Word: plighting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Princeton mascot is so important for us all.... When we come back, we hope to do many presentations in the Princeton community on tiger conservation, rain forests and the plight of tigers. We also hope to visit local high schools and elementary schools to educate them about tigers," said Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) major Shallin Busch, a junior. Busch said the group hopes eventually to put together a slide presentation to showcase its research research...
...Arkansas circle to meet with personal calamity. The efforts were, in the White House's telling of them, a mission born of no darker motive than sympathy. Bowles, then heading the Small Business Administration, had no long-standing ties to Hubbell, but was moved when he heard of his plight from then Trade Representative Mickey Kantor, who was himself making calls on Hubbell's behalf. "My dad raised me to help people when they were down," Bowles told the Wall Street Journal...
...alcohol syndrome with his award winning book "The Broken Cord," has died from an apparent suicide at age 52. According to Concord police, Dorris was found in motel room and apparently suffocated himself with a plastic bag. Part American Indian, much of Dorris' writing focused on the history and plight of Native Americans. "Native Americans: 500 Years After," and "A Guide to Research in Native American Studies," are among his better known works. But his book "The Broken Cord," earned him the most notoriety with a National Book Critics Circle award in 1989. In it, he described his adopted...
President Neil L. Rudenstine says he is sympathetic to the plight of students like Dean, and is supportive of the CRC's proposal...
...House of Pizza (see "Tommy's Hole of Pizza" by Dan Suleiman, March 12). In a campus considered by many as the preeminent in the country, the most pressing topic, according to Suleiman, is not our school's paternalistic policies, nor human rights abuses in Zaire, nor the plight of the homeless in the Square nor even our inability to attract a notable band to Springfest. As far as some Crimson editors are concerned, the lack of what they erroneously consider quality pizza is a far greater worry than any of the aforementioned topics...