Word: cheating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jekyll and Hyde aspect to him," says Tory Home Secretary William Whitelaw, using the caricaturists' horror-show imagery. "You sometimes get the impression that once Denis decides what is good for Britain and his party, he pursues it even if you have to lie and cheat along the way." Healey mistrusts ideology, and sees the job of government as mundanely doing what most people want- trying to eradicate poverty, inflation, unemployment and other social ills. "These things aren't very exciting for visionaries," he says, "but trying to get them is not an ignoble thing...
Mostly she berates him as a cheat and a loafer. She is an immigrant's daughter; he is the son of a millionaire who lost his fortune. They met at a dance marathon and married soon after. Now she supports him by waiting on tables, while he spends his days writing, drinking and philandering. She assaults him with this sorry history, until finally, past mere desperation, he uses his razor to cut his throat. Zschau rushes into the bathroom and emerges appropriately, with his blood on her hands...
...addition to the ever present greed and the lust for special advantage, there are a number of reasons for increased deception. The general relaxation of moral codes is doubtless one. Another is the steadily growing pressure for personal achievement in an increasingly competitive world. The incentive to cheat is heightened by the fact that society is more and more an aggregate of strangers dealing impersonally with each other. Finally, there is the snowballing impression that every body must be cheating...
...WEST POINT honor code over-shadows everything. "A cadet will not lie, cheat or steal, or tolerate those who do." That code, which brought the academy into the public eye and exposed it to criticism from the media and the government, has been moderated. Under the eye of Superintendent Gen. Andrew Goodpaster, the code has been reduced to its essentials, but many say reforms are still necessary. Cadets are asked to sign the statement, "This is a product of my own work," on any paper, test or lab, or admit aid if they received...
Pressing recruiting sergeants to achieve higher quotas is one technique the Pentagon is not considering. Such pressure was behind last year's scandals. To meet their quotas, recruiters helped volunteers cheat on their aptitude tests and enlistment applications...