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...rites usually inspire. The second of South Africa's nine tribal homelands to be granted "independence," BophuthaTswana (literally meaning "that which binds the Tswana") is not recognized by any country in the world except South Africa and another homeland, Transkei, which became independent last year. BophuthaTswana's creation was opposed not only by many South African blacks but also by much of world opinion. United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim last week said that he "strongly deplored" the establishment of "another so-called independent tribal homeland in pursuance of the discredited policies of apartheid...
...creation of these quasi-independent states is a basic part of the Pretoria government's long-range survival plan for South African whites. The policy of "separate development" calls for dividing the country's 18.6 million blacks and 4.3 million whites into ten states, nine for blacks and one for whites. The whites' state will encompass 87% of South Africa's territory, including all 17 major cities...
...creation of Citicorp Center might have been scripted by Ross Macdonald in collaboration with Pirandello (Six Characters in Search of an Author). It all began one Saturday afternoon in September 1968. Two ambitious real estate brokers, Donald Schnabel, then 36, and Charles McArthur, then 45, had heard that Saint Peter's might be for sale. As Schnabel and McArthur cased the other buildings in the block, they became possessed of what is almost an impossible dream in modern Manhattan: "assembling" all the parcels so that one mighty building could rise on the site...
...first year, but Moore is convinced that the legislative performance-including his own-has been better than the reviews. Says he: "We've had a damned good year." Among 203 bills signed into law since January, Moore is particularly proud of the $21 billion economic stimulus package, the creation of the new Department of Energy, the minimum wage bill and the ban on the purchase of Rhodesian chrome. His preoccupation of the moment is the energy bill, for which he lobbied in a series of private sessions last week with House and Senate conferees. "There's a good...
...works is part of the continuing campaign against the Gang of Four, headed by Mao Tse-tung's widow Chiang Ch'ing. At a Peking literary forum two weeks ago, 20 authors-including some whose works have been newly rehabilitated-attacked the Gang for "wantonly disrupting the creation of literary works...