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Maponya's relationship with the ANC was not always smooth, however. One of Maponya's few fellow black entrepreneurs was Ntatho Motlana, a doctor who began South Africa's first private black hospitals before branching into telecommunications and media. Motlana says that all through the apartheid years, the ANC was split on whether being involved in business supported apartheid and was a betrayal. "Some thought being involved in business meant not being involved in the struggle," adds Motlana, 82. "We were saying that if we were independent, if we made money for ourselves, that was part of the movement...
...Though French Foreign Ministry officials say Kouchner's visit to Iraq was not discussed during that encounter - and arose from a visit by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani - it's evident the mission was designed to smooth over multiple diplomatic rough spots with one dramatic gesture. "Now we are turning the page; there is a new perspective," Kouchner told reporters following his arrival in Baghdad Sunday, speaking language destined as much for U.S. officials as his Iraqi hosts. "We want to talk about the future. Democracy, integrity, sovereignty, reconciliation and stopping the killings...
...adjusting to the professional game at the plate, and moving to Montana, Wilson has also had to adapt to the lifestyle of a minor leaguer. So far, it appears that the transition has been a smooth one. Without having to deal with the academic rigors that he faced at Harvard, Wilson is now able to focus solely on baseball...
...despite his activity in creating a smooth transition for the new coach, Anderson said that he will have no role in deciding who that person ultimately...
...course of true love never did run smooth,” wrote Shakespeare in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” the first play performed by HRST this summer. “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” HRST’s last play this summer, embraces this course—unsmooth and all—as the only way to describe modern love...