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Robert Lipsyte Coping column on scene at Greenwich Village subway station, as campaign workers hand out election materials; panhandler Herman Callaway holds out his hand, and offers some political observations of his own (S)
With months of campaigning by New Jersey's gubernatorial candidates about to end, both sides are gearing up for exceptional efforts to get out the vote, which they say could determine the outcome of the close race. Article, page 37.
Article profiles several aspiring performers who are struggling to achieve some success in New York's theater world; photos of Natalie Gamsu, Simon Gaon, Matt McClanahan and others (M)
Profile of and interview with film director Tim Burton; focuses on Burton's films, including remake of Superman to be released in 1999, and his book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories; photo (L)
Article on marketing of apparel and home design merchandise with Asian flair; creations by American-born Buddhist monk Nicholas Vreeland, Han Feng, Anna Sui and Asian influences in fashion houses of Donna Karan and Dries van Noten discussed; photos (L)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 29, 1997, covering November 2, 1997.
LeAnn Rimes
Janet
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Fleetwood Mac
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1997Filip Hronek, Czech ice hockey player[†]
Filip Hronek is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hronek previously played in the NHL for the Detroit Red Wings. He was drafted 53rd overall by the Red Wings in the 2016 NHL entry draft.
1997Davis Keillor-Dunn, English footballer[†]
Davis James Marshall Keillor-Dunn is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League One club Barnsley.
1997Tropical Storm Linda makes landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.[†]
Severe Tropical Storm Linda, also known as Typhoon Linda, Cyclonic Storm Linda , or in the Philippines as Tropical Depression Openg, and in Vietnam as Typhoon No. 5 of 1997 was the worst typhoon in southern Vietnam in at least 100 years, killing thousands of people and leaving extensive damage. It formed on October 31, 1997, in the South China Sea, between Indochina and the Philippines. Strengthening as it moved westward, Linda struck extreme southern Vietnam on November 2 with winds of 65 mph (105 km/h), dropping heavy rainfall. Once in the Gulf of Thailand it strengthened further to minimal typhoon status, but weakened to tropical storm strength before crossing the Malay Peninsula into the Bay of Bengal, the first storm to do so in five years. It restrengthened in the Indian Ocean to typhoon status, but increasing wind shear and weakened steering currents caused Linda to dissipate on November 9.
In 1997, the world population was approximately 5,924,787,816 people[†]