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Rick Lazio says it is 'sexist' to suggest that he should not have walked over to Hillary Clinton's podium in challenging manner during their New York Senate campaign debate; Clinton advisers say he was bullying, and would not have tried unusual televised confrontation if opponent were a man; photo (M)
Some of best-known business schools in US and Europe are establishing operations in Asia; in Hong Kong, Harvard University runs research center and Northwestern University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology run part-time programs; Northwestern University and Chulalongkorn University operate part-time program in Bangkok, Thailand; in Singapore, University of Chicago has branch operations and Insead, French business school, runs a program; University of Pennsylvania and Northwestern University plan to open joint venture full-time schools next year in Hyderabad, India; map; photos (M)
Senate approves bill to end annual Congressional review of China's trade status and grant China permanent normal trade ties, 83-15; strong bipartisan support follows long and tumultuous struggle; Pres Clinton hails vote, which gives him what he views as key foreign policy goals; aide to Gov George W Bush hails vote; Vice Pres Al Gore, who feared losing support of labor unions who opposed bill, voices qualified support; Senate supporters hail deal, which will expand vast overseas market for American goods; photos (M)
Survey by Andersen Consulting shows over half workers questioned contacted their office while on their most recent weeklong vacation; finds only 10 perent resented intrusion; shows workers who did not maintain office contact returned to average 37 e-mail messages and 11 voicemail messages and spent about six hours answering them; graphs (M)
Atlanta Braves defeats New York Mets, 12-4; photo (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 20, 2000, covering September 20, 2000.
Nelly
Eminem
Britney Spears
Creed
*NSYNC
2000Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (born 1935)[†]
Gherman Stepanovich Titov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, became the second human to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 2, preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1. He was the fourth person in space, counting suborbital voyages of US astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom. A month short of 26 years old at launch, he is the youngest professional astronaut and was the youngest person to fly in space until 2021 when Oliver Daemen flew on Blue Origin NS-16 at the age of 18. Since Daemen flew a suborbital mission, Titov remains the youngest person to fly in Earth orbit.
2000The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.[†]
On Wednesday 20 September 2000, the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) carried out an attack on MI6's SIS Building headquarters in Vauxhall, Lambeth, London. A Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank rocket, fired 300 metres away from MI6 headquarters, struck the building on the south side of the eighth floor, causing superficial damage. No fatalities or injuries were recorded.
In 2000, the world population was approximately 6,171,702,993 people[†]