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author Frank McCourt touched by film of his memoir mi SOUNDLIFE Veggies plus Quick one-dish meals and meat is optional FOOD Macro-numbers Microsoft earnings profits still on the rise BUSINESS D1 I WEDNESDAY JANUARY 19 2000 TACOMA WASHINGTON 1 PIERCE COUNTY EDITION 354 i Sill would put restrictions on new drivers -4 Lawmaker proposes 2-year period after teens get licenses By Lm Kiyuhtq The News Tribune two-year trial of practice night-time restrictions and limits on pauengera mainly targeted at high achod students getting behind the whrel for the first time dant think fin infringing on (young drivers) I just want to save their uvea" said Eide a Democrat 1 Under her Senate Bill 6242 a would-be driver would receive an instruction permit for at least six months before applying for a fall license If the driver got a speeding ticket or caused a crash during that six-month period he or she wouldn't receive the license Then parents also would have to verify that their children practiced at least 60 hours with 10 of those hours at night And after all of that teens still wouldn't be allowed to drive with friends under 21 for the first six months Nor could they drive between midnight and 5 am unless it waa for work or achod activities Eide said accidents are less likely with fewer passengers to distract the driver From a teenager to AAA officials to medical Hour see Naw Mum back page A Federal Way lawmaker wants new driven to prove they can navigate the roada safely before the state grants them full driving privi- Tracey Eide haa proposed legislation that would require rookie driven to undergo a MSSlfe fails to fefargd Pentagon at a loss over failure of system developed under Star Wars program Bv Euuacra Bicaza The New York Times LEGISLATURE 2000 i After 16 years the Tacoma Dome has an identity crisis and reconfiguring it may be the key to keeping it Stadium? 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Concert hall? ft Ifi'i WASHINGTON In a serious setback to plans for creating a missile defense system to protect the United States a missile fired from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific failed to hit a mock warhead fired earlier from a California Air Force baae the Pentagon announced Tuesday night It was considered a critical teat since President Clinton is scheduled to deride this summer whether to proceed with full deployment of a multibillion-dollar system to shield the United States from limited missile attacks from North Korea and other potential adversaries It was the first time the Pentagon had tested a fully integrated system of radars and sensors intended to guide the missile as it sped into space in search of the target If the teat had succeeded tire Pentagon would have met its own minimum standard hr advising the president that the technology was feasible for deploying the system in 2005 Instead the military will have one more chance in late April at early May to test the pyatem and prove that it works The administration has imposed a June deadline for the Pentagon to open ita review of the system Tiesday night the Pentagon was at a loss to explain what went wrong "We probably wont have any information telling us why we failed for at least 48 said LLCoL Richard Lehner of die Air Faroes spokesman fir the Rmtqgonk Ballistic Missile Defense Organization There are a lot of people involved we dent even know how off we The interceptor or kill vehicle was tried out in a test in October The interceptor waa pre-programmed to find tttatt set Mbilit beck page rs CN 4 II 4'- vr assf1 4 I I I I I a cj A r- r- 'fll BvDoaBwz The News Tribune The dty is taking the first steps toward a muhimillicn-dollar renovation of the Tacoma Dome that could completely reconfigure the interior of the 16-yeardd building The changes would help the multipurpose arena remain competitive for concerts indoor sporting events and trade shows said Mike Comba Trams Dome director The renovation also could triple the aire of the adjacent exhibition hall Both buildings opened in 1983 'Cunnetitiveneaa is the key issue" Comba said "We are an old budding And not only do we want to be competitive for the acta coming to the building but we want to be competitive for our customers who are coming to those The most obvious change Combs envisions is a complete reconfiguration of the seating area scrapping the expanse of the current fouraided roll-out seating in fevor of a more traditional arena bowl The dome's exterior likely would remain unchanged JMy vision of the remodel of the Tacoma Dome is when you walk in the door for the fust time not going to lode anything Idee what you aee Combs Said' Ift going to be a total new building on the Because ofour size we rrdght be building a building within a -Within that refurbished building Combs expects wider concourses more restrooms improved lighting and aoimd systems more usable floor space improved locker and dressing rooms a new restaurant or sports bar and corporate suites are a great revenue source for the building to keep us in the blade each Combs said aome of the new umller buildings in aome of the smaller market! in the region are putting in corporate suites think in the Trams Dome we could onaily put in 25 or 30 suites and not have any problem selling Combs expects the reconfigured build- Ptease tee DomaM Impotence often prostate surgery result Study shows more men have problems after treatment than previously believed By Sum Domhton The News Tribune I 1 w3vV 'H A- rWA jr Impotence is a much more common side effect of prostate cancer surgery than previously believed says a Seattle researcher who led one of the largest most comprehensive studies on the subject The study which followed 1291 men from six states found that about 60 percent were unable to have sexual intercourse after their prostate glands were removed a procedure called radusl prostatectomy Snii earlier itnilips had mtinmtal impntpnes rafaw nf about 30 percent Tt is a bigger problem I think than people have regarded it to be in the past said Janet Stanford brad of the Fred Hutchinson Canrer Research Centerk Prostate Cancer Research Program and lead scientist on the project The study which will be published today in the Jour-Pfaat see Mfcmt back page Reihi HmetTHe News TWsuw The Tacoma Sabercats (in white) call the Tacoma Dome home and are the building's No 1 tenants But with an expanse of gently pitched seats at and thousands more reaching to the roof above them it's anything but homey INDEX 74 pages 7 sections Lunar eclipse will be visible if clouds part Dear Abbv Movie times J2 Television Thursday forecast not promising but moon-watchers may get lucky TRIBfneTRIBnet' 13 1170) year Inue No 285 2000 The New Ittuns today's press run: 137570 By Smbi Beseem The News Tribune But no matter where you are it will be worth looking for the moan dance -just in case Mossey aaid The eclipse will begin at 6:03 pan It will be complete or total from 8:05 to 9:22 pm The entire sky show will be over shortly before 11:30 pm Tb eiyoy the eclipse all you have to do is go outside and look to the east where the moon will be just above the horizon Mossey said City lights aren't really a problem nor is lack of astronomi- the Northwest since September 1996 The next one wont appear in these parts until November 2003 said Didi Mossey vice preeident of the Tacoma Astronomical Society something you don't see every he said a spectacle a natural curiosity" But according to the National Weather Service forecast it might be a hidden spectacle cloudy with a chance of said meteorologist Chris Burke a pretty good chance you won't be able to see For Eastern Washington the forecast is better -mostly dear TODAY'S WEATHEB Cloudy Highln mid40s Details D6 For more than an hour Thursday night the full moan will glow with an eerie red light as a total lunar edipse unfolds And if the douds part the sky show will be visible throughout North America including Western Washington It will be the first total lunar eclipse visible in 0424(r1 1 1 fc IE 1 ir.