Word: plight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...passage out of the country for 101 disabled guerrillas in exchange for the release of the two women and 23 mayors and municipal officials who had been abducted by the rebels over the past six months. Duarte's critics condemned the swap, saying that the President ignored the mayors' plight until his daughter was taken hostage. Said Hugo Barrera, an industrialist and a conservative political leader: "He didn't act as a chief of state but as a father...
These introductions are neither particularly moving, nor particularly dramatic; they are actually rather matter-of-fact. These are ordinary people. And when disaster strikes, their plight is all the more understandable and poignant. The real issues at stake become eminently clear. Without homes these people struggle just to keep their families and careers going...
...plight of tenants in university-owned properties is made doubly infuriating by their landlords' claim to a higher purpose. We Are Talking About Homes sends a clear message: there is no higher purpose to owning real estate than making sure people have a place to live...
...organization this spring will stage a "Night of the Right" to raise awareness of the right whale's plight. Psychas said he will invite state legislators, environmentalists and the public to the event...
...Computer Age which Harvard brings to its students thus springs from the very heart of the bourgeoisie. While glorifying middle-class consumerism, it ignores the plight of those unable to partake of its fruits—at most, it provides them with a safety net full of holes...