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...railway worker from the northern Caucasus, Andropov was a telegraph operator and Volga boatman before he joined the Young Communist League. He served as political commissar on the Finnish front during World War II and eventually joined the Foreign Ministry in Moscow, rising rapidly to the rank of ambassador. While Ambassador to Budapest in 1956, he helped supervise the brutal Soviet repression of the Hungarian uprising. Though not previously a professional secret policeman, Andropov was named top cop of the Soviet Union in 1967. He quickly became known for the efficiency with which he repressed all forms of political, religious...
...favor. Many financial advisers suggest that their clients look at bonds. Says James Sinclair, a onetime gold bug: "The next big play out there is not gold, but Treasury bills and bonds." By buying an AAA-rated corporate bond issued by a blue-chip company like American Telephone & Telegraph or International Business Machines, an investor can count on making 14% on his money for ten years or more. If inflation stays at about 5%, that represents a good return. Some moneymen recommend buying U.S. Government bonds. Although they pay only 13%, the securities are practically risk free and, unlike corporate...
...particular issue. But while the ACSR is able to change its recommendation on an issue, the Corporation, Putnam says, has got to have a "damn good reason" to switch positions. For instance, in 1981 the ACSR and the Corporation both opposed a resolution asking American Telephone and Telegraph (AT & T) to set up a review committee on a nuclear weapons laboratory. When the resolution was resubmitted this year--perhaps because of a new mood in the country or because of changing membership--the ACSR endorsed it. But the CCSR, not refused to follow the Advisory Committee's lead. The Corporation...
...Corporation last week voted to abstain on a shareholder resolution that calls on the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T)--in which Harvard owns about $20 million of stock--to set up a special committee to evaluate its nuclear weapons development...
...Monday the Corporation rejected an ACSR recommendation to support a resolution calling for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company to establish a committee to oversee its research and development of nuclear weapon...