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...government refused to recognize blacks as citizens of South Africa, pretending instead that they were "sojourners" from the ten artificially created, all-black territories known as homelands. Those living or working within South Africa needed special permission to do so and were required to show their permit documents on demand or risk being fined and imprisoned. Now they may travel freely in South Africa as permanent, legal citizens...
...Albert Lowry, 58, who wrote rival best-selling books on the subject during the 1970s and early 1980s. An updated edition of Allen's Nothing Down zoomed back onto the best-seller lists last year. Offering dozens of financing tactics, Allen and Lowry were soon so much in demand that they formed companies and hired dozens of disciples to go out and preach the gospel in their place...
...even the Kennedys could produce spring on demand, however, and the wedding day dawned damp and cool. But at the white clapboard St. Francis Xavier's Roman Catholic Church, as the jubilant bride arrived in a muslin silk and lace Marc Bohan gown, she had a sunny smile for crowds that had been gathering since before 9 a.m. Helping the bride with her 11-ft. train were her ten attendants, including her cousin Caroline Kennedy as maid of honor. Schwarzenegger had arrived the day before from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where he had been shooting his latest film...
Beneath the hype and ambition of the prosecutors in the trials of the Mafia families lies the real issue of human frailty. The decimation of these organizations will not thwart the demand for their services. In time, others, perhaps more ruthless and less insular, will fill the vacuum. Paul Riley New York City Parisian Terror...
...limits set by the unratified SALT II treaty and deep cuts in Star Wars funding. But under public pressure from the President, Congress backed down on Friday, moderating the SDI cuts and settling for a nonbinding resolution urging Reagan to comply with SALT II. The House also retracted its demand for test moratorium; in return, Reagan promised to submit to the Senate for ratification two existing treaties that limit nuclear tests. Said Reagan of Congress's decision: "I'm delighted. Now we can go forward united...