The plight of those left behind, forced into misery, reminds us of the torment of soldiers departing their loved ones for Iraq, Afghanistan.
"While the world's attention seems to have moved on from Afghanistan, we risk forgetting the plight of those left behind by the conflict," said Champa Patel, South Asia director at Amnesty International.
Several factors have nudged the country rightward: religious-settler extremism; obliviousness to the Palestinian plight now concealed behind walls; Russian-imported strands of Arab-baiting intolerance.
But this favourite inflation yardstick of the Federal Reserve was still outside its comfort zone.By the standards of the 1970s, when inflation was in double digits and unemployment not far behind, today's plight is hardly grave.
By blaming Mr Osborne for their poll dip, restive Tories can dodge the possibility that a collective lack of coherence or plausibility may lie behind their plight.
Apart from the obvious plight of being left behind when stocks are soaring, there are two things to worry about.
In July two Chinese schoolgirls perished in the San Francisco plane crash, sparking debate on local microblogs about the plight of parents left behind.
Understanding their plight and the factors behind their marginalization, and then targeting initiatives towards these children, must therefore form an integral part of national strategies on child rights, development and well being and strategies to reach the goals of the Millennium agenda.
Average pay data in America and Britain may be hiding the continuing plight of the median worker behind the success of the most sought after.
More meme than movie, this cut-price rendering of James Bowen's bestselling memoirs sees homeless busker Luke Treadaway's plight positioned a distant second behind the ginger tom who reportedly hastened Bowen's return from the margins.
