Word: plight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Smith minority student representatives said they feel that racism is the most pressing of these issues. "We feel that top administrators at Smith whose responsibility it is to make and enforce policies have failed to acknowledge our plight and to take it seriously," the representatives said in a press conference Wednesday. UMASS BOSTON...
AIDS, drunk driving, the plight of the homeless -- the subjects of this season' s sitcoms have been no laughing matter...
When Nancy Reagan entered Bethesda Naval Hospital two weeks ago, her plight, like that of Betty Ford 13 years ago, focused national attention on breast cancer. The affliction is the No. 3 killer of American women, after heart disease and lung cancer. The First Lady's case underscored the importance of early detection: her tumor was discovered during an annual mammogram, which is recommended for older women. But her choice of treatment caused some consternation and puzzlement in the medical community...
William Blake's "Auguries of Innocence" speaks of seeing the world in a grain of sand. Just so did Jessica McClure, bravely humming verses from a Winnie-the-Pooh song, tap the wellsprings of humanity. In a confusing week, it was the plight of this tiny girl that was most readily comprehensible, and best conveyed Blake's message that small things, and the life of an individual, are what really matter...
...outlook for fair elections in Haiti grew darker last week with the murder of a presidential candidate, apparently by plainclothes police. Lawyer Yves Volel, 54, was shot in the head in front of police headquarters in Port-au- , Prince as he protested the plight of political prisoners held without charges. Journalists on the scene identified his attackers as detectives in the police force's notorious criminal-research bureau...