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...make South Africa ''ungovernable'' had been answered by a surge of black demonstrations and acts of civil disobedience. To put down such unrest, the government had to use increasingly brutal police and military actions, many of them filmed by news cameras and televised to appalled viewers around the globe. These ugly spectacles increased international pressure for economic sanctions against South Africa. Whites saw their nation becoming an international pariah. Realizing he needed Mandela, Botha arranged a meeting with him at the presidential residence, Tuynhuys, in Cape Town in July 1989 -- Mandela had been slipped out of prison for the purpose...
PREDICTOR Pittsburgh Pirates manager Jim Leyland and the Boston Globe PREDICTION ''Jim Leyland has been saying the Mets are the team that could run away ((with the National League East championship)). He's right.'' WHAT HAPPENED The Mets finished the season with 100 losses for the first time since...
...10th anniversary.Each of four panel members told a different story about his or her struggle as a minority journalist, but all agreed on the need for more minority representation in editorial and managerial positions.Al Young, a desk editor and writer in the Living and Arts Department of the Boston Globe, said that although more minorities are working as reporters, they now need to “break the glass ceiling” and find positions where they can decide what stories to cover and who to hire.Young cited the fact that journalism is not viewed as a traditional career...
...Globe uses d3o in skateboard shoes. Spyder is making a slalom suit with d3o for the U.S. and Canadian Olympic teams. Swiss company Ribcap is putting d3o into soft ski caps. d3o management is also discussing military opportunities. And as d3o becomes cheaper to produce, it could be used in cars, soundproofing and police and paramedic gear. Then there are football, baseball, rugby, polo, cricket. The prospects for d3o and its "intelligent molecules" suddenly look endless...
Shorenstein Center Director Alex S. Jones, who won a Pulitzer in 1987, began the evening by speaking about Nyhan, the prize’s sponsor, and his legacy. Jones recalled Nyhan, a Boston Globe columnist, as someone who loved to investigate political power and its abuse, and as someone who could cut directly to the heart of political matters...