The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from April 1995:
US evangelists held in India riot
Apr 01, 1995; ... NEW DELHI -- Nine Americans belonging to an evangelical group basedin Texas were arrested in a remote area of India after a Christianprayer rally they organized turned violent. None of the Americanswas injured, a spokesman at the US Consulate in Calcutta saidyesterday. The evangelists, ...
SHARING THE CRAFT OF STORYTELLING FOLK FESTIVAL TO FEATURE WORKSHOP
Apr 02, 1995; ... Susan Tobin combines craftsmanship and storytelling. "When peopleare doing things with their hands," Tobin says, "they're alsobringing upmemories. It helps them to focus." The Native American tradition of making dream-catchers has becomeTobin's greatest source of expression ....
BOOKMAKING
Apr 02, 1995; ... Robert Taylor is the retired chief book critic of the Globe. The 1995 Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award, for the best firstwork of fiction, will be presented this afternoon to Cambridge writerSusan Power for her novel, "The Grass Dancer." Caroline Kennedy andPatrick ...
The next Jim Carrey
Apr 02, 1995; ...COSMO'S CAREER: Ellen DeGeneres, TV's "Ellen," is taking home$2.2 million to star in "Mr. Wrong." Kelsey Grammer, TV's "Frasier,"is getting $2 million for "Down Periscope." Ah, but MichaelRichards, Cosmo Kramer on TV's "Seinfeld," will be paid $3 million tostar in "My Blockbuster," ...
Nantucket through the lens, with affection
Apr 02, 1995; ... "Nantucket, Seasons on the Island," by Cary Hazlegrove, introduction by David Halberstam, Chronicle Books, 1995, 123 color photos, $29.95 (hardcover). To the wandering photographer's eye, Nantucket shimmers on themind's horizon -- a jewel at sea that speaks of ...
Cunningham's X-ray vision of a dysfunctional family
Apr 02, 1995; ... FLESH AND BLOOD By Michael Cunningham. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 466 pp. $22. Reading Michael Cunningham is like putting on see-throughglasses. He's got this way of exposing his characters' deepestinclinations and motivations, letting us peer through glass ...
New light on the Contract
Apr 02, 1995 ...The 104th Congress enters the final week of its first 100 daysstill searching for an identity. It has avoided gridlock, passed significant procedural reformsand killed two of the Contract with America's worst marquee items:constitutional amendments to balance the budget and ...
A reminder in Haiti
Apr 02, 1995 ... If suspicions surrounding the recent assassination of a Haitianlawyer marred President Clinton's visit to Haiti Friday, they werenot apparent from the pomp and circumstance. But the murder ofMireille Durocher Bertin is a reminder of the distance Haiti musttravel to ensure that the rule ...
Scents and sensibility
Apr 02, 1995 ...A lot of junk comes in the mail, and a lot of it stinks.Literally. Assaulted by another unwanted fragrance sample lurking ina magazine, catalogue or department store bill, the beleagueredcitizen raises fist to heavens, hanky to nose and voice to no one inparticular, grumbling: "By God, ...
Amid mud and midlife, surprise springs eternal
Apr 02, 1995; ...The crocuses have arrived at last, migrating inches up from theirunderground home. The woman notices them on her morning walk --stands of purple, yellow and white posing against a landscape ofrelentless taupe. She brakes for signs of spring these days, stopping at eachcluster, ...
Plastic clips hold frameless mirror
Apr 02, 1995; ...Q. A long mirror fell off the inside of a door but didn't break.The mirror was held partly by a lip on the molding near the bottom ofthe door. How can I put it back? And keep it back?MARION REDONNET, BelmontA. If the mirror has a metal frame, it usually has tabs on the sidesfor ...
Kennedy School dean still sought
Apr 02, 1995; ...For Harvard, choosing the next dean of the Kennedy School isperhaps the most important personnel endeavor right now. Perhapsthat's why it's taking so long. The search has taken almost a year. The position was vacated when Albert Carnesale became provost, butthe leadership vacuum ...
Chrysler Sebring and Mazda Millenia -- the faces are familiar, but . . .
Apr 02, 1995; ...It's getting tougher to tell cars apart, what they're for, or todetermine point of origin. For example, the Chrysler Sebring. Isit a captive import or is it a domestic car? Is it a sports coupe,performance car or wimp? The answer to the first question is: all of the above. ...
Term limits may need to court more partisans
Apr 02, 1995; ...The idea of term limits for elected officials is not getting muchrespect these days. When Congress rejected limits for its own members last week, itdid so with the help of such Republican conservatives as Henry Hydeof Illinois, who attacked the idea as if it were an edict from ...
Seven plays in five days: This must be London
Apr 02, 1995; ...LONDON -- When I called the airlines a couple of months ago, theroundtrip fare from Boston to London and back was $2 less than around-trip shuttle to New York, which was reason enough to indulge ina binge of theater-going in Britain. Sure, some British playseventually transfer from the ...
The merchants of cinematic ivory This time around, the masters of the polished art movie are adapting American history
Apr 02, 1995; ...NEW YORK -- They are, themselves, characters in one of their ownmovies -- "Heat, Dust and Celluloid," perhaps, or "Zoom with aView." Director James Ivory is a tweedy, intellectual gentleman whomight exude a Bloomsbury air if not for his American accent.Producer Ismail Merchant is a ...
LAST WEEK IN O.J. HISTORY WEEK 39:
Apr 02, 1995 ... Loving the children is one thing. Killing the mom is somethingelse. Judge LANCE ITO Legal maneuverings: Prosecutor Marcia Clark asks Judge Lance Ito forpermission to treat Brian (Kato) Kaelin as a hostile witness. Thehostility seems to be on Clark's part as she aggressively ...
SIDEBAR Retro chic
Apr 02, 1995; ...Experts say the pace of technological change -- and with it, thepace of obsolescence -- is speeding up as the millennium approaches.But progress hasn't yet outrun nostalgia, which can transformoutmoded objects of desire into classics and collectibles. Someinventions with staying ...
Big Country: someone to look up and up to
Apr 02, 1995; ...I don't qualify as a member of the AWM Club. I try to get worked up from time to time, but it's hard workpretending to be an angry white male. Any of my race and sex whocan't figure out that white men have had a leg up in this culture foreons is welcome to join that organization ....
Ursula Oppens begins a second career -- in old music
Apr 02, 1995; ... "I was talented," Ursula Oppens says of her youthful self, "but Iwas not a prodigy. I didn't start to think of myself as a pianistuntil 1971 or 1972. That's when I stopped thinking, `Next year Ishould take the law boards!" Once she made the decision to go for a career in music, ...
Governor's transportation vision is revealed: `Beam me up, Mike'
Apr 02, 1995; ...With Secretary of Space Michael Connolly gone from office, thetitle of flakiest statewide office holder is up for grabs. If Gov.Weld repeats his performance in Brockton last week, he may well earnthe title. Speaking at the dedication of a downtown bus terminal andrail station, Weld said ...
ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT? From beer to cars to radio, angst-rock surfs the latest sound wave to the mainstream
Apr 02, 1995; ...It started two years ago when Subaru offered young car buyers itsnew Impreza and tried, briefly, to sell it as the automotiveequivalent of "punk rock" -- you know, outside the mainstream.Right now, Miller is trying to sell young America ice beer this way:Two bodysurfers in a mosh pit ...
Caution urged on school privatization
Apr 02, 1995; ... CAMBRIDGE -- The outspoken head of a national teacher unionpainted a disturbing picture recently of a disjointed US publiceducation system and warned that private management, vouchers andcharter schools -- at least as they exist now -- are no panacea. Albert Shanker, president of ...
Smiley, down on the farm
Apr 02, 1995; ... MOO By Jane Smiley. Knopf. 413 pp. $24. Certainly Jane Smiley has established her celestial latitude overthe years, but who knew the woman could be hilarious? In ahalf-dozen works of far-flung fiction, she has trekked to14th-century Greenland, discovered love and ...
Poor homeowners lack insurance, study finds
Apr 02, 1995; ... A sizable number of Boston residents in poorer neighborhoods, bothpredominantly white or black, are failing to buy homeowner insurance,possibly because of either redlining practices or the high cost ofthose policies, according to a preliminary review of insurance databy Attorney General ...
Second half a total blank
Apr 02, 1995; ... SEATTLE -- Pure shooters never stop thinking their attempts willfall through the hoop. They can miss 10, 20, 30 shots in a row, butthey would swear No. 31 will be nothing but net. That's the way North Carolina players approached their second-halfoffensive debacle in a 75-68 ...
Probe widens at closed credit union Berkshire losses pegged at $2.5m
Apr 02, 1995; ...PITTSFIELD -- What appeared 10 days ago to be simply a case ofthe state closing down the tiny, antiquated Berkshire Credit Unionhas become a multimillion-dollar mystery. Earlier this week, the losses at the credit union -- not to beconfused with the larger Berkshire Federal ...
Stretching our minds Play out this scenario to get an idea of Celtics' chances
Apr 02, 1995; ...April is the stretch run of the NBA season. Two months ago,Orlando had a lock on the East, and Phoenix on the West, and that wasthat. But much has changed, beginning with Danny Manning's majorknee injury and continuing with the Magic's sudden reluctance to goto their bench. The ...
Shot was ultimate highlight
Apr 02, 1995; ... SEATTLE -- It will go down as one of the most amazing shots inFinal Four history. If you missed it live, don't worry. The footagewill be replayed so often you will grow tired of seeing it. In the first half of yesterday's national semifinal againstOklahoma State, UCLA guard Tyus ...
Arkansas does two-step to final Win over Tar Heels, sets date with UCLA
Apr 02, 1995; ... SEATTLE -- In one of the more bizarre games of an NCAA tournamentthat already had a great number of them, defending national championArkansas moved into tomorrow night's national chgampionship gameagainst UCLA by outlasting North Carolina, 75-68, last night at theKingdome. For ...
He'll earn plenty with this interest
Apr 02, 1995; ...Mike Mamula's big gamble is going to pay off big-time.While everyone was telling him to play one more year at BostonCollege, Mamula said no and placed himself into the NFL draft despitebeing projected no higher than the third round.Mamula will be drafted in the first ...
Police say Calif. firm not to blame for porn video
Apr 02, 1995; ... LONDONDERRY, N.H. -- Police continue to search for the culpritresponsible for several seconds of pornography at the end of a videocassette rented by a Londonderry family. A California company was cited inaccurately last week by police asthe source of pornographic scenes, police now ...
N.H. raids alleged chop shop linked to stolen-car ring
Apr 02, 1995; ...NASHUA -- Police and federal agents raided a towing company andused-car dealership they said served as a "chop shop" to assemblecars from stolen parts. Police say the theft ring was based in Rhode Island and headed byCarlos Disla, 36, of Providence and Nashua. Police said ...
Body found in N.H. identified
Apr 02, 1995; ... SALEM, N.H. -- A 25-year-old Boston man who died of bullet woundsand strangulation was identified yesterday by the New Hampshireattorney general's office. The victim, Hai Bo Lei, also goes by the name Paul Lei, ...
Nazi prosecutors look back 50 years later, they see a world in need of the lessons of Nuremberg
Apr 02, 1995; ... NEWTON -- Now older but with hopes for a more humane world stillburning fiercely, seven men who prosecuted Nazi war criminals atNuremberg said yesterday that the landmark trial not only advancedinternational law, but indelibly marked their own lives. In a rare gathering at Boston ...
Consumers find everything new is old already
Apr 02, 1995; ...If anyone qualifies as technologically hip, it's P.A.M. Borys.Her business is to train people how to use computers -- and to advisethem on how to buy equipment that won't be outmoded in six months. But when Borys recently bought herself a new computer, she wasstartled to find that ...
Colin O'Brien, 50 Was Brookline police officer
Apr 02, 1995 ... Colin M. O'Brien, 50, of Norfolk, a retired Brookline policeofficer, died Thursday of a heart attack at his home. Born in Boston, he was a resident of Norfolk since 1972. He was a graduate of Brookline High School and later attendedSuffolk University. Mr. O'Brien was ...
Believe it or not, Boston back in winner's circle
Apr 02, 1995; ...PROVIDENCE -- Not every floor has a trap door. The pie at thebuffet table isn't always there to be tossed in your face. That bigoak tree that shades your house and keeps it nice and cool in thesummer doesn't have to come crashing through the roof in the middleof a winter storm. ...
SIDEBAR Members' criticism drew discipline
Apr 02, 1995; ...SPRINGFIELD, Penn. -- The four men saw the letter from theorganization's top officers as intimidation -- and vowed not to givein. The Knights of Columbus had suspended the memberships of thesefour men who head local councils in Pennsylvania after they proposedchanges in the ...
Wendell C. Perry, 69 Was television repairman
Apr 02, 1995 ... Wendell C. Perry of Scituate, a self-employed televisionrepairman, died Thursday of cancer in the Veterans AdministrationMedical Center in Jamaica Plain. He was 69. Mr. Perry grew up in Marshfield and was a Marshfield High Schoolgraduate. He had lived in Scituate for 42 ...
Paul Anderson Jr., 17 Catholic Memorial H.S. senior
Apr 02, 1995 ... Paul J. Anderson Jr. of West Roxbury, a senior at CatholicMemorial High School, died Thursday at his home after a long battlewith cancer. He was 17. Mr. Anderson was born in Boston and graduated from St. Theresa'sGrammar School in West Roxbury, where he was an altar boy and ...
William Rae, 87 Was magazine editor
Apr 02, 1995 ... A memorial service was held Friday for William Elder Rae of SouthYarmouth, a former editor of Outdoor Life and other magazines, whodied Monday at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. He was 87. Born in Dorchester, he graduated from Dorchester High School in1926 and from Harvard College in ...
Plummer has climbed hill Fenway? It's not all that important
Apr 02, 1995; ... FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Replacement pitcher Dale Plummer was like anyother kid who grew up in New England -- his dream was to one day playat Fenway Park. One of five local Red Sox replacement players whose ambitions havebeen shattered, Plummer had a dream that was much simpler in ...
Reich redux In the first two years of the Clinton presidency, Labor Secretary Robert Reich lost some major battles within the administration. But these days, as the Democrats try to regroup, the labor secretary's fingerprints are showing up everywhere.
Apr 02, 1995; ... THIS IS PART 1. In Second Empire splendor, the Old Executive Office Building sitswith its multiple tiers and columns like a wedding cake onPennsylvania Avenue, next door to the White House. It is here, on aday in late December last year, that a sampling of President ...
Reich redux In the first two years of the Clinton presidency, Labor Secretary Robert Reich lost some major battles within the administration. But these days, as the Democrats try to regroup, the labor secretary's fingerprints are showing up everywhere.
Apr 02, 1995; ... THIS IS PART 2. "Reich has been the keeper of the flame concerning the centralproposition that the president put forward during his campaign forpresident: namely, that in a time of very rapid economic transitiontoward an economy based on knowledge, information, and ...
Abraham M. Rich, 73 Mechanical engineer at MIT labs
Apr 02, 1995 ... A funeral will be held today for Abraham M. Rich, a mechanicalengineer, who died Thursday of pancreatic cancer in Newton-WellesleyHospital. He was 73. Mr. Rich was a native of Chelsea. He lived in Brighton until1963, when he moved to Brookline. He graduated from Chelsea ...
Alleged assailant is sought in N.H.
Apr 02, 1995; ... MILFORD, N.H. -- Police are looking for a man who allegedlyassaulted one Milford High School student and exposed himself toanother. Although the two incidents occurred at different locations andtimes, police say there is a good possibility they are linked. Thursday, a student ...
N.H. teacher wins 1-year sabbatical
Apr 02, 1995; ... MANCHESTER, N.H. -- A writing workshop teacher in Manchester hasbeen selected as the 1995 Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical winner. Joseph Sullivan, a teacher at West High School for 28 years, willtake a year off to help students and teachers become ...
Turnpike's smooth ride exacts a fiscal toll Conceding 135-mile highway is superbly run, critics say costs are ripe for pruning
Apr 02, 1995; ... When the three-member board of the Massachusetts TurnpikeAuthority voted last week on an early retirement plan for more than200 employees, the lone Republican member wanted a stipulationagainst "backfilling": None of those retirees could be replaced untilJuly 1996, when a Weld majority ...
Steel takes on the NCAA
Apr 02, 1995; ... Whatever happened to George Hamilton? If you're a George Hamilton fan, you know full well that the ideahe would ever become passe is unthinkable. There will never be atime when there isn't some property with a role designed just forhim. Or at least his type. If you doubt it, ...
Spirited effort gives UCLA spot in final
Apr 02, 1995; ... SEATTLE -- The Ghosts of Westwood have been quite active the last20 years. They've been busy haunting every player and coach to enterthe UCLA basketball program, wondering which group will bring backthe longest-running act in college basketball history and shakingtheir heads in disgust ...
Woburn mother takes action
Apr 02, 1995; ... Since her son was arrested a month ago at his US Army base inGermany and charged with murder, Linda Ballard of Woburn has been ona single-minded mission: Defending her son an ocean away. Pfc. George D. Hellyer, 20, who goes by the name Danny, washanded over by military authorities ...
Time for Bruins to make their move
Apr 02, 1995; ...Buy? Sell? Hold? The National Hockey League trading deadlineis Friday, and the Bruins, along with the rest of the Original 26,must assess their roster portfolio as the playoffs approach. Is there a big deal for the Bruins to make? Perhaps. With thesame deadline approaching last ...
Stars & Stripes stripped of point However, Conner allowed to remain
Apr 02, 1995; ...SAN DIEGO -- Had Solomon been a sea lawyer, rather than come upwith the wise decision that saved a baby's life, he would have cutthe infant in half, satisfying no one. A decision made yesterday, by modern day sea lawyers known as theAmerica's Cup International Jury regarding a ...
This Dean's at head of the class
Apr 02, 1995; ... SEATTLE -- Some people actually perceive Dean Smith in a negativelight. The rap goes something like this: So he won a national titlewith Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins and Brad Daugherty? Hell, Guy Lewiscould have done that. Anyway, it was tainted, and so was the secondone . . . Fred ...
Long shot a million-for-one: 3-pointer brings basket of cash
Apr 02, 1995; ...Bernard Donald Humphrey, Lawrence High Class of 1956, didn't playvarsity sports in those days. And basketball was definitely out ofthe question. "I was 5 foot 6 and barely tipped the scales at 100 pounds. Myparticipant sports, until my double bypass surgery in 1988, ...
An up-close look at Edney's enough
Apr 02, 1995; ... SEATTLE -- Video tape is nice, but tape doesn't give you a truefeel. "I remember mentioning this {Friday}," Eddie Sutton was saying."I said it was very difficult to determine how fast someone really isjust by watching on tape. You need to see him in person." Until yesterday, ...
Naehring prepared; Cooper waits it out Third baseman may be headed to St. Louis
Apr 02, 1995; ... FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Red Sox infielder Tim Naehring is scheduled tofly from his home in Cincinnati to Fort Myers tomorrow morning. Naehring said he has been advised by his agent to show up unlessthe owners vote to lock out the players this afternoon. "My agent {Joe Bick} told me ...
Raytheon firm relocating to R.I.
Apr 02, 1995; ... PORTSMOUTH, R.I. -- A company owned by the Raytheon Co. will movefrom San Diego to Portsmouth, bringing with it 75 jobs, officialssaid. Applied Remote Technology, which produces remote-controlledunderwater vehicles and electronic sensors for the Navy, will moveinto Raytheon's ...
Bill would lengthen R.I. minimum terms
Apr 02, 1995; ... PROVIDENCE -- Criminals sentenced to life would have to serve 20years instead of 15 before becoming eligible for parole under a billapproved by the House. People who kill twice would be forced to wait 30 years beforebeing eligible for parole under the bill, which now goes before ...
Runaway boy, 8, found in R.I. department store
Apr 02, 1995; ...PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- An 8-year-old boy who had been the subject ofan intensive police search after running away Friday was found safeyesterday after spending the night inside a department store. Ryan Coppland was found by his grandfather inside Apex shortlybefore 11 a.m. The ...
Vt. developer puts casino idea aside
Apr 02, 1995; ... BENNINGTON, Vt. -- The Las Vegas developer who wants to open acasino at a Pownal race track might use the site this summer forother activities, such as concerts and rodeos. Eric Nelson said no events have been scheduled yet, but he wantsto see the track used, rather than sitting ...
Mother sentenced in torturing child
Apr 02, 1995; ... BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A mother convicted of torturing her3-year-old daughter had to be carried from the courtroom after beingsentenced to 28 years in prison. Nissa Aponte, 24, started screaming "I don't want to go" after hersentencing last week in Superior Court. Over 30 days ...
Senate adds key support for Contract
Apr 02, 1995; ... WASHINGTON -- Putting aside doubts about Congress' political willto balance the budget, the Senate's budget chief will offer aseven-year plan this week to do just that -- in part by cutting morethan $400 billion from Medicare and Medicaid, according to seniorcongressional staff ...
TPC was just a warmup act for Masters
Apr 02, 1995; ...The lasting impression from the Tournament Players Championshipisn't that of winner Lee Janzen's marvelous bunker shot on 17 but ofDavis Love 3d standing in disbelief on the 17th tee when his shotkicked into the water, all but ending his chances of playing in theMasters this ...