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When they cast their votes for the IBM resolution--which would discontinue the company's sale of computers to the South African government, except for humanitarian and medical purposes--Corporation members worded the endorsements so that they did not find fault with the company's actual policy. But IBM's board of directors did officially oppose the resolution, and they allow sales to several agencies that cannot be defined as either humanitarian or medically justifiable. Thus, the Corporation managed to pay lip service to the ACSR's approval of the measure while giving IBM's management a resounding...
Like most American publications. The Crimson depends for a large part of our revenue on paid advertising. Some of our staff might find fault with many of the ads we regularly run--the buxom Nordic woman peddling her favorite beer, or the "Voulez-vouz Pernod with me?" ad. But we run these ads, with the recognition, however unhappy, that without them we might not be able to continue publishing...
...larger question is how did the Administration get itself into this unfortunate position? It clearly underestimated the depth of both Israeli and congressional opposition to an AWACS sale. But the fault does not lie with Reagan and his aides alone: the story began during the Carter Administration...
Perhaps the chief fault of the present structure is its system of funding. This system has left worthy but financially troubled organizations without a reliable means of receiving financial assistance, has allowed the administration to exercise control over which issues are seriously considered in student-faculty committees, and has prevented the Student Assembly from fulfilling its potential to be an effective student government...
...asking the automobile industry to shape up, we should all remember that the fault for its current troubles lies not only with the Big Three, but with the entire nation. Our appetite for large and expensive gas-guzzlers has for too long been fed by the pipe dream of cheap gasoline prices. In fact, expectations during the '70s that oil would remain cheap stymied Detroit's efforts to sell an array of smaller models at a profit. The Japanese have shown us that we no longer possess a monopoly on technological creativity and innovation. Spurred by the Japanese example...