The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from February 2000:
. . . TO THE CAMPAIGN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Feb 01, 2000; ... `At Trade Forum, Clinton Pleads for the Poor," read a New YorkTimes headline a couple of days ago. The report from the WorldEconomic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, described the president's callfor "shared prosperity," and in an age marked by extremes betweenhaves and have-nots, Clinton's ...
A BRAVE CUBAN'S MANIFESTO
Feb 01, 2000; ... Cubans can gripe about the oppressive reality of daily life tothemselves and to foreigners, but if they try to put their complaintsinto organized political activity, they invariably get into trouble. This was the fate of Oswaldo Paya, one of the most respected Cubandissidents, whom ...
NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTES
Feb 01, 2000 ... New Hampshire voters will today decide one of the most hotlycontested and perhaps pivotal presidential primaries on record. TheGlobe reaffirms its endorsement of Vice President Al Gore in theDemocratic primary and Senator John McCain for the Republicannomination. The 16 days of ...
RESTORING TRUST IN PROVIDENCE
Feb 01, 2000 ... The shooting death of Providence police officer Cornel Young Jr.will severely test that city's public institutions in the coming daysand weeks. Incomplete or evasive answers could ignite smolderingsuspicions. Young, the son of the department's highest-ranking black officer,was ...
UNMOTIVATED, UNDISCIPLINED STUDENTS
Feb 01, 2000 ... You want education reform? As a respected former schooladministrator and retired teacher, I think I know how. We needcorrectly to identify the major problem confronting our schoolstoday - namely, the increased number of unmotivated, undisciplinedstudents. These students ...
CORRUPTION IN GERMANY
Feb 01, 2000 ... While "Kohl-ed" (editorial, Jan. 27) slaps the wrist of HelmutKohl for accepting $1 million in illegal donations on behalf of hisparty, Germany's Christian Democratic Union, it misleadingly suggeststhat power first corrupted Kohl during the tail end of his 16-yearchancellorship. In ...
ELIAN'S STORY IS NOT ONE OF SACRIFICE, MARTYRDOM
Feb 01, 2000 ... The facts in the Elian Gonzalez case are plain and simple. In Cuba, Elian lived within his father's custody and home. Hismother, divorced from Elian's father, had a boyfriend who yearned tobreathe free in Miami. She decided to accompany him on the voyage,even though she was ...
THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS ALWAYS ON FATHERS
Feb 01, 2000 ... And so the relentless assault on fatherhood continues. Lucidarguments cannot be made to override a parent's inalienable right tohis child, unless, of course, that parent is his father. Led byprobate court judges, governors like Paul Cellucci and the domesticviolence industry, the ...
SUPER BOWL XXXIV: FOOTBALL AT ITS BEST
Feb 01, 2000 ... What a breathtaking display of parochial narrowmindedness we haveseen during the past week in the Super Bowl commentary published bythe Globe. Sunday night the Rams and Titans treated us to one of themost exciting Super Bowl games in history. Not only should the teams be commended ...
THE GLOBAL DIVIDE, FROM DAVOS . . .
Feb 01, 2000; ... As President Clinton addressed the World Economic Forum at Davoson Saturday, more than 1,000 people penetrated the Swiss Army, snow,and this secluded Alpine village to protest the forces ofglobalization. While heads of state, corporate titans, andinfluential academics pondered the future ...
ATTACKS BACKFIRE
Feb 01, 2000; ... PETERBOROUGH, N.HLast summer, even with free ice cream, JohnMcCain couldn't have attracted two-dozen people to his first meetingwith voters here. But on Sunday they filled the public assembly hall in thisfamously gorgeous community (the inspirational site of ThorntonWilder's ...
MAKES YOU WANT TO CRY
Feb 01, 2000; ... `There's no crying in baseball," declares Tom Hanks in the movie"A League of Their Own" after he criticizes a female player formaking a bad play and she burst into tears. Of course, there is lots of crying in baseball, as in all sports.And now there is also some crying in that ...
FRIEND NEEDS TO SPEAK UP ABOUT ALCOHOL ISSUE AT PARTY
Feb 01, 2000 ... Students at Cambridge Rindge & Latin School give good answers tothe following questions: Dear Beth: How should I tell a good friend that I don't want to go to a partyshe is having? I heard there was going to be alcohol there, but I donot want her to think I am a baby. . . ....
AN INTRIGUING THEORY ON JESUS' DEATH
Feb 01, 2000; ... Like no other figure in Western history, he provokes argumentsthat probably have no resolution because there is no indisputableevidence upon which to build a case. And nearly 2,000 years after hedied, Jesus is still a lightning rod for contentiousreinterpretation. This is understandable ...
CONCERT UPDATE
Feb 01, 2000; ... Two new shows at the Roxy: Peter Murphy (of Bauhaus fame) on March24, and Wire on May 12. Ryuichi Sakamoto is at the BerkleePerformance Center on March 26. Tickets for these shows go on saleFriday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. Rappers Redman and ...
A PARTY FOR MARLEY
Feb 01, 2000; ... The House of Blues kicks off its celebration of Black HistoryMonth tonight with a tribute to reggae superstar Bob Marley. But thistribute, thankfully, won't include some lame cover band whose onlygoal in life is to match Marley's rendition of "Stir It Up" note fornote. Instead, author ...
BILL T. JONES CATCHES HIS BREATH
Feb 01, 2000; ... Choreographer/performer Bill T. Jones has been taking a"breather." Of course, for most of us that means taking off from workand kicking back for a little R&R. But it's something quitedifferent for the high-powered Jones. His idea of a breather iscreating a new solo concert and hitting ...
PHOENIX WILL TURN ITSELF FREE IN MARCH
Feb 01, 2000; ... Ending its status as one of the last major alternative newspapersthat still makes readers dig into their wallets, the Boston Phoenixannounced yesterday that the 34-year-old weekly would soon bedistributed free of charge. The move to drop the $1.50 price tag - accompanied by a major ...
SWIFT, FIERY PERFORMANCES BY MURESANU, MARSE
Feb 01, 2000; ... CAMBRIDGE - The Pro Musicis Foundation presents gifted youngartists not only in traditional concert settings but also incommunity service concerts. After hearing violinist Irina Muresanuand pianist Melissa Marse's fiery performance Saturday night, one canimagine what a transformative ...
DOWN-HOME CREW HAS FUN WITH BOWLING
Feb 01, 2000; ... Dick's Last Resort - the self-consciously downscale HuntingtonAvenue restaurant and bar - was packed with fair-weather Super Bowlfans Sunday. WZLX-FM sports director and rabble-rouser Tank did hisbest to raise a ruckus, but, as a yawning 9-0 first half ground to ahalt, even the ...
`RAPE OF LUCRETIA' SKILLFULLY STAGED
Feb 01, 2000; ... There's an amusing story about a chance encounter between SquireJohn Christie, founder of the Glydebourne Festival, and the composerBenjamin Britten. "Are you the young man who wrote `The Rape ofLucretia' ?" Christie asked. Britten modestly said he was. "Well,you shouldn't have," ...
AFRICAN FILMS AT MFA SHED `TARZAN' IMAGE
Feb 01, 2000; ... Edgar Rice Burroughs never set foot in Africa. This little factoid wouldn't be all that significant except thatBurroughs, a hack pulp writer, largely molded the public's image ofthe continent and its people through his two dozen "Tarzan" novels -and countless "Tarzan" films from ...
SILENCE TAKES A HEAVY TOLL
Feb 01, 2000; ... This week, I've been measuring the weight of silence. Even after alifetime of familiarity, I am surprised by its weight. I knew an elderly woman who wrote her son that she was ready toaccept his invitation to come and live with him. Each morning shewent outside to wait for the ...
THE STUMP TROOPERS THE BRADLEY CAMPAIGN, LIKE OTHERS IN N.H. AS PRIMARY 2000 UNFOLDS, RUNS MAINLY ON THE LEGS OF THE YOUNG AND THE RELENTLESS
Feb 01, 2000; ... MANCHESTER, N.H. - Monday a week ago was a typical day in the lifeof 18-year-old Alex Grodd. Or what passes for a life these days for Grodd and scores more like him in the waning hours of this state'shigh-stakes presidential showdown. Grodd, the youngest staffer on Bill ...
CH. 5 TAPS EVERETT FOR COANCHOR
Feb 01, 2000; ... As expected, Anthony Everett has been named to replace Brian Learyas coanchor of the 5:30 p.m. weekday newscast on WCVB-TV (Channel 5). Everett has demonstrated considerable range as a generalassignment reporter and as an anchor since he came to the station 10years ago from WVIT in ...
VH1 REUNITES LENNON AND MCCARTNEY
Feb 01, 2000; ... Midway through "Two of Us," as the John Lennon and Paul McCartneycharacters wander Central Park, clowning around in fake mustachiosjust like two ordinary blokes, I found myself on the prowl for RhodaMorgenstern and Mary Richards. Now wouldn't that be a confluence of superpowers! ...
BC FOOTBALL ADDS ONE, HOPES FOR TWO OTHERS
Feb 01, 2000; ... With the national signing date for letters of intent tomorrow,Boston College's football team picked up a commitment from SydneyBaskins, a 6-foot-1-inch, 230-pound linebacker from Forestville, Md. Baskins, who recently made a recruiting trip to Chestnut Hill,chose BC over North ...
ROOKIE ISN'T GETTING STUCK IN NHL TRAFFIC
Feb 01, 2000; ... He is not the biggest player on the Bruins or the fastest skater.He's not the most physical or the flashiest. But Andre Savage hasproven to be a valuable contributor. The 24-year-old center, who was called up from Providence for thesecond time this season right after Christmas, was ...
BRUINS STRUGGLE MIGHTILY IN LOSS
Feb 01, 2000; ... One step forward, another one back. After a terrific shutoutagainst the Buffalo Sabres Saturday, the Bruins were hoping to followup with another one against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim last night. Instead, their penalty killing failed them, their offense all butdeserted them, and ...
CORRECTION
Feb 01, 2000 ... CORRECTION: Because of a reporting error, the number of gamesPatriots receiver Terry Glenn played ...
PITINO RUNS FROM WALKER RUMORS
Feb 01, 2000; ... WALTHAM - The trading deadline is still more than three weeksaway, but that hasn't stopped Antoine Walker's name from popping upin rumors. An NBA general manager told the Globe that the Celtics fluctuatewhen Walker's name comes up for discussion. A GM told SportsIllustrated that ...
COUNTERPUNCHING CAYARD GETS BACK IN IT AMERICAONE KO'S PRADA, DRAWS WITHIN 3-2
Feb 01, 2000; ... AUCKLAND, New Zealand - With a 2-foot tear in his spinnaker andthe silver bullet of Italy's Luna Rossa driving in on his stern, PaulCayard reached deep into his bag of street-fighting tricks to buyAmericaOne another breath of life in the Louis Vuitton Cup challengerfinals ...
A FEW ITEMS FROM GEORGIA ARE STILL ON MY MIND
Feb 01, 2000; ... ATLANTA - Picked-up pieces while wondering precisely how manysnowflakes it takes to cancel school in Georgia. We can argue the merits of the 60 minutes of football thattranspired Sunday night. Certainly there was some sloppy play, badfield goal kicking, and zero first-half ...
FLAMAN, ROTH BEANPOT INDUCTEES
Feb 01, 2000; ... Former Northeastern hockey coach Fern Flaman and former Harvardcaptain Randy Roth were selected by Beanpot officials for inductioninto the tournament's Hall of Fame, which was established six yearsago. Flaman, a Hockey Hall of Famer who played defense for the TorontoMaple Leafs ...
HOLDING THE FORT REMOTE MAINE COLLEGE HAS HARDY BASKETBALL TEAM AND FANS
Feb 01, 2000; ... FORT KENT, Maine - Route 1 starts here. From Fort Kent, Houlton is Hilton Head, Bangor is Miami Beach,Portland is Barbados, and Boston is Buenos Aires. Fort Kent is in thefar north of legendary Aroostook, America's largest county east ofthe Mississippi. And why, incidentally, ...
HOCKEY FTOREK SUSPENDED, FINED FOR THROWING BENCH
Feb 01, 2000 ... New Jersey Devils coach Robbie Ftorek was suspended one game andfined $10,000 by the NHL yesterday for throwing part of the team'sbench onto the ice in Detroit. Ftorek threw the bench during thesecond period of New Jersey's 3-1 loss to the Red Wings on Saturday.The former Needham High ...
RATINGS DIDN'T MATCH THE EXCITEMENT
Feb 01, 2000; ... As Super Bowls go, Sunday's Rams-Titans thriller had one of themost exciting fourth quarters in history, right up there with the1989 game that featured Joe Montana driving the 49ers downfield inthe final minute to beat the Bengals. But as for ratings, Sunday's game earned only a ...
KARIYA, SELANNE: DUCKS WHO REALLY FLY
Feb 01, 2000; ... In a league that has done its bedeviling best to hide its starsthe last 5-6 years, asking one and all to turn the game into one ofgoal prevention rather than goal scoring, Paul Kariya and TeemuSelanne are a little bit of the elixir for what ails today's NHL. They skate. They shoot ....
BELICHICK MAKES HAMILTON NEXT TO GO
Feb 01, 2000; ... FOXBOROUGH - Pete Carroll's coaching staff may be only a memory bythe time Bill Belichick gets through. Johnny Parker, the Patriots'longtime strength and conditioning coach under Carroll and BillParcells, was fired Friday by Belichick, and defensive line coach RayHamilton has been told ...
ROCKER GETS 28 DAYS SELIG SUSPENDS AND FINES PITCHER
Feb 01, 2000; ... The baseball season will begin a little late this year forAtlanta's John Rocker. And he might not like it when it does start. The Braves' vocal relief pitcher yesterday was fined $20,000 andsuspended until May 1 by commissioner Bud Selig for controversialracial and ethnic remarks ...
MAYDAY: SIGNAL FROM BASEBALL IS DISTRESSING
Feb 01, 2000; ... Has anyone in Major League Baseball ever heard of Voltaire? Ah, no. He did not play defense alongside Doug Harvey for theMontreal Canadiens. Francois Marie Arouet, a.k.a. "Voltaire," was arather renowned 17th century French philosopher who said many things,the most lasting of which ...
BURKE DOES A NUMBER ON O'BRYANT
Feb 01, 2000; ... Burke, the third-ranked girls' basketball team in the Globe Top20, continued to dominate the Boston City League with a 64-31 winover O'Bryant yesterday. In raising their record to 12-0, the Bulldogs controlled the game,frustrating O'Bryant with a 2-3 zone defense. Sophomore ...
SAD TALE OF GARRINCHA FAMILIAR
Feb 01, 2000; ... Manoel Francisco Dos Santos, a.k.a. Garrincha, might have been themost beloved of Brazilian soccer players, even moreso than Pele inmany ways, because of the way he overcame adversity. While Pele was almost the perfect player and led a relativelycharmed life, Garrincha was rejected ...
SUFFOLK CANCELS AFTER TOTE FAILURE
Feb 01, 2000; ... Racing was canceled after the second race at Suffolk Downsyesterday, as the tote system failed and confusion reigned. The track turned muddy after overnight rain and the jockeys hadconcerns about continuing after the second race. Suffolk managementordered a cancellation "alert," ...
TRULY A SUPERIOR BOWL RAMS AND TITANS EXCEEDED THE HYPE
Feb 01, 2000; ... ATLANTA - Of course, it only made sense that two teams who floutedform charts and sabotaged logic to get here should stage a Super Bowlthat defied earthly analysis. The St. Louis Rams are a devout bunch, studying their prayer booksas zealously as their playbooks. And after they ...
HARD FEELINGS SOFT-PEDALED
Feb 01, 2000; ... ATLANTA - There's no question that Isaac Bruce is one of DickVermeil's favorite players of all time - at least for today -especially since the wide receiver made the 73-yard touchdownreception with 1:54 left that lifted the St. Louis Rams over theTennessee Titans, 23-16, in Sunday's ...
THE PLAYS WERE THE THING FINAL-ACT DRAMA THE ESSENCE OF SPORT
Feb 01, 2000; ... ATLANTA - "The play is called `Z-Sliver,' " Frank Wycheckpatiently explained. "What's it called?" asked several sportswriters, always unsure ofpro football's inner language. " `Z-Sliver' It's where we have two routes on the same side," theTennessee tight end elaborated ....
AOL, AMERICAN TO COMBINE USER LOYALTY PROGRAMS NEW ON-LINE `CURRENCY' TOUTED
Feb 01, 2000; ... America Online Inc. and American Airlines will combine theirrewards programs to create the largest on-line customer loyaltyprogram in the world. The three-year agreement between the nation's largest on-lineservice provider and the second-largest airline will create AOLAAdvantage ...
SOVEREIGN PLANS NEW INVESTMENT BANKING GROUP
Feb 01, 2000; ... In its latest effort to refashion itself into a mainstream bank,Sovereign Bancorp, the Eastern Pennsylvania thrift that is movinginto New England, plans to launch an investment banking group focusedon capital markets. The move, unusual for a thrift, reflects Sovereign's desire to ...
MAY DEPARTMENT STORES CHANGES TOP EXECUTIVES
Feb 01, 2000; ... As part of a series of personnel changes within May DepartmentStores Co. of St. Louis, Filene's chief executive Judith K. Hoferwill be promoted to president and chief executive of MayMerchandising Co., a new job at company headquarters, May said. Thomas A. Kingsbury, who was appointed ...
LEGISLATORS ASK FAA CHIEF FOR GUARANTEES
Feb 01, 2000; ... Representatives Robert A. DeLeo (D-Winthrop) and Eugene L.O'Flaherty (D-Chelsea) wrote to Federal Aviation Administration headJane Garvey asking her to guarantee in writing that the supplementalenvironmental impact study she proposed last month for a runwayproject at Logan ...
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS, COSTS DROP IN MASS.
Feb 01, 2000; ... Industrial accidents and workers compensation costs inMassachusetts continued to decline, with the total number ofcompensation cases dropping from 19,053 in 1998 to 18,729 last year,the state reported. James Campbell, commissioner of the Department ofIndustrial Accidents, attributed what ...
GETTING TO BOTTOM OF OIL'S UPS AND DOWNS
Feb 01, 2000; ... Oil prices are as high as they have been since the Gulf War.Gasoline prices are high; so are home heating oil prices. And likeDr. Evil, the villain from Austin Powers, the Organization ofPetroleum Exporting Countries seems to have returned from the past tomake life miserable for all of ...
HMO SEEN LAYING OFF UP TO 65; MENTAL HEALTH TO BE HARDEST HIT
Feb 01, 2000 ... Harvard Pilgrim Health Care may lay off up to 65 administratorsthis week in cost-cutting measures that were planned last fall tohelp turn around the failing health plan, according to sourcesfamiliar with the proposed reductions. The largest portion of layoffs will likely occur in ...
BROUGHT TOGETHER BY GENEROUS SPIRIT
Feb 01, 2000; ... Once in a great while, the human spirit rises within people whoare often on opposite sides of an issue and beckons them to do goodthings. That's what is happening between building trades employers andconstruction unions, which have joined to help two individuals whohave taken ...
LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL EX-PRESIDENT SENTENCED
Feb 01, 2000; ... A US District Court judge yesterday sentenced Arthur A. Coia,former president of the Laborers' International Union of NorthAmerica, to two years' probation and ordered him to pay a $10,000fine after the ex-union chief pleaded guilty to mail fraud. Coia, whoappeared in court a week after ...
AFL-CIO PRESIDENT URGES CHINA BE BARRED
Feb 01, 2000; ... AFL-CIO president John J. Sweeney sent a letter to Congress urginglegislators to reject permanent normal trade relations for China.Citing China's noncompliance with prior trade agreements, Sweeneymaintained that the Clinton administration has made "a ...
TODAY . . .
Feb 01, 2000 ... The Commerce Department releases its construction spending datafor December ....
GROUP: HMO SUITORS' CARE LACKING HARVARD PILGRIM BEATS FOR-PROFITS IN STUDY
Feb 01, 2000; ... Three for-profit health care companies known to be interested inbuying Harvard Pilgrim Health Care generally score lower onperformance measures ranging from vaccinations to mammography rates,according to data from a national quality monitoring group. The Cambridge doctors who did ...
CITING SUPPLY WOES, DEALER SHIFTS FIXED-PRICE PACT TERMS
Feb 01, 2000; ... About 4,000 customers who entered into fixed-price, yearlongcontracts with a major Worcester heating-oil dealer have been toldthey will now have to pay 60 cents a gallon more because of recentsupply disruptions. Peterson Oil Service invoked a clause in its contracts that saysthe ...
PAYCHECKS OF MASS. WORKERS FATTER IN 1998
Feb 01, 2000; ... Massachusetts workers led the region in pay in 1998, with anaverage annual gain of 5.8 percent, the Labor Department reportedyesterday. A booming economy, record low unemployment, and a shortage ofskilled labor, especially in high technology and finance, wereinstrumental in ...
SPIN CYCLE SHUTS DOWN MAJOR RESTRUCTURING OF THERMO ELECTRON INVOLVES COMBINING FIRMS IN REVERSAL OF SPINOUT STRATEGY
Feb 01, 2000; ... Thermo Electron Corp., once a luminary of the Route 128 economy,yesterday announced a long-awaited restructuring that closes the dooron its unusual strategy of "spinning out" businesses based onemerging technologies. The company made a name for itself in the 1970s and 1980s with ...
DOLCE NAMED PRESIDENT OF NEW SIEMENS TELECOM UNIT
Feb 01, 2000; ... Less than a year after the German industrial giant Siemens AGbought his Westford telecom start-up for $500 million, formerRedstone Communications founder Jim Dolce yesterday was namedpresident of the new Siemens unit formed from Redstone and two otherInterstate 495-area ...
CALIF. NET-BASED UTILITY PLANS EXPANSION INTO MASS.
Feb 01, 2000; ... Utility.com, a big California seller of reduced-cost electricityand other utility services over the Internet, said yesterday itplans to enter the nascent and growing market in Massachusetts nextmonth. Massachusetts will be the third state, after California andPennsylvania, ...
WHY NOT HARVARD?
Feb 01, 2000; ... If ever there was a failure to see the forest for the trees, it isthe ongoing search of an entity that might nurse Harvard PilgrimHealth Care back to commercial good health. Thirteen potentialsuitors have expressed a concrete interest. There's no doubt that some sort of entity is ...