Word: boycott
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...class of 1979 marshal who proposed the creation of the Steve Biko Memorial Fund urged seniors yesterday to boycott the senior fund drive totally, including the Biko Fund, which he now believes will be ineffective...
Michael R. Eastman '79, a class marshal, proposed the establishment of the Biko Fund as a compromise between students calling for a total boycott of the senior fund drive and students opposing such a boycott...
Officials in Cairo insist that the country will weather the boycott. To counter the possible withdrawal of Saudi and Kuwaiti petrodollars, for example, the Central Bank reportedly will refuse to pay up. To rescue at least some of the A.O.I, arms contracts, Cairo hoped to go ahead with independent Egyptian production of military Jeeps designed by American Motors and Swingfire antitank missiles manufactured under British license...
...internal stability. "There is no chance we will face food riots like those of January 1977," a government economist said confidently. But with 30% inflation, a population explosion (2.58% annual birthrate) and limited foreign exchange, Egypt could still suffer severe economic damage from an intensified or even prolonged boycott...
...members of the Arab League, only Oman, Sudan and Somalia still maintain embassies in Cairo and have not joined the boycott...