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Contrast the indifference that has greeted the long descent into autocracy by Africa's most populous and oil-rich nation with the outpouring of rage against apartheid in South Africa. Led by TransAfrica, a Washington-based lobbying group, the antiapartheid movement created extraordinary outside pressure that was a key weapon in toppling white supremacy. This was possible, says TransAfrica's leader, Randall Robinson, because South African oppression could be reduced to a simple black-and-white issue most Americans could understand. But when it comes to black-on-black oppression like Nigeria's, a kind of moral myopia sets...
...surface. To conserve power after shutting down two fuel cells (in an attempt to stop the loss of oxygen), the crew is forced to suffer through near-freezing temperatures. And because their main engine is damaged, the astronauts are forced to use the engine of the lunar module's descent stage to maneuver back to earth...
Born in Kermanshah, Iran in 1919, Lessing hasbeen a prolific writer. She authored thefive-volume Children of Violence (1951-1969),Briefing for a Descent Into Hell(1971) and LondonObserved: Stories and Sketches...
...would be hard-pressed to find anyone of minority descent making the decisions," says Reeves. "The whole administration, the whole public health [administration], all of the decision-making is largely [white], largely male...
...areas in which there remain matters ofunderrepresentation including hiring persons ofHispanic and Asian descent, and in hiring in theofficials and administrators category, and in thedepartment head or policy-making level," Gardnersays...