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In 1999, the world population was approximately 6,089,006,339 people[†]
1999Oswaldo Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player[†]
Oswaldo Alberto Cabrera is a Venezuelan professional baseball utility player for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He signed with the Yankees as a free agent when he was 16 years old. He made his MLB debut in 2022. Cabrera has appeared at every position in MLB except for catcher.
1999Brogan Hay, Scottish footballer[†]
Brogan Yvonne Hay is a Scottish footballer who plays for Rangers in the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) as a right winger or forward.
Market Place column on speech-recognition software produced by Dragon Systems, company scheduled to sell shares to public in next few weeks; Dragon Naturally Speaking software converts words spoken conversationally into computer's microphone into words typed on computer's screen; Dragon Systems has balance-sheet strength and good products and young and extremely fluid market niche; potential problem is with large companies like IBM, Royal Philips Electronics and Microsoft, all of which are working on similar speech technology that they might try to bundle into their hardware; photos; graphs (M)
Anna Kisselgoff reviews performance by Mark Morris Dance Group at Wang Center for the Performing Arts, Boston, featuring Mikhail Baryshnikov as guest dancer; photo (M)
Recording industry names Leonardo Chiariglione to head Secure Digital Music Initiative, in effort to create technical format for copyrighted sale and digital delivery of music over Internet; Chiariglione was instrumental in creating industry-standard formats for converting and compressing video and audio information into digital form known as MPEG; Chiariglione announces ambitious timetable, saying he plans to have preliminary standards on paper by June to insure that industry-backed format would be approved in time to sell music on line by Christmas; recording industry associations of North America, Japan and Europe want to be able to distribute songs and albums on Internet in way that protects copyright holders and foils many audio pirates who copy and distribute digital music illegally (M)
Article discusses problems besetting New Jersey Nets; team has won only 2 of first 12 games (M)
Chinese Citizen Arrested By U.S. in Arms Smuggling Federal agents in California charged the man with trying to obtain a vital part for missile guidance systems. The news came as Secretary Albright arrived in Beijing. Page A8. Israeli Planes Hit Lebanon Israel bombed what it said were Hezbollah bases after a week of attacks that included the killing of a general and three others. Page A3.
New Jersey Gov Christine Todd Whitman dismisses State Police Superintendent Col Carl L Williams after published report in which he stated that race was issue in drug crimes and that cocaine and marijuana traffickers are most likely to be members of minority groups; says Williams's service has been valuable and his career honorable, but that comments are inconsistent with efforts to enhance public confidence in State Police; names Lieut Col Michael Fedorko acting Superintendent; black leaders hail decision, which immediately follows article in Star-Ledger of Newark quoting Williams in wide-ranging interview as linking minority groups with drug trafficking and making other comments that seem to fuel racial controversy involving State Police; photos (M)
Serena Williams defeats Amelie Mauresmo to win Gaz de France tennis tourament; Venus Williams defeats Amanda Coetzer to win IGA Superthrift Classic; it is first time that sisters have won tournament in same week on WTA tour; photo (M)
Hearst Corp is finding success in developing magazine partnerships, at time when magazine publishers, including Hearst, are feeling squeeze at newsstand and are wary of introducing new magazines unless they are guaranteed sure things; Hearst's newest joint venture involves Tina Brown and Ron Galotti, editor and publisher of Talk magazine; other joint ventures are Smart Money (published in conjunction with Dow Jones & Co) and Marie Claire (with Marie Claire Album, French company); many in industry are monitoring progress of Cathleen Black, president of Hearst Magazines, in changing company to increase advertising revenue; photo; chart (M)
For first time, Whitney Museum of American Art will produce its mammoth Biennial with team of outside curators, representing different regions of country; survey of American artists will occupy all six floors of museum and is scheduled to open in Mar 2000; Maxwell L Anderson, Whitney's new director, says he is breaking with tradition and seeking outside curators in effort to seek divergent points of view (M)
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's personal popularity remains high after four months in office but his grip remains unsure; abrupt and unexplained shifts in major policies have raised sharp questions in media, and many Germans grumble that his efforts to popularize exercise of power with glad-handing and informal style may be trivializing governance to point where Europe's most powerful country, though sublimely coiffed at top, may be rudderless; photo (M)
Detroit Pistons defeat New York Knickerbockers, 89-68; photo (M)
It ended the way a million-dollar match should end, not with a blunder, but with a birdie. After Jeff Maggert sank his dramatic 20-foot chip shot to win the Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship today, he took a joyful leap in the air, celebrating the most significant victory of his career. Maggert prevailed over Andrew Magee on the second hole of sudden death, concluding a terrific 38-hole championship match at La Costa Resort and Spa.