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November 13, 1998

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Headlines from November 13, 1998

1,000 Jobs Will Be Cut By Texaco

By Sharon R. King

Texaco Inc will cut 1,000 jobs worldwide, or about 5 percent of its work force, in its oil-exploration division as part of cost-cutting effort that is intended to save $200 million a year (M)

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Triumph Over Misfortune

By Unknown Author

''Singing comes from the head, the vocal cords and the diaphragm,'' says the German bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff. It also comes from the heart. Mr. Quasthoff, 39, among the most critically hailed and sought-after singers in Europe, was one of 5,000 children born with abnormalities after their mothers took the drug thalidomide. Yet he has embraced life without regret in a career that is a tribute to talent, optimism and tenacity. He performs tonight and tomorrow in Mahler's ''Knaben Wunderhorn'' with the New York Philharmonic under Sir Colin Davis. An article by Anthony Tommasini, page 4.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 11, 1998, covering November 13, 1998.

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    Album cover for Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life by Jay-Z

    Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life

    Jay-Z

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    Peak
    1
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    5
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    Album cover for Enter The Dru by Dru Hill

    Enter The Dru

    Dru Hill

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    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
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    Album cover for Up by R.E.M.

    Up

    R.E.M.

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    3
    Weeks
    1
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    Album cover for The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

    The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

    Lauryn Hill

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
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    10
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    Album cover for Come On Over by Shania Twain

    Come On Over

    Shania Twain

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
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    52

Notable Deaths

Edwige Feuillère

1998Edwige Feuillère, French actress (born 1907)[†]

Edwige Feuillère was a French stage and film actress.

Valerie Hobson

1998Valerie Hobson, Irish-born English actress (born 1917)[†]

Babette Louisa Valerie Hobson was a British actress whose film career spanned the 1930s to the early 1950s. Her second husband was John Profumo, a British government minister who became the subject of the Profumo affair in 1963.

Red Holzman

1998Red Holzman, American basketball player and coach (born 1920)[†]

William "Red" Holzman was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is best known as the head coach of the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967 to 1977, and again from 1978 to 1982. Holzman helped lead the Knicks to two NBA championships in 1970 and 1973, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986.

Historical Context for November 13, 1998

In 1998, the world population was approximately 6,007,066,690 people[†]