Word: ethical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...things stood until the coming of the nuclear missile, when all the rules abruptly changed and the leadership of men in combat suddenly became secondary to the decision on when to push buttons. What is needed now, says Keegan, is "an end to the ethic of heroism . . . for good and all." In a nuclear showdown, he concludes, a leadership can justify itself only "by its detachment, moderation and power of analysis." Keegan thinks the U.S. got that leadership from John Kennedy during its only real nuclear confrontation, the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. As for the next time...
...would think they're talking about the team's hardest playing defenseman. Leading scorers usually aren't followers of the Protestant work ethic...
...MODERN state makes order out of all things. Passion gives way to reason, chaos to structure. Play, to the extent there is such a thing, is to be regulated. Disneyland is the supreme expression of this ethic. In that pre-fabricated funland, the funhouse attendant can tell you exactly how long you will be waiting before you are allowed to enter. Even fun can be planned right down to the last second...
...there are probably enough Kathy Davises and Armajene Clarks left to keep the work ethic alive, if in something less than pristine form. Admittedly, the current high level of labor activity is not entirely a happy trend. A long-term decline in real incomes is nothing to celebrate, and leisure undoubtedly has its rewards. Even so, it is not disheartening that John Hardison and millions of others evidently feel something similar to fondness for hard work...
BUSINESS: The work ethic is alive, as Americans labor harder than ever...