Word: maelstrom
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...plight of Malawi has been rightly described by Carol Bellamy, head of UNICEF, as the perfect storm of human deprivation, one that brings together climatic disaster, impoverishment, the AIDS pandemic and the long-standing burdens of malaria, schistosomiasis and other diseases. In the face of this horrific maelstrom, the world community has so far displayed a fair bit of hand-wringing and even some high-minded rhetoric, but precious little action. It is no good to lecture the dying that they should have done better with their lot in life. Rather it is our task to help them onto...
...first sit-down interview since his January remarks on women in science sparked the gravest crisis of his presidency, Summers said he hoped to move beyond the maelstrom and forge ahead with Harvard’s efforts to encourage the advancement of female scholars...
...maelstrom generated by Summers’ remarks has added a heightened sense of urgency to Harvard’s efforts to encourage the advancement of women...
...book involves Peter Cutler, an academic turned powerful adviser within the State Department. Once there, he gets caught up in a maelstrom of alluring power politics, coming to a head when the CIA discovers that Pakistan has given Iran nuclear technology...
...they just serve as the backdrop for issues he wants to explore. Mueller explained that he was “ecstatic that the film will be released after the election” because he did not want it to “get caught up in the political maelstrom that is occurring.” Instead he wanted the film to be viewed as the piece of art it is—a moving study of humanity, loss and grief through the eyes...