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...trial was conducted according to the best traditions of our inherited judicial system," said Prime Minister Robert Mugabe. A white patron of a Salisbury pub had another view. "Happy New Year, everybody," he roared, pint in hand. "It's the last one you'll ever have in this place...
Obote was openly backed by Muwanga as well as by Uganda's watchful patron, President Julius Nyerere of neighboring Tanzania. The U.P.C. appeared to have captured at least 66 seats in the 126-seat Parliament, compared with 44 for the Catholic-oriented Democratic Party (D.P.) of Paul Ssemogerere, 48, a U.S.-educated, longtime Obote adversary. The outcome was immediately contested by the D.P., with accusations that Obote had been steamrolled to victory. In reply, the Ugandan Army unleashed a two-hour barrage of gunfire in Kampala to intimidate Ssemogerere's angry supporters...
...noncollector, she assembled a spectacular collection. Last week Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman, Chicago matron and patron of the arts, announced that she would bequeath it all to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Current value: $12 million to $15 million. Met Director Philippe de Montebello described it as the greatest private collection of abstract expressionists in the world. The gift does not become final until after her death. But at 66, Newman is still active in the art world as a member of the Chicago Art Institute's committee on 20th century painting and sculpture...
Betsy A. Evans, a patron and part-time volunteer at the store, said yesterday she believes the eviction is "definitely politically motivated...