Word: plight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...action programs and similar measures because racism is no longer the primary obstacle. One may disagree with his argument, as does Dr. Clark, but it is an outrageous distortion to impute to Gershman the view that the Black bourgeoisie is the "CAUSE OF" and bears the "RESPONSIBILITY FOR" the plight of the Black underclass...
...numbed him to his painful existence. A dry, analytical shrink, his self-obsession reaches gargantuan proportions. Given to endless Dostoyevskian musings about his place in the Universe, Dysart recognizes the shallowness of his life, but refuses to deal with it--instead, tossing off witty, erudite quips about his plight. His ability to diagnose and categorize all his quirks and impulses merely intensifies his self-loathing. He realizes his compulsion to play God, to tackle the illnesses of his patients so that he can absorb their agony, thus setting them free and, in turn, reassuring himself, giving him a sense...
...Sunday, October 5, 1980 The New York Times Magazine devoted two articles to the topic: "The Black Plight: Race or Class?" which took the form of a debate between Kenneth Clark, a prominent Black psychologist and Carl Gershman, a former civil-rights activist...
Folk singer Pete Seeger and members of his family will give a benefit concert at Sanders Theater on November 23 to raise money for Brazilian Indians and publicize their plight...
...million in late 1976 if they could persuade the incoming Carter Administration to fix his legal problems. The group in turn paid W. Spencer Lee IV, a lawyer from Albany, Ga., $10,000 to talk with his longtime friend and Carter confidant Hamilton Jordan about Vesco's plight. Lee met first with Carter Aide Richard M. Harden, who, claims Lee, persuaded him not to see Jordan. Lee says he then dropped the scheme entirely. After investigating Vesco I for 18 months, a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., disbanded without returning any indictments. But Justice Department lawyers...