Word: capes
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...days after the Texas runoff, any hope that Democrats would keep their bad habits in check in Florida collapsed with the announcement by Chiles that he would, after all, enter the Sept. 4 primary. Until then, Nelson, from the Cape Canaveral area and known primarily for his 1986 ride in space, was the leading candidate, ahead of state senator George Stuart. But many Democrats think the best chance of defeating Martinez is a dream ticket of Chiles, who as "Walkin' Lawton" traveled the length of the state on foot in 1970 to win his Senate seat, and former Congressman Buddy...
...status of antiques. His title, The Mind of South Africa, is a misnomer: the nation has many minds, most of them in conflict. The sharpest divisions, Sparks observes, originated in the 19th century, when immigrant Boers -- the Dutch word for farmers -- feuded with their English overlords in the Cape Colony. When Britain forbade slavery, the Boers' Great Trek began. Kipling caught their spirit: "His neighbours' smoke shall vex his eyes, their voices break his rest./ He shall go forth till south is north, sullen and dispossessed...
...Laurent's 1990 offerings were inspired largely by highlights of his old collections, most of the other designers were looking closely at various costume spectacles during France's bicentennial last summer. This fall the thing most likely to cover the knee will be the hem of a grand swirling cape; almost every designer had his models sweeping the runways with them...
...Mandela's villa in Windhoek, where both men were on hand to witness the birth of Namibia as a free nation, Baker and Mandela emerged to face a swarm of reporters and photographers. Mandela criticized Baker's plans to meet with South African President F.W. de Klerk in Cape Town the next day. "We do not think there has been any fundamental change in the policy of the national government," he said...
Through the week, Mandela demonstrated an acute sensitivity to the many different audiences he now has to satisfy. Inevitably, his every word was scrutinized, and each pronouncement he made brought both cheers and catcalls. His initial speech on the steps of Cape Town's city hall seemed designed to signal that years of imprisonment had not taken the fight out of Mandela. "Now is the time to intensify the struggle," he exhorted. While he also stated that "there may no longer be the need for the armed struggle," his words alarmed some whites, who were particularly discomfited by Mandela...