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...some of today's young lions in the townships see Mandela. They do not like Mandela's sharing even a podium with De Klerk, for to them sharing means equating, and De Klerk is the enemy. It is these young people who are restless with the snail's pace of change, who wonder why freedom must be negotiated at all. This would not be the first time the Nobel Peace Prize was premature. Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho won the award in 1973, but the fighting in Vietnam continued for two more years. Gorbachev got the prize...
...notorious Fort Dimanche Prison during a memorial service for thousands of Haitians who died there during the Duvalier dictatorship. At least seven people were killed after protesters attempted to invade the fort. Perhaps most important, however, Haitians were upset about the disastrous state of the economy and the slow pace of reform. Last week Foreign Minister Jean-Baptiste Hilaire met with U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz in Washington and was promised an increase in U.S. aid from $50 million to $70 million for 1986. Even so, many Haitians blame their economic problems on Finance Minister Leslie Delatour...
...from both parties. Of that, $651.2 million went to Democratic candidates and $390.4 million went to Republicans. Sensing donor fatigue, Obama's e-mail appeals have slowed to about one a week, versus several a week at the height of the primaries. But Obama needs to keep up the pace: essentially, he must repeat his primary feat, add more than 50% and do it in a quarter of the time. "It's a huge task that we've got," said one top Obama donor. "I wouldn't define it as concern, but there's a realization of the enormity...
...said that shortly after the turn of the century, aircraft accidents will increase dramatically. The officials [who were making the case for increased FAA funding] said matter-of-factly that if demand for flights increases at present rates and if growth of discount airlines keeps up at the current pace, we can expect a major crash every week or so after the turn of the century...
...news cycle, however, refuses to slow - and thanks to Jesse "hot mic" Jackson, Phil "nation of whiners" Gramm, its pace picked up a bit this past week...