Public anger over state of managed care has become hot issue in 1998 election campaigns, with Democrats and few Republicans seizing on consumer complaints and calling for sweeping patients' bill of rights; candidates in primaries and general elections for governor and Congress, in at least score of states, typically are promoting access to more doctors, right to appeal managed care organizations' decisions on restricting care to impartial tribunals, and freedom to sue organizations for malpractice; photos (M)

Voters' Anger at H.M.O.'s Plays as Hot Political Issue

Reconstruction of Pres Clinton's decision to change export-control rules allowing China to launch American-made satellites aboard Chinese rockets shows it followed turf war between State and Commerce Departments, and broader debate over how to balance America's security concerns and commercial competition in hottest of all emerging markets; decision illustrates intersection of interests of both large American donors and surrepetitious foreign donors to 1996 campaign; China's drive to obtain steady stream of satellite technology from US, which preceded Clinton Administration's arrival in Washington, and many factors that influenced Clinton's decision discussed; photos (M)

HOW CHINESE WON RIGHTS TO LAUNCH SATELLITES FOR U.S.

Article on major footwear trends for women; photos (M)

Walk Softly and Make a Big Statement

Profile of George Whipple 3d, in-house counsel for investment banking firm Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette who is celebrity reporter for New York 1, all-news cable channel; Whipple comments; photo (M)

'Eyebrow Man': The Lawyer Has Two Faces

Congress appears to have little appetite for renewing independent counsel law, now that Kenneth Starr's investigation of Pres Clinton has illustrated danger of open-ended unaccountable prosecutor; photo; others in Washington, haunted by specter of Pres Nixon firing Archibald Cox, still believe that an administration cannot fairly investigate itself, and are designing ways to amend law to make it palatable enough to win renewal next year; proposed changes discussed (M)

The Nation: How to Build a Better Independent Counsel; Tripping Over the Ghosts of Watergate

National Auto Auction Association says in 1997, volume of autos auctioned in US and Canada almost equaled number of new cars sold; over last decade, value of used cars offered at auction has nearly quintupled, hitting $70 billion last year; scene at Manheim Auto Auction in Pennsylvania, nation's largest, which sold $2.9 billion in vehicles last year, detailed; map; photos (L)

More Cars Going, Going, Gone to Auction

Article on expansion of human egg donor programs at medical centers in New York City; focuses on Carrie Specht, who has had her eggs harvested four times and has been paid $9,000, money she used for New York University tuition, to finance her film projects and pay old bills; on May 14, Specht graduated with master's degree in fine arts; photos (L)

The Egg Woman

Floyd Norris's last Market Watch column on the stock market (Norris is leaving business section to join editorial board; Gretchen Morgenson will take over column); focuses on some week's events, including charges of fraud lodged against penny-stock brokerage firm Biltmore Securities, rapid rise in K-tel stock, Goldman Sach's prospects of underwriting securities that would let investors bet on rainfall or cold weather and risks of derivatives; graph (M)

This Time, Things Really Are Different

India's decision to carry out nuclear tests in face of world's disapproval and loss of huge amounts of aid reviewed; photo of Hindu god Shiva in guise as Destroyer (M)

The World: Riding the Tiger; India Charts a Pariah's Path to Glory

Samuel G Freedman comments on a century of public schools in New York City, noting that city's public schools have been inextricably entwined with cultural expression, both producing it and serving as its object; city's schools forged much of New York's civic culture, its ideals of meritocracy and immigrant ascent; Freedman notes that in just one timely reminder of connection between culture and public education, privately financed Arts Education Week opens tomorrow in nearly 500 schools; last month, New York University convened major conference on centennial of public schools, and next fall Board of Education will mount exhibition of archival photographs; photos (L)

A Century of Art on a Blackboard Canvas

Indonesia's Pres Suharto faces agonizing choices in days and weeks ahead, and prospects of country's 210 million people will depend in part on how he responds to growing movement against him and to riots that have left hundreds dead; some associates and scholars say one of fundamental reasons for turmoil is that perceptions that frame Suharto's decision-making are world apart from those that invigorate his opponents; say Suharto, for decades a profoundly spiritual man, sees himself in divinely ordained role like that of old autocratic kings of Java, and that such perception helps to explain his determination to remain in office; photo (M)

Suharto, a King of Java Past, Confronts Indonesia's Future

Coping column on Rev William Hanousek, minister of Bethany Reform Church in Manhattan, who is fighting proposed sale of church by Collegiate Corp to developer Jack Parker; says Hanousek uses church, which is across the street from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, to house families of cancer patients who are from out of town while patients undergo treatment at cancer center; Hanousek comments; drawing (M)

A Time to Heal. A Time to Move?

Profile of Franklin D Raines, outgoing budget chief for Clinton Administration, who will become chief executive of Federal National Mortgage Assn, or Fannie Mae, at end of the year; focuses on challenges that await Raines; photos (M)

A Homecoming At Fannie Mae; Franklin Raines Takes Charge Of a Most Political Company

Article on some 100 people who have earned NBA championship rings courtesy of Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls' extraordinary run of five NBA titles in seven years; says obtaining a ring has become kind of a cottage industry in offices and locker rooms of Chicago Bulls; holds from top players, from owner to equipment manager, from some staff members in sales to office receptionist and even team podiatrist, they all have rings; Bulls are looking to add another round of rings as they enter Eastern Conference finals, which begin May 17 in Chicago against Indiana Pacers; chart; photos (M)

THE N.B.A. PLAYOFFS: The Lords Of the Rings; Sparkle of Bulls' Titles Touches Stars and Standbys

Special report, Fresh Hazards, finds New York City's street corner food vendors who deliver smorgasbord as varied as city itself are also serving up heightened risk of sickness; familiar stainless steel curbside cookeries are small and lack basic kitchen equipment, yet 40 percent of vendors handle foods that can be hazardous; many handle tubs of raw meat and poultry, which can carry disease-causing bacteria, and food is often left unchilled and unheated--ideal for growth of E. coli, salmonella and other germs; some vendors wash hands so seldom that they use their sinks for storage space; tests arranged by New York Times showed significant undercooking in 39 of 51 cases, meaning that bacteria would not be eliminated; even though New York has more food carts than anywhere else in America, many of its regulations are far more lax than in other big cities that strictly limit what vendors can sell; inspections of city's 4,100 licensed pushcarts are spotty; vendors without permits, safety training or water--all required by city rules--are allowed to stay on street; even chronic health violators continue to sell food; city officials defend efforts to police trade, and they and vendors insist food is generally safe; photos; diagram (L)

In Street Vendors' Smorgasbord, Threat of Sickness Lurks

As India adjusts to new status as nuclear weapons state, many Indians are wondering whether they should prepare for new era of dominance by Hindu nationalist leaders who ordered five underground nuclear tests, which have forced country to reset political and philosophical compass; many Indians feel widespread condemnation abroad, including economic sanctions by US, could be matched by similarly far-reaching political effects at home; feel approval of tests by Prime Min Atal Bihari Vajpayee and approval by 90 percent of Indians in public opinion polls have struck powerful blow against opposition parties, rearranging political landscape in nationalists' favor (M)

Hindu Nationalists Move to Rule India's Atom Era

 Real Quiet Wins Again  Real Quiet, ridden by Kent Desormeaux, won the Preakness by 2 1/4 lengths over Victory Gallop and is two-thirds of the way to the Triple Crown. SportsSunday, section 8.

INSIDE

New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is sponsoring seminar on rise of penthouses in TriBeCa (S)

POSTINGS: Seminar on Wednesday; The Penthouses Of TriBeCa

Expected to be completed by the fall, a $10 million classroom building will be the centerpiece of the Pace University School of Law campus at 78 North Broadway in White Plains.    The three-story 27,000-square-foot glass-and-stone building will house five horseshoe-shape classrooms, two of which will seat 100 students each, two with 60 seats and the last with 80, according to Dean Richard L. Ottinger.  

POSTINGS: $10 Million Campus Centerpiece With 5 'Socratic' Classrooms; Pace Plans to Add Law School Building in Fall

Article on Lily Pulitzer Advisory Committee, hand-picked group of socialite advisers that is keeping new Lilly Pulitzer label on track; James Bradbeer is owner of Lilly Pulitzer label, which reduced to production in 1994 after 10-year absence from stores; company's apparel emphasizes bold colors; photo (M)9

The Pink-and-Green Police

Article on unused development rights, or air rights, that are keystone in almost every big construction project under way or being planned in Manhattan; photos (L)

Using Thin Air To Let Buildings Grow Taller

Race horse Real Quiet wins 123d Preakness Stakes, putting him one race away from becoming 12th horse to sweep Triple Crown after winning Kentucky Derby two weeks ago; photo (M)

Real Quiet Has 2 Legs Up on Triple Crown

Alan Riding profiles Royal Shakespeare Co, great English theater ensemble that has served as cradle for gifted directors and actors; sees company showing signs of midlife crisis: it can still produce works of excellence, but to some critics it is not as daring or consistently accomplished as it once was; company, which has long lived off its reputation, has set out to prove itself again; company will be performing for New York and Washington audiences this month and next; photos (L)

The Royal Shakespeare: Renewing Itself Under Fire

New York Yankees defeat Minnesota Twins, 5-2; photo (M)

May 17, 1998

Headlines from May 17, 1998

Voters' Anger at H.M.O.'s Plays as Hot Political Issue

HOW CHINESE WON RIGHTS TO LAUNCH SATELLITES FOR U.S.

Walk Softly and Make a Big Statement

'Eyebrow Man': The Lawyer Has Two Faces

The Nation: How to Build a Better Independent Counsel; Tripping Over the Ghosts of Watergate

Billboard 200

Before These Crowded Streets

City Of Angels

Titanic

One Step At A Time

Capital Punishment

Historical Context for May 17, 1998