June 7, 2000

Ann Powers reviews Operazone, jazz interpretation of operatic melodies, as performed at Angel Orensanz Foundation as part of Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival (M)

Americans are flying more in this booming economy, but also griping more about longer lines at airports, longer takeoff delays and tighter limits on carry-on bags; growing number of travelers, particularly in New York region, are bypassing regularly scheduled airlines altogether and finding alternative wings on charter flights and so-called fractional ownership of small jets; photo (M)

Lighting is low, sometimes very low, at new restaurants in New York striving to set a certain mood; photos (M)

Jon S Corzine, former investment banker and Wall Street multimillionaire whose $35 million spending spree shattered all records for Senate race, easily defeats former New Jersey Gov Jim Florio in Democratic primary for seat being vacated by Sen Frank Lautenberg; US Repr Robert D Franks declares victory over State Sen William L Gormley in Republican contest; Corzine wins approximately 58 percent of vote, compared with 42 percent for Florio; pledges to invest in America; Florio concedes defeat and pledges to support him; Corzine's heavy spending on election campaign discussed; with 98 percent of districts reporting, Franks won 35 percent of vote, compared with 34 percent for Gormley; photos; map (M)

Third article in series, How Race is Lived in America, examining race relations, which are being defined less by political action than by daily experience, especially in workplace; focuses on military, which has been integrated since 1948 and considers itself ideally as colorblind but where race stills stands in way of personal ambitions of blacks and whites; describes racial tensions in Bravo Company of Army's Fourth Platoon at Fort Knox that have tainted relations between black and white drill sergeants Earnest Williams and Harry Feyer; photos (M)