Word: hardships
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...relatives were permitted to visit the two in a Baghdad prison, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz hinted that the impasse might be resolved speedily "if the British government shows sympathy toward the hardship of the Iraqi people." Translation: Britain must free $923 million in Iraqi assets frozen since Desert Storm. London has signaled no deal, vowing to keep the funds until Iraq meets United Nations-mandated disarmament and political guidelines. Ride and Wainwright remain hostages...
Despite differing interpretations of the poetry, there was a continuity to the evening in the constant emphasis on personal hardship. All three performers dressed entirely in black without a hint of bright color to lighten up their outfits, and the historical descriptions made real the tragedy behind the poets' lives. Tsvetaeva's daughter and husband were both arrested by the Soviet authorities in the late 1930s, and in 1941 she hanged herself. Akhmatova's son was arrested three separate times; her husband was shot by the Bolsheviks; and her lover Nikolai Punin died in a labor camp...
Clinton's words harkened back to Kennedy'sfamous warning, "Let every nation know, whether itbears us well or ill, that we shall pay any price,bear any burden, meet any hardship, support anyfriend, oppose any foe, to assure the survivalliberty...
...includes a promenade with a space-age cash machine and a holographic brothel. Through it passes a contentious assortment of humans and aliens. Station Commander Benjamin Sisko, while as courageous and honorable as U.S.S. Enterprise captains James Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard, openly expresses his discontent with his hardship assignment...
...effort to break the stalemate, Yeltsin last week tried to strike a deal with critics that was aimed at easing economic hardship over the next six months while retaining the main elements of reform. But the deal fell through. Gaidar refused to yield to conservative demands for wage and price freezes or restoration of state control over distribution of resources...