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WILL THE DISINVESTMENT by the transnationals hurt and hinder efforts at change? The references to the rising Lager mentality whereby South Africans draw the wagons round themselves and dig in for stubborn defense is almost certainly true. But it ought by now be very clear that the pressure white South Africa feels comes primarily from inside, from the vigorous efforts at liberation by the oppressed Black majority. The removal of investments and the disengagement from the economy of South Africa, just reminds white South Africa's governmental leadership that they cannot expect aid and comfort from abroad...
...also difficult, he says, to dig too far beneath the surface while writing for a daily paper. "The general American public is probably not as informed as it might be because the press--and I'm as guilty of this as anyone--tends to portray the highlights of the military and political conflict. When you're a reporter in Israel you're running constantly trying to keep up with events...
Every Saturday they get the best seats in the Stadium, with plenty of free Cokes and oranges. They are allowed to step within a few yards of the playing field--so close they can dig their cleats into the turf...
...first offshoot of the Baker Plan, named after U.S. Treasury Secretary James Baker, who proposed what he called a new "growth-oriented" debt strategy at the last IMF-World Bank annual meeting, a year ago in Seoul, South Korea. Baker had argued that the developing countries could not dig out of their hole unless their economies were given enough new money to help expand vigorously...
Volunteers were working in the downtown section to dig out victims trapped in a store when a five-story building collapsed...