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The article presents extraordinary experiences faced by various middle-aged women in the U.S. Araceli Lopez ensures that illegal aliens cannot enter the country by being a border patrol agent in South Texas. Susan Solomon, on the other hand, spreads to the world about climate change with her profession as an atmospheric scientist in Boulder, Colorado. Beth Myers balances her role as a campaign manager for Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and her role as a mother.

Discusses the trend toward consulting chiropractors among the New York City elite. Patients' testimonies; Popularity of chiropractors due to patients' disillusionment with traditional medicine; Chiropractors Douglas Seckendorf, Karen Erickson and Lawrence DeMann.

Addresses the problem of shoplifting by women in the U.S. Physiological explanation for shoplifting; Excuses made by women who shoplift; Medications for shoplifters.

Focuses on doctors in New York City. Number of doctors in the city; Tips on finding doctors in New York City; Significance of a securing a doctor-patient relationship. INSETS: Dr. Philip Gutin;CASTLE CONNOLLY GUIDES;Dr. Robin Herbert;Dr. Florida Olivieri

Features several pediatricians in the United States. Laura Popper; Paula Prezioso; Danielle Laraque; Medical practice; Career background.

The article profiles the Cable Network News (CNN) anchor Judy Woodruff in the U.S. A journalist for 30 years with the last seven at CNN, Woodruff is far more accustomed to asking questions than answering them. Chief Washington correspondent at PBS Robert MacNeil depicts that Woodruff has one of the kindest, most generous spirits of anyone in the business. He adds that she is smart and tough but she is extremely nice about it.

Focuses on the fast-growing market of senior computer buyers in the United States. Use for housebound senior citizens; Applicability for online billing, family communication and electronic health management; Considerations in cognition/perception decline in web site designs for senior citizens; Tips in software/Web site selections Internet usage.

Portrays Manhattan in New York City, New York as a haven for parents who desire to give their kids the best environment. Advantages of raising children in Manhattan; Mother and child friendly establishments; Education opportunities; Idea of extended families; Cultural opportunities offered by the community.

Focuses on the popularity of massage therapy in New York City as of 1998. Change in the concept of massage as the perquisite of the privileged; Increase in the numbers of working people who view massage as a necessary expense; Increase in the numbers of suppliers to meet the increasing demand; Provision of massage as an employee perquisite in some companies. INSET: The lowdown on rubdowns.

Presents a 1996 salary survey of people in the greater New York City area. Methods of the survey; Those involved; Assertion that tax brackets make strange bedfellows; Burlesque dancer earning as much as a choreographer; Benefits of being self-employed; Opinions on having money.

Presents the findings of a survey conducted by `Ladies' Home Journal,' concerning its baby boomer readers' opinion on various topics. Actors and actresses; Television show; Lifestyle; Idea of the perfect day and evening; Happiest day; Most admired men and women; Growing old; Appearance; Age; Fantasies; Source of stress; Most- and least-trusted groups; Goals; Respondents' demographics.

Addresses the problem of employee tardiness in the U.S. Explanations for tardiness; Amount of productivity loss in U.S. businesses due to tardiness, according to the Census Bureau and the Department of Commerce; Impact of cellular phones on punctuality.

Features several search engines in New York City. Services offered by Citysearch.com; Delivery of organic foods and alcoholic beverages through Peapod.com; Overview of YourGrocer.com. INSET: WANTED: MARY POPPINS.

Discusses the results of a `TV Guide' poll focusing on religion and prime time television in the United States. The desire to see more attention given to religous subjects; The rating of which of the Ten Commandments is most often violated on prime time television; The belief that there has been a decline in the recognition of religous issues in prime time in the mid-1990's.

Reports on the efforts of hospitals in the U.S. to pirate "star" doctors from competing institutions. Pressure to fill hospital beds; Growing competition among medical institutions; Turnover rate of doctors.

Reports on a rider in the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) which require United States patients' medical information to be used solely for treatment and billing purposes unless they sign a release. Impact of the provision on hospital development executives; Legal ramifications of the provision; Results of the Mount Sinai's survey of the HIPAA provision.

Focuses on the nationwide shortage of radiologists and anesthesiologists in the U.S. History of medical specialties in the U.S.; Increase in the number of primary care physicians in the 1990s; Description of the subspecialty and residency practices of medical students.

Focuses on the issues with the changes in the health care system in the U.S. Impetus to the shortage of primary-care physicians; Decline in the quality of hospital care; Implications for addressing the flaws in the health care system.

Focuses on the factors influencing the growth of suburban hospitals in New York. Services provided by the hospitals; Use of high-technology equipment; Expertise of medical personnel.

Features former Texas Governor Ann Richards. Background on her political career; Information on her personal challenges; Efforts done to address her problems with osteopenia.

Focuses on the setting of the cost of a visit by doctors in the U.S. Placement of a value on self in relation to other doctors; Charge of doctors one hundred times the price of a pizza slice; Cue of physicians from the insurance trade.

Addresses the issue of medical errors in the United States. Rate of medical error occurrences in the country; Steps that should be taken by patients and doctors to minimize the risks of medical errors.

Presents information on several teaching hospitals in New York City that offer affordable cosmetic surgery. Reasons for the affordability of cosmetic surgery in teaching hospitals; Prices of reconstructive surgical procedures; Public opinion on the affordability and expertise of cosmetic surgery in teaching hospitals.

Profiles Alexandra Lebenthal, chief executive officer of Lebenthal & Co. at the Wall Street in New York, New York. Work and family life; Role in developing family-friendly programs; Context of the Employee Phase Back program. INSET: SMALL BUSINESS HONOR ROLL..

Focuses on the strategy by young doctors, on signing on with health management organizations in New York, to jumpstart their careers. Networking activities; Concerns on losing patients as a result of the strategy; Insurance issues.

Focuses on a television programs for the pre-teen audience in the United States. How the programs cater to the issues and interests of the 9-to 13-year-old group; Shows such as 'Caitlin's Way,' 'Bug Juice: Camp Highlander,' 'Even Stevens,' and 'SClub 7.'

Profiles celebrity Ann-Margret Olsson. Information on her entertainment show at the Moon River Theater in Branson, Missouri; Background on her accident at Lake Tahoe; Contentment of being a stepmother to the children of her husband Roger Smith.

Presents the predicament of United States doctors regarding the demand for Cipro, an antibiotic used to treat anthrax. Hysteria regarding the spread of anthrax; Concerns on writing prescriptions for Cipro; Possible effects of self-medicating.

Presents an article describing a family outing to a carnival in the U.S.

Presents information on several motion pictures in the United States. `Babe: Pig in the City'; `You've Got Mail'; `Prince of Egypt.'