Word: governments
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...public, Royo declared that he could no longer carry out his responsibilities "due to health problems that make a checkup necessary." Shortly after his Vice President, Ricardo de la Espriella, 47, was sworn in as his successor, Royo explained that a "throat infection" had seriously hampered his ability to govern...
...island to pollution safeguards. It guarantees freedom of passage on the high seas and sets a twelve-mile territorial limit and 200-mile "economic," or fishing, zone for coastal nations. The pact also spells out strict rules for seabed mining and establishes an International Seabed Authority to govern the harvesting of ocean minerals. That organization would set up its own mining enterprises, retaining mine sites equal in size or value to every site awarded to private companies; those firms would be required to sell their technology to the global authority under certain circumstances and to abide by production ceilings...
...Reagan has a strongly held set of beliefs that he has at times imposed even over the unanimous opposition of his advisers. In foreign affairs the President has little experience and at times seems to lack the intense interest he displays in domestic concerns. He has preferred to govern in the foreign sphere by consensus, letting advisers argue out their views in front of him and deciding now in favor of one, now for another...
Thatcher's commitment to British sovereignty and institutions in the Falklands has steadily hardened during the war. For the 1,800 Falklanders, she now favors a form of self-government just short of independence. In effect, the Falklands would cease to be a British colony and become a protectorate of the British Crown. Queen Elizabeth II would be represented by a High Commissioner with responsibility for defense and foreign affairs, who would govern with a six-member executive committee drawn from an elected legislative assembly of 20 to 30 members...
...racism," "sexism," "intransigence," "distorting the facts," and general "sleaziness." Highest on her list of sins, however, has been violation of democratic ideals. "Harvard right now is being run by a bureaucratic clique," she says. In her ideal world, by contrast, an elected council of Faculty, students, and employees would govern the University. Administrators would have little discretionary authority. A student member of the Corporation would participate in investment decisions. Self-governance would be an important part of a Harvard education...