February 20, 1998 in Seven Milo O’Shea and Janeane Garofalo star in “The Matchmaker.”

February 20, 1998 in Seven Shogun is calling its new addition a “sushi palace.” And the space is, indeed, palatial. To reach it, you stroll over a bridge, past the waterfall in the entry, through …

February 20, 1998 in Seven Woody Harrelson, Elisabeth Shue, and Michael Rapaport in “Palmetto,” the story of an ex-reporter (Harrelson) who fakes a kidnapping.

February 20, 1998 in Seven Julie Christie in “Afterglow.”

February 20, 1998 in Seven Brad Dourif and Marlon Wayans experiment with a drug that heightens sensitivity in “Senseless.”

February 20, 1998 in Seven The talk of the film industry, and now the music business, is “Titanic.” The box-office success of the film about the 1912 ship disaster is widely known, and now the …

February 20, 1998 in Seven Ben Stiller, left, is investigator Bill Pullman’s assistant in “Zero Effect.’

February 20, 1998 in Seven (Scene from film)

February 20, 1998 in Seven Slavic music, even 20th-century Slavic music, is dotted with rhythms of dances like the polka and spun with melodies that sound like something sung by a Polish herdsman or Hungarian …

February 20, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Seattle Seahawks will return to Cheney for training camp this summer and might bring a preseason game to Albi Stadium in Spokane. The Seahawks have reached a three-year agreement …

February 20, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Spokane health district is asking the state for almost $1 million to help vaccinate schoolchildren and jail inmates against hepatitis A. Dr. Kim Thorburn, health officer for the Spokane …

February 20, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Spreading diversity The Sibikwa players from South Africa perform Thursday at the Panida Theater in Sandpoint for high school students. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

February 20, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Doug Cresswell, president of the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations, discusses the panel’s response to the Aryan Nations’ request for a parade permit. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review

February 20, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce is tiptoeing through a minefield over its support for the proposed Rock Creek mine in Montana. On Thursday, the vice chairman of the chamber’s …

February 20, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 An Iraqi father holds his son Thursday during a military training session for volunteers on the outskirts of Baghdad. Photo by Associated Press

February 20, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Larry Wayne Harris, foreground, and William J. Leavitt Jr. are escorted from federal court in Las Vegas on Thursday. Photo by Associated Press

February 20, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 (Photo of the Rio Carnival parade)

February 20, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 “I think the whole matter is something best left between Hillary and Bill,” Ellen Lewis of Secaucus, N.J., tells Rep. Steve Rothman at an Acme market, where he was finding …

February 20, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ten years ago: U.S. figure skater Brian Boitano won the gold medal in the men’s competition at the Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Canada, with Brian Orser of Canada placing …

February 20, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 1792: President Washington signed an act creating the U.S. Post Office. 1809: The Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state. …

February 20, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Thursday’s Washington Triple Choice: 2-6-6. Thursday’s Washington Keno: 5-6-17-18-21-27-29-30-33-36-38-40-46-49- 57-59-61-71-74-75.

February 20, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 Four Air Force officers made a life-or-death decision to eject from their bomber when the cockpit quickly filled with smoke - apparently without knowing if the crippled plane would crash …

February 20, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 President Clinton tests water samples with Andrew Wilson and Marsha White of the Living Classroom Foundation in Baltimore on Thursday. Photo by Associated Press