Word: generality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...April 1, about the margin they would have had Saturday were it not for the crab. This does not mean that Harvard has not improved since then, for as Aitken emphasized, Brown was faster in Providence than they were in California. Gardiner also pointed out that rough conditions in general tend to cut down victory margins...
Those closest to the South African situation--the black leaders and political organizations in the country itself--have called upon U.S. corporations to withdraw their operations from South Africa. These concerned parties, along with international and national organizations like the United Nations General Assembly and the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus, which American multinational investments offer to the entrenched white South African minority. The time for timidity, for kid glove "sensibility," passed...
...general outlines of Harvard's portfolio are set by the treasurer, who receives the advice of the Overseers Financial Policy Committee. That committee looks over all areas of University funding, like budgets, tuition and endowments. It performs the basic functions of all overseers--overseeing the running of the University, advising and discussing, but it has little real power...
...vice-president, no significant presidential staff, and a treasurer working part-time on running Harvard's investments. In addition to setting up the Harvard Management Company, Bok brought in four new vice presidents, including Hale Champion, to handle financial affairs. Bok also brought in Daniel Steiner '54 to be general counsel to the University. Last year the University showed a small but welcome budget surplus, and according to Putnam the Harvard portfolio is one of the most well-managed and carefully-watched of al university portfolios. The current annual rate of return on the market value of Harvard's endowment...
...Angola beat back the growing threat of the black guerilla movement. After eight months of ineffectual protests and calls for Harvard's divestiture of stock in the company, a small group of black students occupied Mass Hall, supporters demonstrated for several days in the Yard and students called a general University strike. The Corporation refused to give in to the pressure, and the Mass Hall occupiers left peacefully after six days. After the sit-in, Bok sent one of his assistants, Stephen B. Farber '63, to Angola to investigate the situation first-hand. Today Harvard still owns stock in Gulf...