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Now it's fruit. The terrorist who telephoned the U.S. embassy in Santiago on March 2 seemed to understand that, as Alfred Hitchcock showed in The Birds, the most deep-seated fears are engendered when the benign suddenly turns menacing. The saboteur had no explosives to rig, no bomb-sniffing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do You Dare To Eat A Peach? | 3/27/1989 | See Source »

Last week was a reminder that life cannot be lived under laboratory conditions. Even the most fortunate Americans are learning that in addition to all the ills the flesh is heir to, terrorism can strike very close to home. But in less affluent, less cushioned societies, people are beset by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do You Dare To Eat A Peach? | 3/27/1989 | See Source »

Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci last night called on Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to donate collections of books to help alleviate a book shortage in the Cambridge public schools.

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Vellucci Asks Harvard for Books | 3/21/1989 | See Source »

Soon his parents' loyalty was questioned. In 1951, in front of a Senate committee, Alfred invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked if he was a member of the Communist Party. His wife Sylvia, also active in progressive causes, did the same three years later in front of the House Un...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: My Father the Communist | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

For all his honesty, Bernstein upholds the honor of his parents. They were never subversives, never disloyal to their country, he says. His sensitivity to Alfred and Sylvia (both still living) means that he never quite penetrates the deepest questions: Exactly why did people like them join the Communist Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: My Father the Communist | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

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