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This week the Harvard Corporation called on the Timken Company to withdraw from South Africa. The decision followed the release of President Bok's second open letter that terms divestiture unjustifies and contends that the most effective way to alter corporate practices in South Africa is by voting on shareholder resolutions and communicating "in other ways with management...
...binders was a complex series of agreements and understandings, so delicately balanced that they seemed to be an instant challenge to even the muted optimism on the North Lawn. Yet there was a framework to guide diligent men toward a genuine comprehensive peace. The treaty calls for Israel to withdraw its forces from the Sinai Peninsula in stages over the next three years. Egypt has agreed to establish peace and give Israel full national recognition. But the treaty skirts the most difficult issue: how much autonomy the Israelis should give the Palestinians on the West Bank and in the Gaza...
Under the agreement, the countries will withdraw their ambassadors from Cairo and cut off diplomatic relations with Sadat's government. Egypt's membership in the Arab League will be suspended, and the organization's headquarters will be shifted from Cairo to Tunis. Technical and financial assistance to Egypt will be canceled. A ban on petroleum shipments to Egypt will be imposed. It was unclear, though, how all this would affect bilateral agreements like Saudi aid. In any case, it is likely that Arab heads of state will soon confer to determine exactly how the anti-Egyptian boycott...
...Class of '54 would withdraw its poster with apologies, and if The Crimson would get tough in its ad policy, we could all feel that some meaningful steps are being taken toward the equality of the sexes. Bernice Buresh
...days later, the committee recommended that the Harvard Corporation vote for a resolution calling on the Timkin Corporation withdraw from South Africa because the company refused to supply information on its practices...