Word: capes
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...least Soweto and other townships have schools and additional basic services. They are the envy of the country's worst off: the estimated 7 million blacks -- 18% of the population of 38 million -- living in urban shanty towns. Like Crossroads, the notorious squatter camp on the edge of Cape Town, these settlements are mostly populated by impoverished peasants from the countryside seeking jobs. The squatter camps are a breeding ground for black extremists who will make life difficult for a Mandela-led government unable to work economic miracles overnight...
...A.N.C. tries to ram through the constituent assembly. Wild cards in the electoral deck will be the 3 million colored, or mixed race, voters and the 1 million Asians. Although both groups suffered under apartheid, their conservative outlook is working in De Klerk's favor. Says Magda Bellwood, a Cape Town receptionist: "Better the devil you know than the devil...
Right now, he plans on playing in the highly competitive Cape Cod League this summer...
...July 11, Bush played golf. Always an early riser, he started out at 6:40 a.m. for the Cape Arundel course in Kennebunkport and played 18 holes. Nothing happened that day. As Michael Wines of The New York Times wrote in the press pool report for the day: "Four hours, 10 words, no news...
...dominate the performance. If any characters stand out, it is the stepsisters and that is for reasons beyond the level of dance. In fact, the fairy godmother's role seems disappointing and anticlimactic. She enters as a mysteriously draped witch-like figure, yet when she throws off her cape, her tiny insect-like wings and simplistic dance movements, which at best included numerous bourres pointe across the stage, brought Tinker Bell to mind rather than a sublime maternal figure. Similarly, Gelfand's performance as Cinderella lacks the strength called upon by the role, relegating her stage presence to the ranks...