Word: professionalism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The artery had become blocked, possibly by fatty deposits, under the shoul der, where muscle and bone crowd it. Ford's well-developed muscles and his pitching profession aggravated the block: every time he threw a pitch, his muscles and bones would pinch the artery, constricting the vessel even...
Lord Chancellor Gardiner has a job centuries older than the Prime Minister's, a title once held by two English saints (Becket, More) and Francis Bacon, a $34,000 salary that is tops in the British government, and the unique power to simultaneously help make, execute and interpret the...
Sir: Phyllis McGinley's paean to the American housewife is absurd [Oct. 9]. Housewifery is not a profession. Does one need an education to do a good job making beds? And is it any more "noble" to bake a cake than to teach a child to read? Not all...
...profession, housewifery may be noble as hell, but as a day to day occurrence, it is rather vapid. Like death and taxes, it should largely be regarded as regrettable and ignored when possible. Simpering over boiled pudding is neither professional nor noble...
...universities, government and industry all competing for the services of faculty, there has developed a pattern of relatively rapid turnover." As a result, Nason finds, "one's personal loyalty centers on one's profession, not on the college, which becomes a way station on the road to professional success. Faculty members are less inclined to identify themselves with their present institution. After all, it is only human nature and common sense not to become too involved in a community in which one is only a transient rather than a permanent member...