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President Clinton capped two days of pomp and heraldry for Nelson Mandela's first state visit to Washington by pledging just what the South African President came for: a $100 million fund to help the southern African entrepreneurs and bolster education and development projects in the region. The outright gift sweetens a $600 million pot of U.S. loans and assistance already promised to South Africa this year. How much more goodwill can the U.S. afford? Last week the White House also promised a hefty $1 billion to Russia's President Boris Yeltsin...
Even sweeter was Mandela's profuse -- and these days, rare -- praise for the U.S. Chief Executive, returned love-in style by Clinton. Mandela: "I must say that to have a strong leader, highly competent, but with a common touch, who worries himself about the needs of the people, is a species that is very rare in the world today . . . And the world is rich as long as he remains the President of this country." Clinton: "Here we are, South Africa is free, Nelson Mandela is President. Some dreams really do come true...
...atmosphere in the class, which meets at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Sever 113, is casual. This Thursday, Greenblatt showed up in a black soft leather shoes, blue jeans, blue shirt and a bright green tie with a picture of South African president Nelson Mandela in the middle...
What makes the province dilemma unique is Quebec has fallen victim a shrewd political entrepreneur who sees only the glory ahead for himself the founder and first president of a nation a modern George Washington, a Gandhi, a Mandela...
Nevertheless, Carter carefully listed story ideas and faxed some of them off to Sygma. Work did not proceed smoothly. Though it was not his fault, Carter felt guilty when a bureaucratic foul-up caused the cancellation of an interview by a writer from Parade magazine, a Sygma client, with Mandela in Cape Town. Then came an even more unpleasant experience. Sygma told Carter to stay in Cape Town and cover French President Francois Mitterrand's state visit to South Africa. The story was spot news, but according to editors at Sygma's Paris office, Carter shipped his film too late...