Word: helpfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reason for Dominica's push for independence was dissatisfaction with its status as a British "Associated State," which meant that it was something more than a colony but something less than a sovereign nation. As an Associated State, Dominica could not apply for international economic aid or help from any nation other than Britain. Now the island seems intent on attaching itself to every organization with an aid program. Says Dominica's Foreign Minister, Leo Austin, 50: "We will join the Organization of American States, the United Nations, World Bank, all of them...
...Special, led to her marriage to King Hussein, 42. After the ceremony, says the former Lisa Halaby, she settled down in the palace with her husband's kids and the family pet camel, Fluffy, and faced her tough new job: being Queen. The King has not been much help on protocol, she says. He tells her: "I don't know what to do any better than you. Just be yourself...
...circle, one by one, until we are a round, eight-man "star," falling at 120 m.p.h. We hold this for 5 sec., then the eight others fly in, attempting to dock with their hands gripping our ankles, turning the star into a "snowflake." I look about and cannot help grinning at the wonder of it: all of us up here hurtling through the sky together. Jonathan Livingston Seagull in his wildest imaginings could not have conceived of it. At 4,000 ft. we break apart, "dump" our parachutes and float to the airport below...
These huge imbalances not only cost American workers jobs and help fan U.S. inflation but have also contributed mightily to the weakening of the dollar. In theory, the 40% fall of the greenback against the yen over the past two years should have helped correct the U.S.-Japanese trade imbalance. This would happen if Japanese exports became more expensive and therefore less attractive to American buyers, thus cutting the cost of U.S. exports to Japan. To some extent, this has happened. For instance, Toyota's U.S. sales fell almost 8% in the first nine months of 1978, partly because...
...game in the '70s and the '80s will be fuel efficiency, space efficiency, ease of assembly-and none of those are Iacocca's strong points." But others disagree. Says Michael Ward, vice president of Dean Witter Reynolds: "Chrysler's only problem is volume. Iacocca can help; he's a super marketing...