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...last times was in 1939, when Franklin Roosevelt canceled a commercial agreement with Japan. Several constitutional experts sided with the Administration. "The search for precedents is not critical," said Yale Law School Professor Bruce Ackerman. "What we have is a gradual evolution of presidential-congressional interaction on the conduct of foreign affairs. It seems obvious to me that once the President has acted unilaterally, there is little Congress...
...disgraceful conduct of striking teachers at Levittown [Nov. 27] is further proof that unions of government employees should be outlawed. Tire-slashing and window-breaking criminals should not be allowed to teach. Unions are the antithesis of liberty...
History students for years to come may well read about the U.S.-Iranian relationship of the '60s and '70s as the case study of a policy that paralyzed itself. "The Iran dilemma" may even creep into the lexicon of political scientists who, with the benefit of hindsight, conduct post-mortems on the agony that the Carter Administration is now experiencing...
Under the Disciples' tradition of local autonomy, says Teegarden, "it is not possible nor has it been desirable to conduct investigations of the activities or ministries of local congregations. We have stood firmly for a variety of styles and approaches to Christian mission." He adds that because of the "tenuous relations" between headquarters and local churches, he had only a "bare knowledge" of Jones' operation. That is remarkable, given the fact that Jones' Peoples Temple branches were two of the five largest congregations in the church and for a decade he had stirred more press controversy than...
Despite the best-programmed efforts of convention planners, association executives, sergeants at arms, hotel officials, headwaiters, maintenance men and the army of other major and minor domos needed to conduct a convention, things do go bump in the night. And the morning, and the afternoon. In 1975 the American Bankers Association had planned to introduce its new board of directors on the revolving stage at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall. Each member was to be moved under the spotlight as the stage turned, but the power failed. When the board members were asked to walk around the stage...