New York Times Upfront articles from March 2001

New York Times Upfront archives from March 2001

Letters.(Brief Article)
March 5, 2001... What's Eminem's Magic? I know thousands of females who go weak in the knees just by hearing Eminem's name (Letters, 12/11/00). I just don't get why. Does bleaching your hair blond, cussing, promoting violence, getting pierced ears, and...

Tarqeting Teens? I'm Not Buying It.(teenagers as advertising targets)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2001... CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA--I saw a commercial for the Gap the other day. One happy guy surrounded by dancing friends was wearing a very awesome, light blue turtleneck. I decided to purchase it as soon as I could. Two words: It sucked. ...

Airing a Protest.(President Joseph Estrada ousted in Philippines)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2001... A private helicopter flies over a rally in Manila, the Philippines' capital, with a message for President Joseph Estrada. Prosecutors say Estrada stole up to $300 million through corrupt schemes. In January, when it became clear that he would...

Can't Figure "It" Out.(Dean Kamen's top-secret invention)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2001... What is It? Inventor Dean Kamen is one of the few people who know for sure, but It is supposedly going to change the world. Kamen's top-secret invention, also known as Ginger, has spawned fantasies of a flying machine and vodka-fueled...

Of Rats and REM.(research on rats' brain activity during rapid eye movement sleep)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2001... Animals don't dream big, but they do dream, according to a new study. Without being able to ask animals about it, scientists basically read the minds of laboratory rats while the rats were sleeping. The rats' brain activity during rapid eye...

Playing to Score.(two high school basketball players score 100 points in single games)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2001... They could have won their basketball games one-on-five. On January 16 in separate games, Dajuan Wagner of Camden, New Jersey, and Cedric Hensley of Cleveland, Texas, scored 100 and 101 points, respectively, the first time any high school boy...

I Don't Owe U.(Princeton University's new plan to replace student loans with scholarships)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2001... No money? No problem. We'll give you what you need. That sounds like a late-night TV seam, but it's actually Princeton University's new plan to replace student loans with scholarships. Starting this fall, when the price of tuition at the Ivy...

TV Made Me Do It.(TV shows accused of inciting children to try dangerous stunts)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2001... When Johnny Knoxville, star of MTV's gross-out stunt show Jackass, says, "Don't try this at home," not everybody hears the word "don't." Inspired by Knoxville, a 13-year-old boy in Connecticut recently suffered critical burns when a friend...

GIRLS RULE.(girls outperform boys in high school and in college enrollment rates)
March 5, 2001... In the latest round of the battle of the sexes, girls seem to be winning--performing better in school and enrolling in college at a higher rate than boys. Have boys been left behind? At Whitefish Bay High School, in a village north of...

DEATH IN CONGO.(murder of Congo's President Laurent Kabila)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2001... Will the murder of Congo's President bring an end to Africa's biggest war? Or an end to Congo? The assassin aroused no suspicion when he entered the office of Congo's President, Laurent Kabila, at the presidential palace in the capital,...

Priced Out Of the Prom.(some high school students rethink prom expenses)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2001... Steering clear of ever-longer limos, the cost-consciuos are finding ways to go out without going all out For Dan Aversano, the Truckousine was the answer. With a Jacuzzi, two TVs, a VCR, a PlayStation, and room for 10, this elongated pickup...

The Cult of Buffy.(TV show 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer')(includes interview with Michelle Trachtenberg)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2001... It's not the vampire battles that inspire millions of fans to sink their teeth into the show--it's the smart take on life Lily Rothman, 15, goes to Hunter College High School, one of New York City's most competitive schools. Besides her...

The PS2 Blues.(disappointing quality of PlayStation 2 games)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2001... Frustrated with underwhelming first-generation games, players want to know: Will the real PlayStation please stand up? So you managed to get a PlayStation 2, Sony's powerful game console that was in painfully short supply during the 2000...

College: For Men Only?(history of higher education for women)
March 5, 2001... In the 1870s, some said too much education would hurt a woman's health FEMALES KEEP OUT. That message might have been posted at colleges in this country's earliest years, had it not been thought too obvious to need saying. A woman's place...

Is the Iditarod Fair To Dogs?(opposing views on Alaska's 1,160-mile dogsled race)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2001... Critics say Alaska's 1,160-mile dogsled race is inhumane YES MY family has been running sled dogs since 1963, and the Iditarod sleddog race since its inception in 1973. My father and grandfather have completed the race many times. Now I am...

GRAPH EXERCISE.(increase in number of girls participating in school sports)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
March 5, 2001... Girls Join the Team Anyone who has followed today's top-notch women's college hoopsters knows that women's sports have come a long way since the days of sparsely attended half-court games. Thanks to Title IX, a 1972 Federal law barring...

Upfront QUIZ 1.(quiz on sex differences in education and employment)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2001... FILL IN THE BLANK: Write the answer that best completes each statement. 1. Less than a decade ago, educators warned that schools were shortchanging girls. -- and -- were identified as two subjects in which girls lagged behind boys. 2....

Upfront QUIZ 2.(quiz on Congo and higher education for women)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2001... FILL IN THE BLANK: Write the answer that, best completes each statement. 1. President Laurent Kabila of the Congo, who was assassinated in January, came to power in 1997 when he led a rebellion against then President --. 2. -- and --...

Letters.(Brief Article)
March 19, 2001... Bush Leaguer? President Bush said in his campaign that he wanted bipartisanship ("A New Beginning," 1/15/01). Most people got the idea that he was going to have Cabinet members who were not as deep into the right wing as he is. Then he...

An Early Grad Suffers Withdrawal.(high school graduate)(Brief Article)
March 19, 2001... HARTFORD, WISCONSIN--You need only a certain number of credits to graduate from Hartford Union High School. Meeting that requirement by the first semester of my senior year, I chose to end my high school career a little early. I graduated in...

One Fish, Two Fish, Big Fish Chew Fish.(northern pike threatens trout and salmon populations in Alaska)(Brief Article)
March 19, 2001... A northern pike gulps down a baby trout at an aquarium in Anchorage, Alaska, vividly demonstrating how the booming pike population is threatening the trout and salmon stocked in city lakes. The state's Department of Fish and Game is urging...

Six Degrees of Worm Separation.(new research on number of human genes)(Brief Article)
March 19, 2001... What do you have in common with corn? The number of your genes. OK, that joke may be corny, but it's true. In two studies released last month, scientists say the human genome, the DNA instructions on how to make a person, consists of only...

What Did He Say?(George W. Bush's mixed-up words)(Brief Article)
March 19, 2001... Maybe Americans are "misunderestimating" President Bush, but perhaps no public figure since Vice President Dan Quayle has so mangled the English language. Three new books seek to document the President's mixed-up words. Here are some samples...

See Evil, Hear Evil, Speak Evil.(teen informers help prevent school violence)(Brief Article)
March 19, 2001... Silence can be deadly. By speaking up, teen informers may have averted four separate Columbine-style school attacks. At high schools in Colorado, New York, and Kansas, and at a college in California, students recently tipped off authorities...

WINNING THE ELECTION OF THE SEXES.(France mandates sexual parity in elections)(Brief Article)
March 19, 2001... In France, equality isn't just a good idea, it's the law. Starting with this month's municipal races, political parties must offer an equal number of male and female candidates in almost all elections. France, where just 8.7 percent of the...

Fast Lane.(high school runner Alan Webb)(Brief Article)(Interview)
March 19, 2001... Alan Webb, 18, of South Lakes High School in Reston, Virginia, recently became the first high-schooler since 1967 to run a sub-four-minute mile. How aware are you of what your body is doing while on the track? Sometimes I try to watch...

ARE THE GOOD TIMES OVER?(US economy)
March 19, 2001... Will a recession rock your world? How bad will it be? Will a tax cut help? Should you worry? Could this be what's next? Your parents sit you down to tell you your college plans need to be scaled back from expensive and private to public...

STOCK JOCKS.(teenage investors)
March 19, 2001... Thanks to the Web, a new generation of teen investors is playing the stock market the first stock 17-year-old Chris Stallman ever bought was Walgreens. It was an easy choice. His father is a pharmacist for the company. But that was two...

WHAT'S UP WHEN STOCKS ARE DOWN?(stock exchange basics)(Brief Article)
March 19, 2001... With all the bulls and bears and dividends and Dows, who wouldn't be confused? Here's help Without fail, at some point during the evening news, the announcer says something like this: "On Wall Street today, the Dow lost 91 points to close...

HOW TO READ A STOCK TABLE.(Brief Article)
March 19, 2001... The stock pages in the newspaper may look like secret code. But you can learn a lot about stocks once you know how to read them. Here's an example using the listing for Yahoo Inc., the Internet portal, which is sold on the exchange. The...

When Confidence Failed.
March 19, 2001... The stock market crash of 1929 helped bring on the Great Depression It seemed as if everyone was going crazy. On October 29, 1929, brokers on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange received so many orders to "sell at the market price that...

aiming to die.
March 19, 2001... Why do so many young Palestinians want to become martyrs? A report from behind the lines. a little before noon on the last day of his life, 15-year-old Ahmed Abutayeh invented a toothache. This was the first time he had ever complained of...

A Warrior Takes Charge.(Ariel Sharon elected prime minister of Israel)(Brief Article)
March 19, 2001... the day after his landslide victory in the Israeli elections for Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon went to Jerusalem's Western Wall, Judaism's holiest shrine, to give thanks and make a political point. The former general and current leader of...

Are the Oscars Anti-Teen?(Brief Article)
March 19, 2001... Teen movies may rule at the box office, but not with the Academy Fans of teen films can save themselves a road trip to Hollywood for the 73rd annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 25. Art-house films like Pollock and Billy Elliot and...

Does the U.S. Need a Huge Tax Cut?(Brief Article)
March 19, 2001... President Bush wants to cut taxes by $1.6 trillion over 10 years YES A warning light is flashing on the dashboard of our economy. And we can't just drive on and hope for the best; we must act without delay.... Today, I am sending to...

Did Cows Munch on McStock?(Brief Article)
March 19, 2001... What do sick European cows have to do with an Illinois-based company? When the company is McDonald's, the answer may be a lot. When news of "mad cow disease," a beef-borne health threat, swept Europe last year, McDonald's felt the pinch as many...

upfront QUIZ 1.
March 19, 2001... Use with NATIONAL, pages 8-15, and HISTORY, pages 16-17 SHORT ANSWER: Write the correct answer on the line provided. 1. A recession is often defined as a certain minimum period during which the nation's economic output declines. How...

upfront QUIZ 2.
March 19, 2001... Use with INTERNATIONAL, pages 18-23 FILL IN THE BLANK: Write the answer that best completes the statement. 1. Ahmed Abutayeh's home was in the -- Strip, a wedge of land facing the Mediterranean Sea. 2. About -- percent of the area...