The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from March 2000:
CANDIDATE CHANGES PLANS, AGREES TO DEBATE BUSH - BY SATELLITE
Mar 01, 2000; ... STOCKTON, Calif. - Resolving a protracted game of politicalchicken, Senator John McCain said yesterday he would participate after all, by satellite, in a debate tomorrow withTexas Governor George W. Bush and Alan Keyes. For several days, aides for McCain and Bush have been ...
NEW YORK REJECTS PLEA FROM INDEPENDENT VOTERS
Mar 01, 2000 ... IN THE NEWSALBANY - In a setback for John McCain, a federaljudge refused to allow voters who are now registered as independentsto participate in the state's closed GOP presidential primary. WendyVan Wie of Columbiaville, a McCain supporter, had asked US DistrictJudge David Hurd to ...
ON THE RIGHT TRACK
Mar 01, 2000 ... Amtrak's ambitious plans to expand passenger rail service draw onsolid achievement and reflect growing confidence in the future ofrail travel. Amtrak deserves continuing support from Congress as it offersfresh hope for reaching its mandated balancing of operating costs ...
BACK TO BARGAINING
Mar 01, 2000 ... A DRAMATIC STEP WAS TAKEN ON THE PATH TOWARD AN ISRAELI-SYRIANPEACE AGREEMENT SUNDAY WHEN ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK TOLDHIS CABINET THAT YITZHAK RABIN, BEFORE HIS ASSASSINATION IN 1995, HADGIVEN CONDITIONAL ASSURANCES TO SYRIA THAT ISRAEL WOULD WITHDRAWCOMPLETELY FROM THE GOLAN ...
LAWRENCE'S SCHOOL TROUBLES
Mar 01, 2000 ... The Lawrence School Committee had sufficient cause to fireSuperintendent Mae E. Gaskins this week. Gaskins, who was hired 18months ago to restore fiscal and educational integrity to the urbanschool system, engaged in questionable spending and improper hiringof consultants, including her ...
INVESTING IN NEWBORN CARE
Mar 01, 2000 ... For a year now, newborn babies in Massachusetts have undergone asophisticated test that detects 30 inherited diseases. With earlyintervention, many disorders can be stopped from developing or theireffects curbed. Without timely detection, some of the disorders cankill or disable their ...
INJUSTICE, AMERICAN-STYLE
Mar 01, 2000; ... Forty-one shots, 19 wounds, 24 "not guilties." Blam! Not guilty. Blam! Not guilty. BlamBlamBlamBlamBlamBlam! NotguiltyNotguiltyNotguiltyNotguilty NotguiltyNotguilty. For every bullet that pierced Amadou Diallo, there was a "notguilty" written on it, and ...
WE HAVE NOT BEEN HIDING A BUDGET SHORTFALL AT THE BIG DIG
Mar 01, 2000; ... Behind the headlines surrounding the Big Dig, we continue to workat a pace that will see this project 90 percent completed in just twomore years. In the meantime, the debate about the project's cost willcontinue, and that is both right and understandable. However, our record in ...
DANGEROUS MESSAGE
Mar 01, 2000 ... The verdict in the Amadou Diallo case sends a clear message to allcops: ...
EXPLODING MYTHS ABOUT DIALLO CASE
Mar 01, 2000 ... Adrian Walker is right. Until the myths about the Diallo case areexploded, fury will mount among African-Americans (Metro, Feb. 28).So let's start exploding some myths. Myth 1: Law officers have run amok under New York City MayorRudolph Giuliani's "police state." The truth ...
REAGANISM ISN'T DEAD
Mar 01, 2000 ... I find James Pinkerton's Feb. 28 op-ed column, "The last gasp ofReaganism" absurd. Between the Democrats' coopting Reagan's crimefighting, welfare-reforming mantle and what appears to be thedefection of millions ...
GLAD TO HEAR BUSH OPPOSES `GUILT BY ASSOCIATION'
Mar 01, 2000 ... In his letter of apology to Cardinal John O'Connor, George W. Bushwrites, "What no American should expect - and what I will nottolerate - is guilt by association" (Page A10, Feb. 28). I can now rest easy knowing that Bush will not condemn Al Gorebecause of his association with Bill ...
A GOOD SPORT IN THE PRESS BOX
Mar 01, 2000 ... Regarding the death of longtime sportswriter Joe Concannon: It wasmy good fortune that Joe's tenure at the Globe coincided with the funmoments of my amateur sports career - a brief career more ofendurance than accomplishment. No matter what the sport, Joe went out of his way to ...
A NOTE ABOUT BOSTON'S CLASSICAL RADIO STATION
Mar 01, 2000 ... In response to D. E. Harris's Feb. 22 letter ("BSO should create atrue classical radio station"), I would like to note that Boston doeshave a noncommercial classical music station whose primary mission isto enlighten, inform, and entertain. That station is WGBH 89.7 FM. The station ...
MESSAGE TO BUSH: REMEMBER BLAINE
Mar 01, 2000; ... In all the tens of millions of dollars spent by the George W. Bushcampaign, could no one afford a history book? Among the 174 paidstaff members working in 34 Bush headquarters offices, had no oneever heard of "rum, Romanism, and rebellion?" The parallel is eerily exact. In 1884, ...
MCCAIN'S HISTORY-MAKING SPEECH
Mar 01, 2000; ... It was the highest stakes speech of the campaign to date, and withit John McCain carved out a slot in our nation's political history,never mind what happens with election results. By flying into Virginia Beach and challenging the big-money TVpreachers of the religious right, as ...
AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, MCCAIN HAS ADVANTAGE
Mar 01, 2000; ... The good news is that the republic bids fair to survive eightyears of left-handed leadership. Not that we had any choice; all ofthe major candidates seeking the presidency in the 1990s (Clinton,Perot, Bush Sr., and Dole) were left-handed, and thus, odd ducks. The even better news ...
ESSAYS ON POETIC INVENTION HAVE LASTING INTELLECTUAL VALUE
Mar 01, 2000; ... "The degree to which a poem is explained or paraphrased isprecisely the degree to which it ceases being a poem. If nothing isleft of the poem, it has become the paraphrase of itself, and readerswill experience the paraphrase in place of the poem." Nevertheless, in this insightful ...
CONCERT UPDATE
Mar 01, 2000; ... Ricky Martin is officially coming to Boston. He'll play theFleetCenter on June 21. Tickets are on the pricey side, but are yousurprised? They are $39.50, $55, $75, and $95 and go on saleSaturday at 11 a.m. through TicketMaster. Former Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh comes to the ...
STIR; DIP. TWIRL. POP. IT'S THE '70S ON A FORK
Mar 01, 2000; ... Remember those tacky orange fondue pots that were the rage in the'70s? Everybody got one for a wedding pres ent, along with a blender,a toaster, and a lava lamp. Finally, after years of exile inbasements and attics, the fondue pot is making a comeback as a fun,easy, different way to ...
GIFFORD SAYING GOODBYE TO REGIS, `LIVE'
Mar 01, 2000; ... From now until her announced departure from the morning airwaves,Kathie Lee Gifford can expect to hear a question made famous by hercohost, Regis Philbin: Is that your final answer? Apparently, it is. Yesterday, Gifford, 46, startled "Live WithRegis and Kathie Lee" viewers by ...
PARTIES ABOUND FOR THE PARTYING DJS
Mar 01, 2000; ... DJs are now popping up in pubs and taverns that haven't seenturntables since the early 1980s. But a couple of venues that helpedlaunch the city's techno and house scenes - not to mention nurture up-and-coming local DJs - are already celebrating anniversaries. (Lovethose early adopters!) ...
GUNSLINGER OF THE NEW WEST THE CONTROVERSIAL PATRICIA NELSON LIMERICK IS CHANGING OUR SENSE OF THE PAST
Mar 01, 2000; ... ANDOVER - The Oakland Museum was planning an exhibition on theCalifornia gold rush. Among experts whose advice the museum soughtwas Patricia Nelson Limerick. Why not have a "smell" booth, theUniversity of Colorado historian suggested, a display wheremuseumgoers could experience the odors ...
MCCAIN AND BUSH TAKE TO THE LATE-NIGHT AIRWAVES
Mar 01, 2000; ... Tonight, as the clock edges toward midnight, Senator John McCainand Governor George W. Bush will sharpen their wits and vie forvotes in televised campaign forums that are about as far from C-Span as they can get. McCain will be on NBC's "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," ...
TIME ON SHARPTON; THE DEAD AND THE PROFITABLE
Mar 01, 2000; ... The solemn face of Amadou Diallo, the unarmed West Africanimmigrant shot to death last year by four white police officersoutside his Bronx apartment, stares from the cover of this week'sTime magazine. With the officers' stunning acquittal on all chargeslast week, Howard Chua-Eoan probes ...
SOAKING UP THE HISTORY OF `WORLD'
Mar 01, 2000; ... Winchester's Todd Rotondi, the newest cast member of "As the WorldTurns," considers his three-year contract on the soap opera hisversion of Julliard. For one thing, there is the homework. "There's a book of four years of history of the entire show," saidRotondi, who plays the ...
HE FOUNDED DUNKIN', BUT HE'S NO FRED THE BAKER
Mar 01, 2000; ... On the kickoff of the 50th anniversary of his famous franchiseDunkin' Donuts, founder Bill Rosenberg fully expects to beovershadowed by the company's former mascot Fred the Baker, of "Timeto Make the Do nuts" fame. "There will be a group of people and someone will mention ...
THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING `NINE WOMEN' PAINTING
Mar 01, 2000; ... A 14-foot painting is hard to lose. Nonetheless, that's whathappened to "Nine Notable Women of Boston," painted by New Yorkartist Ellen Lanyon in 1980, a commission celebrating the centennialof the Workingmens Co-operative Bank. The bank, later taken over byBankBoston, moved, and so did ...
THE Q & A CORNER
Mar 01, 2000 ... Q.What's the best way to peel pearl onions? A.Bring a pot of water to a boil, dump in your onions, and letthem sit for a full minute or until the skins pucker a bit. Drain,rinse with cold water, and cut off the root ends. The skins willslide right off. Q. ...
RADIO GIANT CLEAR CHANNEL BUYS SFX
Mar 01, 2000; ... Big-time, consolidated entertainment got bigger and more consolidated yesterday when radio and billboard giant Clear ChannelCommunications Inc. bought SFX Entertainment Inc., a leading concertproducer, arena owner, and sports promoter for about $3.8 billion instock and debt. New ...
STURDY, STRIKING DEBUTANTES OF COTES DU RHONE
Mar 01, 2000; ... From a window on the Paris-Marseille TGV, the old railway stationat Valence isn't much more than a blur. But catch sight of it andyou know you've crossed France's Mason-Dixon line. You're officiallyin the south. Valence marks a kind of wine frontier, too - the spot in theRhone ...
ALVAREZ DRAWS ON HIS LEGEND COLOMBIAN, REVOLUTION UNITE
Mar 01, 2000; ... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - From the time Leonel Alvarez was ayoungster in Remedios in the mountainous region of Antioquia,Colombia, he knew soccer would be his future. "I was only 7 or 8 years old, and my mother used to lock me in thehouse," Alvarez recalled recently. "I would have to ...
ITALY BLOWN AWAY AGAIN TEAM NEW ZEALAND JUST 1 WIN FROM CUP
Mar 01, 2000; ... AUCKLAND, New Zealand - It has been said of this America's Cupmatch that if the teams had switched boats in the beginning, theoutcome would be the same. Never was the observation more clearlytrue than in yesterday's 1-minute 49-second thumping of Italy's LunaRossa by Team New Zealand, ...
MURPHY, EAGLES SOAR PAST SYRACUSE TO RECORD
Mar 01, 2000; ... With just over a minute to go in the first half last night againstSyracuse, Boston College guard Alissa Murphy went down, the teamtrainer came to the floor, and the crowd went silent as the seniorhobbled into the locker room. Would this be the way she would say goodbye to her ...
DAFOE TO HAVE ARTHROSCOPIC KNEE SURGERY
Mar 01, 2000; ... Goalie Byron Dafoe is going to need an arthro scopy on his rightknee, which he injured Feb. 21 when cartilage locked in the jointduring a game in Vancouver. Dafoe had hoped the time off would ease the swelling. He spoke toRonald Kvitne, the Los Angeles-based doctor who operated on ...
ANOTHER COSTLY MISS FOR BRUINS MISERABLE SECOND PERIOD FATAL
Mar 01, 2000; ... When the Bruins returned from their weekend games in Washingtonand Pittsburgh with three of four points, there was a glimmer ofoptimism, a ray of hope that this club had what it takes to make astrong push for a playoff spot. As tight as the race is in theEastern Conference, it seemed ...
CARTER: A STAR IS AIRBORNE
Mar 01, 2000; ... There's a new section in the Toronto Raptors' game notes. It'scalled "Time Changes." The Raptors have been forced to make somescheduling adjustments lately, something they're not accustomed todoing, and the reason for that will be front and center tonight inthe FleetCenter. " ...
COACH'S WISH LIST: ONE TOUGH VETERAN
Mar 01, 2000; ... WALTHAM - Rick Pitino has seen the competition and reached theconclusion his team is in need of tough veterans. Well, better latethan never. Wanting them and and getting them, however, are two differentthings. Yesterday, after practice at Healthpoint, Pitino talked ...
INJURY TAKING TOLL ON BELL BUT NOT HIS RENOWN
Mar 01, 2000; ... One week after scoring a career-high 31 points to lead BostonCollege to an 80-76 victory Feb. 19 at West Virginia, Troy Bell saton the bench at the Providence Civic Center last Saturday afternoonand watched his teammates go through warmups before their 45-40 lossto the Friars. BC's ...
TRAINING, SPRAINING GARCIAPARRA'S ETHIC MAY BE WORKING AGAINST HIM
Mar 01, 2000; ... FORT MYERS, Fla. - Nomar Garciaparra's going to miss at least aweek of spring training because of a sprain in the lateral collateralligament in his right knee. The star shortsop underwent magnetic reasonance imaging earlyyesterday, and Red Sox physician Bill Morgan recommended a ...
FEELING FIT MILLIONS OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES ARE JOINING THE CLUB
Mar 01, 2000; ... Tried a Boot Camp class yet? How about sweating to the beat ofAfrican drumming or salsa music? Or perhaps a 90-minute Power Yogaclass after your Sculpting session? Then again, there's always CardioBallet or Pilates. The days of Jane Fonda aerobics are over. We know, because ...
OTTAWA FINDS CRACKS IN GRAHAME'S GAME
Mar 01, 2000; ... The first two goals the Bruins' John Grahame allowed in lastnight's 5-3 loss to the Senators came after give aways - the first byKyle McLaren at 3:11 of the second period, the second 36 secondslater, off Sergei Samsonov's stick. But although his support system may have broken down, ...
NAMES BOWE GETS LIGHT 30-DAY SENTENCE
Mar 01, 2000 ... Former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe was sentenced inCharlotte, N.C., yesterday to 30 days in prison for kidnapping hiswife and five children two years ago, with the judge saying heimposed a light sentence because the boxer was brain-damaged by blowsin the ring. "Without his brain ...
VANCOUVER POLICE CLOSE ON MCSORLEY CASE
Mar 01, 2000; ... The Vancouver Police Department is nearing the end of itsinvestigation into last week's Marty McSorley-Donald Brashearaltercation and could forward its findings to the Crown Prosecutor'soffice in British Columbia today or tomorrow, a police departmentspokesperson said ...
BUCKLEY IS EYEING PATRIOTS
Mar 01, 2000; ... FOXBOROUGH - While the Patriots continue their search for freeagents this week, unrestricted free agent cornerback Terrell Buckleyof the Miami Dolphins disclosed a plan that would make him a Patriot. Buckley told reporters in Miami yesterday that Patriots cornerbackand good friend ...
WINTHROP, SPINNEY HAVE 400 REASONS TO CELEBRATE COACH REACHES MILESTONE IN WIN OVER NOTRE DAME (T)
Mar 01, 2000; ... The seniors on the Winthrop girls' basketball team understood thesignificance of last night's state tournament game. The seniors wereplaying their final home game and their coach, Ron Spinney, wasseeking his 400th career victory. Spinney reached the milestone as Winthrop earned a ...
HE'S NOT KID, JUST KIDDED
Mar 01, 2000; ... FORT MYERS, Fla. - Ted Williams visited the Red Sox training siteyesterday. The other Ted Williams. A resident of Springville, N.Y., Williams was just another fan -one with a famous name - at the Sox compound. He stood with otherfans outside the yellow ropes and begged for ...
UPSET LOSS SMARTS FOR MINUTEMEN THEY MAKE NO TOURNEY HEADWAY
Mar 01, 2000; ... AMHERST - After 28 games, including a midseason surge thatpresumably offset a sluggish start, it's difficult to believe theUniversity of Massachusetts is mired in misfortune again. But onegame remains in the Minutemen's regular season, and coach BruiserFlint is still shaking his head and ...
NO RAISE, NO SHOW FOR LASSITER
Mar 01, 2000; ... Major League Soccer will likely begin its fifth season withoutleading scorer Roy Lassiter, according to his agent. Lassiter has not reported to training camp since being sent fromD.C. United to the Miami Fusion after last season. Lassiter has twoyears remaining on a contract worth ...
CLARK BEATS CLOCK
Mar 01, 2000; ... After Dr. Christine Clark's improbable victory in the Olympicmarathon trials last Saturday, she had a message for womeneverywhere: "Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I'd be here," saidClark, fumbling with microphones amid an unfamiliar crush of media."I think this gives ...
AKAMAI TO INVEST $5M IN LOUDEYE FIRMS' LINK TO IMPROVE AUDIO, VIDEO ON WEB
Mar 01, 2000; ... Akamai Technologies Inc., the 1999 IPO juggernaut that still hasventure-capital backers bragging, made a venture investment of itsown last week. Cambridge-based Akamai, which is in the business of speeding upthe Web, promised to invest $5 million in Seattle's LoudeyeTechnologies ...
BELL ATLANTIC, AMAZON FORGE PHONE-NET LINK
Mar 01, 2000; ... NEW ORLEANS - Bell Atlantic Mobile and Amazon.com announced analliance yesterday to let Bell Atlantic customers buy goods from thenumber one Internet retailer using Internet-ready cell phones. Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos unveiled theaccord at the Cellular ...
OCEAN SPRAY LOSES BID TO CURB BERRY HARVEST
Mar 01, 2000; ... Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. of Lakeville said the federalgovernment rejected its plea to impose surplus controls on thecranberry harvest. "This industry has missed a crucial opportunity tohelp its growers," Ocean Spray chief executive Robert Hawthorne said."This was a chance to help ...
VERTEX SHARES JUMP ON INCYTE AGREEMENT
Mar 01, 2000; ... Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. shares hit a record high of 76 1/2before closing up 10 at 72 after the company said it acquired agenetic information database covering 50,000 different genes fromIncyte Pharmaceuticals Inc. Terms of the three-year agreement werenot disclosed, except that ...
MICROSOFT BUYS PEACH
Mar 01, 2000 ... Microsoft Corp., the largest software maker, said it will acquirePeach Networks Ltd., a closely held company whose equipment letstelevision sets use Microsoft's operating system, for undisclosedterms. Phil Goldman, Microsoft TV platform division general ...
BJ'S POSTS 27% RISE IN PROFIT IN 4TH QUARTER NATICK COMPANY CREDITS EXPANSION, GASOLINE SALES
Mar 01, 2000; ... Geographic expansion and the success of its gas station operationswere two of the reasons BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. of Natick reportedstrong fourth-quarter results yesterday. For the quarter that ended Jan. 29, net income rose 26.5 percent,to $47.7 million, or 63 cents per share ....
NO RAIN ON THIS PARADE DESPITE FED'S EFFORTS TO DAMPEN HOT ECONOMY, SUNNY SKIES CONTINUE FOR THE NASDAQ. THE DOW, HOWEVER, IS ANOTHER STORY.
Mar 01, 2000; ... Take that, Alan Greenspan. The wealth effect bothering the Federal Reserve chairman so muchgot a little richer yesterday, as the Nasdaq stock index roared aheadby another 118 points. The Nasdaq index, loaded with the hot technology stocks worryingthe Fed, has gained a ...
ONTARIO PUTTING UP $270M AS LURE TO US BIOTECH FIRMS HOPES MASS. FIRMS WILL EXPAND OPERATIONS THERE
Mar 01, 2000; ... Seeking to lure American research business, the Canadian provinceof Ontario this morning was set to announce $270 million inincentives to US biotechnology companies that perform medicalresearch at Ontario universities. "Our ultimate goal is to develop the Kendall Square North, and ...
HARVARD INC.
Mar 01, 2000; ... This is the famous place, after all, that not so long ago licensedits famous name for T-shirts sporting that famous yabba-dabba-dooHarvard man Fred Flintstone. It did, however, say no to Bart Simpson. And now Harvard University is saying no - maybe - to HarvardPilgrim as it teeters ...
BOSTON.COM TO TAKE ONLINE RESERVATIONS
Mar 01, 2000; ... Boston.com, the Web site affiliated with The Boston Globe, hasformed a strategic marketing and business partnership with OpenTable.com, a company that will soon allow consumers in Greater Bostonto make reservations at many local restaurants over the Internet. The real-time service, ...
2 MORE HMOS IN STATE POST BIG '99 LOSSES BUT TUFTS, FALLON EXPECT TO END 2000 WITH PROFIT
Mar 01, 2000; ... With Harvard Pilgrim Health Care already in receivership, two moreof the state's major HMOs reported yesterday that they lost millionsof dollars last year. Tufts Health Plan and Fallon Community Health Plan also said thattheir cash reserves dropped in 1999. But officials at ...
RETIREMENT PLAN WOULD BE SOLID, IF NOT FOR INFLATION
Mar 01, 2000; ... Problem: Enough to retire now? Ages: Both 50 Assets: Land and business worth $1 million Q. We want to sell our property, 355 acres and a business, andretire. We would receive about $1 million, keep 65 acres, build a$150,000 home, plus another home at the same cost for a ...
AUTO INSURER AGAIN SEEKS HMO DISCOUNT
Mar 01, 2000; ... In its four-year quest to bring managed care to auto insurance,Premier Insurance of Worcester yesterday asked again for stateapproval to offer a small discount to drivers who agree to be treatedby their own health maintenance organizations after an accident. Premier's proposal, ...
FIRST SALE OF MUTUAL FUND DOESN'T HAVE SAME IPO 'POP'
Mar 01, 2000; ... Among the hottest topics in my mailbag for the last month havebeen two interestingnew funds that open today. Yet few people wanted to know how Janus Strategic Value or BaroniOpportunity funds will run money. Instead, their questions ran towhether the first sale of a mutual fund ...
NET.GENESIS TRIPLES IN 1ST OFFERING SOFTWARE FIRM RIDES THE E-COMMERCE WAVE
Mar 01, 2000; ... Shares of net.Genesis Corp., an Internet marketing software firmfounded by two local college students, more than tripled yesterday ininitial trading. The Cambridge company designs software that helps Web businessesanalyze information about site visitors to help convert them ...