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Based on the true story of a Sacramento serial killer in the late '70s, the film emphasizes the normalcy of the victims' lives. Alex Trebec is bantering on "Jeopardy," a woman is washing the dishes in the kitchen sink, a child plays with a plastic toy--and seconds later the scene is a blood bath. Murderer Charles Reece (Alex McArthur) is literally the boy next door. The message? It could happen to anyone...It could happen...

Author: By Sarah C. Dry, | Title: AN EYE FOR AN EYE: "Rampage" Shows the Horror of Murder | 10/29/1992 | See Source »

...Pins from the three primary networks and the top newspapers are treated like gold," says Ernie Jew, and ABC employee from New York. He had so many pins on his plastic credentials cover that the credentials were hardly visible...

Author: By Jonathon Samuels, | Title: Back in Houston | 10/29/1992 | See Source »

...seriousness, students all over campus have insisted on using paper cups to remove beverages after meals. But that's the exact purpose of the free mugs. And if you find yourself without your mug, you can always take a plastic or glass cup and return it at the next meal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rebellion, Eliot Style | 10/27/1992 | See Source »

There were witnesses, but Knighton persuaded them to tell police that Schanell had been injured in a drive-by shooting. He ordered her 15-year-old sister (also pregnant) to hide his gun in a plastic bag full of baby toys. As he rode to Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale with Schanell and her mother, he told attendants that he was a friend of the family and had nothing to do with the girl's injuries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Children Without Pity | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

Spindler could see that the body had been naturally mummified -- quickly dehydrated by icy winds or perhaps by the foehn, the warm, dry North African wind that sweeps across the Alps during winter. To prevent further damage, his team bathed the body in fungicide, wrapped it in a sterilized plastic sheet, covered it with chipped ice and moved it to a refrigerated room at the university. There, except for 30-minute intervals when it is removed for CAT scans and other scientific tests, the Iceman has been stored ever since at 98% humidity and -6 degrees C (21.2 degrees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stone Age Iceman | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

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