The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from April 2000:
FUNDING STRATEGIES FOR THE BIG DIG
Apr 01, 2000; ... The Big Dig's value to Boston, the Commonwealth, and the region asthe cornerstone of economic growth can not be understated and mustnot be lost in the debate over additional cost increases. Immediate and bipartisan efforts must be made to explore the gamutof available funding ...
SYRIA'S MASTER OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
Apr 01, 2000; ... This is not the first time the president of the greatest power onearth has shlepped thousands of miles to meet Hafez Assad, only to betold by the Syrian president that he is not ready to settle withIsrael. Richard Nixon made the trek to Damascus in 1974; Jimmy Carterwent to Geneva in ...
RACE AND THE CENSUS
Apr 01, 2000 ... Smile. The US Census uses this day to take its massive demographicsnapshot of the country. This year, a new policy on racial identification - allowingindividuals to check as many categories as they feel apply - hascontributed to criticism that the 2000 Census is entirely too ...
A CLEARER PICTURE ABOUT BACHRACH PORTRAITS
Apr 01, 2000 ... Your article about my company ("Bachrach aiming to restorefamily's historic business," Business, March 18) for the most partwas fair and accurate, but there were some matters I would like tocorrect. First, since 1997, our executive portraiture business hasincreased by 30 percent ....
EXPLOITING ELIAN
Apr 01, 2000 ... Al Gore has at least one thing in common with Fidel Castro, themayor of Miami, the Cuban exile leadership, and ABC News: All aretaking advantage of the plight of 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez. Gore this week came out for a bill in Congress that would grantthe boy residency status. The ...
UNFAIR TO WITCHES
Apr 01, 2000 ... Marty Jerome, in his column of March 19 on "unhealthy" Web sites,says, "Quacks, witches, and hucksters abound." Witches? Jerome lumps an entire religious group with quacks andhucksters? Perhaps Jerome should do a little more investigating beforepronouncing people ...
RESTRAINT OF HOOP
Apr 01, 2000 ... Nothing could more clearly demonstrate Beijing's ambivalence abouteconomic globalization than the case of Yao Ming, the 19-year-oldChinese basketball player who would like to audition for NationalBasketball Association scouts this weekend at the Nike Hoop Summit inIndianapolis, but whom ...
OPEC'S PLOY
Apr 01, 2000 ... The new production control system launched by the internationaloil cartel OPEC, designed to keep prices at target levels, representsa new sophistication that consumer nations should mimic in theirinventory policies. Each side has deep interests in preservingstability in prices. Each side ...
NICE JUXTAPOSITION
Apr 01, 2000 ... Just wanted you to know how much I appreciated someone's sense ofirony when they laid out Page B1 of the Globe on March 29. Putting asmiling photo ...
AN IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF THE NAZI SYMBOL
Apr 01, 2000 ... It was irresponsible for the Globe to print on its front page aphoto from the biotech protest that included a protester holding asign reading "Gene Nazis" and a swastika. A swastika is a highlyinflamatory and racist symbol used by bigots and hate mongers intheir attempts to inflict harm ...
NOW IS THE TIME TO HELP THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
Apr 01, 2000 ... In the March 24 editorial "Our ailing GOP" you point out that theRepublican Party has not rebuilt grass roots robust enough togenerate real competition for Democrats across the full range ofpolitical offices. The resultant lack of competition has let businessas usual determine our ...
SENIORITY FOR TEACHERS
Apr 01, 2000 ... Regarding "Boston targets teachers' seniority rights," (Metro/Region, March 30): I was an elementary school principal for 14 years,and I know that seniority means that after hours of resume readingand reference checking, the talented, engaging new teacher you justhired will also be the ...
BAD NEWS FOR A BANKBOSTON CHECKING CUSTOMER
Apr 01, 2000 ... As a BankBoston (previously BayBank) customer of nearly 10 years,I was outraged by what I read in the package explaining how myaccount will be transitioned under the merger with Fleet. Fleet willcharge checking customers $1 for every transaction in excess of 10per month. This is in ...
CONGRESS SHOULD GRANT PERMANENT TRADE STATUS TO CHINA
Apr 01, 2000; ... Will 2000 be the watershed year in America's trade relations withChina? Let's hope so. The groundwork has been laid by the Clinton administration, which,like American business, supports China's accession to the World TradeOrganization this year. China's trade relations with ...
FAMILY DATEBOOK TROUPE SENDS IN THE CLOWNS
Apr 01, 2000; ... Today's the day the Big Apple Circus opens its annual engagementin association with the Children's Museum of Boston. As always, allseats under the little big top are less than 50 feet from the ring.This year's show, "Bello & Friends," features internationallyacclaimed clown Bello Nock ...
IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT BIRDING IS BURGEONING, AND EASY TO ENJOY, EVEN FOR BEGINNERS
Apr 01, 2000; ... Maybe you can tell a rock dove (pigeon) from a mourning dove. Inwinter, you've noticed crows gathering in great numbers at dusk. Andyou might even have spotted a red-tailed hawk as it circles thehighway scouting for roadside rodents - its tail feathers practicallyglowing red as the ...
A CONSPIRACY OF DANCES DELIVERS ARTISTIC DELIGHT
Apr 01, 2000; ... The beauty of the 26-year-old Dance Collective, Boston's oldestmodern dance company, is that it is constantly evolving. Instead offollowing the stylistic aesthetic of a single choreographer, itweaves a tapestry of several artistic sensibilities that ofteninspire, provoke and feed off of ...
A SHOW THAT'S A CAPITAL OFFENSE
Apr 01, 2000; ... In "D.C.," two starry-eyed 20-somethings are schmoozing in thekitchen, and one says to the other: "You always talk about whatyou're going to do when you're an adult, and all of a sudden you arean adult and you are doing it." Doing what? If you have to ask, then you haven't been ...
FAMILY DATEBOOK
Apr 01, 2000; ... The Boston Globe 2000 State High School Drama Festival finalsconclude today at John Hancock Hall, 180 Berkeley St., 1-5:30 p.m. The creme de la creme of Massachusetts high school performers will becompeting; the productions - one-act plays and excerpts - are drawn from classical ...
WEB PIRATES PLUNDER KING'S NEW E-BOOK
Apr 01, 2000; ... Two weeks after the Stephen King e-book "Riding the Bullet" washailed as the beacon of a new era in publishing, pirated copies ofthe novella turned up on the Internet. Early this week, hackerscracked the encryption code used to protect the book. Free copies ofthe horror tale, which sells ...
A TALE OF TWO WEB SITES AND DUELING DOMAINS LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER
Apr 01, 2000; ... It all began with a case of mistaken identity. McSweeneys.net is an offbeat New York literary journal edited byacclaimed author David Eggers, while McSweeneys.com is a family Website created by the McSweeney clan of Stoneham. The magazine,officially called McSweeney's Internet ...
FAMOUS FLY IN FOR A FEMME FILM FESTIVAL
Apr 01, 2000; ... Indie film couple Sofia Coppola ("Virgin Suicides") and SpikeJonze ("Being John Malkovich") are planning to put in an appearanceat the Boston International Festival of Women's Cinema this month. Coppola is introducing the sneak preview of "Virgin Suicides," herdebut as a director, ...
WHEN LIFE IMITATES ART
Apr 01, 2000 ... Cambridge playwright and activist Don DiVecchio already had strongfeelings about the rising rents in his neighborhood when he wrote"Sarah's Journal: An Eviction Story." The play, being produced todayand tomorrow at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education, tells thestory of a Holocaust ...
DRUG OFFICE ADMITS FINANCIAL BREAKS FOR ANTIDRUG STORIES
Apr 01, 2000; ... In an arrangement similar to one between the federal governmentand television networks, several major magazines reaped financialbenefits by running stories with antidrug messages that met theapproval of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). Confirming a story in the ...
GARDENING SHOW HAS GENTLE PACE
Apr 01, 2000; ... The Perennial Gardener with Karen Strohbeen," which begins itssecond 13-week season tomorrow at 1 p.m. on WGBH-TV (Channel 2),takes a mellow new-age approach in stark contrast to the current cropof start-up gardening shows hosted by tensely energetic MarthaStewart clones.Much of the ...
TALLAS'S DAYS NUMBERED? GOALIE TALLAS IS LOOKING FORWARD TO UNKNOWN CHALLENGES
Apr 01, 2000; ... WILMINGTON - He was the Cinderella story in the Bruins' 1994training camp, an unknown, unsigned, undrafted 21-year-old withjunior hockey league pads and big dreams. He played his way into an East Coast Hockey League contract thatyear and has since worked his way up to Boston. Now ...
PITINO SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON DONOVAN
Apr 01, 2000; ... Nothing pleases coach Rick Pitino more than talking about hisprotege, the University of Florida's Billy Donovan. Although critical of the media when it comes to the Celtics, hehas been getting a few good laughs over stories circulating aboutDonovan and his path to Florida. Pitino ...
BUZZER-REPEATER LAST-SECOND SHOT ONCE AGAIN CRUSHES CELTICS
Apr 01, 2000; ... With Tony Battie in his face and flirting dangerously close to afoul, Washington guard Mitch Richmond gathered himself for one lastjump shot. He knew time was running out. He knew Battie was a solidshot-blocker. So when he saw the slightest of openings, he let loosea high-arcing, ...
WIZARD LEARNING NEW TRICKS ROOKIE HAMILTON IS WELL SCHOOLED
Apr 01, 2000; ... There was a simple explanation, said Richard Hamilton, MVP of lastyear's NCAA Final Four, for his 20-point performance in last night's104-102 victory by the Wizards that made the Celtics' playoff hopesjust about disappear. "It's March, that's all. That's my month," said the ...
PRACTICE ACCIDENT PUTS BULGARIAN ON ICE
Apr 01, 2000; ... NICE, France - Another day, another trip to the hospital at theWorld Figure Skating Championships. Yesterday, it was Bulgarian icedancer Albena Denkova, who needed surgery after US rival PeterTchernyshev's blade severed muscles in her lower left leg duringpractice. "It was a really ...
SHORT STORY: BUTYRSKAYA SKATES TO LEAD
Apr 01, 2000; ... NICE, France - There was a time when her legs would have turned tojelly, when the glare of the global spotlight would have frozen MariaButyrskaya like a deer in headlights. But that was before last year,when Butyrskaya calmed her nerves and sinew to become, at 26, theoldest woman to win ...
NAMES BILLS SHORE UP OFFENSIVE LINE WITH NEW DEALS FOR BROWN AND FINA
Apr 01, 2000 ... The salary cap-strapped Buffalo Bills solidified the long-termfuture of the left side of their offensive line yesterday, re-signing unrestricted free agent Ruben Brown, a four-time Pro Bowlguard, and extending tackle John Fina's contract, locking in both ofthem through the 2006 season ....
MONEY MAKES HARRIS-LEWIS'S WORLD GO 'ROUND
Apr 01, 2000; ... At least Jack E. Robinson is funny. When he came up with some ofthat wacky stuff about his background, we could have a good laugh.There's nothing humorous about Donna Harris-Lewis. Her act is getting to be a bore. And the future isn't bright forthose of us who simply want her to go ...
SPARTAN ETHIC IS WORKING MICHIGAN STATE ALL BUSINESS
Apr 01, 2000; ... INDIANAPOLIS - They came here without a label. They weren'tCinderella. That role went to their opponent in today's Final Foursemifinal, Wisconsin. They weren't the storied program with 15 Final Four appearances.North Carolina claimed that spot with its somewhat surprising ...
PENA LOST FOR YEAR WITH TEAR IN ELBOW
Apr 01, 2000; ... PHOENIX - Three months shy of his 23d birthday, Red Sox pitcherJuan Pena has been diagnosed with a completely torn medial collateralligament in his right elbow, apparently the result of being struck bya line drive in an exhibition game Tuesday, and will requirereconstructive ...
UCONN MAKES REMATCH REALITY
Apr 01, 2000; ... PHILADELPHIA - There was no ladder climbing to tear down the net.Not yet. There was no singing of "We Are the Champions." Not yet. But the University of Connecticut showed it is ready to celebratesoon as the Huskies defeated Penn State, 89-67, last night to advanceto the ...
ACTON FIRM SOARS 248% IN FIRST DAY ARROWPOINT TO GET BOOST FROM RISING NEED FOR NET SWITCHES
Apr 01, 2000; ... Acton-based Web switchmaker ArrowPoint Communications buckedNasdaq's weeklong malaise yesterday as shares soared on its first dayof trading. With an offering price of $34, the stock opened at $65 androcketed to a high of $137.50 before slipping back to $118.48 in latetrading - a ...
ARNOLD LOSES FRANCHISEES
Apr 01, 2000; ... Arnold Communications, New England's largest ad agency with morethan $1 billion in annual billings, lost a 30-year client yesterdaywhen a New England cooperative of McDonald's franchisees said it hadpicked a new agency, Leo Burnett of Chicago. The ...
TAKING STOCK SOME CEOS IN N.E. SAW COMPENSATION ROCKET WITH MARKET
Apr 01, 2000; ... The great bull market of the 1990s was very good to DavidWetherell, Bob Davis, and Dennis Kozlowski. These chief executives of New England firms - CMGI Inc., LycosInc., and Tyco International Ltd., respectively - were among CEOSnationwide who got the biggest pay and options ...
BAY VILLAGE OFFERS THE FLAVOR OF BEACON HILL ON A BUDGET
Apr 01, 2000; ... Jo-Ann Ross and George Klauber live in downtown Boston, a two-minute walk from the Public Garden or the theater district. "We both love the theater. We can leave our home at 10 of 8, andbe in our seats, program in hand, at 5 of 8," Ross said. But, when they first moved into ...
CVS, 10 OTHER RETAILERS PLAN INTERNET EXCHANGE
Apr 01, 2000; ... Eleven of the world's leading retailers, including CVS Corp., saidyesterday they would create an Internet exchange to help them trademore efficiently with suppliers and distributors.The exchange'sline-up includes Kmart Corp. and Target Corp., as well as grocerychains Safeway Inc. and ...
HOMESTEAD LAWS A PROTECTION FROM CREDITORS
Apr 01, 2000; ... LOWELL - A number of county registers of deeds are raising theprofile of Massachusetts' little-known homestead laws, which protectportions of homeowners' property values from creditors. Richard P. Howe Jr., northern Middlesex register, for example,recently launched a series of ...
MARSHALLS SUES PEBBLE BEACH OVER RIGHT TO USE NAME, LOGO
Apr 01, 2000; ... With the biggest golf merchandising event of the year less thanthree months away, Marshalls, one of the country's largest off-priceretailers, has sued one of the country's most prestigious golfcourses for the right to continue using the Pebble Beach name andlogo on ...
STATE RULES SEEN THWARTING OLD SOUTH BUILDING PLAN SHIFT OF ENTRANCE TO MILK ST. CALLED UNLIKELY
Apr 01, 2000; ... Two days after ordering a halt to renovations to the Old SouthBuilding at Downtown Crossing, the city's chief inspector said hedoubted the building's new owner ever would be allowed to carry outplans to close off its Washington Street entrance. Inspectional Services Commissioner ...
CITY SEEKS BIDS FROM ABUTTERS
Apr 01, 2000; ... Applications are due on April 27 for abutting property owners whowant to purchase one of more than 100 abandoned parcels availablethroughout the city of Boston. Mayor Thomas M. Menino is offering vacant parcels of less than5,000 square feet to Boston residents who want to use the ...
GLOBE BUSINESS SECTION HONORED FOR EXCELLENCE
Apr 01, 2000 ... For the second year, The Boston Globe's Business section has wonthe Society of American Business Editors and Writers award foroverall excellence of its business coverage, the society announcedyesterday. The Globe shared the overall excellence prize with the Los AngelesTimes and ...
REGULATORS SUE TUFTS OVER PULLOUT FROM N.H., R.I., MAINE
Apr 01, 2000; ... NEW HAMPSHIRE REGULATORS YESTERDAY SUED TUFTS HEALTH PLAN OF NEWENGLAND, ITS RELATED ENTITIES AND ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CLAIMINGTHAT THE HMO WAS NEGLIGENT WHEN IT PULLED OUT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,MAINE, AND RHODE ISLAND LAST FALL AND LEFT BEHIND 145,000 MEMBERS. New Hampshire Insurance ...
RESOLUTION OF STANDOFF OVER ELIAN HITS SNAG RELATIVES DECIDE TO RETAIN CUSTODY DURING COURT FIGHT
Apr 01, 2000; ... MIAMI - In a reversal that could significantly erode the chancesof a smooth resolution of the Elian Gonzalez standoff, the boy'sMiami relatives yesterday said they intend to retain custody of himwhile the legal process plays out, even if his father comes to theUnited States. Juan ...
END OIL LIMITS, BUCHANAN URGES
Apr 01, 2000; ... Patrick J. Buchanan told students at Boston University yesterdaythat the United States should drop its economic sanctions againstIran and Iraq in order to promote oil production and reduce gasolineprices. Buchanan, the third-party presidential candidate who is alsocampaigning in ...
LOW DOSES OF DRUGS SUCCESSFUL VS. CANCER ALTERED APPROACH YIELDS KEY RESULTS
Apr 01, 2000; ... In findings that could fundamentally change how cancer drugs aregiven, Dr. Judah Folkman and colleagues at Children's Hospital reportthat they cured mice of virulent cancers by giving them morefrequent, smaller doses of toxic chemotherapy drugs than wouldnormally be used. On this ...
US, CUBA MAY BE WONDERING IF BOY'S FATHER WILL DEFECT
Apr 01, 2000; ... WASHINGTON - Of all the questions still surrounding the case of 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez, one will loom larger than the rest if hisfather flies from Cuba to retrieve his son: Might Juan MiguelGonzalez try to defect to the United States? He has shown no signs of wanting to. But ...
MAYOR SEEKS CHANGES IN FENWAY PLAN URGES MLB INVESTMENT, PARTNERSHIPS
Apr 01, 2000; ... Calling for dramatic changes in how the Boston Red Sox finance anew Fenway Park, Mayor Thomas M. Menino said yesterday that MajorLeague Baseball should invest up to $8 million in the project, andurged the team's owners to take on two major landowners in the Fenwayas partners in a new ...
CLAIMS OF ATROCITIES IN CHECHNYA MOUNT UN RIGHTS CHIEF QUERIES MOSCOW
Apr 01, 2000; ... MOSCOW - As more allegations of atrocities by Russian troopssurfaced yesterday in Chechnya, United Nations Human RightsCommissioner Mary Robinson arrived in Moscow to investigateallegations of abuses in the rebellious region. She arrived amid new reports that Russian soldiers ...
HEALTH MAINTENANCE
Apr 01, 2000 ... Doctors at the National Zoo Veterinary Hospital performing ...
POLICE SEEK HELP IN LOCATING MAN
Apr 01, 2000 ... A Weymouth father mysteriously disappeared this week and policeare seeking the public's help in finding him. Mark Allegra, 37, camehome from work Thursday night and has not been seen by his familysince, police said. Allegra's wife said she told police ...
BOY, 8, HIT BY A VAN IN FRONT OF HIS HOME
Apr 01, 2000 ... An 8-year-old Duxbury boy was thrown 20 feet and suffered a brokenleg and a bruised lung yesterday morning after being struck by a vanoutside his home. Duxbury Sergeant Roger Banfill said the child, whompolice refused to identify citing department policy, was in stablecondition yesterday ...
DA OFFICE IS PROBING PREGNANCY AT FACILITY
Apr 01, 2000 ... The Middlesex district attorney's office is investigating whethera crime occurred when a 15-year-old girl at a Framingham facility fortroubled youths became pregnant. A 24-year-old staff member whoworked at night at Chrysalis House has been suspended in the case.Framingham police ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Apr 01, 2000 ... Q. How does the National Weather Service measure wind velocity? L.L., Boston A. By international agreement, the Weather Service supplies windspeeds which are averages of the speeds measured with an anemometerin the 10 most recent one-minute periods ...
AGENCY COMPLETES BIG DIG AUDIT
Apr 01, 2000; ... A federal task force has completed an audit of the Big Dig's $1.4billion cost overrun but is witholding the findings until key state,congressional, and transportation officials are briefed next week. The Federal Highway Administration issued a press release lateyesterday broadly ...
OPENING IN A TOXICS CASE NEAR YOU, ERIN BROCKOVICH
Apr 01, 2000; ... Her face launched a Hollywood blockbuster, and her brains helpedwangle a $333 million legal settlement from a giant utility, PacificGas & Electric Corp. Now, Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia Roberts on 2,800 moviescreens nationwide, has set her sights on the Salem Harbor ...
VINCENT J. DIMAURO, 80 RETIRED BOSTON POLICE LIEUTENANT
Apr 01, 2000 ... Vincent J. DiMauro of Stratham, N.H., a retired Boston policelieutenant, died Thursday at his home. He was 80. Mr. DiMauro was born and raised in the North End of Boston andlater lived in Saugus and Dorchester. During World War II, as a staff sergeant in the Army Air ...
RUSSELL J. DONOVAN, 74 LONGTIME MASS. ELECTRIC WORKER
Apr 01, 2000 ... A funeral Mass will be said today for Russell J. Donovan ofQuincy, a longtime Massachusetts Electric employee, who died Tuesday in Boston Medical Center. He was 74. Born in Quincy, Mr. Donovan was a graduate of Quincy High Schooland was also a longtime summer resident of Wolfeboro, ...
T IS SAID READY TO FIGHT BIAS LAWSUIT
Apr 01, 2000; ... The MBTA board of directors will not "pay a nickel" to settle adiscrimination lawsuit filed by Roberta Edwards, who was the highestranking woman to serve at the T until she was fired in 1997,according to a knowledgeable source at the authority. Edwards filed the discrimination ...
SJC EXPLAINS FERTILITY TREATMENT DECISION
Apr 01, 2000; ... The state's highest court yesterday extended Massachusetts'tradition of personal freedom into the arena of high-tech fertilitytreatments, saying courts will not support "forced procreation,"requiring people to become parents against their will. In a 7-0 decision, the Supreme ...
FREDERICK A. FLOOD, 56 LONGTIME IRS EMPLOYEE
Apr 01, 2000 ... Frederick A. Flood of Agawam, a retired Internal Revenue Serviceemployee, died Thursday at his home. He was 56. Born in Long Island City in New York, he earned his high schooldegree in New York City. He graduated from Siena College and attendedSalem State College. Before ...