Word: plights
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...soldiers, but also dependent upon them for their physical safety, it is inevitable that they will not feel comfortable criticizing the actions of the troops, even when this criticism is justified. The reporters have taken on the role of a friend trying to explain the soldiers’ plight, rather than an unbiased observer seeking to critically analyze their conduct. When such luminaries as Geraldo Rivera and Oliver North are sent to provide objective coverage on what will be our generation’s defining struggle, journalistic integrity comes under fire that is as unremitting as that raining down...
Somewhat lost on Buffett's new stage of influence is the plight of the typical investor, who just wants to learn a thing or two about the market. Yes, Buffett still says plenty about how to find value, and his archive of letters on the Net amounts to a timeless library on the issue. Investors can piggyback Buffett by investing in Berkshire--if, that is, they can muster the $61,700 it takes to buy a single "A" share. Even the "Baby Berks," or "B" shares, which carry reduced voting rights and grant no say on the company's charitable...
...congenitally enlarged heart and failing lungs--and her poor, devout parents, who three years ago paid a coyote to smuggle Jesica and themselves into the U.S., where they hoped to find help for the dying girl. There was the wealthy philanthropist Mack Mahoney, who read of Jesica's plight in a North Carolina paper and made it his mission to get her a heart-and-lung transplant to try to save her life. Finally, there was the venerable institution where the story would unfold, Duke University Hospital, renowned for the brilliance and dexterity of its surgeons...
Growth forecasts for 2003 reveal this plight in stark contrast. While Zimbabwe faces the worst situation of any country, with a predicted 10 percent GDP decline, its neighbor Mozambique—with which it shares an expansive common border, cultural affinities, similar resources, geography and climate—will surge forward with a stunning 10 percent GDP growth, making it the third fastest growing nation...
Before bad weather or rich countries (lack of aid or global institutional bias) can be blamed for the plight of the globe’s poorest, we must hold domestic governments accountable. Judging by its tumultuous history, miraculous Mozambique should be trailing far behind faltering Zimbabwe. Yet it surges upward while its neighbor spirals downward. Tragically, countries that scoff at the economic Miracle-Gro of individual rights protection and savor the emotional satisfaction of “social rights” rhetoric continue to indulge political lunacy while millions needlessly die of hunger...