Word: responded
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...South Africa. The widespread violence, the mass arrests following the declaration of a state of emergency, and the stubborn refusal of the Botha government to extend full political rights to the black South African majority have deeply troubled individuals and institutions everywhere and made them consider how they should respond to such cruelty and repression. Here at Harvard, within the next two weeks, the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility will issue a progress report and reply to several recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility will issue a progress report and reply to several recommendations from the Advisory Committee...
...moved not only by recognition of the fact that the problems of South Africa are serious and represent matters of deep concern to many members of this community. I have also taken this initiative because I consider it so important educationally to emphasize the need to respond to social problems affirmatively instead of simply trying to cut all one's ties with the situation...
...would eventually regret. In particular cases, of course, we may disagree so deeply with a firm's behavior that we no longer wish to be associated with it through stock ownership. As previously mentioned, we have recently sold the stock of two firms that have been intransigent in responding to our inquiries about their employment practices. (We sold the shares of another firm earlier this year on similar grounds.) We are also about to respond to a recommendation by Harvard's Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility that may lead to the sale of stock of firms selling substantial quantities...
...certainly thought so," said Princeton Coach Larry Gluckman. "Several of the crew said they felt fatigued and they didn't really respond when it was needed. But we are still excited to have gotten to the final of the Grand...
While administrators had praise for the organization of the April rally and remarked on the order of the sit-in, they did not respond favorably to the Lowell House incident...