2002年8月28日は、％sの星印の下の水曜日でした。 それはその年の**♍日でした。 アメリカ合衆国の大統領は239**でした。
この日に生まれた場合、あなたはGeorge W. Bush歳です。 あなたの最後の誕生日は23、2025年8月28日木曜日日前でした。 次の誕生日は286、2026年8月28日金曜日日です。 あなたは78日、または約8,687時間、または約208,494分、または約12,509,687秒生きてきました。
Date: 29 August 2002
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire Op-Ed column scores Bloomberg News Service for apologizing to Singapore 'senior minister' Lee Kuan Yew for article by Patrick Smith implying nepotism in appointment of Ho Ching, Lee's daughter-in-law, as head of Temesek, state-owned investment company; says organization undermines cause of free online press (M)
Date: 29 August 2002
By Marc Weingarten
Marc Weingarten
BaseballLibrary.com is online baseball database that includes blogs, stats and latest baseball news; photo (M)
Date: 28 August 2002
By Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
Most marketers, ad agencies and media companies are deciding that they would rather forgo ads on first anniversary of terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon than risk being perceived as exploiting day for mercenary purposes; among those marketers that will forgo television, print and radio advertising completely on Sept 11 are Coca-Cola, General Motors, HBO unit of AOL Time Warner, Miller Brewing, Nissan North American division of Nissan Motor and Target Stores; most of companies that are choosing to advertise on Sept 11, like Ford Motor and Procter & Gamble, will keep their ads away from any coverage related to anniversary of attacks; special 96-page Sept 11 'commemorative issue' of US News & World Report, which is now being sold at newsstands, carries no paid advertising; photo (M)
Date: 29 August 2002
By Marlise Simons
Marlise Simons
BBC television reporter Jacky Rowland appears as witness in trial of Slobodan Milosevic, former leader of Yugoslavia, fueling debate over whether journalists should testify to war crimes tribunals and, specifically, before newly created permanent International Criminal Court; some journalists have argued that testifying could hamper their independence and endanger their lives; Rowland says she appeared voluntarily, with approval of her company; says information she was asked to testify about was already in public domain: about what she saw in 1999 at Dubrava prison in Kosovo, where she found scores of dead inmates; Milosevic, acting as his own lawyer, cross-examines Rowland about nature of prisoners' deaths, claiming NATO strikes killed victims; Rowland says bodies she saw were intact and not hit by bombs (M)
Date: 29 August 2002
By Gina Kolata
Gina Kolata
News analysis of federal study finding no links between breast cancer rates on Long Island and pollution or other environmental factors; explains that, contrary to popular perception of 'epidemic,' breast cancer rates on Long Island are not much different from those in rest of country, and that figures commonly bandied about at public meetings and in press, including The New York Times, have no basis in fact; epidemiologists say they do not know where 'myths' came from, but political uproar led Congress in 1993 to authorize $30-million study that, so far, has not shown any pollutant link; graph comparing LI rates with those for rest of New York State and US (M)
Date: 28 August 2002
Montana legislative leaders, after receiving complaint from reporter, issue memorandum warning lawmakers against making 'flirtatious overtures' toward female reporters (S)
Date: 29 August 2002
By Harvey Araton
Harvey Araton
Harvey Araton Sports of The Times column discusses simplicity and joy of covering scandal-less WNBA, often neglected by media in favor of men's basketball and other sports; photo (M)
Date: 29 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Molson Inc appoints Brian Burden as chief financial officer and executive vice president, replacing Robert Coallier, who is moving to Brazil to run company's Cervejarias Kaiser unit (S)
Date: 29 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cendant Corp will cut pay of chairman-chief executive Henry Silverman by more than half and begin accounting for stock options as operating expense; Silverman's 2002 pay will be about $15 million, down from $36 million in 2001 (S)
Date: 29 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Office Depot says North American sales will decline this quarter, as shoppers have been spending less on school supplies than expected; back-to-school sales at stores open at least year are 'slightly negative'; chief executive Bruce Nelson comments (S)