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Article on work shoes worn by some of New York City's leading chefs, most of whom prefer footwear that is practical, durable and comfortable and provides orthopedic support; photos (M)
Tracy Pollan, who is now primarily a film and theater actress, and Michael J Fox, her husband and star of the ABC sitcom Spin City, comment on her appearance in an episode of the sitcom; they first worked together in the 1980's sitcom Family Ties; photo (M)
Dr Ruth Westheimer will join An Die Musik at Merkin Concert Hall, narrating premiere of Bruce Adolphe's Little Red Riding Hood; two British films, The Full Monty and The English Patient, are among nominees for 1997 Felix film prizes announced in Berlin; Turks are lining up to see Hamam, movie about two men who fall in love in Turkish bath; violinist Isaac Stern will receive Order of the Rising Sun for his contributions to Japanese music; Prince Edward, youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II, plans to produce and possibly host series of television specials for CBS (M)
Ira Berkow column contends that Michael Jordan, like former New York Yankees baseball player Joe DiMaggio, remains consummate performer in arena and elegant away from it; Jordan photo (M)
Despite an economic crisis that has plagued Southeast Asia since the summer, American and Japanese makers remain largely undeterred in their expansion push in the region. Demand has sagged in the region, and there have been concerns about worldwide overproduction of vehicles. Still, General Motors and Ford are building huge assembly plants in Thailand, while Toyota and Honda are planning only temporary production cutbacks.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 5, 1997, covering November 5, 1997.
Nas Escobar| Foxy Brown| AZ And Nature
LeAnn Rimes
Fleetwood Mac
Mariah Carey
Janet
1997Jordan Bone, American basketball player[†]
Jordan Latham Bone is an American professional basketball player who last played for Vanoli Cremona of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers.
1997James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter (born 1946)[†]
James Robert Baker was an American author of sharply satirical, predominantly gay-themed transgressional fiction. A native Californian, his work is set almost entirely in Southern California. After graduating from UCLA, he began his career as a screenwriter, but became disillusioned and started writing novels instead. Though he garnered fame for his books Fuel-Injected Dreams and Boy Wonder, after the controversy surrounding publication of his novel, Tim and Pete, he faced increasing difficulty having his work published. According to his life partner, this was a contributing factor in his suicide.
1997Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-English historian, author, and academic (born 1909)[†]
Sir Isaiah Berlin was a Russian-British social and political theorist, philosopher, and historian of ideas. Although he became increasingly averse to writing for publication, his improvised lectures and talks were sometimes recorded and transcribed, and many of his spoken words were converted into published essays and books, both by himself and by others, especially by his principal editor from 1974, Henry Hardy.
1997Peter Jackson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster (born 1964)[†]
Peter Jackson was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. Nicknamed 'Jacko', he was an Australia national and Queensland State of Origin representative centre or five-eighth. Jackson played club football in the Brisbane Rugby League for the Souths Magpies, before moving to the New South Wales Rugby League and playing for the Canberra Raiders, Brisbane Broncos and North Sydney Bears. He also played in the Rugby Football League for English club Leeds. Jackson worked in the media following his retirement in 1993, and died as the result of a drug overdose in 1997.
In 1997, the world population was approximately 5,924,787,816 people[†]