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Anthony Riccio, 21, was discovered dead Tuesday morning on the asphalt in front of his dormitory at the Russian Institute of the Humanities. One end of a rope was tied around his neck and the other end tied to a fire escape on the building's 14th floor, where his room was located...

Author: By Jennifer . Lee, | Title: Brown Student Dies in Moscow | 9/27/1994 | See Source »

...amicably with the U.S. ambassador. But when the military began to move against him, he reverted to type and gave a speech he has come to regret. He seemed to give the nod to mob justice when he called the "necklace" -- a burning tire placed around a victim's neck -- a "beautiful instrument" that "smells sweet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti's Jean-Bertrand Aristide: The Once and Future President | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

Dressed in worn sneakers, pants and a multicolored, shortsleeve shirt with a mini-microphone attached just below the neck, Chandler surveyed his section of nearly 50, well above Faculty of Arts and Sciences guidelines...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Teaching The TFs To Teach | 9/14/1994 | See Source »

Majmudar will most likely assume Brenner's duties in the number-one singles position. The two were neck and neck throughout last year. Majmudar acquired a 13-4 record at the number-two position...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: Women's Tennis Excited About Its Chances | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

...armed robbery. He was convicted twice and given probation, the state's stiffest penalty for a child his age. But he first appeared in the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services' (DCFS) records in 1985 at the age of 22 months, for treatment of scratches on his neck and bruises on his arms and torso. On the afternoon of Jan. 19, 1986, police found him home alone with two brothers, then ages five and three. All had been abused. Just shy of his third birthday, Sandifer had scars on his face, numerous old, cordlike marks on his abdomen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: There Are No Children Here | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

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