Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from September 1991:
BRANAGH LOOMS LARGE.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Lou Cedrone Baltimore Evening Sun Kenneth Branagh is one of those actors who is able to transform himself on the screen. He looms large, he's almost handsome and he's certainly persuasive. Branagh is equally persuasive in person, but he is not that tall and ...
HERB ALPERT: TRIPLE THREAT TRIES HIP-HOP.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Jonathan Widran Los Angeles Times Syndicate The year is 1962. Kennedy's Cuban missile crisis has passed into the November chill and America's radios are back on the music stations, waiting for something new and exciting. Suddenly, the roar of a recorded bullfight crowd ...
CLASSICAL GRAND SCHUBERT ON PIANOFORTE POP SAM PHILLIPS' HOOKS CRAFTY JAZZ AT TOWN HALL ALLURING HALL ROCK BANG TANGO ADDS NUANCE.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... "Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 90 and 142." Lambert Orkis, fortepianist. (Virgin Classics VC): Orkis is an advocate of new music, having recently given the premiere of a piano concerto by Richard Wernick. And he is a fortepianist, playing both solo and as a member of the Castle ...
TREKKING ROAD LESS TRAVELED WITHOUT A STUDIO, FILMMAKERS BANK ON LUCK AND MONEY.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Hillel Italie Associated Press Jennie Livingston knew little about directing when she started "Paris Is Burning," and had to sell her car to make a five- minute trailer. But six years after this onetime photographer spotted kids "voguing" in a Greenwich ...
SCHOOLS MUST LEARN LESSONS IN FRUGALITY.(Living)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Karen Nelis Staff writer With no funds to hire a new part-time speech therapist, the North Colonie school district decided to spread the existing staff thinner to expand services from four to all six elementary schools this year. In East Greenbush, the boys ...
TALK OF INNOCENCE IN AN AGE OF STRESS.(Living)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Robert Whitaker Staff writer Even in the best of times, high school can be a confusing few years. There are worries about getting into college. About being popular. Dating. Doing well in sports. Parties where there may be pressure to drink or do drugs. Today, ...
FOR A MULTITUDE OF STUDENT- ATHLETES, TIME ON THE PLAYING FIELD IS KING.(Living)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Paul Grondahl Staff writer When Seiko Asai made a special trip this summer with her family to visit relatives in Japan, the Shaker High School junior and three- sport varsity athlete had her mind on something else. "I would have rather gone to soccer camp," concedes ...
CHILDREN FACE LOTS OF TEASING.(Living)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Ray Rinaldi Staff writer On the playground, the only safe place is perfection. Anything less is the danger zone. And for kids who don't measure up, school can turn into a terrifying place. Few children escape being teased at some point in their school ...
HOW TO HELP KIDS COPE WITH RIDICULE.(Living)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Ray Rinaldi Guidance counselors and school psychologists say parents can take some positive steps to help their children deal with teasing. If the situation is serious, involving extreme verbal or physical abuse, parents should take quick action and call the ...
HOW TO TALK WITH YOUR CHILDREN'S TEACHERS.(Living)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Catherine Clabby The National Parents Teachers Association offers some advice on how parents can make the most of meetings with their children's teachers. First, it's important that parents remain calm, according to the PTA. Arguments and blame, even if a ...
PARENTS NEED TO BE PARTNERS IN EDUCATION ALL THROUGH SCHOOL.(Living)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer Reviewing the occasional report card and making sure children get to class each day is not enough if parents want to ensure that schools are meeting their kids' needs, according to educators and parents. Teachers and school ...
A TASTE OF THE BERKSHIRES IN BARRINGTON.(Local)
Sep 01, 1991 ... The second annual "A Taste of the Berkshire Hills" is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, at the bandstand green behind the town hall. A parade will start off the festivities. There will be a ...
DIXIELAND AT THE SCHENECTADY MUSEUM.(Local)
Sep 01, 1991 ... The second annual "Dixieland & All That Jazz" will be at the Scehnectady Museum, Knott Terrace Heights, on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Reservations with ...
LARGER REFRIGERATORS OFFER EXTRAS.(Living)
Sep 01, 1991 ... The first decision you'll make in choosing a new refrigerator is the overall configuration: Should the freezer be above the refrigerator compartment, below it or beside it? Most people choose a top-mounted freezer. About one in five buy a side- by-side model. Very few choose a bottom ...
DESIGN GARDEN FOR MAINTENANCE.(Living)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Phyllis Rosenblum After a day on my hands and knees weeding out plantain and crabgrass while searching for the edge of my gravel driveway, I wondered why I didn't install a sturdy edging when I had the new gravel laid down three years ago. Not only would an edging have ...
GARDEN JOB JAR HANDY AT HOME ANTIQUES AROUND YOUR CONDO DO IT YOURSELF DECORATING.(Home)
Sep 01, 1991 ... There is still time to plant fall crops of leaf lettuce, carrots, beets, and turnips. Be sure to keep seed rows moist until germination is complete. Time is running out to mailorder hardy spring flowering bulbs. Send in orders as soon as possible. New introductions may already ...
GAS LINE SHUT OFF VALVE GIVES HOMEOWNER PEACE OF MIND.(Home)
Sep 01, 1991 ... By Nick Harder Orange County Register For nearly three years, I have followed the debate about valves that can automatically shut off a main gas line in a major earthquake. Last week, I had one installed at my home. I'm breathing a little easier today. ...
ALBANY COUNTY RENSSELAER COUNTY SCHENECTADY CO.(Home)
Sep 01, 1991 ... The following information was obtained by The Times Union, from deed transfers recorded during recent weeks in the various counties listed below. ALBANY 456 New Scotland Ave., Gladys A. Flinn, $103,000; to John D. Berwick and Martha L. Newcomb. 4 Sumit ...
COLLECTION BOASTS RARELY SEEN WORKS.(Travel)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Ann Jarmusch Copley News Service The famed glints of Rembrandt's genius will flash to an international audience when Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum hosts the exhibition "Rembrandt: The Master and His Workshop." While flourishing (and ultimately floundering) in ...
REMBRANDT'S AMSTERDAM TRAVELING EXHIBIT TO HONOR ARTIST'S WORKS.(Travel)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Ann Jarmusch Copley News Service The name and swaggering image of Rembrandt van Rijn still rumble through Amsterdam - from the famed paintings in the Rijksmuseum to Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum and corner bars bearing the artist's name and jaunty likeness. ...
VACATIONING HOTELIERS PROWL FOR NEW IDEAS.(Travel)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Chris Barnett Copley News Service What do America's top hoteliers do on their vacations or free time? Prowl other hotels, often snooping for good ideas to snatch. Others overnight in a competitor's hostelry to sample a rival's style and service firsthand. ...
COST OF A PASSPORT GOES UP ON NOV. 1 OUTLET CAPITAL AWARD-WINNER WINE-COUNTRY GUIDE BIG APPLE BY AIR GREAT GORILLAS ARIZONA ADVENTURES MEXICO ADVISORY AUSSIE RAILWAY UTAH YEAR-ROUND.(Travel)
Sep 01, 1991 ... The cost of an adult U.S. passport will increase from $35 to $55 under a proposal by the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs that is to take effect Nov. 1. In addition, a fee of $10 will be added for those getting a passport for the first time, or for those who want to ...
SAVE THE APOLLO ONCE AGAIN THE LEGENDARY THEATER IS UNDER THE GUN.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Leonard Pitts Jr. Knight-Ridder Newspapers She is a legendary entertainment showcase, a theater named for a Greek God, Apollo, and born in a time and place almost as mythical. The time, the '20s and '30s - the Jazz Age. The place, a community in New York City that Dutch ...
MUSEUM SHOW LOOKS AT WORLD THROUGH VERY STRANGE GLASSES.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Martin Moynihan Staff writer Unlike Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate," the American eyeglass industry siezed at the first oportunity upon a new material: Plastics. Plastics made possible a bewilderingly strange assortment of eyeglass frames. Glasses resembling ...
GLIMMERGLASS JOINS WORLD OF OPERA SPA ARTS GO TENTING AN ARTS DEVELOPMENT.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... American Public Radio's World of Opera came to Cooperstown to record Glimmerglass Opera's production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Il Re Pastore" ("The Shepherd King") for broadcast release Saturday, Nov. 23. In residence at the Alice Busch Opera Theatre for nine days, producer ...
FANS ARE FED UP WITH BOLTON-BASHING WILLIAMS WAS WRONG.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... TO THE EDITOR: Once again, Michael Eck writes a nasty article (After Dark, Aug. 15) about Michael Bolton. Well, I am sick and tired of his Michael Bolton-bashing. I am wondering if Mr. Eck has a personal vendetta against Michael Bolton. I thought his review of Mr. Bolton's ...
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OFFERS ACTING CLASS.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Keith Eagle will lead a new Hudson Valley Community College Continuing Education class for adults entitled "Acting Skills for Film, Stage, and Life," from 6:30 to 9:30 ...
NEW 45 RPMS SPINNING A PROFIT.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: William H. Sokolic Knight-Ridder Newspapers The recording industry dealt a death blow to vinyl records with the advent of cassettes and CDs in the last decade. But one Pennsylvania company has not only helped rescue vinyl from the grave, but has thrived in the process. ...
RAITT SINGING OUT FOR ENVIRONMENT.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... When Bonnie Raitt performs at 8 p.m. today at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, a portion of the evening's proceeds will be donated to three local environmental organizations. Holders of the special tickets can also attend a reception in the singer's honor following the ...
BENNINGTON'S BLUE BENN A DINER WITH ATTITUDE.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Jackie Demaline Executive entertainment editor Mr. Basic Four and I love fall because it gives us a good excuse to hit the road, and at least once or twice a foliage season we make sure that road leads to Vermont, and that at mealtime we're somewhere in the neighborhood ...
BARBER OPERA ANTICIPATED.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: ron Belt Newhouse News Service When Lyric Opera of Chicago introduces its new production of Samuel Barber's "Antony and Cleopatra" Sept. 25, admirers of that gorgeous opera finally should experience a worthy performance. Composed for the opening of Lincoln ...
NON-FICTION FICTION.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... "In the Eye of the Storm: The Life of Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf." By Roger Cohen and Claudio Gatti. Farrar Straus Giroux. $19.95. "In the Eye of the Storm" suffers many of the deficiencies of quickie books about popular figures - in this case Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the obscure ...
MEN'S SELF-DISCOVERY NOW POPULAR SUBJECT.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Jocelyn McClurg Hartford Courant "What Do Men Really Want?" Newsweek asked earlier this summer in its cover story on the burgeoning men's movement. Whether they want it or not, men are in store for more books telling them how to be men. One look at the ...
SEXTON BIOGRAPHER NOTES ALL FLAWS.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Colin McEnroe J ohn McDonald's character Travis McGee used to say you should never go to bed with anybody who has more problems than you do. Modern biographers, especially literary biographers, seem to have stood this advice on its head. You have to have a ...
THEATER GROUPS JOIN TO PRODUCE MAMET PLAY.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Shakespeare & Company and the Great Barrington-based Mixed Company theater ensemble are presenting a joint production of David Mamet's two-character "A Life in the Theatre" on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings through Sept. 4 at Mixed Company, 37 Rosseter St. in Great Barrington. ...
HEAVENS INSPIRE AMOS ACTOR PENS PLAY WITH NOD TO ELDERLY.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Winifred Yu Staff writer The last time Halley's Comet soared near Earth, in 1986, actor John Amos strolled outdoors for a peek. He paused to look skyward, and found himself standing beside an elderly gentleman who was also gazing up. They didn't speak, but ...
CELEBRITY TRACKER DISPLAYS CATCH.(Show)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Winifred Yu Staff writer They say the thrill is in the chase. If it's true, James Anderson has had plenty of thrills. The 64-year-old retired General Electric worker has spent a good deal of his life chasing down celebrities, lurking in theaters, waiting in ...
THE CURIOUS COMMISSION.(Perspective)(Editorial)
Sep 01, 1991 ... A Fredric Dicker Anti-Semite Uproar Review Commission has been formed. Part of its ostensible purpose is to examine "scholarly literature" that purports to document the truthfulness of the charges made by one Prof. Leonard Jeffries of the City University of New York. Whoa, ...
THE TURNING WHEEL.(Perspective)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Dan Lynch On a cloudy day in late summer of 1965, the old man loaded me and my duffel bag into his Chevy station wagon and drove me several hours from home - to a foreign land called North Philadelphia. If you've never seen North Philadelphia, try to imagine ...
VACATION'S NO TIME FOR FUN AND GAMES.(Perspective)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Bettina Stoller I am sorting through huge piles of mail and laundry before tackling the food shopping, and thinking that I desperately need a vacation. The problem is, I just got back from one. This may sound contradictory, but anyone who has ever spent a week at a ...
FBI HAS WRONG MAN, SAYS FRAUD SUSPECT.(Main)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer The way embezzlement suspect William Crosby tells it, the heap of money missing from First General Employees Federal Credit Union never ended up in his pockets. "Hey, if I had that kind of money, I'd be somewhere where it's warm and ...
PENSIONS FATTEN STATE PAYCHECKS.(Main)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Tom Precious Capitol bureau Richard Weber retired from his $44,000-a-year post with the state Senate's research office last September. Less than two months later he was back at his old office, this time making $25 an hour. Since then the part-time job has ...
BALTICS AWAIT U.S. WORD.(Main)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Combined wire services President Bush hinted broadly Saturday that he would formally recognize Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia as independent states Monday. Informed administration officials also said the United States is seeking further reductions in strategic ...
SOVIETS PLAN DEBATE ON NEW GOVERNMENT 2 REPUBLICS QUIT UNION.(Main)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Combined wire services As two more republics joined the exodus from the dissolving Soviet Union, the nation's legislature set the scene Saturday for a crucial Congress of People's Deputies debate on a new system of government. The congress, the highest ...
'JERRY'S ORPHANS' PUSH BOYCOTT OF TELETHON.(Main)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Bob Dyer Knight-Ridder One year ago, when Cris Matthews rolled her wheelchair across the room and picked up Parade magazine, she nearly hit the roof. Matthews, a former muscular dystrophy poster child, could not believe the cover story, written by entertainer ...
EXPERTS RECONSIDERING TOXIC-WASTE CLEANUPS.(Main)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Peter Passell New York Times A decade after Washington declared war on businesses that expose the public to hazardous wastes, environmental experts are questioning the unquestionable. While acknowledging that no level of exposure to dangerous chemicals is ...
SOVIET ARMY FACES TROOP CUTBACKS.(Main)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Combined wire services The Kremlin's post- Communist army will be smaller, cheaper and mostly volunteer, responsible for nuclear weapons and border defense, say the new defense minister and other Soviet officials. Its purse strings will be held closely by ...
U.S. LOSES FOCUS OF POLICY.(Main)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Andrew Rosenthal New York Times Just when the United States had adjusted to the idea that the Kremlin had turned from implacable enemy to benign adversary, the breathtaking events in the Soviet Union have forced the country to confront the possibility that soon there may ...
IN ONCE-ECHOING CORRIDORS, HOPE NO LONGER NAIVE.(Perspective)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Richard Wexler O leg Kabanov was getting nervous. Fourteen restless reporters killing time were hanging around the lobby of the building where he worked. They were telling jokes and taking pictures of each other on the main stairway. The building looked a ...
DISABLED SOLDIERS TREATED POORLY.(Perspective)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Kevin Luibrand O n Sept. 29, 1990, the prewar military buildup in the Persian Gulf had been going on for nearly two months. Sgt. Byron K. Ferrell had arrived in Saudi Arabia from Fort Campbell, Ky., three weeks earlier with the 2nd Platoon of the 17th Cavalry, a ...
GLASS CEILING SHATTERING IT COULD CHANGE THE RULES.(Perspective)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Caryl Rivers I t's official. The Glass Ceiling exists. This is not news to a lot of people who have lumps from bumping against it, but now the Bush administration has certified that women and minorities have trouble moving up in corporate America. Secretary of ...
HEAVY HITTERS MISSING IN CHINA'S UPRISING.(Perspective)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Steven A. Leibo I t all looked so familiar. After several years of allowing a greater openness to the outside world, a totalitarian communist government tried abruptly to withdraw the new freedoms. The masses in the streets, tanks with their frightful turrets ...
BHUTTO REGROUPS TO BEGIN NEW BATTLE.(Perspective)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Sharon Herbaugh Associated Press After a year of biting her tongue, Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has begun redrawing the battle lines with the Islamic conservatives who followed her to power. However, with little control in Parliament, money woes, and ...
THE LAWS OF NATURE AREN'T WRITTEN TO PROTECT THIS HUMAN.(Perspective)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Dave Barry Recently, I had to pay several hundred dollars to get my car started, and do you want to know why? Nature, that's why. It's getting out of control. Now before I get a lot of angry mail on recycled paper, let me stress that, generally, I'm in favor ...
3 ARRESTED ON CRACK COCAINE CHARGES.(Local)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Three Rensselaer residents remained in Rensselaer County Jail Saturday after they were arrested the night before on crack cocaine possession charges, police said. Another resident also was arrested but later released on her own recognizance after town police stopped the vehicle ...
KESSELRING SITE MAKES GOOD IMPRESSION ON NEIGHBORS NUCLEAR FACILITY PART OF SARATOGA COUNTY COMMUNITY.(Local)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Michael Lopez Staff writer In rural Saratoga County, where the air at dusk smells like mint and freshly mown grass, thousands of sailors are stationed at the Kesselring Site, a 3,900-acre naval installation screened by acres of woods. The site is an ...
CAMPAIGN NOT SO TRIVIAL.(Local)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Fred LeBrun By a sign you shall know them. That is, if it's not raining, in which case Richie Meyers' signs are apt to turn to wet toilet paper because they aren't union-made. Or unless George Nealon's ever-diligent public works personnel have removed Jack ...
SCOTTISH GAMES HEAVENLY.(Local)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Mark J. McGuire Staff writer To a Scotsman the bagpipe, not the harp, is the instrument of angels, a melodic tool that can bring a smile or a tear quickly to one's face. More than 9,000 Scotsmen, women and pseudo-Highlanders gathered Saturday to hear this ...
RIVERS' COMMERCIAL, RECREATIONAL REBIRTH FULL SPEED AHEAD.(Local)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Mark J. McGuire Staff writer The Hudson River and its tributaries have been utilitarian waterways since before the Industrial Revolution. The rivers have served as thoroughfares for goods and people, a source of energy for factories and a dumping ground for waste. ...
FRESHMEN GET PRIMER IN CONTROL.(Local)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Karen Nelis Staff writer Along with information about registration and academic requirements, college freshmen these days are being inundated with facts about the dangers of drinking and advice on preventing sexual assault. Several well-publicized incidents ...
WACHTLER TO UNDO COURT REFORMS.(Local)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: John Caher Staff writer With a budget $35 million below the minimum he says is needed to support the state courts, Chief Judge Sol Wachtler plans to begin dismantling a system that took him six years to build. Wachtler, who has attempted to make judicial ...
MALTA PAYS MORE IN THE LONG RUN.(Local)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Chris Sturgis Staff writer Sometimes it's cheaper to pay more. Last month, state Supreme Court Justice Loren N. Brown ruled that the 4.25-acre parcel where the new town hall stands was worth $263,947 when the town took it by condemnation in 1987 ....
FEMALE CASEWORKER ADMITS HAVING SEX WITH MALE CLIENT, 15.(Local)
Sep 01, 1991 ... A caseworker formerly employed with the Northeast Parent and Child Society admitted in court Friday that she had sex with a 15-year-old male client. Christina New, 28, of Steuben Drive, Guilderland, pleaded guilty to third-degree sodomy and third-degree rape, ...
STATE ENJOYS GOOD YEAR FOR TOURISM.(Local)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Joel Stashenko Associated Press The smiles on the faces of operators of New York's top tourist attractions are as bright as the sun that shone so relentless across the state throughout the summer of 1991. Despite fears of stay-at-home vacationers, tightfisted ...
HUSBAND-WIFE TEAM MARRIED TO THE FIGHT FOR TENANTS' RIGHTS THOUGH ISSUES CHANGE, PROBLEMS REMAIN.(Local)
Sep 01, 1991 ... Byline: Richard Wexler Staff writer They met during a rent strike. When their children were younger, they didn't play cowboys and Indians, they played landlords and tenants. Roger and Maria Markovics have devoted their adult lives to advocating for renters, ...