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...coloratura refers to her extravagant ease with ornamentation; the mezzo gives her a lush tone, darker than a soprano's, and keeps her from ever -- perish the thought -- squeaking. "I have a natural facility for the coloratura," she says. "It was born in here," she adds, pointing to her chest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opera's Roman Candle Newcomer | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

...spreading through the crowd that signaled the ghastly instant. On the Astroturf at Giants stadium, Jets defensive lineman Dennis Byrd lay motionless, unable to move his hands or legs. With all the power of his 266 lbs. of hurtling flesh, Byrd had unintentionally rammed his helmeted head into the chest of his 275-lb. teammate Scott Mersereau. The impact crumpled a vertebra in Byrd's neck, crushing part of the underlying spinal cord as well as plunging dagger-like slivers of bone into the soft, vital nerve tissue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tackling Spinal Trauma | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

House Committee Co-Chair Daniel C. DiCicco '94, who dressed in stockings, with red hearts on his chest and cheeks, described the event as "a kind of Drag Night...

Author: By Judith E. Dutton, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: It's an Erotic Affair At Adams House | 12/12/1992 | See Source »

...torture that parents inflict. When he went on trial for murder last August in Olympia, Washington, Israel Marquez, 17, recited a litany of abuse that began when he was seven years old. His stepfather, a deputy sheriff and martial-arts expert, liked to punch him in the chest and slap him on the head. When he went through a bed-wetting period between the ages of seven and 12, the stepfather beat him with a 2-in.-wide belt. After hearing the boy's tale, the jury found Marquez guilty of the reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter. He is expected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Kids Kill Abusive Parents | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

...quarterback Steve Mills on first down, Santos made the play of the game. Tearing across the middle of the end zone, as Mills fired a pass to junior Dave Iwan--free and open in front of the posts--Santos slipped his hands up and pulled the pass into his chest...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: Santos Makes Day | 11/21/1992 | See Source »

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