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...though, and was taken out of the 49ers game with Buffalo this year with an injured wrist. With two touchdown tosses last week against New Orleans, he is still in better shape than Jurgensen, 38, who glowers on the bench (at $125,000 a year) while that determined disciplinarian, George Allen, sticks with disciplined Billy Kilmer at the Redskin helm. Unitas joined Namath on that stratospheric day in Baltimore to set an N.F.L. record for most passing yardage gained by two teams in one game (872). But he is now 39, and his arm has never fully regained its snap...
Steiner discussed the apparent conflict between his work as a disciplinarian and his liberal political beliefs. Crisis handling "is not work that I enjoy," he said. "But it is work that is very important to the University." Steiner believes deeply in the importance of a "free and open University," a phrase he repeats continually. His rational liberalism fears disorder and places a value approaching sanctity on the virtues of free speech and academic freedom. He has the lawyer's unswerving commitment to duty and orderly process, and he works hard, even if he cringes at some aspects...
Steiner's function as a visible disciplinarian will undoubtedly be a point of contention in years to come. Those who do not share his views, however, would do well at least to respect the vigor with which he has attempted to translate them into reality
...spite of his reputation as a disciplinarian. Frisoli finds many of his most vigorous advocates among the Cambridge students. A delegation occupied the balcony of Rindge Tech Auditorium and chanted "We want Frisoli" during the long meeting in January when he was ousted. The senior class presidents of Rindge and Cambridge High and Latin spoke in his favor...
Certain institutional factors have made such progress easier in Britain. Teachers and principals have more autonomy within the British system than they do in America. Furthermore, this idea of a principal more closely approaches that of a head teacher than the American concept of principal as administrator and disciplinarian...