Wednesday, February 6, 1885
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It's harder fer an crerithre to have a
happy fcnily Ufa than for the proverbial
rich man to get Into hecca, according
to e::Iy re catchers ho have declared
tha executive species highly stressed,
lonely tnd ursbie to express tender
feeling.
Cat ths myth b disproved la a new
r.sticr.il study ca executive fsislll es by
a team of rcHarshars from UNIt
department cfhuman development cad
tha family. Men happily married to
their jobs evn-hdmi:My sea them
selves la loving, satisfy msnlega
and parent relationships.
"Whit's mors," s;;ys Kick Stinnett,
department chair, who led the study,
"their families egrea."
In fact, 3 percent cf the executives
rated their marital happiness high, tad
DO percent cf ths husbands- and wives
zi'A they thought that commitment to
esch ether was high.
While 75 percent of tha executives
and their spouses were satisfied or very
srilr.acdv.1th performance ca ability to
eipns3 affection sad dependency, tad
emotional closeness, 3 percent add
tha frequency tfecy stand by each ether
when cr.3 cf them Is la trouble was
high. And 1 percent said tha mate's
role with tha highest degree of satis
faction was "providing a feeling cf
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Even though 71 percent cf tha r.ca
typically worked nina to 12 hours and
Professor writes
military
By Marc D. Seger .
Stiff Reporter
Lawrence J. Kerb, assistant secretary
of defense, said UNL's history depart
ment boasts a professor who has co
written a U.S. military history book that
is "must reading" for people who want
to understand the vital role of the
armed forces in shaping U.S. history."
Peter Maslowski wrote "For the
Common Defense: A Military History cf
the Unites States of America" with
Allan E. Millet cf Ohio State University.
Millet was Maslom'ski's mentor when
he was working toward his doctorate
there.
Ths bock supports many theses. For
example, Maslowski and Millet take to
task the fallacy that the United States
generally hss not been prepared for
war.
. "We find, on the contrary, that
policy-makers throughout history hiva
dona remarkably well in preserving tha
nation's security," MaalowsM said.
Maslowski wrote the first riua
chapters, which. cover 1607 to 1902.
llillott wrote tha last eight, covering
most cf tho 20th century.
The history ranges from tha "soldier
settlers" cf colonial Jamestown to
President Eeagm's defense policies.
. .The bosk expsads largely on Insights
fjven in two esrfics books, Walter
Millis's "Arms and Han," (1055) and
Russell M. Teigley's "Tite Mericaa
Wey of War," (1873), Maslowski said.
Welgley has said hlaslovski and
Millet's bock 'will bo the pre-eminent
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.. along with volunteer groups and tax
advisers will help Nebraskaas with
their incoma tax forms.
llirouh a program cslled the
Volunteer Income Tax. Assistance,
volunteer groups and advisers will
help low-income, elderly, haadi
cepbed and non-English speaking
taxpayers file their federal and state
individual inecme tax returns. .
The volunteers will be ex
perienced tax preparers and people
lages
another 18 percent about tight hours a
weskdry and almost half work another
six to 15 hours ca ,zC:??.li, ths
nsjerity cf persons answering tha
questionnaire said loneliness was
experienced rr-!y crr.r;;r (S2 percent).
Only 1.3 percent felt mcra lonely than
most pcopla.
t2asit theorizes that cno ircsaun
for ths discrepancy la results between
this tnd earlier studies by other
reseuchsn is tha difference la cf
respondents. Tha mean ep cf cariicr
respondents was 37, v. hi!? Ctir.r.ett's
average aga was 53. Tha average length
cfmarrf: go in this study wu3 28.8 years,
with 4 percent married only once. In
this study, only 20 percent cf the wives
worked 3 much as six to eight hours a
dry outside tha homo.
Member of executive families idea
tiaed consideration, lovo, communica
tion and ccheslvcncss a3 tha most
important strengths of their families,
However, executives indicated that
t crjority cf them spend a considerable
amount (45 percent) or most (7 percent)
cf their spare tirna thinking about cr
24 percent cf them said they spend
equal tirna cr mora time ca their family
then their careers.
Thirty-two percent indicated a 60-40
distribution cf time on career and
fondly; 0 percent a 70-20 split aad 20
percent aa 80-20 distribution. Whea
survey of American military history for
years to come."
"For the Common Defense," a 587
pega work published by The Free Press
Division of Macmillan, Inc. of New
York, has more than 9,000 copies in
print and was a December selection of
the History Book Club.
Although the book will be used as a
textbook by the U.S. Air Force Academy,
Colorado State University and Mas
lowski himseH it waa written for general
readers with very few footnotes. .
"For the Common Defense" is not
Maslowski's first book. He also wrote
"Treasoa Must Be Made Odious: Military '
Occupation and Wartime Reconstruc
tion in Nashville, Tennessee, 1862
1835' This work argues that recon
struction begaa right after Union forces
defected Confederate forces at Fort
Sumter, S.C., rather than after the
Confederate surrender at Appomattox.
Nor is "For the Common Defense"
Maslowski's last book.
Msaicwski, currently on leave, is
finishing a book about the impact
.World War II . photographs had on
public opinion. Maslowski's ; father,
Tech. Sgt. Karl H. Maslowski, was a
military photographer in WWII and
Maslowski himself has been & pro-
Maslowski, who teaches mostly
. miiitsry history, joined UNL's faculty in
1274. Besides his bocks, he has wriitea
numerous articles on military history.
A Cincinnati native, .Maslowski earned
his bachelor's degree at Miami Uni
versity of Ohio and his master's and
doctcrata at Ohio State.
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who have been trained by tha IES.
They will help taxpayers file federal
forms lOlCSZ, 1040Aaad 1040 with
Schedule ASJJ, and the Nebraska
1040N form- They also will help
qualifting taxpayers take advantage
cf tha Earned Income Credit and
Credit for the Elderly. .
People who need help in preparing
their tax returns can call for
information about locations avail
able for VITA assistance. Call the
IES tell free at (800) 424-1040 or, if
calling from Omaha, 422-1500.
History
r,kcd ho? tatlsSei thrwcre with tha
distribution cftime tad energy between
career and family, C2 percent cf tha
executives and 64 percent cf their
wives indicated they were cither satis
Tha new study by Stinnett and UNL
graduate students David Eucker, Eabln
Smith and Duana Shell, concurred with
caller 'studies about the high stress
level la executive families. TS.3 majority
(53 percent) cf respondents said they
experienced high degrees cf stress.
Major stressors- were work (47 percent)
and marrlaa cr family (27 percent).
Dat 70 percent of tha respondents
said their families did help them with
stress by talking It out, understand
luglistening and being supportive.
They noted physical activity and relax
ation cj tha most frequent means of
doaUag with stress.
"Perhaps tha family is most beneflcial
when It provides passivo aid &i:h as
support snd listening, and is less
effective when mora active intervention
Is attempted," Stinnett said.
"Ways cf developing and fostering
tha positive family values and activities '
identified need to ba incorporated into
educational pre-grems for executives,"
tha report concludes. "At the sama
tlma, however, executives need assis
tance in dealing with work-related
stress ca the Job to avoid neptiva
'spillover' into the family situation."
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An agreement between UNL sad
tha Kanr.sn University in Noya,
Japan, provides aa excellent oppor
tunity for students to study for a
yscr in Jipaa. The exchna pro
gram allocs UNL students to gain
direct experiences in a cultural set
ting that coexists with tha one In
Lincoln. Students la this prcsraar
will enroll in Engllsh-languasa
courses at Kanzaa University deal
ing with Japanese art, business,
culture, economies, history, politics
snd lan jus a to obtain resident
credits toward their degrees at UNL
Students who are selected by the
Asian Studies Committee and ap
proved by the Executive Dean of
International Affairs pay the normal
charges for tuition and fees plus
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board and room to UNL.
Utts payment then covers all ths
scholastic and living costs for tha
terdsmio year at tha Jepansse uni
versity. Any undergraduates la any ccl
le:s cf UKL ara eligible to partlel
p:ts In tha study prcam at Naaaaa
University. However, students app
lying for tha cost-reduction prcgnci
should hava a G?A cf 3.0 or higher
and hsiva a genuina interest in tha
prcrtm as evidence by coursa work
In Asian studies or languages andor
International experience.
Since the UNL Nanzsn prcgrem
sgreement is on a cna-to-ona basis,
the cost, payment and tha number
of UNL students enrolling la tha
program Is uncertain.
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