Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from September 1998

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from September 1998

'Sociology: The American Way of Death Revisited,' by Jessica Mitford; Knopf (296 pages,. $25).(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 1998... The American Way of Death is alive and well. Unfortunately. So says Jessica Mitford, who 35 years ago coined this phrase in her stunning indictment of the U.S. funeral industry, ``The American Way of Death.'' In it, Mitford...

Haitian surgeon taps into healing spirit.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 30, 1998... She had come to save their lives, to be an agent of miracles. They figured she was there, in the hushed light of the hospital room, to throw away the trash. Or retrieve the food trays. Or tap a vein for blood. ``No'',...

Isolated seniors in need of sympathetic ear, programs.(Originated from She was 80 years old, scared and confused)
September 30, 1998... She wouldn't tell me her name and was embarrassed by her situation. ``I just couldn't talk to someone I know,'' she said. She called me because she found my phone number in The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle. Hospitalized because of an...

Daughters, listen to your mother and avoid the big creeps.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 28, 1998... This is about how ``Handsome'' becomes ``The Big Creep.'' This is a primer, what your mother should have told you (and probably did, but you weren't listening or believing). This is ``uncommon'' sense, although it's a mystery why it isn't...

Venezuela's system of music education a model for the world.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 28, 1998... CARACAS, Venezuela _ When conductor Jose Antonio Abreu first dreamed of a ``musical miracle'' for Venezuelan children 23 years ago, people had reason to scoff. After all, only the sons and daughters of the wealthy got schooled in...

In midst of Clinton-Lewinsky mess, preachers examine sin and forgiveness.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 23, 1998... I wonder a lot lately _ about the fate of the president, about the effect of the sordid Clinton-Lewinsky mess on our children and about the resiliency of our nation. Wonder along with me: Martin Marty, professor of history and...

Clinton apologies prompt discussions on forgiveness.(Originated from The Wichita Eagle)
September 23, 1998... As President Bill Clinton's reluctant apologies have turned to entreaties for forgiveness, many people are debating whether he is sincere enough, and whether his entreaty to God is sufficient, to receive forgiveness from the public as well....

Powerful harpy eagle in a steep decline.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 23, 1998... MIAMI _ With talons the size of grizzly bear claws and wings spanning almost seven feet, the harpy eagle rules the dark heart of Latin America's rain forests. But this powerful eagle _ capable of hauling off prey more than twice its...

Joyner defied limits, blending beauty, speed.(Originated from)
September 23, 1998... By Leonard Pitts Jr. Knight Ridder Newspapers She was a vision of speed and power, glamour and beauty. Of which, the last two were the most surprising. One does not expect to come across dazzle and loveliness in the world of...

On Clinton scandal, you don't have to be Mr. Spock to yearn for logic.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 22, 1998... Several years ago I taught two semesters of remedial English classes for freshmen at the University of South Carolina. The students had not met admissions requirements but were accepted anyway. I took them on, expecting to meet kids who...

Beekeepers wax enthusiastic about their honey makers.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 21, 1998... Beekeeper Dave Green lifts the top off a bee hive and pulls out the racks full of honey bees, showing off each one like a proud father with a walletful of baby pictures. The hives are nestled under a shade tree on a back road in...

Honey varieties are like a floral bouquet.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 21, 1998... The color and flavor of honey depend on the nectar source (the blossoms) visited by the honey bees. There are more than 300 types of honey in the United States, each originating from a different floral source. As a general rule,...

Jewish kids make shofars, learn faith.(Originated from KRT SOUTH)
September 21, 1998... By Carol Weir Knight Ridder Newspapers COLUMBIA, S.C. _ ``Varnish smells better than goat.'' Rabbi Hesh Epstein's observation was seconded by the dozen seventh graders who spent Sunday morning sanding,...

Ex-Costa Rican president urges ban on arms sales to Third World.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 21, 1998... ``The weapons industry has created fortunes tainted with blood,'' Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias said Monday as he condemned the world's $780 billion arms business. ``We cannot let the free...

Clinton spin doctors can never restore respect.(Originated from)
September 18, 1998... By Leonard Pitts Jr. Knight Ridder Newspapers So I get an order of General Tso's chicken from my favorite Chinese take-out, eat half of it and put the rest in the fridge, intending to save it for the next day's lunch. Along...

If we don't draw lines, who's to know when they're crossed?(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 17, 1998... I opened the door just in time to hear one of the most repellant verbs of the English language. Its compound noun form immediately followed. The words were assaulting the air in one of those teeny-weeny smokes-and-Cokes stations...

Study suggests school uniforms have not had the impact proponents hoped for.(Originated from KRT SOUTH)
September 16, 1998... By Sabrina Walters Knight Ridder Newspapers MIAMI _ The initial report by administrators compares 21 areas _ including crime rates, violence and discipline problems _ at schools that require uniforms with those that don't. ...

King offers message on rediscovering lost values.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 16, 1998... I was in Atlanta last week when Kenneth Starr's report on President Clinton landed with the force of an F5 tornado. More to the point, I was at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change as details of the...

George Wallace dead at 79.(Originated from RESENDING FOR ALL NEEDING)
September 14, 1998... By Bill Rose Knight Ridder Newspapers MONTGOMERY, Ala. _ Former Alabama Gov. George Wallace, once the premier apostle of American apartheid, died Sunday. He was 79. In recent years he had battled Parkinson's disease as...

History of 'high crimes and misdemeanors'.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 14, 1998... Anyone trying to impeach Bill Clinton will have to go through Warren Hastings first. Hastings, who in the 18th-century was the first British governor general of India, faced impeachment in 1789 in the British House of Commons and set...

Advice for the 'Comeback Kid': It's time to go.(Originated from)
September 14, 1998... By Leonard Pitts Knight Ridder Newspapers A sign of the times: Three years ago, Congress considered a bill to stop people from posting pornography on the Internet. Friday, Congress posted its own: the impeachment report...

The president has abused the public trust and cannot be permitted to escape without appropriate penalty.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
September 14, 1998... The following editorial appeared in the Kansas City Star on Saturday, 9-12: What a mess! No matter what happens on the impeachment front with President Clinton, the report of special prosecutor Kenneth Starr paints a far...

Hijinks or high crimes? Clinton must challenge Starr report for history's sake.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
September 14, 1998... The following editorial appeared in the Lexington Herald-Leader on Saturday, 9-12: It's tempting to want President Clinton to just go away. We don't want to wallow in the Starr report's lurid details, have Congress preoccupied with...

Dole predicts Clinton's chances of political survival are ''50-50''.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 14, 1998... MIAMI _ Former Republican presidential-candidate Bob Dole predicted on Monday that President Clinton's chances of serving out the remaining two years in his term were ``50-50'' with Democrats playing the deciding role. Dole, a...

Have blacks traded their iron chains for cultural ones?(Originated from)
September 4, 1998... By Leonard Pitts Jr. Knight Ridder Newspapers I know you'll find this hard to believe, but I once wrote a column that sparked a controversy, a racially charged confrontation, with readers making daily demands for my severed...

People fearing loss of voting rights need to act rather than merely react.(Originated from)
September 2, 1998... By Leonard Pitts Knight Ridder Newspapers Perhaps you've heard the news that has rocked some segments of black America. If not, be advised: The Voting Rights Act expires in 2007! Unless Congress renews it, black people will...

Reggae gets religion: Gospel message blends with sound of the streets.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 2, 1998... The grooves and the words sound familiar _ but not these grooves with quite these words. Even the term _ reggae gospel _ sparks seemingly incongruous associations: Jamaican ghetto ne'er-do-wells at Sunday morning service? But...

Avoiding 'Private Ryan'.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 1, 1998... It's a subject we mothers of sons rarely talk about, if we talk about it at all. It's better to push away the possibility of danger, to exorcise it from our lives. We cannot imagine the babies we nursed, the toddlers we coddled, the boys we...

Bulging backpacks cause spine trouble in children.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 1, 1998... Being a kid these days can be a real pain _ in the back, especially. With schoolchildren lugging enough books in their backpacks to stock a rural library _ not to mention clothes, radios and the occasional Game Boy _ young backs are...

Here are some tips on getting connected in the online world.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
September 1, 1998... (KRT) ; From all the mad hype about connecting schools to the Internet and getting computers for school-age children, parents could be forgiven for thinking that blinking machines have taken over the education world. The reality is...