January 24, 1999
DIEBOLD COUNTS ON ATMS FOR CASH-FILLED FUTURE
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amCHANCES are very good that you used a Diebold product within the last week. Diebold Inc. does not have household-name recognition, but its products are consistently used by Americans thousands...
WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, SANDY KOUFAX?
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amHOW good was Sandy Koufax, the fireballing left-handed Dodger who dominated the National League in the early '60s - and what became of him? HarperCollins has just signed "Squeeze Play"...
INTERNET FREIGHT TRAIN: WITH ITS GROWING POWER, @HOME MAY TAKE ON AOL
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amBEFORE he started @Home, Tom Jermoluk passed on another decent opportunity - launching Netscape. His good friend at Silicon Graphics, Jim Clark, wanted Jermoluk to run the new company he...
TWO SPOTTY SELF-PORTRAITS
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amALL art is, I suppose, to some extent autobiographical, but some is clearly more autobiographical than others. Just now in New York we have two plays that appear embedded in...
4 QUESTIONS FOR HARRY HAMLIN: SITCOMS? NEVER SEEN ONE
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amFrom 1986 to 1991, Harry Hamlin played the lascivious lawyer, Michael Kuzak, on 'L.A. Law.'' This spring, he returns to TV in a sitcom called 'Movie Stars'' in which he...
BLIND OVER MATTER
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: When Universal Pictures released Gus Van Sant's "Psycho," I received my standard letter from the Society for the Preservation of the Mentally Ill, or some such group, advising me...
THE AMERICAN LIST INSTITUTE
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The American Film Institute is at it again. The AFI came under fire last June for its list of "the 100 greatest American films of all time." The fact...
TABLE HOPPER
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: What draws New York's upper crust all the way down to Delia's? Is it the food? Not likely. Perhaps it's the ambiance? Nope. The celebrity crowd? A good guess,...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Heidi Klum has style and substance? The teutonic bombshell has graced the covers of magazines, made guest appearances on television, and reportedly can dish up a mean abowl of...
NEW YORK PET: YOUR FEATHERED FRIEND'S FUTURE: WAYS TO PREPARE FOR POLLY AFTER YOU'VE PASSED AWAY
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: You like dogs, but loathe the idea of walking one three times a day. You fancy cats but you're allergic. Then you may already be one of the growing...
NEW YORK MAN: TRICKS THAT ATTRACT WOMEN
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Here's how to pretend to be the man she's looking for. It's that time of year. That's right, dating season is upon us. And, like it or not, or...
HIGH ANXIETY IN A TOWERING METROPOLIS ; BIG APPLE A PHOBIC NIGHTMARE FOR SOME
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amPhobias can affect people anywhere, but they flourish in the Big Apple, with its tight quarters, towering skyscrapers and roiling crowds. "In New York City, there are more things to...
LEARNING TO COPE WITH 'SCHOOL-ITIS'
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amStudents "get dizzy, they get scared. They feel like they're jumping out of their skin."ARNOLD MARKOWITZ Emily McGuinness' first day at Forest Hills HS in Queens quickly became her last....
SOPHIE CHARMS ROYALS WITH COMMON TOUCH
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amLONDON - Sophie Rhys-Jones, the public-relations executive and commoner who snagged an English prince, could go down in history as the woman who saved the monarchy. Earlier this month, the...
FIGHTING TO TAKE BACK THEIR LIVES
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amMary Guardino ran her own successful ski-travel business but couldn't drive more than a mile from her Staten Island home. In supermarkets, she would be so panicked she'd dash out...
BANNING HATE IS JUST FEELGOOD
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amR EMEMBER the old newspaper comic strip that complained, "There Oughta Be a Law"? That seems to be the thinking on both sides of the political aisle when it comes...
WILL FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME KEEP DOPEY LT BENCHED?
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amHe broke opponents' bones on the football field to the cheers of fans, but the way Lawrence Taylor has broken laws off the field has many saying he's not yet...
HM-WOES ARE ON THE RISE ; VALID COMPLAINTS JUMP 535 PERCENT
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amValid patient complaints against HMOs have skyrocketed by 535 percent - while customers were forced to cough up 104 percent more for their health insurance, a shocking new report discloses....
GOV PLANS $352M IN NEW TAX CUTS TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday announced his new state budget will contain a $352 million "job creating" tax-cut package including reductions in electric and gas taxes. Pataki, who will present...
WU-TANG RAPPERS EYED IN FED WEAPONS PROBE
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amThe hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan - which made headlines a week ago when a founder, Ol' Dirty Bastard, was charged with shooting at cops - is the target of a...
CLINTON LAWYER IS RIDING RUFF-SHOD ALL OVER THE TRUTH
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amCHARLES Ruff, the brilliant White House counsel, yesterday took a brief departure from sanity. In the well of the Senate, he virtually told the country that rain isn't wet. "No...
'PHANTOM-CLASS' SCAM A KEY: GOV
January 24, 1999 | 5:00am"Parents have a right to know that waste, fraud and abuse are not stealing vital education dollars."GOV. PATAKI Gov. Pataki said yesterday The Post's probe of phantom classes and attendance-padding...
CONSTRUCTION BUNGLERS' SORRY RECORD
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amThe School Construction Authority, created 10 years and more than $7 billion ago to replace the Board of Ed's inept schools-building office, has been enmeshed in scandal for most of...
GETTING COVERAGE CAN BE AN ILLING EXPERIENCE
January 24, 1999 | 5:00am"You're making a person who's sick, who has no energy, who's in all this pain, do all this work."DIANA BERARDINO Dealing with HMOs can make a person sick, say two...
EX-ADVISER MORRIS TO FACE IMPEACHMENT QUESTIONS
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amFormer White House adviser Dick Morris said he expects to be grilled today by impeachment prosecutors about presidential efforts to silence Monica Lewinsky in January 1998. Morris was called to...
U.S. JETS POP 2 IRAQ MISSILE SITES
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amU.S. warplanes bombed two missile sites in southern Iraq yesterday after Iraqi MiGs challenged American pilots patrolling the no-fly zones in the north and south, U.S. officials said. Two U.S....
RUDY GUNG-HO ON DWI CAR-SEIZURE, BUT . . .
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday said he's all for his top cop's plan to confiscate cars from people arrested for driving drunk - but admitted he was "surprised" it was put forward...
POPE HITS 'CULTURE OF DEATH'
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amPope John Paul II urged society yesterday to shun the "culture of death" during a homily in Mexico City, citing abortion and the death penalty in a litany of evils...
JUDGE: GOP CAN GRILL LEWINSKY ; RULING RILES PAIR OF DEM SENATORS
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Monica Lewinsky dominated impeachment debate yesterday after a federal judge ruled she must talk to House prosecutors. The ruling angered key Democrat Sen. Bob Kerrey, who blasted Judge...
OSCAR'S LITTLE BROTHER SHINES TONIGHT ; GLOBES HAVE GOLDEN TOUCH FOR PREDICTING ACADEMY WINS
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Oscar's little brother, the Golden Globe, takes center stage tonight as Hollywood gets its sneak peek of upcoming Academy Award glory. The scruffy but popular awards...
MONACO'S CAROLINE TIES KNOT IN SECRET
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amPrincess Caroline of Monaco married longtime lover Prince Ernst of Hanover yesterday in a secret ceremony at her family's 250-room palace on a cliff overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Only the...
GOV SICS WATCHDOG ON APPLE'S SCHOOLS ; PROBE EYES CREW LEADERSHIP IN MASSIVE CITYWIDE SCANDAL
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amSchools boss Rudy Crew is in the crosshairs as a commission appointed yesterday by Gov. Pataki targets systemic waste, mismanagement and fraud in New York City schools. Pataki invoked his...
GOP'S PUSHING BILL ; FOR ANSWERS
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) said yesterday he'll send written questions to President Clinton tomorrow asking him to clear up some "inconsistencies in his testimony." During yesterday's...
PATAKI BETTER BE READY FOR ALL-OUT WAR
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amF IRST there were charter schools. Now this: a high-powered gubernatorial commission intended to discover just what the hell it is that New York City will get for the $13-plus...
NETANYAHU FIRES HIS MINISTER OF DEFENSE
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu booted Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai yesterday, accusing him of putting personal ambition before the good of the government. Mordechai had recently taken steps to...
GOV SICS WATCHDOG ON APPLE'S SCHOOLS ; MASSIVE PROBE OF SCHOOLS ; PROBE EYES CREW LEADERSHIP IN MASSIVE CITYWIDE SCANDAL
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amGov. Pataki yesterday launched a massive probe of waste, mismanagement and fraud in city schools, touching off a war of words between Albany and the Board of Education. Pataki invoked...
MONICA ARRIVES IN D.C. TO 'COMPLY'
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A federal judge yesterday ordered Monica Lewinsky to submit to an interview with House prosecutors or lose "protections" guaranteed under her deal with independent counsel Kenneth Starr. The...
MISSING QNS. BOYS ARE FOUND DEAD
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amTwo boys snatched by their father from their Queens home two weeks ago were found dead yesterday - after the dad told police his sons were in a "safe place"...
BOMBS BEFORE THE STORM ; REEVES & SHANAHAN BATTLE ABOUT BREAKUP IN DENVER
January 24, 1999 | 5:00am"If [Reeves] wants to bring up dirty laundry, there's nothing I can do about it."MIKE SHANAHAN MIAMI - The subplots for Super Bowl XXXIII rage with more passion than one...
TICKED OVER TIX ABUSE OF FANS IS EVERYWHERE
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amTHE subject is tickets. PART I - Got a day or two to kill? Call the Yankee ticket office. Procuring a ticket to a sporting event these days is an...
SHANAHAN STILL HAUNTS RANGERS ; FAILURE TO DEAL LED TO DOWNFALL
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amT WO MONTHS after signing Wayne Gretzky and promising The Great One that the Rangers would add a complementary winger to his line, Neil Smith in September of 1996 had...
CHANCES ARE MATHIS CAN BE COLLEGE STAR
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amW HEN J.C. Mathis committed a turnover against Columbus High last Wednesday, his coach remained quiet. At least until they drove home together. That's when Johnny Mathis, J.C.'s coach and...
STORM IN FOR ROUGH DAY ; JARVIS' JOHNNIES FACE TOP-RANKED BLUE DEVILS
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amNot often does a team ranked ninth in the nation go into a game with virtually nothing to lose and everything to gain. But that's where St. John's finds itself...
GRETZKY'S STILL BRIGHTEST STAR
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amTAMPA - Which was the bigger pain in the neck, the one from undetermined origin radiating down Wayne Gretzky's spine through last week, or the obligation that would deny him...
PERFECTION TAKES TOLL ON HUSKIES
January 24, 1999 | 5:00am"We were really on a good, good streak. We got on an unbelievable roll."JIM CALHOUN STORRS, Conn. - And then there was one. Entering the stretch run of college basketball's...
KEEPING BUSY GETTING READY FOR NEXT SEASON
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amOUTDOORSMEN can keep busy the next month or so by preparing for the coming season at one of the many sportsmen shows on tap in our area. If you didn't...
LITTLE EARL'S A MINI-PEARL IN NET CAMP
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amAt the Nets' training camp this week, there are players in gray. They're the first team. The second unit has worn blue. And then there are the gold-team players. They're...
METS AND KNICKS ARE HOT TIX ; TEAMS HAVE FOUL-WEATHER FANS
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amDiehard New York sports fans showed their loyalties yesterday - braving the chilly weather and long lines - to snatch up Knicks and Mets tickets the moment they went on...
JAYSON-EWING NO FEUD-FIGHT
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amNET NOTES For several days toward the end of the lockout, Jayson Williams and Patrick Ewing were an item. Williams called for a players' vote. Ewing called for a muzzle...
'SWEEP' PICK 3 WITH ANY 'LUCK'
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amA PAIR of stakes are on the Big A menu today, providing bookends to the late pick 3: the $50,000 Fred "Cappy" Capossela at six furlongs for 3-year-olds at six...
SPREE'S REBOUND NEEDS LJ ASSIST
January 24, 1999 | 5:00am"I was a bad person. I needed to change."LARRY JOHNSON LATRELL Sprewell and Larry Johnson have lockers next to each other at Purchase College where the Knicks practice, and somehow...
THE CHOKE'S OVER
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amLatrell itchin' to bury past & play some serious hoops "I'm dying to get out there [to Knick practice]. To be so close, yet so far away, it's kind of...
ERNIE'S ON VERGE OF ADDING SCOTT
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Knicks president and GM Ernie Grunfeld looked over the practice floor at Purchase College yesterday and smiled. Over the last week, things had fallen into place for Grunfeld....
BULKED-UP KITTLES: 'THIS IS MY YEAR' ; NETS GUARD BRIMMING WITH CONFIDENCE
January 24, 1999 | 5:00am"I'm a lot stronger. I'm a lot more confident."KERRY KITTLES Everyone has noticed the change in Kerry Kittles. From his teammates. To his coach. To Kittles himself. And the change...
AGENT OF MISFORTUNE: FLEISHER COST DOUGLAS SHOT TO STAY WITH NETS
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amGIVEN the choice over the years to vilify the Nets or a valued player for a botched deal was always an uncomplicated exercise. Without having to know the facts, it...
SCOTT'S SIGNING ADDS GUARD DEPTH
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amKnicks president and GM Ernie Grunfeld looked over the practice floor at Purchase College yesterday and smiled. Over the last five days Grunfeld has landed guard Latrell Sprewell, power forward...
KEENAN WAITS FOR AX TO FALL
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amALL-STAR NOTEBOOK TAMPA - If Brian Burke hasn't called, Mike Keenan can only assume it is true that he has coached his last game in Vancouver. The Vancouver Sun reported...
GUGLIOTTA BASKS IN 7-YEAR SUNS DEAL
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amBy agreeing to terms with the Suns instead of the Timberwolves, Tom Gugliotta demonstrated yesterday what the NBA's free agent system is all about: controlling one's destiny, So the well-traveled...
KEITH PROVIDES EARLY SCARE
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amNET NOTES It was only the third day of training camp but the season passed before John Calipari's eyes. More precisely, he saw Keith Van Horn's ankle pass before his...
INSIDE SCOOP
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Mac won't Give Latrell a Spree Ride. (John McEnroe and Latrell Sprewell) Jayson Williams spikes Knicks. Favre sacks Holmgren. College hoop star truly the Finest. (George Politis) Brien's Sad...
SENDING WINDOWS BACK FOR A REFUND IS NO EASY FEAT
January 24, 1999 | 5:00amWAS it really such a great week for the $85-billion man? Bill Gates's personal wealth may have cemented hus place as the world's richest man as Microsoft's earnings rocketed, but...