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The F.A.L.N. is the latest standard-bearer of violent Puerto Rican nationalist tradition that goes back to 1868, when machete-carrying rebels briefly proclaimed a republic in the Spanish colonial town of Lares. In the 1940s and '50s, followers of Pedro Albizu Campos not only bombed buildings and murdered...
The showdown came senior year. A budding radical, I now defied the school authorities and wore blue jeans to school. I skipped classes, hoping my National Merit status would provide immunity from disciplinary action. Then in a fit of hubris, I got mononucleosis and was out of school for three...
A dramatic illustration is the proliferation of disposable materials from cutlery to paper dresses that last for a couple of enchanted evenings (and how many times can any single dress enchant?). One of the latest manufacturers to enter the field cheerfully labels his new line Waste Basket Boutique. Some economists...
Died. General Bernard Cyril ("Tiny") Freyberg, 74, New Zealand's hero of two world wars, proud possessor of nine battle wounds and many more decorations (including the Victoria Cross), a bluff, towering New Zealander who swam the Gulf of Saros o Gallipoli in 1915, dragging a raft of lares...
At home or on location in cities or deserts, she constantly plays American popular music on tape recorders and phonographs. Her lares and penates range from Ella Fitzgerald to Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee. She securely describes herself as a beautiful woman, but she fears that people think she is...