Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from January 1999

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from January 1999

Terry Bannon examines the games for first playoff weekend.
January 1, 1999... Bills at Dolphins. Saturday. Line: Dolphins by 2 1/2. Last meeting: Bills won, 30-24, at Buffalo on Nov. 1. Key stats: Dolphins have won four of the last six from the Bills. Worth watching: Buffalo's Doug Flutie starts his...

It will be tough for 1999 to duplicate events and drama of 1998.
January 1, 1999... PHILADELPHIA _ What a challenge 1999 faces. Not only must it try to carve out a place in history while already overshadowed by the coming millennium. In sports, 1999 must try to step out of the overwhelming shadow cast by the audacious year of...

PATRIOTS JOURNAL: Patriots sign Todd Philcox as insurance quarterback.
January 1, 1999... FOXBORO, Mass. _ The Patriots' new quarterback, Todd Philcox, isn't sure he'll ever see action in a New England uniform. But at least he's back doing what he loves to do: playing football. The former Cleveland Brown, who also spent...

Gator Bowl capsule.
January 1, 1999... No. 12 Georgia Tech (9-2) vs. No. 17 Notre Dame (9-2). _ SITE: Altell Stadium, Jacksonville, Fla. _ SURFACE: Grass. _ CAPACITY: 80,000. _ LINE: Georgia Tech by two and a half. _ PAYOUT: $1.35 million. _...

Bears' ratings at an all-time low.
January 1, 1999... CHICAGO _ It's now official: The 1998 Bears attracted the fewest television viewers in the team's recent history. A second straight 4-12 season pushed Bears ratings to new lows. Locally, the Bears averaged an 18.1 rating and 38 percent...

A laid-back Hal Mumme, we don't think so.
January 1, 1999... LEXINGTON, Ky. _ The popular image emanating from Commonwealth Stadium, just a quick corner route off Hal Mumme Pass, portrays a low-key, fun-loving Jimmy Buffett, who would just as soon be tucked in a hammock in the Florida Keys, his nose in a...

Hunt hopes for more progress in final two years.
January 1, 1999... RALEIGH, N.C. _ Gov. Jim Hunt stood before a Raleigh high school on a sunny day in January 1997, describing a plan for his fourth term. Better schools would be his No. 1 priority, he told teachers, students and public officials who'd come...

EVEN IF CLINTON WERE REMOVED, PRESIDENTIAL POLICY WOULD BE LITTLE CHANGED.
January 1, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service News Budget for Thursday, December 31, 1998 KRT News Desk: 202-383-6080, news(AT)krtinfo.com News desk supervisor: Assistant News Editor Yasmine Bahrani, 202-383-6094, ybahrani(AT)krtinfo.com ...

Kentucky has the pass offense; Penn State has the pass rush.
January 1, 1999... TAMPA, Fla. _ The popular notion going into the New Year's Day Outback Bowl matchup between No. 20 Penn State and Kentucky has the Wildcats' offense presenting a challenge unlike any the Nittany Lions have seen. But Penn State sophomore LaVar...

Broadcaster Todd Blackledge has ties to both Penn State, Kentucky.
January 1, 1999... LEXINGTON, Ky. _ Todd Blackledge will be paying close attention when Kentucky squares off with Penn State in Friday's Outback Bowl. But the former Penn State quarterback also has ties with the team opposite the Nittany Lions. ``Growing...

People in the news.
January 1, 1999... QUEEN LIZ II? They wept rivers of tears when she died, and they mourned her death for at least a year. But Britons did not pick Princess Diana as the most enduring hero of the 20th century in a recent poll, The Times reported. That honor...

Kentucky still recovering from tragic accident.
January 1, 1999... TAMPA, Fla. _ Life isn't always generous with second chances. It can be spare with the happy endings as well. On Friday, Kentucky gets a chance at both. When last seen leaving a football field, the Wildcats were a beaten, embarrassed...

Rose Bowl capsule.
January 1, 1999... ROSE BOWL No. 9 Wisconsin (10-1) vs. No. 6 UCLA (10-1). _ SITE: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. _ SURFACE: Grass. _ CAPACITY: 92,000. _ LINE: UCLA by 9. _ PAYOUT: $13 million. _ ANNOUNCERS: Keith Jackson, Bob...

University of North Dakota almost ready for women's hockey.
January 1, 1999... GRAND FORKS, N.D. _ The ice age is coming for UND women's hockey. Count on it. When it will come and how it will be funded remain the burning questions. In February, the UND Women's Ice Hockey Committee is expected to forward a...

An encouraging start for women's hockey at Bemidji (Minn.) State.
January 1, 1999... BEMIDJI, Minn. _ Grand Forks' Jessica Bina gave up her soccer scholarship to pursue a dream. ``Soccer and hockey have always been important to me, but I like hockey more,'' Bina said. Bina's desire to play college hockey burned so bright...

How the life of a horse was spared.
January 1, 1999... NEW YORK _ His name is Renaissance Bob, and he prefers carrots to apples. He was named after a former owner, Bob Greenhut, who produced the film ``Renaissance Man.'' Renaissance Bob liked the mud, and he won an allowance race once at...

Kentucky QB Tim Couch's lengthy journey surely has more coming chapters.
January 1, 1999... PHILADELPHIA _ Nearly three decades ago, the tiny town of Hyden, Ky., was in the national news when a coal mine explosion killed 38 people. A few years later, the town was again in the news when former president Richard Nixon showed up to...

Dow's wild year ends on mild down note.
January 1, 1999... The U.S. stock market muddled through the last day of trading of 1998 with a loss Thursday but still managed to finish the year with a double-digit gain for a record fourth consecutive year. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 93.21...

Judge: No new trial, acquittal in ADM case; price-fixing convictions stand for 3 executives.
January 1, 1999... CHICAGO _ Three former Archer Daniels Midland Co. executives, convicted of participating in one of the biggest price-fixing conspiracies in U.S. history, have lost Round 2 in federal court. U.S. Judge Blanche M. Manning, who presided over...

Citrus Bowl capsule.
January 1, 1999... CompUSA FLORIDA CITRUS BOWL No. 15 Michigan (9-3) vs. No. 11 Arkansas (9-2). _ SITE: Florida Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla. _ SURFACE: Grass. _ CAPACITY: 70,000. _ LINE: Michigan by 3. _ PAYOUT: $3.75 million. _...

Kentucky basketball in search of better offense.
January 1, 1999... LEXINGTON, Ky. _ Fish must swim. Birds must fly. Ryan Hogan must shoot. Team need and individual compulsion converge with Hogan this Kentucky basketball season. On course to the school's worst three-point shooting, UK needs a reliable...

Georgia defeats Virginia.
January 1, 1999... ATLANTA _ Surely you didn't think it would be that easy, did you? When Virginia took a three-touchdown lead over Georgia just before halftime, surely you didn't call it over. Because it wasn't, not by a long shot. Returning to the city of...

Kentucky coach Hal Mumme receives new five-year deal.
January 1, 1999... TAMPA, Fla. _ University of Kentucky Athletics Director C.M. Newton rang in the New Year on Thursday night by awarding his head football coach a new contract with a hefty raise. On the eve of UK's first New Year's Day bowl appearance since...

Win or lose, expect Wisconsin to be badgered.
January 1, 1999... PASADENA, Calif. _ Insults being portable, whichever locker room the Wisconsin football team happens to be using in preparation for the Rose Bowl, there it is, stuck prominently on a wall or a bulletin board to be seen by every passing Badger,...

49ers-Packers: More than the score is on the line.
January 1, 1999... CHICAGO _ The San Francisco 49ers-Green Bay Packers game Sunday in San Francisco is linked by more than the ordinary hyphen. It is a wild-card faceoff in more ways than one. Connected in history and tradition, the two NFC powerhouses could...

Rose Bowl Preview: Wisconsin's tough defense against UCLA's prolific offense.
January 1, 1999... PASADENA, Calif. _ Wisconsin has the stingiest defense in the nation, allowing only 10.2 points per game. But were the Badgers that good or was their opposition that poor? The ninth-ranked Big Ten co-champions will find out Friday when...

Outback Bowl Preview: Kentucky the sentimental favorite in this game.
January 1, 1999... TAMPA _ Imagine that _ a bowl game in which Joe Paterno's team is favored, but not the sentimental favorite. The avuncular Paterno provided the high point of Penn State's relatively quiet 8-3 season when he notched his 300th career victory...

Sugar Bowl Preview: Ohio State would rather be Sugar free.
January 1, 1999... NEW ORLEANS _ Ohio State has an outside chance, but it's the kind of chance that is so outside it needs a parka. So here the Buckeyes are, relying on the coldness of strangers to get where they believe they rightly belong. To have a chance...

Citrus Bowl Preview: Michigan trying to avoid a Kansas State.
January 1, 1999... ORLANDO _ It's all a matter of perspective. If you're Michigan, playing in Friday's Florida Citrus Bowl isn't quite the thrill that you might think. Sure, there's the warmth and the beaches, all nestled within the shadow of a...

GOING BOWLING ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
January 1, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Sports Budget for Thursday, December 31, 1998 Contact phone numbers: KRT News Desk: 202-383-6080, news(AT)krtinfo.com KRT Sports Desk: 202-383-6091,gclay(AT)krtinfo.com KRT Photo Service:...

Cotton Bowl capsule.
January 1, 1999... COTTON BOWL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS vs. MISSISSIPPI STATE. (Friday, Cotton Bowl) _ FOR TEXAS: No. 20 UT has played in only four bowls over the past 10 years, and they have lost three of them. One of those setbacks came in...

Ohio State's Antoine Winfield earns kudos on the field.
January 1, 1999... NEW ORLEANS _ It's been four weeks since Antoine Winfield won the Thorpe Award, and still he can't believe it. ``I really don't know who was judging that award,'' said the Ohio State cornerback. ``I don't know how I won, but I'm happy I...

Broncos safety Eric Brown trying to gain a playoff roster spot.
January 1, 1999... DENVER _ Call it a rookie mistake. In his rush to return to active duty with the Denver Broncos, first-year safety Eric Brown did a good job of convincing coach Mike Shanahan that he was fully recovered from a groin pull. Problem was,...

TCU defeats USC.
January 1, 1999... EL PASO _ Texas Christian University spent much of the last three weeks in the shadow of other bowl teams with a 6-5 record and questionable bowl credentials. But from start to finish of Thursday's Norwest Sun Bowl, there was no question the...

Court alters property owners' liability rules.
January 1, 1999... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Someone comes over to your house, trips on a tree limb and breaks an ankle. Should they be able to sue and get money? In a sweeping ruling that scrapped more than a century of existing law, North Carolina's highest court...

Dom Capers vying for Bears job.
January 1, 1999... CHICAGO _ Two years ago Dom Capers was NFC coach of the year and had the Carolina Panthers a game from the Super Bowl. Monday he was fired. Thursday he put his hat in the ring for the job as coach of the Bears. Capers has not spoken with...

Mike Singletary would be a compelling coach for Bears.
January 1, 1999... CHICAGO _ Mike Singletary is qualified. More precisely, he possesses the qualities to be a successful NFL head coach. If qualification includes experience, he obviously falls short. But at four victories a year, the Bears are a team that...

UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY: Only Mississippi State's Jackie Sherrill has the feel of Cotton.
January 1, 1999... DALLAS _ Mississippi State has never played in the Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl. The last time the Texas Longhorns were in Dallas on New Year's Day, in 1991, Ricky Williams was a freshman at Patrick Henry High School in San Diego. ...

SUN BOWL: Notes from the game.
January 1, 1999... WAC'S GOOD NEWS Not only was TCU's win a victory for the WAC, which will be down to eight teams next season, WAC commissioner Karl Benson came to El Paso with good news regarding the league's future. Benson said he has a handshake...

Ohio State still covets first prize.
January 1, 1999... NEW ORLEANS _ Ohio State cornerback Antoine Winfield was named to four All-America teams this season, won college football's Thorpe Award as its best defensive back and was a finalist for the game's top defensive player award. Buckeyes'...

Tennessee creates rainbows in shades of orange.
January 1, 1999... Casinos have fountains and chandeliers, and I don't. Far be it from me to doubt their vision when they say Florida State, with a backup quarterback, should win the Fiesta Bowl on Monday night. But fountains get in your eyes, and you can't...

PG&E employee arrested on possession of bomb-making materials.
January 1, 1999... SAN JOSE, Calif. _ A PG&E employee was arrested Thursday after authorities found 250 pounds of ammonium nitrate _ the chemical used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing _ and other bomb-making materials at a San Francisco metering service center....

Texas A&M's character must surface again.
January 1, 1999... NEW ORLEANS _ As it was on New Year's Day 1940, the key word for Texas A&M is character. Fifty-nine years have passed since A&M's only other trip to the Sugar Bowl. John Kimbrough ran for 159 yards that day in Tulane Stadium as the Aggies...

EVEN IF CLINTON WERE REMOVED, PRESIDENTIAL POLICY WOULD BE LITTLE CHANGED.
January 1, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service News Budget for Thursday, December 31, 1998 KRT News Desk: 202-383-6080, news(AT)krtinfo.com KRT Photo Service: 202-383-6099, photo(AT)krtinfo.com KRT Graphics Network: 202-383-6064,...

Arizona defensive coordinator Dave McGinnis keeps plugging away.
January 1, 1999... PHOENIX _ The Arizona Cardinals will pack their road uniforms this weekend for their first playoff game in 16 years. They will pack medical supplies for the physical game they expect from the Cowboys. They will pack warm-weather gear for the...

ABC broadcaster Keith Jackson's show is winding down.
January 1, 1999... Monday night's Fiesta Bowl will be the final broadcast for Keith Jackson, who will take his ``Whoa, Nellie'' and ride off into the sunset after being the voice of college football for ABC the past 31 years. And, by the way, Florida State...

Flyers defeat Canucks.
January 1, 1999... VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The last time Vancouver defeated the Flyers in British Columbia, Bob McCammon was the Canucks coach. Five men have replaced him since, and the Canucks still can't beat the Flyers at home. On Thursday night,...

TCU earns respect with upset victory.
January 1, 1999... EL PASO, Texas _ In the space of three sun-splashed hours in the Sun Bowl, the Southern California Trojans went from supremely confident to stunned. ``I'm at a loss for words,'' USC flanker and kick returner Jay Soward said after the...

Big plays boost TCU's defense.
January 1, 1999... EL PASO, Texas _ A huddle of defensive players had formed on TCU's sideline, waiting for a final word from cornerback Andre Bruce before going in for another series midway through the fourth quarter. He had a simple message. ``He just...

TCU defeats USC in Sun Bowl.
January 1, 1999... EL PASO, Texas _ TCU coach Dennis Franchione paused for a second, a crowd bustling behind him at Sun Bowl Stadium. At that moment, he looked so much like a little boy. His hands jammed into his pockets, his gaze focusing on shoes, his...

Big win could signify the start of a purple reign at TCU.
January 1, 1999... EL PASO, Texas _ The game was over and, being blushingly new at these things, the Family Frog _ TCU players, coaches and fans alike _ didn't seem to know whether to leave the field quietly or just stand there and shout. So they wandered...

Mavericks' Chris Anstey just antsy to get on court.
January 1, 1999... DALLAS _ At this time of year, we like to engage in behavior that makes us feel better about ourselves. Contribute to a charity, feed the homeless, adopt a pet _ there is no shortage of good deeds to be done. I finally got around to pulling...

California utility company worker arrested on bomb suspicion.
January 1, 1999... SAN FRANCISCO _ A PG&E employee was arrested Thursday after authorities found a bomb, 250 pounds of ammonium nitrate _ the chemical used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing _ and other explosive materials at a San Francisco metering service...

Longing for Notre Dame's glorious past.
January 1, 1999... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. _ A moment as insignificant as this year's Gator Bowl defined second-year Notre Dame coach Bob Davie. It occurred during a postpractice media briefing near the locker room at some forgettable little high school. It showed...

TCU defeats USC.
January 1, 1999... EL PASO, Texas _ The USC vs. TCU contest in the 65th Sun Bowl on Thursday was supposed to be one of the bigger mismatches of the bowl season. And that it was _ but not nearly in the way oddsmakers had figured. TCU used its option...

Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech in Gator Bowl.
January 1, 1999... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. _ They have arrived at a place that has rarely been considered a final destination. Notre Dame's Fighting Irish will meet Georgia Tech in the 54th Gator Bowl, a spot frequented by teams progressing toward national contender...

Front-office turmoil frustrates 49ers.
January 1, 1999... SAN FRANCISCO _ Steve Young usually treats controversy the way he does plodding defensive linemen, sidestepping them and escaping unscathed. But occasionally on the field, he realizes it's necessary to take a hit to help the team. And off...

Here's the status of 49ers front-office personnel.
January 1, 1999... 49ERS COMINGS AND GOINGS A look at the shake-up in the 49ers organization in the past year: OWNER Out: Edward DeBartolo Jr. He is waiting for NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue to allow him to return to the team after pleading guilty...

Playoff fever burning in NFL.
January 1, 1999... SAN JOSE _ Don't get him wrong. Tom Sadler understands NFL playoff fever. It's just that as the guy in charge of Arizona State's Sun Devil Stadium, site of Monday's Fiesta Bowl, Sadler was distraught Sunday to see his pristine field chewed...

49ers' Bryant Young aiming for 1999 season opener.
January 1, 1999... SAN JOSE _ Injured defense tackle Bryant Young wants to speak to the 49ers before Sunday's playoff game against Green Bay, but he already served teammates with the news they most wanted to hear. Young plans to return to them by the 1999...

49ers' defensive assistant Bill McPherson calling it quits after season.
January 1, 1999... SAN JOSE _ A few days ago, Bill McPherson made it official. He walked into the office of 49ers Coach Steve Mariucci and said he wouldn't be sitting through many more videotape reels or late-night strategy sessions over stale pizza. ``It's...

Garrison Hearst trying to make it for Sunday.
January 1, 1999... For the second straight day, 49ers running back Garrison Hearst watched practice, and for the second straight day his coach wasn't concerned. ``We're playing it conservatively with him, progressing with caution and making sure he doesn't...

DOMING HAS ITS COSTS: Cotton Bowl redo for Olympics may cost $250 million.
January 1, 1999... DALLAS _ The group that's trying to dome the Cotton Bowl wants to make it the centerpiece of Dallas' bid for the 2012 Olympic games. Now they have a ballpark figure on how much it would cost $250 million. Darrell Jordan, chairman of...

Blackhawks defeat Islanders.
January 1, 1999... CHICAGO _ So long, 1998, and good riddance. The Blackhawks put to rest a calendar year they would just soon forget Thursday night with a 1-0 victory over the New York Islanders before 17,218 at the United Center. The year included the...

Notes on Blackhawks.
January 1, 1999... CHICAGO _ Athletes talk about how trades can turn worlds upside down, but they also can do it to standings. Nelson Emerson woke up Thursday morning in Chicago _ his first day as a Blackhawk _ and found himself on a team in last place in the...

49ers face that old Packers hurdle again.
January 1, 1999... SAN JOSE _ The year was 1994, and the scene was one that was repeated each week before a 49ers game. Offensive lineman Harris Barton would approach teammate Steve Young, rubs his shoulders and repeat words the quarterback had heard the week...

Couple dead after police chase were on the run from Michigan.
January 1, 1999... FORT WORTH _ Steven Shustha and Kelly Cotter had been on the run for about a month and were nearly a thousand miles from home when their trail came to an end Wednesday after a high-speed chase with police. The couple from Grand Rapids,...

Marquette defeats Illinois-Chicago.
January 1, 1999... MILWAUKEE _ Each of them is a cliche, and this means they are as familiar as the bitter chill that annually accompanies a new year: A game lasts a full 40 minutes. Concentration must be complete, not periodic. Success is delivered by a full and...

LET THE GAMES BEGIN: Williams is latest Heisman winner to take Cotton stage.
January 1, 1999... DALLAS _ As Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams thumbed through a Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl media guide this week, he was asked whether he knew which other Heisman winners had played in the annual bowl game. The University of Texas...

Stars, unbeaten in 13, party with 6-1 win over Boston.
January 1, 1999... DALLAS _ The Dallas Stars ended one of the best years in franchise history with what they hope is a harbinger of even bigger things. Closing a year that included their first Presidents' Trophy, the Stars beat Boston, 6-1, on Thursday night...

TCU players believe USC didn't respect them.
January 1, 1999... EL PASO, Texas _ There were smirks aplenty when the Texas Christian Horned Frogs, 6-5 while going winless in a four-week stretch, were invited to the Sun Bowl on Dec.6 to play a USC team still fresh off a victory over Notre Dame. Sun Bowl...

USC's Daylon McCutcheon rips teammates for lack of preparation, performance.
January 1, 1999... EL PASO, Texas _ The looks on the USC players' faces ranged from expressionless to angry Thursday afternoon. The one Daylon McCutcheon was wearing was definitely in the latter category. The Trojans had just been whipped, 28-19, by...

Past interference non-call in Cowboys game haunts Cardinals.
January 1, 1999... DALLAS _ Arizona Coach Vince Tobin can still see the play clearly. If his memory fades, all he has to do is pop a tape in the VCR or look at the photos in a national magazine. Quarterback Jake Plummer drops back and lofts a pass to Rob...

Mississippi shows mettle vs. Red Raiders, 35-18.
January 1, 1999... SHREVEPORT, La. _ Texas Tech came into the Sanford Independence Bowl intent on proving it was a program a few plays from being undefeated and not the team that underachieved to an Oklahoma program in crisis in the regular-season finale. ...

Near-simultaneous deaths of closely linked people defy explanation.
January 1, 1999... PHILADELPHIA _ Minutes after Helen Gemmill slipped from life in a Doylestown, Pa., hospital bed earlier this month, her husband of 57 years, Kenneth Gemmill, died at the home they shared. Five days later and 15 miles away, Gladys Shollar and...

Video won't change NFL race picture in terms of hiring black head coaches.
January 1, 1999... NEW YORK _ They make it sound like something out of a dating service. Candidates put on their Sunday finest, smile for the cameras, talk about their qualifications. Then they sit back and hope someone, anyone, picks them from the pool. ...

Despite efforts such as job banks and video interviews, black candidates still appear closed out for coaching vacancies.
January 1, 1999... CHICAGO _ If Bears personnel chief Mark Hatley needs help assembling his list of coaching candidates, the NFL is a phone call away. Reacting to an embarrassing lack of minority coaches, the league is conducting videotaped interviews of 20...

SportsPlus stories that moved in the past week.
January 1, 1999... X X X BOWLMONEY-SPORTSPLUS:FL_It's not just bowl games anymore. Now we have bowl games with sponsorships. These days, the going rate for a company to hitch its name to a bowl game and treat its clients and suppliers to a few fun-filled...

Some Cavaliers just feeling left out of NBA union process.
January 1, 1999... CLEVELAND _ Forward Cedric Henderson says he feels like ``a little guy.'' So does center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, and he's 7-foot-3. It's understandable that some Cavaliers feel they don't have a major voice in the effort to end the NBA...

FRIDAY, JAN. 1 -- NEW YEAR'S DAY GAMES.
January 1, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service KRT Sports Budget for Friday, January 1, 1999 Contact phone numbers: KRT News Desk: 202-383-6080, news(AT)krtinfo.com KRT Sports Desk: 202-383-6091,gclay(AT)krtinfo.com KRT Photo Service:...

A sampling of opinions from some Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service sports columnists.
January 1, 1999... X X X ANN KILLION, San Jose Mercury News, on MIKE HOLMGREN: SAN JOSE _ How did we get to this point? To the point where on the eve of the most important game of his career, Steve Mariucci has to wonder if Mike Holmgren might take...

Brazil's economic upheaval reaches into Americans' lives.
January 1, 1999... RIO DE JANEIRO _ It used to be that when the United States sneezed, Latin Americans caught colds. Yet as the new year begins, Brazil _ Latin America's largest market _ is struggling to regain its health. And all sorts of Americans may be...

With just 364 days to go, no one knows what to call the next decade.
January 1, 1999... DALLAS _ In our techno-based, time-pressed, shorthand society, the years following this one pose a particular problem: Just what the heck are we supposed to call them? Let's see. We've waded through the '60s, the '70s, the '80s and...

BRAZIL'S ECONOMIC UPHEAVAL REACHES INTO AMERICANS' LIVES.
January 1, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service News Budget for Thursday, December 31, 1998 KRT News Desk: 202-383-6080, news(AT)krtinfo.com News desk supervisor: Assistant News Editor Jill M. Geer, 202-383-6148, jgeer(AT)krtinfo.com KRT...