Word: plighted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Crime & Campaigns. Marcos' harsh words were indeed in order. His pessimism reflects not only the plight that faces the Philippines in the next four years, but his own chances of alleviating it as well. In his successful campaign against President Diosdado Macapagal last November, Marcos made Filipino crime-smuggling, murder and government corruption-the main theme. Macapagal himself was above suspicion of foul play, but Marcos did not have to make personal accusations, for low-level crime and corruption were part of every Filipino's experience. Coupled to it was his own vibrant campaign style. Singing duets with...
Gradually, Southern Democrats are recognizing their plight. "I'm begging for Democrats to register," said an Arkansas state senator. "I don't want just John Doe registered, I want Mrs. Doe and John Doe Jr., who just turned 21, on the voter list too, and as Democrats. We're going to wake up. I only hope it's not too late...
SANDS OF THE KALAHARI. The makers of Zulu find lively if conventional excitement in the plight of five marooned men, led by Stuart Whitman, and one venturesome woman (Susannah York) who endure heat, hunger and sexual desire after a plane crash in the African desert...
...N.C.B.'s plight has been worsening despite rising productivity and the board's leading role in applying automation techniques to mines. Like coal industries elsewhere, the board suffers from the increased efficiency of rival energy products: oil, natural gas and nuclear power; coal now supplies only 65% of Britain's fuel needs v. 90% in 1950. The N.C.B.'s operating costs have risen steadily, yet the government has forced the board to hold the price line. Its wages are pegged to an obsolete piece-rate system, its mines are worked out, and unemployment insurance has suspiciously...
...Hartmire sees it, the plight of the grape pickers cries out to heaven. They are mostly illiterate Mexicans and Filipinos. Among them, for example, is Marcos Munoz, who lives in a squalid shack that he calls "something you would not let a dog enter." Another, Manuel Rivera, 52, the father of seven, works ten hours a day when he is not on strike, for the minimum wage of $1.25 an hour. He is a grim man whose only hope is for his children; he feels that the vineyard owners "make an animal out of me. They might as well...