 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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THE STATE'S OFFICIAL AUTHOR E.L. DOCTOROW FINDS INSPIRATION FROM BRONX TO ADIRONDACKS.(Living Today)
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Byline: Paul Grondahl Staff writer
As New York's official state author, E.L. Doctorow does solemnly swear to uphold the time-honored tradition of the dissident writer, or, as he puts it, "to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."
Doctorow - who spoke from his home in New Rochelle, Westchester County, where he is riding the crest of critical acclaim for his just-released novel, "Billy Bathgate" - will be in Albany Wednesday
to accept from Gov. Mario M. Cuomo the Edith Wharton Citation of Merit on behalf of the New York State Writers ...
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Robert Gabriel Mugabe
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; ...peace talks are held in London l1980 - ZANU wins elections and Mugabe becomes first prime minister of independent Zimbabwe. Initially...February referendum on draft constitution that would have given Mugabe greater powers. The worst defeat of his rule. Poll suggests...
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The bond between Mugabe and his first wife was unshakeable, writes Robert Verkaik in London.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa)
; ...former colonial rulers. Mugabe's political achievements...very different worlds. Mugabe's family was poor and his father, Gabriel Mugabe Matibiri, a carpenter, abandoned his wife and Robert in 1934 in search of work...
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Robert Mugabe: ... has an impatient, authoritarian streak. When local reporters last year questioned his decision to intervene militarily in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
Magazine article from: New Internationalist
; Let's give the old man credit. Robert Gabriel Mugabe, lapsed-Marxist, victorious guerrilla fighter...are pending. As Mr Nkomo's fate may indicate, Robert Mugabe has an impatient, authoritarian streak. When local...
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Africa's Silence on Mugabe.(president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Newsweek International
; Some months ago, President Robert Gabriel Mugabe of Zimbabwe traveled to the Namibian...at the Lancaster House talks, Mugabe has steadily run his economy to...services. Part of the reason Robert Mugabe has been able to sustain his politics...
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Robert Mugabe has a question
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times
; ...As far as I know, however, Mugabe did not say very much at the LID...hushed in what might be called The Mugabe Effect, "are they driven by a...the answer to "Lu siapa?" is "Robert Gabriel Mugabe", the question attains a peculiar...
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Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe honored in Malawi
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Malawi Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe cut the red ribbon at a lavish...President Bingu wa Mutharika hailed Mugabe as a liberation hero for his 1970s...wrong about naming a road after Robert Gabriel Mugabe, who we all know as a true son...
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VOA NEWS: ZIMBABWE'S ROBERT MUGABE - A PROFILE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...Nkomo supporters were killed. Mr. Mugabe and the ZANU-PF ruled virtually...threatened to demonstrate again Mr. Mugabe responded in characteristic manner...bashed by the police," he said. Robert Gabriel Mugabe was born in 1924 in Zvimba district...
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Profile of Robert Mugabe, longtime ruler of Zimbabwe
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; Robert Gabriel Mugabe once assured Zimbabwe's fleeing whites...has ruled for 28 years is uncertain. Mugabe was born in 1924, the son of a village...time learned to write their names. But Mugabe went to school, where he was taught...
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The hero turned tyrant: Profile: Robert Mugabe
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...had gone well and one Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the leader of the...celebrate our freedom. Robert Mugabe was a man of...Yet so much about Robert Mugabe - his family background...leader. Born the son of Gabriel and Bona Mugabe on 21...
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THE IoS PROFILE Robert Mugabe: Robert the brute The President of Zimbabwe was 80 yesterday. In less than 25 years, the unyielding and increasingly embittered former teacher has led his once-prosperous African nation into famine and repression. He can expect little in the way of celebration
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday
; ...of his people hungry. Happy birthday, President Robert Gabriel Mugabe. Once seen as an African success story, Zimbabwe...than the country he has brutalised. Born in 1924, Robert Mugabe was educated by Catholic missionaries and has invoked...
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