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...writing "You the Mayor?": The Education of a City Politician, a reflection on her political career, Ackermann says she tried to retain a stranger's perspective...
...from caribou tents to log homes, from bows and arrows to rifles, from dogsleds to snowmobiles. But they argue that they can pick and choose from modernity without losing their soul. In 1971, instead of participating in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the Gwich'in Indians chose to retain their Delaware-size (1.8 million acres) reservation extending south from the Arctic refuge. Today they have little cash, but Trimble Gilbert, their newly elected chief, believes that history has vindicated their choice. "Money is not really good for native peoples," he says. "Here you don't see drugs and alcohol...
...reorganization of the Parliament with a strong President, expected to be General Wojciech Jaruzelski. The legislature will offer unprecedented power to the opposition: a re-established upper chamber, the Senate, will have 100 members to be chosen in free elections in June; the Sejm, or lower chamber, will retain its 460 seats, of which the majority will continue to be reserved for candidates representing the ruling Communist Party and its allies, but 35% of Sejm members will be freely elected. The pact even provides for opposition media, complete with a newspaper and regular television and radio programming. And in separate...
...room." The family's insurance reimbursements are bogged down because records do not match. The couple have to maintain an extra listing in the phone book so their children's friends can find them under Hutchins. "Ten years ago, when I married, I felt very strongly that I should retain my name," says Debra, nee Sammataro. "But it's been a nuisance ever since...
Botha told Parliament he will shortly set an election date for later this year, probably by September, following which he will bestow the seal of the republic on his successor. Since the National Party is certain to retain power and De Klerk has already won the party's vote of confidence, he will become the new chief executive. Tired of the brooding, dictatorial presence of Botha, few will shed tears for the departure of the Great Crocodile...