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...principle of a Botha speech embodying such concessions was adopted, and South African officials began passing the word of an upcoming major announcement. McFarlane and Crocker were briefed by South African Foreign Minister Roelof ("Pik") Botha at a five-hour meeting in Vienna on Aug. 10; the Minister gave the same message to British and West German representatives. A few U.S. news organizations, including TIME, were given background briefings on the general nature and importance of the upcoming Durban address. Officials in Pretoria emphasized the likelihood that the government would have to pay a political price among its more conservative...
...hallmark of García's program has been his vigorous attack on inefficiency and sloth. In recent weeks he has been engaged in a running argument with Peru's civil servants, who have resisted his effort to curb the five-hour workdays that have become traditional during the hot months, from January to March. The new President was even bold enough to attack extravagance in the pampered military, slashing an $800 million deal to purchase 26 French Mirage jet fighters back to twelve...
...bind that is, and maybe even in another life. On location in the Peruvian Andes, Shirley MacLaine, 51, found herself and her script embroiled in an intercultural tussle involving extraterrestrials and ancient monuments. (No, Steven Spielberg is not the producer.) The project is Out on a Limb, a five-hour ABC mini-series for November based on her 1983 autobiography of the same title. Citing passages where MacLaine suggests that Machu Picchu and the giant desert drawings known as the Nazca Lines were made by visitors from outer space rather than by the Peruvians, the National Institute of Culture accused...
...Most people who go on South African safari holidays hope to see Big Five game?lions, leopards, buffalos, rhinos and elephants?but what about the Small 110? That's how many South African frog species there are, and Amakhosi Lodge, a five-hour drive southeast of Johannesburg in the Kwazulu-Natal province's 10,000-hectare Amazulu Game Reserve, is offering frog-tracking safaris to find them (tel: [27-034] 414 1157; www.amakhosi.com). Frog watching can involve three-hour sessions of nocturnal wading; a headlamp leaves your hands free for holding a net and a guidebook. Expect...
Most people who go on South African safari holidays hope to see Big Five game - lions, leopards, buffalos, rhinos and elephants - but what about the Small 110? That's how many South African frog species there are, and Amakhosi Lodge, a five-hour drive southeast of Johannesburg in the Kwazulu-Natal province's 10,000-hectare Amazulu Game Reserve, is offering frog-tracking safaris to find them (tel: [27-034] 414 1157; www.amakhosi.com). Frog watching can involve three-hour sessions of nocturnal wading; a headlamp leaves your hands free for holding a net and a guidebook. Expect...