Word: plight
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...your editorial "Chicago's Plight" you state that Chicago is "literally broke" as a result of Thompson's extravagant administration. Boston's per capita debt is several times that of Chicago; and the bonds of the city of Chicago are said to be selling six points higher in the open market than Victory bonds. If Chicago is bankrupt, where does Boston get off? and what has his the United States of America...
...Freshmen in such a plight, the new scholarships offered by the Union are particularly valuable. In the first place, as there are no financial restrictions, he need feel no compunctions in accepting. And, secondly, he may receive the money which he must otherwise have earned elsewhere, without sacrificing any of the time he should give to studies and participation in college activities. For one of the wisest provisions of the new awards is that the committee making the donation shall take into account the contributions by candidates to the life and affairs of the college. The prizes, in fine...
...hotbed of radicals," in the pay of Bolshevist agents; while today they are hirelings of "Lloyd George and his Tories." Moreover, any cry that may be raised against the possible expenditure of English money for propaganda on this side of the Atlantic is put to ridicule by the plight in which the lobbyists for "Irish Freedom" found themselves when the recent closing of a Boston bank cost them the use of a large deposit...
...wife preparing for a fireworks celebration. When finally he gets started he is continually interrupted by arriving guests, and is further discomfited by twice having to contradict an official order at the request of his persuasive wife. In the third act, much amusement is again found in the plight of the governor, who for the first time in his life presides at a bull-fight, and is quite unable to cope with the whims of the vacillating crowd, which at one moment applauds him and the next drowns out the noise of the band with its hisses...
...goes to Bill's head, in spite of the fact that he is disappointed when he learns it is from the mayor," as he doesn't "want anything more to do with horses." Fortunately Mable isn't neglected for long, and the audience is spared wasting sympathy over there plight, because a naval aviator, Jack Wing, keeps here from getting lonely while Gwendolyn, the step-daughter of the rich Mrs. Pettigrew, is pursuing Bill at a Long Island country club. For a short time, the audience can only pin their faith on the author to bring Bill and Mable together...