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Flurries of protest have arisen subsequently on the Princeton campus. In 1918 and again in 1949, it was the demands of the students themselves which forced the clubs to consider the necessity of 100 percent, and finally compelled them to adopt it over strong alumni opposition. The principle has long since, however, degenerated from the intent of its founders, and this year was openly exposed as a patent farce...
Charging that United States companies which operate in South Africa "contradict our tradition of liberal democracy and justice," Sen. Paul Tsongas (D-Mass.) yesterday called upon students to demand that the University adopt a stronger divestiture policy...
...House, the controlling Democrats are no more eager for a knockdown fight than their Senate colleagues. Majority Leader Jim Wright of Texas asserts that the Democrats will have to adopt a majority of the spending cuts and then concentrate on cutting taxes by less than Reagan proposes. Says he: "The combination of these two will have to result in a deficit projection no larger than Reagan's." While the Democrats will try to narrow social-spending cuts just enough to soften the wrath of their constituents among the disadvantaged, they will give the President enough to escape public censure...
Unlike many American bosses, Japanese managers go to great lengths to involve their employees in the life of the company. For example, although General Motors actively recruits productivity suggestions from employees and offers up to $10,000 for a proposal that is adopted, the company receives an average of less than one suggestion per employee per year and adopts one-third of the ideas. At Toyota's main plant near Nagoya, on the other hand, officials receive more than nine suggestions per worker per year and adopt the vast majority of them...
While we did force Harvard to adopt a minimally responsible position opposing bank loans to the South African government, the administration never accepted the argument that Harvard had any influence in the outside world that would justify publicizing any divestiture that took place. This denial of Harvard's influence--an unusual one, considering its source--was in fact designed to avoid venturing onto what Harvard considers the slippery slope of social responsibility. The administration's real fear is not for Harvard's bonds but for its stocks...