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Interview with Toni Morrison, who discusses her latest and most overtly feminist novel, Paradise, which pits men against women; photo (M)
Terry L Nichols escapes death penalty after deeply divided jury says it cannot decide just how active a role he played in planning bombing that killed 168 people at Oklahoma City Federal Building; Judge Richard P Matsch excuses jurors and will sentence Nichols to life term, or possibly, lesser sentence some time later this year; Nichols can still face death penalty prosecution again if state grand jury in Oklahoma indicts him and Timothy J McVeigh on murder charges; jury forewoman, Niki Deutchman, criticizes FBI's handling of case; her photo (M)
Harvey Araton Sports of The Times column discusses play of New Jersey Nets guard Sam Cassell in overtime loss to New York Knickerbockers; photo (M)
Sandra Feldman will step down as head of New York local of United Federation of Teachers to devote herself full time to her job as head of national United Federation of Teachers; Randi Weingarten is to be named her successor; photo (M)
U.S. Brings Tobacco Case In its first criminal charges in the tobacco inquiry, the Government accused a biotechnology company of scheming with a cigarette maker to strengthen nicotine levels. Page A16. Return of Paintings Held Up Manhattan's District Attorney barred the Museum of Modern Art from returning two Egon Schiele paintings to their lender. Both have been tied to Nazi seizures. Page B1. Feldman to Quit Union Local Sandra Feldman will turn full time to running the United Federation of Teachers, stepping down as the powerful leader of the union's New York local, officials said. Page B1.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 7, 1998, covering January 8, 1998.
Garth Brooks
Celine Dion
Barbra Streisand
LeAnn Rimes
Chumbawamba
1998Tony Bradley, American basketball player[†]
Tony Lee Bradley Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the University of North Carolina (UNC). A 6'11 center, Bradley was a primary substitute for the Tar Heels' 2017 NCAA championship team. He was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 28th overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft but traded to the Utah Jazz.
1998Jhoan Durán, Dominican baseball player[†]
Jhoan Manuel Durán is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB).
1998Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (born 1905)[†]
Sir Michael Kemp Tippett was an English composer who rose to prominence during and immediately after the Second World War. In his lifetime he was sometimes ranked with his contemporary Benjamin Britten as one of the leading British composers of the 20th century. Among his best-known works are the oratorio A Child of Our Time, the orchestral Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli, and the opera The Midsummer Marriage.
In 1998, the world population was approximately 6,007,066,690 people[†]