The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from February 1994:
College accreditors agree to emphasize results, not resources
Feb 01, 1994; ...Responding to pressure from the public and the federalgovernment, higher education officials have agreed to overhaul thesystem for accrediting colleges and universities to emphasizeevaluating what students learn. In addition, accreditors agreed to make public much ...
Aikman was aching before big game
Feb 01, 1994; ... ATLANTA -- Troy Aikman had his wits about him. Clearly. This talk about the Cowboys being a dynasty, being "the team ofthe '90s"? "You know," said the Cowboys quarterback, "it's kind of early inthe '90s to be talking about a team of the '90s. And with all thechanges being ...
A private affair Select few get White House access
Feb 01, 1994; ... WASHINGTON -- Tomorrow is "Massachusetts Appreciation Day" atthe White House. But the state's elected officials aren't expectedto attend, and the event isn't on President Clinton's publicschedule.Instead, the affair is strictly private. In an invitation to aselect group of ...
N.H. officer hurt in arrest of man
Feb 01, 1994; ... LONDONDERRY, N.H. -- A police officer broke his leg when heslipped on ice while helping another officer arrest a Laconia man. Officer Jack Slade was directing traffic Saturday when a manparked his car in a restricted area and refused to move it, ...
Two artists do time at List
Feb 01, 1994; ... DAN GRAHAM: PUBLIC/PRIVATE and MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO: RECENT SCULPTURE At: the List Visual Arts Center, MIT, Cambridge, through March 27. Dan Graham and Maria Fernanda Cardoso are artists who deal withtime, but in very different ways. Graham, a ...
Hearing pledged on neighborhood property values
Feb 01, 1994; ... and Gary Chafetz, Special to the Globe District City Councilors Maura Hennigan of Jamaica Plain andGareth Saunders of Roxbury yesterday said that they would hold ahearing to review the impact of foreclosed properties on propertyvalues in certain poor neighborhoods of Boston. The ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1994 ...Q. Is the US-raised Russian commentator Vladimir Posner stillappearing on programs with Phil Donahue?M.T., Newton A. Yes. The "Posner & Donahue" talk show can be seen in theBoston area Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 to 10 p.m. on cable stationCNBC. The son of Vladimir ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1994 ...Q. Where was the first one-way street?J.L., Boston A. The first one-way traffic order was issued in New York City onDec. 17, 1791. A regulation incidental to a performance at the JohnStreet Theatre requested that "Ladies and Gentlemen will order theircoachmen to take up and set ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1994 ... Q. Has former Broadway singing star John Raitt made any publicappearances since his May 1992, appearance with his daughter, BonnieRaitt, with the Boston Pops? I know their performances werebroadcast in July of 1992 on the Public Broadcasting System.J.N., Boston A. Yes. Raitt, now ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1994 ...Q. What causes perioral dermatitis?C.W., Canton A. According to "The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy,"perioral dermatitis is "a red eruption occuring around the mouth andon the chin, occuring predominantly in women aged ...
Gang that can't think straight
Feb 01, 1994; ... Things are so boring here in the Ice Age that I find myselfactually anticipating Tonya Harding finally coming clean on "LarryKing Live" and admitting she was never a member of Mensa. Maybeshe'll end up twin-billed with her former bodyguard, Shawn Eckardt,who looks like it would require more ...
Senior circuit sparks BC Veterans step up against Hoyas, elevate Eagles to second place
Feb 01, 1994; ... Sweet Sixteen. Boston College earned its 16th victory of the season -- the firstEagle team in 15 years to win that many before February -- and movedinto sole possession of second place in the Big East last night witha 71-64 triumph over Georgetown before a sellout 8,606 at ...
Hard times for child of divorce
Feb 01, 1994 ... Dear Beth: What horrible holidays I had! My parents are divorced and theyargued for days about where I would spend Christmas. Then I had togo back and forth the whole time. When I was with one I missed theother. It's supposed to be a great time of year and I always ...
Neely talks get rolling
Feb 01, 1994; ... Bruins management put forth a contract proposal to right wing CamNeely late last week, but it's likely to be just the first step in along process. "They made an offer," said Neely, who is playing out his option."It's just the initial {phase of negotiating}." Neely's ...
1 safe, 2 missing after trawler sinks southeast of Nantucket
Feb 01, 1994; ... Coast Guard rescuers hoisted a fisherman from a life raft 80nautical miles southeast of Nantucket yesterday morning but werestill searching for his two crewmates late last night. Victor Pereira of Fall River, 33, was pulled onto a Coast Guardhelicopter after the New Bedford-based ...
Law-Yone's exotic `Tango' loses its tempo
Feb 01, 1994; ... IRRAWADDY TANGO By Wendy Law-Yone Knopf, 290 pp., $23 Steamy and harsh, Wendy Law-Yone's fictional worlds combineextremes in a manner bound to evoke drama. In the debilitatingpoverty and political oppression of Southeast Asia, the Burmese-bornauthor pits the ...
Escalation in Bosnian clash seen Muslim-led force stronger; Serbs announce mobilization
Feb 01, 1994; ...ZAGREB, Croatia -- Bosnian Serb leaders announced yesterday amajor mobilization for battle, a move that intensified Western fearsthat all sides in the blood-drenched Balkan conflict have given up onpeace talks and are girding for an all-out military showdown. In Washington, the ...
Police suspect triple-suicide in deaths of brothers in Bourne
Feb 01, 1994; ... report. BOURNE -- Law enforcement officials believe the three Smithbrothers found dead in an abandoned waterfront inn here Sundaydecided to end their lives together because they all were bearingcrosses they couldn't handle anymore. Serious illness, pending criminal ...
Casey lets his play do the talking
Feb 01, 1994; ...For nearly three hours last night, problems were being resolvedand questions were being answered concerning the Bruins' goaltending.Then, with three seconds remaining during a 4-3 victory over Quebec,the situation changed. Mats Sundin won a faceoff from Adam Oates and drilled a ...
Neely ignites Bruins He gets 2 more goals to scorch Nordiques
Feb 01, 1994; ... Four months ago, Cam Neely thought about retirement. Now he's looking at the probability of another 50-goal season, hisfirst since 1990-91, after which thigh and knee injuries sidelinedhim for the bulk of two seasons. Neely, playing in his 31st game, tallied his 35th and 36th ...
Edward H. Cahill, 82; columnist in Lynn, county commissioner
Feb 01, 1994 ... Edward H. Cahill, a former Essex County commissioner and formerwriter of the "Cracker Barrel" sports column for the Lynn Daily Item,died yesterday at Union Hospital in Lynn of coronary artery disease.He was 82. A lifelong resident of Lynn, Mr. Cahill began his journalismcareer at ...
TIMELY WARNING
Feb 01, 1994 ...The Massachusetts law requiring drivers and passengers to wearseat belts, passed by the Legislature last month over Gov. Weld'sveto, goes into effect today. If a car is stopped for anothertraffic violation, police may issue a $25 ticket ...
WORCESTER BLAZE
Feb 01, 1994 ... Several firefighters were injured last night while fighting afive-alarm blaze that destroyed a block-long warehouse on PullmanStreet. As many as 125 ...
AFTER THE STORM
Feb 01, 1994 ...Residents of Mulberry Street in Trenton, N.J., mill about as theywait for city sanitation crews to cart away the flood-damagedcontents ...
Celtics have plenty to contend with
Feb 01, 1994; ... The captain, Robert Parish, repeatedly has warned his team aboutmistaking its winning streak -- now seven games -- for an opportunityto "sit back and act like fat cats." If the Celtics manage to get through the next three gamesunscathed, however, even Parish might agree to a little ...
Police chief decision expected soon
Feb 01, 1994; ... contributed to this report.) Mayor Menino said yesterday that he will speak to four finalistsrecommended by his search committee and pick one to be Boston's newpolice commissioner, probably within days. "I am looking for a proven leader who embodies the ...
Continental adds discount fares Airline seen moving to fend off no-frills flights by rivals
Feb 01, 1994; ... Continental Airlines yesterday said it will offer discount fareson more than half its flights as it expands its low-cost servicethroughout much of the east, including Boston. Airline analysts saw Continental's move as an effort to fend offimpending no-frills, discount-fare ...
CORRECTION
Feb 01, 1994 ... CORRECTION: A story in Saturday's Metro/Region section quotedRepublican political consultant Ronald Kaufman as saying that ...
CORRECTION
Feb 01, 1994 ... CORRECTION: Because of a clerical error, Sunday's South Weeklygave the wrong location for a talk tonight titled "Turtles of NewEngland Wetlands." The talk, by David ...
CORRECTION
Feb 01, 1994 ... CORRECTION: Because of incorrect information supplied to theGlobe, a Dec. 27 story about a libel suit centering on the views ofglobal warming authority Roger Revelle reported erroneously that theEnvironmental ...
Remembering officer who took his own life
Feb 01, 1994; ... Curtis Jones walked to the altar of Charles Street AME Church inRoxbury yesterday afternoon and stood silently, collecting himselffor the task that lay ahead. "It's not easy," said Jones, the former public safety director forthe Boston Housing Authority, as he prepared to speak of ...
Quality isn't needed to draw vast quantity
Feb 01, 1994; ...The Super Bowl has become such a television institution thatquality and even expectations do not matter. Americans tune inanyway. Sunday's NBC telecast of Super Bowl XXVIII, the game no onewanted, achieved a 45.4 Nielsen rating, fractionally higher than lastyear's Blowout I ...
Putting a lid on this Bowl Super and supercilious seen
Feb 01, 1994; ... ATLANTA -- Picked-up pieces from Super Bowl XXVIII: - After spending a week in Atlanta, at the biggest annual Americansporting event, it's difficult to escape the conclusion that theLords of the Rings are going to regret choosing this city as the siteof the 1996 Summer ...
N.H. man in Fla. died from blows to head, autopsy shows
Feb 01, 1994; ...CONCORD, N.H. -- Chester D. Denbow, the 87-year-old Raymondgrandfather reported missing Jan. 3 in Port Orange, Fla., was killedby a beating to the head with a blunt object, according to an autopsyreport released yesterday. Denbow's body was found Thursday amid pine trees and low ...
Expulsion law raises doubts
Feb 01, 1994; ... Children as young as 7 and 8 have been expelled from school under anew state law that permits the expulsion of students carrying weaponsor drugs and does not require school districts to provide alternativeeducation for them, according to a statewide education watchdoggroup. Stephen ...
Report raps high price increases for prescription drugs
Feb 01, 1994; ... Prices of wholesale prescription drugs rose 15 times faster lastyear than inflation of wholesale goods overall, according to a reportissued yesterday by Sen. David Pryor, an Arkansas Democrat and aleading advocate for older Americans. In addition, retail drug price inflation was ...
The cars that couldn't
Feb 01, 1994 ... Car buffs of a certain age have an image of British motoring fixedin their minds' eye -- a jaunty figure, scarf round the neck,masterfully navigating a rural highway at the wheel of a two-seaterMG or Jaguar. More often than not, mechanics spent more time withthe car than the owner did, ...
. . . and opportunities
Feb 01, 1994 ... Not long ago, the prognosis for Codman Square in Dorchester waspoor. Gaping poverty, criminal activity and failed businessespresaged the death of a community. The nonprofit Codman Square Health Center opened its doors in 1979-- a critical period. It methodically applied the ...
Hospital guidelines . . .
Feb 01, 1994 ... Medicine in Massachusetts is one of the crowning glories of ourcommunity and the envy of the world. The great teaching hospitalsare on the cutting edge of medical science, their staffs fill theNobel rosters and all mankind benefits from their work. Theyconstitute an industry that is well ...
3 killed at site of Rte. 9 crash Two offering help in road hit by car
Feb 01, 1994; ... A young couple who stopped to help at the scene of a car accidentwere killed early yesterday, along with a driver involved in theaccident, when they were hit by a car as they stood on Route 9 inFramingham. Police identified the victims as Rena Dionisio, 19, a nursingstudent from ...
Boston businessman top GOP fund-raiser Romney fueling bid to tip Sen. Kennedy
Feb 01, 1994; ... Boston businessman Mitt Romney led the Republican US Senatefield in fund-raising last year, collecting $256,000 -- more than 10times the amount raised by his nearest rival, according to documentsfiled with the Federal Election Commission.Drawing on his associates at Bain & ...
Gases from landfill called unlikely culprit
Feb 01, 1994; ...Some specialists in environmental health said yesterday thatgases seeping from an old landfill that lies beneath the buildingsof the UMass/Boston campus could explain the symptoms some peoplehave experienced there, but a ventilation system installed at thecampus should have prevented ...
Genzyme to raise price of Ceredase Cost of making Gaucher's disease drug cited
Feb 01, 1994; ... Genzyme Corp. has told users of Ceredase, its drug to treatGaucher's disease, they will have to shoulder a portion of thecompany's increased costs to produce the drug -- a move that couldadd $10,000 to annual treatment prices. The Cambridge biotechnology company said in December ...
US governors forge accord on health plan
Feb 01, 1994; ... WASHINGTON -- Shortly after President Clinton told the nation'sgovernors yesterday that he is willing to compromise on health carereform, the governors overcame partisan differences and unanimouslyproposed a plan that advocates universal health coverage but thatleaves open the question ...
Harding's ex-husband expected to plead guilty
Feb 01, 1994; ... PORTLAND, Ore. -- Jeff Gillooly is scheduled to appear today incourt, where he is expected to plead guilty to a role in the Jan. 6attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan and, shortly after, publiclydetail any alleged participation by his former wife, Tonya Harding. Gillooly has ...
State Police fault colonel Vote is force's 1st of no-confidence
Feb 01, 1994; ... For the first time in the 129-year history of the MassachusettsState Police, uniformed members have voted no-confidence in theircommander, union leaders said yesterday. The vote against Col. Charles Henderson, by a 3-1 margin, wastabulated Saturday from ballots marked by 60 ...
Purcell seen working on deal to buy Herald
Feb 01, 1994; ... Patrick J. Purcell, publisher of the Boston Herald, is attemptingto put together a deal to buy the newspaper from Rupert Murdoch,people familiar with the situation said yesterday. Purcell, 46, who has been publisher since January 1984, is seekingfinancing from Bank of Boston Corp., ...
1 in 10 Mass. hospital stays preventable, analysis finds Waste estimated at hundreds of millions annually
Feb 01, 1994; ... One of every 10 hospital stays in Massachusetts could be avoidedby better, earlier medical care for such common conditions as asthma,pneumonia and anemia, concludes an analysis that is the first of itskind in the state. Massachusetts residents check in for 55,000 avoidable ...
Race cited as court orders new mugging trial
Feb 01, 1994; ... A black man convicted of mugging a white man on the MBTA OrangeLine is entitled to a new trial because the prosecutor did not givean adequate reason for excluding one of only two black jurorsremaining in the jury pool, the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruledyesterday. In ...
KERRIGAN CORP. THE ASSAULT ON OLYMPIC SKATER NANCY KERRIGAN WAS A `once-in-a-lifetime' chance for her agent, ProServ, to create an advertising gold mine
Feb 01, 1994; ... ARLINGTON, Va. -- In three weeks, resplendent as always, NancyKerrigan will skate into your living room. She will represent notthe US Olympic team -- but one of her sponsors, Reebok. As Nancy glides across the ice during the 30-second commercial,which will air during the Winter ...
Legionnaires' disease traced in Fall River
Feb 01, 1994; ... Public health officials have tracked down the source of theoutbreak of Legionnaires' disease that killed three Fall Riverresidents last summer. Legionella bacteria was found in a cooling tower of the Staffordapartment complex at 56 St. Joseph St., said Pat Kludt, anepidemiologist ...
A Medicare compromise
Feb 01, 1994; ... Loretta McLaughlin is the former editor of the Globe's editorial page. Now that the congressional decks are cleared for action on healthcare reform, exciting opportunities for compromise are pouring in. One new strategy that could go far toward winning ...
Joseph Peter Lojko Was Conn. school superintendent
Feb 01, 1994 ... Joseph Peter Lojko Sr. of Stone Mountain, Ga., a formersuperintendent of the Griswold school system in Connecticut, died ofprostate cancer Sunday in his home. He was 80. Mr. Lojko was born in Worcester and grew up in Salem. Hegraduated from Salem Classical and High School in ...
Records: Worcester patients given LSD
Feb 01, 1994; ... More than 100 psychiatric patients at Worcester State Hospitalwere given LSD in the 1950s as part of federally funded experimentsto study the drug's potential for understanding mental illness,according to state records released yesterday. One study gave 40 patients, primarily ...
NFL owners say Kraft backs Boston megaplex for Patriots
Feb 01, 1994; ... Robert K. Kraft told National Football League owners he wouldsupport construction of a Boston megaplex as a home for the NewEngland Patriots, two key NFL owners said yesterday. "Bob said that, of course, it would be better for the Patriots" toplay at a Boston sports and convention ...
Schlesinger on the edge
Feb 01, 1994; ... At a recent Hollywood dinner party, director John Schlesingerpitched to a Hollywood producer the story of a cowboy and a homelessman trying to make their way in New York. Neither the film nor thetale has a happy ending. "I did it as a bit of a lark," said Schlesinger, in an ...
Beckwith trial is told of boasts
Feb 01, 1994; ... JACKSON, Miss. -- White supremacist Byron De La Beckwith braggedon two occasions that he had killed civil rights leader Medgar Evers,witnesses at his murder trial testified yesterday. "It wasn't a manhe killed, it was a damn chicken-stealing dog, and you know what youhave to do to a dog ...
Fortuneteller admits killing role
Feb 01, 1994; ...BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- A fortuneteller pleaded guilty yesterday toconspiring with a client to kill a teen-ager who broke up with theclient's daughter. Maria Mercedes Martinez, who had faced the deathpenalty, agreed to testify against alleged accomplices Dora GarciaCisneros and Daniel ...
Medevac copter pilot loses license
Feb 01, 1994; ...PORTLAND, Maine -- The Federal Aviation Administration revokedthe license of a medevac helicopter pilot following a November crashthat killed three people. Pilot Sean Rafter acted recklessly whenhe took off on the night of Nov. 19 in bad weather and without enoughfuel to make it safely ...
Vt. may close state liquor stores
Feb 01, 1994; ...MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Vermont may close its state liquor stores andleave retail sales to private shops under state contract, said LiquorCommissioner Norris Hoyt. Hoyt said the Liquor Control Board isexamining whether the benefits of running nine state liquor ...
Waltham doctor loses his license
Feb 01, 1994 ...The state Board of Registration in Medicine has suspended thelicense of Dr. Joseph A. Zadrozny, a Waltham pediatrician. The boardcharged that Zadrozny prescribed controlled substances to adultpatients without conducting adequate physical exams and thenfrequently ...
Long-time official of charity resigns
Feb 01, 1994; ...HARTFORD -- Samuel Hartman Title will resign this year astreasurer of the United Way of the Capital Area, a job he held for arecord 22 years. Title, 68, a West Hartford insurance broker, willremain on the ...
Not guilty plea in infant's death
Feb 01, 1994; ...PORTLAND, Maine -- A California man accused of killing his7-month-old son in October 1989 in Brunswick pleaded not guilty inSuperior Court to a murder charge yesterday. Eric Reed, 23, ofSan Ysidro, Calif., was returned to the Cumberland County Jail withbail set at $100,000 double ...
Lighters that look like toys assailed
Feb 01, 1994; ...CONCORD, N.H. -- A father who thought he was buying a couple of$1.29 toy trucks for his son was surprised and irritated to find theywere cigarette lighters made to look like trucks. Myrton Fellowssaid he thinks the lighters are dangerous ...
Patriarca to face Essex grand jury
Feb 01, 1994 ...Raymond J. Patriarca, the reputed former boss of the New EnglandMafia, has been summoned to the Essex County jail by subpoena and isexpected to go before a grand jury soon, law enforcement sources saidyesterday. Patriarca, 48, who is serving an eight-year sentencefor racketeering, ...