Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...were going after the story in force. And in a year that has seen more than its share of grim news, their assignment offered a pleasant, if hectic, change of pace. A quick phone call to Rome sent Bureau Chief Jim Bell flying off to Athens. There, with the help of our stringer Mario Modiano, Bell chartered the only plane at the airport that was not controlled by either Onassis or the Greek government. He was taken for a look at Onassis' private island of Skorpios, and he is still frightened. "The pilot passed so low over the harbor...
...picture of Pueblo crewmen [Oct. 18]: You better brush up on your sign language. According to a deaf-mute employee of the Detroit Free Press, those four men in the picture are spelling out HELP...
...Sign language experts say that the four Pueblo crewmen are not accurately spelling the word Help, but may be trying to convey such a message from a vague knowledge of the sign alphabet. The first man on the left does indeed give the symbol for H; the second man does not spell E, but by placing a closed fist in his palm, signals the entire word Help, or Give me assistance. The third and fourth men give the wrong signs for L and P, though there are some similarities...
...economic survival, he was last week on the verge of completing a $360 million deal to build a seaport, an aluminum-processing plant (with Reynolds) and a few hotels. Practical-minded Greeks feel that his alliance with a Kennedy will probably improve the junta's image and perhaps help Greece's lagging tourist business...
...addition, voters in many states have worthwhile candidates for Congress to vote for, like the 11 Senate candidates who are forming as a left wing coalition around McCarthy. No one is going to prevent the next Congress from being conservative, but the election of men like these will help. They could, in the future, form the nucleus for an effective left wing movement in this country, as Wallace has become the nucleus of the Right. Like the refusal to vote for Humphrey, Nixon or Wallace, their election would be a step toward honestly appraising how bad things...