Word: helpfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Once in Cracow, he stopped by the mansion that until last week had served as Wojtyla's home, and found its nuns and priests hospitable-an opportunity he quickly seized. "I still speak Polish," Wierzynski says, "which was an enormous help in conducting interviews and getting around. It also helped me understand and share the emotion of the Poles as they talked about their-our-Pope. Poland is a stubbornly proud and patriotic country, and no greater recognition can come to this nation than to have one of its own made Bishop of Rome. More than once, I felt...
Outside, a white stucco facade, a small marquee and a large black-and-white painting of the star of Casablanca help drinkers and dancers home in on Bogart's discothèque, set amid glittering car dealerships, fast-food joints and furniture shops full of Oriental rugs and Naugahyde "suites" on Tucson's East Speedway Boulevard. Inside, a hand-printed sign exhorts visitors: PLEASE, PLEASE. NO HATS OR HEADGEAR. NO MOTORCYCLE JACKETS, NO T SHIRTS, NO BARE FEET...
...bars and dance halls in Arizona and elsewhere in the Southwest, it invites the evening customers to mix their pleasure with a certain amount of pain on "boxing night." At 8:30 on any Tuesday, the M.C. at Bogart's can be found, microphone in hand, asking for help. What he needs are more volunteer boxers. "O.K., folks. We've got six fighters signed up. If you've got any friends, give them a call and get them down here." Seated just inside the door, a young woman asks all comers, "Are you going to box?" Spectators...
...ring and holds him. "Barbaric," mutters Craig Smith, 23, sitting at ringside. Not so, say the two boys' parents, sitting together after the fight. "They're good friends and fighting all the time anyway," grins Shawn's father, Victor, 28, a carpenter. "I think it will help them mature." Adds Dan Casarez Sr., 27, a Tucson truck driver: "It'll toughen them up. I'm learning to box here too, so I can teach this guy. He'll be my champion...
...fanfare, however, Carter will probably have only a limited impact on the election. In many areas, where local pocketbook issues predominate, his name is rarely even mentioned in campaigns. Democratic candidates seek his help in raising money and getting out the vote, but they do not expect much beyond that. "Kansans have a respect for the presidency," says Bill Roy, who must contend with farmers angry over Carter's agriculture policies. "I'm not sure his visit will change a single vote, because Kansans are very independent when it comes to voting. They don't vote...