Word: plight
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
This past weekend a group of Harvard Blacks staged probably the first public demonstration here against what they called the insensitivity of the Black Students Association (BSA) and other Black students to the plight of poor Blacks. They stood outside Currier House, where a cabaret was held in honor of Malcom X, held placards and discussed their views with those going inside. Amid the sometimes heated arguments between the demonstrators and other Blacks, an important point was raised: Harvard Blacks and specifically the BSA have made insufficient--at worst almost non-existent--efforts to help poor Blacks...
...Then he showed me his hands: 'You feel it. It's in your hands and your blood.' " Associate Editor Marguerite Johnson, who wrote the main story, and Reporter-Researcher Val Castronovo found themselves torn between admiration for Thatcher's bravado and sympathy for the plight of Britons. Says Johnson: "Thatcher's gamble has produced one of the most gripping political stories in Europe in years...
...such story, the plight of TIME Reporter Raji Samghabadi, has until now remained secret. A native of Iran who taught himself English by reading Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Samghabadi was managing editor of an English-language daily in Tehran. In March 1979, he joined TIME'S Tehran bureau and stayed on after the magazine's correspondents were expelled at the end of that year. Because of concerns for his safety, his name has been kept out of the magazine for nearly a year. Those fears turned...
...rose that this might at last be the year for dramatic new moves to ease racial tensions in the country. In his remarks during the opening debates last week, however, Prime Minister P.W. Botha failed to mention any of his longstanding proposals for reducing petty discrimination and improving the plight of urban blacks. Instead, he expounded on such politically safe slogans as the Communist menace and, to the parliament's surprise, announced that he was calling a general election for next April 29. With that, the tantalizing prospect of reform receded once again, as it has repeatedly over...
...students understand more about whites than majority students do about Third World students. "Separatism" is an entirely normative term: if anyone at this University is "separatist," it is the whites. Whites seem to be able to harbor ill feelings toward Third World students or to remain ignorant of their plight at a predominantly white institution without perceiving themselves as "separatist...