Word: natale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When testimony in the case began in Natal province on Oct. 21, the prosecution's star witness turned out to be Isaak de Vries, a political scientist at Rand Afrikaans University, who spent weeks describing the U.D.F.'s violent aims and A.N.C. connections. Under withering cross- examination, however, he admitted that his knowledge of both organizations was limited to a reading of their literature and other research materials. Finally, two weeks ago, De Vries was forced to admit that his previous testimony had contained "fundamental mistakes...
Last week Natal Attorney General Michael Imber announced, without explanation, that all charges had been dropped against twelve of the U.D.F. leaders, including Co-Presidents Archibald Gumede and Albertina Sisulu. Four black labor leaders, along with 22 U.D.F. activists in Transvaal province, still face charges of treason. But government critics now see little chance that they will be convicted. Says David Dalling of the opposition Progressive Federal Party: "The state tried to use the courts as a political weapon and had to withdraw in disarray...
...year-old undergraduate in business at the University of Southern California, should know the real thing when he sees it. After all, he has been transformed from a pre-natal Yuppie to true breed since he developed the hat. "I drink Perrier, drive a BMW, and don't have an American Express Card, but I'd like to," he says...
...extremely suppressing that she survived as long as she did," says Tilney, adding however that he attributes this to the immaturity of Baby Fae's immune system and her increased tolerance for foreign organs as a neo-natal and not the success of the operation. "She couldn't recognize the difference between herself and the other and thus did not reject the heart as quickly as an adult would have...
According to the survey, conducted by Professor Lawrence Schlemmer of the University of Natal, 75% of the 551 workers questioned said they disagreed with a strategy of disinvestment and 41% said that such a policy would harm blacks. According to Schlemmer, blacks "do not wish to see their work opportunities destabilized by political action." Concludes Schlemmer: "South Africa is a labor-surplus economy, and those who have jobs are aware that they are privileged. They may want to throw the political bath water out, but they don't want to throw the baby out with...