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...roles, and the rivalry between Barnes and Elias begins to suppurate sensationally. Elias, a night-world Natty Bumppo, believes only in his skills and his men; he is both in Viet Nam and above it. Barnes can act as impromptu medic to save a soldier's life or, with equal vigor, kill a village woman in front of her husband. In him the grunts find everything worth admiring and hating about war. And even a man determined to kill the sergeant must wait for his approval before blasting him to perdition...
...government-designated Zulu homeland that is located inside Natal's borders. The area would then be ruled by a two-chamber parliament. One body would be based on "one man, one vote," which would mean black control and result in a black prime minister. The other would guarantee an equal number of seats to blacks, Indians, English speakers and Afrikaans speakers. Provisions to safeguard white rights, while allowing for eventual black rule, were also included. Dr. Oscar Dhlomo, a black delegate to the congress, called the proposals "South Africa's last chance for peaceful negotiations on reform, not only...
...There are no ranks in the N.P.A.," Victor tells me, "only responsibilities." But experience makes some comrades more equal than others. Platoon leader Jorex, 41, is a brooding giant with a bandolier of grenades strung across his chest. As a youth, he was recruited by a government militia to fight the N.P.A. but instead defected to the rebels...
Teaching may be given “major and equal weight” with research in professors’ annual salary calculations if the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) follows the recommendations of a new report on teaching released to professors today...
...coiled razor wire and armored vehicles. The opposition has demanded the creation of a national unity government followed by fresh parliamentary elections. But the number of protestors has dwindled in recent days as the campaign began showing signs of fatigue in the face of a government which has roughly equal public support, and seems determined not to buckle under pressure from the street...