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Only 20% of registered voters participated last week in elections for the Indian chamber of South Africa's new tricameral Parliament. That unenthusiastic showing came a week after a tepid 30% turnout in balloting for the colored (mixed-race) chamber. The two new houses, which will augment South Africa...
Under a constitution approved overwhelmingly by white voters last November, the new legislature consists of three chambers: one for whites, one for coloreds and one for South Africa's 850,000 citizens of Indian origin. Whites will retain almost total control of legislation, but coloreds and Indians will be...
Herbst's behavior in connection with the Hiss-Chambers case further demonstrates her growing inability to discern truth. In 1948 Whittaker Chambers accused Alger Hiss of having been a fellow spy in the Communist underground. Herbst was privy to information that partly substantiated Chambers' claim. In fact, as...
In fact, how much deficits can be held down depends less on the effect of last week's tax and spending legislation than on what Congress finally decides to do about military outlays. Both chambers agree that defense expenditures in the next three years must be held below the...
Despite the defeat of the Nunn amendment, the Administration could not claim total success when the Senate finally passed, 82-6, the defense budget at 3:57 a.m. Thursday. Reagan had requested $313 billion in military funds, which would have been a 13% annual increase after inflation; the Senate authorized...