Word: threads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thin thread by which all this hangs is the immediate and unconditional release of (imprisoned African National Congress Leader) Nelson Mandela. State President P.W. Botha has got to release Mandela unconditionally if he wants to save the situation. I believe President Botha is a sincere man, despite what has happened. It is a good quality, but in this situation it is not enough. I don't think he has the courage to see his sincerity through...
...district, once run chiefly by Italians and East European Jews, is another enclave of Cubans. Their plants and showrooms sprawl over several square miles of Dade County and offer everything from sportswear to accessories. "The Cubans really put some zing into this industry," says Erwin Fine, owner of Florida Thread and Trimmings. "Almost 100% of the small manufacturers are Cuban, almost 100% of the contractors, big and small, are Cuban, and almost all the top management is Cuban...
Almost forgotten amid the word games was the plight of the evicted and of the 8 million others in drought- and famine-plagued Ethiopia whose lives are hanging by a thread. The Ibnet episode highlighted the ways in which political issues have complicated and sometimes obscured a humanitarian problem. It also deepened the unease of Western governments and relief agencies faced with a leadership in Addis Ababa that accepts their aid while reviling their principles. "There is a growing awareness in the relief community of just how ruthless the Mengistu government is," said Chris Cartter of Boston-based Grassroots International...
...young man in a purple and gold varsity jacket was dangling a silver coin strung on a thread of elastic He was tall, with an open face and blue eyes and reddish blond hair that was all cowlick and no style, and Clare recognized him at once. Everyone at school recognized him. Once when Clare dropped her wallet while she was trying to open her locker, he'd leaned down and picked it up... "You dropped your wallet," he said. She was too flustered to say thank you. She managed a quick nod of her head and he disappeared down...
...show, organic classes in Swahili, or perform plays with Black C.A.S.T.-enrich the cultural and social life of the entire University. These students help educate as to the fact that the university, like the real world, is great quilt of diverse patterns and colors, held together by the common thread of the learning experience which is Harvard Professor Kilson dismisses the proposed Third World cultural Center as parochial, as he does the Church of Latter Day Saints and Hillel House. Blacks and other Third World students would not be the only beneficiaries of such a center, as Professor Kilson suggests...