Word: furthering
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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The prospect of further change that those concessions open up is one reason that Mandela's life -- and De Klerk's -- could be at risk. A South African newspaper, Vrye Weekblad, last week reported that it had uncovered a right- wing plot to murder Mandela, De Klerk and other figures...
The Swiss firm apparently was agreeable to a takeover because its chairman, Klaus Jacobs, had incurred $500 million in debt when he bought out his family's interest in the company. That burden was aggravated by rising European interest rates and slumping profits. For Philip Morris, whose 3,000 consumer...
Mandela's style is leadership by example, and he has not found it easy to take over day-to-day control of the A.N.C. He has had to carry out his onerous public duties while being distracted by a family crisis. Last month the reputation of his controversial wife Winnie...
The feeling is that independent prosecutor Lawrence Walsh's legal juggernaut, which has cost $21 million and fielded as many as 60 lawyers and support staff, is running thin on defendants, new evidence and sympathy. A grand jury may explore further links to Reagan and George Bush, and Poindexter could...
The most notable arrest came on June 6, when police seized Susanne Albrecht, 39, one of some two dozen R.A.F. members on West Germany's most wanted list. Albrecht, who is married to an East German scientist, is accused of taking part in the 1977 killings of Jurgen Ponto, chairman...