Word: hardships
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...blame must fall on Mrs. Bunting. By breaking a promise with one-quarter of Radcliffe's population and ignoring the possible hardship she has caused them, she has acted irresponsibly and perhaps dishonestly...
Letting girls stay in Lamont would work no hardship on the boys (who are, after all, free to use Hilles if they should be passing by), and would be one less inconvenience for Cliffies. The administrators merely have to view what was an emergency measure as an experiment--one that has succeeded...
...future; what they want is rest and contentment. Mao Tse-tung sees in Russia the seeds of his own downfall: a Red revolution that, thanks to that same contentment and economic success, shows signs of evolving into a bourgeois society. To an old fighter whose victories were forged in hardship, it is an utterly unacceptable prospect. Hence the current Chinese purge...
Burning Sincerity. Whatever the theme or style, the essence of the blues is a quality of burning sincerity called "soul." "Soul is something that you feel within yourself and you gotta give to the people," explains Singer-Guitarist Magic Sam. "It's hardship, what you've been through. I love it even though it makes me sad, because that's what I am." Adds retired Harmonica Player Shaky Jake: "Blues are the true story, the truest music I ever heard in my life...
...purposely harm me in any way," said Peggy, "other than the fear, the tension, and the hardship of being in the woods and being away from my family...