Pinochet's secret police on...

Don't Even Think of It.(Brief Article)
March 10, 2003... Thinking about cheating on your taxes? If you're a Russian citizen, you may get a house visit from the tax police. The new Instruction No. 525 allows police to contact colleagues and family members of any individual they believe may be planning...

Up in Smoke.(World Health Organization)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2003... After two weeks of debate, nearly all the 171 nations at the World Health Organization conference in Geneva last week had agreed on a way to help put an end to the 4 million tobacco-related deaths that occur worldwide annually. But the United...

Blacklist Battles.(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
March 10, 2003... In a move expected to infuriate religious conservatives and human-rights advocates alike, the Bush administration has decided to reject the recommendation of a special government commission to place Saudi Arabia on a U.S. blacklist of countries...

Crossing The Line.(America on North Korea nuclear capacity)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2003... The Bush Administration refuses to call it a "red line," but that's the message it's sending to North Korea as the Stalinist state inches closer to reviving its nuclear site at Yongbyon. The red line in question is the reprocessing that could...

Caricaturing Carnaval.(Lanfranco Aldo Riccardo Vaselli Cortelini Rossi Rosini)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2003... Time was when charisma and charm counted for more in Brazil's famous Carnaval than corporate sponsorship. Then along came satellite television and 10-ton computerized floats. The frenetic pre-Lenten merrymaking, which will dominate life in...

Picture Perfect.(William Henry Fox Talbot )(Brief Article)
March 10, 2003... It's not the whole truth, but a good part of the reason William Henry Fox Talbot became one of the fathers of photography was that he could not draw well. Talbot (1800-1877) grew up at a time when people sketched picturesque spots on their...

Real War Games.(military toys in America)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
March 10, 2003... Five GI's tentatively enter a bullet-riddled residence. Before making it in, one falls to the ground, wounded by an unseen enemy. His scarred comrade watches and grasps a box of iodine pills. A scene from Iraq? Afghanistan? Nope--FAO Schwarz....

I Want My Dvd Player.
March 10, 2003... They've been around for only six years, but DVD players are already one of the fastest-growing consumer-electronics products ever invented. If you're wondering whether it's time to join the revolution, here are answers to some frequently asked...

Salt of the Sea.(Sardines Magnifique!)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2003... How did humble sardines get so chic? Gourmet shops across Europe are peddling tins of plump, Brittany-bred sardines millesimees (that's vintage sardines to all you Francophobes). Connoisseurs swear by the pricey poisson from Maison Albert...

Belize.(travel paradise)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2003... Scuba divers have flocked to Belize--the English-speaking paradise between Guatemala and Mexico--ever since Jacques Cousteau explored the massive barrier reef and legendary Blue Hole. But landlubbers will also find plenty of earthly delights:...

GAMES TO GO.(mobile phone video games by N-Gage)(Brief Article)
March 10, 2003... When it comes to portable games, it's all about Nintendo's Game Boy Advance. But mobile-phone giant Nokia will crash the party this fall with its N-Gage, a GSM mobile phone that lets you play videogames stored on tiny memory cards. You'll even...

Title.
March 17, 2003... Our Special Report on the Columbia shuttle mission drew letters of admiration for the crew. Readers called the astronauts heroes, symbols of man's intellect and "seven bright stars." Many noted that the mischance was an international tragedy...

His End Must Come Quickly.(Saddam Hussein)
March 17, 2003... Saddam Hussein has granted himself a unique seven-star rank, staff field marshal, but it will do little to remedy his ineptitude as a military strategist. In 1991 he bet the United States wouldn't attack and lost. Now Saddam apparently believes...

The Coming Crackdown.(refugee system a "terrorist's social service", London, England)
March 17, 2003... The makeshift embassy of the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq occupies a dreary flat behind London's Victoria Station. Last week exiles gathered there to sip sweet tea and savor the prospect of returning to a Saddam-free country....

Italy's New Patriotism.
March 17, 2003... Italians have never been particularly patriotic. Only 72 percent say they are proud to be Italian, according to a recent survey. More than 40 percent can't identify the colors of their national flag. They consistently confuse it with Mexico's...

The Halo Effect.
March 17, 2003... Among Germans, no argument against war in Iraq seems complete without recalling the nation's own trauma in World War II. "Anyone like I, who experienced the bombing of the virtually defenseless city of Dresden, will be convinced forever that...

The Battle of the Presses.(Russian media coverage and U.S. foreign policy)
March 17, 2003... The report on Russian TV last week didn't mince words or images. First, American actor Martin Sheen warned of a return to McCarthyism and an incipient "witch hunt" against anyone who dared criticize the Bush administration's war plans for Iraq....

The People's Technocrat.(Wen Jiabao, China)
March 17, 2003... On new year's eve, Wen Jiabao, China's prime minister-designate, had a special request. He wished to pay a visit to Chinese coal miners. Hours before the Chinese New Year rang in, the country's new economic czar climbed aboard an underground...

Too Soon to Celebrate.(politics China)
March 17, 2003... Lardy is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for International Economics. When Zhu Rongji delivered his swansong speech at the opening of the National People's Congress last week, the outgoing prime minister had good reason to pat himself on...

Privatization Blues.(Eletropaulo-Metropolitana Electricidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil)
March 17, 2003... When Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva was sworn in as Brazil's president in January, he vowed to uphold all existing contractual agreements that he inherited from his predecessor. That was a big promise: Fernando Henrique Cardoso had sold off scores...

Wandering the Wilderness.(poor people displaced when national parks designated)
March 17, 2003... Americans in the early 19th century were too busy hacking down the wilderness to appreciate George Catlin's vision. "What a splendid contemplation," wrote the romantic painter, "a magnificent park... containing man and beast, in all the wild...

Taming the Giant.(Gerard Depardieu)(Interview)
March 17, 2003... It's 4 o'clock in the Park Hyatt hotel bar in Paris, and Gerard Depardieu has ordered what he calls a "5 o'clock wine." The wine, a muscat blend, was produced by his girlfriend, French actress and vintner Carole Bouquet. "It makes a sort of...

Look Out, Japan.("Wonderful Days" animated movie produced in South Korea)
March 17, 2003... When "Wonderful Days" opens next month, it will be the most expensive movie ever made in South Korea. Costing $15 million, the film got its start five years ago, when Kim Moon Saeng, a director of animated commercials, showed his script about...

Lives of the Dictators.(Idi Amin)
March 17, 2003... Idi Amin likes the quiet life these days. Folks in the Saudi city of Jidda talk of a devout Muslim and dedicated family man. Often he's seen at the airport collecting parcels of his favorite foods, flown in from his native Uganda. Otherwise,...

Exiting Stage Left.(United Airlines Inc. )
March 17, 2003... As United Airlines struggles to dig its way out of bankruptcy, there's a lingering suspicion that the world's largest airline was undone by an un-American experiment in socialism. Even analysts in Europe, the origin of all troubles started by...

Is This the New World Order?(George W. Bush)
March 17, 2003... In the summer of 1990, before the first gulf war, an adviser to President George H.W. Bush instructed White House aides on how to deal with the media. "Tell them we can't just let Iraq get away with this," he said. "There is a new world order...

Explaining 'Old Europe'.(Jose Maria Aznar)(Interview)
March 17, 2003... Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar is routinely described as a shy former tax inspector. But in recent weeks he has been anything but timid in supporting President George W. Bush's approach on Iraq. He has done so at considerable political...

Let's Make Love, Not War.("Lysistrata")
March 17, 2003... Gersh Kuntzman is also a columnist for The New York Post. Are you upset about America's impending war with Iraq? Are you angry that it's being sold as a vital battle in the war on terror when, in fact, it is not? I am. And so are two New...

Perspectives.(Brief Article)
March 17, 2003... "I don't know what he's taking." Unnamed Vatican monsignor, on a string of recent public appearances by the pope in which he has shown renewed vigor "I would like to say I did. I don't believe we do. But I do have a miniature dachshund...

Periscope.
March 17, 2003... Afghanistan Betrayed by Bin Laden Mullah Saraju Din sits on the bare floor of a freezing, broken-down hotel room in the town of Bara in Pakistan's Khyber Agency, not far from the Afghanistan border, lamenting his movement's past...

Looking Spec-tacular.
March 17, 2003... You no longer have to be an architect--or even have imperfect vision-- to wear cool specs. In the last decade, spurred by the entry of fashion houses like Donna Karan and Calvin Klein into the eyewear market, glasses have made the leap from...

Spray On Your Face.(Uslu Airlines )(Brief Article)
March 17, 2003... Uslu Airlines may sound like another cut-rate commuter carrier. But actually it's a new brand of makeup that has taken the nearly irredeemable 1980s fad of airbrush painting and made it cool. Hollywood has long used airbrush devices to spray on...

NYC B&B'S.(Brief Article)
March 17, 2003... Bed-and-breakfasts in Manhattan for about $100 a night? Who knew? Affordable New York City (212-531-4001) and Manhattan Getaways (212- 956-2010) list hundreds of 'em. Our picks: STAY THE NIGHT One of the best deals in the city, surprisingly...

Unplug.(pacifiers)(Brief Article)
March 17, 2003... For "bundles of joy," infants sure cry a lot. Unfortunately, new parents are too sleep-deprived to appreciate the irony. So who can blame them for plugging up that torrent of tears with a pacifier? But that can interfere with breast-feeding,...

Show Us the Proof.
March 24, 2003... Our Feb. 17 Special Report on America's plans for war stirred readers up. Many thought Colin Powell's evidence at the United Nations "did not make the case." A few lashed out at George Bush's policies on world issues. One proposed: isn't it...