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Margaret Sanger defined liberation in a different way--as the struggle to have freedom from constant childbeating With a choice between abstention from sex and complete dedication to motherhood, women could never be truly free Sanger, having seen the proliberation of unwanted babies and the horrendous effects of sloppy abortions...
Such tactics have made Pickens the scourge of the oil patch. Shareholders of Mobil (1984 sales: $54.6 billion), which has been rumored for months to be a ( Pickens target, last week approved a variety of so-called shark repellents designed to ward off corporate raiders. Among the measures was a...
Shark Repellent. Any measures that a company uses to fend off a would-be acquirer, or shark. Typical repellents include changes in a firm's bylaws to make it extremely difficult for an unwanted suitor to gain control. Among the most popular in recent years has been a requirement that...
Poison Pill. A defense that makes the takeover so expensive that the predator gives up the quest. The target company, for example, might give shareholders securities that could be turned in for cash if the unwanted takeover succeeds.
This last point illustrates perfectly the arms'-length treatment which Harvard has accorded its ROTC students since 1976. The issue of whether or not Harvard should reinstate ROTC is a large and complex one. We feel that such action is not necessary at this time. But once having allowed the...