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...violent philosophies of Boesak, Tutu and the rest, younger activists like Stephen Tshewete are gaining greater followings. A former prisoner who has urged that township unrest be brought into white areas, Tshewete's impassioned pleas are becoming increasingly popular. If moderates who want peaceful change are being thrown in jail, youths are saying to themselves, why should they continue to limit their tactics...

Author: By Rebecca K. Kramnick, | Title: Digging Your Own Grave | 10/3/1985 | See Source »

...crew of Coop workmen quickly carted away the fragments of the sign to the Coop warehouse. They said the sign would be thrown away...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coop Sign is Casualty Of Friday's Hurricane | 10/2/1985 | See Source »

...Clear the bridge before you're thrown off--and I'm not going in after you," Gilford ordered, but dozens lingered. "Tell them to go home and make love," Gilford told a reporter before getting out of his car to chase away the stubborn...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: 500 Defy Storm, Revel By The River | 9/28/1985 | See Source »

...plot terms Spider Woman, directed by Brazilian filmmaker Hector Babenco (Pixote), is a movie about the relationship between two men, a homosexual and a political revolutionary, thrown together in a prison cell in some unnamed South American country...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: One Cell of a Film | 9/26/1985 | See Source »

...aging veteran, but former President Jimmy Carter, 60, still knows how to keep his eye on the ball. Trouble is, he doesn't always connect. Take last week. During a Labor Day bash in Plains, Ga., thrown for 300 of his onetime staffers, including ex-Aides Jody Powell and Ham Jordan, the erstwhile leader exhorted his team to victory. But the same week, the old pro may have struck out. The Georgia department of transportation was set to build a four-lane road providing access to the Carter Library, between downtown Atlanta and Emory University. Preservationists took the department...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 16, 1985 | 9/16/1985 | See Source »

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