Word: stepped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...final step recommended by the letter is the "strategic divestiture" of investments in corporations that refuse to withdraw or are substantially involved in South Africa...
Five of the 11 speakers at the meeting said they have signed a letter, now circulating among the Faculty, that calls on the Corporation to follow a step-by-step plan to encourage corporate withdrawal from South Africa...
...Onscreen, Murphy accuses him of playing God (Woody's reply: "I've got to model myself after someone.") Offscreen, Murphy, who is a close friend, says, "Woody could have made a safer picture, like Annie Hall. This film is a lot tougher, harder-edged. And it was a bold step for Woody not to be a hero." This, according to another frequent co-star and pal, Tony Roberts, is part of his character. "He seems to strive for some kind of excellence for himself in what he does that keeps him from anything that might smell of smugness...
...hell or heaven." God is the perfection within man, not an outside creator. Chitrabhanu describes mankind as the last stage of evolution, a stage at which it is possible--though unlikely--for man to attain perfection. "Man is in a refined stage but there is one more step, to perfection, to cosmic experience, to omega consciousness...
Pritsak, who was directly involved in bringing the matter to Bok's attention, said Saturday the University consulted several U.S. government officials before sending the initial invitation. In particular, Pritsak said Dean Rosovsky asked then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger whether inviting Moroz would be a "reasonable step" in the light of U.S.-Soviet relations. Kissinger replied that it was something that should be tried and pursued, Pritsak said...