It is symptomatic of how immigrant families attempt to cope with an alienating urbanisation.
The jokes were his attempt to cope with the misery of his family life.
The movie turns into a treatise on an attempt to cope with a life that will never be the same.
And governments are raising retirement ages and making it more difficult for companies to shed older workers, in a desperate attempt to cope with their underfunded pension systems.
Like the book, it shows the horrors Arn survived and his attempt to cope with his memories and guilt by working to restore traditional Cambodian music.
SOUTHLAND TALES A science-fiction drama, directed by Richard Kelly, about a diverse group of people in Los Angeles who attempt to cope with environmental disaster.
Whereas other managers have reorganised dramatically in an attempt to cope with Chelsea's formation, Aitor Karanka stuck to his usual template.
But that is not the only way to confer international legitimacy on a country's attempt to cope with a repugnant past.
It is cutting costs in an attempt to cope with the downturn, including making redundancies across its 111 UK offices with more than 3,000 staff.
Many states and counties, in an attempt to cope with their fiscal straits, are considering cutting down on child-welfare services, such as benefits for foster parents and the number of social workers they employ.
The group of "un-concerned citizens, stirred and sometimes shaken into action in defense of the American spirit," is a casual attempt to cope with the nastiness of this political season.
