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...never very successful. The campaigns were frustrated as much by the local people, who regard the bandits as baghis (rebels) rather than thieves, as by the cunning of the dacoit gangs. The bandits, many of whom like to take from the rich and give to the poor in Robin Hood tradition, carefully cultivate local good will, rewarding villagers with presents at weddings. But they are also ruthless in eliminating suspected informers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Surrender of the Dacoits | 5/1/1972 | See Source »

...networks are also persisting in the reverse alchemy that so often has turned movie gold into weekly dross. An hour-and-a-half round robin of mystery shows on NBC will include Richard Widmark in a series called Madigan, adapted from the 1968 detective film in which he starred. On CBS, MASH, the grisly 1970 comedy about a troupe of Army surgeons in Korea, is becoming a half-hour situation comedy starring Alan Alda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Plus Ca Change | 4/17/1972 | See Source »

...under no legal obligation to make payments to the City," Robin Schmidt, assistant to the vice president for Government and Community Affairs, said yesterday. "It is a voluntary thing that Harvard does as a duty to the community...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Hears Tax Plan for Harvard | 4/11/1972 | See Source »

...Robin Scott Wilson's "Gone Fishin'" projects an incredible mingling of cold war and black power ideologies. No classic science fiction fan could do anything but gape and laugh at a hero who is described as a fourteen-year old German Negro serving the Americans as an anti-Soviet, telepathic...

Author: By Phil Patton, | Title: The Present Future | 4/10/1972 | See Source »

...stop what I'm doing to take care of my baby," and "I'm scared to death of men." The members soon realize that their frustrations and insecurities are common to many women. The next week they are ready for a session based on such works as Robin Morgan's anthology, Sisterhood Is Powerful, or Anne Koedt's interview with a lesbian, "Can Women Love Women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Studying the Sisterhood | 3/20/1972 | See Source »

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