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...means, of course, primarily matters that affect in some way the educational process. The other thing that seems necessary if he's to have any influence and if he's to maintain the proper standards of the University is that he speak only when he has a very thorough command of the facts and the problems and the arguments involved. In short, it is important for the President to speak out, but if he is to husband his influence and exercise it properly, those occasions are going to be relatively infrequent...
Cornelius Ryan, author of The Last Battle, said in a 1966 interview that a German general "told me he once had a secret meeting with Hitler, with Bormann the only other man present. Hitler gave orders about a change in command on the Eastern Front. Within two hours the Russian radio broadcast the names of the generals who would be replaced, who would take over, and specific details on new strategy...
...command to "Behave, damn you!" was obeyed...
...Flag, One Anthem. The federation will link the 43 million people of Libya, Egypt and Syria. The three nations will have one flag, one national anthem and a federal superstructure, probably located in Cairo. Eventually the federation is supposed to have a common legislature, military command and foreign policy. Later, when the Sudan has settled some internal problems resulting from an unsuccessful coup against President Jaafar Numeiry last July, it and its 15 million people will also join the federation. But each country is to retain its full sovereignty...
...balance in every school within a school district. Not so, said Burger, in an obiter dictum to a decision that substantiated a Winston-Salem, N.C., busing order. If federal and school officials would only read the opinion carefully, he pointed out, they would find the statement that "the constitutional command to desegregate schools does not mean that every school in every community must always reflect the racial composition of the school system as a whole." By thus accentuating the negative, Burger appeared to make it even more difficult for beleaguered school authorities to implement busing plans. Said one official: "Swann...