Word: stepping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Corporation to push for corporate withdrawal from South Africa. After discussing the issue in two full Faculty meetings, professors that had advocated policies ranging from the initiation of stockholder resolutions to full, immediate divestiture from stock in corporations doing business in South Africa, eventually compromised on a graduated, five-step policy designed to bring about corporate withdrawal from South Africa. Under the terms underlined in the letter Harvard would stop investing in corporations operating in South Africa, support or initiate shareholder resolutions calling for corporate withdrawal, in corporations whose stock they currently hold, publicize the rationale behind its actions, seek...
...influential daily Le Devoir, Ryan, 54, is not only a fresh political face but a debater whose verbal agility is a match for Levesque's. Last week Ryan called on Clark to support a constitutional change that would guarantee French language rights throughout the country as an essential step in strengthening Quebec's ties to the rest of Canada...
...Iran, have rejected Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's signing of the peace treaty with Israel. The only country in the Arabian peninsula to remain solidly behind Sadat is Oman. Says Foreign Minister Qais Zawawi: "We do so out of the conviction that this treaty is the first step toward solving the problem of the Middle East and achieving a Palestinian solution. Even more, it is a realistic step toward improving our common regional security." But the trouble is, as a senior Western diplomat observes, "it would be a lot more meaningful and comfortable for Sadat if Oman were...
...Oman's support for the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty: I sincerely believe a first step toward a lasting peace must be made. For a long time nobody had the guts to try, and then Sadat did it. I believe his was a necessary step, a courageous one because without a start you can't do anything. Signing is only a first step, it is not the final step. The Egyptian government has assured us of this, and we believe what they...
...perhaps because those masters flourished in simpler times, they were merely funny. Baker has taken newspaper humor a step further. He has turned it into literature?funny, but full of the pain and absurdity of the age. Those qualities probably keep a few readers away. Said an otherwise admiring Jack Rosenthal, assistant editor of the Times's editorial page, when asked to cite any deficiencies in the column: "Too serious...