November 5, 2000

It began as one for the history books -- the wife of a sitting president moving from the White House to New York to run for the Senate. Hillary Rodham Clinton said she would conduct a high-minded campaign grounded in the Democratic policies and philosophies she and her husband had embraced over 25 years in public life. But as the race between Mrs. Clinton and Rick A. Lazio spiraled through its final weekend, it had devolved into what aides to both candidates acknowledged was an increasingly acrid confrontation. Political Memo, Page 53.

Article on vacation home bargains that can still be found in off-the-beaten-path towns in Vermont, New Hampshire and Connecticut long favored by artists; photos (L)

Behind the Wheel report on Volvo V40 and Cross Country models; photos (M)

FBI agents investigating terrorist bombing of US destroyer Cole in port of Aden, Yemen, visit country's remote, and fundamentalist, Wadi Doan region in search for clues to character of Osama bin Laden, Saudi dissident who is prime suspect in bombing which killed 17 American sailors; father who was born in area migrated to Saudi Arabia in 1950's; bin Laden, who never lived in Wadi Doan, is 17th of more than 50 children born to his father; maps; photos (M)

Israel marks fifth anniversary of assassination of Prime Min Yitzhak Rabin even as new crisis with Palestinians threatens his legacy as peacemaker; his daughter Dalia Rabin-Pelosoff, Oslo negotiator Uri Savir and those at memorial rally mourn in heavy mood, while at Labor Party memorial service the famous photo of Rabin's handshake with Yasir Arafat is absent from elegiac slide show; photos; Rabin's widow is hospitalized, gravely ill with lung cancer (M)