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In a sort of mini-Dunkirk, fishing boats transported most of the island's inhabitants to the mainland, where buses took them into Reykjavik. Hospital patients and the elderly were rescued by small planes and helicopters, which braved intense heat and volcanic ash to land at an airstrip only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Fire and Destruction | 2/5/1973 | See Source »

Somewhat later Touré told a plausible story of murderous rivalries within Cabral's independence movement. The mastermind of the plot, said Touré, was Inocentio Camil, a top aide in Cabral's African Party for the Independence of (Portuguese) Guinea and Cape Verde (islands), known by its...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: The Gentle Rebel | 2/5/1973 | See Source »

Brando had his mind on other things anyway. He began pouring energy and money into a series of standard liberal causes, from blacks in the South, to the campaign against capital punishment (on the night of Caryl Chessman's execution, he picketed San Quentin), to the fishing rights of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Self-Portrait of an Angel and Monster | 1/22/1973 | See Source »

The American dilemma took on a certain urgency on Dec. 6, when three anti-Castro refugees arrived in Key West. Using a fishing knife and a pistol that would not shoot, the three forced two pro-Castro crewmen on a Cuban fishing boat to take them to Florida. It was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Cuban Dilemma | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

Tachito is one of the richest men in Central America. He has extensive holdings in, among other things, cotton, coffee, shipping, fishing, Nicaragua's Lanica airlines and neighboring Costa Rica, where he is the largest foreign landowner. He is a regular contributor to American political campaigns; this year his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Bracing for the Aftershocks | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

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