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...leader who has fought apartheid by refusing independence for Kwa-Zulu, his tribal homeland, may talk about some kind of power sharing with whites. But the unemployed young blacks of the townships are more inclined to listen to the voice of the long-banned African National Congress, whose leader, Nelson Mandela, has been imprisoned by the government since 1962. From exile, the acting heads of the 73-year-old nationalist movement have vowed to win independence by intensifying military action and by extending a sporadic sabotage campaign, so far directed more at property than people, to include "soft civilian targets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Black Rage, White Fist | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...institute and Naudé, condemning him to seven years of virtual house arrest. Yet Naudé, 70, shows no signs of yielding. Since he assumed his SACC post last February, he has urged the government to negotiate with the A.N.C., to permit exiled black nationalists to return, and to release Nelson Mandela, a long-imprisoned leader of the A.N.C...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Plea from the Church | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...Lawrence Livermore Labs, that showed in a few seconds what biology teachers have labored for years to make clear: the precise mechanism by which molecules of DNA fold upon themselves to form thick strands of chromosomes. "It's something you could never do with a camera," says Livermore's Nelson Max. The audience at SIGGRAPH greeted his technological tour de force with enthusiastic applause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Artistry on a Glowing Screen | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...don’t see this as a setback...we all hate losing, but I see this as a huge step forward for our team,” Nelson said. “To have a tie with Penn, a ranked team, to go into overtime, and lose by one goal, that’s huge. That is huge for our program. So to take the positives, we had an attack out there that was calm and settled in possessing the ball, and just played pretty lacrosse, and you know what, these are going to start going...

Author: By Paul R. Fenstermaker, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Lacrosse Edged By No. 15 Quakers | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

...Unbelievable,” exclaimed Nelson. “Caitlin came in to do us a favor and help us out...we had her for one day, on Friday. No expectations, we just needed an athlete. She went in there, and performed beyond anyone’s wildest dreams...

Author: By Paul R. Fenstermaker, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Lacrosse Edged By No. 15 Quakers | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

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