Word: ethical
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Business leaders and conservative politicians contend overhaul is overdue in a system that has made labor too costly and laborers too lazy. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl sharply criticized his countrymen for undermining the work ethic that forged the postwar economic miracle. "We cannot organize our country like one big recreation park," he said. Although Europeans still treasure their blanket of social protection, "they now see its tendency to crush the economy," says French economics professor Jacques Bichot...
Nonetheless, the team's transition to running and pressing has been progressing smoothly, partly because of the team's work ethic...
...This team has the best work ethic of any that I've had at Harvard. The leadership of our tri-captains (seniors Frey, Kat Crissera, and Katie Phillips) has been great," said Delaney Smith...
...cinematic elegy. Both films take place in warm, Southern, laid-back American climes, closely examine the dilemmas of females in their milieus and prescribe a "back to nature", "be content with who you are" approach to healing. But whereas the earlier film espouses a traditional family and community ethic, the protagonist of "Ruby in Paradise" finds peace of mind in individuality and self-reliance...
...windshields denouncing the "dumbing down" of classes and the substitution of "psychotherapy" for the three Rs. Debi Schwier, an anti-OBE organizer in Gwinnett County, denounces such reforms as "one of the most blatant shifts in the history of the U.S. from what they call the Judeo-Christian ethic to an atheistic, humanistic ethic." She fears that the schools may tamper with her daughter's parent-instilled understanding of God. "Their goal seems to be to reform society," she says, "not just the schools...