Word: hardship
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...finalist for the Hobey Baker award one year ago, Hamilton has been nursing an abdominal muscle injury since the beginning of the season, and after playing in only his second game on Nov. 19 against Princeton, he decided to take a medical hardship waiver. He will retain a year of eligibility and thus will be able to play next season...
Hanson the Independent blamed Australia's economic woes on Asian immigration and aboriginal welfare-dependence. It was "their" fault for "our" problems. And her views found some resonance among those who had lost jobs and saw immigration as an easy and obvious culprit, or those who saw their own hardship and compared it to so-called "aboriginal privilege." But once Hanson became One Nation, running candidates in both the House of Representatives and Senate, things began to go awry. Her policy proposals became more and more incredible, until her positive economic program was to institute a 2 percent flat income...
...letter to the local newspaper asserting that it is "unconscionable, un-Christian, un-Catholic and unwise to deny sterilization services to a community." To be fair, women can travel to another hospital for such services. But the nearest one with comparable facilities is 35 miles away. That's a hardship for a population that is composed largely of poor farmworkers, many of whom have limited transportation. Besides, women like Campos might not have the luxury of time when the baby is on the way. "I had my last kid in 15 minutes," she says. "The doctor didn't even make...
...power to make things accessible, as exemplified in the dorms and buildings which have been made accessible over the past few years. Is Harvard a first-rate educational institution, open to all who are academically qualified, or is it reserved for students untouched by physical or mental hardship...
...hardship has put the rest of Malachuk's life into perspective...