Word: plight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jill Smolowe, who was struck by the difference in attitudes between East and West. "Soviet women seem largely undisturbed by issues of power, self-worth and recognition," says Smolowe. "They simply endure." Still, their prospects have improved dramatically under Gorbachev, notes Reporter-Researcher Sally B. Donnelly, who saw the plight of Soviet women while she was a student at the State Pedagogical Institute in Leningrad. "Today Soviet women are earning higher salaries, and some are able to take advantage of flexible work hours that allow them more time for family responsibilities," says Donnelly. "I think Gorbachev realizes that women...
...running for President. Jesse Jackson, who has lost none of his fabled flair for the symbolic gesture, readily agreed to perform the ceremony before a recent rally in Santa Cruz, Calif. The impromptu wedding was a media stunt, but Jackson insisted that his only goal was to publicize the plight of Allan Steen, the bride's father, who is a hostage in Beirut. Still, Jackson was beaming avuncularly when the camera crews tromped in to film the candidate, Bible in hand, blessing the happy couple. The only glitch came when the bride, Becky Steen, was asked about her plans...
This year, the Lions got more attention than any other team in the Ivy League. Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, the Washington Post and two dozen other prestigious journals all sent reporters to chart the plight of the Lions...
Discussions of the underclass in the 1970s and 1980s tended to frame the issues in individualistic terms, blaming the plight of the underclass on individual shortcomings, such as lack of motivation or bad attitudes toward work. This "culture of poverty" thesis achieved widespread acceptance in a country which has long believed that poverty begins at home, and became the cornerstone of the Black neoconservative critique of the welfare system. Theorists such as Kennedy School Professor Glenn Loury and Thomas Sowell denounced welfare for reinforcing the deviant behavior patterns of the inner-city poor, which is largely Black...
Radcliffe President Matina S. Horner's silence on the anti-discrimination complaint proves once again that she and her institution have little interest in undergraduates. The folks in Fay House could be influential leaders in the women's movement. They could use Radcliffe to call attention to the plight of modern women, to advance the cause of equality and to fight discrimination...