The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from December 2003:
CHEATING THE EXAM SCHOOLS
Dec 01, 2003 ... BOSTON'S COMPETITIVE examination schools are dramaticcounterpoints to struggling urban school districts. Seats at BostonLatin School are so coveted, in fact, that some suburban parentsdeceive school officials and even advise their children to lie togain admission. The roughly ...
GANGING UP
Dec 01, 2003; ... "NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS," THEY SAY. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE MEDIACOVERAGE OF TRENDS IN CRIME AND VIOLENCE, THE REVERSE SEEMS MOREACCURATE: GOOD NEWS IS NO NEWS. THIS MAY EXPLAIN WHY THE RECENTRELEASE OF THE LATEST ANNUAL COMPILATION OF NATIONAL CRIME STATISTICSFROM THE FBI WAS IGNORED BY ...
LAPSES, MYSTERIES, AND OPUS
Dec 01, 2003; ... SOMETIMES THIS COLUMN POINTS OUT THE GLOBE'S LAPSES IN JUDGMENT ORFACT. SOMETIMES IT EXPLAINS THE MYSTERIOUS WORKINGS OF THE PAPER. ANDSOMETIMES IT SIMPLY ANSWERS READERS' QUERIES. THIS ENTRY OFFERS A BITOF ALL THREE, IN THAT ORDER. * Oops Most readers may not have noticed nor ...
THE OTHER AGGRESSOR IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Dec 01, 2003; ... ALLEGATIONS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INVOLVING CELEBRITIES ARE NOTHINGNEW, BUT TWO SUCH STORIES IN THE NEWS IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHSHAVE HAD A RELATIVELY UNUSUAL TWIST: THE ACCUSED PERPETRATORS WEREWOMEN AND THE ALLEGED VICTIMS WERE MEN. First, there was thelawsuit against Liza Minelli ...
STARGAZING
Dec 01, 2003; ... * Add actress Joey Lauren Adams to the list of celebrities bustedfor drunken driving. Adams, who was nominated for a Golden GlobeAward for her performance in "Chasing Amy," was arrested Friday inSan Diego after a police officer reported watching her pull into agas station and hit the ...
A DEAL FOR ASBESTOS VICTIMS
Dec 01, 2003 ... TIME RAN OUT in Congress for a bill that would have injectedcommon sense into the process of compensating victims of asbestosinhalation. The bill would have created a trust fund for asbestosvictims, giving priority to patients with the most severe conditionsand sparing both them and the ...
CLOTHES CALL
Dec 01, 2003; ... Robert and Joan Parker are two of our favorite people in theBoston area. They work, they write, they party, they give back to thecommunity, and they relentlessly promote their dancer son, David, whohappens to be awfully good. Ralph Lauren is one of our favoritedesigners - really! Now, ...
SHE FOLLOWED SIGNS TO A REWARDING CAREER
Dec 01, 2003; ... ELIZABETH HERMON, 53 ASTROLOGER ARLINGTON"Astrology has becomea lot more mainstream than when I started out 30 years ago. I used toget comments [like], `You seem so intelligent. How could you do athing like that?' About 15 years ago, I did the astrological chart ofa fundamentalist ...
ESPOSITO PULLS NO PUNCHES; MODEL IS ONE TO WATCH
Dec 01, 2003; ... DISORDERLY CONDUCT HIS BOOK, "THUNDER AND LIGHTNING," IS SUBTITLED"A No-B.S. Hockey Memoir," and that's no b.s. Former Bruin PhilEsposito writes it all down in his new autobiography, and if thatbothers anybody, tough. Characterized by coauthor Peter Golenbock as"one of the wildest ...
KEEPING CHILDREN IN THEIR THOUGHTS
Dec 01, 2003 ... The Rialto restaurant in Cambridge hosted about 225 guests for the10th anniversary Food for Thought dinner. The event last week raised$1 ...
DBC PIERRE CLEANS UP AUTHOR TURNS HIS LIFE AROUND EN ROUTE TO AN AWARD-WINNING NOVEL
Dec 01, 2003; ... It's not every day that a man gets his troubled life in order bywriting a novel, then goes on to win one of the biggest literaryprizes in the world. But that's what happened to Australian writer Peter Finlay, 42,whose pen name is DBC Pierre. He wrote "Vernon God Little," ...
BEYOND `REAGANS' HOOPLA, A CRITICAL, TYPICAL BIOPIC
Dec 01, 2003; ... The oldest rule of Hollywood must be that nothing calls attentionto a product quite like controversy. So it's surprising that Reaganloyalists leaned so heavily on CBS to reject "The Reagans" lastmonth, thereby creating much anticipatory ado about an averagedocudrama that certainly ...
STILL MORE `SURVIVOR'
Dec 01, 2003; ... Now's your chance to become one of the next group of 16 on"Survivor." CBS has started taking applications for the ninthedition of the million-dollar game, which will air next fall. Itslocation hasn't been announced yet. Anyone who wants to be part of the game must submit a ...
TRACING A PRIEST'S ROUTE TO PRISON
Dec 01, 2003; ... Brush with the law Protected for years by the secret ways of his archdiocesan bosses,John Geoghan's first close brush with the law - the first time heworried that his conduct could land him in jail - came five daysafter Christmas in 1994. Police and the Middlesex County ...
EAGLES LAND BOWL BERTH
Dec 01, 2003; ... Boston College finally landed a berth in the Diamond Walnut SanFrancisco Bowl yesterday, accepting an invitation from executivedirector Gary Cavalli to play Colorado State of the Mountain WestConference in the New Year's Eve game at Pacific Bell Park. "We almost got Boston College ...
SIDELIGHTS TO THE GAME
Dec 01, 2003; ... BESTS AND WORSTS* Best swim move: Colts pass rusher DwightFreeney on Matt Light, beating the Patriots' left tackle for a 6-yard sack on Tom Brady in the first quarter. * Best one-on-one move: Deion Branch, on a wide receiver screen inthe first quarter, completely faked out ...
JOHNSON QUICKLY BECAME A FACTOR
Dec 01, 2003; ... INDIANAPOLIS - Seizing the moment. Making the big play when itcounts most. A lot of Patriots could claim such distinction followingyesterday's 38-34 victory over the Colts at the RCA Dome. If theydid, however, they would have to stand behind Bethel Johnson, thespeedy rookie ...
AXELSSON CAN'T SHOULDER LOAD
Dec 01, 2003; ... Bruins left wing P.J. Axelsson was back on the shelf last nightafter aggravating a shoulder injury in Friday's 2-1 loss toNashville. Axelsson was hurt initially Nov. 20 in a game against Washingtonwhen his shoulders were compressed during a hit by forward DainiusZubrus. He sat ...
UP-AND-DOWN BRADY FINISHES ON TOP
Dec 01, 2003; ... INDIANAPOLIS - There were times in the second half Tom Bradylooked like the second coming of Joe Kapp, but in the end he lookedlike Joe Montana. And in this bottom-line business, that's all thatmatters. When it was all over, Brady had won another game. What's new? "We're ...
BRUINS AREN'T BETTER LATE, TIE
Dec 01, 2003; ... Coach Mike Sullivan has held meetings with his players on thesubject of how to play with a lead. The coaches have gone to thevideotape. They've used the chalkboard. They've given specificexamples, they've discussed general principles. What's next,demonstrations with puppets and ...
CELTICS MUST PULL OUT STOPS
Dec 01, 2003; ... The Celtics have fond memories of Memphis. When they visited ThePyramid way back on Oct. 31, they picked up their first road win ofthe season and showed signs of becoming a tough fourth-quarter team.With Paul Pierce side lined by six fouls, Mike James hit a winning 16-footer with 1.8 ...
TERRIERS SURPRISE WITH PAIR OF TRICKS
Dec 01, 2003; ... Boston University took a 6-0 lead after two periods, and defeatedYale, 7-2, at Walter Brown Arena last night, but this game was noordinary rout. Two defensemen, freshman Kevin Schaeffer and juniorRyan Whitney, each scored a hat trick for the Terriers. Neither BU coach Jack Parker, ...
TIME OFF GOOD FOR USC
Dec 01, 2003; ... SOMETIMES A TEAM HAS A GOOD DAY WHEN IT DOESN'T EVEN PLAY A GAME.THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OVER THE WEEKEND. Sometimes a team has a bad day even when it wins a game. That's whathappened to the fired Frank Solich at Nebraska. USC was idle Saturday. The Trojans ...
SOMETHING MISSING ON COLTS' FINAL DRIVE
Dec 01, 2003; ... INDIANAPOLIS - The game was on the line. The Indianapolis Coltshad first and goal at the Patriots 2-yard line. Peyton Manning and the Colts had four chances in the final minuteto overcome a 38-34 deficit to New England, but key members of thegoal-line offensive unit were missing in ...
GREEN REWARDED FOR HIS BODY OF WORK
Dec 01, 2003; ... Travis Green needed very little time to get reacquainted with hisformer mates, the Phoenix Coyotes, last night at the FleetCenter. Hisbody check just 1:48 into the game sent Branko Radivojevic crashingto the ice along the boards at the red line, seemingly serving noticethat he had come ...
WAREHAM IMPRESSED, NOT INTIMIDATED
Dec 01, 2003; ... When Bishop Feehan (8-2) hosts Wareham (10-1) in tomorrow'sDivision 4 playoff (7 p.m.) don't let the records fool you. Feehan'sShamrocks have to be considered the favorites. Just don't tell thatto the Vikings. The Shamrocks, who have advanced to the Super Bowl three straightyears ...
HARVARD SURVIVES CLOSE CALL AT UNH
Dec 01, 2003; ... DURHAM, N.H. - Harvard's women ice hockey coach Katey Stone saidat the beginning of the season that her team didn't need to score aglut of goals, just one more than the other team. That's all it took yesterday, as defenseman Angela Ruggiero brokea 1-1 deadlock with less than five ...
PLENTY OF MAGIC ON THE CARPET
Dec 01, 2003; ... INDIANAPOLIS - It's going to be captured in pictures and songs.It's going to be the centerpiece of the Patriots' 2003 highlightvideo. It's going to have its own sponsorship deal. It just may bestolen in the middle of the night and passed around like a StanleyCup. Is it really ...
YANKEES WOOING GORDON
Dec 01, 2003 ... Baseball The Yankees may be on the brink of countering the Red Sox' signingof Curt Schilling with a flurry of signings, perhaps as early astoday. ESPN and Newsday reported today that righthanded reliever TomGordon had agreed to a two-year, $7 million contract and said NewYork ...
SYRACUSE HANGS ON 3-POINT SHOOTING FAILS RHODE ISLAND
Dec 01, 2003 ... Hakim Warrick scored a career-high 30 points, helping defendingnational champion Syracuse narrowly avoid an 0-2 start by beatingRhode Island, 69-65, yesterday before 16,587 at the Carrier Dome. The No. 7 Orangemen, who lost their opener to Charlotte Wednesdaynight, shot just 39.2 ...
STARS OF FUTURE BEHIND SCHEDULE RETURN OF VICK NOT ONLY NO. 1 CONCERN
Dec 01, 2003; ... The schedule-makers were really onto something. In the height of aplayoff push, how about a showdown of two rising teams led by thefuture of the NFL? The only thing higher than expectations in Atlantawere the potential TV ratings. You couldn't come within city lines ofHouston without ...
WILD RIDE AT INDY PATRIOTS RACE OUT TO BIG EARLY LEAD, HOLD ON AT THE END
Dec 01, 2003; ... INDIANAPOLIS - Down the Atlantic Coast in Charlotte, N.C., theylike to call their Carolina Panthers the "Cardiac Cats." Yeah. ThePanthers have been known to pull out a close win here and there thisyear. But, man oh man. They've got nothing on New England's"Palpitation Pats." For ...
HAVE TO HAND IT TO STAND-UP GUYS I
Dec 01, 2003; ... NDIANAPOLIS - The final play of a goal-line stand summed up whythe New England Patriots are 10-2 this morning. They are 10-2 becausethey out-thought the Indianapolis Colts on fourth down at their 1-yard line, and because they out-hit them, too. Football is about much more than ...
OFFENSE MADE ITS POINTS
Dec 01, 2003; ... INDIANAPOLIS - Knowing what you have to do is one thing. Doingwhat you have to do is something completely different. The Patriots' offensive players knew they couldn't rely on thedefense and expect to leave the RCA Dome with an eighth consecutivevictory. They understood that they ...
AGAINST NIAMKEY, HORNETS NO LOCK
Dec 01, 2003; ... On the sidelines Thanksgiving Day in Foxborough, fans already werepredicting undefeated Mansfield would trounce host Quincy in tomorrownight's Division 3 playoff matchup at 7 at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Some had the Hornets winning by as many as 50 points. With an 11-0 ...
PROBLEM COMES UP WHEN DEFENSEMEN DON'T
Dec 01, 2003; ... NEARLY TWO MONTHS INTO THE SEASON, WHICH IS ABOUT WHEN EVERY RINKIN NORTH AMERICA TURNED INTO QUICKSAND FOR THEM LAST YEAR, THE BRUINSARE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.They've left a few too many points onthe table of late, and that's a legitimate concern, but they're stillbreakin' bread and ...
MANAGERIAL PICK DELAYED
Dec 01, 2003; ... No need for Terry Francona to panic just yet. But the Red Sox, whoinitially indicated they would introduce their next manager tomorrow,plan to briefly delay the announcement, according to a sourcefamiliar with the process. While Francona remains the overwhelming front-runner, the ...
ONE HIT LIST THEY DON'T WANT TO JOIN
Dec 01, 2003; ... Jim Fassel is the embodiment of the pitfalls of coaching in theNFL: At any given time, you don't know if he's playoff-bound orunemployment-bound. With an overheated sports world inflamed by talkradio and the Internet, Fassel's job security doesn't vary week toweek, it varies New York ...
WALPOLE MUST MAKE DIFFICULT CHOICE
Dec 01, 2003; ... How does one defend against a versatile offense? That's the dilemma facing Walpole as it prepares to square offwith Swampscott in a Division 3 playoff game tomorrow night at 6 inNatick. The Big Blue have one of the most potent offenses in the state.Quarterbacks Shane Corcoran ...
WHIPPLE ENVISIONS A BIG MOVE TO HELP IMPROVE UMASS
Dec 01, 2003; ... HAMILTON, N.Y. - The image is forever etched in University ofMassachusetts football lore: coach Mark Whipple, in his first season,hoisting the Division 1-AA national championship trophy with hischeering players behind him, moments after the Minutemen stunnedpreviously unbeaten Georgia ...
NO. 1 UCONN TOYS WITH CRUSADERS
Dec 01, 2003 ... Jessica Moore had 17 points and a career-high 14 rebounds for herthird career double double, leading top-ranked Connecticut to a 76-42 victory over Holy Cross yesterday in Hartford. Moore, a 6-foot-3 junior center, helped the Huskies (3-0) outscorethe Crusaders, 40-14, in the ...
READY TO MAKE A GREAT LEAP FORWARD
Dec 01, 2003; ... Alan Montello's goal was to produce the world's first threadcapable of generating electricity from sunlight. Montello is a researcher at Konarka Technologies in Lowell, a citythat was once the center of American textile production. Konarka'sheadquarters are located in a brick ...
BIOGEN IDEC GOES INTO BUY MODE
Dec 01, 2003; ... CAMBRIDGE - With the merger with Idec Pharmaceuticals of San Diegocomplete, a new title as CEO of Biogen Idec, and the combinedcompanies' shares trading - and gaining ground - under a new symbol,James C. Mullen has a new job. He's going on a shopping spree. Over the next two ...
DIGITAL CRACKDOWN LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMBERS GET TRAINING IN COMPUTER FORENSICS TO HELP NAB CRIMINALS
Dec 01, 2003; ... NEW BRAINTREE - With its stately lettering and elaboratelyengraved borders, there's a certain austere dignity to aMassachusetts automobile certificate of title, the piece of paperthat proves ownership of a car. The image on the computer screen hadthat same serious, legitimate ...
THE GADGETS ON EVERYONE'S LIST FROM THE COOLEST MUST-HAVES TO WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS: A HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
Dec 01, 2003; ... Every year I get inquiries from baffled friends, family, andreaders who want to know two things: What the hottest gifts for geeksare and what to buy for the "tech challenged." Technology gifts are expected to be hot this year. About three-quarters of US households say they'll ...
CLEARING WAY FOR LEGITIMATE E-MAIL? MARKETERS HOPE ANITSPAM LAW RESTORES INDUSTRY'S REPUTATION
Dec 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Gail Goodman doesn't sell penis enlargers. Shedoesn't pitch get-rich-quick schemes involving deposed Nigeriandictators. No cheap loans, no dream homes, no herbal Viagra. The Waltham company Goodman heads, Roving Software Inc., sends e-mail promotions and newsletters on ...
HIV FIGHT COMES UP SHORT IN NIGERIA DRUGS RUNNING OUT AT PUBLIC CLINICS HIV FIGHT COMES UP SHORT IN NIGERIA AS DRUGS RUN OUT
Dec 01, 2003; ... JOS, Nigeria - Kenang Choji, a 33-year-old shopkeeper and motherof two, is infected with HIV. But she was supposed to be one of thefortunate in Africa. She lives in Nigeria, one of the few countrieson the continent that have been providing life-extending AIDS drugsto those who need ...
N.J. HUNTS FOR SOLUTION AS THE BEARS ENCROACH
Dec 01, 2003; ... DENVILLE, N.J. - Shortly after she received the call that a bearwas snooping around a dumpster downtown, Meredith Petrillo, the localanimal control officer, chased the black bear with a paintball gununtil the creature swam away in the Rockaway River. Before she couldcatch her breath, she ...
HIGH COURT MAY HEAR CHENEY APPEAL ENERGY CASE FOCUSES ON CONFIDENTIALITY, PRESIDENTIAL POWERS
Dec 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - The Bush administration's sustained campaign to buildup the powers of the presidency and to extend the confidentiality ofWhite House decision-making is due for a major test in the SupremeCourt, possibly as early as today. The justices appear ready to decide whether ...
UNSOLVED CASES STUMP CHICAGO AS HOMICIDES DECLINE, QUESTIONS ON RISE OVER INCREASE IN OPEN PROBES
Dec 01, 2003; ... CHICAGO - On Nov. 26, 2001, someone reached from the window of ared Cadillac and trained a gun on Jose Sanchez, a 14-year-old wholiked to cock his hat just so and walk with a fake limp, in anapparent effort to proclaim himself a gangster. Police said Sanchez was hit in the right ...
FOR THE RECORD
Dec 01, 2003 ... CLARIFICATION: A story in yesterday's City & Region section aboutthe letter issued by Massachusetts Catholic bishops regarding gaymarriage stated that about ...
A PRIEST BY TURNS DEMANDING AND TIMID TROD PRISON'S PATH
Dec 01, 2003; ... On the eve of his first Christmas in prison, John J. Geoghan satin his cell on the brink of despair - and surrender. The tormentshe said he suffered at the hands of a few correction officers hadworn him down. The sanction they had imposed for offenses Geoghan insisted ...
US FORCES KILL 46 IN IRAQ BATTLE FIGHTING FOLLOWS CONVOY AMBUSH; 2 S. KOREANS DIE IN LATER CLASH
Dec 01, 2003; ... BAGHDAD - American forces killed 46 Iraqis yesterday when two USmilitary convoys came under attack by a large group of Saddam Husseinloyalists, the US military said. Five US soldiers and a civilian werewounded in the battle in Samarra, about 60 miles north of Baghdad. It appears to ...
MILITANTS, ACCORD DELEGATES SCUFFLE CEREMONY TO MARK UNOFFICIAL PLAN FOR MIDEAST PEACE
Dec 01, 2003; ... JERUSALEM - Palestinian politicians making their way to Geneva forthe unveiling of an unofficial peace accord reached with Israeliopposition figures were accosted by scores of demonstrators in Gazaafter being labeled "collaborators" by a militant group. The accordsets out to prove that ...
ON HILL, RELATIONS TAKE TURN FOR WORSE
Dec 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - After a spate of fierce political tussles, mostrecently over Medicare, Democrats are circulating a new line aboutPresident Bush: That, to his credit, he has kept his campaign pledgeto "change the tone" in Washington. Now, they say, it's worse. Over the course of ...
WHO'S AIDS PROGRAM TARGETS 3 MILLION BY 2005
Dec 01, 2003; ... PRETORIA - The World Health Organization released a blueprinttoday for treating 3 million people with AIDS by the end of 2005 -an initiative regarded by some globe health veterans as the mostambitious ever undertaken in public health. The program, which is being unveiled on World ...
FATHER OF INJURED 8-WEEK-OLD IS ARRESTED
Dec 01, 2003; ... A Brockton father of an 8-week-old boy is scheduled to bearraigned today on charges he shook and seriously injured his son,authorities said yesterday. Shawn Hudson, 21, was arrested Friday and faces a charge ofassault and battery on a child resulting in serious bodily ...
STATE SAYS CLASS TIME SHORT AT ANDOVER HIGH DISTRICT FACES RISK OF REDUCTION IN AID
Dec 01, 2003; ... ANDOVER - Andover High School is violating state law by providingtoo few courses, too little class time, and too many study halls,according to state education officials who have ordered the districtto hire more teachers or risk losing $4.9 million in state aid. State Education ...
FRED BAKER; PSYCHOLOGIST BECAME PROGRAMMER ANALYST
Dec 01, 2003; ... Fred B. Baker of Lynn, a former psychologist who became aprogrammer analyst, died of heart failure Saturday in Union Hospitalin Lynn. He was 66. Born in Boston, he graduated from Newton High School in 1955. Hereceived a bachelor's degree in 1962 and a master's degree ...
CITY PRAISED ON CUTS, BUT WARNED THAT MORE LIKELY
Dec 01, 2003; ... Boston laid off nearly 1,100 city employees in fiscal year 2003,trimming its workforce by 7.5 percent. But more savings must be foundnext year to deal with predicted dire economic conditions, accordingto a new report by a fiscal watchdog group. The Boston Municipal Research Bureau, ...
CHESS NOTES
Dec 01, 2003; ... The result of the Gary Kasparov-Deep Fritz match, which was a 2-2draw, raises the question of why humans are so enthusiastic aboutplaying against a machine - and why Kasparov was willing to endure the painful event, suffering humiliation and then recovering to tiethe ...
GUY DEVANY, 91; OVERSAW CREATION OF SUN CHRONICLE
Dec 01, 2003; ... Guy Spaulding DeVany, the first publisher of The Sun Chroniclenewspaper in Attleboro and an advocate of community newspapers, diedFriday at Caritas Norwood Hospital in Norwood after a year of failinghealth. He was 91. "He had it in his blood," Mr. DeVany's son, Dan, of ...
FIREFIGHTER'S TRAINING QUESTIONED CALL, VOLUNTEER WORKERS DEFEND THEIR ABILITIES TRAINING QUERIED IN DEADLY BLAZE
Dec 01, 2003; ... LANCASTER - Martin McNamara worked a full-time job at a drillingcompany, but he wanted so badly to be a firefighter that he tooknight and weekend classes at the state firefighting academy to honehis skills and knowledge, a colleague said yesterday. But like other call or voluntary ...
IN LAWMAKER POLL, FEW BACK LIMITING MARRIAGE POLITICAL DEBATE SHIFTS TO ACCOMMODATE SJC
Dec 01, 2003; ... The state Senate president and the House majority leader,responding to a Globe survey of Massachusetts legislators, say theywould vote against a proposed constitutional amendment that would bansame-sex marriage and civil unions. The poll, conducted during the week following the ...
MANNA FROM D.C. BOOSTS CHARITIES FAITH-BASED GROUPS MEET SECULAR NEEDS
Dec 01, 2003; ... It came as both a surprise and a blessing to the Black MinisterialAlliance of Greater Boston when the Bush administration in late 2002approved its request for $2 million to build up the capacity ofchurch and community groups serving at-risk youth in Roxbury,Dorchester, Mattapan, and ...