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...French people. It changed the country from a parliamentary system to a presidential one, granting the chief executive the right to dissolve the National Assembly and to rule by decree in selected areas. De Gaulle's definition of the new system: "The Assemblies debate, the Ministers govern, the constitutional council thinks, the President of the Republic decides...
...need to have and govern one's own country may seem a petty consideration to people whose country became independent two hundred years ago. But the Puerto Rican people did not discover and settle the United States, and none of them fought to establish this nation. Their ties to the United States are recent and involuntary, and the slogans they chant reflect a closer kinship with the poorer nations that have broken away than with the richer ones that boast success and power. And so last Friday they marched, militantly but without guns; not disguised at night to throw...
Somewhere to Go. Looking to 1972 and beyond, there are less tangible but equally important White House stakes involved. The Republicans now govern 32 states, the Democrats only 18, and of the 35 being contested this year, 24 are Republican. Therefore, the Republican risk-through simple mathematical vulnerability-is great, and each loss, particularly in key industrial states, will subtract from the organizational muscle that the President will need for his expected 1972 re-election bid. In his concentration this year on the House and, above all, the Senate races, Nixon only belatedly began to lend help to Republican gubernatorial...
Epps sees a period of serious trouble ahead for the University. Severe financial problems are "just around the corner" and Epps anticipates that political reaction from the Right will pose a major challenge to the University's right to govern itself. The government's reduction of money for pure research and its practice of keeping radicals under surveillance are very dangerous, says Epps, since the government is manipulating the fears of sectors of society. In the event of another major University crisis, Epps hopes that he will be involved in the student circles where decisions are being made; that...
...Hussein Shafei, 52, No. 3 man in the A.S.U. and the only active politician besides Sadat among Nasser's original 14 officers. Like the interim president, the mild-spoken Shafei would probably try to govern as though Nasser were still alive...