Seminoles Reign Supreme in the Swamp
Florida State defeats Florida, 30-23, in college football; photo (M)
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Florida State defeats Florida, 30-23, in college football; photo (M)
Roberta Smith reviews Museum of Modern Art's new exhibition Modern Starts: People, Places and Things; photos (M)
Anthony Tommasini article on composer Aaron Copland, whom he holds produced finest body of work of any American composer; notes that Copland, born in Brooklyn, never lived far from New York, never felt comfortable abroad and struggled mightily against classical music's Eurocentric snobbery; photo; caricature (M)
Russia's brutish efforts to subdue runaway province of Chechnya, blunt-edged assault that is messily wiping out civilians and soldiers alike, is seen linked to Russians' frustration at their imperial disintegration and economic collapse; Kremlin is casting war as a Russian wake-up call--a 'dont' tread on me' warning to domestic bandits and foreign critics alike; photo (M)
Battle scars on plastic bumpers of urban cars described; photos; auto body specialist Mike Porcelli comments (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 17, 1999, covering November 21, 1999.
Rage Against the Machine
Mariah Carey
Lil Wayne
Jim Johnston
Santana
1999Jaelin Howell, American soccer player[โ ]
Jaelin Marie Howell is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Florida State Seminoles and was awarded the Hermann Trophy two years in a row. She was drafted by Racing Louisville FC with the second overall pick of the 2022 NWSL Draft.
1999Quentin Crisp, English actor, author, and illustrator (born 1908)[โ ]
Quentin Crisp was an English raconteur, whose work in the public eye included a memoir of his life and various media appearances. Before becoming well known, he was an artist's model, hence the title of his most famous work, The Naked Civil Servant. He afterwards became a gay icon due to his flamboyant personality, fashion sense, and wit. His iconic status was occasionally controversial due to his remarks about subjects like the AIDS crisis, inviting censure from gay activists including human-rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.
In 1999, the world population was approximately 6,089,006,339 people[โ ]