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...carry the day. But students should not be governors of a Department. For the Scholar in this field, Kelly Miller's Appreciation of Carter Woodson, a black historian, should be a guide: "The largest measure of our admiration is due to the Negro (or white scholar) who can divest himself of momentary passion and prejudice, and with self-detachment, devote his powers to searching out and sifting the historical facts growing out of race relationship...." We all have a stake in a program of excellence, more likely insured by such standards. Indirectly such a program may provide an antidote...
...before. Now he conceded that he had talked to the chief White House troubleshooter on relations with corporations, Peter Flanigan (see box, next page). "Mr. Flanigan was simply a conduit," McLaren said. Flanigan obtained a report on the financial impact that ITT would sustain if it was required to divest itself of Hartford Fire Insurance Co., as McLaren had been insisting it must. The analysis helped change McLaren's mind. "I read the report and found it persuasive," McLaren said...
...broader question was whether ITT actually got a special break in the settlement, and whether the public interest was slighted. ITT was required to divest itself of six subsidiaries (Canteen Corp., Avis-Rent-a-Car, ITT Levitt & Sons, Hamilton Life Insurance Co., ITT Life Insurance Co. and one division of Grinnell Corp.), which, taken together, earned less than $40 million last year. It was allowed to keep Hartford Fire Insurance, which not only earned $105 million but also provides the large cash flow vital to an expanding company. The settlement was almost identical to a proposal made by the company...
...hour teach-in was sponsored by the Pan-African Liberation Committee (PALC) and other black undergraduates who are demanding that Harvard divest itself of 670,000 shares of Gulf stock...
...blacks are demanding that Harvard divest itself of 680,000 shares of Gulf stock, worth $21 million, and accompany the divestitutre with "a public statement explaining the moral considerations which required such a move...