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That same afternoon, African National Congress president Nelson Mandela called for discipline and restraint, warning that further violence could derail negotiations aimed at democratic reforms and ultimately play into the hands of the murderer (a Polish immigrant has been accused of the killing). "I understand your anger," said Mandela, but "we want you to remember that as a government in waiting, you have the responsibility to behave orderly and with dignity...
Police said they arrested Januzu Jakub Wallus, a 40-year-old Polish-born South African, reportedly traced through the red car that had sped away after Hani's murder. Wallus was in possession of two guns. An initial assertion by Deputy Law and Order Minister Gert Myburgh that the killing looked like an individual act rather than a conspiracy was rejected by A.N.C. leaders, who demanded that they, as well as international observers, be permitted to participate in the investigation...
Handel's "Water Music" continued the string of brilliant performances. Professional polish and good timing characterized the famous "Hornpipe," "Bouree" and "Minuet" sections, and the orchestra sustained its trills without fading. The strings and winds maintained a sublime rapport in the concluding "Allegro" and "Gigues...
...been something of a child prodigy -- admitted to Harvard at age 16 -- and all his life he kept a quality of eager boyishness that made an odd, attractive contrast to his professional polish, somewhat in the way that, for years, his youthful face contradicted his prematurely gray hair. He was famous for his democratically inclusive range of friends, many of whom showed up at his poker games (all pigeons welcome, from copyboys to senior editors). Ron's love of gambling had a certain raffishness about it. Keep the casino open. Give everybody some chips...
...retired schoolteacher in Raleigh, North Carolina, swears that she helps to bring the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill to championship form by wearing Carolina blue nail polish. This year she had to search for three days to find the right shade. Dr. Vann Austin, a doctor in Pinehurst, North Carolina, outfits himself, his 75-year-old mother, his girlfriend and his daughter in Duke undies when madness strikes. A starched Atlanta accountant, spied last week glued to a TV set, was asked about his work schedule in the midst of income-tax season. "It's all secondary...