The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from September 2004:
ONE-NOTE REPUBLICANS
Sep 01, 2004 ... THE BUSH campaign's reelection kickoff in New York City has beenthematically unified around the single, simple message that thepresident is the strong leader the country needs in perilous times.All other complications - the deficit, fair taxes, jobs - need notworry the voters' pretty ...
A WILD NIGHT SOX EMPHATICALLY PICK UP GROUND BY STUNNING ANGELS
Sep 01, 2004; ... Regardless of where you were sitting last night in a sellout crowdof 35,040 in Fenway Park - even if you were behind home plate, withCurt Schilling's unblinking gaze boring in at you for the better partof 2 1/2 hours - it was nearly impossible to tear your eyes awayfrom left ...
NIXON IS STILL IN GARCIAPARRA'S CORNER
Sep 01, 2004; ... Among other things left behind by Nomar Garciaparra is his summerbaseball camp at Stonehill College, but another member of the Red Soxalready has plans to take over next year. "Hopefully, kids will still come," Trot Nixon said with a laugh."I'm telling them we're giving out free ...
QUICK EXIT FOR SAFIN
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK - It seems so very long ago, almost a lifetime in fact,that Marat Safin sat behind the same table at the National TennisCenter, a Sahara-wide smile on his face, as his coach and manageropened the interview room door and wheeled in a cart filled with shotglasses and magnums of ...
PRESIDENT FLIP-FLOP?
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK FOR ALL OF THE REPUBLICAN EFFORTS TO CALL JOHN KERRY AFLIP-FLOPPER, PRESIDENT BUSH IS FLOPPING LIKE A FISH TRYING TO ESCAPEBEING NETTED. FIVE DAYS AGO BUSH ADMITTED TO THE NEW YORK TIMES THATHE MADE A "MISCALCULATION" ABOUT THE VIOLENCE IN IRAQ. TWO DAYS AGOBUSH ADMITTED THAT ...
BUSH'S RUINOUS ECONOMIC PLANS
Sep 01, 2004; ... WE WILL SHORTLY HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF, BUT THE OUTLINESOF HIS DOMESTIC PROGRAM FOR A SECOND TERM ARE ALREADY ALL TOO CLEAR.TAKE FIVE KEY AREAS OF ECONOMIC POLICY - HEALTH, SOCIAL SECURITY,ENERGY, TAXES, AND THE DEFICIT. All five have this in common: Ineach case the ...
DUBYA IS NO WINSTON CHURCHILL
Sep 01, 2004 ... WINSTON CHURCHILL IS MY HERO, AND I DEEPLY RESENT THE REPUBLICANPARTY'S ATTEMPT TO EQUATE GEORGE BUSH'S LEADERSHIP WITH THAT OFBRITAIN'S GREAT STATESMAN. WINSTON CHURCHILL HAD AN INTELLECT OFENORMOUS SCOPE AND DELVED DEEPLY INTO EVERY DECISION HE MADE. THESAME CANNOT BE SAID OF GEORGE W ....
IS BUSH REALLY STRONG AND DECISIVE?
Sep 01, 2004 ... SOMEONE READING SUSAN COLLINS'S AUG. 30 OP-ED ARTICLE MAY BE UNDERTHE IMPRESSION THAT PRESIDENT BUSH IS A STRONG AND DECISIVE LEADER. There are two things wrong with this assumption, the first being thetheory that Bush proposed the Department of Homeland Security. Thisdepartment was ...
BEYOND BIRTH CONTROL
Sep 01, 2004 ... TEN YEARS AGO this month amid the teeming streets of Cairo,representatives of 179 nations hammered out a new way of thinkingabout global population. It was already received wisdom thatoverpopulation cause poverty, hunger, and disease. But the delegatesto the United Nations Conference on ...
ONCE AGAIN, THE GOP PUTS ITS MODERATES ON DISPLAY
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK NOW WAIT just a minute - even if it's only a New Yorkminute. Is this convention really a new political production? Or is itmerely the world's most expensive rerun? Watching the Republicans make merry with moderates at MadisonSquare Garden calls the GOP's 2000 ...
BUSH, ATTACK ADS, AND HYPOCRISY
Sep 01, 2004 ... MIGUEL GUANIPA'S ACCUSATIONS OF HYPOCRISY REQUIRE A RESPONSE("BUSH CONDEMNED ALL SHENANIGANS," LETTER, AUG. 30). Yes, PresidentBush commended John Kerry's war record, but only after the smear bythe Swift boat vets started to become the story rather than theirlies. Yes, Moveon.org ...
THE REASON GOP LOST THIS VOTER
Sep 01, 2004 ... I AM THE QUINTESSENTIAL EXAMPLE OF THE VOTER THAT THE GOP HAS LOSTON PRINCIPLE: THE HARD-WORKING, FEMALE, MIDDLE-CLASS BABY BOOMERINTERESTED IN POLICIES THAT SUPPORT THE COMMON GOOD. THE BUSHADMINISTRATION HAS NO COMPREHENSIVE PLANS TO APPEAL TO OUR COUNTRY'SOVERALL WELL-BEING. MAJOR ...
FDR FACED LARGER HURDLES
Sep 01, 2004 ... IN HER AUG. 30 OP-ED ARTICLE, "VOTERS ARE LOOKING FOR SECURITY,"SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS OF MAINE GIVES US AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF OURPRESIDENT'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE THREE YEARS SINCE 9/11. Hecreated the Department of Homeland Security. Working with Congress hedirected more than $13 ...
AMERICAN JEWS' DUAL LOYALTY
Sep 01, 2004 ... IN "AMERICAN JEWS AND DUAL LOYALTY" (OP ED, AUG. 27), H.D.S.GREENWAY FAILS, INEXPLICABLY, TO MENTION THE REAL PROBLEM AMERICANJEWISH DUAL LOYALTY PRESENTS: ISRAEL'S CONTINUING AND ESCALATINGEXPANSION INTO EAST JERUSALEM, THE WEST BANK, AND GAZA COMBINED WITHTHE BRUTAL REPRESSION AND ...
GREEKS STILL CARRY A TORCH FOR THE OLYMPICS
Sep 01, 2004; ... ATHENS - The regulars at the Thessalia Grill on Skiathou Streethad waited all month for Panagiotis Tsimbidas to open his doors,which had been closed because of his annual August vacation and theunexpected heart problems of his elderly father-in-law. The Olympics had come and gone, ...
IT WAS LOVE, BUT NOW IT'S GONE
Sep 01, 2004; ... We're all familiar with the stages of grief. We know the anger,the depression, and, if we're lucky, the acceptance. But nothingquite prepares us for the shock the first time we go to a belovedneighborhood restaurant and find that it has closed. "My work buddies and I used to go ...
QUEUING UP FOR AN ICY NIRVANA
Sep 01, 2004; ... WESTFORD - On a recent Saturday night, it looked as thougheveryone had had a craving for ice cream at the same time, and hadended up at Kimball Farm. Both parking lots were full with driverspatiently waiting for spots. Those in line watched the early birdslick their oversize ice cream ...
SCULPTORS OPEN WITH SURREAL, SCIENTIFIC ANGLES
Sep 01, 2004; ... The Longhorn heifer stands in the middle of the bedroom. This is the stunning opening to Kitty Wales's installation "BrokenSleep," which - along with Michelle Lougee's installation "PomusIngenium" - marks the inauguration of the Boston Sculptors' new digsin the South End. The ...
`HAWAII' PRETTY TO SEE, TOUGH TO WATCH
Sep 01, 2004; ... "Location, location, location," the real estate people stress. Butthis is the TV business, and location falls maybe third or fourth onthe list of priorities, after smart writing, good acting, and strongdirection - none of which NBC's new cop drama "Hawaii" has. The networks have ...
VANITY, THY NAME IS REESE: STAR LACKS HEROINE'S GUILE
Sep 01, 2004; ... If you haven't read William Makepeace Thackeray's "Vanity Fair" -and, let's be honest, you haven't - Mira Nair's new film version willprobably play as a reasonable approximation of Merchant-Ivory lite. There are sumptuous costumes, epic battle scenes, horse-drawncabriolets, and, as to be ...
PLAYING THE CHANGES AS HE RETIRES FROM BERKLEE, GARY BURTON FINDS A GOOD VIBE WITH HIS NEW, YOUNG BAND
Sep 01, 2004; ... Gary Burton has packed his Grammy awards. The world's best-knownliving jazz vibraphonist has also brought 25 years of tax returnsinto his sixth-floor office at Berklee College of Music. They'restacked in boxes, ready for the shredder. "It was time to do something drastic and ...
REVERSE ROUT IN BRONX MAKES US WONDER . . . REVERSE ROUT MAKES US WONDER . . .
Sep 01, 2004; ... As opening statements go, this was something along the lines ofthe Beatles on Ed Sullivan and JFK's inaugural address. In the firsttrue "big" game of the season - the series opener against thepotential playoff foes from Anaheim on the very eve of September -the Red Sox batted around and ...
LACKEY WAS A BIT LACKING ROUGH FIRST TWO INNINGS SPELLED DOOM FOR HURLER
Sep 01, 2004; ... Anaheim righthander John Lackey took the mound last night atFenway Park with an impressive resume. So impressive, the Hall ofFame once asked for his hat. In 2002, when he became the first rookieto win a Game 7 in the World Series since Babe Adams almost a centuryearlier, Cooperstown ...
CUBS TRADE FOR GRIEVE AND DIFELICE
Sep 01, 2004 ... NAMESThe Chicago Cubs made a pair of trades yesterday, gettingoutfielder Ben Grieve from the Milwaukee Brewers for cash and aplayer to be named and backup catcher Mike DiFelice from the DetroitTigers for a player to be named. Grieve, 28, hit .261 with seven homeruns and 29 RBIs in ...
SPACE MAY BE TIGHT AT END FAURIA FEELS PUSH FROM YOUNG TALENT
Sep 01, 2004; ... FOXBOROUGH - Three tight ends will be listed on the Patriots'opening day roster, right? Christian Fauria is safe, isn't he? After all, he's been a favorite target for Tom Brady -particularly in the red zone - since the Patriots signed him as afree agent prior to the 2002 season. On ...
MILLER RELEASE PUTS IT UP IN AIR BACKUP AUDITION IS DAVEY'S TO PASS
Sep 01, 2004; ... FOXBOROUGH - Options, options. Will the Patriots enter the season with Rohan Davey and KliffKingsbury as their backup quarterbacks or will they wait for JimMiller, whom they released yesterday, to get ready and then re-signhim? Will they sign a quarterback if one is released in the ...
A WILD NIGHT SOX EMPHATICALLY PICK UP GROUND BY STUNNING ANGELS
Sep 01, 2004; ... Regardless of where you were sitting last night in a sellout crowdof 35,040 in Fenway Park - even if you were behind home plate, withCurt Schilling's unblinking gaze boring in at you for the better partof 2 1/2 hours - it was nearly impossible to tear your eyes awayfrom left ...
NIXON IS STILL IN GARCIAPARRA'S CORNER
Sep 01, 2004; ... Among other things left behind by Nomar Garciaparra is his summerbaseball camp at Stonehill College, but another member of the Red Soxalready has plans to take over next year. "Hopefully, kids will still come," Trot Nixon said with a laugh."I'm telling them we're giving out free ...
WHO TO WATCH
Sep 01, 2004 ... WHO TO WATCHMITT ROMNEYDICK CHENEYLYNNE CHENEY ...
BANK OF AMERICA REAFFIRMS PROMISES CEO LEWIS MEETS STATE, CITY OFFICIALS, OFFERS FEW SPECIFICS
Sep 01, 2004; ... Bank of America Corp. chief executive Kenneth D. Lewis reaffirmedhis bank's commitment to New England yesterday in a round of meetingsin Boston with state and city officials, but he still declined tospecify how many Massachusetts jobs the bank will cut as a result ofits $48 billion ...
NO EASY ANSWERS
Sep 01, 2004; ... DANVERS It was the final Saturday morning in August in thisNorth Shore town, the kind of day made for yard sales or packing offto the beach with the kids. But as the brilliant sun poured throughthe stained-glass windows of St. Richard Church, hundreds had come tosay goodbye to Tim ...
HOLY COW SOX EMPHATICALLY MAKE UP GROUND BY STUNNING ANGELS
Sep 01, 2004; ... Regardless of where you were sitting last night in Fenway Park -even if you were behind home plate, with Curt Schilling's unblinkinggaze boring in at you for the better part of 2 hours - it was nearlyimpossible to tear your eyes away from left field.That was trueat the beginning ...
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS SEE LOOMING SHORTAGES
Sep 01, 2004; ... The retirement of hundreds of air traffic controllers in the nextdecade could leave too few people to direct planes over New England,the controllers union warned yesterday. About half of the controllers at the three facilities that guideplanes to and from Logan International ...
FIDELITY SLASHES INDEX-FUND FEES
Sep 01, 2004; ... Fidelity Investments pays its mutual fund managers handsomely todo one thing: outsmart the stock market. It's an impossible task for most mortals, especially over a longperiod. Yesterday, the Boston investment giant gave in to the vastconsumer demand for cheap funds that don't ...
PROTEST CONTINUES AT WEYMOUTH CHURCH
Sep 01, 2004; ... WEYMOUTH The around-the-clock vigil at St. Albert the Greatcontinued yesterday as parishioners vowed to stay in the church eventhough it is scheduled to be closed at noon today by the Archdioceseof Boston. St. Albert is one of 82 churches that the archdiocese plans toclose by ...
SCHOOLYARD ALLOWED TO BAR AUTISTIC BOY MAINE COURT FINDS TESTING JUSTIFIED
Sep 01, 2004; ... Jan Rankowski, an autistic boy in Falmouth, Maine, should notreturn to the town's only public-school playground, a judge ruledyesterday, saying that the 9-year-old posed "a significant risk" tothe health and safety of other children and the adults supervisingthem. School ...
BUSH CAMP FIGHTS FALLOUT OVER WAR ON TERROR COMMENT
Sep 01, 2004; ... NASHVILLE President Bush yesterday asserted that the nation is"winning" and "will win" the war on terror, a day after an interviewaired where he acknowledged that the war probably can't be won. Bush drew sharp criticism from Democrats on Monday, after NBC's"Today" show broadcast ...
WIND FARM DRAFT PAPER IS MISTAKENLY RELEASED
Sep 01, 2004; ... The Conservation Law Foundation yesterday inadvertently released adocument that appeared to be a summary of the federal government'slong-awaited environmental review of the wind farm proposed off CapeCod. But the influential environmental law group quickly distanceditself from ...
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, CHENEY WORKS TO UPGRADE IMAGE
Sep 01, 2004; ... CATAWISSA, Pa. Vice President Dick Cheney slung a plastic bag offresh corn over his shoulder and smiled his famously inscrutablesmile as his wife, Lynne, closed out her animated conversation withthe farmer who runs a roadside vegetable stand. A few minutes earlier the vice ...
A MOTHER'S GRIEF
Sep 01, 2004 ... Officer Susan Lowry heled Ramona Lopez leave a Manchester, Conn.,court yesterday after a man accused of murdering Lopez's 15-year-old son ...
GOP SOUNDS OPPORTUNITY THEME CALIF. GOVERNOR CITES PARTY ROLE IN HIS SUCCESS
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California brought hisoutsized persona to the Republican stage last night, holding up hisown immigrant success story as an exhibit of the virtues ofcapitalism and praising President Bush as the leader of a diversepolitical ...
JOHN CORREIRO; EX-TEACHER LED FALL RIVER SCHOOL SYSTEM
Sep 01, 2004; ... Many pay lip service to the notion that no child should be leftbehind in the public schools. John R. Correiro devoted his life toit. The former sixth-grade teacher who became superintendent of theFall River school system spent the last decade advising teachers andadministrators ...
TAKING COVER
Sep 01, 2004 ... A pedestrian in Rochester, N.Y., as seen from ...
GOP BETS ON `CONVENTION JOCKEYS'
Sep 01, 2004; ... After watching delegates dance to a jaunty version of "You're AllI Need to Get By" at the opening session of the Republican NationalConvention, C-SPAN viewers saw former Detroit television host TaraWall hoist a microphone and interview Michigan congressionalcandidate Myrah ...
DEMOCRATS' WAR ROOM FIRES BACK
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK No sooner had Band-Aids decorated with mock PurpleHearts appeared Monday afternoon on the floor of the RepublicanNational Convention than the opposition sprang into action. From a war room on the 15th floor of a Garment District building,the Democratic National ...
SPEECHES
Sep 01, 2004 ... Excerpts of remarks from the Republican National Convention, asprepared for delivery: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger: "What a greeting! Thisis like winning an Oscar. As if I would know. Speaking of acting, oneof my movies was called `True Lies.' It's what the Democrats ...
CITY, NU REACH ACCORD ON FENWAY APARTMENTS
Sep 01, 2004; ... The mayor's office and Northeastern University announced plansyesterday to increase low-income housing in a Fenway apartmentbuilding, saying it would ensure the university-owned propertycomplies with the spirit of a 1983 city board of appeals ruling. The plan was applauded by a ...
SALON SHUT AFTER CLIENT IS TREATED AT HOSPITAL OFFICIALS ALLEGE ILLEGAL INJECTIONS
Sep 01, 2004; ... An illegal beauty treatment allegedly sent a woman to the hospitaland resulted in the closure of an East Boston salon yesterday. The woman, whose name was not released, was treated at Brigham andWomen's Hospital for complications caused by mineral oil injectionsallegedly ...
US PLANS TO SLASH MANY RENT VOUCHERS
Sep 01, 2004; ... The federal government is poised to dramatically reduce the valueof publicly-funded housing vouchers in Boston and other Massachusettscities, a move that would force many low-income families out of theirapartments and might prompt some landlords to withdraw from theprogram. In a ...
TAKING ON MAINSTREAM MEDIA, FOX'S HUME FACES POLITICAL VIEWS HEAD-ON
Sep 01, 2004; ... Brit Hume, the Fox News Channel anchor, made a not-so-surprisingdiscovery Monday morning as he thumbed through coverage of theRepublican National Convention. All the major newspapers had donestories on the antiwar protests the day before. And he disagreed withmost of the ...
KERRY STUDIES WAYS TO COUNTER POSSIBLE BUSH BOUNCE IN POLLS
Sep 01, 2004; ... NANTUCKET Senator John F. Kerry huddled with several top adviserson the island yesterday amid concerns inside his campaign thatPresident Bush will leave his convention Friday with a better bouncein the polls than Kerry received after his Boston convention,prompting a surge of ...
LOWELL REACTIVATES SAFETY TEAM AIMS TO RESTORE SENSE OF SECURITY
Sep 01, 2004; ... LOWELL Following a drive-by double homicide last week that policesuspect was gang-related, city officials reactivated the SafeNeighborhood Task Force yesterday, hoping the high-profile team ofcity inspectors would restore a sense of security to one of thecity's toughest ...
HOLD BANK ACCOUNTABLE
Sep 01, 2004; ... There was a refreshing glimpse of bipartisanship this week, and itwas not the sight of a Democrat from Georgia preparing to address theRepublican National Convention in Manhattan. Senator Zell Miller's moment in the spotlight in Madison SquareGarden tonight is about one man's ...
16 KILLED IN SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN ISRAEL
Sep 01, 2004; ... BEERSHEBA, Israel Palestinian suicide bombers blew up twopassenger buses in near-simultaneous explosions yesterday afternoonalong the main thoroughfare of this southern Israeli city, killing 16people and shattering a five-month lull in suicide attacks inside theJewish state. The ...
AUTISTIC BOY STAYED CLOSE TO HOME FOUR-DAY ORDEAL IN WOODS RECOUNTED
Sep 01, 2004; ... MILLIS For four days, Andrew Grant wandered the woods in Millisand Norfolk, surviving on the water he drank from the Charles River,eluding the 600 volunteers and professional search crews dispatchedto find him, relieved family members and police said yesterday, a dayafter the autistic ...
STATE POLICE TO AID SEARCH FOR WOMAN TORCHED VEHICLE FOUND IN REVERE
Sep 01, 2004; ... Malden police have called in State Police to help investigate thedisappearance of a 26-year-old Malden woman who was last seen nearher Fort Point Channel office in Boston last Tuesday, two days beforeher torched car was discovered in Revere, authorities said. The family of Julaine ...
KEPT OFF BALLOT, NADER MAY SUE CAMPAIGN CALLS MASS. RULES ARCANE
Sep 01, 2004; ... Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader failed yesterday tofile the necessary signatures to qualify for the Massachusettsballot, and the campaign's state coordinator said seriousconsideration is being given to seeking a federal court order to putthe candidate's name there ...
CAMBRIDGE STUDENT PUTS MODERATE FACE ON PROTESTERS' PLANS
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK For weeks, the New York tabloids have been warning of"anarchists" preparing to blow up parts of Manhattan during theRepublican convention. Yesterday, representatives of these factionsfinally emerged, holding a heavily attended press conference toannounce their intentions. And ...
EFFLER , DONALD B.
Sep 01, 2004 ... EFFLER , Donald B. In Jamesville, N.Y., Aug. 24, at 89. A pioneerin heart surgery and organ transplantation, Dr ....
ILLINOIS GOP LUKEWARM ON KEYES IN DUEL WITH OBAMA
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK Though some might be grateful for his last-minute entryinto the US Senate race against Democratic darling Barack Obama whennobody else would step up, not everyone in the Illinois RepublicanParty is thrilled to welcome Maryland's Alan Keyes to the PrairieState. That much ...
DEMONSTRATORS STAGE ACTS OF PROTEST THROUGHOUT CITY; HUNDREDS ARRESTED
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK Activists wearing pig snouts, climbing trees, andplaying dead in the street answered a call for a wave of civildisobedience across the city yesterday to protest against PresidentBush and corporations with ties to his administration. Two spontaneous incidents Monday night ...
PRAYING ON THE SIDELINE SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES FRUSTRATED OVER THEIR DIMINISHED ROLE
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK A dozen Republicans gathered in a hotel meeting room ablock from Madison Square Garden yesterday and prayed that God wouldintercede to give George W. Bush another term. "We pray for George Bush, God," intoned the Rev. Wayne Perryman,sparking murmurs of assent from others ....
AS BUSY AS A CANDIDATE, ROMNEY STIRS BUZZ
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK Governor Mitt Romney does not have many connections toIowa. He is a Michigan native with roots in Utah and Massachusetts.But yesterday, he sought to make clear just how fond he is of thestate that hosts the first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses. At a breakfast for ...
MASS. STUDENTS TOP ALL STATES IN SAT TESTING CONCERNS ARE RAISED ON RACE DISPARITIES
Sep 01, 2004; ... Massachusetts high school students once again outscored theirpeers nationally on the 2004 SAT, but state officials remainconcerned that African-American and Hispanic students' scorescontinue to lag behind those of whites and Asians. Massachusetts students not only scored above the ...
A PILGRIMAGE OF POIGNANCY
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK GOP delegate Nancy Suhadolnik had long promised herselfa trip to ground zero in Lower Manhattan this week. But the urgencyseemed even greater, she said yesterday, after hearing RudolphGiuliani's speech Monday night and the emotional tribute paid toSept. 11 victims. So ...