The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from December 1999:
MAUREEN T. CONNELLY, 66 TAUGHT AT MELROSE CHURCH
Dec 01, 1999 ... Maureen T. (Devine) Connelly, a homemaker who was a Confraternityof Christian Doctrine teacher at St. Mary Church in Melrose for manyyears, died Monday in New England Rehabilitation Hospital in Woburn.She was 66. Mrs. Connelly was born and raised in Somerville. She lived ...
DR. PHILIP SARTWELL, 91 JOHNS HOPKINS, HARVARD TEACHER
Dec 01, 1999 ... Dr. Philip E. Sartwell, retired chairman of the department ofepidemiology at the School of Hygiene and Public Health at JohnsHopkins University, died Friday in his home in Marblehead. He was 91. Dr. Sartwell was born in Salem. He graduated from BostonUniversity School of Medicine ...
DR. RUDOLF TOCH, MILTON DOCTOR, SURVIVOR OF DACHAU CAMP; AT 80
Dec 01, 1999; ... Dr. Rudolf Toch, a survivor of the Nazi concentration camp atDachau who became a pediatrician in Milton and a specialist in thetreatment of teminally ill children, died Nov. 17 in his home inBartlett, N.H. He was 80. Dr. Toch was born in Vienna. When he was 18, he was sent ...
REV. CHARLES TOOMEY BC PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY; AT 88
Dec 01, 1999 ... Rev. Charles B. Toomey of the Society of Jesus, former professorof philosophy at Boston College, died Monday in the Campion Center inWeston. He was 88. Father Toomey was born in Dorchester. He graduated from BostonCollege High School before entering the Jesuit novitiate in ...
LAURENCE HASKINS, 90 RETIRED QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR
Dec 01, 1999 ... A memorial service will be held on Saturday for Laurence L.Haskins of Boxborough, a retired quality control inspector forseveral electric companies. Mr. Haskins died November 16 in his niece's home in Boxborough. Hewas 90. He was born in North Adams and graduated from ...
US PLAN IS A BAND-AID FOR STATE'S HEMORRHAGING COMMUNITY HOSPITALS
Dec 01, 1999; ... The 60 community hospitals in Massachusetts - the front line ofhealth care for the majority of our citizens - are at seriousfinancial risk. The most devastating funding cuts in the 30-yearhistory of Medicare are now in place and will jeopardize the qualityof patient care. Last ...
WORLD AIDS DAY, 1999
Dec 01, 1999 ... Another grim record was set this year in the planet's war againstAIDS: More people died in 1999 than at any time since the epidemicwas first recognized 18 years ago. This is true despite new drugtherapies that are holding off AIDS deaths in richer countries. Eachof the 2.6 million deaths ...
NO FREELANCE FOREIGN POLICY
Dec 01, 1999 ... In The Federalist papers, James Madison explains that the newConstitution vests all foreign relations powers in the federalgovernment because "if we are to be one nation in any respect, itclearly ought to be in respect to other nations." The Founding Fathers' strong belief in ...
THINKING BIGGER IN BOSTON
Dec 01, 1999 ... Developers are at work on Boston, seeking to fashion buildingsthat embody their own desires. Offsetting this powerful force standjust 15 city planners, mappers, and architects who work for theheadless Boston Redevelopment Authority. It's not a fair fight. Mayor Menino finally ...
DON'T IMPOSE YOUR VALUES ON CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS
Dec 01, 1999 ... It requires hubris of an Olympian order for The Boston Globe todispense advice to American Catholic bishops on how to manage theiroversight of Catholic colleges and universities ("Pastoral disaster,"editorial, Nov. 19). More to the point, given the Globe's uninhibited disdain ...
BLAME RACISM, NOT BLACK MEN, FOR N.Y. CAB OUTCRY
Dec 01, 1999; ... Even in an obvious injustice, apologists for racism find a way tosay that all black men must pay for the sins of a few. African-American actor Danny Glover recently made a big stink about beingpassed up by taxicabs he tried to hail in New York City. Glovercomplained to the city's taxi ...
LEATHER BELT DISCIPLINE
Dec 01, 1999 ... In 1967 I was spanked 21 times with a leather belt by my father. The neighbors asked me the next morning what I possibly could havedone to deserve such a punishment. I had told a lie. I was 7 yearsold. Parents who ...
IS STONING CHILDREN OK BECAUSE IT'S IN BIBLE?
Dec 01, 1999 ... A Woburn minister claims that he has a right to spank his child.He cites a Bible passage as his authority. This, I believe, isnonsense in the name of God. To take the nonsense farther, the reverend might want to look atDeuteronomy 21:18, which discusses children being stoned for ...
WHEN WORCESTER DID `WEST SIDE STORY'
Dec 01, 1999 ... Yesterday's Metro section included a sampling of lyrics from "WestSide Story," under the headline " `West Side' standoff." In the show,the quoted lyrics are preceded by the following: Puerto Rico, You lovely island, Island of tropical breezes. Always the pineapples ...
TOO OFTEN, MUSLIMS ARE DEMONIZED
Dec 01, 1999 ... I appreciate the gist of the Nov. 20 editorial "Faith in Allah."Too often Muslims' devout convictions and practices are portrayed asfanaticism. It should be noted for the record that it wasn't those whom themainstream press refers to as "Islamic fundamentalists" ...
BC'S IDENTITY CRISIS: SECULAR OR RELIGIOUS?
Dec 01, 1999 ... Regarding the recent Globe article on the Catholic bishops callingfor more control over Catholic colleges, I am not surprised thatBoston College students are complaining about that development("Bishops vote to boost authority over college," Page A1, Nov. 18). Boston College has ...
BUSH MAY LOOK GOOD IN DEBATE
Dec 01, 1999; ... I have some good news and some bad news for the five Republicansscheming how to derail George W. Bush in tomorrow night's NewHampshire TV debate: The good news is that the 53-year-old Texas governor is unused todebate, largely untested in a hostile TV environment, and not ...
ALIEN TEENS RIGHT AT HOME ON THE WB
Dec 01, 1999; ... Every year I fall in love with one new television show. A whileback, it was ABC's sanctimonious but energetic "Nothing Sacred,"about an inner-city priest. Last year, it was "L.A. Doctors," aglossy, high-concept medical drama; to paraphrase the master ofceremonies in "Cabaret" - even the ...
INVESTIGATING THE ABDUCTION OF ARIZONA ORPHANS
Dec 01, 1999; ... On Oct. 1, 1904, at about 6:30 p.m., an impatiently awaited trainpulled into the railroad station in the Arizona mining town ofClifton. On board were the reasons for the large crowd that hadgathered: 40 young children, orphans being "placed out" by NewYork's Foundling ...
RICH TASTES FOR RICH TIMES
Dec 01, 1999; ... The home stretch to the millennium is littered with so muchChampagne, caviar, and foie gras that it will be a wonder if we allmake it to the year 2000. Restaurants report that sales of luxuryfoods and wines are up, and managers predict a booming December. AsPeter Peterson, manager of ...
PUTTING ZIP IN THEIR HARD DRIVE CYBER START-UPS' HOT YOUNG BRAINS THRIVE WHEN IT'S ALL WORK, ALL PLAY
Dec 01, 1999; ... Luke Enlow's team was in last place at the InterNoded "Olympics"in July. Along with 38 other employees of the fast-growing Cambridgestart-up, Enlow had taken the day off to participate in what companyfounder Julie Palen fondly calls "team-building" - "wacky softball,"bocce, darts, and ...
ONE BIG BASH
Dec 01, 1999; ... You've got to hand it to the folks at WBCN. It's tough enough toorganize one holiday concert, let alone seven, all on the same night.Yet, Oedipus et al. have managed to pack nearly every major livemusic venue in the city for tonight's 1999 WBCN X-Mas Rave with star-studded bills that ...
THE LIGHT HANUKKAH TREAT
Dec 01, 1999; ... Israeli-born Ariela Katz remembers Hanukkah, the Festival ofLights, very differently from the way it is celebrated here in theUnited States. For Israelis, it is vacation time - a reprieve fromschool; playtime - friends can gather, and stores are open; and timeto make the doughnuts. ...
WANTED: LIGHT SHOWS
Dec 01, 1999 ... Do you go all out in your outside holiday decorations or knowsomeone who does? Let us know by Dec. 9, and we may snap a picturefor Calendar's ...
INDIAN HEROES; BOWERY BEAT; MEDIA MERGERS
Dec 01, 1999; ... To white America, Indian life is a complicated subject: Along withthe guilt about stealing all that land often goes admiration, evenenvy, for a way of living that we non-Natives will never know. IanFrazier certainly responds this way. His latest book chroniclesrecent years living among ...
BSO PLANS FOR CENTENNIAL OF SYMPHONY HALL
Dec 01, 1999; ... The Boston Symphony Orchestra is calling together 100 politicians,city officials, and leaders of neighboring arts and community groupstoday to unveil its plans to celebrate Symphony Hall's centennial. BSO managing director Mark Volpe is expected to announce plansthat will include ...
PEABODY ESSEX GETS $1.25M
Dec 01, 1999; ... The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem has been awarded a total of$1.25 million by the federal government for a cultural exchangeprogram and for a pilot program for the training and hiring of low-income students from the region, museum officials announced yesterday. The federal ...
COSMIC RIPPLES FROM AN ART OF WATER AND LIGHT
Dec 01, 1999; ... Mags Harries grew up in a seafaring family in Wales, in a homewith a view of the ocean. Water has remained a key ingredient in thework of this distinguished artist, based in Cambridge since 1970. Mostly, Harries fights in the arena of public art, with itsinevitable controversies ...
RAGE-FILLED ROCK TIRADES
Dec 01, 1999; ... WORCESTER - No Kid Rock comedy. No Limp Bizkit "Nookie." No Kornangst. No, this was Rage Against the Machine. Rage is easily the mostpolitical, most socially conscious rap-metal band out there - and theband backed it up with a screamingly heavy set that had the wallsrattling at the ...
STRING OF ZEROS TO PUT ABC ON TOP `MILLIONAIRE' BOOSTS NETWORK IN SWEEPS
Dec 01, 1999; ... In the middle of a conference call yesterday with TV writers, muchof which was spent trumpeting the success of ABC's "Who Wants to Be aMillionaire," the network's top two Los Angeles-based entertainmentexecutives, Stu Bloomberg and Lloyd Braun, suddenly utteredexclamations of ...
DREAMS ON THE VINE
Dec 01, 1999; ... In the early autumn sunshine, the golden chardonnay fruit lookstoo inviting to leave alone. Suspended from vines trained withespalierlike precision, the ripe bunches seem to offer themselves tothe hand. Soon, pickers will sweep through the vineyard and leave notone grape upon another - ...
PHILLIPS OUSTED BY UMPIRES
Dec 01, 1999; ... For 21 years, Richie Phillips was the union leader of the majorleague baseball umpires, and anyone who messed with the men in blueknew that they would have to answer to the Philadelphia lawyer. But now the men in blue have messed with Phillips, voting to firehim ...
THE BREAKS GO BC'S WAY BELLEFEUILLE SNAPS TIE - AND EAGLES SNAP LOSING STREAK
Dec 01, 1999; ... Boston College senior left wing Jeff Farkas skated hard to thenet, from behind the goal, and with a quick centering pass, hespotted senior center Blake Bellefeuille in the slot. Bellefeuilleconverted the feed, scoring his fifth goal of the season andpropelling BC to a 4-2 victory over ...
RIB ISN'T TICKLING CARTER
Dec 01, 1999; ... Anson Carter, who is tied for second on the Bruins in scoring with19 points, was not at practice yesterday. According to Pat Burns,Carter had a rib problem Sunday night in the game against theIslanders, but the coach expects Carter will be ready to go tomorrownight against the Capitals ...
ONE FAMILY'S FEAST WHEN THE PARKERS GATHER AT GREENVALE, IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT THE FOOD
Dec 01, 1999; ... PORTSMOUTH, R.I. - Even the name, Greenvale, has a 19th-centuryring. The 1865 early Victorian Gothic house is imposing, the kind ofgrand place where you can imagine a family sitting down to dinner andcalling for the butler. With its ancestral portraits peering intoguests' soup bowls and ...
BETTER DEPTH PERCEPTION ON BRUINS BURNS AND ALLISON SEE A MORE VERSATILE TEAM
Dec 01, 1999; ... In Pat Burns's first two seasons at the helm, the Bruins' optionswere a bit limited in terms of style. They were very young andweren't loaded in talent. Defense came first, and that was OK withthe squad that management had assembled. Burns is a defense-orientedcoach who believes that ...
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR VETERAN OVERTON
Dec 01, 1999; ... WALTHAM - Doug Overton welcomed the call when the Celtics broughthim in as a replacement for Wayne Turner last month. "I understood what they needed," Overton said yesterday. "It's myeighth year in the league and I know what is expected. And I like[coach Rick Pitino's] style of ...
TEAMS ON 2-YEAR ROLLS NORTH ATTLEBORO, ROCKLAND LOADED
Dec 01, 1999; ... It would seem neither Rockland nor North Attleboro needs to changegame plans for the Division 3 Super Bowl at Boston University'sNickerson Field Saturday at 1 p.m. After all, Hockomock Leaguechampion North Attleboro and Patriot League winner Rockland each havea 1998 Super Bowl ...
MARIST HANDS HARVARD FIRST LOSS
Dec 01, 1999; ... In its first three games of the season, Harvard used big second-half surges to win convincingly. Last night against Marist, the surge came once again. But thistime, it was too little and too late and the Crimson fell from theranks of the undefeated, dropping an 87-82 decision ...
NFL BRONCOS' SHARPE WILL NOT RETURN THIS SEASON
Dec 01, 1999 ... Denver Broncos tight end Shannon Sharpe will miss the rest of theseason after reinjuring his broken left collarbone. Sharpe aggravatedthe injury while jogging during rehabilitation and was placed oninjured reserve . . . The Green Bay Packers waived kickoff and puntreturn specialist ...
DALLAS UP AGAINST AN OLD COWHAND
Dec 01, 1999; ... The sound of joy and excitement came right through the phone. "This is going to be fun," said Dave Campo, esteemed defensivecoordinator of the Dallas Cowboys. "There's always more excitementwhen you go up against an old friend. It was that way on Thanksgivingwhen we played the ...
A GREAT SHORT STORY
Dec 01, 1999; ... As impressive as a short list of his accomplishments may be -Rookie of the Year, All-Star starter, two grand slams and 10 runsbatted in in one game, an American League batting title - what may beeven more striking about Nomar Garciaparra is that, in just threeseasons as the Red Sox' ...
CASE CLOSED, SAYS LAWYER MILLOY TELLS HIS SIDE OF STORY; HE AND TEAM WANT TO MOVE ON
Dec 01, 1999; ... FOXBOROUGH - Patriots safety Lawyer Milloy yesterday shed morelight on incidents that occurred between him and teammate VincentBrisby at the Palace in Saugus last Wednesday and at practice thefollowing morning. Milloy said he regretted what happened, but healso echoed the sentiments of ...
MOREY AND MEGNA WORKING THEIR WAY ONTO ROSTER
Dec 01, 1999; ... FOXBOROUGH - Next week the Patriots will make a couple of rostermoves that will give Bay State players Sean Morey and Marc Megna,both currently on the practice squad, a chance to finish the regularseason on the 53-man roster. According to vice president of player personnel Bobby ...
THE RETURN OF THE RAVENS FRANKLIN PIERCE LIVES UP TO ITS VOW
Dec 01, 1999; ... RINDGE, N.H. - Amy Hingston and her teammates made a vow as theywatched helplessly when Lynn University won, and then celebrated, itsNCAA Division 2 women's soccer national championship last December. Freshman Nicole Cheadle knows a thing or two about championshipsherself and took ...
LITTLE LEAVES RED SOX STAFF
Dec 01, 1999; ... The Red Sox, as expected, announced yesterday that Dave Jauss wasbecoming the team's minor league field coordinator while BuddyBailey, who had been field coordinator, was taking Jauss's formerposition as first base coach. There was, however, one surprise: Bench coach Grady Little, ...
UCONN SHAKES OFF ILLINOIS
Dec 01, 1999; ... STORRS, Conn. - For a few minutes - OK, for most of the first half- it looked as if Illinois would give the University of Connecticutwomen their first battle of the season. But in the end, the Huskies showed why they're ranked No. 1 asthey rolled over Illinois, 100-79, before ...
SNAP DECISION GETTING BANKHEAD WAS THE RIGHT CALL FOR UMASS
Dec 01, 1999; ... AMHERST - It took one phone call and one moment of candor toconvince Todd Bankhead he should accept a football scholarship to theUniversity of Massachusetts. When coach Mark Whipple contacted Bankhead the first time, justbefore the start of the 1998 season, the quarterback was ...
BIG ON APPLE
Dec 01, 1999 ... - Apple Computer Inc. shares rose 3.5 percent yesterday after aDonaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette analyst reiterated his "top pick" ratingon the personal-computer maker, citing strong sales of its iBooklaptop and iMac ...
BC STARTING TO PULL RANK OFF THE COURT TOP 25 STATUS AIDS RECRUITING
Dec 01, 1999; ... When it came to recruiting, Cathy Inglese was always able to offerdata proving Boston College's fine academic tradition. She couldpoint to catalogs picturing its serene-yet-urban campus. But when itcame to the quality of its women's basketball program, the coach usedto find herself ...
ASTRAZENECA, IN REVAMP, TO EXIT WORCESTER FACILITY
Dec 01, 1999; ... AstraZeneca PLC yesterday said some of its 100 Worcester employeeswill lose their jobs as part of the pharmaceutical company'sworldwide research and development re structuring, stemming from theApril merger of Astra AB of Sweden and Zeneca Group PLC of GreatBritain. The changes, ...
BUSINESS CONFIDENCE INDEX DROPS AGAIN
Dec 01, 1999; ... The business confidence index published by the AssociatedIndustries of Massachusetts dropped for a second consecutive month.In November, the index fell to 63.6, down from 64.5 in October and65.3 in September. Although the index is below a ...
MEMO TO UAM: THERE MAY BE A WAY OUT OF TAILSPIN TROUBLED MONEY MANAGER MIGHT MULL SPLITTING INTO 2 PUBLIC FIRMS
Dec 01, 1999; ... Now what? Shareholders of United Asset Management Corp., the Boston companywhose 45 investment subsidiaries manage $193 billion around theworld, have exactly zip to show for the company's turnaround campaignthat is nearing its second anniversary. You could argue that the ...
WHY TAX THE Y?
Dec 01, 1999; ... Is the city going around town trying to shake down nonprofitinstitutions for dough? Mayor Tom Menino says absolutely not. But you have to wonder. Take, for instance, what's going on with the YMCA right now. In arecent letter, Menino's tax commissioner, Ronald Rakow, ...
$87B MERGER OF EXXON, MOBIL OK'D FEDERAL REGULATORS SET EXTENSIVE CONDITIONS
Dec 01, 1999; ... Federal antitrust regulators yesterday approved the $87 billionmerger of Exxon and Mobil, reuniting two key units of the formerStandard Oil trust broken up by the government 88 years ago. But toprevent a new monopoly, they required the petroleum giants to shedextensive investments, ...
HANCOCK PLAN TO GO PUBLIC IS APPROVED POLICYHOLDER VOTE PUTS INSURER ON TRACK FOR A JAN. 28 IPO HANCOCK PLAN TO GO PUBLIC IS APPROVED
Dec 01, 1999; ... Working-class people with modest burial policies and Stephen L.Brown, the multimillionaire chairman and chief executive of JohnHancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., have something in common: Bothhave been "lost" in the big company's databases. Amid a growing controversy about the ...
STONE & WEBSTER PICKS FIDELITY TO BUY HEADQUARTERS
Dec 01, 1999; ... Barely a month after saying it would sell its headquartersbuilding at 245 Summer St., Stone & Webster Inc. has picked its leadtenant, Fidelity Investments, as the buyer, real estate sources saidyesterday. Stone & Webster, a 110-year-old engineering and construction firm,is ...
FOUNDER TURNS REINS OVER TO SONS AT KEANE CONSULTING
Dec 01, 1999; ... Keane Inc., one of the oldest and largest information technologyconsulting companies in the region, yesterday said that John F. KeaneSr., chairman and founder, will, after 35 years, turn over topmanagement at the firm to his two sons. Brian Keane, 38, was named chief executive, and ...
EMMANUEL AGREES TO LEASE ACRE TO MERCK
Dec 01, 1999; ... Emmanuel College has agreed to lease an acre of its Fenway campusto Merck & Co. for an 11-story research facility, officials for thecollege and the pharmaceutical company said yesterday. At the same time, the school said that in response to neighborhoodcriticism, it had dropped one ...
A HANDLE ON HACKERS BEDFORD FIRM SEEKS SECURITY STANDARD WITH SOFTWARE-WEAKNESS LIST DIRECTORY LISTS COMPUTER WEAKNESSES
Dec 01, 1999; ... BEDFORD - Before the invention of the periodic table in 1869,chemists struggled to put elements such as hydrogen and lithium intoa coherent classification scheme. Today, parts of the field of computer science now seem stuck withthe same lack of organization. In particular there is ...
MICROSOFT MEDIATION
Dec 01, 1999 ... Rich Urowsky, left, and Bill Neukom, attorneys for Microsoft,arrived yesterday for a closed-door, one-day introductory meeting inChicago with US Appellate Judge Richard Posner, the mediator in ...
SHIPYARD `CLOSE' TO REFINANCING BUT OWNER OF QUINCY SITE WILL MISS LOAN PAYMENTS QUINCY SHIPYARD MISSES PAYMENTS, SEEKS TO REFINANCE
Dec 01, 1999; ... WASHINGTON - The company trying to revive the Fore River Shipyardin Quincy said that it would miss several loan payments due today butthat it was "very close" to winning a refinancing package that wouldset its finances straight and put it on course to build its firstships. The ...
SBC UNVEILS PLANS FOR BOSTON NO-FEE LONG DISTANCE, `TALK ALL YOU WANT' OPTIONS CONSIDERED
Dec 01, 1999; ... SBC Communications, the Texas-based mega-Baby Bell that will beginoffering local phone service in Greater Boston next fall, plans a"very competitive" long-distance service here with no minimum monthlycalling fee, the company's chairman said yesterday. Speaking to the Boston College ...
INTERNET ADERO RECEIVES $25M IN VENTURE CAPITAL
Dec 01, 1999; ... Adero Inc., a Boston-based Internet company with globalaspirations, has received $25 million from four venture-capitalgroups to continue developing service packages for electroniccommerce firms that want to reach overseas. The services are built around a network of 28 ...
NEW RULES HEAT UP THE RACE FOR EARLY COLLEGE ADMISSION
Dec 01, 1999; ... Early application to college used to be a way for the very beststudents to get accepted to the one school they had their hearts seton before the holiday decorations go up. But this year, a change in policy at three trendsetting collegeshas produced a frenzy in the early application ...