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...responded: "Work ... is not a good in itself. There is nothing laudable in work for work's sake." Ever since, a debate has been raging in Western societies about the nature of toil - what it is and what it's worth. In Blood Sweat & Tears (Texere; 338 pages) Richard Donkin, a Financial Times writer on management topics, sets out to find some answers. The quest is not a complete success, but it does offer some comfort to today's overworked wage slaves. Donkin leads with his chin. In the first few pages he asserts that most of us work...
...British saw that they had intercepted reinforcements for the garrison. The British commander of the South Georgia task force decided to advance the timing of his attack. As Royal Marines Spokesman Lieut. Colonel Tim Donkin in London later summed up the decision: "He judged it right to move, and then to move very swiftly...
...British promised to return their Argentine prisoners to the mainland. In a gesture of civility uncommon in modern warfare, the commanders of the Santa Fe and the Argentine garrison were entertained at dinner aboard a task-force vessel following the victory. The Argentines, according to Royal Marines Spokesman Donkin, expressed "their gratitude for the humanity" of their captors...
...Oyly Carte tradition that Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, proscribe a modern villain or two in his first-act showstopper, I've Got a Little List. And sure enough, Baritone Alistair Donkin ticked off an added starter in his roll of "society offenders who might well be underground, and who never would be missed." Spinning impishly about the stage in much the same gyrations that the great Martyn Green had learned from Sir Henry Lytton (inherited by Lytton from the original Ko-Ko, George Grossmith, who had learned his stage business from Director W.S. Gilbert himself...
...beloved is Donkin that when the hateful new headmaster tries to oust him, the young folks start a B. U. D. C. (Back Up Donkin Club). Things get pretty tense. The headmaster abolishes the school regatta, and Donkin packs up to leave. Only in the nick of time is he reinstated, and the oldest minx marries the shy music instructor, Philip ("Poop"), who calls his baby grand piano "B. G." For the final curtain Donkin stands alone in his study listening to the boys ("Old Crump," "Bimbo," "Flossie," and their pals) singing Auld Lang Syne...