The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from June 2005:
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
Jun 01, 2005 ... THE REJECTION of a European constitution by French voters Sunday,which is likely to be seconded by Dutch voters today, need not becomea calamity for the cause of European integration if the properlessons are learned from the misadventure of French President JacquesChirac and his fellow ...
ESPANOL IN WELLESLEY
Jun 01, 2005 ... FOREIGN LANGUAGE instruction ought to be part of the corecurriculum of any school system, starting in the elementary grades.The decision by the Wellesley School Committee to drop an innovativeSpanish program even though parents volunteered to pick up much ofthe cost shows the need for ...
WHERE PAST IS PERFECT
Jun 01, 2005; ... COLD SPRING, N.Y. For anyone who loves antiques, this is theplace: Looking for a classic clock? Vintage toys? A favorite oldrecord album? It's probably here, in this historical river town,where just about every shop window displays a spellbinding mix oftreasure and kitsch. The ...
CHARITABLE `BEAUTY' LACKS UGLINESS OF HUMILIATION-BASED REALITY SHOWS
Jun 01, 2005; ... Of the many begetters of reality TV, from "Miss America" to AndyWarhol, Howard Stern remains the king of all influences. Before "TheBachelor" became a craze, Stern was conducting steamy in-studiodating games that were unscripted and yet as theatrical as "WWESmackdown!" Stern ...
A CULINARY MISFIT'S `NOTEBOOK'
Jun 01, 2005; ... VINEYARD HAVEN - Alice Berlow couldn't care less about fad dietsor fads of any sort, vanilla-scented foam, or mastering a brunoise.The voice behind National Public Radio's "A Cook's Notebook," Berlowis a culinary misfit, a self-taught home cook living in her own worldof cravings and ...
B-LIST CELEBS STAY ON THEIR TOES
Jun 01, 2005; ... Let's hope ABC's new ballroom dancing reality series doesn'tdefine "dancing" as loosely as it does "stars." Because "Dancing Withthe Stars" looks to be more like "Dancing With the B-list" or"Dancing During My Stalled Career," or "How to Look Tough WhileDressed Like Brian ...
THESE CLASSIC SANDWICHES ARE A CUSTOM WITH AMERICAN DINERS
Jun 01, 2005; ... In America, sandwiches are like cars. They're everywhere, and suchan entrenched part of our culture that they're taken for granted.They perfectly match our on-the-go lifestyle: You can eat themindoors or out, while seated, or while en route. There's really nowrong time of day to eat one, ...
THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD A GUIDE TO AMERICA'S FAVORITE SANDWICHES.
Jun 01, 2005 ... Peanut butter and jelly, the base of many personal food pyramids and the redemption for Wonder Bread has included bananas, honey, andbacon instead of the jelly. New wave PB&J's are grilled or pressed. The classic bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayo on toast is now madewith reams of ...
THE GOOD TIMES ARE ON A ROLL WITH THIS NEW ORLEANS CLASSIC
Jun 01, 2005; ... Whatever you call it grinder, hoagie, or sub it's the perfectwarm weather meal: cheese, vegetables, meat, and bread in a cool,hand-held package. The muffuletta is New Orleans's take on thegrinder and one of the most satisfying of America's regionalsandwiches. Besides deli meats, it's ...
GNOCCHI ARE POTATO PERFECTION
Jun 01, 2005; ... Order potato gnocchi at most restaurants and you're likely to beserved just a few pillows, as if they were a precious commodity. Athome you can have all you want: voluptuously tender puffs the cottoncandy of dumplings. Gnocchi are easy to make. They just have to be watched ...
KNOW YOUR UNIFROM YOUR UNAGI
Jun 01, 2005; ... Curious about sushi but afraid to look like a beginner? With"Sushi: A Pocket Guide" ($8.95) in your pocket you can belly up tothe sushi bar with confidence. The main attractions are the lushpictures of fish, accompanied by their Japanese names anddescriptions of flavor and texture. The ...
IN TAIWAN, THE DISHES COME WITH PERSONALITY
Jun 01, 2005; ... TAIPEI Evergreen Restaurant is the kind of place parents bringtheir children and grandparents tag along to share the same hot-and-sour soup they ate when they were young. Ensconced in a small lanenear a clutch of wedding shops, Evergreen's walls are neatlydecorated with small oil ...
TUSCAN TREATS IN THE HEART OF THE HUDSON VALLEY
Jun 01, 2005; ... COLD SPRING, N.Y. More than 20 years ago, Cathryn Fadde wasworking as a flight attendant when she started dating a Sardinianman. "He invited me to meet him in Rome. I had never been to Italybefore, and that was it," says Fadde, who is 53 years old. The loveaffair with Italy is still ...
BROWN IS MOVED TO RESPOND EXASPERATED COACH GOES ON DEFENSIVE
Jun 01, 2005; ... AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Addressing the media yesterday morningafter his team's shootaround, Detroit Pistons coach Larry Brownoffered a classic non-denial denial concerning reports that he hasaccepted an offer to become Cleveland's president of basketballoperations. Those reports said ...
TOP JOB ON MOP-UP DUTY HALAMA SPARKLED IN MONDAY'S ROUT
Jun 01, 2005; ... For John Halama, the only drawback to his Memorial Day reliefperformance was its timing. The Red Sox lefthander entered Monday's 8-1 loss to Baltimore moments after televisions and radios around NewEngland clicked off when David Newhan cracked a grand slam offstarter Bronson Arroyo to ...
THOROUGHBRED HALL CALLS FOR ZITO
Jun 01, 2005; ... Trainer Nick Zito had a tough spring, sending out a total of eightlosers in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, but life got a lotbrighter for him yesterday when he was informed that he had beenelected to the National Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame in SaratogaSprings, N.Y. Zito ...
DAMON, WALL DON'T MESH WELL
Jun 01, 2005; ... Johnny Damon's right cheek looked red, with a contusion. His righteye was swollen, and only half-open, thanks to four stitches on hiseyelid. His right knee throbbed a bit. A full-speed crash into theoutfield wall will do that."I'd say he lost the fight," deemedTerry Francona....
BROWN RESPONDS AS REPORTS SWIRL
Jun 01, 2005; ... AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Addressing the media yesterday morningafter his team's shoot around, Detroit Pistons coach Larry Brownoffered a classic non-denial denial concerning reports that he hasaccepted an offer to become Cleveland's president of basketballoperations. Those reports said ...
BELL TAKES OVER AS MANAGER, PROMISES NO QUICK FIX FOR ROYALS
Jun 01, 2005 ... NAMES Buddy Bell , hired as manager of the Kansas City Royalsyesterday, promised no quick turnaround for the team with the worstrecord in the majors. Bell, a five-time All-Star third baseman, wasbench coach with the Cleveland Indians. He takes over a strugglingfranchise that hasn't ...
MILLER GOT STRONGER THE LONGER HE PITCHED
Jun 01, 2005; ... Even though his pupil was coming off a two-inning, seven-run lossto Toronto, Red Sox pitching coach Dave Wallace knew Wade Millerwould bounce back against Baltimore last night. But Wallace probably didn't know just how effective therighthander would be, as even Miller acknowledged ...
PISTONS ON EVEN KEEL PRESSURE, MIAMI ARE NO PROBLEM
Jun 01, 2005; ... AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- The Pistons told anyone who would listenthat they play better with their backs against the proverbial wall.Chauncey Billups, Tayshaun Prince, and Richard Hamilton recalledrecent history, when they trailed in playoff series and stagedsuccessful comebacks. They ...
SCITUATE SAILS AWAY IN 2D HALF GIRLS'COMEBACK WIN IN LACROSSE IS HISTORIC
Jun 01, 2005; ... The Scituate girls' lacrosse team has advanced farther in the MIAAtournament than any other in school historyand only had to climb outof a 9-4 halftime deficit to do it. The Sailors outscored visiting Medfield, 12-3, in the second halfof their first-round contest with the ...
DAMON HITS HIS HEAD, THEN SITS
Jun 01, 2005; ... Johnny Damon has been crashing into walls this season as thoughit's his job, and last night he paid for it. Damon's head hit therailing of the triangle fence in center field in the third inning ashe attempted to run down a Jay Gibbons triple. His hat flew off, and he fell to the ...
CUT ABOVE MILLER AND SOX STITCH TOGETHER AN EFFICIENT VICTORY
Jun 01, 2005; ... When Red Sox medical director Thomas Gill sat down a bleeding and contused Johnny Damon inside the clubhouse during last night's game,Gill spoke four words to Damon: blue, plane, tree, and grass. Tenminutes later, Gill, approached Damon, asking for a verbal recital,to check for ...
A NEW BISHOP FOR PROVIDENCE
Jun 01, 2005 ... Bishop Thomas Tobin was installed yesterday as bishop of theCatholic Diocese of Providence at the Cathedral of Saints Peter &Paul. Bishop Tobin, 57, former leader of the Diocese of Youngstown,Ohio, was named ...
DAY OF TEARS
Jun 01, 2005 ... Pallbearers left Cleveland's Public Hall after the funeral foreight of nine victims killed May 21 in the city's deadliest ...
REFRIGERANT LEAK CLOSES ROADS, BRIDGES
Jun 01, 2005 ... A refrigerant leak at a fish-processing plant near Logan Airport yesterday forced the closing of many roads and bridges in the EagleHill area, said Lieutenant David Pfeil of the Boston FireDepartment. The leak from a 4,200-gallon ammonia tank at the ChannelFish plant was called in ...
RIOTERS TORCH RESTAURANT
Jun 01, 2005 ... People gathered in front of a burned out KFC restaurant inKarachi, Pakistan, yesterday after overnight rioting left sixrestaurant employees dead. A mob angered by an Al ...
BILL WOULD BAN USE, SALE OF OXYCONTIN
Jun 01, 2005 ... State Senator Steven A. Tolman has filed a bill to ban theproduction, sale, and possession of OxyContin, a highly addictiveprescription pain drug that is increasingly popular with drugabusers. The measure filed Friday would provide the same criminalpenalties as apply to those who ...
IMMIGRATION FOES VOW TO FIGHT TUITION PLAN
Jun 01, 2005 ... A coalition of immigration opponents pledged yesterday to fight abill that would provide in-state college tuition rates to illegalimmigrants. Bob Casimiro, executive director of the MassachusettsCoalition for Immigration Reform, said his group is circulatingletters to lawmakers ...
POLICE SPEED ANALYSIS IN RAPE CASE
Jun 01, 2005 ... State Police are expediting analysis of possible evidence in therape of a 21-year-old Rhode Island woman this weekend in a taxicabnear Revere Beach, a spokesman for the Suffolk district attorney'soffice said. "There was, in this case, a significant concern thatthe suspect would ...
MAN IS CHARGED WITH MAKING FAKE IDS
Jun 01, 2005 ... An Arlington man is scheduled to appear before a US magistratejudge today for a probable cause and detention hearing afterallegedly counterfeiting more than 200 identification documents in asix-month period, the US attorney's office said. Ozelio Pereira DeAssis, also known as Joao ...
MOTORCYCLIST IS KILLED IN COLLISION WITH CAR
Jun 01, 2005 ... An accident in Randolph Sunday killed a 35-year-old motorcyclistand injured the driver of the car. Motorcyclist David McCarthy wastraveling east on Mill Street at about 11 p.m. when he tried topass the car in front of him, driven by Saravung Sun, police say.Police Chief Paul Porter ...
MAN, 25, STRUCK BY COMMUTER TRAIN DIES
Jun 01, 2005 ... A 25-year-old Wakefield man was struck by a commuter train andkilled Monday, said Lydia Rivera, a spokesman for the MBTA. JoshuaWalsh of 25 Morrison Ave. was struck at ...
BILL WOULD BAN USE, SALE OF OXYCONTIN
Jun 01, 2005 ... State Senator Steven A. Tolman has filed a bill to ban theproduction, sale, and possession of OxyContin, a highly addictiveprescription pain drug. The measure filed Friday would provide thesame penalties as apply to those who distribute heroin, or a minimumof 10 years in ...
OFFICER PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN SEXUAL ASSAULT
Jun 01, 2005 ... A Brockton police officer pleaded not guilty yesterday to a chargeof sexually assaulting a woman in his car early Friday, following adetail at Harry's Westgate Pub and Grill, near the Westgate Mall,Bridget Norton Middleton, a spokeswoman ...
IMMIGRATION FOES VOW TO FIGHT TUITION PLAN
Jun 01, 2005 ... A coalition of immigration opponents pledged yesterday to fight abill that would provide in-state college tuition rates to illegalimmigrants. Bob Casimiro, executive director of the MassachusettsCoalition for Immigration Reform, said his group is circulatingletters to lawmakers ...
POLICE SPEED ANALYSIS IN RAPE CASE
Jun 01, 2005 ... State Police are expediting analysis of possible evidence in therape of a 21-year-old Rhode Island woman this weekend in a taxicabnear Revere Beach, said Jake Wark, spokesman for the Suffolkdistrict attorney's office. "There was, in this case, a significantconcern that the suspect ...
MOTORCYCLIST IS KILLED IN COLLISION WITH CAR
Jun 01, 2005 ... An accident in Randolph Sunday killed a 35-year-old motorcyclistand injured the driver of the car. Motorcyclist David McCarthy wastraveling east on Mill Street at about 11 p.m. when he tried topass the car in front of him, driven by Saravung Sun, police say.Police Chief Paul Porter ...
DRILL WILL SIMULATE TERROR ATTACK AT LOGAN
Jun 01, 2005 ... The mayor's Office of Homeland Security and the MassachusettsPort Authority announced that they will conduct a simulatedterrorist attack Saturday at Logan International Airport. Code-named Operation Atlas, the full-scale exercise ...
THE LAST THROES OF TRUTH IN IRAQ
Jun 01, 2005; ... THE WHITE HOUSE is searching for weapons of mass deletion. On CNN's "Larry King Live" on Monday, Vice President Dick Cheneysaid of the violence in Iraq, "I think they're in the last throes, ifyou will, of the insurgency." This is after May became the deadliest month for US ...
HOW BIG A BUBBLE?
Jun 01, 2005; ... IS THE HOUSING market experiencing a dangerous price bubble, onedestined to go the way of the late stock market collapse? Housingprices have been rising faster than incomes since 2000, and the ratioof housing costs to incomes is now the highest since the Depression. To compensate, ...
CANDIDATES WE COULD DO WITHOUT
Jun 01, 2005; ... IS THERE something in the water over on the House side of the USCapitol, an ego additive that makes a member imagine he's morphedinto a modern Napoleon? Why do I ask? Well, consider some of our congressmen. Exhibit A: Stephen Lynch. The Ninth District lawmaker recently ...
THE NADER FACTOR IN 2000 ELECTION
Jun 01, 2005 ... IF NOT for Ralph Nader in 2000, there'd be no need forimpeachment in 2005. I agree with Nader and Kevin Zeese that impeachment should beconsidered for President Bush and Vice President Cheney (op ed, May31). Not surprisingly, however, there remains no acknowledgment ...
UNEMPLOYED YOUTH FUNDS
Jun 01, 2005 ... POLITICAL RIVALS IN Boston can usually be counted on to cooperatein the interest of the city's young people. But that tradition isbeing challenged by City Councilors Charles Yancey and MauraHennigan, who are blocking efforts by the Menino administration tosecure $400,000 for youth ...
IMPEACHMENT ISN'T THE ANSWER
Jun 01, 2005 ... BY NOW it must be clear to everyone that this country was taken towar in Iraq without good cause. Any remaining doubts surely wereeliminated by Britain's May 1 Sunday Times article, "Secret DowningStreet Memo." Can there be any greater crime for a US president to commit ...
COLLINS IS BEST LEADER FOR UMASS
Jun 01, 2005 ... THE UNIVERSITY of Massachusetts conducted an extensive, exactingreview of the candidates who merited serious consideration for theUMass-Boston chancellorship. In a column that relies on a flawedpremise, Steve Bailey suggests otherwise ("Best leader for UMass?"Business, May ...
PROGRESS IN RACE RELATIONS
Jun 01, 2005 ... I'D LIKE to thank reporter Yvonne Abraham for the great articleon Gisele Michel, and how there has been real progress on racerelation ("Agent for change," City & Region, May 31). Michel, who happens to be black, is the new head of the ...
FRENCH PREFER IT THEIR WAY
Jun 01, 2005 ... REGARDING THE Globe's front-page story on Monday, "France votesno to EU compact": The French voted against the European Union constitution becausethey are afraid it will expose them to the American-style corporation-dominated "free markets" that ...
STEM CELL RESEARCH AND THE SAFETY NET
Jun 01, 2005 ... ENTHUSIASM FOR stem cell research rests on the belief that itwill lead to treatments that may save thousands of lives in thefuture. My enthusiasm, however, is muted because the promise ofpossibly saving thousands of lives in the future is overshadowed bythe fact that we refuse to save ...
A STITCH IN TIME
Jun 01, 2005; ... AS CHIEF operating officer of a clothing manufacturer inMassachusetts, I am constantly asked why we maintain a USmanufacturing facility. Certainly, overseas manufacturing offers manyattractive incentives to companies such as mine, including cheaperlabor costs and significant tax ...
CREDITING THE COURT WITH SPURRING HARBOR CLEANUP
Jun 01, 2005; ... When a young humpback whale appeared in Boston Harbor earlier thisspring, it delighted observers with a whale-watch show worthy ofStellwagen Bank, all within sight of the downtown skyscrapers. Andits appearance was the latest and certainly the splashiest evidenceof the harbor's ...
CONCERT UPDATE
Jun 01, 2005; ... Coldplay at the Tweeter Center Aug. 6. Tickets $30.50-$69, onsale 10 a.m. Saturday. Lucinda Williams at the Opera House July 12 with Ana Egge .Tickets $29.50-$45, on sale noon Friday. Hilary Duff at the Dunkin' Donuts Center July 24. Tickets ...
BLACK DIAMOND
Jun 01, 2005; ... MUSIC A few things about Diamond Nights (above): It is not aNeil Diamond tribute band. It is a New York-based quartet that hailsfrom Rockport, Mass. The band has a hard rock sound that harkens backto pre-punk '70s rock, Thin Lizzy, in particular. That's especiallyclear in Morgan ...
FISH STORY
Jun 01, 2005; ... The pan-seared halibut at West Side Lounge in Cambridge ($17) is acomplex, multi-layered dish. The fish rests on a pillow of garlickymashed potatoes, surrounded by a bright green sauce of pureed springpeas. This is ...
FIRST SUSHI, THEN THE WORLD RAW FISH AND OLIVE OIL? EEL LAYERED WITH CARIBBEAN FLAVORS? ABSOLUTELY, SAY A NEW WAVE OF JAPANESE RESTAURATEURS WHO ARE TAKING THEIR TRADITIONAL CUISINE GLOBAL.
Jun 01, 2005; ... NATICK - Toru Oga is working at warp speed. He piles greens ontop of a pool of miso sauce on a curved, segmented plate, then picksup a long knife to cut gleaming cubes of tuna to place atop thegreens. Instructing his cooks in Japanese, the chef and owner ofOga's Japanese Cuisine here ...
GUESS WHO IN THIS PHOTO HAS LYME DISEASE. THEY ALL DO. (EVEN THE DOG.) MANY NORTH SHORE FAMILIES ARE INFECTED, AND HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING HELP
Jun 01, 2005; ... HAMILTON - The basket sits like a centerpiece in the middle ofPaula Gesmundo's dining room table. But instead of spilling over withivy, it is piled high with bottles: antibiotics, antiprotozoans,nutritional supplements, stuff for the stomach. It is a familybasket; everyone knows which ...
TWO GREAT TASTES
Jun 01, 2005; ... Oil and water may not mix, but citrus and oil make an excitingpairing, especially with California's delectable Meyer lemons.Stella Cadente, a small olive grove and oil maker in California'sAnderson Valley, north of San Francisco, crushes the golden fruitswith late harvest olives for a ...
SO OTHERS MAY SURVIVE
Jun 01, 2005; ... It wasn't long after Gregg Carey was voted off "Survivor: Palau"that US newspapers were full of real-life survivors, folks who'dbeen left homeless by the tsunami in South Asia. "It put myexperience, my fame, in perspective," said Carey, who grew up inAshland and lived in Boston before ...
WATCHING A SCULPTOR SHAPE A MEMORIAL
Jun 01, 2005; ... CAMBRIDGE - Process makes perfect in public art, or at leastmakes perfect possible. The process involving sculptor Ellen Driscoll's commission tocreate a monumental, site-specific, permanent commemoration of thecontributions of women to the City of Cambridge has been ...
TWO PLAYS RAP CONSERVATIVES, BUT ONLY ONE GETS IT RIGHT
Jun 01, 2005; ... WELLFLEET - Brendan Behan once compared critics to eunuchs at aharem. Since Sept. 11, 2001, the left has been relegated to prettymuch the same role, looking on powerlessly as the right controls thepolitical dialogue. What's a poor rad-lib to do but throw up one's hands? Or ...
NOT YOUR MOTHER'S PYREX
Jun 01, 2005; ... After 90 years in business, Pyrex is going upscale. Its new SimpleElegance line comes in two patterns one with kicky dots, the otherin rippling waves that turn the versatile glass dishes intosurprisingly stylish serving pieces. Three-piece sets with a 16-inch oval platter, 2 ...
RAMP IT UP
Jun 01, 2005; ... From Nova Scotia through the mountain ridges of Appalachia, rampshave long been plucked and enjoyed as a spring tonic. With theirpungent scent and sweet, spicy flavor, these wild plants are a sureway to clear the cobwebs of winter. Lately, the scallion look-alikeshave been popping up in ...
TENDER AND MOVING ' PANTS' IS TAILOR-MADE FOR GIRLS
Jun 01, 2005; ... For the hordes of teenage girls who wore out the pages of AnnBrashares's 2001 young-adult novel "The Sisterhood of the TravelingPants," I'll get the major change-ups out of the way: Tibby isn'tpetite and Lena's grandparents hate Kostas right out of the gate.Here's the biggest shocker, ...
THIS TENDER SQUID WINS OVER SKEPTICS
Jun 01, 2005; ... "Signature squid" may sound like an oxymoron especially to dinerswho don't appreciate the 10-armed cephalopod, which is a cousin ofthe octopus but perhaps they've never had the grilled appetizer atNewton's Ariadne Restaurant & Bar. Chef Christos Tsardounis onceconsidered taking it off ...