Word: plight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...secret to Reagan's appeal, which is also the source of much criticism, is that he relates far more easily to the plight of individual citizens than to social problems in the abstract. "Letters from someone who has finally resorted to writing to you because they think all else has failed, and then be able to solve their problem and getting something done is, I think, one of the great rewards this job has to offer." As an actor in Hollywood, he recalls, he was shown a letter by his father from a girl who said she was dying...
...willing to confront the topic of the underclass and think it could work to their political advantage. "If we approach the social question correctly," Cuomo noted, "we will seize the opportunity Reagan has given us." A common theme was that the Democrats must seek effective ways to improve the plight of the poor while not clinging to expensive programs that have not proved helpful. "What worked in 1966 may not work in 1986," said Pennsylvania Congressman William Gray, a black who chairs the House Budget Committee. "Saying that is not liberal or conservative, Democratic or Republican, it's common sense...
Ronald Reagan's economic policies have created a period of general prosperity mixed with a worsening of the plight of the underclass. This has helped prompt a national re-examination of race and poverty, with a focus on the black-family crisis. Just last week the Census Bureau announced that more than 54% of all black children are now born to unwed mothers, compared with 18% for the population as a whole...
Defenders of the wedding bond highlighted the plight of the divorced spouse. They played upon the fears of countryfolk, especially women, stranded in economically ravaged areas, where unemployment is often well over 50%. One study cited by Alice Glenn, a breakaway member of parliament from FitzGerald's Fine Gael party, revealed that 93% of divorced women with children in the U.S. live below the poverty line. "A woman voting for divorce," Glenn often repeated, "is like a turkey voting for Christmas...
...plight of the stricken gave rise to tensions between U.S. and Soviet doctors. Guskova said last week that the Gale team, which included two UCLA colleagues and an Israeli specialist, was unaware of some recent diagnostic advances. Said she: "That's what comes of self-reliance. It's a pity. They are excellent specialists and could have been of much more help." Replied Gale, whose group assisted in 13 of the 19 bone-marrow transplants that were administered to the sickest victims: "We have worked together very successfully." However, eleven patients who underwent the risky marrow transplants have reportedly died...