Word: hardships
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Ortega's domestic headaches are of the migraine sort. They range from scarcities of food, high prices and low wages to housing shortages, lagging production and a severe trade imbalance. Even so, Ortega seemed relatively untroubled by the widespread economic hardship. "More than the material well- being the revolution could have brought or can offer is the moral satisfaction of the people," he said. "They feel they can talk, participate, make demands, organize...
Giving a single year from a youthful life would be no great hardship, and, if properly implemented and supported by college students from all regions of the country, might actually even be enjoyed...
...future lawyers of America also said there was a serious side to the revue. Plotsky said the company tried to show the hardship people endured during the Great Depression...
...listened carefully at the Tuesday night housing debate between City Councillor David Sullivan and Candidate William Walsh. Yes, it's all true: the Rent Control Board (like most public bureaucracies) is usually slow and sometimes unpredictable. Rent control sometimes benefits the well-off, and sometimes causes financial hardship for landlords who are not at all wealthy. And rent control sometimes discourages landlords from re-investment in maintenance, which leads to housing deterioration. Yes, all true...
...opened promptly at 2, the people began inching their way to the shabby counter to buy their vodka. A young man in a padded jacket of the kind usually worn by laborers had been waiting in line since midday to purchase his bottle. "The new antialcohol measures are a hardship for us," he said. "But our country needs them...