Sentence examples for massive affliction from inspiring English sources
In his significantly titled "The Affluent Society" (1958) Professor J. K. Galbraith states that poverty in this country is no longer "a massive affliction [but] more nearly an afterthought".
By Dwight Macdonald In his significantly titled "The Affluent Society" (1958) Professor J. K. Galbraith states that poverty in this country is no longer "a massive affliction [but] more nearly an afterthought".
The reason Dr. Galbraith was able to see poverty as no longer "a massive affliction" is that he used a cutoff of $1,000, which even in 1949, when it was adopted in a Congressional study, was probably too low (the C.I.O. argued for $2,000) and in 1958, when "The Affluent Society" appeared, was simply fantastic.
Massive research into the etiology and treatment of these three afflictions has recently generated vast amounts of data, which call into question many of the accepted treatment paradigms.
AFFLICTION Schizophrenia.
Britain has an affliction.
Stuttering is an odd affliction.
