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Volpe was expected to fill a gap at the upper end of the scale, but a lingering neck injury aggravated during the football season will sideline the two-sport wonder...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, | Title: Wrestling Commences Season | 11/22/1996 | See Source »

...said cigarette butts and tire tracks linked Kater to the murder and that investigators had discredited Kater's alibi. Prosecutors said they may discuss Kater's previous criminal record showing he abducted a 13-year-old girl who also was tied to a tree with a strap around her neck...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Framingham Man Pleads Insanity in Murder | 11/5/1996 | See Source »

Spend a few minutes analyzing Hurwitz and it's easy to see why he doesn't care. As it happens, he is neck deep in U.S. claims resulting from the $1.6 billion collapse of a Texas savings and loan he controlled. There was talk of a "debt-for-nature" swap involving Hurwitz' redwoods and the litigation, but banking regulators wouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FIGHTING FOR THE FORESTS | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

...reason that higher seats are better is one of physiology. When we look down, our eyes seem to close and our chins drop--incidentally, the same pose as a sleeper. Also, since craning one's neck upwards is uncomfortable, professors usually just look at the first few rows in rooms that have a steep slope (and I don't mean the grading curve). On the other hand, if the professor is on a raised stage, it's obvious who's sleeping and who's not. It's about impossible to sleep with you neck raised upwards, and even...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How to Sleep in Class | 10/12/1996 | See Source »

...portraits of his wife, O'Keeffe (1917-1937). Applying a knowing eye yet avoiding any familiar pithiness, Stieglitz brings out the distinctions of O'Keeffe's personality just enough for us to be curious for more. Now from a side view, now with her hands placed carefully to her neck, O'Keeffe's face across her life lies before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stieglitz, Urban Dreamer, In New Exhibit At MFA | 10/10/1996 | See Source »

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