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...Commander in Chief of the armed forces. Of course, he is far from the first to emphasize the license implicit in the role of Commander in Chief. Invoking its powers to justify the use of U.S. troops in the absence of a declaration of war has been a resort of Presidents almost since the Republic began. But the device has become increasingly popular since World War II. Harry Truman made use of it to send U.S. forces into Korea in 1950; Dwight Eisenhower dispatched the Marines into Lebanon under it in 1958; Lyndon Johnson employed it to invade the Dominican...
Located on the site of a former resort hotel in northern New Hampshire, Franconia is spiritually somewhere between Alice's Restaurant and Alice in Wonderland. The place abounds with tutorials and individual projects. Freed from formal departments and competition for tenure (there is none), teachers shape their courses to their own interests and those of their students. Results have been mixed. Courses range from imaginative interdisciplinary projects to haphazard bull sessions. Some students, who seemed unable to learn anything at conventional colleges, have blossomed at Franconia. Others have found license as unsatisfying as control...
...Brasilia, the country's inland capital, Pelé told them that the cup victory was "the greatest moment of my life." He believed it, and so did the fans, who delight in Pelé's every triumph. The victory provided the Brazilians with a chance to resort to their natural safety valve: the Carnaval. This spontaneous outburst, as Brazilian psychologists have observed, gives the torn and fragmented nation an opportunity to coalesce in a common cause and experience a common...
...pros on the tour. Though he dropped out of school at 15 to play golf, he did not join the U.S. pro circuit until 1968. Last year he earned only $33,036, but now, with his $30,000 Open winnings, a home and a job as pro at the resort of Sea Island, Ga., and up to $1,000,000 for endorsing products, he says he is ready to concentrate on "becoming the greatest golfer in the world." And none of Jones' monsters are going to get in his way. "You have to accept things as they are," Jacklin...
...would be, in effect, a powerful new brokerage-regulatory agency. Its officers could, for example, examine the books of brokerages to determine if they were on the verge of insolvency, order changes in the way brokerages keep their books, arrange mergers to rescue troubled firms and, as a last resort, ask a federal court to appoint a trustee for a failing broker...