Word: hardships
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Though a necessary hardship, the abrupt "shock therapy" approach towards revamping the Polish economy, which the government began in January, is causing increasing unrest, Lewandowski said...
Such block funds tend to be among the first federal monies to be slashed during periods of economic hardship, because government officials often argue that the cuts will not eliminate individual programs...
Their plan goes something like this: American companies are pressured into pulling out of South Africa. Widespread economic hardship and dislocation ensue. White South Africans face unemployment, high prices and shortages. Gradually, they come to recognize that the existence of apartheid is the only obstacle to restoring their economic well-being. For the first time since the Second World War, they vote in large numbers against the ruling National Party, and the new government eliminates apartheid and institutes a system of "one person, one vote...
When sanctions are imposed against authoritarian regimes, the prospects for success are little better. From Stalin's Russia to Saddam's Iraq, dictators have been able to force their disenfranchised citizens to endure economic hardship in the face of a foreign challenge. Citizens of totalitarian states have no constitutional means for translating their discontent into political change...
...white population of Rhodesia "rallied 'round the flag" against "foreign interference" and learned to evade or endure the hardship brought on by sanctions, much of which they pushed off onto the shoulders of the already-oppressed Black population...