Word: plights
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...doubt Congressmen would be more sensitive to the publishers' postal plight, as well as to the public's, if they had no franking privileges...
Some high school athletes are not lucky enough to learn about the plight of the sports clubs. The Harvard information booklet distributed to high schools draws an impressive picture of varsity, intramural and club sports...
While expressing sympathy for the plight of Harvard sports clubs. Athletic Director Robert B. Watson '37 says "a very critical financial bind" prevents him from offering clubs help in meeting their expenses...
...self-confessed spy who also traded his testimony for a lighter punishment. After two years of appeals, the Supreme Court voted by a six-to-three margin not to review the case, and President Eisenhower refused to commute the sentence. Eisenhower was apparently somewhat sympathetic to the Rosenbergs' plight, but Attorney General Herbert Brownell managed to convince him that the death penalty was necessary, reportedly telling Eisenhower, "Mr. President, those folks have simply...
Sheltered by oversolicitous courtiers, the Emperor was largely unaware of the desperate plight of his 26 million subjects until last month. Then thousands of disgruntled Ethiopians took to the streets of Addis Ababa and rioted against inflation for four days. Helmeted police finally cleared the streets but left five demonstrators dead, at least 35 wounded and 1,000 in jail. Afterward the Emperor made a rare radio and television appearance to announce a rollback of gasoline prices and a freeze on the cost of basic commodities. The Emperor's action calmed civilians, but left the armed forces dissatisfied. Although...