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Helping the poor is one of mankind's nobler activities, but as with all good works, it can be pursued with excessive zeal. That, at least, seems to be the case in Chicago, where some donors complain that goods they have left clearly marked for pickup by one charitable organization have been pilfered by truck drivers for a rival charity. People have reported that Amvets trucks have picked up clothing left for the Salvation Army. An Amvets official denies that this is being done but says witnesses have seen Salvation Army drivers making off with Amvets bundles. And Goodwill...
...attractive, energetic and convivially winning youngsters bring the Jesus revolution to the New York theater. There is a sweet gravity behind all the funmaking; and while some may find the occasion irreverent, others will feel that the early followers of Christ must have shared some of this springtime zeal and ebullience...
German workers have a well-earned reputation for zeal and discipline, but even they hate the time clock. Recognizing that, a growing number of employers, including the national airline Lufthansa, are giving some of their employees freedom to punch in, within broad limits, any time they choose in the morning and punch out when they please in the afternoon, as long as they continue to put in a required number of hours each month...
Last May, Ellsberg appeared at a Washington antiwar rally. He berated a group of demonstrators for their lack of zeal and promptly took charge. "I tried to get arrested," he explained later, "but I guess I didn't look young enough." Boston police had no such qualms. One officer clubbed Ellsberg at a Mayday protest at Government Center. Bellicose or pacific, Ellsberg sought the center of the action...
Term-Paper Material. After being questioned by the students for one to three hours each, the bankers were nearly unanimous in giving them high marks for intelligence and zeal. But most doubted that anyone in the Nader group knew enough about banking to make valid judgments on the more complex issues. Says Thomas C. Theobald, a senior vice president: "It was like two college students looking for term-paper material." He was surprised that the interviewers overlooked several obviously controversial topics, including Citibank-managed investments in South Africa and in companies that are polluters...