Word: hardships
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Montgomery County Social Service League. Then last week the Damerons themselves got a surprise. The agency's answer was no. Reason: Dori, now 2½, has an exceptionally high IQ-147 ("very superior"); to bring a child of average mentality into the family, said the league, would cause hardship for Dori as well as for the baby, whose IQ might be lower...
...first evening Hungarians had called for the return of the one Communist leader whose 21-month rule they had identified with a relaxation of Communist hardship. But now, on the steps of Parliament House, the reluctant Imre Nagy had given a disappointing party-line speech. He was called into the presence of Hegedus and Gero. "Now you can stew in your own juice," shouted Gero. Answered Nagy: "I warned you not to play with fire...
...Conditions. In the hands of the Communists, Cardinal Wyszynski suffered no physical hardship, only isolation. He was never brought to trial as he had feared. He was confined successively to four convents; in the third he was even allowed to see visitors...
...legislature has passed a $52 million bond issue to be matched with $60 million from local communities. Though Washington officials do not think they will be able to go it alone indefinitely, most agree that federal aid is not needed now. In Connecticut, only three communities have applied for hardship grants from the state board of education, and the legislature now has a plan before it to put up at least half the cost of local construction. Mississippi, which would probably get $3 back for every dollar it paid out in taxes on any federal-aid bill, is darkly suspicious...
...country place in New Jersey, allowed that "there are many aspects of American life which are excellent. The Americans' willingness to experiment and change is completely refreshing. Their generosity is fabulous." At his Rockefeller Center office, Coulter confided: "I enjoy living here. It would be a hardship to live anywhere else." Why, then, his disparaging article? "This is rather embarrassing," said he. "The piece was intended for British consumption. People without skills who think of coming to America to find the pot of gold should be discouraged." The U.S., in short, is a nice place to live...