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...middle of a Very Big Controversy. Ten years ago, you see, a friend of Christopher Robin's gave the toys as a gift to the New York Public Library, which everyone agreed was a Perfectly Legal Thing. Everyone, that is, except Gwyneth Dunwoody, a British Member of Parliament, who said yesterday that it was high time Pooh came home. Oh bother, thought Mr. Giuliani, the Mayor of New York. "They've been very happy here," he said, and besides, he added, New York had stopped being a colony a long time ago. Ms. Dunwoody disagreed, and pronounced Mr. Giuliani...
After Diem's assassination later in 1963, Tai's father was released from jail to resume his writing and political activities. He became a representative in parliament. Yet her family's life was still constrained...
...South Koreans can keep their part of the bargain is unclear. The legislature in Seoul rushed through a host of reforms last week but balked at a bill that would have made it easier to implement layoffs and restructuring at the large chaebols. No wonder: last January, when the parliament tried to pass a similar measure, Korean workers staged a general strike that paralyzed the country for more than three weeks...
Even if she loses, Madikizela-Mandela is still a Member of Parliament and continues to embarrass the A.N.C. with attacks on the government's integrity and its failure to deliver what the masses want. The Truth Commission hearing is not a trial, but it could find her responsible for what a leading witness, Methodist Bishop Peter Storey, called "a ruthless abuse of power." Her expulsion from the A.N.C. could follow. But even then, there will be many who believe that Madikizela-Mandela's transgressions were committed in the struggle against apartheid and that she should be praised, not pilloried...
...debate on Sunday is "The Moderator Bill," which we support. Although we realize that the council president currently has the power to cede the chair during meetings, we feel that a technocratic moderator ought to be in charge of the weekly meetings in the style of the British Parliament. We do not believe that this will depoliticize the meetings' agenda to a great extent, but we do think that this will encourage more substantial debate and discussion than currently exists...