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Beyond the overriding power wielded by a U.S. President in the nuclear age that of making war and peace is a grand galaxy of functions, some defined by the Constitution, some granted by tradition, some arrogated by the man in office. A President is at once head of state and...
The triumph vaulted State Representative Stokes, 40, son of a laundry worker, into position as a slight favorite to become the first elected Negro mayor of a U.S. metropolis in November. His opponent then will be Liberal Republican Seth Taft, 44, grandson of the 27th President and cousin of Ohio...
Poisonous Propagandists. In response to the common feeling among police that federal crime and gun laws would infringe on local authority, L.B.J. assured the chiefs: "I did not propose that the Federal Government take over the job of dealing with crime in the streets. Washington cannot patrol a neighborhood in...
In the South China metropolis of Canton, a West German visitor was stopped cold by the sight of a corpse dangling from a traffic light. "What was his crime?" the traveler asked. His girl guide coolly explained that quite a few people are getting strung up in Canton because "they...
To many urbanologists, the problems of the city will not be solved until closer links are forged between core and suburb. University of Chicago Historian Richard Wade speaks of a "crabgrass curtain" dividing the two, declares: "Two divisive elements frustrate at tempts to master the metropolis-division of the metropolitan...