Word: abandoned
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Divestment supporters said they hope this means the University will abandon its policy of divesting only from companies that actively collaborate with the South African government. In a December 1988 report, the Overseers stated that this practice--called "selective divestment"--would only be reconsidered in case of major changes in South Africa...
...state, of the institutions and the legitimately established government," said the Extraditables, the front group for Colombia's drug traffickers, in a communique last week. Admitting defeat in the drug war launched by President Virgilio Barco Vargas five months ago, the narcolords pledged to surrender their arms and abandon their trade if granted "legal guarantees." Translation: immunity from prosecution for the spasm of violence they committed in response to Barco's crackdown, and freedom from extradition...
...doesn't take a Harvard Ph. D. to see the recurring pattern here. And Dartmouth already defeated Harvard earlier in the year in an electric 75-74 hair-raiser at Briggs Cage. If every-thing works out, the Big Green should rumble over the Crimson with reckless abandon come Tuesday night, right...
Barry had been poised to announce his bid for a fourth term as mayor yesterday but his arrest has thrown local politics into convulsions. Several advisers said Barry had agreed to abandon his bid for re-election, and they added that the possibility of his resigning from office was never discussed in Friday and Saturday strategy sessions...
Ainslie points out that Sotheby's has made only six such loans on artworks worth more than $1 million. It was perception more than principle that prompted the auction house to abandon the practice. "Six clients don't & inflate a market," says Ainslie. "Do we regret ((the policy))? No. Are we changing because of the market's perception? Yes." He rejected any suggestion that Sotheby's was worried about losing business. "You don't grow from $400 million to nearly $3 billion in annual sales within five years if people don't have confidence in you," he says. Still, Ainslie...