Word: medal
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...merits of the proposed Meese medal have been exhaustively debated on this page and do not bear repeating here. What does beg a closer look is the contrasting reactions of the Harvard community to these two men. No juxtaposition of public events in my four years here has been so shocking or so close, in both space and time. And no two recent events could serve better as a quick illustration of the political biases of Harvard students...
Though only two members of the '85 varsity were lost to graduation, one of them was Andrew Sudduth. When not occupying the six and stroke seats for the Crimson, Sudduth was earning a silver medal in the 1984 Olympics with the U.S. Eight and a silver medal at last summer's World Championships in sculling...
...after he was to have delivered a speech and accepted a medal from the Kennedy School, Attorney General Edwin Meese III arrived at Harvard for a weekend conference on community policing...
Hartmann said after the dinner that thecontroversy over the medal has not affected theconference. Last night, the attorney general gavea seven-minute speech on the tradeoffs involved inbeing sensitive to the community and tough onserious crimes, Hartmann said...
...decision to grant the medal--later labelled a "thank you to Meese for participating in the K-School's 50th anniversary celebration--has met with strong protest from K-School students and alumni, as well as students and faculty in other Harvard schools. Meese will receive the medal...