Word: helpfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...East, he said, people "are becoming firmer and stronger, " while in the West they are being sapped by "today's mass living habits ... by the revolting invasion of publicity, by TV stupor and by intolerable music." His message: "No weapons ... can help the West until it overcomes its loss of will power ... To defend oneself, one must also be ready to die; there is little such readiness in a society raised in the cult of material wellbeing. "At the heart of these problems, as he sees it, is the "rationalistic humanism "rooted in the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, when...
...troops in their tanks saluted. "We consider this a new day in the independence of Lebanon," declared Major Sa'ad Haddad, the Lebanese Christian commander. "But I recommend that if the U.N. forces do not keep the area clean of terrorists, the Israeli Defense Forces enter again to help us." That sentiment was echoed by the Israeli commander, Major General Avigdor Ben-Gal. Said he: "We did not and will not turn our backs on the people of Lebanon...
There are a few signs that refugee camp conditions may improve soon. After months of refusal, Thailand may be ready to respond to U.S. pressure for better care of its migrants. The U.S. has earmarked $210 million over the next five years to help permanently resettle 40,000 to 50,000 refugees in Thailand. Last week the Justice Department announced that the U.S. will accept 25,000 more Indochinese in addition to the 160,000 who have been admitted to the U.S. since 1975. Australia is committed to taking 6,000 refugees from Thailand, and France is scheduled to resettle...
...quite considerable," were prompted by something more than concern for Canadian autonomy. They were also part of a complicated war of maneuver between Trudeau and Premier René Lévesque of Quebec, who wants independence for his predominantly French-speaking province. Trudeau hopes that the constitutional changes will help take the wind out of separatist sails in Quebec-and incidentally, perhaps, launch his bid for a fourth term as Prime Minister, now an autumn possibility...
...still married to their first wives. The wives of a few of the others died, so the divorce rate at the top is even lower than 5%. The plump paychecks and fringes smooth out some of the rough spots in married life, and social pressures to stick together also help marital stability. But there seems to be much to the theory that love of job and love of spouse go hand in hand...