The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from April 2004:
HALVAH HORRENDOUS
Apr 01, 2004 ... THEY FLY IN from cyberspace looking like lines of absurdist poetryor a CIA operative's list of secret codes: "impetus palindromeshiver," "hiroshi getty histrionic incise," "dirge irreproachable." These strangely compelling subject lines are the only part of spamworth reading, for ...
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS ON GAY MARRIAGE
Apr 01, 2004; ... TALK ABOUT SHOTGUN MARRIAGES. THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATUREFINALLY FOUND A WAY TO UNITE THE OPPONENTS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE GAYMARRIAGE DEBATE. THESE ENEMIES ARE NOW WED IN ANGER AT THEPOLITICIANS. On Monday, the Legislature narrowly approved anamendment to the Massachusetts ...
WHAT HAS GONE RIGHT IN IRAQ
Apr 01, 2004; ... WITH ALL THE NEWS COMING OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST, HERE IS A DETAILYOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED: A few weeks ago, the United Nations shutdown the Ashrafi refugee camp in southwestern Iran. For years Ashrafihad been the largest facility in the world housing displaced Iraqis,tens of thousands of ...
THE AWFUL TRUTH ABOUT TALK RADIO
Apr 01, 2004 ... UNFORTUNATELY, I BELIEVE JAY SEVERIN WAS RIGHT IN HIS DIATRIBETHAT LIBERAL TALK RADIO WILL FAIL BECAUSE TALK RADIO IS A "BUSINESSTHAT MUST ATTRACT A VAST AUDIENCE" (OP ED, MARCH 30). THAT'S WHY, IFIT HAS ANY CHANCE AT ALL, PROGRESSIVE TALK RADIO MUST ADAPT THETACTICS OF CONSERVATIVE ...
INACCURACIES ABOUT CHENEY
Apr 01, 2004 ... UNFORTUNATELY, READERS OF ROBERT KUTTNER'S COLUMN "CHENEY'SUNPRECEDENTED POWER" (OP ED, FEB. 25) WERE NOT PRESENTED WITHIMPORTANT FACTS. WHILE MUCH OF KUTTNER'S SCREED WAS BUILT ONINACCURACIES AND FALSE INNUENDO, SPECIFIC OMISSIONS MERIT THE NOTICEOF READERS. To avoid even the ...
A WIN-WIN FOR ALL BUT EXTREMISTSTHE EDITORIAL "
Apr 01, 2004 ... A step back" (March 30) is dead wrong. The Legislature has provided equal rights to homosexual coupleswhile protecting the tradition of marriage for heterosexual couples.This is a win-win for all but the most extreme elements ...
ROMNEY'S FEAR ABOUT MARRIAGE
Apr 01, 2004 ... GOVERNOR ROMNEY MAY NOT BE A BIGOT, ALTHOUGH HE WANTS TO WRITEDISCRIMINATION AGAINST OUR GAY CITIZENS INTO THE STATE CONSTITUTIONBY STAYING THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT'S DECISION ON MARRIAGE (PAGEA1, MARCH 30). THE GOVERNOR'S REAL AGENDA, I SUSPECT, IS DRIVEN BYHIS FEAR THAT, AFTER ...
REILLY'S RULING PROVES A POINT
Apr 01, 2004 ... ATTORNEY GENERAL THOMAS REILLY'S REVIVAL OF A 1913 LAW ORIGINALLYWRITTEN TO BLOCK INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES IN MASSACHUSETTS ("AG SEES GAYMARRIAGE LIMIT," PAGE A1, MARCH 31) REVEALS THE TRUE NATURE OFOPPOSITION TO GAY MARRIAGE. REILLY INTENDS TO APPLY THAT LAW TO SAME-SEX COUPLES FROM OUT OF ...
MAKING A GAS TAX MORE PALATABLE
Apr 01, 2004 ... "THE HIGH COST OF CHEAP GAS" (EDITORIAL, MARCH 28) CITED TWOPROBLEMS WITH A GAS TAX INCREASE: IT WOULD BE WILDLY UNPOPULAR WITHTHE PUBLIC AND IT IS A REGRESSIVE TAX. BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS WOULDBE MITIGATED BY REBATING THE MONEY RAISED BY THE TAX BACK TO THEPUBLIC WITH CHECKS, MUCH AS ...
THE RIGHT TARGET ON CORPORATE TAXES
Apr 01, 2004; ... HOW DELICIOUS. JOHN KERRY, THE QUINTESSENTIAL BOSTON BRAHMIN WHOIS NOT KNOWN FOR THE COMMON TOUCH, HAS FOUND AN ISSUE THAT STRIKES ACHORD WITH ANYONE WHO HAS EVER LIVED PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK: JOBINSECURITY. AFTER RAILING ABOUT "BENEDICT ARNOLD" CEOS, HE HASUNVEILED A PLAN TO END CORPORATE ...
ROMNEY'S REAL GOAL IN GAY CAMPAIGN
Apr 01, 2004; ... THE POSSIBILITIES MUST SEEM ENDLESS FOR A POLITICIAN WITHKENNEDYESQUE HAIR AND JOHN ASHCROFT PERSPECTIVE. At a pressconference Tuesday, Governor Mitt Romney did his best to define theallegedly dire consequences of allowing homosexuals to marry nextmonth. He didn't come up with much, ...
FAULTING BUSH ON GAS PRICES
Apr 01, 2004 ... SENATOR JOHN KERRY WAS RIGHT IN CALLING PRESIDENT BUSH TO TASK FORHIGH GASOLINE PRICES ("INCREASES AT PUMP FUEL FIGHT ON POLICY," PAGEA8, MARCH 31). INDEED, I FEEL THAT KERRY HASN'T DONE ENOUGH TOHIGHLIGHT BUSH'S TIES TO THE ENERGY AND OIL INDUSTRIES, WHICH AREDEEP, LONGSTANDING, AND ...
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESSE AND THEIR ACTIVISM
Apr 01, 2004; ... NEWTON - Kathy Butler Jones and Hubie Jones may not be householdnames, but easily could be. They have committed their lives tochildren, education, activism, urban affairs, and the arts in their46 years of marriage while raising eight children in a 12-room brickColonial in ...
CASHING IN ON THE THE DEMOCRATS' PARTY AREA HOMEOWNERS SEE DOLLAR SIGNS WHEN DELEGATES COME TOT BOSTON
Apr 01, 2004; ... Ron Tashjian, a single father of grown children, is really lookingforward to the Democratic National Convention in Boston this summer.Not that he plans to attend; he isn't even a Democrat. But Tashjian, who is retired, is hoping his 1,600-square-foot,three-bedroom, 1 1/2-bath ...
IN SEARCH OF A TOOL THAT'S A CUT ABOVE REST
Apr 01, 2004; ... Chopping, that most basic of culinary techniques, can usually behandled ably with three tools: two hands and one good, sharp cook'sknife. But there are times and situations when the last thing manycooks want to do is wield that trusty 8-inch Wusthof, times whenthey'd rather turn to a ...
TO GONCHAR, IT'S CAPITAL IDEA TO PLAY WASHINGTON
Apr 01, 2004; ... Since the Bruins acquired defenseman Sergei Gonchar from theWashington Capitals March 3, Boston has gone 9-2-1 on the way tomoving into second place in the Eastern Conference, and first in theNortheast Division. Gonchar, who brought considerable offensive skills to the table,has ...
BU NAMES LYNCH ITS NEW AD
Apr 01, 2004; ... When Mike Lynch's pro baseball career ended as a Red Sox farmhandin Winter Haven, Fla., 12 years ago, he decided to go back to college- as a baseball coach at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. It was the beginning of a career path in academia that includedthree years at the ...
CELTICS VICTIMIZED BY INSIDE JOB BLAZERS THE PICTURE OF EFFICIENCY IN PAINT
Apr 01, 2004; ... Damon Stoudamire stepped out of bounds in front of the Celtics'bench with less than a minute remaining in the fourth quarter. Bostoncoach John Carroll saw the transgression. Officials Dan Crawford,Gary Benson, and Rodney Mott did not. No call. As a result, Carroll vented a night ...
SCOREBOARD WATCHING? IT'S NOT ON HIS SCHEDULE
Apr 01, 2004; ... Interim coach John Carroll will leave the complicated mathconcerning the winning percentages of future opponents to basketballpundits with more time on their hands. Even before last night's 105-98 loss to Portland, Carroll wasconsumed with winning the games left on the schedule. He ...
AS EVENT HAS GROWN, SO HAVE THE MEMORIES
Apr 01, 2004; ... Thirty years ago this month . . . (OK. Deep breath. Continue.) Anyway, 30 years ago this month, I met the first people I ever metat a Final Four. They sold farm equipment, I think. Or insurance. Orperhaps insurance you could apply to your tractors, or yourthreshers, and which ...
FOR PETEY'S SAKE, IT'S ONLY SPRING
Apr 01, 2004; ... Of all days, the first of April is not a smart time to bedelivering any Pedro Martinez eulogies. Those who have studied hiswords and his work should know that by now. Sometimes I wonder ifPedro creates this spring hysteria on purpose. Maybe it provides himwith late-night laughs when his ...
MILLAR CONFIDENT TEAM READY TO `HOLD THE FORT'
Apr 01, 2004; ... FORT MYERS, Fla. - For Red Sox fans despairing that both TrotNixon (back) and Nomar Garciaparra (right Achilles' tendon) areexpected to miss the first month of the season, first baseman KevinMillar offers a recent history lesson. The Yankees lost shortstopDerek Jeter for six weeks at the ...
KRAFT TARGETS CONSISTENCY AS TEAM'S NEXT GOAL
Apr 01, 2004; ... PALM BEACH, Fla. - Amid his team's success, Robert Kraft vows tokeep a level head. That figures to be easier for the Patriots' ownerthan it has been to keep a low profile here at the league's annualmeeting. Two Super Bowl wins in three years, a two-year-old stadiumthat will host the ...
HORNUNG `WRONG' ON RACIAL REMARKS
Apr 01, 2004 ... NAMESFormer Heisman Trophy winner Paul Hornung expressedregret yesterday for saying his alma mater, Notre Dame, needed tolower its academic standards to "get the black athlete." He told theAssociated Press: "I was wrong. What I should have said is for allathletes it is really tough ...
FUTURE TOUGH TO FOUR-CAST SOX SET TO WAIT WITH WOULD-BE FREE AGENTS
Apr 01, 2004; ... FORT MYERS, Fla. - It isn't just an inflamed right Achilles'tendon that is making Nomar Garciaparra's future uncertain with theRed Sox. When Garciaparra flies home to Boston today to begin a period ofrehabilitation designed to get him back on the field by May, he willdo so ...
MILES IS FINALLY MAKING A DENT IN LEARNING CURVE
Apr 01, 2004; ... HE THOUGHT HE'D BE A CLIPPER FOR LIFE. (NO ONE IS A CLIPPER FORLIFE, EXCEPT THE OWNER.) HE THOUGHT HE'D BE FRONT AND CENTER WHEN THECAVALIERS TURNED THINGS AROUND WITH LEBRON JAMES. HE WAS - FOR A FEWMONTHS. NOW HE'S A TRAIL BLAZER.And last night we saw whyPortland thinks it has a ...
PATRIOTS HITCH UP TRAYLOR AND PREPARE TO MOVE
Apr 01, 2004; ... PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Patriots were a busy organization yesterdayand not simply because they announced the signing of veterandefensive tackle Keith Traylor to replace Ted Washington. The Patriots have negotiated a standing offer with the DetroitLions to acquire the sixth overall ...
GARCIAPARRA MAKES PAINFUL MOVE TO DL THREE WEEKS OF REST NEEDED FOR STAR'S INFLAMED ACHILLES'
Apr 01, 2004; ... FORT MYERS, Fla. - Hoping for a miracle, the Red Sox insteadyesterday ran into a major misfortune as they lost Nomar Garciaparramost likely until May with a vexing case of Achilles' tendinitis. TheAll-Star shortstop received the disconcerting news less than 48 hoursafter he declined to ...
TEAM HAS NO PLANS FOR A SHORT-TERM FIX
Apr 01, 2004; ... FORT MYERS, Fla. - With Nomar Garciaparra likely sidelined for atleast a month, the Red Sox yesterday had no immediate plans toacquire another infielder to help replace him. They expect to enterthe season with Pokey Reese at shortstop and Mark Bellhorn at secondbase. Both have struggled ...
WHITE HOUSE, COUNSEL SPLIT ON GAY RIGHTS OFFICIAL HAD QUESTIONED ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAW
Apr 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - The Bush administration distanced itself yesterdayfrom its US special counsel, who has questioned whether federal lawprotects gay and lesbian federal employees from discrimination basedon sexual orientation. The special counsel, Scott Bloch, whose independent ...
FOR THE RECORD
Apr 01, 2004 ... CLARIFICATION: BECAUSE OF AN EDITING ERROR, THE PEDIATRICPERSPECTIVE COLUMN IN TUESDAY'S HEALTH/SCIENCE SECTION WAS UNCLEARABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE VACCINE PREVNAR. PREVNAR ...
ON STUMP, A THRUST-AND-PARRY RITUAL
Apr 01, 2004 ... A back-and-forth between the campaigns from Monday morning: 9:44 a.m. - Bush-Cheney e-mail touts radio ad centered oncondemnation of Kerry by a Massachusetts police officer. 10:09 a.m. - Pro-Democrat Center for American Progress questionsWhite House claims about its ...
BRUTALITY, CHEERS IN IRAQ MOB DRAGS BURNED BODIES OF FOUR SLAIN AMERICAN CIVILIANS THROUGH STREETS
Apr 01, 2004; ... BAGHDAD - Insurgents ambushed and killed four American civiliancontractors yesterday in Fallujah, and a cheering mob then torchedtheir vehicles, dragged their charred bodies through the streets, andstrung two from an iron bridge over the Euphrates River, witnessessaid. Hours ...
KERRY HAS SHOULDER SURGERY RECOVERY TAKES CANDIDATE OFF TRAIL FOR FEW DAYS
Apr 01, 2004; ... Boston surgeons yesterday successfully repaired a torn tendon inSenator John F. Kerry's right shoulder, discharging the presumptiveDemocratic presidential nominee to convalesce at his Beacon Hill homefor several days even as evidence mounted that the Bush campaign'sattacks have hurt his ...
BANK OF AMERICA CHIEF LANDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Apr 01, 2004; ... [A PUBLISHED CORRECTION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS STORY.] CHARLOTTE, N.C. - It was just a few years ago that Kenneth Lewiswould show up late to cocktail parties and make a beeline forfamiliar faces. Around the office, he paused a bit awkwardly inconversations, or frequently lapsed into ...
IN FAT WAR, DOCTORS HAVE FEW WEAPONS
Apr 01, 2004; ... Though obesity is now the second-leading cause of preventabledeaths in the United States, doctors face a surprising problem infighting the battle of the bulge: To most patients, they don't havemuch to offer beyond advice about diet and exercise. The only two drugs approved by the ...
KERRY CAN'T RECALL BEING AT '71 PARLEY
Apr 01, 2004; ... Senator John F. Kerry said through a spokesman this week that hehas no recollection of attending a November 1971 meeting of VietnamVeterans Against the War at which some activists discussed a plot tokill some US senators who backed the war. "Senator Kerry does not remember ...
7 MONTHS TO ELECTION, CAMPAIGNS FIGHT LIKE 11TH HOUR
Apr 01, 2004; ... The campaign for president ends 31 weeks from today, but the firstfour weeks of the general election have been fought as if they werethe last. With an intensity usually reserved for a campaign's closing days,President Bush, Democrat John F. Kerry, and their respective ...
SCHOOL BOSS RETAINED DESPITE INDICTMENT
Apr 01, 2004 ... The Everett School Committee voted 8-0 last night to retainSuperintendent Frederick F. Foresteire, despite his indictment Fridayalleging misappropriation of school funds for personal use.Foresteire and 10 others were named in the 41-count indictment alleging a bid-rigging scheme ....
CHIEF JUSTICE ZOLL TO RETIRE JUNE 20
Apr 01, 2004 ... Chief Justice Samuel Zoll will retire June 20 after serving 31years on the bench, the last 28 as head of the District Courtdepartment. As such he oversees 69 courts and 176 judges. Zoll'ssuccessor will be picked by Robert ...
RALLY HELD TO BACK GAY STUDENT
Apr 01, 2004 ... A rally was held yesterday at the College of the Holy Cross tosupport a gay student who had been the victim of several hate crimes.The rally's theme was "where's the love?" and was put together bymembers of the student government and people who know the targetedsenior, Christopher Brown, ...
OFFICER'S REINSTATEMENT IS UPHELD
Apr 01, 2004 ... A state Appeals Court panel yesterday reluctantly upheld thereinstatement of a Boston police officer who was fired in 1999 inconnection with a clash two years earlier with a couple in a double-parked car on a South End street. John DiSciullo, a veteranpatrolman, was dismissed after an ...
POLICE SEEK MAN WHO STOLE OXYCONTIN
Apr 01, 2004 ... Boston police are looking for a suspect who stole three bottles ofOxyContin from a CVS pharmacy on Cambridge Street yesterday. Policesaid the man approached the pharmacist's counter just before 1 p.m.brandishing a handgun and ...
GIRL, 3, FOUND IN STREAM; DSS PROBES ATTLEBORO CASE
Apr 01, 2004; ... A 3-year-old autistic girl who apparently wandered away from herAttleboro home Tuesday was found face down in a nearby stream, andwas in critical condition last night. Officials said the Departmentof Social Services was investigating the episode. Nioami Howe may have gotten ...
DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES SCRAMBLE TO MAKE PLANS
Apr 01, 2004; ... Businesses in downtown Boston are bracing for commuting chaos whenthe Democratic National Convention comes to town in July, with someplanning to close for the week and others asking their employees totake time off, rather than endure interminable trips to and ...
CONVENTION-WEEK DETOURS EYED OFFICIALS URGE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSIT
Apr 01, 2004; ... The major alternative routes for traffic detoured from Interstate93 during the Democratic National Convention will probably be Route128 and the Ted Williams Tunnel, shifts that would pack tens ofthousands of additional cars onto those roads. Secondary roads such as Routes 60, 99, ...
ASK DR. KNOWLEDGE
Apr 01, 2004 ... Q. Are SUVs really less safe than normal cars? Are they unstable?Why is there so much animosity toward SUVs? A.H., Boston A. The usual safety-related criticism of sport utility vehiclesfocuses on their tendency to roll over. Do SUVs have a higherprobability of rolling over ...
BAIL SET AT $600,000 FOR FORMER RESEARCHER
Apr 01, 2004; ... A judge yesterday gave a former Harvard Medical School instructora way to get out of jail: Pay the $600,000 he is alleged to havebilked from colleagues at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The lawyer for Weidong Xu said the 38-year-old is a wizard in theresearch lab, but naive. "He ...
WANTED: FOREIGN HELP CAPE, SUMMER BUSINESSES HIT HARD BY WORKER VISA CAP
Apr 01, 2004; ... On Nantucket, Andrew Fee wonders whether he'll be able to openHenry's sandwich shop on time this year. In Dennis Port, RobertBaroni is considering selling Holiday Hill Motor Inn. And Paula St.Pierre is panicked that her family's Chatham Boat Co. won't be ableto prepare customers' boats ...
MAINE SOLDIER DIES IN IRAQ FAMILY MAN, 27, NO STRANGER TO TRAGEDY
Apr 01, 2004; ... A small, patriotic town, where everyone knows the sprigs of eachfamily's tree, is mourning the loss of Specialist Jeremiah J. Holmes. Holmes, 27, of North Berwick, Maine, was killed on Monday whenhis vehicle hit an explosive device and plunged from a bridge inIraq, according to ...
MENINO SUPPORTS EMBATTLED JOYCE
Apr 01, 2004; ... Despite a growing chorus of critics who say Kevin Joyce should go,Mayor Thomas M. Menino continued yesterday to defend his InspectionalServices Department commissioner, saying he "does a great job in theneighborhoods of Boston every day." With yesterday's release of a critical ...
TEACHER WHO SUED IS PLACED ON LEAVE SAYS FREE SPEECH RIGHTS BREACHED
Apr 01, 2004; ... PRESQUE ISLE, Maine - A seventh-grade history teacher has beenplaced on administrative leave, less than four months after he fileda lawsuit alleging the school district violated his First Amendmentright to free speech by requiring him to adhere to a European historycurriculum that ...
EX-STUDENT SENTENCED IN DEATH OF BABY
Apr 01, 2004 ... Jennifer Paluseo, 21, a former student who put her newborn soninto a garbage bag and left him in a trash can at the University ofMassachusetts at Amherst in May 2001, was sentenced yesterday inHampshire Superior Court to ...
VETERANS HEALTH FACILITIES UNDER REVIEW
Apr 01, 2004 ... Inpatient facilities will be preserved at the veterans medicalcenter in Bedford, veterans affairs secretary Anthony J. Principitold members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation yesterday.Representative Stephen Lynch said Principi agreed to accept therecommendations of a ...
FUEL SPILL FORCES EVACUATION
Apr 01, 2004 ... Several businesses and residences were evacuated yesterday afterat least 1,000 gallons of gasoline spilled at a nearby fuel agency.The incident apparently took place around 7:30 a.m. as workerstransferred fuel between storage ...
NEW PRISONS CHIEF VOWS A `MORE HUMANE' SYSTEM
Apr 01, 2004; ... MILFORD - Kathleen M. Dennehy, the new commissioner of theDepartment of Correction, says she borrowed one idea for improvingthe state prison system from Filene's. "When you walk into the lobby of a state prison on a visit, youshould be able to know who the superintendent is, who ...
STATE IS MISSING OUT ON SAVINGS, REPORT SAYS
Apr 01, 2004; ... A 100-watt bulb sheds as much light in Richmond as it does inBoston. So why is Massachusetts paying as much as 60 cents for eachbulb while Virginia pays only 24 cents? The answer, according to a report a Senate panel releasedyesterday, is that the Bay State fails to use its ...
SECRECY SHROUDS WEAPONS CONFERENCE
Apr 01, 2004; ... Under the soft light of a chandelier on the fourth floor of CopleySquare's Marriott Hotel, the special agent who foiled a Chinese plotto buy missile components crossed paths with the special agent whohad uncovered an American arms supplier to Iraq. The two agents greeted each other ...
SOME AT SUFFOLK OBJECT TO ROMNEY AS GRADUATION SPEAKER
Apr 01, 2004; ... Some students at Suffolk University yesterday protested theadministration's announcement that Governor Mitt Romney will be thecampus's commencement speaker this spring. Angry about Romney's opposition to gay marriage, students said thegovernor would make gays and lesbians who are ...
`MAN OF HOUSE' MAY WIN ANOTHER THE O'NEILL TUNNEL HAS SUPPORT IN D.C.
Apr 01, 2004; ... A Beacon Hill fracas may be drawing to a close, courtesy ofCapitol Hill. The long-fought battle over the name of the new Interstate 93tunnel will probably be ended by a little amendment tucked into thebehemoth that is the federal Transportation Equity Act. The amendment, ...
DISPUTE DEEPENS OVER LNG WARNING FBI'S TANKER PROBE OF RISK STILL AT ISSUE
Apr 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON - The head of counter terrorism for the Boston FBIoffice said yesterday that he briefed former National SecurityCouncil officials Richard Clarke and Roger Cressey in June 2000 abouthis investigation into possible links between Al Qaeda and Algeriannatural gas tankers, but that ...
HONESTY'S REWARD
Apr 01, 2004; ... It isn't as if Julie Fothergill, former Menino administrationattorney turned whistleblower, hasn't been vindicated before. Butthat didn't make the resounding thumping the city got yesterday anyless sweet. A few years ago, Fothergill was an attorney in the InspectionalServices ...
BALANCING ACT
Apr 01, 2004 ... Carole McFall walked across what appears to be a narrow beambridging skyscrapers. The beam is ...
CIRCUS CLOUDS
Apr 01, 2004 ... Rain on the pavement reflected the shadows of supports for themain tent of the Big ...
BANK OF AMERICA KICKS OFF CHANGES DROPS ATM FEES FOR FLEET USERS
Apr 01, 2004; ... Those pesky fees that Fleet customers pay to use Bank of America'sATMs are now a thing of the past. The Charlotte, N.C., bank willallow Fleet customers free use of ATMs across its nationwide network,a gesture intended to generate good will for its merger withFleetBoston Financial ...