Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service back issues from October 1998:
'Patients' bill of rights,' more bad medicine from Washington.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Oct 01, 1998 ... KRT FORUMBy Robert E. MoffitFirst the bad news: Health-care costs are headed back up. Now the worse news: Those costs will climb even faster if the so-called ``patients' bill of rights'' makes it out of Congress and is signed by the president....
Germany joins Britain, U.S. in embracing third-way politics.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 01, 1998; ... Gerhard Schroeder's election as chancellor of Germany is encouraging evidence that ``the politics of the third way'' _ what is called in the United States the New Democratic strategy _ has survived Bill Clinton's best efforts to discredit that important idea.The idea is, ...
Rehnquist book revives internment debate.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Oct 01, 1998 ... KRT FORUMBy Frank H. WuThe debate on the U.S. internment of Japanese Americans during World War II isn't over yet. Now William Rehnquist, chief justice of the Supreme Court, is saying his piece. In his new book, ``All the Laws but One: Civil Liberties in ...
For a truly accurate census count, modern sampling is the way to go.(Originated from)
Oct 01, 1998 ... By Rep. Carolyn MaloneyNEW YORK _ If you want to know the best way to make a cake, ask a baker. If you want to know the best way to change the oil in your car, ask a mechanic. If you want to know the best way to do just about anything, ask an expert. And all the ...
Not counting Americans on an individual basis bends the Constitution and encourages fraud.(Originated from)
Oct 01, 1998 ... By Rep. Dan MillerBRADENTON, Fla. _ As the census chairman in the House of Representatives, I want Americans to know that Congress has an unwavering commitment to making the 2000 Census the most accurate in our nation's history.The 2000 Census has become a ...
Hypertension: A solution at the tips of our tongues.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Oct 01, 1998 ... KRT FORUMBy Neal D. Barnard and Cindy S. SpitzerIf you live in the United States, or any other industrialized society, a good chance exists that someday, perhaps someday soon, your blood pressure will climb too high, stay too high and maybe even kill you. ...
As PBS documentary recalls, fear of polio also was part of living in the '50s.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 01, 1998; ... Rock 'n' roll.Leather jackets.Sock hops.Chevys and Fords.Willie, Mickey and the Duke.A nation pleasantly in limbo with Ike in the White House.Those are just a few of the cliched images of the 1950s. ...
For D-Day Memorial, sculptor is portraying true brutality of war.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 01, 1998; ... LAWRENCE, Kansas _ Jim Brothers calls his latest sculpture ``Across the Beach.''Two soldiers huddle together. One is wounded, his face contorted in pain. The second drags the first one forward.Brothers has never witnessed battle. Nevertheless, he has been ...
Historical scandals seem quaint compared with today's.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 01, 1998; ... KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Harry S. Truman didn't want the 1944 Democratic vice presidential nomination, he told friends.He had a skeleton in his closet.Sure enough, it soon emerged that Truman had put his wife, Bess, on the payroll of his Senate office staff. Bess ...
Plenty of hurricane information online.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 01, 1998; ... BRADENTON, Fla. _ Just about everything you want to know about hurricanes can be found online.The Internet offers hundreds of World Wide Web sites with hurricane information and related products for homeowners, businesses and even kids.Bright colors and ...
Impeachment talk serves as smoke screen for inertia; the important public-policy business of the nation is not getting done.(Originated from KRT FORUM)
Oct 01, 1998 ... By James J. FlorioBridge NewsPISCATAWAY, N.J. _ Poll after poll says the same thing: The American people do not want to hound the president out of office, nor do they want to initiate prolonged impeachment proceedings. The reasons for this attitude on the ...
Key cases to watch in the Supreme Court's new term.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 01, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ Here are key cases to watch in the Supreme Court's 1998-99 term, which begins Monday:HARASSMENT _ Sexual harassment is common among students. Does federal civil-rights law protect students whose peers subject them to such misconduct? If so, schools could be ...
Tale of Tripp's involvement begins with Goldberg.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 01, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ Linda Tripp's secret tapes of Monica Lewinsky's lovelorn ramblings about President Clinton, transcripts of which are slated for public release Friday, probably would not exist if a confidante hadn't prodded and ultimately misinformed Tripp.Her ally, New York ...
Smoking lifestyle causes genetic abnormalities in the sperm of teen-age men, study finds.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 01, 1998; ... The smoking lifestyle causes genetic abnormalities in the sperm of teen-age men, irregularities that could help explain miscarriages and birth defects linked to a father's smoking, according to a study published Friday in the journal Fertility and Sterility.Sperm from young ...
Crony capitalism comes to America Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service KRT FORUM By Martin H. Wolfson (KRT) Near Wall Street last week, at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the sleek black limousines rolled up. They discharged their.(Originated from passengers _ officers of major banks and financial institutions. They)
Oct 02, 1998 ... had come to plan the bailout of Long-Term Capital Management, the so-called hedge fund whose speculative trading practices blew up in the faces of its super-rich investors.On Main Street U.S.A., people may wonder: Why are these wealthy investors being bailed out? Hedge funds ...
Prisoners used in medical tests seek recompense.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 02, 1998; ... PHILADELPHIA _ When it was his turn to speak, William Harper, a disabled factory worker, said he was sorry.Harper, 62, was sitting last week in a meeting room in North Philadelphia, on a metal chair, among about 35 former Holmesburg, Pa., Prison inmates. He himself had ...
In the fight against fat, we forgot about calories.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 02, 1998; ... We're all counting fat grams and eating low-fat cookies. So how come we keep getting fatter?Maybe because we're eating too many calorie-laden low-fat and fat-free snack foods, suggest surveys commissioned by the U.S. Agriculture Department.Americans are ...
Fat free sometimes means high calorie.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 02, 1998 ... Watching fat intake is important, but fat-free foods sometimes have as many calories as regular foods, or even more.Fat-free fig cookie _ 70 caloriesRegular fig cookie _ 50 calories{ cup premium nonfat ice cream _ 190 calories{ cup ...
Green -- with envy! Global envirocrats squander loads of jet fuel flying to Buenos Aires trim to U.S. energy use.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Oct 02, 1998 ... KRT FORUMBy David A. RidenourWASHINGTON _ Next month, the American people will witness an extraordinary act of hypocrisy: Millions of gallons of fuel will be burned as a direct result of an international conference convened to curb fossil fuel use. ...
Now is the time to get your car a winter physical.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 02, 1998; ... These are not the times that try a motorist's soul. The weather is still mild, and your car is probably running famously.But, don't be deceived. Winter's automotive trolls are already in position under every bridge and overpass, waiting for the low temperatures that will ...
Celiac sprue a misunderstood gastrointestinal disease.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 02, 1998; ... When it comes to gastrointestinal diseases, perhaps none is more controversial or more misunderstood than celiac sprue.The disease with the odd name is often mistakenly thought of as rare, as a bundle of odd allergies, or even as a nondisease. And while none of these ...
Gluten may be in more foods than you think.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Oct 02, 1998; ... So you think you could spot a grain-based thing trying to track down that gluten? Think it's that easy? Oh, you could avoid common things like bread, certain cereals, cakes, pies, cookies, stuffings, muffins and bagels, but what about the disease-triggering glutens found in more complex ...
Be careful not to label Clinton too quickly with psychological disorders.(Originated from The Virginian-Pilot)
Oct 02, 1998; ... I'm sure you want to read another column about President Clinton. This isn't about him. It's about the meaning of labels being stuck on his back like pin the tail on the donkey.Most are considered disabilities when applying for Social Security assistance or filing for ...
Experts disagree on effect of impeachment.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 02, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ Assume that President Clinton is not going away anytime soon. This is not a man prone to quitting. And kicking him out of office would take Congress months, if not years.But the House appears poised to hold impeachment hearings, and that raises a number of ...
Effect of censure might have on Clinton unclear.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 02, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ When President Clinton angles for censure instead of impeachment, he's hoping the deal would let him keep his job and give him one last chance to fight his way back to respect.And he's right.Even if Congress votes to condemn Clinton for lying to ...
Autry was a dominant star of his era, helping push country music into mainstream.(Originated from The Orange County Register)
Oct 02, 1998; ... It's difficult to convey in modern terms the impact and importance of Gene Autry's contribution to country music. Nearly half a century has passed since Autry recorded anything of significance, and back when he was a singing star, the entertainment universe was a much different place. ...
Currie testimony reveals loyal, enabling aide.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 02, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ Like any successful executive assistant, presidential secretary Betty Currie was a genius at anticipating needs, at reading the mind of her boss. Her value depended upon her intuition. Her power depended upon the secrets she kept.None of this was written down ...
Lewinsky, Tripp forged mutually manipulative friendship.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 02, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ In many ways, Linda Tripp, tough single mom from New Jersey, and Lewinsky, child-vamp from Beverly Hills 90210, never really understood each other.Lewinsky shopped Neiman Marcus, Tripp went to T.J. Maxx. Lewinsky couldn't type. Tripp was a Katherine ...
Lewinsky-Tripp girl talk a one-way street.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 02, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ On the surface, their conversations seemed typical for two girlfriends _ chatter about hair, clothes, trips, jobs and men.But people who study friendships see something different in the relationship between Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp. And it's not just ...
Testimony shows advisers dealt with Lewinsky rumors differently.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 02, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ As President Clinton carried on an affair in the White House with Monica Lewinsky over 18 months ending last year, there were ample signs to senior White House staff and Clinton advisers that the two had an unusually close relationship.Some seemed to look the ...
What happens next on impeachment front will set landscape for election.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 02, 1998; ... Despite mixed reviews and a skeptical national audience, the curtain will rise Monday for the next act in the Clinton-Lewinsky melodrama. And by week's end, Bill Clinton will probably join Andrew Johnson and Richard Nixon as the only presidents ever to be targeted for impeachment. ...
Betty Currie let her loyalty and her ''gut'' guide her.(Originated from WRITETHRU)
Oct 02, 1998 ... (EDITORS: Adds detail from Currie's grand jury testimony and her interviews by the FBI)By Mary Otto and Elsa C. ArnettKnight Ridder NewspapersWASHINGTON _ Like any successful executive assistant, presidential secretary Betty Currie was a genius ...
Clinton's relationship with Lewinsky was something of an open secret.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 02, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ While President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky tried to hide their sexual encounters _ often meeting in a bathroom or a windowless corridor _ their relationship was something of an open secret among Secret Service officers and some top White House aides, according to newly ...
New chemical sterilization procedure touches off worldwide debate.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 03, 1998; ... MIAMI _ A new and inexpensive method to sterilize women without surgery, never offered in the United States, has touched off a worldwide debate about its medical risks and the motives of immigration-control groups sponsoring it for the sterilization of Third World women.Dr ....
Over consumption the latest menace to humanity, author says.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 04, 1998; ... SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Thirty years ago, Stanford ecologist Dr. Paul Ehrlich dropped ``The Population Bomb,'' a controversial book that catapulted the environment into a cause and Ehrlich to an instant celebrity.Now overpopulation has been joined by a second menace, said ...
Judiciary panel chair won't rule out expanding probe past Lewinsky scandal.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 04, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, which meets Monday to consider formal impeachment proceedings against President Clinton, said Sunday he wants to conclude the inquiry by year's end but would not rule out expanding the probe beyond the Lewinsky scandal. ...
Depression is more than a bout of blues.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 05, 1998; ... Here are the Universal Laws for managing depression:The Law of Blue: Just sort of feeling blue, kind of out of it, gets confused with being depressed. We all get the blues from time to time, and they pass.The Law of Sad: Feeling sad, while not pleasant, makes ...
Committee ponders 15 points of possible impeachment as it moves toward vote.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 05, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ The House Judiciary Committee, contemplating charges against a president for only the third time in U.S. history, moved Monday toward impeachment hearings on 15 accusations against President Clinton in the Monica Lewinsky scandal.The 15 points, prepared by the ...
Cited by both sides, Hamilton can't break partisanship's hold.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 05, 1998; ... Alexander Hamilton, a Founding Father shot dead in a duel 194 years ago, was resurrected Monday, at least in spirit, by the partisans of the House Judiciary Committee, as they opened debate on whether to launch an impeachment inquiry against President Clinton.But his memory ...
The BREAD Formula expands from 5 steps to 10.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Oct 05, 1998; ... In 1990, the Institute for Stress Management introduced its 5 step BREAD formula for effective stress management. The steps were: Breathe correctly, Relax daily, Exercise aerobically, have a positive Attitude, and eat a healthy Diet.Over the past 8 years, medical and ...
Nation's private schools more integrated and racially tolerant than public ones.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Oct 05, 1998 ... KRT FORUM (AT-RISK)By Jay P. GreeneAUSTIN, Texas _ The use of public funds to support education is designed not only to promote academic achievement, but also to promote the values we desire in citizens of a democratic country.We expect schools ...
Affluence fuels an optimistic outlook in U.S. youth; a survey finds today's students responsible and realistic, but given to immediate gratification.(Originated from KRT FORUM (AT-RISK)
Oct 05, 1998 ... By Bernice KannerBridge NewsNEW YORK _ America's youth might have found East Street.A recent survey of students in ``Generation R,'' young Americans now ages 12 to 21, found that allowances are soaring. So too are expectations of easier lives in ...
Money-management contests make students savvy investors.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 05, 1998; ... For Alex Madera, 14, the ceremony marking his graduation from the Albert M. Greenfield School in Center City was already an occasion for celebration.Alex Madera earned top honors in his eighth grade's Future Investors Contest. His parents were in the crowd that overflowed ...
NASA technology aimed at helping diabetes patients.(Originated from Newport News Daily Press)
Oct 05, 1998; ... NORFOLK, Va. _ If you put on this headset for a journey into virtual reality, you won't be slaying bad guys to save a princess. This isn't Nintendo _ it's medicine.Researchers from NASA Langley and Eastern Virginia Medical School are teaming up to develop an interactive ...
Peanut allergies can be deadly.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Oct 05, 1998; ... Fueled by the recent bans on peanuts and peanut butter in some private schools in New York and in sections on airplanes, it appears that a peanut war is in the making. On one side are the parents and others who are passionate in their plea for help and on the other are the peanut farmers ...
Gene Autry, Public Cowboy No. 1.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Oct 05, 1998 ... The following editorial appeared in the Orange County Register on Saturday, 10-3:The quintessential good guy, Gene Autry looked right in that big white cowboy hat, even at Anaheim Stadium. The cowboy hat and the ballpark, two quick symbols of the man that only hint at his ...
Animal activist rhetoric limits women's health care options.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Oct 05, 1998 ... KRT FORUM (AT-RISK)By Debra Higgins CavalierWomen rarely seem to get adequate information about their health care needs and the solutions that are available to them, so it is both ironic and frustrating when women work to confuse the public and obfuscate the ...
Gene Autry, an American icon.(Originated from The Orange County Register)
Oct 05, 1998; ... He had been with us for so long the reasons we loved him seemed to have already disappeared into myth and the history books. And yet, until Friday, we had a living, breathing American icon among us.Gene Autry, dead at 91, by virtue of timing and some personal alchemy, rose ...
Where is NOW now?(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Oct 06, 1998 ... KRT FORUM (AT-RISK)By Karl DayIs there an organization in America that has been more vociferous than the National Organization for Women about women's rights or more critical of those accused of sexual harassment in every avenue of life, public and private? ...
Scott Ritter: No good deed goes unpunished.(Originated from The Providence Journal)
Oct 06, 1998; ... Having followed Sen. Joseph Biden's treatment of former U.N. arms inspector Scott Ritter at recent Senate hearings, I understand better why so few government officials resign in protest over matters of principle. Ritter, a Marine Corps veteran of the Gulf War, resigned from his position ...
Despite problems, space station project deserves support.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Oct 06, 1998 ... KRT FORUMBy Linda BillingsThe international space station project is under fire once again, thanks to Russia's economic woes and political shortsightedness. But we need the project to promote international cooperation and to hasten nuclear disarmament. ...
Congo rebellion threatens to embroil region in war.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 06, 1998; ... GOMA, Congo _ When a group of military and civilian leaders began plotting a coup attempt against President Laurent Kabila last spring, they envisioned a lightning-strike rebellion that would bring democracy to Congo and stability to Central Africa.But since their ...
Philosopher, historian not typical revolutionary.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 06, 1998; ... GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo _ Ernest Wamba dia Wamba isn't your ordinary African revolutionary.He's a 56-year-old philosopher and historian who is a graduate of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and is still married to his college sweetheart from Detroit. ...
Painstaking FBI investigation into bombing reaps results.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 06, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ In the FBI's massive investigation of the U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa, no task was too trivial.In the bomb craters, gloved agents dug with shovels and sifted through dirt with screens. They pawed the earth with their hands, hunting for identity numbers ...
Democrats push for united front against impeachment inquiry.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 06, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ House Democrats began a frantic effort Tuesday to convince their rank and file to oppose the Republican proposal for a wide-ranging impeachment investigation of President Clinton, which is poised to pass Thursday.Without the support of both parties, Democrats ...
'Rocket Boys: A Memoir,' by Homer H. Hickam Jr.; Delacorte Press (365 pages, $24.95).(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 07, 1998; ... Homer Hickam did not spend his childhood in Ireland, getting by on wit and an occasional slice of moldy bread, and he did not have a teenage affair with a literary icon or his mother. And to this point, his only writing of note has been about military hardware. So why is his memoir one ...
Writer Chaim Potok struggles to reconcile religion, modern world.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 07, 1998; ... FORT WORTH, Texas _ Confrontation has shaped writer Chaim Potok's world. When, as a 16-year-old Orthodox Jew, Potok discovered secular fiction, the intellectual collision changed him irrevocably. When as a young man he spent 16 months on the battlefields in Korea, the culture shock ...
Knowing our limits and saving our sanity.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 07, 1998; ... The prime minister of Norway is back at his desk.Kjell Magne Bondevik vanished from public view for 3 1/2 weeks while he struggled with what his doctor called ``a depressive reaction due to overload.''And Norwegians weren't troubled.His sick ...
Clinton's fate will be known Nov. 3.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Oct 07, 1998 ... KRT FORUMBy Paul M. WeyrichWith an impeachment inquiry under way, and the vote not nearly as bipartisan as the vote to release all the Starr report and the supporting documents, Judiciary Chairman Henry Hyde has indicated plans to wrap up the impeachment ...
U.S. farmers, raise your pitchforks for free trade.(Originated from KRT FORUM (ARCHIVE PHOTO of the columnist)
Oct 07, 1998 ... By Dennis T. AveryBridge NewsCHURCHVILLE, Va. _ It looks as though free trade for American farmers has now been blocked completely.Congress has voted again to deny President Clinton the ``fast track'' authority to negotiate trade agreements ....
NAFTA has had drastic impact on U.S.-Mexico border cities.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 07, 1998; ... EL PASO, Texas _ At 61, Maria Zavala still has the meticulous dress and assured bearing of a woman who goes off to work every day.But it has been two years _ ``Sept. 25, 1996,'' she recalls with bitter precision _ since she walked out her door to paying job....
Defending the 10 Commandments and the Constitution.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Oct 07, 1998 ... KRT FORUMBy Gary L. Bauer and Edwin Meese III``I would like to ask that we all bow in a moment of silent prayer for the memory of those who were killed and those who have been injured in a tragic train accident in Alabama today.''So President ...
50 years after publication, Thomas Merton's spiritual classic lives on.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 07, 1998; ... Fifty years ago this month, a young Catholic monk published a book about his spiritual conversion.He was a worldly sort of fellow _ born in France, educated at Columbia University in Manhattan, rich in tweedy friends, sophisticated in a manner few people would associate ...
Lost opportunities in race relations.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Oct 07, 1998 ... This is one in a series of op-ed pieces from the Progressive Media Project that provide commentary from leading voices of the African-American community.KRT FORUMBy Starita SmithThe Lewinsky mess is depriving our nation of the chance to see how ...
Chastity Bono has written her first book, about coming out and how families deal with it.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Oct 07, 1998; ... Chastity Bono finished the guest list for her eighth birthday party and showed her mom the 10 names.Her mother, the famous Cher, glanced at the list.``These are all boys, Chas. Don't you want any girls?''Cher's lips were tight together, her face ...