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Because he has turned up his nose at cultivating political allies, he had little choice but to put his longtime Senate assistant, William White, in charge. White, 42, knows how to organize his boss's workday but has little savvy about organizing a national political drive. It is already too late in the day for Glenn's campaign to employ any direct-mail program; the candidate dithered around for months and would not make up his mind. The indecision has cut seriously into money raising. Glenn's recent spurt in the polls-he drew close to Mondale...
...more than 80 acts of sabotage since 1981, the A.N.C. has caused millions of dollars in damage but only eight deaths. The Pretoria bombing, however, which took 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...
...former high jumper, is refreshingly indifferent to his sudden celebrity. Says he: "You lose credibility if you're too well known." A father of seven, he sleeps only four or five hours a night to make time for his family and the 16-hr, workday he favors. Typically, DeVries was standing vigil at Clark's side when his patient died...
That custom may soon be amended if the ladies in question have their way. A committee of 40 of the solicitors has asked Zurich's city council for a longer workday. The committee would like the streetwalking period to begin earlier, at 5 p.m., allowing the women three hours of voluntary overtime in which to solicit their "guests" on the street. Included in the committee's 24-page petition is a survey conducted under what must have been unusual circumstances. Polling 100 of their clients, the scarlet ladies discovered that after a day of trading pounds, francs...
...ponders the challenges facing modern Catholicism, Bernardin feels that the time has come for lay people to take more responsibility. During the course of a workday that begins with prayer before dawn and often runs past 10 at night, there is simply not enough time for Bernardin to be all things to all people. Associates say he is embarrassed because he cannot reply personally to the 25 speaking, social and religious invitations he receives each...