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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...force corporate withdrawal from South Africa--the University simply does not control a large enough share of the stock of any single corporation. Nor would anyone pretend that a Harvard boycott of the Nestle Corporation would force Nestle to stop selling its deadly products to mothers in the Third World. It is not Harvard's moral obligation to end apartheid or save the people victimized by Nestle; it is Harvard's moral obligation to terminate its material support of the institutions that sustain those wrongs...

Author: By Celia W. Dugger, | Title: A Matter of Conscience | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

...women's squash team finishes third out of 20 teams in the Howe Cup tournament. The losses to Princeton and Yale snap Harvard's undefeated record...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, Nell Scovell, and Jeffrey R. Toobin ., S | Title: More Frustration Than Elation | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

...seventh-seeded Radcliffe heavies shoot past Princeton in the last 30 strokes of the Eastern Sprints to grab third place behind Yale and Wisconsin in the Super Bowl of women's crew in New Preston, Conn...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, Nell Scovell, and Jeffrey R. Toobin ., S | Title: More Frustration Than Elation | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

...undefeated junior varsity lightweights win their event and the varsity finishes a disappointing third in the Eastern Sprints in Worcester; but the performance is good enough to gain Harvard the Jope Cup, signifying the best overall lightweight performance in the Sprints...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, Nell Scovell, and Jeffrey R. Toobin ., S | Title: More Frustration Than Elation | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

March 10, 1979--Senior track captain Geoff Stiles captures the NCAA indoor pole vault competition at 17 feet, 3 inches, setting a new Ivy League, New England and Harvard record. The thinclad two-mile relay team of Adam Dixon, John Chafee, Thad McNulty and John Murphy finishes third. The five trackmen make All-American as the Crimson grabs seventh in the nation...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, Nell Scovell, and Jeffrey R. Toobin ., S | Title: More Frustration Than Elation | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

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