Word: hardships
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...feel sad when I see friends back home trapped in their lives and their mortgages." To further encourage defections, he is writing a sequel to the Casablanca book, provisionally titled In Arabian Nights and including his experiences in other Moroccan locales. In truth, Shah's tales of hair-raising hardship may deter newcomers, but he remains undaunted. "A guy came by yesterday and showed me some pictures of these incredible homes down in Fez," he enthuses. "I'm crazily thinking maybe we should renovate another one. You can buy a quite big house there for only $30,000." Jinns included...
...larger themes of decline will be a wake-up call. "The parallels between the environmental imbalance and corruption of values that doomed the Maya and what's happening to our own civilization are eerie," says Safinia. Gibson, who insists ideology matters less to him than stories of "penitential hardship" like his Oscar-winning Braveheart, puts it more bluntly: "The fearmongering we depict in this film reminds me a little of President Bush and his guys...
...Crimson’s recent five-game losing streak has dropped the team into a tie for fifth place in the league, just a game out of the Ivy cellar. Breaking the negative momentum engendered by such a swoon is difficult enough, yet to add to the hardship, Harvard will have to do so in the twin dungeons of Ancient Eight hoops...
...does not take a sociologist or economist to understand that sanctions are not toppling the regime's leaders. They are merely causing more hardship and suffering among the very people the West wishes to help, and forcing refugees to flee Burma's borders into neighboring countries. Sanctions are tools without teeth. Surely engagement and the promotion of a market economy would prove to be much more feasible. Edward Lim Singapore...
...Ferreira Maia, Portugal Parents of today must expect a reduced standard of living if they start a family. To have and educate children is a major effort for parents, even more for a single parent. For mankind, however, it is the most important task, despite imposing some hardship on the parents. Chancellor Angela Merkel and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, both childless, will enter the history books, but for the continuation of humanity, they are worthless. Dieter Gebrath Gelnhausen, Germany My son was born in Germany 11 years ago. That is how I got to know a Germany even...