Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Arabs looked more & more for help from King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan, who had become the man-of-the-hour in the Arab crisis. Last week armored cars of his British-trained Arab Legion supported an Arab attack on Neve Yaakov, a Jewish village three miles from Jerusalem. Said Abdullah: "The Arab Legion is not going to be withdrawn from Palestine...
...contrary, Ottawa expects ERP to help keep Canada's economy from outright U.S. control. It will preserve the traditional three-cornered pattern of Canadian commerce (buying in the U.S. and selling to Europe). If ERP puts Europe on its feet, the benefit to Canada will be permanent. If ERP fails, the preservation will be temporary, and Canada will have to cut its economic cloth to a new pattern...
...character." Most of his friends know the right response. "No, Maestro, you don't have a bad character; you just have a bad temper." But he will continue: "I was bad. I don't know what makes me do those things, but I can't help it. Do you think I am bad? I am not; I am a good man, really...
...last week in Manhattan, Pierre stepped briskly into Park Avenue's exclusive Racquet & Tennis Club. Though he is the world's champ, he is also the club's court tennis pro, which puts him in the class of hired help. (Court tennis is a game that none but kings, millionaires and their friends can afford.) He responded respectfully to members' greetings (they called him "Pierre"; he called them "mister") and changed into flannels and sneakers. Since he became open champion in London 20 years ago, he had been challenged only twice before. Challenger No. 3: Sandy...
...ever justified? Yes, says the commission, when it is undertaken: 1) to redress a grave injury committed by another state; 2) to defend one's country against attack; 3) to help a belligerent "whose cause . . . [one] believes to be just." But, the report adds, war must be waged with a right intention-"the establishment of peace founded in justice...