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In 1999, the world population was approximately 6,089,006,339 people[†]
1999Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, Indonesian badminton player[†]
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Cahyaningsih is an Indonesian badminton player in women's singles. She started her career at the badminton club PB Mutiara Cardinal in Bandung, West Java, and was called to the national team in 2013. She was the girls' singles champion at the 2017 World Junior Championships. Tunjung also captained the Indonesia women's team at the 2022 Asia Team Championships, where they emerged champions.
1999Changbin, South Korean rapper[†]
Seo Chang-bin known mononymously as Changbin, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Stray Kids, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2017. He is also a member of 3Racha, an in-house production team and sub-unit of Stray Kids.
New York Mets defeat San Diego Padres, 4-3; photo (M)
Article discusses series of water regulations imposed by New Jersey Gov Christine Todd Whitman under statewide drought emergency; special telephone lines have been set up by New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection to deal with public's questions concerning what and what not they can do; photo (M)
Judge Robert P Ruwe rules that United Parcel Service took inflated tax deductions in 1984 and must pay taxes, penalties and interest that company says might total nearly $300 million for that year; ultimate liability could be much larger--perhaps growing into one of biggest corporate tax cases ever--because decision covers only first year of business practice that has continued ever since; decision is rare victory for Internal Revenue Service in its efforts to prevent companies from taking tax deductions when they move money to subsidiaries overseas for sole purpose of avoiding taxes; at issue in case are deductions that UPS took for costs of insuring each parcel worth over $100 against damage or loss; IRS claims that UPS charged customers three times competitive market price for insurance in scheme to funnel money to insurance company it created in 1984 in Bermuda, thereby inflating its tax deductions (M)
Prominent Republican candidates for President are creating atmosphere that is subtly but fundamentally more inviting to gay and lesbian voters than party leaders have been in recent memory; Gov George W Bush, Sen John McCain and Elizabeth Dole have signaled openness to gay supporters, including willingness to appoint them to positions like ambassadorships in their Administrations; lower-key, more inclusive approach is designed to appeal beyond conservative base of party to independent and Democratic voters; it also reflects continued growing political influence of gay donors and gay voters across party lines (M)
Rep Rick A Lazio will suspend his campaign for Republican nomination for US Senate in New York, clearing way for Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani to become party's uncontested choice for 2000; reaches his decision after Gov George E Pataki says Giuliani is best Republican candidate to run against Hillary Rodham Clinton; photo (M)
Hundreds of people gather in Baltimore's Little Italy every Friday night for free open-air movies; movies are projected on wall of Da Mimmo's restaurant from bedroom window of John Pente's row house; restaurant's owner, Mary Ann Cricchio, got idea for screenings when she was visiting relative in Palermo, where big social event is watching movies in piazza; Tom Kiefaber, proprietor of Baltimore's historic Senator Theater, and Little Italy Restaurant Association are sponsoring summer festival; photos (M)
Article on grilling corn on the cob; recipes; photos (M)
Gunman shoots five people, including three young boys, at North Valley Jewish Community Center in Los Angeles and flees; police identify suspect as Buford O Furrow Jr, Washington State resident; say link to Furrow is van that was found about two miles from center with 'incredible' amount of ammunition and explosive devices; several of victims are in good condition, but 5-year-old boy is in critical condition after undergoing surgery; map; photos (M)
George Vecsey Sports of The Times column discusses fickle behavior of New York Mets fans; notes recent booing despite team's winning record; photo (M)
'Archives of Terror' A trove of records unearthed in Paraguay details repression by United States-backed South American regimes during the cold war. PAGE A10
U.P.S. Loses Tax Ruling That Could Cost It Millions A judge has ruled that United Parcel Service took inflated deductions in 1984 and must pay taxes, penalties and interest that the company said might total nearly $300 million. Its ultimate tax liability could be much larger because the ruling covers only the first year of a practice that has continued ever since.
Japanese Government's crackdown on 'sokaiya,' or corporate extortionist, has resulted in remarkable forced retrenchment among a group formerly so sharp-elbowed that major corporations paid large sums of money to keep them at bay and avoid disruptions of their public meetings; sokaiya's numbers are shrinking fast, their decline further evidence of Japan's increasing if grudging embrace of global economy, and premium it places on transparency and sound corporate governance; about 350 to 500 sokaiya remain formally operating in Japan, somewhat fewer than half number in 1997, when Government decided to end business by attacking not only sokaiya but also their hidden corporate patrons; some of dealings of former corporate extortionist Ryuichi Koike, who pleaded guilty and remains in jail, discussed; Kaoru Ogawa, old-time sokaiya, now suggests he serves as 'Japanese Ralph Nader' by encouraging shareholders to force corporations to get their businesses in order; photos (M)