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...government, while pretending to adhere to a 1963 United Nations embargo on military trade with South Africa, has in fact used Israel (which has refused to join the embargo) as a conduit for arms sales to the apartheid state. In 1978, American artillery shells destined for Israel ended up in South Africa. (12) An article in Columbia University's Journal of International Affairs cites U.S.-made 106-mm recoiless rifles which the South African Army got from Israel. Likewise, the South African Air Force has reportedly acquired from Israel some 25 U.S.-made Augusta-Bell 205 A helicopters...
...foreign policy towards Central America essentially began with the Monroe Doctrine and has since been directed with an admixture of economic and political motives. After the United States emerged from the Civil War as a major industrial power, the significance of Central America, both as a source and a conduit for raw materials became apparent to policy makers in Washington. The U.S. acted ruthlessly and often arbitrarily in guarding the zones for the future Panama Canal, and sanctioned the rapacious activities of American entrepreneurs who soon took control of the only sources of wealth in the impoverished countries, the banana...
...Nuclear War, "ABC is performing an enormous public service. It's giving the American people the ability to become part of the debate over the most important issue of our times." For Roger Molander, founder of the nuclear-war-education group Ground Zero, The Day After is a conduit to confrontation. "To come to grips with the reality of nuclear war, one has to go through a nuclear passage, to confront a nuclear war in all its horror. This will provide a passage for 30, 40, 50 million Americans...
...ACSR was also designed to serve as a conduit between concerned members of the community and the Corporation. As Bok said at the time, "I look to the Advisory Committee as a link with different interested segments who can develop useful information and advice on forthcoming shareholder resolutions and other important issues of shareholder responsibility." The ACSR began this task in earnest, investigating a wide range of ethical issues. ACSR members have traditionally spent much of their time writing to companies to inquire about their business practices, and sounding-out interested individuals and organizations about their opinions of various companies...
...ACSR was also designed to serve as a conduit between concerned members of the community and the Corporation. As Bok said at the time, "I look to the Advisory Committee as a link with different interested segments who can develop useful information and advice on forthcoming shareholder resolutions and other important issues of shareholder "responsibility." The ACSR began this task in earnest, investigating a wide range of ethical issues. ACSR members have traditionally spent much of their time writing to companies to inquire about their business practices, and sounding out interested individuals and organizations about their opinions of various companies...