The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from October 2002:
THE PRESIDENT'S NUCLEAR THREAT
Oct 01, 2002; ... "THE NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY OF THE UNITED STATES," THEDOCUMENT PUBLISHED BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION LAST WEEK, EXPLAINS THERUSH TO WAR, LAYS BARE HOW MUCH MORE DANGEROUS THE WORLD IS UNDERPRESIDENT BUSH, AND SHOWS THAT NEITHER HE NOR HIS ADVISERS UNDERSTANDTHE HISTORY THEY HAVE LIVED ...
MEDICAID UNPROTECTION
Oct 01, 2002 ... THE CENSUS BUREAU'S report on health insurance coverage containedone bit of good news: the success of government programs in extendingthis vital protection to needy Americans. That progress is threatenedby the economic slowdown, which is playing havoc with the budgets ofstate ...
A PRECINCT HERE . . .
Oct 01, 2002 ... REDISTRICTING is rarely painless. Sometimes it is bewildering, asin Boston, where an effort to create a fourth "majority minority"district for the City Council is now opposed by the only two minoritymembers. Councilor Maureen Feeney, chair of the council's redistrictingcommittee, ...
SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, AND SPAM
Oct 01, 2002 ... SPAM WAS once a harmless food. Today it is the mucky flood ofunsolicited commercial e-mail that clogs the electronic byways. Spam forces people endlessly to delete ads for lower mortgagerates and better sex. Spam can be expensive, forcing Internet serviceproviders to add bandwidth ....
A LACK OF LOGIC
Oct 01, 2002 ... AS ONE WHO TAUGHT MATHEMATICAL LOGIC I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE LETTERFROM JAMES HENLE OF THE LOGIC PROGRAM AT SMITH COLLEGE (SEPT. 23) INWHICH HE LAYS OUT PRESIDENT BUSH'S ILLOGIC. THE MURDEROUS SADDAM IS ...
TREAT STUDENT DEPRESSION SERIOUSLY
Oct 01, 2002 ... WE ARE AGHAST AT THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY THE SCHOOL COUNSELORSBEMOANING THE USE OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS("STUDENTS' PRESCRIPTIONS WORRY HEALTH COUNSELORS," PAGE A1, SEPT.26).A depressed adolescent who is dealing with legitimate issuessuch as sexual orientation or ...
THE TREATMENT OF FIRST RESORT
Oct 01, 2002 ... THE ARTICLE "STUDENTS' PRESCRIPTIONS WORRY HEALTH COUNSELORS"REFERS TO TEENAGERS "WHO HAVE LONG ACCEPTED THAT THEIR MOODS ANDBEHAVIOR ARE THE RESULT OF A CHEMICAL IMBALANCE." Despitewidespread claims, a chemical imbalance has yet to be shown as thecause of depression, bipolar disease, ...
LEAVE THEOLOGY OUT OF FOREIGN POLICY
Oct 01, 2002 ... A CORNERSTONE of President Bush's foreign policy has been thefight against "evil." His designation of the "axis of evil" has beenfollowed by plans to destroy "evil" by attacking Iraq. But "evil" isa theological concept. For many centuries theologians have debatedsuch questions as, Does ...
DASCHLE WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT
Oct 01, 2002 ... I APPLAUD SENATOR TOM DASCHLE FOR REBUTTING REMARKS BY PRESIDENTBUSH THAT THE SENATE IS NOT CONCERNED WITH AMERICA'S SECURITY (PAGEA1, SEPT. 26). DASCHLE'S STATEMENT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION ISPOLITICIZING THE DEBATE ON IRAQ IS ON TARGET. THE STRATEGY SEEMS APLOY TO TAKE AMERICANS' MINDS ...
TWO WHO PLEDGE TO SERVE THE US
Oct 01, 2002 ... TODAY, TWO OF US, ONE MALE AND ONE FEMALE, BOTH TEENAGERS, FROMDIFFERENT RACIAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL BACKGROUNDS, WILL STAND WITHOUR FELLOW CITY YEAR BOSTON AMERICORPS MEMBERS AND PLEDGE TO SERVEAMERICA FULL TIME FOR NEARLY A YEAR. We will pledge becausechildren need young leaders ...
WHICH WAY WILL BUSH PROCEED?
Oct 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTONIN A PINCH, RECENT HISTORY TEACHES THAT IRAQ CANCONSISTENTLY BE RELIED UPON TO MAKE THE MOST POWERFUL CASE AGAINSTITSELF.As Senator Joseph Biden observes - helpfully, as usual -that recent history includes the uncomfortable fact that thisclassically rogue state was ...
WHY DON'T THESE BAY STATE VOTERS `GET' MITT?
Oct 01, 2002; ... POLITICS 101: BEHIND EVERY MAJOR AMERICAN POLITICAL CANDIDATE IS AMAJOR AMERICAN POLITICAL CONSULTANT WHOSE MISSION IT IS TO MATCH THECANDIDATE WITH A MESSAGE THAT VOTERS WILL BUY, JUST LIKE CEREAL. THEMAN BEHIND REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY IS MICHAELMURPHY, DESCRIBED ...
WHO'S SORRY NOW?
Oct 01, 2002; ... Let's rephrase that. Who isn't sorry nowadays? From politics to journalism, from the battlefields of Afghanistan(Taliban sympathizer John Walker Lindh) to the parking lots of theHamptons (publicist Liz Grubman), mea culpas are flying faster thancandidates' promises to "clean up the ...
A NEW WORLD AT OLE MISS
Oct 01, 2002; ... OXFORD, MISS.AFTER 40 YEARS, THE CONFLICT AT OLE MISS SEEMS ASSPECTRAL AS THE CLOUDS OF TEAR GAS THAT SWEPT THE GROUNDS OF THEUNIVERSITY. FEDERAL MARSHALS, CONFRONTED WITH HUNDREDS OF ARMEDSEGREGATIONISTS BRISTLING OVER THE ARRIVAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OFMISSISSIPPI'S FIRST BLACK STUDENT, ...
SALEM CAUGHT IN `DEVIL'S SNARE'
Oct 01, 2002; ... About noon on a late January day in 1692, a large force ofWabanaki Indians fell on the snow-blanketed town of York, Maine,killing nearly 50 settlers and capturing another hundred. "God isstill manifesting his displeasure against this land," GeorgeBurroughs, the minister in Wells, wrote ...
FOR THE RECORD
Oct 01, 2002 ... * Correction: Because of a reporting error, a review Saturday ofthe IMAX film "Lewis & Clark: Great ...
A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER
Oct 01, 2002; ... Much the way the sky is often characterized as blue, Sir PaulMcCartney is forever tagged boyish. No arguments here. Except here'ssomething you probably didn't know: The foppish former moptop is now60. Age, and a peccadillo for Mary Jane, has diminished neither hisroguish appearance nor ...
PREDICTABLE WRITING STIFLES THE PROMISE OF `PERFECT'
Oct 01, 2002; ... "Less Than Perfect" is a stubbornly familiar office sitcom.Willing to be just another "Just Shoot Me" or "NewsRadio," it's anencyclopedia of TV-comedy cliches right down to the vain news anchor,a staple of the genre since "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." And thisparticular effort is ...
LATINO STAR PROVES WELL WORTH WAIT
Oct 01, 2002; ... They stood there, flush against the stage, waiting. Close to 1,000people, members of America's fastest-growing youth population -young, hip, and Latino - didn't budge. Even as recorded music thundered through the dance floor at The Roxy, they stood, nearlytransfixed ....
ANOTHER CLASSIC FROM MCCARTNEY
Oct 01, 2002; ... September has been a fantasy month for British classic-rockers.Just think of the staggering amount of money - multimillion-dollargrosses galore - that the Rolling Stones, the Who, and Paul McCartneyhave taken from Boston pockets this month. The cost of tea that theBrits lost in Boston ...
SHE TAKES CARE OF HER DISABLED SON AND FIGHTS FOR THE PARENTS OF OTHER CHILDREN AS A CAREGIVER AND COUNSELOR, A MOM SHOWS ENDLESS DEVOTION
Oct 01, 2002; ... ANDOVER - The pressures they live with every day are evident inthe faces of the people gathered here in a small hotel conferenceroom - but only if you look closely, past the smiles and chin-upbanter. In this, they take their cue from the woman who moves buoyantlyabout the room as ...
CELTICS' PIERCE THROWS A FUND-RAISER; RAPPER NELLY THROWS A PARTY
Oct 01, 2002; ... SWINGING FOR THE BLEACHERSBOSTON CELTICS COCAPTAIN PAUL PIERCEAND TEAMMATES ANTOINE WALKER, VIN BAKER, WALTER MCCARTY, AND ERICWILLIAMS JOINED CELEBRITIES, INCLUDING BOSTON NATIVE MIKE O'MALLEY("YES, DEAR"), BET HOST FREE, AND TICHINA ARNOLD ("MARTIN," AND "BIGMOMMA'S HOUSE") FOR THE ...
`PHYRO-GIANTS!' IS NOTHING BUT TALK
Oct 01, 2002; ... CHELSEA - How many times have you sat in a restauranteavesdropping on the table next to you? The conversation may be nomore interesting, the people no more fascinating than those at yourown table. But sometimes, the talk can be riveting and revealing. In Michael Blieden's new ...
A PRESCRIPTION FOR WAITING-ROOM BLUES
Oct 01, 2002; ... The doctors, nurses, and therapists who take care of our antiquebodies are kind, concerned, and skilled, but in the 111 medicalvisits we have needed so far this year we have discovered that theratio of waiting time to treatment time is about 1,000 to 1.Fortunately, we have discovered ...
FLORES TACKLES A NEW JOB
Oct 01, 2002; ... If there were any concerns about the transition Brian Flores madethis year from safety to outside linebacker, the 5-foot-11-inch, 212-pound junior from Brooklyn, N.Y., certainly put them to rest inBoston College's 43-0 nonconference romp against Central MichiganSaturday at Alumni ...
`IDOL' STAR IS IDEAL FOR HIT-MAKERS
Oct 01, 2002; ... A Moment Like This/Before Your Love." Her debut song skyrocketed from No. 52 to No. 1, the biggest leapin Billboard's history. At 236,000 copies, the song outsold everyalbum last week - including Eminem's "The Eminem Show," and Nelly's"Nellyville" - except for Disturbed's ...
MCINNIS STAYING FLEXIBLE HE'D WING IT AT CENTER
Oct 01, 2002; ... WILMINGTON - He arrived in Boston in March, acquired from Anaheimfor a 2002 third-round draft pick, with management hoping he wouldbolster the Bruins' lineup for a long playoff run. Those plans didn't work out last spring, but forward MartyMcInnis, a native of Hingham, continues to ...
CELTICS: PIVOTAL SEASON TEAM CONFIDENT IT CAN GO FARTHER
Oct 01, 2002; ... WALTHAM - It was basically business as usual for the Celtics atMedia Day yesterday. Most of the talk revolved around offseasontraining, postseason goals, point guards, and the new low-postpresence in town. Sure, the name Larry Bird came up more than it hadin recent years. And general ...
LAPPAS'S CONTRACT EXTENDED
Oct 01, 2002 ... The University of Massachusetts rewarded men's basketball coachSteve Lappas with a one-year contract extension yesterday. Lappas, beginning his second season with the Minutemen, is nowsigned through the 2006-07 season. He originally signed a five-yearcontract with an annual base ...
CAGEY RESPONSES OFFERED
Oct 01, 2002; ... WALTHAM - When the subject of Larry Bird rejoining the Celtics insome capacity came up in conversation yesterday, the players andcoaches walked a fine line between reverence and practicality.Naturally, everyone in the organization holds Bird in the highestesteem, but they also like the ...
CONNER AMONG EARLY WINNERS IN VUITTON
Oct 01, 2002 ... Names San Francisco-based Oracle beat Prada, the winner of the lastLouis Vuitton Cup, in today's opening day of America's Cup challengerracing in Auckland, New Zealand. Oracle beat the Italian yacht, whichlost to Team New Zealand in the America's Cup series in 2000, by 42seconds ....
A FORECAST FOR YANKEES: BITTER FALL
Oct 01, 2002; ... As a playoff omen, the Angels could have done without this: DaveHenderson, the Red Sox outfielder whose shocking ninth-inning homerun off Donnie Moore in the 1986 ALCS took them 16 years to recoverfrom, was in the visitors' broadcast booth in Anaheim last weekend asa Mariners ...
THEY MUST RUSH TO FIX OFFENSE
Oct 01, 2002; ... The game is on now. The weekly chess match that is NFL football has begun for BillBelichick, Romeo Crennel, and Charlie Weis because their weaknesses,or at least those of their team, have been exposed the last twoSundays. Now it is up to them to counter. It is up to them to ...
TO BIRD, CAROLINA IS FINER
Oct 01, 2002; ... He's coming. He's going. He's not talking. Two out of three ain't bad. Larry Bird is not saying anything about either moving on toCharlotte or coming up to Boston. The NBA will do his talking nextMonday or Tuesday, and unless the city fathers in Charlotte reallyblow it again, ...
BEATEN INTO THE GROUND BELICHICK BLAMES RUN DEFENSE
Oct 01, 2002; ... FOXBOROUGH - Whatever it is that ails the Patriots, the maladyplayed across head coach Bill Belichick's face late yesterday morningas if the flight home from San Diego was as tough on the belly as themade-for-Pepto-Bismol Sunday afternoon in the Southern California sunwas. Less ...
WR RAN `OUT' PATTERN
Oct 01, 2002; ... FOXBOROUGH - Troy Brown's injured right knee kept him from suitingup against the Chargers. His condition remains day to day, and it's asafe bet the Patriots won't change that classification until, say,1:01 p.m. Sunday. "Well, Troy came real close," said coach Bill Belichick. "We ...
SUFFOLK HAS ROOM TO MANEUVER
Oct 01, 2002; ... SUFFOLK DOWNS YESTERDAY APPLIED TO THE STATE RACING COMMISSION FORITS TRADITIONAL SCHEDULE OF 150 DATES TO BE RUN IN 2003, BUT THATWILL CHANGE IF ROCKINGHAM PARK IN SALEM, N.H., CLOSES OR CONDUCTS ASHORTER MEETING NEXT YEAR. The application, submitted a day inadvance of the deadline, ...
RICCIARDI WON'T LEAVE JAYS FOR SOX
Oct 01, 2002; ... On the day they hoped to be gearing up for the American LeagueDivision Series, Red Sox officials yesterday instead reflected ontheir lost season and began plotting a course toward a more promisingfuture, with their top priority landing a crackerjack generalmanager. But no sooner ...
FOR THE EUROPEANS, THE THRILL IS THEIRS
Oct 01, 2002; ... SUTTON COLDFIELD, England - There was still a touch of summer inthe air early Sunday evening, but that is hardly why hundreds ofpeople stood outside the clubhouse at The Belfry here in theMidlands. They were there to chant, to sing, to bask in the afterglowof a victorious Ryder Cup ...
REVOLUTION OFFICIALLY IRKED
Oct 01, 2002; ... FOXBOROUGH - It's a one-game series now. After splitting the first two games of their opening-round playoffmatchup, the Revolution and the Chicago Fire will square off tomorrownight at Gillette Stadium for the right to advance to the secondround. The seventh-seeded Fire ...
DANVERS HOLDS GLOUCESTER AT BAY
Oct 01, 2002; ... The two field hockey teams, conference rivals, were bothundefeated. Four meetings in four years had resulted in four ties.Until now. Danvers defeated visiting Gloucester, 3-2, last night in theteams' first Northeastern Conference field hockey matchup of theseason. In the 15 ...
OWNERS BAT THINGS AROUND
Oct 01, 2002; ... It came to this yesterday at Fenway Park: Rather than the Red Soxtuning up for a postseason run toward glory, the team's owners andlimited partners capped hours of meetings on Yawkey Way by taking tothe emerald lawn for batting and fielding practice. The likes of Manny Ramirez, ...
TO ADVANCE, THEY MUST ADJUST
Oct 01, 2002; ... THE REVOLUTION ARE IN A POSITION AT ONCE FAMILIAR AND UNFAMILIAR.THEIR SEASON WILL BE ON THE LINE IN THE FINAL GAME OF THEIR FIRST-ROUND PLAYOFF SERIES AGAINST CHICAGO TOMORROW. BUT UNLIKE THEREVOLUTION'S PREVIOUS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES, THE DECIDING MATCH WILL BEPLAYED AT HOME, WITH THE ...
HONEST EMOTIONS ARE EASY ON THE EARS
Oct 01, 2002; ... Rating Day Channel Time Patriots-Chargers 33.2 Sun. Ch. 4 4:15-7:30 p.m. Dolphins-Chiefs 10.1 Sun. Ch. 4 1-4:15 p.m. Bears-Bills 8.9 Sun. Ch. 25 1-4:15 p.m. Vikings-Seahawks 5.3 Sun. ESPN 8:30-11:30 p.m. Ryder ...
BOSTONWORKS LINKS WITH 2 MORE PAPERS
Oct 01, 2002 ... BostonWorks, the recruitment services division of The BostonGlobe, today launched partnerships with two additional newspapers inNorth Central Massachusetts, The Lowell Sun and the Sentinel &Enterprise of Fitchburg. Both daily papers are owned by MediaNewsGroup, a Colorado chain. Through ...
POLITICAL ECONOMY O'BRIEN, ROMNEY TRADE BARBS OVER TAX BREAKS, HOW TO LURE BUSINESSES
Oct 01, 2002; ... NEWTON - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Shannon P. O'Briencharged yesterday that her Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, would"give away the store, hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars," toattract big companies to Massachusetts with tax breaks and state aid. While Romney said ...
ETC. . .
Oct 01, 2002; ... Sprague Energy, the Portsmouth, N.H., diversified energy firm,said it has signed up 138 Boston-area gas stations, including Gettyand Hess outlets, for its new RoadForce gas charge card that enablesbusinesses to control spending by fleet drivers and get consolidatedbills . . . Captivate ...
CITIZENS TO ACQUIRE PA. BANK FOR $450M COMMONWEALTH BANCORP PURCHASE WILL STRENGTHEN ITS PRESENCE IN KEY REGION
Oct 01, 2002; ... Citizens Financial Group agreed yesterday to pay $450 million incash, or $46.50 per share, to acquire Commonwealth Bancorp's 39 full-service branches and 21 supermarket branches in Eastern Pennsylvania. Citizens chief executive Lawrence K. Fish said "about 25 percent"of the ...
REILLY COUNTERS INSURERS' BID BY URGING AUTO RATE DECREASE
Oct 01, 2002; ... Charging that the numbers behind the auto insurance industry'srate hike request don't add up, Attorney General Thomas F. Reillyyesterday called for a 5.7 percent reduction next year. If Reilly's recommendation is adopted by the state insurancecommissioner, the average driver's ...
EMC, HP HIT EACH OTHER WITH SUITS BOTH ALLEGE PATENT INFRINGEMENT AS RIVALS STEP UP FIGHT
Oct 01, 2002; ... SAN FRANCISCO - Escalating the increasingly nasty battle betweendata storage makers, Hewlett-Packard Co. and EMC Corp. yesterday suedeach other for alleged patent infringement. In a lawsuit filed in US District Court in Northern California, HPsaid three of EMC's product lines ...
EFFORT TO IMPROVE CITY HALL PLAZA GETS NEW LIFE GROUP EXPECTED TO DELIVER RECOMMENDATIONS NEXT YEAR
Oct 01, 2002; ... The Trust for City Hall Plaza, whose last plan to renovate one ofBoston's least-loved public spaces was shot down five years ago, isexpected to unveil a new effort today to rebuild City Hall's 11-acrefront yard. At a 2 p.m. press conference today, trust chairman Robert F. Walshis ...
RAYTHEON FALLS 6% ON POWER PLANT WOES, EARNINGS OUTLOOK ANALYST ALSO VOICES DEFENSE CONCERNS
Oct 01, 2002; ... Raytheon Co. shares fell 6 percent in trading yesterday after thecompany disclosed more risks at its Massachusetts power plantprojects and two analyst reports questioned its earnings outlook. Lexington-based Raytheon's shares fell amid broader marketdeclines, but also reflected a ...
CREATING REAL VALUE
Oct 01, 2002; ... Here's a question for you: Which American company, in a section of its 2000 annual reportcalled "our values," said it was committed to open communication,treating people with respect and integrity? "We work with customersand prospects openly, honestly, and sincerely," the company ...
SHORT-TERM T-BILL RATES FALL
Oct 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell inyesterday's auction with the rate on six-month bills falling to thelowest level in six months. The Treasury Department auctioned $16 billion in three-month billsat a discount rate of 1.54 percent. Another $14 billion ...
REPORT PREDICTS AIDS EPIDEMIC FOR FIVE NATIONS
Oct 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - HIV and AIDS are on the verge of exploding in five ofthe most populous nations in the world and could produce an estimated50 million to 75 million cases by the end of the decade in thosecountries alone, according to a National Intelligence Council reportreleased last ...
TELECOM RULES A FAILURE, CEO OF VERIZON SAYS
Oct 01, 2002; ... Stepping up his company's long-running attack, VerizonCommunications' chief executive, Ivan Seidenberg, said yesterday thatstate and federal telecommunications regulations designed to promotecompetition have been a disaster for everyone involved, weakeningBaby Bells even as hundreds of ...
NEW US RULE BARS DRUG INCENTIVES
Oct 01, 2002 ... The US Department of Health and Human Services issued newstandards for pharmaceutical companies today, prohibiting thedrugmakers from offering financial incentives to doctors,pharmacists, or ...
RECOGNIZING A NEAR RELATION CHIMPS GET A RETIREMENT HOME AND SUPPORT FOR RIGHTS CHIMPS GET RETIREMENT HOME AND SOME SUPPORT FOR RIGHTS
Oct 01, 2002; ... CAMBRIDGE - They feel love and loss. They can paint, communicatein sign language, and fight. And they share 98.7 percent of humanDNA. Yet chimpanzees have fewer rights than a brain-dead human.Thousands of them are used in medical research, kept in zoos, orwork in circuses, with ...
RAW DETAILS OPEN MURDER TRIAL FUGITIVE EINHORN FACES CHARGE IN 1977 DEATH OF LIVE-IN COMPANION
Oct 01, 2002; ... PHILADELPHIA - As stone-faced jurors listened intently, prosecutorJoel Rosen yesterday described the condition of Helen "Holly"Maddux's body when it was found 18 months after her alleged 1977murder: "liquids drained out, organs shrunk, skin hardened." Ira Einhorn's defense lawyer ...
FOR THE RECORD
Oct 01, 2002 ... CLARIFICATION: A story in yesterday's City & Region section aboutincreased taxi fares in Boston described ...
FUND GIANT FIDELITY SET TO ELIMINATE 1,695 JOBS
Oct 01, 2002; ... Fidelity Investments yesterday said it would lay off 1,695employees, or 5.4 percent of its work force, to cut costs in the 30thmonth of a relentless bear market that is taking a toll on workersand the economy. Eleven hundred of the jobs to be cut will be in NewEngland. News of ...
US DEFENDS MISSIONS OVER IRAQ
Oct 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Bush administration officials launched a new round ofcriticism of Iraq yesterday, saying that country's recentantiaircraft attacks on British and American pilots enforcingnorthern and southern no-fly zones illustrate Saddam Hussein'sdefiance of United Nations ...
JANITORS START THEIR STRIKE 17 BUILDINGS HIT DOWNTOWN
Oct 01, 2002; ... After weeks of simmering tensions, hundreds of Boston areajanitors began their strike last night at 17 downtown officebuildings and more than a dozen in the suburbs, and threatened tostay out until they receive better pay and health benefits. Janitors who attempted to cross picket ...
MARKEY RELEASES STUDY SHOWING BIG DROP IN EPA POLICING
Oct 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Enforcement of the nation's environmental laws hasfallen precipitously under the Bush administration, US RepresentativeEdward J. Markey, Democrat of Malden, said yesterday. Markey asked Christie Whitman, head of the EnvironmentalProtection Agency, to return to much ...
TORRICELLI PULLS OUT OF SENATE RACE BREACH IN ETHICS FORCES WITHDRAWAL BY N.J. DEMOCRAT
Oct 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK - Facing an ethics scandal and a sharp drop in the polls,Senator Robert Torricelli ended his Democratic campaign forreelection yesterday, saying he "could not stand the pain" if his ownfailings resulted in a Republican takeover of the US Senate. His announcement followed a ...