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Apartheid: can the truth set a nation free?

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The chief mission of the new Truth and Reconciliation Commission will be to document abuses committed by South African security forces during the apartheid era. One ex-officer, Paul Erasmus, has already come forward with information about the torture methods used against anti-apartheid activists.

Author: Chisholm, Patricia
Publisher: Rogers Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1996
Investigations, Crimes against, South Africa, Human rights, Police misconduct, Torture, Anti-apartheid movements, Antiapartheid movements

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Getting the picture

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Government regulators in North America have given high priority to developing standards for high-definition television (HDTV). HDTV picture tubes provide very detailed, high-resolution images. A type of HDTV has been in limited use in Japan.

Author: Chisholm, Patricia
Publisher: Rogers Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1992
Research, Science and technology policy, North America, High-definition television, High definition television

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Emergency measures: Canadian's directors bail out of an ailing airline

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Canadian Airlines International maintains that its management and unions are determined to solve the company's problems in spite of the mass resignation of its board of directors. Some workers appear ready to consider a proposed 10% pay cut.

Author: Chisholm, Patricia
Publisher: Rogers Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1996
Management, Airlines, Canadian Airlines International Ltd.

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