Word: plighting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...also strengthened its hand by turning the military into an instrument of its ideology. After Serb forces attacked Bosnia in April 1992, the party sought help in building up an army by soliciting aid from abroad, especially from countries in the Middle East sympathetic to its plight, such as Iran. As the army grew, the SDA began ordering officers to promote Islamic consciousness. In many barracks, soldiers are called to Islamic prayers, and bulletin boards announce courses about the Koran. The army's 3rd Corps even established a separate brigade composed entirely of devout Muslim soldiers and trained by fighters...
Although we sympathize with the vendors' plight, we believe HPRE has been more than fair by giving the vendors six months' notice. The University's decision plainly makes financial sense. And Harvard is going above and beyond its duty by helping the shop owners to relocate...
...Waits, who hasn't given a concert since 1992, has been inspired to return to the stage by the plight of Don Hyde, who owns a hip movie theater and concert venue north of San Francisco. Hyde has been indicted on drug charges in Kentucky--unfairly, Waits believes--and revenue from the sold-out event will help pay for his defense...
What ultimately condemned "Female Transport" was not the space or the direction, though, it was the play itself. It's a fine script about a dreadfully dull, unpleasant topic. All of the characters are unattractive and their plight does not inspire. Most of the time, you are looking forward to the ship landing at Sydney, not because you want to end the misery of these women, but to end your...
...that's as far as Buchanan's populism goes. Oddly, for a man who claims to be deeply moved by the plight of the working person, he has nothing to say about raising the minimum wage, banning the use of "replacement workers" as strike breakers, or defending occupational safety and health standards against the Republican onslaught. In fact, his economic program is little more than the old millionaire-friendly supply-side economics, garnished with a twist of nationalism. Business, says Buchanan, should be free to do whatever it wants, except perhaps flee across the border in search of even cheaper...