Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...work in the impoverished central Luzon, where the Huk guerrillas still remain troublesome. No longer the fiery Communists that they were in the insurrection of the 1950s, the Huks have turned to Mafia-style extortion, which Marcos hopes he can counter with a program of better law enforcement and increased hopes for a better life...
...Extraordinary Synod of Bishops in Rome last month, Catholic prelates and theologians alike warned that the bishops who sought a larger role in shaping church policy had better be prepared to share that power with priests and laity at home. Last week, as 221 members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops met in Washington's Statler-Hilton Hotel, that prophecy proved correct. The Rev. Patrick O'Malley, 37, moderate president of the National Federation of Priests' Councils representing some 35,000 of the nation's 58,000 Catholic priests, proposed that the bishops turn over...
...many housewives, that seal-successor to the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval-has long symbolized quality. Not many buyers are aware that only products advertised in Good Housekeeping qualify for the imprimatur. In fact, Hearst does not guarantee that the merchandise is safer or better than competing products of comparable price. "We satisfy ourselves that products advertised in Good Housekeeping are good ones," says the publisher, "and that the advertising claims made for them in our magazine are truthful...
Although the Whole Earth Catalog is selling briskly across the U.S. and abroad, it may soon become a collector's item. Brand plans to cease publication in 1971. "If by that time there aren't people and ideas around doing a better job than we have, then we'll have failed," he says. Brand expects to keep the Truck Store operating as a mail-order service, but his personal plans are indefinite-to say the least. "I may just spend a while having fantasies," he says. "But 1971 is a long time from now -like a generation...
Joel looked at me. "I guess I'd better take back all the nasty things I've said about Easy Rider," he said...