Word: hardship
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...after we shot some walk-and-talk through the tunnels, during which I was interviewing John about luck and hardship and the resemblance between opal mining and professional gambling (which is very strong), the director Chris Spencer asked John to go at a face with the air hammer. He obligingly did, talking meanwhile about how he hadn't found an opal in weeks. Then he asked me if I'd like to have a go. I took the air hammer and started ripping some sandstone off the wall. And then, suddenly, there was a shrill noise, somewhere between a crunch...
...rapid rise in Cambridge rents and theensuing hardship for families and low-incomeCantabridgians have been issues the council hasbeen grappling with for years...
...Gorman, to learn if nighttime lighting was worth looking into as a source of increasing levels of myopia. They didn?t impose some key controls on the research, such as whether the children in the study had nearsighted parents. In the meantime, considering it?s not much of a hardship to switch off the lights, obviously it would seem prudent to let a child under two sleep in the dark. At the same time, it makes sense not to get obsessive about it: "This doesn?t mean you have to change the diaper in the dark," says Gorman...
...only qualms over the ordinance derived froman exemption clause, which allows non-profitorganizations with limited funds to apply for a"hardship waiver...
...only qualms over the ordinance derived from an exemption clause, which allows non-profit organizations with limited funds to apply for a "hardship waiver." Councillor Sheila T. Russell expressed marginal reservations over the waiver application process, which requires non-profits to reapply every four years. But while cautioning that renewable waivers mean increased bureaucracy, she voiced unequivocable support for a policy she deemed long overdue...