The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from November 1993:
NO STUFFED MOOSE COULD GET IN THE WAY OF HIS STORY
Nov 01, 1993; ... This is the story of the moose that went to Paris. It is also the story of how Thomas Jefferson got stiffed for astiff. Let's begin at the beginning, with Georges Louis Leclerc deBuffon. Buffon was the world's most respected zoologist and botanistduring the reigns of ...
Looking into women's future
Nov 01, 1993; ... The first woman president will be elected within 10 years. That'sCambridge writer Patricia Aburdene's prediction.But Aburdene, coauthor with husband John Naisbitt of "Megatrendsfor Women," says the real gains by women won't be in politics as muchas in business. In 1992, ...
Key for alcoholics may lie in kudzu
Nov 01, 1993; ... A bunch of heavy-boozing hamsters -- with help from an ancientChinese herbal remedy -- may hold a new key to helping humanalcoholics cut down on their drinking. Given the choice of sipping ethanol-spiked water or plain H2O withtheir Purina Rodent Laboratory Chow, the Syrian Golden ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Nov 01, 1993 ...Q. In the process of becoming a US citizen I attended a hearingat the US Immigration and Naturalization Service office in Boston onApril 26. At the end of the meeting, I was told that I would benotified in approximately four weeks of the time and place to appearfor the swearing-in ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Nov 01, 1993 ...Q. Please settle a bet. I say actor John Wayne was 5 feet 10inches tall or less; my friends say he was 6 feet 2 inches tall ormore. If it's anything in between the bets are off. Who wins?M.T., North Anson, MaineA. You ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Nov 01, 1993 ...Q. Please settle an argument. Was the movie "The AndromedaStrain" based on fact? J.J., LunenburgA. No, the highly-praised 1971 sci-fi spellbinder was a well-donepiece of pure ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Nov 01, 1993 ...Q. What is the title of the biography of Orson Welles that waspublished several years ago? D.P., LowellA. Books in Print, available at all libraries, lists several books onthe famous actor and director, ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Nov 01, 1993 ...Q. Why does the notation "Reg. Penna. Dept. Agr." appear onsome packaged foods? G.T., BostonA. Companies wishing to sell food products in Pennsylvania must belicensed under state law. The notation means that ...
ASK THE GLOBE / THE ADDRESS BOOK
Nov 01, 1993 ...For R.W., Newtonville -- Patrick Stewart, C/o InternationalCreative Management, Attn: Steve Donteville, 8942 Wilshire Blvd.,Beverly Hills, CA 90211For G.O., Reading -- Livingston Taylor, P.O. Box 114, Newton ...
Giving it the Eagle eye BC watching polls after 5 straight wins
Nov 01, 1993; ... The restoration of recognition and respect to Boston College'sfootball program has been a painstaking process these last fivegames. Not just for the Eagles, but for their opponents as well. Since its 0-2 start, BC has gone on a five-game winning streak,extended by Saturday's ...
It's your funeral
Nov 01, 1993; ... It was not so long ago that I received a mysterious facsimiletransmission from Mt. Auburn Cemetery, which boasts some of thearea's finest bird-watching, according to my ornithanatologistfriends. "Someone suggested you might be interested in our seminar`Choosing Cremation,' " a staffer ...
Alma G. Bloom, 105 Nursing career spanned 69 years
Nov 01, 1993 ... Alma G. (Gray) Bloom, a registered nurse for more than 69 yearsand a World War I veteran, died Saturday at the Quigley MemorialHospital in Chelsea. She was 105. Born and raised in Belmont, Maine, Mrs. Bloom graduated from theMonson Nursing School in 1905. She went on to do ...
Looking to the left in Latin America
Nov 01, 1993; ... UTOPIA UNARMED The Latin American Left After the Cold War By Jorge G. Castaneda Knopf, 498 pp., $27.50 This is a book that many leftist intellectuals in Latin Americawould like to have written, a serious and passionate vision beyondthe hemisphere's ...
Bruins set to announce Bourque signing
Nov 01, 1993; ... The press release was short, two paragraphs to be exact, andvague, reading only that there would be a news conference and medialuncheon today at the Bruins' practice facility in Wilmington,beginning at noon. But the reason for the event is to announce the Bruins have ...
FATAL SHOOTING, BLAZE
Nov 01, 1993 ...A firefighter dashes in front of burning apartments in El Cajon,Calif., where a sniper opened fire Saturday. Police say Gordon H.Neumann, 62, repeatedly fired a rifle from his apartment window,killing ...
Revere man arrested after 4-hour standoff
Nov 01, 1993 ... REVERE -- A Revere man surrendered to dozens of state and localpolice officers yesterday after a four-hour standoff that began witha carjacking and a kidnapping, police said. Authorities said Anthony Vega, 30, surrendered shortly before 2p.m. when members of a specialized assault ...
BLOCKING THE SIGNALS THAT MAKE CELLS SICK
Nov 01, 1993; ...At a stunning pace, scientists are piecing together thelong-mysterious pathways that allow the outside of a human cell tocommunicate with the genetic control center in its nucleus. Discovering these pathways may open new possibilities for treatinga variety of diseases, because the ...
Corchiani has Celtics roster spot in sights
Nov 01, 1993; ... WALTHAM -- He is usually told in hushed tones, sometimes byteammates, sometimes by media members, sometimes by fans. Chris Corchiani, who is trying to make the Celtics as a freeagent, as a backup at point guard to Sherman Douglas, politely giveshis thanks when he's told that he's ...
Celebration went out of bounds Wisconsin's momentous win overshadowed by scary moments
Nov 01, 1993; ... Yesterday should have been a day for celebration in Madison, Wis.,in the afterglow of Saturday's 13-10 victory by the University ofWisconsin over Michigan, a win that kept the upstart Badgers alive intheir quest for a berth in the Rose Bowl. Instead there was only eerie silence ...
What did in the dinos? List of suspects grows
Nov 01, 1993; ...Like a complicated whodunit with endless twists and turns ofplot, the mystery of what killed off the dinosaurs just won't staysolved. Even as scientists argue the guilt or innocence of the knownsuspects, more keep popping up. A new one -- declining oxygen levelsthat may have ...
Shula ties mark as Dolphins roll
Nov 01, 1993; ... MIAMI -- After games, Dolphins linebacker Bryan Cox plucks hisjewelry from a black baseball cap, meticulously picking his way overa small mountain of diamond stud earrings, gold rope necklaces, athick gold ring and a stunning gold watch. Cox was redecorating himself yesterday as he ...
A timely AIDS documentary
Nov 01, 1993 ... "Sex Education in America: AIDS and Adolescence," a remarkablethough sobering television documentary, makes its official debut inWashington today under the aegis of the Harvard AIDS Institute andAT&T. It will undergo formal review by a number of federalauthorities, including the surgeon ...
The T's bluenose line
Nov 01, 1993 ... If the sight of a condom or a catchy sexual message offends thedelicate sensibilities of MBTA riders, perhaps T officials shouldhand out a pair of rose-colored glasses with every token. Or betteryet, T officials should take their glasses off. Last year, when the AIDS Action ...
Once-solid voting blocs are splitting in Boston
Nov 01, 1993; ... In Boston and around the country, traditionally unified votingblocs -- women, blacks, Irish, Italians and gays -- have defiedpundits and predictions by breaking ranks instead of marching inlockstep in this year's municipal elections. When New England's largest gay newspaper ...
Chance meeting changes a life
Nov 01, 1993; ... Maybe it's just because I'm hung over from too much candy corn, ormaybe because it now turns dark shortly after lunch, but November isa bummer. The brilliant red, orange and yellow leaves have gone torust, or gone all together. You know it's time for SeasonalAffective Disorder when there ...
No subpoena for Packwood
Nov 01, 1993 ...Even a lecher deserves to be undisturbed in his constitutionalrights. The Senate Ethics Committee should focus on itsinvestigation of sexual harassment by Robert Packwood without havingthe power to subpoena the complete 8,000 pages of Packwood's diaries. Packwood's tawdry ...
2 convicted murderers flee Bridgewater prison area is put on alert
Nov 01, 1993; ... Chow contributed to this report. BRIDGEWATER -- Two convicted murderers serving life withoutparole escaped from a state prison in Bridgewater yesterday, leadingpolice to cancel Halloween trick or treating while officers wentdoor-to-door warning residents to stay ...
Six who make Boston shine
Nov 01, 1993 ... The honoring of six city employees by the Boston MunicipalResearch Bureau is a welcome corrective to the excesses of thecampaign season, with its derision of undetected waste and promisesof new efficiencies. At the Public Garden, thousands of strollers benefit from thework of ...
Get ready to be babied in spring
Nov 01, 1993; ... NEW YORK -- If the first few spring fashion shows here are anyindication, legs and belly buttons will predominate next year as"little girl punk" hits the streets. Teeny-weeny baby-doll dresses -- tight on top, pleated to anA-line on the bottom, with hemlines just covering the rear ...
Federico Fellini, film's image master, is dead at 73
Nov 01, 1993; ... Italian film director Federico Fellini died yesterday in a Romehospital of cardiac arrest. He was 73. Mr. Fellini had been in a coma with severe brain damage since hesuffered cardio-respiratory failure last month. He underwent a14-hour heart bypass operation in June and two months ...
Bernice G. Forman, 70 Retired Canton bookkeeper
Nov 01, 1993 ... Bernice G. (Sher) Forman of Canton, a retired bookkeeper, diedFriday after a short illness in Norwood Hospital. She was 70. Born in Chelsea, Mrs. Forman graduated from Dorchester HighSchool. She worked as a bookkeeper for Morse Food Co. until herretirement in 1988. She was ...
Shift seen at Genetics Institute Chief to shed one hat; executive to move up
Nov 01, 1993; ...Genetics Institute Inc. plans to announce today that L. PatrickGage, its executive vice president for research and development, hasbeen promoted to chief operating officer. Gabriel Schmergel hasgiven up that title but continues as president and chief executive,according to company ...
A new way of doing business Harvard management school ponders curriculum change
Nov 01, 1993; ...Harvard Business School, where students study managementmake-overs and quality control, is likely to alter its philosophy,curriculum and possibly the composition of its faculty in an effortto improve its own product. One of the world's most elite management schools, Harvard ...
Clinton health plan finds favor in state Two-thirds in poll say reform is worth risk
Nov 01, 1993; ... President Clinton's health reform proposal enjoys stronger supportin Massachusetts than it does nationally, even though nearly half thestate's residents think it would cost them more, according to ahospital industry-sponsored poll released today. Two-thirds of Massachusetts ...
HOW WHY
Nov 01, 1993; ...Q. How much beach is eroded from Cape Cod each year?STUDENTSPeabody SchoolA. The ocean side of the cape is losing about three feet each year onaverage, says Eleanor J. Camann, interpretive park ranger at the CapeCod National Seashore's Salt Pond Visitors' Center in ...
HOW WHY
Nov 01, 1993; ...Q. Because some trees can be very old, rings are used to "doublecheck" carbon-14 dating. It has also been explained that tree ringdating can delve even further into the past by using a second (andthird) tree. That is, if the first tree is 1,000 years old and thesecond is 500, we can now ...
William Jankowski, 86 Retired Norwood police officer
Nov 01, 1993 ... William C. Jankowski of Mashpee, a retired police officer, diedSunday of pneumonia in the JML Extended Care Center in Falmouth. Hewas 86. Mr. Jankowski was born in Milford and was educated in Taunton andNorwood schools. During World War II, he was stationed in the United ...
For women, Tunisia sets itself apart
Nov 01, 1993; ...TUNIS -- Large posters urging the use of condoms decorate thekiosks of the main thoroughfare. Explicit booklets on birth controlare used in mobile clinics in the countryside. In Belvedere Park inthe center of the capital, a jogging path is used by local women, anumber of them in ...
Rain enables McCabe and Fuller to take titles
Nov 01, 1993; ... Dick McCabe of Kennebunkport, Maine, and Rick Fuller of Auburncame up winners yesterday when a NASCAR season-ending doubleheader atNew Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon was canceled becauseof rain. The cancellation ended the Busch Grand ...
Stubborn Parcells holding that company line on Secules
Nov 01, 1993; ... INDIANAPOLIS -- After this latest nail-puller, the Patriots'fourth such three-points-or-fewer loss in seven defeats, it may betime to call into question Bill Parcells' noble experiment of tryingto play football with no skills at the skill positions. Or perhaps a more basic ...
More than 1,000 attend a Mass for injured Newton firefighters
Nov 01, 1993; ... NEWTON -- Cold weather and intermittent rain did not keep morethan 1,000 friends and relatives of Newton firefighters away from aspecial Mass at Saint Bernard's Church yesterday. Firefighter Richard O'Neill, one of 13 firefighters injured inexplosions at the HC Starck Co. last ...
Candidates take the campaign to Roxbury church
Nov 01, 1993; ... Rep. James T. Brett continued to press his message that he cankeep middle-class families in Boston yesterday, while Acting MayorThomas M. Menino touted his ability to bring people together, as the1993 mayoral campaign lurched toward the finish line. Brett and Menino appeared ...
Mulligan probe creates tensions Police, DA's office disagreed on search
Nov 01, 1993; ... Accusations that detectives mishandled evidence in the murderinvestigation of Detective John J. Mulligan has strained the delicatealliance between Boston police and the Suffolk district attorney'soffice, according to sources. At one point, detectives working in the Mulligan case ...
PC not part of this PC's act
Nov 01, 1993; ... Pat Cooper was telling ethnic jokes and making fun of virtuallyall nationalities long before Howard Stern. Born Pasquale Caputo in Brooklyn, Cooper left the bricklayingtrade to construct jokes in the '60s. He was a fixture on virtuallyevery talk show from Merv Griffin to Mike ...
Halloween fires kept to minimum
Nov 01, 1993; ...Rainy, chilly weather along with thousands of volunteers, policeand firefighters helped keep pranksters from setting fires in citiesthat traditionally have seen significant damage in Halloween evesprees. In Camden, N.J., a 2-year-old antiarson task force hoped toprevent a repeat of ...
Conn. man dies after shooting
Nov 01, 1993; ...HAMDEN, Conn. -- An argument between two men that may havestemmed from a recent card game turned ugly when one of the menpulled out a gun and fatally shot the other, police said. FrederickFurlow 3d was shot in the stomach and chest outside the 24-hour QuikStop store on Dixwell Avenue ...
Archery deer hunt nears Vt. record
Nov 01, 1993; ...MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Vermont deer hunters are having anothersuccessful year, with the first part of the archery season over andthe regular November season about to begin, fish and wildlifeofficials said. Bow-and-arrow deer hunters are coming close to lastyear's record kill, with reports ...
7 firefighters hurt battling R.I. blaze
Nov 01, 1993; ...CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- Seven firefighters were injured fighting afire in a four-story tenement that left 10 people homeless.Battalion Chief Gerard Cournoyer blamed faulty wiring in anelectrical fixture for the fire that broke out about 1:25 p.m.Saturday ....
Weekend crashes kill 2 in Maine
Nov 01, 1993 ...Two people were killed in weekend highway accidents in Maine, anda manslaughter charge has been filed against the 19-year-old driverin one of the wrecks. Jacob Smith of Owls Head was charged withmanslaughter after he drove a car into a telephone pole earlySaturday, killing his only ...
School committee pursues citation
Nov 01, 1993 ... Boston School Committee chairman Paul Parks said yesterday he willnot drop his request for a contempt citation against the BostonTeachers Union for staging a ...
Body identified in Oxford fire
Nov 01, 1993; ... OXFORD -- Officials have identified a man killed in a trailerfire. John P. Morin, 34, a wood-splitter, died in a 14-foot ...
Man, 37, held in two crashes
Nov 01, 1993 ... A Harvard University police officer pursued a stolen car intoBoston yesterday where a suspect crashed the car, then forced theowner of a second car out of his vehicle, before crashing ...
United jet forced to return to Logan
Nov 01, 1993 ... No injuries were reported when a United Airlines flight to Chicagowas forced to land at Logan International Airport in Boston yesterdayimmediately after taking off, officials said. Phil ...
Man, 36, stabbed in hospital fight
Nov 01, 1993 ... One man was stabbed early yesterday when he fought with anotherman in the labor and delivery area at Brigham and Women's Hospital,officials said. Lance Taylor was stabbed in the hip during a fightwith William Williams, 36, of Cambridge, officials said. Williams,police ...
Suspect arrested in Uxbridge fire
Nov 01, 1993 ... A Blackstone man will be arraigned today at Milford DistrictCourt for allegedly breaking into an Uxbridge courthouse on Fridayand setting it on ...
Bering Glacier is on another surge
Nov 01, 1993; ... The largest glacier system in North America has been speeding uplately, racing along at 50 times its normal rate, geologists reportedin Boston last week at a meeting of the Gelogical Society of America. Bering Glacier, on the south coast of Alaska, began its surge inJune, said P ....
Senators gingerly take up Packwood diary debate
Nov 01, 1993; ... WASHINGTON -- Barring a last-minute compromise, the Senatereluctantly takes on today the increasingly messy case of Sen. BobPackwood, whose diary is said to chronicle not only the OregonRepublican's love life but that of fellow lawmakers -- and to raisequestions about possible criminal ...
Steppin' Out to another age
Nov 01, 1993 ... The jazz clubs of the '30s, '40s and '50s came alive Saturdaynight as Steppin' Out '93 drew 4,000 partygoers to the ...
ABCD fetes volunteers
Nov 01, 1993 ... Some 1,500 people attended the annual dinner celebratingneighborhood volunteers held by Action for Boston CommunityDevelopment ...
Patriots lose a footrace to Colts New England nipped at the wire again in a battle of field goals
Nov 01, 1993; ... INDIANAPOLIS -- Seven days ago, following a one-point loss to theSeattle Seahawks on the final drive of the day, Patriots coach BillParcells was asked if there was another possible way his team couldlose a football game. "If there is, we'll probably think of it," Parcells ...
Issue of play-calling continues to be a running story
Nov 01, 1993; ... INDIANAPOLIS -- Leonard Russell must be wondering this morningwhat he has to do to keep the ball in his hands. Certainly most ofNew England probably is wondering. Russell carried three times for 33 yards on the opening drive ofyesterday's 9-6 loss to the Indianapolis Colts and then ...
Phair's wit lost to technical gremlins
Nov 01, 1993; ... LIZ PHAIR At: Axis Saturday night Rock is rife with contradictions, the most disturbing of whichtends to assign performers to pigeonholes based on their particularstrain of individuality. No one's sound is new; it's alwaysdescribed as Band X meets Band Y, as influenced ...
Battle rages over the price of health plan Administration tackles GOP critics
Nov 01, 1993; ... WASHINGTON -- Debate erupted yesterday on television talk showsover the true cost of President Clinton's health care reformproposal, with Democrats defending him and Republicans attacking hisprojections. Democrats said cost increases for about 40 percent of the nation'shealth ...
Clinton's foreign policy team draws fire Scholars say president overlooked what academia has to offer
Nov 01, 1993; ... When President Clinton took office in January, he recruitedexperts from the nation's universities, including a dozen fromHarvard. But as the dust begins to settle after early stumbles inBosnia, Somalia and Haiti, many scholars and policy intellectuals aresuggesting that in the area of ...
Hoping to meet with success Gorman explores Sox' options
Nov 01, 1993; ... There might be nothing more awaiting the Red Sox at the generalmanagers' meetings in Naples, Fla., than a bella vita, or "goodconversations," as Red Sox general manager Lou Gorman is apt to say.But the Gulf Coast city could provide temptation and allure thisweek. The Sox, coming ...