Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plane and engines, most of the new generation will be cloned from present models, scaled down in size and outfitted with the latest technology. Even so, the cost of producing a derivation can reach $1 billion; hence, a planemaker must sell between 400 and 500 aircraft to break even...
...what, in the name of heaven, is behind so much fuss over a matter as superficial as names-mere words, mere sounds, mere labels? Names are loved and hated as though they were animate. Kids may still be taught that only sticks and stones break bones, but grown-ups behave as though names are powerful agents for good or ill. In the adult world, name-calling is considered the dirtiest form of fight. Elaborate libel laws rest on the premise that a name can do real damage. Individuals clearly expect a variety of benefits when they take on new names...
That research derives from Psychoanalyst Erik Erikson, who wrote a few cryptic pages on the subject, then invited others to flesh out adult stages. As Gould charts them, the stages-for men and women-break down as follows...
...Youngsters are "condensed energy looking for a direction" and looking for rules to break. The problem is to break away from parental control. Romance, and all intimacy, is an attempt to cut loose from parents without losing a sense of safety and belonging...
...matter how worrisome the Snepp case may be to U.S. public servants who break promises to keep secrets, they do not have to contend with anything like the Official Secrets Act in Canada or Britain, where it is a crime to disclose any government document without permission. These laws are currently under fire in both countries, as a result of three cases...