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Word: upholding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...William Sundstrom, editor-in-chief of the Daily Collegian, said yesterday, "The administration is acting in an irresponsible manner because they will not uphold the rights of students to use their offices...

Author: By Ruth Kogan, | Title: UMass Feminists Continue Sit-In Of Newspaper | 5/5/1978 | See Source »

...students were calling for divestiture of stock in Gulf because it and other U.S. corporations were helping the white minority regime in Angola survive, and this year many student groups, including the Black Students Association, are calling for Harvard's divestiture of stock in U.S. firms that help uphold the white minority government in South Africa. In 1972, persuasion failed so students took over a building--that also failed to make Harvard divest. Today rumors abound of a possible sit-in if the also assistant to the Corporation's investment all U.S. firms from South Africa, although none...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Tinker to Evers to Chance: Harvard Makes Investment Decisions | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

Dorathea Manuela, a member of the Third World Women's Caucus, said at the rally, "The Supreme Court must understand that if they uphold Bakke, they will be responsible for a reaction the likes of which they've never seen before...

Author: By Peter R. Melnick, | Title: 500 Participate in Boston Rally Linking Bakke Case to Racism | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

...they relied on their husbands to file the returns and won their appeal to the regional Civil Service Commission and the Appeals Review Board. But the IRS, arguing that it was a bad precedent for IRS workers not to send in their own returns, persuaded the full commission to uphold the workers' ouster. The women won reinstatement with back pay in the U.S. Court of Claims -four years after they first took...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Tales from the Jungle | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

...they can. If they find it, they should publish it." Has she told her Post editors not to pursue the Nixon book? "Heck, no," said Graham. Besides, as Post Ombudsman Charles Seib wrote only half-jokingly in his press commentary last week, the paper now has a reputation to uphold. Said he: "It is obvious what the Post must do if it is not to lose face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Did The Ends Justify the Means? | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

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