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CUBANS AT THE DOOR

Mar 01, 2002 ... THE CUBANS WHO crashed a bus into the Mexican Embassy in HavanaWednesday night are not alone in their desire to seek a new lifeabroad. If the United States does not manage its relations with Cubabetter, a future Cuban government could use the threat of anemigration exodus as a weapon ...

CLASS ACT ON THE MCAS

Mar 01, 2002 ... THE CLASS OF 2003 continues to prove it is equal to the challengeof the high-stakes Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Systemtests. Respect rises for today's juniors and their teachers as fearof failure recedes. In total, 12,368 students made a second attempt to pass ...

DRUG-INDUCED EVICTIONS

Mar 01, 2002 ... WHEN TOUGH DRUG enforcement efforts were lacking, many of thenation's public housing developments devolved into open-air drugmarkets. Congress reacted strongly in 1988 with a law that allowslocal housing authorities to evict entire households if any member ofthe family or a guest engages ...

STRUGGLING FOR THE SOUL OF ISLAM

Mar 01, 2002; ... KNOW-NOTHINGS, SUCH AS PAT ROBERTSON, HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT ISLAMIS A DANGEROUS AND VIOLENT RELIGION THAT CANNOT COEXIST WITH OTHERS,AND MANY AMERICANS HAVE BEEN ASKING: Where are the voices withinIslam who argue to the contrary? Two such voices were heard last month at the World ...

A STEP BACKWARDS ON CLEAN AIR

Mar 01, 2002; ... THE OLYMPICS BEGAN AND AMERICA HAD AN UNBEATABLE OPPORTUNITY TOSHOW THE WORLD THE GRANDEUR OF THE UTAH LANDSCAPE. BUT A DINGY HAZESETTLED OVER SALT LAKE CITY AND OBLITERATED THE VIEW OF MOUNTAINSTHAT PROVIDED THE MAJESTIC BACKDROP FOR THE 2002 GAMES. At the sametime, the Bush ...

BUSH NOMINEE WOULD HURT ABORTION RIGHTS

Mar 01, 2002 ... ISSUES SUCH AS THE WAR ON TERRORISM AND THE ENRON SCANDAL ARERIGHTLY CLAIMING PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. IN THE MEANTIME, PRESIDENT BUSHIS PUSHING HIS JUDICIAL NOMINEES QUIETLY THROUGH CONGRESS.Onenominee in particular, Charles Pickering, nominated to the US Courtof Appeals for the 5th ...

NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT RACE

Mar 01, 2002 ... WE WERE PLEASED TO READ THE ARTICLE ABOUT "THE MINER'S CANARY,"THE NEW BOOK BY PROFESSORS LANI GUINIER AND GERALD TORRES. ASORGANIZERS ENGAGED IN VOTING RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE WORK, WEKNOW THAT BUILDING MULTIRACIAL COALITIONS TO BATTLE RACIAL AND SOCIALINJUSTICE IS ESSENTIAL. "THE ...

WHAT WE LOST AT SALT LAKE CITY

Mar 01, 2002; ... THESE AT-RISK YOUTH WERE WOEFULLY UNDERSERVED. THEY HAD NO SELF-ESTEEM. THEY WERE CONSIGNED TO OUTDATED FACILITIES. LIKE WELFAREMOTHERS, THEY SCRAPED FOR JOB-TRAINING FUNDS. THEY WERE SO STRESSEDOUT FROM THE STRUGGLE TO JUGGLE PART-TIME WORK AND FAMILIES WITH FULL-TIME EFFORTS TO IMPROVE ...

EDUCATIONALLY, THE RICH GET POORER

Mar 01, 2002; ... IT'S THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF MCAS SCORES YET INMASSACHUSETTS, AND THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR: EDUCATION REFORM IS WORKING.But the new study - a sophisticated statistical analysis by twoacademics from the University of Massachusetts at Boston - may causeconsternation in some of the ...

BIRMINGHAM HAS PROTECTED OUR ENVIRONMENT

Mar 01, 2002 ... YOUR COVERAGE OF LAST MONTH'S DEBATE BAFFLED ME ("RIVALS CHIDEBIRMINGHAM ON ENVIRONMENT," PAGE B2, FEB. 20). THE DEBATE I ATTENDEDCONFIRMED WHAT I LEARNED WHILE WORKING AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATEON BEACON HILL: TOM BIRMINGHAM HAS BEEN A STEADFAST AND EFFECTIVELEADER IN PROTECTING OUR ...

ADIEU, MAI CRAMER

Mar 01, 2002 ... MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LISTENED TO MAI CRAMER'S "BLUES AFTER HOURS"FOR MORE YEARS THAN I CAN REMEMBER. TO OUR UTTER SHOCK AND DISMAY,WE LEARNED THAT SHE HAS DIED (OBITUARY, FEB. 26).Mai Cramer wasas much about the blues as any artist of the genre. I regret ...

CRITICS SHOULD FIRST READ THE BOOK

Mar 01, 2002 ... I FIND IT DISHEARTENING TO HAVE THE BOSTON GLOBE ALLOWING SHELBYSTEELE AND LINDA CHAVEZ TO CRITICIZE LANI GUINIER'S LATEST WORK, "THEMINER'S CANARY," EVEN THOUGH BOTH ADMIT THAT THEY HAVE NOT READ HERBOOK ("COMMON CAUSE," PAGE E1, FEB. 27). Consider Steele'scomments, for instance: "I ...

HOUSING OPTIONS FOR THE CHILDLESS

Mar 01, 2002 ... ANTHONY FLINT REPORTS THAT MANY TOWNS IN GREATER BOSTON ARERESTRICTING NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS TO PEOPLE 55 AND OLDER("PLANNERS TURN TO `SENIORS ONLY' HOUSING," PAGE A1, FEB. 26). THISIS THE LATEST TACTIC IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE PLAGUE OF CHILDREN WHOTHREATEN OUR PROSPERITY. But ...

BOSTON BAROQUE GIVES LIFE TO A RESURRECTED GLORIA

Mar 01, 2002; ... Boston, with its wealth of early music ensembles, has been amongthe first cities to try out newly unearthed musical discoveries. Thelatest, a resurrected Gloria by Handel, got its first local hearinglast night when Boston Baroque played it in a performance featuringsoprano Sharon ...

`SHADOW LOVERS' SHOWS WELLS HAD MORE THAN INTELLECTUAL APPETITES

Mar 01, 2002; ... Who could have guessed that the love life of the late Britishauthor H. G. Wells would have filled 10 pages of a book, let alone530? Brilliant as he was - the author of "The War of the Worlds,""The Time Machine," and "The Island of Dr. Moreau" and considered inhis time the greatest ...

BSO'S BACKUPS DELIVER FOR METZMACHER

Mar 01, 2002; ... To Ingo Metzmacher fell the unenviable task of following JamesLevine at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, but the estimable generalmusic director for the city of Hamburg, Germany, is a worthy musicianwho put together a Levine-style program focused on the 20th century.It offered much to ...

AT BSO, LEVINE INSPIRES A SYMPHONIC SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER

Mar 01, 2002; ... Saturday night at Symphony Hall may become the hottest ticket intown when James Levine arrives as music director of the BostonSymphony Orchestra in September 2004. Composer John Harbison has described every Levine concert as "awork in progress," and Levine's three-concert series ...

COLD FLESH IS HOT TOPIC ON 3 POPULAR TV SHOWS DEATH BECOMES A RATINGS WINNER

Mar 01, 2002; ... Television is famous for exploiting the body. Along withcommercials, series from "General Hospital" and "Temptation Island"to "NYPD Blue" are forever finding excuses to bare belly buttons,biceps, and maybe even a pair of buttocks. Any producer worth hissalt seriously considers setting ...

THERE'S GOOD CAUSE TO ABSTAIN FROM `40 DAYS'

Mar 01, 2002; ... The movie "40 Days and 40 Nights" is a one-joke sex comedy thatseems to go on about 38 days and 38 nights too long. It banks on theappeal of Josh Hartnett, as a San Francisco Web-meister named Mattwho, crushed when his girlfriend dumps him, vows to give up sex forLent. As soon ...

SPARKLERS, IN WINTER

Mar 01, 2002; ... Though we already have a nice sparkler on our left ring finger,Go! can assure you we'll never tire of looking at glittery baublesthat don't belong to us. So when Go! heard that Tiffany & Co. (theyof the robin's egg blue boxes) is presenting "Something Chic: ACollection of Legendary ...

GLOBE FILM CRITIC JAY CARR RETIRES AFTER A FOUR-STAR CAREER

Mar 01, 2002; ... Jay Carr, who has reviewed movies for The Boston Globe since 1983,will retire at the end of the month. `I'll miss the friends I've made here," Carr said yesterday. "Iwill have enjoyed a nice long run at the Globe and, on the whole, aprivileged existence, but I've decided the time ...

A `MACBETH' WITH QUIRKS, BUT LITTLE CHARACTER

Mar 01, 2002; ... Though his work long precedes the term's coinage, Shakespearerelished the Peter Principle. Give a character more responsibility orstatus than he can handle, and great drama results. For Macbeth, theaugury-bedazzled Thane of Glamis and reluctant regicide, success isdeadly and maddening, ...

`MEAN MACHINE' DOESN'T WORK

Mar 01, 2002; ... Former soccer star Vinnie Jones only has to stand there, staringstonily into the camera, to look effortlessly tough. He did this togreat effect in two Guy Ritchie films, "Lock, Stock, and Two SmokingBarrels" and "Snatch." But "Mean Machine," a British remake of RobertAldrich's ...

GROUNDED WINGER

Mar 01, 2002; ... "We stand here like so many limp biscuits," said Debra Winger, whorang in yesterday from LAX. She was standing outside the Los Angelesairport with her husband, Arliss Howard, and thousands of otherpeople. "The airport has been evacuated. We've seen bomb squads andbomb dogs going in ....

MIXING AND MINGLING WITH THE CAST OF `THE GRADUATE'

Mar 01, 2002; ... The cast party for "The Graduate" was in full swing at Fleming'sWednesday night, and Jason Biggs (Benjamin Braddock in the play atthe Colonial) and Alicia Silverstone (Elaine Robinson) were at ourtable. Various desserts were laid out on the buffet table, so we hadto ask Biggs: Are the ...

COLLABORATION CELEBRATES CONTEMPORARY OPERA

Mar 01, 2002; ... The Boston Academy of Music and the Boston Modern OrchestraProject will jointly create "Opera Unlimited," a festival ofcontemporary chamber opera. The inaugural edition, next Feb. 6 to 11,brings the world premieres of Daniel Pinkham's "A Cask ofAmontillado" and Elena Ruehr's "Toussaint ...

SEEING THE WORLD WITH A SELF-TAUGHT VISION

Mar 01, 2002; ... ANDOVER - Like Impressionist exhibitions, shows of Outsider arthave become so common that "Not another one!" is an automaticreaction, along with the lame joke about Outsider art being In. A show that goes over well-worn turf can, however, be sooutstanding that it rises above the ...

REVEREND HORTON HEAT REVS UP ITS ENGINES ON NEW CD

Mar 01, 2002; ... Keep it simple - and keep doing it, 200-plus nights a year. That'sthe mission of the Reverend Horton Heat - a manic, Dallas-basedrockabilly and psychobilly band that doesn't know how to do anythinghalfway. Its open-throttle approach has won many listeners throughthe years - and probably ...

FROM SCRATCH: A SPIN THROUGH HIP-HOP'S HISTORY

Mar 01, 2002; ... The DJs call it the "wicka, wicka" over and over again. That's asclose as they get to describing the sound of a scratch, the lightning-fast manipulation of vinyl by hand, which has turned many DJs intomusic superstars. Doug Pray's revealing new documentary investigatesthe origins of the ...

`MARSHMALLOW PIE' IS A SWEET SPOOKIE DELIGHT

Mar 01, 2002; ... It's almost impossible to believe that Spookie, the singer andpartial namesake for Boston's Spookie Daly Pride, was formerly asensitive singer-songwriter, "introspective with an Elvis Costellofeel." That self-description seems incongruous with the rich, funkycelebration on the band's ...

`SON'S ROOM' PAINTS A SUBTLE PORTRAIT OF LOSS

Mar 01, 2002; ... Nanni Moretti's 1994 hit "Caro Diario," a set of comicobservations on contemporary Italian life, introduced the directorand actor to American audiences. The easygoing discursiveness of thatfilm and Moretti's humorous wry-intellectual persona are stillpresent in "The Son's Room," his ...

WATERTOWN GROUP CELEBRATES RAISING $5M FOR ARTS CENTER

Mar 01, 2002; ... A theater is growing in Watertown. Watertown Arts on the Charles has raised $5 million to build amultipurpose, multidisciplinary arts center at the former US Armyarsenal site on the banks of the Charles River, the nonprofitdevelopment corporation announced yesterday. The ...

CARRYING ON CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG ARE BACK WITH A NEW TOUR - AND A REDISCOVERED SENSE OF FUN

Mar 01, 2002; ... News bulletin from baby-boomer land: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Youngare maturing with a sense of grace and teamwork. This would have beenunthinkable in the days when they were a walking soap opera, but theyreunited two years ago - after a quarter-century hiatus from touring -and found that ...

WEB FEE DECISION DRAWS STATIC

Mar 01, 2002; ... Last week's decision by the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panelconcerning the fees Internet broadcasters will have to pay for themusic they play is confusing even for industry forecasters. It maybe months, say radio insiders, before the real impact of the decisionis felt. And, ...

THREE TENORS OFFER MUCH MO' THIS TIME AROUND

Mar 01, 2002; ... Three Mo' Tenors are presenting the same show they tried out atthe Emerson Majestic Theatre a year ago, but it isn't the same atall. These singers have come a long way - they've been on PBS,their work is available on CD and DVD, and they've been playing todeliriously happy audiences ...

STILL THEY DANCE UGANDAN CHILDREN TOUR TO SUPPORT FELLOW AIDS ORPHANS

Mar 01, 2002; ... A MHERST - A young man's voice rises, clear and strong, in alyrical song of his native Uganda. He sings alone through one verse,and then an answering chorus of voices, as young and rich and full oflife as his, joins the song. Together they weave the melody intoharmony, filling the ...

A VIETNAM WAR HERO YOU CAN BELIEVE IN GIBSON'S `SOLDIERS' SALUTES BRAVERY OF GIS

Mar 01, 2002; ... As Vietnam War films go, "We Were Soldiers" is south of"Apocalypse Now" and north of "The Green Berets." At its best, itrecalls the bloody chronicling of "Hamburger Hill" and also that mostunderrated of Vietnam films, "Go Tell the Spartans." It isn't afraidto genuflect to heroes and ...

`PASSIONATE' NEIL YOUNG LETS IT ROLL ON NEW DISC

Mar 01, 2002; ... Neil Young has done it again. His new album, "Are YouPassionate?," won't be released until March 26, but an advance listenoffers a vivid reminder of Young's multiple gifts for writing topicalsongs, love ballads, spiritually uplifting message tunes, andelectrified rock tracks that race ...

THE TRADE WINDS ARE CALM

Mar 01, 2002; ... The National Hockey League trade deadline is 18 days away. Willthe Bruins be dealing anyone between now and then? Perhaps, said general manager Mike O'Connell, but it would have tobe a swap that would strengthen the team. That means it seems highlylikely that goaltender Byron Dafoe ...

KNEE-JERK REACTION HAS BRUINS STEAMING

Mar 01, 2002; ... The moment the game got out of hand came with three secondsremaining in the second period. Carolina defenseman Sean Hill stuck out his knee and slammed itinto the knee of Bruins left wing Sergei Samsonov. The normally mild-mannered Samsonov, taking issue with the dangerous hit, ...

CONFERENCE CALL BU ANSWERING BELL IN AMERICA EAST

Mar 01, 2002; ... The exodus came a year ago, and the jolt throughout the AmericaEast Conference could be felt from Orono, Maine, to Burlington, Vt. Delaware, a perennial America East power under the guidance of MikeBrey. Gone. Hofstra, a rising star under the glittering touch of Jay ...

THEIR TIMING IS OF THE ESSENCE CELTICS' NEW KIDS ARE ON THE CLOCK

Mar 01, 2002; ... WALTHAM - Tick, tock. Tick, tock. The Celtics don't need anyreminders that time is of the essence. Everywhere they turn theplayers find signs that the regular season is speeding toward adramatic conclusion. Look behind and the Celtics see the victoriousMilwaukee Bucks trying to extend ...

DUKE TAKES A FALL UPSET BY VIRGINIA GIVES MARYLAND TITLE

Mar 01, 2002 ... Virginia, desperate for a win to keep alive its NCAA Tournamenthopes, wiped out a 12-point deficit over the final seven minutes andbeat No. 3 Duke, 87-84, last night in Charlottesville, Va., givingthe Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title to Maryland. The Cavaliers (17-9, ...

CORRECTION

Mar 01, 2002 ... CORRECTION: Because of a reporter's error, the results of the MIAA Alpine ski championships in ...

IN THE END, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE IN THE END, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE

Mar 01, 2002; ... SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - No need to kick a guy when he's down. Dan Duquette has a wonderful family and a $3 million goldenparachute and he got to do a job he said he loved for eight years. Hegot to run the Boston Red Sox. Good luck in the next job. But spare us the tears, Dan. Where ...

DONE DEAL TEARY FAREWELL MARKS FINISH FOR DUQUETTE

Mar 01, 2002; ... FORT MYERS, Fla. - He was unbowed to the end, admitting to nopersonal failings of judgment or character, only to the unmet goalsof the team that had been his to run for the last 97 months. "I've never had a bad day at Fenway Park," Dan Duquette said. But on his last day as ...

STREET SIGNS: HAPPY ENDING FANS LOOKING FOR A NEW BEGINNING

Mar 01, 2002; ... In a tearful goodbye to the team he grew up rooting for and thenran for eight years, newly deposed Red Sox general manager DanDuquette yesterday expressed thanks to his supporters within theorganization. Unfortunately for him, new owners John Henry, LarryLucchino, and Tom Werner weren't ...

NUMBERS GUY DIDN'T ADD UP NUMBERS GUY DIDN'T ADD UP

Mar 01, 2002; ... As strange as it may seem, what you saw from Dan Duquette wasnever an act. Never. Did he always have that computerized edge to hisvoice? Yes. Did he really think he was going to be the Red Soxgeneral manager on Opening Day? Absolutely. The Sox' new owners arrived at Duquette's ...

MESSIER TO HAVE SHOULDER SURGERY

Mar 01, 2002 ... NAMES Mark Messier will have surgery today on his aching leftshoulder and be lost to the New York Rangers for at least a month. Inthe past week, the 41-year-old had been mulling surgery, and he madehis decision yesterday after talking with the team's medical staff,coaches, and ...

`MNF' MAKES WAY FOR MADDEN FOUTS AND MILLER BOOTED FROM BOOTH

Mar 01, 2002; ... Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette's dismissal may have capturedthe local headlines, but it wasn't the only personnel move of note onthe national landscape yesterday. In New York, there were smiles all around at ABC, except for DanFouts, Dennis Miller, and Eric Dickerson, who ...

PUNCHING HIS TICKET ONCE MORE PAZ WANTS OUT WITH A BELT

Mar 01, 2002; ... MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT RESERVATION, Conn. - Vinny Paz wants it to endtonight against World Boxing Council super middleweight champion EricLucas. The 39-year-old former five-time champion wants to see his 19-year prize-fighting career come to a close in front of a sold-outcrowd at ...

DEADLINE PASSES ON SMITH, PHIFER

Mar 01, 2002; ... FOXBOROUGH - Antowain Smith and Roman Phifer, two importantmembers of the Super Bowl victory over St. Louis, became unrestrictedfree agents last night when the Patriots couldn't consummate contracttalks prior to midnight, when the free agency period officiallybegan. It also ...

PORT'S PROMOTION WAS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Mar 01, 2002; ... FORT MYERS, Fla. - They are fellow parishioners at Mary Star ofthe Sea Catholic Church, and when the monsignor invited them both tolunch, he had to know that baseball would be on the menu. That's justthe way it is when your guests are Buzzie Bavasi, the legendaryformer general manager of ...

BOXERS STUN BARNSTABLE

Mar 01, 2002; ... The seventh-seeded Brockton boys' basketball squad upset No. 2seed and host Barnstable yesterday, 74-59, to advance to the Division 1 South quarterfinals for the third straight year. The Boxers (17-5) were led by seniors Kirk Wilmot and JustinCouncil, each with 15 points. Guard ...

PUNCH LINE: SAMSONOV GOES OUT WITH A BANG

Mar 01, 2002; ... After last night's game, Sergei Samsonov probably won't be winningthe Lady Byng Trophy. He picked up 19 minutes at the end of the second period againstthe Carolina Hurricanes at the FleetCenter. "I didn't really want it, anyway," said Samsonov. The Bruins took a beating ...

CHILL IN AIR AND ON FIELD DREARY START DOOMS GRAPEFRUIT OPENER

Mar 01, 2002; ... FORT MYERS, Fla. - The forecast last night was for a chill sosevere that manager Joe Kerrigan accompanied his wife, Abigail,before the game to shop for a jacket and blanket. The weather wasbrisk, all right, at the Lee County Sports Complex, where the Red Soxplayed their Grapefruit League ...

4 LARGEST HEALTH INSURERS POST SURPLUSES

Mar 01, 2002; ... The state's four largest health insurers reported operatingsurpluses for 2001, marking a continued turnaround from the financialproblems that beset the industry two years ago. The largest insurer,Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, earned $88.8 million onrevenue of $3.6 billion; ...

AXCELIS OPENS SEMICONDUCTOR CENTER

Mar 01, 2002 ... Axcelis Technologies Inc. opened a 140,000-square-footsemiconductor process development center adjacent to its headquartersin Beverly. Axcelis said it invested $31 million in the building. Theadvanced technology center ...

GENERAL BANK TAKES OVER LIBERTY BRANCHES

Mar 01, 2002; ... The signs at Boston's two Liberty Bank & Trust branches willchange to General Bank today, one day after Los Angeles-based GBCBancorp closed its $11.9 million ...

INVESTOR BEWARE

Mar 01, 2002; ... Was he a 92-year-old stock jockey who got burned in the techmeltdown - or one of a string of victims of a bad broker? Either way, William B. Johnson is one compelling story. As a youngman, Johnson left America for Paris. He spoke four languages, got adoctorate from the Sorbonne, ...

GDP GREW FASTER IN 4TH THAN FORECAST JOBS, MANUFACTURING ALSO SHOWING POSITIVE SIGNALS FOR ECONOMY

Mar 01, 2002; ... A surge in consumer and government spending in the fourth quarterof 2001 led to a faster than expected expansion of the US economy, adevelopment many analysts saw as further evidence that the countrymay be emerging from the recession. Commerce Department officials said yesterday ...

NO END IN SIGHT JAPAN'S FISCAL CRISIS DEEPENS AS REFORM PLAN CRITICIZED

Mar 01, 2002; ... TOKYO - Daiei department store, mammoth and orange, is a bargainshopper's dream. Occupying an entire block and rising seven storiesin the city's Meguro neighborhood, Daiei (pronounced dye-A) offersgroceries, clothing, housewares, electronics, and Hello Kittyknickknacks. Like much ...

BUSH NEEDS TO CONSIDER SUSPENDING TAX CUT PLAN

Mar 01, 2002; ... President Bush's proposed budget for next year, unveiled thismonth, apparently says more about his domestic policies than hisantiterrorist homeland strategy. Bush appears more willing to cut much-needed health care funds,especially for the poor and elderly, than to suspend a $1.7 ...

STEELWORKERS RALLY FOR HIGHER TARIFFS ON IMPORTS UNIONS STRUGGLE TO BOOST MEMBERSHIP, POLITICAL BASE IN TOUGH ECONOMY

Mar 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Thousands of steelworkers rallied near the WhiteHouse yesterday, asking President Bush to impose high tariffs onimported steel and save their dying industry. The protest, coming days before Bush must issue a decision on thepolitically and economically thorny issue, ...

MICROSOFT PUSHES JUDGE FOR RULING COMPANY, GOVERNMENT SEEK LIMITED REVIEW AND A QUICK DECISION

Mar 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Vigorously defending a plan to settle their antitrustdispute, the US Justice Department and Microsoft Corp. have urged ajudge to take only a limited role in reviewing it, and then approveit without delay. In a stack of legal papers, the two sides sought to move ...