Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last week, bright, shiny-eyed Abdel Rasik Hefny, 15, had seen his thoughtful gesture blossom amazingly. An orphan, and sole support of a younger brother, Abdel was earning 75? a day on good days. He is now a delighted student at one of suburban Cairo's finest private schools; he is aiming for a Swiss university and perhaps medical school. He is well on the way to realizing a dream that seemed fantastic last year: "To become an educated man and help my people...
...Time for Lunch. Last week Dr. Sills was in practice in Plains with his wife-nurse-receptionist-bookkeeper. They were as busy as they could ever want to be. Go-getting Jimmy Carter had been equally busy since April, getting set for them. With Lions Club support, he formed the Plains Development Corp., raised $6,000, bought a site opposite the railroad station and adjoining the drugstore. Town labor cleared it. Carter drew plans to Dr. Sills's sketched outlines. Result: a 30-ft.-by-30-ft. concrete-block building, ready for early August occupancy, with offices...
Filtered Down. In Hong Kong, taken to court by his wife for not making his $10-a-month support payments. Ng Kin-Cheung complained that he could not afford them because he had a concubine and eight children to support, and bought cigarettes with what money was left, was ordered by the judge to cut down on smoking...
...that the steel strike would have a sharp impact on the overall statistics in the next reports. Only after the strike's effects have been weathered-and the worst are yet to be felt-will the economy get back to full speed ahead. Said FRB: "The underlying demands support the view that settlement of the strikes will be followed by a marked rebound in business activity...
Pick Your Acreage. The trouble for both farmers and taxpayers lies in the new corn-support laws passed by Congress last year. Under the old system, farmers who voluntarily restricted their acreage were protected by a support price of $1.36 per bu., while those who planted all they wanted to plant got only $1.06. The new law, supported by both Republicans and Democrats, aimed at compromise with a straight $1.12 per bu., with no attempt to control acreage. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson rashly guessed that there would be little increase in corn production. Even when farmers disclosed their...