Samuel G Freedman article on how evolution of suburbia, areas ever more varied by race, class and ethnicity, has eluded grasp of most artists and entertainers; notes a few artists are presenting complex portrait of contemporary suburbia, while others pander to audiences that share their smug presumptions; photos (L)

Suburbia Outgrows Its Image in the Arts

Villanova University's basketball team defeats team from St John's University, 66-60; Villanova was playing to lock up at-large berth in NCAA tournament; photo (M)

St. John's Falls, as Perimeter Shots Don't

Monica S Lewinsky is in midst of carefully planned campaign to promote her coming book, Monica's Story, by Andrew Morton; her expanding group of advisers has devised double-barreled campaign to promote Lewinsky's interests in US and in foreign countries; vision on home front is stately 'less is more' civilian version of Rose Garden strategy that will present Lewinsky to potential readers through interviews with ABC correspondent Barbara Walters and Time magazine; Lewinsky will switch to more grinding role of celebrity promoter when she visits other countries; photos (M)

A Star in Scandal, And Now the Selling Of Her Story Begins

Jeff Maggert and Andrew Magee advance to 36-hole final match of Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship of golf; Maggert defeats Steve Pate, while Magee beats John Huston; photo (M)

From 64 to 2: It's Maggert Versus Magee

Robert Lipsyte Coping column offers, as president of New York City co-op board, his observations on proper criteria for judging whether people should live in his building; drawing (M)

Getting Good Neighbors: Pick Your Own

Managed care plans may be too quick to approve medical treatments, fearing consumer baqcklash, legislative intervention and large jury awards; tendency threatens cost savings that HMO's have already achieved and the ability of managed care to improve the quality of treatment by second-guessing physicians who fail to follow the best medical practice; photo (M)

The Nation: In Denial; Managed Care's Other Problem: It's Not What You Think

Article on New York Yankees' player Joe Girardi and his wife, Kim, focuses on their closeness and deep religious faith as they face life's travails, including Kim's miscarriage 10 weeks into her pregnancy in April 1997; Girardi comments on being a father, now that Kim is three months pregnant; photo (M)

Throughout Life's Many Travails, the Yankees' Girardi Is Keeping the Faith

Congress, facing painful budget squeeze, seems all but certain to increase spending limits that have been crucial component of fiscal discipline for last decade; despite prospect of huge surpluses over next decade, Congress is still operating under spending caps that tightly limit how much money can be allocated to military and most domestic programs; caps will be far tighter for budget year starting on Oct 1 than they have ever been before; Republicans and Democrats say there is no realistic way to avoid shattering caps or resetting them at higher levels (M)

Congress on Path To Approve a Rise In Spending Caps

Scandal over Pres Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky hangs over the nation, which hoped to be free of it after Clinton's Senate acquittal; news media cannot afford not to see the story through; Clinton's enemies stand ready to keep it alive; Clinton's own search for historic legacy seems increasingly overwhelmed by the affair; cartoon (M)

Over Time; The End Was a Mirage. The Scandal Lives On.

Explosion in Internet stock trading has put some small firms on map; Goldman, Sachs and E*Trade recently paid $25 million each for 25-percent stake in Archipelago, two-year-old electronic network designed to eliminate middleman in stock transactions; Terra Nova Trading, which directs trades to Archipelago, has skirted some industry regulations and engaged in questionable practices; two of its 12 branch offices make payments to Internet chat rooms that send paying customers to them; firm calls this advertising, but it may run afoul of Securities and Exchange Commission rules; both Archipelago and Terra Nova are owned by Gerald D Putnam; drawings; graphs (M)

Sailing Into Murky Waters; A Trading Network Woos Wall Street, As Questions Arise About a Sister Firm

Debate over whether biology or culture determines standards and importance of beauty is subject of many recent books, and new entry into fray is The Survival of the Prettiest by Dr Nancy Etcoff, who argues for evolutionary determinism; drawing (M)

Biologically Speaking, Isn't She Beautiful?

Article on Ferrari 360 Modena, to be introduced on March 9 at Geneva Motor Show; photos (M)

First Look: Future Pride of Ferrari's Hometown

Continuing world financial crisis is spurring conflicting proposals to overhaul global financial architecture; some modest changes are already under way, but broad remaking of system seems unlikely; ideas under discussion and problems that plague them noted; drawings (M)l

It's a Global Mess. What's a World to Do?

Article reviews Alexander McQueen's fall fashion show in London; photo (M)

The Wolves Are at the Door In London

Historic Districts Council, Preservation League of New York State, Historic House Trust, New York Landmarks Conservancy and Municipal Art Society to hold three day conference on preservation of buildings and sites in New York City and State (S)

POSTINGS: 3-Day New York Preservation Conference; 5 Groups Join To Make a Case

Wide range of summer rentals are available along Northeast coast, although prices are up five to 10 percent and inventory is down; prices and photos of homes in Southampton, LI, Cape Cod, Mass, and Long Beach Island, NJ; photos (M)

For Summer Rentals, It's High Season

Article on 1999 Hyundai Sonata; chart (M)y

An Economical Vehicle For the Comeback Trail

Boston Celtics defeat New Jersey Nets, 101-92; photo (M)U

For the Nets And Calipari, It's Another Ominous Loss

Article on Wildlife Conservation Society under leadership of William Conway, who plans to retire at end of year; organization has taken over, renovated and expanded New York City's zoos and aquarium and is about to open $43 million Congo Gorilla Forest at Bronx Zoo; brief biographical sketch; photos (L)

The Lion in Winter; Bill Conway, New York's Top Zookeeper, Goes Out With a $43 Million Roar

Tens of millions of Nigerians cast ballots to choose their next president, hoping to end long era of military dictatorship and to fulfill promise of democracy for Africa's most populous country; elections, which are culmination of one of most tumultuous periods in Nigeria's history, appear to draw high voter turnout in Lagos and in capital, Abuja; front-runner remains Gen Olusegun Obasanjo, former President and only general to give up power voluntarily to civilian Government; his rival is former Finance Min Olu Falae; military dictator Gen Sani Abacha died in June 1998; his successor, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, began reforms and eventually scheduled elections with promise of handover to civilian government on May 29; photo (M)

Nigerians Vote, With High Hopes for Civilian Rule

Manhattan style makers and supermodels have discovered charms of rural Ulster County, NY, but arrival of flashy crowd with new tastes and status symbols is not welcomed by many of area's low-key residents; drawing; photo (M)

Yipes! Catwalkers Discover Catskills

Park Avenue Sephardic Congregation plans $12 million, 13-story synagogue on East 58th Street; drawing (M)

POSTINGS: Sephardic Congregation Plans a New Home; A Synagogue for East 58th St.

 Internal G.O.P. Battles  California's Republican Party regulars gathered this weekend, licking their wounds from November's defeats and spoiling for fights.   Page 14.    Fear Itself  Scientists can now see what terror and anxiety look like in the brain, and may soon know how to treat them.   MAGAZINE

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Question remains how much Microsoft has been merely embarrassed or truly damaged in courtroom as evidentiary phase of antitrust trial ends; legal experts say, even though Govt prosecutor David Boies put Microsoft through clearly humbling experience, answer may be by no means as clear-cut as daily reports of company's miscues, noting recent drift of significant rulings in antitrust cases tend to be pro-defendant as courts have been generally reluctant to second-guess business decisions; some say there is enough flexibility in doctrine fo antitrust and enough uncertainty about how case-law applies to dynamic, high-technology industry like computer software that case could go either way; photos (M)

For Microsoft, Humbled May Not Mean Defeated

Edward Wyatt Market Watch column on relationship between economy and stock and bond markets warns individual investors may have too much of their portfolios in stocks; graph of percentage of mutual fund assets in bond funds and stock funds (M)/

The Echoes of a Deflationary Boom

Luka Dončić is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Since his rookie season, he has been selected to five NBA All-Star games and five All-NBA First Team selections. He also represents the Slovenian national team and is widely regarded as one of the greatest European players of all time, and is nicknamed Luka Magic.

February 28, 1999

Headlines from February 28, 1999

Suburbia Outgrows Its Image in the Arts

St. John's Falls, as Perimeter Shots Don't

A Star in Scandal, And Now the Selling Of Her Story Begins

From 64 to 2: It's Maggert Versus Magee

Getting Good Neighbors: Pick Your Own

Billboard 200

...Baby One More Time

Americana

The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

'N Sync

Wide Open Spaces

Notable Births

Historical Context for February 28, 1999