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...case of PetroChina is one where moral concerns clearly override the University’s legitimate desire to avoid having its investment decisions held hostage to a potential slew of causes. PetroChina’s parent company, China National Petroleum Company (CNPC), is a leading partner with the Sudanese government in the country’s production of oil, a major funding source for the government’s sanctioned genocide of the people of Darfur. A 40 percent stakeholder in a major Southern Sudanese oil concession, PetroChina’s parent company is also increasingly difficult to distinguish from...
Only then did the Crusaders threaten, when Holy Cross centerfielder Tom Potvin drove Bruton’s offering to the warning track in right center, where Matt Vance and Lance Salsgiver converged before nearly colliding. As Salsgiver slid to avoid Vance, the ball kissed off the latter’s glove and rolled into right field, allowing Potvin to reach second safely. Bruton’s subsequent pitch found the backstop, advancing Potvin to third with none out and drawing the Crimson infield...
...character Dwight (Clive Owen) snaps this demand halfway through Frank Miller’s Sin City, preparing for the need to avoid bullets, outrun the police, and carry a whole lot of bodies. What he gets, though, is a tired jalopy with a tiny boot and a near-empty gas tank...
...pair laughingly call themselves “antisocial.” They avoid large crowds, preferring more intimate opportunities to hang out—especially now that they’re no longer planning the events. “We’re still very invested in AACF. We just don’t spend as much time with large groups on the whole,” Lee says. “I try to spend time with people one-on-one, have meals together to have more serious conversations, grab some boba [another term for bubble...
...attempting to avoid precedent...