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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.

THE AUTHOR, A DEFENSE ANALYST, CLAIMS THAT IN U. S. CHINA POLICY THE DANGER IS THAT WE WILL BE TOO CAUTIUOUS, NOT TOO ACTIVE. ALTHOUGH HE FEELS IT UNLIKELY THAT SOVIET DIPLOMACY CAN CAUSE GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN SOVIET-PEKING RELATIONSHIPS, IT COULD HAPPEN: SO, MOREOVER, COULD WAR. AT THIS POINT CHINESE MILITARY DEFENSES AND STRENGTH ARE NOT GREAT. HE URGES MORE POSITIVE ACTION BY THE U. S.

EVIDENCE INDICATES A GREAT INCREASE IN THE PAST 15 YEARS OF CANNABIS USE IN THE UK. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES ALTERNATIVES TO THE PRESENT SYSTEM (BASED ON THE MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1971) OFFERED IN A STUDY GROUP REPORT FOR THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF DRUG DEPENDENCE, 1979: CHANGES IN PENALTIES, DECRIMINALIZATION, LICENSING, LEGALIZATION. HE FOCUSES ON HOW THESE OPTIONS ARE LIKELY TO WORK IN PRACTICE.

LOCKE'S POLITICAL TEACHING, SAYS THE AUTHOR, CULMINATES IN THE LAST CHAPTER OF "SECOND TREATISE" WITH A DEFENSE OF THE RIGHT OF RESISTANCE. CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE STRUCTURE OF LOCKE'S ARGUMENT FOR THE RIGHT OF RESISTANCE SHOWS THAT HE WAS BOTH MORE CONSISTENT AND MORE RADICAL THAN IS USUALLY SUPPOSED. THE ARTICLE GOES ON TO A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT LOCKE'S "DEFENSE OF RESISTANCE" RAISES.

THIS PAPER EXAMINES HOW THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AND, A FORTIORI, THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION HAVE DEVELOPED A FRAMEWORK FOR DECISION MAKING IN RESPONSE TO A MANDATE FROM THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT TO WEIGH COSTS AND BENEFITS OF PROPOSED NUCLEAR PLANTS. ONE OF ITS CONCLUSIONS IS THE NRC IS NOT INTERESTED IN ASSESSING POWER NEEDS. THE AUTHOR ARGUES FOR A NEW FRAMEWORK.

WITH THE OPENING OF THE BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE RECORDS FOR THE PERIOD DURING WHICH THE BRITISH DECIDED TO TURN THE PALESTINE QUESTION OVER TO THE U.N. IT IS NOW APPARENT THAT THE BRITISH GAVE THE MATTER A GREAT DEAL OF THOUGHT, CONTRARY TO THE USUAL CRITICISM OF THE TIME. IN RECOUNTING THE GENESIS OF THE BRITISH DECISION, THE AUTHOR INCORPORATES DATA FROM THOSE RECORDS.