New York Times Upfront articles from January 2004

New York Times Upfront archives from January 2004

A U.S. Army soldier in Iraq shoots.(news & trends)
January 12, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: A U.S. Army soldier in Iraq shoots the ball during a basketball game inside one of Saddam Hussein's palaces in Tikrit, his hometown. Saddam built a number of opulent homes along the Tigris River before his...

Harriet Tubman's back pay.(Americana)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2004... Harriet Tubman's service to the nation won her a spot in history and the nickname "Moses"--but not the military pension she deserves, her descendants say. Born a slave in Maryland in 1819, Tubman escaped in 1849, then guided hundreds of others...

Numbers in the news.(news & trends)
January 12, 2004... 400 Approximate number of public one-room schoolhouses in the U.S., down from 196,000 in 1917. SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES 2.5% Percentage of India's households that own an automobile. Thirty-two percent own a television. (See...

Japan loosens its collar.(International)
January 12, 2004... Aiming for a more open and competitive culture, Japanese companies are telling workers to drop traditional Japanese formality at work. "To call someone 'president' is to deify him," says Yukio Sakamoto, president of a Tokyo technology firm....

Distracted drivers.(On The Road)
January 12, 2004... Cell phones are everybody's favorite example of a distraction that could cause a car crash, and some jurisdictions, like New York State, have restricted their use by drivers. But a recent study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found...

Noted & quoted.(Soundbites)
January 12, 2004... 'This document is virtual, but all of us are real, and our heartbeats are real.' --Yossi Beilin, former Israeli Justice Minister, on the Geneva Accord, an unofficial Middle East peace plan not endorsed by Israeli or Palestinian leaders....

The peacock's color secrets.(Science)
January 12, 2004... What do human fingernails have in common with a peacock's feathers? Scientists in China, delving into how peacocks produce such colorful displays, report that slight variations in the arrangement of keratin and melanin are responsible for the...

Teen taxidermist tells all.(Q&A)
January 12, 2004... Forget cheerleading. Amy Ritchie, 17, of Midland, N.C., would rather be in her shop practicing taxidermy. Last summer, she won a first-place award at the National Taxidermist Association's championships in Louisville, Ky. UPFRONT caught up with...

Religious devotion.(Society)
January 12, 2004... The U.S. is one of the most religious countries, and is becoming more so, according to surveys of 80 nations by the University of Michigan. Regular religious participation is defined as attending services at least once per week. [GRAPHICS...

The world's tiniest guitar.(Circuits)
January 12, 2004... Cornell University physicists recently used a laser beam to pluck the strings of an invisibly tiny silicon guitar just 10 millionths of a meter long. Each string of the instrument is about 50 nanometers [billionths of a meter] wide--only 100...

Atomic battle at museum.(National)
January 12, 2004... The Enola Gay, the airplane that dropped the world's first atomic bomb in warfare, is still a controversial symbol, 58 years later. The display of the Enola Gay at the Smithsonian's new branch of the National Air and Space Museum outside...

The race for the nomination: the Democrats who want to run against President Bush in the fall are about to face their party's voters.(National)(Cover Story)
January 12, 2004... While it won't be official until the convention in Boston in July, a Democratic presidential nominee is likely to emerge from the caucuses and primaries in the next few months, starting with the Iowa caucuses on January 19 and the New Hampshire...

One handshake at a time: a day of old-style New Hampshire politics--a rite of passage for presidential candidates--with Joe Lieberman.(National)(Cover Story)
January 12, 2004... Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut strides into the Time-Less Diner in Amherst, N.H., with the energy of a long-distance runner at the start of a marathon. It's 11 a.m. on a Sunday and the 1950s-style diner is packed. Waitresses weave through...

Iowa's 20-something foot soldiers: for former student-council geeks, the caucuses on January 19 are the place to be.(National)(Cover Story)
January 12, 2004... When Allison Stuntz traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, to spend a weekend knocking on doors for Howard Dean, she was surprised to find that the campaign felt more like a student-government election than a presidential one. "It was inspiring to...

Iraq after Saddam: the ousted dictator's capture is good news, but whether it leads to fewer attacks on U.S. forces is far from clear.(News Analysis)
January 12, 2004... With the apprehension of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on December 14 in a hole in the ground in Ad Dwar, near his hometown of Tikrit, the U.S.-led coalition scored its biggest victory since the fall of Saddam's government in April. ...

A sizzling economy remakes India: shopping malls, technology, and Western-style consumerism are transforming the nation of Gandhi.(International)
January 12, 2004... Tarun Narula, a 25-year-old computer instructor, celebrated Mohandas K. Gandhi's birthday on October 2 by going to the Metropolitan Mall. So did so many thousands of others that the parking lot was full, as were those of the other two malls...

Secrets of the desert: the lost city of Petra.(The Ancient World)
January 12, 2004... A thriving city in the ancient Middle East, Petra was lost to outsiders for more than 500 years. Today, Petra's ruins are open to visitors, and archaeologists continue to explore the mysteries of its past. Location, location, location! The...

America meets the Beatles: four lads from Liverpool perform on Ed Sullivan and usher in a new teen culture.(Times Past)
January 12, 2004... The Fab Four. The lads from Liverpool. The mop-top quartet. The band Paul McCartney was in before Wings. If any of those phrases sounds familiar, it may be because they all describe the Beatles, widely considered the greatest rock 'n' roll act...

When you can't tell the commercial from the show: advertisers are finding new ways to pitch their products--inside television shows.(Media)
January 12, 2004... Viewers who watch USA Network s House Wars--one of the more successful home-improvement reality shows--get to see four families vying to win a house they design week by week. Also starring on this reality show: Home Depot, General Motors,...

Cartoons.
January 12, 2004... Jim Morin * The Miami Herald * King Features Syndicate [ILLUSTRATION OMMITTED] 'I decided to make it a woman because I wouldn't have to pay the model as much.' Clay Bennett * The Christian Science Monitor [ILLUSTRATION...

Should early decision be abolished? Two college admissions officers debate the benefits and drawbacks.(Debate)
January 12, 2004... YES What's wrong with early decision? Plenty. It forces students to develop a top college choice too early. It removes the ability of students to select among those colleges that have admitted them, because early decision requires students to...

A campaign to lower the voting age to 16.(Voices)
January 12, 2004... The beginning of my sophomore year, my dad asked me to sign a tax form for the $30 I owed the government as income tax on my part-time job. It didn't seem right to me: If I'm paying taxes, shouldn't I have a say in the system I'm paying into?...

India's booming economy includes growing trade with the U.S.(Graph Exercise)
January 12, 2004... A key part of India's sizzling economic miracle is its trade with the rest of the world, including the United States. In 2002, India became the 19th-largest exporter to the U.S. (up from 22nd place in 2001). Americans have a strong and growing...

Upfront quiz show.
January 12, 2004... Use with articles throughout the issue. Divide the class into 2-4 teams. Read the statements below, which are answers to questions. In this game, modeled after the TV show Jeopardy!, students must give their answers in the form of questions....