Word: helpfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...University decided to take action to help Iranian students eight weeks ago. Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University put the problem in the hands of the International Office, who found that a good many" of Iranian students were indeed having trouble paying bills...
...Public broadcasting, if properly funded, provides a vital, public service, producing enriching and artistically sound programs. Commercial television, on the other hand, produces some sort of inferior, mind-rotting drivel--all in the name of the advertising market. Because commercial broadcasters limit access to a valuable resource, they should help fund the public system. Spectrum fees will provide a politically insulated, long-term form of financing...
...know if this can help us--unless something happens we will be evicted by the end of the summer," John Henze, one of the tenants, said yesterday. Another tenant, Charlotte Taskier, told the committee, "I have been hunting persistently to find another place. Everything else in the city has either been bought up by Harvard or turned into condominiums...
Moose said last week that the outcome of the Namibia settlement may have an "important bearing" on a U.S. decision to recognize Angola. He said the U.S. is pleased with the Angolans for their effort to get a settlement in Namibia, but he cautioned that Angolan help in achieving a settlement in Namibia is not a condition of recognition...
Side Two consists of two thoughtfully reworked Mingus standards and a poignant new ballad that surely ranks among his best. "Devil Woman" was first recorded in 1961; it is basically a slow blues, but this arrangement takes so many unexpected rhythmic turns that the performance required the composer's help in counting off the choruses. Guitarist Larry Coryell shines among the soloists, reaching way back into blues history for a solo that matches the spirit of the piece. "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" goes back to 1959, when Mingus recorded it on his Blues and Roots album. This arrangement begins...