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...more to talk about. Among the rumored topics: bribery involving U.S. and other foreign officials and disclosure of Pretoria's role in backing the Biafran rebels during the Nigerian civil war. Two weeks ago, Rhoodie had a rendezvous in Paris with General Hendrik van den Bergh, 64, former head of South Africa's notorious Bureau of State Security (BOSS), and an industrialist named Josias van Zyl, 31, who offered Rhoodie a sales job in one of his companies. What the two men wanted in return was Rhoodie's promise not to say anything further...
...accused of high living and free spending during his years as Pretoria's influence peddler, trying to gain some kind of immunity from prosecution? He is currently wanted in the Transvaal, Prime Minister Botha an nounced last week, on grounds of "fraud and possibly theft." Furthermore, if Van den Bergh was a former superspook, why did he clumsily allow the press to discover the details of the Paris meeting? If he and Van Zyl were acting in their government's behalf, why did South African officials seize their passports soon after they had returned from Paris...
Grendel's Den, a restaurant on Boylston St., has filed suit in Federal District Court against the Cambridge Licensing Commission and the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Commission charging that the state law which allows churches to deny liquor licenses to nearby establishments is unconstitutional...
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, the Harvard men's fencing team blew a 13-10 lead over Columbia in the Lions' den Saturday, to lose its final Ivy League meet of the year, 14-13, and finish fourth in the final Ivy League standings...
...recent years Trinity has shunned meeting the Crimson because of the inevitable result. This year, though, Trinity has a new coach who decided it might be a worthwhile learning experience for his team to venture into the forbidden den of Hemenway. Trinity might not want to return for another lesson...