Word: africanizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last three mayors--the only three I remember--have been, a short, bald, conspicuously single Jewish man with an at-times painfully irritating voice who went on to bigger and better things as the judge on. "The People's Court"; a soft-spoken African-American liberal lawyer who is now a professor at Columbia; and a widely acknowledged big ole' meany, speculated draft-dodger and adulterer...
...weeks ago in Old Westbury, N.Y., dozens of dogs, a few cats, a pair of African gray parrots and hundreds of faith-stretching humans showed up for what was billed as Long Island's first annual Natural Care Animal Expo. There they pored over everything from organic dog biscuits to hands-on healing for felines. "People are hungry for natural alternatives," says Susan Marino, 46, a holistic-health practitioner for pets who was the organizer of the conference...
...among the worst human rights abuses of the century. The U.S. must take some of the blame. We supported the Afghan "freedom fighters" in their war against the Soviet Union. A good start at restitution would be the imposition of sanctions against Afghanistan, the kind that finally toppled South African apartheid. And since the Taliban forbids foreign-aid workers to offer assistance to women, U.N. aid ought to be halted in areas held by this vicious regime. I fear, however, that women are still considered second-class citizens in the U.S., as well as in Afghanistan, and the world will...
...Suspicions were aroused since the South African leader just came from Britain, and is always professing his desire to mediate in the Lockerbie stalemate ? the argument over whether the Libyan suspects should be tried in Scotland or a neutral country...
...Bearing in mind the Colonel's legendary stubbornness, however, his chest may be covered in South African baubles by the time any agreement is reached...