Word: repeals
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Nevertheless, the repeal of the Byrd amendment could signal a new phase in the politics of southern Africa. The negotiations between Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith's white-minority government and leaders of the black nationalist movement became deadlocked last month, and no one seems sure of the direction events are going to take. Smith's feelers toward moderate blacks may result in a black-white coalition if Bishop Muzorewa or Reverend Sithole accept the offers; but none of the three have control over the Zimbabwean freedom fighters, whose leaders have said repeatedly they will not accept a transition government...
SECRETARY OF STATE Cyrus Vance announced last week that the Carter administration will move to repeal the Byrd amendment, which allows U.S. companies to buy Rhodesian chrome in defiance of the U.N. boycott of the southern African country. At this point, the gesture would be little more than symbolic. The U.S. does not need the chrome--Rhodesia supplies less than ten per cent of this country's needs, and the government here has stockpiled enough for almost a year anyway. The effect on Rhodesia, while real, would merely be yet another blow to an economy that has been slipping rapidly...
...writer among women. Her first novels, such as Indiana, not surprisingly, attacked marriage, declaring it unfulfilling, demeaning and emotionally deadening for both women and men. Her non-fiction, which Barry quotes from at length, made feminist demands: rigorous intellectual education for women, reform of the divorce laws, repeal of statutes giving husbands full authority over their wives' lives and property. Barry points out that many of the changes Sand demanded were not effected until 1970. Even now, he adds, political and legal equality have not yet brought "that equality to life, in marriage, in the family...
...solution with moderate representatives of Zimbabwe, the black nationalists' name for Rhodesia. Argued Smith: "Why should a few thousand terrorists, the majority of them mere schoolboys, call the tune to 6 million basically peaceful and peace-loving Africans?" To demonstrate good faith, his government prepared to announce the repeal of discrimination laws, specifically the Land Tenure Act, which restricts the 6.2 million blacks and 271,000 whites to roughly equal halves of the land...
Marshall certainly wasted no time in outlining his agenda. He said he would present to President-elect Carter the "strongest case" for repealing Rule 14B, the Taft-Hartley Act's "right to work" provision authorizing states to void labor contracts requiring workers to join unions. This, in Marshall's view, would be part of an "equitable solution" under which workers could henceforth be compelled to pay dues but not to join unions. (Carter has not called for the repeal of 14B but has said he would sign a repeal if passed by Congress.) Marshall also denounced existing...