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Early in the 19th century came the great flood of Irish (2 million between 1815 and 1860) and Germans (1.5 million), some driven westward by political persecution, more by hunger and hardship. Philip Hone, mayor of New York in the 1820s, regarded both the Irish and the Germans as "filthy, intemperate, unused to the comforts of life and regardless of its proprieties." "Nativists" in Philadelphia raided Irish Catholic churches and burned Irish homes...
Gradually, however, attitudes began to change. The girls came around first, moved by written accounts of personal hardship experienced by Israeli Arabs. "Some girls . . . related they had actually been unable to sleep after reading the text," reported the teacher. Ultimately, both boys and girls conceded that the problem of Arab vs. Jew in Israel could no longer be ignored...
When Du Pont wanted to trim its 100,000-employee U.S. work force last January, the company sought to avoid the hardship of layoffs by offering instead a generous early-retirement program. Du Pont estimated at the time that about 5,500 workers would cash in on the deal. But apparently the terms were far more attractive than the company realized. Du Pont plans to announce this week that about 12,000 workers intend to leave. This number is expected to include some highly talented employees whom the company would be sorry to lose. Du Pont's lucrative deal provided...
...subject of Brian Moore's 15th novel is the collision of Jesuits and Indians in 17th century North America, a story of hardship, faith and incompatibility. The Algonquin and Huron of what is now Canada regarded the priests as black-robed sorcerers overly concerned with death and water magic. The French missionaries saw "les Sauvages" as beastly innocents fated to burn in hell if they escaped baptism. Heaven was a hard sell because the Indians had no strong ideas about souls and paradise. As one of Moore's intractable red men puts it, "It is because you Normans are deaf...
Divestiture might bring slightly greater hardship to the already suffering minorities in South Africa, but it serves their best interests in the long run by harming the legitimacy of apartheid. As Steve Biko, a Black leader killed in police custody in 1977, said before he died, "We Blacks are perfectly willing to suffer the consequences. We are used to suffering...