Bryan Marquard

Grabbed off a Moscow street in 1986, handcuffed and thrown into a van, American journalist Nicholas Daniloff was arrested in the waning years of the Soviet Union and accused of espionage — an allegation he vigorously denied.

For two weeks in September 1986, Soviet authorities held US journalist Nicholas Daniloff in an infamous Moscow prison and subjected him to some 30 hours of questioning about what he knew were false accusations that he was a spy.

Peter Shelley was a night law school student when he interned at the Conservation Law Foundation and joined its battle to prevent oil and gas drilling off the Georges Bank fishing grounds.

Even before he began writing reviews, Steve Morse had a talent for being at the right performance at the right time to witness some of rock music's most historic concerts.

As a half-century of musicians knew, Boston Globe critic Steve Morse loved live concerts. By his recollection he went to 250 annually, which might have been a low estimate.

“Eli’s impact on children’s welfare is significant,” said Randal Rucker, former chief executive of Family Service of Greater Boston.

In December 1991, Jack Sansolo achieved a measure of national fame when he was featured on the cover of Fortune magazine next to the headline: “Gay in Corporate America.”

In December 1991, Jack Sansolo achieved a measure of national fame when he was featured on the cover of Fortune magazine next to the headline: “Gay in Corporate America.”

Dr. Grant was a Boston Public Schools deputy superintendent and had helped launch 20 professional development schools and two charter schools in Michigan.

To Alice Brock, the song that immortalized her name and her long-ago Stockbridge restaurant stirred memories of the best parts of the 1960s.