Word: plights
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...observer." As a psychiatrist, he wishes to learn what children feel and, in his own words, "what they hope for." As an historian, he is interested in the circumstances which have shaped their thoughts, and while his writing might not make good footnotes for an economic thesis on the plight of American minorities, his work is to be deservedly respected on a more humanistic and literary level...
...marked shift in public opinion would be necessary to interrupt the upward cycle of jury awards. Lawyers attribute the rising spiral to increased medical costs, a hostility to well-heeled or corporate defendants, greater sensitivity to the plight of disabled victims and an increased willingness of Americans to bring suit. Insurers are pressing for legislation to ease their burden by shortening statutes of limitation, putting a lid on lawyer contingency fees, and setting up Government reinsurance funds. But plaintiffs' lawyers insist that large awards often benefit society. Says Claremont, Calif, Lawyer William Shernoff: "I've seen case after...
...left his state judgeship to run for city hall, and there was no paycheck in sight until his inauguration in May. "This is no joke," grumbled the politician after the election. "I'm looking through the classified ads." Morial is looking no more. Since his plight got some national press, the mayor-to-be has landed a fellowship at Harvard's Institute of Politics, a once-a-week teaching assignment at the University of New Orleans, and an urban affairs consultant's post with a local TV station. "Being mayor will require that I work 20 hours...
Last month more than 5000 farmers from 41 states descended on Washington, D.C., to publicize their plight and to demand higher government-supported food prices. That demonstration, and the general farm strike that accompanied it, were not unprecedented, but they were unusual. They were organized by the American Agricultural Movement--a rather unorganized group itself. It does not have officers, dues or members...
...cannot call another woman sister without calling me brother. Forgive me this sentimentality; I grew up in the '60s. I believe we are all brothers and sisters, and we are all responsible for one another to some degree. The rampant and brutal indifference shown by some women to the plight of miserable or sick men depresses me. (I recall one professional panhandler, a woman, who said: "I'll always give money to another woman. We're in this together. I wouldn't give money to a man if his clothes were falling off and he was starving to death...