Thesaurus entry: hardship

Article: Gaza evacuees still in dire straits, Knesset report ...
Jerusalem Post;  July 11, 2007 ;     474 words ... ... Headline: Gaza evacuees still in dire straits, Knesset report says Byline ... Most Gaza evacuees remain in dire straits two years after disengagement ... condition of the evacuees and the hardships awaiting them," said State Comptroller ...

Article: VOA NEWS: ZIMBABWE'S CHILDREN IN DIRE STRAITS, SAYS ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 11, 2006 ;     570 words ... ... Zimbabwean children, especially HIV/AIDS orphans, are in dire straits, and need international support. UNICEF spokesman ... Personnaz says children in Zimbabwe face some of the worst hardships anywhere. "A child is orphaned every 20 minutes in ...

Article: Plight of rural poor hits home ; Hundreds respond with money, ...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  January 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... with money, Christmas gifts and other aid for families in dire straits in Maine's isolated counties. Series: Castaway Children ... the state's more prosperous southern counties about the hardships families face in the remote and economically troubled northern ...

Article: Older students with families in dire straits
The Press;  November 16, 2000 ;     664 words ... ... dependent families are facing severe hardship, says the University of Canterbury ... students and their families facing the same hardship. The service expects the problems to ... week since March?" The association's hardship fund has run out because of the increased ...

Article: Petrol stations in dire straits; 10-15% face ...
Daily News (South Africa);  July 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Barbara Cole A SOLUTION has to be found to the "severe" hardships facing service stations by December or between 10-15% of ... tanks and then drove off without paying, causing further hardships to owners. He is suggesting that service stations shut from ...

Article: Fishermen of coastal areas in dire straits, THE ...
The Independent (Bangladesh);  May 9, 2003 ;     495 words ... ... have st opped catching fishes in the coastal areas. They are now drained of cash amount and are passing their days in great hardships. WORLDSOURCES ONLINE, INC., A JOINT VENTURE OF FDCH, INC. AND WORLD TIMES, INC. NO PORTION OF MATERIALS CONTAINED ...

Article: Two New Jersey Hospitals in Dire Straits after 1999 ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 2, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... 81 community hospitals. "At the close of 1999, New Jersey hospitals found themselves experiencing their worst financial hardship in over two decades," Carter told the Senate Health Committee looking into the financial health of the industry. Last year ...