Word: capes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been bishop of the diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau in Missouri for the past 10 years...
...southern Africa." Although it was only a first, tentative step toward ending the hostilities that have torn the region for decades and prevented neighboring Namibia (SouthWest Africa) from becoming independent, there were hopes last week that this time peace might really be attainable. Starting immediately, Botha announced in Cape Town at the opening of the session of Parliament, South Africa was disengaging its forces from Angola. The statement was itself a good sign; in the past, South Africa has always denied that it even had a military presence in Angola. Botha went on to say that he hoped the gesture...
...which has been working to effect an overall settlement in the area that would eventually lead to the removal from Angola of Cuba's 26,000 troops and advisers. In recent weeks, U.S. officials have engaged in talks with representatives of both Angola and South Africa in the Cape Verde Islands...
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Chester Crocker visited Cape Town two weeks ago for talks with Prime Minister Botha and his Foreign Minister, Roelof ("Pik") Botha. The Prime Minister told Parliament that the government's decision to disengage was based, at least partly, on "assurances" received from the U.S. Just what those assurances were is unclear, but presumably Angola promised Washington that it would attempt to restrain the SWAPO guerrillas during the disengagement period...
...also means working with suppliers and manufacturers to adapt or even invent processes or equipment. One new machine currently being tested uses a computerized "analyzer" to take most of the guesswork out of printing color negatives, which cannot be read by eye. To shoot space shuttle launches at Cape Canaveral, for which equipment has to be set up days in advance, and left in place, the lab's specialists adapted delicate seismographic probes used for oil exploration; activated by timers just before liftoff, the probes' circuits sense the rocket's vibrations and trigger the motor-driven cameras...