Word: plight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard fans who thought their team had trouble settling on a signal caller can take heart from the Elis plight Junior Mike Luzzi was the original starter: he lasted two quarters. Curtin entered at halftime of the season-opener and couldn't quite manage a game winning rally against Brown...
...Johnson, expresses the dilemma that such a situation creates: "God knows we might have learned from our tragic Viet Nam fiasco that, as a great power, we should deploy our troops only where they are vitally needed and it is clear they can be effectively used ... [otherwise] their bitter plight will exhibit not America's strength but its impotence...
Lance Morrow's Essay "Thinking Animal Thoughts" [Oct. 3] left much room for humane reflection. Those of us who are concerned with the plight of animals used for research purposes are a far cry from the fanatics described in your article. The offense committed against these creatures is not, as Morrow suggests, the taking of their lives. Rather, it is the pain that is inflicted upon them. Scientific advancement and humaneness toward animals are compatible. Ethical guidelines have even been established for the use of laboratory animals. Live animals should be used only when there is no adequate alternative...
...importance of stopping sexual harassment cannot be underestimated. Earlier publicized cases, as well as last year's Faculty Council discussion, have focused attention on the plight of undergraduate harassment victims. The recent case illustrates that the problem is no less severe for graduate students and faculty member s, who, because they work in a narrow area of study cannot avoid continued interaction with the harasser. Women scholars at Harvard have found the path to tenure difficult enough: the added problem of sexual harassment threatens to ensure that the University's faculty will remain predominantly male...
...spent on defense overkill-more weapons than could ever be needed-we seem to have completely lost control of crime and the conditions that breed it. When Americans see fit to wall in their residential areas and pay to transform their loving pets into vicious guard dogs, our plight is tragic indeed...