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...thing, while a firm is either in or out of South Africa, some corporations are tied to the sprawling weapons industry in an indirect fashion, and these ties are often a very minute part of its overall operations. For another, many of the shareholder resolutions seem awfully misdirected. For instance, Harvard last year had to consider a resolution asking AT&T to set up a committee to examine the implications of its non-profit running of a nuclear weapons lab for the Department of Energy. What the resolution failed to address, however, was the upwards of $700 million worth...
Senior halfback Leighton Welch got the game-winning goal in the first of two overtime halves Freshman forward Lane Ken worthy knocked a cross on an indirect free kick from the left, and Welch soared above a goal mouth crowd to nod home a header through the legs of Big Red goalkeeper from Ferry...
Controlling the pace of the game with methodic offensive build ups initiated by its fullbacks and halfback Mike Mogollon. Harvard knotted the score 20 minutes later on a slick set play combination between Ken worthy and Captain Lance Ayrault On an indirect free kick just outside the Cornell penalty box, the freshman from Atlanta roller the ball to Ayrault. The senior striker smacked a hard drive with the outside of his right foot that blazed past the Big Red's wall and burnt into the net inches from the left post...
...broad peace initiative launched by President Reagan on Sept. 1. The massacre aroused sympathy and support for the cause of the Palestine Liberation Organization that the P.L.O., which itself attained power through terrorism, could not have hoped to achieve otherwise. American Jewish leaders lamented Israel's role, however indirect, in the killings. Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater and North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms had the same sardonic, if inaccurate, comment on the situation: "Begin makes Arafat look like a Boy Scout...
...with the campaign in Lebanon, Begin began to push his luck. Now, indirect involvement in the slaughter of Palestinians may suffice to topple the government. Indeed, Begin's Energy Minister Yitzhak Berman has already handed in his resignation. Other members of the cabinet--including Deputy Foreign Minister Yehuda Ben-Meir and Education Minister Zvulun Hammer--are reportedly thinking of quitting. And in Parliament, the Prime Minister's shaky coalition would have much trouble surviving a no-confidence vote. So Begin...