Word: schmemann
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more lashed out at the foreign press, this time calling for the expulsion of the outgoing New York Times Johannesburg bureau chief Alan Cowell, 39, a British citizen who has reported from South Africa since 1983. More troubling, Pretoria also rejected the visa application of Cowell's successor, Serge Schmemann. That left a major U.S. daily newspaper without the staff to report the news in South Africa, despite entreaties from Times editors in New York City and U.S. embassy officials. Cowell, whose work permit expired last June, had been allowed to remain in the country while his application to stay...