Word: hardship
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...attribute their own unemployment to minorities, welfare recipients, women entering the workforce--almost anything but de-industrialization. And it sometimes seems as though the authors intentionally put an asymetric focus on more ignorant, sensationalized interviewees. What is distressing is the litany of men who especially blame women for economic hardship. As one Buffalo resident named Larry reflects, "I still think that the meaning of maleness is go out, earn a living, support a family." His friend, Mike, also chimes, "Exactly...like it was in `Leave it to Beaver' times when the man went out and the woman stayed home." Incredibly...
...painful to go through that," he says. "I had got so immersed that while I was still connected to my family on one level, I left them behind. So when I came back to the real world, there were some problems I began to see... That hardship was devastating...
...creation of this diaspora, as Robinson calls it, began with migrations in the 17th century, and accelerated during the Famine of 1845-48. Subsequent years of economic hardship eventually forced about half the population of the island to emigrate...
...hard for Microsoft to suddenly claim an emergency when it could have sought to clarify the matter back in December, as Justice was quick to point out in its brief to the appeals court. Calling the last-minute crisis over the release of Windows 98 "a self-generated hardship," DOJ point man Joel Klein made it clear that the company should have asked a lot sooner if it really was interested in a speedy answer...
...moved by D.'s hardship. After being referred to the "emergency" line at the court in Lowell, D. learned that Lowell is actually just a hop, skip and a two-hour ride away from Cambridge via several T-lines and the Commuter Rail. Yes, D. was required by law to appear in court, on a yet-to-be-determined date, somewhere near New Hampshire at 8:30 a.m. Several months later, D. found herself sweltering under the executioner's axe, trapped by civic responsibility...