Word: hardships
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...country under the rubric "Hugh Sidey's America." Says he: "I will go exploring in the open spaces that lie between the great urban centers, trying to figure out what's changing out there, what moves those special people who cling to the land through economic and natural hardship...
...system is so clogged by the volume of claims that desperate judges are trying hundreds of cases at a time. Some critics complain that greedy lawyers are reaping exorbitant fees in the process. As a result, Weinstein has set a limit of 20% on contingency fees allowed lawyers for hardship settlements paid by Manville. Trust officials say they may have to handle as many as 300,000 claims...
Some reservists face financial hardship because their military pay will come nowhere near matching their civilian incomes. Though some employers are making up the difference, many are not; their only legal obligation is to hold a reservist's job open for his or her return. Reservists, however, can have the interest rate on mortgage and other debts reduced to 6% under the 50-year-old Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief...
...would the hardship of a prolonged confrontation be confined to Iraq. Although Bush, much like Lyndon Johnson during Vietnam, has sought to downplay the domestic costs of Desert Shield, he will not be able to do so for long. The fear of war alone was enough to push financial markets in the U.S., Europe and Japan into a deep slide, a mere foretaste of the worldwide economic disaster that would occur if an all-out war erupted, involving not just the U.S. and Iraq but Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries -- perhaps including Israel -- as well. The call...
...fact, the South is at a generational turning point, torn between those who remember the hardship and the dangers of the past and young people who often seem heedless of the lessons of history. Many older South Koreans still distrust the chaotic uncertainties of democracy, with its attendant student riots and labor unrest. While they may be uncomfortable with the nation's continued dependence on U.S. troops, they remember all too clearly why the soldiers are there...