Search Details

Word: africa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

That statement also said Harvard will review the practices of banks in which it holds equity shares on a case-by-case basis to determine the South Africa policy of these banks...

Author: By Mark A. Edwards, | Title: Columbia Sells Stock | 4/3/1979 | See Source »

...Harvard Corporation, in a statement issued last April, stated that it would not hold debt securities in banks which "ignore moral issues in making loans to South Africa or its state-owned corporations...

Author: By Mark A. Edwards, | Title: Columbia Sells Stock | 4/3/1979 | See Source »

Columbia sold its stock in accordance with a statement made by Columbia's trustees last June, which called for divestiture of holdings from financial institutions that "provide new and continuing access to capital markets for the government of South Africa and respond with indifference to the prevailing repressive racial policies...

Author: By Mark A. Edwards, | Title: Columbia Sells Stock | 4/3/1979 | See Source »

Brian W. Bell, the finance officer for the holding company of the Rainier Corporation, said yesterday, "We only have two very small loans in South Africa." He added that the corporation did not plan to withdraw these loans or increase its loans to South Africa in the near future...

Author: By Mark A. Edwards, | Title: Columbia Sells Stock | 4/3/1979 | See Source »

DIED. Per Haekkerup, 63, Danish politician and diplomat; of cirrhosis; in Copenhagen. As his nation's Foreign Minister from 1962 to 1966. Haekkerup lobbied for Denmark's admission into the Common Market (achieved in 1973), opposed the Viet Nam War and apartheid in South Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 26, 1979 | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

Previous | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | Next