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Very interesting. I think it was Jimmy Carter who started using the phrase in regards to the Palestinian situation, where I also happen to think it applies. I had no idea it was so connected with South Africa because it STARTED there.
I was watching Frost/Nixon the other night ... and the director remarked in the commentary that Nixon's likely most lasting legacy is that every political scandal since his rouintely has the additive "gate" to the name.
I suppose this will be similar with South Africa's contribution to phraseology. Apartheid is too perfect a description for, well, apartheid.
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