June 13, 1999
'MOTHER' GETS A WHOLE NEW MEANING AT J.P. MORGAN
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amLAYOFF worries are brewing at the offices of J.P. Morgan, particularly since the firm instituted its Productivity Program this year. But employees say that's just a euphemism for plans for...
THE INVASION OF THE DESKTOP-SPACE EATERS
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amTHE term "desktop" is just the right metaphor for what you see on your computer screen. Mine's a mess. The number of programs colonizing the scraps of space around my...
MAKE THAT A SHAG-ACCINO
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amH AVE you heard the one about Microsoft and Starbucks taking over the world and moving the nation's capital from Washington, D.C., to Washington state? Yeah, baby. The producers of...
THE END OF THE LINE
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amA LONG with film producer, screenplay writer and freelance journalist, investment adviser is one of the most common euphemisms for, "I have no job and no skills, but I talk...
THE ODDS OF WINNING AT TOKYO'S NUMBERS GAME
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amI HAD a screenwriter-girlfriend once who would refer to unexpected reappearances as "Diabolique moments." "Diabolique" was a French suspense movie in which the supposedly dead murder victim got up to...
GETZLER'S DOUBLE PLAY FATHER-AND-SON TEAM BEHIND THE STATEN ISLAND YANKEES
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amTHE first minor league baseball team in New York City in a generation opens its inaugural season Wednesday. But if you think there's anything small potatoes about A-League ball, consider...
SCRIBNER TO PUBLISH ROKER ON FATHERHOOD
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amNBC Today Show weatherman Al Roker has just agreed to write a humorous fatherhood-themed book tentatively called "Don't Make Me Stop the Car" for Scribner. Roker, who is married to...
BIG OPPORTUNITIES FOR GAIN LOOMING IN THE SMALL-CAPS
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amTHE word on Wall Street is "small." That's as in small cap, the only place investors can expect big returns this year, according to top strategists and portfolio managers. But...
SLEEPER HOLD : TV WRESTLING REELS FROM TWO BODY BLOWS...
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amDESPITE years of wild popu larity, pro wrestling may be up against the ropes. Still reeling from the ringside death of wrestler Owen Hart last month, the World Wrestling Federation...
A TOONED-UP 'TARZAN' DISNEY'S SWINGER IS DI-VINE
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amThere have been 47 Tarzan films in Hollywood history, but never has the legendary ape man swung as hard - in the non-Austin Powers sense, of course - as in...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE CATHY RIGBY
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amNot many 46-year-old women out there fly through the air, fight duels and sprinkle 'fairy dust'' for a living. But Cathy Rigby does - as Peter Pan, which she's performing...
TOP-RATED HIGH ART MOVIES
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amAnd the winner is...'Easy Rider.'' High Times magazine asked 35 di rectors, critics, writers, actors and assorted others to name their favorite 'drug movies'' - flicks in which mind-altering substances...
A STRONG COWARD
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amN oel will soon be upon us - and, no, I am not eagerly anticipating Christmas, but pointing out that theatrically we are entering the Year of the Coward: the...
THE OL' PINEHURST ALMANAC VET CADDIE MASTER OF OPEN TRACK
June 13, 1999 | 4:00am"That golf course is set up for Tiger now. He's got the shots for it ... Duval can't play this golf course."CADDIE WILLIE McRAE More than in any U.S. Open...
MEALS & DEALS
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: BONA FIDES 60 SECOND AVE. 212-777-2840 Bona Fides means "in good faith," and for nearly 10 years, diners have remained faithful to the restaurant, returning again and again for...
TABLE HOPPER
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: BOLO 23 EAST 22ND ST 212-228-2200 Other than the drunk stockbroker (trainee, we presume) - at the next table - repeatedly yelling "Yeah, baby!" into his cell phone (oh,...
ON THE WATERFRONT: THE CITY'S SECRET WATERSIDE SETTINGS
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: After a week of horrendous heat, all you want is ... water. A bit of breeze, the open sky - the whole shebang. Well, you don't have to go...
SAD TRUTH ABOUT THE LOUIMA CASE
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amADELINE Colon had sadness in her voice: "Tommy feels that if he ever put a police uniform on again, his skin would literally burn." Adeline, 23, is the girlfriend of...
PAY-PHONE USERS GETTING 'STUFFED' IN LATEST RIPOFF ;:CROOKS SABOTAGE COIN-RETURN SLOTS
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amThere's a new urban epidemic costing New Yorkers hundreds of thousands of dollars in dimes, nickels and quarters. In the latest scam to hit city streets, pay-phone "stuffers" are jamming...
TO THE HOOP, THEN TO THE BANK FOR MSG BIGS
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amKnicks players and their coach, Jeff Van Gundy, were not the only winners Friday night. Dave Checketts, president of the Knicks and the entire Madison Square Garden empire, is also...
FANS WORLDWIDE KNOW TEAM'S GOT GAME
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amA Knicks cry for victory echoed through the city and even across the world as fans prayed yesterday for a sweep. "I'm from Germany - and we love the Knicks,"...
BUSH KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN IN IOWA ;GOP FRONT-RUNNER ANNOUNCES BID FOR PRESIDENT IN 2000
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amAMANA, Iowa - A relaxed George W. Bush declared his plans to be the next president yesterday, launching a campaign of "compassionate conservatism" to spread the American dream. "I'm running...
SLIP-UP CAN'T SLOW DOWN GLOBE-TROTTING POPE
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amPope John Paul II kept up his busy schedule in Poland yesterday, despite falling and suffering a nasty cut on his head that required three stitches. The pope, sporting a...
SAD HISTORY OF HORRORS AT THE PARK IN BROOKLYN
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amThe death of a rider on Coney Island's Super Himalaya ride is the latest of many tragedies that have tainted the legendary amusement park. The accidents include: *May 1996: Two...
TROOPS END NIGHTMARE IN LIBERATED TOWN
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amUROSEVAC, Kosovo.THE denizens of this tiny Albanian Kosovar village crowded the side of the Pristina Highway yesterday - and cheered the arrival of the first NATO forces in their strife-torn...
WHY KNICKS WILL WIN IN SEVEN FORGET THE INJURIES
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amTHEY have already caused the sun to set on Alonzo Mourning, planted a flag on Mt. Mutombo, turned Miller Time into last call for the Pacers. So why shouldn't the...
SAN ANTONIO MAYOR PUTTING HIS TORTILLA CHIPS ON THE SPURS
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amSan Antonio Mayor Howard Peak drives himself to work in his own 6-year-old pickup truck and says he doesn't own a pair of shoes. Welcome to San Antonio, that two-horse...
BILL COULD SNAIL DRIVERS WITH 15-MPH SPEED LIMIT
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amMotorists may have to drive as slow as 15 mph over all city streets if Albany lawmakers pass a bill giving the city power to reduce speed limits, Mayor Giuliani...
SUN, STARS SHINE FOR PARADE
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT- THRONGS OF FLAG-WAVING LATINOS WITH SPIRT TO SPARE WILL FLOOD FIFTH AVENUE TODAY TO CELEBRATE NEW YORK'S 42ND ANNUAL PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE
GEORGE W.: 'NO TURNING BACK' GOP FRONT-RUNNER ANNOUNCES BID FOR PRESIDENT IN 2000
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amAMANA, Iowa - A relaxed George W. Bush yesterday declared "there's no turning back" on his plans to be the next president, launching a campaign of "compassionate conservatism" to spread...
PROBERS: DEATH RIDE WAS BROKEN
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amA devastated Brooklyn mother yesterday demanded to know why her teen-age daughter was fatally thrown from a popular Coney Island ride while celebrating after the Knicks game. "She went just...
'SMALL-TOWN' MAYOR FAVORS BOOTS & SPURS
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amSan Antonio Mayor Howard Peak drives himself to work in his own 6-year-old pickup truck and says he doesn't own a pair of regular shoes. Welcome to San Antonio, that...
QUEEN'S SON ISN'T JUST DUKE-Y
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amTo duke or not to duke? That question seems to have already been answered by Queen Elizabeth, who is resisting Prince Edward's wish to become a duke when he marries...
STARR LIKELY TO DROP BOMBSHELL ON HILLARY
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amWhitewater prober Kenneth Starr reportedly has tentatively decided to issue a "blistering" report on Hillary Clinton's actions that could released in the middle of her likely Senate campaign. Starr will...
BUSH TELLS IOWANS THAT HE'S PLAYING FOR KEEPS IN 2000
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amAMANA, Iowa - A relaxed George W. Bush yesterday declared, "There's no turning back" on his plans to be the next president, launching a campaign of "compassionate conservatism" to spread...
DAD FEARS THE WORST AS DIVERS DRAG RIVER FOR BOY
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amA Brooklyn teen who dreamed of being the next Sammy Sosa was feared drowned last night after he went swimming in the East River and was pulled down by the...
'FRIENDS' BEAUTY WEDS IN 'FRISCO
June 13, 1999 | 4:00am"Friends" actress Courteney Cox wed "Scream" actor David Arquette last night. The star-studded ceremony took place at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. After the two tied the knot, they -...
A NICE CHUNK OF CHANGE FOR WEST VILLAGE BANDIT
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amPANAMA is a thief. You may not know him, but if you use the city's public telephones, you're familiar with his handiwork. Panama stuffs or rigs telephones - so if...
HELL'S KITCHEN GOING IDLE WILD TOUR-BUS GLUT HAS RESIDENTS FUMING
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amFrustrated Hell's Kitchen residents say illegally parked tour buses, commuter jitneys and limos have turned their neighborhood into a noisy, polluted parking lot - and they claim the city's ignoring...
C0P WH0 SH0T TEEN IS SUED IN '94 BEATING
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amThe decorated NYPD Street Crime Unit cop who shot an unarmed 16-year-old in The Bronx last month is being sued for $20 million for an alleged pistol-whipping incident five years...
A WORLD BEYOND HIS HOOP DREAMS
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amDuring the winter of 1891, Dr. James Naismith, a physical education teacher at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Mass., was asked to create an indoor winter sport to serve...
SUPER ATHLETES & SMARTER FANS
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amGet ready for bigger, stronger and faster athletes in the next millennium. In 100 years, the average height of an NBA player likely will be 7-foot-5, weightlifters will routinely bench...
PRINCE ED'S BIG DAY TO BE ROYAL UNDERSTATEMENT
June 13, 1999 | 4:00am"In some ways it's a rather Americanized wedding."ROYALS WATCHERRICHARD MINEARDSLONDON - While there will be plenty of pomp and pageantry, this week's nuptials for Britain's Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones...
PSYCH INSTITUTE PUTS ITS OWN WATCHDOG IN PLACE
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY - Moving to beef up its protection of research subjects, the state Psychiatric Institute has named a watchdog to oversee all human experiments, The Post has learned. Longtime Psychiatric...
SHRINKS STILL GET DRUG-FIRM $$
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY - Despite criticism, researchers at the state Psychiatric Institute continue to pocket money from the pharmaceutical companies sponsoring their drug studies, new records obtained by The Post reveal. Pharmaceutical...
GORILLAS IN THE MIDST OF BRONX ZOO VISITORS
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amThe gorillas of The Bronx have a new home in the urban jungle. Timmy, Dan, Patticake and their hairy siblings have already moved into their $43-million simulated rainforest called Congo...
LOTTO WORKERS PULL IN STACKS OF PARKING TIX
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amState lottery salesmen owe at least $12,000 in parking fines - even though they are given special city parking placards for their state-owned cars, The Post has learned. Lottery officials...
JUDGE TO RULE IF THIS IS END OF TUNNEL
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge tomorrow will decide the future of Peter Gatien's drug-plagued Tunnel nightclub - and possibly the future of his multimillion-dollar club empire. Gatien, who already owes nearly $1.75...
THE SATISFYING END TO THE ABNER LOUIMA TRIAL: JUSTICE WAS THE ONLY WINNER
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amIT'S safe to say that last week's verdict in the Abner Louima trial served no one's political interests. That's pretty satisfying for New York City's well-being - but won't stop...
SLIP-UP CAN'T SLOW DOWN ; GLOBE-TROTTING POPE
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amPope John Paul II kept up his busy schedule in Poland yesterday, despite falling and suffering a nasty cut on his head that required three stitches. The pope, sporting a...
SERBS STILL HAVE ANGER TO BURN
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT- BEFORE THEY BEGAN THE LONG RETREAT NORTH, FIVE SERB OFFICERS AGREED THEY HAD TO PAY A CALL AT MONASTERY OF GRACINICA.
GOTTA KICK SOME MORE ACID
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amMANY people believe that the problem of acid rain was solved by the 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act. Unfortunately, a growing body of research is showing that this...
WHAT A RELIEF! MCMICHAEL PASSES FIRST TEST
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amOne of the strengths of the Mets - the bullpen - was strengthened Friday by the return of reliever Greg McMichael. McMichael (shoulder) came off the 60-day disabled list and...
POSADA'S BAT COMIN' TO LIFE
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Joe Torre returned Chuck Knoblauch to the top of the batting order Friday night. The struggling second baseman proved to be a better hitter than fielder since he...
GRIMSLEY'S GOT TORRE WORRIED
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - When Jeff Nelson struggled at the start of the season and later found out he needed elbow surgery, the Yankees hit the lottery with Jason Grimsley. He filled...
MODANO PLANNING ON PLAYING FRACTURE IN WRIST WON'T KEEP CENTER FROM FINALS GAME 3
June 13, 1999 | 4:00am"This is the best time of our lives right now. I don't want to miss out. It would take a lot to keep me out."MIKE MODANO BUFFALO - He has...
SUDDENLY, KNICKS ARE TRUE TEAM
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amNo one knows for sure when it happened but there is definitive proof that it DID happen. When, exactly, did the Knicks make the transition from disparate individuals, seemingly as...
METS WINNING IN THE KNICK OF TIME
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amTHE most overt combatants this week within the Met soap opera share more than a first name. Bobby Bonilla and Bobby Valentine both endure public lives with damaged reputations. Maybe...
SIZZLING METS BLAST BOSOX WITH MUSCLE
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amMets4 Red Sox2 A man bearing a striking resemblance to Bobby Valentine was seated in the home dugout yesterday at Shea, managing the Mets. Prior to the game this man...
RICKEY TAKES SEAT IN VALENTINE'S CORNER
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amAfter meeting privately with Bobby Valentine on Monday, Rickey Henderson volunteered to act as an intermediary between the Mets manager and his outfielders who were grousing over playing time and...
BELFOUR'S RESURGENCE IS STAR-TLING ; BELFOUR'S STAR RISING AGAIN
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amBUFFALO - On the road for Game 3, the Stars last night were counting on goalie Eddie Belfour to come up big, even understanding he is a mere shadow of...
THOMAS: GIVE ERNIE HIS DUE
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amWhat if someone told Chris Childs when the Knicks were floundering at 21-21 that they would stage a stunning reversal and land in the NBA Finals? What would Childs' reaction...
VG'S GOT A LOT OF 'SPLAINING TO DO
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amWITH all due respect to colleague Kevin Kernan's assurance Jeff Van Gundy will be back coaching the Knicks next season, while he may be the prohibitive favorite, he's certainly no...
VENTURA SHINES WITH BAT, GLOVE
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amRobin Ventura showed off his range in yesterday's 4-2 win over Boston. He flashed his Gold Glove and a brilliant bat, and it was hard to say which the Mets...
RANGERS GETTING ZIGGY, PILON :HARVEY, NIKLAS HEADING TO ISLES
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amBUFFALO - The Rangers and Islanders are preparing to submit a blockbuster deal to the NHL for approval either today or tomorrow that will bring Zigmund Palffy and Rich Pilon...
BIG L BECOMES BIG ? JOHNSON WON'T RULE OUT STARTING IN GAME 1
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amA hobbling Larry Johnson said yesterday not to rule him out of the first two games of the NBA Finals, but by the looks of things, it appears doubtful LJ...
N.Y.-BRED CORROBORATOR 'PRINCE' OF A PICK TODAY
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amAS A rule, you don't bet state-breds against open company, especially in stakes races. Which is why some handicappers cast a jaundiced eye on the New York-bred Corroborator in today's...
THEY LOVE 'EM ON WEST FOURTH
June 13, 1999 | 4:00am"They feel like a team of destiny right now and I wish them all the best."KNICKS FAN WILL STRICKLAND ONCE, when many of us were kids, we were Clyde, swishing...
ERN-ING THEIR STRIPES ; CHECKETTS NOW BIG FAN OF GRUNFELD'S GUYS
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amWill Ernie get a ring? Deposed Knick GM Ernie Grunfeld is the one who built this Knick team of speed and daring and, of course, paid the ultimate corporate price...
'STAG' NO NAG IN 'BROOKLYN'
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amThey used to call him "Running Nag" and snicker. No more. Yesterday at Belmont Park English invader Running Stag put them all to shame with a tour-de-force romp in the...
GET DA LOWDOWN FROM DASILVA
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amYours truly will be the guest handicapper with John Imbriale on Talkin Horses prior to the start of live racing at Belmont. After the announcement of the late changes and...
'WE CAN BEAT THE SPURS' CAMBY & CO. SAY KNICKS NOT OUT OF MIRACLES
June 13, 1999 | 4:00am"We're going to have to use our speed against their size and we're going to have to figure out a way to defend them."DAVE CHECKETTS After a stunning win over...
AMAZIN'S GET BIG FIX FROM LEITER'S MOM
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amOrel Hershiser recently described a baseball season as a novel in which six chapters are written each week. While a season is being penned, who's to know which will be...
KNICKS ERN-ING THEIR STRIPES GRUNFELD'S GUYS WOW CHECKETTS
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amWill Ernie get a ring? Deposed Knick GM Ernie Grunfeld is the one who built this Knick team of speed and daring and, of course, paid the ultimate corporate price...
TORRE: KNOBLAUCH NEEDS TO RELAX
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Sensing the fun had vanished from Chuck Knoblauch's soul, Joe Torre invited his slumping second baseman and leadoff hitter into his office late yesterday afternoon and shut the...
ISLES' OWNERS DESERVE AN EMPTY COLISEUM
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amZiggy Palffy gets his wish. Islander fans get the shaft. Armageddon has struck the sinking Islanders. The unthinkable has occurred - the tragic trade of Palffy to the Rangers. Unless...
STARS HAVE A NIEU ATTITUDE NIEUWENDYK'S PAIR ENOUGH FOR DALLAS TO GRAB 2-1 LEAD
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amGAME 3 Stars2 Sabres1 BUFFALO - The Stars went out and signed Brett Hull as a free agent over the summer because they believed the Golden Brett would be the...
TORRE BLOWS TOP AT SUBSTITUTE UMP
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amYankees5 Marlins4 MIAMI - Missed calls Joe Torre can handle, because like a lot of managers he understands umpires are humans. However, the confrontational attitude today's umps pick up at...
JOE: KNOBLAUCH NEEDS TO RELAX
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Sensing the fun had vanished from Chuck Knoblauch's soul, Joe Torre invited his slumping second baseman and leadoff hitter into his office late yesterday afternoon and shut the...
THE PASSION HITS RASHAD EX-NFL STAR WILL DO ANYTHING TO PLAY 36
June 13, 1999 | 4:00am"Michael calls me every single day - sometimes three times a day - and asks, 'What hole are you on? How many have you played today?'"AHMAD RASHAD He once went...
CHEAPSKATE ISLES LOSE FARM TO KINGS
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amIn another distressing budget-cutting move that hardly sits well with GM Mike Milbury, the cash-strapped Islanders have lost their full-fledged minor-league AHL affiliate, the Lowell Lock Monsters, to the Los...
BETWEEN A ROCK & A HARDBALL FREGOSI: DECK'S STACKED AGAINST PITCHERS
June 13, 1999 | 4:00am"I guarantee you I haven't seen two high strikes called above the belt all year. I just don't think they call enough strikes."JIM FREGOSI WHERE have all the pitchers gone?...
COMMON DECENCY NOT SO COMMON ANYMORE
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amTHE Spurs were closing out the Trail Blazers in Portland, four straight, when NBC's Bob Costas, trying to attach some value to garbage time, complimented the fans in Portland. ''Passionate...
DOTEL GROWING RESTLESS DOWN ON THE FARM
June 13, 1999 | 4:00amTHE top pitching prospect in the Mets organization would just like to know something, anything. ''They tell me nothing,'' Octavio Dotel said of GM Steve Phillips and the Mets' plethora...