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...rulers absolved themselves of any blame for this poverty by arguing that blacks were free to do what they wanted in the homelands - but had proved unwilling or incapable of developing. It wasn't an argument that washed with their opponents. The Eastern Cape's poverty lit the flame of rebellion in Mandela and Mbeki, both born and raised near the dirt-poor Transkei city of Mthatha, and Steve Biko, who grew up in nearby King William's Town. Even today, both the ANC and COPE claim the Eastern Cape as their heartland...
SCRAPPED During the 2008 Beijing Olympics international torch relay, protesters repeatedly disturbed the flame's progress. Now the International Olympic Committee will require the torch to remain in its host country...
...month, is a follow-up to the 1996 work China Can Say No, a nationalist bestseller that complained about the influence of the West and the U.S. in particular on China. Thirteen years later, the authors of Unhappy China point to the protests along the route of the Olympic flame, complaints about pollution from China by Western nations that consume far more resources per capita, and the West's unwillingness to share key technology with China as examples of continuing foreign disdain for the Middle Kingdom. Song Qiang, who contributed to both China Can Say No and Unhappy China, writes...
...sure what happened towards the end of the [first] half,” said Crimson sophomore forward Emma Markley.Luckily for Harvard, Tay caught fire after halftime. Finishing with 14 points and eight assists, most of the offense passed through her hands, and she spread the flame to her teammates. She was a triple threat, sinking jumpers, foul shots, and sharing the ball with stylish no-look feeds.Double-digit point contributions from four of the Crimson’s five starters allowed for Harvard to pull ahead in the second half and take control of the game, coasting to victory...
After Tim Robbins' character in 1992's The Player gets away with murdering a screenwriter in a Los Angeles alley, the frazzled Hollywood exec absconds with Greta Scacchi into southern California's empty desert. There, in the candlelight of a cloistered getaway motel, Scacchi asks her homicidal flame, "Do places like this really exist...