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...exploitation under the old apartheid regime. The gold-mining companies point out that they have improved accommodation considerably; still, "the problem is to rebuild an entire housing system for tens of thousands of people in an industry that may be three-quarters of the way through its life," says Alan Fine, spokesman for mining giant AngloGold Ashanti. Strong local currency is also a problem; South Africa's rand has strengthened over the past few years, hurting margins on exports. As South Africa's mines reach the end of their productive lives, expect more unrest...
...correspondent from a photo-op last month after she asked the President of Sudan a tough question. Typical. Andrea Mitchell, who recounts a similar incident in Syria in her new book, Talking Back ... To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels, spoke with TIME'S Barbara Kiviat about journalism and hubby Alan Greenspan's romantic ways...
...college campus, when, in 1968, collar popping was recognized by students in Princeton, New Jersey. They erected a vast Aztec-style temple complex dedicated to the popped collar on the site of today’s Frist Center. The conflict even extended to popular heroes of the day. Alan Shepard (from New Hampshire) popped his collar during his post-orbit press conference. John Glenn (from Ohio) did not. By the 1980s, popping one’s collar had become a fashion statement for sailors and rowers—golfers had given it up once sweater sets became all the rage...
...Internet-service providers. As more Christians hang their beliefs on their shingles, secular observers are raising concerns about the rights of consumers and employees. Some question the wisdom of limiting markets by faith. "Capitalism worships the market, on which there aren't supposed to be any restrictions," muses Alan Wolfe, a Boston College sociologist and the director of the Boisi Center on Religion and American Public Life. "It'll be interesting to see if it works. Are we witnessing a big change...
...here? The answer is simple. On any story of this kind, a professional and trusted journalist, having properly researched and written the story, should destroy the notes or at least any part of them that identifies a confidential source. That way, the law is observed and the informant protected. Alan Davis London On behalf of the Kenya Union of Journalists, I wish to express solidarity with New York Times reporter Judith Miller for standing firm on the cardinal principle of ethical journalism: to protect sources even on pain of imprisonment. Journalism will be the better after this trying moment...