Word: motionful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Distillers had obviously not calculated the force of protest. First, anonymous posters began appearing around the country, showing, in one case, a spirits glass with a deformed child in the bottom. No fewer than 254 M.P.s signed a motion calling on the company to honor its "moral responsibilities." Then a group of rebel shareholders in the company, including Art Dealer Mason, called for an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders to discuss possible removal of Distillers Chairman Sir Alexander McDonald-who had been knighted only last year for "services to exports." The charge: "failure to provide adequate compensation...
There was no accident last week as the N.D.P. voted with the Liberals to turn back a nonconfidence motion put forward by the Progressive Conservatives. But accidents can happen. The Tories, led by Robert Stanfield, envision several circumstances that could cost the Liberals a vital vote and thus force the government's resignation. A mismanaged Liberal proposal might make it impossible for the N.D.P. to avoid voting with the Tories; a surprise maneuver by the Tories could catch the government short of members when an important vote was called; a Trudeau temper tantrum might shift the mood...
...motion also stipulates that the DuBois Afro-American Research Institute, long a center of controversy, be established on a Faculty-wide and University-wide basis...
There was little opposition to this motion, with the only objection coming from Ewart Guinier '33, the chairman of the Department. Even Kevin Mercadel '74, formerly a strong supporter of Gunier, gave his tentative endorsement of the motion, though it cuts the power of students in the Department...
...Faculty narrowly defeated a motion by Martin Kilson, professor of Government, that would have required students to pursue joint concentrations between Afro. American Studies and another established discipline...