Harvey Araton, in Sports of The Times column, notes that Sandra Whyte assisted on two goals and scored one as US team defeated Canada, 3-1, and won first Olympic gold medal in women's hockey; photo (M)

Whyte Gets the Last Word, Along With the Last Goal

Wine producers are concerned that young people, 21- to 29-year-olds, are turning away from wine; over-50 crowd drinks most of wine; younger people are drinking beer, much of it the stronger-flavored microbrews; 30-something consumers account for almost 50 percent of all beer drunk in country in 1996; for $13-billion-a-year wine industry, loss of so many potential customers come at time when California's winemakers are on brink of huge expansion, with thousands of acres of new vineyards coming into production over next decade; charts (L)

Wine Talk; Microbrew Generation Just Won't Pop the Cork

Ben Brantley reviews Jon Robin Baitz comedy Mizlansky/Zilinsky, or 'Schmucks,' presented at Manhattan Theater Club; photo (M)

Moral: Even an Amoral Rat May Be Lovable

A victory in a cross-country relay gave Bjorn Dahlie Winter Olympic records for gold and total medals. Americans swept the golds in freestyle aerials. Page C1.  

Norwegian Wins 7th Gold

 Suharto Defies I.M.F., Removing Central Banker  President Suharto of Indonesia dismissed the head of his central bank, an act of defiance toward President Clinton and the I.M.F. that moved the country closer to possibly losing its economic rescue package.    The central bank chief had opposed a risky plan by Mr. Suharto to strengthen the Indonesian currency, saying it would subvert the I.M.F.-backed recovery plan. [Page A1.]

BUSINESS DIGEST

R W Apple Jr reports that restaurant scene in Las Vegas has become invigorated, with some big-name restaurants having arrived in last five years, and trend accelerating; photos (L)

In Las Vegas, Top Restaurants Are the Hot New Game

Federal prosecutors charge Timothy A Lloyd, computer programmer who was dismissed from his job at Omega Engineering Inc of Bridgeport, NJ, with planting computer 'bomb' that deleted software critical to company's operations and caused loss of over $10 million in sales and contracts; say his actions amount to possibly most expensive case of computer sabotage (M)

Man Charged With Sabotage Of Computers

Two anonymous New York Rangers officials confirm that Coach Colin Campbell will be dismissed on Feb 18 (M)

Rangers' Campbell Will Be Dismissed

Ed Geer closes Ed Sullivan's restaurant twenty-two months after he opened it with menu that won glowing reviews and in location that dozens of restaurants had fought for; shuttering of Ed Sullivan's on Broadway between 53d and 54th Streets went largely unnoticed Jan 31--just another casualty in city of 14,500 restaurants; about 70 percent of New York City's restaurants go bust or change hands within five years of opening; demise of Ed Sullivan's suggests just how elusive formula for operating successful restaurant can be; photo (M)

Restaurant Wasn't Toast of Town; Ed Sullivan's Seemed to Have Everything but Success

Princeton University report shows students who put in so-so effort are increasingly getting good grades, with little distinction made between good and excellent performance; professors at other selective schools that have begun to focus on grade inflation continue to give most students high grades; graph; photo (M)

Just Because the Grades Are Up, Are Princeton Students Smarter?

Computer Associates International Inc intensifies hostile pursuit of Computer Sciences Corp, filing formal tender offer to buy its stock for $108 a share in cash (M)

Hostile Offer For Computer Services Unit

Economic calamities in Southeast Asia allow Taiwan to flex its financial muscles even though it is shunned internationally, ignored by International Monetary Fund and technically at war with China; Prime Minister Vincent Siew and Taiwan's top economic planner and business leaders have quietly visited Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand to assess region's financial needs; regional leaders are aware that Taiwan is not merely major investor in Southeast Asia but also possesses financial strength to contribute to recovery efforts; extent and character of Taiwan's aid to Southeast Asia is somewhat restricted because it is barred from international organizations, particularly IMF; Taiwan's proposal to Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum to establish 'Asia fund,' sort of free-standing loan entity for region, was scuttled by US, which insisted that IMF maintain its lead role in regional rescue plans (L)

Taiwan Pushes for Role in Southeast Asia Rescue

Limited Inc will shut down unprofitable stores in its women's apparel businesses, close all but one of its Henri Bendel specialty shops and spin off another subsidiary, Abercrombie & Fitch, to Limited shareholders; will continue to open new Victoria's Secret and Bath and Body Works stores through majority-owned subsidiary, Intimate Brands; reports earning $252.5 million in fiscal fourth quarter, up from $213.4 million in year-earlier period; revenue rose 10 percent, to $3.27 billion from $2.97 billion; same-store sales rose 5 percent; Abercrombie & Fitch reports 70 percent increase in earnings; net sales for quarter increased 52 percent, to $212.1 million, from $139.2 million the pervious year; graph; chart (M)

Limited Plans Big Overhaul Of Operations

Pres Clinton, charging Iraqi Pres Saddam Hussein lies and cheats to cling to chemical and biological arms, says he is prepared to order air strikes to 'seriously diminish' Iraqi threat to region and world, televised speech at Pentagon; seeks to rally public support for possible action; repeatedly says he hopes diplomats can persuade Hussein to comply with weapons inspections; says force cannot eliminate Iraq's ability to make such arms; appears with Defense Sec William S Cohen, Vice Pres Al Gore and Gen Henry Hugh Shelton after military briefing by Joint Chiefs of Staff; photo (M)

CLINTON DESCRIBES GOALS FOR A STRIKE ON IRAQI ARSENALS

Norway wins gold medal in men's 4-by-10-kilometer cross-country relay at Nagano Games, Bjorn Dahlie wins record seventh Olympic gold medal of his career; Italy wins silver medal and Finland bronze; photo (M)

It's 7 Pieces of Gold for Norway's Dahlie

Berlin Film Festival goes commercial since it no longer has the money and political mission it had during cold war; big American studios use festival this year to generate free publicity in Europe for movies already released in US; however, at least three new films are enthusiastically received by critics and audiences: Coen brothers' The Big Lebvowski, Neil Jordan's The Butcher Boy and Walter Salles's Central Station from Brazil; photos (M)

Cold Cash Succeeds Cold War as the Berlin Film Festival's Mission

Pres Clinton seen having outlined modest military goal in dealing with Iraq that can be achieved with few days of intensive air strikes, even if attacks fail to end larger threat posed by Pres Saddam Hussein; some in Congress and Administration critics are demanding harder goal: Hussein's ouster and destruction of chemical and biological arms factories and stockpiles (M)

Low Ceiling On U.S. Aims

Special report, Death in the Alps, on how Marine Corp jet hit Cavalese, Italy, ski lift, killing 20 people; pilot, Capt Richard J Ashby, was violating orders to fly at least 1,000 feet above ground; Italy holds he veered off course into off limits area for flight; flight was crew's first through valley; pilot did not have Italian military charts provided to his commanders that marked ski lift and instead used American military chart that did not show 31-year-old lift; diagrams; photo (L)

DEATH IN THE ALPS: A special report.; How Wayward U.S. Pilot Killed 20 on Ski Lift

Sarah Boxer reviews traveling photography exhibition Silver and Gold: Cased Images of the California Gold Rush, currently on view at Oakland Museum of California; show consists of unsung, unsigned daguerrotypes, portraits of diverse personalities of miners caught up in Gold Rush; photos (M)

The 49ers Didn't Know The Gold Was In the Photos

David Gonzalez column on plight of Mireille, 22-year-old woman who came to US in June 1997 with forged passport after her father was assassinated by political opponents; notes that she spent five months in detention before immigration authorities gave her political asylum; says she had to leave New York City because she could not find place to stay and is currently living with friend in Washington, DC (M)

About New York; A New Nation May Not Mean A New Home

Rev Al Sharpton concludes his four days of testimony at Tawana Brawley defamation trial by painting flattering self-portrait, image of sacrifice and grit in name of racial justice; Sharpton's performance in case has bearing on his political career; conclusion of his testimony heralds end of plaintiff Steve Pagones's case; photo (M)

Sharpton Finishes His Testimony Painting a Flattering Self-Portrait

United States defeats Canada, 3-1, to win first Olympic gold medal in women's ice hockey; players comment; diagram; photos (M)

U.S. Women First at Gold In Ice Thriller

Stanley S Arkin, veteran white-collar defense lawyer renowned for his combative tactics, appears to be almost everywhere as Federal and state prosecutors in New York expand their investigations of number of smaller brokerage firms; prosecutors, investors and brokers say bull market has not only drawn in millions of new and often naive investors, but it has also produced bumper crop of fast-buck artists eager to prey on them; Arkin and his colleagues--including Stephen E Kaufman, Robert Morvillo and Charles Stillman--have benefited from such trends; photos (L)

Riding Shotgun for Wall Street; Combative Lawyer for Aggressive Brokers Is in Demand

Flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal will perform at Carnegie Hall, offering world premiere of Trio for Two Flutes and Piano by Jean-Michel Damase; photo; actors Glenda Jackson and Jeremy Irons and novelist Jeffrey Archer are being mentioned as possible candidates for Mayor of London, a job that would be mix of high-profile glamour and low-level involvement with municipal issues; soprano Dawn Upshaw is set to make her New York Philharmonic debut this week; immense figure of steel and fiberglass is under construction in Britain's Millenium Dome, under construction in Greenwich, England; figure is intended to house exhibits; officials argue over whether it should be masculine or feminine (M)

Footlights

Marian Burros reports on her efforts to re-create tantalizingly tender roast chicken served as Bouley Bakery; recipe; photo (L)

In Pursuit of the Perfect Roast Chicken

Hansol Vernon Chwe, known mononymously as Vernon (Korean: 버논), is a South Korean and American rapper, singer and songwriter. Managed by Pledis Entertainment, he is a member of the South Korean boy band Seventeen and its hip hop team.

February 18, 1998

Headlines from February 18, 1998

Whyte Gets the Last Word, Along With the Last Goal

Wine Talk; Microbrew Generation Just Won't Pop the Cork

Moral: Even an Amoral Rat May Be Lovable

Norwegian Wins 7th Gold

BUSINESS DIGEST

Billboard 200

Titanic

Yield

Let's Talk About Love

Spiceworld (Soundtrack)

My Way

Notable Births

Historical Context for February 18, 1998