Word: hardships
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...course, there are some organizations for whom it would be a real hardship to raise funds. Community service organizations come to mind as groups that should not be forced to fundraise to foot their bill. Groups that serve the campus or community at large are like non-profits that rely on philanthropy to support their important activities. But some groups are simply freeloaders with an incentive to stay on termbill-sponsored welfare indefinitely...
...traumas in van Gogh's life. While in The Hague, to his family's severe chagrin, van Gogh began living with a former prostitute, Sien, and her mother and children. His earlier portraits of Sien, which occupy more than a wall of the exhibition, reflect a woman defined by hardship and given a sense of beauty. Cleverly juxtaposed with these images are later ones, from 1883, showing an aged, unsmiling and cynical Sien. Shortly after one particularly jaded drawing, van Gogh upped and left for Nuenen, a village in the Netherlands, to live with his parents...
...pregnant woman feels unable to care for a child, she should not be required to carry the fetus to term. Jodie and Mary's parents argue against an ostensibly life-saving procedure because they are worried that saving one child could result in severe financial and emotional hardship for the family. In their minds, it's better for both children to die than for one to live - because that is the outcome they prefer. Unfortunately for these parents, the British court system is not prepared to grant them that power...
...greatest hardship for this fiercely independent man was becoming totally reliant on others. He needed Debbie to help him shower and dress, to bring him food. A stair glide was installed to enable him to go downstairs during the day, but he needed her assistance to hobble over to it and climb on. Debbie rarely left the house except to drive Dan to his medical appointments. In the last weeks before her husband died, she acknowledged without resentment that "I don't have a life. Everything revolves around...
According to Daniel Cashman, Abramian's immigration attorney, Abramian had to prove he previously applied for asylum, had good moral character and that he would suffer hardship if he returned to his native country...