2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 27, 2000 NATION/WORLD YANKEES Continued from Page 1 At the stroke of midnight, Piazza flied out to the edge of the warning track in center field with a runner on base to finish it. The Yankees fans in the sellout crowd of 55,292 went wild after having been outshouted all evening. Unlike the overmatched San Diego Padres in 1998 and the overwhelmed Atlanta Braves in 1999, the wild-card Mets were in it all the way. Their best chance, however, really may have ended when closer Armando Benitez could not hold a one-run lead in the opener. These Yankees went into the playoffs with seven straight losses, and also dropped the opener in their AL series against Oakland and Seattle. In the end, though, manager Joe Torre's team showed what October experience is all about. Even with so much at stake, there was room to have a lit- tle fun - with a broken bat, no less. Kurt Abbott shattered his bat on a foul ball in the Mets fourth, and the jagged barrel skittered out toward Jeter at shortstop. With the crowd starting to hoot, mindful of the Clemens- Piazza encounter in Game 2, jeter made a nice show in defusing any hint of trouble. He fielded the broken piece with his glove, laughed and handed it to a Mets batboy. On the Mets bench, Piazza chuckled. But in the Yankees dugout, Clemens just stared straight ahead as the crowd chanted "Rah-ger, Rah-ger." Had it gone to Game 6, Clemens would have started tomorrow night at Yankee Stadium. While Jeter and Williams hit the solo homers for the Yan- kees, the Mets scraped out two runs that left it tied at 2 through the seventh. Williams put the Yankees ahead 1-0 when he homered leading off the second. The cleanup man had been 0-for-15 through four games and hitless in his last 22 Series at-bats overall. Trying to ensure that the skid was behind him, he singled and walked his next two times up. Jeter, who homered on the first pitch of the game the pre- vious night, made it 2-all by hitting a shot into the Yankees' left-field bullpen in the sixth off Leiter. The Mets had to work much harder for their runs. Bubba Trammell, starting because of his career success against Pettitte, walked with one out in the second and Pay- ton singled. The runners moved up on a groundout and Leiter, an .053 hitter this season, dragged a perfect bunt past the mound. First baseman Tino Martinez bobbled the ball for a moment and made an underhanded flip to Pettitte, but the pitcher dropped the throw. Pettitte was charged with an error - denying an RBI to Leiter, who had none this year - but a run scored and the Mets were satisfied. Benny Agbayani followed with a slow roller that third baseman Brosius tried to play with his bare hand, but the ball escaped his grasp and went for an RBI single that gave the Mets a 2-1 lead. Pettitte helped himself with his second pickoff of the Series, trapping a wandering Abbott off first in the fourth. I II % Off Sale October 3o-November 3 THE MICHIGAN DAILY. ARTHUR MILLER WROTE FOR US. You SHOULD T OO. MILLER Continued from Page 1 economy, politics and society. It's mixed up with the way we live," Miller said. Audience members were then allowed to ask Miller questions, although only a few were able to do so. One man called Miller "an a authentic American hero," and then asked how Miller found the courage to stand up to the McCarthy hear- ings. Miller was called before the House Committee on Un-American Activities and was found guilty of contempt. But the decision was reversed a year later. Miller responded to the question by saying he was self-employed and as a result was not at risk of losing a job. Miller added that he was "a con- firmed anti-fascist. I felt the world could go under if we had a dictator- ship." When asked what advice he had for aspiring playwrights, Miller said "the theater only needs love and attention, and I would not discour- age people from writing. The more stuff that's put out,. the more pres- sure is put on to produce. It would be a shame if this great civilization killed off one of the most vital parts of itself." Art and Design sophomore Ollie Uberti said even without Miller's physical presence at Rackham, he enjoyed the event. "Seeing him on a big screen really set him apart and made it all the more special" Uberti said. The symposium will continue today and tomorrow with a number of videos and discussions. Events today include "Miller's Recent Work for the Stage" at Rack- ham Amphitheater at 10:30 a.m. and "Miller and Autobiography" at the Rackham West Conference Room beginning at 3 p.m. Mel Gussow of the New York Times will deliver an address at 10:30 Saturday morning at Rack- ham Amphitheater. All events will be broadcast live on Channel 22. For a complete listing of events visit -wit-. Unich. edu/pres/arhur- i//fller. ACOSScTHE NATION Retiree testifies against Firestone DECATUR, Ill. - A retired tire maker testified yesterday that while Bridge- stone/Firestone Inc. managers preached quality, they frowned on workers who did not quickly move tires down the assembly line. Lonnie Dart, one of four former workers deposed by lawyers suing Bridge- stone/Firestone, said quantity was the priority during his 32 years working vari- ous jobs inside the Decatur plant. "They preached quality, but if you didn't m the numbers, you was in trouble," Dart said. Dart's testimony was somewhat tempered by other former workers who said tires ran a gauntlet of quality control checks and inspections before being deemed roadworthy. All four ex-workers offered tidbits that the plaintiffs' attorney, Bruce Kaster, said helped him establish problems in every stage of the production process it the company's tire plants. "More of the same," said Kaster, who was questioning witnesses on behalf pf plaintiffs in a handful of personal injury and wrongful death cases tied to allegedly faulty tires. Jan Wagoner Sr., like Dart, recalled that there were quotas, saying repair work- ers were reprimanded for not keeping up. Wagoner said he complained to managers about changes in procedures that called for him to poke an awl completely through the sidewall of new tires. Crime, weapons in schools diminish WASHINGTON - Attorney Gen- eral Janet Reno said yesterday that the crime rate in schools continued to drop last year - mirroring the drop in the nation's crime rate - but empha- sized that considerable work remains to be done to make schools across the country safer, The third Annual Report on School Safety found that the percentage of high school students who reported carrying a weapon to school declined to 7 percent last year from 12 percent in 1993. Reno said in response to questions that the 7 percent rate - roughly one in 14 students - is still too high and that no one in law enforcement or education should be satisfied until students feel safer. The attorney general said high-pro- file shootings at some schools, and recent incidents, including one this. week in which a student brandished a gun in school, contribute to the feel- ing of uneasiness among many Amer- icans. "I think if you have seen some of the tragedies that have been reported they strike so close to home. You think, 'Could it be my son's school?", Reno said. Experiment yields1g Parkinson's relief WASHINGTON - A gene ther- apy experiment relieved severe symptoms of Parkinson's disease in monkeys and experts say;the technique offers promise for treat- ing the 1.2 million Americans who suffer from the disease, experts say. 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ONo sCssor Tuosday discounts] Note confirms men survived explosion MURMANSK, Russia - Huddled in a destroyed submarine on the sea floor, a Russian sailor wrote a terse account of how he and 22 comrades tried in vain to escape, then scrawled a last message to his family, Russian naval officials said yesterday. The note was found in the pocket of Lt. Dmitry Kolesnikov, whose body was one of the first to be recovered from the nuclear submarine Kursk that sank Aug. 12 with 118 men aboard. The message was the first firm evidence that any of the crew ini- tially survived explosions that shat- tered the submarine.. Written a few hours after the sub plunged to the bottom of the Barents Sea, the note tells a horrifying story in eerily straightforward sentences. "All the crew from the sixth, sev- enth and eighth compartments went over to the ninth. There are 23 people here. We made this decision as a result of the accident," Russian navy Kuroyedov said. chief Adm. Vladimir Kuroyedov quoted the note as saying. "None of us can.get to the surface,"the message continued. Kolesnikov's handwriting in the first part of the note was neat but scrawl after emergency lights went ou, Gbagbo sworn in; ethnic battles erupt ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Long- time opposition leader Laurent Gbag- bo was sworn in as preside yesterday at the heavily guarded pre6 dential palace, as political officials appealed for an end to the violence- that has wracked Abidjan and other- cities in this West African nation. "I feel in this moment the renais sance of the Ivory Coast, the birth of a modern, prosperous, democratic and united nation," said Gbagbo, who was swept to power Wednesday in a popu- lar uprising that forced junta leadei 1 Gen. Robert Guei to flee. - Compiledfiom Daily wire reports. : UALL MATINLES ! ISATURDAY &. 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