Word: africas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Progress toward peace in Angola may produce a spillover effect elsewhere in Africa. The government of President Joaquim Chissano in Mozambique, another war-torn former Portuguese colony, is reportedly ready to open negotiations with the insurgents of the Mozambique National Resistance, a brutal movement whose 14-year antigovernment campaign has laid waste to the economy and killed thousands of civilians. Chissano was among those who persuaded Dos Santos to talk peace with UNITA -- and may wind up taking his own advice...
...knights when he predicted that the sun would disappear. A benign form of sun worship continues to this day, not only among beachgoers but also by a group of intrepid American astronomy buffs who have traveled around the world by plane, ship and jeep, from Java to Siberia to Africa, to view each of the past dozen total eclipses...
...looking out for saturated fats. But nowadays that's not all. Many consumers have added a new standard to their shopping lists: corporate responsibility. They may favor Campbell's Prego spaghetti sauce over Unilever's Ragu because Campbell runs a day-care center and Unilever invests in South Africa. Consumers are eating chicken instead of tuna salad because thousands of dolphins drown each year in tuna nets. They have put pressure on Uniroyal to halt distribution of the suspected carcinogen Alar, a chemical used to ripen apples and keep them crisp, which may have influenced the company's decision last...
...citizens," says Alice Tepper Marlin, executive director of the Manhattan-based Council on Economic Priorities. While most Americans still feel confident about the economy and business in general, consumers have become increasingly aggressive in taking corporations to task for misbehavior and irresponsibility. Among the concerns: investment in South Africa, environmental pollution, hazardous products, offensive TV programming and testing on animals. Today's campaigners for corporate accountability, unlike those in past consumer movements, are drawn from the mainstream and include activists who range from homemakers to corporate investors...
...basilica is built in post-Renaissance style and has two long arms formed by 128 massive Doric columns that reach out from the porch to envelop a 7.4-acre plaza paved with granite and marble. Has St. Peter's Basilica been magically transported from Rome to the heart of Africa? No, this is the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, the administrative capital of the Ivory Coast...