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...what is the source of this opposition? This isn't as patently obvious a question as it first sounds. The most common rationale I've heard for not giving the President an honorary is that "he's not worthy of one." In answer to the query "Why?," I usually hear some variant of the theme "he's an enemy of higher education" (read "he's tried to cut student aid"). Never mind that Reagan is the premier politician of our times, with more practical knowledge of politics than any Harvard undergraduate Gov concentrator--he's still "unworthy" of a degree...
...statement that Reagan opposes federal aid to students isn't very interesting or revealing. It's not hard to show that he has indeed tried to reduce federal subsidies to college and university students (with an almost complete lack of success). But the absolute certainty that dozens, maybe hundreds, of degree recipients next June will share the President's views toward higher education, and will someday no doubt fight for them, doesn't bother the people who say Reagan's "unworthy." They don't go so far as to say such students shouldn't be graced with a Harvard degree...
Okay, so D.C. isn't quite Tierra Del Fuego, but it's close enough...
...while soccer isn't horseshoes by a long shot, those "almosts" aren't totally meaningless...
...direction of the school board, McCalip, who has a law degree, asked the county attorney to seek an injunction against the waste dump. "The county counsel told me that I wasn't playing ball, that I had teed off all the county officials. He said, 'Hey, Ken, this isn't the way we do it in Santa Barbara County.' " There was little sympathy from county officials who investigated. "The wind kicks up," McCalip explains, "and the fumes are gone. They think you're crazy." Out-of-town acquaintances were dubious...