Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Myra Breckinridge, Vidal (5) 10. Heaven Help Us, Tarr...
Covering the federal side of the conflict was rarely more pleasant for Paris Correspondent Friedel Ungeheuer. But as TIME'S former West Af rica correspondent, Ungeheuer was fortunate to find some old beerdrinking buddies among customs officials at Lagos airport to help him past the red tape and get him on a flight to Enugu, former capital of the Eastern Region, for an eyewitness report of relief operations. also had valuable background files from TIME'S Nairobi Bureau Chief Edwin Reingold and Ottawa Bureau Chief Alan Grossman. During two years in West Africa, Grossman covered the Ibo massacres...
...upon the Senator's defeat in a 1964 runoff primary. Jim Jones, a fellow Oklahoman working for Johnson, arranged a National Committee post. Jones was rising in status at the White House as an aide to Marvin Watson, now Postmaster General, and with his help Criswell moved up notch by notch in the National Committee. When a new treasurer was needed, Jones immediately recommended Criswell. "Can we trust him?" Johnson asked. "He's my roommate," said Jones. These days, Criswell shares rooms with no man and confidences with only...
...help more natives prepare for business, Kenya Shell Ltd. and the country's Ministry of Education have put together an illustrated book in Swahili, with English translations, on rudimentary business practices. Featured are Mr. Shida, a bumbling, unsuccessful shopkeeper, and Mr. Ali, a progressive, flourishing entrepreneur. Mr. Shida, for example; is in serious trouble because his debtors are slow to pay him. Mr. Ali, by contrast, avoids that kind of bind by shrewdly refusing to give credit. A typical lesson deals with the display of merchandise in shop windows: "One of these cakes has flies on it. The other...
...severe plunge. "The market is awash in a sea of doubt," said Vice President Robert T. Allen of the Manhattan firm of Shearson, Hammill. Along with the prospect of an economic slowdown because of the 10% income tax surcharge, there were worries over declining profits, falling interest rates (which help to suck investable funds back into bonds), and reduced business spending on expansion. With many big institutional traders sitting on the sidelines, trading volume slumped along with prices. On the final day of the week, transactions on the New York Stock Exchange sank to a four-month...