Word: plight
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...East, "the whole world, as seen from his Soho garret." Editor Greeley, notes Author Hale, "was a perennial twister of the British lion's tail," and had an eager accomplice, in Anglophobe Marx. Some of Marx's bitterest tirades for the Tribune, e.g., his dispatch on the plight of British workers during the depressed 18503, were bodily incorporated into his Das Kapital...
...Lilly & Co., which made two-thirds of all vaccine previously used, is only now getting all its virus pots cooking again. Other manufacturers are in similar plight. Surgeon General Leroy Burney of the U.S. Public Health Service suggested limiting shots to the under-20 age group, plus pregnant women, until the shortage eased. This would cut the number of unvaccinated eligibles to 23 million. But most city and county health departments could not meet even this goal: from Massachusetts to Illinois, Colorado and California, would-be vaccinees were all set to roll up their sleeves only to be told, "Sorry...
...rape by a giggling maniac, seduction by her boss's stepson, addiction to "sex pills," confinement in a home for delinquent girls. Of eleven stories in the April issue of Macfadden Publications' True Story, three involve unwed mothers, two concern alcoholism, two feature divorce, another relates the plight of a girl who is forced by scandalmongers into an unwanted marriage...
...roof has fallen in on the American building industry," said William Levitt, one of the nation's largest builders, as he surveyed the plight of the U.S. homebuilding industry last week. Though his pessimism was exaggerated, Levitt and his fellow builders had some reason for concern. The U.S. Department of Labor announced that housing starts in February fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 910,000 units, the lowest point in five years. Housing and Home Finance Administrator Albert M. Cole held to his prediction that at least 1,100,000 new housing starts will be made...
...reminded about their Jewish heritage. But the starved and homeless Jew is quite aware of his heritage. No one is asking Mr. Rosenwald to integrate himself into the fabrics of Israel's nationalism. But it is a duty of every American Jew to aid Israel in its great plight for national freedom and integrity...