Word: divest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those who have worked to build their university. Listening to activists and taking their viewpoints seriously is not the same as agreeing with them, as the staff implies. While Harvard should not ignore ethical concerns in investment, the administration should not be faulted simply because it refuses to divest. Disagreement with the mean to an end does not mean disagreement with the end, as some of the three million Black South Africans who have lost their jobs to divestment might tell the staff...
...although Harvard, in its refusal to divest of its South African-related stocks, may not have been part of this pressure in the past, Tutu said it was not yet too late for the University to take this initiative against the apartheid government...
Throughout his tenure, Bok has faced criticism from some students and alumni for his refusal to completely divest Harvard's investments in South Africa-related firms...
...tone that was to become familiar inthe coming years, announced two months later thatHarvard would not divest, asserting that theUniversity should not use its finances to makepolitical statements. Upon that announcement,Black students occupied Massachusetts Hall for aweek, forcing students and administrators there torelocate temporarily...
...believe in "giving something back" to Harvard in order to help out future generations of students, you cannot lose by giving to E4D. Should Harvard divest, your money will go for the same purpose it would have had you given to the Senior Class Gift. In addition, you can have the satisfaction of helping to throw Harvard's weight behind the struggle to rid the world of one of its most repugnant regimes. Corny as it may sound, your $20 contribution represents another chink in the armor of apartheid...