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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Long-run costs would arise because Harvard would be unable to invest in the large portion of United States firms that operate in or trade with South Africa, making it harder for the managers of the portfolio to beat the falling stock market to make a profit...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Divestiture Would Cost $5-10 Million | 5/11/1978 | See Source »

...diplomatic stalemate. At issue in the talks were the interpretation of an old document, U.N. Resolution 242, and the formulation of a new one, a declaration of principles to govern a comprehensive Middle East peace settlement. The real question: whether Israel is obligated to withdraw from a substantial portion of the West Bank. Jerusalem's answer remained "not necessarily"−which to many ears still sounded like "never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: PlaneTalk on Capitol Hill | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...many of the big-cut advocates would like to see a large chunk of the $25 billion come not out of individual income and corporate-profits taxes, but out of Social Security taxes that are scheduled to shoot up next Jan. 1 and in succeeding years. One reason: the portion of Social Security taxes levied on employers raises their cost of hiring workers, and companies pass those costs on in higher prices. For the moment, however, Congress seems content to postpone a debate on Social Security taxes until next year and do this year's cutting on income taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Clamor for a Smaller Tax Cut | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...their suit, they charged that Harvard has continued to build the diesel electric-generating portion of the plant in violation of the January decision of a state environmental agency. Although Donahue refused the injunction request, he did not dismiss the groups' case, which will be heard in Superior Court at a later date...

Author: By Alan Cooperman, | Title: Harvard Wins Power Plant Court Cases | 5/5/1978 | See Source »

Moffitt says Pinochet has fallen into disfavor with many Chileans who had earlier supported him. He claims the middle class, members of which make up a large portion of the Christian Democrats Party (PDC), has been squeezed by Pinochet's rigid "free trade" Chicago school economic policies, and that there has been a split within the ruling junta. He suggests that there are people in the U.S. and in "influential circles" in Chile who would like to see Pinochet replaced by a government formed by General Gustavo Leigh, commander of the Chilean Air Force, and Eduardo Frei, former president...

Author: By Alexandra D. Korry, | Title: Chile and Pinochet: The Repercussions of the Letelier Assassination | 5/4/1978 | See Source »

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