Word: volkswagens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enjoy the most significant perquisites of any Harvard administrator a University owned house and limousine University officials unanimously play down the significance of Bok's rarely used automotive perk. Scott calls it an "inexpensive taxi" and in fact, Bok is known for driving to work in a well worn Volkswagen...
...damaging facts become more well-known, it is my hope that those who supported the majority editorial will reevaluate their position. This man's remorselessness and blatant disregard for human rights should never be allowed to be outweighed by his accomplishments, no matter how great. Surely, the Volkswagen Foundation and the Kennedy School could find someone else worthy of the honor, someone who would not be so offensive to the Japanese-American and the Jewish people. Francis X. Mukai President, Asian Law Students Association
Obviously McCloy has made mistakes in the course of his career But I am convinced that a balanced judgement would lead us to honor the Volkswagen Foundation's judgment When asked recently to evaluate McCloy's achievement a German worker who worker with him during these years said, McCloy was a man of his word, a man we could trust With men like him as leaders we had great confidence in the United States." Certainly in a time when we see the effects of an uncertain and erratric American leadership we should be able to appreciate and honor John McCloy...
...remember that one!"), not only of the commercials but of performers who appeared in them 1 prior to becoming stars. A scrawny Sylvester Stallone hawked Rapid Shave; John Travolta sang in the shower for Safeguard; and a caLlow but ingratiating Dustin Hoffman crawled in and out of a Volkswagen, registering surprise at finding no engine under the hood. After an hour of this-interrupted of course by more commercials-viewers may have felt rather Like the man in another Alka-Seltzer commercial: you can't believe you watched the whole thing...
McCloy's postwar "benevolence" does not chance his status as a continuing symbol of disregard for human rights. If the Kennedy School and the Volkswagen foundation honor john J. McCloy by attaching his name to worthy scholarships, they announce to the world that they will condone bigotry and racism when expedient. We cannot accept such a decision. Debarah Kevesh for the Harvard Jewish Law Students' Association Joseph A. Cislowskl for the Kennedy School Jewish Students' Association Francis Mukal for the Asian Law Students' Association Jeffrey Mendelsohn '84 Chairman, Hillel Coordinating Council