Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hard for making the U.S. Government the employer of last resort for the "halfmillion hard-core unemployed in our principal cities." In his television interview, he declared: "I am going to call in the businessmen of America and say one of two things has to happen: you have to help me go out and find jobs for these people, or we are going to find jobs in the Government for them. I think it will have to be done, as expensive...
...view of the French-well, the Americans-they have short memories. They forget that the Marquis de Lafayette came to help out in America's fight against those beastly British, that Frenchmen helped defend America in two world wars and showed no silly pride about taking part in the Marshall Plan, which put American taxpayers' leftover dollars to work. Instead, Americans get upset by De Gaulle's peremptory marching orders to American .fighting men belonging to NATO and his helpful comments on the U.S. dollar. Indulgent Frenchmen who have allowed Americans to dally with their daughters...
...panel's report will urge creation of a U.S. trust fund for the air, similar to the federal highway fund. To help build it, a passenger head tax of $1.50 to $2 a ticket would double the $225 million raised annually by the present 5% airline tax. More money would come from an increase in the present 2?-a-gallon aviation fuel tax, which is now paid by pilots of small private craft but not the airlines...
Delayed Impact. Stewart dashed down the beach, searching for some sign of Holt, then scrambled up on a rock for a better look. Seeing nothing, he ran to Holt's car and drove two miles to a nearby army barracks, where he telephoned for help. Helicopters, light planes, boats and launches soon spiderwebbed the area in the greatest search in Australia's history. Skindivers plunged deep below the surface. Flying in from Canberra, Zara Holt walked for hours along the beach, keeping her own lonely vigil and suggesting a few places where searchers might look for the body...
...various versions, what he chose to publish and what he left out. Such matters may seem too arcane for all except literary note-pickers, but for those who remember Thomas as a presence and his Collected Poems for some of the best written in recent decades. The Notebooks help to explain the evolution...