Word: plighted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pity the plight of the poor Democratic Party! It must find an able, liberal Northerner who is also a Roman Catholic to run for Vice President next fall. We were submitted to all sorts of charges of bigotry before and charity after the last election because a Roman Catholic finally won the presidency. Was that WHY he was elected? I was suspicious at the time that Roman Catholics were persuaded to vote for him for religious reasons and non-Romans were threatened with charges of bigotry if they did not-but he became a truly American President...
...emphasis on non-exploitation, Goodman is astonishingly callous in his lack of concern for the plight of the unloved, illegitimate child and the unwed mother. Of course society is wrong to regard them as something dirty, but in his desire for social revolution Goodman loses compassion for those who must suffer in its wake. And in spite of his insistence on interpersonal values, he speakes as if his major responsibility in marriage is to inconvenience himself by "making it home in time for five thirty dinner every night...
...final chapter of Morality and Beyond discusses the plight of moral values in today's changing world a world in which man has no home, an uniqueness no meaning. Technology, the thing-maker, and mass society the thing, have done away with of them, Tillich says Philosophy should concern itself with the moral confusion and propose solutions, not content itself to play language games...
Nobody Loves an Albatross fails as a moral lesson. Preston's remains a countryish buffoon from beginning to end; his plight never forces the audience to examine the necessity for honesty. The pathos raises no ethical questions; it simply dampens the already soggy humor...
...recent decision of the Federal arbitration panel combines an understanding of the railroads' plight with a sympathy for the workers involved. Useless positions must be abolished, but the men now holding those positions must also be considered. The rail unions' exercise in self-interest hurts the labor movement generally at a time when it faces an uncertain future. By stubbornly resisting a series of impartial decisions, the railroad Brotherhoods serve neither their cause, management's needs nor the country's interest...