Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...expecting friends, Picasso read or worked until 2 or 3 in the morning. "Work is what commands my schedule," he told a friend. "Daylight is perfect to contact friends -which is always a must with an artist -and go out. In our modern times, we can obtain excellent light at night -which we could never do with the yellowish shades of old lamps-and I also have silence...
...scant 12 hours later by the Mass Hall takeover. Instead of endorsing the PALC-Afro divestiture proposal, the Corporation announced its own strategy: it had already pressured Gulf to make the disclosure called for in the proxy motion, and it would send an adviser to Africa to obtain first hand information on the specifics of Gulf's role there. It also asked Gulf to set forth a plan for the Corporation's further improving its employment training and overall management policies in Africa...
Harvard finally modeled its own ACSR on similar committees founded as early as 1971 at several other colleges. Since other institutions found the committees "useful and productive," Harvard created the ACSR to obtain the community's views on shareholder issues, says Stephen B. Farber '63, special assistant to President Bok. Farber is Bok's liason to the ACSR and the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility...
Lessard had been representing a group called Tourism and Development, which had tried to obtain a license. The New Hampshire Greyhound Racing Commission refused licenses to Tourism and Development and eight other applicants, Norris said. Only two applicants received licenses...
Leading doves in the Cabinet, such as Finance and Commerce Minister Pinhas Sapir and Foreign Affairs Minister Abba Eban, are opposed to land purchases on the ground that they would make a peace agreement that much harder to obtain. Dayan maintains that "facts must be created in the territories," since the Arab states show no inclination to come to terms. Other leaders are urging a compromise - permitting land purchases, but only under army supervision...