The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from September 2006:
REAL PEOPLE BEHIND REAL-LIFE PRESSURES
Sep 01, 2006; ... FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, my husband and I belonged to that unglamorousgroup known as the working poor. He was a teller manager for FleetBank, making $14,000 a year. I did part-time clerical work at aprivate school for $8 an hour. After subtracting child care for my 2-year-old son and bus fare, ...
XENOPHOBIA IN HARDCOVER
Sep 01, 2006 ... PATRICK BUCHANAN can seem more like an entertainer than acommentator. The well-known conservative and erstwhile presidentialcandidate says shocking things on tele vision. He writes provocativebooks. He's a marketing plus for the television and publishingindustries. But he is also ...
CURSED REVERSALS
Sep 01, 2006 ... WHAT WAS it that Johnny Damon's father, Jimmy Damon, said lastwinter when his center fielder son famously defected to the Bronx?"Mark it down: It's going to be another Babe Ruth," he warned Soxfans in a New York newspaper. "They just made the biggest mistake oftheir lives." At ...
AS PRIMARY LOOMS, 3 CANDIDATES FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAVE THEIR SAY
Sep 01, 2006 ... I AM RUNNING for lieutenant governor because there is so much atstake for Massachusetts. We are losing jobs and population at anincredible rate, and the cost of living in this state is quicklygrowing out of reach for many of our families. My unique experience in both public service ...
PLAYING ROULETTE WITH RETIREMENT
Sep 01, 2006; ... PENSION LEGISLATION recently signed by President Bush may,thankfully, help ensure that workers currently covered by pensionagreements with their employers get the checks they were promised atminimal cost to the American taxpayer. Unfortunately, it does nothingto reverse the larger, more ...
BASEBALL BAT DEBATE COULD BE EASY PITCH
Sep 01, 2006 ... THREE THUMBS up for the Globe's recent coverage of the debatesurrounding the dangers of metal baseball bats. Your Aug. 23 editorial "Swinging for safety" was excellent; yourAug. 24 City & Region story about the Public Health Committee'shearing at the State House ("Youth bat debate ...
SOUT NOTE STRUCK OVER BSO STAFF
Sep 01, 2006 ... FOR MANY YEARS, as a record producer, an engineer, and abroadcaster, I enjoyed the good company of the Boston SymphonyOrchestra house crew and always found all of them to be helpful andkind to me. Whether engineering a BSO broadcast for WCRB or a BostonPops telecast for WGBH or ...
VEGETARIANISM LETTER LEAVES BAD TASTE
Sep 01, 2006 ... IN THIS WORLD of tight deadlines and instant communications, ithas become easy to slip an agenda-driven form letter into a newspaperopinion page. Ben Sammerton's Aug. 26 letter calling for baby boomers to stopeating meat and dairy foods ("Final word on nutrition? Fat chance")is a ...
SECRETARY RUMSFELD INVOKES THE FUHRER AND STIRS A FUROR
Sep 01, 2006 ... DONALD RUMSFELD equating Saddam Hussein with Hitler shows thedefense secretary's ignorance of history and current facts ("Rumsfeldcalls war a historic challenge," Page A2, Aug. 30). Hitler had theworld's most powerful army in 1939. He was bent on conquering hisneighbors and the rest of ...
SUMMER SENTIMENT
Sep 01, 2006 ... I CANNOT recall being so moved by something so simple as your Aug.20 editorial "Summer elegy." What a beautiful piece of prose and whata bittersweet ...
AS PRIMARY LOOMS, 3 CANDIDATES FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAVE THEIR SAY
Sep 01, 2006 ... TODAY, MY WIFE and I are raising our daughter just down the streetfrom the house where I grew up, and where my parents still live. I'mone of five children. My mother is a nurse. My father is a retiredschoolteacher. They taught me by their example that through hardwork, people of modest ...
AS PRIMARY LOOMS, 3 CANDIDATES FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAVE THEIR SAY
Sep 01, 2006 ... I AM RUNNING for lieutenant governor to bring my experience as asocial entrepreneur to statewide office, using my business skills topromote social change. In 1995, I cofounded the Center for Women & Enterprise in Roxbury.My dream was to ensure that everyone, regardless of their ...
FREELANCERS TAKE HIT IN NEW BSO MUSICIANS' CONTRACT
Sep 01, 2006; ... A new musicians' contract approved Saturday by the Boston SymphonyOrchestra could lead to the first commercial music releases in theJames Levine era, while containing costs by slashing musician paynearly 17 percent for more than 50 Pops concerts. The three-year deal has serious ...
KROL LEAVES BSO FOR EMMANUEL
Sep 01, 2006; ... Patricia Krol is the new executive director of Emmanuel Music,starting next week. For the last 25 years, Krol has worked for the Boston SymphonyOrchestra in a variety of positions, most recently as director ofvolunteer services, coordinating the efforts of more than 1,500 ...
DIVINE DESIGNS EXQUISITE WORKS OF ISLAMIC ART COME TO BC
Sep 01, 2006; ... The art of Islam dances with scripts, arabesques, and intricatepatterns that unfold like blossoms. Perhaps because of the Koran'sedict against idolatry, many Muslim artists through the ages haveinvested their energy not in representational work, but in coveringceramics, glass, ...
CRITIC'S CORNER
Sep 01, 2006; ... Ghost Whisperer 8 p.m., Channel 4 Melinda wakes up from a coma. Not sure how they can tell. Trick My Truck 8 p.m., CMT Make it think it's a fire engine. Foxworthy's Big Night Out 8:30 p.m., CMT You know you're a redneck if . . . you know "you know you're ...
TURN-ONS WERE FEW AT MTV VIDEO AWARDS
Sep 01, 2006; ... Could last night's MTV Video Music Awards have been any moreunfocused and perfunctory? No, even though the annual ceremonyfinally returned home to New York after a few years in Miami. Everything the songs, the dances, the award presentations, hostJack Black's lame comedy, the ...
AFFLECK ISN'T IN LOVE WITH FAME
Sep 01, 2006; ... (3) Sounds like Ben Affleck wants to be left alone. Hyping hisnew movie, "Hollywoodland," at the Venice Film Festival yesterday,the Cambridge-bred actor said he'd like his private life to remainprivate. "Nowadays, people pay attention more and more to . . . eventhe most mundane ...
MAN BITES DOG FOOD
Sep 01, 2006; ... Since his memorable stint as dad Tom Bradford on the '70s TV show"Eight Is Enough," Dick Van Patten has popped up periodically on thesmall screen. In recent years he's appeared on episodes of "ArrestedDevelopment," "7th Heaven," and Jimmy Kimmel 's late-night talk show.(Inexplicably, ...
PAVA IS FASHIONABLE, NOT FORMAL
Sep 01, 2006; ... NEWTON We're eating dinner with a menagerie of Prada pumps. Theircovetable black snouts are pressed up to a nearby window, making themlook like hungry puppies. When Prada is willing to beg for the tablescraps, you know you're eating something good. We're at Restaurant Pava, the ...
HE'S SET `CYRANO' IN HIGH SCHOOL AND TO MUSIC
Sep 01, 2006; ... Big-nosed smart guy loves beautiful girl so much he writes greatletters for his cute friend to woo her. Oh, the pain of it all!Doesn't that just sound like high school? Well, it did to composer and Peabody native Barry Wyner, who hasloved the story of Cyrano de Bergerac ever since ...
CRITICS' PICKS
Sep 01, 2006; ... "Martha Mitchell Calling/No Background Music" Two powerful one-acts about two powerful women Watergate informantMartha Mitchell and Vietnam-era Army ...
NOT THE GAME PLAN WAR BREAKS UP ATALLAH'S FAMILY
Sep 01, 2006; ... The sound contradicted the image. Sure, Paul Atallah was watchinga football game on TV, and sure, it was 1 o'clock in the morning,when the senses can get mischievous. But the thuds he was hearingdidn't match the action he was seeing. Even the most ferocious tackledoesn't echo like that; ...
TOAL STEPS IN JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME
Sep 01, 2006; ... MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. After he sat out spring drills nursing apinched nerve in his neck and left shoulder, Brian Toal was eager toget going again. And, in last night's 34-21 season-opening victory atCentral Michigan, Toal did precisely that as his return loomed largefor the ...
DAVENPORT REJECTS KOSTANIC IN 40 MINUTES
Sep 01, 2006; ... NEW YORK If Lindsay had known of the joyous occasion, would shehave given the young bride a wedding present? Steak knives? An espresso machine? Crystal? How about one game? Just one measly game to save the Croatiannewlywed an embarrassed blush with about 10,000 strangers in ...
CASSEL TAKES A TURN
Sep 01, 2006; ... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Matt Cassel took the back door out of thePatriots' locker room last night and walked straight into thetelevision camera lights. Not used to the postgame spotlight, Cassel asked the Patriotspublic relations staff where to go, and saw a familiar face ...
TIGER TRACK
Sep 01, 2006 ... Woods aims for his fifth consecutive tournament win at theDeutsche Bank Chamionship. A ...
MIAMI-FSU RIVALRY HAS LOST ITS LUSTER
Sep 01, 2006; ... The college football season kicked off last night, and for thepast two years, the marquee opening game has been Florida State-Miami. The rivalry is as intense as Texas-Oklahoma, Auburn-Alabama,and USC-Notre Dame. For years, it was a game for bragging rights between teams ...
DRESSED, THEN SOME SUCCESS
Sep 01, 2006; ... It was like playing dress-up. The pure white baseball pants. Thematching jersey. The cap. The logo. The "B." He had to put it on, even if the game wasn't for another hour anda half. "I had it on [extremely] early," said Carlos Pena, who played hisfirst game at Fenway Park in ...
EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Sep 01, 2006; ... BISHOP CONNOLLY Coach : Frank Sherman (fourth year). Last year's record: 3-7. Playing surface : Grass. Football website: bishopconnolly.com Returning starters (12): Jacob Miquel, OL, 5-11, 289, Sr.; TommyRemmis, DE, 6-2 170, Sr.; Shane Viveiros, QB-DB, ...
IT'S FAR FROM OVER FOR ANGLERS
Sep 01, 2006; ... It's the time of year when some people feel stabs of regret forthe passing of summer . . . but that would not be saltwater anglersaround here. Along much of our coast, the fishing is sensational now.The blues are schooling to feed, the bass are bigger and feedingvoraciously, and bluefin ...
ORTIZ HAS PLANS FOR WEEKEND
Sep 01, 2006; ... The voices around the gloomy Red Sox clubhouse echoed the samesentiment: Baseball's just a game. The more important thing, said the players, is the health of theirteammates and friends. From the news released yesterday, it appearsas if David Ortiz's well-being is in good ...
HOCKOMOCK LEAGUE
Sep 01, 2006; ... CANTON Coach: Jim Goff (second year). Last year's record: 0-10. Playing surface : Turf. Returning starters (10): Jason Allen, OL-DL, 6-0, 250, Sr.; RobFelize, S, 5-10, 170, Sr.; Jake Graziano, LB, 5-8, 170, Sr.; GentryJones DB-TB, 5-9, 165, Sr.; Glenn Allen, ...
OBSERVATIONS FROM A MAN IN A FOREIGN LAND
Sep 01, 2006; ... TOKYO Is Japan the most tired country on earth? You certainly get that idea by riding the great Tokyo subwaysystem. Pick a car, any car. Pick a time, day or night. It makes nodifference. On any subway car there are a minimum of four people invarious stages of slumber, ...
METS' GLAVINE SET FOR RETURN TONIGHT
Sep 01, 2006 ... Baseball Three weeks ago, the New York Mets feared that Tom Glavinewouldn't pitch until 2007, if then. The 40-year-old ace lefthanderreturns to the mound tonight in Houston for the first time in 16 daysafter being sidelined by a blood clot in his left shoulder. "I got afeeling ...
O'BRIEN'S ROLE CHANGES WITH HOUR
Sep 01, 2006; ... For 17 years, Pat O'Brien was known as the sports guy on CBS. Hecovered everything from Super Bowls to the NCAA Tournament to majorleague baseball to the NBA to the US Open tennis championship. Thenin 1997, he left to start an entertainment program in Los Angelescalled "Access ...
MOVING DAY NEAR FOR SOME
Sep 01, 2006; ... The Red Sox clubhouse doesn't have a revolving door, but it couldhave used one this season. Today, the Sox can expand their roster toas many as 40 players. Some of those spots will go to those currentlyon the disabled list, but there will still be room for a few new (andnot-so-new) faces ...
MERRIMACK VALLEY CONFERENCE
Sep 01, 2006; ... ANDOVER Coach: Ken Maglio (11th year, 51-54-2). Last year's record: 4-7. Playing surface : Grass. Football website: aps1.net/ahs/Sports/sports.htm Returning starters ( 10 ): Joel Israel, FB-DL, 5-11, 206, Sr.;Jonathan Crush, OL-LB, 6-2, 207, Sr.; Brandon ...
RAZZANO HALTS HINGIS'S COMEBACK
Sep 01, 2006; ... NEW YORK Down, 5-1, in the second set of her second-round match to112th-ranked Virginie Razzano , Martina Hingis rallied to take thenext three games all with her comeback US Open bid on the line. Valiant, sure. A little taste of the old Hingis, absolutely. Butin the end it was not ...
BROWN RECEIVES CHANCE AT QB
Sep 01, 2006; ... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. The Patriots had most of their training campchecklist complete entering their exhibition finale last nightagainst the Giants, so all that was left was to experiment with a fewwrinkles. Like wide receiver Troy Brown at quarterback. Brown, who filled in at ...
RECAPTURING THE RUSH
Sep 01, 2006; ... They thought they'd never feel the adrenaline rush again. Theywere young, athletic, and the thrills they found in sailing a boat,fast, in conditions that put them right on the edge adrenalineconditions had been among those losses they experienced whenaccidents robbed them of physical ...
BROWN RECEIVES CHANCE WIDEOUT SUBS AT QB IN PATRIOTS' LOSS
Sep 01, 2006; ... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. The Patriots had most of their training campchecklist complete entering their exhibition finale last nightagainst the Giants, so all that was left was to experiment with a fewwrinkles. Like wide receiver Troy Brown at quarterback. Brown, who filled in at ...
BRADY IS GIVEN A PASS, RESTS BEFORE THE OPENER
Sep 01, 2006; ... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Quarterback Tom Brady didn't travel with thePatriots for last night's exhibition finale against the Giants, heldback as part of preparations for the regular-season opener againstthe Bills Sept. 10. Brady led the Patriots on 11 start-to-finish possessions in ...
SOX GET HELPING HAND FROM RIOS, JAYS
Sep 01, 2006; ... Tied at 4-4 in the bottom of the seventh inning last night, theRed Sox took a two-run lead on a most unusual play. With Dustin Pedroia on first base, Alex Cora jerked a Roy Halladaypitch into deep right field. Alex Rios, drifting back, nearly glovedthe shot. But the ball bounced ...
NOW THEY KNOW IT WON'T BE EASY
Sep 01, 2006; ... SAITAMA, Japan The assumption is that everyone wanted it, but youcan bet Elton Brand wanted it a little more than the others. Brad Miller was a member of a United States team that lost in theworld championships; that's true. But that was the 1998 team thatincluded no active NBA ...
A MANAGED CARE UNIT
Sep 01, 2006; ... While Massachusetts General Hospital has been the unfortunatedestination for David Ortiz and Jon Lester , Pawtucket will be thego-to spot for several Red Sox players with baseball-relatedinjuries. Manager Terry Francona said yesterday that Trot Nixon , JasonVaritek , and Alex ...
WOODS PAYS RESPECT TO A FELLOW LEGEND
Sep 01, 2006; ... NORTON As the pro-am was about to get under way yesterday, therewas dew on the ground, a chill in the air, and a pair of greatshuddled along the ropes at the first tee. The tall, young guy? No one needed an introduction for Tiger Woods, of course. But the other guy? People figured ...
THIS WEEKEND ON TV, RADIO
Sep 01, 2006 ... TOMORROW AUTO RACING 2 p.m. Rolex Sports Car Series: Sunchaser (start of race), Speed 8:30 p.m. Rolex Sports Car Series: Sunchaser (finish of race),Speed 10 p.m. Busch Series: Ameriquest 300, TNT PRO BASEBALL 6 p.m. Globe Red Sox pregame show, ...
AGASSI OUTLASTS BAGHDATIS
Sep 01, 2006; ... NEW YORK He took the shot willingly because, he knew, that was hisonly chance. And as much as Andre Agassi yearns to be with his wife, with hischildren, with his philanthropies and beneficiaries, he yearns tocontinue in this US Open more. He wants one last run, one lastchance, ...
HIS IMPRESSION IS LASTING
Sep 01, 2006; ... NORTON If you've ever seen Camilo Villegas play golf well,actually, if you've ever seen him putt you'd remember. Perhaps you wouldn't remember his name, which rings of hisColombian heritage, but you'd remember his style. While his fellow golfers crouch down to line up putts, ...
WAGNER REMEMBERED AS A GREAT TEAMMATE
Sep 01, 2006; ... The phone calls are harder to deal with nowadays. Eddie Pellagrini tried to handle this one as best he could. Hiswife handed him the phone yesterday afternoon. "Boston Globe," she told him. The last time Pellagrini was in the paper was April. Opening Day.Fancy cars. All ...
BANKERS INTENSIFY DRIVE TO TAX BIG CREDIT UNIONS
Sep 01, 2006; ... The Massachusetts Bankers Association is escalating its campaignto have large credit unions be taxed like banks with the launch of awebsite called creditunionruse.com. Historically, credit unions have enjoyed favorable tax treatment,but a cartoon on the new website shows a taxpayer ...
INTEL EXPECTED TO UNVEIL HUGE LAYOFFS
Sep 01, 2006 ... Intel is expected to unveil a massive layoff as soon as Tuesdaythat could eliminate thousands of jobs, according to a pair ofpublished reports. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker, having suffered severalfinancially disappointing quarters, launched an internal analysis ...
STOCKS BOUNCE AROUND AS INVESTORS AWAIT JOBS DATA
Sep 01, 2006 ... Stocks drifted lower as comments by Fed officials and data onconsumer spending and inflation failed to reassure investors theeconomy will avoid a slump. Inflation remains a ...
STOCK SOARS ON SEACHANGE'S TURNAROUND
Sep 01, 2006 ... Shares of SeaChange International Inc. jumped 11 percent a dayafter the provider of video server systems said it swung to a profitin its second quarter. Its systems are used by TV and cable operatorsto manage and distribute digital video. On Wednesday after the marketclosed, the Acton ...
NMT MEDICAL INC.
Sep 01, 2006 ... Shares in NMT Medical of Boston gained 16 percent after it wonFood and Drug Administration approval to modify a clinical study onits implanted device for ...
VICAL INC.
Sep 01, 2006 ... Vical Inc., which is developing a bird-flu vaccine, reported thatits "prime-boost" vaccine regime was well tolerated in a phase ...
PSB BANCORP INC.
Sep 01, 2006 ... PSB Bancorp stock rose 44 percent yesterday. Closely heldConestoga Bancorp agreed to buy PSB Bancorp, the owner of First Bankof ...
ADVO PLUNGES AS MERGER SPURS A LAWSUIT
Sep 01, 2006 ... Advo Inc. fell 22 percent after Valassis Communications Inc. fileda lawsuit to terminate its $1.3 billion merger agreement with thenation's ...
JUDGE BLOCKS SALES OF GENERIC PLAVIX
Sep 01, 2006; ... NEW YORK A federal judge blocked sales of a generic version ofblood thinner Plavix yesterday while he considers the merits of aclaim that a Canadian pharmaceutical company improperly entered themarket. US District Judge Sidney H. Stein issued his written ruling aftera two-day ...
ATTLEBORO MAN GETS 2 YEARS IN FUND THEFT
Sep 01, 2006; ... Neil Forget said it was his wife who stole more than $13,000 fromthe fund they ran for the Attleboro High School Band parents'association. But at his sentencing yesterday he admitted guilt, wasordered to repay the money, and was sentenced to two years in jail. As he awaited ...
SAND BY YOUR MAN
Sep 01, 2006 ... Hooded up against the early-morning chill, a couple walked ...
AMERICAN DEATHS
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Pentagon has released the names of the following US servicemembers killed recently in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to anAssociated Press count, at least 2,639 members of the US militaryhave died since the Iraq war began in March 2003. At least 19,773have been wounded, the military ...
GLENN FORD; ACTOR'S DEMEANOR, QUIET DECENCY REFLECTED AN ERA
Sep 01, 2006; ... Glenn Ford, an American screen icon of '50s solidity decent, pipe-smoking, amiable, low-key yet tough under pressure, died Wednesday.He was 90. Paramedics called to his home in Beverly Hills, Calif., found hisbody. Mr. Ford, who had suffered several strokes in the 1990s, hadbeen ...
HENRY CHEEVER, AT 67; `SARGE' WAS A LEADER IN YOUTH HOCKEY FOR DECADES
Sep 01, 2006; ... Henry "Mike" Cheever Jr. didn't have children who played icehockey and he had never laced up a pair of skates, but when heheard the town of Swampscott wanted to start a youth league in 1967,he volunteered for the cause. What followed was a career in youthhockey that would span more ...