Word: plights
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...system was so weakened by the advanced stages of AIDS that he kept succumbing to a continuing series of illnesses. By the time sufficient funds were raised to treat him, it was too late. The program highlighted the need for affordable antiviral drugs. I learned a lot about the plight of countries in which urgent help is needed. I hope others follow Clinton's initiative. MARY HICKMAN St. Brelade, England...
...looking for places to eat our traditional food." There are, alas, no Lithuanian restaurants in Brussels. So every few weeks Geniusaite and colleagues gather at somebody's house for dishes like balandeliai (stuffed cabbage) and saltibarsciai (a kind of borscht). The Lithuanians are not alone in their plight. In the past year, some 4,000 people from the 10 countries scheduled to join the E.U. in 2004 have moved to Brussels to work in embassies, delegations and E.U. institutions. Many more will come before May 1, the official expansion date. Joining an Eastern European population of 40,000, these migrating...
...Ukranian-born Sharansky, a prominent dissident in the Soviet Union who was jailed by the Kremlin from 1977 to 1986, said that human rights activists—who once made the effort to free him from prison an international cause-celebre—have since abandoned the plight of the Jews...
...virtually everyone who the press interviewed at the events decried the Bush administration’s horrible abuse of our troops. Or why the protest was titled “Bring them Home Now!” No, we have utterly failed to lend attention to the plight of American soldiers...
...criticism that paints our actions in Iraq as evil and malicious. Or they decried the dawn of the “New World Empire,” depicting our actions in Iraq as greedy and self-serving. There was only one protester who chose to emphasize the plight of the American forces in his opposition to the war in Iraq, with a sign that, “Our troops shouldn’t have to die for Bush’s corrupt policies,” but he was noticeably quiet in the otherwise boisterous crowd and his rickety sign...