Word: wide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...often accused, advocating divestment that would occur in a vacuum. Intend it has to be looked at in the context of a nation wide trend, Harvard's divestment would be a drop in the bucket, but no one would disagree that once you have a whole lot of drops in the bucket, it tips over," says Ball. "Neither are we calling for a quick fix, a cure-all for Apartheid that will alone cause a transferral of South Africa overnight. What we are saying is that Harvard can't shirk its responsibilitity to play a part along with individual church...
...classes, Ec 10's day-to-day operations are handled by a central office. Head section leader Lawrence B. Lindsey provides administrative support for the course's 40 sections and frequently meets with students. In contrast, course head Feldstein's only contact with students is through his ocassional course wide lectures--he will give six this semester...
...including as Treasury bills, venture capital and money-market accounts. Because of daily trading, the percentage of endowment invested in each of those areas fluctuates, but generally at least 50 percent of the endowment is in stocks. And, like any stockholder, Harvard is regularly asked to vote on a wide range of proxy issues...
...atomic device in the microsecond or so before the rods themselves are vaporized. The beams are so powerful that they need no "dwell time" at all; they could knock out a missile or warhead instantaneously. Less precision is necessary in aiming them; an X-ray laser "beam" as wide as two football fields would have great destructive power...
According to court papers made public last week, Treholt stands accused of handing over a wide array of secrets, including details of Norwegian and NATO air-defense systems, as well as reports describing the defense of Norway's strategic border with the Soviet Union. Some Western intelligence officials fear that his activities have been highly damaging to NATO...