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...That declaration infuriated Mbeki's government, which saw it as a political attack and reportedly put pressure on South African participants to cancel a press conference scheduled for Monday to discuss its contents. And in Sunday's speech, Mbeki dashed expectations that he'd back away from his earlier pronouncements. Referring to the AIDS phenomenon, Mbeki said "it seemed to me that we could not blame everything on a single virus." That left conference-goers disappointed and alarmed, as it was left to maverick populist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to speak the simple truths about South Africa's AIDS crisis during...
...Coast luggage tag 18. What Rosie did 19. Flying start? 21. Yemeni port 22. __/Faulkner, book award 24. Barbra's Funny Girl co-star 27. Pimlico shape 29. Sierra __, hardly a holiday spot for the British 30. It approved AT&T's acquisition of MediaOne 33. Foy patriarch 35. Cancel, in Hollywood-speak 36. "__'s Law" (governs computer power and cost) 38. Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll author Bogosian 40. Richard ___ (Edwin Arlington Robinson poem) 41. Desert Storm cuisine 42. Gag response, informally 46. Humped bovine 48. Procter & Gamble chairman Durk, who is stepping down unexpectedly 49. 45-Down...
...when he described a track victory over B.C. as a "bloodbath," claiming that "it was the most points I ever saw one team score." He also predicted that the B.C. athletes would all be "in therapy Monday morning." The next morning, the B.C. track coach called and threatened to cancel the annual dual meet...
...until the week of the show, cast members were suggesting that we simply cancel it," Krebs writes in an e-mail message...
...Friday, Giuliani said he had fallen behind on his consultations with doctors, raising the possibility that he would cancel a California fund-raising trip. And press reports had the mayor arranging a secret meeting with Lazio--another ominous sign for Giuliani supporters. These days in New York, the Rudy Watch never stops...