She cited examples of hardships faced by people across the country, including homelessness without any shelter and being forced to put children into foster care.
The court's jury administrator, Robert W. Rogers, offered examples of hypothetical hardship excuses that might be allowed, including jurors who would suffer severe economic loss like loss of salary or a year-end bonus because of lengthy service.
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Russia stands as a cautionary example of the hardships created by mishandled economic reforms.
In particular, the Cubans, who were transplanted along with 647 of their relatives, have become the most prominent example of the hardships of the more than 5 million migrants — 11 percent of the population — who arrived during Spain's decade-long boom but now stand on the front line of its economic crisis.
He's also founded LostCry.com, a website where users can share their ancestors' stories of hardship, for example, during wars, and even the Holocaust, and BestDealWins.com, an online platform that uses gamification to turn the quest to save money online into a game-like experience.
It gave examples of exclusion, isolation and great hardship in getting access to school, and disabled pupils being shunned by pupils and staff.
Carole DeSaram, president of the TriBeCa Community Association, said the project was an example of greed, not hardship, and she feared the project would lead other developers to try to "bust the zoning" in the historic district.
Examples of Swiss ski resorts facing economic hardship abound.
