Word: plight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with his warning that a new Holocaust may be in the making there. Said Mario Gorenstein, president of the Delegation of Jewish Associations of Argentina, in a pointed reference to Timerman: "We don't seek to have publicity spectaculars." Other Argentine Jews suggested that Timerman has exaggerated their plight under the junta, thus making things worse for them. Following the lead of Argentine Jewry, influential U.S. Jewish leaders have downplayed the bombings of synagogues, the proliferation of virulent anti-Semitic literature and the discrimination against Jews in government service in Argentina...
Attempting to sensitize themselves to the plight of minority students at what has traditionally been a bastion of white, male values, many non-minority students joined in the fight against racism, blatant and institutionalized. "It's not just the BSA that's being attacked--it's all of us," one white student who participated in the fall rally against racism said, adding, "This isn't just a Black issue--it's a human issue...
...Catholicism; it is the unification of Ireland under Irish rule. We endorse that goal, for the same reason that we support movements for self-determination elsewhere in the world. Simply because Britain colonized Ireland long ago and clings to it stubbornly now is not reason to ignore its plight. A united Ireland might well show more respect for minority rights than the Protestant-dominated North does currently; at any rate, the artificial division of a country united by history--and by struggle--would...
...scientists called the patient Physty, after the whale's Latin name, Physeter catodon. As word of Physty's plight spread, tens of thousands of people came to see him. Two women brought flowers; others sent get-well cards. But suddenly Physty's condition worsened -perhaps because of stress created by all the attention. In desperation the rescue teams switched to a more powerful antibiotic, lacing a dozen squid with about 50 tablets each of Chloromycetin and pushing them down Physty's throat. Next day, in a remarkable comeback, the whale began practicing quick, shallow dives...
...wake up; of late, South Boston, East Boston and Charlestown residents, alarmed at the padlocking of police and fire stations, have "liberated" them. They need money more than symbols, though, and so they have lately begun to block traffic around the city in an attempt to dramatize their plight. We applaud their actions, and call on others to join them. For a little while it may work, as Boston borrows its way out of immediate trouble...