Word: south
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...your report on South Africa, Prime Minister Botha [Dec. 3] defines apartheid as "good neighborliness," whatever that means. His comments on South Africa's blatantly racist policies sound as petty and fatuous as they really are. That bit that said that acts such as the immorality act had "existed all these years to protect colored and black women from being exploited by ruthless white men" generated cynical laughter...
...blacks. Bishop Muzorewa, once the most popular of the black leaders, has lost much of his credibility through his failure to improve the economy and end the war. He has enraged many fellow blacks by his dependence on Ian Smith's white followers and his open dealings with South Africa...
...architectural firm renowned for its skyscrapers, is constructing an energy-efficient cube-shaped building for Draper and Kramer in Chicago that features three sunlit atriums. Architect Gunnar Birkerts' 14-story IBM building in Detroit is black on its north and east sides, to absorb heat, and silver on its south and west sides, to reflect it. A combination of tilted windows and curved stainless steel windowsill reflectors bounce natural light into the interior. The building requires only a mod erate 50 footcandles of artificial lighting and uses a thrifty 42,000 B.T.U.s of heat per sq. ft. per year...
...energy-deficient advanced developing countries, such as Brazil, South Korea, Taiwan and Kenya, that are in the worst shape. They set out to emulate the industrial nations and eagerly replaced their oxen with tractors and generators. Now they are paying the price of a 1600% rise in OPEC prices since 1970; they cannot do without oil but cannot afford to buy it. Admits an official of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: "The guy who was en lightened enough to follow our advice to buy machinery and fertilizer is in a bind, while the farmer who kept his water...
Economic expansion, which depends on cheap fuel, is slowing almost everywhere. Taiwan's growth has declined from 12% last year to 8%, and South Korea's from 12.5% to 6%. Oil-fueled inflation is raging. Taiwan's wholesale prices rose 3.5% last year, but are expected to jump 16% this year; at least ten points of the total are directly attributable to increased energy costs. Many Third World leaders echo Kenya's Kibaki: "We have had to postpone vitally needed development projects. We are not importing any nonessentials...