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...significance is problematic, there are two key issues: the territorial integrity of Angola and the nature of its path to economic development. Angola could be partitioned along political tribal geographical lines: the Bakongo and the Ovimbundu might rejoin their countrymen to the north and the south, leaving an MPLA rump consisting of Luanda and its hinterland. This solution is certain to be opposed by responsible African leaders, such as Kaunda of Zambia and Nyerere of Tanzania, but would be welcomed by South Africa...
Only once during the fight, for eight glorious seconds, did these Elysian hopes near fulfillment. Catching the 33-year-old Ali off balance, the 225-lb. Wepner sent a solid blow to the ribs that dumped the champ on his rump. Until then, a condescending Ali had dominated the contest in The Coliseum near Cleveland. Unusually heavy at 233%, Ali intentionally spent most of the first six rounds on the ropes, guarding his face and upper body from Wepner's pummeling and waiting for his opponent to wear down. Unable to penetrate Ali's defense, Wepner began...
...Crown to Rump...
Homans showed that a table of "crown to heel," or head to toe, fetal measurement that the pathologist had testified was to be found in a certain scientific paper could not in fact be found there. That paper did include a correlation of "crown to rump" fetal measurement with certain fetal ages...
More dangerous insofar as progress goes, are the Palestinians on the Arab side and the right-wing opposition in Israel's parliament. Much to the embarrassment of Fedayeen Leader Yasser Arafat, who was in Egypt at the time, a rump session of the Palestinian Liberation Organization Executive Committee last week passed a resolution proclaiming "no to American peace and victory for the Palestinian people." A renewed campaign of terrorism could touch off Israeli reprisals, destroying Mrs. Meir's policy of accommodation...