Word: helpful
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...victorious Israel. The spineless withdrawal of U.N. troops was in large part responsible for the conflict, as was Russia's arming of Egypt and Syria. The U.S., whose foreign policy has made a sacred cow out of the status quo everywhere in the world, did little to help Israel. Those who think the Arab-Israeli confrontation is over are living in a dream world. Nasser will be back. Syria will be back. And if Israel has a right to exist, it also has the right to the means to continue that existence...
...regional economic program. But no long-range plan can work, as Johnson conceded at a weekend fund-raising dinner in Austin, unless each nation in the area accepts "the right of its neighbors to stable and secure existence." Only then, he added, can they "count upon the friendly help of the United States." Said the President earlier in the week: "To day in the Middle East-as in Viet Nam and America-we are faced with a task of rebuilding, of putting together a human equation, where men can live as the prophet Micah said, 'Every man under...
...retire next month at 65. But who would follow Moore? There was no lack of topflight candidates, as is only fitting for the bank that, with assets of $15 billion, ranks only behind the Bank of America ($18 billion) and Chase Manhattan ($15.8 billion). Moore himself had been no help in the guessing game, having once said that any one of the bank's six executive vice presidents and most of the 36 senior V.P.s could handle the job. Headlined the Wall Street Journal as speculation grew: PRESIDENCY CONTEST IS NEARING SHOWDOWN...
After the customary palaver with friendly Indians and hostile white men, the avengers finally descend on the villains' "war wagon," an armor-plated, heavily guarded stage full of gold dust. With the help of the nitroglycerin and a band of Kiowas, the villains are killed, the wagon pillaged-and the loot lost when runaway horses spill barrels of it over the landscape. At film's end, Wayne salvages sacks worth $100,000 -enough, presumably, to keep him going until his next western...
...only three U.S. movies shown at the 1966 Venice Film Festival, won no prize (it was shown out of competition). But for moviegoers who like to look for the emergence of new cinema talents, the film is one to watch. As a screenwriter, Alex Matter needs help. As a director, he needs only another-and better-story...