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...fundamental problem with selective divestment is that it allows Harvard to continue to invest in companies that do business in South Africa. Selective divestment thus fails to stop Harvard from profiting from a system of institutionalized racism. Only by completely divesting will Harvard sever its links to apartheid in South Africa...
Visiting the area last week, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Herman Cohen told Johnson and Taylor that the U.S. would sever relations with Liberia unless a truce was declared. Taylor, head of the 10,000-member National Patriotic Front of Liberia, took the hint and announced a unilateral cease- fire. But the prospect for fruitful negotiations remains dim: Taylor declared that his "government" was the only legitimate one and that he would "fight any attempt to install another one." The truce should at least afford some breathing space for the five-nation West African contingent, which has suffered from...
...exclusion of gays and lesbians. But formal statements are merely words. When the Council meets again on Wednesday, it should take decisive action to protest homophobic discrimination in the armed forces, and more specifically in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). The Council should recommend that the Faculty sever completely all direct University ties to ROTC...
...ground and air assault. In this situation, officials indicated, the U.S. might choose to sweep around Kuwait, directly into Iraq, with ground forces receiving support from both the Air Force and the Navy in the gulf and a coordinated Marine amphibious assault. Before any such thrust, U.S. aircraft would sever Iraq's long and crucial supply lines from Baghdad to Kuwait and vicinity. U.S. aircraft would also try to take out Iraq's nuclear- and chemical-warfare facilities before allied troops had to don their gas masks and protective clothing...
...flesh through their flannel shirts. Their pants legs are tattered so that if they are suddenly snagged, the material will tear rather than hold. They do not wear steel-tipped shoes for fear that if a massive limb falls on their feet, it may turn the metal down and sever their toes. Better that their toes be crushed than pinched...