The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from February 1992:
Aetna quitting as auto insurer
Feb 01, 1992; ... The Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. said yesterday it has strucka deal with Massachusetts that will allow it to withdraw from thestate's automobile insurance market. The insurance giant, which has about 8 percent of the autobusiness in the state, agreed to pay $87.5 million to ...
`Spirit' is weak in first round
Feb 01, 1992; ... SAN DIEGO -- Few surprises have emerged after the first week ofAmerica's Cup challenger racing in the one-point round, so most campstook yesterday's lay day to relax and enjoy the summery 80-degreesunshine. Not so at Spirit of Australia's dock, where Iain Murray's"shoestring" ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1992 ...Q. How can I find out whether my father's name appears on the newNational Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington? He waskilled in 1935 trying to return two prisoners to the CharlestownPrison from Dedham Court. B.B., QuincyA. More than 12,500 names have already been ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1992 ... Q. What else has actress Annabeth Gish appeared in besides thetelevision movie "Last to Go"? B.B., SandwichA. You've seen her as Dr. Westphall's daughter on the televisionseries ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1992 ... Q. What can you tell me about the "miracle priest," Rev. PatrickJ. Power? He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden.M.S.,DorchesterA. The Globe reported on Nov. 9, 1929, that 30,000 people had visitedthe cemetery that day to pray at the grave of Father Power, wherenumerous ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1992 ...Q. What is the origin of the term "cubbyhole"?S.F., DracutA. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins says"cub" is a word used in rural England for any small shelter, from arabbit hutch to a chicken coop. Possibly first ...
New Jeep in a smashing Detroit debut; a grass-roots racing trend
Feb 01, 1992; ... This week, the uncoveted prize for dumbest stunt of the month inthe automotive category is awarded to the Jeep/Eagle division ofChrysler Corp. for driving a truck through a window in downtownDetroit by way of drawing attention to a new model. In a modest press release, Chrysler ...
Neely returns to practice, maintains timetable
Feb 01, 1992; ... Cam Neely practiced with the Bruins at the Garden yesterday andsaid next Thursday in Philadelphia is still the target date for hisreturn. The All-Star right wing, who missed the first 38 games of theseason because of a bony mass in his left thigh, returned to scorenine goals ...
Moves by Bratton draw fire as he prepares for new job
Feb 01, 1992; ... William Bratton does not take office until Monday, but he hasalready made his mark at Boston police headquarters, where a demoteddeputy superintendent has been assigned to him, new furniture hasbeen installed in his office and two civilians are to be hired asaides at a potential cost ...
Sather presented unwanted Ruzicka to Boston -- and now he's blossoming with the Bruins
Feb 01, 1992; ...Glen Sather calls Vladimir (Rosie) Ruzicka his gift to HarrySinden. When Sather dealt Ruzicka to Boston for Greg Hawgood inOctober 1990, he felt he was doing both Ruzicka and the Bruins afavor. Ruzicka wasn't playing for the talent-laden Oilers. He wasplanning to head home to ...
This time, Bush looks homeward
Feb 01, 1992; ... Last in a series of Campaign '92 profiles. WASHINGTON -- Since the day George Bush joined the Navy as an18-year-old torpedo bomber pilot, it seems that he has been at warwith one foreign menace or another -- bombing a Japanese island,rallying Republicans against the ...
Maine tied up by BU
Feb 01, 1992; ... ORONO, Maine -- Call it a test of motivating mettle. And in the end, grade it a draw for Boston University'scome-from-behind 4-4 tie with Maine last night at Alfond Arena. Maine coach Shawn Walsh challenged his team, which dropped fromNo. 1 in the country to No. 3 this week, ...
Made in USA? Read the fine print
Feb 01, 1992; ... Buying American, if that's what you want to do, is easy. Butonly if your bifocals are working and your credit is good. What you have to do is ignore the brand names and read thefine-thread letters on the clothing labels, turn the cardboardpacking boxes around in the hardware ...
Senate votes to allow FCC to cap cable prices
Feb 01, 1992; ... WASHINGTON -- The Senate, responding to complaints fromconsumers and broadcasters about cable television's surging rates andthe industry's allegedly monopolistic practices, voted overwhelminglyyesterday to cap cable TV prices. The cable TV bill passed by a strong 73-to-18 ...
SHOOTING SUSPECT --
Feb 01, 1992 ...Boston police yesterday issued this file photo of Robert ...
A flat-out loss for Celtics Bucks take the sleeper
Feb 01, 1992; ... MILWAUKEE -- The best thing you can say about this one is thatit's over. By the time you're reading this, the Celtics will be inPennsylvania and the tape of last night's game should be in someone'scircular file, deemed unfit for future generations. Boston and the Bucks stooped ...
Class struggle Early-learning center must change staffers in middle of year
Feb 01, 1992; ... It was lunchtime at the James Hennigan Elementary School inJamaica Plain, but 5-year-old Stefan Gabbidan showed little desire totrail his classmates from the early-learning center to the cafeteria. "Go on, Stefan. Go catch up with the other kids," JenniferLaVigne, one of Gabbidan's ...
Brown suits up but sits out
Feb 01, 1992; ... MILWAUKEE -- Dee Brown was on the Celtics bench last night. Hecould have played. In reality, had the situation been desperate, hecould have played last week. But Brown will remain on the injured list through All-Starweekend. If all goes well in the next 11 days, he hopes to suit ...
FDA panel urges approval of condom for women
Feb 01, 1992; ... A female condom, the first contraceptive for women likely toprovide effective protection against sexually transmitted diseasessuch as AIDS, was recommended for conditional approval yesterday byan advisory panel of the US Food and Drug Administration. The condom, to be called ...
CORRECTION
Feb 01, 1992 ... CORRECTION: Because of a reporting error, a story in yesterday'sMetro/Region section misstated the amount of a corporate ...
Princeton in command Crimson fall short in 2d half
Feb 01, 1992; ... It is almost a given that the Harvard basketball team willendure scoring droughts each game. There are a variety of reasons,turnovers and lack of scoring touch chief among them. There isusually the same result, and it isn't encouraging. You need not look anywhere else to explain ...
DETAILS OF HORROR --
Feb 01, 1992 ... Confessed killer Jeffrey Dahmer returns from a recess in hissanity trial yesterday while Tracy Edwards, who led Milwaukee policeto Dahmer last July, ...
Democrats spar on economy
Feb 01, 1992; ... WASHINGTON -- The Democratic presidential contenders sparredlast night in a nationally televised debate over health care andeconomic decline in the United States, restoring both rhetoricalfireworks and substantive debate to a contest that has beenovershadowed of late by Arkansas Gov ....
Rev. Jeremiah Donovan Was BC theology professor; at 82
Feb 01, 1992 ... A funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m. today in St. Mary'sChapel at Boston College for Rev. Jeremiah Donovan, a professor oftheology and Hebrew at BC for 21 years until his retirement in 1980. Father Donovan died of a pulmonary illness Thursday at the CampionCenter, a retirement ...
Daniel J. Dorman Jr. Fall River pediatrician; at 67
Feb 01, 1992 ... Dr. Daniel J. Dorman Jr., a pediatrician who formerly practicedin Fall River and who worked as a radiologist in Barrington, R.I.,died Thursday at his home in Naples, Fla. He was 67. Dr. Dorman graduated from Boston College in 1949 and Tufts MedicalSchool in 1953. During World ...
Adderly has the right stuff Assumption star zeroes in on record
Feb 01, 1992; ...Assumption College basketball captain Drew Adderly has earned thenickname Mr. Dunk. The 6-foot-3-inch, 230-pounder can dunk regularly -- 229 timesamong 760 career baskets in 3 1/2 seasons. The Greyhounds dunking machine, a Brooklyn native, has his sightsset on two ...
Something new for the Mideast
Feb 01, 1992 ... Optimism about peace in the Mideast is rarely a realisticattitude. Yet one would have to be addicted to pessimism not torecognize that the Moscow conference on regional issues such as armscontrol, water resources, the environment and refugees may herald thecommencement of something ...
Ulster's uneasy silence
Feb 01, 1992 ... In Northern Ireland, the all-parties talks have gone silent.They were mercifully suspended this week with little to show for theextraordinary effort that went into their creation. At the outset,they had been rich with promise as a prelude to resolving thepolitical strife that has torn ...
R & D and the nation's vitality
Feb 01, 1992 ... Widening concern about federal funding of research in academicinstitutions may call into question the willingness of theadministration and Congress to provide support for such efforts inthe future. In making such decisions, it is important to avoid anyconfusion about the real ...
Author: Book not to blame in 3 suicides
Feb 01, 1992; ... The author of a suicide guide for the terminally ill yesterdayrejected charges that his book's omission of alternatives toself-inflicted death played a role in the suicides of threephysically healthy persons in Middlesex County in the past sixmonths. "These people are part of ...
City takes home of couple burdened by mortgages
Feb 01, 1992; ... in the preparation of this story. After calling for an extended moratorium on bank foreclosuresof victims of second-mortgage schemes, Mayor Flynn's administrationhas seized for back taxes a Dorchester home owned by a familyburdened with multiple mortgage debts, according to ...
Margaret E. Fyfe, 85 Filene's buyer for many years
Feb 01, 1992 ... Margaret E. Fyfe, a buyer of children's wear for Filene's inBoston for more than 40 years until her retirement in 1970, diedThursday at her home in Kennebunk, Maine. She was 85. A ...
Harvard closes in on milestone Crimson roll over RPI for 999th victory
Feb 01, 1992; ... And then there was one. Harvard moved within one win of history and took over solepossession of first place in the ECAC, courtesy of a 5-1 decisionover RPI last night at Bright Arena. The Crimson not only boosted their league record to 9-1-3,snapping a three-way tie for ...
Can the tough-guy act, Bush, and be bold
Feb 01, 1992; ... Robert Healy is a former Globe columnist. Someone once said that tough guys don't have to talk tough. WhenPresident Bush goes on the offensive in the campaign, he becomespersonally offensive. Bush is back into his Roger Ailes, tough-guy mode of the campaignof 1988. He ...
Heart-lung transplant first in state
Feb 01, 1992; ... A 36-year-old woman terminally ill from complications of acongenital heart defect has become the first patient in Massachusettsto receive a simultaneous heart and lung transplant, surgeons atBrigham and Women's Hospital said yesterday. A large surgical team undertook the ...
Redistricting's hidden agendas
Feb 01, 1992; ... If there are two political structures in Massachusetts thatensure the necessity of our judicial system, it is the Weldadministration and the state Legislature. The latest examples of how much our key legislators need thecourts to make their important decisions for them are the ...
On TV: Malaise, American style
Feb 01, 1992; ... Malaise comes packaged two ways tomorrow night. You can examine the real thing on a timely two-hour CNN reportsampling the mood and mindset of Americans this election year. Oryou can tune into "Deadly Betrayal," the NBC movie at the same hour(9-11, Channel 4), a murder story based ...
CORRECTION
Feb 01, 1992 ... CORRECTION: In Monday night's Beanpot Tournament at Boston Garden,Boston University plays Northeastern at 6 ...
A story the public won't admit it craves
Feb 01, 1992; ...Dear Public, you are full of it. I am sorely tired of the hypocrisy attendant upon this latestround of morality coverage. Bill Clinton and his wife act quickly to head off what they knewwas coming sooner or later. They grab some choice prime time,post-Super Bowl, hold hands, ...
No offensive from defense
Feb 01, 1992; ... INDIANAPOLIS -- The $5,000-a-day lawyer was working on theteen-ager. Her image the day before had been that of a star-struckgirl who was so good, maybe too good, and the lawyer was trying hisall to darken her edges. "What did you think was going to happen {when Mike Tyson asked ...
Man pleads guilty to smuggling 10 tons of marijuana
Feb 01, 1992 ... A Gloucester man pleaded guilty in US District Court yesterdayto smuggling 10 tons of marijuana into the country, becoming the lastof nine defendants in the case to plead guilty. Michael Cody, 46, faces up to 14 years in prison for his role in a1990 attempt to sail 20,000 pounds ...
Sister Mary M. Maus Parochial school teacher; at 82
Feb 01, 1992 ...Sister Mary Mildred Maus, a former teacher at parochial schoolsin Boston and principal of St. John's School in New Haven in 1963-69,died Thursday at St. Anne Villa, Convent Station, N.J. She was 82. Sister Mildred taught at the former St. John's High School inRoxbury in 1957-59, ...
Mortgage rates edging up again
Feb 01, 1992; ... Home mortages rates are creeping up again, and few may knowthis better, or with more passion, than Christine Terrazzano ofWatertown. Terrazzano is in the process of buying a two-bedroom Walthamcondominium as her first home -- and she expected to benefit from thelowest mortgage ...
Chairwoman quits Ford Hall Forum
Feb 01, 1992; ... Frances Smith, the guiding spirit of the Ford Hall Forum for morethan a half-century as board member and volunteer director ofoperations, has resigned as chairwoman because of a disagreement withthe forum's board over operating procedures. Smith, the wife ofprominent trial lawyer Paul T ....
WOMEN AND BOXING The sport's sexist reputation, fighters' conduct also on trial in Indianapolis
Feb 01, 1992; ... With former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson being tried inIndianapolis on charges of rape, deviant conduct and confinement, thesport of boxing, in a broader sense, is on trial, too. The brutish specter posed by the charges against Tyson raises alarger question about a misogyny that ...
The power, the glory, and old boy silliness
Feb 01, 1992; ... THE NEW YEAR HAS FINALLY BEgun here. The president gave his Stateof the Union address, signaling with belligerent rhetoric the startof his reelection campaign. The budget was released, giving Congressand its staff the parameters of the pie they will divide. And therewere daffodils ...
Fate of Opera House remains uncertain
Feb 01, 1992; ... The fate of Boston's boarded-up Opera House, home of SarahCaldwell's legendary but silent Opera Company of Boston, is stilluncertain. Both Caldwell and Laszlo G. Bonis, chairman of the campaign tosave the theater, denied rumors circulating this week that the chiefmortgage ...
On eve of Plan B, Smerlas agrees to Patriot terms
Feb 01, 1992; ... FOXBOROUGH -- Nose tackle Fred Smerlas agreed to a one-yearcontract with the Patriots yesterday, but the team will not list himamong 37 players on its Plan B free agency protected list today. Smerlas, 35, will earn $350,000 this season, and incentive bonusescould increase the ...
Man named in antigay shootings
Feb 01, 1992; ... A 38-year-old man, described as a drifter and "gym rat" whohas been sought by federal authorities since 1990, was identifiedyesterday as the suspect in a triple shooting near Symphony Hall thatauthorities believe was sparked by his hatred of gay men. Boston police named Robert ...
Reebok introduces 2d-generation pump
Feb 01, 1992; ... Here comes Son of Pump. Or, as Reebok International Ltd. prefers to call it, theInsta-Pump. Whatever it's called, Stoughton-based Reebok is hoping this nextgeneration of Pump footwear will be a runaway bestseller like thefirst. The company unveiled the first model ...
Quayle predicts Democrats will nominate Cuomo Vice president doesn't rule out tax increase in deal on budget
Feb 01, 1992; ...WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dan Quayle predicted yesterdaythat Mario Cuomo will yet be the Democratic presidential nominee, andpromptly bashed the New York governor as a "terrible" politician whowould be crushed in the general election. Quayle, in a voice filled with ...
`Rakes Progress' reveals dangers of student opera
Feb 01, 1992; ... THE RAKE'S PROGRESS Opera by Stravinsky, presented by the New England Conservatory Opera Theater in the Emerson Majestic Theater last night (repeats tonight and Sunday afternoon) Student opera in Boston has a loyal following, and with reason.To ...
Foes may deal to redraw districts Democrats said to soften stance
Feb 01, 1992; ... Beacon Hill Democrats, who have publicy taken a tough postureagainst negotiating with Gov. Weld over congressional redistricting,are now ready to try to work out a compromise plan and avoid afederal court battle, sources said yesterday. Those sources said the Democrats' change ...
Lawrence H. Rosen, 79 Proprietor of Rob Roy Florist
Feb 01, 1992 ... Services will be held at 11 a.m. today in the Lucy Stone Chapelat Forest Hills Cemetery for Lawrence Henry Rosen, proprietor of RobRoy Florist in West Roxbury for 24 years until his retirement in1978. Mr. Rosen died Wednesday in Faulkner Hospital. He was 79 andlived in West ...
Kerrey puts spotlight on elderly, poor
Feb 01, 1992; ... NASHUA -- After visiting with residents of Greenbriar Terrace,a retirement home, Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska spoke of those who hesays have received little attention in the presidential campaign: thepoor and elderly. Both Democrats and Republicans have directed their ...
Tsongas not on Oklahoma ballot
Feb 01, 1992; ... Paul Tsongas has been denied a spot on the Oklahoma presidentialprimary ballot because he failed to meet filing requirements, aspokeswoman for the Oklahoma State Board of Elections said yesterday. The former Massachusetts senator plans to go to court to reversethat decision, but ...
The devious love tape
Feb 01, 1992; ... Reportsabout the Clinton controversy and the irate reactions ofMario Cuomo and Bob Kerrey to comments Clinton purportedly made havenot done justice to the deviousness of the Flowers/Star story. And reports about the controversy over press coverage have notmade clear the ...
Salvador death-watch On eve of cease-fire, a symbol of the civil war is dying
Feb 01, 1992; ...SAN SALVADOR -- Amid preparations for today's historiccease-fire, the nation has also been keeping a death-watch on aterminally ill man who once symbolized the darkest days of ElSalvador's 12-year civil war. For over a week, Roberto d'Aubuisson, a charismatic ...
Doherty gets 500th
Feb 01, 1992; ... Coach Jim Doherty recorded his 500th victory as host Dom Saviodefeated Archbishop Williams, 74-61, in a Catholic Central Leagueboys' basketball game yesterday afternoon. Junior center Randy Freeman led Dom Savio with 19 points and 11rebounds, while Jamie Teahan had a game-high ...
Come glide outside, out where the air is free, the ice serendipitous
Feb 01, 1992; ... Most anyone can learn to skate indoors with no wind and no bumps.The trick is to learn outside where the ice is free and the airbetter. Pond ice is as uncertain as it is free, entirely dependenton temperature, and thus more fun when it happens. Some teen-agers,those creatures who feel no ...
Marzano agrees to pact
Feb 01, 1992; ... The Red Sox signed their first arbitration-eligible player ofthe offseason, avoiding the process with backup catcher John Marzano,who agreed to a one-year deal yesterday. Marzano was scheduled for a hearing next Tuesday in Los Angeles,the first of five potential arbitration ...
Boston firms to receive affordable-housing funds
Feb 01, 1992; ... The Local Initiatives Support Corp., based in Chicago, hasearmarked $4.2 million for three Boston non-profit developers tocreate affordable housing this year. The funds will be made from LISC's $128 million corporateinvestment fund and will be used as equity investments in ...
Gas spill closes part of I-93 in N.H.
Feb 01, 1992; ... LONDONDERRY, N.H. -- A gasoline tanker and a trash truckcollided yesterday morning on Interstate 93, leaving the median stripnear Exit 5 knee-deep in gasoline and closing several miles of thehighway for most of the day. Though most of the 5,400 gallons of gasoline that spilled ...
Women are more vulnerable to ills transmitted by sex
Feb 01, 1992; ...Sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs, pose a greater threatto women than to men because women's genital tissues are more proneto microscopic tears through which viruses and bacteria, oftentransmitted in semen, may enter the body.According to Dr. Katherine Stone, an ...
Yeltsin, at UN summit, hails West as `allies' Bush chides China's Li Peng on human rights record
Feb 01, 1992; ... UNITED NATIONS -- Saying he considers the United States and theWest "not as mere partners but rather as allies," Russia's president,Boris N. Yeltsin, called yesterday for deep cuts in nuclear andconventional weaponry and proposed that the United States and Russiajointly develop a ...