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Hout. Afrikaans term of derision for blacks, meaning woodenhead...
Mashford's militia. Term of derision for recruits who have joined the government army since draft age was raised to 59 this year; Mashford's is a well-known Salisbury funeral home...
Terrs. Short for terrorists, the term whites use when referring to Patriotic Front guerrillas. Also: gooks, floppies, oxygen wasters. Blacks have a favorite term of affection for the guerrillas: the boys in the bush...
...Annie Hall. But 1 think now I could do better. Of course, if my film makes one more person feel miserable, I'll feel I've done my job." He is only half joking. It is no wonder that his original title for Annie Hall was Anhedonia, a psychoanalytic term that means "incapable of experiencing pleasure...
Even if breakthroughs are made, solar power probably will be able to provide no more than 5% of the nation's energy needs by the end of the century. But there is potential for more over the longer term, now that an increasing number of large companies are putting more effort and more money into research and development. Unlike conventional centralized power stations with their huge distribution networks, photovoltaic cells can be located where the demand is and, in time, can probably be mass-produced...