On Language; The Non-Crash
Date: 23 November 1997
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire On Language column reviews words chosen by various newspapers to describe steep decline in stock market without encouraging a panic (M)
Replaying Sunday, November 23, 1997
The November 23, 1997 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♐. It was the 326 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 28 years old. Your last birthday was on the Sunday, November 23, 2025, 232 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, November 23, 2026, in 132 days. You have lived for 10,459 days, or about 251,038 hours, or about 15,062,288 minutes, or about 903,737,280 seconds.
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23rd of November 1997 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on November 23, 1997
National News Briefs; $1 Billion Merger Pact In Oil and Gas Industry
Date: 24 November 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sonat Inc to buy Zilkha Energy Co for stock valued at $1.04 billion (S)
Updates/Media and Technology; Knoxville Station Will Join Emerging TV Network
Date: 24 November 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Paxson Communications Corp's planned television network adds another station, agreeing to purchase Shop at Home Inc's rights to acquire Knoxville, Tenn, station WPMC for $5 million (S)
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 23 November 1997
INTERNATIONAL 3-16 Pacific Rim Leaders Meet In a Humbler Mood Pacific Rim nations gathering in Canada do not have the swagger they showed at past meetings. Instead, President Clinton and most of his counterparts will be limping, wounded by global economic forces beyond their control and, in Mr. Clinton's case, undercut by domestic political defeats. On Friday, the financial turmoil that has been coursing through Asia claimed South Korea, the world's 11th-biggest economy. 1
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 24 November 1997
INTERNATIONAL A3-13 U.S. Says It Is Pressing Israeli Leader for Results The Clinton Administration is pressing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to produce results during talks with the Palestinians scheduled for December, senior American officials said. A1 Fighting Kills Nine in Lebanon Mortar attacks by Lebanese guerrillas in southern Lebanon killed nine Lebanese civilians, including a 7-year-old girl, according to Israeli officials. Intense exchanges of artillery, mortar and rocket fire between the guerrillas and Israeli troops during a weekend of heavy fighting also left two Israeli soldiers slightly wounded. A10
But How Much Farther Can a Bull Market Run?: Wall Street Thrives on Bad News
Date: 24 November 1997
By Erik Ipsen, International Herald Tribune
Erik Ipsen
Bull markets have been known to shrug off bad news. But few have learned to thrive on it, until now.. On Friday, Wall Street rallied as South Korea called on the International Monetary Fund for an emergency cash infusion and as Yamaichi Securities Co., J
Carriage Horse Bolts And Injures Pedestrian
Date: 24 November 1997
Runaway carriage horse strikes and injures pedestrian Juliete Partida on sidewalk on Central Park South (S)
Couples' First Vows Are Worth a 2d Look
Date: 24 November 1997
Councilman Martin C Konkus of Point Pleasant, NJ, presided at three marriages when town's Mayor was otherwise occupied despite not havoing authority to do so (S)
12 People Left Homeless By Blaze in Elizabeth
Date: 24 November 1997
Fire officials are investigating fast-burning, three-alarm blaze in three buildings in downtown Elizabeth that left 12 people homeless; no serious injuries are reported (S)
Nuclear Power Plant Cited for 5 Violations
Date: 24 November 1997
Oyster Creek nuclear power plant, third-oldest in country, is cited by Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission for five violations of operating guidelines (S)