Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...NIXON-PERCY. Illinois' Senator Charles Percy is being generally discussed as a candidate who would also help Nixon win in the large cities, where he is weakest...
...least some control over the outcome of the case. He gives his views first in the private conferences in which the Justices discuss cases and, to some extent, determines what cases the court will consider. He also commands the prestige of his office, which can be used to help preserve unity or prevent disunity from becoming bitter and destructive...
...effect that "the U.S. should fulfill its commitments" with a sentiment more congenial to doves: "We have tried to do maybe too much in the world." Treading gingerly but using backroom muscle on all factions of the party, Humphrey will hold meetings, inviting Democrats of all persuasions to help shape the platform. To counter charges that he was stacking the convention, the Vice President's forces agreed to cede some delegates to McCarthy - provided that their loss involved no danger to Humphrey's nomination...
...encampment's six-week tenure afforded ample time to pressure a patently willing Administration to do what it could to help the poor. The Department of Agriculture reacted by beefing up its food-stamp program by $20 million and pressuring 256 counties to distribute more surplus food to the poor. The U.S. welfare bureaucracy guardedly promised to hedge restrictive eligibility requirements, even though Congress would not have stood for their outright repeal. The omnibus housing bill moved closer to eventual passage. From all quarters, Government and business moved to provide more jobs...
...Monday. Our next paper is Friday. It and the other papers we put out this summer will not be as large as this one because we do not have much of a staff, in terms of size. If you like this newspaper, why don't you come over and help us put it out? If you don't like it, why don't you come over and make it better...