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Metro Matters column discusses campaign advertisement being run by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani purporting that his Democratic opponent Ruth W Messinger believes that sex shops give city neighborhoods character (M)
Article profiles Dr Irving Moskowitz, American millionaire, who has placed himself in center of Middle East politics by turning over house in Arab East Jerusalem to Jewish settlers; to supporters, he is philanthropist who has used his fortune to restore Jews to Land of Israel; but to critics, he is meddler who has put Israel in great danger from safety of his mansion in Miami Beach; even though he has been involved in securing Arab properties for decades, he first attracted widespread attention year ago, when identified as major backer of Western Wall tunnel, opening of which led to deadly outbreak of violence between Israelis and Palestinians; photo (M)
Race to Heat Up Over Browser Software The battle between Microsoft and Netscape over browser software for the World Wide Web will escalate this week.
European team defeats US, 14 1/2 to 13 1/2, to win Ryder Cup golf championship; photo (M)
An 18th century farmhouse and 19th century grist mill, subjects of four-year restoration project in Monmouth County, will be open to public beginning on Oct 5 at Crosswicks Creek Park in Upper Freehold Township (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 24, 1997, covering September 29, 1997.
LeAnn Rimes
Master P
Puff Daddy & The Family
Fleetwood Mac
Jewel
1997Sven-Eric Johanson, Swedish composer and organist (born 1919)[†]
Sven Eric Emanuel Johanson (10 December 1919 - 29 September 1997) was a Swedish composer and organist.
1997Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor (born 1923)[†]
Roy Fox Lichtenstein was an American pop artist. He rose to prominence in the 1960s through pieces which were inspired by popular advertising and the comic book style. Much of his work explores the relationship between fine art, advertising, and consumerism.
1997Edith Ballinger Price, American writer and illustrator (born 1897)[†]
Edith Ballinger Price (1897–1997) was a prolific writer and illustrator of children's books, best known for the imaginative stories and illustrations she created for 37 different books and stories. The granddaughter of landscape painter William Trost Richards, who first inspired her to draw, Price trained at Boston's School of the Museum of Fine Arts, the New York Art Students League and the National Academy of Design. Oft-published in general-interest magazines like Colliers and those aimed at children, like St. Nicholas Magazine, she was also notable as one of the chief founders of the Brownies, the junior version of the Girl Scouts.
In 1997, the world population was approximately 5,924,787,816 people[†]