Word: hardships
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...inflicted many a hardship on schools in Britain, but education still carries on. Examples of how it does...
...August 1939 the Poles were hailed as men with iron bones, comrades of hardship, terrific fighters. In September they were crushed. In May 1940, the French Army was said to be the best in Europe. In June it was crushed. Last week the Yugoslavs came in for their share of praise. If the praise was more justified this time than before, then perhaps the war had reached a turning point, for the most important military question in Europe last week was: How much fight can the Yugoslavs...
...Pilgrims, as wildly and thoughtlessly brandishing a gun, is an insult to the President of Harvard, who undoubtedly thought long and earnestly before stating that he believed the United States should go to war. It is also an insult to the Pilgrims, who went through no end of hardship and suffering in order to obtain freedom. It was an insult to the alumni witnessing it who fought in the last war, and to all who have fought and died in order that this nation might survice...
...Belgians are willing to endure any hardship to prevent help to Germany, he said. However, he urged that America as send relief based on a scientific appraisal of the minimum needed and after permission had been obtained from England...
After two years of investigating Reds, puzzled Congressman Dies still wonders why they do it. Economic hardship, he says, cannot be the answer. U. S. farmers have suffered economic hardships for years. Paraphrasing Marx, he declares: "Communism is the opiate of the people...