Newsweek articles from July 2004

Newsweek archives from July 2004

Standing in the Line of Fire; Best-selling author Janet Evanovich faces down a critic.(Interview)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Peter Plagens "Ten big ones," Janet Evanovich's 10th and latest Stephanie Plum thriller, finds the Jersey-girl bounty hunter pursued by a hired killer. As usual, Stephanie relies on help from her semi-reformed hooker sidekick,...

One Man's Flight of Fancy; You might not have heard of Warren Lieberfarb, but everyone in Hollywood has. As 'father of the DVD,' he transformed the movie business. The reward: he was fired.(Correction Notice)
July 5, 2004... ***** CORRECTION: In "One Man's Flight of Fancy" (July 5), we wrote that MGM's film library includes such classics as "The Wizard of Oz." In fact, Time Warner has owned the movie since its 1996 purchase of Turner Broadcasting, which itself...

Mail Call.(Letter to the Editor)
July 5, 2004... Transforming Grief Into a New Crusade The nation watched Nancy Reagan mourn her beloved Ronnie, while his death helped reignite the stem-cell debate, much of it inspired by the former First Lady herself. "Thank God Mrs. Reagan has found the...

Waging War On Wal-Mart; The use of laws to block Wal-Mart in order to preserve 'community' frequently is, in reality, avarice masquerading as pretty altruism.(Column)
July 5, 2004... Byline: George F. Will Some progressives, as liberals now prefer to be known, would rather rid the world of Wal-Mart than of Baathists. The National Trust for Historic Preservation, which is not preserving its reputation for seriousness,...

Iraq's Repairman; Mission impossible? David Petraeus is tasked with rebuilding Iraq's security forces. An up-close look at the only real exit plan the United States has--the man himself.(Interview)(Cover Story)(Biography)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Rod Nordland, With John Barry in Washington and Tamara Lipper traveling with the president, Graphic reported by Babak Dehghanpisheh and Sarah Sennott, text by Andrew Romano The doors have been taken off our Blackhawk helicopter to...

Terror: The Zarqawi Firestorm; He rivals bin Laden in his brutality, yet he operates much more openly. Why can't American forces capture or kill him?(terrorist leader Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Mark Hosenball and Babak Dehghanpisheh, With Tamara Lipper For Pentagon and intelligence officials, the failure to find Osama bin Laden in the rocky wastes of Afghanistan has been frustrating enough. But they are equally dispirited...

Living And The Dead; Famine images mean it's already too late for thousands.
July 5, 2004... Byline: Tom Masland How bad does a crisis have to get? Relief groups have tried for months to avert a disaster in the western Sudanese region of Darfur, but hardly anyone has listened. Most aid donors don't do much until they're shocked...

Reach Out to The Insurgents; What is the alternative to co-opting opponents? The occupation has, in the latest CPA poll, just 2 percent support among Iraqis.(Column)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Fareed Zakaria, In my article on Saudi Arabia last week, I wrote that in a recent poll, the No. 1 issue on people's minds was corruption. In fact, it was unemployment. Corruption was No. 2, followed by "political reform." There is...

The Editor's Desk.(Editorial)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Mark Whitaker Testifying before congress last week, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz argued that news about the Iraq war has been so negative because reporters are afraid to travel outside Baghdad. It was an outrageous...

The Divine Miss Delpy; The great French actress lights up the bittersweet 'Before Sunset'.(Julie Delpy)(Interview)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Jennifer Ordonez Somebody needs to tell Julie Delpy not to be so existential if she wants to make it big in Hollywood. "At some point," she's saying, "you realize the idea of completely merging with someone in a relationship may be...

Hot & Cole; Kevin Kline helps redeem an uneven Porter biopic.("De-Lovely")(Movie Review)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Cathleen McGuigan Late in Irwin Winkler's "De-Lovely," the musical biography of Cole Porter, an old friend of the now embittered composer urges him to work again. "You can write from memories," she says. "You've had the most...

Keeping Quiet Only Added to My Pain; As a boy, I thought forgetting was the best option. Now I know the shame wasn't mine to bear.
July 5, 2004... Byline: Jake Cooney, Cooney lives in New York City. "Ed Kell died," my mother said. "What?" I said. "He fell back over his porch." "Fell back?" "He was drunk," she said. That was 14 years ago--the last time I thought about him until...

How to Run For Veep; The final lap: Some make deals. Others show off their public support. There are a lot of ways to curry favor. But only John Kerry knows what will work.(presidential candidate considers vice presidential running mate)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Howard Fineman, With Richard Wolffe with Kerry, and Holly Bailey in Washington For Sen. John Edwards, it was "Groundhog Day" in downtown Des Moines. He had been through this movie before. Once again he was in Iowa, at the Polk...

Clubbed to Death; Allegations about an Illinois candidate's sex life spice up the battle for Senate control.
July 5, 2004... Byline: Dirk Johnson Barack Obama, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Illinois, describes himself as "a skinny guy with a funny name." Pundits call him the rock star of the Democratic Party. A Harvard brainiac who dazzles crowds and...

Secret Agent Man; Porter Goss is not known for his sharp elbows. So why is the ex-spook suddenly lashing out? Untangling Langley's politics.
July 5, 2004... Byline: Michael Hirsh, Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball, With Tamara Lipper in Washington Porter J. Goss of Hotchkiss and Yale has long been seen as a model of patrician restraint on Capitol Hill. After 9/11, when other Republicans in...

Newsmakers.(Mary Kate Olsen, Britney Spears, and interview with Kato Kaelin)(Interview)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Marc Peyser The Mary-Kate 'Mystery' Ends--People began to think something serious was up with teen icon Mary-Kate Olsen a couple of weeks ago when her twin sister, Ashley, had celebrated their 18th birthday alone--or as alone as...

Perspectives.
July 5, 2004... Byline: Quotation sources from top to bottom: New York Times, Daily Mail, New York Times, Reuters, The Washington Post, foxnews.com, New York Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Hill, The Washington Post, New York Times "I think it's...

Iraq and Al Qaeda; Forget the 'Poisons and Deadly Gases'.(evidence provided by captured al-Qaeda commander Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi and U.S. decision to invade Iraq)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Michael Isikoff A captured Qaeda commander who was a principal source for Bush administration claims that Osama bin Laden collaborated with Saddam Hussein's regime has changed his story, setting back White House efforts to shore up...

Steroids: Homing In On Jones?(sprinter Marion Jones under investigation by U.S. Anti-Doping Agency)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Brad Stone and Mark Starr Did U.S. anti-doping officials inch closer last week to charging sprinter Marion Jones with drug violations? Jones, who has never failed a drug test and maintains that she's never used banned substances,...

Setback: Peterson on Trial.(Scott Peterson, accused of murdering his wife)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Karen Breslau Prosecutors are struggling to make their case against Scott Peterson. Last week a juror was dismissed after admitting he discussed media coverage of the trial with his girlfriend and lashed prosecutors for "not...

Presidents: Planning Their Rites.(plans for state funerals of former U.S. presidents)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Holly Bailey How do presidents plan for the inevitable? That's been a hot topic in the aftermath of Ronald Reagan's funeral last month, a highly choreographed affair that had been more than 20 years in the making. Gerald Ford,...

Google: Check Out the Footnote.(financial gains to be made for investors if Google Inc. goes public)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Allan Sloan Would you like to make 450 percent on your money overnight, turning a dollar today into $5.50 tomorrow? If you're lucky enough to be a current shareholder of Google, the company estimates that its initial public stock...

Indicators: Time Will Tell.(menu items, playing cards named and designed to cash in on run-up to presidential election, 2004)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Peter Suciu At a joint named Mr. Dooley's Boston Tavern, you'd expect diners to give the burger named after Senator Kerry a landslide victory over the one named after President Bush. But in a further indication of how split the...

Hospitals: A Heavy- Duty Job.(nurses plan to lobby for use of machines for lifting patients)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Daniel McGinn For nurses, it's a job almost as unpleasant as changing bedpans: moving heavy patients from stretchers to beds and back again. With the average U.S. nurse now in her mid-40s and hospitalized Americans growing more...

Dr. Seuss: Unshlumping in a City Near You.(Children's Museum of Manhattan launches exhibition that includes real-life creations of imaginary machines from Dr. Seuss books)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Elise Soukup An electrical engineer, two industrial designers and a sculptor recently huddled around an odd-looking machine. A lot was riding on the success of this never-before-seen invention. The mood was tense as they pressed a...

'The Clindex': We Looked. You're Not in It.(index and typographical errors in Bill Clinton's memoir My Life)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Jonathan Alter Ever been in a big-city bookstore and seen patrons leafing through nonfiction books from the back? These are the politicians, government officials, journalists and other graspers looking out for No. 1--in the index....

Smooth Operations; A taboo falls as cosmetic surgery gains in popularity among African-Americans, stars and average folk, too.
July 5, 2004... Byline: Allison Samuels, With Mary Carmichael Long before Janet Jackson revealed a little too much of her body, Tanisha Rollins was obsessed with having one just like it. After watching the singer strut in a 1993 video, Rollins embarked on...

Mind Reading; The new science of decision making. It's not as rational as you think.
July 5, 2004... Byline: Jerry Adler, With Mary Carmichael Flat on my back, my eyes shrouded with LED goggles and my ears encased in headphones, I was trundled into the maw of an fMRI machine in a basement lab at the California Institute of Technology. The...

Health: New Rules For A Safe Pregnancy.
July 5, 2004... Byline: Karen Springen, For more about healthy pregnancy, watch for TIP SHEET on Discovery Health Channel's "Daily Rounds," June 30 at 7:55 p.m., ET. The nine months between conception and delivery are filled with anticipation--and with...

Travel: Cut the Queues.(Paris)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Michelle Jane Chan In Paris, the world's most popular travel destination, it's easy to waste your vacation jostling with tourists and waiting in lines. Here are some ways to beat the crowds and have a bon voyage. Forget the...

Meal Ticket: Small Plates.(selected restaurants in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, and Washington D.C.)(Restaurant Review)
July 5, 2004... Large portions are as American as baseball and Big Macs. But lately, the popularity of Spanish tapas has inspired chefs of all culinary stripes to downsize their dishes. Here are some top restaurants that specialize in small plates. LOS...

Road Test: Chrysler 300C; For a fly ride.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Keith Naughton OK, I confess. I hated the Chrysler 300C when I first saw it at auto shows. Its gaping grille and slab sides reminded me of my dad's 1971 Plymouth Gran Fury. On the street, though, it seems more evocative of a...

In Season: Mini Melons.(watermelons)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Jennifer Barrett It's hard to imagine a summer picnic without watermelon, but lugging around a 20-pound piece of fruit can really bring you down. Not anymore. The latest crops of specially bred "mini melons," in the works for 10...

Hygiene: Don't Sweat It.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Anna Kuchment Technically, just 3 percent of the population suffers from excessive sweating. But who wants to sweat at all? Certain Dri ($5.71 at drugstore.com ) contains a higher concentration of the active ingredient found in...

Money: Cracking The Egg.(Fidelity's new Retirement Income Advantage program)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Linda Stern If you thought building a retirement nest egg was tough, wait until it's time to crack it open. The calculus involved in making the money last could give a Mensa member a headache. But Fidelity's new Retirement Income...

Technology: Waves And Wi-Fi.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Byline: N'Gai Croal When you go on vacation, you're hoping to unplug and unwind. But more travelers find themselves unwilling to give up access to their e-mail and favorite Web sites--even when they're sunbathing. In response, a growing...

Ask Tip Sheet.(21-gun salute at military funerals)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Byline: Anne Taulane What is the significance of the 21-gun salute at a military funeral? --Nancy Roper Smith, Pembroke, Ky. The 21-gun salute is the nation's highest honor, fired from big cannonlike guns at the funerals of current and...

Conventional Wisdom; Hell in a Handover Edition.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Justice Department memos show Bushies claiming prez has right to torture and do anything else he wants. Charming. CW Bush - Hands over a shooting gallery to... who, exactly? And what happens next could determine the...

A Foul Mouth And Manhood; In recent years the Republican hard guys have surely taken over the Y-chromosome territory from the feel-your-pain Democrats.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Anna Quindlen In 1962, when the New York Times quoted President John F. Kennedy during a dispute with the steel industry as saying, "My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till...

The Lady Vanishes; In this debut novel, it's not Dad who leaves the family.(When Did You Stop Loving Me?)(Book Review)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Sean Smith, Andrew Nagorski The absentee dad seems more the rule than the exception for the generation born to baby boomers, kids who survived to tell stories of indomitable mothers who somehow held the family together. (See the...

The Lions' Reign; When Disney wouldn't let Miramax distribute 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' a once tiny Canadian studio took up the charge. How Lions Gate became the indie that roared.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Johnnie L. Roberts The opening shot of Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" isn't an image of a clueless President Bush. It's a logo: a stylized drawing of the constellation Leo the Lion, the emblem of the film's distributor, and it's...

10 Partisan Myths; Running on Empty: In his new book, Peter G. Peterson, chairman of the Blackstone Group and a former secretary of Commerce, explains how the theological war between Republicans and Democrats is bankrupting our future.(Excerpt)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Peter G. Peterson, FromRUNNING ON EMPTY, By Peter G. Peterson. [c] 2004 by Peter G. Peterson. To be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Our two parties have organized themselves around two lopsided and mutually exclusive world...

Mail Call and Correction: Enmeshed in 'Spider-Man's' New Web.(Letter to the Editor)(Correction Notice)
July 12, 2004... It's sure to be this summer's big blockbuster, but many readers were confounded by our choice of "Spider-Man 2" for the June 28 cover story. One asked, "The 9-11 Commission issues its report, Iraq is getting ready for a change of government,...

Judgement Days; The new Iraqi government wanted to prove itself by publicly confronting Saddam. It'll have to do better next time.(former dictator Saddam Hussein)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Rod Nordland and Babak Dehghanpisheh Saddam glanced at the television cameras in the courtroom, and panic flickered briefly in his eyes. It was his first appearance in public since he was dragged out of a spider hole last December,...

The Power of a Word; Thousands are dying in Sudan. Is it genocide or not?
July 12, 2004... Byline: Tom Masland and Holly Bailey The venue was the message. Still, in case the point somehow escaped anyone in the crowd at Washington's Holocaust Memorial Museum, the rally's organizers pounded the word relentlessly: "Genocide!" They...

A Big Vote for Cold Showers; Conventional wisdom has it that India's reforms hurt hundreds of millions of villagers. It's a powerful case--except that it's not true.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Fareed Zakaria, Write the author at comments@fareedzakaria.com. Recalling his first memory of India's new prime minister, Manmohan Singh, 50 years ago, fellow economist Jagdish Bhagwati says: "We were both students at Cambridge...

The Editor's Desk.(Women and infidelity)(Editorial)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Mark Whitaker The three women who spearheaded this week's story on female infidelity--editor Lisa Miller, writer Lorraine Ali and reporter Holly Peterson --all initially approached the subject with mixed feelings. Although...

A 'Smile' Worth The Wait; Four decades late: Brian Wilson's masterpiece.(Biography)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Malcolm Jones I'm sitting in a huge sound-stage in Burbank, Calif., and I've got a serious case of the willies. First off, I still can't believe what I'm seeing: Brian Wilson, fronting a 10-piece band, poised to launch into a...

The Art of Idiocy; Will Ferrell's gift for making us warm to the pompous, clueless egotists he plays makes him Hollywood's hottest comic. So how seriously does he take himself?(Biography)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Sean Smith "I just love white male American jackasses," Will Ferrell says. Which is so sweet, because they love him right back. A recent Harvard study concluded that every 15 seconds a frat boy pops a beer and quotes one of...

Knight of the Living Dead; This listless 'King Arthur' even lacks a love triangle.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Marc Peyser Some movies are director's films. Others are star vehicles, or even writer's films. "King Arthur" is that rarest of summer blockbusters--a weatherman's film. The opening shot shows Arthur (Clive Owen) and his posse on...

Service With a Smile, And Plenty of Metal; I can't help shuddering and averting my eyes when I find myself staring at a face full of hoops and studs.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Debra Darvick, Darvick is a writer living in Birmingham, Mich. When I can read the latte menu through the hole in my server's earlobe, something is seriously out of whack. The first time I saw this I nearly blew my lunch into the...

Kicking Into High Gear; Pedal to Medal: Drafting behind Bush has worked--so far. But it's time Kerry made his move. The plan for July.(presidential candidate John Kerry)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Howard Fineman, With Richard Wolffe in Washington and T. Trent Gegax with Kerry The Heinz family estate, north of Pittsburgh, is rustic baronial: 90 acres of rolling farmland, woods and streams, crowned by a columned white mansion...

The Junior Varsity; Game On: They're young. They're dialed-in. And they could prove the difference this fall. Tapping the youth vote.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Barbara Kantrowitz, With Sarah Childress and Rebecca Sinderbrand; Paul Tolme in Westminster, Colo.; Elise Soukup in Moorhead, Minn., and Robina Riccitiello in Berkeley Taryn Mann made her political debut a few weeks ago in a...

'I Cannot Be Charted'; Stop pandering. Start reaching out. A young voter lets fly.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Traci E. Carpenter, Carpenter, a senior at Michigan State University, is the winner of an essay contest for college journalists sponsored by NEWSWEEK and MTVU, MTV's college channel. I am the youth vote. And I'm tired of being...

Homesick for Texas; Alberto Gonzales left a good life to become White House counsel. Amid a series of legal setbacks, he's wondering why.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Daniel Klaidman, With Tamara Lipper White House counsel Alberto Gonzales loved his old life in Texas. He had a coveted appointment to the state Supreme Court and a nice house in a pretty Austin neighborhood. When George W. Bush went...

The Smell Of Success; Hog farms stink. But the neighbors are rising up.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Dirk Johnson and Vince Kuppig It started as a joyous Easter egg hunt on the Nebraska prairie. But when the winds shifted, it stunk so badly of hog manure the kids ran indoors. "Oh Grandma," one of the little girls cried to Kathleen...

Hot for Student: A Teacher on Trial.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Catharine Skipp and Arian Campo-Flores When the 14-year-old student told his cousin that a "hot teacher" at his Tampa, Fla., middle school liked him, his cousin didn't believe it. So the student decided to prove it. He arranged for...

Newsmakers.(rapper Jay-Z, a.k.a. Shawn Carter, sets up scholarship fund)(Rev. Al Sharpton)(Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova)(Interview)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Allison Samuels, Susannah Meadows, Devin Gordon Q&A: Jay-Z We were afraid Jay-Z's retirement from making albums had been a bad idea when we heard he was selling his shoes. Turns out he's auctioning a pair of his own S. Carter...

Perspectives.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Quotation Sources From Top To Bottom, Left To Right: Associated Press, New York Daily News, The Washington Post, Associated Press, CNN.Com, Reuters, Associated Press, The Washington Post, People Magazine, The Washington Post "Let...

Needed: More Soldiers, More Billions.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Michael Hirsh and T. Trent Gegax Publicly, the Pentagon insists it's getting the manpower and money it needs for Iraq and Afghanistan. But as those conflicts drag on, Army planners are privately growing more worried about a looming...

Judging the Percentages.(Supreme Court decisions)(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Debra Rosenberg The Supreme Court ended its term last week with a flurry of important decisions--and no resignations. It's been 10 years since the last vacancy on the high court, the longest dry spell since the early 1800s. Several...

Paying for the Party.(parties at political conventions)(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Holly Bailey Splashy parties have long been a staple at the political conventions. But the new campaign-finance rules have somewhat altered the planning for this year's festivities. The parties used to be paid for primarily with...

Master Blaster: A New Noisemaker.(long range acoustic device (megaphone) from American Technology Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Brian Braiker What's that thing in the picture? It's a Long Range Acoustic Device--a megaphone with unprecedented clarity and aim that can shoot compact sound waves across several hundred yards at up to 150 decibels. Designed by...

Keeping Cool Is Hot.(soldiers in Iraq)(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... Byline: T. Trent Gegax It's so hot in Iraq right now that soldiers are pleased if the air conditioner can get the temperature below 90 degrees. But what really cheers them is care packages stuffed with heat relievers. Powdered water...

Memoirs: This Is Your 'Life'.(books with the title "My Life")(Brief Article)(Bibliography)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Lisa Helem Bill Clinton may have a monopoly on the story of his life, but he hasn't got one on "My Life." PERI found a score of other books with that title. A sampling: Golda Meir, Israel's fourth P.M., recounts her journey to...

The World On a String.(red-string kabbalah bracelet)(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Lisa Helem Madonna is showing hers off on tour this summer. Demi and Britney have them as well. Maybe you're thinking of getting a red-string kabbalah bracelet. And then... what? Peri asked Rabbi Michael Berg, codirector of the...

Pets: Beyond Euthanasia.(hospice care)(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Elise Soukup When Kathryn Marocchino's 13-year-old cat, Nikki, was diagnosed with kidney failure in 1996, Marocchino's veterinarians told her euthanasia was the only option. It was then, but it isn't now. Marocchino had Nikki...

Me Talk Hippie.(Hippie Dictionary)(Book Review)
July 12, 2004... Byline: David Gates The newly revised and expanded "Hippie Dictionary" would have saved us some time back in the '60s. In those days, who knew that psychoactive toads (whose venom contains DMT ) could simply be licked? Not only did you...

'Homo-Hop' Has a Say.(hip-hop for lesbian, gay, biesexual and transgender artists)(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Devon Thomas Hip-hop is having its coming-out party. From July 16-18 in New York City, the Peace Out East festival will feature more than 40 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) artists, all vying for a voice within the...

By the Seat Of His Pants; No one knows economic statistics better than Alan Greenspan, but he must make many fateful decisions without the benefit of hard data.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Robert J. Samuelson It's Alan Greenspan's swan song. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates last week, as expected. The overnight Fed funds rate went from 1 percent, the lowest since the late 1950s, to 1.25 percent. Over the...

The Secret Lives of Wives; Why they stray: With the work place and the Internet, overscheduled lives and inattentive husbands--it's no wonder more American women are looking for comfort in the arms of another man.(Cover Story)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Lorraine Ali and Lisa Miller, With Vanessa Juarez, Holly Peterson, Karen Springen, Claire Sulmers, William Lee Adams and Raina Kelley When groups of women get together, especially if they're mothers and have been married for more...

Confessions of a Personal Trainer; I'm a lonely wife's dream, and hubby's worst nightmare.(Cover Story)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Mike Torchia, Mike Torchia, who is divorced, is a Hollywood trainer and has earned the nickname "The Torchinator." In 30 years in the training business, I've probably had affairs with more than 40 married women. Most of them were in...

Meet the Eye Cam; Processed reflections from the cornea can make hindsight a reality.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Steven Levy Our precious peepers are valued primarily for one crucial function: letting us see. But eyes can also be a source of information to those observing them, mostly by giving intuitive clues to emotions or intentions. And...

Handling The Rate Hike.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Linda Stern Alan Greenspan made his move last week; now it's your turn. Oh, sure, you could just sit back and watch the rates rise on your home-equity line and your credit cards while your 401(k) slides sideways. Or you could get...

RESTAURANTS: HAUTE CUISINE.(restaurants in skyscrapers or towers)(Brief Article)(Directory)
July 12, 2004... Byline: William Underhill Want a dinner with altitude? Check out these restaurants in the sky. 1. Cloud 9, Shanghai (below): Chomp some of the finest Asian tapas at the Jin Mao Tower, China's loftiest. (1,380 feet;...

Leave 'Em At Home.(most of the contents of a wallet when travelling)(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Raina Kelley If there's a vacation disaster worse than being stuck in paradise, broke, while a bandit parties on your dime, we don't want to know about it. Thieves love tourists, so a few precautions before your purse disappears....

Early Notice.(prenatal screening)(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Karen Springen Every mom-to-be wants to know she's carrying a healthy child. Yet until recently, pregnant women had to wait until their second trimester to learn their risk of delivering a baby with Down syndrome. Last week the...

Uncorked / Dry Roses.(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... The blushing beauty of roses can mask a wide range of personalities. Many are so sweet they're cloying, or are simply plonk made for profit. But the good ones marry the crispness of a dry white wine with the fruit flavors of a light red, often...

MP3 BOOKS: TOLSTOY TO GO.(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Anne Taulane Want a best seller for your iPod? Try "Anna Karenina." Now you can download the classic to listen to on your computer, PDA or MP3 player at Audible.com . The first provider of spoken-word downloads, Audible offers...

Primped to Sell.(houses)(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Anna Kuchment Racing to unload your home before the real-estate market tanks? Here's how to prep for that all-important first impression: the open house. De-clutter. Pack up your winter clothes, that extra sofa, your prized...

DON'T O.D. ON OVERDRAFT.(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Linda Stern Bounced a few checks lately? The Federal Reserve recently OK'd controversial and expensive "bounce-protection plans" for low-income customers who don't qualify for traditional overdraft credit lines. But instead of...

Marlon Brando, 1924-2004.(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... Byline: Marc Peyser It's impossible to think about a Marlon Brando obituary that doesn't layer on the superlatives. Mesmerizing. Extraordinary. Revolutionary. All of them, and probably more, are true. Certainly no actor played more iconic...

Why 'Brother' Stays Big; It gets--and deserves--no respect. But it's a survivor.(reality television program "Big Brother")
July 12, 2004... Byline: Marc Peyser Crowning the crudest reality-TV show is like singling out the sleaziest politician--once they're rolling and splashing in the gutter, does it really matter who's in the deepest? Still, that didn't stop the Parents...

Conventional Wisdom; Phantom Handover Edition.(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... The Bushies probably once envisioned the Iraq handover as a glorious public event. Instead, it had all the pomp and circumstance of a hotel checkout. CW Bush = Polls hit new low as Iraq handover has overtones of escape from Saigon;...