The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from September 2003:
WHO KNOWS?
Sep 01, 2003 ... `HAVE WE DECIDED?" THE WAITER ASKS ON THE SECOND OR THIRD TRIP TOTHE TABLE, AND A PERSON KNOWS THAT - READY OR NOT - IT IS TIME TOTAKE THE QUIZ. SENT AWAY WITHOUT AN ORDER AGAIN, THE WAITER MIGHTDISAPPEAR FOR THE NIGHT."I'll have the chicken Kiev," thecustomer says, still eyeing the ...
STATE MUST PROTECT OUR CLIMATE NOW
Sep 01, 2003; ... GLOBAL WARMING - which is better termed climate change or climatedisruption - is the most critical environmental threat facing theplanet. Despite the US government's failure to address the issue, in2001 the Northeast Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers committedour region to reducing ...
FROM BOSTON, TO BOSTON
Sep 01, 2003 ... WHAT HAD been intended as an exotic educational foray for some 60or 70 Boston movers and shakers has run onto diplomatic shoals,leaving planners with the challenge of mounting an event that will beequally stimulating minus the jet fare. If Boston meets that challenge, it could be a ...
OUR DEBT TO DIRECT-CARE WORKERS
Sep 01, 2003; ... LAST YEAR THE FORCES FOR GOOD IN THIS CITY RALLIED TO THE CAUSE OFJANITORS WHO WANTED TO EARN $12 AN HOUR FOR THEIR LABORS AND WON. NOW WE MUST BRING THE SAME FORCES TO BEAR FOR AN EVEN GREATER GOOD -SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR DIRECT CARE WORKERS SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WITHMENTAL RETARDATION....
A NEW DEAL FOR LABOR DAY
Sep 01, 2003; ... ON LABOR DAY, POLITICIANS USUALLY APPLAUD WHAT WORKERS DO FOR THEECONOMY AND SOCIETY. THIS YEAR SPEECHES TO THIS EFFECT WILL RINGHOLLOW TO THE MAJORITY OF AMERICAN WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THEREALITY IS THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE RESEMBLES A PRESSURE COOKER ABOUTTO BLOW.Over the past ...
AN UNDUE FOCUS ON MONEY
Sep 01, 2003 ... ISN'T IT SAD THAT THE LARGEST PART OF JOSEPH E. GALLAGHER JR.'SCOLUMN ("WILL O'MALLEY GET IT RIGHT?" OP ED, AUG. 27) DEALT WITH THEISSUE OF SETTLEMENT MONEY - HOW MUCH VICTIMS MIGHT RECEIVE, WHAT THEYWANT TO RECEIVE, AND WHERE ...
ONE REASON FOR DROP IN CRIME
Sep 01, 2003 ... JEFF JACOBY, IN HIS COLUMN "MORE PRISONERS, LESS CRIME" (OP ED,AUG. 28), MAKES THE CASE THAT LOCKING UP MORE AND MORE PEOPLE FORLONGER PERIODS OF TIME HAS RESULTED IN A DROP IN CRIME. HE SAYSCASES OF VIOLENT CRIME HAVE BEEN CUT IN HALF - FROM 44 MILLION IN1973 TO 23 MILLION LAST YEAR. ...
FALSE PORTRAYAL OF ABUSE VICTIMS
Sep 01, 2003 ... VAN SOUTHER RELIES ON A SIMPLISTIC VIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCHSEXUAL ABUSE SCANDAL - THAT IT WAS PERPETRATED BY A BUNCH OF MONEY-HUNGRY LIARS ("PERPETRATORS OF A WITCH HUNT," LETTER, AUG. 28). HEFORGETS THAT IF THE CHURCH HAD DONE ITS DUTY TO PROTECT ITS FLOCK ANDREPORTED THE ABUSE, ...
WORK IN PROGRESS
Sep 01, 2003 ... FOR 9 MILLION Americans, today's Labor Day celebrations will bemuted by the fact that they are unemployed. This amounts to 6.2percent of the work force. The upturn that began almost two years agois proving to be not just a jobless recovery but a job loss one:Nearly 1 million jobs have ...
BUSH PLAN: WORKERS PAY, RICH GAIN
Sep 01, 2003 ... ANY TAKERS ON TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHY PRESIDENT BUSH SHOWS CONTEMPTFOR HIS OWN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ("A Bush slap for labor,"editorial, Aug. 29)? Imagine the audacity it takes to cut the payincreases of thousands of federal workers when we've embarked on acostly war and, for the ...
CAUTION ON HEROIN BREAKTHROUGH
Sep 01, 2003 ... THE ARTICLE "NEW TREATMENT OFFERS HOPE FOR HEROIN ADDICTS" (PAGEA1, AUG. 12) DESCRIBES BUPRENORPHINE AS THE BIGGEST ADVANCE INHEROIN TREATMENT IN DECADES.Believe me, I thought so, too. Thereis so much about it that is positive: The addict doesn't have to feellike a criminal ...
FALSE PORTRAYAL OF ABUSE VICTIMS
Sep 01, 2003 ... Van Souther says one has to be skeptical about al lthe claims madeagainst John Geoghan by victims coming out of the woodwork long afterthe alleged abuse. Just this month I finally got up enough nerve toe-mail the National Institute of Mental Health. I ...
FOSTER CARE IS PERSONAL CHOICE
Sep 01, 2003 ... YOUR AUG. 26 OP-ED ARTICLE "A foster care story of grief and joy"by Diane Daniel was truly moving. However, while I admire Daniel'shistory as a foster parent, I wish she would think before makingstatements like, "While we Americans travel to a variety of foreignlands to adopt infants and ...
A MONUMENT TO RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM
Sep 01, 2003; ... ALABAMA CHIEF JUSTICE Roy Moore's defiance of a federal courtorder to remove a huge granite monument depicting the TenCommandments from the lobby of State Judicial Building is hailed byhis many champions as a courageous act of civil disobedience. To hisdetractors, Moore is less a ...
THIS COMIC GENIUS MAY NEED NEW MATERIAL
Sep 01, 2003; ... Chuck Klosterman is a nerdy, bespectacled goofball - he says soright on the fifth page of this collection of his pop-cultureobsessions. But he's a nerdy, bespectacled goofball who is also veryfunny, which makes one wish he hadn't devoted so much of his latestbook to subjects that haven't ...
NO SURRENDER
Sep 01, 2003; ... Does Labor Day mean summer is over? It does not. Especially notthis very early Labor Day. Only a fool would pack up the boatinggear, put away the white tennis shorts, and buy rock salt for winter.Summer technically runs through Sept. 22, and, in these parts, it canroll on a lot later ...
DESPITE SOME GLITCHES, LYNNE REACHES HER FANS
Sep 01, 2003; ... There was an unexpected and unfortunate guest at Saturday night's"WXRV, `The River' Birthday Bash." A gremlin determined to underminethe Paradise's normally reliable sound system gave two of theevening's performers fits, but ultimately was defeated by fan supportand dedication to ...
MIT PROGRAM LENDS NEW MEANING TO THE FINE ART OF DORM DECORATING
Sep 01, 2003; ... Hey, kid. You're back at school. You're settling into your dormroom, looking at its blank, yawning white walls. Do you want to hangan original Andy Warhol silkscreen up over your bed? Or maybe you'dlike a crisp New York photo by Berenice Abbott - signed by the greatphotographer ...
SOX STARS PITCH IN TO HELP
Sep 01, 2003 ... Red Sox outfielder Johnny Damon and pitcher Tim Wakefield hosted350 guests last Monday at the Comedy Connection in Boston for thePitching In For Kids All-Star Charity Golf Classic kick-off party andauction ....
LAST SPLASH
Sep 01, 2003; ... AS THE CALENDARCLOSES OUT THE SUMMER MONTHS AND SEPTEMBER DAWNS,IT'S TIME FOR ONE LAST LEISURELY DIP. AN AERIAL SURVEY OF POOLS INAND AROUND BOSTON REVEALS THE ALMOST INTOXICATING ALLURE OF WATER,WATER EVERYWHERE: WHETHER ROUND AND ABOVE-GROUND, KIDDIE-SIZED ANDRUBBER-IZED, OR LANDSCAPED ...
NORAH JONES DISPLAYS HER RANGE OF JAZZ NOTES
Sep 01, 2003; ... LENOX - Norah Jones's quick ascension to music royalty has broughtwith it a lot of ridiculous debate over whether she is a jazzvocalist or a pop singer. None of these jaws would be flapping hadJones been signed to Warner Bros. or Arista, but her debut album,"Come Away With Me," was ...
MURRAY GETS LAUGHS, PRAISE AT VENICE FESTIVAL COMEDIAN STARS IN FILM DIRECTED BY SOFIA COPPOLA
Sep 01, 2003; ... VENICE - The small-budget romantic comedy "Lost in Translation,"directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Bill Murray, became the mosttalked about movie so far at the Venice Film Festival when it madeits debut yesterday. Critics and the public alike were won over by the ...
BIG THREE CONFERENCE CAPSULES
Sep 01, 2003 ... BROCKTON * Coach: Armond Colombo (316-100-9 overall, 261-80-2 at Brockton). * Last year's record: 8-3. * Returning starters (9): Arthur Dias, LT, Jr.; Khari Louis-Jeune, RG, Jr.; Sean Louis-Jeune, RT/DT, Sr.; Andrew Resende-Gomes,TE/DE, Sr.; Sampson Blevines, OLB, Sr.; ...
CATHOLIC CONFERENCE CAPSULES
Sep 01, 2003; ... BC HIGH * Coach: Jim Cotter (40th year, 228-132-17). * Last year's record: 4-7. * Returning starters (10): Matt O'Brien, QB, 6-2, 215, Sr.; SteveHunt, TB/CB, 5-10, 165, Sr.; Andy Farrell, RB/FS, 6-1, 205, Sr.; TomBethaney, OT/DT, 6-4, 270, Sr.; Matt Thinney, T, 6-2, ...
OLD COLONY LEAGUE CAPSULES
Sep 01, 2003; ... BARNSTABLE * Coach: Spanky Demanche (15th year, 98-46-1). * Last year's record: 9-2. * Returning starters (9): Justin Gomes, TE/DE, 6-3, 205, Sr.; DrewWarmington, OT, 6-0, 240, Sr.; Matt Nelson, OL/DE, 6-3, 245, Jr.;Jason Reiley, OL, 6-3, 180, Sr.; Jared Larner, WR, ...
JUDGE SAYS MIDWAY NEAR LIQUIDATION
Sep 01, 2003; ... RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal bankruptcy judge is threatening toliquidate Midway Airlines because the carrier won't be able to emergefrom bankruptcy on Oct. 29. US Bankruptcy Judge A. Thomas Small said he may convert Midway'sChapter 11 bankruptcy to a Chapter 7 liquidation on Sept. 24 ...
SPECTEL SEEKS TO EASE CELLPHONE CONFERENCE CALLS
Sep 01, 2003; ... Reflecting the growing use of wireless phones as an everydaybusiness tool, Spectel, an Andover- and Dublin-based teleconferencingequipment maker, this week is rolling out a product line aimed atimproving conference calls for cellphone users. Spectel's MobileConneXion product, which ...
TO COMBAT WORMS, DIVERSITY HELPS
Sep 01, 2003; ... No, it's not your imagination. Our computers really are goingbananas. Not in a bad science-fiction movie sense. Our desktop PCs won't bestarting World War III anytime soon. That's mythology; this isbiology. It turns out that bananas, the tasty yellow fruits that ...
NEW BEGINNINGS SON OF BRINKS ROBBERY ACCOMPLICE GOING TO OXFORD
Sep 01, 2003; ... ALBANY, N.Y. - Chesa Boudin was 14 months old in 1981 when hismother dropped him off at a baby sitter's home on her way toparticipating in the armed holdup of a Brinks truck that turneddeadly. Now, with his college graduation just behind him and a RhodesScholarship just ahead, ...
IN KEY ELECTION STATE, BUSH TO AVOW ECONOMIC UPTURN
Sep 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush is expected to use a Labor Day addressin Ohio today to paint an optimistic picture of an America on theeconomic rebound thanks to the tax cuts his admini stration pushedthrough Congress. The trip is significant because Labor Day is a ...
KERRY SAYS ARMY SHOULD GROW BY 40,000 DENOUNCES RIVALS' PUSH TO REPEAL BUSH TAX CUTS; SEEKS TO RAISE HIS PROFILE
Sep 01, 2003; ... Senator John F. Kerry said yesterday that he favors expanding theArmy by roughly 40,000 soldiers to relieve troop strain, and wouldspend whatever it takes to stop the guerrilla warfare in Iraq. ButKerry said he would not send more US soldiers into the country,preferring international ...
THOUSANDS MOURN SLAIN CLERIC IRAQ COUNCIL RUSHES TO CHOOSE CABINET VIOLENCE HURTS REBUILDING PROCESS, IRAQI LEADERS SAY
Sep 01, 2003; ... BAGHDAD - Tens of thousands of mourners poured into Baghdad'sstreets early yesterday morning to begin a 120-mile funeralprocession to the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf, where one of Iraq'smost prominent political leaders, killed with at least 85 others by acar bomb there last Friday, will ...
ROME ERECTING THEATER REPLICA AS HISTORICAL ODE TO SHAKESPEARE
Sep 01, 2003; ... ROME - William Shakespeare set nearly half of his works in Italy.Now Rome is honoring the playwright by building a replica ofEngland's 16th-century Globe Theatre, where his most famous playswere performed. Starting in October, spectators can lend their ears to the ...
TWO ARRESTED ON GUN, DRUG CHARGES
Sep 01, 2003 ... Two people were arrested yesterday in Dover on weapons and drugcharges after police went to a home on Old Colony Drive toinvestigate a report of a disturbance, Dover police said. Authoritieswent to the home at about 1:50 p.m. and ...
DEATH ABOARD FREIGHTER IS PROBED
Sep 01, 2003; ... The Coast Guard was investigating the death of a crewman on atrans-Atlantic freighter who was buried alive when a pile of gypsumrock collapsed onto him during unloading in Newington, N.H., onSaturday night. The Ukrainian man, whose name has not been released, becametrapped under ...
CHESS NOTES
Sep 01, 2003; ... Chess is played for at least three reasons - for money,intellectual achievement, and the adrenalin of excitement. The lasthas a parallel in poker, in which an amateur appropriately namedChris Moneymaker recently won the World Series of Poker and turned$40 into $2.5 million. For ...
BERNARD GILL, 99; WORKED AT POSTAL SERVICE
Sep 01, 2003; ... Bernard Gill, a retired Providence postal worker, died Friday atthe Mayflower Place retirement home in West Yarmouth after sufferingheart failure. He was 99. Mr. Gill was born and educated in Providence and had recentlymoved to West Yarmouth. He graduated in 1922 from the old ...
QUESTIONS SURROUND TEEN'S CRASH DEATH STUDENT LINKED TO 2 ACCIDENTS
Sep 01, 2003; ... WILMINGTON - With a new driver's license in his pocket and a setof wheels of his own, 18-year-old James "Keoni" Kahale was on theverge of his senior year in high school. But the popular Billerica teenager's life ended violently earlySaturday, after a series of mysterious car ...
GREGORY LEWIS, 52, TEACHER WHO ADVOCATED SOCIAL JUSTICE
Sep 01, 2003; ... Gregory Lewis of Winthrop, a longtime educator and influentialfigure in juvenile and social justice, died Friday at MassachusettsGeneral Hospital following a battle with lung cancer. He was 52. Born in Rochester, N.Y., he lived in New York City and East Bostonbefore residing in ...
BOATER GIVES MAINERS A TASTE OF PARADISE FLOATING MARKET OFFERS ISLANDERS FRESH FOOD, CHEER
Sep 01, 2003; ... MacMAHAN ISLAND, Maine - The sea shimmers, the gulls swoop, thepeople wait, hungry but cheerful, like eager children looking for theice cream truck. A small knot of islanders in visors and sneakers watch as DavidBerry chugs into view and deftly docks his weathered oyster boat, ...
KEVIN O'BRIEN, 56, VETERAN, LAB TECHNICIAN
Sep 01, 2003; ... Kevin G. O'Brien of Norwood, a former lab technician at Polaroid,died Wednesday in his home following a long battle with cancer. Hewas 56. Mr. O'Brien was born in Dorchester and graduated in 1965 fromBoston English High School, after which he entered the US Army andserved in ...
HUPP, MONSIGNOR ROBERT
Sep 01, 2003 ... HUPP, Monsignor Robert - In Wisconsin, at 88. A former leader ofthe Boys Town institution, Monsignor Hubb was credited with rescuingthe famed ...
GALVIN URGES VOTERS TO REGISTER
Sep 01, 2003; ... With about six months to go before Super Tuesday, Secretary ofState William Galvin released presidential primary deadlinesyesterday and urged voters to start thinking about registering tovote for the March 2 primaries. "One of the tragic and strange things about the 2000 ...
NOT TO BE MIST
Sep 01, 2003 ... An early-morning boater on the Saco River in Saco, Maine, ...
HIRING FREEZE PROPOSED FOR TOWN JOBS
Sep 01, 2003 ... WAYLAND Saying they are concerned about cuts in state aid, town officialshope to institute a hiring freeze. Executive Secretary Jeff Ritterproposed a mandatory hiring freeze to selectmen earlier this month,and he expects a formal decision within the next few weeks. The townis ...
APPEAL OF STATE IMPACT DECISION EYED DANFORTH FARM STUDY INADEQUATE, GROUPS CONTEND
Sep 01, 2003; ... Town officials and residents are considering appealing the state'senvironmental certification for the Villages at Danforth Farm, sayingthe study inadequately addresses concerns about the effects of thelargest residential development ever proposed in Framingham. The report is silent ...
SOFTENED SKATEBOARD REGULATIONS PROPOSED SMALLER FINES, NO-CONFISCATION POLICY IS EYED
Sep 01, 2003; ... One year after rejecting a townwide ban on skateboarding, TownMeeting members will vote next month on a measure that would levyfines for the so-called hazardous use of wheeled conveyances. The proposed statute, sponsored by Police Chief Dennis R. Mannix,addresses longstanding ...
FALKNER, FRANK T.
Sep 01, 2003 ... In Berkeley, Calif., Aug. 21, at 84. Creator of the longestmedical study of twins, ...
IT SEEMS O'BRIEN'S EAGLES TOOK THEIR EYES OFF THE BALL
Sep 01, 2003; ... It was one missed opportunity in a game rife with them. But theway Jazzmen Williams saw it, his opportunity to help BostonColllege's football team clinch a season-opening victory over WakeForest evaded him late in the fourth quarter, with the Eaglesclinging to a 28-25 lead, when he ...
IT'S ANOTHER SWING, MISS FOR COLES
Sep 01, 2003; ... NORTON - Through it all, Gavin Coles has kept a firm grasp onperspective. He is living proof that not everybody on the PGA Tour isrolling in riches, but he refuses to make excuses. Nor will he runfrom the truth. "It's been terrible. Horrendous," he said when asked about the2003 ...
LOSS BY `SLEEPER' IS EYE-OPENING
Sep 01, 2003; ... It happens every season. The hot team of summer, the team the so-called experts tab as a "sleeper," plays its first game and thesleeper team is still asleep. Say hello to the Tigers of Auburn. Coach Tommy Tuberville's squadwas designated as top-10 material. We bought into that ...
DESPITE A SORE FOOT, DAVENPORT COOKING
Sep 01, 2003; ... NEW YORK - In "Pat and Mike," one of their brilliant moviecollaborations, Spencer Tracy, a rough-edged manager of athletes,says of spindly Katharine Hepburn, his tennis and golf sensation:"There ain't much there - but what's there is choice." There's a lot there in the person of ...
ROCKET BOOST: MOMENT OF MUTUAL ADMIRATION ROCKET IS BOOSTED BY A MOMENT OF MUTUAL ADMIRATION
Sep 01, 2003; ... The walk to the dugout was exceedingly slow, and deliberate. RogerClemens sought the refuge of his teammates with his head bowed,seemingly unaware of the thunderous roar that rumbled over theballyard he once called his own. Yes, there was a smattering of boos(and a couple of belligerent ...
DURING AN EVENTFUL DAY, STRAIN GETS TO JETER
Sep 01, 2003; ... Though the Yankees gained a game on the Red Sox in the AL Eastrace yesterday with their 8-4 win, the Steinbrenner Nine may havelost an important part of their middle infield and lineup, if onlyfor a game or two. New York shortstop Derek Jeter was taken out in the seventh ...
KAPLER FIELDS QUESTIONS ABOUT ERRORS
Sep 01, 2003; ... Red Sox center fielder Gabe Kapler stepped to the plate in theseventh inning yesterday seeking to atone for two errors he committedin the Yankees' fifth. He battled New York starter Roger Clemens fora walk, and in the process became the answer to a trivia question:"Who was the last ...
A HUNGRY KAYE BACK FOR SECONDS
Sep 01, 2003; ... NORTON - Golfers know the feeling: Sometimes the swing justclicks, and the putts are all short ones. Such was the case withJonathan Kaye at TPC Boston yesterday in the third round of theDeutsche Bank Championship as he posted an 8-under-par 63 to pass ahost of fellow competitors and ...
EXHAUSTED BONDS SPENDS NIGHT IN PHOENIX HOSPITAL
Sep 01, 2003 ... NAMES San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds washospitalized last night in Phoenix because of exhaustion. Bonds wasscratched from the lineup just minutes before the game against theArizona Diamondbacks. The Giants said Bonds was taken to a nearbyhospital as a precaution and ...
TEAM CHECKS REPORT AILING RAMIREZ SAID TO BE AT HOTEL BAR
Sep 01, 2003; ... Absentee Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez, who missed all three gamesof a critical weekend series with the New York Yankees because hesaid he was too ill to play, never made it to Fenway Park yesterday.That did not sit well with club officials looking into reports thatRamirez was spotted ...
IT'S MORE FOR LESSING HE AND KEHR WINNERS IN MONSTER TRIATHLON
Sep 01, 2003; ... Simon Lessing of Great Britain is accustomed to winning, and onecould tell. A five-time world titleholder, the 32-year-old defendingchampion of the Monster Challenge: Tri-Boston coolly repeatedyesterday, happy but not the least surprised. Gina Kehr of Redwood City, Calif., is not ...
TAKING IT TO THE LIMIT PATRIOTS PARE BUT MAY NOT BE SET
Sep 01, 2003; ... FOXBOROUGH - The Patriots' roster was down to the league-mandatory 53 players yesterday, as the team released 10 players, but coach Bill Belichick offered no promises that it would stay thatway. When he received the list of final cuts around the league lateyesterday, he was trying to ...
NO LUMPING IN HERRON WITH REST JUST NO LUMPING IN HERRON
Sep 01, 2003; ... NORTON - Tim Herron was making his way down the fifth fairwayafter teeing off when a boy in the 12- or 13-year-old range decidedto offer some encouragement. "Go, Tim," he yelled. "Call him Lumpy," advised the boy's dad. "Go, Lumpy!" Lumpy. That's been his ...
ENCROACHMENT: NFL'S PREGAME PLAN A BAD CALL
Sep 01, 2003; ... Over the years, the National Football League has provided such joyto my otherwise destitute life that I have been willing to overlookits sundry miscreants and maladies, from Brian Billick and JeremyShockey to Carmen Policy and Dan Snyder to, of course, instantreplay. But now, as another ...
REAL CLOSE CALL: LITTLE MAY CHANGE KIM ROLE
Sep 01, 2003; ... Byung Hyun Kim's repeated failures against the Yankees have costhim the closer's job. At least temporarily. Grady Little had said before the game there was a strongpossibility another pitcher would get last call yesterday afternoon,which became apparent when Kim arose in the ...
FENWAY FARE WELL CLEMENS PITCHES NY TO IMPORTANT VICTORY
Sep 01, 2003; ... Hours after the sun set on Roger Clemens for the last time in theFenway marsh, September dawned with a division title a distant speckon the horizon for the Red Sox. And impossible to miss were stormclouds once again forming over Manny Ramirez, the Sox slugger whomissed all three games of ...
WOODS STILL ON FRINGE, BUT...
Sep 01, 2003; ... NORTON - He awoke to the slight snap of autumn in the air, andfootball previews on his hotel TV. Tiger Woods knew it was Sunday,and for a second or two figured it was yet another Sunday to wrap upyet another PGA stop. "You know, it feels like I've been here for a while," said ...