April 11, 1999
PICKY PENSION FUNDS SIGN ON WITH ANADARKO
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amTHIS is the time of year when mailboxes fill with invitations - not to spring barbecues, but to annual shareholders' meetings. Logistics, unfortunately, keep most of us from attending the...
NO ESCAPING DEATH, TAXES, OR MONICA?
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amSO you're rushing to finish your taxes by April 15 and you're thinking about ... Monica Lewinsky? A Manhattan accountant said a majority of his clients are sending $3 to...
GUTSY GUCCI GRAPPLER ; DOMENICO DE SOLE IS A VET OF THE CORPORATE TRENCHES
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amDOMENICO De Sole has described his life as a "quest for independence." The war over Gucci, which is turning out to be protracted and bitter, is another chapter in that...
SIMON & SCHUSTER PLANS TO TIE ONE ON
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amSIMON & Schuster tosses itself a 75th birthday bash at the Metropolitan Club Tuesday night, and tales of its past glories will be mixed with questions about its future. The...
SALON'S BUY OF E-COMMUNITY GOING OVER SURPRISINGLY WELL
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amWHERE'S the angst, the ire, the skepticism, the suspicion? That's what I expected from members of the Well, a virtual community, when they heard online 'zine, Salon, was buying them....
NEW YORK'S SECRET GARDENS SPEND A DAY DISCOVERING THE CITY'S MOST RELAXING, BEAUTIFUL AND OVERLOOKED TREASURES
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amNeed to get away from it all, but don't have much time? Don't fret. Your search for a shady place to read in peace or a tranquil spot to walk...
'STAR WARS' ' TITANIC BOX OFFICE BATTLE
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amGEORGE Lucas knows that everybody's comparing his new 'Star Wars'' epic to last year's blockbuster 'Titanic.'' But he quickly brushes off the question of which is better and which will...
WHAT A WONDERFUL 'WEIR'
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amTHE Irish have a way with death. The Celtic imagina tion readily explores dark corners of the soul and can even find a certain black humor in the process. And...
NO SURPRISE: HE'S 100
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amIt's the centennial of the birth of Alfred Hitch cock, and the Museum of Modern Art is throwing a beaut of a party: a two-month retrospective of nearly every movie...
MEALS & DEALS: BEL VILLAGIO
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: Bel Villagio radiates so much old-world charm it seems as though the romantic spot has been on Bleecker Street for at least a few generations. The quaint Italian eatery...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: MOLLY SHANNON
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: When she was just 16, Molly Shannon bopped around her native Ohio delivering singing telegrams. "It was really hard. There were big parties with older men, and I had...
GUY-GERCOUNTER
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: Our roving panelists rate man at his messed - and sometimes, best. Name: Morris Dabah
AGING? A THING OF THE PAST ; PEOPLE COULD LIVE TO 200, SAY EXPERTS
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amThese days, it's hip to say 40 is the new 30. But that's nothing: If the human life span reaches 200 years in the next millennium - as some experts...
'ARE THE POLICE BRUTAL?' A N.Y. HISTORY LESSON
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amTHE headline in The New York Times was simple and to the point: "ARE THE POLICE BRUTAL?" Dennis Daley, a Brooklyn man who charged he'd been brutally assaulted by two...
LAW, NOT FAME, IS DA JOHNSON'S RELIGION ; THE LAW IS HIS RELIGION
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amROBERT Johnson is a different kind of cat - a Zen prosecutor who has mastered the art of serenity in a storm. The Bronx DA, who is prosecuting the four...
LUNCH HOUR GETS A MAKEOVER ; NEW YORKERS SKIP COLD CUTS FOR NIPS AND TUCKS
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amGoodbye, power lunch. Hello, laser surgery. Droves of image-conscious New Yorkers are skipping the arugula for an afternoon quickie under the knife, needle or laser beam. The goal: better eyesight,...
TAXPAYER 'LOOPY' HOLES THAT TWEAK IRS
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amOne taxpayer, when asked why he had filed no returns for several years, wrote the IRS: ''Didn't you get my death certificate?''Did you hear the one about the woman who...
ALBANIA'S REBELS KEEP THE FAITH ; A GLIMPSE INSIDE THE BATTERED KLA
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amTIRANA, Albania.TO MAKE contact with the Kosovo Liberation Army, you have to follow a serpentine trail of intrigue. Serbian spies are believed to be all over this chaotic capital city,...
HOW YOU CAN EASE PAIN . . . AND SAVE SOME MONEY TOO
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amIf you don't have enough cash on hand - or want frequent-flier miles - you can use plastic to pay Uncle Sam for a 2.5% fee.Here are some tips for...
HIS CAR RAN COUNTER-'CLOCK'-WISE
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amJungwoo Lee of Brooklyn thought he got a bargain on the blue 1994 Pontiac Bonneville he bought in February. He paid $6,000 for the sharp-looking auto that had just over...
IVANA IS GONNA BE IN N.Y. COURT
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amIt's court time for Ivana Trump and the spy who doesn't love her. Having used all her legal time-outs, Ivana could face a jury tomorrow or Tuesday on civil charges...
RASH OF ODOMETER SCAMS $WEETENING LEMONS
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amFederal probers are closing in on 48 area wholesale car dealers who have rolled back the mileage on thousands of used cars, The Post has learned. The dealers "clock back"...
ISRAELI ARABS IN RELIGIOUS 'WAR' ON MOSQUE
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amJERUSALEM. UNPRECEDENTED riots between Arab Muslims and Arab Christians erupted in Jesus' boyhood town last week as the Muslims declared "Nazareth is not Kosovo." The Muslim attacks so frightened the...
CORRUPTION PROBE EYES PATAKI AIDE
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amGov. Pataki's top economic adviser has been forced to turn over his office records in a widening corruption probe of the state agency that tries to lure businesses to New...
EX-PRIEST OFFERS IRA DISARM PLAN
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amAs peace falters in Northern Ireland, the former priest who helped broker the cease-fire is proposing a face-saving way for the Irish Republican Army to lay down its arms. Denis...
DOWN 'N' DIRTY HUNK SWEATIN' IT OUT 'TIL END
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amHeartthrob magician David Blaine still looks sexy after spending nearly a week in a Plexiglas coffin - but when he comes out tomorrow he's likely to be a smelly, starving...
U.S. JETS TAKE ANOTHER SHOT AT IRAQ MISSILES
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amAmerican warplanes bombarded an Iraqi air-defense facility yesterday after being fired on by a ground-launched missile, officials said. Air Force Lt. Col. Mark Samisch said the skirmish occurred in the...
BROOKE-LESS ANDRE STILL A WINNER ON THE COURT
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amTennis ace Andre Agassi had two kinds of love on his mind as he took to the court in the Hong Kong Open hours after his split with actress Brooke...
PENTAGON TO BOOST YUGO AIRSTRIKES
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Pentagon yesterday promised 82 more U.S. warplanes to the airstrike efforts in Yugoslavia as NATO officials insisted the raids are slowing the rampage of Serb ground forces...
REV. JESSE: AMADOU SLAY VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Amadou Diallo's parents launched their national tour against police brutality yesterday at a rally with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who called their son's death a "human-rights violation." "Today,...
TRIBUTE TO SLAIN SOCIAL WORKER
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amA mural with brightly colored silhouettes of happy, energetic women mirrors the personality of Amy Watkins - the slain social worker who was honored yesterday by friends who completed her...
SAFIR'S FENDER-BENDER WOMAN TAKES LEGAL ROAD
April 11, 1999 | 4:00am"They have tarnished her image by claiming she was driving drunk."LAWYER JOHN CARROA Queens woman who had a fender-bender with Police Commissioner Howard Safir's wife has hired a lawyer to...
FOOD DROPS ARE UNLIKELY, WHITE HOUSE AIDE SAYS
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amThe White House said yesterday it won't be able to make food drops into Kosovo for displaced refugees amid reports that up to 700,000 people trapped in the war-torn province...
WOULD-BE THIEF IN FATAL MISHAP
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amA man who tried to burglarize the Dum Dum Boutique, a Brooklyn clothing store, accidentally hung himself when his clothing got snagged on the shop's security bars, police said yesterday....
CONGRESS IN KOSOVO U-TURN
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton will be dealing with a changed Congress when lawmakers return to work Tuesday. While Clinton faced substantial Republican opposition to his plan for NATO airstrikes just...
JACKSON: IT'S OPEN SEASON ON BLACKS
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amCHICAGO - The shooting of Amadou Diallo shows that it's "open season on blacks," the Rev. Jesse Jackson charged yesterday. The civil-rights leader was speaking at a rally that kicked...
SUSPECT CHARGED IN COP SLAYING
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amAn East Orange man was charged last night in the murder of New Jersey police officer Joyce Carnegie, who was shot to death Thursday after stopping a robbery suspect. "I...
BALLPARK INJURY REPORT: 1 UP, I DOWN ; PIAZZA OUT 2-3 WEEKS WITH KNEE INJURY
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amMets fans were rocked yesterday by the news that megastar Mike Piazza will be out for two to three weeks - but Yankee fans were jubilant to learn manager Joe...
CIA INK - DON'T READ ALL ABOUT IT
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amThe CIA has a secret - but the public won't be able to uncover it for at least another 20 years. CIA lawyers convinced a federal judge that classified World...
SUSPECT CHARGED IN COP SLAY
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amAn East Orange man was charged last night in the murder of New Jersey police officer Joyce Carnegie, who was shot to death after stopping a robbery suspect. Terrance Everett,...
FREAK ACCIDENT ENDS B'KLYN BURGLAR'S LIFE
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amA burglar who to tried to rob the Dum Dum Boutique in Brooklyn accidentally hanged himself yesterday when his sweater got stuck in a store window, police said. Terrence Adams,...
B'KLYN SGT. SHIPS OUT TO HOMELAND
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amAn all-American Brooklyn boy is leaving today to join the guerrillas fighting the Serbs in Kosovo. If NATO sends ground troops to the area, Isa Kodra, 19, whose parents are...
RUDY-GOV FEUD COULD HOLD UP TOBACCO-SUIT $$
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amPolitical infighting between Mayor Giuliani and Gov. Pataki is threatening to stall national distribution of hundreds of billions in tobacco settlement money. The city and the state are fighting in...
FIRE DELAY IN BRAVEST BALLGAME
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amA Fire Department baseball team took the field yesterday for their opening game of the season - but they scored a home run across the street. The game was in...
NEW - AND JUST FOR YOU PUBLIC COURSES BLOSSOMING IN METROPOLITAN AREA
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amThere's a new era of upscale, daily-fee public golf facilities developing in the New York metropolitan area, and it's gradually building its way around us, allowing for many more options...
SEND OUT THE SCOUTS TO TRACK DOWN THAT TURKEY
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amTHE SPRING turkey hunting season in New York State is little more than two weeks away, and if you're making plans to put a turkey in the freezer there are...
DEVILS SEE RED ON HOTEL EXILE
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amTHEY are younger, more creative and on most nights much more fun to watch than the last four seasons, no question about that. And Robbie Ftorek has done a very...
A MIRACLE TURNS 30 ALL THESE YEARS LATER, '69 METS STILL AMAZIN'
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amAT its best, sports is the 1969 Miracle Mets. They authored a story that mere words have trouble capturing. They were the underdog of all underdogs. And they won it...
MENDOZA TO GET ANOTHER START
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amIn the long run, interim manager Don Zimmer admits the Yankees might be better off if Hideki Irabu returns to form as a starter and Ramiro Mendoza pitches out of...
MALAKHOV PRICE TOO HIGH
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amMONTREAL - When the Devils were outbid for Boris Mironov just before the trade deadline, they didn't give up their quest for a puck-moving defenseman. A Canadiens source confirms that...
PATE'S BIRDIE RUN SETS TOURNAMENT RECORD
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amK AUGUSTA - Masters fans didn't have to wait until the leaders teed off yesterday afternoon to enjoy fireworks. Steve Pate, from out of nowhere on the leaderboard, scorched Augusta...
MCCARRON DREAMS ON; FORMER BURNOUT FIGHTS BACK WITH RENEWED SPIRIT
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Scott McCarron is a different breed of PGA golfer. A welcome breed. He's different. He's one of us. He's the same guy as those of us who dreamed...
PIAZZA SENT HOME WITH SORE KNEE
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amMONTREAL - The Mets were holding their collective breath in nervous anticipation of Mike Piazza's MRI yesterday. After reporting to Olympic Stadium with swelling in his right knee, the All-Star...
FALL OF SUPERMAN DUVAL SHOWING THAT HE'S HUMAN AFTER ALL
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - By anyone's standards David Duval has had a successful season already. With four tournament wins and more than $2.5 million in the bank, he could go winless the...
AS ALWAYS, ROCKET'S FLYING HIGH
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amSMOKEY Robinson sang "the rocket's red glare" slowly, soulfully, reverently, in honor of the special occasion. He belted out the overture for the home debut of one of the greatest...
NETS DON'T MIND PLAYING SPOILER
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amThe Nets' chances of making the playoffs are roughly even with the odds of all of them receiving invitations to the Pope's wedding. But they are taking their disappointment like...
CHECKETTS WIELDS REAL KNICK POWER
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amAweek ago, Patrick Ewing was quoted as being assured by Dave Checketts that Jeff Van Gundy would be coaching the Knicks for the remainder of this season as well as...
ROG LOOKS RIGHT AT HOME IN BRONX GETS HIS 1ST 'W' AS YANK
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amYankees5 Tigers0 One day after Yogi Berra's memorable return to the Stadium, and one day before the Yankees get their championship rings, there was another historic moment in The Bronx...
WITHOUT PIAZZA, AMAZIN'S ORDINARY
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amThe '99 Mets without Piazza wouldn't quite be the '92 Mets, but they would have Bobby Bonilla batting cleanup. And they would have Todd Pratt catching on a daily basis....
BUCK HAS RETIRED, BUT HE'S NOT THROUGH YET
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amBuck Williams will receive the "ultimate" honor today when his Nets' uniform will be retired at halftime of the Knicks-Nets matchup at the Meadowlands. Though he's done playing, Williams does...
CHILDS: MUTOMBO WILL PAY FOR LOST TOOTH
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amChris Childs lost a tooth, thanks to Dikembe Mutombo. Not his bite. The aching Knick guard reiterated yesterday that Mutombo hit him with a cheapshot and will pay the price...
AVOIDING A PRATT FALL ; TODD'S SINGLE IN 11TH LIFTS PIAZZA-LESS METS
April 11, 1999 | 4:00am11 INNINGS Mets4 Expos3 MONTREAL - Rarely has one game seemed so unimportant. The Mets took the field yesterday unsure of whether their best player would be out for two...
MENIFEE WINS BLUE GRASS WHIPS CAT THIEF, VICAR
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amLEXINGTON - Menifee, making just the fifth start of his career, ran himself into the May 1 Kentucky Derby yesterday, charging from off the pace under Pat Day to win...
GIMPY ZIM CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amWhen he first took over as interim manager, Don Zimmer admits he thought the job would be a pain in the butt. But now it seems like it's pain inhis...
DUMONT DEAL ADDS TO MILBURY LEGACY
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amThe Bryan Berard-for-Felix Potvin swap is widely regarded as Islanders GM Mike Milbury's worst trade during his tenure. But that one actually might wind up looking good compared to a...
ROGER'S STREAK 16 & COUNTING
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amEven by the lofty standards of both Roger Clemens and the Yankees, the Rocket's debut in Pinstripes yesterday could only be considered a smashing success - 72/3 shutout innings in...
PATE SITTING PRETTY TWO SHOTS BACK AFTER RECORD BIRDIE RUN
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amA UGUSTA - It was a crystal clear day at Augusta National. The skies had only a few harmless clouds. The wind was still. It was as calm a day...
BLUE GRASS TO MENIFEE
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amLEXINGTON - Arthur B. Hancock 3rd, son of legendary thoroughbred breeder "Bull" Hancock, has been down the Kentucky Derby road before, winning the roses with Gato del Sol in 1982...
TIGER'S HUNGRY AND ONLY FIVE SHOTS BACK
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - With the leaders backing up under third-round pressure yesterday at the Masters, Tiger Woods got back in the hunt. "I'm in good shape for [today]," Woods said after...
BIG GUNS BRACE FOR GRAND FINALE
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - With the second-round leaders unable to separate themselves from the field for today's final round of the Masters, there are 15 players within five strokes of leader Jose...
SHARK: HERE WE GO AGAIN ; NORMAN ONE BACK IN HUNT FOR ELUSIVE JACKET
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Jose Maria Olazabal remembers. Like all of us who watched in horror, he'll never forget what he saw. It was three Aprils ago. He was in Spain, far,...
LOVE'S IN POSITION TO CONQUER AUGUSTA
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Much has been made over the years about how much Greg Norman wants to win The Masters. His desire to wear the green jacket, however, cannot eclipse that...
PIAZZA OUT 2-3 WEEKS ; SORE KNEE SIDELINES ALL-STAR CATCHER
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amMONTREAL - The Mets will have a giant hole in the middle of the lineup for the next two to three weeks, as it was announced last night that Mike...
DEVILS ON RIGHT CUP ROAD
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amDevils6 Canadiens2 MONTREAL - Ponder this about the Devils. Of the six previous teams that won this many road games in a season, five chased that elixir with Stanley Cup...
OREGON'S AKILLI SMITH HAS GONE FROM NOWHERE MAN TO POTENTIAL NO.1 PICK
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amTHE instructions are to call Akili Smith on a cell phone. He will be standing on the sidelines of spring practice. It will be late in the afternoon, when the...
BLACK QUARTERBACKS NO LONGER A QUESTION IN MINDS OF NFL
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amThe moonlighting baseball player and the prolific winner from the American heartland. The miracle-worker from the hills of northern New York, and the man on whose shoulders Tulane rebuilt its...
INSIDE SCOOP
April 11, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: DIAL M FOR MICHAEL? OH, NEVER MIND Nothing like the thought of His Airness on the phone to help you make a final decision. Notre Dame recently named Matt...