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...part of both its leaders and its people. "There is no community in Argentina," laments H. A. Murena, a noted Argentine novelist. "We do not form a body, though we may form a conglomeration. Instead of stability, Argentina has rancorous, factious chaos, periodically illuminated by coups d'état." Adds Eduardo Roca, an eminent jurist and diplomat: "Argentina has no soul...
...such a presidential right. Says Kurland: "We do not even have a good definition of Executive privilege. It certainly does not mean an individual official's interest-including the President's. We've not yet arrived at the Louis XIV state-'L'état...
Meanwhile, Captain Nicholas Pappas, commander of the Velos, was engaged in NATO maneuvers in the Mediterranean when news was flashed about the misfired coup d'état. "All of the officers with me immediately demanded that we act," Pappas told TIME last week. "Our colleagues, and some of our best friends, had been arrested. As their commander, I had to make a decision, and I saw before me two choices: I could have taken my ship with its 8,000 rounds of high-explosive ammunition back to Crete or some other Greek island and demanded the release of those...
...game of tit for tat continued right up to the last day, when Brandt held a one-hour meeting with Fellow Socialist Francois Mitterrand, Pompidou's arch rival in the current election campaign. After all, had not Pompidou seen fit to meet with Rainer Barzel, Brandt's political opponent, during his visit to the Munich Olympiad? Besides, as one Brandt aide volunteered: "We don't really believe that Mitterrand's coalition will beat the Gaullists, but in France anything can happen...
Blake needed no assisting rhythm section. The highly audible rat-tat-tat of his heels filled that bill. His technique is in the percussive, pedal-heavy ragtime tradition-bouncing, thump-pah bass and ornate, syncopated melody-but it is nonetheless astounding in its flawlessly striding left hand and daringly acrobatic right. Blake still practices two hours a day; he works so much on the eve of a concert that "I get sick of hearing myself." Midway through a delirious rendition of his brand-new Classical Rag, Blake cried out, "Aha, it sounds good...