Word: hardships
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...much of that attention is proving hostile. Local and state officials are often at a loss to interpret a law that demands "reasonable accommodation" of the disabled yet allows that compliance need not incur "undue hardship." At a time when voters are feverishly opposed to more regulations and higher taxes, the country's 85,000 state and local government agencies bump up against public resistance when they want to spend money to benefit a relative few. "That's taking time and resources that could have been used in a lot of other ways," says Wally Douthwaite, city manager...
Bernice Jackson can't fathom why politicians want to cut the EITC. They can't understand the hardship of a life such as hers "unless you've lived it,'' she says. "They can't just say we need to work harder and things will be fine...
...time of considerable economic hardship for the Koernkes. Between 1980 and 1984, they had three more children. Mark joined the local Jaycees for a couple of years, where, in addition to working doggedly on his public speaking, he excelled at running clothing drives for the needy. Says a former fellow member: "I always thought that they [the Koernkes] were needy and should be on the list of families who needed help." Koernke's political philosophy, however, made great strides. In 1985, says Nancy, a man in Texas sent him a list of Federal Government employees who belonged to the Council...
...until much later did I come to understand the full dimensions of the horror created by nearly six years of war. My family's experience pales into insignificance in the grim sweep of events, but it was one of millions of similar stories-a mosaic of suffering and hardship on all sides of the conflict. We were fortunate. We survived...
...film is set in eighteenth century Scotland, a time, a rolling script informs us, of great hardship for the Scots. In an age of corruption and despair, Robert Roy MacGregor (Liam Neeson) upholds the ancient clannish honor. Supported by his bonny red-haired wife Mary (Jessica Lange) and a host of loyal MacGregors, Rob Roy matches wits and brawn with the dastardly Archibald Cunningham (Tim Roth), bewigged defiler (and then some) of the MacGregor name...