The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from November 1990:
JUDGE LIMITS AWARD IN AIDS SUIT TO $750,000
Nov 01, 1990 ... A federal judge in Boston has limited the money anAIDS-infected Marine Corps officer may collect for emotionaldamages in the AIDS-related deaths of his wife and son to $750,000.However, the award based on economic damages is yet to bedetermined.US District Judge Rya ...
GOVERNOR DISPUTES SILBER'S FIGURES
Nov 01, 1990; ... Gov. Dukakis said yesterday that Democratic gubernatorialcandidate John Silber's harsh attack on his administration for itshandling of construction projects does not appear to correspondwith the facts."We're just going to have to straighten him out," Dukakissaid, referring ...
INSURER BACKS STUDY OF CANCER TREATMENT
Nov 01, 1990; ... And finally, some good news on the bureaucratic front.Normally, when a promising treatment comes along, doctors testit on more and more patients until it is is deemed safe andeffective enough to cross the line between "experimental" andstandard practice. And usually, health ...
HOPE RAISED FOR BOYS WITH DEADLY DISEASE
Nov 01, 1990; ... There is also good, but highly preliminary, news this week forpatients with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, an inherited conditionthat strikes one in every 3,500 boys. Caused by a defective gene, DMD leads to progressive muscledeterioration and death by about age 20, usually from ...
CRUSHING NEWS FOR GALLSTONES
Nov 01, 1990; ... If you have gallstones, AND 20 million Americans do, the goodnews is that there are now several new ways to get rid of themwithout extensive abdominal surgery, according to this week's NewEngland Journal of Medicine.One report, by a consortium of 10 hospitals, shows that a ...
A PEOPLE'S MIGRATION AS REFUGEES STREAM WEST, 'HEROES' BECOME A HEADACHE
Nov 01, 1990; ... One in a series of occasional articles. VIENNA - They come at night, slipping through the forests thatdivide Hungary from Austria. Or they try to come by plane, hopingto evade the border guards who now watch the airport. Sometimesthey hide in the trunks of cars. "If I had ...
MAGELLAN TO RESUME SURVEY OF VENUS
Nov 01, 1990; ... PASADENA, Calif. - The spacecraft Magellan will resumetaking pictures of Venus next week after engineers fix a computerprogramming flaw that is causing a wobble in its twin solar powerpanels, NASA said yesterday. Meanwhile, a Soviet scientist working on the Magellan ...
SHIITE MILITIAS ACCEPT BEIRUT CEASE-FIRE
Nov 01, 1990; ... BEIRUT - Rival Shiite Moslem factions agreed to begin acease-fire yesterday and withdraw forces, but some officials wonderhow much control the warlords are willing to relinquish in light ofa history of past truces that quickly collapsed. Police reported that the cease-fire ...
STAY OF EXECUTION UPHELD FOR KILLER OF 4 IN MISSOURI
Nov 01, 1990; ... POTOSI, Mo. - Two federal courts upheld a stay of executionyesterday for a man convicted of killing four persons during arobbery a decade ago. Maurice Oscar Byrd had been scheduled to die by lethalinjection at 12:01 a.m. today. The execution was blocked last weekby a ...
ONION NAN
Nov 01, 1990 ... Delectable, varied breads are among the jewels of Indian cuisine. Some -- flat and unleavened, usually made with whole wheat flour-- are every day breads made in Indian homes. Others, consideredfancier, are popular in Indian restaurants and made with whiteflour, patted flat and slapped on ...
ROMANCE STILL FLOURISHES AFTER A QUARTER CENTURY
Nov 01, 1990; ... Cafe Budapest * * * 90 Exeter St., Boston. Telephone 734-3388 PRICES: Expensive. Appetizers, $7-$14.50. Entrees, $19.50-$33. Desserts, $5.50-$12. Luncheon entrees, $8.50-$24. GOOD CHOICES: Stuffed mushroom crepe, goose liver with truffles, cream of ...
ITALIAN CHARM AND CUISINE AT HULL RESTAURANT
Nov 01, 1990; ... LA GALLERIA 276 Nantasket Ave., Hull. TELEPHONE: 925-9704 HOURS: Monday through Friday 5-11 p.m., Saturday and Sunday noon-10 p.m. For handicapped persons: Street level entrance; all facilities on one floor. Sometimes you find the best places by ...
A CLUB WITH A VIEW
Nov 01, 1990; ... Can Boston support another dance club in these strange times? Theowner of the Harbor Club hopes so. Carl Miranda has lavished$700,000-plus on the new 1,200-capacity club, which sits in modern,post-industrial splendor on Northern Avenue -- across fromAnthony's Pier 4 and the World Trade ...
MUSIC SERIES RUNS ON POSITIVE ENERGY
Nov 01, 1990; ... The Ashmont Hill Chamber Music Series is a little bit like theengine that could. Jumpstarted by professional musicians whohappened to live near each other in Dorchester's Ashmont sectionand stoked by neighborhood volunteer power, the series has keptitself going with I-think-I-can energy and ...
LOS LOBOS FOUND TROUBLE AT THE TOP
Nov 01, 1990; ... Most bands assume a No. 1 hit cures everything. Los Lobos reachedthat height three years ago with "La Bamba," a remake of a vintageRitchie Valens tune. But their sudden chart success was a "mixedblessing," says drummer Louis Perez."There were many positive things from 'La Bamba,' ...
DEBUSSY RECITAL DUBRAVKA TOMSIC STRADIVARI
Nov 01, 1990; ... A series of budget recordings made in Yugoslavia brought pianistDubravka Tomsic to the attention of American music-lovers andrevived her international career. She is proud of the recordings.She also recognizes they have limitations -- there are few goodpianos in Yugoslavia. When she ...
THE DARLING BUDS CRAWDADDY COLUMBIA
Nov 01, 1990; ... Two years ago, the Darling Buds became a UK pop sensation on thebasis of their sterling "Pop Said" debut. In the United States,they didn't make a mark -- a casualty of criminal industryindifference and, maybe, backlash against the "blonde wave"pop-punk blitz from Britain. A pity. But the ...
ROBERT CRAY BLUES PERSUADER
Nov 01, 1990; ... Robert Cray doesn't seem to mind talking about it. He's nodoubt talked about it dozens of times since that fateful Aug. 27night at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin, where he shared a bill withfellow bluesmen Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy. Itwas to be Vaughan's last show, ...
LATEST TV AD PORTRAYS MORE SYMPATHETIC SILBER
Nov 01, 1990; ... Democratic gubernatorial nominee John Silber, whosetemperament returned to the fore as an issue last week with acontroversial statement linking working mothers and child neglect,has begun airing another television advertisement that presents himin a softer light.The ...
ANTI-IRAQ COALITION TIGHTENS RANKS BUSH'S RATINGS SLIP AND HIS FOCUS SHIFTS
Nov 01, 1990; ... WASHINGTON - With a new Globe poll showing hisjobperformance rating below 50 percent for the first time since hetook office, President Bush today begins a six-day campaign swingaimed at restoring a leadership image tarnished by the budget fightlast month with Congress. ...
SAWYER AD SPARKS HARSHBARGER RETORT
Nov 01, 1990; ... The candidates for attorney general engaged in somemudslinging yesterday as both camps swapped accusations over atelevision commercial being aired by Republican William C. Sawyer.In his ad, Sawyer accuses his opponent, Middlesex DistrictAttorney L. Scott Harshbarger, of ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Nov 01, 1990 ... Q. I am new in town and am looking for a club for tallpeople. Is there one in the Boston area?M.M., Cambridge A. Founded in 1983 and boasting a membership of more than260, the Boston Beanstalks Tall Club is open to men who are sixfeet 2 inches tall or taller and women ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Nov 01, 1990 ... Q. Why is a $10 bill called a sawbuck?R.K., Abington A. One definition in Webster's New World Dictionary describesa sawbuck as a type of sawhorse "with the legs projecting above thecrossbar" to form the letter 'X.' That letter, of course, is theRoman numeral for 10 ....
ASK THE GLOBE
Nov 01, 1990 ... Q. If I were to walk three miles in 45 minutes, how manycalories would I work off?M.M., Stoneham A. On average, you should burn somewhat in excess ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Nov 01, 1990 ... Q. What are Boston's latitude and longitude coordinates?M.P., Belmont A. The 1990 World Almanac and Book of Facts places Boston at42 degrees, 21 ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Nov 01, 1990 ... Q. How many Academy Awards did "The Caine Mutiny" win?G.K., Wakefield A. Believe it or not, the film did not win any. TheHollywood Reporter Book of Box Office Hits says the memorable 1954production, based on Herman Wouk's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,was nominated for ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Nov 01, 1990 ... Q. At one time, two situation comedies preceded "The LoveBoat," which was on ABC-TV from 9-10 p.m. Saturdays, followed by"Fantasy Island" from 10-11 p.m. What were those programs?J.S., BostonA. The lead-ins were "Carter Country" (8-8:30 p.m.) and "ApplePie" (8:30-9). But, ...
MAYOR DECRIES US DRUG CHIEF'S LAWRENCE VISIT
Nov 01, 1990; ... LAWRENCE - Mayor Kevin Sullivan lashed out yesterday at USdrug program director William Bennett for agreeing to campaign forGOP congressional candidate John MacGovern after spurning requestsfrom Sullivan to help the city fight drugs.Tomorrow, Bennett will become the ...
AN OUTSIDE CALL AND AN INSIDER
Nov 01, 1990; ... My professional embarrassment this morning has nearly caused mean inability to perform here professionally. My employer has chosento endorse William Weld for governor, and I certainly understandthat this happens to be his right because, after all, the publisherruns the place, signs all ...
4TH BODY FOUND AFTER WELL BLAST IN LOUISIANA
Nov 01, 1990; ... GRAND ISLE, La. - The Coast Guard yesterday recovered thebody of a fourth worker killed when a southern Louisiana gas wellexploded in flames Tuesday evening, and the search continued for afifth man who is presumed dead. A sixth man was seriously injured in the blast, ...
SOME WOMEN'S BONE LOSS TIED TO FAILURE TO OVULATE MONTHLY
Nov 01, 1990; ... Many young women with apparently normal menstrual periods donot ovulate every month and as a result may lose significantamounts of bone mass annually, according to a study published today.Until now, doctors have believed that as long as a woman wasmenstruating she was ...
BURIED IN THE BUDGET ACCORD, SOME AID FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS
Nov 01, 1990; ... WASHINGTON - The new national budget carries a pledge fromleading Democratic legislators to try to spend billions of dollarsmore for black colleges and inner-city programs. It also makes iteasier for Holocaust survivors to get Medicaid nursing home aid. Other provisions ...
KENNETH B. CAHILL, 67 SALEM POSTMASTER FOR 15 YEARS
Nov 01, 1990 ... Kenneth B. Cahill of Salem, that city's postmaster from 1972until his retirement in 1987, died yesterday in Beth IsraelHospital. He was 67.Born in Lynn, Mr. Cahill graduated from St. Mary's Boys HighSchool there and served in the Army during World War II. He joinedthe ...
TOASTING BREAKTHROUGH
Nov 01, 1990 ... Two French workers, standing yesterday near the entrance to theEnglish Channel tunnel in Sangatte, are still celebrating the dayafter a 2-inch "mouse hole" link was opened ...
INSTALLATION
Nov 01, 1990 ... Artist Lowry Burgess with his "Boundless Cubic Lunar Aperture"outside the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln yesterday. The work of art,which orbited the earth in the space shuttle Discovery last year,is made up of six holographic ...
DESTROYING NERVE GAS
Nov 01, 1990 ... An Army technician prepares a 4 1/2 - nch nerve gas shell forbeing "demilitarized," taking out its firing pin and explosives, atthe country's ...
THIN LIVING
Nov 01, 1990 ... Passersby ponder the entrance to Britain's narrowest home, 4 feet10 inches wide at the front and 14 feet 8 inches at the back. ThePortsmouth ...
BIKING BUDDIES
Nov 01, 1990 ... This bicycle built for two, recently introduced in Munich forabout $1,200, allows its riders to chat more easily, but ...
SEARCH ENDS FOR BODIES IN CONN.; FOCUS NOW ON IDENTIFYING REMAINS
Nov 01, 1990; ... Federal and state authorities yesterday concluded theirsearch for bodies in an alleged Mafia graveyard in Hamden, Conn.,and said investigators are now focusing on identifying thoseskeletal remains already discovered.As darkness began to fall on Halloween night, soil ...
QUESTION 3 SEEN HITTING BOSTON HARD
Nov 01, 1990; ... Passage of Question 3, the tax rollback referendum, wouldforce Boston to reduce basic services provided by its police, fireand hospital departments, according to an analysis releasedyesterday by the Boston Municipal Research Bureau.The bureau, a business-backed fiscal ...
CORRECTION
Nov 01, 1990 ... CORRECTION: Because of a typing error, a chart in yesterday'sMetro/Region section listed an incorrect figure for the cost ...
CORRECTION
Nov 01, 1990 ... CORRECTION: Because of a reporting error, a story in yesterday'sMetro/Region section on the murder trial of William E ....
A HARVARD BID FOR MIT'S DEUTCH FORMER PROVOST REPORTEDLY OFFERED CHAIR IN APPLIED TECHNOLOGY, PUBLIC POLICY
Nov 01, 1990; ... John M. Deutch, who quit as provost of MassachusettsInstitute of Technology after losing out on a chance at the MITpresidency, has been offered a tenured position at HarvardUniversity .Harvard and MIT sources said yesterday that Deutch has notsaid whether he will accept ...
WITNESS PLACES DINKINS AT MURDER SCENE
Nov 01, 1990; ... The father of 16 - ear-old Junior Fernandez testifiedyesterday that he saw murder defendant William E. Dinkins sittingon a porch next to the family's grocery store in Dorchester minutesbefore Fernandez' son was gunned down across the street afterleaving work.Francisco ...
DUKAKIS SAYS DOMESTIC FAILURES WILL LEAVE BUSH VULNERABLE IN '92
Nov 01, 1990; ... Gov. Dukakis said yesterday he thinks President Bush, hisrival in the 1988 presidential campaign, will be politicallyvulnerable in 1992 because of his failure to develop a domesticagenda."You don't get a sense that he has a very clear idea of whathe wants to do here at ...
ALABAMA DEBATE OVER NON-DEBATE
Nov 01, 1990; ... MOBILE, Ala. - The Republican candidate for Senate, BillCabaniss says incumbent Sen. Howell Heflin is a "political coward"for canceling a scheduled television debate. "He has become yourtypical politician who doesn't have the guts to come home and tellus what he's really been doing, what ...
ANCHORAGE MAYOR IS SEEN AS VICTOR
Nov 01, 1990; ... ANCHORAGE - Mayor Tom Fink apparently has won reelection by alittle more than 1,000 votes, but city officials worked yesterdayto examine 3,400 challenged or absentee ballots. With all precinctscounted, Fink edged his Democratic challenger, Rick Mystrom, by30,338 to 29,245 votes in ...
CUOMO RIVAL SEES A DEFICIT VICTORY
Nov 01, 1990; ... ALBANY, N.Y. - The Republican gubernatorial candidate, PierreRinfret, claimed a victory yesterday in a lawsuit against Gov.Mario M. Cuomo over New York's fiscal problems. Rinfret saidCuomo's announcement Tuesday night that he had ordered a freeze onstate agency hiring, travel and outside ...
DAVID DUKE LOOKS AT GOVERNORSHIP
Nov 01, 1990; ... WASHINGTON - David Duke, the Louisiana legislator and former KuKlux Klan member, said yesterday he is inclined to run for governorin 1992. Duke, a Republican state representative and former Ku KluxKlan leader, ran an unsuccessful race for the US Senate this fall,but he ran more strongly ...
GOP FUND-RAISING DECLINES FROM '89
Nov 01, 1990; ... WASHINGTON - National Republican campaign committees havesuffered multimillion-dollar drops in receipts and spending fromthe last nonpresidential election campaign, the Federal ElectionCommission said yesterday. The committees still have spent far morethan their Democratic counterparts, ...
WALPOLE INMATE ESCAPES DURING HOSPITAL VISIT
Nov 01, 1990; ... Kenneth S. Bernstein, a prison inmate convicted last year inconnection with a hostage-taking in Newton, escaped custody at aBoston hospital yesterday with the help of a woman armed with ahandgun, authorities said.The escape occurred around 11 a.m. at the Lemuel ...
HARRY P. GOLDSTEIN, 94 BOSTON LAWYER FOR 60 YEARS
Nov 01, 1990 ... Harry P. Goldstein, a Boston lawyer for six decades, diedMonday in the West Boca Medical Center, Boca Raton, Fla., wherehe lived in retirement. He was 94 and a former resident ofBrookline.Born in Salem, Mr. Goldstein graduated from Harvard College in1918 and Harvard Law ...
COUNCIL VULNERABLE TO SHAKEUP
Nov 01, 1990; ... In years past, Executive Council members usually felt safein their reelection bids.But the anti-incumbent fever of voters this year, combinedwith the furor over council actions on judicial nominations and theNew Braintree prison, means that nothing can be taken for ...
ANTI-IRAQ COALITION TIGHTENS RANKS SOVIET SAYS THAT FORCE CAN BE USED IF NEEDED
Nov 01, 1990; ... WASHINGTON - The international coalition arrayed againstIraq closed ranks yesterday, with President Bush expressing disgustover Iraq's treatment of American hostages and the Soviet Union'sspecial envoy in the region saying force could be used against Iraqif necessary.The ...
NEW FEAR STALKS THE BEAT OF SMALL-TOWN POLICE: GUNS
Nov 01, 1990; ... WINDSOR, Vt. - The scene was not new to Patrick Foley: apoliceman down, shot in the stomach. Firefighters forced to divefor cover. A woman, out for a walk with her child, hit in the headby a stray shot.To Foley, Windsor's police chief, it looked like the SouthBronx, where ...
NADER TO LEAD A PROTEST OF HARVARD SEARCH PROCESS
Nov 01, 1990; ... Consumer advocate Ralph Nader is scheduled to lead a campusprotest at Harvard University tomorrow to press for more studentinvolvement in Harvard's search for a new president.Students at Harvard have been complaining in recent weeks thatthe search process is too closed, and ...
'MANO A MANO' FOR MAYOR IN '91
Nov 01, 1990; ... COUNCILOR AT LARGE Albert L. O'Neil said out loud yesterday whatmany in City Hall have been thinking lately: that Councilor atLarge Michael J. McCormack is thinking seriously about making amayoral run in 1991.O'Neil's comments followed a disagreement on the councilfloor, in which ...
GOP AIDE'S WISH: DUKAKIS IN '92
Nov 01, 1990; ... GEORGE BUSH'S popularity has dropped precipitously in the lastmonth, but as his operatives look around, one opponent they don'tseem to be worried about in 1992 is Gov. Dukakis, whosefavorability rating is far lower. Told that Dukakis seemed to beenjoying the heat Bush is taking for his ...
MAN OF THE HOUSE IS SET TO RETURN
Nov 01, 1990; ... HOUSE SPEAKER George Keverian is expected to be back at worktoday, and possibly at the House podium for the informal session.The Everett lawmaker has been in the hospital trying to lose weightafter complaining of shortness of breath. Since he lost to Rep.William Galvin of Brighton ...
BULGER PROWLS THE CHABLIS CIRCUIT
Nov 01, 1990; ... SENATE PRESIDENT William Bulger continues his politicalperegrinations through the liberal wards of his 1st SuffolkDistrict, seeking votes in his race against Back Bay veterinarianJohn DeJong.Former state Rep. Thomas Vallely, a liberal darling when inthe House, is hosting a ...
WELD TV AD APPEARS TIME-WARPED
Nov 01, 1990; ... THE LATEST TV AD from William Weld's gubernatorial campaigngives the impression that it includes file footage of near riotsthat occurred over the past few years outside the State House. Thead shows a crowd of people screaming and scuffling on Beacon Street.But the scene, which ...
CARDINAL NAMES NEW VICAR GENERAL
Nov 01, 1990; ... Bishop Alfred C. Hughes was named yesterday by CardinalBernard Law as the new vicar general and vicar for administrationin the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.Bishop Hughes, who has been regional bishop of the Merrimackregion of the archdiocese since 1986, replaces ...
MASS. VOTER REGISTRATION UP 125,000
Nov 01, 1990; ... Voter registration has increased by 125,000 since theSeptember primary, and, as has been the case all year, a majorityof the new registrants are independents.Secretary of State Michael Connolly said yesterday that of thenew voters added to the rolls, 77,000 of them are ...
SILBER FLIP-FLOPS ON STOCK OWNERSHIP
Nov 01, 1990; ... Democratic gubernatorial candidate John R. Silber said on aradio talk show yesterday that he had owned stock in a firm inwhich Boston University made a large profit last year but laterreversed himself and said he was in error.A guest on WRKO's Jerry Williams Show, Silber at ...
SVEN W. JOHNSON, 86 RETIRED MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Nov 01, 1990 ... Sven W. Johnson, a mechanical engineer with Stone & WebsterEngineering Corp. here for 33 years until his retirement in 1968,died of cancer Monday at his home in South Yarmouth. He was 86 anda former resident of Arlington.Mr. Johnson was born in Sweden and received a master's ...