Word: warriorism
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...Barnard, research cardiologist at U.C.L.A.: "It's similar to tuning up your car's engine to make the car run more efficiently." Vigorous physical effort helps release tension too. But it can also do a lot of damage, especially if the athlete is a neophyte or weekend warrior, both of whom tend to try to do too much too soon...
...diplomacy. Soldier, statesman and swashbuckling hero of Israel's wars with its Arab neighbors, Moshe Dayan occupied center stage in Israel for more than 30 years. By the time he died last week of a heart attack at 66, Dayan had largely outgrown his image as a warrior and become an impassioned advocate of peace...
Jesse Helms is the New Right's righteous warrior, and his battle is nigh...
What he is doing, of course, is playing cold warrior. He cares little whether the men and women in Poland have enough meat to eat at night, whether or not they breathe dangerous chemicals on the job, whether or not they live with some measure of pride. Reagan does hope very much that they can beat down his rivals, the communists, for that would be good for Ronald Reagan, and good for business. But his support of capitalism and his opposition to communism are obviously not predicated on support for common people's happiness; that is something he and others...
Reserve and National Guard units are supposed to play an important role supporting regular troops, which would take heavy casualties in the early days of a conventional war fought with modern weapons. Most weekend-warrior units are not only undermanned, but their equipment is often so crude as to make training exercises a joke. Example: National Guardsmen use ancient radio equipment that still has 1950s-era vacuum tubes. If ordered to Europe, as they would be in case a war broke out, they literally could not talk to the regular Army units they supposedly would fight beside...