Word: hardships
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...millions of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan face hardship and exclusion precisely because they don't fit in there. They have been powerfully shaped by 50 years of statelessness and no one else in the Arab world has experienced this. What's more, countries like Lebanon and Jordan have their own interior lives, with a delicate balance of interests that allows their various classes and religious groups to live together. You can't introduce millions of foreigners into a tiny nation like Lebanon and not expect to upset the internal balance. You can't, that is, unless you think...
...winter, to escape their unheated flat, they ride the Circle Line all day long, Ludo's stroller laden with books--these would include The Odyssey in Greek, some Japanese primers and The House at Pooh Corner. The pair are happy to sit and study; for Sibylla, the hardship comes with the stream of comments from other passengers astonished to see a child reading Greek. "Faced with officious advice feel almost overwhelming temptation to say:...'I know, I'll take the Tube, somebody on the Tube will be able to advise me...Thank you so much,'" Sibylla notes...
After three years of hardship and drama, Clemente looks to a calmer, albeit more successful, final season at Harvard. While he won't comment on the starting lineups other than himself, Prasse-Freeman and guard Drew Gellert, he believes this deep, shorter team will be extremely effective against league teams...
...Palestinian the princely sum of $1,000 a month plus tips. "They were all just gamblers to me." Even if calm were restored, he doubts Israelis would return. These days, it would mean gambling with their lives. If Israel declares a separation, the Khatibs face months of hardship in their rundown house on the edge of a refugee camp. With such examples in mind, the Israelis who oppose separation argue that the poverty it would impose on Palestinians could prompt sanctions by the European Union, which includes some pro-Palestinian countries...
...speaks Spanish really well. Admissions officers no longer know an applicant's race. But a new essay question asks about each student's "background" and "cultural traditions." When Rice officials read applications, they look for "diverse life experiences" and what they awkwardly call "overcome students," who have triumphed over hardship...