Word: interests
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...believe that American destroyers might prove decisive in defeating a German invasion of Britain; a British defeat would have brought the U.S. into the gravest peril. Yet Congress probably would not have approved the transaction for weeks or months, if at all. Congress is oftentimes hostage to parochial interests, while the President has the national constituency and brings full concern for the national interest...
...Americans are one of the world's most sports-conscious people, yet for years they have not had a President who shared that enthusiasm. President Eisenhower's interest was largely con fined to golf and John Kennedy's to swimming and sailing. In the Johnson years, the principal sport was hunting ranch deer from a Lincoln Continental...
...Dumb Questions. As Vice President, Nixon once said: "Baseball is a di version that both stimulates and clears the mind." Yet his interest in the arena does not fade when the World Series ends. He likes hockey, and is the kind of fan who practically joins in from his seat. "When he watches a hockey game, he participates as an extrovert would," says Irving Felt, chairman of Madison Square Garden. "Some of the wildest reactions come from people who are not outgoing by nature. Nixon is spontaneous...
Most alumni seem to feel that alma mater's crisis is a time for loyalty, not desertion. Even long-indifferent alumni have renewed their interest and their giving. Astute presidents foster this new involvement with frequent explanatory letters to alumni and parents. After a sit-in at the University of Pennsylvania, for example, President Gaylord Harn-well sent a communique stressing that the protesters had obeyed Penn's rules for demonstrations. Back came many letters of support and $5,000 in unsolicited contributions...
Magaziner's principal recommendations are that collegians be allowed to choose courses in broad intellectual areas that interest them, rather than follow fixed requirements, and that conventional grades be abolished in favor of "pass" or "no credit." His report also urges professors to focus on concepts rather than narrow facts, and to work far more closely with individual students. These ideas are not especially original; Magaziner's achievement is the persuasive logic of his presentation...