Word: plight
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...Group, a coalition of several international organizations, the plan calls for bolstering efforts to protect elephants against poachers, a study of ways to crack down on illegal trading of tusks, and a publicity campaign to alert people and governments to the relationship between the trade in ivory and the plight of the elephant. The AECCG hopes to raise at least $15 million in four years to finance its work...
CONSERVATIVES tend to blame the plight of the homeless on their lack of a work ethic. If they merely pulled themselves up by the boot-straps, some believe, the able-bodied ones could then make a decent living...
...case focused attention on shortcomings in the system for preventing child abuse. Though Lisa suffered repeated mistreatment, her plight only once came to the attention of city officials. Neighbors and adults at school who noticed her bruises never reported their suspicions. During Steinberg's trial, child-abuse hot lines recorded a flood of calls in the New York City area, where two or three children are beaten to death every week. After the verdict, bills were introduced in the New York state legislature to toughen penalties for child abuse...
...commission's wide-ranging investigation has helped to open the country's eyes to the plight of Aborigines. Ever since the First Fleet arrived from England in 1788 carrying British convicts, the Aborigines have been retreating from the land they held for 40,000 years -- to the outback and more recently to the seedy fringes of urban society...
International donors are slowly awakening to Sudan's plight. Norwegian People's Aid says it can get more than 1,000 tons of maize a month into the rebel-held south. World Vision, a private U.S. group, will send two shipments of food and medicine to the south. The World Food Program has started a limited airlift of a few thousand tons. But these donations provide only minimal relief...