Word: hardships
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...Following World War I, new technology made farms more efficient, creating large crop surpluses, low grain prices, and slim agricultural profits. Farmers suffered the fallout, convincing Roosevelt’s future advisers that capitalism had failed and only government could prevent further hardship. A decade later, these professors-turned-bureaucrats saw the bogeyman of the 1920s as the cause behind the Great Depression: an unregulated market...
...with vegetables and meat). But drawing upon the resources of his family proves complicated, due to the strained relations between his ex-wife, his children, their spouses, and the two women he has come to love. In this way, what begins as a story of Slimane’s hardship grows into a narrative of the struggles of his entire family, even those on its very fringes. The strength of Kechiche’s film lies in his characters, and he literally focuses on them, using long close-up shots that emphasize both their nobler sentiments and their faults?...
...trebling U.S. economic assistance to Pakistan, to $1.5 billion annually for five years, with a possible extension for another five years. The bill enjoys bipartisan support and looks likely to pass. Spent wisely, the money could build infrastructure and create jobs, especially in the desperately poor tribal regions where hardship drives young Pakistanis into the arms of militant groups...
Could an appeal for emergency aid for Gazans living in extreme hardship following the Israeli military campaign be construed as an attack on that campaign? Thompson and his lieutenants fear so. Ben Bradshaw, a former BBC newsman who is now Health Minister, called the reasoning "completely feeble." MPs are queuing to sign a motion brought by Richard Burden, a Labour MP, expressing "astonishment" at the rebuff. "It completely baffles me," Burden said. "Do I think impartiality is important? Of course I do. But to be honest, what the BBC is doing is undermining its reputation for impartiality rather than bolstering...
America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations...