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Still, the very fact that South Africa's leaders now seemed prepared to discuss such reforms, and last week were so volubly leaking the news of their thinking in the face of overseas criticism, suggests that some sort of change may really be coming to South Africa at last. What cannot yet be divined is precisely what sort of change is on the way, or at what pace . --By William E. Smith. Reported by Peter Hawthorne and Bruce W. Nelan/Johannesburg
...year history of Soviet-American summitry there has never been so little agreement over what those due to meet would discuss. Ronald Reagan's speech at the United Nations may have succeeded in achieving his principal objective, which is to steal a march on Mikhail Gorbachev by publicly trying to set the agenda for the summit. But the President chose to define that agenda in a way that is clearly unacceptable to the Soviets. Reagan has put the world on notice that he does not want to give priority to arms control, despite (and in some ways because of) Gorbachev...
...London more subtle but much more powerful forces for reform were at work. Fritz Leutwiler, an independent mediator and former Bank for International Settlements president, held private meetings with South African finance officials and representatives of 30 multinational banks to discuss repayment of South Africa's $14 billion in short-term foreign debt. The government froze payments on the debt seven weeks ago after many banks, fearful that racial violence would destroy the economy, cut off credit. Sources close to the meetings said their object was to find a way to restore South Africa's credit lines...
Wise people do not discuss sex or money, and a new survey shows why. MONEY magazine polled a national sample of 2,491 adults, all of whom described themselves as the main financial decision makers in their households. Sixty-three percent of the respondents were men; 37% were women. Among the findings: 51% of the women polled said they think about money more often than sex, in contrast to only 27% of the men. One sobering statistic: nearly one-third of all women said they enjoy money more than sex; a mere 26% favored sex. Men had decidedly different priorities...
...memorable appearances in the book. The former President enlivened one meeting by taking off his clothes, stretching out naked on a table and calling for a masseur, meanwhile firing a stream of questions at Linowitz. Richard Nixon fidgets past, inviting Linowitz to the White House in the 1960s to discuss the author's work as chairman of a commission on campus unrest, then betraying his own insecurity by reminding Linowitz that "I went to Whittier College, not as good as Hamilton [Linowitz's alma mater], but a good school." Jimmy Carter is depicted as so preoccupied with minor details that...