Word: withdrawe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Local civil rights advocates have betrayed acute myopia in suggesting that Harvard withdraw its investments from "segregationist" Southern firms. Such a policy would probably be neither effective in Mississippi nor administratively feasible at Harvard. But more important, it would be in clear violation of a long-standing and valuable University policy of political neutrality...
...much power Lechin retains is questionable. After Paz's triumphant tour of Oruro last week, Lechin decided to withdraw from the election and announced that he would boycott the voting. He then did the only thing he could think of: he challenged Paz to a duel "to prevent the spilling of innocent blood." Paz ignored the challenge, and other threats of street demonstrations, strikes and even assassination. "There may be trouble," he admits. "They may try to kill me. But we have set out the design, and we intend to carry...
...owns many Pollocks, dropped in anxiously on Parke-Bernet to see the works. She pronounced that her husband never dripped these and hurried off to the state attorney general's office to sign a restraining order to stop the sale. Parke-Bernet had no alternative but to withdraw the paintings...
...Masters, however, reportedly thought that the change would have been a significant step toward coeducation--a step they have been notably unwilling to take. If they had permitted an experiment in this direction, they felt they would not have been able to withdraw, and that the next step would have been complete Radcliffe inter-house...
Harvard thus has a direct investment in an organization which helps support and guide the racist policies of Mississippi. Today's meeting of the Corporation should recommend that the University withdraw its investment. The University should also begin a thorough examination of all its investments. What it true of Mississippi Power and Light may be true of other companies in which Harvard has holdings. To retain passively its Mississippi holdings would be a reckless denial of Harvard's responsibility...