Word: performance
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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What caused the phenomenon is, of course, the invincible development of an industrial supereconomy, which created U.S. prosperity along with the tireless machines, the miracles of transport and communication, the manifold service industries that perform many of the functions once performed by servants. The same is happening in Western Europe; only backward countries are still without a "servant problem...
Other teams manage to perform respectively with an amount of talent comparable to that which the Red Sox have, but a peculiar malaise strikes the tenants of Fenway Park every year. Desire and hustle are not just cliches tossed around by sportswriters and Little League managers; they are qualities which can turn an average team into a good one--witness last year's Philadelphia Phillies. But the Red Sox collect their paychecks every month whether they win or lose--and they don't seem to care...
Just ask Cincinnati's Jim Maloney, 25. Then duck. A hard-throwing righthander, the Reds' best pitcher (23 victories in 1963, 15 last year), Maloney had the easiest of tasks to perform last week: beating the Mets, who had lost ten games in a row. He started off with a whiz, throwing three straight strikes at the first batter he faced: Outfielder Billy Cowan, 26, who walked away muttering "I never even saw the ball." One after another, the Mets paraded to the plate; one after another, they slunk back to the dugout. Third Baseman Charlie Smith struck...
Active attention and participation of every student every minute is required, and the teacher must construct natural conversations, the advice sheet notes. Also, "Don't be satisfied that one student can get the right answer (least of all a volunteer). Be sure all understand and can perform...
...obstacle to better college teach ing is the defensive notion that a teacher compromises his freedom if he allows anyone except students to enter his classroom and evaluate his perform ance. This sanctification of the class room not only cuts the teacher off from useful criticism but also gives adminis trators a handy excuse to argue that good teaching cannot be judged, and that therefore a teacher's rewards have to be based on his publications...