July 21, 2002

Night Out With column follows Hollywood movie producer Robert Evans, 72, to Los Angeles party in his honor celebrating opening of The Kid Stays in the Picture, documentary based on his 1991 autobiography; photo (M)

American air campaign in Afghanistan, based on use of high-tech weaponry, has produced pattern of mistakes that killed hundreds of Afghan civilians; on-site reviews of 11 locations where air strikes killed as many as 400 civilians suggest American commanders sometimes relied on mistaken information from local Afghans; suggest preference for air strikes instead of riskier ground operations eliminated way of checking accuracy of intelligence; indicate Pentagon's use of overwhelming force meant that even when truly military targets were located, civilians were sometimes killed; map; photos (M)

Rethinking Military's Role A top-ranking U.S. general favors changing the law to give the military greater domestic powers to protect against terrorist strikes. PAGE 16 Dancing With Janet Reno When Janet Reno held a dance party in Miami, the fund-raiser for her gubernatorial race became the hottest ticket in South Beach. PAGE 14

Justice Department's ill-received plan to encourage meter readers, truck drivers and other ordinary Americans to report suspicions of terrorism discussed; photos (M)

Tamar Lewin Coping column on scene during intermission at Manhattan's St James Theater, where The Producers is being staged; women no longer wait in line because new ladies' room with 20 stalls was added when theater was renovated; men, whose attendance is higher than at other Broadway plays but whose restroom was left unchanged, do; drawing (M)