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Last week, anxious to resume his work and stung by whispers that he should not have fled, Ambrose Reeves flew back to South Africa, declaring, "I am back for good!" But he had not counted on Premier Hendrik Verwoerd's determination to put down critics he found troublesome, even if the critic was a bishop. Forty-two hours after Bishop Reeves landed, detectives, led by the chief of the special branch, showed up at his simple room in the Priory of St. Benedict and handed him a deportation order signed by the Minister of Interior. He was given half...
...plumber's grief seems simple-inward weeping set off by a breath of perfume from a bathroom cabinet, or the sudden spaciousness of his bed. Then, wallowing in his sadness, Berman turns on everyone who offers comfort. Even his married daughter, who tries to mother him, is stung by his quick, aimless angers, his sullen preference for the inanities of television instead of the company of friends and family. And though Berman himself is bewildered, he has no words with which to explain, no grace with which to apologize. He begins to rage against God. Toward...
...next year's election. Last month, after Garcia vetoed a bill nationalizing the Chinese-dominated rice and corn distribution. Osmeňa loudly accused Garcia of taking a $5,000,000 bribe from Chiang Kai-shek to veto the bill, thereby protecting Chinese businessmen in the Philippines. Stung by the blast, Garcia replied: "If the people believe that, I should be impeached. But if the charge is not true, then Congressman Osmeňa should be expelled...
...Stung by midseason defeats, Harvard's crew regained some prestige by a seven-length trouncing of Yale in the annual four-mile pull down Connecticut's Thames River, while California beat Navy by a length in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta at Syracuse. ¶ After his talent-loaded San Francisco Giants had lost three straight to the league-leading Pittsburgh Pirates and dropped four games behind, Owner Horace Stoneham fired long-suffering Bill Rigney as manager, brought in Tom Sheehan, 66, chief scout and onetime minor-league manager, with the cold promise that...
Emergency Regulation. To avert more cancellations, Eastern went to a federal court in Miami, got a temporary restraining order requiring Eastern pilots to give the forward observer's seat to FAA inspectors. Quesada, stung by what he termed A.L.P.A.'s "arrogant defiance of the Government," rushed through an emergency Civil Air Regulation, requiring the forward observer's seat to be turned over to FAA inspectors. For pilots who balk. Old Pilot Quesada laid down the penalty that hurts most - suspension of a pilot's license. Rather than disobey the court order and the new FAA regulation...