Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from January 1998

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from January 1998

Civility fighting a battle with walking time bombs.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 30, 1998... I got myself roundly cussed out the other night. It happened after I opened a door onto a sidewalk, narrowly missing a woman who was walking there with a little boy. Without breaking her stride, the woman told me to watch where I was...

NASA team tracks more than 8,000 pieces of space debris.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 30, 1998... CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ On the 40th anniversary of America's entry into the Space Age, it falls to Maj. Mike Morgan and his teammates to know where to find Ed White's lost glove. White is the late Gemini astronaut who lost a glove in...

Who are the unnamed sources?(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 29, 1998... Where in the world did we get that stuff about Monica Lewinsky's semen-stained blue dress? Who first told us about the president and the intern being ``caught in the act''? What is this about Bill Clinton believing that oral sex isn't...

Harasser-in-chief: Clinton scandal is also about sex in the workplace.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
January 29, 1998... The following editorial appeared in the Lexington, Ky., Herald-Leader on Thursday, 1-29: Women are more likely to give President Clinton the benefit of the doubt in the latest scandal, according to the polls. Even if he had an affair...

Japanese Schindler remembered for saving 10,000 Jews.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 1998... He has been called ``the Japanese Schindler'' and ``the Japanese Wallenberg,'' but Chinue Sugihara was, perhaps, more audacious than both. A diplomat posted to Lithuania in 1939, just before the start of World War II, he handed out...

Public's fragile trust doesn't need more abuse.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 28, 1998... A word of warning first. This is about Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. If by now you're sick of the subject, well, try a different planet, Paco. Here on Earth, it's the inescapable story. Hide out in a bathroom stall on a mountain...

No pleasure to be had in Clinton scandal.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
January 27, 1998... The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Tuesday, 1-27: President Clinton rightly, and most directly, sought Monday to reassure the American people: ``I did not have sexual relations with that woman _ Miss (Monica)...

Pope fires away at communism.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 25, 1998... MIAMI _ Pope John Paul II was supposed to have been a spent whirlwind by the time he got to Cuba, too feeble and disenchanted with the ``savage capitalism'' that replaced communism in Eastern Europe to kick up much of a fuss on the island....

The films of Ray Harryhausen.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 23, 1998... Special-effect wizard Ray Harryhausen's first feature film assignment was to assist Willis O'Brien on 1949's ``Mighty Joe Young.'' A couple of years later, Harryhausen went solo and perfected stop-motion animation to a fine art. ...

Presidents and paramours have a long history.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 23, 1998... Jimmy Carter admitted to lusting in his heart but a good number of his fellow presidents apparently utilized other body parts. ``I don't know if Mr. Clinton is all that atypical,'' says Richard Scher, a professor of political science...

Pope content with a slow transition to democracy, analysts say.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 21, 1998... MIAMI _ While virtually all biographers of Pope John Paul II agree that the pontiff wants to bring about a political opening in Cuba, many say he is in no big hurry _ and may actually prefer a slow transition to democracy over several...

Tips to fight food-borne illnesses. (Originated from Omaha World-Herald)
January 21, 1998... _Wash hands thoroughly and keep kitchen surfaces bacteria free. Many foodborne illnesses start with the handling of food with unclean hands. Hands should be wet first, soaped thoroughly and scrubbed for 15 to 20 seconds. Dry with a...

From Farm to Fork: E. coli lurks in nation's beef supply.(Originated from)
January 21, 1998... An invisible villain lurks on the pastoral horizon of the Great Plains. It breeds in the bellies of cattle, and it likes to attack children. It is Escherichia coli O157:H7, a genetically mutated strain of microscopic bacteria that worms its...

USDA system that puts meat safety in packers' hands may be too little too late.(Originated from Omaha World-Herald)
January 21, 1998... WASHINGTON _ A joke is going around among USDA meat inspectors, and it is a frightening one for a country that eats more than 5 billion hamburgers a year. The joke is a twist on the name for the USDA's new meat safety system. The...

Hudson beef recall reflects system's cracks.(Originated from Omaha World-Herald)
January 21, 1998... WASHINGTON _ Just say ``Hudson Foods,'' and USDA officials will start talking on cue about the great value of their new meat safety system, the one debuting in January. There's a secret, though. The 17 illnesses traced to...

From Farm to Fork: Many home cooks leave themselves at risk.(Originated from Omaha World-Herald)
January 21, 1998... LINCOLN, Neb. _ It's tailgate cookout time before a Nebraska football game, and Big Red fans grilling in the Memorial Stadium parking lots show their colors: Red clothes. Red cars. Red flags. Pink burgers. Despite public health...

Outbreak began with one little girl.(Originated from Omaha World-Herald)
January 21, 1998... A week before Christmas in 1992, the father of 6-year-old Lauren Rudolph decided to treat her to a kids meal hamburger at a local fast-food restaurant. It would be a fateful decision, one that would lead 10 days later to another...

From Farm to Fork: Ideas to solve problem plentiful, but cooperation scarce.(Originated from Omaha World-Herald)
January 21, 1998... WASHINGTON _ America's beef would be safer if only... If only Congress would give the U.S. Department of Agriculture more power to recall tainted meat and impose fines on beef plants, says Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman. ...

From Farm to Fork: Consumers should soon have their say on irradiated beef.(Originated from Omaha World-Herald)
January 21, 1998... OMAHA, Neb. _ The most popular food with the astronaut or cosmonaut on the go today is a juicy American steak. It's not just any steak. The beef has been irradiated _ zapped with a pasteurizing dose of gamma rays to kill bacteria. In...

From Farm to Fork: Advocacy group stop born out of grief.(Originated from Omaha World-Herald)
January 21, 1998... WASHINGTON _ The hot Senate Agriculture Committee hearing room brimmed in early October with beef industry lobbyists, lawyers, a phalanx of farm-state senators and one still-grieving mother. Not long ago, Nancy Donley was a typical...

From Farm to Fork: Is U.S. food safer? Ag secretary lacks evidence to support his statement.(Originated from Omaha World-Herald)
January 21, 1998... WASHINGTON _ Even as he dropped his Aug. 21 bombshell _ the biggest meat recall in U.S. history _ Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman repeated his favorite saying. ``Today,'' he said, ``America has the safest food in the world.'' ...

USDA inspectors overworked, overmatched.(Originated from Omaha World-Herald)
January 21, 1998... WEST POINT, Neb. _ It's two hours before dawn and Pat Tews is tired, overworked and overmatched as she starts another long day of fighting food-borne illness for the American consumer. She pushes through two floppy doors and steps...

From Farm to Fork: New holes in the research, E. coli prompts few changes on the farm.(Originated from Omaha World-Herald)
January 21, 1998... Seventy-one people get sick in California, Washington and Colorado after drinking contaminated apple juice. Lettuce sickens 47 people in Connecticut and Illinois. In Minnesota, eight people become ill after swimming in contaminated...

From Farm to Fork: On the the new kill floor, modern methods fight but fail to stop E. coli.(Originated from Omaha World-Herald)
January 21, 1998... OMAHA, Neb. _ Frank Mahoney remembers his earliest days on the kill floor. Dead cattle were laid on the bloody concrete and skinned by laborers with sharp knives and strong arms. Flecks of manure and dirt, hair and...

Little girl pays for love of salads with serious E. coli illness.(Originated from Omaha World-Herald)
January 21, 1998... OMAHA, Neb. _ Around the dinner table in the Bernstein home, little Haylee never had to be force fed her vegetables. She loved them all. ``I considered myself so lucky I had a child who liked to eat vegetables,'' said her mother,...

Texas community shares multi-ethnic roots.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 21, 1998... NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas _ They ``sprechen'' espanol. They ``hablan'' deutsch. They can eat bratwurst tacos at the county fair, buy ``lederhosen'' and ponchos at the shopping center, or look for coverage of, say, the Schulze-Martinez wedding in...

From Farm to Fork: Killer E. coli's bacteria still eludes a safety net.(Originated from Omaha World-Herald)
January 19, 1998... An invisible villain lurks on the pastoral horizon of the Great Plains. It breeds in the bellies of cattle, and it likes to attack children. It is Escherichia coli O157:H7, a genetically mutated strain of microscopic bacteria that...

Proper food handling remains essential.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
January 16, 1998... Q. I read that irradiation of meats has been approved. Is this process dangerous for consumers who eat this meat? A. By all accounts, this gamma ray irradiation used by the meat industry is safe and doesn't affect taste or nutritional...

Acupuncture gains more acceptance.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
January 16, 1998... MIAMI _ It may not happen the next time you visit your doctor in distress, but some day soon, you could walk away with an appointment for acupuncture. After generations of skepticism _ if not downright sneering _ from the medical...

Clinton's tech training proposal: Shoveling welfare to Microsoft.(Originated from KRT)
January 15, 1998... WASHINGTON _ When people turn their minds to the plight of the poor and downtrodden, they rarely think of Bill Gates. Yet when the Clinton administration announced a new federal spending program, it was aid to high-tech businesses the...

Hearst heirs seek to develop family's coastal land.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
January 14, 1998... SAN SIMEON, Calif. _ From the 1920s to the 1940s, when he reigned at Hearst Castle, the spectacular 165-room mansion overlooking the Pacific Ocean, newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst was obsessed with his view. Not content with...

A son's first job turns him into a man, makes papa proud.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
January 13, 1998... My 16-year-old son Matthew returned home with an honorable battle scar the other night, an angry red weal on his elbow where he had been burned by a pizza oven door, working at his first job. I couldn't have been prouder. Work...

Parents can help kids conquer depression by being aware of the signs.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
January 13, 1998... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla _ Until moving to middle school, GiGi Sullivan, now 14, was her mom's model child. Then GiGi turned defiant and disobedient at home. She dropped her favorite sports. She dropped her old friends. Then she flunked...

Robert De Niro: Master of many roles, man of few words.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
January 7, 1998... NEW YORK _ This is how inexpressive Robert De Niro is: The actor walks into a Manhattan hotel suite, apologizing for being 45 minutes late. ``Was the traffic bad?'' you ask casually, as a way to start the conversation. But De...

Focused, intense, Dustin Hoffman adjusts to Hollywood's 'shift'.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
January 7, 1998... (KRT NEW YORK _ ``Get ready,'' the smiling publicist standing outside Dustin Hoffman's hotel room warns. ``He's in a talkative mood.'' She is not exaggerating. On this cold wintry morning in Manhattan, Hoffman more than lives...

Schools debate showcases why blacks can't 'get over it'; actions define heroes, regardless of skin color.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 7, 1998... ``What's in a name?'' the bard of Stratford-on-Avon once famously asked. ``That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.'' Which only proves that Shakespeare knew more about horticulture than civic affairs and...

Those little white lies really add up.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
January 7, 1998... You're faced with a choice between telling a ``little white lie'' and thereby possibly getting the job you've always wanted, or telling the truth and probably being denied the job. What do you do? If you immediately say you...

Lunar Prospector heads toward the moon.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
January 6, 1998... CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ Although no humans were aboard, a powerful rocket carried human technology and curiosity back toward the moon Tuesday night. The Lunar Prospector, part of NASA's ``quicker, better, cheaper'' exploration program,...

AIDS' 'quagmire': balancing privacy and responsibility.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
January 5, 1998... MIAMI _ Seventeen years into the epidemic, certain things remain confoundingly elusive about AIDS. A sure-fire cure, of course. And a vaccine that will arrest the spread of the AIDS virus. But not all the questions...