September 27, 1999
NEW HOTEL INVITES GUESTS TO READ INTO ITS DESIGN
September 27, 1999 | 4:00am"I wanted to make it as close to a real library as possible."-HENRY KALLEN, hotel owner Soon, guests may check out of a hotel more knowledgeable than when they arrived,...
WILL FED RISK COLLAPSING MARKET TO SAVE THE DOLLAR?
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amNOW, there's only a 50/50 chance that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next month. But there shouldn't be any rejoicing. The stock market's recent panic is the reason...
BEYOND THE MUSIC: RAPPERS DELIGHTING IN THE CALL OF HOLLYWOOD
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amRap stars are ready for their close-up. Many of the industry's heavyweights have put aside their music careers and jumped on the Hollywood bandwagon, pursuing screen and TV roles. Puff...
'DOUBLE JEOPARDY' TAKES OLD FORMULA & WINS BIG; TWICE AS NICE
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amTHINK of it as "Fugitive III." Paramount's "Double Jeopardy" topped the weekend box office with a stunning $23.7 million. The success of the Ashley Judd-Tommy Lee Jones thriller proves that...
FRESHMAN CLASS; WHO'S MAKING THE GRADE AND WHO'S FLUNKING OUT
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amTHE new TV season is only one week old - but the first grades are in. Based on the first week's ratings, we have an idea which members of TV's...
BILL BLASS SAYS GOODBYE... AND BEMOANS THE SHORTAGE OF STYLISH WOMEN
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amBILL Blass knows a stylish person when he sees one - and one would think that as one of the world's most successful fashion designers, he'd run into them all...
TV TICKER
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amWatch them! MSNBC kicks off its new prime-time schedule tonight at 8 p.m. with "Sepcial Edition," hosted by Ann Curry. Tonight: A look at radio big mouth Dr. Laura Schlessinger....
CALL IT 'PERSEVERE'; WRITER-DIRECTOR WORKEDHARD TO MAKE 'GUINEVERE'
September 27, 1999 | 4:00am"I knew I would make 'Guinevere' no matter what. If I had to make the tuna sandwiches at night for the crew the next day, I would make the film."-...
MELISSA JOAN HART SHEDS TEEN IMAGE: SABRINA, THE BARE WITCH PROJECT
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amMELISSA Joan Hart wants to be taken more seriously, so she's decided to become a sex kitten. Somehow, the wholesome star of "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" has gotten it into...
GIVE 'EM THE HOOK! PROPPED-UP MONEY LOSERS ARE CAUSING A BACKLOG ON BROADWAY
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amIT'S time to call a flop a flop. I's time to yank a batch of Broadway shows that haven't a prayer of making a dime but keep running and running...
SEX AND WALL STREET: THE SHOCKING TRUTH - WOMEN SAY SUING MAKES LIFE WORSE
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amJane Brown's voice is shaking. "I was working as a financial consultant to retail clients, but I really wanted to be a trader. My boss, who was male, encouraged me...
TUNE IN TO HEALTH
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amThe Health Network, which prepared most of the articles for this special section, airs in 4 million cable households throughout the metropolitan area. The network, which is owned in part...
EX-BEAU SLAYS BRIDE ON HER WAY TO CHURCH: COPS
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amA bride-to-be wearing her white wedding gown was shot to death in her New Jersey home yesterday by an ex-boyfriend who infiltrated the bridal party dressed as a guest. Gladys...
GORE FAN MARIO BLASTS PAT'S BRADLEY ENDORSEMENT
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amFORMER Gov. Mario Cuomo is challenging U.S. Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan's "surprisingly tepid" endorsement of Bill Bradley, saying his explanation "wasn't good enough." Cuomo, in an unusually blunt challenge to...
NO SHORTAGE OF 'FILTH' TO RILE RIGHTEOUS RUDY
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amMEMO to the mayor: Why stop at the Brooklyn Museum of Art? After all, if you're offended by "sick" art - like that portrait of the Virgin Mary splattered with...
GEORGE SR. SHOULD WISH HE HAD HALF THE GIPPER'S CLASS
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amBILL BENNETT took the steady aim of accuracy of a man who could clip the toenails off a flea. The former secretary of education was replying to a quote from...
'DALI KILLINGS' HAUNT FRANCE
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amTwisted sex paintings by Salvador Dali may have inspired a serial killer's murderous rampage through France, police say. The eccentric artist was obsessed with the Perpignan railway station in southern...
MICK & JERRY'S EX-CITING NEW YEAR
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amJerry Hall plans to be Stoned on New Years Eve - she's ushering in the new millennium with ex-hubby Mick Jagger. Jagger, 56, has accepted his former wife's invitation to...
'NO PLACE ELSE TO GO,' ONE TENANT LAMENTS
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amLauren Gelber can't walk, but she has managed to live independently, thanks to a federally subsidized apartment designed to accommodate the disabled. Her one-bedroom apartment at 206 E. 31st St....
D.A. TARGETS BRITISH DUO IN RUSSIAN $CAM: MAG
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amThe Manhattan district attorney is trying to extradite two British lawyers in connection with a Russian company implicated in the Bank of New York money-laundering scandal, Newsweek reports. Benex, a...
SHOW MADE BRITS MOUNDS OF POUNDS
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amThe controversial Brooklyn Museum exhibit featuring a sliced-up cow proved to be a lifesaving cash cow to a financially strapped London museum. The Royal Academy of Arts was deeply in...
GOP FEELING SOME SOCIAL INSECURITY - OLD VOW NOT TO RAID FUNDS LOOKS SHAKY
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amTop Republicans yesterday vowed to do their "doggonedest" to avoid raiding Social Security funds to pay current bills - but stopped short of pledging they can achieve that goal. It...
JAILED TEEN SHOULD HAVE BEEN HAILED AS CITY HERO
September 27, 1999 | 4:00am'THAT could have been my mother." That's what drove Maleke Card, 19, to step in and grapple with the mugger tugging at the gold chains that were around the neck...
EX-REAGAN AIDES RIP CONTROVERSIAL NEW BIO
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amFormer aides to President Reagan slammed a new biography yesterday, saying parts of it are "preposterous" and untrue. Several staffers who worked under Ronald Reagan took to the TV airwaves...
8-ALARM FIRE RIPS THROUGH HARLEM BLDGS.
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amWaves of exhausted firefighters battled a Harlem inferno yesterday, finally beating back the rushing blaze after it sent terrified residents running for their lives through thick smoke. The eight-alarm fire...
DEM CHIEF BACKS AWAY FROM GORE
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amThe Democratic Party's brand-new chairman yesterday said he wants to be "scrupulously neutral," and yanked his endorsement of Veep Al Gore - fueling speculation that top Democrats are hedging their...
O'CONNOR JOINS THE HOLY WAR - SAYS MARY PAINTING IS ANTI-CATHOLIC
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amJohn Cardinal O'Connor called on Catholics yesterday to condemn a painting of the Virgin Mary splattered with elephant dung - joining Mayor Giuliani's battle against the controversial exhibit at the...
BUCHANAN'S GOT ANOTHER FALL AHEAD
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amPAT Buchanan is going to get screwed by Ross Perot. I'd almost feel sorry for Buchanan, except that getting screwed is just what he deserves. Here's how it happens. Buchanan...
PAT TELLS BUSH WHERE TO PUT OLIVE BRANCH
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amRebellious Republican Pat Buchanan yesterday said it's "gracious" of front-runner George W. Bush to ask him to stay in the GOP - but made it clear he's still ready to...
CITY HOPING 'SKEETERS SCAMPERED
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amThe encephalitis epidemic that has infected at least 14 New Yorkers may be over - thanks to aggressive spraying and cooler weather. Jerry Hauer, the director of the Mayor's Office...
TIME FOR AMAZIN' GRACE - METS & FANS: WE'RE DOWN - BUT NOT OUT!
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amThe stumbling, bumbling Mets vowed yesterday they're not giving up their playoff hopes yet - and nervous fans said they'll stick with them 'til the end. "We're not dead yet,"...
FAILING QUAYLE TO QUIT PREZ CAMPAIGN
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amEx-Vice President Dan Quayle today will call it quits on his going-nowhere 2000 presidential bid, an aide said last night - making him the fourth GOP wannabe to bow before...
GRIEVING DAD: PREZ BOOSTS TERROR
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton is telling radical militants that "Americans are fair game," by blocking enforcement of a law that lets victims sue and collect from governments that support terrorist...
STARS PACK 'SNL' BASH - LAUGHS AND SORROW ON 25TH ANNIVERSARY
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amLive! From New York! It's 25 years old! A "who's who" of comedians, rock stars and actors became the audience for a night at NBC studios, site of a riotous...
RENT CRISIS IS LOOMING ; SUBSIDIES FOR SENIORS, DISABLED SET TO EXPIRE
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amThousands of elderly and disabled city residents may lose their federally subsidized apartments because Manhattan's booming real-estate market is becoming too pricey for Uncle Sam. As contracts for federal Section...
HESTON EYES DEAL ON GUN LOOPHOLE
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amNational Rifle Association chief Charlton Heston yesterday predicted there will be a compromise to close the so-called gun-show loophole on gun sales. "Yes, I think so," the veteran actor told...
TRAGEDY OF EINSTEIN'S 'LOVE CHILD'
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amThe secret love child fathered by Albert Einstein was severely retarded and died after 21 months, a sensational new book says. The genius who penned the famed Theory of Relativity...
RANGERS TAKE A PASS ON DAIGLE
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amHARTFORD - Some gambles are too expensive even for the Ranger$. And so, despite having had at least some degree of interest early this summer in Tampa Bay's Alexandre Daigle,...
12 ANGRY MEN MAKE HISTORY
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amBROOKLINE - They came together for a final team meeting late Saturday night, these 12 American men who mostly play for prize money, but were now playing for pride. It...
DUVAL SHEDS GOAT HORNS
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amBROOKLINE, Mass. - There were boos from the gallery on Friday for David Duval, the second-ranked player in the world. He was no hero to the hometown fans. They were...
NBC RYDES HIGH WITH CUP COVERAGE
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amFUNNY how the Sports Emmys for best live TV productions are so often rewarded to the luckiest network, the one that owns the rights to the year's most compelling game...
GLORY DAYS RETURNING FOR KNIGHTS
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amHoly Cross 20 Xavier 6 It's been a long time since Holy Cross was considered a powerhouse in the CHSFL, but now that the Knights are 3-0 (2-0 in the...
GANG GREEN CRASHES IN SELF-DESTRUCTION
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amRedskins 27 Jets 20 Keyshawn Johnson left the Jets' locker room in Giants Stadium without saying a word. Ray Mickens, trailing smoke and burn marks,left uttering, "No comment." And coach...
DETTORI DOUBLES UP AT ASCOT
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amIt was a big day for Frankie Dettori at Ascot yesterday, as he won the Group 1 Meon Valley Stud Fillies' Mile aboard Teggiano and then won the Group 1...
'SANDIE' PULLS AWAY IN LAWRENCE 'CAP
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amGritty Sandie, coming off a series of close-but-no-cigar finishes in shorter races, stretched out to 1 miles for the first time yesterday and ran to his long-distance pedigree, drawing off...
SILENT KEY GOES HIS WAY
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amEarly in the fourth quarter of yesterday's 27-20 loss to the Redskins, Keyshawn Johnson made a tough catch over the middle before being drilled by Washington rookie Champ Bailey. None...
BEST BUDDY BURNS MICKENS
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amThey are former teammates and fast friends; but for three-and-a-half hours at Giants Stadium yesterday, Washington's Albert Connell became Ray Mickens' worst nightmare. Three years ago, they used to practice...
AMAZIN'S GO INTO CARD-IAC ARREST: 6TH STRAIGHT LOSS DROPS METS 1 BACK OF REDS FOR CARD
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amPhillies 3 Mets 2 PHILADELPHIA - If the Mets really liked being even with the Reds, then they should love this. When the Reds tied the Mets in the Wild-Card...
THINGS AREN'T RIGHT IN BRONX
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amA YEAR ago today, the regular schedule ended with Shane Spencer having established himself in Yankee lore, Scott Brosius having assembled the best season of his career and Jim Leyritz...
SUB UMP'S CALLS RATTLE PETTITTE
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amAndy Pettitte couldn't find the strike zone yesterday - and neither could Joe Torre. "I haven't seen that umpire before," Torre said of first-year Travis Katzenmeirer, who replaced the injured...
AMAZIN'S GO INTO CARD-IAC ARREST: WILPON: BOBBY'S NOT DONE
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Mets co-owner Fred Wilpon spoke with Bobby Valentine before yesterday's game and told him what he told The Post an hour earlier. Despite Valentine's statement that he should...
LADY LUCK'S NO FAN OF THE METS
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Phillies closer Wayne Gomes walked the bases loaded, forcing his manager to replace him with a man seeking his first major league save. A pinch runner was sent...
REDSKIN 'D' COMES UP BIG
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amOnce again, a Redskin game came down the pivotal final moments. Yet again, the story of the game was the Washington defense; but this time, for all the right reasons....
BOMBERS ABSORB A SO-WHAT LOSS ; BOMBERS HIT RARE POTHOLE
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amDevil Rays 6 Yankees 5 While that Subway Series is being derailed over in Flushing, the Yankees are going through the fine-tuning portion of their season, Spring Training II. There...
VERY LITTLE SYMPATHY FOR VALENTINE HERE
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES There is a brotherhood of managers, but don't expect any of them to feel sorry for Bobby Valentine. When asked about Bobby V's "I shouldn't be back," comments...
FRANCO: IT'S NOT OVER YET
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - No active major league player has as much service time without playing in the postseason as John Franco. Anyone who didn't know that could have guessed it by...
CHREBET FIRES A KEY SHOT: CALLS JOHNSON 'RETARDED'
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amJET NOTES Jet WR Wayne Chrebet recently released his autobiography, Every Down, Every Distance. One glaring omission is that there is no mention of fellow wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson. Johnson,...
LINEUP SHAKE-UP FIZZLES
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - In an effort to juice up the sagging lineup, Bobby Valentine moved Edgardo Alfonzo into the sixth hole for yesterday's game, shifted Roger Cedeno to No....
JETS CAN PASS OUT LOT OF DUNCE CAPS
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amTWICE, Ray Mickens politely said he had no comment. But Brad Johnson had taken no pity, so why would the media? The reporters chased the Jets' corner from his locker...
LEONARD PUTT ON 17 THE STUFF OF LEGEND
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amBROOKLINE, Mass. - Justin Leonard never has minded playing from behind, but this was ridiculous. Leonard, who's come from five shots back to win three tournaments - the 1997 British...
EUROS: U.S. WINS UGLY: LOSERS BURNED ABOUT PREMATURE CELEBRATION
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amBROOKLINE, Mass. - The Europeans left The Country Club last night not only without the Ryder Cup under their collective arms, but bitter about their experience here. After losing 14...
U.S. TEAM FEELS FOR MONTGOMERIE
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amRYDER NOTES BROOKLINE, Mass. - It got so ugly yesterday for European leader Colin Montgomerie that even the U.S. players were feeling for him. In fact, Payne Stewart, playing against...
BEN MADE BELIEVERS OF US ALL
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amROOKLINE, Mass. - This is an open and heartfelt apology to Ben Crenshaw. After watching Crenshaw speak with seemingly blind and undying faith about his players after the Americans found...
TEAM USA WRITES STORYBOOK ENDING
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amBROOKLINE, Mass. - Grown men cried yesterday. Some cried tears of joy. Some unloaded tears of sadness. Some unleashed tears of anger. Some shed tears of disbelief. What played out...
DEVILS BURNED IN PHILADELPHIA
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amChris Terreri took a beating, left out to fry as the Devils were smoked 10-2 by the Flyers last in a pre-season game in Philadelphia. The veteran Devil backup remained...
IT'S NOT GETTING ANY BETTER: GIANTS' LOSS ALL TOO FAMILIAR
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amFOXBORO - If you missed it, don't worry. You've seen it before. If you missed the Giants making their annual losing performance on national television, no need to scramble for...
SEHORN'S KNEE HOLDS UP IN RETURN
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amFOXBORO - There was nothing glaring about the return last night of Jason Sehorn. That is good news for the Giants and for Sehorn. In the future, Sehorn will not...
BIG BLUE LOSE BENNETT, TOO
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES FOXBORO, Mass. - There are a whole bunch of firsts for a rookie in the NFL. Sean Bennett was hit with another first last night. "It's the first...
BLEDSOE KEEPS AN EYE OUT FOR SEHORN
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES FOXBORO - The last time prior to last night that Drew Bledsoe scanned a football field and saw Jason Sehorn staring back at him was the final game...
FASSEL'S FOOLING HIMSELF: PROCLAIMS FAITH IN SAD GIANT OFFENSE
September 27, 1999 | 4:00amFOXBORO - He said it three times in three sentences, which might mean he wanted to convince himself what he was saying was the truth. During the week leading up...