Word: progression
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sadat and Begin meet again as old friends, but make little progress...
They arrived in Haifa with almost diametrically opposed intentions. Israeli Premier Menachem Begin was preoccupied with bilateral issues that had arisen since the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty last March. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was eager for progress toward a wider peace in the Middle East. After three hours of private talks during Sadat's 48-hour visit, Begin had achieved his objectives. But Sadat's hope of new movement toward solving the Palestinian problem, which he termed "the heart and core of the entire conflict," was unfulfilled...
...last year the Harvard Corporation took the offensive in the debate over its investments. It issued a lengthy progress report on its case-by-case review of corporations in South Africa, rife with intracacies and obfuscations. President Bok's open letters, which called total divestiture unjustifiable and a threat to Harvard's academic freedom and financial longevity, gave the Corporation the appearance of concern and served to further anesthetize student opposition...
...ACSR progress report on its case-by-case review in February reinforced skepticism over the committee's effectiveness. The committee noted the difficulty of collecting information on corporate practices...
...Corporation and President Bok continue last year's policy and churn out progress reports on corporate activity and open letters on university responsibility, students will most likely continue to remain relatively docile, convinced of the University's progress and concern. And there is ever indication that the University knows that it's playing a winning game. The Corporation did not even discuss the South Africa issue during the summer and, according to Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, President Bok may issue more open letters if "topics come up of widespread interest." In addition, the ACSR will continue...