Word: governability
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...entry will split the dissidents and thus aid Humphrey's cause. On the other hand, it may actually strengthen the anti-Administration forces by engaging many presently inactive Kennedy supporters and bringing their added pressure to bear against the Vice President. Almost as soon as Mc Govern announced, old New Frontiersmen Pierre Salinger and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. endorsed him. Salinger and former R.F.K. Press Secretary Frank Mankiewicz are expected to join his staff...
...convention begins the long process of deciding what kind of organism a party chooses to make of itself in an election year. It labels two men the most qualified of all to govern and lead the nation. It provides a platform that, even though frequently ignored, can indicate the party's direction. It can set a tone and a mood that either help or hurt its ticket...
Still, Ojukwu's regime had some reason to take heart, even though the federal vise was tightening: in the midst of the renewed fighting it received an unexpected boost from President Charles de Gaulle. In a communiqué, the French government declared that the conflict should be settled "on the basis of the right of peoples to govern themselves"-the first such commitment favoring Biafra by a European nation. "This strengthens our hand at Addis," exclaimed Biafran Information Minister Ifegwu Eke. "And if the talks break down, our African friends will be prepared to take the issue...
...vote on major issues with the minority Christian Democratic administration. Then, if the Christian Democrats come through with more social and economic reforms, the Socialists promise they will consider returning to the fold at their party congress next October. Center Left Leader Aldo Moro thus far has refused to govern with a Socialist pistol at his head, so last week President Guiseppe Saragat began seeking a more willing candidate-or a better solution to the deadlock...
EXTRALEGAL protest over Columbia's investment policies differed from the symbolic Dow demonstration; Columbia's faculty, students, and trustees have held irreconciliable opinions on basic questions in a community where there was little confidence in the capacity of the President and trustees to govern. In this climate of mistrust, a participatory democracy (i.e., various student-faculty checks on the trustees) must exist to prevent extralegal action...