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...downtrodden descendants of the ancient Xhosa tribe, it was an unfamiliar and perhaps unfathomable exercise. At countryside polling places in Ciskei, a Delaware-size tribal territory on the southeast coast of South Africa, women in bright bandannas and beads danced and sang the words Enkululele kweni (Go forward to independence). Since many of the voters could neither read nor write, election officials, under the close scrutiny of local police, showed them how to mark their ballots. The outcome was never really in doubt: by a lopsided vote of 295,891 in favor and only 1,642 against, the tribesmen chose...
...Yeatman of the Tacoma, Wash., Madigan Army Medical Center, who became familiar with the massage technique during a 1975 stint at a refugee camp in Indiantown Gap, Pa. In a report published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Yeatman warns that most American physicians are unfamiliar with the remedy and apt to mistake its signs for battering. That possibility, as well as doctors' skepticism about the value of coin rubbing, has caused many immigrants to avoid needed medical care...
...wanted to preserve the cohesion that the dead leader had established. As for the post of Prime Minister, there seemed to be no one ready to fill Sá Carneiro's shoes. His Deputy Prime Minister and acting successor, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, is a frosty Christian Democrat unfamiliar with compromise. Socialist Mario Soares, an indispensable helmsman of the nation as Prime Minister after the 1974 revolution, is currently out of favor with both the electorate and his party...
...facilities in the rooms, students are forced to eat out in a city not known for its gastronomical bargains. Why do people choose Vanderbilt then? First-and second-year students are not required to room there, yet more than 250 each year do. Many students, particularly those who are unfamiliar with the area, have trouble finding housing. "I had no idea where to look for an apartment in Boston and I didn't want to face the hassle of trying to find one, especially once school started," Ryan says. And Vanderbilt's location--directly across from the main classroom buildings...
...given student as riskier than others. Students who feel obliged to maintain the highest possible grade-point average are tempted to satisfy Core requirements by taking what they perceive to be the safest courses. The pass/fail option would reduce the risk involved in taking a course that treads on unfamiliar ground...