Word: saving
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...worldwide effort to save the Cambodian people from mass starvation continued to gather steam last week. A group of Western nations asked U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim to declare the sprawling refugee camps along the Thai border to be internationally supervised "safe havens," protected by the force of world opinion. Private relief efforts were also gathering momentum. On the day after Thanksgiving a DC-8 cargo plane carrying $1.5 million worth of canned meat, baby formula, antibiotics and other supplies landed at Phnom-Penh's Pochentong Airport. It had been chartered by Operation California, an organization headed...
...Critic Martin Gottfried astutely captures all of that and more in Broadway Musicals (Abrams; 353 pages; $45). After nearly 20 years on the aisle, he provides a knowledgeable guided tour through every avenue and aspect of hits from Oklahoma! to A Chorus Line. In this era of scrimp and save, the 395 black-and-white and color photographs are some thing of a rarity...
Despite the chilly blustering winds near the Boston Tea Party Ship where the rally was held, organizers dumped empty crates marked "Fish Not Oil from George's Bank" and "Save Our Jobs" overboard after the speeches...
...While on Save the Children's board of directors, Isham says he will encourage a new organizational emphasis on a careful appraisal of the needs of an entire community, rather than sponsorship of individuals...
Laura Malis, publicity director of Save the Children, says Isham's previous work with the group suggests he will be hard working and competent...