October 16, 1999
A FIT FOR CALVIN?
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amAdd Bernard Arnault's name to the list of big fish who officially might be interested in snapping up Calvin Klein's empire. One week after Warnaco's Linda Wachner told The Post...
OVERVALUED? HEY, ALAN - IT COULD BE WORSE
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amFederal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan may want to tiptoe through some history before again comparing today's stock market to the Tulip-Mania that marked Holland during the late 1630s. In his...
GATES TRYING TO SCUTTLE FUNDING FOR JUSTICE DEPT. COPS
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amAN Bill Gates says he can foresee a world without Microsoft - but in the meantime, he's keeping the pressure on the Justice Department that wants to split his company...
MARIE OSMOND: THE DAY I LEFT MY KIDS
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amMARIE Osmond says she plunged into a deep depression after the birth of her seventh child and abandoned her family for three days - planning never to return. "I just...
JOYCE'S SLICE OF LIMON GOES CLASSIC
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amC ARLA Maxwell, artistic director of the Limon Dance Company, has always seemed willing to take risks, especially when they were calculated to add richness and variety to her company's...
NBC BID TO RESCUE 'NYPD BLUE' : PEACOCK NETWORK RUFFLES FEATHERS AT ABC, OFFERS BOCHCO PRIME TIMESLOT
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amNBC has offered to take Steven Bochco's "NYPD Blue" off of ABC's hands. A spokeswoman for Bochco said that NBC entertainment chief Garth Ancier called Bochco on Thursday - offering...
CONCERTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amLong before Leonard Bernstein lifted his baton, there had been concerts aimed at young people. And why not - after all, how better to guarantee a new audience of classical-music...
ELTON'S CHEAP THRILLS FALL FLAT
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe flamboyant days of Sir Elton John - the gap-toothed Brit piano man - may not be over, but as his latest Madison Square Garden appearance shows, he's learning to...
A TRIBUTE FIT FOR A KING
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amMany kudos have come to Carole King over the years, but even a legend like she had to feel the earth move under her feet when a dozen of the...
REITER RANKLES RUDY WITH CAMPAIGN LETTER
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amA SUPPORTER of mayoral hopeful Fran Reiter is charging that many New Yorkers "have not been part" of the economic boom that has swept the city in the last six...
PAKI GENERAL RISKS FOREIGN-$ ;CUTOFF AFTER TAKEOVER
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe United States yesterday pressed Pakistan's new military leader to move toward democracy - and diplomats said his European Union aid may be cut off if he doesn't. But army...
100 HURT IN NATO CLASH WITH KOSOVO ALBANIANS
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amNATO peacekeepers fired tear gas and stun grenades yesterday to repel hundreds of Albanians trying to storm across a bridge to the Serb side of the divided Kosovo town of...
HUMANITARIAN MED GROUP WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe volunteer group Doctors Without Borders - which has rushed medical aid to war zones and disaster scenes around the world - won the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday. The international...
BRONX-BRED AIELLO'S YELLIN' FOR HIS YANKS
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amFilm star Danny Aiello said the stage is set for a dream subway series. "It's going to happen. It would be the greatest thing for the city and all the...
SWOON CONJURES UP SCARY GHOSTS OF OCTOBERS PAST
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amOctober seems like the cruelest month on Wall Street. In the light of this week's devastating 6 percent loss for the Dow Jones industrial average - capped by a 266-point...
LONG DROUGHT HAS FENWAY FAITHFUL TURNING TO BIBLE
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON. GOD is obviously a Yankee fan - but Boston's religious leaders refuse to admit it. "Somehow, the parousia - the day of reckoning - will come when all of...
THIRD ARREST IN MUFFIN MURDERS
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amA third suspect in the SoHo muffin-bakery slayings was charged with second-degree murder last night after turning himself in to cops, police said. Patrick Collin, 21, of 2891 Fulton St.,...
VOUCHER-GROUCHER CREW SLAMS MILWAUKEE
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Rudy Crew blasted private-school vouchers in Milwaukee - home of the nation's acclaimed voucher program - where he spoke to several hundred university faculty members. Crew received a...
REGGIE DISS-MISSES METS : SLUGS 'EM ON AMAZIN' MELTDOWN
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amHe's Mr. October to Bomber backers, but to Mets fans, Reggie Jackson is Mr. Diss-ember. The brash Yankee legend took a lighthearted swing at the Mets yesterday - and said...
GALLERY SCOOPS UP POOP SHOW
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe dung hits the fan again today when a Chelsea gallery unveils a new show by the British artist whose provocative Virgin Mary set off Mayor Giuliani's war with the...
IT'S 'FALL' ON WALL STREET : STOX FEEL BIG CHILL AS DOW DROPS 266 PTS.
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amAfter a jump-out-the-window day on Wall Street yesterday, traders and investors were preparing for a few more weeks of roller-coaster stock prices. "I think I'll go blow my brains out,"...
JFK CRASH SURVIVOR STILL CAN'T THANK RESCUERS ENOUGH
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe last time Karl Engenes encountered the men of Ladder Co. 155/Engine Co. 302, he was unconscious and nearly burned to death. So his visit to the company's Queens firehouse...
LEGAL EAGLES SCRATCH 'N' CLAW IN ART FLAP
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amLawyers for the Brooklyn Museum of Art claimed yesterday that if the Giuliani administration can pull funding to punish a controversial exhibit, it may also try to "cleanse" libraries of...
SUBWAY-SHOVER MAY HAVE STALKED VICTIM
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amDid schizophrenic Andrew Goldstein pursue two beautiful blond women into a Broadway subway station before pushing one of them in front of a speeding train? Prosecutors appeared to be building...
FED $$ MAY FLY AWAY IN AIRPORT WAR
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani and his archenemies at the Port Authority were warned yesterday to resolve their airport war by next year - or risk losing millions in federal funds. The Federal...
SHEA FANS AWAIT THE LATEST MIRACLE : THEY SWEAR HOME CROWD IS GOING TO TURN SERIES AROUND
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amMets loyalists say the Amazins' have a secret weapon - their fans - that will turn the National League Championship Series around. "I believe the fans will serve as a...
DIALLO COP: PROTESTERS HAUNT MY KIN
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe Street Crime Unit cop who sparked the killing of Amadou Diallo last February when he mistakenly yelled that the African immigrant had a gun says the tragedy has destroyed...
TV NEWSMAN JENSEN IN CARDIAC UNIT
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amLongtime local TV anchorman Jim Jensen was rushed to a Manhattan hospital yesterday after suffering an apparent heart attack, officials said. Jensen, 72, was admitted to the cardiac care unit...
JONBENET UNCLE: LAY OFF PARENTS
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe uncle of pint-sized beauty princess JonBenet Ramsey is furious that the parents of the slain girl remain under an "umbrella of suspicion," and hopes a special prosecutor is appointed...
PAIR'S LANDLORD GUILTY OF FRAUD
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe ex-landlord for a missing Manhattan couple pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to 14 counts of tax fraud and evasion. Robert Rodriguez, 57 - the only suspect in the...
MAULED METS ARE FACING FINAL CHOP
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe Mets have their backs to the wall after last night's heartbreaking loss to Atlanta, but it's a spot the Amazin's fans are plenty used to. A miracle? Why not!...
'GAS-STATION GOTTI' GETS LIFE STRETCH : MOGUL PUMPED GREASE MONKEY FULL OF LEAD
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe millionaire gas-station tycoon known as the "Indian John Gotti" for preying on members of his immigrant community was sentenced to life in prison yesterday. Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa, convicted of...
N.Y. NATIONAL GUARD PLANE FETCHES SOUTH POLE DOC
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amA ski-shod plane from New York's Air National Guard yesterday rescued an American doctor with breast-cancer symptoms from the South Pole, officials said. Within minutes after landing on a runway...
THEY'RE BLOODIED, BATTERED AND POISED FOR KO
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amI F YOU want to get a true picture of the state of the Mets this morning, you should have gotten a look at Mike Piazza in their clubhouse after...
KIDNAPPERS FREE LAST OF U.N. AID TEAM : REBEL TURMOIL IN EX-SOVIET STATE
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amKidnappers yesterday released the last three of seven U.N. workers taken hostage in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia. Georgian Interior Minister Kakha Targamadze said the three were freed after officials...
WIDOW OF RUN-DOWN DINER SUES FOR $15M
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe wife of a man killed by a car that plowed through a Midtown restaurant is suing the auto's maker and driver for $15 million. Ciril Trucl, 62, was killed...
CURTIS WANTS MORE THAN JUST A TITLE
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amCURTIS High School has been searching for respect ever since it won the PSAL championship last year. The Warriors lost three games during the season, which gave reason for other...
MUCK MAKES RANGERS PAY PRICE FOR 'MESS'
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amThe message was delivered through a demanding 75-minute workout that included a variety of rink-length stops-and-starts and concluded with a few choice remarks. The message, from John Muckler to the...
PRESSURE'S ON POTEEN : FIVE-YEAR-OLD NEEDS TO TAKE KELSO
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amTALK about having your back to the wall. More than the Mets, more than the Red Sox, Poteen faces a must-win situation today when he races a mile on turf...
JINTS WARY OF RAPID ROCKET
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amOne of the main reasons the Giants were so eager to change Jason Sehorn from a safety to a cornerback was because Michael Irvin was in the NFC East, meaning...
BIG BLUE WAITIN' ON EMMITT : GIANT 'D' HAS SMITH IN SIGHT
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amTwice a season, it is the challenge the Giants' defense rises to or struggles with. Either way, the battle rages. "I guarantee you, we may not have won some of...
VINNY WANTS TUNA BACK
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amVINNY Testaverde burns more than ever to win that elusive Super Bowl ring. He wants Bill Parcells back next season to help him chase it, so much so that he...
COMMODORES ACCEPT A PRESENT
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amBayside27 John Adams0 Bayside High School's offense couldn't do anything during the first half of yesterday's 27-0 win over John Adams. It didn't matter, because Adams seemed insistent on giving...
RED SOX ACCUSTOMED TO CRISIS SITUATIONS
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - There might not be a team better emotionally prepared to handle an 0-2 deficit in ALCS play than the Boston Red Sox. The Sox have felt like they've...
FERRARO ASKS GORING FOR EXPANDED ROLE
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amWhen Chris Ferraro was growing up in Sound Beach, L.I., the Nassau Coliseum still had plenty of electricity every night, and not just because it paid its bill on time...
SORE STANLEY PLANS TO PLAY
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - Mike Stanley was looking for something low and outside, so when Jeff Nelson came in high and tight there was nowhere to hide. The fastball cracked Stanley on...
RIVERA'S NOT AFRAID OF FENWAY
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - The abuse Mariano Rivera heard from Ranger fans in Texas helped prepare him for what he is going to get from Red Sox fans across the next three...
FEICK PUTS PEDAL TO THE METAL
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amWhen Jamie Feick accepted the Nets' six-year, $15 million free-agent contract in the offseason, he made one overriding promise. He would work just as hard, rebound just as effectively, play...
CHAMBLISS, RANDOLPH IN ANGEL HUNT
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - With ex-Yankee GM Bob Watson the leading candidate to become the next Angels' GM, it's not out of the question that Watson could tab either Yankees third base...
IN THIS SHOW, ROG IS SECOND ON BILL
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - For the 198th time in his career, the fifth time in the postseason, Roger Clemens will start a game at Fenway Park this afternoon. Yet it is not...
PEDRO WEARS ROG'S CROWN MARTINEZ IS NOW KING OF THE HILL
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - There was a time when the mere presence of Roger Clemens put fear in the hearts of opposing hitters. Long before the first pitch was thrown, their knees...
IT'S A MATCHUP TO CY FOR : ROGER VS. PEDRO AN INSTANT CLASSIC
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - There is a possibility that The Greatest Post-season Pitching Matchup Of The Century between Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez today in Game 3 of the ALCS at hitter-friendly...
BRAMBLETT DAZZLES IN HER DEBUT
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amJennifer Bramblett, making the first start of her career as a jockey, won her debut with 64-1 Brazen Memories in the fourth race. Bramblett sent Brazen Memories to the front...
METS' LAST CHANCE IS IN REED'S HANDS
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amRick Reed is a simple guy and he has a simple philosophy for his Game 4 start tonight at Shea against the Braves. Even though the Mets are down 3-0...
'BREEZE' BATTLES BACK TO BAG MEADOWLANDS CUP
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amAfter setting the pace and losing the lead midway down the stretch, William L Clifton Jr.'s Pleasant Breeze came back last night in deep stretch to defeat Jazz Club by...
SMOLTZ PACKS KNOCKOUT OUNCH
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amIn tonight's do-or-die NLCS Game 4, the Mets will try to extend their postseason against the winningest pitcher in postseason history, a Cy Young winner who's overcome injury and pain...
RICKEY PICKS A GOOD TIME TO PLAY DEFENSE
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amDespite Hall-of-Fame credentials, left fielder Rickey Henderson has been maligned this season for both his hustle and his defense. But he showed an abundance of both last night in the...
WILLIAMS IS THE BRAVES' GO-GO GUY
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amBefore Game 3 last night, Mets starter Al Leiter called Gerald Williams the "catalyst for the Braves' lineup." Her called Williams a tough out, saying when he gets on base,...
BRAVES CLOSER FEARS FOR HIS SAFETY
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amJohn Rocker once again rocked Mets' world last night, saying Shea Stadium was overflowing with the most vulgar fans in the country. He also mocked the fans for getting so...
AMAZIN'S ON BRINK OF ONE SAD SWEEP : PUNCHLESS OFFENSE PUTS METS IN HUGE 3-0 HOLE
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amIn the end, there was just silence. Silent bats, silent fans, silent hopes. It was so quiet that fans in the emptying upper deck could almost hear the hated John...
GLAVINE'S A MASTER IN NLCS
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amInning after inning the Mets would find a way to get a runner on base against Tom Glavine; inning after inning, Glavine would find a way to pitch out of...
COX RATES BRAVE ARMS WITH BEST
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amNot only is this series history, but the Braves have carved out their piece of baseball history with their latest mound domination. As BobbyCox walked out of Shea Stadium last...
PIAZZA GUTS IT OUT WITH CONCUSSION
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amMike Piazza was battered last night in the Mets' demoralizing 1-0 loss to the Braves, a loss that puts them on the edge of elimination. After the game, Piazza wore...
LEITER: IT'S A SHAME TO LOSE THIS WAY
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amAl Leiter pitched a terrific game. The irony was that he couldn't make a throw to first base. This can be a cruel game. In the first, Leiter made a...
ROCKER RIPS SHEA FANS ONCE MORE
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amJohn Rocker once again rocked Met fans' world last night, saying Shea Stadium was overflowing with the most vulgar fans in the country. He also mocked the fans for getting...
'DESPERATE' BOBBY V SHAKES UP THE LINEUP
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amIn an attempt to get some production out of his sagging lineup, Bobby Valentine made some drastic changes in his batting order last night in Game 3 against the Braves....
AMAZIN'S HOPE REED PUTS UP BRAVE FRONT
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amIn tonight's Game 4 matchup, Rick Reed gets the edge for his performances against the Braves this year compared to John Smoltz. Reed went 1-0 in two starts against Atlanta,...
DESPERATE BOBBY SHUFFLES LINEUP : VALENTINE FLOPS FONZIE & OLERUD
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amEach successive game gets bigger and bigger as the days get noticeably shorter and the wind brings more of that chill northern bite. The Mets have faced the big games...
METS HOPE REED CAN HALT SMOLTZ
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amIn tonight's Game 4 matchup, Rick Reed gets the edge for his performances against the Braves this year compared to John Smoltz. Reed went 1-0 in two starts against Atlanta,...
HOORAY FOR ROCKER, THE MOUTH OF THE SOUTH
October 16, 1999 | 4:00amGOD bless John Rocker. Have to hand it to him for having the courage to spit into the winds of hot air shoved down his throat ever since he started...