Word: ethical
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...negative connotation that "sleeping in" carries in a society dominated by the Protestant work ethic is a tool of the very forces draining our creative energies by forcing us to stay awake. In reclaiming the term for positive protest activities, SIESTA attacks the subliminal linguistic conventions of the anti-sleepers, a facet of the struggle that should not be underestimated. Even the Civil Liberties Union of Harvard, an organization ostensibly committed to protecting individuals against coercive power, preaches "eternal vigilance...
...engendered. The people interviewed are, for the most part, not well-known personalities but articulate ordinary people: campus activists, Vietnam veterans, former hippies, union leaders, teachers, parents. Many of the clips have a grass-roots freshness (a dropout cheerfully concludes an impromptu lecture on the evils of the work ethic by saying, "So we struggle, in our own humble way, to destroy the United States"). And if there are some curious historical lapses (the show recounts the collapse of Lyndon Johnson's presidency without once mentioning Eugene McCarthy), the series makes a respectable stab at fulfilling the promise...
When Harvard lost a key player last January, Princeton and Yale suddenly became favorites to win the NCAA title Along with individual national champion Jenny Holleran, Stephanie took charge, patenting her personal ethic of hard, harder, hardest work. Harvard unexpectedly nabbed the championship...
Self-reliance, efficiency, a genuine work ethic: ambitious goals that defy dissent. But how can they triumph over ba'dain...
Peters also kicks behinds. "Our kids are no different when you instill the work ethic and tell them, 'You've got to move your buns.' " Students will start wearing uniforms in January. They listen to Mozart in music class and begin Latin in the fifth grade. James Coleman, a sociology professor at the University of Chicago, argues that black schools can challenge black youngsters in ways integrated ones cannot. "You can make very strong demands on the kids. They can't blame it on whites," he explains. "In integrated schools, white teachers are often afraid to make strong demands...