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...action can bring about. Pulling our money from an individual corporation may have serious repercussions for that corporation. Such actions, however, generally benefit that corporation’s competitors, whose actions are frequently just as exploitative. Take, for example, the “effective” boycott of Shell in the late 1990s, which probably benefited Chevron more than anyone else...
...second settlement, Bedolach, in the southeastern section of Gaza, Oren said that he and his fellow soldiers broke through synagogue walls, finding 100 men, women and children “on the floor, screaming in agony.” According to Oren, he and his fellow soldiers were shell-shocked by the scene. “I saw soldiers go down as if they had been hit by bullets. There were settlers helping soldiers to their feet. Everyone was crying hysterically,” he said.Oren explained that the Gaza disengagement was painful, but that—in his opinion?...
...fiings. That stake would be worth approximately $4.5 million at the close of trading yesterday.Amherst’s divestment last month targeted 19 companies, including Tatneft as well as at least three other stocks that Harvard still owns—Swedish telecom giant Ericsson, energy firm Royal Dutch Shell, and oilfield service provider Schlumberger.—Staff writer Cyrus M. Mossavarahmani can be reached at crahmani@fas.harvard.edu...
...international camaraderie, the Olympics are a lot about national pride. And so, beyond Dante, Italy trotted out its stars to tout its culture: Giorgio Armani designing costumes; Sophia Loren carrying the Olympic flag; Eva Herzigova, a Czech-born resident of Torino, starring as Botticelli's Venus on a half-shell and Luciano Pavarotti singing Puccini's Nessun Dorma. A Ferrari roared on stage; speakers blared the theme from Rocky (Stallone! The Italian Stallion!); and suddenly, after a magnificent dove formation by acrobats on gossamer thread, there was a poetry-spouting Yoko Ono (who knew she was Italian?). The only thing...
...tout its culture: Giorgio Armani designing costumes; Sophia Loren carrying the Olympic flag; supermodel Carla Bruni slinking in with the Italian flag; Luciano Pavarotti singing Puccini's Nessun Dorma (Nobody Sleeps) from Turandot; Eva Herzigova (a Czech-born resident of Torino) starring as Botticelli's Venus on a half shell. A Ferrari roared onstage, the speakers blared the theme from Rocky (Stallone! The Italian Stallion!), and suddenly, after a magnificent dove formation by acrobats on gossamer thread, there was a poetry-spouting Yoko Ono. (Who knew she was Italian?) The only thing missing was the famous shroud...