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Hoover was hemmed in by tradition and the G.O.P. platform. Henry Ford spent an evening at the White House pleading for a veto of what he called "an economic stupidity." Other automobile executives backed Ford. But no President had ever vetoed a tariff measure, and Hoover was not about to be the first. "With returning normal conditions, our foreign trade will continue to expand," he said hopefully...
While attending Cornell University, White was named editor-in-chief of the Cornell Daily Sun. After graduating with a B.A. in 1921, White roamed the U.S. for six months in a Model T Ford, and spent a year as a reporter for the Seattle Times before taking a job as a mess-boy on a trading ship in the Arctic...
...York Governor Mario Cuomo told the New York Post that he "would be scared to death" to send his 15-year-old son Christopher to a class with an AIDS victim, but urged compassion for children with the disease. Another view was expressed by former First Lady Betty Ford, who at the Los Angeles benefit received an award for her involvement in social causes, including the AIDS crisis. While she ^ sympathizes with parents who fear for the safety of their children, said Ford, "a greater harm will come when they lose their education...
After his half-hour wait in the Business School parking lot, Joe Freshman, neatly clad in Weejuns and Cheenos, eagerly pulls the family's Ford up in front of Wigglesworth. He visits the superintendant, fumbles with the key to his entry, and then--apprehensively--unlocks the door to his suite...
...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...