June 2, 1999
MUTUAL FUND FIRMS SENT REELING BY MOVE
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amWALL Street powerhouse Merrill Lynch struck a blow to the mutual fund industry yesterday when it announced its long-expected plan to offer online trading to clients for as little as...
FEDS' MIT PROF TAKES A SHOT AT M'SFT EGGHEAD
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Microsoft and federal trustbusters renewed their epic legal slugfest yesterday with a fresh assault on the software giant by the Justice Department. A government witness attacked Microsoft's contention...
MERRILL LAUNCHES E-TRADING WARS
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amWhen the 31-year-old son of Merrill Lynch honcho "Launny" Steffens talks, his father listens. The advice helped pave the way for yesterday's Street-shattering announcement that the brokerage giant was moving...
VENATOR'S FARAH TO TAKE 500G PAY DISCOUNT
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amVenator chief Roger Farah is paying a price for the retailer's troubles, but some are saying that price isn't steep enough. Farah did not get a bonus last year, according...
TALK IS CHEAP FOR MIRAMAX TIE-INS
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amTALK magazine publisher Ron Galotti is actively pitching product placements in Miramax movies for those who advertise in the new general interest magazine. So far, Galotti has made strong pitches...
NBC, JOHN HANCOCK IN OLYMPIC FEUD
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amA nasty war of name-calling is raging between NBC Sports' chief and a former $20 million NBC sponsor - trading slurs such as "bully" and "cross-eyed." Such hostile behavior would...
READY-TO-HEIR ARMANI - LVMH IS COURTED FOR JOINT VENTURE
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amGiorgio Armani is looking for a partner to stroll with him down the catwalk. A joint venture with Bernard Arnault of French luxury goods maker LVMH is one possibility, as...
MUSIC BIGS LAUNCH 'NET-BASED MGMT.
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amMusic execs Gary Gersh and John Silva are launching a multimedia music group they hope will transform the music management business. The music execs - principals of the G.A.S. Entertainment...
A SHOWCASE FOR ABT
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amTHE ballet "Giselle" is a penny-dreadful melodrama raised to the level of high art by a lucky mix of circumstances. Of course, much of the subject matter of 19th-century ballet...
'BEGGARS' CHOOSES SCANDAL STAR: 'FELICITY' WRITER LIED ABOUT HER TRUE AGE
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amRILEY Weston, the screenwriter who was dumped by the teen-hit series "Felicity" for lying about her age, has finally landed a job. Weston will play herself on an upcoming episode...
'TIME' ONLY PUTS TOE IN FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH AND YOU COULD DIE OF BOREDOM IN SOME PARTS
June 2, 1999 | 4:00am"Stealing Time: The NewScience of Aging" Tonight at 8 on WNET/Ch.13 AND now for a documentary that is the very definition of eat-your-vegetables television: "Stealing Time: The New Science of...
TWO SHOWS MUSCLE OUT 'HERCULES'
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amTHE producers of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" will replace the show with a new pair of half-hour-long action shows beginning next January. "Hercules" ends its 5-year run in November. The...
JERRY'S PAY DAY: CASH FOR FLASH: IS PAY-PER-VIEW THE RINGMASTER'S NEW DESTINY?
June 2, 1999 | 4:00am'With this type of pay-per-view, you don't have to sell 50 million people to be a hit.- David Marans, J. Walter Thompson. JUST as "The Jerry Springer Show" has been...
'CENTURY' KICKS OFF SUMMER SEASON: SUMMER STOCK GETS STARTED WITH A CLASSIC MUSICAL IN CONNECTICUT
June 2, 1999 | 4:00am'YOU'LL play the Magdalene. Judas strangles himself with your hair. The Emperor Nero offers you half his empire. People will weep with enthusiasm.'' With this, a desperate Broadway producer tries...
THE HISTORY OF ONE OF BROADWAY'S FAVORITES
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amAlthough it has all the elements of a first-rate musical comedy, 'On the 20th Century'' is, in fact, a comic opera. It came about because its creators - Betty Comden,...
MENUS FROM A MODEL COOK
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amWhen Padma Lakshmi walks by, people notice. Especially the Y-chromosome types. There's not a man in a business suit who doesn't practically sustain whiplash straining to get a better look...
A DARK, UNEVEN DOWNER
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amBERKELEY BAR & GRILL 550 Madison Ave. (in the Sony atrium) 212-833-7800 'It's a lemon,'' Philip Johnson once admitted of the pedestrian arcade he designed for what was then the...
A DINER WITH UPSCALE VINES
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amTomato Restaurant 676 Sixth Ave. (at 21st Street) (212) 645-6525 You have to wonder why a place would be called the Tomato Restaurant if they aren't specializing in tomato dishes....
AX PENSION BIG LINKED TO SCHEME, ED BD. TOLD; EXCLUSIVE
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amCity Comptroller Alan Hevesi's office has fired off a letter to the Board of Education demanding the "immediate termination" of a high-ranking official accused of cooking the books of a...
CASH-STRAPPED RUSSIA WILL PULL THE PLUG ON MIR
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amGround control to Mir: Da svidahnya, baby! The crew aboard the Russian space station has been told to say their final goodbyes this summer and then abandon their ship, which...
'SOLEMN' COLUMBINE STUDENTS RETURN
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amTears streaming down their faces, students went back to Columbine HS for the first time yesterday to claim belongings left behind when two classmates went on a deadly rampage. Backpacks,...
VANQUISHED NETANYAHU MEETS WITH VICTOR BARAK
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amOutgoing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met yesterday with his successor for the first time since their bitter election face-off. Netanyahu and Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak slipped quietly into Jerusalem's...
LOUIMA CASE IS NEARING SUDDEN END
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amClosing arguments in the Abner Louima police-brutality trial will begin today after the sergeant accused in the case suddenly decided not to testify. Final statements are expected to last all...
DOCS WARN ABOUT SLUGGER'S LITTLE HELPER
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amThe controversial steroid that slugger Mark McGwire said helped him hit a record 70 home runs doesn't make you stronger - but could cause cancer and heart disease, a new...
HEART RISK SOARS WITH COCAINE
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amCocaine users are 24 times more likely to have a heart attack during the first hour after taking the drug, medical researchers have found. The researchers, at Harvard Medical School's...
INSTANT BOOKS LATEST CHAPTER IN DIGITAL TALE
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amHere's the story: You walk into a bookstore, but can't find the book you want. So a store clerk downloads the text from a digital file, then prints, binds and...
BUSH BURNING WITH DESIRE TO PROVE HE CAN BE 'COOL'
June 2, 1999 | 4:00am"Expectations are high, but it's OK. I'm a battler." TEXAS GOV. GEORGE BUSH WASHINGTON - The Republican 2000 front-runner, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, said yesterday he's hot to run...
KIN SUE HOSPS FOR SUBWAY SLAY
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amThe family of subway-push victim Kendra Webdale yesterday slapped a $70 million suit against seven private hospitals and clinics for letting her attacker - a schizophrenic - walk the streets....
TIANANMEN VICTIMS' KIN SUE CHINA
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amMore than 100 relatives of victims of China's bloody attack on Tiananmen Square protesters have launched an unprecedented suit against those responsible, human-rights leaders said here yesterday. The families of...
RETIRING MANDELA EXPECTS WIN TODAY
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amThe ruling African National Congress is expected to sweep today's South African election, which ushers out the era of Nelson Mandela. At 80, Mandela is stepping down as president -...
CITY FALLS SHORT ON READING PROGRAMS - MANY KIDS LEFT OUT, DESPITE $125M EFFORT
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amFinding a reading program for an elementary-school kid is virtually impossible - contrary to Board of Ed and city officials' claims last week that reading programs are available. A Post...
LOVE LETTER FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE - GI'S WIDOW TO GET NOTE FROM 1942
June 2, 1999 | 4:00am"This [lost letter] is very important to me. This is a piece of him [her late husband, Bill]. This has so much meaning." LENORE BARNES Fifty-seven years ago, Army Pvt....
IVY LEAGUER IN RUNNING FOR CUNY CHANCELLOR
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amA former Yale president and a top state official have emerged as the two top contenders in the race for a new City University chancellor. "I will be looking for...
JUST WHAT WE NEED: MORE STADIUMS, FEWER BOOKS
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amJASON SANTIAGO'S eyes ached as he stepped out of the Hunts Point Library in The Bronx. The hot sun had no mercy on the eyes the 15-year-old sophomore at Aviation...
AIR-FARE HIKE A 'SOAR' POINT FOR FLIERS
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amMajor airlines have boosted ticket prices just as the summer-vacation season is taking off - their third hike this year. The latest, 4 percent increase on domestic leisure fares, following...
PREZ TAKES ON HOLLYWOOD WITH KID-VIOLENCE PROBE
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton yesterday ordered a federal probe of whether movie studios are marketing violence toward kids, antagonizing some of his showbiz friends. Clinton, who has grown chummy with...
KOSOVO PEACE DEAL MUST PUT NATO TROOPS IN CHARGE: COHEN
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - NATO will insist its troops be "in charge" of any peacekeeping force sent to Kosovo as part of a deal to end the bombing of Yugoslavia, Defense Secretary...
LATIN LULU'S MOM: SHE'D NEVER SLEEP WITH MICK
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amVenezuelan heiress Vanessa Neuman is too well-reared to have slept with next-door neighbor Mick Jagger, the South American beauty's mom told a British newspaper. Antonia Neuman told The Mail on...
TEST WAS A BREEZE - OR A BEAST
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amCity eighth-graders began a grueling week of testing yesterday with a new reading and writing exam that was a "breeze" for some kids and "hard" for others. "I would never...
JACKO'S 2-YEAR-OLD SON 'MAY BE DYING'
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amMichael Jackson's 2-year-old son, Prince, has suffered his third seizure in a year, prompting an emotional plea for prayers last night from superstar Luciano Pavarotti, who said the baby "may...
PALS: HILL'S 'DEFINITELY RUNNING' - SHE'S BACK FOR ANOTHER FUND-RAISER
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton is back in New York today for her 10th visit this year - fresh from a day of interviewing potential campaign staffers for the Senate race her...
3 NABBED IN TOT'S SLAYING
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amPolice last night arrested three Harlem men who allegedly gunned down a 3-year-old child as they aimed for her father - who had tried to break up a street fight...
BITTER SERBS: NATO HAS FORCED US TO BACK 'TYRANT'
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amBELGRADE - Residents of this battered city of blackouts, water shortages and black-market gasoline agree that 70 days of NATO bombing have taken a huge toll - and so they...
CHARISMATIC LEADS THE WAY; CHARISMATIC READY TO GO
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amTRIPLE Crown hopeful Charismatic had his final tune-up for Saturday's Belmont Stakes yesterday at Churchill Downs, working five furlongs in 1:00.2. The son of Summer Squall galloped out six furlongs...
WALDEN WILD ABOUT MENIFEE
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amTrainer Elliott Walden wasn't born with a cell phone glued to his ear, but sometimes it seems that way. Yesterday morning, after his colt Menifee worked five furlongs in :59...
MAILMAN CAN DELIVER LINE WITH BEST OF THEM
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amWITH 2000 fishing clinics, tournaments and other special events as bait, National Fishing Week organizers are hoping to draw at least a half million children and adults to the water...
ROSE TURNS INTO THORN IN SPREE'S SIDE
June 2, 1999 | 4:00am"You've just got to make him earn everything he gets."JALEN ROSE INDIANAPOLIS - Jalen Rose was supposed to be the defensive stopper the Pacers would use to neutralize the energizing...
REELIN' DALLAS SEEING STARS
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amDENVER - In as much as the Stars had not surrendered as many as seven goals in a game since Nov. 10, 1997, they might be excused for their confusion...
AD WARRIORS KNICKS' SUCCESS GETS GAME 2 TEST
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amRO INDIANAPOLIS - No flukes. No magic. Having built a mansion of playoff success on road victories, the Knicks were not about to sell themselves short last night against the...
ALL'S WRIGHT AFTER JARET-BUDIG POWWOW
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amIndian pitcher Jaret Wright would not talk about his "deportment" meeting with AL President Gene Budig yesterday in Manhattan. Instead, manager Mike Hargrove elected himself "lightning rod" for the issue....
RANGERS INK TWO PICKS
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amDENVER - The Rangers beat the June 1 midnight deadline by signing 1997 early-round draft picks Wes Jarvis and Burke Henry late last night, thus preventing the junior defensemen from...
RETURN OF ORDONEZ MIGHT SPARK METS
June 2, 1999 | 4:00am"When you lose four games in a row, it's hard for everyone. We've got to win." REY ORDONEZ The Mets needed a spark, now. From anyone in any capacity. They...
DISS-ORDERLY CONDUCT PACERS SAY VG'S RESPECT LINE BUNCH OF BULL
June 2, 1999 | 4:00am"If you ask me, Jeff is just using that to motivate."CHRIS MULLIN INDIANAPOLIS - Jeff Van Gundy has used it as a rallying point, expressing all sorts of indignation over...
NO MJ, NO PROBLEM! WITH JORDAN GONE, KNICKS CAN HONESTLY BELIEVE
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amThe Pacers don't have Michael Jordan, which not only gives the Knicks a real chance in the series, but takes the sense of formality out of the playoffs. INDIANAPOLIS -...
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: KNICKS HEAD HOME IN GOOD SHAPE
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amIt's one thing to beat a team in a close game. It's another to leave them feeling like they got bullied by an eighth-seed. All the pressure in the series...
LAFAYETTE OUSTED IN GAMBUZZA SWAN SONG
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amWith tears in his eyes, Lafayette's Joe Gambuzza said goodbye to his team yesterday after concluding a stellar 22-year career as the school's baseball coach. The white-bearded, 54-year-old Gambuzza would...
MULLIN HOPES TO GIVE INDY SHOT IN ARM
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - There were some numbers that simply carried more weight than others for the Pacers in their opening game defeat against the Knicks. Numbers such as just nine attempted...
SPREE-WHEELIN' KNICKS HAVE BIRD & CO. REELIN'
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES INDIANAPOLIS - The Sprewell Factor caught the Pacers off guard in Game 1 just as the Heat and Hawks were moving a step too slow to keep up...
SUPER SUBS BOOST BOBBY V'S BENCH
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amMany fans - and even possibly some managers - would find the logjam in the Mets' outfield an uncomfortable or unwieldy situation. But not Bobby Valentine. The Mets skipper can't...
LUGO SWEATING OUT DRAFT DAY
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amXaverian senior star pitcher Ruddy Lugo is expected to be chosen in the first two rounds of the major league's amateur draft today. ''Right now he's having a lot of...
IT'S CRUNCH TIME FOR JETS' LUCAS
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amOne of Ray Lucas' virtues is the ability to be honest with himself and those around him. With that in mind, listen to his assessment of his career, which is...
CORK'S OUTTA THE BOTTLE: CHILI HAS CHEATIN' HEART
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Chili Davis believes that everyone cheats in his own way, so he wouldn't be shocked if Manny Ramirez' bat was doctored. Heck, Davis said he would do the...
BOSS ON DARRYL: WAIT & SELIG
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner remained non-committal yesterday on suspended slugger Darryl Strawberry's future with the Yankees. "Everyone is waiting to see what the commissioner's office is going to do, so I have...
AT SHEA, IT'S BOBBY BOO, PART II
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amBobby Bonilla has apparently returned to the Mets' crowded outfield the same way he left it - struggling at the plate and being booed from the stands. Bonilla returned from...
METS' DIVE REACHES FIVE
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amThe one thing you don't expect a veteran pitcher like Orel Hershiser to do is beat himself. Last night he did. In addition to giving up four runs on eight...
VAN GUNDY: WE ARE NO PLAYOFF FLUKES
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES INDIANAPOLIS - No flukes. No magic. Having built a mansion of playoff success on road victories, the Knicks were not about to sell themselves short before Game 2...
ZIG NEXT IN ISLES' PAYROLL PURGE
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amThe cost-cutting Islanders are on the verge of dealing sniper Ziggy Palffy, an NHL source told The Post yesterday. Palffy is expected to be dealt in the next few days,...
STARS FORCE BRAWL FOR IT ALL
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amDENVER - They have battled proudly and well on a higher plain for nearly two weeks, and now the two powerhouse contenders for the Western Conference championship will do it...
HARD FOUGHT STRUGGLE IS A FOUL FEST
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Brutal ball arrived at the Eastern Conference Finals last night. The court at Market Square Arena might as well have been enclosed with a ropes, the three referees...
HERO ROLE JUST KNOT FOR EWING: PATRICK'S BRICK IN FINAL TICK LETS PACERS TIE SERIES
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - The wildest night ended with a scream. The Knicks fought back from 14 points down in the second half and nearly pulled out another stunner at Market Square...
JOE NOT COUNTING ON STRAW
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Is the first week of August too late for the Yankees to wait for Darryl Strawberry? It just might be. Joe Torre made no guarantees the Yankees will...
FAN-BAITING PATRICK SHOULD KNOW BETTER
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Patrick Ewing got into it with the fans at Market Square Arena last night, waving and taunting them into a first-half frenzy. Ewing, hobbled and hurting, could have...
TOO GOOD TO BE TWO KNICK LOSE POISE AND GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amWhat doomed them against this same Pacer team in a five-game series loss a year ago caught up to them again last night.INDIANAPOLIS - Here, in the home of the...
MELTDOWN METS MEET
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amFor the second time in three days, the door to the Mets clubhouse remained closed last night. The losing streak had reached a season-high five and the Mets know that...
BOMBERS FOLLOW THE JETER - SHORTSTOP'S THREE RBIS LIFT ROGER TO 20TH IN ROW
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amEven the great Roger Clemens paid homage to Derek Jeter following last night's 11-5 victory over the Indians. "You should be talking to DJ," said Clemens after he extended his...
IT'S ALWAYS MILLER TIME: WHEN TROUBLE BREWS, ICE-COLD REGGIE GETS CALL
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - His last basket had come way back early in the first quarter, back when both sides were at equal strength and the emotions were only boiling, not erupting...
BOBBY V MULLS BOBBY BO AT DH
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amMets manager Bobby Valentine said he hadn't recently thought about who he would use as his designated hitter in this weekend's series against the Yankees, but it appears Bobby Bonilla...
HARGROVE: PUT A CORK IN IT
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amThe Yankees have driven the Indians batty with whispered accusations that Manny Ramirez very well might cheat. The Great Cork Controversy will follow these teams from here to October now....
CHILDS: PACERS ARE WHINERS
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - The call was made with two seconds left, but Chris Childs believes it might as well have been made a day earlier. As incensed as Childs was with...
PATRICK MISS ANSWERS PACER PRAYER
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Jalen Rose thought overtime. Antonio Davis thought only about avoiding a foul call. Dale Davis hoped for a gift. Rose was wrong and the Davises got what they...
VAN GUNDY UNVEILS TURBO BACKCOURT
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - The evolving Knicks learned something new last night. Allan Houston and Latrell Sprewell certainly can play together in the backcourt without a point guard and both would like...
CHECKETTS CALLS FOUL ON ROWDY PACER FANS
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - From Patrick Ewing attracting the wrath of the fans with wild arm motions to Larry Johnson getting doused with beer as he walked off the court, the Knicks...
BEFORE COMEBACK, A FLASHBACK: KNICKS LOSE COOL LIKE IN OLD DAYS
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Here, in the home of the car crash, the Knicks' fast-track course in responsible basketball hit the wall. Maybe, after three weeks of playing it smart, they were...
JAX BOUNCES BACK FROM GAME 1 NIGHTMARE
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Larry Bird was his absolutely unemotional best ever since the final second ticked away from Game 1 of these Eastern Conference finals, leaving Indiana in an 0-1 hole....
PATRICK'S BRICK MAKES INDY .500
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Jalen Rose thought overtime. Antonio Davis thought only about avoiding a foul call. Dale Davis hoped for a gift. Rose was wrong and the Davises got what they...
COCKY KNICKS CAN'T WAIT TILL ROUND 3
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - They certainly could have been crushed by what was a brutal loss. Yet the Knicks, perhaps because they were directing their anger at the officials, or perhaps because...
CAMBY: I HAD POSITION
June 2, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Marcus Camby thought he had proper position. Antonio Davis admitted he wasn't all that certain, but with the way the game had gone all night, he was sure...