Word: africanization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...started, even Hitler was surprised at the suddenness of his success. Yet many of his seemingly invincible tanks were very lightly armored and carried no offensive weapons heavier than machine guns. More important, the German war machine depended heavily on imported supplies: Swedish steel, Rumanian oil, South African chromium. The blitzkrieg was in part a response to the fact that a Germany blockaded by Britain did not then have the resources to wage war for more than six months. In addition to his natural gall and guile, though, Hitler had one attribute indispensable to a commander: luck...
...Klerk insisted that the country was on the "threshold of a new era" and announced he would meet on Aug. 28 with Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda. Kaunda is expected to press De Klerk to negotiate with the outlawed African National Congress...
...director Michael Robinson. "Pandas are relatively stupid and uninteresting animals. But they happen to be photogenic and appealing, and they help focus people's attention." Big animals need big swatches of habitat, and so in the process a lot of less sexy species are protected too. To save the African elephant requires saving the Serengeti. That means roughly 5,000 sq. mi. and, as it happens, 400 species of birds, maybe 50 species of mammals and tens of thousands of invertebrates. And the elephants...
Elsewhere, the reaction was outrage. Britain's antiapartheid movement demanded that the rebel players be banned forever. Sports Minister Colin Moynihan advised them not to go, and Tanzanian Foreign Minister Benjamin Mkapa warned that African nations might boycott the 1990 Commonwealth Games...
Under heavy pressure, the two black members of the 16-man squad pulled out. The others, led by captain Mike Gatting, seem intent on going, no doubt spurred by fees of up to $160,000 reportedly offered by the South African Cricket Union...