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Word: helpe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...walking a tightrope between his truculent tin miners and annoyed U.S. officials, Bolivia's President Hernán Siles Zuazo squeaked through still another crisis last week. He not only ended a 13-day strike, but also persuaded the U.S. to resume its financial help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOLIVIA: On the Tightrope | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

Even if overall dollar aid remains at the current level of $25 million annually, the U.S. will shake up its program. First to be reviewed: the technical-assistance program, which employs 4,000 Bolivians, maintains 20,000 miles of road, gives agricultural help to thousands. A recent survey showed that half of the Bolivians had no idea that the U.S. was doing the helping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOLIVIA: On the Tightrope | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

...help the housewife translate all these dietetic data into dishes, Margaret Keys has filled half the book with menus for every day for all four seasons, and recipes for everything from almond cakes to zucchini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Fats & Facts | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

...beside the child's crib. Britain's Ministry of Health accepted the idea and declared in a special report: "This is of great benefit to the child, and if the mother is allowed to play a full part in his care, she can be a help rather than a hindrance to the hospital staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Mother & Child | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

...they weighed 3 lbs. 1 oz.. stretched 10¼ in. from butt to sight. To learn the quick draw with this blunderbuss took a lot of practice, and the man who could fire it accurately beyond 20 ft. was rare. Nevertheless, the best of the gunsharks-with the help of sawed barrels, tied triggers, shifted grips, lowered hammers and greased holsters-could slap leather and spill five shots, all in less than a second. (The modern record is claimed by a Denver butcher named Jim-no kin to Matt -Dillon: draw and shoot in twelve-hundredths of a second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERNS: The Six-Gun Galahad | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

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