Word: expression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whether he controls ten or 10 million shares, any stockholder in any company is free to express his opinions on the ever-growing number of shareholder resolutions that attempt to influence American industry's impact on the lives of American and other people throughout the world. Most such proposals are symbolic--their proponents know it; companies' boards of directors know it; and Harvard's Corporation members, with their financial and legal experience, know it as well as anyone. Harvard, with its name, prestige and considerable financial clout, has the power to make some of these resolutions more than empty gestures...
...publish is not endangered by The Crimson's refusal to print its subscription ad. Many of us, in fact, might argue just as forcefully in the magazine's defense if any arm of the government moved to shut it down because of its contents. And Screw's right to express its political views remains unhindered by the Crimson decision: if its publisher comes to us next week with a political ad that responds to this editorial, we would surely print...
Despite the faculty's obvious pride in the direction the school is taking, many express some annoyance over the attitude the rest of the University has toward the Ed School...
Environmental groups are getting ready for the fight of their lives in a variety of ways. The 200,000-member Sierra Club has chosen direct attack. It is circulating a petition demanding that Watt be fired. "We're trying to provide a way for an outraged public to express itself to the federal officials closest to them," explains Executive Director Michael McCloskey. Other groups disagree with this tactic. "We've got to go after specific programs," says Jack Lorenz, executive director of the 50,000-member Izaak Walton League of America. "If we can't go after...
Before starting Now!, Goldsmith, 48, a flamboyant food conglomerate millionaire and owner of the French newsweekly L'Express (circ. 585,000), tried to acquire the Observer and then bought 35% of the nonvoting stock in the Beaverbrook chain, whose flagship is the Daily Express (circ. 2.3 million). He made no secret of the fact that he wanted a foothold in British publishing to advance his political ideas. By his own description, he was a "frustrated politician" worried about Britain's drift to the left...