USA TODAY articles from March 2002

USA TODAY archives from March 2002

Unhealthy eating in wake of Sept. 11 attacks. (Your Life).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... A survey commissioned by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) examined whether people made unhealthy changes in the way they eat in the wake of the terror attacks on New York and Washington. "We've been hearing a lot about how the...

Americans still shun air travel. (Your Life).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will continue to have an impact on American travelers throughout 2002. We may begin to go places at nearly the same rates as before, but not with our previous sense of security, according to Jay Lindly, associate...

Baby boom may follow terrorist attacks. (Your Life).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... In response to the events of Sept. 11, look for more marriages to take place in 2002 and a "baby boom" of some size in the summer of 2002, predicts Nick Stinnett, professor of marriage and family studies, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa....

Fearless forecasts for 2002 and beyond. (Your Life).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The editors of The World Future Society's The Futurist magazine have selected 10 forecasts for the future, chosen on the basis of their general interest, significance, and plausibility, though they make no judgment on their probability of...

Raising children --parents do matter. (Your Life).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... In recent years, many people have debated the role of parents and what it takes to raise successful children. Some have maintained that parents have little power to determine the sort of adults their offspring become, adding it's what kids...

Warning signs of potential child abuse. (Your Life).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... According to Boys & Girls Town of Missouri, St. Louis, any one of the following behavioral or emotional problems can be a sign of potential child abuse. While they do not automatically indicate an abuse situation, when they are seen in...

Chair with "sense" measures sitting posture. (Your Life).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Engineers at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., have developed a "sensing chair" that can determine a person's sitting posture. Their research could lead to numerous applications, ranging from computer-security systems to the design of...

Fine art investing in uncertain times. (Your Life).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... With ongoing military action overseas and an uncertain stock market at home, many investors are holding back. There is one purchase investors can make with assurance, though--blue-chip fine art. "The phrase `history repeats itself' could not be...

The "dirty little secret" of traveling. (Your Life).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... You may be catching more than a train or a flight when traveling. Did you know that the Federal Aviation Administration does not regulate the cleaning of airplanes, or that the microscopic spray from an infected cougher can be propelled as far...

How to "pay off" sleep debt. (Your Life).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Here is some advice for staying alert long after April 7, the day clocks spring forward one hour and most Americans lose an hour of sleep. "If you're young, sleep an hour later on Sunday; if you're older, go to bed an hour early," suggests...

Flowers can boost seniors' well-being. (Your Life).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Every day, America's senior population--40,000,000 and rising--faces the challenges of growing older, including depression, memory loss, and social withdrawal. As a concerned nation, we are continually exploring new means to ease daily-lee...

Men and women more alike than different. (Your Life).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Researchers are throwing cold water on the popular notion that men and women are from different planets, maintaining that the theories behind such claims are woefully out of date. Rosalind Chait Barnett, a senior specialist with the Women's...

Alcohol leads to unsafe sex among drug users. (Your Life).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Researchers at Brown University, Providence, R.I., have uncovered an intimate bond between drinking and unsafe sex among injection drug users. "Among individuals who use drugs and the people who treat them, alcohol is overlooked," notes Michael...

On guard in America: the National Guard provides homeland defense. (National Affairs).
March 1, 2002... SINCE THE TERRORIST ATTACK of Sept. 11, the National Guard has been standing guard across the country. They are in airports, around nuclear facilities, protecting the skies, and posted at entrances of bridges. More than 60,000 Guard members are...

Military operations, the media, and the public's right to know. (Mass Media).
March 1, 2002... THE SEPT. 11 heinous attack on the U.S. has heightened the American public's--indeed, the world's--interest in tracking current events and critically analyzing what is being reported to a degree arguably not seen since World War II. Already...

Domestic politics and the war on terror. (State of the Nation).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... DESPITE THE HORROR and the trauma of the event, it is too early to mark Sept. 11, 2001, as the beginning of a new era, an equivalent of Dec. 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor changed the way Americans looked at themselves and the world. They were thrust...

The impact of a changing economy on Gen X job seekers. (Economics).
March 1, 2002... GENERATION XERS (those born between 1964 and 1983) have recently experienced a reality check. Since the mid 1990s, those entering the workforce or labor market for the first time did so at the height of the market. As a result, they developed a...

The growth of electronic marketing. (Science & Technology).
March 1, 2002... THE FUTURE of marketing and advertising is there for anyone to see --just log onto the Internet. Few entities have been as dynamic as the World Wide Web, which, in less than a decade, has been transformed from a research enclave to the Main...

Becoming an innocent spouse. (Economic Observer).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... EVERYONE THINKS the U.S. Tax Code was written just to raise revenue, but that's not really so. There are lots of sources of the agonies that you're put through each year. As author T.S. Elliot noted, "April is the cruelest month." Many...

How to survive in e-business. (Business & Finance).
March 1, 2002... "The need for companies immediately to establish an Internet business presence to stay afloat--and to have the resources on hand to do it right--has become critical." INCREASINGINLY, companies of all types and sizes are being confronted...

Reexamining antitrust: can "anticompetitive" business practices benefit consumers? (Law & Justice).
March 1, 2002... "Particularly in the new information economy, the conventional thinking regarding antitrust law and the allegedly harmful practices it targets must be challenged." EVEN IN A DIGITAL information age, most believe antitrust law protects...

Planning for the eco-economy. (Ecology).
March 1, 2002... "Building an eco-economy... will alter how we light our homes, what we eat, where we live, how we use our leisure time, and how many children we have. It will give us a world where we are a part of nature, instead of estranged from it." ...

A century of drawing: an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art ...from the 20th century. (Museum Today).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... AN EXHIBITION at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., celebrates the extraordinary scope and quality of drawings made by artists in the 20th century. The 140 works on display range in style from the late Impressionism of Edgar Degas...

Treasures of the Silk Road: during a period of disunity in China's history, new religious, ethnic, and commercial influences transformed its culture. (Museum Today).
March 1, 2002... AN EXHIBITION of more than 120 spectacular artifacts from the regions where the Silk Road wound through Chinese territory is on view at the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Fla. Included are metalwork, textiles, glass, funerary furniture,...

It's no gamble: there's a lot to do at Mohegan Sun....(Going Places).
March 1, 2002... VARIETY isn't only the spice of life, it's an absolutely essential ingredient--for me, at least--in creating a successful (long) weekend getaway. I like options, even when it comes to gambling. For quite awhile, my wife and I had wanted to take...

A ticket to ride: the rapid rise of snowboarding. (Athletic Arena).
March 1, 2002... "A veteran generation of snowboarders is introducing its kids to the sport, and the typical slacker stereotype is way past its prime." IT STARTED OUT as a simple enough assignment: USA Today wanted someone to test various Burton snowboard...

You're only as good as your gear. (Athletic Arena).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Snowboarding can be a cold, painful experience without the proper equipment. The right board system plus protective items plus weather-appropriate clothing equal a great day on the slopes. For us, this meant donning a wicking base layer to keep...

March magic. (Sports Scene).(Column)
March 1, 2002... ONCE, March meant one thing to me and one thing only--baseball was finally back. The long bleak winter soon would be no more; spring finally was ready to bear fruit. The National Pastime had returned! I'd sit in our backyard on cold, windswept...

How safe is your job? The threat of workplace violence. (Psychology).(Column)
March 1, 2002... "Changes in the American workplace have created fertile ground for breeding discontent and potential violence." A DISGRUNTLED [pick one: postal worker, law client, insurance claimant, store customer, hospital patient, factory worker]...

Can we curb the privacy invaders? (Life In America).
March 1, 2002... WHEN THE TIME CAME for John--the executive vice-president who had devoted his 20-year career to one of the nation's top Fortune 500 companies--to be appointed president, events took a surprising mm. The incumbent president was retiring in four...

Everyone's a critic. (Words & Images).
March 1, 2002... THE PROLIFERATION of media film reviewers whose primary qualification is that they watch a lot of movies and interview a lot of movie stars is quickly proving that most of today's criticism in newspapers, magazines, radio, and TV is buffed-up...

Our planet's languages are dying. (Worldview).
March 1, 2002... MARATHI. Gujarati. Hindi. English. Kutchi. In Bombay, India, where I grew up, I used these languages every day. To get by on the streets, ask directions, and interact with people, I had to be able to speak Marathi. To go to a corner store to...

At the end of the circle of pluralism. (World Watcher).
March 1, 2002... COLUMNIST THOMAS FRIEDMAN has suggested on a number of recent occasions in The New York limes that what was lacking in the Taliban--and by extension conservative Islam--was any sense of pluralism. Pluralism is the underlying principle that...

Diseased animals are being marketed for food. (Medicine & Health).
March 1, 2002... A SICK COW, too weak to stand, is pulled off a track by a tractor and chain, then falls four feet to the ground. A frail, day-old calf is dragged through the auction ring by a back leg, while another calf lies comatose in a corner. These scenes...

Motherhood, activism, and social reform. (American Thought).
March 1, 2002... MOTHERS are sometimes the least likely candidates to spearhead social movements. However, a closer look reveals more than meets the eye. On my way to work each day, I pass a billboard promoting the platform of the Million Mom March...

Preparing students and schools for a radically different future: ten trends will help determine education's role in the 21st century. (Education).
March 1, 2002... WHILE MOST AMERICANS are busy dealing with critical issues du jour, massive trends are shaking the very foundations of society. The world is in motion, changing at dizzying speed. The status quo has become a ticket to obsolescence, and those...

The best, the worst, and should we care? (Reel World).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... ASSEMBLING A LIST of the year's best films is always a melancholy and distasteful project for me. It is an enterprise that seems so American, this preoccupation with who's on top, who's on the bottom, who gets the brass ring, who's the year's...

Inflation, animation, imagination, & exploitation: a bloated Brando, outstanding computer-generated imagery, four decades of family favorites, and a shocking French film fill DVD shelves. (Entertainment).
March 1, 2002... QUITE OFTEN, Hollywood's miscalculations make more-interesting stories than successes do. Whether it's actors going power-hungry, directors getting the bit between their teeth and running out of control, or studios grievously turning a...

The ice cream cometh. (What's New? Small Appliances, Tools, And Gadgets).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... * Milk allergies are a real drag, especially for kids, because no milk also means no ice cream. Could a worse fate befall a child? We got around this dilemma (and spared ourselves tons of tears) by obtaining the Ice Cream Maker from GE,...

Coffee time. (What's New? Small Appliances, Tools, And Gadgets).(Melitta Perfect Time Coffeemaker)(Evaluation)
March 1, 2002... * You're one of those people who can't get going in the morning without that first cup of coffee, so you load your coffeemaker the night before and set the timer to have it ready when you stagger out of bed. Okay, but there's a power outage...

Kitchen helpers. (What's New? Small Appliances, Tools, And Gadgets).(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2002... * Recent studies have discovered that the kitchen is arguably the most-important room in the house, whether for families or busy singles striving to expand their vistas beyond a refrigerator full of leftover take-out food. To confirm that more...

On target. (What's New? Small Appliances, Tools, And Gadgets).(The Kettle, appliance; cookware from Michael Graves Design Collection)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2002... * What are the two biggest annoyances when it comes to electric kettles designed to heat water? That's easy--the cord is always in the way and that white flaky stuff that forms on the metal is gross. Well, The Kettle ($40) from Philips Domestic...

Yes smoking zone. (What's New? Small Appliances, Tools, And Gadgets).(cookware Stovetop Smoker)(Evaluation)
March 1, 2002... * Grilling and smoking meat, fish, and poultry have become an American way of life, creating a wide assortment of self-proclaimed backyard chefs preparing their specialties. What of people who don't have a backyard, however, and what is to be...

21st-century thermoses. (What's New? Small Appliances, Tools, And Gadgets).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2002... * Once upon a time, a Thermos bottle kept hot liquids hot and cold liquids cold, and, as long as you never dropped it, would do its assigned job conscientiously in lunchboxes, picnic baskets, or backpacks. That was then and this is now, as the...

Three-way cleaning. (What's New? Small Appliances, Tools, And Gadgets).(vacuum cleaners; carpet shampooers)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2002... * We've been big fans of Dirt Devil products for years, and now that the Royal Appliance Mfg. Company, Glenwillow, Ohio, has added three more can't-be-beat Platinum Force cleaning appliances--a bagless upright vacuum, carpet shampooer, and hand...

Catalogue cornucopia. (What's New? Small Appliances, Tools, And Gadgets).(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2002... * When it comes to clothes shopping, we prefer to be hands on. Rifling through clearance racks is a delight. For many nonclothes items, however, we revel in catalogues, especially those that arrive each month from Sharper Image Design, San...

Diversification. (What's New? Small Appliances, Tools, And Gadgets).(tie rack; keyboard vacuum cleaner; dog leash)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2002... * Not all that many years ago, you could readily identify the product(s) a company turned out. A bakery baked bread and other baked goods; shoe manufacturers made shoes; and electronic firms produced electronics. Then came the cry to diversify,...

Charge! (What's New? Small Appliances, Tools, And Gadgets).(Mach 1 Speed Charger, battery charger)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
March 1, 2002... * The growing popularity of camcorders and digital cameras has brought along with it an aggravating source of annoyance--the batteries either run low or die altogether at the most inconvenient moments. The high cost and relatively short life of...

A gaggle of gadgets. (What's New? Small Appliances, Tools, And Gadgets).(cookware)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2002... * Anyone who has spent time in the kitchen following new or old recipes invariably hits that moment when one of the ingredients has to be prepped a certain way. Trying to do that specific task with common kitchen utensils often is inefficient...

Triple threat. (What's New? Small Appliances, Tools And Gadgets).(FireStorm Cordless Multi-Tool)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
March 1, 2002... * Handheld tools have made home improvements a lot easier than they used to be, especially once they became freed from being anchored to an electrical outlet. Outdoor jobs no longer require a jerry-built arrangement of extension cords the...

Tough tools. (What's New? Small Appliances, Tools, And Gadgets).(Stanley Works FatMax)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
March 1, 2002... * There are tools and there are serious tools. Professionals who work with tools as part of their jobs naturally require the latter. However, serious tools are not necessarily restricted to the pros. People heavily into involved home...

The Forgiving Place: Choosing Peace After Violent Trauma.
March 1, 2002... THE FORGIVING PLACE: Choosing Peace After Violent Trauma BY RICHARD R. GAYTON SELFHELP BOOKS 2001,217 PAGES, $17.95 It is artful to write a book at just the right time. Publishing it electronically a second time is also to be lauded, not...

The Life of Emily Dickinson.
March 1, 2002... THE LIFE OF EMILY DICKINSON BY ALFRED HABEGGER RANDOM HOUSE 2001, 765 PAGES, $35.00 The trials of a biographer are numerous, and they are multiplied when the subject of that work is a poet--especially one such as Emily Dickinson, who fits...

Who wants to be a boss? (Parting Thoughts).(Editorial)
March 1, 2002... ALMOST EVERYONE wants to appear on Regis Philbin's TV show, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." If one changed the title to "Who Wants to Be a Boss?," there likely would be few takers. Feisty former Pres. Harry S. Truman enjoyed being the boss,...