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January 25, 1999

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Headlines from January 25, 1999

THIS WEEK

By Lawrence Van Gelder

Actress Claire Bloom and flutist Eugenia Zukerman will appear together in evening of music and recitation at 92d Street Y; photo; National Gallery in London to mount what is billed as first exhibition outside France to assemble painted and drawn portraits of Jean-August-Dominique Ingres; Houston Grand Opera will open new production of A Little Night Music featuring Evelyn Lear and Frederica von Stade; Eos Orchestra led by Jonathan Sheffer will perform music y composed by Leonard Bernstein while a student at Harvard in 1930's (M)

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PROSECUTORS QUERY LEWINSKY, SAYING SHE'D BE GOOD WITNESS

By Alison Mitchell

prosecutors query lewinsky, saying she'd be good witness** Reps Asa Hutchinson, Bill McCollum and Ed Bryant, House managers of Pres Clinton's impeachment, interview Monica S Lewinsky over protests of Senate Democrats; say she would be impressive witness who would help Senate 'determine the truth;' reportedly question her about her decision to return gifts from Clinton to his secretary, Betty Currie, and help she got from Vernon E Jordan Jr in job search; do not ask for details of her sexual relationship with Clinton; her lawyer Plato Cacheris says she provided no new information; urges House managers not to call her before Senate; photos (M)

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Cross-Media Deals Mean Bonanzas for Publishers

By Doreen Carvajal

Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings, anchormen on NBC's and ABC's nightly news programs, are broadcasting segments from books they have written on their nightly news programs; this is part of intensifying trend in publishing industry, which by necessity is searching for new ways to grow by reaching readers through unconventional outlets or through publicity they could not afford without alliances; one of oddest corporate matches is Coca-Cola Co's campaign to give away book excerpts for six novels in 45 million packages of diet soda; Thomas B Rosenstiel, media critic, does not think ethical questions are raised about news shows being used by networks or news anchors to promote their books; photos (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 20, 1999, covering January 25, 1999.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Flesh Of My Flesh Blood Of My Blood by DMX

    Flesh Of My Flesh Blood Of My Blood

    DMX

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

    The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

    Lauryn Hill

    Last week
    10
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    20
  3. 3
    Album cover for Greatest Hits by 2Pac

    Greatest Hits

    2Pac

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    7
  4. 4
    Album cover for Americana by The Offspring

    Americana

    The Offspring

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    8
  5. 5
    Album cover for Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life by Jay-Z

    Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life

    Jay-Z

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15

Notable Deaths

Sarah Louise Delany

1999Sarah Louise Delany, American author and educator (born 1889)[†]

Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany was an American educator and civil rights pioneer. She was the subject, along with her younger sister Bessie, of the oral history biography, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, by journalist Amy Hill Hearth. Sadie was the first African American to teach domestic science at the high-school level in the New York public schools. With the publication of the book about the sisters, she became famous at the age of 103.

Robert Shaw (conductor)

1999Robert Shaw, American conductor (born 1916)[†]

Robert Lawson Shaw was an American conductor most famous for his work with his namesake Chorale, with the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. He was known for drawing public attention to choral music through his wide-ranging influence and mentoring of younger conductors, the high standard of his recordings, his support for racial integration in his choruses, and his support for modern music, winning many awards throughout his career.

Historical Events

1999A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.[†]

The moment magnitude scale is a measure of an earthquake's magnitude based on its seismic moment. Mw  was defined in a 1979 paper by Thomas C. Hanks and Hiroo Kanamori. Similar to the local magnitude/Richter scale (ML ) defined by Charles Francis Richter in 1935, it uses a logarithmic scale; small earthquakes have approximately the same magnitudes on both scales. Despite the difference, news media often use the term "Richter scale" when referring to the moment magnitude scale.

Historical Context for January 25, 1999

In 1999, the world population was approximately 6,089,006,339 people[†]