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up059801|Bella Abzug dies|<STRONG>Bella Abzug dies</STRONG><P>Bella Abzug died on March 31, 1998, in New York City. She was 77 years old. </P>
up059802|Scientists report AIDS case from 1959|<STRONG>Scientists report AIDS case from 1959</STRONG><P>In February 1998, researchers in the United States reported that they had discovered evidence of an AIDS case from 1959. The evidence came from preserved blood samples from a Bantu man who lived in what is now Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.</P>
up059803|Kocharian elected president of Armenia|<STRONG>Kocharian elected president of Armenia</STRONG><P>In March 1998, nationalist Robert Kocharian was elected president of Armenia. </P>
up059804|Drugs found to prevent breast cancer|<STRONG>Drugs found to prevent breast cancer</STRONG><P>According to a study reported in April 1998, the drug tamoxifen can prevent breast cancer in women at high risk for the disease. The study, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute, followed more than 13,300 women for four years. The women who took tamoxifen had a 45 percent lower incidence of breast cancer than those who took a placebo (nonactive substance). Researchers warned that tamoxifen carries the risk of serious side effects, including blood clots and cancer of the womb. <P>A separate study reported in April 1998 also showed that the drug raloxifene can reduce the incidence of breast cancer in some women by as much as 74 percent. Raloxifene also carries the risk of serious blood clots, according to researchers.</P>
up059805|World's longest suspension bridge opens|<STRONG>World's longest suspension bridge opens</STRONG><P>On April 5, 1998, the world's longest suspension bridge opened in Japan. The Akashi Kaiyo Bridge spans the Akashi Strait and links the islands of Kobe and Awaji. The bridge measures 6,532 feet (1,991 meters) between main spans and 12,831 feet (3,911 meters) in total length. </P>
up059806|Scientists determine age of Carlsbad Caverns|<STRONG>Scientists determine age of Carlsbad Caverns</STRONG><P>Scientists in March 1998 determined that the Carlsbad Caverns formed 3.9 million to 4 million years ago. The scientists analyzed minerals created when the caverns formed to establish their age.</P>
up059807|Zhu Rongji elected prime minister of China|<STRONG>Zhu Rongji elected prime minister of China</STRONG><P>China's National People's Congress in March 1998 elected Zhu Rongji to be the nation's prime minister. Rongji, considered an economic reformer, replaced Li Peng. </P>
up059808|O'Meara wins Masters|<STRONG>O'Meara wins Masters</STRONG><P>On April 12, 1998, Mark O'Meara of the United States won the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. O'Meara's 72-hole score of 279 beat fellow Americans David Duval and Fred Couples by one stroke. </P>
up059810|Sexual harassment case against Clinton thrown out|<STRONG>Sexual harassment case against Clinton thrown out</STRONG><P>On April 1, 1998, a United States federal judge dismissed a sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton. The suit, filed in 1994 by a former Arkansas state employee named Paula Corbin Jones, claimed that Clinton requested sexual favors from her in 1991 while he was governor of Arkansas. Clinton said he did not recall ever meeting Jones.</P><P>Jones's suit claimed that Clinton's alleged actions constituted sexual assualt and that her career as a state worker had suffered as a result of the incident. The judge said that Clinton's alleged actions were not serious enough to be called sexual assualt and that Jones's attorneys had failed to prove that her career had been harmed. Jones appealed the decision.</P>
up059811|1998 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced|<STRONG>1998 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced</STRONG><P>Columbia University in New York City on April 14, 1998, announced the winners of the 1998 Pulitzer Prizes. The winners in journalism were: <P><STRONG>Public Service:</STRONG><I>Grand Forks</I> (North Dakota) <I>Herald.</I></P><P><STRONG>Investigative Reporting:</STRONG> Gary Cohn and Will Englund of <I>The Baltimore Sun. </I></P><P><STRONG>Explanatory Journalism:</STRONG> Paul Salopek of the <I>Chicago Tribune.</I></P><P><STRONG>Beat Reporting:</STRONG> Linda Greenhouse of <I>The New York Times.</I></P><P><STRONG>National Reporting:</STRONG>Russell Carollo and Jeff Nesmith of the <I>Dayton Daily News.</I></P><P><STRONG>International Reporting:</STRONG> staff of <I>The New York Times.</I></P><P><STRONG>Feature Writing:</STRONG> Thomas French of the <I>St. Petersburg</I> (Florida) <I>Times.</I></P><P><STRONG>Commentary:</STRONG> Mike McAlary of the <I>New York Daily News.</I></P><P><STRONG>Criticism:</STRONG> Michiko Kakutani of <I>The New York Times.</I></P><P><STRONG>Editorial Writing:</STRONG> Bernard L. Stein of <I>The Riverdale</I> (New York) <I>Press.</I></P><P><STRONG>Editorial Cartooning:</STRONG> Stephen P. Breen of the <I>Asbury Park</I> (New Jersey) <I>Press.</I></P><P><STRONG>Spot News Photography:</STRONG>Martha Rial of the <I> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.</I></P><P><STRONG>Feature Photography:</STRONG> Clarence Williams of the <I>Los Angeles Times.</I></P><P>Other winners included:</P><P><STRONG>Fiction:</STRONG> Philip Roth for<I>American Pastoral.</I></P><P><STRONG>History:</STRONG> Edward J. Larson for <I>The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion.</I></P><P><STRONG>Biography:</STRONG> Katharine Graham for <I>Personal History.</I></P><P><STRONG>Poetry:</STRONG> Charles Wright for <I>Black Zodiac.</I></P><P><STRONG>General Nonfiction:</STRONG> Jared Diamond for <I>Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies.</I></P><P><STRONG>Music:</STRONG> Aaron Jay Kernis for <I>String Quartet No. 2, Musica Instrumentalis.</I></P><P><STRONG>Drama</STRONG> Paula Vogel for <I>How I Learned To Drive.</I></P><P><STRONG>Special Citation:</STRONG> George Gershwin. </P>
up059812|U.S. Congress members receive pay raise|<STRONG>U.S. Congress members receive pay raise</STRONG><P>On Jan. 1, 1998, salaries for members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate rose to $136,700 from $133,600. </P>
up059813|Salaries rise for U.S. Supreme Court justices|<STRONG>Salaries rise for U.S. Supreme Court justices</STRONG><P>On Jan. 1, 1998, salaries for the U.S. Supreme Court justices rose 2.3 percent. Pay for the chief justice rose to $175,400 from $171,500. Associate justices received $167,900--up from $164,100. </P>
up059814|U.S. Vice President receives pay raise|<STRONG>U.S. Vice President receives pay raise</STRONG><P>On Jan. 1, 1998, the salary for the Vice President of the United States rose to $175,400 from $171,500.</P>
up059815|Mexican gray wolves released near Arizona-New Mexico border|<STRONG>Mexican gray wolves released near Arizona-New Mexico border</STRONG><P>United States government biologists on March 29, 1998, released 11 Mexican gray wolves in the Apache and Gila National Forest in eastern Arizona near the New Mexico border. The release was part of an effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to return 100 of the wolves to the wild after an absence of nearly 30 years. </P>
up059816|Yeltsin fires entire Russian cabinet|<STRONG>Yeltsin fires entire Russian cabinet</STRONG><P>On March 23, 1998, Russian President Boris Yeltsin fired his entire cabinet, including Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin. Yeltsin later reappointed Yevgeny Primakov and Mikhail Zadornov to their previous positions as ministers of foreign affairs and finance. On April 24, 1998, the Russian Duma (lower parliament) elected Sergei Kiriyenko as prime minister. </P>
up059817|Lee Brown elected mayor of Houston|<STRONG>Lee Brown elected mayor of Houston</STRONG><P>Democrat and former Houston police chief Lee Brown defeated Republican businessman Rob Mosbacher on Dec. 6, 1997, to become the first African American mayor of Houston.</P>
up059818|Eddie Robinson retires|<STRONG>Eddie Robinson retires</STRONG><P>Eddie Robinson retired in November 1997 as the career leader in college football coaching victories. His record was 408 wins, 165 losses, and 15 ties. On Dec. 9, 1997, Robinson was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.</P>
up059819|Abraham Ribicoff dies|<STRONG>Abraham Ribicoff dies</STRONG><P>Abraham Ribicoff died on Feb. 22, 1998, in New York City. He was 87 years old.</P>
