13 april 1993 was een dinsdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♈. Het was de 102e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
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Date: 14 April 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Chrysler Corporation is working on a plan to produce its Jeep Cherokee vehicle in Vietnam once the United States trade embargo is lifted, Automotive News said this week. The weekly trade publication quoted La Ngoc Khue, Vice Minister of Transport and Communications, as saying Chrysler "has been very active" in seeking to establish Jeep production, most probably in Hanoi.
Date: 13 April 1993
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
After nearly two years of speculation about a possible sale of NBC, John F. Welch, the chairman of the General Electric Company, told staff members of NBC News yesterday that the network was not for sale. The announcement was intended to stanch rumors of an impending sale that have dogged NBC, a division of G.E., and have contributed to a steep decline in morale among employees. Robert C. Wright, the president of NBC, said, "This was General Electric saying: 'We're in this for the long haul.' "
Date: 14 April 1993
ARTS Fiction -- "A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain," by Robert Olen Butler Drama -- "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches," by Tony Kushner History -- "The Radicalism of the American Revolution" by Gordon S. Wood Biography -- "Truman," by David McCullough Poetry -- "The Wild Iris," by Louise Gluck General non-fiction -- "Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America," by Gary Wills Music -- "Trombone Concerto" by Christopher Rouse JOURNALISM Public service -- The Miami Herald Spot news reporting -- The Los Angeles Times staff Investigative reporting -- Jeff Brazil and Steve Berry of The Orlando Sentinel Explanatory journalism -- Mike Toner of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution National reporting -- David Maraniss of The Washington Post International reporting -- John F. Burns of The New York Times and Roy Gutman of Newsday Beat reporting -- Paul Ingrassia and Joseph B. White of The Wall Street Journal Feature writing -- George Lardner Jr. of The Washington Post Commentary -- Liz Balmaseda of The Miami Herald Criticism -- Michael Dirda of The Washington Post Editorial cartooning -- Stephen R. Benson of The Arizona Republic Spot news photography -- Ken Geiger and William Snyder of The Dallas Morning News Feature photography -- The Associated Press staff Articles are on page B6.
Date: 14 April 1993
By Jane Fritsch
Jane Fritsch
"Angels in America: Millennium Approaches," a play by Tony Kushner that explores the AIDS epidemic as a metaphor for spiritual decay in the 1980's, won the Pulitzer Prize for drama yesterday. The play, which will open April 29 on Broadway, is the second in two years to win the award without having been performed on Broadway. The award for biography went to "Truman" by David McCullough, and the fiction award went to "A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain" by Robert Olen Butler, a collection of short stories told from the viewpoint of Vietnamese immigrants living in Louisiana.
Date: 14 April 1993
GENERAL NONFICTION Garry Wills "Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America" In "Lincoln at Gettysburg," a scholarly study of oratory, Garry Wills argues that Abraham Lincoln, in the mere 272 words of the Gettysburg Address, was able to recast the tradition of oration, the Civil War, and the history of American political thought in a new and clearer light. In offering new ideas about the structure and context of the speech, Mr. Wills maintains that Lincoln used his words to win the war in ideological as well as military terms. The 58-year-old Mr. Wills, a classical scholar, Presidential historian and political scientist, is an adjunct professor of history at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., where he lives. FICTION Robert Olen Butler "A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain" In Robert Olen Butler's first collection of short stories, "A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain," each of the 15 intricate tales is told in the first person, from the viewpoint of different Vietnamese transplanted from the Mekong Delta to the Louisiana bayou. Haunted by the past, and highly ambivalent about their American hosts, these fictional immigrants seek truces in their various personal wars, and their stories raise the literature of the Vietnam conflict to an original and highly personal new level. Mr. Butler, 48, served as an Army linguist in Vietnam, which was the setting for three of his six previous novels. His first novel to be published, "The Alleys of Eden," was printed by Horizon Press after the manuscript was turned down 21 times. Mr. Butler teaches fiction writing and film theory at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La.
Date: 13 April 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Lifetime Corporation today sharply rejected a move by its uninvited suitor, Abbey Healthcare Group Inc., to replace Lifetime's chairman with a director of its own choice and said that it was still looking for a buyer for all or part of the company. In a statement, Lifeline dismissed an effort by Timothy M. Aitken, Abbey's chairman and chief executive, to elect a Lifetime director as "another example of his unwillingness to offer Lifetime shareholders a full and fair price for their company."
Date: 13 April 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hillenbrand Industries said yesterday that it was in talks to sell its American Tourister luggage-making unit. Hillenbrand declined to name the potential buyer or the asking price. The company, based in Batesville, Ind., said that it had retained Morgan Stanley & Company to help evaluate options. Analysts said they expected the company to complete a sale within two months. American Tourister had about $100 million in sales last year, about 7 percent of Hillenbrand's $1.43 billion total. The unit has been hurt by weak business travel and sluggish consumer spending.
Date: 14 April 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of the Endosonics Corporation dropped by 14.7 percent yesterday in its second consecutive day of losses after its combination balloon and ultrasound catheter failed on Monday to win approval from a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel. The Pleasanton, Calif., company's stock fell to a 52-week low of $5.75, before rebounding a bit to close at $7.25, down $1.25 for the day in Nasdaq trading.
Date: 14 April 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Schering-Plough Corporation said that it had received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for Claritin, a once-a-day hay fever drug. News of the approval sent shares of the Madison, N.J., company up $1.25 yesterday, to $60, on the New York Stock Exchange.
Date: 13 April 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The UAL Corporation, the parent of United Airlines, said yesterday that it had reached a tentative agreement to sell its Air Wisconsin unit's turboprop airline business to Hulas Kanodia, owner of Trans States Airlines. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. United expects to close the transaction by Sept. 1.