Politician With an Urge to Befriend Pakistan
Date: 21 April 1997
By John F. Burns
John Burns
Biographical sketch of Inder Kumar Gujral, India's new Prime Minister (Man In The News); photo (M)
Alexander "Sascha" Zverev (German pronunciation: [alɛkˈsandɐ ˈzaʃa ˈtsfeːʁɛf]; born 20 April 1997) is a German professional tennis player and the current world No. 3. He has won 24 ATP Tour titles in singles and two in doubles, and has been runner-up at three majors. He has a career high ranking of world No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals. His career highlights include a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and titles at the 2018 and the 2021 ATP Finals.
Zverev is a former junior world No. 1, and won a junior major singles title at the 2014 Australian Open. He had an early breakthrough on the professional tour as well, becoming one of the youngest Challenger Tour title winners in history at the age of 17. As a teenager, Zverev won two ATP titles and upset then-world No. 3 Roger Federer on grass. At 20 years old, he became the youngest player to debut in the top 20 since Novak Djokovic. At the Laver Cup, Zverev has played an instrumental role in Team Europe's early success in the competition, winning the clinching matches in 2018 and 2019. After reaching his career-best results in 2021 and 2022, he suffered an ankle injury at the French Open, from which he recovered to re-enter the top 10 the following year.
Lasīt vairāk...1997. gada 20. aprīlis bija svētdiena zem zvaigznes zīmes ♈. Tā bija 109 diena gadā. ASV prezidents bija William J. (Bill) Clinton.
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Date: 21 April 1997
By John F. Burns
John Burns
Biographical sketch of Inder Kumar Gujral, India's new Prime Minister (Man In The News); photo (M)
Date: 20 April 1997
By Douglas Jehl
Douglas Jehl
Crudely negative portrayals of Israelis in Arab press reflect continuing deep suspicions and prejudices of average Arab toward Israel and quest for wider peace; hostility or at least suspicion toward Israel has remained constant of Arab popular culture; cartoons; photo (M)
Date: 21 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stocks trade higher in Tokyo, the Nikkei index up 199.52 points, at 18,551.66 (S)
Date: 21 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
More than 12,000 members of United Steelworkers of America who work at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co go on strike at nine plants, after failing to reach agreement on job security and wage and benefit issues; union and company break off talks; Goodyear is trying to keep its labor costs in line with those of big competitors, and union is reeling from loss of as many as 4,000 jobs last year (S)
Date: 21 April 1997
INTERNATIONAL A3-11 Netanyahu Avoids Charges In Appointment Scandal Israel's top state prosecutors said they would not press charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a scandal over the appointment of an Attorney General. They said they did not have enough evidence to prosecute, but acknowledged a ''tangible suspicion'' that Mr. Netanyahu played a role in the case. They said they would charge the leader of a religious party involved in the scandal and would keep investigating one of Mr. Netanyahu's aides. A1 Top Defector Arrives in Seoul A high-level North Korean defector arrived in Seoul, 67 days after seeking asylum at the South Korean Embassy in Beijing. The defector, Hwang Jang Yop, said people in the North had already ''lost hope'' and that he wanted to prevent a war that the desperate Communist Government seemed intent on waging. A8
Date: 20 April 1997
INTERNATIONAL 3-15 Indian Coalition Makes Surprise Choice of Premier India's coalition Government selected as the new Prime Minister Inder K. Gujral, 77, a two-time Foreign Minister known for efforts to improve relations with Pakistan. The choice ended three weeks of political turmoil. He emerged as a compromise choice after two other candidates faded, and succeeds H. D. Deve Gowda, who had lost the support of the Congress Party. 1 Rethinking Persian Gulf Policy At a time of new provocations by Iran, Washington is struggling to develop its policies toward that nation and the Persian Gulf region. Some military planners and American diplomats say that Saudi Arabia and Turkey have become more politically vulnerable, and two former national security advisers contend that American policy is at an impasse. 10
Date: 20 April 1997
By Joe Sharkey
Joe Sharkey
Khabouji N'Zaji Lukabu has been Zaire's Representative to United Nations for 10 years, during time when Pres Mobutu Sese Seko's dictatorship and end of cold war eroded support his country had in United States and among other Western countries; Lukabu says his greatest concern is that Zaire hold free elections; says Mobutu alone cannot be blamed for looting national treasury, because it was American and European advisers who told Mobutu to send his money abroad; photo (M)
Date: 20 April 1997
Lynn Marie Keller and Michael Neil Salort, television producers in New York, were married yesterday. The Rev. Susan Marlan, an interfaith minister, performed the ceremony at the Westhampton (L.I.) Bath and Tennis Club. Ms. Keller, who is 32 and is keeping her name, is a producer for ''American Journal,'' a syndicated news magazine of King World Productions. Mr. Salort, 36, is with ''Prime Time Live,'' the ABC News program.
Date: 20 April 1997
By Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney profiles television career of Fred W Friendly; holds Friendly set high standard of excellence in television news; photo (M)
Date: 20 April 1997
FYI 2 MAKING IT WORK 3 The Bonnie Youth Club is baseball as it ought to be -- except that it's running out of money fast.