Word: corns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...illustrate his small money argument Bok presents the problem of eating Kellogg's Corn Flakes in his open statement. Kellogg's, he points out, has operations in South Africa as does IBM, Ford and Exxon. Should students stop eating Corn Flakes and taking jobs with IBM if we follow the principles that call for divestment...
This certainly, is a moral quandary for corn flakes lovers, but is it a reason not to divest, is it really what troubles Bok about the issue? In essence, Bok is telling us that until he can figure out whether he should ask students to stop eating corn flakes, he will not sell Harvard's South Africa-tied stock. I'll make a deal with him. I will gladly give up breakfasts of corn flakes if Harvard divests...
There is, of course, a hefty dose of down-on-the-farm skepticism. "Publicity," scoffed Illinois Corn Farmer Richard Layden. "That's all it is. And more for the performers than the farmers." Still, Farm Aid may be the one bright spot in what is shaping up to be a brutal year in the fields. Bumper crops will probably depress prices to record lows. As Willie says in a song composed for Farm Aid, "When you are farming for a living/ You make your money from the ground/ You take it to the bankers/ And there ain't enough...
...have difficult questions to answer. Do they object to students who take jobs with IBM, Ford, Exxon and other companies who do business in South Africa and take money from these firms in the form of wages rather than dividends? Do they object to buying Coca Cola, Kellogg's Corn Flakes and other products of such companies, thus contributing to profits that may help finance South African operations? Do they object to investing in the 6,000 firms that help South Africa by selling them needed products or buying their exports? What about buying consumer products made in South Africa...
...comfortable, laudable and sanitary. This is the sort of no-frills domesticity that would appeal to Macon Leary, also from "Bawl-mer" and the main attraction of Anne Tyler's tenth novel. After his wife leaves him, Leary reduces homemaking to an antic science. A percolator and an electric corn popper hooked up to a clock radio allow him to wake up to brewed coffee and popped corn. Bed making is eliminated by stitching a sleeping bag from a sheet. To save time and kilowatts, the laundry is thrown into the bathtub and stomped clean under the shower...