August 7, 2002

Article on severe shortage of dentists in rural America, in places like Gregory, South Dakota, where Dr Donald E Nemer, 70, would like to retire but cannot find anyone to take over his thriving practice; photo; map; South Dakota has one dentist for every 2,359 people, compared with one per 1,714 people nationally, and one for every 1,254 in New York State; Nemer himself has 4,000-5,000 active patients; US has 166,383 dentists, up from 150,762 in 1991, but there are critical shortages in Plains, Northern New England and fast-growing suburbs of Southwest (M)

Lucian K Truscott IV article on how he and his wife prepare chicken with two vinegars, dish they ate in France, for their young children; recipe; drawings (M)

R W Apple on article on bouillabaisse prepared as it is prepared at restaurants in and around Marseille; recipes; photos (M)

New York Giants rookie tight end Jeremy Shockey proves in training camp and preseason game that he plays more like veteran; photo (M)

Mining company Anglo American PLC, which is confronted with crushing AIDS burden in Africa, says that it will begin supplying life-prolonging drugs to all its employees who are HIV positive; Anglo is a world leading in gold, platinum and diamond mining and one of Africa's largest private employers; Anglo, which for more than year had given mixed signals on issue, apparently decides it has no choice but to treat its workers, although it stops short of agreeing to treat their dependents (M)