Word: magical
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Since the days when the Marshall Plan silently and efficiently rebuilt Europe, no phrase has possessed a more magic significance for the policy planner on a grand scale than "foreign aid." The professor who writes a manifesto for American action in foreign affairs, the Presidential candidate who appeals for his country's generosity and sacrifice as the qualities most essential for moving ahead, the President who delivers a moving State of the Union message on the wretched state of the underdeveloped countries: each one prophesies that if the cold war is to be won, and the suffering and poverty...
Congressman Rooney was not the only recipient of the soothing Kennedy magic last week. He was followed shortly by Arkansas' Senator J. William Fulbright, chairman of the powerful Foreign Relations Committee. A trifle touchy since he was turned down for Secretary of State in favor of Dean Rusk, Fulbright had publicly spoken out against one of the key items of the New Frontier legislative program-a proposal to boost the minimum wage from $1 to $1.25. Fulbright got a personal welcome at the West Palm Beach airport, spent long hours in the villa and on the golf course...
...next morning it was clear that the Kennedy magic had worked again. Rooney, in terms that were (for him) almost enthusiastic, agreed to Kennedy's major point that "we want the best men possible for service abroad," added that he would not be opposed to some increase in representation allowances to help out Kennedy's needy envoys...
CAROLINE, KENNEDY & FULBRIGHT Magic slippers...
Bohnenkai for upper echelons of executives generally start around 6 p.m. in a restaurant. After enough hot sake has been downed, the businessmen often show off their talents for entertaining-singing, dancing, doing magic tricks. Then come the strippers, dancing nude among the tables to the tune of Jingle Bells and White Christmas. Or, for variety, there may be a pornographic film. This Christmas the women employees at one company rebelled against the men-only rule. The company officials finally relented, with the stipulation that the working girls provide some of the entertainment...