Work is under way in Jersey City to turn former sugar warehouse into loft apartments, to be known as Sugar House; artist's rendering (M)

POSTINGS: Low-Rise Lofts on the Jersey City Riverfront; Converting a Sugar Plant to the Sugar House

 Hot Ticket to the Top  The 1990's were supposed to be lean years for graduates of the top business schools. Now, M.B.A.'s have never been more numerous, or more in demand.   Page 29.    School Enrollment Slows  After seven years of growth, enrollment in the city's public schools is slowing, bringing hopes that overcrowding may ease.   Page 33.

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New York Jets swiftly reach contract accord with Bryan Cox, volatile player known for emotional outbursts; he will replace injured middle linebacker Marvin Jones; coach Bill Parcells comments; photo (M)

Swift, if Flammable, Solution: Jets Get Cox

Article on 1999 Saab model 9-3; chart; photos (M)

BEHIND THE WHEEL/1999 Saab 9-3; A Solid Breakaway From the Cookie Cutter

Jeff MacGregor article on being one of the few unaccompanied men at Lilith Fair, the all-women's concert tour at Jones Beach Theater; photo (M)

The Way a Fish Needs a Bicycle

New York Yankees defeat Seattle Mariners, 5-2; photos (M)

As Mariners Unravel, Yankees Come Together

Comparison of Watergate case with scandal over Pres Clinton's relationship with Monica S Lewinsky suggests Lewinsky matter will not have same large and lasting effects; roundup of some of effects commentators have predicted for Clinton scandals, and some of counter-arguments; photo (M)

The Nation: Big Deal; The Lewinsky Legacy (If There Is One)

Avalon Bay Communities, real estate investment trust, is selected to build remaining three buildings in first stage of Queens West, large-scale mixed-use development along East River in Long Island City, Queens (S)

POSTINGS: Avalon Bay to Put Up 3 Buildings; Queens West's New Developer

Kenya's wild animals are threatened by country's farmers, who for 20 years have been encroaching on lands that were once wild and who now regard wild animals as pests; the 8 percent of Kenya's land that is set for wild animals cannot accommodate their migration; at least 40 percent of range animals have disappeared from Kenya's savannahs since 1977, when hunting was made illegal, and they are continuing to disappear at rate of 2 percent to 3 percent a year; ecological debacle sets off strenuous debate among ranchers, scientists, conservationists and small farmers; stakes are high for Kenya, since wildlife brings in about $400 million a year in tourist revenue; photos; map (M)

It's Kenya's Farmers vs. Wildlife, and the Animals Are Losing

Land Rover Motors Co, reversing itself, plans to sell its new Freelander sport utility vehicle in North America; only eight months ago, senior company officials declared demise of a project to re-engineer the Freelander to meet US emissions and safety regulations; vehicle will arrive in US in late 2000; photo (M)

Freelander Tests The Big Market

Lori Smith prowls East Village, SoHo and other 'hot' places, spotting trends for Givaudan Roure, one of the world's largest makers of perfumes; she sniffs out what is going on in the street, in fashion and in the culture generally for insights that perfumers can distill into marketable products; photos (M)

Catching a Whiff of the Future; For a 'trend trekker,' if SoHo is today's destination, its aroma might be tomorrow's perfume

Agreement giving Monica S Lewinsky immunity from prosecution in exchange for testifying before grand jury about her relationship with Pres Clinton is product of 48 hours of negotiations; most pivotal players in her transformation from a target of Kenneth W Starr to a cooperating witness are Jacob A Stein and Plato Cacheris, her lawyers since June 2; photo (M)

A 48-Hour Odyssey That Brought Immunity and More Questions

New York Mets defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-1; photos (M)

Let the Hugfest Begin: Mets Beat Dodgers in the 9th

Article on difficulties that close-knit Asian families living in New York City face when they are forced to put older aging relative in nursing home; photos; graphs; chart (L)

Ties That Bind, Ties That Break

Frank DeCaro column says recent week of men's wear shows in New York offered plenty of lessons in how to show fashion and how not to; photo (M)

Dos and Don'ts Of Runway Shows

Police officers raided three topless clubs and building inspectors shut them down on July 31, fulfilling Giuliani adminstration's longstanding promise to restrain New York City's sex industry; Mayor Rudolph Giuliani says city padlocked clubs in first of a wave of closings aimed at wiping out more than two-thirds of city's sex shops and clubs over next year; clubs closed were Sharks Go-Go in Midland Beach on Staten Island, Wiggles in East Flatbush section of Brooklyn and El Coche in the Bronx; no arrests were made during sweep, but dancers and patrons were told to leave; photos (M)

NEW YORK BEGINS TO RAID AND CLOSE ADULT BUSINESSES

Article notes dearth of larger-than-life investment bankers who specialize in mega-mergers; publicity-seekers of 1980s have been replaced by modest merger professionals; drawings; charts; graphs; photos (L)

The Incredible Shrinking Banker

E A Carmean Jr, director of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, describes why he decided to quit post; holds there is too much competition among art museums to stage blockbuster shows; attendance is booming but many directors' posts go unfilled; photo; cartoon (M)

As Art Museums Thrive, Their Directors Decamp

Tom Leedham seeks to rally reform wing of International Brotherhood of Teamsters in his race against James P Hoffa for union president; Leedham, whose power base is outspoken group of teamsters who have struggled for years to fight corruption and increase democracy in union, pledges to encourage rank-and-file participation as a way of making teamsters more powerful and more responsive; Hoffa's main message is to restore union's clout of old by unifying its factured membership, now split between its reform wing and leaders of teamsters locals, who form Hoffa's power base and are assailed by Leedham as a corrupt old guard; Hoffa forces say Leedham's long association with Ron Carey, union's disgraced former president, undercuts his efforts to portray himself as anti-corruption candidate; photo (M)

Hoffa Opponent Tries to Win Reform Votes

Family planning groups, seizing upon celebrity of male impotency pill Viagra, are pressing lawmakers in Congress and the states on long-ignored demand that employers cover costs of contraception as a health benefit; they are confronting lawmakers with inequity they see in some employers' covering Viagra while denying women help in avoiding unwanted pregnancies; Planned Parenthood Foundation of America president Gloria Feldt has been leading lobbying in Congress for birth control coverage; Maryland was first state to mandate coverage of prescription contraceptives in workers' health insurance plans, approving bill in April; at least a dozen other states are weighing similar measures; US Senate and House have approved provisions, attached to appropriations bills, that would require Federal Government to offer all commonly prescribed forms of contraception to its 2.4 million employees who have health insurance; appropriations bills have yet to be considered (M)

PRESSURE GROWING TO COVER THE COST OF BIRTH CONTROL

Interview with National Basketball Association players association executive director Billy Hunter, who has been warning that white America might turn over to predominantly black game if long lockout delayed and jeopardized season; NBA Comr David Stern dismisses warning, interview, holding race will not play role in how fans react to labor dispute; Hunter, arguably union's most ambitious, assertive advocate, has spent nearly two years pushing for solidarity and expanding his power base; photos (M)

The Street Fighter Who Galls the N.B.A.

Gretchen Morgenson column on recent underperformance of stock in companies that posted exceptionally positive earnings in 1997; graph (M)

Winning Stocks Are Losing Momentum

Robert Lipsyte column (Coping), in light of recent visit by Pres Clinton, on pretentiousness of rich who make Hamptons, NY, their playground; cartoon (M)

Long on Celebrity, Short on Charity

Pres Clinton vists the Hamptons; he and his wife are guests at parties given by Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, Bruce Wasserstein and Steven Spielberg; enthusiasm among ordinary weekenders and year-rounders is more muted and more complicated; photo (M)

In the Hamptons, High-Profile Parties for Clinton

Concern that economic implosion in one nation could start uncontrollable set of events around world has gained credence in Washington; 'contagion' of economic distress now comes in variety of forms, including market contagion and export contagion; drawing (M)l

Ideas & Trends: Contagion Effect; A Guide to the Modern Domino Theory

Shari Lewis was a Peabody-winning American ventriloquist, puppeteer, children's entertainer, television show host, dancer, singer, actress, author, and symphony conductor. She famously created and performed the sock puppet Lamb Chop for Captain Kangaroo in March 1956.

August 2, 1998

Headlines from August 2, 1998

POSTINGS: Low-Rise Lofts on the Jersey City Riverfront; Converting a Sugar Plant to the Sugar House

INSIDE

Swift, if Flammable, Solution: Jets Get Cox

BEHIND THE WHEEL/1999 Saab 9-3; A Solid Breakaway From the Cookie Cutter

The Way a Fish Needs a Bicycle

Billboard 200

Hello Nasty

Armageddon -- The Album

N.O.R.E.

City Of Angels

Never S-A-Y Never

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for August 2, 1998