Word: wakefulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...agreement growing, and with Carter's reputation for military toughness diminished by his refusal to approve production of the B-1 bomber, the President tried more directly last week to convince critics that he is no dove on defense. In a speech at North Carolina's Wake Forest University, Carter warned the Soviet Union against its "ominous inclination to use its military power; to intervene in local conflicts with advisers, with equipment, and with full logistical support and encouragement for mercenaries from other Communist countries...
...first days of vacation are all right of course, because no one expects me to do anything but collapse into bed, wake up for meals that put Adams House cooking to shame, and drift back to sleep again. But parental tolerance of the sleep-gorge-sleep regimen wanes quickly, and then, at least in my family, I am expected to fill the 'rents in on the details of life at school: intellectual pursuits stimulating lectures and an exhilerating, whirlwind, cosmopolitan social life. Unfortunately, words fail me here, because much of my life is spent hunched over a typewriter contracting curvature...
...Classic, tomorrow through Sunday, where nationally-ranked host squad Alabama leads a strong field. And as the Crimson troops continue their march up the Atlantic coast, they will also face Georgia (11th in the nation), Georgia Tech, Furman (who shellacked Harvard last spring), Duke (18th in the nation) and Wake Forest...
...Begin's interpretation of Resolution 242 as yet another stratagem to hold on to all of the West Bank-even if it meant abandoning the peace talks. The criticism did not yet threaten Begin's position as Premier, and it could well be muted in the wake of last week's atrocity. But much now depends on his talks in Washington. Should the Israelis conclude that Begin's intransigence was to blame for the failure of the peace process and a worsening relationship with the U.S., his government could still be in trouble...
...College in suburban Washington, he was offered a coaching job at a Catholic boys' home. "I fell in love with coaching," Wootten says, "and changed my major from prelaw to education." Now 46, he has remained a high school coach despite a stream of offers from colleges-including Wake Forest and Maryland. He has even said no thanks to a feeler from Notre Dame. Why? "It's satisfaction with my work and the enjoyment of working with young people when they are most pliable. It's not that I see something in college coaches' lives that...