Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service back issues from August 1998:
Some in Mexico look inward to fight corruption.(Originated from The Orange County Register)
Aug 03, 1998; ... The news from Mexico these days shrieks with scandals of corruption.An army general in cahoots with drug traffickers. An ex-president's brother with millions in secret Swiss bank accounts. And the latest, an official hired to fight crime in the capital _ until it was ...
Characteristics of a child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrom.(Originated from The Gazette)
Aug 03, 1998 ... Characteristics of a child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome may include:_Low birth weight and failure to catch up to peers in physical growth._Small head size, narrow eye slits, flat midface._Mental retardation._Alcohol withdrawal at ...
Facts on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.(Originated from The Gazette)
Aug 03, 1998 ... Q. What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?It is the name given physical and mental birth defects that are the direct result of a mother drinking alcohol during pregnancy.A. How common is FAS?At least 2,700 infants in the U.S. are born each year with FAS, ...
Drinking's pull.(Originated from The Gazette)
Aug 03, 1998 ... _The number of pregnant women nationwide drinking at risky levels increased four-fold between 1991-1995, endangering an estimated 140,000 pregnancies a year._Sixteen percent of pregnant women in one national study said they had not completely stopped drinking....
Developmental problems due to drinking alcohol while pregnant are devastating and common.(Originated from The Gazette)
Aug 03, 1998; ... COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ Many women in today's social whirl may have a beer or glass of wine after work; some may be aware of warnings on their labels that say drinking can harm a pregnant woman's unborn child.What some women still don't realize, however, is how little ...
Many divorced couples put a value on staying friendly.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 03, 1998; ... LEXINGTON, Ky. _ Dan Durham and Pam Hardy smile at the weird looks they get as they sit next to each other at their daughters' softball games, plays and church recitals.Alan and Janice Brock chuckle over friends' confusion seeing her enjoying dinner out with him and his new ...
Relationships range from perfect pals to fiery foes.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 03, 1998; ... What are most divorced relationships really like? According to a study by Constance Ahrons, associate director of the marriage and family therapy program at the University of Southern California and author of ``The Good Divorce,'' they are equally divided between good and bad. Her ...
Our nation's health is not a business.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Aug 03, 1998 ... KRT FORUMBy Alice HerbIt's no secret. John Smith and Mary Doe are not happy with managed care.Managed care promised to bring health care to affordable levels but as it successfully contained the historic economic spiral, it behaved as any other ...
A friend spurned: Americans used to trust government, no more.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 03, 1998; ... Unless they can pass a law forbidding telemarketers from calling at dinner time, there's nothing much I want the federal government to do at present.How about you? Any burning issue you are desperate to see Congress address?I suspect not. I have been asking ...
Skeptics attempt to debunk unusual beliefs.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 03, 1998; ... Next, on ``Unsolved Mysteries'' _ the case of the skeptics who discovered they were invisible!From offices in Amherst, N.Y., the non-profit Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal publishes a glossy magazine, deploys quotable experts and ...
Changing our tune on monogamy.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Aug 03, 1998 ... KRT FORUMBy Heather FarishI was 11 years old when George Michael's ``I Want Your Sex'' hit the airwaves in 1986, and I know I was not the only elementary-aged child barred from listening to this single. ``Sex is natural, sex is good. Not everybody does it, ...
Complaints, criticism can destroy a marriage.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 03, 1998; ... Today we'll look at four little things that can mess up your marriage, and then what to do about them. I call them ``the 4 C's of Marital Cancer.'' These four ``little things'' are like cancer in a marriage because, just like cancer in the body, they start out very small. But if left ...
Remembering Babe Ruth and the power to make folks smile.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 03, 1998; ... PHILADELPHIA _ ``So Grandpa, who was Babe Ruth, anyway?''Hmmmm, where to begin . . .Only the last generation of this century has to ask such a question. Michael Jordan, they know. Muhammad Ali, they have heard of, but see him now only in withered, palsied ...
Clinton legal team will appeal Lindsey ruling to Supreme Court.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 03, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ Although President Clinton has agreed to testify in the investigation of his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, the White House announced Monday it would fight all the way to the Supreme Court an effort to compel one of his closest confidants to talk....
Talking with the Queen of Simple and Sweet among the most memorable of reporter's experiences.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 03, 1998; ... I should start by admitting that for most of my 27 years, my mother has called me Lamb Chop. Not for culinary reasons, but in homage to an extraordinary puppet made from an ordinary sock.So often had I heard the term of affection that, as an intern at the Los Angeles Times ...
Shari Lewis made us forget our differences, between puppet and human, between parent and child.(Originated from The Orange County Register)
Aug 03, 1998; ... Unlike most entertainers, it was possible to meet and love Shari Lewis several times in your life.My generation's introduction came when we were children in the 1950s and 1960s, watching her weekly television show. More recently, we became regular viewers along with our own ...
Shari Lewis delighted kids for 40 years.(Originated from Providence Journal)
Aug 03, 1998; ... She was an international star before Big Bird was a chick or Barney was a flash in the pan. She appeared before numerous heads of state, including four command performances before Queen Elizabeth II.Shari Lewis, the ventriloquist, puppeteer and singer whose career spanned ...
Panetta says Clinton should tell about relationship.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 03, 1998; ... MONTEREY, Calif. _ President Clinton should tell the American people all about his relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky to end the concentration about them and get a focus back on the business of governing, his former chief of staff said Monday.It ...
California's bilingual law tested.(Originated from KRT CALIFORNIA< (AT-RISK)
Aug 04, 1998 ... By Michelle MaitreKnight Ridder NewspapersMONTEREY, Calif. _ The first test of the state's tough new anti-bilingual education law came on Monday when instruction began in the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District.Several other districts ...
Life after baby's death: A woman accepts the fact that her daughter's killer was the father.(Originated from KRT CALIFORNIA< (PHOTO from KRT Direct) (AT-RISK)
Aug 04, 1998 ... By Heather LourieThe Orange County RegisterSANTA ANA, Calif. _ Every night when Ramona Huizar-Villa goes to bed, she lays her head on a pillow wrapped in a burgundy blanket that once belonged to her baby girl.She pictures dark-eyed, curly haired ...
Shoot down misuse of Brady Act.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 04, 1998; ... Federal tax. Background check. Waiting period. Transfer fees.If this were an answer on ``Jeopardy!,'' the correct $500 question would be: ``What onerous and possibly unlawful restrictions are the Clinton administration trying to impose on law-abiding gun owners?'' ...
Video teaches teens the warning signs of dangerous partners.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 04, 1998; ... SAN JOSE, Calif. _ The late-night calls from Chris come over a cell phone, and Jenny's nightly diary entries _ through which much of the story is told _ are logged into her computer. It's a '90s spin on an age-old problem, one that focuses on two high school lovers caught in a web of ...
'Don't talk to strangers' is only the first step in teaching about safety, experts say.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 04, 1998; ... LEXINGTON, Ky. _ Parents walk a tightrope trying to decide how much to teach children about personal safety. On the one hand, we want our children safe; on the other, we don't want to scare them (and ourselves) to death.But in today's society, ``don't talk to strangers'' ...
Power of 'Private Ryan' comes in its quiet moments, WWII veterans say.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 04, 1998; ... PHILADELPHIA _ The three men sat tight-lipped in a middle row of the movie theater as images of young men being blown to bits flashed before them. The colors on the silver screen were reflected in their faces: sea green, mud brown and, yes, blood red.There was Vincent J ....
Goalkeeper takes her role as African-American role model very seriously.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 04, 1998; ... UNIONDALE, N.Y. _ Because the rules of soccer require goalkeepers to wear uniforms distinctly different from those of their teammates, U.S. women's national team goalie Briana Scurry is bound to stand out.Still, even if she were decked from jersey to socks in the exact ...
Planting the seeds of another U.S farmland debacle; farm lending's regulator is opening the faucet; watch for land prices to soar and then plunge.(Originated from KRT FORUM)
Aug 04, 1998 ... By Bert ElyBridge NewsALEXANDRIA, Va. _ The old saying that history repeats itself may soon come to pass for rural America, with disastrous consequences. The Farm Credit System, the prime culprit in the 1980s' agricultural crisis because of its aggressive ...
Safety nets are needed to protect the mentally ill -- it might be as simple as a friend.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Aug 04, 1998 ... KRT FORUMBy Bernice SkirbollIn recent weeks, we have seen two highly publicized examples of violence caused by patients suffering from a severe form of mental illness.Michael Laudor, the brilliant Yale Law School graduate, murdered his fiancee, ...
A gentle TV presence.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Aug 04, 1998 ... The following editorial appeared in the Orange County Register on Tuesday, 8-4:Who will do intelligent, gentle, constructive and imaginative television for children now? With the death of Shari Lewis, ``Lamb Chop's'' friend, a void has been created. Will it be filled by ...
Schools begin pushing aside foreign languages; one teacher believes Prop. 227's emphasis on English will not work as well as bilingual education.(Originated from KRT CALIFORNIA< (AT-RISK)
Aug 04, 1998 ... By Pam KingKnight Ridder NewspapersPITTSBURG, Calif. _ The Proposition 227 era has dawned for most of California's year-round schools. Where some limited-English students previously learned to read, spell and compute in Spanish or other native languages, ...
Facts about the Democratic Republic of Congo.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 04, 1998 ... The Democratic Republic of Congo was known as Zaire before May 1997, when Laurent Kabila overthrew the dictatorship of Mobutu Sese Seko.A former Belgium colony, the Democratic Republic of Congo is twice the size of Texas, with vast mineral reserves. It is potentially one ...
Clinton's Net point man aims to ease distrust.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 05, 1998 ... Ira C. Magaziner is the Clinton administration's point man for Internet policy. He has spent the past year studying the Internet and helping to prepare a report on the administration's electronic commerce initiative, which could be released as early as this week. Magaziner says the ...
Sharing a meal connects us to others.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 05, 1998; ... In the clearing of a quiet Tulsa park, the aroma wafted through the trees _ stopping me in my tracks.I took a deep breath of the early Saturday morning air. The hide-and-seek game with my friend Phillip would have to wait, I thought, as I ran nimbly over rocks and around ...
For Clinton, capping the damage may still be possible.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 05, 1998; ... The question is no longer whether Bill Clinton can redeem his presidency, or Kenneth Starr can redeem his investigation, but whether the country itself can cap the damage and clean up as much of the mess as possible after the Monica Lewinsky disaster.Within a few days, ...
Brady law will expand to include all firearms.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 05, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ The 1994 Brady law restricting handgun sales soon will expand to include all firearms, a change that could come as a rude surprise to gun buyers who want a new rifle or shotgun for the fall hunting season.Changes, provided for in the original law and set to ...
Scientists say weekends are the rainiest days of the week.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 05, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ Your worst weather fears are true. It does rain more on the weekends.Scientists who pored through years of rainfall data have discovered a clear and dismaying pattern. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays are the rainiest days of the week all along America's Eastern ...
Lewinsky expected to testify Thursday.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 05, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ After six months of parading lawyers, secretaries and bodyguards before the grand jury investigating allegations of presidential lies and sex, Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr on Thursday is expected to summon his star witness _ Monica Lewinsky.Lewinsky, 25, a ...
Clinton should stay no matter what, poll finds.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 05, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ President Bill Clinton should continue to serve, even if he admits to a grand jury later this month that he had sex with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and that he lied about it.That's the feeling of a majority of 600 Michigan residents who voted in ...
Munchausen by proxy lies at root of some infanticide.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 05, 1998; ... In recent years, doctors and nurses have come to accept the unthinkable _ that some seemingly caring parents of desperately ill children have in fact caused the sickness to garner sympathy or admiration.Some parents, almost always mothers, have used hammers to break their ...
Swimmers ignore Ocean Beach dangers.(Originated from KRT CALIFORNIA)
Aug 06, 1998 ... By Carolyn McMillanKnight Ridder NewspapersSAN FRANCISO _ A day after a San Pablo, Calif., man drowned in a riptide at Ocean Beach, visitors were back playing in the waves Wednesday oblivious to the dangerous currents that have claimed seven people since the ...
Remember Bosnia? It's past time to bring our troops home.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Aug 06, 1998 ... KRT FORUMBy Thomas MooreJust before leaving town for its August recess, the U.S. Senate rejected a proposal that would have started to bring American soldiers home from Bosnia. That was a mistake.Now slogging into its third year, the Bosnia ...
Guestworker program will hurt workers on both sides of border.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Aug 06, 1998 ... This is one in a series of op-ed pieces from the Progressive Media Project on issues of concern to people of Latin heritage.KRT FORUMBy Raul YzaguirreAgribusiness should not determine U.S. immigration policy. When it does, it hurts workers in ...
U.S. troops are up to the challenge.(Originated from)
Aug 06, 1998 ... By Michael O'HanlonWASHINGTON _ Critics are right that today's U.S. military verges on being overworked. But its overall preparedness for a wide range of missions is still quite good.As the joint chiefs of staff recently testified before Congress, combat ...
Ready or not? America's military falls into disarray and emboldens the world's dictators.(Originated from)
Aug 06, 1998 ... By James H. AndersonWASHINGTON _ Air Force planes sit idle for lack of spare parts. Navy ships deploy without full crews. The Army and Marine Corps cannibalize equipment to field front-line units.Far from being isolated incidents, these problems point to a ...
A third way for Congress to handle Lewinsky matter: censure or reprimand.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 06, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ Until now, many discussions of the White House sex scandal have focused on two possible conclusions, with President Clinton either vindicated or forced out of office. But there is a third way the story could end.Congress could vote to censure or reprimand ...
Starr's inquest has refocused attention on grand jury's fundamental fairness.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 06, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ For most people, testifying before a criminal grand jury is a frightening experience unique to the American justice system.Alone, the summoned witness enters a guarded room to face 23 strangers called grand jurors _ and is confronted by a prosecutor armed with ...
New museum's message is unmistakable: Guns are as American as apple pie.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 06, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ In an era when many Americans consider guns a terrifying societal menace, a new museum near the nation's capital hopes to entice tourists with a $3.1 million high-tech tribute to American firepower.Nearly 2,000 guns _ from Napoleon's ornately decorated rifle ...
Handful of space program chimps to get reprieve from biomedical research.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 06, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ Forty years after they were captured in Africa for the fledgling U.S. space program, Robin and Penny will retire to Texas. But most of what's left of America's chimpanzee astronaut corps will spend the rest of their lives in a research lab where many were infected with ...
Media frenzy reaches fever pitch as Lewinsky goes before grand jury.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 06, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ Provoking a public spectacle reminiscent of the media and tourist swarm that converged on the O.J. Simpson trial, Monica Lewinsky spent about six hours in a federal courthouse Thursday providing grand jury testimony that could profoundly affect President Clinton's legacy. ...
Alliance offers information on choosing, buying adaptive technology.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Aug 07, 1998; ... With the approach of autumn and its start of school season racing before our eyes, once again parents of students with disabilities as well as students themselves begin the annual hunt for adaptive technology to make communication and life easier.Although there's a lot of ...
Facing reality gives better view of choices.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 07, 1998; ... My review of Christopher Reeve's book, ``Still Me'' (Random House, $25), appears in the current issue of New Mobility magazine, and I've been thinking about the book a lot since I wrote that review. I've been working on the outline of a seminar and book with a retired pastor friend ...
Today's 'message' music had its origins in the songs of 20 years ago.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 07, 1998; ... Listen to Jefferson Airplane's rebellious cry against the nation: ``You are the crown of creation/And you've got no place to go''.It was 1968, the year that rocked the country and changed the world _ and changed mainstream pop music along with it. Far from the feel-good ...
How much water do you need?(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 07, 1998 ... HOW MUCH WATER DO YOU NEED?The standard rule is to drink at least eight eight-ounce glasses a day. More active people require more water, as the following chart suggests:Daily water requirements (eight-ounce servings) based on one hour of activity: ...
Hydration tips for kids.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 07, 1998 ... Summer's the time for kids to be outside, whether in the backyard or on vacation. Kids especially need to be swigging down water. Dietitian Felicia Busch, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, offers the following suggestions for keeping children well-hydrated: ...
Consuming adequate amounts of water is essential to achieving the body's nutritional balance, temperature and oxygen.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 07, 1998; ... As temperatures climb, so should everyone's water consumption.Getting enough water is an especially tough challenge for the youngest and oldest: babies and senior citizens. Infants' kidneys are not well developed, so they lose more water in their urine than adults do; they ...
Painful shyness can lead to isolation from life.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 07, 1998; ... For most of his life, Bill Hudkins of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 76, was painfully shy.Not the kind of shyness most of us can imagine _ you know, the occasional awkwardness at a party or the reluctance to speak before a group of people.Hudkins suffered from the ...
R&B icon Ray Charles credits his longevity to integrity and commitment.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 07, 1998; ... Ray Charles _ with his savvy blend of blues and gospel _ is often credited as the being the inventor of soul music.Charles _ although gracious, modest and unassuming in conversation _ agrees with that assessment.``All I did was be myself and sing what I ...
Iron deficiency is quiet epidemic among children.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 07, 1998; ... So Junior is healthy, you say. No chickenpox or head lice. No ear infections or pink eye. No whooping cough, hacking cough or coughing up at all.Sure, but have you had his blood checked?Chances are that Junior is among the nearly 50 percent of children ...
Mandatory sentencing removes human thought, compassion from trials.(Originated from)
Aug 07, 1998 ... (EDITORS: Leonard Pitts will be on vacation next week. His next column will move Wednesday, 8-19.)By Leonard Pitts Jr.Knight Ridder NewspapersI don't know Gabriel Rubino. Don't know if he's hell on two legs or if he is, as friends and family ...
Gold traces of Thrace: Civilization's skill at gilding has outlived its own history.(Originated from KRT CALIFORNIA)
Aug 07, 1998 ... By Anita AmirrezvaniKnight Ridder NewspapersSAN FRANCISCO _ Just who were the Thracians? Compared to their neighbors, the ancient Greeks, they are very little known. Starting about the 5th century B.C., Thracian tribes dominated a huge area encompassing ...
Don't fear those odd contraptions: Pilates Method program has real muscle.(Originated from The Gazette)
Aug 07, 1998; ... COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ Twelve years of intensive weight training made Brenda Moore feel like a muscle-bound beach girl.``I got so boxy and bulky, I didn't feel feminine anymore,'' she says.Then she discovered the Pilates Method, a conditioning program that ...
Pilates session a real workout.(Originated from The Gazette)
Aug 07, 1998; ... I knew I had a big knot in my neck from years of working on computers and telephones. But only after an introductory Pilates session did I learn it was a monster.``It's bigger than a half-dollar,'' said Brenda Moore, who teaches Pilates at the Garden of the Gods Club. ...
Bombing attacks on U.S. embassies since 1983.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 07, 1998 ... U.S. embassies frequently have been the target of bombing and rocket attacks. Among the attacks since 1983:April 18, 1983 _ A suicide car-bomb attack on the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, kills 63, including 17 Americans. A shadowy radical Shiite Muslim group, Islamic ...
Basic sketches of U.S. ambassadors to Kenya and Tanzania.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 07, 1998 ... Here are thumbnail sketches of the U.S. ambassadors to Kenya and Tanzania:KENYAAmbassador: Prudence Bushnell.Nominated: April 3, 1996.Experience: Joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1981. Served at posts in Dakar, Senegal and ...
Muslims often target of instant blame for acts of terrorism.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 07, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ As the time neared for the communal Friday prayer, hands, feet and faces were carefully washed. Travel-worn sneakers and polished oxfords, sandals of hide and dainty beaded slippers were removed and laid aside in great heaps outside a chandeliered hotel ballroom spread with ...
Clinton vows to find and bring to justice embassy bombers.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Aug 07, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ Denouncing the back-to-back bombings outside U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania as ``inhuman,'' President Clinton vowed Friday to use all his powers to find the killers and dispatched scores of investigators to hunt for evidence at the deadly scenes of wreckage. ...