Word: symbolically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recently been fed a few abject lessons in forced apology. The Harvard Corporation, embarrassed by the consequences of its divestiture of holding in banks which make direct loans to the repressive regime in South Africa, issued an apology to the business community and tried to pay it's tepid symbol of opposition to apartheid. Pressed by students, the Corporation held back its policy change--but only temporarily. If history is an accurate indicator...
Other political parties in the race were less dramatic, but equally scathing, in their attacks on the Christian Democrats. The National Conciliation Party, traditional vehicle of El Salvador's landed oligarchy, called Duarte "the symbol of betrayal." One member of the Salvadoran Popular Party, a business-oriented conservative group, noted the recent visit of a Christian Democrat leader to Switzerland and asked rhetorically: "What do they have in Switzerland? Banks with numbered accounts." The small Democratic Action Party, drawing support from middle-class professionals and businessmen, labeled the programs of the Christian Democrats as "fascist...
...then moved in to try his hand at feeding. Still no recognition, but the Emperor was not about to create a flap. For the 80-year-old Hirohito, the bird's mere existence may carry more import than her aloof manners. In Japanese culture, the crane is a symbol of longevity...
Smith said that although AI&I shareholders will undoubtedly reject the proposal. Harvard's support of the resolution would serve as "a symbol with meat in it," showing AI&I the increasing "public scrutiny" of its nuclear operations...
...confident that the State Department will rule in his favor. The increasing friendliness between the Reagan Administration and the regime in Pretoria makes Brutus and his supporters uneasy. As a staff member at TransAfrica, a Black-American lobbying group, says, many view the attempt to deport Brutus "as another symbol of the Administration's growing closeness with South Africa...