Newsweek articles from April 2003

Newsweek archives from April 2003

Not So Safe Back Home: How terrible that women who face sexual assault as the price of war too often expect to face it from their compatriots in peacetime.(Air Force Academy scandal)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Anna Quindlen When the news broke that the rape of female cadets had become nearly as commonplace at the Air Force Academy as midterms or maneuvers, it came as a shock to most Americans accustomed to thinking of the service...

CORRECTION.(Correction Notice)
April 7, 2003... In "The Arrogant Empire," we said that Saddam gassed 60,000 of his own people in Halabjah in 1986. In fact, the gassing was in 1988, and killed 5,000 (though it wounded thousands more). NEWSWEEK regrets the error.

Mail Call: In the Eyes of the Global Community.(Letter to the Editor)
April 7, 2003... More than 500 impassioned readers responded to our March 24 cover story, "Why America Scares the World," an analysis of why so many around the globe have turned against us. While some decried the essay as "ill-timed and unpatriotic," others...

The Mind of the Iraqis: Torn by feelings of nationalism, honor, fear--and now blasted by bombs--what's an Iraqi to think? A report from a city under siege.
April 7, 2003... Byline: Melinda Liu It's impossible to know exactly what hit the Shaab market in Baghdad last Wednesday morning. The Iraqi government says the explosions killed at least 14 civilians, and dozens of others were injured. Having visited the...

They Fought For Stalin, Too.(problems in US military strategy in Iraq)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Fareed Zakaria Predictions during war are a dangerous business. Still, I feel safe making one: don't bet against the United States. For more than a hundred years people have done so at their peril--from Kaiser Wilhelm to Hitler to...

Saddam's Bunkers: Beneath the ground, a realm of catacombs and secret passages, storehouses and hideouts.
April 7, 2003... Byline: Stefan Theil and Christopher Dickey When one of the most secure and luxurious of his palace-and-bunker complexes was completed in 1984, at a cost of $70 million, Saddam Hussein moved in right away. But even protected by enormous...

Who Do You Trust?(Iraq War)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Kevin Peraino Friend or foe? Staff Sgt. Andrew Sorenson can't tell. A blue sedan speeds down the road toward him, weaving through the column of American tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles. He could be an ordinary Iraqi in a hurry...

'Now We Have America': In Girde Drozna, Eastern Kurdistan.
April 7, 2003... Byline: Babak Dehghanpisheh Mohammad Esmail, a 23-year-old with a wispy mustache, has been watching the snowy peaks of Shinerwe Mountain in northern Iraq and waiting. His enemy, the militants of Ansar Al-Islam, a group linked to Al Qaeda,...

The Sand and the Fury: With the 3-7 Infantry Batallion.(Iraq War)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Arian Campo-Flores Last Wednesday at around 3 p.m., in a patch of Iraqi desert where the 3-7 Infantry Battalion is camped, the wind whipped into a frenzy and the air began to glow a seemingly radioactive red. Tents strained against...

The Editor's Desk.(Newsweek nominated for four National Magazine Awards)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
April 7, 2003... Byline: MARK WHITAKER With a war to cover, we at NEWSWEEK haven't had much time or inclination to celebrate lately. But we got some good news two weeks ago: we've been nominated for four National Magazine Awards, the most coveted prizes in...

'Love Makes Me Go Haywire': Lisa Marie Presley talks frankly about music, marriage--and suspicious minds.(Interview)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Lorraine Ali Lisa Marie Presley has been a de facto celebrity since she was born to Elvis and Priscilla 35 years ago. But the L.A.-based mom--she had a son and daughter with her first husband, musician Danny Keough--has avoided the...

Tale of a Dark Horse: Oscar's most thrilling, and unexpected, script was sealed with a kiss. Here's the inside story of 'The Pianist's' unlikely triumph--and its suddenly bright future.
April 7, 2003... Byline: Sean M. Smith Halle Berry stood on stage on Oscar night, preparing to read the names of the nominees for best actor. Adrien Brody, nominated for "The Pianist," prepared to lose another award to Jack Nicholson or Daniel Day-Lewis....

If I Want Peace, Why Aren't I Doing More? I've got an antiwar sticker on my car, but I can't stop worrying that someone will flatten my tires.
April 7, 2003... Byline: M. Elizabeth Dick I haven't been arrested this time around. That's because my antiwar activism is notably more muted than it was during the first gulf war more than a decade ago. It shouldn't be. I have even more misgivings about...

A Plan Under Attack: Did we start the war with enough force? As the blame game begins, the fight in Iraq is about to get a lot bloodier. The long and dangerous road to Baghdad--and beyond.
April 7, 2003... Byline: Evan Thomas and John Barry The Abrams M1A1 tank is a magnificent instrument of war. It can move faster across country (more than 40mph) and shoot farther (almost two miles) than any tank ever built. In the first gulf war, its score...

Talking Past Each Other.(relationship between George W. Bush and Tont Blair)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Richard Wolffe and Tamara Lipper It was scheduled as a cozy dinner, a chance for a more personal conversation between the two wartime leaders and a handful of their closest aides, before the next day's heavy lifting. So when George...

The Other Air Battle: Al-Jazeera rules the waves--whether the Pentagon likes it or not.
April 7, 2003... Byline: Jonathan Alter A lie," according to a 19th century epigram, "will go round the world while the truth is pulling on its boots." This assumes, of course, that the boots can give chase eventually. But what happens when the lies and...

A Man of Ideas in the Arena: Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, 1927-2003.(Obituary)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Jonathan Alter The voice was a dandified stutter-step of mumbled allusion and exaggerated enunciation. Yet if you listened hard enough, the erudite policy references and blustery historical detours cohered into a twinkly and often...

'We Love This Country': They hate Saddam, and support the U.S. But Iraqis in America feel like suspects in their adopted homeland.
April 7, 2003... Byline: Lorraine Ali When the doorbell rang around 6 p.m. last Monday at Basam Al- hussaini's home in San Dimas, Calif., the 39-year-old Iraqi-born engineer and his wife had been half-expecting the visit. "We'd heard from other Iraqis who...

Newsmakers.(celebrity news)(Interview)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Marc Peyser Make MP3s, Not War If you were be-ginning to think Sheryl Crow's no war guitar strap was the only peep of protest from today's pop stars, take heart: they are taking a stand--in cyberspace. R.E.M., Lenny Kravitz,...

Perspectives.(quotations on current events)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Quotation sources from top to bottom: MSNBC, Reuters (2), The Hill, Seattle Times, The Washington Post, Associated Press, The Washington Post, Trentonian, Reuters, Associated Press, New York Times "Their determination is somewhat of...

Moneymaker: Fanning the Flames: Cheney's Halliburton Ties.(Dick Cheney)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Keith Naughton and Michael Hirsh The stock market may be suffering, but Operation Iraqi Freedom has sure been good for business at Halliburton, the Houston oil-services company famous for its former CEO, Dick Cheney. The vice...

Terrorism: Spilling Secrets?(CIA questioning of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Daniel Klaidman Captured Qaeda mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed has surprised CIA interrogators with his willingness to spill the details of terror plots in the United States. In recent days Mohammed has confirmed that Al Qaeda...

Grunt: 101 A Peri Primer.(military units fighiting in Iraq War)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Adam Piore Lost in all the news? Maybe you just don't understand the lingo. Here are some words your local GI journalists are learning on their embeds. If someone asks "What's the G-2?" he wants to know "what's going on?" (a G-2 is...

Palestinians: Finally, a Dealmaker?(Abu Mazen selected as first Palestinian prime minister)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Joshua Hammer Is a middle east peace deal within reach? Last month's selection of Abu Mazen as the first Palestinian prime minister has reinvigorated an effort led by the European Union, Russia, the United States and the United...

Democrats: Convoys For Cash.(fund-raising by Democratic presidential candidates)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Holly Bailey If you're running for president, you can't let anything slow you down. Not even a war. Against the backdrop of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2004 Democratic presidential hopefuls tried to fill their own war chests last...

Anxiety: 'We're All Targets'.(attendance soars at disaster-preparation classes)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Julie Scelfo According to the Department of Homeland Security, the chance of a terror attack is high. Which is why attendance is soaring at American Red Cross disaster-preparation classes around the country. "I'm not freaked out,"...

Fast Chat: 'Ddam Fun.(Saddam double Jerry Haleva)(Brief Article)(Interview)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Steve Friess You'd think now would be the ideal time to grab gigs impersonating Saddam Hussein. But Jerry Haleva--Hollywood's favorite Saddam double--has benched his act. NEWSWEEK's Steve Friess asked him about it: Why now?...

Internet: Counting Civilians: Iraq's War Dead.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Suzanne Smalley If you happen across the Iraq Body Count Web site, you will be accosted by a shot of B-2 bombers dropping payloads against the backdrop of a serene blue sky. "If all goes 100% as planned (the bomb does not fall...

Perle: Private Business, Public Questions.(controversy over part-time Pentagon adviser Richard Perle focuses attention on Defense Policy Board)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Mark Hosenball The controversy over part-time Pentagon adviser Richard Perle has called new attention to the Defense Policy Board, an advisory committee that Perle headed. Perle resigned last week as the panel's chairman after...

Virus: Breathing Easier.(researchers find cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Geoffrey Cowley The disease was a mystery when it started killing people in Hong Kong last month. The sufferers had severe pneumonia that didn't respond to antibiotics or antiviral drugs. By late last week the condition known as...

War Meets the Welfare State.(impact of Iraq War on federal budget)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Robert J. Samuelson The war in Iraq is, in at least one respect, rewriting history. Few relationships are more established than the connection between war and debt. The first organized government borrowing dates to the 12th...

'I Had A Terrible Feeling': Of 250,000 troops, some would inevitably be lost. But nothing can prepare a family for the knock on the door. NEWSWEEK honors America's bravest.
April 7, 2003... Correction: 4/23/03 In a brief bio, Marine First Lt. Frederick E. Pokorney Jr. was misidentified as second lieutenant (" 'I Had a Terrible Feeling'," April 7). He earned that rank just days before he died. Also, it was erroneously reported to...

Shining A Light On Pain.(Light-Force-Therapy and other therapeutic light-emitting diode devices)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Anne Underwood The marine's voice had an edge of urgency. As he explained to physical therapist Ben Freeman of Castle Rock, Colo., in January, his unit was about to ship out to war. But his upper back was so sore that he was hardly...

Books: The Middle East.(five best books for understanding Middle East)(Brief Article)(Bibliography)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Fareed Zakaria Having a hard time making sense of the war? The names, the places, the millenniums of relevant social and political history. NEWSWEEK's Fareed Zakaria, who just authored "The Future of Freedom," gives us an essential...

Porsche Cayenne S: Sporty spice.(sport utility vehicle)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Tara Weingarten If it looks like a Porsche and drives like a Porsche, it must be a Porsche. But the Cayenne S is also an SUV. Sure, purists will bristle that the maker of precision sports cars has sold out to suburbanites. And...

Ask Tip Sheet.(yawning as contagious activity)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Kate Stroup Is yawning really contagious? -JOHN APPLETON, HORSHAM, PA. Yes, extremely. In fact, you could yawn right now just from reading about it. Contagious yawning seems to be an ancient, hard-wired social behavior...

UNCORKED / BIG REDS.(red wines)(Brief Article)(Buyers Guide)
April 7, 2003... We may be ready for spring, but Mother Nature has other plans. Make the most of these last frigid days with hearty wines at red-hot prices. These rich, fruity California reds pair well with stews and roasts--or they can warm you up all by...

A Gift For Soldiers.(tips on making donations to military personnel)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Linda Stern You want to do something. But last week the Pentagon said overstuffed supply planes can't deliver care packages to the front right now. Here's how you can still show your support: The United Service Organization is...

Brighter Game Boy.(Nintendo's Game Boy Advance SP)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Joe Hutsko Finally, Nintendo's Game Boy Advance sees the light: dubbed SP, the small wonder has an ultrasharp LCD screen that burns bright for about 10 hours before it's time to recharge the built-in battery (you can turn the light...

And All That Jazz.(tips for signing up jazz and tap dancing classes)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Pamela Hamer Did watching "Chicago" shim-sham off with the best-picture Oscar inspire you? Dance studios nationwide report a spike in jazz- and tap-class enrollment. But before you roll those stockings down, some advice: Start with...

Livin' Large With Wanda and Her Mighty Mouth.("Wanda at Large")(Television Program Review)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Marc Peyser Too bad Wanda Sykes can't read this story to you. It's hard to do her justice without hearing her voice. You could say it's the kind of sound that strips paint off walls--or a sistah-girl Ross Perot, if that didn't seem...

Stormin' Norman: Mailer on Saddam, Bush and post-9-11 America.('Why Are We at War?')(Book Review)
April 14, 2003... Byline: David Gates Don't miss Norman Mailer's "Why Are We at War?"--a rush job combining interview snippets, a speech and added observations--even if you think you already know his whole trip. We're overloaded with information these days,...

Hollywood: Are Two J-Fleck Movies Too Many?(Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez to star in two movies in 2003, 'Gigli' and 'Jersey Girl')
April 14, 2003... Byline: Sean Smith Just in case you need more of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck in your life, the couple will costar in two movies this year. Unfortunately, they're scheduled to be released just three months apart, begging the obvious...

Correction.
April 14, 2003... In "Iraq's Most Wanted," a photo of one of the "Dirty Nine" was incorrectly identified as Hani al-Latif Tulfah (March 31). The photo is that of Abid Hammoud al-Tikriti, another of the "Dirty Nine." Editors' Note In "Fanning the...

Conventional Wisdom: War Whiplash Edition.(conventional wisdom tracking of media and Washington, D.C. personalities and the war in Iraq)
April 14, 2003... Reminder: The CW charts the manic movements of media/Beltway blowhards, whether right or wrong. Occupational hazard: Arrows can spin overnight. C.W. Bush + Looks like he was right about ex-generals' hand-wringing...

Mail Call.
April 14, 2003... The Dawning of Operation Iraqi Freedom Readers expressed their own "Shock and Awe" at the start of the war in Iraq, the focus of our March 31 issue. "Shouldn't it be 'Shock and Awful'?" asked one. Another compared the bombing of Baghdad to...

Measured Audacity.(the tactics of General Tommy Franks in the war on Iraq)
April 14, 2003... Byline: George F. Will Not many people even know there is a memorial in the nation's capital to Ulysses Simpson Grant, whose hard slogging--"I propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer"--saved the nation from...

A City on the Brink: Lights go out, tanks roll in, bombs fall and a simple barber dreams of having a bigger shop. The view from inside the siege.(report from Bagdad, Iraq, as the US invasion approaches)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Melinda Liu Night after night, since the start of the war, the message boomed into the darkness from the loudspeakers of Baghdad's 14th of Ramadan Mosque. Sometimes the haunting, hypnotic baritone almost drowned out the fearsome...

The Rage Next Time: While Americans see victories in Iraq, Arabs and Muslims see mostly victims.(war in Iraq is uniting many Islamists in their hatred for America)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Tom Masland and Christopher Dickey The boy always looks forward to his aunt's visits. What boy wouldn't? She showers him with Disney videos, LEGOs and Toys "R" Us electronica from her frequent trips to Washington--cultural sweets...

The Editor's Desk.(death of journalist Michael Kelly in the Iraq War; this and other topics are discussed)(Obituary)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Mark Whitaker Michael Kelly didn't have to go back to covering wars. He had already won acclaim for his reporting on the first gulf war, in his powerful magazine dispatches and book "Martyrs' Day." After it was over, he returned to...

The Teflon Pop Star: Singer R. Kelly has been charged with child pornography and suspected of worse--and his new CD is double platinum. Discuss.
April 14, 2003... Byline: Allison Samuels People who know R. Kelly tend to use the same word to describe him: unflappable. Last June, the Chicago-based R&B singer was arrested and indicted on 21 counts of possession of child pornography, after a copy of...

The Second Coming: The White Stripes won't save rock, but they're on a roll.('Elephant')(Sound Recording Review)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Lorraine Ali It didn't take a burgeoning local scene, or even a foreign invasion of pouty-lipped bands, to ignite 2001's garage-rock revolution. The raunch- and-reverb revival was largely spearheaded by an enigmatic duo from...

A Tragic Final Act: Asia reels from the suicide of movie star Leslie Cheung.(Obituary)
April 14, 2003... Byline: David Ansen and Alexandra A. Seno Leslie Cheung, who normally wore casual clothes, dressed for death. At 4:30 p.m. on April 1 he entered the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong in a suit and took the elevator to the private club on...

We Won't Let This War Pull Us Apart: I try to understand my kids' opposing points of view, even when they can't do that for each other.(personal account: Quaker family, and a son who joined the Air Force )
April 14, 2003... Byline: Marykate Morse As a former military brat turned Quaker, I often feel stretched between those two worlds. Even so, I believe I've been given a unique opportunity to see the value of both ways of life. I was born into an Air...

The Grunt's War: As the generals debated strategy, the pogues and dogfaces were grinding it out in the desert. Taking Baghdad airport, and other tales of the Third Infantry Division's 'Charlie Rock' Company.(war in Iraq: US military personnel)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Kevin Peraino And Evan Thomas It takes all kinds of soldiers to win a war. lt. Col. Ernest (Rock) Marcone lives the warrior myth. The tough-talking, cigar-chewing Marcone, West Point class of '86, loved reading "The Killer Angels,"...

Jessica's Liberation: Moving stealthily through the night, Special Forces execute a bold raid to save a private. The mission--and her story of survival.(the rescue of Jessica Lynch)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Jerry Adler She was hiding in her bed just after midnight when the Special Ops team found her, in a room on the first floor of Saddam (naturally) Hospital in An Nasiriya. A soldier called her name, and without answering she peeked...

The Real Echoes From Vietnam.(lessons from the Vietnam War are still relevant for the war in Iraq)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Jonathan Alter Iraq is not Vietnam or Lebanon or anyplace else except Iraq, and historical analogies are often land mines for the careless. But the only thing worse than "thinking in time," as Harvard professors Richard Neustadt...

'Committed To the Cause': Portraits of eight American heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice.(American casualities of the war n Iraq)
April 14, 2003... The dramatic rescue of Pfc. Jessica Lynch offered hope for the families of U.S. soldiers listed as captured or missing in Iraq. There may yet be other heroic commando raids, and more happy reunions with anxious families back home in the days...

Newsmakers.('Lord of the Rings' director Peter Jackson hopes to film a remake of 'King Kong'; interview with Bill Maher)(Interview)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Sean Smith, Suzanne Smalley Monkey Business We thought he'd never ape anyone else's success. But with the last "Lord of the Rings" installment coming out this winter, director Peter Jackson plans to start shooting a remake of...

Perspectives.
April 14, 2003... Byline: Quotation sources from top to bottom: The Washington Post, Reuters (2), BBC NEWS, CNN, The Washington Post (2), Yahoo News!, Reuters, Real Time with Bill Maher "A person is a human being regardless of nationality."...

Iraq: Who's Going to Lead the New Government?(debate over the interim Iraqi government)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Richard Wolffe, Daniel Klaidman and Tamara Lipper In the heavyweight prizefight over Iraq's future, the winner of round one seems to be Secretary of State Colin Powell. For months the Bush administration has been deeply split over...

The Saudis: A Missing Diplomat?(suspected Al Qaeda arrest in Germany indicates ties with a top Saudi diplomat )(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Stefan Theil and Michael Isikoff It looked like a successful strike against Al Qaeda in Europe. Last month German police raided a suspected terrorist cell in Berlin, arresting a half-dozen men and seizing bomb-making equipment,...

Ally Gone Awry?(investigation of Qatar's foreign minister, Sheik Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Mark Hosenball As Gen. Tommy Franks's host, the Emirate of Qatar is one of the Bush administration's most critical allies in the war against Saddam Hussein. And America's most important contact in Qatar is Foreign Minister Sheik...

Staying Free--And Safe.(Michael Kelly: first embedded journalist killed in Iraq)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Seth Mnookin Last week Michael Kelly became the first embedded reporter to die in Iraq. His tragic death shines a spotlight on both the safety and the rules of operation for embeds--roughly 600 reporters who are living alongside...

College: Seniors Get Revenge.(college admissions: acceptance and rejections)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Barbara Kantrowitz Dan Lundquist, the dean of admissions at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., calls the next few weeks "seniors' revenge." After agonizing over getting in, the class of 2003 now gets to sort through acceptances...

Alzheimer's: No Cure, But Hope.(use of the drug memantine may slow the progress of Alzheimer's disease)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Anne Underwood William Bayce, a former NASA engineer, had an awesome memory--at least until he started showing signs of Alzheimer's six years ago. By last spring Bayce, then 64, barely responded to his four children. Then he got...

High Tech: Arabic for Jarheads.(use of the Phraselator in Iraq to translate English into Arabic)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Adam Piore Recently, an American special operator appeared in a desolate Iraqi town and approached a group of local children. He lifted a device about the size of a Palm PDA to his lips. "Do you know where the command bunker is?"...

Entertainment: Rated D for Diversion.(Morale, Welfare and Recreation programs donate books, films, and recreation equipment to the military)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Susannah Meadows In the coming weeks, munitions, water and MREs streaming up the supply line into Iraq may be accompanied by another precious resource: books. Last month the Army shipped 10 tons of paperbacks to troops in Kuwait...

Magazines: New Life.(two new magazines, Radar and The Believer, being introduced)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Seth Mnookin Bucking a recent trend of magazine burials (to say nothing of declining ad pages), two new magazines are aiming to stay afloat by making modest splashes. One, Radar, which is being billed as the glossy stepchild of...

History: Forward, March.(many remarks by Martin Luther King Jr. recorded in a new collection: 'Ripples of Hope')(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Bret Begun It was Jan. 25, 1965, and it had been a violent day in the struggle for civil rights. Annie Lee Cooper, an African-American woman waiting in line to register to vote in Selma, Ala., had been clubbed by police officers...

Coping in a War Economy.(the uncertain economy, during and following the war with Iraq)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn On the home front, wars mean nothing but trouble. Treasure squandered, loves lost. A persistent myth links war with prosperity. But that's a communal memory dating back to World War II, when massive military...

Solving the Mystery: Scores have died, and science still can't answer the basic questions: How do you get the virus? How do you identify it? And how do you treat it?(severe acute respiratory syndrome)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Geoffrey Cowley No one panicked when Sui-Chu Kwan died of pneumonia last month. The 78-year-old Toronto woman had a history of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and she'd just made an arduous trip to Hong Kong. But her death was...

Michigan's Day in Court: In arguments over affirmative action in admissions, the justices seemed to favor a less than drastic overhaul of the law.(University of Michigan: admissions policy)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Debra Rosenberg When the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases involving admissions at the University of Michigan, the legal showdown was billed as the most important test of affirmative action in 25 years. Businesses,...

And the Banderas Plays On: Antonio makes his move on Broadway with 'Nine'.(Antonio Banderas starring in the theatrical production 'Nine')
April 14, 2003... Byline: Marc Peyser You've heard of the Atkins diet and the Weight Watchers diet. Here, for the first time, is the Antonio Banderas diet. It starts every morning with fried eggs and bacon, cooked by Banderas himself. "I have to do the...

Money: Shop While Prices Drop.
April 14, 2003... Byline: Linda Stern and Tara Weingarten With all the worrying about the war and the lousy economy, it can be tempting to stuff any spare cash under a mattress and take a meat cleaver to your credit cards. But before you make promises to...

Investments: Banking On Rates.(increased interest in money-market deposit accounts)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Linda Stern Banks are back. For decades, they've lagged in offering competitive short-term savings rates. But now the old-fashioned depositories are beating the money markets. FDIC-backed money-market deposit accounts are paying an...

Technology: Taxman Cometh.(many taxpayers wait until the last minute to file)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Jennifer Barrett Still haven't filed your taxes? You're not alone. One in five taxpayers usually waits until the last few days--or minutes--to file before the April 15 midnight deadline, according to the Internal Revenue Service....

Road Test: SAAB 9-3: Another Saab story.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Tara Weingarten News flash: the new Saab 9-3 doesn't have a hatchback. That's right, no hatchback. If you're thinking 'so what,' you're definitely not a diehard Saab fan. Saab is one of those brands that inspires a cultlike...

Ask Tip Sheet: Is white chocolate really chocolate? --Karen MacDonald, Atlanta, Ga.(it lacks the cocoa solids that gives chocolate its flavor)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Sally Atkinson Most purists would say no, even though it's made from the same small part of the cacao bean--the nib. White chocolate contains only the extracted cocoa butter (a vegetable fat) and not the remaining cocoa solids...

Family: Scientist At Play.(girls often lose interest in science and math, and may need encouragement to continue studying the subjects)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Karen Springen Barbie thinks math is hard. And chances are, so does your daughter. For years studies have found that girls tend to lose interest in math and science around sixth grade, and they rarely get it back. Last year, for...

Cheat Sheet: Hot Lines.(telecommunications companies that offer all-you-can-call plans)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Brian Braiker Hey, big spender. Anyone paying more than $50 a month in phone bills--a.k.a. anyone with a teen at home--should ride this new wave of all-you-can-call plans: VERIZON: VERIATIONS FREEDOM $50 to $60 a month ...

Health: From Harvard Med: Tasty Trade-Offs.(suggested healthy food alternatives)
April 14, 2003... Dieting doesn't have to be an exercise in masochism. By replacing your current rations with similar--but much healthier--alternatives, you can painlessly gain fiber and cut fat. Over time, such small changes add up to huge improvements in your...

Home: Cooler Cleaners.(Caldrea's Green Tea Patchouli Counter Top Cleanser; Good Home's Beach House Laundry Fragrance laundry detergent)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Tara Weingarten Ok, so nobody really needs floor cleaner that smells like bubble bath, but for less than $10, it is kind of cool. We tried these products with sparkling results. For a scent that's more aromatherapy than...

Gadgets: Believe the Hype.(Segway ships its 'human transporters')(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Byline: Jennifer Tanaka Segway is finally taking it to the streets. Last month the company shipped its first wave of futuristic "human transporters"--which cost a whopping $4,950, plus tax and shipping, at amazon.com. But could these...