New York Times Upfront back issues from February 2007:
Letter from the editor.(death penalty)(Editorial)(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007; ... OUR COVER STORY EXAMINES the wrenching debate in the U.S. over the death penalty. Part of our series on the Constitution, the article looks at recent legal challenges to capital punishment, including whether current execution methods constitute "cruel and unusual punishment." ...
Capital punishment: by the numbers.(GRAPH > NATIONAL)
Feb 05, 2007 ... As discussed in "The Death Penalty Debate," Americans are deeply divided over the issue of capital. punishment. Thirty-eight states and the federal government currently have the death penalty. But some states where it is legal (New Jersey and New York, for example) have not ...
In the news: Iran.(Cartoon)
Feb 05, 2007; ... Study the political cartoon below and answer the questions at right. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ANALYZE THE CARTOON 1. Who is the man in the cartoon? 2. What is he leaning against? 3. What's the significance of the "Made in Iran" label? ...
Game show.(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... Use with articles identified. The statements are answers to questions (modeled after the TM 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 ...
Stress and drug abuse.(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007; ... --A message from Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of NIDA Dear Teacher: As a teacher you see students under stress every day--from pressures of over-scheduling to worries about how to fit in. This month's Heads Up article from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and ...
Lesson plan & reproducible.(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... Preparation: Before the lesson, make two photocopies of the Student Activity Reproducible for a pre- and post-lesson quiz. OBJECTIVE Students will understand and reinforce their knowledge of how stress affects the body, how drugs impact the body's response to stress, ...
What do you know about stress and drug abuse?(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... Answer the questions below to find out what you know about stress and its connection to drug abuse. 1. Short-term physical responses to stress include: a. a faster heart rate. b. sweaty palms. c. a pounding head. d. tense muscles. ...
The Great Wall of China.(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: THE GREAT WALL of China is not just crumbling; some parts are disappearing (inset). About half the estimated 4,000 miles of the wall, which was built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), no longer ...
A hunk of what? Worth how much?!(ambergris law)(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... It was certainly a departure from Christmas fruitcake. In December, Dorothy Ferreira of Montauk, N.Y., opened a package from her 82-year-old sister in Iowa to find an ungainly object that looked like a gnarled, funky candle. Her sister said it was just some strange thing she found on a ...
Numbers in the news.(news & TRENDS)
Feb 05, 2007 ... $8 billion ESTIMATED PORTION of the $80 billion spent on gift cards in 2006 that will never be redeemed by recipients. SOURCE: TOWER GROUP $54.3 million THE 2006 BONUS that was paid to LLoyd C. Blankfein, the chairman of Goldman Sachs, a large ...
Wal-Mart's bright idea.(Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... Fluorescent light bulbs Last 10 times longer than incandescent bulbs, El use 75 percent less energy, produce fewer greenhouse gases from power plants, and save $30 over the life of each bulb. They also cost more, give off harsher light, contain mercury (a potential pollutant), and look ...
A tan is so not to die for.(tanning salons to be restricted for those under 18)(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... The unexplained increase in skin cancer among young people has health officials targeting the $5-billion-a-year indoor tanning industry. More than 2 million teenagers a year use tanning salons. But the American Medical. Association and the American Academy of Dermatology say that tanning ...
Noted & quoted.(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... 'You can be from the smallest town in America and be international news by lunchtime. So conduct yourself as if you're on the air at all times.' * A CRISIS-MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT in Los Angeles advising Internet users to exercise caution on the Web. (The Wall Street Journal) ...
A dress code for the yearbook?(Patrick Agin sues for free-speech rights to use photo in yearbook)(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... A high school, senior was surprised by his school's refusal this fall to use a yearbook photo of him dressed in chain-mail armor with a broadsword slung over his shoulder. "I didn't think it was that big a deal," says Patrick Agin, 17, who goes to Portsmouth High School. in Portsmouth, ...
Dancing with the stars (of the City Ballet).(David Prottas)(Interview)(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... David Prottas, 19, who grew up near Boston and graduated from the National Ballet School of Canada in Toronto, started an apprenticeship with the New York City Ballet last fall. He regularly puts in 12-hour days training, rehearsing, and performing with the company, and hopes to be invited ...
Sent home.(deportations)(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... Stepped-up efforts by federal officials to enforce immigration laws led to a record ...
Speaking in (23) tongues.(standard languages)(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... The European Union, established in 1992, is an alliance of 27 democratic countries. As the E.U. has grown, so has its list of official languages. There are now 23: Bulgaria and Romania just entered the union, and Gaelic has been recognized as an official language of Ireland. All official ...
Polo shoots for mass appeal.(United States Polo Association's Edward Armstrong)(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... Polo is no longer just for people like Prince Charles or the little guy on your designer shirt. Teachers, retail clerks, nurses, and even high school students are playing. "Certainly a lot of rich people play our sport, but you don't have to be rich to give it a try," says Edward Armstrong ...
Iran's students speak out: students played a key role in the 1979 revolution. Until recently, they had been largely silenced under Ahmadinejad's regime.(INTERNATIONAL)
Feb 05, 2007; ... BACKGROUND University students in Iran have been a political, force at least since 1979, when they helped spur the Islamic Revolution and seized the U.S. embassy. Mostly silent in recent years, they have begun protesting against the hard-line President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and ...
The death penalty debate: the United States is one of the few industrialized nations that still uses capital punishment. Under increasing scrutiny by the courts, it continues to stir strong feelings on both sides.(Cover story)
Feb 05, 2007; ... BACKGROUND The U. S. is in the midst of a "national. reconsideration" of the death penalty, one expert says. Eight states have temporarily halted executions, and New Jersey is considering abolishing them altogether. Supporters say the death penalty is fitting for heinous ...
1974: the accidental president: Gerald Ford never ran for higher office, but after the Watergate scandal, he stepped into the presidency and helped the nation heal its wounds.(TIMES PAST)
Feb 05, 2007; ... BACKGROUND Gerald Ford is the only President never elected to either the presidency or the vice presidency. His pardon of Richard Nixon for his rote in the Watergate scandal. was wildly unpopular at the time, but many historians have come to view it as having helped the country ...
A day in the life of the lord: in the U.S., titles of nobility are prohibited by the Constitution. But kings, queens, dukes, and lords are still a big part of British society. In a recent interview, William Herbert, 28, tells what it's like to be an earl.(Interview)
Feb 05, 2007; ... What people call him: Friends call me Will. Normally, estate employees call me Lord Pembroke. * His house: Wilton House [near Salisbury, 80 miles southwest of London] was built by my family in 1542 on land given to the first earl by King Henry VIII. It's ...
Stress and drug abuse: the brain connection.(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... You are about to take a test. The coach is announcing who made the team. Your best friend is mad at you. Most people find such situations stressful. Stress can be defined as an emotional or physical demand or strain (a "stressor") that causes your body to release powerful neurochemicals ...
How your body responds to stress.(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... Your body's central nervous, endocrine, immune, and cardiovascular systems are involved in responding to stress. The physical responses can vary: Short-term responses can cause a racing heart, sweaty palms, and a pounding head. Long-term responses can cause back pain, high blood ...
Myth vs. reality.(stress management)(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... Myth 1: Drug abuse is harmful, but it does relieve stress. Reality: Some drugs of abuse affect your brain the same way stress does. Long-term abuse of drugs makes users more sensitive to everyday stress than non-users. Myth 2: All stress is bad for you. ...
Latest research.(The National Institute on Drug Abuse)(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... NIDA researchers have found the following connections between stress and drug abuse: * Stress can cause changes in the brain like those caused by addictive drugs. This suggests that some people who experience stress may be more vulnerable to drug addiction or drug relapse. ...
Managing stress.(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... Anyone can learn to manage stress, but it does take practice. Here are some practical tips: * Take care of yourself. Healthy foods, exercise, and enough sleep really do make you feel better and better able to cope! * Focus. To keep from feeling ...
Stressing out?(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007 ... Read what some teens have said causes them stress: Being Successful: "Between my job, homework, responsibilities at home, and studying for my SATs, it's easy to feel stressed out and overwhelmed." --Female, Los Angeles Being "Perfect": "Having struggled ...
It's 10 p.m. want to know where your children are?(Global Positioning System usage)(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007; ... Let's face it; we're in love with the idea of secret location trackers. In The Da Vinci Code, the bad guys slap a location tracking button onto Tom Hanks's clothing. In The Matrix, a location-tracking robot crawls into Keanu Reeves's abdomen. Many parents may have dreamed of equipping ...
In Africa, something new in the air: reform, and hope.(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007; ... One of the biggest challenges facing Africa today is the need for better governance, meaning both less corruption and better economic policies. The single biggest reason Africa is so poor is that it has had unusually bad leadership. We should help developing countries broadly, not just by ...
Never forget the history.(Brief article)
Feb 05, 2007; ... Last month's college football national title game between Ohio State and the University of Florida was the first time in Bowl Championship Series history that two black starting quarterbacks have faced off in a national college championship (Florida won, 41-14). Ohio State's Troy Smith and ...
Should the U.S. send additional troops to Iraq? President Bush's new plan for the war, which he announced last month, includes a "surge" of 20,000 more U.S. troops for Iraq.
Feb 05, 2007; ... YES It is a hard thing to change course in the middle of a war. I commend President Bush for recognizing past mistakes in Iraq and for outlining new steps on the military, economic, and political fronts. I believe that together these moves will give the Iraqis and America the best chance ...
Cartoons.(Cartoon)
Feb 05, 2007 ... CHINA ADAPTS TO THE INTERNET AGE ... IT'S "MY SPACE" SIGNE WILKINSON * Philadelphia Daily News * THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MEDIEVAL SOCIETY. ADVANCED. MATT DAVIES * The Journal News (White ...
Letter from the editor.(Editorial)
Feb 19, 2007; ... OUR 43 Presidents have all been white, male, and with one exception, Protestant. In our cover story, we look at Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Hillary Clinton, and Mitt Romney, and ask whether America is ready for a black, Hispanic, female, or Mormon President. AS MUCH AS WE ...
The cost of war: in lives and dollars.
Feb 19, 2007 ... As discussed in the article "Vietnam: The War That's Still With Us," wars exact a great tort on the home front as weft as on the battlefield. During its history, the United States has fought in major wars at least once about every three decades. The wars have varied greatly in ...
Game show.
Feb 19, 2007 ... 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 ...
A rare shark.(Brief article)
Feb 19, 2007 ... A RARE SHARK was videotaped on January 21 by officials at Awashima Marine Park in Namazu, Japan. The species, called the frilled shark because of its flaring gills, usually stays at depths of about 2,000 feet. According to ...
Library louts.(public libraries ban children under 14 during after-school hours)(Brief article)
Feb 19, 2007 ... With no place to hang out after school, some students are going to the public library--and many aren't there to study. Instead, they socialize, fight, and write on the walls. One Ohio library has banned children under 14 during after-school hours; other libraries are hiring security ...
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Feb 19, 2007 ... DEPTH, IN FEET, to which a Rome subway tunnel will be burrowed so that it won't disturb ...
34,452.(Iraq war casualties)(Brief article)
Feb 19, 2007 ... NUMBER OF IRAQI civilians killed during 2006. The figure, compiled by the United Nations, was based on ...
11.(NUMBERS IN THE NEWS)
Feb 19, 2007 ... NUMBER OF TIMES that Troy Sawyer, a 22-year-old aspiring singer from Kansas City, ...
$363.32.(Naomi Campbell ordered to pay in restitution)(Brief article)
Feb 19, 2007 ... AMOUNT THAT supermodel Naomi Campbell was ordered to pay in restitution for throwing a cell phone at her ...
51%.(percentage of American women living without )(Brief article)
Feb 19, 2007 ... PERCENTAGE OF American women living without a spouse in 2005, compared with ...
A hamburger war.(Brief article)
Feb 19, 2007 ... Which American town was the birthplace of the hamburger? Folks in New Haven, Conn., will tell you that the burger was invented there in the early 1900s, at a Local eatery called Louis' Lunch. But Athens, Texas, now claims to be "the original home of the hamburger"--and there's a bill ...
Equal cheers draw some jeers.(Brief article)
Feb 19, 2007 ... Cheerleaders at Whitney Point High School in upstate New York are adjusting their routines: Sometimes, it's "'Hands up, you girls" instead of "Hands up, you guys." They're complying with a new federal ruling on Title IX, the law intended to guarantee gender equity in sports. (See "Fair ...
Noted & quoted.(quotations)(Brief article)
Feb 19, 2007 ... '40 percent of you need to Lose weight. When you Love potluck more than God, it's serious.' * THE PASTOR of a Baptist church in Annandale, Va., introducing his congregation to "faith-based dieting," which is growing in popularity across the U.S. [The Washington Post] ...
Billboards get personal.(Brief article)
Feb 19, 2007 ... Would those long trips on the Interstate be a tittle less dreary if the road signs knew your name? In January, Mini USA began delivering custom messages on "talking" digital billboards to drivers of Mini Coopers who supplied the company with personal tidbits. The digital signs, which ...
Medina's journey: from Square One to Queen.(Q&A)(Interview)(Brief article)
Feb 19, 2007 ... Medina Parrilla, 15, has been playing chess since she was in kindergarten. Now she's ranked No. 6 in the country among girls under 16. Upfront talked to the sophomore at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, N.Y. Q How did you get interested in chess? A When I was ...
Fewer children.(Brief article)
Feb 19, 2007 ... Americans today tend to have kids more as a matter of choice than out of religious obligation or economic necessity. More adults are choosing to Live alone, and women are marrying later. <Pre> PERCENTAGE OF U.S. HOUSEHOLDS WITH AT LEAST ONE CHILD UNDER 18. 1960...
Towns vanish, then reappear.(maps)(Brief article)
Feb 19, 2007 ... When Georgia issued its new state map in December, many of its residents felt slighted--especially those living in places like Poetry Tulip, Between, and Centralhatchee. Those towns and more than 500 others had been omitted. Georgia's Department of Transportation [D.O.T.] said the goal was ...
Psychic squirrels.(Brief article)
Feb 19, 2007 ... Red squirrels living in the Canadian Yukon and Europe seem to be psychic when it comes to food. Researchers report that the animals are able to predict when spruce trees will produce an overabundance of seed cones, their main food source. The squirrels then produce two consecutive litters ...
Pesos for pizzas? A Texas-based pizza chain begins accepting Mexican pesos as well as dollars--and hits a nerve in the ongoing debate over immigration.(Pizza Patron Inc.)
Feb 19, 2007; ... One recent evening on their way home from a construction job, Jose Ramirez and two friends stopped at a Pizza Patron in Dallas for dinner. Ramirez ordered a Hawaiian pizza and a La Patrona--a large pizza with the works. The two pies cost him almost 220 big ones. Pesos, that is. ...
Will Americans vote outside the box? For more than 200 years, American Presidents have been, with one exception, white, male, and Protestant. In 2008, a number of presidential 'firsts' are possible.(Cover story)
Feb 19, 2007; ... BACKGROUND The old saying that "any boy can grow up to be President" was never true for women or minorities [and rarely for non-Protestants). But in 2008, there's a chance that a woman, a black, a Hispanic, or a Mormon could win the White House. To do so, candidates like Barack ...
What's in s Mascot? When the N.C.A.A. cracked down on Indian mascots last year, not every tribe applauded. A look at the relationship between the Seminoles and Florida State University.
Feb 19, 2007; ... Before the first players take the field at a Florida State University football game, a student dressed as Chief Osceola, a 19th-century Seminole warrior, rides a horse to the 50-yard line and throws a flaming spear into the ground. The fans, including some Seminole tribe members, erupt ...
Hurricane Hugo: Venezuela's populist President, Hugo Chavez, has begun to back up his anti-American and socialist bluster with action. Is he turning into an old-style Latin American strongman?(INTERNATIONAL)
Feb 19, 2007; ... BACKGROUND President Hugo Chavez has moved Venezuela further toward socialism, with heated anti-U.S. rhetoric, plans to nationalize Large foreign companies, and rule by decree. Washington sees Chavez's anti-democratic moves as potential threats to peace and stability in the ...
On thin ice: the Arctic territory where polar bears roam is literally melting out from under them.
Feb 19, 2007; ... BACKGROUND Polar bears, which live in relative isolation in the Arctic, are not often front-page news. But many scientists see their melting habitat as a warning sign of global warming's potential impact. Melting sea ice will raise ocean levels, which could prove disastrous for ...
Vietnam the war that's still with us: more than three decades after the last soldiers came home, the longest war in American history still casts a long shadow.(TIMES PAST)
Feb 19, 2007; ... BACKGROUND Thirty years after the Last American soldier Left Vietnam, the echoes of that war stilt reverberate in the U.S. During the 2004 presidential election, President Bush and Senator John Kerry had to explain their actions during the war. And today many are asking whether ...
Virtual science labs: web sites featuring simulated chemistry labs or virtual frog dissections are becoming popular teaching tools. But are they a substitute for hands-on experience?(EDUCATION)
Feb 19, 2007; ... Virtual chemistry labs and other online simulations, like the ones that let students dissect virtual frogs or pigs, have become widely used science teaching tools. They allow students to perform experiments that would be too costly or dangerous to do at their local high schools. Now, a ...
Should the U.S. close the prison at Guantanamo? There are 395 terrorism suspects being held at a high-security prison at the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.(DEBATE)
Feb 19, 2007; ... YES Five years after the Guantanamo Bay prison was opened to detain terror suspects, it has been a failure by almost any measurement. It has become a global symbol of injustice, is counterproductive in U.S. efforts to combat terrorism, and has diminished our country's ability ...
Living with AIDS in Africa.(Viewpoint essay)
Feb 19, 2007; ... Every morning when I wake up, go to my drawer, take out the mirror, and look at myself. Then I say my prayer. I say, "Hello, H.I.V., you trespasser. You are in my body. You have to obey the rules. You have to respect me, and if you don't hurt me, I won't hurt you. You mind your business, ...
Happy birthday, Champ!(OPINION)(Brief article)
Feb 19, 2007; ... At 65, you're still the people's heavyweight champion. You're the reason the best boxing now is on ESPN Classic, when you, Joe Frazier, and George Foreman dominated the Golden Era of heavyweight boxing. With or without the title, you fought all over the world, and you always made it fun ....
Will China choke on its own growth?(Brief article)
Feb 19, 2007; ... It's starting to feel like China is reaching its environmental limits. If it doesn't radically change to "greener," more sustainable modes of transportation, production, and power generation, the China miracle will turn into an eco-nightmare. For some three decades, China's economy has ...
What $1 trillion can buy [besides the war in Iraq).(Brief article)
Feb 19, 2007; ... It's hard for the human mind to make sense of a figure Like $1 trillion. Millions, billions, trillions--they all sound the same. The best way to come to grips with that much money is to think about what you could buy with it: $1 trillion would pay for an unprecedented public-health ...
Cartoons.(Comic)(Cartoon)
Feb 19, 2007 ... Terrific! Fantastic! He hasn't even sung yet. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CLAY BENNETT * The Christian Science Monitor I'm open to suggestions .... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] STEVE SACK * Star Tribune (Minneapolis) * ...