Aside from its other merits, it represents a star vehicle for a major actress (Charlize Theron) whose primary character does not bravely overcome adversity but rather openly causes adversity to those around her.
For many high achievers, the pursuit of status is a compensation for feelings of worthlessness and despair caused by early adversity.
He was a man who changed the way we understood the adversity caused by illness and the importance of believing in things that don't always seem logical.
Blair showed a remarkable ability to convey optimism and energy in the face of adversity caused not least by the failure in Iraq.
Already heavily burdened with diarrheal diseases due to poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, communities throughout the developing world lack the adaptive capacity to sufficiently respond to the additional adversity caused by climate change.
Instead, find other causes for the adversity and what you can do about it.
We experience resilience when we are enlarged rather than diminished by our challenges, when facing adversity causes us to change, grow, and become greater.
Finally, since adversity causes an increase in subjective uncertainty we can conclude that adversity will favour cooperation.
In his address, the Deputy Chairman ERRA said, "providing quality education to children under conducive environment is our top priority as we wish to transform the adversity caused by the earthquake into a window of opportunity for our future generations".
These adversities cause immunological challenge, and lead through various mechanisms to a diversity of psychopathology, including anxiety and depression (Meyer et al. 2006; Huizink et al. 2004; Nigg and Breslau 2007).
Fragments of three of his prayers to Ishtar are preserved; among them is a penitential prayer in which he wonders about the cause of so much adversity.
