Word: hardships
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...creation of this diaspora, as Robinson calls it, began with migrations in the 17th century, and accelerated during the Famine of 1845-48. Subsequent years of economic hardship eventually forced about half the population of the island to emigrate...
...hard for Microsoft to suddenly claim an emergency when it could have sought to clarify the matter back in December, as Justice was quick to point out in its brief to the appeals court. Calling the last-minute crisis over the release of Windows 98 "a self-generated hardship," DOJ point man Joel Klein made it clear that the company should have asked a lot sooner if it really was interested in a speedy answer...
...been called to appear at trial in Newark, where she had been sentenced to a minimum of one week, eight hours each day, of civic responsibility. At the time, uninterested in forfeiting her life for seven days or more, D. had written to the summons office to claim her hardship: she would be taking exams at that time. Besides, having made the mistake of showing up at an IOP event her sophomore year, she had accidentally registered herself as a Massachusetts resident through "Rock the Vote." Now, it appeared, the law had caught up with...
Lowell, Massachusetts. D. had earlier noted this fact, and upon consulting a map, had discovered that Lowell, Massachusetts was located vaguely near the New Hampshire border. Glancing at the summons again, D. was suddenly inspired by the line reading "HARDSHIP: In a hardship situation, you may request to serve in a different court from the one to which you were assigned." D. had a thought--a rare event indeed...
...moved by D.'s hardship. After being referred to the "emergency" line at the court in Lowell, D. learned that Lowell is actually just a hop, skip and a two-hour ride away from Cambridge via several T-lines and the Commuter Rail. Yes, D. was required by law to appear in court, on a yet-to-be-determined date, somewhere near New Hampshire at 8:30 a.m. Several months later, D. found herself sweltering under the executioner's axe, trapped by civic responsibility...