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Though the guerrilla war simmered beyond the city limits, Kabul was calm. Traffic filled the streets as Afghans commemorated the monthlong Muslim holiday of Ramadan. In the bazaars, everything from carpets to Coca-Cola was selling briskly. Even so, the mujahedin have forced the government of & Communist Party Chief Najibullah to take precautions within the capital. There are insistent signs of anxiety. Sounds of distant artillery salvos punctuate Kabul evenings like erratic heartbeats. Searchlights rake the surrounding hills in search of rebel infiltrators. In the daytime, armored personnel carriers often clatter through city streets that are patrolled by soldiers armed...
Slate said he was referring to companies such as Coca-Cola, which considers itself divested because it sells its local distribution centers to Blacks, but still sells its syrup to the country...
Under Graham's proposal, Coca-Cola would not be exempt from the "apartheid list," Slate said...
...bill has received attention from major companies such as Coca-Cola, whose senior vice-president came to Boston to discuss the bill with Graham last month, Slate said...
When independent filmmakers team up with major studios, the drawbacks of working for a big company suddenly hit home. Director Spike Lee, whose 1986 picture She's Gotta Have It earned $7 million on a $200,000 budget, recently caught flak from executives of Columbia Pictures, the Coca-Cola subsidiary that is distributing his current $6 million movie. Reason: Lee's lead character was named Slice, which happens to be a brand of soft drink produced by rival Pepsi-Cola. The director reluctantly changed the character's name...