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...CHANT THE Swazi tribespeople, dancing, circling, shaking in the magic glow of age-old ritual fires. In the center stand the king, the queens, the elders and the sub-chieftans--all the ranking leaders of the tribe--humbled and ridiculed by the insults of the people. A young prince steps forward, his head held high, his shield and spear in hand: "Follow me," he beckons to the people, "this evil king betrays his sacred trust." More princes and military captains mimic his example, defiling the name of the monarch and calling the people to rebellion. Then, remarkably, these same slanderers...
Like the U.S. and The Netherlands, South Africa has been placed under a total embargo by oil-exporting Arab nations. Unlike any other country, South Africa has not just survived the oil squeeze but is basking in a golden glow of prosperity because of it. Reason: the rising prices of the Arabs' black gold, oil, have helped to set off an even bigger rise in the price of the real yellow gold that South Africa mines in greater quantity than any other nation...
...cathouses and bars all the way up the seaboard. Indeed, sometimes the movie mistakes this for a theme--that he is growing up and learning the ways of the world ("Welcome to the wonderful world of pussy," says the white sailor, and maybe we are supposed to glow at the kid's pride as he leaves the whorehouse...
...talk rationally. I don't remember which was more difficult. In any case, I do remember that with each mouthful of grilled meat, salty potatoes, and watery corn, I experienced what the Bolivians call una revolucion del estomago. The weak electric light that hung above us cast a pale glow on the oily table where we ate. Ray was reserved as usual, so I was unable to determine if he was aware of the depths to which I was rapidly plunging. After he had finished his bottle of beer, we got up and walked out into the street. El padre...
Centaurs, parakeets, a curly tailed unicorn resting on a carpet of flowers while pomegranate juices drip on its milky hide; heraldic crests, peasants reaping, Hector girding himself in 15th century steel, slim ladies picnicking in the everlasting green glow of a medieval Arcadia-the great exhibition of 14th to 16th century tapestries, jointly organized by the National Museums of France and New York's Metropolitan, is an exquisite arbor of diversion. Shown last October at the Grand Palais in Paris, it opened in Manhattan last week. It is undoubtedly the most important exhibition of its kind ever mounted...