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Michelle Krebs comments on doldrums in small-car market, and auto makers' latest efforts to lure buyers to their much-improved economy models; assesses new Ford Focus; photos (M)
Special report, Sovereign Islands, notes that medical emergencies are terrifying anywhere, but when something goes seriously wrong on cruise ship hundreds of miles out at sea, passengers are on their own more than they might imagine; those aboard must rely on infirmaries that are better equipped for sunburn and seasickness than for heart attacks; they are often staffed by doctors who are not qualified to work in US; when it comes to medical care, cruise ships are free of any US regulation; photo (M)
Article on slash-and-burn techniques employed by Hunter Group to cut costs at ailing university-affiliated teaching hospitals in cities across US, most hard-pressed of which are large ones in inner cities; Hunter chief executive David Hunter defends company's actions while hospital administrators hold changes may make hospitals more efficient but less able to undertake experimentation and research; photos (M)
Vincent Canby reviews HBO program The Sopranos as a mini-series, which it started out to be before second set of 13 episodes was ordered, and as new genre of made-for-TV megamovie; photos (M)
Profile of 17-year-old Luis Castillo of Bronx, New York Yankees' bat boy; he is a senior at Wings Academy; photo (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 27, 1999, covering October 31, 1999.
Santana
Creed
Backstreet Boys
Lou Bega
Britney Spears
1999Danielle Rose Russell, American actress[†]
Danielle Rose Russell is an American actress and former model. She is known for her role as Hope Mikaelson in the fifth and final season of The CW supernatural drama series The Originals and as the star of the spinoff series, Legacies, which premiered on October 25, 2018, and aired four seasons, ending on June 16, 2022.
1999Léa Serna, French figure skater[†]
Léa Serna is a French figure skater. She is the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy silver medalist, a two-time International Cup of Nice champion, and a three-time French national champion (2021–23).
1999Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (born 1975)[†]
Gregory William Moore was a Canadian professional race car driver who competed in the Indy Lights and Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) series from 1993 to 1999. He began competitive karting at the age of ten and achieved early success, before progressing to open-wheel car racing in the Canadian Formula Ford Championship in 1991. Moore won the 1992 USAC FF2000 Western Division Championship and the 1995 Indy Lights Championship.
1999Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.[†]
A yacht is a sail- or motor-propelled watercraft made for pleasure, cruising, or racing. There is no standard definition, though the term generally applies to vessels with a cabin intended for overnight use. To be termed a yacht, as opposed to a boat, such a pleasure vessel is likely to be at least 33 feet (10 m) in length and may have been judged to have good aesthetic qualities.
1999EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.[†]
EgyptAir Flight 990 (MSR990) was a scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Cairo International Airport, with a stop at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City. On October 31, 1999, the Boeing 767-300ER operating the route crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about 60 miles (100 km) south of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, killing all 217 passengers and crew on board, making it the deadliest aviation disaster for EgyptAir, and also the second-deadliest aviation accident involving a Boeing 767 aircraft, behind Lauda Air Flight 004. Since the crash occurred in international waters, it was investigated by the Ministry of Civil Aviation's Egyptian Civil Aviation Agency (ECAA) and the American National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) under International Civil Aviation Organization rules. Since the ECAA lacked the resources of the NTSB, the Egyptian government asked the American government to have the NTSB handle the investigation.
In 1999, the world population was approximately 6,089,006,339 people[†]