November 18, 1999
RACE FOR $1 TRILLION ; MORGAN STANLEY, GOLDMAN QUEST MAY BE SEALED TODAY
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amGoldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter are neck-and-neck in a race to become the first investment bank to advise on $1 trillion worth of deals in a year. And...
DAVIS, BMG HOLDING CLOSED-DOOR TALKS ON MAJOR NEW MEDIA OUTLET
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amClive Davis may be out at Arista -- but parent company BMG says the door is open for a new, Davis-run venture within the company. In a statement released yesterday,...
BARNEYS EYES RETURN TO CHELSEA
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amNow that Chelsea is hot again, Barneys is pondering reopening a Downtown store. Barneys famed warehouse could become the beleaguered department store's next retail outlet, a company spokeman said. The...
LEAVING GOVERNMENT'S BEEN VERY, VERY GOOD TO BOB RUBIN
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amEverybody wants a piece of Robert Rubin. The former Treasury Secretary and Wall Street golden boy has been bombarded with offers, the latest coming yesterday from Long Term Credit Bank....
WINNERS GET BOOST IN SALES
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amWhile it doesn't have the quite the glitz of the Academy Awards, National Book Award winners can expect to see a bump in sales. And when a relatively unknown writer...
BOOKED UP FOR THE BIG AWARDS GIG: PUBLISHING BIZ SALUTES WINNING SCRIBES
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amAt a jampacked ballroom for the 50th National Book Awards, the host, comedian Steve Martin, exhorted the literary set to emulate the star-studded gala of the Academy Awards. "You have...
WIN THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, AND YOU"LL... MAKE BOOK WITH BESTSELLERS
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe National Book Foundation added celebrity glitz to the 50th annual National Book Awards last night with a lifetime achievement award presented to talk show host Oprah Winfrey by the...
QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE BUYING OR LEASING
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amMY daughter and new son-in-law returned from their honeymoon last month to a dead car. Maybe it was all that last-minute pre-wedding rushing around that finally wore out Michelle's otherwise-reliable...
'SLEEPY' TOWN AWAKES : FILM SENDS STAMPEDE OF TOURISTS INTO HUDSON RIVER VILLAGE
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amTHE legendary Headless Horseman rides again tomorrow in Tim Burton's new horror film "Sleepy Hollow," and while the movie may carry off big box-office bucks, the real-life Hudson River town...
NBC PUTTING UP DISCLAIMER TO HEAD OFF VIEWER PANIC
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amWNBC/Ch.4 is taking steps to make sure that viewers know that Sunday's new disaster movie "Y2K" is just a movie. Its parent network will air a disclaimer before the movie...
BE AFRAID: 'Y2K' WITH PIZAZZ AND A WHOLE LOT OF CHEESE
November 18, 1999 | 5:00am'Y2K: The Movie" Sunday at 9 p.m. on WNBC/Ch.4 2 stars WHAT "Y2K: The Movie" really needs is George Kennedy. The burly star of "Airport" and other '70s disaster flicks...
A SHARP STING
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amMUSIC REVIEW ON stage, Sting is the master of his universe. Tuesday night at the Beacon - the first gig of his five-performance series in the metro area - the...
HERCULES LIVES AS SERIES DIES
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amHERCULES lives. Fans of the mythological muscleman can breathe a sigh of relief. The producers of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" have opted not to kill off their hero in the...
'TANGO' EVEN MORE BREATHTAKING THAN BEFORE
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amDANCE REVIEW TANGO shows come and, for the most part, go. But there is one, "Tango Argentino," that came first and so far has lingered glowingly in the memory. Now,...
DUDLEY TELLS '20/20' OF AILMENT'S TOLL
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amDUDLEY Moore says the rare brain disease that's crippled his body and mind has left him looking like his most famous movie character -- the continually drunken millionaire, Arthur. The...
DRUDGE, FOX PARTING WAYS
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amCYBERGOSSIP Matt Drudge and Fox News Channel are in settlement talks to end his two-year-old TV show. Under terms of the settlement, Drudge would be released from his Fox contract...
NOT SO PLAIN JANE
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amMOVIE REVIEW 'MANSFIELD Park" is one of those rare movies that turns out to be a success despite the intentions of the people who made it. It's extremely romantic, clever...
THE STARR REPORT
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amPocket rocket Forget "Judge Judy" and "Oprah." The real ratings champ is Japanese import "Pokemon" (or "pocket monster" in English). The Japanese kids cartoon, now a blockbuster movie, airs on...
THERE'S NOTHING LIMP ABOUT THIS SHOW
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amRAP and rock are currently in a duel for young America's heart, with rap having the upper hand in sales, while rock maintains its edge in live performance. The biggest...
'SLEEPY' TOWN AWAKES - FILM SENDS STAMPEDE OF TOURISTS INTO HUDSON RIVER VILLAGE
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amTHE legendary Headless Horseman rides again tomorrow in Tim Burton's new thriller "Sleepy Hollow," and while the movie may carry off big box-office bucks, the real-life Hudson River town where...
KATIE'S DOC SPEAKS OUT - RIPS TAB'S 'WIFE-BEATING' ALLEGATIONS AS 'ABSOLUTE MYTH'
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amDR. Carroll Lesesne looks like he hasn't slept in a week. The handsome 45-year-old plastic surgeon, recently linked to NBC co-host Katie Couric, is wearing a white button-down shirt and...
HIP-LIST TIP LIST
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amThere are grocery lists. There are to-do lists. There are even hit lists. And then there are New York social lists - compilations of the most-wanted members of the local...
WHEN GOTHAM GOES DARK:TERRORISM'S TAKING ON A NEW FACE FOR THE COMPUTER AGE
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON DELTA Flight 1765, the 6:30 shuttle from La Guardia, lifted off directly over Rikers Island Monday evening. Full darkness had fallen; the Halogen-bright rows of street lamps below were...
BURIED ALIVE 100 HOURS - MIRACLE QUAKE RESCUE IN TURKEY
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amA 42-year-old Turkish woman was pulled alive from the rubble of Friday's earthquake yesterday after spending more than 100 hours buried in a collapsed apartment building. Sefa Cebeci was described...
CLOSET-TOT BROTHER FACES SLAY INDICTMENT
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe brother of a 2-year-old girl who was beaten to death and kept in her mother's closet for 20 years is expected to be indicted today on a murder charge,...
HURRICANE WHIPS UP A CARIBBEAN COMMOTION
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amHurricane Lenny's 150-mph winds ripped off roofs and hurled boats onto shore in the U. S. Virgin Islands yesterday as the surprising storm continued to roar through the northeastern Caribbean....
TAB: PILLS TRIGGERED BRANDY BREAKDOWN
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amDiet pills are the real reason "Moesha" star Brandy collapsed and landed in the hospital, a new report claims. The 20-year-old sitcom star had insisted she was suffering from "dehydration"...
HILL TO HOST GALA FOR PRO-PALESTINIAN GROUP
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is hosting a fund-raiser next month for a group pushing to establish a Palestinian state with part of Jerusalem as its capital, officials said yesterday....
AUTUMN BARES HER AGONY - BACK-TO-PRISON 'COSBY KID' FRETS FOR HER TWIN TOTS; EXCLUSIVE
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amAUTUMN JACKSON has two living, breathing, toddling reasons why she desperately does not want to return to prison. The woman who her entire life has believed that actor Bill Cosby...
CBS CASTS LOOKALIKE GIRL, 6, AS JONBENET
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amHere is the first look at the little girl CBS has cast to play JonBenet Ramsey in the upcoming TV miniseries about the still-unsolved Colorado murder. Six-year-old Dyanne Iandoli, who...
FUNERAL-HOME 'MONOPOLY' DIES
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amA company that has "monopolized" the city's Jewish funeral-home market and driven up the cost of dying will sell off three of its parlors as part of a settlement with...
DREADED THALIDOMIDE MAY FIGHT CANCER
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amThalidomide -- infamous for causing horrific birth defects in the 1960s -- is an effective drug against a highly deadly form of bone cancer, a new study says. The once-dreaded...
HIS FERRY-GO-ROUND IS NOT ALL FUN AND GAMES
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amEach day until Jan. 1, The Post will take a look at one of New York's landmarks on the eve of the new millennium. We'll talk to people who work...
BLACK AD EXEC SUING FEDS OVER BODY SEARCH
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amA black Manhattan ad executive plans to sue the U.S. Customs Service for $500,000, charging she endured a humiliating, intimate body search at Newark Airport because of racial profiling. Yvette...
IRA PROMISES TO ENTER TALKS ON DISARMAMENT
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe final blocks in Northern Ireland's peace talks are expected to fall into place today when U.S. mediator George Mitchell wraps up his 11-week review of the Good Friday peace...
DO-NOTHING POLS ARE ONLY HEIGHTENING THE PARANOIA
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amHOW many more Nicole Barretts, Kendra Webdales and Edgar Riveras will New York weep for before the city and state get serious about protecting us from violent lunatics? Gov. Pataki...
BANK EXEC FACES VERDICT IN '83 SLAY
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amA bank executive's wild youth -- spent running with members of Chinatown's Flying Dragons gang -- could haunt him today, as a jury begins deciding if he pulled the trigger...
DOC SAYS HE CAN TELL IF FLIERS ARE 'OUT THERE'
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amDr. Raymond Basri says one way he determines whether an airline pilot is mentally fit to fly is to look him in the eye. "If the guy has a short...
GORE'S GALL IS SHOWING IN CIG ATTACK ON BRADLEY
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amTODAY'S award for sheer chutzpah goes to Veep Al Gore. The prize? A carton of cigarettes. Plus a lot of smoke and mirrors. Team Gore is now going after rival...
DOCS' EARLY EFFORTS VICTIM'S BEST HOPE FOR RECOVERY
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amBellevue doctors raced against time to relieve pressure on Nicole Barrett's brain, rushing her to surgery twice within hours to remove two blood clots on opposite sides of her brain....
CLASSMATES TRIED TO RAPE GIRL, 12: COPS
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amThree Bronx boys were charged with trying to rape an 11-year-old girl yesterday in another vicious attack at a city school, officials said. A school aide at IS 139 in...
PICTURE MIGHT BE WORTH 500G TO MODEL IN LAWSUIT
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amA French model is suing renowned photographer Peter Beard for selling a topless picture he took of her in Kenya when she was 17. Fayel Tall, 29, claims in a...
FEDS ORDERED TO RE-ENACT WACO
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe deadly siege at Waco will be restaged in an effort to learn once and for all whether FBI agents fired shots into the Texas compound. A federal judge ordered...
SMALL-TOWN GIRL SOUGHT ADVENTURE IN BIG APPLE
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amNicole Barrett felt like "living on the edge" when she left behind the Lone Star State for an adventure in the Big Apple. "It's been fun so far, but kind...
VICTIM'S PARENTS SAY: 'PRAY FOR NICOLE' - COPS SEARCH SHELTERS FOR BRAZEN ATTACKER
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe parents of brick-attack victim Nicole Barrett asked New Yorkers last night to pray for their critically injured daughter -- as cops scoured homeless shelters for the maniac who bashed...
FBI PROFILERS DIG INTO CO-PILOT'S PAST
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe FBI has assigned its crack team of criminal profilers -- known for its work tracking serial killers -- to delve into the life of the EgyptAir co-pilot suspected of...
D.C. DEAL-MAKERS CLOSE IN ON $390B FED BUDGET
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe House of Representatives is set to vote today on a new federal budget, with Republican leaders having cut a $390 billion deal last night with President Clinton. It was...
BICKERIN' ANGERS VAN
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY -- Yesterday it was Jeff Van Gundy's turn to tell his players to shut up about Patrick Ewing's progress. In the wake of Tuesday's angry locker-room exchange...
TEEN-HOCKEY ASSAULT RAP
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amA 15-year-old Queens boy, who critically injured another teen by bashing him in the head with a hockey stick during a Sunday morning game, was charged with assault yesterday, police...
COLONEL'S WIFE CHARGED AS COKE SMUGGLER
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe wife of a U.S. Army colonel leading the anti-drug effort in Colombia was indicted yesterday on cocaine- and heroin-smuggling charges. Laurie Anne Hiett - whose husband James Hiett was...
VERDICT DUE ON 'JURY POLL BY PIRRO'S HUBBY
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amA judge will likely decide tomorrow whether it was legal for the husband of Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro to conduct a private poll of 600 upstaters to test the...
PIRRO 'JURY-POLL' RULING DUE
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amA judge will likely decide tomorrow whether it was legal for the husband of Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro to conduct a private poll of 600 upstaters to test the...
WAR ON DRUGS MAINLY TARGETS WOMEN: STUDY
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A startling new study shows that the number of women jailed for drugs increased by a whopping 888 percent nationally - and by 487 percent in New York...
DEATH OF A 'MONOPOLY' - FUNERAL FIRM AGREES TO CURB
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amA company that has "monopolized" the city's Jewish funeral-home market and driven up the cost of dying will sell off three of its parlors as part of a settlement with...
WAS SEX-ATTACK REPORT FUDGED?
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amBrooklyn school-district employees - faced with a probe by special investigators - may have doctored an official report on how the case of a sexual-assault victim was handled, documents obtained...
SASAKI MAY FILL FRANCO'S SHOES
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amAbout a month ago Mets GM Steve Phillips dismissed the idea of acquiring free agent Japanese reliever Kazuhiro Sasaki. But that was before he found out John Franco may want...
JARVIS TO STORM: LET US PREY
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amMike Jarvis has made prayer a major player in his program. He'll stop practice and gather his Red Storm players to clear their minds. He'll hold a prayer session on...
OTB, CHURCHILL INC. AGREE ON DEAL
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation, in conjunction with all the other New York State OTBs, has an agreement in principle for a four year contract with Churchill Downs...
YANKS MAKE BIG PITCH TO SIGN RHODES FROM ORIOLES
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe Yankees believe superb pitching is what separates them from everyone else in the sport. And so rather than just preserving the strength, they are looking to embellish it. That...
MUCK MAKES CHANGES OF HIS OWN
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amBOSTON -- Five days after an abundance of clues suggested that it would not be so, John Muckler has made it here for tonight's match against the Bruins that opens...
PETITGOUT THE 'THAL GUY: GIANTS' TOP PICK LOSES STARTING JOB TO BEST PAL
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amHe looks the part. Even in a locker room full of oversized young men, Mike Rosenthal stands above the pack. He is a giant among Giants. "He looks like he's...
FASSEL, TURNER KNOW HOW MUCH SHOWDOWN MEANS
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES No dancing around this one. No measuring words, no looking ahead, no fear of placing too much emphasis on this one game. What takes place Sunday at Redskins...
ST. JOHN'S LANDS COOK
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amSources told The Post that Christ the King point guard Omar Cook will hold a press conference Tuesday at Junior's Restaurant in Brooklyn to announce he will attend St. John's....
LINE A PUZZLE FOR PARCELLS
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amCenter Kevin Mawae was preparing to face Buffalo nose tackle Ted Washington, still stinging from the criticism he got after his last ill-fated game against the Bills' behemoth. Left tackle...
RAFFERTY JUICED FOR SHOT AT BRUCE
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amJET NOTES Tuesday morning, Ian Rafferty was in the process of being signed off the Tennessee Titans' practice squad, and onto the Jets' roster. Sunday, he faces the possibility --...
LEWIS TOO GOOD FOR TYSON
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amWHATEVER else he does with the rest of his haunted life, Mike Tyson is a convicted rapist. And a washed-up fighter. Watching him box now is like taking in an...
FRASCHILLA: LOBO LIFE NOT LOCO
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amALBUQUERQUE -- His home sits near the ninth tee at Tanoan Country Club, one of the prettiest layouts in the Southwest. Fran Fraschilla and his two boys James (age 7)...
KNIGHTS PROVE SEMI-TOUGH
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amSHOOTOUT, 4-3 Holy Cross 1 Fordham Prep 0 Imagine that the deciding game of a baseball playoff series was scoreless after nine innings and that after the 10th went by...
EAGER GREEN SET TO STICK
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amJosh Green was almost sure he would make the Islanders out of training camp. After all, he had NHL experience, he's only 22 and he can score. But after an...
HURTING KERRY BACK IN CIVVIES
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amAUBURN HILLS -- The return of Kerry Kittles to the Nets' active scene lasted all of seven minutes and one game. Kittles returned to civilian status again and could be...
PJ: CAN WE TALK? CARLESIMO SAYS HE'D LIKE TO CHAT WITH SPREE
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY -- Golden State coach P.J. Carlesimo has something to say to Latrell Sprewell and he would like to say it Saturday, the night of the much ballyhooed...
UCONN SOURED ON TOP RECRUIT
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amJeff McMillan, the highly sought after recruit from St. Thomas More in Oakdale, Conn., who signed with Fordham, wanted to play for UConn, but the Huskies abruptly stopped recruiting him...
KNICKS NO MATCH FOR BEST IN WEST
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY -- No offense, but the Knicks could care less about Latrell Sprewell and P.J. Carlesimo meeting face-to-face Saturday in Oakland following their hands-to-neck meeting in early December...
FOILED NETS 'PAINT' BLEAK PICTURE
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amPistons 109 Nets 107 AUBURN HILLS -- Yippee! Another close loss! Score one for suspense and drama! Throw away those lottery tickets. Take the Nets and the points and find...
MURPHY'S LAW COSTS DEVILS A POINT
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amDevils 2 Bruins 2 Now Joe Murphy has embarrassed the Devils, too. Following his improbable odyssey with an improbable goal, Ranger-spurner Joe Murphy deprived the Devils of victory last night...
THE BEAT-KNICKS: JAZZ JUMP ON JEFF'S TIRED CREW
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY -- When the Delta Center disaster was over, Jeff Van Gundy called the Knicks "weak mentally." Last night's 98-90 wipeout by the Jazz -- a game which...
PEDERSON ON IR, OPEN TO SURGERY
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe injured reserve list is the first resort. Denis Pederson says he's willing to consider the last resort if it doesn't work. Pederson was placed on the Devils' IR yesterday...
HURTIN' KERRY CAN'T, COULD MISS 2 WEEKS
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amAUBURN HILLS - The return of Kerry Kittles to the Nets' active scene lasted all of seven minutes and one game. And no one pressured him to sit last night....
CRANKY LINDSAY RALLIES TO WIN
November 18, 1999 | 5:00amDown five games to one in the first set, Lindsay Davenport began to wince each time she planted her left leg. The No. 2 seed wore white tape high around...