David Thomson, after having read David Nasaw's new book The Chief, about life of William Randolph Hearst, holds Herman Mankiewicz's script for 1941 film Citizen Kane, which consistently wins top honors on Sight and Sound best movie lists, was modeled more on director Orson Welles than Hearst; photos (L)

Was It Citizen Hearst or Citizen Welles?

 500 METERS OF GOLD  Felicia Ballanger of France won the inaugural women's 500-meter cycling time trial. SportsSunday, Page 11.

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Beauty or Beast? The Truth, Wherever It Lies, May Not Be Pretty

Article on construction and renovation projects underway as City University of New York moves into third year of $1 billion, five-year plan; Chancellor Matthew Goldstein comments; photos (M)

On CUNY's Campuses, The Subject Is Change

Article on high-tech strategy that has helped Fidelity Investments, which dropped to bottom tier of industry rankings in 1996, recover by emphasizing continuous improvement and retooling from within; photos (M)

A High-Tech Vision Lifts Fidelity

Felicia Lee Coping column on milestone her two-year-old son has passed by beginning preschool; drawing (M)

Small Step Is a Big Lump in a Parent's Chest

Swimmer Ian Thorpe wins Australia's first gold medal at 2000 Olympics in 400-meter freestyle and helps team win 4x100-meter freestyle relay in world-record time; his teammate, Michael Klim, breaks world record for open 100-meter freestyle swimming relay first leg; United States is second in relay; Amy Van Dyken, Dara Torres, Courtney Shealy and Jenny Thompson of United States set world record in winning women's 4x100 relay, giving Thompson more Olympic victories than any American woman; Torres, 33, becomes oldest female swimmer ever to win gold; Yana Klochkova of Ukraine sets world record in women's 400-meter individual medley; photos (M)

Australia Aglow As Young Star Gets Two Golds

Testing may begin in October of first passenger car on first 3.3-mile leg of AirTrain lightrail system between Kennedy International Airport and subway station in Howard Beach, Queens; photos; map (M)

POSTINGS: Work Continues on Rail Route to JFK; First Test Nears for AirTrain

Gov. George W. Bush sharply attacked Vice President Al Gore's positions on tax cuts, Social Security, Medicare and education as triumphs of federal control over choice.  

Bush Assails Gore, Calling Ideas 'Tired'

Dan Lienert Behind the Wheel column on 2001 Pontiac Aztek aimed toward hikers and campers; photos (M)

BEHIND THE WHEEL/2001 Pontiac Aztek; Add Rats and Snakes And Play 'Survivor'

Peruvian Pres Alberto K Fujimori, in surprise move, calls new elections and says he will not run, televised speech; says he will deactivate National Intelligence Service, whose head, Vladimiro Montesinos allegedly offered bribes to opposition congressman; hundreds of demonstrators reportedly gather outside presidential palace after speech demanding Fujimori leave office; senior Clinton administration officials express relief; photo (M)

PERU'S PRESIDENT CALLS AN ELECTION AND WILL NOT RUN

Article recounts story of Australian Peter Norman and Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who shared podium after medaling in 200-meter race in 1968 Mexico City Olympics; Smith and Carlos raised gloved fists during national anthem creating indelible image, and all three wore human-rights badges over their hearts; bond among them remains; photo (M)

The Third Man In Mexico City

Gretchen Morgenson Market Watch column explores question of whether investors will fare better under new system proposed by Nasdaq for handling trades in popular stocks (M)

A New Plan Recalls The Old Nasdaq

Article assesses whether Wall Street has learned lessons from its extraordinary investment of $3.65 billion in Long-Term Capital Management, obscure hedge fund based in Greenwich, Conn, to save it from imminent collapse; photo (M)

After a Hedge Fund's Fall, Is Wall Street the Wiser?

August protest by over 10,000 angry farmers in Yuandu against high taxes and administrative fees has spurred thousands more angry farmers to rampage through neighboring towns in impoverished region of China's Jiangxi Province; such disturbances are increasingly common across China, where up to 900 million still depend on land for their livelihood and Communist Party bosses are seen by peasants as oppressors; government hopes to stop scattered unrest by raising farm incomes, cutting local bureaucracies and reforming tax system; basic cause of problem is that farmers have no political power, with local party officials still appointed from above; map; photo (M)

Chinese Farmers Rebel Against Bureaucracy

Close reading of Vice Pres Al Gore's and Gov George W Bush's budget proposals and interviews with economists and analysts inside and outside campaigns suggest proposals are more substantive than those developed by two parties in previous elections, but hinge on optimistic assumptions; proposals provide look at candidates' priorities and test of their fiscal responsibility; Gore has built more of buffer into his budget; Bush has less wiggle room, even by own reckoning, should surplus fall short of expectations or need for new spending be greater than he assumes; Bush stresses tax cut, Gore new spending and debt reduction; table of proposals; photos (M)

Candidates' Budget Numbers Rely on Optimistic Outlook

French artists Pierre et Gilles, creators of unique painted and glazed photographs, in New York to help install their first American retrospective, visit F A O Schwarz and Gaiety Theater, an all-male burlesque house; photo (M)

Two Image Doctors Pay A House Call on America

Cosmetic dentists say more and more patients, apparently influenced by cosmetically enhanced smiles on people in movies, ads and on television, are having their teeth bleached very white; photo (M)

Blinding Them With Smiles

Harvey Araton Sports of The Times column discusses Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe, who has won two gold medals; touts his magnetic presence and smooth, technically superior swimming style; photo (M)

SYDNEY 2000: SWIMMING -- Sports of The Times; Thorpe's Flame Burns in the Water

 Fatigue a Labor Issue  Labor unions and legislators are concerned about exhaustion on the job as workers log a growing number of overtime hours. PAGE 32    Israel's Delicate Balance  Prime Minister Ehud Barak's effort to complete a constitution, which Israel has avoided for 52 years, has stunned those who have been slowly laying the groundwork. PAGE 6

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America is obsessed with youth, awash in largest generation of young people since baby boomers were teenagers; more than 70 million strong and growing, young people constitute both irresistible market and powerful marketing tool; there are two easy explanations for society's current glorification of youth: money and sex; teenagers are going to spend $160 billion this year, a 60 percent increase over three years ago; photo (M)

The Nation: American Graffiti; Behind the Wheel and Driving the Nation's Culture

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The Student, the Sleuth and the Mysterious Pillow

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Ideas & Trends: Don't Tread on Me; A Road to Truth Paved With Fingerpointing

New York Yankees defeat Cleveland Indians, 6-3; photo (M)

Ailing Yanks Can Rest Easy As Hernandez Stops Indians

Vice Pres Al Gore apparently has edged ahead of Gov George W Bush in battle for electoral votes, but enough states are either tossups or held so narrowly that presidential race remains fiercely competitive; both sides are fighting hard in battleground states; independent and partisan analysts comment; map of electoral vote breakdown (M)

Ground Shifts In Fight to Gain Electoral Edge

Georgiy Ruslanovych Gongadze was a Ukrainian journalist who was kidnapped and murdered in 2000 near Kyiv. He founded the online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda along with Olena Prytula in 2000. He was born in Tbilisi to a Ukrainian mother and a Georgian father.

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