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...level Nelson Mandela is merely a man of extraordinary courage whose commitment to racial justice never flagged during 27 years in South African prisons. In another sense he is a "loyal and disciplined member" of the African National Congress, a dedicated revolutionary who humbly submits to the collective leadership of the antiapartheid group. But on a more transcendent plane, where history is made and myths are forged, Mandela is a hero, a man, like those described by author Joseph Campbell, who has emerged from a symbolic grave "reborn, made great and filled with creative power...
When we decided late last week to put Nelson Mandela's visit to the U.S. on our cover, three of the journalists who scrambled to get the story were newly arrived college interns. Michelle Ray, an editor for the University of California at Santa Barbara Daily Nexus, assembled background research for the Nation section. Otto Pohl, a student at Cornell, photographed the parade in lower Manhattan on Wednesday, then joined assistant picture editor Richard Boeth at the light table to edit the pictures. On Thursday night Robin Bennefield, who has been managing editor of the Swarthmore Phoenix, headed...
...fences come down when Sutter defends Bellarosa in a murder trial -- and when the don seduces Mrs. Sutter. Or is it the other way around? As Sutter wrestles with his instincts and his ethics, the notion of vendetta no longer seems the exclusive property of the Mafia. Nelson DeMille's previous books Word of Honor and The Charm School demonstrated an ability to sustain tension; this one adds a smart social eye and an unfailing sense of humor...
...Nelson Mandela had been a dutiful young man, respectful of tradition and authority, he would have grown up to be a chief of the Tembu tribe in the South African homeland of Transkei. Instead he rebelled against tribal ways, an arranged marriage and the white government's brutal apartheid system. He eventually became the world's most famous prisoner and, since his release four months ago, the de facto leader of the African National Congress...
...Supreme Court ruling upholding flag burning ignites a political fire storm. But while the President and Congress wrap themselves in the flag, a host of serious problems is being ignored. -- An exclusive interview with antiapartheid leader Nelson Mandela, who arrives in the U.S. this week...