Word: restorationism
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But Vittorioso eventually decided to settle down and return to his carpentry roots--which has brought him back to Boston. "I enjoy the restoration work," he says. "There's a real challenge in taking the old and making it new again. I prefer this work over new construction."
Farafina. African drum and dance explosion. Inspired by ancient legends and accompanied by whirling and leaping dancers, the music of Farafina is a mesh of rhythms and West African sound. Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m. $17.50 plus 50 cent restoration fee. Call World Music at 876-9240 or TicketMaster at 931...
The main sticking point was habeas corpus, the constitutional provision that allows state prisoners to challenge their convictions in federal courts. Since the restoration of the death penalty in 1976, some defendants have used the habeas rules to extend the appeals process and delay executions for a decade on average...
The restoration project being debated this week is nearly as ambitious as the plumbing it is trying to fix. The driving forces behind it included former acting U.S. Attorney Dexter Lehtinen, who filed the first lawsuit, and Carol Browner, who headed Florida's Department of Environmental Regulation from 1991 through...
For the past five years, the big sugar companies and vegetable growers of central Florida have fought the cleanup plan at every turn, filing about three dozen suits, appeals and challenges. (Browner used to refer to these actions ; as the "suit du jour.") The sugar growers complained that they had...