Word: diamond
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...scattered across the country. Although blacks make up more than 80% of South Africa's population, the territories set aside for them occupy only about 15% of the land. Moreover, the lines have been carefully drawn to leave most of South Africa's industrial areas and its diamond and gold mines in the hands of the 4.5 million whites. The three homelands that have already declared their "independence" - Transkei, Bophutha Tswana and Venda-are still wards of Pretoria, dependent on South Africa for more than two-thirds of their income...
...sure, Winfield was perhaps the brightest diamond among a rather lusterless crop of free agents this year, the 48 veterans who played out their options after at least six years in the majors. Yet some of those players won astronomical contracts, considering their limited skills. Former New York Met Outfielder Claudell Washington reportedly received $2.5 million over five years from the Atlanta Braves, despite a lifetime average of .279 and a seven-year home run total of 47. Texas Rangers Utility Infielder Dave Roberts received a new contract for more than $200,000 a year from the Astros, even though...
Delpey, released from jail a week ago, announced that his book on the "Giscarat affair," as the diamond incident is now known, will be out before next spring's balloting. Giscard's political opposition is scattered and demoralized, and there is little chance that a Gallic Watergate will prevent his reelection. So far, no one is accusing the President of breaking the law. But some members of Parliament are now insisting that his sweeping power over the media should be reduced. With the Le Monde case pending, and with the French press united as never before against...
...belongs. His Chopin Etudes may set a new standard for his generation; his performance of Schubert's difficult late sonatas is a triumph of athletic as well as artistic ability. Pollini is also a leading interpreter of the modern keyboard classics. He handles Stravinsky and Prokofiev like a diamond cutter, concentrating profoundly yet striking with passion; he negotiates the atonal mazes of Bartók, Boulez and Webern with thoughtful ease, and provides the emphatic keyboard punctuation for Luigi Nono's unearthly enchantment...
Federal investigators are still trying to determine how much was raised by other Osserman ventures, like the diamond mine in Namibia. A geologist sent to Africa by the IRS learned that in two years of operation the mine had produced five diamonds the size of pinheads. Total market value: less than...