Word: hardships
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...culture defined by extreme hardship keeps its values simple and its instincts honed. "The hunter in the North, for whom fear and courage are interallied," writes Malaurie, "would smile if one talked to him about heroism." Indeed, he notes, there is no word for heroism in Inuit: "One lives, one struggles, one dies. If there is nothing to eat, you lie down and wait. Emotional involvements are brief. Trouble always lies in the offing...
...pressure is on the school, and they're embarrassed," the Board's Cameron said. In addition, economic hardship is making it increasingly obvious that students need a good education to make it in the tight job market, he added...
Judith Hart, a member of Parliament, recently described the role of unions nicely: "...the trade union movement in this country is part of our democratic inheritance, fought for in hardship, established in realism." It's time for some of that realism to creep into government policy towards labor both here and in Britain before both economies get even worse...
...getting rid of a lot of the deadbeats." In many areas of the country, there seems to be a strong impression that a certain amount of waste has grown into social programs over the years and that they could be pruned back without inflicting serious hardship...
...file of registration evaders. That would probably save the Education Department time any money. But it would also make hatchetmen of the nation's colleges, creating animosity between Washington and academic at a time when the two must work together more than over to insulate higher education from financial hardship. The echoes of the 1960s would become a roar once again, as students were given a vivid reminder of how universities can be sucked into complicity with misguided government policy...