Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...silence from Congress and the media has been deafening and gratifying. The word is that the President is upset at the timidity and hesitation of some of his foreign policy advisers, that he is disappointed in the reluctance of allies to give help more openly, that he is appalled by the irresponsibility of the Ayatullah Khomeini. There is nothing new in any of these crisis elements, only in their degree and the context in which they occur...
...much by itself. "Where are my friends?" Lyndon Johnson used to wonder on many a night when he was bogged down in Viet Nam after having been urged on by Asian allies. Richard Nixon, once described as being tougher than a boiled owl, knew better. He never expected much help in anything...
...appealed for his listeners' help: "I can make it, but I can't do it without...
...cabdriver in Peking who told me his son had worked very hard but failed the test the first year," she continues. "The driver told me, 'Now he spends every day in the library studying. I don't have much culture and I can't help him. I hope he passes...
...help prospective applicants, China's Ministry of Education in April 1978 put out a review outline in each of the eight subjects for nationwide distribution. Just like a Barron's College Outline, only you read it vertically. No one can say just how far the Americanization of Chinese education will go. Maybe they'll institute MCAT's to screen out incompetent barefoot doctors. One thing will never be the same though--they can never lure Mr. Test over to Peking to proctor the exams. Not for all the tea in China...