South African Rally Hijacked by Extreme Right at Voortrekker Monument
Journalists including Jonathan Mante report at the Voortrekker Monument as 50 000 vowed crowd swells with AWB insignia and threats. Police intervene as threats of violence loom and reporters are targeted by white supremacist factions amid tense scenes and child onlookers.
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Pretoria
Andries Treurnicht
Chris Wren
New York Times
Reiner Tyson
Detroit Free Press
Jerelyn Eddings
Baltimore Sun
F.W. de Klerk
Sylvia Vollenhoven
South Africa
Barend Strydom
Transvaal
Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging
AWB
Nazi Germany
Chris
Remner
Remer
Havel Faces Test as Prague Watches a Theater President
Czech intellectuals ask what message Vaclav Havel sends as interim president. He works in jeans, rides a tricycle, and stages ceremonial flourishes while economic reforms lag. Parliament debates the country’s name. voters prepare for June elections amid whispers of a hidden state and a fragile democratic foundation. Standings grow as citizens watch Havel return home to an ovation from Pra gue.
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Lance Gay
Scripps
Howard News Service
Prague
Vaclav Havel
Havel
Hradcany Castle
Frank Zappa
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Civic Forum
9-5
Vitava River
Josef Horn
Europe
Sudetenland
United States
Frague
Summer Reflections On Tan Quest And Self Image
A reflective piece contrasts fair and tan features through Lara and Tonya inspired by Dr. Zhivago's figures. The narrator weighs aging, sun exposure, and names fate while debating whether to embrace a tan or preserve pale skin. The monologue ponders self-image and social pressure in springtime sun.
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Lara
Tonya
Dr. Zhivago
Turning Brown in Panama City Memories
Rheta Grimsley-Johnson reflects on junior high trips to Panama City and a lifelong fixation with tanning. She recalls the elation of youth and the awkward aftermath of sunburned skin, comparing past victories to present aging changes and concluding she may chase a spring sun anyway.
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Panama City
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