Word: divests
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...want a statement from the faculty askingthe Corporation to divest its holdings in SouthAfrica," Pitkin said. "We believe the Corporationto be in a completely isolated, immoral position,and we want to make that clear...
...themes were united by signs carried bythe protesters reading "Diversity. Divest." and"Racism at home. Racism abroad." and "Dress forsuccess. Wear a white penis...
Even if I didn't do it, someone else would. It might as well be someone who at least knows it's bad. A perfectly specious argument that liberals regularly condemn in the likes of a certain university that refuses to divest of its holdings in firms that deal with South Africa...
...give money to E4D, you're just giving Harvard money anyway (or Phillips Brooks House, if Harvard doesn't divest by 2003). But I suppose E4D acts as a slave for those rich limousine liberals who want to give some of their millions to Harvard, without offending their sensitive, trendy, politically-correct activist consciences...
...Harvard; the former ROTC building now houses a day-care center. Army officers are no longer granted the course curriculum. We view this as a considerable improvement, and a vindication of the goals of the '69 strike. However, Harvard has become nationally and internationally known for its refusal to divest its holdings in companies doing business in South Africa. Long after many other universities, city and state governments, pension funds and other institutions have fully divested, long after Rev. Sullivan and other advocates of gradual change in South Africa have come to support full divestment, Harvard still holds $250 million...