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...many like the last, best hope for peaceful change in racially tormented South Africa. Since last April delegates from 39 groups of blacks and whites from a wide political spectrum had been meeting in Durban, the main city of the coastal province of Natal, to find a way to transform the province from white minority rule to some form of multiracial government. In a land where passions run high and tempers are often short, they thought that successful power sharing in Natal might become a model for a national solution...
...Publicolor With schools in frequent need of repair and revitalization, Publicolor encourages volunteers to help spruce them up. It's an innovative program that serves to transform public spaces in neglected schools and neighborhood facilities through the powers of vibrant color and organized collaboration. Publicolor volunteers work in teams to paint classrooms, cafeterias and more. Visit www.publicolor.org for more information on getting involved...
Farah also imagines the day when we have what she calls a "neuro-correctional system" that could transform criminals into noncriminals. We already force sex offenders to take libido-dampening drugs or face denial of parole. A drug to dampen violent impulses might someday be similarly applied. That could, in theory, prevent crimes...
...attacks that will inevitably come in a difficult race, especially since he's never run a campaign of anything close to this intensity. "Barack is an inspiring candidate, but inspiration is not enough," says Marilyn Katz, an anti-war activist in Chicago and longtime Obama ally. "They have to transform that inspiration into organization...
...until now, Rice has not spearheaded any ambitious new diplomatic initiatives in the manner of the predecessors she admires, such as George Marshall, Dean Acheson and Henry Kissinger. But a Palestinian-Israeli peace could transform her legacy. Rice has told friends in Washington that she sees her latest trip to the region as the beginning of a prolonged, personal effort to achieve a breakthrough...