Knight Ridder/Tribune articles from April 2001

Knight Ridder/Tribune archives from April 2001

Boy-band idol eclipses own message at Capitol Hill news conference.
April 4, 2001... Byline: Richard M. Todaro WASHINGTON _ A teary-eyed Backstreet Boy, Kevin Richardson, came to Capitol Hill to push for insurance coverage for colorectal cancer screening Wednesday, saying his "life was changed" when his father died of...

Event targets breast cancer.
April 4, 2001... Byline: Patricia Baldwin Despite the fact she lost her longtime friend and golf tournament co-chair last year, Elaine Lustig still dreams of a world free of breast cancer. "When our co-founder Sheila Solomon lost her battle with...

Exhibit explores Grandma Moses' place in American folk art.
April 4, 2001... Byline: Chuck Myers WASHINGTON _ Her pictures once sold in at country fairs and stores for a few hundred dollars. Today, they fetch upwards of $100,000. Anna Mary Robertson Moses, better known as Grandma Moses, never set out to produce...

Hardcore Volante debuts with a message.
April 5, 2001... Byline: Matt Peiken You could spend hours hacking your way through the fuzz, distortion and driving rhythms and step right over the heartbeat of Volante's full-length debut. Keg-shaped singer Gabriel Shapiro spent a year in a Bhutanese...

Web site of the week.
April 5, 2001... Byline: Eric Goodwin If you want to get serious about your health and nutrition, all you have to do is THINK. THINK _ Teenage Health Interactive Network (http://library.thinkquest.org/29500/) _ is a teen-created Web site dedicated to...

Notable quotables.
April 5, 2001... "Why do people think that it's weird for me to be living with my mom? I'm 18. It's not like I'm 30." _Kirsten Dunst, of the upcoming film "Crazy/Beautiful," on her housing situation to Cosmopolitan magazine. X X X "I see a lot of...

Sneak movie preview.
April 5, 2001... A sneak peek at "All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!": THE CAST: Kid Rock, Mary J. Blige, Sheryl Crow, Macy Gray, Moby, Dave Matthews Band, Rob Thomas and Santana, Sting, The Roots (and many more!) THE GIST: This film is well...

Wordwatch: The origins of words.
April 5, 2001... SEND IT r a knigg WORDWATCH MERRIAM-WEBSTER-WORDWATCH:KRT_Wordwatch: The origin of words. 600. MOVED (EDITORS: Merriam Webster's WORDWATCH, a weekly Q&A on the origins of words, moves each Thursday; it is available for use by...

Why the GOP can't get it right with black outreach.
April 6, 2001... Byline: Star Parker If recent statements from a high-ranking Republican official are any indication, the GOP is ready to abandon voters of color before they've even really attempted to reach them. Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., chairman of the...

College students seek true diversity.
April 6, 2001... Byline: Marc Berley Judge Bernard A. Friedman's ruling that the University of Michigan Law School's admissions policy "must be race neutral" is more than a victory for opponents of racial preferences. It is a major defeat for those who...

Sampling of Knight Ridder/Tribune columns.
April 6, 2001... LISA OLSON, New York Daily News, on DARRYL STRAWBERRY: ATLANTA _ True story: The Romanian hygienist listened carefully as the dentist and I chatted about America's pastime. She was eager to soak in all things related to her new home, but...

DiMarco makes his mark at Masters, sets rookie record for 36 holes.
April 6, 2001... Byline: Tom Peterson AUGUSTA, Ga. _ The one-round wonder refuses to be written off. Chris DiMarco, considered just another of the Masters' first-round flirtations, proved all the Cinderella-story cynics wrong _ at least for another...

The sudden hitch in Sino-U.S. relations _ should one plane collision set back years of work?
April 6, 2001... Byline: Tom Plate The spy-plane drama may be moving toward a reasonable closure, but the road still looks too bumpy for comfort. The Chinese complain about U.S. aerial espionage, as if they don't do the same to their neighbors. Washington...

Woods completes run, holds off Duval, Mickelson at Masters.
April 9, 2001... Byline: Tom Peterson AUGUSTA, Ga. _ Grand. Simply grand. On another magical Masters Sunday with the field distilled to the top three players in the world, Tiger Woods continued one of the most impressive runs in sports. What he's...

The sudden hitch in Sino-U.S. relations _ should one plane collision set back years of work?
April 9, 2001... Byline: Tom Plate The spy-plane drama may be moving toward a reasonable closure, but the road still looks too bumpy for comfort. The Chinese complain about U.S. aerial espionage, as if they don't do the same to their neighbors. Washington...

What about the tees for women? What's good and what's bad.
April 11, 2001... Byline: Patricia Baldwin Spring _ and a new golf season _ brings some old questions: What length tees does the typical woman golfer want to play? Should women use the same club as a male for an approach shot? Should women be able to reach...

Loitering allowed; the B is back; super scent.
April 13, 2001... Byline: Becky Neilson BEAUTY HANGOUT You're hanging out with a pal at the mall, trying on lipstick in your favorite store, when you catch the clerk giving you the evil eye. You know what she's thinking: "If you're not going to buy...

Bush deserves time to develop China policy.
April 13, 2001... Byline: Tom Plate ribune.com.) LOS ANGELES _ The other day, President of the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin in effect told the Washington Post that he wasn't too worried about the future direction of President Bush's China...

A list of SportsPlus stories from the past week.
April 13, 2001... Maurice Greene keeps distinction close to his heart OLY-GREENE-SPORTSPLUS:FT_When Maurice Greene takes off in the invitational 4x100-meter relay at the Texas Relays, he'll be carrying more than a baton. Greene will be upholding a title even...

Judge rejects inmate's `frivolous' claim that smoking ban violates rights.
April 14, 2001... Byline: Jonathan Sheir WASHINGTON _ A federal judge in Baltimore has dismissed a lawsuit by a Maryland inmate who said a new state prison tobacco ban violates his constitutional right to smoke and that his nicotine addiction is protected...

A sampling of Knight Ridder/Tribune columns from the past week.
April 19, 2001... X X X KEVIN BLACKISTONE, The Dallas Morning News, on TOMMIE SMITH: An NBA world championship ring. An Olympic gold medal. A college championship ring. Quinn Buckner won them all. The mementos of his past glory...

List of SportsPlus stories from past week.
April 19, 2001... Puerto Rico not a pipeline anymore BBA-PUERTORICO-SPORTSPLUS:DA_The Puerto Rican pipeline has gone dry. "It's very different now," said Manny Batista, the Rangers' coordinator of Latin scouting. "Puerto Rico has become like the United...

Spy plane crisis cooling off, but what about scallions and steel?
April 20, 2001... Byline: Tom Plate In some respects, the scallion war between Japan and China _ not to mention the steel war between the United States and Asia _ is every bit as tense as the Sino-U.S. tension over the American spy plane. Indeed, these...

Assured access: A strategic view.
April 24, 2001... Byline: T.F. Noonan and J. Lee Johnson About 2,300 years ago, Chinese military scholar Sun Tsu wrote, "For to win 100 victories in 100 battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill." These...

OnePages preview baseball's spring training.
April 24, 2001... For many, the first _ and most eagerly awaited _ sign of spring is the return of major-league baseball to training camps in Florida and Arizona. With teams starting to report this week, KRT OnePages previews both the American and National...

OnePage takes note of inventive African-Americans.
April 24, 2001... What do the golf tee, ice cream scoop, traffic light, wrench and fountain pen have in common? They all were invented by 19th-century African-Americans. Although Alfred Cralle, George Grant, William Purvis, Jack Johnson and Garrett Morgan...

OnePage pays tribute to Dale Earnhardt.
April 24, 2001... When Dale Earnhardt died on the final lap of the Daytona 500 Sunday, he was doing what he did best _ driving full-out, jostling for position, trying to protect his teammates' lead. A OnePage Tribute takes a look at the life and career of...

Big Picture makes its debut with look at bad-boy rapper Eminem.
April 24, 2001... The Big Picture OnePage, featuring profiles of entertainment figures and celebrities in the news, makes its debut with a look at the life of 2001 Grammy Award-nominee Eminem. A feature from the Detroit Free Press looks beyond the recent...

NHL OnePage charts Stanley Cup performances.
April 24, 2001... These are bleak days for the NHL's Original Six. With the exception of the Detroit Red Wings, the original six are mired in mediocrity. A OnePage from the Chicago Tribune graphically charts the league's downward trend, including a look at...

OnePages pays tribute to Nelson Mandela.
April 24, 2001... OnePages continues its monthly Tributes (advance obits) with a retrospective of the life and career of South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela. Mandela, who devoted his life to fighting his country's system of apartheid,...

Check out new, improved OnePages site.
April 24, 2001... We've redesigned the OnePages site at www.krtdirect.com/onepages to help editors quickly find what they need, from weekly subscriptions to spot sales. The new look makes it easier for our regular subscribers to access their weekly sports...

Help readers make their Oscar picks with ballot OnePage.
April 24, 2001... Who will Oscar escort home on March 25? The field for the 73rd Annual Academy Awards is nearly too close to call in most of the major categories, but intrepid movie critic Chris Hewitt of the St. Paul Pioneer Press takes his shot at predicting...

The Family is back: OnePages sings about `Sopranos'.
April 24, 2001... KRT's monthly Big Picture series continues with a OnePage look at TV's crime-time hit, "The Sopranos," which begins its new season on HBO March 4. To help viewers new and old catch up on America's favorite burned-out mob boss and his...

KRT offers paginated Road Map to Taxes 2001.
April 24, 2001... While there are no earthshaking changes for U.S. taxpayers this year, the economy's bumpy ride in 2000 definitely will affect filers. "People are used to being surprised because the tax law has changed," said Kathy Burlison of H&R Block...

OnePages pays tribute to baseball great Ted Williams.
April 24, 2001... OnePages continues its monthly Tributes (advance obits) with a retrospective of the life and career of "The Splendid Splinter," Ted Williams. By the time Williams completed his 19-season career with the Boston Red Sox in 1960, finishing...

That's Racin' now available in smaller size.
April 24, 2001... That's Racin', KRT's weekly NASCAR OnePage, is now available in a 11.5- by 21-inch format to accommodate papers that have converted to a narrower web width. The new format will begin posting Wednesday, Feb. 14, on KRT Direct and PressLink....

OnePage honors 10 women who made a difference.
April 24, 2001... It's easy to take it for granted now _ the sheer numbers of women in the workforce, earning bigger paychecks, wielding more power. The freedom to choose whether to have families or careers, or both. But it had to start somewhere, with someone...

1968 Olympic protester John Carlos cries out to Tommie Smith.
April 27, 2001... Byline: Gregory Clay y Clay What do we make of Tommie Smith and his gold-medal auction? Remember him, the 200-meter winner in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He and John Carlos displayed the Black Power salute on the...

Dave Barry takes to the track.
April 27, 2001... "When the Richard Petty Driving Experience offered me a chance to drive a real race car on a real racetrack, my initial reaction was that it would probably not be a big deal. "I was wrong. I can admit this, now that I have returned home...

OnePages pays tribute to Marlon Brando.
April 27, 2001... OnePages continues its monthly Tributes (advance obits) with a look at the career of Hollywood legend Marlon Brando. Brando blurred the distinction between playing a part and baring a soul. Over his 77 years, the two-time Oscar winner...

Sampling of columns from the past week.
April 27, 2001... JASON WHITLOCK, Kansas City Star, on JUSTIN SMITH: After talking to former Missouri star Justin Smith this week about his NFL draft prospects, I suspect he believes what I believe. If he were black instead of white, Smith would be the...

OnePages spotlights Faith Hill's success.
April 27, 2001... KRT's monthly Big Picture series continues with a look at Faith Hill, one of country music's crossover success stories. Fans new and old can learn about this pop-country diva and country female vocalist of the year. KRT's primer on Hill _...

Link up with new weekly golf OnePage.
April 27, 2001... In partnership with Golfweek magazine, KRT presents Golf, a new weekly OnePage. The full-color, broadsheet page features the best of the weekly magazine, which has covered the sport from top to bottom since 1975. Look for these exclusive...

OnePages pays tribute to Kirk Douglas.
April 27, 2001... OnePages continues its monthly Tributes (advance obits) with a look at the career of Hollywood's original rebel, Kirk Douglas. On and off screen, Douglas rejoiced in challenges and strife, whether he played a paragon such as "Spartacus,"...

OnePages pays tribute to Rosa Parks.
April 27, 2001... OnePages debuts its monthly Tributes (advance obits) with a celebration of the life of Rosa Parks. With a simple "no," Parks moved blacks from back of the bus in 1955 and breathed life into the civil rights movement. The spontaneous act of...

Military lets the dogs out _ but only under special circumstances.
April 27, 2001... Byline: Robert F. Patrick WASHINGTON _ Once a dog is declared "excess" by the Defense Department, meaning it cannot be used in another capacity by the military, it becomes a candidate for adoption. But adopting a military dog is not as...

Military dogs can retire rather than be put down.
April 27, 2001... Byline: Robert F. Patrick WASHINGTON _ Help came too late for Robby. The 8-year-old Belgian Malinois that became the poster dog for the drive to allow the adoption of retired military working dogs was euthanized earlier this year, just...

Fore! OnePages examines Tiger Woods' swing.
April 27, 2001... Go to the experts and give them the same task: Pick out the part of Tiger Woods' body that is most impressive when he swings. Remarkably, almost every analyst details something different. He doesn't do just one thing well. He does everything...

Strike fighters and carriers.
April 30, 2001... Byline: Mick Taylor Strike fighters have recently been portrayed as "Cold War relics" that are handicapped by their short-range in the Pacific, and some believe that there is a consensus that aircraft in future conflicts, likely to occur...

Don't let any more missed opportunities slip by.
April 30, 2001... Byline: Tim O'Brien A thought bolted into my mind. How many missed opportunities had I experienced so far in life? How many more would I allow myself to miss? I thought about the types of opportunities I felt I'd missed. Times with my...