Word: letters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...This letter first ran on January...
PANAMA CITY, Panama--Churchgoers applauded nationwide yesterday as Roman Catholic clergy read a letter condemning fraud and violence in the national elections, a message that even was broadcast on state-run television...
...letter, written by Stanford President Donald Kennedy '52, was the latest in a series of lobbying efforts on behalf of both the official University candidates and the alternative slate nominated by Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid (HRAAA), which this year includes South African Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu. HRAAA has elected three members to the Board in the past three years...
...letters and efforts coming from both sides of this fight, Kennedy received the added advantage of help from Glimp, his long-time friend. After Kennedy wrote the letter, Glimp put him in touch with Charles J. Egan '54, and alumnus who has been active in fighting HRAAA. Egan then paid more than $9500 to publish Kennedy's letter as an advertisment in Harvard Magazine...
That neither Glimp nor Egan seems able to understand the harm in Glimp's involvement is more than disturbing, particularly since Bok was criticized for playing just such a role three years ago. Bok, a close friend of Kennedy's, denies ever hearing mention of the Stanford President's letter, though Kennedy says he and Bok had discussed the idea in the past...