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...come in the U.S., that word will not be primarily identified with the plain upon which ancient Athens nurtured philosophy and democracy. Nor will it simply stand for the bucolic little town that gave its name to a turreted prison, mislabeled a "correctional facility." Attica will evoke the bloodiest prison rebellion in U.S. history. It will take its place alongside Kent State, Jackson State, My Lai and other traumatic events that have shaken the American conscience and incited searing controversy over the application of force?and the pressures that provoke...
...book Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson, the author repeatedly prophesied that he would not leave the California prison system alive. Last week the grim prediction came true. In one of the bloodiest prison upheavals in recent years, Jackson-robber, author, radical hero, self-styled revolutionary-was killed while attempting to escape from the California State Prison at San Quentin. With him died three prison guards and two fellow inmates...
...most interesting news to emerge last week, however, involved the intervention of a superpower in the bloodiest and potentially the most dangerous of the world's atavistic conflicts. Moscow hailed its 20-year treaty of non-aggression and mutual cooperation with New Delhi as a move designed to forestall total warfare between India and Pakistan. It probably is that in part, but the accord, by apparently ending India's nonalignment, also promises important benefits for the Soviet Union. It gives the Russians influence and status on the Indian subcontinent, perhaps including ports of call and bunkering facilities...
...budget chiller about a revengeful young man and his army of lethally trained rats (TIME, July 26). The rumor goes that when one executive heard that his company was involved with the film, he was furious. "You're nuts!" he exploded, and demanded that the bloodiest rat scenes be cut. Grislier heads prevailed, the scenes remained, and last week on the Variety box-office chart, Willard was not only in the top spot but was outgrossing Love Story by almost...
...past five years; the finest quality stones now fetch as much as $3,000 per carat wholesale, on a par with diamonds. What buyers do not know is that they are almost certainly, if unwittingly, contributing to the prosperity of one of the world's most lucrative-and bloodiest-illegal businesses. Some 90% of all emeralds come from Colombia, where mining and sale of the gems are supposedly a government monopoly. In fact, reports TIME Correspondent David Lee, the business has been monopolized by outlaws called esmeralderos (emerald buccaneers), who pocketed about 90% of the $50 million that...