When the war finally hit home, he was typical as well in his loyal endurance of profound hardship.
They simply aren't invited to pay the thousands of dollars in membership fees, and it's silly to call that a profound hardship or social ill.
That sounds as if it might lead to trite messaging along the lines of "All that makes us suffer makes us stronger". But what Silvera is saying is different, and profound: Hardship should always be kept close, so that we know happiness when we find it.
And while social security was never intended to serve as the sole financial means of economic security, without it women would face profound economic hardships.
This period of disintegration was crystallized with the decline of many of the country's remaining institutions, and in 1987 the collapse of the Lebanese pound which had demonstrated a surprising resiliency throughout the first 10 years of the war led to a period of profound economic hardship and inflation.
During his time working in the village, Dr. Zhou gained profound empathy for the hardships experienced by farmers.
However, it generated immense hardship and created profound social divisions: the well-off benefited because investments became cheaper, but the bulk of the population suffered.
But even by historical standards, the latest bust in the region's cycle of hardship and hope has been profound.
Charles was nine years old when his father died aged 44 and their mother failed to qualify for a pension; understandably, the hardships of this childhood had a profound effect in politicising the family, although with different approaches.
The disaster left more than 28 000 people dead or missing, caused great damage or hardship in daily life, and also caused profound stress for all of the people, even those who did not suffer individual losses.
No wonder the authors argue: "the sheer breadth of the problem, spanning key industries in the economy, as well as its profound impact on workers and their communities, entailing significant economic hardship, demands urgent attention".
