Word: plights
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...plight of the freshman coach in any sport is especially pathetic. This is proven by mere analogy to a varsity coach who develops a player for three years and then loses him to graduation when he is at peak performance. The freshman coach experiences a similar loss at the end of one season...
This reorganization is directly responsible for the present plight of the squad. In their last two games the Yardlings were unable to score once. There has been a constant shifting of both the forward line and the supporting halfbacks...
...matter of comfort, the MTA was requested to raise the level of the trolley tracks on the Coop side of the kiosk, thereby removing the hollow that was turned into a sea of mud and water almost every rainstorm. Davis, furthermore, is well aware of the student's plight in crossing Cambridge Street. He would like to see as topflight installed at that point, and is working for one at present...
...pale green floor of the House of Commons last week the champion orators of the Labor Party and of the Tory Opposition clashed in head-on combat. Technically they were debating Britain's monetary plight, but they both made slambang political speeches aimed straight at the forthcoming national elections...
...this season's crop of Negro-problem films-including Home of the Brave and Lost Boundaries. Pinky was finished after its B-budgeted rivals had proved at the box office that the public is interested in movies that give serious treatment to a serious theme, e.g., the sorry plight of the U.S. Negro. Partly because it puts entertainment above soap-boxing, Darryl Zanuck's sleek movie is head & shoulders above its predecessors both as entertainment and propaganda...