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...shot to death by four unidentified blacks as she was about to enter her home outside Durban. Black leaders blamed the government, while the authorities said the slaying was the result of a split between the U.D.F. and the followers of Zulu Chief Gatsha Buthelezi. Whatever the truth, the murder helped spark the rioting that burst across Natal last week...
King Hassan went on to proclaim that "through their feelings and minds, those absent are with us all the same." But the truth was that the deep splits between radical and moderate states that have virtually paralyzed the Arab League for years were as evident as ever. Said Moroccan Foreign Minister Abdellatif Filali: "Maybe this is the end of the Arab League...
...actual truth or falsity of that which was published is rarely addressed," the Iowa study says. The harm done to the plaintiff's reputation "is even more rarely explored." Nine times out of ten, after going to tremendous expense, the newspaper wins but often on grounds that seem a technicality to the public. In the Lakian case, the truth was addressed, and Lakian was unable to rebut the strongest charges made by the paper. Still, he claimed vindication. Few plaintiffs any longer "sue to win," the Iowa study concludes, "they win by suing...
...after Ronald Reagan cleared up the confusion about his skin cancer last week, several reporters laced into White House Spokesman Larry Speakes for being less than candid the week before, when he declined to say whether a biopsy had been performed. "You pulled an iron curtain down on the truth," said U.P.I. Correspondent Helen Thomas at a tense briefing. "Exactly right," replied Speakes. "But I did not lie. And I told the truth...
...gets the impression from your article that virtually nothing has been done under the Superfund to clean up hazardous-waste sites. Nothing is further from the truth. Since early 1983, EPA has pursued an aggressive cleanup program. Long-term cleanup is under way at more than 400 national sites. At 300 other locations, immediate threats to human health and the environment have been eliminated and cleanup has been completed...