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...BARRED. AZMI BISHARA, 46,Arab-Israeli political philosopher and member of the Knesset, from standing for re-election; in Jerusalem. Israel's attorney general accused Bishara and his party of opposing Israel's existence and backing terror groups. Bishara denies promoting Palestinian violence and is threatening to call a boycott of the Jan. 28 general elections if the Supreme Court doesn't lift...
...decade ago, the country was cricket's pariah, barred from international competition for refusing to play against nonwhite teams. Now, as another African nation - Zimbabwe - faces isolation ahead of cricket's quadrennial World Cup, South Africa is calling for politics to be kept out of the sport. A new boycott, says Ali Bacher, captain of the South African team during the wilderness years, "would not just be a bad day for cricket, it would be a bad day for international sport." Others argue that it would be a bad day for cricket if any World Cup matches are played...
...argue for maintaining the tax-exempt status of Bob Jones University, despite its discriminatory policies and its ban on interracial dating. (In his defense, his office offered a list of largely symbolic accomplishments on behalf of minorities: a congressional medal for Rosa Parks, who began the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott; a task force to recognize the slaves who helped build the Capitol; a day honoring minority World War II veterans...
...superstar status requires him to speak up about discrimination whenever he can. He has tried to put himself on the right side of the Augusta issue by saying he favors admitting female members to the club "because it's the right thing to do," but he declines to boycott the Masters because "it's not the players' fault" that Augusta is sexist. He has not said anything as ludicrous as his buddy Michael Jordan reportedly did in explaining his refusal to support a black challenger to North Carolina's ultraconservative Senator Jesse Helms by quipping, "Republicans buy shoes...
...which owns the Apache Gold Casino in San Carlos, Ariz., was ousted from the tribal council after exposing corruption that led to the imprisonment of a former tribal leader. For three years, Faras says, those in control mounted nighttime demonstrations at her home, complete with loudspeakers. They initiated a boycott of her taco business, telling everyone she used cat meat. They telephoned her with death threats. Says Faras: "I don't know what else to say, other than it's been a nightmare...