Word: plight
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plight of this school stems from its inability to cope successfully with the increased demand for entrance to it. Without any set purpose, the headmaster does not really know how to choose students. Nor does he know what qualities the colleges want in applicants. Many schools and colleges, including Harvard, have this same type of problem...
...dramatists might take instruction from the plight of Playwright Williams, the tiger of Broadway. Magnani, as a result of this picture, will probably become a very hot item in U.S. show business, and she is the sort of lady who, if not closely watched, comes back from the ride with the tiger inside...
...Captain Art Siler's event, McCurdy has a good example of his plight, for Siler's shotputting is sufficient to win most meets. But outside of Siler, there is no other shotputter on the squad...
Died. Arthur Honegger, 63, topflight modern composer (Pacific 231, Joan of Arc at the Stake); of a heart attack in Paris. Of the modern composer's plight, he said: "Music is dying, not from anemia, but from plethora. There is too much [talented] production and too little demand...
...Lovshin, by themselves prove the presence of psychosomatic illness, but they are important clues. Some of the signs he considers particularly clear-cut e.g., the wearers of dark or tinted glasses "are high-strung - everything bothers them, even light when it is not bright." Also suspect is the emotional plight of the woman who calls her husband "the most wonderful man in the world." Said...