Russians, now free to read, shop and travel as they wish, have yet to develop passion for politics and political activism; concerns that political apathy encourages authoritarism discussed (M)

The World; In Russia, Apathy Dims Democracy...

Article on A A Gill, ringleader of pack of sometimes hilarious and brutal British restaurant critics; photos (M)

London Food Critics Have Knives Out for the Chefs

 SPECIAL TODAY  Sticker Shock On College Tuition  With tuition rising to new heights, escalating an average 14 percent at public universities this fall, affordability has become one of the most crucial issues for higher education. Articles on the college cost crisis include five truths about tuition (one is that it is cheaper than one may think), where the money goes and a primer for parents.   EDUCATION LIFE    Progress on a SARS Vaccine  The first human tests of an experimental SARS vaccine could begin as early as January, with researchers making progress toward preventing the respiratory illness, officials say. But one said it was too difficult to predict when a vaccine might be available.   PAGE 13

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Pittsburgh University defeats Virginia Tech University, 31-28; photo (M)

Virginia Tech Falls Prey to Top-10 Mayhem

Behind the Wheel report on Lamborghini's new Gallardo, ultraluxury vehicle that sells for about $160,000; photos (M)

New Direction for an Italian Job

Attorneys general of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut say they are ready to force power plants to make billions of dollars of pollution-control improvements now that Environmental Protection Agency has decided to drop investigations at old coal-fired plants, a major source of air pollution that drifts over Northeast; caution that states have far fewer resources than federal government to battle one of nation's most powerful industries and that they will have to focus their actions against fewer utilities; photos of Connecticut Atty Gen Richard Blumenthal, Democrat, and New York Atty Gen Eliot Spitzer, Democrat (L)

States Planning Own Lawsuits Over Pollution

Fred Kaplan article explains technical problems that resulted in bad original DVD recordings of many great movies; notes that while some films have been remastered, many substandard DVD's remain on store shelves; photos (L)

When Bad DVD's Happen to Great Films

Increasing number of Americans are closely studying company health benefits before accepting new jobs, striking change from late 1990's, when salary and career potential were key issues; Maggie Mateer explains decision to work for Xerox; photo (S)

In Many Recruitment Efforts, Health Benefits Act as Lure

Stark differences between Vietnam and Iraq discussed, as well as key lesson from that war, which is to be clear about reasons for taking Americans onto battlefield; photos (M)

The World: Tunnel Vision; Watching Iraq, Seeing Vietnam

Fluid ways in which Latinos view their racial identities are drawing more attention and fueling national debate over racial classifications, their significance and their usefulness; nation's 38.8 million Hispanics, nearly half of them immigrants, harbor notions of race that are as varied as their Spanish and that often clash with more bipolar views of other Americans; this heterogeneity has stumped Census Bureau; in its 2002 count, 48 percent of Hispanic respondents identified themselves as white, only 2 percent chose black and 42 percent marked box labeled 'some other race'; photos (L)

Going Beyond Black and White, Hispanics in Census Pick 'Other'

Democratic party leaders, strategists and rival campaigns say that Howard Dean has erased questions about his staying power as presidential candidate and forced his rivals to upend their strategies to counter his increasing influence on race; in past week, Dean has lined up two important labor endorsements and become first Democrat to withdraw from public campaign finance system; while Dean has been shaken by attacks on his statement that he wants to be candidate 'for guys with Confederate flags,' he thus far seems to have endured harsh criticism in way that even his competitors say demonstrates resilience of his candidacy and intense loyalty of his supporters (M)

DEAN'S NEW STEPS RESHAPE CONTEST

Steve Linford leads fight against junk e-mail through Spamhaus Project, which compiles dossiers on spammers and addresses of computers they use and makes that information available to Internet service providers so that they can weed spam from subscribers' e-mail boxes; warns that e-mail, which he calls most incredible communication vehicle invented, is on verge of being made useless by spam, which, by some counts, now makes up as much as 80 percent of all e-mail; is considered vigilante by most of marketers that he targets, who say they do no send spam, and the Internet companies he pressures to stop doing business with spammers say he can be too aggressive, but most Internet service providers regard him as best source of information about spammers; photos; Spamhaus's list of 10 most prolific spammers worldwide in November 2003 (L)

Spammers Can Run but They Can't Hide

Gretchen Morgenson column on possibility that anti-investor practices uncovered at some mutual funds could turn investors against whole industry; graph of net stock mutual fund flows (M)

Will Investors Stampede Out of Mutual Funds?

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is rocked by huge explosion in what country's Interior Ministry describes as terrorist attack against residential compound; preliminary figures indicate that 4 people are killed and at least 40 wounded; blast is set off in Nakheel neighborhood in western part of city; photo; map (M)

BLAST SHATTERS HOUSING ENCLAVE IN SAUDI CAPITAL

Milwaukee Bucks defaeat New York Knicks, 90-87; photos (M)

Trying to Get Even, Knicks Are Pushed Back Down

Frank Rich article considers changing views of Pfc Jessica Lynch, American prisoner of war who was rescued from Iraq hospital; holds that NBC movie Saving Jessica Lynch is surprisingly low key; contends that her story can no longer offer comfort of 'happy ending' as war continues and reality of its horrors hits American public; photos (L)

Pfc. Jessica Lynch Isn't Rambo Anymore

Cases in which owners try to evict rent regulated tenants charging their apartments are not their primary residence or that owners want apartments for own use, while only fraction of total New York City housing court caseload, resonate through landlord-tenant legal community and grab disproportionate piece of court calendar; such cases are most prevalent in Manhattan, where rent-stabilized rents are most frequently lower than market rates; some knotty cases noted; photos (M)

The Knottiest Cases Of Landlord v. Tenant

Life's Work column about professional couples who share one well-paying job as solution to work and child care issues; neonatologists Drs Michele and Jonathan Chai, pastors Amy Jacks and Russ Dean and astrophysicists Nicholas McCord Schneider and Erica Ellingson explain schedules; Schneider and Ellingson share tenure-track position at University of Colorado (S)

Sharing a Life, a Family and a Workweek

US attempt to plant seeds of democracy in Iraq discussed as part of Pres Bush's bold appeal for similar radical change throughout Middle East; photo; US faces enormous risk in Iraq, which could be engulfed by chaos if democracy is not accompanied by establishment of political culture willing to abide by ballot box (M)

The World; . . . And in Iraq, Trying to Plant a Seed

Sgt Muhammad Hussein of Israeli army has Israeli, Jewish mother, and Palestinian, Muslim father, Adel Hussein, and he is torn both by their divorce and conflict between his Israeli and Palestinian indentities; he defends Israel against Palestinians while lobbying his government to not to expel his father, who is working illegally in Israel, pretending to be Israeli Arab; photos; map (L)

Between Two Homes and Two Peoples, a Soldier Wanders

Article on debate over delays in releasing film version of Elizabeth Wurtzel's 1994 memoir Prozac Nation, memoir of clinical depression; photo (M)

For Author of 'Prozac Nation,' Delayed Film Is a Downer

Council of New York Cooperatives and Condominiums to offer worships and seminars on issues facing board members at its annual housing conference (S)

POSTINGS: Annual Co-op and Condo Conference; Aiming to Build Better Boards

Federal government typically gives wealthiest private universities, which often serve smallest percentage of low-income students, significantly more financial aid than their struggling counterparts with much greater shares of poor students; Ivy League colleges were given 5 to 8 times median to pay their students in work-study jobs; that is money institutions got directly, to be spent on behalf of needy students; they received 5 to 20 times median amount of grant money to look after everyday needs of their poor students; nation's financial aid officers say imbalances should be wiped away, replaced by system that steers financial aid toward universities that poor students actually attend, rather than those with biggest reputations; table; photos (L)

Rich Colleges Receiving Richest Share of U.S. Aid

The C.I.A. has told Congress it now believes that North Korea has mastered the technology of turning its nuclear fuel into functioning weapons, without having to prove their effectiveness through nuclear tests.   

New C.I.A. Concerns On Korean Weapons

Anemona Hartocollis Coping column describes kitten's ordeal and eventual recovery from mugging by neighborhood tomcat; drawing (M)

Of Tooth And Claw: A Kitten Gets Mugged

Arthur William Matthew Carney was an American actor and comedian. A recipient of an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and six Primetime Emmy Awards, he was best known for his role as Ed Norton on the sitcom The Honeymooners (1955–1956).

Art Carney, American actor and comedian (born 1918)

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Gordon Onslow Ford was one of the last surviving members of the 1930s Paris surrealist group surrounding André Breton.

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Virginia Tech Falls Prey to Top-10 Mayhem

New Direction for an Italian Job

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Measure Of A Man

As Time Goes By ... The Great American Songbook Vol. II

The Very Best Of The Eagles

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Notable Deaths

Historical Context for November 9, 2003

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The World; In Russia, Apathy Dims Democracy...

London Food Critics Have Knives Out for the Chefs

INSIDE

Virginia Tech Falls Prey to Top-10 Mayhem

New Direction for an Italian Job

Measure Of A Man

As Time Goes By ... The Great American Songbook Vol. II

The Very Best Of The Eagles

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Chicken*N*Beer

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for November 9, 2003

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