Word: succor
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...cuppa here, in fact, is a bit like forgetting to sample the wine on a tour of Loire Valley vineyards. When the bus deposited me on a dirt track without a single signpost or marker, it was naturally a pretty tea seller, with a baby in arms, who provided succor. Anita said she had lived at Top Station only since getting married. Previously, she had been a schoolteacher and had earned more in that profession than her husband did now. Serving masala chais with a faintly resigned air, she called her husband out to meet me. Much less outgoing than...
...being irreverent in asking these missionaries whether they truly believe that converting the Muslims of the world to Christianity would solve all the problems of the planet. I would rather that these Christians, instead of preaching clandestinely to Muslims, acted openly and channeled their energy and resources to provide succor to the less fortunate of this world. Wouldn't our Saviour be more approving of these actions? Krish N. Pillai Noida, India...
...nuclear arsenal is worrying many influential people in Washington, who argue it could end up in terrorist hands. When Musharraf said during the Iraq war that the U.S.'s next target could be Pakistan, he was giving early warning that if Washington felt threatened by elements that had found succor in Pakistan, it would not hesitate to act militarily, with or without Islamabad's permission...
...only across the border that the jihadis are finding shelter and succor. The relative ease with which small Taliban units operate in its old stomping grounds these days is a reminder that the new government in Kabul has not managed to wean away some of the Taliban's core supporters - a point underscored by the fact that Mullah Omar and most of the movement's senior leadership have never been captured. Unlike the sophisticated Arab operatives of al-Qaeda for whom Afghanistan was simply another stopover in a globalized jihad, the one-eyed peasant mystic mullah is still believed...
...Since September 2001, the overarching mission of the Administration has been to enhance the security of the U.S. and its allies by cracking down on global terrorists and the states that succor them. It is an article of faith in Washington - and in London - that if terrorists ever possess weapons of mass destruction, they will use them. Hence states that have connections to terrorism must not be permitted such weapons. Within that framework, encouraging the development of democratic structures in the Middle East - the pet project of some neoconservatives in the Administration - is a way of advancing the primary policy...