Word: rationalism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Drinking during duty hours has long been outlawed in the armed forces; the daily grog ration, which persisted in the British navy until 1970, was abolished for U.S. seamen in the 19th century. But off-duty boozing is another matter. Waterfront bars stand ready to quench the thirsts of a long, dry cruise, while service clubs, which dispense top-quality liquor at bargain prices, encourage the heavy drinking that is almost endemic on military bases. The Pentagon estimates that there are between 50,000 and 115,000 alcoholics among the 2.4 million men in the armed forces, and alcoholism...
...regional autonomy. The most recent country to be struck by a wave of minority discontent is, of all places, peaceful little Switzerland. Investigating a suspicious fire at an army ammunition depot near Delémont on the French border recently, authorities found the letters FLJ-"Front de Libération Jurassien daubed on in fresh paint. The front is the more militant of two organizations representing dissident Swiss in the Jura region of Bern canton...
...from the world title that is rightfully his. He refused to enter the past two world championships, which are held every three years, charging that the long, grueling play-off rounds favored the "Russian cheaters." Four years ago, unable to gain a title match outside the Fédération Internationale des Echecs, the governing body of world chess, he stormed into retirement to "plot my revenge." Then, 18 months later, he suddenly stormed right back with a "new sense of mission," entered the championship play-offs and demolished one grand master after another. Now the knight-errant of the royal...
...generally received coverage that was more routine than inspired. The Washington Post offered its usual thorough coverage, bolstered with some particularly perceptive reporting. The Post's Haynes Johnson, for example, had the best explanation of McGovern's South Carolina strategy. New York Times readers got their expected ration of comprehensive journalism. Column after column catalogued the convention in infinite detail-even to an uncharacteristically droll bit by Robert Semple on the confrontation between a Secret Service bent on X-raying delegates' boxes of fried chicken for possible bombs and a Department of Public Health fearful that...
...Fischer carries around with him. It is characteristic that his spokesmen are lawyers and not chess players. Wherever Fischer is, money ranks first, pushing aside all sporting motives." Said The Netherlands' Max Euwe, former world chess champion (1935-37) and the president of the Fédération des Echecs (F.I.D.E.), the world governing body of chess: "I don't like Mr. Fischer in our chess world. He's a good player, but every day we are getting another ultimatum from him like this." Then Euwe issued an ultimatum of his own: if Fischer...