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...setting this example, the legislature should also step up the heat on private institutions within the Commonwealth--especially Harvard Since the divestiture issue exploded on campus four springs ago. University officials have firmly withstood public pressure to divest from businesses contributing to the economic welfare of South Africa's apartheid system. President Bok has upheld the importance of universities presenting their political neutrality, the Corporation has insisted that divestment would diminish any leverage Harvard might have over the behavior of these companies, along with hurting the University financially...
...stance. The first two objections--the importance of preserving political purity, and the relative effectiveness of divestment over pressure from within--are grounded more on principle than on facts Although the debate in the legislature and with Gov. King added few new arguments to this thoroughly discussed topic, the Commonwealth's overwhelming rejection of these concerns, thus upholding the moral principles behind divestment, makes the practice more acceptable than principle...
...governor raised questions about the financial impact if S.B.984 became law. He said that the blanket divestment would cost the Commonwealth about $15 million by selling quality stock...
...archaic and restrictive on the economic activity of the commonwealth," Rep. Martin Reilly (D-Springfield) said of Sunday closings. He said the change will bring 15,000 jobs and $44 million in tax revenue...
...this is the cost we pay: It will be at the cost of a custom that has prevailed in this commonwealth for many years. It's much more than a 'blue law.' It represents a custom... This is not some blue-nosed, blue-stocking Yankee thing...