Word: plight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...greatly enjoyed Lance Morrow's Essay "Downsizing an American Dream' [Oct. 5]. While he recognizes the frustration of those who can't afford the type of home their parents owned, he neglects the plight of those whose parents were forced or chose to live in apartments. I am a second-generation rent-paying apartment dweller who has reconstrued the American dream to be a lofty one-bedroom, with Betamax and Jacuzzi, overlooking the lights of midtown Manhattan...
Moreover, the Europe-wide average understates the human plight, and political explosiveness, of unemployment that approaches 20% in such industrially depressed pockets as Northern Ireland and Belgium's Wallonia.* Warns Ivor Richard, European Commissioner for Social Affairs: "This is bound to place immense strains on the social fabric of our societies. With the increased propensity to violence amongst those who feel they have been victimized, this could threaten the very roots of our democratic and free societies...
...bleak as Poland's economic plight may seem, experts are not unanimous in writing the country off as incurable. Says the University of London's Portes: "Poland has the industrial capacity and the skilled labor force to come back quickly...
...Stinn's plight won't move anyone to tears. Not by a long shot is this the story of a man who lost his one chance to make something of himself. A little time with Brad Stinn--the man who sold rugs to much of South House two years ago, the man who (honest!) sold used cars last summer--will convince anyone that the guy is a hustler, and, more than likely, a winner. But he has also always been an athlete, and that has been taken away from him. His health is intact--"That's the hard part about...
Lord and her daughter frequently address the plight of women in America, and discuss the changing nature of American society. Deane usually takes a more reserved stance, defending the hard-working wife-mother and encouraging readers to respect women, regardless of their career achievements. She relies on a folksy style and low-key sense of humor to convey her theme. In a recent discussion prompted by the air traffic controllers' strike, she concluded...