November 7, 1999
NEWHOUSE CARNAGE IN OZLAND
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amThe Australian male has proved too perplexing for the head of Conde Nast's International division, Jonathan Newhouse, who pulled the plug on the company's fledgling GQ Australia Friday. The move...
ANY DAY NOW, THE E-BUBBLE IS GOING TO BURST
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amHANDS up if you haven't fantasized about whipping up a business plan, registering a domain name, chucking the day job, hooking up with some wet-behind-the-ears venture capitalists, hiring some students...
VILLARD SNAPS UP PAYTON AUTOBIO
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amRandom House's Villard division has wasted no time scooping up an autobiography of the late football great Walter Payton. A proposal for the book was circulating among publishers just days...
MONEY HONEY IS MISSING IN ACTION AFTER 6
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amJonathan Steinberg, best known as the man who married the Money Honey, doesn't seem to know where his lovely bride spends her evenings. In the November issue of Steinberg's Ticker...
THE STREET'S NEW CENSOR IS NAMED RALPH
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amRALPH "Mr. Dow 10,000" Acampora has become an advocate of book-burning. Wall Street's top technical analyst elicited gasps from a luncheon crowd at Prudential Securities' technology conference this week when...
MERRILL.COM: NEXT AMAZON?
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amWATCH out Jeff Bezos, David Komansky might be making a run at your market. Sources tell Bull's Eye that Merrill Lynch is considering going big-time into e-commerce. The financial giant...
GRASSO COMES AROUND ON RULE 390
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amRICHARD Grasso may not put up a fight over Rule 390 after all. As reported in The Post, Goldman Sachs chief Hank Paulson - a New York Stock Exchange board...
ASSET MANAGERS FLUB OWN IPO'S
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amAsset management firms may be masters at taking advantage of others' initial public offerings, but they're sure having trouble capitalizing on their own. Within the last year, two well-known asset...
MEALS & DEALS
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amCho Dang Gol 55 W. 35th St. (betweenFifth and Sixth avenues) (212) 695-8222 Just mentioning tofu used to guarantee a few titters. Nobody's laughing now - not since soy has...
A FINE WAY TO 'PUMP' IRONY
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amIn 1855, long before Georges Bizet hit the charts with his opera "Carmen," he wrote a Symphony in C for submission to the Prix de Rome committee. Not discovered until...
TABLE HOPPER
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amRed Cat 227 10th Ave. (between 23rd and 24th streets) (212) 242-1122 Not exactly the types you'd find at the nearby biker bar Hogs & Heifers, Kevin Spacey and 10...
IN REVIEW
November 7, 1999 | 5:00am"Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen," by Larry McMurtry, Simon & Schuster, 204 pages, $21.(MD-BO) Fans of "Terms of Endearment," "Lonesome Dove" and Larry McMurtry's other novels may wonder what...
JOAN OF THE AGES
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amLuc Besson's new film, "The Messenger",is the latest in a long line of big-screen biopics about Joan of Arc, going as far back as 1900. Most film lovers agree that...
HOLLYWOOD'S HOLIDAY HITS : TIS THE SEASON OF FILMS ABOUT THE PSYCHOTIC AND ROBOTIC, CON MEN AND BOND WOMEN, AFFECTION AND REJECTION, EVEN THE ANIMATED AND DECAPITATED
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amHollywood's final films of the millennium have it all - loyalty, royalty, laughs and gaffes, mystery and history. There's even a healthy sprinkling of vice and mice. The best of...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: KATHY GRIFFIN
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amKathy Griffin, the fast-talking, red-headed Vicky from "Suddenly Susan," has always enjoyed making people laugh.At the age of 5, she was putting on her own "Tonight Show" in her parents'...
TECH IT OUT
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amAlready a leader in the field of digital photography, Fuji has just released a sleeker and even more user-friendly model, the MX-1700 Zoom Digital Camera. This 1,500 pixel, auto-focus camera...
4 QUESTIONS FOR VINCE MCMAHON
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amIn my next life, give me the great outdoors *Vince McMahon has become one of the most controversial media figures in recent history. The chief of the World Wrestling Federation...
NEW BOOK PUTS 'NUDE' DI BETWEEN COVERS WITH PRINCE
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amA fantasy photo of a nude Princess Di is likely to provoke a storm of protest when it's published this week. The picture is part of "20th Century Dreams," the...
FIRST LADY AND MAYOR HAVE ANOTHER YEAR TO SLING MUD
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amOne year down, one more to go. Exactly one year from today, New Yorkers will trudge to the polls and - in all likelihood - choose either First Lady Hillary...
CRASH KIN FEAR BODIES GONE FOREVER
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amNEWPORT, R.I. - Family members who lost loved ones on EgyptAir Flight 990 yesterday viewed for the first time recovered crash debris - and realized the bodies of their relatives...
COPS CHARGE MOM IN GRISLY '79 TOT-SLAY
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amIn 1979, Madelyn Carmichael told relatives her 3-year-old daughter, Latanisha, was living in South Carolina. For 20 years, no one doubted her. This weekend, however, the ugly truth was revealed...
FIRE HERO FIGHTS FOR LIFE : BRAVE DOORMAN IS BADLY BURNED SAVING RESIDENTS IN CHELSEA BLAZE
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amA hero doorman is fighting for his life after being badly burned while warning residents to flee a smoky blaze in their Chelsea apartment building. Jose Ramirez, 53, managed to...
SABRES POUNCE ON CHARA'S GIFT
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amSabres 2 Isles 1 BUFFALO - It was some week for Zdeno Chara. Just three nights after stunning Mike Richter and the Rangers with a game-tying third period goal at...
SUSPECT IN QUEENS RAPES STABBED AND NABBED
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amThe victim's uncle, Louis Viteri, grabbed a knife from the kitchen and stabbed the suspect. A man suspected of being the Rosedale rapist was nabbed early yesterday - after breaking...
ADMINISTRATORS TURNED A DEAF EAR TO CHILD'S PLEAS
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amCASE # 3 School and bus company officials had been urged to keep 9-year-old LatishaS separated from two boys who were physically and sexually menacing her. The Far Rockaway, Queens,...
YOUNGSTER WAS RAPED, THEN LABELED A LIAR: MOM
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amCASE # 2 A Chinatown seamstress says she not only has suffered the pain of her 5-year-old daughter's brutal rape in school, but also has had to deal with accusations...
ASSAULT IN BATHROOM TORMENTS 5-YEAR-OLD
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amCASE # 1 Five-year-old Luis H was attacked in the boys' room at PS 171 in Astoria. It was the only boys' room available to the youngster - the bathroom...
SCHOOLS LEAVE SEX VICTIMS IN QUIET AGONY
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amEvery day, parents send more than 1 million children to our public schools - entrusting their care to teachers, administrators, bus drivers and others. But are our youngsters safe? Many...
CASE MAY BE A LOSE-WIN FOR BILLIONAIRE BOSS
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amDon't exile Bill Gates to the loser's corner yet. Although a federal judge ruled on Friday night that Microsoft is a monopoly, top Wall Street strategists said the billionaire chairman...
DAUGHTERS: SACRIFICE WAS TYPICAL OF DAD
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amFor hero doorman Jose Ramirez and his family, yesterday was supposed to be a special day - a happy day. Daughter Michelle was turning 27. Daughter Denise, 25, was leaving...
NAVY GOES AFTER EGYPTAIR 'BLACK BOXES'
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amNEWPORT, R.I. Investigators probing the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990 got a break in the weather yesterday and sent their robot back to the ocean floor to try again to...
POL FEARS SOVIETS HID A-BOMBS ACROSS U.S.
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A congressman who's a Russia expert says the FBI is afraid to ask Russia a direct and potentially shocking question: Are suitcase-sized nuclear bombs buried in the United...
UNCLE SAM'S HIRED GUN IS REAL HOTSHOT
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amTo say David Boies had a big day Friday would be an understatement. The Westchester-based legal top gun hired by the Justice Department for the Microsoft antitrust trial began his...
POPE PEP TALK RALLIES INDIA CATHOLICS
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amOn the first full day of his India trip, Pope John Paul II urged Catholic missionaries to keep spreading the faith - despite criticism from Hindu nationalists and increasing anti-Christian...
ABORT, RETRY OR FAIL? UP TO BILL : GATES COULD SETTLE OR BET ON AN APPEAL
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amA federal judge's findings on Microsoft's monopoly are expected to put new pressure on the software behemoth to settle the government's antitrust case in the next few weeks if it...
SOMETHING'S JUST NOT WHITE WITH THIS WEATHER
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amPut away your overcoats and recycle the L.L. Bean catalog - New York is in for yet another mild winter. Tomorrow's the start of the city's official snowplowing season, but...
HE COMMITTED UNPARDONABLE SIN OF SUCCESS
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amIN Hollywood, even if you are a double murderer, the most leprous sin is failure. In Wall Street, that giant casino, the sin is being too successful. By all means,...
PREZ SAYS NUMBER'S UP ON PHONE FRAUD
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton said yesterday postcards bearing warnings on how to spot telephone con-artists will be sent to all American households. "We're sending a clear message to fraudulent telemarketers:...
BILL: I'LL BE FOLLOWING HILLARY TO CHAPPAQUA
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton said yesterday he'll call Chappaqua home, just two days after saying he hadn't given any thought to such matters. "That will certainly be our primary residence,"...
FLICK IS A POKEMONSTER!
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amPoke-mania hit a fever pitch as hundreds of crazed kiddies and brave parents packed a Manhattan theater yesterday for a sneak preview of the hotly anticipated "Pokemon The Movie: Mewtwo...
TIMES BIGS CLEAN EACH OTHER'S CLOCKS IN PRINT
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amMax Frankel, the former top editor of The New York Times, is a coward, a fool and a "non-entity who is ill," his predecessor says in a venomous new attack...
VOTERS GIVE QUEEN BIG THUMBS UP DOWN UNDER
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amNo worries, Your Majesty! Australians voted yesterday to keep Britain's Queen Elizabeth as their head of state, rejecting a referendum to make their nation the world's 147th republic. "Today is...
NEW REPORT CONFIRMS ROLE HUNTING PLAYS
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amSOME wildlife populations are booming, leading to more conflicts between people and animals, and if federal and state wildlife managers are not able to continue such management tools as hunting...
LEMIEUX ADDS FUEL TO FIRE: CLAUDE'S A RISKY ACQUISITION FOR VOLATILE DEVILS
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amCHICAGO - The move to acquire Claude Lemieux stands as the boldest and most uncharacteristic of Lou Lamoriello's 13-season tenure as GM of the Devils, no question about that. The...
TIME FOR JETS TO SEE RED: BATTERED CARDS RIPE TO BE BEATEN
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amBill Parcells and his staff probably have never coached harder and in a more concentrated way than they have during the last 10 days. Because they've been in every game...
PUT THE FAT CATS OUT: MUCK MUST BENCH THEO, NEDVED, HATCHER
November 7, 1999 | 5:00am"It's not the team making the money; it's the individuals who are making the money and it's the individuals who are going to have to justify their contracts. Each individual...
SILIC STORMS HOME
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - French-bred Silic, who came to the U.S. a year ago, simply outran and outstayed all his American, British and Irish rivals to win the grassy Mile under...
GUTSY CASH RUN HANDSCHILUKKI HER FIRST LOSS
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - Trainer Bob Baffert's star 2-year-old filly Chilukki, undefeated in her first six starts, looked like a mortal lock for seven when she loomed boldly on the far...
A MAN FOR ALL REASONS
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amNo. 7: APRIL 15, 1947: JACKIE ROBINSON BREAKS COLOR BARRIER If Jackie Robinson were simply a great athlete, he would still be worth remembering. Most honor him for what he...
CELTICS LOOK LIKE REAL DEAL
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amEXCUSE me, but I couldn't help but notice myself staring at some startling NBA performances and non-occurrences. Like retired Piston Bison Dele. Shouldn't he have renounced his citizenship by now?...
NETS DECIDE TO JUNK SIMPLY AWFUL OFFENSE
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amThe shooting is even worse than last season, when it established an all-time franchise low. The first victory of the season has yet to materialize. And even though there have...
LUKAS: WINNER & STILL CHAMP
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - The king is still on his throne. D. Wayne Lukas, the greatest horse trainer of the 20th century who has done things most men could never dream,...
YANKS EMPLOY A DOUBLE AGENT
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amDANA POINT, Calif. - Deciding if you can't beat 'em at the negotiating table, why not join 'em, the Yankees have enlisted the assistance of former long-time agent Dennis Gilbert...
HARD-LUCK TRAINER IN 'SOARING' SPIRITS
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - Bad luck has dogged one of New York's favorite training sons Jimmy Toner all year. First, he lost three horses in a tragic fire at his barn...
DAYLAMI WINS LIKE A CHAMP
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - In one of the great Breeders' Cup performances of all time, Daylami, perhaps the best horse in the world, destroyed the $2 million Turf over a mile...
SIZZLING ARTAX HAS SPEED TO SPARE
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - When they talk about the fastest race horses of all time, Artax will be on everyone's lips. Yesterday, the 4-year-old son of Marquetry turned back a determined...
STRONACH SET TO PULL TRACKS OUT OF NTRA
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - Frank Stronach, maverick owner of Gulfstream Park and one of the most powerful racetrack operators in America, threw a jolt into the racing industry yesterday morning before...
30-1 ANEES LEAVES 'EM IN THE DUST
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - Was there a speed bias yesterday at Gulfstream Park? Apparently someone forget to tell Anees, a 2-year-old longshot from California, who came flying from dead last in...
LUKAS IS TOP CAT ; IT TAKES A 'THIEF' TO GIVE D. WAYNE 1ST CLASSIC WIN
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - On a day when trainer Bob Baffert was supposed to dominate the $13 million Breeders' Cup Championship, arch-rival D. Wayne Lukas stole his thunder before a crowd...
GRAHAM SALVAGES HOKIE HOPES
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amVa. Tech 22 West Va. 20 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Penn State thought it was the team of destiny this season. Now Virginia Tech can think of itself as 1999's Team...
HOLY CROSS CATCHES CTK TO AVENGE ONLY DEFEAT
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amCHSFL PLAYOFFS Holy Cross24 CTK21 Down 21-8 at halftime, Holy Cross had a somewhat unusual feeling: confidence. "We had moved the ball, we just had those turnovers," Holy Cross head...
JUST THE FOXX, MA'AM? NO, ESPN OWED US MORE
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amON ONE hand, ESPN's massive, year-long effort to celebrate the century in sports has been an admirable undertaking. If you don't take its Top 50 Athletes list so seriously that...
LEMIEUX, GOMEZ SPARKLE
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amDevils 3 Leafs 3 A rookie shall lead them. And so will the homecoming vet. Teenager Scott Gomez has been a 14-game wonder for the Devils, and it doesn't look...
KNICK EXPRESS DERAILED ; LJ'S BACK INJURY, THOMAS' EJECTION COSTLY VS. CAVS
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amCavaliers 102 Knicks 93 CLEVELAND - The Knicks could survive without Patrick Ewing. They may have been able to survive without Ewing and Larry Johnson. But there was no way...
WALLACE PASSES POP QUIZ
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - Larry Johnson's absence last night meant a bigger role for reserve forward John Wallace. After stinking it up during preseason and the season's first three games, Wallace made...
LOOKS LIKE BAD OLD TIMES FOR KNICKS
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - The Knicks played like hot stuff in their season-opening week until again suffering burns combusting from under their own collars. Last night, they concluded their three-game trip without...
TRADE WINDS ARE HOWLING ON WEST COAST EXPECT LOTS OF ACTION AT CALIF. GM POWWOW
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amTHE last six AL MVP awards have been won by Juan Gonzalez, Ken Griffey Jr., Frank Thomas or Mo Vaughn. Gonzalez already has been traded this offseason, Griffey has demanded...
SCATMANDU WINS SPORT PAGE
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amScatmandu took the lead in the stretch and held off a game Aristotle by a neck to win the 47th running of the Grade 3 $83,750 Sport Page Handicap yesterday....
BUM BACK PUTS LJ ON BENCH
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - Larry Johnson, suffering from back spasms, sat out last night's game, forcing the Knicks to start Kurt Thomas at power forward vs. the Cavaliers. One-half hour before the...
BICKERBOCKERS NO MORE : KNICKS DISCOVER THEY CAN LIKE EACH OTHER AND STILL WIN
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - Welcome to Team Harmony. It's tough to recognize these unbeaten Knicks, a joy to watch during the season's opening week. They forged a 3-0 record entering last night's...
PERFECT START SHOULDN'T HIDE THE OBVIOUS: THESE KNICKS STILL NEED A POINT GUARD
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - Larry Johnson says the Knicks have never been this together in the four seasons he has played for them. The ball is moving even faster than John Wallace...
MOUNTAINEERS FACE UPHILL BATTLES
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amMORGANTOWN - It wasn't supposed to come to this. West Virginia was expected to challenge for the Big East title this season. One preseason publication ranked the Moutaineers in the...
'PLEASURE' IS ALL CHAVEZ' AFTER 'BEAUTIFUL' ROMP
November 7, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. -Hot favorite Silverbulletday faded shockingly, Banshee Breeze all but collapsed with fatigue and New York's popular jockey Jorge Chavez won his first Breeders' Cup race when he gunned...