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Sierra Club Case Study On Political Advertising The environmental orgranization allowed a reporter to take a close look at how it uses advertising to pursue goals under the rubric of issue advocacy. From the evidence, the Sierra Club can play politics as ferociously as any interest group. Page A12.
Last minute demand by Israel that US free convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard almost resulted in collapse of peace agreement reached between Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat and Israel's Prime Min Benjamin Netanyahu; Netanyahu reportedly threatened to refuse to sign agreement withoutPollard's release, even as Israeli television and radio stations reported his freedom had already been won, infuriating Americans; Clinton Administration officials acknowledge fate of former Navy intelligence analyst had been discussed, but insist issue was never viewed as condition of peace agreement; Pollard is serving life sentence for spying for Isrealin 1980's (M)
European wine makers are busily taking orders for New Year's Eve 1999 celebration; makers of champagne, who are expected to deliver 280 million bottles worldwide this year--expect to top 300 million for first time ever in 1999; makers of cava, sparkling wine from northeastern Spain, expect to sell 215 million bottles in 1998, 20 percent more than last year, and are forecasting similar growth in 1999; sparkling wine production grew by 3 percent, to 136 million bottles in 1997; wine industry is cautious about sales after year 2000 because of worldwide economic problems; graph; photos (M)
Stocks Decline Slightly After Advancing for 7 Days Stock prices retreated yesterday, breaking a run of seven advances, the longest in 16 months. No particular news seemed to account for the downturn, though the procession of quarterly earnings reports and company projections of weaker results again claimed casualties. Wall Street's victory parade for the New York Yankees was said to have held down midday volume.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 21, 1998, covering October 24, 1998.
Jay-Z
Lauryn Hill
Bizzy Bone
*NSYNC
OutKast
1998Daya, American singer[†]
Grace Martine Tandon, known professionally as Daya, is an American singer and songwriter from Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. She is signed to Sandlot Records and AWAL, and released her self-titled debut extended play (EP), Daya, on September 4, 2015, which includes the song "Hide Away," which has peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. She released her debut studio album Sit Still, Look Pretty on October 7, 2016.
1998Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.[†]
Deep Space 1 (DS1) was a NASA technology demonstration spacecraft which flew by an asteroid and a comet. It was part of the New Millennium Program, dedicated to testing advanced technologies.
In 1998, the world population was approximately 6,007,066,690 people[†]