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Mrs. Powell could not identify the intruders, but police had a good idea who they were: members of the small but fanatic lunatic fringe of Puerto Rico's Nationalist movement, which agitates for violent revolt to win independence for the tiny U.S. island commonwealth. A few weeks ago, Congressman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Puerto Rico: Go Home Adam! | 7/27/1962 | See Source »

It is a little hard to see why everyone in the novel-and apparently the author too -considers Bebo a fine young man who is down on his luck rather than a nasty young fanatic who has blown the skull off a completely innocent boy.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Also Current: Jun. 22, 1962 | 6/22/1962 | See Source »

Congress would sit as usual. The fanatic Peronistas, who had remained quiet through all the previous military usurpations, passed word that they, too, would defy the generals.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Argentina: Democracy Suspended | 6/1/1962 | See Source »

Neither of the two new clubs has come up with any big surprises. The Mets were playing better than .500 ball after an initial nine-game losing streak, but are currently in a new skid which has cost them eight straight. Thomas, Richie Ashburn, and Charlie Neal are performing for...

Author: By Frederick H. Gardner, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 5/30/1962 | See Source »

Last week the dukun's stock as a prophet rose even higher with Sukarno. At a prayer meeting in the presidential palace grounds, a Moslem fanatic suddenly rose from the assembled crowd, shouted "Allah is great!", and produced a pistol (steel, of course). He blazed away at the kneeling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia: Attempt No. 5 | 5/25/1962 | See Source »

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