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...last of those assaults occurred on the morning of the sentencing. A bomb blast ripped up a section of rail line outside the coastal city of East London-one more sign that the ANC, which was outlawed in 1960, is trying harder than ever to induce a climate of terror among whites in the South African laager. From neighboring Zimbabwe, ANC Acting President Oliver Tambo, 63, served notice that such violence will increase. Said he: "South Africa is a highly developed industrialized state. A few determined guerrillas can do a lot of damage-and we have more than just...
There is not much inventiveness of language these days either, no Menckenish words like "pecksniffian," no Rabelais around to rail against "slubberdegullion druggies, ninny lobcocks, or scurvy sneaksbies." Our social conscience interferes as well-the feeling that life offers enough abuse without adding insults to injuries. In short, we are simply too reverent, too reverent about the wrong things. In the past no one was safe. Macaulay said of Socrates: "The more I read him, the less I wonder that they poisoned...
...Louis Station. The most challenging venture now on the company's boards, this will entail redevelopment of an abandoned railroad passenger terminal and 56 acres of rail yard six blocks from the fringes of downtown St. Louis; it will include a hotel and offices as well as stores and restaurants...
Though most West Coast fruit and vegetables are shipped East for sale either by truck or refrigerated rail car, some perishables, like plant-ripened strawberries, must be moved by plane. Last week California growers were shipping 400,000 lbs. of the fruit daily by air with no difficulty. Says Herbert Baum, president of Naturipe Berry Growers Inc., one of the state's largest agricultural cooperatives: "We had expected serious problems, but so far we have not been affected. We are quite surprised...
...contrast, the week-old walkout has already proved to be a bonanza for a few lucky businesses. In New England, passenger volume for Trailways jumped 40%. In the Midwest, business for Greyhound was up 55% on some routes, particularly in the Chicago and Indianapolis areas. The troubled Amtrak rail network enjoyed a 5% to 10% bookings spurt. On Amtrak's Metroliner service between New York City and Boston, passenger traffic climbed...