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They screamed. They applauded wildly on and off cue. They tore off his cuff links and nearly toppled him from the podium. They waved signs proclaim ing KISS ME BOBBY, BOBBY IS GROOVY, 'BAMA FOR BOBBY. They showed that, given the right audience, Robert Kennedy can turn on the cus tomers like none of his competitors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democrats: Bobby's Groove | 3/29/1968 | See Source »

...Negroes walked out en masse, soon to be followed by Imperiale and his white posse. "I'm mad tonight," he said. "But our philosophy is law and order." Then, with mufflers rumbling, the Jungle Cruisers tore off on patrol. Irresponsible Negroes as well as whites have begun to arm themselves and distribute hate pamphlets ("The Wops Want War") in the ghetto. Moderates on both sides hope that the medical-school victory has not come too late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newark: Progress--& Poison | 3/29/1968 | See Source »

...notion that imprisonment corrects criminals is a surprisingly recent idea. Before the 18th century, prisons were mainly used not to punish but to detain the accused or hostages-the debtor until he paid, for example. To combat crime, Europeans castrated rapists, cut off thieves' hands, tore out perjurers' tongues. England boasted 200 hanging offenses. When crime still flourished, reformers argued that overkill punishment is no deterrent. In 1786, the Philadelphia Quakers established incarceration as a humane alternative. Seeking penitence (source of "penitentiary"), the Quakers locked convicts in solitary cells until death or release. So many died or went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: CRIMINALS SHOULD BE CURED, NOT CAGED | 3/29/1968 | See Source »

Defensively it was Johnson and Kanuth who stood out. In the first Harvard-Yale game this season, in New Haven, Frank Wisneski tore the Crimson apart with solid long-range shooting. But Saturday Johnson put the lid on, holding "Wizzer" to six points...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Hoopsters Upset Blues In Final Home Contest | 3/4/1968 | See Source »

...began upstairs when he tore my clothes off in the closet. Then he raped me standing up with a metal "clothes hanger twisted around my neck, choking me. I could hardly breathe. It was exquisite! Then one thing led to another. Those small attentions a girl like me cherishes ... A lighted cigarette stubbed out on my derriere, a complete beating with his great thick heavy leather belt. . . All the usual fun things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Myra the Messiah | 2/16/1968 | See Source »

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