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...sniper at Johannesburg's Jan Smuts Airport when he returned to South Africa on July 18. The Afrikaner group also allegedly planned to blow up power stations, assassinate Members of Parliament and poison the water supply to the black township of Soweto. Though the South African government did confirm that it had arrested eleven whites, it would say only that they were released after questioning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nelson Mandela: A Hero's Welcome | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

...rocking the desert with shock waves during test flights. Rumors say the Lockheed plane may be unmanned and can fly at speeds greater than Mach 6 (4,100 m.p.h.) -- fast enough to cross the Pacific in less than two hours. Neither the Air Force nor Lockheed will confirm its existence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Espionage: Blackbird's Secret Son | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

Vest's resume, others confirm, contains a fairly impressive list of accomplishments. When Vest takes over the helm at MIT, he ends a two year stint as provost of the University of Michigan. Prior to that he was Michigan's dean of engineering from...

Author: By Jonathan M. Berlin, | Title: New MIT President Lauded | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

...confirmed, but had no sense of the timing," Costa said. "I wouldn't confirm the story, so it would have been a speculative story, a rumor story...

Author: By Tara A. Nayak, | Title: How Harvard Squelched An Almost-Scoop on Bok | 6/5/1990 | See Source »

...current climate in China, it is virtually impossible to confirm the fate of such an individual. People who might know something are too frightened to speak to reporters, and official pronouncements are suspect. These reasons -- plus the fact that authorities instructed hospitals and crematoria not to release casualty figures -- also explain why no reliable death toll exists for the June massacre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Many Really Died? Tiananmen Square Fatalities | 6/4/1990 | See Source »

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