New York Times Upfront back issues from April 2006:
Three life-size sculptures of George Washington will go on display at Mount Vernon, Washington's Virginia estate, this fall.(Brief article)
Apr 03, 2006 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Three life-size sculptures of George Washington will go on display at Mount Vernon, Washington's Virginia estate, this fall. Washington is depicted at age 19 (left); at 45 (top right), ...
Cracking down on PDA.(public displays of affection)(police officers descend young couples)(Brief article)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Stick-wielding police officers descended on young couples sitting in a park in Meerut, India, this past December. Accompanied by TV news cameras, they yanked the couples by their necks and slapped them. The nationally televised incident, which was intended to discourage public displays of ...
84.(earned high school diploma)(Brief article)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Age of Phillip Chauke of South Africa, who recently earned his high school ...
61%.(NUMBERS IN THE NEWS)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Percentage of Americans who say the Danish newspaper that printed ...
4,900.(marketing)(Brief article)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Number of food-related commercials seen yearly by the average American child. Many of the ads use ...
30%.(NUMBERS IN THE NEWS)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Percentage of Americans who say they go online "just for fun"; 38 percent do ...
10,000.(NUMBERS IN THE NEWS)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Average number of bags lost daily by U.S. airlines in 2005--a ...
Sniffing out cancer.(usage of dogs to detect lung cancer )(Brief article)
Apr 03, 2006 ... A clinic in California claims that it has trained five dogs to detect lung cancer in patients' breath samples with 99 percent accuracy. The Pine Street Foundation in San Anselmo borrowed the dogs from their owners and Guide Dogs for the Blind and trained them like bomb-sniffing dogs: The ...
If robots ever rule.(books)(Brief article)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Will we eventually face the day when robots rise up against humanity? If so, a new book by Daniel H. Wilson may come in handy. In How to Survive a Robot Uprising, Wilson offers detailed, often-humorous advice on hand-to-hand combat with a humanoid (go for the "eyes"--its cameras); eluding ...
Noted & quoted.(SOUNDBITES)
Apr 03, 2006 ... 'The public perceives the press not as watchdogs but as attack dogs.' --Ari Fleischer, President Bush's former press secretary, on the public's reaction to recent heated exchanges at the White House between reporters and administration officials. [The New York Times, Feb. 27] ...
Where games are homework.(universities offer video games undergraduate programs)(Brief article)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Three decades after bursting into arcades and living rooms, video games are taking their place in college and university classrooms. A small but growing group of schools, from the University of Southern California to the University of Central. Florida, have started formal ...
A hobby that got him buzzing.(words with Busy Bee Enterprises's Timothy Johnson )(Interview)(Brief article)
Apr 03, 2006 ... At 13, Timothy Johnson of Littleton, Colo., bought his first beehive and began beekeeping as a hobby. One year later, he started Busy Bee Enterprises, a business that sells all-natural honey and beeswax products. Upfront spoke to Johnson, 17, a home-schooled junior, about why he loves ...
Wimpy winter weather.(CLIMATE)
Apr 03, 2006 ... While January plunged much of Europe and Russia into a deep ...
Ken's back--with a makeover.(Mattel Inc. introduces new Ken look)(Brief article)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Now, after a heart-wrenching, two-year separation, Barbie and Ken are back together. Perhaps it's because of Ken's new took: Gone are his outdated swimming trunks and dull T-shirts. Ken now sports a motorcycle jacket and cargo pants, and his face has been resculpted to give it a more ...
A porsche for perfect attendance?(students get rewards on attending everyday)(Brief article)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Across the U.S., schools have begun to offer students rewards just for showing up every day: iPods, laptops, DVDs, grocery money for their families, even cars. Some experts say these rewards parallel the working world, where financial incentives are often given to employees who work harder ...
The cartoon controversy hits home: the uproar over the Danish cartoons that satirized Muhammad has come to American college campuses, pitting free speech against cultural sensitivity.
Apr 03, 2006; ... By the time the University of Illinois student newspaper republished cartoons satirizing the Prophet Muhammad on February 9, the images had already provoked a worldwide fury marked by violent protests in several countries. On the university's Champaign campus, the response to the cartoons' ...
Google's China problem: U.S. technology companies come under fire for helping China police the internet.(police investigates with email address from the technology companies)
Apr 03, 2006; ... China's Internet censors are hard at work these days, shutting down blogs the government doesn't like and filtering Web sites and e-mail messages for banned words and phrases like "democracy" and "free Tibet." It's all part of an effort by China's government to tighten control over what it ...
Broken jails broken justice: thousands of prisoners across Africa wait years for their day in court, all the white riving in unspeakably horrible conditions.(Cover story)
Apr 03, 2006; ... Since Nov. 10, 1999, Lackson Sikayenera has been incarcerated in Maula Prison in central Malawi. He spends 14 hours each day in a cell with 160 other men, packed on the concrete floor, unable even to move. The water is dirty; the toilets foul. Disease runs rampant. But the worst ...
1971: the Pentagon Papers: when The Times published a secret study of the war in Vietnam, it touched off a constitutional battle with the government. How far does freedom of the press go?
Apr 03, 2006; ... The front-page article that most interested President Richard M. Nixon when he picked up the Sunday New York Times on June 13,1971, concerned his daughter Tricia, who had been married the day before at the White House. Nixon paid less attention to two other articles on that ...
Inside the mummy's medicine chest.(Ancient Egyptians expertised in preserving the dead)
Apr 03, 2006; ... Ancient Egyptians have long been known for their expertise in preserving the dead. But a 4,000-year-old papyrus scroll on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York indicates that they were also remarkably advanced when it came to preserving life. Preparing bodies for ...
Should the U.S. end birthright citizenship: Congress is considering a bill that would end the longtime practice of granting citizenship to children of illegal immigrants born in the U.S.
Apr 03, 2006; ... YES Currently, the United States grants citizenship automatically to every person born on our soil--including children of legal noncitizens, tourists, and even illegal immigrants. (Children of foreign diplomats are the exception.) The U.S. has so-called birthright citizenship ...
In Iraq, a poll of U.S. troops.(Brief article)
Apr 03, 2006; ... A recent poll shows that U.S. troops want out of Iraq--and soon. It asked 944 service members, "How long should U.S. troops stay in Iraq?" Only 23 percent backed President Bush's position that they should stay as long as necessary; 72 percent said they should be pulled out within a year ....
Hollywood gets a lesson in 'supply & demand.'.(evaluation of movie tickets prices)(Brief article)
Apr 03, 2006; ... If you go to the movies on a Wednesday, there's no line to buy tickets, and the theater is almost empty. Your ticket costs $8. Go back on the weekend: You stand in a long line, and the only seats are in the third row. It's a hot ticket, yet it costs the same $8. This isn't the way much of ...
Why those cartoons enraged the Muslim world.(offense to religions)(Brief article)
Apr 03, 2006; ... I have no doubt the Danish cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad have caused real. offense to many Muslims. But there's something in the worldwide Muslim reaction that is excessive, and suggests that something else is at work. The explosion of rage is not just about some Western insult ....
Cartoons.(Cartoon)
Apr 03, 2006 ... Clay Bennett * The Christian Science Monitor [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IRAQ IS COMING TOGETHER. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bob Gorrell * Gorrellart.com NO, I DON'T USE STEROIDS, OK? NOW WOULD YOU LET ME GET BACK TO BATTING PRACTICE? ...
Letter fromt the editor.(Letter to the editor)
Apr 03, 2006; ... Our cover story looks at the breakdown of the system of justice across much of Africa, where prisoners can wait years for their trials, while being held in horrible conditions. In two other stories, we see how events abroad reverberate at home. At a number of U.S. colleges, ...
Game show.
Apr 03, 2006 ... Use with articles identified. The statements are answers to questions (modeled after the TV show Jeopardy!). Students must answer in the form of questions. Divide the class into teams. Read the statements. Call on the first team with a hand ...
Letter from the editor.(Editorial)
Apr 24, 2006 ... In our cover story, we look at the power of images, and how they're used to sell not only products but ideas. We've chosen 14 posters from a recent book, covering a wide range of topics. They may make you smile, or make you angry, but that's the point: They get you to think, and we hope ...
AIDS in America.(GRAPH > NATIONAL)
Apr 24, 2006 ... The AIDS epidemic has been one of the most devastating in modern times, with a worldwide death toll of more than 25 million so far. The disease today is most widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, but no country or region is immune and the epidemic is far from contained. In the ...
Drug abuse in social settings: a serious risk for teens.(TEACHER'S EDITION)(Brief article)
Apr 24, 2006; ... Dear Teacher: Teens are social beings. As a teacher who works with adolescents, you definitely won't find that shocking! Probably more than anyone, you understand how important it is for teens to feel like they fit in--that they're part of the crowd. Unfortunately, ...
Heads up: drugs in social settings: a quiz.
Apr 24, 2006 ... See how much you learned from the article by answering the questions below. 1. What percentage of 10th-grade students say they've used illicit drugs in the last year? a. 50 percent b. nearly 30 percent c. 15 percent d. less than 5 ...
Heads up: teens and drug abuse--understanding the statistics.
Apr 24, 2006 ... Introduction: 2005 Monitoring the Future Survey * One of scientists' main tools for understanding drug-abuse trends among teens is the annual Monitoring the Future survey. In this survey, approximately 50,000 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students in public and private schools ...
Game show.(Brief article)
Apr 24, 2006 ... Use with articles identified. The statements are answers to questions [modeled after the TV show Jeopardy]. Students must answer in the form of questions. Divide the class into teams. Read ...
Statements to read.(Brief article)
Apr 24, 2006 ... IS IRAQ COMING APART? -- 1. Iraq's capital. 2. Year the U.S.-led coalition invaded Iraq. 3. Majority sect in Iraq. 4. Founder of the Muslim religion. 5. Kind of war that could erupt in Iraq. 1981: THE AIDS EPIDEMIC BEGINS ...
Migrant salt workers, known as Agarias, carry bundles of firewood over the cracked-mud bed of a dried-up sea in the Indian state of Gujarat.(news & TRENDS)(Brief article)
Apr 24, 2006 ... Migrant salt workers, known as Agarias, carry bundles of firewood over the crackedmud bed of a dried-up sea in the Indian state of Gujarat. Around 25,000 Agaria families are in debt to salt merchants, ...
Hairy helping hands.(research on chimpanzees)(Brief article)
Apr 24, 2006 ... No other primate shows the same degree of helpfulness to others as humans. But recent studies at the Max Planck Institute in Germany suggest that chimpanzees are also a highly cooperative species. Researchers placed some food outside a cage containing an adult chimp; it was possible to get ...
4,411.(students are taking Scholastic Assessment Test)(Brief article)
Apr 24, 2006 ... Estimated number of students taking the SAT in October 2005 whose scores were up to 450 points ...
Twenty-five million.(NUMBERS IN THE NEWS)
Apr 24, 2006 ... Approximate number of mice used each year in scientific research. A ...
22,000.(NUMBERS IN THE NEWS)
Apr 24, 2006 ... Number of visas granted in 2005 to foreign orphans being adopted by U.S ....
52%.(NUMBERS IN THE NEWS)
Apr 24, 2006 ... Percentage of fans who say Barry Bonds's records should be erased if Major ...
64.79.(NUMBERS IN THE NEWS)
Apr 24, 2006 ... Length, in feet, of the world's longest pencil, on display at ...
Rosy but rancid?(supermarkets using carbon monoxide to keep meat red)(Brief article)
Apr 24, 2006 ... If meat in the supermarket looks rosier than it used to, the reason is that a growing number of markets are selling meat in airtight packages treated with carbon monoxide to keep it looking red for weeks. This "modified atmosphere packaging" has become more commonplace as supermarkets ...
Wireless tapping.(TECHNOLOGY)(Brief article)
Apr 24, 2006 ... Piggybacking, which is the usually unauthorized tapping into someone else's wireless Internet connection, is no longer limited to hackers. Ordinarily upstanding people are tapping in, and many say it doesn't feet Like theft because it doesn't seem to take anything away from anyone ....
Noted & quoted.(SOUNDBITES)(Brief article)
Apr 24, 2006 ... 'Someday we won't have any snow. We won't be Eskimos.' --A hunter in Nain, an Inuit community in northeast Canada. Inuit reports of warmer winters and shrinking ice floes in the Arctic are attracting the attention of scientists studying global warming. (The Washington Post, ...
Live from Marrakesh.(Mohammad Jabiri work is telling stories)(Brief article)
Apr 24, 2006 ... Every day, Mohammad Jabiri sets up shop in the main square of Marrakesh, Morocco. His work requires little equipment--just a small stool, some color illustrations, and his imagination. For the past 40 years, Jabiri has been a professional storyteller. Crowds still, gather to hear him ...
There's science behind the magic.(Jason Latimer )(Interview)(Brief article)
Apr 24, 2006 ... Jason Latimer of Agoura Hills, Calif., has been wowing crowds with his magic since he was 12 years old. Now 25, the world-champion illusionist is using his undergraduate studies in mathematics, economics, and physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, to push magic's ...
Third-world hunger.(children with malnutrition)(Brief article)
Apr 24, 2006 ... A World Bank study shows that nearly one third of the children under age 5 in the developing world are either underweight or stunted by malnutrition. <Pre> Malnourished Children UNDERWEIGHT STUNTED GROWTH AFRICA Angola 31% 45% ...
Coughing & sneezing for cash.(MEDICINE)(Brief article)
Apr 24, 2006 ... It pays to catch a co(d in Cardiff. The Welsh capital is home to the Common Cold Center, which researches and tests cold and flu treatments for companies like Procter & Gamble and Pfizer. Based at the University of Cardiff, the tempter has a ready supply of test subjects: 22,000 mostly ...
Striking many poses.(Self-portraits )(Brief article)
Apr 24, 2006 ... Self-portraits have become a kind of fork art for the digital age, especially among young people. Framing themselves at arm's length, teenagers snap their own pictures and pass the camera to friends at school, e-mail the images, or upload them to the Internet. Amber Davidson, 19, a ...
Are there civil rights in cyberspace? Internet sites can legally post discriminatory, false, or libelous information from users. Is it time to better police the Web?(NATIONAL)
Apr 24, 2006; ... You can find ads for just about anything on Craigslist, an enormous online forum where people post classifieds for everything from garage sales and concert tickets, to job openings and lost dogs. Last July, Craigslist ran an ad for an apartment rental in Chicago that included the following ...
Is Iraq coming apart? Will the conflict between Sunnis and Shiites drive Iraq into civil war--and take the rest of the Middle East with it?(INTERNATIONAL)
Apr 24, 2006; ... Anmar Abed Khalaf is a 24-year-old university student in Baghdad who wanted to marry his girlfriend. But despite several attempts, he has been rejected by her family because he is a Shiite and she is a Sunni. Abed Khalaf, who lives in a Baghdad neighborhood that has been tormented by ...
The art of dissent: when it comes to trying to sway public opinion, provocative images can be potent tools.(Cover story)
Apr 24, 2006; ... A picture, it's often said, is worth a thousand words. Images can be powerful tools for selling a product, as the ad agencies along Madison Avenue well know. They can also help sell ideas, as politicians, protesters, and anybody who wants to express their opinion have long demonstrated ....
Wal Mart: good or evil?(OPINION)
Apr 24, 2006; ... How did a store become such a hot topic of national debate? Well, War-Mart isn't just any store. Since Sam Walton opened his first shop in Rogers, Ark., in 1962, it has grown into the world's largest retailer and the largest private employer in the U.S., with 1.3 million workers. New York ...
A day in the life of a teen: decisions at every turn.(HEADS UP REAL NEWS ABOUT DRUGS AND YOUR BODY)
Apr 24, 2006 ... On the way to school ... Wonder if I should go tonight? Connect with friends in between classes Homeroom ...Should I finish studying for the quiz instead of talking with friends Break for lunch ...Should I invite the new kid ...
1981: the AIDS epidemic begins: since AIDS first made headlines 25 years ago this summer, 25 million people have died, and the toll is still rising.(TIMES PAST)
Apr 24, 2006; ... When I was a doctor at Bellevue Hospital in New York in the late 1970s, my colleagues and I were baffled by a small number of patients who suffered strange, inexplicable ailments. Some had come down with uncommon infections; others had contracted unusual forms of more common infections ....
Should the 22nd Amendment be repealed? Added to the Constitution in the aftermath of F.D.R.'s election to a fourth term, the 22nd Amendment limits presidents to two terms.(DEBATE)
Apr 24, 2006; ... YES The 22nd Amendment is antidemocratic. Term limits deny the nation the opportunity to re-elect successful presidents. If Americans are pleased with the performance of their chief executive, why force him out because of a fear of power? Our checks and balances system is strong ...
TV: Darfur vs. Michael Jackson.(media coverage)(Brief article)
Apr 24, 2006; ... With several hundred thousand people murdered in Darfur and 2 million homeless, the best hope for those stilt alive is American outrage. The only way the White House will move on Darfur is if it is flooded with calls from the public--and that will happen only when the genocide is brought ...
This soccer team is now brought to you by red bull.(Red Bull North America Inc. purchased Major League Soccer)(Brief article)
Apr 24, 2006; ... Sports fans have long been accustomed to stadiums taking on corporate brand names. Consider the Washington Redskins' FedEx Field. But the recent purchase of a Major League Soccer team by the energy-drink company Red Bull has taken naming rights a step further. The soccer team formerly ...
Why the U.S. will thrive in a more competitive world.(Column)
Apr 24, 2006; ... Everywhere I go, people tell me China and India are going to blow by us in the coming decades. They've got the hunger. They've got the people. We're a tired old power, destined to fade. But the facts and figures tell a different story. Has the U.S. lost its vitality? No. Americans remain ...
Cartoons.(Comic)(Cartoon)
Apr 24, 2006 ... Clay Bennett * The Christian Science Monitor John Branch * San Antonio Express-News * North America Syndicate Steve Breen * The San Diego ...