Word: ices
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Black militant Cleaver's qualifications as a University lecturer were genuinely debatable. As Minister of Information of the California-based Black Panthers, Presidential candidate of the Peace and Freedom Party, and author of the widely-acclaimed Soul On Ice, Cleaver undoubtedly had something to contribute to a course on Racism In America. But Cleaver is not a man designed to appeal to classic American educational tastes. His criminal record dates to 1954, and includes charges of narcotics violations, assault, and rape. When his appointment was announced last Wednesday, Cleaver was beginning a trial in Oakland on three counts of attempted...
...Convincer. In the group's hierarchy, Newton is flanked by his minister of information, Eldridge Cleaver, the ex-convict author of Soul on Ice (TIME, April 5), who is the presidential candidate of the multiracial Peace and Freedom Party. The code of the Panthers is a ten-point manifesto, written by Newton in 1966, that calls for complete black control of the businesses, police and courts in Negro areas. Newton also demands freedom for all Negroes in prison and draft exemption for Negroes. Last week Herman B. Ferguson, who is under indictment for a conspiracy to assassinate moderate Negro...
...faster M.I.T. car, which could make up to 60 m.p.h. between chargings, v. 55 miles for Caltech, had even more troubles. About 950 miles from the starting line, the car simply died. It took nearly a day to revive it. On the road, 200 Ibs. of ice had to be carried to cool the battery. Says M.I.T.'s Jim Martin: "It was like driving an iceberg." Then, at Victorville, Calif., the car's engine idled at twice its normal r.p.m.s, blew up on its block, and had to be towed 130 miles to the Pasadena finish line...
...search raids at Basque homes throughout the province of Guipúzcoa, hauling off truckloads of suspects for detention. To pry out information about the underground terrorists, cops have resorted to torture. They have beaten some prisoners, forced others to stand chest-high for long periods in pools of ice water, ordered a few to bend to the floor and draw a circle around themselves until they passed out. Under another decree that swept the terrorists beyond the pale of civil justice, conspirators are liable to capital punishment for military rebellion...
...Lutheran) who likes to dwell on food when he is not thinking about key signatures. While rehearsing a Haydn Notturno for his second concert, he says, "I told the orchestra, 'This music was intended to be played after a heavy dinner of turtle soup, a souffle, duckling, venison, ice, and crepe suzette! And now play with all that in your stomach.' They understood...