July 20, 1999
HOW JANUS STAYS IN BALANCE
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amWHEN is a mutual fund too big to be effective? Fidelity Investments would have you believe the answer to that question is never. Its flagship Magellan fund surpassed $100 billion...
COST CUTS PAY OFF AT CITIGROUP
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amCitigroup profits jumped a whopping 21 percent, thanks to giant revenue gains and deep cost cutting following the merger of Travelers Group and Citcorp. The nation's biggest financial services company...
NEW BAND LEADER FOR TIME'S MUSIC GROUP
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amTop Time Warner execs are likely to restructure the company's Hollywood studio to have the struggling music division report directly to them, The Post has learned. Music may still technically...
M'SOFT POSTS HIGHER EARNINGS - AND A WARNING
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amMicrosoft beat the Street's predictions yesterday posting extremely strong earnings for the quarter - but warned the future may not be so rosy. After the close of trading, the software...
'MISSION: II' SOUNDTRACK IN CRUISE CONTROL
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amNo mission is impossible for Hollywood hotshot Tom Cruise. The sexy leading man can now list record producer as his latest role. Cruise, currently steaming up the screen with wife...
MAGS FIND NIKE BRA ADS TOO HOT TO BARE
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amNike will not advertise its new sports bras with the infamous picture of bra-clad soccer champ Brandi Chastain. But the ad campaign for its new Inner Actives bras may draw...
SIDEWALK'S SALE MAKES FUTURE LOOK SLIPPERY AT SLATE
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amAs Microsoft sold off its money-losing Sidewalk city guide to rival CitySearch, Internet watchers have begun wondering whether Slate magazine could be next to go. Confirming its retreat from content...
JFK JR. MADE FLIGHT TO CANADA TO SAVE GEORGE
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amJohn F. Kennedy Jr. was determined to keep George magazine going, and in the week before his disappearance had flown his Piper Saratoga to Toronto for a secret meeting in...
PLANS TO REISSUE KENNEDY BOOKS
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amA flurry of John F. Kennedy, Jr. books are about to hit bookshelves, but so far, his disappearance and presumed death hasn't triggered the publishing frenzy that surrounded the death...
NO SEDATING THIS RAMONE
July 20, 1999 | 4:00am*THE ANSWER TO YOUR PROBLEMS? Marky Ramone and the Intruders Zoe RecordsDrummer Marky Ramone, a favorite son of the East Village, wasn't ready to retire when his brothers in punk...
TV TICKER
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amOh brothers! Jerry Van Dyke will guest star on the season opener of CBS' "Diagnosis Murder" - reuniting with brother (and series star) Dick Van Dyke on television for the...
MORNING AFTER ON A.M. SHOWS:WHERE THEY TOOK THE BAD NEWS
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amON the morning after the weekend of watching the bearers of the bad news that John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn and her sister Lauren Bessette were presumed lost...
IT'S THE BIG HOUSE, EX-MOUSE!
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amLOS Angeles - A federal judge yesterday rejected claims of a former Mouseketeer that clinical depression should keep her out of prison for federal conviction of stock fraud. Barring any...
'OPERA' SEND-UP HAS SPARKLE BUT 'PHANTOM' FLOPS
July 20, 1999 | 4:00am'THE Phantom of the Opera," now in its 12th year on Broadway, is charging $80 for the best seats at the Majestic. I'd never seen "Phantom." It tells - or...
SOUTH PARK FLICK TOO DIRTY FOR TV : ONLY CABLE COULD SHOW R-RATED HIT
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amTHE racy "South Park" movie "Bigger, Longer & Uncut" is going to have a hard time jumping to TV. Even Comedy Central - the network that spawned the cartoon series...
KENNEDY APPEARED ON 'MURPHY BROWN' AND 'SEINFELD': JFK JR. SITCOM EPISODE OFF AIR
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amWPIX/Ch.11 won't be re-airing the 1995 "Murphy Brown" episode featuring a cameo appearance by John F. Kennedy Jr. But the station still isn't sure if it will repeat two popular...
MODEL PREGNANCY WORKOUT DELIVERS FORM AND FUNCTION
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amHAVING given herself just three months to get her body back into its 120-lb., cat walk-ready shape, proud new mother Cindy Crawford can't af ford to sit around eating candy...
COVERED IN PLATINUM AND KEEPING HIS COOL: RAP EXEC STEVEN STOUTE WANTS TO PUT THE PUFF DADDY FRACAS BEHIND HIM - BUT ADMITS IT MADE HIM FAMOUS
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amRAP mogul - and Sean "Puffy" Comb's "punching bag" - Steven Stoute says he was eating dinner at the downtown hotspot Nobu the other night with his new protege, Enrique...
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MUSICAL: CASTS SLASHED, SETS SHRUNK -IT'S THE NEW BROADWAY
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amDOWNSIZING - the cost-cutting phenomenon that spooked the corporate world in the early 1990s - has hit Broadway with a vengeance, stirring up anger and anxiety backstage at many of...
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: From Historic to Modern, Newport Has It All Mansions, Sailboats, Tennis and More Dining, Shopping & Relaxing Newport's Festivals and Celebrations Many Ways to Get To Newport
IRELAND TREASURES MEMORIES: LITTLE JOHN JOHN CHARMED HIS ANCESTRAL HOMELAND
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amCORK, Ireland - Cherished memories of a 6-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr. romping barefoot through a potato field flooded back yesterday to residents of the ancestral Kennedy town in Ireland....
BRUNO TO LAZIO: DON'T RUN AGAINST RUDY
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amNew York's second-most-powerful Republican urged Long Island Rep. Rick Lazio yesterday not to challenge Mayor Giuliani in the GOP primary for the U.S. Senate. State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno...
JOHN LONGED TO BE A DAD: BUT BUDDY SAYS FEAR OF MEDIA STALLED PLAN
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amJohn and Carolyn Kennedy were eager to have kids, but reportedly "held back" because they couldn't stand the thought of having a baby in the glare of an unrelenting media...
HILL CANCELS UPSTATE TRIP, CITING TRAGEDY
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY - First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday scrapped a three-day upstate campaign swing planned for this week because of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s fatal plane crash. Clinton, who is...
BESSETTES HONOR 'SOULMATES' JOHN AND CAROLYN
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amGREENWICH, Conn. - The rainy skies and lightning over Long Island Sound paused briefly yesterday afternoon to let in the sun - as the parents of Carolyn and Lauren Bessette...
DOWN-TO-EARTH GUY HAD HIS HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amSome inborn trait . . . compelled him to drive faster, fly later, play harder.Down-to-earth guy had his head in the clouds SEARCHERS comb the ocean for remains. On dry...
NO PLACE TO TEMPT THE DEADLY ELEMENTS: LOCALS KNOW TO FEAR VINEYARD'S FOGGY SEAS
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amMENEMSHA, Martha's Vineyard. WE WERE right there when confirmation of eternal loss was being dragged from the water just off John F. Kennedy Jr.'s front-yard beach. There was more wreckage...
'I AM VERY; ANGRY WITH GOD': WEDDING GUESTS BID SAD FAREWELL
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amThe billowy, six-peaked wedding tent at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port was unpitched yesterday, a day after guests who'd arrived for a celebration left bowed in grief. Food trucked...
GRIEF DRIVES 'PILGRIMS' TO TRIBECA SHRINE
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amHe'd devoured the TV news and read all the papers, but before Tony Kypreos could move on, he had to drop some flowers - and more than a few tears...
PARTY TRANSPLANT LEAVES FORBES SUFFERING FROM STAFF DEFECTION
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Long Island Rep. Michael Forbes deserted the GOP two days ago, and yesterday, his staff deserted him - angrily walking out on the boss. By the afternoon, Forbes'...
SHRIVER SAYS KENNEDYS NEVER TALKED OF DEATH
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amKennedy cousin Maria Shriver says the subject of death was never discussed in the Kennedy family - despite a series of devastating losses that rocked the family and the nation....
RUDY CLIPS TOUR PLANES' WINGS: NOISE NIXES TAKEOFFS FROM EAST RIVER PIER
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani is grounding the only tourist seaplane service that operates in New York Harbor because the aircraft are too noisy. Beginning Aug. 1, City Hall will bar sightseeing seaplanes...
ANTI-AIDS CREAM IS STILL A LONG WAY OFF: EXPERTS
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amAIDS experts welcomed the discovery that a compound used to coat aspirin kills the deadly HIV virus and other sexually transmitted diseases, but cautioned that any real test of the...
SOCCER SWEETHEARTS LIFT MOOD IN CAPITAL
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In a bittersweet victory celebration for the U.S. women's World Cup soccer champs, President Clinton yesterday praised the nation's ability to "come together in sorrow or in joy."...
CAROLINE SADLY MARKS WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amCaroline Kennedy Schlossberg - the sole survivor of Camelot - marked her 13th wedding anniversary yesterday with a secluded vigil for her brother, and a visit from her uncle, Sen....
LAST PHOTO OF HOW WE'D LIKE TO REMEMBER HIM
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amHere's John F. Kennedy Jr. in the last known picture of him, taken when he was happily attending a Yankees-Braves game at Yankee Stadium last Thursday night. Wearing a trademark...
CAMELOT PRINCE JUST A REGULAR GUY: EVERYDAY PEOPLE RECALL HIS KINDNESS
July 20, 1999 | 4:00am"He really wanted to be just another member of the group, and . . . he was."DAVID KALLGREN, WHO LED A WILDERNESS COURSE WITH JFK JR. He was the son...
JUST CALL IT LATE ISLAND RAIL ROAD
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amThe Long Island Rail Road is plagued with more delays than the city subways. LIRR trains were late getting to their final destination on more than 8 percent of the...
HE MIGHT LIE ALONGSIDE PARENTS
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amThe heir to Camelot is likely to buried with his parents by the eternal flame at Arlington National Cemetery, a source close to the family said yesterday. The Kennedy family,...
GRIEVING KIN BID EMOTIONAL FAREWELL: "WE PRAY JOHN, CAROLYN AND LAUREN WILL FIND ETERNAL REST'
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amThey abandon hope and pray trio finds eternal rest together The grief-stricken Kennedys broke their silence yesterday on the tragedy that took John Kennedy Jr. from them and the nation,...
DANGER LURKS BETWEEN DIVERS AND DEBRIS
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amThe waters off Martha's Vineyard can be rough, dark, cold and full of silt - a real challenge for the divers searching for the bodies of those aboard John Kennedy...
ALBRIGHT WILL TRY TO PUSH SYRIA TO THE PEACE TABLE
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will travel to Damascus next month to try to convince Syrian strongman Hafez al-Assad to begin peace talks with Jerusalem, Israeli sources told...
KENNEDYS GIVE UP ALL HOPE: FLAG OVER COMPOUND LOWERED TO HALF-STAFF
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amThe American flag that snaps in the wind over the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port was lowered yesterday to half-staff. The family waited until dusk to lower the flag,...
FASHION LOSES TRENDSETTER
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amWhen Carolyn Bessette Kennedy's plane fell from the sky, the world lost more than just another pretty face. It lost a woman who was on her way to becoming a...
LAST-MINUTE LEAK FOILS HISTORIC SHUTTLE FLIGHT
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amThe launch of the first American space mission commanded by a woman was scrubbed early today - just 6 seconds before its scheduled liftoff - after high levels of hydrogen...
'MUTILATION' REFUGEE OUT OF JAIL
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amA woman who fled Ghana to escape genital mutilation, only to be imprisoned here by immigration authorities for more than two years, was ordered freed yesterday while her asylum appeal...
NFL'S GOTTA GET TOUGH ON CRIME
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amNFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue was deemed to be issuing some sort of threat or disciplinary action last week when he told troubled running back Lawrence Phillips that he would be...
RONALDO IS BACK - & SO IS BRAZIL
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amLONDON - If there were any doubts about Ronaldo's abilities to raise his game to a world-class level, they were erased in the just-ended Copa America tournament. First, he scored...
AX GULLIKSON, MAKE MCENROE NEW DAVIS CAPTAIN
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amTOO BAD George Steinbrenner has no Davis Cup affiliations. In USTA president Judy Levering, we're dealing with the first-ever women's USTA president, and a white-haired grandma of three. She will...
JINTS' BROWN BETTER, BUT...
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amThe Giants yesterday received some encouraging news regarding Gary Brown, their starting running back, but it is almost definite that Brown will be slowed at the start of training camp...
MARBURY, NETS GO CAMPIN'
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amJayson undergoes surgery on thumb First the leg, now the thumb. The Nets' Jayson Williams, still recuperating from the surgery to repair his fractured right leg, yesterday underwent surgery at...
BENITEZ GIVES CLOSING ARGUMENT : SHOWS O'S HE'S GOT RIGHT STUFF
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - The main reason the Orioles were willing to give up on Armando Benitez is because they never thought he would be able to do what he did Monday...
KNICKS TO DEBUT WEIS IN BOSTON
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amThose Knick fans wishing to get a good look at No. 1 draft pick Frederic Weis may want to book a flight to Boston for the upcoming summer league. The...
THERE'S PLENTY OF CONE TO GO AROUND
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The day after his perfect game, David Cone is starting to fully realize the media crush and public reaction to his greatest feat. He is scheduled to travel...
CONE BUILDS HIS CASE FOR CALL TO THE HALL
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amTHE cap and/or the pinstriped uniform shirt David Cone wore the afternoon he was perfect are to be sent to Cooperstown. Hall of Fame executives will make a presentation to...
HIGH-PAID RANGERS MAY BE BIG FLOPS: HUGE SALARIES DON'T GUARANTEE SUCCESS
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amTHE color of money is blue, red and white. Now all the Ranger$ have to do to justify an orgy of spending unprecedented in hockey history is win games during...
NO RUNS, NO HITS, NO E'S & NO JINX
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amIt will be a 1-1. Pitch. He popped 'em up. He's going to get it. Brosius down from third. Brosius makes the catch. Ballgame over. A perfect game. A perfect...
ALL THE WAY BACK :CONE GEM CAPS AMAZING CAREER
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amTo understand the height of the mountain David Cone climbed with his perfect game Sunday, you have to understand how low he felt in September, 1995, when he left much...
BENITEZ GIVES CLOSING ARGUMENT: METS' GM KEEPS EYE ON DOTEL
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES BALTIMORE - General manager Steve Phillips made a surprise visit here last night to "see the major league team," as he put it, but team insiders said he...
HOW PERFECT CAN YOU GET? HADDIX MIGHT BE ONLY ONE WHO CAN TOP CONE
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amCone threw 88 pitches Sunday, an astounding 3.25 per batter, and a significant 32 fewer than David Wells did 14 months ago. A guy ought to be embarrassed to throw...
A PERFECT LETDOWN YANKEES FOLLOW CONE MASTERPIECE WITH HO-HUM LOSS
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amExpos 6 Yankees 4 Maybe it was perfect-game hangover. Or maybe it was just the simple fact that you can't beat a team every time. Or maybe Montreal just outplayed...
GEM PUTS CHERRY ON TOP OF CONE'S CAREER
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amTo understand the height of the mountain David Cone climbed with his perfect game Sunday, you have to understand how low he felt in September, 1995, when he left much...
HOW PERFECT CAN YOU GET? ; IT'S HARD TO SAY WHERE DAVID RATES
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amBY DEFINITION, one can't be any better than perfect. Unless you want to make the case that David Cone was. True, 27 up-and-down is exactly 27 up-and-down, whether the feat...
FULLMER IS IN SWING AFTER STINT IN MINORS
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amAmong the many tattoos on Expo first baseman Brad Fullmer's body is one on his right arm that reads: Can't Break Me. Since Fullmer has gone from 44 doubles last...
DOTEL MAKES SCOUTS DROOL: MET ROOKIE STIFLES BIRDS AMID TRADE RUMBLINGS
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - This time of year, with the trade deadline approaching, scouts crisscross the country like airline pilots. If they happen upon a 10-year-old kid skipping a stone across a...
LOPEZ NO MATCH FOR DREAM TEAM
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amUnited States 107 Puerto Rico 71 SAN JUAN - If there's one player on the U.S. Dream Team who knows just how explosive former St. John's star Felipe Lopez can...
MARLINS EYEBALL OCTAVIO
July 20, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - The Marlins were one of several teams with a scout here for last night's Mets-Orioles game because the Amazin's are considering trading for Livan Hernandez. The Mets also...