Word: medal
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...watching the gaffes and errors committed by the K-School along the winding road to the award, we can't help but wonder just what they are teaching at the school. First, the medal was awarded without proper consultation with the committee in charge of the awards. Then, recoiling from the barrage of criticism, a K-School spokesman proposed that the medal be regarded as a "party-favor," a kind-of door prize for attending the K-School's birthday party. But most clearly, the medal was awarded with little or no thought about the merit of the recipient. Indeed...
...postponing his appearance. That gives the K-School time to graciously forget that they ever offered the award or to rename the award. A nice innocuous title that still impresses Administration types would be in order: the Kennedy School of Government's Commemorative, Special Edition, Super Duper 50th Anniversary Medal. The other option is really very simple. While we would really love to see Meese speak and be questioned by some sharp law professors, he could do his buddy Allison a favor and not come...
...April 4: Can anyone seriously deny that Kennedy School Dean Graham Allison's explanation of the Edwin Meese controversy is a superb example of the essence of decision? And would not the dean's bold and courageous stance in the face of widespread criticism be deserving of...a medal? Howard P. Segal Lecturer on the History of Science
...either to continue to serve or be executed." He said he never fired a shot or even saw a partisan. Indeed, his immediate superior at the time, former Lieut. Colonel Herbert Warnstorff, said last week that Waldheim "remained confined to a desk" during his tour. As for the medal he received, military historians support Waldheim's contention that it was given to hundreds of officers, whether or not they were involved in combat. Says a defiant Waldheim: "Why should I apologize...
Califano, whose speech was part of the Kennedy School's on-going 50th anniversary festivities, also received a medal yesterday as part of the celebration...