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...measure appropriating money for StopWithholding Access Today (SWAT), a student groupformed to raise money and build support forSchkolnick's complaint, passed by a margin of 21votes. All four final club members again votedagainst the proposal...
Holding a 41-26 lead at halftime, Harvard turned on the jets again, outscoring the Quakers 15-4 over the first six minutes of the half to build an insurmountable 26-point lead...
...limited schemes for home ownership extended to the townships on the basis of 99-year leases. In April 1986 the government scrapped the hated pass laws, which required blacks to carry documents stating where they could live and work. That tended to give blacks increased confidence about trying to build, buy and develop properties and businesses in districts where they were permitted to live. Late last year the first black freehold properties were registered...
...developments. Almost every other house in the black townships has a fresh look. Some feature do-it-yourself extensions; others are brand new, built on cleared lots or over old foundations. This home-ownership drive has produced profitable spin-offs for black businesses, ranging from contractors and suppliers of building materials to dealers in instant lawns and burglar-alarm systems. Moses Mahlalela, 41, a design engineer with offices in one of the new Soweto shopping centers, can hardly keep up with demand. "I'm so busy I haven't had time to build a place of my own," he says...
...People build lives out of this respect. Forty-year-old Helen Kelly opened a used-book store in 1977 on Beacon Street and soon began selling rare books and manuscripts. Seven weeks ago, she opened a second, two-room store above a floral shop on Center Street in Jamaica Plain to house the more valuable items. She celebrated the opening of the Boston Book Annex branch with the birth of her first child, a boy, three weeks...