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...system point to it as evidence that the government of Prime Minister Pieter W. Botha is serious about its promises of political reform. But because the country's 23 million blacks are completely excluded from the new Parliament, some critics regard it as a divide-and-conquer strategy to set blacks against coloreds and Indians. The United Nations Security Council, with the U.S. and Britain abstaining, last week condemned the new South African constitution as "null and void...
Although recognizing that few black athletes completely conquer the commercial barriers, particularly on television, Douglas extravagantly figures, "Carl Lewis will be as big as Michael Jackson." Lewis mulls it over and says, "Physically, definitely. I can't sing as well as he does, and I don't think he can run as fast as I do, so I don't fear him, and there's no reason for him to fear me." He laughs, but then he adds seriously, "When you have money, you have a lot of freedom. It's no big deal, but I understand its value." Regarding...
...bottom the silver cup it had captured by winning a previous leg of the tall ships race. But the Marques bequeathed a legacy to future seafarers: the race's organizers hope to raise $50,000 for a Marques Foundation that will train other young sailors to brave and conquer the realm that Lord Byron called "the image of Eternity...
CARL WEBSTER of the Harvard-MIT Research Group devises international worst-case scenarios. His best to date is called GULFSCENE III, in which Pakistan and India put aside centuries of animosity and join forces to conquer the oil-rich southern coast of the Pesian Gulf. Bored with life in Cambridge, Webster allows himself to be captured by the Paks so he can implement the plan. Soon the CIA gets into the act, as well as a Capitol Hill headline-seeker, a KGB mole in the White House, and an ex-leftist ex-CIA agent "with eyes like faded blueberry stains...
...fairy queen controls the fate of all the characters, reprieving Iolanthe, helping Strephon rewin his beloved Phyllis, and letting love conquer laws and regulations. And Nan Hughes' Queen stands out with her rich voice and majestic stage presence, ultimately enabling all to live happily ever after...