Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that he felt he could do: reconcile the races, summon the "good that's in America," end the war, get the best and most creative minds into government, broaden the basic idea of the Peace Corps so that people in all walks of life would try to help one another. He was ambitious, but not for himself. He ended his musing: "I don't know what I'll do if I'm not elected President." As his body lay in St. Patrick's Cathedral, there was agreement on one point. Whoever became President would always...
...ahead, but the loss of exports and the flight of francs had already forced the government to spend $307 million of its $6 billion in cash and gold reserves. As a result, for the first time since 1959, the French drew $745 million from the International Monetary Fund to help tide the country over the present crisis...
...great ambition was to help unite the Christian denominations, and he worked tirelessly for the World Council of Churches, which he felt exists "to keep the means of communication open." Luther, he always felt, would have agreed with him. "The spirit of the ecumenical movement," Fry once aid, "is the spirit of Luther to the extent that it is a movement back toward the center of the Christian faith...
...France, not to mention such perquisites as a company car. The Briton in the same job can expect to pull down only half as much. The Briton does get more perks, including an entertainment allowance, housing assistance, a car, sometimes even a company endowment to help foot public-school bills...
...peachblossom, even if it departs this world, can't help...