Word: manuals
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...critics of the honor system believe the fundamental fault lies in the nature of the code itself and the way it dovetails with life at West Point. In addition to having to live by the honor code, a cadet has to conform to hundreds of regulations contained in a manual known as the Blue Book. Life at West Point consists in large part of finding ways around the regulations; if a cadet is caught, he is disciplined. But, strictly speaking, many violations of the regulations could be interpreted as violations of the honor code. A cadet who misses a parade...
...beer-bellied longshoremen too washed up to take on any other work. Well, my friends, let's put that myth to rest right now. The men and women in big time wrestling are the most superbly conditioned athletes in the world. This fact may be ascertained in any technical manual on human biology, and has been documented by the Defense Department's classified file on manpower emergencies. You might not think that the McGuire twins, Billie and Bennie (whose combined weight exceeds 1300 pounds, and who have to wear custom built undershorts to keep their stomachs from banging against their...
Unbutton your button-downs, you Ph.D.s who want jobs, and try some manual labor. You may love...
...better off, but for a different reason. It has had computer trouble since the New Hampshire race, and was using a manual analysis of results. Man did no better than machine, though NBC is convinced it would have seen the closeness of the race had its computer been operational. CBS was saved by nothing more complicated than proper caution and a set of sample precincts that more accurately weighed the rural vote...
...Good aims to be a practical manual as well as an exhortation to better behavior; Hills promises not only to make virtue fashionable but to bring it within the grasp of the most temptation-beset person. When it comes right down to it, though, if you start with Hills's straight-forward view of vice, the actual how of being virtuous isn't that complicated--if you want to be good, why not just do it (leave your car window intact, pay for your books, etc)? Virtue costs money, to be sure; but the part that really bothers Hills--what...