Word: africanism
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Carine M. Williams '00 is a African-American studies and social anthropology concentrator in Leverett House. Her column appears on alternate Wednesdays...
...renaissance of the wine routes has brought about greater sensitivity to tourists' needs. Country hotels and bed-and-breakfasts measure up to a high standard, and many Cape estates include scenic picnic facilities or restaurants with decent cuisine--mostly European, with some South African touches such as ostrich filet, Cape Malay curry and water-lily and lamb casserole. Service is excellent, and the local wine is abundant, inexpensive and palatable. Several of the score of multistar restaurants are among the country's Top 10. Indeed, the mountain-ringed valley of Franschoek, where French Huguenot settlers arrived 300 years ago, bringing...
...doors to world recognition; it has also put the country firmly on the international travel map. Newly plunged into global markets, the Cape wine industry has expanded its traditional, highly regulated, conservative marketing base and drawn in Germans, French, Swiss, Italians. Russians and Californians as investors in South African grapes. Some of the leading Cape estates now boast European winemakers; Zelma Long and Phil Freese, well known in Sonoma, Calif., are in a joint vineyard venture with Michael Back, owner of Backsberg, a top South African estate. At least one prestigious California wine company is hoping to buy a Paarl...
That didn't lessen the embarrassment when two East African crowned cranes died during the final weeks of preparation for the park's April 22 grand opening. Both times one of the birds darted beneath an open-air tram on the Kilimanjaro Safari ride and was killed. Disney officials called the deaths "unfortunate accidents," but the remaining cranes were moved to a location near a walking trail, and the trams were outfitted with additional mirrors to improve visibility for drivers...
...prospective minority applicants, those are not comforting words. On average, African Americans score 10 points below white test takers on the 180-point exam. But there is an open secret about law-school admissions tests: the playing field is not level. Whites and Asians are more likely than blacks to take commercial courses designed to prepare students for the LSAT. Though the disparity is slight, experts point to an even more significant test-prep gap: while whites take high-end, intensive courses offered by Kaplan Educational Centers and the Princeton Review, minorities tend to settle for cheaper, weekend crash courses...