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Despite this constraint, the IDAF has continued to exert a strong influence in South Africa. During a recent testimonial dinner in Cambridge. Woods spoke in emotional terms of "the hundreds of people I know of " whom the IDAF has helped. And a Black South Africa studying in this area who asked not to be identified says the IDAF "has saved lives. Supported countless families of prisoners and proved to be a big thorn in the side of the government...
Despite this constraint, the IDAF has continued to exert a strong positive influence in South Africa. During a recent testimonial dinner in Cambridge, Woods spoke in emotional terms of "the hundreds of people I know of" whom the IDAF has helped. And a Black South African studying in this area who asked not to be identified says the IDAF "has saved lives, supported countless families of prisoners, and proved to be a big thorn in the side of the government...
...disease with the story of some petty, brutal people living in East Berlin, Döblin created a 600-page epic that was part newsreel, part nightmare-a documentary melodrama written in blood and neon. Through his art he exercised the control that Franz and his friends could never exert on their lives...
...main beneficiary of Mondale's slippage has been Glenn, whose amiability and hero's aura exert a quiet, steady appeal. A new TIME poll conducted by Yankelovich, Skelly and White Inc., which asked Democrats and independents their preference among the six declared candidates, shows Glenn with 26% support, drawing close to Mondale's 30% rating. This is an increase of 5 percentage points for Glenn since last March and a decrease of 8 points for Mondale. The support for the other candidates: Cranston, 6%; Hart, 3%; former Florida Governor Reubin Askew, 2%; South Carolina Senator Ernest Rollings...
...Secretary of State stopped first in Saudi Arabia to find out how much pressure the Saudis were willing to exert on Syria. It is the holy month of Ramadan, and Shultz had to wait in Jidda while King Fahd spent the day at prayer in Mecca. The two finally met after midnight. In the course of the talks, which went on until 2:30 a.m., Saudi officials made it clear that they were not going to lean on Assad; they felt that the Israeli-Lebanese agreement favored Jerusalem...