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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Aided by human-rights organizations, in 1989 the Pedis began legal action to reclaim their land. Mandela's government broke through years of wrangling, and early this month the first Doornkop families returned to their traditional home. More are going back every day, and Kalushi Kalushi, who is in charge of homecoming arrangements, predicts they will number 20,000 by early next year. He also expects the settlement to have electricity by then. "You can't believe what it was like to come home," says Kalushi, a librarian at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. "When we stood under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Their Own Miracles | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

...arena, not in the peanut gallery," Clinton told the moderate group he once led, referring to current chairman Oklahoma Rep. Dave McCurdy, who just hours before saddled him with the label "transitional figure." The president then issued a battle cry to Democrats that implied he'd work to reclaim the center for the party's -- and his own -- welfare. After praising the DLC's Monday proposal for an alternative Democratic "contract" with Americans, Clinton vowed to counter GOP budget cut proposals and calls for smaller government with his more moderate approach, including working to build on his Administration's successful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLINTON COMES OUT FIGHTING | 12/7/1994 | See Source »

...They were huge," said Arzhang Kamarei '95, who defended Ferrell from Yale students trying to reclaim their flag...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: Harvardians Steal Yale Flag | 11/21/1994 | See Source »

...Cambridge resident, who says she has been housing the hamster in a large "salad shooter," urges the hamster's rightful owner to reclaim the animal by calling 496-3790 weekdays before...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Homeless Hamster Healthy, Near Quad | 11/15/1994 | See Source »

Like California, Texas is also home to an exciting gubernatorial race. Democrat Ann Richards will have to defy history in order to reclaim her office; an incumbent has not been reelected to the Texas governor's seat in over 20 years...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Students Follow Their Home State Elections | 10/29/1994 | See Source »

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