The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from September 2001:
HELMS, THURMOND WON'T BE MISSED
Sep 01, 2001; ... JUST OVER 14 MONTHS FROM NOW, VOTERS IN THE CAROLINAS WILL CHOOSEREPLACEMENTS FOR TWO UNITED STATES SENATORS, STROM THURMOND AND JESSEHELMS, WHO HAVE DONE FAR MORE THAN ANY LIBERAL TO UNDERMINE ANDDISTORT THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF THE CONSERVATIVE PHILOSOPHY THEY HAVECLAIMED TO REPRESENT. ...
PRINCIPAL IS THE FASHION ENFORCER
Sep 01, 2001 ... A SCHOOL principal has the obligation to determine fitting apparelin a school setting ("Principal's role isn't fashion cop," letter,Aug. 29). She or he is acting in place of the parent, and is actingas an enforcer of school discipline. A scantily ...
CAR CRASHES AND BRAIN INJURIES
Sep 01, 2001 ... THE AUG. 12 FRONT-PAGE ARTICLE ON TRAFFIC SAFETY ("STATE'S LOWFATALITY RATE LINKED TO HEAVY TRAFFIC") HAS PROVIDED A GREAT DEAL OFINFORMATION, AND WE CONGRATULATE YOU. WHILE THE HEADLINE TALKS ABOUTFATALITIES, AN EVEN MORE WIDESPREAD PROBLEM ON THE STATE'S ROADS ISINJURIES, WHICH THE ...
LITTLE GIRLS SHOULD DRESS THEIR AGE
Sep 01, 2001 ... I WAS AFRAID I WAS BECOMING TOO CONSERVATIVE, BUT I SEE THAT I'MNOT ALONE ("BACK-TO-SCHOOL SHOCKING," PAGE A1, AUG. 27). I amthe woman you see in various stores (with two little girls in tow)shaking her head in astonishment at what is being shown for thesekids to wear. The ...
KIDS DON'T MAKE THE RULES
Sep 01, 2001 ... REGARDING APRIL FOURNIER'S AUG. 29 LETTER, "PRINCIPAL'S ROLE ISN'TFASHION COP":Where did she ever get the idea that kids make therules? Contrary to her weak opinion, kids today do wear clothing toschool that is absolutely inappropriate and unacceptable, often withthe blessing of ...
THE SOLUTION ISN'T ON TV
Sep 01, 2001 ... DERRICK JACKSON DESERVES HIGH ACCOLADES FOR HIS RECENT COLUMN,"BLACK FAMILIES NEED TO LIVE WITH LESS TV" (OP ED, AUG. 24). HEADDRESSED A POTENTIALLY VOLATILE THIRD RAIL ISSUE WITH ACCURACY,COURAGE, AND ELOQUENCE. We continue to read and to hear of thedeplorable state of our ...
A LOOK INSIDE THE WORLD OF MENTALLY ILL
Sep 01, 2001 ... IF EVER I NEED TO TALK WITH A PSYCHIATRIST, AND I'VE GOT A TON OFFRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES WHO SAY I NEED TO, THEN I HOPE THAT THISPERSON HAS THE SENSITIVITY AND COMPASSION OF ELISSA ELY. Her op-ed columns, which are much too infrequent, always project her loveand concern for her ...
IS SOY MILK UNPALATABLE?
Sep 01, 2001 ... ONCE AGAIN, AND ON PAGE 1, THE GLOBE APPEARS TO BE ASSUMING THEROLE OF MOUTHPIECE FOR THE MEAT AND DAIRY INDUSTRY. THIS PAST YEARHAS FEATURED ARTICLES ON HOW "AMERICANS LOVE THEIR STEAK," ON THEJOYS OF FOIE GRAS, AND ON EATING VEAL AS "ANTIDOTE TO THE WINTERBLAHS." LAST SATURDAY'S ...
PARTNERS AGAINST CRIME
Sep 01, 2001 ... A SURGE IN GUN violence and open-air drug dealing drew strongpolice presence to the Bowdoin Street and Geneva Avenue areas ofDorchester this week, where officers arrested 22 men on a variety ofcharges. Ministers in the area are now planning a sweep of their ownfor midweek, when they hope ...
A EULOGY FOR `FIVE ON FIVE'
Sep 01, 2001; ... IN AN AGE WHEN TV SHOWS HAVE TROUBLE LASTING 22 WEEKS, A LOCALSHOW THAT AIRED FOR MORE THAN 22 YEARS MERITS NOTICE ESPECIALLY ASITS REMARKABLE RUN ENDS. BROADCAST ON MORE THAN A THOUSAND SUNDAYMORNINGS ON CHANNEL 5, "FIVE ON FIVE" HAD THE LONGEST RUN OF A LOCAL,PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM IN ...
QUOTES OF NOTE
Sep 01, 2001 ... The lesson here is never, ever, ever buy a lottery ticket foranyone else, because, God forbid, you should win." TERRENCE GARMEY, attorney for Powerball winner Patricia Wales ofMaine, who was sued by her co-workers for a share of the $41.5million in winnings. The coworkers dropped ...
CLUB IS STILL GOING STRONG 31 YEARS AFTER FIRST MEETING
Sep 01, 2001 ... Our book group began in 1970. As a young mother looking for anadult outlet, I invited several other mothers on my block to start abook group. The Birch Street Book Club continues to this day. One of the best things about the group is that it changed from ahomogeneous group to a ...
CORRECTION
Sep 01, 2001 ... Correction: Because of an editing error, yesterday's Living/Artssection published the wrong day for the ...
LABOR INTENSIVE FORM THE NAVY YARD TO A SANDWICH SHOP, A WALKING TOUR OF SIGNIFICANT SITES IN THE HISTORY OF WORKING PEOPLE IN BOSTON REVEALS A BLUE- COLLAR CITY WITH A PROUD BUT FADING INDUSTRIAL PAST
Sep 01, 2001; ... Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe in the South End, the FleetCenter, thePark Plaza Castle - three places that would not seem to have anyconnection with one another. But they are all sites of significantevents in Boston's labor history - and sites on a Working Peoples'Heritage Trail that has been ...
`LITTLE WOMEN' OPERA IS A GRAND SUCCESS
Sep 01, 2001; ... Mark Adamo's "Little Women" is the Cinderella of recent Americanoperas. Just a few years ago, the composer, now 34, was supporting himselfby writing concert reviews for The Washington Post. Friends who rana small opera company in the nation's capital suggested he adaptLouisa May ...
AN ANCIENT ART REUNITES A PEOPLE
Sep 01, 2001; ... LOWELL - It was 6 p.m. on Thursday, in the lobby of the DoubleTreeHotel, the appointed time and place for the meeting of the 42 artistsin "Dance: The Spirit of Cambodia." They weren't all there. The lasttime such a large contingent of performers from Phnom Penh came tothe United States, ...
FROM BOSTON TO LA
Sep 01, 2001; ... Ex-Boston mag publisher Alan Klein takes over next month aspresident of Los Angeles magazine. Under editor Kit Rachlis, a BostonPhoenix alum, it recently profiled Variety editor in chief Peter Bartin such unsparing detail that Bart was suspended without pay forthree weeks and ordered to ...
NAVARRO IS SIDEMAN WHO SHOULD STAY ON THE SIDE
Sep 01, 2001; ... Give Dave Navarro credit for trying. After playing behind two ofhis generation's most memorable frontmen - Jane's Addiction's PerryFarrell and the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis - Navarro hasstruck out on his own. Unfortunately, if his Thursday nightappearance at the Hatch Shell ...
CHANNEL 5 TO AIR TELETHON
Sep 01, 2001; ... This weekend, WCVB-TV (Channel 5) will broadcast its 27thconsecutive Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon hosted by ...
9TH CONGRESSIONAL DEBATES SET TO AIR
Sep 01, 2001; ... WGBH-TV (Channel 2) "Greater Boston" host Emily Rooney willmoderate a pair of 9th Congressional District candidate debates nextweek at 7 p.m. On Tuesday, Republican candidates state Senator Jo AnnSprague and William McKinney will face ...
LEARNING FROM THEIR MISTAKES BC WANTS TO REVERSE LAST YEAR'S OUTCOME
Sep 01, 2001; ... No one on Boston College's football team has forgotten thestinging disappointment of last year's opener at West Virginia, whenthe Eagles solemnly trudged off Mountaineer Field after absorbing a34-14 loss. No one wants to revisit that mauling in Morgantown. Today, when BC ...
CANNONS AIMING FOR A MAJOR TITLE
Sep 01, 2001; ... While the Boston Cannons haven't given their fans much to cheerabout in Major League Lacrosse's inaugural season, they certainlyatoned for it on fan appreciation night last Saturday. The Cannons overcame a six-goal deficit to defeat the BridgeportBarrage, 15-14, in overtime. The ...
DEJA VIEWED MATCH FAMILIAR THREAT CHALLENGES HINGIS
Sep 01, 2001 ... NEW YORK - Hadn't we seen her somewhere before? Excuse me, miss,but weren't you somebody famous? That was the feeling of many in the early crowd straggling intoArthur Ashe Stadium yesterday morning. The name of the lithe, pony-tailed brunette seemed kind of familiar: ...
FOSSUM IS LEFT IN THE DARK PITCHER NEVER GETS TO WATCH YANKEES
Sep 01, 2001; ... Red Sox lefthanded pitcher Casey Fossum won't pitch against theYankees this weekend at Fenway Park, and that's OK with him becausehe hasn't seen much of the Bronx Bombers. "I don't know why the Yankees are ahead of us, I've never watchedthem on television," said Fossum, 23, prior ...
DECISION OK WITH CASTILLO ELBOW CONCERNS END STELLAR OUTING AFTER 7
Sep 01, 2001; ... Even though Frank Castillo was pitching his best game of theseason, he understands why he was pulled after the seventh inninglast night. "You don't want to come out of the game, but at the same time,it's only my fourth start since coming off rehab [side muscle]. I'veonly been ...
LOOKING FOR ATONEMENT HARVARD CAPTAIN USES LOSSES AS MOTIVATION
Sep 01, 2001; ... Ryan FitzGerald's tenure as Harvard's 128th football captain beganwith a wounded heart last November. He didn't expect the honor and wasn't looking for it. He wasdistracted, smarting from an unfulfilled season for the second yearin a row. FitzGerald was devastated. All his ...
KERRIGAN MANAGED TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE KERRIGAN MANAGED TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE
Sep 01, 2001; ... On the most important night of his managerial career, Joe Kerrigansat in a Fenway Park dugout and managed like an over-his-head rookie.Which, come to think of it, may turn out to be the case. Kerrigan has insisted he is not Dan Duquette's marionette, so thebad decisions that led to ...
IT WAS NIGHT OF HIT AND MISS FOR ALCANTARA
Sep 01, 2001; ... Izzy Alcantara was almost the hero. He almost helped create a second Red Sox run in the sixth inninglast night, lining a single to left and moving Dante Bichette, whohad doubled, to third. Two innings later, Alcantara stretched and almost caught an off-balance throw by third ...
LATEST CURVE TAKEN IN STRIDE SAGA IS STRIKING TO LITTLE LEAGUERS
Sep 01, 2001; ... To Wyland Szabo, Danny Almonte is just an afterthought. No, he won't remember his Oceanside, Calif., team being one-hit bythe 14-year-old pitcher in the United States semifinals of the LittleLeague World Series, which it lost, 1-0. No, he won't remember going 0 for 3 in that ...
NAMES BRAVES SEEKING SENIOR ASSISTANCE
Sep 01, 2001 ... The Atlanta Braves, wh have lost 12 of their last 16 home gamesand lead the Phillies by just one game in the NL East, yesterdayacquired 40-year-old Julio Franco, who has played just one game inthe major leagues since 1997, and righthanded reliever Rudy Seanez inseparate deals. Franco, ...
GUICE SET TO LEAD UMASS
Sep 01, 2001; ... In the fall of 1967, a junior at Eastern Kentucky University namedJim Guice quarterbacked his team to an undefeated season, its firstOhio Valley Conference title, and the school's first Mid-EastRegional championship, which came at the Grantland Rice Bowl overBall State, after which Guice ...
NU'S BROWNE APPEARS CONVINCED
Sep 01, 2001; ... Adam Browne believes Northeastern is actually going to win today. In Hempstead, N.Y. Against Hofstra. It sounds like blind optimism. Hofstra was an NCAA Division 1-AAquarterfinalist the past two seasons, returns 10 starters from itsexplosive offense. And ...
TARDY GREEKS CAN SOON EXPECT AN UNWANTED VISITOR
Sep 01, 2001; ... That joke about the Chinese being ready to host the Olympicsbefore the Greeks may not be a joke after all. While Beijing isstaging the World University Games for more than 5,000 athletes from166 nations in 13 sports at 52 venues, Athens is still diddling withless than three years to ...
PATRIOTS STEP FORWARD BELICHICK SEES PEP, PROGRESS
Sep 01, 2001; ... While the rest of us were gushing over the play of Drew Bledsoe(14 for 22), rookie defensive tackle Richard Seymour (half-sack,handful of quarterback pressures), the offensive linemen (one sackallowed), and linebackers Roman Phifer (two sacks, two forcedfumbles) and Bryan Cox (one heck ...
POINT GIVEN FORCED TO RETIRE FRONT KNEE TENDON INJURY IS DETECTED
Sep 01, 2001; ... Point Given, a winner of four consecutive million-dollar racesthis year, has been retired after an injury to a tendon below hisleft front knee was discovered Thursday. "I've never come close to crying, but [Thursday] I was totallyemotional," said trainer Bob Baffert, who spoke via ...
HOMER HAS POSADA BACK IN THE SWING
Sep 01, 2001; ... Jorge Posada heard everything Sox fans were yelling at RogerClemens while the Rocket was warming up in the bullpen last night atFenway Park. ("They were screaming at him. Just imagine what theysaid.") But he insisted his hearing wasn't quite as acute in the topof the eighth inning, when ...
CONNECTIONS HAVE MADE ALL THE RIGHT CALLS ON TOUCH TONE
Sep 01, 2001; ... Point Given, the best of the 3-year-olds, was retired yesterdayafter suffering a tendon injury, but Touch Tone still has his claimto fame. The least-publicized talent in the sophomore ranks, Touch Tone wasthe only colt who came close to beating Point Given as thepresumptive ...
VICTORY YANKED AWAY SOX, LOWE VICTIMIZED BY POSADA
Sep 01, 2001; ... Beleaguered reliever Derek Lowe dipped into his mailbag beforelast night's showdown against the Yankees and produced an example ofthe correspondence he has endured this season, a hateful expletive-peppered invitation to get out of town. Such is the life of a pitcher who has turned ...
REVOLUTION RECEIVE A BONUS CHANGE IN PLANS ADDS HARRIS TO MIX
Sep 01, 2001; ... FOXBOROUGH - Wolde Selassie Harris took the long way back fromTampa after the Revolution tied the Mutiny, 0-0, Sunday. Harris wasabout to board a flight for Kingston to prepare for Jamaica's WorldCup qualifier tomorrow against Mexico when his trip was canceled. "I was at the gate ...
FOR CLEMENS, LOSING HASN'T BEEN AN OPTION
Sep 01, 2001; ... He won't lose. He can't lose. He doesn't lose. Some days it's 3-0 before he gets out of bed. Other days it's abullpen bailout. And sometimes he really does pitch great baseball. He doesn't have a killer ERA. Going into last night's game, MikeMussina's was a hair better, (3.55 ...
MERRIMACK COACH VOWS TO FIGHT THROAT CANCER
Sep 01, 2001 ... At Chris Serino's first meeting of the season with his hockeyteam, the Merrimack coach stunned his players Tuesday by announcinghe has throat cancer. "I told them, `I have bad news and good news,' " Serino told theEagle-Tribune of Lawrence. "I told them, `The bad news is I ...
MAKING THE MOST OF IT PAWSOX SLUGGER GETS SECOND CHANCE
Sep 01, 2001; ... When the Red Sox demoted him last year after a disastrous big-league debut, slugger Izzy Alcantara left many of his teammates aparting gift: his autographed baseball card adorned with a specialinsignia, "MVP." He had lost his job, but not his humor - or his confidence. All ...
ON BRINK OF AN UPSET, BREAK POINT FOR BLAKE
Sep 01, 2001; ... NEW YORK - For a brief moment it looked as if James Blake would bea victorious hero. In defeat, he actually was one. Blake, the 21-year-old former Harvard standout, came within threegames of upsetting fourth-seeded Lleyton Hewitt of Australiayesterday at the US Open for the biggest ...
US IS SITTING IN PREFERRED POSITION HOME FIELD GIVES EDGE VS. HONDURAS
Sep 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - The Honduran ambassador got seats in the lower deck -but he had to use his aide's wife's American name. The rest of his countrymen will be perched so far upstairs at RFKStadium today they'll be able to see all the way to Tegucigalpa. No more good neighbor Uncle ...
ADVICE TO RED SOX: JUST KEEP SWINGING GIANTS EXECUTIVE SAYS BUILDING A NEW FENWAY PARK COULD TAKE A DAUNTING DECADE
Sep 01, 2001; ... SAN FRANCISCO - When buying a Major League Baseball team, writinga check, even a nine-figure check, is the simple part. "You've got to create a modicum of good will before you serve upyour filet mignon," says Lawrence M. Baer, executive vice presidentof the San Francisco Giants ....
UNIT SALE WOULD REQUIRE BOARD OK, POLAROID SAYS
Sep 01, 2001; ... A sale of Polaroid's Identification Systems business to a team ofinternal managers would require the approval of the board ofdirectors, a Polaroid spokesman said. The Globe reported yesterdaythat Polaroid has an exclusive letter of intent to sell the unit tothe group led by John A ....
IT'S EARNED RESPECT, NOW IT YEARNS FOR PASSION
Sep 01, 2001; ... Toyota is a company looking for love. Oddly, it is a search for love for a car that, for the past fouryears, has been the best-selling passenger car in America - theCamry. And though it has carried that honor down the years, it canrightfully be said that while America fell madly in ...
OAKHAM RESIDENTS COLLABORATE FOR GOOD OF ALL
Sep 01, 2001; ... OAKHAM - Spend some time in Oakham, and before long you hear talesof people banding together to help others out - or perhaps keepunwanted others out. To some extent it's a typical small-town situation. But it appearsto be particularly intense in Oakham, a town of few ...
OFFICER QUITS CUBIST AFTER 5 MONTHS
Sep 01, 2001; ... The president of Cambridge-based Cubist Pharmaceuticals, one ofthe state's largest biotechnology firms, has resigned after fivemonths with the company. Chairman Scott M. Rocklage said he would assume the duties ofDinendra Sen, the company's president and chief operating ...
HOME SALES UP OVER JULY 2000
Sep 01, 2001; ... Sales of detached single-family homes increased by 11.8 percent inJuly, compared to July of 2000, according to the MassachusettsAssociation of Realtors. But when compared to June, the number ofsales fell by 6.3 percent, MAR said. In July 2001, 4,617 single-family homes were sold, ...
DISCOVERING THE CITY NEXT DOOR HOME BUYERS FIND PROVIDENCE OFFERS MORE FOR THE MONEY
Sep 01, 2001; ... PROVIDENCE - Carole Landisman has lived in cities across thecountry. Without a doubt, she says, Providence is her favorite. Landisman and her husband, Reid, moved from Brookline Village,just outside of Boston, to the East Side of Providence three yearsago, and they have been ...
SAY IT AIN'T SO: LITTLE LEAGUER WAS OVERAGE STAR HURLER RULED TO BE 14; BRONX TEAM LOSES OUT
Sep 01, 2001; ... Danny Almonte was a kid who pitched a perfect game, but he playedball with a pair of imperfect adults. The result was, as they say, ano-win situation. A scrappy bunch of Bronx, N.Y., boys who finished third in theLittle League World Series saw their captivating tournament run ...
DRIVE COULD REVIVE CAMPAIGN REFORMS
Sep 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - Campaign finance reform legislation that died aprocedural death in July is on the verge of being revived, thanks toa long-shot petition drive that has gathered nearly the requirednumber of signatures. While Congress has been on its summer recess, ...
REDISTRICTING MAY DIM CONDIT'S CHANCES
Sep 01, 2001; ... LOS ANGELES - With lines on a map, California Democrats may havefinished the political career of Representative Gary Condit. Preliminary redistricting maps unveiled this week radically redrawthe Central Valley district that the embattled Condit has representedfor more than a ...
NOTE TO SUBSCRIBERS:
Sep 01, 2001 ... THE GLOBE WILL FOLLOW ITS HOLIDAY SCHEDULE FOR THE LABOR DAYWEEKEND WITH DELIVERY TO MOST AREAS BY 8 A.M. CUSTOMER SERVICEDEPARTMENT HOURS OF ...
NSTAR UNVEILING PLANS ON OUTAGES
Sep 01, 2001; ... NStar yesterday unveiled a state-ordered $5 million plan toresolve intermittent power failures that have plagued Brookline foryears, and promised a similar blueprint for all the communitieswithin its service region within three weeks. Separately, Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly ...
IN PALESTINIAN VILLAGE, ANGER AT ISRAELI'S DEATH
Sep 01, 2001; ... NI'ELIN, West Bank - This village of 6,500 people yesterday wasthe rarest of places in the bitter struggle that has convulsed Israeland the occupied Palestinian territories for 11 months - a placewhere one side cried over a death on the other. Ni'elin's tears were shed for Amos ...
PAIR INJURED IN SHOOTING; 1 SOUGHT
Sep 01, 2001 ... Medford police were searching yesterday for an unidentified manwho fled in a white sport utility vehicle after a shooting at anExchange Avenue home, police said. Jamie Collins, 24, was seriouslyinjured when a gunshot grazed the side of her head, police said. Shewas ...
WARNINGS SET ON FRESHWATER N.H. FISH
Sep 01, 2001 ... Public health officials have issued new mercury warnings abouteating freshwater fish in New Hampshire, advising people to eat onlysmaller fish, and ...
JUDGE BLOCKS BAN ON NEWSPAPER BOXES
Sep 01, 2001 ... A judge yesterday temporarily blocked the city from enforcing aban on newspaper boxes in the Back Bay and ordered city lawyers toappear in court Friday to justify the policy. Small-circulationnewspapers Editorial Humor and the Weekly Dig challenged the ban,which took effect yesterday ....
BIG DIG REFUND IS FOCUS OF TALKS BECHTEL/PARSONS, BOARD CLOSE DOORS
Sep 01, 2001; ... A public showdown next week between the Massachusetts TurnpikeAuthority and Big Dig consultants was postponed yesterday asauthority officials began private talks with Bechtel/ParsonsBrinckerhoff seeking significant financial reimbursements from thefirm. Bechtel has come under ...
MAN FOUND BEATEN TO DEATH IN DORCHESTER ATTACK SEEN LINKED TO DOMESTIC DISPUTE
Sep 01, 2001; ... A man was found dead yesterday morning, slumped over the steeringwheel of a car in Dorchester after apparently fleeing a viciousattack, police sources said. The man, who police would not identify but was believed to beVietnamese, had managed to drive about a mile before he parked ...
MAUREEN CONWAY, LYNN TEACHER, 50
Sep 01, 2001 ... Maureen (Barry) Conway of Lynnfield, a teacher in the Lynn publicschools, died of breast cancer Thursday in Salem Hospital. She was50. Mrs. Conway was born in Lynn. She earned bachelor's and master'sdegrees at Salem State College. She was a second-grade teacher at the Connery ...
BIRD FEEDERS
Sep 01, 2001 ... Swan boat riders sharing snacks with waterfowl yesterday at theBoston Public Garden. The holiday ...
EFFORTS SEEK TO FORMALIZE FIREFIGHTER PACT
Sep 01, 2001; ... City and Boston firefighter union officials yesterday refused todisclose details of the verbal deal they reached this week, sayingtheir lawyers needed more time to formalize a written contract. The verbal agreement, struck late Wednesday afternoon, is expectedto end two years of ...