Word: downtrodden
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...comments on New Haven were extremely low. Maybe it would be wise for more Cantabs to leave their ivory tower for four years in between Exeter and Goldman Sachs. I believe you should heed the words of Harvard alumnus Al Gore '69 when he implores Americans to help the downtrodden, and not mock them...
...take the steps necessary to earn the confidence of the rebels and turn their insurrection into a peaceful democratic movement. Fox portrayed himself during the campaign as a champion of the common people, and he is living up to that image by proposing legislation to finally help the most downtrodden Mexicans, the Indians of Chiapas...
...main street, we saw workers in blue coveralls in manholes; pedestrians with umbrellas, most dressed in plain clothes - women in skirts, men in Mao suits or just shirts, trousers and plain zip front jackets. Their attitude was subdued, perhaps downtrodden, but not uniformly so. On the street, a mixture of Chinese and Japanese cars, and even a few bright blue boxy Volvos puttered by. A lot of people were hanging around doing nothing...
...time we arrived back in the U.S., the Yankees were on the verge of winning the World Series. But after seeing Kim's weird spectacles and downtrodden society, one hopes the U.S. has something pretty stiff in the bag by way of continuing deterrent. Because when it comes to control, this guy has the Yankees beat hands down...
...with police. But out of sight, in the rural towns, resistance was surging. For the first time, the ordinary workers, who had made up the faithful bloc of Milosevic's supporters for years, turned out against him. These were the backbone of the nation, the weather-beaten farmers, the downtrodden shopkeepers and, most crucially, the stolid miners in the coal-black core of Serbia who kept the nation's electricity alight. When they spontaneously launched their local protests to drive out Milosevic, the balance of power shifted...