Word: rubins
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That was for a jury to decide, and a year ago a phalanx of literary and show biz personalities joined Dylan in seeking a new trial for Rubin ("Hurricane") Carter, a former middleweight boxer convicted of murder who, with his friend John Artis, had been in prison for nine years. The two finally got their second chance after the New Jersey Supreme Court threw out their convictions because the prosecution had failed to disclose evidence affecting the reliability of its two prime witnesses (TIME, March 29). Last week the second trial ended, and Carter, 39, and Artis, 30, sat stoically...
...Star, has succeeded monetarily, but the substance of his material lacks the energy and purpose it once had. Where James Taylor has succeeded and Joan Baez is attempting to do so, Dylan seems happy to rest on his rebel laurels and give token support to men such as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (Where is Dylan now when Carter is struggling with the New Jersey legal system?... Probably basking in the sun at Zuna Beach, discussing house plans with Neil Young...
CLINTON T. RUBIN...
...darkest view. Capitalism, he maintained, causes such alienation that "narcissistic merger" of the disaffected with charismatic fascist leaders is becoming more likely. Other critics argue that Americans are turning inward because of a sense that individuals cannot have important social or political impact. Says former Yippee Leader Jerry Rubin, now an experimenter in various self-improvement therapies: "Changes cannot be made on the political level alone. We must examine our own process...
Perhaps my gripes with the special press credentials are a little unjustified. Many of my cohorts, from the woman who claimed to be representing the Daily Princetonian even though she went to Stanford, to a scraggly reporter named Jerry Rubin, claiming to represent the counter-cultural Detroit Sun, seemed to be sporting bogus accreditations. I can see how a restrictive pass system may seem reasonable to those giving out the credentials. The DNC can risk offending some college reporters who have two months to cool off before they file. Regardless of the satisfaction derived from getting in, however, it will...