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...goes on to assert that "it is a pathetic and disorienting contradiction for Black students line (Black Students' Association President) Timothy Wilkins and Anthony Ball of the Third World Students' Alliance to ask others (Whites) to generate resources to sustain their political preferences" Kilson suggests that Black students should adopt "cosmopolitan lifestyles" and develop "inter-ethnic friendships and net-works," with the belief that "Black students at Harvard who have chosen cosmopolitan identities rather than ethnocentric ones will in the future perform their Black leadership requirements better than Black students who have opted for ethnocentrism." While Kilson maintains that cosmopolitanization...
Afterward, the Prime Minister lunched at the White House with Reagan. The two friends discussed a range of issues, including the prickly matter of the robust dollar and the weakening pound. But Thatcher refrained from asking Reagan to adopt measures that could remedy what the British view as a crippling exchange rate. "Thatcher knows there isn't that much we can do," said White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan. "The dollar has hurt the pound, but it has also helped British exports...
...Harvard Corporation's actions in response: the philosophical questions concerning both the proper role of the University as an ethical actor in society and the part foreign companies play in sustaining or changing apartheid: and the financial implications for the University of whatever policy it should choose to adopt in the future...
Last year the 41 proposals we dealt with covered a wide range of corporate activity, from a call on Emerson Electric to adopt ethical criteria for accepting military contracts: to a demand that Merck & Co. cease making contributrions to charitable organizations and non-profit institutions: to an appeal to Standard Oil of California. Baxter Travenol, Texaco, and Xerox to abide by minimal standard of ethical conduct in their South African operations or withdraw from that country...
...company which shows no signs of changing, the issue will be discussed anew, something that will never happen after complete divestment. And working for the implementation of such guidelines, primarily the Sullivan and Tutu principles, is not inconsistent with the University's primary mandate. In fact, pressing firms to adopt basic standards--of workplace decency and equality is entirely consistent with the University's role as an educator and is far different from an inflexible and indeterminate attack against all these firms, which would ignore any attempt individual firms might be making to further the cause of oppressed South African...