Word: plight
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sticking this drought out are not looking for shoulders to cry on. Your article does help the rest of the country to know about conditions; it might even help to buck up farmers and ranchers who have had good rains and good crops but are complaining about the plight of agriculture. Maybe some of Mr. Wilhelm's philosophy, full of grit and fortitude, could by contrast make their lives seem a good deal brighter...
Other emergencies followed: two World Wars, Nazi persecution, the plight of millions of displaced persons, and, for many Jews, the hope of Israel...
...actually feeling lucky that I could be attending Harvard until I read the CRIMSON editorial on the "plight of the commuter." Now I find that for three years I have been a member of the College Skid Row. Although probably every Dudley man appreciates the CRIMSON'S support for increased commuter facilities, the CRIMSON has again gone overboard in exaggeration...
...plight of the nation's farmers, viewed from urban insularity, is generally seen as either a dull academic question or a potential trouble-maker in the November elections. Hucksters of both parties have made the "farm problem," a matter of narrow interest, using a flood of paper panaceas to obscure the real existence of a weak sector of the economy. Careless subsidy plans, log-rolling, and philosophical battle cries have replaced intelligent efforts to solve one of the nation's most important domestic problems...
Trouble was a mild word for Studebaker-Packard's plight. Instead of the strengthening expected from the October 1954 merger, the combined company has been losing money heavily. Production is running 30% below 1955, the backlog of Packards in dealers' hands is big, and the company has used up nearly $25 million of its $45 million line of bank credit...