The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from November 2001:
FLUORIDATION NOW
Nov 01, 2001 ... FLUORIDATION OF WATER is one of the great public health successesof the past 50 years. Voters in Worcester have an opportunity onTuesday to bring this improvement in dental health to the residentsof their community. Fifty-seven percent of the people in Massachusetts have access ...
FOR ART'S SAKE
Nov 01, 2001 ... THE SHOW MUST go on. But the ripple effects of Sept. 11 arehurting the performing arts. At the Wang Center, shows are closing and canceling their nationaltours. Boston audiences won't see "Fosse" or a dance piece called"The Car Man." And Wang Center president Josiah Spaulding ...
THE MISSING FACES IN AFGHAN PICTURE
Nov 01, 2001; ... THERE'S A PHOTOGRAPH ON MY DESK THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR A WEEK NOW.IT'S A NEWSPAPER PORTRAIT OF AFGHAN TRIBAL LEADERS GATHERED AT APAKISTAN BORDER TOWN TO PLAN FOR A POST-TALIBAN GOVERNMENT. Thepicture shows a diverse group of elders, colorful in their turbansand varied in the robes ...
TOO GOOD FOR OPRAH
Nov 01, 2001; ... JONATHAN FRANZEN LIKED IT WHEN PUBLISHERS WEEKLY DUBBED HIS NEWNOVEL, "THE CORRECTIONS," A "MASTERPIECE." He liked it when hispublisher, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, sent advance copies of the bookto reviewers with a note from the editor-in-chief calling it "one ofthe very best [books] ...
YES FOR BOSTON'S FUTURE
Nov 01, 2001 ... ONE OF THE drawbacks of big cities, even livable ones like Boston,is the sense among residents that they lack control over significantforces, including housing costs and environmental intrusions. ButBostonians can regain some control on Nov. 6 by voting Yes on ballotQuestion 1 - the ...
DISSENT HELPS THE WARTIME ENEMY
Nov 01, 2001 ... TOM GERETY'S OPINION ARTICLE ABOUT FREE SPEECH MAKES GOOD SENSE INPEACETIME, YET HE MISSES AN IMPORTANT POINT THAT NEEDS TO BE MADEABOUT A NATION AT WAR ("A point is made about free speech," op ed,Oct. 30). Dissent in wartime gives aid and comfort to the enemy. To win this war, we ...
SECURITY STEPS TO RELIEVE ANXIETY
Nov 01, 2001 ... ANOTHER ANXIETY-PRODUCING TERRORIST WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. MEANWHILE, AS YOU NOTE IN YOUR OCT. 30 EDITORIAL ("BETTER AIRPORTSECURITY"), AIRPORT SECURITY MEASURES ARE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED. UNTILSCREENING DEVICES THAT DETECT ALL TYPES OF ...
DON'T CUT E. BOSTON YOUTH PROGRAM
Nov 01, 2001 ... REGARDING THE OCT. 31 CITY & REGION STORY, "FOR HARD-HIT SAILINGCLUB, SEVERANCE DEAL STINGS":The Piers Park sailing program is ajewel in the middle of East Boston that provides city youngsters withinstruction in sailing that they might not otherwise afford.Navigating 20-foot ...
THEY FIGHT DIRTY, SO WE SHOULD, TOO
Nov 01, 2001 ... DAVID SHRIBMAN WRITES CORRECTLY THAT THIS MUST BE A STRESSFUL TIMEFOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION ("STRAINING UNDER HIS BURDENS," PAGE A10,OCT. 30). OF COURSE IT IS, HE STATES THE OBVIOUS. THANKS FOR THETOPNOTCH REPORTING. But Shribman is absolutely not in touch withthe American people. As ...
TERRORISTS' EFFECTIVE WEAPON: FEAR
Nov 01, 2001 ... THE OMINOUS ISSUANCE OF YET ANOTHER TERRORIST ATTACK WARNINGPOINTS TO THE ONLY COMBAT TOOL THE TERRORISTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USEAGAINST THIS COUNTRY ("US SOUNDS ANOTHER TERROR ALERT," PAGE A1, OCT.30). THAT TOOL IS FEAR. Islamic countries owe a great debt tothis tool, simply because ...
TERRORIST NEWS ALL THE TIME
Nov 01, 2001 ... OUR PRESIDENT AND SEVERAL OF HIS KEY APPOINTEES KEEP TELLING US TOGO ABOUT OUR BUSINESS IN PRE-SEPT. 11 FASHION. OTHERWISE, THEEVILDOERS WILL THINK THEY ARE SUCCEEDING IN HURTING US. This ismore than a difficult task, given that local and national newscastsand the print media are ...
BUCKINGHAM WASN'T QUALIFIED
Nov 01, 2001 ... WHEN WILL SOMEONE HAVE THE COURAGE TO END THE MISUSE OF PUBLICMONEY AT MASSPORT AND AT MANY OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE LESS VISIBLE?THE LATEST INSULT TO THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE EVERYDAY WORKING WOMANAND MAN IS THE "DEPARTURE" OF MASSPORT DIRECTOR VIRGINIA BUCKINGHAM. Setting aside questions ...
A SMALL PRICE FOR BUILDING A BETTER BOSTON
Nov 01, 2001; ... TO GET A LOT, give a little. That is the basic premise behindQuestion 1 on the Nov. 6 Boston ballot. Most everything we value in life and in community comes with apricetag. Money isn't the currency of choice when it comes to familyand personal relationships; those require a ...
TYLER TALKS . . . BEAM LISTENS
Nov 01, 2001; ... The Big Event in the Beam household occurred at 5:05 p.m. onTuesday. The phone rang. "Is Jacob there?" It was my close personal friend Steven Tyler calling. I'll forgive Tyler for calling me by my rarely used first name,just as I am sure he forgave me for telling his ...
COOL, CALM, AND CONNECTED DICK GORDON BRINGS CONFIDENCE TO WBUR'S HOT SEAT
Nov 01, 2001; ... A decade ago, Dick Gordon took the last flight out of Baghdadbefore the United States started raining bombs down on Iraq. He had afront-row seat for the breakup of the Soviet Union. And he wasensconced at the Sarajevo Holiday Inn when shells were fallingduring the war in ...
BSO BOWS OUT OF `KLINGHOFFER'
Nov 01, 2001; ... The Boston Symphony Orchestra has canceled its scheduledperformances of John Adams's controversial "Choruses from `The Deathof Klinghoffer' " later this month, citing "the proximity of theevents of Sept. 11." Both the composer and the librettist, Alice Goodman, have voicedtheir ...
YOU CAN COUNT ON `LOBBY HERO' FOR CRAFT, CLEVERNESS
Nov 01, 2001; ... Kenneth Lonergan has emerged as one of the more distinctive andintriguing young voices in American theater, even if his three playsseem to have little to do with one another. "This Is Our Youth" isabout latter-day slackers, "The Waverly Gallery" is about Alzheimer'sdisease, and "Lobby ...
MANY PERFORMERS ENJOY A HOME'S INTIMATE VENUE
Nov 01, 2001; ... The cars lining the street outside her Townsend home were a deadgiveaway. Now Beth Atkinson knew why her friend Nancy Gardella hadbeen driving her all over town, getting lost, running one more errandbefore finally taking her home. It was Atkinson's birthday, and asurprise party was ...
COMEBACK GETS CELTICS NOWHERE BOSTON'S PEP RALLY RUNS OUT OF STEAM
Nov 01, 2001; ... When Paul Pierce made a brief appearance in the Celtics lockerroom following the game, he looked and sounded ill. He limped, withno reason given. He was hoarse from exhorting his teammatesthroughout a comeback that ultimately fell short. This was not thepicture the Celtics had hoped for ...
BACK TO WORK MCGINEST IS NOW A PAIN FOR OPPONENTS MCGINEST IS NOW PAIN TO FOES
Nov 01, 2001; ... Willie McGinest didn't have much to say yesterday, but his T-shirt spoke volumes. "SILENT BUT VIOLENT," it read. Enough said. Last Sunday, McGinest's back felt good for the first time since heunderwent what Patriots coach Bill Belichick called at the time "asurgical ...
PAIR OF BLASTS SURE TO CARRY SOME CLOUT IN BASEBALL LORE
Nov 01, 2001; ... NEW YORK - More miracles on tap for tonight. No doubt. This is thestar-crossed autumn of 2001 and it appears the New York Yankees arehere to remind America that everything will return to normal only ifthey can just do what they normally do . . . Win the World Series. Remember ...
DRAMA KINGS CLUTCH HOME RUNS FROM MARTINEZ AND JETER ENABLE YANKEES TO DEADLOCK SERIES
Nov 01, 2001; ... NEW YORK - We should have known that on Halloween night, under afull moon, there was no way the Arizona Diamondbacks would succeed indriving a stake through the Yankees' hearts. Down to their final out on a night their futility at the plate wasreaching epic levels, the Yankees once ...
TIME, TIMING TO DECIDE FATE OF FLEET DEAL
Nov 01, 2001; ... Business, like most other things, is all about timing. While Fidelity Investments announces hundreds of layoffs andBoston's other investment firms sweat over shrinking revenues,FleetBoston Financial Corp. will close today on a $1 billion deal toacquire Liberty Financial Cos. and ...
INTERVENTION BY DIVINE BUCKING TREND, CHICAGO E-BOSS BUYS COMPANIES AMID TECH SLUMP
Nov 01, 2001; ... Joe Forgione, the president and chief executive of Eprise, theFramingham-based content management firm, was expecting an entourageon the morning last summer when Andrew "Flip" Filipowski, Chicago'scolorful Internet zealot, flew in to discuss the possible purchase ofEprise, which was ...
GDP FALLS 0.4% AS RECESSION LOOMS ECONOMISTS EXPECT NUMBERS FOR FOURTH TO BE MUCH WORSE
Nov 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - The government reported yesterday that the economycontracted in the third quarter of the year because of slowerconsumer spending and a continued, deep slump in business investment,signaling a greater likelihood that the country is slipping into arecession. The ...
NATIONS AIM AT TERRORIST FINANCING
Nov 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - Twenty-nine countries agreed yesterday to combineforces in an effort to choke off terrorist financing, although someof the key details still have to be worked out. The announcement, following two days of emergency meetings calledby the international Financial Action ...
RETAILERS PULL OUT ALL STOPS TO LURE SHOPPERS
Nov 01, 2001; ... Bracing for an uncertain holiday shopping season, many Boston arearetailers are preparing to offer deep discounts on nearly everythingin sight. It is likely to be "a day-to-day and week-to-week" proposition forretailers, said Jon Hurst, head of the Retailers Association ...
PATRIOTISM AND PRIVACY
Nov 01, 2001; ... Here's more worrisome fallout from the war on terror - I've begunto trust the government. Not completely, mind you, but a good dealmore than I usually have. I've always been a patriotic sort, but with a prudent distrust ofstate power. When your government can do more for you, it ...
FOOD ASSISTANCE LAGS BEHIND ATTACKS
Nov 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - Three weeks after US planes began delivering food andbombs to Afghanistan, the humanitarian mission appears to be laggingbehind the military campaign, creating a potential crisis in theregion and frustrating aid groups that had hoped to send in wintersupplies by ...
GROUP SET TO ADVISE AESTHETIC METHODS
Nov 01, 2001; ... With concrete barriers and other makeshift security measures nowblocking the public from historic sites, the face Washington presentsto the world is of a nation under siege. Today a special interagency task force is expected to propose waysto change that by bolstering security ...
CORRECTION
Nov 01, 2001 ... Correction: Because of an editing error, Christy Mihos's title ofvice chairman of the ...
NAVY SINKS DESTROYER LOCAL FIRMS SOUGHT
Nov 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - The Navy is scrapping plans to build a new destroyerand instead will develop a family of ships that are smaller, agile,and highly automated, according to Navy and defense industryofficials. The Bush administration's decision to forgo the Zumwalt-classdestroyer ...
CHALLENGE TO RACIAL PREFERENCE GOES ON FOR A THIRD TIME, COLO. FIRM TAKES PLEA TO HIGH COURT
Nov 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - In repeated trips to the Supreme Court, a smallColorado construction company owned by a white man has tried toscuttle a federal program that assures highway contracts for minority-owned firms. The court has been sympathetic, but has yet to find alegal formula to do that. It ...
PLANS UNDERWAY TO IRRADIATE THE MAIL
Nov 01, 2001; ... Finding itself suddenly, and unexpectedly, on the front lines of awar against faceless foes with diabolical weapons, the US PostalService is struggling to protect a touchstone of American society:the daily encounter with mail. Postal authorities want to spend billions to protect ...
TERROR FEARS SPREADING TO TRUCK FLEETS
Nov 01, 2001; ... As public health officials struggled to contain an anthraxoutbreak last week, law enforcement officials across the nation werescrambling to track down what could have been a far deadlier threat:a missing truck. Authorities sent out a national alert warning that the truck,stolen ...
FACING THE IMPLACABLE FOE: WINTER
Nov 01, 2001; ... ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - In Afghanistan, a new enemy is gatheringforce, as treacherous and unpredictable as any terrorist brigade -winter. Already, the first snows are swirling in the mountain passes,through which people displaced by war and want trudge in long, raggedcolumns. The ...
STATE FISCAL WOES DEEPEN BUDGET DELAY SEEN WORSENING DEFICIT
Nov 01, 2001; ... For every day that Beacon Hill leaders delay passing the four-month overdue budget, the state is spending $1.6 million more than itcan afford, pouring out money based on an interim plan approved whenstate coffers were still brimming with cash. The day-by-day overspending will make ...
PAYING THE PRICE? GOP MAVERICK FINDS HERSELF WITHOUT A DISTRICT
Nov 01, 2001; ... In her 15 years in the state Legislature, Carol C. Cleven, thesoft-spoken, smartly dressed representative from Chelmsford, has goneher own way. The 72-year-old Republican has been beloved by liberallegislators, and a polite but persistent burr in Minority LeaderFrancis L. Marini's ...
NOTED GENE THERAPIST ISNER DIES LED CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH PROGRAM
Nov 01, 2001; ... Dr. Jeffrey Isner was making a comeback. A year and a half after federal regulators shut down hispioneering heart disease research citing safety concerns, the Bostoncardiologist was back, armed with a new $10 million grant to expandon his idea of using gene therapy to grow new ...
PRIEST WHO SUPERVISED REARDON SUED BY VICTIM
Nov 01, 2001; ... In the first sign that settlement negotiations between somevictims of convicted pedophile Christopher Reardon and theArchdiocese of Boston have collapsed, one victim and his mother havesued the Rev. Jon C. Martin, the Catholic priest who supervised thechurch rectory in Middleton where ...
NOT THE WAY TO OPEN POLLS
Nov 01, 2001; ... Lawrence is a city that has long been beset by voting problems -serious enough to prompt a three-year skirmish with the US JusticeDepartment. But the latest voting controversy is entirely the makingof city officials. A rarely invoked provision of the state's election laws ...
ANTHRAX DEATH IN NYC A NEW MYSTERY HOW HOSPITAL WORKER WAS INFECTED IS UNCLEAR
Nov 01, 2001; ... NEW YORK - A woman hospitalized last weekend for inhalationanthrax died yesterday, raising to new heights the anxietysurrounding the bacteria's spread. Kathy T. Nguyen, 61, a stockroom clerk at Manhattan Eye, Ear, andThroat Hospital, was the first person in New York to catch ...
SWIFT STEERS CLEAR OF MASSPORT FLAP
Nov 01, 2001; ... As controversy raged over the severance package given to departingMassport executive director Virginia Buckingham, Acting Governor JaneM. Swift yesterday refused to take a stand on the issue, saying shewants to focus on security problems, not the politics swirling aroundthe ...
B-52S CARPET BOMB TALIBAN HEAVY STRIKES HELP ALLIANCE, BUT CARRY RISK OF ERRANT HITS
Nov 01, 2001; ... WASHINGTON - The US military yesterday brought out the heaviestfirepower yet in the war in Afghanistan as it carpet bombed theruling Taliban's front-line forces in an effort to destroy anddemoralize those units and hand the opposition Northern Alliance itsbest chance to break the ...
MORE CHRISTIAN LEADERS VOICE CONCERN OVER ISRAELI ACTIONS
Nov 01, 2001; ... Christian leaders from around Massachusetts yesterday added theirvoices to those of three Episcopal bishops calling for greaterconcern for Palestinian rights, as Jewish leaders decried the Tuesdayprotest by the bishops outside the Israeli consulate in Boston asunfairly ...
AT HOME WITH SPRINGFIELD MAYORAL CANDIDATES
Nov 01, 2001; ... In the theme song for Michael J. Albano's bid for a fourth two-year term as mayor of Springfield, a singer croons (to the tune of"New York, New York"): "No other city's boss, can top his pastasauce. So here's to you, Mayor Mike, Mayor Mike." No offense to Mayor Vincent "Buddy" ...
`BLACK' HAS SOME BASIC PROBLEMS
Nov 01, 2001; ... All over the country, public-affairs programs - including showsabout minority communities - are being cut back or eliminated. "BasicBlack," on WGBH-TV (Channel 2), has survived, launching its 33dseason tonight at 7:30. But to judge by the season's first episode,an interview with ...
WRITING OF SALINGER WITH `LOVE AND SQUALOR'
Nov 01, 2001; ... Having inspired English classes now for 50 years, those famouslydog-eared copies of "The Catcher in the Rye" continue to leave anindelible mark on American fiction and, by extension, life. WhetherHolden Caulfield's wry observations pierced your adolescent heartyears ago isn't really the ...
CORTESE SHOWS HIS METTLE AT BSO
Nov 01, 2001; ... Assistant conductors are traditionally nervous wrecks when theirturn comes to perform. By this point, Federico Cortese's nerves mustbe experienced. In 1998, the young Italian conductor made his BostonSymphony debut leading half of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on theBoston Common on ...
LYDON STILL LOOKING FOR CALL LETTERS
Nov 01, 2001; ... Christopher Lydon's efforts to return to the airwaves with a newradio show appear, at least for now, to be stymied. In a message posted on his Web site on Oct. 11, Lydon and hissenior producer, Mary McGrath, acknowledged that their "talks withthe public radio chiefs have not been ...
AT HOME WITH SPRINGFIELD MAYORAL CANDIDATES
Nov 01, 2001; ... Rhinebeck Avenue in Springfield's Sixteen Acres neighborhood wouldseem like a very ordinary strip of suburban tranquillity on whichchildren could grow up. For Paul and Paula Caron's little ones it is,except for one thing. Since before they were born, signs proclaimingtheir last name ...
BLACK CROWES' GUITARS TAKE CENTER STAGE
Nov 01, 2001; ... For more than 10 years now the Black Crowes have been unabashedlycopping themes from some of classic rock's most celebrated artists. On Tuesday evening they showed that while they may have learned howto cook by studying the masters, they are now comfortable mixing uptheir own spicy ...
CUBAN GUESTS SHOW STUDENTS HOW TO MOVE TO A LATIN BEAT
Nov 01, 2001; ... Hot Latin rhythms popped into a toe-tapping groove, and alustrous, mellifluous trumpet unfurled liquid curls of improvisedmelody. It was a little taste of steamy Cuba in chilly Boston. But this wasn't the Buena Vista Social Club or some other worldmusic extravaganza at the Roxy ....
ANTIQUES SHOW FOR A CAUSE
Nov 01, 2001 ... Forty-five antiques dealers are exhibiting at this year's EllisAntiques Show, which opened yesterday and runs through Sunday at TheCastle at Park Plaza in Boston. In addition to the array of American and European furniture,ceramics, glass, silver, prints, paintings, rugs, books, ...
CHILDREN ABSORB LIFE LESSONS FROM COURAGEOUS NEIGHBOR
Nov 01, 2001; ... Mrs. G is 91 and she looks it. My middle son doesn't like to hugher because "the hairs on her face are sharp, like pencils." Myoldest son doesn't like carrying out her trash because "it smellslike dead fish." My youngest son doesn't like visiting her because"she talks too ...
SEARCH FOR CLUES
Nov 01, 2001; ... The Lycos search engine has a nifty little device that keeps trackof the 50 most popular searches on its Web site. It's called theLycos 50, and it changes week to week. Well, not everything changes.Pamela Anderson has been a top search for 115 weeks, tied withJennifer Lopez, Las Vegas, ...
TIPS ON REPAIRING A LEAKING CHIMNEY
Nov 01, 2001; ... Q. What is the best way to waterproof my chimney? The bricks tendto absorb water, and I get some leaks. JOHN LEGGIERO, Marstons Mills A. Absorption of water by bricks usually does not happen, unlessthe bricks are common and old. In the old days the brick was sealedwith a ...
STILL GLAMOROUS AT 70
Nov 01, 2001 ... Imagine being 13 years old, riding the 57th Street crosstown busin New York City, and having someone say you should be in pictures. Immediately, not only are you in pictures, you are having yourphotograph taken by Horst P. Horst and Cecil Beaton, and then yourface is on the cover ...
CHILDREN MAY HATE THEM, BUT CHORES BRING LATER REWARDS
Nov 01, 2001; ... Once upon a time in this country, there were children who rose atdawn to do their chores before the school bus arrived. When itdropped them off at the end of the day, there were more chores to dobefore they could settle down in the light of a lantern for homework.There's nothing to ...
FASHIONABLE CAUSE
Nov 01, 2001; ... Mayor Thomas M. Menino's grandchildren Giulia, Will, and OliviaFenton will participate in Sunday's children's fashion show called "APocketful of Birthday Stars," presented by Saks Fifth Avenue.Menino's wife, Angela, will share the moderator's job at the eventwith John Humphrey. It's a ...
SCAGGS TREATS CROWD TO OLD AND NEW STYLISH FUNK
Nov 01, 2001; ... Boz Scaggs is an understated artist caught in a ludicrouslyoverstated flash-and-glitter world. He's not going to play games foranyone - and he hasn't had to, since selling a then-incredible 5million copies of his album "Silk Degrees" in 1976. Scaggs steppedback from the industry after ...
YOU CAN MINIMIZE HOMEWORK ANXIETY USER-FRIENDLY SPACE CAN ADD TO COMFORT, LEARNING OF CHILDREN
Nov 01, 2001; ... "Homework belongs to the kid," says learning specialist Priscilla Vail, "but it's the parents' job to set up the space." That said, anything's possible. Some children study best alone, inpeace and quiet. Others need the hubbub of family life around them asbackground noise. Some ...
`SISTERS' BOND OVER THE AIRWAVES
Nov 01, 2001; ... There's something intimate about radio: It speaks to us while wecook or do dishes, and it keeps us company in the car. No wonder,then, that one of the more popular new shows to emerge from publicradio is "Satellite Sisters," a conversation among the five Dolansisters and their guests ...
A SELF-CRITIQUE FROM ABC'S WESTIN
Nov 01, 2001; ... ABC News president David Westin apologized yesterday for commentshe made recently about the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. In an interview session with students at Columbia University onOct. 23, Westin said that as a journalist, he had no opinion aboutwhether the Pentagon was a ...
PATRIOTIC BONO LEADS A SEARING U2 SHOW
Nov 01, 2001; ... PROVIDENCE - The typical U2 concert, if such events could ever becalled typical, is made up of equal parts of love and politics,showmanship and musicianship, Bono and the Edge. At the Big Donut in Providence Tuesday night, the band added aheavy helping of good old American ...