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...their heaviest bombing yet on Thursday night, the alliance's political leaders were hard at work shoring up flagging public support for the campaign. President Clinton again compared Slobodan Milosevic's campaign in Kosovo with the Holocaust, and the First Lady visited refugees in Macedonia Friday and likened their plight to that of the characters in "Schindler's List" and "Sophie's Choice." Meanwhile, Germany's Green party, the junior partner in Chancellor Schroeder's coalition government, called for a temporary halt to bombing to give diplomacy a chance. "The administration is emphasizing the plight of the refugees in order...
Trask spoke of the plight of the indigenous Hawaiians, who she said are abused by the American government...
...Crimson's plight manifested itself in the match against Notre Dame last weekend. After Harvard had attained a dominating 8-4 lead over the No. 13 Irish at the start of the third quarter, Notre Dame's offense exploded to produce five unanswered goals, the last coming with three seconds left to play for the 9-8 victory. Those three seconds marked the only time that Notre Dame had led the match...
...Colton quickly pointed out that some issues still need to be addressed. Specifically, he cited the plight of the "housing have-nots" who pay more than 50 percent of their income for "worst case" housing and the problem of sprawl, or increased growth away from urban centers which raises a concern for the environment...
...Colton quickly pointed out that some issues still need to be addressed. Specifically, he cited the plight of the "housing have-nots" who pay more than 50 percent of their income for "worst case" housing and the problem of sprawl, or increased growth away from urban centers which raises a concern for the environment...