Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from January 2000

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from January 2000

Cold facts hurt Buccaneers: still winless with temperature less than 40 degrees.(Chicago Tribune)
January 1, 2000... CHICAGO _ The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have great incentive to beat the Bears on Sunday at Soldier Field. They can win their first NFC Central Division title since 1981. They can clinch a first-round playoff bye and a home game. They can win...

Madden finds plenty wrong with Lions.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 2, 2000... It would be nice to report here that influential and wise Fox analyst John Madden deems the Detroit Lions ready to rumble into the NFL playoffs. Or that the otherwise harmless Y2K bug swallowed all of our records at the major credit card...

Deep in the canyons, the dark side of a culture.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 3, 2000

Americans uncomfortable with the concept of evil.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 3, 2000... So the tapes from Columbine have been released, and everyone knows what the killers wanted, what they were thinking, whom they wanted to punish and impress. And you know what? We still can't make sense of it. The killers hated everyone,...

Physicists hope new tool can catch gravitational waves.(The Dallas Morning News)
January 3, 2000... LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. _ Scientists are turning to unlikely places _ the Louisiana scrub and a nuclear reservation in Washington state _ for discoveries about the nature of space and time. There, physicists hope to soon capture the elusive...

10 things that make us angry.(The Gazette)
January 3, 2000

Some principles to keep you in the cool zone.(The Gazette)
January 3, 2000

Some expectations harbored by cranky people.(The Gazette)
January 3, 2000

For the new year/millennium, consider promoting peace in daily lives.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 3, 2000... Saturday was the first day of... another month, the rest of your life, of the last year of the 20th century or the first year of the 21st century? What do you want it to be? This will be a New Year with an unusually heavy burden, if...

Putting the evolution of food and how we get it on the table into perspective.(The Gazette)
January 3, 2000... As we begin the year 2000, I'd like to put the evolution of food and how we get it on the table into perspective. And who better to help me out than the comic-strip character Cathy, who has binged and dieted her way through most of the...

Sports in society.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
January 3, 2000... The following editorial appeared in the Providence Journal on Sunday, 1-2: X X X The 20th Providence Journal/Brown University public affairs conference, scheduled for Feb. 27 through March 3 on the Brown campus, should be a...

The century's worst mistake? Communism's unbridled totalitarianism slaughtered millions in Russia and China.(By Pete du Pont)
January 3, 2000

United telescopes may provide image of black hole's `shadow'.(The Dallas Morning News)
January 3, 2000... Astronomers may be able to glimpse the galaxy's dark heart within the next few years, new research suggests. Radiotelescopes might capture the ``shadow'' of the black hole that most scientists believe lies at the Milky Way's center. Such a...

Travel in the 20th century: Easy come, easy go.(Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale)
January 3, 2000... If this was, in the words of Henry Luce, the American Century, then it was also the Travel Century. (``Of course you'd say that,'' one of my friends told me. ``My neighbor probably thinks it was the Insurance Century.'') But what else...

Rumblings of a cultural dumbing down sends twitters through Britain.(The Chicago Tribune)
January 3, 2000... LONDON _ There has been a lot of talk here in the past year or so about the dumbing down of British culture, and with good reason. Much of the concern involves the BBC, one of the world's premier broadcasting services. The BBC, because of...

Web offers opportunities to celebrate King holiday.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
January 4, 2000

Whose children are they? Supreme Court's view of individual rights will determine.(By Thomas A. Bowden)
January 4, 2000... Do parents have the right to decide which friends or extended family their children will spend time with? That's the specific issue in the case of Troxel v. Granville, scheduled for oral argument Jan. 12 before the Supreme Court. It's a topic...

Founder of Fatherhood Foundation helps men create a deeper relationship with their.(The Gazette)
January 4, 2000... COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ Juan Collazo mothers men. They go into his office at the Fatherhood Foundation, grown men reduced to bewildered boys. Divorced, separated, alone, they stubbornly pursue one goal: a relationship with their children....

Five steps toward satisfied employees.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 4, 2000... People who want fulfilling work but don't want to climb the corporate ladder are at risk of burning out or growing bored, says a new study by Leverage Systems, an organizational development and consulting firm in Woodbury. Managers...

The story of the princess and the piece.(The Dallas Morning News)
January 4, 2000... She is lovely. She is lethal. She is the Black Cat. If that doesn't give this Hong Kong action-thriller away, how about the cover tease: ``They trained her to be the perfect killer. Now they want her dead.'' The Asian remake of an American...

Franklin Roosevelt no friend of freedom.(The Lima News)
January 4, 2000... LIMA, Ohio _ Since the new century is still a year away, I have refrained from writing about the best of the last century or millennium. However, I have seen something I find quite disturbing. From more than one source I am seeing writers...

Entrepreneurs: Start your Web search engines.(The Orange County Register)
January 4, 2000... Will you look at the time! Four days past the beginning of the new year and you've done nothing about that New Year's resolution to start your own business. You don't even know what type of business to start: What's right, what's trite and...

The long and evolving road: Paving fixed Americans on the path to change,.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 4, 2000

What would you do over again?(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 4, 2000... The cusp of a new year _ not to mention a new century and millennium _ is a wonderfully appropriate time to take stock of your career. Have you done what you wanted to do so far? Are you on track to achieve your goals? How will you...

Still wrong on Vietnam: John McCain's strange sense of duty.(The Providence Journal)
January 4, 2000

Successful aging in new millennium.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 4, 2000

Top geographical areas for patent issues.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 4, 2000... These metropolitan areas topped the nation in patents issued to residents in 1998: 1. San Jose, Calif. 2. Boston 3. Chicago 4. Los Angeles 5. Minneapolis-St. Paul 6. Detroit 7. Philadelphia 8. New York 9. Rochester, N.Y. 10. San...

Experts not surprised by surf-oriented first patent of the new millennium.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 4, 2000... WASHINGTON _ America's first patent of the 21st century won't ease the burden of the country's workers like the cotton gin, change the way we travel like the car or airplane, or even make cleanup easier like the washing machine. Indeed,...

Ruling may limit workers' options.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 4, 2000... WASHINGTON _ Millions of Americans could find themselves back in the office, or under tighter rein when they work at home, thanks to a Labor Department decision that makes companies responsible for federal health and safety violations in home...

Mavs' owner-to-be ready to live fan's fantasy.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 4, 2000... FORT WORTH _ Mark Cuban isn't holding back. The Internet tycoon banked more than $1 billion last year, bought a huge mansion in Dallas and went online to buy a $40 million jet. The icing on the cake came Monday, when the lifelong sports...

Group interview a valuable process.(Chicago Tribune)
January 4, 2000... Employers continually look for effective ways to recruit and retain new employees _ and one of my favorites is the practice of including the applicant's future colleagues in the hiring decision. Group or team hiring means job applicants are...

Tips for writing a lawmaker.(The Orlando Sentinel)
January 4, 2000... _Use personal or corporate stationery. Do not write a form letter. _If your writing is clear, write the note by hand. It adds a personal touch. _Be organized and brief. State the issue that concerns you and explain why. Cover only one...

Most accurate clock in U.S. gains or loses one second every 18 million years.(Chicago Tribune)
January 4, 2000... BOULDER, Colo. _ In a low government building here, tucked under the spectacular ridges of the Rocky Mountains, resides the most accurate clock in the United States, so precise that it gains or loses only one second every 18 million years. ...

Woman's lawsuit says Universal Studios' haunted house was just too scary.(The Orlando Sentinel)
January 4, 2000... For nearly a decade, people have flocked by the thousands to pay for a healthy dose of fear and anguish at Universal Studios' annual Halloween Horror Nights. The much-hyped fright festival has it all: blood-curdling screams, slimy goo and...

Tornado hits Owensboro, Ky.(Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer)
January 4, 2000... OWENSBORO, Ky. _ Owensboro officials were out early Tuesday morning, both in the air and on the ground, to assess the damage caused by Monday's tornado and to continue the search through the rubble. What they saw was frightening, said...

Author Stacy Cretzmeyer relates one Jewish child's experiences hiding from Nazis.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 5, 2000

The millennium from a young perspective.(The Orange County the Register)
January 5, 2000

"The Official M & M's Book of the Millennium'.(Knight-Ridder Newspap)
January 5, 2000... At the stroke of midnight on Dec. 31, most of the world celebrated _ what? It wasn't quite the birth of the third millennium _ that's next year. It wasn't a birthday party. Nobody's set a precise date for the earth or civilization's...

Tips for picking safest password.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 5, 2000

ABCs of managing an education.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 5, 2000... PHILADELPHIA _ Last year, when a group headed by state Sen. Hardy Williams (D., Phila.) set out to create a Philadelphia charter school, its members rejected the idea of hiring traditional educators _ or doing it all themselves. Instead,...

The aging of America: Problem or solution?(By Eric R. Kingson, Alejandro Garcia and Susan Taylor-Brown)
January 5, 2000

Finding peace within: The quiet practice of Buddhism grows as people seek to satisfy.(The Orange County Register)
January 5, 2000

Teachings of Buddhism.(The Orange County Register)
January 5, 2000

Racy `pre-code' films of early '30s foreshadowed today's debate over movie morality.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 6, 2000

Toni Kukoc returns to lineup, trade rumors.(Chicago Tribune)
January 6, 2000... CHICAGO _ Toni Kukoc's market value escalated with Wednesday night's 18-point, 11-rebound performance against the Washington Wizards. Playing for the first time in two months, Kukoc demonstrated to possible trade suitors that he still has...

Cuban boy serving as pawn in diplomatic tug-of-war.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 7, 2000

We need a rational Cuba policy.(By Saul Landau)
January 7, 2000

Millard Fillmore strong believer in limited government.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
January 7, 2000

'Slimy, horrible biofilms' pervade everyday life.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 7, 2000

Expert improving diagnosis of autism; doctors are to spend more.(The Orange County Register)
January 7, 2000

Information on autism.(The Orange County Register)
January 7, 2000

A primer on seasonal affective disorder.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 7, 2000

She's off to see the world from the seat of a bicycle.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 7, 2000

Use surplus on society's needs: Affluent Americans don't need a tax cut when.(By Max B. Sawicky)
January 7, 2000

American women have a long way to go.(By Steven Hill and Rob Richie)
January 7, 2000

We need to demolish Arab-Americans stereotypes.(By Mohamed El-Bendary)
January 7, 2000

Association offers information on dyslexia.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
January 7, 2000

It's hard to learn from history when we paper over facts and hide unpleasant truths.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 10, 2000... The stone obelisk sits at the bottom of a sloped hill in the town square in Fort Mill, S.C. It reads: "Erected by Sam'l E. White in Grateful memory of earlier days, with approval of the Jefferson Davis Memorial Association." Two carved...

Touring Rockwell exhibit stirs memories of granpa, childhood.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 10, 2000

Norman Rockwell on tour.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 10, 2000

National Railway Museum makes a jolly good display of 160 years of train history.(The Orange County Register)
January 10, 2000

Parents should talk with kids when a hero stumbles, experts say.(The Gazette)
January 11, 2000

Arthur Caplan believes future of organ transplants is in mechanical devices.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 12, 2000

Walking the path toward tomorrow's dreams.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 12, 2000

Julie Russell is a one-woman war on poverty.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 12, 2000

In a sport where females are still few, a teen-ager battles through bruising body.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 12, 2000

Actor, filmmaker document the few surviving wooden synagogues of Europe.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 12, 2000... In a voice like a majestic ocean wave, ebbing and cresting with the flow of the text, Theodore Bikel begins to tell the story of a vanished world. ``A long time ago, Jewish culture flourished in small towns or ``shtetls'' across Eastern...

Program aims to provide free trips to Israel for all Jewish children worldwide.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 12, 2000

Astrophysicists ponder whether we're all really Martians.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 12, 2000

Jim Thorpe deserves better.(The Gazette)
January 12, 2000

Ethics taught as core value in Army.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 13, 2000... COLUMBIA, S.C. _ Lt. Col. Mark Bounds considers it an important part of his job to teach new recruits how to march, toss grenades and some might be surprised to learn _ be ethical. Plastered on the walls of Fort Jackson's 2nd Battalion,...

From prison to Olympic podium? Bennett ponders the possibilities.(The Gazette)
January 13, 2000

Telescope uncovers 100 million black holes.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 13, 2000

Hottest years ever strengthen the scientific case for an ever-warming world.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 13, 2000

Goose Gossage can wait on the Hall, too.(The Gazette)
January 13, 2000... COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ As one of the first dominant closers in baseball, Goose Gossage never had a problem waiting to get in. His walk to Cooperstown may be a lot like his strolls to the mound - a little late, but right on time. ...

Environmentalists want sport-utilities and off-road vehicles banned from national.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 14, 2000... Sport-utility and all-terrain vehicles might be added to the list of endangered species in the nation's national parks in 2000. If environmental groups get their way, the hot-selling vehicles would be banned from off-road, back-country...

For those with restless legs syndrome, night becomes a time of dread.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
January 14, 2000... Sleeping disorders affect some 40 million Americans and, because of sleep deprivation, these Americans can become disabled in daily life. Of the more than 100 sleeping disorders, one of the most common is restless legs syndrome, or RLS, a...

Will the next Martin Luther King be sent to the back of the school bus because of.(By William R. Mattox Jr.)
January 14, 2000

What about these kids?(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 14, 2000... Even for those who are weary of the media coverage, the story of 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez's amazing survival in the crossing from Cuba that killed his mother and stepfather is still gripping. You don't have to be Cuban to relate to why many...

Hispanic influence expected to dominate in baby names, music in the future.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
January 14, 2000... At this time of year, prognosticators dust off their crystal balls and tell us what the future will look like. Just this week, the U.S. Census Bureau predicted that the most dramatic population increase this century will be seen among U.S....

The John Rocker Burden -- in perspective.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
January 14, 2000

Minority groups say television still falls short on diversity.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 14, 2000

Space telescope reveals "the real fountain of life".(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 14, 2000... ATLANTA _ A new space telescope has revealed the inner workings of a stellar factory that produces enormous quantities of oxygen _ what one astronomer called ``the real fountain of life.'' Scientists believe that most of the oxygen we...

John Rocker's act of contrition won't stop public outcry.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
January 14, 2000