Inconvenience or disaster as Y2K nears
A Washington interview with John Koskinen, head of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion, discusses the looming Y2K risk as 500 days remain. He explains how two digit year dates could trigger outages in power, finance, water, and transport, with examples from banking to traffic systems and defense.
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Washington
Clinton
John Koskinen
Koskinen
America
Russia
Chrysler
Michigan
United States
Capers Jones
Software Productivity Research
Burlington
Mass
ACT scores hold steady as test takers rise
The ACT average composite score stayed at 21 for 955,000 test takers in 1998, marking the ninth straight year with no decline amid record participation. Some 35,000 more students took the exam than last year, reflecting growing numbers entering college while interest in computer majors remains limited.
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Washington
Iowa City
Iowa
ACT
Richard L. Ferguson
America
Education Department
Fed Holds Short Term Rates Steady Amid Global Crises
The Federal Reserve’s policy panel the FOMC concluded a lengthy meeting by signaling no change in the benchmark rate on overnight loans between banks as Asia and Russia face ongoing economic volatility. The decision preserves current monetary policy while markets eye future moves.
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Washington
Asia
Russia
Federal Reserve
Fed
Federal Open Market Committee
Bomb victims buried at Arlington for Kenya embassy bombing
President Clinton approved burials for Julian Bartley Sr. and his son Jay at Arlington National Cemetery after the Nairobi and Tanzania embassy bombings. Bartley Sr. served thirty years in government work with postings in the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Spain, Israel and Korea. Jay Bartley, a student at USIU Kenya, dreamed of following his father into government service.
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Washington
Kenya
Arlington National Cemetery
Julian Bartley Sr
Julian “Jay” Bartley Jr
Maryland
U.S
Nairobi
Tanzania
Bartley
Mary Linda Sue Bartley
Gladys Baldwin
Edith
Strobe Talbot
Clinton
Dominican Republic
Colombia
Spain
Israel
Korea
Jacksonville
Fla
United States International University
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News West 9
K-Bar Ranch
Western National
KGEE
Meadener
Continental Airlines
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Permian
Ghote
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