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...Humbled and hungry," his brothers turn to Egypt, where Joseph's clairvoyant skills have saved its people from drought. They meet with Joseph, but he cautiously tests them for remnants of the malice that they had shown him in the past. This encounter leads to a truly magnificent finale, wherein Joseph sings "any dream will do" and a long last reunites with his father, Jacob...
Topping the list of alternatives is outside assistance to alleviate the economic pressures that pushed De Klerk into the corner that forced the referendum. The country is hard hit economically--unemployment runs at 43 percent and drought has decimated crop harvests. De Klerk and Mandela recently made an unprecedented joint call for much-needed foreign investment in the country. Monetary aid would help the country's most pressing financial problems. The recent admission of South Africa into the International Monetary Fund is a definite step in the right direction...
...plan has drawn protests from Western governments, and passage could jeopardize foreign aid to the drought-ravaged country, whose economic-reform program is already threatened by the need for food imports. But the warnings from abroad and the potential damage at home, where white farmers provide about half the country's dwindling foreign exchange, seem unlikely to persuade Mugabe to modify his course. "If I see anyone with cold feet," he promised, "I'll put hot irons under them...
...between softball practices, this senior Social Studies concentrator is currently putting the finishing touches on her thesis, "The California Drought Policy and Water Marketing...
...wrote a junior paper on the environmental aspect of water distribution in California," Fromholz says. "With the six-year drought, it is a heated issue in California now. Besides, I love my state...