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WHAT US KNEW, AND WHEN NEW DOCUMENT IS EARLIEST KNOWN EVIDENCE OF HITLER'S INTENT

Jul 01, 2001; ... COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A newly discovered document that reads like arough draft of the Final Solution provides the earliest evidence yetthat the United States knew the Nazis planned to eradicate the Jews,and that Hitler's executioners vowed to speed the slaughter "inproportion to the USA ...

TEE TIME

Jul 01, 2001; ... Golf is a lunatic game played in clowns' clothes. Golfers hit a tiny white thing they know won't go where it'ssupposed to. Like all insane people, they do so each time with theexpectation that the result will be different. They revel in theirmisery to a degree unknown in any other ...

CHENEY'S PACEMAKER SURGERY WENT WELL, DOCTORS SAY NO RESTRICTIONS FOR VICE PRESIDENT

Jul 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney emerged yesterday from histhird major medical procedure since the election with a sophisticatedpacemaker implant, a device his doctors said would allow him to keepworking with a lower risk of an irregular heartbeat. Cheney, 60, told President ...

CORRECTION

Jul 01, 2001 ... Correction: Because of a reporter's error, two names of donors toarts institutions were inaccurately listed in a ...

TRIMBLE EXIT LEAVES A SENSE OF UNEASE

Jul 01, 2001; ... COLERAINE, Northern Ireland - David Trimble's resignation as thefirst minister of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government tookeffect early today, casting this province into a period ofuncertainty at the height of the annual confrontations betweenProtestant loyalists who parade their ...

SEEKING PROMISE IN A NEW LAND ETHIOPIAN JEWS TRY TO OVERCOME RACISM, POVERTY IN ISRAEL

Jul 01, 2001; ... RISHON LETZION, Israel - For more reasons than one, Shlomo Yalewis a symbol of the Israeli operation that brought thousands ofEthiopian Jews to Israel 10 years ago last month. The 10-year-old boy, whose parents had waited more than two yearsin Addis Ababa to immigrate to the Jewish ...

INCREASINGLY, US STANDS ALONE ON SUDAN EU NATIONS MOVE TOWARD ENGAGEMENT

Jul 01, 2001; ... KHARTOUM, Sudan - There are few tourist traps in this city ofblast-furnace temperatures, grinding poverty, and strict Muslim laws.But one unlikely attraction is to be found on the northern edge oftown, where the ugly industrial zone trails off into the desert. A smiling guard ...

TO OUR READERS:

Jul 01, 2001; ... History is never a closed book. New methods of analyzing the pastcause constant revisions of what we thought we knew. Less frequently,a newly uncovered fact can dramatically alter our view of events. OnPage 1 today is such a new fact. It could have a major bearing on ourunderstanding of ...

MAJOR FIGHT EXPECTED ON HOUSING LEGISLATION SUBURBAN LAWMAKERS SEEK CONCESSIONS IN PACKAGE

Jul 01, 2001; ... In the fiercest fight over low-cost housing in decades, city andsuburban lawmakers will square off tomorrow over legislation todetermine what role communities outside of Boston will play inalleviating the state's housing crisis. Suburban legislators, many of them powerful committee ...

WOMAN, 80, DIES IN HOUSE FIRE

Jul 01, 2001 ... An 80-year-old woman was found unconscious near her sewingmachine when firefighters searched her burning home at 41 Lamson St.in East Boston yesterday afternoon, a fire official ...

DELAY SOUGHT FOR CHILD SEX ABUSE SUSPECT

Jul 01, 2001 ... Lawyers for Christopher Reardon, 29, of Middleton, who is accusedof sexually abusing children across the North Shore, have filed alast-minute motion to delay his trial, scheduled for July 9 ....

CAPTAIN OUSTED BY COAST GUARD COMMANDER SAID TO CLASH WITH NAVY

Jul 01, 2001; ... The commander of the Coast Guard's southern New England divisionwas reprimanded and relieved of his duties last week, just daysbefore he was set to retire from a 30-year Coast Guard career. Coast Guard officials say that Captain Charles C. Beck was let goThursday after his ...

IN BOSTON, NEITHER SEEN NOR HERD ALL BUT PUT OUT TO PASTURE, CATTLE CENSUS DWINDLES TO 2 IN BOSTON, COWS NEITHER SEEN NOR HERD

Jul 01, 2001; ... Once upon a time, the cow was king in Boston. The Common was setaside in 1634 "for the feeding of cattell." The four-hoofed critterswere so valuable in the 1630s that a local livestock marketexperienced a boom akin to the dot-com craze. But recent history has been no walk in the ...

HARVARD POISED TO PUT ITS STAMP ON BOSTON SUMMERS TAKES OVER AS EXPANSION TOPS UNIVERSITY'S AGENDA

Jul 01, 2001; ... Lawrence H. Summers today starts what many think will be adefining and controversial presidency of Harvard University, a runlikely to alter not only education on campus but also the landscapeof Boston. As he takes the helm of a university with wealth and powerunprecedented in ...

A NEW GLASS CEILING UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN CAN'T QUALIFY FOR COLLEGE AID UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN FACE BARRIER

Jul 01, 2001; ... Wearing a baseball cap and an Old Navy T-shirt, with his baseballglove resting in front of him on the picnic table, Diego is thepicture of the American teenager. In perfect, unaccented English, hetalks about the Red Sox, and about making out in the back seat of aChevrolet. But ...

WISHING HAS ITS DARK SIDE

Jul 01, 2001; ... BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. THAT'S THE MESSAGE I TOOK AWAY FROMTHE FIVE-WEEK MURDER TRIAL OF DR. DIRK GREINEDER.I knew thatdomestic violence exempts no social class, that men who kill theirwives cannot be typecast. But during those long hours of testimonyabout one family's Ivy ...

TEENAGER FATALLY SHOT IN JAMAICA PLAIN

Jul 01, 2001; ... In what neighbors described as a dispute over jewelry, an 18-year-old man was killed early yesterday, making him the city's 25thhomicide victim of the year, according to police. The victim was identified as Anthony T. Regis. Police said he waswalking down Amory Street in Jamaica ...

MARK THE 4TH? JUST A SECOND

Jul 01, 2001; ... `IT'SA MISTAKEN HOLIDAY!" PROCLAIMS THE NIT-PICKING BILL FOWLER,DIRECTOR OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WHO CONTENDS THATWE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE GORGING OURSELVES AND SETTING OFF ILLEGALFIREWORKS ON JULY 2. (DON'T EVEN GET HIM STARTED ON THE MILLENNIALTHING.) "ON JULY 4, THEY ...

POWWOW CONVENES IN MASHPEE EVENT BRINGS MANY NATIVE AMERICANS TOGETHER IN CELEBRATION

Jul 01, 2001; ... MASHPEE - The drums were beating, the fancy dancers were showingoff their footwork, and everyone else was just having a good time. They ate buffalo meat and bought moccasins and handmade musicalinstruments. Several hundred people showed up yesterday for theopening day of the annual ...

DEMOCRATS MULL `PACKAGED' TICKET; QUESTION IS, WHO WILL QUIT THE RACE?

Jul 01, 2001; ... As crunch time approaches for Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls todecide whether to run, party insiders report that a deal may bestruck for a packaged ticket. Such a compromise is "very much on thecandidates' minds," said one top Democratic official. "Within theparty there's a lot of ...

TRANSPORTATION HONCHOS FOCUS ON CHOICES FOR COMMUTERS

Jul 01, 2001; ... We dropped in on the high-tech types the other day. In this case it was the Massachusetts High Technology Council,which seems to have a lot of clout. At a morning program ontransportation, the guests were some of the Commonwealth's heavyhitters. Transportation secretary Kevin ...

POLICE TAKE UP NEW RESIDENCY OFFICIALS, RESIDENTS CELEBRATE OPENING OF DISTRICT 4 STATION

Jul 01, 2001; ... South End residents, politicians, business owners, and policepersonnel yesterday celebrated the opening of the new, $8 millionDistrict 4 police station that many of them took part in designing. "The police needed a new home because the old building [on WarrenAvenue] didn't work ...

THUNDERSTORM SWEEPS REGION LIGHTNING SETS FIRES, KNOCKS OUT ELECTRICITY; BOATERS CAUGHT AT SEA

Jul 01, 2001; ... A fast-moving thunderstorm ripped through the region last night,setting off a series of spectacular lightning strikes that causedfires in several towns, and sending Coast Guard crews rushing to theaid of small boats caught at sea. Within minutes of the storm's start at dusk, fires ...

THE PENGUINS LIVE IN WAIKIKI!

Jul 01, 2001; ... Who would associate penguins with Hawaii? Travel Tidbits readers -that's who! We asked where the accompanying photo was taken, and althoughthere were a lot of incorrect guesses, many knew the answer: TheHilton Hawaiian Village Resort in Waikiki. They are black-footedpenguins, ...

THE RIGHT FIT

Jul 01, 2001; ... Juliet Schor and Harvard University have never been a perfectmatch. The self-described radical economist was a shock to the systemwhen she joined Harvard's tightly-laced econ department in 1984 andquickly began deprogramming students who, she says, were being taught"to think like an ...

SPOTLIGHT IS ON STATE'S BILINGUAL EDUCATION LAW

Jul 01, 2001; ... The Silicon Valley millionaire who bankrolled ballot initiativesthat scrapped bilingual education in California and Arizona recentlylaunched a drive in Colorado - but he has not lost interest in theCommonwealth. "The fact that I'm committed to helping the people in Coloradowith ...

HEADLINE MISSING

Jul 01, 2001 ... Caption only.

A WONDROUS CASTLE IN CALIFORNIA

Jul 01, 2001; ... He was a hulking man with a high voice who built a media empirethat spanned the nation. He built something else, too: a Californiacastle stuffed with treasures and dreams. He was William Randolph Hearst, who transformed a wilderness areain San Simeon, Calif., into "La Cuesta ...

COLLEAGUES SAY OLVER REFUSES TO SHARE WEALTH

Jul 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - US Representative John W. Olver, who represents aboutone-tenth of Massachusetts citizens, has used his seat on the HouseAppropriations Committee to lay claim to two-thirds of newtransportation funding targeted for the state. Some of his colleagues are grumbling and ...

NOTE TO SUBSCRIBERS:

Jul 01, 2001 ... The Globe will follow its weekend/holiday schedule today throughWednesday, Independence Day, with delivery to most areas by 8 a.m.The Customer Service Department hours of ...

FROM KINDERGARTEN TO HIGH SCHOOL, STUDENTS STUDY ORIGAMI AND CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS IN KIMONOS. IN THIS RURAL MAINE DISTRICT, YOU ARE JUST AS LIKELY TO HEAR `GOOD MORNING' AS: `ONEGAISHIMASU' PRONOUNCED "O NE GUY SHE MAS"; JAPANESE FOR "PLEASE, TEACH US."

Jul 01, 2001; ... HALLOWELL - When Akiko Saito enters the fifth-grade classroom atthe elementary school here, students stand, bow to the slender, youngteacher, and utter something you may not hear too often elsewhere inMaine: "Onegaishimasu" - a Japanese word loosely translated as"Please, teach ...

BLUNTING THE HATE MOVEMENT IN AMERICA

Jul 01, 2001; ... THE CHARGES THAT LEO FELTON AND ERICA CHASE PLOTTED TO BLOW UP AJEWISH OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN LANDMARK IN BOSTON HAVE PROVIDED MOST OFUS WITH A WINDOW THROUGH WHICH TO VIEW A FRIGHTENING BUT LITTLEUNDERSTOOD AMERICAN SUBCULTURE.Across the nation there are smallgroups of people who have ...

SHAME ON JOURNALISTS FOR FORGETTING ORWELL

Jul 01, 2001; ... IN HIS TIMELESS ESSAY "POLITICS AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE," GEORGEORWELL EXPLORED HOW MANIPULATION OF WORDS CAN CHANGE HOW PEOPLETHINK. ORWELL NOTED STALIN'S USE OF THE WORD "LIQUIDATION" AS ADELICATE SYNONYM FOR EXECUTION OF POLITICAL ENEMIES AMONG SEVERALOTHER EXAMPLES. Generations ...

SUIT ASSERTS FAULTY REPAIRS CAUSED SINKING

Jul 01, 2001; ... GLOUCESTER - When the winds came, they made this sleeping cityrestless, carrying a familiar terror to the wives of men at sea, agnawing worry to the owners of boats. And sometime after 6 a.m. on Sept. 5, 1994, phones began ringingwith the worst kind of news: The Italian Gold had ...

TRACKING THE GUMSHOES THE OLD SLEUTHS AREN'T GONE. THEY'VE JUST HANDED OVER THEIR FEDORAS TO A NEW, MORE DIVERSE CROWD.

Jul 01, 2001; ... IT WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN YOU HOPE FOR A WRONG NUMBER JUST TOSEE IF THE PHONE STILL WORKS. I WAS SAVORING THE TASTE OF A LITTLEAMBER LIQUID THAT BOASTS OF A KENTUCKY HERITAGE AND 10 LOVELY YEARSOF OAK-BARREL AGING WHEN I HEARD STEPS ON THE STAIR.The bourbonwas back in the desk ...

PLEDGE DRIVE

Jul 01, 2001; ... A CO-WORKER TALKED ME INTO DOING A BICYCLE RIDE FOR CHARITY, AND ISIGNED UP BEFORE I REALIZED HOW DAUNTING IT WOULD BE. I DON'T MEANTHE 85-MILE, ONE-DAY BIKE RIDE FROM BOSTON TO CAPE COD. I MEANSHAKING DOWN MY FRIENDS FOR HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO SATISFY MY PLEDGEQUOTA.It's the time ...

PAUL WALDAU ETHICIST AND FORMER LAWYER PAUL WALDAU, 51, WRITES ABOUT ANIMAL LAW, RIGHTS, AND PUBLIC POLICY. HE TEACHES RELATED SUBJECTS AT THE TUFTS SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL. WALDAU IS ALSO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREAT APE PROJECT.

Jul 01, 2001; ... What are your objectives? My work is dedicated not only to nonhuman animals but toecological awareness of all of us being connected and together. Idon't like the division between environmental ethics and animalprotection - they're flip sides of the same coin. My objectivesinclude ...

CANDIDLY KEITH LIFE IS NOT ALL MUSIC AND FIREWORKS FOR THE CONDUCTOR OF THE BOSTON POPS. MEET KEITH LOCKHART, PRIVATE CITIZEN.

Jul 01, 2001; ... FOUR THINGS YOU DID NOTalreadyknow about Boston Pops conductorKeith Lockhart:He's a fan of the television show The X-Files. He has read all the Harry Potter books, continuing a lifelong loveaffair with fantasy literature (J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis).Lockhart once fancied ...

POP GROW THE FOURTH

Jul 01, 2001; ... Talk about a growth industry. "It feels like every year it growsmore," says Stella Gould, the producer of the WCVB-TV (Channel 5) andA&E simulcast of "Pops Goes the Fourth!" which airs Wednesday night. Gould's referring to the two humongous crowds, the one that flocks tothe banks of the ...

FROM THE ARCHIVES: WESTON

Jul 01, 2001 ... Cedar trees lining the channel of the Ash Street ...

FROM THE ARCHIVES: NEWTON

Jul 01, 2001 ... The Massachusetts Turnpike rolls westward under ...

ATHLETICS HIRING PROVES DIVISIVE PARADIS SELECTION IRKS SOME ON SCHOOL BOARD

Jul 01, 2001; ... Elaine Paradis was probably hoping for a friendlier homecoming. Instead, Watertown is sharply divided over her appointment to thenewly created position of athletic director. Two members of theSchool Committee were so concerned about the announcement, which wasmade just over a week ...

LECTURE SCHEDULED ON PAUL REVERE

Jul 01, 2001; ... WALTHAM Paul Revere in Waltham? Yes, but only for a brief slide show andlecture at 7:30 p.m. July 11 at the Waltham Public Library on MainStreet. Patrick Leehey, research director at the Revere House, willpresent a slide show and lecture on Revere, his home, and theColonial ...

DINING OUT

Jul 01, 2001; ... Once inside the Equinox Grill, it's hard to imagine that justmoments before you were zipping along a part of Route 9 where signsfor pool supplies and auto parts beckon. The restaurant's welcomingstaff, eclectic decor, and sophisticated jazz instantly dissolve thememory of any traffic ...

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT

Jul 01, 2001 ... Sometimes when a team is on a roll, everything goes its way. Thatwas the case on June 23, when the Ashland Legion baseball team cameback from a 5-4 deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 6-5 win over Billerica that improved its record to 6-0. The fact thatAshland rallied ...

HOW GREEN IS HIS VALLEY FARNSWORTH HAS YEARS' WORTH OF TALES - AND ACES

Jul 01, 2001; ... Cy Farnsworth, 68, leaned forward in his chair on the terrace ofthe Wachusett Golf Club after a steamy Friday-afternoon round andprepared to weave one of his fabulous golf stories. This one wasabout the ace he sank on the 14th hole at Indian Meadow Country Clubin Westborough when he was ...

HEAVEN-BOUND SOUND MUSIC-MAKING IS REGION'S CULTURAL IDENTITY, SAYS WRITER

Jul 01, 2001; ... CAMBRIDGE - When historian and urban planner Sam Bass Warner Jr.sought to describe "the region's culture as it manifests itselfbeyond the world of work or politics," he had to go no farther than afew blocks from his house on a side street in Cambridgeport - or evenhis own living ...

NEIGHBORS HOPE FOR LAST LAUGH ON INDIAN RIDGE PROJECT'S FOES WARN OF FLOODING, BLAST HAZARDS

Jul 01, 2001; ... It's important to keep a sense of humor, even in local activism. Activists who oppose the development of a 301-unit apartmentbuilding at Indian Ridge have been distributing hundreds of leafletsto their neighbors, encouraging them to fight the proposal, whichthey fear will increase ...

WITH ACL INJURIES ESCALATING, GIRLS LOOK TO PREVENTION

Jul 01, 2001; ... After tearing her anterior cruciate ligament last fall, LaurenEhrlichman became something of an amateur expert on the injury,devouring all the information she could find on the subject. "My mother and I read everything we could get our hands on," saidEhrlichman, a standout ...

RIVERS HONORS ITS CHAMPIONS

Jul 01, 2001; ... Girls' tennis and track championship teams were honored andindividual awards presented at the recent Rivers School VarsityAwards Banquet. The tennis team at the Weston school won the NewEngland championships via a 5-4 victory over the Bancroft School,while the track team also won the ...

BUSINESSES AID SPECIAL OLYMPICS

Jul 01, 2001; ... Special Olympics Massachusetts will hold its 2001 Central SectionCorporate Games on Sept. 15 at TEAMWorks Sports Centers inNorthborough. The event recruits companies and organizationsthroughout Central Massachusetts to participate in fun teamcompetitions ranging from volleyball to wall ...

BRIMMER AND MAY HONORS ATHLETES

Jul 01, 2001; ... Sports awards at the Brimmer and May School of Chestnut Hill wererecently presented to eighth-graders Eric Falcone and Jill Forman ofFramingham and Kirstin Wilson of Needham. Wilson was given theAthletic Association Award as the senior athlete who has madesignificant contributions to the ...

WALTHAM GRADS STAY IN THE GAME

Jul 01, 2001; ... Three former Waltham High lacrosse players completed successfulseasons on the men's varsity lacrosse team at UMass-Dartmouth, whichfinished third in the Little East Conference and advanced to thesemifinals of the league playoffs before bowing to UMass-Boston, 12-10. Junior attack and ...

ACTIVISTS CRITICIZE MASSPORT ACTION

Jul 01, 2001; ... LINCOLN Coming on the first day of summer, Massport's approval for BostonMaine Airways to operate at Hanscom Field set the tone for whatpromises to be the hottest season yet in the fight over commercialair service. The June 21 decision allowing the PanAm affiliate to fly ...

NEWTON SCHOOLS BUDGET FALLS SHORT HELP ARRIVES AT 11TH HOUR, BUT WHAT ABOUT NEXT YEAR?

Jul 01, 2001; ... When the Newton School Committee finally approved a budget for the2001-'02 school year, many parents and officials breathed a sigh ofrelief. The previous weeks had seen Superintendent of Schools JeffreyYoung whittling and manipulating his budget, cutting programs andreducing staff; but ...

A. MASTROMATTEI

Jul 01, 2001 ... NEWTON - Anna Mastromattei, 64, of Newton, died June 15 at CoreyHill Nursing Home in Boston. A lifelong resident of Newton, Miss Mastromattei was the daughterof the late Gennaro and Mary (Carducci) ...

JUDITH ELGART, 61; ADMINISTRATOR

Jul 01, 2001 ... NEWTON - Judith F. Elgart, 61, of Newton, died June 11 at herhome. A graduate of Newton Junior College in 1976, Mrs. Elgart alsoreceived a degree from Roger Williams College in 1979. Followingcollege, she worked as an office administrator in her husband's firmfor 35 ...

N. FULLINGTON, 80; PROFESSOR

Jul 01, 2001 ... NEWTON - Norbert L. Fullington, 80, of Newton, a member of theArmy Medical Corps in Europe during World War II, died June 11 at hishome. Born in Buffalo, Mr. Fullington earned bachelor's and master'sdegrees in history at the University of Buffalo and a doctorate atHarvard ...

MICHELE WALKER, GREENSKEEPER; 37

Jul 01, 2001 ... NATICK - Michele Lynn Walker, 37, of Natick, died June 25 at theLeonard Morse Hospital campus of the MetroWest Medical Center. Born and raised in Tampa Bay, Fla., Miss Walker had lived inNatick for the past 13 years. Before her illness, she had beenemployed by The Country Club in ...

COUNTY TREASURER CAHILL SEES OPENING AT THE STATE HOUSE

Jul 01, 2001; ... Another Norfolk County official has his sights on a statewideoffice. County Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill, a Quincy Democrat whosedistrict includes Needham and Wellesley, said last week he will be acandidate for state treasurer if, as expected, the incumbent, ShannonO'Brien, runs ...

A HOT HANSCOM SUMMER

Jul 01, 2001; ... LINCOLN - Coming on the first day of summer, Massport's approvalfor Boston Maine Airways to operate at Hanscom Field has set the tonefor what promises to be a hot season yet in the fight over commercialair service. The decision, reached June 21, allows the Pan Am affiliate to ...

COUNTERING DEVELOPMENT'S SQUEEZE BILL CALLS FOR ALLIANCES AND TAX SHARING

Jul 01, 2001; ... Southborough's residents are caught in a vise of urban sprawl. From the east, the Staples Inc. office complex across the townline in Framingham has pushed a crush of cars onto Southboroughroads. From the west, traffic is pressing in from rapidly growingWestborough. Making the ...

REALITY BITES: DEER TICK CRAWLS INTO REGION LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS TRACKING INCREASE IN LYME DISEASE

Jul 01, 2001; ... Break out the insect repellent, pull up your socks, and add deerticks to the list of critters you will have to worry about thissummer. Local and state health officials said the rise in the deer tickpopulation around the region has led to a sharp increase in Lymedisease ...

A PILLAR HOUSE OF THE COMMUNITY LOVED RESTAURANT SLIPS GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT

Jul 01, 2001; ... Three days before the Pillar House serves its final meal, closinga velvet curtain on a half-century of gracious dining, its owner, TomLarsen, and his colleagues are making their last week a memorableone. The restaurant has been packed since March, when Larsen announcedthat, after ...

BMC'S SUCCESS STORY

Jul 01, 2001; ... BOSTON MAYOR Thomas Menino understood that good intentions do notexcuse budget-draining inefficiencies. That is why he pushed for theprivatization of Boston City Hospital early in the 1990s. Whatemerged was Boston Medical Center, celebrating its fifth anniversarytoday on a high note of ...