New York Times Upfront articles from January 2001

New York Times Upfront archives from January 2001

letters.
January 1, 2001... A Prayer Before Kickoff I am Jewish, and as a kid growing up in a Protestant town in New England I was always picked on. Christianity has been forced down my throat every day of my life, from "Merry Christmas!" at the grocery store to...

What's Normal About Autism?(care, analysis)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... DAYTON, OHIO--Imagine a 12-year-old boy who walks into restaurants only to flush their toilets. He likes movies but only watches a one-minute scene over and over and over. Before exiting a highway, his family must make sure he agrees with the...

Next, a Taco Bell in the Vatican?(Starbucks)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Starbucks cafes don't just seem to be everywhere, they are everywhere. The coffee-shop chain recently opened a branch in the Forbidden City of Beijing, China. But the Chinese started buzzing about the capitalist caffeine intrusion, so the store...

You Want Eyes With That?(customer service, quality control)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Katherine and Rudolph Ortega were divvying up a box of McDonald's chicken wings for their children, when, they say they discovered a nasty surprise: a deep-fried chicken head, with beak, eyes, and even a few feathers intact. "It's pretty...

Death Goes to the Disco.(Poland)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... With strobes, dancing, and the occasional Jell-O wrestling match, Disco System may not look tike an affront to the dead. However, the new dance club is in Oswiecim (osh-VYEN-chim), Poland, a town better known by its German name, Auschwitz, as...

ARREST ME OR I'LL SUE.(case of drunk teenager)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... This is not a misprint: A teenager is suing the city of Bradenton, Florida, because police did not arrest him for public drunkenness. The attorney for Richard Garcia says that in February 1999, Richard, then 16, was obviously intoxicated...

Chocolate and Cigarettes.(health aspects)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... A SWEET SIDE EFFECT Is chocolate becoming a health food? First, researchers found it didn't cause acne. Now, studies show that after eating chocolate, test subjects had higher levels of anti-oxidants, which are thought to decrease the risk...

Crisis, What Crisis?(aftermath of the elections)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... WHILE OTHERS SETTLE DISPUTED ELECTIONS WITH CLUBS AND TEAR GAS, AMERICANS GO TO COURT It was the revolution that didn't happen. Mobs did not storm the U.S. Capitol, and tanks did not block traffic. For weeks after Election Day 2000,...

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.(Cheating on exams)
January 1, 2001... More than 70 percent of America's high school students admit they've cheated on exams. Are they only cheating themselves? Forget for a minute just how many high school students cheat. Let's talk technique. Ivan Baumwell watched one friend...

THE NEW REBELS.(President Clinton's visit to Vietnam, and the youth of the country)
January 1, 2001... Vietnam's young people are leading a revolution--and it's not a Communist one In the discos of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, the music pulses, and the young and well-to-do shake their bodies as a strobe light glitters on the latest...

Mission Possible?(International Space Station, joint effort, United States, Russia)
January 1, 2001... The inaugural U.S.-Russian crew gives new life to the International Space Station Test the toilet. That was at the top of the to-do list when a three-man U.S.-Russian crew boarded the International Space Station in November to turn on the...

Baseball's Darkest Day.(six Chicago White Sox players accept bribes from a gambler to lose the 1919 World Series)
January 1, 2001... The 1919 Chicago White Sox were good enough to make big money--by cheating to lose When the rumors were confirmed, it broke America's heart. The best team in baseball, the Chicago White Sox, had thrown the World Series for money. ...

Should You Turn In a Cheater?(students express opinions about cheating in school)
January 1, 2001... Some honor codes insist that students tell on each other Yes I don't want to be the odd one out, but yes, I truly believe that turning someone in for cheating is the honorable thing to do. Cheating is unfair to the students who play by...

Drawing on the News.(presidential election in Florida, etc.)
January 1, 2001... MAYBE IT WAS BETTER WHEN THEY JUST SENT B-52's! "Mister Jackson! You know how I feel about sampling." "Pi what squared? Long John, you should be able to get this." WELCOME, MR. PRESIDENT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE THEIR VOTES TO COUNT....

GRAPH EXERCISE.(students' opinons on cheating)
January 1, 2001... What Is Cheating? According to one study, 71 percent of high school students admit to having cheated on examinations at least once in the last year. But what constitutes cheating? How does one define the difference between serious cheating...

QUIZ 1.(elections, cheating, etc.)
January 1, 2001... Use with NATIONAL, pages 8-14 FILL IN THE BLANK: Write the answer that best completes the statement. 1. Experts say a major reason why there were no bloody riots during the election dispute in the United States is that the rule of --...

QUIZ 2.(Vietnam, etc.)
January 1, 2001... Use with INTERNATIONAL, pages 15-19 FILL IN THE BLANK: Write the answer that best completes the statement. 1. -- City is named for Vietnam's revolutionary hero, who led wars against French colonial rule and the U.S. military. 2....

A HOUSE DIVIDED.
January 15, 2001... The 107th Congress arrives to work split down the middle. What can members do besides disagree? You can't slice the White House in half, even if the presidential vote is essentially a tie. But there's a place just down the street that...

Play It Loud.
January 15, 2001... Music makes the critics come together in 10 of their top CD picks of the past year New York Times pop music critics Jon Pareles, Ann Powers, Ben Ratliff, and Neil Strauss give you an earful on the virtues of Voodoo, the greatness of...

Hey, Watch It!
January 15, 2001... The film critics of The Times make their cases for 10 of the best movies of 2000 A Chinese Buffy, clay chickens, and a slightly cheesy Tom Hanks highlight some of the top films of the past year, according to New York Times movie critics...

Tres Cool.
January 15, 2001... Trendy style on the chic streets of Paris From the Bohemian-chic crowds of Les Halles to the Parisian prepsters of the Chaillot Quarter, the French reign supreme in the art of simple, yet stare-worthy, style. Whether it is the...

Americans Held Hostage.
January 15, 2001... On Inauguration Day 1981, a nightmare ended for 52 U.S. citizens in Iran For more than a year, they lived with a knife at the throat. Half a world away from home, they wondered if they would ever return. This week marks the 20th...

The Court That Picked a President.
January 15, 2001... Was the Supreme Court's majority right to end the Florida recount? [YES] It had long ago become clear that Vice President Gore's efforts to capture the presidency depended on the flawed recounting scheme sanctioned by the Florida...

Drawing on the News.
January 15, 2001... SOMEDAY, SON, YOU MIGHT GROW UP AND GET PICKED BY THE SUPREME COURT TO BE PRESIDENT. HELLO, DAD... NOW WHAT!?! AFTER CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES... ... DELIBERATION OVER PRECEDENTS AND PROCEDURE... ... AND...

The Margin of Victory.
January 15, 2001... Public-opinion pollsters predicted the 2000 presidential election would be close. But because presidential elections are so rarely won by a whisker, no one imagined the ballot battle would go to the courts and last for five weeks. As the graphs...

QUIZ 1.
January 15, 2001... Name-- Date-- Use with NATIONAL, pages 8-15 FILL IN THE BLANK: Write the answer that best completes the statement. 1. Many Americans believe that if it had not been for the scandals involving --, George W. Bush probably would...

QUIZ 2.
January 15, 2001... Name-- Date-- Use with NATIONAL and HISTORY FILL IN THE BLANK: Write the answer that best completes the statement. 1. In the 107th Congress, the U.S. Senate will have -- Republicans and -- Democrats. 2. Although he is...

VOTER BLACKOUT?(possible discrimination against African-American voters in Florida)
January 15, 2001... The question looms in Florida, where civil rights groups say many black voters were shut out of the election Dedrana McCray, 18, was psyched. It was Election Day, and with voter registration card in hand, she was turning out to cast her...

BIG PROMISES.
January 15, 2001... Can Bush deliver? A split Congress may mean heavy weather ahead. In the campaign, President-elect Bush made many promises to voters. But most of them require passing new laws, and Congress is divided. With the help of Brookings Institution...

Great Smoky Mountain.(Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico)
January 15, 2001... Popocatepetl, an 18,000-foot volcano 40 miles east of Mexico City, began to erupt last month, spewing vapor and ash in a 50-mile radius. Most of the 40,000 villagers nearest the volcano ignored evacuation orders, reluctant to leave jobs and...

Putting the M Back in MTV.
January 15, 2001... Where did MTV's music videos go? The answer: MTV2, the little-sister station launched back in 1996 as virtually 100 percent music. The problem was, until this month, only 10 million satellite-dish owners could get it, compared with MTV's 75...

Moving Day.
January 15, 2001... Handing over the house keys may be the smoothest move of the presidential transition. While the Clintons and Bushes attend the inauguration on January 20, the White House staff clears out the 130-room mansion. Clinton boxes are carted out, and...

Shop Till You're Forced to Stop.
January 15, 2001... Mohammed al-Bahri, 18, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, recently checked out the latest imported fad: the mall crawl. In a strict Islamic country with no movie theaters or public concerts, the new mall is one of the few places where the sexes mix. It...

He's So Money.(salary of baseball player Alex Rodriguez)
January 15, 2001... What can you get for a quarter-billion dollars these days? A baseball player, for one thing. The Texas Rangers last month signed All-Star shortstop Alex Rodriguez to a 10-year, $252 million contract, the biggest ever in sports. Here's what else...

A NEW BEGINNING.
January 15, 2001... President Bush comes into office after one of the longest and most bitter election battles in U.S. history. Will he be able to govern? On January 20, George W. Bush will stand in the cold winter wind on a huge platform in front of the...

COURTING TROUBLE.
January 15, 2001... In handing the election to Bush, did the Supreme Court follow the law--or partisan politics? The day after the Supreme Court handed down one of the most momentous decisions in the history of the nation, one in which the Court by a 5-to-4...

letters.(Letter to the Editor)
January 15, 2001... One Life, Many Lessons Muhammad al-Durrah was just another schoolboy going shopping with his father ("The Death of Innocence," News and Trends, 10/30/00). They hid behind a wall, hoping nothing would happen to them. Instead, Muhammad got...

Throwing the Book at Progress.(books in schools are disappearing)(Brief Article)
January 15, 2001... SANTA FE, TEXAS--Books are becoming extinct. I realized it slowly. It's not that I was oblivious to television, computers, CDs, movies, or any of the 20th century's other artifacts of "progress" that have cut into books' domain as society's...