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Then, there is the troubling focus on exclusively negative aims: divesting in South Africa, erasing the Engelhard name from the library, of keeping out Mr. Harberger. All this certainly help dramatize the nature of the United States' dealings with the Third World. But some people seem more anxious to satisfy their autumnal and luxurious desire for innocence than to advance a position within their own country. Their campaigns begin and end in handwashing; Pontius Pilate is their political theorist. Those of us foreigners who admire the American people for their characteristic qualities of good faith, generosity, and rule-breaking inventiveness...
...tidying up business deals. The silver baron woke up last Monday morning with IOUs scattered all over Wall Street. Chief among them: $33 million to Bache Halsey Stuart Shields; $10 million to Paine Webber and $4 million to St. Louis Broker A.G. Edwards. The biggest debt was owed to Engelhard Minerals and Chemical Co. Hunt had contracts to buy 19 million oz. of silver from the firm at $35 per oz. Fulfilling that agreement would have meant paying $665 million for silver worth only $270 million in the market that day. Following a feverish negotiation, the Hunts were finally...
...been in the forefront both in news coverage and in editorial support on issues like divestiture of South Africa-related stock holdings, affirmative action, and maintenance of Afro-American Studies as a department. It was largely as a result of Crimson coverage and editorials that both the Charles W. Engelhard Library of Public Affairs and the appointment of Arnold C. Harberger to head the Harvard Institute for International Development first came to the attention of the community as important issues. We are proud of our record...
University administrators officially named the K-School Library last spring, after a year-long protest by students and Faculty against plans to name the library after millionaire Charles W. Engelhard, who was known for his investments in South Africa...
Hamilton said yesterday he believes not naming the K-School Library after Engelhard satisfied protesters, and he called the issue "an unfortunate bit of history...