Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Marcos entered the University of the Philippines in 1934, he had gained enough scholarship support to ensure his education without parental help. As a sophomore, he not only proved a top student, but found time to star on the wrestling, boxing and swimming teams, and become captain of the rifle and pistol squad as well as cadet battalion commander in the ROTC. He also got his first taste of political activism. Ferdie took to the soapbox to comment acidly on everything from the curriculum to the policies of the Philippines' first President, Manuel Quezon...
...Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in West Springfield, Mass. Since then, Fish societies have sprung up in dozens of other U.S. communities. Through handbills delivered from door to door and modest ads in local newspapers, Fish urges anyone in need to call a local telephone number for help - in West Springfield, for example, 732-3014. Callers are assured that there is no charge, no obligation to "listen to any lecture...
Sympathetic Escort. With a staff of 50 volunteers on call around the clock, West Springfield's Fish has been able to help people in countless small human ways. When one man with five children discovered that his wife was dying of cancer, Fish volunteers took turns cooking meals for the family, doing the laundry, and continued helping out for several weeks after the woman died. Another grateful recipient of Fish's aid was a woman returning home from the hospital after an operation. When she told Fish that she needed someone to clean her house but couldn...
...rule, Fish volunteers shun personal publicity, finding enough reward in help done rather than praise received. Rector Howell believes that the organization has caught on so well because "we need specific outlets to help us show the substance of faith in our lives." Fish, he says, has not only given help to the needy, but has also given the volunteers themselves a new dimension of what Christianity means and a chance to live their faith...
...Alchemist, by Ben Jonson. It is ironic for the Lincoln Center Theater to be doing this play, since the troupe specializes in turning dramatic gold into lead. Some new actors are present, notably Michael O'Sullivan, a mutilatingly funny man. They help to steal the show from Jonson, but pickpocketing a classic is the meanest form of tribute. Body English is slammed at the playgoer, but he never hears the king...