Word: importantally
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Economics Professor Sampie Terreblanche, one of the leaders of the campus revolt, says a deep split has taken place between the university and the country's ruling elite. "At Stellenbosch," he says, "we have reached the point that if a man is willing to defend the government, he has no...
It was in this grudging spirit that Botha proposed his "reforms" -- whose chief effect was, not surprisingly, to whet the appetite for more. It was in this spirit that he called for new elections, thinking that he could crush his critics on the right by campaigning on a platform of...
The first important loan customers to kiss the banks goodbye were blue- chip corporate borrowers; in the mid-1960s they began issuing short-term debt securities called commercial paper. While corporations have always relied on securities like bonds for long-term debt, commercial paper took the place of short-term...
Next week all that could change for millions of immigrants. May 5 marks the inauguration of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, one of the most important and wide-ranging pieces of social legislation in decades. Passed last fall in the final days of the 99th Congress, the...
The difference, Ambrose suggests, may have been triggered by Nixon's experience in the Navy, where he learned to gamble. One day he asked a fellow officer, "Is there any sure way to win at poker?" Not only did Nixon become an excellent player and use his winnings (estimated variously...