Articles from New York Times Upfront (December 13, 2002)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A riddle wrapped in an enigma: North Korea is an isolated, poor, and cultish society. Its recent attempts to reform have been stymied--not least by its admission that it has a nuclear-weapons program.	French, Howard W.	Illustration	2701
Branching out. (Q&A).	Coco, Paul	Interview	203
Cell culture. (International).	Lyall, Sarah	Illustration	268
Countdown Iraq.		Chronology	904
Deep sea time bomb? (Photo).			104
Democrats not fractured. (letters).	Prabhakar, Rahul		103
Don't take the fun out of youth sports. (voices).	Dalla, Narissa		380
Drawing on the news.		Brief Article	120
Graph exercise: while its people face famine, North Korea's military feasts.		Illustration	373
Ketchup class. (Business).			96
No "Under God" in Pledge. (letters).	Cochran, Jessica		67
Quotes.			340
Scholarships: when B's, not need, are enough: at least a dozen states offer merit scholarships to keep bright students from leaving. Should financial aid go to well-off families? (education times).	Winter, Greg		1604
Secret warriors: female soldiers in the Civil War: eager for adventure, or to accompany their husbands, hundreds of women assumed male identities and marched into battle. (times past).	McCollum, Sean		1359
Should the death penalty apply to juveniles? The Supreme Court refused to hear a case challenging the death penalty for minors. The issue remains unresolved. (opinion).			554
Teens just say no to sex (really). (Society).	Zack, Ian		128
The New Elvis? From Cultural Enemy to mainstream megastar: Eminem takes rap into America's living rooms and onto the big screen. (arts).	Rich, Frank	Biography	1138
The new shape of civil liberties: in the post-9/11 world, Americans are under more scrutiny and surveillance than ever before. How far should civil-liberties protections be bent to prevent terrorism?	Vilbig, Peter		1997
The Un-uniformed. (Education).	Zernike, Kate		116
Upfront quiz show.		Illustration	339