The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from January 2007:
Rose Pessin, 89; raised funds for the retarded Rose Pessin, at 89; raised funds for retarded children
Jan 01, 2007; ... When Rose (Hershoff) Pessin, known for a warm and humorouspersonality larger than her small stature, accepted a position withthe Arc of Greater Boston, she insisted that it could only be on aninterim basis, that she couldn't commit to more than a couple ofmonths. But something ...
Slick Scandinavian headsets to facilitate hands-free mobile-phone calling
Jan 01, 2007; ... PERSONAL TECH / MOBILE PHONES A Finnish company, Iqua, is adding its sweet Scandinavian designsto the mix of hands-free mobile-phone devices available to the USmarket. My favorite of the lot is a Bluetooth ear clip, the VogueWireless Headset BHS-603, which is flat and sleek - a ...
Harrison's right leg hurting Belichick questions hit by Titans' Wade
Jan 01, 2007; ... PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK NASHVILLE - Safety Rodney Harrison walked out of LP Field underhis own power yesterday, but he didn't reveal the severity of theright leg injury he sustained in the second quarter. "I can't talk," Harrison said as he walked past a group ...
Head manalways an `ahead' man
Jan 01, 2007; ... NASHVILLE - That didn't feel like 12-4, did it? Was it the three losses at home? Was it the feeling that, on twoof those occasions, the Patriots appeared to be outclassed by Denverand Indianapolis? Or is it the fact that we all have beenunderstandably spoiled by their ongoing ...
Scouting out better solar panel positions
Jan 01, 2007; ... PERSONAL TECH / PROTOTYPE Perhaps you're ready to do penance for that wasteful Christmaslighting display that has tormented your neighbors sinceThanksgiving. Or maybe you're just ready to do your part to curtailglobal warming. By installing solar panels, even in New England, ...
Sites help free cellphone users from contractsWeb entrepreneurs help cellphone users trade out of contracts Termination fees draw ire
Jan 01, 2007; ... The pesky termination fees that kick in when unhappy cellphonecustomers decide to cancel service early have spurred an Internetcottage industry of companies that help liberate people from theircontracts. The websites, Celltradeusa.com, Resellular.com, andCellSwapper.com, provide ...
Titans look to future Young gives them reason for optimism
Jan 01, 2007; ... NASHVILLE - Vince Young showered, put on one of his finest suits,and delivered his New Year's resolution. "We will be in the playoffs next year," the Titans' rookiequarterback said. "We will make the playoffs. You've got to haveconfidence to go anywhere." Minutes after ...
Woods Hole sees profit in the seas Renowned research institution moves to commercialize marine technology in order to stabilize its funding stream
Jan 01, 2007; ... WOODS HOLE - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has primarilyfocused on basic research over the years, with a simple goal ofadvancing the understanding of the world's oceans. Whether the workhad commercial value, well, that was someone else's worry. Not anymore. Woods Hole, ...
Lawmakers defend foreign policy efforts Critics say trips undermine US
Jan 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Frustrated with the Bush administration, members ofCongress are traveling to countries with poor diplomatic relationswith the United States to conduct their own negotiations with leadersthe president has refused to meet. In recent weeks, representatives and senators - ...
December singes a record
Jan 01, 2007; ... Forget about those dashed dreams of a white Christmas. Instead,savor history in the making. Last month is likely to go down as the warmest December on recordin Boston, according to the National Weather Service in Taunton. Asof midday yesterday, the average temperature for the month ...
Signs of last year's freedom setbacks are all around
Jan 01, 2007; ... SURVEYING THE world as 2007 dawns, it's hard to be optimistic. Thedaily headlines give us little cause to rejoice - at least, for thoseof us who once had hopes for the advancement of freedom around theworld. In Iraq, the latest news is of a death sentence handed down to aformer ...
Fast times, dim end for once-loved Porsche 1983 beauty spent 15 years at airport
Jan 01, 2007; ... This is the story of a car. She was born in 1983 in a throbbingPorsche assembly plant in West Germany, and she was a strikingbeauty. Appointed with tan leatherette seats, artfully flared fenders, anda shimmering blue paint called Vesuvio Metallic, this was a cardestined for ...
Legends, leaders, and legacies: The year in farewells
Jan 01, 2007; ... At the close of a year fraught with political conflict andcultural fragmentation, Americans were touched by the deaths of twoiconic figures, one hailed for restoring decency and civility tonational politics, the other for imbuing pop music with a propulsivebeat that cut across genres and ...
Walk-on provided walkoff magic for BC Kicker's dream season ended on a high note
Jan 01, 2007; ... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Steve Aponavicius stood outside Boston College'slocker room at Bank of America Stadium following BC's 25-24 victoryover Navy in the Meineke Car Care Bowl Saturday afternoon. The sophomore walk-on kicker from Easton, Pa., was surrounded byreporters who wanted him ...
Walk-on provided walkoff magic for BC Will kicker's season earn him scholarship?
Jan 01, 2007; ... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - He authored a fairy-tale finish to BostonCollege's 10-3 season that even the best wordsmiths in Hollywoodcould not have conjured. But after Steve Aponavicius converted acareer-long 37-yard field goal with no time left to lift the No. 23Eagles to a stirring 25-24 victory ...
BC: Dramatic pause They squander lead but rebound vs. NU
Jan 01, 2007; ... The Boston College men's basketball team produced another dramaticending in an 87-82 win over Northeastern in a nonconference gameyesterday at Conte Forum. The Eagles (8-4) squandered an 18-pointlead before rallying in the final minutes behind the scoring of SeanMarshall (19 points), ...
Bruins' Stuart leaves impression
Jan 01, 2007; ... TORONTO - Before he joined the Boston organization, generalmanager Peter Chiarelli had seen Brad Stuart play enough to know hisstrengths. But after nearly half a season of watching Stuart in person andgetting to know him, Chiarelli now understands the drive with whichthe ...
`Long' day was fun WR Caldwell is happy with his big plays
Jan 01, 2007; ... NASHVILLE - Deion Branch was gone. That was understood. Whatwasn't quite as clear was that the Patriots' downfield passing game -those bombs to which New England fans had become accustomed - seemedto have gone with him. Chad Jackson got a few chances early in theseason, Jabar Gaffney got ...
A time to ponder time
Jan 01, 2007; ... NEW YEAR'S DAY is an early epiphany. The turning of numbers on thecalendar offers a sudden manifestation of an essential truth of thehuman condition. Your New Year's resolutions are the secularsacrament of this reckoning. You are acknowledging your life's needof improvement. But what are ...
Despite Celtics' skid, Ainge sees positives
Jan 01, 2007; ... SEATTLE - Danny Ainge traveled to Seattle for last night's Celtics-Sonics matchup, and he will remain with the team until it returns toBoston tomorrow. It was a planned trip for the executive director ofbasketball operations as he takes a break from scouting collegeplayers to continue ...
Ainge finds positives
Jan 01, 2007; ... CELTICS NONTEBOOK SEATTLE - Danny Ainge traveled to Seattle for last night's Celtics-Sonics matchup, and he will remain with the team until it returns toBoston tomorrow. It was a planned trip for the executive director ofbasketball operations as he takes a break from scouting ...
Sonic boom keeps Celtics winless on trip
Jan 01, 2007; ... SEATTLE - Despite trying to do their best Paul Pierceimpersonations, Tony Allen (23 points) and Al Jefferson (21 points,10 rebounds) could not do enough last night to earn the Celtics theirfirst win of their current road trip. Instead, Allen and Co. again found themselves on the ...
The City Seen The art of the shine
Jan 01, 2007 ... BEACON HILL - This is what $4 buys your feet at Beacon HillInstant Shoe Repair: cleaning, application of wax or shoe cream (andpossibly mink oil, suede protection, or saddle soap), buffing with abrush, buffing with a cloth, and edge dressing for the finishingtouch. "That's the finale," ...
FOR THE RECORD
Jan 01, 2007 ... - Note to readers: In observance of the New Year's holiday, theGlobe will follow its weekend/holiday schedule ...
And now, the good news
Jan 01, 2007 ... THE YEAR is fresh and new, full of possibility - the verydefinition of optimism. Amidst a steady diet of war, corruption,official obtuseness, and despair, we like to take a moment on Jan. 1for a palate-cleanser of brighter thoughts. Before auld achievementsbe forgot, here is a selection ...
Vladimir Soprano
Jan 01, 2007 ... SOME OF the world's major energy companies are learning a hardlesson about President Vladimir Putin's Russia. It is the same lessonthat Putin's political opponents have absorbed, along withindependent journalists, human rights activists, and certainoligarchs who fell afoul of the ...
Amid the celebrations, a New Year's fire alert
Jan 01, 2007; ... As more than a million celebrants converged on downtown Boston tousher in 2007 with ice sculptors on The Common, acrobats in the BackBay and fireworks over the harbor, city fire inspectors engaged in aNew Year's Eve event of their own. Three teams of inspectors planned to launch a ...
Amid the celebrations, a New Year's fire alert
Jan 01, 2007; ... As hundreds of thousands of celebrants converged on downtownBoston to usher in 2007 with ice sculptors on The Common, acrobats inthe Back Bay and fireworks over the harbor, city fire inspectors werepreparing a New Year's Eve event of their own. Three teams of inspectors planned to ...
Man, 20, killed as revelers enter city Shooting near South Station
Jan 01, 2007; ... A 20 -year-old man was fatally shot yesterday just blocks frombusy South Station as revelers for Boston's First Night celebrationpoured into the city. The victim, who authorities described only as a black male, wasshot multiple times from a car near the corner of South and ...
What's closed, open on New Year's Day
Jan 01, 2007 ... Holiday observed: Today. Retail stores: Open at owner's discretion. Liquor stores: Open at owner's discretion. Supermarkets: Open. Convenience stores: Open at owner's discretion. Taverns, bars: Open. Banks: Closed. Stock market: ...
A three-wheeler for security officers
Jan 01, 2007 ... Innovative last week Cops who like the Segway but want more speed and stability maywant to take a look the T3 Series electric vehicles from T3 MotionInc. (t3motion.com). A handful of airport security personnel thismonth will be trying out the T3 at Los Angeles International, ...
Tune in your favorites from afar
Jan 01, 2007; ... PERSONAL TECH / IPTV If you can't stand to miss one night of Randy and Frances onChannel 7, Internet Protocol Television (or IPTV) may be able todeliver the news anchors to your hotel room. A number of devices usecompression technology to relay whatever your set receives at ...
Waltham firm leads heart attack study [Corrected 01/03/07] Partnerships track plaque in arteries
Jan 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - A Waltham company has brought together an unusualgroup of researchers and manufacturers to better identify the body'sfirst clues that a heart attack could be imminent. So far, BG Medicine has signed partnerships with two drugcompanies, a device maker, and a health ...
Troubling trends in Boston's '06 homicides Police identified a suspect in 38% of those cases
Jan 01, 2007; ... On a cold night in February in front of a dilapidated bodega,Eddie Brito was found facedown in a pool of blood. The 23-year-oldfather of one had been fatally shot less than a block from hisapartment in a dangerous section of Dorchester. Like many homicide victims in Boston, Brito ...
US deaths in Iraq war hit 3,000 Killings end the bloodiest month of 2006
Jan 01, 2007; ... An American soldier killed on the streets of Baghdad on Saturdaybecame the 3,000th US service member to die in Iraq, nearly fouryears after the invasion of the country. Just hours after Saddam Hussein's burial yesterday, the USmilitary announced two deaths, including that of the ...
Castro's true legacy is a bloody trail
Jan 01, 2007; ... IT WAS on New Year's Day in 1959 that Fidel Castro's guerrillastoppled Fulgencio Batista, and a week later that Castro enteredHavana and launched what has become the world's longest-liveddictatorship. This week thus marks the 48th anniversary of Castro'srevolution - and the last one he ...
They felt Brown's impact that night
Jan 01, 2007 ... THAT WAS a great story about James Brown and his impact on Bostonin the aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination ("Some sayHub owes debt to James Brown," City & Region, Dec. 26). I grew up inthe old Orchard Park public housing and was one of those blackteenagers Mayor Kevin ...
The view of Harvard from Allston
Jan 01, 2007 ... YOU QUOTED Thomas Lentz, director of Harvard University ArtMuseums, describing my neighborhood as "Western Siberia" ("Harvard:New museum site is a better location, costs less," Style & Arts, Dec.28). True, we are a wasteland of Harvard's creation. For decades, usingstraw ...
First Night?
Jan 01, 2007 ... WHEN YOU think of First Night, the wild and crazy antics that goalong with it may come to mind. But did you ever think about thesemantics of the event? I don't mean to be a party pooper, but First Night should reallybe called Last Night, since it occurs on the last night of the ...
New Year's celebrations get wiggy
Jan 01, 2007 ... AFTER READING about several communities' creative and witty localvariations on the New Year's Eve ball-drop in Times Square ("Asardine will drop in Maine," Page A1, Dec. 29), we had fun coming upwith ideas for our own city. Perhaps a replica of a 19th-century clipper ship, or a big ...
SPORTS LOG
Jan 01, 2007 ... NBA Tough break for Warriors' Richardson Golden State guard Jason Richardson is expected to miss at leasttwo months after breaking his right hand during the Warriors' gameagainst the Sacramento Kings Saturday night. Richardson, theWarriors' leading scorer last season with ...
He calms commuters
Jan 01, 2007 ... THE SHAWMUT MBTA station has been under construction for months,transitioning from tokens to Charlie Tickets, and serving manyhurried commuters every morning on their way to school, work, andother destinations. Louis Johnson, a T ...
State's minimum wage hike kicks in Workers upbeat; some firms worry
Jan 01, 2007; ... Zorely Allende's finances just got a little less tight. Today, the state's minimum wage increases, and the pay of thissingle mother of two small children rises from $6.75 an hour to$7.50. "Maybe I will be able to save now, so I can take a vacation," saidAllende, 20, who is a ...
For municipal police, it's the end of the line City merges division with Boston department
Jan 01, 2007; ... Sergeant Karen Ahern had turned in her gun, her baton, and herriot gear. She saw no reason yesterday to don the navy uniform shehad worn for 10 years as a Boston municipal police officer. It no longer had any meaning. Her last shift was to end at midnight yesterday, the same ...
NEW ENGLAND IN BRIEF
Jan 01, 2007 ... REVERE Hit-and-run accident kills man A 61-year-old Revere man was killed yesterday when a persondriving a four-door car hit him in Revere and fled, police said. Theman, George Azarian, was crossing Ocean Avenue at Shirley Avenueshortly after noon when he was hit by a small, ...
NEW ENGLAND IN BRIEF
Jan 01, 2007 ... REVERE Hit-and-run accident kills man A 61-year-old Revere man was killed yesterday when a persondriving a four-door car hit him in Revere and fled, police said. Theman, George Azarian, was crossing Ocean Avenue at Shirley Avenueshortly after noon when he was hit by a small, ...
They gained the edge by not going over it
Jan 01, 2007; ... On football NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Titans like to play on the edge.Yesterday they nearly pushed the Patriots over it. New England had been warned about a penchant that too many of theyoung Titans have for pushing, shoving, trash talking, late hitting,and generally being ...
Winning note In Nashville, it's a sound victory for the Patriots
Jan 01, 2007; ... NASHVILLE - It should have been a moment to feel good about, thefinishing touches put on a 12-4 season, the Patriots entering theplayoffs on a winning note. And while coach Bill Belichick was indeed proud of his teamfollowing yesterday's 40-23 victory over the Titans - and noted ...
Meet the Jets
Jan 01, 2007; ... As New England awaits the arrival of wild-card weekend, here arefive things Patriots fans should know about the Jets: 1. Chad Pennington is smart: The Jets quarterback won't bowl youover with a great arm or great mobility. Instead, he wins games bymaking good decisions. Pennington ...
Jack Condon, at 68; [Corrected 01/02/07] Army veteran, teacher was respected athlete
Jan 01, 2007; ... John Weston Condon, of Brockton, died Thursday from septicemia, atype of blood infection, at the Embassy House Skilled Nursing andRehabilitation Center in Brockton. He was 68. Born in Riverdale, N.Y., Mr. Condon, known as Jack, grew up inBrockton, where he played three sports at ...
KELLY SHEA
Jan 01, 2007; ... SIX AND THE CITY - We ring in the new year with news from theCorporation for National and Community Service that adults in Americaare volunteering at the highest rate - 27 percent - in three decades.And today is a day when many of us resolve to do things to improveourselves and the world ...
Study questions smoke-breast cancer link Big British survey finds no evidence
Jan 01, 2007; ... Is it possible that secondhand smoke causes breast cancer? In 2005, the well-respected state Environmental Protection Agencyin California reviewed the scientific literature and decided thatwomen were more likely to get breast cancer at a young age if theyregularly inhaled someone ...
SOAP OPERA UPDATE
Jan 01, 2007; ... "All My Children": Dixie promised she would never reveal Tad isthe father of Krystal's baby. Zach is convinced his dreams hold theclues to solving the Satin Killer murders. Bianca agreed to dateZarf. Sean and Colby reunited Jack and Erica. "As the World Turns": Casey hasn't had a ...
Her ambition is health care for all
Jan 01, 2007; ... On the wall of Deborah Klein Walker's Cambridge office hangs anold, 1960s-style poster. It shows a playground overlaid with a stampof vintage letters and vintage sentiments like: "It will be a greatday when our schools get all the money they need and the Air Forcehas to hold a bake sale ...
QUICK PICKS
Jan 01, 2007; ... Free The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum welcomed its first visitors onNew Year's Day 1903. In honor of its opening day, the museum welcomesvisitors today for free. Technically, the museum is waiving admissionas part of First Night. But everyone gets the deal - you don't need ...
JENNIFER R. BLACKMON
Jan 01, 2007; ... SIX AND THE CITY - We ring in the new year with news from theCorporation for National and Community Service that adults in Americaare volunteering at the highest rate - 27 percent - in three decades.And today is a day when many of us resolve to do things to improveourselves and the world ...
Woods Hole biologist says he's built a better backpack
Jan 01, 2007; ... Larry Rome wants to lighten your backpack. Well, really he justwanted to study jumping frogs and swimming fish, but in the process,he stumbled across a possible solution to the age-old problems ofback-warping packs. Rome, a biologist at the University of Pennsylvania, spends ...
Decline in bird flu cases raises risk of complacency
Jan 01, 2007; ... Bird flu infected fewer humans in the second half of the year,prompting experts to point to a new enemy in the fight against apossible pandemic: complacency. The lethal H5N1 strain of avian influenza was reported in peopleevery two days in the first half. Since July, the number of ...
Flesh and blood `Cash' is on the money
Jan 01, 2007; ... Book Review Johnny Cash: The Biography By Michael Streissguth Da Capo Press, 334 pp., $26. A lanky young man stands outside a record studio, guitar in hand."I want you to hear me play," he drawls as the studio ownerapproaches. Within months, the young man's ...
CHESS NOTES
Jan 01, 2007; ... A retrospect of the year 2006 in chess reveals many changes and arecurrence of the game's perpetual problems. On the Internationalscene, the unified World Championship was finally accomplished withthe victory of Vladimir Kramnik over Veselin Topalov. The matchproduced hard-fought games ...
Critic's corner
Jan 01, 2007; ... The Twilight Zone All-day marathon, Sci Fi If you think "Lost" is creepy, imagine what Rod Serling couldresolve in a half hour. How I Met Your Mother 8 p.m., Channel 4 A highlight from last season: Ted the Architect meets Mary theParalegal. BEING ...
DISCOVERIES [Corrected 03/01/07]
Jan 01, 2007 ... GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT A warming Atlantic Ocean may mean more wildfires Scientists have long known that extended periods of high AtlanticOcean temperatures coincide with droughts in the North American West.Now researchers have found that North Atlantic temperatures arelinked not ...
Are there any poisonous birds?
Jan 01, 2007; ... Ask Dr. Knowledge The short answer, which comes as a surprise to many, is "yes."Almost everyone knows of poisonous spiders, insects, fish, andsnakes. For a long time, people thought that there were just twopoisonous lizards - the Mexican beaded lizard and the Gila monster -but it ...
JESUS GERENA
Jan 01, 2007; ... SIX AND THE CITY - We ring in the new year with news from theCorporation for National and Community Service that adults in Americaare volunteering at the highest rate - 27 percent - in three decades.And today is a day when many of us resolve to do things to improveourselves and the world ...
ON DEMAND
Jan 01, 2007; ... Major Dundee *** Comcast Forty years after Columbia Pictures hacked it up, Sam Peckinpah's1965 cavalry Western returns. Charlton Heston, still in hisintimidating prime, plays the eponymous Civil War officer ...