Word: hardships
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...heat is finally up, which forces some of the pipes to go out of tune. Another hardship to overcome, but the pleasure of piping is earned through sacrifice. Says Britton: "I heard of one piper who had an operation to cut the skin between his fingers so he could stretch to reach the holes better. Personally, I think that's a little extreme -- but I understand the impulse...
...African blacks. Said the report: "The whole issue of economic pressures has clearly had a totally counterproductive effect on government thinking. Government attitudes have become noticeably more and more defiant, more so than when sanctions were threatened." The bishops' study also found that while blacks were willing to endure hardship to end apartheid, "if the policy is likely to produce a loss of their vitally needed jobs, most blacks prove to be tentative about pressing the issue...
Perhaps because they feel responsible for subjecting their parents to severe hardship, even more pervasive among economically disadvantaged students is a powerful sense of filial obligation...
...basic American justification for sanctions can be seen in Archbishop Tutu's statement that there is no guarantee that sanctions will work, it is merely the last peaceful option. Is this possibility enough to allow the West to incur further hardship on an already oppressed populace? This must be a personal question. Yes, even in the event that sanctions do work, however unlikely that may be, and when ultimately a Black government does (as it inevitably will) come into power, will the West guarantee to reinvest the money it has withdrawn and restimulate a dying economy? Mark Suzman...
...reason to believe that greater than 60 percent of the gross rent is net income or profit. A change in rent board policy toward adjusting rents on a building by building basis rather than groups or classes of building would address many of the present inequities including the "hardship" cases. This change in policy would require a reappraisal of the "presumption of fairness" in 1967 rents. After moving to an "expenses plus fair income" accounting, a few properties would require sharp adjustments to be within guidlines...