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U.S. divestitures have so far caused only scattered layoffs of South African workers. Nonetheless, black joblessness, estimated at 3 million, has increased by up to 300,000 annually over the past three years because of the weak economy. Black trade unionists claim that the wages of black workers have been...
Friday's nationwide marches, which turned into running battles when police attacked demonstrators with tear gas and truncheons, continued in scattered areas into the early hours of yesterday.
Fittingly enough, last Thursday was Border Guard Day in the Soviet Union, a national celebration that honors the troops protecting the country's sprawling frontiers. Tourists and Muscovites strolling through Red Square that evening looked up to see a small single-engine plane coming in low from the south. It...
This is the lightest of the poems by various hands, liberally scattered through the text. Elizabeth Bishop's "The Fish" recalls an oversize catch: "victory filled up/ the little rented boat . . . until everything/ was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow!/ And I let the fish go." John Ciardi celebrates "The Lung Fish," a...
Although the election victory was a sizable step in consolidating Aquino's power, serious obstacles remain. Beyond the chronic problems of poverty, unemployment and a sputtering economy, doubts linger about the loyalty of the military; a majority of the country's soldiers apparently voted for the opposition. Defense Minister Rafael...