Word: suffered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jackson made it clear that he intends to keep on fighting for his liberal agenda. He urged his fellow Democrats to remember the poor, the sick, the homeless and all people who suffer. "I challenge you tonight, my friends, let's be bigger and better as a nation and as a party...
Since many regions suffer from a geographical mismatch, in which unemployed < youths in inner cities are unable to reach affluent suburbs where workers are needed, some employers are hauling in their work force in buses and vans. Magic Mountain, an amusement park 45 minutes north of Los Angeles, runs a bus during the summer that carries teenagers to work from the Lincoln Heights neighborhood in East Los Angeles. Allstate Insurance operates 54 van routes to bring 600 employees to its headquarters in the Chicago suburb of Northbrook from their homes as far away as southern Wisconsin and northern Indiana...
Also today, Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah was quoted as saying in Beirut that Western hostages in Lebanon should not suffer because of the missile attack on the Iran Air jet. Fadlallah is spirtual guide for Hezbollah, the Shiite Moslem group believed to be an umbrella for the captors of most of the 18 foreign hostages in Lebanon...
...costly: prolonged exposure to invisible ultraviolet beams of sunlight may permanently damage the eyes. Ultraviolet-B is thought, for example, to be a major factor in the formation of cataracts, in which the normally transparent lens of the eye becomes cloudy or opaque. About 15% of people over 65 suffer reduced vision from cataracts; many eventually undergo surgery to have the lens replaced. Some ophthalmologists also believe that decades of absorbing ultraviolet-A may lead to destruction of cells in the center of the retina. The condition, known as macular degeneration, is a leading cause of blindness in the elderly...
...make some tentative moves toward democratic rule. The more likely prospect is grimmer: an extended military dictatorship, perhaps marked by the return of Duvalierist forces or even an outbreak of civil war. As for the Haitian people, they continue to do what they do best: wait and suffer...