Word: withdrawals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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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...
...shareholder did call for chimed in and recommended on Thursday that the Corporation approve of a resolution requiring Phillips Petroleum to implement the Sullivan principles or withdraw from its South Africa subsidiary by December...
Christopher S. Jeneks, professor of Sociology, said yesterday he agreed with Bok, adding Harvard should "pressure corporations to withdraw from South Africa and encourage universities and the government to do the same...
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