Word: plight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...HOLOCAUST, by Nora Levin; and WHILE SIX MILLION DIED, by Arthur D. Morse. More grim evidence that the Allies wrote off the Jews as war casualties after having failed to face their plight in the '30s. The U.S. Congress, F.D.R., and especially the State Department come in for some scalding rebukes...
Hamilton's sharp insights and impressive discussion on a wide range of issues beyond those just related to the plight of the black man in America only reinforced the thoughts of many students, particularly the black students, that the need for black instructors at Harvard can no longer be ignored or overlooked. Hamilton's impact on whites and blacks was equally important and impressive, even if for different reasons. "It irks me," one black student commented, "that we see individuals like you once or twice a year, if that often. We need people like you here at Harvard...
...HOLOCAUST, by Nora Levin, and WHILE SIX MILLION DIED, by Arthur D. Morse. More grim evidence that the Allies wrote off the Jews as war casualties after having failed to face their plight in the thirties. The U.S. Congress, F.D.R., and especially the State Department come in for some scalding rebukes...
...Soviet dilemma resembles the plight of the American blacks who are contemplating a boycott of the U.S. Olympic team. Both groups of protestors must choose between the uncertain rewards of a controversial political move and the proven inspiration of substantial Olympic success. But the boycott against South Africa's presence has an obvious and specific goal--to bar the country from the Olympics. This gives it a greater justification than the black American protest, which has no motive other than a vague desire to arouse white America's attention to the misery of the ghetto...
This has not happened because economic, social and even psychological conditions are not "suitable" even in Bolivia. If there does come a time when the mass of the people of a country are thoroughly incensed about their plight, nobody will pause to remember what happened or did not happen in Vietnam. Future revolutions will collapse or flourish for reasons other than an American victory or defeat in Vietnam. Thus, continuing the war in Vietnam is actually irrelevant to the furthering of the American interest...