Word: dad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...issue that most excites him is the environment. With a B.S. in forestry from Utah State and a three-month stint behind him as a ranger in Yellowstone National Park, Jack speaks forcefully and knowledgeably on environmental issues. But he does so mostly in private with the President. Of Dad's veto of the strip-mining bill that would have placed tough restrictions on mining companies, Jack says only: "He took a little different approach to it than...
...world was a middle-class Middlesex town called Pinner, where he was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight. The lonely, lumpy, myopic only child of an R.A.F. squadron leader, he was too shy "to say boo to a goose." He was so out of favor with his straight-backed dad that he was forbidden to kick a soccer ball in the garden lest he wreck the rose bushes. He was refused permission to purchase mohair sweaters and Hush Puppies shoes, status gear he devoutly hoped would help him gain acceptance in the local smart set in the late '50s and early...
...Dwight's father Stanley was frequently away on military duty. When he was home, his son discovered there were really only a couple of things he could do to please dad. One was to accompany him to Watford, six miles away, to watch the local football (soccer) team's matches. The other was to play a little Chopin; he had started piano lessons at four. Chumship evaporated, however, when Reg tuned in pop music on the radio. His mother Sheila recalls a letter Stanley sent from overseas warning that Reg, then 16, must "get all this pop nonsense...
...longer involves only youths. Six Flags Over Georgia, a huge amusement park outside Atlanta, has received four applications for every one of its 2,000 summer jobs paying $1.80 an hour. When Personnel Manager Jerry Oliver asks youngsters why they want to work, many tell him, "My dad lost his job, and I have to help pay the bills." In addition to high school and college applicants, Oliver notes, "we get older people, 35 and up. They have been laid off by General Motors and Ford or by other companies...
...parents and home environment could be where the cure lies? Just imagine how an interest in reading might be developed if children came home from school and saw Mom reading a book instead of watching the soap operas. Imagine how achievement test scores in science might improve if Dad took the kids to a science museum on Sunday instead of sitting on his fanny watching six hours of professional football...