Word: indirectness
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...President of Panama was impeached last week. The charge: that he violated a constitutional provision that prohibits the President from giving "direct or indirect official aid to a candidate." President Marco Aurelio Robles, 62, who cannot succeed himself by law and thus is not running in the May 12 presidential elections, was charged with aiding Finance Minister David Samudio, 57. Robles was accused of allowing his press office to release an official announcement of support, attending a fund-raising banquet for Samudio and writing a letter recommending Samudio's presidential candidacy to his Liberal Party directorate. Since the coalition...
These occasional affairs are incidental to the really important--but delayed and indirect--impact the Center hopes to have on Harvard. Any improvement in the higher levels of historical research, such as the Warren Center is now sponsoring, will inevitably filter down to affect undergraduate studies. Handlin points out, however, that the Center is now making a more deliberate effort to improve the quality of teaching in the field of American history--improving the working conditions of junior faculty members--to make Harvard attractive to young historians...
UNTIL yesterday, George Romney had displayed no greater prowess in the art of presidential politics than in the sport of bowling. Not only was Romney's curious blend of the rugged handshake and the brainwash proving ineffective, but among its indirect consequences loomed the increasing inevitability of Richard Nixon. Whether Romney's withdrawal comes in time, whether his staunch supporter Nelson Rockefeller will jump promptly into the breach, and whether Rockefeller, beyond offering hope to the Republican Party, offers anything to the country at large, remains to be seen. But whatever the developments, Governor Romney's decision stands...
Though the Peace Corps does have the final say on how many Volunteers will be sent and for what purpose, this hardly constitutes "total administrative power," for the simple reason that most Volunteers work under the supervision, direct or indirect, of a host country national...
...naked power, Johnson is an acknowledged virtuoso as his Viet Nam critics ruefully concede. Despite thunderous criticism of his intervention in the Dominican Republic, the President's swift application of military strength followed by an intense diplomatic campaign proved, in the end, a successful maneuver. He has also applied indirect pressure with superb efficacy. Twice he used it to avert a war over Cyprus. His historic hot-line exchange with Kosygin during the Arab-Israeli War contained that conflict on terms acceptable to both the U.S. and Russia. Johnson's artful cajolery ended the rail crisis...