Word: partially
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Although pagers can provide tone or voice messages, many drug merchants prefer the digital version that displays a caller's return telephone number. They are also partial to pagers that vibrate silently rather than giving off an audible signal. Dealers sometimes use fronts to sign with a paging service to thwart easy tracing. But not always: "We do get some strange or spooky clients in here," says one Miami beeper salesman. "I've never seen so many people who didn't have driver's licenses, even though I just saw them drive up in a Mercedes...
...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...
...University's action represents a "partialvictory [for the movement] because they don't wantto say they're doing it [divesting]. Obviouslyit's a first step in what they will inevitablydo," Brugge said. "This partial divestmentreinforces our notion that we have a chance ofwinning full divestment...
...Southern Africa Solidarity Committee(SASC), the student divestment group, issued astatement yesterday which called for continuedprotests. "Harvard's divestment of $160 million isa partial victory for the generations of studentswho have with rallies, sit-ins and shantiesdemanded that their University cut all ties withapartheid. But our work is not yet done ...Administrators still believe that it is possibleto invest responsibly in South Africa," thestatement read...
March 14: UNIVERSITY MAKES PARTIAL DIVESTITURE...