Lord Archer Quits Race In London Over Scandal
Date: 21 November 1999
By Warren Hoge
Warren Hoge
Jeffrey Archer, millionaire novelist and member of House of Lords, drops out of race to be London's first elected mayor after being told that tabloid was about to reveal that Archer asked friend to lie for him 13 years ago when he was accused of being involved with prostitute; Archer had been Conservative Party candidate; party has in recent years been dogged by sexual and financial scandals, and party's leader, William Hague, says Archer has let party down (M)
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I Liked a Pol
Date: 21 November 1999
By Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis article on political journalism, and his own discovery that unwritten rule in Washington is to keep one's distance from actual politicians; recalls stumbling on Sen John McCain, who, unlike everyone else traveling Bob Dole's Presidential campaign, said things that were true and therefore interesting; explains discovering that he liked and admired man he was writing about, which has transformed McCain from subject into friend (M)
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Olivetti's Chief Drops Asset Plan
Date: 22 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Olivetti S.p.A. and Tecnost S.p.A., the unit through which Olivetti bought Telecom Italia, said today that they had abandoned plans to strip Italy's largest telecommunications company of its profitable mobile phone unit. The announcement about the future of the unit, Telecom Italia Mobile, came after the boards of Olivetti and Tecnost met here late this afternoon.
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Staying Upbeat About Stocks
Date: 21 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Investors Intelligence newsletter survey finds that financial advisers remain optimistic over US stocks (S)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 21 November 1999
Correction of Nov 21 Food column in Times Magazine regarding historic site mentioned
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 22 November 1999
INTERNATIONAL A3-12 Chaos and Intolerance Prevailing in Kosovo Five months after NATO forces moved in to take absolute control of Kosovo, it is in a state of chaos. There is little electricity and an inconstant water supply, and no one has new identity papers. The burning of Serbs' homes takes place almost daily, and the reality of revenge and intolerance is eroding the United Nations' goal of multiethnicity. A1
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Street News
Date: 21 November 1999
By Bob Blauner
Bob Blauner
Bob Blauner reviews book Code of the Street. Decency, Violence and the Moral Life of the Inner City, by Elijah Anderson (M)
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Elliott M. Sanger, 77, a WQXR News Producer
Date: 21 November 1999
By Nick Ravo
Nick Ravo
Elliott M Sanger, news producer for WQXR, radio station owned by New York Times, dies at age 77 (M)
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Ms. Sheridan and Mr. Carasso
Date: 21 November 1999
Bernadette Evelyn Sheridan, a daughter of Margaret and Robert E. Sheridan of Yonkers, was married yesterday to Alan Lee Carasso, a son of Marcy Carasso of Wheeling, Ill., and the late Marvin Carasso. Rabbi Mordecai Genn officiated at the Womens Club of White Plains, with the Rev. Gary Seibert, a Roman Catholic priest, taking part in the ceremony. Mrs. Carasso, 28, is a page designer in the news department at The Daily News in New York. She graduated from Indiana University. Her father is an assistant news editor at The New York Times. Her mother is the director of nursing at the Ursuline Sisters' Marian Residence, a nursing home in New Rochelle, N.Y.
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John D. Le Vien, 81, Documentary Filmmaker
Date: 22 November 1999
By Nick Ravo
Nick Ravo
John D. Le Vien, a documentary film producer nominated for two Oscars, died on Nov. 9 at a hospital in London, where he had lived for the last 30 years. He was 81. Mr. Le Vien was also executive producer of ''Black Fox,'' a 90-minute film about Hitler that was narrated by Marlene Dietrich. It won the Academy Award in 1963 for best documentary. Mr. Le Vien was nominated for Academy Awards as the producer of two documentary features, ''The Finest Hours'' in 1965 and ''A King's Story'' in 1968. Much of his work evolved from his friendships with Churchill and the Duke of Windsor.
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