The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from November 2009:
Ways to the Glades ; If you go . . . Exploring the wetland by foot, airboat, canoe, and more, dispelling myths along the way
Nov 01, 2009; ... EVERGLADES CITY - As we slogged waist-deep into a soup of blackwater, the Cypress dome closed in, a wet garden of epiphytes andsilvered tree trunks so magical, I almost forgot the cottonmouthwater moccasins lurking out of sight. "It's not dangerous?" a young Quebecer said as an ...
Revitalized Bradenton brims with artistic flair
Nov 01, 2009; ... BRADENTON - Turn onto 12th Street West, and it's clear that thisisn't your average neighborhood. Instead of the usual bungalows,there is a riot of lime green picket fencing, a mural that pairsFrida Kahlo with an emaciated Christ figure, and a giant cow statuepainted blue. And that's ...
EXPLORE NEW ENGLAND
Nov 01, 2009 ... FALL RIVER HARBORS THE SOUNDS AND TASTES OF ITS HISTORIC LINK TO THE AZORES PAGE ...
A new world ; The saga of the 16th-century map that gave America its name and paved the way for a modern view of the cosmos
Nov 01, 2009; ... By any century's standard, the mash-up of logic and folly thatcharacterizes human history is strange. Origins are plural, theireffects lasting, and our inability to remember this can congeal intoa worldview, one requiring a revolution so that we may disenthrallourselves from the errors ...
Darkness visible ; In this flawed novel, an elderly actor faces fear of failing powers
Nov 01, 2009; ... Philip Roth's latest novel may be his darkest. Maybe that's notsaying much since virtually all of his books are dark, at least insubstance and theme. But it usually is a darkness that dazzles. It shines out of hisself-quarreling characters, whose insight is so acute that ...
Perspiration - and inspiration
Nov 01, 2009 ... Maybe you are a "Slapshot" enthusiast, or maybe you're a "RagingBull" devotee (because Robert De Niro put on all that weight to playJake LaMotta), or maybe you don't feel any sports movie can touch "ALeague of Their Own." According to Ray Didinger and Glen Macnow, who created ...
In the rear view mirror, roads not taken
Nov 01, 2009; ... "Regret was not in Alec's nature," we are told of protagonistAlec Malone toward the end of Ward Just's absorbing, richlydetailed, and enigmatic new Washington novel, "Exiles in theGarden." And this seems to have been true enough for most of Alec'slife. But as he nears the end of that ...
Recent highlights from the Ideas blog ; Judging a book's cover; Brainiac
Nov 01, 2009 ... An exhibition based on "50 books/50 covers," an award sponsoredby AIGA, the professional association for design, was part of theassociation's annual conference last month in Memphis. The booksrepresent the association's picks for the best-designed of 2008. The MIT Press boasted ...
Sloppynomics ; The Freakonomics duo tackles climate change - and discovers the limits of cleverness
Nov 01, 2009 ... Four years ago, "Freakonomics" took the reading world by storm.Co-written by the acclaimed economist Steven Levitt and thejournalist Stephen Dubner, the book pulled off the unlikely coup ofrecasting economics, the theretofore dismal science, as a tool forcerebral swashbucklers. The ...
Tinker, tailor, soldier... illusionist? ; When the CIA tried its hand at magic
Nov 01, 2009 ... What goes on in the shadows? First, consider what's happening inthe foreground. "The instant the performer sees the spectator take a cigarette,cigar, or pipe, he takes the packet of matches from his pocket,tears off one match, and holds packet and match ready to ignite thematch," ...
The A team
Nov 01, 2009 ... Two years ago, a former Worcester middle school teacher launcheda small Boston nonprofit aimed at bringing excellent teachers tourban schools. Celine Coggins recruited a cohort of "teaching policyfellows" from the ranks of young teachers in local urban systems.The group met one evening a ...
Surprising insights from the social sciences ; The pleasure of pursuing; Uncommon Knowledge
Nov 01, 2009 ... Traditionally, men are expected to seduce women, while women areexpected to be demure and picky. Thus, women "play hard to get,"while men "sow their wild oats." However, a new study suggests thatthis disparity in mating standards is more tenuous than you mightexpect. Several hundred ...
The lore of insects and allure of eateries
Nov 01, 2009 ... Despite the best efforts of scientific-minded killjoys to stampit out, the natural impulse to think of animals as persons and toassign them moral (and immoral) qualities remains as vigorous todayamong ordinary people like me as it did in days of yore. To be sure,it may be that there are ...
The rules ; Improve your spelling in a million handy steps; The Word
Nov 01, 2009 ... It's nearly impossible to go through school in the United Stateswithout learning, at some point, the spelling mnemonic "i before e,except after c." Generations of children have recited this undertheir breath during spelling bees and tests, clutching it likedrowning victims to a lifeline, ...
Imperialism and the birth of the UN
Nov 01, 2009; ... Mark Mazower's groundbreaking books include "Hitler's Empire: Howthe Nazis Ruled Europe," "Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians,Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950" and "Dark Continent: Europe's TwentiethCentury." By contrast, "No Enchanted Palace: The End of Empire andthe Ideological Origins of ...
As night falls, books that shine
Nov 01, 2009 ... In autumn, night comes sooner, seems to fall faster and deeper,and lasts longer - and I, for one, am grateful to all children'sbooks that celebrate the bright side of the dark. One of the sweetest and most original of the new nighttimepicture books is "A Book Of Sleep," written ...
Faces of rock to a Van Gogh show
Nov 01, 2009; ... THROUGH JAN. 31 NEW YORK "Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to thePresent": Image has been as much a part of rock 'n' roll as soundright from the beginning. If Elvis hadn't looked like Elvis hewouldn't have been, well . . . Elvis, would he? Or imagine ...
Touristy but not tacky, St. Augustine carries its past with pride ; If you go . . .
Nov 01, 2009; ... ST. AUGUSTINE - So much of Florida can seem like a big swath ofmini-malls, chain stores, and sprawling residential complexes - onedevelopment after another, relieved only by the occasional pelicanor palm tree. We came to St. Augustine hoping to find something witha little more ...
10 ways to transport yourself for a while
Nov 01, 2009; ... No room in the budget for global adventures? Skip the plane ride(and price tag) in favor of these 10 spots that will have youexperiencing distant states and the world without leaving NewEngland. Step lively Escape the cold weather and turn up the heat with a night ofsalsa ...
In India, riches breed birthday excess
Nov 01, 2009; ... NEW DELHI REMEMBER BIRTHDAY parties when you were little? There was a cake - one of reasonable size, slightly lopsided because Mom hadn't linedthe layers up perfectly before applying the chocolate fudgefrosting. There were balloons and party hats and a couple kids fromthe ...
Martha Coakley and the AG jinx ; Joan Vennochi
Nov 01, 2009 ... MARTHA COAKLEY launched her campaign to succeed the late TedKennedy with a big lead - and a big hurdle. She is the state's attorney general, and in Massachusetts thatposition can be a curse. In 1966, Republican Edward W. Brooke went from AG to the USSenate. But since then, ...
Poignant notes carry Topol ; Now 74, he plays Tevye on his final `Fiddler' tour
Nov 01, 2009; ... When you've performed the same role for more than 40 years, froman impressionable 29 to a wizened 74, it's hard to find themotivation to step out on stage and make the next performancespecial. This is the conundrum Chaim Topol has grappled with throughouthis remarkable career. He ...
Hyperbole in the health debate ; Jeff Jacoby
Nov 01, 2009 ... First of two parts TWO THINGS supporters of a government-run "public option" forhealth insurance know for sure. One is that private health insurersare raking in obscenely high profits. The other is that only agovernment rival can force them to compete on price. In a clever ...
What a posh hotel and a new library share ; Architect creates transparency in both sites
Nov 01, 2009; ... Glass buildings in Boston are often seen as shiny interlopers ina city that prides itself on its historic look and its naturalmaterials: brick town houses, granite wharves, wood triple-deckers. Maybe that's changing. Glass, like anything else, can be donewell or badly. In two ...
Nostalgia, chic mix well in Sunny Isles ; If you go . . .
Nov 01, 2009; ... SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. - If you remember this city from itsheyday in the 1960s and '70s, names like Golden Nugget, Carousel,Chateau, Thunderbird, Dunes, or Tangiers will be familiar. They wereall motels situated along Collins Avenue in an unbroken 40-block rowon the Atlantic Ocean just ...
Still very much in season ; Valli and the boys enjoy renewed success
Nov 01, 2009; ... He may be the second most famous singer named Frank to come outof New Jersey, but even Sinatra couldn't boast of a successfulBroadway musical based on his life story. Not that Frankie Valli, 75, would ever dare to compare himself tohis idol. But the face and main voice of the Four ...
Nirvana before `Nevermind' ; Anniversary of `Bleach' recalls a band on the verge
Nov 01, 2009; ... Twenty years ago in Seattle, a small but devoted group of fans ofNirvana, an unknown rock trio from Aberdeen, Wash., kept coming intothe independent record store Nils Bernstein owned, all abuzz aboutthe band's debut album. "There was a real sense of anticipation around `Bleach,' " ...
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Nov 01, 2009 ... AMELIAANTICHRISTASTRO BOYTHE BOONDOCK SAINTS II: ALL SAINTSDAYBRIGHT STARTHE CANYONCAPITALISM: A LOVE STORYCIRQUE DU FREAK: THEVAMPIRE'S ASSISTANTCLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLSCOCO BEFORECHANELCOUPLES RETREATTHE DAMNED UNITEDDISTRICT 9AN EDUCATIONGOODHAIRTHE HAGSTONE ...
Thinking outside `The Box' ; Filmmaker hits on hot-button topics
Nov 01, 2009; ... SAN DIEGO - In "Donnie Darko," his first time out as afilmmaker, Richard Kelly spawned a cult with a mad-world mix of teenalienation, twisty time-travel metaphysics, and a nightmare bunny.Kelly didn't spawn big box office, though - and the trend spiraleddownward with his poorly ...
Film taps into a true oil disaster ; `Crude' follows court battle over pollution in Ecuador
Nov 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - For the indigenous people of Ecuador's blemishedAmazon, it doesn't matter whether Chevron is to blame, or Texaco, orthe state-owned company Petroecuador. All that matters is that thekids have rashes, the chickens are dying, the people have cancer,and the earth around many ...
Knowing a hawk from a handsaw
Nov 01, 2009; ... Cary Grant stands along an utterly exposed stretch of prairiehighway, only slowly realizing why a distant crop duster seems to betaking such a curious flight path. There's no image more thrillinglysuspenseful in "North by Northwest" (1959), or in any of AlfredHitchcock's films, really ....
Grade the teachers ; A way to improve schools, one instructor at a time
Nov 01, 2009 ... A good teacher equals a good school year. Not always, but farmore often than not. Ask any parents of an elementary-grade childhow the school year is going, and it won't be long before you'llhear them rave about - or bemoan - the teacher their child hasbeen assigned to. There are ...
Sugar high in the checkout line
Nov 01, 2009 ... HOW ABOUT some candy to go with that nail polish or that bottleof aspirin? In a new trick to promote more treating, drugstoreslately have been instructing checkout clerks to ask customers, evenbleary-eyed commuters who are trying to grab a newspaper just afterdawn, if they also want a ...
Let juries determine sex offenders' fate
Nov 01, 2009 ... MIDDLESEX DISTRICT Attorney Gerard Leone wants state lawmakers togive juries more say in whether some sex offenders should be civillycommitted after completing their criminal sentences. It's a reasonable proposal that could help gain broader communityacceptance of verdicts in an ...
Iran's watchdogs still need help
Nov 01, 2009 ... THE OBAMA administration could not have picked a more inappropriate moment to cut off funding to a watchdog groupdocumenting Iran's human rights abuses. When Iranians protested thecorrupt reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad this summer, therepressive regime took a lesson from ...
THEATER OF WAR ; Krzysztof Wodiczko's ICA installation aims to provide a sense of the chaos experienced by Iraq and Afghan veterans
Nov 01, 2009; ... ou have to imagine it, because you're not going to see it. Youwill, however, hear it. And what your ears will tell you is thatyou're inside a room, perhaps a coffeehouse, and that you aresomewhere in Iraq. You will hear the babbling of a TV and, outside,the sounds of market haggling and ...
EITHER/OR NO MORE ; In defying labels, the millennials are leaving their mark on TV
Nov 01, 2009; ... Back in 1963, a sitcom named "The Patty Duke Show" defined what agirl could be. She was either a Cathy or a Patty. Cousin Cathy was aclassy little lady who adored minuets and Crepe Suzette; rock 'n'roller cousin Patty lost control when it came to, um, hot dogs. Thepair, both played by ...
INSIDE
Nov 01, 2009 ... Glassworks Reviewing a Cambridge library (left) and the W Hotel(right) ....
Revolutionary on Beacon Street ; Recalling Arnold Schoenberg's time as a Bostonian
Nov 01, 2009; ... The other day I went out to buy some milk and passed ArnoldSchoenberg's home. It is indeed hard to imagine, but Schoenberg, the modern musicalrevolutionary, once lived in Brookline. At 1284 Beacon St., to beexact, in Pelham Hall, right near the heart of Coolidge Corner. Hiswife ...
Bringing the Rwandan genocide home ; A thriller evolves from playwright's years of research
Nov 01, 2009; ... When the Hutus began slaughtering Tutsis and moderate Hutus inRwanda in 1994, playwright J.T. Rogers learned about it from thenews media like most Americans. "I was gripped and horrified, but I was also quite shamefaced,because I hadn't heard of Rwanda, or if I had, only in ...
Is bridge solution afoot? ; Key vote looms on $1.4m restoration; Brookline
Nov 01, 2009; ... In 1999, Brookline activist Hugh Mattison joined a fight torestore the Carlton Street Footbridge, which he considers historic. In the 10 years since then, Mattison has heard calls to tear downthe bridge, seen moves to save it, and participated in an almostunending debate about ...
Shining a light on baseball under the midnight sun ; Filmmakers uncover northern version of the Cape Cod League
Nov 01, 2009; ... WELLESLEY - If Red Sox Nation were an actual country, EricScharmer would be undersecretary of its Interior Department. You rarely see him, but you may depend on his work. He's behindthe camera on NESN. His Wellesley-based production company, EyeCandy Cinema, films and produces ...
Channeling grief for son into action ; NEEDHAM
Nov 01, 2009; ... Three days before he killed himself last winter, Jason Robertsleft his father a voicemail message, remarkable only because it wasso ordinary. The 18-year-old sounded cheerful. He told his father heloved him. "You'd say to yourself, `This is a happy kid,' " recalled ...
Gambling on the future ; Considering the numbers As developers push a casino in Milford, nearby towns fret about the impact. Is it time for a regional approach?
Nov 01, 2009; ... E ven a veteran Las Vegas oddsmaker would have a tough time rightnow sizing up Massachusetts' future in gambling - and whether theroulette wheel will stop at Milford. On one hand, the state's top lawmakers are for the first timevoicing support for legalized casinos as a way to ...
This week's contest ; The winner This week's contest Cartoon caption contest Cartoon caption contest
Nov 01, 2009 ... Cauldrons, witches, lobsters - what could say Halloween more inNew England? Winning captioner Andy Duymovic had an idea: How abouta swine flu vaccine? Duymovic, of Belmont, bested 325 entrants inlast week's cartoon-caption contest. Go to ...
The most important reminder of all
Nov 01, 2009; ... It was a perfect October day, crisp and clear, the sky blue, thetrees orange and bronze and red, the kind of day that made youforget for a while not only your personal problems but theinfinitely bigger troubles of the world. That's how fine it was. That's how divine. Nothing ...
NStar should go underground
Nov 01, 2009; ... NStar can protect both the aesthetics of Wayland's scenic roadsand its wires by moving them underground. ("Residents take aim atNStar tree trims," Globe West, Oct. 18.) Placing wires underground in conduits is affordable when doneright. In Concord - served by a municipal electric ...
On Molly's behalf, thank you
Nov 01, 2009; ... Editor's note: Molly Eisenberg (inset) passed away on Oct. 21 atage 19 after battling ovarian cancer for more than a year. Anearlier version of this letter was mistakenly omitted from GlobeWest, and is running now with the family's permission. Thank you seems inadequate to express ...
New coach has earned respect ; Respect for new coach
Nov 01, 2009; ... I don't know a thing about Mary Sullivan's circumstances beyondreading today's article ("It's her title fight," Globe West, Oct.25). If Brandeis discriminated against her, it must make amends. Thatsaid, as someone who may have experienced age discriminationfirsthand, ...
Math error on Runkle School
Nov 01, 2009; ... Brookline school officials have taken the position that theformula for determining the allowable size of the proposed RunkleSchool expansion is in keeping with historical precedent ("Questionon Runkle School expansion," Globe West, Oct. 25). In fact, Runkle's expansion marks a ...
Growing apples in high gear ; At local orchards, system bears fruit; STOW
Nov 01, 2009; ... At Shelburne Farm in Stow, an acre of apple tree saplings,densely packed together in neat rows, stands in sharp contrast tothe rest of the orchard. Buttressed by poles and green wires every few feet, the saplingsbulge with glimmering red Braeburn and honey crisp ...
Lions roar through the season
Nov 01, 2009 ... (A weekly series chronicling the journey of the Newton Southgirls' cross-country team, culminating with the All-State meet onNov. 21 at Northfield Mountain). After kicking off the season with a win over Dual County Leaguefoe Acton-Boxborough Regional High, Newton South cruised ...
Letters welcome
Nov 01, 2009 ... Globe West welcomes letters to the editor. Readers' opinions arepublished based on space available in each edition. Please send letters by mail to Editor, Globe West, 111 ...
Acting to protect wetlands ; Town joins others in local regulation; westborough
Nov 01, 2009; ... Westborough is the latest area community to develop its ownregulations to better manage the impact of residential andcommercial development on local wetlands and watersheds. "Westborough has experienced a lot of development over the years,and a number of our watersheds are at ...
Growing apples in high gear ; At local orchards, new way bears fruit; STOW
Nov 01, 2009; ... At Shelburne Farm in Stow, an acre of apple tree saplings,densely packed together in neat rows, stands in sharp contrast tothe rest of the orchard. Buttressed by poles and green wires every few feet, the saplingsbulge with glimmering red Braeburn and honey crisp ...
Towns take steps to protect wetlands ; Local regulations extend state limits; westborough
Nov 01, 2009; ... Westborough is the latest area community to develop its ownregulations to better manage the impact of residential andcommercial development on local wetlands and watersheds. "Westborough has experienced a lot of development over the years,and a number of our watersheds are at ...
Council candidates debate trash fee ; Also take aim at service cuts in Malden
Nov 01, 2009; ... MALDEN - Six candidates for three at-large seats on the CityCouncil waded into some thorny issues at a forum on Wednesday at theSenior Community Center, taking questions on the trash fee and cutsto public services, among other topics. Just one candidate, incumbent Greg Lucey, ...
School panel revises its rules ; Change affects public comments
Nov 01, 2009; ... MELROSE - The School Committee gave final approval on Tuesday toa plan to change the public comment rules at meetings, and memberDon Lehman - who authored the measure - has no regrets. He read a statement Tuesday defending the new policy, whichrequires minors to receive parental ...
Performance set for work by Gloucester composer
Nov 01, 2009; ... When he was commissioned four years ago to compose a piece ofclassical music, Robert Bradshaw of Gloucester wrote a suitedescribing a group of regulars in a pub whose routine is upset whenthey lose one of their members to the girl of his dreams. The composition, "Right Then, Same ...
Charter issue has town at crossroad ; Vote could alter governing makeup; Saugus
Nov 01, 2009; ... Saugus voters on Tuesday will decide if they want a new form oftown government when they vote on a charter proposal that wouldreplace the current 50-member elected Town Meeting with a 27-memberTown Assembly. The change has been hotly debated, with opponents arguing Sauguswould ...
In this Village, fresh seafood is the real thing ; DINING OUT
Nov 01, 2009; ... The Village Restaurant 55 Main St., Essex 978-768-640,www.wedigclams.com Open Tuesday through Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 8p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday, 11:30 a.m.to 8 p.m. All major credit cards accepted Accessible to thehandicapped We had driven by the ...
Raiders a team on, off court ; Camaraderie boosts success
Nov 01, 2009; ... How dominant has the Melrose High School girls' volleyball teambeen this fall? The Red Raiders won 17 of their first 18 matches, an impressiverun. In all 17 wins, Melrose did not lose a game, sweeping eachmatch 3-0. A 3-2 loss to Central Catholic on Oct. 5 stands as the ...
Gillis boosts season for UMass-Lowell
Nov 01, 2009; ... The ball rocketed past her left side and Jamie Gillis wasupset. Not upset that her string of 12 consecutive shutouts, as well asan NCAA Division 2 record of 1,333 scoreless minutes, had ended,but upset that the goal cost her University of Massachusetts atLowell teammates a ...
Voters set to make their mark
Nov 01, 2009; ... Spirited contests for mayor and several controversial ballotproposals are claiming the spotlight as 21 communities across theregion prepare to hold local elections Tuesday. Competitive mayoral fights are the center-stage attractions foropen seats in Lawrence and Newburyport, along ...
Gloucester composer's suite on tap
Nov 01, 2009; ... When he was commissioned four years ago to compose a piece ofclassical music, Robert Bradshaw of Gloucester wrote a suitedescribing a group of regulars in a pub whose routine is upset whenthey lose one of their members to the girl of his dreams. The composition, "Right Then, Same ...