Word: plight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contraceptives or the consequences of non-use." This is ridiculous. Young people can understand. The real problem is the older generation's inability to teach our youth the hows and whys of contraception. Because we Americans find our children's sexuality embarrassing, we would rather accept the plight of unmarried teen-age mothers-and hold ourselves blameless...
...York, where American and German agents hunt and are hunted? Manhattan-based OSS Agent Carl Berlin picks up a trail that leads to something big. Berlin, a German-born Jew, learns that Levi has escaped the death camp and is already in the U.S. His purpose: to stamp the plight of the Jews on the world's conscience by assassinating Roosevelt. This seems incredible: the Italian actor is in Hollywood beginning a movie career even though he can barely speak English. However, Levi's disappearance from a film studio sets off a cross-country chase. With a sackful...
...donation spurs other alumni with spare change in their pockets to think about the needs of Harvard's young--and often neglected--scholars. This area has not in the past been a magnet for glamorous multi-million dollar contributions--a fact illustrated, at least in part, by the plight of most current junior faculty members--but few are as important if Harvard is to remain the preeminent incubator of academic talent...
Perhaps the saddest dilemma facing South Florida is the plight of the refugees from Haiti. Law enforcement officials pick up about 500 Haitians a month on Florida's beaches, but probably just as many slip in without getting caught. The 600-mile journey from Haiti is often arduous, a measure of how desperately Haitians want to leave their country. Many sell all their possessions and hire professional smugglers, who often starve them, beat them, or even dump them overboard. Others pool their money to buy a makeshift boat and then hire a local fisherman, who may know little about navigation...
Imagine their plight in 20 years. A little kid jumps on his daddy's knee and asks, "What did you do in the big game, Daddy?" Daddy says, "I ran around behind a group of girls jumping up and down like an idiot and yelling my fool head...