OLD REVOLUTIONARIES DON'T FADE AWAY

The Patty Hearst kidnapping occurred so long ago that a whole generation has come along who never heard of her except for a few cameo roles in some second-rate movies of late.

But in 1974, the abduction of Hearst, heir to a newspaper fortune in California, captured the minds of Americans, thanks to a complicated intrigue in an era when American society was undergoing radical changes.

In short, Hearst apparently was kidnapped by a group called the Symbionese Liberation Army and later, according to police, became a part of the group that robbed banks and created mayhem that seemed to be directed at the established order.

Now the last fugitive of the SLA has been arrested in Minnesota, where she was living the establishment dream: a doctor husband, three daughters, two-story suburban house in an upscale neighborhood and occasional roles in community theater.

So it's true: Revolutionaries do change. They become us.