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...place in a crowded commercial district at the end of the workday, seemed designed to cause as many casualties as possible. "The Southern Africa conflict has just moved up a ratchet," said Peter Vale of the respected South African Institute of International Affairs in Johannesburg. Said the Rev. Desmond Tutu, the black Anglican bishop of Johannesburg: "One act merely provokes another, and we are probably getting into a spiral of violence we cannot stop...
...technical aspects of the production also are traditionally appealing, with one major exception: Kitri-Dulcinea's and Basilio's matching flesh-colored tutu and tights. Perhaps the implications of youthful physicality would have been lost if the lovers had worn blue or green or burgundy, but certainly Nureyev and Mouis would have looked a lot better. No great matter--through: the red-and-black costumes worn by the matadors and their women in Acts I and III, and the gaudy, raggle--taggle gypsy outfits of Act II, are stylish and sportive...
...threat to stability is internal, not external. Any number of events-the emergence of another Biko, an unforeseen economic downturn that would send black workers into the streets, harassment of a symbolic figure like Bishop Tutu - could spark further civil disorder...
Obviously, the black leaders were not gratified by a concurrent development in South Africa last week. Two security policemen appeared at the Soweto home of outspoken black Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu, one of the country's most influential civil rights advocates, and seized his passport. Tutu's apparent transgresssion: a recent tour of the U.S. and Europe during which he tried to bring foreign pressure to bear on the Botha government for an end to South Africa's apartheid policies. Said the unrepentant Tutu after politely handing over the travel document: "Nothing the government does will stop...
...educational system. The volatile conflict was hauntingly reminiscent of the black school protests that had exploded in Soweto four years ago-except that this time the movement was led by coloreds. Responding to the boycott, the authorities last week arrested more than 248 people-including black Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu and 52 other religious leaders who had joined him in a peaceful protest march in Johannesburg...