August 5, 2001

Article explores reasons why many commuters, particularly Manhattanites, favor using buses rather than subways; notes ridership is at highest level since 1975 and has increased by 42 percent since 1996; holds that, for many, it is about the journey, not the destination and that bus riders are saying no to city's obsession with speed, rush hours and being somewhere on time; photos (L)

Review of debate over patients' rights legislation as part of conflict over role of government, which shapes much of domestic agenda, dating to Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs; photos (M)

Article in series By A Thread: The Final Pick, which focuses on NFL players selected in final round of draft, provides glimpse of gritty side of football where high salaries and luxury cars are only dreams; players chosen in seventh, or final, round of draft represent football's underclass; they endure grueling training camps and will probably be released before season begins; article profiles Tevita Ofahengaue, selected by Arizona Cardinals, and like other seventh-rounders, his chances of making team are slim and opportunities to even get on field and let coaches see him in action are few; photos (M)

Ken Follett, British novelist, distrusts stocks and says that his ultimate investing goal is to preserve earnings from his books; closely monitors international economies and markets, however, as most of his earnings come from abroad; photos; table (M)

Wen Ho Lee, former Los Alamos scientist charged with security violations, submitted his forthcoming autobiography to federal censors later than apparently required for people with security clearance; lapse leaves government vulnerable to renewed charges of ethnic bias if it takes action and of unfairness to others with security clearance if it fails to act; dispute could delay publication of book, My Country Versus Me, written with Helen Zia (M)