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Following Smith's win, Mugabe lashed out angrily at the disproportionate parliamentary representation accorded whites. He promised 200,000 supporters gathered in the Harare township of Highfield that "we will not live with that indignity and insult for very much longer." Branding the whites who supported Smith as "racists of the past," Mugabe also warned ominously of a "cleanup operation so that we remain only with the whites who want to work with the government...
...Lindbergh, "It's better than going to a book because it's easier to type into a keyboard than to flip through pages." Notes Adrian Treves, 14, a ninth-grader at Princeton High: "It's especially good for ancient history and English reports." Sums up Herbert Highfield, director of Princeton High's library: "If popularity indicates success, then this new encyclopedia is very successful indeed...
...years of exile, to begin campaigning for next month's independence elections. Because of a flurry of death threats, security at the airport was extremely heavy: grim reminders of lingering white bitterness over Nkomo's role in Rhodesia's bloody seven-year guerrilla war. At nearby Highfield Stadium, however, some 150,000 shouting, ululating African supporters gave a tumultuous welcome to the man they call "Zimbabwe's Savior...
...Patriotic Front. Salisbury's outskirts are checkered with new shanty towns, as blacks flee tribal lands for the safety of the city at the rate of 400 people a day. Two weeks ago, for the first time, a dramatic gun battle between guerrillas and security forces erupted in Highfield Township, a suburb of the capital...
...might be willing to do so if he could avoid being branded a traitor by the Patriotic Front. Muzorewa has no guerrilla organization and practically no support from neighboring African states, but he is undeniably popular in Rhodesia and is hailed at rallies in Salisbury's huge Highfield township as "the black Moses." In the event of a broadly based plebiscite, Muzorewa might well win out over other nationalist leaders, including Nkomo and Mugabe. The problem is that his election would not bring an end to the guerrilla war; in fact, it might very well intensify the fighting...