Word: exertions
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...Universities cannot exert economic leverage to affect disputes beyond the campus without inviting outside pressure to influence academic policies (April...
...line is crossed when a university goes beyond expressing opinions and tries to exert economic pressure by divesting stock or engaging in a boycott in order to press its views on outside organizations...
...that when the galaxy was young, so much material (in the form of stars, dust and gas) collected at its center that it collapsed under the force of its own gravity. Crushing together until all of its mass was concentrated in an incredibly small volume, the matter continued to exert tremendous gravitational force. Like the Cheshire cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland that vanished, leaving only a smile, the great mass of galactic material in effect disappeared. Only its gravity remained, continuing to pull in nearby stars and dust...
Much of the pro-divestment side's opposition to U.S. business involvement in South Africa comes from the past and present failure of U.S. caoporations to exert a positive influence, Nevertheless, I am convinced that there can be a positive role for U.S. business in South Africa and that Harvard can actively promote this role without divesting, My proposal is for Harvard to use its shareholders votes in U.S. companies which do business in South Africa to elect directors who are committed to ethical and that country, and I believe that the man best qualified to be such a director...
...Pakistani officials point out, for example, that Moscow seems to have lost interest in the resumption of the U.N.-mediated talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Geneva. If the Soviets are in fact determined to destroy the mujahedin once and for all, it stands to reason that they would exert increased pressure on the neighboring country that provides the guerrillas with sanctuaries and their main supply line...