Le 7 février 1998 était un samedi sous le signe astral du ♒. C'était le 37ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Si vous êtes né ce jour-là, vous avez 28 ans. Ton dernier anniversaire était le samedi 7 février 2026, il y a 123 jours. Votre prochain anniversaire est le dimanche 7 février 2027, dans 241 jours. Vous avez vécu 10 350 jours, soit environ 248 404 heures, ou environ 14 904 286 minutes, ou environ 894 257 160 secondes.
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: 07 February 1998
By Steve Popper
Steve Popper
Jayson Williams of New Jersey Nets appears at news media interview session on All-Star weekend, and finds it exhausting; says he now understands why Bulls' Michael Jordan and Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal paid $10,000 fine imposed by NBA rather than appear at session (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: 07 February 1998
By Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw Op-Ed article on the news media's surprise that Pres Clinton's standing with the public has not been damaged by allegations that he had an affair with a White House intern and encouraged her to deny it; says public response is understandable in light of a series of scandals in recent years that generated much hysteria and finger pointing but turned out to be of little consequence (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: 07 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lazard Freres & Co's real estate unit, Prometheus Mid-Atlantic Investors Trust, agrees to invest $220 million in Rubenstein Co (S)
Date: 07 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Summit Care Corp says it is in talks to be acquired by unnamed company (S)
Date: 07 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Aurora Foods Inc discloses it paid Procter & Gamble Co about $445 million for its Duncan Hines cake-mix business (S)
Date: 07 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Bankers Insurance Group Inc board declines to back rival bids from either American International Group Inc or Cendant Corp; sues Cendant, charging it bolsters offer with 'campaign of misinformation' (S)
Date: 07 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tower Automotive Inc to buy 40 percent stake in Metalurgica Caterina SA for $44 million; has option to buy rest of company for another $66 million (S)