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Dates: during 1980-1989
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First, it is unquestionably immoral to invest in corporations that support an inherently evil system--even with the justification that one intends to "influence change" in that system. With "moral" reasoning that would render such an action permissible, what is to prevent someone from investing in a drug ring, expressing a desire to influence drug dealers to decrease sales to young children or to cut down on drug-related murder...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Defense of Divestiture | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...There is too much polarization," says Conway. "The solution is not black violence or white oppression. What Needs to be done is to promote an evolutionary change as quickly as possible to render a more just society...

Author: By Mary C. Warner, | Title: South African Politician At Harvard | 11/23/1983 | See Source »

...week ago, the state senate sent the bill to the Supreme Judicial Court to settle a dispute over the wording. If the court does not render an opinion on the bill soon, allowing a vote on the matter before the end of this year's legislative session, it will not pass...

Author: By Hih SONG Kim, | Title: State Gay Rights Bill May Miss Legislative Deadline | 11/22/1983 | See Source »

...beginning to end without falling asleep, it needs work." Simple, direct statements should be avoided at all costs. For example, "The sky is blue" is impossibly straightforward; any associate worth his salt will quickly convert it to "The sky generally appears to be blue." His more experienced superior will render the statement "In some parts of the world, what is generally thought of as the sky sometimes appears to be blue." At which point, a senior partner will have a base to build...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Lawyer Mocking | 11/21/1983 | See Source »

...most of this century, Isaac Bashevis Singer has spoken for a great and ancient minority: demons. In his fiction, they install themselves in mirrors to afflict women with vanity, render bridegrooms impotent on wedding nights, knock over Sabbath candles, spill poor men's dinners. "The demons," he says, "represent to me, in a sense, the ways of the world. Instead of saying this is the way things happen, I will say this is the way demons behave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Brothers and Masters | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

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