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...also opposed the creation of a third-world center at a time when other universities were instituting them, he criticized the College for admitting too many unqualified black students and he was often chided for not being militant or political enough in pushing for equality...
...unsavory to profit from war—and that is what Harvard and hundreds of thousands of other shareholders are doing this very instant. Similarly, each purchase of a Coke product funds a company that denies its African workers ample AIDS medication; each pair of Nike shoes funds third-world sweatshops. And while some have approached these problems through a lens of divestment, most activists have correctly taken far more innovative and engaging approaches to solving these problems. Simply put, although divestment from defense contractors is a feel-good move, it does nothing to realistically address the problems...
Summers said he would discuss the role of the International Monetary Fund, capital flow and political considerations in encouraging third-world growth in his speeches today and tomorrow. But he noted that industrialized nations must take a “tough-minded” approach to developing countries and realize that no “small changes in policy or magic bullets would make a huge difference...
...also criticized what he called “espresso-sipping Westerners” whose positions would deny the opportunity for citizens of third-world countries to buy western goods...
...technology conference for Third World countries that took place last December. He took home second place for his unique device. By attaching a huge archaic handset to his tiny Nokia cell phone, Rahimi explains, “I was able to illustrate the problem many third-world citizens have connecting with modern technology. The cell and handset was a sort of bridge between...