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Communist Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin's scheduled visit to Washington, D.C., this fall will be the first time a Chinese head of state has come to the White House since [...]

If Superintendent Peter Horoschak had his way, most of the sixth graders who entered the middle school in Maplewood, N.J., this month would truly be on the same page. Last [...]

From the infamous Dutch tulip hysteria of the 17th century to the Great Depression to the dot-com crash, wild bouts of speculation have occasionally inflated big fat financial bubbles that [...]

Earlier this year, the Bush administration requested $1.3 billion, or a first installment, for the ''Millennium Challenge Account,'' the president's plan to increase foreign aid to unprecedented levels. When combined [...]

Last month, a quartet of academics published ''What's Wrong With the Rorschach?'' -- attacking a test administered to more than a million people worldwide each year. According to recent surveys [...]

Mathematics is one academic subject that would seem to reside in a world of universality, protected from competing opinions by the objectivity of its laws. But the real universal law [...]

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky's ''Nutcracker'' will be performed on stages from small towns to the New York City Ballet this month -- and in ''literally hundreds of productions around the world,'' [...]

The United American Indians of New England are preparing for their 33rd annual ''National Day of Mourning'' near Plymouth Rock this week. Hundreds are expected to protest on Thanksgiving, according [...]

The recent cases of Michael Kopper, the Enron book-cooker, and John Walker Lindh, the Taliban fellow-traveler, both ended with a practice that, according to Stephen Schulhofer, an N.Y.U. law professor, [...]

Points out that William Loeb, the publisher of the "Manchester Union Leader" had greatly influenced the course of politics in New Hampshire until his death in 1981. "Union Leader" as the only daily newspaper in the state; Impact of Loeb's editorials on politics in New Hampshire and in the whole U.S.; Loeb's appeal to the working-class populism of Manchester's ethnic Democrats.

Focuses on the inequities persistent among congressional employees in the U.S. Information on an equal pay bill for federal employees; View that blacks and Hispanics are recruited for political reasons, but their participation in actual policy development has increased negligibly; Reference to a Supreme Court case which upheld employee's constitutional right of due process, but sidestepped Congress's repeated failure to include itself under its own employment statutes.

Place you virtual bets. By the year 2000, according to conservative estimates, online gambling will be an $8-$10 billion business. About 20 sites already offer live, online betting on casino [...]

The decision by the board to refuse permission to sing christmas carols in the name of secularism in schools is criticized. All religions and cultures are claimed to be honored, but the secular institutions teach nothing about them to the children, and it is believed that no amount of studying the history, traditions and celebrations of religions can equal the hearing of songs of all faiths, which bring enlightenment.

WHO SAYS ELEPHANTS CAN'T DANCE? Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround. By Louis V. Gerstner Jr. 372 pp. New York: Harper Business. $27.95. AMERICAN commerce has taken so many turns in the [...]

IN JULY OF 1997, A STRANGE CASE walked through the door of Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker's office on Maryland's Eastern Shore. 'This fellow had been waterskiing for about an hour on [...]

Reports on the battle of liquor manufacturers with a legislative proposal to label alcoholic drinks with health warnings in the U.S. Reliance of the industry on legislators to beat back an influential label lobby; Complaint of the opponents of the bill that the sector is overtaxed; Lawsuits filed by the parents of some disabled children against alcohol manufacturers claiming that they should have warned them about fetal alcohol syndrome.

Reports that led largely by members from Southwestern states, congressional alliance Coin Coalition, has introduced a legislation to mint a gold-colored copper dollar bearing the likeness of Christopher Columbus. Proposal in the legislation for phasing out the paper bill three years after the metallic version debuts; Attachment of the public to the U.S. Treasury's premier piece of paper; View that the American public prefer an all-paper currency system.

Provides information on the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). Description of the reserve; Background on the reserve; Proposal to lease the NPR-A.

Discusses the involvement of lawyers Eric MacLeish and Robert Sherman in child molestation cases filed against priests in the United States. Information on MacLeish and Sherman; Case of Greg Ford; Concern among church supporters who concede some level of institutional wrongdoing.

Discusses the scientific and anthropological origins of color perception and the naming of colors. Consideration of the theories about color developed throughout history; How culture impacts the categorizing of colors; Development of many words that signify one color in languages such as Hungarian and Navajo; Examination of the naming of colors by the Berinmo tribe of Papua, New Guinea; Comparison of theories of universality and relativity; Research on color by Debi Roberson at the University of Essex.

Discusses the Rorschach exam, which asks subjects to speculate about ink blots. Test that is interpreted to diagnose mental illness, predict violent behavior, and reveal suppressed trauma; Criticism of the test; Critics who feel that the test lacks accurate norms to serve as benchmarks for comparing sick and healthy patients; Questions concerning the reliability of the test; Critics who believe that none of the scores are scientifically valid; Arguments of those in support of the test; Profile of Hermann Rorschach; History of the test; Details of the test.

Profiles composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky. How Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker' is performed all across the United States during the holiday season; Statement that Tchaikovsky was gay and questioning whether listeners can hear homosexuality in his music; How Tchaikovsky prompts arguments among people who appreciate music; View that Tchaikovsky received scant regard until the late 20th century; Tchaikovsky's inability to master some music composition forms.

Discusses the process of identifying and recognizing American Indian tribes. Criteria that a tribe needs to meet to be recognized; Massachusetts Wampanoag descendants who are looking for recognition; Ability to operate casinos as a benefit of being a recognized tribe; Tribal sovereignty that is complicating efforts to prevent too many casinos from being built.

Discusses the use of plea bargains in the U.S. judicial system. The general public regarding plea bargaining as too lenient; The conflict of interest problem between court-appointed offenders and prosecutors over the plea bargain; Plea bargaining as an outgrowth of late-19th-century industrialization; Other countries' explicit adoption of American-style plea bargaining. INSET: Game Theory for the Defense.

Deals with the alleged fakes made by Jacques Cousteau, a French explorer, on his films. How the accusations has started; How the Marine Conservation Biology defended Cousteau; Sentiments of oceanographers.

Deals with Sierra Club's debate over immigration. Details on the Sierra Club's policy disputes over the issue; Reasons for the sensitivity of the immigration issue for the Club; Details on the population growth in the United States according to the Census Bureau; Other environmental groups that support the immigration control.

Describes the content of several prison-oriented Web sites. Sites that focus on Pelican Bay State Prison in California, Tattoos; John Gotti; Political prisoners of the far left; Charles Manson; Prison art.

Examines the lifestyle of Guinea Appolos, who lives in San Francisco, California in a converted school bus. Illegality of parking bus-homes on the street; The details of the bus, such as built-in closets and a sink; Bus dwellers seeking a permanent lot from the city.

Discusses the California Legislature's restricting restaurants' use of raw foods. Salmonella and E. coli fears; The rules that apply to the Caesar salad; A related bill introduced by California Assemblywoman, Carole Migden.

Interviews author Edwin Black about the practice of law in the U.S. Key lawyers and judges in the eugenics enterprise; Background on the Buck versus Bell case; Nullification and prohibition of marriage in the country; Details of how opthalmology was used as a legal surrogate for race targeting.

Reports on the reopening of the St. Thomas School of Law with the help of University of Notre Dame School of Law Dean David Link. Career background of Link; Information on St. Thomas School of Law; Mission of the law school.

The article presents a background profile of U.S. Judge Harold Baer. For forcing inmates to wear more than one pair of shackles during travel, he fined New York City, and he ordered the state to widen the space between the prison beds to six feet. The mayor's office, he ruled, could not limit the number of protesters on the steps of City Hall.

Interviews lawyers Mark Tuohey and Ray Hutchison of Vinson & Elkins about a deal regarding the Texas Rangers baseball team. Challenges faced on the deal; Information on baseball financing; Search for a new owner of the team.

Interviews African American lawyer Timothy Lewis, mediator, arbitrator, and litigator of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about his efforts in defending indigents against racial profiling. Information on a report of Lewis on racial profiling; Experiences in racial profiling; Family background of Lewis.

Presents an interview with lawyer Kenneth Feinberg, special master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. Views on his job as special master; Amount of compensation awards scheduled for release in August 2002; Comments on gauging the success of the compensation fund.

Focuses on the proposed anonymity in campaign contributions in the U.S in 2001. Features of the proposal; Organizations that will spend less on candidates.