Word: divests
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Senator wrote that he "would seek toresolve the conflict" but does not say whetherHarvard should divest...
...university is not sure exactly which of the companies in which it owns stock have operations in South Africa, and thus the companies from which it may divest will not be determined until a newly formed committee of students, faculty and administrators meets later this fall, said Columbia vice president for investments Roberta Weil...
Since deciding to divest from American companies in October of 1985, the university has sold more than $40 million of holdings. International divestment is expected to take less time than the two years allotted for domestic divestment, according to a university spokesman...
Even members of the Southern Africa SolidarityCommittee, who have had frequent run-ins with thedean over their attempts to convince theUniversity to divest from its South Africa-relatedholdings, say they have few bones to pick withJewett...
...Another consideration on our part is the effect in the U.S. When a major university refuses to divest, it really encourages racist attitudes in our own society. Making a statement like this is making a statement against racism," Anderson said...