Challenging them in difficult and insecure times is not an appealing prospect.

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The Plight of the Roma

I've got a bad hangover.

Another Iran US match might be helpful at this difficult time.

But the current economic crisis may provide a severe test of the euro s ability to survive in more troubled times.

In hard times like this, no ordinary effort can get our company out of the red.

You will have to go through hardship.

However, when both were in good spirits their happiness was doubled and yet the early days of their married life were very trying.

The dire legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan weighs heavily on the Western democracies.

Nor is this pressure confined to the United States.

The Soviet threat generated a readiness to defend oneself and to bear heavy burdens.

The confession he had promised her was the one painful episode of that time.

Hard economic times are correlated with protectionism, as each country blames others and protects its domestic jobs.

Today, we are experiencing a low point.

All through that difficult time Karenin noticed that all his worldly acquaintances, especially the women, displayed a particularly lively interest in him and his wife.

Eventually, the plan threw the country on its back.

The plight of these victims long went unrecognized, as governments and the international community alike failed to acknowledge their rights to protection and assistance.

The poor are squeezed by cuts in social programs and a weak job market.

The Palestinians have a difficult history one of internal disunity and murderous internecine conflict to overcome.

The financial crisis has inflicted hardship on a population that does not like to face harsh reality.

Heavy handed diplomatic pressure such as threats to exclude Russia from the G8 must be a weapon of last resort.

Insisting that self determination was the only way ahead, he called on the army to reject even passive association with the insurrection and instructed it to re establish public order.

This leads to the second challenge the dire financial straits of middle income households. Many families now face stagnating wages, owing to the kinds of jobs now available, but are determined to cling to a lifestyle that they can no longer afford.

She sat down and he could hear her loud, heavy breathing. He felt unutterably sorry for her.

Well, my dear and old country, here we are again facing a heavy test, he said.

But the dire legacy of its two recent wars calls for a focus on internal improvement.

The route used by Central American migrants who travel through Mexico to get to the United States is a deadly odyssey.

These requirements create a heavy burden for a woman even when her pregnancy is planned and happily anticipated.

Their plight, symptomatic in many ways of the plight of women around the world, holds lessons for us all.

If adopted, these measures will further compound America's fiscal mess.

Fully aware of the bitter legacy of Palestinian disinheritance following the 1948 war, Dayan refused to blame the murderers.

In Kuwait, online advocacy is an important tool for shedding light on the plight of Bidoon people.

After all, the passion that the Palestinians plight evokes among ordinary Egyptians is a dangerous source of instability.

Twitter users are fond of sharing images of the Kuna, including photos of the albino members who give this group its distinctive feature

Yes, Argentina s debts will probably be paid in full, but Argentina s taxpayers and workers will bear a heavy burden for years to come.

The entire political spectrum, indeed, must recognize the country's predicament and find common ground for legislation.

There is also a moral and practical case for doing more to ease the plight of refugees and internally displaced persons.

Immigration controls, for example, have been relaxed in several European countries (notably Germany) due to declining populations and educational shortcomings. But bad economic times are rarely moments when governments push bold international economic proposals.

The resulting pressure on Europe s performing arts institutions is causing concern at various different levels.

But first he must overcome his own residual tendency to expect too much from an overburdened state.

But bad economic times are rarely moments when governments push bold international economic proposals.

With modern technology, Indonesian Muslims can see clearly the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza, the disastrous results of the American invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, and America s silence when Lebanon was bombed in July 2006.

I was in Ireland during the Troubles, 10 years ago, and I was working with some Catholic and Protestant kids on conflict resolution. And I did this with them a risky thing to do, because they were street kids.

It was autumn, the dullest and most depressing time of year in the country, and so Vronsky, bracing himself for a struggle, announced his departure in a sterner and colder way than he had ever before used to Anna.