Word: hardship
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...important ones. Harvard families have confronted a variety of challenges, from dealing with the effects of globalization to the loss of a loved one. They have also encountered unique joys, such as a commitment to a family member in need and the satisfaction of a relationship made stronger through hardship. Long before and long after they arrive at Harvard, students' relationships with their parents and families influence and shape the people they become...
...mother's selflessness and says "she channeled all of her efforts into making sure that we had every opportunity that our friends with two full time parents and a lot more money had." Even today, as he ponders his mother's ability to overcome emotional, financial and physical hardship, he shakes his head...
...from drug traffickers. But it is not clear yet whether the judiciary will be willing to balance rights in the same way in the case of drunken driving, which is a less serious offense. And make no mistake, the measures are draconian: "Seizing a vehicle can be a real hardship for a spouse who needs to go to work or a child who needs to go to school," says Cohen. Moreover, the seizure can stick with only a preponderance of the evidence to back it up (because it is a civil action), and not guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. This...
Basketball's all-time biggest draw retires to the golf links, the second-rate wannabes he turned into multimillionaires snivel about their economic hardship, and the league still finds ways to fill the tent. The NBA, which could sell swimsuits to Eskimos, has even put topspin on Jordan's departure: with the Chicago Bulls out to pasture, anyone can take the title...
...seems the most hairsplitting of technicalities. In Moses: A Life, Kirsch writes, "Against the blow of a wooden staff upon a dry rock, a lifetime of struggle, hardship and faithful service counted for nothing." Some analysts think biblical editors expunged Moses' real sin, whatever it was. Others say his only sin is failure, his inability to ennoble the slave generation. Not so fast, argues Friedman: Moses has been edging toward usurping God's prerogatives for some time, "and now he steps over the line. He changes a miracle. Nobody had ever done that before...