The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from January 2003:
COLLEGE TEAMS FLUNK THE GRADUATION GAP BOWL AGAIN
Jan 01, 2003; ... A TYPICAL newspaper preview of a college bowl game predictswhether Doomsday State can avenge last year's whupping by CrusherCollege in the Perdue Gristle Bowl. In my seventh annual GraduationGap Bowl, you get the real score. Last year the Knight Commission on college athletics ...
BUSH MAKING IT A ROCKY NEW YEAR
Jan 01, 2003; ... HAPPY NEW YEAR, GEORGE W. BUSH. YOU ENJOYED AN ELECTION DAYBLOWOUT. YOUR POPULARITY RATINGS ARE HOLDING UP NICELY. BUT 2003 MAYNOT BE AS HAPPY A YEAR FOR YOU AS 2002.For starters, there's theeconomy. It looks like the new year will bring a "jobless recovery,"if not a ...
NOW, THE GOOD NEWS
Jan 01, 2003 ... BOSTON'S EUPHORIA over being chosen as the host city for the 2004Democratic National Convention should give way soon to a focus ongetting ready for the big event. With the clean slate of a new yearfor inspiration, Greater Boston should resolve to finish the Big Dig,open its surface roads ...
CONSERVATIVE CONTRADICTIONS
Jan 01, 2003 ... REGARDING THE DEC. 30 EDITORIAL, " A family plan": It's safe to assume that most conservatives and all right-thinking people recognize the importance of family. Families needtime to be families, and family values is a well-worn slogan that mainly helps conservative candidates ...
THREE WHO STOOD UP TO THEIR CHALLENGES
Jan 01, 2003; ... WITH BEACON HILL ABOUT TO USHER IN THE NEW, IT'S A FITTING TIME TOTOSS BOUQUETS BACK TO THREE PEOPLE LEAVING THE STATE POLITICALSCENE.As a 37-year-old accidental governor trying to run a governmentin a period made infinitely more difficult by Sept. 11 and by ayawning fiscal crisis, Jane ...
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL SECURITY PLAN
Jan 01, 2003 ... IN THEIR DEC. 7 OP-ED ARTICLE, MARIAN HEARD AND CHAD GIFFORDARGUED AGAINST CUTS TO CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE, PARTICULARLY THECHILDREN'S MEDICAL SECURITY PLAN ("WE CAN'T LET OUR CHILDREN'S HEALTHSLIDE").I have studied the impact of children's participation inthe Children's Medical ...
REPUBLICANS, STAND UP TO FINNERAN
Jan 01, 2003 ... WHEN THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONVENES TODAY TO ELECT ASPEAKER, THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATONE FOR THEPARTICIPATION BY A PRIOR GROUP OF GOP HOUSE MEMBERS WHO PLAYED THEKEY ROLE IN ELECTING THOMAS FINNERAN IN THE FIRST PLACE. Afterformer speaker Charles ...
POST SNOWSTORM: SLIP, SLIDING AWAY - OOPS
Jan 01, 2003 ... IN THE CITY'S RACE TO CLEAN UP AFTER EACH SNOWSTORM, THE NEEDS OFTHE PEDESTRIAN ARE NEGLECTED. AS DRIVERS BECOME INCREASINGLY OBSESSEDWITH RETURNING TO THEIR AUTOMOBILES, BOSTON AND BROOKLINE ARE QUICKTO PLOW THE STREETS, PUSHING THE SNOW UP ONTO THE SIDEWALKS SO THATTHOSE OF US WHO USE ...
YES, CHINATOWN NEEDS HOUSING
Jan 01, 2003 ... IN RESPONSE TO BILL MOY'S DEC. 28 OP-ED ARTICLE " CHINATOWN NEEDSMORE HOUSING," I WOULD CONCUR ON ONE POINT: THAT MORE HOUSING ISNEEDED. BUT WHAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS IS RENTAL AND HOMEOWNERSHIPOPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE WITHIN REACH FOR CURRENT RESIDENTS, MOST OFWHOM ARE LOW- TO ...
LOST LEGACY OF STONE
Jan 01, 2003; ... WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF AN AMERICAN CULTURAL RELIC WAS BEINGENDANGERED? WOULD YOU LOOK THE OTHER WAY AS SOMEONE ROUGH-HANDLED THEUS CONSTITUTION? WOULD YOU LEAVE GEORGE WASHINGTON'S PORTRAIT TO BEBURNED BY THE BRITISH? WOULD YOU TOSS DOROTHY'S RUBY-RED SHOES INTO AMUSTY CLOSET?No. You ...
PIECE BY PIECE, `NOBODY'S PERFECT' SHOWCASES A CRITIC'S SKILL, WONDER
Jan 01, 2003; ... Since he came to The New Yorker in 1993, film critic Anthony Lanehas become one of the magazine's marquee names. Chances are, if he'sin the current issue, readers will flip first to his latest offering,having come to expect his insightful opinions rendered with greatsensitivity, wit, and ...
THE COLD DOESN'T STOP THEM WELLFLEET SHELLFISH COMPANY CLAMMERS PLAN TO PUT THEIR SEAFOOD ON THE NATIONAL MAP
Jan 01, 2003; ... WELLFLEET - Barbara Austin doesn't normally give tours of her clambeds, mostly because she has a window of only a couple of hours oneach side of a mean low tide and there's too much to do to spend timetalking. But on this chilly day, with the wind putting a punch into thedrizzle ...
CHESTNUT SOUP
Jan 01, 2003; ... INSTEAD OF ROASTING AND PEELING YOUR OWN, YOU CAN MAKE THIS WITH AJAR OF CHESTNUTS. SERVES 10. 2 JARS (14 OUNCES EACH) ROASTED WHOLE CHESTNUTS (ABOUT 6 CUPS) 2 TABLESPOONS OLIVE OIL1 TABLESPOON BUTTER 4 LARGE LEEKS(WHITE AND LIGHT GREEN PARTS ONLY), RINSED AND ...
FOR THE RECORD
Jan 01, 2003 ... * Correction: Because of a reporting error, the Middle East'sphone ...
LIVELY, LIVABLE DENVER ABUNDANT SUNSHINE AND THE GREAT OUTDOORS MAKE THIS CITY BRIGHT
Jan 01, 2003; ... DENVER - After a few days in the Mile High City, I still had amild headache, my lips were peeling, my nose was bleeding, my skinfelt like leather, and one glass of wine put me under for the night.Nonetheless, despite the high altitude and low humidity, I was readyto stay longer. Maybe ...
A CAN OPENER YIELDS FAST, GOOD FOOD
Jan 01, 2003; ... Slow fooders, beware. Two time-saving cookbooks have arrived,trailing cans behind them. With their arsenal of nonperishable goods,and tales of burgeoning pantries, these books offer up a new look atwinter cooking. Granted, I'm hardly the right person to ask. At this very moment ...
A CAFETERIA FOR THE WHOLE - GRAIN SET HARVARD'S NUTRITIONISTS LUNCH ON VEGGIES AND BROWN RICE
Jan 01, 2003; ... I'm in a cafeteria line at Sebastian's Cafe, the restaurant in theHarvard School of Public Health. My lunch companion is Dr. WalterWillett, chairman of the school's Department of Nutrition, who isknown as one of the most nutritionally picky eaters in these parts. Before I order ...
OF SOUND MIND GLENN KNICKREHM IS BUILDING AN ARTS CENTER WITH BUSINESS SAVVY AND A PASSION FOR ACOUSTICS
Jan 01, 2003; ... CAMBRIDGE - The table is packed with architectural models, thewalls are plastered with photographs of the world's grandest musichalls. This, for Glenn Knic Krehm, is exciting. His lanky frame isseated at a conference table at the Stubbins Associates, theCambridge firm designing the ...
CHRONICLING VIETNAM'S EMBATTLED REPORTERS
Jan 01, 2003; ... Tom Herman got the idea a few years ago while in Vietnam,producing CNN's coverage of the 25th anniversary of the end of thewar. In the course of meeting reporters gathered there for anAssociated Press reunion, it became "so clear to me that this wouldbe a great documentary," he ...
MEN AND WOMEN ABOUT TOWN GO PUBLIC WITH THIS YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
Jan 01, 2003; ... Yep, it's that time of the year, when we're all trying to stick toour resolutions, whether it's throwing the pack of cigs in the trashor spending more quality time with our loved ones. And we certainlygot ambitious lists of 2003 goals from some local folks. As for us,we resolve never ...
WITH JOINT EFFORTS, MUSEUMS CAN DRAW, VISITORS CAN SAVE
Jan 01, 2003; ... It was a dark and stormy night. Really. But on Nov. 2, thousandsof people patiently lined up outside Amsterdam's art museums, waitingtheir turn to get in. The occasion? The third annual Museum Night.There were 25,000 tickets available at $15 each, and every one wassold. The ticket was ...
FIDO AND FLUFFY TUCK INTO SPREADS AN OWNER MIGHT ENVY
Jan 01, 2003; ... [A PUBLISHED CORRECTION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS STORY.]AnnaSalmeron's three little ones - Misha, Maggie, and Nico - always cometo dinner when they're called. Further, they usually eat every biteof the warm, nutritious meals of meat and vegetables that sheprepares. Considering ...
THEATERS UNWRAP SOME LATE HOLIDAY GIFTS
Jan 01, 2003; ... There is nothing new about theater companies opening productionsafter the holidays have come and gone. But in the next 10 days thereseems to be an unprecedented flurry of activity, with 10 professionalplays opening. Perhaps more important, almost all of them could belabeled a bona fide ...
CREASE TIME ON INCREASE CARRYING LOAD FOR BRUINS WORKS WELL FOR GRAHAME
Jan 01, 2003; ... WILMINGTON - With veteran goaltender Byron Dafoe unable to come tocontract terms with the Bruins after last season, there was noquestion that John Grahame, in his sixth season with the franchise,would get his best opportunity in net. That's exactly what has happened. The ...
CELTICS' HOUSE IN ORDER IT'S A TIDY HOME VICTORY OVER GRIZZLIES
Jan 01, 2003; ... You look at yesterday's game from afar and you see it for what itwas: a young, albeit up-and-coming team that has trouble on the roadplaying against a team that usually handles such chores at home. You look at yesterday's game through the prism of the last weekand you see something ...
A STIRRING PERFORMER BUCKEYE FRESHMAN CLARETT MAKES WAVES ON AND OFF FIELD
Jan 01, 2003; ... TEMPE, Ariz. - It seems so long ago now. It was just over ayear, but seems almost a lifetime ago. Maurice Clarett smiles aboutit now, amazed at how naive he seemed considering how turbulent someof his life had been. At this time last year, Clarett was a highschool running back who ...
ROSTER HELP ON THE WAY? O'BRIEN IS LIKELY TO GET ADDITIONS
Jan 01, 2003; ... Under New Ownership. The Celtics have new people at the top, with Boston BasketballPartners officially taking control yesterday. And while the newowners remained mum on their plans, their underlings were hopefulthat help soon will be on the way. First and foremost on coach ...
WHAT'S IN A NAME? ABOUT $100,000 IF CONNOLLY PICKS THE WINNERS
Jan 01, 2003; ... Most players devise a game plan when trying to win a handicappingcontest at the racetrack, but all Mary Connolly did was turn on theradio. Connolly, who won $2,500 and earned a trip to Las Vegas byfinishing first in a qualifying contest for the Daily Racing Form/National ...
MIAMI IS FEELING GREEN
Jan 01, 2003; ... PHOENIX - Miami will come out for Friday night's Bowl ChampionshipSeries title game in the Fiesta Bowl wearing green jerseys. "It was their choice," said coach Larry Coker, whose Hurricaneshad the option as the home team. "I think it will be fine." Boston College fans, of ...
A TIME FOR SOBER REFLECTION
Jan 01, 2003; ... FOXBOROUGH - So you're feeling ill this morning. Don't tell me:dry mouth, massive headache, chronic fatigue, a complete lack ofdesire to accomplish a single meaningful thing. Consider yourself diagnosed: You have a Super Bowl hangover. You are not alone. Your New England ...
KINGS PLACE JACKSON ON INJURED LIST WITH BROKEN HAND
Jan 01, 2003 ... NAMESGuard Bobby Jackson was placed on the Sacramento Kings'injured list yesterday with a broken left hand, and the team isunsure how long its second-leading scorer will be sidelined. Jacksonis averaging 19.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 3.7 assists, and theKings went 20-6 when Jackson ...
NEW TEAM OFFICIALLY IN PLACE
Jan 01, 2003; ... It's finally official. The Celtics are under new ownership. BostonBasketball Partners LLC closed the $360 million purchase of the teamyesterday. "We're undefeated," a jubilant Wyc Grousbeck said after the 96-89victory over the Grizzlies. The new owners closed the deal before ...
SOX BATTING IT AROUND JACKSON IS NEW COACH; 1B ORTIZ IS NEW TARGET
Jan 01, 2003; ... Try this piece of tinder, hot stove stokers: No sooner did newhitting coach Ron Jackson pledge yesterday to help boost the team'sproduction than Red Sox manager Grady Little said he has considered anovel approach to upgrading the club's output at first base. How about catcher Doug ...
WASHINGTON, PREP PIN A LOSS ON LOWELL
Jan 01, 2003; ... The St. John's Prep wrestling team closed out 2002 with itsbiggest victory of the season, defeating defending Division 1 statechampion Lowell, 42-30, yesterday on the Red Raiders' home mat. Despite the graduation of Mike Pedro, the most prolific wrestlerin state history (213 ...
MCCARTY PROVED A VIABLE OPTION
Jan 01, 2003; ... Hubie Brown is among the NBA's most intense coaching strategistsof all-time. Yesterday, Brown concentrated most of his MemphisGrizzlies' defense on stifling Paul Pierce, but that tactic was shotdown by Walter McCarty. "McCarty is the guy who really hurt us," Brown said after ...
CONNECTICUT COULD GET A WNBA TEAM
Jan 01, 2003; ... With three WNBA teams now without ownership, one of them may beheaded to Connecticut. The NBA's Portland Trail Blazers announced Monday they will turnthe Portland Fire over to the WNBA. The Miami Sol and Orlando Miracle were let go by their NBA parentteams earlier after it ...
BORTON MAKING A BIG (TEN) IMPACT FOR GOPHERS
Jan 01, 2003; ... Sometimes, a change of scenery can be the best move for a coach.Take Pam Borton, for example. An assistant coach for the Boston College women's basketball teamthe last two seasons, and the Eagles' recruiting coordinator thethree before that, Borton became the head coach of the ...
STATE STREET COMPLETES SALE OF UNIT
Jan 01, 2003; ... State Street Corp. said it completed the sale of its corporatetrust unit to US Bancorp, for an after-tax gain of $296 million, or90 cents a share. The business had accounted for 3 percent of Boston-based State Street's annual revenues. Corporate trust is a ...
PTECH LAYS OFF TO AVOID BANKRUPTCY
Jan 01, 2003; ... Ptech Inc., the Quincy software firm searched by federalauthorities last month, said it has laid off 17 of 27 employees tohelp avoid a bankruptcy filing as orders fall due to bad publicity.Ptech's past backers include a Saudi businessman suspected offinancing ...
PARAMETRIC ISSUES EARNINGS WARNING
Jan 01, 2003; ... Parametric Technology Corp., of Needham, said revenue for itsfiscal 2003 first quarter, ended Dec. 28, will be $171 million to$175 million, below its previous target of $180 million. The maker ofdesign software also said it will seek a 15-day extension ...
ARCH WIRELESS COMPLETES REDEMPTION
Jan 01, 2003; ... Arch Wireless, the Westborough-based paging company, said itcompleted an early redemption of $35 million in senior subordinatedsecured notes due in 2007. The move cuts to $110 million the amountowed on a $200 million note issue floated in late ...
FISH & RICHARDSON HIRES FROM HILL BARLOW
Jan 01, 2003; ... Fish & Richardson PC, a Boston intellectual property law firm,said it has hired entertainment attorney Ike Williams and five othersfrom the defunct firm Hill & Barlow LLP. Fish & Richardson ...
AMERICA WEST AIRLINES TO TEST FOOD SALES
Jan 01, 2003 ... Phoenix's America West Airlines will sell food to passengers inthe coach sections of some flights in a three-week test startingMonday as a way to offer the service without raising fares. Theairline will offer food ranging from $3 snack boxes to $10 chickenKiev, spokeswoman Janice Monahan ...
ETC.
Jan 01, 2003 ... Eastern Bank has completed its acquisition of Allied ...
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE FALLS AGAIN
Jan 01, 2003; ... Consumer confidence dropped sharply in December, the sixth declinein the past seven months, highlighting how tentative the economicoutlook is as Americans head into the new year. In response to a deteriorating job market, a December drop in thestock market, and tensions in the ...
FUNDS' FEES, MINIMUMS ON THE RISE
Jan 01, 2003; ... Starting today, Fidelity Investments will require investors tocome up with $2,500 to open an individual retirement account, insteadof $500. It's the latest such move in the fund business, where firmsare imposing fees and other measures to boost the size andprofitability of customer ...
GROUP COMPLETES $1.66B PURCHASE OF HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
Jan 01, 2003; ... Houghton Mifflin Co., the venerable Boston publisher, yesterdaychanged hands for the second time in two years. A consortium of private firms led by Boston's Thomas H. LeePartners and Bain Capital officially completed their acquisition ofthe company from Vivendi Universal for $1.28 ...
BIOTECH INDUSTRY TAKES ON 1940 INVESTMENT LAW FIRMS SEEK EXEMPTION FROM SEC'S PURVIEW
Jan 01, 2003; ... The typical biotech company raises millions of dollars fromventure capitalists or public offerings, and spends the next 15 yearsperfecting a drug in the lab, testing it on hundreds of patients andfinally applying for permission to sell it. The typical mutual fund raises millions of ...
GOOD RIDDANCE, 2002 INVESTORS HOPE NEW YEAR MEANS END OF CORPORATE SCANDALS, WORST MARKET IN DECADES
Jan 01, 2003; ... Another gloomy day on Wall Street yesterday marked the end of agloomy year for stock investors. After weak consumer confidence numbers rattled investors in themorning, the major market indexes spent most of the final trading dayof the year in negative territory. The day's action ...
SONTRA MEDICAL LANDS PATENT FOR SKIN DRUG-DELIVERY METHOD
Jan 01, 2003; ... Sontra Medical Corp. of Cambridge received a patent for its uniquemethod of delivering drugs across the skin. The patent coversSontra's SonoPrep ultrasound device to permeate the skin. Forces suchas osmotic pressure, suction, or mechanical pressure are then used todeliver drugs or draw ...
BUSH CITES DIPLOMATIC PATH EYES PEACEFUL END TO N. KOREA CRISIS
Jan 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush said he believes the standoff withNorth Korea "can be resolved peacefully through diplomacy," even asPyongang suggested yesterday that escalating tensions with the UnitedStates might prompt it to break with a decades-old nuclearnonproliferation ...
FOR THE RECORD
Jan 01, 2003 ... CORRECTION: BECAUSE OF INCORRECT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY CNN, APAGE ONE STORY ABOUT JOURNALIST MICHAEL GUILLEN YESTERDAY INCORRECTLYREPORTED THAT GUILLEN WAS ...
COURT EXONERATES RUSSIAN COLONEL DECLARES HIM INSANE IN CHECHEN KILLING
Jan 01, 2003; ... An army colonel who strangled a Chechen teenager to death morethan two years ago was cleared yesterday of criminal responsibilityby a Russian military court in a case that has raised questions aboutMoscow's commitment to maintaining discipline among its troopsfighting Islamic separatists ...
FLOOD OF SUITS ON ABUSE SEEN IN CALIFORNIA
Jan 01, 2003; ... A new California law suspending the statute of limitations onchild sexual abuse crimes takes effect today, and attorneys andchurch officials expect it to spark hundreds of new lawsuits againstthe Archdiocese of Los Angeles and a dozen other dioceses across thestate. The new law ...
TESTOSTERONE TESTED AS MOOD DRUG
Jan 01, 2003; ... In the 1920s, long before the appearance of modern antidepressants, physicians tried to treat listless men with a serum ofground-up animal testes, which they imagined contained the essence ofmale virility. In the '40s and '50s, when that essence had beendiscovered and synthesized in a ...
MAN LINKED TO CAR USED IN SHOOTING
Jan 01, 2003 ... A Dorchester man was ordered held on $35,000 cash bail yesterdayon charges he drove a car used in a drive-by shooting in Dorchesterthat later was shot at by police, resulting in the death of a womanin the vehicle. Authorities said Brima Wurie Jr., 23, who wasarraigned in Suffolk Superior ...
MARKET CLOSES AFTER CEILING COLLAPSE
Jan 01, 2003 ... A water leak apparently caused the ceiling of a Cambridge marketto collapse yesterday morning, forcing the store to close forrepairs, city officials said. Mike Nicoloro of the Department ofInspectional Services ...
3 FIREFIGHTERS HURT IN HOUSE FIRE
Jan 01, 2003 ... More than 11 engine companies responded to a two-alarm fire at aCohasset home last night. The fire on Fern Way started in the garageand spread to the second floor, officials said. The cause of theblaze ...
MORE ANTI-RADIATION PILLS AVAILABLE
Jan 01, 2003 ... Acting Governor Jane Swift has signed a bill that will makepotassium iodide pills available to communities on Cape Ann, CapeCod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket as well as those within a 10-mile radius of nuclear power plants. In July the state began offeringthe ...
DRIVER IS CHARGED WITH DUI IN FATALITY
Jan 01, 2003 ... The 23-year-old driver of a Camaro that slammed into a bridgeabutment Monday night on Interstate 93 in Wilmington, killing a 22-year-old passenger, has been charged with vehicular homicide whileunder the influence of alcohol. Andrew Martin, of North Andover, wasarrested ...
BEVERLY MAN SLAIN AFTER ARGUMENT, POLICE SAY
Jan 01, 2003; ... BEVERLY - When David Holiday stopped by Michael Shrewsberry'sapartment late Monday night for a get-together, it was supposed to bejust like old times. The two had become friends while patching roofs for a constructioncompany, and until recently had lived together in ...
BIRD SIGHTINGS
Jan 01, 2003 ... Recent bird sightings as reported to the Massachusetts AudubonSociety. The powerful coastal storm last week blew many seabirds into CapeCod Bay. Species seen Thursday from First Encounter Beach in Easthamincluded two unidentified skuas, six pomarine jaegers, 20 dovekies,two ...
BRIDGEWATER MAN HELD IN MOTHER'S DEATH
Jan 01, 2003; ... A 37-year-old Bridgewater man is a suspect in the death two weeksago of his mother, whose bloody corpse was found Monday covered withan afghan in the bedroom of their apartment, prosecutors saidyesterday. After a neighbor called to say Dianne Barchard hadn't been seen intwo ...
SWIFT MISSED MARK ON TAX COLLECTIONS UNEXPECTED SURGE CREATING ROSIER BUDGET PICTURE
Jan 01, 2003; ... Just days after warning that December revenues were poised to fall$100 million below expectations, the Swift administration announcedyesterday that tax collections were actually $31 million more thanprojected, following a strong final few days of the year for taxrevenue. Kevin J ....
STUDENTS FACE DISCIPLINE FOR OFFERING BIBLE MESSAGE
Jan 01, 2003; ... Several Westfield High School students who handed out candy caneswith a religious note to their classmates the week before Christmasare bracing for possible suspension from school after they returnfrom winter break tomorrow. The students, who were forbidden by school administrators ...