Word: standing
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...recordings still stand out as some of the best recordings in the orchestral choral lists," Conant said, adding "One way to gain prestige and exposure is to sing with a national orchestra, and that the Glee Club has succeeded in doing that for many years...
President Bok released a statement yesterday attributing Harvard's reluctance to take a stand on moral issues to his belief that such stands may imperil the University's finances and its ability to contribute to society as a place of free thought, inquiry and open discussion...
According to Bok, when a university takes a stand on a moral or political issue, it endangers the three conditions which guarantee it can fulfill its "special mission...
When a stockholder fails to take a stand on the moral or ethical implications of its investments, it is "supporting the status quo--which in the case of Harvard's investments in South Africa is apartheid," Molyneux said...
...speculative. In the past, Harvard has adopted policies which were not popular with conservative corporate executives--for example, abolishing ROTC during the Vietnam War, or refusing to fire a tenured faculty member and former communist during the McCarthy period. In short, we think the financial harm from taking aprincipled stand has been greatly exaggerated...