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...returned there in August after unidentified arsonists fire bombed her Brandfort residence. Not surprisingly, Mandela blamed the government for that bombing. When police officers arrived last week with new orders that ended the forced exile in Brandfort but still prohibited her from entering Soweto, Mandela refused to accept the official papers or to leave the house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: Bringing the War to Whites | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...deal, the settlement "proved that the jobs traditionally held by women are worth as much as those traditionally held by men." Her $16,800 annual pay will go up by about $1,200, equal to what a janitor makes. Although such states as Minnesota and Wisconsin have also accept ed the comparable-worth concept, more than 20 others are still fighting lawsuits growing out of the controversial idea. LOBBIES Falwell Rechristens His Majority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Notes: Jan 13, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Unless they buy tickets through a travel agency, passengers do not generally pay for their seats until they get on the plane. During the flight, attendants come down the aisle collecting fares. They accept cash, credit cards, traveler's checks, money orders and personal checks (if the passenger writes a credit card or passport number on the back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Super Savings in the Skies | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...executive, hardly the sort of man who founded and built a broadcasting empire. And Stanton, as played by John McMartin, is a cardboard corporate foil, forever jabbering about ratings, opinion polls and bottom lines. "Stanton is fascinated with numbers . . . profit statements . . . power," says Paley, trying to persuade Murrow to accept a vice-presidential position. "You know what I want? A conscience. Integrity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Edward R. Murrow: Tackling a TV News Legend | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Despite differences on many issues, the outlines of a potential agreement have been apparent for some time. Its centerpiece would be an "offense-defense trade-off": the Soviet Union would accept deep cuts in its most accurate, powerful offensive weapons--land-based ballistic-missile warheads--in exchange for the U.S.'s restricting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breakthrough or Breakout? | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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