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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Komplot," so dubbed by the Afrikaans press, may at least temporarily derail the fragile talks and even sour the personal relationship between De Klerk and Nelson Mandela, which seems so crucial to the success of the peace process. The affair goes to the heart of the impasse that has been holding up negotiations: the A.N.C. refuses to suspend its armed struggle until the government lifts tough security measures and releases political prisoners, but De Klerk is reluctant to take such steps while the threat of violence remains...
That lone success did little to bolster NASA's sagging morale. Last month Vice President Dan Quayle, in his role as chairman of the National Space Council, instructed NASA administrator Richard Truly "to put together an outside task force that will consider the future long-term direction of the space program." And last week Quayle announced that Norman Augustine, chairman of Martin Marietta Corp., has been selected to head the new group. To some, creation of the task force signaled a diminished role for NASA in space...
Going from Klein to Lauder, says industry observer Alan Mottus, "is the difference between turning around a speedboat and turning around a tanker." Carol Phillips, who virtually invented the money machine known as Clinique, notes that "she must deal with the baggage of years of company success and go through the line with a butcher knife, tailoring and trimming...
...taste is mainstream, which he defines as "when more people will like it than not." Still, he is often willing to gamble on something different. He eagerly signed a politically conscious black singer- songwriter who was a classmate of his son's at Tufts. The result was an SBK success story: Tracy Chapman, whose hits the firm produced for the Elektra label...
...puff of Road Runner smoke. Hollywood is in the midst of an animation boom. Bochco's series, five years after he suggested it, is being developed by ABC for 1991. At least three other animated shows are in the works for prime time, each hoping to duplicate the success of the Fox network's surprise hit The Simpsons. In theaters, the big box-office numbers rolled up by such films as The Little Mermaid and Who Framed Roger Rabbit have inspired a burst of activity. This summer has already seen a movie version of The Jetsons and a rerelease...