Word: parlous
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first reported by TIME (May 23), in a story filed by Correspondents Rudolph Rauch and Philip Taubman, the state of Lance's finances has grown increasingly parlous. But in coming to the aid of a longtime friend, Carter was compelled to compromise the ultralofty ethical standards that he had set for members of his fledgling Administration...
Shall Man himself endure the parlous fate...
Both Henry's character and his situation are fraught with parlous uncertainties. He has been a playboy prince who has boozed it up in the taverns with Falstaff. Does he possess the mettle for kingship? His men have divided hearts about the war in France. He must inspire them with "a little touch of Harry in the night." Before Agincourt he soliloquizes over the crushing burdens and terrible loneliness of royalty ("Upon the King! Let us our lives, our souls ... our children and our sins lay on the King! We must bear...
...taken such advice. Most Americans, whether moved by religion or common decency, still try to follow the Fifth Commandment and "honor" their parents. But despite their concern, and frequently the anguish that marks their hard decisions about the elderly, the position of the aged in the U.S. has grown parlous. A couple of decades ago, most Americans who reached 65, the admittedly arbitrary age for retirement, could look forward to spending their last years in peace and security, respected and cared for by their families and friends. No longer. For an increasing number of Americans, the years after...
...Saukam Khoy's first acts was to summon all of Cambodia's senior generals for a seven-hour meeting to determine whether anything could be salvaged from Phnom-Penh's parlous military situation. By the time the conference broke up at 1 a.m., Saukam Khoy had decided to give a morale-boosting pay raise to all military personnel (a one-star general makes only $25 a month), though nobody was sure where the money would come from...