Word: plight
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Although the book consists of personal remembrances of Sakharov, it contains as well a few pieces of fiction that relate more or less explicitly to his plight or to the state of human rights in Russia. Though enjoyable to read, these seem not to fit into the book. Much more interesting are a few other dissidents' essays on subjects besides Sakharov, such as a piece by geophysicist Grigorii Podyapolsky, entitled "My Conversation with the Director of the Institute for Geophysics of the USSR Academy of Sciences. "This is a rough transcript of Podyapolsky's interrogation by his superior...
...Commencement gatherings in 2008 and 2033, another dean will find himself in a similar plight. Because of a 1979 curriculum overhaul that made Harvard's the only five-year dental program in the country, no one will graduate from the University's dental school this June...
With unemployment hovering at 50% of the industry's 450,000-strong labor force, and industrywide production sputtering along at a mere 29% of capacity, the plight of the nation's steelmakers is truly ghastly. During 1982, losses for the industry as a whole reached a record $2.5 billion, and though no major steel producer currently faces imminent bankruptcy, some analysts give the weakest of them, including such venerable giants as National Steel (1981 sales: $4.0 billion), and Republic Steel (1981 sales: $4.3 billion) as few as six to eight calendar quarters before they run out of money...
...girl's plight triggers a screechy, preachy political cat fight between Marlene and Joyce. Marlene is a staunch advocate of Margaret Thatcher, whom her sister derides as "Hitlerina." The question raised is provocative: Is the future to be divided between a smart, scrambling upper class of no-holds-barred individualists and a permanent underclass of poor souls who are unfit for the survival of the fittest...
...this narrowness alone limits the greatness of The Verdict. The appeal of the film, its commendable production, and Newman's vivid performance, promise that it will be a film remembered throughout the '80s, when our perceived failings place us not far from the plight of Frank Galvin, a casualty of our times...