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Executive Energy. Harry Truman said three years ago that "the presidency is exactly as powerful as it was under George Washington. The powers are in the Constitution, and the President can't go any further than that." Strictly speaking, Truman was right. Thanks largely to Hamilton's eloquent plea in The Federalist papers for "energy in the Executive," the office was invested with broad authority but it was also artfully hedged. Every strong President has exploited his mandate to the fullest, always testing the Congress and the judiciary to see where the parameters of power may lie. Just where they...
George Romney barnstorms through Chicago, climaxing a whirlwind hand-shaking tour ("Hi, there, buddy, I'm running for President"; "Oh, yeah? Who are you?") with an emotional convention plea. Departs after he is informed he is at the wrong convention. President Johnson, visibly moved that anyone bothered to make a stirring speech, chooses Romney as his running mate...
...complain about assignments and deadlines, most students, not yet ready for independence, find security in this kind of regimentation. Many a class troublemaker who harasses his teacher is selfconsciously pursuing a reprimand. I recall one unruly college freshman who came unbidden to my office with a plea that I shall never forget: "I know my behavior is lousy. Can you make me stop?" Yes, I probably...
Private Problem. Monroney would spend the money on new flight-control systems and more metropolitan-area airports, with a view to handling the future's jumbo superjets and supersonic transports. He defends the plea for earmarked special funds by citing the already overwhelming load of education, poverty programs and the Viet Nam war on the nation's general revenues. As if to underscore that point...
...decided to reduce the charge to first-degree manslaughter; the defense agreed to plead guilty to that charge. Noting that "I think courts have to use the best devices available," Judge William Carpenter, 35, agreed to allow the tape to be shown to the jury, after which the manslaughter plea was accepted. Kidwell now faces a five-to 30-year sentence (which could be suspended entirely) instead of the life sentence he received at his first trial...