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...that lead turned into a rope around the Crimson's neck...

Author: By Y. TAREK Farouki, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Field Hockey Takes Lead, Only to Succumb in the End | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

...Teotihuacan pyramids outside Mexico City at the end of a month-long march to celebrate "500 years of survival." In the city, thousands of additional demonstrators danced and prayed on the Zocalo, the central square; still others hung a sign reading FIVE CENTURIES OF MASSACRE around the neck of a statue of Columbus on the elegant main avenue, Paseo de la Reforma. Mass demonstrations also occurred in Bolivia and Chile. In Buenos Aires some native people staged a three-day hunger strike that ended on Columbus Day in front of the Casa Rosada, the Argentine presidential palace. And in Managua...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Take That, Cristoforo! | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

Ferriera, who suffered injuries to his neck, leg and shoulders, remained in the hospital until yesterday...

Author: By Quentin A. Palfrey, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Suspect in Carjacking Turns Self in to Police | 10/22/1992 | See Source »

...Eagles have lost eight out of their last ten games and trudge into tonight's contest wearing a 5-9 record like an albatross around its neck...

Author: By Y. TAREK Farouki, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stickwomen Face BC | 10/21/1992 | See Source »

...spirits of the gods reside. A priest named Jorge leads in a goat from the garage. The animal moves reluctantly, like a stubborn dog. As the chanting congregation beseeches the deity Chango to accept the animal, a santero, or priest, holds the animal's head firmly, stretching the neck with one hand. With a sharp knife he easily slices through the carotid artery. The animal struggles feebly. Seconds later, the goat's head is lying on the floor as blood gushes into each of the vessels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shedding Blood in Sacred Bowls | 10/19/1992 | See Source »

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