Cheryl Jensen on smaller sport utility vehicles (S)

Power and Poise Put Ford on Top

BP Amoco's image as environmental-minded oil company is being challenged as it drills new wells in Beaufort Sea and weighs whether to bid on leases in part of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; if Gov George W Bush is new president, the plain and oil deposits it covers may become unlikely proving ground for kind of company BP Amoco is and what it aspires to be: oil company that is also protector of environment; map; photos (M)

Can Black Gold Ever Flow Green?

Felicia Lee Coping column on rapper Run (Joseph Simmons), from Run-DMC, now known as Reverend Run, who comments on turning his troubled life around and becoming an ordained Pentecostal minister; drawing (M)

Rapper Is Reborn to Sounds of the Spirit

Lennox Lewis scores unanimous 12-round decision over David Tua in Las Vegas; retains World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation heavyweight titles; photo (M)

Lewis Toys With Tua And Wins In Decision

Analysis of University of Connecticut women's basketball team; includes profile of Coach Geno Auriemma; photo (M)

For UConn Women, Unending Effort

Assessment of brutal post-election clash between Democrats and Republicans over unresolved presidential election; photo (M)

Ideas & Trends: Vacancy; Stunning Estate, 130-plus Rms., 18 Acres, Rose Garden. Available.

Automakers have profitably raised their sights from middle class by selling huge numbers of large, well-equipped vehicles to more affluent families; General Motors Corp says most prosperous 20 percent of population accounts for 60 percent of spending, up from 45 percent in 1990; photo (M)

In This Gilded Age, Gilded Model T's

Prices of luxury apartments are driven up by the right amenities, which include not only fixtures and finishes but views, communal facilities and personal services; drawings (M)

When Top-of-the-Line Is the Minimum

New Staten Island ferry terminal, designed by Venturi Scott Brown & Associates and Anderson/Schwartz Architects, is being built to replace Whitehall Ferry Terminal in lower Manhattan, which was destroyed by fire; drawing (M)

POSTINGS: Work Begins on Battery Landing for Staten Island Service; Coming Up: One Ferry Terminal, Hold the Clock

Article discusses New York Giants running back Ron Dayne's growing stature with team during his rookie season, as well as upcoming game against St Louis Rams (M)

Dayne, the Giants' Big Rookie Runner, Grows in Stature

Campaign of Gov George W Bush sues in federal court to block manual recount of ballots in Florida as sought by Vice Pres Al Gore; cites potential for mischief and says process is inherently less fair and more subjective than counting by machine; announcement by spokesman James Baker III comes day after Republicans criticized Democrats for threatening to take issue to court; Baker blames Democrats for starting legal battle by filing state lawsuit; workers in Palm Beach and Volusia Counties prepare to begin recounts; Warren Christopher, Gore spokesman, says recount conforms with Florida law and laws of several states, including Texas; photos (M)

Palm Beach Tally Starts as G.O.P. Cites Risk of Flaws in Process

Texts of poems by New York City children about their city and their lives culled from Teachers and Writers' Collaborative in-school project; drawings (L)

Hello Up There

Gov George W Bush takes lead from Vice Pres Al Gore in race to claim New Mexico's five electoral votes; leads Gore by just four votes, slimmest statewide margin in country and narrowest in American history; photo (M)

Bush Takes 4-Vote Lead in New Mexico

Palm Beach County, Fla, elections board will hold manual recount of all ballots cast in presidential election; hand recount of more than 4,000 votes, or 1 percent of total cast, located 33 additional votes for Vice Pres Al Gore and 14 additional votes for Gov George W Bush; election commissioner says difference, if applied to entire county, could sway battle for Florida's 25 electoral votes; new count would narrow Bush's statewide lead to about 300 votes; lawyers say situation would represent first time in American history that county would do full manual recount in any presidential election; photo (M)

2 Camps Clash Vote by Vote, Scrap by Scrap

Article on Evangeline Morphos, who amassed collection of Perry Ellis outfits dating from 1980's and has donated it to Fashion Institute of Technology Museum and other museums; photo (M)

She Shopped Till She Dropped Everything Off at the Museum

Article on tests of five small sport utility vehicles: Hyundai Santa Fe, Honda CR-V, Ford Escape, Toyota RAV4, Subaru Forester; photo (M)

Babes in the Woods: Putting 5 'Cute Utes' to the Test

Profile of novelist Bruce Jay Friedman, 70, in light of publication of collection of his magazine profiles and pieces called Even The Rhinos Were Nymphos, repackaging and republication of Chicago Press's entire Friedman list and new PBS production of his play, Steambath; photos (M)

Out and About With the Once But No Longer So Lonely Guy

General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of City of New York is set to open series of four presentations on how architects and clients worked, sometimes contentiously, to design notable city buildings; first will focus on Frank Lloyd Wright's struggle to complete Guggenheim Museum (S)

POSTINGS: Frank Lloyd Wright To Diego Rivera; The Emergence Of 4 Landmarks

R W Apple Jr analysis of legal remedies being sought by Republicans to halt manual recount of ballots in Florida; says litigation could only spawn more litigation and drag on and on, to detriment of political system; there is lack of consensus on what to do to help head off looming court battle (M)

The Limits Of Patience

James G Cobb report on tests of five small sport utility vehicles, and his preference for Ford Escape (S)

No Recount: Escape Wins

Jon Pareles explores reasons for guitar's charisma in light of current exhibition, Dangerous Curves: The Art of the Guitar, at Boston Museum of Fine Arts; photos (M)

The Humble Instrument That Conquered The World

Article assesses movie Gladiator's influence on spring 2001 fashion collections; photos (M)

The Latest Look: Unforgiving

Market Watch column on waiting to see if stock market will rally after Presidential election; Salomon Smith Barney technical researcher Louis Yamada says in 28 election cycles since 1888, overall market rose 57 percent of time and fell 43 percent of time from Election Day until end of year; chart (M)

Waiting For the Other Shoe To Drop

 IN BUSH COUNTRY -- In Austin, Tex., Gov. George W. Bush avoided the fray, projecting an image of assurance and ease. PAGE 22

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November 12, 2000

Headlines from November 12, 2000

Power and Poise Put Ford on Top

Can Black Gold Ever Flow Green?

Rapper Is Reborn to Sounds of the Spirit

Lewis Toys With Tua And Wins In Decision

For UConn Women, Unending Effort

Billboard 200

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Greatest Hits

Country Grammar

Rule 3:36

Who Let The Dogs Out

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for November 12, 2000