neither organization paid for the items , but got them under a new york city program that gives away surplus office furniture and supplies to nonprofit community groups .
i once saved a thousand dollars : i found 52 gallons of paint no one wanted .
some goods are acquired by other city agencies , but the rest are available to nonprofit groups .
community groups can make an appointment to view and tag items in the warehouse .
but there is no guarantee that the goods will be there two days later .
once a group takes an item , it is theirs - we take no returns .
appointments must be made for both viewing and pickup .
unfortunately , no one in her immediate family was a good enough match to be a donor , and she died .
although there is no way to bring back this special child , there is now a way i can honor her generous spirit .
thus far , 15000 people have signed up to be possible donors .
i carefully considered the time and risks involved .
i certainly would not want to chicken out after being told i was a good match for someone .
most potential transplant patients are under 30 ; about a third are children .
without a transplant , fewer than 20 percent of such patients survive .
donors must be healthy adults under 55 years of age .
in another laboratory test , some of your white blood cells may also be combined with those of the patient to see if they attack each other .
you will be told why the patient needs a transplant , what the patient will go through , what you will go through as a donor and what risks you may face .
then , if all systems are go , you will be asked to sign an intent to donate form .
a date can then be set for the transplant .
at this point , there is no turning back .
half the donors go home the same day ; the rest spend a night in the hospital .
a generation later , what lessons have we learned , and how are they relevant to what we're doing now ?
i think in many ways 1968 was the end of innocence - the death of hope .
there's no question that television was instrumental in helping to bring about the end of all those things .
we understood that we were part of the story , not just reporting the story , and it seems to me that that's part of the legacy of the extraordinary year of 1968 .
how often do you have a chance to look at a year where so many issues were raised so seriously and to think about how they matter and where they fit now in our lives ?
those choices are going to be made again .
whatever else , you won't easily forget this one .
so , too , with the popular songs he uses in his plays .
it recorded a record trade surplus of $ 19 billion last year .
copper futures prices plunged yesterday to their lowest levels in more than a month on profit taking and computerized selling , but analysts remained optimistic about the metal .
still , supplies are low , the analyst said , and demand has not eased .
the key remains the direction of the economy .
the west german economy slowed in 1987 to its lowest growth rate in five years , with almost no expansion in the last three months , official figures released today confirmed .
according to the federal statistics office , west germany's gross national product - the total output of goods and services - grew 1.7 percent last year , compared with 2.5 percent in 1986 .
some economists have predicted that this year's growth would fall below 1.5 percent , the low end of the last government forecast .
the figures are adjusted for inflation but remain subject to revision after all the latest data are in .
according to the agency , the rate of growth in private and public consumption in west germany fell , along with investment in construction .
on that basis , mr. holder said , west germany's imports rose an estimated 5 percent last year while exports rose 2.4 percent .
as examples , he mentioned the possibility of letting shops stay open later , lifting the state monopoly in telecommunications and cutting some taxes .
michigan consolidated is also to be traded on the new york stock exchange .
the international business machines corporation holds about a quarter of the market .
dr. james a. lake of university of california in los angeles who conducted the genetic study , said the results were not quite what he had expected , but were determined by computer analysis of a great deal of data .
but the conclusions are a matter of some dispute .
some evolution specialists consider the work important and original .
when floyd hall became the chairman and chief executive of the grand union company in 1984 , it was his first job as a supermarket executive .
now it seems that mr. hall will remain in the supermarket business .
but he said in a statement that grand union's management , policies , procedures and strategies would not change .
he did not earn a degree , but he is a graduate of the advanced management training program at harvard university .
when he arrived , the company had just posted a $ 115 million loss and had shed 400 stores .
mr. hall is credited with bringing stability and a new direction to the company , which turned profitable after his first year and has been showing earnings since .
last year a state monitoring team tried , and barely got in the door .
i don't know what they have , nor do i care , mr. clark said of that team's report .
they weren't permitted into the building .
amid a national debate over the country's troubled urban schools , education secretary william j. bennett has held him up as an example of what strong leadership can accomplish .
what joe clark has mainly achieved - order in his building and some improvement in test scores - has been accomplished in part by removing hundreds of failing students passed on by other paterson schools .
then last month , he banned some 60 students .
the school board , once entirely appointed , had three new elected members .
and mr. clark had been in charge for six years .
he was ordered to take the students back .
but mr. clark can be hard to pin down when it comes to details .
when he banned the students last month , he described them in various ways , but would not identify them or release their records .
the school board did not learn who they were until weeks later .
but many are from families where both parents work .
one of those students is 18-year-old george pierce .
how would you feel if you came home and your child was in bed crying because he was put out ?
her husband is a shipping manager .
but i feel that i'm a taxpayer and my son deserves to go to school .
i can't tell you he was a brilliant student .
but you can't look at the ones with the bad grades and just kick them out .
according to state law , everyone is entitled to a public education until age 21 .
mr. clark says now that those who left in 1982 signed themselves out .
he also said of the students , they were given an alternative mode of education .
as the state monitoring team reported , paterson has no comprehensive alternative education program .
people don't want to know the answer .
who cares about minority kids getting an education ?
state officials include paterson among nine school districts on the verge of educational bankruptcy .
in addition , officials say , the district suffers from poor management .
the monitoring team reported inadequate data on everything from the budget to curriculum to test scores .
about 100 students take the test each year .
if you want to be the star , get your own school .
but they can come in here and say : this man wants something for me .
and the problems there , some officials say , may have been the reason paterson school officials allowed him a free hand .
the most important thing for us is to educate all our children .
the law says you're allowed to be in school until you're 21 years old .
at a meeting with agency heads last year , mr. cuomo had called on each one to submit ideas for limiting spending .
it's a state of mind we have to work on .
for the next fiscal year , it had requested more than $ 2.6 billion .
officials of the state university said they had no comment on the governor's remarks .
he did not cite specific programs .
the regents are elected by the state legislature and are beyond the control of the governor .
repeatedly , mr. cuomo has criticized the regents , saying that he is not sure they have obtained sufficient results given the huge increase in state aid he has given them .
despite these concerns , most chinese and american authorities on taiwan said that they expected all sides to exercise restraint and that after a period of uncertainty taiwan would resume its political stability and rapid economic growth .
embassy in taiwan and now director of studies at the council on foreign relations .
he will also be in the inner circle but is not considered a strong leader .
but federated said that mr. trump , in his filing with the justice department , had indicated that he might buy 15 percent or more of the company's common stock .
federated said that it did not know whether mr. trump owned any federated stock or how many shares , if any , he might seek to acquire .
mr. trump could not be reached at his new york office , and federated executives in new york and cincinnati would not elaborate on the announcement .
that matched the stake of interstate properties , a new jersey developer .
mr. trump said tuesday that he might halt construction because the resorts board had rejected his offer to buy all of the class a stock .
the nation's oil production dropped 4.5 percent last year to the lowest level since 1977 , the american petroleum institute reported today .
at the same time , demand rose 1.8 percent , nearly twice as high as expected , according to the institute , the oil industry's leading trade group .
oil has been a key factor in the huge trade deficits .
the 1987 production decline was the second consecutive one and analysts expressed concern about the trend .
lower prices have discouraged exploration and production , while encouraging greater consumption .
although the latest figures were not unexpected , many analysts are expressing fears about the trend of the past two years .
we're moving back to the position we found ourselves in in the 1970's .
consumption is rising in europe and elsewhere , as well as in the united states , and the outlook for higher production at current prices remains grim .
some analysts are concerned about the national security implications of depending on imports for such a high proportion of the nation's oil needs .
for the first eight months of last year , arab members of opec sold only 1.1 million barrels of oil to the united states , providing only about 17 percent of american imports .
instead , school districts will be rewarded for improvement with increased discretion in the use of these funds .
our educational portfolio must also reflect greater emphasis on expanding the learning opportunities for our youngest children .
expand its efforts to recruit and graduate qualified students without regard to their economic means or ethnic background .
substantial base support will allow the university to maintain the quality of its undergraduate programs without a tuition increase .
these programs currently rank among the best offered by public undergraduate institutions in the nation ...
new facilities will be designed or built for lehman , queens , staten island and york colleges while comprehensive rehabilitation will begin at brooklyn college .
new york cannot have a secure economic future without investing in a trained and skilled work force .
it is critical that we eliminate any hint of racial bias in the criminal justice system .
it also reflects changes in state sentencing laws , which have increased the punishment imposed on violent and repeat offenders ... .
last year we enacted legislation which authorized prison construction from deposits in the infrastructure trust fund .
hazardous waste recommendation program .
as noted elsewhere in this message , it will also provide for that segment of our population most in need , the thousands of families who are homeless .
as a first step , i am proposing a major expansion of the housing trust fund , to be used for the construction and rehabilitation of affordable rental housing units .
this will insure that these units will remain affordable to the low-income and elderly new yorkers for whom they were built ... .
our commitment to improving the quality and availability of mental health services in this state remains strong .
we will also improve the quality of treatment in both institutional and community settings .
i am committed to the expansion of recent welfare employment initiatives .
in addition , this budget provides additional funding for innovative new employment efforts .
for those who cannot work - children , the elderly and the disabled - we must provide adequate income support .
among my highest priorities is to insure effective supervision and administration of child abuse prevention and protection services .
these funds insure an overall expansion of day care availability .
this budget recommends more than $ 130 million in emergency shelter expenditures to meet the immediate needs of the rapidly growing homeless population .
these families need permanent , affordable housing , and we must develop a strategy for getting them there .
designed as an alternative to the welfare hotels , these new shelters are not the permanent answer .
but they will provide services which are necessary to prepare families for successful placement in permanent housing .
many people in this state do not have adequate health insurance coverage .
because so many factors contribute to this situation , there are no simple solutions .
however , the provision of adequate health care now , especially for our children , will benefit us all in the future .
for this reason , i am proposing to expand medicaid coverage .
finally , families with income up to 125 percent of the poverty level will be able to purchase subsidized health insurance for their children .
one is the practice of manufacturing products in the united states with imported parts and materials - an approach that became widespread in this decade .
this is still very high , although the low value of the dollar against other major currencies is indeed increasing exports sharply by making american goods purchased abroad less expensive .
imports are strong in part because the weaker dollar allows american companies to increase their domestic production and to export more .
american companies are sticking with these imported supplies even though they have become more costly in dollar terms .
for their part , many businessmen maintain that even if the dollar were to remain weak for years - and they are not convinced that it will - they would not bring home significant portions of their production .
you would think that we would move toward a mercantile strategy because of the low dollar , but that is not the case .
the commerce department breaks out only some of the amounts spent by american companies to import materials and parts for products manufactured in this country .
other imported parts are mixed in with commerce department data covering imports of consumer products and capital goods .
president reagan will deliver his state of the union message before a joint session of congress on jan. 25 , the white house announced today .
the nationally broadcast address will begin at 9 p.m. , eastern standard time .
judge kennedy , whose confirmation to the court next month appears certain , answered questions that five senators , all democrats , submitted after his confirmation hearing ended last month .
the questions and answers filled 30 pages made public today .
senator simon replied : i have long thought it to be fundamental in our society that when you expand the liberty of any of us , you expand the liberty of all of us .
in response , judge kennedy told senator simon : as a philosophical and legal proposition , i agree with your statement .
the national abortion rights action league did not urge defeat of judge kennedy in its statement to the committee .
but the group said it found his record quite disturbing .
he declined to disclose a more precise figure .
texaco lawyers expect the revenue service to present its claim at a hearing later this month before a federal bankruptcy judge in white plains on the company's reorganization plan .
texaco lawyers said the revenue service had asserted that the difference between what the company actually charged and the price that could have been obtained on the world market is taxable income .
that figure represents the bulk of the claim , at least $ 4 billion , sources at texaco said .
a host of other claims that texaco declined to identify , other than to say they dated to 1965 , have been made and total an estimated $ 2.5 billion , the company said .
executives at the other companies said they had not heard from the revenue service about the matter .
the i.r.s. has not indicated they will seek any amount from exxon under this new theory .
after the texaco disclosure , the new york stock exchange suspended trading of the company's stock for about 45 minutes before the market closed .
market experts said texaco stock had been unusually active because of new speculation that it was a takeover candidate .
two analysts who follow texaco suggested that the company had made the i.r.s. announcement today to counter the heavy buying of the stock on the market .
it was a material piece of information , and as such , we were required to disclose it once we knew of it , mr. miller said .
since last april texaco has been protected under chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code .
to talk peace with the chinese communists is to invite death .
but the party , though it exists as a practical matter , is still not a legal entity .
in addition , he devoted much attention to the question of what sort of leadership would emerge after his death .
israel expelled four west bank palestinians today , taking them by helicopter to a lonely mountain road in southern lebanon .
action against the other five is pending .
one other west bank palestinian who is to be expelled is appealing to a military advisory board .
the announcement used the biblical names favored by israelis who claim the west bank .
our goal is to show that israel is determined to return to peace and order .
he had spent 15 years in prison as a member of a terrorist cell and wrote a book on prison conditions .
he was released in a 1985 prisoner exchange .
the army said he had helped organize most unrest in the district .
he was imprisoned in 1979 for planning and carrying out terrorist attacks and released in the 1985 prisoner exchange .
there was no immediate identification on either victim .
he declined to expand on the matter except to say that previous united states statements on the issue remained valid .
it cited article 49 of the geneva convention protecting civilians in occupied territories .
fewer youths use cocaine the use of cocaine among high school seniors in the united states dropped last year for the first time in 13 years , an annual survey found .
far fewer stress a meaningful philosophy of life .
troop shifts advised the secretary of the navy , james h. webb jr. , called for a review of the deployment of american forces , especially in europe .
far out in the universe astronomers have detected what may be the oldest and most distant objects in the universe .
the authority of boards of education would have been threatened if this case had been lost .
the school principal had felt that the students described in the articles , although not named , were likely to be identified and that the articles could violate their privacy and the privacy of their parents .
the accord resolved a job discrimination suit against the city by black and hispanic officers seeking promotions to sergeant .
the supreme court appeal was filed by white officers who had not received high enough scores to be eligible for promotions .
the court also ruled unanimously on a related issue that whites who were not parties to the original suit and did not intervene for purposes of appeal could not directly appeal the consent decree to the court .
the size of the state's general fund , as governor cuomo outlined in his budget presentation , will mean that in his first six years as governor , state spending will have increased more than 50 percent .
they discounted items found elsewhere , not even writing them down in their final report or recording where they had been found , the witness said .
witnesses have said they were found as far as 50 feet north of the body .
did you believe that morning that jennifer levin was killed in central park ?
the submarine violations have been an issue of widespread public concern in sweden since the start of the 1980's .
the portion of the report made public does not mention the russians by name .
still , all the evidence points to the russians rather than any smaller nations or the united states .
i thought he was better than that .
once again the hall of fame emerges as a philosophy as much as a museum .
opinion , after all , is what baseball is all about .
and opinion is what its hall of fame is all about .
some voters prefer to vote for only two or three candidates , sometimes for only one .
and as happened this year , nine preferred to vote for none .
but to this voter , if a player belongs , he belongs as much in his first year as in any future year .
do you think i'll be a unanimous choice ?
do you think i'll be the first unanimous choice ?
who knows how the writers will vote ?
her stories are very strong and beautifully rounded , miss taylor said .
children know where they are with them .
she doesn't write down to them ; she uses difficult phrases and words , which are intriguing even if you don't always understand what they mean .
but in the last 20 years , people have focused on quality illustrated children's books and she has been handed down from a generation to another .
she had a very lonely childhood , miss taylor said .
she was the child of wealthy middle-class parents , and it was a time when children were educated at home , so she was very much thrown on her own resources .
the first french edition of the rock magazine rolling stone went on sale today , with a cover story looking back at the last 20 years - from the summer of love to the purple decade .
publishers of rolling stone france said 60 percent of the new monthly was translated from the united states edition , while 40 percent is original copy concerning french music and culture .
today he said he was looking forward to the game without any loss of confidence .
oh , no , he said when asked whether he was disappointed .
he has had some good games since returning to the lineup and some bad ones .
if george is playing well , i may not get in at all .
it's been tough for me the whole season , rogers said , but hopefully we'll be able to run the ball against the vikings .
we felt we had lost a lot of our fans in the strike , but it seems like the fever is there again .
mann was named to play in the pro bowl this year , and he was asked whether he was truly better this season than last .
he is on the injured reserve list with a knee problem and has been working out with the coaches ... .
the defense attacked diamonds , and south held up her ace until the third round .
the heart three was led from dummy , forcing east to play the nine .
east had to win and lead a heart , allowing south to score the seven together with the ace and the established diamond winner .
before that he was a salesman for time magazine and associate advertising director of essence .
all of a sudden , we totally break down .
there were goals scored on third and fourth chances .
the rangers gave themselves almost no chance to win .
we're not taking people by surprise , but we're ready and we go out early .
the results were expected to be available sometime today .
based on last night , he'd have a lot of instruction to schedule .
if one guy decides not to play , we are in trouble .
the justice department and the senate governmental affairs committee are also looking into the matter .
thus , she said , there was ample time for detailed pricing information to be passed to a.t. & t. competitors .
farmers group said it would consider the proposal , which analysts regarded as an indication that the offer was friendly .
the company's assets were $ 7 billion in 1986 , the latest year for which figures were available .
the move joins two of the largest software competitors in an effort to more directly compete with software that the international business machines corporation is expected to be marketing soon in its latest line of personal computers .
in an interview before a news conference in new york yesterday , william h. gates 3d , chairman of microsoft , said that the two companies had first agreed to develop the software product about a year ago when we realized we could create a better product by combining our various technologies .
if the responsible party could not meet its obligations or had a valid defense , the bill would provide up to $ 500 million to cover the cost of an oil spill .
the bill has passed the house several times but has not cleared the senate .
it's becoming less and less visible .
then brooks gave providence the lead for good with his 3-pointer from the top of the circle .
smith and jerome lane then made a foul shot each before phil gamble made his third 3-point goal of the half to pull the huskies to within 3 points .
manning led the rally and finished with 32 points .
the game was tied six times and the lead changed hands on seven occasions .
eric mitchell led yale with 20 points .
kevin reynolds , a reserve guard , converted 9 of 10 free throws all in the second half .
mayor has come to city hall , three years after its debut , two years after its closing , and in a version not likely to please its creator , mayor koch .
mr. koch yesterday asked board members to excuse him from voting .
whatever it shows , the dollar figure will be wrong .
the deficit did grow in october , but how much and how significantly are unclear even now .
all this gets lost , however , in the monthly ritual .
oil imports rise abruptly with price cuts , and drop when prices jump .
bad as they are , the monthly reports are better than they were , and the experts are working on improvements .
that's too long a wait for planners who need good data .
most decidedly the trade deficit is not a sign of economic strength , as president reagan proclaimed the other day .
but just how much weakness the deficit reflects can't be understood until the data are improved .
it's hard enough to find a parking space in new york city ; often it's harder still to figure out if the space is legal .
the confusion encourages parking violations .
the city's transportation department , aware of the problem , has responded , though slowly , on some cross streets .
no institution would be required to cooperate .
some physicians argue that equally effective narcotics are currently available , or will be available soon .
some law enforcement officials fear that this legal heroin will escape to the street market .
but what i did wasn't right and it was a violation , too .
the designer spent years collecting the materials .
i'm hoping the show will inspire children and adults to give these things a second life .
you seem to argue that every proposed shelter should be approved .
he alone stands in the way of an emerging consensus that the best way to help homeless families is to use the city's building stock to create permanent housing .
the share is a percentage of sets in use .
the color scheme is meant to be outrageous .
by comparison , the income in all other sectors of the european economy had increased by 1.5 percent , the group said .
the figures are based on early estimates from the statistical office of the european community , the organization said .
retailers reported a delayed but strong buying surge during the holiday season .
but people are making themselves feel better by making their home environment as pleasant as possible .
i guess consumers want more design and better features .
and better quality adds to the feel good nature of these products ; it makes anxious people feel better .
working women are buying things like hardware products .
everyone is working and everyone is cooking , including the children .
we just felt it was time to consider it as a separate entity .
when things get expensive they're taken more seriously .
the exhibit runs through april 14 .
she sent $ 50 in memory of the child , who was known as lisa .
i came to the conclusion that i should attempt to carry on her charitable spirit through annual donations to your fund , ms. gardner wrote .
he was 79 years old and lived in manhattan .
he had been a member of the new york stock exchange since 1948 .
yields on certificates of deposit and bank money market accounts were flat in the week ended yesterday , while those of money market mutual funds slipped .
the last change in bank money market account rates was more than three weeks ago .
second , the stock market's recent weakness may have driven away some investors who traditionally invest in stocks at the start of the year .
sometimes it's hard to tell if an object is fine art or high fashion .
although it looks like a theatrical costume , it's not .
this both looks like and is a theatrical costume .
another costume from night shadow ?
one wonders if these designers had ever heard of night shadow .
first , she choreographed an abstract dance .
nevertheless , the movement somehow fit the music .
when mary anthony led a dance class on the steps of city hall on monday , her action could be taken as yet another sign that although new york city remains a center for the arts , it is often difficult for artists to live here .
directors of ballet studios have been especially vocal on these issues .
once a suitable space is lost , a substitute cannot always be found .
other dance schools still exist , such people say , and new york still has lots of cultural attractions to offer .
to lose a dance studio is to lose a cultural resource , and cultural resources can be as precious to a city as natural resources are to a nation .
in that case , the neighbors were told , they need expect no additional economic aid from washington .
if that was not a threat , the central american leaders must be wondering what one would sound like .
after all , no one was running around with a little kodak in those days .
the note is part of the exhibition .
otherwise , he won't have a lot to do .
a seattle sculptor , she does landscape design for a living .
next , the designer drew up separate planting areas that would take on their own character and exploit the temperature differences without looking too distinct .
she has planted 500 plants two feet apart and plans 500 more later .
if the dollar continues its present slide , everybody in the theater will have a very difficult summer .
americans are simply not going to come over , mr. hands said .
the speech was somewhat unusual in that mr. webb was not reflecting the administration's public policy .
aides suggested that he hoped to have a long-term influence on the national debate .
he also urged policy makers to pay more attention to united states interests in asia , latin america and in third world countries .
others , however , went beyond that , especially his suggestion of reducing forces in europe .
mr. webb said a sweeping national debate on these issues would be most helpful if it began immediately .
aides said that was an invitation to candidates for the presidential nominations .
after serving as assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs , mr. webb was about to leave the pentagon in april when john f. lehman jr. resigned as secretary of the navy .
while american allies in nato should do more for their own defense , mr. webb said , another element must be the responsibility of the japanese as a friend , ally and world power to assume a greater portion of the regional military responsibility in asia .
the president , american officials said , expressed satisfaction with recent efforts by the japanese , while mr. webb urged them to do more .
japan expects to establish a separate futures market , possibly by the end of the year , that will offer trading in such financial instruments as currencies and deposits .
japan currently permits trading in stock and bond futures , but the finance ministry has decided to set up a separate market for other financial instruments , according to recent news reports .
in futures trading , contracts for delivery at a specific date in the future are bought or sold .
traders said they would be particularly interested in what commissions would be set for the market , and what the membership fees would be .
a new and successful futures market in tokyo would be likely to pose a stiff challenge to singapore .
only 22 foreign companies are members of the tokyo stock exchange , which has a limited number of seats .
foreign companies that are not members will probably have to pay special membership fees to trade in both the existing stock and bond futures market and the new financial futures market .
if there are two futures exchanges , you have to become members of two exchanges , and that's a pretty expensive proposition , said one foreign securities trader who works in tokyo .
commissions charged by exchanges are thin everywhere but in japan .
so if the cost of entry is very high , it will be difficult for everyone to justify participating .
other costs in tokyo are far higher than in the united states , one trader said .
under this system , one trader said , it was hard to tell whether orders had gone through .
in addition , the trader said , foreign companies suspected that some of their trading offers might not have been kept confidential .
the decision to create a separate market for financial futures was a setback for japanese banks , which wanted one comprehensive market , including stocks and bonds .
japanese banks have been fighting to break down the barriers between banks and securities firms , established by japan's constitution .
using special procedures on feb. 3 and 4 , the senate and the house will each debate the matter for just one day and then vote yes or no right away .
if we fail , a senior administration official said , then we have lost all legislative vehicles for getting additional aid to the contras before president reagan leaves office next january .
a senior administration official said general powell had told them he wasn't there to cry wolf ; this was real wolf .
in varying degrees , all four countries are dependent on united states aid .
general powell used an unusual threat of sorts .
but at one time or another , in public or in private , they have all criticized united states support for the contras .
a senior administration official who has been directly involved in the process said : it's a very interesting political situation down there , and they each have their own distinct political needs .
that would be particularly true , he added , if the presidents also say the contras are not helpful to the peace process .
the central american official said , my guess would be that they wouldn't say anything about the contras directly .
every national security adviser has gone down to meet them , the official said .
that's the only choice you have to make .
the president stressed his determination to continue the progress that has been made in reducing the u.s. budget deficit .
to achieve sustained growth as well as to foster exchange rate stability , the bank of japan agrees , under the present stable price conditions , to continue to pursue the current policy stance and to make efforts to accommodate declining short-term interest rates .
other regulations remain in effect .
he never purchased any securities , according to the commission .
among the items he acquired were 40 paintings by american artists , worth about $ 5 million .
mr. bloom , who grew up in manhattan , graduated from duke in 1985 with a degree in art history .
by the end of the year , he was spending most of the money to acquire a collection of american art , the authorities said .
in a consent decree signed tuesday , he agreed to turn over most of his assets to the receiver .
he also agreed to an administrative order barring him from ever working in any investment business .
the delegates decided to bring up the matter again in the afternoon .
division ii schools , which generally have smaller athletic programs , approved the measure in both votes .
some of the best academic institutions in the country , such as duke , virginia and the u.s. .
roy kramer , the vanderbilt athletic director , said the higher grade requirements would cause more athletes to major in tourism and canadian fly fishing .
that is the loss in the super bowl to the giants .
instead of being out of danger and moving , the broncos had lost momentum .
but when the second half began the giants came out to new york , new york .
they were supposed to play the song for the team that was leading when the second half began .
there are teams out there with two running backs and aren't where we are .
there are teams with a great running back and they're not playing for the championship .
we want to give john elway every edge .
the club will fit him with a size 17 .
the reason for the increase is the stadium is a lot smaller .
really , it's a shame that anybody can charge that outrageous price .
about 2000 tickets are sold to fans who write in to participate in an annual super bowl ticket lottery .
those whose names are picked can buy two tickets .
in other words , once having suffered a heart attack , the death rate among type a men was only 58 percent as high as that among type b men .
more than two-thirds of those studied had previously been assessed as having type a personalities .
more than two decades ago , studies indicated that type a men were twice as likely as more relaxed , or type b , men to suffer heart attacks .
a comparable study has yet to be done involving women .
but several recent large studies have not confirmed a likelihood of heart attacks among type a people and have cast doubt on the significance of personality and behavior in the development of heart disease .
it's a reminder that there are seven others who aren't free , he said , referring to americans held hostage in lebanon .
meanwhile , he said , he is doing a good deal of public speaking about his experience .
people who come out are stronger than they were before .
the use of cocaine has declined substantially among high school seniors for the first time in more than a decade , according to an annual survey released today .
there was a jump from 34 percent in 1986 to 48 percent in 1987 in the number of students who said that there was great risk in using cocaine only once or twice .
crack also tends to be used by experienced users who have tried marijuana , cocaine and other drugs before , which includes these same groups .
both cocaine and crack use appear to be concentrated in large cities in the northeast and on the west coast , but it's only a matter of time before they reach smaller communities and rural areas , he added .
and seniors who said they used marijuana during the past 12 months declined from 39 percent in 1986 to 36 percent in 1987 .
almost 92 percent of all seniors have had experience with alcohol and 66 percent used the drug within 30 days of the survey .
all i could think was , lord , don't let me drop that baby .
leaving his coat behind , he ran to the house .
if another treaty , reducing long-range arms , is reached later this year , the role of the new agency could be expanded further .
they reportedly argued that the new agency should be situated at the pentagon .
administration officials say the issue was partly decided last month when president reagan's national security adviser , lieut .
the pentagon got the new inspection organization , which officials expect will be headed by a military man .
some officials say that the agency may have still another deputy director to be chosen by the arms control and disarmament agency .
these bureaucratic arrangements have raised a number of issues that may be pursued when the senate foreign relations committee holds a hearing on the treaty this month .
some specialists say the arms control agency should eventually be given control over the new inspection organization .
these specialists assert that there are potential risks in having the pentagon operate the inspection agency , suggesting possible conflicts of bureaucratic interest .
pentagon officials take strong issue with these objections .
significantly , some former high-level officials from the arms control agency see merit in the proposed arrangements .
in what may be another bitter fight over the reagan administration's judicial appointments , civil rights groups say they will vigorously oppose the nomination of a prominent san francisco lawyer to the federal district court there .
in recent years , there have been relatively few major debates over appointments to federal district courts , which serve as trial courts .
a lawyer acting in a professional way must divorce himself from personal views , he said .
the effective representation of a client requires you to do that .
t. j. anthony , a spokesman , said the coalition voted on tuesday to oppose the nomination .
we're going to pull out all the stops to defeat this nominee , mr. anthony said in an interview .
judge anthony m. kennedy of california , president reagan's nominee to the supreme court , resigned his membership after debate over his ties to the club .
mr. walker has said he would also resign from the club if requested to do so by lawmakers .
in san francisco , mr. walker is perhaps best known for his role in representing the olympic committee in trademark litigation that barred gay athletes in san francisco from using the name gay olympics .
he said the move represented the first time an american law firm would establish a branch in the soviet union .
he noted that soviet laws enacted last year to permit foreigners to hold up to 49 percent ownership in soviet ventures would significantly encourage legal business .
the new office will be opened next month and will be headed by richard n. dean , who has been with the firm since 1980 .
he started working in films when he was 17 years old .
we lower our voices so that they cannot hear us discuss the bankruptcy or the love affair .
but how much should we shield our children from the adult world ?
should you share everything with your child ?
is your sex life any of your children's business ?
at what age is a child able to understand adult information ?
knowing what to share with your children , and when , can help them grow into confident , competent adults .
to do this requires understanding how your children think , and looking for clues to their emotional and intellectual development .
some information is simply beyond the ken of young children .
if a child that age cannot see it or touch it now , it might as well not exist .
telling your 3-year-old the reasons for your divorce or the problems with your investments is simply a waste of time .
you have to look at his psychological age as well .
how close to adult thinking is the logic shown in those papers ?
how do they deal with emotional issues ?
children will also let you know how much they understand by the types of questions they ask .
for example , few children younger than 10 understand the relationships between work , income and life style .
a teen-ager , however , has begun to see the relationship between a job and money , and will ask questions about the job market and salaries .
if your child leaves the room or becomes angry or upset , it is probably because he does not understand the information and is frightened by it .
a couple are having a loud argument .
the father , concerned that if the child sees his parents fighting he might think they will split up and abandon him , tries to protect his son .
perhaps more important , you are showing your child that it is o.k. for him to express emotions , too .
as a parent , you don't have to be perfect in the way you handle your own anger in front of your child .
by occasionally showing how upset you are , your child will learn that , unlike what he often sees on television , adult anger need not lead to violence .
how much should your children know of your sexual interests and activities ?
you do have a right to your privacy , just as your child has a right to his .
what you share with your children , and how you share it , should be matched to your level of comfort .
once again , the types of questions your child asks will tell you whether your child is upset or simply curious .
keep in mind that children learn at least as much from context as they do from content ; your child will learn and remember more from how you present things than from what you say .
if you are upset and uncomfortable discussing sexual issues with your child , your child will feel uncomfortable discussing his own sexuality .
it's extremely important , however , that your child recognize from a very young age that his parents are sexual beings .
in the last five years , its curriculum division has sent out material to schools explaining the best route to winning awards .
one of the first things that science supervisors and principals pay attention to is : how can i get winners ?
some of the students started their papers at university programs last summer ; one did research in his native hong kong and another dealt with a mathematics professor from the massachusetts institute of technology frequently over the telephone .
it was then that her grades slipped , she said .
she found that asian students were rated highest for motivation and blacks the lowest .
blacks were given the highest mark for physical ability and asian the lowest .
but other japanese physicians were less confident .
there has been only one known heart transplant in japanese medical history , and that was 20 years ago .
while no criminal charges were filed , the case dragged on for six years before it was dropped .
even so , the medical group's action is not likely to end the dispute .
we urge medical doctors not to consider today's report as a green light for organ transplant operations .
while large , that percentage represented a drop from previous polls .
a more critical problem , the survey also showed , was a widely shared lack of trust in physicians .
the japanese commitment on interest rates represents a victory for the united states , which for months has been urging japan to stimulate greater economic growth and increase its imports in order to reduce its trade surplus .
a senior american official said of the various japanese efforts today , we're pleased .
after christmas the dollar fell to its lowest point in 40 years against the yen and the west german mark , and the central banks of the major trading partners bought dollars vigorously to halt its slide .
they bought more dollars today , when the dollar fell .
lower japanese interest rates could generate new pressures on west germany to lower its rates as well .
monetary specialists said the united states was serving notice that it would fight to prevent a further decline in the dollar .
the new american determination to defend the dollar follows months in which treasury secretary baker actively sought to push the dollar lower .
he told japan that the choice was either a lower dollar or stronger economic growth by the japanese .
fearing inflation , japan had been reluctant to spur economic growth .
prospects are good for continued expansion next year , he said .
japan has also been responding to another american demand - that it assume a greater share of the burden of its defense .
the production closed in philadelphia .
and , for the long term , he began a subtle shift in strategy by seeking to draw support from a larger base than just registered republican voters .
the changes so far have attracted little public attention , but bush forces are counting on them to overcome the recent gains by his chief rival , senator bob dole of kansas .
opinion polls show younger adults prefer mr. bush over mr. dole .
they could vote in the caucuses even if they are not registered to vote .
mr. bush underscored the approach today when he appeared before several hundred students at assumption high school here .
also , the same poll that showed mr. dole ahead by 11 points among registered republicans planning to attend the feb. 8 caucuses , also had the vice president leading mr. dole by nearly 3 to 1 among those not registered to vote who said they were likely to attend one of the republican caucuses .
it was conducted early this month .
mr. robertson stunned the bush forces when he produced enough supporters at the september straw poll to win the contest .
the poll was conducted under rules similar to those of the precinct caucuses .
union officials have answered such complaints by citing a shortage of maintenance financing , and cutbacks in cleaning staff .
one alternative , they say , would be to transfer all school maintenance duties to private contractors .
proponents of those alternatives note that they are common in other cities .
many current and former school officials , however , argue that despite its flaws , the existing system is worth keeping .
if you take that person out , you eliminate that human connection between the school and the person who is in charge .
after the crisis they were instructed to clean them only every other day .
the board wants to eliminate the fees entirely , leaving groups that use the schools after hours to pay only for the actual extra maintenance required .
we want to make it clear that the principals are in charge of the school .
but several officials said it was an invitation to abuse .
some officials expressed worry that a highly public confrontation over such issues will only destroy the remaining tissue of responsibility that is necessary to keep the system going .
what is the goal of that kind of confrontation ?
said one former official , who asked not to be identified .
you can't force them into assuming a more caring role , and if you continue to push , they won't continue to do the job they do now .
you shouldn't reward someone for doing what they're already under a contract obligation to do .
soon after , three student journalists filed suit .
i've been up speaking to the journalism class about the decision because they were curious about how it will affect them , he said .
she added : i've always believed that freedom of the press extends as far as the ownership of that press .
new york city officials have been barred from placing new people in a chelsea welfare hotel .
state officials said the hotel failed to meet minimum living conditions .
there are no immediate plans to move the people , he said .
a hotel clerk who gave only his first name , angel , said : i can't say nothing about it .
he also refused to give the names of the manager or owner .
the order against the terminal and the injunction could ultimately affect conditions for many of the more than 5000 men , women and children who live in the 60 welfare hotels .
the injunction was issued in 1984 as part of a case asking the court to establish a family's right to safe and clean shelter , mccain vs. .
about 150 cases similar to the terminal were sent to the state social services department last year .
both were formerly executive editors .
he was 78 years old and lived in manhattan .
he was active for many years as a composer , teacher and pianist in chicago , and also taught for a time at the greenwich house music school in new york .
the ticket sales brought the walt disney film to a gross of nearly $ 95 million in its seven weeks of distribution .
the top 10 movies for the week took in more than $ 35 million .
all have been in theaters for several weeks .
there have been no new entries in the top 10 list for three weeks .
it was not immediately known if he would face charges .
such legislation is prohibited in the constitution .
finally , he said , the petition will argue the measure violated the first amendment right to freedom of the press by effectively putting a newspaper out of business .
governor cuomo proposed a budget today that would begin a four-year tax cut while increasing spending for health care , housing and education .
in some cases , the growth forecasts are a full point higher than those of economic experts .
the budget is for the fiscal year that begins april 1 .
in presenting the budget to reporters and legislators , mr. cuomo stressed the themes of increased accountability and a commitment to the future .
the tradition of this state , he said in his budget message , perhaps more than anywhere else , has been to build for the next generation , to make life better for our children , to be ready to meet whatever challenges tomorrow brings .
i believe the budget i submit today measures up fully to these traditions .
in addition , 800000 low-income families would be dropped from the tax rolls .
$ 85 million to build permanent housing for homeless families in new york city .
this money , which is to be matched by city funds , is to come out of the budget surplus set aside by the legislature last year .
the site has not yet been determined , but will be upstate , according to the governor .
this growth is slightly higher than would have been allowed under a spending cap the governor proposed last year .
it was rejected by the legislature .
mr. cuomo has insisted that the growth in the general fund budget is a more reliable measure of state spending than the larger , overall budget , since the latter contains federal funds over which the state has no control .
but critics of the governor have insisted that the general fund budget is no longer an accurate measure of spending because mr. cuomo has shifted money out of it to make his budget increases appear lower .
mr. cuomo predicted that while there would be little disagreement over the priorities he had established in his budget , there would be substantial debate over how much money the budget should contain .
some legislators will insist on spending far above what i have proposed , the governor said .
the legislature must act on the budget by april 1 .
the assembly speaker , mel miller , a brooklyn democrat , agreed that many legislators would press for increased spending for their favorite programs .
we're concerned about how realistic his assumptions are , she said .
in contrast , however , some republicans called the governor's revenue forecast too low .
republicans have argued that the budget proposal will result in a surplus and that the governor should cut taxes further .
the governor's projections for the surplus for the current year are also likely to cause debate .
under the governor's budget , half the surplus would be spent on transportation to repair about 150 bridges and 1000 miles of highway .
mr. cuomo stressed that this money represented only the first step in meeting the state's transportation needs .
he hinted that fees or taxes might have to be raised to pay for road repairs and said that as a result he would put off a decision on the matter until after the november elections .
the other half of the surplus would be used for housing , the governor said .
in addition to the $ 85 million to house the homeless in new york city , $ 140 million would go to increase the supply of affordable apartments across the state and $ 90 million to help low-income families buy homes .
the increase is less than half of that requested by the state's board of regents and is $ 75 million lower than the increase the governor proposed last year .
the legislature traditionally increases the governor's education aid proposal by hundreds of millions of dollars .
each percentage point increase in the contract will cost the state about $ 50 million .
the governor's previous efforts to claim these deposits have failed .
data for last year based on returns filed last april for income earned in 1986 ; for this year , return would be filed by april based on 1987 income ; for next year , return would be filed by april 1989 for 1988 income .
city officials said they were generally pleased with the cuomo budget plan .
the president of the new york city board of education , robert f. wagner jr. , said the governor's school aid proposal was clearly a step in the right direction .
other city officials expressed satisfaction with mr. cuomo's promise of $ 85 million to build housing for the homeless .
mr. cuomo mentioned the idea last week in his state of the state message .
but the legislature gave school districts about $ 400 million more than that .
but the commissioner also cautioned that mr. cuomo might be proposing too little to reach his goals .
the proposed budget reserves about half of the school aid increase for the new york city school system , which now receives about a third of the state aid package .
in other school districts , however , officials may be troubled by the governor's proposals .
the budget calls for cuts in aid to most westchester school districts and many on long island .
it would be aimed at districts serving poor children and would emphasize accountability and better educational performance .
the $ 85 million for housing for the homeless would come from a state trust fund , and the city would have to match it .
the governor said his goal was to build homes for 2000 families .
despite the value of such projects , city officials noted that they would not directly help the city's budget .
the truth of the matter is we don't get anything special , he said .
this explains the state department's recommendation not to cut off aid .
an official said all five conditions were found to apply to the pakistan case .
that is when iowa democrats moved the precinct caucuses from their traditional date , in late march or early april , to jan. 24 .
they did this simply to make enough time available for the levels of delegate selection before the state convention .
but both state party leaders and presidential candidates quickly realized that the early date provided a first test of presidential strength .
however , the biggest problem , he said , is not the process itself but the interpretation - the spin , as they would say in washington these days - that is put on the results by news organizations , encouraged by iowa political figures and the candidates themselves .
great significance is thus attached , he said , to the actions of a relative handful of voters .
it's been good for the parties , he said .
it's been good for the people of iowa .
it's been good for the businessmen .
it's been good for the lesser candidates .
but has it been good for the country ?
after winning 12 of their first 14 games at home - one game was a tie - the devils now have one victory and seven losses in their last eight here .
they are near the top of their division because of four victories on the road in their last six .
it was the 10th time we had a chance to jump and we didn't do it , said coach doug carpenter .
we played three games in four nights , and we didn't have the legs .
the tower commission has said that no one could recall mr. bush raising objections at the jan. 7 meeting .
the vice president's staff released a copy of the reply tonight aboard air force ii on the way here from fort dodge , iowa .
the response was published in the thursday issue of the post .
mr. bush said : i do not discuss what i tell the president .
the vice president did repeat , however , that he had been concerned that the involvement of another nation , previously identified by mr. bush and others as israel , gave the united states less than total control of the arms sale operations .
he said that he had expressed his concerns in settings with others present , although he did not elaborate .
mr. bush , a former director of central intelligence , has faced persistent questioning over his role and advice regarding the iran-contra initiative .
the vice president said that he had also not attend a dec. 7 , 1985 , meeting where objections had been voiced and did not recall concerns at the jan. 7 meeting .
won't you please write them , and put an end to this horrible practice ?
astronomers , applying new technologies for looking deeper into time and space , have detected what they believe may be the oldest and most distant objects ever seen in the universe .
but if you add all the evidence together it looks like a very good bet .
the greater the red shift , the farther away the object is .
but he added , anything would be some improvement .
the new regulation will be reviewed by congress and other government agencies .
the environmental agency says the restrictions are not likely to take effect until 1989 .
in an effort to minimize legal challenges , the environmental agency in 1985 assembled a group of 25 state agencies , worker groups and industry organizations to try to agree on the proposal in advance .
the new proposal could affect 2.3 million workers .
require all workers entering a field at any time during the waiting period to wear protective clothing .
currently , only workers entering the field for hand labor must wear protective clothes .
the draft proposal has gone to the office of management and budget , which must approve it before publication ; to the agriculture department , which has 60 days to comment , and to congressional agriculture committees .
in a development that will affect hundreds of thousands of accountants nationwide , the american institute of certified public accountants said yesterday that its membership had approved a series of rule changes aimed at improving the quality of accounting practice .
securities in florida , could fail so soon after receiving a clean bill of health from their auditors .
after that , the requirement would increase to 90 hours over three years .
some smaller firms who are members of the institute have charged that the changes will cost them a lot of time and money .
apple computer inc. is expected to announce friday that it will enter into a joint development agreement with the digital equipment corporation .
moreover , it will be able to connect to only one computer .
customers will be able to upgrade to a better model by replacing the circuit board in the machine .
with the digital agreement , apple would seem to be making a formal move in a direction in which it has been heading for a couple of years .
until now , however , most of the products that connect apple and digital machines have come from independent companies .
computer users increasingly want to connect personal computers with larger machines .
spokesmen for both apple and digital would not comment on reports that an alliance between the two companies would be announced friday .
wilkins was perfect from the free throw line , 18 for 18 .
walter berry led the spurs with 28 points .
but the oilers got a power-play goal late in the period and then scored three in the second .
the five perfect scores are the most ever for the short program in international competition .
outsiders always ask , is that the cloud of a nuclear bomb ?
sentiment is running heavily in favor of the cloud , however .
it just stands for school loyalty .
if it does appear , he said , there will be somebody else coaching .
but there is almost a mob reaction going on here .
our job is to make them think about it .
in november , the board had rejected the offer and challenged it in court .
he knows the fears of people and thinks he knows some ways to calm them .
the committees are facing a deadline of oct. 17 to come up with emergency response plans .
he added that a number of companies also feel some moral responsibility .
in the last six months it's grown very fast , he said of the environmental issue , adding that a number of corporations feel they have to get their plant managers up to speed on the new laws .
the ad budget for this year is estimated at $ 4 million .
alan greenspan , the new chairman of the federal reserve , appeared .
better than i ought to be , mr. greenspan said .
the dollar , he was clearly saying , is stronger than it deserves to be .
or , not as weak as it might have been .
senator albert gore jr. has a peculiar advantage in his campaign for the democratic presidential nomination .
his state , tennessee , borders on eight other states , all of which hold their primaries on march 8 , the day politicians call super tuesday .
the other state is missouri , which , in addition to tennessee , borders on illinois , iowa , nebraska , kansas , oklahoma , arkansas and kentucky .
however , it can help to keep the inside air as clean as possible .
in this respect , the wood stove only adds to the problem .
in the kitchen they can provide extra work surfaces or be used for storage .
accessories must be ordered , and they take about two weeks for delivery .
a wine rack with four shelves to hold 36 bottles is $ 225 .
at first , she said , i give the kids simple things such as : did you hear the joke about the fence ?
they have to identify fence with over it .
punch lines are so unexpected , like a big surprise at christmas .
the other was displayed at school 72 , a school in moscow where students learn english .
some of the teachers she has taught are starting comedy clubs in their schools .
in the club , she said , you are learning - but in a fun way , with funny words .
a few hours is usually sufficient , although overnight is better .
in prominent spots , repeat the process a third time , using an even wider knife .
if the tape comes loose at the top , smooth it down again by working the knife upward .
allow the compound to dry completely .
apply a third layer of compound using a wider knife .
then sand , prime and paint the repair .
i must have that really old look , she said to jeff brown , who works there .
prices range as widely as the sources of inspiration .
also , there is an attraction to what was and is grand .
i'm in it for the entertainment value .
the idea is to spend only a moderate amount of money and get the maximum style for it .
said ann nathan , the owner of the objects gallery in chicago .
they are reaching back to get their own original view .
we also complain about matters beyond our control , mainly the weather .
none of us are quite content with the limitations imposed by our circumstances or conditions .
a garden built on this letter could be a varied place .
unless i told them , i doubt that any of my family or friends would be able to guess the principle on which it was founded .
so far , 97 scholarships have been awarded by the fund .
china's central bank announced plans today to reduce the money supply to help curb inflation , which rose above 7 percent last year .
in a month , the lacks owned the house .
it could be a small , elegant frame house in the country .
he asked me whether i had the money , he continued .
we were in the process of starting a company .
mr. lack declined to say how much the renovation did cost .
i didn't listen to any advice about what i couldn't do , mrs. lack said .
most of the improvements wouldn't be here had we listened .
you have to have a drive and a will .
the lacks may have been determined and experienced , but they were also flexible and creative .
they designed the renovation themselves , serving as contractors .
but our vision was always more important to us than the trials we were going through .
midway through construction , mrs. lack learned that she was expecting a child .
it became a race between the house and the baby .
several design principles guided the lacks .
in a house like this , you have to use your eye to make it look level , mrs. lack said .
we didn't have a lot of extra dough to go playing around with .
but still , two weeks before the baby was due , the house was far from finished .
to turn on the lights , mrs. lack had to touch wires together .
the secret was keeping the furniture in scale with the rooms , mr. lack said .
there is , of course , a limit to the number of water songs one can listen to in a single show .
perhaps in recognition of that fact , in the second act , mr. link tries to extend the range of his musical .
that label may have been inspired by the fact that one of the songs has lyrics adapted from the book of revelation .
mr. link first made his reputation in 1969 with salvation , and , since then , has had an eclectic career , writing background music for plays as well as writing scores for musicals .
it describes the aging process in women , diseases that strike older women , and psychological concerns of sexuality , relationships and retirement .
health care is a consumer issue and the biggest medical problem facing older women is poverty , it holds .
older women live an average of eight years longer than men .
according to the 1979 census , older men are twice as likely as older women to be married .
the second talks about relationships and finances .
the third segment is on specific illnesses .
each medical section has been reviewed by doctors , nurses and health-care professionals .
they view aging as an illness , whereas most older people are well .
in america , middle-aged men are regarded as more attractive than young men , whereas quite the opposite is true of middle-aged women .
women who are attached to being glamorous and have no other identity become extremely depressed .
the festival is to begin june 11 and to include about 350 events at dozens of new york theaters , concert halls and other sites .
it will be like taking a trip around the world without leaving new york .
we sought a mix of works that are most representative of the 20th century as well as works that are very experimental and avant-garde but already of some stature , he said .
the museum of modern art will also present a film series .
apparently , some 70 percent of all women who are inmates are mothers .
viewers may feel there is truth to this , at least in some of the women's cases .
she also says , however , that there ought to be alternative forms of sentencing for women who have committed other kinds of crimes .
why , ms. sanders asks , are more women being sent to prison ?
she also says the first consideration in sentencing should be public safety .
he does not have enough backing to do what he says he wants to do .
we want this town to be a haven for people to restore themselves in society , he said .
he is offering the homes only to people who have held jobs most of their lives .
local businesses also have offered employment , he said .
the government and people of nicaragua want peace .
there have already been more than 50000 nicaraguan casualties in the war financed by the united states .
let me make yet another effort to help the public , administration and congress clearly understand what we stand for .
nicaragua wants a fully democratic political system .
we will continue to guarantee and increase free and open political debate in the hope that in the next elections even the contras will participate - provided they have become part of the legal civilian opposition by laying down their arms .
the sandinista party will respect the results of such elections .
we are prepared to become the loyal opposition if that is what the people decide .
the people demand these arms to defend themselves .
if , through direct talks , nicaragua receives sufficient guarantees for its security from the united states , we are prepared , in the context of regional agreements , to take four steps .
there is no need to pressure nicaragua to move toward peace .
the administration itself could benefit from pressure .
rather than throwing new technology at old , we should encourage change on political , social and cultural levels .
we'll call it new york standard time .
by the way , i probably wouldn't accept a draft by either party in 88 .
but they may also have less time to spend with their children .
miss goldstein is a fashion writer for women's wear daily .
about a year ago they decided to try it again , along with their friend miss goldstein .
eddie thought it would be good for business if they had a woman on board , said miss goldstein , who lives on the upper east side .
i told him to give me a call once i got settled in .
he called me every week for about a month .
so far , he said , the squad has six institutional accounts .
but they work hard for their money .
the most difficult delivery was up six flights of stairs in an old building in the village .
the company said the loss was largely the result of a decline in the value of its stock portfolio as a result of the october market collapse .
american brands said no specific proposals were made and no further meetings were scheduled .
the russians eventually blew up the mine , the official added .
american and soviet ships are sometimes in communication , usually as a matter of identifying themselves to one another .
the russians have sent confusing signals over their proposal that appeared to link soviet cooperation on an embargo with the formation of a united nations gulf naval force .
he added that the soviet union would support a united nations arms embargo against iran if all other measures failed to it to accept a cease-fire .
reports of the delivery are apparently based on satellite photos .
the officials add , however , that other chinese sales , of spare parts and ammunition , for example , continue .
united nations , jan. 13 - the united nations said today that the private greek ship that planned to cruise the persian gulf on a peace venture would be denied the official use of a united nations flag .
the announcement is now set for that day , with the auction expected sometime in the last week of the month .
if the united states issued yen bonds , and then allowed the dollar to decline further , the cost of the borrowing could be increased sharply .
the market is so on edge about the trade deficit to be announced friday that every development is looked at in terms of what it might mean for the dollar , said f. ward mccarthy , a money market economist at merrill lynch government securities .
the shift , which has been developing in recent months , was most clearly evident in a meeting with soviet editors last week .
mr. gorbachev , according to official accounts of the session made public tuesday , seemed eager to frame his program for change in a way that would capture the support of the political mainstream .
many russians and western diplomats believe that the yeltsin affair served as a warning to mr. gorbachev , convincing him that the preservation of his domestic program required a shift toward the political center .
starting on jan. 1 , thousands of soviet industrial enterprises shifted to a new form of management in which responsibility for production moves from central planners in moscow to plant managers and workers .
since taking office in march 1985 , mr. gorbachev has tried to move the country with a combination of public speeches and new laws and party policies .
it may be that mr. gorbachev is looking ahead to a party conference scheduled for late june that is likely to be a turning point in his administration .
it is still often that we scare one another .
the shift , which has been developing in recent months , was most clearly evident in a meeting with soviet editors last week .
mr. gorbachev , according to official accounts of the session made public tuesday , seemed eager to frame his program for change in a way that would capture the support of the political mainstream .
many russians and western diplomats believe that the yeltsin affair served as a warning to mr. gorbachev , convincing him that the preservation of his domestic program required a shift toward the political center .
starting on jan. 1 , thousands of soviet industrial enterprises shifted to a new form of management in which responsibility for production moves from central planners in moscow to plant managers and workers .
since taking office in march 1985 , mr. gorbachev has tried to move the country with a combination of public speeches and new laws and party policies .
it may be that mr. gorbachev is looking ahead to a party conference scheduled for late june that is likely to be a turning point in his administration .
it is still often that we scare one another .
american officials have also argued against an extension .
the way i see it , we have a first world in this country , and a third world .
what's happening is that the third world is moving in on the first world , and the first world is having to adjust .
if we don't give now , it will be taken away from us , he said .
he wouldn't even come along here , he said .
and , you know , despite the changes , it still does .
the united states will stick to key elements of its position on reducing long-range nuclear arms when american and soviet negotiators begin a new round of talks in geneva on thursday , administration officials said today .
on mobile missiles , some administration officials said several compromise positions had been considered within the administration .
the administration is said to have considered proposals that would permit mobile missiles that travel on roads while banning those that travel by rail .
an alternative plan would set an overall limit on mobile missiles of whatever type .
the soviet union has said that it will agree to such a formal limit if the united states will accept a similar limit on submarine missiles , a position that the reagan administration says is unacceptable .
the second strategic arms treaty of 1979 , in contrast , defined a strategic cruise missile as a weapon with a range of more than 350 miles .
even if the two sides work out their differences over long-range arms , they appear far apart on what limits should be placed on star wars tests .
the reagan administration has asserted its right to act on a broad interpretation that would allow an expanded pattern of star wars tests .
the ruling was denounced by many press groups and civil rights and civil liberties organizations but was praised by some educators and others .
the court did not say whether its ruling would apply to state universities as well as schools .
neither contained graphic accounts of sexual activity .
the first amendment bars all government officials , including public but not private school officials , from violating those rights .
the court ruled there had been no first amendment violation .
some lower courts have held that student speech in school newspapers , plays and other activities enjoy far broader constitutional protection than they apparently will enjoy after today .
he also believed references to sexual activity and birth control were inappropriate for younger students .
leslie d. edwards , a st. louis lawyer who represented the students who filed the suit , said she had not charged her clients a fee .
this case concerns the extent to which educators may exercise editorial control over the contents of a high school newspaper produced as part of the school's journalism curriculum .
in addition , reynolds was concerned that a student identified by name in the divorce story had complained that her father wasn't spending enough time with my mom , my sister and i prior to the divorce , was always out of town on business or out late playing cards with the guys , and always argued about everything with her mother .
after a bench trial , the district court denied an injunction , holding that no first amendment violation had occurred .
the court of appeals for the eighth circuit reversed .
in my view the principal broke more than just a promise .
public education serves vital national interests in preparing the nation's youth for life in our increasingly complex society and for the duties of citizenship in our democratic republic ... .
i just want a pure strain of psychiatric judgment .
this is my body , and i do not want to take drugs , she said .
i want to make decisions for myself .
if she does take the medication , it may change the whole way she views the world .
while he said he believed that some patients should be treated with drugs , he said many hospitals placed too much reliance on medication .
the decision to appoint an outside psychiatrist could , however , delay any decision on medication for up to six weeks , lawyers said .
it would be the worst of all possible worlds , she said .
the national convention would then have to decide which delegation to seat .
michigan , said rich bond , political director for mr. bush's presidential campaign , has become the beirut of republican politics .
for in michigan , as in beirut , there is not just a single civil war , but civil wars within the civil war .
the campaign of representative jack kemp of upstate new york , for example , has split in two .
what is supposed to happen on thursday is straightforward .
in essence , only two groups of people will participate on thursday , and the two were determined long ago .
they are precinct delegates elected in a primary in august 1986 and republican candidates for various offices in recent elections .
at the end of a long counting process mr. robertson emerged with about 40 percent of the delegates , mr. bush with less than a majority .
the legal situation was further confused today .
from the point of view of the bush campaign , all this confusion is better than the outright defeat it once feared ; but it is a long way from the easy victory they originally expected .
for the michigan republican party , the spectacle is a disaster .
if someone even brings up the word caucus again , everybody will turn around and shoot that on sight .
the board of trade received approval tuesday from the commodity futures trading commission to impose limits on the amount that its index futures may rise or fall during a session .
index futures are financial instruments whose prices are based on large numbers of different stocks .
a spokesman for the company said today that the new compound could replace 20 to 30 percent of the company's uses of the chemical within the next two years and that the proportion would keep rising after that .
the weather was good , with temperatures rising to near 70 degrees .
what's more , it felt great to be one of only four teams still playing football .
it also has a grass field , which is what they will be playing on in washington .
and it is in the eastern time zone .
if the vikings defeat the redskins , it would be the fifth time that a minnesota team reached the super bowl .
in 20 years of occupation there have been waves of palestinian protest , but none nearly so intense or extended .
gaza has been in turmoil for more than a month now .
the shops in the west bank and east jerusalem have been closed for days .
but where can the protest lead politically ?
not that the protest began for that end .
then you go on to licenses , building permits .
you are under house arrest ; you violate it .
or you are under orders to report daily to the police , and you don't .
the identity card would be a symbolic point of no return , he said .
you have to make up your mind - you either stay in the system or you say the hell with it , you will no longer play the game by the rules .
when he spoke of the protest leading to negotiations , i asked , what negotiation did he mean ?
if the p.l.o. radio called on people to stop the civil action and return to work , i'm sure 98 percent of the trouble would stop .
the message should be : we don't want to push you into the sea , but we also do not wish to be thrown into the desert .
we do not wish to destroy your state , but we want our own state alongside .
it's no good to have just an uprising - to have war , if you will .
it is necessary to have an alternative , the peace option .
there is a security risk in being a moderate , he said .
but the way to avoid that is not to shy away from the political effort but to press it .
peace is a game in which two people are involved .
but at the beginning of a visit here , it is good to hear someone talking of a way out .
something in the photograph is hidden , too .
missing entirely , actually , is battery park city , lower manhattan's vast complex of apartment and office towers .
it was an experience that the photograph , in a small way , presented an opportunity to correct .
meanwhile , officials had decided to open the project to more imaginative and luxury development .
his invention also meant fast growth for the family enterprise , which has six plants in california .
but it appears as though there is a come and ask us and we will give it to you type of attitude .
we have got to guard our secrets more carefully .
but the pentagon is allowed to make exceptions .
he received a bachelor's degree from hunter college and a doctorate in psychology from new york university .
the united technologies corporation said it had entered into separate preliminary agreements to sell two of its financial subsidiaries .
the department has been the subject of federal and county investigations for three years .
to encourage saving for college education , officials in illinois have turned to the tax-exempt bond market , where they attracted individual investors to an innovative issue that raised more than $ 90 million for the state .
to attract investors , the college savings bonds offered several advantages not available on the state's regular bonds .
the sale raised more than $ 93 million for the state , and was part of its regular borrowing program for such major capital projects as roads and buildings .
another feature of the bonds , which are exempt from federal income tax , is that they are not subject to the 2 1 / 2 percent state income tax collected on other illinois issues .
israel expelled four palestinians from the west bank despite widespread international criticism .
israeli troops took the palestinians by helicopter to a lonely mountain road in southern lebanon .
news analysis : mikhail gorbachev is moving increasingly toward the center of the soviet political spectrum to gain more support in the mainstream for his program for change .
the lowest percentage of them in 20 years feel that developing a meaningful philosophy of life is very important .
theodore s. greenberg , a prosecutor who guards u.s. secrets missile treaty spurs turf struggles in u.s. .
a four-year tax cut would begin and spending would be increased for health care , housing and education under a new budget proposed by governor cuomo .
in new york , gold prices fell slightly .
tax lawyers said that would represent the largest corporate tax case ever .
economy u.s. oil production dropped 4.5 percent last year to the lowest level since 1977 , and demand rose 1.8 percent .
rule changes to improve accounting practices were adopted by the american institute of certified public accountants .
copper futures prices plunged to their lowest levels in more than a month on profit taking and computerized selling .
illinois is offering an innovative issue to finance education that raised more than $ 90 million for the state .
today's column japan expects to establish a new futures market , possibly by the end of the year , that will offer trading in such financial instruments as currencies and deposits .
the philadelphia 76ers showed the nets tonight how to play just hard enough to win .
but it was something new jersey could not relate to .
on nights like tonight , the nets play their hardest and still can't win .
the 76ers were coming off a tough loss to the bucks tuesday night in milwaukee .
the nets lost to the bucks in milwaukee sunday and had two days rest .
the loss extended the nets' losing streak on the road to 14 games this season and 22 dating to last season and march 18 in detroit .
so philadelphia turned on the gas .
i felt the team was a little beat after last night's game , said robinson .
we were up by a lot early , but we couldn't put them away .
the nets did not get a field goal until 3 minutes 41 seconds had passed in the fourth quarter .
but hearing something like that will stick in your mind .
a record proportion of more than three-quarters of college freshmen surveyed around the country feel that being financially well off is an essential or very important goal .
at the same time , the lowest proportion of freshmen in 20 years , only 39 percent , put great emphasis on developing a meaningful philosophy of life .
in addition , the number of freshmen saying that a key reason for their decision to attend college was to make more money has reached a new high of 71 percent .
business continues to be the preferred career , as a record 25 percent of the students name it as their first choice .
a sharp decline in interest in computing , engineering , technological and nursing careers .
the lack of interest in these fields was expressed by men and women alike .
that year 83 percent thought that developing a meaningful philosophy of life was an essential or very important goal .
the percentage has dropped in all but two years since then , to a low of 39 percent in the latest survey .
being well off financially was identified as a key goal by a record 76 percent of freshmen , up from 73 percent the previous year and nearly double the level of 39 percent in 1970 .
top priorities among freshmen include being an authority in my chosen field and having administrative responsibility for the work of others .
politically , the proportion of freshmen who identify themselves as conservative has changed little over the last five years .
the proportion describing themselves as liberal has been rising slowly .
nine percent of the freshmen said they smoked cigarettes , down one percentage point from the year before .
we as athletes truly have the opportunity to help others .
i thank god for the strength to be in professional athletics .
the option year of the contract is the rangers' option .
no further terms of the contract were disclosed .
the inquiry was conducted by an independent panel .
the chairman receives no salary , as is the case at other major futures exchanges , which all have members serving as chairman .
however , his critics said that his future at the exchange could be in doubt .
i think this is just an interim step .
mr. barnes was removed from the federal jury on dec. 8 , and his place was taken by an alternate , after it became known that he was not a united states citizen , as required for jury service .
the approach from his colleague at work , he said , came two days later .
the identities of the jury members have been kept confidential .
the lawyers said the trial , which started june 1 , should be allowed to continue .
because of an editing error , an article in business day yesterday about increases in steel prices incorrectly described the types of steel affected .
the board plans to meet again next tuesday .
it would be easy for either side to demonstrate that the other lacked commitment to peace .
the administration seems bound only to destroy the sandinistas .
where does this leave the region's five presidents , about to meet to discuss progress ?
in any event , let it be clear who bears the responsibility .
they fear giving the plan even an outside chance .
it is a further example of the banana republic diplomacy practiced by assistant secretary of state elliott abrams .
it has consistently dismissed or forced out every senior official who tried to develop a diplomatic track .
they deserve american support , not threats .
the contras seem interested in using that pressure to obtain concessions only if those concessions include a sharing of power by the sandinistas .
otherwise , the contras seem determined to fight until there is a military solution , however long that takes .
no public opinion poll has ever shown that a majority of us favor aid to the contras .
the closest was a white house poll taken immediately after lieut .
how long will congress continue to fund an unpopular foreign policy ?
if that supply line is cut , even continued united states support would be of little value to the contras .
invasion by our armed forces is out of the question .
the polls seem to suggest that underlying american opposition to contra aid is the fear that someday it may drag us into the war .
once that offer is made public , it will be hard for the government to withdraw it if , for example , congress votes to cut off contra aid .
the contra leadership would do well to begin negotiating , regardless of whether they like negotiators or location .
in six years , the contras have not sold the majority of us on their war .
they can negotiate with more dignity , and better results , if they don't wait until then .
your clock editorial has struck a raw nerve .
actually , the campbell starting lineup could end up with as many as five edmonton players .
that's because wilson , who had shoulder surgery last week , will miss the all-star game .
but after that , the negotiation begins .
if i trade a 5 across , will that get me a 16 down in return ?
he said he did not know whether computers outside britain or larger computers were affected .
president reagan is to be interviewed during his stay in new york this weekend by john cardinal o'connor .
the interview is to be shown on face to face with john cardinal o'connor on channel 2 at 7 : 30 a.m. .
cardinal o'connor is expected to speak with the president about religious issues during mr. reagan's tenure and how his beliefs influenced his leadership .
the contract cannot be made at this point if the defense is careful .
it is less obvious what west should do if the diamond king is led .
the federal bureau of investigation is also looking into the source of the anonymous calls .
the threats on the building that houses the publishing company came on dec. 14 , 21 and 22 .
on jan. 6 , another threatening call was made to a company executive .
he said thousands of threatening form letters prepared and distributed by muslim groups in those areas had been sent to the publishing house .
he pointed out that some muslim authors had gone into exile because their writings were banned in their own countries .
there is now a powerful campaign against intellectuals and literature throughout the islamic world .
the incident from which the title of his book is taken is rooted in the early history of islam .
the islamic world would deny itself the techniques of scholarship and the imagination .
if i wanted to write a purely religious history , i would not have written a novel .
in a filing with the securities and exchange commission , the continental group gave no reason for the sale of the shares .
the continental group had been planning to vote in support of the dissident shareholders .
according to a separate s.e.c. filing , a large portion of the continental shares was purchased by the liberty mutual insurance company and the liberty mutual fire insurance company , which said it would vote against proposals to change the nature and central features of liberty all-star .
from 1957 until he retired last year , mr. nichols reported on italy and on the roman catholic church .
he previously worked as a freelance photographer and editor and as assistant editor at horizon magazine .
he is on the faculty of the international center of photography .
some of the dozens of essays in this comprehensive volume have that special power that comes from the revelation of the purely evil .
the body was still warm when it was collected the following day !
that proves that li did not die immediately after the shooting .
there must have been a period of ten hours or more during which his life could have been saved .
and all that time there was a soldier standing guard over him .
nothing is going to happen , is the common response .
in a town near here last month , for instance , the police had to protect a judge from an angry crowd that discovered he was using his official car for a family weekend .
in another place , protesters stopped municipal council members from voting themselves a 400 percent raise .
further , at the time of the disaster , no patrol boats were on duty .
despite his claims to direct descent , ronald reagan is no franklin roosevelt .
like all public policy it was reached by rational process , not by emotional reaction .
it showed the original proposal for the project .
the ball bounced off the back of the rim and into the hands of an opponent .
if you don't start working , you're going to be just another nice big kid .
how do you inspire an athlete who can compete at half speed and still dominate a game ?
by all accounts , wright has the potential to be the best big man ever to come out of new jersey .
those around wright are concerned with the impact the attention might have on him .
if he doesn't perform , people get very upset .
playing against the country's best players , wright developed into a force .
nor has it hurt the center's growing celebrity .
some of the best players in the country were in that tournament , and he was the celebrity down there .
wright enjoys his status , but he also knows the dangers of the position he has been thrust into .
it's scary to think i could be the best player in the country and have to sit out a year , wright said .
i'm working harder in the classroom now .
i just want to avoid proposition 48 .
but what luther needs is his mental maturity to catch up with his physical maturity .
so wright finds himself caught in the middle .
he reads the letters that have been pouring in since eighth grade .
i think it's all up to me now , wright said .
if i want to be the worst center around , i can be that .
if i want to be the best player in the class of 1990 , i can be that , too .
the two could face loss of their jobs , and the judge , george w. white , set a hearing tuesday on the issue .
the counts on which mr. friedman were convicted carry a maximum sentence of 46 years and a fine of $ 70000 .
those on which mr. hughes were convicted carry a maximum term of 45 years and a fine of $ 60000 .
allen friedman is not related to harold friedman .
the search for a new coach is on schedule , paul said .
we hope to make an announcement sometime next week .
we had over 75 applicants and interviewed 10 of them and then called five back for second interviews .
i cannot comment specifically on the candidates and who is being considered , but we are getting very close to a decision .
i can't comment on the coaching job right now , he said by telephone from his home outside rochester .
neither responded to telephone messages .
why has that provoked criticism , even among groups that would benefit ?
president-elect bush's choices for the cabinet resemble the selections of a parliamentary leader more than those of an american chief executive .
why is it considered unlikely that such a challenge will be successful ?
the recent national collegiate athletic association convention has come up with a plan that some opponents say may hurt freshman athletes , especially blacks .
two palestinians died and 17 were wounded in separate clashes .
according to an arab reporter who was not immediately identified , the youth was shot when troops fired on dozens of arab youths throwing rocks at them .
the israeli army said it was checking the report .
the general electric company and the general electric company p.l.c. , britain's largest manufacturing concern , yesterday announced an agreement to create joint ventures in consumer products , medical equipment and electrical distribution equipment .
the joint ventures announced yesterday come after more than a year of discussions .
i believe society needs to be protected from criminals , he added in a quiet , measured tone that seemed to mask some resentment that he was going to jail while others , like one of the men he shot , were back on the street after having been charged with armed robbery .
as a result , his sentence showed that in this case more was less .
they said that the law called for a one-year sentence and that they believed the defendant faced less actual jail time under a one-year term for a gun charge than under the six-month sentence .
let him go home , where he belongs .
let him go back to living his life .
the jury of eight men and four women , two of whom were in court for the sentencing , said he was justified in shooting the men he believed were about to attack him .
in a statement at city hall , mayor edward i. koch described the sentence as exactly what is appropriate .
but the problem is the law , she said , and it must be followed .
but he said that he had agreed to install the covers because of the likelihood that the federal government would eventually fine the city if it failed to do so , and as part of a recent agreement with the state that renewed the city's permit to operate its eight marine transfer stations .
but he said , that was less true than we thought .
some of the best minds of the department have been applied to this , and we came up with a solution .
he said the process would cost $ 2.3 million a year .
in installing the nets , the city is also following federal regulations that take effect this month , although it was considered unlikely that the city would have faced immediate penalties if it had not begun the operation .
let's just say right now that we're not very happy about it .
this is expected to take place in geneva at the middle of the year .
and they pointed out that the changes in the plan were not unusual ; similar changes have been made at least twice during the last eight years .
but , he said , use of pension funds and other reserves leave the state terribly vulnerable to an economic downturn and must not be used again .
the timing was brought on by the necessity of the moment , said james f. regan , chairman of the state's commission on public employee pension and retirement systems , which monitors pension decisions .
governor cuomo has said that the state is facing a $ 2 billion budget gap for the current fiscal year , which ends march 31 , and that without drastic action the problems would be even greater next year .
the plan makes only minor changes in the way the state's contribution to the pension fund is calculated .
this , in turn , would allow the state to reduce its contribution .
since most local governments , except new york city , also contribute to the state pension fund , the changes would also save hundreds of millions of dollars for municipalities .
those savings would help offset cuts in local aid that the governor is expected to propose next week .
mr. regan may make the changes himself , but he said he would be guided by one of his advisory boards , which is expected to approve the changes later this month .
but although the comptroller said last week that the most recent changes were the result of a routine analysis of the pension fund's investment performance , he had for several weeks resisted the cuomo administration's efforts to reduce the state contribution .
this would have saved the state money in the short term but would have cost more in the future .
and the comptroller was under intense political pressure from state labor leaders not to agree to the changes without winning something in return for the state's public employees .
at the same time mr. regan was under equally intense pressure from the cuomo administration to agree to the changes .
people involved in the negotiations said that administration officials told mr. regan that the only alternative to the changes was a tax increase , for which he could be blamed .
the contract for the firm is still awaiting approval by the governor's budget office .
in the end , the comptroller appears to have agreed to the governor's request without winning any clear benefits for public employees .
but mr. regan said that the savings that would result from the changes should allow the state in future years to increase benefits to retirees .
as investors rushed to lock in current yields , prices of long-term treasury bonds soared well over a point , or $ 10 for each $ 1000 of face value , before some late profit taking .
before december , the gains over the previous year were running on the order of 3 percent , 5 percent , 1.6 percent and so on , she said .
there is a bit of a puzzle , though , in the automotive figures , she said .
ms. wells of the retail merchants association said the trend in retail sales in january has continued to be strong , pointing to a good first quarter .
administration officials say the american campaign to stop libya from acquiring expertise and materials from west german and other european companies for its vast chemical plant has succeeded , at least temporarily .
government officials say a highly classified evaluation being drafted by intelligence analysts concludes that west german companies are playing a leading role in exports of chemical weapons technology to the eastern bloc and the spread of chemical weapons in the third world .
they never really took it seriously .
american diplomats have complained to west germany and other nations for several months about companies involved in the libyan plant .
they are doing the right things now , he said .
they're out of business , an administration official said .
what we've done is slow him down , an administration official said .
but if you've got enough money , eventually someone , somewhere , will sell you what you need .
the french inquiry led to arrests , but the west germans responded that the norwegian police were incorrect , and that only machine tools allowed for export by european and american rules had been sent to the soviet union .
american intelligence has independently confirmed the accuracy of the norwegian police report on this issue , administration officials said .
the company has acknowledged having done work in iraq , but it denies any role in chemical weapons manufacture .
we had them dead to rights , said an american official who was part of the delegation that met with the germans .
we knew 100 percent it was a chemical weapons plant .
israeli forces in recent weeks have been using a new type of bullet against palestinian protesters in the occupied west bank and gaza strip , palestinians and israelis say .
the uprising is now in its 14th month .
yet there has been no surge in mass palestinian demonstrations in recent months .
but controversy has mounted as palestinians and leftist israelis have raised increasing objections to what they said were more liberal guidelines for opening fire .
roughly a month and a half ago , the new metal ball made its appearance .
the israeli army declined to respond to inquiries made over three days about the new ammunition .
a senior army spokesman said he was not aware of a change in the army's ammunition .
they can still be deadly , however , especially if fired at close range .
records indicate that casualties have mounted in the uprising since last summer .
most of those being treated in hospital emergency rooms have wounds to the head and chest , although the army has long insisted that its policy is to shoot at the legs of protesters .
a fourth youth , shot through the heart with a plastic bullet , was described as brain dead , kept alive only by machine .
it is very heavy and the brain tissue is very soft .
the more it moves , the more damage it causes , and the more difficult it is to get out .
here you have the entrance , and it has already changed its position , crossing the brain from one side to the other .
especially when it enters the brain , it does extensive damage , he said .
all of the people who are injured in the head , they are practically dead .
when shot at close range it causes major injuries .
one ball weighed just over half an ounce .
her family quoted doctors as saying that she would die .
witnesses have described seeing boxes of the new ammunition being passed around by soldiers .
there is no question they are shooting more freely , shooting into crowds and demonstrations .
the percentage of wounds in vital organs , chest and head injuries is increasing , she said .
now we have a sudden increase in people , especially being shot in the head .
we are getting them almost every day for the last month or six weeks .
now we have more injuries , and many are more serious , head injuries in particular , especially the last couple of months .
he said the figures were an excellent example of the new policy .
when soldiers fired live ammunition under strict discipline there were far less casualties then now , when plastic bullets are used with total abandon .
defending the new policy last september , defense minister rabin said that our purpose is to increase the number of wounded among those who take part in violent activities , but not to kill them .
the united states says the plant is intended for the production of chemical weapons .
therefore , he said , the investigations were not made public .
it was only this week , after west german newspapers joined in the investigative hunt and new documents were uncovered in frankfurt , that the chancellor acknowledged some substance to the reports .
the spokesman said the foreign ministry had assumed investigations were under way .
but they said an exception had been made because it was important to convince mr. kohl .
i know that chancellor kohl is strongly opposed to the proliferation of chemical weapons , and he has been very outspoken on it , said mr. bush , who was in florida for a weekend vacation .
all but one of the proposals require the approval of the state legislature , which is facing a $ 2 billion budget shortfall this year .
in releasing the proposal more than two weeks before the mayor's preliminary spending plan is to be unveiled , but only a few days before the state budget is due , the city seemed to be trying stake a claim to the taxes , encouraging the state to look for other ones to levy .
a legislative official in albany , who was interviewed on the condition of anonymity , noted the unusual timing , saying , they're saying we want you to raise the taxes before they tell us how they're going to use them .
extending the mortgage recording tax to some complex transactions not now covered , raising $ 10 million .
he indicated that service reductions would still be needed to balance the budget .
he declined to say whether that has changed .
florida has suffered enough , senator bob graham , a florida democrat , said in a message to president reagan .
we've been strained to the breaking point by crisis immigration .
the current system is out of control and unfair to florida .
although they had questioned the area's ability to absorb these immigrants , the officials had expected that the increase would occur over a year or more and that there would thus be time to deal with them .
each bus is carrying its capacity of 45 people .
some of the officials seeking to stem the latest wave arrived as immigrants themselves 20 or 30 years ago .
they say the latest immigrant wave is different from their own because of the large numbers in so short a time and because no federal programs are available to help the newcomers .
in the 1960's , miami officials said , the federal government poured more than $ 1 billion into the miami area to aid cuban immigrants .
in their appeal to the federal government , miami officials asked that the reagan administration seal the borders to block illegal aliens .
they asked that newly arrived immigrants be allowed to work , so they do not become a burden on social services .
but there are no easy answers , he said .
the final answer is democracy and freedom in nicaragua .
no place has been found for the immigrants now at the stadium to go .
there are no government or social services representatives to meet them at the bus station .
the lucky ones have friends they can call .
they head for the stadium , only to find it closed to them .
sales of domestic cars and light trucks opened the year at a sluggish pace that analysts said reflected the last-minute efforts of several companies to bolster their 1988 results .
the reporting period had seven selling days , the same as last year .
manufacturers have a little discretion in the way they book their sales , and they used it to make their 1988 results look better .
this week was a fairly typical one for pentagon discipline .
mostly , they were small companies , but it is small enterprises that get many of the 15 million contracts awarded annually by the defense department , which deals with some 60000 companies .
a suspension is for less than a year ; a bar is for three years or less , but occasionally for longer .
a company is usually suspended after an indictment and is usually barred after a conviction .
the official with the authority to suspend or bar has the discretion to apply the ban to the entire company , which usually is done with smaller companies , or to ban a division or subsidiary of a large company .
in some cases involving the misconduct of a subsidiary , however , the entire company is banned .
during the reagan administration , the number of companies and people suspended or barred has risen steadily , from 45 in the fiscal year 1982 to slightly more than 1000 in the last fiscal year .
during the same period , the operating budget for such monitoring has almost doubled , to slightly more than $ 1 billion in the last fiscal year .
a company or individual must be notified that disciplinary action is being considered and must be given a chance to submit evidence and to present a defense .
the commission urged the pentagon to take into account all circumstances of a particular situation .
i think we played , over all , better in a lot of areas .
the islanders made the best of their 19 shots at sean burke .
the devils took the lead twice , but each time the islanders rallied .
king returned for the third and gave the islanders the lead with his seventh of the season at 4 : 27 .
the game , which had been rather dull , suddenly came to life after king's power-play goal .
these are signs of the growing influence of the animal rights movement , a loose coalition of groups representing a wide variety of goals and tactics .
the targets of animal rights organizations say the more radical philosophy is gaining influence and they point to an increase in violent acts .
the federal bureau of investigation has declared the animal liberation front a terrorist group .
we make a commitment to humans and their lives , and that's our critical driving force .
nonetheless , the movement has won victories in improving the treatment of animals used in medical research , sometimes at the cost of ending a project altogether .
spokesmen for the movement say it is growing rapidly .
a woman considering the purchase of a fur coat may find a card in the pocket declaring that wearing their fur is as glamorous as drinking their blood .
the most militant groups , like the people for the ethical treatment of animals , rely heavily on members to provide time and money .
the most visible effort this season is against the fur industry .
there's been a steady increase in violence , said tom riley , vice president of the fur retailers information council , which tracks the efforts of more than 200 animal rights organizations in cooperation with the united states department of justice .
animal rights groups have achieved particular success in their campaign against using animals for cosmetics testing that is not required by law .
she said she would be devastated if someone were injured .
groups including people for the ethical treatment of animals and in defense of animals have recently stepped up their challenges to a wide variety of medical research .
and the voice that i believe must be heard and , in the end , shall be heard over all the others is the voice of life .
mr. reagan also took aim at the federal welfare system and the government's handling of assistance to the poor .
soon , too many became dependent on government payments and lost the moral strength that has always given the poor the determination to climb america's ladder of opportunity .
as long as there is breath in me , i will fight for the principles in which i believe .
the designer , who completed the fitting on several evening dresses thursday , is not sure which she will select .
it seems to be her wish that she doesn't have too much said about her clothes , he added .
he is said to have costa rican citizenship .
the spokesman said mr. hull was arrested thursday when he came to give evidence in the investigation .
city council members , including the sponsor of the law , said they had been unaware that they had voted to drop the ban until they were informed of it last week by a reporter .
critics accused mr. koch of letting the developer off easy .
we have sent a loud and clear message to real-estate developers , mr. koch said when the settlement was announced on may 7 , 1985 .
you cannot shield yourself from the consequences of your misconduct by having others do your dirty work .
yet less than two years later , in january 1987 , when the city council and the koch administration renewed the moratorium for five years , the construction ban was dropped from the law .
i assumed that the original provisions of the legislation still applied .
the payment was also required before construction could begin .
he did not have to pay a fee for the second hotel on the site because it was vacant .
as near as everyone can remember , she said , it ultimately did not make sense to them to deny building for four years .
if you're going to punish somebody , make it monetary .
leaving a property vacant in new york city , they decided , just did not make sense .
los angeles played outstanding defense , getting fast breaks off turnovers and defensive rebounds , and took command of the game in the first half .
miss alfred was shot once in the chest and was pronounced dead on arrival at kings county hospital .
they also said her father is a new york city police officer but would not disclose his name .
salary is as reported in that list .
now executive deputy human resources administrator .
like sports records , new year's resolutions often seem made to be broken .
any time is a good time to start , but this time of year is probably best .
complicated investments are not only harder to evaluate , but also may force you to pay an accountant to do tax returns you could otherwise do yourself .
keep your investments as liquid as you can .
although most people should probably own some real estate , remember that it is generally far easier to buy than to sell .
make sure you have a hefty cash reserve so you do not have to dump assets to meet an unexpected medical expense or a loss of income .
a cash reserve will allow you to take advantage of the really good opportunities .
even if you are not , say , investing in an oil and gas partnership , a bit of professional advice is usually worth the cost .
but be careful not to let the tax benefits be the main reason for making an investment .
to avoid filing a separate tax return for a child under the age of 14 , you now have the option of simply adding the child's income to your own return .
the device is being sold to pharmaceutical companies , which use it to evaluate drugs being tested in animals .
the fluid raises the side that is falling , returning the car to a level position .
yet he did nothing wrong in asking the republican national committee to pick up a portion of the cost .
that was not enough to charter a private plane , which would have provided better security than the commercial flight ultimately taken by mr. quayle and his family .
the republican committee probably will end up spending only about $ 7000 , for the cost of bringing along two staff aides and installing a private telephone line .
in any case , the relevant question isn't the amount but who should pay .
once mr. quayle takes office , almost all such travel costs for security and staff will be routinely paid for with public funds , or , for political travels , by the party .
the fund is well managed : claims have soared but the fund has kept premiums low with interest earned from its reserves .
no external events justify the reduction .
if claims exceed the fund's diminished reserves , it will have to raise premiums or take money from the state treasury .
both alternatives are unacceptable .
higher compensation insurance rates will discourage employment and governor cuomo already has enough budget trouble .
finally , reducing reserve requirements for the fund cannot long remain an isolated act .
the only acceptable response to such a habit is to shake it , cold turkey .
parks , who was suspended from the university hours after the shooting , pleaded not guilty .
he continues to work for the defense department .
some of them work well ; others do not .
they pointed out that in most large businesses the people who run the company do not participate in the benefits of ownership , and the people who own it do not run it .
we have lived with such a system since world war ii , and we find our industrial base hard pressed by aggressive competitors in the far east and europe .
obligations to make interest and principal payments on the acquisition loan have a way of forcing decisions that ought to have been made but weren't .
the advertisement was signed by the croatian national resistance .
the book gives a clear account of the criminal acts of this organization around the world after the war , which are obvious examples of international terrorism .
it is the editor of this publication and the president and secretary of this organization , who signed the advertisement in your newspaper .
increased education and additional economic incentives could go a long way to solve this problem .
he was 66 years old and lived in hawaii .
he was an editor of the columbia university press american poets series .
his own poetry appeared in the new yorker , the nation and poetry magazine .
the deputy customs commissioner , michael lane , said last week that in the past these vehicles had sometimes been classified as cars , upon which a 2.5 percent duty is imposed , and at other times as trucks , which are subject to a 25 percent duty .
he also trained a number of united states olympic competitors .
you should be closer to it when you jump .
her first reaction was , are you crazy ?
but kingdom insisted , and she agreed .
what i have to do is be his eyes for the things he can't see .
but a coach , especially with someone as talented and experienced as roger , doesn't really deal a lot in technique .
the best coaching is mental , understanding what their needs are .
you get close to the athlete , and you hope you learn not only when to push the right button , but which button is the right one .
he wasn't winning events , she said , but that was because he had leg injuries .
he needed someone to talk to , and i was it .
she would lose confidence in herself .
what roger does for me , she said , is make me mad at him .
seven technicians testing a cable car at a ski resort in southeastern france were killed today when it broke loose and plunged 200 yards into the snow , police said .
he was commander of the eastern sea frontier in the late 1960's when he served at the united nations .
he was chief of staff to the president of the navy war college before being promoted in 1964 to vice admiral and appointed deputy chief of naval operations for plans and policy .
from 1948 to 1950 he served on the atomic energy commission .
in his state of the state message , mr. kean called for ending the state requirement that every high school student take a period of physical education every day .
do you think in the business world they are going to hire me because i got an a in gym ?
mr. kean simply proposed removing a gym requirement from the high school curriculum .
under current law , all schools from the first to 12th grade are required to teach two and a half hours of physical education a week .
in high school , physical education includes classes in personal health .
but in 1986 the state began increasing the required course work in several academic areas , including social studies , science and mathematics .
with the new academic requirements , the department said , the schools would no longer have enough time to permit teachers and students to design their schedules .
an education department study found that 30 percent of the time in physical education classes was spent changing clothes , taking attendance and performing other administrative activities .
as soon as word gets out on what we are really proposing , i think there will be some support .
the students who would suffer most , she added , would be the poor in cities who might have little opportunity for physical fitness and group activities outside school .
studies show that kids these days are going downhill .
if you are trying to make people physically active for the rest of their lives , you are not going to do it with a half-hour here , she said .
everybody tries to get a note to get out .
st. lawrence is playing without its captain and scoring leader , jamie baker , who is out indefinitely with an ankle injury .
hughes has been the choice against the strongest opponents like boston college .
vermont , which beat harvard twice last season , led by 2-1 into the third period .
in competition against the western collegiate hockey association , hockey east did not fare so well last weekend .
western teams won six , lost four , and tied one .
minnesota defeated maine by 6-3 in a match between the two league leaders .
the change came when those on the committee said they preferred to be known and identification would lend credibility to the award .
as expected the makeup of the committee of 12 is a mix of college coaches , national hockey league scouts and members of the news media .
boston university has been struggling to find the right goalie .
civil rights groups criticized his comments .
israeli forces have been using a new kind of bullet against palestinian protesters in the occupied territories , palestinians and israelis say .
the increase is to be offset by reducing the number of places reserved for refugees from southeast asian refugees .
an official of the hebrew immigrant aid society welcomed the increase in soviets , but said , trading one set of refugees for another , that's a bad precedent .
the child is the responsibility of the school , she said of the philosophy behind the program .
a child who is hungry and scared and homeless is not going to learn .
the shelters are a pilot program , expected to continue for one week , after which the board of education is to decide whether to make them permanent .
thus far , two schools have been designated as shelters .
they said none of the houston shelters that already serve teen-agers were full .
administrators agree that children are likely to be wary of the program at first .
they are asking themselves , is this real ?
what are they going to do , turn us over to the police ?
it will take time before they trust us enough to walk in the door .
dr. raymond , who is a former superintendent of schools in yonkers , n.y. , said that a group of four boys asked for shelter thursday night and then ran away after they were approached by several reporters who had gathered at the school .
and at gregory lincoln , a mother and her five children were allowed to stay , even though the rules said that families would be referred to a city shelter .
for the first time in his life , the young man from the mean streets of the south bronx was a star of sorts .
he hasn't been in any trouble since the shooting .
he is really trying to put this whole thing behind him and start a new life .
his mother would say only that he was out of town .
he lives with his mother in their bronx apartment .
his mother is supporting him on social security .
he will need attention the rest of his life .
the story might yet turn out to be true .
as to the investigation , we will of course inform our readers of its results .
it's possible people who lived in the neighborhood found survivors and simply didn't report it properly , he said .
by official count , nearly 25000 people died in the earthquake .
this happened yesterday , a beautiful experience .
at the airport , he said his life has changed some since the election but added : barbara and i are determined to keep it as down to earth as possible .
so i would not look for dramatic life style change , he said .
an american jewish delegation has ended a visit to india , saying it is hopeful that the time is right to upgrade relations between india and israel and end indian discrimination against israelis .
until then , india's policy toward israel will remain the same , he said .
and they indicated that they want no further rises in interest rates .
the governments have determined that the banks are out of the woods on loans to nations like mexico , brazil and argentina and that they are healthy enough now to resume the lending that they largely abandoned after the outbreak of the debt problem in 1982 .
the treasury agrees that the risk should not be transferred to governments , the official there said .
the general principles of the strategy are still valid , he said .
president-elect bush has called for a whole new look at the debt issue .
nevertheless , changes in policy with respect to banks emerge as an important revision .
it's not that i love the ground that yankee stadium was built on , but i do like the people and they like me .
everybody knows how the man is , that he's wrong .
but they have been reluctant to force the issue , knowing the matter could wind up in court , holding up any deal indefinitely .
klein did not return telephone messages left at his office .
you'll see there was nothing illegal or improper .
he also rejected any suggestion that he might meet with steinbrenner in an attempt to resolve their differences .
he said it was clear they stood worlds apart on the matter .
he stopped short of saying it was intense hatred .
he's dealing from power and money ; i'm dealing from integrity and values .
we're dealing from two different planes .
the examination was completed thursday night .
but the judge indicated he was not entirely convinced .
for the first year or two , he struggled on the circuit .
that was just a feeling he said , even though he was the rookie in 1986 who everybody thought would be the next big star .
that allowed him to get his playing card on the tour in the summer of 1986 after he graduated from oklahoma state .
but things didn't turn to gold for him .
he had to return to the pga tour qualifying school in december 1987 to regain his playing card .
he won once last year , and is a leader again .
with all these white stakes , it makes me nervous the way i've been driving for the last month or two .
i haven't been hitting too straight .
this was too good a fit for them to let it go .
the result is a highly detailed image offering the illusion of three dimensions .
a spokesman for senator daniel patrick moynihan , democrat of new york , said that the senator was trying to help the researchers by making sure they were in contact with the responsible government officials .
it may be a couple of months before you have images .
page 1 israelis have been using a new bullet against palestinian protesters .
in the december collection , $ 30 was raised for the neediest cases fund .
richard cohen , who heads the research center for jewish priorities , in manhattan , donated $ 50 .
with last month's increase , the producer price index for finished goods rose 4 percent for all of 1988 .
the monthly inflation number was in line with the projections of most economists .
among food products , price increases for beef , chicken and dairy products in december offset declines for turkey , fresh fruit , dried vegetables , fish and pork .
fuel oil and natural gas prices both rose in the month , while gasoline prices slipped .
prices of tobacco , automobiles and women's clothing also advanced .
and economists predicted that producer prices would climb in coming months because they believed that special factors held down food and energy prices in the month .
this was not good news , said bruce steinberg , senior economist at merrill lynch & company .
inflation pressures are definitely present in the economy .
to many economists , rising inflation is a sign that the economy is still growing too rapidly for its own good .
many factories are running at high rates of capacity and labor markets in some regions are extremely tight , raising the prospect of upward pressure on prices for materials and labor .
this is another argument for the fed to remain tight , in spite of the strong dollar , said william v. sullivan , director of money market research at dean witter reynolds inc .
a risk of that strategy , however , is that the dollar will strengthen further , raising the price of american exports and hurting the nation's ability to reduce its huge trade deficit .
some buying was encouraged by the government's report that retail sales in december were unexpectedly weak .
energy prices were up slightly over all but would have been even higher except that gasoline prices were down 3.5 percent for the period .
but that runs contrary to everything we know about recent trends in crude oil , mr. sullivan of dean witter said .
it's only a matter of time before gasoline prices go up .
rising automobile prices came as a particular surprise because they had declined in the previous two months .
the dust was still flying in the air .
the workers fled when police arrived .
adding doors would turn the rooms into suites , he said .
the owner claimed that those doors were there at some point in the past , he said .
this is virtually impossible to prove , and moreover i feel it doesn't matter .
it makes it explicit what is science and what is religion , she said .
that means evolution is going to be taught as the main theory of origins .
she said this will strengthen the board's influential decision three years ago insisting that publishers do a better job of covering evolution .
the theory of evolution , generally accepted by scientists , holds that plants and animals evolved over long periods of time and that humans evolved from lower life forms .
he was charged with criminal possession of a weapon .
his lawyer , stuart goldberg , said the defendant would testify in his own behalf .
she asserted that her father had sexually abused her for years .
if convicted of the murder charge , mr. williams would face 25 years to life in prison .
the maximum sentence for manslaughter is 25 years .
her back was toward him , he said .
in fact , he had helped bring about a veto of legislation last year that would have required him to wear one .
we say , let those who pay have the final say .
she died as a result of a broken blood vessel in her brain .
a recent state study of skiing deaths in vermont showed that of the 23 skiers who had died during the previous 10 years , 19 had head injuries , including 4 who had other complications as well .
communications corporation in stamford , conn. , graduated from the university of rochester .
the bride , who will retain her name , is a counsel with the bank of america in san francisco and a writer of short stories .
his mother is the student personnel director at the american river college in sacramento , calif .
even healthy people are carrying such data with them for doctors away from home in case of accident or illness .
but it is not only travelers who are asking doctors and hospitals for copies of their records .
still , not all records are useful .
if you are consulting a specialist for continuing condition , you should also have those records .
many physicians find it more practical to send copies to patients who request them .
that could be the difference between being hospitalized for four or five days or not .
if that's the case , get the doctor to translate and take notes .
to his credit , president reagan is putting his last days in office to good use indeed by joining the campaign for sizable salary increases for members of congress and other federal officials .
opponents are in full cry against the pay proposals , which would raise congressional salaries by 50 percent and give similar increases to 2000 other top federal officials .
all this appeals to public resentment .
there is no real parallel in the private sector to the job of representative or senator .
but there are for high-level government executives .
that makes it difficult for the federal government to attract top talent .
the corruption problem grows ever larger .
last year , according to common cause , members of congress accepted almost $ 10 million in speaking fees from lobbyists and interest groups .
often they did nothing more than attend a breakfast or lunch for their $ 2000 .
he had 14 home runs and drove in 74 runs .
in the 1970's , businesses learned the need for inflation accounting the hard way .
the policy implications are obvious .
we must hold the line on government spending in real terms .
we must also keep the economy growing to generate necessary revenues .
senator from wisconsin washington , dec. 27 , 1988 the writer is a member of the senate budget committee .
the council for owner occupied housing inc. , an organization representing professionals in the conversion industry , is not opposed to removal of violations in buildings undergoing conversion .
the attorney general's mandate is to insist on disclosure , so that informed consumers can make intelligent decisions .
his office often required work to be done though his staff had not observed the conditions of which they complained , but had merely read about them in engineering reports .
nor is the division strictly national .
he made sure every time to have me notice when he finished the puzzle before we reached great neck .
i was lucky if i ever finished before pennsylvania station .
one evening , i worked late in manhattan and bought the next day's paper .
i looked at him with contempt and changed seats .
i still can't finish before great neck .
but their deaths also established a deep blood bond between jews and blacks .
as i watched mississippi burning , i remembered two white male students who came to our black college campus in atlanta in 1962 from miami university in ohio .
i never knew whether they were jews , but they lived with us and tried to learn our ways .
we liked to gather on the campus and sing folk songs ; i especially liked it when we sang all my trials , lord by peter , paul and mary .
but the convention runs into difficulty when the story is imposed on sacred ground , on a landscape that is alive with meaning .
there are some things we feel safer not hearing or seeing or feeling , except as backdrop .
we are trained to expect , and to respect , only the surface of things .
one very powerful scene in the movie might have been much more powerful if the historical facts had been acknowledged .
the reality of that historical moment is quite different .
the lord was there , mrs. cole later concluded .
because then the man said , let her alone and he looked kind of sick about it .
if mississippi has indeed changed , i assume that this basic moral sense is behind some of the change .
they bear the cross for a large part of the population .
but , in truth , it is the essential property of the victims .
he was 74 years old and lived in manhattan .
he had served as a health consultant to various unions , including district 65 of the united automobile workers .
the new system will serve more than 100000 federal employees .
budget worries have left 21 employees of the justice department's press and legislative affairs offices looking for work this week .
the workers , including some with nearly two decades of experience in the department , were given a month to find new employment .
the quarterly loss , which compared with a $ 2.6 million loss a year earlier , was expected .
that was partly offset by a $ 5 million tax credit .
we expect an increase in the number and quality of choreographers and in the number of works we will be able to perform .
the arts council , which has encouraged development of the arts outside london , is also strongly in favor of the ballet company's move .
it became the new group several years later , when it moved to the opera house and specialized in small contemporary ballets .
the basic concepts have been around for many years , but car manufacturers have had difficulty in developing practical designs and consumers remain skeptical .
the company has filed six related patent applications .
for sharp turns at slow speeds , as in parking lots , the rear wheels turn in the opposite direction of the front wheels .
the different turns involve different forces .
that would soon cause the driver to lose control .
thus , at highway speeds the rear wheels are designed to turn very slightly in the same direction as the front wheels .
this causes the car to change lanes while its body remains pointed straight ahead .
the first was offered by sharon robinson , the cellist , on thursday evening .
new york government offices : closed .
new jersey government offices : closed .
post office : special delivery and express mail only .
post office : special delivery and express mail delivery only .
he lay down in front of the television set .
the urgent business was getting a new lock , one for which joe did not have a key .
we can't give them their money back , but we can give them something concrete - a lock on the door .
many times coming into buildings , i've had to say excuse me to a bunch of guys smoking crack , he said .
maria had found out about project safe from the police , as most people do .
the installation was complicated by damage the police had done to the door when they broke through to let her in .
still smiling , he rewarded himself with a cigarette .
somebody had broken one lock , but not the other .
on the 12th floor was dorothy , well past 70 , maybe crazy and maybe not .
other times , voices told her to take off her clothes .
it was unlike other works in the international ballet repertory .
but even balanchine himself never attempted the experiment again .
he has business projections based on three sets of economic predictions for 1989 , ranging from severe recession to boom .
but some investors and retail analysts question his optimism .
federated / allied reported losses in the third quarter , mainly because of high debt costs .
he said he wouldn't sell brooks brothers and ann taylor , and then went ahead and did , the executive said .
at allied , he now has the third management group .
the 14 existing stores will be expanded to as many as 30 , he added .
his company was a leading builder of shopping centers and housing in canada .
many other executives have left as well .
of course , the merger costs hurt us , but our operating earnings in federated and allied were up 46 percent in the third quarter .
i think that soon this will be a great corporation .
that transition had a negative impact on sales but the effect was less than we would have had if we had remained intact .
the reduction in our operations also allows us to develop new people , as well as strategies , and we believe we are in the process of changing the culture of the combined company .
the company received about $ 7.5 billion from the sales .
at the time , the general motors corporation stuck mostly to making cars and trucks , for instance , and the coca-cola company to soft drinks .
mr. little , in his later years , liked to play down his own success by citing those of his acquisitions and attempted acquisitions that had been the most unsuccessful .
mr. little smiled and said , we hope so .
and in 1963 , it sold off all its remaining textile operations .
for years he was proud that he played his age in golf .
as mr. little wished , there will be neither a funeral nor a memorial service .
but the reaction in the stock market was less apparent .
greece maintains that under international law , its many islands have a continental shelf just as large land masses do .
the agreement , as part of a final accord on human rights and european security , is scheduled to be signed next week .
at a news conference in vienna today , the greek representative at the talks said a compromise formula still had not been found .
john thompson , the georgetown university basketball coach , said today he would leave the bench at the start of saturday night's big east game with boston college as a protest against a new scholarship regulation approved this week by the national collegiate athletic association .
during the news conference , however , he said that his absence from the bench could be one day , could be five days , could be a year , depending on the reaction to his protest .
georgetown has won 11 games and lost only 1 this season .
an assistant coach would run the team in saturday's game after thompson left .
the new rule , proposal 42 , is based on the so-called proposition 48 , which established minimum academic standards that graduating high school students must meet to compete as freshmen .
currently , freshmen who are barred from competition can receive athletic scholarships if they meet only part of those standards .
that will change under proposal 42 .
other people argue that the minimum standards can be met by students from all backgrounds who are properly prepared .
thompson said that if this kind of rule was in effect years ago , i would not have gotten a college education and that he thus had a moral obligation to protest .
the national air traffic controllers association , which replaced the old union , reached the tentative agreement with the federal aviation administration on thursday night in baltimore after two and a half months of bargaining .
the union's leaders said they expected its 7000 members to approve the agreement in march .
mr. reagan dismissed the controllers in a major confrontation between labor and his new administration .
you couldn't distinguish one side from the other .
the union said the contract provided important new benefits for members that are meant to improve the safety of the increasingly crowded air traffic system .
because the controllers are federal employees , they cannot negotiate wages and financial benefits with the agency .
it was the old union's increasingly aggressive drive to include economic terms in its contracts , including health benefits and retirement provisions different from those earned by other federal employees , that led to the 1981 strike .
i think there are a lot of things that can be done .
but as i enter office , i'm prepared now .
obviously , i will be more prepared as time goes on .
i will know more about the office of the presidency .
but i'm prepared now and i will be more prepared as time goes on .
one senior adviser to mr. bush , who asked not to be identified , said the president-elect believed that there was a need to bring mr. quayle along slowly .
while he will be given some responsibilities , he will spend much of his time learning about domestic and foreign policy issues , the aide said .
i've worked with them for eight years in the labor and human resources committee and i am going to continue to work on them .
everyone is against crime , we know that , he continued .
but what are the causes of it , what can be done to help ?
i mean , come on , what we are going to do is go into an area and sit there and a lot of it is going to be listening .
he added that he was attempting to save the taxpayers money .
we are going to talk to people and i think you've got to not just bring them down the white house and talk to them , he said .
in an interview taped for broadcast sunday on the cbs news program 60 minutes , mr. reagan also questioned whether civil rights leaders really want their movements to succeed .
sometimes i wonder if they really want what they say they want , mr. reagan said of the leaders of civil rights organizations .
because some of those leaders are doing very well leading organizations based on keeping alive the feeling that they're victims of prejudice .
just as he never saw a weapon he wouldn't buy , he never saw a piece of civil rights legislation that he would stand up for .
other leaders of civil rights organizations said they were not surprised by mr. reagan's comments .
but they sharply criticized what he said and added that his administration had sought to roll back progress in civil rights .
they cited mr. reagan's veto of the civil rights bill in march 1988 , his dismissal of three members of the united states commission on civil rights who had criticized administration policies and his backing of amendments that would have weakened enforcement provisions in the voting rights act when it was extended early in his presidency .
he seems to have learned nothing from the eight years of his presidency .
in the interview , mr. wallace said mr. reagan had rarely met with black leaders while in office and asked if he understood why many blacks feel they have missed the reagan revolution .
but that's because , by some of these leaders that you've mentioned , they're being told these things about me .
as governor of california , he said , i appointed more blacks to executive and policy making positions in government than all the previous governors of california put together .
the rule was criticized by labor and consumer organizations as inadequate .
however , some businesses said they were concerned that the rule went too far .
the labor department said the limits would significantly reduce the risk of illness caused in the workplace for more than 21 million workers .
about 4.5 million workers now face exposure levels above the new limits , the department said .
it had issued regulations on only 24 substances in 17 years before today and generally had put those out one at a time .
they rushed the process , did not give it thorough attention .
instead , they went with a standard generally accepted by industry .
the regulation has been subject to a comment period and hearings and will be published next week in the federal register .
it becomes effective on march 1 but employers will not be required to comply until sept. 1 .
details of the regulation will not be known until it is published .
industries will have a variety of ways in which to comply .
it added that it took the rest , without announcing it , in the first half .
there would be a lot less criticism of turkey if it was not trying to join the club , a european diplomat said .
one journalist is on trial , facing a possible prison term of 15 years , for an interview with a kurdish terrorist leader in syria .
they were immediately arrested and , they say , tortured .
last fall , a wave of hunger strikes swept turkish prisons as inmates protested their living conditions .
most of all , turkey remains accused - as it has been for many years - of closing its eyes to police torture of political prisoners and common criminals .
that figure includes many people who were arrested in the period of military rule , from 1980 to 1983 .
the question is relative , and we have made great progress .
resentment rose when no western country responded recently to turkish requests for help to feed and house 50000 kurdish refugees who had fled across the border from iraq and asserted that iraqi troops had attacked their villages with chemical weapons .
western diplomats concede the lack of aid .
that state department report included the congress in a list of organizations that engage in terrorism .
it is the oldest black nationalist movement in south africa , and is one of several with substantial political support .
the controversy recalled statements on the same subject by president reagan and secretary of state george p. shultz in july 1986 .
mr. reagan denounced what he described as calculated terror by elements of the african national congress : the mining of roads , the bombings of public places , designed to bring about further repression .
its leader at that time was nelson r. mandela , who has since been imprisoned .
the change in tactics came after nearly half a century of peaceful resistance .
it said that in violation of the organization's longstanding policy of negotiating before taking legal action , it had not engaged in direct talks with the times before filing the suit on thursday in federal court in manhattan .
the times described the suit as being without merit .
he said that an immediate meeting would be sought with the times .
a spokeswoman for the times , nancy nielsen , said last night that the times would have no immediate comment on the development .
both the independent prosecutor in the iran-contra inquiry and two congressional committees requested white house documents related to the affair and were told that all relevant papers had been disclosed .
the charges carry maximum penalties of 60 years in prison and $ 3 million in fines .
a trial on those charges has been scheduled to start jan. 31 , but it was uncertain after today's public hearing whether the case can be ready by that date .
as political leaders fell out of favor , the job applicants they sponsored were less likely to receive jobs , the records show .
a study of the book shows that while women received an increased share of the jobs paying more than $ 30000 , the share awarded to black and hispanic applicants declined .
in the final two years surveyed by the commission from koch administration records , 1986 and 1987 , minority hiring increased from about 50 percent to 68 percent of the talent bank pool , while hiring of women changed only slightly to about one-third of the total in both years .
mr. golden now says that he will support anyone but mr. koch for mayor .
salaries are not listed , but they would be in the category of $ 10000 to $ 30000 a year .
only three are listed as black , 16 white and 18 unknown .
mr. golden said that as far as he knew , none of the 37 pending was hired .
but the mayor is still looking for his support .
they met over dinner recently , but relations are still very cool .
he succeeded stanley friedman in 1987 but is not related .
the political parties were not the only sponsors of talent bank job applicants .
she said that her department has referred hundreds of such persons but was never able to obtain statistics on how many had been hired by the talent bank .
the possibility of a meeting early in february , ahead of the regularly scheduled meeting in april , has been discussed since mr. bush's election and is now considered likely .
the finance ministers of britain and west germany said after meetings with treasury secretary nicholas f. brady this week that they would support a february session .
canada , japan , france and italy are the other members of the group of seven .
so far the japanese central bank has not sold dollars , but this fact is not necessarily an indication of a policy disagreement .
then it joined in , providing some of the final punch that capped the rally .
a weaker economy reflected in the retail sales report could mean less pressure for higher interest rates , which have been supporting the dollar .
the intervention , involving seven central banks , began after this decline , which should have added to its impact , traders said .
but the dollar rallied again , forcing the fed to intervene again in the afternoon , traders said .
a third reason is an unexpected demand for dollars , apparently resulting from the equally unexpected rally .
but in the foreign exchange markets , sentiment can change fairly quickly .
if the federal reserve indicated that it was not going to push interest rates higher , upward pressure would be reduced .
the low growth of retail sales could make the market consider this possibility .
but the day the bank of japan comes in and joins the intervention , you better hide your head in the sand .
he simply played the music , beautifully .
st. john's will seek its third consecutive victory in the big east conference today when it is host to syracuse , ranked fourth in the latest associated press poll , at 2 p.m. at madison square garden .
prosecutors have said that the case is believed to be the largest fraud ever uncovered involving postal meters .
the vatican had to consent for humanitarian reasons , but the americans are keeping a very firm stand .
he also said the book's publisher and its author would be held responsible for the allegations and that legal action would be taken if deemed appropriate .
the dollar surged again , despite a fresh round of central bank selling .
the ventures are in consumer products , medical equipment and electrical distribution equipment .
a bankruptcy court in pittsburgh granted the extension .
with winter here in earnest , the question is : which products work best ?
experts say children do not need special products .
keep cosmetics in cool , dry places .
james d. watkins , the retired admiral chosen by president-elect bush to be energy secretary , faces one of the harder tasks of any cabinet member .
admiral watkins is an unusual leader .
we've been strained to the breaking point by crisis immigration .
when anna becomes ill , she begins to spend more and more time in a dream world of her own invention .
the only question is who will be the hero .
fortunately , children live in a different world .
in this respect , the king holiday already appears to be an educational success of considerable impact .
others make do with the children's literature on black history , which is vast and growing .
still , the standard works are good - and getting better .
pressed into general service for the king holiday , our children's literature turns out to be a treasure in the making .
most people travel to get away from home ; bishop traveled - to europe , key west , brazil , new york , boston - to find one .
and what is a home without a mother ?
the two women hit if off from their first encounter .
yet from the start the younger poet presented herself as an independent spirit .
it was probably a good thing that she lived in brazil .
as such , it will come as a revelation to most readers .
several of the pieces refer to the 1988 presidential campaign .
quiet is not , mr. stone says , entirely the word for the way george bush appears , but it is an extremely sympathetic way of describing it .
we're taking this show on the road !
and yet , despite its very different subjects and voices , it is a real book , a single , solid volume .
there is also a sympathetic look at the italian police and their problems in dealing with the massive american presence in italy .
there are many characters in roman circus , but five are of supreme importance .
the forces of evil are represented by the intellectual and his partner , a killer from libya .
opposed to them are the american agent and a police captain .
the next 12 months will bring many more novels about espionage and terrorism .
the russians at first are not unhappy with the scenario .
but when they realize what is going to happen - world war iii , among other things - they link up with american security forces to try to stop the threat .
its plot has to do with a secret c.i.a. project hidden from congress and the new president himself .
elements of science fiction are present here .
but what basically is on the author's mind is a look at the entire american power structure .
how can he get his program through congress ?
there are some very funny things en route .
the flaws of the book stem from the author's obsession with describing for his readers politics as actually practiced in america .
a british journalist is notified that his sister has committed suicide .
he flies to hong kong to find out what happened .
to an american reader , the only really interesting parts of the book are the observations about newspaper reporting thrown off by the central character .
at least , if this account is to be believed .
black soldiers , white officers : that was the ruling that integrated the union army during the civil war .
for the united states army , one of society's most conservative institutions , it was truly a revolution .
another recalled that at his first roll call i felt freedom in my bones .
a screening process far more rigorous than anything yet seen in the war produced , on average , experienced , capable , highly motivated officers .
this was a factor in the strong showing made by most black troops going into combat for the first time , which in turn assured the acceptance of the whole program .
then one night in a drunken rage he ruins it all .
boy wonder , by james robert baker .
if boy wonder is trash , it's trash for smart people .
everyone was forced to find temporary housing elsewhere .
some shareholders have been considering taking legal action against the board .
but whatever the circumstances , shareholders have a right to more information than these owners seem to be getting .
question : i live in a cooperative apartment building where i have to walk through smoke screens almost daily .
if not , how can i get the building's management to enforce the law ?
according to alan herman , director of the no smoking enforcement unit in the city's department of health , any residence with 10 or more units must comply with the law whether it is private or public housing .
this responsibility is not passive , said mr. herman .
it is up to the owners to enforce the law through their management agents .
to save time , when making a complaint , be ready with the name , address and telephone number of the management agent or owner , as well as details on the nature of the violation .
when i moved in i had to pay a security deposit on the apartment , but not for the parking space .
this year , for the first time , i have been required to pay a month's security on the space .
in my country , we had to go to the market every day for fresh food , because no one had a refrigerator .
southeast asian refugees began coming to connecticut after the end of the vietnam war and they were sponsored by church groups and civic organizations .
the refugees say they are not trying to set up their own society , only a place where they and their children can make the transition from one culture to another more gradually .
people in connecticut who have family back in cambodia are scared to death .
he is now 16 , and she expects him to join her in connecticut this spring .
a polish immigrant can come to connecticut and join the polish club and the local catholic church .
we were lonely ; we didn't speak the language well , and we didn't have social contacts .
the larger cities are attractive because there are more job opportunities , and better mass transportation , she said .
the rest are scattered throughout the state .
she said the population information is important because it can prove to state , federal and private funding agencies that social programs aimed at a particular group are needed .
many times , with an ethnic group , you need someone from the group to make the bridge , to tell them how important it is that they respond to these forms .
10 / 10 & under , the title of a traveling exhibition organized by the connecticut society of architects in new haven , refers to architectural firms that have been in business 10 years or less and have 10 or fewer employees .
the 10 winners were chosen out of about 30 entries .
four hundred firms throughout the state are members of the society .
four plays will be seen in rotation in two theaters .
by this time , visitors will most likely be wondering where they are in american art history .
charles clark , the curator , will give a talk on the exhibition next sunday at 3 p.m. .
a series of five lectures on american art begins at 3 p.m. .
series tickets are $ 35 , individual lectures cost $ 10 and each session will be followed by an informal tea .
two field trips are to be part of the training .
it opens today and will remain through feb. 25 .
under the umbrella title of how to care for your art objects , the sessions will be held at 4 p.m. today , feb. 18 and march 18 .
admission at the door is $ 15 for each lecture , or $ 40 for the series at the door .
thus , born from confusion , was the need for a new name .
this time , however , a local fellow wasn't to provide the name .
if we could get rid of every copy - and he indicated that every effort was being made to do that - we could buy ourselves a computer and still have some money left over .
perhaps the largest of those was that the book took longer than expected to put together and deliver to subscribers who had paid $ 25 early on for their copies .
i wrote to those who complained and explained what was going on and most of them wrote back just saying they couldn't wait to get the book .
the books were delivered in time for the holidays .
my wife was saying , when do i get my house back ?
the former chairman , who had always objected to night meetings and never faced a request for a morning session , said , if we're going to have meetings at 10 o'clock , 2 o'clock and 6 o'clock , how will anyone know when we're going to meet , unless the times are posted ?
mr. hand replied , a list is being prepared right now and will be ready this afternoon or tomorrow .
this is a new board and what we are doing is challenging .
but we also want to work for the best interests of the county .
when the next election comes , things will be different .
legislators anxious to reduce spending have estimated the number of vacant jobs at 600 to more than 1000 .
the administration , he said , is in contract negotiations with the civil service employees association and only half of the projected settlement is accounted for in the budget , a routine practice .
finding the other half in the reduced surpluses will probably mean cutting jobs , at least 71 of which are filled , he said .
he said revenues from sales taxes might fall even below anticipated levels with a regional economic slowdown , and that the county could expect a continued decline in federal and state aid .
at the same time costs are increasing , especially in the county's fuel oil bill .
the county expects a total revenue loss of $ 17 million in that category .
the board of legislators is trying to do its job , and i'm not trying to beat you up over that , he told the dozen legislators who came to the sunday meeting .
i just want you to know what happens when this budget cuts the way it does .
she said the board had transfer authority , so we can move money from one county department to another if administration officials felt such action would retain jobs .
she said funds probably would be transferred and other steps taken so it will all work out and we won't have to fire anybody .
don't forget , if the cuts come too easily , she said , people will ask why didn't you do it before ?
in the proposed budget he submitted to the board .
she can even use them in sentences .
what she can't do is talk to her mother .
actually , these three generations of women speak to each other , but they do not communicate .
their struggle to understand one another is what this play is about .
she is convinced , for example , that human flight is possible without the use of motors .
others serve as masks to hide meaning and to obscure emotion .
as with a strange voice speaking on the phone , you wonder who is really there .
the simple set consists of a raised black platform in the center of a black painted floor .
in 1986 the basic cable package contained a much smaller number of cable services than those offered in family cable .
the most sensible way to compare rates ?
q. our sliding glass doors are difficult to slide .
the door must be taken down and laid on its side to get at the bottom .
how can i restore them and then properly seal them ?
a plan to require all practicing new york state lawyers to take continuing legal education courses has met with mixed reactions from long island lawyers and their county bar associations .
on friday , the house of delegates of the new york state bar association will vote on the idea .
if it is approved , a draft of the plan will be reviewed , and by june the delegates will vote on whether to ask the state court of appeals to make it a requirement for all lawyers in the state .
another way to make continuing education a requirement - by passing a bill through the state legislature - has been tried , but mr. brook said a ruling from the court of appeals is likely to come sooner .
the bar associations of both nassau and suffolk counties have officially supported continuing legal education , but the votes were close .
it recommended that the the association spend up to five years encouraging lawyers to donate some of their time to the poor rather than immediately making it mandatory .
most are devoted and competent individuals .
she called the proposal to force lawyers to take courses a response to a handful of lawyers who don't live up to the expected standards of the profession .
but it submitted its own plan to the state bar association , one calling for lawyers to take just nine hours of legal education each year , instead of 12 .
but some lawyers oppose the plan because they feel they are professionals and should be free from government interference , he said .
the expenses will have to be passed along to clients .
how can you argue with a theory that encourages lawyers to be better qualified to give better services to their clients ?
after two courses , no bread or water appeared .
it took two requests to bring results .
the best strategy is to go for the soup , salad and dessert bar .
dessert is the most successful course here .
with reynolds channel to the north , and the atlantic ocean to the south , there is plenty of opportunity for residents to choose the tide best suited to their own stroke .
while long island , once considered a vast bedroom community for new york city , has been changing its employment focus , long beach still maintains economic ties with its urban cousin to the west .
like childhood friends going their separate ways , long island and new york city have been gradually growing apart .
between 1980 and 1988 the number of jobs on long island grew by 25 percent .
with an expanding local economy , more people found work closer to home .
it recently became apparent that there would not be enough new commuters to justify the capital improvement plans adopted 7 years ago .
but in long beach the tide is still flowing toward new york city , at least during the morning rush hours .
that's a lot of people going to new york each day from a relatively small city .
in this case , the improved service ought to take the form of an express train .
the typical train of eight cars holds just under 1000 people , so there is certainly enough demand generated from long beach to fill one express leaving for new york in the morning and returning at night .
long beach is not the only part of long island that deserves such service .
as a station at the end of the line , long beach would be a good place to start .
every new jersey governor takes office as the head of a different state .
in a series of interviews , several people outside government who deal with these changes were asked for their thoughts on the challenges that face new jersey in the immediate future .
we must make building in the inner cities less costly , he said .
we need the intellectual creativity to define new solutions and new approaches to urban education .
the question we must answer , he said , is how do we make the most of job training programs to prepare people to move out of manufacturing and participate more effectively in the information and service sectors ?
new jersey colleges and universities will have to deal with declining high school graduation classes through most of the 90's , dr. donaldson said .
we will be into the 21st century before we see a high school graduating class as large as the one that graduated in 1988 , dr. donaldson said .
it's not just good social public policy to help our minority students stay in school , but sheer economic necessity that says we must expand our management pool , and the urban minority population has got to help fill that need , he said .
during periods of high inflation , not much maintenance was done , and now we're paying the price , he said .
one possible source of the needed capital , he said , is the business community .
in recent years , partnerships between corporations and the state's colleges and universities have grown , as business looks to the schools to provide highly trained workers .
we are more and more being caught up in a global economy , he said .
the value of real estate pretty much got way ahead of itself , he said .
we already have a situation where people sue over perceived environmental threats at the drop of a hat , and this is hurting our economic development , he said .
i recognize that the new governor promised to appoint an environmental prosecutor during his campaign , but it won't be good for our economic climate .
if there is a central theme to improving our protection of the environment , mr. moore said , it's better growth management .
if people weren't always trying to beat the system , things would go smoothly .
the major problems facing new jersey and the nation , dr. bergen said , are health care and its cost .
it's rapidly becoming an overwhelming problem , and industries and business find they must compete in a global economy and they no longer sustain the increased health-care costs for their employees , he said .
the price tag is just getting out of hand .
he said the public would have to be on guard to make sure that institutions and physicians did not sacrifice quality .
and closely connected with that , of course , is the problem of aids , he added .
and we have to make sure it gets across in school , when talking about drug abuse and sex education .
but what do those terms mean when applied to europe ?
does all this mean they've been trying to convert communist conservatives into democratic liberals ?
and why don't they just stick to those terms ?
engineers demand firm foundations on both sides of a bridge .
investment bankers don't have engineering degrees .
but first boston and its friends are not alone on high bridges .
once it seemed like a great way to make money .
if not , it loses a lot more than it can afford .
its competitors have black holes on their balance sheets .
the question now is whether the dance is over , or just waiting for the band to finish its break .
now it plans to focus on trading bonds of troubled companies .
but the fed is probably less likely to lower rates with inflation fears again rising , and with interest rates climbing around the world , higher rates in this country may be needed to protect the dollar .
it was a rough week for the general motors corporation .
two of the nation's largest pension funds appeared fed up with the company's performance .
the heads of the california and new york public employees pension funds asked g.m. directors for a broader role in choosing and setting goals for the next chairman and chief executive .
the current boss , roger b. smith , is due to retire this august .
the funds own millions of g.m. shares , so unlike small investors , they can't easily bail out .
meanwhile , ticket sales for the movie roger & me were so strong that warner brothers expanded its distribution .
the retailing interests will be run by a new chief executive and a new board , with the majority of its members american .
though sotheby's says mr. bond is current on his loan , it has been extended twice .
now sotheby's might be in the awkward position of having to treat the masterpiece like some used car that has ended up back on the lot .
the company has issued a new rule : no more purchases on margin .
the worse the banks do , the slower they become to lower the prime rate .
the banks did finally lower it a half point last week , to 10 percent .
analysts had been predicting the move for weeks , as the economy weakened and the federal reserve eased credit .
but bank earnings have been squeezed by problem loans to real estate developers and third world nations .
and for years , banks have had to pay higher rates on deposits .
but some of these people are better at raising money than managing companies .
economists predict renewed inflation in the wake of higher producer prices .
and they say the federal reserve will be reluctant to ease credit further .
argentina has paid the banks no interest since 1988 .
the soviet union wants to end its charity for eastern europe .
east europeans generally live better than their soviet neighbors , but the new trade standards would leave these former satellites with a $ 10 billion annual trade deficit .
whatever happens , some analysts expect the tokyo market to be uncertain , if not weaker , as investors wait to see how the ruling liberal democratic party fares in the feb. 18 parliamentary election .
this news and the rise in japanese interest rates first hit the futures prices , then bonds and now the stock market .
but he plays down the influence of developments in the soviet union last week , arguing that they had more of an effect on the yen .
the decline in the yen and the rise in oil prices , which both add to inflation , are the other main reasons for the collapse .
mr. ford sees some advantage in the decline .
but no correction is pleasant , he acknowledged .
monday : the stock markets are open , but most banks and government offices are closed for martin luther king jr .
monday : the stock markets are open , but most banks and government offices are closed for martin luther king jr .
wednesday : the department of commerce reports the merchandise trade balance for november .
thursday : the labor department releases the consumer price index for december .
also due out : housing starts for december .
just how that occurred is still something of a mystery .
the defense agency was ready , if necessary , to seek technological help from western europe as well as the united states .
then , suddenly , in early 1987 , washington began pressing tokyo for a joint project .
japanese air defense specialists were determined to build the new fighter here for several reasons .
neither the united states nor western europe has yet developed a replacement model .
and there are no production delays .
automobiles are one example and commercial aircraft another .
the 21st century will be the age of the pacific .
japan's rapid technological and industrial growth guarantees that it , together with the united states , will play a leading role in this region .
we give away our most advanced defense technology to the united states but pay licensing and patent fees for each piece of technology we use .
security is a country's first priority .
breakfast , the health experts tell us , is the most important meal of the day .
this may be all very well if your morning is spent in front of a desk .
but if you plan to keep going on the ski slopes - or indeed , in any form of vigorous outdoor winter exercise - you will need something considerably more substantial .
maple butter can be made ahead of time and will keep for up to three weeks in the refrigerator .
after that , it is best to allow the dough to sit for several hours if possible .
this may be all very well if your morning is spent in front of a desk .
but if you plan to keep going on the ski slopes - or indeed , in any form of vigorous outdoor winter exercise - you will need something considerably more substantial .
maple butter can be made ahead of time and will keep for up to three weeks in the refrigerator .
after that , it is best to allow the dough to sit for several hours if possible .
if it does not , press the button a second time .
generally , the procedure involves first turning off the gas supply .
then call the utility company from a nearby telephone .
q. our sliding glass doors are difficult to slide .
the door must be taken down and laid on its side to get at the bottom .
how can i restore them and then properly seal them ?
q. our sliding glass doors are difficult to slide .
the door must be taken down and laid on its side to get at the bottom .
how can i restore them and then properly seal them ?
q. our sliding glass doors are difficult to slide .
the door must be taken down and laid on its side to get at the bottom .
how can i restore them and then properly seal them ?
it is not healthy for employees to believe they are guaranteed employment .
one's job should be based on its contributing to the company's welfare .
continue to get closer to the needs in the marketplace .
the bride is an economic reporter with reuters north america in new york .
she is a graduate of cornell university and the columbia university graduate school of journalism .
the bridegroom , a financial news reporter at dow jones & company in new york , received an undergraduate degree and master's degree in journalism from columbia .
his father is an assistant general counsel at i.b.m. in purchase , n.y .
he graduated from the university of virginia and received a master's degree in architecture from princeton university .
her father is the chairman of the department of electrical technology at the college of staten island .
her father is the president of jersey city state college .
her father is a clinical professor of surgery at the vanderbilt university medical school .
her mother , joan newman , is a principal at physicians management concepts , management consultants in huntington .
his father is an investment adviser in greenwich .
his father is the company's president .
it has become so popular in this country that supermarkets in many large cities carry it .
the texture will not be the same , but the flavors will be good .
if scallops are large , cut in half .
add salt and pepper , stir and continue to cook .
there are more than 100 outlets in various locations to choose from and , since you are in new jersey , when you bring your selections to the register , there will be no sales tax .
and in some places no individual dressing rooms .
every mansion needs a toilet , said a fashion executive who asked that his name not be used .
the goods will have to go somewhere .
they both oppose apartheid but differ on how to fight it .
in his speech , a review of world events over the last year , john paul in effect spun the globe , touching on leading international issues , continent by continent .
he included a brief reference to panama that some diplomats said later could be interpreted as a request that the united states withdraw its troops quickly .
here , too , the civilian population suffered more than anyone else , he said .
the vatican restored diplomatic ties with poland last year .
john paul met mr. gorbachev at the vatican last month in the first encounter between a kremlin leader and the pope .
but in emphasizing matters of the soul , the pope did not neglect eastern europe's material needs .
india and pakistan make conflicting claims over kashmir and this has been a focus of conflict between them for more than 40 years .
where is the democracy here for us ?
it's not a question of weeks or months .
the militants have said that they are not prepared to negotiate with the government , either at the state or the national level .
the present state government has brought kashmir to the edge of disaster .
indian officials say pakistan assists the rebels with money , training and arms .
faculty members report being pleased with their role in the venture , she said .
but i don't think the physical location makes the class any different for me .
it just doesn't seem that higher education or education in general is where cuts should be made .
simply cutting back on the educational center's budget , he added , is not an option because there is no more back .
closing the center is a step backward .
and their parents are nice to be around .
i learned to give them a lot of special attention , which includes an afternoon story time and game playing .
she also worked with children who nearby parents lent to the training center .
they've taught me about things like the children's diet , about love and affection and how to deal with discipline .
the added benefits could include travel and vacation with the family , recreational clubs and college classes .
there are lessons in family dynamics , social and emotional development and discipline .
mr. garcia asked , referring to gen. manuel antonio noriega and his associates .
the invasion was an illegal search of an entire nation .
mr. garcia added : as much as noriega was a dictator , he will be seen more as a latin american than as a dictator .
people are going to have compassion for him .
once the carnival of the invasion is over , the protests will start , and american troops are not going to solve the internal economic crisis , he said .
mr. garcia recalled his ambassador from washington last month and announced that he would boycott a presidential summit meeting in colombia next month .
latin america is wounded , but her leaders won't say anything .
what it does not have now are candidates for any of those jobs .
the crucial question now is how long civilian rule will last once it arrives .
everyone knows that the military means business .
what are the prospects of nigeria becoming less corrupt in 1990 ?
but the parties are already obsessed with the november elections , which will have a fundamental effect on the politics of the 1990's .
in 1990 , the voters have much to comment upon ; the world has changed significantly since most of them last went to the polls .
the pentagon is cutting its own budget , the supreme court has made abortion a more local issue , and a whole new crop of lawmakers is in the ethics spotlight .
republicans hope to keep control of the national political agenda , as they had for much of the 1980's , and campaign once again as the party of peace , prosperity and lower taxes .
the fact of the matter is the president of the united states has not raised taxes , he said .
and the fact is that democrats talk about it all the time .
republicans have high hopes for races in iowa , rhode island , illinois and michigan in which republican house members are expected to challenge democratic senators .
if we keep what we have , we'll be in good shape for 92 , he said .
you've probably got 70 or 80 open seats that year with members retiring and the creation of new seats .
population growth in the west and the south , particularly in california , florida and texas , will result in additional sun belt congressional seats .
the northeast and midwest , long considered part of the democratic base , will lose about 18 seats , party officials estimate .
the georgia race will also be closely watched : former mayor andrew young of atlanta is hoping to become the second black to be elected a governor .
few experts care to predict what issues will be important in november .
the politics of this country has changed dramatically , said ron brown , the democratic national chairman .
some experts say the campaigns will reflect an increasing voter skepticism toward government .
we sold more cars last year than we did in 88 , he said .
we are continuing to move toward our objective , which is to be the best there is .
but i would just as soon be the best there is at $ 35000 to $ 40000 .
we're tied with mercedes for overall customer satisfaction nationwide , and our satisfaction with service , according to the j. d. power survey , is the best in the industry .
we had exclusive sheet metal , he said , but you couldn't tell it , because the overall length and the shape was so similar .
testing is a mean business , but somebody has to do it .
since women generally have smaller bodies than men it seemed natural to expect that they would be more quickly overwhelmed by alcohol .
when average differences in body size are taken into account , he said , the rule of thumb is that one drink for a woman is the same as two for a man .
what we are saying is that the individual may not bid with the expectation that they will be financed on that particular lot .
transactions involving art can take a week or two years .
i think it makes a more realistic market .
christie's said it helps clients obtain financing elsewhere .
some dealers would like to see sotheby's get out of the banking business altogether .
and , if it does , what will be its issues in the future ?
the idea here is that the soviet threat was the cement that held the movement together .
a few even concede that in some areas of american life , there may be no need for a specifically conservative agenda .
in foreign policy , for example , some leaders on the right predict a return to the consensus they believe existed before the vietnam war .
but others are not sure that is possible .
and even those who blame the soviets , rather than the americans , for the cold war , refuse to give the conservatives credit for its end .
foreign policy , they say , has always been a good deal more bipartisan than the right admits .
there are going to be different parts of the movement thinking different things and having different priorities .
the court said judge sand should have waited to see if fines imposed against the city were effective in breaking the council's opposition to the housing .
the court cast no doubt on the consent decree , approved by the council under threat of fines , requiring yonkers to build low-income housing in mostly white neighborhoods .
the federal agency has until the end of february to review the detailed plans , he said .
the housing authority will select a developer for the final 58 units of low-income housing on two sites next week , mr. smith said .
no agreements have been reached on the long-term housing , as it is known , and judge sand called a few weeks ago for a meeting of city officials and other interested parties to determine whether changes should be made in the incentive formula to encourage interest by developers .
she would not say how many units were involved , but an official said they involved small numbers .
that case was argued before the high court one week after the yonkers case was presented .
no one is sure what will come next .
government officials predict that monthly price increases will fall from 45 percent in january to 1 percent or so this summer .
it , too , starts with a surge in inflation and a sharp drop in family purchasing power .
even several billion dollars in foreign aid might not be enough .
he could even get the support of the population .
the nation will honor the rev. dr. martin luther king jr. tomorrow , the holiday that marks his birth 61 years ago .
dr. king was honored in a week of ceremonies at the center that carries his name here and at the white house , where president bush said , we have not finished the work of making martin luther king's dream a reality for each child in america : that one day they would live in a nation where they would be judged not by the color of their skin , but by the content of their character .
i contend anyone who is comfortable with the memory of martin luther king jr. has missed his meaning and his message .
we don't remember king the critic of capitalism .
in arizona , conservatives led a petition drive that forced suspension of the king holiday , pending a popular vote in november .
we're arguing the cash register side : not who can check into the hotel , but who has the means and who owns it .
that's a far more complicated issue than where you sit on the bus .
if not for dr. king , i don't know what would have happened to the american south , said representative john lewis , an atlanta democrat who was an ally of dr. king .
we could have become like northern ireland , like lebanon - not to the same degree , perhaps , but we would have been a much more divided region and a more divided nation .
israeli troops shot and wounded 11 protesters today in scattered clashes in the gaza strip , hospital officials said .
two palestinians in the area were killed by fellow arabs , but it was unclear whether those attacks were related to nationalist politics .
we want the parking garage to look secondary .
church officials and their consultants told the standard parking corporation of their proposal , to get more value out of their land .
one , in the chicago theater district , has floors named after musicals with songs from the shows playing on each level .
another has floors with city names and theme songs to identify them .
the memo included a sample notice the clubs could send to the players .
the sections quoted above , as well as others , were omitted , except for the first sentence .
obviously , this means that it will be difficult to make appropriate arrangements for spring training by the ordinary reporting dates , should the clubs decide , after all , to open spring training on the usual schedule .
exhibition games are scheduled to begin march 1 .
should the clubs lock out the players from spring training , they were told , they may not supply any kind of equipment to the players , nor make workout facilities available .
no major league player may work out with a minor league club , the memo says .
one was his teammate , todd burns .
the others were jeff russell of texas , who led the american league in saves with 38 , and larry andersen of houston .
mark davis , however , can also pick up some bonus money , a fact overlooked in the rush to make eric davis no. 1 .
fernandez , however , has an element in his contract that neither of those pitchers has ; nor do most other pitchers , for that matter .
robinson hit three home runs and drove in seven runs ; fernandez hit one home run and knocked in eight runs .
ten of those pitchers had a zero for the first number in their averages .
but failing such startling evidence of age , it is difficult these days to tell how old a map in a store may be .
it would have been easier to get the formula for coca-cola or the nuclear bomb .
on the strip maps the organization gives you to chart out a trip , there is a bold number that indicates the year of revision .
when it was revised , she said , the copyright notice had a date .
and baltimore maps are a case in point .
the fee is designed to make roads safer .
under a new florida state law , rental car agencies are required to charge drivers 50 cents a car a day to help finance drug education for young people and for law enforcement .
the other 20 per cent will go to highway law enforcement activities of the department of highway safety and motor vehicles .
the notice points out that the 50 cents is added to bills before the sales and use tax is calculated .
the people and the government are two different things , and it doesn't help human rights to turn our backs on the people .
a minimum stay of three nights is required , and the rate , including breakfast and dinner daily , is $ 105 a night for one person in double occupancy .
if garden tours are planned , can spring be far behind ?
canadian airlines international flies to europe , south america and the far east .
business travelers are expected to make up most of the clients of the service , which according to a company official provides a mobile conference room for executives traveling together .
the main crops are rice , sweet potatoes , corn and wheat .
because it's a total change from reality .
he lies on his right side , his legs buried in the hill to suggest mystery as to his exact size .
laws of gravity and mechanics were not neglected .
a gossip has his tongue cut out by a devil with a kitchen knife .
it seems a lot to ask children to have .
the core of china has not forever been chinese , one sees in this southwest corner 1000 miles from beijing .
the changing tradition of china has been formed from a variety of ingredients .
get banks to hold conventions here , came the swift reply , impressive to a longtime china visitor .
and use the time to train my staff .
in a moment of inspiration i suggested he consider a casino .
i remember when golf , beethoven and dancing were illegal in china .
if it seems the 49ers have the best of everything , it is because they probably do .
one thing for sure , though , is that the players over all are treated very well here .
this isn't like basketball where you have only 12 or so guys to keep happy and in tune .
but most guys around here and in this league will tell you this is a great system and a very nice place to be and one where they would do most anything to play their football in .
whether on offense or defense , the 49ers demand execution .
i haven't played anywhere else in the national football league , so maybe i'm a little premature , craig said .
but i can't imagine a place that practices every play , every detail , like we do .
we do one thing over and over so much in practice , beginning in training camp , to the point that you can do it your sleep .
if quarterbacks color the personality of their teams , then montana , since his arrival from notre dame in 1979 , has long colored the 49ers winners .
we have about 100 different pass plays each week , montana said .
we still go into a game with a certain script of plays we'd like to run on our first series , but we're not restricted to that .
lott , called by his teammates the heart and soul of the defense , makes calls in the secondary before the ball is snapped .
the players on the field always seem to be placed in positions where what they do best is exactly what they are asked to do .
edwards has served in that role for the 49ers for four years .
there is the cultural thing of , who am i in this group ?
edwards noted that the service is needed not just for younger players who become 49ers but for veterans , too , who might arrive after spending most of their careers in one city with one team .
we have problems , the same problems that every other professional football team has , edwards said .
we want everybody to be themselves , but we also want them to exhibit their class .
it's not the only way to do things and it may not be the best way , but it's our way .
jamie williams , a tight end , is among several other 49ers who offer few , if any , complaints .
here they smile and accept me the way i am .
he also told me , hey , if i could do that , i would .
a lot of teams end a year and begin a new one talking about how this year is their year , but they don't have the commitment from the top to get it done .
injured players report two hours earlier for treatment .
tuesday players report at noon and meet to discuss team goals .
film from tuesday's practice is reviewed .
review of rams game film from 4 till 5 .
saturday all players required to check into team hotel by 6 p.m. .
so it is a good idea to reserve early as space will be more limited than usual .
the hotel rates given here are for the least expensive rooms , which often do not have an ocean view .
the edison has 62 rooms starting at $ 75 , a pool and two restaurants .
a community center across the street blocks the view from the first and second floors .
the country code for england is 44 and the city code for london is 1 .
for more agencies that offer cheap flights , visitors to london can refer to the classified pages of the weekly magazine time out .
q. i hear there is a tour to new zealand that covers jewish history .
the tour takes in much of the standard sites on the north and south islands .
the first mention of the island on a map came in the 16th century .
she reached the chamber well inside the 72 hours regarded as essential and recovered .
access to the land is also restricted , and treasure hunting has been barred .
whatever the explanation , they are there by the thousands .
we did have one moment when we felt that we might become part of the food chain .
ray , standing in the crowd that had gathered on deck , said , if you'd told me you were planning to go in , i would have warned you about that .
in response to the question can they bite ?
most will turn tail and flee when humans come near .
it is booked solid for the next 18 months or so .
many people book the next open space and also ask to be wait listed for anything sooner .
in fact , they don't have a voice in the process .
my oldest son is a college senior , not an athlete .
under n.c.a.a. rules he cannot have even a part-time job .
he can only , legally , borrow a sport coat , borrow some money , borrow a ride .
one trip allows him the expenses to arrive on campus in the fall and return home in the spring .
and with no spring football demands , maybe he would have the chance to participate in more cultural and social affairs on campus as well .
even solid high school students admit it is a struggle to adjust .
i've heard the arguments against each of these four suggestions , from it's too costly to it makes college athletes professional .
a system often encouraged by the mass media .
there is much more that is good than bad within our collegiate athletic programs .
please know that these few do not represent the whole .
in big universities and small colleges the majority of athletes are a credit to themselves and their schools .
i play football because of love for the sport , he explained of the scholarship .
when the collection baskets were passed , the congregation was asked not to put anything in but to take something out : small bags of buttons saying , be a good neighbor , for distribution to fellow new yorkers .
in a world where so many things seem so bad ?
mr. henry said the service gave him the same feeling the people in eastern europe are feeling , that something new is happening .
speakers repeatedly urged those present to translate their good intentions into action .
will laser be the people's choice in the 1990's ?
for one thing , it doesn't record , and people want that .
we don't create a market ; we serve it .
the consumer , he says , is ready for a new technology .
asked if he liked children , fields did say , i do , if they're properly cooked .
they have been the subject of newspaper and magazine articles around the world .
what i did get were two very serious artists in a sensitive performance .
they speak english with a sexy french accent .
musicians refuse to believe this , and they are probably right .
but there is such a thing as careers made for a short time on publicity alone .
this is image without consequence .
publicity just helps to sell tickets .
some of our colleagues , some of the critics , they say , oh , they're not playing beethoven .
believe me , we play a lot of things our audiences don't know , and they like them when we have finished .
perhaps that is because we love the things we are playing .
today , musicians are bound too strictly to the printed note .
both girls won first prizes there .
there is something of the salon in it .
toward the end of their conservatory days , the sisters decided to play together rather than attempt solo careers .
as a team they started to move in intellectual french musical circles .
at first they tried to play like each other .
the same is true in the duet literature .
i love the cello above all instruments .
in their recording of the brahms hungarian dances , however , the sisters for the first time switched roles .
they can accommodate to each other's style .
the disk became a best seller , and suddenly they were playing to full houses .
the sisters play not only music ; they play the game , and between their talents and their ability to promote themselves have become a hot item in the classical music business .
they even listen to their agents , who drag them to parties after their concerts .
then the artists wonder why they are never asked back .
they are talented , they love to play and their enthusiasm carries over .
austrian composer of hungarian birth .
in fact , rhythm is now almost the key element .
if he gets a little bit off , the results can be disastrous .
then i could gradually figure it out , though that copy is too large to be used in performance .
here , he said in st. louis , we're going to try it the normal way .
they also bring the concerto to a striking conclusion .
the crowd of about 5000 demonstrators demanded the resignation of two of the top leaders of the new ruling group , the council of national salvation .
similarly , the crowd demanded that the communist party , which ruled the country from 1945 until this past dec. 22 , be banned .
meeting this morning , however , the council revised this decision , saying that the banning of the party would also be submitted to the referendum .
we are also thinking of the international implications , particularly for neighboring countries .
in both places , the local leaders appointed by the council were replaced .
we will be telling the truth about the situation , which is very , very bad , he said .
purchasing commissions have been sent to western europe to obtain supplies .
we are spending $ 300 million for consumer goods in this emergency period , he said .
he also plans to visit saudi arabia , which helps finance some afghan guerrilla groups .
but the soviets refuse to abandon him and note that he has shown much more staying power than washington expected .
mr. wilson once explained that he wanted to help the rebels in afghanistan because it's the only place in the world where we are killing russians .
i got a better understanding and appreciation and sympathy for the soviet position .
my no. 1 objective now is a negotiated solution .
the fighting and the suffering continue .
it does not indicate any flexibility on a key issue : support for the u.n. as a vehicle for bringing about a political settlement , mr. harrison said .
i suspect there must be a lot of people east of here who enjoy that stuff , but my advice is to ignore it .
in any event , their presence alone has for years meant outsiders assumed we weren't a football town .
northern california's ratings for national football league games have been consistently above the national average throughout the league's television age .
a lot more people around here identify with that than the rest of the country might expect .
he evidently believed in quality programming .
that way , the director could hear in his office what was happening on stage .
even so , de forest had made his point .
instead of shaping popular tastes , nbc is struggling merely to reflect them .
the heroes of true blue are members of the new york city police department's elite emergency services unit .
to guess why is not very difficult .
police officers are very much back in vogue on television .
perhaps it has something to do with the war on drugs that is constantly making headlines .
but true blue will have none of that .
several of the officers are italian .
one is hispanic , and one is black .
and there is one woman , a new recruit .
for african-american and hispanic youngsters exposed weekly to this kind of television entertainment , the message must be clear : this is your role in society .
little wonder that so many of these same youngsters are turning to rap groups whose messages , while sometimes questionable , can also seem positive .
he and his followers were surely the bad guys in this scenario .
being no. 1 has its obligations as well as rewards .
but news executives there vigorously defend the performance of their organizations .
when the 49ers face the los angeles rams in san francisco today for the national conference championship and a super bowl berth , the game will offer exciting offenses .
each team can spread the field with receivers , then run the ball .
the starting nose tackle had missed the last eight games with a broken foot .
the 49ers appear to be a better team with a better track record , and they do not sit on that record .
that made their multiple offense more multiple .
with joe montana , in his best season , playing one level higher in the playoffs , the 49ers should be able to score often .
eastern time and will be shown in new york on channel 2 .
with bill walsh as coach , they won the conference championship and super bowls after the 1981 , 1984 and 1988 seasons .
the rams finished second to the 49ers in their division , but they have beaten the 49ers in two of their three meetings this season .
when the rams have the ball , they pass more than they run .
the best way to pressure him is up the middle .
but if he is not at full speed , the rams will attack him the way they attacked sheldon white , the giants' extra defensive back , last sunday .
roger craig is the league's premier combination runner and receiver .
ever since i've been here , montana said , we have tried to control the ball by throwing it .
montana has completed better than two-thirds of his passes this season , and that could continue .
still , the 49ers will use a balanced attack .
jerry gray , the best cornerback in this game .
mr. taylor said that he did not know the mill and that he had been instructed by investigators not to disclose the supply area .
the theories concerning the string and the tying machines were reported friday in the atlanta journal and constitution .
while a spokesman for the f.b.i. would not confirm details of the article , other investigators said both the source of the string and an effort to track down the tying machines had figured in the investigation recently .
but one investigator cautioned , it is something we are looking into , but whether it is significant or not we can't say since we haven't come up with anything yet .
while some investigators continue to track down material used in the bomb , others are trying to put together a psychological profile of the person or people responsible for the bombings .
it is not an exact science , but they do pretty well .
one investigator said the current profile had not led agents to abandon surveillance of people who do not exactly fit the profile but are considered possible suspects .
we bought all their product , and we supplied it to our distributors .
change affects not only history , but nature itself .
about half the jewish population crossed the border .
then one night the germans rounded up all those who remained and took them away , no one knows where .
the escape of the young generation to the cities is a major problem .
in return , the farmers give them produce .
he told me how he had tried to buy a duck when passing through a village .
the more money , the more trouble , was her answer .
they think everything should be done to avoid national tensions - even if there are hundreds of urgent other tasks .
this is a city after a heart attack , a warsaw friend tells me .
it reminds me more of new york than of other european cities , a friend says .
despite all the new publications and the unprecedented disclosures , however , i did not notice , either in private conversations or in the press , any words of hatred toward the russians .
new faces , where are the new faces ?
of course most conversations in poland turn around the economy .
also , there are shortages of gas and diesel fuel and i saw long lines of cars in front of gas stations .
more painful was the growing cost of basic food items .
one pole in three has some financial resources in hard currency not touched by inflation - either money earned abroad or sent by relatives living in the west .
i had been a socialist in my youth , and on my visit i expressed on several occasions my not quite enthusiastic opinion of the laws of the market .
in poland today there are , roughly speaking , four centers of power .
solidarity enjoys the prestige of its victory in the election .
did he really undergo an internal evolution , as he claims ?
probably yes , but what will his role be in the future ?
how have they changed during the decades of communist rule ?
after all , the vast majority of the population was born and brought up in the new postwar state .
it would be risky to try to say how many of these old attitudes have survived half a century of war and revolution .
yet there is another factor , pushing in the opposite direction .
the present publishing scene in poland is fascinating to observe .
many small businesses will be operating .
so will a number of new political parties , which will probably soon be competing with each other in view of the election scheduled to take place in 1993 .
whether solidarity will act as an umbrella spread over all the groups opposed to the communist party , or will lean more to its role as a union , is unclear .
now they're bringing their campaign to chicago .
this week they're seeking help in new york .
both families have had to go into debt .
an increase of $ 4 million a year for testing donors would in short order make it work for everyone .
i'd never even thought of moving one before .
the following morning , i was the first one in .
they hadn't known quite how to take me before .
now they were willing to take me seriously - to teach me what i wanted to know .
i knew next to nothing about how cars worked , and that was precisely why i was there .
so it wasn't for professional reasons i wanted to learn .
i was tired of driving superb machines without really understanding them .
i felt i wasn't doing justice to the cars , or to myself either .
the owner seemed to think it quite reasonable when i walked in one morning , introduced myself , and announced that i was good at sweeping floors .
maybe he didn't know how very little i knew .
but he certainly knew how to pick good mechanics .
he loved cars , and had worked on them most of his 50 years .
neither asked why i wanted to know mechanics .
only the occasional curious customer did that .
they respected their own expertise ; of course anyone with intelligence would want to know how cars worked .
so far as they were concerned , i was just a late developer .
men were the targets as much as women , if not more .
i had to be : i was the one who knew the least .
there were moments of sheer delight .
the first time i changed the oil , and the first time i took apart a transmission .
i worked through these injuries , knowing that harvey and bud would have to break their backs to miss work .
i could do basic maintenance on a car .
i like the idea , even though i probably won't do it .
the pleasure is in simply knowing that i can .
russian was the only language permitted in the schools , and the roman catholic church was banned .
the federal prosecutor insisted at a news conference that he would have the ultimate responsibility for the government's case , but that he never wanted to be the lead prosecutor .
there's never been a statement to the contrary .
he wrote the government's arguments last year for abortion restrictions and played a role in justice department efforts to keep classified information from being disclosed in the iran-contra trial of lieut .
the office also requires confirmation by the senate .
i'm very happy with the justice department .
some people say if it's the most important case in the district , then why doesn't the united states attorney do it ?
the simple point is , we have senior litigation counsel .
i am pleased that i have not been ordered to handle the case any differently .
there is no reason to get into a personality attack .
he has been confined to a cell in the basement of the federal courthouse here as his defense lawyers have fought efforts by prosecutors and other federal authorities to move him to a federal prison , possibly out of state , for security reasons .
it was not clear how long that delay would be .
while at rutgers , he began working summers for the times .
his career at the newspaper was interrupted in the early 1940's by his appointment as executive assistant to the governor of the virgin islands and three years in the army .
he was managing editor of the southern german edition of stars and stripes .
he was also a member of the overseas press club .
an american officer suspected of having prior knowledge of the killings was also questioned .
president alan garcia said the invasion was an illegal search of an entire nation .
the police said 16 people have been killed and more than 150 wounded in clashes since friday .
nigeria lacks candidates for the election of a new democratic government in two years .
two of the men were killed and the third was seriously wounded .
mr. warner had three previous arrests but no other convictions .
it meant that he had fouled john williams .
and ultimately , it meant that the nets' winning streak ended at three games .
he turned around , and being the player he is , he drew the foul and made both free throws .
it was a tough loss , and i feel largely responsible .
all we can do now is try to forget about it .
though their winning streak , their longest since march 1988 , ended , the nets continued to play improved basketball .
the call could have gone either way .
the calls just didn't go our way tonight .
short produces but the nets were not done .
that set up the final play by williams .
i knew it was good as soon as it left my hand , short said .
showing that much confidence in me , i had to make it .
when it went in , i thought we were going to overtime .
but the nets continued to see positive signs even in defeat .
new jersey's defense held the cavaliers to 17 points in both the second and the third quarters .
if not for price , who had 10 assists in the first quarter alone , the cavaliers may not have had enough to win .
but you can see the signs that things may be starting to get better .
it never fails to put a smile on your face or a good feeling in your heart .
most successful people in my walk of life are those who have learned to laugh at themselves .
but that is only a part of the story .
yet no voice spoke with greater spirit or effectiveness .
at the second meeting , pants rowland , a chicago farm club manager , named jackie robinson as the player with the greatest potential .
each manager is free to choose any player regardless of race , color or any other condition .
the new york city council went further .
voices from the civil war : a documentary history of the great american conflict .
within the jewish community , the tremendous immigration from other parts of the empire and the rapid increase in the number of jews who acquired wealth produced strains .
and the new rich did not sustain the historic tie between jews and progressive politics .
in the last third of the century , jews rose rapidly in commerce and culture .
as america and its large cities confront a growing ethnic diversity in which color remains the dominant basis for racial discrimination , we need to understand how europe in the 19th century failed to deal successfully with its central racial prejudice , that against the jews .
he left no journals and no profession of faith .
wit in conversation is not always an attempt to please - it may also express anxiety , aggression or a desire to dominate .
wit is the salt of conversation , not the food .
during their eight and six years with him , he had shown them love , and made them laugh .
but now he knew that he had remained a secret from them ... .
when he wasn't with them , he was lonely all the time , except while he was running or working , and sometimes at the station he felt it waiting for him in the parking lot , on the highway , in his apartment .
you've been looking for a mother since the age of four !
you've been trying to get back ever since , so i am your mother !
which , my dear , is just what you've been looking for .
to find exact , even beautiful , names for our suffering is one of the accomplishments of an advanced civilization .
soul murder may be at least as common as the murder of the body , though hardly acknowledged or reported .
there was no space for separate demands or independent personalities .
as henry james said , landscape is character .
what we see now in its streets is the revenge of democracy .
nothing is what it promised to be .
but after the getting over , what then ?
can we live on a boulevard of broken dreams ?
the statement still holds after more than 50 years .
that is what our new york is like : a cry in a tunnel .
this book was first published in 1972 , in paris but in polish .
in the scientific sense , true means that which has the chance of being employed in effective technological procedures .
but is the point of science to get at things as they really are , whatever that might mean ?
is it not rather to give us control of the world ?
and yet , the need for such interpretation is as much part of the human condition as the need for food and shelter .
not only the body , but also the soul needs a house .
myth is likely to make us think of religion .
finally , we need to understand the world as continuous .
philosophy has long claimed to provide such an interpretation , guided only by reason .
but those who found in philosophy a map to what is and ought to be did so not by following cold reason , but by a faith reason cannot justify .
so does all philosophy that claims to place human existence and knowledge on firm ground , particularly moral and political philosophy .
science knows nothing of persons , just as it knows nothing of freedom .
one obstacle to this pursuit is the presence of physical pain .
instead of being addressed , the sources of suffering and evil are covered up .
what place then does myth have in the modern age ?
the need for an absolute in no way supports claims that such an absolute exists .
she goes to church and keeps in touch with a few old friends .
i must work because my mother got a divorce .
there's almost nothing worse to live with than a struggling artist .
in 1987 the united states supreme court , agreeing with the american civil liberties union , declared a louisiana statute requiring the teaching of creation science to be unconstitutional .
the civil liberties union may now , in theory at least , be led by those who have no respect for its mission .
after the warren court in 1954 launched its judicial revolution , opportunities for significant litigation grew together with the organization .
it has , however , bounced back and today is larger and better off than at any time in its history .
yet he is comprehensive and usually fair , and the story is so dramatic that it sometimes tells itself .
best of all , we are reminded by mr. walker that the union continues to stand like a stone wall in defense of the bill of rights .
i don't know about you , but when somebody takes 45 words to briefly state an argument about games , i'm not looking forward to the long version .
it is the story we have hinted at already , the story of going home after having left home , the story of how difficult it is to find the origins one so deeply needs to find .
it is the literary mode called romance .
but is not baseball more than like writing ?
is not baseball a form of writing ?
is that not why so many writers love baseball ?
no , baseball is not a form of writing , and not only is it not necessary to understand the greek concept of sport in order to appreciate baseball , it might be the lack of interest in trying to make such connections that makes baseball so american to begin with .
suburban homeowners seeking more sophisticated classroom instruction should contact the regional office of their state university's cooperative extension services .
the cost is $ 60 including a thick manual .
the next series starts this tuesday .
new york city offers similar training through the new york city street tree consortium , a midtown nonprofit agency that works closely with city agencies .
cleanup is faster because there are no leaves .
expect to pay $ 75 to $ 500 a tree , depending on size and the level of work to be done .
if a contractor is hired on a bulk basis by a block association the unit cost falls to $ 80 , he said .
an example is the long island office of the new york state department of environmental conservation .
in other areas consult the government listings in the white pages .
more than 4 percent of the mortgage loans to individuals and families in new york city and its suburbs are now past due by at least two months , according to several studies .
but while few in the new york region are predicting problems of similar magnitude , experts say the rising number of problem loans offers little cause for comfort .
most disturbing , some experts say , is that problems in and around new york city have risen most dramatically over the last year .
instead , rents have risen little , if at all , and they are losing money on their investments .
others ran into trouble because they stretched their budgets too far , often expecting that they would be able to sell at a profit after two or three years of rising prices .
for the next few years , the days of excess in real estate lending are over .
the change has come after hundreds of people found themselves paying off two mortgages because they were unable to find acceptable bids for the home they were trying to sell .
other lenders , particularly those that had had been aggressively marketing mortgage loans in the suburbs , have reported similar problems .
and they say the problems have not ended .
one area that has been particularly hard hit by a surplus of condominiums is fairfield county , where demand and prices hit a peak even before the stock market crash of 1987 and have been in a slump ever since .
hundreds of condominiums are on the market .
a spot check of county records shows that the number of such documents filed had risen sharply , particularly in the suburbs .
the woman said her husband was planning to shoot it that afternoon .
the person who sold it to her lied and told her she was getting a 16-year-old horse .
most of the horses i get for nothing , she said , but i also deal with the meat market .
you can now get 19 cents a pound for a horse .
then a family came to me and said they had two horses they didn't want anymore ; would i take them ?
eventually she found homes for those horses , but , she said , it was kind of like people were watching ; i'd get rid of one horse and two more would come in .
eventually , she learned about horse , which was based in michigan .
she contacted the group , and in 1985 she formed the connecticut chapter .
tons of people come down and say , i want to adopt a horse .
you have to prove to me you are going to give this animal a good home .
most of them have had it so rough i'm not going to let them go to a home that's not going to guarantee they'll be treated well .
most people have no idea how much work and money having a horse involves , she said .
they end up getting rid of it after a month because they're blown out of the water by how much it costs .
i tell people it will cost them $ 300 a month , easy .
our success rate is fantastic , she said .
when any of them die , it's of old age .
she also has the support of a large circle of family and friends .
people think it's great to have a horse , and when they tire of it , they throw it away .
we have our good days and our bad , she said .
he was sad to leave us , but he's going to have a beautiful new life .
there , he was employed as a cook on merchant vessels .
but he said , he was not overly concerned about their reactions to what they see .
what matters to him , he said , is their reaction to what they eat .
it's time for another business trip .
the first problem comes from the requirement that , in order to fly , you have to get to an airport .
on the surface , this seems like a much better option , but , as with every other aspect of air travel , nothing is ever as easy as promised .
nearly every transportation company has the word limousine in its title , making what would appear to be a promise that you are going to travel in a limousine .
to most of us , the word limousine describes a large comfortable automobile .
and you still have to get up very early and sit in traffic .
next comes the question about when your flight will actually take off .
eventually , you will be allowed to board the plane .
what happens next depends a good deal on where you happen to be seated .
if you have a window seat , you're better off than most , but you still need a bit of luck to have a view of something worth looking at .
it must not be easy , because i've never seen it done .
every item in the meal comes wrapped in foil or sealed in plastic .
it's not really freedom , because there is nowhere to go .
despite all of this , you are making progress home .
why he couldn't have told us that when he was speaking to us 15 seconds ago is beyond me .
not only do you have to root for a safe landing , you have to hope the plane will touch down on solid land .
depending on your circumstances , you're probably just in time to begin waiting yet again .
basically , if you suffer enough , they reward you by letting you fly once more .
they just don't charge you for it .
last year , the friends of the upper east side historic district gave the restoration an award for excellence .
the inn no longer serves lunch , and the dinner menu is considerably smaller .
all the entrees sounded wonderful in their menu descriptions .
the board of trustees has nearly doubled and so have plans for social events accompanying the concerts , and fund-raising efforts to give solid support to this group of excellent musicians .
he made his start in westchester , and it will be a pleasure for the westchester audience to hear the results .
as usual , the program will be given twice at the state university of new york at purchase .
saturday and the second next sunday at 3 p.m. .
returning to our pursuit of youthful activities , we consider concerts for children , of which there are several this week .
the past few months have certainly had more than their share of historic events .
his argument seemed a bit extreme , but he had a point .
oh , come on , i'd think , do we have to hear all this stuff again ?
yet i still took a healthy interest in current events and i generally knew what was going on in the world around me .
we had better make sure that all of us - most important , our young people - attend to what is going on , give some serious thought to where we have been and prepare for a future that is coming upon us faster than we ever imagined .
it has also been documented in seven books .
it has been a thing of the people for the people .
mrs. miller recalled the pleasant , casual way in which the project had taken shape .
there were no pressures to produce a work of art , she explained .
she said , i'm looking for people with imagination .
some , but not all , were artists in other media .
a common element was concern about the river , mrs. miller said .
one square shows evidence of what mrs. miller said was the hardest task : getting the pieces to line up straight .
the proposition left mrs. miller cold .
i knew it would be in the basement most of the time , she said .
but the museum has since gained one at the jewish home and hospital for aged .
the ability to communicate is essential in every business .
more companies are now using training programs to teach such skills , she added .
and yet it's one of the four basic work skills - the others are speaking , reading and writing - that is rarely taught .
too much conversation is really confrontation .
in business , you've got to keep your emotions out of the discussion if you want to hear things right .
what can a company do in 1990 to win the loyalty of employees ?
how can it make employees willing to work harder ?
using humor , i make employees want to come to work .
i show them management cares about them .
if people are more relaxed , they work harder .
the idea is to show the scientists how to project a human side in order to help them get their ideas across .
i use subtle , sophisticated techniques that insure when the laughter stops , the learning sticks .
i teach managers how to use humor to their advantage in dealing with employees .
my mother told me never to change jobs , he continued , because no matter how bad the company treats you , as soon as you leave they'll realize they can't get on without you - but you won't be there to benefit .
when she told me , i felt the bottom drop out of my stomach .
i knew how serious her illness was , but i could not accept the fact that she was going to die .
she was a passionate supporter of personal choice , especially involving one's body .
in june she told us that the doctor said she might live for as long as three years .
she asked me if i wanted her watch .
i understood her , but i did not want to believe her .
she had died as she had lived , in control , and with style .
this may be all very well if your morning is spent in front of a desk .
but if you plan to keep going on the ski slopes - or indeed , in any form of vigorous outdoor winter exercise - you will need something considerably more substantial .
maple butter can be made ahead of time and will keep for up to three weeks in the refrigerator .
after that , it is best to allow the dough to sit for several hours if possible .
the seats are always warm at grace baptist church in lake grove .
that is because they are hardly ever empty .
three more different church groups would be hard to find .
and so they do , three religious groups using the same church and offices .
the advantage is we're reaching more people for christ , pastor brooks said .
they sort out the schedules with pastor brooks .
the baptist congregation files out .
the mothers lined up with their children at the school bus stop .
when the yellow school bus arrived , they got on , children and mothers .
the mothers range in age from 13 to 21 , their children are from 2 weeks to 4 years old .
but then i heard about this program and i knew this was the place for me .
we want to break the cycle of staying home and going on welfare once you have a baby , mr. black said .
we teach the girls how to earn a living for themselves and their child .
she said , i want you to know that today is the first day of college for my daughter .
she couldn't have done it without the program .
the cats are put up for adoption and if not claimed within a week , may be destroyed .
dogs have been handled this way for years , but cats should be treated differently , say those opposed to the law .
anything to do with animals is a highly charged issue , but this is getting crazy .
cats are easier to take care of than dogs , he said .
you give a cat food , let her out in the morning , come home , let her in , and that's it .
they are most musical and they love to perform .
he is also an accomplished pianist .
most of all , he says , he is an organizer .
later he did so in world war ii with the army .
he had a fordham law degree but , like a lot of veterans , what he'd thought he'd like to be when he entered the service wasn't what he wanted to be and do when he got out .
when that gang comes in here , my stage is the kitchen , she said .
also like real actors , the company is complete with a stage mother .
he announced that he would eat his violin .
straw hat or top hat , amateur or professional , all variety companies have their favorite places to perform in .
for have cast , that's like playing the palace .
if it does not , press the button a second time .
generally , the procedure involves first turning off the gas supply .
then call the utility company from a nearby telephone .
i've been to a lot of restored communities , but on a recent weekend i got perhaps the most immediate sense of the past i've ever had .
it was at a place i hadn't known existed a week earlier .
i opened the door , but then drew back .
then the miller suggested we go see the indian village .
i want to see the indian village , willie said .
the indian village was perhaps half a mile off down a path .
i had no idea if it was one of the exhibits , but willie and i made for it , and i pulled open the door .
all three ran to him : oh , you poor little thing !
mr. scott is out to cover 81 years of a historic life .
among his sources , mr. scott used five of the 31 books douglas wrote .
they are deployed to represent a seemingly endless array of people and voices .
to wind up as the subject of a less than ordinary play would , no doubt , have prompted the extraordinary douglas to write a new kind of dissent .
the turnpike represents a number of american ideas and values , they wrote .
the rutgers university press , in new brunswick , has started a second printing , after an initial run of 5000 .
but theater that rivals anything on broadway ten miles to the northeast .
there could be beauty in the settings .
as a research assistant on the book , i know that william pratt is the one and only author of it .
to have a serious chronic or acute illness or disability and to be treated for it means precisely that whatever life one may have has to be fought for - achieved against the disease and its treatment .
the garden where the brass band played .
the garden where the brass band played .
a different breed of people altogether from those who read newspapers ?
i guess newspapers just can't take the heat .
where , they would ask , did it go wrong ; how can democracy ever lead to that ?
but it did not disclose any financial plan .
bankers were clearly disappointed .
as things now stand , he said , we don't know who is speaking on behalf of the company , which board of directors is assuming responsibility or just who is calling the shots .
and as of early friday afternoon , no meeting had been scheduled .
but last week bankers said they were not eager to force a bankruptcy filing .
and at a minimum , they would expect delays or reductions in interest and principal payments from federated .
but under the circumstances we see there is a great chance of being forced into that situation .
in bankruptcy the company would temporarily be relieved of paying debts , including interest payments to banks , junk bond holders and securities firms that helped finance the acquisition .
with less debt , you will have healthy companies .
not all bankers were drawn in by the federated deal .
new information for investors in everything from certificates of deposits to mutual funds and foreign stocks is available on sundays in the new york times beginning today .
at the bottom of the page , near a new column on international investing called world markets , is a table showing the performance of all major stock markets open to international investors .
the tables show the performance of each country's index , for the last week and the year to date , in the local currency and in united states dollars .
the performance of the dollar against each currency is shown as well .
for purposes of the tables , long-term mutual funds are divided into four groups .
the first , which runs this week , is general equity funds , mutual funds that concentrate on stocks and are not restricted to certain types .
different lists will run each week , with all four categories covered each month .
to make room for the new information , some information has been reduced in financial tables in the back of the section .
the stock options and mutual fund tables no longer will show the week's high and low quotes , but will include the final quotes of the week and the change from the previous week .
but the disciplinary records of three dozen nationally prominent firms show that nothing could be further from the truth .
and the vast majority of the brokers at these retail giants have played by the rules .
but many hundreds of others have not .
the accompanying table shows the results of those calculations .
more typically , they sold new products that they didn't understand to people who had no business buying them .
but regulators clearly intend for drexel to become the standard for compliance in the industry in the future , he said .
there have to be positive gains that come out of all this .
until then , however , investors must realize that blind faith is as poor a way to choose a broker as it is to choose a stock .
and that would make them tougher , not weaker , competitors .
each federal , state and local agency wants its own copy of the wage statement that employers are required to provide to employees .
in new york state , for example , that can result in at least six copies , in a form with five sheets of carbon paper , for a total of 11 sheets .
that is the difference between four sheets of paper and seven , and some companies are casual about such claims .
but those machines were slow and relatively expensive .
too far , and the impression will be weak .
many companies have recognized that in the long run they need to change the way they think about paper forms , and some are already moving to electronic forms that exist only inside the computer and its memory banks .
there are many advantages to electronic forms .
a number of proposed international joint ventures may also pose an immediate risk to critical american industries .
over the long run , taking this secondary role will have profound negative implications for our industrial leadership , trade balance and standard of living .
the longer this continues , the more difficult it will be to rebuild our industrial infrastructure .
ultimately , we need to find solutions to two key problems facing american industry : lack of access to patient capital , and a strategic economic vision .
we need to reform capital gains to encourage long-term investment , extend the research and development tax credit , lower interest rates and increase savings .
we also need to develop our most vital resource - our labor force - through vastly improved education and training .
only when we can put our own house in order will we be able to deal with our trading partners from a position of strength .
he calls himself very optimistic about this year's markets , and says his fund is also moving money into small companies in the electronic technology sector .
and because their stock prices reflect the problems of the bigger companies , you don't have to pay much to buy rapid growth , he said .
the health and biotechnology sector had the biggest gains of all equity funds in 1989 .
he expects excellent long-term growth in health care .
no one is yet sure whether such a plane is possible , but hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent to find out .
if the results are good , nasa officials want to follow up with a far bigger effort to develop the component technologies .
that , nasa says , is still 40 years away as a passenger plane .
to do that , it will have to satisfy a wide range of often competing demands for size , speed , range and safety .
environmental safety and reduced noise are likely to add weight , hurt efficiency and cut range .
developing an acceptable solution to these problems means finding ways to balance competing needs , as well as developing new technologies and new sources of efficiency .
but given all the advances we have today that we didn't have 20 years ago , there are reasons to be hopeful .
if development does proceed , the costs are expected to be huge .
this effort will in all likelihood mean that four or five companies will have to join forces .
assuming that manufacturers can overcome all of these hurdles , they must still obtain agreement on environmental and noise standards from governments around the world .
breakfast , the health experts tell us , is the most important meal of the day .
this may be all very well if your morning is spent in front of a desk .
but if you plan to keep going on the ski slopes - or indeed , in any form of vigorous outdoor winter exercise - you will need something considerably more substantial .
maple butter can be made ahead of time and will keep for up to three weeks in the refrigerator .
after that , it is best to allow the dough to sit for several hours if possible .
if it does not , press the button a second time .
generally , the procedure involves first turning off the gas supply .
then call the utility company from a nearby telephone .
if it does not , press the button a second time .
generally , the procedure involves first turning off the gas supply .
then call the utility company from a nearby telephone .
unless the prospective rider works in the world trade center or the world financial center , or is visiting someone in battery park city , the ferry is less convenient than path .
a far better ferry destination would be slip 5 .
the ferry actually takes them farther from their destination .
these errors presumably colored their views .
after a difficult chemical separation , the pure chemical element plutonium can be made .
to the best of my knowledge , no country has a bomb made from this spent fuel .
one may anticipate that if and when the cost is once again competitive this will be done again .
it is for this reason that many scientists prefer nuclear energy to most other ways of producing energy .
not so many years ago , if anyone came into a chess club and asked , would you like to see the brilliant game i played against the computer ?
he would have been laughed out of the place .
but the lesser computers also performed well , not one making less than an even score .
black tie for the ballroom and hilton room .
two preview parties will be held to benefit the east side house settlement , which has been providing a vast range of services to residents of the south bronx for almost a century .
last year , the preview parties raised more than $ 800000 for the settlement .
the national orchestral association , devoted to the works of contemporary american composers , is having a fund-raising evening that starts with an 8 p.m. concert at carnegie hall .
israel economic corporation in new york , an american company that owns and operates companies in israel .
her father , who is retired , was a child psychologist in white plains .
his father is the chairman of the marketing house group of companies , a nassau conglomerate involved in advertising , publishing , marketing and printing .
his father is president of his own real-estate company in new york .
she is also a daughter of the late mr. johnson , who was the president of the massachusetts financial services company in boston .
his father is the president of the rogers insurance agency in rochester .
some stamps were printed in ottawa , some in montreal .
three researchers disagree on this crucial point .
how is the average collector to cope ?
her father is a lawyer in riverside .
mr. murphy is is a former president and chief executive of campbell soup in camden , n.j .
his father is the director of resource development in the office of major gifts at the massachusetts institute of technology in cambridge , mass .
her mother is a marketing programs manager at prime computer inc. in bedford , mass .
her father is a vice president of the discount corporation of new york , a securities trading concern .
he graduated from the massachusetts institute of technology , where his father is a professor of applied mathematics .
he expects to receive a master's degree next year from the new york institute of technology .
his mother is a vice president of the link resources consulting and market research company in new york .
his father is an architect in new york .
her father is the chairman and chief executive of the philadelphia electric company .
his father is an executive assistant to the president of the international association of firefighters in washington .
restraint is a difficult quality for most gardeners to have , especially at this time of year .
when the pages are gone over , then come the moments of truth .
everything looks good , especially to those who are suffering from cabin fever and eager for spring .
will this be the year to make the garden bigger and add a few more rows of vegetables ?
at this time , realities take over , things such as the size of the garden .
there is only so much planting space and there is only so much cash in the check book .
as for soil types , gardeners who work with their land should know this by now .
plants have a way of spreading out as they grow and it is essential to know their final sizes .
those old christmas trees are enjoying a second life in many communities .
of course , many gardens are either covered with snow at this time of year or the ground is frozen deeply .
after they are cool and thoroughly dry , store them in an old plastic container .
the red flowers are beautiful , but we never see any fruit .
perhaps the wrong choice was planted .
those of general interest will be published .
i think a normal person would have stayed home .
i was told i didn't have to come in , but i did anyway , she said .
every week , all week long , i look forward to playing hockey ; it's my relief , said mr. li , who added that he had been very disappointed not to play .
i didn't notice it in the singing , he said .
hours vary from store to store , but most are open seven days a week .
there is also some amusing but very strange women's clothing at greatly reduced prices .
a c.i.a. program supporting opponents of general noriega was halted after an agent was arrested on drug charges , officials said .
our observation and experience shows that there are two main areas in which educational institutions don't do the job they should when dealing with black scholarship athletes .
two of them later died in a hospital .
nonetheless , most of the concerts in this marathon will still take place at the y , and thursday evening marked the first of this year's y events .
it was no accident that all three of these songs were sung by david gordon .
there is still a chance to recover some of america's honor .
in the weeks that follow thousands are arrested ; most are still in jail .
june 20 : president bush orders some mild sanctions against china .
early july : exact date still secret .
mr. bush sends a high-level mission to china but keeps that fact hidden .
administration refuses to say whether other secret missions were sent to china .
in washington , the president orders steps to permit world bank loans to chinese communists .
this was always important , to help the students .
now it has taken on profound political significance .
it would be an act of hope and loyalty for the chinese and the freedom movements still struggling in eastern europe and the soviet union .
between today and the date of that vote , every american can get in touch with his or her representative and senator and urge them to vote against the veto and for the people of china .
my first five years here , robinson said , reflecting on his 1983 takeover , we had five different quarterbacks .
not knowing when montana would be back , the 49ers started talking to the oilers and when the rams found out that the 49ers were in the bidding , the rams got in the bidding .
we knew , robinson said , that we couldn't win at a championship level without a passing attack .
cox was a starting wide receiver until displaced by willie anderson this season .
gary hasn't had much opportunity as a running back .
a small group of catholics held a sign saying a married priest - it's about time !
they're sick of the politicians who are in touch with each other and out of touch with reality .
since then he has survived cancer and a heart attack .
one of the top democrats in the state told me he agrees with me that our national party has become a revolutionary , leftist , socialist party instead of a democratic party , he said .
but you won't hear one of the others say it .
i wouldn't do what i'm doing for a million dollars a month if there was someone else in the race doing it .
at one time he was the big show in the main tent .
now he's on the edge of the carnival .
i'm the only one who doesn't owe anything to the establishment , so i'm the only one who's free to work for the same program when elected as i promised when campaigning , he said .
for instance , he said the main answer to drugs is education , education , education .
the more punishment , the less crime .
now he's going to make a great mayor .
is that all you want to talk about ?
race has nothing to do with this campaign .
that will not get him any votes from blacks or liberals , and younger voters are likely to turn to more contemporary conservatives .
i'm a common man , and there are more of us than there is of any other kind .
remember the predictions of the early 1980's ?
although neither company is losing money , it is clear that the 20 percent annual growth rates they once experienced are a thing of the past .
but now that percentage is flat , even declining slightly last year .
it seems that companies generally have all the computer equipment they need .
at the same time foreign competition has greatly reduced domestic market share .
the idea behind such a machine is to open computing to a broader class of users , including those who don't type .
its mobile computer introduced last year is in constant communication with its home base via a radio link .
if these companies and others succeed they will likely transform computing in the next decade .
it will be something people have with them constantly , more like a watch or an appointment calendar .
as personal computers become more personal , few of them will actually be manufactured in silicon valley .
instead the valley is serving as a combined development laboratory , design center and corporate administration site .
computer design today is done seated at a powerful computer work station .
but that hasn't ended the role of the individual designer .
the studio said it would appeal the ruling .
if the debate over american aid to el salvador sounds familiar , there is good reason .
but human rights advocates say obstacles stand in the way of a successful prosecution .
the state department observed that no military officer has been convicted of human rights violations or any other crime in recent years .
the country has received more than $ 1 million a day in american aid for nine years .
this administration will do almost anything to prevent a confrontation with congress over central america policy , the envoy said .
but it continued to provide money year after year .
for most of its 19 years , amtrak has been regarded as a kind of lost cause .
but the national railroad appears , at last , to be moving in the right direction .
revenues and service have shown a slow but substantial improvement .
and the reliance on federal money has steadily declined .
fares and other revenues now account for 72 cents of every dollar spent by amtrak , up from only 40 cents in 1980 .
even critics of the railroad say they have been impressed .
three years ago , i would have said they never would have made it , said stephen moore , an economist with the heritage foundation , the conservative public policy institute that has opposed the federal subsidies .
they have really turned that railroad around .
amtrak , or the national railroad passenger corporation , was created by congress to take over the nation's failing passenger lines .
but in some areas , trains play a much larger role .
and while long-distance trains will never compete seriously with airplanes , they are potentially profitable .
at issue in the debate over transportation policy is the need for taxpayer dollars .
more important , he said , he was counting on congress to make investments in the equipment and technology needed to increase the speed and frequency of some trains and expand routes .
at a minimum , he says , amtrak needs $ 100 million a year in new investments , about half of which must come from congress .
he hopes to borrow the balance on the private market .
in addition , the railroad privately financed about 100 new cars for routes in the middle west .
so far , the private sector is not convinced there is any return in such expensive technology , which costs more than $ 20 million a mile .
and the federal government clearly cannot pay .
instead , he said , state and local governments are going to have to pay more .
that's where he can make use of his most effective argument : train routes that cross hundreds of congressional districts .
the new plan being developed by the bush administration is intended to help meet western european concerns .
president bush has said he would like to complete a conventional arms reduction agreement before the end of the year .
but there has been relatively little progress in recent months .
we ran into a big problem in the late summer and fall , an administration official said .
the allies basically would not buy those .
we then confronted a major problem back here , the official said .
very senior folks said , let's approach it the second way .
such observations could be carried out by aircraft or by inspectors on the ground .
while air flight might be sufficient for equipment transmitted by train , they might not be sufficient for weapons that are moved by ship , an official said .
and early data appear to confirm the predictions of this leading theory of the origin of the universe , they said .
but it's hard to understand that with all the large features we see in the universe , we have no evidence of their origin .
at that point , he said , evidence of origins of current structures should be apparent , if it exists at all .
whatever it is , it's going to be small .
oyster bars are often the showcase to a larger , accompanying restaurant .
and the best are as well known for their restaurant food as they are for their oysters .
step on over ; you want a dozen or two ?
the oysters are still alive when opened , and stuck to the shell .
but the exact amounts of these ingredients are varied to taste , and a host of other things can be included , from steak sauce to garlic and even curry powder .
he died in 1978 , and his son , also named joseph , took over .
about 200 people can eat here , in five rooms .
the menu has a wide selection of other seafood and appetizers .
analysis of how well the materials survived almost six years in orbit should influence the design of future space vehicles .
engineers said it posed no extra risk .
one of the astronauts , g. david low , is collecting data daily on each crew member .
other tests should determine whether immune systems are altered in space flight .
most shuttle missions run about five days .
with the help of a number of friendly russians , my family and i , who speak no russian , made the train trip very easily .
he grew up playing and listening to jazz in the streets , where the music was born .
in those days , he recalls , playing an instrument was considered a sport .
wednesday is for rhythm and blues .
before planning an evening at palm court or a visit to any other new orleans music hall , call to find out the performers and the schedule .
musicians and fans alike complain that much of the music there is too commercial .
for the next few decades he practiced his art around the country and in europe , before settling permanently in paris in 1951 .
it's best to travel by cab , in a group or with a friend .
he added : there was a need for me to recognize the broad range of the early music .
a lot of musicians knew that already .
in addition to being a showcase for the music , the clubs are a way to experience the city's many layers of culture , from african to french , spanish , italian , german , irish , english , indian , yugoslav and greek .
there's no cover charge but a water bottle is passed around the room for contributions to the band , which is otherwise not paid .
comfortable setting for traditional jazz .
louisiana and international cuisine .
food is served monday to saturday until 7 p.m. .
music starts midnight or so , continues until 5 a.m. weekends if the crowd holds out , 3 a.m. other nights .
he was tortured and killed by guerrillas in the 1970's .
those who feel inspired may join one of the workshops operating in the center , free of charge .
what began as a workshop for the elderly has expanded into a group of all ages , she said .
it houses the country's largest art collection , from old master paintings and sculptures to works by 20th-century artists .
the first floor is dedicated to argentine art of the 20th century .
winners of national awards for painting and sculpture are shown here once a year .
there are also guided tours by appointment , through local travel agents .
because of high inflation , prices are raised almost daily .
however , inflation has been accompanied by a similar rise in the exchange rate for the dollar , and dollar prices have remained relatively stable .
an number of the better hotels quote their rates in dollars .
the price is $ 70 a day per person .
munich , one of the most popular in the row of restaurants facing the cemetery , offers a varied menu of simple but good food .
it has taken four months for the forbidden team to mount the new edition , while last season's version was still on the boards .
usually , we don't know whether they work at all until we try them out on audiences for a bit .
an actor may suggest changing something , and we'll start cutting .
sometimes i have to go back and start from scratch .
but people were very generous , despite the horrible things we said about their shows .
yeah , it was tough times on the great white way .
somebody had killed the comedy in musical comedy .
our show changes constantly , he said .
the show always has to have an edge , he added .
but the forbidden broadway director has yet to see his name in lights on old broadway .
because you have got to be on the outside looking in .
even a fair amount of the necessary hardware already exists , and no visible obstacles stand in the way of working out the rest .
as with all digital communications systems , the chief advantage is that the signal is translated into numbers .
though still under development , this process makes digital television a practical possibility .
whites could readily understand what was wrong with the system .
eyes on the prize ii , on the other hand , deals with matters that are less straightforward .
once the right to vote was in hand , black people had to be encouraged to vote .
the issue was that to participate in this country you have to have a base .
it was harder than some of the earlier films in the south , mr. hampton said , perhaps because they've resolved it in their heads down there , and it's further in the past .
among individuals who were approached for interviews but refused , he said , was former president richard nixon .
he built a network of support by returning to some of the corporations that had helped him with eyes on the prize i. through friends , he found others .
he was rejected by more than 100 companies .
the reality is , you never know why .
there were some companies that said they'd like to sponsor us - but after the series was finished , so they could see it .
we really didn't go to them with a direct pitch , he said .
that was a big contribution for a lot of companies who don't have big advertising budgets .
as for the content of eyes on the prize ii , he added , we didn't think twice about it , but we understood that other people would .
in the end , only about 2 percent of the material gathered for eyes on the prize ii became part of the finished product .
it was great television , he says now .
you have great characters and a big story .
and it's still with us , while other movements have come and gone .
his next project is a series , also for public television , on the depression .
eyes on the prize ii is a chronicle , mr. hampton observed , of a struggle that continues in america , and the series may serve as a bridge between movements and concerns that existed in the 1960's and 70's and those of the present .
the difference between then and now is the intensity you see in the films , compared with the vacant eyes you see now , mr. hampton said .
you have to both help create it and be ready to ride it when it comes .
as few as 8 or as many as 12 cities will be selected .
the process is expected to be concluded by june 1991 .
it was television that captured most of the memorable images of 1989 .
conventional photographers managed some vivid shots of the scene , and all of america could see them in newspapers over the course of the next several days .
who can blame them for wanting to join the ranks of capitalism ?
for a time the new government was actually in residence there .
color , which not too long ago was thought to get in the way of bringing home the news , is now nearly universal .
i remember where i was when i saw the challenger disaster on television , but i do not recall where or when i first saw a photograph of it .
to a degree , there is little difference .
only news events of a certain magnitude are guaranteed to get the attention that would make them stick in our minds .
if it is not selling the products of the western world , it is selling itself .
everything comes to seem equally interesting and equally a part of history .
for the world , and especially for western culture , this may prove the ultimate historic visual image of 1989 .
what struck many as most interesting about the scandal was how quickly the government acknowledged the facts .
but he and other top members of the government and the ruling hungarian socialist party , formerly the communist party , said they personally knew nothing about the intelligence gathering .
unlike the elections in poland last summer , no special provisions have been made here to protect the former communist party .
the party's special status is assured nonetheless by continuing control of key sectors of government , which provides plenty of opportunities for abuse .
on tuesday , the board dismissed the director of television news , replacing him with a former newspaper editor who has spent years in party posts .
most of the illegal reports dealt with the alliance of free democrats and the federation of young democrats , two parties with roots in the old dissident movement .
but some material , not released publicly , was also collected on the democratic forum and on the social democrats .
maybe it is more interesting for someone to read these things in secret documents than in the newspapers , he said .
or maybe they want to see if what we say in private is the same as what we say in public .
they did not cut the number or the structure of the secret police , he said .
there was a lot of rhetoric about social control , parliamentary control , but it was just words .
here are some notable releases of the last few months .
here are some notable releases of the last few months .
terrific music and outrageous fun .
but true fans may be disappointed .
much of this is captured in the new recording , which is almost complete .
we can now welcome new recordings of both operas .
i thought there was probably an audience for what i wanted to do , and i decided to write something and not just keep doing stuff that was offered .
so after a while , i thought of a story .
you couldn't seem to solve a problem without something else happening .
we had this tree growing in the backyard , and i remember him saying to me , you don't look after anything .
two trees have died now , and if this last one dies it's because you don't care about things .
and that's how i feel ; i feel like that tree .
so i just kept looking at this tree , worrying whether it was going to die or not .
well , i thought that once a metaphor is introduced into your life how strong it could be .
we always communicate through symbols and signs .
i know that some people would find writing a script together impossible .
she just demanded to have the film called after her .
you do have to take responsibility .
sometimes an idea will come and i'll go , hey , she's going to eat the horses , you know , and she's going to cut herself , and she's going to cry .
and then they won't be able to get rid of her .
we don't mind sharing an experience in our lives , but as for other people , it's unfair to drag them in .
i decided to be a film maker at art school , says the director , who was born in new zealand and now lives in sydney .
i lived in a fog until i was about 25 .
i'm not a fast developer , and i just couldn't figure out what i was supposed to be doing : how to make my life more interesting .
i never thought of myself as someone in the front line of anything .
i thought it would be wonderful to meet someone really clever and support him .
but after a while , i thought , well , i'd better take some responsibility for my own self .
when i decided to do that , then everything changed incredibly fast .
film school gave me the opportunity , the equipment , the contacts with other students .
and the chance to study other film makers .
i laugh a lot and i don't come across as an intellectual person .
but i always knew i had something inside me that i hadn't had practice developing .
this is like a secret you have , but the film represents a proof that you can do it .
i feel this is what i would like to see next in the world that doesn't exist at the moment .
and i have to trust that people might feel the same way .
called the piano lesson , the film will be a period piece : it's about passion and the nature of sexual love , says the director .
she's had an arranged marriage , and the husband won't take the piano back up to his farm in the bush .
the piano in a way is a giant metaphor for civilization .
there's a lot of interest in piano lesson .
it's very romantic , and people are incredibly romantic .
it wasn't a direct consequence of the films themselves , since all four vehicles in which these actors appeared were disappointing .
no film stars actually come equipped with bar codes .
there is no particular indication of what the movie happens to be about , or who directed it , or anything else that might plant the film clearly in the public consciousness .
and twins was by no means the better movie .
as variety also points out , christmas is changing .
but many news executives vigorously defend the performance of their organizations .
prominent blacks and others protested that crimes against blacks prompted far less media attention and outrage .
for instance , during the investigation , two black men were identified at different times in news reports by anonymous police sources as the primary suspect , though there was no direct evidence against either one .
at issue for journalists are some enduring questions of how to fulfill their obligation to be both skeptical and sensitive , especially in reporting on so emotional and explosive a subject .
also at issue is the relationship of news organizations and law enforcement agencies during a high-profile criminal investigation .
by chance , cbs news had a camera crew accompanying emergency rescue teams in boston that night and recorded graphic videotape that was broadcast locally .
the charges of racism were reported , and virtually all of the city's news organizations produced reports to give a more balanced picture of mission hill .
news executives say their reporting was simply a response to an exciting news event .
some boston news executives said they had excellent contacts in mission hill and all areas of the city .
when the case is finally resolved , many say they hope that the controversy will have focused attention on race relations in boston and taught news organizations something important .
his arrest gave general noriega a propaganda victory just before the election .
some senators believed the plan for the coup had little chance for success .
some members of the senate intelligence committee were skeptical about the election plan and secured a promise that money for the $ 20 million program would be spent in two $ 10 million portions , with the panel having a chance to review the results after half the money was spent .
he was arrested immediately afterward .
if i had even the suggestion that noriega or anyone else had set him up , i wouldn't be a party to it for all the tea in china .
it was the first time in new york's history that the city government had stepped in to run a privately owned welfare hotel , city officials said .
we've been working around the clock , said kenneth murphy , the deputy commissioner of crisis intervention services at the city's human resources administration , which helps families in hotels and shelters .
two years ago , the city removed all homeless families from the carter hotel , across the street from the times square hotel .
a number of residents complained that the hotel had been stripped of supplies .
although the city is removing all homeless people from other hotels , an unexpected increase in the number of homeless families in september led to the use of the times square hotel , city officials said .
it quickly went out of print , but it had the status of a rare volume among architectural historians until 1975 , when it was brought back in a new edition .
because california is so much the focus of our attention today , it is hard to imagine how radical the whole idea of taking california seriously was to an architectural historian in the 1950's .
when she wrote five california architects , it was with a sense of mission .
not only did her writing serve as the first introduction to california architecture for an entire generation of scholars and critics , it also did much to create the climate that permitted california's remarkable architecture of the 1970's and 1980's to flower .
after that she decided to put the two parts of her career , literature and architecture , together and begin writing about the buildings and the architects of california .
and thus began a stream of articles and books that continued until just before her death .
the outcome of all these changes is so uncertain that experts offer a remarkable range of business and economic forecasts .
but experts put many question marks in their long-term forecasts .
now there is talk of raising taxes some more .
he is asking for the second $ 250 million tax increase in three years along with a program of drastic school reform .
an indication of how much texas has changed came last october when lieut .
across the region the business community has taken the lead with executives like paul f. roth , president of the texas division of the southwestern bell telephone company arguing that a weak school system wasn't such a crucial factor when oil and cotton fueled the texas economy .
some scholars argue that these events are a more drastic version of changes taking place nationwide .
the oil states are facing that shift sooner and more dramatically than the rest of the country , and so we can see the process more clearly here .
the collapse of exploration and drilling was only one point of pain in the demise of an entire economy based on heavy borrowing and a belief that the boom could never end .
in houston the value of real estate dropped as much as 30 percent , a larger loss than most cities experienced in the depression .
since the dark days of 1986 the price of oil has climbed back up , and for a year has remained stable in the range of $ 18 to $ 22 a barrel .
and with the national economy growing steadily , the availability of cheap land , labor and services in the oil states has helped the recovery , particularly in texas and oklahoma .
to varying degrees across the region people are now at least certain that the worst has passed .
experts are only now trying to measure how the economic and social landscape was altered so they can start predicting what it will look like in the future .
but for the next several years , experts predict that the industry will remain consolidated and somewhat cautious .
many businessmen believe opportunities still exist in the oil business , but that the nature of those opportunities is changing .
the decline of oil is such that even that role may be difficult to secure .
even if prices go up , the chances of oil taking a dominant position again are very slight .
the past year has brought a number of positive signs .
but now the federal government is about to begin selling off the more than 30000 properties it inherited from failed financial institutions .
all around them , mark jackson and charles barkley can observe people lined up buying lottery tickets .
they can see the state of oregon taking book on their performances .
and then there is the worldwide fascination with the stock market , rock around the clock .
we're just very good friends and we just have a lot of fun , barkley said later .
we bet $ 500 in the playoffs and i won it back tonight .
athletes gambling on their own games is bad news , even if no money ever changes hands .
even now , there will be suspicion about what jackson or barkley is really thinking when he takes control of the ball late in a game .
or , worse , does he have a real bet going ?
did he just take a bad shot , which can happen to anybody ?
our players are not horses , they're human beings , said david stern , the commissioner of the n.b.a. , who asks why a state should subject them to pressures beyond the winning and losing of games .
but now oregon runs a betting action via a 900 number .
once gambling is accepted , david stern said , let's say a football game is tied , and the margin is 3 1 / 2 points , so you don't go for the field goal but you throw the ball into the end zone .
with everybody else doing it , it is no wonder mark jackson and charles barkley saw nothing wrong in playing games within games .
his logic followed through , there would soon be no opera repertory to speak of .
the fans of andrew lloyd webber , in other words .
mr. levine has made it a point of musical honor at the met to honor scores in full , in some instances restoring material cut by the composer himself .
but it will be necessary to find ways to perform old operas so as to make them relevant for young audiences today .
indiana was held without a field goal for more than 13 minutes , getting only 12 free throws over the final 8 minutes 40 seconds of regulation and the first 4 : 38 of the overtime .
brian oliver , who finished with 27 points , hit two foul shots with 14 seconds left to preserve the victory .
although the fight over traveling the pacific has been unusually intense , it is characteristic of strains now felt throughout the museum world .
this going out of your way to communicate better with the public is a major national trend , involving all types of institutions , including art museums , says edward h. able , the executive director of the american association of museums .
at the children's museum he doubled annual visits to nearly half a million with innovative hands on , interactive exhibitions .
the printed legend stated that a parent will go to just about any length to save the lives of its young ... .
i'm completely committed to the belief that content has to be accurate , he says , and we'll move heaven and earth to see that it is .
i don't want to have us take the safer choice in anticipation of a confrontation .
i want each exhibit to be one of our developers talking personally to the public .
a month after the show opened , it was drawing visitors at two or three times the rate at which they had been coming to the museum at that time of the year over the past decade .
telling a story , she continues , means that there are a lot of things we have to leave out .
it doesn't express the strength of our collection , he says .
what obligation does the museum have to exhibit what we already have ?
most people don't come here to be punished , he says .
they feel they know what the public should have .
once you say your institution is for somebody , as opposed to being about something , that turns your head around and things are never the same .
then talk to the native american community and get their perspective .
but finally , when i had a narrative , i'd concentrate on that , show only half a dozen superb examples of these masks and put the rest in a resource center nearby .
i call these galleries a magnificent failure , he says .
but nobody yet has gone this far in putting exhibition into the hands of the public side of the museum .
it's going to be fascinating to see how it plays itself out .
when mr. gorbachev first spoke of reforms , they charged that he was all talk and no action .
when he began to act , they insisted that more action was needed .
robert gates , the deputy national security adviser , argued in effect that mr. gorbachev wasn't worth helping because his reforms would fail and he'd be thrown out of office .
in any event , his actions matter far more than his supposed goals .
these are the very steps the west has demanded for 40 years .
and they also duck the critical fact that the likely alternatives to mr. gorbachev would be far worse for western interests .
is this something that you might find worthy of comment ?
how big of an issue will the federal deficit be ?
standard english requires how big a slice ?
consider where did you get that hat ?
here is a case for the squad squad .
time magazine goes along with the times .
the name is rooted in roman , another term for latin .
at least mr. hall has taste enough not to pass off his random thoughts as art .
the millennium is nearly upon us , and most were quick to spot its potential as a marketing tool .
the 21st century will be religious or it will not be , he announced in french rolling stone .
that depends , it seems , on who makes them .
the fashion system , he says , has given me incredible power .
but the french did them 15 years ago .
we're in business , she says , to buy and sell clothes .
pitt , which lost its fifth game in a row , rallied in the final minute .
maybe i should have waited and settled everybody down .
it was a mental mistake on my part .
paul evans , the pittsburgh coach , said , it would have been nice if we got it inside at that point .
the panthers found their most success when they worked the ball down low .
williams , who was 0 for 7 from the field in the first half , hit 6 of 8 shots from the field in the second half and finished with 18 points .
i hit those every day in practice , he said .
i think i did well while i was in there .
the cleveland browns know they want to beat the denver broncos today when the two teams meet to decide the american football conference championship .
a neighbor who happened to be a browns fan greeted him with welcome to the fold , and the local browns fan club recruited him .
brown was born in indianapolis and lived in st. louis and detroit before moving to colorado .
that would be a hard name to carry around .
now there's so much gold that they could work round the clock .
officials contend that their insights into soviet society and politics were sharp even before the new avalanche of information began in the mid-1980's .
we've been writing about this in detail for 10 years , probably more .
they had wonderful features and roads , he said .
what has happened now is that all the roads just went off our maps .
he and other officials agreed to be interviewed only if they were not identified , and some required that their agencies not be named as well .
they include some of the government's top analysts of soviet and eastern european issues .
the pressure to handicap kremlin events accurately , a former government official said , is enormous , not just because of the implications that a serious error carries , but because of the prestige at stake .
the new information flowing out of the soviet union today presents a far greater challenge .
so do business executives and tourists who now can visit areas and people that government officials cannot easily see .
most important , experts have changed the mix of information they now use to evaluate changes in the communist bloc .
it and other intelligence agencies have placed a new emphasis on economics , recognizing that military might depends in large part on domestic economic strength .
the rebel government has the support of pakistan , saudi arabia and the united states .
as a result , the secretary general wants the major foreign powers with an interest in afghanistan to appeal to the rebels to join a broad new opposition group and negotiate a political settlement .
but officials say it has not yet given explicit backing to his proposed initiative .
keeping the kabul government in power is now believed to be costing moscow between $ 200 million and $ 300 million a month in weapons and supplies , and president gorbachev is assumed to be eager to free the soviet union of this burden .
there was no independent confirmation of the guerrilla claim .
the plan for a united nations role has been promoted in recent months by australia .
in addition , they said , there is the question whether all four groups will be given jobs in the temporary government .
we aren't willing to fight for an ideal .
in the early 1950's , many young intellectuals gave up jobs in the united states to return and build a new china .
others are hoping to marry an american .
second , the party has stressed the need for rule by law and institutions , yet none of the three relies for power on any formal position .
indeed , these days none is even a member of the communist party central committee .
indeed , because there are different views among these three men , a pivotal question being asked these days is not when will they die ?
my ear is cut , but his life is going to be hell if he doesn't face something within himself .
it's like someone threw a punch at him , and the next thing he knew he was cut on the right side of his face , the lieutenant said .
the next thing , he had his hands on her face and he was shaking her .
in the middle of this discussion , this kid , he grabbed my face .
i assure you it happened in two , three seconds .
suddenly , he grabbed her face and she was on the ground .
as i turned to be down there with her , ms. greene said , i saw three persons who i thought were pursuing the man .
it turned out they were part of the group .
how do we struggle against this kind of thing ?
i only know one way , and that is to keep on performing what is of spiritual value to people .
neil smith , the general manager of the rangers , had arrived here this afternoon , openly stirring further what already was a storm of trade speculation .
smith , after a week spent talking with the national hockey league's other general managers , sat upstairs at the garden before the game and said he had as many as a half-dozen major deals under consideration , and that one or more of them could be completed within 72 hours .
i don't want to get into specific names , smith said .
i'm not going to confirm or deny anything .
right now , i just have to get ready for every game .
for the rangers , it was just the second time they had done that in 16 games .
it's a different game you play in this building , and i thought we played it pretty well .
nobody played it better on this short rink than richter .
we made the environment nice and comfortable , smith said .
we said we wanted calm and stability .
now , we'll play under the cloud of guys wondering whether to call the real estate agent or not .
stephen thompson scored 23 points and derrick coleman had 20 points and 15 rebounds as syracuse broke open a close game midway through the second half .
boston college was led by bryan edwards with 17 points .
five seconds later , he converted two more to seal the victory .
this leads the organization into public education efforts , where its staff has increased from one to 12 in the last two years .
the group has also vastly expanded its full-time lobbying effort in washington as well as in state capitals ; it is playing an advisory role , as underscored by the proposals developed in detroit .
for the first time it recently sponsored a conference with law-enforcement officials to discuss constitutional liberties and law enforcement .
we say , no , you can't do it , and here's some ways to do it better .
but at the same time , we concede the underlying racial tension is real .
when the ball goes outside the lines , we call foul .
but he added , we are saying it is important for us to come up with solutions , too , proposed solutions that we think will keep the ball within the lines in the first place .
george e. ward , the chief assistant prosecutor in wayne county , said he was delighted by the approach .
it just shows we are all trying to work together , instead of fighting .
at issue in detroit is a tide of violence in and around the public school system , which in recent years has resulted in hundreds of shootings and dozens of killings involving students under the age of 17 .
but now , he said , there has been a reversal .
much like the knicks' last four games , three of which were won in overtime , last night's game was not decided until the final minutes .
when i play aggressively on defense , it helps my attitude and my aggressive play on offense as well .
moreover , he played the defense he is noted for .
it's his defense that gets him going , the coach said .
he did everything right and we benefited by it .
mark jackson and gerald wilkins were on the bench .
i thought the spurs played outstanding basketball in the first half , while we were awful .
in the second half , we were able to make a conscious decision that we were going to some sort of the same defensive pressure that they gave us in the first half .
ewing finished with 18 points , hitting on 8 of his 14 shots from the field , while robinson was 12 for 20 and had 27 points .
the celtics had won 20 in a row against san antonio .
i didn't want david to have that kind of pressure on him .
most of the time when he got his hands on the ball , a spur would either knock it or take it away from him .
robinson made three of his first four shots .
charles barkley scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as philadelphia used a balanced scoring attack to win .
bird , who saw his first action in five games , started and scored 14 points .
michael jordan scored 28 points and chicago set a club record with its 13th consecutive home victory .
chicago led by as many as 30 points .
every year i meant to send a check , but ... .
i hope my small donation can contribute toward helping at least a few of these people .
i see them , i feel for and care about them .
often i would like to reach out and help an individual but find it difficult or impossible to do so .
today , i would like to reach out and help through your fund .
for his civic and professional work , warren moon , quarterback for the houston oilers , was named the 1989 travelers national football league man of the year , the insurance company announced yesterday in hartford .
other people share that view , but most who do are beyond the reach of international soccer authorities .
the average teams in each conference are about the same .
therefore , based upon overall strength , the answer is no .
my first visit to east berlin was in 1963 , just 18 months after the wall was built .
i spoke to many people over the years , and their enthusiasm was uniform .
i have traveled in other communist countries , but the attitude of officials and border guards was different .
the east germans had that special quality of brutality that the world has come to know only too well .
the current turmoil in communist countries is often described as a struggle between freedom and communism .
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our commissions are based on the service we offer .
we provide descriptions , maps and directions for every property .
indeed i can think back on many golden opportunities i missed by not tying my books to advertising .
book types should take a leaf from those magazines where you have to be as alert as a fox to know whether you are reading editorial content or advertising matter .
the manufacturers have actually paid to have them shown .
and if you don't bite , i bet i can sell it to the guys from japan who make those fax machines .
he was doing poorly in college and bearing a heavy measure of guilt about a romantic involvement turned sour .
the replacement , whom mr. norman recommended , entered the line of march two hours before the battle began .
he was among the first to die , calling by radio as he did : no !
it does not come in a dream - i do not dream anymore .
the guns are silent , the fields covered in green .
he may have died for his country or for his god or for nothing at all .
for a long time , i thought he died for me .
she wanted another child ; i wanted to leave .
i did not pick these men , he says .
they were delivered by fate and the u.s. .
but i know them in a way i know no other men .
i have never since given anyone such trust .
they were willing to guard something more precious than my life .
they would have carried my reputation , the memory of me .
it was part of the bargain we all made , the reason we were so willing to die for one another .
michael norman has emerged with much more : a book that stands with the very best , fiction or fact , ever written about the war in vietnam .
under fire , they said , men are not moved by the call of country or the rhetoric of a cause .
and they marched out into that killing zone not because they were ordered to do so ; they went instead because each believed that if his had been the body on that bridge , other marines would have come for him .
but one can make a broader argument .
if the nervous system is a physical substance , then all behavior must be directly caused by it .
among his other aims is to account for the difference between the two .
as so often , this assertion is extremely obscure .
but even if one goes to the labor of working out the meaning , it is hard to know why he believes what he says ; it is never made clear .
but perhaps the most extraordinary feature of his brain theory is its old-fashioned approach .
the trouble with theories that can explain everything is that they explain nothing .
the advantage of asking such restricted questions is that there is a reasonable chance of finding answers .
his previous two books on this subject , which are even more technical than this one , tend to suffer from the same fault .
it could be that his theory is so novel that it is difficult to grasp , but he makes little effort at clarity , a duty that is incumbent on all scientists .
moreover , until he shows how his theory explains in detail concrete examples of behavior , it cannot be taken seriously .
in the last part of the remembered present he tries to explain consciousness in terms of his brain theory .
even if he is right , he has answered none of the questions with which he started .
and if they do not help , why should consciousness have evolved ?
it is , after all , easy enough to write computer programs that plan and programs that use language after a fashion .
it remains the ultimate mystery , perhaps one that will never be solved .
no one should require more of this book of splendid interviews .
no one should require more of this book of splendid interviews .
the interviews are with 26 men who explain what they have tried to do in their work since world war ii .
that's what i miss in almost everything that's written these days .
what she emerges with , however , is a novel that sets us too much at a distance , a novel whose characters are difficult to appreciate or understand .
she even tells us that in normal circumstances , someone like victor would never be with someone like me .
he is in hull because his artist wife has left him ; at the end of their marriage , he discovered that he was not the natural father of the little girl he thought was his daughter .
in its surface descriptions of people and places , dying young is quite accomplished .
and , even with the weight of the plot , its ending is not easy or predictable .
they instantly became an imposing presence , and the reviews have been mixed .
our business is focused on the theater and music .
to be surrounded by it seemed to make sense .
you run into people at the edison hotel coffee shop .
you constantly run into business associates and friends .
by being east of fifth avenue , we were on the other side of the moon .
emotionally , and for every other reason , it's where they belong .
it licenses 3000 productions a year , 600 of which are oklahoma !
i'm delighted we'll be joining them in an office that gives us the opportunity to have a dialogue without going through fax machines , he said .
all told , there are some 100 tenants , from four to 10 on each floor .
they don't have to get on a train and go downtown .
the only way to do that is to meet somebody who can make it happen .
i don't think our business would suffer if we weren't here .
people come in and say , we're glad you're here because no one else is around anymore .
it will house the lobby and registration desk , restaurant , bar , health club , kitchen and employee facilities .
we want to accommodate tourists , families coming here for the weekend , said mr. katz , a norwalk developer since 1950 .
we are not seeking business travelers , although they would be welcome .
once people park , they can walk everywhere , said mr. katz .
he hopes to begin construction this spring and open 18 months later .
in the larger rooms , there will be dining furniture and additional sleeping accommodations .
it is for sale by the state department of transportation .
but the redevelopment agency estimates that a million square feet of new office space would be needed to support it .
it is owned and operated by palace productions center , a commercial television company whose president , christopher campbell , wanted to buy city hall and expand into it .
but mr. katz won out with a $ 1.2 million bid that the city accepted .
he spent $ 1.7 million more on development costs .
now he is negotiating with mr. campbell to buy the theater and , he speculated , tie it in with the hotel , possibly as a conference center .
it's related to the ability to draw tourists .
mr. katz views all this activity with enthusiasm but is concentrating on negotiating financing in a difficult time .
the worst thing that could happen is the hotel doesn't get built , he said .
despite that , the club is entering its second decade as a vacant space looking for a tenant .
on one wall is a huge painting of manhattan from the top of the chrysler building , with the bank of manhattan building carefully depicted as a tiny structure .
the cloud club changed very little over the years , but change went on around it .
a 1971 article in the new york times reported the cloud club healthy amid the competition .
a request to open a nightclub was denied and in 1983 a deal to open a lunch club for bankers did not go through .
the show is being billed as a theatrical concert .
the commission's report , released on tuesday , also found a higher rate of recent cocaine use among connecticut high school seniors than among seniors nationally .
nearly 26 percent of connecticut high school seniors reported using marijuana in the 30 days prior to the survey , compared with 18 percent in a similar national survey by the university of michigan .
the report also indicated that drug abuse is a more serious problem among students in connecticut's small towns and cities than in large cities .
about 39 percent of high school students in small towns and cities reported using alcohol in the month prior to the survey , compared with 31 percent of high school students in large cities .
the most commonly used substance was tobacco , with one out of five high school students reporting that they smoked cigarettes regularly .
about one out of six reported using alcohol regularly .
every teacher in the state will tell you the biggest substance abuse problem is alcohol .
also , 38 percent of the younger students and 64 percent of the older students said they have tried cigarettes .
an estimated 12 percent of students in grades 6 through 12 have attended class while under the influence of drugs or alcohol , 7 percent have missed school because of substance abuse , and 11 percent have driven a vehicle while using alcohol or drugs .
nearly two-thirds of the high school students said marijuana is very easy or fairly easy to obtain , and one in five said heroin is fairly easy to obtain .
i wish we could do something like this with other animals , such as deer .
there's no doubt that the population has been increasing steadily , he said .
and to say that they're dangerous is ridiculous , she continued .
no matter that you may have seen the original off broadway production , now in its third year , or any of the half-dozen companies going around the country or , for that matter , the recently released , highly praised and expanded motion picture version .
here is the pleasure of watching a couple of actors in total command of their craft .
i think about how my own children will react to my old age .
i dream about inevitable life events while i am still in the security of being young and knowing these moments are many years away .
but today a hunter nearly killed me .
in the fraction of a second it would have taken that hunter to pull the trigger , i would have been dead .
my parents would be mourning the death of their youngest daughter , who only in the last year began to pull her life together .
my parents would have to question why they are forced to live the life stage that i had studied .
my dog , who tried to protect me in the park , would wonder where his owner went .
he would think : why is she laying down on the ground in the woods ?
get up , we were just walking in the park .
my husband would have to deal with emotional grief , as well as a tremendous financial strain .
the new house we bought only two months ago was a goal and project we worked on together .
now , it would be an economic burden .
he would have to carry the mortgage and bills .
how does he fit in now that his wife is dead ?
we dreamed about how the house will be after we fixed it up .
who will he share that dream with now ?
it would probably be too painful to work on the house for a time .
when i saw that hunter aim his rifle at me , i lost that innocence .
i am alive , but my life will never be the same .
the life of that hunter will , i hope , never be the same .
i also hope he will never hunt that close to a state park and never point a loaded gun into a recreational area .
will he realize it was another living being he was after ?
ronald f. robinson , the facilities manager for the corporation , said : i think there was a lack of understanding of how important those lights were to various people .
we quickly realized how important they were .
personally , i believe a tax district should pay for the lights , but to pull out after they had come to an agreement just isn't right .
the funny thing is , if the company had waited a few more years , the people involved in the original agreement probably would no longer have been around , and nobody would ever have known .
someone discovered the company was paying for the street lights , but no one could remember why , mr. robinson said .
only a few people knew about the agreement in 1954 , and most of them were gone .
it's a small price to pay for the name of a town , he said .
i think the feeling at that point , mr. robinson said , was if we stopped paying for the lights , the town or the tax district would step in and start paying for them .
the village of rogers is only a small part of the actual fire district , mr. cooper said .
we would have had to charge taxes to the whole district , and the lights would have served only a few people .
a committee was formed to draft the necessary legal documents .
they asked for a meeting with the committee and offered to keep the lights on two more years .
then they contacted us again , and said they would give us the lights another 14 years , which would make it 50 years that the company had paid for lights .
there was some interest in keeping the peace , mr. robinson said .
it's not healthy to have conflict with your neighbors .
it's tough enough to be in manufacturing in connecticut these days , with all the government regulation , and it doesn't pay to be fighting with your neighbors .
the emotions were mixed in the company , as far as a name change .
but a name change is a lot of work , he said .
i think they really are trying to be good neighbors now .
but we have a long history of cooperation and community involvement .
that cooperation is evident throughout the borough .
we felt it was an active , open community almost from the first day .
i signed up for the garden club and started making friends .
some of the other groups are for tennis , bridge and political discussion .
in 1950 , the building was renovated for its current use .
the rest is the village area , where some lots are as small as 30 by 100 feet .
it expanded to fill the growing demand of the mountain colony for services .
the borough has a small town center with specialty shops and banks .
that center has two supermarkets and several smaller stores .
the borough also sponsors a series of dance and drama programs for children and adults throughout the summer .
the same answer came through again , loud and clear .
for generations my family has carried its own weight , and then some .
i'll readily admit that i'm no exception to the family rule .
i now carry around about the same number of pounds that graduated from high school with me a dozen years ago .
i don't want to give the wrong impression .
her weight doesn't sound like much of a problem .
perhaps we should put her on a strict diet .
his son , who's 2 months younger than my daughter , already carries many more pounds .
i remain confident that family heritage will catch up with her .
on balance , though , i'm kind of glad her weight problem came to light .
and the largest project of all , the chase financial center , with 1.5 million square feet in two buildings , will be fully occupied by chase itself .
by then , additional projects may be committed .
it is too early to say whether the leasing market will respond by taking new space in brooklyn - at prices that are perhaps a third lower than manhattan's .
but it has made the city more competitive .
a major element in the university's building program , construction of a new library , is to begin in march .
there , 400000 square feet will be available for other tenants .
i'm talking to 19 users who need 100000 square feet or more , he said .
if all this succeeds , no small debt will be owed to the chase decision to come to brooklyn .
there also is a savings on energy through the power authority of the state of new york , estimated at $ 25 million .
the savings on energy through the power authority of the state of new york were estimated at $ 25 million .
an article on dec. 31 about corporations that finance programs in the public schools misidentified a corporate sponsor at the k. t. murphy elementary school in stamford .
it is the general electric capital corporation of stamford , not the general electric company of fairfield .
on my knees , moving one hand at a time , i try to leave the room without making a sound .
how do parents make decisions like these ?
the ideas come from a variety of sources and experiences .
some come from the way parents were treated as children , some in opposition to the way they were raised .
still others consult child development experts .
those who write about putting a child to bed stress the importance of letting children learn how to put themselves to sleep .
these ideas all make perfectly good sense to me .
i end up reading until i find an expert who agrees with me and decide this is the one whom i will follow .
they provide security and give children an understanding of something they can depend on every night .
they also provide the early development of extraordinary negotiation skills .
these are the best times of the day and i will miss them when david grows up .
but there comes a time each night when this great stuff has to end and david has to go to bed .
he starts negotiations long before this , however .
children can be very goal directed , especially when the objective is to not go to bed .
first come the important things that he has to do before bath , even if these are things he would never do at any other time of day .
one more book , one more glass of water , one more stuffed animal in the bed , one more stuffed animal out of the bed .
the left brain says : be in control .
then i think about how little this child actually does control .
i think it moves , too , because it's never in the same place .
the workers have arrived here from michigan , ohio , missouri , connecticut , massachusetts , indiana and kansas - as well as from rochester .
he said last week that the 4000 workers here were putting in overtime hours on a regular basis and might soon be offered saturday hours , as well .
workers may stay at the site for three weeks after they arrive , paying $ 10 a night , but must find other housing for the weekends , when the camp is used for training .
they just said be here , and i'm here .
but she said she had more permanent plans in mind .
i tried to be honest and told them i was leaving , but now the school says since i don't live there anymore , she can't either .
we were told we were coming to new york , she said .
take off all your jewelry , ms. mason said they warned her .
ms. mason said she was glad now to be in westchester .
i like working for g.m. , i like building cars , and i didn't want to learn another trade , ms. mason said .
when i no longer have a job , i'll go home .
but opposition from local retailers is mounting , and the outlook for passage of the local law is uncertain .
although lawmakers in suffolk county on long island recently passed nearly identical legislation , that law , which is to go into effect on jan. 31 , is being reviewed in the courts .
no one who buys coffee will mind the extra costs .
the ban , he said , will hurt those it is trying to help .
the reaction of other store owners in the town was mixed .
where is all this waste going anyway , she asked .
i don't think it will affect the price .
the owner of a similar retail outlet , who asked that her name not be used , disagreed .
there are expenses enough , she said .
we go all out to save our customers money , and it's just not fair .
if the ban takes effect , she added , we will have to raise the price of our coffee .
the easy part was selling our house .
on our first day of apartment hunting , my husband and i were more than pleased .
would you let a dog decide where we live the last years of my life ?
so we looked , and looked some more .
what had seemed simple before , now became impossible .
it was now or never time , when the call came .
by the way , can you pick him up when you take him out ?
i doubt the board would be so inclined .
the powder blue one would have to do .
simple , not loud , a good contrast with his warm brown coat .
the call came , and the date was set .
he seemed to be standing in a hole well out of camera range .
my husband and i appeared before the board .
he was not left alone for long periods of time .
the accountant said nothing negative about the dog .
overhead a movement caught my eye .
day isn't until tomorrow , the celebrating begins today on the island .
tomorrow , the activity picks up with such entries as the dream lives on , a free program at the african-american museum in hempstead .
thursday at the garden city public library , 60 seventh street .
has the performer in portraits of peace , nature , justice and faith in america .
looking at companies on an individual basis , increases of 35 to 40 percent are not uncommon .
increases in health insurance premiums are taking place throughout the insurance industry , making it difficult for a company to switch to an insurance carrier offering lower rates .
even if an employer found an insurance carrier offering lower rates , insurance companies won't guarantee a rate for more than a year .
however , these increases should not come as too much of a surprise , since major health studies have concluded we are in poor shape , our children are in worse shape , and our life styles are to blame .
most people who have high blood pressure don't know it .
fortunately , if they are made aware of it , most cases of high blood pressure can be controlled by changes in exercise habits and diet .
the business community needs to recognize these health programs are an investment in their company , not a cost .
until people begin taking better care of themselves , the rising costs of health care will not be controlled .
for example , an employer sponsored health screening program provides an opportunity for employees to detect problems like high cholesterol or blood pressure before they turn into more serious health problems , which bring with them tremendous costs in the forms of medical claims and lost productivity .
if we kept moving , we could maintain the illusion that we were only passing through .
the long island rail road runs just beyond school grounds , and we often sit near the tracks .
we gave him our bedroom and squeezed our bed into the library / music room / dining room .
we got rid of our coffee and dining room tables .
we invited an architect friend to tell us how we might create the illusion of more space .
i used to come parking here in high school , i told my husband as we drove north to the harbor .
we went to contract in may ; in october 1986 , 17 years after moving away from long island , i moved back , to a house 25 minutes east of the first .
when we reach the water i turn right , and there is the strip of sand where we used to park .
then she asked what i missed about the city .
but even in the midst of my list - the museums , the movies , the food , the energy , the diversity - i realized with a start that i can no longer imagine living in the city .
driving , i admitted , with shy embarrassment , is one of my favorite parts .
though i check every exit there are no howard johnson's , nothing that looks as if it once was a howard johnson's .
maybe it's a few miles up the road .
so we combined the two together and made a kind of mind and body workout , she added .
we had people walking out feeling like a new person .
and that , she said , has a direct effect on job performance .
if somebody feels good , and if they're in good condition , they're going to be a more productive employee .
it has been so successful , in fact , that johnson & johnson decided to go into the business of providing such services for other companies .
when you have a shrinking labor pool and an expanding business , it's very competitive to get the best people , and once you get them , to retain them , she said .
a life zones class typically meets three times a week , with each session lasting about an hour .
chairs and tables were moved against the walls , a sound system was set up and the members of the class members took their places in the center of the room .
picture yourself as you want yourself to be .
the room was quiet ; breathing returning to normal .
see yourself as you want yourself to be seen , she said quietly .
because the person you see , is the person you are going to be .
i think i'm ready to be a grandmother .
i have that feeling of wanting to hold an infant in my arms again , watch its velvet hand grip my fingers .
i know i wasn't the first woman to go through this stage .
in a matter of weeks , a tomato seed turns into a plant , then a fruit , and later there are seeds again .
but in may he was , and this has changed my whole outlook .
shortly , i began to think in terms of having a new name .
yes , i'm ready for my children to have children .
and the fact is it doesn't make me feel sad or old .
all i can think about is that it's going to be wonderful and familiar , and a bit of me - perhaps called rebecca claire , jacob walter or michael scott , but that doesn't matter - will make it into the 21st century .
those admitted , he said , would have been allowed to stay for six months , until permanent housing could be found for them , most likely in apartments supplied by the county .
church volunteers would have provided the shelter residents with meals in a common dining room .
anyway , that whole idea has been dropped and i don't see what the big deal is .
last year , catholic community services provided shelter beds for the homeless in four northern new jersey counties .
they were afraid of the word homeless and the word shelter , and while many agreed that the homeless were in need of help , the prevailing attitude was , of course , but please , not in our backyard .
he said he told the group that potential shelter residents would have been tested for the aids virus and that those found to have it would not have been admitted .
i told her that if that were the case , she should keep her kids away from the local supermarket .
they talk about bringing in kids , but who's got to pay for their education or their tuition ?
we do , and my taxes are high enough as it is .
that money is in a state fund set aside for the homeless .
for the shelter to have worked properly , the need for a commitment must have been there , from the county as well as the community , he said .
some critics of the plan point out that the town already cares for the homeless .
at first , the church wanted to create a homeless shelter and it wasn't sure on who exactly it would reach out to , at least that's my understanding , he said .
before you knew it , rumors started , and we all know that rumors can start a riot in an empty room .
our gospel teaches us certain things , and the opposition here was not consistent with that .
the effort of state and private colleges in new jersey to call themselves universities is an example of what the 19th-century british poet and critic matthew arnold called the grand word without the grand thing .
apart for the engineering colleges , stevens and the new jersey institute of technology , quality higher education in new jersey ends with princeton , rutgers and drew .
a partial exception might be made for the religion and philosophy departments at seton hall , but that is about all .
in no other art is it not assumed and expected that the artist is capable of creating a fully formed work of art on his own .
they are given material to work with - the script .
since reading his who cares if you listen ?
where does this sort of thing end ?
but would this not suggest that the younger pilot would be flying after having met a lesser physical standard ?
indeed , there are many things people with cancer can do to change the quality of their lives - even those of us who thought our lives were pretty terrific before .
sometimes , in the process , the course of our cancer may also be changed .
to some extent , when we are ill , we have fallen apart , and healing involves putting ourselves back together and becoming whole again .
after all , god helps those who help themselves .
unfortunately , there is no practical way to avoid all risk .
what professor friedman describes are communist societies , not socialist ones .
they have not been because the state has owned the means of production , not the workers .
government controls the military , and the host of private military contractors are very largely the owners of the military .
it has failed because it has never been tried .
time is running out for george l. ball .
mr. long said he based that assessment on talks he has had with senior management at prudential insurance .
as for the firm's retail prospects , mr. ball is highly optimistic .
they've been very patient with the company , and now that patience is wearing thin .
i can only comment as an observer .
after 1987 , it refused to put any more of its money into the banking effort , and it would not let the unit grow by accepting capital from outside .
the consultants were asked to make some sense of the firm's sprawling international network .
but in the fall , their mandate was expanded to include the investment bank .
they determined that rather than cutting back , they should expand and take advantage of opportunities opening up as others pulled out of the business .
they cited some impressive numbers .
in the fall of 1989 , however , those successes did not seem to count for much .
mr. keith shared some of those doubts .
my own reaction was one of caution , because it sounded like thomson was so far gone , and such a mess , that the ability to get something out of it would take the world's leading cancer surgeon .
if another opportunity like thomson presented itself , he said , prudential would probably go along .
if he is successful , he will have bought himself some time .
his favorite subject : military history .
mr. ball is popular with his troops .
that number seems hard to arrive at , however .
but several investment bankers , who did not wish to be identified , said they thought that was highly optimistic .
then came the moment of truth : they watched the tapes .
i realized i was putting people off .
i have no question that it is one reason i got ahead .
in some cases they hired the coaches secretly , at their own expense .
their styles are just inappropriate for team playing .
it worked - he recently negotiated a hefty raise and bonus .
the consultant , who requested anonymity , hired the coach himself , at a fee he would not disclose .
far more typically , companies will pay , often as much as $ 10000 per employee .
eventually , the behavior became automatic .
our interest has always been in representing small companies or individuals who do not have the experience or expertise to represent their own interests effectively .
how are we going to reach the manufacturers if they're in hong kong ?
it has two engines and four rear wheels .
very silly , said a viewer last week at the north american international auto show in detroit .
it just goes to show that detroit still can laugh at itself .
toyota added special rear seats that almost completely fold out of the way .
the workers refused because they couldn't agree with chrysler on overtime pay .
early speculation was that it would be a luxury model .
but a honda spokesman said the company concluded there are so many competitors that honda could not make a profit .
the plant will export to japan and possibly to europe .
each has its own strong market , much influenced by gender .
utility vehicles are tougher to control but better at handling rough roads .
judges surely would do a faster job of deciding cases if no explanation was required of the basis for decision and there was no concern over review by a higher court .
congress will have to deal with several bills concerning coins in the next few months .
one will change the look of the coins .
the bill of rights has been suggested as the theme of the new design , but there's one problem .
with only five coins and 10 original rights the choice will be hard .
rumors spread that the treasury would recall the coins .
but sometimes even one roll isn't enough .
she and her husband had taken the equipment to egypt and got wonderful results .
before the trip to kenya , she ordered fresh film and changed the batteries .
the reader said she had done everything i knew that was in my power to insure that the camera was in good working order .
unlike mechanical devices , however , electronic ones tend to fail early if they are going to fail at all .
one part of my computer is vulnerable to aging : the disk drive .
because of this , i have my doubts about the diagnosis of the repair shop .
does this mean we can no longer trust our equipment the way we once did ?
the only thing we could trust about old-fashioned mechanical cameras is that once a part failed , it would let us know right away .
but i can't say i would have thought to check this operation in the middle of a shoot .
her father is the president of the central men's shop in jamaica , queens .
the rev. marie reed performed the ceremony .
her father was a lawyer in philadelphia .
mr. anderson , 47 , graduated from cornell university and received a law degree from georgetown university .
dr. goldberg , 31 , is the deputy director of crisis management and arms control programs at the center for strategic and international studies in washington .
he writes about soviet affairs , international relations and crisis management .
she is the assistant manager of planning and budget at brooks brothers in new york .
her father is a partner in goldman , sachs & company , investment bankers in new york .
his father is a computer audit specialist manager in new york for the united states treasury .
a graduate of the university of north carolina , he received a law degree from george washington university .
her father is a retired businessman .
his father , formerly the president of the new york public library , is the president of brown university .
she is 25 years old and an account executive at david b. mitchell & company , hotel representatives in new york .
he graduated from bay shore high school and the united states naval academy .
his father , a republican , is a member of the new york state assembly and the chairman of the suffolk county republican committee .
he won the first four tricks with the spade king , the club king , the spade ace and the club ace .
that would have been the right play , for the odds would be three to two in its favor .
the house of fashion in moscow , the design center for the soviet union , has 15 designers .
the problem is not lack of talent , she said .
we do not have wonderful fabrics , so the result is very plain clothes .
we could sell 10 times as many , she said .
she accompanied him to new york , where he was discussing exchange production plans with the circle in the square theater .
french clothes are too exotic , she said .
i can't imagine myself wearing them .
some thought is given to what will be worn , unless it's a required uniform or one worn through choice , like jeans .
she changes her mind frequently , but when she does come to a decision , she said , i always dress as if i'm going out to lunch , even if i'm not .
people come into the office unexpectedly or surprising things happen , and i like to be prepared , she said .
it's the first thing i decide on , and everything falls out of that , he said .
today i'm wearing an old liberty of london tie .
it's not the time of day i do my best thinking , he said .
good soup is not that easy to find .
the restaurants may vary the selection from day to day , but overall the quality is superior .
we thought we'd get 100 or so requests , primarily from kids .
the youth of our country has a lot of problems , she wrote .
they are the problems of studies and free time and many others .
peace links was formed in 1982 to persuade more american women to get involved in the arms debate .
what we heard in our travels throughout this country was , well , that's fine , but what about the russians ?
so , we decided to see what we could do about the russians .
in 1987 , six congressional wives led a delegation of peace links members to the soviet union .
during both exchanges , the women spoke of their hopes and dreams for the future and how both sides could work to establish some kind of understanding and friendship between the soviet and american people .
volunteers need not be members of peace links , the group said .
but one of his recent bits of business seems to have caught on in a relatively big way .
party leaders in el salvador said they did not know when the bodies were found .
nor did they have any information on who may have been responsible for the killings .
he could not immediately be reached for comment today .
he returned to the country in 1987 to take part in politics .
it is new york city , not chicago .
it will be repeated friday at midnight .
the series will run through may 23 , with readings on most wednesday nights at 6 : 30 .
it is much better to live it than just be taught it , she said .
while the student leaders strongly endorsed the new policy , they conceded most students probably knew little about it .
additional points will be awarded to people over 25 years old , vietnam veterans , members of minority groups and applicants whose parents did not attend college .
college officials believe the new policy will gradually change the student body , which averages 24 years old .
there are no grades , no required courses and no traditional academic departments .
take the rational course in the war on drugs and separate marijuana from that war .
you don't solve one problem by creating a host of others , she said to scattered applause .
both sides considered the debate primarily educational ; neither expected major policy shifts to result on campus or off .
the newly established , private foundation has an endowment of $ 100 million .
since i am chinese , i feel the need to be familiar with the language , she said .
we've got lots of bits and pieces , he said .
but a big gap is that we don't teach the chinese language .
in that situation there is a reluctance to start new programs .
a former athlete will be elected president of the united states .
no one predicted mcdonald's in moscow .
we believe that we make things happen .
if life is tough , you have no one to blame but yourself .
they were not masters of their own destiny .
they let others tell them what to do .
and we will still be this way , still think we are calling the shots .
on the west coast they used to say go with the flow .
personnel from the agency will be shifted in the next two months to the district attorneys and to the city's special narcotics prosecutor .
charges against nine were dismissed ; two were acquitted at trial .
six were convicted , one committed suicide and six were dismissed as officers .
instead of one prosecutor investigating corruption we'll have five , he said .
a decision is not expected for several months .
hull , a coastal community about eight miles from downtown boston , is home to about 1000 jews , town officials said .
and a study has found increases in such deaths in washington , boston and los angeles .
still , the study noted that those who live in poor neighborhoods , where most of the killings occurred , seemed to be at greater risk .
an arrest was made , he said , but no witnesses could be found who were willing to testify , so the case was dropped .
she died a few hours later at kings county hospital .
the teen-ager , a high school student working part-time at a burger king to save money for a class trip to europe , was shot in the back as she waited for the elevator in her harlem apartment building .
our lives were really tied together .
when she struggled , they fired a shot that went through the window of the restaurant and hit shawn in the chest .
the owner of the restaurant was killed , and two other customers were wounded .
he said mr. jones , who lived alone , would come over once or twice a week to play cards or watch a football game on television .
an arrest in the case was made yesterday .
on the plane home , she borrowed a newspaper from a fellow passenger to read an account of the slaying .
china's leaders had hoped for a more enthusiastic response abroad .
china's leaders had hoped for a more enthusiastic response abroad .
army troops remain in the capital , and the police have been ordered to intervene at the first sign of trouble .
economic pressures are crucial in this respect .
a year ago , many chinese were upset about inflation .
because of a tight monetary policy , rising debts and a shortage of energy and raw materials , countless factories have been closed across the country - up to 8 percent of factories in some cities , the government spokesman acknowledged .
the chinese people as a whole may not have seen their real standard of living drop , but they certainly have fallen far behind their expectations of continued improvement .
the authorities also disclosed that all workers at state-owned enterprises will get a wage increase by the chinese new year holiday later this month .
when asked , most people say two to five years will be enough .
they see the changes coming either because of new street demonstrations or from a military coup or a power struggle within the communist party .
no wonder he was treated rather as the head of a foreign power .
don't you understand , he told crowds in the street , without me , you would never have been free to raise these questions ?
yes , we know that , came the calm response , but if you mean what you say about democracy , we are also entitled to answer them .
that is not our problem , they replied .
we wish you success , but we don't count on it .
almost from the day it was set up in 1966 as new york city's main weapon in the war on poverty , the huge human resources administration has itself been under attack .
mayor david n. dinkins has called running it the toughest job in the city of new york , even tougher than being mayor .
it carries out its mission at more than 700 sites across the city .
there is a broad consensus that old-fashioned social work in new friendly neighborhood centers is needed to help families who might have difficulty finding help from the complicated bureaucracy .
fewer families are homeless , as some notorious welfare hotels have been shut down and families placed in city apartments .
but the logic was the logic of the bureaucracy , rather than of people seeking help .
they visited homes , kept track of family problems , offered help .
the welfare system was transformed into a banking operation .
many planners in new york now say this was a mistake .
the proposal is to be sent to mayor dinkins .
they worked more often at odds with one another with occasional instances of cooperation .
the mayor's interest is in having a greater neighborhood focus and integration of services , he said .
crisis intervention services : finds temporary shelter for homeless families and helps move them into permanent housing .
the increase in these troubled families has led to calls for family centers in neighborhoods where trained workers can help a family find assistance for many different kinds of problems .
workers at the children's aid society , a private agency under contract with the city , told the story of andrea j. , a single woman in her 30's with three children .
later , after the children had been returned to her , miss j. got in a fight outside her building and said her life had been threatened .
the family temporarily moved out of the apartment and into a city homeless shelter .
they meet in the american conference title game today for the third time in four seasons .
denver time , which allows the browns to take the field less than 24 hours after their arrival yesterday .
the browns are battling their own minds , though , as well as history , and , of course , john elway .
you just got to rush him in a straight line .
the browns must overcome several uncomfortable memories .
and at the beginning of the decade there was red right 88 .
end of drive , start of decade of coming close .
yet in their own way , the broncos know about narrowly missing .
after all , they are the only team to lose consecutive super bowls in the 1980's .
reeves replaced him with wade phillips , who was ordered to put together a massive defensive line that wouldn't be pushed around .
but it hasn't worked out that way .
still , we're number one in run defense in the conference .
they are big , and perform in a different way .
but there are some coaches who force their system on people .
i prefer to fit what you could do to the players you have .
my ego doesn't demand that the wade phillips system is in place no matter what .
the problem was he had to make too many plays , and if he didn't , the defense didn't work too well , said phillips .
now he's effective again in a role that isn't as demanding .
denver was the only team in the conference to yield an average of under 100 rushing yards a game this season .
newspapers today quoted an albanian border guard who fled the country as saying that the security forces had fired on protesters last week and that one city was in a state of revolution .
the official albanian press agency also quoted an italian diplomat as denying that there was unrest in the isolated country .
the army and the security police fired on the people , and there are many dead and injured .
to the editor : on nov. 12 you published a ski guide to the united states .
imagine our surprise when a concerned individual informed us that montana was not included .
montana has some of the best skiing in the country .
in religion , as in politics , picking the right moment is sometimes crucial .
still , the washington national cathedral receives no federal funds and plays no official role in american life .
construction on the national cathedral had stopped three times before he took over , during the two world wars and during the depression , and it stopped again in 1977 when the construction project ran into serious debt .
after our problems in the 70's , no one expected to see it completed in their lifetime , he said .
bishop john thomas walker was largely credited with getting construction under way again , but he will not see the completion .
but on a personal level , it's very sad .
i love this work and it's sad to think i won't be building a cathedral any more .
while parts of the cathedral are , of course , brand new , other parts date back almost 83 years .
it is replacing them with beach parks and an olympic village that afterward will become a residential and resort area .
style became a national statement .
the new construction for the future focuses on the waterfront .
a tunnel under construction will soon remove truck traffic .
a walking guide to the sculptures is about to be distributed in tourist offices .
some people eat it spread on bread like jam but taking it straight is advised for the best effect .
this practice seems to discourage bargaining - although it undoubtedly goes on .
mcdonald's and television are changing turkish tastes , he says .
but the turkish chef refused to give his french colleague the recipe , saying , an imperial chef cooks with his feelings , his eyes , his nose .
the american dancers who performed it last week in new york offered a program note .
yet , there is also something different today : an intense renewal of interest in the actual duncan dances .
yet , it has hardly been in vogue since the early 1940's .
but there is a body of work that can be performed on a more modest scale by properly trained dancers .
the quality of movement is what today's dancers find so hard to achieve .
for her , the straight line was dead .
but when he spoke of freedom , there was silence .
we mark today not a victory of party or the accomplishments of an individual but the triumph of an idea , an idea as old as america , as old as the god who looks out for us all , he said .
but that was before growth , much of it fueled by federal spending and federal projects , gave virginia a population of more than six million people , many born elsewhere .
but now he has taken this great step , and i don't think things will ever be the same again .
but progress will still be possible , he said .
when he decided to run for governor , he ran in the middle of the road .
the incumbent attorney general , mary sue terry , was sworn in for a second term .
during that first season , almost every night was an opening night .
there was a small but enthusiastic audience .
at the end , everything went into storage .
they were hoping they'd have the money for the next year's rent .
in 1940 , at least as far as the general public was concerned , ballet was russian .
he said , why not have the biggest ballet company in the world , and the best ?
chase not only had a love of dance , she had a considerable fortune .
her husband had died after only a few years of marriage , and she really took the count .
i asked for colored dancers - we didn't say blacks in those days - because i wanted to go off by myself with my own ideas , she said .
it wasn't a good ballet , but it had lovely things in it .
despite critical approval , the venture was not a financial success .
in recent years , ballet theater has continued its tradition of putting new works before the public .
dance history is made by those who are filmed .
but no insurance estate ever lost money because of that , he said .
the bureau is also the subject of a criminal investigation by the inspector general and the united states attorney's office , he said .
we're called star on this picture .
those who get in his way find themselves acting the part of the unfortunate enemy .
you may actually want to upset them to make them look upset on the screen so they carry that forward .
they don't want to discuss what they were doing as their character 20 years earlier , as some people do .
they just want to know what is needed to make an affect in that particular second they're doing , or 5 seconds , or 20 seconds .
so goes mr. winner , forward in stages , a bit at a time , always leaving room for sudden inspiration .
why should i pay you for doing nothing ?
of course , i get a major discount .
have you noticed that the greatest luxury items in the world are always as used by communist leaders ?
that the lord helps those who help themselves , says mr. winner .
the winner number doesn't actually contain a lecture , however .
entered film production in 1955 as an assistant , then director and editor of documentary films .
another quality is just keeping alive .
it is quite remarkable that no director has been murdered in cold blood on the set .
the other treasury is entitled others on winner .
you can keep the flow of what you're doing .
when i was young , and my parents had a party , i didn't have a song or a dance to do .
because all a film editor does is take , on average , about 600 shots to work with .
of course , when broken down , they often double .
my films are normally about 1200 shots .
so you have 1200 shots that often are used two or three times .
robert ryan once said to me , the only other director who works like you is john ford , and we just had to leave it all to him cause we only acted in tiny bits and we never really knew where it came in the puzzle .
and that's the fear of every director , that they miss a piece .
you've got it on tape now to prove to the world .
senior officials from the leading industrial nations and eastern europe are to meet here on monday to plan the establishment of an eastern european development bank .
the bank would lead to one of the largest regional assistance efforts since the marshall plan .
the bank's principal aim will be to help finance the development of the tiny private sector in eastern europe nations as they move toward a market economy .
in addition to making loans , the bank will provide loan guarantees as well as make equity investments in some enterprises .
french officials said an accord to set up the bank might not be signed until next month .
a competition has already developed over where the bank will be based .
nonetheless , washington is said to have reservations about soviet membership in the bank .
several countries were uncomfortable with asking the eastern european nations to make capital contributions to a bank that is being set up to give them financial assistance .
others that support eastern european membership say it is important for those nations to have a voice in shaping the bank's policies .
the americans and japanese still have to approve that level .
the british have also created some heat by asserting that the loans should go strictly to the private sector .
but officials from france and some others european nations say the loans should also be available to governments to improve basic infrastructure , like roads and telecommunications .
another reason for the choice was that western european governments have greater resources for such aid than the united states does because of the huge american budget deficit .
the paris meeting will be the first of several landmark meetings between eastern and western nations over the next few weeks .
if this is where freedom and independence begin , he said , then excuse me , where are we going ?
but unlike so many viewers , rap musicians aren't passive couch potatoes .
yet no one should have been surprised by the rap explosion .
either way , rap already has the ears of a generation for which television has made all of the difference .
that meant he faced a heavy demand for tickets from family and old friends .
during the clinic , one young girl asked jordan if he could walk on air .
at that time , he said many years later , i had ideas of my own about how art could be within the reach of everyone and be put to practical use - prints , pieces of furniture , fans , screens and so forth .
not only were they fun to do but they might make him some money .
what more could a man ask of life ?
none of that showed in the finished product .
the difference between the major and the minor scale was acted out in a party game in which people of every age could take part .
in such matters he had perfect pitch .
at first sight , they seem to suggest , rather than to define .
other books were to follow shortly after .
they were very well done , but they do not convince us that they had to be done .
he had found his true voice and his true pace as a painter , and nothing else held his attention at a deep level .
the great artist is the one who knows when to stop .
and when it was time to move on , he moved .
prepare a letter of request that includes your full name , address , day telephone number and number of tickets requested .
don't look at the camera , no matter what .
by the time the camera starts rolling , a group of 40 or 50 is standing on either side of the hotel door .
many people feel uncomfortable sitting through his films , acknowledging at the same time that they can't stop watching them .
he takes things to the edge , which we're badly in need of now .
but to talk to him means first to catch him .
as if to make up for this frustration and lost time , lynch has exploded with an array of new work .
and last november he came to new york for a performance at the brooklyn academy of music of his industrial symphony no. 1 .
another ritual , it turns out , is restaurants .
he likes to eat at the same place and order the same thing every day .
now i really don't know what to eat anymore because everything i eat is wrong and i don't know what to eat that's right .
it's not just a problem for me but for millions of people .
he also didn't want people to visit him there .
i was doing things i didn't want them to see , he says .
i ate a chocolate shake and four , five , six , seven cups of coffee - with lots of sugar .
and there's lots of sugar in that chocolate shake .
i would get a rush from all this sugar , and i would get so many ideas !
it was like i had a desk with paper .
whenever i ask him where his ideas come from , he says it's like fishing .
he never knows what he's going to catch .
i think it was all in his head even before he walked in the office .
as a teen-ager , i was really trying to have fun 24 hours a day , says lynch .
but a part of him is really attracted by that kind of stability .
he knows it's an illusion , but he draws on it for his films .
instead , he wanted to be an artist .
planning to spend four years there , they lasted 10 days .
he would wake up at 5 o'clock in the afternoon , and work all night .
he was fascinated , and he would always wear at least two ties , one for luck .
in the neighborhood , at the time , murders were not uncommon .
i saw so many things in philadelphia i couldn't believe , says lynch .
this kind of thing will set you back .
there weren't even any frame lines .
i remember thinking i should be depressed .
fate and luck are vital concepts for lynch , who describes himself as a hindu , i guess .
he sent it to the american film institute in los angeles , which gave him funds to make the grandmother , about a disturbed boy who plants a seed that grows into his grandmother .
it's a simple thing he taught me , says lynch .
if you want to make a feature film , you get ideas for 70 scenes .
as soon as you have 70 , you have a feature film .
in 1967 , lynch had married a fellow art student ; a year later , their daughter jennifer was born .
you can't have a lot of obligations .
but maybe they were holding me back .
in 1977 , it opened at the cinema village in new york for a midnight show and , after a slow start , became a hit on on the horror circuit in los angeles , san francisco and london .
the experience taught me a lesson , says lynch .
i would rather not make a film than make one where i don't have final cut .
on blue velvet , lynch had artistic control .
it has to be that brand of beer to please david .
he's thought a lot about the kind of car a character would drive .
instead of being acted upon , he has command of the world .
as with blue velvet , the town existed before the characters .
after three months of concentrated discussion , they wrote the script in 10 days .
everyone is a detective , he continues .
all of us want to know what's going on .
there is a magical line that you have to feel or you get into trouble , he says .
and sometimes you think that you feel it but you don't .
it's interesting to go up to the line - you should go up to the line .
we did a cable test that was pretty positive , says gary levine .
there's no law that says you have to end a show at a certain time .
other countries don't end shows on the hour .
the worst thing about this modern world is that people think you get killed on television with zero pain and zero blood , he says .
you have to be true to that or you're dead .
i thought they would lock me up , he says .
where the idea came from , lynch can't say .
i've finally got it mixed just the way i like it .
oil and the environment don't mix .
why can't exxon keep them better separated ?
it took 12 hours for exxon to conclude that the pipe had cracked and report a spill to the coast guard .
even then , exxon was unable to estimate the size of the spill correctly .
the damage cannot yet be assessed .
exxon says it has recovered 100000 gallons .
that's the number reported last year in new york state alone .
exxon last week appointed a top executive to monitor the company's operations for impact on the environment .
another needs to be a thorough review of safety equipment .
better that the industry clean up its act than that congress do so for it .
it was the equivalent of having a hole in the balloon .
it's built to float , if worst comes to worst .
the proposed flight ought to last three to five days , beginning in japan and landing who knows where .
somewhere between mexico and canada , anyway .
he is thinking hard in order to make himself think harder .
the second champion , deep thought , is a good deal younger : roughly two years old .
deep thought is , far and away , the fastest chess machine yet devised .
the mere existence of the match is , in a sense , a victory for the computer .
in 1986 , the fastest computer was looking at roughly 150000 different chess positions per second .
machines that evaluate 10 million , even a hundred million positions per second may not be far off .
they are working exclusively at the moment on chess computers .
i'll tell you one thing , says a member of our party : if deep thought wins the first game , there won't be a second game .
chess has a physical side , naturally .
yet the game's physical dimension is something chess players are always working to overcome .
it has no idea that the game involves actual pieces .
in fact , it has no idea that it is playing a game .
deep thought may be a long shot , but going into the first game it has three sizable advantages .
within moments he is very deep in thought .
so why is the audience so worked up ?
for everyone understands winning and losing .
not that chess is like other games .
in fact , computer ratings have continued to go up .
deep thought makes us ask , what next ?
the game is essentially over before it has begun .
but i discovered a new source of energy , from the audience to me , and i thank you very much for this enormous energy supply .
a first encounter with the world champion comes as something of a surprise .
i am a man of many interests , he acknowledges .
and if the computer had defeated him yesterday ?
any trouble sleeping before a match ?
he's on the front page of every newspaper they've seen so far .
the highest art of the chess player lies in not allowing your opponent to show you what he can do .
so what happens there ultimately affects the looks seen around the globe .
beyond that , the leading designers were looking everywhere for inspiration - around the streets , backward into the archives and just a bit forward .
and a good many appeared to be simply trying to hold their own present ground .
or was the designer slipping as he tried to keep up with the times ?
no backward anything , however , for the most famous japanese designer showing his stuff each season in paris .
they are clothes unlike anything else anywhere .
they will be so expensive that they can be bought only by a few who fancy his fantasy for a special moment .
our disagreement had nothing to do with religion , although it did start in church .
now bacon seems to be undergoing a kind of cultural rehabilitation .
now that i've gone back to bacon , i only wonder how i survived so long without it .
way back in my angel era , bacon was considered a single product .
place in a brown paper bag and let sit until cool enough to handle .
pat the flesh dry , then cut it into thin strips and set them aside .
arrange the pepper strips around the edge .
add enough olive oil to make a quarter cup .
season with salt and pepper to taste and keep warm .
when the trout are cooked , transfer each one to a warm serving plate .
add the sweet potatoes and stock , cover and bring to a boil .
reduce the heat and simmer , uncovered , until the potatoes are very soft , about 35 minutes .
season with salt and pepper to taste .
pour the liquid mixture into the dry ingredients and mix well .
drain well , then transfer to the skillet over low heat .
season with salt and pepper to taste .
pour the beans into a serving bowl and sprinkle with the pine nuts and parsley .
there was no immediate assertion of responsibility for the bombings .
if this is what solidarity means , we do not need it , he told reporters there .
norman was 15 under par after two rounds , including a 63 on friday .
it was her second downhill victory of the season and 14th of her career .
he said another soldier was being sought in the killings .
the announcement came as officials monitoring the investigation reported that an american officer was being questioned about the case .
the arrests are seen as a major , if preliminary , victory in the effort to make the military accountable for abuses and to end its traditional immunity from prosecution .
it was pretty much what we were expecting and waiting for , naming names , the ambassador said , noting that he had missed much of the speech because of bad television reception .
all of the officials spoke on condition of anonymity .
which united states agency was questioning him was also not disclosed .
but ambassador walker rejected the charge .
but the killings came during the november guerrilla offensive , when intense fighting occurred throughout the capital .
the defense department said tonight that it had no evidence that a united states officer had advance knowledge of a plan to kill the priests .
his successor has not yet been named but it is likely to be a career diplomat .
the team has won seven in a row at home .
derek king got the other assist , but left the game a few minutes later when he suffered an injury to his right knee when knocked down in the corner .
he had no chance at any of the goals , and was busy in that second period , facing 15 shots .
brady had not dressed for the last six games .
they've beaten a lot of good teams .
the huskies , after dropping conference games to villanova and st. john's , have since beaten pittsburgh , villanova and now seton hall .
i am very proud of my chosen profession .
and it wasn't the number he actually wore .
no matter that you may have seen the original off broadway production , now in its third year , or any of the half-dozen companies going around the country or , for that matter , the recently released , highly praised and expanded motion picture version .
here is the pleasure of watching a couple of actors in total command of their craft .
division i hockey champion , is right in there .
jan. 13 : at least 13 people die when soviet troops begin an assault after midnight on the main television and radio station .
the figure for 1991 is predicted to be 10000 .
then it picked up a bit until the net loss was 35000 between 1979 and 1989 .
one in four jobs here used to be in manufacturing .
now it's one in five , or a little more than five .
you have to be ready to deal with major changes that are possibly out of your control and out of the control of your employer .
i came here about five years ago from a business that the japanese had bought and shut down , he said .
if not , we've got a little in savings .
the question is , do you stay and weather this out ?
you could spend all your money waiting , and then how do you go looking ?
economists echo one another as they say , it was much worse last time .
last time , was a decade ago , when the auto industry here went through its nightmare years .
in 1979 , more than 70000 people were employed making cars here ; one-third of those jobs disappeared in the next five years .
the shock of the early 1980's was a harsh lesson in the virtue of economic diversity .
but it is a lesson easier to learn in theory than in practice -- especially in the scores of small communities around the city .
some , like lawrence lieberman , had worked for the company most of their working lives .
but there is more respect than resentment in his tone when he speaks of the company .
only in the last four or five years has the attitude changed to : i'm going to be here four or five years and then go on to something else , mr. lieberman said .
more and more workers see no other way to look at it .
another worry is what the state will be able to do to ease the city's pain .
yet there are other large companies that remain steady employers .
but these employers cannot make up for the troubles elsewhere .
we can't absorb those people when thrown into the mainstream .
details about the changes have been closely guarded , however , and the official word from time warner has simply been that the magazine is considering a number of options .
but a western military specialist here said : the israelis can strike back at baghdad by air .
if they did , it would be difficult to stop them .
in recent days , israeli officials have reported seeing troops move into positions in the hills that had not been used for many years .
but he indicated that jordan might call on iraq to help defend it if it is attacked .
syria has also said it would help defend jordan against israel .
as industry leaders gather in new york today for the annual national retail federation meeting , caution seems to be the prevailing mood .
but they quickly point out that now is not the time for drastic changes .
perhaps more than in any recent year , the stakes are high in 1991 .
the urgency this year is that weak retailers and those with high debts stand to lose local or national market share unless they move to improve their marketing position with new operating concepts .
there really isn't much choice this year .
these chains plan to open new stores or make acquisitions to increase the size of their existing units or enter new markets .
that will make it much harder for several giant retailers already under severe pressure .
despite a 1990 that many retailers would rather forget , there were still several successes .
among them was montgomery ward , which expects to report record profits for 1990 .
that was about 3 percent of the total u.s. .
a war in the persian gulf may not create oil shortages in the u.s. , oil company executives , government officials and other experts say .
industry leaders gather today for the national retail federation meeting .
a series of errors allowed an a.t. & t. employee to cut a vital cable by mistake on jan. 4 .
the errors seriously delayed the restoration of long-distance service to new york city and surrounding areas .
at stake : whether the shows will remain on nbc next season , and at what cost .
newspaper prices are increasing across the country in a trend that has not been seen since the early 1980's , when prices jumped to their current levels .
tony schwartz , the advertising legend , is joining the peace corps .
life magazine may become a weekly publication again after time warner conducts some tests of potential readers .
friday was the deadline for sale of stock in the companies , the first to be sold by the government .
and while the results are not yet complete , the public's enthusiasm for the stock seemed mixed at best .
if war breaks out , analysts say , investors will probably put even more money into short-term instruments like treasury bills and sell bonds .
until now , the community , led by germany and france , has given strong support to president mikhail s. gorbachev's programs for economic and political change .
but european officials said the community was unlikely to announce an immediate suspension of aid to the soviet union .
we don't want to do so with either iraq or the soviet union , he said .
while he took no immediate steps to punish moscow , he said the events set back the process of reform .
secretary general and president hussein , who repeatedly put off their meeting .
the secretary general said only god knows whether there will be a war .
as the months of diplomacy came down to days , americans are caught between a desire for peace and a sense of international duty .
the vote nonetheless showed divisions .
governors are warning of hard times at a time they are normally upbeat about the future .
loss estimates are in the hundreds of millions of dollars .
more than $ 500 million in new taxes and $ 1 billion in service cuts will be proposed by mayor dinkins to balance the city's budget for the coming fiscal year .
most of the tax increase would fall on property owners .
they said his woman companion also was killed .
c. vernon mason , another sharpton associate , used almost the same words when his turn came to address the crowd .
mr. sharpton had called the march to protest the sentences imposed on two young men involved in the killing .
the attempted murder charge carries a possible maximum prison sentence of 8 1 / 3 to 25 years .
one violent man should not be an excuse for us to go backward , mr. sharpton said .
he was sentenced to 32 years to life in prison .
people have the right to walk anywhere they want in this country , he said .
we are getting ready to go abroad and defend a nation and i have to be limited in where i walk ?
late tonight , there was some easing of the tense situation .
in return , the army was to return to its base and not attempt to attack the parliament .
our interests are connected with hopes for a better life based on our common labor .
therefore there is no sense in becoming hostile .
there is no reason to remain in confrontation .
at about 3 a.m. , a government official called over the public address system for the crowd to leave .
the couple are harvard university graduates .
this stood in marked contrast to his assurance elsewhere .
he sang with warm , firm , flowing tone throughout his range .
on the evidence of this recital , the voice is somewhat limited in both dynamic range and color .
artists today are like baseball stars , said ms. cooper , one of the first dealers in soho .
i enjoyed working with don , and we had a good relationship .
i'm pleased with the job we did for him .
i have a good working relationship with mary , he continued .
and i think i have come into a certain kind of position since i've been there .
the art world is competitive like any other business .
his coming to my gallery had nothing to do with my feelings toward mary or her gallery .
i have a lot of respect for her as a dealer ; she runs one of the best galleries in the world .
i've been hearing them for the last 14 months , she said .
if i were going out of business it seems to me it would have happened already .
asked if she thought the rumors had been spread by other dealers trying to hurt her business , she said it could be a reasonable assumption .
normally rumors have a certain shelf life , she added .
she would not be quoted , however , on who she thought had planted them .
and i feel a loyalty to her for that , he continued .
sometimes you want to change for a real simple reason ; just to change , and see if it helps .
but i can't imagine another dealer at this point doing anything more for me .
i haven't changed ; when an artist leaves , it has much more to do with the artist than the dealer .
i've been talking with mary for years about the possibility , and now i'm thinking about it , he said .
paula runs a very good , very professional gallery , and i may be there for another 10 years .
but obviously , you hope another dealer can do better by you .
i'm considering other options , and mary is one of them .
the dealer replied , in that case , lunch is canceled .
a picture caption yesterday with a new york city ballet review was published through a mechanical error .
the new sweater will probably see more use .
they got the points , they crashed the boards and they handled the pressure very well .
i don't think anybody could have been proud of the way we played in that game .
don't give away all of our secrets now because we have to play this team again , the coach said .
connecticut will travel to play syracuse on wednesday night at the carrier dome .
the biggest lead the huskies could manage was 4 points , which they had several times in the first half .
it's something about when they put on that st. john's uniform ; there's all that tradition behind them .
monroe also scored the most points of any north carolina state player in an atlantic coast conference game .
from there , monroe began his surge with a leaning jumper from 15 feet and a 3-pointer .
the program's producers see this as the university's reach for glory and money .
style is as much a part of ski wear as warmth and comfort .
they are designed to slip over street wear .
winter is the ideal time to build a fitness base .
no matter how harsh the weather , running is almost always possible , and even a slow pace is productive .
in fact , a slow pace is necessary .
it allows you to go the distance and recover quickly .
for someone 40 years old , the 70 percent ceiling would call for a heart rate of about 125 beats per minute during training .
in the cold , no dramatic circulation shift occurs .
as in summer , drinking is important to replace fluid loss .
runners do sweat in the winter , especially when heavily dressed .
most coaches advise a base training period of 6 to 12 weeks .
at this time of year , after the holiday period , many runners are at a fitness low .
for them , a full 12 weeks may be necessary to complete the rebuilding process .
stress on the body is positive only if the body is given ample time to adjust , he said .
hold the initial level for three weeks , then make a jump .
hold that level for three weeks , then make a second jump to your highest total .
hold that peak for the final six weeks .
someone running five days a week would make increases of five miles .
maintain your regular training pace but pay more attention to your form .
then counting down the sheet , he added , six guys in double figures means a lot .
his return to form and three victories in four games on the west coast early in the season made it appear the knicks may have finally arrived .
a few games later , ewing was again the focus of the offense and the losing started .
of his 23 points saturday night , 12 came on four 3-pointers in five attempts .
when pressed about his own play , he said : my outside shot hasn't been the greatest of late .
a. it hasn't happened since tennessee did it in 1939 , which was just one year after duke did it .
had that happened in any other bowl game ?
however , even at the height of the controversy , very few muslims outside iran demanded his death .
it is not for man to judge the spiritual content of another man ; such matters are best left to god .
you do not welcome a new convert into your faith by sentencing him to death !
for such a decree to have moral force , the overwhelming majority of the world's muslims have to agree to such a course .
a careful student of american local government once said that small districts produce small men .
it is difficult to find qualified people in small districts , and there is little prestige in being a member of a large body .
instead of increasing the size of the house , i suggest that we reduce it to , say , three times the size of the senate .
michael carter said on saturday that he had lost 12 pounds in the last 12 days .
i could barely stand up in the end zone , carter said , and everyone was jumping on my back and surrounding me .
when i made the catch i thought , you got it ; now go .
planting your feet and getting position means everything to keep from being blown out .
and everybody knows in football , if you can exploit the middle , you can exploit any defense .
i kept working on the foot during the off-season and during the year , but it never responded like i had hoped .
i really thought my career might be over .
carter said he began to gain full strength in the foot as the 1990 regular season concluded .
the giants will run at the middle and at carter .
san francisco had not scored a defensive touchdown all season .
and even when it doesn't , there is always joe montana .
there are other ways to find joy in your work other than a lot of praise coming from the outside .
we support each other and the offense always supports us .
we really work as the sum total of 11 parts and each player makes the other player better .
i'd hate to think where we'd be as a defense without him through the past few years .
it was michigan state university , not the university of michigan .
what will they do with all that money ?
farmers have planted slightly more than 51 million acres of winter wheat for harvest this year , down 10 percent from 1990 , the agriculture department said friday .
ridiculous , president bush called the program when he was in saudi arabia in november .
because while you're away , movie stars are taking your women .
the tobacco industry can appeal the board's plan .
the settlement provides that advisory letters from the state department will be given less weight than before .
you also say that the settlement represents an extraordinary gift to half a million potential refugees .
it is not a gift at all , but their due under law and humanity .
it was only when the case was about to be tried that the justice department settled .
a dec. 25 editorial opposes capital gains tax relief .
but tax equality for all forms of income is not the issue because capital gains or losses are not income .
this has been the driving force of the united states economy since its founding .
credit market analysts and participants are awaiting tuesday's midnight deadline for iraq to leave kuwait with a rising sense of urgency .
seeking safety , investors would probably put even more money into short-term instruments like treasury bills and sell bonds .
i would argue that a war would temporarily aid the economy if it is short in nature , said donald j. fine , chief market analyst at the chase manhattan bank .
a war that stretches out for more than a month , however , would begin to take a much more serious toll on the economy .
long-term interest rates would move higher .
there is every reason to think that saddam could not take out the saudi fields , said a former american diplomat with much experience in saudi arabia .
i am sure there is no other country in the world that has in place such sophisticated security .
a host of economic reports are expected to be released this week , but the data shrink in importance compared with developments in the persian gulf .
i suspect we are in store for more of that this week .
the economic statistics will take a back seat to the war .
economists predict the data , which include reports on december retail sales and consumer prices , will show that the economy remained weak last month .
arguments in a case that has cost the senate at least $ 1 million in legal fees and other expenses are scheduled to conclude on wednesday .
mr. bennett has recommended to the panel that two senators , john glenn of ohio and john mccain of arizona , be cleared .
lincoln failed in april 1989 after its losses totaled more than $ 2 billion .
he was elected to the senate in 1986 .
meanwhile , regulators stepped up their monitoring of lincoln .
but the senators deny that there was any pressure involved .
i know where the line is , he testified , and i did not cross it .
mr. gray said he did not object to the meeting , even though he considered it improper , because he had important savings and loan legislation pending before congress .
again , witnesses said , the issue of the direct investment rule came up , and the lawmakers voiced concern about the pace of the lincoln investigation .
the turn of events there is deeply disturbing .
for several years now , the soviet union has been on a course of democratic and peaceful change , and we've supported that effort , and stated repeatedly how much we admire the soviet leaders who chose that path .
indeed , change in the soviet union has helped to create a basis for unprecedented cooperation and partnership between the united states and the soviet union .
across the country , newspaper prices have been increasing in a trend that has not been seen since the early 1980's , when prices jumped to their current levels .
yesterday , the los angeles times raised the price of its sunday paper to $ 1.25 , up from $ 1 , which had been the price since 1983 .
today , the new york times raised the price of its national edition to 75 cents in the midwest and the southwest .
it had cost 50 cents in the midwest and 60 cents in the southwest .
as a test , the times has been selling for 75 cents in the southeast since september , but remains at 50 cents in the far west and northeast , and 40 cents in the new york city area .
industry executives said circulation rates were rising because of the depressed advertising market and increased publishing costs .
the newspaper is still one of the best deals in town , said jeffrey s. klein , assistant to the publisher of the los angeles times .
publishers must weigh the appeal of higher revenues against the effects of lost circulation on advertisers .
at the very least , newspapers that raise their prices must struggle to regain their former circulation .
through most of the 1980's , both the total amount of advertising and the ad rates -- which generate about 75 percent of the revenue at most papers -- were increasing steadily and there was less pressure to raise prices .
in recent months , however , many newspapers have seen stunning drops in advertising because of the recession .
historically , when advertising revenue flags , publishers demand more money from circulation .
the most popular price for sunday papers in 1980 was 50 cents or less ; by 1985 , almost half of them were selling for 75 cents or $ 1 .
the joke in the publishing industry these days is that if you cannot say anything good about someone , say it in a book .
many such books have been published in recent months , but far more are on the way .
the book was subsequently published in europe , without the intimate details .
it probably would have sold better if the author had been willing to tell who she slept with , because unfortunately that's often what sells .
but more celebrities these days are willing to kiss and tell .
that apparently was the case with trump : surviving at the top .
corporations , after all , use advertising to move products , not people .
in the school of life , i change my major every 10 years , mr. schwartz said recently .
i recognized that political communication was light years ahead of regular advertising in terms of affecting people's behavior .
i wondered why we couldn't do the same thing to promote social causes .
the other side often has no idea how to get into the system .
our whole point is to educate those who need to use the media .
he asserts , for example , that the media can support , supplement and replace work .
you could use media to evoke in people a desire to keep a cleaner park .
it's always in our interest for people to live healthy , long lives , she explained .
the most cynical thing you can say about this is it makes good business sense .
eddie c. moore , an administrator and advocate for people with mental and physical disabilities , died on saturday at new york university hospital in manhattan , where he lived .
he was indicted last year for official misconduct , and he pleaded not guilty in proceedings that are still pending .
he earned a bachelor's degree at queens college and a master's degree at fordham university .
when mayor david n. dinkins declared last year that new yorkers must take back our streets , by night as well as by day nobody said it would be easy .
the mayor acknowledged that the centerpiece of any war on crime had to be an expanded police force .
the discount proposal has been embraced by representatives of the metropolitan theater owners , the metropolitan parking association , the new york state restaurant association and the league of american theaters and producers .
if necessity is the mother of invention , this one can claim at least two fathers .
even a small reduction in crime , though , would surely be worth the price of that admission .
peru would lose $ 100 million in united states economic and military aid scheduled for 1991 .
but this amount represents only 1 percent of the estimated 400 tons that were shipped to colombia .
within hours , traffickers were working the telephones , threatening to kill family members of key military commanders .
the the military ordered a suspension of the campaign .
the colombian plane was nowhere to be found .
three teen-age girls were killed and 2 other youths were injured in a nassau county auto accident involving two drunken drivers early today , the police said .
about 20000 of ford's 100000 assembly plant workers covered by the united automobile workers contract were laid off .
his words found an echo 3000 miles away a few days later from the new governor of california , pete wilson .
much worse could be in store , mr. wilson conceded .
so it goes around the country , as governors press ahead into a recession that has forced even liberal democrats like gov. mario m. cuomo of new york to talk like fiscal conservatives .
the immediate goal is to live within our means , closing the gap between what we would have proposed to spend and our diminished resources , mr. cuomo said in his state of the state message on wednesday as he faces what could be a budget shortage of $ 4 billion in the next fiscal year .
this has added an enormous burden in social services and needs for new roads , classrooms , water supplies as well as more police and fire protection .
california welfare benefits are higher than any state's except alaska .
mr. wilson said he preferred to offer essential services rather than cash to such families .
analysts were divided about the significance of the report .
the problem is the next year or two .
ms. perez said that the first lady was in some pain but that she required no cast or medication .
complete recovery is expected to take five to six weeks .
mrs. bush was smiling as she emerged from the helicopter that brought her and the president back to the white house at 4 p.m. .
she just held on , and the next thing she knew , there was the tree .
they were people who had basically taken a public position .
mr. barnes said everyone who asked to speak to the panel would be allowed to speak .
national telephone services inc. , which was also named as a defendant , was not involved in the settlement , mr. child said .
a series of errors allowed an a.t. & t. employee to cut a vital cable by mistake on jan. 4 .
the errors then seriously delayed the restoration of long-distance service to new york city and surrounding areas .
his supervisor failed to catch the error .
because that crew was not there to sound the alarm , the company could not find the spot where the cable had been cut for more than an hour .
managers at the a.t. & t. operations center here that oversees the long-distance network had not been informed that work was being done along the cable .
so when their computers notified them that a big cable had failed , they did not know where to send repair trucks .
hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled .
acknowledging that serious errors were made , he said the procedures didn't get followed .
and trading on financial exchanges slowed or stopped .
a.t. & t. subsequently reduced the number of calls carried by the cable and expanded its construction of alternate telephone links for new york city .
i just couldn't understand why they weren't back up in a half-hour or so , said donald e. lively , who was one of the company's experts on restoring service .
this can't but have some effect on their business .
they had been calling me for several months , he said .
a.t. & t. has been retiring and laying off tens of thousands of workers in its long-distance business in an effort to cut costs .
the worker had no way to realize he had cut the wrong cable , mr. nelson said .
if the second crew had been there , the cut almost certainly would not have occurred or would have been quickly noticed , mr. nelson said .
t. declined to say where the second crew was .
employee error is a common cause of cable breaks , so telephone companies try to keep their network managers informed of where work is in progress .
but a.t. & t. has decided it is no longer worth keeping track of such work .
while they're critical , the stock exchanges are critical , he said .
you pick a major business in new york that doesn't think it's critical .
a war in the persian gulf may not create shortages of oil in the united states , oil company executives , government officials and other experts say .
indeed , some experts predict that the price of a barrel of crude oil may not rise above the $ 40 peak it reached in the fall .
iran , for example , has so much oil at sea that some oil company executives have taken to calling it the iranian strategic petroleum reserve , a reference to the united states' own underground supply .
so even if saudi exports were reduced by as much as three million barrels a day , from last month's production levels of about eight million barrels a day , the level of commercial and strategic reserves suggests that the world could weather a long period with three million barrels a day less of saudi oil .
at texaco , william k. tell jr. , senior vice president , said in a telephone interview that most drivers feel comfortable with as low as an eighth of a tank of gas and fill their tanks once a week .
the result , he said , would be to drain some stations and create gas lines .
on the oil futures market , where companies try to lock in prices of oil for future delivery , there are clear signs that traders expect oil prices to fall in future months .
experts said the first wells shut would be those off the coast of the neutral zone between saudi arabia and kuwait .
a war lasting between one and two months , he said in an interview published today , could push the oil price to $ 60 a barrel initially for psychological reasons , even before any damage to oil fields .
i believe what i've said is quite sufficient .
syria cannot accept an israeli intervention in this crisis .
it is up to israel to decide how to respond if attacked , the prime minister answered .
but on the issue of whether we will respond , we will , and i don't think it could be otherwise .
and israelis could hardly feel more threatened than they do now .
thousands of israelis and new immigrants who have not yet picked up their gas masks stood in long lines at distribution centers today .
at washington's request , israel has kept a low profile since the gulf crisis began .
we are not interested in getting involved , he said .
but if we are shot at , we will respond .
beirut , lebanon , jan. 13 -- four members of a militant palestinian group , the popular front for the liberation of palestine , have been killed in a clash with israeli troops in southern lebanon .
it wasn't because i ate too much at lunch .
dr. baker said that given the universal concern about the developments in the persian gulf and the passing of the united nations deadline , the board felt it was inappropriate to proceed on that day .
by the time the commissioner received the august memo , the two were barely on speaking terms .
mr. weiss and others also noted that since the summer the two men had voiced serious differences over broader policy and management issues .
no one else is going to inform the mayor about bridge problems besides me , he said the day after he was dismissed .
all the stuff that probably got me fired .
david is very young and can act even younger than he is , the official said .
he gets on a very high moral horse ; the problem was that he was operating in a context in which he needed to recognize the larger whole .
i know my fellow commissioners are saying the same thing i am about cuts in the budget .
i have to be a team player with my colleagues .
mr. hussein , speaking with arab journalists after the talks , said he had encouraged the secretary general to continue his efforts if there was any will to advance the peace effort .
but sticking to his insistence that any accord include a conference on the palestinian question , mr. hussein said , we mean the complete peace , with the palestinian issue to be resolved .
he added that the secretary general just came here to listen and that he met the american president four times before coming to us .
the meeting took place on a day of intensified military preparation before the deadline for iraqi forces to begin leaving kuwait or face attack by the united states and its allies .
he referred to it as an internal matter , and we haven't based anything after that decision and have not made any amendment in the political and military arena .
and the iraqi chief continued to prepare his people for war .
you have to hold it because the issue now is not only a matter of a province that is part of iraq .
kuwait has become a symbol for the whole arab nation .
i have been with the president of iraq for two and a half hours and with the distinguished foreign minister for three hours , and i have a very good idea of their position , and i had an opportunity to share with them some ideas of mine , he said , all in the sense of finding a peaceful solution to the problem .
otherwise i would have to commit suicide in front of you .
the secretary general said only god knows whether there will be a war in the gulf after the deadline expires at midnight tuesday , eastern standard time .
for me , the important point is that everybody wants peace , he said , and everybody wants to act in good faith to find a peaceful solution to the problem .
before the secretary general made his remarks , the palestine liberation organization chairman , yasir arafat , held a news conference in which he said he would stay in iraq through the jan. 15 deadline .
mr. arafat appealed to mr. bush to achieve peace and avoid war .
i'm sure no leader has a right to start a war , to start an international disaster .
the show of force on the streets of baghdad today was intended to signal iraq's determination not to make any concessions on kuwait before the deadline , diplomats here said .
a young secretary at the indian embassy said : you will go away , but we have to stay here .
please tell president bush that it is not our fault .
she said mr. bush and mr. hussein should settle their differences over kuwait between themselves .
the american congress has just taken a historic decision to kill a bunch of people who have absolutely no responsibility for the actions of their leaders .
soviet embassy officials said 100 to 120 of their diplomatic personnel would be in the country on tuesday .
one official expressed concern that any bombing campaign against baghdad might cause the aging soviet mission to collapse .
today no one was talking about the margins , or the history .
president bush said : we went to congress .
the house speaker , thomas s. foley of washington , said , it is clear that the congress has spoken , and the exact size of the vote is irrelevant .
the democratic leaders who had fought so hard for resolutions demanding continued reliance on economic sanctions had been quick to say , even before they lost the saturday votes , that they would stand behind american troops if president bush took them into battle , insisting that there would be no moves to cut off funds after saturday's definitive vote .
but even so , the voting patterns showed serious potential divisions .
the partisan ones were obvious ; 70 percent of the democratic senators and representatives who voted saturday opposed force and 98 percent of the republicans favored it .
but the regional divisions were almost as sharp .
southern lawmakers voted 86 to 32 for force , and their senators in particular provided the democratic votes that were essential to mr. bush's victory .
lawmakers from the southwest favored force by 35 to 13 .
mountain state lawmakers went 16 to 8 in favor of force .
but institutional concerns were also a factor in its taking as long as it did to speak .
the leaders resisted , noting that there would be 49 new lawmakers in just two months .
instead , they held hearings from which one clear message was restraint .
two other arguments were offered today .
he said that if congress was going to vote what he called a real , practical equivalent of a declaration of war , then it should do so in absolutely clear focus , with no one in doubt about what the vote implied .
as it happened , the vote was more partisan than the atmosphere .
but few other bush supporters did so , and it is rare for congress to work so late into the night in as good a humor as was maintained late friday and early saturday .
even in the new congress , action came more quickly than the leaders had expected .
the leaders said they had hoped for a presidential request for congressional action before any conflict , but eventually gave up on it .
but this has set us back 50 years .
even the chinese didn't do that , she said .
we all saw the picture of how a tank stopped because one man stood in the way .
you just want to shake the person you're talking to : governor cuomo , mayor dinkins , do you feel it ?
i wanted somebody to read it and know there is tremendous anger and tremendous despair .
our library and gym were long ago converted to classrooms .
the reductions being planned will hurt children whose survival depends on the knowledge they acquire now .
they could have been writing on behalf of teachers , aides and students all over the city , many at schools with conditions far worse than at p.s. 94 .
we're all worried about war in the middle east ; we could be losing people there .
but we may be losing children in the school system , and we don't have the resources to fight this .
he says one of his most important jobs is maintaining staff morale at an urban school with limited resources .
today , the teaching goes on , minus the optimism .
people keep asking me questions , and i don't know the answers .
all i know is what i read in the newspapers .
how many teachers are going to get cut ?
are we going to have 45 kids in a class ?
fewer teachers would mean 40 or more students in some classes .
the turmoil has stirred tensions among the staff ; newer teachers would be the first laid off .
some of the younger teachers are saying , why don't the older ones retire ?
and some of the older ones are saying , we've been through this already .
why should we have to go through this again ?
it's devastating when you think they're talking about children , she said .
i cannot imagine putting 35 kids in a class .
everything we do is a negative for these kids .
if we don't have the money to educate our kids , we're going to pay the price for 50 years .
i was laid off in september 1975 from p.s. 53 in the south bronx .
need i tell you what that was like ?
i said , excuse me , boys and girls , i am your teacher .
i wasn't going to take it out on the kids .
there is plenty of evidence at p.s. 94 that conditions make a difference .
this year raymond is in second grade in a regular classroom , with four walls , a door and windows .
some of them are saying they're going to keep their children home .
the only thing that will help is a mass uprising .
she graduated from brooklyn college .
he graduated from the university of pennsylvania and received his medical degree from the state university at buffalo .
it is a rare pleasure to settle down with a dance as one does with a good book .
none of the three dances ms. lee presented here had a strong personality of its own .
this was an evening of craft , rather than inspiration .
he could have been weighed down by the pressures of daily life .
the choreography was a technical display without also being an emotional revelation .
all the other offerings were by modern dancers .
but her moving toward two made its dramatic points through movement alone .
the arts officials say a reduction in city funds is especially painful as other government financing is being cut and raising money from private corporations and foundations is becoming increasingly difficult .
and they question the value of reducing services in an area that helps bring $ 7 billion to $ 10 billion a year in tourism to the city .
we are asking the mayor to consider shifting us from the category of 17 1 / 2 percent to smaller cuts .
we've already declared that we will close a second day in the week and be open only five days , he added .
we're also looking into suggesting time off without pay to people who have other projects they want to do .
most city agencies , including the department of cultural affairs , have been told to outline cuts totaling 17 1 / 2 percent of their budgets for the next fiscal year to help deal with a fiscal gap that could reach $ 2.5 billion in the next 18 months .
if those cuts happen , i don't know where we go , mr. buck said .
mr. cancel of the bronx museum of the arts said the november cut meant a reduction in museum employees .
and we will have to consider closing one additional day .
the museum is now open six days a week and is closed on fridays .
a new cut could also have a further effect on workers as well as on maintenance , he said .
a 17 1 / 2 percent cut in fiscal 1992 might mean closing the museum three days a week , thursdays , fridays and saturdays , he said .
it would certainly mean the elimination of the scholarships , he added , and it might have an even greater impact on staff .
last month , city officials said they were considering eliminating the department of cultural affairs as part of a major government reorganization to help save money .
among the reasons they come to new york is the great cultural center that we have here , museums and theater and on and on and on .
he added that he had been told that a second cut this year would bring the total to about $ 8 million and that the larger reduction for the next fiscal year would add perhaps an additional $ 14 million .
but what the city is saving compared to what it will lose just doesn't make sense to me .
these institutions are some of the most important reasons for people to visit new york and for people to live here .
they set the tone for what the city is .
city money essentially goes for maintenance and security of these institutions , he said .
programming is supported by other money .
it's a matter of trying to keep our programming money intact .
small sums of money make a large difference .
by cutting down your output you have less of a chance of raising funds from private interests , he said .
the less you do , the less money you can raise .
he said he did not know yet how the projected cuts would affect the shakespeare festival .
we're trying to keep our spirits up , she added .
he knows that it will put a city to bed when it most needs the rest and wake it up when it most needs the sleep .
the narrative goes forward in time also .
so the atomic age was coming , an age of anxiety .
today , his bar is gone and he has moved away .
it was part of the rise of buffalo .
as the sun made its way across the afternoon sky today , the raiders made their way across the los angeles coliseum field one final time .
but even as their next task faced them , the raiders were not quite ready to put this victory behind them .
but the game was still waiting to be taken in the fourth period .
jay laid the ball where he wanted to , and i ran and got it .
at first , i thought about it because i wanted to get on with my life .
but my parents said , what have you got to lose ?
all he could do was hope to stay with him .
i knew where he was going , white said .
i had the coverage on him the whole time .
he made a good move and basically ran up the field .
he turned and i turned , but he got to the sideline faster .
but with less than nine minutes remaining , the last one was a crucial blow .
i wanted to play with reckless abandon .
i wanted to keep the spark on our team going .
they made two more plays than we did .
not satisfied with the way the incident is being handled by either the united states government or her husband's employer , mrs. levin begins her own campaign of citizen diplomacy .
she is willing to go anywhere and talk to anyone if it might help free her husband .
turning her back on the american authorities who urge quiet diplomacy through third parties , she goes public , taking her case to the press and television talk shows .
she is even willing to negotiate with those who are officially listed as terrorists , suggesting that many of their complaints may be legitimate .
his wife's new boyfriend , however , is a drug dealer , and after he is arrested he turns state's evidence .
his daughter is simply taken away from him , no matter what the courts may have said about his custody rights .
i realize it's a sacrifice , but with the help of people like you , we can get the job done .
the government has formidable weapons .
jimmy suddenly finds himself confronted with a charge that he sold liquor to a minor .
the internal revenue service decides to do a thorough audit of his books .
it's a marketing concept that has worked .
to grow up , at least part way , the group decided to take on some street credibility .
like many other arena acts , they relied heavily on audience participation .
mr. gill , also a member of new edition , had greater vocal gifts and less impact than the other two acts .
the triple bill returns to madison square garden tonight .
the prudential insurance company has committed $ 3 million , and the federal government has committed $ 1.2 million for planning and design .
the hall would be a home for music , dance and theater .
in addition to $ 70 million for the concert hall , another $ 70 million will be required for site work to complete the first phase of the arts center plan .
lawrence p. goldman , the president of the arts center , said that a master plan for the center had been completed and that it would be announced in the next few weeks .
but the new arrangement , said to be the first of its kind for an american orchestra , has scheduled appearances at the festival in 1992 , 1994 , 1995 and beyond , with further years still being discussed .
i had seen the success they had with houston on it .
it was a risky call and he didn't bite .
he's a good player and he's going to make big plays .
cincinnati opened the game from its 20 .
but the numbers hardly tell the entire tale .
almost incredibly , the birdie put him back into a share of the lead .
can the kid and keith be far behind ?
well , if it was four years ago , thomas said with a laugh , thinking of gary carter and keith hernandez in their prime .
these guys don't like to be in fourth or fifth place .
offering von hayes around did not produce the desired results for more pitching .
thomas , surprised at the lack of interest , insists he will not give hayes away , even if he is coming back from an off season .
so thomas continues to look for alternatives .
when dan hampton could finally look back at the last game of his 12th and final season as a defensive tackle for the chicago bears , he pointed to the opening drive of the third quarter .
anderson was held to 19 yards in 12 carries , the lowest total in his last 41 games .
we didn't convert down at the goal line , and they converted every one .
there were no tricks , anderson said .
the giants deserved to play a lot better football team than we showed today .
second and six , second and five , armstrong said .
at that point , you can run draws .
you can drop back and throw the ball .
we allowed them to do anything they wanted on second and third down .
they were kind of thinking : i've got to make something big happen .
we're down by a couple of touchdowns , armstrong said .
i thought brad would have a chance to follow me , anderson said .
we came up short on so many opportunities that could have kept us in the ball game .
football players often set goals to push themselves ever farther .
hopefully , it would give the bears the most trouble , he said .
it wasn't that big an adjustment for our guys .
nobody played a position they hadn't been at sometime during the year .
that changed the momentum of the game , said fox , a rookie from west virginia who was making his first start .
i felt great to contribute to such a fine effort .
we ran into one another , washington said with a big smile .
i needed to make a big play so i was happy .
and the bears claimed they were not surprised .
and i don't like to play that kind of a game .
the bears gained 27 yards by rushing on 16 plays , an average of 1.7 per play .
we worked hard on it last week , almost like training camp , howard said , and that extra week off really helped us .
obviously we didn't think chicago was going to come out with a big passing game .
that was the idea , and that was the way it turned out .
coach bill parcells , who does not praise easily , called it one of the giants' better games this year .
in this battle of division champions , the victory sent the giants into the national conference championship game next sunday against the 49ers in san francisco .
but while the giants had last weekend off , the bears had to play .
he was hit from behind , and his leg was broken .
he stayed in for one more play , but could not put pressure on the foot .
for me to come so far this season and for it to be over at this point is very disappointing , he said .
the giants had another scare when mark collins , a starting cornerback , was helped off in the third quarter with what appeared to be a broken or badly sprained right ankle .
the bears had not been stopped that badly since they rushed for 20 yards against the cleveland browns in 1967 .
the ends were leonard marshall and john washington .
it was more like a 6-1 , taylor said .
there is really no place to run except outside , and they aren't an outside running team .
not that the bears lacked opportunities .
he set up so low that i knew he would do that .
here , he carried six times for 43 yards , five times for a first down and once for a touchdown .
after this game , they practiced on the field .
they have been absent since august , preparing to fight for a cause that many church members say they neither understand nor believe in .
i want to know exactly what we're fighting for , said diane sergeant as she prepared to tape the morning service to send to the minister and the 24 church members in saudi arabia .
somebody needs to sit down and tell us what's going on .
in interviews , they expressed resignation that fighting was imminent but fear about what that meant .
what's going to be different six months from now from what the situation is today ?
several blocks away , four young men debated the crisis over breakfast with a sense that after tuesday their lives and the world might not be the same .
this is the first time in our lives that we've had to deal with the prospect of war .
the men said they watched the congressional debates on the gulf crisis , saw the senate vote on the issue and even turned off the national football league playoff games on saturday to watch the proceedings .
we don't know how this will affect our lives , mr. fisher said .
but as a country , we can't become isolated .
like it or not , this has become a problem for us .
how can you not support the president at a time like this ?
at least in vietnam we were trying to stop the spread of communism , he said .
here , there is no such high or noble cause .
and it's nothing but poor people who have to fight it .
if we're putting up with all the stuff in south africa , why are we fighting for kuwait ?
we have a false sense of our own might , said kevin o'neill .
it's like taking over the indians .
i don't think people are hip to what's about to happen , continued mr. o'neill , a lawyer and sometime actor .
the young men and women who will lose their lives for something they don't even understand .
while she has vague feelings that the united states ought not to be so quick to use force , her primary concern is aaron , her only child .
nothing seems to be more important now than the fact we're going to war , the economy , everything .
and living in a military community , what she fears most is the toll a war would bring .
i find myself thinking about it about 70 percent of the time , she said .
so many families have people over there .
i think about what it's like now and can't help thinking what it will be like if some of them come back in body bags .
along with the anxiety many people find a sense of clarity : the gulf crisis is telling americans things about themselves that they did not know .
i'm struck by how reluctant the american people are to go to war , he said .
in that sense it's something of a blessing .
the 1991 american jazz masters were named by the national endowment for the arts yesterday .
the timing of the brutal and bloody crackdown is no accident ; he knows the focus of world attention is far from the scene of the crime he has long planned .
people filled with hope ; an international crisis elsewhere ; and the red army tanks roll in to crush the freedom fighters .
the dictator in moscow would not take the call .
so much for the apology , sure to be advanced now as it was in georgia two years ago , that the murder of peaceful protesters took place without mr. gorbachev's knowledge .
calling off a summit meeting to avoid shaking a bloody hand , or only cutting off free food aid , is nothing .
mr. gorbachev will say no ; we can wait .
will this interfere with the new world order ?
no citizen should have to put his life at risk to exercise the right of protest .
and as provocative and difficult as mr. sharpton can be , that is all he was doing on saturday .
the mayor , the governor , the rev. jesse jackson and the district attorney in brooklyn have struck a useful note by appealing for calm .
although the state department's opinions , required by statute for all asylum requests , are only advisory in nature and not legally binding on the agency , in practice the immigration service has denied most , if not all , applications that fail to receive a positive state department response .
these state department opinions are usually colored by foreign policy considerations .
however , there is no evidence yet of real change under these regulations .
the woman , who lives on the east coast with their children , requested anonymity for herself and her husband .
this letter , and her husband's letter , which follows , were adapted by the new york times .
i called the white house comment line to express my support for you .
i don't think they can hold on much longer .
i have no way to get communication to my husband .
this letter was written the first week of december .
thank god so far we are all in good health , hoping to see you someday .
after all , i guess you were right .
in the first days , and up to this day , we are living a nightmare .
i'm hoping to wake up everything is back to normal .
you know how tough she is -- well , you should see her now .
she aged more than 10 years in these few weeks .
i've told the family in the beginning that i'd take them as far as the border because i will not leave my country when it's in need of me -- not for anything .
i want you to teach the kids the same way : how to be devoted first to their country and devoted to good causes .
i want them to grow up to be tough men .
thank god none of has left the country .
when will all this massacre finish ?
please , you guys have to do something over there .
this country is being raped and everyone is watching .
for god and my country i'd sacrifice anything .
the trial for all who are responsible for this hasn't started yet .
first we have to put ourselves on trial .
and thank god that god is on our side .
far west is based in newport , calif .
tuesday los angeles department of water and power , calif. , $ 150 million in electric plant revenue bonds .
tentative offering this week california housing finance agency , $ 97 million in home mortgage revenue bonds .
he arrives in washington next month .
otherwise , there's no logic in asking me to do this job .
americans have , i think quite correctly , taken a moral stance against apartheid .
they decided to translate this moral stance into action through sanctions , he said .
i think you've got a moral obligation to see that the system that follows is quite consistent with american values , and that those values are political and economic .
he believes that sanctions should be lifted now that mr. de klerk is moving to scrap apartheid .
what i ask is that people be prepared to listen to me .
if i can sit down and have lunch with a leadership figure in the communist party , why should i not be able to do that with an american politician ?
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resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america in congress assembled , section 1 .
friday was the deadline for sale of stock in the companies , the first to be sold by the government .
and while the results are not yet complete , the public's enthusiasm for the stock seemed mixed at best , despite a slick advertising campaign on television .
the sale of the shares , which began on nov. 30 and was scheduled to end on dec. 21 , had to be extended because four of the five companies failed to attract enough investors .
polish officials said they still had hopes that most of the remaining shares -- priced from $ 2 to $ 11 each -- would be sold before the deadline expired .
but at the end of last week , they were not certain whether they had succeeded .
poland has been pushing privatization for more than a year but has made only slow progress .
the initial hope was that several dozen of the large state companies might be sold in 1990 .
this approach , which is also being tried in czechoslovakia , has the advantage of allowing privatization to move more quickly .
but the time we were doing it -- christmas holidays , presidential elections -- was the worst moment for this kind of thing .
that process is expected to begin in march .
now we're going to look for big investors .
there are polish investors who can pay as much as $ 100000 .
officials said they would put more emphasis on selling smaller enterprises .
most small shops and restaurants in polish cities are owned by local authorities who are in the process of putting them up for auction .
a similar process is to begin at the end of this month in czechoslovakia .
the decision , reached at a long cabinet meeting saturday night , means that american pilots would not be allowed to stage air strikes against iraq directly from turkish territory .
but to take off for a raid against iraq , american aircraft presumably would first have to go elsewhere .
no mention of turkish military support was included , however , in public statements about what was discussed .
we are definitely against the use of turkish bases in this conflict .
we wish our contribution to the fund to be from david in the hopes that other babies can be made healthy and given opportunities based on the efforts of the neediest cases fund .
for some parents and others , a donation to the neediest is also an occasion to recognize the needs of those who are less fortunate .
over the years the fund has received thousands of such donations .
this year the city has had such negative news , i wanted to give for something positive .
she and her husband , edward , sent $ 100 -- their first donation -- to the fund to celebrate the occasion , as well as to honor their parents .
we've given on the unhappy ones , and this is a nice change .
the buyout , completed in late 1988 , came after mr. wagner and mr. brown had made huge profits in takeover battles but had never succeeded in completing a large buyout .
gasoline prices across the nation fell an average of nearly 7 cents in recent weeks because of lower winter demand , according to a survey released today .
recent increases in wholesale gasoline prices had not affected the retail prices as of friday , she said .
and to achieve this it is not enough for just one side to act .
the two sides also disagreed on the size of the ethnic greek minority .
greece denies that this is the case .
the two sides made a last-minute effort to reach at least partial agreement , reflected in a joint statement by the two foreign ministers .
he also said the other greek requests had not been rejected outright , but were still under consideration by the albanians .
all three countries have already announced their intention to leave the warsaw pact soon .
it's probably as bad a disaster as any that's happened to this area .
in an effort to keep his crop warm , he used wind machines longer than most farm managers , despite the cost .
loss estimates run into the hundreds of millions of dollars .
he threw it to the ground and grabbed another , cutting into it quickly .
extensive tree damage could hurt the farmers for five years , which is how long it takes for trees to fully produce .
you just tighten your belt and go on , mr. powell said .
we deal with these kinds of things all the time .
we had the prospects of a good year .
but it's like what you say when people ask how you're doing : one night in december can change your whole outlook on life .
i'm sorry what happened yesterday to him .
today we're saying a prayer for al sharpton .
how can you be saved by a prayer if you don't have a soul ?
we're innocent -- we just happen to live nearby -- and they keep coming here shouting at us .
he was killed , and the death prompted mr. sharpton to lead protesters , mainly black , down the avenue on weekends .
all this means is more trouble for us , and we don't want any more trouble .
none of this is going to bring him back .
people have been saying to me that nobody has the right to do violence , and nobody has the right to deny people their constitutional right to march .
there are plenty of blacks who work around here .
as she was heading home yesterday , an hour before the march on 20th avenue , she said that she had no intention of staying for any confrontation between the races .
the whole thing is so stupid , she said .
it's just going to make people in brooklyn look worse , and for what ?
black and white have to learn to live together .
he acted in the face of a city move to scale down a 10-year plan for the repair of all bridges .
if you look at it , he said , it isn't much of a plan -- it doesn't specify what bridges need the most attention and at what time .
there are some bridges that you can afford to repair , and others that you can't and might have to be closed , he said .
last year the city commissioned a report by a group of civil engineering professors from five city colleges .
the result had been predicted since the start of the election campaign .
the main interest in today's vote was how it would affect prospects for the parliamentary elections due by october .
the dinkins administration will propose to balance new york city's budget for the coming fiscal year with nearly $ 1 billion in service cuts and more than $ 500 million in new taxes , city officials said last night .
mayor david n. dinkins and senior officials agreed on details of the spending plan in recent days as they prepared to present their preliminary budget on wednesday .
they hope to close a budget gap of more than $ 2 billion projected for the fiscal year that starts july 1 .
but he said the overall tax plan would bring in between $ 500 million and $ 600 million .
many economists believe that increasing the property tax would do the least damage to the local economy .
officials said that the plan would lead to thousands of layoffs in a number of agencies but that they had not yet determined the precise number .
some smaller city agencies would be eliminated altogether and their functions shifted to other departments .
this gives us a terrific opportunity for six months of real planning , he said .
france will fight , the official said , if that is what it comes to .
with respect to france , the deadline is real .
in my opinion , france and other countries will want to do everything they can in order to try and achieve a political solution before midnight on the 15th of january .
but if the balloon goes up , the french will be there .
the syrian leader feels that going beyond using his troops to defend saudi arabia could undermine his arab nationalist credentials , although he is still considering arab requests for a more offensive role .
nevertheless , these small naval and air units , from countries like greece , have virtually no military significance , since in the event of a war the vast majority of air and naval power will be deployed by the united states , france , saudi arabia and britain .
the key points from the perspective of american officials is that all the countries that have committed ground forces have signaled their willingness to use them .
at stake : whether the shows will remain on nbc next season -- and at what cost .
with no new agreement , the shows would be available to nbc's rivals .
nbc will begin discussing new agreements to license the shows from their production companies within the next two months .
the negotiations are expected to be difficult and , maybe , financially painful .
the deal was finally made -- for just one season .
nbc , like the other networks , has failed to establish any new hits this season .
indeed , the main trend of the season has been the ability of older programs , like the four nbc hits , to sustain their strength .
the ratio of failure to success is about 10 to 1 .
when you think about the cost of the air time , the promotion and the rest , there isn't a series we launch that isn't a $ 25 million investment .
so if you have a hit , you have to hold it .
but hits can be extremely costly to hold .
typically , a network signs up a new show for four years for a set license fee .
the average fee is about $ 500000 for a half-hour show and $ 1 million for an hour .
the production companies go into the negotiations with considerable leverage .
the companies argue they have earned that leverage by providing the network with the hits that can build entire nights of good ratings and attract much of the advertising revenues that the networks get .
in addition , relations with the production companies seem better this year .
but nbc faces the additional problem of trying to guess how much life may be left in some older shows .
that creates a clear premium value .
because these things get very expensive , it can get to a point when the show loses money .
the networks admit that , even though advertising revenues for many shows in prime time have been flat .
the advertisers are still lined up for them , he added .
so those properties are worth protecting .
the production companies know that ; they also know , more than ever , that this sort of success amid so much failure is what makes their programs worth paying for .
judge john carey of westchester county court , the presiding judge for the trial in white plains , has ordered that nothing of that past be raised by prosecutors .
but the most recent episode , which prosecutors hope will indicate her state of mind , will be allowed since it occurred after the killing .
prosecutors were able to present the case a second time .
afterward , she said , they had sex in her parked car .
mrs. solomon , an account executive for a collection agency , was home alone that sunday evening when shots were fired into her chest and arms .
there were no signs of forced entry .
the auction , which also includes a few office buildings and retail centers , will be the largest so far with financing provided by notes from the resolution trust corporation , the agency in charge of the government's savings and loan bailout .
that is the main reason the bush administration was criticized for initially demanding cash for thousands of properties when resolution trust was organized in 1989 .
the administration had wanted to recover as much money for the treasury as rapidly as possible .
but analysts , economists and investors said real estate is rarely sold without most of the payment being borrowed .
the decision last month to increase the amount of resolution trust financing available to $ 7 billion , from $ 1 billion , was more realistic , many real estate professionals said .
at least $ 250 million of the total is restricted to financing the sales of low-income housing .
several private investors cautioned that the financing effort would fail if officials priced properties too high .
in that case , rent payments could not meet monthly interest payments and maintenance costs , projects would fall into default and back into government hands .
the balance can be financed at a fixed interest rate of 10 percent by the resolution trust .
the debt is owed in 1998 but can be extended twice for one year if market conditions are bad .
still , many economists have said the state is unlikely to follow the rest of the nation into recession .
apartment occupancy rates exceed 90 percent in big cities in texas for the first time in seven years .
mr. hall said market values for texas apartment projects were not likely to rise much in the years ahead .
still , the government's plan to sell dozens of apartment buildings to single buyers , among them insurance companies , pension funds and private investor groups , is a good one , mr. hall said .
resolution trust has scheduled a conference on tuesday in washington to discuss the 61 properties and mortgages in the auction .
when i was cutting classes in high school , that block had films you'd never see anywhere else .
she has so much electricity that her clients are reduced to body parts as well .
it was a film made to be shown on 42d street , but it has never played there .
soon even the remaining screens are to disappear .
in the meantime the agency is temporarily bringing in a new breed of tenants .
they want to get rid of the poor folks .
he has warned that this could lead to performances by ballet companies , or worse .
it was one of the main reasons i moved to new york from cleveland .
for me they had kind of a cozy atmosphere .
when the killer in friday the 13th was in danger of being captured .
but in the late 1980's things started to go wrong .
the redevelopment plan was a major blow , but some of the theaters would have closed even without it .
i was there to review hunters blood , which had just opened a day or two earlier , he said .
he stood up and pitched a beer can right through the screen .
he immediately got thrown out , but everyone applauded him , because he had a point .
why pay $ 5 at the theater when you can see it at home for $ 1 ?
the companies were releasing stuff on video so quickly that there was no reason to go to the theater .
people like to blame the government's urban renewal for the theaters closing , but video was a big part , too .
the city needs theaters like this , and they'll just spring up somewhere else .
other officials also suggested that for the time being the administration would stand by its decision last month to ease restrictions on trade with the soviet union imposed by congress in 1975 .
mr. bush said he was concerned about the growing turmoil in the soviet union , and that mr. gorbachev had told him recently that he is very much concerned as well .
mr. bush did not say when that exchange took place , but he last spoke with the soviet leader on friday morning .
soviet interests above all else require the reform process to go forward .
only with continued reform will progress and hope for the soviet union be possible , his statement said .
those actions were widely regarded as modest .
in the case of the soviet union , the senior official said , let me say that there are still , in my opinion , areas where it is to the mutual advantage of the two countries to continue to try to work things out .
that official said the summit talks remain on schedule .
mr. cheney , appearing on the abc news program this week , said the soviet crackdown may well signal that mr. gorbachev's program of economic and political reform has failed .
the president had issued his strongest warning .
the troops and aircraft carriers were in place .
in atlanta and houston and st. louis and detroit , people spoke with profound emotion of their fears for loved ones and for the future of the country .
and interviews with scores of people across the country provided dramatic evidence that the united states was a nation divided .
we can't let this go without doing something about it .
it is the highest form of loyalty to ask whether what we are doing is right , he said .
waiting in line for tickets , she said : i'd hate to see another vietnam .
i don't think our society knows much of war , she said .
it's like a horror movie we can turn off if we want to .
a new argument against relying exclusively on sanctions against iraq , he said , is that they would tie our hands in foreign policy for a year or more , making it impossible to criticize china or the soviet union when their support in the security council is crucial .
better , he implied , a short war while the broad coalition is intact .
it appears increasingly likely that war , if it comes , will come quickly .
private guidance from senior officials here this weekend followed the same line .
all of this may simply be part of the attempt to turn up the heat on president hussein , but there are reasons to believe that it is more than that .
they are the only real threat he can mount against the israelis .
mr. bush has worked hard to portray the conflict as iraq against the world ; in this , the participation of muslim countries against baghdad is deemed essential .
george mitchell of maine , the leader of the democratic majority in the senate , suggested today that in case of war only british and american troops would actually fight the iraqis .
he said on the abc news program this week : americans should understand that this is going to be an american war .
the casualties will be american , the deaths will be american , the costs will be american .
keeping the two separate may prove difficult for mr. bush as the clock runs .
he may well spend the days ahead choosing among gray options , with the soviet dimension making his choices that much more difficult .
i didn't start actually sharing my thoughts with people until i was faced with the possibility of killing another human being .
we knew being a soldier meant sacrifice .
it is basically signing the death warrant of the troops , the civilian population and the environment .
i figure i made my point , he said .
he told of applying for a job at a car wash in florida .
i have not been treated unfairly by the military in any way , mr. smith said .
a reorganization three years ago cost 8000 employees their jobs .
bill willis , the authority's former senior executive officer , is president .
it adds one more burden to a mayor already struggling to handle huge budget gaps and criticism of his leadership .
but a new controversy arose , because on a state financial form mr. dinkins had earlier valued the stock at $ 1 million .
these included whether mr. dinkins violated city ethics rules by failing to list the transaction on his city financial disclosure forms and by casting two votes on the board of estimate on matters involving inner city .
tests performed on the letter found the impression of a telephone number of a film and video editing business that david jr. would probably not have had reason to use until several years after 1985 , investigators said .
apparently , it's the military who are deciding things , he said .
in all the villages and areas around , the people are armed -- maybe there are 100000 or 200000 weapons in the area .
they are afraid of the population here .
i said we aren't going to carry it out .
asked if he expected military measures to be taken against his republic , he said , they might be .
he said they wouldn't send in the army .
to stay here in georgia and carry on my activities , i had to be diplomatic .
i was very popular , like my father , so they wanted to exile me to the west .
if i had gone , that would have been the end of the movement here .
he got a three-year prison sentence , plus two years in internal exile .
i knew they would release me early , but they would never let me stay here unless i testified , he said .
it was not to be his last prison sentence .
even the 40 days he served after the bloody events of april 1989 may not be the last , he fears .
but economically , we will have a much harder time , he said .
we have no economic connections with the world outside the soviet union , and we remain almost completely dependent in that sense .
but i deeply appreciate what the speaker said over and over again -- that this was a matter of conscience .
i have two very conflicting emotions , he said .
but no gas masks have been distributed in the occupied areas .
more than 1.7 million arabs live in the west bank and gaza .
for months , while concern over an iraqi attack slowly mounted in israel , palestinians in the occupied territories openly encouraged iraq to drive israel from the west bank and gaza strip .
but the physicians acknowledged that palestinian leaders did little or nothing to help arabs prepare for an iraqi attack .
with that , west bank and gaza arabs became consumed with preparing for war -- though they say they still support saddam hussein .
gas masks can't protect us against this .
people here generally said mr. gorbachev would have to shoulder the responsibility for the tank attack .
but world experience shows this cannot succeed in the end .
gorbachev can not hold together the old empire .
it is simply a matter of time now .
this point was made repeatedly by the protesters .
we are talking about the freedom of all of us .
for the men here , who are members of one of the largest iraqi communities in the united states , the disturbing news reports amount to news from home .
the social club has become a place not only for recreation but for sharing fears of war and wrestling with conflicting emotions .
but i hope to god that president bush does not drop a bomb on my parents' grave .
it is impossible for him to consider these men the enemy .
we are afraid that if any attack occurs there are going to be civilian casualties and these casualties will be part of our families there .
he said he viewed the contacts as helpful to his group's security in a potentially tense period .
periods of immigration over the last century have brought the number in the united states to perhaps 80000 .
nobody wanted us , because we were catholic .
morning trading was thin on the tokyo stock exchange , at 90 million shares , because many traders stayed out before a national holiday on tuesday .
many players just didn't come into work today , a trader at a japanese brokerage said .
her father is the president and chief executive of mobile sheet metal inc. in mobile .
his father is an advertising consultant in new york .
his three previous victories had come on clay .
its five members teach at the university of nevada at las vegas and play in that city's symphony orchestra .
what's special is that we've played together for years .
but with our line , no one is overly aggressive or overly defensive .
we just go out and try to work and things happen .
they came at us hard , and we were on our heels for a moment .
told what reed had said , williams laughed and said , referring to coleman : i have been watching his progress for a while in college .
he can rebound and score from 12 to 15 feet out .
he's going to play three college seasons in one .
what i do know is that the nets are a better team than their record .
i don't think anybody shot better than they did on us all year .
artists today are like baseball stars , said ms. cooper , one of the first dealers in soho .
i enjoyed working with don , and we had a good relationship .
i'm pleased with the job we did for him .
i have a good working relationship with mary , he continued .
and i think i have come into a certain kind of position since i've been there .
the art world is competitive like any other business .
his coming to my gallery had nothing to do with my feelings toward mary or her gallery .
i have a lot of respect for her as a dealer ; she runs one of the best galleries in the world .
i've been hearing them for the last 14 months , she said .
if i were going out of business it seems to me it would have happened already .
asked if she thought the rumors had been spread by other dealers trying to hurt her business , she said it could be a reasonable assumption .
normally rumors have a certain shelf life , she added .
she would not be quoted , however , on who she thought had planted them .
and i feel a loyalty to her for that , he continued .
sometimes you want to change for a real simple reason ; just to change , and see if it helps .
but i can't imagine another dealer at this point doing anything more for me .
i haven't changed ; when an artist leaves , it has much more to do with the artist than the dealer .
i've been talking with mary for years about the possibility , and now i'm thinking about it , he said .
paula runs a very good , very professional gallery , and i may be there for another 10 years .
but obviously , you hope another dealer can do better by you .
i'm considering other options , and mary is one of them .
the dealer replied , in that case , lunch is canceled .
he's a very , very important part of this team .
they take care of me and that's the bottom line .
allen , who continues to deny gossip that the two stars don't get along , held court at his locker .
we work well together , allen said , referring to jackson .
a lot of people try to make something out of our relationship .
i think we've answered all the questions .
all they want to do is win , shell said .
each one could say i want to carry the ball 40 times a game and they don't care .
we plan for both backs to be doing very well .
but he came out and did his thing .
i've been playing 12 years and it's not only because of the way he runs and his many talents , but the way he plays with injuries .
he does whatever you tell him to do .
he knocked the dog out of that guy .
ferguson added that he was happy the bills would have a second meeting with the raiders this season .
we just want to play them so they can't continue to say we stole a game from them , he said .
ms. wilson knows her way around standards and song forms .
they were ready to eat , he said , when they fell to the ground .
for a rare roast , figure about 15 minutes to the pound at 350 degrees .
i like them truly rare , which means about two minutes of cooking on each side .
wild ducks also become dry and tough if roasted beyond medium rare .
in two or three years , it's going to be completely different .
six months later , a lot has happened , and some things are indeed different .
increased attention has been focused on public figures and their relationship with these clubs .
so far , this is still a matter of opinion .
the prospective member was unidentified , , and no specific timetable beyond a few months was given for how long the processing would take .
but as of last week , there was no evidence that the matter has been addressed .
i don't know the status of that right now .
the membership committee could have decided that he was not qualified or it could still be in the mill .
championship program , said : i would not be surprised if they never had anyone in mind .
the reality is you can't change institutions overnight .
in people's hearts and minds , nothing has really changed .
people want to know things like what the interview is like , how people treat you at the club .
the pressures to effect change appear to be more internal than external .
those are two things this country was built on .
it is simple , and sometimes accurate , for clubs to say they cannot find black people who both play golf and can afford the expense .
in that situation , i think i have an obligation not to foul up the reason for the setting .
we live in a complex society , and it doesn't always go the way we want it to go , particularly in regard to discrimination .
people are looking to make accommodations for minorities and women to play this sport .
it's simply a matter of having the desire and the goal .
the buffalo bills have never been to a super bowl .
the bills will play at home again next sunday in the american conference championship game .
if you hope one wins , then you get disappointed , he said .
they include , perhaps , the most dangerous quarterback , running back and defensive player in the american conference , if not all of pro football .
we tried to put pressure on kelly .
when we stayed back off , he had all day to throw the football .
two other drives ended because time ran out at halftime and at the end of the game .
we got conservative once , and it hurt us .
there are other aspects to their game , though , that are becoming recognized .
and they were significant in beating the dolphins .
we got him for so-called veteran backup insurance , levy recalled yesterday .
the dolphins were unable to run early and then were forced to pass .
the police are investigating whether the substance is cocaine .
even in his frustration at not getting a chance to be anything but a backup quarterback .
then later on i heard dan call him a rabbit again .
but if we win another game , we're there .
and with collins having suffered a sprained ankle yesterday , he might not be able to cover rice as tightly as he did in the dec. 3 monday night game .
but i've always believed i could play and my teammates believed i could play .
or at least that he wasn't ready to play .
but he soon realized that whether he liked it or not , the giants intended to keep him .
it meant they had a had a lot of confidence in me .
against the bears , he was a winning quarterback in a game that had to be won .
on the next play he found baker in the end zone .
that was a big play on fourth down , parcells said .
and when jeff scored there , that was pretty much the game .
reporters found other sources , many with democratic backgrounds , who recalled a lengthy waiting list for the guard at the time .
after 10 days , all records on the subject became publicly available , and a vastly different picture emerged .
that unit in fact became the most decorated company of any branch of the united states military for the entire vietnam period .
the company will retain its staff and offices in cambridge , mass .
but it showed , in reality , how dominant is the power of the modern president .
president bush had framed the question so it was extremely hard for congress to say no .
that was the effect of the decisions he took from early november on .
he took them entirely on his own , without consulting congress , much less asking its approval .
the critical decision was to increase the size of the american forces in the gulf to around 400000 men and women , and to change its assignment from defending saudi arabia to taking offensive action against iraqi forces .
mr. bush made that decision around the end of october .
he disclosed it after the congressional election on nov. 6 .
now the american force was so large that it could not , practically , stay in saudi arabia through the sand storms of spring and the heat of summer .
mr. bush intensified the time factor by imposing a deadline .
he made delay equal to an american defeat .
but it took some political courage to stick to that position .
if the resolution had come up in october , it would almost certainly have failed .
the episode reminds us what very great resources the president has in the competition for effective political power .
broadcasters seldom really challenge his view of events .
the networks today are even refusing to accept paid advertising opposing a war in the persian gulf .
secrecy is a great presidential ally .
mr. bush replied : i still fell that i have the constitutional authority , many attorneys having so advised me .
none of this argues that george bush is a bad man .
the wisdom of george bush's course will be tested soon .
it may be that saddam hussein will give way .
he shot one young man in the face .
his predecessors sent tanks into hungary in 1956 , and turned prague spring to ice in 1968 .
he was asked , in an interview in his office last fall , about alternate futures .
the second possibility , he said , would be tanks .
that leaves them , unlike the newly free countries of eastern europe , as less than independent .
since coming to power in 1985 , mikhail gorbachev's daring , realism and flexibility have captured america's imagination and approval .
if that was possible , the play of the heart ace was rather more likely to gain than to lose .
supporters of the pirates objected when the referee upheld a goal scored by the chiefs .
some were mine workers who had come to enjoy the game on their day off .
people were lying all over the place .
some residents blamed the attack on a criminal gang seeking revenge against local civic organizations loyal to the african national congress .
mr. mandela did not talk to reporters .
it was an outstanding success , he said .
the project is a joint effort of the air force and nasa .
the satellite was launched july 25 .
local residents say a mining operation is responsible for damage to a historic house built of bottles .
the mine is about a half mile from the house .
but he denied they damaged the house .
the program was made necessary by the changing business environment that this decade has already introduced .
just as important , it will be essential for creating a partnership team that is focused on bringing value and needed services to the marketplace .
these cuts have contributed to a growing sense among partners at large professional service firms that making partner is no longer a lucrative guarantee of a lifetime job .
what clients want now are people who really understand their business and industry , and the fact that you're good at shaking hands does not get you much .
the current cutbacks involve more partners than previous ones .
this time , the cuts will not be concentrated on any one faction .
those being laid off are to be notified by march 1 , the firm said .
he had already given up some of his titles at affiliated companies .
the city not only owned the 83 acres on which the terminal stands but also had effective control of 5000 surrounding acres used by the federal aviation administration technical center .
the airport is 12 miles west of atlantic city and is now used primarily for charter flights serving the casino industry .
the expansion plan will allow negotiations with major air carriers about establishing more regularly scheduled service from cities around the country .
we know we have the market , he said , but atlantic city is what is called a resort destination and that means we are not high up on the list of cities to be served with air routes .
planners are also trying to find ways to replace existing charter service to the new york area with regularly scheduled commercial service .
there are 300000 air passengers in this area who use the philadelphia airport because there is no air service here , he said .
part of the reason , he said , is that property values , while going up 25 to 30 percent last year , are still lower than elsewhere in the state .
it's been down so long it looks like up , he said .
low-cost areas like southern new jersey have experienced moderate to rapid growth because the dollar values are better .
instead , it will come from federal aviation administration trust fund grants and state money probably backed by revenue bonds covered by airline fees .
that is the single piece that no one else has , mr. downs said .
that could double , so the potential is here .
the woman's name was not disclosed .
the case was turned over to the district attorney's office , which began presenting witnesses to the grand jury in november .
the panel handed down its indictment late thursday .
he failed , but the effort weakened mr. giuliani's campaign , possibly even costing him city hall .
last year senator d'amato did nothing to help the state party find a challenger for gov. mario m. cuomo , with whom he has had a cozy relationship despite their party differences .
the usually politically detached mr. regan said mr. d'amato was more interested in his own agenda , not the party agenda .
mr. giuliani , noting that the senator obviously has problems , said it would be a mistake for the party to come under the direct control of senator d'amato .
the senator and mr. powers , in separate interviews , pledged their loyalty and friendship to each other , but they added that mr. powers would be independent of mr. d'amato .
the expelled officials were given 48 hours to leave .
britain has recalled all its diplomats from baghdad , but the embassy there remains open and diplomatic relations were not being broken off , the foreign office spokeswoman said .
at the same time the government expelled 67 iraqi civilians , most of them students .
the government tells us we are safe , but what are we to think when we see you americans even going to dinner with your gas masks over your shoulders , while we have none ?
if the iraqis attack us now with chemicals , the rain will wash it away and save us .
the assumption is not necessarily correct .
resident foreigners operate most retail stores , service industries and many businesses .
a saudi businessman asked an american journalist who had never visited saudi arabia until two days ago .
it provides up to $ 30 million for repairs and improvement to the meadowlands sports complex and monmouth park .
the governor said the expansion would bring the football stadium up to the standards of the big east football conference , which rutgers has joined , and will increase football revenues .
so they said , let's find a way to avoid a public vote .
another member of the firm , however , said it was highly unusual for a suspension , as opposed to a transfer or a dismissal , to be tied to poor performance .
a spokesman for the exchange said he was unable to comment on the status of the big board's inquiry .
there were no iraqi troops behind the mock buildings or crews to defend the one artillery piece that was destroyed .
the best moments of my life were working with the marines , said lieut .
i got more experience with them in five months than in 18 years in the air force .
for others , the memories are less pleasant .
we just weren't expecting so many of them .
they are fearful that if egypt stationed thousands of egyptian soldiers in kuwait , the egyptian government could hold kuwait hostage to its demands , western diplomats said .
neither egypt nor syria has troops in kuwait .
if they will be aggressive or friendly we don't know , but kuwait will always have to live under threat .
he was a member of the republican national committee from 1953 to 1961 , its vice chairman in 1956 and 1957 , and chairman from 1957 to 1959 .
he filed suit in federal court , winning his argument that his first amendment guarantees of free speech had been violated .
as each word is spoken , it is displayed on computer monitors in the courtroom and in distant law offices where witnesses are being prepared to appear .
i don't know if we have liability insurance , he said .
the lawyers said that as the technology is more widely used and they become more familiar with it , the cost of the equipment and of preparing the electronic display material will drop .
but they're magic to the common folk .
on friday night , this guy does the same thing for the french revolution .
maybe someday a congressional bill will even escape committee so the district of columbia will have a paine statue , just as paris does .
today , paine lives on in the cooper family .
douglas has made me part of the cult , says his wife , terry , smiling .
sometimes on these dark winter evenings , mr. cooper again walks down that familiar hill .
there , leaning a little too much to his left , sits the surprising thomas paine .
the only logical answer is that the democrats are trying to set the stage to raise taxes .
we've already held hearings on the budget .
he said the hearings would be held as planned despite the republican objections .
they were listed in fair condition today at columbus hospital here .
mr. davis jumped first and was calling out for help to break ms. johnson's fall when she jumped and hit him .
but the reluctance to support diamonds will often turn out badly , and did so here .
digital has been quietly selling personal computers through the mail for several years .
digital plans to spend $ 5 million on an advertising campaign in the current quarter and possibly more than $ 20 million for the year .
we realize this market moves faster than any other part of the computer business , mr. schneider said .
we also know the customer can buy the box from any of about 400 vendors .
now the value we can add is the difference .
but analysts question whether digital can succeed in the pc market .
its first move into that arena , in 1982 , resulted in an embarrassing marketing failure and cost more than $ 1 billion .
plus the pricing is nowhere near as competitive as it needs to be .
the oil company said spending for additional wells in colombia would rise to $ 200 million this year , from $ 50 million in 1991 .
the company said it would drill test wells on land more than 50 miles to the north this year , where it is the sole owner of exploration rights .
production is likely to begin in march .
within any range , not all companies are equal , so what we've tried to do is be more exact , said paul wish , the chief spokesman for best .
it generally means there has been a modest decline in the financial condition of a company .
some contingent ratings will go down and some will not .
the recession has hurt most long-distance carriers , especially in their lucrative business traffic .
although there is no precise estimate for business calls because the companies have no way of determining who is on the line , most analysts say business makes up about half of long-distance calls .
while some businesses , trying to drum up customers , have made more long-distance calls , others have reduced their phone bills through closing offices and laying off workers .
the newly laid off , in turn , often cut back their spending at home on long-distance calls .
as a result , growth in the market for long-distance calls has slowed considerably .
but analysts say volume growth for all carriers was probably at best 6 percent , down from 10 percent or more in previous years .
about 59 cents of every sales dollar in 1990 came from u s sprint , but only 17 cents of every profit dollar , partly because of the big special charges .
if you look at the sophisticated business user , our market share has grown significantly .
the recession has hurt most long-distance carriers , especially in their lucrative business traffic .
although there is no precise estimate for business calls because the companies have no way of determining who is on the line , most analysts say business makes up about half of long-distance calls .
while some businesses , trying to drum up customers , have made more long-distance calls , others have reduced their phone bills through closing offices and laying off workers .
the newly laid off , in turn , often cut back their spending at home on long-distance calls .
as a result , growth in the market for long-distance calls has slowed considerably .
but analysts say volume growth for all carriers was probably at best 6 percent , down from 10 percent or more in previous years .
about 59 cents of every sales dollar in 1990 came from u s sprint , but only 17 cents of every profit dollar , partly because of the big special charges .
if you look at the sophisticated business user , our market share has grown significantly .
the recession has hurt most long-distance carriers , especially in their lucrative business traffic .
although there is no precise estimate for business calls because the companies have no way of determining who is on the line , most analysts say business makes up about half of long-distance calls .
while some businesses , trying to drum up customers , have made more long-distance calls , others have reduced their phone bills through closing offices and laying off workers .
the newly laid off , in turn , often cut back their spending at home on long-distance calls .
as a result , growth in the market for long-distance calls has slowed considerably .
but analysts say volume growth for all carriers was probably at best 6 percent , down from 10 percent or more in previous years .
about 59 cents of every sales dollar in 1990 came from u s sprint , but only 17 cents of every profit dollar , partly because of the big special charges .
if you look at the sophisticated business user , our market share has grown significantly .
the american complex employs nearly 100000 people in 13 states and costs about $ 11 billion a year to operate .
it turns out that the former soviet complex is far larger .
its fate poses far larger problems -- and perhaps opportunities .
yet some western analysts , and russian ones as well , express guarded optimism .
but he added that if cuts in government financing were not offset by new revenue or joint ventures with the west , there is danger .
cultural barriers , these officials say , would bar the easy transfer of scientists and their families to foreign lands .
a favorable outcome from all this is possible , some experts say .
there's a window of opportunity opening that could close in the near future .
federal officials said as many as 2000 people know how to make nuclear arms .
american experts are familiar with only some of the cities .
the soviet complex was a closed society for decades .
realistic politicians say nuclear weapons must be preserved , he said .
such work would give the laboratory a new challenge , at least for a while .
soviet television reported last year that it was producing and selling personal computers .
new projects at them could easily include the accelerated cleanup of pollution .
the natural resources defense council , a private group whose washington office has strong ties to russian weapon scientists , is mounting a crash effort to finance their research and shift it toward environmental issues , including how to clean up russia's mountain of nuclear waste .
but the american bureaucracy works very slowly .
and this makes any other contacts and programs very difficult .
britain has no government insurance for bank deposits .
the bank was shut down last july by regulators in 62 countries because of fraud charges .
the wildcats took over and held the ball for a final shot .
you can miss all your free throws and still win if you play good defense and rebound .
villanova looked confident and relaxed from the opening tap against a seton hall squad that entered the contest ranked 21st by the associated press .
nevertheless , they offer an avant-garde look at the longer skirts that will be increasingly prominent in subsequent seasons .
it is a style that should appeal to women who are looking at clothes today as investments .
he served in the navy during world war ii and later studied voice in europe .
in 25 years , he built a collection of 6000 items relating to black history in america .
i cannot imagine making a movie in germany .
they felt guilty many , many years after the war , but it was official guilt .
my presence and my cinema is an offense to these people .
an export committee member was quoted in weekly variety as calling the film junk .
the export union head called it an embarrassment .
newspaper articles in germany said the film was not actually german because it was filmed largely in poland and produced with french as well as german financing .
winning an academy award could tap wider audiences and result in more theaters showing it .
when i heard about all this i was shocked .
now they'll accept what you can pay .
so he is back at fox , but his own company will put up the cash difference .
but the economic climate has changed .
i have no question i made the right decision .
he was remarkably faithful to his word .
mike was absolutely true to his word .
he may be the last honest man in hollywood .
until recent weeks , there was no objective way to answer that with statistics giving a surgical batting average .
but now the questions are taking on new importance following the new york state health department's reluctant disclosure of death statistics for each heart surgeon .
they revealed wide variations between hospitals and among surgeons within the same institution .
since 1990 , health officials have issued death rates for each hospital in new york that performs surgery for heart disease , the nation's leading killer .
but health officials had declined to release the same type of data for individual surgeons because they did not believe the information would be useful to consumers in choosing a heart surgeon .
he ordered health officials to develop the statistical tools that were used to assess heart surgery and that are intended for eventual application to many other common operations and procedures .
in interviews and lectures before retiring because of a stroke , he said he was concerned about the implications of dumping a huge body of statistical information on the public and about the unpredictable effects that the release of such data would have on medicine , patients and the legal system .
a general feeling exists that the data will be used because they are available .
but if the death rate for heart surgery in all 28 new york hospitals could somehow be reduced by 1 percent , then 76 lives would be saved .
the aim , he said , was to encourage all hospitals to evaluate their performance and , in fact , the rate for all hospitals dropped by 15 percent from 1989 to 1990 .
there is no guarantee , however , that the state will do it best .
and no one has solved the problem of how to make the data available to the public .
patients can get the information from hospitals or by writing the state health department .
when we saw them during the year playing somebody , it was always that thought : hey , we may be playing them .
you always had that in the back of your mind .
both teams have been kind of pointing toward this all year .
this whole year , we got off and were playing good and i think you kind of stop and look over there and say , hey look , they're playing pretty good over there .
i think they were doing the same thing : we're playing pretty good and the redskins are playing pretty good .
so you'd have to at least think about it , dream about it .
who is the favorite in the national football league's championship game , in which the two teams with the best records in the n.f.l. will meet ?
we didn't try to look at a film , or get them out here and work out .
what you have to be careful of as a coach when you do get to a meeting , he said , you have to be away from everybody else and have quiet and intense practices .
there's so much at stake and you want it so bad , you start seeing all the things that could happen .
everyone had a tough time sleeping .
i was in the locker room before the game and i was extremely nervous , he said today .
i'd never been that nervous for a game : hands were shaking ; i didn't know what to do with myself .
i was trying to tell myself that it was no big deal , but it was a big deal .
my knee -- i don't know if it's going to go out next week , or the week after .
i've got to seize the opportunity .
he is a very experienced teacher who will help develop our young quarterbacks .
previously he was quarterback coach at illinois under mike white .
five of the 11 jets coaches have roots at pacific .
he understands that the answer might be right around the corner and has built a system on a varied menu on both sides of the ball .
listen to lions receiver willie green talk about the redskins defense : washington was doing a lot of moving around and a lot of changing of things and at first we couldn't pick it up .
they did things to beat whatever coverage we called .
the redskins set you up before blowing you out .
there is the game and then there is the game within the game .
then in the third quarter , it was swing the doors open and go crazy .
detroit ran red 19 at least twice in the first half , the first time for a gain of 4 yards by kramer , the second for a gain of only 3 yards by kramer .
that's how thorough our coaching staff is , said redskins tackle tim johnson of the team's preparation for the lions .
to buy or to upgrade , that is the question .
almost all personal computer owners face this decision eventually .
if the monitor burns out , it is a good excuse to buy a bigger and more colorful display .
put another way , old computers don't die , they just lose their memory .
does it make more sense to spend a few hundred dollars to extend the useful life of an older pc , or to buy a newer model that has all the latest features ?
yet that is exactly how some pc owners keep up with the latest technology .
the finished product is as powerful as any new system on the market , they say with pride .
we also hear from people who say it is easier and cheaper to donate the old box to a local school or charity , take a tax deduction and buy a new system .
adding all these extra things puts too much pressure on the original power supply , so we need to replace it , too .
pretty soon it becomes clear that buying a new computer is going to be much easier .
for anyone with a similar decision to make , the key issues seem to be time and money , not necessarily in that order .
some people may discover that their frustration with a pc or a piece of software can be traced to one or two components that can be replaced for a few hundred dollars or less , rather than spending a few thousand on a new system .
to make a successful upgrade , however , you must carefully plan what you're going to do .
in making your plans , you may discover that an upgrade is not the right solution for your system .
if you can't set a goal , you shouldn't be thinking about an upgrade at all , he writes .
you will just be throwing money at your computer .
in recent years , human rights organizations assert , the iraqi authorities have executed hundreds of prisoners , many of them kurds , as well as iranian prisoners of war .
most of the victims had been shot .
sometimes the bodies of victims wear useful evidence .
childhood injuries , from sports or other causes , may leave marks on bones , as do some diseases .
we are scientists and not a political group , and we take no stand on political issues , including human rights .
but our future is somewhat uncertain .
i knew seven of the people at the camp who later disappeared , he said .
but the problem is first in finding them -- and then changing the system here so that they could be tried .
in the meantime , we work on our science , which may be of help to other people who have suffered the same kind of nightmare .
a. a soap bubble has some properties of a liquid and some of a solid , said dr. alan friedman , director of the new york hall of science in queens , showing the difficulty of using everyday language to define a complex phenomenon .
several factors are involved in the variations , he explained .
this separate effect also causes the moment of high noon to change a bit from day to day , moving slightly forward and then backward over the course of a year .
he was picked up by the los angeles rams , but was cut five games into the season .
i think if i was there now , that i would definitely be starting , he said .
i've got a chance here to do some good things .
looking back at the situation with the jets , maybe everything worked out for a reason .
jackson left a jets team that was building and joined a bills that appeared to have arrived as a playoff contenders .
it was jackson who helped seal the victory for the bills sunday and helped them on their way to the super bowl .
i was thinking drive three , he said .
i was talking to myself saying that there is not going to be a drive three against us .
if it comes down to it we were going to win it .
he doesn't get enough credit , not like jerry rice and some others do , but he's been doing it for years , year in and year out .
washington is going to be very , very tough , but i like buffalo -- not just because they're the new york state resident champions , the governor said .
although the giants have played in new jersey for years , that was a small point .
i've believed in my ability he said .
he hopes to qualify to compete on the united team representing 11 former republics .
i am free to go to other countries now , he said .
the russian track federation is a federation without a union .
edmonton didn't want me and i'm happy to be back in this division because the style is more physical and that's the way i like to play .
he had only one goal and three assists with 36 minutes in penalties .
but if he hadn't won , we weren't going to kick him off the team .
that newman was in las vegas sunday was no accident either .
steve said if i made any kind of deal with don , he'd commit that don would live up to the deal , newman said .
the consequences of that behavior have led to an arbitration hearing scheduled to begin today in washington .
a chart on saturday listing politicians running as delegates in the new york democratic presidential primary misidentified two of them .
he is director of the space policy institute at george washington university .
he was in a lot of pain last night .
i'm pretty sure he'll be in the hospital at least three days .
that spoke well for their own commitment to democratic principles .
the talks are part of a large middle east peace initiative begun jointly in october by president bush and mikhail s. gorbachev , then president of the soviet union .
the process began with a large international conference in madrid , followed by individual talks between israel and arab nations .
in december , the israelis , who said that they did not want the talks in washington , kept arab teams waiting five days and then were the first to leave on dec. 18 .
the talks today began nearly a week behind schedule .
today , israeli negotiators said they were hoping to return to israel on wednesday .
the israelis discounted both suggestions .
israelis close to the talks say that they made it very clear that they would stay 10 days , or until wednesday .
but given the current low level of interest rates , demand for new york state securities is likely to remain fairly robust , traders said .
they've got a real problem up there , one trader said .
but there certainly doesn't appear to be much risk that new york won't honor its obligations as they mature .
the notion that this suggests that maybe you won't pay your debts is a joke when it comes to new york , he said .
the time to say no is now , mr. marino said .
school officials around the state expressed frustration that they might become the innocent victims of the state's financial failures .
i can't keep going back and raising property taxes , he said .
so we'll have to cut staff , physical maintenance , sports programs and programs for gifted students .
the end of problem drinking is still far away .
at least two other states are considering such a policy .
substantial federal money goes into the welfare program aid to families with dependent children , which has strict guidelines about state administration .
nobody else has done that , said mark greenberg , senior staff attorney for the center for law and social policy , a nonprofit research group that focuses on the problems of low-income families .
the measure was overwhelmingly approved by the assembly last week .
although all five of the other bills in the package were approved by wide margins , it initially appeared that this provision would be defeated .
i'm going to change my vote and hope that these young children will not be hurt by it , he said .
the other five bills were approved with from 25 to 29 votes in favor and no more than a single vote opposed .
mr. bryant , the author and chief sponsor of the package , says the provision would allow a welfare mother to marry without losing her benefits and allow a working man to marry a welfare mother without taking on the full financial burden of her children .
women with children under 2 years of age would be exempt .
another would eliminate penalties that are now applied in the formula for computing benefits for married couples who receive welfare .
they either can have additional children and work to pay the added costs , or they can decide not to have any more children .
it's their call and a decision that puts them in the same position as anyone else in mainstream america who must choose among options .
an edited version of the game will appear in march .
although the israelis are formally pressing ahead with their request -- $ 2 billion worth of annual loan guarantees spread over the next five years -- they are accepting the inevitable , an official of one jewish group said .
as a sign that the israelis recognize they probably will not get all that they want , the finance ministry is said to be studying alternatives , including new taxes , to cover additional borrowing costs that the country may face if it does not get the american assistance .
assuming israel does not default -- and officials here insist that that will not happen -- the actual cost to the united states will probably be a few hundred million dollars that must be set aside under new budget rules .
israeli economists warn that times will get tougher here if the loan guarantees fall through .
for one thing , israeli officials acknowledge that the mood in the united states has turned against foreign aid .
two-thirds of the new houses and apartments anticipated in the 1992 budget are to be built in the territories .
that means going along with a formula that would reduce the value of the loan guarantees by an amount equivalent to what israel spends on settlements .
according to estimates , a $ 2 billion program for one year could be cut by a quarter or even one half under such a formula .
i certainly wish the governor of louisiana was not betting a thousand dollars a roll at las vegas .
it doesn't help the image of the state .
i don't know that anybody expected him to stop going to las vegas , she said .
hopefully he's going to lead the state forward and on his own time go to las vegas .
but today's speech also underscored some of the political problems facing mr. bush in his re-election bid .
a year ago , to reduce the budget deficit , a deal was made to cut spending and raise taxes .
we got half that deal -- higher taxes .
mr. bush's critics have said his visit to japan last week failed to produce any significant agreements on lowering japanese barriers to american trade , and the white house launched an effort to counter those assertions as soon as mr. bush set foot on american soil last friday .
today , mr. bush called the visit to japan an important and successful step toward a new trade balance .
some political critics say i should not have taken this trip , he said .
i will continue to fight for american jobs -- everywhere .
but there just aren't many of us left out in the country anymore .
and across the country , there is an extraordinary appetite for rural and western symbols .
and some people would just say we like antiques .
price supports for farmers have been cut .
in his spare time , he works as a ranch hand , his first love .
when my dad was a young man in south dakota , you could lease 300 acres for little or nothing , buy a few cows and you're in the cattle business , he said .
but now it's mostly big operations .
and most city people who come to the show wear cowboy hats and boots .
the basic mission of today's cowboys remains largely the same : raising cattle .
texas , nebraska and kansas are the leading beef producers .
and the land is in a lot better shape now than it was then .
at the end of hunting season , that was the last we'd see any people , he said .
i don't know if they're trying to make a reputation , but they're going to get a lot of attention , he said .
mayor david n. dinkins , who spoke to reporters shortly after calling the boy and his mother at the hospital , said the boy told him that he knew it's only certain people involved in these attacks and that he did not blame an entire group of people for what had happened .
inside the school , posters proclaimed respect all people and together we can make it .
they even jump half of the white guys around here .
the whole thing about this racial stuff is somebody is trying to get control over everybody , he said .
they cut you , black or white , blood is red .
the charter of the alliance called for economic and social progress in a framework of developing democratic institutions .
he was executive secretary of the union and then of its successor from 1947 to 1953 .
it basically says that what i did was right and proper in trying to help a development in my state to create jobs , he said .
senator d'amato , however , is not yet free of official investigations into his activities .
although the buyers had said they intended to continue to operate the site as a race track , they shut it down in 1988 , citing falling revenue .
at that time , the value of the site as commercial property was estimated at more than $ 200 million .
it also said it found no evidence that any party to this transaction violated any law .
i see affordable housing for senior citizens and other projects that this area needs and would help pull us out of the recession .
despite the recession , the property has continued to increase in value , real-estate brokers say .
it is in the middle of a commercial area surrounded by shopping malls , restaurants and small businesses .
only now , working people have rights and are free to proceed as they want , he said .
they protest and we will not shoot .
you travel around the world , he said .
you write something specific when you want , and this goes well for you .
i come here and they almost count every glass .
don't be so clever and try to become a president .
we have not defended our market at all , and the time has come for reflection .
the crisis was touched off by the soviet installation of nuclear missiles with a range of 800 to 1000 miles .
the chase manhattan corporation reported a 30 percent drop in earnings in the fourth quarter , but returned to profitability for the full year .
analysts said attempts by the bank to reduce costs and improve the quality of its loans appeared to be slowly working .
they threw in the kitchen sink at the end of the year , so that the next year can be a better one .
at chase , however , it is unclear whether that will happen .
for the entire year , the bank set aside nearly $ 1.1 billion to cover future losses .
in its release , the bank said that because of the continuing weakness in the domestic economy generally and , in particular , the depressed conditions in commercial real estate markets throughout the country , it is likely that the provision for possible credit losses will continue at the relatively high level recorded in 1991 .
the bank's net interest revenue , which is the amount the bank earned on its loans after having paid for its deposits , increased in both the fourth quarter and for the full year .
an agreement with the two personal computer makers would give a big lift to next , the company started by steven p. jobs , the co-founder of apple computer inc .
next is about to adopt a new strategy , seeking to sell its key software for use on machines other than its own .
an operating system is the central software that controls computers .
the industry executives said that negotiations had not been concluded , but that agreements with dell , based in austin , tex. , and with compaq , based in houston , could be announced on jan. 22 .
still , next , which was founded by mr. jobs after he was forced to leave apple in 1985 , has seen only sluggish sales of its computers , although there has been a sharp increase in the last year .
industry executives estimate that sales of the privately held company were roughly $ 130 million in 1991 , about five times the level of 1990 but well below the $ 200 million that mr. jobs had predicted earlier in the year that he would achieve .
but next is also looking for computer companies to ship the operating system with their machines , starting with compaq and dell .
organizers and fans said it was the largest afghan crowd that new york had ever seen .
still , in the audience , many talked about the past .
i think it has to do with the afghan love of music .
there are many words in my songs that can prove what i am , he said in an interview before the concert .
i don't want to make a political statement .
in 1979 , after the coup , he gave his only public concert in afghanistan in front of more than 20000 people .
he touches all our hearts when he sings and makes us feel like we are in afghanistan .
i've already told my children that their father is being expelled by the israeli authorities , so they won't ask me all the time where he is .
we'll stay put until he comes back .
despite the fact that the public could attend the hearings today , a significant portion of the evidence in such cases is not presented in open court .
to speed this process , he said , he would soon name an advisory group of western experts who would come here for as long as two years to help with changes in economics , banking , finance and government operations .
we have begun to establish relations between two independent countries , to solve military problems .
ukraine likes to think of itself as a country comparable in size , population and potential to france .
but its economy is deeply troubled , with food and basic goods scarce .
when he takes wrong steps , we put on all possible pressure .
we don't gain anything by being clever , he replied .
there are 12 million russians living in ukraine , an army with many russians , and russia is our neighbor , from whom we get much gas , oil , wood .
so we must have a policy against arguing with russia , but not to abandon the interests of ukraine .
the president said some of his advisers would be americans , but did not name them .
the lawyers said the brothers would not answer questions at such a televised hearing .
they noted that civil legal proceedings in the maxwell scandal were already under way and that it was possible that criminal charges would be filed against one or both brothers .
the committee wants to ask his two sons about their knowledge of the funds and how the funds were removed .
kevin maxwell , 32 years old , and ian maxwell , 35 , had turned down the committee's request that they appear voluntarily at a hearing held last month .
mr. jarvis also contended today that his client should not have to say anything about which he might have to testify in court .
the lawyers told the committee that the brothers might give written answers to questions submitted to them in writing , providing the committee agreed to certain conditions .
one was that the answers not be given to the serious fraud office , which is investigating the scandal .
the house would then decide whether to cite the brothers for contempt of parliament .
if by thursday there is no substantial progress in negotiations now under way in washington on copyright and intellectual property issues , the united states is expected to impose much higher tariffs on some chinese products .
many of these factories like the beijing government no more than americans do , and they are considered a force for economic and political change .
if the tariffs cut into our sales to the u.s. , we'll have to let some of our workers go .
not everyone is worried , and enterprises in this southeastern special economic zone are looking more toward markets in southeast asia and europe rather than the united states .
it's not up to france to judge these events , daniel bernard , chief spokesman at the french foreign ministry , said .
in a statement , mr. bernard said france was following events with great attention .
if this deal doesn't come through very shortly we're not going to be here .
craig martin , a spokesman for boeing in seattle , said , negotiations are continuing .
he declined to give further details .
the ontario government would also cover up to $ 100 million , or $ 87 million , a year in losses for three years , mr. gray said .
another 140 workers are scheduled to be laid off at the end of january .
colonel range was a salvation army officer for 45 years , 40 as finance officer and administrator in the army's southern territory , based in atlanta .
wheat futures prices turned up sharply yesterday on word that farmers planted far fewer acres of winter wheat than had been expected .
after the close of the markets yesterday , the agriculture department released its final harvest figures for 1991 crops and gave its estimate of the amount of grain on hand .
higher cash prices sent cattle futures higher , particularly on the chicago mercantile exchange .
elsewhere , speculation that german interest rates would remain high kept the dollar depressed against the mark .
recession has stripped away whole layers of middle management , and even companies that are hiring aggressively , like financial firms , are taking experienced people who have been laid off elsewhere .
those who are lucky enough to find jobs will have to settle for less than the $ 60000 to $ 70000 typically offered by many large companies in the new york area .
one group , the japanese m.b.a. holders , who are often financed by their companies because japan has few graduate business schools , go back to the same jobs they held before at the same salary .
americans typically expect higher salaries after they have earned their master's degree in business .
it said , however , that it expects to return to profitability this year .
the company said costs of the failed attempt to take over continental had contributed to the loss .
williams scored 26 points and teammate greg anderson 22 points and 16 rebounds .
he was 74 years old and lived in spring house , pa .
he was the first chairman of the historic preservation department at the university of pennsylvania .
later , he was president of the new york state preservation league .
people were trying to sell newspapers .
what happened on court , i have no one to blame but myself .
he admits it would be a miracle for him to win the tournament , saying that perhaps if a few guys break a leg on the way he would have a better chance .
and when italian tourists showed up in this country wearing them , the idea really took off in new york .
most stores are now into spring merchandise .
while any of these boots travel well on city streets , it is probably a good idea to pack a pair of lighter shoes to slip on when you get to the office .
none of the starters did -- but the green wave still handed new orleans its worst home loss in nine years .
new orleans got no closer than 9 points after that .
brown was behind by as many as 32 points in the second half .
the debates in the past were romantic and esthetic , but now there is so much science to work with that we're trying to make the theory of preservation catch up with the technology .
but as we investigated the exterior and saw the conditions up close , i realized the building must be cleaned .
and it is going to look more beautiful , no doubt about it .
you generally do the least amount of intervention possible .
the statue would be white one day , and all of a sudden these brown spots would appear everywhere .
but the clever notion proved disastrous .
we had to clean to extend the life of the building .
at the city and county building in salt lake city , a magnificent dark victorian building , researchers recently took core samples from significant spots on the building .
the hot reds of the buildings and blues of the sky dominated the opera .
the sets provided an extraordinary focus for attention , creating spectacle even as they were supposed to be removing it .
only the costumes seemed far too peculiar .
we think it should be bold and simple , with the emphasis on graphics rather than words .
we don't believe a voluntary second label , in addition to the new one , is the right answer .
this has been demonstrated in the laboratory .
the dancers certainly looked trapped .
yet when they realized that there was an opening in the net , they did not dare to escape through it .
it is not too grand a claim to say that it changed the way families got through the morning .
most of this hour , like the morning shows themselves , is given to the cult of personalities .
the bills already know what it is like to lose the super bowl .
now , buffalo wants to find out what it feels like to win .
bennett described the bills last year as being a bunch of young , wild and crazy guys who were just happy to be in the super bowl .
bills quarterback jim kelly said losing the super bowl last year had made the off-season much tougher .
ever since we lost last year's super bowl , we just wanted to get right back into it and start over again , kelly said .
it's not like a regular game where you go on to the next game and you win and forget all about it .
we've got the chance to go back and there's not many teams that get a second opportunity .
they were so athletic that they could attack and then still maintain that zone coverage , he said .
they don't worry about getting 4 yards a pop .
they score on three plays in 70 yards .
that was a major goal of ours coming in , not to allow them to get any big plays .
oddly , it also placed the bills in a situation that could make them the broncos of the 1990's .
we don't want to be in that situation where we go to two or three super bowls and never win one , said thomas .
i think the guys on this team want to get to this point and perform to a level to get there each year .
we're going to come in very confident that we can get the job done .
he said that he has traveled enough lately , this being his third team in two seasons .
it's all a matter of timing , he said .
people say , you didn't get him to lose him , so go get him signed .
as long as x is playing well , he's in a position to have tremendous leverage , knowing that we're certainly going to want him back .
that's going to help us improve our team , whether it's through trades or free agents , to the point where it will be very competitive .
there are going to be teams that won't even be able to sign their draft picks .
all we were hoping for was to be competitive , maybe make a little playoff run , he said .
the knicks will return home to play portland tomorrow night before going back on the road to play milwaukee on friday and cleveland on saturday .
the redskins are headed for their fourth super bowl in nine seasons .
in his 11 years , the redskins have the national football league's best playoff record and the second best overall record .
it has coached itself pretty much .
most coaches say the key unit to any pro football team is the offensive line .
there are enough guys on this football team that know what super bowls are like , he said .
they've been there , they've played in the playoffs and they try to get the message across to the other guys who haven't been there .
we've got a good combination of very excited and contributing young guys , he said .
you put that combination together with our veterans , and you've got a good football team .
i think the combination of veteran leadership and great coaching is what's pulled our team through .
one of those veteran leaders is charles mann , a defensive end in his ninth n.f.l. season .
a lot of teams tend to think they've got it and let up .
he led us by example and told us to keep our heads in the game .
mann said focus was important because if you go into the playoffs and lose it , it's all over .
the 1983 team was very strong , and it had everything .
the 1987 team was an emotional team .
there's enough recognition to go around for everyone .
we've been able to get a great mix of veterans and young guys from plan b and the draft .
they make great chemistry , and great chemistry makes great teams .
the mets , in a variety of other minor moves in preparation for the 1992 season , signed four pitchers to minor league contracts .
the 11 players eligible for arbitration for the mets were expected to file their contract figures today .
the italian and new zealand teams , in particular , appear to be threats .
their boats look fast -- i've been impressed with them from the beginning .
but neither american group seems concerned with the long view right now .
the goal of each is to win the defense slot .
he also has a third new boat on the way and a fourth expected to be ready by march .
koch said the decision on who would go first was based on experience .
for the first time around , i decided i've got to work harder than buddy , so i'd better take the boat that maybe could be a little bit slower , koch said .
the first set of defense trials will end jan. 26 .
he was news editor , not bureau chief .
magic johnson reiterated yesterday that he intends to play for the united states olympic team at the barcelona games this summer .
johnson was picked for the team before he announced on nov. 7 that he had tested positive for h.i.v. , the virus that causes aids , and retired from the los angeles lakers .
despite the virus , i can still play .
johnson , who declined comment on the current state of his health , was in washington for today's meeting of the president's aids commission .
the lakers announced yesterday that they would retire johnson's no. 32 in a ceremony at halftime of their game against the boston celtics on feb. 16 .
the bomb that exploded in central london last week was not meant to kill but to serve as a calling card for the irish republican army .
few of the 11 support a vigorous poverty law program and some have worked to kill it .
but 23 have been to the legal agency .
congress has maintained funding for the poverty law program despite repeated requests to kill all appropriations for it .
these reports could not be officially confirmed .
a total of 46 other parties did not win any .
on sunday night , the new high security council declared the first round of elections void and canceled the second round .
they could not stand up to another military sweep , said a senior government official who also asked for anonymity .
every move they make is monitored .
there was no indication whether there would be crowds in the streets on tuesday .
three million of those voted for the islamic front , while the others cast their ballots for some of the dozens of minor parties .
i am a democrat , but i strongly support the army's takeover .
i , like thousands of others , shared those feelings of anger .
in argentina , the law allows the police to arrest homosexuals .
he said he had fled the country because he could not tolerate this police terror , noting that the fact they know me as a gay man and i am on file makes me very vulnerable .
this is the first case ever examined on the merits , he said .
rebecca cook , a law professor at the university of toronto and director of its international human rights program , said she expected the decision to affect refugee cases in the united states .
future asylum cases in the united states , professor cook noted , will now be able to cite a canadian precedent as well .
a ruling was made from the bench , but a written opinion has still to be handed down .
in determining refugee status , the united states , canada and the european countries are all bound by the 1951 united nations convention relating to the status of refugees .
but he emphasized that the case did not suddenly mean that canada would become a haven for all homosexuals who claimed refugee status .
reflecting a heightened concern for human rights , canada has taken other steps recently to improve social conditions for homosexuals .
the real question is , what does the science say ?
i do not believe the issue here would be any different if the alleged offense had not involved speech .
the west is getting a taste of its own medicine .
editorial writers on right and left call for a return to religious values .
you have to make some judgments about what's going to sell , not only to your membership but to the country at large .
if we went for clinton we probably could get 85 percent of our agenda .
but it's clinton who , in my opinion , can get us to the white house .
and he's the only candidate who does .
i've never said that every union is going to support me , he said .
but ann f. lewis , a democratic political consultant , says the 1984 campaign is a reminder that candidates are not always helped by a united labor front .
the larger labor looks , she said , the more it's seen as a target .
this year the local unions are expected to wage more significant efforts on their own to help their favored candidates .
if unions plan to support only the candidate with the best chance of winning , the senator told reporters , by that logic they may as well just endorse george bush .
the council endorsed our proposal dec. 19 , following the unanimous recommendation of the public safety committee , of which i am chairman .
michigan also claims a 54 percent reduction in the average comprehensive automobile insurance premium .
tv guide will cut its rate base , the circulation guaranteed to advertisers , for the second time in eight months .
the weekly magazine will also raise its cover price and reduce its advertising rates .
the cover price , now 79 cents , will rise to 85 cents or 89 cents , depending upon the outcome of tests in local markets , tv guide said .
the move will result in 900 layoffs and a $ 16 million charge against earnings in the company's third quarter , which ended on dec. 31 .
but the decline in imports from china was followed by rapid growth of imports from pakistan .
the wounded officer was then pulled out and taken to a hospital .
david w. scott , chief of the police department , said the man told the officers he was in a lot of pain .
the police said he was a staten island resident , married and the father of two children , a son , 3 , and a daughter , 1 .
all too often , lee brown and i stand side by side at times like this , mr. dinkins said .
again and again , my plea is for people to understand how important it is to get rid of guns .
the proliferation of guns is what brings us to this kind of situation .
if you don't have a gun available , the dispute will get resolved in some other fashion .
the police and neighbors said he fired scores of shots at the police , who took cover behind vehicles and houses .
she said she saw them climb out a front window onto a porch roof .
to the officers below , so they would know who he was , she said .
i think if she would have jumped , she would have hurt herself .
he made no demands , they said , and much of what he said had to do with his own pain .
the latter claim has since been dismissed by the courts , but the university has continued to assert that the papers it holds should not be taken to atlanta .
he set a trial date of march 2 in boston .
he did nothing during his lifetime to suggest that he changed his mind .
mrs. king's suit contends that dr. king's letter to boston university is not legally binding in massachusetts and that he had told friends he wanted to find some other permanent place for his archives .
applicants would pay $ 10 and have their driver's license records examined ; those with a moving violation in the last 24 months would be rejected .
citicorp said it would report a quarterly loss of $ 125 million to $ 150 million , mostly because of bad real estate loans , but would earn a profit this year .
there is little citicorp can do quickly to cure problems with bad loans , but it said it was making progress in reducing expenses in corporate and consumer banking .
digital equipment is starting a big campaign to sell personal computers , this time through mail order .
digital is cutting the prices of its current pc line by up to 50 percent .
chase manhattan reported a 30 percent drop in earnings in the fourth quarter , but returned to profitability for the full year .
in silicon valley , a growing number of asian immigrants are starting high-tech enterprises .
prevention of accidents in which a vehicle goes out of control and rolls over is the focus of a federal safety review .
prices of treasury securities fell .
wheat futures prices turned up sharply .
david m. thompson , a company spokesman , said profits were expected to grow by 15 to 20 percent , but not in a straight line through 2000 , with sales growth of 8 percent to 10 percent .
he said that four new products approved last year by the food and drug administration should generate $ 1 billion in annual sales .
he finished a three-year term as chairman of the board of directors of the federal reserve bank of kansas city last month .
but the advertising for the new fares , which is expected to appear tomorrow , will concentrate mostly on the business traveler .
we have attracted many business travelers , he said , although declining to say exactly how many , and if we could attract more , it would represent an important niche market for us .
in some local areas , such as vladimir , officials facing consumer protests are raising government price subsidies , a socialist step that the reforms were intended to end .
the way the country usually gets out of a recession is government spending , but with the debt so big we can't do that .
i just see things getting worse and worse .
the auto industry doesn't have anybody to blame but themselves , he said .
you've got to look in the mirror when you make $ 4 million .
it turned out , they said , to be surprisingly difficult .
the clothes were too expensive , she said .
and the electronic goods simply were not as good .
i went into several places and i couldn't find any american product to buy , she said .
when he did , he said , his main concern would be health care .
it's almost to the point where you have to be working till the day you die , he said .
there seemed to be a widespread opinion that president bush had been a disappointment , and that the democrats had not distinguished themselves .
but , she said , i would have loved to write in mario cuomo .
still , russians are not rushing to withdraw savings .
we still have a great share of such people , but their numbers are declining .
people did not think of interest income on their savings as valuable .
it was a gift from the state , which took care of their needs .
mutual funds and money market accounts with floating interest rates are still unknown here , but stocks aren't .
frequent television commercials and newspaper ads urge russians to buy shares in newly private companies , promising big returns .
so is holding dollars , purchased on the black market in moscow and a few other major cities .
now officials are saying that ordinary citizens will soon be allowed to buy dollars legally at some banks .
for the vast majority , the response to inflation is more primitive .
certain goods have become , in effect , hard currency .
the three were convicted saturday and sentenced to death by firing squad .
until recently , economists say , the soviet union and its communist allies of eastern europe provided cuba with over 85 percent of its imports .
television and movie theater programming has been cut back to save electricity .
with a drop like that you are no longer talking about economic performance , you are talking about staying alive and feeding people .
experts say he has introduced only relatively minor economic and political changes , including direct elections to the national assembly , which has never played a central role .
he was arrested yesterday after he agreed to perform an abortion on an undercover investigator , the authorities said .
i see women come in and out of the clinic very often , said a woman who lives across the street but refused to give her name .
quite a few women had visited the two-story building yesterday , she said , but left after nobody answered the bell .
the woman later delivered a baby girl with a missing arm .
but budget cuts have cut the number of people in the unit from a dozen to three , she said .
going beyond the vote of no confidence issued by another wall street monitor last week , the standard & poor's credit agency lowered its rating on a wide range of new york state bonds , including those regarded as its most secure .
the state senate gave final approval to a package of major welfare changes that would make new jersey the first state to cut off additional benefits to mothers who have more children .
governor florio has not said if he will sign it .
as each word is spoken , it is displayed on computer monitors in the courtroom and in distant law offices where witnesses are being prepared to appear .
a rule barring political campaigning on post office grounds does not violate constitutional guarantees of free speech , a federal appeals court ruled in a connecticut case .
the federal reserve board is holding hearings on the merger this week in big western cities that will focus on issues of loans to low-income communities in which antitrust concerns will also be discussed .
he asked me to sign myself in voluntarily or they would carry me in , she said .
she was married , raising two children and working as a secretary .
in april of that year , things started to change .
i'm not sure what brought on the initial bout of depression , she said .
for six months i was not able to function at all .
i could not eat , talk on the phone or write .
she was hospitalized and recovered , but her life was different .
she returned home , but not to work .
but in october 1982 , she was hospitalized for six more months .
the federation is supported by the neediest cases , which helps thousands of new yorkers get their lives back on track .
and with it died democratic legislative control .
the republicans have pledged to reduce the sales tax from 7 to 6 percent and to study the other parts of the tax package to see if cuts can be made .
they also plan to reopen discussions on secondary education financing , insurance reform and a ban on assault weapons .
but critics of the measure -- including abortion opponents and the new jersey chapter of the american civil liberties union -- say the law would be unconstitutional .
the package , which was approved in the assembly last week without debate , would deny additional benefits to any woman on welfare who has more children .
mr. florio is expected to sign the bill into law .
a similar bill has died in the new york legislature in each of the last several years .
the assault weapons ban inspired one of the strongest lobbying efforts ever mounted by the national rifle association , which poured tens of thousands of dollars into republican legislative campaigns .
but in a statement today , the vatican said it had sent diplomatic notes to the capitals of the two states recognizing their sovereignty and independence .
vatican officials were not available today to comment on why the recognition had apparently been brought forward .
that , he said , had left the yugoslav federation without a representative to the vatican .
there are other passions of politics and history that are more important , an official said .
the volume continues to be heavy , a pattern that has developed in each of the trading session since the fed cut the discount rate on dec. 20 .
transportation stocks were another hot spot and showed good strength , led by the airlines .
the consensus is that they will be raising fares in 1992 and be able to hold them .
the name of the third soldier was being withheld until his family could be notified .
heroin is not associated with as much violence , but heroin addiction is harder to shake .
in the heroin epidemic of the late 1960's and early 1970's , the drug was the leading killer of young men in new york .
inside the guitar , the inspector found half a pound of white powder .
if you find colombian heroin , said one federal drug official , i would say the entry point is new york and from there it goes out to the other states .
through a combination of diplomatic pressure and police action , the united states , turkey and france managed to break the french connection .
heroin production increased sharply in southeast asia and mexico .
some federal officials say they expect a rapid expansion of the colombian crop .
but others that once thought the game as super for them as for the football teams that play in it intend to sit out super sunday this year .
cbs reiterated yesterday that it expected all of its time to be sold out , at full price , before the game .
but nike does not count itself among them , he added .
the super bowl is the most watched sports event of the year , he said , and , as a company that made a name for itself in sports and fitness , it's very important for us .
and 54 percent can recall a super bowl spot , compared with an average of 23 percent for a conventional commercial .
the proposal was rejected by congress two months ago .
its american equivalent is the air transport association of america .
the european group includes europe's biggest airlines but does not include airlines that are purely charter carriers .
we live in a time of rapid changes , he continued .
he also completed an international teachers program at the harvard business school .
it means that you can file one plan instead of , in effect , 53 plans , mr. friedman added .
it was the company's initial plan , submitted after a deadline extension had been granted ; it was not a revision .
the recession has hurt most long-distance carriers , especially in their lucrative business traffic .
although there is no precise estimate for business calls because the companies have no way of determining who is on the line , most analysts say business makes up about half of long-distance calls .
while some businesses , trying to drum up customers , have made more long-distance calls , others have reduced their phone bills through closing offices and laying off workers .
the newly laid off , in turn , often cut back their spending at home on long-distance calls .
as a result , growth in the market for long-distance calls has slowed considerably .
but analysts say volume growth for all carriers was probably at best 6 percent , down from 10 percent or more in previous years .
about 59 cents of every sales dollar in 1990 came from u s sprint , but only 17 cents of every profit dollar , partly because of the big special charges .
if you look at the sophisticated business user , our market share has grown significantly .
about a half percentage point of the increase over november 1990 , however , was because of the way the figures were calculated , a spokesman for the office said .
in 1991 , the november period included more of the peak christmas retail period .
bankruptcy isn't what it used to be .
john anthony , a veteran new york women's wear designer , filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week .
but this had nothing to do with the recession or lack of sales , mr. anthony said .
i have new backers who are coming in .
our business is wonderful , he said last week .
are animal prints making a comeback , again ?
we have financed the company ourselves from the beginning .
but we have been looking for somebody who could help us expand .
cast members from the original show , which opened in 1968 at the village gate , will perform at the memorial .
the service is free and open to the public .
the only basic pump he shows has a modest platform sole .
he chose a site in spain for his factory , and he often buys his materials in italy .
but his headquarters are in new york .
to keep close contact with the fashion field he often provides the shoes that american fashion designers like nicole miller show with their clothes .
but a lot of other stores followed .
originally , the idea was that women would buy the ties for men as gifts .
while they often look like abstract paintings , they are actually cut out of colored paper , mr. meyer said .
i knew people said that i loved where i wanted , oscar says , but that is love too .
it is a terrible experiment , and not one that anyone would deliberately set in motion .
but since it is there , it is an opportunity to learn from this terrible experiment .
the ship is to leave norfolk , va. , on wednesday , returning six months later .
so the pollution in the gulf is much more persistent than that in the prince william sound .
nobody has yet calculated the costs of restoring the environment , expenses that under united nations resolutions are supposed to be collected from future iraqi oil revenues .
we have nothing to say on this matter one way or the other .
type in the data , and it makes the charts in a consistent style that gives the presentation a professional , planned look .
the difference is that the planning is largely built into the program , and the user will remember how to make another presentation a month or two later .
if you do not like the first style , you can change to another in an instant or two .
the steps are almost identical , and in moments , the second chart is done .
at any point , you may add a speaker note , a reminder of what should be stressed or a point that should not be forgotten .
to see the presentation as a whole , there are three choices .
now the presentation must be ... presented .
there are five types of word charts and eight types of number charts .
its customers do not include graphics artists and people doing data analysis in a graphics program .
at the end of it , in april , one boat will have claimed the right to defend the america's cup in may for the san diego yacht club .
the schedule for the defense trials at first calls for four sets of match races , with each series lasting about two weeks .
each victory will count for a point .
the winner will defend the america's cup .
if you use those standards , christopher was conservative .
he said , you'd better talk to the guys in the press room .
somebody has to make the decision .
for only the second time since he was hired 30 years ago by abc , button will not be at a mike for the olympics .
with the game out of hand , the broadcasters did what bored broadcasters do : filled time .
he said if i didn't , he would do it himself .
you don't have to tell ralph wilson that winning the super bowl is a neat trick .
he is the owner of the buffalo bills , and he saw them lose to the new york giants last january by one point .
now , for the piece de resistance , they are preparing him for the kentucky derby in an even more remarkable way : one race in france , probably a month before the derby , and then fly him into louisville and shoot the works .
about 30 days before the kentucky derby , and then bring him over a week before the race .
he's proved he can handle dirt tracks and run in any direction .
it's tough to prepare a horse with less racing .
but europeans train their horses harder .
still , to go a mile and a quarter the first weekend in may is hard for any horse .
only 12 more shopping days until the super bowl .
it's in the air , like a strain of the flu .
in publishing , a rule of thumb says less is more .
with the n.f.l. , a rule of thumb has been , for this title game in particular , there is no such thing as too much .
so the strength of the super bowl has been its weakness , too .
and that is , the publicity that hits us like a january blizzard in minnesota .
we have 12 more days of it to wade through .
he says his swedish is better than his chinese .
what the playwright meant was that , unlike his experience in beijing , he will be dealing mostly with people who can speak english .
not that he found communications a problem in china .
and he is not sure they will be any smaller in sweden .
the award is given for a body of work , and mr. miller is being cited for his insight into human motivation and his range and power of dramatic expression .
philip roth won the medal last year .
he's not only a sufficiently great writer , he's a great man .
if he had never written a play , he would be known for that .
it's what we did more or less last summer as part of the jazz in july series .
potential jurors in marion county are drawn from voter registration lists .
the minority population of marion county is 22 percent .
the men around her vary in quality .
these accusations are worse than wrong .
the problems were , however , made in detroit .
detroit needs to sell more cars at home , where imports now claim a third of sales .
but businesses like motorola that try can succeed .
u.s. auto companies have never really tried .
the big three certainly do know how to make cars that foreign buyers find attractive .
just a few months ago nobody knew any .
it's awful that nobody knows any history anymore .
and they don't just know history , they know the history the rest of us know is all wet .
years ago maybe you bought a copy of the warren report .
for the past 54 years history has insisted that it did .
it left me half persuaded that the french revolution , far from being essential to human progress , was probably unnecessary .
what he was trying to say seemed to be that history wasn't much worth troubling about .
they may also tell us something about the state of various national minds .
talks can now also begin between israel and jordan .
japan admitted that its army had forced korean women to have sex with its soldiers during world war ii , and hinted at compensation .
the west is hot in music , movies , tourism , fashion .
what momentum there currently is in the democratic presidential campaign is clearly with gov. clinton , but if history is a judge , mr. clinton should be wary .
it was a full month later before i understood that they were among the most important questions human could ask of human .
i asked myself -- what made these men so ugly of soul as to do this thing ?
but where does this kind of hatred come from ?
yet we live in a world where millions do these things to one another .
whatever is in them that they act so shapes the world and our lives , sometimes our deaths .
where does it begin and how does one know it before the knife is raised -- what are its symptoms ?
is hate inevitable and must one hate evil to remain good ?
because they hate -- and because they teach hatred .
citicorp expects a loss of $ 125 million to $ 150 million in the last quarter of 1991 but a profit this year .
a federal review of deadly accidents in which vehicles roll over could result in mandatory changes in the design of cars and trucks .
ten previously unknown cities that made soviet nuclear weapons now face anxious speculation about their future .
i never collected them , so i don't care much .
but , mom , did you have to trash my baseball cards ?
the jews , i did not speak up , because i was none of these .
when they came for me , there was no one left to speak up .
it was designed for the band concerts popular in the 1920's and 30's .
in its time , it gave audiences much pleasure and wonderful memories .
asian immigrants have long made up a large proportion of the engineers in silicon valley .
in some cases , they are creating companies that successfully compete in areas dominated by foreign companies , like making computer monitors .
in doing so they are attracting substantial investments from taiwan and hong kong and creating jobs .
andrew grove , president of the intel corporation , a giant semiconductor maker , escaped from hungary in 1956 .
now , immigrants from taiwan , hong kong and china are taking their turn .
not all the companies started by chinese immigrants are in silicon valley .
in addition to chinese , people from india are also starting companies .
but few japanese are , probably because most japanese executives and engineers are transferred to the united states by japanese companies and stay with those companies .
they are looked upon as good work horses , and not race horses .
he now runs expert edge , a software company he started with backing from hong kong investors .
even when they start their own companies , many asian entrepreneurs bring in a more experienced manager , usually a white male born in the united states , to serve as chief executive .
in recent years , companies and wealthy individuals in taiwan , hong kong and singapore have been investing in american technology .
taiwan investors in particular have shown a preference for companies started by immigrants from taiwan .
but others , lacking a track record or the proper contacts , do not .
we thought if we made a product sale we could survive two to three months , he said .
but in others , almost all the top executives are chinese .
the company grew rapidly through low-cost manufacturing and rapid product design , but it paid little attention to marketing , and some employees thought the top officials did not delegate enough authority .
it recruited new managers with diverse backgrounds and is now returning to profitability .
to help compensate for their position outside the silicon valley establishment , some asian executives have formed their own network , through organizations like the asian american manufacturers association , the chinese institute of engineers and the chinese software professional association .
he was 70 years old and lived in birmingham .
the court used to the full its extraordinary power to lay down the fundamental rules of our national life , mr. lewis wrote .
he remained with the firm until his election to the state's high court in 1974 .
citing failing health , he retired from the court in 1985 .
as a technical matter , the supreme court did not do what the washington attorney general asked in his petition .
while not setting a precedent with a formal order to the ninth circuit , the supreme court opinion today accomplished much the same result with its pointed criticism .
the delay in this case demonstrates the necessity for the rule that we now make explicit , the opinion said .
the supreme court turned down his appeals in 1985 and again in 1988 .
among these were two prominent legal disputes .
the united states court of appeals for the 11th circuit , in atlanta , upheld the fine and the dismissal of the lawsuit last year .
the american auto makers are also using that argument in pressing for more access to the japanese market .
even if i had been confirmed as u.s. .
attorney for the southern district of florida , i would have taken the same step , he said later at a news conference .
he did not say what his plans were .
after a year , he could petition for release .
that number has been growing as cars get smaller and light trucks become more popular .
despite years of pressure from safety advocates , the federal safety agency , the national highway traffic safety administration , has never before proposed performance standards to reduce deaths from this kind of accident .
it deals with the largest safety problem that we are working on right now .
if they are going to make a difference , they have to influence the design of the vehicle .
what they face if they issue regulations that are going to have any effect is very , very strong opposition from the manufacturers .
but officials of the motor vehicle manufacturers association , which represents the auto makers , said they had not yet presented their views on the issue to the government .
the transportation law approved in congress last year requires the safety agency to write new rules within the next two years to prevent such accidents , and although the agency had already announced plans to begin its review and issue proposals this year the topic is so complex that the full two years are likely to be taken .
it might then take auto makers years to completely adopt whatever design changes are ordered .
the agency announced its review early this month in a formal notice seeking comments from the industry , consumers and other interested parties .
the notice included a broad range of possible measures that the agency wants to study .
the safety review could fuel a continuing debate within the bush administration over how far the federal government should go in writing regulations when both the benefits to consumers and the costs to businesses are potentially great .
so far , the highway safety agency has published no estimate of either the costs or the benefits of the actions it is considering .
in newly published technical documents , the agency calls such accidents the most dangerous collision type based on the rate of death and serious injury per person involved .
the highway agency has taken on the problem at a time of significant progress in reducing highway deaths .
that was the lowest number of highway deaths since 1962 .
but it could order drastic design changes in the worst cases .
we really have not narrowed our focus yet .
to keep the vehicle from rolling over , that is the ideal solution .
we are not certain how to do that , or whether we will be able to do so .
the agency is seeking detailed comments from experts on this and other ideas .
the tokyo stock exchange will be closed on wednesday for a national holiday .
the decision illustrated the growing pressure on funds from elected officials to invest in their own states .
the court , without comment , denied an appeal by a number of insurance groups of a ruling last june by a federal appeals court in new york .
the ruling was the second defeat for insurers and followed a more important ruling that had opened the door for banks to sell insurance .
the appeals court had said the basic federal banking law did not bar bank units from selling insurance , a decision that the supreme court let stand in 1990 .
the scenario for an early clinton victory was fueled by recent polls showing him at the head of the pack in new hampshire , neck and neck with a neighboring son , former senator paul e. tsongas of massachusetts .
if mr. clinton wins there , many democrats believe , it will be hard to stop him .
the major reason is march 10 , super tuesday , which involves a large number of delegates , as its name suggests , and has a strongly southern cast .
mr. clinton's fund-raising edge is also important ; because of its sheer size and expensive media markets , super tuesday demands super money to compete .
in other words , it is just five weeks before new hampshire , but real people are only beginning to pay attention .
mr. clinton was in chicago today , and will head on to california , nevada and florida , then back to boston and new hampshire .
the senator from nebraska was widely predicted to be one of the most formidable competitors .
the question is whether he has time to pull off this transformation .
in other words , mr. clinton may be breaking from the pack -- but this has not been the most powerful pack .
his advisers are expert at raising the risk factor for a little known democratic challenger .
america with these problems is like there .
in particular , they spoke of the lack of a death penalty in new york state .
when there's not tough measures , how can you live when at 7 at night you won't go out ?
robbery is apparently not the motive , said lieut .
the first time they wanted to kill him , he was wounded .
other law enforcement officials said he had also served three years in a federal prison for racketeering .
there is a real sense that when it comes to jewish concerns , the mayor is less concerned .
i have sympathy for any struggle to defend jews , he said , but added , i don't think its place is here .
a government official who wants money , that's not a crime ?
obviously , it changes the relationship somewhat .
in all , store brands accounted for 13 percent of supermarket sales , for the year ending june 30 , 1991 , the most recent period for which data are available , according to information resources inc. , a chicago market research firm .
the times are getting much more like they were in the 50's , when private label was very popular .
store brands account for 20 percent of canada's supermarket business .
there are 140 master choice products , ranging from cookies to tea to bread sticks to pasta and pasta sauce .
the company plans for private labels to account for 25 percent , but no more .
according to some polls , mr. shamir would lose to his labor party rivals or to younger members of his own party in a direct vote .
the plan by the northeast savings corporation to acquire and reopen four rhode island banks and credit unions was formally approved by its board today .
groups who say they are holding the remains of missing israeli soldiers have said they are prepared to cooperate .
and an israeli spokesman reiterated that his government was willing to free all the lebanese prisoners it was holding in return for its own men or their remains .
he is among six whose release or remains are demanded by the israelis .
until today , japan's official position has long been that the comfort girls were recruited by private entrepreneurs , not the military .
but he said that because japan settled issues of wartime compensation for korea in 1965 , when the countries resumed full diplomatic ties , there would be no official compensation for the victims .
while historians disagree about how many women were forced to have sex with the troops , estimates run from 60000 to more than 200000 .
they have been in japan since 1958 , when they were returned by united states troops , and it is not clear why they have stayed out of view for so long .
the comfort women debate has been but one of the continuing tensions between tokyo and seoul in recent years .
lawrence small , who previously headed the group , left citicorp last year to joint the federal national mortgage association .
although citicorp will not issue its complete earnings report until jan. 21 , several big banks have already reported their results .
yesterday chase manhattan said its earnings dropped 30 percent in the third quarter .
although citicorp cut costs by $ 700 million last year , it remains far from its goal of $ 1.7 billion in cost reductions by the end of the year .
the 15 executives have a mandate to manage the day-to-day operations of their businesses as they see fit .
this is a big cultural change for us , mr. reed said , noting that in the past , cooperation among different citicorp units was not high on the list of qualities that would be rewarded .
intense speculation in financial markets about its prospects led to yesterday's announcement of a loss of $ 125 million to $ 150 million .
citicorp continues to hold fewer reserves to cover losses on bad loans than many analysts say is needed .
the company says it prefers to charge off bad loans as a loss , rather than to set aside reserves , but it is gradually building its reserves , nevertheless .
the company said it added $ 200 million in the fourth quarter .
the company hopes to increase the operating margin to $ 7 billion by the end of this year .
little concrete information has emerged here about his life in the united states , except some reports that he had studied acting and had been involved in business .
they've been turned from pieces of machinery to small pieces of metal .
it was like a big laser light show .
it's against everything i was brought up with , he said .
the toll is likely to increase because bodies are still being found .
the situation appeared to ease , but on jan. 6 violence broke out again , directed mainly at muslims .
these riots have been far more widespread and brutal than those of december .
in other places , apartment owners have reportedly paid protection money running into thousands of dollars .
the business district closed after a few hours and the stock exchange , schools , colleges and most markets have remained closed .
the changes stem from meetings with creditors earlier this week .
the jet , which was was equipped with special accommodations for ill passengers , took on passengers at a distant part of the frankfurt airport after the authorities reported receiving a threat against it .
their trial is expected to continue .
berlin prosecutors are reportedly also preparing cases against dozens of other former east german officials .
he fell ill during at least two sessions , and did not appear at all for several others .
the former east german leader described the country he led for 18 years as an experiment that failed .
the people being tried today were yesterday welcomed as honored guests of state , he wrote .
in one of the most decisive moves it has ever made to combat shrinking market share , the new york stock exchange will cut certain customer transaction costs about 15 percent , william donaldson , chairman , said yesterday .
if volume grows in those trades , which are usually placed by individual investors , then the savings will increase , presumably giving the exchange the ability for further cuts .
none of the saving , to begin feb. 1 , is likely to be passed by member firms to the investing public in the form of lower commissions .
the other proposals , which include reducing the turnaround time for orders and allowing new types of trades , are included in proposals submitted for approval to the securities and exchange commission .
that range has been the area where the new york stock exchange has seen the greatest loss .
what we are trying to do is increase the order flow at the low end of the order segment , mr. donaldson said .
having a presence in all of the order segments is very important to the exchange and its customers .
exchange officials have said that order flow would return -- or at least the decline in the big board's market share would slow down -- because of the quality of the big board's trading systems .
many brokerage firms established their own market makers elsewhere , such as at the stock exchanges in cincinnati and boston , providing extra revenue for handling customer transactions .
by reducing customer transaction costs , the exchange will be simultaneously reducing its own revenue .
but because specialists have agreed as part of the plan to pay an additional $ 9 million in fees , only about half of that revenue cut will affect the big board's bottom line .
a number of retail brokerage officials said the cut in transaction costs was likely to strongly influence their decisions on where they directed order flow .
but they added that they did not expect the new plan to prevent them from using regional exchanges as they have in the past .
the other proposals are less dramatic in their implications .
on average , orders are now executed within about 29 seconds .
under the new rules , that would be cut to 15 seconds .
under the new plans , it will also allow traders to place orders to be executed , if possible , at the market close at or below a set price .
they said countries that refuse to sign the treaty after some years may also face an embargo of sales of certain chemical products .
the united states and russia were among those signing today .
experts say they believe it may cost up to $ 10 billion and take more than 10 years to destroy russia's 40000 tons of chemical weapons .
the full horror of chemical weapons , like mustard gas , first became apparent in world war i , when they killed almost 100000 people and left another one million wounded or blind .
they have been used occasionally since then .
nerve agents , the most dangerous , can bring on death within minutes .
while negotiations on the new treaty began as far as back as 1968 , they only gathered momentum after poison gas was used to kill some 5000 kurds in march 1988 in northern iraq , near the iranian border .
the iraqi government is suspected of launching the attack , but international investigations have concluded that it could have come from iraq or iran , which were at war at the time .
iraq threatened israel with chemical weapons in 1989 , prompting fears it might use them in the persian gulf war .
no iraqi delegation was present at today's ceremony and baghdad has given no indication whether it will later accept the treaty .
but today , several arab countries went their own way .
in asia , the one other region of the world that is caught up in an arms race , the major powers -- china , india and pakistan -- have all agreed to back the agreement , but north korea and vietnam did not attend today's ceremony and have given no sign of their future intentions .
but the treaty also permits a so-called challenge inspection that can be requested by any country that has signed that suspects another might be manufacturing chemical weapons .
the challenged country has 120 hours in which to open the site in question to inspection by international experts .
countries that refuse such inspections or are found to have violated the treaty may be subject to sanctions .
i'm not promising they'll get there , but they're a lot more focused on this than before , he said of the chances of an agreement in light of the death of the marine .
but they were also aware , the envoy said , that public opinion could change quickly if violent attacks against american forces increased and local leaders were perceived as doing little or nothing to improve the situation .
but he added , everyone knew from the beginning that this was a risky operation .
if you dump the blood , they come around .
we've had 43 chemical attacks on abortion clinics in the last nine months , and it's going to get worse .
they said it might encourage more people to join such protests .
it sends the message to our troops that even with the clinton administration taking over , we may be down , but we're not out , he said .
he added that his group was planning protests in washington during inauguration week .
what happens to women in small towns if the police won't get involved ?
representative charles e. schumer , the brooklyn democrat who is chairman of the house subcommittee on crime and criminal justice , said he planned to introduce legislation next week making it a federal crime to block access to abortion clinics .
but we didn't move the bill because we were waiting for the supreme court .
it's exactly the same issue , making sure that rights are protected .
but he took pains to say that the legislation would not necessarily conflict with church doctrine .
no representatives of orthodox jewish groups testified today , but they are scheduled to appear at a separate hearing in manhattan on friday .
the department's statement came in response to a call by the united mine workers of america for an immediate inspection of all coal mines in the united states .
they went part of the way toward answering the question that ms. hill herself had refused to answer : who was she talking about ?
in a chamber that first addressed the issue of sexual harassment in a seminar just a month ago , they said , the men were learning quickly .
and then assemblyman lafayette , a democrat from queens , owned up to having insisted that ms. hill climb over him to get to her seat in the assembly chamber three years ago .
i assure you from now forward , i will be more conscious of how my actions affect others , mr. lafayette said in a letter he sent to ms. hill today .
she did not identify any of the colleagues , saying that she just wanted to draw attention to the problem and not to hurt anyone personally .
he issued his statement of apology today and would not agree to an interview .
all of us are learning to be more sensitive to the feelings of people , and especially women .
experts in sexual harassment in the workplace said that what happened this week was a healthy experience for the assembly .
the wall , which opens today , is more precisely a wall of donors .
the remainder will go toward the continuing restoration of the north side of ellis island .
they got pizza on ellis island now , too , he said , adding that he welcomed all , even those who were not immigrants .
traveling on a student visa , he knew he could return to his homeland if he decided not to stay .
i like to put my name and my children's names with all the people who came from overseas , he said .
then i start a small fruit store in manhattan , sell that .
i buy a little bigger one down to brooklyn , sell that .
go to bronx for card shop , sell that , go to queens for candy store .
what may be unique is the size alleged , he said .
the company , based in st. louis , is expected to say it is owed as much as $ 1.2 billion , the wall street journal reported today .
it was unclear whether the air force would pay the claim .
the air force currently plans to buy 120 of the planes for $ 37 billion .
the pot has gotten pretty big , he said .
the company wants to put the best face on a bad situation .
who will care for the tens of thousands of poor people fallen ill ?
he had a wonderful sense of humor , mrs. anderson said yesterday .
i thought he would have liked this .
the new york times neediest cases fund gives money to seven charities that have set up programs for thousands of adults and children who have aids .
some of the charities are also mounting education campaigns .
the new york times pays the fund's expenses , so all contributions are given directly to seven charities .
but he was the one i knew and loved and continue to miss .
the college chose him in 1988 for a newly created award for distinguished contributions to science , one of many such honors that came to him during his long career .
the new plant is part of a $ 50 million program to increase united states production capacity .
west took two diamond tricks and led a third diamond .
south tried a heart to the jack , losing to the ace , and west led another diamond .
south needed five more tricks and seemed to have two sure losers .
she led the spade two from the dummy , and when east played the three , south knew the position in the suit .
west won and returned a diamond , which looked safe but was not .
west could have destroyed the ending , and beaten the contract , by returning a heart when given the lead with a trump .
he was unhappy with the trade and didn't report to edmonton until two months later .
the knicks have now lost three of their last four games and six of their last 10 .
they are more worried about themselves .
we just didn't play well at all and did not deserve to win at all , said knicks coach pat riley .
you've got to come ready to play , and we were not really ready to play .
i didn't say anything to them tonight .
check out some of new york's offensive numbers tonight .
john starks , who had his second consecutive strong offensive performance , was new york's only consistent offensive threat .
denver never trailed in the second half .
when we came out tonight , i thought we didn't have any energy , like walking in mud , ewing said .
eventually , it became a nightmare for the knicks .
instead , they found themselves in another struggle .
he is survived by a brother , arthur , a son , john , of new hampshire , and four grandchildren .
products designed to fit the human body better was another popular theme .
convenience was another area where manufacturers sought to edge ahead of rivals .
health concerns showed up as a theme outside the kitchen , as well .
this show allows us to meet the big shots we can never get an appointment with normally .
the defense took over midway through the period and stretched the lead to as much as 18 points .
iowa made 39 free throws in the game .
jimmy carter says he is sure that bill clinton will set a fine example in washington .
of course , when he was in the white house , mr. carter sent his daughter , amy , to public school .
besides the camp david accord , the most popular thing i ever did was walk down pennsylvania avenue , mr. carter said .
it has never been easy being jimmy carter .
the former president was in new york to promote his new book , turning point : a candidate , a state and a nation come of age .
it is a memoir of his first political race , a campaign for the georgia state senate in 1962 .
but inevitably , conversation turned to a more recent election .
the first thing mr. carter noticed about bill clinton when they met in 1974 was that the promising young politician from arkansas had , unlike him , won a rhodes scholarship to oxford university .
he had never failed before -- the way i was for a large part of my life .
but the most intriguing fact in the book comes when mr. carter admits to a small wrong of his own .
i could not believe i did that , he said .
to me , it's the most shocking thing in the book .
even though there were bad things , he said , he was a people's president .
reporters keep saying this is the first time a president-elect has gone to the capitol and sat down with republican leaders -- if only jimmy carter had done that , mr. carter complained .
i probably did it five times as much as bill clinton .
he said he had spoken with mr. clinton several times during the transition , mostly giving him advice on haiti and its refugees .
i am accustomed to that , he said .
there was a time after i came out of the white house when nobody wanted to be associated with me .
he voted for mr. clinton in the georgia primary .
mr. carter figured that , if anything , mr. clinton would have it a lot easier on those matters than he ever did .
lemieux has had surgery for a chronic back problem .
the penguins said lemieux would not play for about four to six weeks .
its cause is unknown , although there are intensive research efforts to seek a virus as a cause .
these include 90 concerts in the main hall and 23 in weill recital hall .
the american composers orchestra is presenting five concerts .
although no works were commissioned for next season , a spokeswoman said that the hall remains committed to the program .
i brought my own costumes from america , because i knew they wouldn't have hollywood clothes , she said during a recent interview in her hotel room in manhattan .
i didn't get plastic surgery or change my hair color .
a photographer tries to sell her on the idea , describing his joy the first time his infant daughter laughed at a funny noise he made for her .
i really don't think that the laughter part is enough incentive .
peter's friends performed strongly at the box office in britain and , since opening on christmas day in limited release , has done well in this country , too .
he liked it and put up part of the backing through his company , renaissance films .
the last person who says you do it wins .
it's old friends getting together , she said , but from there on peter's friends is totally different .
it's been so long since people have seen the big chill that they don't remember what it was really like .
yesterday i got off the plane and they had sent my bags back to los angeles .
i didn't believe that either , but it happened .
we have those in england , along with culture .
q. a few years ago , i bought some sweet bay plants but they won't grow .
the ideal condition for good growth is a cool spot indoors in winter , a warm spot outdoors in summer , and a generous dose of sun all year .
so if gardeners throw some out , it's no worse than that .
his collection includes bulbs inherited from friends who insisted that they could not get them to bloom again .
they must literally bake in the sun , too , to do their best , he added .
but , he cautioned , some may have to skip a year to gain enough strength .
those of general interest will be published .
it is meant for small repairs requiring only a few drops .
for large projects , like building outdoor furniture , buy the ingredients in cans .
before you apply contact cement , make sure the pieces to be joined fit exactly , without having to be moved afterward .
position the counter top on the strips .
remove the next strip , press , and repeat .
no super bowl for the steelers , one said .
just like no world series for the pirates .
the penguins are going to win the stanley cup again .
now there must be signs of stress .
after unrelated shoulder surgery , nelson returned in 1988 , but started only three games .
we just shook hands ; he probably doesn't even remember .
the thing that surprised me was that he was pretty big for a hockey player .
but the important thing for mario now is that he's comfortable with his doctors , karl nelson said .
he has to have a good mental attitude about all this .
if you believe your doctors are helping you , they are .
construction will begin in march and is scheduled for completion in 1995 .
the company filed for chapter 11 protection from creditors in january 1992 .
and as saddam surely knew , mr. bush had to respond with force .
two and a half years ago he grabbed all of kuwait .
so next time he might pose a lesser challenge .
western ground troops would be needed .
and that might prove very difficult to arrange , as saddam well knows .
not only bill clinton , but every other western leader wants to concentrate on domestic problems .
but he also indicated he was ready for a fresh start with president hussein .
saying that the criminals have come back , president hussein told iraqis in a brief television speech about the air strikes .
despite repeated threats of broad retaliation by washington , the raid on iraq today was a minimal military action .
it was intended not to produce a decisive outcome but to send the political signal that washington and its allies were determined to enforce restrictions imposed at the end of the gulf war .
he immediately left for chile , where his wife lives .
in what has been hailed as the first attempt to eliminate an entire category of weapons , over 120 nations , including the united states and russia , have begun to sign an agreement to ban chemical weapons .
but his first priority -- real reform in campaign funding -- will test both parties .
the house has approved a campaign reform bill , and the senate is working on one , but mr. florio declared that neither was the strong medicine we need .
new jersey puts no limits on how much an individual , a corporation or a labor union may give a candidate for the legislature .
governor florio has endorsed those recommendations as a first step .
adoption laws were intended to provide substitute parents for children whose own parents cannot raise them .
children are not property ; they are people .
lawyers on both sides refused to discuss the subject of the meeting or how it might affect the trial , now in its 13th week .
the defense is expected to begin presenting its case on thursday afternoon .
he said those topics were the province of the jury once it begins deliberations .
individually , each lawyer argued that the state had not offered evidence that his client was directly involved in all of the sex acts mentioned in the indictment .
after the ruling , one defense lawyer , mr. ford , said he was not surprised that the judge rejected the motion .
gold prices lost ground after rising in asia .
the dollar settled mostly higher in foreign markets and was mixed during early domestic trading .
there was some profit taking in the dollar , but the currency largely recovered before trading came to a close .
you know , every morning when i go out i wonder if i'm seeing people i'm going to see for the last time .
you know , this morning two of my friends came over and went running with me .
i mean , this has been my life here .
and then i was away for nine years and before that i lived my whole life here .
i'll miss my whole network of friends and what i can do .
i have a lot of friends in washington .
but it's been a very emotional two weeks for us , i must tell you .
i try to get them not to say that .
i don't want her to have a job outside the white house .
besides that , i want to support her .
this going to be the first time -- we've been married since 1975 and the only year where i made more money than she did is the first year we were married .
so , i got a lot of catching up to do .
i haven't supported her very well all these years , so i want her to work there .
i wish -- the office structure in the white house is not the best .
we're trying to figure out what to do about that .
they won't let us knock down any walls .
so we got to figure out what to do .
but when he was asked if hillary clinton had been in on any of the national security meetings about the crisis in iraq , he replied quickly , no .
he said that he was still working on his inaugural speech and that there would not be any big surprises .
no , really , i'm having a real good time at it .
the part of it that has been fun for me so far is just seeing what others do .
from lincoln forward , there really was modern language .
despite repeated threats of broad retaliation by washington , the air strike against iraq today was a minimal military action .
it was intended not to produce a decisive outcome but to send the political signal that washington and its allies were determined to enforce the restrictions imposed on baghdad at the end of the persian gulf war .
the allies did not hit any of iraq's offensive military power -- its military bases , aircraft or armored divisions .
as in vietnam , the united states struck , ordered a pause in the bombing to evaluate the response , and suggested it would expand the attack if the enemy did not get the message .
western officials said the united states , britain and france were prepared to renew their air strikes if iraq did not comply with the broad list of allied demands .
the raid today could not have been more different than the air campaign that washington and its allies launched two years ago after baghdad refused to withdraw its forces from kuwait .
indeed , according to news reports today from baghdad , iraqi officials were relieved and surprised at the limited scope of this attack .
in july 1992 , when washington and baghdad were at odds over iraq's refusal to allow united nations inspectors into a building that the united states said contained records of iraq's weapons program , the white house threatened force .
iraqi officials dismissed the threat , saying they were not afraid of being hit by one or two bombs .
but if it succeeds , the pentagon has done more than punish iraq : it has opened the door to the use of limited force in other crises .
we need to move away from that and toward higher levels of investment .
if you've been exposed to that , there's got to be the impression that there must be something terribly wrong here .
still , the state's political professionals do not count the senator out .
people will see that the investigation was politically motivated , he argues .
he had been in long discussions with top justice department officials in washington .
but the visit left several questions .
did top justice department officials themselves have last-minute second thoughts ?
the day after he reported the girl missing , he showed off a christmas card that he said she had sent him .
she looked a little frightened by all of us , but she was happy to be out .
entry appeared to have been made deliberately difficult .
but she could hear and see what was going on outside .
there was no immediate word on what she told the police .
the case file was sealed to protect the identity of the boy .
officials said that she had watched news reports on her television set and knew that the authorities were looking for her .
that is partly because unemployment is probably greater than the current survey can capture , and the new , more accurate one is likely to capture at least some of the additional unemployment , government officials said .
apart from the unemployment issue , the new survey will produce information not now available that could have an impact on government policies .
it might , for example , encourage the federal reserve to raise or lower interest rates sooner than it might otherwise act as a result of the labor force data now gathered each month in the current population survey , run by the census bureau in collaboration with the bureau of labor statistics .
part-time jobs generally do not pay as well or offer as comprehensive benefit packages as full-time jobs , so that a labor force composed of a rising number of part-time workers is probably less well off than one composed of more full-time workers .
in the current survey , anyone holding any job for any number of hours in the week before the survey is listed as employed .
now people will also be asked whether they regularly work full time or part time or hold two jobs , questions currently posed only in surveys conducted every year or two .
but for the first time since 1967 , the questions are being revised and labor economists familiar with the changes generally welcome them .
that is a breakdown not captured in current data .
planning for the revised current population survey began in the late 1980's and the new questions were tested in 1990 and 1991 in focus groups and in random telephone polling .
since last july , the survey has been tested monthly among 15000 representative households .
some questions might tend to lower the unemployment rate .
that is likely to encourage people to be more consistent and precise in their new answers .
greater accuracy in turn tends to push up the unemployment rate , officials say .
that meant jail , since all have been convicted of committing security offenses in the west bank and gaza strip .
we don't believe that expressing sympathy for a banned organization is a crime , he said at a news conference in jerusalem .
withdrawal on our part would be giving a prize to hamas , and that neither the arabs nor the united nations wants , he said .
up to seven shipments a month will be allowed .
environmentalists and local political leaders attacked today's decision .
but they said longer studies with more patients were needed to see whether the treatment produced the expected clinical benefit .
in the united states , the disease primarily affects blacks , but variations are seen in people of mediterranean , middle eastern and east indian descent .
doctors are particularly reluctant to give it to children .
time may have been running out on the governor .
in 1991 , the tribe won the right to open a casino under federal laws that govern indian reservations .
i can't think of a cleaner way to get additional revenues for the state of connecticut , he said of the agreement .
it in no way takes away from the legislature in pursuing whatever course it wants to pursue .
the first 100 machines will be up and running this friday , with at least 3000 more machines by this summer , tribal officials said .
the expansion will create 1500 new jobs over the next nine months .
a major advertising campaign aimed at boston , new york city and northern new jersey will begin this spring .
late tuesday , for example , the tribe began calling every bank in new england seeking to buy every susan b. anthony dollar in circulation .
the first of those machines will come into use on feb. 1 , mr. brown said .
the $ 100 million figure is based on the state receiving 25 percent of slot machine revenues .
the tribe pledged $ 30 million in contributions over the next four months .
other provisions of the agreement could also be popular with some residents and legislators .
motorola inc. today reported record fourth-quarter sales and earnings , reflecting strong growth in the company's semiconductor and communications businesses .
soon after , the soviet scientists received the full plans for the american bomb .
russians always thought the bomb was theirs .
at that dramatic time , it was a question of life or death of the country , of millions of lives , and it was necessary to act from the logic of the situation .
he was arrested in england in 1950 and sentenced to 14 years in prison .
released after nine years , he spent his last years in east germany and died in 1988 .
but the family never reached safe haven .
the soldiers were shooting at us as we went over in the night .
i left my village when the soldiers came , but could not fight because i had no guns .
i want an islamic government because we must get rid of communism .
when you have 50000 , 100000 refugees arriving in a country torn by war , you cannot expect to have the best facilities .
a lot of people who arrived were wounded , he continued .
how many people died crossing the river , we don't know .
we left about two months ago and went to the river .
we tied inner tubes together and put boards on top of them .
but when we crossed , they were shooting at us and some children were killed .
the gap between consumption and domestic production was filled by imports , which the trade association , the american petroleum institute , said rose by about 4 percent last year .
last year's statistics show the share of the energy market filled by natural gas , which is clean and available on this continent , continuing to rise .
its use grew 2.7 percent , compared with overall growth in energy consumption of 1.1 percent .
the institute said that the price of gasoline was up 18 cents a gallon over the last five years but that this was less than inflation and that 10 cents of the increase was taxes .
and assemblyman ivan c. lafayette of queens , right , admitted that he insisted to ms. hill that she climb over him to get to her seat three years ago .
ms. hill shocked her colleagues earlier this week when she disclosed three incidents of harassment by male members of the legislature .
the new proposals include a code of conduct to limit press reports on the private lives of public figures .
before the day was out , she had done so .
but the prince has his own problems , which were underscored by disclosures this week .
he asked at a news conference today .
once the oil is in the water , it's too late , he said .
ford , which last year posted strong gains in car and truck market share , managed to maintain momentum .
chrysler only reports vehicle sales on a monthly basis .
he died of heart failure , his family said .
known for his independence , mr. curtis resigned as chairman of the corporation for public broadcasting in 1973 .
later , president gerald r. ford appointed him the founding chairman of the federal election commission .
morton , for political duties and paying him out of public rather than party funds .
mr. curtis also pressed for restrictions on congressional campaign financing .
in the house , he rose as a ranking member on the ways and means and joint economic committees .
mr. curtis also supported civil rights laws and encouraged blacks in his party .
he was active in ronald reagan's presidential campaign and was chairman of the missouri delegation to the republican national convention in kansas city in 1976 .
after graduating from dartmouth college and washington university law school , he joined his father's law firm .
in world war ii he was a lieutenant commander in the navy , serving in the philippines .
dr. solomon said indications from a preliminary analysis of the results of the program in various institutions are very encouraging .
the widow of william j. casey , the man at the center of charges that advisers to ronald reagan struck a deal with iran during the 1980 presidential campaign to delay the release of american hostages , came to the capitol today to praise a house report that concluded there was no truth to the accusations .
the theory holds that reagan campaign aides worried that president carter would arrange a last-minute release of the 52 american hostages ; that is , spring an october surprise that would win him re-election .
the house committee concluded that mr. casey , who died in 1987 , never attended any such meetings .
mr. sick did not attend today's events , and he said in a statement left on his telephone answering machine that he would not comment until he read the house report .
at a news conference to present the report , representative lee h. hamilton , an indiana democrat and chairman of the house foreign affairs committee , stressed that republicans and democrats alike on the panel had agreed that no conspiracy had occurred .
they have portrayed the issue as going to the core of separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of government .
mr. bradley is a member of the senate finance committee and is considered an expert on tax policy .
but the measure has consistently failed to win support among senate democrats .
the legislation mr. bradley proposed today goes well beyond previous proposals in both scope and power .
it would give the president the power to strike from the budget not only appropriations but also tax expenditures .
new york city transit officials said signal power on the a and c lines was not affected because they receive power from another source .
trains caught between stations were allowed to proceed slowly to the next so passengers could leave .
while direct power to all trains was not affected , they could not be operated without track signals .
investigators watched his house in bay shore , l.i. , almost around the clock .
they monitored his movements and travel .
accompanied by his lawyers , he led authorities to the strange underground room where he apparently had held the girl since before he reported her missing .
he was aware that he was being monitored , the source said .
it was the police presence and pressure that led him to call his attorney .
both , for example , propose that a metropolitan plan give parents some choice on where to send their children .
if you do not have resources that can upgrade schools in the central city , people in the suburbs will not send their children to those schools .
lawyers for the plaintiffs in the suit said they had not decided on specific goals that they will request from judge harry hammer , who is hearing the suit here in superior court .
the hartford region's racial mix provides that flexibility .
the plan should be developed by a neutral panel , such as one appointed by a court .
a plan must be carried out as soon as possible .
a fair plan must send suburban children into city schools as well as city children to suburban ones .
that will require heavy investment in city schools , so that they will be attractive to suburban parents .
for the first time he raised the issue of white flight , in questioning professor willie about a plan that boston introduced in 1988 that asks parents to list the top five schools they want their children to attend .
the professor had held up the plan , which he helped draft , as an example for hartford , saying that under it most parents get their first or second choice .
handed his own study of st. louis , professor willie looked over the numbers .
it's almost as if he were saying that given what happened to him in his youth , he has never had anything to lose by taking risks .
at least as he tells it , he was never one to play a calculated game of politics .
all of which makes for a good story , up to a point .
it's almost as if he were saying that given what happened to him in his youth , he has never had anything to lose by taking risks .
at least as he tells it , he was never one to play a calculated game of politics .
all of which makes for a good story , up to a point .
he was a founding member of the new york alliance of black school educators and the national alliance of black school educators .
so the apparel giant will use better fabrics , sell the line only in department stores and promote it separately as something new that's been there all along .
other oil prices were little changed in new york .
this was all in line with seasonal expectations , analysts said .
though new jersey's defense at times was not one a high school coach would tape and show as an example to his players , they did score down the stretch when they had to .
the old nets might have packed their bags and left the arena .
we knew they were going to try and make a run , said coleman , so we just tried to contain them .
at one point the game could have gone either way but we hung on against a good team .
he added 11 rebounds and 3 assists in 38 minutes of play .
derrick coleman had a tremendous game , said nets coach chuck daly .
when he raises his game , we can beat anybody .
chris morris had 19 points and 12 rebounds , but toss in 7 turnovers and the game turned out to be not one of his best .
the most interesting battle was perhaps between anderson and cleveland guard mark price , both georgia tech alumni .
i like to compete against the best , anderson said .
he's one of the best guards in the league .
but what's important is how we executed down the stretch when we had to .
i think that's the sign of a good team .
cleveland had good ball movement and crisp passing .
at times , the nets simply watched .
at that point , both dancer and pianist did not stop their activity so much as finally come to rest .
if the choreographer has been able to attract prominent experimental composers and visual artists , it is because their contributions are used with integrity .
but for all the talk about using revenue from a playoff to finance women's programs , many delegates complained that the equity issue should be a more significant part of this convention .
except for a report by the gender equity committee and six proposals , the problem of how to finance and support women's programs was put off until 1994 .
there were 18 bowl games this past season , which paid out almost $ 68 million to the participants and their conferences .
he's been saying publicly and privately he thinks this is an idea whose time will come .
whether that time is now , i don't think any of us are prepared to say .
we are concerned about the continued expansion of season lengths and playing seasons .
everybody hopes that all of these problems can be solved with new money .
but many institutions -- certainly many presidents -- are of the opinion that we've about played that string out .
we have this little green book of issues they are discussing at this convention and gender equity is not major among them .
i'm considering proposing federal legislation on gender equity , she said .
right now , the enforcement of gender equity is with the department of education .
i want to take it out of there and put it with the department of justice .
it's almost as if he were saying that given what happened to him in his youth , he has never had anything to lose by taking risks .
at least as he tells it , he was never one to play a calculated game of politics .
all of which makes for a good story , up to a point .
few if any commercial distributors could drop that low .
he also said that government regulations allowed nonprofit organizations to show a profit if the revenues are used in a manner consistent with the organization's purpose .
r. david lynch had a fresh idea for a television show , and that should have been that .
it's not that bad an idea for a movie .
in technical terms , too , he was entirely on target .
the finale , for example , seemed polite when it should have been sharp edged .
available at home depot stores across the united states .
also available at all hold everything and bed , bath and beyond stores .
but cleaning should not take place too often , as it causes wear , too .
i was surprised when i picked up my fourth foul that coach didn't take me out , wright said .
i'm just doing what has to be done , wright said .
there are going to be times when i don't score points or i don't get rebounds .
people might come down on me for that , but i'm not worried about it .
boston college and syracuse are expected to decide soon on the status of important players who have been suspended indefinitely as the result of legal problems .
evidence of a conference in transition : out of 50 starters on big east teams , only 14 are seniors .
seton hall is the only team without at least one freshman or sophomore in its starting lineup ... .
relentless junior forward michael smith had 19 points and 7 rebounds in 33 minutes , with just one foul .
greenberg has run baseball's central office since vincent resigned under pressure on sept. 7 , but he was consulted on and advised of important matters less and less since then .
negotiators for the owners and the players met for two hours at a manhattan hotel .
talks have begun now because the owners reopened the contract , as of jan. 10 , on the issues of free agency , salary arbitration and minimum salary .
if the contract didn't expire by nov. 1 , there would be no way of affecting the economics of the 1994 season .
it's academic at this point , he added , because i have every hope and expectation that there will be a labor agreement in place at the end of this baseball season .
i can't imagine any reason why the union would consider striking since their sole objective was to assure there was peace and baseball be played , he added .
it can only be as a result of a decision the players might make , but i'm confident they won't .
one person who sat in on the session predicted that the comment would spread quickly among players across the country .
but in skiing , we need to develop the ability to be comfortable while sliding and staying in balance at the same time .
many people simply don't know how to balance themselves in this situation .
when you are out of balance , you use part of your strength just to achieve balance and hold yourself up .
bend your knees until the back leg touches the ground and try to hold this position for 15 seconds .
then , do them with one eye and then both eyes closed .
as soon as the snow surface gets rough , it challenges the balancing skills and skiers can't react to it .
i like to see skiers go out and deliberately test different snow .
just doing that will improve balance .
the company said it would fourth-quarter results in early february .
he has examined governor clinton five times in the last two months .
clinton is not in danger of throat cancer .
it's not something you like to do .
using a reasonable amount a couple of times won't hurt you .
the new president's occasional voice problem apparently is no big deal .
we should know every medication he takes .
congress , rather than bill clinton , may have to resolve the question of homosexuals in the military .
appoint a panel to study the issue and suggest alternatives .
congressional action would probably be required to carry out the recommendations .
promptly propose legislation to end the ban and ask congress to define the status of homosexuals in the military .
if he takes this step , he should make it clear that for reasons of morale , good order and discipline homosexual conduct would not be permitted .
such an amendment would probably pass .
though there are many new faces in congress , sentiment on capitol hill for a major change was not strong last year .
moreover , house and senate resolutions merely urging the secretary of defense to abandon the current policy met a similar fate .
these matters include what to do about military quarters , personal privacy , medical and survivor benefits and amendment of the uniform code of military justice , most of which would require congressional action .
individual homeowners are liable for civil penalties , including fines of up $ 3000 for each violation .
but government officials said an application was made for the wife but not for the husband .
the worker is not eligible to enter the united states until he or she receives a visa and work permit .
it is unclear what action may follow .
this month , she wrote a check to the treasury for the full amount .
america's dispute with baghdad is not personal but concerns interests and principles .
mr. brown insisted on tuesday that the event , which was to have been put on sunday at the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts by a group called friends of ron brown , posed no potential conflict .
the affair was arranged before he was chosen commerce secretary , he said , and had been intended to honor his work as the chairman of the democratic national committee .
there's a big difference between being chairman of a political party , where people may be supporting your political party or the other one , and having a commerce job where you actually make decisions , he said in an interview with reporters of the new york times .
he was party chairman , they were going to have a party , he thought he was going out as party chairman .
that made it a very different issue .
as a partner at one of washington's most powerful lobbying law firms , mr. brown's resume is thick with representation of foreign governments and interests .
mr. brown has also relied on a network of corporate and private interests in overseeing one of the most successful fund-raising operations in the party's history .
more important public issues than his personal reputation are at stake .
to its credit , the bush administration granted the committee unprecedented access to official records .
the committee also reported that vietnam and cambodia were now cooperating in the search for further evidence .
if mr. bush won't act , it will be up to bill clinton to close the last chapter of the vietnam war .
for bringing that end within reach , the senate committee deserves the nation's thanks .
senator edward m. kennedy , democrat of massachusetts , said he would sponsor a similar bill in the senate .
the case was argued twice , once just before justice clarence thomas joined the court in october 1991 and again last october .
the decision today overturned a 1990 ruling by the united states court of appeals for the fourth circuit , in richmond .
the majority opinion also addressed several other issues in the complex case .
the court overturned this finding on the ground that there was no evidence that the protesters intended to interfere with the right to travel .
one such case has recently been appealed to the court by the national organization for women on behalf of several abortion clinics .
but researchers say longer studies with more patients are needed to establish clinical benefits .
the new york city board of education voted to give parents across the city the right to choose any public school for their children .
over 120 nations , including the united states and russia , have begun to sign an accord banning the production and use of chemical arms .
this strategy would give special importance to the independent commission set up by the security council to investigate war crimes in the bosnian theater .
meanwhile , the board of education has contributed nothing for reconstruction and no maintenance work .
the required papers will be sent to the state's department of education today , said field .
she had only returned to dancing with the company on jan. 6 , after a two-year absence because of hip and ankle problems .
she saw a doctor this morning and has a small broken bone in her foot and a sprained ankle , david gray , press director for the ballet company said yesterday .
she is likely to be out eight weeks .
wendy hadn't danced that work with the new york city ballet before , but has done it elsewhere , mr. gray said .
she joined the company in 1967 and was named a principal dancer in 1977 .
military intelligence officials said there were no immediate signs of iraqi retaliation , as some commanders had feared .
he made no reference to any damage or casualties in the raids , however .
in other actions and statements , iraq sent mixed signals about its intentions .
but these concessions came too late to prevent the air strikes .
iraq had also refused to allow united nations inspectors to fly to baghdad in their aircraft .
but he said nothing about returning the missiles that the iraqis already removed , as the united nations security council has demanded .
egypt said it hoped there would be an end to armed attacks on iraq .
both he and the military backed out of a similar agreement reached last february .
things look extremely positive right now , the adviser to father aristide said .
i still have a hard time believing that the army and its supporters will let it happen , but we'll see .
father aristide , who was elected president in december 1990 and held office for nine months , remains highly popular among the country's desperately poor majority .
it was nearly eight months , not nine months .
he was a leftist priest who won election .
once again , the american military in coalition with strong allies has performed in a superb fashion .
i've not yet seen a damage assessment or results of the strike , but they did the right thing and the coalition did the right thing .
and i can say with confidence here and i think it's important , and i'm confident governor clinton , the president-elect of the united states , feels that way , too .
and i have talked to him before these strikes hit , and he as much as told me that , and then i have heard statements out of little rock .
and i think that's a very important message to go not just to our coalition forces that we have every intention of working together in the future , as we have in the past , but to saddam hussein , who has violated the resolutions .
and i'm confident that president clinton will do this and feel the same way after the 20th .
q. and did we have any reservations , sir , doing it so close to the end of your government and all that ?
i'm president till the 20th , and i will run the foreign policy and conduct these -- make these kinds of decisions as long as i am president .
so we'll just keep it closely informed .
but i have no reservations at all .
you got to do what you have to do , and there should be no question about that .
a. just his failure to live up to the resolutions and then his moving around of these missiles in a way that was unacceptable to the coalition , to the united nations .
a. i will conduct myself to the 20th just as i have in the almost four years gone by , and that is , i don't say what we might or might not do , but i would think that soon saddam hussein would understand that we mean what we say and that we back it up .
and i have no intention of changing that approach to life in the last six or seven days of my presidency .
i should say i'm very proud of the pilots and those who supported the pilots .
once again we see what superb training we have and what dedicated young people are out there .
the new york stock exchange will cut some customer fees 15 percent to combat shrinking market share .
oil demand rose significantly in 1992 because of the recovering economy .
wall street was expecting good earnings news from intel , but nothing like the profits and sales figures it reported .
now it plans to go into the export business .
eight aluminum companies will cut production because of an electricity shortage in the pacific northwest .
the dollar was mostly mixed and gold lost ground after rising in asia .
a compromise state law enacted in 1991 had recognized jan. 20 last year only as civil rights day , without dr. king's name .
bills to approve a king holiday have failed in the state legislature since 1979 .
but a measure is expected to pass this year , and mr. merrill , a republican elected last november , has said he will sign it .
a dispute between russia and ukraine has delayed western efforts to give russia more time to repay billions of dollars of debts of the former soviet union , american officials said today .
but russia never accepted this offer because it was unable to complete a tentative deal with ukraine .
earlier today , a spokesman for the state parole board said mrs. harris , 69 , would probably go before the board next week .
though job gains are weak , i don't think you ought to go at job creation by investment spending of the federal government , he said in an interview a week before he leaves office .
two-thirds of the jobs are created by small business .
he urged mr. clinton to rely on exports and small business for job creation .
but mr. brady said today that growth was already fairly strong , averaging almost 3 percent last year .
mr. brady said he was not sure what he would do after jan. 20 , beyond taking a vacation in february .
i fought these guys for two years , saying growth is not like a light switch that you decide some morning you want to turn on and it goes on , he said .
time and again he has criticized the central bank for acting too little and too late to cut interest rates and for letting the money supply grow too slowly -- a development that helps push up interest rates and slow economic growth .
at times , he noted , the size of the money supply fell instead of growing .
both the federal district court here and the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit had refused to address the merits of his challenge , ruling that the case presented a political question that should not be resolved by the courts .
the common sense meaning of the word sole is that the senate alone shall have authority to determine whether an individual should be acquitted or convicted , he said .
the committee itself does not take a vote .
if the constitution has either assigned a particular function to one of the branches or has provided no standards by which the judiciary can sort out a dispute involving that function , the courts generally find that they lack jurisdiction .
wall street had been expecting good news from the intel corporation .
but virtually no one thought it would be this good .
intel , the largest semiconductor maker in the world , reported today that its fourth-quarter profits had more than doubled .
he said that in 1993 intel would probably make more profit than the combined earnings of all the other semiconductor companies that sell their chips for use by other manufacturers .
just three weeks ago , intel had advised analysts to raise their earnings estimates , but today's figures exceeded even the revised data by a considerable margin .
by producing the dominant chips , he said , intel holds vast power in the personal computer market , but unlike computer makers has much lower costs .
last year , he said , investors sold i.b.m. and digital to buy intel and microsoft .
a regular quarterly dividend was initiated with a payment of 10 cents a share on dec. 1 , 1992 .
but because it uses a different connecting pin structure than the intel chip , it has not won over many computer makers .
it's a classic example of the grand jury hearing only one side of the case .
he is awaiting a federal parole board's decision whether to send him back to prison .
whether the opposition social democrats would agree to the constitutional change , as they would have to do for the amendment to pass , was not clear today .
since then , three more pier stores have opened there .
the opportunities the company says it will seek include moving into other parts of western europe and beyond , either on its own or in partnerships with local retailers .
and when people achieve middle class , they want to live like americans .
and analysts and retail experts believe the company will continue to benefit from the recovering economy .
a few retailers have made a go of going global .
mr. johnson said pier 1 would use joint ventures and licensing agreements to open stores in the far east , south and central america and other countries where language and unfamiliar laws and business practices could present barriers to success .
we just think it's better to do business with a partner who's more familiar with the laws and speaks the language , he said .
in exchange , pier 1 will supply its expertise in visual display , inventory selection and using computers to help manage the business .
the things they sell are useful in europe , in asia , wherever .
the city will be there for the family in any way we can , he said , including providing dinner for family members this evening .
he joined the marines on july 17 , 1989 , one month after graduating from elizabeth high school .
he had been sent to somalia on dec. 29 .
but he's a dead hero , he told the associated press .
the uncle described him as an athletic young man , a boxer , who wanted to return to elizabeth after his service , go to college , and get his mom out of this place .
several neighbors said they had not known that the marine they heard was killed lived among them .
funeral arrangements are incomplete .
he would stay after class and talk a little bit .
he was the kind of kid you would like for your son .
affairs was organized to put the issue to rest .
the panel offered comfort and information to scores of families about their loved ones .
it succeeded in pushing vietnam to cooperate in accounting for the missing .
this report does not close the issue , senator john f. kerry of massachusetts , the democratic chairman of the committee , acknowledged today .
but questions are not facts and are not proof .
these reports were taken seriously enough at the time to prompt recommendations by some officials for military action aimed at gaining the release of the additional prisoners thought to be held , the report said .
the committee criticized washington's handling of intelligence information and said disclosure of information to family members had been inadequate .
they said that was a wrong interpretation of the evidence or another instance of a wide conspiracy that goes back to the nixon administration .
six relatives of missing americans put out a statement criticizing the report , saying the panel failed to obtain essential documents and testimony .
senator john mccain , a republican panel member from arizona , said he hoped that the report would show that there is no proof that americans are alive there .
the national debt , they say , was far bigger relative to the economy during the early years of the the postwar economic boom than it is today .
in dollars and cents , you can expect to pay $ 200000 more in taxes than you collect in benefits over your lifetime .
the truly terrible news , according to new calculations by two economists : if current tax and spending policies continue , your grandchildren could end up paying 71 percent of their incomes to the government .
the difference is the lifetime tax rate .
both policies significantly increase net taxes -- the taxes paid less transfers received -- by current americans , the document continues .
some clinton proposals -- to raise taxes on the rich , increase the gasoline levy or slow the growth of health-care spending -- amount to steps in the same direction .
getting control of health-care spending is essential to keeping tax rates far away from 100 percent , said barry anderson , assistant director of the office of management and budget .
you could make a huge contribution by simply limiting benefit increases to the elderly to inflation .
schools chancellor joseph a. fernandez hailed the vote as an important message for parents and students and one more initiative toward school reform .
under the plan , most barriers to student transfers in elementary and junior schools in different community school districts will be eliminated .
currently , high school students can apply to any high school across the city , with about 85 percent gaining acceptance to one of the schools they have chosen to attend .
many families simply moved to get into a preferred school .
but in a formal vote of 6 to 0 , they both supported the chancellor .
school choice was not a program mr. fernandez brought with him to new york from florida in 1990 .
but as the program gained national support -- with some version of it in 13 states -- it emerged as another potential strategy to help city schools .
several local school boards already have established choice programs .
mr. fernandez is planning steps , including possible grants , to encourage districts to attract students .
but many parents have said the shortage of transportation money will limit choices , leaving the poorest and least prepared students behind in the most troubled schools .
mr. fernandez said gov. mario m. cuomo was backing a city campaign for more student transportation funds .
students who are rejected can appeal to the chancellor .
two and a half years ago , boeing shares were over $ 60 a share .
people do not buy stocks when the numbers are going down .
when times are good and people have the urge and income to travel , airlines try to increase capacity by ordering more planes .
but they take time to build , so that by the time the tail end of orders are set to go into production , demand may have weakened .
boeing got 78 percent of those , which is way above its historic share .
the treasury department disclosed today a broad revision of the nation's tax regulations for foreign companies , but it was unclear what effect , if any , the changes would have on tax revenue .
president-elect bill clinton said during the campaign that billions of dollars could be raised through increased taxes on foreign businesses .
the new rules , contained in documents nearly an inch thick , will take effect in 90 days , allowing a little time for the clinton administration to review and possibly change them .
mr. clinton's economic proposals during the campaign rely in part on raising an extra $ 45 billion over the next four years through the tougher enforcement of tax regulations on foreign companies doing business in the united states .
there is a general consensus in the tax community that those figures are greatly exaggerated , a senior treasury official said today .
but the official , who insisted on anonymity , said that he and his colleagues had not studied the revenue effects of today's revision .
the 1968 regulations assumed that most international companies were manufacturers that traded goods with easily measured costs and prices , the senior treasury official said .
estimates of the potential extra revenues have ranged wildly .
shirley peterson , the commissioner of internal revenue , said last april that an additional $ 3 billion annually could be raised through new regulations and better administration .
after his release he will be on probation for three years .
i'm sorry that they have been dragged through the mud with me , he said .
he said he still did not understand what was so wrong about what he had done .
this clearly was not expected , given the cooperative spirit in which both sides entered the agreement .
in return , the charges that could have led to his ban from the union or a suspension of several years were dropped .
he would have resumed the presidency of the local in 1994 and would have been eligible to run for another five-year term in the fall of 1994 .
he could also impose a suspension longer than one year .
the price of the 30-year treasury bond rose yesterday , but the rest of the market was little changed .
the 30-year bond seemed to get a boost from two factors .
one was that the price had fallen sharply lately and was due for a correction .
another factor was the unexpectedly low volume of car sales , which was another sign that the economy , while growing , is still weak .
they said that there was a belief there would be a flight to quality in reaction to the risks surrounding the confrontation with iraq .
the auction did not go well from the treasury point of view .
this had to leave a lot of dealers happy because it meant a good profit for them out of the auction .
there is a tremendous amount of interest , she said after several days of meeting with potential investors and bankers .
assuming the market conditions are right and and it is favorable , we will go ahead , she said .
the city sold bonds to the japanese as part of its bond sale in february 1992 .
instead they are purchased at a deep discount to the face value of the bond and when they mature the investor gets the face value .
the treasury will charge a fee for the sale that will raise the market price slightly .
a brooklyn man killed his younger brother who was suffering from cancer and then placed a plastic bag over his head and killed himself , the police said yesterday .
the police said alan had been struck in the head with a baseball bat .
the police did not know what kind of cancer alan had .
neighbors and workers at a corner grocery store said the family kept to themselves and never let anyone in the house .
yesterday , all of the lights in the house were on , but no one answered the door .
she wouldn't let me go in the house .
when we didn't see her sunday or monday , we got suspicious .
we sent one of our workers over , but he didn't get an answer .
we thought maybe she had gone on vacation .
the funny thing is that we didn't know much about her or her kids .
it seems to me like that house is bad luck , mr. martinez added .
i heard her husband died there years ago .
but the bronx district attorney , robert t. johnson , said the policy , which he announced abruptly in november , was not to blame and has in fact begun to work as he intended .
i would like to think there is always flexibility , he said .
mr. johnson said it was too early to assess the policy , but he added that in his view it showed early signs of success .
he lived in manhattan and florence , italy .
he died of cancer , according to a statement issued by his shoe company's corporate parent , the nine west group in stamford , conn .
since 1984 , he had had a line of women's shoes in his own name .
his designs ranged from dress to casual , influenced other designers and proved popular at leading stores .
eight aluminum companies in the pacific northwest , which produce 40 percent of the nation's supply , said today that they would cut production 25 percent because of an electricity shortage in the region .
peter marcus , analyst with paine webber in new york , called the cuts a moderate event for prices .
northwest aluminum , which is closely held , said it would cut less than 25 percent but declined to be specific .
the electricity cut runs through feb. 28 and may be extended .
the company says the bottle will provide a use for at least 15 million pounds of plastic collected for recycling .
finding buyers for plastic materials collected for recycling has been a major problem for cities and groups seeking to cut trash volume .
p. & g. cited a survey by the united states conference of mayors that found that a shortage of markets was the biggest barrier to recycling .
villanova dropped its third straight conference game .
but i thought david was great and lee outstanding .
i couldn't wait for the second half to start .
i told the kids if we play well we could win this thing .
if the three of us can be together again , mr. bruce said , anybody can be together again .
the ceremony , held on tuesday night at the century plaza hotel here , was the first to take place outside new york .
the ceremony will return to new york next year .
i know what i am now , she declared .
he said little more than thank you and see you soon .
the project is now estimated to cost $ 92 million .
the foundation has raised $ 48 million from corporate sponsors and other sources and has contributed $ 5 million of its own money .
but if not , pull it out and work it until we got a good shot , making them play defense .
two players who began their major league careers with the mets have signed minor league contracts with the dodgers and the giants and have been invited to their spring training camps .
it's less of a problem of hours , he said , because i already work these hours .
when his new responsibilities begin on feb. 22 , he said , he expects to be primarily focused on today until about 9 : 30 a.m. , when he will shift his attention to the evening news broadcast .
he said he would rely heavily on senior producers at both programs .
but he said he did not mind the attention and understood why news organizations focused on his age .
these are just some of the new products that furniture manufacturers and electronics companies were showing at the winter consumer electronics show in las vegas , which ended sunday .
he added that sony was negotiating with several furniture builders to create such an alliance .
the home appears increasingly to be the place of choice for watching movies .
just 16 percent said the best place to watch a film was in a movie theater .
a picture caption in the home section on jan. 14 with an article about home entertainment systems misidentified the makers of the audio and video components shown .
in order to mass produce , we have to have 5000 to 10000 people at one place , and there is no single group in the u.s. that can produce that much .
we are proud women , and we want to keep this going , but without help .
the items , based on patterns in the museum's textile collection , would all be made in the united states .
it's hard on the eyes and hard on the hands .
as a test , drop a little water on an area that won't be displayed .
blocks , points and corners should meet .
sponsored by the museum of american folk art .
announced the resignation of steve greenberg , deputy commissioner and chief operating officer , effective in 90 days .
the audience is primarily adults , he said .
but to lure children to the exhibition on weekends , the museum has sessions in which they can play with some of the toys , or variations of them .
toys that teach runs through april 25 .
we just feel strongly that the development of the players is something we have to have right now .
advance registration is required for all programs .
the shape of the city , a lecture series in its 10th year , will focus on issues affecting the future of urban areas .
the topics for the panel discussions will be housing ; open spaces ; large-scale projects and the relationship of a city and its suburbs .
proceeds will benefit the garden , which was damaged by hurricane andrew last year .
participants should meet at the park ; the class is free , but parking is $ 4 .
a series of sunday lectures will begin jan. 24 with a talk on tree selection , planting and care .
there's a natural rivalry between parents and teachers , especially in the early grades .
they look for recognition of their skills and experience and hope to get the parents involved in their children's work and lives at school .
a recent survey she conducted of families who had children in high school found that approximately 14 percent of the parents said that teachers didn't care about their children as individuals -- one of the key factors parents use in deciding whether a teacher is good .
not all parents are at ease complaining to a teacher .
they worry about retaliation against their children if they question something the teacher does .
knowing when and how parents should intervene if they disagree with one of their children's teachers can be difficult .
many minor conflicts between teachers and students resolve themselves during the first few weeks of class as they adjust to each other .
but before parents arrange such a conference , she suggests that they ask themselves whether they're upset or their children are upset .
make a special effort to meet with teachers , or at least speak with them over the telephone , before problems develop .
give them time to get used to each other's needs and personal styles .
if that doesn't work , meet with the teacher .
instead , approach the problem like a diplomat .
remember that each of you is seeing your child from a different perspective .
talk about what you can each do to help your child succeed in school .
the administrative structure of a school district is often as rigid as the military .
remember that you can always ask to have your child placed in another classroom , but you should do that only as a last resort .
that means that levy has chosen to sit a hot quarterback in favor of one who has started in the last two super bowls .
i made the decision that i think is correct , levy said .
if we win the game it's the right decision .
if we don't win the game we should have done the other thing .
if we played frank and jim was o.k. and we don't win the game , then we should have played jim .
more than anything , my arm felt a lot better , kelly said .
levy had made the decision to start kelly even before today's practice .
i was just hoping to keep things going until he did come back , reich said .
when he was first injured , this was about the timetable that we expected him to come back .
as much as i love to play and compete , the team has always been more important than my individual accomplishments .
there's never been any doubt who the quarterback of this team has been .
he has proved to be a tough quarterback , having never missed more than two games in a season with injuries .
this will be his second attempt at returning from a knee injury after a brief recovery period .
the bills won that game and advanced to the super bowl , where they lost to the giants .
oliver said reich was more patient than kelly .
kelly likes to look me off , oliver said .
he's got such a strong arm and he thinks he can get it in there .
kelly will try to force the ball more than reich .
he has already received $ 100000 for buffalo reaching the playoffs .
if kelly leads the team to victory on sunday , he will receive $ 200000 , and if he leads them to a victory in the super bowl , he will get another $ 200000 .
he may in fact hurt his team's chance if he is not honest with how well his knee feels .
she said by telephone that federal law barred possession of any amount .
she also said that neither player was accused of using the banned substances and that use was not part of the evidence .
if players feel this way , they will keep using it .
they can say , oh , here's a cop on my radar .
george young , the giants' general manager , also said moore had not requested a trade .
young called moore a good citizen who had never created difficulties .
that penalty was assessed before the present penalty scale was created .
but if the matter is settled before trial , federal guidelines allow punishment not involving prison .
the profile is once more sharp , the upper body imposing instead of merely expanding .
that is not to say i think new york doesn't like me .
the money had something to do with it .
people might have been disappointed in me .
and i sure wasn't the only one who struggled .
his body threatened to be an enemy .
i am much more aware of what i'm doing .
hey , new york was looking for someone to replace straw .
but bobby can have a great year for us .
the game , playing it , has always been the joy for me .
and the little things consumed him .
he came to feel that the local news media had transformed events into things they were not .
everything changed with me changing uniforms from the pirates to the mets .
i thought the mets had brought me in to new york for my personality .
i thought new york was exhausted by controversy .
i hope i wasn't a controversial player .
new york is tired of talk , anyway .
but this had come out of the deep , deep , distant blue .
lemieux , who is 27 , then went to his home in pittsburgh , to rest for radiation treatment that will begin within a week and will last three to four weeks .
he's climbed several of these mountains before , with his broken hand , with his infection from surgery .
he wants to get back with his life and with hockey .
we won't know that until he experiences it , said reich , who was to catch a flight today to pittsburgh to join lemieux .
it's impossible to predict the effect , despite all the speculation you're bound to hear about it in the next few weeks .
he's got a lot of heavy stuff on him .
i don't know how much more he can take .
it is unlikely that he will walk away from the game , and the incredible money .
the only thing i've ever seen him do on television is for the pittsburgh cancer institute .
because of a production error , a sports article yesterday about the ailing hockey star mario lemieux , under the headline lemieux is described as stunned but upbeat , was omitted from some copies .
cups and 18 english league titles , is in the premier league , the highest division .
if you've been exposed to that , there's got to be the impression that there must be something terribly wrong here .
still , the state's political professionals do not count the senator out .
people will see that the investigation was politically motivated , he argues .
he had been in long discussions with top justice department officials in washington .
but the visit left several questions .
did top justice department officials themselves have last-minute second thoughts ?
if you've been exposed to that , there's got to be the impression that there must be something terribly wrong here .
still , the state's political professionals do not count the senator out .
people will see that the investigation was politically motivated , he argues .
he had been in long discussions with top justice department officials in washington .
but the visit left several questions .
did top justice department officials themselves have last-minute second thoughts ?
if residents of kansas city approve the casino project in a vote on feb. 2 , hilton will build a $ 75 million casino for the missouri river .
it could open by summer 1994 , hilton said .
about 80 strike aircraft and about 30 support planes took part .
at the same time , iraq offered to halt its raids into kuwait .
they have been taking place for several days and were a violation of united nations resolutions .
we have made it clear to him that we will certainly do that .
he added in an interview that he hoped mr. hussein would change his policies so a new leaf in relations between baghdad and washington could be turned on jan. 20 .
several said they made double passes over the targets before dropping their bombs to make sure they had correctly identified the targets .
but they were apparently launched at random , without the benefit of the crucial guidance supplied by radar .
it was like a big laser light show .
the division saw extensive action in the vietnam war and in the campaign in the gulf .
for mr. bush , it was an oddly aggressive start to his final week in office .
but mr. bush , who according to his aides had been weighing an armed response to mr. hussein for months , said he had no reservations at all about the course he had decided upon .
you got to do what you have to do , the president said , and there should be no question about that .
i'm president until the 20th , and i will run the foreign policy and conduct these -- make these kinds of decisions as long as i am president .
the pentagon said the attacks in iraq , which won the support of virtually all major figures on capitol hill and most leaders abroad , began at 6 : 45 p.m. , baghdad time , 10 : 45 a.m. .
some arab leaders have voiced skepticism about the course of recent allied policy in the gulf .
other options existed , including target lists of much wider scope .
it was not clear why those options had been rejected .
but the missiles were never returned to their original bases , as the allies had demanded .
after initially responding to the terms of the jan. 6 warning , he said , iraq violated its requirements and the coalition is acting to restore an environment that poses no threat to coalition aircraft .
in between , there was no major change in the status of the missiles in the south .
what was most striking about the interview was mr. clinton's tone on iraq .
while mr. clinton has supported president bush's policy toward iraq since the election , his statements today are a departure from mr. bush's position that mr. hussein must be removed before iraqi relations with the united states can improve .
while he never believed the bush administration's initial claim that american forces would be out of somalia by jan. 20 , he remained committed to the somalia operation even if it requires a continued military presence .
you know if he spent half , maybe even a third of the time , worrying about the welfare of his people , that he spends worrying about where he positions his sam missiles and whether he can push the boundaries of the cease-fire agreement , i think he would be a stronger leader and in lot better shape over the long run .
i always tell everybody i am a baptist .
if he wants a different relationship with the united states and the united nations , all he has to do is change his behavior .
i thought to myself this last week , why is this man doing this ?
and i have asked others who have more experience than i do .
does he just not understand the american people ?
since i don't know that , all i can do is deal with what i can see , and that is his conduct .
i suspect that as president i will be tested by many people at home and abroad , and part of my job is to meet the test , he said .
he added : i am not going to abandon the oath of office .
i am not going to abandon my position , and my convictions , and this is an historic effort .
we had already given him our position and told him that we were not sure he had any choice under the circumstances , and if that is what he wanted to do , to have at it and we would support it .
i would not rule out any of my options in the future , but i want to see what he does in response to this mission , he added .
on somalia , mr. clinton said he was equally comfortable with the bush administration's decision to intervene there as well .
the real difficulty in somalia , he said , was that i never believed that the administration's optimistic hope that they could bring our combat force out by jan. 20 could be achieved .
if the talks collapse , he said , there are some other things we can do if this process breaks down .
i don't want to rule any of those things out .
i don't think it is something we can let go .
i think it is something that ought to be looked into .
i think there needs to be an investigation of violations of international law .
but we are attracted to his promise to give the american people a voice , because it is clear whom the people are going to sound like .
they said mr. letterman rejected the idea because nbc was not willing to match the financial arrangements of the cbs offer .
the cbs offer , previously reported to be about $ 28 million over two years , is actually a three-year offer for about $ 42 million in salary and incentives , a senior network executive said .
the executives from both sides , all speaking on condition of anonymity , agreed that nbc had not found a way to match the cbs offer .
mr. letterman accepted the cbs offer in december ; according to the terms of his contract with nbc , that network has until tomorrow to match the offer or release him .
executives close to mr. letterman said that his chief goal throughout the negotiations had been to stay at nbc , as host of tonight .
he wanted the tonight job , and he wanted to be able to win at 11 : 30 .
he knew his best chance to do that was on the tonight show .
still , the executive said , mr. letterman and his representatives were unhappy with nbc's discussions about the tonight show last weekend .
describing the nbc position , the executive said : there were two main requirements .
one would be that dave was willing to delay taking over the show until jan. 1 of next year .
the other was that he would accept a lot less money in salary and that the production fees that cbs had promised to the staff of the show would be much less .
the executive said the difference was about $ 4 million a year .
but if they got letterman to go for the delay until january , the penalty could have been more than cut in half , he said .
you have to remember that for nbc , this was a matter of losing one of two shows .
cbs could afford to pay more because it was creating a new franchise .
the problem really was that cbs made the deal too rich .
one executive said : they weren't looking for letterman to take over the tonight show .
cbs executives said this week that they would welcome the letterman show exactly as it was .
even if mr. letterman changes nothing about his show , there are risks in the move he is about to make .
your dec. 26 about new york column , on painting the hell gate railroad bridge , fails to mention that the new york city art commission has the final say on the selection of a paint color .
in the past , bridges have been painted to blend into their backgrounds .
i hope the commission will approve , as it did 12 years ago , an appropriate color for this notable bridge .
one of her favorites from arkansas ?
ms. phillips , 37 , was responsible for the yellow suit mrs. clinton wore when her husband gave his acceptance speech at the democratic national convention on july 16 .
ms. phillips was then invited to submit sketches for the inaugural dress .
ms. phillips has had her own business just about a year , selling to specialty stores around the country .
at his confirmation hearings before the senate foreign relations committee , mr. christopher reiterated his full backing for the bush administration's tough policy toward iraq , and threw his support behind the creation of a permanent military force under united nations command .
but he emphasized that the united states would act in concert with other nations because , he said , we cannot respond ourselves to every alarm .
i want to assure the american people that we will not turn their blood and treasure into an open account for use by the rest of the world , he said .
he called the period leading up to iraq's invasion of kuwait a time when we tried to do business with saddam hussein , and it turned out to be a terrible mistake , a very serious mistake .
mr. christopher also said he would support war crimes trials against iraq for its campaign of torture and execution against its kurdish population .
i do have a personal concern along these lines , mr. christopher replied , but quickly added that the united states was not a party to those negotiations .
later , his remarks were more pointed .
there's no sense getting excited about this , said paul simmons , a college student in denver .
we've already shown once that we can handle this character .
you don't feel like there's as much chance of american lives being lost .
widespread public support for taking military action against iraq was revealed in a nationwide new york times / cbs news poll taken tuesday night , before the strike .
only 14 percent were opposed , while another 11 percent had no opinion .
the poll had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus five percentage points .
i fear that they're going to try to push clinton from the start , she said of president hussein .
but critics of the attack were a small minority .
for those with loved ones in the military , the strike raised fears that more americans would be sent into danger .
it's almost like we're trying to fight two wars at once with what we're doing in somalia .
mr. major insisted that the raid was limited and in proportion to the gravity of the iraqi violations and that it was taken in self defense to keep both northern and southern iraq free of missile batteries .
this was a demonstration of international strength against the aggression of a dictator , he said .
i think the time has come for the iraqis to change their policies and no longer be a threat to their neighbors .
i don't say what we might or might not do , but i would think that soon saddam hussein would understand that we mean what we say and that we back it up , he said .
i have no intention of changing that approach to life in the last six or seven days of my presidency .
mr. bush notified mr. clinton of the attacks by telephone at noon .
mr. bush consulted with allied officials and , last wednesday , gave iraq two days to move the missiles above the prohibited zone .
in limiting its discount fares , northwest conceded an advantage to delta in some markets , but sought to protect its strong markets with continued fare cuts .
a spokesman for american airlines , the nation's largest carrier , said executives there hadn't decided on a course of action .
michael e. levine , the executive vice president of marketing for northwest , had emphasized on monday when the new fares were announced that they were not a short-term sale but a long-term change in the lowest discount fare structure .
but yesterday's retreat indicated that industry executives were beginning to concede that some fares must rise .
the early part of the year is usually a slow time for travel , and airlines have generally offered discounts .
northwest , by tying its discounts to bringing along another person , had hoped to make it more difficult for business travelers to use .
good earnings reports and a drop in interest rates proved more important to investors yesterday than the successful bombing raid in southern iraq , and the broad stock market averages posted impressive gains .
but they have no fuel to make it run .
but today they are the only place where many children learn to read .
the most aggressive builder of schools has been the international islamic relief organization , financed by saudi arabia .
some of the new schools are primitive .
they had their own stories of horror , but for now they were back to work .
they did not admit or deny wrongdoing .
the campus would occupy three acres of the site .
but many at the college were unhappy .
more arrests were expected , but officials said there were no immediate plans to arrest or charge miss harding , a longtime skating rival of miss kerrigan .
in conspiracy cases , prosecutors must merely prove that the defendant agreed with others to participate in an illegal act .
it may also be the case that conspiracy is being used as a charge so that portland has jurisdiction to hear the case instead of detroit , where miss kerrigan was struck .
she put it off as somebody talking .
once the assault occurred , she became frightened .
in 1991 , miss harding won the united states figure skating championship and miss kerrigan finished third .
this year , miss kerrigan was the favorite but couldn't skate after the attack last week .
federal agents would not discuss what they had talked about with the portland men , nor would they comment on whether a tape exists .
the police never found the source of the threat .
miss harding later apologized and no charges were brought .
but they nonetheless pressed for a sustained or , in some areas , increased pace of reform .
rather , he said , what we had was a vote against difficult economic conditions , and the way to ease them is more reform , not less .
i believe that we have a clear opportunity to work together to build a new framework of security for europe , mr. clinton told reporters , based on free political systems , free economic systems and nations that respect one another .
and president yeltsin has been doing that here and deserves the support of the united states .
united states officials described the meetings today as excellent , and one expert on russia said that for the first time , the two sides were no longer merely passing points across the table .
the americans emphasized that more reform would mean the release of more aid from international banks and the group of seven major industrial countries .
to show how much had already been done , mr. clinton handed his host a map showing where american dollars had gone -- mostly outside moscow and st. petersburg -- and what they had been used for .
that will make him the first american president to do so since richard m. nixon in 1972 .
we are not going to be afraid to reach out .
but they did not celebrate until new year's eve .
the ring is more clearly defined in the new picture .
the accord was signed in washington on sept. 13 , but it has not yet been carried out because of subsequent disputes over control of borders and the security of jewish settlers in the occupied territories .
norway has lost a foreign minister who not only was highly respected in our homeland but who also had a strong international position and reputation , she said .
we tried to design a format which would bring the conflict down to human scale and create a human atmosphere , he said in a speech last september at columbia university , which he attended as an undergraduate .
he is survived by his wife and their son .
he also had four children by an earlier marriage , but further details were not immediately available .
the defendants are charged in the deaths of four federal agents during the government's feb. 28 raid on the compound .
some 3000 people -- security forces , civilians and islamic fighters -- are estimated to have been killed in the fighting .
he had pleaded guilty to taking part in the bombing raids but was not charged with making the bombs .
the state would continue to provide health insurance and food stamps , as well as day care .
those monthly cash grants succeed most in keeping people out of the work force , and poor .
the benefits received by those doing community service jobs , like working in a neighborhood school or hospital , would amount to less than the minimum wage .
with a record 5 million families in america on welfare -- slightly more than 14 million people -- many elected officials have been talking about getting tough on welfare recipients .
oregon has a proposal awaiting federal approval that would take all the money now spent on welfare , food stamps and a few other small social service programs and roll it into a work program .
instead of welfare , applicants would get a subsidized job .
colorado won federal approval on wednesday to remove welfare recipients from the rolls after two years if they refuse to take a job or training .
wisconsin won approval in november for its plan to cut off people's welfare checks after two years if they do not work or look for jobs .
those who are already on the roles would have more time -- closer to a year -- to find employment .
the state welfare department estimated that close to 30000 welfare recipients would find jobs by the end of the first year .
there is considerable debate about how many jobs , and what kind of jobs , are out there .
those jobs are not aimed at welfare people , mr. graham said .
we still place people from welfare , but that's not the point of this agency .
there were 200000 unemployed people in the state last month , according to the latest figures .
deborah harris , a lawyer for the massachusetts law reform institute , a legal services group , said in response to the governor's plan : where are the jobs ?
everyone knows that the jobs are simply not available .
but mr. baker said that only a small number of welfare recipients would end up without jobs -- and in community service .
they cost money , and there doesn't seem to be evidence that they raise employment rates or reduce welfare costs .
this is a serious attempt to replace welfare with work , he said .
the object of welfare policy should be to move people off welfare .
you might view this as a more realistic version of the clinton plan .
the question is are there enough jobs for all the people on welfare , he said .
friends recall that he knew hillary better than bill .
he also worked closely with irving younger , a partner at the firm and widely regarded as one of the nation's best trial lawyers .
he did everything , including reading every article and speech i'd ever given , and he provided me with some excellent advice .
in earlier times the white house counsel handled most of the first family's personal matters , while the justice department provided legal guidance for issues concerning the presidency .
more recently , this has changed ; the white house counsel has emerged as an adviser on a wide range of policy issues affecting the executive branch and is not supposed to handle purely private matters for the first family .
in practice , it is often hard to draw a line between what is purely private and what is not when it comes to presidential affairs .
the white house counsel is not supposed to involve himself in the president's personal legal matters because it is improper for the federal government to pay for such services .
the report was made today by the serbian radio but denied by bosnian military officials .
united nations officials here could not confirm it .
there is no confirmation of this version , the magazine said .
he said they had not yet been allowed to do so .
both were accused of issuing false or misleading statements .
the experts said they could not , however , determine who had pulled the trigger .
it will take several months , however , to tell how the new policy works in practice .
using a new standard defining what is risky in ground combat , the armed services will review all the positions now closed to women to determine if they should stay closed .
expanding the roles for women in the military is the right thing to do , and it's also the smart thing to do .
the senate armed services committee has scheduled hearings on jan. 25 or 26 .
the final proposed changes from the defense department are to be submitted to congress by oct. 1 for review .
the pentagon does not need formal congressional approval , but lawmakers could block changes they thought went too far .
women would be eligible to serve in 99 percent of all positions in the air force , 90 percent of positions in the navy and 67 percent of all positions in the army .
the marine corps could not provide a figure , but personnel experts said it would be lower than the army's .
until now , the military barred women not only from ground combat units , but also any support positions that faced the same risk of direct enemy fire .
the additional jobs would include military police , mechanics , scouts , engineers and intelligence analysts .
although the rocket system has a range of about 20 miles , field commanders in the persian gulf war used the system at the front lines against iraqi forces .
long-range scout and special operations units would remain off limits to women , as would any job with physical requirements beyond the ability of the vast majority of women .
the exception about which most female officers expressed concern was one that allows the armed forces to bar women from support jobs that by military doctrine operate and remain with direct ground combat units that are closed to women .
they have a lot of businesses that could be good but nothing that's performing particularly well .
at this point , i have no confidence in any of their projections .
they finished yesterday at $ 15 in nasdaq trading .
the a shares , which are more liquid and typically trade at a 10 to 25 percent discount , finished yesterday at $ 13 .
matthew , 27 , was named head of mergers and acquisitions , currency trading and investments in november .
but it would help if they brought in a strong outside manager .
that creates an investment opportunity , but it's a matter of timing .
you don't have to work hard at all to see the stock in the 20's once it's perceived as a turnaround .
his ego has been working against us for the past few years .
now it's going to be working for us .
the trading was driven by an agriculture department crop report released after the close of trading on wednesday .
all the numbers fell below trade expectations .
demand is running much higher than we thought , or can afford , he said .
the united states might have to import corn unless demand is cut , he said .
the closing is expected on june 30 .
the exact amount of the payments in both cases will presumably be greater than the minimum amounts because police officers receive extra retirement pay for service beyond 20 years .
mr. kelly was in the department more than 31 years .
more tests will be done after mr. kelly returns from a vacation to hawaii , he said .
it has nothing to do with the murder of my son .
if a man is in possession of drugs , you arrest him for that .
he said his son would never have used drugs in his presence , but given the troubled conditions in east new york , was probably an occasional drug user .
patrick clark , a spokesman for the district attorney , said preliminary investigations are always conducted in cases where someone is killed by a police officer .
but he said the decision to present such cases to a grand jury is not automatic .
the cases in which it gets presented to the grand jury are cases which include such things as questions of fact and conflicts in accounts by witnesses , mr. clark said .
the owner told the police , according to the source , that a building resident had called him saying , he's back again dealing drugs .
the amounts will be determined later by jurors .
officials from gay men's health crisis say the advertisements , which began appearing in subway cars last week , are more explicit than what they have produced for the wider public in the past .
we've moved beyond general discussions of risk and how h.i.v. is transmitted and we need to be clear about how transmission is avoided .
the health department supports any efforts for h.i.v. prevention , she said .
but city health officials say the more telling figure is the number of aids cases among people in the 20 to 29 age group , most of whom are believed to have been infected during their teenage years .
officials with the school construction authority acknowledged yesterday that some repair jobs have had problems , and they promised to do a better job reviewing completed projects .
mr. goodman was a major force in albany behind the change .
mr. goodman said yesterday that he had no complaints about the major projects .
mr. light said the repair work did cause a leak over a weekend at the science lab , and that the lab was fixed the next week .
the drop in the taxable value of the city's real estate -- particularly of cooperative apartments , condominiums and apartment buildings and of commercial and industrial properties -- is expected to cost the city at least $ 100 million in revenues for the 1995 fiscal year , which begins in july , officials said .
the administration of mayor david n. dinkins had actually predicted that those revenues would increase about $ 100 million .
that change , coupled with another $ 100 million that officials expect to lose through challenges to the tax assessments , means the budget gap mr. giuliani faces has grown $ 300 million since late last year .
the good news -- if one wants to call this good news -- is that it doesn't come as a surprise to the administration , said marc v. shaw , the finance commissioner , who announced the annual property assessments at a news conference yesterday .
the total fell 1.5 percent from 1992 , a slower decline than in previous years .
commercial values on staten island , by contrast , improved slightly , in part because of expansion of the staten island mall .
the drop in revenues could be offset in part by increases in revenues from other taxes , including those on sales , income and corporate profits .
the amount the city can expect from those taxes will be made available later this month .
while not identifying specific ways he hopes to close the budget gap , mr. giuliani has indicated that he will try to employ a variety of tactics , including cuts in agency spending and help from the state .
in turn , he was usually gone when the first employees came in for the new day .
there was just something about him -- very , very nice -- he just wanted to help everybody , she said .
mr. lent has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him , and is being held without bail in massachusetts .
everyone thinks it could never happen in their town .
during that time , however , he did not stay put .
detective david r. bryant of the truth or consequences police said mr. lent was apparently employed there and had picked up some tires from an auto supply store for delivery , but the tires never arrived .
he said the department was still investigating why mr. lent was in new mexico , and how long he stayed .
but even here , his movements may be hard to track .
that means he could have easily have been gone for a days at a time without notice .
i do have a gun and if i have to use it i will , mr. nichols said .
i got rid of the dog a week later .
in 1977 , he moved to crown publishers , where he became director of international sales and manager of foreign sales .
when random house acquired crown in 1988 , he became a vice president for international sales .
barring some spectacular collapse , kerrigan was going to come out of the winter games with a great deal to offer the public .
even with a gold medal , harding would still have been a harder sell for corporate america .
last evening , two arrests were made in the case .
but we say that a lot these days , don't we ?
a major earthquake hits just before a world series game .
a great baseball figure is banned for life for involvement in gambling .
nancy kerrigan is beautiful and talented and she has a blind mother .
these things count in this strange sport .
but the bottom line is , she is hot .
the women's technical program will be feb. 23 and the long program on feb. 25 , toward the end of olympic competition .
who won't be watching when kerrigan steps on the ice next month ?
despite the attack , she's handled herself at news conferences and seemed so focused on what she had to do .
the big money for skaters , of course , is on the pro tour .
she's from the east and has more qualified people around her .
steinbrenner is a vice president of the united states olympic committee .
and once again , universal pictures is putting up all the money .
we could not go into that theater and be comfortable the way it was .
that is far from the end of it , however .
seven other american productions , including a tour , are scheduled for 1994 .
it was a nice economic situation , he said .
remember the night we broke the bed ?
whatever it is , it certainly looks toxic , at least where the link between sex and power is concerned .
but when working within mainstream popular culture , it's necessary to be more careful .
so if what we're seeing now is male characters who have found a target for their anger , perhaps it represents some form of progress .
he has coached 150 national basketball association games .
robinson scored 12 points in the fourth period .
they have more overtime games and points than any other n.h.l. team .
they have played four consecutive overtime games , winning two and tying two .
after all that training , all that money spent , their entire careers would come down to four minutes at the olympics .
just when nothing else can seem to go wrong , it always does .
no charges were filed , but her private life continues to show up in public documents of the police and the courts .
so far , to her credit , she has overcome the vast majority of them .
now comes the question of whether harding will skate in the olympics .
it's a horrible problem for everybody .
the fact that it involved the supporter of another skater was disturbing .
it would be easier to handle if it was random violence .
harding finished second and kerrigan third at the 1991 world championships .
at the 1992 olympics , kerrigan won the bronze medal , while harding had to settle for fourth place .
harding was all power and rough edges .
it's been a successful but troubled season for harding .
in november she withdrew from a regional competition in portland , ore. , because of a death threat , and she has struggled for sufficient finances .
this past summer , harding filed for divorce , which became final on aug. 28 .
she and her husband , former husband , have been living together , and he attended the national championships last week in detroit .
he had previously been a drama and music critic for the chicago tribune .
he held the orchestral post until 1964 , when he resigned .
from the 1960's on , he served in various executive positions at the university of illinois at chicago .
when he retired in 1992 , he was senior adviser to the chancellor .
after each performance , there will be a tour of the museum , which is at 29 east fourth street .
the program will be repeated at avery fisher hall today at 2 p.m. and tomorrow at 8 p.m. .
it was made of glass , an accompanying sign says , presumably to guard against votes being cast before the polls officially opened .
nearby is the sheet music for will you love me in december as you do in may ?
la guardia gave his name to an airport .
frank lloyd wright took his time designing and building the solomon r. guggenheim museum .
now the guggenheim is taking its time again , but the issue is how best to solve some of the longstanding problems that weren't fixed by the museum's $ 45 million restoration and expansion in 1992 .
again , museum officials say , lack of money is part of the problem .
the museum has always had these problems ; in fact , before the restoration they were much worse .
portions of the building that for years were closed off to visitors are now part of the museum again .
it's a whole new sophisticated world now .
while everyone agrees on what work should be done , museum officials say they want more time to study the problem .
he certainly doesn't need the money , and has offered to pay his own way to spring training .
he said a decision would be made next month on whether to offer jordan the invitation to spring training .
the yankees will pay boston $ 50000 for going to spring training , and if he wins a job with them , his salary will be $ 400000 .
he also could earn $ 200000 in bonuses based on plate appearances , gaining the maximum with 400 .
six players who were eligible for salary arbitration also signed .
you would start in the middle , you would throw the ball up in the air , one guy would grab it , try to make it across the line and everybody else would just crush him , montana said .
it's probably my first vivid memory of contact , or tackle football .
we played it for hours and hours on end .
kids sit down and write letters the day after the game .
i've strengthened it up from this .
his house , adjacent to the 12th hole of a golf course in suburban kansas city , is as much of a tourist site as the country club plaza .
next to montana , carter is a regular joe .
they don't go outside our house , really there's a fence there .
the first day of school , my son didn't want to come home .
the 49ers , who still keep a photograph of montana in their practice facility trophy case , want the whole montana family to come back .
no one's even talked to me about it .
it's not something i thought about when i left there .
there is agreement that for most of the war , the world was seeing what the pentagon wanted it to see .
as for kuwait , it has yet to be transformed into a model democracy .
if you think there's been a lot of theater for children recently , you're right .
curious george is one of many productions in the third annual family theater festival , running through february .
it was about 1964 , he said , and i was in my high chair , trying to stand up and watch the queen elizabeth go by .
he's hoping lots of children will come to his nature walk loaded with questions about the hudson .
what the river goes through in the winter , the cold , he said .
we want it to be for younger kids .
the resolution was approved this week by the delegates at the national collegiate athletic association convention in san antonio .
the player will have until 30 days after the draft to reverse his decision , and may only exercise the option once during his college career .
it adds tremendous leverage to the players , he said .
i can see all kinds of high drama .
the team is trying to convince him to stay out .
teams in need of immediate help would run the risk of having to wait two or three years .
i don't think any of us wants that .
the resolution was passed to protect players who are convinced that they are going to be prominent draft picks but wind up drafted low or not at all .
one potential problem for the player would be that he would have to negotiate without having the right to hire an agent .
part of any decision to turn pro or not is how much money the player is going to make .
with rookie salaries soaring in the last few years , it is believed that the league will try to negotiate a rookie salary cap when talks with the union begin this winter .
the field is in good condition now .
he is not one of your mobile quarterbacks .
i've still probably been in on 60 percent of the plays , said howard .
the nissan motor company said early today in tokyo that its largest dealer was planning to sell cars made by the ford motor company in the tokyo area .
tokyo nissan , a dealer in which nissan owns a 25 percent stake , is now talking with ford , a nissan spokesman said .
in 1992 , nissan pledged to sell 3000 ford cars a year through its dealers in japan .
gear inc. said yesterday that it expected a loss from continuing operations of $ 14 million to $ 16 million in its fourth quarter .
he was never fined in canada for securities fraud .
terms of the transactions were not disclosed .
several dozen f.b.i. agents , a dozen state investigators and numerous prosecutors were unable to find a single illegal payment or anyone who claimed to have turned one down .
they figured gambling interests would drum up a huge urban vote , which would help democrats .
on jan. 12 , 1964 , this newspaper devoted a large part of its front page and thousands of words to an extraordinary story .
the united states government was warning americans that a habit -- smoking -- that 70 million of us had taken for granted was lethal .
a bill that would ban smoking in all public buildings has been introduced in congress .
there is still time for the clinton administration and the current congress to raise the government's grade point average and lower the death rate from smoking .
i , too , would like to see the park built , especially since the plan is to devote much of the area to new housing after the 1996 olympics .
there are no more than a few dozen permanent residents of the whole 72 acres of vacant lots , abandoned buildings and small businesses .
if asked , no personal opinion should be given .
and if given , no personal opinion should be published .
the corruption scandal has been blamed for driving hundreds of thousands of italian voters away from the christian democrats and other parties in the coalition since the last national vote in april 1992 .
if he had lost the confidence motion , the political crisis would have been extended while a replacement government was sought .
in the aftermath of the two incidents , mr. giuliani voiced strong support for the police officers involved , drawing criticism from blacks who said he was too quick to support the police and to advocate arrests .
instead , the group met with first deputy commissioner david scott .
in particular , he said , i was not prepared to discuss criminal aspects of that case .
thus , he said , mr. mason , as a lawyer representing a possible suspect , should not have been a visitor now .
we came all the way from boston prepared to discuss the incident , complained don muhammad .
but after the session , several people criticized his stance on the mosque incident and urged him to reach out to leaders in harlem .
in speaking with reporters yesterday , mr. giuliani did not specifically address whether he intended to meet with ms. fields .
but he said i am very willing to reach out and to talk to anyone .
if they have an open mind , that would be terrific .
i definitely think there should be an attempt on both sides to work this thing out , he said .
the commissioner said he would have been willing to hold the meeting under its original agenda but that the larger group did not agree .
he should do things like that , he said .
we consider that the police have done no wrong here .
by the time he walked across the street back to his office , the visitors , saying they had agreed to wait only to 6 : 30 , were departing .
consumer prices rose at an overall rate of of 2.7 percent last year , the smallest increase in seven years , the government said .
in response to the florida allegations , metropolitan life began its own investigation , which led to the dismissal at the end of last year of seven employees , the highest ranking being a senior vice president .
the meeting is a strong suggestion that all the parties knew of what was going on in the tampa office , he said .
he mentioned the cover letter attached to every policy that explains it is life insurance and the 10 days in which new customers may review a policy and reject it .
florida investigators say the product was sold as an investment and retirement plan , with inadequate disclosure about the penalties that buyers would face if they stopped making premium payments .
but the president refused to answer questions on wednesday about the decision to seek a special prosecutor in the investigation of the whitewater development corporation , so no interview was conducted .
cbs , nbc , and cnn have all formally complained about the deal , though the protests are less a matter of anger than of strategy .
executives at the other news organizations acknowledged that they were hoping to force the white house to grant them their own interviews .
and , as cbs news executives said this week , the strategy has worked .
cbs also had exclusive access to mr. clinton for a special news program built around the inauguration .
among them are general magic , a software developer ; national semiconductor ; a consortium of five cellular data companies , and the bankers trust company .
the agency is responsible for monitoring electronic communications worldwide for the government , in the name of national security .
they could make it a law that it's mandatory to use their standard .
he added , they have abandoned basic principles of public morality .
in political terms , mr. major is clearly heading into a critical period .
so far , little progress has been made in the face of continued violence by the irish republican army .
mr. major does not have to call a general election until 1997 .
mr. major won that fight , but only barely .
she then complained that he had violated the order , and that led to the disciplinary hearing .
an engineering student , he said he may have done poorly in chemistry and physics .
that's the last place i'd want to be after what has happened , he said .
a report on the discovery is being published on friday in the journal science .
this is what we'd expect such a link to look like .
inflation last year was held to the smallest increase in seven years , the government reported .
amid the low inflation , the economy continued to show signs of a modest recovery .
the reports encouraged most economists to agree with the clinton administration in predicting there would be little pressure to increase interest rates .
the banking company also said that fourth-quarter earnings would be much higher than what wall street analysts had expected .
but nasdaq stocks edged into record ground .
the strong retail sales report lifted the dollar , which rose to a two-year high against the german mark .
corn futures prices jumped after the agriculture department reported the smallest corn harvest since 1988 .
she was 71 and lived in washington .
she had worked at the pentagon for 20 years and was appointed to her current post in 1986 .
when indonesia gained its independence , she became spokeswoman for its delegation at the united nations , serving until 1951 .
she was a past president of executive women in government .
more than one of every five local phone workers and managers will be leaving the payroll .
but he said in an interview yesterday : this is a defining moment for the company .
we intend to be the market leader in voice , video and data services .
but to do that , you have got to have competitive costs .
but the local telephone business is by far the company's largest activity : in 1992 , it accounted for 79 cents of every revenue dollar and 96 cents of every profit dollar .
for richard m. nixon , it was a disaster that cost him his presidency .
for ronald reagan , it succeeded in preserving his reputation and getting george bush elected to succeed him .
now , he has agreed to the appointment of a special counsel .
whether that was a wise choice politically depends on whether he has anything to hide .
i think one reason , mr. carter replied , is that presidents bush and reagan got away with the iran-contra embarrassment .
so i think it may be that some of president clinton's advisers thought that he could do the same thing .
but i don't believe it's possible in the case of this issue .
i think that it's going to all come out , and it would be much better to let it come out voluntarily and not have it forced out .
more than a decade later when the iran-contra case broke , mr. reagan adopted a similar strategy .
he insisted , in the face of considerable evidence to the contrary , that he had never authorized trading arms for hostages or supporting the rebel forces in nicaragua when it was against the law to do so .
in that case , the tactic succeeded .
but if mr. reagan had told the whole truth , the political consequences could have been significant .
public relations specialists generally hold that the best response to a damaging disclosure is to get all the truth out as quickly as possible .
but if the lesson is that such a strategy is good politics as well as good public relations , mr. clinton does not seem to have learned it .
on marijuana , for example , when he was first asked if had ever smoked it , he replied that he had never broken the laws of the united states .
the truth was that he had used marijuana when he was a student in england .
in the white house , he did not answer completely at first when he was asked about the dismissal of the travel office staff and the suicide of his friend and deputy counsel , vincent w. foster jr .
so the matters never seemed to be put to rest .
new information is still coming out about mr. foster , most recently just before christmas when it turned out that a file on whitewater was removed from his office the day of his death before it could be examined by federal investigators -- a fact mr. clinton and his wife , hillary , surely knew .
a cbs news poll taken last week showed that only 12 percent of the public thought mr. clinton had told the whole truth about his personal life .
another 51 percent said he mostly told the truth but was hiding something .
it is difficult to know what kind of disclosure would be more damaging to mr. clinton politically than the public perception that he is hiding something .
is that a particularly damaging disclosure ?
what if mrs. clinton was paid for legal work she did not perform ?
nothing that is known publicly indicates that any of those situations is the case .
the findings were issued jointly by state securities administrators and consumer groups .
in yesterday's survey , nearly 90 percent of those who bought mutual fund shares through banks said they had been warned that unlike traditional bank deposits these funds could fall in value and that the customer bore all the risk .
despite this disclosure , nearly half of this group still believed that the government would cover any losses .
consumers place an almost religious faith in banks .
the other groups were the north american securities administrators association and the american association of retired persons .
nearly $ 175 billion , or about 12 percent of all mutual fund assets , were sold through banks , according to the investment company institute , the mutual fund trade group .
more than one-third of all mutual funds are available at banks .
in issuing the data , the group also called for a number of changes that were quickly attacked by the banking industry .
he asked , noting by contrast , that merrill lynch and american express could use their name on products .
this makes it less convenient for our customers .
federal banking regulators are to issue new regulations in early february to address these issues .
and the s.e.c. is conducting consumer focus groups on the issue .
congress is expected to hold hearings shortly , and legislation is expected .
but what the answer is , is less clear .
a draft report of a new policy would require that all government secrets , with few exceptions , be automatically released after 40 years .
the whole reason to disclose secrets is to keep government officials accountable by letting them know that their decisions will be held to the light of public scrutiny .
the official said the draft report had been completed by a special panel of officials from agencies involved in keeping secrets .
previous policies have been put in place by executive order .
administration officials said it would probably be several months before mr. clinton issued a final executive order .
but their efforts were widely deemed by historians and journalists to have had little effect .
countless other documents are housed at other government agencies .
he said the hospital had threatened to turn the account over to a collection agency .
had we been aware of this at the company , certainly we would have taken care of that , she said .
almost every major player has heard from the government , one lawyer said .
the activities of a number of current and former prudential executives are being investigated by prosecutors , people involved in the case have said .
all of them have hired criminal lawyers .
while they indicate the direction of a criminal inquiry , they do not mean that their recipients face indictment or that prosecutors have evidence of wrongdoing by those individuals .
that is because prosecutors have been spending a good deal of time reviewing a small mountain of documents produced in various civil suits against the firm , particularly in the class action involving the energy income partnerships , lawyers said .
those guarantees proved to be false , as the investment collapsed and clients lost tens of millions of dollars .
but he said the firm did not see that as a long-term problem .
to the extent that the property was not generating sufficient cash flow , that doesn't mean it was not ever going to produce sufficient cash flow , he said , adding later , the mere appearance that the properties were not sufficient to service the loans does not , in and of itself , set off a fire alarm that the fund is going down .
that is about half of the total manufacturing jobs that the company had said would eventually be cut from its north american operations .
last year , it closed two plants in venezuela , one in peru , three in germany , and one each in austria and in st. paul .
the dollar reached its highest level against the german mark in more than two years yesterday after united states government data showed an unexpectedly strong rise in retail sales last month .
the dollar was trading at its highest level against the mark since september 1991 , traders said .
but the dollar fell against the japanese yen as commerce secretary ronald h. brown joined a chorus of clinton administration criticism of japan for not doing more to reduce its trade surplus .
mr. brown told reporters that progress in talks with japan had been disappointing .
mr. griffin said investors sold marks and bought yen , believing the japanese currency would remain strong because of trade tensions .
a strong yen makes japanese exports more expensive in the united states , and american imports to japan cheaper .
they predicted that the project will give connecticut a strong advantage in competing with other regions for businesses and jobs in an age of computer and video communication .
regional bell companies across the country have announced ambitious plans to upgrade their networks .
it will need no more than 50000 miles to serve its 1.3 million customers .
instead it will increase productivity , cut costs and introduce profitable new services .
that pilot project , just getting under way , allows people to do things like order movies to watch at their convenience on their television sets .
that test will be expanded this year throughout the hartford suburb , in neighboring towns and in fairfield county .
in both connecticut and new york , regulators are considering moving away from the traditional practice of setting a fixed rate of return for telephone companies .
the idea is to encourage the companies themselves to make the immense investment demanded by the new telecommunications network by giving them the freedom to cut costs and set prices , within limits set by the states .
the companies would have the incentive of a higher return if they succeed .
we believe that we have a network that's second to none already in place , he said , but other states are rapidly catching up and could pass us in the next few years because they're under incentive regulation .
we're struggling to maintain the same level of investment .
he never came back , and then i heard he'd been shot .
mr. lesser later served in the office of civil rights and office of education in the department of health , education and welfare .
in 1957 , he was co-founder and first editor of the near east report , a weekly newsletter that is still published .
the ending , which comes very nearly out of the blue , is startling for all the wrong reasons .
three other cast members also stand out .
under the agreement proposed by the international olympic committee in june , sports that don't comply risk being expelled from the olympic program .
not so many years ago , this would have been an article about airport bars i have known and loved .
tomorrow i will see something i've never seen before .
because in the heat of my traveling days , i could never afford to stay in hotels like these ; indeed , having a drink in a new york hotel bar is truly a foreign experience .
but what is a local , particularly a new yorker , doing hanging around tourists ?
it's important to remember that there are hotel bars for tourists and hotel bars for travelers .
but the tourist hotel bars have their moments , too .
the truth is , once in a while , when new york beats you up , you need someone to feel superior to .
the sort of place where you probably won't see anyone you know , but may see someone you recognize .
this hotel used to have not one , but two wonderful bars .
across the street from lincoln center , the empire has a lounge on the second floor that is ideal for before or after a performance .
a back room with a pool table was temporarily closed for construction .
it is a spot enjoyed by both travelers and tourists .
consider , however , what it takes to get there .
you have to stay in the elevator for 22 floors .
we made our way through the europeans , americans and japanese to the only available table .
distinctive atmosphere is in short supply .
for me , finance is a foreign language , and that world even seems exotic .
he turned out to be a federal judge , visiting from another district .
some visitors may find the effect sweeping and romantic ; others may feel hung over before they've even placed their drink orders .
i found it novel and kind of great , once or twice a year .
the name of the place says it all , of course .
later , two women , old friends who live far apart and meet in new york city every once in a while to take in a show and shopping , sat down near me .
their goal was to give as full an account of the period as possible , while reflecting developments in italian renaissance scholarship since 1965 .
instead , at least physically , he is at his worst .
he talked with the news media , which he had not done since early in his second season .
though he has not spoken since , what he said saturday and monday about his injury was startling .
i have to wear a 10 on my left leg .
it's very painful to go out and try and play .
you're not able to do the things you're accustomed to doing .
you really can't go out and be the type player that you want to be .
you sit around and rest all week , and hopefully i can be ready to go against dallas .
a lot of people couldn't play with that pain .
i've never been around a player who hasn't practiced and has been as efficient as he was .
i think the fact that he doesn't practice has hurt on occasion , but he has absorbed the offense without running the plays .
i'm not sure many people could do that , but he's a very bright guy .
a lot of people don't think he's fast , butler said , and then he races by you .
why wasn't he there will be shown again on sunday night at 8 : 45 and on thursday at 6 p.m. .
the young tenor saxophonist plays with a beautifully balanced sound and sensibility .
mr. sanchez will be leading a quartet , and it's a chance to hear a young musician who's clearly on the way up .
he's capable of writing striking melodies and playing them with a gorgeous , fat tone -- and he has a sense of humor .
he will duck walk , and play behind his head and between his legs .
the woman who stabbed a german soccer player in the back while he was sitting on the bench during an indoor soccer game wanted attention and knew she could get it by attacking an athlete , a prosecutor said today .
he is not the first actor to have waited tables , tended bar , even to have cooked and managed a place .
but he is probably among a select , ambitious few to have opened their own restaurants .
he and two partners opened three of cups in the east village a year ago .
it's a little slow out there right now , he said .
acquired ken a. green , forward , from the columbus horizon for future considerations .
placed marshall wilson , forward , on the injured reserve list .
it was only 7 o'clock , and this was not the best introduction to a restaurant .
especially one where so much money has obviously been spent .
despite this atmosphere , it seems to run with amazing efficiency , especially considering that the restaurant is only a few weeks old .
what the restaurant does have arrives in little more time than it takes the waiter to make the round trip to the kitchen .
it will probably be more interesting once the restaurant gets its feet on the ground .
suddenly a smile escaped from between his lips .
i have had food at a restaurant in soho that tastes very much like what they serve at home .
just looking around it is easy to see who ordered right .
the dish is as delicate as her face .
but look over at that big round table in the corner .
the performance is beautiful , and so is the dish .
nothing is wrong with the dish , but it is certainly not exciting .
he quickly asks for the bill and they sit , in silence , waiting for it to come .
the beautiful people have been joined by friends who call for more glasses and help themselves to the last of the wine .
if you're not , you risk coming away with the feeling that you have walked into a restaurant where everyone is eating well except you .
atmosphere : the large , warm , beautifully designed rooms manage to be both casual and elegant , and the garden is wonderful .
wine list : great depth in excellent italian wines , but the list needs more inexpensive wines ; very little is under $ 25 .
admission is free to the grounds and the workshop .
sponsored by the museum of african american history and the international agency for minority artist affairs .
admission is free to the grounds and the workshop .
in celebration of dr. king's message of unity , members of the young people's creative workshop of the actors theater workshop will perform original pieces celebrating the common bonds people of all communities share .
talks will be given by politicians , sports and religious figures , and those in the arts .
free admission to the concert and the garden .
she is fat , and she cannot keep a job .
it's a story that will stop your heart .
sponsored by chamber music america .
registration each day is $ 80 ; there is also a $ 225 ticket good for admission on all four days .
a performance piece and gallery talk on bad girls , a collection of contemporary feminist art by women and men .
push another button and hear some more .
i think i can still pitch , he said .
i know i could make my body do that .
he won 20 or more games six times .
on and on , his numbers speak for him .
some people like this and end up in hollywood .
almost all of the questions concerned his right shoulder , which suffered a slight separation two sundays ago against the giants .
it's like the shot nancy kerrigan took on her knee , except i took it on my shoulder .
he still has pain when he moves his right arm or catches a pass .
he is carrying the ball in his left arm , but he usually does that .
the shoulder has not been hit in practice , but , he said , we don't really do contact in practice .
but when smith carried , the defenders got out of the way .
i expect the packers to come in and do whatever it takes to win the game , he said .
if the shoulder holds up , it holds up .
how much force remains to be seen .
i know i'm going to take a number of shots .
he has won the national football league's rushing title for three consecutive years .
when he returned , the cowboys won 12 of their remaining 14 games .
the injury is one of the most painful a football player can sustain .
he said playing in pain was nothing new .
come sunday , he said , i will probably be healthy , but not as healthy as two weeks ago going into the giants' game .
i'm healthy enough to play this game , and i hope the shoulder will hold up .
if not , hopefully we can do something to win the game .
he sprained his right ankle against the giants , and he has not even run for 10 days .
he is the only active cowboy likely to miss the game .
the sale by ford and ford motor fund , a nonprofit charitable organization , will amount to 2.6 million shares .
the shares , which were acquired in 1986 , are expected to be sold in a secondary public offering .
the decision will eliminate about 450 jobs .
after five exciting years at a smaller creative shop , i felt it was time to move back to boston to an agency with more resources and larger clients , he said yesterday .
when california political consultants talk with their focus groups these days about such issues as crime , schools or jobs , they find an underlying concern about something else : immigration .
fear of immigrants is not new in california .
but the hostility really seems to extend to all immigrants , legally admitted or not .
it is said that immigrants take jobs away from citizens and put a costly burden on schools , hospitals and other public facilities .
in fact , most economists believe that immigrants benefit , not burden , the economy .
here in san jose , the big city of silicon valley , vietnamese are about 10 percent of the population .
but facts are being overwhelmed by the emotions of fear and hatred .
last summer he published an open letter to president clinton demanding sweeping measures against illegal immigrants .
the supreme court held in 1982 that denying education to illegal aliens was unconstitutional .
on the surface , the fight involves the number of scholarships a basketball coach can offer .
if the coaches were truly concerned about the education of minorities , why then did 44 large universities fail to graduate a single black basketball player who started his freshman year between 1983 and 1987 ?
it requires no talent to see that at many institutions the purpose is not to give minority students an education but to build better teams .
dean smith of the university of north carolina and john thompson of georgetown university , for example , manage to combine success on the court with graduation rates above 80 percent .
that means controlling finances and the distribution of student aid .
they also want to make sure that basketball and other major sports are seen to be part of the university as a whole .
such opportunities do not come along every day .
but no human estimate is possible .
i guess it is a matter of taste and beliefs .
must american presidents be presented before the syrian dictator to satisfy his ego and his status in the middle east ?
human rights workers get long prison sentences .
prolonged detention without charges or trial .
but is it fair to criticize mr. giuliani for failing to display balance when he has been in office for less than a week ?
it has now taken a big step toward the successful days of the big bands in the 1930's and 40's .
although technically on a par with the other musicians there , he felt uneasy in their company because of his lack of musical education .
roberts will be fined an additional $ 500 for a high stick to the rangers' brian leetch .
and as a matter of fact , fear and desire is better than the director now says it is , although his own description is largely fair .
the dog race that is central to the story is exactly that , a dog race .
you know , he finally says , last night for the first time since i've been in the newspaper business , i actually felt excited by what i do for a living .
now i just feel like i'm getting a grade every time i talk in front of him .
the remark , on a national television news program on sunday , is only the latest .
the same day , mr. moynihan did nothing for mr. clinton's health care package by declaring that we don't have a health care crisis in america .
mr. moynihan , who said he was motivated only by his pursuit of sound public policy and a desire to look after constituents , said it was in his nature to give straight answers .
recalling the circumstances on sunday when he was asked whether he would support an independent counsel on the whitewater matter , he said : i'm sitting on meet the press .
there's an advise and consent sort of relationship , he said .
he's in charge of a lot of things we hope to accomplish .
i don't think that in any of these cases the senator intended to do the president any harm , he said .
the care and feeding of certain committee chairs is a requirement for a president .
if they don't respect the independent power that senator moynihan has , they're going to pay a price for it .
of course , mr. moynihan acknowledged that what he believes is right may translate into what is right for his constituents , like protecting his state's medical establishment as health care is considered .
you can say senator moynihan is devoted to his constituents in new york .
one reason , no doubt , is that politicians have more impact when they offer advice to millions of people on television .
that way , they can be sure the message gets to the oval office .
if you ever tried to run him as a vice presidential candidate , he said , you'd have trouble because you'd have trouble programming his language .
that's what happened after mr. clinton requested a special counsel on the whitewater venture .
the president has made the right decision , mr. moynihan said after the white house announcement wednesday .
in this case , the student gets an a .
close to one in two americans -- 48 percent -- have experienced a mental disorder at some point in their lives , and 30 percent suffer from one in any given year , a national survey has found .
if you're sitting next to two people , the odds are one will have had at least the psychiatric equivalent of the common cold .
and if you have had a psychiatric problem , you shouldn't feel alone .
it doesn't mean that 48 percent of americans are disabled .
many people may have had symptoms at some point , but we can't say what difference it has made in their being able to go to work or school , or take care of a family .
the survey found that the most common disorder was major depression , with 10 percent of americans experiencing the problem in a given year and 17 percent having had major depression at some point in life .
the problem can be so severe that a person might , for example , refuse a job that required the feared activity .
the current study found the total rate to be nearly 9 percent .
perhaps the most telling finding in terms of national health care needs was that the most severe psychiatric disorders are concentrated among a small number of people who tend to suffer from several disorders at once .
while 25 percent of americans report they have only had one psychiatric problem , 14 percent report having had three or more psychiatric problems at the same time during their lives .
before starting the interview , for example , each person was told the findings were important for shaping health care policy .
about 50 people declined to do so .
ten common causes , like automobile accidents and rape , were listed on a card given to the person being interviewed .
you can just say no. 5 happened to me .
only one in four of those who reported having had a psychiatric disorder said they had sought professional help .
the good news is that many more people recover -- most on their own -- than you would imagine .
for most russian politicians , the clinton visit was a pleasant but not particularly relevant event during a week in which the new russian parliament was setting the stage for new battles with a new set of players elected just a month ago .
mr. clinton continued to avoid covering his head this morning .
but with the weather still well below freezing , the president made up his mind .
just outside red square , he climbed from his limousine with the hat firmly on .
the problem is where to find one here .
the only fresh face i can think of is really a wolf inside .
both brothers are accused of murder in the killing of their parents in 1989 .
he doesn't want to be in jail forever .
i've always been willing to negotiate a plea bargain agreement , but it has to be the right agreement , she said .
since our last report to you , we have been unable to move closer to agreement on any of the counts .
the judge then sent the jury back with what is known as the stone instruction , which was requested by the defense .
but the jury was unable to agree on any of the charges .
they admitted they killed their parents .
and if that requires a second trial before we get murder convictions , then we will do it .
the train was traveling 35 miles an hour , she said , adding that she did not know if fog had contributed to the accident .
the national transportation safety board is investigating .
after the accident , two members of a television news crew from orlando were injured when their helicopter crashed behind a nearby high school .
ms. fitzgerald said it had not yet been decided whether the friday performance in orlando would be held .
the show is scheduled to work its way north , traveling from city to city until its official world premiere in madison square garden on march 24 .
they all seemed like anybody else , trying to make a living and getting on with their lives and raising children .
we don't in america in 1993 anywhere tell anyone they can't live anywhere because of the color of their skin , he said at the time , and he promised to move in a critical mass of black families to insure integration would work .
he said the local authorities had promised to cooperate .
i would like to welcome these new residents to this great city , said mr. wells .
there will possibly be problems but there will also be solutions .
in any event , many here said the worst abuse of the blacks came from outsiders .
that commitment came first in a report made public on wednesday by a department of health and human services advisory committee , whose members included child welfare experts from both sides of the political divide , and then in a senate hearing .
nowhere , however , did the report address the cost of changes .
the advisory panel that prepared the report included staff aides from committees from both houses of congress and from both parties .
what is different about this report is that all the appropriate players were brought to the table , said a congressional staff member familiar with the committee's work .
the report says an improved program would reach more , and younger , children .
several members of the advisory committee recommended extending the program to children from birth .
senator edward m. kennedy , democrat of massachusetts , praised the program's outline and intent , but stressed that quality issues had to be addressed .
energy department officials said that they were pleased at the reaction so far , but that the real test would come as more sensitive documents were prepared for release .
next week , congress is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the matter .
the personal style seems to have had the desired effect .
the university of california was heavily involved in human radiation experiments , according to the department of energy , particularly through its hospital and medical school in san francisco .
radiation from one test was detected 70 miles east of the laboratory .
we have people searching the files for much more and the next phase of this may not go as quickly .
another center of human radiation experiments was the boston area .
harvard university has also opened a search of archives in 12 libraries on campus and in the records of massachusetts general hospital .
everyone involved in this is driven by what is best for the people who were involved in the experiments .
but the state department said today that it would send a high-level official because it was happy with how the three-day meeting was shaping up , especially that a broad range of haitian officials had been invited .
in the administration's view , this would help father aristide overcome one of his biggest problems : he does not have a majority in parliament .
if you get a major portion of that in place in miami , then you have a very strong hand in facing the military , a senior administration official said .
survival is in the air for the island's business community , a senior administration official said .
a senior administration official said : president clinton really is committed to the return of father aristide .
the officials would not identify the prospective choices but said they did not expect to have difficulty finding a prosecutor .
but there were legal obstacles that could delay the decision .
one was that an independent prosecutor must comply with federal ethics rules that bar such a lawyer from representing clients on matters before the justice department for at least a year after completing a term as prosecutor .
in 1985 , federal regulators traced money from madison to mr. clinton's campaign account at the bank of cherry valley , federal officials said .
last week , the senate republican leader , bob dole of kansas , gave ms. reno a list of seven people he said would be credible candidates for special prosecutor .
ms. reno originally opposed bringing in a prosecutor from outside the government .
the president slept on it overnight and decided to go forward , she said .
mr. clinton has not spoken to ms. reno during his overseas trip and did not plan to discuss the matter with her , ms. myers said .
i just don't think we have a lot to say about it .
when the savings and loan was taken over by bank regulators in 1989 , the government inherited the suit , which sought $ 20 million in damages .
but in a february 1989 memo to the government , the firm said it does not represent any savings and loan association in state or federal regulatory matters .
the document was signed by vincent foster jr. , another rose law firm partner .
each side is offering paramount shareholders a package that includes cash and stock .
such a move could have prolonged the bidding war past feb. 14 , the end of the required period of 10 business days for bids to close .
the number of americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits declined by 1000 last week to the lowest level since christmas , the government said yesterday .
economists had expected a much bigger drop , but layoffs in the textile and apparel industries helped to make the decline more moderate .
the job market has been unpredictable in recent weeks .
such speculation is certain to be enhanced by his election as chairman of the upper house .
every candidate for speaker must go to a psychiatric hospital !
both would be welcome to the russian communist party and other conservative forces .
still technically on trial , he was elected a deputy and today nominated as speaker .
he pulled out , saying he was too well aware of the dangers of the position .
a spokesman for the company declined to comment .
the election is not until may or june .
many partners say they believe that the only people who can relax the rules for him are the roughly 120 partners who make up the firm's council .
the survey , which he assured everyone was confidential , asked partners whether he should be allowed to lead the firm for another three years .
not having to run for re-election would free him to take the hard measures needed to turn the firm around , he argued .
the hearing was the first by the senate committee on labor and human resources in its investigation of human radiation experiments that were conducted after world war ii .
the chairman , senator edward m. kennedy , democrat of massachusetts , said he planned to introduce legislation for the protection of human subjects .
officials from the department of energy , the department of defense , the national institutes of health and the veterans administration told the committee that to the best of their knowledge there were no experiments being performed at their agencies that did not meet federal guidelines for the protection of human subjects .
but a doctor who helped write the current guidelines said it would be difficult to know what experiments were being conducted without a national board to see that guidelines were met .
guidelines that have been adopted over the last three decades require scientists to seek the informed consent of their subjects and to tell them about the possible risks involved .
a lot of us did say , sure , we'll go through with it .
it was a chance for us to get off the grounds .
they took us places , here and there , and they said they were going to have a christmas party for us .
we were young kids , and they took advantage of us .
dr. kenneth ryan , a harvard medical school professor who was the chairman of a national commission for the protection of human subjects -- a government panel active in the 1970's -- said greater government oversight was necessary to monitor experiments conducted by federal agencies .
we do need a national board that would look at all of them rather than asking each federal agency to try and , in a sense , watch themselves , dr. ryan said .
most of the guys in the science club don't want to come forward , he said after the hearing .
i think it was my fault , the vice president said .
no , sir , the student wrote , it was my father , not your fault .
the people of pakistan stood by us .
there will be no democracy and no hope of democracy .
because in a clash of interests between my brother and the party , my brother would come before the party .
she married for a home , she said .
i understand my family well , she said .
as long as they think they can take me on politically , they will not be prepared to listen to any reason .
i don't view what has happened as a personal failure , he said .
so his faith in the future remains intact .
have you ever known a moment when the crisis of capitalism was deeper ?
he asked in an interview this week .
we must go toward a new society and we believe it will be a communist society .
and even with 12 percent of the work force currently unemployed , the communist party has so far made few gains .
i will still be a member of the party , he said .
i am a deputy in the assembly , and that's an important part of my work as a communist .
more to the point , he appears intent on holding on to much of his power .
when the new secretary general is finally picked , he clearly plans to have the last word .
if we weren't democratic , we would have thrown them out , he said .
instead , they have high positions in the party .
since i took over , we have never expelled anyone .
the new society had to be built on what france is .
i have done my bit to bring change , and i am proud of that .
i see no reason to abandon the name of a communist party that has played such an important role in our history .
and for years he was barred from entering the united states because he was a communist .
i was happy i made the trip and deeply regret not having gone there sooner , he recalled with enthusiasm .
until my dying day , i will have good memories of my visit .
and i hope i can return there one day .
it's open season in the market data business , an executive of one competing company said .
reuters has been expanding aggressively in the united states .
but it still had little presence in the american stock market business .
citicorp , which has been recovering from a disastrous string of real estate losses , also said its earnings for 1993 were about $ 2.2 billion , a record for an american bank .
people seem to think , well , you're representing him or you're representing her , you're easier on him or you're easier on her , he said in an interview yesterday .
they don't understand that my client is the state .
that jury was split right down the middle on the evidence that they heard , he said .
they just could not believe her beyond a reasonable doubt .
the first jury made its decision in a total vacuum , she said .
he didn't present the core of the case .
i think it was a smart decision because of what i was prepared to show .
the company faces up to $ 250000 in fines on each of the seven counts on which it was convicted .
cooper , mr. singer and his brother , steven g. singer , who is a company executive , are facing a civil suit filed in november 1992 by the securities and exchange commission .
the s.e.c. case is the least of his problems .
the smallest annual rise in the cost of medical care since 1973 helped hold the overall inflation rate to 2.7 percent last year , the smallest increase in seven years , government figures showed today .
the consumer price index has now risen less than 3 percent for two consecutive years , the first time this has happened since the 1960's .
today's data encouraged most private economists to agree with the clinton administration in predicting there would be little pressure to increase the low interest rates that have helped fuel economic expansion .
the rise in the cost of health care , as with oil prices in the 1970's , is now shown to have limits , even without legislation .
the retail sales results were once again dominated by durable goods , which are costly items like cars and appliances intended to last at least three years .
merchants selling building materials , hardware , garden supplies and mobile homes increased receipts 2.7 percent last month while those selling furniture and other equipment for the home took in 1.8 percent more .
gasoline service stations showed no change in sales last month , holding their own despite what the inflation report showed as a 2.2 percent decline in the price of fuel .
roughly half the rise reflected higher volumes , the other half higher prices .
federated has at least two cards in its favor .
he has extended it three times previously , by three or six months .
i think it will end up being a wash .
i was not trying to do anything but that which i think is my best interest , he said .
i am a free man , the governor said .
i don't do that which i've been told to do .
i don't do that which i'm ordered to do .
people have not expected to see an african-american who has the authority that they have had for years .
even thinking about running for president , he replied .
he filled the private quarters of the governor's mansion with african art , and announced plans to build a museum about slavery .
he said he planned to open an office in richmond so that he could stay in touch with african heads of state , consult , practice law and perhaps run business ventures in africa .
last year he took on the national rifle association and won legislative approval of a bill limiting a person's hand gun purchases to one a month .
but that's not the sort of historical figure he wanted to be .
clearly , he wanted to go further .
he reports to john m. o'brien , executive vice president and deputy general manager of the times .
its return on equity for the year was 22 percent , indicating an extremely strong level of profitability .
bond prices had soared nearly 3 points in the previous five trading days amid optimism that economic growth was moderate and not likely to fuel inflation .
yesterday's losses reversed gains on wednesday that came after the release of producer price data that showed inflation under control in december .
people were taken by surprise by the strong retail numbers , he said .
treating you to their favorite drinks ?
this is moving the power from behind the bar to in front of the bar .
a fire burns on its own after that .
initial results , though , indicate it has been effective .
it was adopted by the illinois legislature in 1966 and later by 41 other states .
the report , by the committee for water policy consensus , was presented on wednesday at a meeting of bay area water officials .
the rise was linked to news that retail sales in december had posted a ninth consecutive month of gains , making 1993 the best sales year in four years and providing new evidence that the economy was gaining .
but analysts said they were encouraged by the stock market's relative strength in the face of higher interest rates .
there were no clear trends in the market yesterday , analysts said .
automotive , bank and brokerage firm stocks found buyers , while drug and technology shares were mostly lower .
that's usually a sign you're in the middle of a good move and it's going to go a lot further .
wall street firms are just now beginning to show how lucrative were the last three months of 1993 , a record year for investment firms .
the company said profits for the quarter were up 110 percent from the comparable period a year ago .
they said he stepped out on the subway platform and fired into the car through the open door .
the shooting , which occurred just after 5 p.m. , was apparently provoked by an argument between the man , identified by the police as william t. gordon , 28 , and his former girlfriend , 25 , who was not identified .
none of the victims was badly injured .
true or false , the results of those job searches are coming in .
mr. allen has not seen two of the children in 17 months , he said , and has only brief , supervised visits with the third .
the presiding justice , francis t. murphy , questioned whether mr. allen truly wanted custody of the children .
the appellate panel usually rules about three months after oral arguments .
we hope the contribution helps bring a bit of the holiday to others in our new york neighborhood .
their tactic was to include a small printed note with all their christmas cards announcing : in the spirit of holiday giving , we have made a contribution to the new york times neediest cases fund in the names of our families and friends .
others seized on a happy occasion to persuade their colleagues to dig into their pockets .
and the result was that andy and lisa were married dec. 12 .
it just seemed like a natural , he said yesterday .
so we passed the hat and everybody kicked in a couple of bucks .
five days after the wedding , the employees sent a check for $ 101 .
it is very practical and will have a telling effect on the reduction of violence .
a significant departure from current law is a requirement that applicants for licenses pass a gun safety and use course .
today , a young man was killed in a public waiting area at a hartford jail , in what the police called an execution stemming from a gang war .
a juvenile who takes a gun to school would face a minimum mandatory jail term of one year .
the proposal stems from meetings between legislators and law-enforcement officials , municipal leaders and community groups .
like prospective gun owners , they would have to obtain licenses .
the call lasted more than an hour .
other testimony regarding telephone numbers was less clear .
both numbers were given to the jury but there was no indication what significance either number might have had in the case .
the significance of those numbers is likely to escape most jurors .
there was also one time when the reverse happened , and numbers that might have made more sense were not provided .
one is the pay phone in the jersey city police station and the other the pay phone at space station storage center , also in jersey city .
but he did not tell the jury what telephone numbers were called from either the police station or the storage company .
defense lawyers said that the same number was also involved in the other call .
true or false , the results of those job searches are coming in .
but last fall mr. florio fell to mrs. whitman in a harsh and personal campaign , and he leaves office as the only governor since 1947 , when the current constitution was adopted , to lose a general election for a second term .
i kept 16 from the kean administration , and they're getting rid of eight of those .
the fifth day he will lecture on government and public policy issues at rutgers .
mr. brown is the only member of the governor's cabinet who is selected by an outside group , the state board of agriculture .
mary lee fitzgerald , who had hoped to stay as education commissioner , was passed over .
an executive of a jewelry company from new york city said today that he is considering seeking the republican nomination for governor .
mr. cuomo , who easily won re-election in both 1986 and 1990 , announced on friday that he would seek a fourth four-year term .
she died as she lived , with grace and dignity , full of enthusiasm and the joy of life .
organizers denied the news media access to the skaters and building management said there was added security .
we're just out of our championships and high on the olympic wave , feeling good about our performances , he said .
it's almost like a soap opera , only in real life , of course .
i've always had a person with me all the time , even before this , she said .
i'm not looking over my shoulder for someone out there .
kevin edwards , derrick coleman and kenny anderson had 19 points apiece for new jersey .
we just lost it ; that's the way this year has been going , said anderson , who started out the game being checked by gerald wilkins , who scored 17 points .
we've been playing well , and that's probably our best first half of the year .
we just couldn't get into the flow in the beginning .
i don't think there is any question the people who came off the bench had an outstanding evening .
we've been struggling both away and at home .
not in the opening quarter tonight .
coleman and anderson had 9 points apiece , both making 4 of 6 shots from the field .
you knew sooner or later they had to start missing -- at least you hoped they would , wilkins said afterward .
the knicks only had one consistent offensive player tonight .
fortunately for them , it was patrick ewing .
the biggest difference in his game , ewing said , is his health .
he suffered a strained neck nov. 12 that forced him to miss two games and threw off his offensive rhythm for weeks .
obviously , his rhythm has returned .
this is the best i've been playing since my injury , ewing said .
i thought i started out the year pretty well , but i have played up and down since i've been hurt .
anthony mason , still bothered by a sprained left ankle , also had 10 rebounds .
john starks shot 3 for 15 from the field .
ewing , oakley , greg anthony and starks combined for all but 11 of new york's points .
instead of settling for jump shots exclusively , ewing went to the basket with power moves as well .
that forced the pistons to foul him , and he made 10 of 14 free throws .
at least the pistons showed some enthusiasm .
the knicks expected the pistons to play hard despite their awful record , so they were not surprised that the game was still in doubt through three quarters .
when a team is not winning as much as they're used to , they still have pride , starks said of the pistons .
we have to kill their will to win early .
you give a team like that confidence on their home court , and it's going to be tough .
pat riley worked the officials early on behalf of patrick ewing .
riley was called for a technical foul in the first quarter , after no call was made on a ewing move to the basket .
the knicks and pistons play again saturday at 1 p.m. at the garden .
it is a very unfortunate situation .
it's right on the verge of being nuclear , washington said .
if we can't come to some kind of terms , i'm really afraid of the season itself .
but again , we were made promises that weren't kept .
earlier in the week at the national collegiate athletic association convention , the membership voted down returning a 14th scholarship to men's division i programs .
when asked whether his team would play saturday if there is a boycott , he said : you'll have to come and see .
collins , the left cornerback , has been facing rice every year since 1986 , with the exception of the 1987 strike season .
he has kept rice from scoring a touchdown in two playoff appearances .
but rice has also won some battles .
when i watch the films , i write down things to tell the guys , collins said .
i don't want them to run about 14 yards and make their break .
i want them to run exactly 14 yards .
the defensive player doesn't know what the route will be .
but when the receivers know it is a pattern that rice will try against collins , they put that little extra in it .
before practice and after meetings , mark was telling me how he wants me to run the jerry rice patterns , said keith crawford , a backup who sees more action on the practice field than in the game .
he tells me little things , like how he goes down on certain routes , how he releases in different ways , crawford said .
i get a lot of satisfaction when i beat mark , which isn't often .
i played with jerry for two years , evans said .
when i'm running with mark , i tell him to be careful .
jerry will make a corner commit himself , and then he's at his mercy .
rice , for example , often likes to make his turn at 20 yards in his deeper routes .
but he might stretch it to 25 yards .
collins said his job saturday against such a player will be to establish his territory .
i will try to make him think he is doing the opposite of what i want him to do , collins said .
in the eight games they have met -- the equivalent of half a season -- the players have not spoken .
collins said he rarely talks to opposing receivers , even when the game is over .
if jerry thinks he can run right by you , he'll break his route , said evans .
collins against rice is experience against experience .
it's been a long season for both of them , but there won't be anyone on the field more prepared than mark .
since 1988 , rice has caught at least two passes against every other team he has faced .
but in regular-season games against collins in 1990 and 1991 , he was held to only one catch in each game , one of them for a touchdown in the 91 season opener played on a monday night .
now that compact video disks can hold movies , what distributors need are the movies to put on them .
until last week , however , only paramount had been willing to give the small disks a try .
video analysts say studios are holding off until they see a growing demand for both disks and players .
the audience is primarily teen-agers and young adults .
new video releases the music of chance 1993 .
jason goes to hell : the final friday 1993 .
he was acquired as a free agent from the miami dolphins before the 1992 season .
both are smart and intense on the field and both are team players .
you might think tom is in to block and then he's out in the flat catching a pass .
i don't seek glory or catches or runs .
everybody here wants the ball and i'm no different .
everybody is confident they can get the job done .
when i'm in there , i try to provide a spark with speed .
the giants have always been that way .
some things never change and that's one of them .
it was in with the old and in with the new .
it's an indication of the curious state of photography in new york city these days that despite the recent surge of interest in the medium , no major new york museum booked this important show .
it is a modest exhibition by almost any standard : a mere eight sculptures and a handful of paintings crowded into two small rooms .
what one has instead is a nice sense of this artist's variety .
each sculpture feels like a fresh , distinctive encounter , some of which yield more interest than others .
at six and a half feet tall , it is the largest piece in the show , and formally one of the most complex .
yet it is the difference between the two artists that is most telling .
the company has 1.1 million customers in florida .
the man was shot in the head and killed , his wife was shot in the hand and then beaten to death with a blunt instrument .
one can see many empty lots with the remains of destroyed buildings .
their families have lived here for centuries .
the so-called leaders of the western world have known what is happening here for the last year and a half .
the audience is going to have to find them .
more immediately accessible than the symbols , though , is the artist's lovely approach to materials .
the serbs have not accepted the plan -- in part or in full .
but the difficulties of finding a political settlement remain .
they were asking us for advice , he said .
the bosnian government , which has accepted a plan that offers them the recovery of much territory , does not want many changes .
but the serbs do not want any reference to acceptance of the plan , even as a starting point , and insist that the contact group's proposal be called a basis for further negotiations .
most western officials believe the best hope is if the cease-fire begins to change the mood in bosnia to the point where political concessions become possible .
but four months is a short time for such a transformation in a country that has not known a single day of peace since it gained independence from yugoslavia in april 1992 .
that's evidence that the slowdown from higher interest rates is beginning .
but many others had sounded much more upbeat .
these included sellers of home electronics gear , personal computers and software , and jewelry .
the government's report for december , however , suggests that sales were flat or even down in some categories , compared with the previous month .
for now , it still appears that the fourth quarter of 1994 will end up looking strong , with growth perhaps as high as 4.5 percent .
these data say more about the weakness in government statistics than consumer spending , said david kelly , an economist at lehman brothers global economics in boston .
we should wait a month or two , until final numbers , before deciding consumer spending was that weak .
for one thing , the warning label on the report itself says that the commerce department is confident only that the actual change in sales in december fell somewhere between a minus 1.3 percent and a plus 1.2 percent .
he said he thought that spending grew at a rate of 4 percent to 4.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 1994 .
for the first quarter , he expects that to slow to 3 percent or maybe a little less .
interest rates fell sharply yesterday , pushed lower by surprisingly weak retail sales figures that reduced the odds , market participants said , of a big increase in short-term rates by the federal reserve later this month .
there is too much conflicting evidence that says the sales pace was stronger at the end of the year than the commerce department said it was in this report .
bond prices , moving in the opposite direction meanwhile , rallied by nearly a point , pushing yields down to their lowest level in three weeks .
rates on short-term treasury bills also moved sharply lower .
this sort of thing happens all too often .
now , i think it is a really close call .
those factors will make it the toughest call the fed has had to make in quite a while , he said .
prices of tax-exempt municipal bonds rose for the fourth day in a row , as cash continued to flow into municipal bond funds .
people on both sides must play very hard and take very hard decisions , if this is not going to end in disaster .
a retreat to the traditional use of national carriers as government employment agencies and expensive vehicles for waving the flag around the globe would be costly .
you can see the cans lined up in his office .
you go in and see five empty cans , and two are crushed .
many governments are so far afraid to acknowledge that over the long term only two to four major european carriers are likely to survive .
the rest will have to be absorbed or reduced to regional lines .
that is why the market has its logic -- bankruptcy .
this is a grave situation because in my experience people don't disappear completely , lieut .
bob davis , commander of the missing persons squad , said yesterday .
no one has used her credit cards since the day she was last seen and no money has been withdrawn from her bank accounts , the police said .
the airline , based in chicago , operates 2000 domestic flights a day .
passengers receive a reservation number , instead of a paper ticket , when they book a flight .
when was the last time i ever negotiated a contract with management on tv ?
the usual concept of collective bargaining means you sit down at a table .
he comes out of washington , where the media is the way you communicate with your constituents , mr. sullivan said .
now he's applying it to connecticut .
two involve no raises for the first two years , and 3 percent raises for the final two years .
the third contract would give no raise the first year and 4 percent raises the final two .
in addition to the general raises , roughly two-thirds of the workers would be eligible for increases of about 2.2 percent based on years of service .
workers involved in the negotiations cover a wide range of salaries .
the amount was reached by taking the largest increases from each contract for each year , and then using it to project the potential cost if the remaining 20 bargaining units won similar raises .
and that argument appeared to carry the day with the committee , which voted 7 to 1 to reject seven contracts and 6 to 2 to reject two others .
a 10th measure did not come up for a vote .
the results of the election were canceled by the government .
the agreement among the parties marks the first time they have formed a common front to seek an end to a civil war that has killed more than 30000 people .
holders of the county's taxable and tax-exempt notes coming due in june and july 1995 are subject to the most exposure , analysts said .
clearly no one is going to be happy with that .
holders of the orange county's debt are expected to pursue legal action if the county goes ahead with the proposal to miss the debt payments , analysts said .
apparently , the county intends to use the court as protection in the best sense of the word .
people in this market have long memories .
earlier this week , moody's investors service and the standard & poor's corporation lowered their ratings on up to $ 1 billion of the county's short-term debt , reducing it to junk bond status .
standard & poor's said today that the investor confusion and concern resulting from the county's bankruptcy filing could shake up the california note market , costing municipalities millions in dollars in increased borrowing costs .
others said they did not know what to believe .
as a people , do we want to start to let the healing begin ?
anything they say has to be suspect .
i personally think she was set up , ms. taylor said .
as a young person , they're trying to make it look as if we have nothing to look forward to in america .
i'm tired of hearing the media tear us apart .
perhaps this is an effort to create a divide in the nation of islam , but quite frankly all of this is so new it's hard to know what to believe .
i hope we can clear the air , that this won't be a news story forever .
african-americans live with offensive words , offensive looks , offensive treatment every day of their lives .
and yet they still believe in this country .
i have never seen anything like this , and i hope never again to have to see it , mr. shapiro said .
opening arguments are set for thursday .
members of congress from both parties promised today to give states much more control over a wide range of welfare programs .
but they said they could not surrender as much authority as governors wanted because the federal government was ultimately responsible for the proper use of federal money .
if we raise the revenues , if we impose the taxes at the federal level , why shouldn't we control the program ?
washington had 60 years to tackle the welfare problem .
it's time to give the states a chance .
you don't see any role for the federal government to set minimum standards for our sick and our aged ?
at the end of today's hearing , representative e. clay shaw jr. , the florida republican who is chairman of the subcommittee on human resources , predicted that the panel would approve a bill with majority support from both parties .
they agreed that welfare recipients should generally be required to work and said congress should impose a time limit , stopping the payment of cash benefits after two years in most cases .
several students of welfare policy urged congress to repeal the laws that automatically provide whatever amounts of federal money are needed to pay welfare benefits each year .
you should explore the welfare system every single year .
the democratic process does require us to look at these things every year .
information resources inc. , chicago , said that thomas m. walker , executive vice president and chief financial officer , had resigned to pursue other interests .
but ethics are one thing and law is another .
the man touched my heart , he said .
it's unfortunate that people think when politicians do it they are corrupt .
the knicks' defense held the bucks without a field goal for the first 11 minutes 16 seconds of the fourth quarter , proving again that the team is doing whatever it takes to win .
we came out flat to start the game .
we have to think defense first and rebounding first .
in the second half , we started doing a better job .
no one did a better job than davis , who kept making one big shot after another to put the knicks in a position to win .
i feel like the basket is huge , davis said when asked what it feels like to be in a shooting zone .
everything is moving in slow motion .
it seems like whoever is jumping at you is not even close to you .
you have to take advantage of these days , because they come far apart .
as young teams often do , the bucks lost direction when the game became intense .
they're a veteran team that knows what it takes to win at the end .
when we got down in the game , we should have kept doing what we had been doing before .
then patrick ewing answered with a big play .
at first , the basket was ruled good .
mason was a key man at both ends , finishing with 11 points and 9 rebounds .
after ewing missed on a jumper , milwaukee had a chance to pull to within 1 point , or tie with a 3-pointer .
in that instance , i should have looked to the coach for a play .
milwaukee had the knicks in serious trouble before their comeback .
robinson got up after a short time , and he returned to action later in the period .
what that lineup lacked in size , it make up for in speed and outside shooting .
riley went back to a conventional lineup to start the fourth quarter , but the momentum had changed in new york's favor .
tonight , both were available , and neither player sat for a minute in the second half .
they put us on their backs and said , we'll carry you .
it definitely makes a difference with me and kenny out there , said coleman , who had appeared in the lineup with anderson only 4 times in the previous 11 games .
in crucial situations , me or kenny is going to have the ball .
i was just trying to drive and score or get fouled .
even so , this victory was more difficult than it might have been .
suddenly , there is a small break in the clouds for the nets .
i have some interest in it , and i think they have some interest in me , said phillips , who was dismissed by denver on dec. 29 .
tyson foods inc. , involved in a controversy that led the secretary of agriculture to resign last fall , said today that don tyson would step down as chairman .
the company said mr. tyson had been named to the newly created post of senior chairman , in which he would serve as chairman of the board's executive and finance committee and devote most of his time to major corporate financial matters .
the company , which is based in st. petersburg , fla. , did not offer any estimates today .
the women's boat was built for the 1992 races by bill koch , who successfully defended the cup that year and now backs the women's team .
still , it is important to keep the day's events in perspective .
the women immediately flew a protest flag .
at the fourth mark , america had picked up another five seconds on stars & stripes .
we get to see these guys put their cards on the table , she said .
there are three more months of trial racing for the citizen cup , and with it , the right to sail as defender of the america's cup , beginning may 6 .
to get it , they need diversity -- the kind found in mutual funds .
the argument made in their favor is that the financial markets have become so efficient that portfolio managers cannot do better than the general market over long periods .
rather than try to beat the market , index funds aim to mirror it .
in the period it did not win , it came in second .
many of these funds , though , lack long-term track records , and some are open only to institutions .
moreover , some have disappointing performance when measured against actively managed funds .
foreign index funds have also been rather disappointing .
perhaps the biggest unknown about index funds is how they will perform in a prolonged bear market , since they are relatively new .
index funds are , by definition , always fully invested .
the less a fund spends , the more profits for investors .
that's more than a full percentage point lower , she said .
advisers urge investors to consider index funds for bonds holdings as well .
expenses in general become one of the most important factors in terms of fund performance .
its long-term record is really terrific , he said .
you can get 80 percent of long-term return with half the risk .
but after nearly two more days of intense talks , the league and players reached a tentative agreement .
the islanders will open at nassau coliseum a week from today against florida , followed by two more home games against ottawa and philadelphia .
each club can walk away from three arbitration awards over two years , provided the award is at least $ 500000 .
you need a couple of years to judge it .
and any option year in contracts will be converted to a fixed year with no right to arbitration .
for players older than 24 , the elimination of option years has different effects .
that player can now be offered or can ask for a one-year contract ; he can also ask for arbitration to determine the salary .
if we wanted a cap or a tax it would have required losing the season .
had that occurred , the n.h.l. would have imposed a cap or tax , as major league baseball teams already have .
ms. kelly started as a child model and successful child movie actress .
her performance won her a tony award .
as a child she appeared in some 50 hollywood movies and from 1938 in leading roles .
the guy opposite jerry rice at receiver .
the guy who does not grant interviews .
they thought this guy was very tough .
but then in that first camp , john struggled .
bill was saying , maybe i was wrong .
and now , in his ninth year , he has not stopped .
we sat down and we concluded that there was no way we could lose him , policy said .
he's helped make this team what it was in the 80's and has been a big part of us rebuilding to get to this stage .
and this guy , when he walks into a room , he lights it up .
so , what happened to taylor with the news media ?
after high school , he drove a truck delivering liquor to stores .
they told us give them some liquor or they were going to beat us up , taylor once said .
they didn't have any guns or anything , but i wasn't about to fight them .
i weighed about 105 pounds when i got out of high school .
i didn't want to do that the rest of my life .
all i could think of was , what if they had a gun ?
i told my father i wanted to go back to school .
he tried one school , john c. smith university in charlotte , n.c. , and then enrolled at delaware state to play football .
he was a football star there , just as he was in his childhood football games .
we used to play in a cemetery , taylor once said .
but that was the only place we could really play that had grass .
and , the cowboys know , he is dangerous .
and though he does not talk to reporters , he will quickly talk with his coaches if he believes he's being overlooked in the offense .
at least twice in his career he had done this .
he is a complex person with so many different interest .
he has so many interests and yet he is good at all of them .
he is not like jerry in that he trains extra hard in the off season .
j. t. just cannot accept that he dropped a pass or he ran the wrong route or a defensive back is getting the best of him .
he will not allow those things to happen .
and if they do , he just changes them .
but he can dish it like he takes it .
i have so much confidence in him and him in me .
we have been perfect for each other .
people may think of him as the other guy in our receiver package .
but i didn't have to , because he knows it .
taylor has great strength from within .
for the 49ers , the other guy may not talk much but he is never out of sight .
the company did not announce a ceiling on what it would pay or a time limit for purchasing the shares .
a slogan , a future of opportunities , was followed by the new name .
they have since announced a joint venture with capital cities / abc inc. for production of television programs to be shown on the abc network .
but that has not been the case lately .
we expect him to be there opening night .
messier , the captain , missed the rangers' first training camp in september because of a contract dispute .
messier said his father , doug , who is also his agent , would meet with garden and ranger officials on monday to try and settle on a new deal .
messier is asking for about $ 6 million per season over two or three years .
like many players and the coaching staff , he speculated about how players would adjust to an intense schedule of 48 games in fewer than 15 weeks .
we're going to be able to play a good , solid game on friday night .
where the league is going to get in trouble and some teams will get in trouble , is trying to maintain the pace and the intensity for the first two or three weeks , when you are playing four or five games in a week .
messier said his decision to report for training camp had nothing to do with a supposed threat by an anonymous garden official that he had to report to resume negotiations .
it was my intention all the time to come in here , he said .
you see it in football , where a player signs and two players are asked to take pay cuts , he said .
we've been using local real estate agents , friends , bar owners from the city , you name it , richter said .
you say to yourself , i'm a professional athlete skating around in circles .
asked one man as he left the theater .
they show his spirit , the continuous adventure of his life .
i try not to get caught up in all that , he said .
i don't need my name in the papers .
i don't know a quarterback who doesn't like to throw it , he said .
but i just care about wins and losses .
people who know the game know what kind of quarterback i am .
of course , it's never as simple as that -- that he's content to hand off , or throw swing passes to his running backs .
growing up in madison , n.j. , he was the youngest of nine children , including five older brothers .
four of them played college football -- at boston college , penn state , duke , and new hampshire -- and he always played with them .
so he learned to perform at a higher level .
there was one other thing about football .
he and neil went back to the yankee stadium days .
he used to be one of the teen-agers in a college jacket watching the giants' summer camp practice near his home .
we spend a lot of time on the phone , o'donnell said .
bobby ross recruited him , but never coached him .
even though ross never coached o'donnell , there was something about the o'donnell family he liked .
he enjoyed talking to jack , and he liked it that they had a large family , just like his .
they remained close over the years .
bobby was one of the reasons i went to maryland , o'donnell recalled .
he spent a lot of time in jersey watching me play .
he spent time with me when my father passed away .
that happened last summer , almost two years after jack o'donnell had a stroke .
the younger o'donnell had lost his greatest fan , someone who always drove to see him play , whether here or at maryland .
essentially , he became a starter after that .
but if you look closely , we throw the ball quite a bit .
and neil is a very competitive guy .
i've gone through my life not looking for credit , o'donnell said .
they're voting him defensive player of the year just because he got a couple of gifts ?
the draft will be held on feb. 15 to stock the new carolina and jacksonville teams , who paid $ 180 million each to join the league .
for its share of the millions , each of the 28 existing clubs can lose a maximum of only three players , although it has to expose six .
no players without contracts for 1995 can be put on the list , except certain players who have completed two and three years .
only one 10-year veteran can be on the list .
we still have decisions to make , general manager dick steinberg said .
we have a new staff coming and the head coach will be involved .
still , the jets may not expose washington if they believe they can trade him for a draft pick or another player .
trades were never a big thing in the n.f.l. , steinberg acknowledged , however .
and with free agency , it's less of a factor .
as for the six players the jets must expose , steinberg said he would telephone them in advance so they wouldn't be surprised when the list came out .
the united nations security council was right not to ease economic sanctions against iraq this week .
the case for maintaining sanctions is clear .
it must allow u.n. monitoring of facilities capable of making nuclear , chemical and biological arms and missiles , and disclose the sources of materials used in their manufacture .
a new report by the u.n. inspectors shows that baghdad has yet to come clean .
france , meanwhile , is eager to resume doing business with baghdad and is rushing off to open a diplomatic office there .
it is used primarily for defending the fleet , and each jet costs the navy about $ 60 million .
at the auction , on thursday , a representative of the metropolitan museum expressed a hope to raise funds to buy the painting ; the museum did not buy it .
yesterday , the museum said it had not decided whether to try to acquire the work , for which a private dealer bid $ 2.2 million on thursday .
i was just in the store , and everyone's saying , oh god , what are we in for ?
people have been very battered by this .
trees have fallen right , left and center .
the california office of emergency services says some 3000 people have been forced from their homes , and the federal government has declared 34 counties disaster areas .
at least 11 people have died as a result of the severe weather , according to the state .
but we knew about it in time to recover the instruments .
thousands of people without telephone service sought help from pacific bell , said david miller , a spokesman for the company .
a lot of people were anxious for some hot food , he said .
it would be impossible to hold national elections in june .
this would lead to devastating tensions .
but it does not resolve the problem of the majority .
but it is a safe pair of hands until the next elections .
mr. muhammad suggested that larger forces were at work .
it is natural for a daughter to love her father , ms. muhammad said .
ms. muhammad said the government should release more information about the case .
the actions of the government must be called into question , she said .
court records show that he was arrested in connection with the bombing at the soviet bookstore in 1977 , when he was 17 .
efforts to reach him for comment today were unsuccessful .
the police report on the raid says that when officers burst into the apartment , both men tried to throw away cocaine they had been using .
his lawyer in the drug case , mr. palm , told of having tried to get out of the case for a long time , because i don't have much communication with him .
i show up for court , and he doesn't , and the case just gets continued .
the reason the county hasn't really pursued it is because they're after a bigger fish .
summers is more of a witness in the case than a defendant .
i never saw her with visitors , he said .
he said he was shocked when he heard about the indictment .
he had had no idea that she was a daughter of malcolm x .
but i was more surprised , he said , because the charges just don't fit her character .
i'm happy we have the concept of innocent until proven guilty , because i don't know if i believe it .
i don't want to lose such a good tenant .
no one ever knew who she really was , he said .
i just don't believe this is happening .
three men are convicted of the murder .
there was no question that mr. sullivan was qualified .
he asked ; standing in the middle of 30000 empty square feet .
it's like having your own cathedral or your own train station .
now they sometimes shoot movies and commercials here and they have held balls here , he said .
would you believe that this entire ceiling was installed in just 19 working days ?
i started going to libraries and reading whatever i could find and i went exploring on the site .
i figured out it had to be in the last column , he said .
he was hired at $ 4 a day and he never got a raise , said mr. sullivan .
and then there was chester a. arthur , who before he became the 21st president had been appointed to the office of collector .
mr. sullivan said he is still studying his place of work .
this place is just like those museums my father took me to when i was a kid .
treatment center a victim of deficit in new york city , where there have long been complaints that there are too few treatment programs for addicts who are mothers , there are now fewer still .
two borough presidents are headed to court to try to stop the giuliani administration from removing fire alarm boxes .
there are over 200 of them and we thought we would take this opportunity to take their money .
also arrested there were his sister , christine , and 20 others .
even though he was subsequently indicted on a more serious charge of enterprise corruption , a felony with a penalty of up to 25 years , a supreme court justice allowed him to remain free because his assets had been attached and he had continued to show up for his appearances in court .
a day before the giuliani administration is to begin removing fire alarm boxes from city streets , two borough presidents are headed to court to try to stop the move .
and in some editions , because of an editing error , the company's response was omitted .
it declined to comment on the role of the company involved in the federal case .
the mercantile stores company , which called off discussions of a possible merger last year , said yesterday that it was not involved in any new merger discussions .
on sept. 9 mercantile said it was talking with another company about a merger and on sept. 26 , it said it had called off those talks .
mercantile never publicly identified the other company .
industry analysts speculated it was the may department stores company .
state and local governments are increasingly challenged by budget cuts and public skepticism of their ability to perform effectively .
you've found the perfect location for your new business .
it's close to major suppliers and transportation routes and the seller is asking a fair price .
just one problem : the property is contaminated .
so in 1988 minnesota created the voluntary investigation and cleanup program to encourage recycling of contaminated property .
state and local governments are increasingly challenged by budget cuts and public skepticism of their ability to perform effectively .
in 1992 , care for the elderly absorbed 42 percent of medicaid funds .
in new york state , medicaid spending for long-term care was more than $ 7 billion in 1993 and is growing at an annual rate of 19 percent .
so in 1988 the new york and private insurance companies developed the partnership for long-term care , an insurance strategy to protect the elderly and the state against the costs of long-term care .
through the partnership , most consumers purchase policies from private insurers that will pay for three years of care in a nursing home .
once these benefits are exhausted , policy holders become eligible for medicaid , but their assets are entirely protected .
ten insurance companies are participating in the program and nearly 5000 new yorkers have purchased policies .
now , she is expected to recommend at least $ 300 million in cuts in state payments , said an official close to the transition who spoke on the condition of anonymity .
gov. mario m. cuomo had given less ambitious versions of the two proposals , which require legislative approval .
they said the change in thinking reflected concerns both political and fiscal : cuts to both health-care providers and recipients would be far more likely to pass the legislature .
payments to hospitals and nursing homes make up roughly two-thirds of the program's cost .
advocates for the poor , some health care experts and others say hospitals and nursing homes must expect to pay their share as mr. pataki seeks to close a budget gap of $ 4 billion or more and keep a promise to cut taxes another $ 1 billion .
the beneficiaries and the providers should be asked to be equal partners in this .
for his part , mr. pataki has not agreed to any specific measures , but he said this week that cuts to health care providers were being considered .
the heavyweight champion , george foreman , was honored twice yesterday .
could this be the tone of the new senate ?
the subject came up thursday , the associated press reported , when senator byrd said he had been too involved in moving his office , like other displaced democrats , to read the legislation under discussion .
i put a picture on my desk of my little dog , billy .
senator byrd said he kept a picture of his wife on the desk , too , but i cannot get a quick laugh looking at my wife like i can looking at billy .
when senator byrd sat down , senator dole rose and said , i would like to get my little dog , leader , and your little dog , billy , together , but not tonight .
our traditions require us to help out as much as we can , and there is nothing i can do about that .
otherwise , by now i could have opened two or three businesses , or maybe even a real store .
sometimes you ask yourself , why do you even bother to work ?
in a life where the only thing that counts anymore is money , young people are beginning to see children as a handicap .
do these youths have the means to stick to their intentions ?
with little being spent on family planning efforts , the population of the ivory coast , a country the size of new mexico , is expected to balloon to 34 million from the present 13 million in the next 30 years .
he said the investigating team is finding that the bombings have an iranian connection , which iran has vigorously denied .
the dollar rose against the german mark but continued to be weak against the japanese yen yesterday .
investors fled italian and spanish markets for the mark and left emerging markets in asia for the yen .
traders said that there was widespread speculation of spanish intervention throughout the session but that there was no comment from the bank of spain .
the dollar continued to feel pressure from the yen as investors moved out of emerging asian markets and into safer japanese investments .
the continuing financial crisis in mexico has prompted investors to scale back holdings in other emerging markets .
the pressure is still very acute and it is helping to keep the yen firm .
in other currency trading , the canadian dollar recovered after hitting its lowest level in almost nine years on thursday .
but the central bank has been criticized for not raising rates enough to compete with rising rates in the united states .
and he found it by breaking into the computer systems of some of the nation's biggest corporations -- a crime that landed him and three of his friends in federal prison .
getting on line is the height of fashion ; it has become a gathering place for everyone from the rolling stones to the speaker of the house .
he broke into every phone company computer in the world .
they were doing something very important for american society .
i wouldn't do this again now , but only because i was caught , he said .
i'm not telling people not to do the things i did .
you're crossing the line into theft .
he maintains that he broke into computers only to gain an understanding of how they worked ; his friends used the knowledge to make money .
it was something that got out of control , he said .
i'd literally consulted supposedly the greatest minds in the country , engineers for each piece of equipment i had , she said , but nobody could fix the problems .
here comes this kid who says , i can solve all your problems .
he met with fellow users off line , and fell in love with a young woman .
i have a high level of confidence he's using his amazing talent to better the community .
what did seem clear was that the selection of the new executive director , who is traditionally nominated by new york's governor , would involve new jersey too .
i will meet him and sit down and talk with him .
he will meet with and talk with the commissioners from new jersey .
and then we will see if the governor makes this recommendation .
right now , i don't have any real concerns .
he seems to be a quality individual .
mr. pataki said today that he would not recommend someone who sought to impose their social views on basically an economic authority .
i would not recommend anyone to governor whitman who i didn't believe had the intelligence , the experience and the vision to run the agency in an outstanding way , he said .
i was unhappy with the fact that everything was being played out in the press , she said .
the police said two gunmen entered a government office and shot both officers in the head .
airport controllers responded by saying : roger .
just continue holding in position .
i'll have something for you in just a second .
i did not see the aircraft on that runway .
the safety board said it was looking into issues that include pilot training , air traffic control procedures and airport design .
in this case , the ohio agency , the capitol square review board , is arguing that it is a violation of the establishment clause for a government agency to permit a private organization to display a religious symbol even in a public forum .
after the village denied permission , the group went to federal court and won .
six new justices have joined the court since then .
next year's addition is six more than previously planned .
should one take the moderate path of lobbying and public education to effect change ?
or does the situation demand something more militant , such as speaking out , loud and long , right at the clinic door ?
but i personally don't feel it's the most effective way to change people's hearts and minds on this .
it does result every week in one , two , perhaps three women changing their minds .
and it's that many lives saved , he said .
there are some who feel that public attention to this sort of activity leaves them out of the picture .
a whole generation has grown up seeing those images .
cardinal law serves as the group's spiritual adviser .
they talked about expected growth , a great need for capital and the future global role of these countries .
on the surface , things were much like today -- but only on the surface .
most developing markets tell similar tales .
there is a huge investment in high technology , and federal express has put its asian headquarters there .
it includes plays on asian infrastructure , small indian companies and other finely chopped markets .
but learning this lesson will not be easy .
but this is probably the first time they've all gone down together since they got popular .
a few market experts see a basic world shift .
they will recover , he said , but not soon .
the long-term economic outlook is the same .
white house officials said the president understood that it was vital that he be seen as doing more to respond to voters who have made clear they believe that the government is too big .
mr. clinton's effort is intended to to demonstrate that he cut enough from the budget to make up for the full $ 60 billion , five-year cost of the middle-class tax cut he proposed last month .
but the officials said mr. clinton and his aides would need more time to decide upon a more extensive list of long-term cuts in federal departments and agencies , which the president now hopes to send to congress by early april .
the white house has said that it will extend spending caps that were due to expire in 1998 and that will require budget cuts of $ 52 billion in fiscal 1999 and 2000 .
administration officials said they intended by april to show in detail how mr. clinton would reach that target .
the officials declined to identify targets for the next stage of the planned overhaul , but they said that even the intelligence community would not be exempt .
for the game , chicago shot just 39 percent .
los angeles has lost four in a row .
heating fuel prices extended their slide yesterday as mild temperatures continued to limit demand .
natural gas prices have fallen for nine consecutive sessions , losing 23 percent of their value .
heating oil has dropped 9 percent over the same period .
february gas futures expire jan. 24 ; february heating oil expires a week later .
once the february contracts go off the board , people start looking toward spring .
i understand the direction the team is going , i understand that a person in my situation might not fit in that plan , he said .
but , he said , i know that when baseball is back and healthy , there will be a job for me .
new york government offices closed .
new jersey government offices closed .
post offices express mail and special delivery only .
connecticut government offices closed .
post offices express mail and special delivery only .
in 1981 , she became the first directly elected mayor under a new form of government , a position she held until 1987 .
the house , which had been abandoned for some time , was previously owned by a bank .
he's doing it for players who are in the minor leagues now .
the clubs plan to open spring training on time , which is feb. 16 .
if no agreement is reached with the striking players , they will use the replacement players in their march exhibition games and then the regular season , which is scheduled to begin april 2 .
clubs also will try to use minor league players who are not considered major league prospects .
most clubs have said they do not plan to use their top prospects because they don't want to affect the relationship those players eventually would have to have with striking major league players .
we've asked the agents to recommend to those players that they not report .
i encourage them to try to play replacement games .
the heart king was led and allowed to win .
the only tricks for the defense were a heart , a club and a trump , so south was pleased .
but virtue had to be its own reward .
national league san francisco giants -- named reggie younger jr. director of team travel .
placed moses malone , center , on the injured list .
indeed , there was little complaining when the cowboys arrived in san francisco today after being delayed an hour by head winds .
i haven't seen anything like this in my eight years here .
first , if you have any other tax liability , the money will be applied to it first .
for example , the i.r.s. could turn up interest charges you had not expected .
again , the 1993 tax bill would arrive with penalties and interest .
the question is whether coleman is content merely to march to a different beat , or does he want to be the leader .
when derrick steps on the court he plays hard in practice , he said , so don't worry about derrick .
while he has a $ 37 million contract , coleman lives in the same detroit neighborhood where he was raised .
i say what i feel , and a lot of people can't handle that .
you don't get the sense from watching him that he is consumed with a burning desire to inspire his team .
you always think about it , coleman said .
when it didn't look like things were getting better , he made a change .
he wanted to put himself in position to win a championship , or at least say you played for one .
the nets face the knicks in new jersey on monday .
the knicks , buried by the news media a month ago , have surged back .
patrick ewing is hungry for a championship .
for coleman , with a championship out of the picture at least for now , the question is : how will he be remembered ?
as a character tied to a bad team that he couldn't make better ?
every athlete at this level wants to win .
we have money , more money than we'll ever be able to spend .
coleman and the nets were born in the same year .
coleman in detroit on june 21 , 1967 , the nets the following october as the new jersey americans of the american basketball association .
it already assembled buses , trucks and engines there .
in ceremonies past , the speeches were followed by jam sessions where anything could happen , and usually did .
but does serious recognition always have to take the form of a serious ceremony ?
the giants' reserve tight end , derek brown , has asked the team to put him on the expansion draft list , several people familiar with the situation said yesterday .
young would not comment on brown , who attended notre dame , or any other player who might be on the list .
that , however , would change if he joined one of the expansion teams .
his longest reception is 14 yards .
everyone involved has been careful not to reveal who is on the list .
teams cannot put more than one player who was on injured reserve , or more than one player who is over 30 , on their lists .
with those exceptions , anyone is fair game .
so the most players the giants could lose are three .
the giants , like most teams , are waiting as late as possible to tell players so word doesn't leak .
i think we will make every effort to , young said .
but sometimes it gets to be impossible because you can't find the players sometimes .
if privatization means bringing in private management to do a better job , it is worth exploring .
responsible officials need firm control over facilities that are central to the area's role as a hub of national and international commerce and travel .
the mayor and the governors have separate official interests .
the cities of new york and newark own the airport land .
ranked among the world's principal airports , they are and will continue to be key to the region's growth .
the total rent is now only $ 3 million a year , obviously unfair to the city .
governor pataki said before taking office that he agreed with mayor giuliani about rent .
governor whitman has ordered a study to see what might be done at newark ; the lease there already pays better than new york's .
the new york city lease has 20 years to go .
even if the city and state tried to regulate private owners of the airports , that is not the same as direct political accountability .
the port authority has a special exemption .
these three airports do not stand alone .
politicians have always used the latter to their advantage .
there are even stories about the absence of an emotion : bush choice fails to upset top aide .
by definition , nothing official happens until election day , so the press plants itself firmly in the realm of spin .
the last is an example of what i call a double -- reporting a state of mind about another state of mind .
in part , journalism is merely following deeper trends .
he traced the christian roots of modern communism and the influence of christian ethics on his own life .
he said he was more concerned with trying to build a paradise on earth than worrying about a paradise in heaven .
but , he added , should he come to discover that there was a paradise in heaven , that would be a bonus .
pollution , after all , does not respect state boundaries .
are these reforms what most americans voted for in november ?
polls consistently demonstrate a strong public commitment to environmental protection .
an assistant principal , in cooperation with the principal , must help educate children who have a variety of academic , emotional , psychological and physical needs .
other personnel , mainly teachers , would be forced to assume difficult responsibilities for which they won't be prepared .
yet the legislation poses big political risks for the administration .
senator barbara boxer , a california democrat who voted against the trade agreement , said in a telephone interview tonight that she hoped the bailout legislation would provide an opportunity to review american participation in the agreement .
and a group of 15 representatives who opposed the original pact said this week that they would try to force an american withdrawal from the agreement .
the administration calls the accord one of its biggest political and economic successes .
one of the most important details in the bailout legislation concerns how much money the united states charges mexico for the loan guarantees .
senator dole said that the fee could be as high as 10 percent .
following the washington rule of demanding big concessions from anyone in a weak position , some lawmakers in the meeting also wanted various deals from mexico for their constituents .
the administration officials expressed hope today that a bill could be ready soon , probably this month .
the law allows congress to collect the money from a foreign government or from general tax revenues in the united states .
the fees charged to foreign governments are similar to the premiums charged to homeowners for mortgage insurance .
if there is a 1 in 20 chance of default then the fee would be 5 percent or so .
but the administration is making the federal loan guarantees so expensive that mexico may use them only briefly , if at all .
federal government risk premiums for foreign governments vary wildly , even for the same country .
at worst , it was an attempt to discourage blacks from applying at all .
the barrier south africa crossed was mainly psychological .
it does not make a large difference , other than in terms of people's joy and confidence .
they drew students only from their own neighborhoods .
some applied written entrance tests .
for the most part , they discovered the only change would be somewhat larger classes .
but the children get on well together .
it's the adults who have the fears .
but the pressure to open admissions came not only from the government of president nelson mandela , but from economic reality .
we are prepared to accept all the changes .
i want to go on with the new south africa .
in the end , he said , no black applicants were turned away for any reason .
things will go steady , steady , steady , until things go smooth .
some fighters said they could no longer reach freedom square , where the presidential palace is , from the south .
people will defend their homes and their families with their teeth .
russian troops will come here anyway , he said .
they'd better lay down their weapons and surrender them or the nation itself will die .
we want to be masters on our own land .
this is not a region of russia , he said .
the italian president appointed the treasury secretary to be prime minister .
the designated leader said he would form a government of technicians .
south africa is opening white schools much more broadly to black students under the new government , and in general it is working well , but there still are some signs of resistance .
but he continued to appear before crowds there .
the white house is reviewing the federal budget to produce a second round of cuts by early spring , senior administration officials said .
man in the news : representative robert livingston of louisiana , the new chairman of the house appropriations committee , is serious about cutting costs .
members of congress said the federal government was ultimately responsible for the use of federal money on welfare programs .
letters russell baker : pataki takes the hood .
the jet stream split to flow around the high , with its stronger southern branch carrying storms to california .
the northern jet stream is what has blocked arctic air from moving south .
the phenomenon has historically been seen every two to seven years , but lately it has seemed to be the rule rather than the exception .
but white house officials said the new determination being shown by russian forces to impose a military solution to the crisis , together with growing criticism from congress , had led mr. clinton to speak out .
every day the fighting in chechnya continues is a day of wasted lives and wasted resources and wasted opportunity , the president declared .
yet in his speech , to eastern european officials and business executives at a trade conference here , mr. clinton reiterated the american view that chechnya is properly a part of russia .
he vowed to lead a bipartisan effort here at home and an international coalition abroad to encourage russia further along a path toward democracy and economic reform .
mr. clinton did not mention mr. yeltsin by name in his address today .
we continue to support boris yeltsin , full stop , a senior administration official said .
in his speech today , mr. clinton said the war in chechnya , terrible though it is , had not changed the fact that the united states retained a tremendous stake in russia's efforts to become a stable , democratic country .
mr. clinton's audience here included several hundred businessmen and officials from 14 central and eastern european countries who had joined hundreds more american business leaders for a white house conference on trade and investment .
but the president also went out of his way to defend the bargain his administration has struck with north korea , which calls for $ 4 billion in assistance from several nations , including help for north korea to build two modern nuclear reactors in return for its agreement to abandon its nuclear weapons program .
that accord has also generated sharp criticism from republicans in congress .
in a deposition scheduled to be taken in private on wednesday , mr. cuomo is to be asked about what city officials told him during the episode .
a similar deposition was taken from mr. dinkins in 1993 .
a man who has admitted lying in both a state trial and a federal investigation into the killing was sentenced yesterday to six months of home detention and ordered to get psychiatric care .
the man , john anderson , 25 , was sentenced in federal district court in brooklyn for his false statements to federal officials last year .
mr. anderson later admitted that he had not seen the attack .
traders were encouraged by the retail sales report , which lowered expectations that the federal reserve would soon raise short-term interest rates sharply .
the dollar recovered against the mark , helped by calm in european markets .
but the dollar fell again against the yen .
heating oil and natural gas prices continued to slide .
a mild winter in the midwest and northeast is limiting demand .
international mexican officials sought to ease concerns in the united states over the costs of a rescue package .
officials said the loan guarantees announced by president clinton would not cost american taxpayers anything because mexico would pay all fees .
a rescue package will probably come at a price for mexico .
clinton administration officials and congressional leaders are discussing what concessions should be demanded of the mexican government .
high loan fees and restrictions on immigration in the united states are among the ideas being considered .
your money it is difficult to beat the market , so why not mirror it ?
invest a recent notice from the i.r.s. about a tax bill for 1993 has caught even tax professionals off guard .
he also said the united states did not consider china to be a significant security threat despite an increase in its military spending .
there was no specific plan put forward by either government to do that .
speaking about china , mr. perry said that while it had a substantial military capacity , it does not represent , in my judgment , a significant threat , either on a global scale or on a regional scale , nor do i believe the chinese government has aggressive or offensive intentions .
alex & ivy sells casual country furniture and had yet to turn a profit , industry analysts said .
we are in negotiations with other companies .
social security is a contract between the government and workers , under which workers earn benefits with payroll deductions matched by employers .
she died while i attended her in the ambulance on the way to the hospital .
it seems that this issue must be addressed by a commission .
this will insure safety not only for residents of new york city , but also to visitors , whether they are in or out of the cab .
that display , to make a point about cutting government costs , was about as subtle as it gets for mr. livingston .
but it has its compensation ; i have also gone from 18 years in the wilderness to suddenly a center of attraction , for good or bad .
i think that about the time we do our job , it probably might be for bad .
mr. gingrich passed over four senior republicans on the appropriations committee to make mr. livingston the chairman .
the ways and means folks can go out and say , oh look , we cut your taxes , mr. livingston said .
i'm a former trial lawyer , a criminal prosecutor and i think i know what makes people pay attention .
i'm in the unfortunate position of not being able to guarantee that we can even keep their appropriations even , mr. livingston said .
how much of a cut remains to be seen , but it probably will be cut .
but on the other hand , we made a commitment , and i think the american people understand that we must fulfill that commitment .
i think they are prepared to take cuts in favorite programs in order to assure themselves that they leave their children the long-term health of the united states .
they had 40 years in the majority , he said of the democrats .
now they have to learn to live in the minority .
what is it that marion barry said ?
he has not committed to a college .
clarke was averaging 30 points a game .
but presidents , prime ministers and foreign ministers will still be taken to the holocaust memorial as a matter of course .
ministry officials explained that they simply wanted to stop telling visitors what to do .
but critics across the political spectrum accused the government of having lost its sense of jewish history and identity .
but those people may be a small minority .
for anyone to understand what this country's all about , why it's important to have a jewish state , it's obvious that they must learn about the holocaust and its implications , he said .
visiting this institution , it said in a brief statement , is a privilege and not an obligation .
the big news yesterday was the commerce department's december report on retail sales .
some stocks increased for reasons unique to them .
enormous tasks lie before the youth of the world , especially before the catholic youth of the philippines , of asia and the far east , the pope said today .
word of a conspiracy against him recalled may 1981 , when the pope survived an attempt on his life in st. peter's square by a turkish gunman .
since then , the pope has attributed his survival to divine intervention , saying god has given him extra time on earth .
he was described as an electronics expert .
besides the officers , who are husband and wife , the authorities indicted the wife's father , who is a retired officer , two of her brothers and two friends .
her father was an emergency service officer on staten island until he retired in 1992 .
the russian delegation did not object to the mission when it was approved at the group's weekly council meeting on thursday , officials said .
the talks in moscow about the mission will include whether it will be to count the dead or go further , and look at military matters of whether the russians have violated the code of conduct of the group , the official said .
the security group , which has called on all sides in chechnya to agree to a cease-fire , hopes the mission will insure respect for human rights and help with the restoration of constitutional order , he added .
in a letter to president boris n. yeltsin last week , president clinton suggested that the group be used as a vehicle to try and resolve the war , organization officials said .
in its first statement about the war , the government of poland said russia had gone beyond the significant limits of international law .
terms of the sale were not disclosed .
the other investors are limited partners .
like many political journals , the nation tends to do better when the opposition is in power .
he noted that he had commitments to expand the nation into areas like computer disks .
i believe that for the first time in history , the nation can pay its own way in the world , he said .
among other things , it would include the many annual articles that the rev. dr. martin luther king jr. wrote for the nation and all the research that went into them .
mexican officials promised today that the huge package of loan guarantees announced by president clinton thursday night would not cost american taxpayers anything because mexico would pay all the fees involved .
this is not foreign aid , said a senior mexican official who spoke about the loan guarantees on the condition that he not be identified .
it is not going to cost the u.s. taxpayers one cent .
officials here would not disclose the size of the package , which is reported to run as high as $ 40 billion .
this is in addition to an $ 18 billion credit line that the united states , canada and several other countries recently created for mexico .
backed by the united states , mexico would technically have to pay investors only the united states treasury rate or a rate slightly higher .
mexico will also have to pay a fee to the united states for the risk that mexico may default on the loans .
the senior official would not give details on how much that fee would be .
but he said mexico would pay the fee from the proceeds of whatever money it borrowed .
in two days , the market plunged more than 12 percent .
investor attitudes turned abruptly on wednesday with news that washington was willing to give mexico additional financial assistance .
the economic crisis in mexico has shaken other markets around the world .
we saw strong buying in mexico today not only by hedge funds , but also some of the big mutual funds .
while mexico ended the week in a much stronger position than when it began , most analysts do not think the crisis has ended .
they've got to go ahead with their privatization plans , continue to have very tight fiscal policy , and more .
more than $ 25 billion worth of such bonds are outstanding , and the question of mexico's ability to cover them was at the base of much of this week's uncertainty .
but the government has for 12 years used revenues from oil export sales , or anticipated revenues from such sales , in connection with several kinds of financial transactions .
if tickets are sold between states , they want to control it .
but the company's investors quickly tired of mr. cohen , whose shock therapy for the company included eliminating 1000 jobs , a costly marketing campaign and moving most of its manufacturing overseas .
about 85 people work there , and it is unclear how many will lose their jobs , the spokesman said .
when three young men pushed their way into a bronx apartment to rob the people inside on wednesday night , they were disappointed to get only $ 50 , the police said .
but before they came , she said , they called and told the victims that they were on the way .
it was not known yesterday if the three got off any shots .
the identities of the people in the apartment at the time of the incidents on wednesday and thursday were still not clear last night .
neighbors said a man and a young girl also live there .
none of the people in the apartment were injured .
and the neighborhood only a block or so south of the building is notorious for drug dealing , they said .
the bronx district attorney's office said that following standard practice , it would review the shooting to be sure that the detectives had acted properly .
japanese companies have been model citizens in this country , mr. reich said on thursday .
this company has just thrown that out the window .
in the two years since he took office , he said , no chief executive or labor leader involved in a strike has ever turned down an appeal from him to meet and talk .
but it took more than the protests of the secretary of labor .
four united states senators , the japanese prime minister and the japanese ambassador became involved , and today so did president clinton .
temporary workers in the plants were given the jobs .
they said he's not involved in collective bargaining disputes .
mr. rosenthal tried again on monday .
none of the fires led to injuries .
about 15000 of the recalled vehicles are in canada .
at a news conference , police and fire investigators refused to say whether they had identified any suspects or a motive .
they also refused to say how they thought the fire started .
we would love to be able to conclude it today , but that is not possible .
our responsibility in finding the person or persons responsible for four counts of homicide also requires us to rule out suspects .
we're certainly not starting from scratch , he said , but we have a lengthy investigation in front of us .
but the watch was called off before the fire .
the four dead firefighters were lieut .
other firefighters fled to safety .
the thin wall is not something that you would normally see in a building , said lieut .
the international association of fire fighters has posted a $ 25000 reward for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the fire .
i would not print anything i thought was truly harmful or offensive , she said .
mr. brent told the los angeles times earlier this week that he was merely writing about the urgent need for population control .
i don't know what people are so excited about , she said .
it's not like evans or brent have any influence over any laws .
but some experts call the finding significant , and it promises to open a new front in the war on smoking .
today , they make up 95 percent of all cigarettes sold in the united states .
core investors must keep at least 50 percent of their initial stake for 24 months , but can sell up to 20 percent after three months and up to 50 percent after 12 months .
the letter hints that the prosecution may try to portray the defendants as participating in a much wider pattern of violence and terror than previously suggested .
it outlined a series of crimes the government will introduce at the trial , even though the defendants have not been charged with them .
in any case , if the prosecutors raise other crimes at the trial , they must also present proof the defendant was responsible .
an assistant united states attorney , patrick j. fitzgerald , would not comment on the allegations .
but it didn't take long for him to adjust and take advantage of new opportunities .
the best part was going into our groups , he said , referring to the activities he participated in every day with other children .
the federation uses money from the new york times neediest cases fund for the scholarships .
he did admit that he missed his mother and father , but only a little bit .
and , he even learned a few farming techniques .
there's nothing like going outside of the city into the country , she said .
there aren't a lot of kids in our neighborhood and this let him get out and play with big groups of children , mrs. harris added .
it was such a positive experience for him .
my son can dance , mrs. harris said proudly .
moments later , she walked to the medical office down the corridor from the court .
i knew she was scared , he said , mostly when she looked at it .
but what was the worst thing that could happen ?
with her team so far ahead and a big game coming , another coach might have taken her out before the injury .
i'll let her tell me when she's had enough .
seton hall is ranked 19th in the associated press poll .
and this was a big east conference game , so connecticut tried to concentrate on this game and not think about tennessee .
he served for a year as president and then , from 1982 to 1989 , as chief executive , with a mandate to lead the company into more diverse lines of business .
she was reported in fair condition at hollywood memorial hospital , where she was kept overnight for observation after earlier reports from the gulfstream medical department had suggested more extensive injuries .
it's a lot better than we thought .
what was not clear is how much time she would miss now .
she underwent nine months of painful rehabilitation at that time before returning last may 25 .
and five years before that , she suffered a broken left arm in a spill at the meadowlands in new jersey and missed nine months of riding .
i got lucky and jumped her horse and her , he said .
after a spill like that , people question your heart .
you trade fear for the passion of riding .
mr. price was the last surviving member of the generation of artists who shaped the look of the new yorker in its early years .
mr. price could also find humor in disaster .
he operated at a level of technical skill beyond that of most artists .
mr. price said he believed he got his artistic talent from his father .
having pop hart as a neighbor changed my life , mr. price said .
the drawings got larger as i got older , he said .
i suppose it's me , mr. price said of the man in the cartoon .
it's a world of my own , and i guess i'm one of the characters .
there is nothing special about my life , he said in a 1988 interview .
but no decision has been made on whether or not to do so .
they have until jan. 19 to declare that they will do so .
kathleen brett was charming as the spirit of love who returns the dead to life .
in its original paris form , spectacle would of course have been part of the appeal .
but the nevada democrat intends to pursue the issue this spring .
a federal employee with the same years of service does not qualify for a full pension -- equal to 20 percent of his average final three-year pay -- until age 60 .
it is up to the lawmakers to decide what is fair for themselves and the public .
but mr. bryan is on a more responsible course than mr. miller and others who would go too far in reducing congressional retirement benefits .
here is a news picture of him taken at the atlanta airport while en route from new york to oklahoma .
victims of modern airline travel will not be surprised to see that you can't even get to the beyond these days without changing planes at atlanta .
but not as one of his very first acts .
it was a promise that could have easily been kept later in the political day without calling loud attention to itself .
well , he is not the first to assume the hood .
let us not forget governor clinton of arkansas , who left a presidential campaign briefly to be present at little rock during an execution .
still , you expect a little more class of new york .
the acceptance rate counts for a small fraction of a school's overall ranking .
there is a degree to which this music speaks for itself .
specific plans must be made public as the basis for an environmental impact analysis .
under the plan , pier 40 would also be used as a site for a new manhattan flower market , and would retain 500 to 600 parking spaces .
mr. fox said he did not expect the court ruling to slow down development plans because work on an environmental impact report is expected to be completed in 18 months .
he then joined the faculty and in 1946 was made a professor of history and greek .
after his retirement from harvard in 1970 , he became a professor of greek civilization and history at boston college , where he stayed until 1977 .
she wanted to hold on to her children , even if that meant letting go of her high .
i was crying because i couldn't find it , and my worker said if i didn't check in they were going to take my child .
but when i got here , they welcomed me with open arms , she said .
they didn't care how dirty my coat was .
in new york city , where there have long been complaints that there are too few treatment programs for addicts who are mothers , there are now fewer still .
the 13 programs , serving 350 mothers and 1000 children , were among the first casualties in the mayor's war on the deficit , with its $ 2 billion in budget cuts .
created in 1990 , when drug treatment programs rarely dealt with women's concerns , the comprehensive programs were hailed as a way to stem the flood of children entering foster care during the crack epidemic of the 1980's .
the 18 programs that remain will not be able to absorb all those in need .
there may be a short-term savings , but within a year or two they're going to wind up spending more money on foster care than they would have on the programs .
keeping a child in foster care costs about $ 20000 a year , and most families in need of treatment have at least two children , city officials say .
most of the others have been referred elsewhere , but have not yet been accepted .
because she become more responsible , they are enjoying childhood for the first time .
the center is seeking private financing , but michelle brown , a parent aide who worked at the center for two years , is not sure there is any hope .
yet some things do remain in their control .
then the investigators searched for the exact spot , a task that took two days .
because of a production error , a picture of gov. george e. pataki visiting washington carried an incorrect caption and credit yesterday in some copies .
the companies said the sale could be completed later this month , depending on market conditions .
i would have been happy to explain this to mr. rich , but i didn't receive his messages until after his column appeared .
reporters were not allowed in the white house during the tour .
once you say between you and me , it should be between you and me , she told the newspaper .
she had essays to write for her first choice , harvard , and for yale and princeton .
interviews are required of the top 10 winners .
the night before , she was finally seeing light , said brian lee , a friend and fellow senior .
it was all there , but in pieces , he said .
it seemed like a bad idea to let two years of research go .
it seemed like the greatest tribute to her commitment was to take the effort to do the detail work to finish her application .
i set aside my feelings , he said .
i didn't give myself time to think .
he filled out the application for her .
what classes did she like the most ?
at only one question did brian break down : what would you really like to be doing 10 or 15 years from now ?
he totally put aside his own work , mr. sachs said .
he totally put aside his own work .
she and her friends constantly studied together .
she kept wanting me to read pride and prejudice -- her favorite .
the judge meant she was too good for high school .
he thinks i'm some sort of strange person who knows too much for my time or something weird like that .
i really feel we have a connection through this that will keep us together for the rest of our lives .
i can see her lean against them and read .
for two days , all i did was answer the phone , said mr. ford , the spokesman for the state corrections department .
finally , i had a form letter printed up : we are not taking volunteers .
if utah politicians have their way , the execution by firing squad scheduled for jan. 26 may also be the nation's last .
in utah , polls indicate that 75 percent of voters support the death penalty .
in a sign of the times , congress voted this fall to cut out all federal financing for a program designed to provide free legal aid for appeals by men and women sentenced to death .
in texas , where 92 men have been executed since 1977 , the number of lawyers for the death penalty center has dropped to 1 from 18 a year ago .
there will be a pan underneath the chair to catch the blood .
mr. taylor seems to have achieved his goal of embarrassing state officials .
the law ought to updated , representative allen said .
he chose death by firing squad over death by hanging , which was then the state's other method of execution .
the state has executed 92 criminals since the return of the death penalty in 1976 , not in 1995 alone .
bankruptcy court should provide the fastest relief and the most sympathetic arena to argue its case , they say .
the stores are not all profitable , and if that is the case , $ 50 million doesn't solve the problem .
an extensive reorganization plan typically takes three months or so to put together .
and even if it does , that would only begin to address its problems .
the company is carrying a debt load of $ 350 million , which retail experts said was far too much for a retailer that brought in $ 400 million in sales in 1994 .
is there a tunnel under manhattan we don't know about ?
or was there ever a plan to build one ?
but with the development of the federal highway system , moses had an idea for a $ 43 million solution that wouldn't cost the city a penny .
it would also connect new jersey to new york , making it eligible for federal money .
a. not only was there , there still is .
its name was derived from the tenant of the previous building at the site , the empire state bank , according to christopher grey , the real estate columnist for the new york times .
he is christopher gray , not grey .
and if not lisa s. , what about kenny g ?
the president's jazz got generally good reviews .
the entire event , three years in the planning , was organized by -- who else ?
he was not her school's band leader .
i finished my rounds in the morning , left about noon to go downtown to another hospital where i had private patients .
on the way i stopped to see a movie .
i left right after the movie ended and went down to the hospital , but as soon as i got there they rushed to me and told me that i was wanted very badly at harlem hospital .
they told me somebody of great importance has been injured and they want you .
drive , i saw this sea of people around the hospital and a lot of policemen .
he was absolutely silent , his eyes were closed .
i immediately decided on the position and all the factors necessary for a successful approach to the job .
we had to do all that without the knife being touched .
when i was satisfied that everything was in order , it was a question of cleaning the skin areas and all over the chest and arm .
with that done , we started the surgery and it was carried out , i would say successfully .
he went on to become its first black chief surgeon .
for him to be brought to harlem hospital for a dangerous thing like that , where his life was at stake , it was a challenge .
could harlem hospital show that it was up to this task ?
you see , it was a city hospital , and it was looked down upon .
it was up to me to show the world that it could be done there .
bus and train service is frequent .
in 1995 more than 600000 visitors turned up ; this year , with the canadian dollar cheaper , organizers expect more .
a $ 3 fee gives you a bowl , spoon and ballot and all the stew you can eat from more than 20 restaurants .
in winter it turns into what is billed as the world's longest skating rink .
guided tours are available every day except christmas , new year's day and canada day , which falls on july 1 .
ottawa is also a city of museums : 29 of them .
both museums are well worth a visit .
modern and well appointed , its 24 stories offer spectacular views .
reservations must be made by tomorrow .
dinner daily except sunday and monday .
lunch and dinner monday to saturday ; closed sunday .
the cost for two people with wine runs about $ 60 .
ethnic restaurants are lower priced .
the cooking covers all regions of india .
open for lunch monday to saturday ; dinner , seven days a week .
a map on jan. 14 with the what's doing column , about ottawa , located the peace tower incorrectly .
it is on parliament hill , not shown on the map .
the site labeled peace tower is the peacekeeping monument .
the final judgment , by richard north patterson .
the autobiography of the former 2 3 16 chairman of the joint chiefs of staff .
lincoln , by david herbert donald .
life as experienced by children in the south bronx , the poorest 15 3 congressional district in the nation .
one of the best-known and most learned literary critics of our time tells not all but well , especially in a long , sharply observed section on world war ii .
curtis has been delivering the mail for 42 years .
on his last day everyone has presents for him , and there is a party at the last house .
they tell him that he , though a christian , is their cousin by blood , and that they would like to make love to him but cannot unless he becomes a muslim .
the day is about to dawn and the time we are able to spend together is too precious to be passed in telling stories .
we can only become your wives if you embrace our religion .
and within each of those stories there are characters who tell their stories , so the whole work becomes a bizarre and beautiful construction of tales within tales within tales .
this is a somewhat dangerous admission to make in spain , but apart from the fact that i trust your integrity , i warn you that it would not be very easy to do me harm .
arguing about slavery the great battle in the united states congress .
only such an action , he insisted , would clearly indicate that congress regarded any discussion of slavery as unconstitutional .
it came to make a considerable difference , for example , that a simple majority could lay a question on the table , but a two-thirds vote was required to take it off .
women's part in history was often enacted in the wings , but this author has moved it center stage in her story of the daughters of a powerful british duke .
an examination of the nature of good and evil , this novel is on the surface a thriller : the title character , a pregnant irish girl , leaves her father's home to search in england for her vanished lover .
always small in number , they were even fewer by the end of the war .
american plastic a cultural history .
the united states began to dream in plastic .
world war ii turned a growing industry into a giant .
it is now over 50 years since the end of world war ii in europe , but the survival stories keep coming as if they were breaking news .
and in this memoir the cure is found .
finally , though , she allows herself to investigate just how bad it really was .
the plan is to make it to germany , to find refuge with friends and wait out the worst .
tell me everything will be all right .
good mothers are those who help their daughters to die .
the suffering never stops , she seems to be saying .
her aunt calls it to the attention of the assembled family .
i kept my eyes on it until it disappeared into the dirty gray fog .
every so often the occasion demands a grand dining experience .
the view alone sets this restaurant apart from other sydney dining spots .
the restaurant operation , on the other hand , is thoroughly modern .
each course can be accompanied , for an additional charge , by a glass of the recommended wine .
or one may choose from the carefully composed wine list , which features some of the most distinctive wines from south australia , together with a smaller selection from other parts of the country and abroad .
at each of these restaurants reservations are desirable , if not essential .
this year , her name wasn't even on the list of 15 nominees .
her eyes fill with doubt and she says things like : why ?
she keeps going , of course , because she has the habit of living .
i worry about her soul , her state of being .
in fact , these days the old are living so long that they have created nothing less than a new stage of life .
at the end of world war ii , only 8 percent of the population was over 65 .
in other words , old age no longer stands for anything .
at the moment , more than 31 million americans are over 65 .
the species has achieved something new , a second summer , if you will .
in the early part of the century , people lived perhaps 2 to 10 years in retirement .
in some ways , this cycle of old age is no different from the rest of life .
in other words , she kept busy , which seems to be our society's answer to questions of meaning and existence .
from second summer to chill winter .
there is something much more important taking place , he seems to be saying , something society has never seen .
that's why aging poses a crisis of explanation , of meaning .
we leave them to struggle not only against their own failing biology but also against our expectations , our vision of youth , our insistence on independence .
the problem , on the face of it , is that all this seems a bit thin .
when you talk about meaning you can't expect people to come up with it themselves .
it's a dream of being lost , she said .
sometimes i'm at work and i go out to lunch and can't get back , and sometimes i'm in high school and i don't have my program , you know , the card that lists your classes ?
i can only guess at the depth and urgency of her appeal .
she asks , returning again and again to the ultimate question .
cole would tell her that the answer is buried in the question : the search for meaning is not an end in itself but a way to start living again .
in other words , we struggle to survive so that we may continue the search .
at 14 , she began studying science and philosophy at the university of chicago .
the couple then moved to boston , where she continued her research while caring for their two children and teaching full time at boston university .
as a 16-year-old , i learned a great deal from him , she says .
people think the earth is going to die and they have to save it .
she had been proved right once before .
what people do when they don't like the idea is they don't confront it head on , because then they'd have to learn something , she says .
eventually , the scientific community had to take note .
it is a classic of 20th-century biology .
in systems theory and electronics , this is not a radical idea .
we're barely in time for a late lunch .
he reminds me not to forget his coffee .
i like to come here ... he begins .
i am reminded of how thoroughly and desperately he likes women !
i know he wants to talk about women .
i take a first , shy , tentative step and ask , why did he ever marry her ?
no one , he says , it was just to make her happy .
all i wanted was to read books , he adds .
i wanted to study greek , i wanted to write and travel and be free to love as i pleased .
i forced myself to love her , he says .
or at least someone else made me see it was over .
she doesn't understand , she wants to come , she wants a picture of me .
and suddenly i find myself saying something that is more shocking to me than news of the woman's existence .
instead of pictures , why don't you just go back for a few weeks .
there is no more coffee in his cup ; he says he will get some for me as well .
everyone is allowed five good years in their life .
everyone meets a dangerous woman in his life .
i need more coffee , he says , standing up .
anyway , first find me a decent picture and then we'll see .
that was surely the word of the year for president clinton .
that only defense of the word in its history led to political disaster for its user .
in certain places , it denied black americans the right to sit where they wished to on a public bus , to drink from a public water fountain , to eat in restaurants , stay in hotels , go to public schools with whites or vote .
today , as america enters the 1996 presidential election year , it is singing two different tunes .
you last heard it in the election year of 1992 .
they simply wanted the democrats out .
this is sometimes difficult to prove , but as was said in the o. j. simpson trial , the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence .
yet they live in a liberal country .
if this year's democratic platform looks republican , it will not be so much that the democrats have abandoned the liberal agenda but that the republicans have absorbed it .
most observers concede that it needs to make some corrections in its details and attitudes .
but in its competition with conservative thinking for the soul of america , it has won hands down .
we've lost the sense of people who need jobs .
yet he conceded : the conservatives don't have answers either .
by their awkward silence liberals have confirmed this .
representative barney frank , democrat of massachusetts , says , nothing causes liberals more political harm than that perception .
that right was , and is still , seen by most americans as reasonable and sensible , yet liberals saw no need to have an open , sympathetic discussion with those who were opposed to abortion rights .
there are major areas of activity , like the rights of women and of members of minorities , and the environment , that could not have changed the american landscape without great numbers of people agreeing that they wanted government in their lives .
state bills in texas and in mississippi died in committee or went down to defeat .
according to the environmental protection agency , the effects of the clean air act amendments of 1990 , signed by president bush , will reduce the country's air pollution by over 49 billion pounds per year .
bipartisan support passed the clean air act amendments in 1990 by 401 to 25 in the house and by 89 to 10 in the senate .
industry has experienced no serious loss .
the reality is that in major areas of activity , it very much wants to keep government big .
but every such period is followed by a further advance of both freedom and equality , because this is the way the country has wanted to go .
most people would call that a triumph .
and she had love : at age 43 , for the first time , she married .
her latest recording , listen to my heart , has sold more than 15000 copies since its release in november .
now , say friends , colleagues and her husband , nothing is left them but to try to make her a bigger star after her death than in life .
i'd like to think that she is going to triumph , mr. friedman said .
if someone had something to give , and through the biggest obstacle of all , it still got given , what a gift that is , to think the force of having a vision about yourself can come true through the greatest of obstacles !
in 1990 , she met mr. friedman and his companion , mr. barnes , who became her manager , and she began to record , putting out five albums over the next five years .
there was something she knew , mr. friedman said .
i feel she knew she was going to die and wanted to get stuff done .
but she continued to fail by the minute .
because it's clear to me her life goes on after her death .
and i thought if i could give her this , if i could suspend her in space , this would be my exchange for the nights i laid on top of her , she experiencing nothing ... .
and she's right , but only if you're paying as much attention to what you don't want to see as what you do .
there is another driving characteristic of american humor : its continuing obsession with ethnic and racial comedy .
who finds what funny about whose group , and where , why or when ?
the secret signal that one generation passes on to the next is at least as likely to be i want you to suffer the way i did as i want things to be better for you .
when i left , i was mad as hell and determined not to take it any more .
who could even match him in his own time ?
the history of the ballet companies that both men founded and directed together is the story of a continuing school of thought about an art form .
few today remember that from 1953 to 1955 he ruled the city center as its managing director .
when movie stars gather , there is a potential television audience .
at the 1992 ceremony , an actor said about the hollywood foreign press , they've been so nice to me ; they've always been so nice to me .
i wasn't just an extension of the piano ; i was the piano .
it's very rare for music to affect me that way .
i'm going to send them a bottle of wine with this one , she says .
why did i always look to these men ?
i was always reading where i stood by what they saw .
and then you hit a gas station somewhere and you're in a town , and you've gotten into the christian sound .
it's not about sitting down and putting 18 bars here or there .
music shapes her colorful speech , her view of the world , her sense of her own body .
i had to stand up to do it , because in the box i couldn't swing my feet around .
i'm getting to a place that's just endless , the possibilities , so i'm starting to push those limits more than i had before .
information about it is being distributed to prospective travelers by the silver valley resort association of wallace , idaho .
in australia , city neighborhoods are called suburbs , even when they're in the middle of town .
it is by reputation a victorian neighborhood .
in time the professional middle classes returned from their refuge in the outer suburbs , where they had fled in the early part of the century .
continental is not alone in cutting back .
this problem hits one in the stomach on a connecting flight , or a series of short flights .
but last year , my friend took the same trip , on delta , changing in atlanta , and was en route five hours without a meal , or time to grab one in the airport .
meals are not served on flights leaving after 7 or 8 p.m. .
airlines have special foods available for advance order , but the order should go in with the reservation and if the flight is changed , it is unlikely that the order will be transferred .
these are general terms , he said .
if the competition is giving a meal on a flight , you bet we will .
delta is also testing juice boxes on adults .
the charter oak synagogue , however , was not built for 33 more years , as the jews met in rented space downtown before finding and purchasing the property .
the menu offers four appetizers , all winners .
portions at night are small , and service is slow for both meals .
the snow , coupled with the bitter cold , touched virtually everyone on the island , and many were wondering whether the worst is yet to come .
gov. george e. pataki declared a state of emergency in nassau and suffolk counties on monday and tuesday .
the passenger airports shut , and all schools on long island were closed on monday and most on tuesday .
post offices closed , and mail was not delivered on monday .
most bus routes were canceled , and the long island rail road suspended most service .
before the storm the island had felt the effects of an early winter .
seven storms since last month have required snow removal .
both county governments had used up a significant part of their budgets for snow removal .
applications for heat assistance had been climbing , threatening to use up federal money for low-income families .
reminded of the winter of 1994 , by many accounts the worst in history , long islanders are wondering -- and worrying -- just how bad this winter will be .
and the cold weather continues to keep shoppers out of the stores .
the weather has also caused problems for governments , she added .
the nassau budget for snow removal this year is $ 1.4 million , of which the county had spent $ 1 million before the blizzard .
public safety is most important , and no services will be affected .
we're at the mercy of mother nature , and we just hope she's kind .
in addition to county funds for county roads , each town has its own budget to remove snow from town roads .
in the past families that received welfare or food stamps could automatically receive energy assistance .
this year only families with vulnerable people like children younger than 6 , adults older than 60 or disabled people , will automatically receive the benefits .
all others have to submit applications .
this year we're less fortunate and back up to a higher demand .
but if we do people in emergency situations may be eligible for benefits under other programs .
we usually see up to three cases after every big snow , he said .
but to pick up the same volume of wet snow puts quite a strain on the heart .
we are concerned that this winter we will see large numbers of hand injuries resulting from these machines .
he added that general recommendations for the cold included dressing in layers , avoiding wet clothing , taking regular breaks indoors and not drinking alcohol .
although cold weather is most dangerous for elderly people , they are least affected by winter depression , he said .
before the blizzard , the district had already used two snow days and had one delayed opening .
whatever one's style , size or location , if the bank account allows , there are homes like these all over connecticut .
big bonuses could mean more purchases of second homes in the country .
some of them were happy to have their money in the stock market .
brokers around the state agree that buyers are younger .
many have small children for whom they seek a good school system and most made their money in financial services , technology or entertainment .
they're leaving the city and taxes have a lot to do with it , she said .
they may be getting more land , but possibly not as much house as they thought or as new a house as they thought .
but if you're paying this kind of money , you want it all and maybe you should have it .
even within the county , prices vary widely .
most are sold by what they look like when you come up to them , he said .
there is definitely more attention to detail , he said .
we're not a bedroom community ; there is no train .
you need a car to get here , he said .
people can find a life style on a quiet , relaxed level and not feel out of touch with the world .
we're only two hours from new york and boston .
if a woman comes to my office in high heels , he added , i know she isn't going to buy here .
people coming here have to be secure .
now , in our area , you're at the top if you sell one .
there's enough inventory at all segments of the market to satisfy demand , he said .
most of them now live in southeastern connecticut or in the three southern counties of rhode island .
in 1975 he was a young man who had moved back to the reservation and was forming a tribal government composed of members of his immediate family .
despite intervention from a tribal lawyer and a visit from a member of the tribal council last summer , he's still waiting for a response .
its real hard to believe that they don't have the time or opportunity to look at our application , he said .
in 1974 they would have qualified easily .
this year , however , is proving to be another story .
the national weather service , however , had little good news for officials trying to balance their budgets .
as a consequence , i am asking the federal emergency management agency for assistance because of the severe threat to public health and safety .
the department of social services reported that 52 homeless people were given emergency shelter during the storm that started last sunday .
others who were worried about making it through any more bad weather this winter kept some car sales employees happy .
the salesman drove it over , it fit , and she bought it .
what i tried to do was create a sense of joy , as you do in teaching a particular subject matter .
if they have that joy , they will find the real person in the character they are presenting .
he helped us with costumes , and even found us a choreographer who was a professional dancer .
the guys and dolls cast even came to see the play .
she could do tragedy as well as comedy .
he studied with the poet robert penn warren at the university of minnesota and received a doctorate in english literature from st. john's university in jamaica , queens .
i made the decision of being involved with the students , which is more in harmony with what i see as being available to the students .
and , in the 49 years she lived , did anybody really know her ?
it wasn't her voice that got her the job .
many people in the documentary say there was nothing beneath her surface : no love , no interests , no cares .
but the story became more and more fascinating , especially when i discovered the less charming sides of her character .
all the people i talked to had been really badly hurt by her in one way or another .
but they all still loved her in a way .
it's strange how someone can have an impact like that .
it soon became clear that the movie deserved a wider audience .
when i met him in paris , he was very reluctant .
i think he felt like it could be an invasion of his privacy .
but when he realized what my approach was , he really helped .
just about everyone agrees that it is a good idea for the government to spend $ 3 billion a year on the arts .
few french artists , musicians or writers alive today are considered true masters of their craft .
one way or the other , french culture seems to have taken refuge in the past .
but no living french painter has been so honored .
the only thing that money cannot buy is the ability to create .
could too much money be the problem ?
the government's role is to create a climate , an atmosphere , he said .
how many writers and artists have been ignored in their own time ?
true , yet how does one explain the fact that foreign talent continues to emerge ?
in fact , both have been helped by attention in the united states .
the problem here is that the public doesn't support artists as they do , say , in britain .
there's an interesting generation of french artists between the ages of 30 and 40 , she continued .
that alone is enough for some french musical circles to blame him for the crisis in french music .
but government subsidies have disturbed all that .
groups like these are encouraged , presented regularly and even given temporary homes here .
france keeps a lot of world dance alive .
and outside france , they are relatively unknown .
but this has not prevented prominent foreign directors from working here .
and the american robert wilson has worked so often in france that he is almost considered a national .
france itself is not without talented theater directors .
and it's not just in literature , he said .
at present , 50 percent of movies and television fiction broadcast by france's five television channels must be french .
and under a new law that went into effect this year , french songs must account for 40 percent of popular music broadcast by french radio stations between 6 : 30 a.m. and 10 : 30 p.m. each day .
but this situation is also the fault of intellectuals .
most critical , perhaps , french cinema still lives in the past .
both established and new directors of talent exist , but all too often they make films for their intellectual peers and not for the public at large .
but it is also risky to be different .
and we will never know how many crews have similar killings on their conscience .
if i accepted it , it is because i liked the story -- both the social issues and the action .
this is a story that a lot of people would say you could just not tell in a conventional way these days .
for them it would just not be romantic enough .
part of that involves doing projects like these , showing that they are viable .
i was excited when i found out i could borrow it .
to hear its staff members tell it , financial help is not the whole story .
now we have to focus resources on buyer education .
you cannot assume people will be terrific home owners .
it assists people in hiring contractors for repairs , and offers repair and rehabilitation loans .
the typical beneficiaries are people with household earnings of $ 40000 to $ 60000 a year .
after an initial test of the program , the pool of funds available for these loans has been increased to $ 2.5 million .
it's how do i get to closing , he said .
dealing with the practical issues of getting to closing and of ownership itself have become the specialty of the new york city neighborhood housing services offices .
neighborhood housing services has a rehabilitation loan program that lent them the money .
people should know about these programs , he said .
we got a pool as a gift last summer .
who knew we were going to have to pay so much for water ?
six flags will run the food court and a free shuttle between the center and the park , now open from april to october .
the project will be financed by company funds .
the project is proceeding at a time when many retailers in new jersey and the nation are suffering .
despite the competition factory outlets continue to grow .
new plan entered the outlet sector in 1992 and since then has acquired five centers .
officials at new plan and six flags are optimistic theirs will be , too .
in recent years , time warner has invested heavily in the 11 parks in the chain , including some $ 100 million in the jackson park .
the company is now looking to create a regional destination , said scott w. bernstein , president of six flags .
the issue for us is to offer a mass of entertainment .
he added that the center will give people another reason to come and to keep them here more than one day .
beyond adding more attractions , plans also include hotel rooms .
the outlet project is good news for jackson , as is the expansion of six flags .
but commercial development has been limited .
this opens up development along portions of the corridor and enable the park to expand .
the jackson township municipal utility authority will sell bonds to finance the more than $ 10 million project , construction of which is to begin this summer .
six flags will guarantee the bonds .
at opening , close to 90 percent of the space will be filled , he said .
in the absence of widespread arts education in the public schools , organizations like the third street music school settlement , the harlem school of the arts and 20 other similar organizations throughout the city have worked to fill the void .
developing audiences is only half the picture .
we are not doing our job completely if we just provide exposure to the arts .
our goal is not to create stars but to give our students that to which they are entitled : the opportunity to experience the joy and value of making music and art .
that is what will encourage them to visit museums and attend concerts as audiences .
sad to say , little of the good stuff written in the last 75 years has been heard by even the sophisticated .
only then will we know how much real art we actually have in our midst .
violence graphic physical and mental brutality .
the public story is given a troubling private side , with ms. allen playing pat nixon .
the sentence was handed down after the article was prepared for publication , but before the magazine was published .
it is so fitting for this time of year -- and just generally a delight .
her father is a member of the new york stock exchange .
there was a time when most of us even worked in the same building .
if you were a financial adviser , you might say my family has consistently lacked diversity in its employment portfolio .
the first to join the company was my father , who started at bell laboratories in murray hill , n.j. , in 1965 , when he was 25 and i was 2 .
his closest friends were also employees -- we spent two weeks at a lake each summer with another at & t family .
become an engineer , he said again and again .
when i was in high school , his executive friends would pull me aside during their visits and ask what i was going to do with my life .
be an engineer , i said , knowing it was what they wanted to hear .
indeed , i started college at the university of delaware as a would-be engineer .
but come graduation , i was out on the street , wondering what i could do .
this followed a tip from my mother , who had joined the company years before to help pay for tuition bills .
i was even promoted and sent to get my master's degree in computer science , and i soon found myself a software designer in the most prestigious technical organization in the world .
even so , every few years i would tell my father i was ready to leave .
i should stay , he said , because at & t is a good place : it offers great benefits and a good salary , and the company needed people like me .
to him , the company wasn't a job ; it was a way of life .
i stayed and exciting things did happen for me .
but three years ago , after years of restructuring , cutbacks and growth , his job function was eliminated .
after 30 years at at & t , my father retired early last year .
the loss of identity was painful and real .
it shaped my decision to go part-time -- four days a week -- two years ago .
with the extra time , i taught technology courses to teen-agers and teachers , did some freelance writing and wrote a novel and a technical book .
in recent years , inside and outside the company , the message has been strong : you must take your career into your own hands .
some days it seemed we would both take it , other days not a chance .
it was painful to see my mother's emotional strain .
she kept asking me what she should do .
there aren't many opportunities , she feared , for someone her age .
even so , the possibility of accepting the buyout didn't seem real until i asked for my father's advice .
it was a defining moment in our relationship .
over the years we had argued about the issue of corporate loyalty .
i would ask why anyone should be loyal to a legal entity .
to him , a corporation based on anything but long-term , personal loyalty doesn't make sense .
even so , with my father's blessing , i chose to take the buyout .
my colleagues were shocked at first , but then they realized that i had been preparing for my departure all along .
in fact , i have been greeted with so much support and good will that it has increased the painful feeling that i am leaving home .
the corporation of my parents did , after all , pay for my education and help me become a successful adult .
so now it is time for me to make my own way in the world .
mr. friedman , also 30 , graduated from cornell university and received a law degree from the university of michigan .
he is the son of dr. and mrs. howard friedman of new york .
bell atlantic provides local telephone service to about five million customers in new jersey , and its customer base is growing rapidly .
its expertise in the local market , and its longstanding monopoly of it , will almost certainly make it difficult for at & t and other long-distance giants to jump in and grab a share , say consultants who watch the telecommunications industry .
people want to see you driving around in trucks , setting up in stores at the mall .
the man drove his construction vehicle through two towns and spent the next two and a half hours digging out the truck .
perhaps the biggest surprise of all was that all around the state , people actually did as they were instructed .
the governor's emergency ban on driving by anyone other than emergency personnel , which stayed in effect through 5 a.m. on tuesday , was widely honored , especially on the bigger highways .
it was a family from quebec who wanted to head north and weren't allowed onto the turnpike , he said .
she spent a few nights with friends and a few nights in her car .
she called every agency she could find .
i was told there was no budget , no money , for someone like me , she said .
i was told i make too much money , believe it or not .
her salary was frozen while politicians in washington argued over the federal budget .
but it bought her time to figure a way out .
it was along the lines of depressed .
on top of everything , i wasn't getting paid .
but the landlord would not allow her to live there with a baby .
the least expensive apartment she could find in union was $ 500 , she said .
child care , which costs $ 300 a month , was necessary if she was to keep her job .
she had to pay bills and buy food and baby supplies .
nobody in her family had money to lend her .
something had to give , and what gave was the rent .
i got to get out of this , but i don't see how i'm going to do it .
we now stand ready to launch a major , comprehensive initiative to improve the plight of urban schools .
it will surprise no one that mrs. whitman said many of the same things in her annual message on thursday , about how we're all doing better , and we're going to help those city kids some day .
yet the real story is not about how little things change around here , but how much .
for besides looking proudly back , mr. kean was able to talk about new programs and initiatives .
a great deal more goes into successful education than an expensive spending program .
there are plenty of signs that the legislators may be of a different mind .
the state cannot afford to let that happen , but once you start cutting taxes , its hard to say when .
when the time comes to reveal her administration's plan , she suggested , she would be somewhere else .
they started learning word processing skills in the first grade .
by the time they leave here in the sixth grade , they are expert users .
the web did not even exist three years ago , and until last year was almost solely the province of computer science experts and other specialists .
before then , it was a waste of time .
according to a survey conducted last march by the connecticut association of boards of education , only a third of all public school districts in the state reported that all their schools were in some way connected to the internet .
applications from interested schools were due last week .
the program is expected to serve some 200 public schools , less than a fifth of the total .
but she added , this is only a beginning .
meanwhile , connecticut children , some in schools like chester , more at home , are finding their own way onto the internet .
teaching child safety rules for on-line activities at home may be more critical .
among the rules suggested : i will not give out personal information and i will never agree to get together with someone i meet on line without first checking with my parents .
he added that an easy rule of thumb for parents to tell children is simply to exit sites where they are uncomfortable , although some parents prefer their child to come to them rather than be taught to , in effect , run away .
in many cases that would not be a new thing .
children on the internet , he noted , tend to be more than 8 years old , as younger children prefer using their computers to play games .
greenwich is as good a town as any in the state to see how the internet revolution is extending to the young .
now ms. albert is trying to create the same opportunities for her greenwich charges .
her school had just opened an account with america online , the commercial service that offers , among other options , access to the internet .
this is allowing us to go beyond four walls and six periods a day , she said .
it takes you beyond the school building , beyond the community in which they live .
the world's getting smaller , and the internet will play a greater part in everyone's life .
this allows students to see each other as well as talk .
we will find a way to continue , she said .
having been exposed to this , i know i would find it very difficult to lose that connection .
our teacher said you're going to go research all this information and i was like , oh , how fun , she said .
i thought it would be so boring , and i'd look for information and never find it .
if they're like this in sixth grade , can you imagine what they are going to be like in college ?
the best meal we've had in recent weeks was not at a fancy restaurant but at home .
they should be cooked until the meat virtually falls off the bone .
it is too bad that more of his better pieces were not available for this exhibition , which originated at the mississippi museum of art , for the 19 paintings and 13 drawings here do not really make a convincing impact .
he enrolled at the newly formed art students league , rather than at the more traditional national academy of design , then spent eight years in the paris art programs that had started to attract many americans .
limiting the focus of a group exhibition is one way of allowing the most imaginative pieces to stand apart .
there are painting highlights here too .
he broke 87 once the first time he played .
it was in bedford hills , he said .
we called it mad max sweat box , but after a while we dropped sweat box .
one thing he doesn't do is play golf .
his father made $ 32 a week as a truck driver to support a family that included five children .
i'm still filing orders from a show in las vegas in september , he said .
several orders also came from canada .
he sent me a thank you note , but i don't know if he used it , he said .
we are very concerned that there are decisions being made at the child protective services level that may or not be the correct decisions , because without legislative oversight we don't know for sure whether the correct criteria are being applied .
mary glass , commissioner of the department of social services , disagreed with the criticism of child protective services and the concept of legislative oversight .
with all due respect , i don't think the legislature is either trained or qualified to comment on or oversee the department in that kind of way , ms. glass said .
ms. glass added that there were already several checks built into the system .
the recommendations of the task force will allow us to move forward on more successfully handling these cases .
different models of such teams exist in other counties in the state , but the general concept would be a team including representatives from child protective services , local police departments , medical personnel , the county attorney's office , the district attorney's office , the probation department and mental health providers .
ms. glass said that the current system is efficient and cost effective and that workers who would handle only child sexual abuse would soon burn out and leave the unit .
the concept of establishing a child advocacy center -- possibly at the county medical center -- was also discussed by the task force .
many people who are in prison today are people who were abused as children .
the system didn't protect them , and the message they got was that society doesn't care .
the concert , to be presented friday at 8 p.m. by the westchester philharmonic at the performing arts center of purchase college , will benefit the 17 groups .
although members of the organizations do not sell tickets together , they do have a common goal : the more tickets sold , the more money each group can make .
ms. bloom said she had worked on behalf of civil rights in new rochelle for 35 years .
people asked , where is that interesting program ?
the event , which was first held in 1992 , features mostly american music and includes a healthy portion of ethnic programming .
groups must agree to sell a minimum of 60 tickets and attend several meetings .
it does bring people into the audience who might otherwise not be there .
there is also an open dress rehearsal on friday at 10 a.m. , which is sponsored by texaco .
i know one who has been here for about 30 years and has exhibited many times .
even short periods of sharp market declines , however , can have a big impact on returns .
just look at the difference now that five-year records for stock funds no longer include this period .
given the performance of the stock market , many forms should show hefty amounts .
a bigger cost basis means a smaller tax bill at a future time , after you sell those shares , whether this year or many years hence .
there is another way to look at the two groups : their range of returns .
if you are willing to take more risk in search of a higher return , you might prefer individual securities .
even the bankers unhappy with their results appear to be digging in their heels .
more than three-quarters of banks plan to increase their investment in the fund business .
not one intends to decrease its investment or leave the business .
the fund carries a sales load of 4.5 percent .
aggressive value can own companies of any size .
international value looks for companies of all sizes abroad .
aggressive growth buys domestic and overseas growth companies .
fidelity has been granted a license from the japanese government to begin selling the local equivalent of mutual funds to japanese investors .
vanguard is moving into the asian markets , starting with mutual funds in australia early this year .
the controls are easy to read and operate , except for the radio .
the tested model came with the manual transmission , which felt as though it had come out of a truck .
but a driver can invite only one friend -- and one who travels light .
the newcomers need a place to live .
in 1980 , 17 percent of our students came from outside the metropolitan area .
and with the high cost of real estate , we had an increase in demand for student housing .
but some neighbors are not so sure .
we could use a variety of businesses that are practical for the community and attract some tourists .
the competition will be judged by a panel of food critics and journalists .
proceeds will benefit the james beard foundation .
they will succeed in such situations less frequently than those students of color who have attended integrated schools .
it's possible that we may have to close both if we don't come to some agreement , he said .
the way it's built , there's nowhere for the snow to go , he said .
around the clock from monday night until about 3 a.m. .
even after their employers told them to stay home and relax , workers at many east coast companies fought their way to the office during the storm .
some people might have come in out of habit or judged themselves essential , even if their company said they weren't .
companies struggled in different ways to deal with personnel problems resulting from the snow emergency : many simply shut their doors on monday , granting all workers a day off .
the headquarters of marriott international in washington were officially closed on monday and tuesday , and employees were paid for wednesday as well , even if they stayed home .
i think the people here care about their work and want to come in .
here , too , some who were officially free to flee decided to stay .
at small businesses , some people went to work because no one else could .
chains of command were often reversed , as top executives had to fill in for absent workers .
this is the result of two different factors .
the second factor is much more dangerous and could lead to market unrest .
the country's financial situation is very strong .
in addition , our trade deficit is coming down , and the dollar has strengthened .
even though the economy is slowing down , this is not the stuff of financial crisis .
it is important to look at the reality of the budget negotiations .
both the administration and the congressional republicans agree on a fundamental principle : a balanced budget in seven years based on congressional budget office projections .
but the difference in philosophy between the two sides is very wide .
should the states be given responsibility poverty programs like medicaid and welfare ?
where should taxes be cut and whom should they benefit ?
these are important issues , on which compromise may not be possible in an election year .
if no agreement is reached in the next few weeks , the voters can decide in the presidential election which approach they prefer .
that is what democracy is all about .
the biggest losers in the continued uncertainty over the budget are state and local governments , which find their own budgets in a state of near chaos because .
there are flaws in both budget plans .
both plans avoid the opportunity of creating significant savings by a downward adjustment to the consumer price index , as recommended by many economists .
the fact remains , however , that both sides are locked into a principle of balance over seven years .
if there is no budget agreement in the near term , the markets may very well go down , but that in itself should not start a crisis .
furthermore , a slowing domestic economy is generating disappointing earnings , and a significant slowdown in europe is creating a risk to our exports .
it is true that the financial markets have to be dealt with very carefully .
no one knows how much additional credit is supported all over the world by treasury securities .
the amount of credit put at risk would be many times $ 5 trillion .
this is a sign that we are not living in normal times .
every effort should be made in the next few weeks to reach an agreement on the budget .
but if no agreement can be reached , let the voters decide how it should be done .
ultimately the financial markets will not allow washington to escape from a commitment to balance the budget , no matter who the next president is .
these are fundamental and should not be buried in the fight over the budget .
the united states is the world's most successful industrial democracy because its currency and its credit set the world's standard .
a default would not only seriously damage our currency and our credit .
but once you're in pain you take the pill and get used to it .
the state health department decided to reduce the number of drugs covered rather than the number of people enrolled .
we still have one of the most generous programs in the country .
but all across the city -- at clinics , hospitals , drug stores and social service centers -- people with aids are struggling to cope with the new policy .
our social workers are scrambling to figure out what they can do to get drugs for people .
he said some patients ask to remain hospitalized so they can get free medication .
mr. noble , 28 , who lives in park slope , brooklyn and recently sold his share in a legal services support business , is going the medicaid route .
sometimes , he said , the struggle to get the care he needs can seem almost as daunting as his illness .
we were good friends in college , but he lives a long way from new york and we seldom talk .
are all those rich new yorkers doing so badly that they can't afford expensive suits any more ?
it's all part of a complicated financial strategy , i said .
do you think that would work for me ?
he runs a small business , and would do a lot better if he didn't pay rent .
these things only work for the big boys .
your landlord would just get a new tenant .
you know , i always wondered how there could be that many rich customers .
i hear that christmas was pretty bad for a lot of retailers .
it seems odd that one that did well would file for bankruptcy , but i never did understand high finance .
what do they pay you for , if not to read those boring statistics ?
the government stopped releasing them when it shut down , i replied .
the only number we've gotten lately shows that consumer debt growth slowed a bit in november .
but most economists think that we're going to have slow but steady growth for a couple of years .
you don't think the government would stop releasing statistics just so the voters wouldn't know there was a recession building , do you ?
you've been watching too many oliver stone movies , i said .
there's no way the government could get that organized .
sorry , don said , but i have to go .
i think i'll call fidelity and move some money out of stock funds .
for them , there is a promising new issue for a company that is about as far from high technology as can be : it makes chains .
and such industrial issues are rare .
but , by acquiring similar enterprises and offering new products , it has managed to increase revenue by 16 percent annually in the last three years .
investors who are not willing to hold the shares through the next downturn , which some predict will come within the next year or two , could be disappointed .
but not everyone thinks a recession is imminent .
hugh johnson , the chief investment strategist for the first albany corporation , sees the united states as coming out of a growth recession , a period of slow growth that he said could end in the last half of 1996 .
she was on her way to becoming an american success story .
she said i had to come home to help .
we want this to be the highest building in the world , she said .
we need this kind of landmark for hong kong .
while she declines to value her holdings , the company -- 90 percent of whose stock belongs to her -- owns or has interests in about 200 buildings in hong kong , including industrial , commercial and residential projects .
her plans are under siege by other tower projects around asia , each shooting for the record height .
i've always liked the chrysler building .
i don't want to copy it , but something that resembles it .
she said she was sure that approval would ultimately be granted .
and how , she was asked , does she intend to finance this building , which may cost $ 1 billion ?
and while she inherited the family business from her father , she did much to expand it both here and abroad .
they come to us foreigners for donations , she said , shaking her head at the demise of the colonial power .
england doesn't have enough money , so we lend a hand .
he paid so much for ads that he thought it would be cheaper just to open a few newspapers , she said .
he used to drive around in a car built like a tiger .
that's why he thought at the same time he wanted to voice his opinion in a newspaper .
but he passed away when i was young , when i was in my 20's .
so i've been in business more than 40 years .
i don't know how long it will take to make money with this , she said .
development people are a little old-fashioned , so i talk to the younger generation more .
the older people don't approve of me .
they never invite me to those dinners they have .
i wanted to be in the ring where the action is , she said .
at the time i joined i was the only woman .
now , 3 out of the 15 directors are women , but i'm the only woman of the 5 executive directors .
in the business community here , she continued , there are not a lot of women at the top .
in the financial world , there are even fewer .
he couldn't deal with the problems of a manufacturing business .
my brother was constantly worried about face , about keeping face .
if i make a wrong decision , i'll turn around and take it back .
she brought her husband , david , into the company and he now runs its marketing operations .
a large percentage of daughters don't want to run the family business even if they are given a chance , she explained .
the family business is not very glamorous , not something for a woman .
i mean , what's glamorous about running a silk garment factory in china ?
with alex , it felt so comfortable and right , she recalled .
it was like there was some big cow under the table .
she would begin a typical class by saying : o.k. , this is what happened with alex over the weekend .
with laura , anything goes , and with this restaurant , anything goes , she said .
it's a kick off your shoes and have a good time place , and that's how she is .
many school districts are facing the problems of a growing population of children , aging school buildings and a lack of taxpayer resources .
union township found a solution in a former food laboratory that had been vacant for three years .
the bean part of the soup , however , can be cooked ahead of time and even frozen .
add the tomatoes and cook for 10 minutes , stirring .
bring to a boil , turn down the heat and simmer for 45 minutes .
if the soup is too thick , add more stock .
season to taste with salt and pepper .
add spinach leaves , stir and heat through .
add the tomatoes with their juice , the beans and the stock .
turn down the heat and simmer for 25 minutes .
season to taste with salt and pepper and continue cooking until the beans are soft .
to serve , pour the soup into heated individual bowls .
the technology remains similar today .
cutting dies come forward to cut the nail and fashion the point .
modern nails are designated according to the penny system , which originated in england , where nails were sold by weight .
when choosing a nail for a specific job evaluate all the qualities .
long thick nails have greater holding power than short thin nails .
the initial holding power is strong .
they are easier to drive than common nails and are less likely to split the wood .
their holding power is less than that of the common nail .
because those nails have small heads they can be driven below the surface with a nail set .
the technology remains similar today .
cutting dies come forward to cut the nail and fashion the point .
modern nails are designated according to the penny system , which originated in england , where nails were sold by weight .
when choosing a nail for a specific job evaluate all the qualities .
long thick nails have greater holding power than short thin nails .
the initial holding power is strong .
they are easier to drive than common nails and are less likely to split the wood .
their holding power is less than that of the common nail .
because those nails have small heads they can be driven below the surface with a nail set .
the leaves are handsome and the plants really do put on quite a show .
the best part of all is the timing of the bloom .
my school is right near fox lane , about which an article was written concerning the devil .
in my social studies class we were assigned to write a response to this article .
i myself have never played this game but in reading the article it did seem bad .
i think these two women went a little too far in expressing how they felt .
as i read on i found that dr. dennis said it was fine for children to play the game .
the women gave up but started on another battle .
personally i think this poem is fun to write even though we express our fears or our dreams or anything else .
this too was a crazy thing to argue about .
tickets at $ 15 will be on sale at the door .
there will be an open rehearsal next saturday morning at 10 and performances next saturday night at 8 and next sunday at 3 p.m. .
where churches are declining , i suspect , the problem is that they have failed to welcome , and minister to , those who now live in their communities .
it was good that he spoke shortly after a blizzard ; the reporters had worn their boots to work .
lately , smith has been urging people to read it .
and he's got other things to worry about .
the guys who have been there before , it has no effect on them .
with four years left on his contract , at $ 2 million per year , he has four times the salary of smith and four times the job security .
the central government is going to disappear and military groups will form .
no one knows for certain how many people are dying in the violence .
doctors without borders , the relief organization , has estimated that at least 10000 people were killed in 1995 , based on the number of wounded they treated .
the united nations high commissioner for refugees was sent to the country last weekend to look into the crisis .
while the guerrillas have become more organized and aggressive , they are still not able to take on the army in a pitched battle , government officials and aid workers said .
this city is under siege , said one aid worker , who asked for anonymity .
secretary of state warren christopher said today that he has won a fresh commitment from yasir arafat to stem political violence by palestinian groups .
mr. christopher , who is on a middle east visit aimed at pushing forward negotiations between syria and israel , met with mr. arafat for an hour in gaza .
mostly , they just wanted it all to end .
i didn't want to tell him that i was out because i had to get my hair done .
not even dogs were immune to the pain .
he kept bringing one leg up , not wanting to put it down for nothing , because it was bleeding from all the salt , mr. cruz said .
the abuse was not just verbal , it was physical , said mr. johnson , trying and failing to remember anything quite like it in his 23 years on the job .
customers grabbed me and tried to push me away from the closed track gates .
if i had been standing under it , i would be dead .
yesterday i finally saw the roof of my car , she said , noting that even once it was exposed there was no place to take it and be assured of finding parking .
during the week , the police attributed one slaying to a fight that erupted over scarce parking spaces .
free agency requires vast new revenues .
will the league get congressional protection from antitrust lawsuits that would let the league block franchise moves ?
on wednesday , n.f.l. owners are scheduled to vote on the move .
can the chicago bears seriously leave the second city for gary , indiana ?
still , this is about more than a mad dash for cash .
the rams , raiders and oilers moves are all based on lack of fan support .
for their loyalty , they have been rewarded with the loss of their team .
if this can happen in cleveland , said mayor michael r. white , there is no safe franchise in america .
the epidemic of franchise shifts is greatest in the n.f.l. but is felt elsewhere , especially in the national hockey league .
fans of local teams like it , and fans of a league like to know where the teams are .
plenty more smaller markets can get in .
over a short period of time , this will be resolved , he said .
it's not as bleak as some would say .
we had an absolute right to keep teams from moving .
but the most intriguing form of financing is the permanent , or personal , seat license .
essentially , they are money raised from thin air .
studies they commission testify to tens of millions in annual impact created from sales taxes and other activities at games , salaries paid to players and spending at hotels and restaurants .
the impact of a team is minimal , but buys a lot of emotional impact .
of course , said chris warren , economic director for the city of cleveland .
a good health-care infrastructure is a lot more important .
we don't get the revenues other teams do .
the salary cap is going up faster than we can generate revenues .
if we lose , we know we cannot maintain ourselves under the current league structure .
we wouldn't be profitable for long .
about 10 minutes later , the second panel was released .
once they are brought back to earth , the eggs will be studied as a possible protein source for humans on long space flights .
scientists are also interested to see how the eggs developed in the absence of gravity .
instead of burning out , he seemed to think it was a privilege to be with people in their time of need .
when there was a death or a crisis , he got new energy .
dr. jones was responsible for recruiting church members , counseling and recording telephone prayer messages .
he joined the church in may 1963 after serving as an assistant pastor at fort washington collegiate church and as minister at the fort george presbyterian church .
a memorial service will be held wednesday at 7 p.m. at the fifth avenue presbyterian church .
on friday , mr. pataki's office said that the governor could not judge the plan until the state environmental conservation department has reviewed its merits .
the public comment period for the plan ended on friday .
their concerns were heightened , they said , by not knowing the position of the pataki administration on the merits of the plan .
frankly , i expected better from the new york times than to allow itself to be used by these so-called activists , who are spreading false and misleading information to further their own ends .
lauren , 10 , received a rangers jersey and a new watch .
one night the girls received nothing at all .
it was a night to remember those new yorkers who cannot afford to buy food or clothes or medicine , let alone holiday gifts .
lauren and emily were already familiar with the details of some of those people's lives .
lauren said that she was not surprised at what she read , but that the daily reminder moved her to action .
i knew there were homeless , lauren said .
but i thought that that shouldn't happen , so i donated some money to the fund to help buy the stuff that they needed .
together , the girls composed a letter to the fund , explaining in neat print that they wanted their $ 40 donation to go to shelters to supply food and places to sleep for people who need it .
lauren and emily are newcomers to what has become an annual tradition for many others .
my family has contributed to the neediest fund for four generations over 82 years , wrote andrew marks of manhattan , who is 12 .
i am contributing $ 30 to continue the tradition .
his parents , susan and gregory marks , matched the gift .
the times pays the fund's expenses , so all contributions go directly to the charities , which use them to provide services and cash assistance to the poor .
contributions to the fund are deductible on federal , state and city income taxes to the extent permitted by law .
the dispute was the latest development in a debate over affirmative action that has troubled this campus of 12000 students for months .
finally , she suggested that he go down to his office , have a good cry and get himself under control , she wrote .
i wish this complaint on file as a minority student and fear for my safety from this individual , she wrote .
i have a right to tear down anything i find offensive .
she said she had not asked the university to take any action , though she was pleased it had .
she said she was too embarrassed to say how far .
whatever the result , whatever the reaction , it is likely to be an emotional night to end this very successful portion of the schedule .
our job is to play better than their 20 players .
the rangers should have an edge over the blues , who will be playing their fourth game in six nights , all of them on the road .
against the flyers today , messier also had two assists .
the victory was the rangers' second straight and extended their undefeated streak to four .
it means we must be doing something correct , he said .
we slowed their speed through the neutral zone .
as a result , the police do not learn about suspected abuse until weeks after the fact , often too late to conduct a meaningful investigation , the commission said .
she was dead of a beating several days later .
the detective contended that if the police had been informed the first time , it might have saved the child's life .
the panel , whose six members are appointed by the governor and the leaders of the state assembly and senate , does not have the authority to make the changes it recommended .
a copy of the report -- called secrets that can kill : abuse investigations in new york state -- was given to the new york times by a legislative official who received an advance copy .
aides to legislative leaders declined to comment until they could review the report .
it recommended changes that go well beyond the legislation now under consideration in albany .
the commission , however , proposed making information about abuse cases available to all members of child abuse teams -- usually police officers and social workers .
its recommendations also included giving the police access to all cases involving anyone who is the subject of an abuse inquiry .
records in the suspected category would be preserved , so that case workers would have a better chance of establishing a pattern of abuse .
one prosecutor told the commission he had investigated a case of possible sexual abuse involving a man and a young girl only because he remembered that the man had been involved in a similar case a few years before .
but if the prosecutor had not had a good memory , the panel said , the investigation might never have been conducted .
as hamilton stepped into the circle , there was one small problem with his white jersey .
i haven't felt like this in a long time .
i want to win , no matter what happens .
hill finished sixth in both the 800 and 1500 at the 1992 olympic trials .
he was voted the game's offensive most valuable player .
tennessee turned the ball over a season-high 29 times .
kentucky converted the turnovers into 35 points .
michigan state had its winning streak stopped at three .
but where we can make a difference , where our values and our interests are at stake , we must act .
he said all the participants in the bosnia operation would receive it .
mr. clinton has acknowledged that if the mission brings substantial casualties , it could cost him re-election .
senator bob dole , the leading contender for the republican presidential nomination , had wanted to visit the troops over christmas .
but even for a political leader , that's stretching the truth a little more than people dare .
another 30-year-old soldier , who would not give his name , said : i appreciate him coming here .
mr. clinton also fit in time for diplomacy .
frankly i have to say i'm concerned about those incidents , he said .
instead , they turned their attention to mr. forbes , who has spent more than $ 10 million of his own money since his late entry in the race and is no. 2 behind mr. dole in many polls .
senator phil gramm of texas , a former economics professor , was the first to question the proposal , saying mr. forbes was not committed to balancing the budget .
raising the subject again later , he said to mr. forbes , the only thing you've ever run is a magazine you inherited and you raised the price of your magazine .
the candidates broke up in laughter .
with all the talk about balancing the budget , even mr. dole made a crack that the government could borrow money from steve forbes .
these lifetime politicians don't get it , he said , and will never get it .
but mr. dole was also portrayed by his rivals as a symbol of their more general attacks on washington .
we need to say , with respect , to senator dole that it may be your turn but it's not your revolution ; it's not your time , mr. alexander said .
it's time we moved outside washington .
some answered directly , like senator gramm , who cited social security and said he would look for waste in military spending .
instead , mr. buchanan talked about what he would cut .
look at where the real money is , he said .
among his rivals at the debate , he said , i got a few million dollars in pensions here .
mr. forbes said that social security for current recipients should be off the table but that a new system should be started for younger people .
in closing , most of the candidates sought to emphasize experience that connected them to viewers .
i have more military experience than anybody here .
to change america , to get america moving again , we have to start clearly with the culture of washington .
when they did so , he said , i was the county attorney then and had to sign those checks .
bob dole provides leadership , bob dole delivers .
bob dole tries to get things done .
the government imposed two-year prison sentences on the editor and two reporters and suspended the newspaper for offense to the head of state .
this does nothing to honor the government , which ought to think about changing its strategy .
in the beginning , there was a very big benefit of the doubt here waiting to see the democrat buried deep down inside this man .
but every one of our methods may not have been correct .
the need for the national laboratories has not disappeared , but it has diminished , said david cope , a former administrator with the old atomic energy commission .
a senior british official said , we're skeptical , but encouraged that they're engaging in specific issues for the first time .
the british could accept this as a sign that the i.r.a. was committed to a permanent peace .
he said they will be turned in to the secretary of state on jan. 18 .
under terms of the amendment the money would be used to reduce taxes for state residents .
in 1992 the state's voters supported an initiative requiring that any tax increase be put to a vote .
we're taking this pretty seriously , unfortunately , pat read , the executive director of the colorado association of nonprofit organizations , said of the proposed initiative .
i also support religious liberty , but , she said , i would rather put my money toward things i believe in .
all other exchanges plan normal hours .
tuesday the commerce department reports on housing starts in november .
wednesday the commerce department reports on the trade deficit in october .
friday the commerce department reports the second revision of gross domestic product growth for the third quarter of 1995 .
it is parker allen & company , not allen parker & company .
i call it someone doing their job very well , and , as a paramount employee , i am especially grateful .
the writer is script coordinator for the television series almost perfect at paramount pictures .
although the shadow doesn't seem to know , i have not spoken to him in three years .
but he isn't really there anyway , so it probably doesn't matter .
this is not to say the shadow is a bad guy .
unfortunately , our building has no super to call , and not everyone in our city seems to have an accessible mayor .
but then , the shadow may have the right idea after all ; ownership has its responsibilities .
it is hard to believe that george steinbrenner and donald trump , for example , are really owners .
the shadow was already in the elevator when i stepped in , and you can imagine what he said to me .
i wished him a happy new year before i noticed that he was holding his christmas tree .
perhaps i thought he would clean up behind him .
but we agreed that there just might be something in the new york character that fights the idea of co-op cooperation , and of joining forces to get something done .
just get the best deal you can and get on with it .
we'd all like to pay less taxes , he said .
but let's get spending under control first .
anderson , a factory town of about 80000 people that has historically supported democrats , is the largest city in the second congressional district .
so why do we even have some of these jobs ?
at some point , you just have to draw a line in the sand .
it makes us stop and think about what's going on .
and i think that's a positive thing .
but the point is , word like that gets out there and becomes part of a negative psychology .
when people think of teen-agers and crime , the context is usually that of youthful offenders .
but a study released last week served as a reminder that those most vulnerable to and affected by crime and violence are teen-agers themselves .
but the city is now seeking payments of $ 10000 and more from tree killers .
instead of just talking , magic said , i wanted to put my money where my mouth is .
president clinton and congress joined in classic style last week to hand out another tax break .
many also complained that they would have avoided source taxes if they had moved to states with equally high income taxes , but lower sales , property or other taxes .
i pay just as much in taxes here as in california , said howard smith , a retired los angeles police detective who lives in washington , but in the form of property and other taxes that california says don't count .
the american association of retired persons took no position on the bill , but it warned that there is no free lunch .
people working today will pay , said an official of the nation's biggest lobby for older people , if states limit tax deductions for pension contributions and thus collect the taxes up front .
but a difference in style might not translate into a difference in substance .
and 70 percent agreed with financial advisers that it made sense to put some retirement money in stocks .
still , there was much they did not know .
more than a third said it was impossible to lose money in a bond fund though such funds posted large losses in 1994 .
the majority did not know the best time to invest in a bond fund .
nearly 90 percent did not know that money market funds contain only short-term securities .
oh , nothing more than life itself .
but one paper after another picked up on this .
but differences on income and class show up in every detail .
there isn't a character in the novel who's introduced without his income being mentioned in the next sentence , she said .
everybody knows how much everybody else is worth , and they discuss it .
well , i met him this morning , and he will do .
that reaction spread throughout britain when pride and prejudice was broadcast last fall and became the biggest television event since dallas .
how silly those ancient tools were .
and they still sell them , he said .
his only contact with photographic lighting is in the small automatic cameras that do everything but decide whose picture to take .
if you can learn a web of life in biology , he said , you can also learn it in technology .
it wasn't hard to collect his source material .
technology is a circle of life , he told them .
everything you come in contact with had to be invented .
have you ever heard , necessity is the mother of invention ?
well , tools tell how people lived and thought , he said .
white because it reflects the sun .
and these people move in around here to look at farms , he said .
now the poor farmer wants to do something , and they say no .
as for his neighbors , he said , if they've got $ 30000 , they can take that and landscape their own property so they don't have to look at mine .
the most charitable plans don't always work out .
relatives called the restaurant and told them what recipes to use .
what to do with the prepared meals ?
perhaps the restaurant might run a croatian early bird special ... .
and for the first time a former vice president will discuss his administration .
dan quayle has agreed to speak at the conference , to be held in april ... .
it may be april before road signs are once more visible .
one of the many other problems that confronted the railroad was the failure of the metal shoes to draw power .
each time a train runs over a stretch of track , it helps clear snow from the third rail , but wind and the movement of the train can blow it back .
mr. nelson promised that the trains would be running on a normal holiday schedule on monday , martin luther king day .
the article also misstated the number of cars out of service .
in the following reports , the listed at price is the asking price when negotiations began that ended in the sale .
time on market is from most recent listing to contract .
they can also take their own equipment or rent it when they arrive at any of the recommended locations .
prices include a supervisor and guide .
wherever you are it will be hard to escape the carnival .
is it an annual event and how many days does it run ?
it is a genuine passion for the local people , not a staged event for tourists .
this year's prices won't be known till march ; they are not expected to be any cheaper .
there are about four million parts in an airplane of this size and complexity , designed by about 5000 engineers .
throughout the book , the plane makers think and test and think again and test again .
five years later , it seems she has become one of the people she warned us about .
it seems she's had a conversion experience .
but now she's for church , home and family .
but she will choose the people and the stories .
if you are using story as a basis for argument , you'd better be sure that your story is to the point .
no woman , she asserts , has anything in common with any other except being the daughter of a woman and the ability of her own body to bear a child .
if we agree that men were also born of women and women are the daughters of men as well , we're left with no clear difference except the ability of her own body to bear a child .
she jumps from the fact that only women bear children to the position that they should therefore have the primary or sole responsibility for their care .
in her remarks about the workplace , she says : for women to earn the same as men , they must hold the same jobs and must hold them for the same amount of time .
the traditional good mother wasn't someone who was never there when we came home from school ... too tired to talk , a mother who could never help with homework or attend a meeting with a teacher .
so why shouldn't a man consider this work as much his as the mother's ?
these stories include remarks like her husband ... spends as much time with the children as he can , but .
conservatives avoid the obvious truth that most women must work .
children , by their nature , restrict the freedom of their parents .
note how quickly she jumps from women's freedom to the freedom of their parents .
what she has really been saying is that by their nature children restrict the freedom of their parents , who can be male or female , but in practice it is the freedom of women that is restricted .
eyes of a child , by richard north patterson .
an apparent suicide leads to courtroom encounters .
a new york woman travels to ireland to trace her roots and finds 4 4 romance .
the christmas box , by richard paul evans .
a young 5 10 family moves in with an elderly widow .
kiss the girls , by james patterson .
a woman who believes she saves lives is charged 14 2 with murder .
behind the 4 12 scenes during the first four seasons of the real world .
what kind of story is the world's most famous living author , in this extraordinary situation , going to tell us and , of course , himself ?
is this another book that will give offense , and to whom ?
another connection is their common job , at a grocery store .
otherwise , the young and old versions of this pair have nothing in common .
their children , susan and john , want nothing to do with them .
the agenda was clear : they did neat houses , always two stories high , showing that the girls would be domestic beings .
the inspiration for this landscape , if there is one , has not been identified .
you hear people say as you pass , no one knows how to do it anymore .
it's election year again and all over america , media generals are laying plans to win the last war .
sick and tired of complaints that they favor the negative over the positive , sex over substance and personality over program , media people are determined to avoid the errors of the past .
we will demand a debate between candidates for first lady , hoping to discover their investment strategies and views on abortion .
they found that negative ads that only attack opponents now constitute more than half of all political advertising .
the professors studied tv ads , both positive and negative , for three distinct qualities : their ability a ) to inform the voters , b ) to change their minds and c ) to bring out their votes on election day .
information : we find that exposure to campaign advertising is , in fact , a significant learning experience .
if we give candidates the right to respond when attacked , that would just double the number of attacks .
we could lower the price of positive ads , but that would free up more money for negative ads .
there may be no good remedy at hand .
you bring your own romance , a desire for privacy and an appetite for reliable , old-fashioned food .
it is a place you can go to be completely alone or deeply intimate with strangers .
season with 1 / 2 teaspoon of salt and pepper to taste .
taste and add more salt if needed .
let meat and vegetables return to room temperature .
add the remaining 2 cups of wine to the pot and bring the liquid to a boil .
boil for 5 minutes to reduce slightly .
add the remaining butter and olive oil to the skillet .
serve with potatoes , rice or pasta .
brush the rabbit pieces with additional mustard and turn .
add the onions and cook , stirring , until golden brown , about 5 minutes .
sprinkle the flour over the onions and stir to coat .
to make the pastry , cut the butter into small pieces and freeze for 5 minutes .
put the butter , flour and salt in a food processor .
flour a work surface and rolling pin .
brush half of the warm jam over the dough .
brush the apples and pastry edge with remaining jam .
place on the bottom rack of the oven and lower the temperature to 400 degrees .
i headed upstairs wondering about the need for one of the rules : threats of physical violence , and actual physical violence , are strictly prohibited .
mine was four feet wide and six feet long .
this is my third winter here , he said .
there's always a room , and it's always got heat and hot water .
it beats the shelters or the streets .
you have to be strict here , one middle-aged man explained .
you got guys with drug problems , like me .
you got guys who are crazy , like me .
you got guys with criminal records , like me .
you can't let anyone make trouble .
it could be the solution to the homeless problem , but not the way things are going .
i've had to start driving a limousine to support my family .
i've told the guys that it's up to god .
otherwise we probably won't last another year .
i hope that one of the long shots comes through for the old man .
meanwhile , a task force charged with improving mass transit on the east side has been exploring , among other possibilities , a new elevated line .
i felt that the world hadn't done its job .
i never had the desire to be a performer or playwright , and i don't even have plans to write a second play .
a similar effort in the contemporary theater i have not seen , mr. alexander said .
i just didn't want to live there for the rest of my life , he said .
when capital cities bought abc in 1986 , his job was cut .
he dedicated the book to his mother , a former editor at house and garden , who sees my work before anyone else , he said .
of course , it might have been her feet , but i bet it was a man .
it is just the sort of thing a man would do , just to avoid doing the dishes .
it was a bright new idea back then , like the world wide web today .
it looks easy and graceful , until you try it .
many years ago , on a trip to switzerland , i discovered that downhill skiing has nothing to do with sliding sport or exercise .
there is no need to go anywhere near the slopes .
your skis will look perfectly authentic in the rack on top of the car , especially if you sprinkle them with a bit of snow .
there is no downhill skiing on long island .
in most parts of the island a downhill skier would simply freeze to the spot for lack of any grade .
then you just go out in the snow and walk .
on no account buy a book or hire an instructor .
i never learned any stopping or turning techniques and never needed any .
that is the beauty of cross-country skiing .
but it is more fun to explore away from the trails .
there is a sense of adventure in being completely lost in the snow , and there is no danger .
keep going in a straight line , and you are sure to arrive at a strip mall or burger king sooner or later .
you can cross-country ski in your backyard , on golf courses or anywhere .
but a pair of cross-country skis gives free transportation and healthy exercise .
it also closed down the travel plans of hundreds of thousands of american tourists .
the city of philadelphia put up money to keep independence hall and the liberty bell site open .
only one , in arkansas , was kept open , for hunting , by the state government .
the standard here is really life and death , said nicholas burns , the state department spokesman .
in washington , virtually every tourist attraction run by the government closed to the public .
at least it was easier to book a hotel room or a restaurant table in washington , even if there wasn't much left to see .
how do we restore our relationship with our neighbors ?
lots of people think that this belongs to them , and they're right .
after arriving in germany in december , he was sent 10 days later to hungary to provide security for the rear staging area for the first armored division there .
getting sent to bosnia was a good break for me because i want to make a career out of the army and this will definitely look good on my record .
he tried to call his mother in yonkers on christmas but she had already left for work .
with force security , we will be one of the last units to go , he said .
he said he hoped eventually to be trained for the criminal investigation division or the protective services division .
he and his wife , who he said didn't want to have to pack up and move every three years to a new place , recently divorced .
but he said he was looking forward to the rest of his assignment in europe as a good opportunity to travel .
when his mother heard recently that he was happy despite all the bad weather and the prospects of a long deployment , she was not surprised .
even after having cancer as a child , he never gave up on the idea of becoming a soldier .
the estimated investment scope of these development options comes to about $ 25 billion .
for american corporations , the time is now for a serious consideration of an expansion program in israel .
on the west side of hudson , every day feels like a sunday .
it's the ultimate in village living .
when i walk the dog i see four people i know and i meet people i didn't know .
in the last 10 years , the neighborhood has become fashionable -- we could probably get close to one million today .
brokers say the real-estate market is hot , with more buyers than available properties .
prices have risen 10 to 20 percent in the last year , she said .
market rentals in the far west village are rarely a bargain .
it was restored and expanded after it was destroyed by a fire in 1981 .
opened in december 1985 , it was the first residential support program in the country .
mr. thomas supposedly had his last drink at the white horse , at hudson and 11th streets , before he collapsed and died .
in fact , it's really a brand new concept , he said .
this is the first in a mall that i know of .
we've been looking for other locations around the country , mr. smith said .
parents are arriving with their children .
the computers are hidden under tables .
only the screens are showing , said warren schwartz , a principal with schwartz / silver architects of boston , which designed the store .
we want the graphics on the screen to be the main event .
we used blond wood because we wanted it to be light and open .
mr. smith said he loved to watch people walking around .
they've never seen anything like this and don't know what to make of it at first , he said .
the cambridge store was done in dark cherry wood , mr. smith said .
it was voted best first date , last year by a local newspaper .
but it also must be exciting since it involves computers .
you should feel like you're traveling out of the mall and exploring the universe .
time on line is an additional 18 cents a minute .
surprisingly , there's an overall sense of quiet in the store , even when it is being used at full capacity .
they're like the cone of silence from the get smart television show , he said .
they were designed especially for us .
we've had a lot of snow days and the kids come here .
there's sort of a bulk of customers built in .
it is also far enough away from boston for us to test an entirely new market , but close enough for us to be there when we need to .
if this one works , we have several other mall locations to roll out , he said .
was it one of the biggest storms ever ?
it's been an especially bad early winter , he noted .
usually we get our tougher storms in late january and february .
and no one could do much more than guess what this weekend would bring .
the hospital is full and we needed our people in , she said .
we received a tremendous response from the community .
we also had many employees trading and sharing child care so they could get to work .
it was a real example of compassion and giving .
we couldn't have operated without all the help .
when you've covered spot news for 17 or 18 years , doing this puts you to the test , she said .
we had to push a lot of people out .
one guy was going out to a party , in a blizzard .
they like knowing they're helping people get to where they need to go .
but i've got a lot of tired guys now .
that's the kind of storm it was , with the blowing snow .
but as she reached the station , the train was pulling away .
we shoot an episode every day , so you have to be there , she said .
but hopefully this only happens once a year .
i love days off , he said , especially with all this snow to play in .
they want to get out for a bit and then get warm .
some people called and said , can you deliver ?
they aren't technically workers , but they attend a state university and play in a state complex , and to connecticut , they're certainly essential .
they had a big game scheduled monday , against villanova .
so , the game was pushed back a day , until tuesday .
the teams worked out for two hours on monday .
the espn folks hung around the campus and the fans stayed home and waited until those roads were clear .
but whether customers will jump at the chance -- or whether other gas utilities will even want to compete for the residential market -- is questionable .
one factor is that the long island lighting company wants to open the door to competition halfway .
i think that long island will face major problems if we break up this company all at once .
it would be a mistake to begin changing the system .
the remainder buy gas just for activities like heating water and cooking .
each was asked for proposals to allow for competition .
all the projects are relatively new , including one that began in rock valley , iowa , in november .
in november 1994 that board authorized gas competition .
natural gas is not something the average customer is familiar with .
customers have always dealt with one utility , paid their bills and have not worried about where the gas was coming from or how it got there .
they are waiting to see how their neighbors who switched made out .
he added that small offices that used gas just for heating paid $ 200 a month , and he questioned whether that would be a sufficient incentive to switch , especially because the competitors do not have track records .
but all the other company names are new to homeowners , and the customers will try to balance what they are receiving against what is being offered .
we were getting calls here , he said , from people asking if the gas companies that had contacted them were legitimate and whether it was legal to switch .
he pointed out that the federal energy regulatory commission directed pipeline companies in 1992 to separate their transportation businesses from gas sales .
competitors may want to serve just large customers and leave residential customers for local distributors , said mr. gray .
but ontario , he added , has had residential competition for years , and 30 percent of the residents have switched to competitors .
brokers buy gas from producers and sell it to local companies , which sell it to residential customers , he said .
the broker gives a part of its profit to the residential customer .
gas utilities are also not subject to the regulatory obligations that other utilities have to deal with .
this time , 70 percent of the layoffs will come within the year , with the rest following through 1998 .
for now , two of the companies will remain in new jersey .
but at & t officials say that other new jersey offices will probably close as the new companies reach into local markets around the country .
the layoffs will surely be hard on new jersey , where job growth slowed in 1995 and is expected to remain sluggish this year .
in the old days , the phone company offered lifelong jobs and generous pensions .
that will be a difficult transition for some workers to make .
although its official headquarters remained in manhattan , at & t continued its expansion into the suburbs .
other offices followed , with close to 60000 employees working in new jersey by 1983 .
if the cost of living in new jersey proved more expensive than in new york , the company would make up the difference for several years .
real estate values soared , and property taxes fell .
more urban companies were following at & t to the suburbs , and the economy of central new jersey was changing forever .
in many cases , they had already devoted years to the company , and expected to be rewarded by more promotions and raises .
and at the time , their expectations were usually met .
bob allen spent most of his time out here , so they moved the statue out here , too .
when at & t announced that it would eliminate 13 percent of its work force as part of the restructuring plan , not everyone was surprised .
but the at & t cuts are unusual , economists say , because they are taking place at a time when the company is healthy and profitable .
at & t officials say the layoffs will trim billions of dollars in annual costs , helping the three new companies stay competitive .
meanwhile , the $ 700 million local telephone market in new jersey is expected to open to competition in the next few years , and at & t will try to break into local markets long dominated by the bell companies .
other layoffs will include about 6000 administrative and support jobs , he said .
if these cuts take place over a two-year period , each year we will lose the equivalent of one month's employment growth .
lately , managers at at & t must feel a bit like moving targets trying to guess which direction leads to the prize .
the function of middle managers in the past was to communicate between the levels above them and below them , mr. hughes said .
those jobs are just not necessary anymore .
instead of settling into comfortable management positions , at & t employees might have to jump from one job to the next .
people who lose jobs at at & t will probably have to follow a similar course if they stay in the business , mr. hughes said , working as short-term consultants for more than one company .
the people who may be in demand now are the ones who didn't have a good fit with corporations in the 60's and 70's .
back then , they wanted people who could take orders .
what is really going to determine the impact in new jersey is how successful the goals of the restructuring are , mr. hughes went on .
it means they will be expanding employment sometime in the future .
and these days , tomorrow comes real quick .
prints by major 20th-century artists is at the connecticut graphic arts center in norwalk through feb. 3 .
but musical theater often works best when painted in broad strokes .
details on theater discount packages and special events are also listed .
the school where i teach , the high school of art and design , was the host to the museum van last month , when it was parked at our school all day .
while the museum van is no substitute for going to the real thing , teachers like me are grateful both to chase manhattan and the city council for helping to finance the project and to the natural history staff for creating such an innovative learning experience .
it would be wonderful if more of the wealth of the museum , along with other treasures of our city , were brought directly to students at their schools .
he was certainly not the only artist who had or has a string of women for inspiration .
usually , their god of inspiration is the artist they live with or marry .
i guess one god in the family is enough .
our research and the experience of physicians in the united states , europe and africa indicate this is not the case .
we found 33 percent of the study participants infected .
yet recently the reverse worked to my advantage .
yet upon my early afternoon arrival , i was asked to wait in the lobby as no room was available .
the explanation given was that i had omitted my credit card number .
room rates are set at the local hotel and then entered into hotel and central reservations computers simultaneously .
this is a hard decision for me because i don't want to hurt these people , but we've got to do what's right for the town .
safety is the most important factor .
more than 700 residents have signed a petition urging the borough council to oppose the plan .
but environmentalists say a new road is the last thing the area needs .
no matter what happens , the neighborhood here is already changing .
the short answer to the question who needs america online ?
the leaves are handsome , and the plants really do put on quite a show .
the best part of all is the timing of the bloom .
roth remembered this turning point in his life to the very end of his days .
she graduated from columbia university and received an m.b.a. from harvard university .
her mother is a justice of the appellate division of state supreme court in manhattan .
the bridegroom , 41 , is a vice president in the securities pricing service of merrill lynch & company in new york .
he graduated cum laude from st. john's university in queens .
she received her law degree from new york university .
road closed for bridge replacement until further notice .
the bride , 23 , is an associate in bond sales at bankers trust international in london .
she is a graduate of cambridge university .
her father is the executive vice president in london of the republic national bank of new york .
each one must be classified by the county prosecutor as at low , moderate or high risk to commit another offense , a process that can require the review of records from state prisons and other institutions , probation officers , police in any number of municipalities or states , mental health professionals and human service agencies .
i don't want to say we make up the rules as we go along , but you have to figure out your procedures as you go , and we change them regularly .
male ducks are particularly beautiful , and with any luck there will be 40 to 60 birds , male and female , to be admired and perhaps photographed .
once people get out on the rocks , eyes will tear and the cold and wind will be quite fierce , so very warm clothing is essential .
it is one of five large works of blues players from various parts of the country .
is the theme of a martin luther king jr .
on thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. a public reception will be held during which the children whose drawings were used will receive awards from 6 to 7 p.m. .
indeed , the entire evening will be devoted to movie music , a genre to which many distinguished composers have made substantial contributions .
that person is the home inspector hired by the buyer .
now , however , an inspection is a necessity .
that should be the last thing they ask .
the first question should be , are you a qualified inspector ?
obviously , any inspector will say yes .
but since there is no requirement in most states for licensing or special training for home inspectors , how does a consumer know if an inspector is qualified ?
one way to determine if an inspector is qualified is to ask if he belongs to an organization that requires demonstrated levels of experience and expertise for membership .
the american society of home inspectors , for example , requires inspectors to pass two tests and conduct at least 250 paid inspections before they are accepted for membership .
your lawyer is the one person working only for you .
he's going to find the toughest inspector he can find .
indeed , while many real estate experts agree that home inspectors need to be thorough with their inspections and straightforward with their reports , they must also avoid being so overly cautious that they create problems where none exist .
some inspectors tend to include things in their reports because of fear that if something goes wrong , the buyer will turn around and sue them .
generally , mr. davis said , an experienced real estate lawyer will be able to read between the lines of an inspection report to determine whether an item the inspector points out is of valid concern or whether he is just covering himself in case of a lawsuit by the buyer .
you want an inspector who's going to give you a detailed explanation of what he thinks is a problem .
you want a written description of the damage and what it would cost to fix it .
usually , he said , a detailed description of a problem or potential problem will make it more likely that a seller will agree to either correct the problem or reduce the purchase price enough so that the buyer can address the problem after the closing at no additional cost .
a good inspection usually ends up paying for itself .
a good inspector should spend at least two hours at a house , mr. austin said .
the inspection itself , he said , should be set at a time convenient to the buyer , not the inspector .
and make sure you get a report in writing .
some people try to cut corners by giving an oral report .
finally , it is important to know what most home inspectors don't do .
some inspectors do these things and some don't , he said , adding that most responsible inspectors know when to refer an item to a professional .
they have to know a little bit about everything .
one of these was sidney w. hopkins , an iron merchant living in washington heights , then a distant suburb .
now the future of 17 is in immediate doubt .
he says the partnership will make a decision within the next several weeks , ending or extending the life of this unusual building , as well as the residential chapter of one of new york's most famous blocks .
maple trees cast their welcome shade .
it's the very image of rural new england .
although he struggled to recruit enough settlers to make the venture viable , his effort failed .
in time , the entire complex was listed in the national register of historic places .
the towns often carry the names of their founders .
it is the smaller towns , however , that best retain their new england atmosphere .
now shoppers at the broadway mall can do the same .
yet they mean well and aim to please .
the japanese dishes held their own with the chinese .
the prime pick , though , was the seafood hot and sour , which combines the best of two winners .
and cold cabbage salad was a hit with lovers of spicy food .
so say or do anything you ever wanted ; use your memory .
from there she went on to new york .
they thought ronald reagan wasn't commercial enough .
of course , that was before he was president .
the success of that movie gave the four or five of us involved the chance to direct our first films .
i developed my first but small audience : conscious young women .
still , films aren't written this way , she said of their script collaboration .
this way i know scene 1 leads to scene 2 .
she's forcing me into the mainstream , a scary concept .
no , i think we're still telling the truth .
how did you get interested in writing about such subjects ?
a. i know , it's all kind of crazy , but i guess i'm interested in things that are hard to explain .
that makes it even more interesting to me .
these are all things i was interested in as a child .
i felt they weren't explored enough .
a. i think that's a good way of putting it .
i'm sure it's never going to go away ; at least i hope it doesn't .
you can take any subject and run with it and come up with all sorts of good , useful information .
it has gotten a bad reputation among kids , i think .
i didn't want to write a book about dead people .
using photographs was not necessary .
i was worried kids would look at pictures and not read the stories , and the stories are much more interesting than the pictures .
my goal is to get kids to keep reading .
a. i didn't visit every place , but i guess i would have liked to .
basically , i knew nothing about the subject when i began except that i had a fascination with it .
and i figured that if i had the wrong idea about the subject , so must children and probably , for that matter , most adults .
and a few turned into 10 or 15 , and i was off on trips to view bodies .
there's a really gross museum in this small town northwest of mexico city where , until about 1985 , if you died and your family didn't pay the grave tax , they'd dig you up .
this was basically reported in a letter to the editor of a london newspaper .
we would love to believe all of that as true , and i guess in movies and some books we can continue to believe it .
but the truth of it is , it is not true .
a. the better word would be ritual .
clearly , there was some ritual going on , but whether it would fall under the category of religion is another story .
but they did all kinds of mass murders at the same time .
scientists think he hadn't eaten for about eight hours , so he was probably tired .
they think a winter storm came upon him , and his resistance was low .
i would change / just about everything , she writes , a wish she acknowledges is not to be granted .
she had years of experience as a social worker , and even though she had been out of the work force for 10 years while she raised her four children , she had kept her skills sharp by doing extensive volunteer work .
all they saw was that 10-year gap in her employment .
if you have a job and you're a volunteer , she said , people look at that differently than if you're just a volunteer .
the problem with volunteer work is how do you evaluate performance ?
but it is difficult to sell that concept to employers .
part of the problem is a perception that volunteers are people who didn't want to work as hard , who wanted less pressure and their own pace , she said .
they are looking at what you have to bring to the party .
it's not that volunteers have no hope in finding a paying job .
employment experts say that at some levels , volunteer experience can be valuable on a resume .
the positive impression is that it shows you reached out to your community , she said .
ms. burns , the former social worker , went back to school to get a master's degree and took a paying job on campus with a community program .
she is now executive director of the chester education foundation , a nonprofit group that raises money to provide programs for schools .
one of her projects as president of the junior league in philadelphia was to set up women's way , an umbrella organization of groups to aid women .
she eventually became its paid executive director .
she left the job in 1992 to run for the united states senate , but was defeated .
it's missing an opportunity on the part of the employers by not recognizing what volunteer skills can bring .
i hope our society will get it on this .
don't use the word volunteer on your resume .
describe the position you held and what you did .
say how many hours you worked and what you accomplished .
make a connection between the work you did as a volunteer and how those skills are valuable for the paid position .
fund-raising is an area in which this works .
for a first job after a gap in employment , consider the nonprofit field , which may have a better understanding and respect for volunteers .
if the company you want to work for has volunteer opportunities , that is a way to start and make contacts .
you will also be the first to know when a paid position is available .
one year of disappointment , then , does not a failure make .
of course , that's asking for an uncommon degree of patience .
there's always a chance that a fund that has never been successful will turn around , but it's hard to give the fund company the benefit of the doubt .
the fund continues its actively managed yet conservative approach , she said .
we are charging right along here with a new equity story , she said .
in theory , the change should help the fund track the performance of that broad market gauge .
only one other fund on the list , the phoenix balanced fund , has more than $ 2 billion in assets .
it hired a new chief investment strategist , bill newman , early last year , and he recruited mr. riley in august .
as such , he did not direct mutual funds but did manage money .
we had an excellent second half , mr. riley said of his phoenix fund .
even if a fund's current fit is poor , it sometimes may not find a category that suits it better .
both funds invest in issues of short maturity , as made clear by their names .
so with bond funds , in particular , a fund with less risk may not keep up with the averages , but if it comes close and has considerably less risk , an investor may want to stick with it .
steve savage , editor of the value line mutual fund survey , said investors should look at why a fund appears on a losers list and whether its category makes sense .
if it is clearly a case of poor long-term management , you should remember there are plenty of other funds out there , he said .
if you do , he said , i would be taking steps to see if there are better alternatives , and there probably are .
they will fly over the east river instead .
a final decision will be up to the city council .
in the heat of july two years ago i walked into a pet shop in manhattan .
like everyone else in the store , i had no intention of buying a dog .
so i went home to park slope and brought her back , and my daughter picked him up .
in fact , he feels that city animals , like city people , need to play more , and the snow provides a perfect opportunity .
when the father turns around , the stranger has vanished .
see the waterfront and industrial , retail and residential areas of brooklyn , all without leaving a chair .
earning it / page 10 / volunteer work can enhance a resume if it is presented the right way .
i come from a strict family , said heavy d , the youngest of six children .
at the time there was no mainstream exposure so it was more or less like , what the hell are you doing ?
the group's first album , soul for real , reached gold status .
they had one idea and andre had the right idea , it was definitely a political thing , he said .
one change he has made is bringing in a new staff .
he has hired friends whom he initially introduced to the industry and who have been successful in their own right .
now i'm pulling them all back in to work for me , people who are qualified and who i've known for 10 or 15 years , he said .
he has had success as a producer with soul for real .
grew up in harlem and mount vernon .
of course , the opposite is also true : a new year offers everyone who has done well for 12 months an opportunity to blow it .
on new year's eve , few people had as much to celebrate as diana investors .
in the first week and a half , diana shares lost almost a quarter of their value , falling to just above $ 18 a share .
diana is probably the only pure play for investors interested in meat , seafood and telecommunications .
the businesses are run through two divisions : the atlanta provision company , a wholesale meat and seafood distributor , and c & l communications , a distributor of telecommunications equipment .
to deal with the problems , c & l appointed a new chief executive in october .
in particular , mr. fisher pointed to the company's decision in late november to pay about $ 4 million for 80 percent of valley communications , a small telecommunications company in california .
the meat and seafood division has troubles as well .
while sales increased in the most recent quarter , almost 25 percent of its business was with a single customer .
the timing of the announcement could not have been better .
the shares moved up slowly throughout 1995 .
but he did not disclose how much money , if any , diana had made so far .
but each company filed for bankruptcy protection months after the two men resigned .
each was a victim of the intensely competitive retailing field , mr. fisher said .
in other words , even if earnings are terrible and diana cannot sell a single business , like the food division , the top officers can make money by buying businesses like valley .
whatever money i earn off acquisitions will be very small compared to what i make if the stock does well , he said .
for those who decide to hold onto their shares to see what develops , they should keep an eye on the bright side : the rest of 1996 couldn't be much worse than the first two weeks .
he is dropping fidelity canada from his portfolio , which contains fidelity funds exclusively .
i'm a personality , maybe , and i prefer business because making a movie takes too long .
in business , you can go from one thing to the next very quickly .
when it was time for the movie to start , the guests took their seats .
i hope i have a part in the next one , he said .
for others , ski wear was the order of the day .
the new york urban league will benefit from a reception at the plaza hotel from 11 : 30 a.m. to 4 p.m. .
the metropolitan repertory ballet will also perform .
since then , the coalition has grown to more than 100 members representing every group the founders could draw in .
we want to offer our services to anyone who has a disagreement so they know they will be heard .
in the short term , the coalition wants to look at complaints from minorities that some neighborhoods do not have easy access to polling places on election days .
you know what i like about this place ?
i like the combination of foods ; it's informal .
a mother who prefers pasta with cream sauce can get that here too .
the three dining rooms , part of an old house , are smaller and more intimate than the kind you normally associate with children .
you'll enjoy the black bean soup also .
the name was changed to reflect the broader mix of dishes on the menu , and almost overnight , business improved .
it's easy to see the appeal of cafe metro .
inside , the mood is much less mainstream .
the elderly couple finishing their dinner appear to be happy .
this is a room in which anyone can feel at ease .
not every dish is as carefully assembled .
but then how does he explain all the other excellent dishes ?
menu listings and prices are subject to change .
the gramm ad asks , after showing an image from a commercial george bush used against bob dole .
there's only one , and everyone just passes it around .
in one , an innocent little girl asks her mother : won't the bomb wake everybody up ?
the narrator reminds : he cut deals and voters rejected him .
already , the ad has served this function , receiving lots of attention for its relatively brief run last week .
and soon , one expects , like all successful ideas in politics , this one , too , will be repeated .
but evidence in the report may come as a shock to some of their male counterparts .
but for investors , as opposed to citizens , the outcome should be of little importance .
the only thing that matters is whether revenues match expenses by an agreed upon date .
moreover , the numbers suggest that even if a complete deal is not struck , the economy is not likely to plunge off a cliff .
but the best guess is that the economic impact would be , as one administration official put it last week , small potatoes on any national scale .
but it might not even be that severe .
and there is always the other side of the market dynamics : some hope that the jump in interest rates and the fall in the stock markets might yet force an accord .
if it was up to dole himself , one of the budget negotiators said last week , this would have been done weeks ago .
well , she said , we used a consensus figure from a number of economists for the first 18 months .
the leaves are handsome and the plants really do put on quite a show .
the best part of all is the timing of the bloom .
she questioned the owner about how long the fish had been dead .
he told her to stop asking questions .
she made a career out of sounding the alarm about the state of the fish .
defending his wife last week , the president said , there are worse things than wanting every american child to have health care coverage .
there are corners that only holy people will permit themselves to cut .
they have finally turned over documents which they have withheld for years , mrs. clinton replied .
but there is no comparison between what this white house has done and what happened in the past .
i will not even attempt to acknowledge them individually , she writes .
she seems more comfortable pursuing greater good than individual good .
you either got out of here or were drawn into it .
once inside it was impossible to remain detached .
you were caught up in the whole mess .
just as with the germans after world war ii , it will take determined efforts by outsiders to persuade them otherwise .
on thursday , defense secretary william perry said in washington that american and other nato peacekeeping troops would soon , if asked , protect international investigators as they seek evidence of war crimes .
a half century ago , the germans were not allowed to deny their holocaust .
in many places , they are trying to cover up traces of what they did .
investigating mass grave sites is not our job , said lieut .
this may be enough for the rest of the world to conclude that the serbs were especially brutal in the bosnia war , but it has not been enough to strip the serbs of their capacity for denial .
it is also an important defense mechanism for the ordinary serb .
you think any of us found this pleasant ?
it was a duty we carried out to save our country .
the nato troops are not in quite the same position as the allies who defeated hitler .
i'd like to finish my years on this street .
state officials said they were negotiating with possible tenants but would provide no details .
it will take about a year to get everything going .
since 1992 , egypt has used military courts to try suspected muslim militants accused of taking part in a nearly four-year campaign against the government .
journalists were barred from the courtroom , at a base 30 miles east of cairo .
human rights groups in egypt and the west have condemned the military trials , which typically issue quick , harsh sentences with no possibility of appeal .
under the constitution , an election must be held by feb. 22 , and closing day for nominations for the 300 parliamentary seats is jan. 18 .
it just doesn't seem to be part of the political culture .
at least three million people died in the brief conflict , and 10 million fled to india .
if the government goes ahead with the elections , they say , the strikes and protests will spread .
as for an army takeover , he said : the world has changed .
there aren't any sponsors for that kind of thing any more .
anyway , the army doesn't want to dirty its hands .
in the past , the australian was worth less than the others because it offered less prize money .
even though it succeeded , it did not raise it equally for the women , prompting threats of a boycott from some players .
all the players were upset , but there are better solutions than a boycott , said mary pierce , the defending champion here .
this gives us a chance to measure ourselves against the best team in the league .
they've got everybody back and they beat us .
that made yesterday's game all the more important for both teams .
after three minutes of play , blind looked like a genius .
for st. peter's , it was the lowest offensive output in a first half this season .
he finished with 7 points and took five shots for the game .
the closest st. peter's got the rest of the way was 10 .
there were once about 500 languages in north america .
about a hundred are still spoken , and half of them are spoken by older people .
not so long ago , he said , americans who spoke indian languages weren't treated too well .
to her , the language sounded like spanish mixed with english or german , or something like that .
the speaker of the assembly , sheldon silver , said he would use lottery proceeds to secure long-term borrowing for similar purposes .
and mayor rudolph w. giuliani is trying to sell off the city water system , directing part of the proceeds toward building schools .
but each of the plans to raise money faces significant hurdles .
but city hall , already facing a deficit of more than $ 180 million in its school budget , needs the lottery money for its operating budget , and would find the money difficult to replace .
then there is the governor and the senate republicans .
last month , mr. pataki proposed using $ 100 million of the same state lottery money to give property owners a tax break .
the proposal has played well with republican senators representing the suburbs , whose constituents would be among those most likely to benefit .
i am looking for a financing mechanism .
but i am not married to the lottery money .
to extend the tax , but for the benefit of the schools instead of public safety , would pit one necessity against the other in pursuit of the same dollar , he said .
i think he clearly understands this is a major issue for us , dr. crew said of the mayor .
and i think he ultimately will , if not this , at least have some other proposal he is going to want to talk about .
it is the offense that has received attention as the packers tackle the dallas cowboys this afternoon in the national football conference championship game .
but like all teams that travel to within one step of the super bowl , the packers must have punch on the other side of the ball as well .
no team wins a championship without a championship defense .
last year the defense got a lot of credit , and we were knocked out of the playoffs in the first round , packers defensive end sean jones said .
this year we have been sort of overlooked , and look where we are .
the whole thing is probably fine with dallas .
to have a rivalry , you have to win your share , and we haven't done that with the cowboys .
when we beat san francisco last week , there was nobody more happy with that than dallas .
they just know they can beat us and our defense .
their guys are wondering if their grandmother can make the trip and who else from the family needs a hotel room .
you hit dallas , dallas hits back .
he knows how to make talent play off each other .
jones , in his 12th pro season , said : we gave up a lot of yards this year , but we finished fourth in the league in points allowed .
i've never seen a team lose a game because it gave up a lot of yards , but i've seen many games lost because it gave up a lot of points .
i have always believed that my role behind the head coach is to stay in the background and to do my job .
in his two decades in the n.f.l. , he has been a defensive coordinator with detroit , new england , the rams , phoenix and now the packers , whom he joined in 1994 .
when you have success , it all works out .
there is enough credit to go around .
these offenses today , you can't completely stop them .
you have to pick and choose when you come , when you lay back .
you just want to be sound in every area .
you want to be flexible with your players and put them in the best position to succeed .
most coaches are tight , and our coaches here get that way , too .
people are saying that san francisco on offense was flat against us and just didn't produce its best .
we did some things to san francisco that have never been done to them before .
we want to take them out of their game .
he is a nice guy , but he is tough , with high standards .
that is true in football as much as in any job .
you've got to be in shape to play this defense because you know you are going to be on the field for a while .
we don't necessarily try to knock you out on the first play .
and then if you get near our end zone , we say , o.k. , let's see what you can bring now .
if you've played in the league for a while , like i have , you have your own ideas and you don't necessarily always agree with him .
you respect him because for some people , some coaches , some players , football is a life style .
this particular game will be special because we are so close to our goal .
football has been great to me , given me much more than i have given it .
if that was so , he should have gotten out a lot earlier .
i expect them to play with great pride on sunday .
of course , attitudes about crime and safety develop in a variety of ways and often reflect whether the person has been a crime victim or knows someone who has .
when you've seen as many children shot in these buildings since the 1980's as i have , ms. williams said , you have to be grateful crime is down .
two to three years ago , people were moving out to westchester , connecticut and new jersey because of crime , she said .
but , he added , since giuliani came into office there is much more police presence , and that makes people feel better .
but he remembers when two police officers were shot two blocks from his apartment in 1993 .
it feels a little bit safer , she said .
the mood was less upbeat at a recent community meeting on crime attended by 75 park slope residents at the united methodist church .
but others , particularly residents living between third and fifth avenues , said they felt little or no change and complained that they did not see beat officers often enough .
we're upset about noise and nervous about our cars .
friday night , the garden held its second night of fights , and for the second time in two months , most fans went away pleased .
paramount pulled out of boxing largely on financial grounds .
this makes for so-called colorful copy -- predictable as it is .
there were small signs of that friday .
athlete and journalist meet to put the event in perspective .
but it must be and will be quality .
boxing does not have to be run as smoothly as the garden handles college basketball , the knicks and the rangers .
it doesn't have to be the way it was on friday , either .
the world's most famous arena should provide boxing with a structure .
at a time when the federal government is driving down the cost of health care and forcing hospitals across the country to close , the department of veterans affairs keeps expanding its own hospital system , the nation's largest , and spending more for health care .
at the same time , medicare , the government insurance program for the elderly , and medicaid , the program for the poor , face sizable cuts in projected spending .
president clinton , denounced by many veterans for avoiding the vietnam war draft , has bent backward to court them .
people are admitted to hospitals who don't have to be admitted , he said .
but the only way they can be treated is to be admitted .
no one's going to come in and say , don't waste any more money on veterans .
with its network of hospitals and more than 500 clinics , nursing homes and other facilities , including about 20 golf courses , the department of veterans affairs runs the nation's largest health system .
in defense of the system , veterans advocates say the budget , while growing , has fallen behind the pace of rising health care costs and that veterans , while declining in number , are reaching ages when they need two and three times more care than they did in their 30's and 40's .
the advocates say fewer hospital beds would be empty if the government relaxed eligibility rules for free care .
all veterans can use the hospitals , but just 10 percent do , mostly those whose expenses are paid .
they feel there is no net out there that meets their needs .
waiting for a prescription to be filled in the philadelphia veterans hospital the other day was john t. edison , 62 .
much later he developed lung cancer .
i was drunk , he said , and i fell off a building .
he said the hospital had sent him to a veterans alcohol treatment center .
the doctor wouldn't come near me , he said .
there's a new drug now they're letting me use .
he said he had decided not to go back to wisconsin , where he grew up , because of the care he gets at the veterans hospital here .
both the president and congress are committed to cutting tens of billions of dollars from projected spending for medicaid and medicare .
the clinton administration and congress are encouraging less hospital use .
yet in the dispute over the budget , few agencies have proven more immune to these pressures than the veterans health administration .
but they approved spending $ 50 million to build clinics at each site , and to pay for work at other hospitals .
as a result , the veterans health administration is expected to receive at least , $ 400 million , or 2 percent , more in the fiscal 1996 budget than it was granted in 1995 .
since 1990 , spending on health care for veterans has risen 43 percent , four times the pace of all other spending whose levels are set by congress or the clinton administration .
in picking mr. brown , he chose a former president of the disabled american veterans who calls himself a career lobbyist for veterans .
four years later , in an audit of three other hospitals , it found that 13 of 79 surgeons went a year without lifting a knife .
a patient comes in with a broken ankle , he said .
so he has to be admitted to the hospital .
critics say both veterans and taxpayers could be served at less cost by wholly different means .
but he added , we're going to try a program of letting some guys go into any hospital and see what happens .
congress acknowledges that the laws aren't consistent with where health care is today , he said .
he received a bachelor's degree from the university of minnesota and a master of architecture degree in urban design from harvard university's graduate school of design in 1970 .
he later taught at columbia university in manhattan and the pratt institute in brooklyn .
during the day , it was used to clean the streets of staten island .
they turned the tape over to a television station and then to the sanitation department .
president clinton visited american troops in bosnia and talked about the importance he places on peacekeeping where our values and our interests are at stake .
the hostage situation in a southern russian region near chechnya points up the continuing and longstanding tension between russia and ethnic groups in the region about sovereignty .
as the federal government drives down the cost of health care and forces hospitals to close , the department of veterans affairs is expanding its own hospital system , the nation's largest , and spending more for health care .
and last week's storm in the east was trouble .
an investigative panel has concluded that new york state laws intended to protect children have instead become major obstacles in defending them against neglect , abuse and even murder .
the view that life in new york city is getting safer is apparently becoming more common , as public attitudes catch up with statistics that have shown a sharp decrease in crime .
in the upper midwest , a region where schneider often has more orders coming in than it can immediately handle , the shortfall of drivers today was one of the worst in memory .
nevertheless , plenty of midwest customers would need to be told that schneider could not pick up the shipments ready today until monday .
at the same time , it would have to stay in constant contact with others scheduled to head into the region from places like ohio or the south .
computers help make many of the toughest decisions .
they tell planners how drivers should be assigned to minimize the number of miles they drive empty .
the amount the united states spends shipping raw materials and distributing goods has now fallen to 12 percent of total output from 18 percent in 1981 .
as the snow moved in , more and more drivers said they were getting off the roads .
one driver she hoped would take an upstate new york order instead chose this morning to quit the company .
it's people that deal with the weather , not computers .
if we show up , we have a sense of purpose , a sense of being useful , she said .
we come because we want to have a future .
and , although their status is questionable , the leaders of the bosnian serb republic have taken it upon themselves to draw up an investment law intended to bring in foreign capital .
we produce at about 20 percent capacity .
but the problems that lie ahead are tremendous .
we don't know the situation with the national bank .
we survived the war , but will we survive the peace ?
workers' wages are little more than symbolic .
the markets are filled with furniture and household items that bosnian serb families are selling to raise cash .
many families depend on the charity of relatives abroad .
we have reached the end , he said .
we cannot sustain this much longer .
even if we could produce steel , we have no way of getting it out of here .
at the same time , representative pete stark , democrat of california , is preparing legislation that , in addition to creating quality standards , would require that patients be told how their clinic compared with others in meeting those requirements .
the efforts are being driven largely by a growing recognition that there are severe problems affecting patient care throughout the business .
some federal health officials say one answer to federal compensation questions may lie in a pilot program being developed by medicare administrators .
the text itself referred to the author as a successful poet .
so he spent the next 13 years working on an elaborate literary mystery .
and i don't think that exists right now , although it may come to exist in the future .
but professor foster was reluctant to make a claim .
shakespeare was deliberately writing this way .
mr. tucker had been told to appear before the committee on jan. 5 .
the men moved in tense groups through this tiny hamlet shortly after midnight .
there was no such agreement -- nor reason to believe there ever would be one .
there was no attack , and this town only a mile from where chechen rebels , surrounded by russian troops , are holding more than 100 hostages survived another tense night on friday .
they have lived as refugees in our land and all we have asked is peace .
we are not interested in their war .
but after a year of war it is harder for people in moscow or here to think clearly about what would be best for individual regions .
people here voted more heavily for communists in the recent parliamentary election than did any other region of russia -- more than 45 percent -- and violence on their land is not likely to improve their view of the government .
they want a stable , solid russia here but if ethnic tensions rise much higher that may not be possible .
even russian tank commanders seemed at a loss for what to do about them .
others say they want the hostages freed and then they will talk .
these offers have been routinely declined .
it is a big difference that is hard to resolve .
a survey commissioned by the northern ireland tourist board said that 92 percent of those questioned said they wanted to make a return visit .
our aim was to get it right in the first year of peace , said ian henderson of the northern ireland tourist board .
the irish republican army , which wants an end to british rule of the province , and protestant guerrillas , who wish to retain links with london , declared a cease-fire in late 1994 , bringing peace to northern ireland after 25 years of guerrilla warfare .
what they did to kansas city last week didn't make sense either .
but none have won and made it to the super bowl .
that we're a dome team playing in cold weather .
our football team is there to play football .
we didn't know we were a dome team until we read it in the papers .
the colts , in their hearts , truly believe they will win .
what's at stake and the opportunity and the rewards are so great at this point , that's plenty of motivation for me .
the steelers are highly motivated .
the steelers are the most talented team and best able to overcome mistakes .
the colts have very little margin for error .
you realize that it's probably going to be a technique game for us .
but it hasn't stopped the colts from running the ball .
he's running and always looking to find an open receiver .
now all he has to do is pull off another upset .
this time the reward was about $ 2.2 million .
and now he is becoming a sort of knight for hire .
i don't care ; i'll fight a heavyweight if he's not too big , said jones after midnight , still unable to leave the garden , still being pressed for answers and philosophy by television and radio reporters who had never seen him in person .
but what it's all about now is a jones showcase .
his pose was saying : did you like that ?
they protected jones like a little girl .
i have a lot of stuff in my arsenal .
jones , who will be 27 years old on tuesday , has knocked out 27 of his opponents .
and he seems to be enjoying the style he brings to the game .
he was going to show new york some power .
cole said later that he had hurt his back in training , and had to take three days off .
telecommunications dole asks : what price reform ?
in a detailed attack on the telecommunications overhaul bill , senator bob dole , the majority leader , called some provisions corporate welfare , especially a plan to reserve a portion of the crowded broadcast spectrum for digital tv services .
let me get this straight , he said on the senate floor .
the two companies employ 10000 people in the new york area alone .
maybe that will put an end to all those computer magazine headlines like windows 95 : what works , what doesn't , or what real users found .
a listing on friday and in some editions yesterday of schedules for the martin luther king holiday tomorrow gave incorrect information about the stock markets and new york city garbage collection .
the stock markets will be open ; there will be regular monday trash collection .
instead , will try a rehabilitation program for two more months .
the packers and cowboys will meet again this afternoon in dallas for the national football conference title .
they had on ski masks , and only their eyes showed through .
it was like playing on another planet .
it was the first time a game had been played under those conditions , and nobody knew how much to put on .
but we had a lot of southern guys who were concerned about how to keep warm .
the day before the game , it was 32 degrees .
and during the night , something happened to the heating elements beneath the field .
we felt we were better than the packers .
in the championship game the year before , they beat us by one touchdown .
but on saturday , the day before this game , we knew we were going to do it , and they knew it , too .
this was our chance to beat green bay and go on to the super bowl .
my feeling was that we would go on with the game as long as it wasn't a threat to the players' health .
the bus driver was waiting for us .
told me he bought them at the department store for $ 15 .
but it was sunday , and the store was closed .
so i said : i'll give you $ 25 and give them back after the game .
we were going for our third championship .
he taught us how to win under any conditions .
he taught us you're always in the game .
i didn't even think about my feet .
but the ones i felt sorry for were the fans .
coming out of the tunnel onto the field , i looked up and saw the stadium was filled .
i thought : if they came out in this weather , i'll give it my best shot .
coach on saturday , the heating system worked .
no one expected the sunday weather ; we were shocked .
but we wanted desperately to win because , if not , everybody would say we couldn't win the big ones .
there was nothing but ice out there .
no wonder we said earlier in the day : let's call this thing off .
and now we even had a chance to win it .
we had them in the fourth quarter .
i'm the only one out there , and i'm freezing to death .
they stayed that way for two years .
a lot of our players had frozen feet .
we were worried about them running and breathing hard .
running back at 51 , he now coaches the giants .
i began keeping my hands down in my pants to keep them warm .
at the last second , don handed off to me , and the corner and safety were coming my way .
the wind is blowing in my face , and he ran under the ball and caught it .
i thought , we have a great chance to win this game .
i hadn't called that play all day .
so , it all came down to the final series , first down and about 3 yards to go .
do we try to kick a field goal for a tie and overtime , or do we go for it ?
and he replied : then run it , and let's get the hell out of here .
they had their blocking assignments , and i didn't want to change anything .
speaking by telephone on his way to dallas , he said that he had spotted something on game films a few days before the title game .
it's not an elusive play ; you're not going to trick anybody .
normally , i would drive off my right foot .
it was like standing in a pot of ice .
i didn't have gloves on because the coaches didn't want us to hurt ourselves in the pass rush .
i was sliding back because i was standing in ice .
it was the most disappointing experience in my 14 years with the cowboys .
a few days after the game , i was trying to write a check , and my hands wouldn't work .
their concern is only with re-election next november .
the plain truth is that the government has promised future benefits that cannot be paid .
i do not believe this country has seen anything as ridiculous as the federal budget battle in a long time .
it is difficult to take the republicans seriously .
either eliminating the deficit is as urgent as they say , or it is not .
if balancing the budget and eliminating the deficit are so urgent , why did the house add close to $ 6 billion in spending to what the military asked for ?
we who have benefited and are living beyond our appointed years should , based on financial ability , pay higher premiums for medicare than those who have not yet been granted the privilege of living on borrowed time .
you know what i mean -- the sound trucks make when they back up .
shouldn't the truck itself be sufficient warning ?
what it missed are the effects this would have on my neighborhood , jackson heights .
there they learn nothing about our historic district , about our magnificent diversity or about the great things residents are doing to improve the neighborhood .
he is a real-estate investor , not a broker .
there are no cash or scholarship prize , only the gold , silver and bronze medals and the radical rock .
it tastes considerably better than the name would indicate , but is difficult to finish at one sitting .
an old red school is now their house .
what am i doing living in a school ?
but i got to tell you , i love it .
and they really could use one of those window poles like the teachers had , to open and close the windows .
she couldn't be more delighted that her parents are living in a school .
port washington has turned one of its most prominent landmarks into a true community complex .
parent groups have a special meeting place .
so does the long island alzheimer's foundation , which has space in the building .
officially the complex is called the landmark on main street .
for almost 80 years the school was a landmark in port washington .
by the 1950's it was only an elementary school .
by the 1980's it had been designated a historic landmark .
in 1985 , the decision was made to close it .
everybody agreed the building must remain , just not as a school .
senior citizen housing , some cried .
a community center , others demanded .
use half of the building for affordable housing for the area's elderly , and the other half for the rest of the community ?
it took 10 years to make the plan come true .
more than 1000 people attended , said barbara goldstein , the president of the center .
we also had a flag raising , ms. goldstein said .
just as they did every day the school was opened .
the shell of the building is much like it was as a school .
as in most schools , heat is a subject of debate .
and in such an outstanding building , he said .
i had four chinese restaurants in new york city , he said .
each apartment is different in size and exposure .
they said , oh you have one of the best , she recalled .
i said , i bet you tell that to everyone .
but her unit is one of the most desirable .
a lot of people wanted any apartment .
do you know anything about the heating system ?
or they can purchase their own units .
she lives in the former school library .
i was reading eight books a week at one time .
down on his knees he went yet again .
after all these years , ms. goldstein added you pass it at night and it's alive .
it's so exciting to see lights on .
living in a classroom can do that to a couple .
we watch only the news shows now , she said .
we like to keep up on current events .
with the cold war over , many are now looking for new leadership , new audiences and new topics for research and discussion .
reflecting these tensions , the united nations association's governing board is divided , seemingly unable to agree on what it wants the organization to be and what kind of leader it hopes to find .
the group , with 175 chapters and 30000 members around the united states , has a niche in international affairs as a link between the american people and the world , its past and present leaders say .
at the grass roots , it sponsors the model u.n. programs in schools and colleges .
the association could also be more of a source of insider information about the u.n. , for the press and for congress , she said .
he became president of the organization in august 1994 .
but he left last november , before the anniversary year was over .
it is very , very difficult for everybody concerned to give the organization proper focus and then raise the money to finance the mission , he said in an interview .
the association has recalled from retirement a former president , james leonard , to take over until a replacement is named , possibly in the summer .
the president also has to be a fund-raiser and a developer .
the president also has to be a fund-raiser and a developer .
the speaker was not mr. leonard himself .
the ticket window provides more than ticket sales .
it's a place for people to get information .
another five stations now have machines but no ticket sellers .
the fate of the individual ticket sellers has not been determined , mr. charles said .
some may choose to retire , and some may be placed in different positions within the railroad , he said .
he added that 22 of the 27 machines installed in 1993 and 1994 provided no savings .
until this year , the ticket sellers have been retained as well .
some stations serving summer communities will have ticket sellers on weekends from the fourth of july to labor day .
it's the commuter that will be losing .
this time , the community , which will lose its ticket seller except for summer weekends , did not address the issue , said a former association president , john lee .
commuters have their monthly tickets .
and the rest of us travel off peak .
i suppose we will just have to settle for a lesser type of service , but we'll manage .
a picture caption last sunday about a washington demonstration referred incorrectly to the protesters .
to look at these 21 paintings of the 17th century dutch artist , even in the midst of a crowd , is to be drawn into a private realm .
the relationship between science and art is a deep , deep one in the western tradition , she said .
the act of seeing becomes an act of construction , making sense out of the world .
a lot of law firms bit the dust and freed up space , said michael myers , chairman of corporate realty partners .
in may , after five years of depressed rents , the partnerships that own 12 of the rockefeller center buildings filed for protection under the bankruptcy code .
leasing was sluggish , but building sales soared .
times square redevelopment , which city officials had said was imminent for decades , finally began happening .
throughout the city , streets were cleaner , neighborhoods safer , due in good part to active business improvement districts .
bryant park held many cultural events and has a new cafe .
following , a closer look at how some sectors did last year , and how this year is shaping up for them .
last year the flight to quality -- tenants taking advantage of cheap rents by moving to better space -- reversed itself .
filling in the middle is the problem .
tenants looking for big blocks of space did not have that many options , though .
the big block shortages may finally lead to new construction .
there are big blocks to be had , of course .
and the area's landlords are offering bargain rents .
small space remains in ample supply .
we'll do plenty of leasing this year , but it will be for more tenants in smaller spaces , predicted stephen b. siegel , the edward s. gordon company's president .
borders announced its first new york book store , in the world trade center .
but until we get that space , rents will keep climbing .
the financial district emerged as a place where $ 35 buys you what $ 45 buys in midtown , he said .
if that is so , then downtown must benefit if midtown rents rise .
we'd have been happy to rent 200000 square feet last year .
but they are fast running out of space .
a ferry may soon run from the upper east side to wall street , and the state is studying whether to extend commuter rail lines to downtown .
gov. george e. pataki said on jan. 3 that he would like the port authority of new york and new jersey to use the proceeds from an eventual sale of the world trade center for this purpose .
we intend to be in the ground in a couple of months .
as long as interest rates stay down , 1996 may be a decent year , he said .
the result is an interesting but flawed study .
should winning be the only thing a scholarship athlete focuses on ?
or should preparation for life after school be the key ?
first of all , it helps to be a man .
so they are also the things a grown man needs to ease his way into the scary female body , to make himself forget where he is .
the magazine high heels announced that flat is ... a dirty word !
where else have we heard this voice ?
hasn't fashion always wrapped fantasy in fabric ?
and if there is a fashion command even stronger than wear this !
apparently they accepted the conventional wisdom .
four decades after television advertising became a major expense in american politics , scholars are still surprisingly divided about its impact .
republicans , in contrast , are more likely to respond to negative ads .
but how did this marriage come about ?
nobody argues at the dinner table .
of course , it is more complicated than that , and the mother's own cynical despair is peeled away , layer by layer .
we , the survivors , may be called upon to explain them , if only to ourselves .
for the next few months , the two were seldom out of each other's sight .
they don't talk about their marriages .
playing off the rail is thus not an account of personal discovery in any sense that my wife would recognize .
the voice of the people public opinion and democracy .
then , invite the candidates into the room with them so the people have an even better opportunity to have their say .
aren't the views of people willing to travel and leave their families for a few days different from the views of those who do not make the trip ?
in reality , he noted , mr. ford made more effort to appeal to that voting bloc than did his challenger , ronald reagan .
even so , people who do vote should get some credit .
they seem to believe that they have enough information to make informed decisions .
when you ask him what the letters stand for , he says , m ... o .
he figured that out a long time ago .
every successful independent record label starts with a sound and a vision -- a belief in a kind of music that the major labels haven't heard or don't get or don't know how to sell .
their audience , as it turned out , was primarily white and suburban and male , the same audience that bought hard rock acts .
the vision on the west coast was quite different .
all the violence , both implied and real , made the major labels nervous , even though the critical response was almost unanimously positive .
and in the record business , notorious means mysterious .
and all that is very , very good for business .
when you sign with death row , it's almost a blood bond .
the entire studio , including the office , is monitored by cameras .
people like to say stuff to get a conversation going .
my program's the same : i'm in my office working , at my studio working .
if someone wants to meet with me , they can .
this talk of violence doesn't seem to bother him .
his attention is elsewhere , almost always on business .
there's a billion dollars on top of a hill , he explains .
it's important , he says , to keep your eyes on the prize .
i would always do anything for him .
in 1990 , knight formed a music publishing company .
but you have to realize one thing : results .
everybody can have an ugly face , he explains .
treat me fair and i'll treat you fair .
but if you mess with me or my people , you've got a problem .
if i wanted to , he says , i could really scare the hell out of you .
it's days later and there's this story , which may or may not be true .
parts have proved to be accurate , but no one knows the whole truth .
he's going to settle the beef his way , says a friend .
lots of times , i say , there are a lot of males , but a male is not a man .
you get a lot of guys running around acting tough , and that's not part of being a man .
whatever it is , a man is going to deal with it .
cause whatever happens , if god makes you a man , it's a gift .
even if they have money or success , they are just males .
there's only one person on this earth who was perfect and that was jesus christ , and they killed him .
this car is my favorite , he says .
it goes up and down and that's illegal .
it drives on three wheels and that's illegal .
people say i'm illegal , so this car is my favorite .
i'm going to put some soul in your train .
but the controversy was also about control .
a lawsuit filed by death row in federal district court in california charges tucker with racketeering to interfere with the company's operations .
they didn't want anyone to know about it .
now all they have to make money off of is the lyrics .
in a volatile atmosphere we made a decision .
despite the controversy , nothing has changed at death row .
i had to make sure we released our records .
are you going to take the dog to the show ?
i don't jump on your woman , you don't jump on my dog .
tonight is his first public appearance in some time .
he's just happy to be out of jail .
i always wanted to be on death row .
which means he can do some damage , on command .
death row looks like an army and the reception is a bit icy .
one song in and death row is gone .
they're all talking about us now -- there go the guys at death row .
they've probably made up some reason why we left .
he asks one of the friends he arrived with .
the trial , which is due to wrap up at the end of this month , is on his mind .
if found guilty , he faces 25 years to life in prison .
i think i would like to do an interview with howard stern .
this is the title of his biggest hit .
the people who started with me , they end with me .
soon the table is covered with plates .
not the hair and the skin , but that kind of star quality .
he doesn't trust tapes , so he saw 20 or 30 possibilities before choosing danny boy .
i met him when he was 15 , and he was right .
danny boy's trademark is his glasses .
i told him , fans will always love you , but that hollywood is a problem .
since then danny boy has been a model son .
it's nearly 9 now and he and his crew are still dressing for the evening .
today , like most days , has been busy .
he can hang out even while he's working , and he's always working , always on the phone .
he and his crew seem to keep their women on the side , reserved for certain hours .
but these guys spend most of their time with one another .
this is interesting for a few reasons .
and then the press be saying , there goes death row .
they'd put our fight on tv and we wouldn't be making no money .
it's the fourth round by the time the death row gang arrives .
nearly the entire audience stands on chairs for a better view .
the death row contingent leaves quickly .
no one asks him if he's ever wrong .
it's part of the code : stay real , stay close to the streets you came from .
the black leaders call on the phone , he says .
i give it to the community and kids .
i'm going to train him to detect weapons , young says .
do you want me to water your lawn ?
he walks to his car and the guys follow him out .
a lot of the players come from backgrounds where rage can follow easily from aggressive action .
so we have to be constantly aware of that .
a : dennis is a person who appears to be in a state of anger .
but we've found him to be extremely disciplined in his personal nature , and we're trying to extend that to his basketball .
and he's very good at passing the ball .
that point is you can say or do anything if there is nobody to hold you accountable .
first , mr. gates knows that there are two main issues on appeal -- not one , as he writes -- the values of the estate and the size of the legal fees .
he is trying to drag out the litigation until his contract expires in 1997 and he can take his lucrative pension deal and retire .
that is why the foundation has always argued for keeping those records sealed .
that was before his profile practically slipped under the horizon and , except for a brief comeback 10 years ago in down and out in beverly hills , pretty much remained there .
and this for a performance that most of america had not even seen .
his marriage collapsed around the same time .
when they disappeared , he says , it was scary and lonely , as if i had lost a friend .
i didn't know who to talk to about it .
i remember walking off stage after the first preview and telling christine , that's the first time in four years i've enjoyed my work .
the movie ranges from 1965 to the present .
i'm not going to go running over cars , jumping onto horses , throwing myself through glass doors 26 floors up .
very often , actors will use that kind of intelligence to keep a part at a distance emotionally , but he doesn't .
that is an exciting process to watch .
last january , he had another collision .
i recently realized , he continues , that there is this part of me , this secular person that i am , which will never be whole unless i deal with the spiritual side of my life .
my salvation is the time that i work .
and it's time , he says , to shake things up a little in that department .
he has also recently tried his hand at directing .
when i stop doing this , i want to look back and say , i have a good body of work .
but what if , when the right moment arrived , the fireplace didn't work ?
of course , it worked perfectly , and it was the most beautiful night in new york ; the full moon was visible out the bedroom window .
i'd been living there almost four years and the rent had been going up $ 50 a month every year .
i fell in love , this romantic young man said .
he had his bedroom painted dark green .
at least that's what they try to make us do .
the restaurant is in the westchester marriott .
jeffrey cole considers himself an average student , but there is nothing ordinary about the sudden change in his life .
it was weird -- i'm just doing what they're telling me to do .
in westchester , the number of black and hispanic students has steadily increased in the last two years , while the number of black and hispanic teachers has dropped slightly .
what we really need is to grow our own .
in return , the students must maintain good grades , and , most important , promise to teach for a year in a northern westchester or putnam county district .
before this , i would just go home and go to sleep .
he said he wanted to become a teacher to help change attitudes toward black children in the mostly white suburbs .
you think , i can really do something .
i can really make something of myself .
they look for heroes and models at the sporting figures , and this is something totally different .
if i see someone i can relate to , it could make a tremendous difference .
parents come in with students for a session , and we show them the salary structure .
you should see how shocked they are to see that the first year they can make close to $ 30000 in some of these districts .
they're in an environment where there are no teachers of color , and it's just part of the whole learning process to understand that there are other kinds of teachers .
the learning foundation is an independent consortium of 18 school districts in northern westchester and putnam county , corporations and colleges .
we can't guarantee them a job , she said , but we have promised to make special efforts .
the program , she said , demands a long view .
when you grow your own , you must be patient .
it's something you have to hang in with .
it takes about 10 minutes to cut a wheel , he said .
it was on a buying trip to the united states in 1970 that he decided to make his home in america .
he has been at his main street location for about 20 years .
usually , the buying of a grandfather clock is associated with the buying of a new home or having a child , he said .
and when i sell them , they remain with families , he added .
they're out of circulation for at least 50 years .
it's kept up with a lot of investments , or is better , because the resource is dying , he added .
but the art is where gerald comes in .
what's happening onstage at all the atlantic city casinos this week .
grand theater big band dance party .
but eventually gary declined as a steel city and many houses were abandoned .
along the central downtown corridor on broadway street , 82 new town homes are being built , and 18 are under construction in other parts of the city .
a year ago , she closed on her home , which she described as easily maintained and heated .
grants from the city and the federal home loan bank of indianapolis were available to help buyers make the $ 5000 down payment .
they will also have an outdoor pool .
they will pay no more than 30 percent of their income for rent .
apartments should be ready for occupancy by fall .
each building will have its own garage .
long island has a rental shortage in general .
therefore the housing needs of 51 percent of the population are not necessarily single-family homes , but alternate needs such as condominiums or garden apartments .
but they all need some place to live .
if they can't afford to buy , they look for rentals .
a restructuring and reorganization plan was not approved until may 1992 .
being out there is not a simple matter .
it's all at the connecticut historical society in hartford , where tickets are available at the door .
the recital , as all events at the center , is open to the public without charge .
that's more than enough to cover demands by teams like the new jersey devils , who recently threatened to move out of the state unless given a large sum of money .
at the news conference to announce the name change , 15 television news cameras were lined up in front of a stage on the basketball court .
last week , i put out a press release that said if continental airlines is going to have the place named after them , does that mean that all games are subject to delays of up to one hour ?
at either end of new jersey , commuters could cruise to work in the lincoln continental tunnel under the hudson , or on the campbell soup bridge across the delaware .
here are a couple of suggestions of my own .
the question is , when do you go too far ?
where do you draw the line on what's for sale ?
scheduled at 8 p.m. in the performing arts center of purchase college , it will be the fourth yearly concert , performed by the westchester philharmonic , the howard university choir and a variety of vocal and instrumental soloists .
after this showing it will be at the boston museum of fine arts from april 19 through june 30 .
objects as insight may be seen tuesdays through fridays and sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. and saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. .
those interested in attending should read the books before saturday .
the author of two books on the subject and leader of workshops all over the country , she also exhibits internationally .
he will perform several demonstrations and distribute samples and recipes .
the county parks , recreation and conservation department has announced that cross-country skiing , ice skating and ice fishing are now available at some county parks , golf courses and nature centers .
skating is permitted only when a white flag with a green balls flies , indicating safe conditions .
a state fishing license is required .
medical help should be sought immediately .
a warm hat is considered essential for outdoor activities .
this means no dig , professional or amateur .
this plan is specific as to level and extent of the dig required to address the research issues .
thus , if the effort was made in 1987 to preserve the site it would have been not only appropriate but also preferred .
it is important that my comments be taken in the context that they were made .
failure to do so could result in damage to the professional reputation of our firm .
failure to follow through on it can be the basis of a lawsuit .
they can say we've done it ; we did what was asked for ; nothing was found .
barry would have said we can solve the problem .
we can satisfy the state's requirements and get the building permit , mr. roberts said .
not that the art market has returned to the robust health it had in the 80's .
people here feared that it might never reopen .
who will go downtown any longer , they asked ?
most important , the exhibition is an event of international significance that was organized here , which makes it a reason for local pride .
it makes the show seem more timely .
people inevitably cite two reasons for its popularity : parking and safety .
but there is clearly another reason , which is that it provides what los angeles has in short supply : a sense of community , a cultural hub .
rents are low , at least for the moment .
and in contrast with new york's soho , no clothing shops or other retail stores are there to drive them up .
for the 15 years i have been here , he said , i have seen one place after another proclaimed once and for all as the solution .
here the scene is not identified with a specific location , and that seems appropriate to the way we live and move around in our cars .
a new president , andrea l. rich , who was a vice chancellor at u.c.l.a. , has just taken over .
which is , after all , what the public cares about most .
looking content , he seemed to sum up the good mood here .
in los angeles fashion , he said , i haven't been this optimistic since at least 1991 or 92 .
they might even recognize some lines .
the ghost , fights and blood should get their attention .
we are a professional theater company that has a program to bring students into the theater .
the choice of a play is based on typical theater concerns .
also , the contemporary issue of sexual harassment runs throughout .
we want the students to understand that plays are not something just to read but to be enacted .
today , he said , the theater for a new audience involves some 5000 city students annually from the fourth through the 12th grades in every borough .
the company averages between 10 and 15 visits each year to public schools , he explained , both before and after the students see a performance of one of the new audience productions .
that program is combined with another in which students write their own plays under the guidance of a visiting playwright and then watch as professional actors perform staged readings .
to hear professionals take an interest tells them that what they are doing matters .
perhaps the most surprising aspect of the theater for a new audience is how a company that has gained favorable recognition from critics and students has remained so little known to the general public .
mostly it's because of our short season , he said .
we run only two or three months a year .
some performers in measure for measure have appeared in past company productions .
a lot of my students have never seen a play before , or read shakespeare , she said .
but the new audience productions they see are full of action and the language differences really disappear .
a new health spa will open next summer .
commercial operations began in november with two airlines flying in and out .
black river playhouse the chester theater group presents 12 angry men .
seton hall university , south orange .
new jersey historical society moving through memory : caribbean folk arts in new jersey .
new jersey state museum sign of the times : 100 years of advertising by the r. c. maxwell company .
rutgers university , george and hamilton streets , new brunswick .
the subject , style and form of the script may be chosen by the playwright , but the length must be no more than 20 pages or 20 minutes in performance time .
on the university campus in princeton .
on thursdays , after a slide presentation of past works , the public is invited to meet the artists from 1 : 30 to 4 p.m. .
the limit is two entries a person ; each poem must be 20 to 32 lines long , on separate pieces of paper .
the language of poetry and fiction .
she had once had a husband , who died , and a child , who died .
certainly such a story would have touched anybody , however briefly .
but that is what happened , although it took years of planning , meetings and fund-raising .
i think the right things come along at the right time .
among the right things were large contributions that , with her savings and the small salary she eventually earned as director of the program , would support her and her two sons .
her former husband , an advertising executive , agreed to increase his child support .
her father bought her a house in summit .
i stopped thinking of the homeless as people you don't want to touch or go near .
reluctant congregation members are far more willing to help after getting to know the homeless people .
in the evenings , children do homework or watch television in church classrooms .
some families stay in the program eight weeks or longer .
i was packaging an idea , a product , a vehicle , she said .
then she flies to those cities to help set it up .
families must arise early and constantly move from place to place .
every week we had to move to a different place , said penny males , 31 , who has four children aged 3 to 8 .
it was hard for the kids to adjust .
they did everything to make me and my kids comfortable .
but i was determined not to stay there .
i tried to keep us all together , she said .
but four kids -- nobody wanted to take us in .
ever since i can remember , i wanted to make a difference in people's lives , she said .
this is a bridge connecting people in need with people who want to help .
we can build bridges across the country .
this is a way to keep it alive and well .
their language earned this film its r .
the performances are consistently strong .
she is a daughter of emily rubin of new york and the late irving rubin .
he also received a master's degree in public policy from harvard university .
he graduated from georgetown university .
his father retired as the assistant director of the new york state health department in albany .
but soon these boards may find their roles greatly reduced .
many planners defend the law , saying it provides a necessary framework for citizens to plan their communities .
but preliminary ideas have been controversial .
the proposal also called for a simpler appeals process , and conditions under which some permits could be approved automatically .
it is taking away the process that citizens have to express their feelings about their town : how they see it , how they want it .
q. what are some typical difficulties ?
in new jersey , the average time from start to finish is about three years ; in other states , it's generally a matter of months .
this has an impact on quality of life : our cost of living is higher , our property taxes are higher , and you have to pay higher wages , which makes new jersey less competitive .
q. what changes would you suggest ?
a. we need to reduce or eliminate the number of levels of bureaucracy ; we don't need five engineers for what one engineer can do .
you can put the reviewing burden on a competent , licensed professional , make sure that person has the education and the skills and the training .
a. a lot of factors go into the costs of development .
i think the developers are making a grand grab at all regulations in the name of their interests , which are narrow and focused .
as far as state permits go , yes , i agree the process can take a long time .
q. what do you think should be done instead ?
but let's not go out and scrap the whole thing ; let's not throw out regulation .
you see thousands of decisions made by these planning and zoning boards every year , and they conduct hearings at least once a month .
not everyone , though , can afford to make large contributions , because they need to live off the income generated by their assets .
but by establishing a remainder trust , she gives the $ 400000 portfolio to charity , which can sell the stocks and create a portfolio with a higher yield while avoiding the capital gains tax .
mrs. brown also receives a charity deduction on her income taxes .
but what if you don't have a spare million lying about , have no specific charity in mind and don't want to pay the steep legal bills to set up a trust ?
you can create your own charitable fund .
most organized charities have such programs .
the new york community trust , for example , has administered more than 1200 individual , family or business funds .
the group supports more than 3000 organizations devoted to helping aids victims , developing immigrant housing and preventing juvenile crime .
questions can be answered only in the column , not by mail , e-mail or telephone .
not everybody in the neighborhood is pleased .
mr. jacobs said construction of the $ 4 million addition could begin by summer and be completed in a year .
mr. jacobs said the plan meets all zoning requirements .
the st. louis symphony orchestra doesn't have a corner on the market for american and eastern european repertory .
in any artistic experience , he said , the more you can draw the audience into what you're doing , the more communication you have .
that's more people than could fit in the concert hall .
last year the topic was a conductor ; next year it will be a soloist .
next year in washington , he wants to continue the television show , but not in prime time .
she graduated from hampshire college and is studying for a law degree at city university of new york .
but three junior employees are out of luck .
rabbi robert l. lehman performed the ceremony at the plaza hotel .
she is a graduate of the university of pennsylvania and received a master's degree in management from northwestern university .
he graduated from columbia university .
dozens of new jersey employers , most recently at & t , have said that laying off workers is the only way they can survive .
profits should be limited by progressive income or corporate taxes .
human needs should be the central objective of both government and economic system .
what these companies are doing is firing their customers .
at & t just announced it is firing 40000 workers .
as the governor's choice to head the new juvenile justice commission , he was expected to sail through senate confirmation .
he is to start as a special assistant to the attorney general on tuesday .
it is one of the few states putting money into services , not just prisons .
but i feel there are so many people looking for jobs in our state that we should have done a statewide search to fill the position instead of a nationwide search , he said .
many residents in the building insist on walking their dogs directly in front of the lobby entrance , even after many requests by both the staff and management to walk their dogs elsewhere .
dr. simon said that while there might be no law against the use of such products , and while the products themselves are generally not harmful to animals , there might be another reason to avoid using them .
a the good news is that it can be done , said maria smith , a spokeswoman for the department of city planning .
but it's a fairly involved process .
what makes it complicated is that it requires a full uniform land use review procedure application , she added .
the application and map are then filed with the department of planning .
from there , the application must wind its way through various city agencies and officials .
following are excerpts from that conversation .
what's happening now is hospitals are scrambling to do these things overnight .
we saw it early enough ; we've been able to make major cultural changes .
a. we reduced the levels of management in the medical center to three , a radical departure from the five to eight levels in a traditional hospital back in 1980 .
we read the tea leaves , if you will , and started to move .
a. i think the hospital will become a giant intensive care unit .
so the only patients left will be those who are very sick .
that's a very high ratio ; the rule of thumb used to be 5 percent .
there is a segment of the population that doesn't want family doctors .
i can see it being 50 percent in five years .
a. the best way to describe it is that for years , hospitals and doctors controlled the marketing arm , and we don't anymore .
we haven't had any problems with that .
they don't have to keep a doctor on their panel .
you don't have any democracy anymore .
i don't think they have any type of due process .
it's affecting the people who can least afford it at a time in their lives when they're usually in the worst psychological condition .
the second problem is that all the providers we compete with aren't subject to the tax .
q. in a city like bridgeport where you have high levels of crime and poverty how do you provide care for all the people who need it ?
we can take some of that money and use it to take care of the poor .
last year we gave away $ 6 million in free care .
we're concerned as we move into the new health care environment : will we be able to generate the dollars to care for the poor ?
we have a foundation that raises money for the community .
we made $ 400000 this year and every dollar of that will go back to the community .
i think the state's going to have three or four major health systems .
then you'll see the system start to develop .
they go to more broadway shows each year than just about anyone else , yet they never get to see what is happening on stage .
they are the broadway musicians , and their view from the orchestra pit gives them an interesting perspective .
we still have to come up with an enthusiastic performance and we don't have that response .
he tries to find inspiration from the impact the show has on people .
they compare the performers in the different roles .
they're so overwhelmed by the performances and you know you're a part of it , whether or not they acknowledge you .
it's different today than it was years ago , he said , because the pay scale is quite high , and so the orchestra can get very good quality musicians .
you get freedom and security , which is what a lot of people are looking for , he said .
with that type of flexibility , most broadway musicians also work in symphony orchestras , teach music or have their own bands .
it is that variety that helps him enjoy staying with one show for nine years .
you need to be looking at other challenging opportunities to keep yourself fresh .
plus , broadway musicians know that a show doesn't run forever , so you always have to be doing other things .
you always have to be 100 percent in shape and ready to work .
getting work as a musician on broadway , either as a regular or as a substitute , is not easy .
as is the case with many job searches , it is often knowing someone that counts .
but often musicians go on the road first to break in .
she moves every six to nine weeks , recently having left california for arizona .
i was waiting for a break like this .
you have to be a jack of all trades , she said .
you have to learn to how to market yourself , and you have to be your own secretary .
street parking near the theater is not a problem , he said , because the business people have left by the time he arrives .
despite these bits of excitement , life in the pit can verge on the boring for musicians in a long run .
you have the danger of becoming too relaxed , because you think you know the show too well .
but things happen on stage -- a curtain doesn't open or a new star changes the speed of something -- so you have to watch the conductor .
the excitement involved in live performances is what draws many audience members to broadway , but many musicians are concerned about the future of their role .
part of it is economics and part has to due with the new electronic instruments and recording devices available .
he says the idea did not make sense to him .
can you imagine if a tape continued to play ?
and every now and then , they may even get to see a show .
everybody in the family has to work .
plenty of people are just walking away from their houses .
and once they go , they can't ever afford to come back .
despite reports of weak christmas sales for retailers , county officials who depend on the tax receipts to hold down property taxes said they expected that revenues would exceed expectations .
and i see positive signs for 1996 , because i work directly with companies that are expanding and growing and staying and investing right here on long island .
for the fully employed and for investors whose stocks soared in a bull market , last year was far from harsh , and prospects looked bright .
there was not a block where i didn't see one , two or three for sale signs , he said .
these are people who are losing their jobs and have to get rid of their homes .
these people don't know their fate from one minute to the next , he said .
there is no loyalty to the people who gave their lives to this company .
at & t is only interested in the bottom line .
the company said the layoffs were necessary to keep it competitive as it split into three units .
the chairman of the authority , james f. gill , has said jobs would be protected .
in a winter that is just beginning , the costs of snow removal and lost commerce from severe storms also exact an economic price .
in each major retail category there are now four or five major competitors , and there just aren't enough dollars to go around .
the pie isn't getting any bigger either .
the growth in retail industries spurred an expansion of the service sector that partly made up for the loss of more than 100000 manufacturing jobs over the past seven or eight years , mostly among military contractors .
it's not that the economy is bad , he said .
we have moved away from defense , and at the same time you have got businesses changing the way they do business .
so we are facing those forces at the same time , which makes the challenges we face all the more difficult .
the business group is studying steps that would assist the industries as part of an overall initiative to boost the regional economy .
tax subsidies , public financing and lower electric rates are being discussed .
in future weeks topics like southern plants for the northeast , new and outstanding plants for long island gardens and gardens of long island will be explored .
starting tuesday the cinema arts center in huntington is host to a three-day human rights watch international film festival .
robert moses and the shaping of new york , a comprehensive look at the accomplishments and influence of robert moses , opens saturday at the history museum of the museums at stony brook .
in the seemingly simple words , slaves found clues to take the underground railroad , a network of safe homes where they were hidden during their flight to freedom .
they weren't allowed to learn how to read or write .
to cut down on the possibility of escape , they were never shown maps or told about directions .
but they could look up at the night sky and see the stars .
the river bank makes a good road refers to the trail the slaves were to follow , or perhaps to the frozen water they could walk on .
eventually , the tennessee -- the little river -- meets the great big river , the ohio .
the show includes not only star projections but also videos and drawings .
it not only shows us how the stars helped change lives , it gives us an important part of american history .
anyone older than 35 with a a mother or sister who had the disease is eligible .
it is looking for a way to determine the best method of early diagnosis .
this came after it was revealed that he voted for a raise for his wife , a government management employee , without revealing the possible conflict of interest .
you have some very conservative people who are now allied with some very liberal people .
he said , i don't intend to shut anyone out .
but nine years ago it was a different scene .
that started me thinking about other things out there that were free .
we started putting the book together , doing all the work ourselves , using the research that we found on the tremendous amount of free stuff out there that could be just had for the asking .
the headline emphasized how to get thousands of free gifts , he said .
then i worried about where to place it .
in those days -- it was the spring of 1979 -- it had a wide circulation .
we published the book ourselves , and the printing cost us another $ 2000 .
i didn't want to rush down to the post office too soon and be disappointed so i held out for a full seven days .
then , he said : when finally i put my key in the post office box lock i had the shock of my life .
i thought of the months of work , the thousands of dollars , some of it borrowed , all down the drain .
you had such a large amount of mail , he said , it wouldn't all fit into the box .
he continued , but this time moving in a new direction because our two sons , dennis , who's 22 , and christopher , who's 26 , decided to join us in the business .
the book lists over 300 terrific free things and special discounts available to anyone over 50 , he said .
it shows them how to get everything from free tickets to a special letter from the president of the united states .
they have put out a book called the mail order success secrets program .
but then a compromise was reached : half the apartments were to be occupied by mentally ill men and women , and the other half was to be turned over to the city for subsidized low-income housing .
the institute has filled its half with 15 mentally ill men and women it has determined to be capable of living on their own , but the institute and the state are becoming increasingly frustrated because city officials have not yet figured out how to pay for the other half of the building .
city housing officials are scheduled to meet with the staff of the brooklyn borough president , howard golden , this week to discuss which local officials and city agencies will pay for acquisition of 10 of the 20 apartments .
he added , we are in a holding position right now until we hear from the city people .
this is a hard time for the birds .
the bird garden is packed with information on what to plant for bird shelter and food , and which birds like what .
many incidents occurred on the upper west side and almost all when he was under the influence of alcohol .
he has also had a diagnosis of mental illness .
the manhattan district attorney's office and the state office of mental health eventually sought his commitment to a mental hospital .
they argued that whenever mr. stuart was freed , he stopped taking medication and started drinking , often becoming aggressive and violent .
in 1994 , he was hired away by gray line .
since then , the city parks department has essentially ignored the lease violation .
it was the place in the neighborhood where you could go and get dressed up and the food was good and the price wasn't expensive .
questions remain about whether a new restaurant could be profitable .
clark wolf , a restaurant consultant , said restaurants outside of manhattan generally have a harder time drawing a crowd unless they have historical value or an unusual theme .
on slopes across the country , skiers with style are stepping into a new kind of ski that , unlike traditional skis , has an extra wide tip and tail .
while experts say that the new skis are practical -- they make turning easier -- it's their unusual look that's drawing most of the attention .
so far , they're only available in adult sizes .
while the skis are attracting attention for their design , industry executives say that there is more to them than just a look and that they really can make skiing easier .
but these are examples where there's substance behind the style .
resort operators are particularly excited about the skis because they think the new design could make skiing more popular .
i think these skis will help people ski better , and people who ski better ski more .
he and other experts blamed bad marketing strategy .
i'd just put it in my living room as a piece of art .
he said he owned several thousand shares , which he had bought over time , but declined to say how much they were now worth .
the company's managers know their business , he said , which he described as selling emotion .
it gets business out of your mind .
so you ride with a tremendous amount of focus and concentration .
it blocks all other thoughts from your mind .
and that goes hand in hand with risk and with passion .
these people have a tremendous amount of passion , which they've translated into financial independence and success .
among the financial analysts who follow the company , six rated the stock a buy at the end of the year and two called it a hold , according to market guide inc. of lake success , l.i .
the stock , which accounted for 25 percent of the fund at the end of the year , has continued to rise in 1996 .
if it does , he can buy the shares back at the lower price , return the borrowed shares and pocket the difference .
as of sept. 30 , the date of the most recent information available , consumer stocks and specialty retailers were the fund's biggest short positions .
the positions outside the technology sector kept the fund from losing heavily last year as that group made a remarkable upward run .
but some lesser holdings could be big winners , if the fund still holds them .
in addition , the fund can effectively cancel its short positions at any time simply by buying an equivalent amount of shares in the dozen technology stocks covered by the options .
she added up potential premium payments and matched them against the services they covered .
and she finally applied to a plan offered by health partners , a large , highly regarded minnesota organization .
now she is thinking strongly about the local blue cross plan .
but she still has more research to do , enough to keep her busy , she figures , for at least a couple of months .
it's like pulling teeth to get the information you need , she said recently .
indeed , millions of consumers recently made their choices in open enrollment periods that allow them to switch plans once a year , typically in late december -- and quite a few are still wondering whether they made the right decision .
because enrollment periods open at different points during the year , many others are only now starting to scratch their heads about what to do .
increasingly , information is being developed with the idea that it is very , very important for patients to be able to compare plans .
one advertisement from physicians health services , operating in new york and connecticut , observed , have you ever wondered how four or five different health plans can all run ads in the same issue of the same publication claiming to be no. 1 ?
common sense tells you they can't all be right .
but it is quite another thing to figure out which , if any , is right .
despite all this , more information is available than might at first seem to be the case .
it completed such a study last year in the denver area with the cooperation of the regional phone company , u s west , and six plans , which contributed to the costs .
older people are often more generous in their assessments , especially if doctors or nurses take interest in them .
at the least , hard data can often yield considerable savings .
the pacific business group on health , a consortium of large california employers , completed its eighth consumer survey last year , receiving responses from nearly 20000 consumers .
but plans frequently raise issues with surveys on which they do poorly , and this was no exception .
the consumers gave it a satisfaction level of 57 percent .
another 60 plans declined to participate .
they can tell us how easy they felt it was to get advice by the phone , or whether they had enough time with their doctors .
the harvard community health plan , generally considered one of the nation's best , scored only 72 percent , the worst in the category .
but results can change from year to year .
in last year's survey , for example , the harvard plan scored 84 percent on doctor availability .
whatever the quality of surveys and the level of state regulation , however , choosing a health plan is a personal matter , and personal needs vary .
young people , who are less concerned about getting sick , usually cast a much harder eye on price .
people say , i can't afford to buy a quality health plan -- i have to take what i can get .
but even obtaining this basic information can be more complicated than it might appear .
in new york , for example , oxford operates two plans , called freedom and liberty .
doctors affiliated with one are not necessarily affiliated with the other , and sometimes they are not even aware of the distinction .
in other plans , doctors may be restricted to treating members in the county in which they practice .
she also recommends visiting clinics and offices to see whether the the staff members seem enthusiastic .
martin schneider , publisher of health pages magazine , suggests that for this reason , you make sure you get the name of the person you're speaking with .
yet she and others say appeals processes in some plans start with the very managers who denied the coverage in the first place .
our customers represent a real cross section , he says .
unlike other retail stores , there is no target customer .
because there are fewer male customers , men's clothing is priced especially low to move merchandise .
the basement also has a small selection of books and records .
some shoppers have complained that the salvation army has raised prices in recent years .
the store has authentic antiques and fine old furniture .
it benefits the regional aid for interim need , which provides emergency assistance and other services .
still , there were some incredible deals .
salvation army stores in brooklyn , queens and staten island accept donations of cars , which they store on nearby lots .
new clothes are donated by designers and department stores .
a store that , say , has only a couple of sizes in a certain dress and needs to make room for new stock may give the merchandise to charities .
designers with a soft spot for a certain charity will also make donations , for which they receive tax deductions .
more than two feet fell on other parts of the northeast corridor .
moreover , other parts of the globe have been unusually warm despite the cold start to winter here and in central europe .
we seem to be getting these storms of the century every couple of years .
the blizzard may have cost the new york region a billion dollars and it caused many deaths .
developing countries , many of which have fewer resources to cope with a changing climate , are generally regarded as most vulnerable .
the weather service nonetheless predicted a warm winter again based on previous weather patterns , but that forecast has turned out to be wrong so far .
the winter is young enough that the forecast could still be right in the end .
the bean part of the soup , however , can be cooked ahead of time and even frozen .
add the tomatoes and cook for 10 minutes , stirring .
bring to a boil , turn down the heat and simmer for 45 minutes .
if the soup is too thick , add more stock .
season to taste with salt and pepper .
add spinach leaves , stir and heat through .
add the tomatoes with their juice , the beans and the stock .
turn down the heat and simmer for 25 minutes .
season to taste with salt and pepper and continue cooking until the beans are soft .
to serve , pour the soup into heated individual bowls .
the bean part of the soup , however , can be cooked ahead of time and even frozen .
add the tomatoes and cook for 10 minutes , stirring .
bring to a boil , turn down the heat and simmer for 45 minutes .
if the soup is too thick , add more stock .
season to taste with salt and pepper .
add spinach leaves , stir and heat through .
add the tomatoes with their juice , the beans and the stock .
turn down the heat and simmer for 25 minutes .
season to taste with salt and pepper and continue cooking until the beans are soft .
to serve , pour the soup into heated individual bowls .
the technology remains similar today .
cutting dies come forward to cut the nail and fashion the point .
modern nails are designated according to the penny system , which originated in england , where nails were sold by weight .
when choosing a nail for a specific job evaluate all the qualities .
long thick nails have greater holding power than short thin nails .
the initial holding power is strong .
they are easier to drive than common nails and are less likely to split the wood .
their holding power is less than that of the common nail .
because those nails have small heads they can be driven below the surface with a nail set .
the leaves are handsome and the plants really do put on quite a show .
the best part of all is the timing of the bloom .
that north american got what she deserved .
last month , mr. peres himself stirred up a touch of controversy when he said at a lunch with reporters that israel would be prepared to give up its nuclear program if there was a comprehensive middle east peace settlement .
yet the secret services have also had their dramatic failures .
but his critics will not have the final word .
it is fitting , then , that the long island premiere at the cinema arts center in huntington next sunday at 5 will be followed by a tribute to the actress , who died on oct. 25 .
she believed that people were better than they gave themselves credit for , ms. fried said .
while she was recovering , she got the mayor of new york to allow her to go into city schools to teach poetry to young people .
imagine the anger and emotion it took to do that , to hurt someone , ms. fried said .
in an election year , the most important numbers game in the budget may not be the size of the tax cut or the rate of increase in medicare part b premiums .
when two opposing sets of politicians think they are winning , there is no reason for either to change course .
and , by 56 to 25 percent , he said , americans want to get power out of washington , back home to states and local communities and families .
this isn't the usual state of affairs .
while politicians hardly ever admit that an issue is working against them , they minimize its importance or say that the public doesn't really care about it , and that their polls show much deeper concern about something else .
if republicans can frame the issue as their being for a balanced budget and mr. clinton as being against it , and if they could make that single question dominate the election , they probably would win .
the public would very much like to see the budget balanced , but without paying for it through cuts in preferred programs .
the satisfaction with poll findings is not the only element in the dispute .
this is an issue where both sides are arguing out of a long history of belief .
republicans have long believed in a balanced budget .
for years , it has been working toward a single goal : forcing the court , a united nations body known officially as the international court of justice , to rule that any use of nuclear weapons is illegal .
organizers of the project , among them several prominent american lawyers , managed to persuade the united nations general assembly and the world health organization to ask the court for such a ruling .
the court is considering the case after hearing testimony from 22 governments .
this argument is simply contrary to fact .
there is no special treaty which would put a general ban on the use of nuclear weapons as such .
no necessary and sufficient conditions exist .
the fact remains that the existence of nuclear weapons as a class of weapons threatens the whole of civilization .
this is not the case with respect to any other class or classes of conventional weapons .
it cannot be consistent with humanity to permit the existence of a weapon which threatens the very survival of humanity ... .
it is subject to fundamental principles of humanity .
japan , in a statement that some japanese criticized as too weak , asserted that the use of nuclear weapons would be contrary to the spirit of humanity but did not say it would be illegal .
i feel frustrated at not being able to express this completely in my testimony about the tragedy of the atomic bombing .
in the last week we saw this game taken to a whole new level .
at the moment , the president and the speaker are not playing to the new hampshire or iowa caucuses .
they are playing to the wall street caucuses .
it may just be that we need one more election .
result : the dow fell almost 100 points and interest rates soared .
there will be a deal , interest rates will go down , so buy bonds !
politicians are becoming the market .
but will they come when you do call for them ?
and it spread up the great canyon of broadway .
he would ride from manhattan to the kings highway station and walk the rest of the way .
and i said to the conductor , is there a problem with the equipment ?
he said : the problem is we are now above ground .
he was two and a half to three miles from home .
i felt sorry for him , but he was a good egg .
his daughters wanted to go out and play in the snow .
neither has moved far from the old house .
sharon has heard the story of her birth many times .
and the indianapolis colts are not his team .
they make baltimore their home forever .
it just became one of those things in baltimore .
they used to run an annual charity golf tournament but people lost interest after the colts had gone .
a few have dinner every couple of months .
you're going to make a name for yourself in this town .
they generally don't stay in the same city very long , either .
they go where there is room under the salary cap .
we're just doing to cleveland what indianapolis did to us .
no commissioner has the power to make someone turn down what he thinks is a better deal .
fans and former players don't care who the owner is .
but i have to admit , i found myself pulling for them last week .
you have to admire a guy who went through the abuse he did in chicago and survived .
there are lots more interesting things to chat about .
the mood in the united states almost seems optimistic by contrast .
japanese , in contrast , seem virtually to have given up hope .
politics in japan in recent decades has mostly been a struggle for power among factions , rather than a competition among people with different ideas .
and in the liberal democratic party , where real power lies , 48 percent of the seats are inherited .
so even if citizens like me raise their voice , she concluded , it doesn't make a difference .
in contrast , 64 percent of americans say they are satisfied with american democracy .
except when it comes to the politicians .
they say the county has no business in the controversy .
it's a peaceful place , with just two or three or five people doing things , he said .
for one thing , he says , there is no place to run .
a friend of his was beaten within an inch of his life in brooklyn .
only everybody is afraid to speak up because i am the example .
we are doing everything possible to free the hostages by peaceful means , he said .
if they harm so much as a single hostage , they will not escape punishment .
the village is less than a mile from the border with chechnya .
and both men would probably be in their right to do so .
that's not the feelings of the players or the coaches here .
the people that say those things aren't here .
they don't know anything about football .
why get upset about what some people who don't know what they are talking about say about me ?
or , even worse , the players did it themselves and he didn't have much to do with it .
i'm sure everyone else will look at it as a failure , he said .
dallas , which has been in more playoff games and won more of them than any other team in pro football history , is trying to become the first national football league team to win three super bowls in four years .
the pressure is more on the cowboys than it is on the packers .
green bay seems to be about as loose as they come .
it does seem that the treatment he has received at times has been harsh .
i think our head coach has a lot to do with the success of our team , said smith .
success starts at the top and goes down .
no matter how you look at it , it's a team game .
in fact , this game will come down to defense -- who can stop whom .
for the cowboys to win , all of those numbers will have to drop .
right now , the way brett is playing , we can beat anybody , said packers defensive end reggie white .
maybe then he will get some of the respect that hasn't come his way .
he is striking the ball as well as he has since , well , since he won here last year .
and there is a whole cluster of good players at eight under par , just three strokes behind .
he was a veteran of three seasons when he failed to keep his card , and now seems to have learned what it takes .
you can put too much pressure on yourself that way .
so does edwards , 34 , who got his card back through the qualifying school this year .
one season , he was 20th in greens in regulation and didn't keep his card .
i think we wanted to see what they would give us in the third and we just didn't play well , said devils goaltender martin brodeur , who faced 25 shots and absorbed the loss .
we should have been up by four or five goals at that point .
we seem to work hard every night and things don't go our way .
nothing has really stunned me over all .
however , i think this year it's absolutely not the case .
he was suggesting that few teams have spent lots of money .
but now he is five years older , 32 , and he averaged 51 games a season during the four-year contract .
mike stanley , for another example , had the opposite experience .
when he signed a three-year contract with the yankees in november 1992 , he never had been a regular catcher .
of the 99 free agents who have signed , if earned bonuses are excluded from their average annual pay , 46 have signed for increases , 44 for cuts and 9 for the same salary .
the most notable difference is in the number of players who have signed minor league contracts with provisions for major league salaries if they win major league jobs .
seven of the 97 signed such contracts the last time , but 25 have this off season .
the mets , the official said , are good at selling their players when they want to create a market for them .
all four players would have been in the big trade had it been made .
a longtime city child welfare administration employee who criticized the agency in a television interview has been suspended without pay for 30 days , officials said yesterday .
but she said she believed that case workers were encouraged to close cases as quickly as possible , and that lots of children die without drawing public attention .
those are actions taken within an agency , the mayor said .
the suspension was first reported yesterday in the new york post .
and yesterday , new jersey joined new york on the list of states declared eligible for federal disaster aid by president clinton .
it's really a recognition that a disaster is a disaster , the mayor said .
about $ 82 million was spent on snow removal by the state and municipalities .
mr. golden said state officials had no specific aid figure from the president .
on friday , governor whitman had sent a letter seeking $ 350 million for damage and cleanup efforts .
after the meeting , a lot of people's feelings might be hurt .
but it's not a point of hurting people's feelings .
it's a point of winning ball games .
the nets need all the help they can get at this point .
if we could only put the ball in the hole on a consistent basis .
what hurt the nets even more was their shooting .
right now we're just playing terrible , brown said .
connecticut's talented forces exhausted another big east team tonight .
we wore them down in the second half .
we were too anxious against a great team .
and allen is the best player in the country .
uconn forward kirk king had another perfect night , shooting 10 for 10 from the floor , which tied a big east record .
the first half was typical of connecticut's games this season .
before tonight's game , providence was in last place in the big 7 division of the conference , having lost twice to both seton hall and syracuse and with only one victory , over st. john's .
when richmond is connecting from long range as he was in the fourth quarter , it really does not matter .
we need this win a long time ago , richmond said .
it was good to get a win here in new york .
now people here know that we are a good team .
and when richmond is on target , there is not much they can do in the way of defense .
eventually my teammates got me the ball and it all worked out .
derek harper tried to stop richmond where davis and john starks had failed .
maybe i need to create more and distribute more .
but the real reason last night was richmond , who keeps making his case for a spot on the olympic team one deep jumper at a time .
nelson was the coach at golden state then .
how he would love to have him back last night .
you might know he might turn it around just like his team did , nelson said .
some of the best theater last night was provided by don nelson and charles smith with 4 : 27 left in the second quarter .
smith was having a hard time defending brian grant , and nelson was not enjoying it .
there was a time when governor george e. pataki didn't return mayor rudolph w. giuliani's phone calls .
everyone knows it was your decisive leadership and strong commitment of state resources that got us through this blizzard .
i wish i knew the answer to those questions , she said .
the only explanation that has been given to me is that people who have been searching for documents over the last three years have done the best they can under very pressing conditions because they're doing it for so many groups that are asking for them .
nobody is holding back anything , she said , adding , for this document to come forward now , i don't know where it's been .
it does not surprise me that with all the boxes and files of documents that something might be discovered later than the time it had been asked for .
but to me the important thing is , it was immediately turned over .
mrs. clinton , who made very similar statements when speaking with other journalists , declined to answer directly whether she would be willing to testify before the senate whitewater committee .
if the ground didn't keep shifting and the questions didn't keep changing , i might be able to answer , she said , but i'm now being attacked by some for answering questions that i was asked instead of answering questions i should have anticipated .
i don't know how to be more forthcoming than i have in an environment in which there are some who , unfortunately , are running investigations in search of a scandal .
mrs. clinton , who is promoting her book it takes a village : and other lessons children teach us , also took issue with her critics .
as the two engines begin to fail , the crew acts to dump fuel and tries to turn back to the runway .
lower the nose , lower the nose , lower the nose , he told the pilot .
investigators found the remains of nearly three dozen on the runway after the crash .
the chinese authorities themselves are ultimately the most serious obstacle to smooth relations .
in new york , of course , all these efforts are compared with mario cuomo's .
but even mr. cuomo could not always give speeches like mario cuomo .
gov. george pataki is definitely a man who follows a script , and it is just as well .
but this year , the speaker had a big idea , and he managed to couple it with some rather clever attacks on the mayor .
but few politicians can make a long speech that is as easy to follow .
the mayor also spent less time than normal on his administration's achievements .
he also introduced the lieutenant governor , who immediately jumped from her seat and ran over to shake mr. giuliani's hand .
but the proposal might also appeal to republicans .
the first-round issues are of modest dimensions .
neither would a $ 200 billion tax cut over seven years .
if those issues were resolved in the first round of negotiations , democrats and republicans could turn next fall to more fundamental issues .
should washington , as liberal democrats insist , guarantee the poor , no matter where they live , cash assistance , food stamps and health insurance ?
mr. clinton and the republicans can complete the first round of negotiations quickly because they have drawn close on the raw numbers .
the spending gaps are also modest .
the republicans want to cut medicaid by $ 85 billion .
there is , as this page has argued , good reason to question whether either budget is wise .
mr. clinton and the republican leadership can do voters a favor by putting their common spending and tax plans into law .
then get on with the debate about the type of federal government americans want to have as they head into the 21st century .
when brett was in atlanta , he was my boy , the cornerback said .
and he'll give you the shirt off his back .
he's a good person and he's a great football player .
brett does things other quarterbacks can't do , sanders said .
he can throw bullets , he can throw deep , he can run .
he's got a real head for the game .
if my man is open , he's going to hit him .
if my man is covered , he's not going to throw .
any time he touches the ball , he's a threat to go all the way .
in modern pro football , there has never been anyone quite like him .
and to a great extent today , what prime time does or doesn't do will determine what country time does .
at the news conference , the officials acknowledged that a video of the accident had been heavily edited before it was given to news media to make the leak appear less serious .
last week , mr. yeltsin appointed a new foreign minister and dismissed his transportation and agriculture ministers .
mr. yeltsin also dismissed several presidential representatives in russia's regions today , according to news reports .
and low turnout makes special elections hard to predict .
contacts from years of helping local residents and community groups .
platform district needs a democrat to fight conservative state and national social service policies .
strengths support from many democratic clubs and party leaders .
said another : why did this thing get dumped on us ?
it's like you're in a bad marriage and you're taking it out on the kids .
you guys are married to clinton , and you should be able to work it out without hurting the kids .
the only reason we're doing this is to get a balanced budget -- seven years , honest numbers , he said .
we're trying , we're really trying , to get this thing done for you , he told the veterans and hospital workers .
it is a move he said he was considering , though he quickly added that he loved his job in the house .
the freshmen are not the ones i'm angry at .
i'm angry at bob dole and newt gingrich .
everybody wants to balance the budget , but nobody wants to sacrifice .
we must balance the budget , he said at the medical center ceremony .
that line , at least , drew sustained applause .
but if his election in 1994 seemed like a mandate , today it is much more difficult to get a sense of consensus among his constituents .
nearly everybody seems to agree there should be a balanced budget , though many are now questioning why it has to be in seven years .
do anything that you can to save medicare .
yes , we can do all that within the context of a balanced budget , he said .
those are very tough things to negotiate through .
he added : we've got every capacity to lose portions of the next election -- including the presidency .
but in the long term , the american people are moving our way .
and then she can play what has turned out to be her ace , attacking her leader , speaker newt gingrich .
mr. gingrich is not popular here , with recent opinion polls showing that barely 25 percent of state residents approve of the job he is doing as speaker .
gingrich and clinton are playing politics , he said .
we needed to make those men go into a room and lock the door .
her office received hundreds of phone calls from people angered that federal workers were caught in the middle .
ms. smith deals with that anger by saying , i am so sorry at what happen to our public employees , that wasn't fair to them or their families .
but then she says she would never change her vote , no matter how much suffering it may have caused .
ms. smith's strategy is to hold voters by taking independent stands .
i am american , as are my friends and colleagues .
we also vote and many of us are furious at the republican attack on children , women , the poor and the environment .
how about the 40000 workers to be fired from a profitable at & t , or the striking office maintenance workers in new york ?
we may not have organized yet to fight for a return to a more decent world , but we have never been so angry .
what happens if voters are as divided as their elected officials and return mr. clinton to the white house while keeping the republicans in control of congress ?
lower manhattan has a number of small spaces that could be pretty good , but we seem not to have any idea how to develop them .
it certainly does not take an elaborate construction scheme .
not only do the french put street signs on buildings rather than posts , they put everything on buildings : street lights , mail boxes , traffic lights .
we americans go there just to visit urban areas that are a pleasure to be in .
when will new york pay attention to this kind of improvement ?
perhaps we need a commissioner of urban space .
i told her we were still digging out the car , and she offered to come over and pick me up , snow or no snow .
year by year , the evidence has mounted .
so medical researchers , in coming to believe that there is an intimate connection between depression and heart disease , are trying to decide which is cause and which is effect , and how the apparent link between the two might be broken .
as a consequence , they become more vulnerable to heart disease .
evidence of a link between depression and heart disease arose gradually as a result of research that began more than two decades ago .
investigators noticed that people with heart disease were much more likely to be depressed than were healthy people .
about half of people with heart disease do so .
these doctors , dr. wells found , miss the diagnosis of depression about half the time .
but the question still remained : which came first , depression or heart disease ?
were people depressed because they had heart disease or did they have heart disease because they were depressed ?
depression , in his study , carried as grave a risk of heart disease as elevated levels of blood cholesterol .
but how might depression cause heart disease ?
their hearts beat faster , even at night when they are sleeping , and their heart rhythm does not adjust well to changes in activities , like walking and then sitting down .
the result is that the heart and blood vessels are under increased stress .
virtually everything else is ignored .
you won't stop to eat or sleep , you won't participate in sexual behavior .
in depression , he said , the response turns on and doesn't turn off for weeks , months , years .
and so , she said , the heart institute is now starting such a study .
it will involve 3000 heart attack patients and will be conducted at eight clinical centers in the united states .
the effect is a decrease , not an increase .
cameras , too , tend to give up resolution and sensitivity to color when they achieve better sensitivity to low light levels , dr. friedman said .
it's supposed to be good for the liver .
while it was long used for liver complaints , it was virtually ignored in the first half of this century .
the match format is still used in the world championship as well as in exhibitions of all sorts around the world .
four games were played , at the fairly quick time limit of 30 moves an hour plus a half-hour for the rest of the game .
admiral jones says spending for nuclear weapons is probably less than 4 percent of the defense budget .
in 1997 , total united states nuclear weapons spending will exceed $ 34 billion , about 13 percent of the defense budget .
but an october 1991 congressional budget office report estimated total united states nuclear weapons spending in 1990 at $ 56 billion , meaning total costs have declined only 39 percent since then .
their performance was among the highlights of the fine program that the new york city ballet presented on friday night at the new york state theater .
what made this duet magical was the way the dancers implied that they were lost in thought .
it is the record of making a highly unusual dance titled still / here .
their contributions would later be incorporated into a finished work for mr. jones's dance company .
although widely praised , still / here was not endorsed unanimously by dance critics .
his goal is stated clearly : my job is to evoke the spirit of survival .
for me , as a person who has to deal with his own possible early death , i'm looking at people who are dealing with the same thing .
he tells them : what do you know that i don't know ?
and i'm going to take it ; i'm going to make it song ; i'm going to make it movement .
as reflected in the listing of credits , it is being shown tonight ; it was not shown last night .
not if the international community remains silent .
comparing the two is like saying the french resistance was as bad as the third reich .
other manufacturers of the vaccine took steps to assure safety .
and the british government , not the irish republican army , killed it .
there was a legitimate peace process going on in ireland for 17 months .
britain rejected those opportunities .
the british government did nothing to help bring the conflict to a point where meaningful discussions could take place .
now that same government rings its hands in mock concern .
if it was permanent , there would be no need for peace talks , because a surrender would eliminate the necessity for further talks .
the presence of 20000 british combat soldiers in the northeast section of ireland does not constitute an opportunity for peace .
britain did not use the cease-fire to recall these troops .
as it turns out , this sensibility serves victor / victoria quite well and makes it a different experience from when ms. andrews was presiding .
but she definitely raises its emotional temperature .
even performing the show's bits of low comedy , she seemed somehow above them .
and you never worried that her victoria grant would be able to pull off the fraud on which the show is built .
times of crisis are productive times .
a graduate of harvard university , he began his career at the manhattan theater club , where he was a directing fellow and later associate artistic director .
it is presenting six plays this season .
it was the first time this year that a clinton administration official has reiterated the longstanding united states position on the dollar , and came against a backdrop of growing global demand for the currency .
money keeps finding its way to the united states .
we believe a strong dollar is in our economic interest .
andrew c. grove , a co-founder of the intel corporation , was named chairman today and craig r. barrett was moved up to become president .
he will remain chief executive and succeed gordon e. moore , 68 , as chairman .
mr. barrett , 57 , has been chief operating officer and executive vice president , craig is the guy who keeps the intel machine running , mr. grove said .
he is the architect of our manufacturing system and the principal driver behind our management methods and culture .
mr. barrett joined intel in 1974 as a technology development manager .
before that , he was a professor at stanford university .
mr. moore , who has been chairman since 1979 , had already removed himself from day-to-day operations , working only three days a week .
he will continue to work at the company several days a week , intel said .
mrs. morris was active in several organizations , particularly in fund raising , but her principal activity was with the girl scouts , for whom she organized and presided over a number of benefits .
i'm trying to do my little bit for women , she said at a benefit in 1968 .
in addition to her son alfred , of manhattan , she is survived by another son , dr. john morris jr. of nashville .
last week , the i.r.a. , in another rare public statement , made it clear that it intended to continue its campaign of violence to end british sovereignty in predominantly protestant northern ireland .
they are voting with their fingers .
they've prevented quite a lot of nasty incidents .
there is a tide running against the terrorists .
last month , shares of computer associates fell 20 percent in one day after the company announced that its revenues for the fourth quarter would not meet the estimates of wall street analysts because of difficulties with its european sales force .
though both companies said they regard the matter as closed , the offer generated enthusiasm from investors .
if for any reason american standard wants to discuss this , we of course would be willing to talk .
american standard quickly rejected the offer .
he said the jump in the price was not based on speculation the company would now be the subject of another takeover bid .
before this case , mr. davis , 54 , was little known in washington's legal circles , where cases often have a national cast .
although he lives in the northern virginia suburbs of washington , he has often taken clients from the state's southwestern and largely poor section .
mr. davis has suggested he might spend at least $ 2 million on his political race .
many believed he had made up the story .
his first book , the adventures of a young girl , was published in 1963 .
the dangers also occurred among people with liver disease .
no serious reactions have been reported in the first five months of its use , he said .
nicholas burns , the state department spokesman , warned that some types of american assistance were barred for countries that sell military items to countries listed by the united states as sponsors of terrorism .
syria is one of seven countries on that list .
it would be extremely serious if these sales actually occurred , he said .
like syria , these countries are on the united states' terrorism list .
he closed the proceeding and moved to another case with no apparent regret .
she stands in the place of each one of us against wealth , privilege , power and influence , mr. davis said of ms. jones , who was not present as he spoke .
those people who have an interest in women's rights and women's issues ought to stand up for her right to be in court .
a dozen women marched as a group in sympathy with ms. jones .
in contrast , she pointed to the heavy support they offered anita hill in her sexual harassment accusations against justice clarence thomas who , typically in his court style , was the one justice who did not ask questions today .
in conversation , they emphasized that no one , especially the president , should ultimately be above the law .
might we have a case next year against a sitting president's wife ?
wondered one audience member , mike sullivan , of the appearance before the whitewater grand jury last year by hillary rodham clinton .
the changes are subtle , to be sure .
how can you have numbers like that and not feel them ?
neighborhoods like atlantic avenue in brooklyn have obviously had an islamic character for years .
look , i can show you the change , mr. khan said .
when we opened , we had a lot of problems , he said .
if anything , success has brought different problems .
i would offer you tea or coffee , but ...
we have pretty good leadership , and they'll be able to focus on what this thing is all about and that's winning the game .
the packers will put in their game plan this week and keep the same schedule they normally maintain for the week leading up to a game .
the players had a meeting this morning , will be off tuesday and will return to practice wednesday .
he's taught me all the things not to do down there .
no team in the n.f.l. should ever be favored by more than 3 points in my opinion .
he's already won two super bowls and this is my first one .
i have a great deal of respect for him .
we're going to be ready to play , too .
i heard he had them running today -- outside .
what can you say about coach parcells ?
frank can't inspire george to win .
he did not watch the game , but received occasional word of the score from another actor .
but this is a phenomenon that will stop , he said .
such an extensive road show of meetings with investors is highly unusual for a mutual fund company .
fidelity manages about $ 400 billion in mutual fund assets and is the country's biggest seller of mutual funds to individuals and to corporate retirement accounts .
we understand that our investment performance and our plans for the future have a significant impact on our customers , she said .
specifically , the agency said , mr. speaker rejected an opportunity for the fund to invest in certain time warner inc. bonds on jan. 12 , 1993 .
later the same day , after learning that another buyer was willing to pay more for the bonds than the price at which they had been offered to mr. speaker , the fund manager bought $ 10 million worth of the bonds .
in a statement , mr. speaker said , i regret that the s.e.c. took issue with two personal trades i did for my account more than four years ago .
before joining salomon in 1984 , he was an official of the international monetary fund for 10 years .
that is how it looks on paper , anyway .
almost inevitably , you end up with one group fighting the other group , he said .
but he does want real listening to occur more often .
he routinely dresses down for trips to the shop floor because he finds that when he is wearing a suit and tie , discussions generally take longer to get going .
but some industry analysts said the investment in stock for employees probably did not move the company's relations with labor forward .
the proposal was voted down by 60 percent of the union's members .
the workers approved a third offer that gave them most of what they sought , including an immediate bonus equal to 10 percent of annual wages .
there's a lot of information out there , he said .
that means you've got to make an environment where people are willing to tell you .
he acknowledges that he is not a big reader .
he even relies on a few people to read books for him and talk about them with him .
there is also the question of how best to train and develop the skills of boeing workers .
this is the second time that the whitman administration has turned to the state's pension system to cut state payments to the system and help balance the budget .
shortly after taking office in 1994 , mrs. whitman , with the approval of the legislature , made several changes to the pension system , which helped pay for a 30 percent cut in state income tax rates .
instead , he said the state would pay off the debt service on the bond sale over the next 35 years .
democrats in both the assembly and the state senate criticized the plan , which requires approval by the legislature .
in early trading , the dow was up about 30 points , largely on the news that j. p. morgan had reported robust earnings for the fourth-quarter .
oil analysts said they were not surprised by the decline in oil stocks because they rose significantly as oil prices rose the last few weeks .
the outlook for the group is very strong , he said .
we're in a very favorable commodity price environment .
but it took good performances by general electric and philip morris at the end of the day to pull the dow into positive territory .
for much of the day , investors were reluctant to make bold moves .
we had a good start , hugh johnson , chief investment strategist at first albany , said yesterday .
the worry now on wall street is that we're beginning to see some upward pressure on wages and consumer prices .
it doesn't have any direction , and the reason is no one wants to step up to the plate and take a position before those reports .
the company said growth in sales of chips accounted for much of the rise in revenue from the previous quarter .
an article in business day yesterday about stock market trading on wednesday misstated an estimate from the intel corporation for its revenues and earnings this year .
intel said revenues and earnings could be flat in the first three quarters of 1997 compared with the fourth quarter of 1996 , not with the first quarter of 1996 .
it would also resolve longstanding questions over what should be built on the site .
the groups said the space would be used for musicals and other productions .
my question is why any incentives are necessary .
the subsidies would come from the city , he said .
nothing more than we have to give .
what the giuliani administration wants is to see this project happen sooner rather than later , he said .
but their agreement seemed likely to bring them a highly profitable victory in their long battle .
in the early 1980's , they were rejected in their bid to develop four office towers at the intersection of 42d street , broadway and seventh avenue .
then , in 1995 , they were passed over by the state in their bid to combine the development of their site across the port authority with the construction of a hotel at the northeast corner of 42d street and eighth avenue .
several diplomats cautioned that the refusal did not necessarily mark a reversal of the government's position .
they added that two new partnerships would carry on the work of the $ 3 billion hedge fund , as such private investment partnerships are known .
inside the bar , a dozen customers sit , intent on their drinks .
it will be the last great performing center built in this millennium .
they need better schools , better health care and better police force , and then the changes will flow from there .
they will come in and get dumped off at the front , see the show and then leave without having any impact on the community .
the full schedule of performances is to be announced in february , and the center hopes to attract more than 10000 subscribers for the first year .
he estimated that 15 percent of the five million visitors a year to lincoln center come from new jersey .
chase m. jackson , the arts manager for new community corporation , applauded the idea of developing more local talent .
the musicians and artists are in new jersey , living in new jersey , but we don't really promote our own , she said .
we are hoping that people understand that and will join us .
i think the policy has always been pretty clear .
it was the resolution that was not very clear .
if their proposed remedy was extreme , they argued , their diagnosis of the problem was no less so .
the oakland school district is the only one in california where black students are the majority .
the latter is extremely important so that educators , parents and students can be aware of the differences between african-american english and standard english .
for the past decade , the number of people living on the cape year round has been increasing by about 5 percent annually .
but the water supply will permit this growth rate to continue for no more than a decade , local planners say .
the only way the cape can assure an adequate water supply , planners say , is for town governments to buy open land and prohibit major construction on it .
the rest would remain in private hands and would be available for new houses on commercial buildings , with development controlled by town zoning rules .
in november , cape cod voters approved a resolution asking the massachusetts legislature for the authority to create a fund , known as a land bank , to buy the open areas .
the fund , to be financed by a 1 percent tax on any property sale after the first $ 100000 , would raise at least $ 5 million annually that could be used by local governments to buy the 35000 acres .
this is all the growth the permanent residents on the cape want , he said .
they've made this clear , first in supporting the cape cod commission's efforts to control development and second in their solid support of a land bank .
three brick township teen-agers were arrested early saturday after they broke nearly 100 windows in the local high school and in three district school buses , causing $ 50000 in damage , the police said .
the companies initially announced plans for the alliance in august .
hilton hotels is based in beverly hills , calif .
half a century after most of them died in combat , seven men today were awarded the medals of honor that they were denied after world war ii because they were black .
well , she said at last , i think it's more than just what it means to this family .
there's more of them than there are of us .
two black soldiers have been awarded medals of honor for fighting in the korean war , and 20 earned the same recognition for service in vietnam .
in 1993 , responding to requests from black veterans , the department of the army ordered an inquiry into why none from world war ii had received the medal .
i was thinking about what was going on up on the hill that day , he explained later .
i never thought about getting it , he said .
well , i was a young black man without a job , he said .
i was an angry young man , he said .
but we had a job to do , and we did it .
still , he added , my personal thoughts were that , i knew things would get better , and i'm glad to say that i'm here to see it .
in his remarks , mr. clinton said the armed forces have become among the most integrated institutions in america , citing the service of distinguished black veterans .
the men we honor here today helped to make their historic progress possible , mr. clinton said .
he was killed while defending his company as it withdrew .
this was the toughest battle i ever had , said mr. williams , who is white .
but they failed to catch miami , with chris webber and tracy murray missing 3-point attempts in the final 10 seconds .
the previous record of 4 points was accomplished twice , most recently by san antonio and the knicks on dec. 10 , 1995 .
charlotte made only 1 of 9 shots in overtime while denver missed all 10 of its attempts in the extra session .
karl malone had 28 points and 9 rebounds , while mark davis had a career-high 24 points for philadelphia , which has lost 19 of its last 20 and 9 in a row .
it may be that the federal government cannot afford social security because of our political arrangements .
but if the program's cost is compared with the total national product , it is more than affordable .
how long it will take or where it will end nobody knows .
the committee will most likely be the executive council itself .
there are still some different variations on how to do it .
but we'll get it done this week and move on .
the owners will also vote on placement of the two expansion teams .
not everyone believes that spoken stance .
i still believe bud will wind up as commissioner , one official said .
not everyone is convinced that the last search was serious .
that one ended three years ago this week with the committee making no recommendation to the executive council .
for a time a couple of years ago , george mitchell , the former senate majority leader , was considered the top candidate for the job .
the man from maine presumably remains available .
he currently is special adviser to the president of ireland .
whatever candidates surface during the committee's search , the owners may have difficulty agreeing on one person or even the type of person he should be .
some owners believe the next commissioner should be a chief executive officer ; others object to that idea .
some don't want an outsider because they feel that people who don't have experience within baseball don't understand the way it functions .
these types of things happen in high-profile searches for head coaches in professional football , especially when you put college coaches in the mix .
the bottom line is that the giants will soon hire a coach and the search is going along fairly well .
young had been talking with both candidates over the weekend and he will now focus on the man who probably wants the job more than any of the potential candidates .
it is possible he did not go to the first practice for a number of reasons , including a delay of his flight because of weather , or he could have wanted to skip the practice to escape the constant questions from the news media and other coaches .
certainly the national hockey league office thought so .
now , as an executive with the east coast hockey league , he is still aware of the spreading brush fires involving his former peers .
i can only get kicked in the rear again .
instead , the league remained silent .
the league might ask me questions about saying this , but i've got players that need protection .
fans , players , coaches and the news media are increasingly frustrated about what takes place and isn't called .
he was too busy with expansion meetings .
brian burke , his senior vice president for hockey operations , said messier has not been fined .
but he also said the messier case isn't closed and that a fine , if any , won't be announced .
burke said the league sent out a memo yesterday to all its officials , with copies to the teams , warning them about penalties for verbal abuse of officials on the ice .
by this , burke apparently meant that no individual referee could be cited .
microsoft office 97 will officially arrive on thursday with a bag of new features even bigger than the usual upgrade .
office 97 will initially come in two versions .
the program may not transfer them , and you may have to restore them by hand .
some of the most useful improvements are little things , like the character counter in word that finally takes account of spaces .
the journal reports how long you had a program loaded , but not whether you actually used it .
at madison square garden , the band had already replaced two of those members .
he was playing , of course , the cello .
accepting your limitations as an artist can be as important to your legacy as pushing yourself to try something risky .
adding this demanding new role to his repertory was not something he felt good about at this stage in his career .
the condition of his voice was not the problem .
at his best , text and sound are one in his technique .
he put so much pressure on the piano that at times the instrument seemed unable to produce more sound .
it is the ultimate point of no return .
by definition , a black hole cannot be seen .
but i would be willing to bet my car on it , and it's a good car , he added .
they concluded , when we really understand black holes , we will understand the origin of the universe itself .
but the most massive stars are likely to collapse into black holes .
they weigh in at 50 million and 100 million solar masses , respectively .
such a signature , astronomers said , should help determine the mass and rotation rate of black holes with greater accuracy .
it is essential that new regulations do not overly restrict the access of health researchers to medical records .
on sunday they continued their commitment to roger sessions by playing his second symphony , a work marked by the end of world war ii and the death of franklin d. roosevelt .
if you want to put reality into your music , the last place to look for it is reality .
the piece , playing for three-quarters of an hour , is full of wonderful ideas that just stop .
it comes as several european brands are opening stores on madison avenue .
we didn't get enough new customers , he added .
the closing occurred quietly in the middle of last week .
and the dress photographs well , too .
columbia was so pleased with the result that it released the interview as a record .
within that context , he said , you can go anywhere .
a lot went wrong , but more surprising was how much went right .
she had fought with the company over bills for calls she said she never made .
passions ran high and rules were bent on all sides .
operation sausage was the name they gave the at & t marketing effort here .
they weren't really prepared for our competition to come so soon and so aggressively , he said .
the opening will reach 60 cities this year .
she was 89 and lived in madison , conn .
but her ambition was to write , and to meet mr. snow , the leftist journalist who later wrote red star over china .
they married , and she joined him in reporting the chinese civil war and the japanese invasion .
last year , china named her a friendship ambassador , one of the highest honors for a foreign citizen .
new elections should be held this year , not in 1998 .
they have been more interested in fighting ideological battles than getting things done .
in december the parliament dismissed a socialist government , and the party then chose a different leader .
today the average citizen makes the equivalent of $ 30 a month , the lowest salary in europe .
both sides should treat the government's statements as the opening of serious negotiations .
it might not have been the biggest year ever for the mutual fund industry , but 1996 certainly transformed how americans think about mutual funds that invest in the stock market .
but cash flows from other types of investors , like those in 401 plans , gained strength through the year .
bond funds , too , seemed to gain a bit of strength throughout the year .
in december , bond funds took in an estimated $ 3.5 billion , the most since january of last year .
cash flows in the second half reflect a broader diversity of funds , she said .
i think by the end of the month , flows will fall off again , he said .
limited said that michael weiss , the company vice chairman , would return to the posts of president and chief executive at express , the largest unit of limited .
but no one has moved back to a real capital from an invented one .
a lot of people say the lights will go out here .
but that , he insisted , will not be the case .
in the way germans do , we have started it this way and we will carry it out this way , he said .
even if it is the nation's largest independent natural gas company and even if it does aim to dominate an electricity market that is larger than the nation's telecommunications market , the enron corporation has found that just telling people what it is can pose unexpected challenges .
the goals : to persuade americans to demand faster deregulation of the electricity industry , teach them the enron name and then win them over as customers .
enron is not a household name ; we know that , mr. lay said at his office yesterday .
but we have a chance to create an at & t for the electricity business .
an initial advertising budget of $ 25 million to $ 30 million for about six months is likely to exceed $ 200 million annually -- roughly what a company like sprint spends to court telephone customers -- in five years , as companies like enron are allowed to compete for electricity customers in more states , the company said .
when focus groups responded to these advertisements by asking how they could sign up , enron added an 800 number .
several states , including massachusetts and california , will begin to open their electricity markets to competition within about a year .
new york lawmakers are likely to debate the matter this year .
her former company created the advertising and ran the campaign until shell oil , another client , complained of a possible conflict of interest .
mr. lay then plans to say that the company has its work cut out for it .
the board of education is spending less money per student now than at any time in the last decade , according to a new budget analysis , even as the reading scores of third and sixth graders in new york city have fallen to their lowest point in nine years .
new york state will eliminate sales tax for one week on clothing and related items that cost under $ 500 in a plan aimed at stopping the flow of shoppers out of the city and into surrounding states that do not tax such purchases .
new york state's habit of launching programs with no thought about how to pay for them in the future has created chaos in its finances for years .
it would be a mistake to assume that these resources will be there in the future to finance new programs .
but that is no reason to favor one segment of the state over another .
the mechanics of the bias in the governor's proposal are worth explaining .
the areas outside new york city have higher property tax rates because , unlike the city , they do not impose high sales or income taxes to pay for government services .
a home assessed at $ 100000 in queens pays a lower tax than a home assessed for the same amount in nassau county .
that is only fair because new york city , with 37 percent of the state's school population , receives only 34 percent of the state aid for schools .
but the numbers given out by the governor's office only show what he would spend in the next year , and there is no sign that the state will even begin to address the equity issue then .
new york city schools must get their fair share of state assistance , all new yorkers should get their fair share of tax cuts and the state must do more than guess that the money will be there to pay for both .
in the meantime , as a writer , i am fascinated by morris the man of letters .
now it is written and in the stores .
why didn't you get yourself elected ?
i'd never have a second to devote to my writing .
q. when did you first know you wanted to be a writer ?
american book buyers don't want wit and wisdom ; they want down and dirty .
beginning saturday , new york state will eliminate sales tax for a week on clothing and related items that cost under $ 500 , in a plan aimed at stopping the flow of shoppers out of the city and into surrounding states that do not tax clothing purchases .
for example , under the plan , bowling shirts will be tax-exempt , but bowling shoes will not .
that's a new one on me , she admitted .
many retailers said yesterday that they had not yet really figured out what was exempt and what was not , and some smaller retailers said they were unaware of the program at all .
of six managers of sporting goods stores in three boroughs called yesterday , not one knew exactly what to tax .
i have not received anything in detail .
new york city agreed to match the 4 percent state tax break with a 4 percent break of its own .
further , they say , it will prove that state and local government should adopt some permanent sales tax reduction .
in a news conference last week , mayor rudolph w. giuliani reiterated his position .
i believe very strongly that new york city needs lower sales tax on vital purchases like clothing , shoes and other things , he said .
the mayor has already included in his proposed 1998 budget $ 70 million in cuts in the sales tax , which would require approval by albany .
he is seeking to cut , at minimum , 2 percent from the city's retail sales tax on clothing under $ 500 .
poor people have to pay exactly the same sales tax as rich people have to pay .
and when you consider how much business that we are losing to nassau and suffolk and westchester , and staten island is losing to new jersey , this is particularly important to us .
as far as sears is concerned , a sears is a sears .
but we wonder what this does to slow the growth rate out here .
the city council has estimated that $ 7 million of city tax revenues will be lost for the week , and state officials have estimated the loss for the state at $ 10 million to $ 20 million for the week .
also , they say , losses from permanently eliminating the sales tax would be offset by long-term retail sales growth and additional spending on related businesses like restaurants and transportation .
the city can do a billion dollars more in sales that they are losing to other states , mr. silver said in an interview .
that billion dollars represents corporate profits , jobs and employees in new york state who will pay income taxes here , who will make up for revenues lost in sales tax .
i just haven't seen any rule of thumb that tells me that for sure .
we discussed that we were going to do it together and for this we will need some other instruments , and we decided to take a hammer and a knife .
in effect , i assume you're arguing that it is interference or the risk of interference with the actual presidential duties during the four-year term that is the source of whatever privilege you request ; isn't that right ?
how is the interference there enough for you ?
i think some trial courts would say they are not and some trial courts might say they are .
we haven't gotten to that question yet .
i can tell you the president has spent , personally spent a substantial amount of time on this case already .
i mean , this is a personal -- -- the very nature of this case is so personal that it would require his heavy involvement .
but there are two elements here really : a concern about some conflict with a judge deciding how to weigh the interests of the president in attending a nato meeting or something , versus a desire to avoid damage control politically .
i mean , is there an element of that in here ?
and does that enter into the constitutional balance ?
but is that part of our constitutional balance ?
but i certainly don't think that you can permit the courts to start deciding what presidential priorities are or are not .
why can't we wait until the president asserts such a conflict ?
it's never happened in a couple of hundred years .
why can't we wait until the court says , mr. president , i want you here for this deposition and , if you don't come , you're going to lose the case ; and the president says , i'm sorry , i have to go to a nato meeting ?
why don't we wait for that , what seems to me , very unlikely situation to arise ?
but i suppose you could wait , as you say .
but i have a specific case i have to deal with now .
the fact is that that's a better reason why the chief justice or any of the justices of this court should have the kind of immunity you're talking about , or the speaker of the house , or a member of congress , none of whom can delegate any of their responsibilities .
but , really , the notion that he doesn't have a minute to spare is , is just not credible .
every party to this litigation and every judge below agrees that a president cannot be subjected to litigation in the same manner as someone who is not at that time serving as president .
what is at issue is not whether an action against the president has to be treated differently , but how that difference should be .
perhaps you can help me with this aspect of that argument .
but he's in a very dominant position .
there's really nothing we have that could stay the president's activity in this regard .
that certainly is beyond the control of the court .
well , i think that certainly political pressures would cut against that .
there's no right to go into a state court and get temporary relief , so that the child knows where the child is going to be for the next eight years or whatever it is ?
justice o'connor , i believe that that would be , that's the most appealing case for an exception i've heard .
and all the neighbors are upset because of the environmental damage .
no temporary injunction possibility ?
we believe that there should be a rule that any civil litigation against a president should be postponed .
now , the president's attorney need worry only about civil damage actions .
and it is hard , i think , given the way our legal culture treats civil damage actions , to make the case for an exception in that instance .
i think there is -- one has to have a sense of the extent to which someone who is involved in personal litigation can be totally absorbed by it .
surely that may be true of an individual with an ordinary job , but with all the pressing concerns that the president has , one would think it would be less true of him .
if and when that comes up , i'm willing to allow a total executive privilege at that point .
why can't we adopt the same rule here ?
if and when the president says , i just don't have the time to come when you subpoena me , i'll give him an absolute immunity in that situation .
the beautiful thing about it is it takes the courts out of the scene .
all the president has to do is stand up and say , i'm too busy to come to this hearing , and i will not come , and you have no power to enter judgment against me simply because of my refusal .
but under that rule , the court wouldn't have to make any decision .
under the rule proposed by the question you were answering , the minute that is asserted , the court says , hands off , i'm out of here ... .
mr. chief justice , and may it please the court : william jefferson clinton , the citizen , who holds the office of the presidency of the united states , advances the novel claim of immunity from the progress of litigation while he is president .
this novel proposition has three fundamental errors .
and who judges that , the judge does ?
you could send your secretary of state .
if it happened 10 times in a row , and there was a question of good faith ... i don't think the court can exercise any jurisdiction over his person .
can't you leave political pressures to take care of that ?
i think the trial judge always has the opportunity and the duty to balance the interests .
mr. davis , i don't think you're answering some of the questions quite as frankly as we might hope you would .
to say that the trial judge could consider it isn't to say whether he's bound by it .
and there is a difference between a president's claim simply saying , i can't come now .
i think i would like and i think my colleagues would like your answers to those questions .
if he makes the claim , i'm too busy to come , you cannot enter judgment against him simply because he refuses to appear , but the rest of the trial can proceed .
i question if they're really serious about this and if they know how seriously they'll have to approach it to make it work .
and you know the way things get done is by having the support of the majority .
not in the least because it would not be productive for them or for our conference , and they know better .
i don't like to comment on speculation .
he has vowed to allow the current rent rules to die a quick death when they expire in june , if assembly democrats do not agree to phase out almost all rent rules by 1999 .
mr. bruno also faces opposition from other important republicans in the senate .
mr. bruno refused to elaborate on his remarks later today , saying through a spokeswoman that they spoke for themselves .
that will not be my responsibility .
i was in a lot of pain , mr. simpson said .
i was missing nicole , he added , his voice catching .
but my mother told me years ago that you couldn't go to heaven if you committed suicide .
much of the return trip was shown on national television because the visit to the cemetery caused mr. simpson to be late in turning himself in to the police .
in one passage of a letter , ms. simpson wrote that mr. simpson had beat the holy hell out of her .
he did not take the stand in that proceeding .
i didn't do anything and i'd do anything to help them .
i told lou , i've got to stay away from your daughter .
it is this latter issue that posed the last major obstacle to agreement , and that was overcome on sunday when king hussein of jordan flew to gaza and israel with a compromise that yasir arafat , the palestinian leader , and prime minister benjamin netanyahu of israel accepted .
mr. ross is expected to leave for washington immediately after the deal is done , probably on tuesday night .
most politicians seem confident that the agreement will pass the cabinet .
but it is not entirely clear what will happen if it fails .
one possibility often raised in the israeli press is that mr. netanyahu could eventually find himself compelled to seek a national unity government with the labor party .
they ranged from intensive lobbying to public protests .
it means a return to the 1967 borders , he declared .
i must tell you that the founding fathers of the council have reached a point that it is better to bring down the government than let this government bring down our dreams and our beliefs .
the palestinian authority now controls about 7 percent of the west bank directly , and another 24 percent jointly with israel .
jewish settlers were not in evidence either .
we will not get excited until we hear that it has happened , said a palestinian electrical engineer standing outside his office with some friends .
in many ways it has already happened .
the palestinian authority is in charge of most things already , and the palestinian police are here , only without arms or uniforms .
but there will still be a great celebration .
we have editorial comment that has criticized almost everyone within the middle east .
the newspaper has in recent weeks received bombs at its offices around the world .
this evening , a police spokesman confirmed that they were also letter bombs .
it would have been a real disaster if we were unable to read the thing , a senior law-enforcement official said .
there are enemies outside his door , and if he's with a lover , she's not necessarily on his side .
as a producer , he places that voice in music that seems to be closing in from all directions .
yesterday , state officials met in newark at a meeting of the north jersey transportation planning authority to plan their strategy for keeping the law intact .
the company serves about 250000 people and some industrial customers .
the proposal came after the markets closed .
a chart in business day on friday showing the most recent expansion fees paid in four professional sports leagues misidentified the teams paying the most recent fees in major league baseball .
the arizona and tampa bay teams , which will start playing in 1998 , are both paying $ 130 million .
division i members voted to allow those with athletic scholarships to hold jobs during the school year .
and athletes who do not meet the academic requirements to play as freshmen were given the chance to earn a fourth year of eligibility .
but the students , prepared with new arguments and a stronger sense of organization than in past unsuccessful efforts , persuaded delegates to change their outlook .
by the end of the session late this afternoon , the students achieved two of their three goals .
i would love to say there's a total turn of the tide here , but i don't really know if there is .
we presented arguments that were solid .
opponents cited the need to avoid potential abuses and difficulties in monitoring .
athletes will be able to earn money up to the full cost of attending college .
the added year could be played while taking graduate courses or meeting requirements for a second major .
please , let's not put this off another year .
not shocked that it didn't make sense , but shocked that it made sense for so long and it's nice that they really looked into it .
i don't know what to make of it , gill said .
i've never seen a team play that hard and lose .
everyone went so hard for so long .
those free throws would have made a big difference .
i know we aren't as bad as the first quarter when we played toronto .
and i know toronto isn't that good .
they expired just before the game ended , just about two minutes too soon .
the jets remain one of seven teams without a head coach , but they are also one that has not interviewed anyone .
parcells , who has one game remaining on his contract with the new england patriots , said today : we're not discussing the future .
we're discussing the green bay packers .
for the jets , there is a precedent for getting a coach after the super bowl .
if the jets do not land parcells , it is likely they will try to hire a high-profile general manager who would conduct the coaching search .
it won't make any difference 10 years from now , he claimed .
on the other hand , it does say something for his coaching abilities that he is headed to the super bowl for the third time in a decade , this time with a team that never even played a conference championship game at home until sunday .
i don't know much about history , claimed parcells , who actually does know history and a thing or two about odds .
i want them to enjoy this , he said .
but even while he was looking ahead to new orleans , parcells also spent today looking back at the last time he was in this position , as coach of the giants headed to tampa bay to play the bills .
the last time , we flew right from a game to the super bowl .
that was during the gulf war and there was a lot of concerns about security .
i wasn't doing as well as i am now .
in january 1991 , there was only a week between the championship victory over the 49ers and the super bowl meeting against the bills .
but parcells found a way in those seven days to come up a game plan that surprised buffalo , a team that had beat the giants , in the meadowlands , just a month before .
at the time , he denied health concerns were the reason he left .
it took six months till we found something .
there's no feeling like waiting in that tunnel before the super bowl , he said .
maybe everyone wouldn't get it like i do .
bobby knight told me , you're going to want the second one more than the first , and he was right .
it was hard to tell which was which , though .
you don't like to go into the break losing like this , rangers coach colin campbell said .
and the islanders had defeated the rangers again .
the defeat will provide an agenda for meetings between neil smith , the rangers' president , and his staff during the break .
they were probably looking ahead to the break for seven days , said smith of the rangers' performance .
she was held overnight at st. francis hospital and medical center , and released at 6 a.m. , a hospital spokesman said .
more and more of these ethnic styles will be arriving at stores for spring , but there is already enough to catch the flavor .
after years of quiet discussion among scientists , hints that cigarettes can protect against some diseases or improve the outcome of others have led to growing interest in finding out why .
without question , researchers say , cigarette smoking does far more harm than any potential good and should be strongly discouraged .
it's hard to accept , in an emotional sense , that an exposure so harmful in so many ways can have benefit .
it's not a problem of carrying capacity , he said .
here are just a few examples of how designers are addressing the issue .
this way , the customer will have options if what comes with the dress doesn't suit her .
whatever we bought from europe and new york is being shipped lined or with the option of a separate slip to be sold as part of the dress , she said .
but you have to make things realistic as well as glamorous .
some can be eliminated , others modified , and new ones created .
it has become a high point of my religious life .
it was a fashion -- being with europe and being with your time .
with the growth of the oil industry after world war i , there was also plenty of money for construction .
the house is surrounded by a large garden , but everything about the site speaks of neglect .
it was subsequently stolen by the nazis and recovered by soviet forces , but it disappeared from a closet in the historical institute of warsaw where it was being stored .
while experts on climate are far from a complete understanding of the world's weather machine , they believe they can account for some of last year's changes .
while many scientists agree with that assessment , not all do .
no single storm can be attributed to warming .
global warming aside , scientists have identified a number of natural factors affecting last year's unusual weather .
it will be wet in a region again and again and again .
what causes such a persistent pattern ?
your guess is as good as mine , he said .
one such pattern , which recently directed storm after storm at the pacific coast while warming the east , has ended , he said , bringing cold weather to the east .
but , he said , there are no guarantees .
but most of behind the oval office is dedicated to a description of the 1996 presidential campaign and to the very close relationship mr. morris maintained with bill clinton as his chief political consultant .
mr. morris describes the president of the united states saying things like i'll get on it right away after some urgent recommendation from his consultant .
if you are thinking of running for president one day -- or even if you just want to know how a successful campaign is run -- you may want to read it .
when mr. morris began to walk out , mr. clinton grabbed me from behind and wrapped his arms around me to stop me from leaving .
mr. morris says : i slipped to the floor .
the idea , as mr. morris explains it , was to establish in the public mind a moderate democratic alternative to what had become a republican issue after the conservative sweep in 1994 : the call for a balanced budget .
mr. clinton , he says , spent $ 85 million on the ads , more than the clinton and bush campaigns combined spent on television advertising in the 1992 campaign .
i put new substance and ideas before the voters .
benjamin netanyahu spent most of the last few months trying to show the world that he was negotiating with the palestinians in good faith .
now he faces the job for which he was elected : either show israelis that he can give them a peace with security for themselves and their country , or in decent time tell them that it cannot be done , not now and probably not for many years to come .
assuming the agreement is approved by yasir arafat , who has been walking away from it for about two months , mr. netanyahu agrees to a final deployment from the west bank by september 1998 -- almost a year before he wanted .
there is nothing approaching agreement on how much of the west bank the israelis will leave .
he is likely to insist on military control of at least 40 percent of the west bank outside the towns -- much high ground and almost all the jordan valley .
labor would have settled for lots less -- how much it never said .
mr. netanyahu can call it an entity if he wishes .
but he got what he needed to continue talking peace and keep good faith -- with his own people .
they are set down in a note for the record by the u.s. team led by dennis ross .
if mr. netanyahu gives up any of these conditions he may kill chances of majority support in his cabinet .
that has been written in blood , so long .
revenue growth has slowed , but remained healthy , and expenses were pretty much under control .
about the beginning of june we would take her down to the train and she would be off .
they blew by milwaukee and dallas , and by boston twice .
the knicks visit houston on tuesday night , move on to san antonio and phoenix , and then play washington , chicago , indiana and charlotte the following week .
johnson , who is listed as day to day , was at practice today but left the court early and headed for the training room .
it feels good right now , johnson said of the injury as he left practice .
i went for as long as i could today .
he has been replaced by the rookie john wallace , who on saturday night had his best offensive performance with 19 points in 19 minutes .
i would say that they are very hard to guard , van gundy said .
the main thing is you have to make sure that you don't give them everything .
that presumably would leave him with enough power to push through the reorganization .
the commission's action was unprecedented in a field with no existing sales , but officials said they wanted to insure competition in gene therapy .
people in the stock market need to take the long view , he said .
they shouldn't chase hot tips or hot stocks .
there was a tremendous amount of anxiety that day ; people talked about how much money they were losing .
this is now the 14th year of the greatest sustained bull market in history and without question it has changed america .
middle-class americans who used to fear the stock market now view it as an ordinary part of life .
they may think they're taking the long view , but is that really so ?
in fact , the more you talk to investors , the more you realize that they're chasing hot stocks and hot tips in an effort to make money fast .
in other words , they're acting just like the human beings they are .
as a result , most of these investors won't do as well as they hope .
investing well is difficult -- so difficult that most years 80 percent of the nation's fund managers don't beat the market average .
those who have the skills and stomach to be good investors have a huge leg up on everyone else .
and in their anxiety , they are taking bigger risks .
but it's asking an awful lot to expect the stock market to save them now .
for most , it seems far more likely that they'll look back someday on this greatest of bull markets and realize that it wasn't all that they had hoped for .
his alter ego , clark kent , also became more vulnerable , suffering paper cuts at the office and burning his fingers when cooking at home .
the question is how it will affect the prospects for democracy there .
for one thing , the nation's serbian orthodox politicians will control the destiny of ethnic albanian muslims in the southern province of kosovo .
but to stick with mr. milosevic is not an option .
the democratic process is already under way , as the protests in the streets have revealed .
they have done much worse already .
should they come to power , however , there is no other choice .
mayor rudolph w. giuliani will propose a $ 150 million program today to provide enough computers so that every new york city public school student will have ready access to one , and to connect every school with the internet , administration officials said yesterday .
he will also call on the business community to raise a significant portion of the costs in order to reduce the city's share , officials said .
high-tech promises for education have become popular among politicians at all levels .
the mayor has also become interested in the internet in recent weeks , his aides said .
he recently installed a web tv system in his office , which allows him to explore a portion of the internet and send e-mail .
in arguing on behalf of president clinton before the supreme court today , mr. bennett may have represented the ultimate celebrity client before the ultimate court of law .
to them and many others , mr. bennett offers not only an accomplished record in the courtroom but also an aggressive public relations component to go along with it .
his undergraduate and law degrees are from georgetown university .
but we can play with a lot of teams .
here , the first thing i hear from my teammates every morning is , what's happening ?
william murray , a spokesman for the academy , remembered that as recently as a few years ago , you couldn't even get a decent cup of coffee around here .
but in the last decade , millions of development dollars have begun to transform the area .
it's back now , and the neighborhood around it is starting to change .
the n.f.l. released the list of early entries yesterday .
after he had answered questions about his team and his players for maybe an hour , he was asked whether he had any questions .
if you don't want negative stories , he was told , keep your players out of the police station .
if only , it was written here at the time , to show that the cowboys care as much about the image of their team as they do about winning .
but the call for his suspension by the cowboys was also a call to jones to show that the owner was fed up with his players' behavior .
he was guilty of drunken driving and needed knee surgery after a 1994 crash .
he had also settled a sexual assault case out of court .
to jerry jones , what the cowboys did on their own time had always been their business .
i think we would have a hard time with situations within the city of new york where the board did not grant the charter , mr. thompson said .
dr. crew , she added , looks forward to the opportunity to discuss his strong point of view with the governor and legislative leaders .
we are prepared to be helpful and cooperative in setting them up .
in announcing his proposal on sunday , the governor followed two dozen other states that have passed similar legislation over the last six years to create so-called charter schools , which are supported by taxpayer dollars but are granted virtual autonomy , in exchange for meeting specific performance standards .
in addition , he said , those states that have subjected charter schools to union regulation , including rhode island , have had little luck in starting the schools .
for charter schools to work , mr. nathan said , the union and the school district should know they are not the only supplier of public education in town .
questions about the role of the board of education , as well as the union , are among many that the state legislature will have to resolve .
the chancellor has said he favors only a three-year charter , but many states have given such schools up to five years to prove themselves .
many charter schools have taken advantage of such provisions to hire teachers who have extensive experience in the corporate or artistic worlds , but have spent little time in front of a classroom .
that would leave the social services agency , already greatly diminished in the last two years , with little more than its core function of making payments to welfare recipients .
in the last week , mr. pataki has made several initiatives with similar appeal , like promising more money for public schools and tougher laws on domestic violence .
this isn't aimed at reducing costs or providing layoffs , he said .
mr. pataki's chief rival in state government , assembly speaker sheldon silver , a democrat from manhattan , had no immediate response to the governor's proposal for a new department .
his spokeswoman , pat lynch , said , all we can say is we're open to it .
she added that she was surprised that the governor was proposing an overall increase in spending on children's programs .
as he has several times over the last week , mr. pataki declined to say how he would pay for the new initiative .
it said it would also expand in europe through acquisitions and alliances .
the reporters who filled half the courtroom and the television crews who stood outside on a cold morning had already made it plain that this was not an ordinary case .
a lot of things came out that had to do with child abuse in her own life , she said .
he has ordered reporters covering the trial not to identify jurors .
on tuesday , the court is to begin what could be months of individual interviews of potential jurors .
but some russians and their lawyers say the government is treating them unfairly .
the companies included one whose entire operation had already been destroyed in a new jersey chemical explosion , regulators say .
he could not be reached for comment and his lawyer did not return telephone calls yesterday .
in every immigrant group , of every ethnic background , there are some bad apples .
under no circumstances should the whole community have been treated like criminals .
and many recent cases of stock fraud have involved people with other backgrounds .
to some extent , the increasing appearance of russians in enforcement matters may simply reflect their increased participation in the industry .
the case is expected to go to trial late this year in newark .
she declined to say what he was doing today .
but the investigation is disclosed in court documents filed in san diego .
the justice department and the f.b.i. declined to comment on the suit .
she and her husband already had a daughter , and after considering the issue very carefully , they reached their decision .
mrs. lee went to the doctor and had an abortion .
i suggested it to my husband , and now i feel differently , but at that time , i felt driven to think that an abortion was necessary , said mrs. lee , 35 .
my husband says that he doesn't need a son .
but when i ask him , will it be good to have a son ?
in that case , i assume his answer is yes .
south korea has 30000 fewer girls born each year than would be the case if there were no such abortions .
the survey so shocked officials in beijing that they never formally released the results .
as boys tend to die earlier , that ratio becomes one to one when the boys and girls grow up .
but in some regions of south korea , the figure has soared to as high as 125 .
then mrs. lee became pregnant again and had a son .
they figured that we needed an extra room for the baby boy .
say a family has no son and only a daughter , who gets married .
then from the family's point of view , when the father dies , the family dies with him .
they don't say it openly , but i know they want a son .
from all the comments , i think it's another daughter .
and we'll have to import from abroad .
already there is a shortage of girls in the elementary schools .
then one day , he handed her a newspaper advertisement on how to give birth to sons .
then they say , oh , you must bear a son .
that kind of remark makes me wonder for a few seconds : am i doing the right thing by not having a son ?
that kind of remark makes me angry and embarrassed .
he added : however , at this current moment , i am optimistic and think the effects of a stock decline will be limited .
if the market is holding up , they do relatively well .
fund managers adjust their positions daily , carrying out their huge trades toward the end of the day .
when the market starts dropping , bull funds must aggressively sell futures to reduce their exposure to the contracts .
the funds may have helped push up the market today , he said on monday .
what is the financial strategy for related ?
we believe there is a lot of opportunity there for a real estate service company , and we're looking to grow it .
a criminal investigation by state law enforcement authorities is under way .
the illegal dumping of garbage from overseas has gone on here for years .
he has been in custody even since .
the 1996 total was more than 70 percent above the previous high , set in 1993 , and the level of 1995 .
stocks edged higher yesterday as cautious investors waited for reports on retail sales and consumer prices .
an enron ad campaign will feature people from around the world , like a worker at a plant in the philippines that is an enron customer .
the company is trying to persuade americans to demand faster electricity deregulation , teach them the enron name and win them as customers .
furthermore , they say they see no need for such limits because the program's growth fell last year to its lowest level in two decades .
in practice , such a formula would allow medicaid to grow 4 percent to 5 percent a year .
at present , medicaid benefits are available to anyone who meets eligibility criteria set by federal and state law , and the costs have been unpredictable .
but the administration wants to make sure there is no return to the explosive growth of the late 1980's and early 1990's .
a cap on medicaid spending could directly affect the people who depend on the program for health insurance .
for if a state reached its limit , it would have two choices .
it could cut back the amount or scope of its medicaid benefits , or it could curb payments to doctors , nursing homes and other health care providers , reducing the incentive for them to serve medicaid patients .
but republican governors and republicans in congress are no longer making a serious push for the block grant .
moreover , democrats say , a cap would save much less money now that the growth of medicaid has slowed .
finally , the democrats say , mr. clinton should wait to see the effects of welfare and immigration laws passed in the last six months .
health policy experts predict that those laws will further slow the growth of medicaid by removing people from the rolls or making it more difficult for them to get on .
a newsletter that follows federal spending for public health said today that mr. clinton would seek additional money for treating people with aids , for head start and for the indian health service .
but the newsletter , community health funding report , said many other requests from the department of health and human services had been shot down as the white house struggled to eliminate the deficit .
mr. clinton is now expected to request a total of $ 13 billion , or slightly less than would be needed to keep pace with inflation .
the budget of the centers for disease control and prevention would be cut slightly , to $ 2.2 billion .
the amount is less than congress provided this year , but would supposedly allow the government to buy just as much vaccine .
the white house decided not to seek money for a giant nationwide computer system that was to pay all medicare bills .
medicare finances health care for 38 million people who are elderly or disabled .
in the 1995 quarter , the company had a charge of $ 88 million , or 16 cents , for planned work force cuts .
the baby bells have been looking for ways to bolster earnings before their markets are opened to rivals like the at & t corporation .
he also taught at the university of california , los angeles , and the university of california , berkeley , in the early 1960's and at the university of chicago from 1964 to 1980 .
in the 1940's he worked for the war production board , and later went on to work in the aviation industry and as a government housing executive .
this in turn led to the ability to strike back even after receiving a first attack by the soviets .
although the treaty was negotiated by a republican administration , it has run into significant opposition among some influential republican senators .
he has talked to the president about it .
it's got to come out of committee first .
and they argue that american chemical companies could face new regulations , inspections and loss of trade secrets .
in another development relating to mr. clinton's foreign affairs agenda for his second term , white house officials said that the president was planning to make a tour of latin america in the spring .
latin america represents another important arena for the administration's economic diplomacy .
the leaders aim to have a treaty in place by the year 2005 .
separately the administration is interested in bringing chile into the north american free trade agreement , but in order to do so it needs to receive authority from congress to negotiate a trade deal .
both men have been offered and accepted the jobs , the official said .
already , they have had to return $ 1.5 million found to have come from questionable sources .
he spoke at a news conference in which he declared russia's intention to increase its exports of nuclear power plants to nations like china , india and iran .
we are preparing for this operation .
i think we will be able to withdraw this fuel in february or march .
we must clear all these operations with them .
georgia says that it cannot accept the waste because it has no place to safely store nuclear debris .
the russian plan to return the waste has been a major sticking point .
some american officials say that the nuclear material , while substantial , is not enough for a nuclear bomb .
american specialists have installed a security system at the georgia reactor , but officials say the only long-term solution is to remove the nuclear material .
but that was accomplished , in part , by taking large loans from commercial banks at interest rates that reached as much as 70 percent a year .
he said that such exports exceed more than $ 2 billion a year and had increased by 10 percent last year .
he said that russia hopes to build nuclear plants in china and india , as well as in iran .
the iranian project has drawn strong protests from the united states , which says it will help iran's effort to develop nuclear weapons .
we had no money to pay wages and we had to pay $ 500000 for transportation to take out this amount of material , he said .
and so , this bureaucratic red tape began .
i question if they're really serious about this and if they know how seriously they'll have to approach it to make it work , he said .
that's what it impressed on the corps .
it fought the case in the courts until the supreme court in 1995 ruled a similar policy at virginia military institute was unconstitutional .
two seniors have been suspended and nine have been charged with violating college rules .
a state criminal investigation is expected to be finished in two weeks .
but in any organization , in the army , in government , there are going to be individuals who are going to do things wrong , and we're going to take steps to correct those things .
it appears as if we may have missed the mark at times .
we will correct those errors and develop procedures and processes to reduce the likelihood of their happening again .
and i'm a little disappointed that this isn't the same place totally that it was .
that was a bridge that was crossed more than a year ago .
comments from justices made it seem unlikely that the court would agree completely with the arguments put forward by any of the three lawyers who appeared before them .
the very nature of this case is so personal it would require his personal involvement , even at those stages of the case that did not require the president's own testimony , mr. bennett said .
he added that in the absence of exceptional circumstances or some compelling necessity , no president should be taken away from his constitutional duties to attend to a civil lawsuit .
i am here this morning on behalf of the president of the united states , mr. bennett , counselor to many powerful washington figures , began his argument .
that decision , the chief justice said , was based on a fear that unless you gave the president absolute immunity , as i understand the opinion , he would not vigorously exercise his official powers as president .
this argument here today is taking an hour , justice kennedy said .
there's an emotional commitment that's far more extensive than some time charge would indicate .
and i think that's part of what the president is saying .
so you don't defend the judgment of the court of appeals below ?
what is the thing you're asserting ?
you could send your secretary of state .
the board of education is spending less money per student now than at any time in the last decade , a new budget analysis shows , even as the reading scores of third and sixth graders in new york city have fallen to their lowest point in nine years .
the total spent by the board of education on each student reached a peak in 1990 , then fell somewhat in the middle part of the decade .
about 60 percent of the board's resources come from state and federal budgets .
but the study shows that city aid per student -- spent at the discretion of the mayor and the city council -- has declined faster than total board spending .
then , to remove the effects of inflation , each year's dollar was made equal by applying the consumer price index .
school spending has become a potent political issue this year because several candidates challenging the mayor in his run for re-election have decided to make his spending cuts in education their primary issue .
in fact , spending on special education has increased in recent years .
they also note that the percentage of the budget spent on education is larger under mr. giuliani than in the past , although the mayor cut $ 1.2 billion from the board's spending requests in his first two years in office .
he did not explain what he believed was wrong with the calculations .
clearly the mayor and the chancellor argue they have not been used well in the past , he said .
but my view is , over the long term , large amounts of resources taken out of the educational system can make a difference , and they have been removed .
several of the mayoral candidates also tried to link the declines in spending to those in reading scores , and indicated they would do so in the coming mayoral campaign .
half a century after most of them died in combat , seven black men were awarded medals of honor at a ceremony .
the school board in oakland , calif. , will scratch parts of a plan involving the use of black english in the classroom .
but as they listened , they changed their mind .
they said that they had not given the tape to the press but that politicians had .
he said partisan politics had not played a role in their decision to come forward .
the article also reported that a democratic congressman had made a copy of the tape available to the newspaper .
i feel we did the right thing , mr. martin said .
the couple could face prosecution -- some washington republicans are insisting on it -- although mr. turner said no charges have been filed so far .
mr. and mrs. martin said they never believed that it would lead to this , when they recognized that voice .
mr. and mrs. martin are both active in the education workers union in florida , and through that , the democratic party .
he once served as treasurer of the columbia county democratic executive committee .
they eat meals with political programs playing on the television in the background .
he said their two children used to kid them about it .
to the horizon , he answered , when asked its range .
it was the largest of the concessions the airline had sought from workers in its british regional unit .
the combined company will provide telephone , internet and world wide web services , primarily to business customers .
terms of the deal , which is expected to close later this month , were not released .
it has annual revenue of about $ 300 million .
it does not plan a public stock offering .
the report also referred incorrectly to the effect of the job cuts on production .
financial terms were not disclosed .
the other two were forced to land after less than a day in the air .
sailing alone , he set a speed record for a solo crossing of the pacific in 1995 .
like the unsuccessful virgin global challenger , the solo spirit was built by a don cameron , a leading british balloon maker .
this design has proved effective in several previous long-distance flights .
last week , china warned taiwan against inviting him .
social security benefits will be paid on time regardless of the trust fund's status .
they are government obligations and are paid out of current revenues , like the defense budget .
a real trust fund does not exist -- and never has .
if social security buys stocks , which stocks ?
they do not know how many teams will be added or when or when they will start playing or how much a franchise will cost .
the clear favorites are atlanta and houston , the nation's two largest television markets without n.h.l. teams .
houston has three groups competing for a franchise .
local officials plan to build a $ 175 million to $ 200 million downtown arena .
alexander owns the houston rockets .
watson owns the master lease to operate the summit , where the rockets play .
the rockets are in court trying to break their lease , which runs to 2003 , so they can move into a new arena when it is ready .
watson : we have an arena and new financing .
in the last three years , our group has spent $ 30 million creating the demand for n.h.l. hockey .
alexander : i have the rockets , a women's basketball team and an arena football team .
i think you need a major sports background , not just a hockey background .
i don't think running a minor league franchise does that for you .
the committee will share its findings with the full board of governors this weekend in san jose , calif .
when asked about the league's concerns , he said : are we going to have an arena ?
the event was scheduled for feb. 15 at the los angeles sports arena .
i want perfect practices , said ross , whose appointment was announced at a news conference yesterday .
perfect practices make for perfect games .
he will have the final say in all personnel moves involving trades , free agency and the draft .
detroit has the fifth pick in the national football league draft .
the bout will take place on march 1 instead of on feb. 28 in atlantic city .
the convention center remains the site .
the king's chain in new jersey just began offering buffalo .
for audiences , what could be more exciting than seeing a new actor take the stage ?
for chefs , who put on the show , what could be more satisfying than exploring new creative territory ?
the same size serving of buffalo has 2.4 grams .
the beef industry does not have to worry .
they are fun for chefs to work with and fun for customers to order .
it's neat to say you've eaten a buffalo as opposed to a cow .
the muscle structure is great , it really cooks well .
the future of exotic meat depends to a large extent on price .
consumers definitely want to take a walk on the wild side for their meat .
tastes like chicken used to be a selling point for strange meat .
if they miss the birds , it's no tragedy .
in a large saute pan over medium heat , combine the olive oil and butter .
add the stock , and simmer until it is reduced by almost half .
simmer gently for 2 minutes , then add salt and pepper to taste .
correction : january 15 , 1998 , thursday a picture caption in the dining section yesterday with an article about unusual meat dishes referred incorrectly to the buffalo steak shown .
the rev. jesse l. jackson and his rainbow / push coalition have begun an effort to promote economic opportunities for minorities and women , both in finance and beyond .
cable television customers are paying more for the service because there is no serious competition , the f.c.c. said .
the agency's findings , which confirmed what many cable tv subscribers may have suspected , could result in a delay of the planned deregulation of the industry next year .
nbc now finds itself without n.f.l. broadcast rights .
j. crew , the retail and catalogue company , dismissed about 100 employees , or about 10 percent of its work force , as it struggles to meet profit expectations .
south africa's truth and reconciliation commission said it would let a court decide whether it had exceeded its powers by granting a blanket amnesty last month to top officials of the governing party .
the amnesty , which grants immunity from civil and criminal liability , drew fire from a wide range of opposition parties .
the financial commitments by abc and espn , both subsidiaries of the walt disney company , swept nbc from professional football after 33 seasons .
successful in attracting the crucial male viewing audience , monday night football is the highest rated of the n.f.l. packages .
as part of the deal , monday night games will start an hour earlier , at 8 p.m. .
of the next eight super bowls , abc will get three , fox three and cbs two .
that opened the door for espn to take over sunday night .
winning is an extraordinarily wonderful feeling , but we're paid a salary to make money , and there was no chance of making money in this deal .
but more than anything , it wanted desperately to get back into football , four years after being ousted by fox .
nbc declined to match it on monday .
we don't know if we'll make a lot of money , but we're better off making a dollar .
at $ 500 million , we saw the losses being well in excess of $ 150 million a year for five years .
we think this is a good economic deal , said michael jordan , chairman of cbs .
some of that money was transferred to state-owned banks -- institutions that many here believe guarantee greater safety .
by the end of november , the report said , two-thirds of all the country's banks had experienced runs on their deposits .
this is not the first time an i.m.f. order to close banks resulted in panic .
banking officials who went through the mexican experience say there is always a risk that when regulators close one group of banks , the public will conclude that they are making a broader statement about the health of the entire system .
the council , which was the focus of today's action , reacted with a unity born of despair that iraq had thrown another crisis in the way of accounting for its weapons of mass destruction .
united states officials reiterated earlier warnings but did not suggest what the security council should do .
it is always better to act in concert with others when we can , he added , but there is never any reluctance to act alone if we must .
the council is expected to issue a statement , possibly on wednesday , after diplomats have had time to consult their governments .
he would not say whether he had requested entry at what iraq calls sensitive sites .
in the past , france and russia have urged the council to ease the sanctions that have frozen the iraqi economy for more than seven years .
bill richardson , the united states representative , acknowledged late in the day that the russians had raised questions .
but earlier he had described the council as very , very united in viewing iraq's actions as unacceptable .
to counter this trend , richard butler , the executive chairman of the commission , has taken commissioners from a variety of countries with him on visits to baghdad .
in december he was accompanied by commission members from russia , france and britain .
on a trip next week he plans to take commissioners from china , canada and italy .
china has offered for the first time to send full-time arms experts to the commission .
in the past the chinese have refused , apparently because of the cost .
repeated iraqi claims that it had shown the inspectors everything were dismissed as unacceptable .
nbc news reported tonight , for example , that a prison the inspectors asked to see on monday was thought to be the site of human tests of chemical and biological weapons .
united nations officials said tonight that they had long suspected that iraq was testing such weapons on animals .
they added that there was an outside chance that humans , too , had been used for testing , but said they had no specific information .
when i ask to be paid , they make a joke of me , mr. stern recalled on monday in a telephone interview from his winter home in florida .
they tell me i get nothing , and the guards throw me out on the street .
another letter , from the company's no. 2 executive , said the company had no interest in meeting with the family .
there is an up and down in this process .
but eventually it must be dealt with , and it could still delay or kill any political agreement .
the tentative deadline for an agreement is may .
but the fear of many here is that continued violence will slow the talks further and make it difficult for protestant and catholic leaders who could appear to be negotiating with representatives of terrorists .
the problems before christmas had been that people knew what they wanted to talk about , but no party had been prepared to put down its cards on the table first , she said today .
we now have some cards on the table , and i hope it allows us to start talking .
and london and dublin have guaranteed that no change in the status of northern ireland will be made without the consent of the protestant majority in a referendum .
mr. adams has said he could accept an interim compromise -- establishing closer ties with dublin -- which he hopes would persuade the i.r.a. to maintain the cease-fire it resumed last july .
a bullet struck her in the heart , doctors said .
the police are here to serve , not to attack , he said .
under no circumstances are they authorized to commit this sort of act .
they don't bring us safety or help .
when told of the shootings here , they fell into silence .
they were then flown to mexico city .
why the american authorities would turn over information to mexico , rather than make an arrest themselves , was not immediately clear .
a senior mexican official , however , said the detention was carried out in a strictly legal fashion .
three men are still missing , although the police are trying to determine whether a body found on sunday , bound and bearing signs of torture , is that of one of them .
the truth and reconciliation commission said today that it would let a court decide whether it had exceeded its powers by granting a blanket amnesty last month to top officials of south africa's governing party .
the applicants had never been called on to explain themselves in public , nor had they confessed to any individual human rights violations .
those who were granted amnesty included five cabinet officials and several deputy ministers , some of whom were key players in the congress party's guerrilla activities against apartheid .
we have carefully considered our own concerns in this regard , together with an appreciation of the clear public interest that exists , the archbishop said .
these members , led by representative christopher h. smith , a republican of new jersey , are deeply opposed to abortion and want to stop any u.s. subsidies to foreign organizations that perform or promote abortions , mr. smith said in a statement today .
american financing for any foreign organization that performs abortions is already banned .
the united nations debt has been around for years , he continued , and has never prevented the united states from protecting its vital national security interests or forming an international coalition to fight the persian gulf war .
ms. albright , in a speech to the center for national policy , an organization she used to head , appealed to lawmakers to be more responsible this year , urging them to support the clinton administration on nato expansion , bosnia and new , targeted aid to africa .
when working folk like us can live like that , it says something .
but now , there are so many opportunities out there .
it's especially great for independent women .
today , she said , i was calling around for tickets to rent , a play that charges up to $ 67 a seat , and tonight i'm going shopping .
but there's still plenty of shooting in my neighborhood .
in true american spirit , of course , some people say they would like to do all three .
president clinton gets a 62 percent approval rating for his handling of the economy in most polls but many people interviewed in the past week said the credit for the prosperity goes in many directions , to mr. clinton and alan greenspan , the chairman of the federal reserve board , to technological advances and to a growing sense of personal responsibility .
whatever the state of the economy , many of those interviewed said there should be more to the nation's health than money .
i think the moral fiber today is better than it was then .
the average work month is something like 20 hours more than it was a generation ago , he said .
everywhere you look , both parents are working , usually because they think they need to .
there are more activities than ever , especially where kids are involved , he said .
it's just getting harder to keep up .
she questioned why americans worry about money , when they seem , at least by comparison to the people of her home in the republic of georgia , to have so much .
she said she looks at americans and often thinks : you are healthy , handsome , you have jobs , nice houses , nice cars , money in the bank .
polls have shown mr. bush , 44 , a miami real estate developer and son of former president george bush , running ahead of lieut .
he imagined what lewis and clark felt as they explored the west .
and he challenged states to require all school classes to teach the constitution and declaration of independence one day each year .
he said he would follow the clinton tradition and wait until labor day 1999 to decide on entering the race .
but some democratic legislators cried foul .
he then showed he had not lost his stomach for violating the rules of politics to take on issues considered to be political suicide .
i know it takes some courage for elected officials to raise the issue , he said , but i just think we're at the magic moment of transition .
in his appearances , mr. gingrich listed three other priorities for the nation : fighting drugs , improving education and cutting taxes so that state , federal and local taxes combined amounted to no more than 25 percent of income .
he also called on state lawmakers to require that teachers at all grade levels teach the constitution and declaration of independence in every class one day each year .
i always have a sense coming here of what lewis and clark must have felt , he said .
jack rosenthal , the magazine editor , will become its editor in chief on april 1 , also remaining an assistant managing editor of the newspaper .
adam moss will move from editorial director of the magazine to editor .
he joined the times in 1969 as national urban affairs correspondent in washington .
from 1961 to 1967 , he served as an official of the justice and state departments .
in 1988 he founded 7 days , a new york weekly of politics , arts and style , which won a national magazine award for general excellence in 1990 as the best magazine in its circulation class .
a former copy boy at the times , he returned there in 1991 as a consulting editor , helping to create new sections .
rutgers has for too long approached the achievement of true academic excellence without ever quite getting there .
yet the extremely profitable insurance industry holds most of the cards when it comes to deciding who can be covered at what cost .
but knowing the risk of genetic discrimination may have the adverse effect of keeping an individual from learning his or her genetic information in order to make better medical decisions .
that seems to be more of a threat to the insurance industry than giving people the right to a little genetic privacy .
it is to be hoped that all who want children could raise their own .
this creates four possible combinations .
so why not keep the world safe for evolution ?
republicans seem to know how to create trouble for themselves .
the republican national committee , which meets this week in california , is to vote on a resolution that would bar the national party from supporting any candidate who opposed a ban on partial birth abortions .
if you have only one political party , excluding those who don't agree with you on individual issues would not have political consequences .
if the proposed resolution passes , what issue will be next ?
you won't even have to win a primary or general election to run the show , just get a majority on the republican national committee !
and then you can defeat anyone -- well , actually , only republicans .
i can hear the arguments already : how could people who are really republicans be opposed to capital gains tax relief ?
how could they be against school choice ?
how could they fail to agree that welfare recipients should fulfill work requirements ?
how could they oppose capital punishment for cop killers ?
don't new york democrats have anyone new and exciting to offer ?
the feminist icon began her campaign by acting like a girl .
worse still , mark green and charles schumer say they'll take the silly pledge .
since she was a longtime officer in her husband's firm , she should be held responsible .
she has no record to run on , but worse , she does not seem to have any good reasons to run .
and the executive suites make good small meeting rooms .
at hilton airport hotels , 45 percent of guests are individual business travelers , 23 percent are attending company or association meetings , and 11 percent are airline and airport personnel .
individual leisure travelers make up 17 percent , while tour groups account for 3 percent and other accounts for 1 percent .
and when it makes good economic sense , we'll be there , too .
and our occupancy is regularly above 90 percent .
when you only go from the airport to the hotel and the hotel back to the airport , she said , why would you want to stay anywhere else ?
j. crew group inc. , the retail and catalogue company recently acquired by the texas pacific group , dismissed about 100 employees yesterday , or about 10 percent of its work force .
each business unit of j. crew will now be given its own budget , the memo said , and compensation will be tied to the company's results .
in october , j. crew sold 88 percent of the company to the texas pacific group , a private investment firm in fort worth and san francisco , for nearly $ 500 million .
my kids basically don't want a lot of wealth , mr. malone said .
i think your kids are destroyed by too much wealth , not enhanced by it .
it's one thing to give them the responsibility for looking after it and giving it to others .
also joining the new office are two senior vice presidents and associate creative directors .
shortly after noon tuesday , an armed man took a government official working at the tokyo stock exchange hostage .
a spokesman for shanghai industrial denied the report , and bank of china would not comment .
the filing said the notice valued the nichols shares at $ 75 or more each .
the aircraft hit a power line , then crashed into a commercial greenhouse .
he served three years as an officer in the navy before developing a fascination with the wine business in california .
they took the company public in 1984 .
he was 77 and lived in los angeles .
for seven of those weeks it was no. 1 on the list .
then go get the best new agency you can .
he graduated from princeton in 1942 and was a navy officer in world war ii .
she wrote the curriculum for the school and taught courses in arbitration , labor law and labor practices .
at her death , she was still a member of the public review board of the united automobile workers .
there is little left to reflect what they achieved or tried to achieve , he said .
they are remembered only for their deaths .
for whom are you going to perform it ?
he also tried to help jews then and later , using his fame and connections .
the committee was closed down in november 1948 .
but the festival is also about jewish culture .
when we started , even jews said to me , keep it small , keep it quiet and modest .
i said , no , it's got to be big , it's got to be on the highest level .
ten years ago , even five , we could not think that this kind of celebration of jewish culture could ever happen here .
even though some of us didn't pay with our lives , we were all a part of it .
by almost any measure , the brooklyn academy is one of new york city's success stories .
the report urged steps to encourage a vibrant 24-hour community with an exciting mix of activities .
he pointed out that it took more than a decade for lincoln center to spark its neighborhood .
then came new artists , next wave and even a $ 15 million endowment .
the institution has taken risks like nobody else in the city , but successful risks .
we want to be five steps ahead of everybody else , he said .
borough president howard golden saw the brooklyn academy as an initial entertainment lure for a wider area that could benefit from its 300000 annual visitors .
the academy hopes to create a buzz , a sense that the corner of brooklyn where the city tried and failed to persuade the fleeing dodgers to move is now the place to be .
with mark morris , we'll have other arts organizations that want to move in .
it has so far been open only during the next wave festival .
i'm putting my money where my mouth is .
education is another shot of energy to the area .
there is no connection with businesses in the neighborhood , said ms. jackson , the gift shop owner .
they don't want to be left out and pushed out .
the white audience said it's wonderful , because they won't have to go to manhattan .
they also say they have greatly expanded their educational programs , serving predominantly minority children in the area .
i thought it would take the first year , and it took the first week .
next month , the cafe will hold its first culinary event , a hungarian festival .
sales of 100000 tickets are projected for the first year .
he says the current projects will take a year or two .
it depends on how i feel my strength .
here are some highlights of the spring season at the brooklyn academy of music .
unusually , there was also concert music .
and his playing has been as brilliant as ever .
young composers -- those who grew up in the 1960's and later -- are often as passionate about popular music as they are about the classical tradition , and many have been determined to find outlets for this fascination .
five shows raised occasional concerns , the study said .
but much of the most graphic violence on television is seen on cable networks .
a separate study of cable television , conceived at the same time under the same pressures , is expected to be released this spring .
we can't ignore that kids are watching cable tv and other things at home , like videos , video games and the internet .
on those original terms , it wasn't a success for the broadcasters .
mr. cole said he and his team were burned out from the 6000 hours of television they had watched each year .
but he said he was talking with the networks about the possibility of a broader study of industry and audience issues .
but theatrical movies continued to raise concerns even when edited for television .
i hope this genre is one that will go away , either because people get sick of it or because there isn't as much new material , mr. cole said .
we always criticize people in front of us on the highway who slow down to look at a car accident when they pass , mr. cole said , but then we often do the same thing ourselves .
we think it will be more lucrative for us .
she said that there were no plans to close the existing stores and that customers can place orders at the madison avenue store and have them delivered for an extra charge .
the company's web site will be available soon .
it labeled them bible bread and gave samples to groups of christian tourists in jerusalem .
one reason for the decline is that companies introduced fewer new sizes and flavors .
mr. rubin said he expects it to open in june .
but in fact , it is a satisfying , traditional italian dish .
put several cups of water in a pot on stove , and keep it at a simmer .
place olive oil in a large saucepan , and turn heat to medium .
cook , stirring occasionally , until potatoes begin to brown all over , about 10 minutes .
when potatoes are tender and pasta quite tender -- this will take 20 minutes or more -- the dish is done .
in fact , it may be the only place , if you want to enjoy their wines .
they make so little wine that few distributors or retailers are interested in handling it .
state alcohol taxes are collected from the distributors .
but the structure of the market has changed .
the industry and various state governments claim that the loss in taxes and profits is immense .
it is a specialized market that is unlikely ever to lure more than a handful of customers away from the traditional wine shops .
they can also take four gallons of wine into connecticut , tax free , any time .
so , too , are the auction houses that operate in closed states .
in new york , for example , the auctions are supposedly run by retailers in association with prominent auction houses .
some states are pushing for tougher laws ; some are easing up .
how can distributors and retailers complain about losing profits from wines they don't want to carry in the first place ?
it can last and improve for three or four years .
it would be interesting to keep a few of these 1996 wines for five years to see how they hold up .
dinner will be added in about six weeks .
during the senate judicial committee's consideration of his nomination today , however , he had to answer some questions about his recent use of campaign funds in purchasing the elegant furniture he had used in his office during his 15 years as westchester county executive .
as far as we know , they have furniture in the judge's chambers , ms. leon said .
it is , in general , symbolic as to how politicians think these accounts are theirs to spend .
she married and had three children before she was 27 .
all the while , i was getting worse and worse , she said .
every single moment there was more than one person talking in my head .
i was seeing things that weren't there .
as soon as i saw the flames , i knew i couldn't do it to myself , and i couldn't do it to the children , she said .
exhausted , she took the children to manhattan and passed out on the steps of madison square garden .
i used to bring gifts to their foster parents whenever i got a tiny bit of money , she said .
i knew they were helping me , because i could not take care of my children .
through its center in downtown brooklyn , the agency provided her with counseling and medication .
we've given her support and structure and enabled her to stay out of hospitals for nearly seven years .
she keeps the apartment clean , cooks dinner every night and helps the children with their homework .
he is glad to be back with his mother because she is better , he said .
the times pays the fund's expenses , so all contributions go directly to the charities , which use them to provide services and cash assistance to the poor .
contributions to the fund are deductible on federal , state and city income taxes to the extent permitted by law .
they said parents would be notified only after the work was completed .
the more important issue , he added , is that where cause was found for work to be stopped , it has been .
but he said he had no immediate plans to appeal .
officials said they hope that future capital improvements at the agency's other main property , atlantic city international airport , can be paid for , in part , by a $ 3 to $ 6 per passenger arrival tax that must be approved by the federal aviation administration .
the legislative leaders said that the fact that the gay men's health crisis , the nation's largest aids service agency , has reversed its position and is now calling for h.i.v. reporting has altered the terms of debate on the sensitive issue .
every state requires doctors to report aids cases to public health officials .
to move to a system of h.i.v. reporting in new york state would require either a regulatory change or legislation .
but health observers said any administrative change of a health department regulation might invite an immediate lawsuit , so legislative action is more likely .
many advocates for people with aids are angered that the gay men's health crisis did not make an explicit statement against revealing names in h.i.v. reporting .
it plays out in all different ways .
it gives the government an opportunity to do it their way .
that doesn't reflect the concerns of the community .
and they will benefit financially in grant awards .
there are a couple of reasons , mr. fox said .
what exists , across amsterdam from the recruiting center site , are martin luther king jr .
a half block to the west is the giant lincoln towers apartment complex .
a couple of blocks down amsterdam is public housing .
historically , those stores have always got a few dollars less because there was no retail across the street .
probably the most dramatic example is 57th street , he said .
a block east , between madison and park , you can cut rents in half .
on broadway , the subway stops create traffic .
it's a wider street with more of a boulevard feeling because of the center median .
those tenants , mr. fox said , are largely ones looking for a neighborhood presence who never were able to afford the rents on broadway .
it's a niche street that is appealing to retailers who know how to do business on a niche street , he said .
that is the kind of tenant mr. fox and the co-op corporation will be seeking for the corner store , a more upscale tenant to replace the recruiting center , whose lease ended .
asking annual rent is $ 50 a square foot .
we had an offer from a very good nail salon , mr. fox said .
the only problem is that next to the recruiting station is a hair salon that also provides those services , and we're not looking to hurt the existing tenant .
those children and their parents are required to attend that school .
i've brought it up before in a board work session .
that doesn't mean he wasn't a hero in the war .
we have to tell kids that we care about you and we're investing in you .
its enrollment is now about 93 percent black and hispanic .
eligible for salary arbitration this winter , he is in a position to make a great deal of money .
in large measure , he has edgar and the rivalry with his brother to thank for that .
for growing boys , baseball was a waste of valuable time , he thought , a lure away from school and the education that could prove pivotal in their lives .
the children of edgar and mercedes would concentrate on their school and go to a university ; he would see to that .
edgar jr. was 10 when he got his first baseball glove .
i still don't know what he did with the glove .
if he could not , he would quit baseball for good and then concentrate on school .
my first son , he said in spanish , before looking down .
edgar , then 23 , encouraged him to consider all his options .
that guy knew how to play the game .
i want you to make it , edgar told him .
everything that he gave to you , you gave to me .
when i play , it's my turn to pay him back .
the deals also firmly established the national football league as the most important -- and richest -- program supplier in television .
but it made a huge bid to stay in the football arena by offering slightly above $ 4 billion for the package it deemed the most desirable : monday night football .
even with ratings for league games down this year , executives from several networks pointed to the enormous audience pulled in weekly for games and especially for the playoffs and the super bowl .
i just don't think you can be a network anymore without n.f.l. football , said one network chief executive .
both in terms of a promotional platform and as a morale factor .
when the n.f.l. decided to push the term of the new deal to eight years , far longer than any previous football deal , abc had reason to fear it would not be competitive with nbc in prime time for that entire period ; cbs had reason to fear that it might not be a viable network by the time the deal ended .
the victory was yet another triumph for austria , which has won 13 of 19 races this season .
it was only the second victory for providence in 17 games in the carrier dome , and it was sweet .
if syracuse had visions of a comeback with the crowd at fever pitch , those visions quickly disappeared .
south carolina swept the wildcats last season in winning the conference regular-season title .
kentucky can gain a sweep this year when the teams meet again feb. 28 at south carolina .
a. torn greens not only look more natural than cut greens , but they also hold salad dressing better .
but in fact , it is a satisfying , traditional italian dish .
put several cups of water in a pot on stove , and keep it at a simmer .
place olive oil in a large saucepan , and turn heat to medium .
cook , stirring occasionally , until potatoes begin to brown all over , about 10 minutes .
when potatoes are tender and pasta quite tender -- this will take 20 minutes or more -- the dish is done .
we think it will be more lucrative for us .
she said that there were no plans to close the existing stores and that customers can place orders at the madison avenue store and have them delivered for an extra charge .
the company's web site will be available soon .
it labeled them bible bread and gave samples to groups of christian tourists in jerusalem .
one reason for the decline is that companies introduced fewer new sizes and flavors .
mr. rubin said he expects it to open in june .
since i lived too far away for delivery that evening , she said , i could have two free desserts next time i was in the neighborhood .
in fact , it may be the only place , if you want to enjoy their wines .
they make so little wine that few distributors or retailers are interested in handling it .
state alcohol taxes are collected from the distributors .
but the structure of the market has changed .
the industry and various state governments claim that the loss in taxes and profits is immense .
it is a specialized market that is unlikely ever to lure more than a handful of customers away from the traditional wine shops .
they can also take four gallons of wine into connecticut , tax free , any time .
so , too , are the auction houses that operate in closed states .
in new york , for example , the auctions are supposedly run by retailers in association with prominent auction houses .
some states are pushing for tougher laws ; some are easing up .
how can distributors and retailers complain about losing profits from wines they don't want to carry in the first place ?
it can last and improve for three or four years .
it would be interesting to keep a few of these 1996 wines for five years to see how they hold up .
a. torn greens not only look more natural than cut greens , but they also hold salad dressing better .
the culinary arts program at the new school has expanded its culinary history curriculum .
and for all of 1997 , inflation was at its lowest in 11 years , the government reported .
human cells grown in a test tube will usually divide about 50 times .
their work is reported in this week's issue of the journal science .
the mechanism almost certainly evolved , at least in humans , as a way to limit cancer .
the initiative was one of the president's highest priorities , he told them at the november meeting , a matter not just of official and political importance but personal importance as well .
we're at a point now we probably should have been three months ago , said former gov. thomas h. kean of new jersey .
there is no consensus that the issue is fundamentally about race , or about equality of opportunity and education , the aide said .
the conversation demonstrated how fluid the definition of the initiative remains .
it's very hard to pierce through the public consciousness and to do a sustained public education campaign in the absence of some great conflict , he said .
the race initiative has clearly gotten through to white house staff , whose members say they have revised some of their own views .
they have suddenly realized that some of the people who are opposed to affirmative action are not wearing white sheets , this official said .
after mr. clinton announced his initiative in a speech in june , little happened for three months .
instead , much of the time was taken up by minority members of the white house staff talking about personal experiences with racism .
in addition , a split soon developed within the white house .
mr. clinton is now trying to do both .
when the panel holds meetings or makes statements , it reflects upon the president , said one clinton aide .
i don't think there was sufficient appreciation of that from initiative staff in the first few months .
we did a lot of reaching out , said one member of the advisory board's staff .
not that many people seemed that interested in reaching in .
at the same time , members of the advisory board were confused about their role .
now , he said , we function more as a team .
by law , members of the panel may speak together about race only if the public can watch and listen , and they must publish a notice of their meeting in the federal register at least two weeks in advance .
the trial , which began in october , is expected to take until spring .
but what they most worry about are the trees .
what i see here now is just a small maple that will take 25 years to start producing , 50 years before it is producing well , he said .
some of the trees were over 100 years old .
but more than a million people in this rural region south of montreal have been told not to expect to have electricity for two or three more weeks .
the damage here is on an entirely different scale than was experienced in montreal .
maple trees just are not meant to have four inches of ice all over them .
farther up the hill behind him he thought there might be some trees that could still produce , but he was not sure .
i've never seen anything like this before , he said , so i can't give you an estimate .
whatever the outcome , he said he would be on his own dealing with the consequences .
the power lines in front of his house have fallen , and like about 80 percent of the houses in quebec his house relies on electricity for heat .
he said he was sad that the trees were damaged .
officials would not identify her or comment on a possible motive .
the woman was interrupted by a nearby secret service agent and taken into custody .
by the conclusion of these discussions , i don't know who was asking the most to stay .
but i did ask the president if i could be part of the administration .
almost all of us could go somewhere else and make more money , work fewer hours , spend more time with the family and probably put up with a hell of a lot less grief .
the chief of staff added some drama to the announcement , beginning his remarks to senior aides assembled for their daily 7 : 45 a.m. meeting in the roosevelt room by saying what a pleasure and a privilege it had been serving with them for the past year .
he talked of long hours and sacrifice and sounded like a man returning to private life .
i'm going to work very hard to keep this team that we put together last year to stay , he said .
they care about what the president does , what he's thinking about , the decisions he makes .
the officer was wounded , and the man with him in the parking lot was killed .
the gunman went outside and shot another man to death .
when the power comes on again , it feels as though a tide has come in , lifting everyone and everything in its path .
but in this storm -- five days of ice and freezing rain followed by bitter cold -- the power did not merely fail .
in some parts of new york , maine , vermont , new hampshire and quebec , the tide of restored power will take a very long time to come in .
by the time it arrives , the waiting will feel , to those who have gone without power , like a custom whose origin has been lost .
this storm demonstrates the slow , brutal strength of the cold .
her accident was truly an accident : she slipped on some ice and fell down a rocky face , hitting her head .
as a country , we pride ourselves on our freedom .
with freedom , however , comes the responsibility of weighing the effects of our actions .
the real danger is not in the activities , but in the efforts of those who seek to prevent people from taking part in them and in the failure of the participants to take responsibility for their actions .
it should not be surprising that college freshmen view higher education as a means to increase their incomes .
but students who are aware of the need to support themselves and pay back these loans are realistic and responsible .
what surveys don't show but we can see are the factors behind these changing attitudes .
students at the city university of new york , where i am a professor , have much to worry about .
the cuts in higher education financing have resulted in a devastating decrease of student aid .
stocks rose sharply yesterday in anticipation of strong fourth-quarter earnings from the intel corporation .
although intel did not report its earnings until after the markets had closed , the results from the world's leading maker of computer chips did prove better than expected .
intel reported its results as basic earnings .
some of the caution related to the uncertain outlook for business in asia .
but government and industry lawyers say that judge jackson's hearings , while significant , will not be the last word .
in fact , the hearings are little more than an exercise in creating a more extensive record for an appeals court hearing .
but mr. cole said that that was not what the judge had appeared to order the company to do .
the index rose 1.7 percent in 1997 , the lowest rate since 1986 , when oil prices fell sharply .
the inflation report led many economists to conclude that the federal reserve no longer has to consider raising interest rates at its meeting next month .
the central bank has held rates steady since march , but has maintained a policy of leaning toward higher interest rates , a clear signal of its concern that low unemployment rates might push up wages and lead companies to raise prices .
investors , though , appear increasingly convinced that the fed will reduce the short-term interest rates it controls .
the report showed that prices for food , gasoline and new cars declined last month , while the costs of housing and clothing rose only slightly and medical care and entertainment prices increased .
the monthly figures were roughly in line with the trends for the year .
goods prices have been held in check or pushed down by the strength of the dollar , which makes imported goods relatively cheaper , by intense competition among manufacturers and retailers and by some improvement in productivity , or output per worker .
in one indication of the changed psychology about inflation , the national federation of independent business , a lobbying group for small businesses , said today that in the 1970's more than 40 percent of its member companies called inflation their no. 1 problem .
last year , the group said , the figure was 1 percent .
although 30 percent of the companies reported that compensation costs rose for the month , they said they had been unable to pass the costs along in the form of higher prices .
thomson , based in toronto , is involved in publishing and specialized information .
five months later , the justice department ended the investigation without taking action .
the federal communications commission confirmed in a report yesterday what most cable television subscribers already knew : that the information revolution has failed to create serious competition to standard cable television and that the public is paying higher cable rates as a result .
and two members of congress with oversight of communications issues endorsed legislation that would delay deregulation or would try to increase competition in video markets before price controls were eliminated .
they must pay higher cable prices yet have few competitive choices .
the commission attributed the increase to the virtual absence of competition among cable operators .
a vast majority of the remainder used some sort of satellite system .
the 87 percent market share for cable represented a slight decrease from its 89 percent share of the advanced television arena in september 1996 .
the telecommunications act of 1996 says that almost all restrictions on cable rates are to be lifted in march 1999 .
many members of congress who voted for the act said they believed that by then there would be widespread competition to standard cable .
two consumer groups -- the consumer federation of america and consumers union -- jointly pressed the communications commission last september to freeze cable rates altogether .
but that proposal appears to have little support .
the programming rates are getting higher all the time , especially when you get into the sports area .
he headed the real estate research group in 1990 and became the chief equity strategist in 1992 .
the i.m.f. strategy could use a success story because most of the news out of asia has been bleak .
south korea's economy is far bigger than those of indonesia and thailand combined , and it is much more integrated than the others with the global economy and the business world of tokyo and new york .
it is not that the worst is over , for most of the pain of unemployment is yet to come , but rather that it is now possible to see a path that the nation can follow to escape the crisis .
investor confidence in south korea has improved in part because the nation has appeared far more committed carrying out the terms of the i.m.f. bailout package than many analysts had predicted .
the reforms that the i.m.f. requests are things we should have done long ago .
the dow jones index has also fallen , by 2 percent .
that has helped bolster confidence .
south korea's foreign debt remains a critical uncertainty , but the sense of crisis seems to have eased slightly .
american banks and their counterparts in japan and europe are trying to extend payment on , or roll over , as much as $ 28 billion in short-term loans to south korean banks that come due by march 31 .
one american bank said it was recently contacted by a large new york bank that asked it about a loan coming due in south korea .
the bank executive said that the new york bank said it had received its information from the federal reserve .
the international monetary fund is working closely with south korean central banking officials in seoul to gather information on loans made to the government and the nation's corporations by foreign banks , including american ones .
the lending information collected by the i.m.f. is being shared with federal reserve officials in washington .
they clearly see this as a unique and important event , and i suspect that regulatory intervention will increase , said one american banker , who insisted on anonymity .
the lack of downward momentum in the market prompted some sellers , who had bet on further declines , to buy bonds instead .
coming statistics for retail sales and industrial production are not expected to show much slowing either .
other economic news released yesterday had little influence on bond prices .
in another report , a survey by the federal reserve bank of atlanta showed that a slowdown in business activity in the southeast continued in december .
compliance officers are responsible for trying to prevent employees from breaking securities laws , including those on insider trading .
the brothers face maximum sentences of five years in prison and fines of up to $ 250000 each on one count of conspiracy and maximum sentences of 10 years and fines of $ 1 million each on three securities counts .
queen elizabeth ii is expected to examine the proposed stamps this month to see if they meet with her approval .
the stamp bureau acts as an agent for commonwealth countries , dependent territories and others in the production of stamps .
a study finds a decline in violent fare on broadcast networks , with one exception .
not all critics were as generous as i was .
but shadows on the hudson was not among those books .
also , don't forget , this is a big book , a big job , and probably an easy one to put off until tomorrow .
perhaps that is why singer failed to prepare it for translation .
it played from memory , which gave it visual and dramatic as well as musical advantages .
one suspects that even the author does not know the origin of some of what sam finds out .
quickly we learn that sam has been married three times and divorced just as often .
sam himself found the body floating in the hudson river .
edward was sentenced to life in prison and , subject to constant sexual assault , killed himself there .
most likely , a jury , and possibly even the police and prosecution , would have shared the doubts that sam has three decades later .
the king's chain in new jersey just began offering buffalo .
for audiences , what could be more exciting than seeing a new actor take the stage ?
for chefs , who put on the show , what could be more satisfying than exploring new creative territory ?
the same size serving of buffalo has 2.4 grams .
the beef industry does not have to worry .
they are fun for chefs to work with and fun for customers to order .
it's neat to say you've eaten a buffalo as opposed to a cow .
the muscle structure is great , it really cooks well .
the future of exotic meat depends to a large extent on price .
consumers definitely want to take a walk on the wild side for their meat .
tastes like chicken used to be a selling point for strange meat .
if they miss the birds , it's no tragedy .
in a large saute pan over medium heat , combine the olive oil and butter .
add the stock , and simmer until it is reduced by almost half .
simmer gently for 2 minutes , then add salt and pepper to taste .
since i lived too far away for delivery that evening , she said , i could have two free desserts next time i was in the neighborhood .
at least one of the men who took part in the 8 a.m. robbery carried a gun .
while the robbery was successful , half a dozen security cameras did film the men as they entered and left the offices , the port authority said .
but there are a number of issues to deal with here .
this is not a federal nuclear laboratory , which you can completely shut down to public access .
i think that our track record over the past 26 years has certainly been an excellent one , he added .
and , while no one will be satisfied until it's perfect , i think it is safe to say that this is the most secure office building in manhattan .
they took a passenger elevator to the 11th floor and walked to a freight elevator near bank of america , whose money exchange center there is not open to the public .
he said the bags contained more than $ 3 million in cash , including some foreign currency .
another grabbed a gun from one of the security officers and told all the passengers to get down .
the police were notified by one of the security guards , who managed to break the plastic ties around his feet .
some tapes also showed other people , indicating that the cameras were hidden in public areas and that the suspects wanted to blend in .
often they are talking to each other and don't even look .
but their children , they believed , would reach higher .
but suddenly , something like this happens .
although officials at kings county hospital center refused to comment in detail on her condition yesterday , family members said that they were told on monday that there was little chance for her recovery .
how could the city allow something like this to happen ?
two years ago , they spent $ 2000 of their savings on a computer .
everybody is angry at the construction people that are working here .
his aides said mr. schumer intended to press the advertising campaign indefinitely .
democrats not associated with mr. schumer argued that he had more than enough money to make himself known to new yorkers before the primary .
in this case , the democratic primary is not until sept. 15th , leaving little time for the general election campaign .
though not , of course , in those terms .
actually , i think he said they weren't real .
but he definitely told them that they couldn't use them .
tonight was supposed to have been the second time that dr. .
the new charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $ 250000 fine .
a separate civil case filed by the family in 1995 is pending .
we welcome this prosecution , and we believe that when the case is heard before a jury , that there will be a conviction .
no longer worried about losing her job , gov. christine todd whitman offered a series of modest proposals today that may not be politically popular but that could ease the property tax burden and improve public schools .
mrs. whitman devoted much of her speech to education , saying she wanted to reduce spending on public schools , which receive the bulk of local tax revenues , but also strengthen educational programs .
almost immediately after she narrowly won re-election last november , mrs. whitman said she wanted to be remembered as a governor who improved educational opportunities for children statewide .
i think she needs to provide incentives , work slowly and take one step at a time .
he touched on education but spent far more time announcing plans to preserve open space and improve the state's public transportation system .
mrs. whitman did not mention either subject in her speech .
so i needed to make it a high priority .
mrs. whitman submitted a list of potential programs last fall , and a superior court judge will decide by next week whether they are acceptable .
if they are not , the supreme court could force the state to send millions of additional dollars to the urban districts this year .
but by avoiding the issue of school financing and focusing on new proposals instead , mrs. whitman was perhaps trying to make a fresh start in the area of education .
during her first term , her most significant education policies came in response to orders from the supreme court to improve the quality of educational programs in urban schools .
it's a good start in making a real impact .
the mayor said that high fees and strict regulations created by the law would let the city tightly control which gambling operations do business .
mr. washington said he could not provide either company's address last night .
concert organizers hope to raise at least $ 100000 for the family of sgt. patrick king , who was killed nov. 20 .
he said an official list would be announced after all details were made final .
saying that a small hudson county town had been turned into a haven for crime , federal prosecutors announced the indictment today of the former police chief and eight other former or current members of the west new york police department .
investigators said they expected additional arrests of officers and civilians in the coming months .
federal officials said they hoped their investigation would serve as an example of the government's intention to crack down on municipal corruption .
when all of the evidence comes out at trial , his good name will be restored .
word of the investigation had been public since last spring , and many of the defendants had expected to be arrested , their lawyers said .
the car he drove was a police car , he said .
i want everyone to know the people of our community have nothing to fear , he said in prepared remarks .
before the law took effect last april 1 , people who asked for asylum were entitled to a hearing before an immigration judge and could appeal a denial of asylum to the board of immigration appeals and then federal courts .
when they did not find him , she said , they raped her .
her husband has since disappeared and the woman says she has no idea where he is .
in september , an article about the woman's case appeared in the new york times , and in october , a broadcast on national public radio also described the case .
in her conservative , traditional hometown , the woman would be seen as having lost her honor because of the rape .
the university's academic graduate programs and medical schools , on the other hand , showed little or no change .
the biggest drop was at the university's three law schools .
the number of american indians stayed the same at 3 .
at the medical schools , the change was far less .
in other words , a 3.5 grade point average from yale university will not be given any more formal weight than one from anywhere else .
she added that the low numbers of hispanic students gaining admission to the california system was of particular concern because of predictions that within a few years the state's public school system will have a hispanic majority .
they are going to work in a diverse environment when they leave business school and this is very important for them .
the dean said now that race was banned as a factor in admissions , his school was looking at other means of making sure its student body stayed diverse , including giving special consideration to students who had overcome difficult backgrounds .
he added that an alumni and student network was being put into action to persuade members of minorities to apply and , if accepted , to attend .
the day after i interviewed elway , i met my wife .
who can't recall a coach , a teacher or a social worker who , though only a few years older , seemed to an 18-year-old to have already experienced a lifetime ?
he threw it a yard into the end zone .
he threw it out of the end zone , over the fence and past the trees .
it is also about not giving up on a dream because the calendar says you should .
for him to hit a shot like that from deep , it's a shock .
said phillips , we feel certain he will be a strong contender for a starting spot .
the empty seats at the top of alumni hall provided one measure of the doubts surrounding the red storm of st. john's .
the uncertainty within has always been more difficult to measure .
it's just a matter of bringing it out every single night .
a year ago , five consecutive losses at the end of the regular season eliminated the hurricanes from what had seemed a sure spot in the national collegiate athletic association tournament .
the memory of that plunge was felt in the visiting locker room last night .
i just saw some kids that made some very , very strong statements , about not wanting to allow what happened last year to ever happen again , said leonard hamilton , the miami coach .
they were somewhat emotional and very clear with each other as to how they're going to prepare themselves for the rest of the season .
i came out of the locker room feeling a lot better about my team tonight , after a loss at st. john's , than i have after some of the wins we've had .
they're much better prepared , both physically and emotionally .
st. john's held the hurricanes to four field goals in the half .
steve smith pulled a reggie last night .
smith is not perceived to be in the class of michael jordan or reggie miller , but if he keeps sending people home angry from madison square garden , he is closing in .
he is one of the best at it in the league .
i don't know about being great , but i think if i could be considered among the best shooting guards one day , that would be fine .
he is also having a grand time , talking up a storm and making sure he backs it up .
others , such as smith , refuse to get personal .
asked what he said to webber , he replied : nothing .
this is what smith said to some of the knicks last night : you know you can't hold me , and i am going to score every time i touch the ball .
there's nothing you can do about it .
i tried to get an open , isolation play , but the knicks sent people at me , smith said .
i couldn't get off a good pass , so i tried to split them .
i was close to the basket , so i tried to put it up , and it went in for me .
a great shot to close out another amazing game .
it was better theater than anyone could have expected , given the quality of the opposition .
you get into a rhythm , somewhat of a zone , and it just keeps going in , smith said .
reggie and michael would have been proud .
the quarterback said he liked everything about minnesota and the opportunity to compete for the starting job .
the game against the lightning , the worst team in the eastern conference , comes just before the three-day all-star game break .
it's my job to make sure the team is ready and the team plays hard .
everything else is out of my control .
since you can't trade 20 players , the coach always takes the blame .
there's the threat that players could be traded .
they were feeling the pressure of an offense that wasn't scoring .
there's a different kind of pressure for me .
i want to play well for other reasons .
right now the only thing i can do is rest it .
six days of not getting hit should do it some good .
never before have women achieved the status and recognition as chefs that they have today .
nobody carried them by themselves , she said , but they made me do it .
the book is a long and heavy meal full of statistics .
ms. russell , who has written about women in other lines of work , offers a brief interview with each chef , as well as recipes .
as in the cooper book , there is an emphasis on the struggles and challenges they faced .
both books also examine differences in the ways men and women cook .
it seems that men are still in shop class .
add the chicken broth , cover and simmer gently for 30 minutes .
bring to a simmer , add the remaining port and the cream , and bring to a simmer again .
season to taste with salt and pepper , and serve .
dinner will be added in about six weeks .
the vegetables -- onions and green pepper -- are built right in .
the chicken dishes do not measure up to the meat dishes .
they make their demands felt , she said , adding that she had never planned to open a restaurant .
people kept coming by asking if they could get food , she said .
it seemed as if the community needed a place .
jack rosenthal , the magazine editor , will become its editor in chief on april 1 , also remaining an assistant managing editor of the newspaper .
adam moss will move from editorial director of the magazine to editor .
he joined the times in 1969 as national urban affairs correspondent in washington .
from 1961 to 1967 , he served as an official of the justice and state departments .
in 1988 he founded 7 days , a new york weekly of politics , arts and style , which won a national magazine award for general excellence in 1990 as the best magazine in its circulation class .
a former copy boy at the times , he returned there in 1991 as a consulting editor , helping to create new sections .
but i think the year and a half off was probably good for me .
i've now had some time to sit back .
i feel like the season spent in broadcasting was valuable to me .
few expected yasir arafat , the palestinian leader , to accept .
south africa's truth and reconciliation commission said it would let a court decide whether it had exceeded its powers by granting a blanket amnesty last month to top officials of south africa's governing party , the african national congress .
several thousand indians continued to protest , demanding that the government withdraw all army and police forces from their communities .
governor pataki's campaign has already collected more than $ 12 million , giving him a huge fund-raising lead over his democratic rivals and putting him close to the amount that he took in during his entire race four years ago , his aides said .
after the markets closed , intel reported profits that were better than expected .
on property taxes , she proposed requiring municipalities to win voter approval for tax increases above the rate of inflation .
we need to discuss whether we're willing to give up some degree of local control of our school districts for significantly lower property taxes .
she also urged that parents and taxpayers get more for their money from public schools .
the governor proposed a pilot project that would allow parents to send their children to public schools outside their school districts .
she called for the elimination of tenure for principals .
she said that new jersey has been shaping the future of the country since its earliest days , at the entrance to america , ellis island , new jersey .
mrs. whitman nearly lost her re-election bid to james e. mcgreevey , a democrat , last fall because voters said they did not think that she had done enough in her first term to address both problems .
he said mrs. whitman should have considered providing more state money for school districts to help reduce the property tax burden .
the indications are that mrs. whitman , who received strong support from republican lawmakers for much of her agenda in her first term , might have to work harder to win their votes in her second term .
i know how my district feels about their home rule and their ability to have some influence in a district .
he said he thought that forcing school districts to merge would be disastrous .
instead of focusing on a single issue in her annual address to the legislature today , as she did last year with auto insurance , mrs. whitman chose to offer lawmakers a grab bag of bold and contentious proposals .
public employee unions have already said they would fight .
since the turn of the century , school budgets have been subject to voter approval in new jersey .
school spending represents about two-thirds of most property tax bills .
state law limits the amount municipalities and county governments may increase spending in a year .
the state sets the limit , after determining the cost of goods and services local governments use .
this year , the limit on the increase is 2.5 percent .
but the state does not limit the amount of property taxes cities and towns may raise .
for the last four years , the average property tax rate increase was 4 percent .
the speech was basically one in which the governor said let us talk to everybody and figure out what we are going to do and i will do what everybody says i should do .
a brief article yesterday about the close of the legislative session in new jersey referred incorrectly in some editions to the fate of a bill to regulate rent to own businesses , which rent out products while giving customers the option of purchasing them .
the bill was pulled from consideration in the assembly after failing to get enough votes ; it did not pass .
an afghan cargo plane carrying as many as 90 afghan fighters hit a mountain in southwestern pakistan today , the associated press of pakistan reported .
at least 90 people were on board , the agency reported .
they were all believed to be taliban fighters .
during the gulf war , he was assigned to american military headquarters in saudi arabia as an intelligence analyst .
that makes sense , he said , because in some ways our inspections are a little bit like military operations .
he added : there has to be a lot of planning .
but since that last crisis , iraq has at least succeeded in shifting the debate among the security council members toward when and whether to offer baghdad some light at the end of the tunnel of sanctions .
and it has so far succeeded in keeping the arms inspectors out of sites it has ruled off limits .
but the officials agreed that the main argument over iraq is still to come , and it is not about composition of the inspection teams .
it is about where the inspectors can go and how long they should pursue each category of banned weapons , and then about how long strict economic sanctions should remain on baghdad .
and each and every time , he's backed down in the face of the united view of the british , the french , the united states , the russians and other members of the security council .
and on this issue , they are united .
these are the harder issues for washington to manage , and they will come up this month , too , as the security council debates iraqi sanctions .
the americans are considering whether it makes sense to close a file or two , officials said .
but washington is not convinced that a period of confrontation with iraq is a good time to do it .
the french idea is to show the iraqis that there's light at the end of the tunnel by checking off on a file , one official said .
but we insist on full compliance before any sanctions are lifted .
the chairman of the united nations inspection effort , richard butler , is due to go to iraq on jan. 19 , and return to report to the security council around jan. 23 .
a lot depends on what he finds and does , a senior official said .
the use of force is not ruled out , another senior administration official said , adding that an extremely unpopular use of force would risk breaking up the sanctions effort .
democratic and republican , mine and others -- a system has evolved that no longer gives citizens and the taxpayers confidence in how priorities are set and decisions are made , he said .
but several days later , he ordered the department to put a hold on the project , and today he said that his involvement had been improper .
i understand now that wasn't the way to do it , he said .
but research by democracy south , an advocacy group that studies the role of money in north carolina politics , found a strong link between political fund raising and appointments to the board of transportation .
the 34 board members who have been appointed by mr. hunt since 1993 contributed more than $ 2 million to state and national campaigns , said bob hall , research director of democracy south .
several board members have been accused of using their positions to influence road projects that benefited their businesses .
the white house declined to comment .
the president himself said today that it was probably inevitable that he would stand trial for sexual harassment in the lawsuit .
in an oval office interview , mr. clinton was asked by u.s. .
news & world report whether it seemed inevitable that the lawsuit go to trial .
probably , mr. clinton replied with what reporters described as a resigned smile and slow shake of his head .
the study is being published on wednesday in the journal of the american medical association .
last month , the i.r.s. reported that a preliminary review had uncovered such improper practices at one of the agency's 33 districts .
the audit said such an environment places taxpayer rights at risk in the collection process .
in march , the agency plans to report the results of another audit dealing with procedures when property is seized .
last month , he ended the practice of ranking the 33 tax districts on the basis of how closely they met their goal of tax collections .
today , the tax commissioner announced several other measures .
treasury secretary robert e. rubin , who has jurisdiction over the i.r.s. , issued a statement today saying these changes were a step in the right direction .
republicans in congress hope to gain politically from the issue of i.r.s. abuses .
after mr. rubin and his staff had rounded some of the rough edges of the bill in negotiations with house leaders , president clinton endorsed the legislation .
but senate leaders decided tougher measures were needed and put off action on the legislation .
the finance committee plans to begin hearings on jan. 28 .
with the court having said relatively little over the years about the full faith and credit principle , any decision was likely to break new ground .
what will happen here is fairly predictable .
that would make a very good policy even better .
deputy treasury secretary lawrence summers , representing a worried clinton administration , followed close behind .
the truth is that the monetary fund is the only organization that can organize an international response to financial crisis .
the existence of financial turmoil in asia is not surprising .
asian corporations ran on large amounts of loans , which can flee when business turns down .
it also cracked down too hard on the fragile korean and indonesian economies by requiring them to tighten fiscal and monetary policies , the opposite of what was needed in economies sinking into recession .
there may be ways to prevent , or at least better predict , future crises .
but it is also important that the fund itself be more open .
had it initially disclosed more about its approach to korea and indonesia , some mistakes might have been avoided or identified more quickly .
the claim is invariably made that having a football team is a valuable marketing strategy for the school .
yet few people actually go to the rutgers games .
one new jersey state senator is now urging more marketing to get people interested in the team .
why not instead put the money into academic programs and scholarships , where it's needed ?
a spokesman for gov. christine todd whitman claims that winning teams attract resources .
but by that logic , victories for one school require that other teams lose , losing resources for their universities .
like any other gambling operation , this one produces losers .
with cloning , the couple can keep the genes inside their marriage by cloning either the wife or the husband .
perhaps the correct term is incident .
issues of genetic privacy and discrimination cannot be decided without considering the underlying public policies at stake .
ultimately , the issue is whether all people have a right of access to health care .
the profit margins for the cable network business are also far higher .
still , viacom is said to hope a deal will be completed by the second or third quarter of 1998 .
the company has 59 plants in the midwest , great plains and southwest .
the company will spin off its corporate travel services , education , print management and technology solutions divisions into four publicly traded companies .
office products , based in washington , will buy as many as 37 million shares for $ 27 each .
wall street , which is often perceived as still being a white male preserve , has generally been uneasy about openly discussing issues of race and gender .
in an effort to change that , the rev. jesse l. jackson and his rainbow / push coalition are starting a conference and fund-raiser today at windows on the world , the restaurant atop the world trade center .
the meetings are intended to promote economic opportunities for minorities and women .
the new york stock exchange , for the first time , will close in honor of dr. king's birthday .
he views this as very much in the tradition of the struggle for economic justice that martin luther king began .
most big wall street firms are participating in this week's meetings .
despite such support , preparations for the gathering have not been entirely smooth .
and it's also a valuable property for advertisers because it reaches upscale men in large numbers .
the n.f.l. is without question the most efficient delivery vehicle for men , he added .
there's really no other place to go if you want that audience .
and 7 of the 12 , including baltimore , boston , denver , new york and pittsburgh , have teams playing in the american football conference , whose games cbs will broadcast .
and even more when it's the super bowl .
the settlement would alter the industry's legal landscape , leaving it to battle mostly individual plaintiffs and cope with new federal regulations , analysts said .
in october , investors pulled a net $ 82 million from the funds .
the association's figures come from the funds run by the 45 money management firms that belong to the association .
those companies manage 70 percent to 80 percent of the total mutual fund assets in hong kong .
while the corporate overhaul in europe is already at an advanced stage , production sites in the united states , latin america and asia are in for more drastic measures , the newspaper report indicated .
he is determined to rebuild the confidence that is necessary for stability throughout the region , mr. cohen said .
but that note today is worth only one-third of its value six months ago .
with the sudden slowing of economic growth -- and a recession likely this year -- the public reaction has been immediate .
how can people maintain their confidence in the government ?
people have started asking what will happen if the old man continues for a seventh consecutive presidential term next march .
it's no doubt the economic crisis will become worse .
in the fourth quarter of 1996 , the results included a gain of $ 18 million , or 2 cents a share .
the results were generally in line with the estimate of 55 cents a share , based on a survey of 20 analysts .
they are proving they can do it in this market environment .
he said that could help the company increase its sales and earnings .
but the balance of power may be shifting .
amateur investors who buy or sell individual stocks may not see much benefit from the new system , which is probably a year away from operation .
the system is scheduled to begin operation this summer at the pacific stock exchange , which trades listed stocks , and will later tackle the stocks that trade on nasdaq .
nasdaq itself has traditionally been a dealer market , meaning that buyers and sellers did business with wall street firms , rather than with each other .
for average investors who are trying to buy 100 shares of intel , this may not sound like a useful innovation .
but for traders who have to buy or sell huge blocks of stock , it sounds neat .
right now , traders at money management firms trying to buy a big block have to go to elaborate lengths to do it in a way that will not cause the stock price to rise .
wall street firms would serve as agents for investors , but that is not as potentially lucrative as being a dealer .
investors have the muscle , though they haven't yet found that out , he said yesterday .
according to several recent surveys , most record buyers find out about new music through commercial radio stations , with music television and the music press trailing behind .
what is interesting about this is not that it reveals the obvious importance of these media in making and breaking bands , but that most people let new music come to them .
a problem with this is that you can't depend on the music industry -- driven by complex marketing forces -- to tell you what's good .
sometimes you have to find good music on your own .
imagine silence as the calm surface of a lake .
give him an empty box , and soon someone -- or something -- will appear inside .
the bread was fair enough , but it was a lot of work .
there weren't many books that offered help .
on the web , this volume has risen to cult status .
and other bread books were in the works .
after 10 days , i put the starter on its regular feeding schedule : three times a day , adding carefully weighed flour and water .
their community , the culture , becomes more vigorous .
after a new starter has had a chance to develop , it can be stored in the refrigerator for a week or longer .
i had yet to begin baking and had already used 23 pounds of flour .
one evening my husband and i were in a taxi on our way to dinner and i realized i had forgotten to feed the starter ; i had the cab turn around .
my husband was beginning to think i was nuts .
then , the two weeks were up and it was finally the moment to bake bread .
you have to try to keep it from being sour , he said .
and while it had the typically sour san francisco flavor , the bread was flat tasting .
i don't think i'm going to let the starter die this time .
in a small bowl , mix the orange juice with the whole wheat flour .
cover , and set aside 12 hours at room temperature .
note : the starter can be stored in the refrigerator and fed regularly to keep it alive .
pour in the starter and , with the machine running , pour in the water through the feed tube and process 20 seconds .
if the dough seems dry and does not come together to form a ball , add 2 more tablespoons water .
process the dough for another 25 seconds .
place the dough in a bowl , cover with plastic wrap and set aside at room temperature for 3 hours .
remove the basket of dough from the refrigerator , and leave at room temperature 1 to 2 hours , until it is about 62 degrees and springs back very slowly when pressed .
one hour before baking , place a baking stone on a low oven rack and a pan for water on the oven floor .
pour a cup of hot water into the pan on the bottom of the oven .
add another cup of water to the pan , and bake 15 minutes .
now it's up to time and the fire , she said .
she has been at it for almost half a century .
at least she would be the first to say so .
where was the first place that served new american cuisine ?
she said in the interview in 1982 .
she was referring to the title of julia child's cooking show on public television .
i wasn't cut out for celebrity , she said .
besides , she went on , she is sick of fighting .
i was a good fighter , sister , she said .
her own slow simmer began when she was growing up poor in paris , the only child of a young widow who worked in a factory .
the single blessing of my life is that i never had enough money to become what i really wanted -- a historian -- she said .
in a new country , at home with her child , she began to cook like crazy , she said , and to teach french cooking in an adult education program .
throughout her career , her restaurants consistently earned top ratings .
to her students , she is a devoted mentor .
within a year , she learned that she had heart disease .
or at least better than anyone else .
my own intensity has been a lifelong battle , she said .
but i have this wonderful husband , these sons and grandchildren , these loyal students .
she has cut her teaching back to two weeks a year .
besides , she said , it's time to step aside , time to let the young people have a chance .
trim wing tips off chicken , and reserve .
meanwhile , place wing tips in a small sauce pan with 2 cups of water , bring to a boil and reduce to simmer for 1 hour .
never before have women achieved the status and recognition as chefs that they have today .
nobody carried them by themselves , she said , but they made me do it .
the book is a long and heavy meal full of statistics .
ms. russell , who has written about women in other lines of work , offers a brief interview with each chef , as well as recipes .
as in the cooper book , there is an emphasis on the struggles and challenges they faced .
both books also examine differences in the ways men and women cook .
it seems that men are still in shop class .
add the chicken broth , cover and simmer gently for 30 minutes .
bring to a simmer , add the remaining port and the cream , and bring to a simmer again .
season to taste with salt and pepper , and serve .
the vegetables -- onions and green pepper -- are built right in .
since i was following standard practices of the day , horrible results were almost inevitable .
first of all , use large eggs and make sure they are as fresh as possible .
it is also very important to crack the egg into a small container that has a rounded bottom .
the egg seems to take on the nice rounded form of the cup , and therefore holds together in that shape in the water .
the cups also have handles , making them safe to hold as the eggs are slipped into the water as close to the surface as possible .
put two inches of water in the pan .
when the water is at a full boil , lower the rim of the cup to the surface of the water .
the eggs will start to set as the water returns to a boil .
when the water has returned to a boil , lower the heat and simmer for the remaining time .
drain on a cloth and use , or put in a bowl of warm water until needed .
press with the back of a spoon to remove as much water as possible .
remove from heat , and stir in flour .
put in food processor , and process until completely smooth .
do not let sauce touch sides of pan .
sprinkle remaining cheese all over the top .
the chicken dishes do not measure up to the meat dishes .
they make their demands felt , she said , adding that she had never planned to open a restaurant .
people kept coming by asking if they could get food , she said .
it seemed as if the community needed a place .
it's dangerous to wait for the light .
i'm for crossing when there aren't too many cars out there .
it comes with living in new york , crossing the street whenever you want to .
in subtle ways , every new yorker knows they are being abused by the way the traffic runs in the city , he said .
if you were thought about the way a car was , you would feel appreciated .
and move they did , against the light .
there are more important things the mayor should be worried about , she insisted .
they say i can't stay in a shelter because i used to live with my grandmother .
the city says i have to stay with her .
now i'm going from home to home and people are taking advantage of me .
joseph , a colleague who would not give his last name , agreed .
sometimes people make you wait for more than one light while they cross the street , he said .
not only do we have to look out for ourselves .
we got to look out for them , too .
ten months before election day , gov. george e. pataki's campaign has already collected more than $ 12 million , giving the governor a huge fund-raising lead over his democratic rivals and putting him close to the amount that he took in during his entire race four years ago , his aides said last night .
unlike most of his predecessors , though , mr. pataki continued aggressively to seek contributions soon after his election , maintaining the kind of fund-raising schedule that in the past had been more typical of an election year .
mr. pataki has raised money at a far faster pace than mr. cuomo did when he was seeking re-election four years ago .
but we will be able to raise enough money to get our message out and beat pataki .
many of the contributions to both the governor's campaign and the state party have come from people and companies doing business with the state .
these are obviously special interests who know that when they make an investment , they want something in return .
the size of mr. pataki's campaign treasury has helped to scare off some potential democratic candidates for governor , who expressed concern about his ability to finance an arsenal of campaign commercials .
not so many others in his church do , or try .
that's one of our great problems , he said in an interview monday at his kitchen table in greenwich village .
i think you should communicate as much as possible with your whole being .
it's wonderful to be here , in this little tiny chapel out in the wilderness , he said to much laughter in a talk in the parish hall .
one of the things i like about being a priest is people opening up their lives to you , he said .
they will tell you things they wouldn't tell anybody else .
you get into these deep , intimate places in people's lives .
it's an emotion , and it comes and goes .
if i hadn't already been locked into this , i think i would have become a jew .
you do what everybody else does , and it's a given that people cross in the middle of the street , she said yesterday .
the mayor's aides confirmed last night that his staff has been involved in weeks of planning for the stadium , which is just one of several initiatives to be unveiled during his annual state of the city address to the city council today .
he said that the two sides talked for several hours on sunday night and were to meet last night to discuss potential sites .
he also said that both he and mr. giuliani have had discussions with members of the yankees organization , including its president , george m. steinbrenner 3d .
in the meantime , we are going to push ahead .
the mayor and i have agreed that we are going to build it .
city funds will be involved , she said , but no information right now is available for the funding .
the thinking is : if you build it , they will come .
staten island falls within the domain of both clubs .
they would have the option to turn down a club if one was coming within the area .
the stadium plan is only one initiative that mr. giuliani is to disclose today , in a speech that is intended to provide a road map of where he plans to take the city in the four years of his second administration .
he said atlantic city would continue to struggle in 1998 with competition from connecticut casinos and delaware horse tracks , which recently added slot machines .
both he and the company were named in the suit .
last year , boys walked away with 56 percent of the scholarships .
this week , officials at the education department would not comment on whether further changes would be required ; they said they were awaiting final results later this year .
girls still will not get their fair share of scholarships earned by superior academic performance .
why girls score less well than boys on the college board's math and verbal tests is not entirely clear .
although some of the performance gap can be explained by the fact that girls have tended to take fewer advanced math and science courses , that does not explain the whole gap .
in some cases , even when they take the same courses and get the same grades , girls still do less well , according to research by the educational testing service in princeton , n.j .
it was just two players going out there and playing hard .
but great players make great plays .
the winning shot had to be satisfying for smith .
and smith , who missed that game because of an injury , had vowed a different outcome .
although he was not on smith in the final seconds , he was assigned to shadow him most of the night .
he made some tough shots , shots with hands in his face , houston said .
and i'm disappointed in what happened out there .
when you lay it down in front of you , you ask yourself , did i get the job done ?
starks was left to do the job of five people .
at any given moment on the court , he was the only one scoring points .
take away the shots starks made , and the knicks hit just 32 percent .
a lot of guys have grown and come together , houston said .
but at the same time -- when we don't make that last defensive stand in a game like this -- we don't get anywhere .
it was a bad day all around for childs .
childs said he was owed money by the nets in a contract dispute , involving compensation before childs signed with the knicks before last season ... .
the hawks won their fourth straight game after losing seven in a row ... .
the defensive pressure , in particular , took us out and got us frustrated .
he doesn't believe he's as good as he is .
he can earn up to another $ 1 million a year with an incentive clause tied to appearances : he will receive $ 100000 payments for pitching in 40 , 45 , 50 and 55 games .
the nets had come into charlotte coliseum hoping to steal a game on the road against one of the league's better home teams .
just how big a victory was this for the nets , who have now won consecutive games away from home for just the second time this season ?
up by 20 points early in the final period , the final bell couldn't come soon enough for new jersey .
i was just about to run the princeton offense .
douglas delivered the final blow , a 3-point shot with 1 minute 7 seconds to play , to finish the hornets off .
rice went 3 for 17 from the floor and scored just 10 points .
thank god we won because i probably would have had to shoot myself if we hadn't , said van horn , who played only 24 minutes .
gill added 19 points , 15 in the second quarter alone as the nets were pulling away .
early in the game , when we were down , 6-4 , i looked at the guys and said , do you understand this team's not going to play if you'll play ?
it looked like we were just going to let the game go tonight .
but they didn't want the game either .
and i think from that point on , our pride kicked in and we played .
elway forced the colts to trade him to the broncos .
kelly , meanwhile , chose the united states football league over the bills , who drafted him .
four of them got to the super bowl .
the n.c.a.a. defined a hot room as a room with a temperature above 79 degrees .
the rule is effective only for the rest of this season and is expected to be reviewed when n.c.a.a. rules officials meet in april .
the rookie was maintaining a just glad to be here exterior at his locker .
and the head coach was faced with one more tough decision before a needed break .
looking toward the rangers' final game before the all-star game break , coach colin campbell found himself walking a thin line today , choosing not to say who would be in goal for the rangers against the devils on wednesday night at continental arena .
he then started and won at home against carolina .
but the decision is not so easy when the other choice is richter , who is clearly the no. 1 goalie and who needs a boost in confidence .
there are a lot of reasons both ways , pro and con , campbell said .
mike richter is a good goaltender .
he hasn't had a great year , but he's had some great games in there .
i don't want to make a huge issue of this .
it's got nothing to do with any deeper theories , or anything far reaching .
over the course of a season there are times where getting a rest is good .
actually , you'd probably like to play all of them .
we're heading into a bit of a break now .
i think he's looking over all his options .
he's always been very good like that .
what takes place in that room stays in that room .
he makes his choices based on a number of things , not just what's obvious to a given player .
as for the devils , they will be playing their 11th game in the last 20 days .
it will be good for them to think about something else .
we are not playing the best hockey we can .
he said he hoped to return next tuesday ... .
wayne gretzky and brian leetch were given the day off tuesday ... .
the event will be called the american women's college hockey alliance national championship .
the way the chicago bulls are playing , that might not be the case for much longer .
but we feel that if we had our team intact all season long we would have the best record .
david robinson had 36 points and 11 rebounds , and san antonio pulled away in the last three and a half minutes for its 14th victory in 16 games .
the celtics lost their fifth in a row , matching their worst streak of the season .
for the fourth straight game , boston never led .
the mavericks have lost 18 of their last 19 games .
the rookie tim thomas scored a season-high 23 points and philadelphia handed vancouver its 11th straight loss .
jim jackson added 15 points , and derrick coleman had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the 76ers .
the issue is at the center of a legal battle between casey martin and the pga tour .
i think part of the game of golf , and the tradition and integrity of the game , is being able to walk and compete , said palmer , 68 .
the fight will be broadcast on hbo as part of its championship boxing series .
since i was following standard practices of the day , horrible results were almost inevitable .
first of all , use large eggs and make sure they are as fresh as possible .
it is also very important to crack the egg into a small container that has a rounded bottom .
the egg seems to take on the nice rounded form of the cup , and therefore holds together in that shape in the water .
the cups also have handles , making them safe to hold as the eggs are slipped into the water as close to the surface as possible .
put two inches of water in the pan .
when the water is at a full boil , lower the rim of the cup to the surface of the water .
the eggs will start to set as the water returns to a boil .
when the water has returned to a boil , lower the heat and simmer for the remaining time .
drain on a cloth and use , or put in a bowl of warm water until needed .
press with the back of a spoon to remove as much water as possible .
remove from heat , and stir in flour .
put in food processor , and process until completely smooth .
do not let sauce touch sides of pan .
sprinkle remaining cheese all over the top .
the culinary arts program at the new school has expanded its culinary history curriculum .
now it's up to time and the fire , she said .
she has been at it for almost half a century .
at least she would be the first to say so .
where was the first place that served new american cuisine ?
she said in the interview in 1982 .
she was referring to the title of julia child's cooking show on public television .
i wasn't cut out for celebrity , she said .
besides , she went on , she is sick of fighting .
i was a good fighter , sister , she said .
her own slow simmer began when she was growing up poor in paris , the only child of a young widow who worked in a factory .
the single blessing of my life is that i never had enough money to become what i really wanted -- a historian -- she said .
in a new country , at home with her child , she began to cook like crazy , she said , and to teach french cooking in an adult education program .
throughout her career , her restaurants consistently earned top ratings .
to her students , she is a devoted mentor .
within a year , she learned that she had heart disease .
or at least better than anyone else .
my own intensity has been a lifelong battle , she said .
but i have this wonderful husband , these sons and grandchildren , these loyal students .
she has cut her teaching back to two weeks a year .
besides , she said , it's time to step aside , time to let the young people have a chance .
trim wing tips off chicken , and reserve .
meanwhile , place wing tips in a small sauce pan with 2 cups of water , bring to a boil and reduce to simmer for 1 hour .
the bread was fair enough , but it was a lot of work .
there weren't many books that offered help .
on the web , this volume has risen to cult status .
and other bread books were in the works .
after 10 days , i put the starter on its regular feeding schedule : three times a day , adding carefully weighed flour and water .
their community , the culture , becomes more vigorous .
after a new starter has had a chance to develop , it can be stored in the refrigerator for a week or longer .
i had yet to begin baking and had already used 23 pounds of flour .
one evening my husband and i were in a taxi on our way to dinner and i realized i had forgotten to feed the starter ; i had the cab turn around .
my husband was beginning to think i was nuts .
then , the two weeks were up and it was finally the moment to bake bread .
you have to try to keep it from being sour , he said .
and while it had the typically sour san francisco flavor , the bread was flat tasting .
i don't think i'm going to let the starter die this time .
in a small bowl , mix the orange juice with the whole wheat flour .
cover , and set aside 12 hours at room temperature .
note : the starter can be stored in the refrigerator and fed regularly to keep it alive .
pour in the starter and , with the machine running , pour in the water through the feed tube and process 20 seconds .
if the dough seems dry and does not come together to form a ball , add 2 more tablespoons water .
process the dough for another 25 seconds .
place the dough in a bowl , cover with plastic wrap and set aside at room temperature for 3 hours .
remove the basket of dough from the refrigerator , and leave at room temperature 1 to 2 hours , until it is about 62 degrees and springs back very slowly when pressed .
one hour before baking , place a baking stone on a low oven rack and a pan for water on the oven floor .
pour a cup of hot water into the pan on the bottom of the oven .
add another cup of water to the pan , and bake 15 minutes .
kent finished without a point in 10 minutes .
the blue devils , who won their 11th consecutive game , entered the game with the largest average margin of victory in the nation - 29 points .
indiana led by 16 points midway through the second half before the rally by northwestern .
he's also on the longest unbeaten streak of his career .
but apparently the sides are far enough apart that the mets have backed off offering more than one year .
but one baseball official said it was unlikely that watson would sign with the mets unless they guaranteed he would be one of their starters this season .
the new york philharmonic has not exactly been a stranger to points beyond manhattan in recent years .
and it had not appeared on the west coast since 1986 .
so the journey , which concludes on friday night in boston after taking the philharmonic from west coast to east , has included stops in cities it had not visited in more than a decade , including los angeles , san francisco and chicago .
not surprisingly , its appearances have caused something of a stir .
so why did the philharmonic wait this long ?
we need support to make these tours .
it's a partnership to decide where to go next .
for those attending these concerts , the long wait seemed worth it .
i have seldom heard any orchestra sound better .
because this is an american tour , the philharmonic is connecting with audiences in an unusual way .
maybe they are a little bit proud of their orchestra , he said of the audiences , trying to explain the extra effort his players have brought to the concerts .
touring with them here , you find out that they have families all over the country , he said .
for me , that's a wonderful feeling , another connection to the musicians and their backgrounds .
why play american music in america ?
we always take some american music when we play outside the country .
i don't think american orchestras should always play american music .
on a night at the theater , the business people wanted to see performances that reflected their lives .
and the warriors wanted to see tales of their own adventures .
his name is riley b. king , but the world knows him as b. b. king .
although he may be many people's favorite blues singer , he says his favorite is bobby bland .
the two will perform at 8 p.m. on saturday at the new jersey performing arts center in newark .
the most straightforward way to get there quickly was to buy a major internet player .
but just how potent it will be is up in the air .
the public networks owned by the phone companies are still very profitable , well known , and well managed .
there's a real risk they won't sell as much as they think they will because a lot of their current products compete head to head , said steven d. levy , who follows the industry for lehman brothers .
the europeans are not sitting still .
negotiations began last fall , not more than a year ago .
members of both parties are seriously examining compromise proposals on social security that could be acceptable both to democrats who want to keep the retirement system intact and to republicans pushing for a shift to private investment accounts .
mr. giuliani's comments came in the wake of growing opposition in virginia , where a major disposal company is preparing to increase its shipments of trash from new york .
a judge ordered the giuliani administration to comply with a new city council measure that is meant , in part , to end overnight stays by homeless families on the floors of a city office in the bronx .
compared with what lies ahead , writing is the easy part .
the same goes for producers and studio executives .
he said he believed that the web could and would change hollywood and predicted that studios and production companies would follow his lead soon .
an independent producer took an option on the script -- which means that the producer now has , for a limited time , the exclusive rights to make the movie .
in a typical year , 50 percent work in film and television , earning an average of $ 80000 each .
small wonder new writers have turned to the web .
but she did acknowledge that someone could be discovered that way .
the reason we do business this way is to protect our writers , to make sure that they get paid for what makes them special and unique , and that's their ideas .
but despite the slim odds , the web gives them something they never had before : an audience .
do not pay anyone before a script is sold .
a recent buyer said he was looking for television movies and listed an e-mail address at sony entertainment .
i just want people who don't have the opportunity yet , she said .
this is to take issue with the state of the art column resolutions for happy pc year .
possibly there are locations in the country where the juice is poor .
at first glance , it seems useful only to the same audience of researchers .
but take time to look deeper and art information and the internet turns into a $ 45 resource that even casual culture lovers can appreciate .
art information and the internet is a guide to data on the internet that you never knew you wanted -- but will enjoy once you find it .
animals can also be artistic symbols , but the internet references in this category will not help .
better yet is the department's find an image section , which lets you sample the work of an artist , architect , period or site around the world .
and there are other sites covering early civilization to the present .
it would be a real aid to find information about contemporary artists on line since they are by definition less known .
art information on the internet first sends readers to galleries , then suggests worldwide books on line .
but you will find little to see here .
using the extended search option will bring up a description of the book , but no images .
each class can send a report to the museum and receive a response from graduate students and faculty researchers .
i have them in my garden , and i wonder -- can i just dig them up and bring them inside or is there more to it than that ?
maybe blend them into a peculiar but very healthy drink .
they'll bloom in about three weeks .
if you want to save your refrigerator for food , you can try to guess when the ground is going to freeze .
as long as the soil temperature stays below 45 degrees , the time counts toward the eight weeks .
q. why is it that many oak trees keep their leaves through most of the winter even though the leaves are dead ?
this seems to happen even while the snow is fairly thick around everything else .
those of general interest will be published .
it's been on the rough side , said mr. forbes , who has been driving a van five days a week , 10 hours at a stretch , for five years .
but now i do because it's cheaper .
there's no question i take the bus now , she said .
the driver , for example , was 18 , too young to be driving a commercial vehicle .
now that fare is $ 1.50 , compared with the $ 1 it would cost if the rider got off at grand army plaza .
but i'm trying to make an honest living .
the riders in this area deserve better .
transit officials acknowledged that there will continue to be a need for a form of van transportation .
they go up and down , up and down .
lawyers for chile said they did not intend to contest the charges , only the right of countries other than chile to judge the general .
washington accused the institutions of failing to prevent transfers of nuclear and missile technology to iran .
a united nations team had found no survivors at the first site .
she included some of her older songs in the set , but the miles davis songs easily stood out ; they've come a great distance .
three oh six , a woman says her daughter disappeared .
mack , the more thoughtful of the two , is reluctant to join a case that is not , for bureaucratic reasons , really his responsibility .
she is an essential part of our story , of bank's and mine , the heart of it , really .
you begin to feel about it as bank does .
all the rules suddenly are out the window .
as the title indicates , the play is about money and what people will do to get it .
what follows shouldn't happen to a dog .
i've got a cow jumping over the moon .
normally , there are seven or less .
as a young collector , mr. gordon began dealing on the side .
later , as a dealer , he began collecting on the side .
so mr. gordon told his wife that they would keep what they liked .
you couldn't mark it up more than 5 percent .
mr. gordon had witnessed the lesson as a young man , at the hand of another mentor , dr. barnes .
it proved art from any culture , any time , could have value .
very few people collect both 19th and 20th century , he said .
there's a lot to be gained by seeing the two together .
i think she got tired , mr. gordon said .
having an empty house might mean the chance to fill it .
who knows if i won't see a piece and go nuts over it ?
coca-cola approached publishers , who drew up lists of popular titles to be released in the first months of this year .
the publishers embraced the joint venture because it represented vast quantities of free advertising .
actually , what's disturbing about the diet coke promotion is not that it seems wrong .
mr. kidd jokes that the leonard novel was picked by coke for its title : be cool .
i don't think it's a bad thing , if it's a good book and a good jacket , he said .
let's face it , books are products for a mass market .
the largest is 72 inches by 32 inches and 22 inches deep .
come over here , honey , charlie mae called , only i didn't know her name then .
he belongs to the people i rent from , but they don't have the time to exercise him .
he's beautiful , all white with big black liquid eyes and a big black nose .
they went to florida , was all he said .
it went on like that for a couple of weeks , as people brought food and talked about who among us could adopt her , or if we knew anybody who could .
and we worried about wild dogs , like the pit bulls turned out of red hook houses when the housing authority ordered tenants to give up their dogs .
i also asked around to see if anyone wanted a dog .
from then on , red was ours , like it or not .
i tried to give her to an artist down the street whose little boy fell in love with red , but within half an hour she was at our gate .
one afternoon the neighborhood children married them in the backyard .
i've remembered the comfort of dogs .
i think you get only one of those in your life , but i guess i'm ready to love some others .
i'd been waiting for that life in the country , when i could work at home and let my dogs use a dog door .
but two big dogs adopted me in the middle of my real life .
when nick built his own personal computer from scratch in 1996 , it was the fastest machine in our house .
we have been promised for years that as computers get more powerful , they will become easier to use and more useful , allowing us to do wonderful new things .
eastern time , monday through friday .
at this point in time , he said , we do not think there is any basis for concern about the basic infrastructure in the united states .
but they really need to contact the manufacturer .
while art history books commonly list david as standing 20 feet tall , the statue is actually 23 feet tall .
some analysts said that the dow jones industrial average might lose as many as 400 points .
in early trading , the prices of financial futures dropped as far as regulators allowed , and when equity trading started at 9 : 30 a.m. , the bleak forecasts seemed on the mark .
the dow plunged more than 250 points , or nearly 3 percent , in the first 30 minutes , and the nasdaq composite index fell 115 points , almost 5 percent .
foreign markets did not fare as well .
over all , investment analysts and portfolio managers said that while they expect neither an extended nor a deep downturn from brazil's crisis , much uncertainty remains about that country's fiscal plans .
he noted , though , that foreign companies doing business there have had plenty of warning to hedge against a currency decline .
less certain is the effect that brazil's problems will have on other markets in latin america , europe and the far east .
investors are likely to watch those countries -- two of the region's other big economies -- closely for signs of weakness .
a relatively small amount of support should be able to carry argentina through 1999 .
and mexico should benefit from a continued strong economy in the united states .
in europe , stock prices fell sharply , 3 percent in britain and 4 percent in germany .
spanish banks have also lent heavily in brazil , which led investors to push spanish stocks down nearly 7 percent .
stocks also fell in asia , but those losses came well before brazil announced its currency plans .
stocks in hong kong fell 4 percent yesterday , while tokyo ended slightly higher .
unlike the asian currency crisis of 1997 or last year's economic emergency in russia , the situation in brazil carries more immediate impact for investors in the united states .
now brazil could benefit from what has been learned elsewhere .
and unlike mexico's crisis in 1994 , brazil has no problem with short-term debt or its currency reserves .
judging by the reaction of american investors , the crisis in brazil appeared over almost before it started .
shares of intel fell at the opening even though the company reported fourth-quarter earnings late tuesday that beat analyst estimates .
investors bid up several other technology stocks as well .
how does brazil solve its problems ?
many refused to believe the united states and the international monetary fund would allow russia to collapse until it actually happened .
people had forgotten that and discounted it as a risk then .
the markets have had time to reduce leverage and exposure .
we have been down this road before .
in brazil , the big american and foreign banks are the main players in the currency market .
the situation is still delicate and the news from brazil is far from positive for many investors .
uncertainty over what will happen next in brazil is bound to hang over world financial markets for some time .
at the same time , its policy became increasingly dependent on short-term loans .
if that happens , domestic interest rates could fall and brazil could begin to recover .
indeed , the new president of the central bank seemed to anticipate that possibility yesterday when he vowed to use brazil's billions of dollars in reserves to intervene in the markets .
he also suggested he might raise interest rates to defend our foreign exchange regime .
the immediate victims would , of course , be brazilian workers and their families .
but nearby trading partners , especially argentina , would be hit hard as they lose brazil's large export market .
at some point lenders grow fearful that the country will run out of dollars .
he said the same thing in october .
so if economists could see disaster coming , why couldn't brazil ?
had it been fully adopted , it would have crushed the economy .
for that reason it was never embraced by brazil's politicians .
the parliament rejected some of the budget cutbacks .
one day earlier this week , brazil lost close to a billion dollars of reserves .
mexico tried the policy in 1994 , but investors fled and forced the country within a few days to let its currency float free .
but what can the i.m.f. and the united states do ?
prof. richard cooper of harvard suggests that this question -- the obvious one to policy makers in washington -- is the wrong question .
mr. sachs thinks the correct answer is for brazil to float the currency .
that is the best guarantee that the dollar link is permanent .
economists agree on one issue : more than ever , help from the i.m.f. is crucial .
mr. sachs adds that brazil is the latest in a series of countries whose economies collapsed under i.m.f. programs .
after matters settle down , he said , we need to take a serious look at fundamentally changing that institution .
it was the company's second consecutive profitable quarter after it reported losses in the first half of 1998 .
the company delivered the unit volume we expected , but they once again had some manufacturing execution issues that prevented them from delivering the earnings .
the sale , disclosed in a filing with the securities and exchange commission , was to take place around jan. 4 .
i think these are important not because they are a competitive threat today , but because they show that entering the operating system market is possible , he said .
under that formula , microsoft would charge computer makers about $ 800 for each copy of windows -- the price of entire computers systems with windows today .
ruth a. wooden , president of the advertising council in new york , said yesterday that she would leave this summer after 12 years .
the campaigns produced by the council received almost $ 1 billion in donated commercial time and ad space last year .
sears p.l.c. , the british clothing retailer , said yesterday that it would return more money than previously planned to shareholders .
the acquisition will have a negative effect on earnings per share after good will .
holders of about 48 percent of the outstanding units chose to continue investing in the public partnership , while holders of 52 percent of the units chose the private partnership .
his first administrative job was as director of student life at city college .
neither school gets enough money or support from the city for even a minimal athletic program .
and the city's school sports program makes no attempt to even things out .
but that bridge has become harder and harder to provide .
there were always differences between new york high schools , of course -- some had good teams , some didn't .
he retired 12 years ago , but coaches still remember , even today , how he took his coffee : black .
there are no grocery stores or movie theaters or shopping malls near either one .
in the early 1990's , when the rest of the new york city school system was being transformed by an innovation called educational options , in which a student could choose a high school other than the one in his or her own neighborhood , staten island held itself apart .
parents groups came forward , saying they liked the old ways .
you don't have that in a lot of areas of new york city anymore , where schools are smaller or newer or are no longer identified with a particular community .
the annual income per person in the school's zone is just slightly higher than that of the city as a whole .
but the bigger force is stability , residents say .
more than half of the teachers at the school have been there for more than 20 years .
a lot of us are still together , that's all .
in the last six years , the school has won more than a dozen city championships in football , baseball , soccer and track .
and parents are involved -- sometimes , almost too involved , coaches say .
i get calls from parents on freshman teams wondering why their son isn't playing .
sometimes , he added , the parents care more than the kids .
we eat , drink and sleep baseball here .
many parents become so close through baseball that they even take a winter cruise together , a family affair where baseball remains a topic of discussion .
the boys even bring their gloves , she said .
only when he stood back up did he speak , and only then was it clear why he had waited .
making sports work in new york , more than ever , depends on the enthusiasm and support of families and communities -- money is just a reflection and expression of that fact .
and at the team's opening game , coaches said , only one parent came .
attendance at jefferson games has also nearly collapsed .
even as recently as the early 1990's , saturday football games would attract 500 or more paying fans .
recent games , even with a winning team , have drawn only a few dozen fans at most games .
east new york had the highest homicide rate in the city last year .
two-thirds of the residents have no cars , and poverty is enduring and deep -- more than one in eight of the households in the school's district earned less than $ 5000 in 1997 , according to united states census bureau figures .
she had never played basketball even once in her life , she said .
but mr. robinson knew that didn't matter , and he went to see her parents , anyway .
she was from a poor family , and we tried to explain to her father that this was a means of getting her through college , mr. robinson said .
we guaranteed her scholarships -- there was no doubt .
she took her son back in and he resumed his spot as a guard and linebacker on the football team -- never missing a game .
the coffee cart helps pay for uniforms and transportation .
but it has also come to mean more than that .
teachers who never talked to each other before say that they now routinely gather for a moment before the day begins .
fund-raising for high school sports in new york is not an end in itself , but rather a mirror that shows how things work .
jefferson raises about $ 8000 to $ 10000 a year to run its sports program .
they're free for the asking for those who have no other choice but to ask .
my coach never had a closet like this , he said .
but now you have to because some kids just don't have them .
local businesses support the school's sports teams , taking out ads in regularly published sports guides and game programs .
other stores provide goods at a discount to the school or to athletes , or donate them .
if we haven't raised enough money for something , then the parents just pay for it .
there's a lot of support for the sports teams here , and that's what it's all about .
the last time an athlete won a major college football scholarship was the year mike was born , 1982 .
the school's attitude about sports has changed as well .
athletics for its own sake is not celebrated the way it once was .
mr. stewart said that when mike was little , that he used to pick him up and hold him to look out the window at all the kids running wild around their housing project .
their parents don't care about them because they're letting them run around , he said .
i was doing everything , she said .
one weekend we went to connecticut for a traveling basketball tournament , and my traveling soccer team was having a tournament there , too -- so i'd play one basketball game , go to a soccer game , then play another basketball game and go back to soccer .
it was crazy , everybody said , you'll have to decide what you're really going to do in high school .
like mike martinez , she is now 17 , a senior , and like him , she is being recruited by colleges around the nation -- for basketball in her case .
and finally , about three years ago , she found a way to do it .
she has now beaten her father every saturday morning without fail since fathers day 1995 .
how new york city high schools lost their commitment to sports , and what the costs of that failure of financing and will were across the city .
moving to improve the state of public high school sports , the board of education has decided to give control of athletic programs to school principals .
not everyone thinks that is the right solution .
the commercial property column yesterday , about 14th street , misidentified a former bank building that is being converted to condominiums and a theater .
it is at the southwest corner of eighth avenue and 14th .
the rebels had refused to let the soldiers go without assurances of freedom for nine rebels captured by the army along the albanian border last month , a diplomat involved in the talks said .
the agreement will contribute to a peaceful resolution to the current crisis .
the united states rejected most major points in the french proposal in advance at a council discussion last month on iraq .
the state department spokesman , james p. rubin , said today that the french proposals had some positive elements , including the calls for continued arms monitoring and some supervision of oil earnings .
we have a number of questions and concerns that we are going to address to france about the proposal , mr. rubin said .
the initial reaction from iraq , which would have to agree to a new monitoring system , was largely negative .
france would lift solely the oil embargo initially , leaving in place other sanctions like a ban on international air travel .
other sanctions would be removed only if the iraqis demonstrate cooperation and compliance with new rules .
many tons of iraqi weapons and ammunition have been destroyed since the end of the persian gulf war in 1991 .
under the french proposal , which was first outlined on tuesday to other permanent members of the security council -- britain , china , russia and the united states -- a financial surveillance system would be devised to watch iraqi expenditures from oil profits .
oil flows should be controlled on the ground , the proposal says .
all other iraqi purchases could be made freely without surveillance .
the united states has repeatedly said the oil embargo , the most important of numerous economic sanctions imposed after the invasion of kuwait in 1990 , cannot be lifted until the iraqis have been judged to have met all disarmament requirements set out in the 1991 cease-fire resolution after the gulf war .
those requirements have not been met .
president hussein has made it clear that the inspectors of the special commission , who were withdrawn hours before the air strikes , will never be allowed to return .
the iraqis will have to accept any plan imposed on them , however .
then the washington post reported that mr. lott had also addressed the group .
mr. lott said he was not a member .
both men insisted , in telephone interviews , that the group was not racist , but concerned with a range of conservative issues .
any effort to destroy the race by a mixture of black blood is an effort to destroy western civilization itself .
let's take it in the right direction and our children will be the beneficiaries .
he may not have to lobby very hard .
as long as their own people are going to gamble , the politicians figure , the proceeds might as well benefit their own schools .
people are pouring into kentucky and georgia to play it , and i'm tired of supporting other states' education systems .
when the people speak , politicians listen .
i think it's going to be close , mr. wilkins said , but my sense is it will probably pass .
lottery opponents say they will not give up without a fight .
they've been able to play one state against the other states , but there's not a debate over whether this is good public policy .
a government safety agency today recommended a nationwide network of installation sites for child seats to prevent the deaths of children in automobile accidents .
the national transportation safety board chairman , jim hall , said most parents did not know that a child seat had been improperly installed until after a crash in which their child was injured or killed .
more than 80 percent of child seats in cars are improperly installed .
the board can only recommend auto safety initiatives , but its recommendations carry great weight with other government agencies .
mr. hall said the program should be financed out of government transportation dollars , but he invited private groups and businesses to get involved .
he did not say how much the initiative would cost or how many stations would be needed .
the proposals center on investment accounts that would supplement social security rather than replace part of it .
in the versions that are getting the most attention , the accounts would be voluntary but would carry incentives , in the form of matching government contributions or tax breaks , to encourage people to save .
the effort to find a middle ground is at an early stage , and neither the white house nor the republican leadership is openly supporting any particular compromise .
but he said today that the president would work closely with members of congress in the next few months to develop a strong sense of where the basis for support and ultimately bipartisan consensus can be .
even some of the strongest backers of private investment accounts said they were open to a deal built around voluntary accounts , although they cautioned that much would depend on the details .
senator william v. roth jr. , the delaware republican who heads the finance committee , is pushing another approach built around individual accounts into which the government would make contributions for the next five years , using half of the federal budget surplus .
but the senator said his plan provided a means of moving ahead on a matter that has a direct relation to social security , and seemed to be similar to ideas being considered by the administration .
i'm hopeful that we're seeing the beginning of a consensus that could be very helpful , mr. roth said .
and members of both parties said the real question was whether both sides would determine that they were better off reaching a deal on social security now rather than leaving the issue on the table for use as a political weapon in the 2000 elections .
under the plan , contributions by workers would be matched by the government in the same way that employers match contributions to 401 plans , and could be set up to give the greatest incentives to low and moderate income workers .
the few senators in their seats often read or sign mail .
all will be different during the impeachment trial .
the well of the senate , where tables have been set up for the house managers and president clinton's defense team , will be off limits .
but its like has returned , and many of the figures involved are turning for comfort to history in search of assurances that the right thing can be done .
a pair of provocative cases before the supreme court this week , one on sexual harassment and one on welfare benefits , raise very different legal issues .
yet the challenge for the justices in both cases is the same -- to act firmly against discrimination .
in the second case , the court turned yesterday to the terms of welfare reform .
in an important 1969 case , shapiro v. thompson , the court ruled that it violated the constitutional right to travel to deny all welfare benefits to newcomers .
winter is not such a good time to show a community garden .
it can easily look like a field of dirt , suitable for sale to anybody who wants to buy it and is willing to pay new york city's taxes .
they were on loan from the city with the understanding that the land might be used for low-income housing .
last spring the city shifted control of most gardens to its housing department as a first step toward this conversion .
-- more mail comes pouring in than from any essay in years .
in fact , he can't stand you and neither can we .
i feel i've been put in the situation of someone who must choose between two sides in a horrible civil war , writes a florida man .
i can live with the aftermath of clinton's conduct .
is this the new , much different silent majority ?
legend has it that when michael jordan was in elementary school , a teacher advised him to study mathematics because that's where the money is .
the money turned out to be elsewhere .
let me suggest a couple of reasons to be skeptical .
you could say that if it weren't for jordan a lot of fans would have stayed home .
or that if it weren't for jordan , a lot of fans would have gone to see other teams instead .
i have two friends who attended knicks games only when the bulls were visiting .
but she can't , so she stuck to the bulls games , because michael jordan was her favorite .
two bits of evidence bear on that question , and they point in opposite directions .
when he came into the league , attendance rose .
during his first retirement , attendance rose again .
entertainment has real economic value , and the league is rewarded for providing it .
but is the reward a good measure of economic value ?
finally , does all that endorsement income represent true economic value ?
one business theory is that by hiring an expensive celebrity , a company is saying : look , these ads are costing us a fortune .
it's going to take us a long time to earn back that cost .
that seems to be conventional wisdom , but as with much conventional wisdom , it gets harder to believe the harder you think about it .
he said the crowds on the trains bothered him .
the center is affiliated with the south beach psychiatric facility on staten island and serves about 500 mentally ill patients .
for mr. turner the center has meant the difference between stability and chaos .
since south beach , i seem to feel much better , he said .
i don't feel as nervous as i did in 93 .
i'm trying to test myself in the subways and buses to see if i can manage once again to go to work .
a homeless shelter that was not needed .
the opposition to the mayor's plan was 100 percent .
the legal aid society threatened to file a lawsuit on behalf of the mentally ill patients served by the psychiatric center .
the psychiatric center can stay , he said .
a homeless shelter is going into the building , the mayor said , and that's that .
there is also a sense that his second term is relying heavily on the successes of the first .
and he continues to benefit from a terrific economy .
it wasn't a year where any new agenda was laid out , mr. siegel said .
but job growth continues , inflation stays low , crime keeps dropping .
the problems to come are around the bend .
still , the course of city politics last year also demonstrates that the mayor does not always win .
a few months later , the two leaders were battling over the fate of yankee stadium , with the mayor proposing a plan for a stadium in manhattan and the speaker insisting that the team remain in the bronx .
that dispute consumed the city's budget process ; it ended with the council passing its own $ 34 billion budget and the mayor quietly setting aside , at least for now , his vision of a manhattan stadium .
nor could the mayor have predicted that the one labor leader he praised -- stanley hill , the president of district council 37 , the largest municipal union -- would be removed from office while various corruption investigations centered on a fixed union vote in 1996 on a contract that was favorable to the giuliani administration .
he talked about addressing domestic violence ; incidents of domestic violence increased .
he talked about extending the school year and ending principal tenure ; those ambitious goals were not realized .
against strong opposition , he managed to have the police assume responsibility for security in the city's school system .
one of things that giuliani has demonstrated is that things that seem impossible -- reducing crime significantly in new york -- can happen overnight if you have the will to do it .
mr. giuliani recently indicated that he recognized what is remembered in the long run about any mayor .
it doesn't matter if i like him or don't like him , i don't want him as the mayor .
if my city is getting better , and my life is getting better , and my children's lives are getting better , then i don't really care whether i like the mayor or don't like the mayor .
it also requires the city to help families gather government documents like social security cards and birth certificates that they need to qualify for shelter .
the order issued yesterday gave the city 30 days to comply before facing new sanctions .
steven banks , director of the homeless rights project of the legal aid society , said that half the families ultimately found eligible for shelter by the city had been forced to apply an average of five times .
if renovation proves to be impossible , he said , the cost of building a new shelter would be more than $ 21 million .
mr. banks dismissed both as unnecessary .
the city already has plenty of family shelter beds available , he said , as well as other ways to comply with the new law .
the city , according to the filing , had insisted that the woman and her daughter had two alternatives to the shelter system : a single rented room that the woman had shared with her brother , or an apartment where the primary tenant had made sexual advances toward her daughter .
unfortunately on many levels they have not succeeded .
only students seeking master's degrees in education would be eligible for the program , which would need the approval of mayor rudolph w. giuliani and would cost the city about $ 1.6 million a year .
prospective teachers would apply for the program while they were still in graduate school , and the city would choose about 500 a year to participate .
we cannot continue to lose good teachers to the suburbs .
he recommended replacing the school board with a department of education , which would be run by the schools chancellor , who would be appointed by the mayor and approved by the city council .
the proposal , which would need the approval of the state legislature in albany , would give the mayor and the council more power over education policy , since the schools chancellor is now chosen by the board of education .
mr. giuliani praised the proposal yesterday , saying he had recommended a similar plan in the past .
in the long run , however , the system would be more effective without the board , mr. giuliani said .
they've accomplished a tremendous amount , but they depend very much on the personal relationships that have been developed , he said .
the structure still works against meaningful reform .
i by no means think the board of education is the best bureaucratic structure in the world , but we have to focus on the classrooms right now and reach these higher learning standards that we have all committed to .
new york has the reputation of being one of the most difficult places to teach with one of the highest costs of living , dr. levine said .
so this is a really , really good idea .
he also said the city should build 20000 units of affordable housing over the next five years , using tax revenue generated by the planned sale of the world trade center .
the mayor's aides said he also planned to use his state of the city address today to renew his call for eliminating the port authority .
such plans would require approval of the governors of new york and new jersey .
the financing for the long-term improvements would also require raising huge amounts of money , through the port authority's powers to issue bonds .
what they are doing is moving the entire port to new jersey and taking it away from new york , the mayor said yesterday .
the mayor's own plan calls for brooklyn to obtain more shipping business through the construction of a new rail tunnel under the harbor .
that plan , with its costs estimated at $ 1 billion to $ 5 billion , would fill new york city's historic void of having no direct freight rail link to the rest of the nation .
the main entrance lies on route 9 , a divided highway that leads south to the jersey shore .
but it is the rear entrance that is heavily used by young people to go on foot to work and shop .
the death has shattered the comfortable suburban rhythm .
the female students in particular are angry that it happened and that it happened here in town or old bridge , right across the street .
some of the young people who regularly take that route to work or shop said today that they were now frightened to walk alone after dark , and even adults said the killing had put them on alert .
the route is not especially well lighted , but it is a busy residential area .
in an interview , he described her as an able student , who worked hard and had already consulted with the school's guidance staff about starting a career in the air force after graduation .
she had been a member of the science and french clubs and had sung in the choir for three years , but had given up singing during her senior year to spend more time working after school .
if convicted of the most serious charge of possession of illegal drugs , each defendant could be sentenced to life in prison .
the volunteer plan is to begin with a pilot program in new york hospital medical center of queens this spring .
doctors hope it can be expanded statewide .
the program was announced as part of the society's legislative agenda for the 1999 session of the state legislature .
the men are to appear friday at a special hearing of the rules committee of the nassau legislature and are required to take all relevant books , records and documents .
but ultimately we got a bad contract .
we are trying to get the fiscal house in order , said the deputy minority leader , judith a. jacobs .
but years and years of this starts to feel like a bad wound .
as a result , the companies have had to cut prices and trim costs .
this will help them focus on profitability and less on rapid growth , said one analyst , steven richter of tucker anthony inc. .
martin knows what his teammates must do to halt davis on sunday in the american football conference championship at denver .
don't let him run you over , martin said simply .
davis ran over just about everyone this season in becoming the fourth runner in national football league history to generate 2000 yards .
certainly , they will stick with davis .
he's got the ability to make people miss .
he's got the ability to make the big play .
and that means the burden on quarterback john elway to always make the big play has eased .
the obvious thing about denver is their strong running attack , parcells said .
as for davis , parcells said : i would have to put him in the category of great backs i've played against .
they can do things to put teams in a hole .
davis had an outstanding game the last time he faced a parcells team with a bill belichick defense .
but davis said of that game , and belichick in particular , you make yourself more experienced with what he's going to bring to the table , and that helps us .
but no running back has gained 100 yards against the jets in 11 games .
their running game , parcells said , is not a complex running game .
our secondary will have to be ready or we're in trouble .
he's kind of like fred taylor last week with jacksonville , only better .
it's a question of hanging on to him .
you look at the tapes and you see a defender hanging on , and then the defender falls .
he's the best , the backup safety chris hayes said .
i've never seen a guy hit the hole like that .
i've got good vision , the coach said , but i can't run like that .
i am telling you he's not human , miller said .
he represented our personal flights of fantasy about what great things an individual can do , and he made it look so easy .
but to those of us who were lucky to be close to him , we know how much it took to give those heroic championship efforts .
i will always treasure those eight years we worked together .
in my life , i don't know that i ever saw another athlete with such a remarkable set of qualities of mind , body and spirit , clinton said .
it was his hatred of finishing second that led him to score 38 points while ailing from the stomach flu in game 5 of the 1997 n.b.a. finals against utah .
some current players and coaches said they wished jordan had not retired , so they could have had another opportunity to beat him .
to some , the game became the means to a larger pile of cash to be made outside basketball .
he set the standard for everybody .
there have been only two or three of them in the league since i've been playing .
this sunday's forecast does not include snow .
big players make big plays in big games .
he is 27 credits short of a degree .
he's really only had one real good opportunity , parcells said .
and he almost ran that for a touchdown .
and when tyson finally emerged , walking more slowly than a man on his way to the gas chamber , he didn't have much to say .
this was his opening line : my wife has a new line of clothes -- be real tyson gear -- and i'm here to sponsor it .
if not , there won't be much left to sell in the next fight .
a tyson news conference was once an event , with the volume turned way up .
but come saturday night , you'll get a treat .
the lowest priced seat is going for $ 200 .
he's the perfect opponent for the first time coming out .
he said he would do it after the fight .
comprehensive community support programs can and do work .
or does preservation apply only to the performing arts ?
then lincoln center would not only have money in the bank , but also reduce its overhead costs .
what more could an arts administrator ask for ?
one of the questions that the president and congress should consider is , can these two programs be divorced ?
henry owns slightly more than 1 percent of the yankees and will have to sell it .
his term expired , and he was replaced by john ellis of seattle .
a party and auction of folk art , to benefit the museum , will take place next thursday at 8 : 30 p.m. after the preview of the outsider art fair at the puck building .
other events will be offered during the fair , which will run from jan. 22 through 24 .
they include a series of talks on outsider artists , on jan. 23 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the barney building of new york university .
dr. patterson said the presentation quality improved each year .
so while each exhibit remains within a museum wing for a year , some are moved to the archives after that .
with traditional homework assignments , only two people -- the student author and the teacher -- read most term papers .
dr. patterson said that because his students had a way to share their work with a broader audience via the web site , many of them took greater care with their projects .
moreover , public display of the work helps students learn from one another .
the media have very little in common except a flat screen .
having seen the movie , they already know the story .
a few months from now , they will have seen it over and over on video .
the problems mostly involve getting from point a to point b when you're not strong or tall enough , or tracking down things that are difficult to find .
there are different ways to solve these problems , and there are different ways to win .
you can win by making it through all 15 levels .
other people want to go through and find every single little thing .
it depends on your definition of winning .
in the other , it means drilling down from the game's surface through all of its layers to the core .
you can notice different things at different times .
and if you race through the game , that is what you'll see .
if you could simply fast forward to them , it wouldn't be as much fun .
because in a video game , the environment is the story .
video games are theme parks of the mind .
disney knows a lot about making films into objects and creating a context for those objects .
it was the lowest level in more than a year .
it was the company's second consecutive profitable quarter after it reported losses in the first half of 1998 .
it posted results after the close of the market .
apple computer reported earnings that exceeded estimates by more than 10 percent in its fifth consecutive profitable quarter .
while brazil's problems are certain to be a negative for american banks , brokerage firms , mutual and hedge funds and other investors in the country , it is still too early to know how extensive the damage will be .
moreover , brazil's fate depends on whether the country can achieve its goal of allowing the real to fall no further than another 12 percent against the dollar this year .
the latin american and u.s. economies will be hurt because financial activity in the region will be much slower .
and everybody is worried that china will be next .
in the meantime , the central bank's dollar reserves have plunged to about $ 31 billion from $ 75 billion last summer as dollars continue to flee the country .
brazil is not a surprise , said leslie daniels webster , head of market risk management at the chase manhattan corporation .
but most american banks have been cutting back since then .
among european banks , spanish and portuguese lenders are heavily exposed to brazil .
german banks have also been among the biggest lenders to brazil and other countries in south america .
in a report last november , the bank for international settlements noted that german banks were taking the lead in the supply of fresh funds to brazil .
a surge of investment in the stock market there and the brazilian government's promise to sell state-owned property attracted every major united states investment bank .
but many of these firms said that they , like commercial banks , had been steadily reducing their financial exposure to brazil .
exposure for most brokerage firms is minimal , analysts said .
industry experts estimate that lehman has just over $ 100 million in total exposure in brazil , substantially reduced from the peak 1998 levels .
it is executive vice president , not vice president , for ideas and image .
then , if all goes well , the traveler walks through an open gate .
during christmas , new year's and summer , it takes an hour to go through .
within a few seconds , the computer compared data from her hand with similar data entered a year ago , when she enrolled in the program .
if she had been rejected entry , either because of a criminal alert or an error , a message would have appeared on the screen telling her to wait in line to see an inspector .
it is available at an increasing number of airports , including kennedy , newark and san francisco international airports .
the way things are now , he said , inspectors have only about 30 to 45 seconds to determine whether a traveler should be allowed to enter the country .
nonetheless , for a variety of reasons , they almost certainly represent the future of television , almost within reach .
but they are also quite expensive , $ 10000 or more , and so large that they cannot happily sit in most family rooms .
and it's just under four inches deep , about as wide as your hand , so it can easily fit through a door .
but that's not to say there are no problems .
when no light is coming through , you are looking at the black glass .
that said , the technology has come quite a long way .
but you would have to work quite hard to spend that much on your own for a sound system and not do a whole lot better .
yet it is only about four inches deep .
a pioneer executive said the company was aware of the problems and working to remedy them .
when my boys were younger , i had them keep score , so they got to mix math practice with fun and exercise .
what the world needed was a pointing device that matched people's expectations and looked like it belonged in the 21st century .
the finger movements required are subtle and relatively easy .
to highlight and drag an object , use a tap and a half : tap once , then lower the finger and leave it down .
the book is out of print , she said .
so we probably won't be able to replace it .
in those dark days , it could take weeks to get a response , if you got one at all .
almost instantly the site supplied a list of books with the same title .
i admit that i got a little out of control after that .
i filled out a book wanted form ; the site promised to keep looking for up to six months .
the site told me it would take a week or two to search .
some people are patient enough to wait that long .
never before had a close relative of such a powerful figure faced prosecution for so grave a crime .
mr. rodriguez gonzalez , 48 , was the first witness to draw a broad picture of how the murder was planned and carried out .
the tape was provided to the new york times by a person who has worked closely with mexican officials in a number of investigations .
why it never reached his hands is unclear .
instead he referred to past comments about another tape of mr. rodriguez gonzalez that emerged in april 1997 .
but the defense has never explained what motive the rodriguez gonzalez brothers may have had .
no prosecutor found sufficient evidence even to call him for questioning .
he resigned from the case after two months .
after president salinas stepped down , he fled from mexico in march 1995 , but was arrested in the united states .
he remains under house arrest in new jersey .
an american official who insisted on anonymity said a copy was obtained by the drug enforcement administration over a year ago .
it should have set off alarm bells .
the tape can no longer be entered as evidence because the trial is effectively over .
he just said that they gave orders from above that there was going to be an operation , mr. rodriguez gonzalez replied .
they were going to eliminate a person who they did not want to have around , mr. rodriguez gonzalez said .
i don't know what problem they have inside the family , but the father gave instructions , mr. rodriguez gonzalez answered .
we inherited a case that was full of incredible errors , he said .
i knew growing up , my whole life , that women in my family got breast cancer and died .
it was not a question of , will i get it ?
john w. ryan , who has been chancellor of the state university of new york during one of its periods of greatest change , announced yesterday that he would leave the post as soon as a successor was named .
finding a replacement might be a challenge , although mr. ryan said he expected to leave no later than next january .
i'm not a person who wants to have weak boards , but this board has to get some clarity about what kind of leadership it is looking for and make that clear to potential candidates .
the board knows what a difficult search is like since it had problems finding a qualified candidate before mr. ryan was chosen .
one strong candidate for interim chancellor backed out at the last minute , citing personal reasons .
another was withdrawn the evening before he was to be voted on , amid growing questions about his administrative skills .
he said all along that he did not expect to stay forever , but his timetable may have been accelerated by a recent illness .
faculty members and others who had hoped that mr. ryan would offer more vocal opposition to the board and its agenda were disappointed .
other achievements , he said , included the appointment of 13 new college presidents and more confidence among government and private sector leaders in the university .
he also pointed to a superb new management team .
it made me wary of hollywood ways , and with that as a start i said , o.k. , anything is going to happen now .
those guys loved movies and they had no other businesses so they had to make money on their movies .
but now it was in the hands of corporate managers : people who didn't have any great love for movies but a great love for the bottom line .
no one wants to go to philadelphia .
they said : who wants to see a movie about two ugly people who kiss on screen ?
it was a wonderful film , and there was no audience for it .
where have all the poets gone , long time passing ; where have all the poets gone , long time ago ?
it may not be that young girls pick them , everyone , but several major publishing houses do .
perhaps because there is no one american language .
of course , it always was , but even as recently as wallace stevens , who died in 1955 , the country paid little attention to its powerful diversity , and the national language was white and male and middle-class .
rap , for instance , might as well have come from the far side of the moon .
however one looks at it , things are happening in poetry .
no one remembers seeing a newspaper want ad that said poet wanted , so it's nearly impossible to make a living by simply writing poetry .
most poets earn their living teaching .
he accounts for the increased interest in poetry , in part , by the explosion in the number of creative writing classes at colleges and universities : years ago there were hardly any ; now it's a big part of a university's liberal arts program .
that means there's lots of poetry being written ; doesn't mean good poetry , but more poetry , and that's important .
how will technology affect the popularity of poetry ?
as will the ability to not only read poetry on the internet but hear it as well .
it is going fast , not going east .
she does not know how to end a piece , but she never runs out of creative steam along the way .
happily , they suggest a carefully assembled mess .
the program is to be repeated on saturday at 8 p.m. and sunday at 2 .
and the program did suggest the many kinds of music russian composers have written .
her departure is effective on july 7 .
it is not licensing , but designing .
mr. graves , 64 , declared himself as proud of the products as of anything he has ever done .
sales , which totaled $ 21 billion last year , are growing at about 13 percent a year , according to company figures .
target believes its customers may not even know who mr. graves is .
afterward , they went to a target store , where mr. johnson asked for advice .
it started with the notion that most of the things in the kitchen you touch , mr. graves said .
for years , mr. graves lived with such items .
like her father , who abandoned law school to study art history , ms. hampton studied at the institute of fine arts at new york university .
a lot of younger people love what our parents had but maybe don't want to be so traditional , ms. hampton explained .
it took years for our parents to know what they wanted .
how much money do you want to invest in a look when you're only 27 ?
you don't get there by reading history books .
i think he was , and is , a genius .
if you're used to going to mark hampton , have spent millions , and you buy a third house , do you go back to the firm ?
ms. hampton now faces her own blank canvas , brush in hand .
for now , she seems to have an ally in the economy .
but there are a lot of young people out there with money .
her problem is obvious : is she talented and strong enough to handle the kind of clients he had , or will they turn to a brand name ?
a personal relationship only goes so far , and chemistry is as important as talent .
the program can be seen on saturdays .
three and a half months after the first message , they were married .
and , will the physical chemistry be there ?
love by letter is nothing new , of course .
you could express in full rich language the depth of your feelings .
e-mail prose is much more informal .
it's halfway between speech and writing .
we talked about everything , she said .
a running electronic dialogue , she said , also helped speed things up .
after meeting at a party in new york last february , they went on a date .
you're trying to see how interested this person is .
over the spring and summer and into the fall , the e-mail flow remained constant even though they were visiting each other frequently .
e-mail also comes into play at the end of relationships .
i thought , why can't we do this in person ?
she did not identify her former lover .
after months of a relationship with someone abroad , he recalled , he wanted to put an end to it .
it said something like , this is it .
for months , he said , he got angry phone calls .
there was no other way to get in touch .
the only alternative was a cell phone , and he had said he was too busy to talk with me .
still , e-mail is a medium famous for being sent in the heat of the moment , and she advised caution .
i get it off my chest but don't send it .
i wasn't sure if the first date had actually been a date or something else , he said .
so the following morning , he sent an e-mail message asking just that .
it only seems as though everyone and her grandmother has a radio talk show .
the catch is that the shows won't take place on the radio , but on the net .
listeners can send their responses to the host via e-mail .
profits after taxes at major united states retailers fell during the third quarter of 1998 to the lowest level in more than a year , the commerce department said today .
that is down from the 2.3 cents in the second quarter and 2 cents in the third quarter of 1997 .
profits after taxes totaled $ 5 billion in the third quarter of 1997 .
emeritus , based in seattle , had been leasing the properties .
shell oil is part of the royal dutch / shell group of companies .
associates already owns the texaco credit card portfolio .
as part of the deal , associates will also issue , process and service credit cards for shell and texaco .
customers will not notice a change , it said .
the apartment investment and management company said yesterday that it had acquired 11 apartment communities for about $ 150 million in five separate deals during the fourth quarter ended dec. 31 .
the company said it paid for the communities in cash , partnership units and assumed debt .
apartment investment , based in denver , operates private and commercial properties .
this is a reality shock for hong kong , just to show them how difficult life is going to be .
the fears about china began on sunday , when the government in beijing refused to bail out foreign creditors of its second-largest investment trust company .
some investors fear that the financial crisis may spread to chinese companies listed on the hong kong market .
nor , they add , did it mean that foreign banks would suddenly stop lending to chinese businesses .
but as far as beijing is concerned , it's not a problem .
as investors digest the news from china , they are finding that not all companies are the same in the eyes of beijing .
he said he expected the process to last about six months .
he knew that the way to get and maintain influence in washington was to get things done and then to keep quiet about them , mr. smith said .
he added : it certainly worked well for him , giving him access to every president since roosevelt .
his father had a photography store in the bronx .
he attended public schools , new york university and new york law school .
for women with a high risk of breast cancer , a study being published today offers hope , but at a cruel price .
but they did not know whether it really did , or by how much , since there is no guarantee that all the problem tissue has been removed .
the data reflect rates of illness and death for the participants as a group .
it's meant to provide data for a tough and controversial area .
but the surgery is not for everybody , dr. norton said .
i would like very much to make this not an option , to have better ways of preventing breast cancer in ways that do not involve surgery , he continued .
the women were 18 to 79 years old when they had the surgery , with a median age of 42 years .
half the women had had the surgery 14 or more years before , and all had had it at least five years previously .
and they decide they might as well get it over with .
then they compared the expected numbers to the real ones .
but only three occurred -- a reduction in risk of more than 90 percent .
similarly , 10 deaths from breast cancer would have been expected , but only 2 occurred -- an 80 percent risk reduction .
ten deaths were expected and none occurred -- a 100 percent risk reduction .
but a woman who had the surgery elsewhere agreed to be interviewed .
it was not a question of , will i get it ?
they wouldn't recommend it or not recommend it , she said of her own operation .
but now , with this study , they can say this will reduce your risk 90 percent .
they'll have to tell their patients it's an option .
dr. susan love , a breast cancer expert and professor of surgery at the university of california at los angeles , said that , thanks to the study , women who want to do this know they will at least have some benefit .
but it should drive us hard to find better prevention .
i would suggest that women not choose to do this at that moment in time .
nobody should come away thinking it's a guarantee , she said .
testing experts said those children would be likely to remember information needed to answer questions .
but it is unclear what the education department will be able to learn simply by looking at the scores and and what it will do about the problem , which was first reported yesterday in the new york post .
but one out of the three portions of the three-day test did involve multiple choice questions , and that is the portion that was given on monday which the state is now investigating .
the state plans to use the test to determine whether schools are failing .
it's what i would want for my children .
she said any conclusions drawn from the state investigation would be used to shape the content of future tests .
but it's important to know what the impact of the curriculum is .
she argued that it did not really matter if students had studied those subjects before , as long as they had not been asked to answer questions identical to those on the test .
knowing about the wright brothers still would not enable them to answer the test correctly , she said .
this can happen if you're going to use real literature .
it has also been adopted by the defense department for elementary schools on military bases .
senators plan to debate both a motion to dismiss the case and a motion to subpoena witnesses before voting on either issue .
in venice , the question is rarely will it work ?
saving venice was put off to another day .
all they have to do now is convince everyone else .
it also didn't hurt that mr. robinson spent about $ 1 million of his own money on the design .
in venice , everything is political , he said .
but first let's make sure it's not some design to eat money .
the officials said guided bombs dropped by those jets scored direct hits .
iraq has tested the enforcement of the zones before , but never in such a sustained way .
we will continue to confront this violation with all of our capabilities , regardless of the cost , he declared .
there is a cost to the united states , too .
the leading congressional sponsors of legislation to overhaul the way political campaigns are financed said today that they would push hard for their bills this year so that new restrictions could be in place for the elections in 2000 .
last year house republican leaders threw up a series of obstacles in an effort to block campaign finance legislation .
let's get it out of here and let the senate deal with it .
clearly we're going to address the issue this year , no doubt , mr. mccain said .
the charges carry a punishment of up to a year in jail .
we are going to have businesses coming here from out of state and setting up major operations , said ray powers , the republican president of the state senate in colorado , where eight initiatives were on the ballot in november .
it is unclear how many other states have such laws .
we have had about a dozen successes since 1990 , and now they want to block us from future successes through the initiative process .
for $ 100000 you can put just about anything on the ballot in oregon , said neil bryant , a republican who heads the state senate judiciary committee .
in california , which had seven ballot initiatives last year , bill jones , the republican secretary of state , said today : by being able to pay people to gather signatures , the initiative process has turned into a cottage industry in california .
it is impossible to do it without them .
the articles of impeachment voted by the house made 11 specific charges against president clinton , against which his lawyers have raised specific defenses .
lying to aides about his relationship with ms. lewinsky in an effort to influence their grand jury testimony .
the president admitted he had an inappropriate , intimate relationship with ms. lewinsky before the grand jury .
the charge is based on a videotape that shows no action in response to the statements made by mr. bennett at the jones deposition .
attempting to influence the testimony of aides by giving a false account of his relationship with ms. lewinsky .
sources : report of the house judiciary committee .
since the trial will develop its own dynamics , it is difficult to predict exactly how to manage it .
but whatever happens , the senators must insist that the house prosecutors stick to the case that has been defined through the articles of impeachment .
consider , for example , a key sentence in the trial memorandum released yesterday by the white house .
that means allowing him to remain in office but to carry for all his days a judgment that makes it clear that the american people do not buy his story , and neither will history .
but the reality , one senior administration official said this afternoon , is that none of us really know .
but from the start , the administration knew that it was also building a fire wall for itself .
brazil is one of america's largest trading partners , a far larger market for american corporations than any asian nation except japan .
a deep recession there , it was feared , could trigger big trouble in argentina and mexico , and it would be felt in the united states far more sharply than last year's crisis in southeast asia , where american firms are less exposed .
it is far better to help a country when it is still fundamentally healthy , mr. rubin said last fall , and when it is easier to make the necessary economic reforms .
if he paid the cash , he said , there would be little left for food , or salaries for state workers , or other social programs .
the whole assumption of the administration's approach is that we are going to aid countries that are committed to getting their act together .
the first is that brazil will sink into an even deeper recession than the one it has been facing for months .
because there really is no plan b .
and finally there is the challenge to american credibility .
after the failure of the rescue plan in russia , mr. rubin and mr. clinton have a lot riding on their bet in brazil .
it was a good program that was announced .
in denver , a broncos game has about the same impact on business at borders books and music as a blizzard does .
but at the borders store at 57th street and park avenue , the customers show up no matter who's playing on sunday .
in jacksonville , 44 percent watched their team play the jets .
in the new york area , though , only 24 percent bothered to watch the jets in the playoffs .
the ratings also were higher even in some places , like pittsburgh , that didn't have teams in the playoffs .
new york's signature sports franchise , the yankees , had one of the greatest seasons in baseball history , but they drew fewer fans than did the teams in seven other cities with smaller populations .
more than half the population was born outside the city -- 1 million in other parts of america , 2.5 million in foreign countries .
another reason is that new yorkers have so many choices in sports teams and cultural events .
but the main reason is probably new york's ego .
green bay is known as the home of the packers , and chicago is most famous internationally for michael jordan , but new york's image doesn't depend on sports .
it's more like paris or london -- and who can name their teams ?
i was the only person i knew in manhattan who watched football on sundays , he said .
it became a guilty , secret pleasure .
why , if sports don't matter , are new york politicians willing to lavish so much money on the yankees and other teams ?
today's new york has no such problem .
the city's pride has hardly suffered since the jets and the giants moved to new jersey , and it will survive no matter where the yankees end up .
in fact , sending the yankees across the river might be best for everyone .
new yorkers would still be able to follow the games on television -- although most , of course , would have other things to do .
it was like sending your article to a really tough editor .
when you interview him , you won't get any idea of how good he is at picking a piece apart .
of course it's a complicated family .
without doubt , 120 minutes will compete for stories .
, dropped out of new york university , then wrote for stars and stripes in london during world war ii .
you mean , where you sit at home and watch little pictures in a box ?
and when nixon heard him say no , he said no , too .
but we made the decision to live to fight another day .
he has two sons , and two daughters from two earlier marriages .
she added : it better be spectacular .
they already seem to be planning the wedding .
he did not return a call to his office yesterday .
but nobody else in the world could have an umbrella policy pay for sexual harassment .
the room where he presided at press conferences .
the room where his portrait no longer hangs .
it was there when mr. koch was mayor .
he's doing exactly what he was told to do .
the officer said that he would have to check with mayor rudolph w. giuliani's press secretary .
mr. koch left for the speech instead .
there is nothing special about the way they look , but , she said , she almost went broke buying them .
she could not have bought them and kept up with her other bills as well without the help she received from the center , which is run by the catholic charities , diocese of brooklyn and queens , one of the seven city charities supported by the new york times neediest cases fund .
she hurt her shoulder and broke her glasses .
she did not know how she was going to get by after paying for the glasses .
i don't go to the movies , she said .
i don't do a lot things ; most stuff costs more than i can afford to spend .
the times pays the fund's expenses , so all contributions go directly to the charities , which use them to provide services and cash assistance to the poor .
contributions to the fund are deductible on federal , state and city income taxes to the extent permitted by law .
we are not looking at the children based on their race .
we are looking at them based upon their skills .
his idea was to create a nature preserve , but he knew that buying land for such a project can be tough on taxpayers and fatal for a politician .
she asked mr. mcdonald if the town would buy the property and let her organization manage it .
i was concerned if i sold it would end up in the hands of developers and i didn't want that .
the service losses were linked to a water main break in the area , he said .
just as the gas workers were completing their repairs on the gas main , it burst , releasing the rush of gas .
none of them were identified last night .
norman siegel , the executive director of the new york civil liberties union , said he found the increase in complaints troubling .
if the average of the tests is above 50 , county and state officials will tell consumers how they should protect themselves .
three children died in two apartment fires early yesterday in trenton and newark , police and fire officials said .
mentally , i'm exhausted , jordan said at a news conference on the united center floor .
right now , i just don't have the mental challenges that i've had in the past to proceed as a basketball player .
said miami heat coach pat riley , the n.b.a. , the fans , the players , the coaches , american society and history are losing the greatest influence that sports has ever had .
he then made a short statement : i am here to announce my retirement from the game of basketball .
and he tried to answer the obvious question for a performer still hitting the highest notes in his profession : why ?
i've talked to patrick , i've talked to charles , i've talked to karl , i've talked to all of them , he said of patrick ewing , charles barkley and karl malone , all-star players without a championship .
i'm pretty sure they feel the same .
they all wanted me to come back , just so if they win a championship they can say they've gone through chicago and michael jordan to win it .
and they won't ever have the chance to say that .
that's why i was so glad that magic played and bird played when i won my titles .
he won't be able to live with himself .
he can't beat michael jordan in a series .
i will always hold that in high respect when i see these guys socially .
of the chance he would play for jackson if he returned , jordan said : that's a big if .
i retired the first time when phil jackson was the coach .
i think that even with phil the coach , i would have a tough time mentally finding the challenge for myself .
i can't really say he would have restored that .
he represented our personal flights of fantasy about what great things an individual can do , and he made it look so easy .
this has to be the toughest day in the history of the chicago bulls , a tough day for the city of chicago , a tough day for the n.b.a. , a tough day for basketball fans all over the world .
the greatest basketball player in the history of the game is getting the opportunity to retire with the grace that described his play .
with the decision , the world's most prominent sports figure goes from air time to spare time .
being a parent is very challenging .
i welcome that challenge and i look forward to it .
it was difficult because you're giving up something that you truly , truly love , he said .
my love for the game is very strong .
but expect to see a lot more of jordan on the golf course .
i was surprised to be on the bench .
he said he's going to try to move me as fast as he can .
edmonton , nashville and calgary are said to be interested .
i don't want him out of sight out of mind .
students who attend games either stand for four quarters or drag chairs in from nearby classrooms .
nobody wants to stand for an hour to watch a basketball game .
even with opportunities , black and hispanic girls are less likely to play on a sports team than whites , according to the federal centers for disease control and prevention in atlanta .
they don't even pay for our transportation to meets .
at the least , they said , some support from top city officials would help .
why do we have a meet for him , and he doesn't come .
as mr. friedman notes , the increasing ratio of beneficiaries to workers is at the core of future social security problems .
what the world needed was a pointing device that matched people's expectations and looked like it belonged in the 21st century .
the finger movements required are subtle and relatively easy .
to highlight and drag an object , use a tap and a half : tap once , then lower the finger and leave it down .
there's nothing like either of these rigorous and intelligent groups in jazz .
they suggest a rich future for the music .
it was the second time in eight days the pirates and huskies have met .
but david didn't come through tonight .
syracuse was up by 8 points with a little over a minute remaining before boston college began to close the gap .
pride was the only player for no. 23 kansas to score in double figures .
as william shakespeare observed in as you like it , all the world's a stage -- but these days it helps to have some idea of exactly where to find the good stuff .
the american theater web is helping people do just that , providing links and listings in one place for more than 1000 theaters nationwide .
the range of organizations found on the site is impressive -- everything from small community theaters in utah to the arena stage in washington .
although the big commercial houses of broadway are not on the site , links to several dozen nonprofit drama companies in new york city are listed .
the american theater web , which now averages 175 hits a day , went on line last fall and has been growing steadily .
a message board for theater professionals and other interested parties to exchange notes , ideas and information is also a popular area of the site .
already , the site is offering to design web pages , at no charge , for a limited number of nonprofit theaters that need them .
the rookie wide receiver sounded cool and looked confident .
it's about who wants it more and who's going to be hungry enough to make it happen , moss said .
it's beyond the point of trying to prove anything , running back robert smith said .
we're trying to get to the super bowl .
additional evidence is unnecessary .
but i think that's hard to do once i get focused .
how relaxed were the vikings five days before they will compete for a trip to the super bowl ?
the smooth moss was in from the cold , on this day and obviously in this glorious season .
still , they became the first expansion team to make the playoffs in three of their first four seasons .
they are also one of only six teams to make the playoffs the last three seasons .
when i feel strong enough and able to play golf at a competitive level , i will continue to play tournament golf , he said in a statement yesterday from north palm beach , fla .
if i want to play later this year and in the future , now is the time for surgery .
the action came after the surprise resignation of brazil's central bank president and a week of declines in the stock market , the most recent ones severe .
after the market reopened , shares recovered somewhat , ending the day down just over 5 percent .
united states treasury bonds , long regarded as a haven for investors at times of trouble , surged in value .
the first impression of the markets is here we go ; it's mexico in december 1994 all over again .
they've opened the door and there will be a flood .
we believe that the real rate of exchange is a phenomenon that should be determined by market forces and should not be an objective of the central bank .
he estimated that brazil has $ 45 billion in reserves and said that the government was willing to use both that money and higher interest rates to defend what it considered a reasonable exchange rate .
people believed in the stability of the exchange policy , and that confidence has now been broken a bit .
the measures are expected to generate more than $ 3 billion and to make up for shortages in other areas where the government has as yet been unable to carry out reforms because of congressional resistance .
in washington today , president clinton said he and members of the white house economic team had been monitoring the crisis in brazil closely and had been in contact with the brazilian authorities , the international monetary fund and united states allies .
we have a strong interest in seeing brazil , with whom we have worked on so many important things around the world , carry forward with its economic reform plan and succeed , and we certainly hope that they will , mr. clinton said .
the government has the means to meet all of its obligations , he said .
the government will always honor all its internal and external obligations .
but that explanation seemed to fall on deaf ears .
we're going to have all year to think about those problems , because they're not going to disappear .
their problem is a lack of confidence in the direction of the brazilian economy .
economists and other analysts here said mr. franco stepped down because he preferred a more rigid exchange policy as a means to enforce economic discipline , but that on many other issues the two men are in basic agreement .
once the market sees this , things will improve .
below , the pop and jazz critics of the new york times list some favorite albums you may not have heard last year .
some are hard to find because they are on small independent or specialty labels ; others were released only abroad , and a few were neglected by their own american record companies .
her best record in years , in part because the material suits her voice -- one of the great ones of the 20th century -- and also because the arrangements work so well .
reid anderson quartet , dirty show tunes .
suddenly i felt more in communication with the population of the planet than i ever did in my life .
the results reflected life on a dig .
breaking with allies , france proposed that the security council lift the oil embargo and try a new weapons monitoring system .
house managers are scheduled to begin presentation in support of impeachment .
they have 24 hours to present their case .
the president's lawyers follow with their presentation .
senators may question parties for 16 hours .
they then vote on dismissal , and , if that is defeated , they will vote on witnesses or additional evidence .
after taking two spade tricks he shifted correctly to the heart king , which saved him from being squeezed eventually in the major suits .
east suddenly discovered that he had not been paying sufficient attention to the diamond spots .
he threw the spade jack , believing that the three could not be a winner .
but it's also true that his later work did not live up to the promise of his early vision .
nor was there any compensation in the imaginative use of space .
at first , the idea of them seemed like a bad memory .
by taking pool , exercise area , office and an art gallery out of the margins and placing them center stage , the architects are catching up with everyday reality .
this is a big house in which husband and wife are not lost to each other .
the house no longer suited their needs -- but not because they needed something smaller once their two children had left .
mr. urban also wanted a technically sophisticated office .
mr. and mrs. urban are active in the arts , and they treated the shaping of their new addition as an artistic process .
part of the adventure of working with someone else is to throw yourself out there and see what's going to happen , said mrs. urban , who also volunteers at social service agencies .
we didn't know where it would lead us .
it was important that the addition not simply reflect the old house but the challenges we were growing into , mr. urban said .
it had to be about what we were becoming and would become .
we wanted to make another step forward in our development and creative outlook .
the design process became a metaphor for two people in transition .
we thought the pool would also be a water piece -- an art piece -- with surfaces that reflect light .
and they saw that the pool would function as a wall -- because you couldn't walk across it , she said .
the new walls shape the huge room into more intimate spaces .
they brought it all together with an easy grace that makes the ensemble seem inevitable rather than forced .
and the water reflects light on the art .
within the first moments of entering the united states , most travelers become the focus of electronic scrutiny .
nowhere is that more true than here in san diego , where thousands of people cross the border , legally and illegally , each day .
as it is , inspectors in the regular lanes typically spend less than a minute to question each person and examine the person's documents .
some remote ports of entry along the canadian border use other kinds of technology that allow people to cross even after everyone who works there has gone home for the day .
before it was like , do i know you ?
it used to be difficult enough just to determine whether someone crossing the border was carrying authentic documents .
such technology is intended to make inspections faster and more thorough .
but these dirt paths are not always as primitive as they may seem .
of course , technology has also been used against the government .
we're using things that can be bought on the open market for the right price .
nearly everyone agrees that technology is not the only answer to protecting the border .
they work on the principle that explosives , and the people who handle them , leave traces of the stuff on much of what they come in contact with .
the company has also not yet set a price .
often organized by students and academics , the strikes are meant to protest high access charges , which can mount to hundreds of dollars in monthly internet bills .
in brazil , supporters said that as many as 500000 of 2.2 million internet users would participate in the boycott , the associated press reported .
in china , protesters there said they would boycott the internet every sunday this month .
it will be available by the end of this month , costing between $ 800 and $ 1000 .
if found guilty of the charges , the two men could be sentenced to decades in prison and be fined millions of dollars .
what is more , mr. richards said , the indictment makes charges of fraud against canadian citizens working in a canadian company that the prosecution can attempt to prove only through canadian witnesses and canadian documents .
they were both also charged with securities fraud in a civil complaint by securities regulators .
in fact , she helped solve a problem that others had created .
two of those employees have settled the charges by agreeing not to violate federal securities laws .
excluding a one-time gain , apple earnings exceeded wall street estimates by more than 10 percent .
apple reported its financial results after the close of the market .
the prices are pretty competitive .
analysts had expected apple to earn 70 cents a share , according to the first call corporation , which tracks earnings estimates .
the dell computer corporation , generally considered the industry's leader in lean operations , typically has seven days of inventory , and some pc manufacturers have two to three times that .
we're not looking to spend lots more on that .
the two airlines would develop their relationship in the future to cover other areas , the top japanese airline said .
despite its name , the project is aimed at expanding opportunities for women and minorities all across corporate america , not just on wall street .
the term wall street is simply symbolic of the entire finance and business culture , mr. jackson said in a recent interview .
when he met with local groups over the last year , he said , he frequently asked them to name five top political leaders , and they all could .
now we are getting ready to finance some of his new construction , and i've got a good new customer .
i don't think any company could ignore him .
the wall street project already claims some successes .
the wall street project has made it easier to ask the question , he added .
and it is a great way to see whether top management at a corporation gets it .
and its message , mr. jackson says , is that casting a ballot to vote is not enough .
at least 30 corporations are helping to sponsor this year's conference events , up from barely a dozen last year .
and mr. jackson has often been criticized for spreading himself too thin and not following through on his ambitious agenda .
but his supporters do not seem worried .
i've got a portfolio of investment grade , and now i want to see if they're going to invest in an african-american business that does business in the african-american community .
he comes to wall street looking for access to capital , mr. jackson said last night .
and we're going to work hard for him .
of wall street , he added : they can't say they can't find a guy .
he comes to the plate with all the qualities .
he built his business selling and leasing cars in poor neighborhoods , to minorities with little or no credit , often at high interest rates .
he says that for many it is their only way to get transportation for some jobs .
it's a market that is primarily white americans , and i didn't want to turn off those customers because i am black , he said .
motorola inc. , the big manufacturer of cellular phones and computer chips , said today that its fourth-quarter profit fell 60 percent , less than expected , as it increased phone sales and cut 2000 more workers than planned .
motorola was expected to earn 23 cents , according to the first call corporation , which tracks company earnings .
still , orders and sales increased from the third quarter and improved in asia , which has been a problem for motorola and other chip makers in the past .
in part because such a bid would be more costly , most people viewed this as unlikely to go hostile , said tom burnett , an analyst with merger insight , a research firm .
generally , that type of deal requires companies to be on friendly terms .
accounting for the acquisition as a purchase would be more expensive : rules governing those transactions require any amount paid in excess of the asset values to be written off over time , causing a drop in earnings .
but while there were calls today for changes in advertising practices , officials acknowledged that there was little legal action that could be taken to force companies to comply .
last april , in a major defeat , a federal appeals court here struck down a government requirement that radio and television stations seek minority applicants .
moreover , the agency does not technically have jurisdiction over advertising issues , and it is not clear whether other government agencies have any stronger authority .
print is a significant portion of our advertising media mix , and we do buy in african-american and other minority publications .
we reach successful people through forbes and fortune , he said .
successful black businessmen and women read those magazines .
successful asian businessmen and women read those magazines .
the report shows there are problems we need to overcome in the way advertising is bought and sold , he added .
golden books declined to comment on any pending sale , though it has hired the investment banker allen & company to find an interested buyer .
if golden books goes bankrupt , disney won't get paid , the executive , who spoke on the condition of anonymity , said .
so it could be cheaper for them to buy the company .
we are not going to change that position for anything in the world .
still , the argentine economy is headed for trouble , analysts said .
that could lead to social unrest during a presidential election year .
peru , which has an annual current account deficit of about $ 4 billion , will also suffer if international lenders remain nervous about latin america .
the states , mr. de goes said , owe the federal government about $ 40 billion in payments due this year .
a state in default also risks seeing its interest rate jump to 29 percent from 7 percent .
he has warned the governors that brazil , at both the state and federal levels , must meet its debt obligations .
it now says it is prepared to drop its control of such companies to allow consolidation .
about half is expected to come from the united states , with european and asian investors making up the rest .
the venture comes as carriers struggle to cope with demand for internet and other data traffic , which uses up more telephone cable capacity than voice traffic .
the question of calling witnesses to testify before the senate has divided democrats and republicans as they set procedures for the trial .
after a rare bipartisan meeting last friday , all 100 senators agreed to vote this month on whether to call witnesses .
such a vote would take place after opening arguments from the house managers and the white house , which begin on thursday .
under the senate rules , we don't have any right to call him , mr. hyde told reporters after a meeting .
we can request the senate to invite the president over , so we may do that .
earlier , senate republicans had defended their discussions with the house managers over witnesses , saying they were aimed at continuing the cooperative spirit created last week in the old senate chamber .
a spokeswoman for the house managers confirmed that meetings had taken place but said the senators had benefited more than the house managers from the talks .
mr. hyde said the managers were walking a fine line in their presentation to senators .
i hope we don't bore them , he said , but the more detailed information we give them , the less they want to call witnesses .
mr. clinton sought today to distance himself from the trial in the senate , telling reporters , the most important thing for me is to spend as little time about that as possible .
he said , they have their job to do in the senate , and i have mine , and i intend to do it .
the trial opens in earnest almost a year after kenneth w. starr , the independent counsel , began investigating the accusations against mr. clinton .
the key question is the number of witnesses , said senator joseph i. lieberman , democrat of connecticut .
finally , he lies about it all before a federal grand jury .
when viewed as a unified whole , the brief of the house managers concludes , the evidence overwhelmingly supports two articles of impeachment against mr. clinton for perjury and obstruction of justice .
the house managers want a longer trial with the testimony of witnesses .
if they were counts in an indictment , they would not survive a motion to dismiss , it says .
lawyers for the president want a short trial with no witnesses , and they want him acquitted because , they say , the case against mr. clinton is not serious enough to warrant his removal from office .
the house brief does not split the case into two parts -- separate perjury and obstruction charges .
indeed , the house brief argues that it is necessary to view the case as a whole and not by pieces .
it is essential to avoid considering each event in isolation , the house managers maintain .
as to clashes in their testimony over the nature of their sexual contact , the president's lawyers repeat their prior insistence that mr. clinton believed oral sex did not fall within the definition of sexual relations in the jones case and that other intimate touching alleged by ms. lewinsky comes down to an oath against an oath .
this case is not about sex or private conduct , their brief states .
whether he can regain it will determine if he will run again next year .
he can only make it to re-election by fraud and blood .
the book has become an instant best seller .
and he promised to hunt down the handful of rebels left in the mountains .
before we had economic chaos , now we have order .
before we were isolated internationally , now we have friends again .
he refused to rule out a re-election bid , adding , i don't have to decide yet .
the opposition mounted a signature drive to petition congress to hold a referendum on the issue of a third term .
no civilians on the ground were injured , the german defense ministry said .
he emphasized that the administration's differences were with saddam hussein , not with the iraqi people .
with the administration facing criticism from some principal allies over the restrictions on food and medicine , mr. gore told an audience of jewish organizations in manhattan that the white house was considering ways to increase the flow of such essential supplies to the iraqi people .
saddam has consistently shown that he cares much more about developing weapons of mass destruction than developing the welfare of his people , mr. gore said .
he is the direct cause of suffering on the part of the iraqi people .
under united nations sanctions , iraq is able to sell a limited amount of oil to raise money for food and medicine imports .
mr. gore did not elaborate on his remarks , which he made during a speech on the middle east peace effort to the israeli policy forum , which brought together an audience of prominent american jews in new york .
the aide said the administration was also considering lifting some sanctions on the sale of oil by iraq , which were put in place to punish iraq for its invasion of kuwait .
the white house adviser said the administration was acting , in part , in response to concerns by allies about the way the embargo program was being portrayed .
the effort to increase the delivery of essential goods was intended to take the issue off the table .
we advised the f.b.i. , due to the potential sensitive nature of the investigation .
i really hope very much that this is not related to the election campaign in israel .
mr. greenberg conducted campaign polls for president clinton in 1992 and has also advised president nelson mandela of south africa and prime minister tony blair of britain .
the action , actually three related lawsuits , seeks more than $ 1 billion in damages and is based on work by private investigators , testimony from apparel workers and reports from the labor department and the interior department , which have enforcement powers in the islands .
the lawsuits maintain that some companies , eager to make sure that workers remain productive , have forced pregnant workers to have abortions .
but the driving force behind the suit is a group of law firms .
spokesmen for several defendants said yesterday that they had not yet seen the lawsuits .
in a statement , the gap said it does not tolerate this type of conduct in the factories where we do business .
spokesmen for sears , j. crew and the limited declined comment .
one of the lawsuits , filed in federal district court in los angeles , asserts that the factories , apparel companies and retailers violated the racketeering influence corrupt organization act and also violated international human rights laws .
the budget office estimates the cost of every significant bill that goes to the floor of the house or the senate ; makes projections of federal spending and tax revenues , and forecasts how the economy will perform .
the congressional budget office can , in effect , kill legislative proposals if it estimates that they will significantly increase the deficit or reduce the surplus .
he went to the white house with mr. baker in 1987 , when mr. baker became chief of staff for mr. reagan .
democratic members of congress say they see him as a mainstream republican , but worry that he does not have as much formal training in economic theory as his predecessors .
ms. campbell said that she did not know the extent of their injuries but that they did not appear critical .
prosecutors said he killed her because she there was a new man in her life .
some witnesses have described the victim as an energetic beauty .
the debate before the supreme court today was over welfare policy -- whether states can have a lower level of benefits for newcomers than for longtime residents -- but the deeper issue was the meaning of citizenship .
people can pick their states , but the states can't pick their people .
the constitution does not mention a right to travel , but decisions in the 1960's derived it from the guarantee of equal protection .
he said the only difference between cutting off benefits , which the shapiro case prohibited , and reducing benefits is that you're more generous , but not really much more generous .
the california law was struck down twice , before and after the federal law took effect , by the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit , in san francisco .
enacted under gov. pete wilson , a republican , the law is supported by his successor , gray davis , a democrat sworn in this month .
the decision overturned a ruling by the ninth circuit .
the first and last words will go to representative henry j. hyde of illinois , the chairman of the house judiciary committee .
and three of the four prosecutors chosen to lay out the actual evidence against mr. clinton have extensive trial experience .
the 13 prosecutors , all members of the house judiciary committee , which handles impeachment matters , are also all lawyers , with a vast and varied array of experience .
four worked as military lawyers , three as federal prosecutors .
but many have not tried a case in years .
each prosecutor is being given about an hour or less ; a few , however , will speak more than once .
their presentation could conclude friday or roll over into saturday .
president clinton said today that he intended to spend as little time as possible thinking about his impeachment trial , choosing instead to do the work of the people , who he says have already heard more than enough about impeachment .
in a brief session with reporters before a meeting today with labor leaders , mr. clinton said , the important thing for me is to spend as little time thinking about that as possible and as much time working on the issues we're here to discuss as possible .
they have their job to do in the senate , and i have mine , and i intend to do it .
he replied , my opinion is not important here .
my opinion is that i should be doing my job for the country and other people should be handling the defense and dealing with this issue , and that's what i intend to do .
it is the citizens of these united states who will be affected by and stand in judgment of this process .
it is not simply the president -- but the vote the american people rendered in schools , church halls and other civic centers all across the land 26 months ago -- that is hanging in the balance .
there's no big mystery about our strategy here .
following are excerpts from the trial memorandum filed with the senate today by president clinton's lawyers for his impeachment trial , as provided by the white house .
and on jan. 20 , 1997 , william jefferson clinton was sworn in to serve a second term of office for four years .
they fall far short of what the american people demand be shown and proven before their democratic choice is reversed .
used the phrase certain occasions to describe the frequency of his improper intimate contacts with ms. monica lewinsky .
there were , according to the house managers , 11 such contacts over the course of approximately 500 days .
that is what the house of representatives asks the senate to do .
used the word occasional to describe the frequency of inappropriate telephone conversations between him and monica lewinsky .
that is what the house of representatives asks the senate to do .
said the improper relationship with ms. lewinsky began in early 1996 , while she recalls that it began in november 1995 .
and he said the contact did not include touching certain parts of her body , while she said it did .
that is what the house of representatives asks the senate to do .
nothing said in this trial memorandum is intended to excuse the president's actions .
he hoped to avoid exposure of personal wrongdoing so as to protect his family and himself and to avoid public embarrassment .
he has acknowledged that his actions were wrong .
we ... believe that the misconduct alleged in the report of the independent counsel .
those who seek to remove the president speak of the rule of law .
if the target the managers present to the senate and to the president is still moving now , what can the president expect in the coming days ?
the allegations fell into three broad categories : lying under oath , obstruction of justice and abuse of power .
the house judiciary committee held a total of four hearings and called but one witness : kenneth w. starr .
the committee allowed the president's lawyers two days in which to present a defense .
on dec. 11 and 12 , the judiciary committee voted essentially along party lines to approve four articles of impeachment .
members of the house were shown secret evidence in order to influence their vote -- evidence which the president's counsel still has not been able to review .
that constitutional question has not , in the words of one house manager , already been resolved by the house .
ours is a constitution of separated powers .
it was intended to be a method of removing a president whose continued presence in the office would cause grave danger to the nation and our constitutional system of government .
federal judges are appointed without public approval and enjoy life tenure without public accountability .
under our system , impeachment is the only way to remove a federal judge from office -- even a federal judge sitting in jail .
his wrongdoing bore a direct connection to the performance of his judicial tasks .
the inquiry into president nixon disclosed similar wrongdoing , but the house judiciary committee refused to approve an article of impeachment against the president on that basis .
the case of judge walter nixon is similar .
many senators here today were present for the debate on this issue and chose a standard by which to test the evidence .
for many senators , however , the issue is a new one .
and none previously has had to face the issue in the special context of a presidential impeachment .
certainly no lesser standard should be applied in the senate .
indeed , we submit that the gravity of the decision the senate must reach should lead each senator to go further and ask whether the house has established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt .
this point is given added weight by the language of the constitution .
on the other hand , when a president is on trial , the balance to be struck is quite different .
only then can the american people be confident that this most serious of constitutional decisions has been given the careful consideration it deserves ... .
there must be no mistake about what the president said .
he admitted to the grand jury that he had engaged in an inappropriate intimate relationship with ms. lewinsky over a period of many months .
he admitted to the grand jury that he had been alone with ms. lewinsky .
again , ms. lewinsky repeatedly denied that anyone told her or encouraged her to lie ... .
but we know that ms. lewinsky has repeatedly testified that no such discussion ever occurred .
that she took such steps does not mean that the president knew of or participated in them .
the president has admitted misleading his family , his staff , and the nation about his relationship with ms. lewinsky , and he has expressed his profound regret for such conduct .
an american impeachment trial is not a parliamentary inquiry into fitness for office .
it is not a vote of no confidence .
to the contrary , because the president has a limited term of office and can be turned out in the course of ordinary electoral processes , a presidential impeachment trial is a constitutional measure of last resort designed to protect the republic .
as matters stand , the senate will vote on two highly complex articles of impeachment .
that cannot happen if the senate votes for conviction on these articles .
the senate need not address the issue of discovery at this time , but because the issue may arise at a later date , it is appropriate to remark here on its present status .
senate resolution 16 provides that the record for purposes of the presentation by the house managers and the president is the public record established in the house of representatives .
the grand jury has historically been the engine of the prosecution , and it was used in that fashion in this case .
trial by surprise obviously has no place in the senate of the united states where the issue in the balance is the removal of the one political leader who , with the vice president , is elected by all the citizens of this country .
the sequence of discovery is critical .
the president first needs to obtain and review relevant documentary evidence not now in his possession .
it is the citizens of these united states who will be affected by and stand in judgment of this process .
weakness in brazil , the largest economy in latin america , inevitably will damage other countries in the region .
but it must show it can deal with its fiscal problems .
otherwise , the i.m.f. may have to conclude that its decision to put together a brazilian package was a mistake , and that to continue it would be to throw good money after bad .
if i could have picked a moment to retire right on the spot , it would have been opening day , 1975 .
somehow , i reached first base in that game and then took off to steal second .
i ran as hard as i could , and when i was finished sliding , it seemed as if i was about half a block from second base .
i knew at that moment that i wouldn't be able to play ball anything like i had for the previous 21 years , but i also knew that retirement wasn't an option .
some athletes might give you reasons , but you're never sure whether those are the real reasons .
that's what i found myself doing yesterday when michael jordan retired .
i can't say whether it's best to retire at the top of the game , as jordan did , or a few years later , as i did .
people expect us to make decisions based on their own standards , and sometimes those standards have nothing to do with what a person is really all about .
i guess they figured that would be a way for me to honor ruth .
i played it because i loved it and it was the thing i was best at .
he could probably have gone to any number of teams and brought them a championship , but i don't think he was interested in starting over .
i think he was only interested in winning championships with the bulls .
that was the standard he had set for himself .
but is it a valuable contribution to what is happening in this city ?
this is a huge amount -- larger than the entire parks department budget .
i think they would probably say yes .
but the overtime surge comes amid the department's ongoing initiatives to control such costs as well as a rise in personnel , which some believed would reduce overtime .
one explanation for the increase , according to criminal justice experts , is that unlike in the case of factories , additional staff for police agencies can mean more work , not less .
although the total number of arrests this fiscal year has increased by just 3 percent , officials said many of the arrests were for serious offenses , such as narcotics crimes , that take longer to process and that drove arrest overtime up 17 percent .
i would have expected a decrease because of the technological advances and the improvements in the process .
but it doesn't feel a true commitment to achieving it and it never does , year after year .
that year overtime dropped 14 percent to $ 96 million , but it has been growing ever since .
police officials say much of that growth has been fueled by the addition of 8000 employees who joined the police department after its 1995 merger with the housing and transit police forces , and the transfer of traffic enforcement agents from the department of transportation .
the $ 81 million in overtime spent so far this fiscal year is a preliminary figure , city officials said , because it did not include substantial overtime pay earned late in december at events like the new year's eve celebration in times square .
i think some of the brass feel that , if they are not getting it through straight time , we should make it up in overtime , he said .
the budget office has always asked , if this is a friendly event , why do we need so many cops ?
but the police department is known as great at managing these events .
and one of the reasons that they do so great is they heavily staff them .
mr. giuliani's comments came in the wake of growing opposition in virginia .
new york city has a specialized problem , he said .
it comes from the fact that we're so crowded and our land mass is very small , and that brings great benefits to the rest of the country , like virginia .
what goes along with being a cultural and a business center is you're very crowded .
as a result of that relationship , the mayor continued , the rest of the country should help the city with waste disposal .
we do it because there are a lot of people in the city and that brings great benefits to the american economy .
she issued a news release with the headline , whitman to new york's garbage plan : drop dead and called the plan a direct assault on the beaches of new jersey .
the mayor raised the possibility of litigation to force other states to accept the city's waste .
they can be challenged , he said of proposed restrictions on waste export .
during the meeting , held monday and tuesday at st. john's university in queens , members presided over a community forum attended by more than 70 people , including private school administrators , teachers and a few parents , and visited 11 schools .
the regents spent up to 45 minutes per school , visiting classrooms and speaking with teachers .
private schools must provide a substantially equivalent education to the local public schools , according to the state education law , but they are largely free to develop their own approaches to meeting that goal .
the private schools say they already have a powerful mechanism to assess their quality : market forces .
mr. smith was charged with robbery , assault , criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of stolen property .
city officials announced yesterday that they had received $ 14 million in federal money to operate programs for aids patients in the newark area .
they account for 40 percent of the cases in the state .
the amount is nearly $ 2 million more than the city received last year .
both bills aim to cut new jersey's high utility rates by allowing companies to compete for residential and commercial business .
but the assembly version would require residents to approve such negotiations in a referendum with a minimum turnout of 20 percent .
both bills would allow individuals to decline to accept a negotiated rate and seek their own .
pardon me for being a little disappointed , i just expected more .
leaving the league he dominated ; walking away from the game he loved .
this was a flat ending for a man whose career has been built on drama .
yesterday there was no emotion , no video highlights .
with that , jordan ended months of speculation and announced that he was stepping away .
was this bland atmosphere a result of poor planning or bad blood ?
the only problem was that the banner was old .
it was as if jordan was being told not to bother coming on ring night .
jordan will still generate more than $ 500 million in revenue for the n.b.a. this year .
in a survey last june , the sports marketing letter projected that jordan would make $ 42 million from his sponsors in the next year .
he is denying three generations of opponents the privilege of defeating him .
they will spend the rest of their careers chasing a ghost .
they all wanted me to come back just so that if they win a championship , jordan said , they can say they had gone through chicago or michael jordan to win it , to give it the meaning of taking the title away from chicago .
shortly after noon here , the retirement announcement ended , and jordan went home to begin his new life with his wife and family .
training camps will open early next week .
until then , players are on their own .
over all , i don't have an explanation , not a real good one .
if you ask me if i'd rather have them here and everyone participating together , absolutely .
but they are not here , and i'm trying my best not to think about it .
i can only worry about what i can control when we get up and running .
it's going to all happen very quickly .
if i see problems because we have guys who are in poor condition , i have no excuse for that .
you need to be in shape and at the correct weight .
i don't see any reason for any player not to be that way .
allan houston , john starks , marcus camby and the free agent charlie ward -- everyone appears in good condition .
he needed a vacation , and wanted to go somewhere warm .
although ewing was scheduled to return to new york today , one wondered how his two-day workout with the knicks' division rival sat with van gundy .
i really don't have any feeling about that , van gundy said .
any way he can be at his best is fine with me .
i read where he wanted to clear his mind .
teams were expecting to open training camps on monday , but because of the martin luther king holiday and the fact that the collective bargaining agreement has not been reduced to writing yet , one team official said coaches were told to plan for tuesday or wednesday ... .
one scenario would send chris childs and either john starks or chris mills to the warriors ... .
more than 250 games in the national football league over 16 seasons means thousands of hits and months of hurt .
why would anybody have a tough time getting motivated to come back and win another one when winning a super bowl feels this good ?
i'm not going to even let that enter my mind , what i'm doing next year , elway said .
i'm just going to try to enjoy what i came back for , these situations .
i'm going to enjoy it now and cross that bridge when the season's over .
but there is a sense in the broncos locker room and throughout this city that sunday will be the last time elway takes a snap in mile high stadium .
that , in essence , the jets will determine whether elway has 60 more minutes of football left in his glorious career or whether he will take the super bowl stage for a fifth and final time -- something no other national football league quarterback has done .
all good things have to come to an end at some point in time , he said .
if this is his last game , let's hope it ends on a positive note .
then he added , we'll try to talk him out of it .
this year , because we got that last year , not having to think about the pressure of not ever having won one is not there anymore .
while elway may have felt the pull of another year as he sat in his hotel room after the victory over the packers , he spent much of the off season weighing his options with his wife , janet .
in short , it was an easier decision to return .
he had some injuries that may have caught up with him .
we were winning and he was relaxed and having fun .
i think he knew that this is the time of year we needed him healthy .
a great player doesn't forget how to be great .
but he does decide for how much longer he wants to be great .
all elway is promising right now is another 60 minutes against the jets and 60 more after that .
it appears likely that jimmy johnson's career as coach of the miami dolphins is over after three seasons .
johnson is expected to announce his resignation at a news conference 11 a.m. on thursday .
i told him i was glad and that was the best news i had heard in a long time .
the father added , he said he was going down to his place in the florida keys and work on his house down there .
he has not met with the news media since then .
the coach stayed on the sideline for that game before joining his family in texas for the funeral .
johnson never had a great relationship with the veteran quarterback dan marino , but marino acknowledged that if he were a coach , he would want to be like johnson .
i love his discipline , marino said this season .
that's something you need if you want to be the best .
johnson was out of coaching in 1994 and 1995 , when he became an analyst with fox .
he also was able to spend plenty of time on his boat , three rings , named for his championships .
but his dolphins teams never have got close to giving the coach title no. 4 .
we didn't win enough games during the season to get that advantage .
he added that harvey would not need surgery .
the winning goal gave graves 19 for the season , the most on the rangers .
it was the second assist of the night for gretzky , and it impressed graves .
as wrapped a gift as you're ever going to get , graves said .
that's why he has records that will never be broken .
he makes plays like that and he makes them at key times .
he came through with a huge effort .
if he's going to play the way he plays , he's going to have to pick his spots and make sure his condition is ultimate .
but all we had to do was page his parents , and they came and got him .
usually , they have been traveling the day before to get here .
child care for infants up to 2 years old costs $ 70 a day at deer valley ; for children older than 2 , it costs $ 58 per day .
but already it looks as if more may be needed next year .
training runs are planned for 11 a.m. , next thursday and friday .
the practice was the first of three leading up to the downhill race this weekend .
the senate should try president clinton to decide his fate for his public offenses .
mr. clinton should get a fair and proper trial , whether anyone wants it or not .
that would allow the prosecution and the defense to present their cases using evidence and witnesses .
president clinton is responsible for what he has done .
the senate needs to defend the laws of our republic by removing president clinton from office .
never before had a close relative of such a powerful figure faced prosecution for so grave a crime .
mr. rodriguez gonzalez , 48 , was the first witness to draw a broad picture of how the murder was planned and carried out .
the tape was provided to the new york times by a person who has worked closely with mexican officials in a number of investigations .
why it never reached his hands is unclear .
instead he referred to past comments about another tape of mr. rodriguez gonzalez that emerged in april 1997 .
but the defense has never explained what motive the rodriguez gonzalez brothers may have had .
no prosecutor found sufficient evidence even to call him for questioning .
he resigned from the case after two months .
after president salinas stepped down , he fled from mexico in march 1995 , but was arrested in the united states .
he remains under house arrest in new jersey .
an american official who insisted on anonymity said a copy was obtained by the drug enforcement administration over a year ago .
it should have set off alarm bells .
the tape can no longer be entered as evidence because the trial is effectively over .
he just said that they gave orders from above that there was going to be an operation , mr. rodriguez gonzalez replied .
they were going to eliminate a person who they did not want to have around , mr. rodriguez gonzalez said .
i don't know what problem they have inside the family , but the father gave instructions , mr. rodriguez gonzalez answered .
we inherited a case that was full of incredible errors , he said .
the festival begins this afternoon at 2 with four french films .
ms. cohen moves from character to character , using movement , masks , costume and imagination .
kevin roth is to play traditional folk songs and share ideas about american values and beliefs .
the celebration ends at 4 p.m. with a reception and certificate to all children and teenagers who have participated in the annual writing project .
adults must be accompanied by a child .
it takes a man to deal with morgan .
no one is sure about the death of the blues musician robert johnson , except that it was in 1938 at the age of 27 .
these two films will also be shown at the screening room .
we've almost hit our target already .
the rest are from all over the country and the world .
we have a strong international presence .
the most popular time begins around the middle of june and goes through october .
the show , which will replace the museum's inaugural show , will take two months to install , but the museum will stay open so that visitors can watch it take shape .
the show will also feature several works that have been exhibited elsewhere .
when the museum of fine arts in houston opens its $ 50 million building in march , with twice the space it has now , the museum will have its first permanent gallery devoted to photography .
in appreciation of the gift , the museum's board voted to match its value with $ 100000 to purchase other photographs for the collection .
for people to see that their donation creates other donations is important .
if it works for photography , we're going to try to see if it can work in other departments as well .
an architectural historian , he is a professor of architectural theory at harvard university graduate school of design .
dinner is required at the early shows on weekends .
the memorable show proves there are still young singers good enough to keep the tradition alive .
the program includes every song to win an academy award in the 1940's , and what a bunch of winners they are !
nancy winston , singer and pianist .
the run is also limited , just eight and a half weeks .
for mr. sherman , an american who lives in britain , the play would mean a return to broadway after an absence of more than 20 years .
his last broadway production , bent , about a relationship between two gay men in nazi germany , opened in 1979 and was nominated for a tony award for best play .
martin is an old friend , mr. bishop said .
is the lower east side getting too tony for off off broadway ?
i never thought those words would come out of my mouth .
i'm excited to visit like this , he said .
it's far too important a place to go as a tourist .
it is believed that he slipped and fell in the woods .
but the forest is so dark and dense , his body is yet to be found .
i plot my days to squeeze in a morning ride on the d train heading west across the manhattan bridge .
i ask friends for their favorites .
someone else proposes lunch on a bench in battery park .
consider it a guide in the hunt for light in the city .
by the time it makes its next stop , at grand street , i am a little more alert and back to reading the newspaper .
when he disappeared he was probably looking for birds .
hundreds of thousands of birds , some 300 species , use these islands on their way south and back again .
a few birds stick around for the winter .
we didn't see one on the afternoon of the boat ride .
and above that , the setting sun is a back light to a thick gathering of clouds .
the familiar red and gray towers of the bronx are right there .
it has been touring europe for several years and was seen briefly last summer at the opening of the massachusetts museum of contemporary art , in north adams .
there is no effort to hide the machinery used ; the audience is drawn right into it .
so the audience is removed from reality once , then twice .
presented by the builders association and the kitchen .
but loose is not what is under discussion here .
there are those who think that such rooms should be left where we find them whenever possible and become part of a house museum .
with roughly 80 period rooms between them , they represent the greatest concentration in any american city .
if you haven't done this lately , you are in for a treat .
the period rooms in new york are generally gorgeous , beautifully appointed and maintained , and relatively peaceful , considering their popularity .
a separate building , the wing had a stone facade from an 18th-century wall street bank , 19 period rooms and no electricity , which meant that it closed at 4 p.m. in the winter .
in these , furniture , if present at all , seems secondary .
not surprisingly , these rooms are often the most historically authentic and several have been moved more or less intact .
as a result , there is almost a feeling of being there .
a further sense of context is provided by small , beautifully displayed models of the houses .
congress and the president should instead consider focusing on reducing demand at home .
a drop in the price of drugs caused by lower demand would do more to hurt the rebel cause than financing a weak and corrupt army .
when steve case of america online announced his purchase this week of time warner , he listed the new company's activities in the following order : first there was entertainment .
down the list a ways came journalism .
won't an otherwise independent reporter for fortune , time , money or cnn now have interests that will interfere with that independence when he or she reports on aol ?
news organizations are in the business of selling subtle brands .
that's why a reader might prefer time over u.s. .
news & world report , or one columnist over another .
it's not because one represents good journalism and another bad .
it is a more delicate mix of characteristics like voice , tone and taste .
as a reader , one might like the work of tom wolfe and philip roth .
that doesn't mean a book they wrote together would be twice as good .
i think it's inappropriate for disney to be covered by disney .
aol may be spending hundreds of billions of dollars to acquire brands that in the process of combination it may destroy .
and if it proves to be the model , barely noticed in the economic reorganization will be the end of america's independent press .
differences on the track or basketball court do not necessarily mean differences between the ears .
baseball , football and basketball put a premium on these skills .
he was the heavyweight champion joe louis , not lewis .
the contest , we're told , is a contrast of leadership styles .
there is , however , one major decision that both candidates , while in office , made in dramatically different ways .
mr. gore , according to news accounts , urged president clinton to sign the bill when many white house aides were pushing for a veto .
so far , mr. gore looks more right than mr. bradley : welfare rolls are down , and employment has soared , without a visible increase in suffering .
mr. bradley has given several reasons for opposing the bill .
first , he says he was worried about moving authority from washington to the states .
i don't think the answer ... is to take a pot of money from federal officials and send it to state officials and say , spend 80 percent of this as best you can , he said in a debate last week .
in the early 70's , he was for the idea of a guaranteed income , then abandoned it .
in 1988 he sponsored a relatively mild reform that in effect required a small number of welfare recipients to seek training .
nobody knew what sort of welfare reform would help solve it .
letting the states try various radical plans , and seeing which ones worked best , was perhaps a necessary risk to take .
what's more , chances to fundamentally change the welfare system didn't come around very often .
waiting for a better reform next year -- the bradley approach -- meant that reform would likely never happen .
and as it turns out , president clinton and vice president gore were right -- the worst parts of the 1996 republican bill were fixed after the 1996 elections .
that would have been senator bradley .
no decision has been made about an acceptable target price .
new jersey transit trains will operate on a saturday schedule with added service .
it adds very significantly to the value of the business .
what attracted attention in israel were two references in the draft document .
the prime minister knows that it will be impossible to live under syrian rule .
from the point of view of the negotiations , i don't think such publications are helpful .
in washington , james p. rubin , the state department spokesman , said the publication of the document was damaging .
we don't know what those will be yet , but we assume they'll be substantial .
however , mr. stevens said that no financial sums were discussed in the meeting with the prime minister .
we heard no numbers , and we didn't expect to hear any numbers , he said .
most notably , he represented apple computer in its unsuccessful look and feel case in 1989 against microsoft's windows operating system .
mr. brown was more successful keeping the franklin computer corporation from cloning the apple ii personal computer in 1983 .
he was listed recently in the national law journal as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in the united states .
he received a bachelor's degree from northwestern university and a law degree from harvard .
mortgage rates hit their highest level since april 1997 this week amid fears that the federal reserve will raise interest rates next month .
next month , when gene n. lewis moves back to his apartment in central harlem where he had been a tenant for six years , he will return as its owner .
for a lot of us , it was an opportunity to get nice apartments at an affordable rate , said mr. lewis , who is the manager and treasurer of his building's resident group .
the others will be transferred to the tenants over the next six to nine months , after which they will be restored .
the company was chosen by the residents to do the renovation and the city housing agency it .
it took until recently to make the change .
the faster we are able to move buildings out of our control puts the city in a better financial position .
the harlem buildings show how the program works .
but , he said , we put a lot of trust in the city that the building would be a lot better than when we left .
over the next year , residents , who are guaranteed a unit , devised a renovation plan with center development .
the company , which has restored 500 apartments designed for low-income tenants in manhattan , will carry out the plan based on an agreed upon price with the housing department .
it will be financed out of the city's capital budget funds and federal money .
the stephen b. jacobs group of manhattan is the architect .
the money is in the form of a mortgage , which is lifted once the renovation is complete .
residents will pay more per month to own their renovated units than they paid in rent , to cover the cost of operating and maintaining the buildings .
and , she said , we have more say in who moves into the building .
existing residents with very low incomes will receive federal subsidies to cover the increase .
any profits from a sale of an apartment will be divided between the tenant and the co-op , with the building getting 85 percent and the apartment owner keeping 15 percent .
looking back over the process , ms. marshall said : there have been many frustrating moments .
but we invested too much time and energy to turn back .
he also argues that the men should be considered employees of the store , as well as of the delivery company .
mr. giuliani sought to define and secure his legacy in what could be my last such annual accounting at new york's city hall .
but it was also a highly political campaign speech for his senate race against the first lady , hillary rodham clinton .
mr. giuliani promised to help convert the many shelters now run by private or religious groups into new start centers to give the homeless the various levels of help needed .
a new name , however , must come with the resolve to back these groups with the funds to fulfill such a mandate .
finally , the mayor outlined tax cuts on commercial rents and hotel occupancy , plus an income tax credit proposal that would have widespread appeal .
the minnesota vikings play at st. louis on sunday in a playoff contest that will decide which team advances to the national football conference championship game .
i've seen a lot of things : friends killed , friends and family members on drugs , family members going through so many rough things .
a lot of things i've done i'm not proud of , but it made me tougher .
then later there i had a driving under the influence charge .
my first year here with the rams was good , but this year i had the suspension for using marijuana .
i sat out during those four games and thought about my life .
did i want to lose the opportunity a lot of people can't get ?
others wanted that for me , but i wanted it for myself .
i learned to be tougher and stronger .
he watched the numbers and names pass him by .
but once he returned home , there was sweet news .
they wanted to sign him as a free agent .
a lot of people look for height , size , eye color -- hey , this guy was just a football player .
i thought he'd be good , but i didn't know he'd be as good as he is .
he was winning those battles ; he showed up on both sides .
last year his teammates voted him the most productive special teams player .
this year they voted him the most valuable special teams player .
he is our only guy this season to win it four times .
the vikings are going to be a challenge for all of us , but this is the kind of game where players make their marks .
i know a lot of people don't know who i am .
financial shares led the dow jones industrial average to a closing record .
stocks rose after the labor department said inflation remained largely under control in 1999 .
the department's producer price index , which measures inflation at the wholesale level , rose 3 percent in 1999 .
shares of all three companies rose .
technology stocks reversed two days of steep losses .
round it off , and he spent a little more than $ 10 million for the jets .
that wish was more than realized , with johnson's paying substantially more than the jets were really worth .
but johnson will have to pursue new avenues of revenue to make his purchase pay off .
forget the conservative old shield .
yesterday , johnson received an open invitation to manhattan from mayor rudolph w. giuliani .
in the end , the jets may never get a stadium named for themselves .
the leases , administered by the interior department , were scattered throughout the west and the gulf of mexico .
no contest , said the rev. joan brown campbell , until two weeks ago the general secretary of the national council of churches in new york .
getting the soldiers out of serbia wasn't easy , but it was easier , she said .
in fact , he had primary care for the child .
she has visited cuba regularly for more than 30 years .
we said , look , we're prepared to offer ourselves as a third party that could take this boy back to cuba , turn him over to the cuban council of churches rather than to the government , and they would turn him over directly to his father .
our government said , interesting idea ; it might work .
the hardest thing for the miami people to take would be , o.k. , we'll hand him over to castro .
there are genuine emotions in this family , genuine grief , genuine tears about this boy not being there , ms. campbell said .
why does he not go to miami , as some demand , and make his case there ?
my daughter is a county commissioner in cleveland , ms. campbell continued .
she said , mother , tonight we have over 5000 children in protective custody for only one reason : nobody loves them .
all i know for sure about the family is that they spoke from their hearts , that they miss this little boy , and that they certainly have the capacity to love him .
that , in many ways , is all you can ask of a family .
though john mccain , like all the presidential candidates , has been free of television advertising attacks by his rivals , he has not escaped negative advertising entirely .
recently two conservative groups have been broadcasting commercials that attack senator mccain , in one case not only for his position on the issue that matters most to the group but also for a campaign finance proposal that would have limited the organization's influence .
the national right to life committee has run an advertisement in south carolina saying mr. mccain is not taking a strong enough stand against abortion .
like americans for tax reform , the right to life committee opposes mr. mccain's campaign finance proposal as well .
he also questioned who was paying for the advertisements .
later , the executives traveled to beijing for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china .
america online operates an on-line service in japan , and recently started one in hong kong .
the proposed merger will not eliminate those .
lehman brothers noted in a report that the ownership of many asian media companies is concentrated in the hands of one or two big investors .
there aren't that many quality internet companies in asia .
woody does not own other sports teams .
woody does not raise our cable rates .
not only that , but now television has the bomb .
those , we can now see clearly , were the good old days .
they keep making more money , and they want to own all the teams .
some of them want to own teams for fun and profit .
some of them want to own teams for control and profit .
it may cost a draft choice of two , but belichick will get back to new england and parcells will stay on a while with the jets .
the n.f.l. lives with jerry jones .
mr. gates will remain as chairman .
the new york road runners club has agreed to establish a separate division for wheelchair athletes for this year's new york city marathon , settling out of court with a group of disabled athletes who sued the club for discrimination last year .
the running club has also agreed to begin giving monetary prizes to wheelchair athletes by next year , or this year if a sponsor can be found for the november race , a lawyer for the plaintiffs , daniel brown , said .
they were also denied recognition and prizes .
the prize money promised in 2001 will also be determined partly by the depth of the competition this year , he said .
we just don't know how successful we are going to be in attracting the elite wheelchair people to the new york event , he said .
he maintained that the club had been moving slowly in that direction in any case , but the suit spurred its action .
we didn't disagree with the plaintiffs , he said .
we just disagreed on the timing and how to do it .
it was six years ago when he was a high school senior in florida .
then he went directly to the sideline and sat down .
he knows the rules now and has not yet forgotten to kick off after an extra point or field goal .
the first time i saw him do that i thought , what's up with that ?
but then he started the year by making 10 in a row , so i didn't care what he did .
he is just one of the guys -- as if all pro football players have goal posts planted in their parents' backyard .
the brothers share a nearby apartment .
you come to expect these things in a football locker room .
analysts said that those investors who followed a momentum strategy -- investing in companies with the fastest growth -- sold their america online shares because they thought the merger would slow its growth .
when you blend these two companies it becomes less attractive to momentum investors .
the combined company will be called aol time warner .
analysts continued to work through the company's prospective financial position as they project its revenue and earnings .
the deal will force investors in both companies to change the way they evaluate its stock price .
that means the company will lose money for about five years , analysts said .
america online hopes that its investors will similarly look past the lack of profit to its operating earnings and cash flow .
the combined company , he calculated , will have combined operating earnings of $ 11 billion in 2001 .
now , he said , the richest of them will have access to services provided by u.s. .
trust , including estate planning , tax planning and investment management .
that price includes about $ 150 million in cash and stock options being offered to every employee of u.s. .
trust to keep them from leaving the company for two years after the transaction , which is expected to close by july .
though some analysts were urging u.s. .
he said : i think i'm going to make 10 times my money in the next seven to nine years .
we've already made 40 times our money in the last eight years .
executives of both companies acknowledged yesterday that the match was not an obvious one because the firms appear to have very different customers and corporate cultures .
when we first approached them , i think their reaction was , why would we combine with a discount brokerage company ?
after several meetings between executives of the two companies , discussions ended last summer without an agreement .
when i saw the change in legislation , i thought this could make a difference for u.s. .
trust , called him in november to revive discussions of a deal .
trust has not kept up with technological advances ; in fact , most of its processing is handled by another bank , chase manhattan .
trust planned to add several analysts and double the number of companies it covered .
that was not an attractive enough promise for one analyst who has followed u.s. .
the company gets almost all of its revenue from fees its wealthy clients pay for management of their assets .
it's amazing what a high stock price can do , he said .
there's a race among a number of private banks for those customers , he said .
that's the real sweet spot of the market .
the new information is likely to raise the stakes for the next test of the system , scheduled for next week .
the pentagon is supposed to decide by this summer whether the system is ready for deployment and present its conclusions to president clinton .
the rest of the state is up there or up north , although few people down here have much confidence that the folks up there even know there is a difference .
new jersey's northern counties , like the rest of the country , are in an economic boom .
if only , people say , there were more jobs , more investment , more money and maybe a little more notice from the economic powers up north .
they know about atlantic city and they know about the jersey shore .
but the area in between is a blank slate to them .
it's the very rural interior , with its high unemployment rates , that is simply not participating with the rest of the state .
new jersey's statewide unemployment rate stands at 4 percent .
david letterman rated us one of the worst places to live on one of those lists he has .
i think we're a diamond in the rough .
political leaders in south jersey tend to criticize state economic development policies that , they say , favor the north .
but you can bet it wasn't our demand down here that made them have to do it .
up there , it's not even in the papers .
we want to encourage economic growth , he said , but we don't want to end up like it is up north .
in return , the unions won concessions that would make it almost impossible for the county to lay off any workers for the next three years .
and there , it seems to be running into trouble .
now the leaders of the police union are trying to kill the deal .
we're hoping that a more reasonable solution can be found .
the general electric company , the no. 1 maker of appliances for new homes in the united states , said it had agreed to develop standards with the microsoft corporation to connect so-called smart appliances with other consumer devices .
mr. gates will remain as chairman and said he would take on a new role as chief software architect , declaring his conviction that in the revolution ahead of us , software will be at the center .
that vision is in contrast to the thinking behind this week's merger announcement by america online and time warner , a gamble that content will play a paramount role in a digital era .
he was named president in july 1998 .
the times microsoft has been faced with challenges is the time we have done our best work .
later in the conference , he was asked whether he thought microsoft needed to seek a big merger partner itself , as america online had .
in that world the personal computer will be the most important platform , but microsoft software will extend both upward toward large computing services and down to home appliances .
for consumers , that may hold the promise of ease of use ; for microsoft , it offers the prospect that its software will be at the center of the internet universe as it already is in the pc world .
for example , last week steven p. jobs , the chief executive of apple computer , outlined a similar strategy , introducing a range of new internet services that will be delivered to macintosh computer users from the company's web site .
asked whether he actually intended to write software code , mr. gates said he would probably only threaten to do so .
but he said he would work closely with the company to better understand the challenge of programming .
friends of mr. gates said they believed that he would have no trouble stepping away from his day-to-day management duties .
and microsoft will get much more value from him .
they don't pay attention until they have to , and that's getting later and later .
in this year's democratic contest , mr. bradley , a former senator from new jersey , has decided to devote all or part of every day until the caucuses to campaigning here .
but many of the state's most experienced politicians think the contest is a good deal closer than that .
not if you define an upset as winning , he replied .
they'll turn out no matter what -- snow or rain , no matter what the weather is .
as always , the weather will count .
politicians say that barring really foul weather , they expect the usual turnout , about 100000 in each party .
they are here to get a vote , and they don't care about you after you vote .
mr. forbes trails badly in all the polls .
all of the candidates are more or less acceptable to mainstream republicans here , mr. robinson said .
so people ask themselves , which republican is most likely to stand up there next january and take the oath of office ?
most think george bush is the answer to that question .
his aides are also playing the expectations game , suggesting that mr. bush needs to get at least half the vote to be considered a winner -- no easy target , of course , with so many candidates .
belichick resigned as the jets' coach last week , one day after he had succeeded parcells .
the jets have contended that his contract called for him to take over if parcells stepped down .
the sale is expected to be approved by league owners next tuesday .
he testified for an hour and left , declining to talk to reporters .
belichick , who testified for three hours , was the only principal at the hearing who was willing to speak afterward .
i appreciate the opportunity to present our case before the n.f.l. and would hope for a quick resolution , he said .
that's really all i can say at this point .
the league cannot stop other teams from making offers to , and hiring , coaches if they would like someone as their head coach , he said .
if the league does not agree with us , we will take this further .
the courts would not prohibit someone from making a living .
there is no possibility that would happen , i would think .
at that point , the patriots claimed parcells was under contract to them , so the jets made belichick their head coach until parcells could step in .
shortly afterward , the patriots and jets made a deal for draft picks that allowed parcells to become the jets' coach .
but yesterday was not about football .
all the principals were brought together in one room .
addresses , unless otherwise noted , are in manhattan .
most galleries are closed on sundays and mondays , but hours vary and should be checked by telephone .
his european models are fairly easy to spot , as are the indian forms that he drew on .
what's moving is the diplomatic way he brought them all together so that they both yield and retain their distinctive identities .
on the principle that there are no small shows , only small artists , the mere six paintings brought together here add up to a sizable show indeed .
a selection of 96 mostly small works in which shoes are featured or at least make an appearance .
perhaps some more narrative development would be in order .
it still looks as american as apple pie .
but once the shock wears off they become fascinating and touching .
but be warned : it demands patient looking and an eye for detail .
analysts interpreted the deal with canal plus as a move away from the arms and aircraft business .
last year , he called for the school system to be blown up to achieve that goal .
it was a figure of speech , he said yesterday .
he also proposed increasing the number of school safety officers by 600 , to 4000 .
dr. crew , who has accepted a job in washington state , said that if given more time , he had been prepared to explore selling 110 livingston street .
in fact , he talked about the idea soon after he was hired as chancellor in 1995 , and mayor giuliani had supported that idea .
the building is owned by the city , but under state education law , selling it requires the approval of the board of education .
william c. thompson jr. , president of the board of education , welcomed the mayor's offer to provide the system with a new headquarters .
he said that of the 100 largest school systems in the nation , new york city spends the greatest portion of its money on instruction , according to a report by the national center for education statistics .
we're going to give them a more modern building , mr. giuliani said during the speech .
we're going to give them one of these smart buildings .
a building the size of 110 livingston street could no doubt bring a very high sales price .
the site serves about 40000 customers in the boston area .
after talking about that , they just didn't see how they could play .
we understand and conclude this is the best thing .
but last night the players association heard from hornets players who expressed new concerns about playing the game .
we're all taking this pretty hard .
i think we have to find the strength .
it's very difficult , but there are obligations that we all must meet .
you know , bobby was a special person .
it's going to take some time to get over this .
if the players can emotionally handle it , i would want them to go out and play because that's what bobby would want , she said .
if any charges are filed , they would come at the end of the crash investigation , probably sometime next week , bridges said .
last week , a prison guard at sing sing was charged with planting the ammunition , and he resigned .
alice green , executive director of the center for law and justice in albany , an inmate advocacy group , said she had received about 20 letters from green haven inmates and about 15 calls from their family members saying that many inmates had refused to go to work , and that some had refused to eat .
inmates are going to work and going to meals , he said .
the materials span eight centuries .
everybody would ask me , why would you rather be here than at home ?
i don't like people thinking something is wrong with me .
sometimes it's really scary in the train at night , she said .
every car you go into , there's somebody already there sleeping .
i picked a place that had no one else there , and was not too close to the window so it wasn't that cold .
it was like the boys came first all the time .
attending school , she said , was hardly a priority .
without the use of any drugs , her depression has lifted , she said , and now she can concentrate on the things she has missed out on .
i learned that i have to go to school so that i can get a good job , she said .
i didn't really want to go to school before because i figured there was no use in going to school because there's no way it can help me .
the times pays the fund's expenses , so all contributions go directly to the charities , which use them to provide services and cash assistance to the poor .
contributions to the fund are deductible on federal , state and city income taxes to the extent permitted by law .
i told troy when we went to the bench : don't worry about that .
it's just that he knew he was going to hit that shot when he was on the bench and they were drawing it up .
marbury said : i just let the game come to me .
marbury finished the game with 21 points and 10 assists .
he is just a part of the youngest roster in the national basketball association .
i've seen larry bird and reggie miller knock those type down .
they were two critical baskets for us at that time .
without those two shots , i don't know what would have happened .
while marbury is making his case for his first all-star berth , he looked across the floor at the latest city product and saw a certain future .
he's rookie of the year by far , marbury said .
after a moment of silence prior to the game , the nets took the floor and showed no ill effects of their time away from the court .
they last played monday at orlando , where they defeated the magic .
we were just talking with him around christmas , looking at each other's kids on the christmas cards and laughing with him over the phone , said cage .
seeing him smile , his family , the kids , all in the picture , and it's still up because we still have our pictures up , and to realize that that man is no longer in this world , it's just one of those things that i could not even think about yesterday .
it's no secret that michael jordan coming back to the n.b.a. is any capacity is something that would please all of us , the official said .
he has said that he would not coach .
he is a research fellow , not a senior fellow .
he said that as president he would , if necessary , reopen our military bases in panama to protect our interests .
the survey for the years 1992 to 1996 found an 8 percent decrease , and 42 percent of new york's 62 counties had no abortion providers .
a teammate caught him , and he was taken to the locker room .
sometimes there's a menu , but more often the owner stops by the table and runs through a list of three or four entrees .
it's not quite like that at daniel .
it is also interesting to think of these shows as two very different games of cards .
the ink drawings start appearing in 1992 .
he is dismissed from saturday night live .
when he tells his family and friends that he has lung cancer , nobody believes him at first .
for a finale , he plays carnegie hall and takes the audience out for milk and cookies .
despite a suspicious car accident , they remain .
with much new material to consider , a hearing is granted .
in a movie as obvious as this one , could there be any doubt of the result ?
this being a stephen king story , settle in for a journey into the fantastic .
but to save him there could well be no miracle .
but there is nothing modest about the ambitions or talent that the terrorist displays .
somehow , though , the heat waves never get past the edge of the stage this time around .
actually , make that new plays period , since wrong mountain is the only one running at the moment .
the problem is that neither he nor mr. jones makes those arguments dramatically compelling or even , for that matter , much fun .
you can't , after all , pierce the skin with a blunt instrument .
but context barely affects his solos .
its production values are never less than first rate .
here's how these extremely attractive people talk .
it takes him away from saving lives , you understand .
here is a show you certainly want to encourage .
so far , though , it's not a show you want to watch .
what does most of this have to do with hollywood ?
i feel as proud of that film as any of my novels , and i never thought i'd say that about a film based on a novel of mine , he said .
he said he found writing a screenplay far easier than writing a novel .
with a movie , you don't have the same kind of responsibility for the language , he said .
it's the absolute attention to the language that's essential for a novelist .
when i feel like being a director , i'll write a novel .
the director and novelist are in many ways mirror images , he said .
in films that's the job of the director , not the writer .
writing a novel takes mr. irving about four or five years .
as an exercise in writing , a screenplay is pretty easy compared to a novel , he said .
what's not easy is finding the right people to write it for : the director , the producer , the actors .
mr. irving has completed his second screenplay from one of his novels , a son of the circus .
he said he had been working on the script , off and on , for about 10 years .
she staged the violent drama off broadway at the theater for a new audience in 1994 .
both have powerful animal imagery .
there were money problems , poor weather in rome and croatia , where the film was made , language problems with the crews , bureaucratic complications .
you're not dealing with the fact that the sun goes down at 3 in the afternoon in croatia and then it becomes freezing cold .
i'm not attracted to the easy , she said with a laugh .
f. k. and natural born killers , is clearly departing -- at least for the moment -- from the creative path he has followed over the last decade .
mr. stone said he was making the new film for one reason : my mother .
she always loved gone with the wind .
she always said i'd do a great love story .
this is the complete opposite of football , of natural born killers .
mr. stone said that any given sunday came about because of his fascination with football as a child in manhattan .
the film really began with my nostalgia for football in the 50's , which is so different from the game now , said mr. stone .
turning to his forthcoming film , mr. stone was asked if the movie would be a traditional love story .
nothing is traditional with me , he said .
variety is another goal , hence the title .
there are also long passages when nothing seems to be happening .
three women stand in a row looking out at the audience .
the piece will be repeated tonight at the joyce .
new york gilbert and sullivan players .
but she makes the portrayal work on her own terms .
the singers in the other two principal roles remain the same from earlier this season .
and the public concert that closed each workshop was , not surprisingly , a popular draw and usually a critical success .
chamber music society of lincoln center .
avery fisher hall , tonight and tomorrow night at 8 .
the performances are sold out , but a waiting list opens for returned tickets one hour before each performance .
tonight and tomorrow night at 8 ; sunday and monday nights at 7 .
he's back and the new victory has got him , along with a company of vivid and accomplished dancers and musicians .
an exploration of the need to move with , and be moved by , other people , social dances will be performed by young and veteran dancers who include the choreographer elizabeth keen .
the difference between sexual tragedy and comedy , she reminds us , is that most precious of personal resources , a sense of humor .
but what if you had one that actually reduced pollution as you drove ?
it's something the auto companies will use to try and gain some environmental points .
from our tests , we concluded that this technology works very well , and we decided to put it on our cars now , he said .
the problem was that she and her band clearly hadn't given much thought to what was going to happen .
perhaps if we all adopted this habit , people would get sick less often and suffer a lot less .
if india has evidence that pakistan is the sponsor of this act , it should bring it before the world court .
aren't we approaching the situation from the wrong direction when we assume that family responsibilities should not interfere with professional responsibilities ?
crude oil rose after saudi arabia indicated that opec might keep output limits in place for the rest of the year .
the dollar gained on evidence that the economy was growing without a pickup in inflation .
it has long been taken for granted that utility stocks always fall when interest rates rise .
so it is worth asking why the stocks are rising .
perhaps it is a signal that bond rates do not have much farther to rise .
perhaps money managers fleeing technology stocks are trying to buy something safe .
to owners of utility stocks , the idea that they are safe investments must seem odd .
there were worries about how companies would fare as competition intensified , but it appears that most states are treating the incumbent companies well as they set the rules for playing in the new era of deregulation .
then the tables turned as the new year began .
the presidential primary is in full bloom , and never have we seen a campaign more focused on the issues .
the other night at a republican debate in south carolina , a reporter asked the candidates to name their biggest mistakes .
tell us some more about the international monetary fund !
it's regarded as a show of principle when mr. bradley refuses to reveal his favorite movie , best friend or religion .
virtually everybody else picked some variation on the theme of ice cream .
some of the candidates avoid reporters , but they all take questions from the voters , whose concerns , they say , are more serious .
having taken advantage of all these opportunities , the voters in iowa and new hampshire are beginning to make up their minds .
and they are voting , it turns out , on personality .
besides , she added , i like his dad .
most people seem pretty content about the way things are going .
the sticking point is whether the acquisition will hurt competition or lead to higher gasoline prices , particularly on the west coast .
should that happen , it would be the largest merger ever challenged by federal antitrust regulators .
there remains a slim chance of a settlement before that happens , people close to the negotiations said , and lawyers from both sides are expected to meet today .
california , in particular , already has much higher gas prices than other parts of the country .
critics of the deal say they fear the acquisition will drive gasoline prices even higher .
supporters of the deal also say that the higher california prices are primarily caused by taxes , a requirement for special clean gasoline , and other factors .
but others , including a number of state officials in california and oregon , remain concerned that gas prices will rise unless far more substantial steps are taken .
under british immigration law , anyone convicted of a crime that carries a sentence longer than 12 months can be denied entry into the country .
the home office is the agency that handles law enforcement .
tyson plans to travel to london on sunday .
madison square garden officials have quietly let it be known that tyson is not welcome there , either .
brooks gave francis , who will earn a little over $ 500000 , no chance against tyson .
we're going to put him in the cheap seats .
it is the first boxing show ever at radio city music hall .
he doesn't like cold weather and slipping on ice .
we believe these provisions are an unconstitutional violation of her right to travel and her right to assembly and free speech , he said .
it is the first time the intelligence job has not gone to an army man .
in the last week , he has replaced the head of the powerful indonesian bank restructuring agency , which controls more than $ 100 billion in assets from scores of bankrupt companies , and the head of the state-owned electricity company .
he was convicted and sentenced to death last june .
he has also ordered his followers to withdraw from battle .
as a result kurdish violence inside turkey has sharply diminished .
turkey has not executed anyone since 1984 .
ending that moratorium would be a mistake .
last year , he spent $ 30 million on marketing but attracted fewer than 250000 customers .
for almost a year , internet companies have had a sweet ride from investors , public and private , willing to accept enormous losses on promises of great future returns .
the financial markets have signaled a tougher stance in the last two weeks .
it will make capital much more difficult to get , where it has been virtually free before .
it is not just the public markets that are beginning to watch the bottom line .
of course , with more venture capital than ever chasing business opportunities , the well will not run completely dry .
but even those consumer internet merchants who are getting financing are finding that they must hand over a larger stake for the same amount of cash .
then , like a clear day after a storm , in january people were saying , hey , we spent a tremendous amount of money but what did we get ?
we don't get the sense they will cut their budget in half , but they will be looking for the return that much sooner .
one client has said we are not as interested in a national presence , but want to concentrate on five or six markets , which follows a more traditional retail route , he said .
but many analysts say that this relatively young group of companies will inevitably face more scrutiny .
today the artist was back on television again .
she offered her celebrity associates a very big apology , because they were always very nice to me , and denied that the rock manager was the father of her child .
so far there is little evidence that inflation is taking root .
a government report yesterday , for example , showed that prices on the producer level remained well contained .
investors and many economists now assume the fed will raise its short-term federal funds target rate by at least a quarter of a percentage point at its next policy meeting on feb. 1 and 2 .
but that there are limits cannot be open to question .
mr. greenspan also used the speech to call for fiscal discipline on the part of congress and the clinton administration as they prepare to battle again over how to use the growing federal budget surplus .
he noted that interest rates on corporate debt had risen by a full percentage point since late 1997 .
jet fuel prices increased about 24 percent last year and united predicted further jumps this year .
the company also said that it expected the average price of jet fuel to be 71 cents a gallon this year , 6 cents above what most analysts had projected .
the price of jet fuel had averaged about 62 cents a gallon during the second half of last year , analysts said .
we think the price will be around 65 cents per gallon .
the further you get away from the door , the easier it becomes .
but what can i do except keep removing the sand ?
he had lost two or three homes , he did not remember the details , to the sand in recent years , the last one when the wind blew for three straight weeks .
many used to be built in rows , he said .
but the houses at the ends would bear most of the sand ; homeowners in the middle invariably refused to help clear the sand , so that eventually the entire row would be buried .
as many as 3000 people are thought to have lived here once , mr. mohammed said .
traders brought salt from the north and exchanged it for gold from the african interior .
as he put it , we thought the american had come to save us .
i could never persuade any of them to come here .
they'll see there's no dancing here , that all the women are covered .
we did play action ; i got out of the pocket .
senator mccain , for whom the state's primary on feb. 19 will be a crucial test , has made conflicting statements on the flag .
on sunday , facing a national television audience , he properly called it offensive and a symbol of racism and slavery .
a day later , addressing south carolina reporters , he reversed himself and called the flag a symbol of heritage .
other states across the south have long since moved beyond this ugly debate .
alabama , the last to do so , removed its flag from the capitol dome in montgomery in 1993 after black legislators won a lawsuit .
noting that new york's governor , george e. pataki , and the state republican chairman , william d. powers , have both endorsed his opponent for the republican nomination , mr. mccain said mr. bush could easily give the signal for them to back off .
we all know that the berlin wall is down , mr. mccain said as he rode a campaign bus between events here .
people should be able to get on the ballot in states .
everybody knows that i am a legitimate candidate .
i think it's important for all of us to play by the same rules , mr. bush said .
i'm confident that chairman powers will run the party in a way that is fair for everybody .
mr. bush's spokeswoman , karen hughes , said a decision on petition challenges was up to new york party leaders .
in some other states , candidates qualify simply by raising a certain amount of money or being deemed by state officials as legitimate candidates .
officials said they would be searching for signatures of people who were not registered voters , not republicans or not residents of the specific congressional district .
i would never consider , ever consider , he said , allowing a supporter of mine to challenge governor bush's right to be on the ballot in all 50 states .
the police had not made any arrests as of early yesterday evening , nor had they disclosed a motive .
yesterday morning , mr. rodriguez and his wife left for work before 7 a.m. , he to a restaurant job , she to a day care center in the neighborhood .
residents of the house said they heard no arguments or fighting coming from the basement .
when no one answered the door of the basement apartment , the fire department was called .
she played with them all the time .
they really liked playing with her , too .
nobody knows what happened inside that house .
this is such a sad day for everyone here who knows her , mr. felix said .
no one knows who would come in and do her harm , a girl who is so good , a girl who is so young .
to take the lives of those children , well , no one knows why this could happen .
microsoft's top executives said today that they were still hopeful of settling the government antitrust case against the company before a federal judge issues his final ruling .
snow has been late before , of course .
snow did land yesterday in more significant amounts north of the city .
most of massachusetts got from one to four inches , while the albany area got up to seven inches .
usually by now albany has had 28 inches of snow .
this is always what happens when the first storm comes , he said .
they did not identify the companion .
the official had no explanation for the pictures or the notes , but said that at least one of the two men had recently traveled to cuba .
no one was injured in that attack and no one was ever charged in the bombing .
but , he said , he loved america and hoped to return someday .
in using his annual state of the city address to offer a shopping list for economic development , mayor rudolph w. giuliani yesterday ranged across a spectrum of projects , real or only dreamed of , including such diverse public works as improvements to the east river park and tax incentives for new offices in brooklyn , the bronx and queens .
we're now a city that is growing up all over again , mr. giuliani said .
and we're leaving , hopefully , some really beautiful things behind for people .
leading the mayor's list yesterday was a plan by the city for park improvements that he said would give the east river the same attention as the hudson river is getting .
the largest would offer tax credits for new construction and renovation of office space -- extended by city hall since 1995 to the lower manhattan financial district -- to downtown brooklyn , long island city and the fordham road commercial corridor in the bronx .
when manhattan gets as hot as it is , it creates a strong reason for tenants to move to the other boroughs .
he said he expected the city to begin preparing the site for development in the next three months .
mr. giuliani offered few leads on new sources of financing , or advances in architecture or engineering .
that would give mr. giuliani less than a year if he is elected to succeed daniel patrick moynihan in the united states senate .
the official said that city hall , working with a group of business people already preparing a bid to the united states olympic committee , would approach the committee with a proposal -- including architectural drawings of a stadium -- within a year .
gov. george w. bush put out a call for dad today .
and dad , the former president , came running , telling iowa voters that they should vote for his son in the republican presidential caucuses on jan. 24 because he was tough enough and experienced enough to occupy the white house and would serve with honor .
he'd be excellent at doing what i tried to do , former president george bush said , sounding more like a father than a political promoter .
but it was not an appearance suddenly scheduled because george w. is in any serious political trouble in iowa , scene of the nation's first caucuses .
mr. mccain is not participating in the iowa caucuses .
polls indicate that at least 10 percent of all likely republican voters in iowa have not yet made up their minds about whom to vote for .
of those who say they favor mr. bush , about half also say they might be persuaded to vote for someone else .
the former president said at the start of his remarks -- these are remarks , because i don't give speeches anymore , he insisted -- that he would have nothing bad to say against any of the people that george is campaigning against right now .
he closed on a family values note , saying that his parents had taught him to be kind , be honest and give somebody else the credit .
i learned a lot from them about fundamental values , he added , and i would hope my son has .
he also hailed publicly financed vouchers for private schools , saying , vouchers means choice , and choice means freedom .
we must reform the institutions of government to catch up with the changes of the age , he said after the speech .
mr. bush is backed by 61 state legislators in new hampshire .
acknowledging the pressures , mr. mccain asked the chief of a department of four , what happens when vacation time comes ?
i hope we don't tell the bad guys .
unfortunately , that is no longer a basic requirement .
as hillary rodham clinton was leaving a news conference in white plains earlier this week , she noticed a small group of reporters gathered on the street .
in the seven months since mrs. clinton began traveling around new york as a prospective candidate for the united states senate , she has constructed a largely controlled and often remote existence .
she has held only a few formal news conferences .
she has declined interviews with journalists and editorial boards .
her agreement to appear on late show with david letterman on wednesday night was a reminder that she has yet to sit down for the television news shows that are normally standard stops for anyone running for office .
he has been known to call reporters and even newspaper publishers to register a thought or a complaint .
unlike mr. giuliani , she travels with a troop of secret service agents who can make it difficult for any member of the public to come within 50 feet of her .
but many investors say the current management is also at fault .
the stronger yen is also making imports cheaper and slowing export growth .
the surplus was down 31 percent from a year earlier .
companies are buying more raw materials and parts from abroad as they expand production .
earnings for the quarter ended dec. 31 may be in the range of 58 to 64 cents a share , compared with 61 cents a year ago , the company said .
analysts surveyed by first call / thomson financial had projected earnings at 73 cents .
the government officials , in the white house office of national drug control policy , said they had made some programming suggestions to the networks .
but television executives , who are participating in the effort voluntarily with an eye on the bottom line , insist that they never gave control of the content of their shows to the government .
but various networks and television studio executives said they did look for episodes that might satisfy the interests of the drug office .
but we don't interfere in the creative process .
we don't tell them what to say or not to say .
certainly some questions have been raised about it .
but we want to get the message out to young people .
that essentially gives the drug office and other government agencies the ability to buy advertisements at half price .
but since 1997 , the demand for television advertising has risen , and networks were seeking to sell more time at full price .
the networks can then sell air time that would have gone to the government for half price to regular advertisers for full price .
at a hearing in october before a house appropriations subcommittee , the general outlined the complicated system of credits .
and if you're planning , once our paid campaign begins , to continue this , send us the script and we will not rule out giving you credits for it .
i am putting my faith in god , and i know my name will be cleared .
i was with him that evening , she said .
at no time did i see him with a gun .
a witness walking on eighth avenue saw the gun thrown from the vehicle , picked it up and later turned it over to the police , the officials said .
these are not the marks of the artist's own hands , however .
because of an editing error , an article yesterday about the new york times neediest cases fund referred incorrectly to the director of the children's aid society's programs at public school 8 in washington heights .
the credit approach , mr. summers said , will provide an incentive for filing online and reward individual taxpayers while helping the i.r.s. be more efficient .
at present , only about 25 percent of tax returns reach the agency that way .
a company trying to establish high-speed ferry service on lake ontario between toronto and rochester is reaching out to wall street for some of the estimated $ 35 million it needs to start operations .
the lady lions won their 10th straight game since losing to uconn on dec. 5 .
in recent decades , it has also been home to abandoned buildings , vacant lots and the drug trade .
this need not be the case , as demonstrated by these 12 restaurants .
the menu changes so frequently you can almost hear them saying : let's try it this way .
this is the experimental section of the menu , and although not everything works , seeing what the chefs are thinking is always interesting .
this means it must be extra creative .
eating your way through all this food would take a long while .
but the result , which gains from its intimate setting at the central presbyterian church in manhattan , is sensitive and sure .
i want to go on living even after my death , she writes .
one of the most difficult parts of childhood is learning how to share .
although the giant has a lovely garden , he refuses to share it .
the message seems to be that women today work in diverse fields and achieve on diverse levels , sometimes way up there , though aids and domestic abuse should not be forgotten .
if you love french antiques , you are out of luck .
christie's has devoted an entire catalog to it .
no ordinary piece , it is a fancy chest commissioned for a wealthy client .
this is a very specialized piece , he said .
it would serve as a desk if placed on top of a table .
you pay a big premium today for something that hasn't been altered .
last year a brother and sister on cape cod inherited the chest from their mother .
it caused quite a bit of excitement , said the brother , a builder of wooden boats , who requested anonymity .
we knew it was very old , but we didn't know it was 17th century .
by family tradition it was always called the franklin chest , but nobody knew why .
we would never have been able to figure this out 10 years ago , the boat builder said .
i didn't even have a computer then .
at some point last summer he realized the value of the chest .
i told my sister , we can't afford to own this , he said .
the insurance alone would be too much .
the couple took refuge on shelter island , in long island sound .
they were there less than a month before they died , and they died within a day of each other , he added .
few people could afford all the extra options this chest has .
it's really remarkable for it to have survived , he said .
it's very rare and in remarkable condition .
but there is finally little to fall in love with .
an index of reviews of films opening today appears on page 12 .
written and directed by tim robbins .
and soon they are off on a genuine space adventure .
still , this lengthy film is vivid and well played .
written and directed by paul thomas anderson .
this feels like the authorized version .
it has no real answer to the question of who kaufman was and how he got that way .
the ninth annual new york jewish film festival .
this collaboration of the jewish museum and the film society of lincoln center will present 25 productions that shed light on the jewish experience , from eastern and western europe to israel , canada and the united states .
but the society has come up with some unusual offerings .
tony is teaching his daughter to drive when he isn't at his job , being handed a shopping bag full of cash .
in recognition , while anyone else might be lost .
it makes sense to remember that the first season didn't really take off until episode four .
there is every reason to think they will be .
in sunday's episode , tony asks a wary mob guy into his house , and the man asks for a guarantee that if he walks in he'll walk out again .
we know he doesn't have to worry ; tony would never kill someone in his own home .
we know them well enough to guess more than what they are thinking ; we can guess what each one thinks the other might be thinking too .
the exhibition remains on view through march 26 .
body art : marks of identity , on view through may 29 .
weekend activities this month focus on the diversity of the boroughs of brooklyn and the bronx .
there are also special prices for combination tickets including museum admission and a film or special exhibition .
the permanent collection is on view .
museum of jewish heritage : a living memorial to the holocaust , 18 first place , at west street and battery place , battery park city .
artifacts , documents , photographs , videos and film clips are included in exhibitions on the holocaust and on jewish life before and after world war ii .
on fridays the theater is open until 9 p.m. .
bronx zoo , bronx river parkway and fordham road , fordham .
the zoo offers classes for adults and children .
sponsored by the new york road runners club .
15th annual martin luther king jr .
meets every friday at 10 a.m. at the museum of american financial history , 28 broadway , at bowling green park .
sponsored by the museum and heritage trails new york .
sponsored by mainly manhattan tours .
a tour of the area , followed by dinner and a stop at a jazz club .
sponsored by harlem heritage tours .
sponsored by the municipal art society .
views from the past , central park .
sponsored by the municipal art society .
meets sunday at 2 : 30 p.m. at the fountain in front of city hall .
sponsored by the municipal art society .
sponsored by harlem heritage tours .
sponsored by big onion walking tours .
sponsored by dr. phil new york talks and walks .
sponsored by dr. phil new york talks and walks .
but today it lost heavily to the united states 1 team , partly because a slam with an 88 percent chance failed .
each musician played off the others to change the familiar shapes of the traditional tunes .
the edge of the world was shown as part of last year's new york film festival .
i think that without getting spiritual it's a question of energy .
there's a huge unemployment problem in france , and the young generation has a hard time in the entertainment industry .
and after a while you want to stop waiting and move on .
arriving in new york , the natural thing was to sing french songs , and i felt free to do it : people expected me to sing those songs .
the other advantage in being in new york is that there were not many people doing this kind of music , and so it was easier for me to work here .
i find that there's a different energy in new york in the sense that people tend to take more risks .
tonight it will present the latest event in a series called respect is burning .
the bottom line is that it's house music , but house music that never sounded like this before .
the reaction has actually been pretty good .
for those who prefer their french literature in french , there are stores to satisfy the urge .
the links to paris do not end with the internet .
cable television also offers an assortment of french movies .
part of wild colonial big night out .
books in traditional form can also be ordered , at a higher cost .
two other charges against her are still pending .
the official iraqi news agency said civilian and residential areas were targeted , which the allies denied .
the agency also said american and british jets flew over southern iraq , but reported no clashes .
in a significant step toward bringing madison avenue and hollywood closer together , a giant agency is forming an alliance with a powerful company specializing in talent management and television and movie production .
it's clear to us advertisers are a key part of the entertainment process , mr. grey said in a telephone interview from his office in beverly hills , calif .
if we are going to maintain our leading position in communications , we're going to have to come up with more ways to sell brands other than tv spots .
and our idea isn't to get into the ad business .
it's about making their dollar a more efficient dollar .
the scottish banks have until jan. 31 to increase their offers .
his elevator doesn't always go to the top floor anymore .
the press said we blew it up with 40 tanks -- sort of urban renewal with the residents still at home .
if the war with israel is still on when my dad goes , i don't stand a chance .
what else is in it for the israelis ?
an end to the arab ideological struggle .
an end to the bloody war in south lebanon .
we're offering cold , hard substance and you want us to bake them a cake !
look , we serve our peace cold around here .
this is the business we've chosen .
well , this is the neighborhood we and the israelis have chosen .
retail sales in 1999 surged at the fastest pace since 1984 and producer prices outside of food and energy rose at less than half the rate in the previous year , government figures showed today .
that strength has not fueled inflation , separate labor department figures showed .
that suggests federal reserve policy makers will not raise interest rates by more than a quarter of a percentage point when they next meet in early february , he said .
the real economy does need to slow down , but they've got time .
concerns about year 2000 computer problems probably gave an extra lift to retail sales last month , analysts said .
a 2 percent rise in food store sales , for example , was the largest monthly increase since may 1991 .
private estimates for holiday season internet sales vary widely .
for all of 1999 , the producer price index rose 3 percent after showing no change in 1998 and falling 1.2 percent in 1997 , the labor department said .
the government will release its report on consumer prices in december on friday .
an additional one million to two million people have fled their houses , but have not crossed a border .
at that time , most displaced people were fleeing from country to country .
in some conflicts , governments are reluctant to open their borders to international aid , as russia is in chechnya and india in occupied kashmir , because the conflicts are considered internal security matters .
the political will is not there , nor the resources , ms. cohen told reporters .
for his conviction rate , which , back in the days when he often tried cases , was said to be rather good ?
for his humor , which , counter to public opinion , exists ?
intellectual -- that's the word you hear most often about mr. warner .
he said to me , i hear you're very intellectual .
the diallo case and the happy land case will make two in the last 10 years .
he is also an expert on juvenile justice .
why is the bronx district attorney , robert t. johnson , sending a man with such limited recent courtroom experience into such an important case ?
mr. warner is the right person for the case given the depth of his overall experience .
he has demonstrated a grasp of detail as well as an ability to remain focused on the significant issues in a case of this magnitude .
it reached a point , every time he stood up , people would start throwing rolls at him , says the fellow , who not surprisingly insisted on anonymity .
these days , things may have changed .
i think she would say the eric of the 1990's is easier to get along with than the old eric .
mr. warner will not discuss the diallo case .
but he does chat proudly about his three grown daughters ; about long distance running .
mr. warner grew up in forest hills , queens .
both his father and his grandfather were lawyers ; his mother wrote poetry .
did he arrive directly from college ?
i think people know that i care , he says , and if someone was badly motivated and wanted to play around with it , they could .
i have a very broad view of discovery , he adds , and i try to be open in the way i try a case .
i do that because i want to be able to sleep at night .
i want to be fair and do the right thing .
in the 48 hours since we were given the material by the president's attorneys , we conducted a marathon of checks , she said .
we don't have the tools to do this .
therefore , we decided that the matter will be transferred to the police .
but she should also know that this was only a small step in the direction of conducting an open campaign .
new york likes its politicians available -- on the phone , at the subway , in your face .
to be taken seriously as a candidate , mrs. clinton needs to show she does not have to hide behind her advance team and press spokesman .
there are reasons , of course , that mrs. clinton has not been readily available to potential constituents until the past few days .
she had the holiday scene at her former home in washington .
she moved to a new house in westchester county .
and because she is the president's wife , there are legitimate security concerns that have to be honored .
one poll even found that the first lady was running behind mayor rudolph giuliani in support among women .
some of these questions are based on reality .
but all candidates have to deal with these issues in full public view .
but mrs. clinton must move on to a truly public campaign .
but it has taken a long time for this reality to reach ordinary citizens in madrid or munich .
i used to think of myself as german .
now i feel a little european , too .
an electrical engineer , she had been rejected by the army because of germany's constitutional ban on women's bearing arms , though women had been allowed to serve in medical and musical units .
the former deals with the 15 member states of the european union , the latter with the 41 states that signed the european convention on human rights .
it was a ruling in september by the court of human rights that led britain this week to end its ban on openly gay men and women as members of the armed forces .
in a sense , this development is a natural extension of the european idea .
of course , national governments are not always pleased by this growing influence of european law .
the legal developments reflecting a new european identity are not happening in isolation .
there was america and a large number of smaller , sometimes divided allies .
now those allies are combining , and on many issues they have the same opinion .
shares of the companies rallied in latin america after the announcement , and the broad markets surged too .
increasingly , the interest comes for one or two lines of the business and not the whole .
either merger would create the world's largest drug company .
but many people have refused to accept the settlement and are instead continuing to pursue their claims separately .
american home said yesterday it was not willing to simply go away .
and some analysts said they were not sure what the final outcome would be in what they called a bloody war among the drug makers .
the stock prices of all three companies rose .
several analysts speculated that american home , based in madison , n.j. , would quickly seek another partner or become a takeover target of other drug makers .
over the next five years , the number of officers who reach 20 years of service and eligibility for retirement with full benefits will rise significantly , according to police statistics .
others , he said , award a form of signing bonus to veterans who agree to stay on past their eligible retirement date .
from 1995 to last november , only three officers in the department became eligible for retirement , because two decades ago , during the city's fiscal crisis , only a few officers were hired .
if only some of them actually retire , the number leaving the force would grow by hundreds .
for many officers , the decision to leave is simple economics .
the salary we are getting now is not enough to keep our families and keep our homes .
analysts had expected intel to earn 63 cents a share , according to first call / thomson financial , which tracks company earnings .
i think they had to struggle to keep up with demand and in that kind of environment you're going to try to manage your mix .
this won't hit me until the end of the summer , he said this morning , a smile on his face after he learned that he had been selected for the game along with the devils' goalie , martin brodeur , and the defenseman scott stevens .
he told me i was selected and it was shocking .
he insisted he had not been thinking about any individual honors , such as rookie of the year .
i remember my first encounter -- in boston in 1996 -- with mario lemieux around and wayne gretzky on the other side .
does this mean a goalie would rather win by 7-6 than lose by 2-1 ?
his team would not be in the playoffs if they were to begin today .
they will face the european stars of the world team .
it will be the third all-star appearance for richter , who is 33 years old and a veteran of 11 seasons .
the rangers will begin the second half of their season saturday at the islanders and they play host to atlanta on sunday .
that , in some ways , is not a lot of time , but it is definitely enough time .
if we play well , we're going to be fine .
brian leetch , the veteran defenseman and captain , might not be ready to return from a broken arm on the target date of next thursday .
i've used one hand on the stick for the first time in the last two days .
if it stays the same as right now , i can't play .
now , it's more dealing with the pain of the break over that area .
in july , the senate approved a bill covering a quarter as many patients and giving them a much more limited set of rights .
then in october , the house overwhelmingly passed a bill that would give patients a wide range of new rights in dealing with their health insurance companies .
the house bill was strongly supported by president clinton , almost all democrats and 68 republicans .
black gay men made up one-third of the aids cases among gay men in 1998 , hispanic men 18 percent and asian and pacific islanders 1 percent , the centers said .
for example , in the decade from 1989 to 1998 , the percentage of aids cases among black and hispanic gay men rose to 51 from 30 , and for white gay men it dropped to 48 from 69 .
the centers officials said the new figures were the strongest evidence yet of the magnitude of the epidemic among black and hispanic gay men , and they said the shift had been the result of several factors .
one was that white gay men organized to educate themselves about the use of condoms and other prevention measures , while minorities largely ignored the issue of infection with h.i.v. , the aids virus , the officials said .
but , she added , the surprise is that people are surprised because people have ignored this trend .
phil wilson of the african-american aids policy and training institute at the university of southern california , said , it did not need to happen .
mr. wilson said he was shocked that there is so little about this issue in black media .
since powerful new drug treatments became available in 1996 , the number of aids cases and deaths have declined among all gay men .
the move in effect reversed the russian policy of encouraging refugees to return to chechnya , since families refused to travel without their men .
the militants did not simply disappear .
the latest battle began on sunday .
the official russian toll was four dead and five wounded , but some soldiers said the true figure was higher .
the say it was three or four , but in fact 30 died !
it had gas , though only since december , but no electricity .
pensions , salaries and subsidies had not been paid , and many of the refugees who came from even more dangerous areas say they are cold and hungry .
the schools have yet to open , and the trains do not run .
but the local market has started to do business again .
it is not clear how the hundreds of militants managed to get through .
only yesterday the two hundreds were taken away .
the rebels demanded that the russians surrender and promised that they could leave .
others say he was simply trying to see what was happening in the town .
to counter the rebels , the russians began firing artillery .
russian troops and residents say some civilian homes were destroyed by the shells .
some civilians were being tended to at the hospital here .
russian troops say they need to do more to prevent rebel attacks .
as long as there is money to be made from the oil in chechnya , this will keep happening , he said .
should she bring her own equipment ?
was transportation provided to the rink ?
how much scholarship money was available for books , housing , food ?
could her boyfriend help coach , or travel with the team ?
miller pulled up the covers to her neck to keep warm and talked to her new no. 1 goalie .
i think that it is kind of good that we have to get to a certain point to be able to play , that we have to work hard in school .
a coaching staff with international experience has seen to that .
and that was essential to winning that game .
if we had come out tired and nervous , we wouldn't have been able to play the kind of game we did .
coach miller knows a lot about the game , and she seems to be full of faith in the players , ralph said .
eventually , miller , whose full-time job was as a calgary police officer , decided to meet with people at the university .
and she's hard on us when she needs to be .
learning to achieve at a very high level in one thing helps you achieve at a very high level elsewhere , martin said .
it was like he was a different person , she said .
and then he actually came to a game on saturday night .
so i laughed and i thought , whatever , it's just one more person who was skeptical and who is now a supporter .
cleanup is expected to cost as much as $ 300 million , and congress is considering a bill that would pay for the bulk of the work .
we want to show that the energy department can clean up problems , rather than continue to create them , mr. richardson said .
they recognized common problems and dealt with them .
the last owners left a pile of waste that officials say is 110 feet high .
also , federal lawmakers need to approve money to finance the project .
mr. richardson said the administration's budget request for fiscal year 2001 would include $ 10 million to begin the cleanup .
to accomplish that , the energy department intends to pass management of the strip to the department of interior .
drug company executives asked the white house for a cease-fire in their war over drug prices and said that they wanted to work with president clinton and congress to establish medicare coverage of drugs this year .
j. walter thompson usa in new york is forming an alliance with basic entertainment , a powerful company in hollywood specializing in talent management and television and movie production .
these discussions do not constitute a change in policy or recognition of chechnya in any way , shape or form , said james p. rubin , the state department spokesman .
we are not asking for money or weapons , he said , adding , we don't really feel this war will bring victory to either side .
the mayor said the expanded effort was necessary because traffic deaths had risen sharply in the city last year .
but he said enforcement would be reasonable .
nonetheless , mr. giuliani's policy drew a strong response from the new york civil liberties union .
norman siegel , the organization's director , said it was unfair and excessive and would probably lead to lawsuits .
we will continue to challenge initiatives that basically hang you first and try you later , he said .
it came about because we were able to do what public policy is supposed to do , he said .
this could be my last state of the city speech , mr. giuliani said at the beginning , before a packed city council chamber of invited supporters and television cameras .
should mr. giuliani defeat his expected senate opponent , hillary rodham clinton , he will have only a year left as mayor .
if he loses , he will have only two years left , because of term limits .
his aides acknowledged later that the board would have to approve the sale .
but he added that it's only going to be 25 percent of the size of the present building .
the art of leadership in this city is saying , mr. giuliani said , yes , it can be done in the greatest city in the world .
mr. giuliani neglected few areas of his administration in a sprawling list of plans for what he described as a city enjoying a renaissance brought on by him .
in addition , mr. giuliani called for improvements to the east side river park and the extension of tax incentives for new businesses , particularly new media companies , in long island city in queens , downtown brooklyn and the fordham road area of the bronx .
the mayor made no direct reference to the senate race or mrs. clinton .
for the first time , mr. giuliani gave a name to his policy , calling it operation homeless , and he said once again that it was not an arrest policy but a plan to get people in need off the streets and into shelters , with arrest as a last resort .
but he also said : i have to admit to you that i was very nervous and i was very afraid .
i was afraid that something would go wrong , that no matter the great planning of the police department , and emergency people and everything else , that some terrible thing would happen to harm people , hurt people , hurt the city .
the insurance market , also affected by falling rates , is not expected to post a profit until at least 2002 .
estimates of profit and loss are given in the interim .
the 1998 result will continue to decline .
intense competition , particularly in the aviation and motor industries , led to a drop in insurance rates in the last couple of years .
but you never know what someone was going to do in the real event .
i mean , you can't go set a fire on the tracks .
yesterday , mr. matthew was reaching the end of his session when the supervisors decided to send another dose of reality his way , one appropriate for the day : snow .
a few minutes later , a reporter who also thought he could do it took the controls and , after several correct but less than graceful stops , ran his train right past the end of the platform .
this is a bad thing : you cannot put a subway train in reverse .
some farmers said it sounded odd coming from a man who had helped run the country for the last seven years .
he adds , in fact , al gore is the only democratic candidate for president who has been there for us in our times of need .
it made good theater , but many of the farmers did not seem particularly impressed .
while the united states' economic expansion is about to set a record for its length , farmers are facing desperate times because of the slump in commodity prices .
during a discussion period , some farmers asked tough questions that were critical of the clinton administration's justice department , agriculture department and trade representative .
and senator bradley is probably out of the picture now .
mr. gore suggested in his talk that conservation programs might be one way to increase revenue for family farmers , and many in the audience seemed to welcome that .
the european alliance was shaken last year when the exchanges could not agree on a common trading system .
and then , mr. clinton continued , those people that have the jobs spend their money there , and that won't contribute to inflation .
it will keep the economy growing , and the same thing is true all across the country .
the president took several specific steps yesterday to flesh out what aides are calling his new opportunity agenda .
at the center , mr. clinton announced a plan to increase to $ 5 billion from $ 2 billion the amount of money available during the next 10 years for his new markets tax credits , a program that gives companies a 25 percent tax credit for each dollar invested in community development projects in poor areas .
mr. clinton said he would ask congress to approve an additional $ 4 billion over 10 years to , among other things , increase the number of zones to 41 from 31 .
he said the treasury department would spend $ 30 million on pilot programs to encourage 11 million low-income families with no bank accounts to open low-cost first accounts .
if we can't do this now , we will never do this , he said in manhattan .
the dinner with 60 couples raised $ 250000 for the democratic national committee .
you know , he said in brooklyn , i thought i was supposed to be the funny one in this family .
in a joint interview , the two men seemed slightly nervous and said they worried that mr. clinton would attack their industry in his state of the union message on jan. 27 .
the drug executives said their statements reflected policies endorsed this week by the executive committee of their trade association .
we sense that all sides are moving in more of a positive direction to get something done .
it suggests that they see medicare drug coverage as inevitable and want to make the best deal possible .
in the past , drug companies said they saw only one way to provide drug benefits to medicare beneficiaries : through health maintenance organizations and other private health plans that serve 16 percent of the people on medicare .
any company that wanted to provide services within those ground rules could apply to do so , he said .
after reading those remarks , the executives said , they were shaken , but also saw some hopeful signs , and they requested a white house meeting to search for common ground .
he ordered a sweeping study to document the impact of high drug prices on the elderly .
the agreement will save suffolk county taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in threatened property tax increases .
mr. gates will remain as chairman and take on a new role as chief software architect .
she said she could not provide more details of its performance .
it was cheaper not to maintain them , he said .
government officials said its gross annual revenues were about $ 33 billion .
under the agreement , which was filed this morning in the court in houston , the company was not required to admit any wrongdoing .
in addition to the $ 30 million fine , it will pay $ 5 million for environmental projects in the six states , texas , oklahoma , kansas , louisiana , missouri and alabama .
the judge called for changes in the 3-year-old state law that makes it possible for children of any age to be tried as adults in michigan .
the real solution is to prevent an adult criminal population ever coming into existence .
at the end of the day someone , and i had hoped it would be the judge , should stand up and ask one simple question : does this individual present a danger to society ?
judge moore has declined all interviews during the trial , and did so again today .
under michigan law , judge moore had three sentencing options .
judge moore , who is 64 , has a reputation as an experienced and respected juvenile court judge .
judge moore succeeded his father , judge arthur eugene moore , on the juvenile court bench .
television , like photography in the newspaper business , provides a historical record of the world as we know it .
doing so would change the view of the world years from now , and destroy the concept of the public record .
but because many wanted to preserve the bulk of the surplus for tax cuts , they have not decided what , if anything , to do .
raising the limits could give mr. clinton a edge over republicans .
even so , the strong economy was producing so much revenue that many republicans feel that there could be enough money for both extra spending and tax cuts .
mr. clinton will propose letting spending rise somewhat below the inflation rate , democratic officials said .
the plan would be presented on feb. 7 in the budget for the 2001 fiscal year , which begins on oct. 1 .
it spoke for those who rejected the united states constitution .
in november , the agency cited the company for false and misleading advertising .
on tuesday , the agency had posted its violation notice to the company on its web site .
we worked with the f.d.a. to make sure that we are sending responsible and good messages to the consumers .
other than the ending , the advertisements are alike , ms. dean said .
he muscles his way onto the couch , between her and her husband , and takes up residence .
in the original , she succeeds ; in the revision he is still hanging around , laughing at the thought that chicken soup could help the patient .
with the flu season in full swing , there have been a number of stories about the illness , although some experts have wondered if the advertising about the new drugs , as opposed to the flu outbreak itself , is driving the media attention .
the advertising may attempt to get information out to patients .
three children came home from school to find that their mother had cleared out the apartment and moved .
they gave no details on what had led them to her .
the children came home to an apartment that was empty , except for a few toys on the floor .
the children are now in state custody .
spending has ranged from $ 2 million to $ 5 million over the last two years .
his work at the breed corporation in the 1960's focused on military safety devices .
the previous increase was in september , also by a quarter of a percentage point .
it's certainly appropriate that we begin the new year and the new millennium with a clean slate .
the suffolk legislature resisted that offer until tuesday , when it lost its battle before the state's highest court , in a ruling that forced all parties to resolve the matter quickly .
the utility won a judgment four years ago for $ 1.2 billion .
the courts disagreed , and the county legislature lost the final round in the legal dispute on tuesday , when the state court of appeals upheld a lower court ruling that the utility was entitled to $ 1.4 billion .
the ruling forced all the parties in the dispute to rush to a final accord to avoid paying the full amount -- a sum that everyone , including utility officials , agreed would create financial chaos in suffolk .
it is in the best interest of all long islanders that this matter be put behind us once and for all , he said .
with this agreement , the full promise of our historic plan has been realized , mr. pataki said today in a statement .
this was a promise we made nearly two years ago , and this is the promise we deliver upon today .
scottish media will pay $ 110 million in cash and assume $ 75 million in debt from ginger media , owner of virgin radio .
last year it bought companies in movie and outdoor advertising in england .
his most influential books were toward an organic architecture , published in 1945 , and architecture as space : how to look at architecture , first published in english in 1957 .
he dedicated architecture as space to all my friends in the organic architecture movement .
in a 1974 edition of the book , he took critical aim at other architects and writers .
his columns varied in length but were invariably outspoken .
he declined to subject buildings to rigorous ideological scrutiny .
he briefly studied at the architectural association in london and then transferred to the graduate school of design at harvard university .
he thought that buildings should seek an integrated relationship with nature instead of expressing the power of technology .
hughes is a unit of general motors .
the invisible government , a book by david wise and thomas b. ross published in 1964 , said he had held the post for many years .
several journalists who worked in germany said they knew him as the c.i.a. station chief .
serious music is a dead art , he began .
and serious music and all that jazz about contemporary music .
his books about voice were the great singers : from the dawn of opera to our own time , a 1966 survey that has become a standard reference work , the great american popular singers and opera in crisis .
he was born in wayne , pa. , and studied at the philadelphia music academy and the curtis institute of music .
mr. wise said he remained active with the intelligence agency at least until the early 1960's .
the dayton hudson corporation said yesterday that it would change its name to the target corporation .
target has been the company's top money maker since 1977 .
dayton hudson , based in minneapolis , said the name change would take effect jan. 30 when the company begins its new fiscal year .
its total sports affiliate in an online sports media company .
he was obviously instructed to emphasize how sorry he was in an attempt to prove to everyone that he is not a racist .
he did not offer an overwhelming argument .
maybe he deserves credit for being himself .
that may be the last question i answer about this .
the final margin of victory by america true in this makeup match was 1 minute 32 seconds , the same margin america true had built on the opening leg after the boats split at the start and america true picked the proper side of the course .
all of the women were thinking back to 1995 , but none of the guys , riley said with a laugh afterward .
today's race was the last of the semifinals , which featured six teams for the first time in cup history .
but america true got such conditions today .
it all works out , and now we're all in this together , riley said of eliminating her neighbors .
this was a race we needed to do and wanted to do earlier and had to delay .
if she refuses , he uses force , the detective said .
the man sometimes carries a knife and has injured two women , he added .
that margin is six points less than a similar poll in november .
the republican national committee said yesterday that it would spend as much as $ 10 million on advertising in about 10 states to improve its image among hispanic voters .
party officials said the advertisements would begin this spring .
until now , something essential had been missing from the campaign in new hampshire : snow .
george w. bush had some trouble with recent history last night .
but that is unlikely to end a custody battle over the remains .
dan marino is suddenly showing that his arm still has a little magic left in it .
marino and coach jimmy johnson have put aside their problems and conflicts of styles .
marino wants to throw the football 30 times a game and johnson wants to slow things down with the running game and win with his defense .
but no matter how well marino played against seattle , he will meet a much faster and aggressive defense .
besides , jacksonville has won 29 of their past 33 at home .
the wild card for this game is redskins running back stephen davis .
quite simply , if davis does not play , or plays on a limited basis , washington will have a difficult time winning this game .
they like to hit people -- very hard .
vikings running back robert smith is on the kind of roll that can carry a team far into the playoffs .
the difference is in the coaching staff .
there are some defensive coaches in the n.f.l. who believe that tennessee will easily win this game .
here is why these people think such crazy thoughts .
they think george can dominate the game .
the game will be close , but the colts win .
the wildcats , down to seven scholarship players after richard jefferson broke his right foot in the victory at stanford last saturday , pulled it out by going 12 for 12 at the foul line over the final 5 : 16 .
stanford leads the nation in field goal defense at 32 percent .
ken johnson had 13 points , 14 rebounds and a career-high 6 blocked shots as no. 17 ohio state won its first road game of the season .
joel steinberg , the former lawyer serving a prison sentence for the fatal beating of his adopted daughter , lisa , in 1987 , has been denied parole for the third time .
the attack cost mr. pearl the sight in one eye .
federal and local prosecutors have said the statute of limitations bars them from charging the officers .
the victims ranged in age from 15 to 18 , the authorities said , but all but one had graduated when the investigation started .
players on the men's pro tour will be shooting for ranking points as well as medals at the sydney olympics this fall .
from the age of 8 , ken buchanan never wanted to be anything but a boxer .
once he started fighting , his dream was to become a world champion .
he holds super bowl records for career touchdown passes , passing yards in a game and a career .
montana and lott were the only nominees to make the list of finalists in their first year of eligibility .
down by 2-0 , the islanders climbed back into the game 5 : 23 into the final period , after a sweeping move around a defender by steve webb .
my job is to stop the puck , not to fight .
if it had been on our side of the rink , i would have been the first guy to help my teammate .
but in that situation , it was clearly ridiculous .
snow , pulled briefly in the first period after giving up two goals on the first seven shots , stopped all 20 in the third period and overtime .
he has scored 20 or more goals in 12 seasons and played for two stanley cup champions -- montreal in 1986 and new jersey in 1995 .
in 20 games for tampa bay this season , he had seven goals and five assists .
all-star game , tying wayne gretzky for the longest streak in hockey history .
four philadelphia flyers were added to the north american team for the 50th all-star game , scheduled for sunday , feb. 6 at toronto .
what if lucky jim had carried a knife ?
which is very nice , but not the truth .
morris wants other things much more .
he smiled straight into the boy's great , soft african eyes .
in 1989 , the priest turned writer james carroll took his family to europe to witness the end of the cold war .
what carroll wants to show us above all is that the relationship with the jews is not merely one issue among many for the modern church .
jesus was not , so far as we know , a man alien to the culture or politics of his time .
he would not have even understood such a term .
one contemporary wrote : you would have thought that they wore masks .
the pope reversed an ancient current of jew hatred with that act , and the church's relationship to israel , present as well as past , would never be the same .
in calling the church to an accounting with its past , the current pope has not been perfect .
there is still a reluctance to confront the horror done to jews in the name of christian faith .
but he has put his finger on a vital element in the church's possible renewal .
he speaks at the very beginning of the book of an encounter he had as a tourist in jerusalem some years ago .
hill wanted to do the minimum necessary to get thomas rejected , he says .
but alan dale shows that you can talk about a joke without completely stepping on it .
it's no longer just for the traditional wealthy .
three years later , he opened it as a hotel .
in short , it's not the kind of place where the traditional palm beach resident would feel comfortable .
although outsiders often view these towns as part of palm springs , they're not .
we probably wouldn't have done it had we known .
it was more expensive than medical school by far .
but now real estate has gone nuts here .
the princess phones have a certain charm , but try getting messages .
there was a wealth of architecture , but it was mostly private homes .
this hotel itself was pink and green , just awful .
moreover , the palm springs bureau of tourism has made an effort to attract gay tourists .
now the increase in tourism -- and the purchase of homes -- has accelerated because of the prosperous economy in the 1990's .
the town often votes republican , and presumably many of the wealthy golf crowd are conservative .
everything seemed so narrow to me .
on a recent night , the crowd mixed the casual and the slightly formal : tables of affluent couples with women wearing diamonds , several tables of three or four gay men , a family with children , and several young couples .
i went to a restaurant last night and everyone was speaking french and german .
that didn't happen a few years ago .
there are dozens of restaurants in palm springs , with every price available .
dinner for two can cost at least $ 150 with wine .
he studied in his native switzerland .
will the single supplement be thrown into the harbor ?
single travelers are more than a niche .
a spokeswoman for norwegian coastal voyage said the company dropped the single supplement for its winter cruises for the first time to encourage business : the west coast of norway is cold and very dark now .
the company also discounts the holland america single supplement , pricing it at 20 percent above the standard fare .
most schools and hotels charge extra for them , however .
but if today's world is less dangerous , it is also more complex .
forces both smaller and larger than the state now play a crucial role in foreign affairs .
and as the terrain has changed , so have the terms of the debate .
but it's no longer obvious what it means to be liberal or conservative on foreign policy .
george bush said , the first question is what's in the best interests of the united states .
when foreign policy is centered on values , she explained , the national interest is replaced with humanitarian interests or the interests of the international community .
realism may sound like nothing more than an honest assessment of a dangerous world , but it is important to understand how far this stands outside the american tradition .
what is striking about george w. bush and his inner circle is not how different they sound from bill clinton but how different they sound from the first president bush .
the new world order is as distant a memory as the evil empire .
only when given a hint -- repression of women in afghanistan -- did bush say , oh .
people close to bush dismiss his past as irrelevant ; he has , they say , both the experience and the character to direct the affairs of the free world .
his party is led by figures , from trent lott to tom delay , who view much of the foreign world with outright suspicion .
it is as if he had done the new administration a favor by joining it .
at the same time , it's not altogether obvious why that's so .
powell is a career military man -- he also served briefly as reagan's national security adviser -- who until now has needed to understand the world as soldiers do .
bush quickly found that he was comfortable asking her the most elementary questions .
as for our policy toward israel , the main difference may be who's involved in negotiations .
overall , a bush administration is likely to have the kind of foreign policy the corporate community likes -- less focus on human rights , more on free trade .
a principal topic on the agenda will be removing barriers to trade .
but the great difference between bush and clinton will most likely have to do with military and defense policy .
our allies would accept the inevitable , with greater or lesser grace .
for a republican administration , the united states is the only global actor on the world screen ; they accept europe , but as a regional actor .
there were no american forces on the ground at the time .
if the european military force is going to have any role , one aide says , why wouldn't this be one ?
this was not far from saying , it's none of our business .
there is a spectrum of opinion on humanitarian intervention that stretches from almost always to virtually never .
he played a major role in preventing the clinton administration from acting in bosnia in 1993 , while he continued to serve as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff .
he appears never to have acknowledged his mistakes nor to have changed his views .
whose goals are to increase democracy , increase prosperity , increase the peace and reduce arms .
a chairman of the joint chiefs said : in every corner of the world our troops are at work .
these warriors of freedom , these men and women who love peace , who are prepared to die for its preservation , are doing their important part to help fulfill the concepts of the united nations charter .
the president was george bush -- the other george bush -- and the military man was colin powell .
has the world changed so very much since then ?
to wit : only two airlines allow customers to book flights for so-called award travel online , according to experts in the field .
they're all just starting to catch up now .
still , he said , it's a real challenge finding a seat .
as i quickly found out on the northwest site .
some of these capabilities are months away , while others will take longer .
i had to transfer 40000 points from membership miles to delta before i could buy the tickets , but i needed to figure out first if delta had seats available .
in less than 10 minutes i'd worked out the flight details and made a reservation .
a growing number of airlines , among them american airlines , are sending those statements out by e-mail each month .
i do not know what can be done to remedy this but , surely , getting an honest look at the human side of the story can only help .
people are so influenced by the dairy industry's marketing ; that's why i believe it's important to get the facts .
i started my own consulting practice during president clinton's first term .
my family and health have paid the price of success .
here's a glimpse of what lies on the edges .
the annual tour of historic buildings is feb. 10 .
but comparing lincoln road 60 years ago and today , the differences are details .
free buses run among the roughly 20 sites .
it's not necessary to go indoors for art .
and everywhere i went on the island , i would run into another person from the states who had gone for a visit , abandoned all sense of ambition , bought a place and stayed .
you won't find any large hotels there or a single mcdonald's .
you can wave it down anywhere en route , and the charge is just $ 2 a trip .
that left plenty of time for the island's main event : the water .
the drive on route 250 was about a half an hour to the end of the main road heading east .
up to a third of the residents will rent out their own homes during the peak vacation months , november through february .
as to staying forever : well , let's just say it can get lonely in paradise .
in peak season , there might be as many as four flights a day , but don't count on the published schedules .
sometimes , the companies fly simply when they can fill up a plane .
in the off-season , there may only be two flights a day .
but a friend who lives in san juan warned me that they make many stops , and that i should allow at least three hours to catch the ferry .
it would be tragic if this happens .
i received a pass to the mtv studios and would like to give it to her , but is that proper ?
this is particularly important at a time when many schools are alert to issues of sexual harassment .
and all he had to give was a golden apple ; he didn't even have videos .
it was two categories , not seven .
at her recommendation , they were sent in 1999 to be cleaned and treated at the textile conservation laboratory of the cathedral of st. john the divine in manhattan .
it filled out a missing link in the information chain previously unknown to us .
i don't know if i'll ever see anything as impressive in documentary evidence again .
paintings ruled , and the decorative arts were played down .
so they were rolled up and put away .
and these things are not only important , they are family history .
when visitors see them so vibrant once again and so well preserved , i think they cannot help but warm to them .
it was important that i hit the ground running and begin work .
he was unfamiliar with both services .
the agency had just begun a service that offers a range of free personal assistance available before , during and after the move and for as long as he owns the house .
but , as time went on , i saw what a great job they did .
with many prospective home buyers turning to the internet for real estate information , agencies are trying to offer clients added value .
we definitely have to offer something more to our clients .
this service is one of the best tools we have .
in the last two years , other large real estate companies have either established a home service program or are looking into setting one up .
prudential long island , with 35 offices , is in the process of investigating with a few companies that have the service , said dorothy herman , its owner .
however , it's a lot more difficult to do than meets the eye .
the programs are basically organized in the same manner , with the service being free to the client .
the service coordinator , working with the agent , contacts a service provider requested by the client .
they appreciate people who will stay on hold with a utility service , follow up and make sure the work is done and that they are satisfied .
there are a few services for new homeowners that the agencies cannot arrange .
so , we get all the information and advise the client what to do .
if someone doesn't meet our quality standards , she said , i have no problem eliminating them from our list .
contact with home buyers is not made directly , however , but comes through the coordinator at the real estate agency .
it's like a giant present to agents from the agency , she said .
she also noted that it relieved a burden from agents , many of whom had been referring contractors and other services on their own for years .
we were already doing it on a certain scale : providing lists of elder attorneys and contacts we knew that have a good reputation .
i refer people i know who are good at their occupation , and i call around for other recommendations , she said .
all i want is a job well done , or i'll drop them .
it's music rooted in a specific sense of time and place .
this was great popular music lacking only for wide popularity , at least in america .
that split in rock music , and its aftermath , is still being played out in the culture .
that sound is like a transmission from a vanished world of refusal and doubt , about as far from what rock had become as one could imagine .
heard today , it can make you wonder if the purpose of most of what is on the market now is simply to help you forget that anything like this music was possible in the first place , or could ever be again .
the experience i had , unfortunately , was very different .
the hotel was extremely busy and we experienced some last-minute changes in arrival and departure dates for a group .
five main halls are dedicated to world war i , world war ii , and the korea , vietnam and persian gulf wars .
the museum's walls display the names of more than 400000 soldiers who died in world war ii , as well as those who lost their lives in subsequent wars and conflicts .
at least one hotel is allowing guests to check in under something besides their original names and be proud of it .
this will be only the second time since the early 80's that the races will be held on snow .
all that remains is the ability to distinguish shadows from one or two feet through the corner of my left eye , mr. taylor , 53 , said .
from the beginning , my focus was to be calm and take control of the situation .
in his case , doctors chose to do both , he said , adding that he was told he was a perfect candidate for such an approach because he was physically fit , with excellent blood pressure .
they drop your blood pressure very low during surgery to get less bleeding , he said .
i don't blame her for being mad , angry or sad .
we cry together and support each other .
she is the reason this hasn't destroyed us .
mrs. taylor added : we know that when there are crises in families , you either get closer or farther apart .
i love him more since he lost his sight .
they laugh about the time he detected a black shadow on the living room chair .
three days after his surgery , mr. taylor insisted on going home .
everyone told me i had to go through stages of denial and grief .
it's scary to lose your vision but he is willing to accept that from now on , his life will not be the way it was .
basically , he said , if your sink breaks , you get it fixed .
at first , he returned a few days a week without pay since he didn't know how productive he could be , though he is now back full time .
i wanted to see if i could function , he said .
they go to the gym regularly and do a lot of walking .
but mr. taylor feels a loss of independence .
since his surgery , mr. taylor said that his back pain is gone and he has felt more love and caring than ever before .
still , he said : i'd give it all up in a second if i had my sight back .
sight is an amazing connection to the world .
holiday time is a tremendous time for plants .
but now , in the first weeks of the new year , all is not well .
the trick is knowing which plants deserve an investment of time and energy and which do not .
water when the top of the soil is dry , and feed regularly .
it will survive nicely at the same temperatures that are comfortable for most human beings .
for the first time , westchester science students will be able to take part in a regional science and engineering contest that will allow them to compete in an international program run by the intel corporation .
until last year , when new york state held its first statewide competition , high school students from westchester had no means to enter the international competition .
to be eligible , students must win at either a regional or state contest .
his project involved the development of brain cells .
to many in the science education community here , the time seemed right to offer a regional competition .
we have some really good people up here .
the top prize winners get $ 40000 in college scholarships .
last week , the four employees returned to the classroom to begin their third and final term .
i'd rather give opportunities to dedicated people who work for us than go recruit new people for every opening , mr. foley said .
the four students said they were proud of completing two-thirds of a curriculum that proved more challenging than they anticipated .
learning to work together in teams , that was more difficult .
my choice is always to reward our workers when there's a career opportunity , he said .
he rejected the traditional solution of paying for employees to take management courses at local colleges .
our product is an empty seat that loses all value the moment the plane takes off , mr. foley said .
but you can't sell the seat for whatever you can get for it at the last minute .
jack was almost in tears , he said .
it was home to a large american indian population and later to early european settlers .
only one athlete is from canada , the quick fix for building a strong squad .
the rest of the players are americans , and not all from the old familiar places .
what she does not have is experience .
california doesn't have an ice rink near my house and ice time is really expensive .
i have to react to whatever they do .
i recruited the rest of the team ; she recruited me , he said .
this season , she has improved -- and dropped to third string because of two super freshmen .
after nine games , her 16 goals and 6 assists are tops in division iii .
scoring just comes naturally , like skating .
the first time i went skating , i didn't fall once .
we've got more talent and more commitment , she said .
we are offering a level of college hockey never seen in the metropolitan area .
it's very important the parents feel you will look after their girl like a parent , he said .
the girls work hard at practice and make me laugh doing it .
with the additional subscribers , cablevision now serves more than four million homes in new york , new jersey and connecticut ... .
by raising their consciousness , we are in a position to make a difference .
how do we inspire people to lift themselves up to be better unless we show them ?
things have gotten so bad , they say , that they have put their house up for sale .
she really has been feeling very , very lonely .
so i try to call from time to time and see how she's doing .
we also knew that he was the one who helped the men over there when they had been beaten up .
also in church i had heard about him when people talk about when you need help , who do you go to .
two weeks later he began delivering the local newspaper and working weekends at a car wash , giving half his earnings to his parents .
no white child had ever spoken to him in such a friendly manner before .
they embraced me , they reached out to me as a human being .
every single one of those churches turned me down , he recalled .
that was probably one of the most painful experiences in my life .
i feel very , very strongly about that .
and a political force to contend with .
he would go hang out with the homeless .
and he would try to speak on their behalf .
why can't i make my own mistakes and be stupid like that ?
considering the subject matter , one might wonder just how to fill an entire magazine , the latest issue of which was 40 pages long .
animals have a fun air about them , he said , so the key is keeping it fun and if you become a bird dog for ideas , you'll find plenty .
wait a minute , this is a pet magazine !
these are on topics like the location of the county's top dog walks , nature centers and best places to give a birthday party for a child who loves animals .
each issue includes a feature on a particular type of pet .
the man answered that they were on their way to the airport to catch a flight for paris .
and i don't want him to bite anyone .
he showed them his magazine , told them of his plans for more issues and managed to sign people up .
it's incredible , he said , looking tired , how some people can look you in the eye and promise to pay and then not do it .
i have never worked so hard , he said , or had so much fun .
as a member of stand , i appreciate what they and other artists are doing .
what she was thinking about was her family -- her husband , her daughter , then 11 years old , and her son , just 5 .
my first thought was , what am i going to tell the kids ?
what if i don't live to see them grow up ?
i was young and healthy , she said .
so i certainly wasn't thinking a lot about breast cancer .
but i also began to follow the message boards .
message board communications can be posted and read by anyone at any time , as opposed to chat rooms , where discussion takes place in real time .
it wasn't just the medical information .
it was the sensitivity and support they offered one another that kept me coming back .
there's a lot to be said for the anonymity of the internet , she said .
it's easier to be open and direct when you don't have to worry about crying in public or running into someone in the supermarket the next day .
you can reveal as much or as little as you choose , and you can type out what you want to say before you post it .
plus , the convenience factor is huge .
people assume i kept a detailed journal throughout my illness , but i didn't , she said .
it's just that , trust me , this is not the sort of experience you forget .
like most women , i'm still struggling to find a balance , she said , but i'm better able to keep things in perspective and to let the little things go .
i've come to recognize the good in my experience -- all the lovely women i met , for instance .
with the book , i've tried to create something positive -- an insight into breast cancer , and perhaps into illness in general .
it's the kind of book , she added , that i wish i'd been able to read before my diagnosis , so that somewhere in my mind i'd have had a greater awareness of the disease .
three years ago , white plains was a city in decline .
so the mayor and his aides looked for a model to help guide their efforts to bring the city back to life .
they found one 15 miles northeast , in stamford .
on that front , even a casual visitor can see that stamford has come further than white plains .
in the heart of the downtown , the old macy's building remains vacant , and across from it are discount stores like the $ 1 limit .
stamford has also gained more than 1000 units of new residential housing in its downtown area over the last five years , with 2500 more units planned ; and there are new security and sanitation workers to keep the streets safe and clean .
the notion of competition between white plains and stamford has been for the most part in the minds of third parties , he said .
they were just doing similar things at similar times .
in both cities , urban renewal drew opposition .
many of the houses had seen better days , but it was very mixed and very interesting .
the cities chose different approaches : stamford appointed a single developer , the local f. d. rich company , while white plains chose to work with a variety of builders .
we were in such a rush to get everything completed that as a city , we sometimes didn't insist on a high degree of architectural excellence , said william a. rose jr. , an architect who served on the citizens advisory committee for the central urban renewal project and later as a white plains city councilman .
the emphasis on automotive access to buildings , and the assumption that people would not venture out , was temporary , he said , but it happened to be in full swing when white plains and stamford were doing urban renewal and deciding what to build .
most malls , after all , were still being built in suburban locations in the 1970's .
even though white plains is the county seat , city officials there have rarely had a good working relationship with westchester county , and new york state has not stepped in to help out with economic incentives until recently , he added .
connecticut has also had a longstanding tax advantage .
until a decade ago , there was no income tax , and today that tax is lower than new york's , as are corporate and sales taxes .
although white plains has one of the lowest property tax rates in westchester , it is still almost twice that of stamford .
in white plains , they just kill you .
and there's too many people in the approval process .
builders now sit down at a table with every city official who needs to review a proposal , instead of being forced to go from office to office .
and the state and county authorities , which had never offered white plains much help with economic development , are now pitching in .
new york state is now more competitive than connecticut in terms of offering incentive packages , mr. steinberg said .
in april 2000 , for instance , greenwich technology partners , an expanding network consultants and engineering company , moved its headquarters to white plains from stamford , bringing 90 employees .
but the city , working with the county and the empire state development corporation , also made an important difference .
that was in substantial contrast to efforts by connecticut and fairfield politicians .
in fact , transportation has become a challenge for both cities .
traffic problems have helped to tighten the housing market in both cities .
and both have more poverty , and a higher concentration of ethnic minorities , than any of the surrounding suburbs .
and though stamford could hardly be described as cozy , city officials have worked hard to make it more appealing .
it has also encouraged more retail and entertainment outlets .
some of the things stamford has done may not be realistic in white plains .
stamford is just far enough from new york that it can support its own cultural institutions , mr. steinberg said .
they got a 10-year jump on us , he said .
but we're planning to build 1500 to 2000 housing units right in the downtown area .
there's a downtown area where you can walk to a number of restaurants and bars , and it's a younger , more professional crowd , he said .
other people who have lived in downtown stamford tend to agree .
but there were lots of kids and older people on the street ; i found it really charming .
the difference is partly a matter of the distance to new york city .
white plains is closer , so when i want to go out i just go into new york , mr. bryan said .
and one thing is certain : white plains , which has far less housing in its downtown area , is cheaper .
you definitely get more bang for your buck in white plains , said mr. bryan , who is paying more than he did in stamford but has a much larger apartment , he said .
on the plus side , however , many dishes can be ordered in large or small portions -- be warned that all portions are more than generous -- and suggestions for wine that would pair nicely with a particular dish are printed on the menu .
pasta dishes proved somewhat disappointing .
entrees brought more successful efforts .
kitchen is visible through a glass window .
parking on the street or in back of the restaurant .
menu listings and prices are subject to change .
there are other winners at this spot , too .
but on another night , the dish could have been made by a mother with two kids , a job and a husband with an attitude : it was rushed .
the flavors remained distinct -- even the fat -- and it wasn't the comfort food it is meant to be .
some of the desserts suffer from identity problems as well .
menu listings and prices are subject to change .
working primarily out of their home here , they sell indian paintings and drawings by old masters .
in indian painting , the most important factor is quality , he said .
with indian painting , most of the works are anonymous .
our obsession with measuring things is directly opposed to nature , which is anything but straight .
i try to resolve the intellectual with the natural .
this effect gives her art a sense of passive energy .
it is as if the clay itself directs her decisions .
it's as if they survived a form of death .
the right rev. m. thomas shaw , the episcopal bishop of massachusetts , performed the ceremony .
the bridegroom graduated from the university of georgia and received a master's degree in international relations and foreign policy from georgia state university .
his father retired from the federal department of education , for which he was the southeast chief inspector general for audit in atlanta .
the bridegroom , 33 , graduated from the university of michigan and the mount sinai school of medicine .
it has been two decades since the last baby was born in the aging building .
there's probably not a month that that goes by , he said , that i don't run into someone , oh , i've heard your name .
he avoided prosecution , conventional wisdom has it , by dealing only in cash , and grew wealthy on a salary of $ 5000 a year .
again in july 1971 , prosecutors struck pay dirt .
the take , according to testimony at the trial of what was called the hudson 8 , was 10 percent off the top .
in west new york , the arrest of 29 people in 1988 -- most of them local police officers -- was billed by the united states attorneys office in newark as the largest police corruption scandal in new jersey history .
and we were the immigrants , and up until the world war ii period , the rest of the state was pretty rural .
they'll never pull a governor out of hudson county .
you've got to remember , for years hudson county was the most corrupt county in the state .
the 70's in jersey city , you had fires every night in downtown jersey city , because the only way you could get any money for your property was to burn it and collect on the insurance .
but , he added : image typically does trail changes in reality .
but you do get changes in image happening .
he might as well have moved to kansas , as far as we were concerned .
and so it was not a part of our analysis .
the most important part of our analysis was that we think jersey city is a terrific place to work .
the past left such a mark that ms. simpson said she never discussed hudson county or her father's reputation with her son , scott .
then one day last summer he told her of an encounter he had with two elderly women from jersey city .
she graduated cum laude from pennsylvania state university and is a candidate for a master's degree in economics at new york university .
he is a director of bond sales in manhattan for deutsche bank securities , specializing in latin american bonds .
he graduated from vanderbilt university and received an m.b.a. from duke .
others , like the mayor , have more modest proposals .
and he says the city can do all of it for less than $ 100000 .
these days , the problem is getting people out of those same casinos .
atlantic city has a remarkable role in popular culture , he said .
we should have a sign by the steel pier telling its history .
and there are so many songs and movies from here .
again , there will be 10 or 12 of them this year and maybe more as we go along .
this is a dead space , and we haven't used it all that well .
i wanted to get something started that no one would object to .
if in five or 10 years , they get around to something bigger , fine .
so the question is this : what to to do with new york avenue ?
it might be that empire state building or a big apple .
not the statue of liberty , the mayor said .
we know that's in new jersey now , so we're saving it for new jersey avenue , right ?
the transfer of power is still a few weeks away .
he will simply be one of the two men at the top .
and mr. collins has never been reluctant to challenge the senate president .
now , of course , conflict carries much higher stakes .
if he does , it shows he can't put together a legislative initiative within his own party .
i'm sure they're going to work out a sharing of the wealth , mr. cohen said .
the building is over capacity now , and we expect 300 to 500 more students in the next few years , said thomas j. ryan , assistant superintendent for business .
pork has so little fat that it often comes out dry and tough when it's cooked .
the peppers are a classic southern italian dish .
add the rosemary leaves and salt , mix well and cover with plastic wrap .
transfer to the oven and roast for seven minutes .
cook , stirring frequently , over medium heat until the peppers are soft .
steam or boil them in separate pots until tender .
heat the milk in a small saucepan .
return them to the pot and add the milk and butter .
season them to taste with salt and pepper .
pork has so little fat that it often comes out dry and tough when it's cooked .
the peppers are a classic southern italian dish .
add the rosemary leaves and salt , mix well and cover with plastic wrap .
transfer to the oven and roast for seven minutes .
cook , stirring frequently , over medium heat until the peppers are soft .
steam or boil them in separate pots until tender .
heat the milk in a small saucepan .
return them to the pot and add the milk and butter .
season them to taste with salt and pepper .
next , grip the edge of the door and try to pull it out of the pocket .
do not try to repair them if they are broken ; they should be replaced .
of course , you will have to remove the old track before it can be replaced , but it is impossible to work through the narrow pocket to do this .
the opening will give you access so you can remove the track frame .
you will need these dimensions to order a replacement track .
stand the door on a bathroom scale to see how heavy it is .
install the new track so it is centered in the track slot .
place one end of the bar under the door .
slide the door in and out of the pocket to check for smooth travel .
holiday time is a tremendous time for plants .
but now , in the first weeks of the new year , all is not well .
the trick is knowing which plants deserve an investment of time and energy and which do not .
water when the top of the soil is dry , and feed regularly .
it will survive nicely at the same temperatures that are comfortable for most human beings .
i think the strongest candidate should be the nominee , he said .
a september primary date has not been set .
it is a joy every time to watch eyes and minds open as children and adults view the art in front of them and learn .
when i examine these children i find there is an often underlying delay in development of the system that allows us to maintain our position in space relative to gravity .
the appropriate intervention is more important than who delivers it .
mrs. siegel , 33 , is a property manager for tower realty management in new york .
she graduated from the university of south florida in tampa .
his mother is a director of the office of international information programs at the state department in washington .
his father , who was the executive director of the democratic national committee from 1974 to 1977 , is a professor of government at american university and the owner of a lobbying business bearing his name in washington .
but it is unfortunate that her solution is housing these children in an institution , which creates its own potential for abuse .
studies from around the world show that institutions are not a good place for any children to grow up .
if airline mergers sought by united airlines and american airlines are approved , the two airlines would control half the national air travel market .
the blind man walked out of the bar .
then he said into the cold brooklyn evening , hey ?
he waited for a reply that did not come .
i used to drink more , but i got diabetes .
you drink too much with diabetes and you'll have a stroke .
he lives nearby in red hook although he couldn't tell you the difference between a red hook and a blue hook , he said .
just a few old neighborhood types who refuse to be pushed out by the money .
his mother lay with cancer in the hospital across the street .
his teeth had died a long time ago .
now i got to pay 50 dollars for eye drops .
he crossed himself as he walked out the door .
he graduated cum laude from the university of pennsylvania , where he also received law and m.b.a. degrees .
and the companies have found that they can be a demanding bunch .
then he asked the crucial question : if you don't go to mcdonald's , where do you go ?
mr. brady , 36 , has run the fund since it started nearly seven years ago .
its shareholders use surprising criteria to recommend stocks .
one wrote : i shop at the gap because i like the clothes , and one just opened in my neighborhood , and because they give money for aids education programs .
i ended up buying it , and making money .
about one-third of the questions , he suspects , are written by parents .
clearly , his message got through .
new york simply won't sit still for a portrait .
it not only tells us who we are but who we were .
among the most diverse set of names are those reflecting royal households .
i've heard these details my whole life .
you never used to get a table this quick , either , dad recalls .
no reservations , not even a line .
people would just hang over your plate waiting to grab it .
never mind that the shore dinner is still on the menu .
she couldn't possibly eat all that .
if she wasn't a brooklyn girl , he figured , she must be rich .
out of all of them fishing boats they used to have going , now we got maybe three .
i'm afraid my dad is going to cry .
he actually knows a guy with -- get this -- a piece of the field in his yard !
to some , it's as if the place no longer exists .
they don't want to see it for what it is now .
years from now , i'll probably tell my grandchildren about the old neighborhood .
that i don't really miss brooklyn way back when .
that everything is probably a lot better now .
the rev. samuel johnson howard performed the ceremony .
he graduated from the north carolina school of the arts and received a master's degree in arts administration from brooklyn college .
the couple met in 1996 , when both were employed by the manhattan theater club .
she was the director of marketing and he was the director of fund-raising .
the jobs require different personalities .
i always had drinks with different colleagues , but mark and i never had , so i said sure .
then he added : she had a big smile on her face .
going out with a colleague made her feel extremely uncomfortable , she explained .
when they attended manhattan theater club functions , they were careful to arrive and leave separately .
but it soon became evident that virtually everybody in the office knew .
to which the reply was : why don't you just give it up and leave with him !
they receive 20 percent of the value of the sales .
the rest goes back to the program .
they also get a $ 1500 scholarship after their first year and a $ 4000 scholarship after the second .
there is a course in business management and there are plans to have local business people come in to speak .
we expect it because they're capable of making great work .
working from home , she found , did not slow her career path , either .
it doesn't really cost them anything .
if anything , it can help cut costs .
both women work reduced hours to spend more time with their young children .
the woman left the firm after only a few months , he said .
you've got to be flexible , especially in my job , she said .
i could be sitting at home with my daughters and all of a sudden a motion comes down and all of my plans for the next two weeks go out the window .
at my level , you can't expect to just get up and leave the office if there's work that still needs to be done , she said .
other managers say they would be happy to promote workers on flexible schedules -- as long as they agree to return to the office full time .
despite the challenges , many workers say flexible benefits give them the balance they need .
keep the lines of communication open .
don't focus only on your daily work .
look for opportunities to build relationships with colleagues , to receive more training and to take on new projects .
on a day off , be prepared to return phone calls to clients or to come in to work if necessary .
seven people were already waiting in line when he arrived .
none were written in his native vietnamese , so he looked at the pictures .
my face was so fat , i could talk just a little , he said .
somehow i knew i was about to die .
this time , instead of taking the train to chinatown , he ran to the emergency room of new york methodist hospital in park slope .
had he waited a couple of hours , doctors told him , the infection probably would have killed him .
freedom gives them a chance to settle somewhere else and try their act again .
what lives and careers do they most often assume ?
where in the boroughs do they easily find work and how do they get away , get caught ?
mr. cunningham had plans to enter the new york city police academy .
she approached people on the street .
her name never showed up on insurance bills , however , because she was not a plastic surgeon .
and when the emergency medical technicians responded to a call at the clinic that day , there was mr. cunningham , bleeding and struggling for breath .
as temporary workers , they can avoid scrutiny by changing assignments each day .
as home health care aides , they can avoid scrutiny by working alone .
but if someone is only there for a day , no one will probably notice they have no idea what they're doing .
faces of fake nurses like nancy j. fox .
ms. fox lasted three months before a director at the hip center became suspicious of her credentials and checked them .
again , her credentials were questioned , and she was arrested on july 22 .
nurses are shaken when it's revealed that someone they've been working with has been presenting themselves as other than what they are , the winston executive said .
you never even think about it , that maybe they just walked in off the street .
but if you have that , you can even be in plain clothes .
you can say , let me see your license and registration , and usually people will think you're a cop .
many patients do not speak english .
language and cultural barriers can also shield them from exposure .
the company called the state education department , which immediately began an investigation .
they come in all shapes , sizes , ethnic backgrounds and health conditions .
investigations begin with records and interviews .
but how he came to do that and what his dreams were and what he came to this country to do is more complicated .
there's just not a lot of reward for being an ordinary person in this everyday society , said sara weiss , a clinical psychologist who has practiced in the city for 20 years .
and in new york , there's the idea that if you make it here , you can make it anywhere .
all they risk is arrest , he said , and even that usually means probation , not prison .
he spoke little english and talked to no one except his lawyer .
that was the name listed on all the court records and even the daily calendar in the hallway .
sometimes you feel like a truck ; sometimes you don't .
and this year , the north american international auto show here does not .
one of the few new trucks introduced here , the 2002 liberty will go on sale in late spring .
features include split rear seats that fold into a flat floor .
they are expected early next year as 2003 models .
safety features include air bags to protect the head .
the production car is expected to appear virtually identical to the show model when it comes out in 2002 as a 2003 model .
both will be available in late august .
the removal of the old fence left our projects in the street , she said .
it's a concern we take seriously and will try to address .
her nonprofit group's studies are conducted in concert with a group of universities and public agencies .
its backers include the hudson river foundation .
the parties may solve the problem .
as a result , some windows would have to be closed up .
those windows have existed for almost a century , ms. ferguson said , adding that it would be hard to lose them .
ms. ferguson said the tenants were talking to the developer about how the work on the windows would be handled and what kind of material would be used to seal the windows .
this is a strong bunch that's coming in here , and business is business .
she really enjoys the company of intelligent women , who she can talk to about business or politics .
i'd get in too much trouble , she said .
she gets a lot of good ideas , but she doesn't know how to translate them through other people and get the job done that way .
in a small company , it's very hard to have a large ego .
you just have to know when to hold them and when to fold .
she did not raise that much money for mccain ; it was more talk than action , a a senior campaign aide for the senator said .
this is the first time i've been asked that question , she said .
i think the press in general has a problem with glamour .
glamour with respect to hollywood is positive , but with anyone else it's suspect .
there are people threatened by it , and certainly as a woman you're not supposed to have it .
referring to the impression in washington that mccain supporters are being frozen out , she said : mccain is giving this administration a very tough time .
i can't blame the administration for not giving him anything .
when told that two republican consultants disputed that number and gave a much lower estimate , she said : well , whatever .
how do you know how much you raised ?
does it mean that i made every one of the calls to get the money ?
so it just depends on how you look at that .
it's given by the local police and its community council .
crown heights is not the only neighborhood where that formula works , but it works especially well here .
they say in crown heights it's the blacks , the blues and the jews , said richard green , executive director of the crown heights youth collective .
crisis can aid communication , too .
the man was arrested without incident .
and they are in place before bad things happen .
the new board would hire a manager to run the island .
the goal , he added , is for a public benefit corporation to be transferred entirely out of state hands and turned over entirely to an independent board .
the movement for roosevelt island independence began at a rally of residents on july 4 , 1997 .
a few days later , when the operating corporation refused to give the group a meeting place , they gathered under a maple tree and named themselves the maple tree group .
their main demand was local control over development on the island .
but now yet another idea is in the air .
if you could fill up for $ 20 at one gas station or $ 200 at another , would $ 200 be an excellent value ?
the oldest -- and the largest mutual fund of any kind -- is the vanguard 500 index trust , which will turn 25 this year .
many investors assume that there is not much difference among these funds .
but fees are the difference , and a big one .
that means they are like gasoline , but unlike mutual funds whose managers pick stocks and try to beat the market .
so why such a broad range of fees ?
those costs depend on several factors : the size of a fund , whether it is sold through a broker or directly to investors , and how much each fund family charges beyond the cost of actually running its funds .
at the low end of the cost spectrum , competition has become strong .
but in the low-cost contest , the real question is why so many other companies do not bother to compete .
for many investors , the services of an adviser are worth the extra cost .
it doesn't make sense to sell them with a load .
that argument helps explain why the firms charge so much , but not why investors should buy their funds .
that would still leave it as the industry's most expensive offering .
there's no reason at all to pay that much , he said .
for the moment , the seed capital that the firm used to start the fund still makes up the majority of its assets .
a telephone representative at a company that has a relatively expensive fund said that selling the product was , a hard marketing angle , as he put it .
do i think our products across the spectrum deliver excellent value ?
his grand visions made conservative bankers like j. p. morgan nervous .
the deal maker is a wonderful tale , well told .
with the economy slowing , investors are clearly wrestling with the problem of how to value companies in such an environment .
he believes that its impact on stocks may grow as companies provide less information in response to new securities and exchange commission regulations requiring that earnings and other news be delivered to all investors at once .
specifically , he examined the russell 1000 index and found that it rose roughly as much on good news as it fell on bad news .
but when he looked at different industry groups , he found that they responded quite differently .
his definition of that sector includes biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies as well as health care equipment makers and service providers .
i don't know the source of it , he said .
in a scenario of slowing growth , negative earnings surprise becomes an important risk factor in stock selection , he said .
the ability to anticipate where the risk of earnings surprise is greatest should help performance .
he worked as a medical researcher in secrecy to protect workers' health during the manhattan project to build the atomic bomb .
about everything i've learned is that you ought to keep working and do everything you can and you'll stay a lot younger , he said .
when the united states was born , one of every 40 people was over 65 .
that shift may also mean greater need for skilled workers , making it necessary for older people to work .
many employers are already recruiting the elderly .
people already past that traditional retirement age are the vanguard .
whether out of economic necessity or intellectual curiosity , an increasing number of older workers are remaining in the work force , at least part-time .
and fewer older people are unable to work .
the proportion of americans 65 or older with a chronic disability declined to 21 percent in 1994 from 24 percent in 1982 , according to the national long-term care survey .
of perhaps crucial importance , there are signs that employers like older workers .
the reason is age discrimination , which has become the biggest complaint to the equal employment opportunity commission .
but given current trends and future needs , they may well be guides to what lies ahead .
he moved to los angeles after world war ii , in which his only son , marc , was killed .
he and a partner established a garment trim company in the early 1950's ; he retired at 72 .
he still puts in 20 hours or more a week .
his view of retirement is shaped by friends who have retired to florida .
the next year , they play twice a week and start having liquor at lunch .
this august , she will have worked as a secretary for the same real estate office for 50 years .
i can look at rows of figures , eight across and seven down , and know there's a mistake , she said .
she lives in a retirement community with her daughter marie , who is retired from her job as a school psychologist .
when her office got computers a dozen years ago , mrs. martin was told she was too old to learn to use them .
she promptly enrolled in a computer course at a local college for the sole reason of proving to herself that she could do it .
the problem these days is that too many people forget that the old barber is still around .
he gets maybe 10 customers a day , but figures that he could easily handle 60 .
when i get where i can't cut a good head of hair , that's when i'm going to quit , he said .
he started working as a water boy with a road construction crew when he was 16 , and ended up as director of the state's highway system .
i played a little golf , and then i said , this is kind of silly , he recalled .
i've been used to spending a half a billion dollars a year as head of the highway system .
others just keep right on doing the same thing .
it's good exercise because you're using your legs and arms all the time , he said .
other workers once went to the company's safety officer and asked why someone so elderly was operating heavy equipment -- even though he has never had an injury .
and i can't find anybody who would be any safer .
in the summer , he works up to 12 hours a day .
she does accounting and taxes from her home office for both corporations and individuals .
i know what i know , but i don't know what the other guy knows .
he cut costs by 15 percent by reducing the number of times a piano under construction was moved .
for some older workers , work has become just about the most permanent thing .
clearly , work seems to do more than pay the bills and fill the time .
live like you're going to live forever , not like you're going to die tomorrow , he once pronounced .
we consumers must be a predictable lot .
they know we are slaves not to fashion but to price , and the one thing we will not tolerate is when prices rise .
let the federal reserve keep cutting interest rates in an attempt to head off an economic slowdown .
companies know the type of cuts that really count .
then you would have to buy another ticket to san francisco , which , if the airlines are really clever , would only get you to san diego .
who says a day has to be so long , anyway ?
anyone who can't get everything done in 19 hours isn't really trying .
of course , companies would have to be careful that less is more doesn't turn against them .
consumers who keep learning to get by with less could eventually discover they really don't need the product after all .
still , companies wouldn't be the only ones that could benefit from less is more .
heaven knows , delaware could use the extra land .
customers can have one or the other , take your pick .
presidents might serve three years ; senators , five .
instead , we could fill the space with little ads urging people to read this section .
articles would end when we have no more left to say .
how did something as basic , and previously reliable , as electricity become such a problem ?
we have lost control over our own power , declared gov. gray davis in his state of the state address last week .
but it was in keeping with much of the initial reaction to the california crisis .
california changed its regulatory scheme , he said .
it didn't free its electricity market .
the law cut consumer rates by 10 percent and established future price caps .
it made utilities sell their power plants .
and it banned all separately negotiated contracts , including long-term deals for lower prices , between power producers and utilities .
by that measure , the california scheme doesn't even come close , he says .
neither , he says , do recent efforts to overhaul telecommunications regulation .
similarly , steve peace , the democratic state senator who pushed the utility bill through the california legislature , declared when it passed that the goal was to bring stability to the system , while lowering costs for all consumers .
in those cases , the government really did get out of the market .
but when demand for power rose sharply as supplies fell , that cap made all the difference in the world .
political pressures inevitably intervene .
unlike president bill clinton , i am not an overly sentimental sort .
i , in contrast , have been thinking about the many lighter moments of the clinton years .
covering the white house , i was in on a little secret of mr. clinton , and most other politicians .
the president frequently said the same thing to audience after audience , making each think it was something fresh just for them .
he delivered the same applause lines .
it was it's a big deal , which he said about virtually everything he talked about .
elections were big deals , and issues were big deals , and whatever happened to be on his mind at the moment was a big deal .
back then , congress seemed to have in mind a sort of a part-time , legal counselor to a supreme court .
if so , justice department officials concerned that such a policy could have adverse effects on the environment might not be welcome in senior positions .
some justice department veterans , too , say that if the new attorney general is a strongly ideological figure , his credibility as a guardian of the law will be tested .
they also expect mr. bush's justice department to aggressively enforce criminal laws like the federal death penalty .
attorney's general are bound by oath to enforce the nation's laws , even those they oppose .
in the case of mr. ashcroft , this would include the statute that makes it a federal crime to commit violent acts at abortion clinics -- a law that mr. ashcroft has said he would enforce despite his fierce opposition to abortion .
during the reagan and bush years , for example , civil rights leaders complained that the greatest single change from the 1960's and 70's was that laws originally passed to expand the rights of minorities were used to limit their ability to get special consideration in employment and education .
the technique that was used in the reagan administration with all the civil rights cases they didn't want to deal with was to delay , delay , delay , he said .
they had endless reviews and brought few actions .
in the area of antitrust enforcement , the corporate world will watch closely how the bush justice department will deal with the microsoft case , the largest single antitrust action brought during the clinton administration , and one that was hailed as restoring the credibility of the department in the antitrust arena .
a federal judge has ruled that microsoft violated federal antitrust laws and ordered that it be split in two .
an appeals court is set to hear the case in late february and is expected to rule in the early spring .
lawyers in the bush transition team said they don't expect the new justice department to take any steps until the appeals court rules .
but they said there was the possibility that the new justice department could seek to reopen settlement negotiations .
in such an event , microsoft might be negotiating from a stronger position , knowing that the bush administration was not be as firm in its opposition to the company as was the clinton justice department .
in fighting crime , mr. ashcroft and president bush have explicit records as governors on some criminal justice issues that offer a clear glimpse in how they are likely to operate at the justice department .
mr. ashcroft has expressed the view , as he did in his 1998 book , that the death penalty saves lives .
the death penalty issue will come to a head early this year .
his decision also had the effect of handing the issue over to his successor .
mr. ashcroft is also likely to adopt a strict approach to putting criminal offenders behind bars .
even though he is opposed to gun control laws , several former law enforcement lawyers said that he was likely to stress punishment of those who use guns to commit crimes .
it was a big week for business consolidation .
after imposing some additional restrictions , the federal communications commission gave a green light to the merger of aol and time warner .
are they likely to be good for consumers ?
and there's a reason for that contrast .
and more generally , it's unclear whether the federal government will continue to police mergers to make sure that they are good , not bad , for the economy as a whole .
it's very difficult to know in advance whether it's strong enough to justify a merger .
there was nothing elusive about the benefits to john d. rockefeller when his standard oil trust took control of america's oil industry .
so how do we class last week's mergers ?
the point is that what's good for business is sometimes good for america , but not always .
both republicans on the f.c.c. were opposed to any restrictions on aol time warner .
the improvements would be paid for by toll increases and higher path fares .
it also plans an additional $ 72 million to improve access .
continental express , a regional subsidiary of continental , will operate three round trips daily .
with the case on appeal , he said , they're like a defendant that's been convicted and is awaiting sentencing ; they're on their best behavior .
noting that microsoft stock is below where it was before the antitrust suit was filed in 1998 , he said , once a case like that begins -- win , lose or draw -- you can't play quite as hard .
microsoft has denied violating antitrust laws .
what would john d. rockefeller think of his family's latest venture , a socially responsible mutual fund ?
it will invest in 40 to 50 companies that follow socially responsible policies .
those that go against society's values are adding an extra layer of risk to their long-term business prospects .
about 45 percent of the fund's investments are abroad .
the fund also owns texas instruments , which she says runs one of the best employee diversity programs in american industry .
the only person who can lie to me about income and expense and future prospects is now only me .
the writer is chairman and chief executive of eastern consolidated properties , a real estate investment brokerage firm .
investors have only themselves to blame for their losses in last year's stock market .
if their stock salesman would have told them not to buy , they would have bought anyway .
it is up to you to do the basic research about a company .
a salesman won't tell you not to buy .
i find it fascinating because one of the roles of brands in modern life is to help people play out different performances .
for example , just go to any bar and watch how people use drinks or brands to play a role .
when we lived there in the 40's and 50's , it was proud to be known as the city of homes .
but i wouldn't take a child below the age of 12 in there .
but no arena has the character -- or characters -- of the oakland coliseum .
we were in shock on the bus trip into that stadium .
the silver and black are where the white and red would usually be found .
i love looking up there when we win .
but i don't see much of that anymore .
he added : raiders fans get a bad rap nationally .
but if it was that bad , would 60000 people come to the game ?
i've been hit in the head with nails , batteries , had beer thrown at me .
the raiders sold out four of their eight regular-season home games this season .
part of that deal included the introduction of personal seat licenses .
seat license holders either sold their tickets to other fans or to ticket brokers who were willing to pay top dollar .
he was 84 and lived in los angeles .
he contended that national health insurance systems made for low inflation in medical care costs .
but he said the rate of inflation for the united states health care system at the time was one of the world's highest , at 11 percent .
he criticized another aspect of health care in the united states in a paper he presented in 1978 at a meeting of the american public health association .
he also taught at yale and elsewhere .
imports of beef and certain beef products are banned .
no one who lived in britain since the late 1980's , when the epidemic became known , is allowed to donate blood .
pointing out that some european countries were sure they had no risk , but now find themselves caught up in the epidemic , she said , we have tried to learn from their mistakes .
so far , they appear to have succeeded .
given the small number of human cases in europe and that mad cow disease has never been proved to exist in american cattle , most experts agree that the risk for most americans remains extremely low .
yet experts on mad cow disease say that there is cause for concern .
moreover , government officials acknowledge they are still finding and filling gaps in the wall designed to protect the american food supply from the disease .
no one has tried to trace this meat or to determine whether it was allowed into the united states .
united states health officials are just now closing some of these regulatory gaps , documents posted on their web sites say .
an f.d.a. committee will meet this month to discuss extending restrictions on who can donate blood to include people who lived in europe for six or more months in the 1990's .
animals and people are driven mad and then die .
three people from france and one from ireland have also died .
lawyers continue to argue over the fate of the remaining animals , which show no sign of illness .
out of 900 million cattle , the agriculture department tested fewer than 12000 sick cows for mad cow disease in the last decade .
none were found to have the disease .
but the jury convicted him of attempted murder and assault , and he was sentenced to 94 years in prison .
the reduction was required by state law because the conviction did not involve murder or certain other crimes .
but a couple of years of depression -- i cried a lot -- have lifted , she said , and she speaks of other matters , like her children's college plans .
executives of the nationally growing chain spoke of poor local promotion .
and among them remains the manhattan site .
the place , he said , is now doing very well .
for its first six years , it was called what keeps us going and was broadcast starting in 1985 by in touch networks .
at the lincoln school , she developed a passion for acting .
she also wrote articles and served as its united nations observer .
property damage was in the billions .
a pennsylvania family -- two children , their parents and an uncle -- plunged to their deaths , along with a man in another car .
weather service officials say there was a lot of snow on the ground then , as there is now .
if the region gets a lot of rain at once , as it did in 1996 , and temperatures climb above freezing for at least a day , there could be flooding .
they are merely saying flooding could happen .
the weather service is trying to avoid that charge this time .
that year , there were 19 to 31 inches of snow on the ground throughout the region , while today there are 7 to 20 inches .
not everyone thinks there is reason to worry .
the high is expected to be near 45 today .
if you're moving to southeast florida , you should know hurricanes do come every once in a while .
anyone who was here in 96 will always be sensitive to the elements at this time of the year in a way that they may not have been before , he said .
the play is called the moss cross and it is designed to do one thing : take advantage of the most devastating weapon in the national football league today , minnesota wide receiver randy moss .
if you do that , with his speed , anything can happen , and usually does .
his speed is best displayed on routes over the middle .
in the last two seasons , moss has averaged more than 20 yards a reception over the middle ; last year , four of his nine catches over the middle went for touchdowns .
suddenly , moss catches the ball in the middle of the field .
suddenly , defensive backs look as if they are running with concrete boots while in pursuit .
suddenly , he is scoring a touchdown .
once there , football in hand , moss has a number of options .
after he catches the ball he's very dangerous , said carter , who can be pretty lethal as well , combining with moss for 24 receiving touchdowns this season .
what is not in dispute is the talent .
rice and moss are an excellent comparison in terms of pure skills .
as rice did early in his career , moss is beginning to tear up the record books , and teams are not only changing the way they play defense in order to try and contain moss , but also changing the way they draft .
he specializes in scoring touchdowns in pressure moments in pressure games .
last summer , moss went to green asking for permission to play in a summer basketball league in los angeles .
most head coaches would say no , fearing moss would hurt himself .
the forest service plan covers about 40 percent of the sierra .
it does not apply to private or state property .
many of those who do participate can remember when water ballet , as the sport was sometimes called , was commonly taught at summer camps and colleges .
now , at the sad moments , everyone looks sad .
but current members said that they were driven by the chance to feel graceful , not to look beautiful .
but something made her do an internet search , and she found the manhattan plaza club .
i'd been thinking about it all these years , she said .
she overcame barriers to become a popular skater in new york and on the touring circuit , a top coach and the first african-american woman in the united states figure skating hall of fame .
i was not allowed on the rink , but i fought until i got in .
a scholarship named in her honor is awarded by friends of minority skaters , which raises money to help skaters pay for boots , competition fees , travel and other expenses .
it's still a very expensive sport to get involved in with the ice time , the equipment , the teachers and all of that moving up the ladder .
i was the only one out there fighting , and i had to fight that much harder , she said .
i went out to play golf , and it just didn't dawn on me that when i came to the hole on the road , there would be 300 people there .
and it affected my swing , i want you to know .
by the time we burst onto the track i was part of the blue car .
and then we were at speed , the qualifying lap , and i gave up to sheer pleasure .
i felt satisfied yet incomplete as we rolled back into pit road .
the rush had lasted less than two minutes .
this year for the first time , most winston cup races will be on network television , first fox , then nbc .
it's a passion , an adventure to be an engine builder .
every track is different ; the rules keep changing every week .
imagine you come home every sunday night to find your bedroom in a different part of the house , new appliances in the kitchen , the living room upstairs .
and you have to adjust and live with it .
you don't have to understand it to love it .
i never realized what a competitor dad was until i drove against him , dale jr. said .
and i wonder what my current favorite driver , mark martin , is really like .
he snapped at questions he didn't like .
he remained in stable condition throughout the procedure and he remains in stable condition , the doctor said .
the condition of the president's tissue , specifically the muscle and bone , was that of a much younger man , which obviously helps substantially with his recovery , he said .
she missed talking with former president gerald r. ford , who called during the surgery .
he faded from the public eye a short time later .
at 69 , mr. reagan was the oldest man ever elected president when he was chosen on nov. 4 , 1980 , by an unexpectedly large margin over the incumbent , jimmy carter .
that defense held the vikings to 17 yards rushing .
we just didn't want them to make any mistakes .
by the time we won our last two super bowls , the offense had really come together .
baltimore did it this year and they did it last year .
now the question is , how will they do in a big game ?
each generation has had its great defensive units .
stop the run and make people throw the ball .
from what i've seen , they have a pretty good idea of how to do that .
but each of those teams had a potent offense .
when the ball bounced , it bounced to us .
they were second to baltimore in passing yards .
roosevelt brown was an offensive tackle on that giants team .
he is not in the hall of fame , and when you mention the great quarterbacks in history , his name is not mentioned .
but wade has something the majority of quarterbacks don't have : he has an n.f.l. championship ring .
certain people wanted it that way , said wade , who joined the team in 1961 .
wade argues that the chicago offense did what it had to do .
the bears scored 21 points or more six times that season .
would you rather have to score 20 points or more a game for your team to win , or 14 points and simply manage the offense ?
i tell him not to lose your time in setting up a better administration -- help them here to set one up .
that meant a reluctance to confront evidence of albanian crime or corruption tied to important political figures here , especially from the former kosovo liberation army .
as one friend to another , i want to warn you that you are in danger , he said .
it would be even more helpful , he suggests , for german police units to work in sectors alongside german troops , french with french , and so on .
we need a new political attitude ; we can't start from zero again the way we had to do here .
the europeans , he said , are afraid that a local assembly will lead to pressure for independence .
quick elections here are the only way to keep violence away .
the solution should be a system in which people who apply to buy firearms sign a form agreeing to release their medical records to law enforcement , so the police can check your mental health background , not just your criminal history , he said .
a capable and productive citizen doesn't simply show up for jury service .
there are many more sources of information , and one has to be able to sort it and weigh it .
computers can create the appearance of a good statistical argument when it is not an argument at all , he said .
knowing how to distinguish good information from bad information .
and those whose job is to teach such skills say the challenge is more than daunting .
she said she hoped that the future good citizens at her school would graduate with respect for others and for themselves .
the child has to feel they can achieve , she said .
in the end , he said , graduates should go forth with confidence , compassion and commitment so they can compete in a lot of areas .
we want them committed to country , faith and family first , and committed to the world .
we don't stay in the same job all our lives , or the same careers .
we don't clear forest and lay railroad track .
we perform complex operations on a computer .
you can't be comfortable with that now in my time .
and all sides say they expect the debate over a sound , basic education to continue as well .
it is not even the beginning of the end .
but it is , perhaps , the end of the beginning .
president-elect george w. bush said today that he planned to review and possibly roll back some of the most ambitious initiatives that president clinton has taken in recent days , including regulations that put nearly 60 million acres of the nation's forests off limits to development .
organizations that promote abortions are organizations i don't want to support with american taxpayer dollars , mr. bush said .
the international monetary fund and the world bank , institutions in which the united states is the largest single shareholder , have issued loans to russia over the same period worth approximately $ 30 billion .
he acknowledged that his lawyers would have to look carefully at what options were open .
he said his inaugural address , which he hopes to keep to a short 12 minutes , would carry the message that we can be a unified america .
but he insisted that this theme was not the product of his slim victory in the electoral college and loss in the popular vote .
asked if he was willing to negotiate the size of his proposed tax cut with a sharply divided congress , he shot back : the answer is no .
mr. bush acknowledged that the economic sanctions imposed on iraq since the persian gulf war have so collapsed that they resemble swiss cheese .
but while he was critical of mr. clinton's handling of iraq , he declined to say what tools he might use to pressure saddam hussein .
throughout the conversation mr. bush looked relaxed .
he's going to get to explain them .
mr. bush described his cabinet as a very strong group of folks , made stronger by their extensive experience in government .
and that's why i'm very comfortable with an ashcroft or a norton .
they not only ran for sheriff , they ran for statewide offices .
loyalty is somebody who walked into my office and says , here is my opinion , or i hear you are thinking this way .
he made it clear , however , that once he had chosen his path , he expected his cabinet members to voice unanimous support for his decisions in public .
there ought to be a balance between obviously the public interest and private property .
and a lot of people in my state and in the western states feel that balance is not there .
he reiterated his determination to drill for oil in the arctic national wildlife refuge and said : people shouldn't be shocked that i'm picking somebody who agrees with me .
but he stopped short of saying that he would reverse the forest policy wholesale , suggesting he would consult with governors and senators and local folks to determine which lands should remain off limits and which should be developed .
there's going to be some property in these giant chunks of land that we can use and not damage the environment , he said .
there are some in this country that have wanted zero exploration or zero activity .
and i just don't think it's in our national interest to take that approach .
he was more definitive about his opposition to federal aid for family planning groups that promote or perform abortions abroad .
he also gave a sense of his other priorities , suggesting that in addition to education reform legislation and his tax bill , we may be able to move a little faster on medicare reforms , including prescription drug coverage for elderly americans .
i'm trying to figure out if your question is a trick question , he said with a smile .
he said he was prepared for objections from moscow and beijing to his plan to build a national missile defense , but he insisted it should not be seen by either capital as a threat .
we've just got to explain why we are doing what we are doing , he said .
and how many warheads could he eliminate from america's arsenal ?
the following account is based on interviews with national football league officials familiar with the strange few weeks that followed the firing of the former giants coach dan reeves four years ago .
at the time , it was thought that parcells was solely interested in going to the jets .
but it turns out parcells had another wish -- he wanted to coach again for the giants .
would parcells stay one year , or two or three ?
the talks with parcells became so serious that young was making preparations to quit and retire from football .
why would the owners risk losing young , one of the most dedicated executives in franchise history ?
out of loyalty to young , the giants ownership eventually decided against the parcells move .
parcells , a hall of fame nominee , would very likely have gotten the giants at least to a conference title game , as he did with the jets and the patriots .
cleveland coach chris palmer had to know that he was in trouble after being told recently he would return to the team next season .
he was coaching an expansion team with little talent , made worse by injuries to several critical veterans .
but expecting palmer to succeed -- expecting any coach to succeed in that situation -- after only two seasons is a lot to ask .
other teams , like buffalo and the jets , may also want to interview lewis .
so he is making the rounds , and don't be surprised if he soon interviews with the jets .
that will not be the case in this instance , explained the jets official , who asked not to be identified .
the first thing they have to do is gain credibility .
everyone's going to have to do it in his own way with his own personality .
the worst mistake you could make is to come on too strong : say , we're going to do it my way , that sort of thing .
i took the don't rock the boat approach .
just try to keep things calm , just try to make good decisions in terms of strategy and be open to suggestions from other people , players and coaches .
don't try to come on like an expert .
skepticism certainly greeted his appointment for the 1997 season .
i think there will be skepticism whether you're the best manager or whoever you are .
there's always going to be skepticism and criticism .
most of the time it's things you never hear and can't observe .
when you lose , it becomes stronger .
nobody told me that and i couldn't see it , but i knew it was there .
citing one example , he said : we have guys who when they steal second base just put their head down and run to second .
you'd be moving it an inch when you want to go a mile .
if you fine a player more than $ 500 , you have to fight the players association , which nobody wants to do .
i've opened up a field of candidates .
maybe you can consider people who have the knowledge of the game but didn't have the practice of working their way up .
subsequent to that , he signed with the yankees three times rather than leave as a free agent .
he can earn a maximum of $ 2 million in bonuses based on games started and innings pitched .
last week , he signed with cleveland for $ 10 million for one year .
as john ashcroft faces a crucial week of hearings into his selection as president-elect george w. bush's attorney general , both supporters and opponents view his record on civil rights and race as the issue most crucial to whether he is confirmed by the senate .
the bush transition team noted that mr. ashcroft appointed numerous african-americans to judicial and other positions in missouri and voted for 26 of president clinton's 28 minority judicial candidates .
he had no positive vision and constantly stirred up racial divisions over this question .
in fact , i think it's not only a stretch but very unfair to do so .
as attorney general of missouri , john ashcroft did the job he was sworn to do under state law just as he will enforce the law of the united states when he is the attorney general , the transition office statement said .
after several years and great expenditures the plan was abandoned .
the bills , passed in 1988 and 1989 , would have permitted the city to use the same registration procedures already in place in the the surrounding st. louis county which was largely republican and white .
in his veto message , governor ashcroft cited the possibility of voter fraud .
he was a republican , not a democrat .
israeli radio said the sides planned talks on sunday on security cooperation .
officials said a date would also be set on sunday for the next round of talks , expected within days .
but the palestinians would have to give up their demand that millions of refugees be allowed to return to israel .
mr. peres upheld clinton's proposals as the best framework for talks , and said he hoped that president-elect george w. bush would stick to them .
unfortunately in this case , it involved the death of someone .
the shootings come two years after an orange police officer , joyce anne carnegie , 38 , was shot and killed by a man she was trying to question about an armed robbery .
he served as first voice of the knicks from 1946 through 1955 .
he began to tell his wife about the game .
she stopped him immediately : no need to , i listened to marty and saw it on the radio .
his replacement was , after all , the fastest man in the world .
one fan said , turning to a companion .
we have a game tomorrow in detroit .
but if we had got back in the game , i'd have sent him back in .
wallace got his second technical midway through the third period , and the lakers went on to win .
i'll tell you this , though , he has all the tools , all the skills .
i don't think the foul calls have been affecting his play too much , by the record .
he gives them all problems because he's so long .
before the game , wallace was approached in the locker room by a reporter .
if executives at the nation's two largest airlines , united and american , have their way , air travelers in the northeast are going to see a lot more of their jets in the years to come .
but they have been met with strong criticism from consumer groups who fear higher fares and declining service .
whether israelis accept his new image -- or whether he even needs an image -- remains to be seen .
the devils passed such tests recently against colorado , dallas , washington and phoenix .
the devils had another significant streak come to an end , however .
they allowed a power-play goal after killing off 43 consecutive power plays , including the first one tonight .
it's ridiculous to take three and a half hours to play a hockey game .
the good thing for us was that we came back three times , but we also allowed them to tie it in the third period .
coach larry robinson was unhappy with the proceedings .
i can't comment about them because i will get myself in trouble , he said .
even though they allowed a power-play goal , the devils' defensive stars were the penalty killers .
but the devils responded much as they had in the previous 42 power plays against them and held toronto without a shot .
the other two came on opening night , when the devils raised the stanley cup banner , and on nov. 29 against the rangers .
some teachers say they may quit rather than return to work , and some worried parents say they may keep their children home .
state and local officials insist the school building is clean .
skeptical parents and teachers responded with a news conference this afternoon at which they presented their own environmental experts who called the test results incomplete and warned of many possible dangers .
if i have any alternative , i will not send my child back to that school , she said .
indoor air tests found no risk to children or teachers .
the next day , parents organized a protest that resulted in more than 400 of the school's 1000 students staying home .
emotions have run high ever since .
more than 80 of the school's 100 teachers signed a petition saying they did not want to return to work .
nearby residents have also expressed anger , and officials have extended the testing beyond school grounds , promising to conduct any necessary cleanup work .
but the process of choosing a place to build it and construction will take at least three years .
in the meantime , numerous steps have been taken to ensure that the old building is safe .
but whether students and teachers will return on tuesday morning remains to be seen .
other parents , however , said they were confident that the children would not be in danger .
every town official has been involved , she said .
i have a good comfort level right now that everything is going to be o.k. , that they are not going to put him in a situation where he's going to get sick .
i feel like i'm having to make a choice between my health and my means of making a living , she said , and i don't feel that's a fair choice .
let the children come back , she pleaded .
that's all i'm asking us to do as a school .
you can have differences of opinion , but stay united .
new jersey transit rail on enhanced saturday schedule , and most buses on holiday or saturday schedule .
president-elect george w. bush said he planned to review and possibly roll back some of the major actions taken by the clinton administration , including regulations that put nearly 60 million acres of the nation's forests off limits to development .
the bush administration intends to support state laws expanding the rights of patients in disputes with health maintenance organizations , aides say .
as john ashcroft faces a week of hearings into his selection as president-elect bush's attorney general , both supporters and opponents view his record on civil rights and race as the most crucial issue .
work is about to begin to add about 2000 apartments to roosevelt island .
a third resident of the building was in critical condition .
a longer school day costs more , but the number of adults freed to find full-time work could increase the tax base and decrease welfare obligations .
it's time we stopped organizing schools as if we were in a 1950's suburb , with mom waiting at the door at 3 : 30 with cookies .
if students stay in school until 5 in the afternoon , when will they have time for homework ?
what if kids want an extra activity like piano lessons ?
or religious classes that are not part of school ?
if kids have to stay up too late doing homework , they will be too tired to learn the next day .
kids need to finish school in time to do their homework , other activities and get to bed at a reasonable time .
a former state legislator has publicly apologized for calling for the killing of police officers , remarks that led to his resignation .
i never imagined that my words were going to be the focus of such intense media scrutiny .
but i really don't have anyone to blame for that but myself .
he was in critical condition early this morning .
the cause was under investigation early this morning .
he said the city was planning on taking over the building because of code violations .
his wife would occasionally join him for a drink .
instead he went into that building and never came out .
casey completed 6 of 15 passes for 66 yards and rushed for 41 yards on seven carries .
voter turnout has been declining steadily for the better part of 40 years -- only 51 percent of eligible voters cast ballots last november , compared with 63 percent in november 1960 -- and election officials have been casting about for ways to lure people back to the polls .
historians who make the assessment will weigh eight years of boom and the trauma of impeachment .
franklin roosevelt was the reverse .
i never was able to catch him having overlooked anything in a book i had read very carefully and rather slowly , she said .
but perhaps more important than the number of books presidents read is what they get from them .
he visits old home day in a small village .
and she thought : everything that is not allowed , that is guild .
yet he loves machines and knows how much a part of american life they were and are .
the result is a growing national love affair with whatever is material , with the physical stuff of life .
or this : the barn is empty when we return and the horses of our youth have fled .
at which point , the democratic governor steps up and ... .
o , she is neither good nor bad , / but innocent and wild !
they are also , too frequently , the sole consumers .
this turns out to be a good stopping point for other reasons as well .
the threat of lawsuit blocked publication .
judge masters , who has never ruled or expressed her views on abortion , is sailing through the process .
mary ann is forced to bring a lawsuit against her parents .
this is a page turner that leaves you not merely satisfied but informed .
among others , patterson had two presidents reading over his shoulder .
former president bush is a longtime fan , and friend , who provided comments .
and president clinton shared his thoughts .
the public response was overwhelming .
his first love was pure mathematics .
whatever else they may be doing -- selling real estate , teaching college , hanging out at screenplay workshops , just killing time and looking the other way -- her men and women are usually in the process of breaking up , or at least trying not to think about it .
but in the 11 stories gathered here , there's an increasing tendency for things -- sometimes bizarre things -- to actually happen .
but as the narrator of one of her earlier stories put it : what happens can't be stopped .
she chose it herself , having earned this right .
in making an appeal for her story , she says : look .
i'm telling you the truth , i'm telling you about a change .
she's tried her best to be like other people : she has made decent grades , held a steady job and secured a place at a university .
the mother explains : i wish he was dead and buried .
nevertheless , rogers is clearly an ambitious and important writer , and island reminds us that in life , as in fairy tales , survival is only the beginning .
of the bad habits available , i missed very few .
it is kind of amazing , these people all say , when you think about it .
the details of that story are true enough .
so , unlike al gore , whose father was denied even the candidacy for the vice presidency , bush could afford to wear his ambition lightly , in the manner americans prefer it worn .
yet he traced his father's path , step by step .
bush had thought for years of running for governor of texas , and when he did , he not only had his charm , family name and connections to rely upon but also tough , loyal advisers .
once he won , bush knew exactly what he would do , so when he ran again for governor he was able to declare himself a success .
i have done in office what i promised to do , he pronounced .
by then , a bigger opportunity had come along .
it helps explain the cabinet selections he has made .
and it helps explain why no one seems to know just what george w. bush believes .
he says that good management -- like his selection of dick cheney as his running mate -- makes good politics .
it almost rises to the level of the vision thing his father never had .
another reason -- which is no coincidence -- is that the first president bush was judged a success in foreign policy .
doing so allows him to manage the party's conservatives .
while bill clinton ran as a new democrat by challenging his party on crime , welfare and the budget , bush ran as a new kind of republican by challenging his party not on substance but on style .
getting to see dick cheney is not easy these days , even if you do not want a job .
then they canceled one appointment , followed by a second .
it's crazy -- it's not true , cheney said when i finally got to ask him about those stories and jokes about how he was really running things .
but there's no question about who's running the show , he continued .
when we go down and do these press conferences , you guys don't ask me any questions .
you know , they want to talk to the president .
cheney had just moved into the official transition headquarters two blocks from the white house .
from the small conference table , we could sometimes hear laughter through the wall .
the door was just closing as i heard him say , yes , sir , how are you ?
he's the guy who went out and put his name on the ballot , got into the arena , captured the republican nomination , devised a strategy to beat an incumbent vice president at a time of considerable prosperity in the country .
but it is not bush's first transition .
and having set up his system and put it in motion , bush stepped back -- way back -- and let it work .
bush and johnson rarely spoke about the planning before the election .
from the beginning , bush saw in cheney a man who could run the transition for him .
cheney told me that bush was thinking about his role in the transition when he asked him to be his running mate .
during the interview , cheney offered the instructions he received from bush after the election as an example of the kind of clear assignment bush delegates : go to washington .
i said that did not sound too clear to me .
well , but it is if you think about it , cheney replied .
i've been through the process a few times .
bush went on national television in november and declared that his running mate was just fine , when in fact cheney had had a mild heart attack .
cheney said that he and bush spoke by telephone four or five times a day .
that is not to say that traditional politics has not played a prominent role .
bush went on to give conservatives the other cabinet posts they were most concerned about , health and human services , labor and the interior .
andy card , bush's chief of staff , said as much in november in a television interview , as he described efforts to prepare bush for jan. 20 .
they describe him as providing guidance , not giving orders .
i think he sees time as a really valuable commodity .
but he does not want to hear from them too often .
you saw no war room about the bush team .
it will not be so easy to keep a powell , donald rumsfeld or christine todd whitman in line .
he's perfectly happy to go get a colin powell to be secretary of state or a rumsfeld to be secretary of defense .
in fact , cheney is likely to be an even more influential vice president than gore -- which is to say , the most influential ever .
the president-elect did not seem thrilled to see a reporter in the room .
what followed over the next hour and a half was a demonstration of how bush hopes to apply his political method to governing in washington .
but bush will not delegate everything .
the only woman among the legislators , senator susan collins , republican of maine , was seated at bush's left .
i am convinced we can work together , he said .
his first belief , bush explained , was that the federal government should trust states to do the right thing on education .
his second was that it should hold the states accountable for results .
he stated his position : if a state chose to embrace vouchers , federal money should follow any child in that state who went from public to private school .
they talked about the politics of education , but they also talked policy .
and for the moment anyway , they were rising to the occasion .
bush did not give the impression of listening with his entire body , the way clinton does .
still , he kept saying that education reform would be a joint effort .
with all due respect , i want to correct you .
television is not kind to the president-elect , his own advisers admit .
why do you think he's sitting next to me ?
he asked , when one congressman mentioned how important miller would be to bush's plans .
there would be times , bush repeatedly said , when they disagreed .
although bush was out to court everyone in the room , his no. 1 target was clearly miller .
in his subsequent comments , bush seized on an argument miller made about the need for testing to establish which groups of students were learning .
if you do not measure , you do not know , he said .
the victims of poor accountability are not the suburban kids , he said .
they're likely to be african-american kids in my state .
or kids whose parents do not speak english as a first language .
outside , once the group had assembled for the press , miller was asked if vouchers had come up .
but much more happened today at this lunch than a discussion of vouchers , he continued .
immediately after bill clinton won in 1992 with 43 percent of the vote , bob dole , then the senate minority leader , declared that he would represent the majority , who voted against the new president .
but whether he will win real cooperation from the democrats is another question .
ted kennedy , a leader in the senate on education , was not in the room .
we have one president , and our nation will speak with one voice , and the voice with which we will speak is the voice of president clinton .
the nation needs to speak with one voice .
this raises the question of what will happen when bush encounters a crisis not anticipated by his carefully laid plans .
already , the bush camp is sending signals that he might retreat from his position on vouchers .
as governor , bush did not have the authority to fire department heads .
though he may not think so , bush does have a lot to prove .
instead , as he walked to his limousine , bush talked politics .
i asked again : wasn't there any specific policy idea that could come out of such a meeting ?
maybe it was just an effort to charm someone he suspected of being an eastern liberal .
still , it suggested that more than a new administration might be in transition .
it may be that bush will show that he can play outside his limits , both the limits he has placed on his agenda and his personal limits of experience and curiosity .
maybe he will show some imagination and take some risks .
that , as bush himself might say , is what a leader does .
even when one of his objects looks very strange , it still looks very , very familiar .
and his current work is even more sophisticated .
when he was a child , he sold his paintings for profit .
his work moved into installations and performances that combined painting and furniture .
so i learned how to use the machines in the wood shop .
and the architectural side of his business is booming .
i can do all those things when they're small scale because i can have an intimate relationship with the client .
my work is about a different way to talk about an idea .
but now it has a new look -- money .
this is the city that lives the real estate catch phrase casual elegance .
this is a great city to spend money in .
you really feel you're getting good value .
if in doubt choose one in the south part of town , where the houses are bigger .
while in the southern part of town , drive or bicycle through port royal .
here are the more fashionable shops , restaurants , galleries and brokerage houses .
there are two main shopping districts , just blocks apart .
fifth avenue south is one , a handsome , broad street that stretches for blocks and takes worth avenue as its model .
the yellow diamonds featured at christmas time were particularly impressive .
but if third street wins on shopping , fifth avenue south has more of the hot new restaurants .
fortunately my steak was delicious and my onion rings superb .
i had to be dragged there but once inside i was fascinated .
but to me the revelation of the museum was the miniature rooms .
they are the best i have ever seen , and i know my miniature rooms .
in february , the most expensive month , rates for a standard double start at $ 170 ; from april 17 through september , that rate drops to $ 75 .
dinner for two with a bottle of wine , around $ 120 .
dinner for two with a bottle of wine , around $ 100 .
open every day of the year for lunch and dinner .
there is live music every night in season .
serves lunch and dinner every day .
there are permanent collections of ancient chinese art and american modern art .
the miniature rooms are on long-term loan .
there is a natural history museum , a wildlife rehabilitation clinic and nature trails .
i found that both are , because this city has at least two sides .
mr. french has traveled a route that is familiar to many new orleans musicians .
when he first began playing in the 1950's he was uncomfortable with the traditional jazz that made the city famous , evidently considering it old-fashioned .
word on the street is : see jason while you can still afford it .
this is surely one of the few places in the world where patrons can hear live bands while bowling .
t-shirts on sale at the bar say : rock n bowl will never die .
there is a dining room , a separate room for the bar , and a third devoted to live performance .
there's still something happening here that doesn't happen in many other places .
i'm pretty demanding , and i never get bored .
i had the same luck with food , finding much ordinary fare but also some that was memorable .
i even realized that in the heart of the quarter one can still eat well and hear good music .
some clubs close without notice for a day or even a week in the summer .
every day more than 3000 whole tuna arrive from foreign and domestic waters , most frozen rock solid .
a single tuna can sell for more than $ 10000 .
each day , this tiny kitchen run by two energetic women serves about 100 people between dawn and noon .
it offers a set menu during the day .
the restaurant was crowded at 11 : 30 in the morning , and we had to wait about a quarter of an hour before being seated -- squeezed in , really -- at the counter , which seats just 15 .
a limited food menu is also available .
both of us were delighted with our fish dishes .
restaurant hours in both markets run from 5 : 30 until about noon , or whenever the kitchen runs out of food .
unless otherwise noted , prices do not include 5 percent consumption tax .
at the far end , look for the blue flag with the white logo .
the restaurant is at the back of the retail shop .
a menu , with pictures and some english , is available .
we'll be gone for a full four weeks , and four weeks is a long time to not know what kind of really mean rejection letters i might be getting from the literary magazines i send my short stories to .
give keys and telephone numbers to neighbors .
we always get depressed on vacation .
the winter holidays , in their own way , are just as bad .
not only did i not have have much in the way of accumulated stuff but also i had no children .
nor did i have a house to put my stuff in .
as both of us were young and poor , we did this trip on the cheap .
mothers need to watch what they say to their children .
their words have tremendous power .
i offered an opinion , described as such , that was based on a detailed analysis of evidence .
a parade of tall ships will sail up the detroit river on july 22 .
can i get there by public transportation ?
the museum is open every day but monday and a few holidays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on thursday to 8 p.m. .
last entry is one hour before closing .
there are also three trains daily from milan and from venice .
but at least a half-dozen buses from the train station stop near the museum .
can you recommend a group or individual ?
it will even pick you up and return you to your hotel .
prices vary depending on time of week and number of people in the party .
for a group of seven to nine , the cost would be about $ 400 .
the price does not include entrance fees , which run up to $ 5 a person , a site .
transportation and entry fees are extra .
transportation and admission fees are not included .
many shareholders have installed plastic inside the windows to keep out the cold .
our board of directors has decided not to use the reserve fund for window replacement or to impose an assessment against our maintenance charges .
the reason seems to be so that shareholders can get excellent selling prices for their apartments .
instead , the board has voted to let individual shareholders replace their own windows if they want to .
is there any way to determine what portion of a reserve fund should be used to improve the quality of life for shareholders rather than provide a benefit to the shareholders who are selling ?
is there any rule of thumb for determining what a healthy reserve fund is ?
all my life , i've lived in this neighborhood .
then in february , i got shot in the head , in the stomach , many times .
i was outside my house saying , dad , dad , i got shot , and i was asking for my little girl , to see her before i died .
i got shot because i did a lot of bad things .
i'll tell her everything about me later , when she grows up .
i was looking out the window to see if someone was looking for me .
i spend a lot of time looking out that window , just looking out .
i'm planning to leave one day -- me and my family .
i want my little girl to go to school and have a good life .
whenever i go to the supermarket these days , i collect labels .
each of them tells me a little story about where the food i'm buying comes from and how it has been produced .
it's not hard to see why : the stories about our food system that do get out don't do much for the appetite .
there is no way to figure out what it might have been before it became debris .
she places it flat in the palm of her hand , asking , isn't it a treasure ?
look at the color of this , she said , holding up a tiny disk , a gear perhaps , or a round saw blade .
she places it next to an ivory bone on a flat piece of wood , and those rescued treasures begin to be a work of art .
she works as a school teacher , teaching french .
at home he sees identity in other things .
westport has always been a home for artists , he said .
famous painters , photographers , writers and designers have lived here .
when i walk around , i can feel it .
the whole point is balancing the rocks .
what she finds and can actually use in her work are are a precious few , she says , because the gentle waves that lap the shore here don't wear rocks smooth or make much sea glass .
i built a garden fountain covered in lucky stones .
i can do that , he recalled thinking .
i see stuff and i can't leave it there , he said .
i don't know what it means , or how i'll use it at the time , but i bring it home .
it's more about composition , lighting and shape than message , he said .
i felt it was extremely important for the museum to show this collection , he said , to make a statement that we are including this european material in what the museum is doing .
a show like this hasn't happened here before , she said .
here is an opportunity to start at the beginning and to ask , how did we get to where we are now ?
the field is a mess right now , she said .
if there are sites available , that is .
still sitting pretty , say web entrepreneurs who have survived -- and even some who haven't .
they can get more exposure from one day on the web than in an entire year on the festival circuit .
if someone told us a year and a half ago that one day people would be paying to see our film , we would have said they were crazy , mr. levy said .
mr. ward added , no one would show it .
then , taking them by complete surprise , it really took off on the web , he said .
the web changes so quickly , he said .
the ideas we're pitching now are the same ones we've been talking about for years , mr. ward said .
it's just that now people are listening .
in the early days , he said , it was let's go against hollywood .
people think you're an official director once you make a feature , but so many people blow their chance on a weak first effort , mr. lincoln said .
it's like a painter moving to sculpture , she said .
it's exciting to tell a story in a different medium .
if my audience is starting to have different experiences from those i had when i was their age , it will be hard for me to make films that are relevant .
another idea in development allows site visitors to set up a long-distance relationship with a virtual significant other .
with films you sit back , he said .
with internet programming you should be sitting forward with your hands on the keyboard .
but nobody has said , we'll give you money to make the movie you want to make .
that's more important than getting millions of dollars .
but many ambitious newcomers want to have it all .
we are focused on finding the next wave of hot creative types who we can keep going back to .
this business isn't about finding that one hit .
and the directors providing those 600 films ?
it's a horrible thing if your whole purpose is to make money ; but it's great for artists who want their work seen .
he has directed her in the crossing guard and most recently in the pledge , which opens on friday .
so there wasn't really preparation time .
there wasn't a lot of script talk .
and there was no rehearsal , real rehearsal , on the movie .
and there were people that i was very serious about , but i felt they would need more of me than i could give in these circumstances .
and i was nervous about that for myself , for the movie and for them .
and i'm glad it happened because it worked out .
now , of course , typically i can't imagine it any other way .
and she was passive about the whole thing the whole time .
until one day , with no better option in the world , i said , will you do this ?
robin , what's it like working with a director who knows you as well as sean does ?
but in the same breath , literally , the same breath is fear .
my thing with him is that i want to be perfect .
and you want it to be 150 percent .
it's feeling completely safe and being much more nervous because it's somebody you know and respect and want their respect .
well , he's also the one who says : go for it .
and i'll cut it out if i don't like it .
robin -- he doesn't listen to me in the editing room , so it doesn't matter .
when you're working directing a movie with an all-star cast , does it make you want to get in front of the camera ?
robin -- that's the last thing he wants to do .
he becomes a queen when he's an actor .
maybe because you're so used to getting things .
so it's probably natural to take that position .
he's there for the love of what he's doing .
does that affect the mood of the set ?
it affects the mood of a set when you're shooting a scene of police standing around the body of a young girl .
but generally , as you go along in the movie , i don't think all moments are overwhelmed by that .
especially if some day you might be halfway into a scene between robin and another actor -- at the end of the day -- knowing you're starting the next morning picking it up .
usually , the blanket statement if you do finish a scene is : we totally missed it .
we were out in the middle of nowhere , with no screening rooms .
just crazy moves all over the place .
we didn't let them see those things .
racing with the moon they've seen .
clearly , it's bad acting that makes kids kill people .
when i was making the crossing guard .
normally , when i'm moved to write something , i'm writing my own experience , my own age , i guess .
and i didn't want to force myself .
but i did want to find a way to work with him again .
he was forever reading detective novels on the set .
so i knew he liked that kind of thing , and i asked my partner , michael fitzgerald , if he could find that .
so he had known this book , and i read it , and i thought , good .
there were some things i thought i could really get into .
i liked that my own reaction to the pledge is this : i still think about it .
that's what i like about a movie like that .
i'm not answering any of the questions in the movie .
the people that like the movie tend to make that comment a lot .
they go away thinking about it quite a bit .
yeah , and i don't want to know the answers to stuff .
in fact , that building over there is full of brilliant answers .
all the studios , they know everything , too .
the first thing was , get rid of the blond hair .
but we really have to sit down and get a calendar out and say , you're working these three months .
we haven't had enough time for the four of us to go away .
except for a weekend or something like that .
and i really want to take a summer trip .
or go somewhere outside of america .
and it's clearly made by the same director who made the crossing guard .
we get out to a movie once every two months .
i used to watch movies a lot more .
i've talked about this a lot in interviews .
all of the movies of my time as an audience were movies in the 70's , made in america .
i'll go see something and be surprised sometimes .
like , for a commercial american movie , i liked the thomas crown affair .
i thought they did a really good job .
i liked it better than the original !
a good hollywood movie is fun once in a while .
the way they slap you in the face and say : you're stupid .
you know what i'm talking about ...
i just wanted to shoot myself the minute the movie started .
and everybody talks about this movie .
and the people in it are talking about suicide sometimes and you're thinking : do it !
what happens when sean is having a bad day , robin ?
even though he's the director , do you go up and talk to him ?
no , what happens is this : i say , so , how do you feel it went today ?
robin -- because you make me tired .
it was freezing cold , and it was april and you were in snow gear .
in other words , do we all have to be up here doing this ?
but i'd like to work with her any time .
anyway , that's probably the best thing i have .
i have a couple of other things , too .
we have the same taste in things , so it makes sense to do stuff together .
in fact , working with her was the priority .
as far as us , as a union , i don't feel other people -- -- i have no sense of their judgment or anything else .
just walking on the street you can feel it .
i was walking on the street yesterday , and i passed three people in the course of an hour , talking about the industry .
meanwhile , some of our best friends live down here .
it's the heart of everything terrific and everything terrible .
the culture is one now that puts very little value on quality .
and now it's the less quality , the better .
it's all , beat these guys to that punch .
it's just that the journalists saying that stuff got tired of making stuff up .
clearly , asia is much too big and complex a place for there to be a single , simple explanation for the current success of asian films .
but just as clearly , there is a new creative energy crossing the continent that can't be denied .
the cultural differences among the nations of eastern asia are certainly as profound as those among the nations of western europe , if less obvious to western eyes .
it is only in the last couple of years that asian films have begun to exploit digital technology , a delay that has worked much to their advantage .
south korea is the latest asian nation to emerge on the international festival circuit .
the results are impressive , and the film has been entertaining audiences around the world .
is there a better reason for getting up in the morning ?
after that , they would let us do anything , he said .
these people had to make do on their own without anyone telling them how to do it .
think about the hard work and about being a good actor .
the show felt utterly real , and you believed every minute of it , said the director james brooks .
it had a sense of purpose , and you get how good the characters are .
it was so much a personal way of seeing life that no one else could have repeated it .
the boys lived on pork and beans and bought their clothes on sale .
some quite fine things came out of that .
i told my actors that they had only one task : give me the moments .
give me honest , real moments and i'll put them together .
the truth of the matter was that most of the work on it's a man's world was done in the cutting room .
the sponsors were the people we were fighting .
we were destroying everything they believed in .
but nbc had already replaced it's a man's world with a hot new concept : the movie of the week .
the cast members moved on to other projects .
he made several television pilots but never directed another series .
but not to those who remember it's a man's world .
and he used it to write this book the devil tree .
and as an immigrant myself , his ambition i understand .
it's been said that his best creation was himself .
the dancers will not only fill the ample new york state theater stage but also spill onto an extension built over the orchestra pit .
i started playing it again , and an idea very quickly came to mind .
it was big , in terms of its forces , right from the beginning .
the reason i had not used the music earlier was that it was too big for the number of dancers and scale of the theater i had available to me .
it depends what one considers classical , he said .
if a dance has composition , shape , rhythm , elegance -- that's what i define as classical .
he was smart and musical then , and he's smart and musical now , he said .
in all of the main ways that we relate in a rehearsal studio , it's very much the same .
that's entirely appropriate , and actually an asset in working with him .
you know it better , and i know it worse , he said with good humor .
it doesn't require an organ ; it requires some kind of keyboard to have access to those sounds .
this presented an interesting situation for us , because what they wanted didn't exist .
so we developed a computer that will control the organ .
a complex audio system was also needed .
a hall like that is a challenge from the speaker perspective , mr. carpenter said .
it was a metaphor for reaching back in time , and time reaching forward to us , he said .
so trying to get that into the theater was a process of searching .
and what about revenge on those who denied you ?
or never conceived of until that moment .
but it's good to remember that these were all settings that people considered essential to their lives .
too many theaters have lost this sense of excitement and necessity .
communication between these two worlds continues to be rocky .
theaters are smart when they feed off the look and energy of other performance spaces .
good clubs keep old audiences and attract new ones .
audiences like to feel chosen by performers as much as they like to choose them .
there was a sense of virtual reality about it all .
we need to go hunting for new theater spaces .
this is one reason so much of it is accompanied by text .
a fresh form of narrative is required to partner these visual works .
quite possibly something wonderful .
art spaces help your freedom of imagination by giving you freedom of movement .
it is part of the relatively short sets and performances you find in clubs .
the big urban barn of a space is divided by a black screen .
elizabeth bishop wrote a poem about looking through a picture book , but it is really about a voyage into pictures .
here come two more : a pair of new york buildings to which the term architecture can be applied without fear of bearing false witness .
philip johnson's is the more outrageous .
the boy is 94 and still can't help it .
the project is on the southeast corner of spring and washington streets , one block north of canal .
the upper stories will contain two loft units per floor .
their two projects , between them , fold backward and forward in time .
this is the kind of work battery park city might have chosen to support , for example .
so will new developments in glass technology .
the good are as good as we want them to be , the bad guys as bad as we expected .
it doesn't waste its time on great writing .
the pursuit of literature in opera may be not just bad judgment but also an act of necessity .
for if the music is lacking , something must fill the vacuum .
similar things are happening in new york's musical theater .
it put itself at the mercy of commercial theater .
it is five years , not two , provided the holder was at least 16 years old when the expired passport was issued .
my dream in life is having a dinner party for 40 people every night .
these days she's throwing a dinner party for 70 or more every night .
soft drinks go for $ 1.50 and a bottle of wine can be purchased for $ 16 .
but on busy nights don't expect to be greeted by her or anyone else at the door .
the grants must be matched by funds raised by the recipients .
they have a large number of historic churches , and they send in the most applications .
they wanted an apartment on the upper east side for $ 800000 or less , and were told there was nothing .
the walls were dark , and dirty , and very old .
much of the work involved restoration , not renovation .
because they had bought everything as is , they didn't even know for sure until a few weeks ago that their fireplace worked .
she met her future husband shortly after her arrival .
he was 20 at the time , and living across the street in his parents' home in borough park , brooklyn .
they are pleased with their new building for reasons that are not solely financial .
a recent appellate court decision in manhattan may make it possible for condominium boards to give unit owners the exclusive right to use certain common spaces without having to get the consent of all the other owners .
because of the board's decision , however , another unit owner on the same floor filed suit , charging essentially that the board could not give one unit owner exclusive use of property owned by all unit owners .
and on dec. 21 , he said , the ruling was upheld by the appellate division in manhattan .
that corporation is owned by the shareholders but is under the direct control of the co-op board .
but determining the monthly payment for the space , he said , is not the same for both .
in a co-op , the payment for the new space becomes part of the monthly maintenance charges , which increase if the total number of shares increase .
correction : january 21 , 2001 , sunday because of a production error , the last line of the your home column last sunday , about condominiums that give licenses to apartment owners for exclusive use of common space , was omitted .
ms. johnson also recently received a pledge from garden magic kids in california to use her products to provide raised garden beds for a project with the los angeles unified school district .
getting investment capital is crucial to the future of the company and its eight employees .
in the face of what she said is a steadily growing demand for her products and the need to expand her plant , ms. johnson said she knows she must expand her sales and office staff to concentrate on product development .
we just need to find her investors and a continuous source of supply .
the whole recycling effort has been difficult for that .
in fact , many plastic recycling businesses , founded in the 1990's , are no longer in business .
the continuing problem of source materials limits the amount of products a company can manufacture .
he now serves on the company's board of advisers .
once she can settle the capital issues , you can have a profitable return .
for her part , ms. johnson said she's trying to do the right thing for her community and the environment .
next , grip the edge of the door and try to pull it out of the pocket .
do not try to repair them if they are broken ; they should be replaced .
you will have to remove the old track before it can be replaced , but it is impossible to work through the narrow pocket to do this .
the opening will give you access so you can remove the track frame .
you will need these dimensions to order a replacement track .
stand the door on a bathroom scale to see how heavy it is .
install the track so it is centered in the track slot .
put one end of the bar under the door .
slide the door in and out of the pocket to check for smooth travel .
dec. 30 and ended that evening , dumping as much as 18 inches in northern parts of the town .
i want him to review our operations because i want to see an improved performance immediately .
as people retired , they were not replaced .
we have 85 approved vendors , some with one truck and some with as many as six , she said .
it's much cheaper than not doing it , he added .
he said that when the first storm hit , he found that the city's public works department had only three trucks and that two were broken .
he ended up hiring private contractors to handle much of the snow removal .
we have had several hundred complaints and answered them as quickly as we got them , he said .
it was a difficult storm because it remained so cold .
so we had to go back and hit the street again .
because the snow fell in 2000 , almost all of that amount came from the town's snow removal budget of $ 250000 last year .
fortunately , we had a few extra trucks in the yard , and as trucks broke down , we used them , he said .
we used seven or eight extra trucks .
i constantly mix them up and i often call them by each other's names , but the job always gets done .
it doesn't matter which of them is on .
they often complete each other's sentences .
they began job sharing in 1995 , after working together as account executives at a radio sales company in manhattan .
because their hours were demanding , they discussed sharing their job .
when they presented the idea to their company , they were turned down .
now , she said , more managers are enjoying the benefits of job sharing .
they can find a partner to present to corporations or , more often , apply for half of a job share already in place .
if it gives me the flexibility i need , i'm certainly willing to give it a try .
ms. franklin herself has assistants who share a job .
communications are paramount in the business world and there's a lot to be learned from teams like beth and barbara , she said .
this is not a position to them , it's a career to both of them .
they make sure that things are in great shape for the next person .
what would you do if you were lost in the woods ?
thanks to survivor , and now the movie cast away , it's not such an odd question .
the program begins inside , where ms. williams gets the children thinking by asking what they would need to survive .
but the children are a quick study .
the shelters are excellent , ms. williams said , you could really live in some of them .
ms. fuller remembers watching it as a child with her grandmother .
the next day , the star called , asking if she could stay the night because there was a hotel strike in manhattan .
i can't believe she was asking , ms. fuller recalled , noting that davis could have stayed at the brown home even though ms. brown had been called away .
she didn't want to be all by herself .
but he has come to take the part seriously .
there has to be a heart of gold somewhere .
but if you're not sensitive , you're not much of an actor .
and she needed to be close to people .
that cause is aids awareness , which mr. wilson hopes will spread from general audience members to pharmaceutical companies and medical professionals .
they bring on the aids patients and provide the transition , in dance , from the audience within the audience to the play .
the aids patients are in their gathering place , where they get their drugs , mr. wilson said .
and the actors are playing for the people .
the company is coming to the community .
i have been asked why i didn't carry the metaphor all the way , he said .
referring to the last international aids conference in south africa , he said with outrage , the heads of countries are responsible for the health of the people they govern .
and that makes us dig deeper into a great piece of dramatic literature .
the whole thrust of my work is to educate people about an issue of concern , to connect the community with the play and then say , let's play it out .
he is the chairman of the westchester county industrial development agency and has served as finance chairman of the state democratic committee , chairman of the new york city rent guidelines board and as a board member of the municipal assistance corporation .
i think his chances are very good .
he's building a lot of support around the state .
in 1982 , he moved on to wall street .
his first fund-raiser is on march 8 in new york city .
i think that makes for a strong candidate .
unfortunately , most productions do not do justice to the work , nor do many of today's singers .
both are divisions of federated department stores .
occupancy will start in the spring , and target will open in october .
all but 30000 square feet have been leased .
parking is also being expanded , to six levels from five for a total of 1200 spaces .
it has 3.5 million square feet more either in construction or in the planning stages .
unlike suburban malls , these vertical centers typically feature mostly large stores and have extremely limited public areas .
and about half as much parking is required because the majority of urban shoppers use public transportation .
but we showed them block by census block that income and population were there in the neighborhood .
occupancy is at 98 percent , and annual sales reach almost $ 600 a square foot .
both companies are based in minneapolis .
but the architects were able to convince the company of the merits of their design .
for security reasons , each of the six parking levels will have only one entrance to the building .
extensive signs and a large panel listing the name of each tenant will be placed on the facade facing queens boulevard .
it is using the new fifth floor for offices and storage .
but the environmental groups say they had not worked out an agreement with the city .
mr. kennedy said he had tried to persuade city officials to commit to maintaining 15 environmental police officers on each side of the hudson river .
now we're competitive with local police forces .
by providing the boy scouts with our town's resources , he wrote , new castle is supporting discrimination .
among other things , the ruling has strained relations between the scouts and school systems that have long provided space for troop meetings .
people in the chat rooms can air their opinions .
donald c. parker , the district superintendent , said this was done only after local boy scout officials agreed to sign a document saying they would not follow the boy scouts of america's national policy excluding homosexuals .
the only thing standing in his way , the film's press material says , is the united states secret service .
actually the agents are hardly an obstacle .
there is no president clinton character in the film , but hillary is featured .
as an actor we're always trying to get film experience , he said , so i decided to make my own .
in the last decade mr. anthony has built three residential developments , some with lots selling for as much as $ 1 million , in the mountains of south carolina .
the state took over the land from mr. anthony after receiving thousands of letters reflecting both sides of the dispute , which also included an internet campaign by a number of environmental groups .
joseph h. henderson , director of the north carolina state property office , said the state had condemned the land when it became obvious it would not be able to reach agreement with mr. anthony on a whole range of issues , including a purchase price .
mr. anthony said he had spent nearly $ 20 million to buy the property and make improvements to roads and buildings .
several small vacant homes were restored as well .
he has sold 200 lots in other communities with the promise the owners could visit the north carolina site .
we've never not delivered what we promised , he said .
the north carolina property and a new concept of allowing property owners to use affiliated resorts in various places around the world were to be his company's focus for the next few years , he said .
the first of these sporting clubs is to be in chile .
what they got was a development , he said , citing the construction his company had done .
other resort communities are situated near public lands in the area .
we fully agree that we need to preserve land , but we think we've done our part , he said .
the proposal , he said , would also have resulted in an upscale resort in the middle of a state forest .
many of the letters came from residents and leaders of environmental organizations in henderson county , where a small part of the land is located .
the considerations included the sales price , property taxes and , because they have a 3-year-old son , schools .
with that we paid off the equity loan , and when we sell this house , we'll pay off the bridge loan and put the balance toward the mortgage on our new house .
as the term suggests , bridge loans are short-term loans intended to bridge the time span between buying one house and selling another .
home equity loans typically provide funds at a fixed rate for a fixed period of time .
by 1988 that figure was up to 11 percent , and it had risen to 13 percent -- roughly nine million households -- in 1997 , the latest year for which figures are available .
but those loans still have a place .
in that case he may have to lower the asking price sharply .
the lending company , too , could find itself at risk , and in possible legal trouble .
most bridge loans cover 80 percent of the overall value of the property , while equity loans often go as high as 90 percent .
one reason is that the bridge loan is secured by existing property .
it's usually for the more sophisticated buyer .
they also appeal to that handful of investors who would rather take out a short-term loan for the down payment and closing costs of a new house than sell their stocks or bonds .
bridge loans come in an assortment of shapes and sizes , although the usual term is 30 to 60 days .
others will make them for longer periods .
with homes selling as fast as they were put on the market and in some cases even before they were listed , many owners accepted the first inviting offer that was accompanied by a down payment , rather than wait the week to 10 days for a bridge loan to be approved .
in the 1980's , bridge loans were often the loan of choice .
but in the strong economy of recent years , that pattern also changed .
but the company must agree in writing to buy the house after a fixed period , usually six months , or carry the payments .
in such cases , the employee takes out a first and second mortgage to finance the full sales price of the new home , up to $ 500000 .
bridge loans are not limited to individual homeowners .
but then they have to ask themselves whether they can put up the other $ 1 million or so , and if not they come to us for a bridge loan .
he added , people want bigger and bigger returns to take risks .
it's only an hour and 15 minutes each way , he said .
newport now has nine residential and seven office towers occupied or under construction .
the 10th street site is one of 10 , together totaling 50 acres , that the company owns west of newport .
it is financing the $ 15 million project with its own money .
this year is shaping up to be more conventional .
putting it at the beginning will make it count in the overall ratings for the new season .
you can't treat it as any ordinary concept special that you put on .
the challenge is to stay within the boundaries of tradition , but make it as commercial as possible .
we wanted to get as close to the traditional date as possible , but abc controls the timing , he said .
i think , overall , this is as close as we can get to the way things have always been , he said .
but i do it in such a way that the ingredients don't lose their identity .
people say it when someone hits a home run .
her mother was a freelance writer in new york .
he graduated with bachelor's degrees in architecture and architectural engineering from kansas state university .
the russian chamber chorus of new york .
bergen county players criminal hearts , by jane martin .
mill hill playhouse , montgomery and front streets , trenton .
montclair state university korea's little angels , a children's folk ballet company from seoul , south korea .
valley road and normal avenue , upper montclair .
one johnson and johnson plaza , new brunswick .
morris county library the business of cooking ; corporate america cooks .
no admission charge to the gallery of american craft .
rutgers university , george and hamilton streets , new brunswick .
county college of morris january stars for the new year .
stories , games and crafts for the whole family .
johnson park , second and cooper streets , camden .
introduction to cross country skiing .
they were there to search his apartment .
the next it was filled with 10 people .
they did not push in the door , they did not break anything .
he was a graduate student , in moscow to study arms control negotiations between the united states and russia .
as russia tries to define what information is secret and what is public , the line often shifts , and researchers can find that information that was open one month is forbidden the next .
when one talks to people in russia , the rules are not clear about what is secret and what is not , what is legal and what is not .
i spent months in the russian far east and far north investigating these problems on the ground , he said .
as far as he knows , the visit from intelligence agents had nothing to do with his earlier work for the environmental group .
nor have they returned his papers and computer .
a. people have been saving this building for a long time , since washington was here during a significant time .
a. congress got to princeton before washington did , so many of the best houses in town were taken .
when they summoned him down , something had to be secured .
the widow who owned the building was willing to rent it on a monthly basis , which was not the case with every house , just like now .
it seemed like every other house wanted a whole year's rent .
a. actually , we are not taking all of it .
the house needs a lot of work anyway .
it will give us a chance to really restore the place well .
one will become a children's museum at the new site .
the other one is a stone kitchen built 100 years ago .
the stony brook garden club is installing new gardens .
and , of course , there will be our collection of 18th-century decorative arts .
making matters worse , homeowners in other parts of town , including the newly installed mayor , could see their property taxes go down .
but , he added , it's also fair to say we did not expect the level of increases we are hearing about .
some were paying well over the asking price , sometimes $ 100000 over what somebody was asking .
each cell measures approximately 5 by 8 feet and has only one window , above eye level .
artifacts of prison life are still present .
the majority of works are displayed inside the former cells .
the contemporary furniture and crafts on display offer a link to this socially responsible notion of teaching prisoners a useful trade .
unfortunately , few artists used the prison as a creative point of reference .
each object stands about six feet tall and can be seen as an independent abstract form .
her sculpture is smooth and rough , open and closed .
the building is a resource from the past that can inform the present .
additional days and hours for groups and individuals may be arranged by appointment .
if this level of success were a baseball batting average , it would be a record .
new this year is the involvement of 55 columbia high school students .
those listeners can attend the violin concerto concert on a different day .
she graduated from princeton and received a master's degree in education from harvard .
he graduated from princeton and received a law degree from yale .
he also holds a doctorate in economics from oxford , and is a rhodes scholar .
judge wood withdrew at the request of the clinton white house after she acknowledged the hiring , which occurred before such employment became illegal .
apparently , it's never too early to start sharing and caring .
kids are growing up so fast now , she said .
this is a way for them to start defining themselves and share what's going on in their lives .
all those places with texture and character have disappeared .
in 1994 , congress passed the violence against women act to protect women , but in may the united states supreme court ruled that crime victims could not sue for federal damages based on this law .
new york city passed its law on dec. 19 .
illinois and new york state are considering laws .
next , grip the edge of the door and try to pull it out of the pocket .
do not try to repair them if they are broken ; they should be replaced .
of course , you will have to remove the old track before it can be replaced , but it is impossible to work through the narrow pocket to do this .
the opening will give you access so you can remove the track frame .
you will need these dimensions to order a replacement track .
stand the door on a bathroom scale to see how heavy it is .
install the new track so it is centered in the track slot .
place one end of the bar under the door .
slide the door in and out of the pocket to check for smooth travel .
that promise has cost taxpayers around $ 500000 a year .
they donated that money because they had faith the museum contract with the county was valid , he said .
ms. pearl said she expected to see close to 1000 visits in the first year of operation .
the facility will offer family planning services including education , birth control pills and devices and testing for sexually transmitted diseases .
re fuel costs rise , but not the electric bill .
: it is unfortunate that public officials do not learn to avoid making the same mistakes others made , but only learn to repeat them .
current cost increases should be paid for by current users .
this museum , over the past decade , has become a vital center for art and culture in the county .
it is in every person's interest that there remain strong public support for the arts and culture in our local area , and for this museum in particular .
a local museum of this quality is such an important piece of a rich , regional culture .
she graduated from the university of michigan and received a doctorate in united states history last month from the university of minnesota .
his father retired as the associate executive director of the jewish association for services for the aged in manhattan .
through deals of dazzling complexity , the nation's biggest airlines , american and united , are trying to become bigger .
all of this raises many questions for investors .
following are excerpts from the conversations .
a. i have basically said i do not want to own the shares of a carrier that is doing the acquiring .
the other three have unique opportunities .
overseas , i recommend ryan air in dublin , which is based on the southwest model .
this was the delta acquisition of western airlines .
the management and supervisors were all gone .
neither american or united plan to do that .
which is where us airways stands now .
a. i would bet on northwest because it could become a takeover target .
last summer , northwest had discussions about a merger with american .
as for the others , it depends on who is doing the acquiring .
at this point , the only one i would buy is northwest .
they have contracts to fly passengers for them .
with the inauguration of george w. bush , this national treasure will face its greatest threat ever .
in the meantime , perhaps you will see the light and endorse this national monument designation .
of course , the first and necessary step would be for mr. clinton to apply for citizenship .
he can do that while keeping his american citizenship .
thomas jefferson and benjamin franklin lived in france .
he is a good negotiator , and he loves long discussions .
a former french president running for the white house !
on the positive side , cell phones provide unprecedented opportunity to communicate with friends and family .
but at that moment , sitting in her car , she felt that she had no choice .
apparently , the calling plans of many cell phone users provide more minutes than they can use .
the whole idea is ridiculous , he said , but he did allow for one exception .
and , finally , what of calling from home , on an old-fashioned land line ?
that , it turns out , is a complicated question .
on the one hand , cell phone users say , calls placed from home don't cost a penny -- at least the local calls .
of course , this is not to suggest that people don't call their closest friends and family from their cellular phones .
but i'm a little disappointed -- it's kind of the same style hillary wore .
this hat is not going to get people in the stores buying hats .
it's a fairly simple style that looks good on a lot of people , she said .
she could have pulled off a more dramatic style .
ellen christine was more enthusiastic .
and all in all , a felt is the perfect choice for the weather and i'm sure it will be charming .
but will mr. bush don the traditional top hat on jan. 20 ?
he received undergraduate and law degrees from georgetown , both cum laude .
his father retired as an associate professor of engineering at pennsylvania state university .
she graduated from miami university of ohio and received a doctorate in clinical psychology from columbia .
people keep asking , is this the real crazy eddie ?
because he had already spent time in jail awaiting trial , he served 42 months , leaving prison in march 1999 .
we would certainly pursue any profits in order to satisfy our judgments , said richard simpson , an assistant chief litigation lawyer with the commission's enforcement division .
but , he said , it has been hard to make money .
the day i fell in love with him , we were in a movie theater in the winter and i was so cold , she recalled .
it is showing up in the names of all kinds of vehicles -- or if not in their names , in their spirit .
it's not that poles have suddenly reduced their heavy consumption of alcohol .
each manufacturer was awarded a group of brands .
we as poles are very anxious about the process of privatization .
the first efforts came in the early 1990 .
then came a message from derek jeter , asking for the game's score .
some of the most passionate are members of the african-american elite in entertainment and sports .
for them , the cell phone is so last millennium .
two wireless systems , two passionate camps .
he needs something that's reliable , and he needs something that's secure .
for a lot of people who have motorola , it's their first entry to an e-mail address .
motorola sort of feels like a toy .
if motorola denied it , watch how quickly it would change .
she added , what we've been able to do with this particular product is see the trend and then leverage it .
it's more powerful and comparable to the palm pilot .
you have to make so much small talk on a phone call and go through personal assistants .
and what are the quality of those numbers ?
the thing about hip-hop is that they love great products , he said .
unlike other cities , we don't just warehouse people .
we assess their needs and link them to programs .
getting persons to the right services is more important than cutting down on their travel time .
the bronx family center was placed under court supervision in 1985 after the legal aid society sued on behalf of families forced to sleep overnight in welfare offices .
that's right , a decline in earnings , not a slowdown in earnings growth , which corporate america has already had .
just three weeks ago , merrill lynch predicted 5 percent growth this year in the operating earnings for the companies in the standard & poor's 500 .
several of our competitors have introduced recession forecasts , he wrote , calling them dramatic .
still , he said , it certainly feels like a recession to many companies whose earnings will decline .
that is a disaster for profits , he said .
not the worst recession , mind you , just a normal one .
it took months of corporate earnings warnings before the message got through .
q. how much will the issues on the west coast find their way here , and what role will the institutions that cover utilities have ?
while the power authority is looking at the new needs as far as power generation go , we're also looking at energy conservation as part of the solution .
you have to do it from inside almost .
even if you have the generation outside , it's hard to get it in .
i think it's incumbent upon everybody in the energy field to get the message out to educate people about what they can do to save energy .
today , you can still find one there .
my wife , my son , they all want me to retire , he said .
you're used to it , every morning opening up the door with the keys .
at night they used to put the cover on it , and nobody even touches the merchandise , he recalled .
lately , the flood of new residents has helped business .
but i don't know what people see in the neighborhood , to tell you the truth , he said .
what they get is a good deal on items that may not be possible to find anywhere else .
regarding the new plans for the site , she said , if it's housing for me , it's great , yes .
there's no other store like this one .
with their presence in refugee camps and aids clinics , mr. clinton and dr. albright put africa on the map of american concerns .
instead , the diplomat said , the general is likely to seek a clear definition of national interests and to then use the relationships with congress he built up as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to secure resources .
one approach that might suit general powell would be to send more american military assistance to these two governments to improve their peacekeeping abilities .
in pointing to nigeria , general powell was also recognizing a vital american interest : oil .
little is said about it , but nigeria and angola have become important suppliers of oil .
nigeria now is the united states' fifth biggest supplier , angola the eighth .
general powell is not without advice as he considers africa .
the clinton administration , she said , tried to pursue a grand vision of what the continent should become rather than developing a policy to address in a realistic manner the problems that exist now .
even more basic advice came from the center for strategic and international studies .
they are to be found in angola , somalia , virtually anywhere else where the united nations and the civic organizations it works with save lives .
meanwhile , united nations administrators run kosovo as a virtual colony , paying for everything from police to telephones to water and garbage collection .
the truly frustrating thing is how much of the world -- of all colors -- seems to think the same way .
it was easy to believe that a new holocaust was on .
i don't find anything to criticize in the kind hearts of such people who want to help the europeans .
they've got two good candidates for a job and they don't want to anger either of them or their supporters ; they can't make a decision .
they wait until one of them throws their arms up in frustration and says , the hell with it .
and then they give it to the candidate that's left standing .
mr. bush said of his candidate for secretary of housing and human development , mel martinez , he's got a wonderful story .
in his nomination speech , he called general powell an american hero , an american example and a great american story .
now it seems that to succeed , it also helps to have a story , or , better yet , to be one .
hillary rodham clinton sold her story for $ 8 million .
just imagine the pitch meetings at the ranch ...
have you served with one of america's elite military units or played on one of its sports teams ?
how about this for a fish out of water concept .
a guy spends his whole life trying to get rid of the energy department , and then , in a twist in act ii , he is appointed to be head of the energy department !
mr. clinton presented himself as an agent for change .
that's the easy sentence to write .
in 1993 , for instance , he rejected the advice of many democrats to stick with a liberal agenda of spending programs .
instead , he listened to his chief economic adviser , robert rubin , and went with fiscal restraint .
these steps were among the president's finest moments .
he was slow to engage , in part because his first two years were spent on the economy and health care .
he often succeeded by becoming involved personally with other leaders .
mr. clinton's early emphasis on human rights in china did not achieve results and led to a confrontation over taiwan .
finally , there was the bold decision to wage a bombing campaign in kosovo .
as he leaves the presidency , we hope mr. clinton will find a way to use those gifts on the national and world stage .
some might find the music , which can be heard on the cd living on the edge of change , too progressive while others might find it too laid back .
can you say so much of a mere shoe ?
where is the legal right of anyone who does not want their property , public or private , to be part of the private religious domain of any one group ?
the ford motor company is trying to find out .
cameras will monitor driver responses .
we're used to listening to the radio or talking to a passenger , but how does new technology compare ?
but what are they going to do about it ?
he said , adding that the treaty under negotiation is likely to be hollow rhetoric .
the contents have not been disclosed , but beyond a general statement of shared goals , possible subjects may include arms sales , economic ties , cooperation in space and their shared border , scholars said .
while treaty discussions began before the american election , the idea may have gained attraction after the republican victory .
the chinese have said that they expect mr. bush , despite a sometimes hostile tone , to discover the same advantages his predecessors did in cooperating with china .
still , mr. bush's apparent determination to build a missile defense has caused great worry .
one goal in china , scholars said , may be to make it harder for russia to cut a separate deal with the united states over missile defenses , something many experts expect .
they say they will continue their protest , which has been backed by some of the largest demonstrations since the fall of communism in 1989 .
many politicians and the rebel journalists believed the council to be at the core of the crisis .
i got lots of rest , but i never changed my clothes .
bernard marks of cincinnati was the first officer .
the refugees were taken to germany , but most eventually made it to palestine .
the incident drew international attention to the plight of the refugees , and was believed to help spur the creation of the modern state of israel .
he was also a former president of the american veterans of israel .
the recall was initiated by great southern , which informed the food and drug administration .
his lawyer said he would file an appeal .
four women were also among those reportedly convicted , including two women's rights activists .
six people were said to be acquitted .
but we have good players on offense .
we have dynamic players who have prepared themselves well .
the raiders do have a good football team and a good offense .
you go out and answer all questions on the field .
it's all about the game in this one .
the super bowl takes on a personality all by itself .
and i don't think you get here unless you have a certain amount of balance .
we've got to get people off blocks and get to the football .
am i the most talented guy in the n.f.l. ?
am i the least talented guy in the n.f.l. ?
you do anything you have to do to win games .
football has been 60 minutes on sundays for me .
i don't get caught up in all the other garbage .
ray lewis , the middle linebacker , leads it .
they are very complete and they like to compete .
but we are a little different from some of the teams they've played .
each week we are aggressive and that's the way we'll play this game .
the men are in much the same position .
that's the way he wants to live his life .
after winning here last year , he failed to win another tournament in 2000 .
the top women are both young and well established .
the other players have physical abilities , but i have other weapons .
it also highlights the conflicts that often arise when civil and criminal penalties imposed by tribal courts are out of step with federal and state court standards .
the tribe members believe they have handled the issues , indian to indian .
this is for a jury to decide , said reid rubin , the lead prosecutor on the case .
it has forbidden officers from cooperating with the state's investigation and has fired employees who did so , prosecutors say .
she could not be reached for comment .
she has testified in court that the crash was an accident .
lawyers for the tribe , again raising the sovereignty issue , argued that tribe police documents should not be used as evidence in the manslaughter case .
he also testified that many cases ended up in tribal court and nothing happened , and argued that many such cases should probably be handled by state or federal authorities .
the whole point of the reform effort is to put into place a system that will enable us to tell you what these numbers mean .
the first such report was released last year .
to him , the latest report shows the practice is continuing .
yet he said his group was unwilling to leap to conclusions so soon .
i guess part of me wants to find a conclusion here , but i think we should be cautious , he said .
you can almost make a report like this say anything you want , and i think we are going to have to wait until the next report in another six months .
it was the one used by john f. kennedy -- and , later , president clinton .
it was a portrait he had commissioned of him and his father , former president bush , fishing in a texas lake .
it is a much -- you really begin to realize what a big deal it is for people to see the president .
i went out to play golf , and it just didn't dawn on me that when i came to the hole on the road , there would be 300 people there .
and it affected my swing , i want you to know .
he vowed to stay in touch with reality by frequently inviting friends from texas to the white house , an environment he already knows well from the four years that his parents lived there .
these things are so exotic it's hard to even describe what they are .
he said that his parents would sleep over in the white house on his first night there , but not in the bedroom they used to .
it would belong to him and laura bush now .
he later acknowledged that it's a huge story for a lot of folks : dad watches son , noting that he would be the first president since mr. kennedy to have his father witness his inauguration .
it's a story of family and a story of love .
but it reflects more about him than it does about me .
the daily prayer meetings with mr. ashcroft in his senate office at 7 : 45 a.m. were voluntary , and many staff members did not attend .
but mr. ashcroft was the first to become a governor or a united states senator .
he received his law degree from the university of chicago .
the fact that ashcroft doesn't dance is the least of our worries , said barry lynn , executive director of americans united for separation of church and state and himself a minister .
mr. ashcroft did not make himself available for interviews , in keeping with the practice of many presidential choices heading into confirmation hearings .
jimmy carter , then a southern baptist , stirred criticism as the first born again candidate for president .
when he was governor of missouri there was a lottery bill that was passed .
mr. ashcroft has made a priority of the social issues important to religious conservatives .
he supports school prayer and vouchers for religious schools .
they may try to take prayer from our schools , but they can never steal god from our hearts .
so what do the children themselves think of their schools ?
and how would they spend any extra money ?
these are excerpts from their written answers .
if i had enough money , i would have a supply store because some kids don't have their supplies .
i would improve my school by buying computers so kids can learn how to write .
a new bathroom for people will have to be cleaner than before .
i would like more teachers for art , reading and math .
our school system could be the pride and joy of new york state as opposed to the joke of the suburbs .
children should be able to understand more about what is happening in the country through newspapers and television programs .
new schools should be a new priority for educational teachers , if they aren't already .
safety should be the first priority .
hence , money should be used to fund construction of new schools and restoration of schools which are in need of them .
this should be one of the first aspects the money should be concentrated toward because safety and a better environment enforce a better education .
although most of us tend to follow the moral saying that money doesn't mean all , in this case it does .
new york city schools have been desperate for money for the past years .
some schools have only a handful of computers , if they are lucky .
even if they do have the computers , most of them never work .
if money were no object , then we would all be able to have good computers in working condition .
we would be able to have nice , clean schools if money were no object .
in most new york city schools , the building is literally falling apart .
in my school , large classes have been becoming an issue that demands attention .
more teachers are needed , anyway .
recently , i tried to fix my program for the next section of the school year .
when i tried to add extra classes that would support the ones i already have , i was told that because of a shortage of teachers , each student is only allowed to have seven or eight classes .
prior to this rule , many students took up to 10 classes each term .
it is very difficult for the teacher to teach and for the students to learn .
this is not fair to other high schools .
the essays should be based on personal experience , and students in elementary , middle and high schools are eligible .
that places her in direct conflict with the navy .
the governor and his aides declined to say which projects in new york city , if any , would be financed with the money , but mr. pataki made specific promises to upstate communities .
part of the $ 250 million reserve fund would be spent on the conversion of route 17 into an interstate highway , as well as on construction of a new highway in western new york , the governor said .
the list also included connecting the metro-north railroad to pennsylvania station and the long island rail road to grand central terminal .
altogether , projects in the capital plans are worth about $ 34 billion over five years .
but aides to the governor said that spending the $ 250 million from the state reserves was only part of a larger plan that mr. pataki would lay out tuesday to save transportation projects .
aides to joseph l. bruno , the senate majority leader and the governor's chief ally , said the republican majority in the senate would wait to see the entire budget before deciding whether to support the governor's plan .
in 1997 , mr. pataki and the legislature created the reserve fund for cutting debt .
it grew to $ 750 million by december 2000 , when the governor used $ 500 million to pay off some old state bonds .
he is now proposing to spend the rest to shore up transportation projects .
money is still pouring in on the revenue side because of large profits on wall street last year .
the state is expected to carry $ 1 billion to $ 2 billion in surplus revenues into the next fiscal year , added to nearly $ 2 billion in reserve funds .
if he spends down the reserves this year to finance transportation projects and new school aid , he will have less available for new programs in the election year .
the law also banned the practice of letting state authorities sell bonds backed by state revenues without approval the voters .
now , as he has in the past , the governor is calling for the law to become an amendment to the constitution .
you've got what you want right here , taylor told the players at the end of practice .
you can't ask for anything better than this : playing this game , here at giants stadium .
how can he remember you are his leader ?
he will get married , have children , engage in work in his country .
this is , we want to be somewhere in a hundred years .
according to a recent central intelligence agency analysis , al qaeda operates about a dozen afghan camps that have trained as many as 5000 militants , who in turn have created cells in 50 countries .
the group plans attacks months or years in advance , investigators say .
mr. bin laden has not achieved his more ambitious goals .
earlier this month , the united states closed its rome embassy for nearly two days after intelligence officials warned of a possible attack .
four men went on trial this month in lower manhattan in the african bombings .
over the next few years , several thousand young arab men joined the afghan resistance .
the two men were defined by many of the same forces .
everyone is wearing just two pieces of white cotton .
you can't describe who is the minister , who is the president .
had the religious leaders agreed that fighting in afghanistan was a duty of all muslims ?
he had no idea where he was going , or what he would do .
he was said to be the youngest of 24 brothers in a family that ran one of the largest construction companies in the arab world .
the soviet forces had a considerable advantage in the afghan conflict .
but the rebels had powerful friends .
at the time , he said , there were no more than a few dozen arabs in the country , working with the rebels .
he spent most of each year inside afghanistan .
but unlike the others , what he had was a lot of money .
but he's an activist with great imagination .
you see he lives with all the poor people in this room .
have a clear idea to use these people after afghanistan for other wars .
i am worried about his future if he stays with these people .
only three to four people knew about them at the time .
we are going to make revolution in jordan , in egypt , in syria .
the tide of the afghan war was turning .
the soviet union , armed to the teeth , was falling apart , he said .
a shooting war then erupted in the persian gulf .
the early 1990's proved difficult for mr. bin laden .
after the conflict ended , he moved to afghanistan .
within months he fled , telling associates that saudi arabia had hired the pakistani intelligence service to kill him .
there is no confirmation that such a plot existed .
over the next five years , mr. bin laden built a group that combined legitimate business with support for world holy war .
the bush administration presented it as a relief operation .
american officials suspect they were acting under his instructions , though this remains a subject of debate among intelligence analysts .
but in the years since , american intelligence officials have come to believe that he and the world trade center bombers had ties to al qaeda .
in addition , the document lists a publication date of 1989 , a year after mr. bin laden founded his organization .
and the place of publication is afghanistan , not jordan .
while the trade center trial ended in 1994 , federal prosecutors did not open their grand jury investigation of mr. bin laden and al qaeda until 1996 .
the young man added , he told me there was a way of helping them and that i must help them .
he must become an armed humanitarian .
the cd was initially ignored , belgian officials say .
the truth is , he said , they missed for years the largest terrorist guide ever written .
a c.i.a. official said that the agency had had access to versions of the manual since the late 1980's .
mr. bin laden made his way back to afghanistan , where a new group of young islamic militants , the taliban , was taking control .
two years after he arrived in afghanistan , in february 1998 , mr. bin laden publicly announced his intentions .
on aug. 7 , 1998 , eight years to the day after the first american troops set foot in saudi arabia , mr. bin laden delivered on the threat , american prosecutors say .
the plot , as described by federal prosecutors , was truly international .
the attacks were costly for al qaeda .
much of his personal wealth has now been spent , or is in bank accounts that are now frozen .
but officials say he is raising money through a network of charities and businesses .
their boat , loaded with explosives , sank a few feet off shore .
since september , dozens of flights from europe and the middle east have arrived .
beyond the notion they both want the basketball in their hands , there is history .
bryant , then 18 years old , already knew he wanted to become the best player in the game .
he has been taken care of by the franchise .
he knows who is watching , and when .
he will hardly allow himself a slice of innocence , because that would be seen as looking , well , 22 years old .
they won a championship , there have been personnel changes on the team , and you have two players who are continuing to grow as individuals .
phil just has find a way for them to both get what they want in the framework of the team .
on friday against cleveland , they took a small step .
for all the controversy , the lakers have won 9 of their last 11 games , with a game against vancouver tomorrow .
i had no idea all these smaller guards would be taking over the league .
jason williams and bobby jackson , both 6-1 , share minutes in sacramento .
the thing about it is , the more this game goes on , guys are getting bigger and stronger .
but they're not as mobile as they used to be .
how many more longtime owners can absorb those kinds of losses ?
he'll probably want to travel with us to see us play .
i'm sure he'll come into the locker room and talk to us .
but some participants in the talks warned that negotiations could continue through the weekend .
they face $ 12 billion in debt and possible bankruptcy .
the situation became critical last week when a storm reduced power production and increased demand to the extent that officials warned that it might be necessary to shut off power to parts of the state .
utilities say they cannot afford to buy power at those prices because under the deregulation law they cannot pass the increased costs on to consumers .
bringing the negotiations to a successful conclusion is tricky , participants said .
mr. davis will inevitably be faced with delicate political choices .
on the other , california residents and businesses will ultimately bear the burden of any solution , perhaps by paying twice as much for electricity as they do now .
consumers groups are fighting any agreement that would result in substantially higher electricity prices .
clinton administration officials said the federal government had no direct role in the matter .
energy secretary bill richardson said he favored a price cap .
under one possible compromise , the state would arrange long-term contracts to buy electricity on the wholesale market at fixed prices far below today's spot price .
the state would then pass that power on to utilities to distribute to consumers .
one outstanding issue is the length of those purchase contracts .
the state would prefer that they extend for only a few years .
negotiators have also considered a plan that would allow the utilities themselves to enter long-term contracts , participants said .
i'm looking forward to another good day .
the ohio state men and the south carolina women served notice yesterday that they will be leading contenders for the national indoor track and field championships in march .
mad cow disease grabbed headlines again as germany's agriculture and health ministers resigned after a national testing program found 10 infected cows .
a large number of feed manufacturers are violating rules designed to keep mad cow out of american cattle , they said .
industry estimates are 40 percent lower .
reality may set in before the end of the month , when the knicks play host to the defending champion los angeles lakers on jan. 28 .
maybe people will take us serious now , said the knicks' allan houston , who scored 12 points .
people probably take us serious in the east , but they don't give us much of a chance to win it all if we get to the finals .
whether you win or lose these type of games , you want to come out and make a statement .
he had eight rebounds in the quarter , one fewer than portland , and finished the half with 14 points and 13 rebounds in 19 minutes .
it was kind of frustrating in the second half , he added .
you're thinking you're going to have one of those career , monster nights , but foul trouble set me back .
he is a former coach , mike rice , and i was really surprised by that .
i don't think guys want to give credit to our guys for the defense that they play .
portland did its best to stage a late rally .
we'll even change the name of the team .
a week ago , players fought after a loss to georgetown .
although a few seton hall players praised pittsburgh , they talked more of how poorly they played .
but he did not like the team's effort .
we've got to change things around .
but there was no laughter as the team filed out for the trip home to prepare for monday night's game against georgetown at continental arena .
but it seemed as if many pirates were content to run the ball down the court and take the first possible shot .
andre barrett , another seton hall freshman , fouled out with 5 points in 23 minutes .
when you go on the road , when you expect it to be given to you , the crowd will take it away from you , he said .
virginia shot 27 percent and was held 30 points below its scoring average as chris williams led the way with 11 points .
the cardinal were impressive in their ninth straight victory over the ducks .
the host eagles , in the top 25 for the first time since march 1997 , beat the hurricanes for the second time this week .
jason harris had 18 points for fordham , all in the second half .
she underwent knee surgery at orlando regional medical center yesterday and was in stable condition .
and , in fact , she has set off on her climb .
and , he asks , what's all this about a musical play about the body ?
but they are somewhat less certain about whether his outside activities are good for the state .
i think that bob speaks a universal language of let's all do this together , let's all work together , said brown johnson , senior vice president of nick jr .
he even has his own song , which recently hit the no. 2 spot on british pop charts .
i know each week i have to bring more to the table .
and like the sport itself , the shows have expanded and changed considerably over the years .
it was a way to get ready for the game and catch up on the latest information .
since those early days , the evolution has been crazy .
there was a time when the only highlights and interviews you saw were on our show sunday .
there wasn't cable and the internet and all these information outlets .
each of the three major shows has tried to distinguish itself from the competition by establishing its own personality .
those in the game look to us because we view ourselves as the show about football by guys who love football , he added .
but we also try to have a great time and not lay on the information too heavily , like it's a law school lecture .
today is similarly straightforward .
mr. mann added : we pride ourselves on having the best information , but we also have some entertainment along the way .
our philosophy has never changed , said david hill , the chairman and chief executive of fox sports .
our concern is to create the atmosphere of guys in the stands 60 minutes before a game .
they'll chat about the game , read the program and have a laugh .
you've had enough statistics by then .
maybe it's because the vast majority of n.f.l. games are played just one day a week .
whatever the reason , football is the only sport that can command this much attention for shows about the sport .
you can set your calendar by it , so the games take a different tone .
he was formerly a national football league coach , not an n.f.l. player .
surely the judges had picked the wrong first novel ?
yet both novels deal with the experience of immigrants trying to make a go of it in britain .
by the time the novel begins he is always betting more than he can afford to lose .
while she's out in the street a fire starts in the house .
the fingers of her left hand are gone .
then the narrative jumps forward five years .
the remaining children are sent to foster parents .
on the other hand , she has proved her willingness to take on large numbers of characters and extreme emotions .
often , she says , i will not accept this decision .
who those forces were remains a puzzle .
as the candidates appear nearly similar , and as it is difficult to make a choice among them without violating the principle of equality ... the first idea that presents itself is to make all advance at the same pace and to subject all to the same tests .
do not fear great talents , but they have little taste for them .
all american presidents since eisenhower have quoted him , they note .
theirs is a translation for the few , rather than the many .
can't the few read french for themselves anymore ?
in english , it's an error to refer to the master if he has not been mentioned earlier .
not everyone in a democracy has democratic tastes .
it plays on the fear that during some future argument about democracy in america , a colleague who knows french will trump you .
his book , american sympathy : men , friendship , and literature in the new nation , will be published this spring .
it was perhaps the sole leverage he had in bidding for treatment as an equal .
he was not above a little lying if it got the united states into the war against hitler .
but roosevelt did receive intelligence .
but did the president care about them ?
one thing is clear : both leaders understood the limits to secret cooperation .
however much they valued their special relationship , neither man allowed it to trump national goals .
it was as if no people lived below it , no world existed in the mountains but the one they were creating .
it helps that grace finds something a little odd , a little funny , in everything .
it doesn't help that frank and grace find themselves attracted to each other .
this strategy is a gamble , but it works .
not everything is perfectly rendered .
both of these men were scottish , not english .
the new new thing : a silicon valley story , by michael lewis .
true history of the kelly gang , by peter carey .
he knows , he said , that america wants reconciliation and unity , and that we all share hopes and goals and values .
devils and angels alike , it seems , are in the details .
who would want to be the low man on the voter poll ?
i'm in the minority even among friends and family .
they don't think about this stuff .
they can't know , they won't beat themselves up trying to know and for that matter they don't care if their kids believe or not .
and as long as those beliefs do not require you to kill your parents , they're o.k. with me .
i don't consider that a relevant question .
if somebody believes there is god , i'm not interested in trying to persuade that person there is no intelligent design to the universe .
if somebody went to church , they ought to tell us , but if they didn't go , they shouldn't manufacture it .
we didn't do what most polls of religious belief do , and ask , did you go to church in the last seven days ?
and that , i think , is one of the great things about science -- that it has made it possible for people not to be religious .
is it too much to ask for tolerance ?
perhaps mary mccarthy was right in her lovely claim that religion is good for good people .
but he makes me think , and he brings up good points , and that's good for me .
it helps strengthen my own beliefs .
but i liked the focus required to do something perfectly , bite by bite .
immediately drain , toss with olive oil and serve as desired .
immediately drain , toss with olive oil and serve as desired .
in a large skillet set over high heat , combine the oil and 1 tablespoon of the butter .
when very hot , add the garlic and cook until it just begins to turn golden , about 1 minute .
immediately add the mushrooms , 1 / 2 teaspoon salt and the pepper and cook , stirring , until the mushrooms just begin to become tender , about 3 minutes .
cover the skillet and cook for 5 minutes more .
stir the remaining tablespoon of butter into the mushrooms and season to taste with salt .
cook , stirring frequently , until it is just cooked through , about 2 minutes .
lower to a simmer , cover and cook 40 minutes .
with whom is israel expected to make peace ?
the bureau of land management is not as familiar to most people as its sister federal land agencies , the national park service and the united states forest service .
after almost a year of public meetings , the agency issued a new strategy paper in december addressing the issue , and while it has not issued any new regulations , it has begun to review the need for them .
it has promised to look harder at the effects of vehicles on endangered species .
others , of course , are afraid that no limits can do enough to protect the land .
and as the land has come under increasing pressure , the agency's staff and budget have not kept up .
finally , there's been an increasing amount of litigation by environmentalists trying to limit access .
we don't have all the answers , and we're hoping folks will help us develop reasonable guidance and direction .
the land should be accessible to the public , she said .
one way or another , president clinton wants to ensure his legacy is one of turning our public lands into public museums -- to be seen but not touched or used .
when she and her husband withdrew a bid on a home in a tony northwest washington neighborhood , some speculated that the house -- which sits on the site of the former rockefeller estate -- had failed to meet the additional requirements of the secret service , a detail of which accompanied her on her tour .
the secret service , as usual , declined to comment on procedure .
secret service agents would monitor the cameras from a surveillance room .
sound like a long way to go for a sense of security ?
he couldn't understand why his family was so relieved and emotional to see him .
and then he would walk out into the open or drive his own car .
he was very much a man of the people .
what makes it all possible is a place called video link , about 25 minutes from my house .
election night ended up being quite easy , because they have a backdrop that nbc had sent up to them for decision 2000 .
if i was moving from one network to the other , someone ran in and moved the backdrop .
michael has one of those memories that whatever fact got into his head when he was 10 , he seems to remember still .
but i would give him a good challenge if it came to telling a story in a way that had a beginning , a middle and an end .
and that could make the point in human terms .
that sort of stuff goes in and out of my head .
doing these books , you really do feel like you're living back in another era , so most of the other stuff does get crowded out .
i would fit lincoln in wherever i could , like he was my first love .
i often had a sense of having abandoned him for too many hours .
if i was coming home from the studio in a car , i would often bring lincoln to read on the way home .
at night , i would force myself to think about him before i went to bed .
i would try to read lincoln so that he was on my mind as opposed to bush or gore or florida .
someone was talking to people who had watched me , and they were like , she's the one with the normal hair .
which meant that it was sometimes sticking out .
i do care about having the makeup put on , because otherwise you can really look terrible .
i used to do television for 15 years here in boston and i did my own makeup , and i suspect i looked quite terrible for all 15 years .
and i think with the campaign , if an ordinary person can't become a candidate without releasing tens of millions of dollars and then becoming dependent on that money and spending so much energy on the raising of money , then our system has become diminished .
so i would say there is a parallel there , absolutely .
none grow above 5 feet , and all can be raised in large pots .
the show is inspired by a widespread practice in african communities : a leader begins a song and is answered by a supporting chorus .
this results in innovation and intriguing new art forms .
a call and response attitude is a way of working between the lines .
the portraits are mostly of personalities , many of them well-known historical figures , on both sides of the ocean .
these lively events tend to last up to eight hours , unlike those in new york , which die down after three .
in addition to learning portuguese , occasional trips to brazil are also recommended for american students .
it is not an art you learn from one person , but something you experience from an entire community .
suspicious outsiders have even gone so far as calling it a cult .
they are all excited about the event .
but there's just something magical about it .
for years european performers had been crossing the ocean the other way to bring their music to the united states , and composers , too , were starting to come over for tours or to settle .
when american composers went to europe , though , they most often went as students .
but there were other factors that would limit the career of a jewish musician in germany .
this should be , but is not , received wisdom .
he's basically been a good boy all his life .
at one point i said to henry , won't people think it's odd , me playing a hit man ?
and i saw what he meant right away .
what was needed was a sense of space .
i loved working that way , ms. campbell said .
it really lets you get into a scene and just concentrate on the other actor .
everything was well thought out and well chosen .
he said all this had given him the confidence to be a writer , and he said , is there anything i can do to help you ?
i didn't even have a television set then .
but their sensibility was so much closer to mine than anything i'd been working on in film .
even if it's not mentioned , you've got to feel it and understand it .
but you get excited by what he says , because you see that he's made it better .
not , what if i take that character and put him in a room with that character ?
now they think like agents and producers .
they don't see as their fundamental role being critical or making people laugh in a way they're not used to laughing .
they think , all right , we got to bring in 30 million people , how are we going to do this ?
i think , if all we're going to do is serve corporate culture , where are our ideas going to come from ?
we'll tune in to almost anything , hoping for the best .
now , my partner and i -- a busy doctor and a middle-aged music critic who do not exactly travel in the fast lane of new york gay life -- may not be representative .
everyone in my circle of gay friends is watching the series .
perhaps his mother's aggressive acceptance is actually hard to take .
but has the series explored his conflict ?
the father wants little to do with raising his child .
when michael arrives for the ceremony , he is touched by all the devoted lesbian couples there .
makes me want to be a lesbian , he says to himself .
anyway , you have to wonder about the relationship of the supposedly model lesbian couple .
but whatever it is , he says it for all of us .
and just when things are getting better .
it is entertainment , but it hasn't been seen before , so it is a big deal in some ways .
i wasn't that interested in solo performing during the days of the modern jazz quartet , he said in an interview at his east side apartment last week .
but now i've fallen in love with the piano again .
it's more than just wanting to develop yourself : you just can't play the same way with a group as you do solo .
but what you first notice is its sound .
it sounds odd , beautiful and original .
it was two bass hit , which at that time was named bright lights .
from the beginning , he had ideas about jazz that separated him from the pack .
you can get bored to death without variety , he said last week .
the human brain , except in exceptional cases , can't remember a string of 16 solos .
the lincoln center concert will be a true retrospective .
to the editor : this train beats walking makes a legitimate assertion .
my husband and i had lunch last fall at a right bank restaurant in paris .
we signed the slip , which was for the same amount as the bill .
the cost of an onion soup lunch was converted into american dollars as $ 250 !
my advice to travelers -- check not only the amount of the bill but those little letters after the numbers .
in the following reports , the listed at price is the asking price when negotiations began that ended in the sale .
time on market is from most recent listing to contract .
about 80 percent of the single-family houses were built before world war ii .
indeed , in the downtown business district , there are few empty stores .
we are close to new york , philadelphia and large employment areas of new jersey .
at the end of december , 15 houses were on the market in the multiple listing service .
mr. morgan works from home as a computer systems analyst , and mrs. morgan teaches in the local school system .
now , we're in town , where you can walk to everything .
spanish language instruction starts in the first grade , and computers are introduced in kindergarten .
each classroom has at least one terminal , and each school has a computer laboratory .
the dollars are meant to go out to banks in the metropolitan new york area and beyond , including westchester county , fairfield county , long island , and upstate new york .
most banks don't even carry the coins , but will get them if customers ask .
if a customer were to ask for it specifically , we could order it from the federal reserve .
the plan was to encourage other retailers to request the coins from banks .
we're of the opinion that they do not use them for circulation .
they're giving them to their grandchildren .
i really don't feel they're going to go up that much .
he added that there isn't much demand .
he said the bank was trying to do as the government asked -- to get the new dollars into circulation .
at this point , we do not give them out , primarily because people don't want them .
the customers pay , i give it back , he said .
he said the one time he gave one out in change , a woman asked , you don't have a paper bill ?
he added , so i hold it for myself .
anyone who's ever been around a friend who's in trouble knows the sense of what do you do ?
-- but his greatest reward , he said , has been getting letters of thanks from people who have loved ones with the condition .
i think anyone on long island can relate to this , he said .
my friend paul , which received financing from the independent television service , was made for less than $ 500000 .
there may even be another collaboration in the future .
to be part of this historical unit and to represent the state at the inaugural , how much better does it get ?
though they evolved separately over two centuries , the two companies have much in common , starting with tradition .
for example , when connecticut's horse guard units were invited to the inaugural parade , the governor's office had to approve funding for the trip .
the charter members of the first company included seven yale college graduates and three members of an elite society of officers from the revolutionary war called the connecticut chapter of the order of the cincinnati .
some serve their unit as long as 20 years , and all are buried on the grounds of their company .
somehow they know and they become very gentle .
there is more to the horse guard than ceremony and tradition .
at those moments , i wouldn't want to be anywhere else .
the main dining room would never be called quiet , but conversation is possible there .
we waited a bit too long for menus one night and had to request water another .
even the 70's might be a bit vague .
it arrived medium rare as ordered .
monday through thursday , till midnight friday and saturday and noon to 11 p.m. .
the group will then manage the properties when occupied .
it is only the second time that westchester county public money is being used to acquire property for affordable housing .
a smaller project -- nine units for $ 400000 in mount vernon -- was approved in november .
we've got to show that the political numbers are greater for than against , he said .
in my district , there's a long waiting list for senior affordable housing , he said .
i constantly have phone calls coming in about this from people on fixed incomes .
the first phase of the project is expected to be finished next year .
instead of coming in and saying what we're going to do , we've sat down and worked with the residents .
we hope other groups like ours adopt similar plans .
state grants typically amount to about $ 25000 per town house .
it takes a long time , which is why the private sector cannot do it .
even amusing aspects of the installation also display a dark side .
this is definitely the hardest part of the job .
westchester medical center is not unfamiliar with mainstream media ; it has appeared in a number of films .
they went with her on her first day back at school .
they were with her at her birthday party .
thank god , everything worked out for the best .
the question remains : why would someone choose to watch people in panic and in pain ?
if it's good , it's the best soap opera you could watch , she said .
i think the best thing about our show is that it's true , it's real and it's moving .
saturday in the greenwich library auditorium at 101 west putnam avenue .
as a touring performance artist for 20 years , he has built a reputation for involving the imagination of his audiences by requiring them to see more than meets the eye onstage .
he will provide the same lecture on sunday at 1 : 45 , followed by the performance at 3 .
ms. johnson wrote a letter of her own to the postal service .
that personal touch extends to the local postal carriers , she said , one of whom delivered a package to her door one christmas eve that fell on a sunday .
it seems to me that we're big enough and should call our own shots .
size , as it turns out , is not the determining factor .
and a lot of that is in relation to the internet .
utilities and many businesses mail them by the millions .
so , obviously , revenue losses will occur from that .
as a result , the postal service is hoping to reduce costs by $ 400 million over the next four years .
calls to more than a dozen post offices around the state found no other locations reducing their hours .
and to tell you the truth , it's very , very rare that they add a post office , she said .
with more than 800000 employees , the postal service was until recently the largest civilian employer in the country .
they see a change , and they say , o.k. , if you're changing this , what are you going to change next ?
certainly , there is no danger that its post office will be eliminated .
a national moratorium on closing post offices has been in effect for several years .
he knows what my wife did before i do !
it's more than a postal service , he said .
it's a real community center here .
i am very moved to be here , he said .
our school is one that nobody could have ever predicted would exist in a country where it was believed there were no longer any jews left at all .
helping paint the cover made me feel connected to kids in the school .
but the crops , it turned out , were never genetically altered .
he wanted to work with the community , which is always a welcome change for a developer .
i am not really sure why they picked that development to target .
we have been trying to figure it out ourselves .
but in many ways , long island may be the perfect place to gain attention for such a movement .
today , there is not one town on the east end that does not have some land dispute .
now , nearly 20 years later , the issue is bigger than ever .
the key question in my mind is why long island ?
and the thing that first comes to mind is , the level of rhetoric on this island about preservation and development has been so extreme .
the extreme rhetoric is essentially almost sort of a prior cause for this thing .
i can just see soft minds being led , and i think the whole tone of the rhetoric has been so extreme that that is why it is hitting here .
and whatever their motivation , he said , it had nothing to do with the environment .
these are either disturbed people or criminals .
i have no respect for people who resort to violence , no matter what their political goals .
they don't consider the facts to be as important as the overall mission .
but details aside , he said , the key importance is to let the public know what went on and why it went on .
but we do as much checking as we can .
we try to contact the media , for them to contact the authorities .
some members of the group emphasize violence and other illegal activities to support their cause .
i , to a number of questions , said , i do not recall .
it set our research back two years , but they made a mistake .
but we don't have genetically modified crops here .
i mean , it is not even a food crop .
it was : if you build it we will burn it .
we're not ruling out any legal action .
when we get together , we'll talk about it .
and i believe that all three of them have been running a surplus .
there is a long history in this country of a separation of church and state , he said , and the exemption of religious property from taxes .
that would be an extremely dangerous breakdown of the separation of church and state .
the priest has no choice where he lives .
we met once a day during school and also had a two-hour evening rehearsal .
everyone in the group was required to study privately .
if someone couldn't afford to pay for lessons , then older students or teachers donated their time .
when the band ended , some of its alumni went on to form the hudson valley wind symphony , directed by james d. wayne .
most have not played their instruments in years , however , and will be in the audience .
the music they did in high school seemed to be a high .
they realize how important it was , and what a special thing we had then .
the class , to take place next sunday at 11 a.m. , will feature five students between the ages of 8 and 17 .
music america has been raising money for nonprofit groups in westchester every year since 1992 , with one exception .
the program takes place next saturday at 8 p.m. at the performing arts center of purchase college .
a public rehearsal will take place saturday at 10 a.m. at the center .
why not provide funds through government and state grants for satellite museums on tribal lands ?
native people could be trained in preservation and display methods by the host museums .
sacred objects would be used in ceremony again and then stored safely and properly by the tribe .
we no longer have the right to speak for other cultures ; to decide where the greater value lies , in the material or the spiritual ; to judge what is worth preserving and what is not ; to determine what should be seen by others .
we must become partners with native americans in preserving their material culture for the benefit of all concerned .
from the very beginning contemporary music was largely ignored by the great european and american orchestras , which were created in order to preserve the music of the old masters .
it is not political and , therefore , had nothing to do with al gore's defeat .
he has talent , and he has courage ; he is handsome , and he is vulnerable ; he is emotional , and he has high artistic standards .
he is nothing less than a phenomenon , whom we love and admire and to whom we are grateful .
some railroad officials were indicted but not convicted .
charlie parker produced notes and ideas from his instrument so quickly that he made you realize you'd never come close to playing like him .
everybody i knew who was an artist also liked jazz , he said .
the result is , i think , the perfect marriage of abstract art and realism .
speaking as an art historian , it's always great to be around living artists and people whose works you've studied , she said .
the event is free with $ 3 museum admission .
the company , based in dallas , is among the nation's largest developers of rental apartments .
one reason is that few luxury rentals have been developed in northern monmouth county in 20 years , he said .
new jersey transit owns more than 20 acres that it now uses for two parking lots .
cooperation among the three parties has the potential for leading to an improved land use and plan for the area .
the redevelopment area could also be designated a transit village , under a program administered by new jersey transit and the state's department of transportation .
under the program , participating communities are eligible for certain state and federal financing and grants .
then he put a speaker in the middle of it all .
he laid a wire from there to a tape player we would keep with us .
he set up his shooting sticks , so he had something on which to rest his gun .
to my great surprise , though , it was coming from directly behind us .
this meant that we were now sitting next to each other , but facing in opposite directions as he stood poised to shoot .
i tried to glance behind me so at least i'd know it was coming , but in my heavy hunting gear this was impossible , without making a lot of noise .
that night he wrote about it in his diary .
i shall direct that when my time comes i prefer no such program attending my departure .
michael brought the first two journals to a party on new year's eve .
it was , in fact , a perfect way to celebrate the passage of time .
what fascinated michael was the enduring mystery of jane margaret .
this is what is known about jane margaret to most of the people who live in her neighborhood , like michael .
everyone who took the time to talk to her knew that she was very , very sharp , michael said .
i want jane margaret to be remembered , michael said .
i never met jane margaret -- or j. m. , as her mother always referred to her in the journals -- but i feel that i do know her parents .
a former insurance executive , frank took advantage of his retirement to pursue the arts .
there was a national telephone strike for six weeks in 1947 .
general marshall was appointed secretary of state .
three years ago , white plains was a city in decline .
so the mayor and his aides looked for a model to help guide their efforts to bring the city back to life .
they found one 15 miles northeast , in stamford .
on that front , even a casual visitor can see that stamford has come further than white plains .
in the heart of the downtown , the old macy's building remains vacant , and across from it are discount stores like the $ 1 limit .
stamford has also gained more than 1000 units of residential housing downtown over the last five years , with 2500 more units planned ; and there are new security and sanitation workers to keep the streets safe and clean .
the notion of competition between white plains and stamford has been for the most part in the minds of third parties , he said .
they were just doing similar things at similar times .
in both cities , urban renewal drew opposition .
many of the houses had seen better days , but it was very mixed and very interesting .
the cities chose different approaches : stamford appointed a single developer , the local f. d. rich company , while white plains chose to work with a variety of builders .
we were in such a rush to get everything completed that as a city , we sometimes didn't insist on a high degree of architectural excellence , said william a. rose jr. , an architect who served on the citizens advisory committee for the central urban renewal project and later as a white plains city councilman .
the emphasis on automotive access to buildings , and the assumption that people would not venture out , was temporary , he said , but it happened to be in full swing when white plains and stamford were doing urban renewal and deciding what to build .
most malls , after all , were still being built in suburban locations in the 1970's .
even though white plains is the county seat , city officials there have rarely had a good working relationship with westchester county , and new york state has not stepped in to help out with economic incentives until recently , he added .
until a decade ago , there was no income tax , and today that tax is lower than new york's , as are corporate and sales taxes .
although white plains has one of the lowest property tax rates in westchester , it is still almost twice that of stamford .
in white plains , they just kill you .
and there's too many people in the approval process .
builders now sit down at a table with every city official who needs to review a proposal , instead of being forced to go from office to office .
and the state and county authorities , which had never offered white plains much help with economic development , are now pitching in .
new york state is now more competitive than connecticut in terms of offering incentive packages , mr. steinberg said .
in april 2000 , for instance , greenwich technology partners , an expanding network consultants and engineering company , moved its headquarters to white plains from stamford , bringing 90 employees .
but the city , working with the county and the empire state development corporation , also made an important difference .
that was in substantial contrast to efforts by connecticut and fairfield politicians .
in fact , transportation has become a challenge for both cities .
traffic problems have helped to tighten the housing market in both cities .
and both have more poverty , and a higher concentration of ethnic minorities , than any of the surrounding suburbs .
and though stamford could hardly be described as cozy , city officials have worked hard to make it more appealing .
it has also encouraged more retail and entertainment outlets .
some of the things stamford has done may not be realistic in white plains .
stamford is just far enough from new york that it can support its own cultural institutions , mr. steinberg said .
white plains doesn't have any of that .
they got a 10-year jump on us , he said .
but we're planning to build 1500 to 2000 housing units right in the downtown area .
there's a downtown area where you can walk to a number of restaurants and bars , and it's a younger , more professional crowd , he said .
other people who have lived in downtown stamford tend to agree .
but there were lots of kids and older people on the street ; i found it really charming .
the difference is partly a matter of the distance to new york city .
white plains is closer , so when i want to go out i just go into new york , mr. bryan said .
and one thing is certain : white plains , which has far less housing in its downtown area , is cheaper .
you definitely get more bang for your buck in white plains , said mr. bryan , who is paying more than he did in stamford but has a much larger apartment , he said .
i still get excited about all this .
dick taught me how to focus , he said .
it didn't matter whether he threw four touchdowns or none .
when i came to the eagles , someone was showing me property around villanova , in the western suburbs , he said .
so i moved where it was more convenient , in south jersey .
his contacts led him into land and golf course development deals , which led to workout clubs and sporting goods stores and hotels .
good thing , too , since andrews is a pretty good guy .
there is no one who does more homework .
i tell them all the same thing , he said .
get what you can and don't worry about what they will pay you .
players should be more prepared for life after the game , he said .
i became conscious of that early on when i did the united way stuff back in 1977 .
there would be no businesses without them , he said .
his younger daughter , jessica , who graduated from temple university last year , works for the philadelphia convention and visitors bureau .
those who came from professional football or major league baseball tend to be republicans , while those who played in the national basketball association seem to be democratic .
perhaps the two most prominent politicians in recent times who played professional sports are jack kemp and bill bradley .
even when it comes to team ownership , the party split remains .
you are always going to have some pain when you come to the hospital , but no one ever said it had to be extreme pain .
in many cases , hospitals have monitored pain in patients on an informal basis , but now doing so will be mandatory .
perhaps the most surprising finding of the study was that pain itself was if not ignored certainly not handled with enough care .
if you are in severe pain , you just can't deal with those other things .
in the meantime , hospitals themselves asked for help in making uniform guidelines .
governor whitman signed them into law over the summer and they took effect jan. 1 .
but the process is moving along , and it seems hospitals are quite happy to do this .
there is a lot of education that has to go on as part of pain management .
if there is an important cultural component , that will be taken into consideration in pain management .
but the point is to find out what the patient can tolerate .
then patients can , even if unable to speak , rate their pain .
what for you may be a 4 may be for someone else a 2 or an 8 , he said .
few people are being given that type of drug , and even if they are , it is not at those levels .
people just get better more quickly without pain , he said .
if you can walk , your circulation is better .
their satisfaction with the whole operation is better when they are without pain .
so it will be just as important as taking temperatures or blood pressures , he said .
we aren't afraid of these standards .
i was watching a football game with henry and maria the other day , and henry was explaining the action to maria , because he knows so much about football , of course .
my husband and i were driving north before the holidays .
there will also be a cafe for teenagers .
when the $ 12 million science hall opens in the spring of 2002 , museum officials hope they can convince a generation of new jersey children that science is not another word for boring .
an additional $ 2 million came from the state of new jersey .
on wednesday , the museum will kick off a fund-raising campaign for the remaining $ 2.5 million , most of which will become part of an endowment for educational programs .
and besides , i like to think i'm giving them a second life .
not that he has provided , or that there is , an answer to the question , is this supposedly modern or abstract painting really art ?
the question is neither new nor interesting .
that is surely another theme that demands exploration .
all that matters is having a hit , and you can have a hit by entertaining people and making them feel smart at the same time .
art , which does make people feel smart , won a tony for best play three years ago and is still running in london , where her newest effort , life x 3 had a successful opening recently .
but it is being produced all over .
the north jersey transportation planning authority , which oversees federal investment in roads in 13 northern and central new jersey counties , has recommended the federal and state governments invest $ 40 billion over the next 25 years .
the plan , adopted last week , is based on projections that population in the region in the next 25 years will grow to 7 million , an increase of a million , and that vehicle traffic will increase by 20 percent .
the prisoner , who had been charged with assault and criminal contempt , was supposed to be under suicide watch .
the program would mirror a similar measure , in effect since 1991 , that offers benefits to volunteer firefighters 65 and over .
recipients would receive $ 20 per month per year of service up to 40 years , said matthew p. carey , the village treasurer .
he will join about 400 other high school seniors from around the country .
holiday time is a tremendous time for plants .
but now , in the first weeks of the new year , all is not well .
the trick is knowing which plants deserve an investment of time and energy and which do not .
water when the top of the soil is dry , and feed regularly .
it will survive nicely at the same temperatures that are comfortable for most human beings .
four times a year , the program offered participants merchandise discounts .
it takes mrs. rogers 24 hours to prepare just 25 pounds of chocolate , which sells for $ 32 a pound .
that experience has to become more natural for everything to keep growing the way it has over the past decade .
it's just too bad emily post never traveled the ancient trail of new haven .
a letter from a cablevision customer voiced several concerns about our recent rate adjustments .
like other westchester businesses , cablevision operates in a marketplace where costs continue to rise far in excess of the rate of inflation .
while we have raised some of our rates , others have remained the same or declined .
while costs are of concern to everyone , we believe cablevision customers are primarily interested in value .
superior value is a combination of price , product and service .
the letter states that , rock music , sports and shopping hold no interest for me .
the bridegroom , 29 , is a senior computer consultant for ernst & young in manhattan .
he graduated from the state university at albany .
those original meters charged 5 or 10 cents for a half hour of parking time , mr. rosen said .
in the last fiscal year , parking meters brought in $ 72 million .
but 8 men were killed and more than 100 injured .
they talked about their new coach .
but he writes so well , you just have to go in there and say it .
i came in that , she said , but i had to , because i had so many interviews today .
this northern indian restaurant takes its food seriously .
starters include a salad of cabbage , carrots and tomatoes , tossed with a special dressing ; and a light , clear soup with spinach .
the strange part was that it felt entirely natural .
i lived in forest hills most of my life and was very well known in the neighborhood , she said .
this was a place i could go where no one would point a finger and say , she just lost her son .
indeed , no one recognized her , including the waiter who once served her daily .
though she has the nails of the coffee talk character , her hair is half the size .
she has written a book , i'd rather laugh : how to be happy even when life has other plans for you .
i'm a very ordinary woman who met with extraordinary things , she said .
but if i didn't have a universal message , no one would give me an opportunity to publish a book .
then she refused to give me her telephone number .
we all know about the coffee talk character , she said .
i moved to miami six months ago , she said , eating a grilled cheese sandwich with bacon and a chocolate egg cream .
in arizona i used to drink about three gallons of water a day and never went to the bathroom .
there's something familiar about it to me .
i thought it was a stupid gift , she said .
but dr. dan baker gave these great classes on stress management and i arranged daily therapy sessions with him .
six months later , he suggested she return to the ranch , this time to speak .
he said i'd been through so much i'd be able to touch other people , she recalled .
i thought i'd been through so much and why would anyone else get anything out of it ?
her lectures were about loss of any kind , a child , a parent , a pet , a job , a dream , she said , adding , i gave strategies to people that came out of my trying and failing .
but on the third day , she must get up and function .
but no one really talked about it .
i took on the word eccentric to describe myself .
i was big on biography and history , she said .
i probably read everything you read in college .
in 1988 she founded her own business , a casting agency called hidden talents .
didn't she feel guilty about missing her children's activities ?
it's a form of emotional illness that no one knew anything about .
those 11 years were not my finest moments .
but i became a highly educated woman .
that girl became a part of my heart and soul .
she's right up there where she is , she has god in her voice , let her be .
she gave me her number and i used to make believe i was calling her , but i thought it would be bad form .
we can't sit together in a diner in queens , which is who i am .
everything came so late in life for me , i can sit back and observe it .
if i were in my 20's now i'd be full of myself .
if someone steals it , i don't want them to have to get a new lining , she said .
settled in the back seat , she handed me a hard candy .
i was interviewed once by someone who asked me who i admired most , she said .
i admire me , this little jew from queens .
the human being can sustain anything , she said .
if you're willing to fight for it .
the car pulled up across the street from the nail salon .
she turned to wave , and when she felt she was no longer on display , stood a moment outside the salon before deciding to walk down the street , instead .
she bent in toward the windows , away from the street .
his installation , i am looking at you , uses hundreds of bottle caps with tiny paintings of eyes .
the piece is a highlight of objects of beauty : decorative art from the permanent collection , an exhibit that opens this week at the staten island institute of arts and sciences .
the objects vary widely in age and countries of origin .
also on view are greek and roman glass vessels and a rare silver miniature furniture set made in china in the 19th century .
the bride , 30 , is a candidate for a doctorate in clinical psychology at the city university graduate center .
she graduated cum laude from the university of pennsylvania and received a master's degree in educational psychology from new york university .
over the past six weeks , the board has received at least 30 pieces of mail that should have gone to people in wisconsin , florida , texas or new mexico .
until now , his committee dealt with problems like slow delivery or long lines at the post office .
but this , he said , was just plain weird .
i don't know why this is happening or why this is happening specifically to community board 4 .
the wave of random mail might ride itself out after a while .
she had another reason for closing the shop : her original suppliers have gone out of business .
afterward , i helped her pick out the dresses she liked .
but by the 60's , things started to change .
new immigrants arrived from colombia , china and korea , bringing new languages , new customs .
some got scared of the new neighbors , but i just made more friends , ms. miller said .
my hispanic friends moved here , and i didn't know one word of spanish .
after a while , her friends were all she had .
her parents died , along with her only sister .
i waited for a prince to walk through my door , but i guess he didn't want to come into a women's dress shop , she said , laughing .
to tell you the truth , i don't know .
without the shop , i'll have a lot of time to think about it .
the roosevelt island bridge can carry cars and can also open up to let ships pass .
but that second function , which is expensive to maintain , is so rarely used that the city wants to change the vertical lift structure into a fixed one .
we just looked at the bridge and said , it doesn't open , why do we need it ?
the roosevelt island bridge was completed in 1955 , and was then called the welfare island bridge .
at that time , the island was a hospital center .
through the years it has been painted a variety of colors , including royal blue and gray .
he has heard no opposition from residents to the city's plan , which the coast guard has approved .
but mr. stewart said he had heard that the city might take down the lifting towers that stand at either side of the bridge .
on a recent thursday , they finally struck water .
officials hope new water sources will let the plants drink their fill in any season .
at this point the city's department of design and construction will take over , maybe starting on the other wells next summer .
now that they have established one tap , they expect an easy flow .
believing that she was at the top of her career , she went home to mexico and embraced the luxury of early retirement for more than a year .
but last september , an unexpected call put her back into business .
her parents moved to mexico city when she was 5 , seeking a better life .
early on , she decided that she wanted a successful career .
i was fully dedicated to business , and i didn't have a chance to enjoy my family and friends .
i was living outside my country , and i was not close to my daughter , who was a teenager .
most important , he gives you space to work .
that is exactly what i was looking for .
there are a few differences between government work and the corporate life .
mexico's beaches and resorts should not be hard to sell .
but it ranks 13th in tourist spending .
we are much more than sun and beaches , she said .
travelers go to france or italy and they spend a lot of money on nice things , she said .
what we have to do is create a better product .
she is also considering whether to push for gambling casinos at hotels .
she has plenty of experience in teaching people how to sell a product .
it was the most important reward i'd ever received .
colleagues call her focused , demanding , a person who does not believe in limits .
there are too many decisions coming from upstairs .
i said , o.k. , for the next six months you've got the green light for everything , and she did a great job , and i promoted her .
it said , wish you the best ; we trust in the new government .
i'm getting used to the celebrity , and the tremendous responsibility .
and some analysts expect the stock to fall further .
some analysts expect that sales growth will slow and that the positive media attention the company has received will wear off .
other news has given investors pause .
the company says she left for personal reasons and will remain a consultant .
analysts said such a short tenure was unusual for someone whose record was good , and questioned her departure terms .
neither she nor the company would comment .
he expects sales growth to slow in the company's fourth quarter , which ends jan. 28 , and in the first quarter this year .
in new york , the subway series produced loud arguments last fall between fans of the yankees and the mets .
the managers examine long-term trends during quarterly investment committee meetings to decide how to divide the fund .
the fund's annual turnover rate is just 30 percent .
they try to determine whether the companies can continue their good historical growth .
the analysts visit companies , talk to customers , suppliers and distributors , and read research .
management experience and expertise are crucial .
our main question is , what's the strategic vision that guides these people ?
they use the information to project quarterly earnings and revenue for two years , pitching their ideas to a committee of four people who meet twice a week .
the companies in the stock portion of the portfolio sell for an average ratio of 1.2 times projected annual earnings growth over two years , versus a ratio of 2.7 for the s. & p. 500 .
we pay about half of what you would pay for a unit of growth for the average s. & p. 500 stock , he said .
when interest rates change , the impact is different in different parts of the country .
right now , he said , we think a soft landing is more likely than a recession .
european leaders concerned about declining work forces have several options .
they can accept more immigrants , as you point out .
and there remains a larger question of whether companies should be in the business of lending cash to their top employees .
why don't they take out commercial loans ?
loans to buy homes or stock are often written into the increasingly complicated employment agreements negotiated by lawyers on behalf of new chief executives .
stock purchases also give executives some tax advantages .
so companies began to make loans for stock purchases .
about half of large u.s. companies have stock ownership requirements .
some loan programs are quite modest , with strict guidelines .
other companies have established more ambitious programs .
some large loans to prominent executives have more to do with personal finance than corporate finance .
in essence , executives use loan programs to buy stocks in their own companies on margin .
and as individual investors have found , buying on margin works well when stocks are rising , as they were for much of the late 1990's .
when equity values climb , executives sell appreciated shares and use the proceeds to pay off loans .
but when prices fall , the stock backing the loans loses value , and executives may be unable to repay the loans .
some executives are not even asked to repay .
i think it can , and may , come back .
so much of what supported the american economy was the perception that this country offered consistently higher rates of return on capital , especially because of our technological leadership , mr. gordon said .
the moment you start to see negative returns relative to what people think they can get abroad , then you have a problem .
the situation has not changed much , but the warning signs are clear .
americans depend so heavily on imports that they spend $ 1 billion a day more buying from abroad than they earn by selling goods overseas .
it's the largest trade deficit relative to the overall economy in recent history .
global investors will sooner or later decide that they can do better by putting their money in other countries .
it has remained robust against the yen , however , and foreign exchange markets have shown no signs of panic .
no one knows for certain how much those factors will feed on one another .
the bush team could also face an extraordinary coincidence .
germans have long had a love affair with the american west , thanks largely to the german writer karl may .
and angola is america's eighth largest supplier of oil .
both oil companies have significant interests in angola .
the answer , unfortunately , is not very much .
on a policy level , however , much has changed .
and in many ways , the changing relationship with angola reflects how dramatically american policy toward africa has shifted since the end of the cold war .
but even architects of america's africa policy find it hard to say exactly how american engagement with angola has benefited ordinary people in recent years .
i don't think there's hard and fast proof that it has paid off yet , said mr. morrison , who directs the africa program at the center for strategic and international studies in washington .
we will only know in time whether this kind of engagement can deliver results .
mr. morrison says america's oil interests in angola do not play a primary role in policy making .
but there is no doubt that the united states will become increasingly dependent on west africa for energy .
it goes on forever , and in the end , everyone dies .
as a remedy , he ordered the state to increase funding to the city's schools .
and they could be a very long time at their work .
in that way , it is no different than the struggle minority families often must wage for access to suburban housing , or other battles along the fault lines of color and class .
what makes it complex is the politics .
in 1989 , for example , following a ruling by the kentucky supreme court that the state's school funding system was unconstitutional , state officials basically started over .
the order bounced between the courts and the legislature three times before spending differences began to even out .
in both cases , the effect the additional money has had on student performance in poor districts is still uncertain .
just changing the flow of funding , much less using the money effectively , often takes far longer than hoped .
after all , the goal isn't more or fewer dollars .
-- meant to convince women there was nothing wrong in wanting both career and family .
this is going to be a piece of cake , it seems to say , when we all know , or should know , better .
when the movie opens it is christmas eve , and frank is about to pull off one of the biggest mergers in corporate history .
you must want more , everybody does , he says .
but when cash asks , what do you want ?
by not having to make a serious choice or be denied a thing , it turns out .
all he has to do is persuade her to give him a second chance -- and he does .
it says : hey , everything can be taken care of , even any doubts about what you're doing , why and whether you deserve what you've got .
they are there to help you be your best self .
simply call it initiative and let people know you're working for your family , not merely for yourself .
correction : january 21 , 2001 , sunday an article last sunday comparing the new movie the family man with the classic film it's a wonderful life misstated the given name of one character in the current film .
according to the latest census figures , nearly one in 10 people in the united states was born in another country .
today there is no majority racial or ethnic group in hawaii or california or houston or new york city .
in a little more than 50 years , there will be no majority race in america .
if we make the most of our diversity , we will enhance our success in the global information age .
and people of color have more opportunity than ever before .
my message to congress makes recommendations in a number of areas .
if you are white , you most likely believe the system is fair .
if you belong to a minority group , you most likely feel the opposite .
and it should be illegal , everywhere .
and we should pass legislation to provide greater access to dna testing and competent counsel for defendants in death penalty cases .
the struggle for equal justice in america also includes the struggle for voting rights .
in the presidential election of 2000 , too many people felt the votes they cast were not counted , and some felt there were organized efforts to keep them from the polls .
we must do more to ensure that more people vote and that every vote is counted .
here are two places to start : we should make election day a national holiday .
my message to congress recommends actions to close other racial and ethnic gaps , including those in education and in the health of our people .
and it calls for equal treatment under the law for immigrants from central america and haiti , many of whom have fled civil unrest and human rights abuses to seek a new life in america .
government cannot do this work alone .
building one america is the work of every american .
whether you are able to help a single child or lead a national movement for justice , it all begins with a personal commitment .
i have tried to honor those words each day of my presidency .
i pledge to continue the important work of building one america as i return to the most important job of all : citizen .
but it is a combination remarkably typical of the way many americans feel -- or at least act .
about 800000 immigrants enter the country legally each year .
for the first time since the 1930's , one of 10 americans is foreign born .
at the border we arrest , but once they get here everyone opens their arms and says we've got a job for you .
i've yet to see a customer walk out of a restaurant because his dishes were being washed by an illegal alien .
in 1996 , congress approved harsh bills that barred hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants from receiving food stamps and federal disability assistance .
the big difference now , of course , is the strong economy .
in a growing economy , people are looking for low-cost labor with no questions asked , said dan stein , executive director of the federation for american immigration reform , which opposes increased immigration .
asked the same question in july 1993 , 26 percent said immigrants helped and 64 percent said they hurt .
for years , american unions viewed immigrants with suspicion .
but last february , it called for a blanket amnesty for all illegal workers , arguing that in boom times , immigrants were potential members .
new americans are not to be feared as strangers ; they are to be welcomed as neighbors , he told a hispanic group last june .
the committee began to consider 12 of them -- then asked mr. mills if he would be interested .
mr. mills removed himself from the search process and -- not unlike the vice president-elect of the united states -- ended up getting the job himself .
saturday class , i see the same people over and over .
as she did with me , the teacher monitors them closely to make sure that they don't put themselves in danger , either physical or by ego .
apparently both the mayor and the borough attorney have relatively short memories .
the article was on target in saying analysts face increasing pressure to recommend stock purchases .
mixed economic signals , a big deal and more profit warnings left the markets searching for direction .
on the technology front , more bad news .
on friday , two economic reports , retail sales and producer prices , came in stronger than expected , suggesting that the economy was not slowing as much as feared .
still , investors continued to believe that the federal reserve would cut rates at its next meeting .
another quote : the truth is that god made the world , but didn't finish it .
should he not have said , according to my view ... ?
unless he has a direct line to the most high , all he can give is his own view .
the agreement cut the american share of administrative costs to 22 percent , down from 25 percent , and its peacekeeping costs to 26 percent by 2004 , down from 31 percent .
negotiating is like jazz , he said .
they don't pay well , they're hard , long hours and you're under intense public scrutiny and criticism .
so the only point in doing the job is to try to accomplish something .
the peacekeeping department's staff of 400 employees , he said , was half the size of the department of information , which he said should be the next target for reform .
the single greatest threat to the institutional success of the united nations is its use by people for theater rather than for conflict resolution , he said .
one of the great tasks of the next administration is to try to prevent the u.n. from being used for propaganda purposes , he added .
his successor at the united nations has yet to be named .
i think it's the most dangerous problem in the world today , the biggest health crisis in 600 years , he said .
both are changes they are prepared to resist .
european countries face far less hostility from their neighbors and do not understand the need for a powerful military in turkey , he said .
the lack of civilian authority is forcing us to be involved in those kinds of issues .
the annual defense budget is about $ 9 billion , about 3.5 percent of the country's gross domestic product and four times the amount spent on education .
although it was set up outside the government , the company is exempt from taxes and financed by payroll contributions from military officers and land donations from the treasury .
it employs an estimated 20000 people and 80 percent of its income is donated to the armed forces .
even students who are critical of what the officer says still believe he is the most qualified to speak about these issues .
sam , you wait 15 minutes and then go in and tell him what opec is .
nbc is thrilled with it just the way it is .
he doesn't like to open his mouth in public .
how do you do communications when your president doesn't want you to communicate ?
she takes after her mentor , the velvet hammer ; she prefers to chat with reporters on background .
but maybe since they're women , the three of them will band together and freeze out karl .
or maybe karl and karen , the texas allies , will join forces to beat back the washington veterans , margaret and mary .
he also urged india to join forces with china to form a new economic order to represent the interests of the developing world .
is quite equal for black , who will answer 18 de with 18 .
he was the only brazilian to win two olympic gold medals .
he also earned academic degrees in fine arts , physical education and law , and spoke six languages .
his team will be a very , very tough opponent .
our effort , however , was always about a global gathering of talented people with a conscience .
i've followed the cup since i was very young , he said .
i love the history and i've found its evolution fascinating .
they've provided ample evidence that a lot can be done with a little less .
there is nothing you can do about it except get wet .
when we arrived at the river , the air was wet with a passing rain .
he directed me to the best place to cast across the complex current .
they should keep rising to the fly .
they will rise at first , he replied .
but i find that you get one or two shots and if they don't take , move on .
i didn't have enough purchase on the bottom to move backward .
i had to move forward at all costs .
he advised me to cast near some rocks and to pass by others .
within minutes , i had him in my hands .
he was the best fish and certainly the most dramatic one of my trip .
being cold and wet was , at that moment , very beside the point .
led by 120 women dressed in white -- the traditional color for mourning in china -- members marched to the building , only to find the gates locked and no one to accept their petition .
a few police officers marched alongside the protesters , while officials in plain clothes filmed the crowd .
hong kong is the one place in china where we can speak freely .
in 1999 the group rented a ballroom at the hong kong convention and exhibition center .
this year the center turned them down .
he needs me to be strong , and i'm going to be .
it was ms. franklin who decided to call charities to see whether any could help the family .
she called about a dozen before she found one that agreed to meet the family , catholic charities of the diocese of brooklyn and queens , one of the seven local charities supported by the new york times neediest cases fund .
the majority of kids with the problems that he has die within a year of the diagnosis , he said .
the times pays the fund's expenses , so all contributions go directly to the charities , which use them to provide services and cash assistance to the poor .
contributions to the fund are deductible on federal , state and city income taxes to the extent permitted by law .
employees from the animal medical center will occupy three floors of the third building .
the two other institutions are leasing , with an option to buy within a year , he said .
we're not against development of this island ; we need the revenue , said matthew katz , president of the roosevelt island residents association .
five years later , the first tenants moved in .
the islanders group has filed an appeal .
but the larger issue for many residents , and for their elected representatives , is maintaining the mission of the community .
about 40 percent of the apartments , the developers say , will be classified as affordable housing under programs that require income ceilings for tenants , though actual agreements to do so have not yet been negotiated .
and we don't need anybody to tell us that .
they may look loose , but there has been a decided edge to their preparations .
since offense is the glamour side of the ball , perhaps it is not surprising that the vikings are led by players who entered the league as stars .
the bigger problem for the giants could be carter .
it's not as if he picks on only the giants .
still , the giants expect the vikings to score , maybe as many as three touchdowns .
as in every giants game this season , a chief goal will be to gain the early lead .
i would like nothing more than to give them another lasting championship game memory in giants stadium .
another reason is that these games are played in a natural setting , in a home team's stadium before a home team's fans .
and ever since the super bowl era began in the 1966 season , the best of these title games are remembered by one or two words .
no wonder so many conference championships are so memorable , as one or both of today's games may be .
in issuing the warning on friday , the food and drug administration rejected calls to also put tuna on the list , saying the other fish contain far more mercury than tuna does .
they should just simply stop eating it from this time forward .
pregnant women can safely eat up to 12 ounces of any other cooked fish a week , the drug agency said , adding that it was important to eat more than one type .
consumer advocates have pushed the agency to warn pregnant women about mercury since the early 1990's .
f.d.a. has taken an important public health step .
but what level of mercury the agency considers safe is under attack .
the giants may not have the scoring ability of the minnesota vikings , whom they play today at giants stadium .
they do not have a dominant running back like robert smith .
the team ranked 13th in total offense in the national football league this season , placing it in the upper half of the 31 teams .
we are going to have to score points , collins said .
when we've had to do things this year , i think we've been able to do them .
sometimes the formula is pretty easy , collins said .
the one constant , however , has been collins .
he was especially hard on himself after an early loss to washington , and teammates realized he was taking responsibility .
he's taken control and been a leader more than anything .
often times , he didn't throw for 300 yards or give those commanding games that you see from joe montana or steve young on a consistent basis , but he did put us in situations where we couldn't lose , and that's all you can ask from a quarterback .
q. do you think much about the historic nature of what will happen on jan. 20 -- about being only the second son of a president to assume the office ?
i mean , i think about assuming the presidency , of course .
but i don't -- i don't think you can really define your position in history while you are alive .
i mean , i am defining it , but i don't think it gets defined properly until people have passed on and objective historians start to take a look at how a presidency fits into the -- into the whole flow of history .
i view short-term history as generally political documents reflecting the prejudice of the writer .
i am more interested in what he and mom will be thinking than some kind of stand .
a. well , i love the thought that they are leaving in essence a legacy of people that have followed them into public service -- a son or two sons , governors of states , and now one is going to be the president .
i think that is a great testimony to them .
i mean , we don't sit around and say , you know , how proud exactly are you ?
i know that this is the short term .
i think he's going to do a good job .
i mean , every press conference i have or press availability i have , his name always comes up .
q. does it worry you at all that those questions mean there are some americans reading into something about you from that choice ?
a. no , because i know -- my point , frank , is that i know that he's going to do a fine job .
i mean , he's going to be the attorney general of all people .
he will enforce the civil rights laws , and when it's all said and done , people are going to say , now i understand why president-elect bush made the choice .
he could end up being a lightning rod .
i mean , i felt that way on -- and if it had not been him , it would have been somebody else .
a. what happens if i pick one for secretary of state ?
you know , my point is that somebody would be made a lightning rod .
i am comfortable with my choice of john ashcroft .
i think he's going to be a very fine attorney general .
and i hope -- you know , you noticed me yesterday talking about that he had been elected five times .
somebody that is not that way will end up getting defeated .
q. i think a lot of people said that .
as people have begun looking back at his past statements , though , some have raised concerns .
q. southern partisan magazine last year , and said , you've got a heritage of defending southern patriots like lee , jackson and davis .
i'm sure he will be asked that question .
i suspect what he was saying is that there is something noble about the southern history .
she was talking about states' rights , the ability of states to run their business .
it's been a philosophical argument throughout our history -- the relationship between the federal government and the states .
i'm proud of our cabinet , by the way .
i think it's going to be a very interesting group of people .
it's a very strong group of folks .
and that's why i'm very comfortable with an ashcroft or a norton .
they not only ran for sheriff , they ran for statewide offices .
there ought to be a balance between , obviously , the public interest and private property .
and a lot of people in my state and in the western states feel that balance is not there .
well , so am i. it should not -- i mean , people shouldn't be shocked that i'm picking somebody who agrees with me .
a. i'm interested in every one of these executive orders and regulations , reviewing them , which we will do , and i will let you know what i intend to do the day after i'm sworn , or the day of , or shortly after i'm sworn in .
there's several ways to address these issues .
but we're going to look at them all ... .
i would not have done that that way .
i would have called in the governors and senators and local folks and said , this is of interest to me .
this is a fine piece of american real estate that i think we ought to protect .
why don't we come together to figure out how best to do so ?
a. well , i will give you an example .
we need to review -- and i said this in the campaign .
we need to move natural gas , whether it be from alaska or on our western lands .
all those properties need to be reviewed .
there's going to be some in which it doesn't make any sense to drill ... .
a. i must say , i'll be glad to tell you , we've got lawyers looking at every single issue , every single opportunity , and i have yet to sit down with them and review options yet .
a. it seems like it , particularly since it doesn't take much to block action in the united states senate .
q. there's another set of executive orders that actually aren't recent ones that date further back regarding abortion .
q. this rule , this has been debated for a long time , but this issue is whether or not -- a philosophical issue of whether or not -- the united states government should be supporting international organizations that promote abortions in foreign countries .
organizations that promote abortions are organizations i don't want to support .
i have not reviewed this particular order ... .
i mean , i'm having people review all these .
i hope history will say that george w. was effective at building a team .
so when i was in washington , you know , i had a breakfast with the national security team and had a very frank discussion about a lot of issues .
people got to understand something , david .
loyalty is somebody who walks into my office and says , here is my opinion , or i hear you are thinking this way .
loyalty is somebody who walks into the national security team and says , you believe this .
a loyal president , someone loyal to the team , the chief says , i expect to hear from you .
and that opinions be open , and that i listen , and i decide .
in order for that to happen , people have to be comfortable with each other -- to succeed depends on our ability as human beings to relate .
are you coming prepared to offer something different ?
a. i really don't want to comment in your newspaper about his plan until peace has -- until it has run its course , and it hasn't finished yet .
but i think it's important for our country to speak with one voice .
any plan has to be agreed upon by the parties .
any outline has to be something that the parties are comfortable with .
it matters whether they are comfortable with it .
and that's going to be the definition of a successful outline ultimately , you know .
a. i think they are very aware of it ... .
listen , i'll honor the agreements that the president has -- that our country has made .
and it's going to take a while , and i understand that .
you know , i am comfortable with the idea of using food to help nations in need ... .
it is still going to have a military presence ... .
the cultural revolution , for example , to me , is the kind of thing that the world would like to avoid because of the uncertainty of what china would look like after a cultural revolution .
and i agree with the president to trade with china .
as a matter of fact , i agreed with him to the point that during the campaign i supported his initiative .
and national missile defense is going to be an assignment of the secretary of state .
q. would you go ahead even if it looked like the chinese would build up their nuclear forces ?
and we've just got to explain why we are doing what we are doing .
national missile defense is -- let me start over ... .
i found that to be an interesting statement .
and what are you going to do about it ?
a. that's what we are going to find out .
i'm going to make our case to parties involved ... .
i have said that one of our top priorities with russia is to work with them on the spread of technologies , as well as nuclear safety ... .
they have to make the decisions on matters of real law and sound accounting principles .
they have to assure capital that it is a safe haven .
that you can get a reasonable rate of return .
he has pledged to root out corruption .
i think that's going to be a very important part , but it's his choice to make .
q. if you look back now at russia , mexico , the asia crisis , clearly there will be financial crises in your time as president .
because the numbers are beginning to come in to show that there are layoffs .
the california situation is going to affect the economy .
people are not making their targeted forecasts .
i'm very optimistic for the long run for the country .
i just don't know the definition of short and long run yet .
first of all , alan greenspan acted quickly ... .
q. and are you willing then to have it go through congress in some pieces , if it looks like that will do it faster or do it better ?
a. here's what i am willing to tell you .
i am willing to tell you that to the extent that the entire package gets passed , i will work with congress .
the folks are paying in essence a tax because of high energy bills .
there is a lot of focus on national debt , and that is a legitimate focus .
the bush administration intends to support state laws expanding the rights of patients in disputes with health maintenance organizations , a matter that is before the supreme court , aides to president-elect george w. bush say .
a federal appeals court struck down the texas law , but another federal appeals court upheld a very similar law adopted in illinois .
the united states supreme court has asked the justice department for its views , and government lawyers said they had received indications from the bush transition team that mr. bush would support such laws as a way to protect patients .
should lawsuits be filed in federal or state court ?
should there be any limits on damages ?
texas was one of the first states to guarantee patients an independent review of decisions on medical necessity , and by most accounts , the process has worked well .
mr. bush allowed the texas measure to become law without his signature in 1997 .
but the united states court of appeals for the seventh circuit , in chicago , upheld the illinois law , finding no conflict with the federal statute , the employee retirement income security act of 1974 .
police officers will be stationed every few feet along pennsylvania avenue .
and most of the mall between the capitol and the washington monument will be off limits .
some of the protesters are expected to be among those who took part in the violent demonstrations during a world trade meeting in seattle in 1999 and in the protests here last april during meetings of the world bank and the international monetary fund .
then , while mr. bush is delivering his inaugural address , mr. sharpton will give his own address .
the national park police said then that there were 60000 protesters .
as george bush proceeds up pennsylvania avenue and as the eyes of the world focus on this , the world will see there is a very divided united states .
we will be all along the parade route .
for the first time , the inauguration has been designated a national special security event , which means that the secret service is in overall charge of security arrangements .
more than a dozen law enforcement agencies will be involved , including the capitol police , the supreme court police , the national park police , the federal bureau of investigation , the bureau of alcohol , tobacco and firearms , and police forces from suburban maryland and virginia .
but the biggest burden will fall on the metropolitan police department of the district of columbia .
the mall will be closed to the public between third and fourth streets and between seventh and 14th streets .
these will be staging areas for the parade .
this is the first time subway stops have been shut for an inauguration .
there are little white people here as well !
the predominantly white crowd cracks up .
we get on like a bloody house on fire , man !
of course , if we don't get on with them like a house on fire , they set your house on fire !
can't someone make a joke in this taxi ?
does everyone always have to be so sensitive ?
they answer back in just these big sentences .
and his success is a striking symbol of how much this country has changed .
until apartheid ended in 1994 , whites overwhelmingly dominated the funny business .
it's mainly last year and this year that this young generation has come out of south africa .
i left feeling like , i'm going to kill myself .
a white friend gently suggested that he was making whites too nervous , too uncomfortable .
i want to make people laugh about things they don't want to talk about .
nearly seven years after apartheid , schools are increasingly integrated and blacks are slowly but steadily moving into white suburbs .
in private , people often laugh at the awkward adjustments everyone is making in this new world .
but the issues often seem too raw to share in mixed company .
many blacks are not ready to criticize the black government publicly in front of white audiences .
but if i go on stage and say , i'm your average joe .
gov. george e. pataki is proposing using about $ 250 million in state funds for transportation projects despite the defeat of a transportation bond act .
i don't know where to dig because i don't know where the house is , he said .
i don't think we will be able to pull out any victims ; everything has been buried .
by night , 20 bodies had been recovered there , and no survivors found .
there were cracked buildings and shattered windows across the city of 500000 .
all of 33 seconds had been played .
the loss extended the rangers' streak without a victory to nine games .
it killed any momentum the rangers might have had .
leetch could have blamed his fall for the goal , but he refused to .
i've still got to be in the position where i can make the play , leetch said .
this , low said , is not a team that can afford any more flat games .
today was the day to start something new , and low said he found himself saying the same old things .
i was definitely expecting a lot different look from this hockey team than what i saw in this game , low said .
everybody i talk to says i'm a serious candidate .
i really don't have anything to lose in this situation .
in 1999 the associated press reported that american soldiers had been ordered to kill south korean refugees in july 1950 .
but the army and south korean investigations found no such order and said the shootings resulted from the confusion of war .
there was no agreement on how many koreans died .
another well-known face at nassau coliseum , mario lemieux , returned wearing his familiar pittsburgh uniform after coming out of retirement eight games ago .
both had good nights ; lemieux struck for two goals but the home team did even better .
the islanders also had nine power plays , scoring three times .
tonight , though , the islanders played smart offensive hockey , moving the puck well and setting up good chances .
later , he scored his ninth , continuing a remarkable comeback after retiring in 1997 .
and here's to better days on long island .
it was the nets' largest margin of defeat this season .
i thought that our guys played hard , scott said .
i didn't think they played with their head tonight .
they weren't even thinking about the game .
they were thinking about the things we talked about doing .
for whatever reason , guys were just not in tune with what we had been doing .
we have to guard people to win games .
and after every game recently , the nets have said that this season cannot get worse .
we can come out and play with all the heart we want to play with , but those guys have heart , too .
we were trying to focus , but instead we allowed them to get open looks , said keith van horn , who scored 16 points .
while the nets allowed the bucks to shoot 53 percent , milwaukee won its ninth straight home game , its second in three nights .
i thought this was the best focus we've had back to back all year , bucks coach george karl said .
marbury scored 6 points in the second half , and had 3 assists .
they're playing great defense now , like george karl teams of old , marbury said .
he scored 21 in the first half and 14 in the third quarter to put the game away .
the nets scored 10 points in the first six minutes of the game , with marbury scoring 7 .
i thought he came out real aggressive on both ends of the court , scott said of marbury .
he has a hot spot that's bigger than normal , coach byron scott said .
whatever that spot is that's hurting him is a little bit larger than expected , but also listening to the doctors , he can't hurt it any more .
gill was not with the team saturday and was not expected to play against atlanta on monday .
instead of extending the school week to include saturday , why not extend the school day , from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ?
this would permit six hours of instruction with an hour for lunch .
the other way to improve the schools involves parents .
many parents struggling to balance jobs and family would rather cut back on their own work hours to spend more time with their children and be involved in their education .
our recent national survey found that parents favor a longer school day , but are divided on adding a month to the school calendar .
last summer , i participated in an educational tour of japan for american teachers .
we learned that in japan , where math and science scores on international tests are very high , school on saturdays is being eliminated so that students can spend more time with their families .
two other men were charged with drug and weapons offenses .
the police would not elaborate on the charges .
seven people were killed , and three others injured .
but the quality of his opponents has been suspect , as has been his defense .
mr. ashcroft , now the nominee for united states attorney general , has long had a sideline as a writer and performer of gospel music .
there were times we did 40 or 50 appearances a year together , said mr. bacon , a missouri judge .
be still and know that i gave my own flesh and blood that the world might some day be free .
be still and know , child of god , that ours is the victory .
he made his first 10 shots and had 18 points in the first quarter before finally missing on a driving layup early in the second .
atlanta was 0 for 9 on the power play .
colorado is the first team in nine years to have four starters .
he has played in every all-star game since 1981 and has started 13 .
jacques martin of ottawa and larry robinson of the devils will coach the north americans .
she told me when she came out of the game .
the wildcats won their seventh in a row .
powers was to have surgery later in the day .
i feel like i can handle it better than the bigger girls .
every school system in america maintains some form of education board .
it would be a wonderful way of changing america's image in the muslim world .
nevertheless , the president achieved his tax cuts , which over the next decade will result in a loss of government revenue of more than $ 1.3 trillion .
the tax cuts could not have been adopted by congress without democratic support .
if democrats oppose the cuts , they should have the courage to propose repeal or reduction .
yet they were also responding to public demand for increased spending and are the victims of a slowing economy .
now , forced to find solutions , they may provide congress with some ideas for reducing the federal deficit .
the last decade , especially the last seven years , was one of robust revenue growth for states .
while smaller in dollar terms , the budget gaps in other states are no less painful .
michigan cut spending and canceled capital projects .
colorado canceled nearly $ 400 million in transportation and capital projects .
florida cut about $ 1 billion from its $ 20 billion budget and suspended a scheduled tax cut .
some state parks are closing in tennessee .
nearly all state programs are vulnerable , even elementary and secondary education , which typically enjoys protection during a recession .
on average , medicaid expenses rose 14 percent last year , more than double targeted estimates .
tourism , which is crucial to many large states like new york , california and florida , is down , and all states must also now address higher security costs .
among state fiscal analysts there is a general consensus that economic conditions will not improve soon .
they are the places where america debates its most difficult public policy questions , and their solutions are often innovative .
i thought you were going to support me !
the music was composed by michael gordon , who is not related to the choreographer .
west happily took the first six tricks for an excellent score .
talent agents and executives at rival networks who have seen the pilot episode have given it a cool reception , saying it was not especially funny .
the show itself was turned down by other networks , partly because of its concept and partly because of its costs , the executives said .
it's got its own pace and its own rhythm , he said .
we like to think it's sort of like an independent movie .
and we thought it would be a good way to reveal a character in an intimate fashion that nobody has seen before .
referring to the failures of the shows starring mr. alexander and mr. richards , he said : nine out of 10 shows fail .
just because you've been in a hit television show doesn't mean the next project is going to work .
asked if she learned anything from those failures , she responded , well , i wasn't on their shows .
sir andrew and the philharmonic players were his assured partners in this vibrant account of the score .
nothing on the rest of the program rose to this level .
he was the first to write travel pieces , mr. banks says , as though america were the center of the universe .
mr. banks says the scene makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up today , which it should .
both died in neighboring northern colorado towns on the same day .
the article on mrs. lindsay was 45 words long .
the difference was not a matter of news judgment , but of money .
if we write for the families , the families will read it when they lose somebody , but no one else will .
he added , i certainly have tried here to preserve the distinction between news material and classified advertising .
the press herald has just made the switch .
we decided , rather than cut our news staff , or our news hole , or other resources , we would do this instead .
one listed a fishing buddy as a survivor .
it is considering names like air switzerland or swiss airlines .
for internet retailers , the teenage market is much like the china market .
and 80 percent of those teenagers are online already .
the card companies just haven't found the right formula , yet .
because the credit card companies do not charge interest for these cards , the companies must instead charge use fees .
if big brands are involved , marketing might be more effective .
if you can deliver the right merchandise in a way that's compelling for the kid , and establish their trust , they'll find a way to buy it from you , he said .
most kids have access to a credit card , one way or another .
but others , especially funds whose managers carefully study individual companies before investing , will note the institutional shareholder services recommendation , but will make their own assessment of the merger .
was the board thorough and careful in weighing the deal and the alternatives ?
and so the relevant questions include : is the price too high ?
what are the prospects of the combined company ?
in the end , that is a tough judgment call -- and one that greatly depends on trends in technology and the competitive strengths and prospects of hewlett-packard and compaq as a combined company or separately .
as one of his friends puts it , murray plays the parking game rough but clean , like the west point football team .
the most closely held secret in the story concerns the easy availability of parking meters on madison avenue after 7 p.m. .
what was cooperative about those buildings when they lived in them was the bathroom .
the best of them are literary , as with the famous agent whose remarks include guess how much i paid for it ?
they don't do the really huge books .
those two are exceptions because they became famous for writing books , but the agent likes things better the other way around .
a majority of teenagers use the internet , but not to buy things .
the remaining five were produced independently -- but they , too , may end up on pbs or hbo .
but their reports also suggested that the rising tide might not have lifted the biggest ships as high as it did the smallest .
print advertising that will begin in march in major fashion and specialty magazines will use scenes from the spots , and the tag line love , sweet love .
it's not what americans want right now .
as it turned , out the rescue attempt failed .
of the eight american helicopters sent on the mission , three broke down in the first stage of the operation .
the failed mission became an issue in the 1980 political campaign in which mr. carter was defeated by ronald reagan .
then they would return again to private practice , bringing with them the old values of family , work and public service .
it became crucial in working out the landmark agreement that established peace between egypt and israel .
he was secretary of the army in 1962 when the army was called in to open the doors of the university of mississippi to blacks .
i had some reservations about him , he said , but i knew the president wanted him very badly .
he recorded some of this story in his 1983 book , hard choices .
i don't think he ever failed to follow those principles in his entire professional life , he said .
he rose from general counsel in 1961 to secretary of the army and finally to deputy secretary of defense in charge of running the pentagon .
but in 1968 , as a member of the group of so-called wise men assembled to review the war effort , he joined others to call for an end to the bombing and a negotiated settlement .
when the furniture was finally arranged , however , south vietnam , encouraged to expect a republican victory in the election and a better deal from richard m. nixon , refused to negotiate .
he went to the wall for paul , one former state department official said .
he would serve in government with all of them .
he received a bachelor's degree in 1939 and graduated from yale law school with honors in 1942 .
he also served as a trustee of the new york presbyterian hospital , the yale urban institute and the yale corporation , and was chairman of the board of the rockefeller foundation .
from 1970 to 1972 , he served on a committee to investigate police corruption in new york city , and in 1987 he was named to the new york commission on government integrity , established to investigate corruption at all levels of government in the state .
i think you'll find the establishment , with its moral force and integrity , will be playing a larger role in the future .
historians generally agree that there were three , not two .
they are not playing poorly , but they are consistently struggling to score .
we've got to overcome these things .
only one line at a time is producing .
we're not giving up much , but we're not getting much either .
in their past 15 games , the devils have scored 34 goals and allowed 29 .
more goals should equal more victories , but it has not worked that way .
the devils have lost three of their past four games by one goal .
three of their past four victories have also come by a single goal .
oh yeah , we will , coach larry robinson said .
but it's unfortunate we're playing well in these games and letting opportunities slip away .
but we've got nothing to show for it .
we have to get good games from everybody .
we need to get in front of the net .
i mean , we have to say that , but we have to do more .
we are close but not close enough .
we are not playing badly , but we are not good enough to win .
i think we are desperate , brodeur said .
that comes with not being confident .
he's supposed to be the buck stops here kind of guy .
so he's supposed to go down with the ship .
he recalled another bitter season .
my little league team lost 15 games in a row , he said .
the low point was when he , then age 8 , hit into a triple play .
one of five children , he grew up on long island .
his father was an insurance agent for state farm , and his mother stayed home to raise the children .
he developed a lifelong emotional connection to fairfield , which he said had taught him how to reason clearly .
but after spending a year on the fairfield basketball team , he said , the coach and i decided i should go into accounting .
once he arrived at andersen , he steadily worked his way up .
within 10 years of his arrival , he was a partner , and he continued his rise .
last year he told chief executive magazine that he might have stayed with one firm since college but had worked his way through many roles in that time .
i've had many different careers at arthur andersen , he said .
i was an expert on taxes , then media , then telecommunications .
i feel as if i've been with a different organization nearly every single year .
by the 1990's , however , arthur andersen was a company at war with itself .
last year a bitter divorce was complete , and andersen consulting was spun off , though the accounting firm retained its own consultants .
last year , in an essay he wrote for an andersen publication , he said : these are terrific times .
exciting times for our clients and our people .
but representative bernard sanders , independent of vermont , took note of the waste management episode .
how much confidence should the american people have in companies like andersen ?
but he admitted : we now believe , based on a second look , that our team has made an error in judgment -- an honest error , but an error nonetheless .
but i do believe we did a professional job over all and that this error did not cause enron's collapse .
i do not believe the fees we receive compromise our independence , he said .
some will disagree , and i have to deal with the reality of that perception .
the truth is that no one could have predicted december would be that bad , mr. wilson said .
on dec. 10 , moody's investor services changed its outlook for the state's bond rating from stable to negative .
but both have said they are concerned about the sharp drop in revenues in recent months , and the absence of steps to bring spending into line .
syrian intelligence agencies are even sharing their knowledge about tracking militant cells with the west , earning praise from american officials .
the united states embassy here refused to comment on the talks .
they were known to investigate virtually every terrorist group , even those like al qaeda that had no links to syria .
they keep their eyes on anybody who is doing any organized activity because they want to make sure that they are not a threat , said one diplomat .
they want to know who is in contact with whom , who is calling whom , where they are meeting .
syrian agents were active in the large arab exile communities in france , the netherlands and germany , tracking people who committed terrorist acts or might be planning ones .
no diplomats or syrian officials would confirm whether syria provided specific information that led directly to any al qaeda cells .
we were ahead in fighting terrorism .
now 60 , he had a heart attack in jail a few years ago and no longer poses much threat .
syria is a good alternative to bin laden , especially when he says he is speaking for islam , speaking for the palestinians and against the israelis , noted one top syrian official .
if syria was signing agreements with israel , then perhaps bin laden would be the only symbol of the struggle .
but we have some other issues we have to address .
last november , voters failed to approve $ 300 million for a new jail .
we have passed more bond issues in the past 10 years than some states , he said .
now , each facility will have to wait its turn .
he said that altogether they spend about $ 15000 in denver during the show .
having made his threat about never coming back , mr. rogers smiled and said he didn't mean it .
if you are going to show a bull , he said , this is the show to come to .
he usually sells about half the bulls he brings .
he was very professional and i thought he was fantastic , especially on the defensive end , scott said .
the nets all did that saturday night .
as much as martin passed his personal test , his team has little time to reflect on the challenges ahead with 8 games in 13 nights , beginning tonight at home with the san antonio spurs , who beat the boston celtics last wednesday before losing to the philadelphia 76ers on friday .
we've got a lot of confidence , scott said .
if the senate is willing to do a dedicated fund and the speaker is interested in having the city council do it , i think we can have a dedicated fund for a specific purpose that would be appropriate , he said .
the state senate leadership put cold water on the idea .
it is up to the state legislature , and i think in an election year , in all fairness , it's probably not very likely that they will even consider it , he added .
all mayors would like to have more revenue , particularly when you have a deficit , but i'm not sure that that's the right tax for right now .
mr. bloomberg said his main priority with the legislature would remain trying to get mayoral control of the school system .
the officials , treasury secretary paul h. o'neill and commerce secretary donald l. evans , said they had done nothing to help enron , the houston energy trading conglomerate with ties to the administration .
mr. o'neill said the treasury department had offered no assistance to enron after its president asked a senior treasury official to help arrange bank loans in late october and early november .
and on nov. 1 , it announced that j. p. morgan and solomon smith barney had agreed to lend it another $ 1 billion in secured credit .
mr. evans said he did nothing to assist mr. lay .
mr. evans said he had never considered doing a favor for mr. lay .
congressional democrats argued today that mr. o'neill and mr. evans had a responsibility to tell the public about enron's problems .
both mr. evans and mr. o'neill said it would have been inappropriate for them to discuss the issue publicly .
it's not the role of government officials to call attention to the things that are already being recorded in the media in a very strong way , mr. o'neill said on the abc news program this week .
mr. o'neill said he was not surprised by the sudden collapse of enron .
companies come and go , he said today .
it's part of the genius of capitalism .
nearly half of the current members of the house of representatives and almost three-quarters of the senate have received contributions from enron , according to campaign finance records .
you won a playoff game last year and then lost the next playoff game , a reporter said to philadelphia coach andy reid .
do you have to win next week to get to the next level and show progress ?
it was as if the eagles knew better .
we were young and we were excited about how it felt to be in a winning playoff locker room .
then in a week we felt what it was like to be in a losing playoff locker room .
given the same opportunity as reid , moore had no trouble answering the question about whether the eagles still had much to prove .
if the eagles are going to the super bowl , they will have to do it on the road throughout the national football conference playoffs .
no offense , including the giants' last january , has scored a touchdown against the eagles in their last three playoff games .
we say we'll bend but not break , vincent said .
when teams get close to our goal line , it gets real simple .
we've got all of two defenses to call .
yeah , jim was having fun today , vincent said after the victory .
he was throwing all the artillery at them .
but the eagles are much more than defense .
he led the eagles in rushing with 57 yards , but it was the threat of his running that caused the most trouble for tampa bay .
i know as a defensive player , when the quarterback runs successful on you , it just kills your will , vincent said .
you don't know what to do the next time he gets out there .
last year , it was the first opportunity in the playoffs for most of us , and i think we reacted that way .
the boss says an employee abused a company credit card and expense account and fires her .
but in this case , the employee is an episcopal priest .
more broadly , it has raised the issue of where the line between religious and secular authority lies .
his motive , she says , was to give her job to his aide and close friend , according to the lawsuit .
she said she wants only to clear her name and recover her reputation .
and more than that , i was devastated .
these were false accusations and i expected the bishop to come to my aid , and he kept threatening me and said , get out .
i said there was absolutely nothing wrong here .
her contract gave her up to 18 months to find another post .
she was told to leave in two weeks .
in no respects were there threats , he said .
in fact , the bishop was trying to be helpful , he said .
nor do the first amendment arguments apply to employment cases , they say .
you sign a contract with the parish and when the bishop wants to get rid of you it becomes a first amendment issue .
we were impressed with her ministry and her experience , he said .
she is doing a good job there , he added .
we've been very impressed with janet as a priest .
that reaction gives the americans , the british and the european union more time to calm the threat of war .
so far , so good , said a senior western diplomat here .
later this week , secretary of state colin l. powell will be visiting both countries .
the gunmen were killed during the attack .
intelligence officials in both countries estimate that the two groups together have been responsible for about 70 percent of the violent attacks in kashmir .
he also said india expected pakistan to act against other groups .
a new group was expected to arrive on monday .
when asked , he said he had come to the united states to study business administration , not aviation .
the terms of his detention are harsh given what he's charged with , mr. schneider said .
at customs , he presented an egyptian passport and visa , acquired in late 1999 .
mr. schneider sees the case in simple terms .
we were hopeful , but it didn't clear , said randy penn , a ballet administrator .
now we're in line with the other creditors .
only a few months ago , enron was the corporate gold standard in houston .
its chairman , kenneth l. lay , once was chairman of the local united way .
the professional baseball stadium was named enron field , after the company pledged $ 100 million over 30 years for the rights .
there is this vacuum , this king is dead feeling .
he worked his tail off to fulfill the duties he had to do with enron .
he even asked his wife to come down to lend him emotional support .
then , a week later , he was notified that he had been let go , too .
at least seven of the new restaurants downtown have closed .
the city government has already sponsored a job fair for former enron employees , as has the company .
one episcopal church , palmer memorial , has created a special support group since the enron layoffs .
he filed it away after his secretary told him it was too heated .
most important , global warming is changing the climate of the planet in potentially disastrous ways .
the jets' off-season began today with nearly as many questions about the future as they had when herman edwards became head coach a year ago .
but edwards said today he has no intention of blowing the team apart and bringing in scores of new players .
i'm going to have a long talk with him .
i'm not one of those coaches who in one year you fire everybody , edwards said .
you give people time to grow and understand what's going on .
i don't think firing is the right thing to do .
the offensive line could have a different look .
but the jets' offensive line is one of the best in the league and edwards wants to keep the group together .
edwards said the unit will be the top priority in the off-season .
steve martin , a defensive tackle who filled in well after being signed during training camp , is a free agent .
the jets will almost certainly try to sign him to a long-term deal .
the greatest changes will probably be in the secondary .
edwards said all four starters will be given the opportunity to stay , but clearly the circumstances will be different .
strong safety victor green is due a $ 2 million bonus in march .
edwards recruited him as a free agent from tampa bay , but he said today that robinson made no impact this season .
he was not the same guy that played in tampa a year ago , edwards said .
a lot of it has to do with free agency .
when guys move around , it's more than you anticipate .
he wasn't the same guy when he first got down there .
whatever happens to him , he'll be all right , edwards said .
i think he has handled that whole situation with class .
but i do know for certain that god did not cause this to happen .
but i don't think we've done anything to deserve this .
one thing sept. 11 taught us is we're part of the world community , and it's scary , but it's something we have to deal with .
church officials estimated the damage at $ 7 million to $ 8 million and said they expected the rebuilding to be covered by insurance .
the church plans to accept an offer from the principal of the middle school for space there again next sunday , but it is unclear where services will be held after that .
we need to show our children , our community , ourselves that we are not going to let this fire destroy us , he said .
i thought it was important to come here , she said .
i think we were sad , but i think everyone felt really , really good seeing that we were all still going to be together and that the congregation is a very strong and committed congregation , she said .
his wife , laura , was reading in a nearby room .
he helped white farmers and plant managers find workers .
i don't want them to be like i was .
if found guilty , the company could face sanctions and heavy fines .
prosecutors intend for the tyson case to send a message .
they own two stores , five houses and several cars , she said .
his sentencing , scheduled for may 20 , is likely to reflect his level of cooperation .
starting monday , people here whose jobs require them to carry guns will also have to carry government identification cards , the authorities said today .
at that time , they will take on the sensitive issue of who is allowed to keep guns in their homes .
we haven't decided to go house to house yet , general khan said , but we are studying how to do it .
officials said they hoped to carry out the program across the country .
it is complicated by the fact that after 23 years of nearly constant war , people here do not feel safe without a gun .
after 23 years of war , you can't expect there to be a sense of security in afghanistan , general khan said .
even telling soldiers from civilians is tricky .
the soldiers said they had ordered him out of the car and shot him in the face , chest and back as he pleaded for his life .
it is a tragic but hardly unusual story .
from taxi drivers to school workers , everyone here seems to know a recent crime victim .
i am afraid that my other sons will be killed .
right now , it's a very difficult situation to control .
the other 70 percent , some of them former soldiers , were hired off the street to help with assignments .
it was completely destroyed by the taliban .
we have not faced resistance , general big said .
most people in afghanistan are in favor of turning in their weapons .
still , he noted that when the taliban abandoned kabul , they left very few weapons behind .
they constitute another armed and dangerous group .
when the taliban collected guns from families , for example , people often turned in one , while keeping a spare .
the most basic solution , he said , would be to provide economic opportunities so that people no longer believed that they needed a gun to survive .
if we spent $ 200 million , we could buy all of them , he said .
unfortunately , we do not have it .
we don't like to carry weapons , he said .
in an effort to stem the flow of officers leaving the new york police department , commissioner raymond w. kelly is preparing to ask the legislature to allow officers some retirement benefits while still on the job .
twice as many police officers retired in 2001 as in 2000 , police officials said .
i need to get a better sense of what works and what doesn't work , what do we go forward with , mr. kelly said .
officials in albany said they were happy to keep an open mind about any solutions mr. kelly might offer .
mr. kelly did not provide cost estimates for his proposals but he acknowledged that they might have potentially limiting budget implications .
there are things i would like to see done that at the end of the day may not be able to be done , he said .
the commissioner also called for quick and decisive support among lawmakers during this session , hopefully within a month .
a spokesman for gov. george e. pataki cited the governor's great respect for commissioner kelly , and said , we look forward to hearing his ideas .
assembly speaker sheldon silver said through a spokesman that if the city believes legislation is needed , we would consider it .
the higher earning would translate into pensions more lucrative than they ever expected , if they retire now .
traditionally , officers of that rank did not get overtime .
he did not rule out seeking approval for more than one of the several options he is considering .
among these are allowing officers eligible for retirement to begin collecting an annual pension bonus , known as the defined benefit , even if they choose not to retire .
the main problem that has to be fixed is the salary issue .
some in the police department say many officers leave the force at the minimum age because they cannot afford to pay their bills .
an internal lawyer at arthur andersen gave employees who worked on its enron account permission on oct. 12 to destroy thousands of documents and records having to do with that work , according to investigators for the house energy and commerce committee , one of several congressional panels investigating enron's collapse .
those partnerships are now central to investigations by the securities and exchange commission , the justice department and congressional committees .
congressional investigators said documents were destroyed from september to november , and that many of the records eliminated were e-mail messages about the firm's work for enron .
in a statement yesterday , andersen said , we acknowledge that there were internal communications that raise questions , but the firm declined to elaborate .
it added , we will take actions at the appropriate time .
we hope to be able to announce progress in that regard shortly .
the reply from the andersen internal lawyer , which came on oct. 12 , permitted the destruction of many documents , investigators say .
what's troubling to us is the fact that the lawyer would allow for the destruction of documents , knowing that the company could be in trouble .
it was specifically about enron , he said , and it came at a time when people inside , including the executives of arthur andersen and enron , knew that enron was in real trouble and that the roof was about to collapse on them , and there was about to be a corporate scandal , so that this kind of memo to destroy documents raises very serious questions about whether obstruction of justice occurred here .
the folks at arthur andersen could be on the other end of an indictment before this is over , mr. lieberman said .
this enron episode may end this company's history .
mr. lieberman is chairman of the senate governmental affairs committee , which is also investigating enron .
we know what we have in the room here .
we're not up there at their level .
the teams split their two regular-season games .
our defense took us to the super bowl last year , middle linebacker ray lewis said .
pittsburgh saw what we did tonight , and the world saw , too .
let him be a man , a quarterback that's able to make the right reads , make the right checks .
if they've got 20 people lined up in the box and you still try to run the football , he said , we're not going to be successful .
and baltimore seemed vastly superior .
what works for us is running the ball 40 times , with a high completion rate when we do throw .
with 7 minutes 2 seconds to play in the third quarter , baltimore went on its longest drive of the season , 99 yards in 11 plays .
they also put together what was -- at the time -- their longest drive of the season .
late in the first half , the dolphins felt they scored a defensive touchdown .
but a review ruled the pass was incomplete .
and the kind of character we showed is what can carry you a long way .
the current charter calls for the mayor to be succeeded by the public advocate .
mr. bloomberg agreed , proposing that the first deputy mayor should become acting mayor for 90 days , at which point a special election for mayor would be held .
he said that the acting mayor should be barred from running in the special election .
a woman in police custody fell ill and died yesterday , the police said .
kashmir is occupied land and whoever is fighting there is engaged in a freedom struggle , he said , giving a view widely held by the public and military .
the steps described by the pakistan intelligence official , if they are carried out , would seem to go a long way toward satisfying india .
because of these groups , the world's emphasis has been on terrorism rather than on freedom for kashmir , the intelligence official said .
indian and united states intelligence agencies will see the difference .
all this they can stop right away .
his party is one of the less militant islamic groups here .
given a fourth chance to win on the pga tour , jerry kelly was not about to give the sony open away to anyone yesterday -- least of all john cook .
it was the fourth time kelly had the lead going into the final round .
it was almost too much pressure with parents and all my friends watching me out there , he said .
iowa rallied from 17 points down at halftime to beat indiana last season .
his previous best was 25 points against san diego state two weeks ago .
brook sales scored a career-high 22 points to place three villanova players in double figures .
marion scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half .
a win against this toronto team shows a lot of character .
i couldn't believe we lost that game , brand said .
they played the style they wanted to .
i thought in the second half we played our type of game .
the tigers were 13 of 13 from the foul line and were shooting 50 percent from the field for most of the game until the end .
thomas , who also had seven rebounds , was 14 for 20 from the field and 14 for 15 from the line for mississippi state .
then penn and company went on their big run .
i think there are a lot of people like bruce who don't get opportunities today to be interviewed .
it is impossible to judge the amount of new economic activity that these so-called public benefits would generate .
given the current municipal fiscal crisis and the economic downturn , there are more important city services to invest in .
the announcement should be made jointly , thus spreading the political liability .
after the disaster , we did what perhaps most families did .
the digging at ground zero was only blocks away , and perhaps the poem would fall on the audience like another blow .
a report to be released on monday suggests that the consequences of the recent internet commerce collapse may be less permanent than some have feared .
the employment report is not yet evidence of a turnaround , said stephen levy , director of the center for the continuing study of the california economy .
to be sure , some economists say that while the downturn may not have disabled silicon valley the way , for example , the aerospace collapse hit los angeles in the early 1990's , the valley remains in deep shadow .
it's the most serious recession the valley has faced in the postwar era .
but several months later , he was hired as the first faculty member for what the university , based in pittsburgh , hopes will one day become a major technical training center .
the company displayed its phone at the consumer electronics show in las vegas last week .
we were well received , said andy rubin , co-founder and chief executive of danger .
it wasn't like the crazy energy of two years ago , but i got the feeling that there is new energy there , and it is building .
the order patterns are improving , the inventories are in line , and as a consequence , we're having to build to demand again .
good news for chip makers is good news for the valley .
in 2001 , the group noted , there was a range of social and environmental improvements .
families are stuck with the same rent , she said , but they've lost their jobs .
moreover , the gap between rich and poor has not improved in the region , compared with the rest of the country .
nationally , household incomes in the lowest 20 percent of the work force rose 15 percent from 1993 to 2000 .
the remaining five were produced independently -- but it is more than likely that they , too , will end up on either pbs or hbo .
hbo and pbs really get it , she said .
only $ 10000 of that was grant money ; the rest came from private donations .
but that money will keep the program off pbs , which has a policy of not broadcasting advocacy pieces .
these are sticking points at hbo too .
she said she was willing to give up a theatrical run in exchange for the many advantages she saw in working with hbo , including being able to make a film about the death penalty without having to worry about ratings .
and the first item in the negotiations is that they accept it at any length , and i have the option of a theatrical release .
let's say , for easy description , your name is jamie james .
-- flash on the wall or , perhaps , on the table top .
see which members of your work team are looking for you , or find out where each team member is .
that idea is not unique , of course .
the desktop computer itself has two screens .
both can function as conventional monitors .
but the second can also be used to call up manual controls for temperature or lighting , display where teammates are and even flash stock prices .
the office might have had even more features .
we showed it to potential customers , and they said , why bother ?
but they aren't expensive to add , so why not toss them in ?
what happens if you can't get into your office , or the desk won't stop moving ?
and let's face it , most of these systems are best at keeping honest people out .
the technology could let everyone control you , but not if you set rules and manage the process .
not a very wonderful person , he is loved all the same by the woman .
both video and choreography were sometimes run backward or accelerated .
originally a tool of the intelligence world , this technique -- which is costly -- has been used successfully in big legal cases .
the company plans to announce on monday that robert g. friedman , who joined paramount in 1996 and is vice chairman of the motion picture group , will become chief operating officer of the paramount pictures studio .
he will retain the title of vice chairman of the motion picture group , which also oversees worldwide market and acquisition of feature films .
it will be the first time paramount pictures has had a chief operating officer for the studio .
she was editor in chief from 1980 to 1991 , when she retired .
she found veteran cooks who could create and test recipes .
i always looked for people who had passion .
in the end it's the only thing that matters .
and within the realm of comedy , the best personality is one who is not vulnerable to attack .
there's nothing anyone can call him that he has not called himself .
that is where my great addiction for information began .
the army says that it destroyed 21 homes and that all of them were empty .
but the international committee of the red cross said today that 93 families , or about 600 people , had been left homeless .
there were no lights there at night , he said , and no clothes hanging out to dry .
the alternative is more killed soldiers .
this was the last solution , after there were no more solutions .
the army brought a small group of journalists here to argue its case that the operation was justified .
some other labor officials also voiced criticism .
four soldiers were killed in that attack .
but military officers here insisted that the two events were not connected .
he suggested that israel might have to create a broader belt between egypt and gaza .
the strip is now about 50 yards wide .
mr. sharon said his chief goal as prime minister has been to achieve peace .
there was one thing i wanted to accomplish : to reach a political settlement which will lead to peace with the palestinians and the rest of the arab world , he said .
that , i thought , would be the last thing i would do in a political life .
then i would have been glad to go back to the farm , ride the horses .
israeli and american officials say the weapons were headed for the gaza strip .
mr. sharon has accused mr. arafat of involvement in the operation but he has denied knowing anything about it .
only if we are sure , by a definition of 100 percent , that these houses are empty , are we going to touch them , he said .
at night , and sometimes by day , this is a war zone .
the soldiers fire back from the post and from the armored vehicles that patrol the border outside .
the spokesman said , this was a serious matter which was resolved within the family and is now in the past and closed .
they said that his weekend passes had been restricted and that over the christmas holiday he was told to spend the entire break with his father and brother .
parliament passed the bailout in a midnight session last thursday , completing a last requirement to get a $ 10 billion loan from the international monetary fund .
experts here and in washington predict mixed results .
in the end , the three coalition parties voted for the bill and the opposition members of parliament walked out .
they complained that americans bought only $ 3 billion worth of turkish goods last year compared with $ 3.5 billion in american products imported by turkey , which has a population of about 70 million .
administration officials said they expect mr. bush to raise the matter again .
that perception could change quickly , of course .
nonetheless , he has an overwhelming majority in parliament and no credible political opposition , and his approval ratings remain high and stable .
all last week , officials across europe tried to put him on the defensive for pushing out his experienced foreign minister and taking the job himself .
inside the country , he said , the government is still strong , the left is still weak , and none of this has changed that .
italy will see how cold it can be in europe if the others turn their backs on rome , a european official told reuters .
and yes , perhaps he's corrupt with his taxes , but i want to do the same .
in the meantime , he said , the left has to rebuild from scratch .
senator hillary rodham clinton met yesterday with relatives of sept. 11 terrorist attack victims , and called for changes in the plan to distribute financial compensation from the federal government .
under the current rules , some families stand to receive nothing from the fund , she said , adding , everybody should get something .
overall , there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that this program will work fairly .
but the warning came seconds too late .
i looked up and the truck was right there , malcolm recalled .
the pickup truck hit malcolm on the street in front of his house , in syracuse .
one day i was like , i want to be able to draw again , so i started drawing with my right hand , and it kept on shaking , malcolm recalled .
the boys have been in and out of foster care for much of their lives .
they were living with their mother in syracuse at the time of the accident , but have since moved to new york and been placed in the foster care system .
in october , when the boys began living with ms. johnson , she needed to send them to school in crisp new uniforms .
new alternatives for children is a member of the federation of protestant welfare agencies , one of the seven local charities supported by the neediest cases fund .
he used to play baseball and football when he lived upstate , but now he plays basketball .
the times pays the fund's expenses , so all contributions go directly to the charities , which use them to provide services and cash assistance to the poor .
contributions to the fund are deductible on federal , state and city income taxes to the extent permitted by law .
it is neither a party nor is it liberal .
he said he wanted working families to become the established leftist alternative to the democrats .
to do that , he said , we've got to get rid of their competition , the liberals .
he said , the question is , are you not accepting , or do you think you're not going to be able to get the liberal nomination ?
this year's election is a crucial one for the liberal party's survival .
neither can make any deal on the legislation without the other .
i want to thank him publicly , in front of his home folks , for providing such comfort to laura during an incredibly tough time , mr. bush said , as his voice broke a little .
the relationship between the two men officially began last year , when mr. bush called mr. kennedy and other leaders on the education bill to the oval office .
there the president asked mr. kennedy , the senator recalled , if he knew whose desk he was using .
it was of course the desk of president john f. kennedy , which mr. bush had taken out of white house storage .
in 1959 , when mr. kennedy was chairman of the student legal forum at the university of virginia law school , he called his brother john , then a senator from massachusetts , for ideas for speakers for the forum .
years later , ted kennedy worked with mr. bush's father , the first president bush , on the americans with disabilities act , although that relationship does not seem to have risen to the level of the one that mr. kennedy now has with mr. bush's son .
mr. kennedy is expected to call this week for a delay in the next round of tax cuts .
i think the fact that i've had some association going back a longer time is part of our relationship that i kind of value , mr. kennedy said .
as for his alliance with mr. bush , mr. kennedy cast it in clear washington terms .
he gets a legitimate claim of leadership , he said , and the rest of us get what we're committed to .
bill clinton , among other presidents , used the desk ; it was not taken out of storage by mr. bush .
i didn't feel like i had enough opportunities today , he said .
i feel like the team has come a long way for it to end like this .
this was our year ; we should have won the game .
owens is not the entire 49ers offense , but he is most of it .
shut him down , and you beat the 49ers .
they won their last three regular-season games and seven of their last eight games over all .
there is no reason why we can't go in there and beat them .
right now we're playing as well as anybody .
san francisco never got in a flow on offense .
we'll need more of that next week .
the money would start to flow no later than the end of the year .
contrary to initial expectations , enron will not have an equity stake in the unit once it is sold .
the transaction is subject to approval by the bankruptcy court ; a hearing is scheduled for thursday .
this is the first step in our reorganization .
industry experts and executives at enron had emphasized that the sale of the trading business , which accounted for about 90 percent of enron's revenue , had to be conducted as quickly as possible , before experienced traders left to join other firms .
if this structure had been in place in 2000 , enron would have received about $ 750 million -- but no one expects the new entity to be that successful immediately .
yes , once again , works of art are sure to tax the tolerance of another new york religious community , given the subject matter , though the exhibit coming in march to the jewish museum , on fifth avenue in manhattan , is scholarly and placed firmly in context .
i don't think the government should be in the business of telling museums what is art or what they should exhibit .
nor is it just the change in mayors that will spare us .
the commission was created by the former mayor to recommend standards for museums that receive city money .
hence , the naming of the mayoral commission and a subcommittee to write the new rules , headed by leonard garment , the prominent washington lawyer who had worked on a similar congressional report about the national endowment for the arts in 1990 .
floyd abrams , the brooklyn museum's first amendment lawyer in its litigation with the city , applauded the report as a tribute to the first amendment and informed public opinion .
he added that he would be troubled if the report opened the door even a crack to letting city officials get involved in deciding which pieces of art get government money and which do not .
he declined , and then , without his knowledge , another subcommittee member drafted a stern code of ethics .
it was legally flawed and went nowhere , and then came the events of september .
as for the jewish museum , while it receives significantly less city money than the brooklyn museum does , it does get some .
but mr. bloomberg is not in a punitive mood : if you don't like a museum exhibit , don't go to see it , he said yesterday .
and that is going to be my strategy : i do not plan to go to the jewish museum to see this particular exhibit .
museums are hardly immune to criticism , but we are learning that the best critics are not elected ones .
on dec. 2 enron would go into the record books as the largest corporate collapse in the nation's history .
on aug. 27 mr. lay sent employees another e-mail , this time asserting , one of my highest priorities is to restore investor confidence in enron .
this should result in a significantly higher stock price .
he also called commerce secretary donald evans .
so the bush administration knew that enron's situation was dire .
but did anyone sound the alarm with the company's employees , or with the millions of enron shareholders from coast to coast ?
if any of this was a matter of concern to the bush administration , we haven't heard about it .
he added that part of the genius of capitalism is that people get to make good decisions or bad decisions .
and they get to pay the consequences or to enjoy the fruits of their decisions .
bush administration officials are making a big deal out of the fact that calls from mr. lay did not result in a bailout or , presumably , any other assistance to enron .
the truth is that enron had already gotten just about everything it wanted from the federal government .
it walked right into the heart of the bush administration and helped shape its national energy policy , even as consumer representatives and environmental advocates were largely frozen out .
what it wanted was to be able to operate in the dark , and it got what it wanted .
and that's how the few at the top were able to milk the company of so much cash .
after this deal , it will likely move into the top three , ms. fisher said .
the companies said they expected the deal to contribute to earnings immediately .
the company , based in indianapolis , plans to finance the purchase with an existing credit line .
trading in them was halted this morning pending announcement of the deal .
even in an election year , this is no way to run a state government .
the governor wants to use a one-time payment of $ 1 billion from empire blue cross and blue shield to pay for the first year of a health care package that will continue to cost hundreds of millions annually after this one shot of money is long gone .
the centerpiece of the proposal is a package of raises for members of the health care workers' union led by dennis rivera .
mr. rivera has become one of the state's most powerful labor leaders and has shown himself willing to endorse republicans who support his priorities .
the governor's health package , to the extent that it is known even among legislators , apparently would also use other sources of revenue .
one is an increase in the cigarette tax -- a good way to raise funds for the state's health needs .
mr. pataki is demanding that the legislature pass it immediately or risk losing the deal altogether .
he is not scheduled to deliver his budget proposal until later this month , but he wants the most important single part of it passed instantly , before lawmakers have had a chance to study it .
it might be nice as well to give the public at least a minute to respond .
it is awkward enough for auditors to get paid by the companies whose books they must review without creating additional conflicts of interest .
other former wall street favorites have engaged in creative accounting to pump up their stock prices .
justice demands no less than a full accounting in the enron case .
buying shares in a company cannot simply be an act of faith .
but i know that i am playing a little less physical than before .
it was his first game back in philadelphia , where he played for eight seasons , since the flyers traded him to the rangers last august .
he is still dangerous every time he is on the ice .
he's had so much trauma with hits .
they have others who can do that role now .
i wouldn't say he's being careful to stay on the outside of things .
but he's trying to find his way to get into holes without being a bull .
he knows he's going to get hit and it will be fine .
he is questionable for tonight , when the rangers play the columbus blue jackets at madison square garden .
i support fuel cells and believe that the federal government should aggressively finance research into this promising technology , but we cannot wait a decade or two .
the writer , democrat of new york , is a member of the house committees on energy and commerce and on international relations .
the man who was shot , eric d. miller , 26 , was treated at harlem hospital center and released yesterday , a hospital spokeswoman said .
then they started throwing rocks at us .
mr. miller and mr. taylor , who are both black , have been staying at a homeless shelter .
one of the men threw a bottle at mr. taylor , and a fight between the two groups broke out , mr. miller said .
if god had intended me to die for being gay , this would have been my fire , but it wasn't meant to be .
this is america , and however you want to live you should be able to , legally and happily .
the sudden need for increased security has made any solution far more expensive .
and the number of passengers has plunged since the attacks , creating uncertainty about just what the future needs will be .
that plan faces rigid opposition , too , and in march residents will vote for the third time in recent years on a referendum on whether to turn the old base into an airport or a public park .
it's not fair for the people who live around there , and it's also not economically efficient .
he added : the problem is air traffic is going to come back .
this is a real crisis and it won't go away that easily .
the southern california association of governments , a regional planning body , has said that long-term travel projections should remain largely the same , despite the decline after sept. 11 .
the los angeles airport underwent its last major expansion in 1984 , for the olympics .
its capacity then was 40 million passengers a year .
in 2001 it handled an estimated 62 million passengers .
but in the face of local opposition he stopped pressing the issue .
opponents of that airport have vowed to fight in the courts as long as it takes to kill it .
the installation there is a former marine corps air station , not a former air force base .
i feel like i have more than one year left , he was saying .
he deserves to be the jets' quarterback again next season .
with a good team that should only get better , you don't just dump your quarterback because he's expensive or aging , even when that quarterback will be 39 on nov. 13 , midway through what would be his 16th season .
i wish i could play any year to the level he has his whole career .
jerry rice goes hard every play , cornerback marcus coleman said .
he runs precise patterns , he gives you a lot of different looks .
it showed we've got a tough team and a tough coach that wants to get it done .
i only had a minute before i had to skate .
with the crowd , with not being able to warm up as much , with the little collision , i was just like , take your time .
you can really feel the tension in the locker room , hughes said .
i try to go around people , cohen said .
but sometimes it's hard because everyone is so focused on getting their jumps and stuff in .
there is room for debate on that theory .
even in the dressing rooms , everyone is in their own zone .
you just have to do what you have to do .
you want to go out there and perform .
it will probably be the same way at the olympics because you have to really concentrate .
to do that , you have to stay centered .
the panthers , according to team officials , will interview john fox , the giants' defensive coordinator , on monday .
at least two of the coaches he wants to hire were assistants with him at florida .
league officials said today that parcells had still not decided if he would coach again .
parcells could not be reached for comment .
green and the jets' herman edwards are also black .
the process has to be fair , that's all , one assistant said .
never mind that the way it accounted for trades , as is common at energy trading companies , made its revenues appear to be far larger than the economic reality of its business .
but the story of the company's rise and fall , and the retirement savings its workers lost , inevitably leads back to wall street .
across town at lehman brothers , richard gross continues to rate enron a strong buy .
under accounting rules , when an energy trading company trades electricity or gas , it can count as revenues the whole amount of every transaction rather than simply the profit or loss , as a brokerage firm does .
the moment that rival trading firms and other customers at enron began to lose confidence in the company , its business dried up .
until someone makes sure that financial statements have meaning , we will never get this problem behind us .
it is a high a sharp , not high c .
a woman who was shot once in the head early saturday morning died from her wounds yesterday , the police said .
investigators had yet to determine a motive for the shooting yesterday and said the woman might not have been the intended target .
the cause of the fire was not immediately clear , he said .
digital cameras were one of the hot technology toys of the holiday season .
if jean and i raced together at the games , it would be business , a professional relationship .
the deadline to name olympic athletes is jan. 28 .
it was his final world cup race of the season .
but ours was a peculiar affair ; i knew only her voice .
the new cars even have a distinct song , playing what sounds like the first three notes of somewhere in west side story -- there's a place ... -- as they pull away .
my old friend at union square may be gone , but above and below ground , new york has more voices than ever .
but their reports also suggested that the rising tide might not have lifted the biggest ships as high as it did the smallest .
the statement offered no explanation for the trend , but some patterns in the industry may help to explain it .
barnes & noble may also have an incentive to emphasize the rising sales of small publishers .
the holiday season was a sharp improvement from the rest of the quarter .
sales at stores open more than a year rose 5.5 percent .
video game sales vary widely as new products are released .
the company said it had also improved its profit margin .
correction : january 15 , 2002 , tuesday an article in business day yesterday about strong holiday sales at barnes & noble and borders books misstated the period for sales beyond the holiday season reported by barnes & noble .
they were for the 48 weeks ended jan. 5 -- not the four months ended on that date .
the world wrestling federation owns the rights to all of its characters .
we'll change the face of television .
it's not going to be ... the play , the yard and how the tight end got open in the middle .
if no one actually identified this as a triumph of style over substance , it's because none of the men involved seemed to recognize any substance but style .
filling the first two spots was relatively easy .
this is england , after all , not france .
in confrontation they match each other note for note , as it were .
but creating confusion could also be an effective marketing strategy , he argued .
described as the first comprehensive display of the historic flags of texas , this show , one of three new exhibitions on view at the museum , will run through april 28 .
the software used by casinos to do employee background checks could be used to map relationships among potential terrorists .
we need to start with the premise of the idea that someone else has the same problem .
but it has been difficult for the agencies to create a clear plan in the rush toward technology .
they are looking at us , asking , do you know what we need ?
at some point , the noise ratio is so high that you can do nothing but answer your telephone .
there is no magical bullet out there that will solve all our problems .
if you do know about one , i'd love to hear about it .
we are getting pretty desperate right now .
but i'm not 100 percent sure what or why .
certainly , mr. jobs has long had a talent for placing himself on magazine covers .
time has put him or his companies on its cover four times in two decades , .
fortune , another time inc. magazine , has run at least 10 covers related to mr. jobs over the years .
they are very creative in a technological sense .
mr. jobs , he said , is the driving force behind that .
after the sept. 11 attacks , soft news covers on such subjects largely vanished .
all along , i thought we would run it inside , because of news , mr. kelly said of the article .
i've been expecting any day now that bin laden is going to be captured or dead .
but as the deadline approached , there wasn't any other compelling news story .
the advertising department , he added , was never involved .
at the end of the day , he said , we thought it wasn't a good idea .
the secret message could contain a serial number or other identification designated by a manufacturer .
i'm aware that people might not want to have human dna on anything they wear or own .
we could track who handled a particular document .
our rebuilding challenge is significant .
abc will note the occasion on good morning america .
people close to the planning said 300 or so people could lose their jobs .
the acquisition will be financed using cash on hand and short-term loans .
he graduated from boston latin school and from harvard , where he also received his doctorate .
he taught classics at the university of pennsylvania from 1964 to 1967 , at brown from 1968 to 1986 and at princeton from 1987 to 1990 before joining harvard in 1990 .
he wrote three books about the city's history and one about the whole state , including buffalo , as he said in a remark published in contemporary authors .
his father , a journalist , was managing editor of the new republic .
he then wrote editorials for the new york post , leaving to serve in world war ii .
but the judiciary has said it is up to the courts to decide whether parliamentary immunity exists or not .
i am a long island high school teacher who recently attended a wrestling meet in which several of my students participated .
ms. monroe thought that perhaps a passenger in a wheelchair was waiting to board , but that wasn't the case .
instead , the driver took a plastic bag containing a plastic container from a woman at the curb .
ms. monroe couldn't hear what the woman said , but she did hear the driver's reply .
people have been trying to do that to me all day .
and i hope your mother plays as well .
we were getting into our car when we noticed that the right front tire looked almost flat .
the hispanic man who greeted us told us not to worry , we were in good hands .
they shared their hopes , dreams , fears and plans with us and it reminded us that living , working and loving together is possible and is a reality right here , right now .
she planned to sit in the seat , she said , but always allowed ample time for it to cool off .
the ship sank , probably after an explosion on board , inside an economic zone claimed by china .
japan maintains export controls on the sale of boats to north korea .
now it seems they play unexpected roles in gene control .
he died of lung cancer , the family said .
he was ultimately removed from his job at people's daily in 1983 and was stripped of his membership in the communist party in 1987 .
although his influence diminished , it never disappeared .
in later life , he remained in touch with many former colleagues and continued to live in the people's daily compound .
on my side of the tunnel it is quite dark .
as for sprewell , the struggling star on a struggling team , after yet another loss saturday night in madison square garden , he said : depression at this time ?
yes , i think you can suffer depression as an individual and as a team .
they're not as physical as when i played with them , but they've got character and some good players like sprewell and houston and kurt thomas who won't quit .
we've had a very rough schedule , been on the road more than any other team in the league .
but he did give the knicks credit .
they played well at the end , especially the way they trapped us on defense , he said .
i thought this was going to be the game to turn things around , he said , to prove that the dallas game was not really us .
we beat them by 20 points , sprewell said .
that changed our entire attitude , our entire season , and we had a good playoff run .
it was a different cast of characters .
while sprewell and houston and marcus camby are still knicks , patrick ewing , larry johnson and chris childs , for three , are not .
jeff van gundy took his leave earlier this season .
but it's also possible that for these knicks there is nothing deeper than what has been demonstrated .
it's an opportunity to come in and just work .
when you're going through tough times , you have to work .
if i was the coach , i wouldn't be giving us any days off right now .
we have to work , that's the bottom line .
we're just not playing well , i mean for four quarters .
he showed them where they had gone wrong in the game's first 30 minutes and how they came back in the final 18 .
the best thing we did today was to just watch tape , to see the good and the bad , houston said .
until you really see it , you don't get a picture of how it looked .
you can only think of plays as they flash back in your mind , and think in general of how you played and how hard you played .
until you watch it , you don't get a good picture .
for me , i have to say : keep doing the same thing .
that's the only way i feel i can work myself out of this .
it's one thing to be shooting this way in the games and not be putting forth the extra work off the court , after practice .
that's the one thing i am doing , the one thing i can hang my hat on , and say i am working through the tough shooting period .
we just went over plays and some light running and shooting .
the federal bureau of investigation and the united states attorney's office in manhattan , however , have refused to discuss their investigation , which has been under way for at least three years .
you're probably talking about hundreds of millions of dollars in assessment cuts .
mr. marino was sentenced to four years in prison , but because of his poor health , he has not begun to serve his term .
according to the finance department , assessments on commercial buildings are set at 45 percent of the market value .
in turn , taxes on commercial buildings are about 10 percent of the assessed value .
i wasn't comfortable that this was on the up and up , although i had no evidence of wrongdoing , he said .
to our industry , it was the equivalent of hiring a lobbyist .
it turns out the lobbyists may have been corrupt .
the plaza of the revolution stands quiet .
the government newspapers are making nice .
nobody in the world wants these guys ; cuba doesn't want them either .
what if these people come into cuba ?
no wonder they don't want them in america .
one reason may be a desire to ease its current economic difficulties .
i have opinions that i express outside , and those that i express behind closed doors , he said .
detroit plans to bring hybrid models to market in the next two years ; the japanese are already there .
one small source of hope is that the administration has yet to slam the door on a possible increase in fuel economy standards .
tiny improvements , however , are not going to arrest global warming .
the debate provides a glimpse of the internal battles that shape policy in one of the most powerful lobbying forces in the country .
because trial lawyers give millions of dollars in political contributions yearly , their state and national organizations have long had great influence in washington and state capitals .
the rules are to be completed this month .
they added that they had consistently urged larger awards and were planning new efforts in coming days .
the lawyers thought of offering free legal services , they said , because that was how they could best help victims .
the thinking is , this is a public relations disaster for us in the making , and we've got to do something , mr. burke said .
the experts said that by supporting the legislation that established the compensation fund and protected the airlines from unlimited liability , the trial lawyers have given credibility to the concept of protecting certain industries from lawsuits .
the compensation fund is already being discussed by business lobbyists as a possible model for other injury cases .
in this approach , injured victims would not have to prove fault , as they would in court , but would receive less than they might be awarded by a jury .
he held out hope for peace , saying : it is very hard .
time goes by , and there are differences .
i want to say i found a willingness for peace on both sides .
you would want to direct your attention to other areas , he said .
the new developments will be watched closely in washington , where an increasing number of bush administration officials and members of congress have come to support a tougher stand against the rebels .
the withdrawal of the rebels also creates other problems .
now , the dirty war begins , said a former town official .
there will be killings here and there .
we think that if we stay , we will be killed .
one woman said she told the manager of her condominium .
you should know how singapore is run .
it is run by the internal security department .
if you do something , you are caught .
a news release from the ministry of the interior on friday describing the plot seemed intended in its detail to show how thoroughly the government had things under control .
all but one of those arrested lived in government housing , it said .
all had studied at state secondary schools .
six had completed military service and remained in the reserves .
when tenants needed work done in their apartments , he would send his friends to help -- friends accused of being members of his terrorist group whose photographs were published last week .
the huge company went bankrupt -- and the markets quietly absorbed the shock .
no scandal touched the white house .
again , nothing was done by the bush administration to intervene .
enron went down the drain -- but the capital markets survived .
this affair shows the accounting profession all too often to be in bed with the oldest profession .
but based on what we now know , it's not a political scandal .
the beginning of the game , he said , is always tougher than the end .
a defense that allowed 52 goals in its first 22 games has given up 67 goals in its last 22 games .
as long as i don't get scored on , i'm helping the team out .
i thought i was focused when i was here before , and it really got me mad to be sent down .
i certainly don't want to go through that again .
if you play well , you don't give them a chance to send you down .
he is the only islanders defenseman who has played in all 44 games .
no n.h.l. player with at least one goal has a lower shooting percentage .
that coach , and soon another , quickly resigned .
you think you can trust teachers and that your children are safe , he said , and then you hear about something like this , going on without anyone knowing it .
none of the lawyers returned telephone calls to their offices .
a few of the victims , it said , had already graduated from the high school when they were having sexual relations with coaches , but most of them were still in high school or , in the case of the teacher still working , in middle school .
no one should get away with that , and these guys are still getting a pension and everything .
but four boys headed to the school said the accusations were common knowledge to current students .
but he said if there was still a problem , the school system , which is conducting its own investigation , would deal with it aggressively .
this would cost thousands of auto jobs .
let's allow the american free market system to meet america's energy needs .
the army said that it acted to stop gunmen from using houses as cover .
starting today , authorities in kabul will require that owners register their guns in a crackdown on the aftermath of taliban rule .
but some of their traditional allies are asking whether what seems to be public service is really just public relations .
the democratic party is expected to approve a complete overhaul of the presidential primary schedule in 2004 that party officials say will ensure that democrats are more competitive with president bush .
treasury secretary paul o'neill and commerce secretary donald l. evans said they did nothing to help enron , the bankrupt energy trading conglomerate with ties to the administration .
the finding may lead to a more accurate test for the condition .
more broadly , it has raised the issue of where the line between religious and secular authority lies .
but even before its premiere , some nbc executives are nervous about negative reactions and about its cost , estimated to be as much as $ 1.5 million an episode .
a person familiar with the conference calls said an earlier call yesterday was extremely contentious .
the attorney general's office , which has interviewed many people involved in the sale process , was quick to register its negative view of yesterday's action .
since the partners awarded the team to the henry group , it had made a $ 66 million deposit .
the henry group , he said , is also the only one that could be in place as the new owners by opening day .
when the fox group bought the los angeles dodgers a few years ago , it took more than a year for owners to approve the sale .
we appreciate that the limited partners and the trust share this principle with us .
i've had to agree not to raise my voice .
overall medicaid spending grew by 11 percent last year , and many states report that spending on prescription drugs , which are covered by medicaid , is rising at an annual rate of more than 20 percent .
at the same time , state revenues are declining because of the national recession , and most states , unlike the federal government , must balance their budgets .
governors of both parties are putting pressure on the federal government to increase its contribution to medicaid , which is financed by the federal government and the states .
the need is particularly acute in a recession , officials say , because many people turn to medicaid when they lose their jobs and their health insurance .
the need for medicaid goes up just when the states' ability to pay for it goes down , said vernon k. smith , the former medicaid director of michigan , who is now a health policy consultant .
at a forum this month , state officials unveiled a medicaid balanced budget plan with two dozen options for further cuts .
doctors said some medicaid patients would inevitably be turned away if the legislature approved the cuts .
he said it made no sense to preserve a generous benefit package for fewer and fewer people .
in his state of the state address on tuesday , mr. dean declared , as i have said annually for the past decade , i will not allow any child to be cut from the health care rolls .
new york has felt the same fiscal pressures as other states , but with special intensity .
the state has lost hundreds of millions in tax revenue as a result of damage done to its economy by the sept. 11 attacks .
gov. george e. pataki , a republican , has led the bipartisan effort by governors to persuade congress to provide billions of dollars in additional aid for medicaid .
while our service budget has not been cut , for which we're grateful , we have a real challenge because we're having to serve more people within it , ms. edwards said .
in recent years , medicaid has been an important tool for extending coverage to children and families .
in fact , state officials said , their success in adding people to the medicaid rolls , encouraged by the federal government , is one reason the program is such a burden on states today .
the thing was , not all of them were in the production at the tiny sullivan street playhouse in greenwich village .
that production closed last night .
then it was time for the show's signature song , try to remember .
there are going to be generations of people who will never see it .
well , not here in the original place .
in your own way , one after the other , you folks were setting the mark , he told the audience after last night's performance .
it's like the empire state building -- you always think you'll go see it someday .
i remember the kennedy assassination , mr. cook said , adding that the show did not go on on the night of nov. 22 , 1963 .
there was an announcement from the stage , mr. abraham said .
we asked if they would like us to continue the show in his memory , and we did the second act .
my first equity job , said sarah rice , who was in the cast in the late 1970's after moving to new york from phoenix .
his wife told me , when i called and said would he come in for a week , that he was like a kid , running around the house .
every time i did it , he said , i couldn't believe that i was there and a part of it .
it was the first show i did in new york , he said .
there doesn't seem to be much of that left .
the democratic party is expected to approve a complete overhaul of the presidential primary schedule that would make the primaries in 2004 even earlier than in the past , a move that could significantly alter how the party picks its nominee .
party officials say the plan will ensure that democrats are more competitive with president bush as he seeks re-election .
but many democratic strategists and outside experts are worried that it will force candidates to begin raising money and campaigning at too fast a pace .
but it would allow all the other states to hold primaries as early as feb. 3 , five weeks earlier than the party permitted in 2000 .
but the governors did not rule out moving their contests even earlier so their states would have more distance from the others -- and presumably draw more attention from the candidates .
that gives us a chance to narrow the field .
she said only that state law required new hampshire to hold its primary at least seven days before any similar contest elsewhere .
i would prefer to have the whole thing start much later , he said in an interview .
i would just as soon they all push back and they all start in march .
and they expressed concern that the primary season could begin and end before voters had a sufficient chance to assess the contenders .
already , several candidates have quietly begun taking trips to iowa and new hampshire and holding discussions about running .
as usual , the white house fever is particularly intense on capitol hill .
democrats in south carolina have already decided to move their contest to early february .
other states have not yet stated their intentions .
mr. roosevelt , who has studied the primary calendar for years , said it would be a bad thing if the change led to a national primary .
whether it will or not , he added , i've learned not to make predictions .
mr. gore's challenger , former senator bill bradley , could not compete for attention because there were no democratic contests for weeks .
that hurt senator bradley because john mccain was the big story coming out of new hampshire .
and there was nothing happening on the democratic party side .
so it never stops as far as i'm concerned .
for nearly 30 years , he was captain , cook and friend to the american writer .
the australian open started today , but the bulk of the conversation was about those who were no longer in contention .
he underwent surgery on it in december 1993 , missing several months of action .
this is very disappointing and there is a long-term concern here .
at this age , it doesn't take many weeks being out of the game for it to be career ending .
the younger of the williams sisters has missed several major and minor events with injuries .
initially optimistic about recovery , williams withdrew because she was struggling to move normally after practice on sunday .
it's tough because as a competitor i've set my goals a bit higher this year , she said .
i think i could have done beyond well .
williams announced her withdrawal shortly after play began in the morning .
but i'm not in here to start a controversy or anything .
the police have arrested a hartford man on charges that he killed two women .
he served prison time for the possession of stolen goods .
he has not had more than 38 goals since .
nursing , on the other hand , appeared to have an effect in only about two minutes .
the familiar ballets were by jerome robbins and george balanchine .
they lived in elegant apartments on and off park avenue .
they had country houses and art collections and took trips abroad .
beginning today , in what is described as the first major museum exhibition devoted entirely to their work , the grey gallery at new york university will display 50 of their paintings .
he said , the swiss people are judging this book by its cover , which , he said , represents the contents of the book .
he added : if people want to argue against the contents of the book , that's a conversation we would actually like to have .
we stand by the historical accuracy of the contents of the book .
in any case , the crystal clarity that he brings to so much of his work pointed it out .
the orchestra was at the top of its form .
but even this charter member of what he calls the too much fun club is ready to acknowledge changing times .
this is what it's like to be the last guy to leave .
and maybe somebody felt like editing .
either way , mr. bush is a ready target for the author , who also seems to place arabs , jews , koreans and the pope on his very long enemies list .
under a 1995 ruling by the state attorney general , a school may not pass judgment on a religious exemption request .
we don't define what a deeply held belief is .
a study in the american journal of public health in 2000 showed that only 21 of the 47 states had ever denied one .
and these people came here for religious freedom , came here to be left alone .
that's very difficult to take away .
one of the toughest places to get an exemption is new york city .
you could just spray oxygen at its face .
god does want people to leave eventually .
against a backdrop of generally shrinking donations to arts groups , the coca-cola company has agreed to give $ 10 million toward completion of jazz at lincoln center's new home on columbus circle .
some of the numbers might not have been as solid as we thought , she said .
when you build anything , the costs shift .
there are some gifts that were pledged to us that would have put us over , she said .
i'm going back out on the road now .
during the day the space will be used for the organization's education programs .
in the past some nonprofit cultural groups have been concerned about the potential for corporate money to influence artistic choices .
we saw that interesting parallel between our brand and jazz .
the coca-cola gift is also a strong endorsement for an organization that has worked to overcome some management turmoil .
we still have a ways to go , but we've come a long way , he said .
in england he founded the london jazz orchestra , which he ran from 1962 to 1965 ; in chicago , in 1965 , he founded and directed the contemporary american music program at columbia college , as well as its resident orchestra , the chicago jazz ensemble .
he continued as chairman of the music department at columbia college chicago , a position from which he retired last june .
in the late 1970's he wrote primarily for movie studios in los angeles before returning to teaching at columbia college chicago .
the dollar rose against the euro on expectations that a government report today will show that retail sales increased in december .
not all , however , will fare as well .
now , on a busy day , we might get 30 people .
we are definitely feeling the recession .
those businesses may be better off elsewhere , she said .
the meat district is happening , she said , but there are going to be some growing pains .
these days , my clients come from everywhere , she said .
it comes from a passion for the culture .
a federal judge yesterday denied a bid by cbs , which broadcasts the survivor reality television show , to stop abc from showing a competing series called i'm a celebrity ... get me out of here .
cbs is a unit of viacom , and abc is a unit of the walt disney company .
the lawsuit says that the program copies the format , look and feel of survivor .
after the ruling , cbs said it respected the judge's decision and was studying its options .
walt disney said it was delighted with the decision .
both programs include well-known and frequently used elements of earlier shows , the judge said , but she found that the concept , the feel and the look of the programs differ .
the commercial shows a fake movie poster titled sharon and sons .
mr. sharon has denied any wrongdoing .
i can't say he lost everything , but he lost a lot , a lot .
what happens when the truth comes out ?
the truth may not come out for some time .
mr. sharon has declined to answer further questions about the matter .
he said the accusations of illegal financing were best addressed through the government investigation .
in israel's parliamentary system , voters now cast one ballot for a party , not a particular candidate .
those tactics have not produced the peace and security mr. sharon promised in his last campaign , though .
the political scandal , based as it is on accusations that mr. sharon lied to advance himself and his immediate family , has shaken this trust for the first time , in the view of politicians of the right and left and of political analysts .
a prominent labor politician said the party's polling indicated that mr. sharon was vulnerable over corruption .
he added that the city stands to save a significant amount of money compared with the previous program .
still , he described the bid as the best offer the city has had since it passed a law requiring recycling in 1989 .
the new contract will not earn the city much money .
you've got good news for the environment and good news for the economy , he said .
seven more were charged with the attack on the governor .
but when you ask , what are the injuries , what is the description of the suspect , they do not show any injuries or offer any description .
in the frightened villages , the government's opinions are dismissed .
we don't know whether they are real people or spirits , but we know they are attacking , said peter james , the brother of the middle-aged woman .
it's been happening almost every week , said mr. james , who says the police refused to investigate his report .
we have seen them , but we haven't got close .
they were wearing dark clothes and always walking fast .
i heard the government's statement on the radio , but we know that this is happening to us .
then again , aids might be to blame .
maybe it's going to saudi arabia to get money , he said .
but both sides denied a newspaper report that they had formally negotiated such an agreement .
the newspaper said officials had agreed to create an interim government and to hold parliamentary and presidential elections in 2005 , a year ahead of schedule .
a government negotiator said the two sides had met several times .
but we have never had any formal response .
african leaders had pushed the political rivals to find a way to govern together .
journalists and opposition supporters have been repeatedly arrested for holding public meetings , which are forbidden without approval from the police .
the opposition has struggled to find a strategy in the face of such harassment and violence .
the extra capacity will initially go for export .
our success is very tied into the success of the airline business .
the strategy worked at first , but as the low end of the industry took up the practice , the competitive edge was lost .
some frequent business travelers expressed frustration that they would have to pay for a program that was initially created to attract new customers .
in his 11 months in office , mayor burns organized the city's first program for the homeless .
he also started a housing program and increased financing for schools and libraries without new taxes .
he went on to become district leader and won his first election to the city council in 1971 .
i don't know what that was , she said .
sometimes people are just lonely , and they want to turn in something so they can have someone to talk to .
why did the chicken cross the road ?
in addition , the survey found that 21 states were freezing or reducing medicaid payments to doctors , hospitals , nursing homes or other providers of care .
they expect further cuts in medicaid benefits , eligibility and provider rates , even though they are aware of the adverse effects .
medicaid provides health care for more than 40 million people , at an annual cost of more than $ 250 billion .
the federal government and the states share the cost , which rose 13 percent in the last fiscal year , the biggest increase since 1992 .
but some of them have found that is not enough .
you reduce the benefit package before you cut people off the program , said douglas porter , the medicaid director in washington state .
before we kick anybody off insurance , we try to make what we're offering more affordable .
in california , gov. gray davis , a democrat , has proposed cutbacks that would remove nearly 500000 low-income parents from medicaid , and state officials say even more savings will be needed .
in connecticut , gov. john g. rowland , a republican , recently proposed eliminating coverage for thousands of parents in households with incomes from 100 percent to 150 percent of the poverty level .
such coverage , previously available for two years , is now provided for just one year .
when states last faced major fiscal problems , in the early 1990's , some trimmed medicaid .
medicaid is the fastest growing component of state budgets , said senator susan collins , republican of maine , a sponsor of the proposal .
the bush administration has opposed any increase in the federal share of medicaid , saying that the federal government has fiscal problems of its own .
i want him hungry enough to demand the ball .
that is the same sort of criticism van horn thought he had left behind when he traveled down the new jersey turnpike .
that's the problem i have with the thing , martin said today .
if you have something to say to somebody , say it to that person .
that's where i made my mistake after the finals .
i should have gone to keith , but i didn't .
unfortunately , these last two seasons his head coaches have gone to the papers and said things about him .
it kind of worked for us last year because after he was criticized , he came out and played well .
i don't care what nobody says about me .
i've never cared what anybody said .
if it's not my family or close friends , i could care less .
the coach wants the best out of every player that he has , scott said .
you want your guys to play up to their potential , and when they don't , yeah , it's frustrating .
but you can go down the line and ask every coach that question about a player he's had or has and he's going to be frustrated by somebody because he wants the best for his players .
it will be presented to the board on jan. 23 .
the effects of the trend , or whether it is good or bad , are unclear , the experts added .
in 1996 , twice as many boys as girls took psychiatric drugs , the study found .
boys and girls appeared to be taking the drugs for longer periods than they did a decade before .
that was not the case for other classes of drugs .
but even as many of those visions achieved degrees of reality over the last decade , the online industry is still struggling to turn them into a viable business .
most internet companies , including aol , became a lot more practical after the stock boom ended .
as a social phenomenon , the internet has been a big , big hit .
but few seem willing to pay for anything other than access to their e-mail .
but the economics of the internet may leave little room for that .
you've got a customer that's already not accepting very much cost .
how do you improve quality and charge a decent price ?
they go online to communicate with one another and find information and content of interest to them that they can't get from mass media .
innovation , some analysts argue , is already taking place with high-speed internet access and entertainment increasingly being delivered in digital form .
in the strongest challenge yet to manufacturers and distributors of prescription drugs , nine states and the district of columbia are organizing a nonprofit operation to manage prescription plans .
the group is being formed at a time when two-thirds of the states are reducing medicaid coverage , limiting eligibility or ending benefits for at least a million people .
but it is not easy getting those perfectly formed leaves , washed and still fresh , from the soil to the table .
in the strongest challenge yet in the battle between the states and the manufacturers and distributors of prescription drugs , nine states and the district of columbia are organizing a joint nonprofit operation to manage their prescription plans , officials in charge of the effort said yesterday .
dozens of states are facing their largest deficits in years .
their combined shortfall for the current fiscal year is estimated at $ 45 billion , and the deficit for next year is projected to increase sharply , reaching 20 percent or more in some states .
health care spending is a major part of the financial problems the states face , and drugs are the fastest growing component .
new york , for example , spent $ 2.4 billion on prescription drugs for more than 3 million medicaid recipients in 2001 , 7.5 percent of all its medicaid spending and an increase of 75 percent from 1998 .
by managing their drug benefit programs themselves , the states intend to keep any drug company payments for themselves .
drug companies have challenged the plans in court , with varying results .
some states , including new york , have never had a preferred drug list for medicare recipients .
we are already starting to see some of that , she said .
the bush administration expects that international inspectors will try to bring iraqi scientists and engineers out of the country starting next week to interview them about weapons programs , according to american and european officials familiar with the plans .
in recent days , several european officials and members of the security council have said they could not back any military action against iraq without the discovery of weapons of mass destruction , or evidence that president saddam hussein is blocking the inspectors .
we can see a lot of work ahead of us beyond that date if we are allowed to do so , he said .
this should give us a much better picture .
but american officials are far from sure that the effort will work .
exactly how the scientists and their families would be taken out of iraq is something of a mystery .
from well before the arrival of the first inspectors in baghdad , mr. bush's top national security aides said they held out little hope that the teams would find much at the sites they had monitored before to their withdrawal from the country in 1998 .
but so far there do not appear to have been many .
we know more about the chemical and biological programs , and we know more about those scientists , said one administration official .
but mr. bush's aides say the political impact of a discovery that mr. hussein has a hidden nuclear weapons program would be much greater .
he also said mr. bush believed there was no point to using diplomacy with mr. hussein , while he believed diplomacy would work with north korea .
but nothing has turned out as planned .
he has no plans , he said , to either sell the america online operation or drop aol from the company's name .
if they begin to treat aol as a mature business and focus on consistent returns , i think they can succeed .
in the second half of 2001 , however , that growth began to level off .
that slowdown was perhaps inevitable , since by last year , most households that wanted internet access already had it .
a second problem was less predictable .
after reporting $ 2.3 billion in ad and online commerce revenue in 2000 and $ 2.6 billion in 2001 , the company estimates that the figure declined to about $ 1.6 billion last year .
online ad and shopping revenues , the company says , will probably fall a further 40 percent to 50 percent in 2003 .
it is happening -- with new households signing up at the rate of 100000 a week .
and steve case was riding the fastest horse in the online world .
m & t , based in buffalo , said nearly all of the jobs to be cut were in staff and support areas .
by contrast , they say , the bottom 50 percent of taxpayers pay little or nothing .
many working poor people get money back , thanks to the expansion in recent years of tax breaks like the child tax credit .
what nobody disputes is that president bush's plan would provide by far the biggest benefits to the very rich .
the administration estimates that about 40 percent of the tax cuts under its overall plan would flow to people with incomes above $ 200000 a year -- fewer than 5 percent of all taxpayers .
the centerpiece of the plan -- to eliminate most taxes on stock dividends , would itself cost about $ 300 billion over 10 years .
since the bulk of taxable dividends are received by a small segment of wealthy families , analysts estimate that about 42 percent of the tax benefit from that move alone would flow to the top 1 percent of taxpayers .
but the debate is not only about the distribution of wealth .
is its main purpose to promote economic growth ?
or is it simply to raise money in a way that is efficient and somehow fair ?
that move , rather than easing the tax burden on the rich , actually helped shift the burden toward the wealthy .
tax rates edged up again under the first president bush and once again under president bill clinton .
and even though real incomes climbed at most income levels , incomes at the very top climbed fastest of all .
the i.r.s. estimates that the top 1 percent of taxpayers increased their share of total income from about 14 percent in 1990 to nearly 21 percent in 2000 .
i think the system has become less progressive .
conservatives see the matter differently .
put simply , the idea is that many people naturally jump from one income level to another as they progress through their careers .
the people who earn the least today are not necessarily the people who will still be at the bottom 10 years from now .
their incomes can surge and fall back as a result of business successes and stock market losses .
researchers using the same data have also found that people who start out in poor families move up more slowly than others , while people who start off in wealthy families drop back more slowly .
but because so many people pay few or little income taxes already , it is difficult to cut their taxes much more .
but distribution issues are also abstract .
paul h. o'neill , in his first public comment since president bush fired him last month as treasury secretary , has criticized the president's plan to eliminate taxes on stock dividends as something i would not have done .
and though mr. o'neill tried to avoid saying anything more on the issue , his comment is consistent with reservations he expressed while still in washington about broad tax cuts .
mr. o'neill , who had kept his home in pittsburgh and returned there soon after being ousted in early december , had refused to talk in public until last week about his departure .
he continues to turn down requests for interviews from the national news media .
his own approach , he told a group of executives at a public meeting of the united states chamber of commerce in november , was to select carefully tax breaks that might help the segments of industry having the most trouble .
mr. bush's proposal , by contrast , provides broad tax reductions for individuals and very few measures aimed directly at business .
real leadership requires you to stick your neck out and have a point of view , mr. o'neill said in the interview , adding that people in washington don't really have the courage of their convictions .
i'm determined not to say any negative things about the president and the bush administration , he said .
mr. o'brien , a chicago native and a colorado state university graduate who arrived in new york last week to begin work for the bank of america , was shot in the chest about 4 a.m. .
he said he gave them the change from the $ 20 .
the police recorded several calls at 4 a.m. from people who said the shot had been fired only a minute or two earlier .
the witness said he saw the two men standing face to face and that one of them -- the one with the ski hat -- appeared to have a gun .
the witness said he saw the other man -- presumably mr. o'brien -- put his hands up in the air .
he said the man then ran into the building .
the investigators said that a second witness saw the shooting , but from a much greater distance .
while the police were unable to find anyone else who saw the shooting , they said others who live on the block had reported hearing what sounded like a loud , drunken argument on the street moments before the shot was fired .
later yesterday , the authorities began to have second thoughts .
there was nothing but a bond of friendship between those two .
like mr. o'brien , he was a business major at colorado state university at fort collins and graduated in 2001 .
but last week , after being hired for a job as a currency trader with the bank of america , he had come to new york to find an apartment and begin a business career .
all of us in the family just do not understand how this could have happened , he said .
i am as confused about the nature of this as i can be .
how quickly did the jets begin to look ahead ?
players spoke about the need to avoid a repeat of the slow start that nearly ended the jets' season before it began .
this team met a lot of difficult challenges , he said .
it overcame a lot of things , and they should be proud of that .
i told them when they left today to make sure they had their heads up and don't buy into it's the same old jets because they are not .
by any stretch of the imagination , they are not .
we did not achieve the goal we went out to achieve , and that is to be a world champion , but i think we are on the right step .
when you do what these guys have done two years in a row , that's the right step .
that was something i can take out of it .
last season , players anticipated big changes .
unless dallas is going to make him a starter , edwards said .
parcells brought thomas and hall to the jets , and anderson made the pro bowl when parcells was in charge of the jets' football operations .
but if lewis , 33 , is cut loose , he could draw interest from parcells , who signed him to a long-term deal just before leaving the jets .
edwards said the jets would like to be younger at linebacker , and they could use their first-round draft pick to fill that position this spring .
cornerback jamie henderson , who missed the season because of a shoulder injury , could be switched to safety , edwards said .
some teams , sometimes you get on that magical run where you make it all the way through and then the next year you're out of it , edwards said .
but we've done it two years in a row .
we wanted to be one of these teams that are in the playoffs every year .
no , we didn't win it and we could have started the season off better , but we didn't .
we survived all that and we got in and a lot of teams didn't .
if the yankees reach the world series , the boy wondered , who will pitch game 1 ?
really , the boy could ask the same question about the regular season .
if the yankees began the season tomorrow , who would pitch ?
who would follow as the next four starters in the rotation ?
the children could have shown mr. clemens their math skills and asked him to pass their results on to mr. steinbrenner .
but the yankees have eight capable starters who all want to start .
i think it's going to make for good competition .
i want to make sure i earn my spot .
i'm going to go out there and perform .
i think the other guys should do that , too .
if someone comes in not ready , you might lose a job .
both had value , but what is their value now ?
so mad , she claimed , that he almost knocked the house down .
but the conference championships will be as much about sheer survival as they will be about preparation , execution and emotion .
not since 1998 have the top-seeded playoff teams met in both conference championship games .
and not since 1994 have the games featured teams that played each other in the regular season .
that was when san diego beat pittsburgh and san francisco beat dallas in the regular season and then again in the conference championships .
and in both instances the winners were the top-seeded teams in their conference .
tennessee has also lost all three of its playoff games to oakland , although the losses took place when tennessee was still playing in houston .
the guys in the other game have to feel the same way , because just the fact you're playing when 28 other teams aren't means you have a chance to make new history .
we're not going to sit here and try to justify what happened two or three years ago and what happened last year .
it's going to be a big theme this week with the media .
that day and that game got away from us .
tennessee has won 11 of its last 12 games ; oakland has won eight of its last nine .
tampa bay has won 8 of its last 10 and philadelphia seven of its last eight .
tampa bay and philadelphia have combined for eight pro bowl players .
how the governors patch the deficits , and how voters react to the resulting service cuts and tax increases , will probably have large political implications .
and the answer is , for sure not this year .
this morning i announced my secretary of transportation , and a reporter said , can you guys increase state support for mass transit ?
health care costs , 30 percent of a typical state's budget , have been growing by 13 percent a year even when programs add no benefits or beneficiaries .
boards and commissions are an outrage , he said .
i asked somebody about cars , and they said , cars ?
he added to his holdings last year , buying about a million shares that have since fallen in value .
still , it seems that mr. case came out ahead of his counterpart at time warner , gerald m. levin .
mr. levin exhibited more commitment to the merger than mr. case , holding on to most of his stock even as the company ran into problems .
according to thomson financial , which monitors insider sales , mr. levin has not sold any stock since 1999 .
personal finances aside , mr. case and mr. levin are unlikely to show up soon atop another major corporation .
no one would talk about game officials if they were perfect , and over the last eight days , there has been a lot of conversation about them in the national football league .
the game is much faster today than when i started in football , but it's hard for these guys to keep up .
but they made a mistake , and life goes on .
six days after the error in the giants' game , the officials were again in the spotlight at the end of saturday's playoff game between pittsburgh and tennessee .
i don't know of any real changes that will be proposed .
the league's officials hold jobs in other fields , like banking and teaching .
i don't find a lot of fault with officials .
the islanders have won once with three ties in 26 games against washington since april 12 , 1997 .
the islanders , he then suggested , were punished for complaining earlier in the game about calls that were not made .
he was asked if he thought there was a penalty on the play , and he said of the referee : he thought it was a penalty .
pope john paul ii , who has not left italy since a visit to his native poland in august , will travel to croatia in early june , a vatican official said .
a trip to the philippines early this year , for example , was considered but dropped .
the visit to croatia would be his third .
the bush administration expects that international inspectors will try to take iraqi scientists and engineers out of the country starting next week to interview them about weapons programs , officials said .
the money for the project was in the budget mr. davis presented last week .
the state averages more than 20 death sentences a year but only about one execution .
los angeles county has agreed to significant changes in the way it handles more than 2500 mentally ill jail inmates , avoiding a potentially costly civil rights lawsuit by the united states justice department .
the program , which will lose more than half of its $ 1 million budget and 13 of its 19 paid staff members , focused on teaching children the value of exercise .
the morning hours will not start at 6 .
hearings on plans for the world trade center site were supposed to focus on new designs , but many old complaints were repeated .
this group stands 100 percent behind him .
he admits this was an error in judgment .
i had not seen the ethics committee report , and until i saw it , i couldn't make an accurate statement , she said .
but , he said , the response of the executive committee to my concerns was swift , successful and effective .
we have some things to work on , ward said .
we have a lot of room for improvement .
wal-mart stores inc. said yesterday that sales last week at stores open at least a year rose and the company maintained its forecast for a january gain of 2 percent to 4 percent .
sales of products , including electronics and prescription drugs , increased , with the largest gains in the northeast and west , wal-mart said .
the acquisition requires regulatory approval and other closing conditions .
the deal is expected to close in the first quarter .
the chicago mercantile exchange has started brand image advertising , a month after its initial public offering .
the campaign is appearing on television , in print and on the internet in britain and the united states .
there are also signs on sites like the w hotel in times square reading , where there's no such thing as no such thing .
spending by the exchange , which had been estimated at $ 3 million , was expected to grow as the campaign continues .
the defending stanley cup champions beat chicago at home for the first time in 10 meetings .
his fifth goal of the season gave edmonton a 6-3 lead .
the yellow jackets totally fell apart down the stretch , going more than six and a half minutes without making a basket .
hold top two spots : duke remained no. 1 in the associated press poll after a close call at virginia .
after winning two big east games , connecticut stayed at no. 3 .
ohio state and colorado dropped out .
she would be only the fourth division i men's or women's coach to reach 800 .
a senior doctor stood and described the symptoms .
at first the symptoms were mild , but she soon would have to stop halfway up a flight of steps to catch her breath .
she was married with two children but was not currently working , the doctor continued .
her father had died of a heart attack at 55 .
she had stopped smoking 10 years before .
two days before being admitted , she felt pressure in her chest while walking up a hill .
she went to the emergency room that night .
her blood pressure was low , and her heart was fast .
but why would a young woman have a heart attack ?
she was not having a heart attack after all .
he referred to her swimming in the lake before she became ill .
no treatment has been shown to help .
the only effective treatment in severe cases is a heart transplant .
it , too , can lead to more serious illness .
for reasons that are not well understood , the two illnesses often go hand in hand .
the parallel to human activity is on a different scale .
in order to all be at the same place in the same time , they've got to talk it over .
but the question -- how the decision gets made -- is the same .
and although human groups have been well studied , and individual animals , little attention has been paid to decision making by groups of animals .
the basic phenomenon that they're looking at -- group decision making -- is actually fairly common , but it's not well studied .
first they reviewed earlier research to determine whether various group decisions were being directed by one individual or seemed to come from the group as a whole .
for example , observations of group behavior showed that red deer moved when more that 60 percent of adults stood up -- that is , voted with their feet .
they would move when a large number made low intensity movements , or when a smaller number made high intensity movements .
it is certainly a decision by a majority , but what to call it is another question .
if no conscious act is required and democracy simply means that the group acts according to the preference of a majority , then it is democracy .
in essence the models compared costs to individuals of not getting to do things when they wanted to .
these are abstract models , not ways to process the previous research .
the models apply only to animals that make group decisions .
it may be that some animals , like domestic cats , for instance , do not vote , do not care to vote and have no interest in any sort of group activity .
they were not , however , a subject of the paper .
the clinical signs of alzheimer's disease are all too familiar -- the erosion of memory for recent , then distant events , the declining ability to reason or to think .
if they are right , it may be possible to stop alzheimer's , and reverse the memory loss , if treatments begin before brain cells die .
but if the disease continues , brain cells start to die .
it is much harder and often impossible to replace whole nerve cells .
but his work was not widely accepted at the time .
they say they struggled for years to persuade colleagues to pay attention .
but , he said , when he first presented his data at a meeting in 1998 , the audience of scientists was skeptical .
as a consequence , nerve signals were not being transmitted .
then you'd have all the little tiny components floating all over the place and the situation would be worse .
they found several that looked promising .
but it would be one way of taking advantage of what nature already has in place .
we know that this protein has a big impact on alzheimer's disease .
the idea is to take advantage of what nature is revealing to us .
is there any hope that people can regain their memories after the disease process has started ?
we need to fight it with equally heroic measures .
both drink , and warren has a pill and powder problem besides .
and oh yeah , there's a body buried in the garden .
the current version , presented by the worth street theater , has been directed by jeff cohen with considerably more patience and calm .
and the result is better for ms. meyer , revealing her intentions to be rather sophisticated and ambitious .
in any case , the brothers remain , even at the end when things are really dire , more entertaining than sympathetic .
when you see an issue opened up in a play that's 2500 years old , you see it as an enduring issue rather than an issue of the moment , he said .
there is a certain chill in this country .
artists have to act against it because we're the people paid every day to follow our conscience .
their perspective lets us see things in terms of long-term consequence .
after their hour of conversation , the play is performed .
then there are open discussions and films until after midnight , with ethnic food prepared by local refugees .
he loves to make old plays do new things .
lobby walls are covered with photographs of refugees .
when asked how he managed to win asylum in the united states , he replied : i got an opportunity , not a nice opportunity .
again and again we see people who are clearly eligible for asylum who are left in detention for a year , two years , three years .
mr. cooper acknowledged that there now was an increased focus on security in deciding which refugees qualify for entry into the united states .
it will be about this question of permanent war , he said , about the fact that we didn't go back to normal after world war ii but put ourselves into a continuous state of war .
master of the senate has already won a national book award .
correction : january 15 , 2003 , wednesday because of an editing error , an article in the arts yesterday about the national book critics circle awards misstated the name of the publisher of piano notes by charles rosen , which was nominated for criticism .
it takes control over the way you live .
lunch breaks spent on the phone with the insurance company , meetings missed because the specialist is running late .
the comments of tom delay , the house majority leader , declaring that democrats want unlimited unemployment compensation so somebody could stay out of work for the rest of their lives , reveal what is really at the heart of the hostility to unemployment benefits by mr. delay and many of his colleagues .
if this attitude doesn't contribute to the class warfare that the republicans charge democrats with , what does ?
these people are , on the surface , perfectly healthy .
today , most can expect to live past 30 .
many finish high school and college , get jobs and have families .
new treatments now in development promise even further gains .
the stronger people are , physically and emotionally , the better able they are to handle the complications and treatments for the disease .
the problem stems from an acute shortage of viable organs and a limited number of medical centers with staff members skilled at the procedure .
the operation is expensive and risky : 5 percent of patients do not survive it .
three years after a transplant , 62 percent of the patients are still alive .
my strong sense from the rhodes and marshall scholars currently in britain -- including the superb students here at oxford from the university of arkansas -- is that most chose their activities and jobs in college out of genuine interest and serious commitment .
selection committees tend to see through the r & eacute ; sum & eacute ; s of those students who chose their college activities based on what they thought would serve them well in a rhodes or marshall interview .
russia's oil exports have rapidly become the centerpiece of its relations with the world .
east asia is the final destination for two competing russian pipeline proposals .
by contrast , the china pipeline would need only 400000 barrels a day .
maybe it's a way of saying , we might be able to do something bigger and better .
the government , it seems , is not persuaded .
it means less competition in oil pipeline routes .
everybody in the pop music world knew that .
people in the industry were stunned .
i really love them a lot and feel sorry for them .
academy members and record companies are responsible for entering all albums , songs , videos and artists that are eligible to compete .
they had from early june to sept. 30 to do so .
while all members voted for the four major categories and nine others of their choosing , the producer of the year is one of a handful of categories in which nominees are determined by special committees .
virgin did not return phone calls .
he said they became academy members this year and could have entered themselves .
if the definition of wartime president has changed from being president at a time of war that has been declared to when congress has authorized money for military force but has not declared war to the president's simply declaring a war , then we have had a wartime president for as long as i have been alive .
the war on terror is not a real war .
more precisely , the beginning of time , just after the big bang , some 14 billion years ago .
work began sunday to if it really was a breakthrough .
we want to see the properties of this matter , he added .
by answering all these questions , we'll be able to better understand the original state of the universe .
we're trying to figure out how this new picture fits together , he said .
it has taken a long time to get here .
also , something new seems to be happening .
nature is telling us that there is some underlying simplicity here that we don't understand at the moment .
we think that's because of energy loss in the hot medium .
we're starting to understand the landscape , at least a little bit .
this universe came from somewhere , he said .
was there a beginning and will there be an end ?
these are the most profound questions you can ask and are the kinds of things we're trying to investigate .
a black hole , by definition , cannot be observed directly .
it is an extremely compact massive object so dense that nothing , not even light , can escape its gravity .
this could be because explosive events in the past blew away much of the gas from the neighborhood of the black hole .
it was a good day , better than most , because she was able to carry her own grocery bag .
it was not a home a home accustomed to good news .
when he came home to his mother's harlem apartment last january , he found her in the advanced stages of kidney disease .
his father had been apart from the family for years and could not be counted on for any support .
there was no money to buy anything new .
a desire for new clothes had gotten jeffrey in trouble in the first place .
there was never any money , and there was no birthday present that year .
it was time he got something for himself , they said .
on the seventh day , he was arrested .
jeffrey has a way of expressing himself in numbers .
when asked if he felt changed when he came home , he answered that the 40 houses around the corner were new .
one building across the street had not been there before .
three of his friends had been shot and killed .
the center is operated by the children's aid society , one of seven charities supported by the new york times neediest cases fund .
in the past , newly released juvenile offenders could expect little more than a weekly visit from a counselor .
it is run jointly by children's aid and the new york state alliance of boys and girls clubs , and paid for by the state office of children and family services .
he was matched with a counselor , mr. franco .
a home visit revealed that jeffrey was sleeping on the floor .
every item was removed and replaced according to size and color .
his work was praised , and he was embarrassed , but a little pleased .
someone tells him later that he is an interesting young man , and he looks up .
the times pays the fund's expenses , so all contributions go directly to the charities , which use them to provide services and cash assistance to the poor .
contributions to the fund are deductible on federal , state and city income taxes to the extent permitted by law .
president bush has become deeply involved in deciding what position the administration should take in two supreme court cases that could set new standards involving the volatile issue of using race in university admissions , his spokesman said today .
the administration could also side with the university , stay out of the case or adopt some mixed approach .
for his part , mr. gordon said that he had been seeking a deal with simon property for years over the stake but was always given vague responses .
we make ourselves known publicly before we say a word .
it affects how you think of yourself .
the cause may have been the weakened dollar .
we save thousands of children's lives year in , year out .
in others , children have reportedly run away or been moved to relatives in other states .
she remains at a bronx hospital where she was taken after being hit by a car .
the history channel is forming a partnership with the city's school system to provide added resources for teaching history .
although the history channel has sponsored smaller projects in schools elsewhere , this is the first large-scale effort with a school system , officials said .
the channel will also provide three $ 1000 grants for history teachers and three $ 1000 student scholarships for students especially interested in history .
they consider themselves a family , though they are not related by blood .
like any family , all they want is a place to call home .
there is nothing illegal about what we're doing , he said .
the police have a tendency to seize their businesses .
doctors tell their employers about their h.i.v. status .
surgeons refuse to operate on them .
one former house member died recently .
they are from different parts of china and became infected with h.i.v. through a variety of routes .
there is thomas , the businessman in jeans and running shoes , who was infected while working in southeast asia .
my hope was that people could better understand this through me , he said .
although he was not identified in the article , it included enough details about his life that neighbors became suspicious .
his mother was forced to abandon him .
cancer and heart disease are just ordinary illnesses .
i thought i was finished , he said .
he now buys generic versions of the same drugs via the internet from india , which cost him about $ 75 .
he started a web site about the disease and thought about creating a drug fund .
but then he realized that most of his new friends had a much more basic need : they had no place to live .
instead , the local residents immediately became suspicious about the presence of so many outsiders and called the police to investigate who they were .
the police asked why they were there , thomas recalled .
i didn't want to lie , and told them , he said .
that led to the rental of a second home , but it was not far enough away .
on dec. 1 they moved into their current flat , which provides better cover .
the members of the home would like to do work in aids education , to counsel newly diagnosed patients .
the local hospital that treats the disease has asked for their help , but for the moment they say they are scared that such work would draw attention to their presence .
but he quickly rejected the possibility .
corporations , it was said , pay taxes on their profits -- so let's not tax the same income again , when it's paid out as dividends .
that's too much , even for the bush administration .
this makes sense , sort of ; but it means that individual taxpayers will have to maintain elaborate records , and it also opens substantial new possibilities for abuse .
for 90 percent of americans , none of this matters , because they will get little or nothing from the dividend tax exemption anyway .
yet if a dividend tax exemption will make it complicated to file taxes , it will also make it harder -- much harder -- for the i.r.s. to enforce the rules .
is this just another clever step on the way to a system in which only the little people pay taxes ?
it is most lethal for children under 5 and for the elderly .
i would also do a lot of reading on the plane .
sometimes i'd even manage to write a complete paper .
not wanting to move to boston , she decided to wing it after discovering that she could get her degree through an online degree program from st. leo university near tampa , fla .
you're behind three hours before you start , naturally , she said .
that must really be hard on an airplane .
this didn't happen often , but when it did , there was always the opportunity .
when they served the meal , he would finally stop talking to start eating , she said .
i consider myself to be pretty organized , and i can fake it pretty well when i'm not .
but i'm very glad i did it when i did , she said .
we'll challenge principals in the same way .
that is not so easy in a public school school system , where the dull crowd working at a troubled school is largely made up of teachers and aides protected by a powerful union .
already , though , that plan is running into resistance .
mr. klein sought to calm the principals in a mass e-mail message yesterday , saying that no actions will be taken without a full opportunity for affected individuals to respond .
one official said the education department would start recruiting candidates for the academy this spring and would start the program this summer .
he has been in military custody since june .
the united states attorney's office had no comment .
this was the start of a broader discussion , a way to inventory the things we are doing right and those things we need to do better .
mr. back , who has said he strongly disagreed with the essay , is running for state party chairman .
mr. reeves has called on him to drop his bid .
it's time for the party to recognize that and consider our advice very carefully .
another theme at the two-hour session , those who attended said , was encouraging party leaders to call on black members to represent the party on a broad variety of issues .
don't just call us when the issue is race .
but what makes this fleet even more striking is the story behind it and its role in preserving bronx science as one of the top schools in the city .
large numbers of them began taking the tests for the selective schools .
would they be able to take advanced placement chemistry , physics and biology ?
he said of students admitted with lower scores .
you might lose these courses , and if you lose these courses do you really have a specialized high school ?
it has lifted me from the station i grew up in .
these yellow buses run around the city with bronx science bus service on the side , and to me that's worth a lot of money in enormous exposure , he said .
it is a lot , but it is for education , so we're willing to pay the money .
he also provides $ 10000 a year in scholarships to students .
i'm dealing with the best of the best , he said .
in the last year or so , some voters have complained that his increasingly frequent travels to other states suggested that mr. lieberman was more concerned about his national image than his home state .
i would definitely shy away from him for that reason .
the ohio high school athletic association says it wants to be sure the vehicle was a legitimate gift from his mother and not from an outsider .
his mother was said to have financed the purchase with a car loan .
he has shown no interest in attending college .
after a victory sunday , in which james scored 30 points , his mother would not discuss the vehicle purchase .
i've got nothing to say about that , she said .
if he has violated any of the rules , he would have to give up his amateur eligibility from the time the car was delivered .
we have not yet talked to the school .
we'll see if they know anything about it .
i think it is important for our member schools to know what's going on .
he said the school , if asked by the association , would provide papers on the vehicle purchase .
seldom has a high school basketball player received attention like james .
i'm a basketball coach and he's a basketball player .
after four years on the east coast , my wife and i have returned to the san francisco bay area , where both of us grew up .
the people who came during the boom came for the jobs , not for the city .
on a recent sunday afternoon , i visited six open houses and saw a total of 11 apartments .
a little later , on a busy stretch of bay street , a landlord told me that the two-bedroom apartment he was now having trouble filling at $ 2000 a month used to rent for $ 2500 .
though they had lost their jobs several months before , it had taken a few months for them to face reality and move out .
the result , though painful for landlords right now , can only be good for san francisco in the long term .
they were there at the invitation of the mets .
my understanding is all the players participating in the camp were there completely voluntarily , he said .
my understanding is the union would have a problem only if the players feel they have to go , phillips said .
in our camp , players can show up or not show up .
players are not required to work out until 33 days before opening day of the season .
but they can be invited to begin earlier .
all other players can be invited to start spring training 40 days before the season .
often , when players arrive in spring training after the invitation date but before the mandatory date , they are said to be late , but they are not .
phillips said the mets' early camps had grown in popularity .
now you see more and more players wanting to go and participate , he said .
it has also raised concerns among scholars at similar documentary editing projects about academic freedom and free speech .
it was at berkeley in 1964 that the free speech movement got its start when the administration tried to limit the political activities of students .
how many times does this have to happen at berkeley before they learn ?
the commission provides financing for 40 such projects , including some for the goldman project .
we just had to find a way to get this out .
during a time when many universities depend heavily on government grants and contracts , she accused the berkeley officials of worrying too much about crossing the bush administration .
we are a group with a lot of integrity on a campus that has a lot of financial problems .
at that time , professor cohen said , professors were barred from identifying themselves as employees when they participated in outside activities deemed political .
this strikes me as being a sign of the times , that something has changed in the political climate and people are more tense in the administration , said professor cohen , who worked at the goldman project while in graduate school at berkeley and remains a consulting editor .
at best , what we are talking about here is a difference of opinion between two people who are valued members of the berkeley community .
she can disagree with us , but it is not a matter of the first amendment .
he said the president had failed to do enough to protect the nation against further terrorist attacks .
he pledged that as president he would raise the nation above partisan politics and put our country first .
today i am ready to put our country first , to fight for what's right for the american people .
yes , i am ready to announce today that i am a candidate for president of the united states in 2004 .
aides to the other candidates say they have concluded that it is far too early to engage in the formal ritual of a campaign announcement now , arguing that whatever a candidate says now -- no matter how much attention it draws -- will be forgotten well before the first iowa voter turns out at a caucus a year from this month .
mr. lieberman is more conservative than his likely competitors .
some democrats said that his ideology should make it easy for him to distinguish himself from his opponents and make him a particularly strong candidate to run against mr. bush in a general election .
some of the differences between mr. lieberman and his opponents were on display today .
i raise some points of view that may not be traditionally democratic , including a consistent record of support for a strong defense and a willingness to use our military to protect our security and advance our values , mr. lieberman said this afternoon , sitting with a small group of reporters at the dining room table of his childhood home .
i'm asked this question more by the media than voters as i go along , he said .
if there are questions , i'm happy to answer them .
i'm running as an american who happens to be jewish , and not the other way around .
as i said , this is all about putting our country first .
as a candidate for vice president , with decidedly fewer demands on his time than that on a presidential candidate , that was not a problem .
but mr. lieberman got a reminder of how much more complicated that could be this time around this week .
he turned down an invitation to attend a saturday night county dinner in iowa that is being attended by at least three of his rivals : senator john kerry of massachusetts , representative richard a. gephardt of missouri and former gov. howard dean of vermont .
mr. lieberman offered warm words for mr. gore today , noting how close the two came to winning last time and saying he welcomed mr. gore's support in 2004 .
at least some advisers from mr. gore are signing up with mr. lieberman .
yet mr. lieberman seemed to take pains to make clear that he was sailing off in his own direction .
but i promise you this : i will always know who i am and what i stand for .
these are not ordinary times for our country , he said .
therefore those of us who seek our highest office or hold it can not practice ordinary politics .
for millions of americans , preparing a mixed green salad is as easy as opening a sealed plastic bag .
it is not easy getting those perfectly formed leaves , washed and still fresh , from the soil to the table .
whatever the color , speed is of the essence .
maintaining that temperature until it reaches the grocery will keep it fresh for about 15 days .
this is where the secrets are kept .
pen and paper were heavily discouraged .
at most , you get six months before new ideas are picked up by rivals .
with the different service providers and maintenance people , he added , most any new development is going to be -- available , let's say , to others .
so you hang closely on your points of difference that give you a competitive edge .
almost none of the technology now used in the industry existed 15 years ago .
machines like it are now widely used in the industry .
the temperature throughout the plant is controlled by a master computer .
freshly cut fruits are expected to be the next big thing .
still , salad makers are fighting to take their industry to a new level .
the committee was not asked to vote on whether the drug should be approved .
but it did vote , 14 to 1 , that the effect observed in clinical trials made it reasonably likely that patients would be helped by the drug .
the disease causes pain and heart and kidney problems ; patients often die by age 50 .
both drugs have been approved in europe , and american patients have complained that the f.d.a. has taken too long .
i think what it does show is the very real threat this issue poses to people in our country , no matter what part of our country .
they spoke only to confirm their names .
there were no applications for bail , and the four were ordered to appear at the old bailey on friday .
the sixth man was charged with immigration and drug offenses , and the seventh was turned over to immigration authorities .
looking drawn and uncertain , they still bore the air of prisoners , trying to understand the changes in afghanistan .
there was a long collective pause from the prisoners when they were asked what they felt about the american presence in afghanistan .
finally he said , as long as they do not interfere with our religion , we are happy if the americans rebuild our country .
the whole world knows about the prisoners who died , so why do you ask us ?
american investigators had questioned them , they said .
most said they had been forced by the taliban to join the army , though others admitted they had been volunteers in the war , first against the northern alliance and then against american forces .
but those interviewed said they would no longer support the taliban movement .
the taliban was always telling us to go to the front line to fight .
i will go and work at home in the fields .
we are from this country , and we belong here .
but marketing teams at movie studios have on occasion demonstrated a different approach .
there's been more of them as the stakes have risen .
not that suspect marketing is new .
i had written that though it was all intended as good fun , it's about as much fun as getting hit by a bus .
a crackdown is not expected by many in the movie industry .
the commission , after all , hardly went after the industry after the fake critic for sony was disclosed .
we get many , many complaints about many issues , including serious health and safety issues , or significant monetary loss to consumers .
sony officials were traveling and did not return phone calls yesterday .
without the restrictions , the company would have been able to borrow $ 23 million .
in december , the company said it missed earnings projections for the third quarter and warned that it would not meet its profit goals for the fourth quarter , which is traditionally the most lucrative for toy stores .
as many as half a million acres are affected , said robert m. hayes , professor of plant sciences at the university of tennessee .
it's been used all around the world for many years , and we haven't seen much resistance .
prosecutors said a fourth suspect was being sought .
the f.b.i. took the three men into custody that night .
the complaint was sealed because of the charges against the juvenile , who appeared separately before the judge in a cleared courtroom .
both men , who prosecutors said had previous convictions for the possession and sale of drugs , were assigned public defenders because they said they could not afford lawyers .
he said mr. gordon had control of the weapon .
the only thing they told us to take were our shoes , she said .
the bathroom was covered in black dust .
such crimes , they said , are more typical overseas .
some of his conduct may be an issue , or is an issue .
he's not doing it to show somebody else up .
it was unclear today what would replace the system , called the voter news service , which was formed after the 1988 elections .
but executives with the news organizations that run the service said they were confident they would have something in place this year to provide information for the dozens of groups that have relied on it .
the organization was owned by nbc , abc , cbs , cnn , fox news channel and the associated press , and its subscribers included most major news outlets , including the new york times .
several executives said that while they hoped a resolution could be reached this week , that was an optimistic timetable , given the different needs of the news organizations .
we couldn't get it done in two years , and we're supposed to get it done in one year now ?
we need to reach a decision fairly quickly .
by the 1980's , surveys of voters leaving the polls had become an expensive competitive tool for network news organizations .
we had a problem with the delivery system , he said .
we were producing results , calling races , but the delivery systems weren't working properly .
the consortium has saved each of the partners millions of dollars a year .
in 2000 , the service was blamed in part for leading the major television networks to make errors in calling the state of florida -- first for al gore , then for george w. bush -- more than a month before the winner was legally determined .
republicans complained that the initial call for mr. gore drove potential voters away from the polls because it came before voting was over in part of the state .
months later the news division executives were called before a congressional committee to explain themselves .
testing continued into election day , and in the late afternoon the partners told subscribers that the data might not be reliable .
rather than take the chance that the system would still not be ready by election day 2004 , the partners decided to start something new .
but he added that the venture had paid off by helping the college board enter the internet age .
without that outside investment , we would have been left behind .
about two million students -- two-thirds of those who take the tests -- use online registration .
in october alone , there were more than 32 million college searches on the site .
it has been far less successful financially .
the investors didn't push me or anything , but we recognized that there was not going to be the opportunity for capital return that they'd expected , he said , and it became clear to me that the best thing was to buy it back .
and while people had great fears at the beginning , especially about the advertising , i think there is a general agreement now that this is a very useful site that really helps students get the information they need .
some adjustments are in the works , though .
a recent study at columbia law school came to the same conclusion .
as a society , surely we can do better .
this action was not a revelation but a politically motivated act intended as a defense to the governor's possible prosecution in a corruption scandal .
the court offered no explanation for its decision to turn down the cases and reject the advice it had sought .
the ruling , which few people in the criminal justice system had expected , immediately called into question the use of prior juvenile offenses .
the supreme court has ruled that juvenile court proceedings do not require a jury , and jury trials in the juvenile system are rare .
each was filed by an adult defendant who received a sentence for his latest crime that was increased , beyond the ordinary maximum , on the basis of a prior juvenile record .
the kansas supreme court upheld the sentence .
in 2001 , the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit , in san francisco , had rejected the use of prior juvenile convictions under the armed career criminal statute .
kansas urged the court to review both cases .
under the current practice , the evidence is presented only to the judge at the sentencing phase of the trial , following conviction for the latest offense .
they also left democrats celebrating the sudden availability of two positions .
in the fall , lawmakers learned that a health insurance plan intended to save suffolk millions of dollars had cost over $ 30 million more than the program it replaced .
you're the head of the largest and premier township in america .
his fellow republicans on the town board will appoint a successor for the rest of the year .
the election for the remaining year of his term will be in november .
he is supervisor of hempstead , not of nassau county .
it is nassau , though he lives in suffolk .
there is no question that this area represents the most dangerous threat to the regime .
the governors across the south have been changed recently and are called to baghdad for frequent security meetings , diplomats report .
the lack of communications in the country , whether radio or television broadcasts , gave them the sense that mr. hussein was no longer in control .
residents interviewed in the presence of an official from the ministry of information tend to say they were out of town during the uprising .
i hope nothing like that ever happens again .
the ayatollah , whose family was driven into exile , leads the supreme assembly of the islamic resolution in iraq , an opposition group based in iran .
but they are much more aware of who he is now than they were 10 years ago .
so any uprising will be much bigger this time .
some analysts believe it still exists , although deep underground , and will emerge once there is renewed warfare .
these men used their own blood , he said .
it shows that they have the highest level of commitment .
formal negotiations between the southern african customs union and american officials are expected to start next month and officials hope an agreement will be signed in 2004 .
there is nothing wrong with pursuing the quest for a grand unified theory of physics .
he said he agreed to stay through the spring in case the united states attacks iraq .
look , there were things i really loved at cnn , but i did not see myself spending the rest of my life as a tv executive , he said .
he agreed to take the cnn job with the understanding that in a couple of years he could return to new york in another position .
there is a value to the brand , he said .
if it was just about getting higher ratings on our networks we would do different things .
the case arose from the prosecution of a 16-year-old boy for having sex with his girlfriend , also 16 , in her bedroom .
if convicted , he could face the death penalty .
while county and state approval of emergency procedures is desirable , nuclear regulatory commissions rules do not require it for a plant to continue operating .
the commission has shown no sympathy lately for arguments based on the threat of terrorism ; last month it said its administrative law judges should not consider such arguments in four licensing hearings .
then the commission would give the plant 120 days to fix the problem .
the commission called this its realism rule .
the debate could find another forum in congress .
his bill , which passed the house in the last session but died in the senate , would have the federal government take over plant security just as it took over airport security .
the devils treated their smallest crowd of the season to a rare offensive show tonight .
they had scored more than three goals only once in their last 20 games .
the panthers won here on jan. 1 , the last home loss for the devils .
it was a relief in that third period not to be involved in a tight game .
he became the first devils player to score two goals in his first n.h.l. game .
because of an editing error , a news analysis article on saturday about talks between gov. bill richardson of new mexico and two north korean diplomats misidentified the north korean nuclear weapons program that was disclosed last fall .
but right away things got complicated .
now it was a song about an argument over the ethics of writing a song about an argument .
the concert ended with sink to the beat , which has roughly the same shape as the film adaptation .
in the three grand slam events she won last year , williams dropped a total of two sets .
in her first official match of 2003 , she has already lost one .
but at least she is in the second round .
really the only time i can do it is in the off-season .
i think waiting another year would have been too late .
after the surgery , her doctor required her to limit her exposure to light .
that is only part of the explanation , however .
you know , the eyes felt o.k. out there , she said .
but i would have to say the recovery time wasn't enough , and i feel like i just didn't give myself enough chance to fully prepare .
probably if i wasn't the defending champion , i wouldn't have showed up , and i probably should have considered that .
since the open era began in 1968 , no defending women's champion has lost in the first round at the australian open .
i just played my match , and i just tried to put her under pressure a lot .
if i play my game , i think that i can beat a lot of top players .
mary pierce is still in the process .
the company , which is based in short hills , n.j. , said it expected additional expenses of about $ 16 million before taxes , or 14 cents a share , in connection with the cuts .
the recording industry association of america and two technology groups , the business software alliance and the computer systems policy project , plan to offer details of the agreement at a news conference today .
the microsoft corporation yesterday won a legal fight to bar two computer trade associations from appealing a judge's approval of its antitrust settlement with the u.s. government and nine states .
the celtics attempted 33 3-point shots , tying the most by a rockets opponent , and made 14 of them .
the rockets , however , couldn't put much distance between themselves and the celtics .
pistons 101 , magic 86 : richard hamilton scored 27 points and ben wallace had 19 rebounds as visiting detroit defeated orlando .
that's when hamilton carried the pistons to the lead .
after scoring only 4 points the first 18 minutes , he hit eight of his next nine shots and had all 27 of his points by the end of the third quarter .
for jordan , all-star status is uncertain : if the n.b.a. wants to see michael jordan at the all-star game , it is going to take some convincing .
i'm not going to campaign for it , jordan said .
it is good to represent the fans , and if i get a chance to do that i will do that .
i'm pretty sure i can find a warm climate somewhere .
carter , who has missed 17 straight games with a strained right knee , worked out with the team twice last week and was hoping to return for last friday's game against the nets .
but team doctors delayed his return .
the team issued a statement friday saying carter would continue to practice .
carter said yesterday that he had been told not to .
to be honest , i don't remember much about it , she said .
she has since been shown out of the pool , for now .
this past season was down for me , she said .
i wasn't at the level i should be .
i really think i need to be into an atmosphere where the level is more challenging .
i really feel this league will challenge me to improve .
i really began to feel that the college game doesn't challenge elite players all the time .
changing directions is harder because of it and i had to miss a lot of practice to be ready for games .
my only concern is being able to go all the time .
i couldn't imagine finishing the season at penn state and not having something to go on to , she said .
soccer has always been what i wanted to do .
after going through school , i really don't have any idea what i want to do .
so being able to focus on soccer is amazing because i'm going to be able to do it every day .
you can't get enough of those type of players .
a woman was shot to death in a times square hotel room early this morning , and the police arrested the man with whom she was staying , the police said .
officers went to his room and discovered the woman on the floor , shot four or five times in the head , an officer at the scene said .
a federal judge in brooklyn ruled yesterday that a drug enforcement administration agent charged with manslaughter after shooting a suspect can have his case moved from state to federal court .
tyson was not at the montgomery county circuit court hearing that made the divorce final .
nearly 7 of 10 parents said in a survey that they never let their children play with toy guns , according to a new study .
the survey found that white parents were more likely to approve of toy guns than black ones were , as were fathers and the parents of boys .
the study was intended to help determine the best time to begun using the devices .
forget to put the cozy back on after pouring and the pot quickly becomes cold .
on the moon , this was not thought possible ; the core was too small and not hot enough , and what heat there was did not flow out fast enough .
this peak was not observed in readings of land areas .
patients report memory problems much like those linked to aging .
they cannot remember where they put their keys or recall lists of things they had planned to accomplish .
if you cannot prevent the problems , he said , you have to think about rehabilitation of these patients .
but with the transplant came new problems .
by the time he was 5 , charlie was already having trouble gaining weight and growing normally .
the doctors at johns hopkins hospital , where the diagnosis was made , told his parents that he would probably live about three more years .
perhaps , the team told him , a transplant would buy him an additional five years .
not now and not ever , despite countless painful tests , treatments and crises .
he's never said , this is too much for a human being to bear .
charlie completed high school and college , earning good grades , serving as class president and playing various sports .
he also lectures to students studying medicine , nursing and physical therapy .
q. you've now lived 26 years longer than the doctors had originally predicted .
and at the suggestion of a doctor friend , i learned all i could about my disease and how to remain as healthy and strong as possible .
i learned to eat five times a day .
i played ice hockey six days before my transplant .
q. ice hockey seems like a very challenging activity for someone with limited lung capacity .
a. it helped me get into really good shape .
it also kept me engaged in life when i had nothing else to do but wait for my transplant .
i imagined myself on the golf course .
i could smell the air and the grass and see the shots -- first hole , second hole and so on .
sometimes you need to be thinking about something fun , not what's happening at the moment .
i went skiing in utah at 12000 feet .
i could live without spending five hours a day on my health .
what can be done so that more people can have the opportunity you've had to gain a second lease on life ?
if everyone willing to be a donor became one , there wouldn't be an organ shortage .
we need legislation that requires people to say they don't want to be a donor , so that all potential donors become donors .
a. they made it clear that i should lead a full life .
they encouraged me to play sports -- soccer , swimming , tennis .
they taught me how to be an advocate for myself , to speak up to doctors when things were not right .
how important is this to the quality of your life ?
my relationship with them is real friendship .
i don't view myself as different and i don't expect people to treat me differently .
q. your lung capacity is now at 28 percent of normal , the same as before your lung transplant .
are you considering a second transplant ?
so gene therapy would not help me .
but i think they'll figure out how to do it .
i tell doctors to think twice before they tell a patient that nothing can be done .
i think about the odds of all the things that came together to make it possible for me to be here today .
i was living a little too fast , you know what i mean ?
in an effort to change , he turned to church restoration .
those churches are forgotten treasures , he said .
i study a lot and call museums and universities to get their opinion , he said .
i see no reason why they shouldn't be maintained by individuals in the community if they read up and know what they're doing .
what proportion of murders are related to drug trafficking ?
where are teenagers who shoot others most likely to obtain the weapons they use ?
now the centers for disease control and prevention , working closely with the harvard researchers , has adopted a similar approach to put in place the first phase of what it is calling the national violent death reporting system .
in september , the agency announced awards totaling $ 7.5 million over five years to six states -- new jersey , maryland , massachusetts , oregon , south carolina and virginia -- that have agreed to collect more than 100 pieces of information about each violent death .
by finding out the who , how , where and why , we realize there are patterns .
if we can predict them , then we can intervene .
the federal effort does not expect to generate much data before the end of 2003 .
but participants in the harvard program say their efforts have led to some provocative findings that may provide valuable clues to private and public agencies developing law enforcement policies as well as suicide , domestic violence and child abuse prevention programs .
and i think in terms of suicide , people become less focused on themselves and more focused on the group .
the program will be repeated tomorrow at the joyce theater , 175 eighth avenue , at 19th street , chelsea .
nuclear power plants are confirmed targets of al qaeda .
the commission's investigators heard from more than 100 witnesses over more than 200 days of hearings .
goldman , sachs rejected that criticism .
heightened security has surrounded shuttle flights from the kennedy space center in florida since sept. 11 , 2001 .
the crew will be divided into two teams that will take turns conducting experiments 24 hours a day .
at the rear of the open cargo bay is a rack of equipment that can be operated by astronauts inside the shuttle .
research scheduled during the mission is extremely broad , covering the biological , medical , physical , earth and space sciences , as well as technology development .
in latin america , we have an advantage of scale over the subsidiaries of the big players , he said .
generally , investors have yet to be convinced by the merger , which was announced in august .
although tests and grades have been granted a dominant role in admissions decisions , they have never been considered alone .
let's face it , in many cases the people who have made the most of college and professional school -- as measured by their career success -- have not always been those who entered with the highest test scores or the best grades .
in the most cynical application , any minority student who meets the minimum standards to be considered worthy of protection by affirmative action is good enough .
is it that too many defenders of affirmative action are themselves not convinced that merit is equally distributed throughout the population ?
the big worry continues to be venezuela .
oil has gained 64 percent from a year ago .
there's a background worry that war with iraq could make the february production levels somewhat academic .
the city has also cracked down on sleeping under bridges .
leaders have even scheduled a homeless summit for next month to begin to find solutions to the problem .
all they want to do is get money to buy beer and drugs .
he says he has lived here all his life and has no intention of leaving .
they got themselves in a corner when they created this so-called paradise island .
we're totally dependent on tourism , and they run tourists away , mr. jones said .
the solution here is we need to warn them : don't come to key west unless you have a job .
i would like to see a limit in the number of cruise ships that come in per day .
it's an issue we haven't looked at and it needs to be addressed in a sensitive manner , he said .
these people are individuals who don't want to work .
they don't want to live in shelters .
we don't have normal homeless people here .
they left the dome tonight , hours after their 6 a.m. invasion .
a cousin who was as close to him as a brother was also shot and died next to him .
he educated me on the street life .
i would give him a beating , to be honest with you , he told the jurors .
a three-year environmental review is beginning .
the study will initially consider 80 alternatives to the current bridge that local residents , officials , environmental groups and others have proposed .
the public is invited to speak at the meetings this week .
federal and state money would pay for it , mr. o'brien said .
admissions rose more than twice that much for patients 41 to 50 years old .
zoning laws prevent companies from opening more than a handful of stores each year , so one way to become bigger fast is to buy a rival .
christopher bright , an antitrust lawyer with sherman & sterling , said the real issue was whether regulators would allow the market to shrink to three major players from four .
a spokesman for wal-mart declined to comment .
wal-mart faced none of those problems in britain .
polls or no polls , my job in a situation like this is sometimes to say the things that people don't want to hear , mr. blair told reporters .
and i have said to people , i believe this issue is a real active threat to british national security .
he rejected claims that the issue of iraq was driven solely by the americans and said he had raised the subject at his first meeting with president bush in february 2001 .
if george bush and america were not raising this issue , i would be urging them to raise it because it is important , he said .
it is a matter of time , unless we act and take a stand , before terrorism and weapons of mass destruction come together , he added .
if we did that , we would send a message to the outside world which would , in my view , be absolutely disastrous for the security of the world .
people basically are still in exactly the same place , he said .
they want this thing dealt with through the u.n. , but they want the u.n. to deal with it , not be a way of avoiding dealing with it .
the prime minister is expected to fly to washington to meet president bush soon after publication of the jan. 27 united nations report by the arms inspection team now in iraq .
the duke energy corporation said today that 2002 earnings would fall short of an earlier forecast after a slump in power prices .
it warned that profit this year would also suffer .
that followed a forecast in october when duke said 2003 earnings would be little changed from the year before .
we don't want to be on the side of optimism in view of what's happened to us in the last year .
the company , which is based in lexington , mass. , said that it considered the practices appropriate and that it would cooperate fully .
i'm at a loss as to what's happening this time and why it's come up again .
president fox canceled a visit last year to the ranch of president bush to protest the execution of a mexican prisoner by the state of texas .
the u.s.a. is on the wrong side of history on this fundamental human rights issue , the organization said .
governor ryan has shown that there is an alternative to the empty tough on crime politics of the death penalty .
the question now , he said , is whether other states will take notice .
amnesty international noted that more than 100 people in the united states had been released from the country's death rows after evidence of their innocence emerged .
illinois is not alone in sending the innocent to death row , the organization said .
mr. mcgreevey will also announce his strong support of campaign finance legislation to curb new jersey's pay to play tradition , the officials said .
the plan is not regulatory but a set of guidelines , many of which have been ignored .
but writing those ideas into law will be difficult .
the state's builders are also expected to oppose any fees and further environmental restrictions , which they say have driven up the cost of new housing in new jersey .
the two men most responsible for what has come to be viewed as a disastrous deal have now given up their positions as executives of aol time warner .
stephen m. case , the chairman of the old aol , disclosed on sunday that he was stepping down as chairman of the combined company .
it is impossible to figure out just how the companies would have done apart .
their strategies and resources would have been different .
but there is little doubt that time warner shareholders would be better off now if that deal had never happened .
aol holders , on the other hand , no doubt have benefited from the time warner assets .
in that regard , mr. case may deserve praise .
to be sure , he raised hundreds of millions of dollars selling aol shares , but much of that selling came before the time warner deal .
significantly , it was after the time warner deal was announced -- and in part as a result of it -- that mr. case and aol entered into what proved to be the one deal that has damaged aol time warner the most .
that price proved to be vastly more than the stake was worth .
whether mr. case and his colleagues at aol knew that they were getting a far better deal than time warner was , the merger has left a lot of bad feelings in the company , not to mention among shareholders .
the company is now largely run by executives from the old time warner , although it is not clear whether they are doing a better job than the men from the company that effectively took them over .
but they got 55 percent of the shares in the merged company .
it outraged many aol holders for the same reason .
one index of media stocks , the bloomberg u.s. .
media index , is down 40 percent over the same period .
judging by the performance of its former peers , it is reasonable to think that time warner , absent this merger , would have been lower now , but probably not by more than 30 percent .
aol , on the other hand , might not have been a lot worse off .
the illinois death row should be empty within a month .
but prosecutors say they plan to start filling it up again immediately .
there actually is a death penalty in the state of texas , in the state of florida , and in many other states .
outraged prosecutors said today that they would try to challenge about 20 of the cases .
it really is up to all of us -- the governor , the legislature , prosecutors , anybody that's involved in it -- to get together and make some hard decisions about whether we have the death penalty , and if so , what kind , what crimes , what rules , so that it becomes something in real life as opposed to just something on the books .
i will continue to do exactly what i've been doing , she said .
we saw the colts come here and we dominated the game , and the raiders beat us up pretty bad .
the next thing you know , they're dancing around , dancing in front of the black hole , he said .
winning on the road in the playoffs is tough .
then again , both were in oakland .
the injury that everyone knew about was to his left ankle in the season opener .
nobody knew about the second ankle , he said .
i feel like a boxer with broken hands .
i'll have to will myself through the season , he told himself at the time of the second injury .
throw out the raiders , and the jets have been outstanding since december .
they gave up 24 points on turnovers in seven games -- all against the raiders , including 17 on sunday .
john hall had kicked 12 consecutive field goals after the raiders blocked a kick on dec. 2 .
but this was an appointment we really wanted , and now we'll have to see just where we go from here .
others said mr. jefferson wanted to concentrate too heavily on recruiting black congressional candidates and campaigning in black districts .
the black caucus should have been called on to be the architect of our election plan , not just called on at the end of the season to turn out the vote .
it's a tremendous responsibility , but it would have made a huge difference .
in the end , i'm convinced we have a guy who brought us across the river jordan and we had to find a place for him , he said .
ms. jones almost lost the seat when republican house leaders said they were shrinking the size of the panel .
black members have long held positions on those panels , however .
it is in this context that the planned referendum must be judged .
its provisions seem to offer chechnya less autonomy than other russian republics already enjoy .
those camps are , unfortunately , as necessary as ever .
mr. putin should be encouraged to seek a political end to this war .
the high price of independence has been driven home to republicans in the new congress .
instead , the new chairman will be tom davis of virginia , a key party fund-raiser last november .
instead he says he is focusing on running the reform subcommittee on national security .
but we'll be happy to complain on his behalf .
but at least there's a law to break .
but it's a reminder that state officials have far more ability than most legislators to help or hurt the bottom line of powerful interests .
it was a good idea then , and it's a better one now .
but when you cross the line into a job like this , he added , you're in the center ring .
at the end of the day , it's not the professional critics who count .
mr. miller will head the new homeland security office .
he brings an outside and informed opinion .
i have a lot of confidence in him and in the job he'll do .
gang warfare has erupted after years of relative quiet .
los angeles is in the mind of terrorists , mr. miller said .
is he qualified to be in charge of homeland security ?
i can't see how a reporter would be .
on the other hand , he's a really smart guy .
their relationship is the stuff on near legend .
he left early to beat notorious traffic .
hamilton , the capital , is on the main island and is the tourist and business hub .
many hotels also provide shuttle services .
the view is absolutely spectacular , overlooking the water breaking on the pink sand , and the service and cuisine are superb , he said .
though technically private , it is open to the guests of many hotels .
most patrons dress up , and the place becomes lively after midnight , he says .
pope john paul ii today expressed his strongest opposition yet to a potential war in iraq , describing it as a defeat for humanity and urging world leaders to try to resolve disputes with iraq through diplomatic means .
he did not refer to iraq by name , and his words were not as blunt .
his refusal to support that effort strained diplomatic relations between the vatican and the united states at the time .
but after the attacks on the united states on sept. 11 , 2001 , he said nations had a moral and legal right to defend themselves against terrorism .
in speaking out about iraq today , he echoed concerns raised around the world about the wisdom of a potential war with iraq .
it is putting extra pressure , because he's one of the only moral voices left in the world with credibility , he said .
in the last month , an increasing number of vatican officials have raised questions about the morality , necessity and consequences of a war in iraq .
they said they had taken computers from the home and were examining them .
i cannot remember clearly what happened , he said , but my creative work tends to throw up nasty shadows -- particularly in tommy .
some of the things i have seen on the internet have informed my book .
faced with narrow options for dealing with north korea and strained ties with south korea , a senior bush administration delegation signaled its willingness today to pursue dialogue to resolve the nuclear crisis on the korean peninsula .
pope john paul ii expressed his strongest opposition yet to a potential war in iraq , describing it as a defeat for humanity urging world leaders to try to resolve disputes with iraq through diplomatic means .
the police have a tendency to seize their businesses and doctors tell their employers about their h.i.v. status .
in the strongest challenge yet to manufacturers and distributors of prescription drugs , nine states and the district of columbia are organizing a joint , nonprofit operation to manage their prescription plans .
the voter news service , which formerly provided ballot information for dozens of news organizations , has officially gone out of business still facing controversy over the 2000 presidential vote .
against a backdrop of generally shrinking donations to arts groups , the coca-cola company has agreed to give $ 10 million toward completion of jazz at lincoln center's new home on columbus circle .
i am confident that if you say , can you handle the job ?
but it should be the other way around .
but , he added , a great deal of hard work does lie ahead , as people and assets continue to flow to be ready , should the president give the order .
the prospect of a final rush of troops and equipment to the front points to potential stress in the system .
and that study was conducted three years ago , the general said .
since sept. 11 , the world has changed , and the requirements have certainly changed .
nobody knows what those requirements are .
it is still a very dynamic world , a very unpredictable world .
the locations of vessels at sea are updated every four hours .
in the center , air missions have grown , from 250 a day before sept. 11 to 500 in the afghan conflict .
there was even a television documentary focusing on a man who ate too much rice -- and then supposedly exploded .
by imposing sanctions and increasing its isolation ?
or by engaging it and tying it to the global economy ?
north korea would pledge to keep promises it broke last time and we would pledge to keep promises we broke last time .
each man , it was said , was trying hard to fit in with the other's corporate culture .
if they succeed , they may still prove that the merger made sense , even if the price didn't .
officials have said there are few other areas to cut , but would not outline yesterday what sort of spending reductions they had proposed .
it's premature to talk about that , he said , adding that he had tried to find savings that would not affect services .
fortunately , we have a year and a half to prepare .
in this spirit , several political consultants were asked what it's like to have so many republicans around .
are they the kind of people who look straight at you on the subway ?
after all , most of the regular tourists who come here from around the country are probably republicans .
and heaven knows , we have managed to survive them .
as for former mayor rudolph w. giuliani , he's really a party of one , is he not ?
only this time , in liberal new york , he would be talking about henry a. wallace .
every detail that the global accounting firm ernst & young told its american partners about its financial performance through late 2000 became public late yesterday , including its profits , details of its capital structure , the hours billed to clients and the average earnings per partner .
many aspects of foreign operations were also disclosed .
they predicted that the information would put competitors at an advantage in bidding on contracts , hiring employees and settling lawsuits .
as a privately held firm , ernst & young is not required to disclose anything about its finances to the public .
these details could prove especially value to competitors as a window on how banks assess the firm's financial strength .
another risk for the firm is a harsh reaction from clients who did not realize how much money their accountants were making .
the general public doesn't think accountants should make good money , he said .
however , they speculated that the difference between the most junior lawyer and the most senior lawyer at a law firm is probably much smaller than the difference between the earnings of the most junior partner and the chief executive at an accounting firm .
despite his efforts to keep the documents from his wife , after she obtained them he did not ask at trial that they be kept under seal .
he told his wife he wanted a divorce when he learned he would be promoted to chief executive .
ultimately the decision was overturned and the information was published , he said .
that's how sensitive this information is .
it's terrible for clients , terrible for the courts , terrible for all of us , terrible for society , she said .
she said people would now be able to pay fines through the mail , rather than going to court , for minor offenses like illegal fishing or walking with an open beer .
the project created four integrated domestic violence courts , which deal with divorce proceedings , criminal trials , protection orders and custody cases .
she said she would form another commission to investigate ways to improve that record .
for the plan to succeed , the legislature would first have to pass the amendment in two consecutive sessions .
voters would then have to approve it .
they will go and jam themselves against anything .
he said the group was responsible for more than half of the suicide attacks carried out worldwide .
they used men , women , children and animals ; boats , trucks and cars .
they killed certainly hundreds , and possibly thousands , of civilians , although civilians were never their explicit target .
for the first time in years , tiger territory is easily accessible to the outside world .
if wounded in battle , colorful graphics demonstrate , they are to play dead until enemy soldiers approach , and then blow up as many as possible -- and themselves in the process .
suicide has long been part of the tiger culture .
but suicide bombing was an offensive weapon , not a defensive one .
that was the word the tigers used , and preferred .
the person gives him or herself in full .
that commitment defined the tiger fighter , he said .
the only promise is i am prepared to give everything i have , including my life .
sometimes it was an outright refusal .
more often , she said , this answer came back : there are many applicants .
tiger bombings have killed at minimum hundreds of civilians who were caught near the targets .
in palestine it is quite different .
gov. george ryan did not undermine the system of criminal justice , as suggested by the cook county state's attorney .
in addition , the 11 freshman senators cannot receive their committee assignments until the dispute is settled .
he added , now is the time that we really need to come together and get on with the nation's business .
the bills , left over from last year , have been reduced by more than $ 9 billion and democrats are certain to try to restore some of the money .
but democrats are likely to object .
the fight was most evident in the case of mr. ridge , where senator joseph i. lieberman , the connecticut democrat and chairman of the governmental affairs committee , announced last week he had scheduled a confirmation hearing for tuesday .
then , sunday night , mr. ridge informed the committee he would not show up .
it's a new congress and so we're not going in front of the old chairman from the old congress .
now he goes into his brief winter vacation with the right attitude .
we won the division for only the second time in jets history .
many players who want to be great are hard on themselves .
he got hit in the mouth , and he tried to force some things , edwards said .
i don't want anyone else in my corner .
in three quarters of a season , he had won over his team .
it looked like he was making mistakes , but a lot of it was us , martin said yesterday .
edwards , the upbeat coach who held the team together , worked the locker room and the airplane home .
i may not be the coach , but you can write that down in stone .
sunday's game is preserved on videotape .
since the attack on the world trade center 16 months ago , the public has responded to calls for comment on rebuilding the world trade center with a host of new ideas , innovative thinking and considered debate .
rebuild the twin towers as they were , said one speaker .
pay more attention to the needs of low-income people on the lower east side , said another .
this is not what we expected or hoped for , one lower manhattan development corporation director at the meeting said on the condition of anonymity .
these are the same people we've heard from before , saying the same things .
though more than 700 people showed up at pace university in lower manhattan for the session , a total of only about 60 people attended the five other meetings held simultaneously outside manhattan .
comments from the remote sites were not carried at pace because of technical problems .
no more than several testified at each of those hearings .
in staten island , about a dozen people attended the meeting at the college of staten island center for the performing arts .
to me , it's like you knock two towers down , we put three up , and two around the corner .
doesn't look like a plane can knock that down .
later , he explained , i really wanted to say something , since no one else was saying anything .
only one other person testified at that meeting .
at least two civic organizations have conducted their own workshops to expand the public discussion about how the development downtown should proceed .
more than 300 people participated last week in two imagine new york seminars sponsored by the municipal art society , an arts and planning organization that has followed the redevelopment process closely .
currently , the responsibility is shared by the lower manhattan development corporation and the port authority of new york and new jersey , which owns the site .
officials have responded that the lack of a single decision maker means that the public indeed has had a significant role .
the company was controlled by general instrument , which motorola acquired in january 2000 .
next level shares fell sharply in 2000 when large phone companies failed to choose its technology as their main weapon in competing with cable companies to offer high-speed internet connections .
while the technology offers high performance over existing wires , it can reach customers only within a short distance of central switching offices .
it said that taking next level private would remove financial pressure and allow next level to continue to develop and sell products .
on an interim basis , other directors who are running successful businesses might also be eligible candidates .
if he does , do they dip into their management pool ?
the performance of both improved during the brief period of his watch .
he left the impression that some of the anger was indeed justified .
as a result , these people said , mr. case resigned on his own schedule and on good terms .
he remained a director , and his voluntary exit helped prevent tension with the directors from the aol side of the merger .
each of these business units has strong people running it , so they are similar to separate businesses .
judge richard may told the united nations tribunal that doctors would examine mr. milosevic and then report back to the court .
judges ordered a psychiatric examination last year to gauge the toll that the trial was taking on the mental health of mr. milosevic , who is acting as his own defense lawyer , but he refused to comply .
faced with narrow options for dealing with north korea and strained ties with south korea , a senior bush administration delegation signaled its willingness today to pursue dialogue to resolve the nuclear crisis on the korean peninsula .
we are of course willing to talk , he said .
once we get beyond nuclear weapons , there may be opportunities with the u.s. , with private investors , with other countries to help north korea in the energy area .
i hope that the united states will remain our ally in the future .
the tenor of his comments today , however , is a far cry even from comments attributed to him last week .
senior military officials have to prepare a plan for a special emergency situation when the u.s. .
hopefully it will be much more productive .
it's up to north korea to come back into international compliance with their obligations .
he grabbed it at the exact place every time .
they were frustrated at not being able to find and destroy the enemy , at having their own men killed .
this can happen when you combat a hostile population , when you fight an elusive opponent .
it is what i see happening in the occupied territories .
as a psychiatrist , he views such conflicts as disastrous , not only for individuals but societies .
these killing projects are never described as such , he said .
they are put in terms of the necessity of improving the world , of political and spiritual renewal .
you cannot kill large numbers of people without a claim to virtue .
our own campaign to rid the world of terror is expressed this way , as if once we destroy all terrorists we destroy evil .
he is now a visiting professor at harvard medical school .
voices of restraint are increasingly excluded .
and it is why he gives importance to courage to refuse .
we have built an alliance with israeli leaders who share our vision .
our technology , our nuclear weapons , has made all this a lot easier .
it really is a management position .
the move led to speculation that mr. johnson would eventually replace mitchell e. daniels jr. , the budget director , who has said he will soon decide whether to return to indiana to run for governor .
he has one tough job , said donald alexander , who was commissioner of the i.r.s. from 1973 to 1977 .
early in his business career , he worked as an accountant and audit manager at arthur andersen .
the agency's greatest problem remains information technology , so he's a good choice in that regard , .
he's a surprise in the sense that no one would associate him with tax policy .
the rangers' inability to string victories together is one reason they are in danger of establishing a franchise record by missing the playoffs for six straight seasons .
i put last season behind me , he said .
that was the main thing i wanted this season , to come back and prove to my teammates and the fans that i'm a better player than i was last year .
and there are times that you have to give .
but what comes around goes around .
that was the same day the rangers announced that mike richter would be out for the season .
so is the rangers' future this season .
the rangers have now scored three or more goals in three of their last four games , and in consecutive games for the first time since dec. 1 and 3 .
that was also the last time they won consecutive games .
even so , the closest they got was 5 points .
we were going up against a young team and we had a lot of veterans on our team , and we should have been able to exploit their youth , but we weren't able to do it .
it was the first in a stretch of 14 games that includes 11 against teams that failed to make the playoffs last season .
but we wanted to win this one first .
these bulls have won three straight games against the knicks and four of the last five .
but we have to take advantage of teams that are either equivalent or below us , and we didn't do it tonight .
in the last three meetings between the teams , he has averaged 16 rebounds .
he's going to be a tough player in this league .
allan houston led the knicks , scoring 25 points to keep them alive until the final minutes of the third quarter , and kurt thomas recorded 19 points and 12 rebounds .
we can't do that , and that's what we tried to do .
but at the same time there could be a dark moment if he comes back too early and gets hurt again and for next year , he's starting off on the injured list .
the company said 58 of the jobs will be eliminated because it is shifting more production to an outside manufacturer .
our industry would have been faced with fundamental change even without 9 / 11 or the economic slowdown , he told the senate commerce , science and transportation committee .
signed of brady clark and designated him for assignment .
promoted sherman lewis to offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach .
he was returned to jail yesterday in $ 1 million bail and placed on a suicide watch .
sullivan stays with cardinals : the wide receivers coach jerry sullivan changed his mind and accepted the job of offensive coordinator of the arizona cardinals .
sullivan had an opportunity to join the cowboys staff .
the international olympic committee will announce its decision on july 6 , 2005 .
they are not on the level they should be .
this is an opportunity for new ideas .
after all , excellence is what the olympics are all about .
an innovative design study is under way to select an architect for the site in queens west , across the east river from the united nations .
the winning firm and its preliminary design for the $ 1.5 billion olympic village will be announced in march .
we want the olympics to leave a legacy to the city .
on monday the air was a little heavy to begin with .
putting these two together resulted in a rather hollow love duet .
the two certainly did seem to come from different cultures , which after all is the point of the opera .
aside from all the other considerations , there was the singing , a small but intense pleasure .
he closed his eyes , moved a little bit and used emotion to power the performance , and it was beautiful .
saddam hussein warned his iraqi supporters to be wary of joining forces with foreign arab fighters entering iraq to battle american troops , according to a document found with the former iraqi leader when he was captured , bush administration officials said tuesday .
it provides a second piece of evidence challenging the bush administration contention of close cooperation between mr. hussein's government and terrorists from al qaeda .
military and intelligence officials now believe that the number of foreign fighters who have entered iraq is relatively small .
but several officials said american forces were not certain of the accuracy of the american intelligence on the issue and acknowledge that there could be more foreigners inside the country than they currently think .
i've seen numbers from a couple hundred to a couple thousand , said one united states military official .
i don't think there are more than a couple hundred .
there are too many iraqis who know how to do these things .
the real question is the suicide bombers , that's not strictly speaking an iraqi thing .
but bush administration officials almost immediately said that they were open to negotiations with canada , which has pledged millions of dollars in iraq aid .
mr. bush cited that support in announcing his decision , which gives canada the right to bid on a second round of contracts , which are worth some $ 4.5 billion .
they want iraq to succeed , they want iraq to be free , mr. bush said , sitting next to mr. martin .
they understand the stakes with having a free country in the midst of the middle east .
mr. martin said that it actually does show that working together you can arrive at a reasonable solution .
separately , a senior administration official said it was likely that some other countries would be allowed to bid in the next round .
canada had already pledged more than $ 225 million in iraq aid , and its officials were shocked .
white house officials at the time were vague but implied they were open to seeking an agreement .
canada meanwhile , moved rapidly to start its aid projects , like training 30000 iraqi policemen in jordan .
she told reporters at a white house briefing that there was some understanding about canada's participation in future rounds of bids .
that money is part of $ 87 billion for military and reconstruction aid to iraq and afghanistan that congress approved last year .
the taxpayers understand why it makes sense for countries that risk lives to participate in the contracts in iraq , mr. bush said in december .
mr. bush and mr. martin also pledged to try to restore consumer confidence in beef and to resolve trade problems over cattle .
mr. bush said again that he had not changed his diet because of mad cow .
i like to eat beef and will continue eating beef , he said , because i believe the food supply is safe .
such arrangements between fund companies and brokerage houses can be legal , if they are fully disclosed to investors .
the problem in too many cases , s.e.c. officials said , is that fund investors were kept in the dark about such payments and about their brokers having a financial interest in promoting a particular fund .
the officials said that federal securities laws and the industry's own rules required both the brokers and the funds to disclose such conflicts of interest .
but tuesday's announcement elevated the mutual fund scandal to a new level , one that has the potential to affect millions of investors directly .
inadequate disclosure of payments by the fund companies to the brokerage houses has long been suspected , but for years the matter was largely ignored by securities regulators .
s.e.c. officials said they hoped and expected that a new round of enforcement cases against fund companies , combined with a new set of rules , would force the fund companies to be more forthcoming and eliminate conflicts of interest , resulting in lower fees and expenses for investors .
the s.e.c. had already been planning on wednesday to issue a new set of proposed rules aimed at cleaning up the mutual funds industry .
the s.e.c. has come under political pressure to take steps to clean up the industry and restore investor confidence .
william h. donaldson , the s.e.c. chairman , and other officials have repeatedly said that it is not the government's business to set fees .
but they have also said they hoped that by requiring greater disclosure of fees and conflicts , the fund industry would be forced through competitive market pressures to bring their costs down .
in other words , for every $ 100000 in new sales , the broker would receive $ 50 to $ 400 annually , and for every $ 100000 that remained invested through the broker , the broker would receive up to $ 250 a year .
the central issue is , does the customer know that a broker or registered representative has a conflict of interest ?
but signs of trouble were emerging many months before .
fingers are pointing in many directions .
it frequently made acquisitions overseas , so it would not be surprising that it often needed to raise cash .
a trail of red flags about the company reaches back many months .
they said the issuing of the bonds served to develop the international part of the group .
everything that was possible to do from the union's point of view , we did , he said .
institutional investors , in effect , have been complaining for a long time about a lack of information from senior management , the letter said .
several investment banks and ratings agencies issued reports last year that were critical of the company .
in a normal country , it would collapse , bankrupt , he told the audience .
maybe several thousand people would not have invested in the company , he said .
the idea is part of a package of proposals that president bush will include in his budget plan , which is due out next month .
treasury department officials estimate that the proposal to block leasing deals would prevent the loss of $ 34 billion in federal tax revenue over the next 10 years .
critics contend that the federal government often loses far more than local municipalities gain from such deals .
treasury department officials said that the deals were designed almost entirely to avoid federal taxes .
there is very little to be said in support of these transactions .
it allows them to raise money for capital improvements without raising taxes at the local level .
almost all the democratic presidential candidates have vowed to crack down on corporate tax shelters .
but republican lawmakers have also gone on the attack .
in a typical arrangement , a public agency like the new york metropolitan transportation authority leases its property to a corporation in return for a cash payment , typically 4 percent to 6 percent of the value placed on the property .
but he said that was not his concern .
defenders of the leasing arrangements said the treasury department's proposal would affect not only cities and states but also tax-exempt nonprofit groups like the red cross that might use similar strategies to raise cash .
the real target is the tax-exempt communities -- the red cross , the girl scouts , tax-exempt hospitals , colleges and universities .
despite deep reservations , a majority of european countries backed their position at a meeting in november .
they also demonstrated that they do not feel as bound by the rules as the smaller countries .
it has done that only twice , however , both times in cases involving potential threats to public health .
ultimately , the financial penalties can run into billions of euros .
people on both sides of the dispute agree that the pact lacks flexibility .
at a decisive meeting on nov. 25 , france and germany won the support of italy and other countries to push back the deeper cuts until 2005 .
austria , finland , the netherlands and spain voted against the delay .
it may also cast a shadow over the entry of 10 new countries to the union in may .
the players are performing their set roles according to a script , knowing full well that the outcome will be a disaster .
and he was so mad , he just threw his teeth on the ice and skated away .
in amateur hockey , players must wear either mouth guards or face masks or both , and so most players now reach the n.h.l. with most of their teeth intact .
and those who have broken teeth are having them fixed sooner than in the past and with better techniques and materials .
players who have lost teeth are now more conscious of appearance .
it's a tough part of the game and it's no fun .
only people who have never had anything like that happen to them enjoy watching it .
and , on that basis , players tend to take more risks in that area .
i'm taking advantage of 20 years of getting my teeth destroyed , he said .
but if that's the worst that can happen , i'm all right .
he was photographed so often in uniform without his teeth that fans would do double takes when they saw him away from the arena .
it's better to give than to receive .
the president smiled back and put his arm around white to pose for a picture .
when they get hit once , they start getting hit again .
i've had bridges crack and fall out .
why do players often have their teeth fixed quickly now ?
during his recovery , he encountered physical and psychological complications and chose to stay at home instead of attending yale .
his reading included scientific books and journals .
but is it a reach to say that the loss of his teeth in a hockey game led to the invention of the airplane ?
the hockey accident set the stage that led to his intense interest in flight .
both moves will help prepare the banks for the sale of shares in hong kong and overseas later this year or in 2005 .
until late december , the ministry of finance was the sole owner of both banks , with two-thirds of its $ 41 billion stake in the bank of china and the rest in the china construction bank .
under chinese regulations , this means that they must have at least five owners , instead of just one , the ministry of finance .
chinese officials have also been looking at similar ways to strengthen the balance sheets of the country's other two big banks , the industrial and commercial bank of china and the agricultural bank of china .
but with neither of those banks scheduled for a sale of stock soon , this has been less urgent .
the central bank , the people's bank of china , has been trying with mixed success since last summer to persuade banks to slow their increase in lending .
the increase in wholesale prices announced on tuesday by the people's bank of china suggested that the rise in the country's money supply is nonetheless beginning to wash over into higher inflation .
the national bureau of statistics is expected to announce soon last month's figures on consumer prices , with economists predicting that the annual increase will jump to as high as 4 percent in december , from an increase of 3 percent in november .
growth in 2003 was china's strongest in six years .
if you live in the neighborhood , so much the better : they'll deliver .
grilled shrimp , which are almost always cooked too long , were sweet and tender .
we admired their shrimp before we got ours ; they admired our desserts .
sunday through thursday ; friday and saturday until midnight .
menu listings and prices are subject to change .
the critic assigned it two stars , not one .
the review also misstated the reservation telephone number .
the critic assigned it two stars , not one .
the review also misstated the reservation telephone number .
they were cooking so well that i hung around for five weeks .
the recipes are gone because the grandmother died in the holocaust .
food is one aspect of many to study .
when you are poor and have no money , you can eat simply with potatoes and bread and occasionally meat .
i thought , i am not going back to atlanta , he said .
he vowed then to capture the family stories of these people .
he has produced three books and four documentary films .
his photographs are in the permanent collections of many american museums .
remove pan from heat , and let cool for 2 minutes .
return chicken to pan on top of onions .
place pan , uncovered , in middle of oven for around 30 minutes .
turn chicken every 10 minutes or so .
in a saucepan , bring 4 cups stock to a boil .
drain , and stir them into chicken mixture during the last 5 minutes of cooking .
sprinkle with parsley , and serve .
the dining room serves contemporary american food with japanese touches .
admission to the society is $ 6 for adults and $ 4 for students and those over 65 .
children 12 and under and members are free .
on saturday , sunday and monday the museum will set up a marketplace where food samples will be available .
but they have raised the standard of living in singapore , south korea and southern china , and they offer a leg up for people in countries like cambodia .
in asia , moreover , the factories tend to hire mostly girls and young women with few other job opportunities .
the result has been to begin to give girls and women some status and power , some hint of social equality , some alternative to the sex industry .
already there are very few factories in africa or the poor countries of asia , and if we raise the bar higher , there will be even fewer .
that would hurt american consumers .
the intelligence office did not cooperate at all , so we will try to get the police to help , he said .
we don't look into individual murders , only when it concerns an abuse of power , he said .
he had made the mistake of asking a commander to repay money he had borrowed .
also we find innocent people are put in jail for a very long time and for no reason , he said .
yet from their front row seats they remain overwhelmingly powerful .
when the police chief of a kabul district was killed several months ago , the interior ministry appointed a replacement , a trained professional .
but the man never took up his post .
in a pentagon news briefing , mr. rumsfeld said that when he heard that mr. o'neill was writing a book that would be sharply critical of the administration , i said i can't believe that ; i have known him for 30 years .
so i picked up the phone and called him , mr. rumsfeld added , and said , what is this business ?
someone tells me you're going to write a -- you know , one of those , what do you call them ?
sour grapes or -- you know , one of those insider things .
mr. o'neill assured him the book was about policy and substance , he said .
so i called him up and i said , you didn't go and do that , did you , paul ?
and he said , well , there is -- -- there will be people who feel that way , or something to that effect , mr. rumsfeld said .
asked tuesday about an investigation by the treasury department's inspector general into the circumstances surrounding a treasury document marked secret and shown in a segment about the book on the cbs program 60 minutes on sunday , mr. o'neill denied doing anything improper .
in an interview on today on nbc , mr. o'neill said that after his dismissal he had asked the department's general counsel to provide him with any documents to which he was entitled .
mr. o'neill provided the same explanation to nbc on tuesday .
defense minister peter struck said the country would reduce spending by 26 billion euros , or $ 33 billion , in the coming years and close as many as 100 military bases .
mr. struck repeated that vision yesterday , saying the whole world is a potential area of operations for the german military .
you hear so many good things about michelle .
you know , i was lucky enough to be around when tiger woods came out .
i saw tiger before he turned pro , when he was an amateur .
i think michelle , a lot of what she did today , reminds me a lot of what tiger used to do .
so i know where to go and where not to go .
but playing the way i am right now , i think i have a good chance .
i know i've worked really hard , she said .
so i don't think i'm going to get really that nervous .
i think in some ways , it will be tough for michelle to maybe keep up with that .
i think she can do that around here .
ten years ago , you would have never thought that , would you , that a girl , or a woman , would ever have the opportunity , or even the talent , to play with us .
officials declined to discuss the evidence in any detail .
legal experts said that a verdict in his bribery trial was still at least many months away and that he might find new ways to delay it even further .
but he left the leaders of some other countries feeling shut out .
the way in which the united states uses its money and power in this part of the world still makes some of its allies angry .
on tuesday morning he said , trade is the most certain path to lasting prosperity .
many leaders of the nations at this conference disagree .
he is politically moderate , leaning a little to the left , and his country has one of the region's strongest economies .
not just any free trade accord will work , he said .
signing one will not be any easy or direct path to prosperity .
a free trade accord cannot be the sole road in a single direction , he said .
the declaration did not give the united states precisely what it sought .
washington wanted a deadline of 2005 for the free trade area of the americas .
the declaration does not set a firm date .
nor does it ban corrupt governments from those meetings , as the united states wanted .
nor does it adopt mr. bush's thinking that trade is the best , most certain path to prosperity .
the populations of the united states , canada and mexico together represent about half the 800 million people who live in the 34 nations represented at the conference .
the discussion was supposed to be largely about how the other half lives .
perhaps 200 million or more are surviving on a dollar or two a day .
as the summit meeting closed on tuesday night , the consensus seemed to be that president bush and the leaders critical of his policies had failed to find much common ground or a common language .
he is prime minister , not president .
perhaps they would have done better not to wait .
the moment i hung up , they made their move .
officers caught five suspects immediately and a sixth later , but on tuesday investigators said that several people were still at large .
one of the two men pulled out a gun and announced the robbery while the other opened the front door and let five other men enter the store .
that was later changed to brooklyn .
they stayed behind a locked door and a closed for annual inventory sign .
it was like the gang who couldn't shoot straight .
that attack prompted workers to file a federal civil rights complaint that is now under investigation .
according to teachers and staff , the institution -- for male juvenile offenders 12 to 18 -- is a hazardous work environment because of a culture of poor management that plays down violent incidents .
the attack caused three of her colleagues to file a complaint last summer against the school's operator , the state department of children and families , with the office for civil rights of the federal department of education .
the complaint charges the state child welfare agency with failing to adequately protect staff at the institution from sexual harassment and discrimination .
her direct supervisor told her boys will be boys .
it's a challenging environment for staff , and they deserve our full support .
seminars on sexual harassment , for instance , do not include how to file complaints with administrators or the police .
aides to dr. dean said mr. carter would praise their candidate but stop short of an official endorsement .
who better to see than the guy who put the iowa caucuses on the map and who is still very popular in iowa , said a former carter adviser who spoke on the condition of anonymity .
in an interview with time magazine last month , mr. carter said of dr. dean , he seems to be doing quite well .
former president bill clinton has said he would not endorse during the primaries .
but two democratic candidates , senator joseph i. lieberman of connecticut and general clark , sought tuesday to highlight their ties to him .
borrowing a line from mr. clinton's speech there , mr. lieberman promised about 60 people that if they stuck by him , i'll stick with you , every day , every way and everywhere , until the last dog dies .
this is where bill clinton spoke in 1992 and , i believe , turned a corner in his campaign in new hampshire and for the white house , mr. lieberman said .
mr. lieberman , the democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000 , sought to tie himself to the clinton legacy , laying out plans to build on 10 clinton policy initiatives .
she is the present chairwoman of the united states commission on civil rights , not a former one .
the deadline to declare is friday .
moses broke three world records in the same pool two years ago .
james gibson of britain finished second in both races .
the list now has more than 80000 names , and the team expects it to top 100000 by the start of the season .
i had the best health care in the world , he said , setting up his promise to give everyone access to the same health plan that senators enjoy .
i changed to become independent two months ago .
i was very strongly leading toward another candidate .
but you've very thoroughly convinced me tonight .
if this is a revival , it could not have arrived at a more crucial time .
with six days until the caucuses , mr. kerry is battling from well behind in the polls .
an unexpectedly strong showing could send him back to new hampshire with buzz and momentum , and anything but a strong showing could end his candidacy .
there is little way to know whether there is a surge for mr. kerry , let alone how strong it may be .
i think people have doubts , mr. kerry said in an interview on tuesday .
in person , it comes across , she said .
he said he did not regret his decision , although his advisers acknowledge that it had cost him support .
but mr. gephardt was sharply critical of mr. bush's handling of the occupation of iraq and the crises in north korea and the middle east .
and last year we freed all iraqis from that dictator forever .
now americans and kurds need each other's understanding .
commitments to unity and autonomy may not be in conflict , but they are not in accord .
we just want to make sure that iraq's oil wealth is never again used against kurds .
the defense team has called the shooting a tragic accident .
then they will argue for dismissal of any they are uncomfortable with .
judge coleman said tuesday that the questioning would continue until all sides agreed on a pool of 60 potential jurors .
in due course , they built a gambling business .
all of that is going to slow down and reduce the amount of water we could deliver .
there is , for the moment , little evidence of stress in funding u.s. current account deficits , mr. greenspan said in a speech in berlin .
the united states economy and markets have not been hurt , mr. greenspan said , by a 25 percent decline in the dollar against major currencies since early 2002 .
yet , stock prices have risen and the cost of borrowing has fallen worldwide , helping european economies as well .
and in a response to a question , mr. greenspan said he was quite optimistic there would not be a dollar crisis because individual economies were more flexible than in the past .
these are difficult times , and the city is wounded .
it was his last game as president .
it's really a feeling of wounded pride .
but if he did it to steal money , that's not a good thing .
but on saturday , it rose to an occasion .
all those things written in the papers are garbage .
the fact that he had done this is an outrage and the fault lies entirely , absolutely with the authorities , he said .
dr. steinberg has spent her whole adult life as a physician .
why should she be required to abandon her patients and compromise her career ?
rather , she should be praised for her commitment to her medical practice .
terms of the deal , to be announced today , are not being disclosed .
this will give us the resources to compete to win -- maybe not every time , but we will be more competitive .
terms of the deal , to be announced today , were not disclosed .
i do have a suggestion for your reporter the next time that movie credits get too long and boring for him .
let's hope that giving credit where it is due will someday carry over to all aspects of our society .
the food and drug administration indeed exercises some regulatory oversight , by requiring that the products contain the ingredients listed on the labels .
but it does not require approval before sales , nor does it require manufacturers to prove the products are safe and effective before sale .
most of them privately agreed but warned of the cultural barriers that made the issue a difficult one for their governments .
the reasons are even stronger today .
it's worth it to fight for this school , she said .
the first day i came here and saw the upper grades walking around , i knew there was a difference .
they were confident , poised and their eyes were alive .
they did not have that anger in their eyes .
i really feel we've turned the corner , she said .
we're trying really hard not to sound defensive .
only 13 percent of 69 students tested met state standards in english , and 7 percent met standards in math .
but he said the poor test results did not reflect the school's vibrant academic atmosphere or the passion for teaching and learning in its classrooms .
somebody give me the definition of species , in your own words , she said .
there are about 25 students in each class , with teaching assistants in all three kindergarten classes .
there are lessons in art , music and drama , subjects that are sometimes eliminated in regular public schools because of budget cuts .
mayor michael r. bloomberg said he supported strict accountability .
it is encouraging if these schools are , as reported , not working that somebody is doing something about it , he said .
this is something we do every day to make sure our son is here , she said .
he's bright and he's reading a book a night .
give us time to fix what's wrong , she said .
my fourth graders had much lower reading skills than my third graders in this school .
i am not planning on sending her anywhere , she said .
mr. gray , 62 , has a history of depression and was badly hurt in a car crash in ireland in 2001 .
he was a man in transition , mr. russell said .
we thought that he might not come out of that .
but lieutenant armstrong said that mr. gray had not been there since christmas .
he went to the movies with his wife and son on saturday afternoon .
around 6 : 30 p.m. , he told his family that he was going to visit some friends and left by himself , the official said .
its bronx neighborhood was going downhill , and the administration felt it had to act .
in search of a hedge , the college opened a second campus in new rochelle , an urban pocket in affluent westchester county .
but within a decade , the original bronx neighborhood had revived , and new rochelle had begun to suffer the effects of a troubled retail environment .
rather than open a third campus , the college decided to look for a new pool of students , not in local high schools but in the caribbean .
including its bronx campus , monroe has almost 6000 students , but most of the foreign students go to new rochelle , because that is where most of the housing is .
we found out , first of all , mr. lopez said , that a lot of people in jamaica called high school college .
they thought of colleges as universities .
when we first came in , they were saying : why is monroe college doing a presentation ?
she said her parents were impressed when the vice president she met at her high school later approached them at a dinner .
on st. thomas everyone knows everyone , and here they do things the parents don't know , ms. thomas said , so the contact was important .
this made her aware of the college .
he said he saw an advertisement for monroe in a newspaper and , soon afterward , saw a presentation by mr. lopez .
mr. forbes completed the application process , with monroe providing guidance on obtaining his student visa .
within a few years , though , he realized he needed his bachelor's and returned to monroe , where he is finishing up .
the uconn women had lost only one game over the previous two seasons in winning consecutive national titles .
now we're going through a bad stretch and we lose .
notre dame students rushed onto the floor to celebrate .
we pulled to within 3 or 1 a couple of times but could not get over it .
but they did not score again , missing six straight shots down the stretch .
i think they felt that diana would save the day .
i went straight up and got the block .
i don't know if anyone could do what diana did the last two years .
turnout was higher than expected , officials said .
yesterday officials said it was about 16 percent .
washington has traditionally held its primary in the spring .
this time , city leaders decided to try to draw attention to their cause -- seeking to have voting representation in congress -- by making their primary the first in the nation .
my husband won't even come out and vote for this .
city officials tried to put the best face on their primary saying that while it did not turn out exactly as they had hoped it did draw the nation's attention to their cause .
we did this to get attention to the lack of voting rights for residents and it has been wildly successful , said councilman jack evans , who helped push the date change through the council .
we will continue to raise the profile .
the two were assistants under bill parcells in the late 80's .
but the defensive coordinator reputation , the past work , really helped .
hopefully , if we do well , my name will get back up on the short list .
by the time the ribs are tender , the cabbage is soft and creamy .
pour off excess fat , and add cabbage and some more salt and pepper .
add wine , and stir to release any brown bits stuck to bottom of pan .
cook , checking occasionally to be sure the mixture does not dry out .
sand at the front of the stage represents the desert ; a bare floor , a white table and a few chairs are all we get of home .
when we first meet the members of this family , they seem barely connected to one another or to anyone else .
a young woman in western dress lectures tourists about the desert .
she is lost in domestic routine ; he is lost in alzheimer's .
he is greg , and he left his family without warning eight years ago .
they have two children , both grown now , and greg wants desperately to see them ; they are what drew him back .
and he wants desperately to see them .
david , the younger child , is missing ; he disappeared not long after his father left .
we will be guided through each room ; study the details of each life over those eight years .
after the mother died , the father and daughter were stuck with each other .
these scenes are very strong ; they run deep .
we even see greg on the road , sealed off from his family .
it is hard to give a group of characters equal depth , and this play has seven .
at times i wanted to say : please , go back to catherine and richard , or to catherine and greg .
presented by new york theater workshop .
this time american military officials would not allow him to film any of the concrete barriers or other security measures set up to guard the airport from attack .
even with just two new original songs , it was nominated for best alternative album .
you get lucky , and things happen .
i don't know , it really seems like it could all end tomorrow .
rarely does a band reach success so late in its career .
it is estimated to have lost at least $ 10 million .
many lessons were learned , and so it goes .
she was not available for comment yesterday , a press representative for the show said .
ms. o'donnell had set out to shake up the traditional way of marketing and producing shows on broadway .
so i think the fact that i'm producing this and putting my money in it speaks volumes to people who for six years went to see broadway shows based on my enthusiasm .
the musical , which had been a minor hit in london in 2001 and 2002 , told a story of fame , drugs and sexual confusion set in the london club scene of the early 1980's .
the show promptly received some of the worst reviews of the season .
still ms. o'donnell seemed committed to running the production for as long as it took to find an audience , investing more money in television and print advertising as recently as last week .
but i never go in there , mr. franco said .
it has been exactly one month since president bush announced the capture of saddam hussein .
whether he will cooperate remains to be seen .
but there is another line of questioning officials might pursue -- one that depends less on the cooperation of mr. hussein than on the assistance of the united states federal reserve bank .
answering this question would help our understanding of terrorist financial networks .
it comes into circulation through a bank that has an account at the fed for which it was printed .
and the bank knows who that customer was .
still , each bank in the chain can give the name of the customer to which it gave these bills .
banks are not , the fed insists , law enforcement agencies .
all four are consistently competitive in division i and have won a total of four n.c.a.a. hockey titles .
and i feel relief for our coaches who can recruit now without having to address this as one of their main concerns .
colorado college won the division i championship in 1950 and 1957 , finished second in 1996 and third in 1997 .
the executive committee of the eastern college athletic conference was to discuss this week whether to replace vermont .
but dartmouth did everything they needed to do to win this game , too .
harvard moved down to third in the u.s. .
college hockey online poll and dartmouth moved up to second .
they failed to do so , the judges ruled .
advocates for the mentally ill called the flawed inspections another unfortunate chapter in the history of the homes .
he said the department was considering changing state regulations to enable it to more readily go after homes repeatedly found to be in violation .
it's sad that some adult home operators would rather spend their energy and resources finding ways to skirt their responsibility to provide quality service and care to residents , rather than taking appropriate steps to address the violations , mr. kenny said .
in all , the fines in those cases amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars , officials said .
they have asserted that the state continues to require the homes to shoulder more responsibilities while failing to increase the fees it pays them .
the state will not be able to use previous reports to bolster the cases , officials said .
as has happened over the years , the people who have suffered will continue to suffer -- adult home residents .
we believe that there are many places where actions need to be taken to improve homes .
tired of hot chocolate that can set you back $ 5 a cup ?
but the only way to get it was to import it from italy .
the web site lists many retail sources .
we didn't taste it , so we didn't know how good it was .
when they had the chance for the first time in their lives to eat as much as they wanted , they ate roast meat .
it's amazing how quickly we are catching up with the rest of the world .
we are a very young country , not stuck in tradition .
in a single decade , mr. buck said , he has watched his country's wine industry grow from 100 to 350 producers , most of them making less than 10000 cases a year .
it's going to have to hit the wall sometime , he said , and i suspect that the time may come soon .
its best idea , i thought , was english -- another game pie , this one made with duck , spinach and mushrooms .
you start smiling the instant you sit down .
the floors are bare , the menu is plain and the 12 tables are covered with paper .
then , to our surprise , he announced that he had a helicopter waiting .
it is on the country's north island , not the south .
to some , her dismissal came as no surprise .
but even many of those who supported her said that the problem was not so much her ideas as her style .
tom and i often talked about the best way to go about it .
but that is for tom to decide , and it's not appropriate for me to comment .
the committee is advisory and has no official power .
but others present a different picture .
she presented her revision to the committee in august .
a search committee member , who spoke on condition of anonymity , said : look , when she had her mind set on something , no one was going to change it .
otherwise , if in any way i undermine him , i have nothing .
i have just a man standing at the door .
she has tremendous ideas and tremendous enthusiasm .
similar responses from others discouraged her from pursuing it further .
the conflicts have a long history .
a majority of farmers on the committee have spaces at union square .
the issue has never advanced beyond a discussion .
and the market needs a larger vision .
at ferry plaza farmers market in san francisco , some producers have permanent indoor spaces with running water and electricity .
large , attractive signs describe the farms and their methods of production .
the ferry building is very well organized , dan barber , an owner of blue hill restaurant in greenwich village , said .
you go there and you feel like you're in 2004 .
for many years , mrs. fisher was deeply involved in charitable work alongside her husband , a leading new york builder , especially to benefit the country's military , its veterans and their families .
they began the fisher house foundation in 1990 to build homes away from home for families of hospitalized members of the military and the fisher armed forces scholarship foundation to help active and former military personnel and their families .
they were supposed to understand his situation and not to let him do such a thing , even if he asked .
this was a great mistake , and the one who made this mistake should be made accountable .
palestinians have carried out more than 100 suicide attacks , killing hundreds of israeli civilians , in the past three years .
a strong majority of palestinians have backed them throughout the fighting , though it has become more common recently to hear palestinians oppose them .
but the army said it had identified and shot a youth who had thrown large rocks down at soldiers .
at a funeral several hours later , the crowd carried the bodies through the streets toward a cemetery .
palestinian witnesses denied that he had threatened the soldiers .
he was not conscious of what he was doing .
the whole city knew about my son , but not me , he said .
now i have lost two sons without understanding why .
he was chairman of royal crown from 1966 to 1984 .
when brown was governor of kentucky in the early 1980's , he chose young as chairman of the executive cabinet .
she was appointed deputy foreign editor in 1997 and became editor of the week in review section in 1999 .
but the clash was on full display on tuesday in the courtroom .
mr. moore said mr. lane was offered accommodations to enable him to go to his hearing , including being carried upstairs or having the hearing moved to the ground floor .
the bush administration entered the case to defend the law .
it just shows that the state didn't go out of its way to provide help .
it's all about taking the moral high ground .
i won't tolerate anybody who sees government as their own personal cash register , he says .
not that that was a problem the first time around , when he quit his law firm job and ran as an unknown .
if you work so hard to get elected , why would you want to work that hard and then , if you get into office , have somebody else pulling your strings ?
i mean , what's the worst that can happen ?
i don't go to the trump school of fashion , he says .
i know just enough about how to dress myself so that i don't get laughed at ; i'm a macy's or today's man kind of guy .
the united nations said tuesday that it had decided to send security advisers to baghdad to study safety provisions in preparation for a possible early return of staff members to iraq .
the whole infrastructure of democracy is something that the u.n. does very well .
four members of the council have accepted , but there is no word on whether members of the occupation authority will participate .
tuesday's decision , by a panel of the united states court of appeals for the second circuit , in new york , appears to put limits on the power of a new president to reverse policies of his predecessor .
in a revision that was thrown out by the court tuesday , the bush administration would have required improvement of only 20 percent .
proponents of the clinton rule had argued that eventually , the difference between a 20 percent improvement and a 30 percent improvement would amount to more than 1 percent of the electricity demand on a peak summer day .
with lower peak demand , they said , fewer new power plants would be needed , air pollution from generating stations would be lower , less natural gas would be used , and markets would be more stable .
but they are also more expensive to buy and , the institute says , are always larger , so that they will be hard to fit into houses as old units need replacement .
besides new york , the plaintiffs in the case decided tuesday were new jersey , connecticut , vermont , maine , nevada , california , the natural resources defense council , the consumer federation of america and the public utility law project .
but it is already clear that the governor has failed the state and is no longer capable of leading .
it is time for mr. rowland to stop trying to save himself at public expense and step down .
more important than the polls , however , is the fact that he can no longer run the state .
mr. rowland should step aside now , while the choice is his .
coach phil jackson said tuesday that bryant would not need surgery but that he would probably go on the injured list .
o'neal could return wednesday night against denver , and it is not clear when malone will be back .
everyone has the right to change their mind , jeter said yesterday , a day after clemens announced he was returning to baseball with his hometown team .
everyone thought he was going to retire , but with andy going to houston , i think it changed his plans .
he's the only one who can decide when he's finished .
from a team point of view , we weren't planning on having him here this year , jeter said in a telephone interview .
we don't have to think about houston .
i think we've got a pretty strong team , jeter said .
i don't look at it as there should be any worries .
i just look at it as we're changing personnel .
jeter said he naturally becomes eager as spring training approaches .
he is looking forward to seeing some of his new teammates .
the yankees change them , jeter said .
we've had people come here over the years , and they've had the reputation of being this or being that and they've fit in .
besides , jeter noted , there is always an easy solution to any problem on the yankees .
just do what the yankees have failed to do for three straight seasons and win a championship .
we don't go into the season saying that we're trying to win the division or get to the world series .
we say we're trying to win the world series .
those new guys , if they don't know about that , they'll learn it quick .
some were afraid of it ; others were afraid for it .
even the postal service had to wait .
he needs to be brought back where he belongs -- the woods , she said .
it cleaned itself , put its head down .
then the sun came out , and a heroine arrived .
the freedom of all americans is diminished .
in the days after the terrorist attacks , nearly 1000 suspects , most of them muslim men , were detained .
a vast majority proved to have no connection to terrorism .
the center for national security studies and other groups sued under the freedom of information act to learn their names and the circumstances of their arrests .
but the plaintiffs , backed by news organizations , including the new york times , contended that the exemption did not apply because this sort of information was given out in ordinary police investigations .
the trial court agreed , and ordered most names released .
the supreme court's decision not to hear this appeal comes as the bush administration is increasingly asserting the right to conduct law enforcement in secret .
the supreme court will soon confront the larger issue of civil liberties after sept. 11 .
to my knowledge , myself and my partners , nobody has ever given any authority for medical information to the mets .
he added , i think i characterized all the conversations between the doctors as more than what it was .
he called for new jersey to be the first state in the country to offer parents a plan that would require large employers to give them 16 hours of paid time off to attend their children's school functions .
he urged assessments for developers and set a goal of cutting diesel emissions by 20 percent , saying , i invite the legislature to join me , but i will continue alone if necessary .
our economy is strong , as strong as any in the nation , mr. mcgreevey said , noting that new jersey had gained 40000 jobs since 2001 while the nation lost 2 million .
he did not say how much money the state would contribute , but his aides said several million dollars would be required .
the governor did not hint at any increased state aid for municipalities and school districts for the next fiscal year ; his proposals for aid levels will not be announced until his budget address on feb. 24 .
no one has done that in nearly 15 years , he said .
all of that makes georgia an unlikely site for what have been relatively hopeful events in the last several weeks .
the three of them are part of a dynamic generation of educated young leaders .
his major challenge will be the economy .
georgia produces very little that it can sell abroad .
in the process , mr. edwards is forcing opponents who had once paid little mind to his candidacy to factor him into their calculations .
my campaign is not built on the politics of putting people down .
it's based on the politics of lifting people up .
but democratic leaders say mr. edwards could come in third or even second .
that could put him in a strong position going into new hampshire , where democrats say he is struggling , and down to south carolina , which he has said he must win to stay in the race .
rising petroleum costs helped push up the price of imports .
the price of meat exports dropped 3 percent after rising 1.7 percent in november .
what's at the top of my list of new places to try in new york ?
they make it clear who they are and what they do , so it's very easy to remember them .
but we have people coming down every day .
still industry professionals agree that the legal industry will remain active in 2004 and perhaps even retain its lead .
she also said firms wanted a greater new york presence .
even in times of economic turmoil , he said , a law firm's practices that deal with bankruptcy and mergers and acquisitions , for instance , remain active .
mr. becker would not disclose the rent , but he did say it would be below what we are now paying .
he said they accounted for 27 percent of all leasing activity in transactions over 10000 square feet , for a total of 1.8 million feet .
it is at 3 world financial center , not 3 world trade center .
he also said europe was prepared to remove as many as four of the issues that were strongly opposed by developing nations .
but according to two music executives who have worked with mr. reid , steep financial losses at the label were a factor .
but one music executive said several artists were shocked mr. reid was leaving and were upset that he would no longer be working with them .
we'll look into any stories that arise as we work through this now public process .
now that we have looked more closely at the story , we have serious concerns , the statement said .
this is a family arms market , she said .
people aren't going to change in two months .
it's not surprising the figures are going to be the same .
but it is the only broadcast network out of the six that has yet to have a hit reality show .
and mr. levin said several other reality shows were in the works .
it obviously gets you quick ratings but the investment you make in it does not result in long-term reward .
the numbers have not been pretty for the network , which has lost close to 20 percent of its audience this season , a larger percentage than any other network .
still , by any measure , that is a significant slump .
the republican leader of the state senate said on tuesday that next year's state budget need not include billions of dollars more for schools to satisfy a court mandate to offer children a sound basic education .
at a news conference , the senate majority leader , joseph l. bruno , also called for reforms to break the habit of passing late budgets in new york , a practice that has gone on for 19 straight years .
mr. bruno said he expected the state to pass a budget this year without addressing a solution to the school equity issues raised by the campaign for fiscal equity on behalf of children in the new york city schools .
it is not necessary that we address it in this coming budget , but it has to get addressed and resolved before we leave session , mr. bruno said of the court of appeals order .
later , in june , mr. bruno said , i think it should get resolved so that we have a plan in place , we have a consensus , so that people know where we are .
the court order says a decision must be in place by july 30 .
city officials have been pressing for a resolution of the court order this year , to begin pouring resources immediately into the public schools .
sheldon silver , the assembly speaker , said he did not think the court allowed the state to roll the financing issue over to another year .
the court's ruling is prompting intense debate in albany over how to see that the new york city schools are financed at the same level as others around the state .
it is expected to be one of the biggest budget issues lawmakers face this year , at a time when they must also close a shortfall of about $ 6 billion .
the state's budget of about $ 90 billion includes more than $ 14 billion in aid for local school districts .
he said the first step , as the court ordered , would be to assess the true cost per student of providing a sound basic education .
part of that assessment , mr. bruno said , would be determining whether new york city itself was contributing enough money to the education of its 1.1 million public school students .
mayor michael r. bloomberg said at a city hall news conference that the city had continued to spend on education the amount it said it would in an agreement the mayor reached with the legislature when he won control over city schools .
i think that there is a cart and there is a horse , he said .
what comes first in my mind is the horse , and that means that you have to know what is the cost of a proper education .
once we know that , then you deal with the dollars .
his plan calls for the governor to submit his budget earlier in the year , by jan. 15 , and proposes shifting the start of the state fiscal year from april 1 to may 1 .
noting that the assembly had passed its own package of bills to change the process last year , she said the assembly was optimistic that we can arrive at an agreement with the senate .
they have proposed an underground space called the memorial center , perhaps two acres or more in extent , according to those who have seen the design .
at the end of the long descent will be an underground space some 30 feet high .
several of the people who accompanied the young architect on this visit said he was deeply moved .
the agency's new york bureau chief , matt campbell , said an editor in frankfurt had sent them out in error .
an embargo warning clients not to publish the pictures immediately was not contained with the information accompanying the images .
among the first people to see the finished design yesterday were members of the jury .
we do not view our selection of a winner as the end of the memorial , they wrote in a statement that is to be distributed today .
rather , we see our selection as one more stage of memory , they said .
they had suggested the possibility of including surviving original elements from the trade center .
we had additional discussions , steve coleman , an authority spokesman , said yesterday .
as a result of those discussions , we decided to get things moving .
the more advice we can get about what we can do , the better able we will be to protect the artifacts we have out there , he said .
as we get advice from additional experts , we will continue to do more .
it is our goal to preserve those things as best as we possibly can , mr. coleman said .
, a group that advocates for housing for poor and middle-class people .
the question is , as the city's economic situation begins to improve , how do we build on their commitment ?
housing is really one of the keys along with jobs and great quality of life that gives new york city a future , mr. bloomberg said .
and he has cut through a lot of stuff that other people get backed up on because he comes from the corporate world .
from our perspective , the willingness has always been there but not the program .
we hope we don't lose money but we might .
my husband and i didn't mind the 9 minutes 33 seconds of closing credits at the end of the lord of the rings : the return of the king .
perhaps theaters should post the starting times of the feature film , and let the customer decide if he wants to watch the advertising .
it showed jim peterson , the trade minister of canada .
i sit through the film credits because they give me hope .
because of an editing error , an article in the arts yesterday about lobbying for the golden globe film awards , voted by the hollywood foreign press association , referred incorrectly to stern , a publication represented in the association .
it is a german magazine , not a newspaper .
to be perfect , you complete every pass .
quarterback ratings in the 80's and the 90's are actually considered quite good .
it's part of a graphic no one pays much attention to , he said .
smith said he and his committee sought to use the four categories to create a 10-year standard of achievement against which quarterbacks could be measured .
now , having stood the test of time , the quarterback rating is living the good life , thanks to manning .
financial terms were not disclosed .
the company said it would spend 1.2 trillion won on a production line to increase output of dynamic random access memory chips , used mainly for computer memory , and flash memory , which is used in music players and storage cards for digital cameras .
about 100 fans ran onto the floor after the final buzzer .
sales excluding currency movements and acquisitions rose 15 percent in the quarter , the retailer said .
anything colorful has flown out of the stores .
the loss was before tax , he said .
at least , not unless states follow his commission's advice , he added .
it calls for an overall spending increase of $ 30 billion to raise teacher pay -- not necessarily a scientific number , but something to get the debate started .
we've wasted another year instead of acting upon these recommendations .
the nation will need two million new teachers within the next decade , yet half of all teachers leave the classroom within the first five years , the commission says .
and states that do , sometimes allow them to get half the questions wrong and still receive a license .
he and his staff say they have already heard expressions of interest from 8 to 10 current governors who are willing to work with us on the issue .
the cash transaction , announced yesterday , is expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2004 , company officials said .
some products being considered for sale , like a makeup line , fall outside its health care focus .
financial terms were not disclosed .
during the protest , american soldiers opened fire -- possibly after being shot at -- and killed a woman and a man in a passing car , said family members including the dead man's younger brother , who had been in the car .
all this adds up to a tense situation across iraq that is keeping allied soldiers on edge .
there were just over two attacks daily against iraqi security forces and one per day against iraqi civilians , he added .
contributing to the tense security situation are claims from iraqi civilians and police officers that american soldiers have killed innocent civilians .
the military is still investigating , he said .
all five rockets starters scored in double figures .
new orleans has lost three straight .
ben wallace had 12 points and 17 rebounds for the pistons .
there was no immediate indication of what caused the crash .
there were no immediate reports of damage or injury .
the twins bob and mike bryan are scheduled to play doubles .
a spokeswoman for the department of education said that mr. david , who has taught in city schools since 2001 , had been transferred to an office job pending investigation .
this is a good thing and a bad thing .
but his implied answer is : with luck , we'll know these movies when we see them .
the discovery touched off an investigation by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences , the associated press reported .
now , he visits local schools , hoping that by telling of his experiences , he can educate students and help to prevent a killing like the holocaust from happening again .
she said his story had made her burst into tears .
but neither expected the impression they would have on each other , and how deep their friendship would grow with the only apparent bond being death .
i'd tell him , you may want to die , but don't you want your children to live ?
he served in the united states army in germany .
most of her other relatives were also killed , including her grandmother .
she was brought to new york in october 1995 , by an uncle who legally adopted her and applied for political asylum for her .
she said she still sees her family in her dreams .
at first , i guess i hoped it might just go away .
she said , some of my friends are afraid to ask me about it and i'm not a person who talks about my problems .
i didn't know what to do with my experience and he showed me , she said when asked about that day .
but when they see both of us , they see the problem is the same , he said .
people are still being taught hatred and it is hatred that we are fighting .
they are a son and a daughter , not two sons .
on dec. 21 , the nation officially jumped to orange alert , and remained there until last friday .
and the decrease in flights into los angeles international airport since the sept. 11 attacks means less money from landing fees and concessions .
since 9 / 11 , los angeles has spent $ 15 million to $ 20 million in costs directly related to alert level increases , while receiving promises of only $ 4.5 million from the federal government .
some estimates of the city's total security bill since sept. 11 reach $ 150 million , with only about $ 50 million in federal grants on the horizon .
so what can los angeles expect to get from washington to cover the latest round of overtime and other expenses ?
meanwhile , the costs of the orange alert come straight out of the city's budget .
the potential consequences are obvious -- there's no question that big cities have an essential role to play in protecting the country against terrorism .
the total amount of the fund and the weekly averages could be reviewed yearly to ensure fairness and accuracy .
the officials said they believed that the measure was especially timely because they were facing pressure from conservatives eager to see the federal government defend traditional marriage , after a decision by the highest court in massachusetts .
the court ruled in november that gay couples had a right to marry under the state's constitution .
administration officials said they did not know if mr. bush would mention the amendment , but they expressed confidence that his marriage promotion plan would please conservatives .
the proposal is the type of relatively inexpensive but politically potent initiative that appeals to white house officials at a time when they are squeezed by growing federal budget deficits .
this year , administration officials said , mr. bush will probably visit programs trying to raise marriage rates in poor neighborhoods .
the president loves to do that sort of thing in the inner city with black churches , and he's very good at it , a white house aide said .
in an interview with abc news last month , mr. bush was asked if he would support a constitutional amendment against gay marriage and gay civil unions .
wade f. horn , the assistant secretary of health and human services for children and families , said : marriage programs do work .
on average , children raised by their own parents in healthy , stable married families enjoy better physical and mental health and are less likely to be poor .
some women's groups like the now legal defense and education fund oppose government programs that promote marriage .
we know this is a sensitive area , dr. horn said .
we don't want to come in with a heavy hand .
we want to help couples , especially low-income couples , manage conflict in healthy ways .
this initiative will not force anyone to get or stay married .
the last thing we'd want is to increase the rate of domestic violence against women .
as a federal official , he said , he is bound by a 1996 statute , the defense of marriage act , which defined marriage for any program established by congress .
the law states , the word marriage means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife .
but dr. horn said : i don't have any problem with the government providing support services to gay couples under other programs .
if a gay couple had a child and they were poor , they might be eligible for food stamps or cash assistance .
senator john kerry of massachusetts says health care legislation would be the first bill he would send to congress as president .
they say the president will campaign as having already delivered the biggest expansion of medicare in 38 years , adding prescription drug benefits for the elderly , and can thus be trusted to improve the health care system for all .
the question now is who has the track record , a bush campaign adviser said .
but in a general election campaign , republicans are convinced that the legislation will be a big advantage .
their support for total repeal has drawn increasing fire from several of their rivals , who say it would be unfair to eliminate the tax cuts for the middle class .
mr. gephardt , in many ways , set the pace for the democrats last april when he released a broad proposal that requires all employers to offer health coverage to their workers , and provides them with major new tax credits to do so .
mr. gephardt says matt was saved by aggressive , experimental treatments that would not have been available if his family did not have good health insurance .
we can have a big fight later , he says .
mr. edwards also puts a heavy emphasis on children ; he would require that everyone younger than 21 have insurance and give parents new assistance to provide it .
the problem with health care in america is not just bringing in 43 million americans who don't have insurance at all , mr. kerry has said .
moreover , the fiscal crisis in many states has forced cutbacks in their health programs .
some health advocates have long said they see a potential deal in congress , between the democrats who would like to see the public programs cover more people , and the republicans who advocate a tax credit approach .
this article is the third in a series comparing the policy positions of the democratic candidates for president .
the terms of the two deals are virtually identical to the tentative agreements reached last week .
there was no indication yesterday of when , or if , the government planned to revive that complaint .
but it is not clear whether that information would suggest or sustain criminal charges .
legislation to curb class actions is a priority of president bush and many republicans in congress .
the two law school professors who conducted the study , which was not financed by corporations or by trial lawyers , expressed surprise themselves over the results .
the study also found that neither the mean nor the median level of fee awards has increased over time .
the average fee rose as high as $ 31 million in 2000 , but exceeded $ 10 million in only two other years .
fees were higher in cases that were more risky and were higher in federal court cases than in state courts .
he added that the study did not have a political agenda .
it's our job just to keep score , he said .
many states , we don't have problems with what happens , he said .
the article also relied on court opinions describing settlements , mr. anderson said , and those tend to be federal cases .
it's a critical piece of information that wasn't there , he added .
the types of cases may also have changed over the last decade , she said .
for example , smaller settlements might be reported more or less often .
but critical facts are often sealed by the courts , he said .
though a handful of places can measure their age in decades , most restaurants , especially of the neighborhood variety , do not last until 10 .
that's not so long ago , perhaps , but remember , these are restaurant years .
you could do this in an oven set at 225 to 250 , he said .
actually , start it on a higher setting , say 350 , then put it in the oven and drop it right down to 250 .
about three and a half pounds , he said .
i used maybe two and a half tablespoons of salt .
when you use food like this , you need to pay attention .
i use veal stock from the restaurant , he said .
heat oil and brown lamb on all sides .
add wine and stock , and bring to a bare simmer .
check pan occasionally during cooking , adding hot water if the pan begins to dry .
strain liquid in pan , and set aside to let fat rise .
everyone's looking for an angle ; everyone wants something new .
and because it stores better , it will probably remain the standard .
he once grew about 200 acres , he said , but has cut back because of competition from mexico , where labor , land and water are much cheaper .
last year i let 70000 pounds go to the ground , he said .
since i grow dates , that gave me the idea to raise other items that appeal to ethnic communities .
the range of species and fruits is extremely exciting , ms. birmingham said in a phone interview .
their potential for culinary use is enormous .
as of october , french champagne sales for the first nine months of last year were up 15 percent over the same period in 2002 , industry analysts say .
imports accounted for 27 percent of the total united states wine market last year and almost 50 percent of all supermarket sales of wines costing $ 5 to $ 12 .
champagne is still seen as a luxury product and less subject to market changes .
robert jordan , a leading american bridge player , died saturday at his home in west palm beach , fla .
on three occasions , mr. jordan came close to winning the world team title .
his partner on all three occasions was arthur robinson .
he served briefly in the army at the end of world war ii and then became a businessman , dealing in cemetery lots .
after retiring from tournament bridge he moved from philadelphia to cincinnati , and eventually to florida .
i hope that the day will come when we won't have to be in the strip and you will truly be free to handle more essential matters , mr. sharon said on israeli television and radio .
price denied the charge in a statement released by his lawyer , howard jacobs .
only the order was changed when president john f. kennedy made the push for sending people to the moon .
that goal was originally supposed to come after the space shuttle and the space station .
in 1989 , the first president george bush announced plans for a permanent moon base and sending astronauts to mars .
but the plans died after nasa estimated it would cost more than $ 400 billion to get to mars .
nasa has since incorporated many of those ideas into a proposal , last updated in 1998 , that would cost $ 50 billion .
but this is less about the past and more about the future .
i want to draw attention to the suffering of immigrants who are here without papers .
i want the people of switzerland to fight against falling into the same situation again without even knowing it .
this rehabilitation is symbolic proof that decisions at the time were wrong .
there will be no financial compensation .
several hundred swiss lost their jobs or were fined or even imprisoned for secretly helping jews and other refugees flee the nazis .
she was put in detention in geneva for 18 days .
on the swiss side , in geneva , she delivered them to a man waiting with a bicycle .
they had no use for children , she added .
today , more than ever , we need heroes , and aim & eacute ; e is a hero of the best kind .
the foundation is named for a swiss police officer and former school teacher who illegally allowed about 3000 austrian jews to enter switzerland during 1938 and 1939 .
after retiring as an elementary school teacher in 1987 , she helped set up an underground school in a church to teach french to the children of illegal immigrants .
it is outside of montreal , not in toronto .
we need to be better about keeping politics out of the policy process , mr. o'neill told dick cheney , his old friend from the ford administration who had recommended him for the job early on .
mr. o'neill did manage , for a time , to head off talk of a tax cut on dividends .
to his credit , president bush , who is depicted as having a hard time following the discussion , wonders at the same meeting whether he hasn't already given wealthy people enough of a break .
when you have people with a strong ideological position and you only hear from one side , you can pretty much predict the outcome , he says of the energy task force .
a proposal to tax businesses that do not provide health insurance to workers got a cool reception on tuesday .
the senate majority leader , joseph l. bruno , said he strongly supported the goal of providing health insurance to everyone , but would not support raising business taxes to do it .
in addition , it is hard for fiscal conservatives to vote for a tax increase in an election year .
we don't believe this is a time to be raising taxes , said one senior pataki aide who spoke on the condition of anonymity .
even the assembly speaker , sheldon silver , a democrat who has been a champion of expanding health care for the working poor , said he did not want to raise taxes .
somewhere in that mix we have to come up with something to accomplish both of those goals .
about three million new yorkers lack health benefits .
state bonds would also be sold as part of the plan to provide $ 1 billion to $ 2 billion to financially troubled state hospitals .
the business council of new york state immediately denounced the plan as another burden on struggling businesses .
the third , and youngest , defendant had a smaller role in the attacks , and has been living at home , family members of the victims said .
recent episodes , such as the new system of identification of travelers , create a negative climate in public opinion with inevitable political implications , which is not in the interest of the two countries , the statement said .
worried that the national government's continued tough line may discourage tourism from the united states in advance of carnival , the city government here is looking for ways to reduce any loss of business .
i am talking here about pete rose , that other would-be candidate for the baseball hall of fame .
writing that book and going on television were the worst possible things rose could have done .
there is an old saying that everybody is responsible for his or her face by the age of 40 .
clemens has every right to change his mind .
george does not accord his general managers enough respect to allow them to operate freely as adults with their own value system .
the yankees gave clemens more than he gave them .
they gave him the stage where his talent , his drive , his discipline , would be worth something .
clemens said all the right things about being a yankee .
his cozy relationship with his new owner says he gets to stay home when his boys have a game , but that's hardly why he's coming back .
not totally unlike pete rose , roger clemens felt the rush .
but why should clemens be loyal to the yankees ?
the police stopped drivers for 10 to 15 seconds each to ask if they had any knowledge of the accident .
three other justices , though , said they did not have enough information to draw that ultimate conclusion .
the doctor has recommended that she call it a career .
she says of that prospect , sitting in one of the $ 15 seats of her penny opera house , near the gas stove .
that is the bad part of life , but without death there would be no urgency .
there would be no need to create anything of virtue , no necessity to make use of one's time .
men have come around with promises to help preserve the place , she says .
an architect who attended the performance on saturday said the roof was long past its worth .
window shopping on fifth avenue , i always loved that .
confirmation day on ninth avenue with the little girls in their white dresses and gloves .
it used to be such a wonderful city .
she had been told they had an orchestra , so she brought sheet music .
in the second half of her life , she has become something of a living treasure , the subject of documentary films , magazine articles and local dinner conversation .
she has a message for the new york artist .
while you have time left , find a place where you can live out your dreams , she says .
even if it is on top of a mountain or in the middle of a desert .
he is meeting a community need , he says , and he is doing it straight up .
when you come here , you know that everything is 99 cents or less .
what new item that i never knew i needed will appear on the shelves this week ?
he says that he used to work in electronics sales , until his older brother explained the potential in discount stores .
now their family operates three stores in the bronx , including this one on burke avenue , a few steps away from an elevated subway line .
on average , he pays about 65 cents for what he sells for 99 cents .
once they're inside , he reasons , who knows what might catch their eye ?
matter of fact , my customers were helping me out .
a lot of my customers say , why don't you go up in price ?
gill , a former nebraska quarterback , has been offered the job of receivers coach .
but we're holding ourselves to rigorous , very scientific standards , precisely to distinguish it from previous claims .
its temperature is more than a trillion degrees .
i've heard that they're not looking into that fight .
it's what they do at boxing news conferences .
i can't guarantee anything more because of what's going on , shaw said .
i don't want to use this term , guarantee .
some of the most admired were missing body parts .
that blood head , he said , is like a thing out of time , something out of time .
it's a moment of me , it's my shape and my blood , at that moment , frozen .
well , he said , there are three of them .
the first blood alter ego is in the saatchi collection in england , a second is in dallas , and the third is in korea , he told us .
she said that he had abused her , and that she was afraid .
and she needed the help of the new york times neediest cases fund and the charities it supports .
she said that until that point , she could not see how hard her life had become .
but first they had to find housing and support to pull their lives together .
the met council also helped her to receive a grant for $ 5000 toward reduced legal fees .
and it assisted with her application for section 8 housing , which is not only for the homeless , but also for victims of domestic violence , and she was granted housing in may 2002 .
that was not dying and was not living , she said .
the one thing that has not ended is the marriage .
i feel so much stronger , she said .
the times pays the fund's expenses , so all contributions go directly to the charities , which use them to provide services and cash assistance to the poor .
contributions to the fund are deductible on federal , state and city income taxes to the extent permitted by law .
the administration unveiled plans to block tax shelters , specifically those that allow companies to buy public works and lease them back .
the bush administration had previously barred companies from nations that opposed the war , including canada , from bidding on the iraq reconstruction contracts .
but the way in which the united states uses its money and power in this part of the world still makes some of its other allies angry .
saddam hussein warned his iraqi supporters to be wary of joining forces with foreign arab fighters entering iraq to battle american troops , according to a document found with the former iraqi leader at the time of his capture .
ten years after the collapse of president clinton's health plan , the democratic party's presidential candidates are once again proposing major new programs for guaranteed , affordable health insurance .
drugs are significantly cheaper in canada because of government price controls .
although drug imports are banned under united states law , the food and drug administration has the discretion to allow small amounts to be imported for personal use .
a growing number of states and municipalities have called for the ban to be eased so they can lower drug costs for their employees .
she added , we continue to do everything we can to manage our medication supply in canada .
he added that he had noticed no decline in supplies from canada .
still , its tone surprised his rivals and experts in iowa politics .
that advertisement was more in keeping with the general tone of the other candidate commercials that have run here in the closing weeks .
we got a lot of excitement and energy around this campaign , mr. edwards said .
there is a lot of movement going on .
unfortunately , it's just typical of what people have come to expect .
last week , howard dean , who said he's running on straight talk , promised a positive campaign , he said in a statement .
now howard dean is ending his iowa campaign with the old style negative attack politics .
mr. kerry indicated he would not respond in kind , adding later , i intend to continue to talk about my vision for america , my vision for iowa .
we will do what we think is important to do to try to get our message across and make sure people understand all the issues in this campaign , mr. gephardt said .
mr. gephardt also defended his new television advertisement in the boston and new hampshire markets , his first in new hampshire in some time .
the commercial notes that dr. dean , general clark and senators kerry and lieberman of connecticut all supported the north american free trade agreement , which has been blamed for severe job losses .
mr. gephardt led the fight against the pact in congress .
this is the dialogue that goes on in campaigns , mr. gephardt said on monday .
i've been talking about our differences on trade for the entire time .
one adviser said last night that his already sizable advertising campaign would grow even larger in the next few days .
people who are beginning to get fed up with the attacks and are tired of the campaign and have questions about what kind of person howard dean is could decide even if he's right on the war issue , i'm not sure i want him to be my president .
the oil company managed the strong results in spite of a falling dollar and higher transportation costs .
it received the oil fields under saddam hussein's regime in 1997 , but the regime abruptly canceled the concessions just before the united states invasion last year .
it is no secret that company management held talks with the iraqi government at the end of december .
obviously , we are more than ready to work in iraq .
the 1996 law , among other things , sought to increase competition in local and long-distance phone service .
the ruling , which was unanimous though issued in separate opinions , was also seen as a benefit to companies outside the telecommunications industry .
so this should have little market impact .
the ruling , he added , is a setback to smaller phone companies that have sought to challenge the large local carriers on antitrust grounds .
a day before the legislature was expected to announce the formation of a committee to study his impeachment , gov. john g. rowland of connecticut said on tuesday that he welcomed the inquiry .
governor rowland released a statement tuesday saying : i welcome a process that is deliberate , objective , and fair .
mr. rowland , a republican elected to a third term in 2002 , has been under growing pressure to resign since he admitted a month ago that he had lied about accepting free work and gifts at his private cottage from people who did business with the state .
many of those people are now subjects of a federal corruption investigation .
approached by a reporter as he left the meeting , mr. rowland said the purpose of the session was my spiritual growth .
asked if the mounting pressure had led him to consider stepping down , mr. rowland replied , we are way beyond that now .
still , aides said governor rowland had decided not to attend president bush's jan. 29 fund-raiser in greenwich .
his remarks often seemed aimed at his own difficulties .
this time , it was mr. rowland who read : give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth , he read .
mr. rowland said the message was sent to him by e-mail by a supporter .
the timing of his departure has not been determined .
he was named to share the duties of chief executive in 1999 and became the sole chief executive in 2001 .
several executives have left recently , some to take senior posts at other new york agencies .
because of an editing error , a front-page article on sunday about cancer prevention at medical centers misidentified the health agency that is requiring prevention components at designated centers and spending $ 500 million , or 12 percent of its budget , toward prevention .
it is the national cancer institute , not its parent agency , the national institutes of health .
he is director of the office of disease prevention at the national institutes of health , not the cancer institute .
the article also misidentified the neighborhood for the club .
it is the east village , not the lower east side .
all five losses have come on the road .
newton missed the first five games of the season because of a shoulder injury .
injuries and tough schedules are part of the game .
on wednesday night , rutgers plays another crucial conference game at syracuse .
so our attitude now has got to be to fight .
you'd think we were a rebounding machine with all these shoulder injuries .
our biggest problem is that we're too nice .
she's a hard coach on the court but off the court , it's like having a friend .
devils defenseman scott stevens had the flu and stayed home tuesday night .
it takes a lot for him not to play .
he did not miss more than one game in any of the last three seasons .
the devils lost on another night when philadelphia also lost .
the flyers , who have played three more games , still have a 3-point lead in the atlantic division .
he is the second goaltender to shut out the devils this season .
ottawa seemed to collapse in front of almost every shot the devils took in the first two periods , but burns said his team made it easy for the senators .
when you shoot the puck , you've got to shoot it like you mean it , he said .
only one guy got hurt when he went down to block a shot .
the devils were also passive at their end .
it was their first shot of the period .
the devils managed only two shots the rest of the period .
ottawa scored two goals in 73 seconds near the end of the second .
at that point , ottawa had 14 shots and the devils 7 .
the senators needed 37 seconds of their first power play to score an easy goal .
she opened her first salon in czechoslovakia in 1938 , but was forced to close it a year later when hitler took over the country and she and her three brothers fled to london , her daughter said .
her parents stayed and vanished ; she never learned what happened to them .
in the early years , she made all her products in her kitchen .
if i see someone leaving the salon who doesn't look their best , i say so , right in front of the employee , she said in an interview with the washington times in 1992 .
hewlett-packard said yesterday that it would invest $ 1 billion over the next five years to expand its manufacturing operations in singapore , where it will shift some production from the united states .
while many manufacturers have been moving jobs out of singapore , hewlett-packard has nine factories there .
chinese telecommunications companies agreed yesterday to buy $ 2.3 billion in equipment and communications systems , much of it from american companies .
the china united telecommunications corporation and the china mobile communications corporation signed deals with motorola worth $ 1.1 billion to buy equipment and for help in expanding china's wireless network .
the amount of money raised by the company is after expenses .
india will allow local companies and partnership firms to invest up to 100 percent of their net worth in ventures overseas .
the country's central reserve bank said companies looking to invest more than $ 100 million had previously needed approval from the bank .
the move was intended to allow indian companies to take advantage of opportunities abroad and to acquire skills to adopt at home , the bank said .
india's foreign exchange reserves are at a record high of more than $ 100 billion .
firefighters received a call at 5 : 42 p.m. from a resident on the first floor of the building .
that's pretty high , enough to knock you out , he said .
we played with them in the last snow storm .
and what kinds of things and structures can we put in to make it never happen again ?
mr. jones was convicted and sentenced to two years for sexual abuse .
after 35 years of work and 6000 kids -- based on one incident .
i don't use physical force -- that is not true , he said .
i would call myself tough , but no less caring , he said .
it also suggests the appointment of an interim independent monitor and an employment search to fill various positions .
i don't mind giving up whatever needs to be given up .
this position or that position -- i have four or five positions .
i feel its survival is at risk because we don't have the structure to be able to move without me at this moment , he said .
the board of directors can do more , he said , should do more .
pacific cycle purchased the bicycle assets in 2001 .
the company has reported losses per share for the last three quarters .
and when we come with that much energy , it's really kind of hard to deal with .
we kept up our intensity , he said .
we're going to play harder because people are going to play harder against us .
but you've got to have a personal challenge .
on the bench , with our second unit out there , coach gave them situations .
we've got to get things to work on .
they believe that good things are going to happen .
the rangers have won all four games against the islanders this season .
we talked about how we could beat these guys .
the rangers scored a season high three power-play goals , in eight opportunities .
both played physical games last night , and both have had a lot of success against the islanders .
he's playing the best he's played in a long time and the guys are getting swept up in it , messier said .
he's a big load to handle when he's playing the way he is .
of his suspension , simon said : it's not my first time in there .
the atmosphere at the knicks' training facility is growing increasingly tense .
i've never quit anything in my entire life .
i believe in them and i want them to believe in me , he said of his players .
it doesn't matter what the obstacles are .
it doesn't matter how tough it is .
it's a tough time for him as a man .
thomas laughed and did not answer .
i definitely think it would be easier on don and the players if we knew , houston said .
everybody can do their job better if people are confident in you , people believe in you and you're more at peace about the situation .
the knicks , seemingly exhausted , scored just 6 points in overtime .
the n.b.a. is , everything is now ; there is no such thing as later , he said .
and they say i got him fired , that was crazy , marbury said .
he said when the suns were about to fire frank johnson this season , the team could sense it coming .
i want them to win as a team , he said .
some things you just can't control .
if it's inevitable and they see the writing on the wall , i expect for them to still play .
i'm doing it and i expect them to do it .
the police and prosecutors asked for the extended detention while they investigated .
i told him to think about it , robinson said .
well , yesterday afternoon he and i sat down and talked .
plans by idaho and montana have already been accepted .
the commission has the power only to advise mayor shirley franklin , who has 30 days to make a decision .
if she decides against the club and it does not change its practice , it could lose its business and liquor licenses .
five former police officers from orange convicted in the beating of a suspect who later died will not get a new trial , a federal judge has ruled .
he also said prosecutors had not known about her mistake .
yet five and a half years later , the show is still around and going strong .
daniel ewing added 17 for the blue devils .
the next seven positions in the starting field will be awarded to drivers with the fastest qualifying speeds who are not among the top 35 in points .
i was devastated and immediately thought about their parents , who would have to make that long , lonely trip to our neighboring state of mississippi to claim their children .
no one wanted to talk about it , but there was no real feeling of solidarity in my town .
i read your headline to my husband .
i don't know what felt better , the solidarity or the justice .
it is also among the places that help was the last to reach .
three people were killed in a car bombing in another area north of baghdad .
at least five israelis and three palestinians were killed .
relatives of a marine in california who killed one police officer and injured another before being killed himself wonder if he sought to die to avoid a return to iraq .
nine current and former sales executives from an assortment of food companies were charged with participating in a scheme that created a huge accounting fraud at u.s. .
in addressing infant mortality rates , it is crucial that we ensure access to health education and services throughout women's lives .
the previous minimum to avoid fees was $ 50000 .
a theater spokeswoman declined to discuss the surgery .
a slightly extended london run is to begin on march 26 and end on may 7 .
there's no escape from this painting but to throw yourself into it .
city officials are moving against smokers who avoid hefty local cigarette taxes by buying tobacco on the internet .
mayor michael r. bloomberg expressed no sympathy yesterday for residents hit with tax bills of about $ 900 .
asked if that was not a lot for one person to pay at one time , the mayor said , it's a lot of cigarettes to buy at one time .
the crackdown was first reported in the the new york post and the daily news yesterday .
the authority did not say whether it was planning layoffs .
the authority plans to hire a consultant to come up with a consolidation plan .
he is executive director , not president .
camden , fueled by a $ 175 million state recovery effort and a billion dollars more in private investment , is attracting new visitors , strong investors and dynamic business partners .
it's true that camden faces obstacles , but when i look out my window , i see a city with a promising future .
during his first three years in office , there was an overall decline of nearly 22 percent in the global number of concern to us : to 17 million at the start of 2004 from 22 million people in 2001 .
our business conduct has been legal and professional .
for many years , accountants commonly recommended software and management tools for their clients , and this practice continues .
accountants have had business relationships with software providers .
recently , regulators ruled that accountants could no longer have compensation arrangements with software companies .
there have always been security features in finance manager programs .
big onion walking tours monday at 1 p.m. , martin luther king jr .
art gallery walking tour in chelsea visits eight modern art galleries in two hours .
metro tour service brooklyn tours , featuring brooklyn heights , fort greene and clinton hill , today through sunday at 2 p.m. .
with more than 20 international films .
sponsored by the jewish museum and the film society of lincoln center .
she said that gender as a barrier had not occurred to her as a young musician .
but there have been times i felt like an animal in a zoo .
in 1986 , no major management represented a female conductor , and female music directors were found only at small regional orchestras .
experience and age figure in these decisions .
although she worked at the metropolitan opera twice , she was fired when a baritone refused to work with her .
here , it's assumed you can do anything unless you prove you can't .
new york state theater the new york city ballet .
new york state theater the new york city ballet .
even the best medical system and heroic doctors and nurses cannot save them .
not because its medical care is superior .
drug use is severely discouraged there .
therefore more american babies are born with health risks and die within the first year .
the commerce department reported that retail and food services sales picked up from a virtually flat november to show 1.2 percent growth last month -- pushing sales for 2004 to more than $ 4 trillion .
general motors said that its earnings would fall this year because of rising health care costs and slowing profits at its financing division .
but its said it expected 2005 earnings to fall .
a plan by mtv networks to start a cable channel devoted to gay and lesbian programming has been delayed until june .
the american public was clearly sold a bill of goods regarding those weapons so that the bush administration could pursue its own agenda .
i suspect that the same thing is happening again with social security .
the country is being sold a manufactured crisis so that the administration can pursue its own agenda .
but i suspect that she and her friends would very much like to be treated like queens , and why not ?
they wear orange and purple , not orange and black .
the management change comes as viacom steps up efforts to increase its radio business amid a slump in the industry .
the company said it expected fourth-quarter earnings of 39 cents to 44 cents a share , up 10 cents from its prior estimate and above the 32 cents to 39 cents expected by analysts .
in last year's fourth quarter , the company earned 26 cents a share .
reached by phone in berlin , mr. tucker said : the film is not about violence .
it's about language , and the language is the reaction to the violence .
people understand that these are young people in combat , mr. tucker said .
palm pictures is to release the film on march 4 .
she will also perform during the ceremonies , to be broadcast live from los angeles by cbs on feb. 13 .
it doesn't sound like much , but it is .
she is as engaged with her time as she is with form and materials , and approaches both with a very real but elegant sense of economy .
conventional books , or parts of books , are in evidence .
on wednesday , in response to a request by the detroit free press , a federal judge in detroit released the six pages of medical information .
he is awaiting a new execution date .
morgan securities , pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud .
mayor michael r. bloomberg said yesterday that he was disappointed by the lack of progress in the negotiations .
more than 600 drivers and other workers for the command bus company of east new york , brooklyn , and green bus lines of jamaica , queens , have been striking since monday over pay and benefits .
the city wants to take over the private bus companies and transfer them to the metropolitan transportation authority .
the general welfare committee of the city council voted unanimously yesterday to pass a package of bills that seek to strengthen the city's oversight of day care centers and make information about them more widely available to parents .
the entire council is expected to approve the legislation next week .
are you ready for a weekend on the slopes ?
more to the point : she's just plain good .
if that hybrid appeals to you , you're welcome to it .
presumably she has met a lot of directors out there .
this means he is in particularly good form .
tickets : $ 55 ; limited number of $ 20 student rush tickets available at the box office one hour before the show .
as the play opens , eddie wolfe has been called home from hollywood to help turn around the family jewelry business , for which he never had much affection .
the score is competent if generic .
but they are lines that tell you less about character than class .
the movie also touches on the ugly reality of show business mothers who force their children to act out their dreams .
mostly , though , the movie is about men .
sunday night after 10 ; the first 500 women are to be admitted free ; everyone else should expect to pay , though the price may depend upon when you show up .
this is a family concert , with children in mind .
but his ambitions have been larger than that ever since his first trips to africa in the early 1960's .
if her program is very standard , it is certainly formidable .
both are free , but tickets are required tonight .
new york philharmonic there are tours , and there are tours .
it will be performed by three lead dancers and a living forest made up of eight additional dancers .
those without appointments may watch a live video feed projected on another part of the performing space .
appointments may be made during gallery hours , wednesday through sunday , from noon to 7 p.m. .
at many museums , children under 12 and members are admitted free .
addresses , unless otherwise noted , are in manhattan .
most galleries are closed on sundays and mondays , but hours vary and should be checked by telephone .
almost all of the 350 objects in this splendid and rigorous exhibition are straight from china .
monroe was of the great movie stars of the 20th century , but does that make her a good subject for a museum show ?
these works stay fresh no matter how often you've seen them .
the vivid sense of real persons that emerges is as compelling as anything you might learn about wealth or poverty .
each consists of a sculpture and two series of small drawings or paintings ; no distinction is made .
they offer an adult way of seeing art and the world with a child's fresh eye .
time and change are also the subjects of other work here .
six artists were asked to make works about fear and anxiety .
roger brown was one of the most original artists to emerge from chicago after world war ii .
the last stuart retrospective was held nearly 40 years ago ; this one reveals for a new generation that he was and remains one of our greatest american painters .
it describes the prospect of a terrorist attack using biological agents or , less likely , a nuclear device , as the greatest danger facing the united states .
beyond military force , the report advocates the promotion of education and political and economic development across the muslim world .
his remarks were made in an interview for the abc news program 20 / 20 , that is to be shown on friday .
dan rather expects to move to the wednesday edition of 60 minutes when he leaves the cbs news anchor chair .
but that program's low ratings have put its future in doubt , the top cbs executive said .
all these film fragments look terribly modern .
there will also be a showing on tuesday at 7 p.m. at the brooklyn public library , grand army plaza .
certainly , he had the outline of the original in mind .
he planned a survey of russian dancers in the 20th century but did not have the financing to complete it .
by contrast , he said , he sought to define precisely the national color of a national dance .
at the end of the school year , i could appear in leading roles in school performances .
it is the dance films association .
i'm quite confident we will have something special .
this atmosphere has also been frustrating .
and if the craft makes it to the surface intact , its batteries will be running low -- time enough for no more than 30 minutes to 2 hours of observations and picture taking .
then she works for five hours , making slightly less than $ 800 a month .
in fact , she cannot even afford a couch in the living room .
but i think about them , she said , pointing to her children .
there's no moment for her to think , until she goes to sleep , ms. oliver said .
and then it starts all over again .
the times pays the fund's expenses , so all contributions go directly to the charities , which use them to provide services and cash assistance to the poor .
contributions to the fund are deductible on federal , state and city income taxes to the extent permitted by law .
america , the richest country , is falling further behind others in infant mortality .
there are no weapons of mass destruction .
but the project is over budget and behind schedule , and f.b.i. officials acknowledged on thursday that they were uncertain whether it would ever be completed .
only about 10 percent of the project , delivered by the science applications international corporation of san diego , is now in use , officials said .
a draft report from the justice department's inspector general , first reported last month by the industry publication government computer news and again on thursday by the los angeles times , concluded that the case file system as now designed and conceived would not work and could not be put into use .
with so many investigations running at once , we don't have any down time , the official said .
i did not get what i envisioned from the project , the senior official acknowledged .
but he said the f.b.i. today had a better understanding of its computer needs and limitations as a result of the effort .
i just have to write in defense of my husband and other intelligent men like him who have intelligent wives like me .
mr. roberts will stay as executive chairman .
in the 13 weeks to dec. 25 , the company connected 23 percent more people and increased retail sales 25 percent from a year earlier .
six of those early works are presented in this show along with three recent works .
two subjects in particular emerge .
ms. berkeley , who is 35 , met these women on the subway and persuaded them to let her photograph them in city parks .
this is not a bad part to have , regardless of how you figure the sum .
some of the european photographs were taken from a moving car .
lifelong residents of eastern harris county , including neighborhoods in eastern and southeastern houston , are at significantly greater risk of developing some forms of cancer because of toxic emissions from the area's numerous chemical manufacturing plants , a state study said .
state and local authorities announced a security program yesterday that will expand the use of video cameras to watch shopping malls .
known as the model mall program , it will be tested at the garden state plaza mall , one of the state's largest , and will cost about $ 1 million .
the program will be completed by the end of this year .
if successful , officials said , the system would likely be installed in schools .
they were 1999 and 2000 , before he coached the washington redskins - not 2001 , after he was dismissed by the team .
the browns could have tied the score with a touchdown and an extra point , not won the game .
on behalf of the american diabetes association , i would like to thank you for bad blood , your series about diabetes .
we urge congress to take three steps to help prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes .
with a renewed commitment from the federal government , we can make even more progress .
but the central question is : what knowledge ?
new york city subways and buses , long island rail road trains and path trains will operate on a regular schedule , metro-north trains on a saturday schedule , with additional trains .
most new jersey transit trains will operate on a regular schedule .
path trains will operate on a regular schedule .
opposition members of parliament demanded an investigation on friday into news reports that the german intelligence service helped the united states identify bombing targets in the early stages of the iraq war in 2003 .
german officials have denied the reports , saying german agents played no role in finding mr. hussein or in identifying targets for the united states .
his association with the bar led it to create a museum that included hundreds of photographs and artifacts .
the federal judge also ordered him to pay back taxes and penalties .
mr. annan laughed and said , i will consider it and let him know you recommended him .
he played at texas christian and florida a & m .
there was no evidence of foul play , the police said .
he played nine seasons in the n.h.l. with detroit , los angeles , hartford and boston .
officials would not identify the horse .
perhaps the republicans are winning with tactics to divide us into separate camps .
reason is not part of the argument for the masses ; the tactic is to attract strong passions on issues that will determine votes .
lebanon charged 13 suspected members of al qaeda with planning terrorist attacks , a military prosecutor said .
if approved there , it will be placed on the november ballot .
the measure was approved by a wide margin last year .
because of a production error , an article yesterday about the american and european decision to demand that iran be referred to the united nations security council for possible sanctions over its nuclear program omitted part of the last sentence on the front-page portion in some copies .
she is president of the houston federation of teachers , not the united federation of teachers .
figure skating championship -- the competition has been going on all week in st. louis .
the man either has been kidnapped or has arranged his own disappearance .
law & order : special victims unit -- every series seems to be doing cold cases these days .
a memorial service for eugene j. mccarthy , former senator of minnesota and democratic presidential candidate , is scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the national cathedral in washington .
former president bill clinton is among the scheduled speakers .
the service is open to the public , and the doors will open at 10 .
pakistani officials were trying to determine if he had been killed , american officials said .
gov. george e. pataki proposed that several agencies in his administration that are supposed to fight medicaid fraud be stripped of that responsibility .
he pledged to spend millions of dollars to hire scores of investigators and other workers to police the medicaid program , and said he would create a new agency to tackle widespread theft .
we've got to find out what happened , the mayor said on his weekly radio program .
the expansion of low-cost carriers and the ability to compare ticket prices online has made airlines less inclined to try to charge very high fares for business travelers .
editorials : hard decisions for new orleans ; the pension deep freeze ; keeping in touch with a parent in prison ; a home for the drawing center .
if the law is so cut and dried , then how come there are clearly two camps ?
right now , i just feel as if my team is out in the rain .
they both know the constitution and the law , they are both people of good will -- but they so frequently end up on opposite sides of the fence .
i've lost count of the friends and neighbors , brought up in the 50's and 60's in solid working-class irish or italian homes with parents who were lifelong democrats , who became republicans .
most americans respect those qualities , too .
we just wish that we had a president who respected the authority of the constitution .
the vote reflected anger over the government's handling of negotiations with russia on the price of natural gas just two months before parliamentary elections in march .
judge brady will probably rule on the request friday .
a man was in federal custody on charges of sending threatening packages to president bush .
he could face 20 years in prison if convicted .
if there are , say , four hearts on the board , the defender should retain four hearts .
west returned the heart queen , which would have been the only defense if he had pitched a heart , not a diamond , in the above position .
if only west had come down to three hearts and five diamonds , he would have won the final trick with his long diamond .
for nearly two months , the family negotiated with insurance companies to speed up settlements , as creditors continued to send bills .
meanwhile , they have no money to replace their winter coats and shoes , and feeding nine people every day is a struggle .
a late december deadline was missed , and now , the family says , march or april is more likely .
the times pays the fund's expenses , so all contributions go directly to the charities , which use them to provide services and cash assistance to the poor .
contributions to the fund are deductible on federal , state and city income taxes to the extent permitted by law .
the fares for airline tickets bought on short notice have dropped sharply , a savings of particular interest to business travelers .
officials of liberal groups insisted that they still held hope of blocking confirmation .
republicans have often cited the 78 votes to confirm chief justice john g. roberts jr. last year as evidence that president bush's judicial picks are in the mainstream .
make no mistake about it , said senator charles e. schumer , democrat of new york and a member of the judiciary committee , had we not put up the fight we put up with the judicial nominations all along , you would have more conservative people on the supreme court .
the commercials are scheduled to run over the next week on national news programs and in washington .
all four are up for re-election in conservative states .
so far neither side of the senate shows any signs of easing up .
the real question here is not the person but the policy .
does he mean that the united states should not participate in the olympic games ?
it is time for washington to free itself .
the writer , a professor of history at the university of central florida , is the author of a book about baseball .
but we have not lost anything by trying .
his comments drew criticism from liberals and conservatives across spain , where members of the military have used force to intervene in political disputes as recently as 1981 .
he was removed from active duty until his retirement , scheduled for march .
their only touchdown drive covered 6 yards .
unless he can gain at least 100 yards , the redskins will be in deep trouble .
the patriots have won 10 consecutive playoff games and the last two super bowls .
the broncos are in the playoffs for the third year in a row .
mr. jefferson , a new orleans democrat , made only a brief statement to reporters .
i have never required , demanded or accepted on behalf of myself or my family or any third party anything to perform a service for which i've been elected .
i wish i could be more forthcoming .
it is nice to have the same ingredients , modified .
this is the potato chip of desserts -- you can't eat just one bite .
remove from the heat and stir in the butter until incorporated .
pour into a shallow bowl , place plastic wrap directly on the surface and chill .
bring your expense account and your appetite .
you've shown us that no matter what our course , we all share one hell of a ride .
thank you for essays recalling the accomplishments of those , especially women , long absent from the public eye .
ford was a decorated veteran of both world war ii and the vietnam war .
all of which raises the question : when does a cast become an ensemble ?
that means awards voters and those who court them must pick out which individual performances to spotlight .
a large cast , which looks impressive on a poster , can make a film easier to market .
we had an ad in variety which is definitely for the ensemble .
officially the television awards go to outstanding ensemble , and the motion picture award goes to outstanding cast .
they really are all supporting , there's no one lead , and all the roles are equal .
i think what actors appreciate is if the movie tanks , no one is to blame .
but there is much more to this music .
now the international center of photography is mounting an exhibition of his work .
and you know what kind of favor that will be .
the film is dark and funny and well worth the trip .
he composed part of it as shells fell on the city ; he did not conduct it .
i'd like to mention more wonderful things about st. petersburg .
he turned on the radio , and we heard blues in the night .
he then goes on for a full page to explain the choice .
your article on my research into music and the brain prompted a letter writer to express her distress at the limitations of my work .
her husband was one of nine , and , as his wife says , often had to do without , and we didn't want that .
if he knew what i'd been through , i was afraid he'd treat me fragile .
her big idea : we was watching tv .
i said , what do you think of taking in foster kids ?
he said , i don't know , why would you want to ?
he still don't know all of it , she says .
my husband didn't know a foster child's point of view .
i just let it go as what happened before .
what if somebody didn't take me in ?
later , she said , steven asks me , how come you don't hit each other when you argue ?
once they get here , it doesn't feel like a change , just more people , says tom jr. , 22 , who lives at home and works with his dad .
i just go to classes and come home , she says .
they tried to mainstream jordan , but because of his behavior , he was sent to a special education program .
at 19 , he was drafted by the army and soon sent to vietnam , where he was awarded , but never claimed , two bronze stars .
after a year , he returned home to stamford , conn .
mr. murphy went to work and built a family , and in 1990 , he took an early retirement -- at 40 , a very early retirement .
he said he started drinking and using drugs , moved away and ended up homeless .
in 2004 , family members found mr. murphy in the bronx and persuaded him to visit a veterans affairs hospital in west haven .
and six months ago , with the help of homes from the brave , he finally received those bronze stars .
homes for the brave is the last house on this block -- if you miss this house , you're missing a lot of opportunities , mr. murphy said to other veterans at a holiday party last month .
we didn't have a home , but this is our home .
the federal government says veterans account for about a third of the country's homeless population .
to qualify , they must be male , homeless , suffering from mental illness or addiction , able to contribute $ 50 a week and willing to work at getting back on their feet .
they are allowed to stay up to two years , but most leave after one .
there is a statewide waiting list of 20 to 25 veterans looking for beds , and that number is predicted to rise .
homes for the brave has already housed a couple of veterans from the war in iraq , and more are expected .
our boys are going to be coming home , and they're going to need places like this .
the evidence lay throughout the yard of a modest home on burns road .
those who remain know one another by name .
it wouldn't surprise me if they did the sculpture .
he showed the structure only to family and friends visiting from brooklyn on christmas .
he had hoped to remain anonymous to the rest of the island and said he did not realize his daughters had left their names behind .
i thought it was appropriate to leave an offering to a place where we all go , he said .
we go when we're angry and confused .
we go for peace , for an answer , for understanding .
we go there and then we leave , and that's it .
i wanted to leave something somewhat permanent .
there isn't enough mail being put into this box on a day-to-day basis , the man explained .
as a result , we have been removing them .
it's an increasing resource that people are using , she said .
to not even have to leave your home to mail a package is a pretty easy way to conduct business .
now comes the virtual town square .
within 24 hours , he had heard from two people who had seen the dog .
in addition to listing information about lost pets , users post scheduled meetings of religious and community organizations , suggestions for family activities and links to news from local papers , among other things .
community organizations can also create their own web pages on the site for free .
before this , there was a lot that happened in westport that didn't see the light of day .
advertising revenues are also increasing , he said .
there's a hunger for people wanting to know what's going on , and that's not being met by the local paper , ms. george said .
the paper has a site , but it's not updated as frequently , and it's not as interactive .
we publish stories , and all the readers can comment .
normally you'd talk about it with a girlfriend at the coffee shop , but someone sent it to us because they knew we'd publish it , ms. george added .
it makes people a little wary , i think .
i took a later bus , and the problem was cleared up by that time , ms. rose said .
and i got to work a little longer .
at 19 , he was drafted by the army and soon sent to vietnam , where he was awarded , but never claimed , two bronze stars .
after a year , he returned home to stamford , conn .
mr. murphy went to work and built a family , and in 1990 , he took an early retirement -- at 40 , a very early retirement .
he said he started drinking and using drugs , moved away and ended up homeless .
in 2004 , family members found mr. murphy in the bronx and persuaded him to visit a veterans affairs hospital in west haven .
and six months ago , with the help of homes from the brave , he finally received those bronze stars .
homes for the brave is the last house on this block -- if you miss this house , you're missing a lot of opportunities , mr. murphy said to other veterans at a holiday party last month .
we didn't have a home , but this is our home .
the federal government says veterans account for about a third of the country's homeless population .
to qualify , they must be male , homeless , suffering from mental illness or addiction , able to contribute $ 50 a week and willing to work at getting back on their feet .
they are allowed to stay up to two years , but most leave after one .
there is a statewide waiting list of 20 to 25 veterans looking for beds , and that number is predicted to rise .
homes for the brave has already housed a couple of veterans from the war in iraq , and more are expected .
our boys are going to be coming home , and they're going to need places like this .
there isn't enough mail being put into this box on a day-to-day basis , the man explained .
as a result , we have been removing them .
it's an increasing resource that people are using , she said .
to not even have to leave your home to mail a package is a pretty easy way to conduct business .
you also claim that many charter schools do a superb job .
this evidence is consistent with the conclusions of studies conducted across this country -- that students in charter schools do no better than those in traditional public schools , on state tests and on the national assessment of educational progress .
where charter schools succeed in connecticut , there is no evidence that educational innovation is at play , as you claim , rather than longer school hours , smaller schools and smaller class sizes than those in traditional public schools .
these conditions have been long known to educators and parents to raise student achievement .
they should be made available to all of our public school children , not just the select few who attend charter schools .
i come on the program , i blow everyone else off .
i announce here -- at least leave the door open a little bit for me .
after having spent more than a decade in the political wilderness , with congress in the hands of conservative republicans mostly from other regions of the country , democrats from new york , new jersey and connecticut are eager to take control .
in large part , they will concentrate on shaping the national agenda on issues like health care , education , terrorism and the war in iraq .
we have to have realistic expectations about what a new congress will mean for our region , he said .
we would expect more money coming our way in the form of pork in the short term .
but he said that the regional delegation could make progress through alliances with lawmakers from metropolitan regions from other parts of the country .
it will be more difficult but still possible , he said in a recent interview , referring to overall changes in federal policy .
we now have people in positions to work with us and make it better .
we won't get everything we want , but we can try to make it better .
their discussion focused , in part , on increasing the federal government's contribution to the state's vast medicaid program , whose costs have helped contribute to soaring property taxes in counties around the state , particularly in the new york city suburbs .
then earlier this month , just after democrats officially took control of both chambers in congress , members of the delegation protested a plan by the department of homeland security to require new york city to share federal terror grants with northern new jersey .
the department decided to treat new york city and northern new jersey -- including jersey city and newark -- as one region instead of treating them separately .
all the senators from the region are part of the new democratic majority in the senate .
as for the junior senator from new york , hillary rodham clinton , a leading contender for her party's presidential nomination , she is in position to collect favors after having spent much of her time in the last election campaigning and raising money on behalf of her democratic colleagues in both chambers .
the region also has several powerful players in the house .
the appropriations committee , among other things , receives thousands of individual spending requests annually from lawmakers seeking money for pet projects back home .
in an interview , mr. king said that he expected to work well with mr. thompson , though he noted that he believed he would do a better job for the new york region than his mississippi colleague .
i have to play the cards i've been dealt , he said .
we're still in a pretty good spot because i am the top republican on the committee .
which means that if democrats want to get anything done , they have to work with the administration .
which means that democrats will have to work with me because i will be the administration's man on the committee .
and if the administration wants to get anything done , it has to work with the democrats on the committee .
and it will have to work through me to work with the democrats .
with some patience , you can find a town house in new york city for under $ 1 million , right .
and the yonkers public school system has been troubled for decades .
q. i have lived in a small manhattan co-op for the last 15 years , and we have never had an election for a board of directors .
if the secretary does not do so , any shareholder who signed the demand can issue notice of the meeting .
her husband was one of nine , and , as his wife says , often had to do without , and we didn't want that .
if he knew what i'd been through , i was afraid he'd treat me fragile .
her big idea : we was watching tv .
i said , what do you think of taking in foster kids ?
he said , i don't know , why would you want to ?
he still don't know all of it , she says .
my husband didn't know a foster child's point of view .
i just let it go as what happened before .
what if somebody didn't take me in ?
later , she said , steven asks me , how come you don't hit each other when you argue ?
once they get here , it doesn't feel like a change , just more people , says tom jr. , 22 , who lives at home and works with his dad .
i just go to classes and come home , she says .
they tried to mainstream jordan , but because of his behavior , he was sent to a special education program .
one woman was especially pleased that she received the gift she hoped for -- membership in the american museum of natural history .
it was his ninth consecutive game with 10 or more .
mr. bush issued his own order in november 2001 that in part granted a former president the right to assert a privilege to keep certain records secret .
laura bush graduated from southern methodist and sits on the board of trustees .
after years of considering other university partners , a site selection committee announced on dec. 21 that it was pursuing exclusive discussions with southern methodist for a library and museum , and a policy institute reporting not to the university but to a bush foundation .
the gift , though matching the largest ever given the university , was not announced at the time .
we continue to believe that a strong majority of the university community is supportive of efforts to receive the museum , library and institute if we're so fortunate to be selected , he said .
i wouldn't take that excuse from my students .
in another vision , the library will be a partisan space , the letter continued .
going by various terms , such as conservative think tank , institute or policy center , the library will hire conservative scholars to pursue a partisan agenda in favor of the president's policies and programs .
the poor marks come from those americans who question the wisdom of certain attitudes and actions of president bush during his term in office .
how are we going to help you if you are not making progress ?
in a sense , the charter is a bid to remain relevant as the economic power of china and india grows , something the group itself acknowledged .
barring the entry of a late candidate , an announcement could come as early as tomorrow .
for now , the defensive position coaches have their jobs , but a new coordinator would probably build a new staff .
dates for next season's games have not been set .
the police said yesterday that they did not yet know the motive or have a description of the killer or killers .
in johnson city , students and parents say they have accepted the change even as they question the need for it .
we have a really solid women's athletics program and we support it our way .
we joined sports to have fun , but they're basically taking the fun away and giving us more work , she said .
but we are looking for something unique in atlantic city , a mixture of housing , entertainment and retail , and the planning process is complex , he said .
schools are designated in need of improvement when students do not show enough progress on statewide tests in english and mathematics .
for the first time this year , schools were judged on the scores of students in the third , fifth , sixth and seventh grades , in addition to fourth , eighth and 11th graders .
not only must schools show improvement over all , but they must also meet achievement targets for component groups , like racial categories and special education .
under the federal no child left behind act , schools that receive federal money must replace administrators or close schools if they do not improve after several years .
schools that do not receive federal money are not subject to no child left behind sanctions , but are required to meet state demands for improvement if their students do not meet targets .
two kidnapped boys , one missing for more than four years , smiled but did not speak at news conferences with their parents a day after they were found near st. louis .
this land , a column by dan barry , begins today , taking readers behind news articles and into obscure and well-known corners of the united states .
for every person helped by the new york times neediest cases fund , there is someone else who helped through a donation .
i'm not in control of what happens -- i was in control of hitting the ball .
the goal gave the blues a 6-4 lead .
william j. lindsay , the presiding officer of the legislature and a member of the commission , said school taxes had accounted for most of the increase in property taxes in recent years .
my preference is to look at areas where we can control expenditures before seeking to raise more revenues .
mr. levy has been working with county school districts to explore ways of sharing services .
he said that can really make a difference in reducing costs .
he said he would brief the suffolk county delegation to the state legislature on the proposal .
this month he put a halt to the practice .
confidential pay refers to increases in some workers' checks for reasons that are not disclosed publicly .
the library also hired a security guard , created a teenage advisory board and is making a space just for teenagers in the basement .
no major incidents have been noted in the past year , he said .
not all guards are equal , however .
at one of its three branches , a teacher from the middle school across the street works as a guard after school .
they need to feel welcome , she said .
when all else fails , technology helps .
hawaii -- not california -- was the first state without a racial majority .
also , an article about financial aid for graduate students misstated eligibility for federal plus loans .
graduate students may indeed apply for the loans ; they became eligible in july 2006 .
hawaii -- not california -- was the first state without a racial majority .
also , an article about financial aid for graduate students misstated eligibility for federal plus loans .
graduate students may indeed apply for the loans ; they became eligible in july 2006 .
we didn't know about his early life , but we do now , and we're even more proud of our adopted son .
after reading your editorial about how the long island rail road and metro-north are selling alcohol to their passengers , i was completely shocked because i was not aware of this kind of event that has been taking place for many years now .
post campus , long island university .
university cafe , stony brook union building , stony brook university .
bay street theater , main and bay streets .
for your consideration , directed by christopher guest .
long beach winter sky watch , indoor instruction followed by outdoor observation .
theodore roosevelt nature center , ocean parkway .
garden city martin luther king : i have a dream workshop .
learn about dr. king and create a mobile .
passion and fire , family classical music concert presented by chamber players international .
theodore roosevelt nature center , ocean parkway .
science fair fun , ideas and instructions for sample science fair projects .
long island science center , 11 west main street .
art in clay , works by competition finalists .
suffolk county historical society , 300 west main street .
nassau county museum of art , 1 museum drive .
after having spent more than a decade in the political wilderness , with congress in the hands of conservative republicans mostly from other regions of the country , democrats from new york , new jersey and connecticut are eager to take control .
in large part , they will concentrate on shaping the national agenda on issues like health care , education , terrorism and the war in iraq .
we have to have realistic expectations about what a new congress will mean for our region , he said .
we would expect more money coming our way in the form of pork in the short term .
but he said that the regional delegation could make progress through alliances with lawmakers from metropolitan regions from other parts of the country .
it will be more difficult but still possible , he said in a recent interview , referring to overall changes in federal policy .
we now have people in positions to work with us and make it better .
we won't get everything we want , but we can try to make it better .
their discussion focused , in part , on increasing the federal government's contribution to the state's vast medicaid program , whose costs have helped contribute to soaring property taxes in counties around the state , particularly in the new york city suburbs .
then earlier this month , just after democrats officially took control of both chambers in congress , members of the delegation protested a plan by the department of homeland security to require new york city to share federal terror grants with northern new jersey .
the department decided to treat new york city and northern new jersey -- including jersey city and newark -- as one region instead of treating them separately .
all the senators from the region are part of the new democratic majority in the senate .
as for the junior senator from new york , hillary rodham clinton , a leading contender for her party's presidential nomination , she is in position to collect favors after having spent much of her time in the last election campaigning and raising money on behalf of her democratic colleagues in both chambers .
the region also has several powerful players in the house .
the appropriations committee , among other things , receives thousands of individual spending requests annually from lawmakers seeking money for pet projects back home .
in an interview , mr. king said that he expected to work well with mr. thompson , though he noted that he believed he would do a better job for the new york region than his mississippi colleague .
i have to play the cards i've been dealt , he said .
we're still in a pretty good spot because i am the top republican on the committee .
which means that if democrats want to get anything done , they have to work with the administration .
which means that democrats will have to work with me because i will be the administration's man on the committee .
and if the administration wants to get anything done , it has to work with the democrats on the committee .
and it will have to work through me to work with the democrats .
in the past , he said , transportation projects in the region had often been dealt with in isolation , resulting in today's individual systems .
her husband was one of nine , and , as his wife says , often had to do without , and we didn't want that .
if he knew what i'd been through , i was afraid he'd treat me fragile .
her big idea : we was watching tv .
i said , what do you think of taking in foster kids ?
he said , i don't know , why would you want to ?
he still don't know all of it , she says .
my husband didn't know a foster child's point of view .
i just let it go as what happened before .
what if somebody didn't take me in ?
later , she said , steven asks me , how come you don't hit each other when you argue ?
once they get here , it doesn't feel like a change , just more people , says tom jr. , 22 , who lives at home and works with his dad .
i just go to classes and come home , she says .
they tried to mainstream jordan , but because of his behavior , he was sent to a special education program .
while the first elementary school health clinics in westchester opened 17 years ago in four schools in yonkers , three more have been added in mount vernon and port chester since 2005 , with another , at port chester high school , scheduled to open in april .
mount vernon and port chester are considering opening even more clinics .
the clinics provide a safety net for thousands of children in westchester who otherwise would not have regular health care .
in each case , a local health care provider has sponsored the clinics -- writing the grants to pay for them and providing the expertise to license and operate them .
the care is free , but parents must sign up their children .
how could i put chemicals into the air and ground , maybe the water table ?
oh , they assured me , it would all be dumped in the right places .
nature and i would work hand in hand .
i would plant only native plants at home in the acid , sandy soil .
back when i was first looking at houses , my real estate agent took me to see a tiny cottage .
a selective listing of state , county and local government events across connecticut this week .
how could i put chemicals into the air and ground , maybe the water table ?
oh , they assured me , it would all be dumped in the right places .
nature and i would work hand in hand .
i would plant only native plants at home in the acid , sandy soil .
back when i was first looking at houses , my real estate agent took me to see a tiny cottage .
now comes the virtual town square .
within 24 hours , he had heard from two people who had seen the dog .
in addition to listing information about lost pets , users post scheduled meetings of religious and community organizations , suggestions for family activities and links to news from local papers , among other things .
community organizations can also create their own web pages on the site for free .
before this , there was a lot that happened in westport that didn't see the light of day .
advertising revenues are also increasing , he said .
there's a hunger for people wanting to know what's going on , and that's not being met by the local paper , ms. george said .
the paper has a site , but it's not updated as frequently , and it's not as interactive .
we publish stories , and all the readers can comment .
normally you'd talk about it with a girlfriend at the coffee shop , but someone sent it to us because they knew we'd publish it , ms. george added .
it makes people a little wary , i think .
i took a later bus , and the problem was cleared up by that time , ms. rose said .
and i got to work a little longer .
while the first elementary school health clinics in westchester opened 17 years ago in four schools in yonkers , three more have been added in mount vernon and port chester since 2005 , with another , at port chester high school , scheduled to open in april .
mount vernon and port chester are considering opening even more clinics .
the clinics provide a safety net for thousands of children in westchester who otherwise would not have regular health care .
in each case , a local health care provider has sponsored the clinics -- writing the grants to pay for them and providing the expertise to license and operate them .
the care is free , but parents must sign up their children .
the evidence lay throughout the yard of a modest home on burns road .
those who remain know one another by name .
it wouldn't surprise me if they did the sculpture .
he showed the structure only to family and friends visiting from brooklyn on christmas .
he had hoped to remain anonymous to the rest of the island and said he did not realize his daughters had left their names behind .
i thought it was appropriate to leave an offering to a place where we all go , he said .
we go when we're angry and confused .
we go for peace , for an answer , for understanding .
we go there and then we leave , and that's it .
i wanted to leave something somewhat permanent .
west windsor russian american kids circus .
morristown music at noon : brass roots trio .
richardson auditorium , in alexander hall on the princeton university campus .
south brunswick cool women , poetry performance group .
by its cover : original art for children's books .
princeton a new jersey treasure : the large house in miniature .
upper montclair polish modern masters , an exhibition of works by prominent polish artists .
an identical bill previously passed the senate .
now she rents out three floors and believes she could sell her property for three times the purchase price .
there are always houses on the market requiring renovation .
he says that prices for these town houses have doubled in the last two to three years because of the steep increases in nearby harlem .
he describes his sport as elegant and classic , but also modern , adding , there is something very sexy about a guy on a horse .
i wear suits to parties because i'd rather make the mistake of being too dressed than not dressed enough .
it's an obligation to wear white jeans when you play , and they get very dirty , he said .
i go through four pairs in a season .
she graduated from the university of massachusetts .
he graduated from the university of pennsylvania and received a law degree from georgetown .
her mother is a clinical social worker in manhattan .
her father is an insurance agent in manhattan and valley stream , n.y .
while he does not plan major changes with the football team , six flags is another matter .
i think that most americans have encountered some aspect of the modern medical culture -- where everything can be based on price , and where patients are marketing targets -- and they don't like it .
an article on jan. 7 about representative john hall , a democrat newly elected to the 19th congressional district of new york and a former member of the band orleans , referred incorrectly to a member of the band .
landmark designation does not have a racial agenda .
it hung around for about two hours , long enough to become the talk of manhattan .
but it wasn't so funny at the time .
said one : we're going to get some industrial fans and blow the smell back over new york .
within hours , officials concluded there was no threat to people .
the transportation sector is responsible for about 40 percent of the state's carbon dioxide emissions , with cars making up about half of that amount .
the governor's order , announced in his state of the state address , was the first major step toward that goal .
i ask you to set to motion the means to free ourselves from oil and from opec , he said .
california has the muscle to bring about such change , the governor told lawmakers .
the ground was too warm for the snow to stick ; only four days earlier , the temperature in central park hit 72 degrees , breaking the previous high of 63 degrees in 1950 .
but things are expected to change , as cold weather in the west heads east this week .
for each person whose life has been eased by money provided by the new york times neediest cases fund , there is a donor who has been moved to make a difference .
more and more often , that tradition is carried out online .
younger people are much more likely to make gifts online .
thank you for continuing to run the neediest cases .
i used to read this with my father , who thought what you were doing was so important .
i have lost touch with it over the years , but your piece today on people with diabetes in new york was such a smart reminder of how lucky we are and how much help people need .
her father picked up a new york times in a city bookstore and read a neediest cases article .
my dad was just so moved by it , she said , adding that he made a donation that year .
i just thought , there but for the sake of god go i , she said .
they set up a matching gift program for the neediest cases , inviting their six full-time employees to donate , and have raised $ 600 , she said .
it's such a good reminder : take care of the people around you and do what you can to take care of other people , she said .
every year , the times neediest cases stories are a reminder of just how much bad luck there is in the world , and how much relatively small amounts of help can do for people who are fighting it .
although she lives far from the people she reads about in the neediest cases , she said she viewed them as part of her community .
things go well , and sometimes they don't ; stuff just happens in the world .
i read a story in the neediest cases , i think it was in january of 2003 , about a little boy who had been born without arms and he needed a wheelchair .
so i said to my husband , he needs a wheelchair .
of course , it turned out he needed a big wheelchair , and a very complicated one , because he had to work it with his shoulders .
it went on and on , and finally i said , i want to meet him .
they would buy a wheelchair for a boy who needed one .
ms. greenberg , 60 , is a lawyer who founded the new york legal assistance group , which provides legal services to poor new yorkers .
they sent him on a vacation to disney world .
i thought i might try and do something for her , do my best .
she comes from the world's framework .
if you read a case every day , you could get involved on a daily basis .
the kids just wanted a computer for christmas , ms. greenberg said .
this is like , hey , not only do we work a lot , but even at the most junior levels we're trying to give something back .
year after year the new york times comes to us , or we go to them , because there's been such a good working relationship .
why not try our best to help each year ?
raising money for the neediest cases is a wall street tradition now in its 16th year , with about 14 companies participating over the years .
the campaign is a chance for junior wall street workers , analysts who are just starting out , to give something back .
we work all day , every day , nights and weekends , he said .
they don't even have to get up , he said .
the times pays the fund's expenses , so all contributions go directly to the charities , which use them to provide services and cash assistance to the poor .
contributions to the fund are deductible on federal , state and city income taxes to the extent permitted by law .
we did our media thing with the manager and general manager after the game .
the bigger question was what were we going to do with our coaching staff .
when you make contact , the player starts talking to others on the club and they say , i know this guy with that team and that guy with that team , and you could lose the chance to sign him .
i also didn't want scouts who were there to see me talking to him .
he took the opportunity and made the most of it .
it was a good way to end the season .
now he has the opportunity to make the team out of spring training .
if you had told him that a year and a half ago , he'd probably have laughed at you .
if he keeps pitching well , he said , he won't have to fish for lobster any more .
the mets would take a repeat performance next season if it guaranteed that they would reach game 7 of the league championship series .
obviously , they want to get to the world series , but if they could get to game 7 again they would be willing to take their chances .
the starting pitchers were good , but not as good .
last season , nine pitchers pitched 200 or more innings and gave up fewer than 200 hits , while 13 pitchers pitched fewer than 200 innings and gave up 200 or more hits .
in all , 44 pitchers worked 200 or more innings and 48 pitchers allowed 200 or more hits .
the official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the deal was not complete .
i didn't want to leave anything out there , said miller , 29 , who has won three other world cup races this season .
i pretty much knew at the start i was going to do that .
you are so tired by those last turns that your body just tells you to go straight , and you have to mentally overcome it .
the woman told detectives that she had shaken her son because he would not stop crying , according to the police .
his parents have no known history of domestic violence , the police said .
but if the increase would help security for iraq , he said , the government , for sure , will not stand against it .
he said the prime minister saw the new security strategy as representing a common vision and a mutual understanding between the iraqi government and the american administration .
senator hillary rodham clinton , the new york democrat who has opposed mr. bush's plans to send more troops , arrived in iraq on saturday .
the three , all members of armed services committees , were to meet with iraqi officials and american military commanders .
they also planned to go to afghanistan .
the developers can use the credits in other areas of the state where growth is either needed or is deemed acceptable .
the municipalities that accept the growth can charge impact fees of $ 15000 per new housing unit to finance schools and utility projects .
anything that takes development out of areas that has too much and places it where it is needed is a good idea .
new york city subways and buses will operate on regular schedules .
long island rail road and metro-north trains will operate on holiday schedules .
they scared us at the end , gordon said .
they were hitting shots like the phoenix suns .
basically , it combines six parts save percentage to one part shots against .
below is a chart of the top performances this season by that measure , through friday's games , with category leaders in bold .
this commitment is shown by the board's addition of significant funding in 2006 for a legal services of the hudson valley office to be opened in march in mount vernon .
this office will help poor individuals and families with civil legal problems affecting their most basic needs , such as food , shelter , jobs and access to health care .
not only must schools show improvement over all , they must also meet achievement targets for component groups , including racial categories and special education .
i like to say we've narrowed the cracks in the system .
regarding pricing , many of our wines sell for less than $ 20 , and those that are priced higher to reflect more limited production have been found by critics to be of excellent value compared to the competition .
as an author of both , i'm growing weary .
they're a very close people there .
here , our families are seemingly falling apart these days .
when i heard these guys talk , it was all about home , the land , taking care of our families .
it seems the bottles must have a commercial label indicating the contents .
i don't know if this is a local interpretation .
several readers have had similar problems .
indeed , security agents may have their own interpretation of the rules , and they have the last word .
over the last nine years the annual japanese contemporary dance showcase has attracted a faithful following for its often weird and wonderful offerings .
for its 10th anniversary the showcase has moved from the japan society to a more mainstream site , the joyce theater , with which it is presenting four companies .
among the few happy things that you can count on in life is that the director richard foreman will open a show downtown in january .
no relationship is what it seems in the movies that make up bbc america's crimes of passion series , part of its excellent mystery monday package .
do the complications mount from there ?
part 2 will be shown tomorrow night at 8 .
apparently mr. bloom can't quite understand the lack of attraction .
however , we have not found it necessary to eat standing up .
there is a tiny but charming park , a short distance to the west , where one may eat while sitting on a bench .
about 22 yards down you will find the park in question .
for safety and security reasons , the peace corps no longer has a program there .
it is theater for a new audience , not theater for a new city .
while the first elementary school health clinics in westchester opened 17 years ago in four schools in yonkers , three more have been added in mount vernon and port chester since 2005 , with another , at port chester high school , scheduled to open in april .
mount vernon and port chester are considering opening even more clinics .
the clinics provide a safety net for thousands of children in westchester who otherwise would not have regular health care .
in each case , a local health care provider has sponsored the clinics -- writing the grants to pay for them and providing the expertise to license and operate them .
the care is free , but parents must sign up their children .
palace theater , stamford center for the arts , 61 atlantic street .
palace theater of connecticut , 100 east main street .
long lots elementary school , hyde lane .
stamford international film day with 11 films from around the world .
ferguson library main branch , 1 public library plaza .
west hartford color play : the art and science of color and light .
bruce museum of arts and sciences , 1 museum drive .
no reservations : native american history and culture in contemporary art .
now comes the virtual town square .
within 24 hours , he had heard from two people who had seen the dog .
in addition to listing information about lost pets , users post scheduled meetings of religious and community organizations , suggestions for family activities and links to news from local papers , among other things .
community organizations can also create their own web pages on the site for free .
before this , there was a lot that happened in westport that didn't see the light of day .
advertising revenues are also increasing , he said .
there's a hunger for people wanting to know what's going on , and that's not being met by the local paper , ms. george said .
the paper has a site , but it's not updated as frequently , and it's not as interactive .
we publish stories , and all the readers can comment .
normally you'd talk about it with a girlfriend at the coffee shop , but someone sent it to us because they knew we'd publish it , ms. george added .
it makes people a little wary , i think .
i took a later bus , and the problem was cleared up by that time , ms. rose said .
and i got to work a little longer .
after having spent more than a decade in the political wilderness , with congress in the hands of conservative republicans mostly from other regions of the country , democrats from new york , new jersey and connecticut are eager to take control .
in large part , they will concentrate on shaping the national agenda on issues like health care , education , terrorism and the war in iraq .
we have to have realistic expectations about what a new congress will mean for our region , he said .
we would expect more money coming our way in the form of pork in the short term .
but he said that the regional delegation could make progress through alliances with lawmakers from metropolitan regions from other parts of the country .
it will be more difficult but still possible , he said in a recent interview , referring to overall changes in federal policy .
we now have people in positions to work with us and make it better .
we won't get everything we want , but we can try to make it better .
their discussion focused , in part , on increasing the federal government's contribution to the state's vast medicaid program , whose costs have helped contribute to soaring property taxes in counties around the state , particularly in the new york city suburbs .
then earlier this month , just after democrats officially took control of both chambers in congress , members of the delegation protested a plan by the department of homeland security to require new york city to share federal terror grants with northern new jersey .
the department decided to treat new york city and northern new jersey -- including jersey city and newark -- as one region instead of treating them separately .
all the senators from the region are part of the new democratic majority in the senate .
as for the junior senator from new york , hillary rodham clinton , a leading contender for her party's presidential nomination , she is in position to collect favors after having spent much of her time in the last election campaigning and raising money on behalf of her democratic colleagues in both chambers .
the region also has several powerful players in the house .
the appropriations committee , among other things , receives thousands of individual spending requests annually from lawmakers seeking money for pet projects back home .
in an interview , mr. king said that he expected to work well with mr. thompson , though he noted that he believed he would do a better job for the new york region than his mississippi colleague .
i have to play the cards i've been dealt , he said .
we're still in a pretty good spot because i am the top republican on the committee .
which means that if democrats want to get anything done , they have to work with the administration .
which means that democrats will have to work with me because i will be the administration's man on the committee .
and if the administration wants to get anything done , it has to work with the democrats on the committee .
and it will have to work through me to work with the democrats .
the evidence lay throughout the yard of a modest home on burns road .
those who remain know one another by name .
it wouldn't surprise me if they did the sculpture .
he showed the structure only to family and friends visiting from brooklyn on christmas .
he had hoped to remain anonymous to the rest of the island and said he did not realize his daughters had left their names behind .
i thought it was appropriate to leave an offering to a place where we all go , he said .
we go when we're angry and confused .
we go for peace , for an answer , for understanding .
we go there and then we leave , and that's it .
i wanted to leave something somewhat permanent .
scarsdale meet the animals , an introduction to animal museum favorites .
scarsdale mad science : fire and ice , family science workshops , ages 4 and up .
lehman center for the performing arts , 250 bedford park boulevard west .
white plains performing arts center , 11 city place .
the studio : an alternative space for contemporary art , 2 maryland avenue .
harrison public library , bruce avenue .
new rochelle racing on a broken road , exhibit on the underground railroad .
purchase crossing the boulevard : strangers , neighbors , aliens in a new america .
rye the image makers , works by members of the westchester photographic society .
scarsdale turning points : documents that shaped america , historical documents .
how could i put chemicals into the air and ground , maybe the water table ?
oh , they assured me , it would all be dumped in the right places .
nature and i would work hand in hand .
i would plant only native plants at home in the acid , sandy soil .
back when i was first looking at houses , my real estate agent took me to see a tiny cottage .
to those of us who believe in democracy , this situation should be embarrassing and unacceptable .
formal dissent , too , is rare , as voting within each party in albany is almost always unanimous .
is it any wonder that while democrats won big across the country this november , in albany just one republican seat in the state senate went democratic ?
it won't be easy , but for the sake of democracy , it's worth a try .
the last time new york's judges got a salary increase was eight years ago .
at 19 , he was drafted by the army and soon sent to vietnam , where he was awarded , but never claimed , two bronze stars .
after a year , he returned home to stamford , conn .
mr. murphy went to work and built a family , and in 1990 , he took an early retirement -- at 40 , a very early retirement .
he said he started drinking and using drugs , moved away and ended up homeless .
in 2004 , family members found mr. murphy in the bronx and persuaded him to visit a veterans affairs hospital in west haven .
and six months ago , with the help of homes from the brave , he finally received those bronze stars .
homes for the brave is the last house on this block -- if you miss this house , you're missing a lot of opportunities , mr. murphy said to other veterans at a holiday party last month .
we didn't have a home , but this is our home .
the federal government says veterans account for about a third of the country's homeless population .
to qualify , they must be male , homeless , suffering from mental illness or addiction , able to contribute $ 50 a week and willing to work at getting back on their feet .
they are allowed to stay up to two years , but most leave after one .
there is a statewide waiting list of 20 to 25 veterans looking for beds , and that number is predicted to rise .
homes for the brave has already housed a couple of veterans from the war in iraq , and more are expected .
our boys are going to be coming home , and they're going to need places like this .
there isn't enough mail being put into this box on a day-to-day basis , the man explained .
as a result , we have been removing them .
it's an increasing resource that people are using , she said .
to not even have to leave your home to mail a package is a pretty easy way to conduct business .
a selective listing of state , county and local government events across new jersey this week .
trenton pension and health benefits review commission .
division of pensions and benefits , 50 west state street .
morristown youth services advisory committee .
morristown senior citizen and disabled residents transportation advisory committee .
randolph county college board of trustees .
henderson hall , route 10 and center grove road .
berkeley heights planning board reorganization .
springfield environmental commission .
township of springfield municipal building , 100 mountain avenue .
the fair and appropriate way to achieve property tax reform is to require those with the highest incomes to pay a higher state income tax and use that money to substantially finance education while reducing property taxes .
the last time new york's judges got a salary increase was eight years ago .
we're so grateful to have toyota here .
it just declined to even consider it at all .
federal prosecutors successfully concluded criminal cases against two former u.s. .
she did not admit or deny any wrongdoing .
the s.e.c. is still investigating the case , an agency official said , and more enforcement actions may come soon .
raising children and running a household is probably the most difficult job in the world .
i was out of the work force for 15 years , raising four children , but kept my finger in the professional pot by doing volunteer work associated with my profession and maintaining membership in professional organizations .
i retired after a career of over 40 years , but i'm not done yet : i have been asked to work on a limited basis and am still involved as a volunteer .
what would work is a universal coverage system supported through a health care fund that includes contributions from all employers and workers .
but asking doctors to contribute 2 percent of their revenues makes no sense .
it would make much more sense for managed care companies to contribute 2 percent of their revenues instead .
and the chief executives of these companies should be forced to contribute 20 percent of their income and 50 percent of their retirement packages .
that type of mandate is essential to make everything else work .
with a mandate , insurers could feel more confident that they would attract young and old , healthy and sick .
you write : guaranteed health care for children is the new political apple pie .
your editorial didn't mention how the governor plans to pay for this new children's insurance .
i hope my dollars then go for sex education and condoms .
i can accurately vote in thousands of voting machines across the country and for that matter across the world .
each week i vote to move my funds from savings to checking , or i can vote to take my money from one account and to convert it to cash .
the technology already exists to record the simplicity of the democratic will of the people .
so it is clear that where it counts , as in money , there is no problem .
if we can accurately track billions of dollars a day in complicated electronic transactions , why can't we track millions of yes or no votes ?
the third set belonged to blake , who became only the third player to successfully defend the sydney title .
unfortunately for him , the result of the exhibition match did not count on their official records .
the pentagon and c.i.a. have been issuing national security letters to obtain banking and credit records of americans and others suspected of terrorism or espionage inside the united states , part of an expansion by the military and agencies into domestic intelligence gathering .
as the politics of the war continue to shift with president bush's call to send more troops to iraq , no prospective presidential candidates will face more intensive scrutiny than senators john mccain and hillary clinton .
so she told the management company that she would not sign a lease unless they renovated the bathroom to comply with the americans with disabilities act .
she said the delay in opening her headquarters was a small price to pay .
the fact that we could help create needed improvements made it worth the while to stay and push , she said .
other tenants include the hudson valley bank , the yonkers federation of teachers and several private lawyers .
but they paid very little attention to anything that was said by the public .
we don't know why they have added the limit of two dogs and the charging of fees .
this seems to have come out of left field .
the council is expected to discuss the proposed regulations at tuesday's meeting and could vote on them later in the week .
it was the first meeting among the big three of the atlantic coast conference .
no. 1 maryland , no. 2 north carolina and no. 3 duke have spent the season atop the polls and were the only three undefeated teams remaining going into saturday's play .
the blue devils , with three starters back from last season's team , knew better than to sit on that lead .
so i'm more excited for this year .
i think that this was our first big test , and we really proved ourselves , i feel like .
he remembered allowing a similar goal at montreal early in his career , but that was with two or three seconds left .
he could smile because the devils rescued him .
i really like that about this team , he said .
the devils have won three straight against the islanders , all in the last two weeks .
the devils knew better than to lose faith in him .
hawaii -- not california -- was the first state without a racial majority .
also , an article about financial aid for graduate students misstated eligibility for federal plus loans .
graduate students may indeed apply for the loans ; they became eligible in july 2006 .
corporations want to be associated with winners and are much more likely to sponsor an academic program within a university whose football team has been successful .
most of his salary is not derived from taxpayer money .
players should receive some compensation for their contributions .
that's the only thing wrong with this picture .
in theory , it looked easy , maybe even too easy .
the failure may not be evident at first glance , because the relatively small increases that president reagan submitted as part of his budget proposal last week will probably take effect .
but any action in the senate will essentially be irrelevant .
no one appears to be happy with the way the system has worked so far .
the commission was headed by james l. ferguson , chief executive officer of general foods , and it counted among its members senior officials of other big concerns , including the campbell soup company and the metropolitan life insurance company .
in the days before the president's budget proposal was due , both the pay commission's members and senior judges received word that mr. reagan had decided to approve substantial increases , although not the commission's full recommendations .
when the president's proposal for judicial raises turned out to be less than $ 10000 , the judges were shocked .
if this can't work , it's hard to see how anything can work , he said , adding that a lot of people will be taking a hard look at whether they want to stay on the bench .
a white house official said that the president had planned to propose higher raises , but in two stages .
the white house then submitted what was to have been the first stage , with the expectation that the pay commission will make further proposals next year .
senator ted stevens , republican of alaska , said this week that he was convinced the judges needed more money .
in an interview , he said he was looking for a way to separate the president's proposals for congressional and judicial pay and to seek a higher increase for the judges .
senator stevens was the principal sponsor of the 1985 law that was supposed to make raises easy .
he said he was disappointed with the way the law had worked , both in the white house and in congress .
with anything less than that , he said , you're always going to have this battle .
long criticized for keeping subway riders in the dark in more ways than one , the transit authority acknowledges that it has so far failed to meet its goal of keeping passengers informed of stops and delays 90 percent of the time .
its latest statistics indicate a 79 percent announcement rate .
the survey also found that riders were told less than 40 percent of the time why , for example , their local had turned into an express or why they were heading for queens instead of brooklyn .
if we let people sit in a dark tunnel for 10 minutes without telling them what's going on , he said it's going to seem even worse .
even so , it takes a peculiar kind of choreography for a conductor to keep the passengers in the know .
as the train started up he stuck his head out the window to make sure no would-be passengers were being dragged across the platform ; pulled his head in and the window up and prepared to repeat the entire process just seconds later .
he tells you everything when you're on his train , one said .
when a train has trouble , its operator reports the problem to the command center in downtown brooklyn and is supposed to tell the riders .
another 69 stations will get the speakers eventually .
fat may not be good for you , but in a steak it tastes great .
her best track event is the long jump .
her parents have watched her train and compete , and they sometimes offer advice .
i've never seen aggression like that when she goes down the runway .
gov. bob martinez is lobbying the white house and congress to replace a united states attorney who accused the governor of lying to a jury , the latest in a series of actions that have put the prosecutor at odds with key figures in florida politics and business .
he has so consistently abused the powers of his office that his credibility is shattered , his potential effectiveness destroyed .
a top white house official said today that governor martinez was not the first florida politician to complain .
i was appointed because i was a career prosecutor and because i was not a politician , he said outside the courtroom .
and in an interview last week he said he had absolute confidence that the department of justice and the president are satisfied with my conduct .
mr. martinez , called as a defense witness , acknowledged receiving $ 3000 in what he described as legitimate campaign contributions , but denied knowing of the other $ 5000 .
but he lost a key ally in november when mrs. hawkins was defeated by mr. graham , who said he intended as a senator to investigate the united states attorney's office .
and he continues to enjoy the support of much of the public , according to various local polls .
never in our history have we had anything where five bodies have been found in one particular area .
it would have been a long and painful lawsuit that would have dragged on .
she decided to spend her money on charities rather than on lawyers .
the report said defense department officials had not called or written to communities to inform them that the facilities were available .
it accused the department of spending only $ 2 million for the homeless program over the last three years , although $ 9 million was available .
although hundreds of facilities have been available over the years , he said only nine had been used as shelters .
congress created the program in 1983 in response to the growing number of homeless people seeking shelter .
in its report , the coalition listed details of more than a dozen attempts by various community groups and local governments to obtain space for the homeless at different military installations across the country .
in other cases , according to the report , the department refused to deal with charitable organizations although it was also authorized to do that .
although republic did not specify the countries involved , wall street analysts close to republic said virtually all of the loans were to the mexican government .
yet , some experts are not writing off mexico .
thus the bank has in effect said that the nation's loans are worth only 85 cents on the dollar .
some banks , however , indicated that they would not necessarily follow republic .
a spokesman for another leading new york bank with a big mexican loan portfolio said , that's a judgment republic made , and it doesn't necessarily apply to us .
many european banks have already written down their mexican public sector loans .
moreover , a market has been created for third world debt , and in that market mexican government paper trades at about 70 cents on the dollar .
analysts also voiced concern , as they have in the past , about loan quality .
chemical , for instance , reported problems for the second consecutive quarter on loans to shipping companies , real estate developers and energy concerns .
the bank holding company attributed the drop to lower net interest margins .
the two sides will try to narrow or close the gap when they open serious talks today at shea stadium .
it was where a ball club of class and respect would put it .
they knew my figure before they made the trade .
the dollar amount between their offer and mine are close enough to where we can reach an agreement .
we're several hundred thousand dollars apart .
if we were four or five hundred thousand apart , that would be a gap .
the unit had sales of more than $ 150 million in 1986 .
two union members , both workers at the hotel , have been arrested and charged in connection with the fire .
union leaders said they did not plan to provide lawyers to defend the suspects .
our biggest task is getting ready for trial , he said .
meanwhile , a high commonwealth official said there was a possibility of at least one more arrest in the case .
speaking at a news conference at the union headquarters this afternoon , mr. rodriguez said the two workers charged had probably meant to express anger at the hotel management rather than to take the lives of tourists and fellow workers .
mr. rodriguez said , it has been proven that no one from the union leadership had any relation to the fire .
a lot of people said the doors to the casino were closed and locked , he said .
and that is where the most deaths occurred .
if it appeared they had been framed or if they were claiming to be innocent , we would help them , mr. rodriguez said .
however , that does not appear to be the case .
i didn't think he could do something like this .
he spent a lot of time with his children , he played with them a lot .
we had no reason to believe that anyone from the union was responsible .
the japanese are believed to have bought more than $ 10 billion in the currency markets in recent weeks , hoping to stop the sharp drop .
experts say the countries recognize how damaging this would be and would probably make concessions to prevent it .
currency market experts said the report of the administration's views , which appeared in the new york times today , and the administration's subsequent remarks fed a new wave of dollar selling .
japan and germany are only part of the trade deficit problem , however .
senior administration officials did not deny today that they want a further decline , although they said they were not trying to push for it by talking the dollar down .
public statements that the dollar should drop would indicate a commitment to forcing the decline .
economists took this to mean that for the moment the administration would not buy dollars to support their price .
the article in the times said the administration desired a further dollar decline but did not say how much or how fast or when the administration thought it should stop .
we just do not talk about those things .
the solution to the trade deficit lies in getting stronger growth in the economies of our major trading partners , the official said .
and if growth is not as strong as it should be , then either the u.s. has to become more competitive , or there has to be further currency adjustments .
the german diplomat said the administration's tolerance of a declining dollar seemed inappropriate because , he said , there are many signs that the american trade deficit is shrinking .
united states attorneys for the indian government were not in their offices when called for comment .
he said the tests did not indicate whether the two men used the drug just before the accident or were longtime users .
a test also found no evidence of alcohol use by the amtrak engineer , who was killed in the accident , mr. riley said .
the tests were given more than two hours after the accident .
the exact interpretation of these results , however , depends on the precise sensitivity of the instruments used .
it takes 30 grams to make an ounce .
frequent users tolerate much more marijuana than do those who use it little .
in releasing the results of the tests , mr. riley refused to draw conclusions .
although not all of the amtrak crew members were tested for drug and alcohol use immediately after the accident , as required by federal regulations , mr. riley said the federal railroad administration has no information suggesting the use of alcohol or drugs by amtrak employees in connection with this accident .
but the positive test results point to a real failure in the system .
mr. gates was arrested by the baltimore county police on charges of drunken driving and of running through a stop sign and a traffic light .
his trial has been set for march 4 in baltimore county district court .
the dollar is at its lowest level against the japanese yen in more than 40 years .
word of the expected address by mikhail s. gorbachev came from reagan administration officials .
two crew members used marijuana before an accident that killed 16 people on an amtrak train , federal officials said .
it found 54 percent of registered democrats backing mayor washington .
most old people do not have pensions and rely on social security , according to a study .
the elderly are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children than they are to receive it .
governor cuomo set three conditions before he named a special prosecutor in the howard beach racial attack case , including cooperation of witnesses and an end of criticism by black officials .
it was the third time this season that the forward had three more goals and gave him 21 for the season .
american airlines is holding talks with pan american world airways to determine whether it wants to buy that carrier , which is ailing but still has valuable international routes , sources close to both companies said yesterday .
the sources said that american was looking at buying the whole airline and not just its more valuable pieces , such as its international routes .
such a transaction , however , would be difficult to complete .
it would require the approval of several domestic federal agencies as well as those of numerous foreign governments and unions .
there have been rumors for almost a year that another airline might make an attempt to buy pan am , which has had difficulty making money and whose normally lucrative international routes were hurt when travelers avoided international travel for fear of terrorism .
american airlines was the leading candidate to buy pan am because of a marketing agreement signed with pan am last year .
pan am must offer american first right of negotiations on the sale of any of its major assets .
pan am unions have already begun to prepare for the possibility of a takeover .
pan am has five main unions representing 20000 of its workers .
some of the unions have been involved in bitter strikes and disputes with the company , mostly over its attempts to cut wages and change work rules to bring down its operating costs .
in addition , pan am has routes that stretch to the middle east and deep into latin america .
american also could feed the international routes better than pan am , since it has a huge domestic system .
such a transaction must be approved not only by the department of transportation , but also by each of the aviation authorities of the foreign governments involved .
the foreign governments might object to letting such a strong carrier as american into their markets , because it could pose a threat to their state-owned airlines .
she , as well as the other leaders of four of the five labor unions that are members of the council representing about 20000 workers , have watched with increasing concern the fast consolidation of the airline industry in the last year .
part of our effort is to go out and be on the offensive by being a party of what will happen to pan am in a consolidation , she said .
she added , we prefer to be ahead of the game if we can be .
she said that the labor groups had not been aware of attempts to acquire pan am , although sources close to american airlines and pan am said yesterday that those companies were discussing a possible combination .
pan am is one of the few remaining airlines whose stock price is low and which has valuable , extensive international routes that would be attractive to other united states carriers .
the union members who got pan am stock in return for past wage concessions beginning in 1981 now own about 6 percent of the outstanding common shares .
we're in the midst of doing an analysis to determine what avenue would be best , she added .
a graduate of the university of washington , she then had ideas of going into newspaper work .
it was dealing with different passengers and being responsible for their safety , she said .
she is married to a pilot at pan am who is a captain .
smith was fouled on the play but missed the free throw .
he made the first foul shot but missed the second one .
seton hall's james major , who had a career-high 30 points despite playing with the flu , missed a 3-point shot with 2 seconds remaining but was fouled .
as you miss free throws , situations change .
he leads the pirates in scoring and 3-point attempts .
he had not scored a field goal in big east play .
but he made his first six tonight and missed just once in eight attempts .
coach told me to run the offense and when the shot came , take it .
david robinson scored 30 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead navy .
a tennessee guard , tony white , who led the volunteers with 16 points , suffered a leg injury in the second half and was forced to sit out more than four minutes but the senior returned for the final minutes .
the dollar kept on sliding , driven by white house signals that it would not support the currency .
tokyo said it would try to halt the decline , which has also upset the germans .
american airlines is in talks with pan am to determine whether it wants to buy all of the ailing carrier , which has valuable international routes , sources close to both companies said .
such a deal would face numerous regulatory hurdles .
the acting top management of cbs is now permanent .
chemical new york posted higher , but disappointing , quarterly earnings .
first chicago and continental illinois also posted gains .
treasury bond prices fell a third straight day .
we spoke to them in french , english and russian , but they just sat there and looked , he said .
names of the victims were not released .
we plan to continue to be competitive by offering our customers lower rates than a.t. & t. , a company spokesman said .
but have the conversations already started ?
the fabrics are sold through architects and designers .
if we do , how long will the paint last ?
i'm wondering if this job is necessary .
we believe their safe operation is essential , not only to national security , but also to protecting public health and the environment .
the latest addition by the school of visual arts to its comprehensive art curriculum is a series of interior design workshops that will run through january .
he cited two seminars that examine the use of computers in interior design as being especially helpful .
one workshop , offered jan. 26 through 29 , is an introduction to computer design principles and systems .
the other , jan. 20 through 23 , is directed at professionals who want to make changes in or increase the productivity of an existing computer system .
the other , sculpture in the interior design environment , is for professionals who want to examine the relationship between sculpture and architecture .
issues in project management ; how to start your own interior design practice : it takes more than talent , jan. 26 through 29 .
in each of the others , there is dialogue but no sustained idea .
he entered his hand with a diamond lead to the king , led a heart and allowed west to win with the ten .
this would have led to disaster if east had held the heart king , so a slight improvement was possible .
james b. edwards , now president of the medical university of south carolina , was the first republican governor in 100 years when he was elected in 1974 .
representative don edwards , a california democrat said that as the senior member of the house veterans affairs committee he would ask for immediate hearings on his proposal to change the law .
the law limits to $ 10 the amount a veteran can pay a lawyer to appeal a decision of the agency and allows no appeal to the courts beyond the agency's own board of veterans appeals .
but the chairman of the committee , which has blocked repeated attempts to bring such legislation to the floor , indicated today that the effort would be a struggle .
the case involves several thousand veterans who have been denied compensation by the agency for illness and death that they contend resulted from exposure to radiation while on military duty in the early years of atomic weapons .
they asked me my profession , he said .
so i answered : greatest foreign minister of all times .
then came the punch line : i really didn't want to have to say that , but i felt i had to tell the truth since i was under oath .
yet jokes are revealing in their own way .
the voters ask : if it's going well why should we change the team ?
as 1986 came to a close , however , there were indications that interest rates might decline further and thus at least maintain the present gap between deposit rates and loan rates .
i feel there's more risk for investors in the possibility that rates will be moving higher than there is opportunity in the prospect that rates will go lower , she said .
roger powell , an analyst with alex .
the company has a solid franchise in the growing lower hudson river area , he said , and i expect it to show ample asset and earnings growth .
pacific first is trading at about 70 percent of book value and has created a franchise that we believe is fundamentally sound , and the company also could be a takeover candidate .
he was 72 years old and lived in santa monica .
this was the first and most successful piece on the program .
the new agency said the billings should be $ 25 million .
the old agency said the billings should be $ 10 million .
the event is a series of cross-country ski races that have been held since 1979 .
these shorter events let skiers go at their own pace , said lee todd , executive director of the series .
they can even pack a lunch and stop along the way if they want .
todd pointed out , however , that there are feeding stations along the courses where skiers can stop for food and drink .
about 75 percent of the competitors are in the citizen category , which means they are not on national or collegiate ski teams or supported by an equipment sponsor .
even though they probably won't have the fastest times of the day , the first male and female citizen skiers who cross the finish line at each race will receive a special award .
leaf inc. , a candy manufacturer and the major sponsor of the series , will give these winners a cross-country racing ski that is covered in bronze .
i think of it as a citizen race and i don't take it seriously , he said .
cross-country skiers interested in entering a race in the series can contact the united states ski association , u.s. .
anyone over the age of 18 can enter the great american ski chase races , and the entry fees range from $ 15 to $ 50 .
one after another , the best british artists of the day are coming aboard .
british art in the 20th century is full of surprises .
i could just see the headlines tomorrow : the art market has collapsed .
i thought it would do well at auction .
he said , however , that he felt the paintings would find a buyer among sophisticated collectors at auction .
however , the company is expected to report a fourth-quarter loss , analysts said .
industry analysts said the action was not unexpected .
tom morgan , a former relief pitcher for the yankees and one of the original members of the los angeles angels in 1961 , died today following complications from a stroke he suffered last week .
he appeared in three world series while a member of the yankees , in 1951 , 1955 and 1956 .
but the education secretary , clearly angered , insisted that the federal role in education was by design more limited than , say , in national defense .
total national spending for education has climbed steadily , mr. bennett said .
this department's share is less than 7 percent of that total .
he said the cut would be more than offset by $ 14 billion in increases from other sources .
that will make it harder for the low-income to get a higher education .
other aid programs would also be cut by more than $ 1 billion , and interest subsidies on student loans would end .
in exchange , the administration is seeking to expand to $ 600 million an experimental loan program now put at $ 5 million .
but senator edward m. kennedy , democrat of massachusetts , who heads the labor committee , opposed expanding the program before the experimental version had begun .
mr. hyde , the ranking republican on the house intelligence committee , a member of the iran investigative committee and one of the most influential conservatives in the house , said , if the president wants credit for the good things that have happened on his watch , he can't decline responsibility for errors and mistakes .
in the past , mr. hyde said , his advice to the president has often been withheld by the president's advisers .
mr. nixon probably would not have been forced from office , mr. cohen said , if he had come forward and admitted mistakes before the judiciary committee began impeachment proceedings .
the company's suit was filed one day before a panel backed by mr. cuomo , the long island power authority , comes into existence .
the suit , which does not seek monetary damages , also named as defendants the interim trustees of the power authority and members of the state public service commission .
we certainly hope we do beat them .
we still have a few more races left before we have to lie down .
each boat is allowed one lay day in the first part of the series ; if the series goes beyond four races , each may call for another lay day .
the tone of the race was set with a collision before the start .
he crossed ahead of new zealand with a lead of nearly three boat lengths .
at the first mark , he was 38 seconds ahead .
we took the lead a little bit out of them on the runs , and a little bit out a few other times .
it could be completely different tomorrow .
we're going to take it one race at a time .
but the greater challenge is for president reagan .
the shape of an agreement in principle on strategic arms has been apparent for some time .
the research , which both sides are doing , could and would continue under such an agreement .
that's the area where moscow has a strong advantage , and where it has indicated a willingness to compromise .
the russians have said they are ready to make other concessions as well .
that opens the possibility of an accord here too .
the next step toward agreement requires both sides to make further concessions .
but even new negotiators will need realistic bargaining positions if ronald reagan and mikhail gorbachev are to find their way back to the summit .
a nationwide crackdown on dissident intellectuals continued today with an official announcement that a prominent shanghai writer had been expelled from the communist party .
it has put a real chill on things , he said .
people are being very careful now .
we absolutely do not allow the spread of views that run counter to the party's constitution , the agency said .
that is why he has not received foreign guests .
the basic policies of reform and opening were put forward by the communist party , said a commentary by the new china news agency .
houston has scored 34 or more points in five of his last six games .
he has reached double figures in 41 consecutive games .
i would have loved to be playing in the big east .
if that opportunity was there , it would have been something to consider .
as a high school senior , houston was left with the demands of a west point education and the five-year commitment that would follow .
that's a pretty long time in that stage of your life to give up , houston said .
it gave me a little knowledge about what the army life is all about , houston said .
whatever it takes to get the job done .
the comparison would not interest the national basketball association .
it appeared on a sign during a game at west point .
now , the reagan administration and its supporters concede that there is no big bang solution that will bring the problem to a quick end , and that it will continue to cloud life in the capital indefinitely .
it will be alongside us for months .
another said , with an air of resignation , that the white house had to show some patience .
sometimes , he said , time is on your side .
the democrats , however , think time is on their side .
with this in mind , the administration has now developed a long-term strategy for containing the damage .
but the new strategy is off to a rocky start .
the administration tried , with little success , to press the senate intelligence committee to release a preliminary report on the arms deal last week .
but many committee members were reluctant to draw such a firm conclusion from the limited evidence available to the panel .
unless there is another shoe to drop somewhere , most of the stuff is out , a senior adviser said hopefully .
the president has done the right things .
at some point , there would have been an explosive conclusion to the process .
i just don't think he can get there in light of the questions that have been raised about his credibility , judgment and management .
it appears to the american public that nobody is in charge .
you can't be much farther away from the president , the former official said .
the administration's strategy appears to have had some success .
they're trying to make the best of a bad situation , said a democratic aide on capitol hill , and it could be worse than it is .
a person who answered the telephone at the new york state funeral directors association said the director was away from the office and that no one was available for comment .
government policy has focused on reducing industrial emissions in the valley of mexico .
the city's pollution has been particularly bad this winter , and environmental groups have stepped up their calls for dramatic action .
cars manufactured from 1977 to 1982 are specifically named .
a traffic flow system in the center of the city will be started in may to reduce traffic .
some streets are expected to be closed and access of automobiles to the area will be restricted .
the plan to require car owners to obtain inspections and make repairs on their cars to reduce pollution is expected prompt criticism .
making enforcement difficult is that fact that the inspections initially will be required only for models manufactured from 1977 to 1982 .
leaders of environmental groups expressed doubts about the ability of the police to enforce the new policy .
critics of inspection proposals in the past have said such programs would lead to greater police corruption .
as it has all week , the dollar , the most widely used currency in international finance , came under severe attack again yesterday in foreign exchange markets around the world .
earlier this week , the selling pressure had been so intense that some governments , most notably west germany and japan , chose to spend billions of their own foreign exchange reserves to stem its fall .
with the likelihood that the dollar will have to go lower to stimulate american exports and the economy , foreign holders of the dollar sell now to avoid taking losses later on .
a. immediately , it becomes more expensive to vacation in paris or rome .
over time , a weaker dollar makes imports more expensive , as foreign manufacturers raise prices to maintain profit margins when they convert dollars back to their home currencies .
a. the dollar is traded on what is known as the foreign exchange market , where its value is determined against other currencies .
there is not a physical market for trading .
also , currency trading is increasingly related to international investment , when a japanese investor , for instance , wants to buy american bonds and needs to exchange yen for dollars to do so .
these transactions amount to tens of billions of dollars daily .
a. because up to now foreign producers have been willing to cut their profit margins , which have been huge , in order to hold market share .
that deficit is a record , and represents the fifth year in a row that the united states has purchased more from abroad than it has sold overseas .
by the end of last year , our obligations to foreigners exceeded theirs to us by more than $ 200 billion .
a. part of the answer has to do with brand loyalty : from 1980 to 1985 , when the dollar was strong , american consumers fell in love with imports that cost less than what was produced here at home .
finally , although it has declined a lot against currencies such as the japanese yen and the west german mark , the dollar has not fallen very much , if at all , relative to currencies of major trading partners such as canada , mexico and south korea .
q. is the trade deficit likely to shrink in the future ?
those declines should help cut demand for imports somewhat .
unfortunately , the prospects for faster economic growth around the world this year are not promising .
without stronger growth , foreign demand for american products , no matter how cheap , is not likely to expand that much .
q. are our major economic allies concerned about the direction of the dollar ?
what could they do to stop the decline ?
since the economies of west german and japan , for example , are much more dependent on export revenues than the united states , those nations suffer when their goods become expensive in overseas markets .
the united states and pakistan plan to consult early next week on a common approach toward the seeming soviet effort to bring about a political settlement to the war in afghanistan , reagan administration officials said today .
they've had seven long years of a very frustrating war and the war hasn't been going very well from their point of view .
if they're seriously looking for a political settlement , that's good news .
the state department is expected to announce his trip on thursday or friday .
there also seems no consensus by the parties to the struggle on what kind of government should emerge in the aftermath of a soviet withdrawal .
the united nations negotiations that are to resume next month have been taking place regularly since 1982 in geneva .
all but a timetable for the soviet withdrawal have been agreed upon .
the soviet union has offered , through the afghan government , to pull out over four years , although in private soviet officials have hinted at a three-year withdrawal .
indian officials have said that moscow might be willing to go down to two years .
so far , the pentagon has not been linked to the controversy in any major way .
in an interview this evening , mr. sanchez said he was not surprised at speculation that he was leaving office because of the investigations .
but he added : i've been talking about retiring for some time , and it's just a matter of when .
but i have some personal matters that i must attend to .
he added that although he would not be surprised if he is called as a witness in the iran-contra inquiries , no one has called him yet .
he said he had not been involved in anything improper .
after a flight with arms for the contras was shot down over nicaragua on oct. 5 , officials said mr. sanchez was instrumental in planting a false report that was widely reported by american news organizations , asserting that the aircraft was on a private mission and had no government connection .
mr. abrams has denied this account .
in other activities , mr. sanchez appeared to have been caught in a dispute between his former associates at the c.i.a. and his present colleagues in the defense department over how to train the contras in guerrilla operations and what sort of strategy they should adopt .
in contrast , the officials said , military officers argued that the contras were so poorly led and equipped that they would have little chance against the more numerous , better trained sandinistas .
the senate today postponed until next wednesday a vote on a bill to renew the clean water act in a move to accommodate republicans who asked that action be delayed so that president reagan would not have to veto the bill before his state of the union message on jan. 27 .
administration officials said that the white house had sent out the word that the president wanted to go before congress with a positive agenda that did not include a veto .
saying it was too expensive , the president killed identical legislation that had unanimously been passed by both houses of congress .
but the house voted last week for the same bill that it passed last year and the senate is expected to do the same next week after first considering the president's proposal .
from the day in september when he took over as acting president and chief executive of cbs inc .
whether or not that will have any long-term negative implications , or is simply an inevitable phase , is still unclear , one analyst said .
but , he cautioned , the performance of the various core businesses has been mixed .
for now , the company is heavily dependent on the record division , which reported a 54 percent increase in operating profits for the third quarter and is expected to set a record with its earnings for the year .
still , the key factor at cbs will be the success of the network .
cbs remains second in the ratings , trailing nbc .
at the same time , he clearly enjoyed the international exposure and took the occasion to have the rome bureau arrange an audience for him with the pope .
at that meeting , the network begins to pick shows for the coming season .
mayor ben williams jr. said the closing would cost douglas a direct annual payroll of $ 10 million , which some residents estimated represented 25 percent of the town's economy .
announced steve miller , associate athletic director , will resign effective march 1 .
he will become executive director of the pennsylvania special olympics .
named john mitchell , who coached defensive ends at temple , a defensive assistant .
several black elected officials , lawyers and others who have been vocal in their reactions to the howard beach racial attack spoke in support yesterday of governor cuomo's appointment of a special prosecutor in the case as a people's victory .
they said the appointment amounted to an official recognition of the problem of racism in the city and the state .
we recognize that the governor has responded to pressure from the black community , said assemblyman roger l. green , democrat of brooklyn , who participated in the meeting tuesday .
and he can be sure that there will be greater pressure and higher expectations now .
representatives of groups planning a day of mourning and outrage next wednesday said they would go on with their plans despite the appointment .
mr. carson said that the slogan of the day of actions that will include a boycott would be black folks don't buy and die where you can't live and work .
the march would move to the greenwich village building where mayor koch has an apartment .
but the city's office of business development had other ideas .
within two weeks , we had signed a lease , mr. becker said .
i wish we'd done it a year earlier .
the gym more than doubled its space and added a third boxing ring .
as it is , the park offers the rare chance to be alone and glance over the waters to manhattan island .
and it may be a while longer before the next ferry arrives .
then , the city changed its policy .
she said at least two private concerns have applied for brooklyn service under the new policy .
i'm hoping we can start some kind of trend , david h. ward said .
and he must win approval from the city planning commission to convert it from industrial use .
pga west makes a 9 or 10 on a hole a possibility and a par extremely difficult .
then he hit his third shot in the water after a drop .
dave schmidt , a relief pitcher , became a free agent when the chicago white sox did not tender him a contract .
congress requires that such tenants be charged exactly 30 percent of their income for rent .
the colorado supreme court ruled the search of the van unconstitutional .
this view , offered by both black leaders and law-enforcement authorities , raises the question of why the howard beach case has developed with such political force , to the point where governor cuomo on tuesday took the highly unusual step of naming a special prosecutor to investigate the case .
as in everything , things well up .
in howard beach , queens , three black men , whose car had broken down several miles away , were set upon by a gang of white youths who had seen the blacks walking through the neighborhood in the early hours of dec. 20 .
one involved beating a man to death because he was black , she said .
through little more than luck , none of the victims died .
there have been several incidents in which blacks have died as a result of police actions .
the fuel has been there , he said .
mayor harold washington continues to hold a substantial lead in his democratic mayoral primary race with former mayor jane m. byrne , according to a broadcast poll released tonight .
the figures show that if mr. washington won the democratic primary , he would carry 93 percent of his supporters over to the general election .
but if mrs. byrne won the primary , she would keep only 75 percent of her supporters .
the poll found that if all surveyed voted today , 46 percent would choose mr. washington and 39 percent mrs. byrne .
in addition , those who approved of the way mrs. byrne handled her job as mayor from 1979 to 1983 dropped to 49 percent from 55 percent in november .
in beijing today , the crackdown on dissident intellectuals continued with an official announcement that a prominent shanghai writer had been expelled from the communist party .
it was seminars and articles on the possibility of political change that lay behind the student protests , with the students contending that the party was not moving quickly enough to grant more democracy , local elections and freedom of expression .
but , both the state department officials and mrs. goldman cautioned , that does not mean he is a political liberal .
mr. deng also led the crackdown on young people who put up posters calling for greater democracy in 1979 .
his writings have produced thousands of letters from readers throughout china .
but in a meeting last summer in beijing , he told her that despite all the publicity abroad about china's changes , he worried that things really haven't changed , she said .
the grand jury reported that a series of mistakes occurred , including giving the patient medication that the panel said might have killed her .
sales of cars and light trucks dropped sharply in the first 10 days of 1987 , compared with the 1986 period , figures reported by the eight domestic manufacturers indicated today .
there were eight selling days in both periods .
automobile sales by the big three domestic companies were all down in line with the overall market .
it was a medical decision they made over our objections .
a telephone message left for hospital officials was not returned .
a former official of the hospital , who asked not to be named , said tonight that decisions to issue passes so patients can leave under supervision is not done lightly .
he said such decision were made by a treatment committee of doctors and administrators .
the weak dollar also helped prices of precious metal futures but contributed to a decline in treasury bond prices .
most of the early weakness was attributed to a report in the new york times yesterday that the reagan administration would like the dollar to fall even further .
the dollar was also fell against sterling .
they denied that there were any hidden political considerations involved , such as that the governor , a possible presidential candidate in 1988 , was concerned about the appearance of federal investigators having to intervene in a new york city case .
otherwise , they said , they saw the situation becoming only increasingly ugly , as well as politically damaging for all the officials involved .
by all accounts , the final stages that led to a decision to name the prosecutor began sunday .
but at 6 p.m. , he said , he was notified by his top assistants that we weren't getting anywhere .
but administration officials first wanted to test the reaction of black leaders .
david n. dinkins , the manhattan borough president and a leader of the black community , called the governor to suggest a meeting with black officials that night in albany .
mr. cuomo suggested it for the next morning , after a good night's sleep , at 10 a.m. , in his office on the 57th floor of 2 world trade center .
at the meeting tuesday , according to those in attendance , the governor found the blacks united , with mr. dinkins serving as a sort of chairman for the 13 black representatives .
he sat to the left of the governor at a large conference table and selected who would speak .
it was mr. dinkins , not the governor , who spoke first , calling for a resolution of not only the howard beach case but of the long-range concerns of the black community .
he said he would not grant such sweeping authority to any special prosecutor .
the negotiations broke at 11 : 40 a.m. , with the black officials left in the conference room to caucus .
that would keep you busy for the next 20 years .
there was no attempt by him to dominate .
a bishop , a former newspaper editor and a retired judge are among those who governor cuomo will name to a commission with broad powers to investigate ethics in government .
the appointments will be formally announced thursday .
the identity of the seventh member could not be learned tonight .
it ended its work with several members complaining that it had not had adequate staff or power to conduct a full investigation .
but it wasn't because of crisp , precision basketball .
rather it was superior muscle and better bodies .
lewis suffered a sprained ankle monday .
both are expected to play saturday in st. john's next big east game , against connecticut .
the second was his first basket with 10 : 22 left in the second half .
i thought we showed good ball movement .
we turned the ball over but we were trying to create .
fernando sanders scored 14 for monmouth .
and i also appreciate the fact that your resistance to my coming is not personal .
but i do plan to take up this new job as soon as is convenient and practical , and can only add that i'm looking forward to knowing and working with you all .
people who were at the meeting said the staff was angered that mr. shawn was in effect being forced to retire , that he was not being allowed to choose his successor , and that an outsider was being brought in .
by the time the staff gathered , at about 2 p.m. , letters of protest and telephone calls were pouring in .
it was completed and the signatures gathered by the end of the afternoon .
it was a means of expressing what we felt , he said .
everyone recognized this wouldn't make it easier for him , but we weren't necessarily trying to make it harder for him , either .
we also know that you are a reasonable person .
according to sources on the board , the committee never interviewed another candidate .
he said it was very important that the company maintain its current holdings .
the general feeling is that we have nothing that we're working with that's for sale , he said .
there's nothing for sale , on a big basis .
that would mean that the current board would remain intact for at least another 16 months .
he said in a statement that although he had declared himself only a temporary officer , i have become increasingly impressed over the last four months with the strengths and potential of this great company and of its people .
the question remains : who will actually run cbs ?
i don't think either one of us is prepared to last in these jobs for too long , he said .
he faces up to seven years in prison if convicted .
since then she has not been in touch with their two children or her friends .
the authorities say she is probably dead .
before that , the two had been living together on long island for about a year .
the officer has told the authorities that his wife left on a business trip and never returned .
her body has not been found , so we don't really have a murder , one official said .
his home telephone number is not listed , and his lawyer , paul victor , did not return calls to his office .
three days later , mr. mccarthy said , the officer transferred the money to still another account , which he shared with ms. brooks .
no other persons were reported injured , the police said .
he also developed a new monitoring system to keep an eye on the collection companies retained by the agency .
in addition , private collection agencies have been forbidden to process fines .
but in only a year , the parking violations bureau appears transformed .
in an ideal world , products sold in the united states would be made in this country as well .
by combining u.s. management and technology with less expensive , productive mexican labor , a company can lower its costs .
according to department of commerce estimates , 25000 jobs are created for every $ 1 billion in u.s. exports .
the benefits of this industry are greatest in the southwestern united states .
a stronger mexico - our third largest export market - means more u.s. exports , thus more u.s. jobs .
it would be better if the president would say , the buck stops at my desk .
monthly interest payments on the notes would begin in february , while monthly principal payments will begin in october .
the size of the sale was increased from $ 250 million .
the lost circulation has all come to the runner , he said .
in 1984 the association published less access to less information by and about the u.s. .
but he also thinks his team can do better than it did at the trials last friday .
he went out too hard and just died .
that was the question asked yesterday by barry richard , the attorney representing the race track .
the late winter dates , from march 7 to early may , are the second most profitable .
i ran offices in new york and london .
it was a powerful and demanding position .
few women have had this experience , so i am often asked what it was like to work in a bank trading room on wall street .
it was a cold day in early february , almost a year to the day since i had started my trading career .
this had to be done quickly and accurately .
i was lost in concentration when suddenly i noticed that there was something wrong .
it took me a second or two to realize what was the matter .
the room had gone completely quiet .
during the entire year i had been trading , i had never experienced so complete a silence .
the currency prices had remained unchanged .
whatever was causing the sudden calm had not yet been acted on in the market .
something so important that the market hadn't had the time to digest the full implications of the information .
surprised by my intensity , several of the traders turned toward me .
through the opening i saw the cause of the trouble .
trading is a profession dominated almost exclusively by men .
sometimes this took a little getting used to .
for example , in december 85 i proposed to expand my new york operation to london .
it was simply a matter of setting up a desk to trade options and hiring some people locally .
senior management approved my plan , and just before christmas i flew over to make arrangements for the addition of my group .
by this time i was used to walking into a trading room , so i knew what to expect .
a sea of white shirts and blue ties surrounded by a pale gray cloud of cigarette smoke .
the only other woman in the room was a secretary whose duties included serving tea in the afternoon .
although the office had been notified of my visit , it appeared that they were not quite as prepared for me as i was for them .
surely , i wasn't the woman who was heading up the options unit ?
just a nice , normal , everyday bunch of guys .
i'm sure if they'd given the matter any thought , they would have been embarrassed and taken the photographs down prior to my visit .
but the pictures had apparently been around for so long that the traders no longer noticed them .
just part of an environment designed to keep them happy and comfortable at their work .
i felt kind of sorry for those guys actually .
i knew i was about to do something that would change their lives .
allow to dry for about 40 to 45 minutes , then apply two additional coats in the same manner .
otherwise they begin to look like beautiful paintings .
time seems to have been a fascination .
we normally like to include work from a number of collections , he said .
but examples of this work are rare .
i think it is a field that simply hasn't been looked at before , particularly domestic glass , and wilson has made himself an expert .
people don't want to call it art , he continued , but a lot of skill and imagination is required .
used for only a few years , the manufacturing process remains a mystery .
an example can be seen in the exhibition .
there is a tremendous variety of glass available today , mr. wilson said .
in terms of texture and high quality , there is probably as much glass available as 100 years ago .
speakers can be made to pass for a piece of art by covering them with a painted screen .
much of the gossip was about digital audio tape , the next generation of recording technology and one that most experts think is technically superior to the current rage , compact disks .
most companies had screens that were capable of more video effects as well , such as showing parts of two programs at once .
new touches continued to show up on telephones .
the reagan administration had for many years withheld an invitation .
for five wednesdays beginning jan. 28 , barbara o'brien will present slide lectures on the development of garden design from ancient times to the present .
a question period will be held , and counseling will be offered for those interested in degree or certificate programs .
their discussions will focus on such things as the collection of folk art and the effects of restoration on value .
as comic relief , they have come none too soon to drive away the dance season's winter blues .
inside jokes - about dance and show business - are shared by performers and public .
some who wrap themselves in their private visions work wonders .
to us , it is well worth the risk .
this list will be followed next month with a selection from britain and asia .
the gardens described are open every day unless otherwise noted .
paris is a city of superb gardens .
two great country gardens within 50 miles of paris have more lessons to teach .
the gardens are open every day from march through october , but are best seen in late spring or early summer .
i doubt if a single stream was ever put to such good effect .
it is open regularly only on the first saturday and sunday of each month , from april through october .
the contents and design are models for all rock gardeners .
each department of the garden is distinguished in its way .
its rare collection of water plants is as good as its alpine garden .
he was president of detroit medical center corporation , now known as detroit medical center , from 1979 to 1984 .
oil imports last year rose to their highest level since 1980 , an oil industry trade group said today , citing the drop in prices in the united states .
a barrel is the equivalent of 42 gallons .
that gave imports a 35 percent share of the market for the year as a whole and 39 percent in december .
the total of 2.2 billion barrels imported during 1986 was the most in any year since 2.5 billion barrels were shipped to the united states in 1980 , when the import market share was 40 percent .
i feel that closing the street is not a good idea because it is a place of great public attraction and interest , he said .
people don't consider the street a street , he said .
they're in constant danger and they're not aware of it .
i think the joy of it is trying drive down this street .
the new look certainly doesn't break with tradition .
most americans age 65 and older do not have private pensions and rely on social security , according to a study conducted by louis harris & associates for the commonwealth fund's commission on elderly people living alone .
although their incomes are limited , most of the elderly do not receive money from their children ; in fact , they are four times more likely to give regular financial assistance to their children than they are to receive it .
in 92 percent of the households surveyed , at least one person receives social security , and in 55 percent of the households , no one receives a private pension .
nearly a third of elderly people live alone .
most who live alone prefer their independence , and according to the study , they do not want to be a burden to their children , relatives and friends .
less than 1 percent of the elderly who live alone say they would prefer to live with their children , but 75 percent have children they could live with .
many elderly people are poor , particularly those who live alone .
the survey has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus two percentage points .
those 85 and over are twice as likely to live below the poverty level as those 65 to 69 .
the social security check they struggle along with simply isn't enough .
for women , the picture is even more stark .
that means their social security benefits are lower than men's , they are not likely to have pensions , and they are less likely to have been able to save the kind of money that would protect them from poverty during their older years .
but half of those who are eligible are not receiving benefits .
these elderly are often unaware of their eligibility ; in many cases , they do not know that such programs exist .
there is a resistance to saying : i'm in a desperate situation .
she is a widow , and she rents her apartment in greenwich village .
she has no income other than social security and is increasingly anxious about making ends meet and not being able to get around as well as she used to .
now , with my failing health and rising expenses , i don't know what will happen .
medicare often does not cover expenses related to a chronic condition once someone leaves the hospital .
the commission , now in its second year , is spending three years and $ 5 million to identify the needs of the elderly who live alone and develop model programs to meet those needs .
the survey found that many elderly people would be willing to do volunteer work for an average of nine hours a week on behalf of other elderly people in exchange for assurances that they would be able to get free help in the future for shopping , home repair and other needs .
the commission estimates the dollar value of such volunteer service at over $ 10 billion a year .
three years later support of the project was taken over by the city .
the panel noted that many engineering changes had been made to improve shuttle safety since the loss of the shuttle challenger on jan. 28 and the deaths of its seven crew members .
the audit of nasa procedures was requested by the space agency in response to a report by a presidential commission that last year investigated the explosion of the challenger .
the committee also recommended that nasa establish a system for ranking the most critical items on the shuttle based on the likelihood of their failures .
mr. jacob said government figures showed that by 1985 the median income of blacks had declined to 56 percent of the white median income .
the unemployment rate among adult blacks was 15 percent in 1985 , the latest year for which such figures were available , as against 7 percent for adult whites .
the elimination of more than six million low-income individuals from the federal tax rolls likely will affect approximately 25 percent of all black households , he said .
while the report contained many negative findings , it noted some areas of positive change , especially more political participation by black voters , which raised the numbers of black elected officials nationwide and helped democrats regain control of the senate .
they listened as one read a short story , and such a good time was had that the experience was repeated weekly , with a variety of performing and visual artists participating .
on four nights a week there are informal performances .
jazz performances reaching foreign countries have created audiences that appreciate the art form and inspired those who would also create the music .
all of these musicians will be participating today in a highlights in jazz program , jazz is my passport .
most of the plays presented offer some understanding of hispanic life .
and it has presented its programs in spanish and english .
it tells the story of a cuban family trying to hold itself together in spite of political differences .
the ingredients of the group's repertory are jazz standards and original works .
some of the performances are scheduled to be recorded .
the two-year renovation job would double the number of practice rooms , add one and a half new floors , include a room large enough to accommodate an audience of 150 , and add a two-story grand studio at the top that would have the same dimensions as the wang center for the performing arts , where the company performs .
that was hardly the case on tuesday ; if anything , the orchestral performance lacked intensity and driving passion .
we're thinking we can get support from the corporate community as well .
there are still details to be worked out and we're playing it by ear , he said .
we may be able to get the governor to be part of it .
we'll continue meeting this week and next .
thus , many fans without season tickets will be able to get inside the stadium .
a route has not been chosen , he said .
the meadowlands race track may also be used in some manner to help accommodate the thousands of fans expected to turn out .
we're not expecting two million people but , without being specific , maybe a couple of hundred thousand .
he said the meetings this week have included representatives of the new jersey state police and the national guard , who would be called upon to assist with crowd control and traffic .
as of now , the celebration is planned for noon .
the mayor agreed , but the giants turned down the offer last sunday evening after defeating the washington redskins for the national conference championship and a berth in the super bowl .
the company said that it plans to expand or to enter five new computer areas .
ever anxious to demonstrate that it could be counted on by the united states , israel was reluctant to say no .
did it , as is sometimes alleged in other instances , call out the powerful jewish lobby to push the deal on an unwilling white house ?
the attempt to blame israel resembles nothing so much as the cry the devil made me do it .
colonel north goes so far as to suggest that this too was originally israel's idea .
nicaragua is hardly a major israeli concern .
first , because the american people are not easily convinced that a small nation like israel can make the united states take actions it does not want to take .
like it or not , this scandal is our problem .
the strong close for 1986 obviously means 1987 will be yet another year of growth for the american economy .
but private economic analysts were skeptical that the december figures represented a trend .
under the new tax law , which took effect jan. 1 , sales taxes are not deductible .
i wouldn't call it bad news , but it's no reason to get excited , said michael k. evans of evans economics inc. of the december sales report .
it's a matter of shifting spending around .
mr. evans added : everybody and his brother went out and bought a car to take the sales tax deduction .
but even taking that out , he said , the sales figures indicated a very confident consumer .
it's certainly rising enough to keep the economy from sliding into recession .
much of this strength came in the category that includes department stores , where sales rose 1.3 percent from november sales .
it was the best december showing in the department store category since a 2.5 percent rise in december 1982 .
a special program that allows property owners in business areas to tax themselves for block improvements is bearing impressive fruit in one manhattan neighborhood .
an additional 35 neighborhoods are applying for the same status .
they say senior officials repeatedly assured congress that the administration understood this and would respect the letter and spirit of the restrictions .
these laws , and what they allowed , will be at the center of investigations by two congressional committees and lawrence e. walsh , the independent counsel named in the case .
we said no lethal aid , and we meant it .
in 1985 , after news reports disclosed the involvement of lieut .
members of the committee , in an unusual session , met with colonel north at the white house .
was the national security council covered ?
the law did not say , although congressional aides said it was written specifically to include the national security council , which is described in executive orders as being involved in intelligence activities .
many questions about what the law permitted have been raised in recent weeks .
at another point , he defined it as a very , very , very slight case , if any .
no one can give guarantees , he said .
the market is being hit from both directions , said dana johnson , an economist at the first national bank of chicago .
people who were absolutely convinced that the first quarter would be weak and bring lower interest rates are now recognizing that fourth-quarter data do not confirm that the economy is entering the new year with any real problems .
management company , an investment advisory firm .
but i expect that the mix will change , and they will not be so