Word: fatherland
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Science & Glory. More important than ever are alumni of the Ecole Polytechnique, another creation of the Revolution near the Panthéon, which maintains the military air given it by Napoleon (motto: "For fatherland, science and glory."). Commanded by a general, and obliged to serve for six years in the armed forces, the school's 600 students observe strict military discipline, wear cocked hats and swords on parade. A.W.O.L. students get a highly deterrent punishment-loss of the right to take an exam...
...story, was Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky, a vain cheapskate who held an "important job" in the Soviet agency that coordinates scientific research. The secret life of Oleg, the serial explained, revolved around his hopes of escaping to the West, "the alluring world where there is no honor, no fatherland, no moral duty; where everything is measured by the pocketbook...
...Israel can benefit from the "export of guilt." Meyer explained that many Jews who were not caught in the "holocaust of Europe" have feelings of guilt and would be willing to contribute, capital to their fatherland...
...Castro, "several months ago the Soviet Union decided to cancel the whole arms debt of our country." Was Cuba weakened by Khrushchev's retreat? Was Castro diminished? "Don't think that the retirement of these strategic arms disarms us. All the other arms stay in this country. Fatherland or death! We will conquer...
...confidence. He seems to have the qualities of stability, imagination and guts that should pay off in Viet Nam. His war service has ranged from staff posts to the front line, and his chestful of decorations includes France's Croix de guerre, Russia's Order of the Fatherland, and South Korea's Military Order of Taeguk, as well as the U.S. Distinguished Service Medal with oakleaf cluster. Harkins seldom shouts. If an officer does not measure up, he is quietly shipped out. One colonel remembers that the worst dressing-down he ever received was when Harkins looked...