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Date: 08 February 1998
By Joe Sharkey
Joe Sharkey
Ritual has evolved in news media governing coverage of certain type of Big Story; is characterized by manic attention to stories about celebrities and/or sexual behavior, followed immediately by condemnation, severe guilt, group recrimination and feelings of inadequacy; coverage of White House sex scandal and other recent issues noted; drawing (M)
Date: 08 February 1998
BBC News offers training programs designed to teach journalists how to stay alive in war zones and areas of civil unrest; courses are taught by ex-military and ex-police personnel; photo (S)
Date: 09 February 1998
By Warren Hoge
Warren Hoge
British tabloids are recycling news about late Princess Diana and are casting about for stand-in figures to halt flagging circulation; photo (M)
Date: 08 February 1998
Editorial says White House strategy of dealing with sex scandal involving Pres Clinton and former intern Monica Lewinsky by declaring war on news leakers and by sliming both press and turncoat witnesses is particularly demeaning to President; says since his veracity is widely viewed as suspect, his appeals to grand-jury secrecy look more like fear of truth than defense of legal process, and since he is widely believed to have been intimately associated with at least some of victims of White House sliming, effect is to depict him as man who seeks friends in low places (M)
Date: 09 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Domestic orders for machine tools rise 15.1 percent in December to estimated $787.43 million, wrapping up 1997 with fifth straight year of positive annual growth; for all of 1997, estimated orders for tools total $8.6 billion, up 24 percent from 1996; figures are from Assn for Manufacturing Technology and American Machine Tool Distributors' Assn (S)
Date: 09 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
At Home Corp is talking with Road Runner, unit of Time Warner Inc, about combining their high-speed Internet access services to strengthen their competition with local phone companies in race to link millions of homes to Internet; talks come as cable television operators rush to improve their existing lines and roll out digital set-top boxes to offer home Internet service; cable companies must compete with phone companies, which also are working to deliver faster on-line access to consumers (M)
Date: 08 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Eastern Europe has become world's most expensive emerging market, less attractive to investors than other regions (S)
Date: 08 February 1998
J Herbert Altschull letter on Feb 4 editorial on media coverage of Pres Clinton's alleged sexual conduct; drawing (S)
Date: 08 February 1998
INTERNATIONAL 3-13 Europeans Back the U.S.; More Planes Sent to Gulf Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen won measured support from European allies for a strong stance on Iraq, and permission to use German bases for a strike, if needed. He also ordered 40 more planes to the Persian Gulf, including bombers and attack fighters. And he warned that some diplomatic efforts were misguided. 6
Date: 09 February 1998
INTERNATIONAL A3-9 Arab Nations Send Cautious Message to U.S. With Saudi Arabia showing deep reluctance to support a military strike against Iraq, Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen said that he would not seek permission to launch American fighters and bombers from Saudi territory. A1 Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright portrayed her recent visit to the Middle East as a success, but messages from top Arab officials are heavy with suggestions that the renewed use of force against Iraq could set off more turmoil in a volatile region. A6