2004年5月19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139**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22、2026年5月19日火曜日日前でした。 次の誕生日は19、2027年5月19日水曜日日です。 あなたは345日、または約8,054時間、または約193,318分、または約11,599,101秒生きてきました。
Date: 19 May 2004
By Norimitsu Onishi
Norimitsu Onishi
Cozy relationship between Japanese government and big media outlets discussed; latest illustration is light reporting of Prime Min Junichiro Koizumi's admission that he has not made mandatory pension payments for seven years; photos; big newspapers and television networks had accepted at face value his denial when two other politicians were forced to resign for not making payments (M)
Date: 19 May 2004
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire Op-Ed column castigates officials and media for giving little attention to possible use of sarin in roadside bomb in Iraq (S)
Date: 20 May 2004
By Julia Preston
Julia Preston
Judge John G Koeltl repeatedly reminds prospective jurors in case of Lynne F Stewart, New York civil rights lawyer, that trial is not related to Sept 11 attacks; Stewart is accused of helping Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, a client, communicate messages from his jail in Minnesota, where he is serving life sentence for terrorism conspiracy, to Islamic Group, terrorist group he once headed; jurors are also given list of reporters, which includes Judith Miller and Joseph P Fried of New York Times, and asked if they know any of them personally; reporters may be called to testify (M)
Date: 20 May 2004
By Michael Coffey
Michael Coffey
Op-Ed article by Michael Coffey, prompted by Randy Johnson's perfect game days ago, notes fact that in first 60 years of 20th century, there only were four perfect games, while in past 45 years there have been 11; says money has much to do with this increase; notes that with free agency, players' best efforts are handsomely rewarded; says they work harder, and they now have financial incentive to do so; says that with heavy media coverage, they know that extraordinary accomplishments are wildly celebrated (M)
Date: 19 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tiffany & Co plans to open stores that will sell only pearls and pearl jewelry; will opoen two stores, which will be called Iridesse, this year, and four in 2005 (S)
Date: 19 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Texas power supplier TXU Corp will form billing venture with Cap Gemini and energy-trading partnership with Credit Suisse First Boston to cut costs and help compete for electricity sales (S)
Date: 20 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bayer AG says Food and Drug Administration has approved its Avelox antibiotic for new use in treating drug-resistant pneumonia (S)
Date: 20 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Procter & Gamble is reducing its number of operating units to three from five and is promoting Susan E Arnold and Robert A McDonald to position of vice chairman; three units are beauty care, health, baby and family care and household care, which will includ products in food unit (S)
Date: 19 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Home Depot says earnings rose 21 percent in first quarter ended May 2; net income increased to $1.1 billion from $907 million year earlier; revenue rose 16 percent, to $17.6 billion (S)
Date: 20 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Drug wholesaler Cardinal Health acquires Alaris Medical Systems for $1.62 billion; Alaris makes computerized system that controls how much of a drug patient receives intravenously (S)
Date: 19 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Washington Post Co acqires El Tiempo Latino, weekly Spanish-language newspaper in Washington, DC, area, from Farragut Media Corp; financial terms undisclosed (S)