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Moreover, in 1982 these companies spent 8 million rand on housing, welfare and recreation programs and 11 million rand on education programs for non-whites not employed by the companies. Nearly 120 American companies raised $6 million to build South Africa's only Black private school, Peace school in addition, these companies continue to finance the running of the school, paying the student's tuition...
...final way in which American companies are able to further change in South Africa is by their influence on South African firms. A spokesman for the South African company Barlow-Rand attributed his companies policy of desegregated work places to the impetus provided by the Sullivan Code. Union-Carbide persuaded a South African partner to back down on its refusal to recognize a Black union until the union joined an Industrial Council. In addition, the educational and social programs undertaken by American firms have inspired similar efforts on the part of South African companies who fear losing the competive edge...
Quite possibly part of the Politburo's purpose in choosing Gorbachev is to put a damper on such talk. According to Arnold Horelick, the director of the Rand Corp./UCLA Center for the Study of Soviet International Behavior, "Gorbachev is being picked as an embodiment of characteristics that the Soviets want to be associated with--dynamism, optimism, confidence...
...documents that may be introduced as evidence. Millions more, of course, will go toward the lawyers' fees. A dozen asbestos victims protested the high cost outside the courtroom on the trial's first day, although the huge proceeding will not necessarily affect what they are paid. A Rand Corp. study estimates that litigation expenses already consume 63 cents out of every dollar spent in asbestos lawsuits. Said one picket's sign: LAWYERS PLAY WHILE VICTIMS...
Cities in the basement are already contesting the criteria. By last weekend, Rand McNally was overwhelmed with outraged calls. One caller, Pat Lile, a Pine Bluff, Ark., development promoter, complained of Pine Bluff's 328th-place rating: "They don't contact one person or make one phone call. Other people use their data, and the damage proliferates." Said Mayor Edward Bartholomew of Glens Falls, N.Y., which ranked 290th: "We're going to have a public burning of (Rand McNally's) almanac and all their maps." Responded Rand McNally Public Relations Director Conroy Erickson: "All we've done is supply...