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...Durban township last week, thousands of Indians fled as gangs of young blacks ransacked and burned shops and houses. In Umlazi township, police used tear gas and rubber bullets against mobs of rampaging youths who burned shops and schools. In KwaMashu, a gang attacked the home of a black policeman and set it ablaze. To frightened Indians, the scene was all too reminiscent of the riots of 1949, when 142 Indians lost their lives in clashes with Zulus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: Gathering Hints of Change | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...going to parades. My grandfather and I would stand on the curb, and he'd be holding my hand; I could feel his hand breaking my fingers when the flag was coming by, and the martial music was playing. I'd look up into his face and see a tear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love of Country | 4/17/2005 | See Source »

Sacred Heart University competes next with a Jesus Christ-themed dance complete with preacher-like robes that they tear off after 15 seconds to reveal glittery dark blue velvet body suits with silver trim. At one point two groups of girls lift their fellow SHU dancers into the air in what resembles a crucifix, complete with heads lolled to the side...

Author: By Kristi L. Jobson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Blood, Sweat, & Fishnets | 4/14/2005 | See Source »

...championship. Ice hockey assistant coaches Claudia Asano ‘99 and Jamie Hagerman ‘03 should be able to empathize as well. Both split their significant time spent in Allston between hockey and lacrosse. Hagerman came to Harvard as a two-sport athlete, but an ACL tear her sophomore year forced her to stick with hockey, while Asano was a three-year letter-winner in both...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cahow Transitions From Ice to Astroturf | 4/14/2005 | See Source »

...raised in Soweto and has covered its life since the early 1960s: "Things are getting tougher, more clinical. If there is a protest march or a funeral procession, you will find buckets of water placed at every house along the way. That's in case there is tear gas, so the marchers can wash it from their eyes and their faces. That was not true at the time of the Soweto riots in 1976. The children have become more politicized. They have left the adults behind. The system is helping people to become united...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Black Rage, White Fist | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

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