The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from November 1991:
Family in `29th Street' avoids all the cliches
Nov 01, 1991; ... 29TH STREET Directed and written by: George Gallo (story: Frank Pesce and James Franciscus) Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Danny Aiello, Lainie Kazan, Frank Pesce Playing at: Charles, suburbs Rated: R (language) Why should ...
Teen-agers try to be heard on a critical issue
Nov 01, 1991; ...Like most of her friends, Tracy spends too much time on thetelephone, loves teen-age heartthrob of the month, Luke Perry, oftelevision's "Beverly Hills 90210" and yearns for the day when shewill have her driver's license and a little red sports car with thevanity plates, "Ms ....
Downtown Cafe makes the scene -- again
Nov 01, 1991; ... Dan Holmes was proprietor of the friendly, funky little DowntownCafe on LaGrange Street for more than six years. But he was forcedto close the doors in August when his lease ran out and he was unableto work out new terms with his landlord. Now Holmes has come up witha nearby location, ...
The lives and loves of `Antonia and Jane'
Nov 01, 1991; ... ANTONIA AND JANE Directed by: Beeban Kidron Screenplay by: Marcy Kahan Starring: Imelda Staunton, Saskia Reeves, Branda Bruce, Bill Nighy, Alfred Marks, Bonnie Parker, Richard Hope, Ian Redford Playing at: Nickelodeon ...
222 Berkeley St. nods to the past -- and to neighbors
Nov 01, 1991; ... Two Twenty-Two Berkeley is good in the way Boston tailoring isgood: a little too tame for some, but so well-mannered that you can'tbe offended. Caution was certainly called for in the case of this building.Architect Robert A. M. Stern took over the job in the middle of anangry ...
Body armor expert defends `bomb suit'
Nov 01, 1991; ... Experts on body armor yesterday challenged statements made by ahigh-ranking Boston police official who suggested that donning a"bomb suit" would not have helped Officer Jeremiah J. Hurley Jr.'schances of survival when a device he was examining exploded inRoslindale on ...
CORRECTION
Nov 01, 1991 ...CORRECTION: Because of a reporting error, the source for thedaily Globe feature, "Reflection for the Day," was given ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Nov 01, 1991 ...Q. Why are witches associated with brooms? P.H., StowA. According to the reference work "How Did It Begin?" by R. Brasch,household brooms were for many centuries a symbol for women, just asfarmers pitchforks were a symbol for men. In fact, women often lefttheir brooms by the front door ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Nov 01, 1991 ... Q. How many people were killed so far this year on New Hampshirehighways after colliding with a moose? B.H., Concord, N.H.A. Thus far in 1991 four people have died in car accidents afterhitting a moose. The four fatalities occurred in Albany, Jefferson,Ashland, and Plymouth. There ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Nov 01, 1991 ...Q. Was Rev. Carl Stevens of the The Bible Speaks church in Lenoxever obliged to return the $6.5 million given the church by localheiress Elizabeth Dovydenas? G.M., BostonA. Yes. On Oct. 2, 1989, the US Supreme Court let stand a lowercourt ruling that The Bible Speaks must return the ...
Atlantic Division BOSTON CELTICS
Nov 01, 1991; ... Last season: 56-26.Coach: Chris Ford (2d season with Celtics).Key additions: Rookie Rick Fox.Outlook: Don't be too discouraged by the hodge-podge exhibitionseason. When Boston gets all its horses in its stall (especially ifit includes the bulldog, Vinnie Johnson), the Celtics should ...
Carolyn E. Bangert, 34 Manager for Cambridge firm
Nov 01, 1991 ... Carolyn E. (King) Bangert, export manager for Baxter Health CareCorp. of Cambridge, an international distributor of medical products,died Monday at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She was 34 andlived in Beverly. A graduate of Lexington High School in 1975 and the University ...
Plan allowing industry to own banks is denied
Nov 01, 1991; ... WASHINGTON -- The House yesterday rejected a Bush administrationproposal to fundamentally change the nation's financial system bypermitting commercial corporations such as Ford Motor Co. to ownbanks. Despite a last-minute pitch for support from President Bush,lawmakers voted ...
Earl D. Banner, 80 Globe reporter for 40 years
Nov 01, 1991 ... Earl D. Banner, a Globe reporter for 40 years until hisretirement in 1975, died Wednesday at South Shore Hospital. He was80 and lived in Marshfield. Born in Boston, Mr. Banner graduated from Marshfield High Schoolin 1929 and attended Boston University. For most of his career ...
Four more Eagles take off
Nov 01, 1991; ... It has become something of an exclusive organization. The FirstTimers Club. There are only two requirements for admission. Thefirst, and foremost, is that you have to have scored a touchdown.The other is that it has to be your first college score. In Boston College's 24-17 victory at ...
Forced to play football by sports-loving dad
Nov 01, 1991 ... Dear Beth: My dad has pushed me into playing football. I hate the game! Anysport in which the point is to try to kill someone is dumb. But hehas signed me up and spent $200 on equipment.WHAT SHOULD I DO? When parents have had an important experience growing up or had adream ...
Analysts pan Lotus; leader Manzi puzzled
Nov 01, 1991; ... Lotus Development Corp.'s stock plunged 12 percent after two WallStreet firms downgraded their ratings on the Cambridge softwarecompany. A third firm upgraded its recommendationon Lotus archrival Borland International Inc. Lotus fell 3 1/4 to 24 1/4 on heavy volume of more than ...
Bank of Boston gets tax rebate
Nov 01, 1991; ...Bank of Boston virtually assured itself of a profitable fourthquarter when it agreed to settle a long-festering dispute withMassachusetts over how the bank's income taxes are assessed. Thestate agreed to return to the bank $37 million in taxes paid ...
OSHA defends $10m settlement
Nov 01, 1991; ... The nation's top workplace safety regulator stood by his agency's$10 million fine with a Louisiana plant where eight workers werekilled, saying he was "outraged" by a union's complaints about thedeal. At issue is the record settlement with the operator of afertilizer plant near ...
`Deceptive' fund-raising halted
Nov 01, 1991; ... Two fundraising operations have been barred from operating inMassachusetts for using what Attorney General Scott Harshbargercalled "deceptive" tactics. The state was granted preliminaryinjunctions after presenting evidence that allegedly illegalfund-raising methods were used by ...
Fenway project under tax cap
Nov 01, 1991; ...The new Olmsted Plaza Research Center in the former Sears,Roebuck & Co. store on the Fenway has been designated a "Chapter 121Aproject" under a state law that effectively caps real estate taxes onthe 1 million-square-foot development at the current $25.09 per$1,000 valuation ....
Etc.: Stardent sells some assets
Nov 01, 1991; ...Stardent Computer of Concord says it will "transfer" to KubotaPacific Computer Inc. the North American and European distributionand service organizations for its Titan product line . . . CeramicsProcess Systems Corp. of Milford has been granted two ...
Poulin exam is Tuesday
Nov 01, 1991; ...As reported here earlier in the week, veteran center Dave Poulinis headed to Vancouver to meet with specialists Tuesday to find outif he'll require surgery for a suspected hernia. Trainer JimNarrigan said last night that Poulin, if necessary, could undergosurgery as early as ...
Son says bomb meant for him But police take him in for questioning
Nov 01, 1991; ... Contributing Reporter Kimberly B. Baker assisted in this report.In a bizarre twist to the explosion Monday that claimed the lifeof a Boston police officer, the son of the man at whose Roslindalehouse the bomb exploded claimed last night that he was the ...
`The Samson Option': Israel's deadly open secret in the desert
Nov 01, 1991; ... THE SAMSON OPTION By Seymour M. Hersh Random House, 354 pp., $23 The Israeli nuclear facility at Dimona, an outpost in the Negevdesert, is an open secret, and even though the government does notacknowledge its existence, Israel's atomic arsenal has for years ...
Boxed-set fever From Marley to the Monkees, the record companies keep spinning them out
Nov 01, 1991; ...On the surface, it doesn't make sense. Why the sudden deluge ofboxed sets during a recession? Phil Spector, the Monkees, FatsDomino, King Crimson and Bob Marley are among the latest acts to getboxed in, while Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Jeff Beck boxes are duelater this month. Since ...
`Dance' could step out Canadian filly may be belle of the Breeders' Cup ball tomorrow
Nov 01, 1991; ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Canadian horses have a difficult time earningrespect in the United States, but if ever a powerhouse has come downfrom the North, it is Dance Smartly. The 3-year-old daughter of Danzig has been immense in Canada thisyear, winning all seven of her starts, including ...
Bruins overrun by Kings
Nov 01, 1991; ...A little more jump in their legs, some more snap in theiroffense, the Bruins played an improved brand of hockey last night atthe Garden and were awarded with a 4-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings. Sure, it's only Nov. 1, but it's beginning to look like one ofthose kinds of ...
HANDSOME DEVIL
Nov 01, 1991 ...Makeup consultant Nadia Mahboula paints a Halloween Satan's faceon Michael ...
Nantucket, Chatham take big pounding
Nov 01, 1991; ... CHATHAM -- Thunderous surf ripped away at the fragile coastlinesof Cape Cod and the islands for the third day yesterday, as theOctober Northeaster of '91 began writing the final chapters in itsbook of destruction. The easternmost communities in the region -- Chatham at the ...
For Celtics to challenge, the injuries must heal
Nov 01, 1991; ... Last year, there was uncertainty because of all the unknowns.There was a new face in management, a new coaching staff, anexpatriate from Italy running a revamped offense and a raw rookiewith explosive potential unseen in these parts since Tiny Archibald. Everything fell into place ...
Prince seizes the throne
Nov 01, 1991; ... Prince is all set to cream the competition in this week's singlesaction; his sexy anthem "Cream" moved up three this week, dethroningthe decidedly more milquetoast Mariah Carey. Karen White's"Romantic" may pose a threat, but probably not for a week or so. Andsince nobody seems to be ...
Cellists honor a legend
Nov 01, 1991; ... "Cellisimi," a memorial concert for cellist, teacher and exemplarRichard Kapuscinski, who died last spring, promises to be one themost extraordinary events of the season: 18 cellists from all overthe world will assemble in First and Second Church on Monday eveningat 8 to perform a ...
New guy makes news Fox is first rookie in a dozen years to start opener
Nov 01, 1991; ... It has been 12 years since a rookie has cracked the startinglineup on Opening Night for the Celtics. That will change tonight. Due to the unabated rash of injuries/surprises/contract impasses,Rick Fox will start at small forward against the Charlotte Hornets.The last rookie to ...
CORRECTION
Nov 01, 1991 ...CORRECTION: Because of a typographical error, an article aboutWorcester diners in yesterday's Calendar misspelled ...
CORRECTION
Nov 01, 1991 ...CORRECTION: Because of an editing error, yesterday's Calendarreported that MCA records refused to release Nanci ...
Assessors expect overlap in claims
Nov 01, 1991; ... Joint federal and state assessment teams, barely finished withclaims after Hurricane Bob, have begun a new set of damage surveys,many in communities and for homeowners still making repairs andwaiting for reimbursement checks from the August storm."This is going to be something ...
Banks say black applicants rejected over credit, wealth
Nov 01, 1991; ... Representatives of several Boston banks said yesterday that blackapplicants for home mortgage loans are rejected more often than whiteapplicants for several reasons, including problems in their credithistories, less net wealth and greater debt in proportion to income. Appearing ...
PPV: Is writing on the Ivy walls?
Nov 01, 1991; ... Some believed sports pay-per-view would make strides tomorrow whenthe Columbia-Princeton game becomes available in Massachusetts and 10other Eastern states for a mere $10. But if last Saturday's IvyLeague PPV opener is a gauge, the experiment is doomed to fail. Fewer than 1,000 people ...
Data General rings up 1st yearly profit since '85
Nov 01, 1991; ... Data General Corp. yesterday reported its first annual profitsince 1985, after a massive downsizing that included laying offthousands of workers, consolidating its factories and significantlyaltering its product line. "We believe our product strategy is on target with the needs ...
Paul R. Dean, 54 Was president of Atlanta firm
Nov 01, 1991 ... Paul R. Dean, president of the Courier Dispatch Group since 1978,died of a heart attack Tuesday while jogging along the Charles Riverduring a visit to Boston. He was 54 and lived in Atlanta. At his death, Mr. Dean was cochairman of the Advisory Board ofFamilies in Action, an ...
Council candidates go on attack in debate
Nov 01, 1991; ... Venting their spleens after a long and grueling campaign, eightat-large City Council candidates went at each other with gusto lastnight in their final debate. The 90-minute debate at Suffolk University was a chain reaction ofconfrontations among candidates who have debated one ...
It won't hurt his image Injury is no threat to marketing Brown
Nov 01, 1991; ... Last Sunday, 48 hours before Dee Brown went from burgeoning humanconglomerate to hospital patient, New England was basking inbeautiful Indian summer weather. After the Celtics concluded practice, several players adjourned totake advantage of the day. Brown hopped the Trump Shuttle and ...
Doherty's style: Low-key pitch for high duties
Nov 01, 1991; ... At Brimstone Corner, in the shadow of the Park Street Church, hehanded out leaflets to early morning commuters hurrying out of the Tstation. The wind ruffled Edward Doherty's hair as he stood hisground, attempting eye contact with potential voters. This corner of Boston Common is ...
Weld mulls `scarlet letter' for cars of drunk drivers
Nov 01, 1991; ... Weld's decision to seek to lower the blood alcohol threshold comestwo years after the state made it a criminal offense to drive whileover that level. Administration sources said Weld will seek to lower by 20 percentthe level of blood alcohol that presumes a driver is legally drunk ...
REOPENING
Nov 01, 1991 ...Filene's chief executive Heywood Wilansky shows off the "new"Filene's store in the Natick Mall. The store will have reopeningceremonies today following ...
Report revives fears of layoffs
Nov 01, 1991; ...WASHINGTON -- Orders for manufactured goods dropped 1.7 percentin September for the second consecutive monthly decline, thegovernment said yesterday, raising fears of production and job cutsin an economic sector that was doing well. "It says the recovery is in trouble," said ...
Focusing on tourists' dollars
Nov 01, 1991 ... State support for the tourism business in Massachusetts has becomeentangled in a side issue. The Legislature ought to approve money tosupport tourism promotion and the Hynes Convention Center, and takeup the question of who should run the Hynes at another time. Gov. Weld and Senate ...
Shoreline erosion called severe; outer Cape particularly hard hit
Nov 01, 1991; ... Pounding waves from a classic nor'easter flattened dunes, erodedbeaches and bit bites out of the precious Cape Cod glacial bank thisweek, setting the stage for deeper damage to the Massachusetts coastthis winter. "It's pretty bad," said Jeffrey Benoit, director of the stateOffice ...
The storm without a name
Nov 01, 1991 ... For a storm without a name, it managed to do more coastaldestruction and batter itself deeper into the regional memory thanmany a hurricane that comes plowing up the coast complete with amoniker. "Worse than `Bob,' " was one evaluation. "Could have been as badas the Blizzard of ...
Spacecraft ups and downs
Nov 01, 1991 ... The dramatic radar images of the surface of Venus, relayed fromthe spacecraft Magellan, have provided earthlings an insight theywill never be able to achieve with the naked eye. They have alsoprovided yet more testimony to the wisdom of adequate support forautomated exploration of the ...
Mobutu must go
Nov 01, 1991 ... Whatever the outcome of the latest government crisis in Zaire, thecountry has no hope of resolving its problems until President MobutuSese Seko leaves power. Western nations would do well to demand thathe go into exile immediately. To appease discontent in July, he appointed a ...
Rev. Joseph F. Fletcher 3d, at 86; teacher, wrote `Situation Ethics'
Nov 01, 1991 ... Rev. Joseph F. Fletcher 3d, a teacher, author and medical ethicistwho championed the right to die, died Monday at the University ofVirginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Va. He was 86 and aformer resident of Belmont. In "Ethics of Genetic Control: Ending Reproductive ...
Change for a Buck Gene Michael (left) put in his 2 cents for Doug Rader, but Showalter fits the bill much better for the Yankees and Don Mattingly (right)
Nov 01, 1991; ... ESPN's major league baseball analyst. He's a Yankee, and for all the burlesque that has enveloped thatfranchise since Buck Showalter signed out of Mississippi State backin June 1977, that counts for something. When Gene Michael toldRobert Nederlander and Leonard Kleinman that ...
IRS agents violated man's rights in search of trash, US judge rules
Nov 01, 1991; ... Internal Revenue Service agents violated the rights of a WestRoxbury man suspected of filing false tax returns when they piecedtogether shredded documents pulled from a bag of trash put out forcollection, a federal judge ruled yesterday. US District Judge Joseph L. Tauro ordered ...
SAYING GOODBYE TO THE GARDEN Rake, plant, compost -- and mow the lawn one last time
Nov 01, 1991; ... The gardening year is full of rituals, but fall chores are notamong the ones that gardeners particularly look forward to. Still, the secret of good gardening, believes Concord landscapearchitect Elizabeth Carlhian, is "doing what has to be done at theright time, the right way, whether ...
Glennon contract a sign of success Maine stint earns a 2-year Bruin deal
Nov 01, 1991; ... Matt Glennon sat quietly on the sofa outside assistant generalmanager Mike Milbury's office yesterday afternoon. His agent, Brian Cook, sat across from him and talked aboutGlennon's odyssey from superstardom at Archbishop Williams HighSchool to relative obscurity at Boston College ...
Bush, Quayle set brisk money pace for the Democrats
Nov 01, 1991; ...WASHINGTON -- President Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle kickedoff fund-raising for their still-unannounced campaign last night witha $1,000-a-plate dinner in Houston -- an event that demonstrates justhow powerful the Republican money advantage is. In Houston last night, the ...
Now, the US must hang in for the long haul in the Mideast
Nov 01, 1991; ... H.D.S. Greenway is senior associate editor of the Globe. In the weeks leading up to the Middle East peace conference inMadrid, the Bush administration said again and again that there wasno American peace plan, no hidden agenda that the United Stateswanted to put forward in the ...
Bush assailed on economy Democrats compare record to Hoover's
Nov 01, 1991; ... WASHINGTON -- The Senate majority leader, George Mitchell ofMaine, delivered a scathing assessment yesterday of George Bush'spresidency, declaring that his record on economic growth is the worstsince Herbert Hoover. Speaking with unusual bluntness, Mitchell accused Bush ...
`Highlander 2: The Quickening' takes the low road
Nov 01, 1991; ... HIGHLANDER 2: THE QUICKENING Directed by: Russell Mulcahy Written by: Brian Clemens and William Panzer Starring: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen Playing at: Copley Place and suburbs Rated: R ...
Hospital deregulation plan sparks protests in Boston, Lynn
Nov 01, 1991; ... Hospital emergency services across the state would be sent intocritical condition if a Weld administration proposal to deregulatehospitals is approved, opponents of the plan warned yesterday at aBoston City Hospital rally. "The danger of this bill is some hospitals' emergency ...
Polishing scratched mirror is painstaking work
Nov 01, 1991; ... Q. In redoing my bathroom, a fine scatch was made in a largemirror. Can it be rubbed out or treated?VINCENT FARRELL, Winchester A. A scratch can be rubbed out by using jeweler's polish (ceriumoxide) in paste form (sold at hobby centers), with a soft buffingwheel on a power drill ....
Berklee's gift to guitarists
Nov 01, 1991; ... William Leavitt may not have been very familiar to audiences, buthis teaching and method helped shape a generation of guitarists thatincludes premier players such as John Abercrombie, Mick Goodrick,Steve Vai, Mike Stern and Al Di Meola. Leavitt, who was 64 when he died last ...
`Joyicity': Nothing more than a quick charcoal sketch
Nov 01, 1991; ... JOYICITY One-man play in one act by Ulrick O'Connor. Directed by Caroline FitzGerald. Presented by Poets' Theater in association with the Abbey Theater At: the Hasty Pudding Theater through Nov. 3 "Joyicity" sets itself an impossible task and ...