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...collapse, he will honor what he says was his promise to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger-namely, the establishment of majority rule within two years. What Smith means by "majority rule," however, still remains ambiguous. He may try to limit the franchise to blacks dominated by the four pliant tribal chiefs who were elevated to Cabinet status earlier this year. That arrangement would fool no one and would leave real power in Rhodesia in white hands...
What is the rationale for such sadistic nonsense? Says Psychologist Gary Margolis, director of counseling at Vermont's Middlebury College: "It's a tragic vestige of ancient tribal customs in which painful initiation rites were extremely important. To prove one's masculinity you had to experience pain. The more pain, the closer the male bond became." Adds Willard Broom, Illinois' associate dean of campus services and programs: "It's all a physical dependence process. I guess it's sort of the way the Army does basic training...
...salt marshes and ponds that the Indians once raked for scallops and quahogs. Mashpee's expensive ocean-front property is dotted with signs that shout PRIVATE, KEEP OUT! Standing on a windswept bluff above a beach road blockaded by boulders, Russell Peters, 47, president of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribal council, bitterly told TIME's David Wood: "I haven't set foot on this beach for 40 years. We will get this beach back...
...founder of Rolling Stone and the managing editor of the Washington Post took part, as did two of the most conservative newspaper columnists in the U.S. Gloria Steinem and the Knicks' Bill Bradley were there, and so were a former Heisman Trophy winner, a Nobel Laureate, a Navajo tribal leader, nine college presidents, 15 mayors and Governors, 14 Congressmen and Senators, and scores of businessmen, teachers, lawyers and economists. The occasion: a two-day conference held in Washington by TIME on the subject of leadership...
PETER MacDONALD, chairman, Navajo Tribal Council: I grew up in the middle of the Navajo reservation. There were no taxes, welfare or store, newspaper or anything, not even radio. Talk about separate. Up until I was seven and left the reservation, the only people in this world were Navajos. Respect for certain things was drilled into me. Also not to question those things which the elders have put together. When I left the reservation I did well because the basic thing that motivated me was respect for what was already accomplished. Today young people are beginning to question all kinds...