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...Harvard, as on other college campuses, the issue of South Africa and morality has been periodically and hotly debated. Is it right for an institution of higher learning to invest in corporations that do business in South Africa, a country that practices a legally institutionalized racism? In 1978 students responded to that question by marching in the thousands through the streets of Cambridge in protest. Some took over Massachusetts Hall, in an action reminiscent of 60s protests. Last year, public attention grew briefly when a group of students and one Faculty member fasted for seven days. At the same time...
First, it is unquestionably immoral to invest in corporations that support an inherently evil system--even with the justification that one intends to "influence change" in that system. With "moral" reasoning that would render such an action permissible, what is to prevent someone from investing in a drug ring, expressing a desire to influence drug dealers to decrease sales to young children or to cut down on drug-related murder...
...Vorster trip also resulted in the creation of a Joint Ministerial Committee to promote closer economic ties between the two nations. South Africa made an exception to its ordinarily strict investment regulations by allowing South African Jews to invest up to $60 million in Israel. More official economic ties were strengthened in 1980 when the apartheid government extended a $200 million loan to Israel and sold $25 million in Israeli bonds in South Africa...
...agreement was novel in another way. While past discrimination settlements have focused on remedies like the payment of back wages, the GM terms require the automaker to invest heavily in worker education and training. They call, for example, for GM to earmark $15 million for scholarships and college and university endowments. As a result of this aid, more than 100,000 women and minorities, together with their families, will be eligible to attend classes at 28 U.S. institutions. GM will spend an additional $8.9 million to train 1,250 white-collar workers for better-paying and more responsible jobs within...
...without its flaws. To improve on the tinny speaker that comes installed in an Apple, users must invest an additional $100 for a plug-in sound-effects generator called a Mockingboard. (The Atari and Commodore versions will play three and four voices without any additional equipment.) Serious composers will find that the program's 1,400-symbol capacity allows them to write only about 70 measures at a time, requiring them to print out long pieces in sections. Moreover, using the program at full capacity causes the tempo of the machine to slow down, while short pieces whip...