The Bubba Stories
Date: 30 November 1997
By Julia Reed
Julia Reed
Julia Reed reviews book News of the Spirit by Lee Smith (M)
Replaying Saturday, November 29, 1997
The November 29, 1997 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♐. It was the 332 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 Saturday, November 29, 2025, 221 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, November 29, 2026, in 143 days. You have lived for 10,448 days, or about 250,757 hours, or about 15,045,457 minutes, or about 902,727,420 seconds.
Some people who share this birthday:
29th of November 1997 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on November 29, 1997
The Sun Sets on British Civility
Date: 29 November 1997
Editorial says debate by invective is back in Britain; says Princess Diana's brother Earl Spencer, who lashed out at tabloid press during eulogy for his sister, is himself engaged in messy divorce in which his wife and former mistress have teamed up to paint him as ultimate cad; says noted writers Salmon Rushdie and John le Carre are also slinging accusations and insults at each other (M)
BOOKEND; Missing Murray Kempton
Date: 30 November 1997
By Alfred Kazin
Alfred Kazin
Alfred Kazin Bookend column on late journalist Murray Kempton; calls him a public radical who was 'the most acute and cultivated columnist since Mencken'; article adapted from address given to American Academy of Arts and Letters; drawing (M)
School for Scandal; The Burning of a Russian Crusader
Date: 30 November 1997
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
Story of Russia's top economic reformer, Anatoly B Chubais, and his questionable $90,000 book contract, is sobering reminder of how far Russia still remains from Western standards of open government; Chubais was disgraced by ethical misstep of his own making, but he was tripped up not by free press and fair hearing, but by bankers and tycoons who support free-market reform only as long as they remain free to control market; Russian journalists, whose newspapers are mostly owned by bankers, have dropped all pretense of fairness and balanced coverage; photo (M)
IN THE GALLERY WITH: Isaac Mizrahi; Envying Roisterous Lives
Date: 30 November 1997
By Ruth La Ferla
Ruth La Ferla
In the Gallery interview with fashion designer Isaac Mizrachi at International Photography Center, which is showing works of Weegee, New York news photographer of 1930's and 1940's; photo; Mizrachi discusses Weegee-inspired fall collection, and his own impulsive explorations of New York (M)
CONMED SHARES UP ON DEAL WITH BRISTOL-MYERS
Date: 29 November 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Conmed Corp shares rise 19 percent on Nov 28, after company says that it will buy Linvatec Corp, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's surgery equipment unit, for $370 million (S)
SUBMICRON AGREES TO SELL IMTEC ACCULINE UNIT
Date: 29 November 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Submicron Systems Corp agrees to sell its Imtec Acculine Inc unit to group of senior managers for undisclosed amount (S)
ENTREMED DRUG STUDY SENDS STOCK UP BY 28%
Date: 29 November 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Entremed Inc shares rise 28 percent after it reports that experimental drug, Endostatin, drastically shrank mouse tumors in study (S)
Duane Reade Plans Initial Public Offering
Date: 29 November 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Duane Reade Inc files for $92 million initial public offering as part of plan to reduce debt (S)
Credit Suisse Unit Is Fined in Spain
Date: 29 November 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Spanish stock market authorities fine Credit Suisse Financial Products 285 million pesetas ($1.9 million) for manipulating share prices that affected IBEX stock index in Spain (S)