 Suspect in Student's Slaying  A 23-year-old former boyfriend was arrested last in connection with the death of a Columbia University law student who was found with her throat slashed in her Manhattan apartment on Friday. Page 35.

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Sexual accusations involving Pres Clinton unleash torrent of debate about sexual harassment and the legal line between behavior that is uncouth and that which is grounds for a lawsuit; Clinton's alleged actions with Paula Corbin Jones, Kathleen E Willey and Monica S Lewinsky raise question about whether that theshold can be reached with a single request for oral sex, with a hug that becomes a grope or with a pattern of unwanted sexual advance; the Supreme Court has issued only two rulings on sexual harassment until this term, when there are four on the docket; there have been hundreds of lower court rulings, but many crucial questions remain (M)

Debate Centers On Definition Of Harassment

Utah defeats Arizona in West Regional finals of NCAA basketball tournament; photo (M)

Utah Upsets Defending Champion Arizona, and It's Not Even Close

Comment on recent hair makeovers of Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp and Paula Jones, figures in ongoing Washington scandals; Marcia Clark recalls upset over press coverage of her hair styles while she was prosecuting O J Simpson for murder; photos (S)

Only Their Hairdressers (And the World) Know

Some residents of East Hampton, NY, comment on Volkswagen's New Beetle automobile; photo (M)

The Primal Bug And Its Rituals

Long refined arm of the Hollywood stylist reaches out to wealthy non-celebrities in search of pampering and fashion security that even colorists, nutritionists, aromatherapists and personal trainers cannot provide; Touchstone Television president David Neuman calls in Deborah Waknin to help him adjust to Disney's J Crew-and-jeans environment, especially on Casual Friday; daily fees for such services range from $1,500 to $5,000; Betty Halbreich, head of personal shopping for Bergdorf Goodman, and others in field also comment; photo of Phillip Bloch helping Jennifer Tilly plot her look for Oscar night (M)

'But Darling, It's You'

Issue of race and the South rises to public attention again in Mississippi as Pres Clinton's advisory panel holds contentious forum at University of Mississippi, state unseals records of defunct agency that spied on civil rights movement, and voting rights bill generates new confronations in capital; photos (M)

The Nation: Pride and Prejudice; The South's History Rises, Again and Again

With another crucial test looming between Iraq and the United Nations, the head of the commission disarming Iraq said he plans rapid-fire inspections of previously off-limits Presidential properties. That will determine which buildings will get spot inspections later, with less notice. And the new procedures could set off a new conflict.    Article, page 8.

For Iraq, U.N. Plans Rapid-Fire Searches

Comment on fashions in cocktails, American invention that made its way to Europe more than century ago; photo; new book Classic Cocktails noted; author Salvatore Calabrese presides over Library Bar of Lanesborough Hotel in London (S)

Journeys of Le Cocktail

Pres Clinton's 12-day trip to Africa will emphasize positive changes that have taken place in recent years; military rule is giving way to democracy, South African apartheid is gone and reforms have bolstered a continent-wide economic expansion; Clinton will seek to persuade American audience that Africa not only exists but matters and to impress on Africa that it and US must pursue a relationship marked by mutual respect, shared economic interests and deep veins of common history; map (M)

Africa Enduring Rebirth Awaits Clinton's Arrival

Some residents of Woodstock, NY, comment on Volkswagen's New Beetle automobile; photo (M)

Wow, Man, It's Like a Flashback

First of two articles on agressive push by major league baseball teams to recruit young Latin American players as a low-cost alternative to a diminishing pool of US talent; all 30 teams have development personnel in Dominican Republic, where enthusiasm for game generates dynamic for producing players that US teams say they cannot find at home and where the absence of other options gives young players, who can be signed to contracts at age 16, no bargaining leverage against owners; in 1997 Baltimore Orioles had seven young Dominican players on their 40-man roster for total signing cost of $7,000, which compares with average cost of signing a first-round draft choice in US of $1.3 million; teams develop players in dormitory-like academies that allow them to correct the nutritional and training deficiencies found in even the most gifted; some players are happy to be able to play ball, but others see this mixture of desperation and gratitude as exploitation; photos; map; table (L)

A New Baseball Strategy: Latin-American Bargains

Article on Volkswagen's New Beetle automobile, reincarnation of auto that was popular in 1960's and 1970's (M)

Meet the (New) Beetles

Leo Burnett Co, which enjoyed highly successful run of product promotions through 1990's, was knocked down to earth when some major advertisers withdrew their accounts starting in 1996; for long time, Burnett saw itself as special, holding confidently to status quo even as advertising world was changing around it; Burnett has now embarked on mission to remake itself, aiming to be quicker and smarter; is transforming itself into seven small business units, sending more than half of its roughly 2,000 workers in Chicago to new offices, and grouping creative and business people together according to brand; people in industry say it is too soon to say if Burnett's overhaul will succeed; photos (L)

Not So Jolly Now, a Giant Agency Retools

While median annual earnings of male high school graduates in 1995 was just $29,000, down by one-fifth since 1976--after taking inflation into account--there are growing number of blue-collar workers whose earnings defy trend; for these workers, success turns on working longer and harder, for others high pay comes with highly valued skills not taught in college, while for still others it is often a matter of joining one of the small powerful unions that move semiskilled workers into upper-middle class; profiles of some of these highly-paid workers, some of whom have earnings that exceed $100,000 a year; photos; chart on median weekly earnings for selected occupations in 1996 (L)

Royal Blue Collars

Casino operators and other gambling interests donated $7 million to election campaigns in 1995 and 1996, more than four times what they contributed in 1991 and 1992, and industry has spent more than $13.5 million on lobbying since January 1996; rise in spending coincided with campaigns by grass-roots groups to defeat local measures on new casinos and as Congress weighed establishing a commission to study social and economic impact of pervasive growth of gambling; Congress did establish commission, but only after significantly narrowing its subpoena power and making its mandate less antagonistic to industry; contributions to Democratic Party have been enhanced by contributions from Native American tribes; top individual recipients of gambling industry money have been lawmakers from Nevada and New Jersey, states with largest casino revenues, and beyond them Repr Richard A Gephardt of Missouri; graph (M)

CASINOS INCREASE THEIR DONATIONS TO U.S. CAMPAIGNS

Coping column on fifth graders in East New York section of Brooklyn, who are still waiting for Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani to answer their Feb 5 letters requesting that city clean up their blighted neighborhood; letters and photographs were sent with help of Arlene Schulman, photojournalist who visits PS 65 once a week as part of LEAP (Learning through an Expanded Arts Program) initiative; drawing (M)

Fifth Graders' Letters Await Mayor's Answer

Clinton Administration rescues antitrust enforcement from its disrepute of 1980's and gives it a new emphasis on protecting consumers; uses new focus to distinguish between those mergers--even some of the biggest--that can be viewed as benign and those that pose a real threat to consumers; is also reviving nonmerger cases against companies like Microsoft where market power alone may pose a threat to consumers (M)

AIDING CONSUMERS IS NOW THE THRUST OF ANTITRUST PUSH

Profile of National Auto Credit Co, whose stock recently traded for $1.94 a share, down from about $10, after auditors warned last year that internal accounting controls were indaequate, although that problem was supposedly rectified; company says it is being investigated for how big reserve it should have maintained for bad loans as well as whether it understated its liabilities left over from former business of renting cars; stock price graph (M)

Sometimes, Safeguards Protect Nobody

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Article on former Long Island University basketball player Sherman White discusses his involvement in 1951 college point-shaving scandal; notes that White spent nearly nine months in prison and was barred from National Basketball Association; photos (M)

When Sherman White Threw It All Away

Upbeat news that New York City is basking in a glorious period of economic and social renewal is seen by some resident skeptics as largely a creation of high-powered civic boosters who have a major stake in how the city is percieved; and, the critics say, the city's refurbished image has little to do with the lives of most New Yorkers; sampling of comments suggesting a reality check is due; drawings; photo (L)

New York's Riding High. But How Much Is Hot Air?

Critics of New York City, on the left and the right, and mostly in the provinces, dissent from glowing reports of city's resurgence; complaints about media elite and othey naysaying quoted; photo (S)

The Nation: What New York Renaissance?; Left Wing, Right Wing, Sneering at This Town

North Carolina defeats Connecticut, 75-64, in East Regional finals of NCAA basketball tournament; photo (M)

Carolina Snaps UConn In the Crucial Minutes

Some residents of Ann Arbor, Mich, comment on Volkswagen's New Beetle automobile; photo (M)

March 22, 1998

Headlines from March 22, 1998

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Debate Centers On Definition Of Harassment

Utah Upsets Defending Champion Arizona, and It's Not Even Close

Only Their Hairdressers (And the World) Know

The Primal Bug And Its Rituals

Billboard 200

Titanic

Ray Of Light

Let's Talk About Love

My Homies

Savage Garden

Historical Context for March 22, 1998