The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from February 1995:
Iafrate returns to club, not ice
Feb 01, 1995; ... He left without saying goodbye. There was no note, no message onBrian Sutter's answering machine, no thanks for the memories. On Sept. 10, in the middle of training camp, Bruins defenseman AlIafrate packed his bag, checked out of the Colonial Hilton, hoppedinto his car and drove ...
Making money by any means necessary
Feb 01, 1995; ...`You are not a drug addict accidentally. Why, the white manmaneuvers you into drug addiction." -- Malcolm X, 1963 A curious new box of cigarettes is on the counter in 20 states.The box is black, with a large, white X. The X is surrounded by a redsquare. Above the square and ...
New herpes virus linked to an AIDS-related cancer
Feb 01, 1995; ... WASHINGTON -- Evidence is emerging that Kaposi's sarcoma, aonce-rare blood vessel cancer now common among gay men with AIDS, iscaused by a newly discovered herpes virus -- cousin to one thatcauses infectious mononucleosis. Researchers reported at an AIDS meeting here yesterday ...
Ex-psychologist sentenced in abuse case
Feb 01, 1995; ...A former psychologist living in Southborough was sentenced to twoyears in prison yesterday on a federal charge of transporting a minorfrom Texas to Massachusetts for illegal sexual activity. After sentencing James R. Plaisted, 45, US District Judge RyaZobel recommended that he ...
Governors are hopeful about losing federal burdens
Feb 01, 1995; ...WASHINGTON -- After President Clinton and House Speaker NewtGingrich promised to liberate the states from federal constraintsyesterday, the nation's governors finished their winter meetingexpressing optimism that the federal government might indeed begetting off their backs. ...
Tax service chief pleads guilty to $1.1m refund scheme
Feb 01, 1995; ... The president of a nationwide tax preparation service pleadedguilty yesterday to a 110-count indictment charging he obtained morethan $1.1 million in tax refunds by filing returns with fictitious oraltered identities.US Attorney Donald K. Stern said the case involving Richard ...
Uncommon allies urge federal budget cuts Say programs are wasteful, harmful
Feb 01, 1995; ...They are more often foes than friends, but yesterday, advocatesfor taxpayers and the environment united against federal programscosting $33 billion that, they say, damage the environment whilewasting taxpayers' money. Barbara Anderson, tax-cut champion and sometime critic ...
Financial crisis reveals fragility of Mexico's economy
Feb 01, 1995; ... NEW YORK -- Mexico's financial crisis is far from over. Thebailout package cobbled together yesterday by President Clinton easedthe strain on the battered peso, but still in question is thecountry's image as an up-and-coming, free-market economy, as promotedby backers of the North ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1995 ... Q. What are black walnuts? K.D., Melrose A. A variety of walnut tree native to the eastern United States.The kernels are very tasty in ice cream, candy, cookies and ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1995 ... Q. I understand that the Canadian actor Paul Gross, who playsMountie Benton Fraser in the CBS series "Due South," is also awriter. Can you give me some titles?K.R., Lynn A. Gross, who is married to Stratford Shakespearean ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1995 ... Q. What is the origin of the Tooth Fairy?E.S., Bridgewater A. In "Curious Customs" (1987), author Tad Tuleja suggests thatbecause American children expect fair exchange for their lost teeth,the ritual likely derives from the European, and particulary German,tradition of placing a ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1995 ... Q. In a recent Boston Globe Magazine interview, B. MaynardScarborough and Alvin Crawford mentioned their publication "TheLoop." How can I subscribe to it?A.S., Allston A. Since September 1994 "The Loop," a monthly social calendar, ...
A TIME FOR TEARS
Feb 01, 1995 ... A victim of the earthquake in western Japan two weeks ago weeps inthe arms of Empress Michiko yesterday. Emperor ...
Signings to be stalled as long as talks are
Feb 01, 1995; ... WASHINGTON -- There are 38 restricted free agents out there whocould earn millions by signing with new clubs. Tell them to payattention to what happens as baseball strike talks resume here todayfor the first time in more than a month. Nothing has changed since Dec. 23, when major ...
James Lawrence Jr., 87, architect who helped guard region's soul
Feb 01, 1995; ... Special to the Globe James Lawrence Jr., an architect and civic leader whose senseof compassion and love of beauty animated his lifelong efforts tobuild and improve Greater Boston, died Sunday at his Brookline farm.He was 87.Over six decades of activism, Mr. Lawrence ...
Hate-AM, the screenplay's the thing, fat land
Feb 01, 1995; ... Welcome to Black History Month. The January / February issue of the media review Extra! features acompelling package on racism. Particularly recommended are twopieces by Jim Naureckas. The first, "Racism Resurgent: How MediaLet `The Bell Curve's' Pseudo-Science Define the Agenda ...
Basketball: Barros, Baker are All-Stars
Feb 01, 1995; ...First-time selections Dana Barros of Mattapan and thePhiladelphia 76ers and Vin Baker of the University of Hartford andthe Milwaukee Bucks were among 14 reserves added to the NBA All-Starteams yesterday for the Feb. 12 game in Phoenix. Barros, the firstSixer to make the All-Star team ...
`Safe and Sound' concerts to benefit independent fund
Feb 01, 1995; ... This week's "Safe and Sound" benefit series has galvanizedBoston's rock 'n' roll community for five unprecedented nights offund-raising to aid women's health center safety, but has promptedconfusion about exactly where the money is going. Few people are aware that two funds honor ...
Kraft gets rebuffed on $35m road bill
Feb 01, 1995; ... In an apparent rebuke to Patriots owner Robert Kraft, a Senatecommittee yesterday dropped a $35 million appropriation for highwayimprovements in the area of Foxboro Stadium. The appropriation was contained in a bill sent over by the Houselast week that authorizes $1 million to ...
President grants aid for Mexico Sets $20b plan after Congress balks at bailout; peso rallies
Feb 01, 1995; ...WASHINGTON -- President Clinton, rebuffed by Congress in hisappeal for a $40 billion rescue package for Mexico, yesterdayabandoned the effort and invoked his executive authority to grant $20billion in loans and loan guarantees. The administration also lined up $15 billion more in ...
MOYERS HEADS TO NBC
Feb 01, 1995; ...Bill Moyers, the celebrated newsman who left CBS in a huff nearlya decade ago to make news documentaries full time for publictelevision, is returning to network television. As NBC's senior newsanalyst, Moyers will deliver two commentaries two or three nights aweek on the "NBC Nightly ...
Suspect's prints on Mulligan vehicle Hyde Park man tied to scene of murder
Feb 01, 1995; ... The maroon door of a Ford Explorer was perched on a brown benchin a Suffolk County courtroom yesterday, the window open severalinches, just as it was the night Boston Police Detective John J.Mulligan was found murdered inside the vehicle. The window, fogged with the residue of ...
Who is that miked man?
Feb 01, 1995; ... Material from Globe correspondent Ellen O'Brien, wire services and other sources was used in this column. A DJ known only as Baltazar is the new morning man at WJMN-FM(94.5), effective today. The station has been using fill-in discjockeys since J. R. left last August ....
Neely will just do it in national Nike ads
Feb 01, 1995; ... Bo. Michael. Deion. And now -- are you ready? -- Cam. Nike, sneaker maker to the biggest sports stars, has decided totake a bold stride into hockey marketing and use Bruins power forwardCam Neely as its twin-bladed poster boy. Neely will finish up thefine points of a two-year ...
Two charged with assaulting police
Feb 01, 1995 ... BROOKLINE -- Twice yesterday, Brookline police officers trying tomake arrests were struck by the vehicles of fleeing suspects butneither officer was hurt seriously, Near Coolidge Corner a car waspulled over for a routine traffic stop. Steven Mahoney, 24, ofBrockton, fled in his vehicle, ...
Prosecutors want Salvi case delay
Feb 01, 1995 ... BROOKLINE -- John C. Salvi 3d, the suspect in the Dec. 30 women'sclinic shootings, will appear in Brookline District Court thismorning, but prosecutors are expected to ask for a ...
4 taxpayers find phoning pays off
Feb 01, 1995 ... Four Massachusetts residents who filed their taxes by phone woncash prizes yesterday as the Revenue Department held the first ofseveral drawings intended to publicize the service. Maria Petta ofHyde Park won $2,000, Mark Leathers ...
Simpson's side of the story is flying off bookstore shelves
Feb 01, 1995; ... LOS ANGELES -- Many Americans apparently can't get enough of theSimpson murder case. Not only is the daily television coveragedrawing huge viewership, but Simpson's new book is selling fast. Simpson's 208-page profession of innocence only came out a fewdays ago, so there's no ...
Our very own rat pack
Feb 01, 1995; ... If you think of money as the cheese, and the politician as themouse, the business of winning an election can hinge on which rodentcomes in first in the race for the Limburger. And, since fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly and political miceswoon from cheddar-deprivation, the best way ...
The Monets come home MFA collection has first reunion since 1976
Feb 01, 1995; ...When in doubt, haul out the Monets. That's what Boston'sfinancially challenged Museum of Fine Arts is doing, hanging all 38of its glorious Monet paintings for the first time since 1976. Theinstallation opened to the public yesterday; it's expected to lurethousands of Impressionist fans ...
Polaroid net rises 46%; tax rate cited
Feb 01, 1995; ... Polaroid Corp., reporting earnings in line with downgradedexpectations it had set for itself three weeks ago, yesterday said itwould soon announce a plan to boost income and "shareholder value."The company would not say whether the plan would include layoffs fromits 12,000-member work ...
Lockhart: signs of a young Fiedler
Feb 01, 1995; ...Arthur Fiedler was an inspired choice for conductor of the BostonPops, and so was John Williams. But no one knew that when they wereappointed to the job. It would be ridiculous to say already that Keith Lockhart is aninspired choice to follow Williams. After all, he hasn't started ...
Prime foe for WEEI Dallas operation set to try Boston
Feb 01, 1995; ... Prime Sports Radio, a 24-hour-a-day all-sports network operatingout of the Dallas area, is expected to be heard in the Boston area assoon as this month at a frequency -- 890 -- just above all-sportsWEEI (850) on the AM dial. The network, which started in September and has grown ...
Methodical assault on star's image begins
Feb 01, 1995; ...The prosecution began its witness-by-witness quest yesterday tostrip murder defendant O. J. Simpson of his reputation as amild-mannered American legend, legal experts said, as the first ofthose called by the state took the stand and said Simpson had ahistory of abusing his wife, ...
Friends standing by Rauschenbach Don't believe senator peddled his influence
Feb 01, 1995; ... No one wants to believe state Sen. Henri Rauschenbach is acrook. Even as the evidence appears to mount in the criminal case ofinfluence peddling against the Brewster Republican, his Cape Codconstituents and most of the state's GOP establishment refuse tobelieve it. Gov ....
Roosevelt takes job with marketing firm
Feb 01, 1995; ... Mark Roosevelt, the Democratic Party's 1994 nominee forgovernor, has accepted a job as a senior strategist with a marketingand communications firm, Pamet River Partners Inc. Roosevelt, former House chairman of the Legislature EducationCommittee, will work on developing ...
Rwanda's fate lies with refugees Despite risks, some return to a homeland still in tatters from war, genocide
Feb 01, 1995; ...GIKONGORO, Rwanda -- Remember Rwanda? Genocide. War. Millions in panicked flight. An epidemic ofcholera and death. Then the eye of the world turned elsewhere. Now the piles of dead are settling, some buried, some not. Thetime of chaos has passed. International relief ...
Meal was $1,000; show, free
Feb 01, 1995; ... As the guests for the $1,000-a-plate Democratic Party fund-raiserwere whisked last night through a metal detector -- a la public highschool, circa 1990s -- Ethel and Edward Elfman sat in the lobby ofthe Park Plaza Hotel, gazing at the mix of money and politics. "This is the show ...
State expected to ask for delay in Salvi case
Feb 01, 1995 ...John C. Salvi 3d, the suspect in the Dec. 30 Brookline women'sclinic shootings, will appear in Brookline District Court thismorning, but prosecutors are expected to ask for a continuance beforepresenting evidence against him. John Birtwell, a Norfolk assistant district attorney, ...
Dance with me
Feb 01, 1995; ...An entourage of hospital executives made their way to the westernsuburbs Monday morning, to pay their respects to Emerson Hospital inConcord. The high-ranking visitors reportedly included David Weinerof Children's Hospital; Mitchell Rabkin of Beth Israel and BruceSteinhauer of the Lahey ...
26-year-old gunned down at pay phone in Roxbury
Feb 01, 1995; ... A man was attacked and killed on Tremont Street near RoxburyCrossing late yesterday by unknown assailants, police said. The 26-year-old man, whose identity was being withheld by policeuntil relatives could be notified, was apparently making a call at apay phone at about 8 p.m., ...
First witnesses tell of Simpson abuse case
Feb 01, 1995; ...LOS ANGELES -- The prosecution called its first witnessesyesterday as it tried to depict O. J. Simpson as a wife beater whoonce fled his estate when he was threatened with arrest. "You've been up here eight times before and never did anythingbefore," Det. John Edwards said O. J ....
Shuttle planning to meet up with Mir, other firsts A step toward building space station
Feb 01, 1995; ...The space shuttle mission scheduled for launch shortly aftermidnight tonight will mark several firsts, among them the first visitby a US shuttle to the Russian space station Mir in what could be astep toward an international effort in space. The mission will also be remembered as ...
Super Bowl not ranked a success
Feb 01, 1995; ... The national television rating for Sunday's Super Bowl was 41.3,seventh lowest for the 29 games and third lowest in the last 24years. The final rating was essentially unchanged from the overnightmeasurement of the top 32 markets released Monday (41.2). ABC's audience was 8 percent ...
VMARK Software agrees to buy unprofitable Easel
Feb 01, 1995; ...VMARK Software Inc., a fast-growing database company, has agreedto purchase Easel Corp., a software tools firm that has beenunprofitable. The proposed stock swap would be worth $21.6 million, based onyesterday's closing price of VMARK stock. The combination of the two ...
AutoImmune receives $9m
Feb 01, 1995; ...AutoImmune Inc., which in December announced a $40 millioninvestment from Eli Lilly & Co., for its "oral tolerance" treatmentfor juvenile diabetes, recieved a $9 million private placement lastweek from several institutional investors along with theBiotechnology Value Fund and the Tisch ...
The Calendar
Feb 01, 1995 ... Sales & Marketing Executives of Greater Boston. WinningNegotiation Skills for Emerging Businesses. Tomorrow. 7:30-9:30 a.m.Newton Marriott. $25 for members, $35 for nonmembers. Call BethDrysdale at 431-1088 or Paul Baudisch at 444-5543. -- Institute of Electrical and Electronics ...
Minutemen don't get dizzy at top
Feb 01, 1995; ... AMHERST -- After you've been No. 1 for four weeks, there arethings you come to expect. For example, at least one reporter willask about the top ranking at every postgame press conference. Homefans will hoist their index fingers at games. And opponents willplay with exceptional ...
A sometimes moving exchange of generational views
Feb 01, 1995; ...Kristy Foster was the picture of composure as her pen pal,President Clinton, bounded into the Parkman House yesterday for ameeting with a group of youths. "Do you remember the letter I wrote you?" the Mission Hillteen-ager asked. "I know you don't." But her bravado dissolved ...
Senate panel OK's workfare plan for students' parents
Feb 01, 1995; ... Reflecting the conservative shift in the welfare reform debate,the Senate Ways and Means Committee released compromise legislationyesterday that would compel an estimated 18,400 able-bodiedrecipients with only school-age children to work or perform communityservice in exchange for ...
Spit, don't swallow, to get through a wine weekend
Feb 01, 1995; ...The gun is about to go off for Boston's three-day wine weekend,and this year I'm fully prepared. I vow to be more selective about which wines I sample from thehundreds that will be showcased at the World Trade Center. I'm goingto mingle more. I'm actually going to sample some of ...
ASK THE GLOBE THE ADDRESS BOOK
Feb 01, 1995 ... For J.H., Scituate -- Uma Thurman, c/o Creative Artists Agency, 9830Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212For M.O., Groton -- William Shatner, c/o Harper/Collins Publishers,10 East 53d Street, New York, NY ...
Police detain lawyer's daughter when she brings bail money to jail
Feb 01, 1995; ... The dog may have sniffed drugs, but attorney Ronald Segal smells arat. Segal says not only was his client's bail money confiscated afterdrug-detecting canines whiffed traces of cocaine, but the attorney's19-year-old daughter, who delivered the money, was detained andinterrogated ...
Paula C. Barraza, 18 Student at Fisher Junior College
Feb 01, 1995 ...Paula C. Barraza of Malden, a student at Fisher Junior College,died Sunday of acute asthmatic bronchitis while vacationing in Miamiwith her family. She was 18. Ms. Barraza was born in Santiago, Chile. She attended CheverusSchool in Malden, the former Girls Catholic High School in ...
BC finally snags a Big East victory
Feb 01, 1995; ... For the first time in a month -- actually for the first time thisyear -- Boston College coach Jim O'Brien walked into his postgamenews conference with a spring in his step, a smile on his face and awin on his ledger. "At least we didn't go 0 for January," he quipped after BC's ...
Read this and sleep
Feb 01, 1995; ...Occasionally, I arrive at the office carrying a small, tickingobject that resembles an alarm clock. In fact, it is an alarm clock. With three small children, I am sometimes awakened at night toadminister medicine, to deconstruct curious street sounds, to comparenightmares, what ...
Senator says limit could put children in foster care
Feb 01, 1995; ... Senate Ways and Means Committee chairman Thomas Birmingham saidyesterday that if a two-year time limit is imposed on welfarebenefits, the state may be forced to place the children of somecut-off recipients in foster care. Birmingham stressed that despite the two-year limit it ...
Man attacks two before fatal leap into Charles
Feb 01, 1995; ... A distraught young man punched and wrestled two men in separateattacks in the Back Bay early yesterday before leading Boston policeon a chase to the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge, where he jumped intothe icy Charles River, authorities said. The unidentified man was pulled from the ...
Bruins still believe they have goal core
Feb 01, 1995; ... The Bruins have scored 15,234 goals since their opening game, Dec.1, 1924, and they have seldom experienced a confounding stretch ofpaucity such as the current one, symbolized by a 39-shot, 2-1 loss toFlorida Monday. They have hit crossbars and goalposts nearly as often as the ...
PASS THE BUCKWHEAT Versatile uses of the flour reveal a world beyond pancakes
Feb 01, 1995; ... With the popularity of bread ever rising, we've learned whatfocaccia is and where to get the best sourdough pecan-raisin loaf andhow many black olives should stud a crusty fougasse. Appetite breedscuriosity, though, about other flavors, other varieties, especiallyif you're a home baker ....
Keating says Bulger is subverting rules reform
Feb 01, 1995; ...Sen. William Keating (D-Sharon) yesterday said Senate PresidentWilliam Bulger is using an "outrageous" parliamentary maneuver tosubvert attempts at reforming the rules of the Senate.Keating, who failed last year in a bid to topple Bulger from theSenate presidency, had planned ...
Pursuing diversity In race for multiculturalism, UNH lags despite efforts
Feb 01, 1995; ... DURHAM, N.H. -- As a black student on a campus that is 97 percentwhite, Tito Jackson knew going in that he would be a curiosity. Heexpected questions, comments and stares. But even he was dumbfounded by the girl who assumed he had a skindisease because his palms were lighter than the ...
Cancer deaths to taper off next century, report says
Feb 01, 1995; ...Cancer will edge out heart disease as the leading cause of deathin America within a few years, but early the next century, as cancerdeath rates continue to decline, it will fade out as a major problem,scientists said yesterday. In a study and editorial published today in the ...
Dana-Farber in network to vie for cancer business
Feb 01, 1995; ... The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute said yesterday that it would teamup with 12 of the nation's top cancer centers to form a nationalnetwork of clinics to compete for business. The consortium, called the National Comprehensive Cancer Network,includes Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer ...
Wilkins stuck in idle, Minor driving force?
Feb 01, 1995; ...WALTHAM -- It was only one game. Right? Last Friday againstGolden State, Dominique Wilkins played just six minutes and scored 2points. That same evening, rookie Greg Minor exploded for acareer-high 31 points. Boston hasn't played since then, buttonight's home game with Charlotte enables ...