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...plurality of six to five, with one abstention, the 12 member committee recommended for the first time in its 12-year history that Harvard unconditionally divest its holdings in companies that operate in the white-ruled state...
Under current policy, Harvard will divest from companies operating in South Africa only if they refuse to adopt the Sullivan Principles or simliar policies, if persistent efforts to persuade them to adopt the principles have failed, and if there is no hope for improvement in work-place conditions...
...small group of students yesterday began a 24-hour vigil outside President Bok's office to pressure him into holding a public meeting on whether the University should divest from companies doing business in South Africa...
...acquaintance in your House calls you and comes over to talk about the Senior Class Gift. But then someone else tells you about Endowment for Divestiture (E4D), about how giving to E4D will make Harvard a better place because it will help Harvard divest its stocks in companies dealing with the racist South African government...
...look at he Sullivan Principles they don't mean much in the contexts of South Africa. The only alternative is to divest," said Funmi B. Arewa '85, president of the Harvard African Students Association...