Word: helpful
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...West was not a hindrance, and now there is a chance for it to be a help. Some countries--France, Greece, some small Northern European countries--were particularly helpful...
...West a help or a hindrance in your victory...
Voting is not a charitable act. It doesn't help others or ensure a continued democracy. You can be more effective donating those two hours to building a house with Jimmy Carter or even reading a story to Jimmy Carter. He's getting up there. Better yet, find someone who favors the candidate you were going to vote against, and stay home together talking about the issues. It won't accomplish anything, but it will help us get election results more quickly. And that means an earlier work night...
David Dichter likes being a matchmaker. And like any self-respecting love broker, he takes pride in arranging happily-ever-after marriages. Dichter's mission is to bring together entrepreneurs in developing countries and help them form profitable alliances. "They need someone to be the proverbial honest broker," he says...
That's the idea behind Dichter's company, Technology for the People, founded in 1977. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, TFTP confronts a common challenge of the developing world: while small and medium-size firms need help from the industrialized world, rich-country production technology is expensive to buy and maintain. Dichter's solution was to notice that many enterprises in southern and Southeast Asia have the technical and managerial expertise to help start-up businesses in other developing countries. "Their operating costs are much lower than those of a Western company, so they demand less return on their investment...