The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from March 1999:
NAFTA progress
Mar 01, 1999 ... As some predicted during the debate on the North American FreeTrade Agreement in the early 1990s, Mexico has begun to edge outAsian exporters to the United States. In one important sector,textiles, Mexico has bumped China as America's largest single sourcein terms of ...
Pianist Burleson interprets the sounds of Weimar era
Mar 01, 1999; ... GEOFFREY BURLESON, piano At: the Goethe Institute, Saturday night Weimar is one of those cities of nearly continuous historicalimportance to music. The Hofcapelle of the 15th and 16th centurieswas home to such important Reformation composers as Johann Walter andConrad Rupsch, and ...
BOOK REVIEW
Mar 01, 1999 ... In "A Stranger Came Ashore" by Mollie Hunter, Finn Learson comesashore on an island on a dark and stormy night. He barges into theHenderson house, and tells them he is the only survivor of ashipwreck. ...
William Thompson, 64 Former GE, Digital manager
Mar 01, 1999 ... William Richard Thompson of Wayland, a former financial managerfor two major corporations, died Saturday at his home of braincancer. He was 64. Mr. Thompson was born in Nashua and resided in Wayland for thepast 31 years. He received his bachelor's degree from Colby Collegein ...
Staking out funds for summer camp Enrolling child in program doesn't have to bust family budget
Mar 01, 1999; ... For parents whose children have spent the year in public school,paying for summer camp can bring on a severe case of sticker shock. Summer camp no longer is limited to archery and swimming. Nowthere are hundreds of programs -- from academic to athletic -- fromwhich to choose. And ...
Reformers get strong support in Iran vote President's backers lead
Mar 01, 1999; ... TEHRAN -- Dealing a blow to Iran's powerful and puritanicalhierarchy, millions of Iranians cast their votes for a movementthat calls for sweeping change toward a more open and pluralisticsociety. Early returns last night from the first local elections sincethe Islamic Revolution ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Mar 01, 1999 ... Q. I am coordinating the Elbridge Gerry School float forMarblehead's big 350th anniversary parade June 12. Can you tell mewhether the five signers of the Declaration of Independence who aredepicted on the back of the $2 bill include Elbridge Gerry? P.W.,Marblehead A. No. That portion ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Mar 01, 1999 ... Q. When is the feast day of St. Columbkille? I.F., Boston A.June 9. The 6th century Irish saint actually was called St. Columbabut is popuarly referred to as St. Columbkille, a mixture of Latinand Gaelic meaning St. Colum of the Churches, in recognition of hismissionary work in ...
Black Bears are latest N.E. fall guys
Mar 01, 1999; ... NEWARK, Del. -- Now the fall is complete. On Friday night, BostonUniversity said an early goodbye in the America East tournament. OnSaturday, Hartford, Northeastern, and Vermont all made their curtaincalls for the season. Yesterday it was Maine's turn, completing a purge of New ...
`The Big Dig' unearths engineering superlatives
Mar 01, 1999; ... THE BIG DIG On: The History Channel Time: Tonight, 10-11 p.m.Rating: TVG REPORTERS COVERING the Big Dig, while acknowledging it's awhopping big project, generally avoid the superlative. Not so theHistory Channel. "By any measure of manpower or money, the Big Dig is the ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Mar 01, 1999 ... Q. There is a trailer parked along Route 9 in Chestnut Hill withthe name "Child Quest International" written on it. One can donateclothing there, but there is no indication where the clothing goes.Is Child Quest International a nonprofit organization? A.G.Chestnut Hill A. Yes. Funded ...
BC High handles Hawks
Mar 01, 1999; ... When the BC High players filed one by one into the locker roomafter a 5-3 Super 8 first-round victory over Waltham, there were nosmiling faces or exchanges of high fives. Coach Joe McCabe followedbehind his team with the same less-than-thrilled look upon his face. The reason was ...
Eagles leave lasting impression
Mar 01, 1999; ... SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- At the beginning of the season, they made ittheir objective to prove everybody wrong. Picked to finish last in apreseason poll of Big East coaches, the members of the Boston Collegemen's basketball team set out to prove they were better than that.But after yesterday's ...
BC women sent packing; UConn belts St. John's
Mar 01, 1999; ... PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- It's not as if the Boston College women'sbasketball team cherished the thought of meeting the University ofConnecticut in the Big East tournament semifinals tonight. But thealternative -- packing their bags and boarding the bus to ride backto Boston -- certainly was ...
Graham cracks open door on black elite
Mar 01, 1999; ... OUR KIND OF PEOPLE Inside America's Black Upper Class By LawrenceOtis Graham HarperCollins, 418 pp., illustrated, $25 "Our Kind of People" is the kind of book you want to fling acrossthe room, when you aren't calling your friends to rant and rave aboutits endless details and ...
After heart surgery, brains can suffer
Mar 01, 1999; ... Decades of medical advances have made operating on the heart muchsafer and slashed the rate of deaths and surgical complications, butsurgeons are still struggling to prevent puzzling after-effects thatleave many open-heart surgery patients mentally hobbled. Not untypical, says Dr ....
Bruins getting healthy dose of success
Mar 01, 1999; ... The Bruins are unbeaten in their last four games (3-0-1). Thatrun has helped them in their playoff race with Florida (tied withBoston but with three fewer wins and one more game played), Montreal,and the Rangers. Washington, which the Bruins dispatched, 4-3, Saturday, is now ...
Buchanan, back in N.H., faces a tough third run
Mar 01, 1999; ... MANCHESTER, N. H. -- This old mill town is ground zero forPatrick J. Buchanan, the Republican who trounced Bob Dole in 1996 andembarrassed former President George Bush in 1992. It is here that Buchanan's "peasants with pitchforks" massed onthe hill, and here that Buchanan declared ...
Buffett fans find a winter paradise
Mar 01, 1999; ... JIMMY BUFFETT AND THE CORAL REEFER BAND At: The FleetCenter, lastnight It was pouring in Boston last night, but for the 20,000 fansinside the jammed-to-capacity FleetCenter, it was a non-stop beachparty in paradise. Their gracious host was Jimmy Buffett, making hisfirst-ever ...
Staking out funds for summer camp Enrolling child in program doesn't have to bust family budget
Mar 01, 1999; ... For parents whose children have spent the year in public school,paying for summer camp can bring on a severe case of sticker shock. Summer camp no longer is limited to archery and swimming. Nowthere are hundreds of programs -- from academic to athletic -- fromwhich to choose. And ...
George Carruth Sr., 69 Served North Shore civic groups
Mar 01, 1999 ... George Edward Carruth Sr. of Marblehead, chairman of the Boy ScoutTroop 11 Committee of Marblehead, died Friday in Salem Hospital inSalem. He was 69. Born in Cambridge in 1929, he attended Marblehead schools andgraduated from St. Lawrence Academy in 1949. He then attended ...
Upon close examination, Celtics passing tests
Mar 01, 1999; ... WALTHAM -- Some teams are born for fantasy basketball leagues.They look great when they aren't playing games. They make you wantto fawn over the considerable skills of their talented players(hello, Lakers). They make you want to declare them division champsbefore they lace a sneaker or ...
Film serves as reminder, triumph to black officers
Mar 01, 1999; ... Twenty-five years ago John Wells, Billy Celester, and James Mooretalked to the producers of the television documentary "Black Cop"about the difficulties the Boston Police Department's smallcontingent of black officers faced each day. The landmark documentary explored the mistrust ...
Dorchester man shot on sidewalk
Mar 01, 1999 ... A Dorchester man was shot in the back and shoulder on aDorchester sidewalk yesterday afternoon, but his wounds were notlife-threatening, police said. Tyrone Curry, 20, was shot in frontof a pizza parlor at Blue Hill Avenue and Harvard Street ...
Sled accident kills Cambridge man
Mar 01, 1999 ... HARTFORD, Vt. -- A 34-year-old Cambridge man was killed earlyyesterday in a sledding accident at the Quechee Lakes Ski Hill.Hartford police said John White ...
CORRECTION
Mar 01, 1999 ... CORRECTION: Because of a reporting error, a Page One storyyesterday about the attempt of Nathan Carr's family to bring ...
CORRECTION
Mar 01, 1999 ... CORRECTION: Because of a reporting error, it was incorrectlystated in Sunday's Globe ...
In paradise, TV `Fantasy' is real money
Mar 01, 1999; ... Charles Memminger is a Globe correspondent. KUALOA, Hawaii -- It may be nasty and insensitive to suggest thatit's the kiss of death for a television series when a chimpanzee orPaulie Shore is booked as a guest star. Nasty and insensitive, but not necessarily inaccurate.So it ...
EMC to unveil improved data-storage devices To allow firms to better share information between parts of business
Mar 01, 1999; ... EMC Corp. is expected to announce today details about a technologyeffort aimed at making its data-storage devices more useful tocorporate customers. The reception of the new technology will do much to determinewhether the Hopkinton company can meet ambitious revenue targets ...
A gun initiative wide of the mark
Mar 01, 1999 ... The recent decision by a Brooklyn jury on gun manufacturers'liability in shooting deaths has triggered interest in legal actionby cities around the country to recover policing, medical, and othercosts. Boston should hold off filing any suits of this nature untilthe appeals process has ...
Dec. 31 party poopers
Mar 01, 1999 ... The arrival of the year 2000 is a mega-event, inspiringcelebration around the world. But the call by state RepresentativeJohn Merrigan for Massachusetts to join the party by declaring thisDec. 31 a state holiday is running up against small thinking. Cries of "hackorama" and ...
A sensible cut
Mar 01, 1999 ... The Clinton administration's decision to ban new logging roads in33 million acres of national forest is an important step inprotecting a dwindling national asset. It also encourages efforts toput lumbering on a sustainable basis. The ban puts about a third of the total national ...
Casinos a lure for Mass. Bay State gamblers beat path to Conn.
Mar 01, 1999; ... Massachusetts residents spend an estimated $620 million per yearat Connecticut's two Indian-run casinos and visit the facilities morethan gamblers from any other state, according to a report beingreleased today. The number of Bay State residents patronizing Foxwoods Resort ...
MTBE found in N.H. drinking water, report says State detects gas supplement in 137 sources
Mar 01, 1999; ... CONCORD, N.H. -- Mandated by state lawmakers and backed byenvironmental groups as a way to cut air pollution, the gasolineadditive MTBE has been detected in drinking water in 137 NewHampshire water supplies, according to a report by the stateDepartment of Environmental ...
Roth IRA is the best bet against higher taxes
Mar 01, 1999; ... Q. The Roth IRA is being promoted on the basis of reduced taxliability. This tax structure raises my concern about the Roth IRAat the time of retirement. Is there anything in the legislationpreventing government from changing the rules in 40 years? Myconcern arises from the following ...
ARTIST OF THE ARTIC After 50 years, James Houston remains captivated by the historic Inuit vision and the soul of the ice
Mar 01, 1999; ... STONINGTON, Conn. -- James Houston "went in" to the Arctic in 1948"with just a sleeping bag and a lot of sketchbooks," he says. And,in a sense, he never "came out." Note those two expressions: "went in" and "came out." They'reinvariably found in the great accounts of exploration ...
How & Why
Mar 01, 1999; ... Q. Why does our breath smell like garlic days after we've eatenit, no matter how many times we brush our teeth? T.A.S. ConcordA. Eau de garlic emanates not from our mouths but from our lungs,long after we've eaten the pungent herb and brushed our teeth for the15th time. Dr ....
Reformers get strong support in Iran vote President's backers lead
Mar 01, 1999; ... TEHRAN -- Dealing a blow to Iran's powerful and puritanicalhierarchy, millions of Iranians cast their votes for a movement thatcalls for sweeping change toward a more open and pluralistic society. Early returns last night from the first local elections since theIslamic Revolution ...
Rape? Sounds like our Bill
Mar 01, 1999; ... Different reactions are possible to Juanita Broaddrick'saccusation that Bill Clinton raped her in 1978, but stunned disbeliefisn't one of them. No one is sputtering, "Clinton? Force himself onsomeone? Impossible!" We know by now that with Clinton, anything ispossible. In its ...
Where does the money go?
Mar 01, 1999; ... `We don't have to pay for furniture if you want to learnupholstering. We don't have to pay the phone bill . . . we can usetin cans and a string." Just last week, my children were singing that tune, literally,dancing and laughing as they watched a video that teaches lessonsabout ...
Brisk gives way to brooding with Johnston at helm
Mar 01, 1999; ... PHILLIP JOHNSTON TRANSPARENT QUARTET With the silent film "A Pageof Madness" At: Killian Hall, MIT, Friday night. CAMBRIDGE -- After more than a decade of success writing for themid-size ensembles Microscopic Septet and Big Trouble, PhillipJohnston has retrenched with the aptly ...
Loonie's slide draws skiers to Canada
Mar 01, 1999; ... Thomas W. Haines is a Globe correspondent. WHISTLER, BritishColumbia -- It's an epic day here on the Glacier Express chairlift. Blackcomb Mountain is dusted with a few inches of fresh snow, ontop of a mammoth base of more than 14 feet. But the white stuff is only one draw ...
US intervention in Kosovo is a mistake
Mar 01, 1999; ... Henry Kissinger was secretary of state in the Nixonadministration. President Clinton's announcement that some 4,000 American troopswill join a NATO force of 28,000 to help police a Kosovo agreementpresents a quandary to all those concerned with long-range nationalsecurity ...
Myles L. Lamson, 76 Retired business financial officer
Mar 01, 1999 ... Myles L. Lamson of Centerville, former assistant treasurer for theCorenco Corp. of Tewksbury, died at Cape Cod Hospital Thursday fromcomplications associated with lymphoma. He was 76. Born in Cambridge, Mr. Lamson was raised and educated inWatertown. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 ...
Why should Eritrea withdraw?
Mar 01, 1999 ... In response to your Feb. 19 editorial ("Eritrea's choice")concerning the border conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia: Contrary to your conclusion that the Eritrean government is intenton asserting itself in the Horn of Africa, it is only determined tomaintain the territorial ...
Learning your ABCs -- and music
Mar 01, 1999 ... One of the critics of Nahant's school music program complainsthat "children are pulled out of basic classes for music" ("Nahantgets a course in music appreciation," Metro, Feb. 12). Since when ismusic not basic? I went through public schools in Lynn, Nahant'sneighbor, and music was a ...
Hillary's really big agenda
Mar 01, 1999 ... In David Nyhan's Feb. 26 op-ed column, "The perfect state forHillary," he gives numerous reasons for her to seek the soon tovacated seat in the Senate. Many people, when their thoughts turn toNew York State, immediately think of New York City. However, as aperson ...
Tennis: Williams sisters celebrate twin wins
Mar 01, 1999 ... Playing a continent apart, teenagers Venus and Serena Williamsyesterday became the first sisters to win WTA Tour events on the sameday. First, Serena defeated Amelie Mauresmo, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4),for her first WTA Tour victory in the Gaz de France Open in Paris.Then Venus defended her ...
The tragic loss of a child binds communities, hearts
Mar 01, 1999; ... We never met him, or heard his voice, or saw him smile or throw atantrum. Yet we all knew exactly who Corey Anderson was. Much morethan the little boy from Norton who walked into a roaring stormlooking for his dog, never to come home, he was all children. All ofour children. The ...
The `Lieutenant Mom' who has everything
Mar 01, 1999 ... Wow, what a great support system our "Lieutenant Mom" has: aloving husband who can afford to leave his business and stay at hometaking care of their infant child; a weekend getaway to her parentsin the Berkshires; an apartment not far from her $75,000 a year job;a state trooper to ...
Web resources: Librarians are on cutting edge
Mar 01, 1999 ... Adam Pertman's Feb. 22 article "Net-savvy students shelving thelibraries" (Page A1) raises some key points about students turning tothe Web for research instead of using books in the library. Unfortunately, he promulgates a common misconception that the Webis one vast ocean of ...
Former suspect's mother charged in Lynn fire Woman accused in blaze that killed five people
Mar 01, 1999; ... LYNN -- A community still reeling from an arson fire that claimedfive lives last week was jolted again yesterday as the mother of theman initially questioned about the blaze was charged with murder. Essex County investigators and Lynn police yesterday chargedCatherine "Cathy" ...
Marjorie Marks, 47 Architect, town planner
Mar 01, 1999 ... Marjorie Marks of Wellesley, an architect and town planner, diedSaturday of complications associated with melanoma. She was 47. Ms. Marks was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduated from YaleUniversity and the University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture. Ms. Marks managed ...
Frederic W. Meisner Radio entertainer, owned kennel
Mar 01, 1999 ... Frederic W. Ted "Doggy Daddy" Meisner of Methuen, owner of Tee EmmKennels and a radio entertainer, died of cancer Friday at his home.He was 77. Mr. Meisner was born in Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, and his familymoved to Lawrence when he was a child. He graduated from LawrenceHigh ...
Study says working mothers don't cause children harm
Mar 01, 1999; ... Mothers who work outside of the home during the first three yearsof their children's lives do not harm their youngsters' behavior,mental development, or self-esteem, suggests a new study involvingthousands of families followed for years. And the two small negative effects that the ...
Anthony Musik, 82 Worked for GE for 30 years
Mar 01, 1999 ... Anthony Musik of Lynn, a retired draftsman, died Saturday at UnionHospital in Lynn of cancer. He was 82. Born in Needham, Mr. Musik was a graduate of Needham High School. He worked as a draftsman for General Electric in Lynn for morethan 30 years, before retiring ...
Volpe weathers grumbling
Mar 01, 1999; ... Material from wire services and other sources is used as well.Names & Faces can be reached by electronic mail at names(atsign)globe.com. First, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's concert wascanceled Thursday because of the weather. But for the last twoperformances of "Madama Butterfly," ...
Everett man held in bar shooting
Mar 01, 1999 ... EVERETT -- Police have accused one of two men shot at a barSaturday night of trying to kill the other man. Police said PaulRutledge, 34, of Everett, will be charged with assault with intent tocommit murder and illegal possession ...
Net-savvy students shelving libraries College professors confronting fact and fiction in cyberspace
Mar 01, 1999; ... The Internet rapidly has become the second university library. Asa growing number of college students surf the Web rather than searchthe library books and magazines, many believe it could replace thetraditional library within a decade or two as the main destinationfor academic ...
Not better than his brother Joe
Mar 01, 1999; ... SAN FRANCISCO - The veterans committee of baseball's Hall of Fameannounces its choice for enshrinement at Cooperstown this week. Thepanel has examined several good candidates, but none better thanDominic DiMaggio. If DiMaggio isn't chosen, he probably won't complain, because heis ...
Body of Norton boy is found near home
Mar 01, 1999; ... NORTON -- The entire time that hundreds of searchers were lookingfor him -- in swamps, a frozen lake, cranberry bogs, woods, andbushes -- Corey Anderson was so close to home. Some 300 to 400 yards from the home with monkey bars and a swingin the backyard, the body of the 9-year-old ...
House needs can-do Meehan
Mar 01, 1999; ... New England from Washington It might seem a long stretch to try relating 29 miles of scenicand fragile rivers in Massachusetts to the essence of reality in anoften unreal place called Congress. But it's worth it.Last week, with the puny notice that accompanies most things ...
Were stories on racism biased?
Mar 01, 1999; ... The ombudsman represents the readers. His conclusions andopinions are his own. His phone number is 929-3020, or leave amessage at 929-3022. E-mail: ombud(AT SIGN SYMBOL)globe.com. Today, everybody gets a rap on the knuckles, so hand me thatruler -- no, the big heavy one -- and ...
Change ofuniform Baggy pants catch on with suburban youth, so city kids move on; to new fashions
Mar 01, 1999; ... To the relief of adults, the uniform of urban youth -- saggy,baggy jeans, pants that droop to the hip -- is vanishing, at leastfor city kids. Now it's suburban kids -- those least connected tothe street life that gave birth to urban wear -- who embraceoversized pants as a fashion ...
Mining for gold and a good time at Omni
Mar 01, 1999; ... Boston portfolio manager Christopher White is no gold digger, buthe stoops to panning for it. On Tuesday, White and others were"panning" for gold at the Museum of Science in one of two back-to-back cocktail parties to celebrate the reopening of the rehabbedMugar Omni ...