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...Klerk claimed that economic sanctions delayed change in South Africa and that Ronald Reagan's "constructive engagement" policy was a good strategy for South Africa. In comparison, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in his book "No Future Without Forgiveness," had this to say: "Thus the apartheid government benefited hugely from President Ronald Reagan's notorious constructive engagement policy...
Stewart Ting Chong is from South Africa and served on the staff of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He also served on the Human Rights Committee of South Africa, a non-governmental organization...
...Cameron's case creeps through the Tanzanian bureaucracy, Bosch's life is in the hands of Botswanan President Festus Mogae. He has the power to grant her clemency, but legal observers say that is unlikely, given the courts' unanimity. Bosch lost her final appeal despite the legal muscle of Desmond de Silva, a British barrister who has saved 35 clients from the gallows, and South Africa has not come to her aid. "Here we have what we call unbuntu, which means we honor our fellow men because they are human," says Grace Morgorosi, a secretary in Gaborone. "If you commit...
...composer of Take Five claimed he wanted his alto saxophone to sound like a dry martini. Desmond's wish came true on this 1975 cool-jazz masterpiece, finally available on CD after two decades in limbo. Backed up by Canadian super-guitarist Ed Bickert, Desmond, who died in 1977, spins out long, pungent melodic lines that float through the air with luminous grace. Best of all is a slyly witty version of Things Ain't What They Used to Be that would have made Duke Ellington grin...
...Dedicated to Chaos, which chronicles the beginnings of the bebop revolution as well as the coming of hard drugs and the deepening scar of racism, eases away at the end on a note of shattering simplicity. Dave Brubeck, whose music, buttressed by the suave and inventive sax of Paul Desmond, is an important rediscovery here, recounts a childhood incident of racial revelation that leaves him weeping. It is an unforgettable anecdote and lays open the conscience as it touches the soul--just the way that much of jazz can do, with a flourish or a solo...