Word: plight
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Denver, Colo., Mrs. Mary Benson, middle-aged and stout, squatted in the tub for her bath, got wedged under the faucets, grew weak, could not pull herself out. Four days later Mrs. F. A. Jones, a neighbor, discovered her plight and called the police, but in her excitement gave the wrong address. When she telephoned again the operator said it was a funny story but not to bother her any more. After still a third call, police came to fetch Neighbor Jones for questioning as a suspicious character, but she induced them to visit the entubbed Mrs. Benson. There they...
...scholastic standing, for which statistical proof is offered, is the consequence of congenital mental inferiority or absorption in social activities or general "indifference." In other articles a tribute is paid to the commercial tutors for their services in keeping the sons of prominent families in college and the plight of the puritanical "sub-deb" is lamented from the stand-point of Manhattan paganism. An interesting review of a recent novel about pre-Harkness Harvard by George A. Weller '29, describes the book as the "swan song of the old houseless Harvard already strange to this succeeding college generation." Strange indeed...
...through the intrusion of new social and economic forces, they and the community think in terms of improving the management of banks rather than of restoring social equilibrium, the loss of which accounts for most bank failures. When the farm problem becomes a major catastrophe, business either ignores the plight of one-third of our nation, or actively opposes efforts to regain balance. It makes little effort to design better plans. Political leaders bent on making good laws receive specialized advice related to individual problems of the adviser...
...factors. The recent Arms Shipment incident would seem to place Italy with Austria, and England with France. In such a case, the preponderance of France and her allies would be so marked as to make the result a foregone conclusion. Economically, the Central European powers are in a bad plight, while in military strength they are far inferior, largely as a result of the Versailles Treaty. These facts, however, are no guarantee at all that Hitler will not attempt to coalesce with Austria and Hungary. In both of these latter countries there is a growing Fascist party and a corresponding...
...year after the crash of October 1929, British newsorgans exulted in the "collapse" of the U. S. In recent months Britons, absorbed in contemplation of themselves as impoverished and deserving debtors, have paid less attention to the plight...