Word: rewards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Having come up through the ranks in the oldest of political traditions. Rotenberg looks back fondly on her earliest campaign memories--carloads of kids handing out leaflets and then going to McDonald's to claim cheeseburgers and milkshakes as their reward...
...panned out. Schools are scheduling lessons on street safety taught by visiting police; television coverage has included a film re-enacting some of the crimes; and police fraternal organizations are distributing 100,000 bumper stickers reading: KIDS, DON'T GO WITH STRANGERS. A reward fund contributed by the Atlanta Business League, the local bar association, a radio station, the city council and numerous other Atlanta groups has reached a total of $150,000 and is still growing. Says Commissioner Brown, who is black and himself the worried father of ten-year-old twins: "Somewhere out there, someone has that...
...defeating our enemies in World War II, then reintroducing them into the family of man." Truman realized the necessity of imposing total defeat. "So many leaders think they can take away the curse of hard decisions by doing things hesitantly or by half measures," says Kissinger. "There is no reward for losing because of moderation...
Perhaps Kemeny best captured the prevailing mood when he described why he wanted the game played here every four years despite the bigger financial reward available to both teams in Cambridge. To the roared approval of the green-clad throng, he said, "I think every generation of Harvard students should have the chance to see a real college...
...what is a runner to do? Not to worry, says Roberts, who runs five to ten miles (8 to 16 km) a week: "I think that the purpose of running is to make a person feel better." In other words, running a marathon must be its own reward...