The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from February 1996:
AIDS drug is said to prolong life
Feb 01, 1996; ... Capping a week of promising developments in AIDS treatment,researchers announced yesterday that a drug called ritonavir cansignificantly prolong survival among people with advanced AIDS. The announcement by Abbott Laboratories is the second this week byAIDS researchers reporting ...
ALBITA NO SE PARECE A NADA Epic
Feb 01, 1996; ... For everyone wondering how the popular idioms of guaracha and salsaand son have been evolving in Cuba these past 30 years, this is therecording to check. Albita is the Cuban-born singer with themuscular contralto who has been garnering attention from the US mediain recent months because of ...
queen of hearts
Feb 01, 1996; ...My aunt Alice (it can now be told) sent many a valentine to mennot her husband. She had been married once a long time ago. He wasa "war casualty," she said. So she was a widow? I asked my mother."She ran off with him, and he ran off with an Army nurse." The day after Valentine's ...
Arsenal unlikely cause of diseases, study says
Feb 01, 1996; ... Radioactive waste and chemicals from the old Watertown Arsenalcontaminated soil and fish in the area, but it is "unlikely" thatdepleted uranium that burned there for more than 40 years causedcancer or other illnesses in the neighborhood, a long-awaited federalstudy says. The ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1996 ...Q. As an admirer of Ted Williams, I am thrilled that the newtunnel is named for him. But the jury is still out on the plaque.Who is responsible for it? J.M., ArlingtonA. Shirin Karanfiloglu, manager of architecture and urban design forthe Central Artery project, says many artists were ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1996 ...Q. Who was Bruce Hungerford? A prize in his name is given everyyear to a promising pianist at the Young Concert ArtistsInternational auditions in New York City. J.R., TopsfieldA. Hungerford was a pianist who was killed in an automobile accidentin the Bronx at age 54. The $1,000 annual ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1996 ...Q. How long has the federal government used the White SandsProving Grounds in New Mexico to test aircraft and weapons?F.A., BostonA. The desert valley, 40 miles wide and 120 miles long, was acquiredby the Army in ...
ASK THE GLOBE / THE ADDRESS BOOK
Feb 01, 1996 ... For C.W., Chelmsford -- David Hasselhoff, c/o Baywatch ProductionOffice, 5433 Beethoven St., Los Angeles, CA 90066For M.M., Lynn -- Andrew Dice Clay, c/o International ...
Big Dig move catches Weld off guard Report now due at key time in race
Feb 01, 1996; ... A provision quietly slipped into the supplemental budget approvedby the Massachusetts House yesterday requires an independent analysisof how the Weld administration intends to finance Massachusetts'share of the Big Dig by June 1, six months earlier than previouslyplanned. The ...
Spacious North End restaurant might let the food speak for itself
Feb 01, 1996; ... IL BACIO * * Where: 226 Hanover St., North End. Telephone: 742-9200. Prices: Antipasti, salads, pizza: $5.25-$8.25; pasta, risotto: $7.95-$10.95; entrees: $11.95-$17.95; desserts: $5.50-$6.95; desserts with liqueur and coffee: ...
Youths already wear uniforms
Feb 01, 1996; ... It's mystifying why the concept of having kids wear uniforms toschool has produced any controversy at all. I mean, kids wearuniforms right now, every day. If you don't believe me, look around: Look at your own childrenthis morning. And if you don't have kids, take a peek at the ...
OFF THE AIR
Feb 01, 1996 ...Radio veteran Don Batting, 64, takes a moment to relax behind themicrophone yesterday, his last ...
Late bloomer worries
Feb 01, 1996 ... Dear Beth:I'm 17 and my voice has changed and I've got some hair on myface, but my penis is still small. This is extremely embarrassing.It's ruining my social life. Help!BODY PROBLEMS Many teen-agers are late bloomers and worry like you do about it.Except in very rare ...
Iafrate's hearing begins Second session likely won't be until March
Feb 01, 1996; ... KANATA, Ontario -- The first session of the Al Iafratearbitration hearing was held yesterday in Boston, and the next onelikely won't be until March because of arbitrator George Nicolau'spacked schedule.According to Bruins president/general manager Harry Sinden, thehearing, ...
Jerry Boisen, 73 Was music director at schools
Feb 01, 1996 ... A graveside service will be held today for Jerry Boisen ofWakefield, retired director of music at Boston Latin School, who diedMonday in Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. He was 73. Mr. Boisen was born in the Brooklyn section of New York City. Heearned a bachelor's degree and master's ...
ARS talking it up for fresh cash
Feb 01, 1996; ... Steve Bailey and Steven Syre are Globe staff members. They can be reached by e-mail at boscap(at sign)globe.com Few companies talk the talk like this. And American Radio Systems Corp., owner of stations that programtalk, sports and music in Boston and other markets, ...
Concert Update
Feb 01, 1996 ... Tonight's Safe & Sound benefit show at T.T. the Bear's Place begins"Friends of Shannon/Clinic Awareness Week," in remembrance of twowomen's-health clinic workers slain in 1994. Come and Smackmelon head the lineup, which features Joyce Raskin ofScarce and the band Trona performing an ...
Bright shining after dark days
Feb 01, 1996; ...AMHERST -- It wasn't easy shelving the dreams, storing them in adusty corner of his mind like a worn baseball glove one retires tothe attic. Wasn't it the dreams -- the vicarious experiences of probasketball stardom -- that helped Donta Bright cling to the rightpaths when ...
Ranford gives Bruins a lift
Feb 01, 1996; ...KANATA, Ontario -- The reason the Bruins reacquired Bill Ranfordfrom the Edmonton Oilers was for games like last night's.Ranford, who had lost his last two starts and was the victim ofless than stellar defense in front of him, put on a show against therejuvenated Ottawa ...
Buchanan puts his stock in trade
Feb 01, 1996; ...Patrick Buchanan, claiming fresh momentum from his first-placefinish in the Alaska straw poll, vowed yesterday to spend the finalthree weeks before the New Hampshire primary hammering home hisopposition to global free trade. Free-trade pacts, he said, were responsible for the ...
Weld is gaining on Kerry's lead in drive for funds
Feb 01, 1996; ... Sen. John F. Kerry and Gov. William F. Weld released their list oflarge campaign contributors yesterday, confirming that Kerry has morecash on hand, that Weld is catching up, and that some people have noproblem giving their money to millionaires. Kerry raised $3.69 million last ...
Celtics cash in Grizzly opportunity
Feb 01, 1996; ... Orlando and Vancouver, back to back. It just doesn't get anybetter than that, does it?One night the Magic. The next night the Tragic.The Celtics openly wondered if they'd have anything left for theGrizzlies last night after nearly upsetting Shaq & Co. the nightbefore in ...
BOXED CHOCOLATES
Feb 01, 1996 ... What better excuse to eat chocolate than when given a box by yourbeloved for Valentine's Day? But the quality of those chocolates canoften be questionable. Nobody wants to bite into an unpleasantsurprise. In Boston, we are fortunate to be surrounded by small-volumechocolatiers who ...
Group seeks civility in House Bipartisan Blue Dogs urge order
Feb 01, 1996; ... WASHINGTON -- A group of House members from both parties saidyesterday that they were fed up with rancorous partisanship, andlaunched a campaign to restore civility to the chamber. "Many of us have felt for a long time that the nature of debate hadbecome too contentious," said Rep ....
Radja out after concussion
Feb 01, 1996; ... Dino Radja was a late scratch from last night's Vancouver wipeout.He complained of dizziness before the game, was examined by Dr.Arnold Scheller, then sent home.The official diagnosis was post-concussion syndrome. InEnglish, that means Radja is still seeing stars and hearing ...
Views from the top Industry leaders say compromise needed
Feb 01, 1996; ... Leaders of Boston's tourism industry and key politicians agreethat the city needs a new convention center, and that thecontroversial idea of building a football stadium as well should beput on hold for now. But they can't agree on how to pay for aconvention center, so it has languished ...
William T. Currier, 74 Retired Boston police officer
Feb 01, 1996 ... William T. Currier Jr. of Brockton, a retired Boston policeofficer, died of repiratory failure Monday in Quincy Hospital. Hewas 74. Mr. Currier was born in Berlin, N.H. After serving in the ArmyAir Corps during World War II, he was a Boston police officer for 28years until his ...
Interviews on line
Feb 01, 1996 ... Transcripts of interviews with Patrick Buchanan and other visitingpresidential candidates are ...
Magic can make shots but shouldn't call them
Feb 01, 1996; ... INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Where is the dissent? Not here in SouthernCalifornia, that's for sure.Magic Johnson is back with the Lakers, and his return to thecourt Tuesday night was greeted with unanimous local approval. Itwas as if he'd returned from serving his country in a foreign ...
Report faults Police Dept. for traffic detail system
Feb 01, 1996; ... Four Boston police officers, assigned to desk duty because ofinjuries, are nevertheless making thousands of dollars workinghundreds of hours of police details, according to a report releasedyesterday by the Boston Finance Commission. The report underscored how lucrative the police ...
SCALPEL, PLEASE 2 Cambridge doctors lead push for major surgery on US health system
Feb 01, 1996; ...CAMBRIDGE -- Compared with the young hotshots on "ER" and"Chicago Hope," they look like they scrubbed up in a tent atWoodstock II. David Himmelstein wears his hair in a long, frizzy ponytail you'remore apt to find on a lead guitarist than on a leading internist.His version of a ...
Butchy Doe charged with selling heroin Suspect held after meeting informant
Feb 01, 1996; ...Arthur (Butchy) Doe, recently released from federal custody, wasarrested yesterday in a heroin trafficking case by Drug EnforcementAdministration agents in Charlestown.Doe was nabbed after an informant wore a hidden microphone andallegedly recorded Doe selling him four ...
Consumer Affairs boss is called probe subject Troopers ask about work habits, travel
Feb 01, 1996; ... Following reports that Secretary of Consumer Affairs Priscilla H.Douglas was frequently off the job for long periods of time, StatePolice have been called in to investigate her work habits and conductin office, sources said yesterday. Several consumer affairs employees have been ...
Test Drive Poor substitute
Feb 01, 1996; ... Title: Full Tilt PinballPublisher: Maxis Inc.Platform: Windows 95, CD-ROMPrice: $29.95 I am no wizard, but I have always enjoyed a good game of pinball.Especially on the old machines, the mostly mechanical ones withoutall the fancy electronics and mind-numbing sound. So ...
Man tells of 3 brothers' drownings at pool
Feb 01, 1996; ... The words came slowly to Paul Chin, and he cried only onceyesterday as he told a federal jury about the ghastly night in April1993, when he returned to the pool area of an Andover hotel and foundhis three younger brothers had drowned.Just minutes before, Chin, then 18, said he ...
Ancient rivalry in the Aegean
Feb 01, 1996 ...Greece and Turkey proved this week that the irrational can playas great a role in statecraft as it does in the private lives ofindividuals. Before Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke procured astand-down agreement in nightlong telephone diplomacy with bothsides, the ...
Tort deformity
Feb 01, 1996 ...Tucked away in the continuing debate over possible tort reform isan anachronistic feature of the current system that may prolongsettlements and even trials. It is the arbitrary 12 percent annualinterest payment that defendants have to pay successful plaintiffsgoing back to the beginning ...
Ellison rebounds as starter
Feb 01, 1996; ... When he's in service, there is no one quite like Pervis. Of allthe successes the Celtics could savor last night, none meant morethan Pervis Ellison's biggest game of the season. Sure, it may have been against the godawful Grizzlies. But thefact remained that Ellison collected 12 ...
Magic's rebound
Feb 01, 1996 ...The exuberant return of HIV-positive Magic Johnson toprofessional basketball Tuesday -- and the open-armed welcome hereceived -- represented much more than a shift in the NationalBasketball Association's pecking order. It revealed the remarkablyswift demise of many superstitions about ...
Omens in Oregon?
Feb 01, 1996 ...The conservative Republican with a healthy checkbook and acampaign strategy of criticizing his opponent, a Washington insider,lost a special election for the US Senate in Oregon on Tuesday. By itself, the Oregon election need not spell trouble for SteveForbes. Nor does it ...
SI swimsuit cover breaks color barrier
Feb 01, 1996; ...For the first time in 33 years, Sports Illustrated has put ablack model on the cover of its annual swimsuit issue, which appearedon store shelves last week. Tyra Banks did the honors, photographed in a $200 leopard-printNorma Kamali suit on a sun-splashed South African ...
Warchests healthy for Mass. delegation
Feb 01, 1996; ...WASHINGTON -- Members of Massachusetts' congressional delegationbegan this election year with money in the bank and few opponents,according to campaign finance records that were to be filed yesterdaywith the Federal Election Commission. With the retirement of Rep. Gerry Studds of ...
Vets hit teacher's plan to show `Platoon'
Feb 01, 1996; ...CONCORD, N.H. -- A teacher who has come under fire by a Vietnamveterans' group for planning to show the movie "Platoon" to herstudents says the film depicts the harsh realities of the Vietnamconflict. Jenny Boesch, who teaches foreign policy at Concord High School,said while ...
Flynn seen quitting post this month Ex-mayor reportedly is facing more embarrassing disclosures
Feb 01, 1996; ... report. Vatican Ambassador Raymond L. Flynn, who faces damaging newdisclosures in the investigation that has brought down his formerchief aide, has told fellow diplomats he intends to leave his postthis month, sources told the Globe yesterday. The former Boston mayor has ...
The call of catalogs
Feb 01, 1996; ...On winter days when warm spells send daytime temperatures soaringinto the 50s, my phone starts ringing. "Is it time to remove the winter mulch yet?" Nope. "When can I plant my peas?" Try late March. Come February, ardent gardeners restless for spring ...
Firms seek gas pipeline from Everett to Saugus Venture is 3d growth plan in N.E. in 6 months, as industry projects decline in fuel oil demand
Feb 01, 1996; ... Boston-based Cabot Corp. and a Texas pipeline company filedyesterday for federal permission to build a $23 million natural gaspipeline between Everett and Saugus. The project, proposed before the Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission, is the third such venture proposed in New England ...
Broker pleads guilty to harassing Thomas Lee Extortion charges reduced, but Goldman sticks to rape claim
Feb 01, 1996; ... A Philadelphia stockbroker who went public last year with a storyshe had been raped by Boston financier Thomas H. Lee. yesterdaypleaded guilty in a federal court in New York to criminal harassmentfor repeatedly phoning him and his attorneys over the past two years. The broker, ...
Playing gender politics
Feb 01, 1996; ...PALO ALTO, Calif. - I don't believe that Republicans are fromMars and Democrats are from Venus. But when I focus my telescope onthe presidential campaign, there's enough of a gender gap to makeanyone wonder whether men and women inhabit the same politicalplanet. The respective ...
Investors see Hasbro fending off Mattel R.I. toymaker's shares slip as it continues to rebuff suitor
Feb 01, 1996; ... Shares of Hasbro Inc. slipped 5 percent yesterday as someinvestors speculated that the Rhode Island toymaker may succeed infending off a merger offer from Mattel Inc. Hasbro continued to resist Mattel's advances yesterday, assertingthat a merger would be rejected by antitrust ...
BU will skate shorthanded O'Sullivan sidelined for Beanpot opener
Feb 01, 1996; ... Defending national champion Boston University will be subpar whenit hosts Providence College tomorrow night and in the first round ofthe Beanpot Tournament against Boston College Monday at theFleetCenter. At yesterday's Beanpot luncheon, BU coach Jack Parker said, ...
Try vinyl siding for veranda ceiling
Feb 01, 1996; ... Q. I am building a new house and hope to get everything right. Iwant a covered veranda across the back, and I am concerned about theceiling, since the veranda will not be screened. A friend has aceiling of tongued-and-grooved boards. It looks good but I amconcerned about bugs, ...
Elections by mail? Here's a no vote
Feb 01, 1996; ...When the US Postal Service pronounces something "an idea whosetime has come," sensible citizens start worrying. A few years ago, the postmaster general suggested the time hadcome to eliminate mail delivery on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Afterthat notion self-destructed, the Postal ...
Woods Hole awaits research ship
Feb 01, 1996; ... A new "mother ship" to carry the Woods Hole OceanographicInstitution's manned submersible, Alvin, and deep-diving robotexplorers is to be launched today in Moss Point, Miss., where the $50million state-of-the-art ship was built. The 274-foot research vessel Atlantis will replace ...
Names: Agassi loses No. 1 spot to Muster because of change
Feb 01, 1996 ... Thomas Muster will replace Andre Agassi as world No. 1 when theATP rankings are published Feb. 12. Agassi, who replaced PeteSampras at the top during the Australian Open last week, findshimself deprived of his position because of a schedule change. TheSan Jose tournament is being held a ...
TV audience stayed up to watch the late show
Feb 01, 1996; ... Magic Johnson's return to the NBA Tuesday night produced by farthe largest late-night television audience in TNT cable's 12 years ofcoverage. The Warriors-Lakers telecast that aired from 10:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.compiled a 4.4 rating, which translated to 2,965,000 homes. Theprevious ...
Aimee Mann's voice still carries
Feb 01, 1996; ... AIMEE MANN At: the Paradise Tuesday night To borrow one of her song titles, this was a "welcome home" showby Aimee Mann. The longtime singer of 'Til Tuesday still has a homein Brookline, but she is based in Los Angeles, where she just revivedher career with the ...
The bare facts of photographing children
Feb 01, 1996; ... When employees at a Cambridge photo lab called the police becausethey were uncomfortable with Toni Marie Angeli's nude pictures of her4-year-old son, parents everywhere paid attention. Who among us,after all, hasn't taken photos of our children unclothed? Investigators concluded ...
Report says income enough for expenses
Feb 01, 1996; ... By any standard, former Boston Mayor Raymond L. Flynn's personalfinances were a mess. He had no checking account. He borrowedheavily, and he had crushing expenses -- $322,609 in tuition for hissix children paid over the past 11 years. The tuition burden drew close attention from ...
Drugs the focus in R.I. girl's death
Feb 01, 1996; ... WESTERLY, R.I. -- An investigation into the death of a13-month-old girl is focusing on how the child got hold of theprescription drugs that killed her, according to police.Victoria Pietraallo died from ingesting lithium and ...
Odors still driving pupils from school
Feb 01, 1996; ... PEABODY -- Peabody High School remained open yesterday but 26students left early, complaining that a lingering odor had made themsick. Administrators said the air was safe to breathe yesterdaymorning, nearly two weeks after the smell first was ...
Missing woman is believed dead
Feb 01, 1996; ... TUCSON -- The disappearance of Diane Van Reeth more than fivemonths ago has been reclassified from a missing person case to ahomicide, even though no trace of the woman has been found. Van Reeth, 35, vanished Aug. 10 after leaving her Winterhavenhome for work. Police have said ...
New club is quite fashionable
Feb 01, 1996; ... Fashion models are active in just about every phase of theentertainment industry, so why not make them a regular part of thenightclub business too? That's the philosophy at the new Oxygenclub, which claims to be the first room in the nation to stageprofessional runway shows three nights ...
TV rivalry gets personal
Feb 01, 1996; ... Names & Faces can be reached by electronic mail at names(at sign)globe.com. Material from wire services and other sources was used in this column. There's a snap in the air at WHDH-TV Channel 7 that has nothingto do with cold weather. It's tension. In a Globe ...
9-year sentence in stalking case
Feb 01, 1996 ... A Boston man was sentenced yesterday in Suffolk Superior Court to9 years in prison for stalking, battering ...
Report ordered on shooting range
Feb 01, 1996; ... QUINCY -- The city of Quincy has won a round in its fight withBoston over the Moon Island shooting range. State EnvironmentalAffairs Secretary Trudy Coxe has ordered Boston to report onenvironmental impact of the range, used by Boston ...