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No matter how carefully Casmalia Resources goes about its business, says Lachenmaier, the p.r. director, some of the people who live nearby will remain unhappy. "They have a provincial view of the situation," she says. "They don't want us to exist--and that's the bottom line." Toxic waste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Living, Dangerously, with Toxic Wastes | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

It was State President P.W. Botha's fourth address in six weeks before a provincial congress of South Africa's ruling National Party. Earlier speeches had drawn international TV crews and standing-room-only crowds, but this one played to a half-empty hall. Even the usually thunderous Botha seemed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Apartheid By Another Name | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

Finally, Botha may have decided to space the enunciation of his reforms over the course of the four provincial congresses, thereby involving the whole National Party in his plans. "He had established a timetable, building up to a climax," says one Afrikaner journalist, "and he was not prepared to change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Apartheid By Another Name | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

Ever since politically beleaguered Rene Levesque, 63, announced last June that he would resign both as Quebec's premier and leader of the ruling Parti Quebecois, provincial Justice Minister Pierre-Marc Johnson, 39, has been the front runner to succeed him. Last week, in a provincewide party election, Johnson won...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: A New Leader for Quebec | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

Johnson, who holds degrees in both law and medicine, is ambiguous on the issue of independence. His election was a defeat for hard-line P.Q. separatists. Only one out of six Quebecers, according to a Gallup poll released last week, still favors secession. But his victory may prove short- lived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: A New Leader for Quebec | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

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