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Though the President's powers are not extensively spelled out in the Constitution, Wilson argued that there was an implicit presidential "reservoir of power with respect to foreign intelligence, foreign leaks, this sort of thing." That was inherent, for instance, in the President's sworn duty "to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution," Wilson said, adding the words of a Supreme Court decision: "Implicit in that duty is the power to protect our Government against those who would subvert or overthrow it by unlawful means...
...come to the city to make it big used to be made about tycoons and entrepreneurs. The rise of rock as the most dynamic mass art form has passed the heroic mantle from businessmen and badmen to rock stars. And rock has accentuated a theme which has always been implicit in the hero as desperado: a morbid fascination with living life as quickly as possible, with life only in the present, and pain collapsed into conclusive drama...
...they are an implicit answer to the Nixon Administration's assertion that its actions in the Watergate case have been motivated by "national security." It is an adroit defense, because the phrase is so vague as to defy easy definition and it appeals, after all, to valid national concerns...
...increased minimum Social Security benefits, and an upgrading of welfare benefits for poor people who are not covered by Social Security and cannot work. Under this upgraded system, a family of four would receive $4000 in cash and food stamps--a gesture of continued commitment to the $4000 minimum implicit in McGovern's $1000 per person proposal...
...Public Interest, he castigates libertarianism by pointing out that the libertarian-capitalistic ethic has permitted large corporations to publish books, make movies, and sponsor television shows which celebrate pornography, denounce the institution of the family, revile the "ethics of acquisitiveness," justify civil insurrections, and so on. The implicit conclusion of his argument is that these things should not be permitted, i.e., as a matter of public policy, they should be banned. In concrete terms, this would lead to the banning of books by Jerry Rubin, of Paul Simon's latest song on A.M. radio, and of most movies produced...