CD-ROManticism and Computer Classicism
Date: 28 January 1999
By ALISON ZIMBALIST
Alison ZIMBALIST
Students assess the many benefits and drawbacks of reproducing works of art, such as sculpture and paintings, on CD-ROMs and on the Internet, as well as learn about art history via these computer technologies. Students imagine that they are creating their own art history CD-ROM as motivation for Web research and evaluation of different art periods and movements, and critique the use of reproduced artwork on the Internet and CD-ROMs to learn about art and art history.
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CD-ROManticism and Computer Classicism
Date: 28 January 1999
By ALISON ZIMBALIST
Alison ZIMBALIST
Students assess the many benefits and drawbacks of reproducing works of art, such as sculpture and paintings, on CD-ROMs and on the Internet, as well as learn about art history via these computer technologies. Students imagine that they are creating their own art history CD-ROM as motivation for Web research and evaluation of different art periods and movements, and critique the use of reproduced artwork on the Internet and CD-ROMs to learn about art and art history.
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World Bank Cuts Off Loans to 2 Brazilian States
Date: 29 January 1999
By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO
Diana SCHEMO
World Bank freezes $209 million in development loans to two Brazilian states locked in economic war with central Government, Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul; move is clear bid to support beleaguered Government of Pres Fernando Henrique Cardoso; Itamar Franco, governor of Minas Gerais, set off crisis by suspending payments on $13.5 billion of debt to federal government for 90 days; Gov Olivo Dutra of Rio Grande do Sul is paying his state's debt into escrow account; two staet governments claim they inherited deficit-ridden administrations after elections last October (M)
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At UConn, He Spins, Sparkles, Scores
Date: 29 January 1999
By JUDY BATTISTA
Judy BATTISTA
Profile of and interview with University of Connecticut basketball player Khalid El-Amin; photo (M)
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Barney's Ends Its Bankruptcy Proceeding
Date: 29 January 1999
Barney's Inc completes reorganization and emerges from two years of bankruptcy protection (S)
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Man Admits Controlling Loan Shark Rackets
Date: 29 January 1999
Joseph Gatto, 54-year-old Hawthorne man who Federal prosecutors contend is head of Bergen County arm of Genovese crime family, pleads guilty to running orgn's loan-sharking and illegal gambling operations for about three years (S)
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H.I.V. Peril and Rising Drug Use
Date: 29 January 1999
By KEVIN SACK
Kevin SACK
AIDS caseworkers, doctors and therapists in cities around nation voice growing concern about connections between HIV infection and use of recreational drugs; say use of inhibition-relaxing drugs is compounding another alarming trend: some gay men have grown disturbingly complacent about safe sex in recent years; say they are lulled by news of new drug therapies that have shown remarkable success in controlling HIV before it progresses into full-blown AIDS; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report says complacency caused by medical advances and improved HIV drugs are at least partly responsible for increase in risky sexual behavior among gay men; because states are required to collect data on AIDS but not on HIV, it is unknown whether HIV is on rise among gay men; photo (M)
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Stock Mutual Fund Deposits Remained Light Last Month
Date: 29 January 1999
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr
Richard OPPEL
Investment Company Institute says mutual fund investors remained relatively unimpressed in December with stock market's sharp rebound, pouring just $3.4 billion into stock funds even as market continued steady climb back from its late-summer selloff; officials say January is shaping up much better (M)
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A Hot Player, and It Isn't Duval: Leonard Leads
Date: 29 January 1999
By CLIFTON BROWN
Clifton BROWN
Justin Leonard leads after first round of Phoenix Open (S)
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A generation shaped by digital media presents fresh marketing challenges, a study finds.
Date: 29 January 1999
By Jane L. Levere
Jane Levere
Study by Saatchi & Saatchi suggests that to effectively reach youngest generation of Americans, whose lives are being shaped by digital media, marketers must deliver smarter, more sophisticated messages and build brands with them rather than for them; Saatchi says digital media serve several functions for 80 million Americans born since 1977, largest generation in nation's history (M)
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