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...some South Africans it seemed that world opinion had finally taken effect on their nation's stubborn racist masters. Eight men accused of membership in the revolutionary Umkonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation) group had been convicted of sabotage, a crime that carries the death penalty. But last week the eight-six black, one white and an Indian-were sentenced to life imprisonment. Another white defendant was acquitted but immediately rearrested on other charges...
...What do stubborn children, fortunetellers, jugglers, gypsies, practitioners of hoomanamana (Hawaiian black magic), sleight-of-hand artists, common fiddlers and persons who paint their faces have in common? Under the varying laws of the 50 states, they are all vagrants and punishable by fines of up to $1,000 and two years in jail. Almost without exception, such charges would be laughed out of court. But vagrancy laws are so vague that they apply to a great many other people too-and when they are used, or when the police even try to put them to work, they...
...most myth-filled aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination is the stubborn refusal of many Europeans to accept the belief that the U.S. President could have been killed by a lunatic loner. Headline after headline and book after book roll off the presses with a bewildering array of theories suggesting a deep, dark plot...
Describing the average undergraduate as "dedicated to his own capabilities, seeking autonomy, and yet stubborn, capricious and unsure of his role at the Loeb," Seltzer cited the difficulties of running the center which he called an "anomolous beast...
...Timmy Cleary (Martin Sheen), son of John (Jack Albertson) and Nettie Cleary (Irene Dailey), has come home safe from World War II. Curt with one another, the parents both love the son and engage in a competition for his affections. But the boy has come back with a stubborn thirst to be his own man. In petty and profounder ways, things go wrong...