1.   A spot on the television news described the plight.

2.   He also offended some Minnesotans with his answer to a young single mother who had described her plight to the governor at a forum.

3.   Investigators believe the ship sank very quickly, as there was no indication that the Arctic Rose crew had time to radio for help or describe their plight.

4.   Now, times have gotten so rough for brokers in the securities industry here that they are resorting to the same phrase to describe their plight.

5.   Recognizing a Serbian police officer who was working as a Yugoslav border guard, he described his plight.

6.   While he has never taken quite such a comedic stab at describing his plight, Griffey has been making this point for some time now.

7.   It described their plight in unusually graphic terms.

8.   Hundreds of them were killed in crossfire, according the refugees themselves, and their plight has been described as desperate.