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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were some of the 43 limited partners who had anted up $221 million in capital for his major arbitrage fund, Ivan F. Boesky & Co. L.P. Boesky's tribulations had cast an unwelcome spotlight on a heterogeneous group of investors who suddenly found themselves unwitting participants in the scandal. The list of partners included several high- profile companies, such as Rapid-American (investment in Boesky: $5 million) and National Can ($6.5 million). Prominent individuals ranged from Manhattan Investor Jeffry Picower ($28 million) to Martin Peretz, editor in chief of the liberal weekly New Republic ($250,000). Even the British Water Authority...
After IBM and General Motors announced last month that they planned to sell off their operations in South Africa, speculation quickly began over which big U.S. manufacturer would be next to go. Last week Eastman Kodak joined the growing list of departing companies, but Kodak went further than any other firm. The world's largest film and camera maker said it will not only sell its South African business, as other companies have done, but will refuse to sell any products to South African customers. Word of Kodak's withdrawal came one day after a three-week strike ended...
...forces commanders, including Ramos, had given the President a letter proposing that she delegate all authority concerning national security to the Defense Minister and asking for her answer by Jan. 6. In addition, the commanders, whose political goals differ from those of the Enrile group, presented Aquino with a list of further demands. Among them: the dismissal of several ministers reputed to be incompetent, corrupt or too far to the left, and a tougher line against the Communists...
...focus on "the role of white men in world history and society and their contributions to civilization." Courses would include, "The Role of Imperialism in Fostering World Development," "The Drawbacks of Affirmative Action" and "'The White Man's Burden:' European Literature as a Force for World Salvation." The reading list for the concentration would include works by Kipling, Cecil Rhodes and Winston Churchill. Notably absent would be anything by Gandhi, Martin Luther King or Leopold Senghor...
...Women's Studies propgram at Harvard is no exception. As Prof. Mansfield pointed out, the program is biased towards a liberal critique, as evidenced by the Women's Studies 10 reading list. One of the surest signs fo the vitality of a discipline is the existence of disparate points of view among researchers in that discipline. Yet Women's Studies professors everywhere speak with one voice. Are there any Phyllis Schlaflys teaching Women's Studies? Any Jerry Fallwells? Anyone who disagrees significantly with Gloria Steinem, Bela Abzug, et al? I didn't think so. So what makes Women's Studies...