Word: plighted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Valera, near-blind and doggedly indifferent to the country's worsening economic plight, was persuaded by his own Fianna Fail Party to step aside for Lemass and run for the presidency. His successor, after 19 years as Minister of Commerce and Industry, was passionately convinced that Ireland's timorous protectionism could only lead to national extinction. As Fianna Fail's new leader, Lemass was the antithesis of all the old fire-breathing heroes, talked trade and tariffs to the voters in intense, rapid-fire sentences that many found hard to follow. "That Lemass!" snorted one dubious Dublin...
...need for a capital funds drive. Though President Pusey himself recognized the School's need for funds as early as his 1954-55 report, he has done little to satisfy that need. A year as dean may bring him to a renewal of appreciation of the School's financial plight...
Roger was turned upside down to drain the dirty river water out of him, and Dr. Kvittingen began artificial respiration with a tube down his windpipe, but the boy was still in desperate plight. He had no detectable pulse, and all the way to the hospital his chest was rhythmically compressed to force blood in and out of the heart. At Central Hospital a special, electrode needle was pushed right through the chest wall into the heart, and it failed to detect any beat. External pressure was continued. A blood transfusion was started. Not until 2½ hours after...
Sagging Service. The Light's plight is a sign of the times in Latin America. In these nationalistic days, governments find it politically impossible to grant rate increases to foreign-owned utility companies. Since 1954, the Light has only been allowed to raise rates enough to meet increased wages, but not enough to expand facilities or service. At 2/7? (U.S.) per kwh, "our power is the cheapest in the world," says a company official. "Our rates are so low they do not even cover distribution of our power to new clients." As service sags, clients complain. The complaints turn...
Pilot's Plight...