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...South Africa for 63 years, hopes to donate most of its holdings to its predominantly black work force. ITT sold off its small automobile-brake plant. Citicorp, the lone American bank left in South Africa, will sell its 29-year-old subsidiary to First National, the country's largest commercial bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cutting Ties to a Troubled Land | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

...passenger jet en route from Athens to Rome. The incident was followed by a State Department travel warning regarding security problems at the airport there. Now flights to Athens through mid-July are heavily booked on TWA and sold out on Olympic Airways, the Greek flag carrier. Epirotiki, the largest operator of island-hopping cruise ships in Greece, is predicting a tripling of its business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Destination: Europe | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

...what to air is crucial for any act seeking national exposure. Such power has led to many complaints about MTV's musical selections, most notably charges during its early years that it was ignoring black performers. Meanwhile, the network has solidified its dominance by striking deals with the largest record companies, in which it pays for the right to air certain videos exclusively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: MTV Faces a Mid-Life Crisis | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

...nation's largest Protestant body, the 14.6 million-member Southern Baptist Convention, last week overwhelmingly re-elected the Rev. Adrian Rogers, 54, pastor of a Memphis superchurch, as president. It was the ninth straight presidential win for the Fundamentalist faction, which has used the office to build power on the boards of S.B.C. schools and agencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Nine Wins In a Row | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

...with one corporate mind. That mind belongs to Kim Il Sung, 75, the "Great Leader" who has been whipping North Korea into a model Communist state for 39 years. Kim's stable despotism is backed by an 885,000-strong army, navy and air force, the world's sixth largest fighting force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scenes From a Neighbor | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

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