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...black countrymen's traditional prejudice against the Asians. Since he seized power 18 months ago, for example, Amin has driven Uganda to the verge of bankruptcy, mostly through an excess of military spending (reportedly $90 million last year, v. $20 million in 1968-69). Now his decision to expel the Asians, who pay a large share of the country's taxes and employ tens of thousands of Africans, will cause incalculable disruption to the nation's economy...
...situation in 1968, most black African nations-and several key U.S. black athletes-had threatened to boycott the Olympics rather than compete with Rhodesia, a nation of strict apartheid policies. After five days of agonizing deliberations, the International Olympic Committee voted narrowly (36 to 31, with three abstentions) to expel Rhodesia from the Munich games well after the 44-man team had arrived expecting to compete...
THERE IS another war, not so different from the one in Asia, being waged at this moment in Africa. It is the war between the nationalist African troops in Angola and the colonial army of Portugal. The issues of the war are simple: will Africans expel their Portuguese rulers and win self-determination, or will Portugal remain in Africa to rule by oppression and to drain the country's natural wealth into her own bank account...
...Cricket Club of India. The Indian members of the exclusive club were clean bowled recently to discover that Bhutto, who grew up in Bombay, still holds a life membership in the C.C.I. The club has scheduled a special meeting to resolve the situation. One faction wants to expel him: Bhutto in his prime may have been a rather good opening bat, but, dash it, did he not let the side down by declaring war on India? A smaller pro-Bhutto clique will argue for his continued membership. After all, if Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is willing to summit with...
...statement signed by 35 people claiming to be the occupiers of Mass Hall and released to the Crimson yesterday says in part. "It is not acceptable to expel 19 students under the guise of protecting the chastity of academia, a purity already violated by the political entanglements in which Harvard is wrapped...