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...eventually came through with the crucial compromise: an agreement to establish a government of national unity for five years after the first free elections in April. Full-scale majority- rule democracy would arrive, with some time allowed for all South Africans to get used to it. In perhaps their finest moment since their first meeting, De Klerk and Mandela recognized the wisdom of this plan and made critical concessions. De Klerk dropped his insistence on building in some form of white veto over majority rule. Mandela relinquished his demand for a strong centralized government and accepted a form of federalism...
...Just as we now have the finest department of Af-Am Studies,” he says, displaying his infectious bravado, “Once we recruit these people…Harvard will also be the leading center for African Studies in the United States...
Harvard’s reputation as the finest university in the world is largely deserved—it is America’s oldest institution of higher learning, its endowment is greater than the GDP of over 100 countries, and its roster of prize-winning academics—here presumably to teach the thinkers and leaders of tomorrow—is unparalleled. In fact, despite the constant complaints about how social life at Harvard is only mildly preferable to watching paint dry, I would venture to say that most of us here probably chose Harvard because we wanted to learn...
...Still, in Bali last week, life went on. Locals decked out in their finest clothes?colorful sarongs, snowy-white jackets, gold woven headscarves?flocked to the island's beaches at sunset to celebrate their most important festival, Galungan. It's a day when the Balinese recall the legendary victory of Dharma over Adharma, of good over evil. But even as they lit their festive candles and covered the beach with baskets of flowers, it was hard to forget the blood that had so recently been spilled on these same sands?and tempting to wonder if evil has once again regained...
...JUDGMENT OF PARIS George M. Taber ($25) Recounts the 1976 event at which French experts compared some of Gaul's finest with a new generation of California wines?and California...