Word: stepping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With impressive unanimity, graduates of the three academies agree that the honor codes helped greatly to prepare them for a life in the military. Air Force Colonel Bradley P. Hosmer, top man in the class of 1959 at the Air Force Academy, goes one step further: "The honor code was the most important influence on my life, period. It affects your standards of self, my expectations, and even how I raise my kids." In all three services, academy graduates emphasize the importance of being able to trust the word of a fellow officer...
...ISRAELI DIPLOMATIC GOALS. Our next step will be toward an agreement with Syria. The chances for such a development are slim. But we must have some optimism, because nobody has a realistic solution for peace but everybody has enough realistic reasons not to start another...
...starting our season against Columbia, this may be fine for some of the teams in the league, but it seems like a major mistake for us to take such a step. True, at least it's not Dartmouth we're talking about, but someday Marty Domres Jr. is going to come along, and we're going to wish we had the Terriers and the Redmen to fatten up on first. As J. Bennington Peers would agree, it's okay to lose to those teams because they're not really of any account...
This analysis, combined with Itard's step-by-step techniques, makes for a comprehensive and instructive study, particularly for those interested in language development and behavioral psychology. The Wild Boy of Aveyron ends, however, with a lengthy digression on the inspiration Itard's work provided for later educators--from the originators of sign language to Maria Montessori. Largely a name-and date-filled chronology of educational history, this last section detracts from both the narrative and pedagogical impact of the Wild Boy's story...
...gave it instead to Maronite Christian President Suleiman Franjieh. The move was meant to allow the controversial Franjieh to leave office early and gracefully. Damascus next engineered the election of another Maronite, Elias Sarkis (TIME, May 17), to succeed Franjieh, but the wily Franjieh thus far has refused to step down, to the chagrin and embarrassment of both Sarkis and Assad...