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...This bill is a good second step after the billthat was approved in 1984 to divest pension fundsfrom companies with activities with or in SouthAfrica," said Slate...
...Some pro-divestment activist have said thatbecause the Board has the constitutional mandateto restrict actions by the Corporation it coulduse its power to force Harvard to divest...
Even if the pro-divestment activists fail toforce Harvard to divest by running candidates forthe Board, they say such political issues areexactly the ones which the Board needs to beaddressing in order to adequately representHarvard's 200,000 alumni...
Every night, campus activists go to sleep dreaming of a headline on the front page of the New York Times which reads "Students Force Harvard to Divest from South Africa." But for me, just thinking of another round of unadulterated Spring divestment protests is enough to put me to sleep...
After a decade of relative calm, the protests started up again in 1985 when about 45 students occupied 17 Quincy St. for an eight hour workday to urge Harvard to divest from companies that do business in South Africa...