Word: land
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because the Red Line tunnel passes under part of CWT's land, half of its site is considered state property. Therefore the developer must be approved by the state environmental agency before building. CWT lawyer Donald Connors said "state approval won't be a problem," but Gifford countered that "they're not home free...
...main problems [in providing low-income housing] are needing land to build on, which calls for zoning changes, and needing money to fund the projects. Anything that makes a start in this area is great," said Walsh...
...guerrillas, who have long hindered relief efforts by looting emergency provisions and destroying what they cannot carry away, are now even cutting off food deliveries. On Christmas the International Red Cross halted airlifts from Maputo to rural villages after Renamo threatened to shoot down the planes. Land routes are hardly safer. More than 400 people were killed in ambushes on the main road from Maputo to the north in the past three months alone. Traveling in convoys guarded by ill-equipped Frelimo troops, relief vehicles are easy prey. Fifteen CARE drivers and assistants have lost their lives since 1984. Driver...
James McClure's stories about two policemen in his native South Africa, one white and one black, have been noteworthy in equal measure for their poignant evocation of that land, their perception of partnership and their acute sense of sexual obsession. The last is at the core of a novel that otherwise breaks new ground for him. Imago (Penzler; 244 pages; $16.95) is a mystery that offers no real mystery, no official detective, no police action of consequence and no crime -- yet is flavored with an authentic elixir of suspicion and dread. The central character is a radiologist caught...
...former soldiers were released last month. They had been sentenced to 30 years in the murders of two U.S. land reform advisers and the head of the Salvadoran land reform agency...