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...treasurer's comments came as student and alumni activists who advocate complete withdrawal of South Africa-related stock claimed partial victory in forcing the recent divestments and called for the continuation of protests until Harvard has no remaining financial ties to South Africa...
March 14: UNIVERSITY MAKES PARTIAL DIVESTITURE...
Last month the Dean of Students' office sent out some 6600 invitations to an outdoor black tie affair on October 11, as partial compensation for holding the bulk of the 350th celebration while undergrads were out of town. I saw it for what it was: a tail-between-the-legs attempt to avoid student criticism and smooth our ruffled feathers. But what the hell, I'm always up for a good party...
...President also loves horses. His personal favorite is the Anglo-Arabian El Alamain, a gift from former Mexican President Jose Lopez-Portillo, and during the just ended Reagan vacation, the First Rider and his mount were out daily. Nancy is partial to a quarter horse named No Strings. The stable sextet is rounded out by Gwalianko, a retired Arabian; two younger Arabians, Catalina and El Saraff; and Dormita, another quarter horse. As for the unnamed ducklings, they were a recent purchase by Caretakers Trisler and Barnett. (Somebody hold those fellows back.) The rabbits started showing up intermittently this summer, prompting...
This year, as violence has spread across South Africa, so has the rent strike. According to one survey, partial or nearly total boycotts are in effect in 42 townships, costing the local councils the equivalent of $380,000 a day in revenues. By mid-August, according to the same survey, as many as 300,000 black families were refusing to pay their rent...