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...during this year's proxy season, the ACSR recommended that the Corporation support four shareholder resolutions chiding management and seeking reform. It placed the Corporation in the unfamiliar and embarassing dilemma of having to choose between opposing the resolution, or turning a cold shoulder to the body it created to gather information and offer advice on investment decisions. The Corporation balked, taking the safest way out of the dilemma by abstaining on the four resolutions. But the ACSR's renegade votes showed that, far from disappearing, the South Africa issue continues to irritate the Corporation--a thorn...
...back somewhere, craning his neck." Kershner added his own touches, such as softer, more reflected lighting than the direct light Lucas employed in Star Wars. But he was always operating with Lucas' story, and he knew that Lucas, diffident as he was, was looking over his shoulder. If Lucas was in California, a videotape of the rushes was flown from London after each day's shooting...
...week, his own reaction was immediate: "Sir, my recommendation is that we abort." The commander gave Beckwith a chance to change his mind, asking "Would you consider taking five and going ahead? Think about it before you answer me. You're the guy that's got to shoulder this." After only a few seconds of reconsideration, Beckwith said sadly, "There's just...
...convertible, proceeding in a motorcade beneath the faces of a crowd clustered along the sidewalk, on balconies and in windows. You see the crowd as one mass, and the girl in the center as a floral brightness--her right arm lifted in a practiced wave, the sun highlighting her shoulder, her smiling, tulip-like face angled toward the camera. Then your eye locates the profile of the man driving the car, and the slanting shadow that bisects his face seems to infiltrate the meaning and scope of the entire scene: the faces in the crowd appear distinctly conspiratorial; the girl...
...there are cases where judges must shoulder a still graver burden, for we must preserve the core of our heritage embodied in the Constitution. Our challenge is to pour into these ancient formulations the experience of each generation, to strike anew a balance between the necessities of state and the rights of the individual, between the security of the status quo and the aspirations of our minorities. Our tools are limited to reasoned elaboration, the collective wisdom of our founding fathers and the voice of an aroused conscience. We must strain our hearts and minds to apply the most enlightened...