The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from August 2002:
AT HOME WITH HENRY OWENS III
Aug 01, 2002; ... FALMOUTH - It's a typical scene at Falmouth Harbor Marine. Aboater pulls up for gas, looks at the guy operating the pump, andknows he looks familiar. Later, he remembers: He's seen that face onCNN. Turns out, the gas pump guy is Henry F. Owens III, Boston triallawyer, former City ...
COUPLE NEEDS TO DISCUSS SEXUAL PAST
Aug 01, 2002; ... Dear Beth: When my boyfriend and I started going out, we had a serious talkabout our pasts. I asked him how many people he had been with; hesaid "three." I told him I had been with only one. Nine happy monthslater, he told me that there had been more than he had said - morelike ...
BOOK REVIEW `MASTERS' A GRIM BUT ENLIGHTENING CHRONICLE OF NAZI DEATH SQUADS `MASTERS' A GRIM BUT ENLIGHTENING CHRONICLE OF NAZI DEATH SQUADS
Aug 01, 2002; ... Richard Rhodes is best known for "The Making of the Atomic Bomb,"which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for tracing the development of thedeadliest - and arguably most impersonal - killing instrument inhuman history. In "Masters of Death," he turns his attention to thedecidedly more personal ...
HAVING A GOOD CONVERSATION IS TOUGHER THAN IT SEEMS
Aug 01, 2002; ... EVERY SO OFTEN I RECEIVE AN E-MAIL CALLED RANDOM THOUGHTS, WHICHIS SENT OUT TO A LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS BY STEVEN MORGAN FRIEDMAN.Afriend recommended this list to me, because Friedman always has veryinteresting things to say about language, word origins, architecture,or whatever else he ...
TAPAS TAKES BAR FOOD TO NEXT LEVEL
Aug 01, 2002; ... Spain's take on bar nibbles, called tapas, originated as many foodtraditions do, with a clever solution to a common problem: "Tapas" isa form of the verb meaning "to cover" and refers to small saucersplaced on glasses of sherry to foil the fruit flies they attracted. When bar ...
GIVE LOVE A HAND
Aug 01, 2002; ... Usually, Go! tends to dismiss palmistry out of hand, if you will.We're too much of a rationalist to believe that the itty bittysquiggly lines on our hands are going to reveal much of anything,except that we frequently garden without wearing gloves. JudithNadell thinks otherwise. A ...
SINKING SHOWS EXCAVATION AREA IMPROPERLY FILLED
Aug 01, 2002; ... Q. I had to have a sub-surface drainage system installed in myyard and around the foundation. It works well, but the earth overthe excavations continues to sink. How can I fill in thosedepressions and prevent sinking? EILEEN MAHONEY, Swampscott A. The contractor did not fill ...
FASHION BY THE BOOK
Aug 01, 2002; ... In the waning days of summer, when all the thick tomes such as the"The Corrections" and "John Adams" have finally been read and there'stime for a little something else, what do you do? Pick up a breezybook, or contemplate one's fall wardrobe and beauty regimen? Thismonth, publishing ...
AT BIRTHDAY PARTY TIME, THERE'S NO NEED TO GO OVERBOARD
Aug 01, 2002; ... When it comes to their children's birthdays, many parents areparty-phobic: It's not that they necessarily like the idea of havinga party in a commercial setting, they just freeze at the thought ofthrowing a party at home. Not Ruth Galvin. If there's a party gene, she's got it. She ...
MONEY MANAGER DESCRIBES `EMOTIONAL MELTDOWN'; TAKING A SWING AT `THE KID'
Aug 01, 2002; ... 'WORST BEHIND US? WE RAN INTO JOHN SPOONER, THE MONEY MANAGER ANDAUTHOR, THE OTHER DAY AND ASKED HIM A USUAL QUESTION: HOW ARE THINGSGOING? WHAT WE GOT WAS A MOST UNUSUAL ANSWER. THE DAPPER ANDSEEMINGLY UNFLAPPABLE INVESTMENT GUY SAID THAT TUESDAY, JULY 23 _WHEN THE STOCK MARKET TOOK ITS ...
DANCE AND DIARY ENTRIES ILLUMINATE `NIJINSKY'
Aug 01, 2002; ... Paul Cox's new film, "Nijinsky," opens in a forest where you'dexpect to see Robin Hood rather than Russian ballet. Out from behindtrees come men in costumes based on those the legendary dancer worein his most celebrated roles: the Faun, the Rose, the Golden Slave,and Petrouchka among ...
WBPS TURNS TO ALL-TALK FORMAT
Aug 01, 2002; ... For a local radio luminary, Doug Stephan has been pretty muchignored in his home state. All that's about to change on Monday,however, as the 30-year veteran of talk radio finally gets a hearingin Massachusetts. That's when the formerly Spanish-language WBPS-AM(890) switches to an ...
DROUGHT WORRIES EASE, BUT REGION CATCHING UP
Aug 01, 2002 ... RAINFALL DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS HAS EASED DROUGHT CONDITIONSTHROUGHOUT MASSACHUSETTS A GOOD BIT, BUT A STATEWIDE DROUGHT ADVISORYREMAINS IN EFFECT. "Precipitation deficits that began last Julystill exist. These deficits range from 5 to 12 inches across thestate," said Raymond ...
GARDENER'S WEEK: AUG. 1, 2002
Aug 01, 2002; ... ANNUALS: CUT COSMOS, ZINNIA, AND DAHLIA FLOWERS FOR BOUQUETS TOKEEP NEW BLOOMS COMING. SHEAR BACK SWEET ALYSSUM, PANSIES, AND SNOW-IN-SUMMER BY HALF AND WATER WITH DILUTED LIQUID SEAWEED.BASIL:DON'T ALLOW IT TO FLOWER. YOU CAN SAFELY CUT IT BACK TO ENCOURAGE THECROP BY HARVESTING UP ...
DEADLINE DEAL LANDS HOWRY FROM CHICAGO
Aug 01, 2002; ... ANAHEIM, Calif. - A day after acquiring coveted slugger CliffFloyd, the Red Sox were unable to make another attention-grabbingdeal for a front-line starting pitcher before yesterday's tradingdeadline. But they came away with what Red Sox CEO Larry Lucchino,invoking the words of former ...
CELTICS OFFERING MCCARTY CONTRACT
Aug 01, 2002 ... Forward Walter McCarty has been offered the veteran minimum by theCeltics for next season. Now, it's up to McCarty to decide if he willaccept the offer as the free agency market tightens. When the Celticslost to the New Jersey Nets in the Eastern Conference finals in May,it was assumed ...
A NATURAL SOLUTION FORTUNES MAY SWING WITH SIMPLER METHOD
Aug 01, 2002; ... The words hung over my head each time I stepped to the tee: "Ican't help you." That was the assessment of my first - and last - professional golfinstructor, citing something about "you're obviously the type ofperson who needs to be in control, because you just can't lose ...
A WINNING TOUCH
Aug 01, 2002; ... JUNIORS* Tom Rourke of Nashua won a NEPGA Titleist Junior Tourevent at Olde Barnstable GC, shooting a 1-over 72 to clip Andy Girardof Winchendon by one. * Anna Grzebien of Rhode Island shot 77-80 to qualify for matchplay at the US Junior Girls' Championship, but she bowed out ...
READ, GILMOUR SAIL TO EARLY WINS CUP VETERANS RULE FIRST DAY OF RACING
Aug 01, 2002; ... NEWPORT, R.I. - It was no day for rookies in the start of the$400,000 UBS Challenge here yesterday, as America's Cup veterans KenRead (Stars & Stripes) and Peter Gilmour (OneWorld) went into theirstarting routines like a pair of WWE goliaths body-slamming theopposition at the starting ...
FOR OPENERS, WIGHTMAN SECOND TO NONE AT OUIMET
Aug 01, 2002; ... BELMONT - Tele Wightman may be the top-ranked amateur golfer inthe state, but he may not even be the best in his family. His 16-year-old sister Juli is the reigning state high school champion andwas recently featured in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd." "We have some ...
PLEASANT ABLE TO GIVE TEAMMATES A BOOST
Aug 01, 2002; ... SMITHFIELD, R.I. - All right, so it's one thing to spend 40minutes after what seems like your 500th training camp practiceworking with another starter or, perhaps, a promising rookie. Or astar in the making such as Richard Seymour. One could even seeworking overtime with your fellow ...
WEIS FINDS IT DIFFICULT TO STAY AWAY
Aug 01, 2002; ... SMITHFIELD, R.I. - Day-to-day for offensive coordinator CharlieWeis apparently meant yesterday. One day after Weis - who had been limited to two days of eveningmeetings during his recovery from gastric bypass surgery - said hecouldn't predict a return, and hours after coach Bill ...
AMERICAN DREAM FOR LLAMOSA
Aug 01, 2002; ... FOXBOROUGH - Many recent immigrants spend their first years asUnited States citizens toiling in low-profile jobs, far from thecorridors of power. Carlos Llamosa is an exception to the rule. Llamosa, a native ofColombia, met President Clinton in the Rose Garden as a member ofD.C ....
HURTING CLARK HITS FOUL TIME HE GOES 2 FOR 2 IN STRIKING HIS FOOT
Aug 01, 2002; ... ANAHEIM, Calif. - When the Red Sox hoped for first baseman TonyClark to become more of a consistent hitter, this is not what theyhad in mind. Clark fouled balls off his right foot in each of the Sox' firsttwo games against the Anaheim Angels this week. In each case, theball hit ...
WELCH WORKS WONDERS LATE CHARGE SENDS HER INTO SEMIFINALS
Aug 01, 2002; ... GREAT BARRINGTON - It was, as Kirsten Davis put it, "what matchplay is all about." With five holes remaining yesterday, Davis led Tracy Welch, 2 up,in the third of five rounds of the Women's Golf Association ofMassachusetts championship at Wyantenuck CC. With four holes to ...
ACCOUNTING BOARD MAY TWEAK EXPENSING RULES
Aug 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - In a move that could wipe out billions of dollars incorporate profit, the board that sets the nation's accountingstandards may consider tweaking rules on how companies that volunteerto expense employee stock options switch to the new accountingmethod. Under current ...
BOSTON BANK OF COMMERCE SEEKS LA BANK
Aug 01, 2002; ... Boston Bank of Commerce announced its expected acquisition of LosAngeles-based Family Savings Bank, a move that will make the combinedinstitution the largest black-owned bank in the country. Terms of thedeal were not announced, but a source with knowledge of ...
STAPLES LAUNCHES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
Aug 01, 2002; ... Staples Inc., an office supplies retailer based in Framingham, haslaunched the Staples Foundation for Learning, with an initial grantof $500,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The grant willsupport the group's "Campaign 3 P.M.," an advocacy effort designed topromote ...
TAQUA CLOSES SALE TO WASH. COMPANY
Aug 01, 2002; ... Taqua Inc., the Hyannis and Texas maker of compacttelecommunications switches, said it closed a sale to NorthwestTelephone of Wenatchee, Wash., which is building a ...
ETC. . .
Aug 01, 2002; ... Vishay Intertechnology Inc., a Malvern, Pa., maker ofsemiconductors, bought a scale-making and related businesses fromThermo Electron Corp. for $18.5 million. The acquisition of ThermoElectron's BLH and Nobel units was completed yesterday, said a Vishayspokesman . . . The Ludwig ...
GENZYME MOVING BIOSURGERY UNIT INTO THE FORMER LOTUS BUILDING
Aug 01, 2002; ... Biotech pioneer Genzyme Corp. is moving one of its three divisionsinto the former Lotus Development building, 55 Cambridge Parkway,only a few blocks from where the company's world headquarters isunder construction. Top officials at Genzyme, currently located at One Kendall ...
MANY CHILDREN NOT ON HEALTH PLAN
Aug 01, 2002; ... Five years after the debut of a federally-sponsored healthinsurance plan for children from working-poor families, almost 5million eligible children are still not covered, according to newdata. "If one of these children falls in the playground and breaks anarm, the $1,000 ...
3 INJURED IN ROUTE 24 ACCIDENTS
Aug 01, 2002 ... One man was in serious condition and two others had minor injuriesfollowing two separate accidents on Route 24 southbound yesterday inTaunton and Berkley, police said. A 20-year-old unidentified FallRiver man was taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston atabout 2:30 p.m. after he ...
LEAKING GAS GRILL STARTS HOUSE FIRE
Aug 01, 2002 ... A grill hissed and leaked gas before it exploded into a fireball,scorching an elderly man who had been barbecuing on his second-floorbalcony and igniting a three-alarm fire that destroyed most of hishome last night, fire officials said. William McAllister, 77, of 2Citation Ave., was ...
ASK DR. KNOWLEDGE
Aug 01, 2002 ... Q. When lightning strikes close by, you see the flash and hearthe boom almost simultaneously. When lightning strikes farther away,you see the flash, then you hear a crackle, transitioning into aroar, transitioning into a low rumble. In other words, up close, allthe sound of the boom ...
GERARD GOGUEN, 77, BSO TRUMPET PLAYER
Aug 01, 2002 ... Gerard Goguen, a trumpet player with the Boston Symphony Orchestrafor nearly three decades, died Sunday in his Walpole, N.H., home of abrain tumor. He was 77. Mr. Goguen began playing the trumpet as a child in Fitchburg.While his siblings were outdoors speed skating and ski ...
WARREN JACOBSON, PHARMACIST WHO SERVED THE NEEDY; AT 75
Aug 01, 2002; ... Warren R. Jacobson was a pharmacist with a sense of adventure. Asa captain in the US Public Health Service Reserve, he traveled to aCuban refugee camp in Arkansas, a Native American reservation in theArizona desert, and Eskimo villages in Alaska, where well-wishersonce advised him, "If ...
LIVIA MATERA, PAINTER AIDED POOR IN 1930S
Aug 01, 2002; ... Livia Tonom Matera, who helped Eleanor Roosevelt fight povertyduring the Depression and later taught art classes, died Sunday atKnollwood Nursing Center in West Boylston. She was 99. Born in Vittorio Veneto, Italy, Mrs. Matera came to America withher family in the early 1920s and ...
TWO MEN STRUCK, KILLED BY PICKUP TRUCK
Aug 01, 2002 ... Two men were struck and killed by a pickup truck yesterday, policesaid. Albert Flood, 56, of Waterville and James Moshier, 38, ofCornville died instantly, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for thePublic Safety Department. The men, workers for a tree company, ...
BEDFORD PHONE BOOTH A CONVERSATION PIECE
Aug 01, 2002; ... Although this telephone booth has no calling plan, it did come along distance to sit in this Bedford driveway. The circa 1930 fire engine-red booth at 48 Page Road startedsending its dialed messages from somewhere in Scotland, before it wasreplaced and shipped to England. From ...
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN ADVANCES
Aug 01, 2002 ... [A PUBLISHED CORRECTION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS STORY.] The Acton Community Housing Corp. came a step closer last weektoward its goal of transforming the former Town School intoaffordable housing. The School Committee instructed thesuperintendent of schools to work with the town ...
SENIORS SAY THEY CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE
Aug 01, 2002; ... ANDOVER - In a couple of weeks, Andover's senior citizens may findout whether their public bus trips around town will become shorter,more comfortable, and more convenient. State budget cuts resulted in major changes to Merrimack Valley RegionalTransportation Authority ...
CARPET BAN COULD SNAG SCHOOL OPENING
Aug 01, 2002; ... Prompted by the complaints of a sick teacher, Harvard's Board ofHealth recently banned carpeting from all public buildings in town. That ruling could delay the planned Sept. 9 opening of the middleschool portion of the Bromfield School, said Superintendent MihranKeoseian. But Board ...
A NEED FOR ROOM DRIVES PORSCHE DEALER TO N.H.
Aug 01, 2002; ... LAWRENCE - After 40 years of serving German car aficionados in theMerrimack Valley from its family-owned Lawrence location, ParkPorsche Audi will move to Nashua. Under new ownership, the dealership will be split into two state-of-the-art locations, Audi of Nashua and Porsche of ...
COMING TO SEE CHILDREN AS `GIFT'
Aug 01, 2002; ... LOWELL - Linda Couturier, Candace Goff, and Fred Marion havefound the experience of raising children with Down syndrome sorewarding, they have joined together to help others who are facingthis challenge. "Now I consider Christos a gift and I wouldn't want him any otherway," said ...
TOWN PUTS HURDLE IN MDC LAND BUY
Aug 01, 2002; ... Stoneham's Board of Selectmen has stalled the MetropolitanDistrict Commission's attempt to acquire a 25,000-square-foot parcelof land, forcing the state agency to seek a vote today from itsassociate commissioners to keep the purchase alive. Instead of voting on the transaction ...
TOWN SEEKS NICHE ON TOURIST MAP
Aug 01, 2002; ... More than 80,000 people sign the guest book at Lexington'sVisitors Center every year. But that's about all they do whenthey're in town, said Marcy Quill, executive director of theLexington Chamber of Commerce. "Where's the Battle Green?" is the first question Quill hears ....
WOBURN TOY STORE IS PACKING UP
Aug 01, 2002; ... WOBURN - For almost eight years Woburn has had the distinction ofhaving a rarity among its shops - a small toy store filled withgoodies for kids and the kid in you. Toys Etc., the Woburn Mall store, filled with everything fromDuncan Yo-yos to Pokemon cards, was the first business ...
DOROTHEA A. PARKE, WORKED IN HI-TECH
Aug 01, 2002 ... TEWKSBURY - Dorothea A. (Peavey) Parke, 60, of Tewksbury, aretired Hewlett-Packard worker, died Sunday at Saints MemorialMedical Center in Lowell. She was born in Brewer, Maine, and lived most of her life inTewksbury. She was employed by several high technology companies ...
MEDIA COMPANY MERGING PRINT SITES $7M PLAN INCLUDES MOVE TO DEVENS
Aug 01, 2002; ... HARVARD - Downtown traffic almost always stops after the LowellSun and the Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise roll off the presses intheir cities, and delivery trucks begin to make their rounds. But that scene, by next spring, may be just a snapshot capturing atime gone by. MediaNews ...
GROTON SUPERMARKET PLAN IS PARED BACK, SET FOR VOTE
Aug 01, 2002; ... GROTON - A plan for constructing a Hannaford Bros. supermarket onMain Street, which was defeated at spring Town Meeting, has picked upsupport after substantial changes to the project. The new plan calls for a 25-percent decrease in density, somethingthat pleased town planners and ...
GRANTS HELP FIRMS GET WORKERS UP TO SPEED
Aug 01, 2002; ... Andover-based NewRiver Inc. plans to use the $35,583 it is gettingfrom the state's Workforce Training Fund to help employees who arepromoted to supervisory positions get up to speed quickly on theskills they need to meet their new responsibilities, human resourcesdirector Karen Mehegan ...
FIND A SHADY SPOT: GRANT PROMOTES SAFETY AT BEACH
Aug 01, 2002; ... NORTH ANDOVER - The Stevens Pond beach on Pleasant Street issporting nine red-and-white umbrellas this summer as part of a stateprogram to raise awareness about sun safety. North Andover was one of 27 communities to receive a grant thisseason from the Skin Cancer Prevention ...
WATER DISTRICTS MAY FACE TIGHTER LIMITS LOW FLOW CALLED RISK TO RIVER LIFE
Aug 01, 2002; ... State officials are considering tighter restrictions on thewithdrawing of water from the Ipswich River Basin in light of newevidence the practice may be adversely impacting the health of theriver. The restrictions - which may be prepared in proposal form bythe fall - could force ...
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Aug 01, 2002 ... Does banning carpets in public buildings in Harvard make sense? Mail your responses to: Globe ...
TWO BUSINESS MEETINGS PLANNED
Aug 01, 2002 ... ANDOVERTwo Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce businessnetworking groups are taking reservations for their meetings nextweek. The Lanam Club, 260 North Main St., is hosting the economicdevelopment group's business-to-business mixer Tuesday. Then onThursday, member Susan Elias is ...
CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE SENIORS: BUS ROUTE CUTS MAKE DOING ERRANDS DIFFICULT
Aug 01, 2002; ... In a couple of weeks, Andover's senior citizens may find outwhether their public bus trips around town will become shorter, morecomfortable, and more convenient. State budget cuts resulted in major changes to Merrimack ValleyRegional Transportation Authority services all over the ...
PORSCHE DEALERSHIP IS MOVING TO N.H.
Aug 01, 2002; ... After 40 years of serving German car aficionados in the MerrimackValley from its family-owned Lawrence location, Park Porsche Audiwill move to Nashua. Under new ownership, the dealership will be split into two state-of-the-art locations, Audi of Nashua and Porsche of ...
SMALL-TOWN VOICES FEARED LOST IN REDISTRICTING
Aug 01, 2002; ... After the votes are tallied in the November election, the makeupof the New Hampshire House of Representatives could be dramaticallydifferent than any other group that has ever gathered in the 183-year-old chamber. Politicians from both parties predict the 400 members will ...
BILL AIMS TO TAX LAX PROPERTY OWNERS
Aug 01, 2002; ... In the city's ongoing fight against blight, city leaders say theyare inching closer to a victory. Last week, the state House of Representatives overwhelminglyapproved a new billing policy that allows the city to hit negligentproperty owners where it hurts: in their ...
ANOTHER TOWN BIDS TO PRESERVE RURAL FEEL
Aug 01, 2002; ... Near the strip malls, gasoline stations, and fast-food chainsalong Route 38 in Pelham, N.H., a motorist can turn onto Old BridgeStreet, cross Abbot Bridge, and find a quiet, entrenched rusticcommunity. Trying to maintain these rural roots, the Planning Board is expected Monday to adopt ...
GOLF GREAT PALMER WOWS LOCAL CROWD
Aug 01, 2002; ... CONCORD - The 10:40 threesome made its way to the first tee at theNashawtuc Country Club last Friday, and the large crowd surroundingthe group suddenly hushed in anticipation of what was to come. The oldest of the three players placed his ball on the tee andstepped away, allowing ...
SMALL BITES
Aug 01, 2002 ... Here are some recent Dining Out reviews by Globe NorthWestcorrespondents. Full Dining Out reviews appear in most Sundayeditions. Autumn Wood 38 Littleton Rd., Ayer The appetizers hit the spot. The house salad ($3.95) can feed twoand has a nice Vidalia onion dressing ....
AT 4-0, SHE'S FEELING PUNCHY 14-YEAR-OLD FEMALE LOOKS FORWARD TO THE NEXT FIGHT
Aug 01, 2002; ... LOWELL - The boxer showed up at Lowell's West End Gym last weekwith a look of determination. After both hands were properly tapedfor protection, the boxer donned a pair of blue and white gloves andproceeded to sweat through a long workout, stopping only for theoccasional sip of water, ...
COMMUNITIES HELP SHAPE STONEHAM PROJECT
Aug 01, 2002 ... Regarding the July 21 letter from Robert Fiore ("Project sizeshould be reduced," Globe NorthWest) and story ("Foes want officepark plan cut back," July 21, Globe NorthWest), I feel it isimportant to state some pertinent facts regarding our StonehamExecutive Center project. The ...