Word: plight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...which they refer -- and which gives them meaning -- is not described in the novel. Larteguy neither describes the military frustrations of the Army, nor evokes the corrosive feeling of futility which has eaten away its pride and sense. All this -- like feeling for the historical significance the Army's plight -- is assumed in the reader...
Yesterday Niebuhr said he signed the petition not only because of Scales' personal plight, but also because he opposes the Smith Act itself. "To make advocacy a crime and membership tantamount to advocacy is a violation of the First Amendment," he contended...
Haunted Hunters. The paradox of Sukarno's economic plight is that it will be immeasurably worsened if ever he gets New Guinea. Between its jagged mountains, jungles and vast, malarial swamplands, Netherlands New Guinea is one of the most meagerly endowed countries on earth. Says one longtime settler: "If the Dutch ever pull out of here, the country will be taken over by the jungle again." Thousands of settlers have already pulled out; yields from the Dutch oilfield at Sorong have dwindled steadily, and the colony last year cost the Dutch $26 million...
...University. Hidden expenses of overhead, office help, and library facilities not covered by federal aid may well drain general University funds. Even the higher-ups in the Administration cannot agree on the extent of this problem. President Pusey and several Faculty members feel some agencies have realized the universities' plight and have granted a more realistic amount for indirect costs. The Administrative vice-President, who is responsible for federal aid to the University, has stated in sharp terms that the government has completely ignored universities on this matter...
Thanks and congratulations to TIME for its Dec. 15 story on the present plight of many Negro colleges and, in that connection, the recent proceedings of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Reasonable, law-abiding Southerners are getting fed up with the irresponsibly excessive coverage-by all news media-of violent extremist activities in the area of race relations...