Word: poore
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Third World is the Swiss corporation Nestle. Nestle operates 81 plants in 27 underdeveloped countries, raking in $300 million annually in infant formula sales. While some corporations--such as Bristol Myers and Borden--have responded to complaints by consumer, church and health organizations by terminating sales to consumers in poor countries, Nestle has refused to acknowledge its role in this serious nutritional problem. It continues to send "milk nurses" (sales personnel dressed in medical-like uniforms) to villages, sales representatives to hospital maternity wards, and free samples to many hospitals. Unfortunately, when the free or reduced rate samples...
...country boy from Northeast Mississippi--a section of the United States that rivals Louisiana's Cajun Country as the most removed from life as we know it. A self-proclaimed reformed racist and unquestionably a political opportunist, Finch had managed to put together a coalition of small farmers and poor laborers, both black and white. He appealed to poor folks with vague platitudes about working together, hand in hand, for the betterment of all. His symbols were the lunchpail and bulldozer. But after two years in office, it became painfully obvious to many Finch supporters that despite the rhetoric, Finch...
...across as the antithesis of Finch, who scared Mississippi's power elite with his howling mobs of supporters. For a while, Finch's excited antics pleased a lot of Mississippians because they thought his fervor would be channeled to bring about concrete reforms. When this went for naught, the poor whites and blacks who supported him decided they prefer a man who quietly does nothing to one who yells a lot and does nothing. Calm, soft-spoken Dantin filled the bill...
...constitute about 30 per cent of the electorate, are unable to exercise the power of their numbers. They rallied behind Finch and helped elect him governor, but the quintessential opportunist sold them out. They have a black candidate, but he too has changed his tune. Once again, Mississippi's poor--both black and white--stand unrepresented. The Country Club Set has won again...
...Poor defense by the Yankees allowed the Dodgers three more runs in the bottom of the seventh. With Steve Garvey on first, Baker singled to right and Lou Piniella overthrew the cutoff man, allowing him to move to second...