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...boundaries against any "theys." In short, a nation becomes a state when it has the power to occupy and hold a given amount of space and when other nations recognize this fact. This may not seem just or fair. It may smack too much of raw force and various doctrines of "the survival of the fittest" or "the territorial imperative" that have been used to justify force. Yet these basic conditions-identity, tradition, ability to stake out a territory, govern it and win recognition-are the only real criteria for sovereignty...
Christian believes that the President suffered from overexposure during the Moyers days, and he points to various segments of Gallup polls that bear him out. Despite his familiarity with presidential thoughts and doings, Christian utters not one syllable more than the President wants him to. His main defensive weapon is simply to say that he is not going to talk about sensitive issues and then watch out for traps. Since he does not lose his temper, there are no pressroom incidents that get into the papers...
Ideas, Not Martinis. Instead of educating their alumni by class, some large universities hold separate reunions for graduates of their various schools, prime them with seminars and lectures related to their special interests. Last October, for example, the University of Minnesota held a reunion for its business administration alumni at the St. Paul Hilton, where a banker lectured on tight money and faculty economists examined new approaches to understanding consumer behavior. Vanderbilt offers both specialized and general seminars. Last weekend, alumni of the medical school were treated to a series of discussions on such topics as the new penicillin...
...early 1950s, General Mills made the mistake of downplaying Wheaties' sports image, and sales fell sharply. Reversing itself, the company founded the Wheaties Sports Federation, made Richards its director, also began turning out "how-to" films on various sports. In addition, Wheaties has stepped up its sponsoring of major league baseball broadcasts. Wheaties' sales not only ended their decline, but have increased by 21% since 1958. For General Mills, the second biggest cereal maker (its other leading brand: Cheerios) behind Kellogg, that turnabout helped push annual earnings from $14.7 million to $23.3 million over the same period...
...which law school professors could help, he suggested, is in the drafting of national "model codes." Several such codes, one on land use and another on handling of suspects before trials, for example, are now being drafted at various law schools under the sponsorship of the American Law Institute...