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THE CLINTON SCANDAL The Times TODAY 1 Bill ffl US in. ffr nn EI IW- I V. "4..,.. o) pfnlfnirif IE 8) Missteps by both President Clinton and Kenneth Starr are attributed to their mutual-hatred. mm I "ill I 5 'fcs iy Raymond James Stadium pleases Tampa Bay fans, and after a 27-15 win over Chicago, so does the team.

How did A it get to (IBS pOBBlt? zr-p Ripken's streak ends at 2,632 The Baltimore Orioles third baseman, who had not missed a game since 1982, removed himself from the starting lineup Sunday. 1 Rays fall in home finale Toronto takes a 7-5 victory in 12 innings against Tampa Bay which lost starter Rolando Arrojo to a sore arm in the second inning. 1C No. 65 for Mac, no No. 66 Mark McGwire follows up his 65th home run with another blast, but it's ruled a ground-rule double.

The Cardinals are appealing. 1 The animosity that has festered between President Clinton and Kenneth Starr wouldn't let either man back down, associates say. Nw York Times WASHINGTON On Aug. 3, in the White House Map Room, President Clinton rolled up his shirt sleeve in the presence of an agent of the FBI and a prosecutor from the office of the Whitewater independent counsel, Kenneth Starr. The White House physician, Dr.

Connie Mariano, drew a vial of the president's blood. mil 4 LOCAL E-mail and education Professors are struggling to adjust to the effect technological advances are having on their relationships with students. 1 Looking back Tropicana Field officials are looking ahead to 1999 after an up-and-down debut for baseball in the dome. 1B aim IA 4y I LI Time photo JIM DAMASKE The pirate ship in Buccaneer Cove, which roared with cannon fire in pre-game festivities, was a huge draw Sunday. By BRUCE LOWITT Tlme Sta Writer Clinton considered it the ultimate indignity in a year of public humiliations, a friend told the New York Times.

Starr would soon match the president's DNA with a semen stain on a navy blue dress and be able to prove beyond almost all doubt that Clinton had engaged in some type of sexual activity with Monica Lewinsky. Seven months of the president's lies were about to unravel. "When they took the blood from his arm," the friend told the newspaper, "that's when it really hit home." The moment in the Map Room was a culmination of years of personal animosity and corrosive bitterness between Clinton and Starr. Associates of both men say their hatred and these mi imam. Clinton's 'testimony Fox News Channel, MSNBC and C-SPAN will air the unedited videotape of testimony at 9 a.m.

today. Other network coverage, 7A. ijnside NOTEBOOK: U.S. Sen. Bob Graham says he thinks the I nation would be better off if Clinton remains in office.

7A. on an inaugural season How did four Dome District entrepreneurs fare with businesses launched in the Devil Rays' first season? Business Times Rodney Smith, 29, of St. Petersburg, donning Bucs regalia for the team's first game in the new Raymond James Stadium, celebrates Dave Moore's acrobatic touchdown catch in the third quarter. NATION WORLD U.S., Japan join forces Times photo- BOYZELL HOSEY TAMPA For the first half, the bright red accents of Raymond James Stadium couldn't mask the gloomy game christening it. Thereafter, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, like their new home, pretty much lived up to expectations.

Winning solves a lot of problems and by game's end Sunday, most of them the inoperative escalators, the blank-screened televisions at concession stands, the missing confetti and miniature footballs on the pirate ship, the absence of food servers in club sections, the residue of recent construction, the small degree of confusion in finding some seats and initial displeasure at their location seemed less relevant. The cannonade from the massive galleon in Buccaneer Cove beyond the north end zone punctuated a 27-15 victory over Chicago. Unhappy fans in the announced crowd of 64,328 were difficult to find, unless they were Bears fans. "This place is absolutely beautiful," said John Bemmin of Chicago, a Bears fan who has followed the team to Tarn- U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen announces an agreement to conduct joint research with Japan into a defense system.

2A ho, ho; hey, ho, we're the pewter pirates got old pretty quick. Inside, the Tampa Bay Children's Chorus and other entertainers performed before kickoff. Sen. Bob Graham stood outside Gate shaking hands and "every one minute, 45 seconds or so" answering a President Clinton-Kenneth Starr impeachment question. Graham said he doubts it will happen; he thinks the president will resign "before it gets that far." A field-size flag was unfurled, and Please see BUCS 4A pa three of the past five seasons.

"The old place (Houlihan's Stadium), Soldier Field, they're nothing compared to this. But if the Bucs don't keep winning, it'll be like that guy wrote in the paper, a plush coffin." Three hours before kickoff, the gates opened and fans were serenaded outside the stadium by Rhodeside, a two-man band hired by the team, while Ronnie Allen of Tampa, in eye patch and bandanna, gyrated in front of them. "My own idea; my nickname is Crazy Al," he said. Rhodeside's Ah, ha, ha, ho, friends say hatred is not too strong a word repeatedly clouded their judgment and led to excesses on both sides. By the time Lewinsky came to the attention of investigators, Starr had spent 41 months investigating a variety of matters known collectively as Whitewater.

Although none of those issues were included in Starr's impeachment referral to Congress, he and his prosecutors had concluded that the Clintons and their lawyers had sought to frustrate the Whitewater inquiry with legal challenges Duchess' mother is killed The mother of Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, dies when the Rover she was driving collides with a van in Argentina. 2A Please see CUNTON-STARR 6A FLORIDIAN Islands bgI brunt of Crisis is bad for Brazil but good for its leader Bermuda Actual path Projected path 30 Tropical Storm Ivan The strong hurricane is pointed at Puerto Rico, which has declared a state of emergency. 1 Puerto Rico Atlantic Ocean 20 CubasC, Lesser 55, Antilles As a nation hobbled by political patronage trembles on the financial brink, its presidenf re-election seems likely. jiTninT By ED QUIOCO Timot Staff Writer Hurricane Georges 10 200 miles Students get the picture A photography class at Artists Un limited in Tampa opens teens' eyes to new ways of seeing old things. ID 80 60 50 40 30 20 90 70 By DAVID ADAMS Timot Latin America Correspondent 8092 1 country's once booming economic growth has ground to a halt.

Sao Paulo's stock exchange, the Bovespa, has been on a roller-coaster ride, down more than 50 percent from a year ago. Nervous investors are stampeding to get their money out of Brazil at a rate of more than $l-billion a day. Interest rates doubled almost overnight approaching 50 percent. For millions of Brazilians who only five years ago emerged from two decades of hyperinflation, it is their worst nightmare. "I'm very worried," said Alex Wiehinheski.

manager of a sports footwear store at Morum-bi Shopping, one of Sao Paulo's largest malls, who has seen sales dip more than 25 percent. "People don't know what's going on." With Brazil seemingly poised Please see BRAZIL Back page 89067I19941I Hurricane Georges, the season's most powerful storm, unleashed its 115 mph winds and torrential rain Sunday night on the easternmost Caribbean islands, forcing residents to seek shelter and business owners to sandbag their stores. Antigua, Barbuda and Mont-serrat were in the most danger. In Guadeloupe, authorities repeatedly broadcast this warning: 'Take cover urgently, immediately." "It's going to be a nightmare," said Jerry Jarrell, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. "I can see roofs and houses 30 miles east-southeast of Antigua in the Leeward Islands, moving west-northwest about 16 mph.

While it is too early to tell whether Georges will slam into the Atlantic seaboard, enter the Gulf of Mexico, or turn north and head out to sea, forecasters say U.S. residents should monitor the storm. "It is the type of storm that could be a potential threat to the U.S. within four to five days' time," Please see GEORGES 4A flying," a witness on the island of Desirade told French radio. French television reported that Georges had hit towns in northern Guadeloupe, causing damage.

Puerto Rico is next in line. The U.S. commonwealth with 3.8-mil-lion people is in a state of emergency. Georges (pronounced zhorzh) could arrive there today, its vortex possibly roaring through the capital of San Juan. At 11 p.m., Georges was at 16.9 degrees north latitude and 61.4 degrees west longitude, or about SAO PAULO, Brazil The financial crisis sweeping the world from East Asia to Russia has reached this sprawling metropolis of 20-million people deep in the heart of South America.

And with elections only two weeks away, it couldn't have come at a worse time for Brazil's president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who is seeking a second term. Or so you would think. In recent months unemployment has been rising and the Letters 9A Lottery 2A Movies 5D Parimutuels 8C Television 7D TimesLine 2A INDEX AnnAbby 2D Astrology 7D Bridge 7D Business 1-20E Classified Comics 8D Crossword 7D Editorials 8A Entertainment 2B Vol. 115 -No. 59 8 sections Tirm Puttofwig Co.