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...measures, said the official, are consistent with the Administration's policy of "constructive engagement," the quiet diplomacy designed to nudge the South African government toward racial reform. To press that point, it is expected, Reagan will announce that he is sending Ambassador Herman Nickel back to South Africa this week. The Ambassador will carry a letter from Reagan and will be charged with urging reforms on Pretoria. Nickel was recalled to Washington in June after South African troops made an incursion into Botswana in search of antigovernment guerrillas...
...Dalkon Shield case may turn out to be the worst liability nightmare that a U.S. drugmaker has suffered. The focus of the furor is a nickel-size plastic device that looks like a shield with spikes around the edges. It was developed in 1968 by Hugh Davis, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Johns Hopkins University, and Irwin Lerner, an engineer. In 1970 they sold the rights to the invention to Robins, which agreed to pay royalties on future sales and $750,000 in cash. Like other intrauterine devices, the Dalkon Shield was designed to be inserted inside...
...past 19 years in defiance of United Nations resolutions calling for independence for the area. Botha's remarks seemed specifically aimed at Washington, whose relations with Pretoria are at their lowest ebb since President Reagan entered the White House. Two weeks ago the U.S. recalled Ambassador Herman Nickel for consultations to express its anger over the Angola and Botswana raids. Said Botha: "If there are elements in Washington who think that South Africa is going to be run by the United States, then it must be made quite clear that those elements are heading for a confrontation with the South...
...captured, during a clandestine foray into Angola. It showed South Africa's determination to continue hitting foreign ANC bases, even in nominally friendly countries like Botswana, in defiance of international opinion. Already angered by the Angola raid, Washington reacted to the Botswana adventure by calling U.S. Ambassador Herman Nickel home for "consultations," a gesture intended to show extreme displeasure. State Department Spokesman Bernard Kalb declared that the two incidents raised "the most serious questions" about South Africa's recent actions. The U.S. response, the angriest since Ronald Reagan became President, could be a sign that the Administration is responding...
...folks are nuts about plants, which grow in the ground, instead of in pots, where everybody knows God intended them. Andrew Carnegie and guys like that used to come up here and hang around thinking. Right off, without knowing nothing about the weekend, I say to myself this spent nickel is going to go a long ways toward what you might call gorgeous relations with my better half...