Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...beatings, Finch developed a lucrative law practice and a solid grounding in California politics. In 1956 he was named chairman of the Republican Central Committee of Los Angeles County. He did well for two years, but after the G.O.P.'s debacle in the 1958 congressional elections, he needed help. At Nixon's request, Finch came to Washington, where he showed his gratitude by running a magnificently organized convention drive to head off Rockefeller in 1960. After Nixon's nomination, Finch served as campaign manager...
...organized "cells" among Palestinian students abroad and studied the techniques of Algerian guerrillas. At that time, Nasser had organized forerunners of today's fedayeen among Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and used them to stir up the border, a role they took on with sufficient enthusiasm to help bring about Israel's decision to launch...
...bandages, food and ammunition are piled everywhere. Sometimes the arriving shipments include beer. It is not drunk; the fedayeen sell it and use the money to purchase arms. Some of the fedayeen weapons are purchased directly, but some are contributed by Arab governments, particularly Egypt, Iraq and Syria, which help out in other ways as well. A Syrian raider captured by the Israelis revealed that he had been trained by Egyptian army officers...
...otherwise healthy people are especially susceptible to disabling illness that lasts several weeks. Others can throw off the flu after a week or so, with perhaps half that time spent in bed on a high fluid intake. No medication does much good, except aspirin to ease the discomfort and help lower the fever...
...signs of trouble but does no repairing itself, checked 7,000 cars after they had left service shops in his area; less than 1% of them had been fixed properly, and some had not been repaired at all. Though Kriegel may have been overly critical-his testimony could only help the auto-diagnosing business-the findings were startling...