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...instance, the seven to eight million urbanized Blacks not living in one of the tribal "homelands" would still be denied political rights. In addition, Blacks would still be regarded as foreigners; homeland chiefs will continue to act as a bogus government voice for Black Africans, silent partners in the apartheid system. The foundation of the apartheid ideology--that separate must be equal and that whites were given power in South Africa by divine authority--would remain...
...alone with a tale of drowning. In July, Bird found another source, a relative of Granberg's, who revealed that three months before the accident, Granberg had visited his brother Richard, an ex-convict who lived in Puerto Rico. The relative said Granberg told his brother about the bogus death plot and borrowed his passport. Says Marr: "We believe now that they started planning this almost two years before he disappeared...
...fine, the maximum penalty, after he pleaded guilty to involvement in a massive counterfeiting scheme; in Baton Rouge. A successful Baton Rouge orthodontist after he retired from football in 1970, Cannon appeared to be a model citizen until federal investigators in July traced a staggering $6 million in bogus $100 bills...
...single day, during their 18 passes over the U.S., the SARSATS pick up an average of 80 erroneous distress signals. On weekends, say officials at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, which coordinates military and civilian rescue operations in the U.S., the number of bogus S O Ss rises to 100 or more. Deputy Assistant Air Force Secretary Lloyd Mosemann calls these counterfeit calls for help "a national disgrace" that "is strangling a very worthwhile program." Indeed, it is currently the only joint U.S.-Soviet space effort...
...press conference followed the second attack in three years on Masters and Johnson by Psychologist Bernie Zilbergeld. In a 1980 article in Psychology Today, Zilbergeld and Psychologist Michael Evans charged that the phenomenal success rate claimed by sexology's first family is bogus. In the June issue of the sex magazine Forum, Zilbergeld repeats his critique. He also claims that Masters met him in a San Francisco bar and disclosed his lax standard for successfully treating lack of orgasm in females: one orgasm during the two-week intensive therapy treatment at the Masters & Johnson Institute in St. Louis...