The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from December 2000:
`BEAUTY' IS BACK AT THE WANG
Dec 01, 2000 ... Disney's "Beauty & the Beast" will return to the Wang Theatre fora two-week run March 14-25. Tickets will go on sale Sunday at 11a.m. at the box office, and through Telecharge at 800-447-7400. The ...
RUNNING AWAY ISN'T THE ANSWER
Dec 01, 2000 ... Dear Beth: I think it's all right for kids to run away from home for a littlewhile because it gives them an idea of what life is like withoutparents. I'm considering running away. What do you have to say? J.S. Running away is a dangerous and short-lived resolution to ...
`WHITE DEATH' IS AN ARCTIC MASTERPIECE
Dec 01, 2000; ... In 1912, a tough Russian navigator set sail from Murmansk, boundfor Arctic pack ice. In some ways, his journey didn't end until 1997,when his haunting diary resurfaced. Published in French in 1928, Valerian Albanov's "In the Land ofWhite Death," which tells the story of the heroic ...
COMING TOMORROW
Dec 01, 2000 ... Reviews of "Antigone" at the American Repertory Theatre; the WBCNXmas Rave; and last ...
IN `BRUNO,' A DIFFERENT BOY'S LIFE
Dec 01, 2000; ... "This is a little boy in a dress: Anybody got a problem with thatcan leave," Shirley MacLaine announces toward the end of "Bruno," amovie debuting tonight at 8 on Starz. The scene is a nationalCatholic spelling competition, and yes, the 9-year-old boy of thetitle is wearing a dress, a ...
BSO'S ZOON TO MAKE LOCAL DEBUT AS CONDUCTOR
Dec 01, 2000; ... J acques Zoon, BSO principal flutist and a local hero since hisarrival here in 1997, makes his local debut as a conductor at abenefit for Amnesty International Dec. 17 at 3 in First and SecondChurch - and at a moment when there is a possibility that he may beleaving Boston. The ...
MAKING MERRY MUSIC IN THE CLASSICAL REALM, A MESS, A MAYBE, A MARVEL
Dec 01, 2000; ... Hearken to a tale of three Christmas albums. The first, "Roberto Alagna: The Christmas Album" is expensive andappalling. Alagna does not come cheap; neither does the LondonSymphony Orchestra (although it comes cheaper than any Americanorchestra). The Choir of St. John's, The New ...
`SALESMAN' DELIVERS BRIAN DENNEHY LEADS STELLAR CAST IN TRIUMPHANT RENDITION OF ARTHUR MILLER'S CLASSIC
Dec 01, 2000; ... You remember Willy Loman. He's that salesman, the one riding on asmile and a shoeshine, a legend in his own mind. He's been around theblock, this fellow, and he's well liked in the New England territory.You know the type. Big hopes. Big dreams. Big shot. In the half-century since ...
HFA TO FEATURE NEW EUROPEAN FILMS
Dec 01, 2000; ... A quiet revolution has been taking place in European cinema.Twenty-five years ago, American film audiences could not get enoughof new German films from Werner Herzog or R. W. Fassbinder, andFrench and Italian movies warred with Hollywood titles in urbancinemas and repertory houses ....
TWICE THE FOLK ENSEMBLE REVUES KEEP MUSICIANS, FANS BUSY
Dec 01, 2000; ... If you are a singer-songwriter in Boston, there's good news andbad news. The good news is that you are working in what is widelyregarded as the largest and most influential folk scene in thecountry, with more venues, radio airplay, and media attention forthis kind of music than anywhere ...
RED TELEPHONE PAYS A CALL
Dec 01, 2000; ... Poor, poor Red Telephone. This earnest quartet earned a good reparound these parts performing an edgy sort of dream pop, and even gotinto the semifinals of a pop music skirmish sponsored by a localradio station. (We're in an antiplug mode, and we have no love formisogynist knuckleheads, ...
NOTHING'S STOPPING PIANIST DAVE MCKENNA
Dec 01, 2000; ... PROVIDENCE - Longtime Cape Cod resident Dave McKenna is back inhis home state, if not his native Woonsocket. Health problems haveforced the relocation, though they have not halted one of the mostrecognizable piano stylists in jazz, who will be heard at ChristEpiscopal Church in Needham ...
BREAKING THE ICE
Dec 01, 2000; ... He may have suspended himself in a 6-ton block of ice for 61 hourswearing only khakis, a sweater, boots, and a catheter, but DavidBlaine and his prime-time stunt in New York's Times Square got afrosty reception from fellow magicians. Penn Jillette, half of the duo Penn and Teller, ...
`NUTCRACKER' SHOWS BRISKER PACE
Dec 01, 2000; ... Dance critics who are force-marched to "The Nutcracker" decadeafter decade usually approach the holiday classic with a certaindread: It's so familiar; it's short on actual dancing. The part ofBoston Ballet's lavish production that always irritated me the mostwas the "Mother Ginger" ...
`POLA X' EXPLORES PASSIONS OF YOUTH
Dec 01, 2000; ... Youthful angst gets the grand operatic treatment in Leos Carax's"Pola X." It's been years since a young protagonist has flailed asintensely as Pierre (Guillaume Depardieu) does at the ill fortunethat has made him a well-to-do novelist, sharing a cushy life withhis mother at their ...
`QUEER AS FOLK' MAKES A CONVINCING DEBUT
Dec 01, 2000; ... We've had a gay old time on TV this year, and I'm not talking"Flintstones." After winning a few deserved Emmys, the gay-themed sitcom "Will &Grace" became the centerpiece of NBC's ratings-rich Thursday lineup. Fox's "Normal, Ohio" began shattering viewer stereotypes by ...
WITH INTERNET AND OWN LABEL, RUBYHORSE STAYS IN THE SADDLE
Dec 01, 2000; ... T hanks to a combination of old-school touring and new-schoolInternet savvy, the Boston band rubyhorse is finally reaching itspotential. The group has learned many hard lessons since coming overfrom Ireland three years ago with just $1,000 among the five bandmembers, but the future now ...
`SEUSSICAL' A MUSICAL FULL OF WHIMSY
Dec 01, 2000; ... NEW YORK - The last we heard of "Seussical: The Musical," therewas trouble in Whoville. The book was too long. The costumes weretacky. The Cat was a Grinch. And the staging was wacky. But . . . Things are looking up in Whoville. In the three months since themusical based on ...
BEHIND-THE-SCENES LABOR SHORTAGE
Dec 01, 2000; ... As the breadth and depth of theater grow in Greater Boston,producers and directors are scrambling to hire the behind-the-scenespeople who make sure bigger, better shows can go on. Boston abounds with opportunities for skilled technicians, saysPaul Daigneault, artistic director of ...
MAKING MERRY MUSIC POP ARTISTS OFFER HOLIDAY TREATS AND ONE LUMP OF COAL
Dec 01, 2000; ... The Grinch didn't just steal Christmas in movie theaters thisyear - he must have visited some of the recording studios where thelatest Christmas albums were made. Unlike past years when blockbuster holiday discs often rolled outof CD plants, this year's crop is thin and unlikely ...
EAGLES BACK FOR MORE LAST YEAR, THEY LET IT SLIP AWAY
Dec 01, 2000; ... BC High would have liked a repeat performace of last year'sundefeated regular season. But the Eagles will gladly accept theblemishes on their schedule if they can avenge last year's Super Bowlloss. The Eagles get their chance tomorrow when they meet Big Threecochampion Durfee at ...
SKUDRA ANSWERS TEAM'S NET SEARCH
Dec 01, 2000; ... Peter Skudra, the goalie twice signed - and once lost - by theBruins this season, has stepped in quite nicely while Byron Dafoe'scranky knee continues to mend. Skudra, who has started fourconsecutive games and will get the nod tonight against the Capitalsin Washington, has a 2-1-1 ...
CARROLL IS INTERESTED IN USC JOB
Dec 01, 2000; ... According to sources in Los Angeles, Pete Carroll isn't wastingany time looking for another coaching job, and it's not of theassistant variety. The Patriots' former coach, who has become a lot more talkativesince reaching a settlement with owner Bob Kraft over the final yearof ...
CELTICS: NO STOP SIGNS BUCKS GET GO-AHEAD AND SIMPLY FIRE AWAY
Dec 01, 2000; ... MILWAUKEE - The Celtics' nouveau defense - it's just new to them,not everyone else - was supposed to be on display here again lastnight. So what happened? The opponent scored a season-high 108points, shot a season-high 57.7 percent, and won by 11. After Tuesday, the question was, ...
MARCHING IN STEP WITH SAINTS
Dec 01, 2000; ... For three months, The Man has ignored the New Orleans Saints. (Formost of 1789, Louis XVI ignored the French proletariat, and look whathappened there.) So before I lose my license to remark expertly onthe NFL - and before some bourbon-and-water bourgeoisie from theFrench Quarter storm my ...
THEY NEED TO MAKE A MOVE ON PARQUET
Dec 01, 2000; ... MILWAUKEE - The Celtics already are in the thick of things in thewild and crazy East. They can really do some damage over the next 20days. They better. It's part of the Master Plan. The Celtics host the Timberwolves tonight, the only chance you'llget to see Chauncey Billups ...
OREGON STATE FEELING SQUEEZE
Dec 01, 2000; ... Forget the Bowl Championship Series title game in Miami's OrangeBowl Jan. 3. That's pretty simple. If No. 1 Oklahoma beats Kansas State tomorrow night in the Big 12championship game, the Sooners will face Florida State. If Oklahomaloses, FSU will play Miami. The intrigue ...
CORRECTION
Dec 01, 2000 ... Correction: Because of a reporting error, the name of ...
SAME TACT, SAME RESULT FOR SOX
Dec 01, 2000; ... Pass the Jim Jones Kool-Aid please. While Team Arrogance slept on Yawkey Way, the 26-time world champsput the full-court press on Mike Mussina and won the services of theprize righty. The Red Sox? They did what they always do: They got into the gamelate, underwhelmed the ...
AFTER 8 WINS, DRISCOLL ENDS CAREER ON TOP
Dec 01, 2000; ... Just a few blocks from the Boston Marathon finish line, where shemet the wildest joy and most profound heartache of her career,wheelchair racer Jean Driscoll yesterday announced her retirement. "What an amazing 13 years it's been and I'm truly in awe of what'shappened," said ...
HOPKINS HAS SURVIVED BLOWS FROM ALL CORNERS
Dec 01, 2000; ... LAS VEGAS - In a sport of angry men, Bernard Hopkins is boxing'sangriest. The International Boxing Federation middleweight champion has beenthe best 160-pound fighter in the world since 1995, when he first wonthe then-vacant title from Segundo Mercato with a ...
NAMES WOODS SELECTED PGA PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Dec 01, 2000 ... Tiger Woods was voted PGA Tour Player of the Year yesterday by hispeers. It was the third time in the past four years Woods won theJack Nicklaus Award, the most of any player since the award wasinstituted in 1990. He won the PGA of America Player of the Yearaward, which is based on ...
BCS SYSTEM DOESN'T CLEAR UP ANYTHING
Dec 01, 2000; ... Nothing like a good computer-assisted controversy over thenational rankings to stir up cries for a college football playoff. Leading the charge is CNN/SI analyst Trev Alberts. He has throwngrenades at the BCS since the beginning of the season. "The realityis the BCS is a joke," ...
STEAL RESOLVE UMASS'S MACK NOW MUST FIND A WAY TO OVERCOME HIS MAJOR ERROR IN JUDGEMENT
Dec 01, 2000; ... AMHERST- Over and again, Monty Mack has asked himself why he didit. Over and again, he has come up with nothing. All the Universityof Massachusetts fifth-year senior guard knows is that on the morningof Oct. 5, he stood before a rack of DVD movies at a departmentstore, and moments later ...
DEATH STUNS MV SUPER BOWL TEAM LOSES JV COACH
Dec 01, 2000; ... The requisite thrill, excitement, and anticipation of preparingfor a high school Super Bowl abruptly gave way to shock and mourningon Martha's Vineyard yesterday when Chris Rebello, the 37-year-oldhead coach of the school's junior varsity football team, died of aheart attack while deer ...
MUSINGS ON MUSSINA DUQUETTE DID WHAT HE COULD DO
Dec 01, 2000; ... Mike Mussina is in pinstripes, and Red Sox fans are fighting theurge to check under the bed for Steve Avery. And once again Damn Duquette (now you know where the missing `m'from Jimy's name wound up) is being ridiculed for his failure topersuade Mussina that Yawkey Way is a more ...
HAMILTON'S TACKLED BIGGER FOE FOR PATRIOT, SOME LOSSES CAN'T COMPARE
Dec 01, 2000; ... FOXBOROUGH - Often after a loss, he'll sit quietly at his locker,sometimes with his head buried in his hands, despair written on hisface. Patriots defensive end Bobby Hamilton hates losing. He's lost toomany people he cared for in his life. He's lost too many games. The ...
THUMBS UP FROM BLEDSOE AFTER BRIEF REST
Dec 01, 2000; ... FOXBOROUGH - Every week there's a report suggesting Drew Bledsoeisn't playing or he's shutting it down for the season because of aninjured right thumb. Every week, Bledsoe plays. Bledsoe did take the first two days of practice off in an attemptto heal damage done to his ...
TOLLES ON THE REBOUND
Dec 01, 2000; ... You want proof that fame is fleeting when it comes to the touringprofessional golfer? We offer Tommy Tolles, who, at age 34 hasinexplicably landed at the crossroads of his profession: PGA TourQualifying School. That's a thought that would not have seemed possible given hispromise ...
SIGNS POINT TO THE OTHER ARMS THE SECOND TIER SEEMS TOP PRIORITY
Dec 01, 2000; ... Foiled in their best chance in years to close the talent gap withthe Yankees, the Red Sox yesterday tried to put the troubling imageof Mike Mussina donning pinstripes behind them and focus on signingfallback free agents who might ease the pain. A baseball source said the Sox, who ...
REVOLUTION'S HARRIS SIGNS LONG CONTRACT
Dec 01, 2000; ... Wolde Harris, the New England Revolution's leading scorer lastseason, has signed a multiyear contract with the MLS. Harris, acquired from Colorado in February for a first-round pickin the MLS 2000 SuperDraft, led the the Revolution in goals (15) andpoints (37). "Wolde Harris ...
COLTS, MANNING PASSED UP LAST CHANCE
Dec 01, 2000; ... One play can make or break a season. Indianapolis is the most recent example. The Colts had theDolphins beaten Sunday, in a game Indianapolis "had" to have, only tosee Peyton Manning and/ or the coaching staff come up with one of themost unbelievable bone head plays of the year ....
SCHEDULE HAD CHISUM ON THE RUN
Dec 01, 2000; ... When Kristen Chisum came across the finish line in sixth placelast Saturday at the USA Fall Cross-Country Championships, itsignaled the end of a very busy stretch. On Nov. 12, the 28-year-old from Wayland ran the World HalfMarathon Championships in Veracruz, Mexico, finishing 23d ....
ROCHE IS LEARNING ON JOB
Dec 01, 2000; ... Dan Roche's first day as a full-timer at Channel 4 was Oct. 30,and he spent most of his time filling out forms. "You know what thatday stands for numerically? It's 10/30, where WBZ Radio is on thedial," said Roche, who left that station's sports staff for his TVjob. The next day, ...
BATTLE OF TEAMS ON HOT STREAKS
Dec 01, 2000; ... Waltham and Bridgewater-Raynham enter tomorrow's Division 1 SuperBowl at Boston University's Nickerson Field with momentum behindthem. Both have tasted defeat in big games but won the games thatmeant the most. Both boast superior backfields. But the game may comedown to which defense ...
ON PAPER, AT LEAST, WE'RE CALM
Dec 01, 2000; ... We don't know about you, but we get depressed when one of ourinvestments loses $1,000 in value. So imagine how the investing public feels now that its collectiveinvestment in the stock market has shrunk by $3 trillion. That is howmuch wealth has disappeared since the market peaked ...
WHINE & CHEESE
Dec 01, 2000; ... Boston developer Dick Friedman is one fun guy, on everyone's A-list for parties and dinner. And why not? A week short of his 60th birthday, Friedman is rich,smart, and funny. He has a beautiful blonde wife, a cute toddler son,and a who's who of friends that includes the president ...
ERICSSON, JUNIPER FORMING NEW UNIT TO OFFER HIGH-SPEED WIRELESS DEVICES
Dec 01, 2000; ... ERICY Ericsson AB $11.38 +$0.13 $26.31 $10.56 JNPR Juniper Networks Inc. $124.63 +$8.88 $244.50 $45.36 Swedish mobile communications giant Ericsson AB and Silicon Valleyrouter maker Juniper Networks Inc. announced plans yesterday to forma new ...
VOWING TO DELIVER E-RETAILERS FACE PRESSURE NOT TO BOTCH HOLIDAY ORDERS
Dec 01, 2000; ... It kept many parents awake the nights before Christmas. With the holiday only days away, brown packages filled with giftsordered online had failed to make those familiar thumps on doorsteps. At the peak of the 1999 holiday season, a few high-profileInternet retailers had ...
STOCKS SUFFER ANOTHER BIG HIT NASDAQ OFF 4%, DOW ABOUT 2% DESPITE BULLISH COHEN REPORT
Dec 01, 2000; ... This time, not even the biggest bull could stop a run on stocks. Investors shrugged off an upbeat note from Abby Joseph Cohen topush stock prices off a cliff when the markets opened yesterday.Despite a couple of afternoon minirallies, prices never recovered. By the end of the ...
NOV. SALES UP MODESTLY; DEC. CALLED CRUCIAL
Dec 01, 2000; ... After using heavy discounts to lure shoppers to their stores, manyretailers reported modest November sales gains yesterday. With many two-income households pressed for time, holiday shoppingis often delayed until the last minute. And so it may be up toDecember sales to help ...
AIR FORCE CHIEF SAYS COMPETING PAY NEEDED
Dec 01, 2000; ... In order to compete with private industry for the most-skilledworkers, the military should move from a rank-based pay scale to onethat rewards capabilities, the US Air Force's highest-rankingmilitary officer said in an interview with The Boston Globeyesterday. Like all branches ...
DESIGN COMPANY PICKS NEW PARTNER
Dec 01, 2000 ... Andrea Naddaff, vice president of business development at CoreyMcPherson Nash, has become a partner of the firm. Before joining CMN, Naddaff was director of new businessdevelopment at Group Four Design in Avon, Conn. Prior to that, shewas a senior associate in business development ...
AIDS PLAN OFFERS AFRICA HOPE IN LIKELY MODEL, UGANDA TO RECEIVE CHEAPER DRUGS
Dec 01, 2000; ... JOHANNESBURG - Launching what could become a model for AIDS-racked Africa, Uganda and the United Nations will unveil today a planto bring advanced treatments for the disease to tens of thousands ofUgandans who have been unable to afford it. The result of a groundbreaking ...
FATAL CRASH
Dec 01, 2000 ... Police in Herndon, Ky., inspecting a school bus that rolled overyesterday, killing a 5-year-old. The bus ...
CORRECTION
Dec 01, 2000 ... Correction: A story in Tuesday's City & Region section about aMattapan fire that killed two boys Saturday incorrectly named the 2-year-old ...
REPORT URGES BLOOD TEST TO ASSESS DOWN SYNDROME RISK PRELIMINARY SCREENING URGED FOR OLDER WOMEN
Dec 01, 2000; ... Instead of the invasive - and somewhat hazardous - amniocentesistest they are routinely offered, pregnant women 35 and older shouldfirst be offered a simple blood test that can detect the chances offetal Down syndrome without sticking a needle into the womb,researchers say. Only ...
GORE IN HEATED BATTLE ON 2 FRONTS IN FLORIDA PRESSES CASE FOR NEW TALLY, SEEKS TO BLOCK LAWMAKERS
Dec 01, 2000; ... TALLAHASSEE - Racing against the clock, Al Gore asked a courtyesterday to hasten the recounting of Florida ballots that could givehim the presidency and pressed his attempt to stop the Legislaturefrom awarding the election to George W. Bush. The vice president's lawyers appealed to ...
HIGH COURT ENTERS FRAY TODAY
Dec 01, 2000; ... WASHINGTON - Before President Bush or President Gore gets tofulfill a campaign promise and replace one or more of the SupremeCourt's justices, the court has a little surprise: It's still gotthe spunk and vigor to land a punch in their election fight. This morning at 10 sharp, ...
MONUMENTS TO CHILDREN'S WONDER RISE FROM TINKERTOY EXPO
Dec 01, 2000; ... PHILADELPHIA - Five-year-old Hunter Jackson of Lang horne, Pa.,was working on a 3-foot-tall rolling shopping cart for his cousin,Taylor Vile, two years his senior. With a final "Ah ya!" he liftedthe final beam, a giant Tinkertoy pole, into place. "We actually made it," he boasted ...
BAR GROUP, IN RIFT, WON'T REVIEW PICKS BY CELLUCCI
Dec 01, 2000; ... In an unusual clash between the state's powerful bar associationand the governor, the legal group is refusing to sign off on GovernorPaul Cellucci's judicial choices, saying it has been marginalized andcan no longer fully evaluate the quality of the candidates. The sudden and ...
MURDER MYSTERY IN ISLAND PARADISE
Dec 01, 2000; ... MIDDLEBURY, Conn. - It could be a script for a made-for-television movie: A flamboyant blond artist from a wealthyConnecticut family is murdered in the British Virgin Islands. In acase still shrouded in mystery, the expensively clothed but badlybruised body of 34-year-old Lois Livingston ...
PETSMART.COM PULLS IPO, CITING MARKET
Dec 01, 2000 ... Petsmart.com Inc. withdrew its initial public offering, citingunfavorable market conditions for the stock sale. The Pasadena,Calif., online retailer originally filed for the $115 million stocksale in February when there was stronger demand for Internet stocks. Petsmart.com filed with the ...
N.J. COURT ALLOWS MASS. MUTUAL SUIT
Dec 01, 2000; ... A New Jersey appeals court gave the green light to a class-actionlawsuit against Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. over theinsurer's sales practices from 1985 to 1989. The Superior Court ofNew Jersey agreed to certify the class of Mass. Mutual policyholdersin that state, ...
INSURANCE FIRMS PUT $66M IN PROJECTS
Dec 01, 2000; ... In-state insurance companies have committed $66 million toeconomic-development projects in low-income neighborhoods over thepast two years, according to a report released by the MassachusettsAssociation of Community Development Corps. Two years afterlegislation made Massachusetts the ...