The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from January 1993:
For the '90s, Back Bay Bistro transforms into Small Planet
Jan 01, 1993; ... The dawning of a new year always brings not only soul-searchingbut crystal-ball gazing. So the waning hours of New Year's Eve wereespecially expectant at Back Bay Bistro, planning a phoenix-liketransformation into what its owner Frank Bell hopes will be a '90shappening. After a month's ...
`Home Alone' not just in movies Many children are left to fend for themselves
Jan 01, 1993; ... Some languish in dark living rooms, cold hallways orsyringe-strewn drug houses. Others shiver in parked cars or roam thestreets, unsupervised by their parents, too small to protectthemselves. They are children left alone, many of them emotionally scarred bytroubled, neglectful or ...
Berkshire student center: Superb inside, superficial outside
Jan 01, 1993; ... Every now and then, a whole new kind of building comes along. Thelatest is the prep-school student center. Nobody used to need these buildings. You'd just build a fewdorms, classrooms, a gym, library and dining hall and call it aschool. But times have changed and so have ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 01, 1993 ... Q. Was the late pianist Liberace of Italian descent?S.M., NorwoodA. Wladziu Valentino Liberace was born in West Allis, Wis., of aPolish mother and Italian father. His father had played the Frenchhorn in John Philip Sousa's concert band and Liberace was given pianolessons as soon as he was ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 01, 1993 ... Q. About four years ago I bought a seltzer-making machine from theCape Cod Soda Fountain Co. in Holliston, which, apparently, has sincegone out of business. I use the machine all the time, but a criticalpart has worn out and I need to replace it. Are the machines ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 01, 1993 ... Q. How can I get a copy of the time-lapse photograph of the lunareclipse that ran in the Globe on Dec. 10?J.J., Bar Harbor, MaineA. To get an 8 by 10 inch print of any published photograph taken bya Boston Globe photographer send a Xerox copy of the photograph alongwith a check for $22 ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 01, 1993 ... Q. How are temperatures in degrees Celsius converted to degreesFahrenheit? M.W., QuincyA. To convert Celsius to Fahrenheit, multiply by 9, divide by 5 andadd 32 degrees. For example: To convert 10 degrees Celsius toFahrenheit, multiply 10 X 9 = 90, divide 90 / 5 = 18, and add 32 = ...
ASK THE GLOBE THE ADDRESS BOOK
Jan 01, 1993 ... For T.C., North Weymouth -- Rita Coolidge, C/o Jason McCloskeyAssociates, 426 South Fairview Street, Burbank, CA ...
The annual it's only Rock `n' roll awards
Jan 01, 1993; ...Welcome to lucky No. 13, the Globe's 13th annual "It's Only Rock'n' Roll Awards." Forget those award extravaganzas on prime-timeTV. This is the one that counts, the one that sends shivers down thespines of music industry folks. Yeah, sure. This is the time when we look back ...
BC savors novel ending
Jan 01, 1993; ...TAMPA, Fla. -- Boston College coach Tom Coughlin has always beenthe cautious sort, especially when his team is confronted with aforeign set of circumstances, such as today's Hall of Fame Bowlmatchup against 17th-ranked Tennessee. While the Volunteers will be making their fourth ...
Foley is pronounced fit for duty
Jan 01, 1993; ... TAMPA, Fla. -- The Eagles went through their final workoutsyesterday, with a walk-through at Tampa Stadium. Head coach TomCoughlin said quarterback Glenn Foley was prepared to start despite asprained ligament he suffered on his throwing hand in Monday'spractice. "He threw the ...
Running in Hall is a key
Jan 01, 1993; ...TAMPA, Fla. -- No. 16 Boston College will make its first bowlappearance in six years today as a 3 1/2-point underdog against17th-ranked Tennessee in the Hall of Fame Bowl. The Eagles landed their first postseason bid since the inauguralHall of Fame Bowl in 1986 after an 8-2-1 ...
Teen has a hard time making new friends
Jan 01, 1993 ... Dear Beth: I am 15. I'm not a nerd or a loner, but I don't have a lot offriends because I am quiet at school. When I try to say something,I'm often ignored, so I feel stupid about what I said. It's havingserious effects on the rest of my life. I'm not happy spending Friday and ...
Iraq loans: dissecting the riddles
Jan 01, 1993; ... WASHINGTON -- In 1985, in the midst of the go-go Reagan years,Chris Drogoul brokered a secret grain deal with Saddam Hussein'sIraq. For the young, ambitious Atlanta banker, it was like his firsthit of an addictive drug.The initial deal was for $13 million. By the end of ...
Milbury addresses players, but it's only a prep talk
Jan 01, 1993; ... BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- Usually when the assistant general managersets up a meeting to address the team, ranting and raving are high onthe agenda. But yesterday morning, in lieu of a day-of-game skate, Bruinsassistant GM Mike Milbury spoke to the club briefly about ...
BC boosters weigh Coughlin situation
Jan 01, 1993; ... TAMPA, Fla. -- Boston College alumni and boosters are apprehensiveabout the possibility of Tom Coughlin departing for the NationalFootball League, but they remain optimistic that he will remain asthe team's head coach next season. "We think the world of the guy," said Jack Connors, ...
2 has gone 1 better
Jan 01, 1993; ... Material from the Associated Press was used in this report. Believers in omens should be especially happy if they are Alabamafans looking forward to tonight's Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The last four times the No. 1 and No. 2 teams have met in bowlgames, the No. 2 ...
Stars stifle Bruins
Jan 01, 1993; ... BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- What's next, Tony Robbins motivationaltapes? How about a bust of Knute Rockne in the dressing room? Assistant general manager Mike Milbury met with the Bruins in lieuof a morning skate yesterday in an effort to get them thinking aboutbetter mental preparation ....
Melvin A. Bryant, 89 Ticket agent at South Station
Jan 01, 1993 ... Melvin A. Bryant of Peabody, a retired ticket agent at SouthStation, died Wednesday in Salem Hospital. He was 89. Mr. Bryant was born in Lynn and has lived in Peabody for thepast 80 years. He graduated from Peabody High School in 1921 and attended theUniversity of New ...
Cabdriver shot in face says he's looking for safer work
Jan 01, 1993; ... Gerson Desroches, the cabdriver who survived a frighteningambush by two men he said shot him early Monday when he drove down adark Dorchester street, said he had not feared Boston's streetsuntil he became a victim on them. But three years after he began driving taxis in Boston, ...
Confused Celtics look for way to get into focus
Jan 01, 1993; ...LOS ANGELES -- As badly as the Celtics played on theirjust-completed Western swing, some positive signs had begun to emergebefore the bottom suddenly dropped out during the fourth quarter ofWednesday's demoralizing loss to the Clippers. Reggie Lewis was hitting again. Xavier ...
Whitney meter keeps on running
Jan 01, 1993; ... It seems Boston, just like the rest of the nation, cannot getenough of Whitney Houston's vocal gymnastics on the film soundtrackof "The Bodyguard." The album is firmly anchored atop the national and local charts onthe strength of the single "I Will Always Love You." Houston'slabel, ...
Albert's music grew on you
Jan 01, 1993; ... Most composers you get to like because you like their music;there's no other choice. But with living composers, you can learn tolike a person's music because you like him. That's what happened in my case with Stephen Albert, who waskilled in an automobile accident Sunday. His music ...
Green are ripe for change Tournament title is the fruit of perseverance for Dartmouth
Jan 01, 1993; ... They'd known the hard times, these men of Dartmouth. They'd wonjust five games in the previous 2 1/2 seasons before a 4-3 victoryover host New Hampshire in the holiday tournament at Snively Arena inDurham Tuesday night. Just to prove it was no fluke, the Big Greenlowered the boom on ...
CORRECTION
Jan 01, 1993 ...CORRECTION: Because of a reporting error, a Page 1 article onTuesday misspelled the ...
CORRECTION
Jan 01, 1993 ...CORRECTION: Because of a reporting error, an article inyesterday's US/World section on the connection between genetics andmental ...
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Cotton shrinks in stature
Jan 01, 1993; ...DALLAS -- Notre Dame has virtually no chance of a nationalchampionship. Texas A&M would have to hope for a Miami-Alabama tie(at least) and a Nebraska rout of Florida State (at most) forpollsters to acknowledge its eminence. So once again, the Cotton Bowl has virtually no ...
Rare day for the couch set
Jan 01, 1993; ... You are in the midst of football heaven, so enjoy it and movenothing except your fingers on the remote control. It rarely is thisgood. Last year, New Year's Eve fell on Tuesday, leaving a one-day gapbetween the Saturday and Sunday NFL doubleheaders. For thoseaddicted, a ...
MAN AND MANNEQUIN
Jan 01, 1993 ...Pedestrian walks by a mannequin yesterday outside a ...
NEW BEGINNING
Jan 01, 1993 ... Natasha, a 7-year-old orphan, hugs a doll she has been given ata party held by the Moscow militia ...
Richard Donham, 59 Former advertising copy writer
Jan 01, 1993 ... Richard Donham, of Winchendon, a former advertising copy writerand freelance writer, died Sunday in Henry Heywood Memorial Hospitalin Gardner of complications of pneumonia. He was 59. Mr. Donham was born in Boston and attended Knox College inGalesburg, Ill. He left to join the ...
Allen R. Dougherty, 88 Retired steamfitter and pipefitter
Jan 01, 1993 ... Allen R. Dougherty, a retired steamfitter and pipefitter andmember of the Pipefitters Union Local 537, died of a stroke Wedensdayin his home in Lincoln. He was 88. Mr. Dougherty was born in Lincoln and had lived there all hislife. He attended Center School in Lincoln and graduated ...
Dragged policeman, hit by passing van, home in Bellingham
Jan 01, 1993 ... The Bellingham police officer who was struck by a van Tuesdayafter he was dragged by a car driven by a suspected drug dealer wasdischarged from the hospital Wednesday. Lt. Edgar Ayotte, 59, of Bellingham, was knocked into the air bythe passing van on Route 495 in ...
SJC justice lowers bail; official's son is released
Jan 01, 1993; ... The son of a top Weld administration official who is charged withrobbing an undercover state trooper at gunpoint two weeks ago wasreleased from jail yesterday after a Supreme Judicial Court justicelowered his bail from $500,000 to $5,000 cash. Laurence Ollivierre, the 22-year-old ...
Clinton's New Year
Jan 01, 1993 ... Bill Clinton has shown that he has enormous energy, drive and thecapacity for dealing in detail with a large number of issues. Hewill need every one of those qualities to cope with the array ofproblems that will immediately confront him when he takes office. The way he addresses ...
Sponsor ties aid hike, school bill Roosevelt to oppose increase unless legislation passes
Jan 01, 1993; ... A principal sponsor of the public school reform bill awaitingaction in the House next week said late yesterday he will oppose anyincrease in state aid for schools next year unless the bill passes. Rep. Mark Roosevelt (D-Beacon Hill), cochairman of the JointEducation Committee, said ...
The fold towne teams
Jan 01, 1993 ... Having long ago rebelled against rule by royalty, New Englandersare not accustomed to the rise and fall of dynasties. At least notin real life. But in that realm of fantasy inhabited by sports fans, the localsknow more about the cyclical vicissitudes of dynasties than ...
Cheap fares abound for Europe travelers
Jan 01, 1993; ... Want to catch a hit West End play in London later this month? Orsurprise someone special with a stroll down the Champs-Elysees onValentine's Day? Bargain hunters can find cheap air fares to Europe right now withmany US carriers extending their fall sales well into thepost-holiday ...
Fire causes $300,000 in damages to three Dorchester businesses
Jan 01, 1993 ... A 2-alarm fire early yesterday burned through a string ofbusinesses in Dorchester's Four Corners section, causing an estimated$300,000 in damages, fire officials said. The cause of the 1:30 a.m. blaze was undetermined yesterday, butthe fire at 5, 7, and 9 Bowdoin St. damaged ...
Colin W. Gillis, 59 New England School of Law dean
Jan 01, 1993 ... Colin W. Gillis of Newton, a former professor of law and dean atthe New England School of Law, died of cardiopulmonary arrestWednesday in the Veterans Administration Medical Center in JamaicaPlain. He was 59. Mr. Gillis was born in Boston. He graduated from Boston CollegeLaw ...
Mark E. Grady, 52 International trade expert
Jan 01, 1993 ... Mark Edward Grady, an international trade expert for the UnitedStates Commerce Department, died Dec. 24 in St. Luke's Hospital inKansas City, Mo., after he had collapsed behind the wheel of his carwhile driving. He was 52. Mr. Grady was born in Somerville and earned a degree in ...
Mass. expecting few troop cutbacks in National Guard
Jan 01, 1993; ... The Massachusetts National Guard, targeted for 1993 troopreductions that would have cut the unit in half, has ducked thefederal ax for at least one year. Last March, Defense Secretary Richard B. Cheney proposed draconiancutbacks of National Guard and other American reserve forces ...
1992 What's in and what's out
Jan 01, 1993; ... Here at official 1993 Transition Headquarters, where inhaling isOut and outplacement is In, that giant sucking sound you hear is thehot air being let out of the balloon labeled "1992." Folks, we tried to warn you what was In and what was Out a yearago. Some of you were not paying ...
John Tchicai: Graceful, avant-garde saxman
Jan 01, 1993; ... Gentle avant garde may seem a contradiction in terms, but thensaxophonist John Tchicai doesn't fit into a neat category. Born in Denmark of a Danish mother and Congolese father, Tchicai,56, is best known in the United States for his work in the early1960s with fiery avant-gardists ...
Perot must come to the aid of this dull party
Jan 01, 1993; ... H. Ross Perot, the National Football League needs you. The two-conference NFL playoff party just doesn't work. There are12 teams still playing and only five of them are any good -- andthey're all from the NFC. Cheering for an AFC team is like rootingfor the Washington Generals to ...
Weld's jobs bill is given big push
Jan 01, 1993; ... Gov. Weld's economic development chief is cranking up a last-ditchoffensive for Weld's jobs creation bill, including sending letters tostate senators urging them to adopt the $30 million loan guaranteefund Weld proposed to help "emerging technology" businesses. "The Legislature ...
Too big to ignore or bully
Jan 01, 1993; ... MICHAEL KENNEY Michael Kenney, a member of the Globe staff, worked in China during 1990-91. When all the foreign policy issues facing the administration ofPresident-elect Clinton have been resolved -- Iraq, Somalia,ex-Yugoslavia, even the Middle East -- the ...
Former legislator gets UMass job as government liaison
Jan 01, 1993; ... The University of Massachusetts has hired a former top HouseDemocrat to be its government relations director, a systemwide jobthat is expected to pay about $80,000 a year. UMass president Michael Hooker confirmed that he has hired formerstate Rep. Kenneth M. Lemanski (D-Chicopee), ...
Use of lie detector test on sex offenders is hit
Jan 01, 1993; ... Defense attorneys yesterday assailed a plan by Gov. Weld'sadministration to subject paroled sex offenders to periodiclie-detector tests to ascertain whether they have committed furthercrimes. Noting that the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that polygraphresults are not ...
For Coughlin, a place of Fame and fortune
Jan 01, 1993; ... TAMPA, Fla. -- The Boston College football coach wanted a lastglass of water before his last BC press conference. Well, of 1992,at least. "Was it here, Tom?" Tom Coughlin was asked. "Was this thehotel?" Tampa will always have a special place in the coach's heart. Itwas here ...
Boston wants $3.5m more from Massport
Jan 01, 1993; ... Faced with a looming budget crunch, the city of Boston isdemanding that the Massachusetts Port Authority, which owns LoganAirport, pay an additional $3.5 million on top of its roughly $6million annual payment in lieu of taxes. Sources close to Mayor Flynn say he is so angry over ...
Miami, shooting for an unprecedented fifth national title in 10 years and its 30th straight victory, is trying to add to that `'Cane thing.' Most of us would call it a . . .DYNASTY
Jan 01, 1993; ... NEW ORLEANS -- The calls have been coming in all week. FromSeattle, from Dallas, from Los Angeles, from every precinct in theNational Football League where the link to Miami Hurricane footballexists. Some are casual; others are more direct, giving specificinstructions. Always, ...
He was not a showoff, just a great violinist
Jan 01, 1993; ... Nathan Milstein, the great violinist and musician, died Dec. 20just a few days short of his 88th birthday. He was already a world figure when he made his debut with theBoston Symphony Orchestra in 1931. Inexplicably the BSO neverengaged him after 1953, but the Celebrity Series ...
NAMES & FACES Country crazy
Jan 01, 1993; ... Those of us who loathe country music were not surprised to readthat a professor in Detroit has found a correlation between countrymusic and suicide rates, that the themes of loneliness, hopelessnessand drinking foster a suicidal mood among people already at risk ofsuicide. I'd ...
SJC to celebrate founding in Salem
Jan 01, 1993 ...The Supreme Judicial Court will conduct a special sitting Mondayin the Superior Court in Salem to commemorate its founding 300 yearsago in Essex County. All seven SJC justices will be on hand to heararguments in five cases. The cases all originated in Essex Countyand involve questions ...
Man, 18, arrested in shooting death
Jan 01, 1993 ...An 18-year-old Dorchester man has been charged with the shootingmurder of a 17-year-old who was killed in Dorchester in March, Bostonpolice said yesterday. Keyma Mack was arrested by Springfield andState police on Wednesday as he was about to be released on probationat a Springfield ...
AIDS group backs Hub condom bill
Jan 01, 1993 ... Several groups active in the fight against AIDS are planning tointervene in a lawsuit filed to prevent enforcement of a new Bostonlaw requiring condom vending machines in most places that sellalcohol, lawyers said yesterday. The Massachusetts RestaurantAssociation is seeking a ...
Study may block W. Roxbury plan
Jan 01, 1993 ...State officials have ordered a developer seeking to build aretail mall in West Roxbury to conduct an environmental impact studythat could delay the project for months or kill it altogether. JanetG. McCabe, assistant secretary of the Executive Office ofEnvironmental Affairs, made the ...
NFL labor issue going to court
Jan 01, 1993; ...Here comes the judge, ready to tackle the National FootballLeague's labor problems head-on. After hearing from the attorneys that the attempt at a newcollective bargaining agreement had failed, Judge David Doty of USDistrict Court in Minnesota has called for key parties on both ...
A fete of diversity, silliness First Nighters find joy in one another
Jan 01, 1993; ... Deborah Chaisson, Jefferson Cleary, Lucas Mearian, Pamela Teehan, Robert Starck and Nancy Wentworth contributed to this report. Closing a year that saw scars of ethnic differences deepenworldwide, tens of thousands of people crowded downtown Boston lastnight ...
Revelers flock to city fete Up to 1 million join in First Night's fun
Jan 01, 1993; ... Deborah Chaisson, Jefferson Cleary, Lucas Mearian, Pamela Teehan, Robert Starck and Nancy Wentworth contributed to this report. One of the largest New Year's crowds in Boston history celebratedearly into this morning, lured outside by an oasis of mild ...
SAY CHEESE!
Jan 01, 1993 ...Richard Der Garabedian photographs an oil ...
Parade council seeks to block bias complaint
Jan 01, 1993 ... Organizers of Boston's St. Patrick's Day Parade are appealing to aSupreme Judicial Court justice to block the state's antibias agencyfrom proceeding with a complaint that could force the organizers topermanently allow lesbians and gays to take part in the annual march. SJC Justice ...
12 in Mass. hospitalized after using leather spray
Jan 01, 1993; ... Twelve Massachusetts residents, complaining of respiratoryproblems, have been hospitalized after using a leather protectionspray that the manufacturer, Wilsons Suede and Leather Co.,voluntarily withdrew from its 600 nationwide stores shortly afterChristmas. Although customers ...