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...Corporation vote is extremely small. No matter how much work the ACSR does, only 1 per cent of any stock can be shifted by Harvard's vote. "I'm not sure this accomplishes anything and that's bad," he says, adding, "But for Harvard not to vote or abstain on any of these issues would be bad, too." Fall 1980. There are shades of gray between the black and white of spring...
...strip Ali of his crown. Illinois and other followed. When Ali ran out of states to fight in he tried to leave the country for a bout. "No go," said the State Department, and suddenly Muhammad Ali was a man without a profession. For three years he had to abstain from punching men into oblivion...
Only 150 protesters gathered in front of the Corporation building in April to protest the Corporation's decision to abstain on two resolutions which the ACSR had supported--one that would prohibit IBM from selling computers to the South African government and another that would set up a committee to review Caterpillar Tractor sales to the South African military...
...party that only he can win in November. Then, according to scenario, Kennedy partisans will persuade the delegates at the convention to change Rule 11H, which requires delegates pledged to a candidate to vote for that candidate on the first ballot. This would enable defectors from Carter to abstain on the first ballot or to vote for Kennedy. Said Paul Kirk, political director of the Kennedy campaign: "Most of these delegates are free and independent, thinking citizens who care about the party and its direction...
Five ACSR members voted for the proposal, while two voted against it. Four committee members recommended that the Corporation abstain on the resolution...