The irony of war movies about Vietnam was American audiences could spend their evening hours watching real footage of combat and battle hardship via the news in their living room but just couldn't bring themselves to watch a movie or fictionalized account of the war.
Sometimes, it is there just as a gentle background but often it introduces such themes as storm, shipwreck, battle, hardship, disaster, the dashing of hopes, or death.
My daughters' troops consist of girls who I wish will all be friends growing up, as I know battling the hardships of those teenage years will be a bit easier with their sisters in scouting.
Last week, at a Joyful Food Market in an elementary school in D.C. where families regularly battle economic hardship, a mother came over to me, introduced herself and thanked us for bringing free healthy food, and especially produce, to her son's school.
In this best-selling novel, Patrick Smith tells the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons.
Carlos [her son] began to talk, something he couldn't or wouldn't do before, after he was here only three months". Carpenter knew what it was like to battle physical hardships.
Know others are battling a variety of hardships and we should be cognizant of all that we have.
And Mr. Haney, who had battled through financial hardship in pursuit of his dream, wound up owning golf courses, vineyards and racehorses.
The ruling allowed Haywood, then 20 years old, to play for the Seattle SuperSonics despite not having been out of high school for four years before joining the N.B.A. Based on Haywood's court battle, the hardship rule was founded.
'Al's Angels was founded with the mission of providing moments of cheer and support to families facing childhood cancer, rare blood diseases, and the financial hardship that often accompanies battling such illnesses," Brooke explains.
