October 20, 2002

Selena Roberts Sports of The Times column discusses Maine University football coach Jack Cosgrove, who is waging public campaign to clear names of players Paris Minor and Stefan Gomes, accused of raping woman and subsequently suspended from team; photos (M)

Tiger Woods says he was surprised to find himself lightning rod in divisive issue over admission of women to Augusta National Golf Club, home of Masters tournament; Woods, interviewed at Walt Disney Golf Classic, denies steering clear of political controversy for fear of harming his financial interests; calls on both sides to work out compromise; critics insist that Woods, whose father is black and mother Thai, has obligation to speak out against discrimination; others, like fellow golfer David Duval, says Woods is 26 years old and should be left alone to play golf; photos; chronology of athletes who have found themselves at center of controversial social issues (M)

Notre Dame University defeats US Air Force Academy, 21-14; photo (M)

Anemona Hartocollis Coping column on loss of security she and other shoppers at Home Depot in Brooklyn feel since latest Beltway sniper attack, at Home Depot in Falls Church, Va; drawing (M)

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Bush administration will scrap 1994 arms control accord with North Korea that has provided Western energy aid in return for North's promise to freeze development of nuclear weapons; North Korea has admitted pursuing covert nuclear program; White House has debated ending accord, although some aides warn step could to lead to even more nuclear violations; will caution North not to remove material under international supervision at Yongbyon reactor site; immediate effect is halting of annual shipments of 500,000 tons of fuel, as US demands North abandon all nuclear weapons programs or face near-total economic isolation; US will also urge South Korea and Japan to suspend multibillion-dollar project to provide modern nuclear power to North; photo of US envoy James A Kelly; some officials fear tempting North Koreans into rapid breakout on producing weapons, but Pres Bush believes Clinton administration accord is fatally flawed (M)

Seven restaurant and management experts offer ideas on how McDonalds can stem decline of sales, profits and share price; they are Wolfgang Puck, Alex M Susskind, Michael Hammer, Allen J Bernstein, Anthony M Maramarco and Jennifer Baum; photos; graph (M)

Iraqi leaders confronting possibility of new war with US seem convinced that, this time, world is on their side; Saddam Hussein's inner circle has also taken heart from US inability to win UN backing for resolution threatening military action, in contrast to 1991 when more than 30 nations joined coalition to trounce Iraqi occupation forces in Kuwait; Iraqi leaders say France and Russia are proving 'friendship' for Iraq; Iraqis also believe they have deftly manipulated world opinion with claims that 1.7 million people have died because of UN sanctions; Hussein, whose rambling inaugural speech features theme of American isolation, may have to struggle to grasp reality of outside world, given his personal isolation and fondness for compliant voices (M)

Jamie Malinowski article on 33-year-old Dylan Kidd, who has written and directed his first feature film, Roger Dodger; photo (M)

Article on New York City's Lower East Side, where generations-old Jewish businesses have been replaced by sleek bistros and boutiques; while neighborhood has changed, its economy remains strong; interest in Lower East Side's place in Jewish heritage is exploding, evidenced by competing walking tours, new books about its history and increased attendance at Lower East Side Tenement Museum; photos (M)

Article on increasing arrogance and rudeness by personal assistants, hair stylists, unemployed screenwriters and other small fry in Hollywood; drawing (M)

Article on late-night partying subculture that has developed among young, mostly single and childless Wall Street workers who are coasting on savings, generous severance packages and unemployment checks; photo (M)