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...Colonel Robin Olds, 44, a 23-kill ace in World War II (TIME, Jan. 13), became the first U.S. pilot to destroy two MIGs over Viet Nam, downing a fast MIG-21 in a swirling, 20-minute aerial free-for-all near Hanoi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Efficient Thunder | 5/12/1967 | See Source »

...City Hall, frequently visiting their alderman, and campaigning successfully to move out alcoholics who bummed around a local saloon strip. The Rangers will tell any and all listeners of their desire for peace and good jobs. In a way, they are a cross between feudal territorial lords and ghetto Robin Hoods whose forest is a shadowy 63rd Street under the E1 tracks...

Author: By Charles Sklarsky, | Title: Chicago's Loud Revolution: The Blackstone Rangers | 4/29/1967 | See Source »

Further indications of the failure of the communist regimes to develop "communist morality," and inculcate communist-defined "ideal types," can be seen in the results of a survey of Hungarian school children. The majority chose the "bourgeois" hero Robin Hood over both Marx and Lenin when responding to questions concerning figures perceived as heroic types. When asked why, the children cited the qualities of bravery, honesty, and loyalty--not the most important of the behavior traits which communist regimes seek to instill in its young citizens. Only 9.5 percent of the school children chose "heroes of the workers' movement...

Author: By Richard Cornell, | Title: Students Won't Adopt Communist Values | 4/14/1967 | See Source »

...Robin Hood vs Marx...

Author: By Richard Cornell, | Title: Students Won't Adopt Communist Values | 4/14/1967 | See Source »

...give the newcomers some experience before the trip, Munro has scheduled an all-day scrimmage tomorrow at Soldiers Field with Tufts, Boston University, and the Boston Lacrosse Club in an informal round-robin tournament...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Southern Trip Will Test Young Lacrosse Squad | 3/31/1967 | See Source »

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