Word: africa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent years, Harvard/Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid (H/RAAA) has focused on the alumni-elected Board as a means of forcing the University to divest of its $230.9 million South Africa-related holdings. By submitting an independent slate of candidates and winning seats on the 30-member board, H/RAAA members hoped to gain enough support among the overseers to force a vote on Harvard's divestment policy...
Specifically, H/RAAA activists hoped that the Board could vote to force Harvard's seven-member Corporation, which decides University financial policy, to divest completely from South Africa. But even after winning three seats, H/RAAA activists were unsuccessful in securing such a vote by the Overseers, who traditionally rubber-stamp all Corporation decisions...
Yesterday some 50 students gathered at Bok's Mass Hall office to protest apartheid. That rally marked the end of a 24-hour fast by more than 500 participants that sought to publicize the fate of political prisoners in South Africa...
Other simulations presented to the delegates included the formation of a white secessionist state in South Africa and a call for the return of former dictator Idi Amin to Uganda, according to Marc S. Sabatine '90, the specialized agencies undersecretary general...
Realizing that if elephants vanish, so might tourists, some African nations are determined to slow down the killing. In addition, the animal is a vital part of Africa's unique ecosystem. For eons, elephants have knocked down trees, helping to give Africa its distinctive mix of forest and savanna and opening up the land for other big mammals...