Top Cuban players Baltimore Orioles will face in Havana game include Omar Linares and Yobal Duenas; photos (M)

Orioles Will Be Taking a Look At the Best Cuba Has to Offer

Article on resurgence of professional wrestling, with twist that bad guys are now viewed by fans as heroes; some Millennium pundits say shift signals impending death of civilization; photos (M)

The New Pop Hero: A Mirage Of Muscle And Mean

Article on Saudi Arabian Prince Walid bin Talal, who reportedly has amassed $14.2 billion business and investment empire; Prince Walid acknowledges that sources of early investments were commissions paid by other businesses; photo (M)

Buffett of Arabia? Well, Maybe

Article describes lives of some of hundred or so people who live yearlong aboard boats moored along Connecticut shores; photos (M)

Tight Quarters, But, Oh, the View

Black elected officials are skeptical of New York City Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani's new willingness to meet with them in wake of fatal police shooting of Amadou Diallo; some political observers say lingering distrust reflects way Giuliani's outsider persona has turned against him at vulnerable moment; recalls his long refusal to build bridges to city's black and Hispanic neighborhoods, his glorying in police triumphs and belittling of complaints against force (M)

High Price Of Isolation Giuliani's Embrace Leaves Some Cold

DaimlerChrysler's Micro Compact Car Smart has had disappointing sales, and company will close its factory in Strasbourg, France, for two weeks; Smart subsidiary has cut prices, added equipment and planned three-month ad campaign; 1999 sales goals have been reduced to 100,000, from 130,000; photo (M)

Daimler's Tiny Smart Car Falters After a Fast Start

Article on proliferation of parking signs in New York City and confusion they cause motorists who try to interpret them; city has 566,000 parking signs and average fine for parking violations has risen to nearly $50; drawing; photos; graph (M)

Sign, Which Sign? Oh, That Sign. Are You Sure?; The City Has 564,000 Parking Signs. Drivers Moan That Few Are Perfectly Clear.

Gretchen Morgenson Market Watch column on investment picks by Web trader Chris Rea, who is under Securities and Exchange Commission investigation; graph (M)

Rushing In as Insiders Rush Out

Article and photos compare and contrast design models from Renault and Nissan (M)

Cash for Nissan; Couture, Too?

Harlem night life is experiencing renaissance; Berta Alloway, music promoter for some of Harlem's night spots, says Harlem may come to resemble its old self once again; in 1920's, Harlem was place to go for entertainment; photos (M)

Harlem After Dark Is Cooking Again

Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church is undergoing $10 million restoration; workers discover ornate carved-oak Gothic triforium screens in sanctuary, hidden under sheets of plywood from earlier remodeling; photo (M)

POSTINGS: $10 Million Restoration of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church; Under Plywood, an 1899 Legacy

Rick Marin column on indignity of commercial air travel; says multi-hour delays, with no explanation or apology, are just the beginning; photo (M)

When Flying Tourist Meant Going in Style

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Robert Lipsyte Coping column describes combative attitude of high school teams participating in recent Lincoln-Douglas Debates at Chase Manhattan Bank, NYC; drawing (M)

Clash Struggle: Debaters Go Toe to Toe

Duke defeats Michigan State, 68-62, to advance to NCAA Basketball Tournament final; photos (M)

N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT: THE FINAL FOUR -- Only Connecticut Stands in Duke's Way Now; Blue Devils Survive a Scare

Nato's effort to halt murderous campaign against innocent ethnic Albanians in Kosovo includes alliance with Kosovo Liberation Army, which was dismissed as 'terrorist group' just year ago by senior American diplomat; although danger to stability presented by Pres Slobodan Milosevic is far greater than anything within power of KLA, fact that this group has emerged to speak for Kosovo's Albanians reveals much about moral ambiguities confronting outsiders who wade into Balkans to halt killing and ethnic cleansing begun decade ago by Milosevic; photo (M)

The World: Fog of War -- Coping With the Truth About Friend and Foe; Victims Not Quite Innocent

Residents of Belgrade, the Serbian capital, said today that for the first time since the NATO bombing started, large explosions had occurred in the city before air raid sirens sounded, giving credence to NATO assertions that Yugoslavia's integrated air defense system has been damaged, even around the capital.    ''Last night, for the first time, everyone in Belgrade felt the real impact of the war,'' said Vesna Prlja, who runs a tourist agency. ''Everyone could see the big explosions in the central city and the suburbs. People use the mornings to try to get some sleep.''  

A City Shaken By the Intensity Of Latest Raids

NATO officials in Brussels say allied fighter-bombers shift to second phase to intensify attacks on Yugoslave tanks, troops and artillery that gouge brutal offensive through Kosovo; Clinton Administration challenges claim, charging NATO diplomats raise expectations that allied bombing might not be able to deliver; Pentagon officials say Serbia's heavy weaponry has been on NATO's target list from start, but that top priority was given to knocking out air defenses; notes NATO has not started using aircraft most appropriate for attacks on heavy weaponry (M)

NATO's Claim of a New Focus Is Challenged

American F-117 stealth fighter crashes in Yugoslavia, first allied loss in Balkan conflict, as NATO opens broad new phase of air assault on Serbia; United States officials say American team rescued pilot; Serbia claims its air defenses brought down radar-evading plane; Pres Clinton hails rescue; says United States and NATO broaden targets to include Serbian army and police equipment and troops; shift is response to numerous reports of atrocities in Kosovo, including mass executions, deportations and forced marches; maps; photos (M)

U.S. STEALTH FIGHTER IS DOWN IN YUGOSLAVIA AS NATO ORDERS ATTACK ON SERB ARMY UNITS

Connecticut defeats Ohio State, 64-58, to advance to final of NCAA Basketball Tournament; photos (M)

N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT: THE FINAL FOUR -- Only Connecticut Stands in Duke's Way Now; Huskies Step Over Ohio State

Aerin Lauder, 28, is hyperactive member of New York's junior society by night, and by day, working woman being groomed for executive suite of Estee Lauder Companies, company founded by her grandmother; photos (M)

The Young Woman Most Invited

Article on gain in number of single-artist museums in US, which has fewer than 40, compared with Europe, which boasts 400; photos (L)

For Individual Artists, Museums All Their Own

Reports of multiplying atrocities filtering out of Kosovo indicate NATO bombing raids have failed so far to meet even modest goals set by NATO and Pres Clinton of bolstering NATO credibility, deterring attacks on Kosovo Albanians and severely damaging Serb war-making machinery; it is unclear whether NATO has met first goal of weakening air defenses; photo (M)

Bombs Fall, Goal Unmet?

West may have miscalculated Pres Slobodan Milosevic's willingness to invite NATO-led troops into Kosovo, and Milosevic may have miscalculated his own freedom to solve problem he created; notion of martyrdom in Kosovo is so deeply ingrained in Serbian mythology that West, and Milosevic, miscalculated his ability to walk away from Kosovo once battle there had been joined (M)

The World: Fog of War -- Coping With the Truth About Friend and Foe; The Guesses That Turned Out Wrong

Residential housing market was robust throughout New York City's five boroughs last year; prices continued to rise as inventories shrank; many buyers were frustated by lack of homes to see; average prices in every apartment category in Manhattan except studios was up in 1998, as much as 18.2 percent; photos; maps; graphs (L)

In All 5 Boroughs, A Robust Market

The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. It was fought between the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which controlled Kosovo before the war, and the Kosovo Albanian separatist militia known as the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The conflict ended when the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intervened by beginning air strikes in March 1999 which resulted in Yugoslav forces withdrawing from Kosovo.

Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill at least 130 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.

March 28, 1999

Headlines from March 28, 1999

Orioles Will Be Taking a Look At the Best Cuba Has to Offer

The New Pop Hero: A Mirage Of Muscle And Mean

Buffett of Arabia? Well, Maybe

Tight Quarters, But, Oh, the View

High Price Of Isolation Giuliani's Embrace Leaves Some Cold

Billboard 200

Fanmail

Bossalinie

...Baby One More Time

The Slim Shady LP

The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

Historical Events

Historical Context for March 28, 1999