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Botha told Parliament he will shortly set an election date for later this year, probably by September, following which he will bestow the seal of the republic on his successor. Since the National Party is certain to retain power and De Klerk has already won the party's vote of confidence, he will become the new chief executive. Tired of the brooding, dictatorial presence of Botha, few will shed tears for the departure of the Great Crocodile...
...sure as there will be botched routines and disputed scores, it is a fair bet that an agile sprite in a colorful leotard will emerge as a sweetheart of Seoul. For reasons as difficult to identify as the gradations of excellence that turn silver to gold, sports fans quadrennially bestow their affection on an elfin gymnast. Perhaps it is the daunting mix of skills: the daring speed and height of the vault, the elegance and precision of the balance beam, the strength and fluidity of the uneven parallel bars, the showmanship and gravity subversion of the floor exercise. Or perhaps...
...with Iraq, Iran suddenly finds itself on the defensive, forced to regroup and rebuild after decisive defeats at the hands of the Iraqi army. The battlefield losses in turn have increased tensions between radical and moderate factions among the ruling mullahs and led the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini to bestow his title of commander in chief to Hashemi Rafsanjani, the powerful Speaker of Parliament...
Angell argues, quite cogently, that combination of large salaries paid to major-leaguers, along with their youth, sudden fame, and the pressure of demands to produce, is almost a guarantee of high levels of drug and alcohol abuse, and argues convincingly against the unchecked adulation we bestow upon our favorite players...
...honor each other for having done so. By the reckoning of the trade magazine Editor & Publisher, more than 250 journalism prizes now reward every specialty from criticizing art to writing on arthritis. For all the glut of awards, though, the Pulitzer Prize remains the one trophy able to bestow a career-boosting mystique that glows past retirement on a newspaper reporter's resume. Like the Oscar, a Pulitzer is good for business, instantly improving the reputation of a small or medium-size paper or ratifying the status of a titan. In short, it is a glory to fight...