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THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES COLONEL MAUMMER EL-QUADAFFI OF LIBYA. THE AUTHOR POINTS OUT THAT U.S. INTERESTS HAD MUCH TO DO WITH CREATING THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH HE SEIZED POWER IN 1969. HE WAS CONSIDERED AN ANTI-COMMUNIST BY THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION, AND AS SUCH WAS SUPPORTED. OVERLOOKED WAS HIS MESSIANIC URGE TO SPREAD ARAB REVOLUTION AND HIS SUPPORT OF TERRORISTS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL.

THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE MAJOR TASKS OF THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION IN ITS DEVELOPMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY IN ITS EARLY MONTHS. THE AUTHOR BELIEVES THAT SETTING PRIORITIES IS, INITIALLY, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. HE POINTS TO WHAT HE BELIEVES TO BE THE FAILURE OF THE LAST TWO ADMINISTRATIONS TO DO SO. REAGAN, HE SAYS, MUST COME UP WITH PRIORITIES THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT.

BASED ON AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT 11TH ANNUAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE OF THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE PRESIDENCY, OTTAWA, CANADA, OCT. 81, 1980. THE AUTHOR, A FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA, CONTRASTS THE POWERS OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. HE REGARDS THE POWER OF THE PM AS EXCESSIVE, ASSERTING THAT PARLIAMENTARY ACCOUNTABILITY HAS BROKEN DOWN IN CANADA.

THE AUTHOR STATES THAT OIL, IN THE HANDS OF A RATIONAL OIL REGIME, IS NOT A WEAPON, BUT CONCEDES THAT IN THE HANDS OF AN IRRATIONAL ONE IT MIGHT BE. IF A REGIME IS REALLY CAPABLE OF SELF-DESTRUCTIVE FITS OF OIL WEAPONEERING, AMERICANS MUST EITHER LIVE WITH IT OR ACT AGAINST IT, BUT THEY SHOULD HARDLY PUT FAITH IN POLITICAL BARGAINS WITH IT.

SINCE THE 1950'S THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL BODIES AFFILIATED WITH THE UNITED NATIONS ALONE HAS MULTIPLIED TO A 3 DIGIT FIGURE. THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE USE OF THESE BODIES BY THE U.S.S.R. TO GAIN CONFIDENCE IN THE NON-ALIGNED COUNTRIES. THE AUTHOR FEELS THA U.S. SHOULD NOT PERMIT THE NONALIGNED TO ENGAGE IN ANTI-WESTERN EXCURSIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES WITH IMPUNITY.

THE AUTHOR PRESENTS AN ESSAY ON POVERTY & INCOME DISTRITION. HE DISCUSSES STATUS & BEHAVIOR, THE MEANING & MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY, THE SOURCE OF POVERTY, USUAL SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY, WHAT CAN BE DONE, & JUSTICE & FAIRNESS. AS A PRACTICAL MATTER IT IS POVERTY, NOT DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME, WHICH CONCERNS THE PUBLIC. THERE SHOULD BE A MINIMUM STANDARD OF MATERIAL LIVING; LEVEL IS DEBATED, GOAL IS CLEAR.

THIS ARTICLE TRACES THE HISTORY AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE FTC SUIT AGAINST EKKOGG, GENERAL MILLS, AND GENERAL FOODS, CLAIMING MONOPOLY. BEGUN IN 1972 AND CONTINUING THROUGH MANY CHANGES OF PERSONNEL, THE CASE IS PROVING SOMETHING OF AN EMBARRASSMENT. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE LEGAL HISTORY OF THE CASE, AND POINTS OUT THAT SINCE THERE IS NO COERCION TO BUY CEREALS, THIS IS HARDLY A MONOPOLY.

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THIS ARTICLE COMPRISES REMARKS MADE AT THE 1981 SPRING CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION ON THE PRESENTATION TO THE AUTHOR OF THE ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL PI SIGMA ALPHA AWARD. HE NOTES THE MANY DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC FIGURES WHO WERE/ARE POLITICAL SCIENTISTS AND WHO HAVE SERVED IN GOVERNMENT IN THE U.S. AND REAFFIRMS THE FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF REASON AND FREEDOM.

BASED ON AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT 11TH ANNUAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE OF THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE PRESIDENCY, OTTAWA, CANADA, OCT. 18, 1980. A "MIRROR" PATTERN OF THE U.S. PRESIDENCY AND THE POPULACE WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER WASHINGTON. COVERING HIGH POINTS OF THE PRESIDENCY, REALITIES OF TODAY, AND THE 2 SIDES OF THE MIRROR SOCIETY, THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES: THE IMPERFECT PRESIDENCY IS "US".

THE MODERN COMMONWEALTH IS SEEN BY THE AUTHOR IN THIS ESSAY, AS HAVING IMMENSE VALUE TO ITS MEMBER STATES AND TO THE WORLD COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF A POSITION THAT "STRADDLES" THE DEVELOPED AND THE DEVELOPING WORLDS. HE BRIEFLY OUTLINES ITS PAST AND PRESENT ROLES, AND THE AND ITS ROLE IN THE '80S WHICH HE SEES AS A TIME OF GREATER RELEVANCE, OPPORTUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY.

THE ITALIAN SOUTH (MEZZOGIORNO) IS IDEAL TERRAIN FOR STUDYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLIENTELIST POLITICS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE BASES OF SUPPORT FOR AN URBAN POLITICAL MACHINE IN PALERMO, ITALY. SHE CONCLUDES THE STRENGTH OF THE MACHINE DOES NOT DEPEND CHIEFLY ON QUANTITY OF RESOURCES IT DISTRIBUTES BUT ON DOMINATION OF MOST TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN THE CITIZEN AND PUBLIC POWER.

THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT CLIMATE IS ONE OF THE MAJOR DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE WORLD FOOD SYSTEM DEPENDS HEAVILY ON CLIMATIC STABILITY. YET WE NEGLECT CLIMATE. THE INITIATIVES OF THE 1970'S, CULMINATING IN THE WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE, FEB. 1979, IN GENEVA, TO CREATE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS OF CLIMATE AS AN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FACTOR, SET A PATTERN FOR EMULATION.

THE PROPOSITION ADVANCED HERE IS THAT THE BULK OF OUR SOCIAL SCIENCE FINDINGS, MODELS, & LITERATURE ARE "BIASED & ETHNOCENTRIC". THEY ARE BASED ON PARTICULAR EXPERIENCES OF WESTERN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES, AND MAY HAVE LITTLE RELEVANCE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. THE AUTHOR EXPLAINS WHY EVEN THOUGH SOME AREAS ARE NOT AS BIASED AS OTHERS, ALL WOULD PROFIT FROM REEXAMINATION.