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Beyond that, there has been the fatigue factor, which may have even begun to affect the tireless Secretary of State. At week's end Kissinger-nicknamed "Henry Hercules" by U.S. newsmen traveling with him-had been out of the country and on the go for 28 days. The Middle East negotiations had forced him to delegate the chairmanship of a Washington meeting of CENTO nations last week to Deputy Secretary Kenneth Rush. Kissinger also had had to postpone Capitol Hill appearances to testify on such matters as the upcoming defense budget, while foreign ministers of other nations who wanted...
...background. After graduating from Oxford and earning a Ph.D. in economics from London University, Rose worked briefly as a government economist before devoting herself full time to helping the poor. In the working-class neighborhoods of Northeast London's seedy Tottenham district, Rose became a familiar figure, a tireless dispenser of charity (more than $40,000 from her own trust and stocks) who liked to affect an uneducated speaking style and disheveled appearance. She explained her generosity: "For years my family has been taking money from the poor. I'm just trying to restore the balance...
...twelve-year player. Red Auerbach, now the Celtics' general manager, puts it this way: "John Havlicek is what I always thought a Celtic should be." Indeed, in play and personality Havlicek is the classic team performer. On the court he seems tireless. "He is in perfect physical shape," says Auerbach. "The man doesn't sweat." With his limitless energy, Havlicek, a forward who will play guard when the Celtics want extra height on the court, often leads the famous Celtic fast break, racing downcourt to drive on the basket, shoot from outside or, more often, pass the ball...
...Tennessee state official, Alex Shipley, who said that he had been approached in June 1971 by Donald Segretti, an Army pal from Viet Nam days. Segretti wanted Shipley to work for the Nixon forces as part of an undercover dirty-tricks campaign against Democratic presidential contenders in 1972. The tireless tracking down of Segretti brought the reporters confirmation of his underhanded activities, his apparently unlimited travel funds and his tie to several old University of Southern California friends, among them Dwight Chapin, who had by then become President Nixon's appointments secretary...
...rest is familiar history. Engels used his capitalist lucre to support the firm of Marx & Engels, tireless designers of revolutions, tailors of socialist theory, collaborators on scholarly books and pamphlets, including a long-term bestseller called The Communist Manifesto. The sullen, tobacco-stained genius Karl Marx and the buoyant, optimistic and modest Engels combined to make one of the most influential partnerships of all time. Marx supplied the creative thought, and Engels produced the human evidence, provided the money, and cleaned up Marx's turgid prose for the world to read. Although he was hesitant to admit it, Engels...