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In the vote-rich city of Maroua on Tuesday he addressed crowds of his party supporters - reaching out in particular to women and young people, promising to prioritise their plight in his next mandate.

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Somehow, he managed to find some humor in his plight.

There are elements of outright gruesomeness in “Bring Her Back,” though the best bits are about the plight of Andy and Piper.

His years in hiding, away from his family, he says, have reminded him of that time, and he blames his plight on some of the other foster parents who stood to benefit from his dismissal.

Leo recalled the photo of Alan Kurdi, the drowned Syrian Kurdish toddler whose body was washed up on a Turkish beach in 2015, and who became a symbol of the plight of migrants.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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