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...worst examples of Harvard's bad faith have come in the last two years. In 1982, the Corporation quietly moved to rescind its ban on investing in banks loaning directly to the South African government, in an explicit violation of one of Bok's promises of 1978. It took several student marches, and an angry open meeting with the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR), to force the Corporation to back down. The core of Bok's 1978 defense lay in the "Sullivan Principles" for corporate behavior in South Africa. Bok pointed to this set of token reforms, like integrated...

Author: By Michael T. Anderson, | Title: No Donations Without Representation | 4/4/1983 | See Source »

...last night's meeting, the Cambridge City Council cited the law as one reason for its decision to rescind $625,000 from the hospital's budget...

Author: By Marie R. Morrin, | Title: Law Forces Cuts In Hospital Budgets | 3/22/1983 | See Source »

...writing this letter urging you to rescind your recent decision regarding the Boston Breakers request to use Harvard Stadium for their home games...

Author: By Farah J. Griffin, | Title: Bok's Mail: Balloons and Breakers | 12/9/1982 | See Source »

...University of Connecticut has decided not to rescind a prestigious lecturing invitation to Derek A. Walcott, a former Harvard visiting professor who was reprimanded last year for sexually harassing a female freshman...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: UConn to Permit Walcott To Keep Lecturing Honor | 12/7/1982 | See Source »

...University of Connection has decided whether to rescind prestigious lecture involution to Derek Walcott, a former Harvard visiting professors reprimanded last spring for sexually harassing a freshman. But will not release the decision for two to three weeks a UComn spokesman said yesterday...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: UConn to Reveal Walcott Decision In Three Weeks | 11/9/1982 | See Source »

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