The Royal Academy of Arts’ Choice Cuts in London
WITH prices for fine art continuing to set dizzying records, it’s safe to predict that the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London will be a rousing success. British artists from Sir... Helsinki’s Shining Season
“THIS reminds me of ‘La Grande Jatte,’ ” my wife, Betsey, said one sunny day, watching the blondes, male and female, soaking up the rays on the grassy, flower-flecked central strip that divides the... A Balkan Border Dispute Is Nonviolent but Nettlesome
SECOVLJE, Slovenia, or PLOVANIJA, Croatia, July 14 — Even in a very small country like Slovenia, population under two million, you would not expect a matter of customs duties on a washing machine to... Diplomats Seek Foreign Patrols for Mideast
JERUSALEM, July 17 — Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain and Secretary General Kofi Annan of the United Nations called Monday for an international force in southern Lebanon to end the fighting... Change to the Turf Offers Horse a Chance to Show Off
They have been linked since spring, two colts who shared the same owners and were undefeated when they entered the starting gate for the Kentucky Derby. A photo even showed them running side by side... Frustration Builds as Rookie Truex Goes Round and Round
LOUDON, N.H., July 17 — Like any rookie in any racing series, Martin Truex Jr. is spending his first year as a Nascar Nextel Cup driver building what he likes to call a notebook. The things he learns... Bonds and Legal Case Coming to Life
SAN FRANCISCO, July 17 — In the first inning Sunday, a few moments after he climbed the dugout steps into the sunshine, Barry Bonds turned toward the fans standing and cheering him from the... Playing for Fun, and Little Else, on Football’s Edge
It was just another night in the football career of Virginia Leon. Ice packs were wrapped around an elbow and a knee; a heating pad lay on a hip. Then her husband looked her over and decided he could... All Smiles as Shuttle Ends a Nearly Perfect Mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 17 — With a distinctive double sonic boom and a whooshing glide to the ground, the space shuttle Discovery landed safely Monday morning, ending a nearly flawless 13-day... The Quest for the $1,000 Human Genome
As part of an intensive effort to develop a new generation of machines that will sequence DNA at a vastly reduced cost, scientists are decoding a new human genome — that of James D. Watson, the...